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Thanksgiving tiny ought to follow right
on the heels of the glorious Fourth.
The national holiday and the national
game go together. So say the score
tables.
More popular as a vehicle lu Nebraska
Just now than the automobile the culti
vator. Tow Johnson's presidential boomlet
may i now be expected to show another
sproutlet
Powder trust promoters have evidently
been waiting until after the Fourth to
proceed to perfect their organization.
Grover Cleveland says he still puts
hope in Taniuiuny. That's what few
people who know the Tammany tiger's
ways will do.
No American feels any diffidence Nln
these days ut celobrath.g the Fourth in
good old-fashioned style, no matter in
what corner of the globe he may happen
to be sojourning.
The glorious Fourth is over. Now, let
us bind up the wounds of the patriotic
young Americans who have celebrated
not wisely but too well.
J. Plerpont Morgan Is much more
economical on cable tolls than was
Charles M. Schwab when the latter was
skating through Europe on a health-restorer
quest.
Both political parties in Iowa have
drawn their platforms along national Is
sues, although no national Issue Is
directly involved in the contest. It will
be a nutlonal campulgu year every year
lu .Iowa pretty soon.
The relations botween Iiussla and the
United States may be strained and may
remain strained for some time, but they
re not likely to be severed. The Rus
sian bear is not in a frame of mind to
tenture upon a trial of strength with the
American eagle.
The debate in the British Commons
qver the Irish land bill is described by
the reporters ns a political love feast.
but the time when the English and the
Irish will hug each other in fraternal
embrace wherever they meet is still in
the sweet bye and bye.
By the report of the statistician of tho
Interstate Commerce commission it bp
pears that the dlvldeiuls of American
railroads which In 1807 aggregated some
137,000,000, had reached $H5,301,(HX) in
1902, or more than doubled in five years.
This is the story of national prosperity
In t nutshell.
The Chicago Record-Herald is snxlou"
to know who cau remember the name of
the gentlemau wUo earned immortality
by reading the Declaration of impend
ence in the Kansas City convention Pos
sibly the desired Information cuu be pro
cured from the late standard bearer who
has Just celebrated that immortal anni
versary. t. .j
There is no Immediate or remote
danger ef the wiping out of the rural do
livery of mall In this section of the coun
try as a result of Assistant Postmaster
General Brlstow's recent order. It does
not stand to reason t'-iat General Bristow
would want to sbolSU pr uhiudon rural
mail delivery. The probabilities are that
his order will be modified to meet exist
ing conditions.
THE TRKHD TVfVAHU AHHITHATION.
Out of the divergent result e of the
numerous, recent conflicts lietween latxir
ii ml capital, which have been aptly des
ignated "the Industrial unrest," certain
definite progress toward more stable
conditions can already be seen. All
these steps seem to load in the direc
tion of arbitration as the remedy for
lalwr troubles, and In its mure general
if not universal acceptance as the only
alternative to protracted and costly in
dustrial warfare. The more far-sighted
leaders on both sides of the controversy
have forseen this outcome and have
been doing and are still doing all In
their power to promote that end. This
Is true more particularly of the conserv
ative newspaper press which, like The
llee, has from the first been advising
mutual concession and conciliation
through the mediation of arbitration
boards made up of men with' no direct
personal Interest In the dispute submit
ted to them. The arbitration advocates
nnturnlly drew upon themselves the fire
of the extremists of lioth the unions and
the employers' associations, but In tho
Industrial field, as elsewhere, conserva
tism Is sure to win out.
The trend toward arbitration is un
mistakable. A characteristic example of
the common ground which may be oc
cupied comes from Washington, where
the differences in the building trades
are to be adjusted under an agreement
by which all grievances, no matter what
they may refer to, arising between em
ployer and employe In the building
trades will lie submitted to a board of
arbitration without interruption of
building operations during the dispute
or controversy. The agreement sub- J
scribed to provides that "this board
shall consist of ten members, equally
divided between the associations rep
resented. The members of the board
shall be elected annually by their re
spective associations nt their regular
meetings for the election of officers.
Whenever any matter Is referred to the
board, before considering the case. It
(the board! shall agree upon an umpire,
and the umpire thus chosen must not
be connected with the building trades.
He may act as presiding officer and shall
have the deciding vote. The duty of
this board shall be to consider such
matters of mutual interest and concern
to employers and workmen as may lie
regularly referred to it by either of the
parties concerned, and to transmit Its
conclusions thereon to each association
concerned for its government. Special
meetings shall be held when either of
the parties desires to submit any ques
tion to the board for settlement. A ma
jority vote shall decide all questions,
and three members of the board repre
senting each party shall constitute a
quorum. In no case shall any matter
be considered with an unequal repre
sentation." As a matter of further de
tail no member of the arbitration board
directly interested Jo the matter under
consideration Is eligible to serve on that
particular case, and Ms place is tempor
arily taken, by a substitute appointed
by tlx? president of the 'association he
represents. . . c :t- .
The substantial points in this arrange
ment are the same ns those under ne
gotiation in tho building trades in New
York City, where they seem about to
be accepted. They are applicable to all
localities and can be readily adapted to
all cities throughout the country. The
most active agent In procuring the
agreement in Washington was Samuel
Gorapers, who had also presented a
similar proposition quite recently for
mediation between Chicago strikers and
their employers. As everyone who has
studied the lalior problem knows, it re
quires only n few successful experi
ments under such an arbitration scheme
to pave the wuy for the adoption of the
plen generally, and if it succeeds, as 1t
seems sure to do in settling the ugly
strikes in several big cities like Washing
ton and New York, permanent arbitra
tion boards will become an established
part of the machinery that governs the
rotations between labor and capital in
this country, in which the constituent
elements will be neither the individual
wns-e worker nor the individual em
ployer, but the trades unions on the one
side and the employers' association on
the other. When that time conies we
will be reasonably free from disastrous
strikes and lockouts, at least for trivial
causes.
Ait AMrniC4X avvaxtaoi:.
The Europeans who have come to this
country to study American conditions
have borne testimony to certalu phases
of our industrial and business life as
being superior to anything in the old
world and urged their acceptance, gen
erally, by Europeans as essential to
progress and a successful competition
with this country in the world's- mar
kets. It would be very remarkable, of
course, if there was uot occasionally
found among these foreign investigators
one who does not regard with favor our
J lnl""trtn methods, but the variety of
such only tends to emphasize the opin
ion of those who see In American ways
and practices the very highest attain
ment of practical skill and Judgment at
the present time.
The German experts who visited this
country for the purpose of studying the
production of Iron and steel, with a
view to determining the relative com
petitive ability of German and American
manufacturers, had little encouragement
to offer to their countrymen. While
they did not find a very great difference
In tho productive copuclty of the Atuerl-
! can and German worklngmen, although
the difference was In favor of the
former, they found In the matter of
transportation a very material advan
tage to the American manufacturer. This
is a matter of no small Importance snd
should lie of particular iuterest to those
who vre urging government ownership
of the railroads. Ordinarily it would
be supposed that the German rail road ,
under government control, would be
operated more cheaply than are tha
railroads In this country, but such Is
not the fact The truth is that while
tiie distances which the German trans
portation lines have to move raw Ma
terials to the manufacturing plants are
far less than the average distance which
such supplies are transported on Ameri
can lines, yet such materials are. trans
ported to the manufacturers so much
more cheaply over American transporta
tion lines that the German find them
selves heavily handicapped in the at
tempt to produce in competition with
the T'nltetl States, notwithstanding their
ndvantage lu cheaper labor.
Lcferrlng to this a contemporary re
marks that there Is n lesson in it for
those who are constantly advocating
government ownership of transportation
lines. "Such ownership has a better
opportunity to demonstrate Its uli'ftii
times In tho Germnn empire than hei-e.
The German government is organUed
oa n military basis. Every employe of
the state roads tins served his time In
the nriny and comes to his new employ
ment thoroughly disciplined, prepared to
obey orders and to perform nil of l is
duties with military exactness. Yet
It'overiinient ownership of railroads In
Gem t.ny Is an admitted failure from
the standpoint of improved service or
lowered rates. The service' given is
poorer and the rates which the public
is taxed are higher than in the United
States." The fact thus presented by
the German experts who have visited
this country Is manifestly of such im
portance as to be worthy of tho tho i;;ht
ful attention of our people.
VALVE OF PVBLlClTr.
The well known corporation lawyer,
Mr. .Tames B. Dill, said in n recent ad
dress in regard to the New Jersey
corporate policy, that "if investors .oulrt
obtain as much Information about the
make-up of the company when Its se
curities are placed upon the market as
is thrust upon them when a receiver is
appointed by the court, a great number
of so-called industrials would never see
the light of day." He said It was a
matter of regret that desirable informa
tion in many instances does not come
to the investor's knowledge until n re
ceiver is appointed by the court, "or
when the management is no longer able
to carry the burden of the promoter's
creation." He expressed the opinion
that we must look for n new system
of industrial corporation In the form
of national laws which shall exact
reasonable publicity in corporate af
fairs. It would seem that the new bureau of
corporations should provide the Inform
ation necessary to protect the public
against being misled in the matter of
investment In the stocks of corporations.
It is the duty of that bureau to In
vestigate the organization of all corpor
ations engaged in Interstate commerce
and the result of such Investigation can
be made public by authority of the
piesldent. There is thus established a
means of publicity which, if sustained
by the courts, will enable the public to
know what corporations are worthy of
their confidence and those that are not' '
HiOHC KDVCATIUN IN BVSIKESS.
A pertinent contribution to the current
discussion on the value of a college edu
cation as a preparation for a business
f areer is made by the editor of The In
terior, the staid old Presbyterian weekly
jmbi'phed lu Chicago. The writer not
only opposes the contention that the
young man who is going- into business
wastes his time In college and spoils
himself for business success, but cites
facts elicited by an Inquiry pursued on
his own account which supports the
opposite conclusion.
To learn whether the young men hold
ing important positions In the business
world were helped up the ladder by edu
cational training the question was put
not to their employers but to the young
men, themselves. To avoid disturbing
influence of tjiose addressed all married
men, all money men and all men who
enjoyed a "pull" through their parents
or lelatives were excluded, reducing the
number to those who got their positions
through their own personal adaptability
to the places. To make sure they were
strictly business engagements all pro
fessional callings were also excluded, as
well as occupations requiring technical
Information that could be secured only
in professional schools. Of the men In
tervlewed the occupations are summar
ized as follows: Commercial travelers 44;
bank clerks 30; real estate men 24;
municipal employes 3U; commercial
book-keepers 20; purchasing or distrbu
ting agents 18; postofflee employes 14;
newspaper men 4; pharmacists 4. In
the words of the Interior;
We found In these 200 young men, not
one of whom had been thrust Into place
by Influence, not one of whom had bought
an Interest and with It a salary, that 00
had had a common school - training only,
CO had had a high school education, 44 had
been to aomo normal school or business
college and 4 were college-bred men trained
In our college Institutions or state unlversl
tics.
To give these figures their relative
weight reference to public school statis
tics show that of every 100 lioys who
have a common school education about
2.27 get to the high school, 1.47 reach
tho normal or business school and but
,17 go to college, so that in these places
t'enoilng success in the business world
aro found insteud of 4.B4 boys with high
school education RO or practically 11
times their quota, and instead of 2.04
boys from normal and business colleges
44 or 15 times their proportion, and in
stead of 1.34 boys with collegiate train
lug, 40 or nearly 35 times their statist!'
csl ratio.
While It is hardly fair to accept such
a compilation aa conclusive or even as
representative of conditions In business
circles throughout the country. It never
theless affords no encouragement to
those who are due ry lug higher educutlon
as an obstacle rather than a help to bus
iness advancement In business as else
where, there U a constant struggle for
the survival of the fittest The ambi
tious boy with good mental and physical
equipment Is ambitious to secure an ed-1
ucatlon and the same qualities that
make him achieve this ambition make
for success In his later ambition to rise In
his business career. The boy who falls
after having the advantage of a college
education would certainly fall without
It, and the boy who succeeds after go
ing through college is likely to enjoy
a larger measure of success.
RVtiSlA'S ATT1TVLE MKSA'.l.fH.
The latest advices Indicate the possi
bility of serious trouble between Russia
and Great Brltnln and Japan. The pres
ent threatening conditions are not new.
On thfl contrary there has been for at
least two years past a state of affairs
which has menaced the pence between
Russia and Japan and this has been
steadily growing In Intensity. It is a
well known fact that Japan has been
persistently opposed to the policy of
Russia In Manchuria, on the ground that
tho Russian aim was not only to secure
absolute control of thnt province, the
most valuable In the Chinese empire, but
also to make it the base of operations
for obtaining a foothold in Coren, which
if accomplished would be inimical to
Japanese interests and power in that
quarter.
The evident designs of Russia, pur
sued deliberately In spite of all protests,
are shown to have but one meaning and
that Is the absolute control of Man
churia, regardless of what may be the
rights of uny other country. About a
year ago Great Britain and Japan en
tered Into a treaty the purpose of which
was to prevent Russia from carrying
out a policy that was believed to be
contemplated by that power and would
be detrimental to the Interests of both
the contracting nations. That treaty
was simply one of warning. It did not
commit either power to n hostile atti
tude, but merely bound them together
to resist any policy on the part of Russia
antagonistic to their respective rights
and Interests In that part of Chinese
territory now under Russian domination.
It Is an agreement by which Great
Britain and Japan are to act together In
opposing the demands of Russia in Man
churia. In the event of war growing
out of such opposition each power is
bound to assist the other in case of any
third party entering the conflict. Thus
in a war between Russia and Japan,
which Is now threatened, according to
the latest udvlces, Great Britain would
assist Japan only in case that France,
the ally of Russia, should assist that
power.
The lntest advices, which appear to be
upon the very best authority, have a
decidedly menacing aspect and the ques
tion that naturally suggests itself Is,
what interest has the United States in
the issue? This country has had a good
deal to say in regard to the policy of
Russia in Manchuria. It has a very
great interest in that rich portion of the
Chinese empire and has joined with
Japan in asking China to open new trade
ports there. We have our most exten
sive commercial interests In Manchuria
and we want to re'taln them. - Russia
has given our government assurances
that these will not be interfered with.
But how much confidence can be given
to these assurances?
We do not believe there Is any great
danger of war between Russia and the
powers concerned In Manchuria. In tho
last extremity we think thnt Russia will
yield whatever those powers demand as
essential to their rights and Interests.
So far as the United States la concerned
there is every reoson to believe that its
rights and interests In China will be re
spected. But in any event this country
will not become involved in any com
plications that may arise in connection
with Russian policy in China. We shall
continue to assert what we regard as
our rights, guaranteed by treaty, but
this will be done independently of uny
other nation.
, Under the new Indiana divorce law,
which has Just gone into effect, a decree
of divorce in Indiana will not be quite
as attractive for matrimonial misfits as
a decree in South Dakota. An Indiana
divorce hereafter will simply mean a
legal separation for a limited time, dur
ing which the parties must live apart
and cannot reunite in marriage. The
court retains the power to make and alter
awards as to property rights and chil
dren; alimony may be allowed and either
spouse may convey real estate without
the consent of the other. The Indiana
experiment in limited divorces will be
watched with a great deal of interest by
inharmonious households. The new de
parture In restricted uncoupling was
adopted through the Influence of several
societies of women Mho have reform
proclivities and emotional tendencies,
and It may 1k hoped the practical work
ings of the reform will not prove disap
pointing. It Is the essence of nerve, yet not at all
surprising, for the telephone company
to explain that the cost estimates pre
sented to the legislature were Intended
for consideration in connection with the
regulation of tolls and not to be taken
into account in assessment of the prop
erty for taxation. This Is the sume prac
tice pursued by the big railroad tax
shirkers, who do not hesitate to put a
good, stiff valuation on their property
when It Is to be turned In on some mer
ger scheme and theu list It for taxation
at a small fraction of the selling price.
The lesser corporations are merely learn
ing from the examples set them by the
big railroad compaules through their pro
fessional salaried officers of the tax-
dodging bureau.
The organization of a gas rrnst through
the acquisition and merger of the stocks
of rival fins compaules will subject Sau
Frumisco to the arbitrary exactions of a
monojioly that proposes at once to raise
the price of gas which under strenuous
competition has been ranging from 50 to
70 cents per 1.000 cubic feet to a little
over $1 per 1,000 feet Whether the con
sumers of gas la Ban Francisco will
tamely submit to a raise of from 30 to 50
per cent in the price rematns to be seen.
Hon Francisco has been and Is yet a
monopoly-ridden town, ut It has in the
past done some pretty vigorous kicking
against monopolistic methods.
Secretary of War Hoot has directed an
Inquiry into the army glove contract
with K. R. Lyon, who, It Is claimed, ob
tained his supply of gloves of a tlrm of
which Representative I.lttaner of New
York Is a member. And that reminds us
of the famous Llttauer letter that was
circulated for political effect In Omahn
Commercial club circles last year, In
which the congressman from Glovers
vllle explained his refusal to establish a
branch glove factory In Omaha on the
ground that he could not possibly carry
on the glove-making business In a city
that showed a dlstiosition to turn down
our Dave.
The Fourth of July, 18(51, was signal
ized by the completion of the raclflc
telegraph nnd the transmission of the
first telegraphic message from Washing
ton to San Francisco. July 4, l'.H)3, has
been mode memorable by the completion
of the Pacific ocean cable and the trans
mission of the first telegraphic message
from New York to Manila. The building
of the Pacific telegraph line ncross tho
great plains and over the Rockies and
the Sierras was regarded in Its day as n
much greater feat than Is the laying of
the Pacific cable 0,000 leagues under the
sea in our times.
The absence of Governor Yates on his
trip to Europe does not seem to have de
prived Illinois of Its place on the map.
The necessity for the governor of a great
commonwealth to keep his hand on the
throttle Is by no means so Imperative
now as in former years.' It Is safe to say
that Illinois' famous war governor, the
father of the present governor, would
never have thought It safe to Indulge a
travel tour that would keep him out of
his state several months. Verily, times
have changed.
Now that Colonel Bryan Is duly In
stalled in his "big new mnnslon," he
will not have to entertain in bis barn
any more. The "big new mansion," how
ever, would not deter him from moving
into the "old white mansion" if he had
the chance.
The Test of Pntrlotlsm.
Chicago News.
Still, a nation which cheerfully suffers so
much In the annual celebration of Its na
tional holiday cannot be accused of lacking
patriotism.
Financiering that Paid,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
By the recent refunding and purchase of
bonds, the Interest paid by the govern
ment has been reduced 12,000,00) a year.
The reduction of Interest on the national
debt has been one of the greatest achieve
ments In the history of finance.
t'nlqne Spirit of Loyalty. .
New York World. '
It is not all war In the industrial world.
Here are ,000 employes of the United
States Express company volunteering to
furnish pieces of skin for the benefit of
Assistant General Superintendent Freder
icks, who was aoaided In the Westfleld train
wreck. There Is atlll something left of the
old human relations between oaptalns and
privates of Industry.
The Girl Leaving College.
Phlladeplhla Inquirer.
Aim for success. Do not select a calling
which Is beyond you. It Is better to be a
good housekeeper than a poor teacher. It
Is better to be an expert stenographer
than an inferior lawyer. It Is better to be
an efficient nurse than an Inefficient doc
tor. Perhaps the more ambitious calling
will bring a slight notoriety in tho begin
ning, but If a girl wishes to take u worthy
place in the world she must not only fol.
low her bent, she must consider whether
she has strength for the long race.
Poor Lo Getting; Good.
Boston Transcript.
It Is a cheery, hopeful vlow that MI
Estelle Reel, superintendent of Indian
schools, takes of the future condition of
the Indians. And since her opinion Ii
based upon facts which she has been able
to gather at first hand the roit of ui may
take her viewpoint In considering the gret
question. If tho "bad Indian1' has had his
day as she says, the chances are that the
rest of the race will attain as high a level
morally as have the paleface, it Un't
likely, however, that the Indians will try
to exceed us In "being gool" though In
view of Prof. James' opinion 'of the edu
cated class of today, it might come e isHr
to him than he believes possible.
SAVE TUB TREES.
Pathetic Appeal to the Patriotism of
Mterar? People.
(Chicago Inter Ocean.)
Much has been charged against the
modern historical novel, but until a person
of statistical mind came forward and
grasped the subject by the roots Its far
reaching evils were unsuspected.
It Is well known that book are made of
paper, that paper is made of cellulofe, and
that the cellulose supply comes from tim
ber. The discovery made by the statistical
person has these facta for Its basis:
To this is added the fact of nine his.
torlcal novels with a total sale of 1.600,
000 copies. The average weight of each
book Is calculated at twenty ounces, and
so 1,600,000 books contain about 2,0,0 OX)
pounds of paper.
A manufacturer of paper figures that a
good, average spruce tree will yield a
little less than half a cord of wood, or SO)
pounds of paper. Thus, nlna hlitorlral
novels circulating 1.6A),00) copies represent
about 4,000 trees.
The cruelty of the book reviewer has
often been shown, when, weary of the
flood of historical novels, he has advised
the author to "take to the woods." He
has probably not suspected that his ad
vtce has a literal meaning, since tha great
est danger from the writer of historical,
fiction lies in the woods.
The hlitorlcal novelist of today Is re
markably proline, and a circulation of
1,6(10,000 copies for nine historical novels,
or 4.000 trees, Is but an earnest of what
he may do. The bureau of forestry has
long been sounding the peril to our forests
from tires and the ravages of Insects. Shall
to these perils be added the mora serious
one that denudes the tree area fur the saks
of a little excitement concerning a gentle
man with a rapier and his lady love?
The attention of the Indiana Amalga
mated Association of Authors Is directed
to this perilous condition In ths hope that
It will rome to the. aid of ths bureau of
forestry and tomanl.at lesren the novel out
put until the western preserves, about to
be renewed under government direction,
are In condition te , furnish more material.
lirtttR SHOTS AT THIS TVl-PIT.
Chicago Record-Herald: One Chicago
preacher thinks the American people laugh
too much. This Is the worst case of trouble
seeking that we have ever heard of.
New York Tribune: Some of the Episco
pal clergy In the diocese of Newark do not
take defeat gracefully, to say the least.
Having held an election for bishop and
been outvoted, they are now trying to
make It Impossible for tha bishop-elect to
accept the office.
Philadelphia Ledger: That EnBllsh vlcsr
who makes -i practice of breaking up relig
ious meetings had better go home and stay
there. Tho American people have pretty
generally adopted the principle that If a
man doesn't like any form of religious wor
ship he Is free to stay away from It; and
that Is all he can safely do.
London Tablet: Last week we were able
to quote the latest official statltlstlrs of
the Society of Jesus, showing a grand total
of 16,231 members. Here are thosn of the
Franciscan orders, aa presented to the re
cent general chapter In Rome. The grand
total of numbers Is 14,4.12, Including 7.67J
priests and 3,4 students. The number of
provinces Is 71 and of houses 1.274.
Indianapolis Journal: In well-Informed
Roman Catholic circles there Is no disap
pointment because Archbishop Ireland was
not cnatd a cardinal at the recent con
sistory, because they did not expect it. No
new cardinal will be named In this coun
try until Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore
shall have passed away. America Is re
garded at the Vatican as a mlaaonary
country, and It will bo many years yet be
fore It will be placed In the same citegory
In Catholic affairs with It-ily, France, Aus
tria and Spain. The distinction Is rational
and America will survive it.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Dr. Dowle's preten
sions as a prophet and messlah have been
challenged to a praying duel to the death.
The challenger is Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of
Quadlna, Punjaub, India. "Come thou. O
self-styled prophet, to a duel," aays Mlr
In his defl. "l,et us kneel on our knees In
the dust of the earth, you and I together,
and pray the Almighty that of us two
whoever is the liar shall perish first." Eli
jah II has not accepted the challenge. Let
ters and publications say that M m is
the "promised Messiah." He says: "I am
the very Messiah, the promised one, for
whom he fs so anxiously waiting. Retween
Dr. Dowle's position and mine the differ
ence is this: Dowie fixes the appearance
of the Mosslah within the next twenty
five years, while I give him the glad tid
ings that the Messiah has already ap
peared. I am that Messiah. I will pray
him to death to settle the question."
PERSONAL MOTES.
None of the hay that Boss Croker Is mak
ing on his English estate will ever be used
In stuffing another democratic ox.
Those who object to the reign of King
Peter of Servia should aoate their wrath
a while; he has ordered an automobile.
Thomas Jj Walsh and ' ussoclates, of
Colorado Springs, Col., nave purchased
1.200 acres of mineral bearing territory in
Siberia for J900,000.
J. Plerpont Morgan has Just ' paid
$100,000 for a single book. Even at this
extravagant figure, Its value Is Insignificant
when compared to that of his check book.
John H. Hippie of Newton, Pa., has
taught school forty-one years In the same
building and has never been outside of the
county of Lancaster in wnicfi he was born.
Irene Waldron of Irvlngton, N. J., who
was born without arms, has learned to sew
with her toes and la succeeding admirably
In learning other feminine accomplish
ments. Charles M. Schwab's assistant as head
of tha" Steel trust is a foot-ball enthusiast.
Mr. Schwab can. however, give him some
valuable points concerning the Morgan
grid-Iron,
Judge Lynch is nowhere regarded aa an
ornament, to the bench; the only trouble
is that his rulings do not appear so ob
jectionable when he Is on our circuit as
when he Is on circuit at a distance.
Forty years ago a New York man made
his coffin. Last week he was burled In it.
If he had economised In time in proportion
to his early thrift, he would have been
spared the expense of prolonged existence.
For the first time since Neal Dow sprung
prohibition on the state, half a century
ago, Maine is now a "dry state." even
more so than Kansas. Pnrtles traveling
through the state or making the annual
"homo week" visit are permitted to bring
In moderate quantities of redeye for medici
nal purposes. Consequently there is a
great deal of sickness In the state which
visitors alone can cure.
GRATIFYING TREASl'RY EXHIBIT.
The Expanding Snrplns anil Proposed
Currency Legislation,
Philadelphia Press.
The Treasury department may well feel
gratified over the 52,710.or surplus for the
fiscal year which endod with yesterday.
The war taxes abolished by the last con
gress reduced the Internal revenue receipts
by $41,764,800; but the prosperous condition
of the country Increased greatly the de
mand for Imported articles, particularly
raw nsterlala for manufacturing, and that
fact Increased tha customs receipts over
$29.CM),000. Tha same reson led to a large
Increase In the sale of public lands, and In
other ways added millions to the surplus.
Under tha wise management of the tress
ury by Secretary Shnw the monev In cir
culation Increased $126,652,786, a very ma
terial aid to prosperity. The national bank
circulation Increased $67,000,000. and over
$15,000,000 of that sum was the result of the
secretary's course last October In accepting
state and municipal bonds, Instoad of
t'nlted States bonds, as security for gov
ernment deposits. The prlnelpnl part of
the remainder of the increase grows out of
tne secretary s refunding operations, by
mesns of which $T5,OOft,floo of S and 4 per
cent bonds have been exchanged for 2 per
cent bonds, which In turn have been largely
usea to increase bank circulation. One
month more remains In which to present
these bonds for exchange, and the secre
tary expects. It Is said, to obtain $100,000,000
In all, the full amount of his call. That
will be a decided help at a time when a
stringency Is predicted In moving the crops.
mere is a working balance now In the
treasury of $77.0(e.0Xl, exclusive of deposits
In the national hanks. The postal receipts
and expenditures are not Included In these
calculations, but there will not be murh of
a deficiency In the Postal department. i
the Colombian government ratifies the
canal treaty the expenditures on account
of tha canal can probably be made from
the treasury without withdrawing money
from the banks, as the surplus each month
outside of possible canal expenditures, prob
ably will not decline.
If congress at its extra session would act
on the currency question there would be
no fear of any unfavorable result from
un'ng money deposited In the banks. But
the western banks to some extent oppose
tho proposition to compel the banks to pay
Interest on government deposits the same
as they do on stato and municipal deposits,
and this may Interfere with any legislation
on the subject. The report that Repre
sentative Cannon, who expects to be chosen
speaker, will oppose any banking legisla
tion may be true; but hla alleged threat
to defeat all such legislation by the use of
his power as speaker Is not credible. Mr.
Cannon Is not the man to make such a
threat. Rut even lr legislation falls, the
country Is In a better financial condition
probably than aver before.
AN ASTO!I9HI!tJ ACCTSATtO.
Wo ma a Legislator Foiaty
Woman Talks Too Mae."
New Tork Bun.
A woman legislator haa uttered a strange
opinion. She Is Mrs. Chester JS. ounor,
. . . . V. w-. tw- iTtsh lev
ins only woman mrnim-i 'i "
Islature." She has served one term in mm py
body, and with distinction. She Is a law-
yer. married to a physician. Her ability
was so well known that she was maae
chairman of the Judiciary committee, a
high laurel for a new member to pluck.
Among her achievements as chairman were
a curfew law and an act In restraint of
cigarettes. In Hull House, Chicago, the
other day she spoke with Just pride of the
women of Colorsdo, t'tah and Wyoming,
the pioneers In all advanced work for .
women." "we are in tne nr"" ui im
In those mountains," she said; i to
the heights for Inspiration." But did not
her own Inspiration fall her whan aha ut-
tered this strange opinion?
"Women talk too much."
Either as a woman legislator, or aa a
woman, can Mrs. coulter aeiena uco"-
fully thla assertion? Talk la the most use
ful, necessary and harmless business oi
legislatures and congresses. What Is a
"Parliament" but a talkT There are laws
"to burn." and the world would be a good
deal better off if most of them were burned.
The calves on a thousand hills can't supply
binding enough for these growing miles of
statutes. Every Jefferson scattering uai-
kins that makes his way Into tha as
sembly or congress believea himself sol
emnly called to bring In a batch of bills
and amendments to Improve or . prqhlblt
something or other and show his con
stituents that Batkfns is thinking while
they sleep. As legislators neither men nor
women can talk too much. Some of them
may be bores of double-extra power. But
the more talk the less speed; and In most
cases that Is a sare rule ror lawmakers.
The less they do besides the ordinary. In- ,
dispensable business, the better. , Even
such mighty measures as a law against
cigarettes and a law that curiew snail ring
tonight might have suffocated In a sea of
talk without much loss to civilisation. In
short, we deny that the legislators, either
women or men, can talk too much.
And now from special to general wind.
Do women as a class talk too muchT Can
women as a class talk too much? What Is
"too much 7" What Is the standard of
speech, the exact measure of permissible
talk that never slops over Into loquacity?
If women talk too much, who talks Just
enough? Not the men. To be sure, there
are great silent men, like Mr Roosevelt,
but the mass of men is as gr.rr-.ilous aa a
guinea fowl. The old principle of sex
taboo still holds good Insofar aa men most" J
habitually associate with and talk to men,
women with women. There are no exact
figures or records to be obtained and few
phonographs to appeal to on the subject,
but we are confident that the talk output of
the men as a class exceeds that of the
women. Not content with tha everlasting
dribble and babble of their private hours,
men Inflict themselves upon the publlo and
yell from the stump, the platform and any
where else where they can get a hearing. .
Most of the public oratory comes from tha) Vf
breeches wearers. From the senate to the '
humblest little district school where the
village sage makes "a few remarks to the
children," where are you safe from the
ineradicable Instinct of man to rejoice In
his own voice? You take an ocean voyage
for rest, and Mr. DepeW Is sure to , b
aboard and on his legs.
As to ordinary talk, think of this fact,
fatal to male pretensions of superiority:
Most men "talk shop" drearily and In
terminably. They have the curiosity of
their arboreal ancestor. They love gossip
as a hawk loves chicks. And yet they sup
pose themselves to be reticent and apeak
with indulgent superiority of the chatter
of the Other sex. So Carlyle, "the stormy
sophist with his mouth of thunder,", cele
brated the Eternal Silences In thirty-odd
octavo volumes. And Thomas was a Sage,
Just about aa sage aa tha rest of us.
With the highest respect to Mrs. Coulter,
we are compelled to deny categorically her
theory that women talk too much. They
don't talk nearly aa much as men. They
usually talk a great many diameters better
than men.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Edyth Aunt Margaret used to say alio
wouldn't marry the best man on earth.
Mayme And did she keep her word?
Edyth Yes; but she got married, Just the
same. Chicago News.
"Professor, I know a man who says he
can tell, by the impression on hla mind
when his wife wants him to come home to
dinner, is it telepathy?"
Not at all miss, i should call that
mendacity." Philadelphia Press.
Stern Papa Aro you sure, sir, that yoir 4
affections for mv daughter are not in-
fluenced by the fact that ahe la heiress to
over n million?
Young Man Not In the least I would
love her Just the same If It waa only half a
million. iialtlmore American.
"Margaret, I think you cheapen yourself
by going so much to the theaters with Mr
Jones." "No, mother; on the contrary, I'm making
myself very dear." Harvard Lampoon.
"I suppose," said the advertising man,
"you will want a position for your adver
tisement next to pure reading matter."
"Oh! no," replied the advertiser, "as I'm
after the swell trade you'd better put It
next to the report of some society scandal i
or divorce case." Philadelphia Cathollt
Standard.
"It was really chilly on the porch last
evening." she said.
"What was the matter?" asked her dear
est friend. "Wouldn't ho propose ?" Chi
cago Record-Herald.
"Why did she marry him?"
"I give It up. He wasn't bad enough to
need reforming or good enough to make a
desirable husband.' Judge.
She Did the bride look pretty at tha
wedding?
He Of course. Wasn't she a bride.
Somervllle Journal.
She kissed him most affectionately.
"What's that for?" he asked.
"Why, that," she replied, "la a revenue
stamp.
Thereupon he produced the revenue, Chi
cago Post.
SONG OF THE WHIP-POOR-WILL.
Some folks can't bear to hear the sound
Of the restless, murmuring aea.
And some they hate the wood-dove's moan,
4ut It's J iHt this way with me:
There's nothing quite so lonesom-like,
As the sung of the whip-poor-will
When It floats out on the d isky night
Yrom its home on the wooded hill.
It makes me think of the summer nights
When me and my brother Jim
Set on the steps of the old farm house
'Mid the shadders dark and grim.
We was only kids, and our little hearts
Would quake with a nameless fear,
An' we nrvtled closer to mothers feet.
While she whispered, "Mother's near."
That waa years ago, we've wandered since,
Far, far from our chlldhodd a home.
Across the weary wastes of snow
To the storm-lashed shores of Nome;
There we counted o'er our solden store,
An' we ta ked of home until
The roar of the waves seemed mingled
with
The song of the whip-poor-will,
V
We reached our home on a summer nig'
Who told us In words so cruel, cold
That our mother waa no more.
Too stunned to move we set us down
On the steps In the moonlight atlll
An' floating up from a bush nearby
Came the song of the whip-poor-will.
Wae It only the moonbeams bright
Qot mixed up with our tears.
Or did we see her suttln' there
As In the bygone years?
Was ft an evho from the past
or did we really hear
A voice, as the nlaht-wlnd passed us bsu
Which whispered. "Mother's near"
Aurgik, rtnu.
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