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18 Tim Omaiia Sunday. Be& K. ItOaiiWATUH, KMTOIl. I'CHLIBIIRD UVKHY MOIlNINQ. TI5KM8 OP HL8CIUI'TION. Dally Hco (without Sunday), One Year...W Unlly Iloo nnd Sunday. One lcar g.JJJ Illustrated Hoe, One Year. ..... H'inday tier, one Year f- Saturday lleo, One Year Twentieth Century farmer, One ear.. i.w OFF1CH8: Omaha: The lleo liulldlng. Houth Omalirti City llll Uullding, Twenty-tilth and St streets. 0,u..?ll liluffs; 10 l'enrl Street. t hlcnKo: 1010 Unity liulldlng. New vorki Tcmplo Court. Wuhlngton: 501 Fourteenth Street. COItniiai'ONDKN'CE. Communications relating to news ft"3?' torlal matter should ho addressed: Omana Ike, Kclltorlal Department. HUSINIiSS M5TTKHB. Uuslnrsn lottera and remittance si'0""1 be addressed- TI10 Uco rubllshlng Com )uny, Omaha ItKMITTANCES. Itcmlt by draft, express or postal order, p.iyahle to The llco I'ubllshlng Company, only 2-cunt stamps accepted In payment or tnall uccountM. l'ersonnt checks, except op Omaha or Kailcrn exchanges, not ncceptcu. TIIH Ulili J'UHMHHINCI COMl'ANi. HTATKMBNT OP CIKCUIiATlON. Btnte of Nebraska.. Uouglaa County, ss.! Ucorgo H. Tr.schuck, secrutary of 'Ihe Bee I'ubllshlng company, being duly sworn, sum that the actual number, of full ana lomplete topics of Tho Dally. Morning, livening find Hunday lleo printed during tho month ol IVbruary, IWl, was as follows: I ati.aio 15 as.uso '. KO.lhH 1C ISO.OUO 3 UH,IUU 17 jmi.biu 4 u(i,in 18 as,i)Tt 5 itr,,HU 19 aa.tno c au.oio so an.sro 7 a,27o si aa.sm t .....ar,,7ro 22 a,770 9 au.iuio 23 a,iio 10 ati.oir. 21 ao.oits II ar,,7o 25 a,:t:to 12 ur,i 10 :o 2l,l!t() 1:1 ar.,770 27 ao.aoo 11 ar.jtio 28 t;u,r.Ho Tolnl T.'U.llIU Less unsold nnd returned copies.... ia,ia Net total sale 71M,jJ Net dally average a.",7tl GKO. U. TZHCHUCK, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before mo this 4th day of March. A. D. 1901. (Heal) M. 1J. HUNOATi:. Notary l'ublla SSiirrno Court Clerk Lc; Ilcnlnmn never iiluyod ItMiny mich luck before. Only one more wee!: for the Mnrcli lion to iliiy to tlio Mnrcli lamb. Nebraska, Htiindtt 11 good chnticc to got a Kcimtorlnl tlontlloLk record at nil eventH. It Is reported tho Armour Interests arc engineering a nuiicczo In May ribs. Tho Armours will not be tho only ones. With the pay of the Ncbrnekn legls lritotH stopped, tho popularity nmong tho members of n move for cnrly ml Journinent will bo correspondingly In creased. A Chicago nlderman complains that he has been robbed of an ?8 pair of gloves. A mnn looking for nn ?8 pair of gloves In Chicago would have to hunt for nu nlderman. ltrynn cnlls Cleveland's latest letter "platitudinous." Tho characterization may he correct, but there are others to which It will apply, and Mr. IJryau Is not out of the zone of lire. ' ("Sovernor Dietrich will have several lengths tho better of tho legislature. He can take exercise with his veto pen tor some time after the legislators have packed up and gone home. Knghintl and Hussla might settle their differences over tho railroad sidetrack at Tien Tsln by tliu late American method. The "community of Interests" scheme should be explained to them. It Is reported that a new Insect Is competing with tho Hessian lly lu lu Hiding damage upon tho winter wheat crops. The new Insect Is not named, but it will have to be u hummer to get ahead of the Hessian lly. Tho powers are now searching the Chluanian. When they discover Just how much he has they will formulate their demands for Indemnity, and the Uhtnnuinn need not expect to save any thing that he lias in sight. l'lots and counterplots appear to bo thicker lu Hussla than lu a presidential campaign. The czar lives In n room lined with armor plate and is In con stant fear of his life. Evidently there ure Jobs which are to bo preferred above that of ruler of all the Husslas. Tho War department olUclals have perfected improvements to tho army rltlu which greatly increase tho rapidity of its tire. Those who have faced Its lire .when lu the hands of American soldiers have never made uuy com plaints about tho old model being slow, Chairman Tawney of the St. Louis fair congressional conunltteo Is mean enough to Insinuate that there are too many ex-senators and ex-representu tlves on tho commission. Congressman Tawney evidently does not expect to bo an ex-cougressiunn for some time to come. Local corporations at the stato capital are all opposed to Governor Dietrich's plan for 11 state-owned central electric light and power station to supply stato institutions at that point. They nppre head that tho example of a plant owned nnd operated by tho public will have n decidedly bad effect upou their own business. Tho hangers-on around tho Arkansas legislature, evidently play too stilt a game of poker for tho solous. stringent antl-gnnibllng law has been passed. With tho government pursuing tho manufacturers of mountain dow nnd tho stato ottlclals after gambling life will hardly bo worth tho living for tho native of Arkuusau. Tho weekly trade reviews point to tho Increased trade activity In retail circles as more pronounced in tho west than In tho east. In these Inter yean tho west always leads In tho trade re vlval. It will ho remembered that after tho Industrial depression of ISM to 1S9U tho west llrst showed signs of reawaken Ing prosperity. Tho west Is tho heart of tlm business organism and the sent of tho business pulse-beats. ATinrmm easteiix comvi.watiux. Complications follow one nnother tap- Idly In tho far onst, No sooner Is one cause of apprehension allayed than an other presents Itself. The practical set tlement of the Anglo-Hitsslun dltllculty t Tien Tsln Is Immediately followed by the menace of a grave misunderstanding between .lapan and Hussla, Involving more real danger of war than anything which has recently developed in con nection with tho eastern problem. Tho present complication grows out of uspected designs on tho part of Russia toward Corea. Japan In apprehensive, pcrhnps with good reason, that Husslan operations In China contemplate en croachments lu the Coram peninsula nd any such movement Japan would be compelled by every consideration of na tional security to resist. It Is not nn altogether new situation. The efforts f Itussla to establish herself In the Her mit Kingdom have been going on for years. Several years ago they threat ened to Involve that power ami Japan In hostilities. They appear now to have become of nn even more menacing na ture than then. There has been no really cordial good feeling between Japan nnd Itttsslu since the settlement of the former's war with China. Tho Intervention of Hussla In that settlement, through which Japan was forced to relinquish a valuable part of the spoils of victory, caused 11 feeling of popular resentment In Japan which has not yet died out. Japanese dlsllKo ami distrust of Hussla arc general and strong. Yet when Itussla acquired Tort Arthur and Tallenwan, Japan entered no protest and mndc no movement what soever. Her statesmen acknowledged that those possessions were a necessity to Hussla. Hut while doing that the lapancsc at the same time felt that their security required that Corea must be left severely alone by Hussla. They have Insisted that the little peninsular mplre, If It really can govern Itself nnd keep Its own household In order, must hnvc Its Independence guarantied and maintained. In any event, It must hnvu tho protection of Japan and the Mus covite must stand aloof from Corea. This is the attitude of Japan and she will defend It at any cost. Will Hussla provoke her to such defense? Is the piestlon which It seems must be do- erinlned In the very near future. There nre reports of the mobilization of Hus slan and Japanese llects on the coast of Corea. If these are correct they Indi cate the Imminence of serious trouble. We do not believe that hostilities be tween these powers nre likely to occur at this time. Neither nation Is well prepared, so far as Its llnauclal condi tion Is concerned, for war. Hut if the xlsting complication should eventuate In hostilities nnd Japan were allowed a free hand, which there Is every reason to think she would be, there Is no doubt that she would show herself a match for Hussla. On tho sea Japan would In nil probability prove herself superior to Hussla and she can pour Into Corea forces enough to overwhelm the Hus- slims now there or that could be sent there at this time overland. An armed eoulilct between these powers would be calamitous, but it Is perhaps Inevitable sooner or later. THE XElfUAME LAW. Nebraska at last lias a game law which has every promise of accom plishing the results which such laws are designed to bring nbout the protection and preservation of game. Past efforts in that Hue have failed for several rea sous. First nnd foremost, they have lacked tho proper machinery for their enforcement, It being left to tho citizen or tho ordinary olllcers of the law, who hnvo enough to do In other lines. Tho provision for game wardens, whqse sole duty It Is to look after violations of tho law, will work a change in that direc tlon in case proper men a 10 appointed, and there is no reason to suppose they will not be. Another reason game laws have been ineffective is thnt the sports mnn and the farmer, as a rule, have been at variance. This has not only pre vented the enactment of suitable laws, but stood In the way of tho enforcement of those we have had. The farmer lias been possessed with tho Idea Unit tho only value of tho game birds was to shoot them for food and In most cases he has been fenrful thnt the city sportsman would get more than his proper share. The result has been lu discriminate slaughter both by dwellers In tho rural communities and by men who came out from tho cities to shoot for tho sport there was in It. Both the farmer and tho sportsman have seen a now light and, working to gether, have produced a gnmo law which gives promise of not only saving tliu remnant of the once bountiful supply of feathered game, but of allowing It to lu crease until the prairies will again bo peopled with tho pralrlo chicken and tho thickets with tho cheerful "Hob White.' Tho sportsman ami thefarmer have seen the light none too soon. The sportsman who does not realize Unit ho should exercise tho privilege of hunting within reasonable bounds will bo made to desist whether ho wills It or not, and future generations will bo en nbled to enjoy the sports nlleld which would have been Impossible If the former course had been persisted lu. To tho dweller lu tho city or town and to tho farmer boy there is nothing more exhilarating or health-giving than to drop ordinary cares for a day or'two and puss the time In sports utleld. To tho farmer there Is n broader sldo to the question, which ho has been slow to realize, but ho has learned at lust. It Is that the feathered game Is of value to him, not only for food purposes, but as Insect exterminators. The number o Insects which now breed unmolested which would ho destroyed yearly were tho prairie chicken nud quail plentiful is beyond computation. They eat Insects from cholco whenever they can bo found nnd they nro looking for them every day in tho year. The preservation of tho game Is not only adding to tho pleasur of future generations, but Is putting thousands of dollars Into the pockets of the farmers overy yeur. Tho only ones who will suffer by the new leglslntlon nre the market hunters, and the game hog, who docs not know THE OMAHA DAILY HISIO: Hl'NDAY, MAm'TI 'JL IflOl. hough to null when he has secured enough. The market hunter might be entitled to some consideration from an economic point of view If the value of the birds were not greater to the farmer than they are to the meat hunter. He prospers, If at all, by killing everything possible, nnd this means extermination. its the residents lu many sections of the state know from experience. The Inter- 'Bta of others will not nnd should not tolerate this. The game hog Is not on- titled to consideration from any point of lew. He Is 11 thoughtless vulture whose doy has passed lu Nebraska THK DEVELOVMEXT OF CUUA. Ill natural resources Cuba Is excelled by few, If any, sections of the globe. With n climate as pleasant as any under the tropical stui, as healthful under nat ural conditions ns can lie In a laud which lncks the purifying effects of Winter's frosts, nnd a soil as rich as any upon which the sun shines. Cuba has nevertheless languished. Tho Island ins bet 11 in a constant state of political ferment aud for years at a time actual war has been In progress The result Is that the Improvements which had been made have gone to rack aud ruin, val uable plantations have returned to their natural state of tangled tropical plant life nnd ninny resources capable of do- elopmont have never even been touched. fho authority of tho United States Is rapidly bringing order out of political chaos nnd with tho promise of security of Investments cnpltnl Is not slow to avail Itself of the opportunities offered by 11 bountiful nature. The lutest evi dence of this Is the work of an Amer ican syndicate which has purchased (ili.OOO acres of sugar land which it will proceed to develop1 at once, the entire tract to be planted to cane. The men back of it are not speculators, but prac tical men in tho sugar business and they will innke this land productive In n de gree which Is hitherto unknown oven lu Culm, for they will brlng business methods to bear upon the enterprise. This one Investment of Hsclt would be only 11 small Item In lifting Cuba out of the rut, but It Is the evidence that cap ital is getting ready to go Into the Island and develop Its resources. Others arc also starting In the same line nnd with peaceful government for u goncrntlon the men who know the Cuba of today will not recognize It It is the knowledge thnt American capital must largely develop the Islond if It is ever done, nnd thnt It will uot he done unless it can bo assured protec tlon and tho continuance of peace, which actuates the government of this country in Insisting upon conditions which will work out these results. Tho latest In formation from Cuba Indicates thnt the people of tho island realize tho force of the argument and nru more Inclined to accept the conditions laid down by con gress. The Cubans, like nil people of Spanish origin, nro impulsive nnd the llrst Impulse was to reject tho terms of the 1'latt amendment. Second thought has changed tho current nnd there Is every Indication thnt those terms will be accepted nnd the work of constructing tho Cuban government will proceed along the lines laid down. With tranquillity within aud a gtuir anty backed by tho United States of freedom from assault from without, tho natural resources of Cuba will make It lu tho next twenty years cue of the rich est on tho globe. All that Is needed Is capital backed by progressive Ideas. When the result is accomplished those who for the sake of a little cheap polit ical capital have been badgering tho ad ministration for insisting upon condl tlons which wouhl'start Cuba off right, will wonder why they were ever so fool lsh as to antagonize the plans. That Is as soon, however, as democracy can be expected to see the point. It is always a generation behind. PANAMA ltUUTE TALK. Heports from Washington stnto that talk is now turning toward the Panama canal as offering greater advantages tiian that by Lake Nlcuragua. Tho cor respondent of the Hoston Transcript says It Is still possible that the forth coming full report of the isthmian canal commission may present tho points In favor of tho Panama route, which nro several nnd important. general impression has prevailed that the commission lias estopped Itself from the consideration or nt least from the favorable consideration of the Panama route by Its preliminary report in favor of the Nicaragua route. Such, however, is not the case. The preliminary report of the commission was made on tho facts which were then before it. It Is stated that the reason the full report was uot made at that time was that the engineering Invest! gntlous had uot yet been llulshed. If these should develop new phases and thereby cause a niodlllcntlon of t lit: commission's llrst Judgment, tliu full report must mnko It known. It Is also said that the secretary of stato has not yet taken measures to bring the new attitude of Colombia toward the subject of tho Panama canal and United States ownership olllclally to tho attention of tho commission. This he can still do, If satlstied that the Colombian govern ment is lu a position to treat with ours on tho only basis which can command any support from congress, that of ab solute ownership and control by the United States, since our government will of course enter Into no partnership with a foreign corporation. While there was u very large majority lu the hist congress lu favor of the Nicaragua route, It Is posslblo thnt In tho l'Mfty-soventh congress there will bo a better disposition to consider tho nd vantages of the Panama canal, particu larly If theso shall be, as It Is to be ex pected they will be, fully nnd fairly presented In tho complete report of the commission. From tho lluanclul point of view tho government would miiko'ii largo savlug by securing control of aud completing tho Panama canal aud that waterway could bo constructed In half tho lime or less that would bo required for tho liulldlng of the Nicaragua canal. Then we should avoid nny trouble lu connection with tho Clnyton-IJulwer treaty, which doca uot apply to tho Panama route. Certainly these are con slderatlons worthy of some attention, If It bo possible for the I'nlted States to obtain n compute con I tot lu the one case as In the other. TV STVni' AMElllCAX METHODS: ' Lord Hosebery, In a notnble ndilress n short time ngo, urged British mauufae turers and others to send men to this country to study American Industrial and business methods, as one means of preparing to meet the growing competi tion of this country In the worlds markets. The advice Is being heeded. A late dispatch from London states that the niaiiagers of one of the chief railway systems of Great Krltalu have commis sioned two of the ablest of the electrical engineers of Kngland to come to the United States to study exhaustively American railway methods and es pecially the employment of the third rail system as It Is done in some parts of New Kngland and In Chicago. It Is also stated that one of the most promi nent of tho shipbuilding tlrnis of tliu United Kingdom has sent two electrical engineers to this country for the pur-. pose of examining the electrical equip ment of mnny of our greater Industries and tho use of electrical power and ma chinery. Tills Is reversing former conditions. It Js not very long since the United States was sending her engineers and her technical students to Kuropo for study nnd Investigation. Now, experts of this kind nre coming to the United States not only from Great Htitnln and Germany, but from Hussla nnd Japan. France, It Is said, Is the only country ncross the sea which has not yet learned to send Its expert engineers to the United States for Investigations of this kind nud doubtless that country will sooner or later see the expediency of emulating the example of Its Kuropean Industrial rivals. These foreign inves tigators will tlnd American engineers most willing to give them any informa tion they may desire and to help them In all posslblo ways to understand our superior methods. Havana Is a good example of what sclentllle methods can do toward Im proving the health of a community. Under Spanish rule the city was one of the most unhealthy In the world. One of the llrst tasks undertaken when the United States assumed control was to clean up the city nud keep It clean. Other sanitary measures were enforced and the result Is that the reports for February show that the death rate Is lower than the average of many Amer ican cities. When the complete sys tem of sewerage which has been planned Is completed there Is no reason to doubt Havana will be one of the most delightful places of residence In the world. The United States, In clean ing out this and other Cuban pest holes, has not only done Cuba a good turn, but has worked boneilt to our own country. With Cuban cities kept In a sanitary condition the danger of epidemics of yel low fever lu the cities of tliu south Is largely eliminated. Tho Investigation Into the loss of the steamer Hlo do Janeiro at San F.ran Cisco has resulted In placing tliu blame upon tho captain, who went down with tho shin, and tliu pilot. This llndlng cannot, of course, bring hack to life any of the dead, but it will bo a warning to others who have similar responsibilities to lie more careful in the future. Those who have the lives of passengers in their charge have no right to jeopardize them in order to save a few hours' time, as was done hi tills case, and they should bo held to the strictest responsibility. Ward is gone lieyoud earthly punish ment, but tliu pilot should certainly bo tried for his shnru of tho disaster. The long light In Wisconsin for a law requiring direct primary nominations by all political parties has at last proved successful nnd the law goes on the statute books. Klectornl reform began with the introduction of the Australian ballot system, which Is steadily spread Ing out to cover the primary elections as well. Tho operation of tho law, in Wisconsin will be watched by other states with no little Interest and Its suc cess will certainly give Increased stimu lus to slinlinr movements elsewhere, be cause fraudulent practice in primary elections is Just as subversive to popu lar self-government as corruption nnd fraud lu regular elections. Them has Just been launched at New port News the largest steamer ever con structed on this side of the Atlantic and one of the largest In the world. It has a tounngo of 1S.M0 tons nnd when com pleted will be put In service between San Francisco and Hong Kong. There is increasing evidence that the United States does not propose to allow tliu shipping business of tho Pacllle to slip from Its hundf. as has that of tho At lantic. This country has every natural advantage In tills trade and with proper effort can absolutely control the ship ping of the Pacllle, which, at no dstunt day, will bo or Immense proportions. In speaking of tho recent assault upon him, Kmperor William of Germany In dicated that lie regretted tho occurrence moro on account of the evidence that It was an Indication or loss of respect for authority. The German emperor has 110 ono to bhinio for this but himself, If It Is true. The wholesale prosecutions for lese inajeste, Instead of Increasing public respect ror the ruler of Germany, have had the opposite effect. Tho Ger man emperor Is In many respects a great man, but these llttlo vanities detract from his true measure. Governor Yates nf Illinois Is operating up6n Just the opposite plan to that which guides Governor Dietrich In his appointments. Tho' Illinois governor gives It out cold that ho will mnko no appointments until after the adjourn ment of tho legislature outside of those wlilci require continuation, Nebraska's new f.overnor only held bnck thoo up polutmeuta whlCh required coutlrmutlou. Governor Yates prefers to give the olllce scokcrs a longer run for their money. Title Wltlmtil Trliiiuiliiu. ' Washlnutoii Post. Mrs. Krank Leslie t.Hd Jfl.000 for lirr now title, and wan not compelled to take a new husband with It Hero In n pointer for ether ambitious American women wmi tho lltlo-crnzc. Slnirl-1,1 cil I'iiiik'. Maltlmoro American. As an Illustration of how nulckly fame dwindles, It tuny bo noted that Mrs. Na tion has been Arrested for obstructing a sidewalk. Two short weeks oro sho could obstruct a whole state. Tlinnkriil for llrlim Left. Detroit Tribune. Jananesn laborers, who hnd tho statutory amount of money, wero deported from the country ou the ground that they wero liable to become paupers, now gracious 01 me authorities to allow tho rest of 113 to re main! KtlilnltliiK (ivlllr.ntloil. Philadelphia Lodger. With tho American troops out of tho way and tho Kngllsh and, Russians too busy watching each other to pay nny attention to them, tho Kronen and Germans will bo ablo to exploit their peculiar stylo of civilization nt great lengths In China. Hi-role SlriiKKlf f n People. SprliiKllold Republican. Tho grim pertinacity shown by General Itotlm nnd his comrades la arms would bo hard to parallel. The centuries can bo searched In vain for n moro heroic strURRlo by n small nation nRalnst conquest nnd extermination. Tho Doers nro heroes, If over war produced heroes. It Is our wish, now ns ever, that they tnny triumph lu tho end. Mcillenl Currcr In Clilnn. From 11 Chinese History. A doctor who had mismanaged a cnno was seized by tho family and tied up. Iu tho nlRht ho managed to frco himself and escaped by uwlnjming across a river. When ho got homo ho found his son, who hnd Just begun to study medicine, nnd said to him: "Don't bo in n hurry with your books; tho llrst nnd most Important tiling is to learn to swim." T.nyliiK I'Vrriliiin' I'liniiiliidoii. Indianapolis Journal. Nothing could bo moro significant of American methods than the broad plan which has been announced of a new pub lic school system In the Philippines. It Is fundamental nnd lecp-rooted, embodying tho baeie ideas of tho wholo American freo school system, than which thero Is nothing In tho world better calculated to develop freedom and Individualism. Xolilr Unix at School. Indliiunpolls Journal. A class of thlrty-nlno young Indians of both sexes has Just been graduated at tho United States Indian Industrial school at Chester, Pa. Of tho thlrty-nlno graduates flvo delivered orations and ono declaimed. The class motto "Wo find a way or tnako ono" was tho significant emblem that floated uhovo tho platform upon which sat statesmen nnd educntors of national fame. All of which seems to show that a better uso can bo found for young Indians than shooting them. I'IiIIiiii t limpy In llir North. " Philadelphia Times. Out of $31,032,641 contributed In 1900 by charltablo persons In tho United States to educational institutions only a llttlo moro than $1,000,000 waB Riven to southern schools and colleges. This nraount Includes donations for Institutions Intended for the cxcluslVo' Instruction of both whites nnd blacks, nnd but a Email part of It cimc from tho hands of northern givers. -When tho great need of tho southern people for ndequato homo opportunity of instruction is taken into consideration It seems a pity that so llttlo of this opulent stream of gifts and bequests should find Its wny over Mason nnd Dixon's lino. F,t;iNF,i:it AI.OM3 AM IlKAI). Thrilling KpUmlr nf tlir Itnll with n l.lfr-SIro Mornl. Now York World. Conductor Ilnrry Purple, with bis cool bond and quick hand, Is tho hero of tho nvorted fatality on tho Lackawanna road nt Portland. Hut is thero not n railway lesson ns well n 11 story of man's readi ness in tho Incident? A printed report says: "Tho enelno hauling tho train was of tho mogul clnss, and tho nrcman could not seo tho engineer unless ho climbed out of his own cab to look for him. When tho switch at Portland wns passed Fireman Klrshland wns shoveling coul Into tho fire box." At tho tlmo of passing that switch Kngl ncor ClinHo was dead In Ids cnb. How long ho had been dead no 0110 can over know. His lifeless hand was on tho throttle of a runaway englno nnd behind woro tha'pas-Bcnger-laden cars of n.llylng express train. Ilallway records show that it Is not a phenomenal occurrenco for nn engineer to faint or dlo nt tils post. Tho conductor equal to such an emergency Is not always to bo expected, Is It a thoroughly safo prop osition In railroading so to scparato tho two men In tho englno that prnctlcally the wholo chnnco of llfo nnd death for those on tho train ccntcr3 upon tho continued cxUt euco nnd consciousness of ono man alone? 3ii:mouii;s op school days. KliiKlnir PnitNiiKCit nf KIofiiieiiL'c He rn I Iril Ji- llt-iitli. Portland Oregonlnn. What conflicting memories will rUo in every man of mature years who reads of Jtov, Klljah KelloKK'a ilenth nnd recalls tho stirring sensations made lu youth by his ringing passages or eloquenco! Who has not felt a thrill nt tho Impassioned utter ances of Spnrtacus, tho horole resolution of IlcKUlus, tho moving story of tho exllo on tho lonely Island? "Tho rising sun had glldod tho lofty domes of Carthago, and given with its rich and mollow light a tlngo of boouty even to tho frowning ramparts of tho outer har bor. Sheltered by tho verdant shores, an hundred triremes wero riding proudly nt their anchors, their brazen beaks glittering lu tho sun, their streamers dancing In the morning breozo; whllo mnny a shattered plank and timber gavo ovldenco of desper nte conflict with tho fleets of Itome," Tho city is all in tumult over tho return of ncgulu. ltelcased to porsuade Ilomo to stop tho war, ho had only urged tho sennto to continue It, and voluntarily returned to death by torture. As ho rose to address them, the curses died away and ho told his story: "Tho moon has scarce yet waned slnco the proudest of Homo's proud matrons, the mother -upon whoso breast I slept, nnd whose fair brow so oft had bent over mo beforu the nolso of battlo had stirred my blood, or tho fierce toll of war had nerved my sinews I have seen her, who, whon my country tailed me to tho field, did buckle on my harnoss with trembling hand, whllo the tears fell thick and fast down tho hard corselet scales I havo seen hor tear her gray locks and beat hor aged breast, as on bended knees she begged mo not to return to Carthago! Proud city, thou nrt doomed! Tim curse of God is on thee a clinging, wasting curse! It shall not leavo thy gates till hungry (lames shall lick tho fretted gold from off they proud palaces ajid every brook runs crimson to tho scut" Hear, hear! What color, what smooth ness, what resonance! Kellogg was not n great writer, hut his service, was nlgnal In rousing tho historical curiosity, In stimulat ing lovo of fine languago and his unim peachable didacticism was sugared o'er lth thick coats of rhetoric. SUCH. Ml SHOTS AT Till: I'l I. PIT. Ponton (llobr. A Ponton rlrrRymnn In pralKlng conjugal fidelity refwred elo quently to tho fact that Adam had but one Mviv tint it in iiniitiifiil If Adam detorvo any spu;lnl credit for this, seeing that thero wns no other Kvo 011 earth nt 1110 time. Chicago Tribune: Tho Oihkosh clergy man who contends there is no personal devil Is disposed to insist that the burden of proof In on the other preachers. "Which of ymi," ho argues, "has ever met him? Ho might havo been nllvo 1,900 years ago, pos sibly, but who knows ho Is now? Trot him out." It Is no sin, we trust, to hopo the Oshkosh preacher may be right. New York Sun; Tho Methodist prenehers who, at n meeting Inst Mondny blamed tho newspapers for tho present "monger- ncss" of tho contributions of money to mis sions for the propagation of Christianity In "heathen lands," sought to shift tho responsibility from facts to tho reports of facts. Actually tho falling off in theso contributions Is duo to proceedings in China which newspapers could not con ceal without faithlessness to their public duty. Undoubtedly during tho last year tho religious fervor upon which such mis sions depend for their support hns re ceived tho greatest chill It has over foil slnco tho organized Protestant movement for tho conversion of tho "heathen" was begun. Of nil religious meetings tho most enthusiastic formerly wero tho mis sionary meetings, nt which crowded con gregations burst forth with ilebcr's fa mous mlsslonnry hymn: Shall wo whose souls nro lighted With wisdom from on hlghj' Shnll wo to men benighted Tho lamp of llfo deny? Hnlviitlon, O salvation Tho Joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation lias learnt Messiah's nnme. Then thero was no "mcagerncss" in tho contributions, nnd it was beyond tho power of nny nowspnper to chili tho spirit which sang: Wnft, waft, ye winds. Ills story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like 11 sen of glory. 41 sprenus lrom polo to pole. When now pcoplo read of tcrrlblo ven gennco wreaked on tho Chinamen by armies of Christendom, of outrage nnd looting and of bchcndltiRs nt tho demand of Christian states, they aro disposed to quostlon whether, after nil, It Is tho "lamp of llfo" which is carried to "men benighted" In tho most famous of the missionary fields. Tho reports, it Is true, aro printed by newspapers, but they aro reports of facts. l'lIllMINAI, AMI OTIIHIlWISr. Now comes reformers attacking tho only picturesque feature of Chicago. They want to abolish billboards. Tho big llro in St. Louis did not touch tho brewery. Consequently, preparations for tho fair proceed with unabated energy. Thrco foolish virgins tried to sleep to gether In n folding bed In New York tho other night. The bed was pried apart In time to save their breath. Tho British say General Dewct is mad and that his associates are lit subjects for asylums. Dispatches from the front In dlcato tho nrltlsh aro also a little warm under tho collar. That railroad squabble at Tien Tsln Is about ns interesting nnd sanguinary as an American meeting of genoral passenger agents. They go in for scalps and como out with olive branches. 1 Tho legislature of California, after a hard tusslo between duty nnd pelf, appropriated JICO.OOO for purchasing nnd preserving ns a public park tho grovo of giant redwood trees In Santa Cruz county. An Illinois editor was so tickled over tho receipt of a kidnaper's demnnd for 51.000 that he dedicated a spring poem to tho kidnaper's ncrvo nnd gave him nn edi torial send-off next to pure reading mat ter. If tho United States commissioners, who nro to rccelvo $5,000 a year, ngreo to the proposition. St. Louis will postpone its fair to 1004. Some mighty smooth tnlent must bo employed to convince tho commissioners. They aro not from Missouri. Tho Chlneso minister fired this question whon ho struck Chicago: "Why don't you wash tho windows?" Thereupon a cloud of soot descended upon Wu and mussed his silk shirt. It is characteristic of Chicago hospitality to soot tho uction to the word. All membeis of tho Ancient Order of Buffaloes, who havo paid tho usual pen alty, nro commanded to appear In full re galia at lludalo May 1, to participate lu tho exposition opening ceremonies, and re ceive tho final degreo In tho short chnngo racket. King Kdwnrd has notified Kansas thnt tho use of tho word "loyalty" In n letter of acknowledgment to tho stato authorities was a,mlstako for which ho tendered royal apologies. Tho departure of the hatchet brlgado for Westminster is Indefinitely postponed. It was a closo call for Ed. A Philadelphia promoter oftors to make a 3-ccnt trolley rate in return for a franchise, stipulating that ho will not pay "ono cent for trlbuto" to the council. Such an exhibition of uorvo ustonlshcs tho Quakers. They know tho council does not ido business that wny, and consider the threat puro bluff. Patrick Donahoo of DoBton. odltor nnd .publisher of Donahoo's Magazlno nnd tho noston Pilot, died on tho 17th Inst., aged 87. Coming to this country n boy of 11, ho learned tho printing trade, beenmo a publishor, nmnssod n fortune that wns swept away by flro, equipped two regiments for tho civil war, amassed a second for tune, which ho dispensed liberally for charity nnd other good works, Kow men of Irish birth wielded greater lnfluenco for tho betterment of his people. Ills was a career of usefulness nnd distinction, en nobling allko to his rnco and tho land of his adoption. Are You a "Buffalo"? 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It Is n common error to try to plant blorsoms Instend of seeds. it ndds nothing to the piety of the parrot that It has learned to pray. They who agonize when they pray do not seem to suffer when they pay. Some' Christians break up the Ilock of Ages to fling the pieces nt ono nnother. Pcrhnps the reason tho preacher Is the better man Is thnt ho woars his Sunday clothes nil the week. domestic pi,i:asa.tiiii:s. Detroit Free Press: "Tho colonel first mot his wifo ut 11 wittering place, he tells ine." "Yep. And ho has hnd a horror of water ever since." Chicago Uecord: "you trust mo thor oughly, don't you, Kthol?" "Of eourst, KdRiir; but, toll hie, nre thn Installments ou this diamond ring nil paid ofT?" llidlnnnpolls Press: "Do you think ' nskod tin; Hweot Youiik Thing, "thnt 1'rt day Ih nn unlucky tiny to got married'" "Not for tho woman," snapped tho Sav ngo lluchclor. Philadelphia Press: "MIhk Strung," lis began, "will you bo mlne7 Thnt Is to sav, or She had knotted her fair brows in a trown. "Hr that In, may 1 be yours?" "Yes," sho sabl, with n smile. Pittsburg Chronicle: Miss Ann Took t wouldn't marry the best man In tho world. .Miss Popiirey Naturally. You'd probably not bo nuked oven It you wero the lost womnu In It. New York Weekly: Husbnnd-What do you do whon you hit your thumb with a hammer? You can't swenr. Wife-No; hut I can think, with nil my might nnd mnlii, what n perfectly horrid, mean, Inconsiderate, selfish bruto you nre not to drive tho nails yourscir. Hnmcrvlllp Journal: Mrs. Arlington-Is that vnung mnn that Ethel Wlngnto Is en gaged to smart? Mrs. Lexington-Well, If he wero ai bright ns she thinks ho Is, everybody nround hero would hao to wear blui glasses. i.,,'iU?1,.,.lrflr. ri,,ron,cI?:, "u lH emphatically denied that tho president of Mexico Is III' remarked the Observant Hoarder. lie Is evidently not ready to Diaz yet," ndded the Cross-fcyod Uourdcr. Somcrvlllo Journal: As n matter of fact ho man who works like a dog loafs nit the - time. Chicago Tribune: "Whnt n lie It Is." ex- ?im,?(1 u,0i 0l,1i mli"T' rnn'"K blx hand '.l.?.oc!,0,mup,l' through his pile of gold, "that familiarity breeds contempt!" ' Washington Star: "My wife Is very con slderate, mild the newly married man. coreuhlrfsT bUy,"B mo MCMtB nml gei'us1 lnUyou;0t,,'rnU"nr0 c0n8l,pn "Yes, T wouldn't hurt her feelings for tha world. I wear 'cm." Phlladejpliln Press: Pnpn-Therc. there 1 nu nredn't kiss mo any more. Tell mo what you want. Out with It. Dnughter-l don't want anything. I want to glvo ynti something. 1'apn You do? What? Diiughter-A non-lu-lnw. 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