OMAHA DAILY BEE; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1901.
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Business men and business methods In
tho sehool hoard.
The property owners of DoiiKlas
county aro taxed ovor $.so,0(o' n yonr for
county roads and bridges. What have
they to show' for It?
South Oniahn nnd tho country pro
ducts control the new republican county
maehlne.' Will they furnish the votes to
elect the republican county ticket?
It Is perfectly IcKltlinato for a base
ball man to steal u base, but when he
Htoals the association funds they nrrest
hlni. Queer people, those base ball
folks.
A Missouri' farmer has been fined for
.worklniTbn KmiflayT "Aman who will
lolnto the .Missouri tradition of Kolnu
ebon huntlntc on that day deserves, to
IjSb fined.. ' v'
Last week the (Chicago grand-Jury pre
sented IndlctinutitH nBalntst the oil In
pectore, and now they are after court
bailiffs who nro charged with tamper
lut? with Juries.
Londoners Jntclid to jjlvo Sir Thomas
Llpton a reception when he returns to
bis own .country. They appreciate that
It Is better to lmvo tried nnd lost than
nover to have tried at all.
General Kitchener has telegraphed
that General Hotha has escaped from
the cordon: Tho llrltlsh should change
the last letter of tho Uoer general's
sumo to tunke It read Bother.
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When tho Insurance companies want
to ralsu. rates for tiro risks uowadays
they simply announce a change of bas
ing systems It sounds better nnd ac
complishes the purpose Just as well.
Chicago people bold n banquet
Wednesday lo commemorate tho hottest
time tho .clty.ever experienced the great
Are. Chicago Is n warm town now, but
the oM record In t lint,, Hue still stands.
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Numerous churches ' In this section
have paid off long standing 'mortgages
of late. t this thing keeps up the say
ing. "As big as a church debt," will be
come obsolete In this part of tho world.
General Wood reports that tho tests
of tho guns left by the Spanish on
Cuban formications Indicate they be
haved better than expected. They am
much moro docile than during the sum
mer of 181)8.
Tho men chosen to administer the
business of the community in school
board, council and cot'inty board should
to men Ideutllled. with the corporation
pt lenst to the extent of an Interest In a
few shares of stock oil which taxes are
Jinld.
Tho vslnte labor commissioner has
been collecting .opinions regarding the
divorce, laws of 'the state, but so far
none have been given out of persons
,lvho have had actual experience In work
ing the present laws. In the Interest of
fair play The Nee suggests that all sides
be given a hearing.
Russia Is said to be fostering civil war
In Afghanistan In order to afford a pre
text for InterfcreuoH and gnln a foothold
In the jl'butrpr stato" between U nnd the
rltlibHOsscsslons. if there Is any por
tion the earth which that country Is
ot Qrodttod with coveting some expert
. In geography will please atop forward
and locato.lt.
If hp railroad pass Is really to be
,abollsned which Is decidedly doubtful
p-many politicians with a pull nud
xnnnr ofllflnlR' with a string tied to them
twill dlsappenr from tho political map
of Nebraska. The railroad pass has
done more to project cheap men to the
front and force good men to the rear
jth&n any other known agency.
THE TttrACUKHOVS FtUPISOS.
The recent developments In Samar and
Cebu show not only that there are many
of the natives still hostile to tho United
States, but also that little confidence can
be placed In those who profess to bo
friendly. The attack on the American
soldiers In Sainnr was led by a native
who had been given an official position
by the American authorities and this Is
by no means the tlrst Instance of treoeh
cry on the part of Filipinos who have
sworn allegiance to the United Htntes.
Doubtless some of them are sincere In
their professions of friendship, but ns a
people they are untrustworthy and It
would be manifestly unwise nud unsafe
nt present to give thera nny extensive
privileges nnd responsibilities, such as
contemplated In the. organization of na-
tlvo police. It will be some time bo
fore this can safely be done nnd It Is
doubtful If the plan should precede com
plete pnclftcatlon throughout the Islands.
So long ns rebellion Is flagrant any
where In the Islands there Is danger of
the Filipino manifesting his Asiatic In
stinct for treachery, cruelty and vln
dlctlveucss. Hepresentntlve Hull of Iowa, chair
innii of the house committee on mili
tary affairs, Is of tho opinion that for;
some years at least we must expect to
keep an army of about 40,000 men In the
Philippines and this Is nlso the Judg
ment of army officers familiar with con
ditions In the Islands. Mr. Hull says
the people of Samar arc all hostile and
It Is certain that hostility to this coun
try Is not confined to'that Island. Tho
military authorities are making oner
gctlo efforts to run down the guerrilla
bnmls, but tin; task is by no means an
ensy one In a region that affords most
fnvornble opportunity for carrying on
guerrilla warfare.
niVEit and HAiaion cuxrnxTiox.
The convention on river and harbor
Improvements which concluded lt ses
sion In Haltlmore Wednesday had for
Its primary object the Initiation of ac
tion looking to the continuance of such
a national policy, In the matter of the
Improvement of rivers nnd hnrbors, as
will secure to the country at large the
prompt development of Its great produc
ing, Industrial, commercial, maritime
and transportation possibilities. The
convention adopted resolutions deploring
the failure of congress to properly pro
vide for the Improvement of rivers and
harbors and declaring that no more Im
portant duty Is devolved upon tho na
tional legislators than that of providing
for such expenditures. A commltteo will
urge the matter upon the attention of
the coining congress.
There Is no general opposition to the
policy of river nnd harbor Improve
ments, but there Is a very general feel
ing, unquestionably well founded, that
there Is not sufficient care and discrimi
nation in making appropriations for such
Improvements nnd that consequently a
great 'deal of "the public money has
been recklessly wasted In this way. This
was very fully and conclusively shown
by Senator Carter In his speech against
the river and harbor bill at the last
scss'lon of congress and no one will ques
tion the fact. Legitimate. and necessary
river and harbor Improvements, that will
be really helpful to the commerce of
of the country, should be liberally pro
vided and there will bo no public com
plaint at such expenditure. It Is appro
priations for so-called Improvements that
are not needed and can do no good to
commerce or in nny other wny that are
objected to. Were It possible to show
the amount of money that has been
wasted In this way the sum would be
startling. Improvement of rivers and
harbors that are really serviceable to
commerce should go on, but that re
form Is needed In this matter Is not to
be doubted.
THE A' E II CANAL WtUATY.
According to the Washington corre
spondent of the Iondon Chronicle, Great
Britain has acceded to all the American
demands In negotiating the new canal
treaty, which It Is announced will bo
formally signed next month by the sec
retary of state and the British ambassa
dor. It Is reported from Washington,
apparently upon good nuthorlty, that
the new convention will abrogate the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, will confirm tho
neutrality of tho projected waterway
and will concede to the United States the
right to protect Its own interests In
time of war. With these exceptions
nnd, necessary changes which accom
pany them, tho new treaty, It Is said;
will not differ. materially from the Hay
Pnuneefoto convention ns originally sub
mitted to the senate,
Tho new treaty, It Is understood, will
bo ready for transmission to the senate
when congress assembles nnd confidence
Is felt In ofllclal circles that it will prove
acceptable to that body and that there
will be no unnecessary delay In ratify
ing It. Iteferrlng to It one London
paper remarks that although it gives
itreat Brltaln nothing nt all it will have
the advantage of getting rid of nil out
stnndlng grievances with the United
States and suggests that there Is per
haps no existing qiiostlon on which
Great Britain would' be wise to assume
an Intractable attitude. Another Brit
ish paper declared- that Great Britain
ought to welcome tho construction of
an Isthmian canal nnd Its control by a
friendly power strong enough to niake
the neutrality of the canal a reality, as
being In her Interest, and said: "To
urge that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
gives us a right to veto the making of
the canal, and1 that we ought not to
part with that valuable veto right unless
America will consent to some compro
mise In the matter, seems to us most un
wise. What we lmvo got to consider Is
not our abstract rights In tho matter,
but our material Interests. If It ap
pears that It Is to our Interest that the
canal should lc made, let us not stnnd
In our own light nnd talk big about tho
Clayton-Bulwer treaty."
These expressions Indicate the change
that has taken place In British public
sentiment regarding this matter within
the last two years. Prior to tho negotia
tion of the Hoy-Pauncefoto treaty It
was Insisted In England that the Clayton-Bulwer
convention must stand nud
that Great Brltalu should surrender no
right guaranteed by that treaty. Now
the British government, If reports are
correct, Is willing to make all the con
cessions asked for by the United States
nnd there Is not only no public com
plnlnt, but on the contrary leading Brit
ish Journals commend this attitude,
counseling the government to give the
United States a free hand In tho Isth
tuns.
It Is to be hoped that the confidence
felt In Washington that the new treaty
will prove satisfactory to the senate Is
well founded and that this matter will
bo speedily disposed of after the meet
Ing of congress. It has been n perplex
ing Issue, which might easily have be
come a source of f-erlous trouble, and It
will be better for the friendly relations
of the two countries when It Is out of
the way. Meanwhile it is gratifying to
know that In dealing with It our gov
ernment has pursued a perfectly fair
and honorable course.
A V1.KAX CAMVAKIS.
Wo get It Indirectly from democratic
headquarters that the managers of tho
local democratic ticket are disposed to
keep the campaign free from mud
slinging nnd fakod-up roorbacks. It Is
to bo hoped this report Is correct, for. If
so, tho democrats should be met half
wny by the republicans and encour
aged In their good resolution to mend
their ways.
For some unknown reason the local
campaigns waged by and for tho demo
crats In this city and county have for
many years been Invariably of the mud
slinging variety. The champions of tho
democratic candidates for local o til en
have proceeded on the theory that the
only way to promote their political for
tunes was to blackwash and besmirch
the republican candidates, and no lying
fabrication seemed too low for them to
stoop to gain their point. While the
republicans, perhaps, have occasionally
retaliated in kind, the necessity of run
ning the mud batteries of the local dem
ocratic organ has done more to keep
sensitive republicans of high stnndlng
from accepting nominations for ofllcu
than any other one thing.
That these outrageous attacks made
upon republican candidates have fre
quently so exceeded all decency as to
react upon their authors by ex
citing sympathy for the victims
has been proved time and again.
It Is doubtless duo to a recol
lection of this fact that our democratic
friends this time profess to be willing
to forego their usual tactics and mnke
tho exception by holding to a clean cam
paign. We do not believe the people
of Omnha take kindly to "dirty poli
tics." On the contrary, we feel sure
they will appreciate relief from the cus
tomary annual atlllctlou.
If the members of the Heal Estate
exchange would stop wrestling with the
Impossible nnd unattainable nnd con
descend to grapple with problems that
are practicable, they would accomplish
some good. It Is a waste of time nnd
energy to discuss the consolidation of
city and connty government until after
the constitution of Nebraska has been
revised. In this connection we ven
ture the assertion that 5100,000 a year
can be lopped off from the taxes Im
posed on property In this city nnd county
by rational retrenchment nnd the en
forcement of business methods in the
management of the affairs of city,
county and school district.
No Teter Funk proposition for electric
road franchises should bo considered by
the county commissioners. If anybody
with sufficient backing to gunrautee the
construction or a suburban railway over
a clearly defined route makes applica
tion for the franchise and guarantees
tho completion of the road within n
reasonable time, the proposition ought to
receive favorable consideration.
Omaha's school board has suffered
enough In recent years by successive
resignations of members removed to
other towns for various reasons and ap
pointment to the vacancies of men the
taxpayers would not have chosen. The
wny to avoid this for tho future Is to
draw tho Hue for school bonrd mem
bership on men who have no permanent
Interests In Omaha.
The Mothers' congress lias selected an
ofllclal lullaby and hereafter no well
regulated baby will cousent to closo his
eyes In slumber except to the tuneful
rhythm of anything but tho ofllclal song.
There, are millions of people, however,
who are too old to change and who will
continue to cherish tho melodies which,
old-fashloued mothers used to sing.
The county pay roll has been Increased
by more than 9111,000 within the past
threo years, when there Is no more busi
ness for the county officers to transact
than there was live years ago. Hero Is n
practical hint for tho reduction of
comity taxes which the Ileal Estate ex
change should not overlook.
Another claim has been filed for the
long stnndlng reward for the discovery
of coal In paying quantities in the state
of Nebraska, this tlmo by" Saunders
county farmers. Up to date, however,
the dealers are the only oues who have
been able to demonstrate a profit on
coal In this state.
The franchlsed corporation and big
property holder should enjoy no privi
leges at the hands of tho assessor not
enjoyefl equally by tho small home
owner. The people must take a firm
'stand ngalnst favoritism on the assess
ment roll.
. No half-way reorganization of tho
Commercial club will make It tho factor
for trado expansion that It should be.
With thorough regeneration, however,
It can be made an organization of un
limited usefulness.
Cnnir for Tlinnkfulnrm.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Why should not senators and congressmen
wolcomo President Rooovelfs determina
tion not to let them Influence him to make
unfit appointments? That is tho class of
applicants that troubles them most, and It
will save them an Immense amount of work
and worry to be able to assur all such per
sons that thero would be absolutely no use
In presenting their claims.
A Lesson lo Rp Heeded.
Chicago News.
This nation formerly paid tribute to the
Harbary pirates, but then It turned In and
made cats' meat of them. Bulgarian, ban
dits would do well to heed the lesion.
Thr I'nrmrr'a Itnppr Dar.
Washington Tost.
Tho honest farmer with a normal crop
of potatoes doesn't hesitate to ask and
accept tho advanced price, night here Is
whero ho Is ablo to knock off In tho work
of denouncing monopoly.
Merely lnrrrnsr he Worry.
Washington Star.
It has been said that scientific discov
eries do not actually prolong human life.
Possibly they will after wo havo gotten
more familiar with the germs and cease
to worry about their presence.
flrnlibltiK Kvll Ity flic Topknot,
Kansns City Star.
After all, this la a desperately wicked
world scarcely worth living In nnd Invul
nerable to reform. The National Turlty
convention In session In Chicago proposes
to do away with most everything that Is
now either lawful or unlawful. It classes
hunting, fishing, theater-going and football
with anarchy and free love.
Day rirenma of Fortunes.'
New York Tribune.
Hope springs eternal In the breasts of
many visionaries who Imagine that they
may get possession somo day of enor
mous estates In England. The latest de
lusion of that sort Is Inspired by a ridicu
lous fable to the effect that In tho British
court of chancery property amounting In
valuo to moro than J200.000.000 Is awaiting
proofs of descent to bo submitted by Ameri
can heirs, who base-5 their claims on a
llnengo going back to an English nnccstor
dead some 200 years ago. How wild and
fantastic nro tho dreams of such Ameri
cans! Kervr nnd Wisdom.
Philadelphia Record.
It Is an encouraging proof of the nerve
as well ns of the wisdom of President
Hoopovelt that ho has not hesitated to namo
ox-CJovornor Jones of Alabama for a United
States district Judgeship in that state.
Thero Is no question of the fitness of the
nomination. nut the fact that Governor
Jones wns nn officer In tho confederate
nrmy was not allowed to stand In tho wny
of his promotion. This Is a now and wel
come evldenco that nectlonallsm Is dead, nnd
that tho fact Is fully recognized by a presi
dent who takes this method of showing his
willingness to help bury the corpse.
Doing Good nt Little Gipeme.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Almost everybody hns a pllo of old news
papers and magazines about the house.
They havo been road nnd thrown aside, and
are moro or less of a nuisance, but It Is
not easy to dispose of them. Tho best
thing to do with them Is to bundle them up.
address them: "Depot Quartermaster at
Manila, for distribution among soldiers,"
nnd send them to any army quartermaster,
who will forward them, freo of expense, to
the troops In the Philippines. The Lodger
has received a communication on this sub
Ject, which tells its own story so clearly
that It Is unnecessary, to enlarge upon it.
Here s tho csscntlal)part of It:
"If the readers ofyour paper would sim
ply send each day's. Ledger to Manila they
could hardly realize, how much pleasure
they nro giving tn,om;,men stationed at dif
ferent parts of the Island, where there Is
nothing for the men to do except guard
duty, and whero their lives aro passed al
most In desolation, iln fact there Is only
one thing left to do, and that Is to drink.
The writer has passed three years In the
Eu3t Indies and knows what comfort and
plensuro are to be., derived from letters
and papers. I am hearing dally of patbctla
appeals on the part of the officers for books
and-papers for the troops."
WHY WE WIX HACKS.
HlKheat Type of Menial Kfllclency
nnd Phyalcal Vigor."
Philadelphia Itecord.
That the American Is supreme In the Oo-
main of commerce nnd Industry Is undis
puted. Wo lmvo nt this moment the great
est financiers tho world ban ever .known-
men who have accumulated hitherto un
paralleled fortunes and attained Incompar
able power In the monetary field entirely
by tho cxerclso or tnelr own talents, unero
nro no old world or past-time Morgans or
Rockefellers. Our Industrial products are
making markets for themselves throughout
tho world against the despernto rivalry of
those of other countries. O-ir ship models
are so superior that for fifty years Great
nrltalu, which Is erroneously said to rule
the waves, hns vainly endeavored to win
back the cup brought over by tho yacht
America. Our athletes hold nil tho records;
our Jockeys have revolutionized Engllih
nnd French mothoda of riding, and our
women are not only tho most beautiful,
accomplished and popular, but also the
smartest. These aro unchallenged facts.
If wo have no Shakespo'arcs or Mlltons It
Is only becnuse our geniuses havo been
caught by the alluring bait of business.
Wo ore supreme In nil these matters Be
cause "tho American, of nil members of
the human race, Is the highest type of
mental efficiency and physical vigor." This
Is. not moro boasting, but Is the deliberate
statement of a fact which scientific meth
ods of study and comparison have reveaU'd.
John P. Drj'den, tho head of a great in
surance company. Is a man whose analyti
cal mind has been trained to deal with sta
tistics. In his ofllclnl capacity he has had
opportunity to study the relative physical
and mental conditions of Americans and
others, and to note the mental and physical
tendencies of the American people. Ho de
clares Hint next to tho Scandinavians the
Americans nre the healthiest people In the
world. Mr. Dryden upsets a popular fal
lacy when he says that "tho strife nnd
competition of American business nnd pro
fessional life tend to greater physical and
mentnl activity, and consequently to longer
lives nnd hcnlthlor bodies and bralnB." Bo
nil this talk about the wrecking of minds
and tho prostration of the physical system
by tho strain of modern business life Is
nonsense. Let us send our sick men on
'chango to wrestle for business, or pre
scribe speculation and a stock ticker at the
bedside. In order to stimulate the brain and
Invigorate tho body!
Thero Is no getting away from the con
clusions of the Insurance man. "More
Americans," he proclaims, "live to n ripe
old age than ever in our history." No,nne
can doubt it. When the men of today were
boys a mnn was old at sixty, and usually
he had retired from actlvo lifts ten years
'before. Now some of our most daring and
efficient huslness and professional men
have pasped their seventy-fifth year. Wn
speak of the man of fifty ns young; and to
Is young. A tublo for 1K5 shows that half
a century ago very few had a rhance to
reach 1(0 years of life only nine In every
lM)0rt. Now nine In every 10.00 live to be
100 years old. As Mr. Dryden says, "Jt Is
certain that our American men nt sixty
are not broken up as badly as our fathers
were at forty."
WASHINGTON OOSSH".
Ktchln of scrum nnil Incidents nt
hr Xntlnnnt Cnnltnl,
Many millions of people who view with
mingled feelings of envy and admiration
the fortunate multitude on tho government
payroll rarely gtve serious thought to the
grievances of Undo Para's employes. It Is
difficult to Impress upon the laity that they
have a grievance. Yet such is tho fact,
and In Justice to tho overworked tollers
It should bo stated, even nt tho risk of pro
voking the rude smiles of scoffers. Thero
are two shifts of clerks. In tho census office,
one of which quits at 4 o'clock, and Is fol
lowed by n shift that takes hold nt C, and
labors for seven hours, or until. 12. Re
cently tho hours of labor in tho evening
were changed by an order directing tho
second shift to tako hold nt 4:30 Instead
of 6. Thero Is a great agitation over this
dreadful order. There Is no Increase of
work time. No new duties aro Imposed
upon tho clerks. Hut n deputation Is sent
to Director Mcrrlam to protest ngalnst
the distressing hardship Imposed upon tho
clerks, and nuking that the old hours shall
be fixed, "thus giving the clerks a r hance
to attend tho matinees without missing
their dinners."
Tho Washington correspondent of tho
New York Evening Post, under dato Octo
bcr 3, calls attention to the poverty of
mourning emblems at tho national capital
two weeks' after tho funeral of President
McKlnley. Not a fow touching' little evi
dences of the friendly pcrsbnnl feollng Mr.
McKlnloy had cultivated for himself In tho
city which he had so long made his homo
aro visible in quarters where such mani
festations were hardly to bo expected.
Notable among these Is tho chair of a
negro bootblack In Pennsylvania avenue,
which Is still festooned In crapo and has
on Its sldo a framed portrait of the lato
president, also appropriately enshrouded.
A touching featuro of the scenes attend
ing the death nnd burial of the president,
says tho writer, wns tho unfeigned grlof
nf Senator Hannn, who wns his warm
friend for so many years, and half whoso
heart seems to havo been laid In tho tomb
with him. The nffectlon, which bound tho
two together In their later life wns, cu
riously enough, an outgrowth of tho oppo
site sentiment, for their first meeting was
as enemies,
Hannn ns a young mnn wns Interested ns
a Junior partner In a coal mining enterprise
which his father had helped to put tipon
Its feet near Alliance, O. Ho was well-to-do,
dressed rather luxuriously and cnrrlod
himself with tho air of n mnn who realizes
his Importance to the community. One day
thero was trouble at tho mlno nnd eleven
of tho laborers wero arrested for somo
violent demonstration. Thoy procured
ball and sought out a young lawyer named
McKlnley', whom they had heard of ns poor
and struggling, but clover, nnd whoso own
hard knocks In his life they believed would
make him particularly sympathetic with
their condition. McKlnley heard their
story and told them ho would defend them
nnd chargo them nothing except tho court
fees and expenses.
On tho day of the trial tho eleven men
were ranged up beforo tho bnr, and In tho
foremost scats on the other elde eat young
Hanna and a friend of about his own age,
also the son of rich parents, nnd equally
prosperous In appearance. As soon as tho
witness had been examined It becamo plain
that there were almost equal mcasuros of
right and wrong on tho parts of employers
and employed, and that sentiment rather
than weight of logic would settle matters
with tho Jury. McKlnley, In relating the
story years "after to a friend, said:
"If my life had depended upon It I could
not have resisted tho Impulse that Eclzed me
suddenly to play the demagogue. There
was something so provocative of all that
was satirical In me, to see those two smug
figure over there, and the two contemp
tuous smiles which met my gaze whenever
I looked ncros at them, that I addressed
the court In this style: 'May It please your
honor, I shall not attempt to review the
evidence In this case, for It Is so simple and
direct that no one could fnll to see the
bearings of each Item, and your honor
knows tho law better than I could expound
It to you. nut,' turning to the Jury, 'I shall
ask you gentlemen merely to let your eyes
follow mine In a sweeping view of this court
room. Over yonder sit two sleek, well-fed,
carefully groomed sons of wealth and fash
ion. Observe their soft handB, their bloom
ing color, their dainty raiment. On this
side sit eleven men of toll, pale from tho
lives they lead underground, far hidden
from the health-giving rays of the sun.
They probably have never had, for a week's
sustenance of their families, so much food,
or so good, as thoso two young dandles
wasto at one of their extravagant feasts.
These poor fellow are doomod to lead un
natural Uvea In nn unwholesome atmos
phere, and probably go down to premature
graves, in order that our gentle young Lu-
cullus and his friend may robe themselves
In purple and regalo their Jaded palates
with peacocks' tongues. Admitting, gentle
men, that thero la right on both sides, and
wrong on both eldOB, which do you consider
has had the greater strain upon its tompcr
and Its Instinct of good order?'
"In this vein I proceeded for twenty
minutes, perhaps, nnd then sat down and
enjoyed the frowns and scowls with which
my rich oppononts regarded me. Their sar
casm had now turned to nnger nnd I doubt
not if they could havo wrought their wilt
with me at that moment they would havo
behaved worse than the eleven miners had
been accused of behaving. The Jury sur
prised us all with the promptness of their
verdict and my clients walked out of the
room free men, almost whllo the Judge's
charge was still ringing In our cars.
"I met Hannn a year or more after that.
I was naturally disposed to avoid blm, as
I supposed he still cherished a grudgo
against me. To my surprise he came for
ward with his hand out. 'McKlnley,' said
he, 'I was as angry as I knew how to bo the
day you made that speech. I wan never so
awfully scored in my life, nut whon I
catno to think It over, It was a wonderful
speoch and I could not help admiring the
man who could make such a use of such
material. Tho next tlmo we meet In a
court room I hope It will be as counsel
and client, not as enemies.'
"His frankness went to my heart. I
confess that I had been a little bit ashamed
of my line of attack upon him and I had
many times been compelled to call up the
memory of his sneering face In order to
Justify ray conduct to myself, but from the
day wo shook hands we became friends and
a stoncher, truer friend, in season and out,
in good weather and bad, I havo never had
than he!"
nig Money In franchises.
Chlcngo Chronicle.
Tho dispatches announgo that a syndi
cate of American capitalists has made an
offer for the street railway system of St.
Petersburg, Russia, with a view to large
extensions and Improvements. Perhaps
the roost convincing testimony to the
effect that municipal traction systems nre
Immensely profitable Is to be found in thn
successive Invasion of European cities by
American capitalists. The hint Is a broad
one and will not bn lost sight of by those
who are urging that somn portion of the
colossal profits should find Its way back
to the people who grant the franchises.
SOME sCllt.KY ni'MAItK.',
Washington Tost: Wo believe It was
Admiral Itowlson who said naval officers
havo n regard for their oath not pos
sesied by other men.
Philadelphia Record: It would do no
good to call Cervcra ns a witness. Ho was
thero, but he did not havo favorable op
portunities for observation.
Chicago News: Admiral Schley might
have sold: "Confound tho Texas!" In
stead of what he did say, but It was a
tlmo for brevity of expression,
Chlcngo Record-Herald: Historian Mac
lay Is being deserted by his former friends,
but ho Isn't despairing. Ho still has his
2.50-n-dfly Job In tho llrooklyn navy yard.
Milwaukee Kreo Press: It Is now be
lieved In some of tho moro excluslvo naval
circles that tho remark Admiral Schley
made on tho occasion of tho loop nt
Santiago about tho Texas was parallel to
tho remark mado by Admiral Karragut
nt Mobllo about tho torpedoes.
Now York World: Admiral Dowoy, Hko
Mr. Orndgrlnd, has n craving for facts.
"Wo want tho facts, DraW out tho facts,"
wns his emphatic protest against the un
loading of a lot of opinions and Impres
sions on the Schley court of Inquiry yes
terday. Admiral Dowey Is on the right
tack.
rr.ttsoN.ii, mvtks;
Mr. Carnegie has ordered S50 organs, cost
ing from $1,500 to each, for Scotch
churches and universities.
Kdwnrd Rostand, tho Prcnch dramatist.
Is an invplornto cigarette smoker. His
favorlto tlpplo Is tho distinctly Prench one,
nbslnthe,
Immeasurable wrath has followed tho
proposition to drop all titles not regularly
bestowed nnd call the unofficial Kentucky
colonels plain "Mr."
Rudynrd Kipling recently received hnlf a
sovereign and a request for "a sentiment"
from n California girl. Tho author sent
her a card on which ho had written "Hur
rah for California!"
Governor Stanloy has withdrawn his offer
of silver cups to all triplets born In Kansas
during his administration. After having
to purchnso twenty cups within a few
months ho decided that tho plan was too
expensive.
Iloston people are planning to gtve a
Jeweled sword to Captain Prank Wildes
when thnt officer .becomes a rear admiral
this winter. Ho Is a native of Boston nnd
commanded the cruiser Uoston at the bat
tle of Manila bay.
Tho Jewelry of tho sultan of Johore, who
has bcon visiting nnden-nadon, Is creating
conslderablo Interest. Ho wears huge
rubles and diamonds set in silver rings, six
on each hand; a diamond solltntro like n
chandelier drop and waistcoat buttons in-
crusted with precious stones.
M. Dclcasie, tho French minister of for
eign affairs, who had much to do with tho
arrnngments for tho czar's visit to Franco.
Is a Journalist who has won his way to bis
position strnlght from Journalism. Journal
ism In Franco Is one of tho highroads to
political rank. Witness MM. nrlsson.
Dupuy, Dclcnsso and others less known
out of France.
The frlcsds of the late Lieutenant Com
mander Jesse M. Roper, U. S. N., who lost
his Ufa In tho lino of duty while In com
mand of tho gunboat Petrel, propose, to
erect n tablet in his memory at the United
Stntcs Naval academy nt Annapolis. Tho
plan for raising tho necessary amount Is
not yet completed, but It Is understood
that Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Pox
will net ns custodian of tho funds.
Though but 42 years old, President Roose
velt, .considered as a public, man, Is well
out of thn nursery. 116 Is eighteen years
older than the younger Pitt was when he
was prlmo minister of England, eight yenrs
older than Qladstono wns when bo entered
the cabinet, eight years older than Na
poleon when ho was mado first consul for
ltfo nnd older thnn Frederick the Orcat
when ho Invaded Silesia, or Grant when ho
took Vlcksburg.
rtK-oiiAssixr. the: rnAiRiKS.
Kesnlts of nn 'Investigation by the
Government.
Minneapolis Journal.
Whllo careless lumbering has been remov
ing tho great natural forests without mak
ing provision for renewal of timber growth.
tho cattle raisers havo so prodigally used
tho rich native grass pastures of tho great
plains that the renewal of tho wild grasses
on thorn has now becomo a pressing need.
A timely bullotln Just issued by tho di
vision of agrostology of tho Department of
Agriculture, discusses tho naturo and num
ber at tho native pralrlo grasses and their
deterioration In c-'allty and diminution In
quantity slnco tho wild grass lands havo
been used for pasturage, und also tho ques
tion of tho beat manner of utilizing the
public grazing lnnds. That tho matter Is
ono well worth Investigation Is shown by
tho slmplo fact that of the unoccupied pub
lic lands of the United States 3CS.400.000
ncres are, at present, regarded ns only fit
for grazing. Thero aro also 124,300,000 ncres
of public forest lands, tho greater part of
which are nloo used for grazing under cer
tain restrictions. Rut asldo from tho public
lands thero are millions of acres of pasture
land privately owned, which through abuse
has sadly deteriorated from tho primitive
variety and abundanco when:
"Tho prairies. In their wild state, were
covered by tho richest possible grass flora.
Thoro was no similar region that had so
many useful species nnd so fow poisonous
or Injurious ones. Almost any squaro mllo
of tho whole extent of territory could fur
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Which shall your mirror say? If the former,
then your hair is rich and dark, long and
heavy; if the latter, it is short and falling,
thin and gray.
The choice is yours, for Ayer's Hair
Vigor always restores color to gray hair, stops
falling of the hair, and makes the hair grow
long and heavy.
" Your Hair Vigor has turned my hair from gray to Jet-black. I am thank
ful for what it has done for roe, and I intend to keep on using It."
Mrs. Wm. SritciiT, Hechteliville, Pa.
II.N. AlUntfliU.
nish In one senson fifty kinds of grasses and
natlvo forago plants, grnsses that would
make from ono and a half to twtj tons of
hay per acre, ns rich ns that from, nn old
world meadow. It was n magnificent legacy
to tho rancher nnd tho farmer. To tho una
It promised food for n million cittlo; to
tho other It proved the golden possibilities
of a soil thnt would bring forth bountiful
harvests."
Uolh tho fartrer nnd tho rancher havo
long slnco entered Into tholr legacy nnd
both havo In greater' or less degrco nbtised
It. Tho farmer, ofcourse, hail to sacrifice
the natlvo grasses to cultivated crops, but
ho has often neglected to maintain tho
fertility of tho soil. Hut tho rnnchor,
whoso business wns founded on the per
petuation of tho native grasses, ovorpns
tured tho -ranges, with tho consequence
that today thero hardly remains nn acta
east of tho 07th meridian that will
yield a ton nnd a halt of pralrlo hny,
"Thero Is scarcely ft square mllo of pralrlo
sod that will produce thirty kinds of native
wild grasses and clover per annum." Tho
wild grnsaes may be described ns tho raw
material of beef nnd on thoso dryer west
ern lands thnt will never bo used for
agrlculturo no Imported grass or forago
plant can compete with thoso that naturo
hnn produced after ton thousand yenrs of
solectlon. To snvo their grazing lands
and icnlntaln tho prosperity of tholr oc
cupation cnttlemcn tmist bowaro of over
stocking their lands, ninko somo provision
for the grasses on a port of their landn
to reach maturity, disseminate seed nnd
tako measures to prevent tho reproduction
of weeds.
The whole, subject is 'closely connected
with that of tho ownership and utilization
of tho ptibllo grass lands, which, tho ex
perts think, 1b best answored by. a. sys
tem of leases for limited periods. This
seems to bo a scnslhln conclusion, slnco it
would make It posstbln easily to prevent
ovcrpusturlng nnd to provide tho lands with
periodical rests that would glvo tho grasses
an opportunity to reassert tbcnisolvi. , It
would also avoid tho evil of a substantial
land monopoly thnt ensues wherever cor
porations or Individuals hold tho feo to nn
cxtont of Innd sufficient for grnzjag on a
largo scale.
LIGHT AMI IIKIGHT.
Cleveland Plnln Denier: "Thnt prying Mrs.
Peek sees everything; thnt goes on from ono
end of tho neighborhood to the other."
That so? She ought to be mado a fleet
captain nnd given n conning tower."
Philadelphia Press: "How- do you llko my
now hat?" asked tho llrst woman of tho
oiil $)" lmlUlR'p "Tll ,otlU COflt was
"fardon mo, mndnnic," chimed In the dis
gusted man behind, "but yotl should Include
JUDO"0 mJ" Brat' wnlcM nmkcH total
Boston Transcript: Harry You havo been
freo to say that this Is tho most beautiful
ploco you ever visited, but i notice you lmvo
not paid nnythlng for your board. yet.
I red-Oh, I know that. Thnt's tho beauty
of it.
Somcrvllle Journal: Hlcks-Whnt would
you do If your burglar alarm went off In
the night?
Wlcks-Wnlt till tho burglar went off,
too.
Bnltlmore American: Museum Darker
Step up, pood peoplo! Step up! .Wo'vo
got tho only ono In existence!
Prospective Patron Tho only -whnt?
iiunpiium'i iiiuuKnipncr who
never wroto n squib nbout thoro bclturminny
a. slip 'twlxt tho cup and tho Llpton."
Judge: "I always llko to ride In sea-
Knilllhtr, Vnlilnlnu un 1,1 X T I .. .. T.. 1 . i r
wonder whnt you menu by seasonable ve-
..IV. '.. "r"4lu -mihs tvuiisn.
Hell, In tho vernal months, of course,
spring wagons nro tho proper tiling: but In
tho full 1 prefer to uso nutumn-moblles."
Tl' I.I... 1. , ...
i. ? " ,Tc?,,.i 1 "UPB.sor ir n person
In good health, but who Imagined himself
RlnlC. Mlinillfl nntlri fill vmt n.l.V. . ... ....t., ..
(lo? tuuiu till
Medical Student-Glvo him 'somotriTng' to
make him sick, and then administer nn
antidote,
Ppnfna.i- TAa..U . t -
here. JInng out your shingle.
fMevMnnri THntn rtnaln-i ma -. .
- ...... - -. . . . v . . juu u voier
In this precinct, my dusky friend?'.'
ii!i i annum nay I wuz. I've, voted
heah much an tlfty times, Yes, nnh."
"How long havo you been a, resident of tho
precinct? ,
"Who, me? 1'vo lived hcah go!n' on 'a
yeah an' a hnlf, snh."
THE XAMRLRSS 1IRHO.
Kocky Mountain Nows.
There aro countlcss-herocs who llvo nnd die.
v. Musi u iiuvi" uuvt'i ileum ;
Fn.r..,,.1.K"rcat' brawling world goes by,
With hardly a look or word; 1 .
And ono of tho bravest nnd best of all,
ji tvjiuui inn urn. cuii onasi.
In tho man who falls on duty's call,'
Tho man who dies at hlB post.
Whllo his check Is mantled with manhood's
bloom
And tho pathway of Ufo looks bright,
He Is brought In a moment to face, the
gloom
Surrounding tho final night
Ho buoyantly soils o'er a minllt sea
Ami Is dashed on nn unseen coctst
When tho uhlp goes dowii' at tho holm,
stands ho
The mnn who dies at his post.
Who follows tho glorious tldo of war
And falls In tho midst of fight,
Ho knows that honor will hover o'er
And cover his namo with Unlit;,
But ho who pastieH unsung, unknown.
Ho heur nn applauding bout;
He goes In tho dark , to his fata alone,. .
The man who dlou at his post. '
Who bears with dtneaso whllo death drawsi
near.
Who faces his fato rnch day,
Yet strives to comfort and help nnd cheer
Ilia comrades along tho way,
Who follows his work whllo hn yet may do,
And xmlles when hn sufferx most,
It seems to mo Is a hero true
Tlio man who dlex ut hl.i post.
Thero nro plenty to laud nnd crown with
bays
Tho hero who falls Im strife.
But few who offer n word of praise
To tho crownlosa hero of life.
Ho docs his duty and makes no claim.
Anil tnnlirht I tirnnoHo a toast
To tho silent martyr unknown to fame,
Tlio man wlio uies ni ins post,
J. C. AVER CO., U well, M,,,
