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PAiiTins i,n.v. i.vo innt m'mmmii,
I'nrtle irnvliiK the elly for
(lie summer in n hate Tlir live
Drill In tlieni i-eRiilnrly hy
tltitlfylim I'lii lice Hun 111 en
ulllei. In person or liy mall.
The iidilrinn trill lie eliuiineil
nn often nn desired.
North Sixteenth street Is not even
paved with khh Intentions.
Oninlni In willing Knnsns City should
retnln tin record of belnp; tins hottest
town In tlie country.
Tlio Turk can walk over on our aide
of the street now without fear of being
dunned for that little 1)111.
The purninount Issue In the coming
cniniialgn In Nebraska nnd In the whole
country will be fair utid uniform tnxu
tlon. Do not swear at the wenther man.
It does no Rood, for he cannot help It,
nnd all unnecessary exertion should bo
avoided during the heated term.
Governor i-nvnge eertlllcs that the
South Omaha bull tights are absolutely
harmless, but he does not certify to tho
liarnilessuess of the .South Omaha tiger.
North Sixteenth street should bo re
paved at the expense of the property
owners or closed to trallle, for the pro
tection of the city, until It can bo made
enfe.
Tho men who are responsible for the
creation of the $I'J,(MM) overlap In South
Omaha should be compelled to make It
pood, either Individually or through their
bondsmen,
After reading the proceedings of tho
Ohio democratic convention Hryan was
doubtless convinced that some one had
placed the crown of thorns on the ex
candidate's chair.
Trlnco Tuan Is reported to bo organ
izing nnother raid on tho foreigners In
China. Tho llrst thing tho prince knows
ho will tiuil himself divorced from IiTh
head In record South Dakota time.
The American mule has made n hit
With tho Hrltlsh authorities In South
Africa. The mult' generally does If a
person goes near enough to the business
end of the animal to allow him to laud.
The numerous testimonials which the
alleged bull light secured from the staff
of the down-town sheet suggest that
the patent medicine men have over
looked n promising Held.
Tho biographers of Kllbourne, the
democratic candidate for governor of
Ohio, are particular to state that he has
never held public olllco. Tho voters will
Beu to It next November that the record
Is not broken.
A large number of counterfeit $2 bills
have been put in circulation in Iown.
It may be all right to put lead dollars
Into a Jackpot, but It Is a serious offense
to lloat bills of election size which will
not pass Inspection.
If tho New York stock speculators will
retain their nerve as well as the Ne
braska corn is holding its own they
will bo In no hurry to unload stocks for
fear the railroads operating In this ter
ritory will have nothing to do.
Now that the supreme court has ren
dered Its decision declaring valid the
Lincoln charter, so far as It relates to
the olllro of tax commissioner, Omaha's
tax commissioner and Omaha's city
treasurer will breathe a good deal easlur.
General Colby looked superb In tho
parade at South Omnha preliminary to
tho bull tight, anil was a conspicuous
llgure In tho amphitheater of the bull
fight arena. General Colby always
looks superb on extraordinary occa
sions. The Uvanston authorities are kind to
tho Dowleltes. After the crowd had
epnttered them with, eggs the tlremen
turned the hose on them. If tho people
of EvniiHton think to suppress Dowle
nnd hl ncct by' violence, however, they
aro likely to be disappointed.
mwvoiATiox or nnrAtr.
tly far the most slgnlllcant feature of
the Ohio democratic convention wns the
repudiation of Hryan, which was prac
tlenlly iinnnlmotis. An effort was made
In the toininlttee on resolutions to ne
cord recognition to the "peerless leader,"
but If had only one supporter In the
committee and according to the Asso
elated Press report his leadership was
bitterly assailed. The effort to have
his name mentioned In the platform was
renewed on tho tloor of the convention
and was supported by only six of the
030 delegates. There has been no
parallel In our political history to this
overwhelming repudiation of a party
leader. How blfrcr the feeling of the
Ohio democrats Is toward the man who
twice led tlie party to defeat In nntlotiul
campaigns, and who now seeks to hold
It to the principles rejected by a ma
jority of the American people, was
further shown In the refusal of the con
vention to penult a portrait of Hryan
to be displayed with the pictures of
other democrats. A banner with his
picture on It was trampled under foot
and destroyed. No greater Insult than
this can be conceived of. No American
politician was ever more severely re
buked. Not only wns Hryan himself repudi
ated, but there was also renunciation of
Hryaulsm as embodied In the Chicago
and Kansas City platforms. No refer
ence Is niado to those declarations of
democratic principles In the Ohio plat
form and the report states that they
were freely denounced In the committee
on resolutions. A radical change has
taken place In the sentiment of Ohio
democrats within a year. The men who
constituted the recent convention, or a
very largo majority of them, supported
Hryan and the platforms on which he
stood In the last two presidential cam
paigns. .McLean and Tom Johnson and
Kllbouriie, the Ohio democratic lenders,
were Hryan supporters. Last year the
democratic vote lor Hryan in Ohio was
l7-l,ti.S' Judging from the action of the
state convention ho could not now get
1 iter cent of tho democratic votes of
that state.
Is this to be accepted as indicating
the feeling of democrats In other states,
particularly those of the eastern and
middle sections? We think there Is not
a reasouuble doubt that the attitude of
the. Ohio democracy toward Hryan and
Hryaulsm Is In accord with the feeling
of four-llfths of the democrats of tho
north and of a very considerable por
tion of southern democrats. They are
tired of the "principles" which Hryan
Insists the party must still adhere to
and they want no more of his leadership,
which they have come to realize Is
synonymous with defeat and disaster.
What the action of the Ohio demo
crats means Is perfectly plain. It Is a
decided step toward the reorganization
of the party. It proclaims to democrats
throughout the country that tho time
has come for democracy to return to tho
old party standards and to put Its
destiny In the keeping of lenders who
can command the respeet and coulldence
of the intelligence, the patriotism and
tho substantial Interests of tho country.
And It Is a proclamation which there Is
good reason to believe will be very
generally heeded.
senate roiiEiay iwlatioxs com
mittee. The most Important committee of tho
United States senntc Is that on foreign
relations, of which the late Senator
Davis was chairman. A good deal of
Interest-Is being manifested in the ques
tion as to who will succeed to the
chairmanship. Senators Kryc and
Lodge, who are members of the com
mittee, nre talked of and undoubtedly
one of these gentlemen will bo made the
chairman. Mr. Kryc Is tho senior mem
ber of the committee nnd next to him
on the republican side is Senator Cul
lom, Mr. Lodge following. It Is the cus
tom to promote to the chairmanship of
a committee the senior member of tho
majority party on tho committee and
If this Is adhered to Senator Fryo will
bo the next chairman. Should he de
cline It the appointment would properly
go to Mr. Culloni. But the senate re
publican caucus may pass over both
these senators nnd give tho chairman
ship to Mr. Lodge, though It Is not likely
to do this.
It Is understood that Mr. Lodge very
much desires tho chairmanship of tho
committee on foreign relations and ho
Is unquestionably well equipped for tho
position, having perhaps a more thor
ough acquaintance with our foreign re
lations than any other republican mem
ber of the committee. It has been
said, however, that the administration
has objection to him for the position,
which may or may not be the case, but
In any event it Is most unlikely that
the senate republican caucus will de
part from precedent In tho matter, so
that In all probability Senator Fryo of
Maine, If ho desires the position, will
bo tho successor to the late Senator
Davis ns chairman of the foreign rela
tions committee.
TIME TO MAKE A.S EXAMPLE.
Several of our principal thoroughfares
aro almost Impassable by reason of worn
out pavement. Unless tho pavements
on these streets nre repaired or replaced
the city will be exposed to constant lia
bility for damages to persons and prop
erty. Under the charter a street cannot be
repaved without tho written consent of
property owners owning a majority of
tho foot frontage. Tho very low rate at
which paving can bo laid this year
should offer an Incentive to property
owners to secure tho repnvlng of tho
streets at very much reduced price, and
will also enable the city to pay for
nearly twice as .many Intersections as It
would at old rates.
No thoroughfare Is In worse condition
today than North Slxteeuth street, nnd
yet the owners of property abutting
upon that street seem to bo unwilling
to petition for repavlng.
For eighteen years the pavement on
North Slxteeuth street bus been main
tained at tho expense of tho city, and
tho property owners on thnt street would
doubtless like to evade this tax for
elghtecu additional years If they were
permitted to do so. Instead of Joining
In a petition for repnvlng they want the
street repaired ami the cost of the work
assessed against the tnxpayers at large.
In this respect they are like the' average
deadhead who has been favored with
free railroad transportation for n num
ber of years they will not pay fare
again If they can help It.
It goes without saying that the repair
ing of North Sixteenth street at the ex
pense of the entire city would be a rank
Injustice to the owners of property on
other streets who have paid the expense
of keeping their streets In good repnlr.
If the city undertakes to meet tho ex
pense of repairing and resurfacing North
Sixteenth street this year tho property
owners on that street will pursue the
sanio dog-lii-the-inanger policy when
ever the pavement Is worn out again
and more repairs aro needed. With the
example of North Sixteenth street bo
fore them tho property owners on other
streets would be Justified In resisting
any attempt to compel them to ropavo nt
their own expense.
The only rational course that the city
can pursue is to make an example of
North Sixteenth street that will compel
property owners to petition for repavlng.
When a street becomes dangerous for
trallle the city has a right to close It
for vehicles and keep It closed until the
roadway Is made safe. If tho property
owners on North Sixteenth street prefer
to forego tho benellts to be derived from
the heavy retail tratlic It will bo their
pleasure to do so, but we apprehend they
are not likely to Imitate the man who
cut off his nose to spite his face.
PHOM TltP. LAKES TO EVtlOPE.
A short time ago two steamers took
cargoes from Chicago to England and
Helglum. a commercial Incident which
attracted considerable attention. Now
It Is announced' that a group of Chicago
capitalists will soon start a line from
that city to Denmnrk and Norway. The
Cleveland Leader says there Is no rea
son to doubt the accuracy of tho state
ment, for the great Scandinavian popu
lation of tho region tributary to Chicago
would go far toward furnishing business
for steamers on such a route and there
Is a largo and nourishing commerce be
tween the Interior of the United States
nnd tho countries which would bo
reached by tho proposed line.
The Leader also remarks that the
Indications nre that the development of
direct vessel trallle between the Great
Lakes and the countries across the At
lantic will In the near future bo far more
rapid than Its early progress. Tho
routes used will bo better understood
nnd better maintained as the now Ca
nadian canals nre worked and tested.
It Is tho opinion of that paper that
European merchants will soon bo fa
miliar with a way of getting goods to
the central part of the United States
which they have never thought of se
riously and it Is possible that the Do
minion government will bo so encour
aged by the success of Its experiments
with deep canals thnt It will go much
farther ,ln that direction.
There Is no doubt that In time there
will be an extensive direct trallle t)6r
tween the Great Lakes and European
ports, but wo cannot always depend for
this upon Canadian deep canals. Wo
must have and sooner or later undoubt
edly will have a ship canal connecting
tho Great Lakes with tho Atlantic sea
board. It Is feasible and will become
a necessity In the not very mnoto fu
ture. Tho general bonded debt of South
Omaha Is $.'107,000 nnd the district debt
5-!'-",0lO. making In all $532,000 of bonded
Indebtedness, to which should bo added
$42,000 lloatlug debt, or an aggregate
Indebtedness of $374,000 already piled
up. and from $1,000 to $2,000 per month
should bo added for the future deficit.
It does not take a great financier to
figure out Inevitable bankruptcy If the
wasteful nnd reckless methods In con
ducting the city government that have
prevailed In South Omaha for years are
continued for any considerable length
of time.
Omaha postal olllclals are already
figuring out a very largo Increase In
postage receipts from mall order news
papers and periodicals In consequence
of the forthcoming order of the post
master general barring these publica
tions from second-class privileges. It
Is doubtful, however, whether any ma
terial Increase In the sale of newspaper
stamps will materialize In Omaha. The
probabilities aro that there will bo a
marked decrease In the quantity of sec-ond-class
mntter transported -by mall
from this olllce.
While the prosecuting attorney of
Kearney county has been saved a good
deal of trouble and expenditure of brain
tissue by tho cnufcsslon and sentence of
Norlln, the embezzling county treasurer,
tho criminal lawyers of the state have
Just ground for complaint. Any other
man but Norliu would have disbursed
the buried treasure among the eminent
attorneys retained to prove an alibi or
work a disagreement of the Jury.
Alfred Norlln, tho embezzling treas
urer of Kearney county, has set n most
commendnble example to all future em
bezzling treasurers In Nebraska by the
prompt and unreserved confession of his
guilt nnd voluntary assumption of tho
convict's garb, without resort to tech
nicalities, and the expenditure of tho
stolen money for inwyers hired to con
fuse and confound tho Juries ami Judges.
General Gomez returns to Cuba with
a better opinion of this country and Its
Intentions toward the Island than ho
had before. So have all the leading
Cubnns who have had opportunity to
meet the people and olllclals of the
United States. What little trouble
there Is in Cuba comes from people
who take their cue from tho walllngs of
tho opposition press.
Tho secretary of tho Interior positively
declines to postpone tho performance of
opening tho Kiowa lands to settlement.
Tho prlnclpnl trouble with tho show Is
thnt thero nro too many "supers" who
will get nothing for their tlmo and bo
forced to keep working away on a
thinking part for several years after the
curtain Is lowered.
Ex-Attorney General Monnett of Ohio
discovered that it requires something
more than an anti-monopoly record to
secure a nomination from a democratic
convention. Monnett made the mistake,
from a democratic standpoint, of stop
ping the wall long enough to try to
do something. It Is noise and not work
which democracy requires.
Scientists have discovered parasites
and fungus growths which will kill
chlnchbugs, grasshoppers and many
other kinds of bugs which Injure the
crops of the farmers, but no remedy Is
known for the "bugs" of popocratlc
politicians which would depreciate the
value of tlie farmer's product.
Tho weakness of the Ohio democratic
platform, as In alt platforms gotten up
for the purpose of attracting the larg
est number of votes, lies In the fact that
It attempts to hammer too many nails
and scatters Its energy lu too many
directions.
It em! It of Wanton Wuatc.
1'hllndelphla Itccord.
Wo have In sheer and wanton wasto
fulness cut down our forests nnd dried up
our fltrenms and now we must tnko the hot
and arid consequences.
Oh, W'ltiU n ShrlnUnsr.
Washington Star.
"The Hon. William Jennings Ilryan of
Nebraska, pasied through tho city yester
day" Is now the way tho Item Is handled
by all well-bnlnnced newspapers.
litis)- I)u In .Mlilmminier.
Oiobe-Democrat.
Secretary Hitchcock .Is a very busy man
theso days, la addition to doing a laud
olllco business In tho Indlnn country he Is
studying out n plan to protect tho American
forests from complete destruction.
We Can't' Lose 'Km.
KniiKas City Star.
Ono of the founders of the republican
party has Just got Inarrled. It is under
stood that tho nurabor of thpso "founders"
Is two moro than that of tho survlv'rs
of the charge of Halahlnva and exceeds by
seven the number of men who fired the first
gun at Santiago.
fine llimy II inly.
New York Tribune.
Tho Spanish claims commission will sit
tho summer through In Washington without
a recess. Thin announcement must sadly
shock tho prejudices of those political
pessimists who Insist that life on a federal
commission Is ono happy round of odlclal
Junketing nnd dignified repose.
Where Knlltire Induces Kenr.
Springfield Republican.
Four suicides among officers and direct
ors, several arrests, one enso ot Insanity
and a number of lnrge business failures
such havo been the consequences to dato
of tho Lolpzlgor bank failure In Germany.
All speculative financiering of scopo nnd
daring invariably carries within itself Just
such tragic possibilities.
Nursery nf tijenlileiits.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Why any man wanUUto bo governor of
Ohio passes gueeslng.i Tho governor of
Ohio has no veto power. A governor with
out the veto power suggests a -at without
claws, or one of tho fair sei forbidden the
last word. As. hpwovor, two Ohio gov
ernors becamo presidents, perhaps parties
will not havo to ndvcrtlso for nominees.
St. Lnnl on. the Hustle.
GlobciDemocrat.
Thft archltnts nf llln WftplH'a fair wnrn
notified' yesterday that they must plan an
exposition lor tne yoar iooa, nnd that their
servlcrs wero not wanted without this
distinct understanding! No thought or hint
of delay can bo tolerated. If any of tho
architects fool that they cannot accom
plish all that is expected within tho period
available, now Is tho moment to speak nnd
glvo plnce to thoso who will be on time.
Tho fnlr must open on May 1, 1903. That Is
a bedrock fact.
Utiueressnry I'leilKC
Kansas City Star.
Tho president declares in his Indian lands
proclamation that "tho drawings will bo
had under tho supervision and Immediate
observanco of a committee of three persons
whrse Integrity Is 3uch ns to make their
coutrol of tho drawing a guaranty of its
fairness." It may be n satisfaction to
some to have this aesuranco from tho presi
dent, but it should not bo necessary for tho
chief executive of the United States to
promise honesty for any procedure nbout
to bo undertaken by tho government.
Wlint n llriiHs lliiuil Cnu Do.
Kansas City Journal.
Rrass hands nro tho substance and tho
spirit nf a democracy. In them nre none
of tho emotions which warp or thrill In
human life. They sootho deepest pangs of
grief and quench tho hottest flames of pas
sion. In evidence of which wo noto that
at tho moment tho Jury In the Morrhon
case was making up Its verdict Hay
ward Morrison, brother of tho accuse 1
woman, and Olln Cantlo, husband of ih?
murdered wife, were stnndlng stdo by side
In tholr flno red uniforms, making soulful
toots in a concert by tho village brass baud.
The I'iiji In Sufe.
Buffalo Uxpress.
It Is tolerably certain that the Amer
ica's cup is safe. Having the best In mat
ter of design, It 13 also believed that
Americnn crows cannot to bcaton. They
aro In the habit of winning. That Is given
ns ono of tho subtlo reasons for tho con
tinuous success of the Kngllsh crows In
tho raco for tho Grand Challenge cup at
Henley. Somo such caufo had to do with
tho defeat of the Pennsylvania crew on
Friday. And American yachtsmen havo
no fear of tho result of tho contest In
October next. They have ptnnod their faith
to tho Hcrreschoff boat, manned by a crow
of American seamen, the most capable in
the world, and to the ability and experi
ence of Captain Hank or Captain Hhoades,
either of whom will meet tlie British chal
lenger, nnd they could not pin It to better
material.
The AlI-Ciiiiiiii'rlHK Siinmioii,
Chtcairo Chronicle.
There was something very pathetic In a
statement made by the lato Governor Pin
grow in his last momenta of conscious
ness after ho was Informed that his rocov
ery wna Impossible. He said that ho was
willing to "sign n contract with the Al
mighty" to pnss away quietly at tho end ot
two yenrs of life if his Ufo and faculties
could bo preserved for that time. "I havo
so much to do," he said. It was reported
that tho lato Senator 0. K. Davis made a
similar remark on his deathbed. He de
clared that If he could have flvo years mora
of llfo he would offer a solution of all
foreign questions which lie bollovid would
bo final, especially tho Insular questions.
A far greater man than I'lngree, a states
man of high rank, Davis wanted five years
more of life to accomplish results for the
country What I'lngree thought he could
do In two years ho did not explain.
tin: ..Mi:itiiWN mm, nir.it.
Why Our Aev Army Mmiilil lie t fu
llest In tin- World.
St. Louis aiobe-Demoimt.
Tho London Times' correspondent, VII-
Ham Kussell, the man whom the Americans
nicknamed "Dull Hun Hussell" afterward,
said early In 1S61 that the United States
soldiers were the poorest ho ever haw on
parade, but the best la battle. He spoke,
of course, of the volunteers, for tho regu
lars at the beginning ot tho war of seces
sion were so few and were scattered over
so wldo n territory that It wns very dllll
eult for anybody to get a glimpse of any of
them. The same encomium wan parsed ou
' them by other foreign military critics later
j on in tho war, with Hits difference, thai
j thero was no disparagement then (list on
i their appearance on either parade or In
' battle.
Lord Wolseley, the highest military au
thority lu Grent Britain, tins Just paid n
line tribute to the Americnn army by de
claring that It was tho best lighting fonc
for Its size In the world. Ho dlrertly re
ferred, of course, to tho armies which havo
done fighting in the Spanish nnd Philip
pine conflicts, composed ot regulars and
volunteers. Tho praise Is well deserved,
ns other critics havo frequently tcstllled In
tho past year or two. In n recent book
reviewing the performance of tho soldiers
of tho different nations In tho wars of
tho past threo years In Cuba, tho Philip
pines, South Africa and China the llrst
place In gencrnl efficiency Is given to tho
fighting men ot tho United States.
A new army has Just been created In
this country which will be superior in
some respects to any which has ever been
raised In this or any othor country. It
consists of 75,000 men, all regulars. A
largo proportion of the prlvntcs and tho
non-commlsstoned olllcers In this force
havo already seen service In tho recent
wars of the United States. Tho men are
picked, physically and mentally. With a
population of 75,000,000 to draw from, and
only 76,000 men to obtain, tho government
hns had a lnrger liberty of choice than
was over presented to any other country
In selecting n fighting force Tho officers
of this new nrmy are all either West
Pointers or men who have seen .sorv
ice, long or short, usually for two or three
years or more, In tho ranks. Somo nf
them hnve been in tho service for, many
years. An nrmy of 75,000 of this sort ot
men can, it Is easy to see, adequately
meet nil tho requirements which nro likely
to present themselves In tho near future,
and If moro men should bo wanted an un
limited number of tho same sort can bo
had.
IHT.IIIIAltS or I'OMTICS.
f'
Scnrcn thnt I.nst Only While the Ciuii
lin I mi In On.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
The world has tried many plans of gov
ernment. There was tho tribal system, with
tho big follow and his club. Then camo tho
feudal system. "Among n nation of blind
men," says the adage, "the one-eyed man Is
king." Gunpowder enlarged tho nrca of
government mensurably. The Lord's
anointed, ns bruto forco proclaimed Itself,
had to yield to tho force of a new Invention
and to admit tho experts of this now inven
tion to a share of tho profits. Tho divine
right of kings, however, wns doomed ns the
weapons of gunpowder multiplied nnd tho
limited vision of the people began to Im
prove. Its head ofT, It had to walk tho
plank, first In England and then in Trnnco.
It has now an uncontested existence no
where. Constitutional monarchy is tho rule
whero monarchist Is recognized nt nil nnd
constitutional monarchy Is only rcpubllcan
lcm clnd In tho castoff garments ot a dead
and buried Jden.
They havo done fairly well with their re
public In Switzerland. Llkc.wlso in France.
Ono of the very fow prophecies ascribed to
Napoleon at St. Helena Is enmlnc true, for
Europe is already hard upon the line of tho
emperor's all-Cossack, all-republican pro
diction. Meanwhile It is In America re
publican America the America of Wash
ington nnd Franklin and Jefferson that wo
hear most talk about Imperialism.
Yet somehow this tnlk has not been suffi
ciently novel or imprepilve to Htartlo folks
Into voting the demorr- - ticket In numbers
enough to rescue our beleaguered country
from tho Imperialists. But a llttlo while
ago thero wero those who Insisted that
McKinley, already declared cmporor by tho
supremo court, was nbout to put tho crown
upon his head. Immediately this imminent
danger disappeared when, ono foot upon
Chnuncey Depow and t'other on Charley
Grosvcnor, tho president wrapped Ihn flag
around him, marched down to tho footlights
and exclaimed, "No third term for me!"
They who delight In bugbears nro now
cnstlng nbout for some other man of straw
to Invest with n pnper scepter and to
Bwatho in royal robes. Mnybo wo shnll find
this flguro-of-speech In fat old Mark
Hanna. Mnybo In lean young Teddy Hoose
velt. Who knows?
FHUNOXAI, NOT
On July H, forty-eight years after tho
dato when he entered tho harbor, Yoko
hama will unveil n monument to Commo
dore M. C. Perry.
A Missouri editor respectfully calls tho
czar's attention to ex-Senator W. H. Hyan
of Crawford county, Kansas, nt whosu
homo the twelfth son has Just arrived.
John L. Plngree, brother of the Into ox
governor of Michigan, llvos In Hopkinton,
Mass. Like his brother, ho is n rich man
nnd made his fortuno In tho manufacture
of thocs. ,
.Mr. Dooloy's friend, Father Kelly, says:
"Tho dlfferenco between Chrlbtinu Scien
tists and doctors is that Chrlstlnn Scien
tists think there's no such thing ns dis
ease, and doctors think there's nothing
else."
Tho baBo ball reporters aro refreshingly
laconic sometimes. In announcing tho un
pleasant fnct that a decision by O'Day gave
Brooklyn the gamo nt St. Louis Monday, It
was added that "prompt nctlon on tho pnrt
of tho police and the St. Louis players
saved him from any other injury than a
split Hp."
Hugh Douglass Wise, who has been
made a captain in tho Ninth regiment,
llnltod States infantry, Is tho young officer
who carried his camera up tho hill at San
Juan uml rendered Important service by
photographing the position of the enomj.
Captain Wlso was graduated from West
Point In 1894.
Tho llrst public meeting of tho recently
Incorporated lngersoll Momorlnl associa
tion took placn In Chicago on Sunday cvai
lni,'. Announcements of tho objects of tho
organization wero made and soveral ad
drcesos wero delivered. The first project
to bo undertaken by tho association will
be tho erection of u memorial temple nnd
hall, to cost not less than $100,000.
Men of wealth have troubles of their
own. Thcro's poor Wlullcld Scott Strat
ton, the "aiiKel" of Colorado Springs. He
hns been forced to pull up sinkes and
move to Denver bocauso solicitors mado
llfo a burden to him. Whenever pleas for
aid to this, that or tho other worthy tauso
have been presented to him ho has been
warned that he would bo considered mean
If ho subscrlbeil lub than $1.W0. Some
times he has been taxed us high ns (5,000.
At ono tlmti he employed a bodyguard to
protect him from tho beggars. Now, in
desperation, he has ordered tho salo of
his street railway and other holdings In
Colorado Springs and will tako up his
abode in Donver in tho hopo that he may
be loBt in the crowd.
INSIMU'TMIN OT WIlSTIlltN I'O.KT.N.
Secretary Ituut'.i Ollletnl 't'niir nml
Wluil It Purli'iuti.
Secretary of War Iloot has planned his
llrst tour of Inspection of western military
posts and will start from Washington on
Saturday next. Ms first stop will be nt
St. Louis. Tho purpose of the tour Is thus
explained In n Washington dispatch to tliu
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "The secretary
has at his disposal n liberal appropriation
for the Improvement of barracks In tho dif
ferent parts of tho country and ha not yet
decldtd how this appropriation will bo ap
portioned. Thero Is renson to believe, how
ever, that, unless tho secretary of war Is
given special reasons and learns of special
conditions while In the west, u majority
of tho appropriations will go to New York
nnd other Atlantic ports, ns well as ports
on tho gulf const, to provide for the houlng
mid caro of the largely increased artillery
rorce winch Is to Lave charge of tho coast
iicrenscs of tho country.
"It is explained lit tlie Wnr ,lm,nrlt,ir.nl
that out of the newly organized nrmy of
io.uuu men it has been determined to re
tain not less than 40.000 tmm in M
I'hlllpplno Islnnds for nt least tho next year.
In tho new army tho nrtlllcry arm will
contain 20,000 men. This will leavo but 16,
000 men for distribution among Uio army
posts lu tho Unltud States, Cuba, Hawaii
and Porto Klco. Thero Is renson to believe
that nt least 1,000 troops will bo retained
Indefinitely in Cuba and n lllm liitm,nf In
l'orto lllco nnd Hawaii. ThlB would leavo
not over 12,000 men for tho United States.
ino nrmy posts nf tho ennnirv nw.m
modated 25,000 soldlcra up to tho tlmo of
tno spnnish-Amcrlcnn war, and thero Is
now no apparent need of Increasing tho
quarters for met.. Thero will bo somo new
worK none m tho Dakotas, Wyoming nnd
Oregon, but this Is provided for by special
appropriations.
"While in tho west It Is expected that tho
secretary of war will ennsnii win, n nm.
ber of tho general olllcers of tho nntlonal
fiunru organizations of tho states which ho
visits. Tho War denartment h.iu In rhnr
tidied n plan for closer rnlnitnn iiun
the regular establishment uf the army nnd
me sinio muitia organizations. It has
taken dellnlto shape in somo of the eastern
states. The secretary of war will discuss
wuu uie national guard olllcers tho possi
bility of hnvlng Joint encampments between
ino guardsmen nnd tho regulars. Forts
Ienvenworth nnd llllev nnd .!..ir,.rqnn i,,,.
racks will he tho principal points In the
west ni wnich It is expected the militia nnd
rcgulnrs can be mobilized In brigades und
divisions for Joint lIlQncUVOrs. Thn nlnn lit
to glvo opportunity to tho regulars for
miiuiiing largo oodles or troops in baltlo
maneuvers and to give to tho officers of
tho militia advantages of association with
regulars in olllcers' schools. It la pos
slblo that tho department will urge upon
congress the advisability of requiring some
such co-opcratlon on tho port of tho militia
of states which sharo In tho annual ap
propriation by congress for tho benefit of
stato organizations. Tho schemo Is ono
which has long been urged by tho assistant
secretary ot wnr. Colonel Snuger.
"Later tho secretary will visit tho ports
whero extenslvo Improvements for coast
defense nre being carried out. Tho greater
part of tho 20,000 men recruited for tho
artillery service have not served in tho
nrmy beforo and eoastltuto almost a new
arm of tho service. They will not only
havo to be provided with now barracks,
but a special system will probably bo de
vised for tholr Instruction nnd training
to sccuro the desired efllcloncy.
"About tho only work which will bo en
tirely new will bo tho establishment of a
new post during, the coming year within
four miles of Dcs Molnos. Tho last con
gress appropriated $200,000 for this purpose.
Cuptain It. B. Turner, ono of the quarter
masters of tho' War department, has been
ordered to Dcs Moines nnd he will make
ft topographical survey of the 400 acres
which tho pooplo thero have donated to tho
government. Ho will also report a general
plun for tho laying out of tho rcservutton
and tho erection of barracks nnd necessary
buildings. Tho appropriation of $200,000
will only bo sufllclont to provide quarters
for a single squadron of cavalry, but It Is
generally understood that the. plans will
contemplate n post which will nccommodnto
a full regiment of cavalry, and the work
to be done, under the present appropriation
will bo carried forward simply as a part of
the larger schemo.
"Tho department will make of St. Louis
an importnnt supply depot, becauso of Its
excellent railroad facilities and its cen
tral location. Plans havo been perfected
for tho building this summer of now supply
depot buildings which wtlt cot $15,000. The
plans were perfected hero at the depart
ment, but tho awarding of tho contract nnd
the actual construction work will be In
charge of Colonol Whee'.ock, the quarter
master stationed at St. Louis."
MATKIUAI.S Foil A STATU.
OKliiliniiin nml Km Ailjmiels MnrehliiK
TiMviud Stntelinoil,
Chlengo Drover's Journnl.
The opening up to settlement of the
Kiowa, Comanche, Apacho and Wichita
Indian lands In Oklahoma means tho found
ing of n new state which soon will bo
knocking for admission to tho union. Al
ready Oklahoma contains a considerable
population of substantial, self-reliant, ener
getic and frugal people. Add to theso
tho new tettlers the men who will secure
claims In tho three now counties formed
from the Italian reservations to bo opened
August t), and there will bo a people no
strong numerically nnd so prosperous com
mercially and containing such a high order
of Intellect that congress cannot reftibo
or oven delay thu admisilon of tho terri
tory Into the family of states, It un
doubtedly will be the duty of tho next con
gress to extend tho hand of fellowship
to this new commonwealth and by welcom
ing It to tho family flrnaldo "add a new
star to tho country's emblem.
The men who nro now seeking homes
In the Indian lands of the southwest are
uf n kind with thou? who made of Kansas
and Nobraska shining stars In the galaxy
of states. They ore the sturdiest ond most
persevering of the tillers of th soil In the
eastern states, men who have Inherited llt
tlo savo strong arms and robust eonstltu
Hons. Having naveil n fow hundred dol
lars by hard loll, they seek with It to
lay the foundations for n home for them
selves In a now country whero tholr op
portunities will bo moro nearly equal to
thoso of their neighbors than they nre In
those of tho older stntes of the east. Hero
they hnpo to rear nnd educate their children
and dying leaving them nn Inheritance
fcufllclent to glvo tlmm n substantial start
In life. It is nf such material that tho
I new fitnto will be fashioned nnd It Is safe
to Fay that It will soon tnke Its placo nlong
i side the older states of tho union In tho
rational councils.
The opening of these lnnds In Okln
homa will mark tho lait great settlement
of public domain, Gradually the lands
originally sot apart for tho usn of tho In
dians have ben acquired by treaty and
thrown open to ottlemcnt until the Hed
men have dwindled to n few thousand
nnd their lands to n fow hundred thousand
acres. After theso landB arc exhausted
and tho Indications are that there will b
throH applicants for ench quarter section
tho opportunities for acquiring virgin soil
In this rountry land which hsB never felt
the keen edge of the plowshare will bo few
snd far between. The next generation of
Americans will not bo privileged to home
stead public lands, for thero will bo none
to homestead.
.SHAM. Wll VI'AM) TIM! Till I'll f
Some I'ertliieiil lleiiinrlis mi runiiiiiin
Clmr luterlil leu,
llrouklyti Kngh
Has civilization made us tender' 11...
we come to such a nicety of feeling 111,
we cannot bear plain speech? Or is t'.
reluttuiii'e to bo criticised' merely a nat.'
of social conventions, that hedge our i'n
mles from us and hence should hedge v.
from our friends? Certes, we hear fa.
against ourselves with most unwllllngue. -Aro
wo over plain of feature? l'ray, got I
sir, speak not of It, but decry tho look
of others, that wo may Join In tho laugh
against them. Aro wo awkward of manner
siumnuns of speech, dlsllgured In any ls
freckled, blotched, bandy-legged? then cri
iclsm is Indeed unkind, for these nre mm
ters that cannot always be helped. Hut '
wo do ill, knowing better than to do It, if
we not absurdly when we have sense to l
otherwise, If wo make mistakes from rare
lessness or lack of Interest, if We acquire
unpleasant habits, if wo fall in h duty, if
we neglect opportunity, if we are mean or
underhnnd or unfair or prejudiced, why
haven't wo tho frankness to own It an I
accept the warning nnd tho npptal to d
bolter, Instead of stiffening our spines an 1
our pride nnd resenting good oillces' It .
hnrd to sn why wo do not. If wo slftm
tho matter to Its lowest term we slam
probably discover that tho objection to crl"
cism arosu from n feeling that wo worn
Just as good as the person who criticised
us, hence, that It wns assumption on hu
part.
Self-love la dominant nnd prldo is no far
step from self-lovo. Wo may think wo aro
willing to be criticised, nnd may ho over
so willing to mend our faults, but wo havo
a serious unwillingness to discover them
Truth Is mighty and many ennnot stand it
And would It not seem a grtimp) nnd dy
peptic rather thnn nn honest world If every
ono told tho truth nbout small matters''
Suppose Mrs. Jones, who smiles so warmly
on her visitor, wero to speak her exact
mind. Sho would sny: "Mrs. Smith. I
beg thnt you will novrr copie hero ngnln
You nre very tiresome. You have nothing
to say. Your gossiping habit Is nboiiilnaMe
nnd your clothes nro Impossible." What
would happen? Thero would bo hard feel
Ing between tho Smith family and tli
Jones hoiuchold forever nftcr,, and the
hatred would bo worso than tlie convon
tlonnl fibs thnt kept nllve acquaintance
tho nffnblo "So delighted! Won't you
cnll ngain? Do come nml bring your knit
ting."
Supposo tho clerk in reporting to his
employer were quite- frank und suid
"Hero aro tho facts you want, but you
havo not mind enough to understand them
I think It would bo better If you resigned
ns hend of this company nnd took my plnco
nnd I took yours." That clerk would Iobi
his place so suddenly that his head would
swim. Tho matter Involved Is Iobs that of
honesty than of manners and taste. ft la
not good form to cause pain. Good form
Is based on good morals and good nature
It is better to turn n smiling fnco to tho
world nnd pretend to like It thnn openly
to avow yourself a curmudgeon.
Our shrinking from tlie exposuro of
faults Is duo to a civilized bringing up
among people nccustomcd to look for
morlts rather than defects, and we havo
a notion tbnt tho person who rebukes us
for shortcomings not serious enough to
call for the Interference of tho pollco Is a
rudo and unschooled creaturo. Your iruo
philosopher may wish to know tho plain
truth about himself, however unpleasant
Dut, well-a-day, what-n-mnny of us nro
not philosophers!
LAUGHING GAS.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Ho hns tho repu
tation of belnp ii very cnndld- man."
"Well, yes, he's extremely candid In ad
mitting the faults of others."
Bomcrville Journnl: When you pay n
profuse compliment to a woman, sho tuny,
say: "Oh, you tlattercr!" but, Just tlio
same, sho takes a lot of stock In It
TVillrwlnlViln Urn... 'l1i. An
so constantly? It's 'not only hnrmftil, but
extravagant."
"Oh! no. It Isn't cxtravngant. You rr
T anvu m-itnlma 1,v llr.htln.r pnui.
cigar from the stump ot thu ono before '
Ilnrner's Ilnz.ir: Ilnnk PrenMnfI aim.
pose 1 had better notify tho directors that
you havo appropriated $100,000.
Cushler Yes, nnd while you nre about It
nsk them whero Is it cood nlnrn in In
vest It.
Cleveland l'lnln Dealer: "Do vim notice
tho high nnd mighty e.xproslon V'"'
Ilumner wears slneu thev irot their new
automobile?"
"Yes. Sort o nuto-crntlc, Isn't if"
Hrooklyn Encle: The Parson flcinlriir
over the fence, shocked) .Mnkln' garden on
Sunday, brother! 1 Is pained beyon ni'MS
unh. Hrother Johnson!
Itnstus Johnson (flustered) Deed I I'n't
mukln' garden, I'lihson! I'zo only dlggln
bait to go llshln'l
Cleveland Plain Denier: "1 supposo
them's no nso of linking you to go with
us," snld the shirtwaist to tho corset
"We'll nil be In negligee, of course."
"Thank you," replied tho corset, stltlly
"I have a pressing cngngemcnt nt home "
WiiBhlngton Stnr: "You sny thnt you
don't caro for the salary, so long ns s on
can get n chnnco to work?" snld the billion
aire.
"That's the Iden," nnswered the youth
with the sharp nose nnd chin. "I'm will n,t
to Htnrt rlaht In nt n big rediietlm nn '
take one of thoso KS.ooo positions you sn
aro so hnrd to till nt half the money "
Philadelphia Press: "I declare!" e
claimed Snodgrnss, looking Interes'edly i
of the elub window, "Hint fellow TlmirJns
Is certainly up-to-date. He's got n T,rt
to run his nutomnhllo."
"Don't seo tho point," drawled Htm
EdKar. "Why, Isn't a Turk an Auto-man'"
tiii" wi:atiu:u man.
Hrooklyn Eagle.
A little boy with golden hair-
Oncu sought his father's kneo.
"Oh. popper, tell nbout tho man
Who weuther makes," quoth he.
"What happens when tho duy id hot
And likewise hot tlie night,
And when the wenther mnn remarks.
'There's no relief In sight?' "
The father shed n loving glnnre-
A 1,'lnnce both kind and mild--Then
heaved a High find promptly saiil
"It always rnlns, my child."
"And, popper, when the mnn declares
It's nuro to rain for weeks,
Till drops dcHcend In steudy streum
From eyebrows, cars and beaks
What happens then, oh, popper, m'n
Oh, tell your llttlo denr,
What htipnenu when tho weuthvr n . r
Proclaims It ennnot clear?"
The father stroked the curly head
That rose above his knee,
And with another kindly smile,
"It always chars." said he.
"Then, popiier," quoth Urn lovely ohil '
"Pray, tell mn, If you can,
The proper iinnw by which to cnli
Our funny weather man
The mnn who, (minding In tho sun,
Ilemiuks it cannot clear;
And ho who cannot seo tho rain
Until the rnln Is here?"
The father shook his shapely hen a.
"I hen snld In nccents slow,
The. name for him Is not a word
That llttlo boys should know."
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