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It. B. 1IUNOATE,
Notary Public
rAKTIES L.EAVINO KOll SUM MIS It
Partlt-a leaving the city (or
the aumiiier may have The Dee
aeut to them regularly by
notifying The Ilea Daalns.
ottlce, In person or liy mall.
The uddfreaa nrlll' lie changed
aa often na ilealred.
Tho Into superintendent of the state'
flsh hatcheries and the present in
cumbent are exchanging llsli stories.
Tho govci'iiment report says that lato
corn hits Improved in sections of Ne
braska. Nebraska corn has always hnd
tho hnblt of niuklng up time on tho
homo stretch.
Now that tho First Nebraska boys are
taking tho water works again in inintu
tttro performance", wc presume tho Kan
sans will soon follow suit with another
attack upon tho, brewery.. , . . v .,
A,CaJlfpniIa,.uiechanIc,-b88 invented
a magnet which ho asserts will attract
gold and silver. Many men all over
this country appear, to have hud posses
sion of tho secret for n long time. '
Cnto, Sells declines to bo tho martyr
offered up on the shrine of Iowa
democracy this year. We fear .Cato Is
not living up to tho sclf-sacrlUcIng rep
utntlon of his' old Roman namesake'.
Tho chairman of the Joint committee
of' tho Bo-cnlled American Anti-Trust
league evidently waked up tho -wrong
passenger when ho addressed his in
sitniatlng let,ter to Attorney General
Knox.
The deposits of Btntei banks In No
braskn have increased ?'J,000,000 since.
March 4. When to this Is added tho In
creuBo In deposit. Irr national banks It
will bo dllllcult to discover hard' times
lu this state.
Contemplate tho havoc that might
have been wrought had all those dis
tinguished lawyers swooped uWii on
Denver when Its courts were grinding
Instead of during a convenient recess in
court sessions.
In their hasto for vengeance a Mis
sourl mob lynched a colored man who
had no connection with the crlmo which
Btirreu up tlieir wrath. Even mobs
might exercise it little precaution lu so
looting their victims.
Dos Moines will not com note with
Omaha as an ariny post for at least
another year, because the work of con
struction thero has mado no headway
Tho Omaha post will easily aceommo
tlato all the troops lu this section for
tho present and all Immediate prospects
The president of tho American liar
association admits that ho does not see
nny remedy for trust' abuses. Tho troti
bio with' the lawyers Is tlmt most of
them win have brains eupugh to
think tint u remedy are busy formulat
Ing trust contracts or defending thoin In
court.
Itallroad presidents anuounco that
with the close of the present year no
inoro freo passes will be given. Those
who have been In the habit of riding
without pay will not be seriously
alarmed, however, as It does not re
quire n long memory to recall similar
threats.
South Omaha Is tlgurlng on a uuw
High school building. South Omaha
has been fortunate, so far lu school affairs-by
building up a most creditable
plant of school b.ulldlngs without load
ing up with sc)i6ol bouds. It should
think twice before deviating from this
Bound policy. ,
With .Colombian paper down whero
ono good American dollar buys forty
one dollars of It, some of our lint money
BtiUesmeu who have patent appliances
to manufacture prosjwrlty by pumping
wind luto tho currency ought to hear, an
irresistible call for their services lu
that South Auieclcau state-
I'ltOSTlTVTISU JOU11KAI.IHM.
Tho persistence of the World-Herald
In lt vicious nttuCks on D. Clem Denver
provokes ii n Inquiry luto the motives Hint
are behind this Indecent nnil eonleniptl
warfare. Nobody charge Denver
with dishonesty, ot' corruption. Ho was
considered by reformers ghgd enough to
bo ono oi file prominent candidates for
governor In tho convention tlmt noml
nuteddV. A. I'oyntOr and wa not even
suspected of crookedness as steward ot
tho Hint i! deaf and duinb schooL
The .Inspiration for'ttio nssaults of tho
World-Herald, therefore, emanates not
ho innch In penMip Indignation over IiIh
nppolnthieiifc "as' It doc? In sympathy
with thu dislocated Holt county ring.
Tlmt notorious ring hurt, hnd Its links
In nil parties, tins' already furnished tho
statu , with several penitentiary star
boarders and would furnish inoro yet If
oven-handed Justice were meted out.
The World-Herald shriek's "coward"
and "traitor" lit Denver, while It extols
Hartley as a martyr 'and victim of his
Irrepressible generosity. Is this howl
about Denver designed to distract public
attention from the disgraceful position
Hint paper occupies In tho eyes of
honest ffieii of All patties?
No wonder people ask, How much did
tho World-Herald get for applauding the
liberation of Hartley? No wonder people
recall tho promptness with which the ;
World-Hernld came to the rescue of
Charley Mosher. No wonder, either,
that they recall tho toUtnlo slip in tho
llolln cash drawer.
Why ask such foolish questions? Its
It not patent to everybody that the pur
chase of the support and sympathy of
tho bogus reform organ by Hartley car
ried with It Its 'sympathy and support
for all tho other members of the old
Holt county ring of which Hartley was
the grand master?
'1VHK1SH HAD FlJ2'i.
The persistent bad faith of. the Turk
ish government has resulted lu the
breaking off of diplomatic relatious be
tween that government and Franco.
When the sultan himself failed to f ulUl
a promise personally given to the French
ambassador It was manifestly useless
to place further conildeuco In any as
surance .from that source1 and therefore
time to end diplomatic Intercourse. Self-
respect demanded this. Perhaps noth
ing more serious will come of It. The
severance of diplomatic relations be
tween governments Is 6f course a matter
of some gravity, but It does not neces
sarily mean that anything of n more
serious nature will, ensue. Tho Issue
between Franco and Turkey Is not nt
all likely to Involve thqin In war, but It
is to bo expected that the .action of, the
French ambassador will have tho effect
to induce tho sultan to reconsider his
refusal to,. carry out his promise.
The incident Is Interesting chiefly ns
another-illustration of the unscrupulous
and untrustworthy" churacter of tho
present ruler of Turkey. Keeping faith
has no place in .his political creed, as
has -been-demonstrated-throughout his,
career. Having a eortalri security lu
the proteetiou of tho powers, und know
ing their mutual Jealousy as to anything
relating to Turkey, tho sultan docs not
'hcsltute; to practice duplicity and to
break promises when he thinks It to his
advantage to do so, being quite lndlffcr
cut to the public opinion of tho world
regarding his conduct. Ho Is tho most
despicable nmong living rulers, yet the
policy that has characterized his rule
a policy that tho civilized world has long
vainly condemned and protested against
will continue, because no European
power dares to inuke any aggressive
attempt to lmvo it changed. Tho Jeal
ousy of the powers respecting Turkey
gives to that government immunity from
punishment for its misdeeds.
CUM'S ECdKOMW PROBLEM.
Of far greater importance to tho peo
ple af Cuba and 'of the United States
than any political question In tho. island
Is .the economic problem with which our
government must soon deal. Tho In
dtistrlal situation of Cuba, according to
trustworthy testimony, has not very
materially Improved since the island
passed out of Spanish control. Thero
has been something of n revival, but It
Is not general, and Intelligent observers
von the ground, are of the opinion that
thero "will bo no general improvement
so long as Cuba is unable to compete
favorably in the American market. A
letter from Havana says that the In
dustrial classes aro not progressing and
many sections, especially In tho prov
luces where sugar nnd tobacco arc
grown, arc actually suffering and living
from hand to mouth.
Tho writer states that, the situation Is
practically, tho same tlint prevailed there
In 1805 and which led up to the last
revolution and he adds: "Tho Indus
tries of this Island must bo revived by
a treaty with tho United States whereby
Its sugar and tobacco can enter that
country and compete with those of other
nations. Unless eomcthlng Is done soon
by thu United States, I fear tho condl
tlons here will be such as to requlro the
army for a. much longer period." The
principal cause of revolution lu Cuba
has ever been of an economic character
and while thero Is no revolutionary
spirit being nmnlfested there now, Its
development-Is certainly possible In the
oyent of a long, continuance of preseut
industrial conditions.
This subject Is one of tho most I in
portaut that will demand tho consldera
tlon of the Fifty-seventh congress
What shall be done to Improve Indus
trial conditions In Cuba and promote the
development of the Island? It seems
altogether Idle to talk of giving Cuban
suga( and tobacco free admission to thu
'American market. ' Such a course
would, menu the destruction of tho do
uicstlo sugar and tobacco Industries
which ,a republican, congress and ad
iiiluUtratlon will not do. How far this
country can go lu concessions to Cuban
Industrial interests without Jeopardizing
home luterests Is thu question which
congress will be called upon to deter
mine. It Is not a question that will be
easily'' disposed of, as Its discussion
already has' shown.
Meanwhile the agitation of the subject
lu Cuba "grows. Tho comiucrclul bodies
TILE OMAHA DAILY JtEE: TIITJHSPAY, ATGUST 22, 1901.
there are proposing to send delegation
to the United States to lay the matter
before commercial bodies here and to
eudenvor to create public sentiment In
this country favorable to the granting
of liberal concessions to Cuban products.
In a little more than three mouths con
gress will be In session and the Indi
cations are that by that tliuu the Cuban
economic question will take precedence
of every other question In public atten
tion. It Is most probable that some
thing will be done for Cuba. The very
general opinion undoubtedly Is that the
United States Is under 'strong obliga
tions to help Cuba to Industrial revival
It Is to'our own Interest to do this. Hut
whatever aid lu this respect wo extend
to tho Cubans must bo done with n duo
regard for tho welfare of American In
dustrles.
ixmouucM) to run would.
Hy proclamation President McKlnley
has Introduced the Louisiana Purchase
exposition to the attention of tho nations
of tho world, thereby giving It inter
national character. All countries arc
Invited to participate In this great enter
prise and doubtless most of them will
do so, the reasonable expectation being
that In this respect the exposition at
St. Louis lu lto:i will nt least equal and
probably surpass the Columbian exposl-
tlon.
There has been somo doubt as to
whether this great undertaking can bo
completed by lt)0.'l, but the promoters in
tend to push the work with nil possible
dispatch and as they havn abundant
tlnanclal resources rapid progress will
undoubtedly bo made. It contemplated
to make this tho greatest exposition
ever held and it would be dllllcult to
give any sound reason for doubting tho
accomplishment of this. Certainly as to
iVineticnU exhibits In all departments
the Louisiana Purchase exposition
should excel that of 1803, but it is pos
slble that lu foreign exhibits It will not
do so, though conditions for a generous
representation of their Industries and ro
sources by foreign nations are quite as
.favorable now as they then were, while
as tho commercial metropolis of tho
southwest St. Louis should command us
much consideration us Chicago did.
At all events tho exposition at St,
Louis promises to be on a magnlUccut
scale, In every respect worthy of the
event which It will commemorate and of
the energy nnd enterprise of the people
In tho territory acquired by the Louis
lanu purchase.
Ono of the school board .men who
lmvo been dealing in well-deflucd
rumors comes to tho point of admitting
that It is not the police, but the police
court, they are after. Ho asserts tha
belief tuut the board will never get tho
revenue from lines which It should have
until a new police Judge Is Installed in
tho place of Judge Gordon. Judge T3or
don lu tho past has demonstrated his
ability to tako enre of himself and he
will doubtless prove equal to dealing
with tho gentle insinuations of tho
school board members who have .been
talking so glibly about diverted line.
money.
The second fatal catastrophe within
a week.iu the Cleveland water tunnel
would suggest that perhaps the city or
the contractors who aro doing tho work
aro Imperiling the lives of men rather
than spend a little money to make an
undertaking which Is hazardous at best
as safe us possible. There is a decided
tendency in all such largo operations to
avoid expense and chance to fortune to
protect the lives of the men who must
carry It forwiyd. Such negligence Is
criminal and If reasonable precautions
are not taKon me men respousioio
should be prosecuted.
The Bee wants to enter vigorous pro
test ogalust the growing disposition of
Omaha couples to go to Council Bluffs
to bo married. Omaha has a full com
plement of ministers of the gospel duly
qualllled to olliciato nt functions of this
kind, at rates no higher than the scnea
tile prevailing across the river. With
out nuy disparagement of the Council
Bluffs marriage Joiners, wo believe this
Is a case above others to patroulze home
Industry.
Nebraska Is faring well In the mat
ter of rural freo mall delivery routes,
there being now 109 in this state. If
tho samo rate of progress Is kept up
for n few years tho greater portion of
tho farming community will have all
the mall advantages of tho towns nnd
one of the greatest drawbacks to rural
life will have become a thing of the
past.
Tho French ambassador has uotllled
the sultan of Turkey that the two can
not slide on tho same cellar door In
tho future, all because tho sultan failed
to keep his promise. Tho French am
bassador should know by this time that
Turkish promises are not made to bo
kept oven formaldehyde will not pro
servo them over night.
Now York police olllcers who have
been arrested for neglect of duty think
It Is an outrage. As long as thulr sen-
Ices aro satisfactory to Tammnny they
do not see why others should complain
But they should remember that Tain
ninny Is not pnrtlctilnr about anything
but campaign contributions.
As usual, the popocratle organs lu
theso parts are, more disturbed about
conditions of republican politics than
they aro Interested In their own polltl
cal Held. They are not content with
making their own cnndlilates, but want
also to say who shall bo favored by
their oppouents.
What a beautiful example those well
detlned rumor venders of tho school
board aro setting for witnesses who
might bo recalcitrant at some future In
vestleatlon undertaken by tho school
board. It's a poor rule tlint doesu'
work both ways.
Hnurta, .Not Snrpzcn,
Chicago Record-Herald,
Loulvllle Is trying to secure the next
annual convention of tho Hay Fever as
soclatlon and promlces In case the dele
sates co there -to entertain them In a way
that they will have no disposition to
neeze at.
All DtmlilH llrnioveil.
Detroit Freo I'ress.
According to a floating newspaper para-
raph, Mrs. J Plcrpont Morgan calls her
husband "Pontjr." Now that that important
Uauo Is settled, lot tho strike go on.
Tn in in ii u.i' siirrlnl Mission.
Philadelphia Inciulrer.
In three years Tammany has managed to
Increase tho dobt ot New York City by
105,000,000. No wonder that benevolent or
ganization Is anxious to cling to power.
Hcmt It Aluirnrn Abroad.
Indianapolis Journal,
Observing democrats who read that Mr.
Uryan will not speak In Omaha from tho
nme platform with David 1). Hill must
conclude that (he New Yorker is not tho
man for 1904,
lltiniliiK III Money.
St. Louis rtepubllc.
That farmer who directed In his will that
115,000 bo burned up will have tho condi
tion fulfilled The lawyers have begun
suit to break the will. That Is probably
tho quickest method.
Prcnllnrlty of Koiinlillrniilam.
Cincinnati Commcrclnl-Trlbune.
"Tho republican organization In Kontucky
has always been peculiar," cays the Courier
Journal. Inasmuch as It does not stand for
trangllng the right of suffrage, It certainly
Is peculiar in tho eyes of Oocbellsm.
Ilia Itullnix 1'naalon.
Chicago Tribune.
White on a tombstone-selling trip tho
other day one of the Younger brothers was
caught between his wagon-box and tho
wheels and severely hurt. It Is possible he
was trying, absent-mindedly, to hold up tho
wagon.
Effort of the Strike.
Buffalo Express. ,
It is now said that the plant ot the
American Tlnplato company at Jollct will
never bo reopened. Probably tho transfer
of the work done at this point to some
other Is part ot tho centralization p!an of
the Steel trust, but, at tho same time, It is
likely that no change would have been
made for a long time It tho men had not
struck.
Hard but ISffectlve,
" New. York Tribune.
The. French ambassador to tho United
States is reported by a French Journal as
saying that Europeons generally have no
Idea how hard Americans work, both rich
and poor. But evidence accumulates In
tho old world that many Europeans are
beginning to understand how effectively
Americans labor In the strenuous rivalries
ot production, of manufacturing, of trade
and ot commerce In these days, and some
of them aro much perturbed over tho pros
pect that they must toll more diligently
than ever before In order to hold their own
against the vigorous pfforts of the enter
prising Yankee. Hard work must tell, ea
pcclally when It Is brain work.
Cnnnda'a Slow Growth.
St. Louis' blobe-Democrat.
Canada, Is grumbling at Us census. It
Is shouting loudly to have a new count.
Its growth has been only 10 por cent In
tho last ten years', as compared with 21
per cent for tho United States. When
tho United States bad as few Inhabitants
as Canada has now It used to Increase' to
mo extent oi appui aa per cent in a
decade. Tfh.9, .Canadians, however, ought
not to bo surprised at their low rate of
increase. Canada Is a country which Is
.almost unheard ofiiln. tho great world. It
has an area., larger,, than the contiguous
part or tne unitcu states ana some of this
territory H aa rich In minerals as the Klon
dike region. Only a small part ot tho im
migrants who come from Europe to this
side of tho Atlantic go to Canada and many
who do go there dross tho border Into the
United States soon afterward. Most ot
the emigrants from tho British Islands, In
fact, como to tho' United States In prefer
ence to Britain's big colony on this side
of tho water. Until Canada gets to bo a
part of tho American republic the gap be
tween that country and this will continue
to broaden.
PEIISO.VAL, AND OTHERWISE.
The shah of Persia Is reported to have a
personal fortune .'of $25,000,000 or $30,000,-
000, most ot which is represented In dia
monds, '
Dr. Hans Blum, ono of the biographers
of Bismarck, has become mentally de
ranged owing to his losses through the fall
ure of tho Lelpzlger bank.
King Edward VII, according to the Berlin
papers, will not leave Germany at onco, but
will soon go to Wllhelmshohoe, near Cassel,
and there spend several days 'with the
kaiser.
The house In which Joseph Chamberlain
was born is still standing. Close) by at
Camberwcll stand the school house he at
tended and near there lives tho woman who
was bis first teacher.
Captain William E. Augustus, assistant
chief of tho Paducah (Ky.) Are department
says he la tho oldest paid fireman in the
country, having Just completed the forty-
ninth year ot his continuous service.
Prof. William A. Keener, for the past ton
years dean ot tho school of law ot Columbia
university, has resigned and Prof. George
W., Klrchwey, tho acting dean, has taken
administrative charge ot tho law school.
Or. Gilbert of Johns Hopkins university,
ono of tho members of the United States
eclipse expedition to Sumatra, Is to assist
Prof. W. S. Franklin in the department of
physics at Lehigh university, South Bsthte-.
hem, Pa.
A friend ot the late Walter Dreant re
lates that tho novelist always kept on his
desk n list of tho characters of the novc
ho happened to bo at work on, together
with brief notes of their relationship and
appearance.
In the canton of Ilerne, Switzerland
compulsory vaccination was abolished by
popular vote seven yoars ago. Now
serious epidemic has broken out and the
natives are worried over Its effect on the
tourist season.
John Caldwell of Pittsburg, well known
as a financier and an electrical expert
makes a trip, to New York about evory
month tor tho purpoao of buying' books, and
his collection of first editions of modern
authors and of Kelmscott volumes Is ono
of the finest In the country.
F. W. Dyson.r chief astronomer of the
Qreonwlch observatory, arrived last month
In San Francisco on his homeward Journey
from Sumatra, where ho obtorved the total
eclipse of the sun. Ho has visited tho Lick
obiervatory and Intends to Inspect ether
American observatories before he returns
to England.
Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland started
to earn his living by selling newspaper
when he was 11 years old. That was at the
time of Lee's surrender and news was
plenty and In great demand. Johnson made
$80 tho first five weeks he was in tho bus!
ness by cornering his small town's nows
paper markot.
John D. Elliott, who died In Denver on
the llth. though born lu New Hampshire,
was an ardent confederate sympathizer dur
Ing the civil war. Beforo the war ho was
a personal friend of Henry Clay, Daniel
Webster and many of tho prominent men
ot ante-bellum days. At tho close of th
war he went to Austin, Tex., and edited
the Austin State Gazette, at that time
the most Influential newspaper In the state
I.KJHTS AM) SUAnKN OF tlOTH.VM.
IIIk Clilof" lift pry Allimn nn Inter
vIimv nnd tlvi Ilia Opinion.
Just nt present tho New York pollco
force is coming In for Its regular Jostling
t the hands of the reformers. In Its last
Sunday's issue tho World prints tho fol-1
lowing Interview with Chief of Pollco
Dovery on tho movement:
"Do chief's coming!"
Instantly there was a straightening up of
the llttlo Cluster of policemen that hung
bout tho door of tho offlco occupied by
William Stephen Dovery, deputy police com
missioner of the city of New York. It was
o'clock Friday afternoon. Tho elevator
man who had sounded tho alarm opened the
door of the car and Jumped out.
"Ho s walking down," ho ndded, "and 1
guess he's soro."
Tho knot of policemen melted away in
the gloom ot tho corridor. Then the chief
came, swinging his big gorilla-like arms
from his herculean shoulders, with a frown
knitting his big, broad brow. Ho walked
Into his offlco. and n World reporter followed
him.
The chief turned as ho heard tho foot
steps following.
"Well, Sport, what's up?" And, sticking
tho thumbs ot his two big fat hands Into
tho belt loops of his trousers, tho most
famous policeman In America lennod against
his desk and permitted a smite to steal over
his faco.
Dovery can smllo as well as frown. His
faco is big, brorul, decidedly Celtic In cast.
and when ho wants to look pleased a scoro
of lines, all tending upward, break tho
ordinnry severity in his face. His big black
mustache, which could be worn by no other
person than an ofTlctal or a "runnlng-horso
man," which Is tho pollto designation for a
sporting man or gambler, lends to tho at
tractiveness of his smile.
"Well, Sport, what's catln' you7" nnd
tho smile expanded till hla big white teeth,
such as only a healthy man wears In his
head, showed way back to the molars.
"I wanted to have a llttlo talk with you,"
replied the rcportor.
"Well, there's nothln' doln In tha talky-
talk lino with me," ho replied, turning to
his desk. Ho pressed ono of tho signal
calls, settled down In his chair, pulled his
suspenders from his mammoth shoulders,
linked his fingers back of hla head,' half
closed his eyes and looking sleepily at tho
reporter, repeated: "There's nothln' doln'.'
"Out, say, chief, I don't want to talk with
you about this Moss business."
At the name tho fat fingers unclasped and
n well-defined sneer chased tho smile away
Tho eyes opened and tho deep, bass voice
that the boldett policeman fears blurted out,
"Moss! Ah, he's a dead one. I'd forgotten
all about that fellow. I wonder what that
duck thinks of himself now."
"Uut I didn't want to talk about him,"
said the reporter.
"Well, I ain't stuck on it," and the full
round checks wore split by tho lines of tho
Up-curving smllo again.
Tho doorman came in. Tho chief looked
nt him. "Sure," ho said, "I forgot. Tell
those fellows to como In." Tho attendant
wont out and held open tho door to admit
the eight policemen, who sidled In, their
hats In their hands and their faces wearing
an expression of anxiety,.
"What I wanted to talk to you about," in
terjected tho reporter, while the 'policemen
were lining themselves up along tho wall
and trying to look at ease, "was yourself,
your diversions, pleasures, tasto In books
ana mentis.
"Books!" Devery caught the word and
repeated It. "Now. see here. Snort, you're
strlngln mo."
"No, indeed I'm not, replied the re
porter, and, the eight policemen' stepped
restlessly as it expecting an outburst from
the chief. ,
"On tho level?" asked the great man,
thrusting his thumbs Into tho belt loops,
"On the level," assented the reporter.
"Books," said Devery again, "why I ain't
had any time tor books for two years ex
cept the police blotters and the rules of the
department. That's a great book, that
rules. I know It by heart. Was you up
stairs when I was trying them cops to
day?"
"No, I was not, unfortunately," replied
the reporter.
"Well If you had been you'd or seen how
good I am on that. I soaked It to some ot.
them fellows," and the chief glanced cas
ually at the row of policemen along tho
wall. Every ono ot them fell in a tremble.
"But haven't you some favorite books?"
persisted the reporter.
"Huh, favorite books. Sure, sure, I've
got a lot of favorites," and the big frame
of the mastor cop shook with a loud guffaw
that could bo heard out in the open court.
Tho eight policemen emitted a mild do
ferental snicker.
"Why, yes, I like a lot of books good
ones, histories, stories'. Sure sure I u?cd
to be a reader, when I had the time. But
a policeman that attends to his business
don't havo much timo to spend readln
books. The newspapers 'II keop you busy.
And, say, you fellows have been havln' &
lot of tun with me, I don't think."
"You don't mind, do you?"
"Who. me? Mind what tho papers say
about me? Sure not sure not. Tho papers
aro all right sometimes. Sometimes they're
all wrong. But thoy've got to say some
thing. It don't worry mo any. I ain't mueh
ot a hand to worry anyway. What B the
use?"
"How do tho pictures strike you "
"Somo of them are beauts. I get a
good laugh at 'em once in a while. But
say, sport, I'vo got a lot of things to do,
and I ain't got anything to say to tho
papers. Go to Mobs. Ho'll talk to you a
lot. Ho likes to talk and see his name In
tho papers."
"But, say, chlof, I wanted to ask you
If you thought the Shamrock would win
tho CUD."
"I hope not. But say, that tea fellow,
Llpton, is a game sport all right. He's
a good ono und no mistake."
"You'ro fond of horso racing, are you
not?"
"Huh, who ain't? Of course I'm fond
of horso racing. I like a good horse and
a good dog. But you know I never bel,
cause It's against tho law," and the big
faco of the chief broko Into a smile aga'n
and a heorty guffaw echoed through tho
room. The eight policemen chirruped a
fecblo cackle.
"How about your friends?"
"My friends? Well, now, sport, I'll toll
you. I've got the right kind of friends.
I treat 'em right, and I keep trcatin' 'cm
right. That's how I kocp 'em. I help 'em
and they help me. When they want mo
they know whero to find mo. Whon I want
them I know whore to find 'em, I wouldn't
give much for a man who hasn't any
friends.
"But, say, that's tho limit now, I ain't
got anything to say.
"What's up, Dan?" Tho chlof turnod
to the first man In the lino of policemen
along the wall.
He came, forward, and, leaning nervously
over the desk, whlsporcd a minute. Dovery
watched him out of tho corner of his eye.
Before ho hnd finished the big chief un
hitched his fingers from tho belt loops and
said: "I'm sorry, Dan. I hopo ho'll be
better. TakoVhrco or four days. And lot
mo know how he gots on."
Dan, with a low "Thank's, chief," left
tho room.
"Now, Mike," said tho chief to the second
man. Mlko came over and whispered.
"Nothln1 doln'," Interrupted Devery,
"You oughtn't to a done it, and you've got
to take your medicine."
"Mike" ambled out. He had Just reached
tho door when Devery called out: "Boraem-
ber. Mike, there's only one mora chance
Tho third man had not spoken ton words
when Devery interrupted: "Sure, sure,
I'll come. Tell the boys so."
Then he turned to tho reporter: "All
right, all right, sport, I'll seo you later. I
don't want to Interview you about anything.
Seo yod later."
A ragr.ed, tnw-halred urchin went up to
Policeman Heyor on East Forty-first strcot
on Friday night, says the Now York Sun.
The lad had been crying and sobbed out
that ho was hungry.
'Why don't ycr go homo Instead of run-
nln' about the streets after dark?" de
manded the cop sternly.
"I ain't got no home," was tho reply bo
received.
"Pwhatt" Heyer gnsped, "and you bo a
lad ot 10"
"Nine," corrected tho supplicant.
"Where's yu' mother?" was tho next
question.
"Dunno," said the Utile stranger, and
tears ho had dried began to stream down
his cheeks again.
"Gono, away and left ycr to ycrself?"
asked the man In blue moro sympathetic
ally. Tho boy nodded assent.
"Just sneaked." he oxnlalned. "and
didn't say nothln' about It nt all."
"But ycr got a dad ta bo suro?" tho
policeman continued.
"Nope," answered the lost lad, rubbing
ono b'aro leg against tho other. Never
had nono,
"Geowhllllkins!" Heyer broko out. "To
bo su,ro this Is a tough wor-rld! An' how
long havo ycr been do-scrted?"
"Thrco days," said tho boy. "The people
In tho houso gnvo mo things to cat, hut
I s'poso they got tired ot It. Thy told
me to go to a co to a policeman."
Heyer took tho youngster to the Gerry
society, whero hla appctlto was stilled be
foro any questions wore asked. When
the lad's stomach was full ho Informed
his interrogators hat his name was Philip
Howell and that his mother, Mamie How
ell, used to llvo at 220 East Forty-first
street.
The wlfo of' a New, York .clergyman, who
has assumed for several months as n matter
of accommodation to the parishioners the
care of the church nt the .fashlonablo coun
try placo In which he has his summer home,
occasionally tries, to interest herself in the
affairs 6t the fow, country people who with
tho Now York millionaires mako up tho
congregation;' so Alio Btops at the houses of
thoso sho knows when sho Is driving. Tho
other day she halted at the house ot an old
woman who dovotcd herself to tho custo
mary account of her troubles. Tho minis
tor's wlfo was duly sympathetic. As n
matter ot fact sho had long been an active
sympathizer in tho S. P. C. A., nnd hor
charity went more In that direction than In
any other.
"My poor son," the old woman went on,
" has to work so hard. Ho is a driver for a
grocery and he has to drive from 7 in the
morning until 7 nt night."
The expression on the visitor's faco
showed plainly sho thought such treatment
outrageous.
"Tell mo where your boy is employed,"
sho said, "and I will do what I can to stop
such a dreadful thing. It is Intolerable
cruelty to drlvo any horse that long at a
stretch. I'll sco the grocer tomorrow."
It seemed to the old woman that there
was something wrong about the visitor's
expression of regret over her son, but It
sounded friendly, at all events, and she did
not analyze It too deeply.
THIS DISTURBANCE AT PANAMA.
dt. Louis Qlobe-Dcmocrat: Undo Sam
has agreed to keep the Isthmus ot Panama
open to commerce and always lives up to
his engagements.
Mllwaukeo .Sentinel: The main, danger
now, as later reports Indicate, Is that tho
present, in themselves not very alarming.
South American disorders will spread It not
checked firmly and promptly. Prompt ac
tion will cost llttlo and may savo much
futuro trouble.
Philadelphia Public Ledger: Inspired
articles la tho German papers express the
hopo that the United States will see no vio
lation ot the Monroo doctrine In tho sending
of German ships to protect German Inter
ests la South and Central America. Cer
tainly not. Tho United States will see no
infringement ot the Monroo doctrlno untlt
It is infringed; then tho fact will be noted
very quickly.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune: But no
'excuse, veiled under the guise ot that pro
tcctlon, can be distorted into interference
between the contending South American re
publics, for on American soli no foreign
power will ever bo allowed to obtain a foot
hold other than such as their commercial
enterprise may give thorn and the United
States will see to It that no' moro bo taken
disclaimer or no disclaimer,
Brooklyn Eagle: Our only concern with
It as yot Is to protect tho Panama railroad,
with which Colombian rebels have Inter
fered to some extent. How serious their
interruption ot it has been is not known,
but as these extremely mobile bands fly
readily from each other thero Is not much
danger that they will call for actlvo opera
tions on the part of tho United States war
ships, which are headed for tho'so waters
as a precautionary measure.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal: Wo aro
going to build u canal down there, over
cither the Nicaragua or Panama route, and
we don't propose to have the neutrality
of tho isthmus violated nor aro wo likely
to consent to tho usurpation ot Colombia's
sovereignty. There lu a very strong Im
pression that there Is a conspiracy between
Urlbe-Urlbe, tho Colombian rebel, Vene
zuela and Ecuador to oxtlngutsh the Co
lombian republic. ThU would bo a sum
mary way to abrogato tho treaty of 1S4H,
and with Nicaragua In the now deal, as Is
suspected it may be, there would be a situa
tion whero tho conspirators might mako
a bold effort to "hold up" the Unltod States
In tho matter of tho canal, whether tho
route chosen bo tho Panama" or Nlcurogua
route.
Indianapolis Journal: Tho United States
not only guaranteed tho perfect neutrality
of tho Isthmus as a route ot transportation
from ocean to ocean, but nlso tho rights of
sovereignty and property which New
Granada (Colombia) hn and possesnes over
said territory. This Is a remarkablo guar
antee and the nearest an nlllanco or
ggarantoe of sovereignty that this govern
mcnt has over negotiated. On several oc
casions, when Colombia has neglectod to
porform its duty, the United Slates has sent
naval forces thore and landed troops to
preaoi-vo the peace and maintain frcodom of
tranilt. Sixteen years ago the United
States policed tho wholo lino ot tho railroad.
Thero can bo no question of our right cr
duty In tho matter, and no government
will tako exceptions, since all nations urn
Interested In free transit across tho tsth
mus.
Phlladolphlu North American: Tho causes
of tho local disturbances In Colombia ami
Venezuela do not concorn our government.
By treaty, wo are bound to seo that tho neu
trality of tho Isthmus of Tanama la pre
served. At that point our duty and our
right of action stop. In sending war ships
to the scene of trouble wo will need to pro
ceed with tho greatest circumspection. Our
recent exploits as annexationists in both
oceans naturally alarm and excite the dis
trust of the weaker republics to the south ot
us. They are very apprehensive lest they
may need protection against their pro
tectors. In their acutely suspicious frame
of mind they will bo especially prone to
misconstrue any act of intervention for a
desire to meddle In their domestic affair.
It will require tho most consummate tact
on our part to avoid Incurring the lasting
enmity of all parties to the present disorders.
iioctoh nnMAYHt nv DItLO.I.
Ilrlllih IMiyalt-Inn Snya Too Mneh
lolnu la Dour.
Chicago Ilecord-Hcritld.
People who look with a dubious oyo upon
drugs will bo moro Inclined than over to
throw them to tho dogs nftor reading tho
confession ot Dr. James F, Ooodhart, nu
eminent English physician, which was mada
In nn address beforo tho British Medical
association. The doctor answered the ques
tion, "Why do wo glvo drugs?" by saying
that It was not only to euro disease, but
for several other rcaddns far less freo from
criticism, and ho pointed out o" of theso
reasons ns follows:
"Drugs aro often given," he declared,
"not because the dlscaso demands one, but
because tho patient la not happy till ho
gets It." This is tho physician's way ot
purchasing peace at a, prlco which may
como rather high for tho patient ultimately,
who often Isn't happy after ho gets it.
Worse still, tho drugs aru sometimes
given, in tho language of this doctor, "to
lililo our Ignorance or to mark time whllo
wo watch and wait; they aro given somo
tlmcs ns n gambler on tho Stock exchango
speculates In 'futures.' " Hero Is a com
forting thought for tho suffering human
article that Is played for a long shot.
But thero is n moro studied experiment
nlso which deals with tho patient simply
ao a subject and the doctor thlnka that tho
public 13 ovcrsonsltlvo about It and Ill
informed also. It Is by experiment, he says,
"not only that tho vnluo of drugs U
established and now powers gained o?r
disease," hut also that a knowledge of oW
caso Itself is gained. That should mako
any unwilling subject reform nnd offor him
solf gladly to tho causo.
It Is followed by tho confession delivered
broadsldo that "all treatment by drugs Is
moro or lets of an experiment" and then the
doctor says "a druggist's shop Is Indeed a
source of wonder and dismay to me." ThU
sudden conjunction ot Ideas should certainly
dismay the public, which la safo only at
tho soda fountain or cigar counter, But
the best lesson In tho discourse is tho
special warning against tho fashionable drug
or drug of the hour. Its popularity, tho
doctor says, Is always far In excess ot Its
merits.
chops iii:uk and i:i,.skviikiu:.
United Statra Still Cnlleil Upon to
I'ccil th World.
Baltimore American.
It Is estimated that In ono county on tho
eastern shoro of Virginia, containing a pop
ulation ot about 13,000, thero was sold this
year G50.000 barrels of Irish potatoes at n
profit of $1,000,000, which means that evory
man, woman and child In t,he county would
be ontltlod to receive, if tho money wens
distributed pro rata, something moro than
$75 from ono crop alone. Potatoes ot both
kinds arc tho chief product in that section.
This year thero was an extraordinary de
mand for Irish potatoes, which has ac
counted for tho high prices. Ordinarily
tho people aro satisfied with a profit ot $1
a barrel.
Much has been said lately of the damage
by drouth to tho corn crop In tho west.
It has been Injured, but land In tho vast
corn belt Is so productive and tho surplus
stock so largo that a scarcity Is not to be
thought ot In tho senso that n failure ot
crops is regarded In cortaln sections of
Europe. The latest nows from Russia Is
that, owing to bad crops, ono-thlrd of tho
provinces in European Russia will suffer
from famine this year unless relieved by
the government. Theso provinces contain
43.0C0.C0O people moro than half tho popu
lation of tho United Stales. What would
the peoplo of this country think if It. wcro
suddenly announced .that, tho government
must provldo fo'qd for OV? 40.90Q.600' peoplo
moro than the wholo population of Franco
and nearly equal to that of Japan or Ger
many? It would be a calamity that could
not bo apprehended In 'a land so favored as
ours.
Franco murt buy 30,000,000 bushels of
wheat next year for its poople from some
where and tho best placn to get it is from
this country. Suppose tho United States
did not supplj; to the crowded countries ot
Europo bread! meat, fruits In short, tha
necessaries ot life what would, be tho re
sult? Thero would bo moro serious trouble
from lack of food In thrco months than can
bo Imagined. It Is said that England' has
been compelled to spend for purposes of
relief on account of tho last famlno in India
$75,000,000, which is nn enormous drain on
its resources, handicapped as It is at prei
cnt. PAin TO 1113 FUNNY.
Phlladelnhla Press: rtcnortor-To what
do vou nttrlbute vour Ionic llfo7
Centeniirlan-Persevcrance. Just porsever
anco. I k"pt on llvln' in snlta of every
thing. Chicago Tribune: "Willie. I nm glad to
hear you sav you would like to be an .angel.
What would von do If vou were one?
"I'd fly uu to tho ton of that big cotton
wood tree In our yard an' tnku my kite out
of it."
Chlcngo Tribune: "I'll haVo tho court
understand." arrogantly enld the ro i -nosed
man who hnd offered to go on t lie prison
er's ball bond, "that my signature at tha
bottom of a check Is good for slx-ngtires.
"I tlon t doubt It." Wiled tho magistrate,
"but would tho check be good for any
thing?" Phlladelnhla Press: "I tell ve ,tht wiw a
lucky wet Knell we Just had," remarked
Ffr-'IoSM.a"-'twu luckv." replied the
oldest Inhnbltant. "It wuz the fust one fur
yeara that didn't stnrt un mv rheumatics."
Puck: Lorn Bloom-Hank Tuttlp plays a
purtv good K.-imn uv checkers, dor; t no?
PhllnndiT Doollttle Wa'nl. should Hay ho
does! Why, wunst I seen him take, twenty
live minutes to mako ono move.
Smart Set: Cobwlgger Thlnus aro In
vented us we need them.
Mwritt-I don't know iibout that. I'd be
much better Off If somebody hnd years ago
Invented a horseless rnco track.,
Tlt-UltH: "This Is our Intent' novelty,"
said tho mnnufneturor,, proudly. Good,
1S"'Not7bad." replied Urn vlnltor. "but y0
can't hold a cundlo to the goods wo make.
"Oh! Are you In tho same business?
"No, wo make gunpowder.
KKTCIIIV '.
J. J. Montague in tho Orwinlnn.
Fust time I Keed him I Jen' felt
He'd cut u awnth In life.:
D Fktn the earth an' savo UxJ pelt,
An' so I tol' my wife. r
Ho was a tnkln' In hln fend. ;
Tho llttlo euss! I Hwan!
It would 'a done you good to urea..
That kid u kctchlu' on.
We started him to school when ha -
W'a'nt knen-hlah to u duck, '.
To knock down oft tho knowledge tree
All forts o' Irarnln' truck,
An' of'ntlmes his ma nn' me
Was feelln' so dog-gnno'
Exuberant we'd danco to Heq
How ho was ketchln ont
He Htudled law with, or Judge Blair,
An' from the very utart - - '
He seemed to bo a glttln' there
A nviHterin tne art, ,
An' when he went to court one day
To plead a caso an' won
I had to whoop to seo tho way
He was a ketchln' ant
Got Into politics an' went
A spoutln' from the ntump,
Hl ovnry word n iirgumt-nt
His rlvalM couldn't trump,, .
An' when he went back to congress I
Writ back from Washington
That It would Junk uh up to seo
How tin vtt ketchln on!'
Whon h come li.uik tho other dn
You'd nrt to seed him yank'
Tho mortgage off our pluee nn lay
A fortune In tho bank
tn nihiin I rtuVp.l Willi Bn.l n AwmnA.
"Where did you git it, son? '
Ho winked tho other eye an' said:
'.'1 bill u. kolr.hln' nnl" t