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B. 1IUNOATE, Notary Public. The weather mail Ik respectfully re minded that nccordliiR to the calendar wo are lu tin month of May. Tho Boo endorses tlio proportion that Omalia people should patronize Omaha merchants. Unihl up Omaha Industry. HiiKland has decided to Impose an ex port duty on coal. Now watoh tho Wall street cpiotntlons of American coal trust securities. Hereafter no committee of heavy prop, erty owners of Omaha will lie complete unless It Includes Admiral Dewey lu Its membership. President MeKlnley only looked Into Mexico. If he had stepped across the holder Vice President Hoosevelt would have been president for a few minutes. St. Joseph Is tho newest entry In tho list of cities working up auditorium projects. Omaha will have to bestir Itself so as not to let St. Joseph pass It. Tho acquisition of more property lu Omahu by Admiral Dewey ought to mako him n shining mark for tho audi torium promoters. Who will land tho Dowey subscription? Nobraskn's new adjutant Reneral com bines lu himself representation of both tho old and tho new veterans, bavins served In both wars. This oujrht to sat isfy both volunteer organizations. A Cleveland savings bank has sus pended "owing to the continued absence of the president." This seems to be tno polite way of putting It. "owing to the continued absence of tho money." A syndicate has been formed to con trol the product of popular sougs. If tho syndicate will only restrict tho out put lu u Judicious manner the public will forgive it, even If prices aro forced up a little. The sultan of Turkey shot and killed a doctor who, ho thought, had caused him needless pain. If this practice is to bo tho rule the position of medical purveyor to his royal highness will be uo sinecure. Tho fact that the uavy has estab lished a recruiting station In Nebraska need hot occasion surprise. Tho Ne braska man Is n vlnuer wherever you put him and tho navy is looking for the best that Is to bo had. Reports from northern Nebraska towns indlcato u particularly healthy movement In tho construction of new buildings, through public and private Improvements. Tho Nebraska towu Is everywhere on tho upgrade. Shareholders or tho Leyland steam ship lluo havo voted to, sanction tlio transfer to the American syndicate. As tho Amcrlcau syndicate owned a large majority of the shares tho result wus uo more In doubt titan an election lu Georgia. When ou the border President Me Klnley took.u look over Into Mexico. Some enterprising yellow Journal should take this for a tip and start tho story tlut tho udmlnUtrutlon Is plotting a war of conquest against the southern republic. Tho chief danger with tho present peculatlvo craze lu Wall street Is that U It should result disastrously tho col lapso will Hint those who havo engi neered It safe and sound and tho poor lambs who havo been drawn In blind folded shorn of their entire tlecce. Minister Couger has been Invited to mako tho commencement address to the graduating class of the Omaha High l school. Mr. Conger ought to bo nblu glvo tho students several Impressive lustratlous of tho wisdom of koonlucr cool head under exciting circumstances. Canadians are tludlug fault with tho map displayed at the Paris exposition by tho Dohilulon government because It gives tho Alaskan boundary Just as tho United States contends It should be, Tho Canadian otllelals probably realized that such a course would render It tin necessary to get tint new maps when tho dUputo U settled. iikdvc isa vmuvvist: a hm r. Hut ten regiments oi volunteers are now lu the Philippines and It Is an nounced that the last of theso may tench the United States by the end of June, when their term of enlistment expires. It Is the opinion of the mili tary authorities at Washington that it will not be necessary to have a force In the Islands exceeding 10,000 and that even this number can be reduced lu the not remote future, so that the regular troops now there will be suillclent. It Is proposed, however, to replace some of these with the new levies. Those regi ments that, havo seen the most service will be returned to tho United States and tho soldiers now being recruited will take their places, so that the force of regulars In the Philippines will be maintained at the present strength for perhaps a year longer. There Is every reason to believe that by the expiration of another year the Philippine army can be reduced to 'JO,- 000 or possibly less but until pnclllea tlou Is complete and civil government Is llrinly established it would not be ex pedient to reduce the force below what It will be when tho volunteers are with drawn. There Is every promise that pnelllcatlon will be fully accomplished within a year. So far as appears the number of Insurgents still In the Held Is very small and Is every day diminish ing. A few leaders are yet able to hold together their adherents and It Is possi ble that some of these may continue to be troublesome for a considerable time, but It cannot require a very large Amer ican force to bunt these down and dis perse or capture them. Until pnelllcatlon Is complete, how ever, an adequate force must be kept In the Islands to properly support Ameri can authority and promptly meet any exigency which might possibly arise. An army of 10,000 certainly seems am ple for all present requirements and It Is highly probable that half that num ber will bo suillclent lu tho near future. as ohwstal in: ho. Minister Conger's estimate of Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to the United States, that he Is a hero who Is entitled to tho lasting gratitude of every American citizen, will not bo questioned by any unprejudiced person familiar with the course of the distin guished diplomat since he has been In this country. Minister Wu is Indisputa bly a remarkable man. -V scholar, a careful student of events, a faithful and assiduous representative of his country, he Is a figure lu the Held of diplomacy entitled to the highest respect, and it Is certainly true that no foreign repre sentative at Washington has a better claim to tho gratitude of Americans than tho Chinese minister. Tho Washington Post some time ago spoke of Minister Wu as "a wonderful person" and said: "Never has the cap ital of tho United States seen his like. No foreign envoy who has conic to Washington since tho establishment of this republic has approached him In any Important respect. None has ever so successfully appealed to the goodwill and adnilratron of the country. Wc as sert, without any Intention of discour tesy or disparagement, that the outside world has never sent to Washington nn envoy who can be compared with Wu Tliiir Fnnir In the matter of usefulness to his coihitry. He has triumphed over obstacles that at one time seemed in surmountable, and, without tho smallest sacrlllce of dignity, without once apol ogizing for his people, his Institutions, his practices or his faiths, he has com manded the admiration of all of us. No such exhibition of subtlety In Intel lect, of courage In action, of candor In speech, of proud and self-respecting conduct has ever been made lu this country by a foreign representative." This Is very high praise-some may think a little extravagant but there Is no questlou hat It is merited. Minister Wu Is an example of Chinese ability and character that Invites the respect of Intelligent men for tho better class of those people. HlUTHSll MlSISTlll' SUSTAISICD. Again tho Salisbury ministry has triumphed over a strong and vigorous opposition and by almost the normal government majority in the House of Commons. Tho tight made against the export tax on conf was ono of the hard est the cabinet has had to encounter. This feature of the budget was opposed not only Jy a powerful Interest, but It was not favorably regarded by some members of tho ministry. Apprehen slou hnd been expressed that the issue In regard to this tax would cause an open spilt lu tho cabinet. In tho house tho policy of the government was vigorously and even bitterly assailed, some of tho strongest men In that body denouncing It In unmeasured terms. In addition the mlulsters wero menaced with a formldnblo labor war. Sir Michael Hleks-Iioach, the chan cellor of the exchequer, met the situa tion with ability and skill and deserves nearly all the credit for the gov ernment's victory, sluco he received no support of consequence from tho min isterial leader in tho Commons, Mr. Hal four. Hy sheer force of character and the Inherent strength of his case the tlnance minister overcame tho strenu ous political campaign directed agaiust tho coal tax and will undoubtedly win on tins entire budget. Ho contended that the coal Interest could bear the tax without Injury and that there was no substantial reason for apprehending danger from American competition, holding that the superiority of tho ling llsh coal assured an unchecked demand for It. This may prove to be a too optl mlstlu view, but It was effective. As to the threats of tho mine owners nud workers lu unison to strike and so paralyze thu Industry of the country, they had no Iniluenco with tho finance minister, whatever effect they pro- duced upon tho minds of others. Tho labor unions geuerally aro opposed to a strike, but It Is thought to be likely that tho federation of miners will de clare a geueral strike, lu some of the mining districts tlio situation Is repre sented to bo critical, yet It Is hardly coucelvablo that the coal Interest will carry Its 0Stlty to (ho (ax so fur us to precipitate a conflict with the gov eminent. A general coal strike would do Immeasurable Injury to Hiitlsh In dustries and would lie most effective In promoting the American coiiipetltlon which the IJngllsh coal Interest pro fesses to fear will be stimulated by the export lax. It Is a signal victory which the Salis bury ministry has Just won. but there Is still trouble before It In oilier matters than tho budget. The opposition to the government will make a vigorous cam paign against the new army scheme. The liberals oppose the scheme ou the ground of Its militarism and Its failure to get to the root of the question by re form In administration, while many ministerialists, Including the army spokesmen, oppose It on the grouuds of Its reliance on volunteer soldiers and Its failure to give the empire a much larger professional army with Increased pay. The secretary of stnte for war has announced that the ministry will stand or fall by the army proposals In their entirely. While it Is not at all prob able that Parliament will reject the gov ernment's army plfin, which Is the re sult of much deliberation, the majority for It Is very likely to be small. -l.V -4II7VV, TUHKAT. "If the Sunday closing order is not withdrawn the World-Herald will op erate a barber shop and bootblack stand next Sunday. Immunity Is guar anteed to all patrons from arrest on the charge of getting shaved on Sunday." This Is an awful threat. Hut, like all other tilings guaranteed by the Fakery, It has a string to It. It is as easy to guarantee immunity from arrest to parties who patronize a barber shop on Sunday as It would bo to parties wno patronize it blacksmith shop on Sunday or a bucket shop on a week day. The law s against keeping open and opera ting the shop and not against getting shaved. The same applies to the open ing of saloons. It is not it violation of law to buy liquor on Sunday, but the seller becomes liable to the penalties. Hut why nil this outcry about the bar ber shops? It Is a matter of notoriety that barber shops are closed on Sundays In many of tho largest cities of the coun try. They are closed In Philadelphia and lu Washington, but a man may get shaved on the sly by paying n doublo price. Not to go so fnr away from home, barber shops are kept closed at Lincoln on Sunday and tho bearded men und bearded women of the state capital are making no outcry. Why can't the World-Herald exhibit Its chivalry and enterprise by coming to the relief of tho alllicted with n Sunday barber shop at Lincoln? Come to think of it, why stop at bar ber shops? Cannot tho World-Herald raise enough money to lease it barroom over Sundny and guarantee Immunity from arrest to all Its patrons? Such a stroke would bo appreciated by more people than tho Sunday barber shop. A Saturday night shavo will last till .Mon day morning, but a Saturday night drink will not keep the stomach warm more than twelve hours, If the mayor Is bound to rescind his order, should ho not favor the drink dis pensaries rather than the tonsorlnl par lors? (eneral AVjllson, who retires from the position of chief of engineers of the army, has handled hundreds of millions of dollars of public money sluco ho en tered the service in 1800. Out of all this vast sum not a penny remains to be properly accounted for. Honesty Is the rule and not tho exception In the army, but General AVIl.son's case Is uotablo lu that It Is not only free from hint of dishonesty but any loss through Ig norauce or carelessness. Army ollicets lu command at Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, declare that the abolition of tho canteen has. hnd a bad effect upon the troops under their com mand. The ministers who made an In vestigation declare Unit such Is not tho case. Hotli have doubtless told what they believe to bo tho truth, but which class has the better opportunity of knowing what Is the truth? The prospect for a good wheat crop throughout the United States Is tho best lu twenty years. Kansas heads the list with a percentage of 100 and Nebraska follows with ill). Crop condi tions abroad Indicate that even In tho face of an enormous crop In this coun try prices will be good. Tho western farmer's run of luck Is evidently not played out. Consistency Is a Jewel. It Is in accord with the eternal lltuess for a newspaper that In ono column denounces a place of amusement as a resort of vice and hor rible example of obscenity and moral depravity to display in the next columu a paid advertisement of the same resort with tempting iuvitntlon to Its renders to attend. A StrniiKf Spectacle. ' Hrooklyn Eagle. Wc take with ono band und give with tho other. Famine rages in China. Wo de mand payment for losses sustained by civilization In that land, and then go around taking up collections for the people who starve lu raising money for us. The Clad Hand i: very here. New York World. Not sirtco President Madison's grand pil grimage In "the era of good-feeling" has tho country seen n president so cordially received on a tour through tho southern states. And this Is the best featuro of M. McKlnlcy's outing. (iicnliicaN or it .iitl Haltlmorc News. When the long account U made up, It will noC be tho number of our square miles, or the amount of our steel production, ur the plled-up wealth of our millionaire!, that will determine whether American govern ment has been a success or a failure. That question will turn upon the fiber of our cltUenbhlp, upon tho kind of men the people shall have accepted as their fitting leaderi, II r 1 1 at Ion nn tlio II rl u U. Chicago Chronicle, Russell Sage's prediction of a disastrous collapso In tho stock market would come with better grace from someone who has not been unmercifully fleeced by the "bulls" In privileges, otherwise "calls." As a mat ter of fact any kind of a prediction on the course of the stock market during these exciting times may be easily traced to an author who uould like (o sco UU pre dictions fulfilled. As for the general pub lic, If any arc Inclined to hesliatc on the brink of Wall street, Punch's advice In a matrimonial quandary, "Don't." would about fit the case. Tho dull mT Culm. Hrooklyn Eagle. We hold Cuba lu our hand commercially and can ninkc or break her aB wo will. Tho salvation of the Island depends on lower tariff rates for her staples that are sold here. We hold the prospect of tariff conces sions over the convention to fore It to ac cept the Piatt amendments and the conven tion Is delaying action on the amendments to get tariff concessions from us. We can nffnrd tu wait until the people of the Island understand that we mean only good to them. Dut that good will not be tlone through statehood. An 0 cm orlici! Word, New York Tribune. The sentinels of the king's English might wisely cry out against the overuse of tho word "evidence," both as a noun and a verb. "Very much In evidence" Is a stilted phraso which Is unpleasantly frequent lu books and magazines and newspapers In these days. It means nothing more than the single word "conspicuous" or "promi nent" or "debated" or "discussed," nud It Is n sadly overworked allocution. To "evidence" and "to be evidenced" are blots on the purity of the language which are also too often recognized In current speech and print. A ltd I red l.riii'rnl. Philadelphia Inquirer. Word comes from Ohio that that veteran warrior, General Coxey, of the tramp army fame. Is piling up gold In heaps almcnt as high as the sandbanks out of which ho dug his earlier fortune. lie is also building a factory of tome sort or other that presently will give employment 'o several hundred men (it wages which, of course, ho will fix at the topnotch. Thus Is another fact of discontent silenced through the Imperceptible Iniluenco of re publicanism, as Illustrated In tile economic policies In voguo. Many things wore said of Coxey at the time of tils memorable march that really were not warranted, for even at that time he was a man of means, but It was a fool tramp nevertheless, and bo now confesses his error ny strict at tention to his own business. wiiEiti: sT(civiioi,ni:its comi: I.nrKP Wml of .Money l)lntrllii(t-d In Mny DIvlilftiilN. Ronton Transcript. In May, 1807, Just after tho long era of business depression and financial unecttle mcnt, tho total par value of railroad and miscellaneous shares which paid dividends In the month was ?467,O00,O00; In May, 1901, tho par value of dividend-paying stocks Is 801,000,000. Tho aggregato of dividends paid this month Is $18,000,000 against $S,. 000,000 In May. 1897, and In May, 1S9S, the total had Increased but $300,000, so that In threo years the amount of Mny dividend payments hai doubled. Compared with last year this month's dividends aggregate $3, 000,000 greater. May Is one of tho smaller months for Interest and dividend payments by corporations on public securities, but theso striking figures give an idea of tho radical change In Investment conditions slnco tho disappearance of tho cheap money agitation and tho Incoming of tho new ago in finance as applied to great companies. Interest disbursements this month nro about tho same as In May of prior years; tho tend ency has been marked to reduce Interest rates on bonds, by refunding, retiring of Issues, etc. The easy money market and great excess of available capital has niado such strength ening of fliiiinci.il position natural, and tho holders of the equities or shares of the cor porations reap the reward In materially In creased dividend, receipts. U was not so long ngo that tfi'ii Investor had his work cut out for him In the. qndeavor to obtain a rea sonable amount of, security from purchase of shares; now It Is stocks that attract by reason of the very low Interest yield on moat bonds, and even stocks nro selling on a basis of low icturn which makes the problem a scrlocs ono as to the form of In vestment in securities. As tho amount, of stocks In the hands of small investors Is large, particularly In New England, tho benefits of this great age of expansion arc shared by the little fellows as well as by tho slock market speculators and the big operators. Tho steady payment of good dividends on stocks of companies, many of which were practically bankrupt but a few years ago, means much for the genuine prosperity of tho people. VOICU OF TIID SOUTH. SiigRcntli'p HomnrkN of tin- Xcmv Srnn tnr from Triiiu-SKiT. Washington Post. Self-respecting southerners will thank Senator Carmack of Tennessee for tho wholeHomn, intelligent, and timely words he uttered on tho occasion of the Mem phis banquet to tho president on Tues day evonlng lastr It was high tlmo that such a proclamation should be made. Sen sible men havo been distressed and Irri tated long enough by the maudlin love feasts and hysterical outcries over what Is railed the "reconciliation of tho tec tlons," and Mr, Cormuck spoke for nine tenths of tho southern Eontlemen who fought through tho civil war on the con federate sldo when he brushed awny tho Idiotic fustian of professional patriots and bum politicians with tho statement that the confederate flag was furled when the last southern army surrennered. and that at no tlmo since June, 1S65, has there been n question of tho south's sincere accept anco of the situation. "If," as ho sa-3, "there was no occasion until tho wnr with Spain for us to show our loyalty, that fact was simply our misfortune." Tho truth is that on both sides of the lino tho real fighting men long ago stopped talking or even thinking about tho civil wnr In a partisan way. As far back as the early seventies Important persons rf all sections recognized tho union ns an established fact, and went to work in good faith for its peace and happiness and glory. Northern men moved south, and vlco versa. Many of the most prosperous and Influen tial sugar planters In Louisiana today aro former soldiers In the union army. Many of the leading physicians, lawyers, and merchants lu Now York, Chicago, and other great cities aro of southern birth nud sym pathies. Iiy marriage, through commerce, on tho strength of large Investment and prolonged residence, tho north and the south have been fused Into a patriotic, homogeneous mass. Such ebullitions as thoso of Henry V. Grady, at New York, Boston, and other banquets, moved south ern men of actual consequence to sorrow or to pity, us the case might be. Neither ho nor any of his compeers, north or- south, represented anything .worth mentioning. They simply gabbled about what thoy re garded as a discovery, but what had been an accomplished fact before they appeared upon the scene. They prated to people as credulous and ignorant as themselves, nnd they celebruted as n noveity what serious and busy men had long before perceived and canceled a a living question. Who among the great capitalists, operators, manufacturers, planters, professional men, scholars, Btudentx, etc, of the south or the north nrnds to ho told that "tho war Is over?" Doth sections have been busily forging uheud along tho lines of legitimate progress and development for full thirty years. They pay no more attention to all this tiresome and silly rigmarole about "reconciliation" than they do to the de bating Boclety of Boone county, Mo, Mr, Carmack spoke lo tho point kindly enough, and with no offensive Intent, but for the dignity, good senso and patriotic feeling: of southern geutlcmea. Huge Railroad . Deals Haltlmorc The railroad situation In this country Is reaching n peculiar climax which promises to list It ns one of tho most Important epoch-making periods in the history of American enterprise. A very short while ago wc were reading much about the value of "the-communlty-oMnterests" Idea, with its consequent harmony of action. Rail road men seemed to be felicitating them selves on the outlook for Unity of action, stability of rates and absence of Injurious rlvnlship. Tho adjusting process was pre sumed to have so equitably balanced Ihe division of trade territory that each In dividual railroad system would remain con tent with the development of Its possessions. All at once, however, there has sprung Into existence an nggrandlzlng posslon which exposes to view the secret purpose! of tho railroad magnate. It looks now ns If the "communlty-of-lnterests" Idea had becomo tho coll In which is germinating a more gigantic type of rivalry. The gradual acquirement of neighboring systems by such companies as the Pennsylvania, the Oreat Northern and the like has excited a more extended ambition, the object of which Is now of so much Interest to tho public gen erally. The reality of thl ambition nnd tho fact that It has been stealthily planning for the achievement of Its ends, became an obvious rovelatlon to even an amateur observer when the (Ireat Northern-Northern I'aclflc-IlurllnBton deal was consum mated. That project demonstrated conclu sively that the so-called "rommunlty-of- f'll.M'KS AT cnowi: IMlOTims. Washington Post: The Jurymen In the Cudnhy kidnaping case nppcar to have been somewhat prejudiced In favor of the "plain people." St. I.ouls filobc-Uomocrnt: The vindica tion of Jim Callahan . from the charge of kidnaping by nn Omaha Jury shows that Nebraska has not entirely recovered from the habit of doing eccentric things. St. I.ouls Republic: Omaha Justice seems to have Its scales tipped by a preponder ance of money In the shape of rewards. If Pat Crowo is tho Jokur ho Is said to bo ho will give himself up nnd claim $,"0,000. Washington Star: The Jury In the Calla han kidnaping case seems to have gono on tho principle that anything Is right which compels n man with money to glvo some of It up. There Is the nucleus of a first-class anarchist society in that Jury. Minneapolis Times: Members of the Callahan Jury nt Omaha will find somo compensation for the scolding they re ceived from the Judge In tho fact that the next time one of them Is drawn In a crimi nal casa it will not be hard tor him to get excused. Unfortunately, however, such Jurors aro the very ones who do not try to beg off. St. Paul (Hobo: It Is reported that the figure of Justice which stands on tho top of tho court house dome nt Omaha dropped her scales In disgust when sho heard of the verdict in tho Callahan case. At all events the scales cannot be found. It Is expected thnt should another such an out rngo be committed in her name sho will tear the bandago from her eyes and stand forth clear-eyed with n naked sword up raised. Hven-handcd Justice haa no place In Omaha. IMiltSO.NAI, NOTKM. Vercstchagln, tho painter of war scenes, has been gathering material In both camps in the Philippines. General William Hull Franklin, General Q. French and. tho Rev. Father Deshon are tho solo survivors of General Grant's class that of '13 at West Point. According to the prices paid for their autographs at auction, Edgar Allan Poo was worth ten Gladstones, whllo Kugrno Field was "a bigger man than old Grant." An old Kong Island fisherman lifted 1,380 fine shad from his nets In Gravcscnd bay tho other day. This Ib tho largest re corded catch slnco tho big haul niado by Peter and his crew. Thero arc twenty-threo municipal courts In New York City, thirteen In Manhattan and Tho Uronx, five In Brooklyn, threo in Queens and two in Richmond. The fees col lected In them lost year amounted to $72,000. Carroll D. Wright, the United States commissioner of labor, has come to the conclusion that tho employers' liability legislation of tho various states Is practi cally valueless ns a protection to Injured employes. In nn almost despairing effort to stny tho dreaded extinction of the fragrant trailing arbutus (lowers the legislature of Con necticut pissed a law In ISM forbidding any person to pull up tho plants by tho roots on land owned by nuother under n penalty of $20. General James M. Bell, who has Just re turned from tho Philippines, declares that It was a bad day for tup army when "thu rum sollcrs Joined hands with mistaken tcmpornnco enthusiasts and broke up the canteen." He says the consequences have beeu deplorable in Manila. The Louisville Courier-Journal aptly sug gests to tho negro that the best way for hlra to solve the future is to toko care of tho present. At tho same time, In Justice to tho negro, it concedes that tho greater part of tho talk concerning his future Is done by whites, nnd especially by whites who know nothing ubout him. COlll, BISK IHtS AS WIVUS. Kilneiilril Wonwin l lltl Kqttipnril for Wlfi-lmml. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. It Is now admitted, especially In America, that a woman Is as much entitled to edu cation as a man; that thorough school training may be of great benefit In tlio discharge of her every duty as wife, mother nnd matron, nnd that It Is unfair, ns well as unjiut. to a young woman to send her forth manacled by Ignorance to takn part in tho strenuous llfo confronting every mun and woman of today. Tho edu cated woman Is tho best equipped of her sex for wifehood. By education Is meant not, of course, mero book learning, but that culture, which Is physical, mental, ethical and Industrial. That girl Is right who states: "From my Judgment, e college-brod, practical girl Is more fitted for a housekcopor or wife than girls who have been less fortunate, and you men that expect so much want to stop and look nt things from an Intelligent standpoint. We are nil born with more or less knowiodge of housekeeping! we are born with that motive In view Jtibt b much aa we are born girls; we are Im pressed from babyhood almost that we are some tlmo expected to have tho same re sponsibilities that our mothers hove. Now. I say that tho tOLhnlcalltles of law, medi cine, mi sic art In all Its phases, help lo perfect cur understood nllotmcnt." Tho kind of man worthy n wife Is ab'e to select from those who spent their time In college ono who acquired the knowiedgo needed lor uso In all tho walks of life. Tho true college-brod woman can give, when called upon, practical Illustrations of use ful knowledge. In somo Instances too many. Indeed tho knowledge of the collego girl has, after her marrlago, no call for ac tive exercise. Sho marries cither an Inferior man or one who places her In a position without duo freedom of action, Tho woman In such a case Is to be pltl?d rather than blamed for lock of success In house keeping, It is not her lack rf W"nwcdEe, but ucr nurrouudlog that is at (uull. American. Interests" Idea was being worked with the view of organizing big transcontinental systems. The Uurllngtnn deal precipitated tho fight for supremacy a little earlier than was expected, 'because Its accomplishment completely upset the railroad equilibrium In that locality. Instantly the quiet, half concealed efforts on the part of other east ern companies to bring about this self-same, long-cherished plan broke Into nn active, aggressive coup. Systems which hitherto have reached half way cross the country are now aspiring to reach the Pacific as their only satisfying western terminus. It Is that nsplrntlon which promises to pro duce some radical changes lu the country's railroad situation. Rivalry Is already In exlstcnco nnd It will not be allayed until tho present broken cross-country systems are linked Into several large, continuous, but noncnterlng, transcontinental systems. When that sequel Is established and a re newed "coinmunlty-of'lntercsts" prevents price cutting or severe competition, then will railroading In America be nn a vast emplrc-llko scale, Indeed. This anxiety lo weld different lines Into cioss. continental systems arises from the growing prospect of an immense Pacific trado with the Orient. Such n trade means tho transportation of millions of dollars' worth of goods from the east to the far west for purposes of export. H Is likely to prove a paying traffic, hence tho wild deslro of railroad men to control it. SWINIilMi AIIOr.M) THU OlllCtll. bi'ciiv mill Im-Uli'iit In I lie WnUr of Ilie I'ri'nltlrntliil i'riiln. Tho national capital ou wheels, bearing President MeKlnley, members of his cabi net and ladles of tho executive household to the Pacific coast, reaches the southern end of the golden state this morning, and most of tho day and evening will bo spent In I.os Angeles. The tour of California will probably bo the most Intcrc3tlng and pirturcsquo nortlon of the western Journey and great preparations havo been made nt nil tho towns where stops aro to bo made for the reception of the party. Two weeks will bo spent In the state. San Francisco will bo reached at I 10 In the afternoon of Tuesday, May If, and the rest of that week and until 10 o'clock In the forenoon of Monday, May 20. will be devoted to San Francisco und vicinity. The Inunch of tho battleship Ohio, which is the objectlvo of tho president's trip to San Francisco, will tako placo at the Union Iron works on Saturday, May IS. At San Francisco, how ever, where the party will spend nn entire week, the pro gram Is, of course, the most complete and far-reaching, A large sum of money hns been raised by popular subscription to de fray tho expenses of tho public demonstra tions of various kinds and the week will be ono round of Joy for tho tourists. Flowers will naturally play a conspicuous part In the decorations there. Vivid In color, patriotic in sentiment and beautiful In design will be "California's Welcome to Our President" ns expressed In floral art In Golden Gate park. Space fnr tho floral design has been chosen on the north bank of Conservatory valley, near tho old music stand. This fronts the mnln drive nnd when the president Is driven through tho park on the day pet apart tho motto nnd emblems will loom up most con spicuously. National colors as far as practicable pre dominate In tho design, while green nnd gold will form the background. The combina tion of colors, so fnr ns the work has pro gressed, gives promise of a most elnborato yet harmonious chromatic effect. A correspondent of the Washington Post, accompanying the train, thus sketches life In tho national capital on wheels: Everybody knows how tho president's train Is being whisked from city to city, having the right-of-way over everything and throwing dust Into tho eyes of the passengers on tho sidetracked trains. But an Incident happened the other morning, when wo wero hurrying through Tennessee, which may or may not havo been printed, nnd which shows that oven tho president's special cannot havo everything Its own way. "Toot, toot, toot-toot-toot-toot" sounded tho shrill whistle of an engine. A sec ond's silence, nnd then more tooting. Evi dently something wns on the track. Win dows wero thrown up nnd anxious eyes were strained for n vlow ahead. A qunr ter of a mile down the road was a cow, leisurely walking. She hoard tho coming trnln and broke Into a run, still keeping within tho rails. The engineer slowed the train, whllo tho cow kept merrily on. Finally she grew tired nnd began to walk, but still directly ahead of the engine. The engineer. Judging discretion tho better part of valor but muttering dreadful things, yielded to the obstinacy of the cow. lie stopped the train, and when this was done tho animal, turning around to look up at tho engine, now ulmnst upon her, gave a flip of her tall and trotted off tho track. There will be many uniquo experiences on tho trip, but none will equal the halt ing of the president's special by a cow. As I write this the chef of tho dining car Is preporlng dinner. Here Is n menu card to indicate how thoroughly the cui sine department Is looked after. And tho promise is that all through the trip tlio attractive things to eat are to be as nu merous as this card suggests! Tour of THE PRESIDENT To the Pacific Const, Anril 23 to June 15. I 1601. , DINNER. I.tttle Neck Clams. Green Turtle Contomme. Celery. Cucumber. Brook Trout, H.iuco Ifoll.imluli-c. Potatoes a rAiiglal. Bruised Swtotbreuds with Fresh .Mushrooms Compote of Pears. Rojst Prime 'Beef. ' Spring Lamb, Mint Sauce, Mashed and Boiled Potatoes, Boiled Dillons. New Green Puns, Asparagus. Lemon Sherbet. Roast Mallard Duck. Wutercress. Tomato Salad. Cold Rice Putldltie. Ice Cream, Canlrui Ginger. Fruit. Roquefort, Cumembert and Edam Cheese. Bent's Water Crackers. Coffee Pullman Dining Car Service, unroute. Aorll 23, 1W1. Quite n satisfactory meal, I assure you. It Is as good as uny hotel can ufford. Who bears all tho expenso of tho Jour ney? Thero are no tickets, of course, and nn contributions to tho coffers of thu Pullman company, and tho legend, "Meals, $1," does not nppcar upon the monu cards In tho dining car. Who pays for It all? I think that everybody I know has asked me that question. Well, tho railroads over which tho train passes haul It for nothing, and quite will ingly. That disposes of thu transporta tion question, Tho Pullman company fur nishes the outfit, Just as many cars as tho president wants for the accommodation of his party, and of tho finest. That set ties tho Bleeping problem. Each railroad stocks the dining car for the meals that are served us the train moves over Us route. bo that insures plenty to eat. When tho party is off the train tho titles c ntcrtuln tho members of the party so that they do not lack hospitality cveuwhrc thvy o. rilVSICAI. HFKHCTS OF UOltllY. I.ny Sermon on tlir llvll ltrmilU of rrrtlliiu. Philadelphia Lcdr Let ur.yonc compare his physical sensa tions after n dpy spent In fretting and dis content with those he experiences after a day of hard work performed bravely and hopefully and the dlffcrenco will be mani fest. In the one case thero will be n sink ing of the whole system nnd an exhaustion which docs not always Induce sleep, per chance n headache nnd loss of appetite, while, In thd other ense, tho rest from work Is grateful, there Is n healthful fatigue, which Is soon forgotten In sound anil te freshing sleep. When we multiply such re sults by the number of days In n year and the number of years In a life we cannot wonder that tho habit of worry should undermine the health and prodtico In time all manner of bodily ailments, while tho calm nnd self-controlled mind should sensibly tend to build up a vigorous und healthful body. If wu look among our ac quaintances with this thought In view It will doubtless still further be supported. Other conditions being equal, the worrying hnblt will show Itself In the stooped frame, the dull eye, the premature wrinkles, thu absence of elasticity nnd too often at length In tho more serious evils mentioned above. On the other hand, he who Iihs never formed this habit, or who has ovorcome. It, will, with equal chances, usually hnve nn erect carriage, a cheerful bearing, an elastic step nnd n tone of vigor in nil his movement?. The slirplo fact thnt tho victim of worry Is nlwnys In more or less distress, while the tranquil nnd sercno are to the samp extent happv and content, will of Itself ex plain many of the ulterior results, for hap piness and health aro closely knit to gether It will, however, bo said that, notwith standing nil Its qvlls, the man who Is In clined to worry cunnot help It, nnd de serves pity rather than censure. I'n- doubtcdly tho victim of every bad habit deserves pity, not, however, the pity of despair, but that which reaches out n helping hand. To bcllovc that we cannot help II Is to establish It on the firmest foundations. To know that wc can over como It Is tho first step In Its extinction. Thero arc many practical ways In which this can he done. One Is to restrain the outward expression of tho feeling lts.elf. We may not be able at onco to say, "peace, bo still," to any emotion thnt wells up within us, but we enn by effort' repros Its exhibition. Wc need not pour out our fancied woes Into another's ear; we need not carry n dismal countenance lo nfuict our nclgl.bors with; we enn at least keep our worries within our own brensts, and ns a plnnt thnt Is shut out from fresh ulr will soon -wither, so theso nnxlelles nud fears, if denied nn outlet, will lose much of their Innate force. Let us encourage tho cheerful smile, the frank clear look, the hearty hand grasp, the cordial Interest In thoso we meet, nnd while shedding bright ness upon others we shall find many of our own worries slipping away even from our own anxious hearts. Another and n more fundamental way of conquering this habit Is that of turning our thoughts resolutely In some other direc tion, nnd occupying otirselveB In foma netlvj pursuit. The worry In which some of us Indulge, though utterly useless, yet occupies and fatigues tho mind to the ex clusion of ovcrv thing else. If, then, we turn the tables upon it nnd fill our thoughts nnd lives with other Interests and ac tivities, It will In Its turn be excluded. Compulsory work, with all Us drawbacks, hns this compensation, that It drives nway many of life's worries by Its simple pres ence, whllo the man of lelsuro ran, if he please, find ample lodgment for them, Yet ho also can turn them out by resolutely Introducing and establishing other and hot ter tenants for his mind. Tho main thing after nil Is to recognize the fatal Influence of this habit on mind and body alike, to perceive clearly Its crushing and destruc tive effects upon happiness and usefulness, and to rcnllze that It Is In our power. If we will, to arrest Its ravages and to annul Its force. l,I.i;S TO A LATUM. Washington Star: "Do you think riches bring happiness?" iisked on philosopher. "No," answered the other. "But the lack of them often prevents It." Judge: Farmer Whlftletree Since you got bnck frum collego yew don't seem lo take no Interest In the old farm. Som No Interest, duel? llnven't I spent nearly two weeks laying out golf links? Pittsburg Chronicle: Mr. Blooinfteld Wluit a queer bald spot Iloniewood has on top of his head! Mr. Bellcllold Yes, liandmadf presum ably, und not a good testimonial to his wife's skill. Chicago Record-Herald! "Our ladles' Hcanre broke up In u hurry last night." "What wus the mutter?" "Oh. tho medium forgot himself, and malciiall.ril a pel mouse which had be longed to one of the women." Leslie's Weekly: She You have been away In the country, haven't you? He Yes; visiting somo people I used lo know when I was a boy. She Particular friends? He Oh, no! Father nnd mother. Boston Trnntcrlpt: Turner Bllekers Is always complaining nbout IiIh bad luck. Springer ihnfs better than to bo always growling about other people's good luck. Philadelphia Preps: "For soodness Hake"' rxclulmed the chioiile dyspeptic, "what Is this stuff?" "That's a new pudding, said Ills wife, "I got the recipe from a paper called the Homo Maker." , "Well, I should say that paper was a Homo Achcr " Chicago Record-Herald: Automobile We ore vastly superior lo you horsci!. Horse Oh, I don't know; when wo roll over wc get up H right when you roll over you have to bend foi u plumber. Boston Courier: Ho Is your memory good for a girl of twenty years? She (off her guard) Well, 1 guess I can think of things thut happened nearly fifty years ago. Detroit Free Press; "Doctor," said Hie clingy man, who wns trying to save a fee, meeting Dr. Shnrpo on tho Direct, "what do you think of this? Very frequently I get severe pains In my feet. What.'s that u sign of?" "f should say that was a sign of rnln, ' replied tho doctor. o.x.n upon a timi: a.m .now. (Jumcs Barton Adams In Denver Post.) Who In tho days when lovo wan youns Oft preached to me with charming tongue, Her voice pitched In ml earnest key, The beauties of economy? Matilda. Who when I'd blow my wages In For. line bouqiiHts, decried the sin Of wasting cash In such a way Regardless of u rulny day Mutllda. Who cnt on me reproachful eyes When 1 would purchase merchandise In shape of sweets lo please her taste, And said It was a sinful waste? .Matilda. Who when wo plighted trotli nverrfd It would be really absurd To chooto u ling of 'way up price When cheaper ones were Just us nice? Matilda. Who sold our wedding sum must bo A dream of sweet simplicity, Devoid of ovcry costly show, "Because wn ought to save, you know?" Mutllda. Who kicked nbout u honeymoon, And sold that she would Just us soon Forego u trip nnd laugh nt style Because 'twould cost an awful pile? Matilda. Who says sho can no longer see The sense In strict economy; Thut wo should llvo In style lindend. Becaufo we'll bn a long tlmo deudT .Matilda. Who now blows cash (and never saves) For everything her fancy rr.ivos, And keeps her dear lu nervous chills While waiting for thu inunthly bllle ? Same paily.