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M. B. HUNOATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
The advonce guard of the Fourth of
July casualty lint la about due.
The way to get rid of supernumeraries
la to make officers who perform their
duties by substitute earn their own sal
aries. If anybody has found the key to the
city hall deadlock, he had better turn
It In and get bis reward before the lock
Is forced.
Amending Bulwer, Emperor William
says the pen is all right in its way, but
goes a great way further if backed up
by a good sharp sword.
Tho edict is out again that the gam
bling slot machines must go. These de
vices seem to have even more than the
proverbial nine lives of a cat
If the contention between competing
pavlfijj contractors continues .the pros-
pect for pavement repairs during -the
present season will be very slim.
In the absence of Prof. Waterhous
Superintendent Tearse wants public
Judgment suspended, but the suspense is
not likely to change public opinion.
Secretary Shaw has declared off his
projected trip to Europe. Secretary Shaw
is the business man of the cabinet and
he puts business before pleasure every
time.
Is not sixteen years a rather long time
to wait for challenging the validity of
constitutional amendments alleged to
have been counted In by questionable
authority?
King Ak-Snr-Ben IX graciously ac
cepts the felicitations of his , royal
cousins on the thrones of older mon
orchlea, but yields not a whit to them on
the splendor of his court
A few big damage suits would doubt
' less be the most effective brake on high
speeding automobiles, but It would be
far better to slow down without first
killing or maiming someone.
The question suggests itself, Is there
auy danger that the warden of the Ne
braska penitentiary may balk at another
hanging until his bill of expenses for
the last necktie party Is paid?
Iiemanda for increased salaries in the
office of collector of Internal revenue
have all been turned down by the de
partment at Washington, but there is no
danger of wholesale resignations follow
ing as a consequence.
While denouncing Russian atrocities
upon tne persecuted Jews, we continue
to outrage humanity by burning poor
negroes at the stake. It would really
not be out of order for Russia to bold
a few indignation meetings.
Ho far none of the big corporations
thai operate in South Omaha have filed
complaints with the Board of Review
there about the valuation returned by
the tax commissioner. They know that
It is best to let well enough alone.
Those gentlemanly municipal boodlers
of Scran ton niunt also belong to the
squad of Pennsylvania officials whom
Governor Peuuypacker would protect
against libellous exposure in the public
prints and embarrassing portraiture by
the newspaper cartoonists.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Tillman of
South Carolina, who shot down Editor
Gonzales in cold bUxwl, objects to being
tried where the crime was committed,
on the gronnd that he cannot have
fair hearing'' because of the prejudice
against liiiu.' If he cannot get a square
deal in the ,xy hotlel of fire eaters
and duel worshiper where can he esmpe
prejudice? If le hud been black in
stead of white he would have been
strung up on the spot if not reserved to
furnish fuel for a bannra.
IJVrtRSTAT LAW AH 11 DM MAT A
While the Elklns' amendment to the
Interstate commerce' law Is said to bel
working very satisfactorily, it is felt
that still further amendments will be
required before the law can have the
effect that is desired and the fifty -eighth
congress will be urged to provide these.
Mr. Bacon, chairman of the executive
committee of the interstate commerce
law convention, says ttaejaw should be
amended' so as to give the commission
power to enforce Its own rulings and
prevent discrimination, not only be
tween Individuals, but between dif
ferent localities and different com
modities, lie states that the different
commercial bodies of the country are
much Interested In seeing a strong addi
tional amendment to the law adopted
which will clothe the commission with
fuller powers, especially. In the direction
of enforcing its own rulings, and in pre
senting the matter to Mr. Roosevelt he
found the president favorable to such
amendment. ,
The advocates of still further strength
ening the interstate commerce act and
enlarging the powers of the commission
are prepared to urge thia upon the next
congress with great earnestness. The
Interstate commerce law convention, re
cently In session, has a membership of
about 150 boards of trade and other
commercial bodies and these exert a
strong Influence. The executive commit
tee of the convention has decided to
prepare a bill for submission to con
gress, amending the law so as to allow
the commission to correct a rate found
to be unjust or unlawful . and also to
provide for an appeal from the findings
of the commission to the federal courts.
While there is no question as to the
desirability of the proposed additions to
the Interstate commerce act. It cannot
be confidently predicted that the effort
to secure them from the fifty-eighth con
gress will be successful. Of the mem
bers of the last congress who were re
elected It Is perhaps safe to say that
a majority are of the opinion that suffi
cient was done for the present in passing
the Elkins amendment and that It will
not be expedient to go further for a
time. It was not an easy matter to get
that measure through and it perhaps
would have been defeated had the rail
road opposition been stronger. How
the new members of the fifty-eighth
congress regard the question is yet to be
developed, but at any rate they: will be
largely Influenced by the re-elected mem
bers.
However, no harm can come from con
tinuing the efforts to Improve the law
and to place in the hands of the com
mission whatever additional authority
the commercial interests of the country
deem necessary to the more effective
operation of the law. At present' there
is very. little, complaint The railroads
very generally appear to be strictly com
plying with the anti-rebate amendment
and to be, observing the other provisions
of the law. Doubtless there are in
stances. of violation, bat on the whole
the situation Is very greatly improved
over that of a few years ago and there
is reason to expect that this Improve
ment will be maintained..
MCXICVS PRKSIDKXT.-
President Porflrio Dlai will succeed
himself. He is closing his fifth term
as the chief executive of Mexico and
the national liberal convention has Just
placed In his hands the nomination for
another term, which he has accepted,
There was no opposition to him in the
convention and there will be none to
his election. The retention at the Lend
of the Mexican government of thia dis
tinguished man, by far the foremost of
Spanish-American statesmen, means un
interrupted peace and progress for our
neighbor republic. ,Thls is a considera
tion of no little importance to the Amer
ican people, In view of the fact that a
very large amount of American capital
s invested in Mexico and that President
Dlp.z is encouraging American enter
prise there. Always a warm and hearty
friend of the United States, he has taken
the greatest interest In the efforts of
capitalists of this country to develop the
resources of Mexico and to promote the
industries and commerce of that coun
try. There is no question that today
American influence is far greater at the
Mexican capital than that of any other
country and that the . government Is
better disposed to favor and encourage
American enterprise than any other.
That this Is so is almost wholly due
to the friendly regard for the United
States and the far-sighted statesman
ship of General Plntv who knows the
value of close business ties between the
two countries. He Is one of the great
men of the time and is deservedly be
loved by his countrymen.
IMPORTING CO.SiTR.aCT LA DOR.
It is said that there is systematic
violation of the. law prohibiting the ad
mtsHioic of contract foreign labor, and a
vigorous Investigation Is being msde by
treasury officials. The statement is made
that a few weeks ago a steamship
brought from Europe 2.600 Immigrants,
who with few exceptions were under
contract and sent to cattle ranches and
farms in the northwestern states. It is
also said that only a few days ago the
bureau of immigration obtained evl
dence of a large consignment of foreign
contract laborers to Pennsylvania. The
investigation by the authorities is ln:
tended to show if Immigration agents
are operating ou the other side v and
secretly violating the law by shipping
large numbers of men from Europe
with the understanding that work will
be given them. It is believed that the
steamship conipann-s' co-opera ta ; with
these agents. -v
The law prohibiting the Importation
of alien labor under contract 'ww en
acted iu response to a strgnft public
sentiment and it should be Rigidly en
forced. Before the enactment of the
law every steamer coming from Europe
brought in ventract labor, imported to
work iu tb coal aSintt an tm soma of
the mannfacturing industries. Not only
were the laborers thus brought In for
the most part of a very low class, but
the terms of the contracts with them
were such as to subject them to prac
tical slavery. Many thousands of these
people employed in the coal mines of
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia were
far worse off in all respects than were
the .slaves of the south. The over
whelming popular demand to put an end
to this was heeded by congress.
Undoubtedly there have been many
evasions of the law, but it appears from
the reports that violations have become
systematic. This must be put a stop to.
Men who freely come here from abroad
to work will be welcome, but we want
no contract labor to compete with Amer
ican wage-earners.
tX POST FACTO.
Whatever may be the outcome of the
action brought by former Supreme Court
Commissioner Ityan to set aside the
amendment to the constitution increas
ing the pay of members of the legisla
ture from $3 to $5 per day and extending
the regular legislative sessions from
forty to sixty days, there is no ground
for apprehension that the new revenue
law or any other legislation enacted last
winter will-be affected one way or an
other. There was no time limit for the intro
duction of bills in the constitution prior
to the adoption of the $5-a-day and
sixty-day session amendments, and there
was no restriction upon the length of
the regular sessions under the forty-day
clause of the constitution. The legisla
ture had a right to extend its regular
session for any length of time, but its
members could draw pay only for forty
days, or $120 in all, for any single ses
sion. The contention of Judge Ryan
cannot therefore Invalidate . legislative
acts that do not conflict with the con
stitutional limitations prior to the adop
tion of the amendments. Bills passed
after the fortieth day of the session that
received the constitutional number of
votes and had the approval of the gov
ernor were Just as valid as If they had
been passed on the first week of the
session.
The only question Involved In the test
case brought by Judge Ryan is whether
the members of the various legislatures
since 1887 have been overpaid If not
overworked. Incidentally a decision
sustaining Judge Ryan's position would
have the inevitable tendency to cut short
the next session of the legislature and
its members would be on about the same
plane in the matter of pay as bod car
riers and blacksmiths' helpers. In any
event however, there is no immediate
or remote prospect that any. considerable
number of the 1,050 members of the
eight succeeding legislatures who have
drawn pay at $5 a day since 1887 will
turn their overdraft back into the state
treasury.
Down at Kansas City they r.re still
fighting over the question of ownership
of grain in the cars and elevators de
stroyed or damaged by the floods, the
commission brokers contending that it
still - belongs to the consignors. The
question is not so much as to the owner
ship of the grain as to the party who
shall' stand the loss. If the situation
were reversed and for some ' peculiar
reason the value of the grain were to
be suddenly enhanced after delivery, the
grain men would be side-stepping at a
lively pace to rake in the profit and tell
the shipper that he had parted company
with his property irrevocably long ago.
If any member of the late lamented
legislature has not drawn his $5 a day
for the full sixty-day session he will
have only himself to blame for unpar
donablo negligence in case the courts
should decide that the constitutional
amendment by which the pay of law
makers was raised from $3 to $5 a day
sixteen years ago was .improperly
counted in. It is extremely doubtful,
however, 'whether any member of the
defunct legislature was so reckless as to
leave any part of his per diem or mile
age in the state treasury.
One by one our legends of the past
are stolen from us. Here comes a Chl-
ago university professor with what he
says4 Is conclusive proof that a papal
bull over which controversy has raged
for centuries is a rank forgery. The
next thing we will be told that the
pope's famous bull against the comet
was simply a Joke perpetrated by some
black robed Jester who had lost his way
into the priesthood.
If the names struck off the list of pub
lic works employes by the mayor had
belonged to republicans Instead of to
democrats, City Attorney Wright would
find no trouble in citing law and prece
dents to sustain the mayor's position.
As the men dislocated from the payroll
happen to be democratic ward workers,
of course the mayor's position' la accord
ing to Wright entirely untenable.
President Diaz' response to the latest
tender of another nomination la likely to
become popular with office holders in
this country as weil as in Mexico. He
asserts that It is the duty of every cltl
xen to serve his country for aa long
and in as many posts as his fellow citi
zens desire. If he can stimulate the
desire in the breasts of his fellow citi
zens so much the better.
It develops from the reception accorded
by democratic politicians to the scheme
for bar association Judicial nominations
that the democrats hereabouts are now
opposed to fusion unless it be fusion
with the republicans. The old kind of
fusion has played out and no longer
holds forth any promise of successful
coupling with the payroll.
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If every man in Omaha who has once
been enrolled in Ak-Sar-Ben's hosts of
previous years will step to the front
with an application for enrollment tliU
year without further solicitation, the
army of hi royal hlghuesa will txt twice
what its number was last. year,
every one of them ought to do It.
And
Iowa demoornts are up against it If
they reaffirm the Kansas City platform
every tiinn on their state ticket is sure
to be snowed under and if they do not
reaffirm the Kansas City platform eVery
man on their state ticket will be snowed
under Just the same.
A Lost Opportunity.
New York Mall and Express.
R was a great oversight that some Vir
ginia judge did not think of an injunction
against the Monitor in 1802.
Occupation of the Pacific.
New York Tribune.
An all-American cable to the Philippines
will be In operation In a few days. The
conversion of the Pacific Into an American
sea makes steady progress.
Counsel from the Great,
New York Mall and Express.
No postal official who takes a look at a
5-cent stamp can fail to observe that the
lace of Grant upon It has a distinct air of
saying, "let no guilty may escape!"
Other People's Money.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
A New York paper prints an essay on
"How to Live on What You've Got." As
If that was of any Interest to New Yorkers.
The game over there Is to live on what the
other fellow's got.
Grades In Graft.
Washington Post.
Missouri boodlers who refused to look at
anything smaller than a 11,000 bill will be
hocked to learn that Pennsylvania graft
ers are demanding a rake-off from school
teachers whose salaries average about $33 a
month.
Arms and the Brooklynlte.
Brooklyn Eagle.
In this city 20,000 people, some of them
women, are carrying revolvers. All except
the police carry them for an evil purpose.
Twenty thousand potential murderers rep
resent the lowest moral element In the com
munity. How to Get Poor Quick.
Newspaperdom.
The Dally America, which was started
two years ago as a turf paper, has been
absorbed by the Morning Telegraph. The
price wag said to be merely nominal, the
paper having proved such a losing venture
that It could not be continued. It was said
on good authority that $495,000 has been
lost on the Dally America since It started.
This Is an average of $6,000 a week.
The Fool and His Coin.
New York Tribune.
The more extensive the exposures of the
schemes of the swindlers east and west
who promise Incredible profits on deposits
or speculations large - or small, the more
astonishing It appears that men and women
can be so credulous as to risk money with
almost any rascal who sends out letters
and circulars assuring them of fabulous
gains. Millions of dollars have been stolen
from hundreds of thousands of the guileless
by means of such dishonest assurances, and
millions more will be stolen hereafter In
similar ways.
Charles Emory Smith's Defease.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The editor of the Philadelphia Press, who
was the postmaster general In the cabinet
of President McKlnley, and whose name
has necessarily .entered In the discussion
of the recent postal scandals, makes a sim
ple and dignified reply. In his newspaper, to
the comment called forth by Postmaster
General Payne's .Unconsidered defense of
him. He would not try to shield himself
under McKlnley's mantle If he could. He
desires that whatever responsibility Is In
volved shall be duly fixed, and "then rest
Where It belongs." He agrees that "soma
further and more formal explanation Is
called for from him;" that "If It can be
made, It ought to be duly forthcoming,'
and "If not, then such measures of . re
proach as ' should follow the failure must
be and ought to be suffered." This Is frank
and honorable, and all that any one has a
right to demand. ' Whatever explanations
are called for from Mr. Smith will, of
course, be made formally through official
channels. He is not failed on to make them
through his newspaper, but Hie editorial
statement quoted Is proper and In good
taste, and should be accepted as trans
ferring the subject to the field of official
Inquiry. ' '
RECLAIMING TUB WEST,
Reform In Land Administration a Step
In Right i Direction.,
Brooklyn Eagle.
A voice crying from a wilderness that
says ought not to be a wilderness de
mands reform In land administration. It
says that while the irrigation projects will
do much to develop regions now arid,
there must be an encouragement to settlers
and an assurance- of a fa, t . division of
public lands before the alkali dust will
cover Itself with grass, and before the
American can sit beneath his vine and fig
tree. Nevada Is the state against which
charges are made of playtng most freely
Into the hands of big owners, who stand
for wealth, as against little owners, who
stand for population, Industry, the Increase
of homes and a restoration of the spirit
of content.
The 2.000.000 acres of public land which
the federal government gave to the state
to sell for Its own advantage when it
emerged from the territorial condition, Is
alleged to have passed Into few hands, and
to have brought little of the return in
money for school roads and public Improve
ments that it was the Intention of our
government to give." In the other new
states alternate sections, either No. 16 or
No. 32 in each township, were reserved for
public sale; but In the case of Nevada It
Was left to the legislature to take Its pick
of 2,0.0.000 acres where It would. It picked
them along the rivers and sold them for
a trine to the ranchers. Thus the only
considerable tracts of fertile land are the
homes of cattle, not of men. To be sure.
It was not supposed at the time that Ne
vada had agricultural possibilities, and In
utilizing Its grazing grounds the law
makers doubtless supposed that they were
doing the beat that could be done for the
interests of their state.
With the lna".fuitlon of a great Irri
gation system a vas. acreage will be added
to the green strips n'-w to be found only
along the water ays Leyond the Rockies,
and there will be an Incentive to the mi
gration of thousands, and the building of
not only homes, but of villages and towns.
It Is also probable that the building of
dams will be followed by the development
of power, and thus the people of the
farms will not be dependent, as at preont.
on the factories of the east for their goods,
nor on the steam roads for transportation
The water which flows into the Irrigating
canals can, In many Instances, be made
to turn the wheels that generate electricity
for the lighting of cities, and for traction.
and for the operation of mills and shops.
It is believed also that government will
encourage the planting of trees on the
mountains, that the water supply may 'be
large and constant, and the larger the
water supply the more frequent the rains.
With an Increased rainfall millions of acres
now desert will be added to the habitable
area of the country. The reclamation of
the west, till of late a theory and a dream.
Is la process of accomplishment.
SKIZtRR OP GALVESTON.
Aetloa of Government In Matter Hasty
ana Ill-Advised.
Philadelphia Record.
The proceedings of the naval authorities
with regard to the unfinished cruiser Gal
veston, now on the stocks of an Insolvent
shipbuilding company at Richmond, Va.,
hare a serious as well as a comical aspect.
The dispatch of a gunboat to the scene of
conflict, ready to bombard the process serv
ers of the Virginia court If they should ven
ture to Interfere with the naval officers
charged with launching the vessel and tak
ing it to the Norfolk navy yard, smacks
of the mock-heroic and the opera bouffe.
Whether the federal government may defy
the mandates of a state court and violently
take possession of property within Its Juris
diction and In despite of its restraining or
ders Is a question of grave Importance.
If the unbaptlzed Galveston had become
member of the United States fleet the
paramount jurisdiction of the federal gov
ernment over the vessel could not be a
matter of doubt. It would be under orders
to go wherever and do whatever the com-mandant-ln-chief
of the army and navy
might direct. But as yet Galveston Is not
member of the fleet: It Is not even a ship,
never having been afloat, and Is as yet be
yond the reach of the process of admiralty
courts. It Is simply an aggregation of steel
ribs, plates and bolts, having the outer
semblance of a ship, to be sure, but lying
high and dry on Virginian soil.
Legally this aggregation of structural
steel Is the property of the builders, or
rather of the receiver appointed to hold the
assets of the contractors In trust for the
benefit of their creditors. Payments have
been made out of the federal treasury to
the builders. It Is true, on account of the
contract, but this, at the most, would give
the government a lien on the unfinished
hulk. The claim of the United States might
or Snlght not be entitled to preference, but
this Is a quertlon of law to be determined
In the proper tribunals. The federal govern
ment, or rather the officials who for the
time being exercise the various functions
thereof, have no better right to take the
law Into their own hands than any other
citizen of the United States would have.
They are acting In contempt of the Injunc
tion of the court of chancery of Virginia,
and forcible resistance on their part to Its
lawful mandate would be quite as repre
hensible as the violence of an Irresponsible
mob. States have rights which even the
federal authorities are bound to respect.
It Is to be hoped that the matter will be
reconsidered and that methods may be
adopted by the Navy department to de
termine the differences between It' and the
Virginian court which will be less sub
versive of law and order than those pro'
posed to be followed.
DUTY OF THE STATES.
Responsibility for River Restraint Not
on Federal Government.
Philadelphia Press.
Prof. Lewis M. Haupt thinks that the
Mississippi river can be controlled so as to
avoid damage from floods by an expendi
ture of about,, $22,000,000. The states which
suffer from the floods could well afford to
pay that sum If assured of success.
Irrigation, sedimentation reservoirs, a
systematic plan of levees more distant
from the river bed, the opening of all the
mouths of the river, together with ex
tensive reforestation, comprise the reme
dies proposed by Prof. Haupt. He points
to the work of King Menes on the Nile
river thousands of years ago as proof of
the effectiveness of such a scheme.
As it Is not a question of navigation it
Is not work that the government should
be called upon to do. Something ought to
be dona, but the states concerned depend
on the government, which means that
nothing effective will be done, as it Is not
the business of the government to pre
vent floods and recover for cultivation land
owned by Individuals and states.
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Prince George, son of Prince Leopold,
of Bavaria, left Japan for Vancouver on
May 24, and will return home by way of
New York.
Mrs. Mary E. Ryle, through another
donation, . has now brought up her gifts
to the fund for the proposed new library
at Paterson, N. J., to $225,000.
It is reported that during his . coming
visit to Ireland King Edward will an
nounce his Intention of establishing I
royal residence In that country.
Henry C. Caldwell, the federal judge of
the Eighth circuit court, who will retire
from the bench or June SO, Is the only sur
viving appointee on the bench of Presl
dent Lincoln.
Captain Charles A.- P. Talbot, the new
British consul at Boston, has been In the
consular service of his country for thirty-
eight years, having served In Tahiti, Ta
ganrog and Corunna.
By the will of Spencer C. Doty of Yon
kers. N. Y., the descendants of the May
flower pioneers of his state are to come
Into possession of a small 'wooden trunk
which came over In the famous ship.
Manuel Alvarez Calderon, on of the
Peruvian minister at Washington, grad
uated last week from the Maryland Agri
cultural college, and the minister's elder
son, Alfredo Alvarez Calderon, graduated
earlier In the month from Columbian uni
versity, Washington.
John L. Griffiths Is at work on the life
of the late President Harrison, All the
private papers of the president. Including
some unfinished manuscripts, have been
turned over to him. Mr. Griffiths was
closely associated with Mr. Harrison for
many years. He Is at present at Indian
apolis.
The Rev. John Campbell, the successor
of the late Rev. Joseph Parker, In the
Cliy Temple, London, has come to the
United States for a six weeks' stay, hoping
to get experience and a wider knowledge
of the Christian world. He Is an able man
and will, no doubt, learn something that
will aid him In his work In London.
Richard 8. Croker, eldest son and name
sake of tho former Tammany leader, ha
become special partrtor In a Arm of New
York brokers, having put $100,000 Into the
business. His brother Frank has no taste
for commerce, preferring a career In poll
tics. Richard 8. Croker Is about 27 years
old. and Is considered as . more like hi
father than any of the Croker boys.
The Mexican Postal department ha
taken a new and novel means of Informing
the public of the weather bulletins given
out by the Weather Bureau. Every letter
which passes through the office la now
stamped with the Indications for the next
twenty-four hours. This stamping is done
at the same time that the postage stamps
on the letters are cancelled and the re
ceiving stamp affixed.
King Peter of Servla Is scarcely what an
Insurance man would call a good Msk.
Prince Alexis, brother of Prince Peter
Karageorgevlch, who lias been proclaimed
king of Servla, visited America In ltf9.
George Madlsmi Randolph, a lineal de
scendant of Pocahontas and the Randolphs,
lives In St. Louis, lie claims to be seventh
In descent from the famous Indian maiden
by her marriage with John Rolfe.
The Turkish censor Is now the moat
humorous figure, unconsciously In the riva
lled world, ltd objects to the blhlu because
the word Macedonia Is us.d In the Epistle
to the Thessiiloolans In the New Testa
ment, and demands that Instead of Mace
donia the words "the vilayets of Salonlca
and Monaatir" shall appear, thus giving
due homage to the sultan and no en
couragement to the Macedonian committee.
BITS OF WASHINGTON I JFK
Minor Scenes and incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
One of the first things to attract the
notice of western and southern people
visiting the capital Is the clean, fresh and
crisp paper currency, which Is In cir
culation; notes which, to those accustomed
to the greasy and debilitated bills of the
far west, look ns though they had Just
left the bureau of engraving and printing.
In fact, there are many provincial visitors
to whom such bills are a downright
curiosity. Just as on the other hand some of
the worn and tattered greenbacks of the
far west are a "sight" to Washlngtonlans.
A member of the geological survey, who
Is cnlled every . summer to Arizona,
Colorado and Utah to direct the work of
certain government surveys, speaking of
the matter of western greenbacks to a
Post reporter, said:
"Before ever I went west I used to won
der why people from that section mude
such ado over the clean end wholesome
paper currency In circulation In this city,
and, for that matter, throughout the entire
east. Now, however, I can understand it.
I Just wish you could have seen some of
the bills I saw and handled last summer
In Arizona. Why, some of them were
positively diseased. Soaked, saturated,
limp, flabby, humid, and coated over with
sweat, tobacco Juice, and dirt, they had
an odor so ancient, coppery and fruity ns
to remind one more of a pesthouse or the
bubonic plague than of the promise of a
great government to redeem Its pledges.
You may laugh as much as you please,
but when I tell you that I refused some
particularly musky and offensive green
backs last summer simply because I was
actually afraid of contracting some vile
and disreputable disease from them, I tell
you the truth. The reason we have clean
and respectable greenbacks here Is because
we are near the treasury, and whenever
bill becomes slightly worn, all we have
to do Is simply to take or send It there and
have It redeemed with new ones. The
people of the west could do the same thing
by sending them on by mall, but the trouble
Is that a large part of the population never
heard of the treasury other than In a vague
way aa a place where money la ground
out, who know little or nothing of the
redeeming process, and who think that
when a bill Is made It is Intended to last
forever. Consequently, as the bill passes
around year after year, through greasy
and grimy hands, and snuggles by days In
the same hip pocket, cheek by Jowl with
the plug of tobacco, and thus becomes as
water-logged, rotten, and tattered as a
mildewed leaf. It Is remarkable to see the
Ingenuity which the people employ In
patching such bills together with store
mucilage and brown paper until It finally
reaches the hands of some Intelligent store
keeper, who knows enough and has suf
ficient sense to send It on to Washington
and have It redeemed. Then, when the
bright new bills come back, the crowd In
the store gathers about to admire them,
and remark, 'Ain't them purty,' and, per
haps, for the first time In their lives, learn
what to do with a bill when It reaches a
stage of utter decay, and can no longer be
patched. The odor of some of these
horrible western bills Is a revelation to
Washlngtonlans. The different chemicals
composing the various Inks employed In
the printing and preparation of these
treasury notes, when acted upon for some
thing like a period of ten or twelve years
by various soils and atmospheres, persplr
atlon, and plug tobacco licorice, develop
a most peculiar odor so fruity and cob
webby as to remind one of things one has
read about the bouquet of old wine cellars,
and It la no wonder that the saying, 'Let
me smell your money' has gained ground
in the went, where some of the bills ought
first to pass through the quarantine station
before reaching the treasury for redemp
tion."
Those who visited the National Zoo last
Sunday were astonished to note the growth
of the young tapir born there early In May,
The little fellow Is today about seven weeks
old and thriving amazingly. As usual In
young tapirs his stripes have grown
brighter since the day of his birth, but now
that he has attained his seventh week they
are beginning to fade, and In a few weeks
will have disappeared entirely. Some few
days ago he had his first bath. Head
Keeper Blackburn opened the gate leading
to the swimming tank, maintained for the
benefit of the ZOo tapirs, and the little fel
low, followed by his mother, wandered
slowly forward to the water's edge, nosing
about Inquiringly with his little trunk, as
though wondering at the strange world out
side of his cage. . When he reached the
water he hesitated and appeared rather
timid at first, and It was amuBlng to see
his mother following behind and encourag
Ing him to proceed by shoving him gently
forward with her short trunk. Finally when
the little ta.plr was all the way In and he
found the water would not hurt him, he
had a glorious bath, diving and swimming
about until his mother felt that he had
enough fir one day, and left the water with
the youngster following at her side.
The anthropological section of the Na
tional museum has Just purchased what Is
known as the Harvey collection of Imple
ments, dress, weapons, etc., of the Indians
of Alaska and the northwest coast. The
collection is a valuable one, not that It con
tains anything very striking, but owing to
the fact that every specimen Is perfect In
Itself and representative of the highest
type of Indian art and workmanship. Per
haps the most striking object In the collec
tion is a basalt boulder about ISi feet long
by a foot In thickness, which the Indians
have sculptured into the form of a frog
cro iched ready to spring. There Is also a
very fine set of mortars and pestles cut and
polished from the hardest stone. Also a
number of stone pipes, some of which have
been hollowed out In places and Inlaid with
lead and copper. The number of beautiful
seals, walrus, deer, moose, heaver, moun
tain goat and sea otterskln dresses Is an
other feature of the collection, the display
of fine furs being enough to make our
fashionable ladies envious of the Alaskan
squaws, who. In the good old days before
the whites came, wore sea otter fur suits
worth today from $250 to $300.
Senators and representatives come and go.
They flit In and out, attending to such buttl
ness as requires their attention, but ona
familiar figure is seen here day after day.
Senator Cockrell of Missouri does not leave
Washington until he has cleared up all his
business. He does not "run out home"
soon after adjournment to return later,
but when the session adjourns he "buckles
down" to the accumulative work and din
poses of It. His prominence In the senate
and experience brings much In the way of
national business to him. So engrossed
does he become with the work of the ses
sion, that the many letters he receives re
main unanswered for a time. But when
congress Is no Jonger then he begins to
devote himself to the personal work of
a senator. He reads and answers his let
ters. He visits the various departments
neraonallv. Instead of sending a clerk. He
does this because he will not ask any
thing of the department unless he thinks
the renuest should be granted, and he
knows that a visit from a senator In per
on Is better than writing a letter or send
!nc a subordinate. That is why Senator
Cockrell Is here until late In the summer
and why his tall figure may be sen from
day to day In the different departments.
Colonel 8. P. Hege of the Baltimore A
Ohio contracted with the Navy dppartment
Saturday to move a deserter and his captor
Avers
Sarsaparilla
To Know all there is to
know about a Sarsapa
rilla, take Ayer's. Your
doctor will say so, too.
He orders it for pale,
thin people. Tested for
60 years.
r. C.AyerCe.,
Lowell, sues.
from St. Louis to Newport, R. I., where the
captor Is to receive his reward of $30, and
where the deserter Is probably going to Jail
for a few months.
It Is not the fate of the deserter, how
ever, that Is the Interesting part of this
article. The captor is the man.
For a long time the Navy department has
had the reward standing for the recapture
of deserters, and In addition to the $30 the
department pays the expenses of tho man
who made the capture to the point from
which the deserter fled.
Naturally this Is a fine outing, or picnic
for the "grafter," usually of tho "private"
detective or country sleuth Jtype of police
man. The Navy department pays tho car
fare, and for the meals of the captor, gives
him a berth In a sleeper, and at the end
presents him with the $30.
As a rule the city policemen and de
tectives are too busy to make these trips.
Consequently the "grafters," those who
have rendezvous where their kind meet.
which aro called "agencies," are continually
on their mettle after the fleeing blue
jackets. It Is said that the recovery of each de
serter costs the Navy depurtment on an
average of $200.
MEANT FOR, MIRTH.
Teacher Whnt Is your father's name?
Jimmy Tuff Why. "Tuff."
Teacher Of course; but what is his full
name? What doee your mother call him?
Jimmv Tuff When he la full? I don't dast
tell yer, ma'am. Philadelphia Ledger.
All Fools Not Men Mrs. Snappe Oh, all
men are fools.
Mr. Snappe Yes? Unfortunately for you,
dear, the rule doesn't work both ways.
Philadelphia Press.
May He's awfully nervy. He tried his
best to find out how old I am.
Fay Yes, he admitted that to me.
Mav And Just for fun I told him I was
34. Did he tell you that?
Fay No. but he did say -you were the
most truthful girl he had ever met. Phila
delphia Press.
"Is your brother a policeman?"
"No, he Isn't."
"That's all right. I thought he was. I
saw a policeman taking a tough fellow to
the station house yesterday and I am sure
one of them was your brother." Philadel
phia Press.
'The osslfled man passed In his checks
last night," said the obese lady.
"Poor fellow!" sighed the armless won
der. "Ho must have died hard." Chicago
News.
Mrs. Knleker Is Mrs. Jones a well in
formed woman? . . .
Mrs. Bocker Yes, indeed; her cook has
lived with all the other families in the
neighborhood. Harper's Bazar.
"These labor unions arei doing some good
"What do you refer to?" ,
"A walking delegate stopped our min
ister's sermon today and told him that he
was working overtime." Puck.
"I suppose." said the wife, sarcastically,
"that you were sitting up with a sick friend
&kh in ?"
"Well, yes, he certainly was sick," replied
Jackson Trays.
"Indeed; and what was the complaint?'
"He complained that we stacked the
cards." Catholio Standard Times.
"Shall I administer gas before extracting
your tooth?" asked the dentist.
"Well," answered tho fair patient from a
back townBhlp, "if it doesn't coat any more
I'd rather you'd give me electric light."
Chicago News.
From the world's great game of poker
This paradox I choose:
It often seems the gayest man's
The one that has the blues.
Cornell Widow.
THE SCIENTIFIC LIFE.
Chicago Tribune.
(Before the breakfast has been prepared,
or after It had been served and eaten, the
housewife should add up the different
amounts of proteld, fat and carbohydrate
found In the foods. The computing cards
should be used for each meal. In the even
ing you can nnd out wnetner you nave
taken too much of one kind of food or nit
enough of another. Mary Moulton Smith.)
Mother's slow at figures, but she always
hAM to count
The protelds to see that we secure the right
amount;
She keepu a pad and paper and a pencil
near the sink.
And estimates our victuals all the things
we eat or drink.
She lists our carbohydrates and she scrib
bles down the fat.
And our speellio gravity she always
watches that.
Mother's slow at figures, but she wants
to do her best.
She's listened to the lectures until she Is
poHFessed
Of srlcnUtla demons and a regulating
card
And while she chews her pencil all the
eKKs are boiling hard.
She gets bewildered with It and she has
to balance up.
And the coffee is so sturdy that It al
most cracks the cup.
Mother's slow st figures so our break
fast's always late;
The proteldn and the hydrates make the
task for hir too great.
We never get a luncheon, for she figures
on till noon,
And finds we've overdone It, and that al
most makes her swoon.
Mother's tubulating every pennyweight we
eat
Except the meals we smuggle from th
restaurant down street.
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CHARLES K.HIRU CO.,
Malvern, Pa.
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