THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: Til U USD AY, MAY 2, 1001
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wc""'. .'".my, Presence and sworn to
before mo this 1st day of May. A. D. 1W1.
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It Is C.'overnor
from now on.
Suvugo of Nebraska
There wore uo boxers In the crowd
which greeted .Minister Conger jester
dny. Front the land or pig tnlls to the land
where they raise the whole hog Is u big
Jump, but .Mnjnr Conger nets like tt
man who welcomed the change.
.Minister Conger could not have se
lected a more auspicious time to return
to his home. Kvery element of nuture
smiles out Its greeting to him.
The absorption of tho Central Pacific
seems to have made the Union I'aclilc
simply that much more tempting u mor
sel for the Vnnderbllt nnacouda.
Congressman .Mercer's next junket will
no to the rillllpplnes. He will get back
next fall Just In time to tell the boys
mu a goon cutnpalgn they have put up,
A Boston man left $10,000 In his will
iu proviue row ror the poor. Either the
poor are not numerous In Huston or the
will was made before the coal barons
put up thu price.
The Callahan verdict Is eliciting divers
comment from thu newspapers of the
east. If the Jury and tho Judge can
disagree the newspaper commentators
certainly have that privilege.
'I lie gates of the Huffalo exposition
are open. Ruffiilo has done well up to
date, nnd if It can wind up Its exposition
ns well ns Omaha It will be entitled to
a double measure of congratulation.
Tho (Jornmu Savings bank would like
to settle- it little debt It owes the city at
the rate of il.'l cents on the dollar. Sev
oral other people who owe money to the
city would like to have the privilege of
cutting off two-thirds of thu obligation
tin... r, i. .i . .
int.- il'mih on ncius weru no sooner
opened for business than the Standard
Oil people swooped down to gobble them
up. The Standard oil people will have
to keep iiu eye on the Wyoming oil llelds
If they expect to continue to control the
oil supply.
'i no r.ugiish coal miners propose, to
sum uown unless the government
changes Its plan to levy an export duty
on coal. When the English miner wakes
up and gets ready to resume business
he may llnd that Brother .lonathau has
secured the trade.
Tho city council nnd the county com
mlssloncrs are to play base ball for tho
benefit of the uudltorltim fund. Spec
tators are wanrt'd to provide themselves
In advance with auditorium bricks, pav
nig uncus, gout bricks and all other
necessary missiles.
lloneral von Walderseu admits that the
task of lotting go the dragon's tail Is
lully as dlllicult as getting the origlna
grip, iiu should take a lesson from
(Jenoral Chaffee. The latter was on
hand to assist in capturing the nnlina
uud as iiulckly dropped It when the
work was done.
Sad is the heart of tho antl editor
and politician as he witnesses the rapid
collapse of opposition to the United
States in the Philippines. At the present
rate It will not be lung before the last
vestige of opposition has disappeared
uud then a new subject for weeping'
must be discovered,
(iovernor Nash of Ohio and a distin
guished party of the citizens of that
state will spend a day lu Omaha on
the return trip from San Francisco,
where they go to attend the launching
of the battleship Ohio. Omaha should
make good tho reputation It gained as
au entertainer during exposition year.
Omaha railroads appear to be lu de
mand. Omaha Is the center of what
nature has made the richest portion of
the United States, and tho roads which
lend out Into this territory, already valu
able property, will become more so as
these resources are developed. The
stock Is a good thing to have lu the
family.
MIX1STEH CUXaKH.
The reception accorded tp lion. 12. H,
Conger, American minister to China, on
his arrival lu Iowa, was a merited pop
ular tribute to (l public olllclal who dls-
charged his duties under the most try
ing circumstances, with signal ability,
as was well said ny senator uoinver.
Mr. Conger's career as the diplomatic
representative of the United States in
China has given a new dignity to Amer
ican public life. During the fearful or
deal to which the foreign legations were
subjected In I'rkln, no representative or
the powers was more courageous than
the American minister and after the le-
tlons were relieved there was no ono
among thu diplomatists who exercised
better Judgment lu dealing with the ex
traordinary circumstances than .Minister
Conger.
The people of Iowa have a right to
feel proud of their fellow citizen and
they honor themselves In honoring him.
The entile country shares with them in
the esteem they manifest for Mr. Con
ger, who has successfully met the most
trying task to which a diplomatic repre-
fccntatlvu could be subjected. bother
or not he return to China a matter
which, It Is understood, he Is free to
decide his name Is forever and most
creditably associated with one of the
most memorable events lu Chinese his
tory, thu Ilnal results of which will
revolutionize the Industrial and social
life of that ancient empire.
A PEACE I'UWl'M.
President McKluley, in his speech nt
Corinth, Miss., gave expression to n sen
timent which ought to Impress not only
tho minds of the Anierlcun people, but
those of foreign peoples as well. He
said: "We do not want any war. Wu
are not a plratu power. Wis are a peace
power. We love peace better than war
and our swords never should be drawn
except lu a righteous cnuse and then
never until every effort at peace and
arbitration shall be exhausted."
Iu this Mr. McKluley voiced the prac
tically unanimous sentiment of the
Vmerican people and It was a peculiarly
timely utterance lu view of the fact
that there are mutterlugs from abroad
of hostilities to the United States und of
the possibility that we may sooner or
later be Involved In serious trouble with
one or more or the European powers.
While the American people fear no na
tion and In defense of their rights and
interests would dare challenge any
power or combination of powers, the de
sire of this nation is for peace and the
cultivation of friendly relations with
all the world. As President Mclvlnley
said, we do not want war and we
shall always be found willing to ex
haust every diplomacy to avoid war,
but If compelled to draw the s.word iu
vindication of our rights and for the
protection of our Interests, wu should
light with a vigor and determination
that the most pulssuut of nations would
hesitate to provoke.
President McKluley is a man of peace.
Thu greatest Injustice that has been done
him has been the accusation of some of
his countrymen that he has not been iu
favor of peace, but sought the glory
of military achievement. No one strove
more strongly that he to avert the wur
with Spain, but when the coullict be
came Inevitable he knew how to prepare
for anil to prosecute tt. The American
uatlou Is for peace, but It will not lies
ltate at war when that Is necessary to
maintain Its rights nnd to safeguard
Interests In any quarter of the world
Its
.MlLlTAltl' QUESTIOX IX CIIIXA.
The United States Is not very much
concerned In regnrd to the mllltnry ques
tlon In China. Our government has
dellnltely decided that It will maintain
at the Chinese capital only n legation
gunrd and within a few weeks all the
other American troops will have with
drawn from Pekiu and be transferred
to the Philippines. The attitude, there
fore, of the other powers In respect to
the number of troops which should be
kept In China Is not a matter of very
great concern to this country.
However, it Is a matter of some in
terest aud Its tinal determination will
have a certain slgnlllcancc In which the
United States will not be wholly uncon
cerned. According to the latest advices
It Is the opinion of thu (lerman commander-in-chief,
Count von Waldcrsee,
that It will be necessary for the powers
to maintain a considerable force lu
China. He is of the opinion that It will
be unsafe to allow the administration
of affairs at Pekiu to depend wholly
upon the Chinese authorities. He ap
prehends that to a'i this would result
lu frlctlou and conflict, whereas with au
adequate foreign force near the Chinese
capital there would bo exerted a moral
Influence over tho authorities that would
have u wholesome effect and probably
avert those dltlicultles which might
otherwise arise.
There Is certainly much to be said In
support of this view. While thu coursu
of our government lu ordering all Its
troops away from China except the
small force required to guard tho lega
tion Is consistent with Its policy, It Is a
very serious question whether It would
bo wise for the other powers to pursuo
a like policy. It may bo admitted that
It Is unnecessary to keep In China the
largo force now there, but on the other
hand complete evacuation at this time
might prove to be a very grave mistake
since It might be taken advantage of by
tho anti-foreign element, still large und
not altogether peaceful, to renew Its
agitation. It appears to be the Idea of
some of the powers that evacuation
cannot commence until China has ac
cepted the prescribed conditions aud
paid the total Indemnities. Tho accept
ance of the conditions, unquestionably,
should precede evacuation, but It is not
necessary that military occupation shall
continue until the Indemnities are all
paid, unless, Indeed, It Is tho Intention
to force China, as some of the powers
urge should he done, to make linme
dlate payment.
It Is obvious thai tho military question
In China Is not a simple one, but It de
pends upon tho ChTnese government to
say whether or not tho dlllleultles at
tending It shall be removed or rendered
more serious, A teady acquiescence In
the reasonable nnd Just demands of the
powers will conduce to an early evacua
tion, but obstinacy or undue delay on
the part of the Chinese government In
regard to the conditions Imposed by the
powers will mean a prolonged military
occupation for which China will have to
pay.
WAXTED-A XtiW HEPUltit PAUTV.
An anonymous contributor, who leaves
his Identity to be guessed at over
the Initials W. .1., has written to
tile Nebraska Independent, which is
the olllclal organ for tho populists
of the state, suggesting that the
only futuru for thu reformers, who
have heretofore labeled themselves pop
ulists, democrats and silver republicans
lies In thu formntlon or a new reform
party. The gist of his plan Is embodied
lu the following:
Tbeio In but one way for the democrats
to bo successful, and that Is with repub
lican votes the same as Cleveland was lu
'1)2 and the samu us Holla Wells was In the
iccetit election. You can all talk that
choose to do so, but there Is no use to try
to keep two different elements In ono party.
Thus It Is with the democrats. Iu 1901 the
reformers will bo entirely without a party.
Tho democrats are In two, and tho populists
aro In two, and whither shall we go?
Tho proper thing to do Is to form a new
party right here In Nebraska, for tho state
only, and call It the American party. The
platform should contain monoy, transporta
tion and u plank against trusts, against
Imperialism, favor the ownership of tho
telephono and telegraph, and without any
fusion. When Abraham Lincoln was
elected president tho democrats were In two,
and had they not been the republicans
would havo been snowed under forty feet
deep.
Lincoln was a minority president. If thero
Is a new party formed, It means that there
will be two parties In tho field that favor
the "gold standard" and all that It contains.
This will place about 4,000,000 votes for tho
democrats, 4,000,000 for tho republicans and
tho remainder for tho reformers. This
would bo the easiest way, to win, and tho
best way. Rut to talk that tho democrats
or populists can over win a national elec
tion is foolishness that is, under their
present organizations.
Porlmps this Is the solution of tho old
question whether tho democrats shall
swallow the populists or the populists
swallow the democrats. Kueh up to
this time has persistently refused to ac
cept the other's livery, no matter how
willing to accept the other's candidates,
tho other's platform, tho other's party
machinery and the other's campaign
contributions. Principles have been
counted for nothing alongside tho name
and the spoils even nt tho expense of
the most transparent political masquer
rule ever recorded.
At last, However, the reformers are
realizing their lmpotency Inside their
own reform parties and that nothing can
put their brand of reform In the saddle
except the organization of another new
party. Tho Auierlcnu party Is as good
a name for it as auy other. Bring on
the American party.
a fixe Exmmr.
Omahn makes a tine exhibit In the
year's compilation showing the business
of the local clearing house.
For the Ilrst four months of the cur
rent year tho total bank clearings for
this period aggregates .$400,000,000,
which exceeds by $0,000,000 tho total
for tho same period last year, or an
average Increase of $1,500,000 per month.
For the number of banking days In
the year so far the average clearings
for Omaha have been more than $1,000,
000 a day.
This is a showing that cannot fail to
be gratifying to business men nnd citi
zens generally.
This line exhibit or bank clearings of
course Is due to the Increased number of
local business establishments aud tho
Increased business transacted by them.
It rollouts the prosperity not only of
Omaha, but of all the trade territory
tributary to it.
Should tho pace thus sot be continued,
the tirst year of tho now century will
be a record breaker In our bank clear
lugs.
Kuglish shipping men make light of
the purchase by J. Plerpout Morgan of
the largest line of English steamers
They pretend to believe that tho ships
will be replaced by better ones, which
will take the trade away from Mr. Mor
gun's line. This presupposes that Mr.
Morgan and his associates will be Idle
while tho Kuglish uru building ships
but tills is certainly not a Yankee trait
Witli all th! money needed back of the
company aud In American hands this
purchase should be made the lever
which will, within a comparatively few
years, place the United States In the
front rank of shipping nations.
A railroad construction gang has
struck a stream of oil lu Wyomlug bor
ing a tunnel. Wyoming Is so rich lu
mineral resources that every railroad cut
threatens to open up a vein of ore or
bed of coal. Wyoming Is sure to be tin
best mining state In the country when
Its resources are fully developed.
Omaha club women should let I heir
Iowa sisters know that they don't care
anyway whether they are assigned a
part in thu Iowa federation meeting or
not. They will have a Nebraska federa
tion meeting at Omaha some of these
days and be lu position to reciprocate In
kind.
Tho discussion continues as to whether
the Cttdahy kidnaping constituted rob
bery. The Judge said It did. but the
lur.v said It did uot. As the Jury had
the last and effective say, further aca
domic speculation can serve only for
educational purposes.
Trending on l)i lilt rroii liroilliil.
Washington Post.
Tho current Issue of the Commoner dls
cusces plagiarism In a rather reckless man
ner. This may start somo people to thinking
about tho "c.-obb of gold and crown o
thorns'' episode.
Tin- Vt'fut Sftu (he Pncr.
New York Mall and Express,
Tho champion liar has not been snowed
under In tho northwest. It seems that the
other day a train was run so fast on the
Chicago & Northwestern road that It bo
amo Invisible. "Watchers at tho station
did not see tho train; they had fled from
the platform to avoid tho danger of suction
and Vero watching from a window." And
yet the rato was only ninety miles an hour
Travelers In tho cast those between Now
York and Dottoo, for Instance will re
member that the speed of trains hero has
not yet closely approached tho point of In-
lslblllty. The great west still loads.
A Profitable I'rUe.
Hoston Globe.
AtMllnnlrin tiaa .m-Ait na ?.V00n mpn. fnr
because of his surrender we need only about
75,000 men lu our regular 'army and only
about 5,000 men more than wo now have re
mal
am to bo emitted. Why keep so profitable
member of society Jn durance?
t'lnniii-lnu the World.
Ualtlmoro American,
Pending tho formation of that alliance of
a
annihilation In Europe against the United
States tho powers are coming hero to bor
row money. Who Is to flnnnco the scheme
of sweeping tis off the faco of the earth as
a nation has not yet been decided.
In NiiellhiK Itrforni I'iinkIIiIp f
New York Tribune.
So Many otitspoken critics nre llndlng
fault with the failures In spelling which
bring discredit upon tho pupils In our pub
lic schools, and even upon the graduates
of American colleges and universities, that
somo extremists aro loud in demanding a
return to the "spelling beo" practices of
early New England. To master the whim
sical ccccntricltes of English spelling Is
so formidable a task as to require constant
and incessant training from the cradle to
the grave.
llriiil-lliintliiK .''tin Intern.
Chlcugo Record-IIernld.
Tho slrajltaneous publication of the re
ports that tho ministers at I'ckln havo de
i tin ruled four moro heads and that the mis
sionary victims of tho Iloxors numbered ISC
Protestants nnd as many Catholics brings
up again that question of reciprocity In tho
blood-letting business, Ought tho powers
to multiply reprisals as a matter of gov
ernmental policy and Is this tho way to pro
mote a religious propaganda?
Tho guiltless have suffered terribly on
both sides because of tho Immorality and
rapacity of governments and governments
had better stop trying to compute the value
of white lives In Chinese. Such on associa
tion of hcud hunters is abhorrent to civi
lized man and Its work Is n poor beginning
for a revival of the preaching of Jesus
Christ.
HlJI.tX CAPACITY.
fun It Hdinil tin- Strnln Trimt Pro
moter Put Upon II.
United States Investor.
Tho trusts have taken a mathematical
tight on a course never before traversed
and tho end must be awaited with fear
and trembling, As wo havo before said,
their arithmetic Is unimpeachable, but
there Is a human sldo to the problem also.
Is there no limit to human capacity? Evi
dently not, In tho estimation of tho trust
promoters. For Instance, If you have a cor
poration with $100,000,000 capital and you
pay the president of it $50,000 a year you
can bo pretty sure that If you Increase the
capital to $1,000,000,000 and tho presi
dent's pay to $1,000,000 his capacity will
extend proportionately with tho Increased
business and pay. It looks rather ridicu
lous on tho faco of It, to be sure, but tho
"ablest financiers" tell us it Is perfectly
feasible and modesty requires that we
stand one side and seo them make the ex
periment. To be quite serious, wo do not
believe that our human nature can stand
a fraction of tho strain which the trust
promoters are putlng upon It. It requires
no moro actual science to handle figures
in tno hundreds of millions than In tho
hundreds of thousands, but It requires a
vastly higher type of human nature to
bandlo actual business In the one case than
In tho other. About twenty centuries
elapsed between the first Napoleon and the
next preceding military commander of his
rank. Unquestionably our largest trusts
call for as high an order of genius as that
displayed by tUe4 first emperor of France
nuu uuquesiionaDiy transcendent mercan
tllo genius Is as frequently met with In this
world i.3 is the military genius of a Na
poleon, a Caesar or an Alexander. The
chances are largely against thero belne a
sufficient supply of geniuses to manage our
great industrial trusts. The supply will
havo to be very large Indeed, because no
ono will probably dlsputo tho assertion
that It will not take very long to use up a
genius under our new methods of doing
business. The Pennsylvania railroad np-
pears to kill oft a president every fow years
and tho industrial trusts ought not to be
able to economize human energy any more
enectivcly than this. All things consid
ered, wo should say that the trusts as a
whoio might reasonably bo exnected to
wreck themselves eventually on tho rock
of Inadequate management.
I.VVK.VriOXS CIIKCK MOMIPOI.V.
icnurncy or .Uoilem Improvrniriitu
I)ion4-iI to ( n t rnllr.utlon.
New York World,
Within a week announcement has been
made that by a now process of mauufacturo
steel armor plate equal In every respect
to tho best that Is now mado nnd sold at
from $100 to $450 per ton can bo produced
and sold for $150 per ton. If this new
procebs can do what Is claimed for It a
very Important branch of tho blecl trust's
business will bo confronted with offcctlve
competition. Herein lies ono of tho checks
to monopoly which no combination of
capital can securely guard ugalust. Tboro
will always bo tho danger to every trust,
oven though fortified by tho absolute con
trol of tho only possible raw material lu
Its particular lino of manufacture, that
soma substltuto will be found for tho pro
duct which It has cornered.
For example, tho sugar trust is con
fronted by tho quite possible aud already
threatened substitution of artlllelal sugar.
Tho last nnnual convention of tho German
Sugar Union, which is tho German sugar
trust, was alarmed at tho statement that
In spito of an Imperial law restricting the
salo of saccharine that substltuto for sugar
was being produced to the extent of RO.000
metric tons a year. Tho discovery of sub
stitutes for sugar Is simply a matter of
chemistry, and as the beet has displaced
the cane, so some clever chemist may any
day displace tho beet by producing sugar
from cheaper material. Aa a writer in
tho current Forum points out
thero aro already many Instances
of successful substitutions that
havo undermined notorious monopolies.
Cottonseed oil has been successfully de-
gummed and tho linseed oil trust h
thereby lost control of tho paint market.
Tho production of cold-water paint has fur
niched another satisfactory substitute for
tho trust nrtlcle. Tho substitution of cot
ton for wool has knocked tho bottom out of
tho wool monopoly, to that tho consumption
of wool In tho grease haB decreased from
ntno to six pounds per capita In the last
ten years. Tho copper trust will nnd Its
monopoly broken If tho experiments that
aro being made In leaching copper direct
from tho ore without tho present costb
processes of roasting and smelting prow
successful. Even the International I'apei
company Is Insecure In Its monopoly of nowi
print paper made from wood pulp. It Is
claimed that paper pulp of an entirely sat
Isfactory quality can be made from tho hul
of tho cottonseed, tho waste of tho sugni
plantation and from tho magnolia tree
which can bo grown In unlimited quantlt
lu tho south. Substitutes havo been discov
ered for rubber and llax nlBo, thus menac
ing the monopolies of two more trusts.
Tho conclusion of Edward Shcrwoo
Meado that this power of substitution Is
such that "we can never ho lu serious dan
ger from tho tax of monopoly prices" may
be too optimistic. Uut it Is ohvlous tha
until the resources of Inventive genius an
exhausted no trust can tell what morning I
will wako up and find Its monopoly gone,
Farming Up to Date.
New Y
Persons with mild bucollo aspirations
will wonder and despair ns they reud Mr.
Walter K. Andrews' account In the World's
Work of "Actual Rural Independence."
Mr. RusscI owns eighty ncres lu a central
state nnd runs to dairy products and fruit.
lie given $300 n year and a house to n
hired man and wlfo. Four miles off by
electric car passing tlin farm Is a good
market town with a creamery and canning
factory.
Five a. m. automatic electric alarm goes
off In hired man's house. Hired man gets
up, goes to the barn, feeds and grooms the
cows, cleans out. Doss comes. Ho and
hired man wash their hands nnd don "clean
white suits used only when they milk."
Clclly nnd Arcadia wuro less delicate. Milk
goes to the mllkroom, where It Is poured
Into a centrifugal cream separator run by
powcrborrowcd from the trolley. Touch
the lever and tho motor docs the rest.
l'resto! There Is your cream lu tho cans
and thero Is your warm skim milk for calf
and pig. You hook tho cans to a wire car
rier which sends them by "force of grav
ity" to the trolley platform. Ah, dreamers
of milky herds, did you ever think of get
ting gravity to movo your cans?
Now a trolley cur chaperoning a freight
car comes. Tho cars spin away to tho
creamery. Their fare Is small and they
come hack empty, U, H. Tho fortunate
Mr. RusscI "Is credited by the creamery
with so much cream and on settlement day
ho receives a check In payment." One
thinks of less scientific farmers who uccd
hardly to seo any money from year's end
to year's end.
Notlco the happier condition of the
tclcntlflc farmer's wife. Before sho Is up
the cream Is In the creamery. No ever
lasting, tedious slavery to pans nnd chtlrns.
No peddling or bartering of butter. Notice,
too, the amelioration of tho cow's destiny.
Sho lives In a comfortable home. The ce
ment floor Is flushed twice a day with tho
hose. Tho walls aro bright with whitewash
nnd ns clean as Rroek. A windmill, a
tubular well nnd n tank furnish pure water
for tho wholo outfit. An automatic wateror
allows each cow to havo fresh water nil
the time. Tho cow's diet is scientific nnd
regular, various grains and ensilage In
quantities to suit. The silo holds 200 tons
of Juicy corn fodder. Machine-planted,
machine-fertilized corn. Mr. Edwin Mark-
CHOWI2, CALLAHAN A CO.
Indianapolis News: Whcro Is Pat
Crowo? He was probably on the Omaha
Jury.
Kansas City Journal: If Judge Raker
of Omaha were on tho Kansas City bench
his rebuking department would soon bo
asking for a needed vacation.
Milwaukee Sentinel: Just at present It
would appear that the Cudahy kidnapers
havo all the best of it. If thero Is a
Nemesis engaged In tho case she must be
taking a vacation.
Chicago Tribune: Several days having
elapsed without any flagrant case of kid
naping, that Omaha Jury may have con
cluded that all laws relating to kidnaping
had become a dead letter.
Minneapolis Tribune: There will be a
revival of the kidnaping Industry In Omaha
after tho verdict of tho Jury in the Calla
han case, and Pat Crowo will bo perfectly
safe In returning to town and conducting
his negotiations openly hereafter.
St. Paul Globe: No doubt some vulgar
prejudice entered Into tho case on the
part of tho Jury against Mr. Cudahy on
account of his reputed wealth. On no
other theory docs It seem possible to offer
explanation of tbo rendering of n verdict
so entirely against tho weight of evidence
as to arouse the ire of the presiding Judge
to tho extent which prevailed In this case.
Chicago News: If tho Callahan case
called for an acquittal the much stronger
case against Crowe would seem to neces
sitate tendering him an engrossed me
morial, or. at tho very least, presenting
him with a few floral tributes accompany
ing n watch or gold-headed cane. Addicted
as It Is, however, to dealing out Justice
with a lavish and Impartial hand, It would
seem that an Omaha Jury would bo prac
tically unable to deal with tho man as his
deserts really require.
St. Paul Pioneer Press: It is quite as
Important to the community that intelli
gent and competent men should be chosen
for Jury duty as that tho administrative
offices of tho country should bo filled by n
reformed civil service system. A plan
which allows wretches like Callahan to bo
turned loose, In tho face of any and all
proof tin to their guilt, to renew their
depredations on society, should at once be
consigned to the lumber room of things
which have outlived their usefulness or
reached a harmful development.
PKHSONAL, A NO OTIIKIt AVIMC.
Philadelphia letter carriers will havo
lighter uniforms, but no shirt waists.
Vermont's "Old Homo Week," for tho
visits of prodigal sons and daughters, will
begin August 11. Malno's Is a week later.
Chicago has a much-disregarded ordi
nance requiring that tho windows of high
buildings shall be so adjusted that they
can bo washed from tho Inside.
President I.oubct Is probably the most
guarded of all living rulers,, a largo flying
guard of policemen In "plain clothes" hav
ing Just been formed to accompany him
wherever he goes.
It is said that Rockefeller, tho Standard
Oil boss, nover Issues poslttvo orders to
subordinates. He makes suggestions
merely, but leaves action to heads of de
partments, holding them strictly responsible
for the consequences,
boula V. Bell, tho noted Wall strcot
"bull" operator, has Just sailed for Europe
on a vacation tho first he has taken In
twenty-six years. Ho paid $2,500 for hit
sent In tho Stock exchange and sold It two
weeks ago for $58,000.
Following the precedent set by New
Hampshire, tho legislature of Vermont has
sot apart the seven days beginning Au
gust 11 next as Vermont's old home week.
Governor W. W. Stlckney has been made
president of the association formed to pre
pare plans for tho union festivities nnd to
enrry them out systematically.
Senator Dcpcw's opinion of the United
States senato Is that it displays "an ab
sence of Jobbery, an unselfish devotion to
tho public service, a sincere nnd hope
ful patriotism, and n hroad, eomprehen
ilvo nnd statesmanlike grasp of the neres
allies of tho country and the possibilities
of Its development worthy of the best days
f the republic."
General Runh ('. Hawkins of New York
City has sent to tho University of Ver
mont n lot of raro documents concerning
tho war of the rebellion, to bo added to
tho valuablo collection of n like nature
which ho gavo tho university somo tlmo
ago. In the latter lot Is n copy of tho
Dally Citizen of Vlcksburg, for July 2,
1S33, printed on wall paper.
Mark Twain In declining a recent dinner
Invitation wroto; ' I havo temporarily
broken myself down with trying to do too
many things and shall try to save what Is
left of me by going oftly for somo months
to come. I am wrecked with rheumatism
these last six days, and do my bleeping by
snatches In tha daytime, for I get uo
reprieves from pain In tho night,"
ork Hun.
ham Is positively not admitted. No hoes
on the place.
And so with all ths other farm work.
Horses and machinery. The ploughcr nnd
harrower "walks or rides ns ho chooses."
He Is not bowed by the burden of his toll.
The trees are "systematically sprayed by a
system of compressed air operated by power
obtained from a wagon's moving wheels,
tfno man drives the team, and two other
men hold tho nozzles and send tho fine
spray exactly where needed." Insects and
fungus diseases aro thus dealt with swiftly
and easily, And now tho fruit Is ready to
market, It goes to the packing house, where
It Is sorted by a machluo grader Into three
or four grades, It Is packed and each grado
stencllrd, I.ate In the afternoon the day's
collection goes by trolley to tho canning
factory, tho dock or the commlsstou man.
Checks come back by mall. Thrice happy
Mr. Russell, thrice happy ogrlcolo, If he
knows a good thing when ho has it and he
does!
Telephono In barn and both houses. Mr.
Russell has nn office, takes dally newspa
pers, studies the market reports, telephones
to his commission ngont, his customers or
tbo cannery, nrranges shipments and sales.
Perfect scientific business. Ho keeps a set
of books ''and knows at the end of each
year Just how ho stands. Ho works hard,
but not In tho way his father worked, lie
directs tho machinery, whereas his father
was tho machinery Itself! he farms with
brains Instead of hands; ho rides a good
saddle horse about his place, whereas his
father was ridden by his work."
Tho farmhouse has open fireplaces and
a hot-water furnace, a modern range, a
refrigerator, electric lights, pure water, a
bathroom, comfortable furniture, a piano, a
bicycle, pictures, now books nnd magazines.
Tho boys and girls rldo to the High school
for 2 cents tho round trip. Churches and
amusements nro near, praised be the benefi
cent trolley! There Is a dally delivery of
mall, except on Sundays, nnd the carrier
sells stumps nnd money orders, takes lot
tern and packages and does errands. Here
Is tho country with city comforts, urbs In
rure. Tho boys and girls aro contented and
stick to the farm. They would bo lunatics
to do otherwise.
Mr. Andrews calls Mr. Russell "the most
Independent man in tho world," One of the
longest-headed of men, too. A business
farmer, well-to-do and unusually comforta
ble by his mastery of really scientific farm
ing. He Is a man to be proud of; and he
has n right to bo proud of himself.
HITS OK WASHINGTON LIKE.
Semen mitl Incident Around the Nn
tlonnl Cnpltnl,
"How did I earn my first dollar? With
a coon dog," replied Senator Stewart of
Nevada to on Inqulstttvo correspondent,
"When tho first railroad was built in tho
United States In 1833, Senator Steward was
a lively lad running about on a farm In
Ohio, Coon hunting was tho fad of tho
hour In his neighborhood and the future
senator and millionaire had tho best coon
dog In all tho country around. The fuct was
well known, but the dog was the lad's
most Intimate associate. He went fishing,
hunting and swimming with him, roamed
In tho woods with him and slept on him.
The dog was Just as much infatuated with
the boy as the boy with tho dog and he
would not leave hl3 master any consider
able length of time. When coon hunters
wanted tho dog they had to take tho boy
along and for that assistance of the ani
mal through tho lad a considerable sum
was charged and It was thus, with a coon
dog, that Senator Stewart earned his first
dollar.
"The hardest work I ever did In my life,"
said Senator Stewart, "was carrying bricks.
I went to work for a deacon on his farm In
Ohio and beforo I left that good man's
place 1 had gone deep Into the mysteries, if
there aro any, of earning one's dally bread
at tho limit of physical endurance. I used
to havo to embrace Just as many bricks as
I could carry In front of mo and then, bent
over, lug them until my back seemed about
to break. I did somo hard work afterward
In tho mines out west, but when you ask
me what was tho hardest work I ever did
my mind reverts Instantly to the dear
old deacon."
One of tho most unlquo contributions to
tho conscience fund came to the government
from nn eastern city. Tho writer sent
half of a number of bills whoso aggregate
valuo was $8,000. He said In sending the
mutilated bills that as soon as ho saw the
acknowledgement of their receipt In the
public prints ho would send tho rest of tho
bills. Correspondents of eastorn papers
wero told of the matter, and two days after
the publication tho other half of each bill
was received, so that they could be Joined
together and redeemed.
Officials of tho department say that the
name "conscience fund" Is a misnomer, as
thero is, as a matter of fact, no such fund.
The monoy us received Is turned In with
other receipts and Is subject to appropria
tion and Is not kept in a separate fund.
Closely akin to this class of remittances
to tho government Is another class which
tbo department officials believe aro
prompted by cranks. These nro people who
make outright gifts to tho government.
During the Spanish-American war thoso
wero frequent. Almost dally pensioners
returned to the treasury department their
warrants and asked that they bo applied
to tho defense- fund. Several gifts outright
of $100,000 each were received, and tho gov
ernment has respected tho wishes of tho
donors snd never mado their names public.
Ono of tho oddest contributions ever mado
to tho government came from Switzerland.
Tbo sender explained that ho had lived for
a number of years In tho United States
and hod been uble to amass u fortune which
permitted his return to Switzerland. There
he had given liberally to his natlvo town,
had tewarded somerlends nnd had plenty
to llvo on. Ho felt ro kindly toward the
government of tho United States that he
sent $20,000 as a contribution toward Its
support.
Captain Richard P. Leary's 13-ycur-old
son has Just won hla spurs In a competitive
examination for admission to tho naval
arademy held in Daltlmorn under tho aus
pices of Representative Wachtcr. Captain
I.rary will be recalled as tho wise naval
commander who as governor of the Island
of Guam Introduced economic, social and
governmental reforms which, though some
what startling In their originality, were ad
mittedly the right thing to do for the ad
vancement of a benighted nnd barbarous
people. Young I-cory was ono of nearly 100
nmbltlous boys who accepted Representa
tive Wachter's invitation to submit to a
competitive examination for appointment
as cadets to the Military academy at West
Point und the Naval academy ut Annapolis
Tho boy came out with flying honors. IU
was -it tho head of tho list with a per
centage several points higher than the
nearest of his rivals. Representative
Wachter was so pleased with his showing
that ho gavo him the alternative of r.hoob
ing thenaval or military cadetshlp. Young
Leary s'ald he preferred to go to Annapolis.
Senators Hurros of Michigan and Hanns
of Ohio met In ono of tho olevators of th
postofllco building yesterday, relates th
Washington correspondent of tho Chlcar"
Chronicle. 3enator Rurrows was acenmpr.
nled by a young constituent for whom 1
was endeavoring to secure a Job. Sona'r
Hurrows turned to his companion and r
marked In s voice loud enough to be hcarf.
Tho Change of
Life
'li the most Important period in a wo
man'r existence. Owing to modern
methods of living, not ono vrotnan in
a thousand approaches this perfectly
natural change without experiencing
a train of Very annoying and some
times painful symptoms.
Those dreadful hot flashes, sending
the blood surging to tho heart until it
seems ready to burst, and the faint
feeling that follows, sometimes with
chills, as if the heart were going to
top for good, are symptoms of a dan-
Mrs. iIiskie Nosui.
ferous, nerrous trouble. Those hot
flashes are just so many calls from
nature for help. Tho nerves are cry
ing out for assistance. The cry should
be heeded In time. Lydla h. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound was pre
pared to meet the need of woman's
system at this trying period of her life.
It builds up the weakened nervous
system, and enables a woman to pass
that grand change triumphantly.
"I was a very sick woman, caused
by Change of Life. I suffered with hot
flushes, and fainting spells. 1 was
afraid to go on the street, my head aud
back troubled me so. I was entirely
cured by Lydla K. Plnkham's Vegeta
ble Compound." Mas. .Iknnik Nohle,
5010 lvcyscrSt., Gexiuautown. ra
lly Senator Hanna; "Frank, we might nt
well go back. Thero will bo nothing lefi
for us when Senntor llannn gets throng)
with the postmaster general."
"Why, Senator Hurrows, how can you saj
that?" Senator Hanna asked. "I have nevei
been In this building beforo In my life."
"I don't doubt that at all, senator," re.
piled Rurrows, "but wo ull know thai
your eloquence over the telephone is irre
sistible." CIIKKHV CHAFF.
naltlmnrc American: nilthcrby Curloin
case of that young pensnnt girl who Is ful
of needles. It seems sho Is n very commoi
person.
Sllthersby Yes, but she has lots of gool
points.
Chicago Tribune: "How do yon (jet oi
with your literary work, old man?"
"Oh. famously! 1 have Invented nn ex.
tromely silly attitude In which to be photo
graphed for tho lltcrnry periodicals nut
have now only to write something."
Washington Stnr: "How much docs I
member of tho legislature get lu thV
state?" Inquired the tourist.
"Ills salnry." answered Farmer Cornto
sel, "Is $3 n day. Nobody knows how mucl
ho gets."
Judge: "Doctor, you told mo three montli
ago that If you didn't perforin an operntloi
on me 1 would be n dead man In twenty
four hours." , , ,
"Well, sir, I was wrong and I cm onl)
express my great sorro'for It." "
Philadelphia Press: "I never have an)
trouble In making my way through I
crowd," said the little boarder. "1 alwayi
fall In behind some bigger man and let bin
break the way for me."
"How many men," sighed the phllnsopb,
leal boarder, "mnke their way through lin
on that same plan!"
Chicago Post: "When I seo n man stnok;
lug." i,nld the sweet young thing, reflect:
Ively. "I always wonder If thats the besi
uso ho can llnd lor his Iliis.
Thero are everai ways oi i-unns
U
miwi or tno lonacro muni irri icim.
rarlly. He sacrificed two-thirds of n gool
cigar without regret.
Detroit Journal: I throw physic to thi
dogs.
Poor dogs!" say you.
nut stay! ... . , ,i
In place of the physic 1 eat dog biscuit
True, It Ik called health food, but men
names signify nothing.
Wnehll.gton StnrjT'hy do you Insist o
persecuting that literary mini." Inquire)
the Intimate friend.
"Because." answered the eziir, I KM
lonelv onco In a while nnd want to fen,
that thero Is somebody else Just us scnrei
and uncomfortable as I tun.'
Philadelphia Press: "Pardon me." bega-i
tho visitor who was anxious to li aye n fe
words with tho Orent Man, "1 wish to as
you what Is tho best way for me to seoiiii
''Thn'.'.." replied .he Ore,,! t Man',
secretary, "and advertise Judicious!).
LAMENT OK I'KtiASIS.
A. J. Montague In Portland OroKUliluii.
In vnln from tlm barn sounds my plteo.u
In Ta'm'do I stamp with my llrcshol
On the'si'iles of my stnll aro my wlngl
Ohraillofirgiyto'!:i)o off over hilltops nn
roofs.
1 had hoped that U. Markham might do hli
WMuloV plodded"pllently. row after row
In harness nheud or him. thereby, n low m
A rest to tho overworked man with tin
hoe. i
Rut Murkham'H forgotten, nlns! all ahon
He'"" become h commercial, ncqulsltlvi
And ho reels off his sonnets nnd balladi
without me,
And closes them ojt ut $3 a yard.
I believed thut Al Austin could never ie
fuse me
A chance to tell Krugor Diltannla musi
rule, . ,
Hut Austin, It seems, Is unable to use' mo
And tho Job Is let out to the governmea'
mule.
And then thero was Klpllnir, who oft.ti
would mount me.
And rldn over ships, love, anil armies
rough shod,
So boldly that men soon begun to accouiv
ThoTplrlt Incarnate of somo Hindu god.
Hat by and by Kipling began to get tired,
And now I shall huvo no more gullopi
with him;
He's got p.tst tho ago when n tmin Is In
spired. And Is giving his time to u heathen callel
Kim.
All chanco to get out for n run Is deulo
me:
Juit think how n hultered.up Pcgasui
feels.
Though other fair poets thero are wht
could fide nie.
They'd rather take chances with auto
mobiles. GOLDEN
ROD
OH
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