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THE OMAHA DAILY J1EE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1001.
The omaiia Daily Bee.
i;. roskwateh, editor.
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before mo this 1st day of .May, A. D. lol.
At. 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.