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Tho Contrul Pacific; 1h but 11 memory,
lint It In 0110 that will long bo cherished
by peoplu of (lie trreut west.
1'netn ciuinot develop faster than (ho
yellow Journals can switch. That lias
been demonstrated several times.
Colonel Hills may be a jjootl ronuli
rider, but he chose 1111 unfortunate time
to Klve an exhibition of his ability as a
uteeiilechaser.
FHzIiukIi Lee bids Omaha a Kraeefnl
farewell. Omaha regrets that the kuI
hint Virginian's term of service with us
was so short.
AH will not be forgiven, I'at Crowe, If
you will come home, but you'll got a
fair chance before an Impartial Jury.
That Is as much as can be promised you.
It's too bad (hose new uniforms got
wet, but the colonels can all congratu
late themselves on having had the op
portunity to take so conspicuous a part
in such a notable parade.
Knglneers should be compelled to show
evidence of competence, before being en
trusted with boiler plants In largo build
ings. Cupidity of employers should not
be allowed to menace public safety.
Oue of tho dltllculties under which tho
heliool board labors Is that It does not
live within Its Income. In 1000, for In
htance, with only thirty-six weeks of
school, It spent ?15,(J00 more than it
tool; In.
A "selendllc glove contest" occurred
tit Louisville, during which the "science"
became so strenuous (hut (ho referee
had to wipe the blood from (he floor
with a mop. These be edifying specta
cles, Indeed.
Nebraska's reception by (ho occupants
of tho reviewing stand on Pennsylvania
avenuu was recompense for the (rouble
It took (o get (here. It is an earnest of
(he feeling entertained toward (his s(ate
by the leaders of (ho nation's affairs.
One more Omaha Jobbing Arm will
build a tine structure to accomnioda(e
its growing business this season. These
additions to (ho wholesale district afford
a most encouraging evidence of the per
maneuce and Importance of Omahu's
trade.
The most po(ont nrgument of the need
of an auditorium Is found In the fact
that it has been found necessary to can
eel (ho contract for (ho Marino band
concert because (here Is no place in
Omaha at which enough people can be
assembled at popular prices to mako It
pay.
(lermany has Jolued with the United
States In the demand that all deals In
the Chinese game shall bo 'above (he
board and all cards shaken out of the
sleeves. Japan Is also of the same mind
ami this combination will probably lie
strong enough to defeat any grabs by
means of secret treaties.
Some of (he stockholders of tho Nn
(lonal Tubo company object to the twins
for of tho surplus In (he (reasury of the
company to the new combine with the
stock of the concern. As there Is only
?S,750,(KK) In tho surplus fund, It would
appear that the stockholders are mak
ing a fuss about a small matter.
If lion. Thomas A. Carter of Mon
tana did nolhlng else for tho west dur
ing his six years lu tho senate, his last
day's work Is sutlielent to endear him
to Ills people. His tight for the rights
of tho west was hopeless, but he headed
off the grab for "pork" by those who de
clined to see the Jusdco of his cause,
The Washington correspondents were
all certain that the president had so
lected tho successor of Attorney General
Griggs, who has announced his luteu
(lou to retire from tho cabinet. Tho
nominations sent to the senate, how
ever, show that the correspondents did
not know nuythlng about It. Mr. Griggs
will continue to hold the portfolio until
tho president can tlud the right man
aud Induce him to accept It.
A CO.SSV.HVATIVK SUUOKSTIUX.
President McKluley, lu his Inaugural
address, said that "we should not permit
our grent prosperity to lead us to reck
less venUtres In business or prolllguey
In our expenditures." This suggestion
was not Intended for the benefit of con
gress alone, which had already com
pleted Its work, but for the entire coun
try. The president was directing his
advice to (he departments, of which he
said that It should be their constant
care to avoid waste and extravagance.
"Honesty, capacity and Industry." said
the president, "are nowhere more Indis
pensable than In public employment.
These should be fundamental principles
to appointment and the surest guaran
ties against removal." There will be
no (piesdon as to (his. Tho policy of
(he government lu recent years has kept
constantly in view the principles thus
laid down by Mr. McKlnley, with the
result that on the whole the civil serv
ice of the United States Is not only bet
ter than ever before lu our history, but
compares favorably with that of any
other country on earth.
While the civil service pulley of the
United States has not reached ttlte the
certainty and the thoroughness of that
of some of the Ktitopcan governments.
It Is none the less a vast improve
ment over that of a quarter of a cen
tury ago, and what Is of great value Is
the fact that there will be no backward
movement. On the contrary, we may
reasonably expect from this adinlnlstra
tlon a further extension of the principles
of civil service reform and their linal
establishment on so complete and solid
a scale that (ho largest hopes of the
civil service reformers will bo fully
realized.
The attainment of this means the
achievement of what President McKln
ley counsels lu the .matter of honesty
and economy lu the public service.
There must be an absolute regard for
the principles outlined by the president
If we are to have In public an'alrs that
honesty, capacity and industry which
are essential to a perfectly correct pub
lie service.
In our Judgment there is no part of the
Inaugural address of President McKln
ley that Is of greater importance than
that to which reference Is here made
and we confidently predict that before
the end of (his administration we shall
have a civil service system absolutely
perfect In all respects.
T1IK TKE.lTl l-'AILS.
The failure of the British government
to notify our government as to Its posi
tion regarding the amendments to the
Ilay-Pauncefote treaty killed that con
vention and leaves the Claytou-hulwer
treaty in full force and effect. The
meaning of this simply Is that there
must be further negotiation ami, ac
cording to Washington advices, this may
result in an arrangement which will
meet the conditions required in the son
ate amendments to the treaty.
There is really, however, no promise
of this In tho attitude of tho Hrlllsh
government. It Is a perfectly reasonable
assumption that If (hat government Is
at all well disposed toward (he policy
embraced in Um Hny-Puuncefote
treaty It would not have allowed that
convention to lapse. The fact that It
has done so obviously warrants the
opinion that it Is the Intention of the
British government to refuse (o accede
(o any demand for (he abrogation of
the old treaty and to Insist upon condi
tions In regard (0 (ho construction of
an Isthmian canal that will not only
give full recognition (o (he claims of
HrKlsh rights, as conceded in the
Clayton-Hulwor treaty, but will also
make requirements with respect to all
commercial nations. In other words,
Great Britain, It Is a fair Inference,
proposes to make herself In this matter
the arbiter for all nations.
It Is a very interesting situation and
it remains to lie seen what congress will
do with it. There is no probability that
any serious trouble between the two
countries will grow out of It, yet It Is
by no means Impossible that the issue
may Impair friendly relations.
tUHioATiox asd cosauuss.
Senator Carter's effort to defeat the
river and harbor bill was not so much
a protest against the nature of that
measure which Is certainly not above
criticism as It was against the Injustice
being done to the west. The grabbers
after appropriations for the improve
ment of streams which could be more
cheaply macadamized (ban dredged (o
a serviceable depth absolutely refused to
entertain the proposition of the govern
ment taking any steps in the matter of
reclaiming the arid lauds of the west.
It was against tills narrow and selllsh
attitude that Senator Carter directed
himself, and he succeeded In Impressing
on the "pork" bill promoters tho weight
if not the Justice of his course.
There Is no desire on (he part of any
one In the west to approach the discus
sion of this question from a sectional
point of view. People out here admit
the value of river and harbor Improve
ments, and understand the necessity of
the navigable waters of this country
being under the control of the federal
government. What the people of (ho
west cannot understand, however, is
why the federal government should
devote nil of Its attention to the im
provement of the waters of Its domain
to (he utter aud continued neglect of
the land. Vast sums of money havo
been expended during recent years in
the construction of harbors and the
Improvement of waterways, but when
the government Is asked to take up thu
matter of making needed Improvements
on its unoccupied lands the request is
denied aud no very tenable reason is
given It was for this that Senator
Carter talked the river and harbor bill
to death.
Irrigation lias long slnco passed
beyond Its experimental stage in the
west. State aud private enterprise
have carried forward tho reclamation
of (ho nrld area almost If not quite
as far as they can, and the point has
been reached where the general govern
ment must take hold. Interstate ques
tions havo arisen, and other points
which must bo decided involve laud
title to which is vested the United
States. The solution of those questions
can only come through the adoption
of a comprehensive and uniform sys
tem, to be devised and carried out under
the direction of u central body. Irrlga
tlonlsts have agreed that the central
body must be the United States gov
ernment. No raid on the treasury Is in con
templation. The annual sales of the
public domain amount to more than
the total sum asked for ami denied by
(he late congress. It Is to provide homes
and occupation for future millions the
work Is now suggested. Its start has
been too long delayed, but It Is hoped
the forcible manner In which Senator
Carter Impressed Its Importance upon
the last congress will havo a direct
result upon the next and bring the cast
ern and southern members to a realiz
ing sense of the government's duty lu
the matter of Irrigation.
OMAHA AXli Till; UAtUtUADS.
Gradually the plans of the owners of
tho Union Pacific road are being un
folded, aud each development brings
with It added Importance to Omaha as
a railroad center. The report from Salt
Lake of the preparations to reincorpo
rate the Central Pacific as an extension
aud Integral part of tho Union Paclllc
Is simply the continuation of what has
been generally' believed to be the policy
of the company since the purchase of the
Central Paclllc was llrst announced. It
Is the culmination of the great plan orig
inally contemplated for a single trunk
line operating from the Missouri river
to the Golden Gate, and brings the real
ization of the dream of men who half a
century ago contended that the scheme
was not only feasible but absolutely
necessary to the accommodation of the
commerce of the country. The consoli
dation lias another Important aspect, in
that It means the existence of a series
of friendly or allied roads leading from
tho Atlantic to the Paclllc by the most
direct route. This is a factor In the
present railroad situation which cannot
bo Ignored.
To Omaha the move means more
than Is generally admitted. It augments
the Importance of the headquarters of
the great overland system by the addi
tion of nearly a thousand miles of road
and the buslucss that will come from It.
Through the consolidation and conse
quent control of management the Union
Pacific Is ridded of the menace of un
friendly competition, and will be the
gainer by having removed the artificial
diversion of traffic to the southern route.
Business that has goue through New Or
leans to the east will now pass through
Omaha, and trade a III again How
through (he natural gateway from oue
side of the world to (he odier.
Anodier feature of the deal Is the Im
petus It must give to the plans of rival
roads, which cannot brook the control of
the route by the Uulou Paclllc. These
must in self-defense provide for an In
dependent outlet to the Pacltle seaboard,
and as the headquarters of the road
most likely to build Is already estab
lished at Omaha, it appears reasonable
that tills city is destined very soon to
become the most important station on
two great transcontinental systems, and
to enjoy all the advantages that will
accrue from that condition.
The applause which they received
from the crowds at tho Inauguration
ceremonies testllles that the once de
spised American regular soldier is get
ting the favor which his qualities merit.
There Is no need to decry the volunteer
In order to yield to the everyday soldier
the praise which belongs to him. The
war with Spain opened the eyes of the
public, which generally considered tho
regular a mau who went Into the army
because he was too lazy to work ami too
worthless for any other purpose. It
now sees him as the foreign press and
army representatives have seen him In
Cuba, the Philippines and lu China,
otllcer anil mau the llnest type of sol
dier on which the sun shines simply the
volunteer better drilled.
General Lord Wolseley has discovered
that while the gun hung lire a long
time, It was loaded Just the same. The
general has been unusually free In his
criticisms of everyone except himself,
both In ICnglaud aud In other couutrles.
Lord Lansdowne finally told a few
thlugs about the general which exposes
his Incompetence. This is the same
Wolseley who said General Grant was
only a third-rate soldier and Von Moltko
was not a really great strategist. There
will be little sorrow either at home or
abroad If this egotist has rlddeu to a
fall.
When that text book committee gets
down to the netual work of Investigating
thu course ot study lu the public schools
It Is not Improbable some discoveries
will bo made. Omaha's schools havo a
high rank among those of the country,
but that Is uo proof that everything Is
as It should bo The present Board of
Kducatlon has an opportunity to earn
credit for Itself by bringing about some
reforms.
The German ministers declare that
(lie recent visit of Kmperor William to
ldiglnnd was not political, but simply
a trip to (ho bedside of his dying grand
mother. This statement Is undoubtedly
truo In n strict sense, but for all that
tho political consequences of that visit
ami the better understanding between
tho two countries as the result of It are
of vast political Importance.
Another expedition has started to
search for men who have been lost In
the Arctic. Arctic explorations greatly
resemble an endless chain. Hvcry time
one man goes Into the frozen region It
requires two to get him back, and even
then the rescuers mora often return
with his bones.
An unusual number of members of tho
United States senate bade n long fare
well to all their political greatness when
tho gavel fell on thu close of the Klfty
sixth congress. Of nil those who retired
there Is probably not one who, divested
of the ofllce, will be a conspicuous llgure
In public life.
Snnllnh Mnln the (Inllt.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Navnl heroes aro disappointing. They
don't stay heroic.
Not on Your Mfc.
Philadelphia Times.
Emperor William may Import tho Ameri
can hen for aermpny, but will tho tlmo over
como when the poittlcs of thnt country will
permit of our election roosters appearing
tn the public prints there?
Ilpfrrcppi Iii-tend of I'mitlrrn.
Baltlmoro American.
The base ball magnates have adopted an
other anti-rowdy resolution. If It works
no bolter than tho ono tried last season
tho public will Insist on regulating tho
game by rounds Instead of Innings.
I.I Item Illy of (lie Combine.
Boston Trnnserlpt.
J. Plerpont Morgan's feo for arranging
tho big steel deal was :i little over $180,
000 a day, but the gentleman who Is going
to get only $800,000 a year salary its pres
ident ot tho concern doesn't seem to bo
kicking much.
Some- IMiiiitn Out In the Cold.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho airi?ria.rit.i ennnnltv nf Ihp Irnti find
steel mills of tho country Is between 18,000,-
uuu ami 20,000,000 tons annually. Tho Mor
gan combination represents 7,500,000 tons
and (ho annual output of all the plants is
11.000,000 tons, which will surprise thofls
who havo been led to belluvc thai tho steel
combination controls tho steel output of
tho country Instead of a little over half of
it.
CIiiiiikcn M.iee (! He llllltlim.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Tho women of the Revolution made their
own clothes and washed their own dishes.
Tho men of tho Bovolutlon plowed the soil,
swung the ax, quailed not before tho pan
ther, feared not tho wildcat, and obey?d
thu mother-ln-lnw. Tho Daughters of tho
Revolution lack tho sanity and tho seren
ity, In their natlcnal conventions, which
homekfcplng and bodily labor insured to
tholr hearty and huppy ancestors.
Ilc-eriillM for tin- "tnvy.
Sprlngtleld Itcpubllcnn.
Tho scare lest not enough Bailors could
bo had to man tho ships of tho navy Is
proving groundless. Hccrults nro coming
Into the Brooklyn navy yard from all parts
of the country. Many of thorn aro lands
men, however, who havo never oven sailed
on a ship. To train them tho Navy depart
ment has n wholo fleet of practlco vessels,
tho Prairie, tho Dixie, tho Lancaster, tho
Monongohohi, the Buffalo and tho historic
old Hartford.
Does l'lc Subvert .Justice f
Now York Sun.
A queer Instance of Improper Influence
said to have boon exerted upon a Juryman
comes from New Haven. Tho Jury In n cer
tain civil case went to Falrhaven to visit
tho house of tho defendants. There, ac
cording to counsel for the plaintiff, 0110 of
tho parties to the suit gave ono of tho
Jurors a plcco of plo. This pleco of plo Is
tho ground upon which a motion to set
aside tho verdict Is founded. Hut was tho
pie good or bad? Must not tho plo be
tried beforo It can be Judicially ascertained
whether tho Juryman was Influenced im
properly? Another t'oriulilalile Hiieniy.
Philadelphia llecord.
As If tho wnr wcro not enough, the
British In South Africa aro threatened with
n still more formtdablo enemy than the
Boers, In the bubonic, plaguo, which seems
to havu sccuredta strong foothold lu Cape
town. Thlj onl break threatens not only
tho residents lu'ihfl town, but tho troops
passing through,', to and from tho field, und
also the commerce ot the port. Tho times
nnd circumstances nre such that tho epidemic
may easily spread from this ccntrnl point
to all parts of the world, but especially to
England, with which it Is necessarily lu
constant communication.
.nt AVorth (lie Knurl.
Sprlnglleld ltcpuhllcau.
Tho late Consul General WHdman of
Hong Kong left behind him. In an Interview
at Honolulu on his wuy home, a curious
statement: "As long 11s labor (In China)
has almost no value and flesh and blood la
tho cheapest thing on tho market, I can
not recommend American manufacturers to
wasto good printed matter nnd postage
stamps on so impossible n field." What.
then, of the policy of pouring out good
American blood and treasure without stint
on tho China mainland nnd In tho Philip
pines as a Bteppfng-etone In order to forcu
open a market that does not exist, or will
exist only for Its own cheap labor when It
Is opened?
Attiu'kn on Home Utile,
Buffalo Express.
HoBkless partisanship has seldom been
carried to greater lengths than in tho
Pennsylvania "ripper" bill, which has
passed tho legislature. It abolishes alto
gether tho present city .governments In
Pittsburg, Allegheny and Scranton, legis
lating evory official out of ofllce. In placo of
mayors, the chief executives nie to bo city
recorders, designated by tho governor, who
will appoint all minor officials. No city
elections can be held for two years.
No pretense Is made that tho bill has
any other purpose than to punish theso
cities for opposing Quay and to turn their
patronage over to tho Quay machine. Be
ing against Quay, It Is decreed by tho leg
islature that, like Cubans, Filipinos nnd
negroes, they arc unfit for self-rule.
THE LESSON or S1III.OII.
TlioiiKlilD Annkent-il by Cmilrneta for
.MnrkliiK tlie Iliilttelli-lil.
Salt Iuko Tribune.
This strange announcement comes from
tho east: "A Chattanooga firm has just
neon awanlea tho contract for tho manu
facture ot 200 CBBtlron artillery gun
carriages for tho Shlloh battlefield park."
Tlmo surely works Its reconciliations.
Shlloh was ono of tho bloodiest Holds of thq,
war. It was a death-lock between the blue'
and the gray. Mon died by tho thousands.
tho gathered hate of a goucratlon exhausted
Itself upon that field, nnd tho carnago was
so terrlblo that thoso who-read tho nccouut
of It said: "It Is useless, thero will nover
bo any more tho natlvo land of old."
But tho years havo swept on; thu grass
nnd tho flowers havo been growing there;
tho hato has melted nwoy, and tho north
says to the south: "Como und help adorn
this spot, where tho bravo men died," aud
tho response Is Instant nnd cordial. C recce
and Homo built their Pantheons; England
has Us ancient Abbey, where Its kings and
queens and captains sleep, hut what nro
thoy compared with this mausoleum out
under the stars where thoso heroes sleep?
They who died In tho "Bloody Anglo;" they
who died alono In tho woods; they whose
bodies, cold and still, mudo tho debris of
that flood of war?
It Is 11 hallowed spot, and It has Uo les
ions, which Americans from ovcry state
should ponder.
It all eamo about because our fathers,
grent us they were, were not great enough
to subdue themselves nnd get together and
adjust their differences. So tho anger grew
chronic at last, tho wrong continued until
a bloody atonement was nil that could
rntUfy Justice, and north and south) tho
bluo and the gray, had to contribute each
Its quota of thn mighty sacrifice. Tho les
son Is that henceforth Americans aat ,tJ
Just tholr differences without' wars, that t'ie
world outsldo needs all tho blood and
brawn of our pooplo, and that It would be
a crlnio unBpenkablo to over again light tho
tires of civil war in our country.
UEiiUMi'Tun or .111n i,.v.mis.
Wherron tlu etv llonica of (lie l'n
lure Will l. Heme. I.
Philadelphia North American.
The new homes of the future must b
found on Irrigated lands. There are, ac
cording to accepted government reports,
some 71,000.000 acres of rich western land
capable of Irrigation, If tho western watois
are properly conserved, Irrigation Is not
an experiment In the United States mil
thero Is no question raised as to the feasi
bility of this reclamation, but Irrigation de
velopment In 11 prlvnte way has reached Its
limits. But since, under irrigation, yields
aro very large, a few acres of this land
would generously support a family, so that
with the lands Irrigated rural homes would
bo provided tor millions of citizens, waiting
nnd nnxloiui to go upon thciu.
Tho advocates of the nntlonnl Irrigation
policy urge thnt tho government should,
where possible, build storage reservoirs to
catch the flood waters of tho western
streams nnd thus provido for tho reclama
tion of these lands. Tho Nowhmds bill,
now beforo tho I101130 committee, and its
counterpart, tho Hnusbrough bill, on tho
sennto side, provide for tho setting asldo of
tho proceeds from the sale of public laiuU
In tho arid states and territories ns m
"arid Inud reclamation fund," to bo used
for building such reservoirs, and that thu
cost of such eouutructlon shall bo puL upon
the land reclaimed by them nnd tho land
then offered for salo by tho government In
small tracts to bona fldo settlers upon easy
terms.
Who would come to the support of such
n policy?
More prisons nnd a greater diversity of
Intercuts than supported the homestead
act, ond such legislation would bo even
more popular than tho free home enact
ments. What other proposition Is beforo
tho country upon which labor nnd capital
can better unite nnd which they can sup
port, hand In hand, without clash or
jealousy?
Every labor union In tho United States
whlMi has discussed tho question has
unanimously supported it; every combina
tion of capital, of whatever sort, which has
considered It, has given it unqualified cn
dorrcmcnt. Tho opening of the vast area of western
lands by Irrigation would provido cheap
homes, certain of returning tho owners a
comfortable livelihood. It would create a
valuable and growing market for every
kind und description of manufactured
product, and would thus be fnvorcd by all
classes of manufacturing and coinmerclul
Into-Oats In the country. It would Insure
cheaper living In tho west, which would
result In the opening of numberless mining
properties whose grade of ore Is not suffi
ciently high to warrant development under
present conditions. it would crcnto n de
mand for transportation which would bring
to Us Mipport every railroad Interest.
Can any pioposltlon ever beforo tho
American people claim (ho support of a
greater diversity of Interests than tho Irri
gation and reclamation of tho vast and
wasto areas of arid lands under an honest
policy which would Insuro their settle
ment In small tracts by gcnulno homo
builders?
iticni i,.ti.; advehtisim:.
Project of nn Illlnoln llefornier Out
lined In n Hill.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The mania for regulating nil tho affairs
of everybody by statute Beems to havo
b truck tho present legislature lu Illinois
with unwonted force. A llttlo while ago
It was trying to limit tho profits of all
corporations based on public franchises.
Now a hill has been Introduced creating
tho office of state censor of advertising at
$3,000 n yenr. This provides that no ad
ertIRClr.cllt shall bo published stating tho
quality of nny merchandise or the cir
cumstances of any sale differently from
tho exact facts. It would end at a swoop
all announcements of lire sales, auctbn
sales and other devices to catch the un
wary. Tho reform would bo excellent If
It could be brought about, but the bill
Ignores tho broad step between enacting
a law and enforcing it. Kor enforcement,
ot a statute thcio must bo not only the
Junior Suits
Ages 4 and 0 years
nbout 50 different
styles,
$8.50 Suits $4.25
$7.50 Suits $3.75
$6.50 Suits $3.25
$5.00 Suits $2.50
$4.00 Suits $2.00
$3.50 Suits $1.75
AU materials repre
sented Wednesday,
Thursday, Frldny and
Saturday tbo only
days they can bo had
at theso price?.
50 Cent
DISCOUNT
Our Loss
is
Your Gain
Boys'
2-piece Suits
ages 111, H, 15 and 1G
years; In plain colors
and fancy mixtures.
$8.50 suits $4.25
7.50 suits 3.75
6.50 suits 3.25
5.00 suits 2.50
4.00 suits 2.00
3.50 suits 1. 75
Theso prices
Boys'
long punts suits In
checks and mixtures;
sites 13, U, 15 and 10
yearn.
$20 suits $10.00
18 suits 9.00
16.50 suits 8.25
15 suits 7.50
12.50 suits 6.25
-10 suits 5.00
Splendid values at
tho original price
ought not to last one
day at this sacrifice.
for lour
days
only.
BROWNING, KING
R. S, Wilcox,
langUHge lu the book, but some sort of
public Interest In the thing regulntc.l.
Tho man who Is Induced to buy goods by
; false ndtertlslng has now nu abumlHnt
j remedy. If ho sees tho sign "Oreat Klrt I
1 Salo," and uiys trousers frch from the 1
! factory that morning he tun prosecute ihei
I denier for procuring money under fle
pretenses. Does he do It? Not once III a
thousand times. He tnys. "I was a fool
and I had better cut my eye teeth." Be
cause the cfllzen (Inclines to enforce this '
remedy In nnv save the more aggravated I
cases of fraud, the Illinois bill would pro- 1
vldo a special stale official to tal.o ncilyiil
for him. j
Ucnicdles which the citizen declines to
enforce for himself do not usually appeal '
very strongly to oillclal prosecution. Tlure!
must bo some sort of private Initiative!
behind public action. The attempt to dol
nil manner of Milngs for tho rltlen which'
ho might do for himself breaks down every- i
where and adds to the ovll of over legls-,
l.itlon from which every state In the union 1
I suffers, t'ntll we enforce the laws wo
havo, the fewer new ones, except In" enses ,
I of grave nnd general necessity, tho better. I
j Where people decline to um- one remedy!
there Is little usu In giving them two, and I
1 this Illinois bill is n rnso in point. I
l'lIHMIV.U, OT-:m.
Home towns In New York report 105 dujs
ot consecuthe sleighing.
So far (fanner Mm gnu has proved hlm.self
an adept Jn the "say nothing" policy.
Original subscriptions to tho Dewey arch
fund are going to the New York Zoologlrnl
society and the arch Itself la golug to the
dogs.
A man lu Chlcngo was lately robbed la
full view of n police station. He will kuovv
butter next tlmo than to stand In so exposed
a place.
James J. Hill, tho famous railroad mag
nate, when recently asked of his start In
business, replied: "Forty years ago 1 camo
over tho Canadian frontier n boy without
money or friends, and well, I Just started."
Colonel Alexander Whltelaw Thorneycroft,
who Is pursuing Dcwet In thu vicinity of
Nurvll's point, Is 0110 of tho tallest of Eng
lish army oillcers, holng nearly seven feet
lu height and weighing eighteen stone, "nil
bono and muscle," us his admirers say.
Lord Roberts' oillclal name, as It appears
In the Gazette, is Vlicount St. I'lorro and
Earl Huberts of Kandnhar, In Afghanistan,
and Pretoria, lu the Transvaal colony, nud
nf tho city of Waterford. Tho king has
specially provided that In default of mnlo
Issue tho titles may be used by his daugh
ters In succession and their malo heirs.
Colonel Cornelius Gardiner, who la to bo
governor of tho province of Tnbayas, In
southern Luzon, Is a native of Michigan
nnd was graduated from West Point lu
18711. As a lieutenant ho fought the Arnpn
hooa nnd the northern Cheyennes In No
brnska nud Kansas before tho battle of
Republican river, at which Colonol Lewis
was killed.
Judge flcorgo A. Hear of Honolulu, who
camo to this country and unsuccessfully
opposed tho admission of Hobert Wilcox to
a seat In the house of representatives as 11
delegate from Hawaii, will go back with
certain compensations for his disappoint
ment namoly, a Philadelphia nrldo and nn
appointment to ono of the three federal
Judgeships of Hawaii.
There were 100 less ono at tho first re
union of tho descendants of Abraham
I'reble, who camo from Kent county, Eng
land, In 163C, and settled In Scltuate, Mass.
The reunion was hold In Boston on Wednes
day evening last. Moro than half tho num
ber had never met or heard of each other
until that evening. They were all very
happy In recalling the heroic deeds of their
naval ancestors.
John Frederick Dovey, an, Englishman,
had been Idle In i'lttsburg for s'omb time
and, being unable to get work of any kind,
enlisted in tho United States navy. Half
an hour after being sworn in bo received
word that ho and nine relatives were heirs
to 11 fortuno ot some $10,000,000 left to
them In England by a man of whom he hud
never heard, Another heir lives In Chester.
Pa., and a third In Monongnhcla City.
HALF PRICE SALE
lust beforo wo open our Hpring find slimmer
Knits for bovs and children we nro takiiii'" all broken
linos and slow sollin" linos of medium and hoa v
weight junior suits, two-piece and three-piece short
pant suits, long pant suits, amj roofers, overcoats
find ulsters and for four days will offer tliein for jiisi;
half price to help us for room and to help you to
buy boys' clothing- for loss than cost to manufacture.
Half bp
Reefers
sizes 11. 12. in. It
nnd 15 years. Just
what you want.
$12 ones $6.25
10 ones 5.00
8.50 ones 4.25
7.50 ones 3.75
6.50 ones 3.25
5.00 ones 2.50
These would bo
money In your purso
It bought for next
year'.
Price
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey
AiurrlCA't Or etet ttedlcln.
CURES Consumption General Do
blllty, La Grippe, Colds, Bronchitis,
Malaria, Dyapcpsla, Depression, and
weakness from whatever causes.
It Is the only Wlitky lxil lijr tlia (ioTctnm?at
Itic.ltcine. THIS Is uunmnteo. ll iiitu you got Hi
L-riniinp, .Ml itruiKlfts anil iirnct) it direct. .-ful
lor trri" in'llel l-Klelanil trst'innnlnln.
Duffy .Unit Whlkciy Co., Hot-lie iter, X, V.
CHEEKY HAI'P.
Chicago Hocord: "Why ilun 1 nu wnr
nil-wool under wear?"
"My dear sir, im man can uffnrd to war
iill-wno) underwear unless ho lm live s'in
growing up."
Indianapolis Press: "The bigg'- t
sponges" wrote tho editor of the useless r
tnrnintluri enitiinn, come (mm the
Mcdltormnoai' niel rot the flr.-u lntnlll.a
id' France, 11s has been ninii'tlmea 'sup
posed." Detroit Five Press; Watts--1 ri'iiieinlnr
yet, how, when 1 tuWhchtivcil. my mother
i!"'l to slrnp in- to a bctl-post.
I'.ittt When 1 nilsbcliiii nl, my father
used to strap me to 11 ilulsli,
Chicago Tribune: "Just before Hadniun
was sent in prison he bouxlil a vol of books,
to be paid for in Installments."
"What did he do that for?"
"Mo mild It would luuke thu time hcom
shot ter."
Chicago Hccnrd: "Am I us intelligent hi
your other young man, Dolly?"
"Well, you quote, moro poetry than ho
does, but 1 think ho bents you on iicekti""."
Plttcburg Chronicle: At the dinner tnbjo
tho other evening AHi-s Noi lhslde n -observed
Inughlug quietly to hetself.
"Whnt's the Joke?" iiskcd her brother,
who had detected nothing laughable
"I 11111 telling mjseff u funny story,'' ,t
the girl's reply.
Washington Stui" "Don't you think tlio
republic Is In danger"" nuked one politician.
"Of course It Is. ' answered thu other. "'Ii
It vnsn't I11 danger how could we states
men como forward every election mitt save
II? And we're going to keep on coming
forward and saving It until tho cud 01'
time."
Indbumpidls Press: "Are you trylu' to
queer nu.'?" asked tho candidate.
"What hnve 1 done?" asked the purty
editor.
"Prlntln' In your paper thnt 11 vote for
me is 11 veto for good government."
Chicago Tribune: Baldwin Old iiilnw,
have you nny Idea how much beer you huo
drunk In the hist twenty yeiiis?
Hnmbo (who Is unexpectedly sober) No. I
haven't my dear boy. but 1 know my thir t
has hail u great deal to do with ltmklau
Milwaukee famous.
rillCMlS TOOETIIIHt.
Caroline E. S. Norton.
We have been friends toRothor.
In sunshine and In shade,
Bllico llrst beneath the chestnut tv
In Infancy we played.
But coldness dwells within thy hear!
A cloud Is on thy brow;
We havo been ft lends together:
Shall a light word part us now?
We have been gay together.
Wo havo laughed at llttlo Jests:
For tho fount of hope wui gushing
Warm nnd Joyous lu our breasts.
Hut laughter now ha lied thy Up,
And Hiilliin ;;looms thy-brow;.
We havo been guy together
Shall n light word part us now?
We have been sail t-isether
Wo havo wept with hitter tears
O'er tho grass-grown graves wheie si ni.
bered
Tho hopes of early years.
Tho voices which were Mlcnt ill. 1.
Would bid thee clear thy brow.
We havo been cud together-
Oh, what shall part uk now"
Boys' Black
Cutaway
frocks
Sizes II . and ill
years. We have 2T1
of thcau suits that aie
actually worth ijla.'if)
and $15.00 for 1 daya
only wo olftv them at
A Suit
Don't overlook this
chance If you want a
swell dress hliil.
Bargains,
Every one, even
if bought for
ne,t year.
50 &t
DISCOUNT
$5
Overcoats
sb.es 1-1, 1.1 and 1ft
yoars, of all desir
able goods.
$20 coats $10.00
18 coats 9.00
1 6. 5U coats 8. 25
15 coats 7.50
12 5Ccoats6 25
10 coats 5.00
8.50 coats 4.25
This Is your last,
chanco "hofore wo
pack them away.
Ulsters
slirs 11. V, U, II,
15, 10 and 17 years;
flne.wurm, well ui.-.do
coal, and for four
diiyi; you can buy
12.50 ones
$ i 0 ones
6.25
5.00
4 25
3.75
3-25
2.50
8.50
7.50
6.50
5.00
ones
ones
ones
ones
Sao window
on DougluB Kt.
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