Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 4, 1903, Page 6

THE O THE OMAHA DAILY BEE T © ROSEWATER, EDITOR.___ PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday), One Year..¥ Daily Bee and Bunday, One Year.. Tllustrated Bee, One Yoear.... s unday Bee, One Year Baturday Bee, One Yea¥. . oos Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. DELIVERED BY CARRIER ally Bee (without Sunday), per copy..,. 2¢ ajly Boo (without 8unday), per week.' 130 ally Bee (Including Sunday), per week..17e y Bee, per copy voio. BO ening Bea (without 'éumh;}}:dp-' ‘week 6c Evening Bee (ncluding Sunday), per, week Conapmnii”éi' irreguinrities 1n delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De- partment. —The Bee Build Omah: 1 llns Bouth Omaha—City Hall Bullding, Twen- ty-fifth and ‘M Streets. ‘Counell Bluffs—10 Pearl Street. Chicago—1640 Unity Hufldln{. ‘ork—2328 Park Row Bullding. Vashington—501 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi- torial_matter should be addressed: Omahe Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order ayable to The Bee Publishing Company. nly 2-cent stamps nccurled in payment ot mall accounts. ‘ereonal checks, except on a or eastern eéxchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. e—— BTATEMENT OF CTRCULATION. Btate of Nebrarka, Douglas Counl?' 8. rge B. Taschiick, secretary of The Bee ?ubl.llgl.n‘ company, belng duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and com- plete coples of The Dally Morning, Evenin, and Sunday Bee printed during the mont of August, 1903, was as followi 20,610 OFFICES. 15, 16, Total Less - unsold and ri Net total sales. Net average salos, GEORGE Bubsoribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 3lst day of Augus A D. 190, PARTIES LEAVING THE CITY. Parties leaving the city at any time may have The Bee sent to them regularly by motifying The Bee B in person or by The address will be oh: as often ns desired. e —— The injunction epidemic has reached the state house. When the judges on the district bench dfsagree, who shall decide? € cm— City Attorney Wright wants no of- ficlal partnership with his former law partner, Mr. Thomas. T—— Mayor - Moores strikes the popular chiord when he sounds the alarm against tumble-down shacks. We want no more collapsing bulldings. &, e Peunsylvabla democrats forgot to en- , the Kansas City platform in thelr plite donvention. But this oversight is qutme common with our demo- ‘If the cattle men in the National Live Btock assoclation want to establish com- peting packing houses at western points we feel sure South Omaha will be pleaged to accommodate them. » L] Labor day' plans contemplate a qulet celebration in Omaha. Lahor had quite enough ~ demonstrations during the strike period to impress the public that its organizgtions are very much alive. 4 Em— ‘General Gharles King 1s the new presi- dent of the Soclety of the Army of the Philippines.. General King will now ive ito haye the cover pages of his novels, enlarged to make room ftor all the - hotorary titles attached to his néme. ‘ { m— Becretary Shaw bas no trouble in find- ing encouraging signs in the business outlook.” The American people are not yet ready to glve up assured prosperity arepublican regime for experi- meént with calamity in the name of democracy. 3 pi—eyee—e— The rallroads have at last made a one-fare rate to the Akx-Sar-Ben within a;radius of 200 miles of Omaha. Now let the business men who operate in that trade territory pull the strings that will bring us more visitors than ever Leéfore on a simflar occasion. The Eagles are making Tammany Hall thelr headquarters during the session of thelr annual convention now in progress in New York. If Tammany does not have a few extra feathers in its war loanet before it gets through, it will uot be lving up to its reputation. President Parry of the Manufacturers’ nssociation would like to pose in the ¥Hle of martyr to Ms cause, The friends of organized. Iabor, however, are not lkaly to give him such an opportunity. 1t nothing worse than the receipt of an occaslonal threatening letter happens to him he will not be able to get the de- sired notoriety out of it. Colonel Bryan has at last swallowed tlhe gold democrat corporation attorney put up in Ohio by Tom Johnson to bait 1ho gold wing of the party with as his cardidate for United States senator. Coionel Bryan's sophistry is decidedly forced. He says he prefers the gold democrat corporation attorney to any republican, because he may be expected to co-operate for some of the reforms on bis party program. It beglus to look as if in spite of all his brave talk Colopel Bryan cannot be driven out of the demoeratic party, no matter what OUR GREAT HOME MARKET. The address delivered by Secretary Shaw hefore the National Association of Merchants and Travelers presented some facts which should command the ecareful attention of all classes of our people. Particular reference s made to that portion which relates to our bome market and we do not think that any one can read this without being strongly impressed with the expediency of malntaining this market for the benefit of our manufacturing and our agricultural producers. The faats presented by the secretary of the tren!nr;‘, of course obtained from official sources as to the authenticity of which there can be no doubt, show that the people of the United States consume the equivalent of 95 per cent of all we produce and upon this fact Secretary Shaw declares that “not while these conditions continue will prosperity cease”” Can there be a rea- sonable doubt as to the soundness of this view? Let any one look at the enormous figures of our annual produe- tion In factories, mills and farms and the consumption of these by our own people and he cannot doubt the expe- diency of a policy which maintains the home market for the benefit of our own producers. Secretary Shaw said: “We are the most prosperous people in the world because we both produce and consume more than others. The little that we sell abroad, about 10 per cent of our net production, and the little we purchase abroad, 6 or 7 per cent of our net consumption, constitute no chal- lenge to the statement that our pros- perity rests with ourselves. Unless our factories and workshops voluntarily close, or labor voluntarily refuses em- ployment, or commerce voluntarily ceases its activity, there is no occasion for alarm. Unless apprehension be- comes epidemic and ultra-conservatism contagious, the immediate future holds for us as much of real good as the immediate past has showered upon us.” Why is this not a perfectiy sound and safe view? We should of course make every praeticable effort to increase our foreign trade. Our vast and increasing production absolutely requires this. But manifestly the first and controlling consideration is not to impair the great home market which consumes 95 per cent of the products of our factories and mills and farms and will continue to do so for many years to come. It is the bullding up of this great market that has made the United States the most Industriously powerful and the most prosperous nation in the world and the American people, it can be con- fidently asserted, will approve no policy that will interfere with this. However urgently we may need other markets for our surplus production, the primary interest of the American people is to preserve their home market, which as the indisputable figures show is worth within a few per cent of all the other markets of the world, E—— SITUATION ON THE ISTHMUS. The uncertalnty regarding conditions .on the Isthmus of Papama is very nat. urally causing some concern at Wash- ingtow, but there appears to be no rea- ‘son to apprehend that anything will occur which would invite or require any action on the part of our government not absolutely consistent with its friendly relations with the republic of Colombia. There are certain American newspapers which have been urging that our government would be justified in supporting a rebellion in Panama against Colombia by reason of the re- jection of the treaty, but we do not think that any considerable element of the American people agree in this view. Our opinion is that the great majority of our people believe that the true policy of our government, so far as the isthmian canal question Is concerned, is to continue to pursue, as it has so far done, a perfectly fair and straight- forward policy, so that not only the southern répuplics but, the entire world shall undérstand that in this most important matter, affecting the inter- ests of every maritime country on earth, thq; United States is disposed to act with absolute fairness. According to recent Washington ad- vices there Is to be a conference at Washington In regard to the course to be pursued by the administration in this very important matter. It appears that the question to be considered is whether the administration shall con- tinue to deal with Colombia, in the way of negotiating a new treaty subject to suggestions' made by the Colombian senate, or shall proceed under the Spooner act to enter into negotiations with Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Just what the disposition of the administra- tion in the matter is has not been de- veloped, but according to certain re- ports which seem to have more or less authority President Roosevelt and Sec- retary Hay are not disposed to permit any dictation on the part of the Co- lombian congress. There will be no surprise that such is the case, In view of the very fair and honorable terms offered by the United States and the ample assurances of good will offered by this country the course of the Co- lombian congress is absolutely without Justification and it 1s noteworthy that nowhere has there been an utterance in defense of it. It is reported from Washington that a conference is to be held between Sec- retary Hay and senators and repre- seutatives regarding the Isthmian canal question, with a view to determining what shall be done. The result of such & consuitation will be awaited with widespread interest. — Attorneys for Driggs, former demo- cratic representative for Brooklyn, in- dicted for compligity in the postal frauds, raise a fine question of constitu- kind of a Dbitter dose the gold faction may compound for him. This, how- ever, will be no disappointment to any- one except to Mr. Bryan's former pop- © uilst allies. tional law by contending that although the money alleged to have been accepted as a bribe was pald several months after the beginning of their client’s term from widch be drew pay as a congressman, AHA DAILY B FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1903, he was still not an officer subject to penalties of the statutes, because he did not take his officlal oath until congress convened In regular session in the De- cember following. Of course, this is a purely technical defense, but if it ap- plies to congressmen it will apply also to other officers of the government, who for many reasons may delay subscrib- ing to their oaths of office, althongh ex ercising official functions and drawing official pay. It is a mighty small hole for an ex-congressman to crawyj through. NU BENEFICENT MONOPOLY. The address on public lghting deliv- ered before the Real Estate exchange by the president of the Omaha Electric Lighting company was unique in its candor and directness. For shedding so much light upon dark places, Mr. Nash is entitled to a spontaneous vote of thanks. We all know that Mr. Nash ig a man of rare parts. He is in the habit of grappling with the problems of the future and riveting his mind’'s eye upon matters that will most concern the city’s welfare in the distant by-and-b; Reallzing that the city is awakening to the necessity of cheaper light and that it would build its own plant if it could not obtain satisfactory prices from tlue lighting companies, he volun- teers to head off municipal ownership by a ten-year contract for all the mu- nicipal lighting. This is, however, not the first time that Mr. Nash has forestalled the public desire for cheaper light. It will be re- membered that the first electric Jighting contract was extended between two days and in the closing hours of a for- mer city council, although the contract had still nearly a year to run, just as the original electric lighting contract was railroaded through by the prede- cessor of Mr. Nash in the last hour of an expiring council and mayor. It will also be remembered that the present contract for electric lighting was pulled through the council under false pre- tenses on the express assurance that the electric lighting company would finance the Platte river canal project if it were given the right to lay con- dults under the streets And alleys with- out a royalty or compensation. According to Mr. Nash, the incentive of The Bee in advocating a municipal lighting plant is to increase the political power of “the machine.” Such dema- gogy is altogether too transparent to impose on members of the Real Estate exchange or any other class of intel- ligent citizens. Municipal ownership has been advocated by the Real Estate exchange as well as by an overwhelm- ing majority of the taxpayers. This sentiment was created chiefly by the methods pursued by public utility cor- porations in debauching our city coun- cils and tampering with our legislatures. It was also inspired largely by the fact that the city never can enforce its con- tract rights with the public utility cor- porations. While the city was supposed to get 2,000-candle power arc lights, it was lighted with 300 rush c¢andle power lamps. With {ts own municipal lighting plant there will be no incentive for thedting and skimping in public light- ing, even if the city had to pay higher wages for shorter hours to the men em- ployed. ‘What Mr. Nash had to say concerning the shortcomings of the gas company may be true. There may be too many gas lamps clustered about some arc lights, or too many are lights planted in gas light territory. This waste of the lighting fund can readily be eliminated and so can the excessive charge for lamp posts. But neither these abuses nor the high price of gas lamps would justify the monopolization of all the lighting by the electric company and the violation of the pledges for a mu- nicipal lighting plant upon which the mayor and coundl were elected. If the people of Omaha have changed their views on the subject of municipal ownership within the past four months, we are not aware of it. On the con- trary, the desperate attempt of the elec- tric company to reverse the policy to which the mayor and council are pledged, and the means employed to ac- complish this purpose, have aroused the community to the imperative necessity of governing itself instead of having itself governed by these corporations, President Nash wants Omaha to be the best lighted "city in America. Therefore, he wants the monopoly of public lighting. While Omaha may not be able to come up to Mr. Nash's high ideal before the expiration of his pres- ent lighting contract, there is nothing to hinder him from giving Omaha su- perb illumination in the territory now covered by arc lights. Let him give us 2,000-candle power lamps right along instead of semi-occasionally. In other words, don't regale us with turkey and cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving and Christmas while feeding us on hash and Irish potatoes the rest of the year. ppm——— When the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings decided to ap- point an ornamental state architect it was to have been expected that there would be ornamental architecture in and around the state house #&nd state institutions. The latest fad of the state architect is to tear down the square-toed stone steps that led to the capitol grounds and replace them by ecircular stone steps In order to please the artistic eye. So long as the state has money to burn, the artistic eye must be cultivated and gratified. E—— If Omaha is deprived of street paving repairs for the balance of this year and up to next sumumer, our citizens can charge it to Judge Read. There is ab- solutely no valid reason, ground or ex- cuse for the continuance of the order restraining the mayor and council from exercising its own judgment and didere- tion in the designation of the officlal paper. Decislons of a score of supreme courts, including the supreme court of Nebraska, specifically declare that city officers cannot be enjolued from exercls- ing the discretion inyested in them In the awarding of contracts for public work or supplles unless there is proof of collusion, frand or corruption. There was no allegation, or even intimation, that corrupt influences had been used, or that any fraud had been attempted or contemplated to influence its action. Had the appeal of City Attorney Wright to vacate the restraining order been heeded there would have been no ground for Judge Day's decision that the award of paving contracts was vold because no advertisement had been published in an officlal paper as re- quired by the charter. St. Loufs Globe-Democrat. The populists of Nebraska have reached a point where the nominations are made by acclamation. How have the mighty fallen! Fitted for His Job Indianapolis Journal. It the Turkish minister is thrown out of employment at any time he should become a citizen of the United States and engage in the practice of law. He certainly is an adroit pleader. Steel Bands and Bonds, Chicago Tribune. Andrew Carnegle predicts that Great Britain and the United States will be one nation some day. Mr. Carnegle has unlim- fted faith In the power of steel bands to bind things together. Loss in Wind and Water, Minneapolis Journal. American securities have fallen off over $6,000,000,000 In so-called value. Price would be a better word. The wealth of the coun- try has not shrunk a cent. On the con- trary, it has Increased, Looking on the Bright Side. Indianapolls News. General Young seems to get a heap of comfort out of his discovery that the Brit- ish made more mistakes in getting their Boer war started than we did in our little affair with Spain There's nothing like looking on the bright side of things. A Mistaken Assumption. Louisville Courier-Journal Some one has been calling attention to the passing of the lighning rod. It |is true it has passed into innocuous desuetude as a means of protecting bulldings from atmospheric electricity, but s still utilized quite as extensively as ever by politician to attract Attention to their fitness f office. The woods are everywhere full of men with their lightning rods up for every office from president to constable. Tight Shoe on the Other Foot. Minneapolis Journal. The effete east, which {s wont to scorn the west for its strict regulation of rafl- ways, now finds that a little regulation would be good for it. Canadian rallways are making such low rates on grain that export shipments are being diverted from Philadelphia, Baltimore and other At- lantic coast ports to Portland, the Grand Trunk terminus, and Canadian ports. This 18 another fllustration of the truth of that grand old theory that the tributary reglon's interests being those of the rail- way, whatever the rallway does must necessarily be for the interests of the coun- try. You've heard that somewhere. Trusts and Bar Association. New York Evening Post. ‘Whatever may be sald of the value of the specific recommendations In regard to trusts, made by, the American Bar as- soclation's comunit! on commercial law, there is no denying the importance of any utterance from such a source. The Bar assoclation is still one of the most influen- tial bodies n our nmational life and one of the most representative. When it is the unanimous opinion of one of its committees that the American bar should lead in the work of regulating the great combina- tions of capltal which are now the strik- Ing feature of our industrial life, Taw- makers and publicists everywhere must give thelr attention. Leslie's Weekly. Most people read, as they go to the the- ater, for the reasons which give solidity to a flock of sheep. They go with the crowd. Tell & man a play Is successful, and he wishes to see it. Tell him a movel has reached a huge circulation, and the situation with him becomes what is some- times called “ a case of must.” He must read it, as the sheep.of average intellect must keep with the flock. The readers who select books because they know what top- ics and what authors they like are a minor- Ity. One publisher has gathered statistics which attribute 40 per cent of the pur- chasers to the class which accepts what ft heare from booksellers or acquaintances; but we imagine that If the mere amount of talk floating in the air is added to defin- ite recommendation, the percentage thus influenced 1s larger, and this without in- cludigg those who welgh the characters and tastes of those friends who like the books spoken of, Reviews count less for the judgmient expressed than for what they add to the general nofse. INCREASE OF LONGEVITY, “Figures Do Not Lie,” but They ire Easlly Juggled. Chicago Chronicle. Figures will not lle, goes the maxim, but figures do sometimes prevaricate. Perhaps it would be better to say that figures sometimes permit an erroneous inference to be drawn from them. This has recelved illustration in the analysis of vital statistics made by the insurance actuaries of the world now in convention in New York. The actuaries, that 1s, bhave discovered that while the “average of longevity"” has ingreased as a matter of figures it has not increased as a matter of practiéal value, In other words, people—grown-up people —do not live any longer than their great- great-grandfathers lived. They do not live 50 long. The “average of longevity” has been brought up by figuring in the infant mor- tality, which has greatly decreased owing to improved modern methods of infant hygiene, diet and sanitation. Grown-ups do not share in the added longevity. Thanks to steam heat, adulterated food, high-pres- sure business methods and other foes of vitality, the twentieth century adult is at & disadvantage as compared with his fore- fathers, even though he enjoys better med- ical attendance when he is sick. So that the “average of longevity” is a delusion and a snare just as the average of anything else is likely to be. We may, for example, reason that the climate of a city whose mean temperature is 6 de- grees ought to be mild and equable, but if we investigate and find that the ther- mometer ranges between 100 above zero in summeri and 20 below zero in winter we realize the unrelisbility of mean tempera- tures. What has occurred to increase the “average of longevity" is that the mortality among the weak has diminished; there has been no increase of vitality among the strong. The number of weaklings is, there- fore, greater, and the condition of the mass has consequently deteriorated rather than advanced. o BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incldents Sketched on the Spot. Gosslp coming from New Yorkers who should know explains that the resignation ot Elihu Root as secretary of war was due to the earnest and persistent entreaties of Mrs. Root. She did not want him to ac- cept in the first place, it is sald. Mr. Root had a good law practice in New York and was making money—money that was needed, for he was not and is not a very rich man. But pressure was brought to bear and he accepted. Mrs. Root, it 18 sald, does not like Washington and did not enjoy being a cabinet lady. For some time past she had been urging her husband to relin- quish his office, and finally carried her point. ‘When the fight against Cuban reciprocity was at its bitterest point In congress, Sen- ator Burrows of Michigan recelved this let- ter from a perplexed but earnest constitu- ent: “Dear Senator: If this hers receprosty bisnes is fixed between us and Cuba as they say we'll have to grow our own tobac or else make them Cubans rich enough to buy the hull country. Ido a littel chawin’ myselt and I don't b'lieve in buildin' up no trust. I'd ltke to raise my own plug. I ain't no hand to ask favors, but if you could sent me a package of terbac seed it would be re- membered. “P. 8. I want to raise the kind of plug with tin things onto it."” “The selection of Representative Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois as speaker of the next house of representatives,” says Leslie's Weekly, “will bring prominently to the fore in officlal soctal circles in Washington an Interesting new figure in the person of Mi Cannon. The death of Mrs. Cannon pre ceded by but a few years that other great sorrow of ‘Uncle Joe' Cannon's life, the death of his beloved younger brother, who had been his faithful business partner for forty years, and thus the position of mistress of the speaker's household de- volves upon his daughter. That Mr. Can- non is essentially & ‘man’s man’ will not make lighter Miss Cannon’s social responsi- bilities, for the hostess who dispenses hos- pitality at the speaker's home is a soclal factor who ranks not far behind the mistress of the White House, Miss Cannon is a woman of tact and great charm of manner, and has inherited many of the characteristics of her mother, who, as Mary Reed, a pretty Ohio school teacher, caused young Cannon many an uneasy hour ere he won her for his wife—owing to the fact that Mary's brother was a candidate for the position of justice of the peace, to which young Cannon also aspired, and he hated his political rival. After Cannon won in both love and politics, however, the two men became the best of friends.” There 18 no better sign that Washington is fast becoming the mecca for the rich of the country, than that found in the exten- sive bullding operations in the fashionable section of the city. Handsome private residences and palatial apartment houses are going up on almost every block in the ultra-swell section. The costly dwellings are being built by millionaires of the west and north who want to spend the winter seasons in Washington. The social advantages held out to the rich are every year getting more numerous and attractive. Some of the new apartment houses, particularly the one now nearing completion which Secretary Hay put up, are to cater almost exclusively to the wealthy, Many of the rich famllies of New York have engaged apartments in Btoneleigh court—Secretary Hay's structure —for the year round, but propose to oc- cupy them only during the soclal season. Another thing that is Inducing New York- ers and others to take up apartment life in ‘Washington is the servant problem. It cannot be sald that the servants of Wash- ington are superior in intelligence to those found elsewhere, but the responsibility for thelr conduct s assured by the apartment house proprietors and the tenants are thus relleved of all worry incident to this fea- ture of domestic life. Among the gems in the collection of Commissioner Ware, head of the great pension bureau at Washington, is this let- ter from & man who wants a pension: “I got wrong in my pipes and when my pipes wasn't wet I whistled. I didn’t whistle no song, but just & plain stringy whistle. They wasn't no mocking-bird business about it, for it showed sorrow. And another thing, I didn’t whistle when 1 was happy for the sicker I was the better I whistled.” ‘Washington's close proximity to the south has made it a subject for many stories deal- ing with the colored man, but none are so full of human interest as the tale told in the district branch of the police court the other afternoon. “Rev. Bishop” Brooks Johnson, colored, 98 years old, was ar- ralgned before the police judge for having obtained money under false pretenses, and the testimony would seew to indicate that the Dill of complaint was pretty well founded. B'rer Johnson was an organizer, agreeing, according to his circulars to make “Ministers at $1.35 and 32 a head, and all ‘sperrits’ and ‘ha'nts’ removed, $%5." Brer Johnson did a land office business, particu- larly in the removal of ‘“sperrits and ha'nts” amongst the young colored women of the neighborhood. B'rer Johnson, how- ever, s now in disgrace, his pllls and lo- tions given for the purpose of removing these untoward visitations having failed to bring about the obfect intended. Sister Crier was the first woman to announce that B'rer Johnson was a fake of the first water because “Bishop” Johnson had sold her twenty-two dollars and fifty cents' worth of plils guaranteed to paralyze any “sperrit” that ever raised its head against any colored “pusson.” But Sister Crier was placed In the diminutive when an- other of the colored sisterhood testified against the aged colored bishop who had extracted money from the lean pockets of the working girls of Washington. Bis- ter Dodson, a member of one of the aris- tocratie churches of the city (of colored denomination), eaid that she had paid big money for & bottle of medicine which she was not to take but was to pour on the doorstep each night before going to bed, for the purpose of removing a ‘‘sperrit’ that followed her up the steps every time she handed her good hard earnings to her “best man.” B'rer Johnson's case has gone over until the weather gets cooler and to give the authorities time to sub- poens ‘& number of other witnesses for the district. Bryanism in Ohio. New .York Bun. The Ohlo Bryanites are keeping up gayly their habit of giving away the state to the republicans. The reward of thelr labors is shown in the votes. In 1892, before Mr. Bryan had begun his period of para- mountey, the democratic electors got 404,115 votes, the republican electors 406187. In 18% the close season ceased in Ohlo. That year the republican electors got 55,991 votes, the democratic electors 477,484 In 1900 the republican vote went up to 634,910, the democratic vote went down to 474882 In 1902 the republican candidate for secrer tary of state got 438171 votes, the demo- cratie or Johnson-Bryan candidate 345,706. ‘The smaller & party can be made the easler it i to control. The Ohlo Bryanites possess to perfection the art of losing. PROGRESSIVE SPEED OF TROTTERS. Breeding and Tr More Effective Than Improved Vehicles, Detroit Free Press. 8ince the remarkable performance of Lou Dillon at Readville there is the same old attempt to minimize the importance and brilllance of her work. It is recalled that such trotters as Rarus, Maud 8 and Sunol made thelr marks when the high-wheeled sulky was in use, that vehicle, which an ordinary boy could carry across a ten-acre lot, being written of as though it were & modified glg patterned after the great two-wheeled arrangements used in snigging logs. It slewed at the curves and the im- aginative picture is that of a youngster on the tall end in a game of “crack the whip." Then the tracks were not so fast and, say these oritics, if Maud 8 could have had the same advantages as Lou Dillon the two-minute trotter would have appeared not later than 184. Thers is no way of testing this proposition, but it is & reflec- tion upon the breeders and is not borne out In an analysis of the history of the turf in this country. Way back in 188 there was great ex- citement when Boston Blue did his mile fn 3:00 flat, and It {s worth passing mention that the oft-repeated joke about the flat record being very sharp was then perpetrated. When Albany Pony struck the 2:40 galt fn 1824 it created such an im- pression that the time was adopted as a new idiom in the language. Yet that trotter went under the saddle, as did Edwin Forest, Dutchman, Lady BSuffolk and Tacony, the latter bringing the record to 22 1-2, which stood unt!l Flora Temple beat the time down by seconds untl she reached 2:19 -4 Then came Dexter, Gold- smith Maid, Rarus, Maud 8 and Sunol, clipping the second until Bunol did the trick in 2:08 1-4, a half better than Maud 8 In all this era of development the conditions did not change In any such way as to so- count for the great increase of speed. In all that time the high sulky or the saddle were used and yet about fifty-two seconds had been gained on the 3:00 minute horse. ‘The argument is not impaired when the later performers are considered. Alix, The Abbot and Cresceus had the low sulkles and tho latest Improveménts, the latter having made his mark but two years ago, yet th! wondorful California mare, but five years old, younger than any champlon trotter that preceded her, has never falled to beat the record she was sent after, turned her mile without a skip and in that one effort took 2% seconds from the time of Cresceus. It he or Alix or The Abbot were un- able to get Lou Dfflon's mark it is not a rash conclusion that Maud 8 would have been unable to do so, and it is doing much credit to her memory to say that she might possibly have tled Nancy Hanks at 2:4 under the advantages given the trotter these days. Lou Dillon trotted honestly and squarely every foot of the route, and nobody pushed. The only sensible ex- planation and the only one that can be defended is In the evolution of the American trotting horse under a direotion as sclentific as that to be found in any other line of advancement. f ‘WRITES HIS OWN PAPERS. Theodore Roosevelt the First Presi- dent to Do So. William E. Curtis fn Record-Herald. Theodore Roosevelt is the first president of the United States for many years to write his own messages and speeches. It is usually supposed that the words of a ruler are his own, and his acts the acts of his ministers, but as a rule the speeches of emperors, kings and presidents are com- posed by their ministers, or at least the material is furnished them. The speech from the throne of a European monarchy 1s seldom the composition of the soverelgn, but is almost invariably prepared by his ministers for him to deliver, This is the case with every sovereign in Europe except Wilhelm of Germany, who, like Mr. Roose- velt, never allows anybody to put words into his mouth, although he often has sev- eral accomplished gentlemen to collect facts and statistics for him. ‘The messages of the presidents are usu- ally composites constructed by the several cabinet officers. Mr. Adee, second assistant secretary of state, has written the forelgn affairs of the president's message every year for a quarter of a century until last year, and his copy has been usually ac- cepted with very few changes. Last year it went into the waste basket, although no doubt the president got many good ideas from {t. Ordinarily the secretary of the treasury prepares that part of the message which relates to the finances, the postmas- ter general that which refers to postal affairs, the secretary of agriculture that ‘which relates to the condition of the crops and the products of the country, and the rest of the cabinet furnish contributions about the matters which come under their jurisdiction, but that plan was abandoned when the present occupant of the White | Dealer. House sent in his first message to congress in December, 1901, and to this day he has continued to prepare his own messages, as he prepares his own speeches, and it costs him a great deal of labor. PERSONAL NOTES. Joseph Haworth, the well known actor, died at the end of last week at Willoughby, O. Owing to the opposition of the empress the Chinese Tmperial university has closed its doors. Perhaps her majesty dislikes college yells. 8ir Thomas refuses to blame it on the wind, or the sea, or any of the elemental conditions. He admits that he’ was beaten before he came over. The Goebel trial establishes the fact that many of the witnesses were as great liars as the man Lincoln told about who “took in swarrin' for a living. On Saturday last ex-Senator David B. Hill of New York celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of his birth and the fair sex will be interested in knowing that he Is still “heart whole and fancy free. While smoothing over the alleged differ- ences between his skipper and his designer, Sir Thomas remains the same jolly good tellow which nobody can deny. Though we keep the cup, he keeps his temper, and thereby taketh many cities. A new home for cripples s belng bullt by & number of wealthy New Yorkers on the outskirts of White Plains, N. Y., at a cost of $100,000. Miss Helen Gould, who will be one of the board of managers, is one of the principal contributors, The report that Carrie Nation is about to make her debut on the stage has filled the camp of the Thespians with dire consterna- tion. Bhe Is to appear in a revised dramati- Makes heavy shoes soft, light shoes . Always bright. soft and Raln or snow don't affect 1. Made tn kid, calf, goat, colt or cow hide. Write for book Jov, “How to Buy Shoes.” Wkt Gore e ————PE— ALL'S WELL AT GRAY GABDLES. A Tender Lullaby Inspired by Francis Grover. Portland Oregontan. Cleveland was beaten for president by Harrison in 1888 and defeated for renomina- tion by Bryan in 1506 Since then he has been criticlsed and abused by half of his own party and a good share of the other. Many of the encomiums heaped upon him are In fact mere denunciations of Bryan in disguise. The encomlasts don't care so very much for Cleveland. They would find all manner of fault with him if he wera running for office, but they pralse him imerely was a convenient method of hitting Bryan, The situation fs not enviable, obviously, but there are circumstances of an allevi- atory character. At Gray Gables a boy has been born, and, after a careful con- sideration on the part of the other children, & name has been determined on—Krancls Grover. Francls for the mother—one of the most gracious, womanly women that ever sraced the White House or any house; Grover for the father—one of the most sturdy, self-rellant, honest men that ever homored the highest elective office in tha, modern world. The man who s head of the family where the popular election by the other children is authoritative, because they are good children and because they are right; where the dearest and most honored names to them are those of father and mother—the man who is the head of such & famlily has the right to let elections come and go and enemies rave as they will. There fs a Gothio monument in West- minster Abbey which proudly records of a noble house that “all the brothers wene brave and all the sisters virtuous" and hundreds before, as hundreds since Wash- ington Irving lifted it to fmmortallty in his moving pages, must have felt that this hearttelt tribute to real worth transcends in impressiveness the labored contrivances anxiously devised to convince the beholder of the power and greatness that once be- longed to the occupants of other and grander tombs. At Grover Cleveland's age it 18 better to have all the boys brave and all the sisters virtuous than to count the highest honors the world can give, yet go home each night to a ruined nest, whose birds have been scattered by vice and crime. All is well at Buzsard's Bay. Fish are biting With avidity and the cholce of Francis Grover is duly ratified. Long may he live to shed fresh luster on two worthy names! ) —_— WHITTLED TO A POINT, Medium (at spiritualistic seance)—Is Mr. Keeszicks present? His deceascd wife wishes to communicate with him. Mr. Keezicks (in an_agitated volce)—Tell her I'd rather not. I'm married again.— Chicago Tribune. “Are you aware that you are being criti- d for using money in politics?” answered Senator Sorghum. you use money they criticise you, ! don't they forget all about’ you.'- hington Star. “Of course,’ sald the boasting colonel, some who might doubt my valor urg, because 1 did not lose an arm or o “Oh, don't let that worry you," spoke u little Richard: T heard papa iy you los your head.”—Philadeiphia Ledger. “There is something awfully generous about these conl companics.” e xam “Hore 15 one that announces that by payd ing for your coal in advance you can have it delivered later on."—Cleveland Plain Browne—Mr. Tooter told me today in his judgment, our Tommy I8 a M “Browne (with a deep sigh)—Well eas T have got money enough to supj im.—Somerville Journal. Mrs. Crimsonbeak (at the ball game) - ‘What does it mean, John, when a man at the bat throws the bat down and retires to the bench? Mr. Crimsonbeak—Why, it means tha same as when & Woman leaves the room and slams the door after her.—Yonkers States- man 4 ‘hicago Post. ro just Nke all the 1 ] uyln"?": remarked the mbers of :leh:lrym.cltrled legis! . close friend. Ly you have rice. T'h.yll":yn)l'l’fl." declared fhe new member. 1 ‘thought 80" “Yes. 1 haven't gol hopes.”—Philadelphi e THE WAY TO SHADOWTOWN, it yet, but T Bave thollc Btan b Bugene Field. ¢ to and fro in the twilight gray, BT hia s the forry for Shadowtown, It always salls at the end of day, Just s the darkness closes down. Rest, little head, on my shoulder—so; A sleepy kiss is the only fare. Drifting away from the world wa go, Baby and I, in the rocking chair , where the firelogs glow and spark, BeSiutter the lighta of the Shadowland The raining drops on the window--hark! Are ripples lapping upon his strand, aim, still} There, where the mirror Is glancin, A lnke lies shimmering. cool an: Biossoms are wavering o'er its brim Those over there on the window sill. Rock slow. more slow in the dusky light, Slently lower the anchor down Dear little passenger, say “Goodnight!" ‘We've reached the harbor of Shadowtown. zation of “Ten Nights In & Barroom" which is being adapted by Robert'Ells- worth. Fifty-four years spent almost continu- ously in touring this country throughout its enormous length and breadth has been the life experience of Thomas C. Maddock, & traveling jewelry salesman for a New York jewelry house, Mr. Maddock has visited every portion of the country and has sold nearly 6,000,000 worth of goods. When Charles Daniels, composer of “Hia- watha,” recelved a check for $10,000 from bis publishers a year ago he was in St Louls and the very same night played the plano for a dance at Fraternal hall on Franklin avenue. The only extravagance be indulged in was to hire & carriage to take him home after his night's arduous labors. 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 Chicago, admit puplls without examination on the certificates of the principal and faculty. Thoroughness insisted upon as os- tial to character bullding. = Physical {raining under a = professio mmauum-. b £ uvgr.d‘ofif'lporu‘ including private m ounds. Bend for lllustrated cata~ ogue. Macrae, Principal.