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Clilcii'io lniB it duniocrutlc iniiynr, lint
a runtiMlcan city council which will
keep a check upon him. It might hi!
worse.
With ii It these prospective boundary
commissions to watch It, the Missouri
river will have to he on Its Rood be
havior for a little while at least.
It looks like n deadlock In the su
preme court oti the appointment of su
preme court commissioners. This dead
lock, however, cuntiot resist so stub
bornly as did the senatorial deadlock.
Kueli of the eight teams in the West
ern league has already won the pen
nant, according to the manager. The
only object of playing out the schedule
Is to prove that thf seven other fellows
are mistaken. '
A Dubuque company has projected a
new line to the I'acltle coast. By the
time It is completed the railroad pur
chasing yyndlento is expected to have
recuperated sulllejenlly'from j(s ptvVfit
efforts to be ahl?:to iTuy It In.
Kansas has decided to sue the state of
Colorado for diverting the water of the
Arkansas river from its natural channel
and appropriating it to its own use.
With Carrie Nation smashing the joints,
the question of water Is n vital one to
Kansas.
The Hawaiian legislature must be the
slowest on record. Its session Is half
over and its own salary appropriation
bill has Just been passed. It has kept
up one of the traditions, however, In get
ting that through ahead of any other
measure.
What Omaha needs worst just now Is
suitable buildings to accommodate the
expanding business of Its largo retail es
tablishments. The capitalists who come
to the front In response to this demand
will have good prollts guaranteed ou
their Investments.
Our popoeratle contemporary Is trying
to tlnd out what made Governor Diet
rich change his position on the appro
prlatlon for the salaries of supreme
court commissioners. Straugo that it
does not arrogate to Itself the responsl
blllty for what it calls the governor's
"Hop."
The Iron market foreshadows building
operations of all kinds on uu uuparal
leled scale this coming season. More
and larger mills are In operation uow
than ever before In the history of the
country aud still tho demand for the
product Is lu excess of the capacity of
the mills to supply.
Them aro two times lu tho year whon
the world hears of tho Kannwhn and
Big Sandy rivers when tho river una
harbor appropriation Is before cougress
nnd when the spring Hoods come. At
other times even the peoplo who dwell
tu the neighborhood do not think them
worth talking about.
The Chicago Board of Trade specula
tors pinched by young Phillips In his
former grain corner aro uow trying to
get even. As Phillips Is Interested in
boosting the prlco of May corn, tho
farmer Is on the side of tho young specu
lator. The farmer, has the corn this
time aud If It goes up he will share tho
protlt
.lust nbotit tho tlmo humanity con
gratulates Itself It Is Improving ma
terlally somo crime like tho murder of
Millionaire Ulco comes to light, dis
playing' depths of barbaric cruelty
which almost shakes faith In the race.
As a cold-blooded, calculating murder
tho story told by tho witness has few
parallels and none exceeds It.
In tho death of .ludge Learn Omaha
loses a capable and etllclent public otli
cer. During his brief control of tho
police court .ludgo I.earu had revolution
istcd the methods In vogue there, lie
had tho right conception of his duty,
realizing that he was on tho bench to
administer Justice tempered with mercy,
but not to encourage vice aud crime
It will bo a loup time before Omaha has
u police Judgi who will glvo better sat
hifactluu than the late ,hnlo Lcuru.
CHIA'A'S tlKFl'SAh TO S Hits'.
The formal refusal of the Chinese gov
ernment to sign the Manchurian con
vention, while not wholly unexpected,
brings to n conclusion an Issue of the
most serious character. We said tt few
days ago lu reference to this limttcr,
that the probability was that China
would yield to the pressure of the Rus
sian government, for tho reason that
there was no certainty, In the event of
her taking it different position, that she
would receive anything more substantial
than the moral support of the other
powers. There was nothing better than
this promised lu the attitude of the
powers. .Several of them had, Indeed,
protested against the manifest scheme
of Itussla for the absorption of Man
churia, the threat of which Imperilled
the security of Japan, but they had
glveti no assurances of anything beyond
n protest by way of contravening the
Busslan program, tho alleged nature of
which was that It was simply n modus
Vivendi, intended to restore normal
conditions that had been disturbed by
the conduct of the Chinese.
This protest, however, appears to have
been sutllelent to Induce tho Chinese
government to take' a leterinlned stand
against the Russian demands. It has
taken the position Hint lu view of the
attitude of a majority of the powers It
feels called upon to respect tho opinion
of these powers rather than to yield to
the demand of a single nation. The de
sire of China Is to keep on friendly
terms with all the powers aud In order
to do this she thinks It necessary to
grant no special privilege to any one
of them. She declines to court the
friendship of one power by alienating
tho sympathies of all the others. There
can be no question as to tho abstract
wisdom of this attitude, but whether
China can maintain It or not will de
pend upon tho support she receives from
the powers which have Induced her to
take this position. Will they stand by
her when the emergency comes which
appears Imminent, or will they leave
her helpless to be dealt with by Itussla?
I'hls question appeals vas strongly to
the United States-as to any other power,
for the reason that this government
has been as lulluputlal as any other In
Inducing China, to refuse to sign the
Manchurian convention, it was the
opposition of the United States perhaps
more than that of any other nation
that luiluenced the Chinese government
to take the position It has In regard to
the Manchurian convention nnd most
naturally Chlua will look to this country
for support lu Its future dealing with
Itussla. What shall we do In respect
to such u complication? It Is n very
serious question. To abandon China Is
to leave her a prey to Itussla, for there
Is no assurance that any other power
will aid China If the United States does
not. To give material support to China
would perhaps Involve the United States
lu serious Kuroponn complications. It is
apparent, therefore, that the situation
presented by the Issue between Itussla
and China has an Interest, for this coun
try of the most vital character. We
have assumed u degree of responsibility
In the matter that may compel us to
take it larger part In the adjustment
than was anticipated.
Tilt: FHAVDSAT MANILA.
The latest advices from Manila arc to
the effect that the Urst reports regarding
frauds there In the commissary depart
ment were exaggerated. This Is by no
means Improbable. Krotn the statements
made by olllclals of the War department
at Washington It Is easy to understand
how an exaggerated report of frauds
could have come from Manila, particu
larly In view of the fact that some of
the correspondents there are only too
ready In such a matter to make a moun
tain out of u molehill.
General MacArthur says that (he al
leged frauds are apparently duo to "Ir
regularity of sales savings," winch is ex
plained by the Washington authorities
to mean the sales of rations saved by the
soldiers. Kaeh military company, It ap
pears, Is authorized to sell any surplus
of supplies which It may not need for Its
own use. Tho captain is the otllcer
through whom tho sale Is made and the
money' goes into tho compauy fund for
such luxuries as it may desire. For tills
reason, says a Washington dispatch, It
would not be surprising If considerable
quantities of commissary bacon aud
Hour had been sold to private parties,
for thoro is no other bacou to be had lu
Manila nnd llrst-rate American Hour Is
iiIwuvh hi demand there. It will prob
ably turn out that- there have been no
such wholesale frauds as reported.
Meanwhile General MacArthur re
ports that a thorough Investigation Is
being made and there can bo no doubt
that tho matter will be probed,, to the
fullest extent and If fraud Is proven
those guilty of It will be punished as
they deserve. Pending tho result of tho
Investigation common Justice demands a
suspension of Judgment regardlug tho
olllclal responsibility for affairs lu the
Philippines a principle which wo regret
to sny Is not belug so generally observed
as it should be.
the cvuAys vNDKcmnn.
The Cuban constitutional convention
Is still considering the question of future
relatlous with tho United States, with
llttlo promise of niuearly solution. This
Is disappointing lu view of tho fact that
a short time ago It appeared probable
that tho conservative sentiment In the
Islnud, which Is understood to bo prac
tically unanimous in favor of tho Ameri
can conditions, would prevail aud that
tho Issue would speedily bo settled.
Senator Proctor, who returned a few
days ago from Cuba, stated In an Inter
view Hint the better classes of tho peo
plo of the Island are anxious for peace
und tho establishment of a stable gov
ernment that will give assurance of pro
teetlon to llfo ami property, but It
would seem Hint the lnlluenco of this
element Is not as great as It should be,
cither because It does not make tho
proper effort or for tho reason that It Is
too subservient to the politicians, who
aro persistently active. According to
Senator Proctor there Is a general dis
position among tho people favorable to
the Piatt amendment, hut some of the
ure-eutlutf class uru striving to place a.
strained Interpretation ou the amend
ment and are endeavoring to convince
the peoplo that tho United Stales In
tends to do them serious Injustice, lie
said, however, that no progress Is being
made by this class. Perhaps this Is
true, yet It would seem that the ob
structive' element Is holding Its own
and it Is a serious question whether It
will not continue to do so.
There seems to be nothing to do but
to wait patiently for tho deliberate con
sideration of the American terms on
the part of all tho Cuban people. The
most, trustworthy testimony Is that the
Iiooplc generally are favorable to the
terms, the opposition being confined to
the politicians. There Is reason to think
that In time the latter will be compelled
to yield to popular sentiment
llA VK IT TESTKI) FlllST.
Governor Dietrich has signed tho bill
for a commission to compromise the
Hartley bond claims, alleging as his
reason that It Is better business to take
what one can get ou a bad debt than to
risk losing It all In tho courts.
That may be good practice In ordinary
business affairs, where tho man com
promising Is giving away his own
money, but It does not necessarily ap
ply to a state, which represents the ag
gregate of the taxpayers.
Wo believe the best commission to
compromise the Hartley bond, as well as
all other similar obligations duo to the
state, would be n Jury of twelve men
drawn lu the same manner as juries In
civil cases. To lmposo tho responsi
bility of settling a claim amounting to
some three-quarters of a million dollars
on three elective state otllcers is unfair
to them, because sure to place them In
n position where their action will be se
verely criticised.
All this Is Irrespective of the question
of the unconstitutionality of the law,
which seems so plain that nothing but
the most rollned legal quibbling can con
strue It out of the constitutional prohibi
tion of special legislation.
Before the so-called commissioners un
dertake to act uuder the authority of this
statute they should have It tested In thu
courts, as It will be fruitless for them
to waste their time If the lawmakers
have no right to confer such authority
upon them.
Minnesota has adopted a new plan 6f
nominating candidates. The new law
provides for all nominations to bo made
at primary elections and all are to be
nominated ou the same day. The re
sult of this attempt to regulate the
nominations for otllce, which Is designed
to head off trades aud machine politics,
will be watched with Interest. With
the same safeguards which aro thrown
around an election it Is hoped the prob
lem of clean nominations has been
solved, so faras It can bo by law. Peo
ple lu other states certainly wisli tho
Minnesota plan success.
In extending the police patrol service
lu our residence districts the police com
mission will-earn' the gratitude of a
large body of householders, livery one
realizes that up to this tlmo the police
service has been routined to the central
aud business portion of the city, because
of the lnsutllcleut numbers In the de
partment, due to the shortage of funds
at its disposal. While the department
Is still considerably uuder its maximum
strength, a systematic distribution of
the men ought to cover the greater part
of the territory In the city limits that Is
fully populated.
In the last report of exports nnd Im
ports of the Island of Porto Ulco, tho
United States monopolizes over CO per
cent of both the export and Import busi
ness of the Island. Before It came un
der American rule the United States oc
cupied a secondary place, particularly
in the matter of Imports. What Is true
of Porto Hlco will without doubt be
true of our other Island possessions, as
soon ns order and civil government Is
restored and the energies of the country
can be turned into commercial channels.
The total vote on mayor In tho city
election just held In Lincoln Is -1,'JSl,
which Is considerably less than was
polled in South Omaha at last fall's
election. South Omaha's vote on tax
commissioner Tuesday, however, was
only 2,147. These two Nebraska towns
evidently have good grounds for a dis
pute as to their exact relative popula
tion positions, notwithstanding the cen
sus. The trustees of the Methodist hospital
aro figuring on tho erection of a new
building. It Is to bo hoped that they will
consider nothing that does not contem
plate a Hreproof structure, In view of
tho lesson of the narrow escape of the
present hospital from lire a few months
ago. The community owes it to itself
not to endanger the lives of tho sick
and helpless lu tlrctraps.
Russia has beeu defeated for tho tlmo
in its endeavor to force China to sign
tho Manchurian treaty. Unless tho Rus
slnu has changed recently, however, ho
will pick his Hint and try again. China
Is the 'most artful diplomatic dodger of
all the nations, but Russian persistence
will sooner or later prevail, unless tho
powers ns persistently back China up.
Ain't He ii 1'cnelif"
Washington Post.
There Is n consensus of opinion to the
effect that, notwithstanding tho fact that
ho didn't taka a tnbagco course at West
Point, General Kunston Is rmlto R warm
member.
ItuotliiK Inln the- Tiensnrr.
Sprlugllcld Itcpubllcan.
Tho British dellclt for the fiscal year
cutleil with last month Is only $270,000,000,
and this notwithstanding that revenues con
slderably exceeded tho estimates. It ropro
sonta what tho Boer war la costing every
twclvo months.
'l'lir Soldier mill Hie I'lilhlelnn,
Philadelphia North American.
It was Kitchener, tho Iron-handed soldier,
who ndvlsed that terms to tho Boers Include-
amnesty for Cape Colony rebels and
representative government for, tho Boer
states, and It was Cbaiubrlaln, tho com
mcrclallzor of political office, who spurned
tho ndvlco and derided Kitchener as a fool
for making such preposterously poactabl
proposals. Tho hardsst tighter Is usually
the most generous foo and tho most lm
placablu enemy ts tho non-conhmtant.
Chamberlain's public censure of Kitchener
places that soldier In a new and more
favorable- light and proves that the secre
tary himself ts tho chief obstacle to peaco
lu South Africa.
'I'rnclilim (imiil Manners.
Chicago News.
In addition to her nuarrcl with this coun
try, Venezuela will bo asked to pay for tho
destruction of certain British vessels. If
sho refuses tho Briton will probably have a
frco hand this tlmo ta teaching tho obstrep
erous Venezuelans a lesson lu Interna
tional good manners.
Some Comfort for llOKtilnrs.
Philadelphia Record.
All tho persona accused of complicity In
the frauds on tho government perpetrated
in the Philippines nppear to bo civilians
and volunteer ofllcers, and this, so far as It
goes, Is a feather la the cap of the regular
establishment. They do seem to teach hon
esty and honor nt West Point.
Well l-'eil, ,tiyn'.
Buffalo Kxprcss.
Tho commissary department of the army
in tho Philippines may havo been dishonest,
but, ut least, tho army there has been fed,
as tt was not when lu Cuba. And the dllll-
culties of supplying the soldiers lu the
Philippines were very much greater than
In Cuba. Thcso facts do not lesson the
oftenso of nay dishonest ofllcers, but thu;
do offset somewhat thcMllscrcillt which the
alleged frauds reflect on tho general man
agement of tho department.
Corn I'rlees iiml rrort.
Indlanupolls Journal,
Karly In tho season, when tho greatest
corn crop tho country ever harvested was
assured, many predicted very low prices.
Thu prediction has not been verified. The
prlco of corn has been well maintained, and
Is now at a flguro which may bo railed high.
A few years ago such a crop as that of 1900
cut tho prlco to a flguro 'which mado corn a
profitless crop. This year, with a larger
crop, prices havo been maintained. Tho
reason Is obvious com I Is much moro
largely used In this country than ever and
tho export demand Is Increasing. Tho ex
perience of tho past two or thrco years
makes corn tho most Important crop
throughout tho corn belt.
IiAXDSCAI'M IllSKlGUItl M KMT.
HhncklttK Trnll of tlic SIkii Dniilicr
Tlirnimhoii t Hie Country.
Boston Herald.
In a country where tho newspapers aro so
wldoly circulated as In tho United States
thero Is small excuse for tho man who goes
about tho country defacing Its natural boau-
tles with paint pot and brush to chronlclo
tho morlts of this or that all tho way from
axlo greaso to a grand piano.
Of course, tho man cannot bo blamed; It
Is lila employer nnd tho condition of public
tasto which tolerates such disfigurement of
tho landscape. In a recent trip through tho
west, a part of which led through southern
Canada, It was observed that this riot of
painful advertising mostly prevails In tho
vicinity of tho largor cities. In tho sub
urbs of Indianapolis a beautiful llttlo cottage
had every Inch of Its roof spaco' covered by
a incat-ax sort of an advertisement because
tho railway embankment, being high, passed
tho housetop on a level. A man who would
subject tho homo ho loved to that sort ot
Indignity ought to ho compelled by fato to
domicile In a sodhouso tho rest ot his days.
Tho better class of farmers will not per
mit their outbuildings to bo disfigured In
this way. It is only tho shiftless sort, and It
Is a safe conclusion where- ono sees barns nnd
corncrlba bo decorated that tho farmer who
permits tt has no prldp In his possession.
Indeed, ono Involuntarily looks around to
find his plow and drills nnd other farming
Implements rcposlng'Jn, tbo fenco corners,
nnd one is seldom disappointed. To the
traveler on tho railway' thero is no falror
sight on tho landscapo than a farm houso
with woll-kept lawns' and neatly painted
outbuildings attached. It argues a pros
perous condition of that man's nffalra and
at onco fills tho beholder with profound re
spect tor him.,
Tho traveler through southwestern Can
ada, however, If ho bo an observant one,
will nolo two peculiar facts In connection
with tho landscapo. Ono Is that between
Wludtsor and Niagara Kails ho will not see
a single advertisement painted on a farm
outbuilding. Tho other is that ho will not
seo a single outbuilding bearing a coat of
paint of any description; oven tho art of
whitewashing appears to bo unknown over
thoro.
IIIJSIXKSS Jl K IN HIJTIHK.MENT.
Taklne a llrl or l'lnyliifr the Game
to the Hml.
Kansas City Star.
"I havo always felt," said Mr. Carnegie
In his open letter to tho citizens of Pitts
burg, "that old ago should ho spent, not, as
tho Scotch say, In 'making mlcklo malr, but
In making good use of what has been ac
quired, and I hopo my friends of Pittsburg
will approvo of my action In retiring while
litlll In full health and vigor, and I can rea
sonably expect many years of usefulness in
fields which havo other than personal
alms."
These words of Mr. Carneglo's contrast
strikingly with what Roswell P. Flower
Bald to a friend shortly beforo his death.
"I don't need to keep at work any longer,"
ho remarked. "I havo ajl tho money that I
want and much moro. I don't caro about
making any moro money, simply for tho
sako of being a richer roan. There is no
reason why I should not retire, except that
I should not enjoy, llfo if I wero not In the.
thick of It. I could not get any satisfaction
out of existence" without playing tho gamo
to tho end." No doubt Mr. Flower ox
pressed tho prevailing American sentiment.
Thero is no lelsuro class In this country
as there is in England. Most Americans
Tvant to "dlo in tho harness." As Sir. Flower
says, they would not bo comfortablo if they
wero not at work.
So long ns this feeling exists It Is a fact
to bo reckoned with whether It bo alto
gether approved or not. In many ways
tho community benefits from It. Tho great
captains of Industry aro doing Immense
service to tho country In their business.
If Mr. Carnegie had retired twenty years
ago steel would not havo tho part In mod
ern llfo which tt takes today. Tho ma
jority of ablo men in active business aro
valuable contributors to tbo material wel
faro of tho country, nut tho state needs
tho service of men of ability In other than
business relations. A man who retires at
Mr. Carneglo's age not only has tlmo for
travel, reading and reflection tho "making
of tho boul," Mr. Carneglo calls It hut ho
can dovoto himself tb public affairs. A
class of ablo and public-spirited men of
leisure would bo Invnluahlo to a community.
Tho lato Senator Morrill of Vermont fur
nished a striking illustration of this typo
of citizen. At tho age of 35 ho decided
ho bad mado enough money and that ho
could rotiro from business nnd dovoto him
self to gaining tho education and culture for
which ho had not had lelsuro In bis youth,
Six years later ho was elected to congress
and began tho long nnd uninterrupted serv
Ico of forty-four years which ended only
at his death.
It would not bo necessary for the elderly
man ot lelsuro to go Into party politics
In order to bo of servlco to his town or
state, tt such a courso were distasteful
to him. He might be a force In his com
munity for public Improvements nnd for
promoting tho public, wclfaro in many ways
as a private citizen. He could servo with
credit, as Charles Dudley Warnor did, on
park boardB, or ho could mako his Influence
felt In municipal leagues. Thero Is abun
danco of opportunity for a progressive man
to mako his doc.llnlng years count for tho
good of his community while ho Is enjoying
a well-earned rest from the strain ot business,
I.IFI. 1 Till: I'lllt.tl'I'IMlS.
Serum nml Incident" Sketched 1i
Suldler on Hie Spot.
A .soldier in tho Philippines, writing to
his peoplo nt St. Joseph, Mo., says: "When
I first camo to Cebu It vns certainly a very
much rundown rlty nnd far behind tho
times, but now they havo got far enough
along to play golf and foot ball. Thero Is
also a blcyclo club formed hire, nnd It has
over GOO members. A blcyclo which costs
ono In the states ?!3 can readily bo sold
hero for ISO pesos, or $75 In gold. All
money, you understand, Is reckoned at
Mexican value la silver, u peso being worth
60 cents. Twenty-five schools aro now run
ning In Cebu, and there Is a largo nttend
nncc at each. I presume this will cause
them to look forward to tho blessings of a
democratic government. Thero is noticea
bly a largo number now who wear clothes
who did not u ycnr ago. I saw at that
time well-to-do business men whose wear
ing apparel consisted of a 'O-ntrlng' and
a smile. This Is yet truo of a largo num
ber, but thoso Americans who are In power
hero are nftcr tho coming generations."
"In tho first place," writes Frank Hoff
man from Manila to his .jlks nt Kinsley,
Kan., "I am no longer n soldier. 1 havo
been appointed on tho new metropolitan
police force at Manila, and tho pay Is:
Patrolmen, Tu; corpurnlB, ?S0, aud scr
gcans, $100. My pay U $75 n month, and I
pay J 10 ii month for board, leaving 03
clear. I havo not touched a drop of liquor
slnco I camo to tho army. I find It much
nicer to pass my evenings nt tho Young
Men's Christian association reading room
than in a saloon. It was my hard work
and sobriety that got mo this place. Only
twenty-four men wero picked out of euch
regiment, nnd most any man would bo glad
to stay hero awhllo nt $65 a month. 1
would Ilka to seo Kinsley nil right, but
when I do I don't think I will coma look
ing for a Job on a farm unless the United
States breaks nnd 1 lose my money."
John II. Burwell of Vanco county, North
Carolina, ono of Uuclo Sam'B boys in blue,
in a letter to his brother, gives his Impres
sions of the Philippines in tho following
sarcastic fashion:
"Tho Philippine Islands are a bunch of
troublo gathered together on tho western
horizon of civilization. They aro bounded
on tho north by rocks and destruction, on
tho east by typhoons and monsoons, on the
south by cannibals and earthquakes and on
tbo west by hoodoolsm aud smugglers. Tho
climate Is a combination of electric changes
well udiiptcd to raising calu. Tho soli la
extraordinarily fertile, producing largo
cropa of Insurrections nnd trickery. Tho
inhabitants aro very Industrious, their chief
occupation being trench building and the
mnnufacturo of bolos, knives and reloading
Remington cartridges. Their nmuscnicnts
aro cock fighting, roonto dealing, thieving
nnd cheating. Their diet consists of rice
boiled rice, stowed rice, fried rice, cooked
rico and rice.
"Tho Filipino marriago servlco is very
Impressive, especially tho clauso whcroln
tho wlfo is given tho privilege of working
as much as her husband desires. Tho
beasts of burden aro carabous; on a thrco
mile journey only ten days' rations need bo
taken, but if tho Journey is 100 miles tho
driver would dlo of old ngo beforo reaching
his destination. Tho rivers aro serpentlno
In course, tho current running in opposi
tion to all known laws ot gravitation. Ma
nila, tho capital nnd principal city, is
situated on Manila bay, a large land-locked
body of water, full of filth, sharks and
Spanish Mibmnrlne boats. Cavlte, tho next
city of Importance, is noted for Us natural
facilities for a naval station and for Its
largo number of saloons and Chinamen.
"Tho principal exports of tho islands aro
rice, hemp and war bulletins. Tho princi
pal Imports aro American soldiers, arms,
ammunition, beer nnd tobneco.
"Mclarla is fo prevalent that on various
occasions tho islands havo been shaken with
a chill. Luzon, the largest ot tho group,
resembles ono of Cy Green's enst-off boots.
Communication has been established be
tween the numerous lslnnds by substituting
tho mosquito for tho carrier pigeon, tho
mosquitoes being much larger and better
ablo to enduro tho fatlgun of tho Journoy.
Tho nativo costumo consists of a flour sack
tied around tho waist. Children 12 years
of ago wait till tbo next year for their
clothes. Tho towns aro an aggregation of
shackB built ot bamboo nnd full of filth,
fleas, cur dogs, cnts, horses, chickens, pigs,
flics, bedbugs nnd lice. Tho family all sleep
on terms of equality. Tho nativo drink 13
blno, concentrated tarantula poison, cactus
Juice, barbed wlro and forked lightning. Tho
Philippines aro an appropriate present for a
deadly enemy. Tho natives aro friends nt
tho point of a gun. The cllmnto, pleasant
and healthful for roaches, tarantulas, alli
gators, scorpions, centipedes und snakes.
The soil, adapted to raising foul odors and
diseases. Tbo Islands, a Hod-forsaken, can
nibalized, Agulnaldo-Infcstcd blot on the
face of God's green earth."
I'KnSONAI. NOTKS.
Secretary Boot has becomo quite an au
thority on array tactics and has collected
ono of tho best prlvato libraries on military
history and science In tho country.
A Texas professor has hypnotized two
subjects by telephone, at a distance of
eighty-five miles. But that distanco is a
racro step lu Texas.
John 13. Boll, who died In Springfield, 111.,
Inst Saturday night, was an Intimate, life
long friend of Lincoln nnd assisted in tho
building of tbo uow historic Lincoln flat
boat. L. F. Austin, tlin present editor-ln-chlef
of tho London Illustrated News a post
last occupied by Joseph Payne Is an
American by birth nnd tho author of a
biography of Heury Irving.
Kdmund Clarcnco Stedman has been
selected to wrllo tho commemorative ode
for tho Ynlo bicentennial next October.
Justlco David J. Brewer of tho United States
supremo court will dollvor tho commerao
ratlvo oration.
Tho death ot Tbcodoro Butklcvltch Is re
ported from nuda-I'esth. Ho was onco one
ot Itussla's most brilliant artists. For
twenty-four years ho was a prisoner In the
Slborlan lead mines on a chnrgo ot Insulting
Alexander II. Ho Anally escaped and after
numberless sufferings reached Buda-Pcsth.
Ho becamo an habitual drunkard and was
frozen to death whllo intoxicated.
Tint Honolulu Republican of March 23
Indulges In a loud chuckle over tho Omaha
dispatch concerning tho Hayden forturio In
tho Islands. Tho Republican calls tbo for
tuno story a hoax, and expresses sympnthy
for thoso on tho mainland who wero tnken
In. Isane Nowton Ilnydcn died nt Hono
lulu six months ago, and so far as known
his "great fortune" looked llko SO cents.
Sir Edwin Arnold, upon whom a terrible
calamity has fallen, Is not dismayed or
disheartened by affliction. Ho writes to a
friend in this rountry: "My condition
woilld bo n sad ono without patience and
resignation. I am now totally blind nnd
ablo to work only with assistance, nut
I never despair, nnd go on with my work,
thanking heaven for my unimpaired mental
powers.
Major Burnham, tho American scout, has
sailed for West Africa, where ho has been
engaged to lead an expedition through
part of tbo country where hitherto no white
man has over been. So far as his British'
reputation nnd services are concerned,
Major Burnham made his career by winning
General Uadnn-I'owell's admiration dur
ing the first Matahclo war by tho success
of his exploits, based upon an instinct
which, It Is said, equals that ot an Amer
ican Indian. ,
PAItTISAX ALLIES .IKKIir.D.
l''rincr l'rehlMit Cleveland Talk
Alionl Civil Service Itrforni,
In an article In tho Saturday Evening
Post of Philadelphia, on "The Strength and
Needs of Civil Servlco Reform," Grovcr
Clevoland says:
"The most Important labor yet to bo
porformcd In behnlf of civil service reform
remains to bo mentioned. It consists In a
constant attempt to gain tho support ot
thoso who aro willing to concedo that po
sitions In government employ should not be
given to tho Incompetent and unworthy, but
who aro loath to abandon the notion that
party service should count something In nu
applicant's favor. Many of these nro young
men who are nctlve and efficient In polit
ical service; some of them of unquestioned
merit nnd capacity, would be glad to do
work under the government, and no more
valuablo allies can be won In support of tn
merit system.
"This contingent should not bo kept at
arm's length aud obliged to gain alt their
Ideas of the advantages of civil servlco re
form from distant and Indistinct praise of
its sentimental excellencies. They should
rnthcr be approached with tho assurance
that thero Is a practical side to the ques
tion, which Is of Interest to them, nud they
should bo Invited to Its examination In n
spirit of friendly counsel and without un
necessarily or offensively antagonizing their
prejudices or their ideas of Bolf-intcrcst.
Their Intelligence can ho relied on to bring
them to an appreciation of tho fairness nnd
Justlco of tho reform when they aro per
suasively presented to them, and their
Amerlcnn lovo of fair piny will bo stimu
lated to ,tho approval of a plan by which
the advantages ot place-holding aro Justly
equalized. Tho practical suggestion should
bo mado that tho eligible list Is constantly
open to the members of all parties."
Further along In tho same article Mr,
Cleveland makes this reference to George
B. Cortclyou, tho Long Islander, who Is
secretary to President McKlnley:
"A number ot years ngo, under a demo
cratic administration, a young man who hnd
successfully passed the required examina
tion, and whose nomo stood on tho civil
service nllglblo list, was, in atrlct accord
ance with existing rules, nppolntcd to a gov
crnmeut position, Involving tho dlschargo
ot quite confidential duty, under tho lm
mediate supervision and control of an offi
cial who, though a (strong partisan and nat
urally disinclined to civil servlco reform,
was especially cousclcutlniiB and faithful
in tbo performance of the work of hi
bureau. His new appointee was found to bo
so competent and altogether so satisfactory
that when ho was after a tlmo transferred
to the clerical force at tho executlvo man
slon tho regret and dissatisfaction ot his
superior officer were honestly and frankly
expressed. In both positions tho party
affiliations of this employ were unknown,
but his ability and loyalty to duty wero
beyond question. Ho haB remained at tho
executlvo mansion slnco his transfer, and
now holds tho position of secretary to the
president nn office scarcely less honorablo
and In somo respects fully as Important as
a place In the cabinet."
SIARYL AMD'S 11 ALLOT LAW.
LK"Inlon IleHlRiied lo Ileator he
DemnurHpy to Tower.
Philadelphia, Press.
The legislature ot Maryland has passed
tho ballot bill It was called together to
consider, and it now only necdB tho sig
nature of tho governor to becomo n law,
Tho bill Is not tho same as when first In
troduced, tho decided expressions ot public
opinion having compelled many changes.
Thcso havo all been for the better. As It
stands now, party emblems are abolished,
the names ot all candidates tor a particular
ofllco aro grouped under that office aud
arranged alphabetical order, and no as
sistance Is to bo given any voter unless be
Is blind or otberwiso physically disabled.
Tho object ot tho bill is, of course, to
disfrancblHo tho colored voters, nearly half
ot whom aro Illiterate and nearly all
ot whom nro republicans. It Is truo that
It will affect whlto illiterates also, but as
theso aro fewer In number than tho col
ored illiterates, the balanco will be largely
in favor of tbo democrats. A recent com
pilation plnces tho number of whlto Illiter
ates In Maryland, 21 years of ngo and over,
at 18,307 and tho colored Illiterates at 26,616,
a total of 44,923. It is probablo that a trac
tion of tho whlto illiterates are repub
licans, but very few of tho colored Illiter
ates are democrats. So it enn bo generally
assumed that tho new law will disfranchise
nearly two republicans to ono democrat.
In Baltimore city about one-third of tho
colored voters are Illiterates, whllo not
more than ono whlt) voter In twenty ts
Illiterate. Tho law will accordingly be
decidedly In favor of tho democrats.
Tho law will go into foroe, howovor, un
less dcclnred unconstitutional, and It must
be reckoned with. The Maryland repub
licans will bo wise if they accept tt as a
fact, nnd, Instead of spending any time
and energy on a contest In court, begin at
once a campaign of education among the
Illiterate colored voters. Setting asido the
partisan character of the bill and Its
What are you
going to do?
Wear thnt old winter hat and tie. for Easter or are
you coming in here and get new ones finest you ever
saw good many styles and things, in the windows that
would attract most any one. But there are some on tho
inside that you have not seen "lato arrivals." And
how about the suit while you are waiting for your tie
or hat to be wrapped you might slip into one of the new '
suits and see how they fit wo are pretty sure you would
not care to slip out of it. Never have our clothes been ho ;
perfect in fit and finish, or the price as reasonable all j
shapes and all purses are satisfactory fitted hero.
Don't wait until the last moment lo do your shop
ping take plenty of time and see ALL we have to show
you and be thoroughly suited. '
No clothing fits like ours.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
OCTflWKST COHNKR 1STH AND DOUGLAS) (ITnfSKTI,
Omabtva Exclusive Clothier lor Alca and UoytVt
avowed purpose to keep the democrats la
power In Maryland and to return Mr. Gor
man to tho United States senate, It enn be
said that the mna who will not take tha
troublo to lenrn to read well enough to
mark a ballot properly Is not a fit man
to bo endowed with tho privilege ot the
suffrage. if they will make the effort
every Illiterate voter In Maryland can be
prepared by the next election to mark hie
ballot nnd tho purpose of the democrats in
passing tho law will be defeated.
Tho colored voters can themselves bring
contusion on their opponents lu this mat
ter. Let them start evening schools for
colored illiterates nnd in threo months'
tlmo nine-tenths of them can bo taught to
read n ballot and mark It properly. It
wns by the aid of many colored votes that
the present governor was elected In 1899,
tho democrats having succeeded in cajoling
a largo percentage of the colored voters
Into the belief that their Interests would
bo better tnken caro of by a democratlo
thnn by a republican administration. The
disfranchisement lnw is tho pay these col
ored voters received for their support.
They should now make every effort possi
ble to retrluvo the mistake they mado two
years ago nud to punish thoso who de
ceived them.
vnrivii,i:i) to a iMiivr.
Philadelphia Press: "t'vo ronstructcxl a
novel nnd now 1 want nn appropriate title
for It. If 1 do say It, myself, It's quite an
absorbing thing, and"
"It Is, eh 7 Why don't you cat! tt 'the
Sponge, then?"
Detroit Journal: City nephew (to uncle,
visiting New York) Now, whut sort of a
show would you llko to hcp, uncle?
Deacon Wnyhnck Why, ono of them kind
thet the preachers go tew every chance, to
git material for their sermons ngln' tho
theater?,
Washington Star: "No one," shouted tha
rnndldatc, "can acriisn mo of trying to
lend the public by tho tinsel"
"lllght you are. old pnl!" hoarsely
shouted the listener with tho four-day
whiskers. "Anybody 'at ever smelt ami
of them secgura of youru would Bwoar to
that!"
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The Filipino
chief looked up. Ho was evidently em
barrassed. Then his glance sought thu
ground.
"This In ho sudden," ho murmured.
It wus plain that ho was taken by sur
prise. Indianapolis Press: Weary Wntklns
Comln' down to do ole mill tonight?
Hungry Hlgglne Wot's doln'7
"Banquet. Dey'll bo bologna, atoglc.i,
speeches an' booze, nn' do evenln'H pro
ceeding Is to bo Illuminated by prescntln
Dismal Dawson n magnificent lovln' can."
HOW K A STlilt HItS IIHGAHI) US.
Jnmcs Barton Adams in Denver Post
They wear their breeches in their boots
Out west,
Out west,
Their Jewelry's tho sort that shoots,
Out west,
The men nro toughs with lighting snnil,
Tho women holy terrors, nnd
Tho girls are fresh tu bent the bnnd.
Out west.
There's lightning In tho boozo Uioy drlnle
Out west,
Tho friendly glass thoy never clink,
Out west,
They fill It till It overflows
And raise It up beneath tho nose,
And say 'Hero's how!" und down shegoeel
Out west.
Tho prchchers got their Sunday "tlps,'
Out west,
In faro bnnk nnd poker chips,
Out vest,
And Mondny 'round the. games they trot
And rash in the collection pot,
And buck tho tiger, llko ns not.
Out west.
The maidens all wear cowboy hats,
Out west,
And wear no corsets on thoir sluts.
Out west,
And when a lover scorns to feel
Too shy to make tho sweet appeal,
They puli a trim and mako him squeal.
1 Out west. "
The women vote tho same as men,
Out west,
reach politics with voice nnd pen.
Out west,
And if a husband makes a play
To take that sacred right away
Ho grows baldheaded In a day.
Out west.
And yet wo lovo thoso ratty cranks,
Out west,
Wo get tho gold to till our banks,
Out west,
They dig It up lu overy yard,
And that Is why wo try so hard
To hold them In our high regard,
Out west.
50
Per Cent
Off
We are giving CO per cent discount oa
rrcmo and Poco Cameras. Seo us bofora
buying.
J. C. Huteson & Co.
Conaultlnar Optician.
1520 DOUGLAS STREET.
