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That ponUflcal deadlock did not stand
very long.
Announcement of the finding of the
fisherman's ring Is now about due.
Old Cassius M. Clay was evidently al
ways as ready to write a will as to fight
a duel.
At last the imaginative Rome corre
spondent mny safely take a few days off
for recreation.
So little attraction was held forth by
life In the Vatican cells that the car
dinals voluntarily cut short their own
Incarceration.
The McKlnley club will support the
republican ticket this time. The lesson
of its last defection seems to have been
brought home.
Tho conclave of cardinals acted very
much like an ordinary American petit
Jury. They did not want to bring In
their verdict until after breakfast
Perhaps the 100-families-to-a-route rule
for rural free delivery Is simply another
device of the Roosevelt administration
to bead off race suicide tendencies.
Every Cuban who was uniformed In
a shirt collar and a pair of spurs dur
lug the Spanish-American war has filed
his claim for back pay as a Cuban pa
trlot
The triple crown mny have come to
Cardinal Sarto as a complete surprise,
but It did not take him long to make
tip his mind under what name he would
wear it.
The South Omaha school board pro
poses to go Into court to recover ?2,000
from an architect which reminds us of
the fellow who tried to squeeze blood
out of a turnip.
It is to be hoped that detached from
bis million-dollar salary, ex-President
Schwab will be able to recuperate his
health whenever he pleases without In
fllctlng the public with any more of his
freak vagaries.
The purchase of tweuty forges for
the third yeor luss In manual training
has been recommended by the high
chool. committee. why not also
recommend the purchase of a threshing
machine? Harvesters are In greater de
mand than blacksmiths Jnst now.
It Is to be noted that Colonel Bryan
never thought rt necessary to request
bis hosts at a bnnquet to have It given
out that not a single word of polities
wonld cross his Hps. A presidential as
pirant has no right to accept a Imnqut
Invitation unless he Is prepared to talk
politics.
i
Iowa railroads are assessed somewha
higher this year tliun lost, but tu no
proportion of Increase to the Intrcnse In
railroad values of tho last few yeurs.
The railroad tax bureau men lu Iowa
are excelled In the tax shirking business
only by the railroad tux bnreau men In
Nebraska.' -
' Mexico is getting ready to substitute
the gold standard for the silver 8 tan
mm aua tuo European tuitions are
seriously discussing the recolnogo of a
liver money at the ratio of 32 to
But tua Hryanlte democracy will not
budge from Its demand for the free and
unlimited coiuuge of silver at the sacred
ratio of 19 to 1.
THK ASH POX TIFF
It was the unexpected that happened
In the election of Cardinal (Jluseppe
Horto to the pspnry. When the con
cluvo of cardinals assembled he was not
mentioned, at least publicly, nsa pos
sible snocesHor to the late Tope I-eo nml
in the early ballots there was no Indica
tion thnt he was likely to be the choice
of the conclave. It is probable that he
had no expectation or even hope of such
a result. In the dispatches from Home
of Monday it was stated that when
Cardinal Sarto received the good wishes
of his friends he Teplled, "Oh, no. I
purchased a return ticket when I left
Venice."
The new pontiff, who has taken the
title of Tlus X, has been considered
among the moro liberal members of the
Italian episcopate and sacred college.
Created a cardinal by the late pope ten
years ago, he has been since that time
patriarch of Venice and also bishop of
Mantua. He enjoyed great popularity
in bis diocese, being honored by all for
his purity, for the strict uprightness of
his life and for,, his liberal Ideas. He Is
described as a modest: and agreeable
man, highly cultivated, kind hearted,
still strong and robust at 08 years of
age. He has never taken great part In
the political and public life of the'
chru-ch, but divided his time between
study and good works, though not neg
lecting such administrative duties as fell
to him. Although most faithful to the
Holy See he has never been unfriendly
to the Italian government and his action
immediately following the election, in
blessing the populace, is Interpreted to
mean that he will not regard himself,
as did his predecessor, as being a pris
oner In the Vatican.
From what Is sold of the characteris
tics of Tlus X his election was evidently
a victory for the liberal element and
therefore gives promise of continued
progress for the church. It is an as
surance of better relations between the
aticon and the Qulrlnal, which It is
the earnest desire of the Italian govern
ment to cultivate. It means also that
the Judicious and tactful policy of Leo
In respect to foreign governments with
which the Vatican has relations will
continue to be observed. Tbis appears to
be the view of the leading governments.
hlch are said to be well pleased with
the result of the conclave.
It Is a very great responsibility that
rests upon the head of the Roman Cath
olic church, nis Influence extends to
'AOOO.OOO people throughout the world
who unreservedly acknowledge his au
thority in all spiritual affairs, while In
Catholic countries he may, if disposed,
exert a potent influence In political af
fairs. There was undoubtedly appre
hension on the part of some of the Euro
pean governments that a cardinal with
strong political tendencies would be
chosen and it Is more than probable
that there was outside Influence brought
to bear upon the cardinals before the
meeting of the conclave. However, the
result appears to be generally satlsfac-
tory and while' the new pontiff may' not
equal the great record made by Leo
XIII, there is good reason to expect
that the church will find In him a wise
nd faithful guide.
OORMAS'S PRESIDENTIAL BOOU.
Senator Gorman of Maryland returned
from Europe last Saturday to find that
a boom has got.under way tot him for
tho democratic nomination for the pres-
idency, though doubtless he was not
wholly unaware of this before his ar
rival. In an Interview Mr. Gorman
would say nothing about the movement
in his behalf not even so much as to
express gratitude to the friends who
started It He remarked that the wel
fare of the democratic party Is more
Important than the aspirations of any
man in the party and he bad not been
thinking of his nomination for the pros
idency or of the nomination of anybody
else. Asked if he thought the demo
cratic party la 'in good shape for the
struggle, the astute Maryland politician
said that it seemed "to be getting away
from a number of false ideas that the
party has been chasing around after in
the past few years" an indefinite state
ment quite characteristic of its author
and which cannot easily be used to the
Injury of his boom.
It Is a fact that there is a consider
able and apparently grdwlng feeling
particularly In the south, favorable to
Senator Gorman for the presidential
nomination by the democratic national
convention next year. Representative
Rankhead of Alabama said a few days
ngo that his state is for Gorman and
thnt it is the belief In the south that be
can be elected If nominated. As yet
there has been no marked development
of Cleveland sentiment In the southern
states and Judge Parker of New York
seems to have put an end to his chances
as a possible candidate, so far as the
south Is concerned, when he delivered
an address in Atlanta a short time ago,
Mr. Gorman's frleuds are claiming that
he will have the support In the national
convention of. ten or eleven southern
states and while it Is somewhat prema
ture to make such a claim, it may prove
to be well founded. They are also ex
pecting, of course, some uorthern sup
port, though Just where they are look
ing for this Is not disclosed. There are
Gorman admirers, doubtless, in a num
ber of the states of the north, but they
are at present in a very small minority.
The New York Herald remarks that
there will be strong opposition to the
nomination of Senator Gorman from dif
ferent quarters of the party. "The Cleve
land worshipers will never forgive him
for his qunrrel with the 'YVhlte House
during the manipulation of the Wilson
lilll by the democrats under Gorman's
leadership In the senate. The low tar
iff democrats will not forget that it was
Senator Gorman who injected a large
element of protection into the Wilson
bill. Hill will hang on Gorman's flank
and do his l?st to defeat blm. W. J.
Bryan is almost as much opposed to
Gorman as he is to Hill or Cleveland,
notwithstanding the fact that it was
Gorman who raised htm the money with
which he began bis campaign In
All this opposition Is a " very serious
handicap." So it Is, but it Is quite pos
sible that foine of It can be overcome
If the Maryland senator shall be able
to show such strength In the south as
Is claimed for blin and also to secure
some northern support. At all events,
Mr. (Jornian appears to have as good n
chance for the democratic nomination
for the presidency as any one who Is
being talked of.
UKACTIoyART REFORMERS.
Three years ago there was a general
uprising among the frleuds of th pub
lic schools and tnxpaying citizens by
reason of the scandals that had devel
oped In the Board of Education and the
reckless disregard of business methods
In the disbursement of the school funds.
The criminal prosecution of members of
the board who were charged with crook
edness was followed by a tidal wave
that swept the old school board combine
from power and place.
The people of Omaha confidently
looked forward to an era of reform and
retrenchment In the government of the
public schools and the management of
Its affairs, but their expectations have
been sadly dlsoppolnted. At tho outset
the reform school board attempted to
pursue a policy that would, If It had
been carried out have materially In
creased the efficiency of the public
schools and afforded relief to the tax
payers. But the reform broom has long
since been worn out and the wasteful
ness and reckless partiality that charac
terized the old boards are again coming
into full swing.
Retrenchment is no longer thought of
and political pulls and individual pulls
seem once more to be more potential
than merit and faithful service. Three
years ago the reform board applied the
axe to the head of Its secretary because
he had exerted undue influence 'to have
his salary raised by several hundred
dollars. At the Inst meeting of the
board the salary of his successor. Sec
retary Burgess, was raised from $1,800
to $2,100 a year without presenting a
single reason.
Three years ago an attempt was made
by the reform board to dispense with
fads and frills, yet now we have more
of them than ever. While there has
been no material increase in school at
tendance, and although a new high
school building has been erected at n
cost of more than half a million dollars,
the members of the board are impressed
with the idea that we need additional
school building accommodations not
only for the ordinary grades, but for the
high school pupils.
With $30,000 of Interest-bearing war
rants already outstanding and a pros
pective issue of at least $150,000 of
school warrants In anticipation of next
year's income from licenses, fines and
state ' apportionment, the board shows
no disposition to put down brakes, vbut
rushes headlong with expenditures sure
to "well the overlap,
What the reactionary board would do
If It were confronted with the with
drawal of the license fund cannot be
prognosticated. The chances are It
would blindly keep up its present course
until It reached the edge of the cataract,
The Omaha Street Railway company
has let the contracts for the construc
tion of its new power house. The con
tract for the structural Iron work was
let to a Minneapolis firm. The- award
to build the boilers was given to a
nttsburg firm, the generators to a
Schenectady firm, the engines to a St.
Louis ' firm, the condensers to a New
Jersey firm and the furnaces to a Pitts
burg firm, while an Omaha firm will do
the brick laying on the walls. The nat
ural Inference Is that Omaha firms have
been unable to compete with foreign
firms, or were not in a positron to sup
ply the requisite machinery or mate
rials. In either case the letting of these
contracts to foreign mills and factories
Is suggestive of Omaha's need of more
mills and factories, and also of the
drawback that Omaha suffers by renson
of the failure of capitalists and busi
ness men to give preference to home
industry even at a sucriflce In order to
build up and 'maintain concerns that
must chiefly depend upon the liberal
home patronage.
And now it transpires thnt there Is
not room enough In tho new high
school building and in the old high
school building to accommodate all of
the high school pupils owing to the
opening of new departments. Why not
lop off some of the frills and furls and
put a stop to tho ambitious plan of con
verting the high school into a univer
sity. With the news telegraphed all over
the country thnt n check for $100 bear
ing tho president's slgnuture has been
presented to a Pennsylvania Itaby chrls
tened Theodore Roosevelt, the crop of
little Theodore Roosevelt may be ex
pected to show speedy signs of a tre
inendous spurt.
Now thnt we have a kindergarten
supervisor and a primary supervisor
and the high school segregated under
its principal, all that is needed Is u
grammar grade supervisor and Superin
tendent Pearse would then enjoy a
permanent full pay vacation.
Members of congress are forbidden by
the statutes to le Interested directly or
Indirectly in government contracts, but
under Secretary Root's Interpretation
they can never be indirectly interested
except with willful and dellln-rate De
sign to evade the statute.
- Last summer Congressman I.lttauer
put on his boxing gloves for Our Dave,
but up to date we have not heard
whether Our Dave will take off bis
shirt to fight the battles of the con
gressman from Gloversvllle.
Oae Thins; Demonstrated.
Buffalo Express.
The prlnrlpnl thing demonstrated
by
Judge Iochren's dcclxtnn In the Northern
Securities case Is that federal law Is much
stronger than state law for controlling
trusts.
That Is to Say Paralysed.
Detroit Free Press (Dem.).
Ther Is no occasion to disagree with
the friends of Mr. Bryan In his claim
that his presidential boom Is vigorous
enough to keep tfntll 1908. It will be Just
as good then as It la now. .
Chaaces of a Lifetime,
Baltimore American.
The Sultan of Sulu ,1s tired of his job
and wants to settle where American at
mospheres about him will not make life
so strenuous. Here Is a floe chance for
some enterprising American to try bis
hand at sultanlzlng.
Holds the Balance of Power,
Brooklyn Eagle.
Ireland is now ready to ask for home
rule and to get It. Ireland holds the bal
ance of power between the two parties
which contest for the control of the em
pire. And either, party will give to it
home rule for Its support.
Extraordinary Occurrences.
Philadelphia Record.
Undoubtedly the year 1903 must be set
down as a year of extraordinary occur
ances. Even the new Borellt comet, as It
approaches the sun, has developed four
tails, and Indictments for postal fraud
have been found against four citizens of
the Impeccable state of Ohio.
Gold Brick Stew.
Brooklyn Life.
To four barrels of water add, agitating
constantly, one gallon wild-cat stock or
wlnd-puree, one able-bodied bull, one
medium bear (Reading preferred), as many
lambs as the market affords (first skinning
carefully), one bunch long green, one
handful shorts (well squeesed), a little
thyme, and one bottle llfe-slxe Hoggett
and Steele's extract grabbettawl. Stew
rapidly, skim fat as It rises, salt plentifully,
stir in a little lye, strain with great care
and leave tho lambs In the soup.
PACIFIC COAST Ll'JIBKH,
Surplus Product Seeking; the Market
of the Middle West.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Lumbermen of the pacific coast are in
despair because they foresee an overpro
duction of 1,000,000,000 feet next year. The
Industry was overestimated by the heavy
export demand of a few years ago. Though
that has fallen off greatly, the lumbermen
continue to Increase their output. During
the last year 256 new saw mills were built
In the Puget Bound and Columbia river
country. The mills of the state of Wash
ington alone are said to have a capacity
of over 2,500,000,000. Local consumption and
the coasting trade have not kept pace with
this increase of consumption, and lumber
men are asking themselves what they are
going to do with the surplus.
There are two things to do. Of course
they can organize a trust and limit the
output to the demand. That would save
them from loss, and would please the
people who lament the destruction of the
American forests. But these people are
not very noisy on the Pacific coast, where
the destruction of forests has only begun,
and It Is said that the fir, of the country
renews itself in a 'human generation. The
other recourse Is to let tfie production keep
up and seek 'new markets. If these new
markets can be found" at home, this will
have the double advantage of keeping the
mills busy and "lessening the destruction
of forests in ' parts of the country where
they cannot be so well spared.
The lumbermen of 'the Pacific coast are
coming half way to 'meet Mr. Hill's plan
for a low rate that' will enable them to
sell their product east of the Missouri, and
perhaps even east of the Mississippi river,
The union of the Burlington with the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern rail
roads opens an enoromus field of treeless
country, reaching from Kansas to Dakota
and from Illinois to. Montana to the lum
bar coast. The Burlington in particular,
with Its network of little feeders, pene-
trates to almost every part of a great con
suming country n'ow supplied either from
the great lakes or from the gulf states,
The coast lumbermen are asking for a rate
of 40 cents a hundred, on which they say
they can ship 26,000 carloads annually. Per
haps this movement has some connection
with the talk of the milling In transport
rifje on northwestern wheat to Asia. Mr.
Mil! Is always looking out for full cars
both ways. .
WILL PROSPERITY E.KDlHEt
Productive Business I'ndlstnrbed by
Specnlatlre Relapses,
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Midsummer finds the United States with
abundant crops, an average foreign and
growing domestic trade, and no halts In
manufacturing activity save those caused
In a few lines by differences of opinion as
to prices of raw materials. Taking the
country as a whole, every really productive
Industry and necessary service may be said
to be profitable and prosperous.
On the speculative as distinguished from
tho productive side of business there has
come a halt whose causes are apparent
Attempts to anticipate future profits of
Industry have been somewhat excessive.
and Investors are waiting for these -an
tlclpatlons to be realized before reaching
out farther. However, the masses of "un
digested securities" created In the last few
years are being slowly but surely absorbed
as productive business overtakes specula
tive. All we have to do la to go on as we
are now. ,
Yet men walk up and down the streets
showing their heads and talking about
"depression." They confound speculative
with productive business, and think because
one has been halted the other must be
falling. They also forget their history and
chatter about "a panic being due every ten
years." In this they also confound those
"money squeezes" resulting from excessive
speculative activity with real industrial
depressions or panics, resulting from fail
ure of Judgment to profit by past expert
ence.
The history of the United States shows
that real panics are to be expected only
about every twenty years that Is, at In
tervals long enough for a new genera
tion to acquire a majority control of bus!
ness and to come up to the time when
It must learn In the school of experience
The working out of this law may be ob
served In the paper money panics of 1817,
1S37, and 1S73, and the tariff revolution
panics of 1S67 and lh93. Between these real
panics there were, as In 18S5, money
squeezes caused by over-speculation.
That we have fallen somewhat below
the high tide of McKlnley prosperity and
are waiting for the realization of the specu
latlve anticipations to which it gave rise
may be freely admitted. But with pro
ductlve or real business everywhere pros
Derous there can be no panic now. Unless
theio shall be hereafter more care tha
has been displayed at similar eras in the
past a real panie may be looked for some
where about 1911, but until then, with the
exercise of ordinary common sense, our
prosperity may be expected to endure.
I.OCHHEN OX THIS MERGER. .
Louisville Courier-Journal: The decision
of Judge Lochren concludes nothing, ss an
appeal Is to be prosecuted. Even without
an appeal it would have no direct bearing
upon the other decision. But one may as
well note that It Is In the nature of a dis
senting opinion from that rendered by the
Judges In the other case. As such It Is very
gratifying to the Interests that are seeking
by new Inventions to evade the laws both
of the states and the federal government.
Buffalo Express: To the layman, at
least, the points made in the decision of
the United States circuit court of appeals
are convincing. It would seem to be In
evitable, that the Northern Pacific and the
Great Northern cannot be operated as In
dependent lines when all of their officers
must necessarily be working with the
single purpose of Increasing the earnings
of the Northern Securities company. It
would be suicidal In that concern to permit
competition between the railroads which
would decrease the earnings of either. The
power to prevent reduction In rates In
competition exists anl that, as the United
States circuit court of appeals held. Im
pregnates the contract with great danger.
Philadelphia Record: The Securities com
pany Is merely an Investor in and owner
of a majority of the stock of each of the
two railroads, and the transfer did not
Involve the commission of any act In re
straint of trade, nor did it affect trans
portation or rates any more than would
any other transfer of railroad stock from
one person to another. This is exactly
the contention of the engineers of the
merger. It Is a contention which appears
to be based on a too narrow construction
ana a too literal interpretation of legal
principles. Every act done In the further
ance of the merger jnay have been lawful.
taken by itself; but a number of agree
ments not in themselves criminal may have
the effect, when taken as a whole, of a
conspiracy to restrain trade. Is the law.
under such circumstances. Impotent to
vindicate Itself? This Is the broader ques
tion which the Judgment of the federal dis
trict court at SL Paul leaves open, and
undetermined.
Detroit Free Press: The to roads
passing to the control of the securities com
pany are parallel and it Is the admission
of the court that they would have no right
to form any alliance tending to destroy
competition. But, according to this Judicial
authority, the stockholders in the two roads
respectively may transfer their holdings
to a company and It may operate the two
lines for the benefit of both, honest and
healthy competition such as Is sought by
the law being out of the question: A may
not violate the law; B may not violate the
law; A and B acting Jointly may not
violate the law, but If A and B secure the
services of C to do what they cannot do
Jointly or severally, C must be held In
nocent. This Is not a doctrine that will
stand and there Is an explanatory note
running through the opinion that at times
sounds apologetic, suggesting that he did
not feel at all sure of himself. His In
timation that Hill Is a pretty good sort of
fellow, anyhow, was gratuitous, but in
keeping. It Is a matter of congratulation
to Minnesota and the country at large
that the decision does not in any way In
terfere with the case of the United States
against the merger, under the Sherman
act.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Sir Thomas Lipton Is making a tour of
the eastern states.' His prudence In timing
his trip in advance of the yacht race Is to
be commended.
Grant Allshouse, the tallest man In Indi
ana, who by Bertlllon measurment stands
8 feet V4 Inches tall, has applied to Chief of
Police KJely for a position as a St. Louis
policeman.
It Is reported that Count Soderinl. whose
position at the Vatican Is that of Bearer
of the Golden Rose, was Intrusted by Pope
Leo with the task of writing the history of
nis pontincate.
Charles Dumas, who has been honored by
tne society or . Men of Letters of Paris
with the Sully-Prudhomme prise, which Is
equivalent to being made a poet laureate
of France, Is a young man Just out of his
teens. . .
Dr. John A. Trembly, the eccentric sci
entist, has Just died at his home in Ham
llton, O. This home is unique, the owner
having designed the various rooms in geo
metrical figures, some octagonal, others
circular, others "'elliptical, and specimens
of every known wood were procured from
all parts of the world and used in the
structure.
Ex-Sheriff "Tom" Dunn of New York has
long since won a reputation as a wit. In
consequence a number of alleged witticisms
are tacked to his name that were never
perpetrated by htm. "Dunn," said a friend
to him the other day, "what Is the clever
est thing you ever said?" "I don't know,"
said the ex-sherlff, "but it was probably
said by somebody else.
It is being seriously suggested In England
that King Edward, breaking through all
tradition, should pay a visit to America
next year, beginning his tour with a stay
In Canada, as he did many years ago. It
is pointed out that nowadays a transatlan
tic Journey Is really a small mattter, and
one writer expresses the opinion that there
fore the visit of a European sovereign to
the United States Is but a matter of time.
PARLOL'S TIMES FOR CAPTAINS.
Expert Promoters Tronbled With
Common Hainan Ills.
Kansas City Star.
It may be said that the great captains of
finance are hardly as well as usual. Mr.
Rockefeller continues to suffer with indi
gestion, which la no trifling matter, good
neas knows. Mr. Schwab appears to be the
victim of some obstinate disorder tli.it Inter
feres sadly with his usefulness and his
power of enjoyment. Mr. Morgan, with
shrinkage of $500,000,000 In the stocks of the
schemes which he has promoted, feels
scarcely ss robust as he did before the re
cent shaking up In Wall street. John W.
Gates Is also reported as being In a very
critical condition, with little prospect of
recovery.
It Is not to he supposed that there are
many persons who will cherish any feeling
of satisfaction over the sorry plight of
these opulent Invalids. A man must hate
another with fierce Intensity, Indeed, to
wish him to suffer physical disability. The
blessing of health seems, somehow, to be a
heritage to which all persons, good as well
as bad, are entitled. It Is like the rain
which falls with gracious impartiality on
the Just and unjust. A vengeful person
might wish to slav his dearest foe, without
going to the malignant limit of desiring to
see htm stricken with disease.
Thus, the disabled captains may not lack
the sympathy In their weakness and dls
comfort which would be freely extended to
humbler persons deprived of the precious
boon of sleep and the normal enjoyment
and assimilation of food. But it ts not pos
slble for any man, whatever may be the
sum of his worldly sagacity, to escape the
logical ultimatum that whatsoever a man
soweth that shall he also reap. The man
who devotes himself to the impossible tssk
of possessing himself of ths earth mus
not be surprised when he discovers that
such an acquisition can be obtained only a
the sacrifice of most of the things that
would make such an achievement desirable,
There are fixed metes and bounds to the
power and the rights of humanity In this
world, and when It passes beyond them it
must pay tha penalty for its rash temerity,
A Ao politk which will
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BITS OF WASHINGTON LJFB.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
There are spielers and spielers, good,
bad and indifferent. The man with the
megaphone voice, the exponent of street
slang, and the buffoons of high and low
degree have seriously Jarred the repute of
a noble profession and trailed its lame in
the gutters. A brighter day is dawning
for the profession and there is reason to
believe that the highest aspirations of
ambitious members will be realised ere
long. Much credit for the hopeful outlook
Is due to the management of tha trolley
line between Washington and Mount
Vernon, which sets a spieling example
worthy of general emulation. Each train
Is equipped with a spieler in natty uniform,
young, ambitious, intellectual, and self
possessed. Their enunciation rivals the
canned article of Boston and their delib
eration and poise would make a fortune
for a sculptor. They recount the history
of the country from the capltol to Wash
ington's home how the famous Long
bridge shook with the tramp of thousands
of soldiers during the civil war, the road
they trudged over, - the various military
camps In the vicinity, including historic
Arlington. All these descriptive pictures are
the prelude to the peroration which comes
at a point midway on the run. "On the
left," the spieler remarks with eloquent
deliberation, "are Braddock heights where
Jn 1765 General Braddock organized his ex
pedition against the hostile Indians In the
Ohio valley an expedition which was saved
from annihilation by the Incomparable
genius of Braddock's ald-de-camp, Colonel
Oeorge Washington." After a suitable
pause the spieler finished: "The story
forms a delightful chapter In the guide
book which I take pleasure In showing
you."
This Is a sample of what can be done to
boast spieling to its proper Intellectual level.
It also shows that congressional spieler's
exert a favorable Influence on minor mem
bers of the family. .
Union railway stations, so called, are to
be found in many of our cities, but a union
railway station like that now building in
Washington is a departure from all prece
dent and certainly in the right direction.
We do not refer to what are to be its un-
equaled slse and magnificence, says the
New York Times, but to the fact that Its
facilities are not to be monopolised by the
particular railway companies for the pres
ent convenience and profit of which the
station is designed. On the contrary, the
federal and municipal governments having
contributed to its cost, have ordained that,
as their recompense, any road desiring to
enter the national capital shall be free
to do so on equal terms with the roads
already there. This Is a most Judicious
and far-sighted provision. It recognises
the essentially public nature of the service
rendered by railways, and of the obliga
tions Incurred by them, and It protects
Washington from abuses and restrictions,
due to the Impossibility of competition,
which New York long has suffered, with
partial relief only now in sight. One pas
senger station is enough for any city under
this new plan, and it would save travelers
from a vast amount of Inconvenience In
making transfers, not tq mention the vast
amounts they have to pay. In cities where
several roads have entrance, for the con
struction and maintenance of seperate sta
tions for each road or group of roads.
The Postofflce department Is constantly
In receipt of requests for the issue of a
mourning stamp for use on black-edged
stationery. Persons In all grades of life
assert that there Is no harmony or ap
propriateness In an envelope with a black
edge and a red stamp In the corner, and
they beg the department to issue a black
stamp. The department nas given mucn
consideration to the subject, but has been
unable to comply with the requests on ac
count of the rules of the Universal Postal
Union, which prescribe that our lowest
value stamp shall be green; that the stamp
used for domestic use shall be red, and
the stamp carrying foreign mall 6-cent
shall be blue. In view of these restrictions
It has not appeared possible to meet the
requirements for a mourning stamp, as the
department does not deem It advisable to
print a stamp in red and also In black.
However, the suggestion has been made
that the 3-cent stamp now printed in
purple, might, be Issued In black, so that
persons desiring to use a black stamp upon
their mourning envelope might do so by
paying the additional cent. The depart
ment may take up this suggestion later
and act upon it.
The resourceful Germans have discovered
a new scheme for keeping eggs fresh for a
long period of time. Consul General Guen
ther, at Frankfort, reports to the State de
partment that German chemists say that by
Immersing eggs In a 10 per cent solution or
silicate of soda, commonly called liquid
glass, they can be kept fresh for any length
of time. This produces the formation of a
coating which renders the eggs perfectly
air tight and retains for many months their
fresh taste. The best proof of the efficacy
of this treatment has been furnished by the
fact that such eggs, after having been kept
for a whole year, were hatched and the
chickens were strong and healthy. The pre
serving solution is best prepared by dis
solving one pound of liquid glass in four
auarts of cold water. The eggs are then
Immersed In this solution, which should be
keDt in a glased earthenware vessel, and
the eggs are kept In the solution for a short
time. If one of these preserved eggs Is to
be boiled the shell must first be perforated
In order to prevent cracking.
Squatters are occupying large sections of
land In and about Washington that are now
claimed to be government property. These
"squatters" range from a negro family In a
shantv to big manufacturing establish
ments. Proceedings taken by the govern
ment have utterly failed, so far, to secure
noasesslon of the territory. Recently the
dlscSvery was made that several large re
llglous Institutions were also "squatters.'
Bethany chapel, controlled by the New
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York Avenue Presbyterian church, has held
for eighteen years a site which la now
claimed to belong to tha United States.
The Central Union mission has another plot
consisting of 18,0f0 square feet. SL Ann's
Orphan asylum, a Catholic Institution, has
1,760 square feet covered with buildings In
another section of the city. Forcible eelsura
of such property seems quite out of tha
question. How such a problem is to be
solved puzzles ths officials of the Depart
ment of Justice.
SIGNIFICANT FIGIRES.
Half as Century of Growth t'ader tho
Itepnbllcan Party.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In the last fifty years a republican tariff
has been in force most of the time. The
republican party is the champion of a tariff
that protects the exceptionally good wages
of American workmen and develops Indus
tries upon our own soil. If the protective
policy were wrong, figures would show It. A
brief comparison of the Industrial situation
In 1900 with that in 1850 Is instructive. The
number of factories in the United States In
that half-century period Increased from
122,025 to 512,339; the number of wage-earners
from 967.009 to 6,316,802, and the yearly prod
uct from 1, 019.000,000 to $13,011000,000. The
product grew thlrteenfold, the number of
wage-earne:s sixfold and the number of
factories fourfold. The production of coal
in the same time Increased seventyfold, of
petroleum more than a hundredfold, of pig
Iron twenty-fourfold and of copper thirty
fivefold. In 1S50 the yield of cotton was
333,718 bales, and In 1900 9, -130, 41 6 bales.
Our railway mileage grew from ,021
miles In 1860 to 194,321 In 1900. In 1 the
tonnage at the Boo canal was 403.657; In 1900
It was 22,315.834. Exports of manufactured
articles have grown from 17.S80,000 In 1860
to $433,851,000 In 1900. The gain In exports of
manufactures has been from $228,000,000 In
1898 to over $400,000,000 In 190J. In the light
of these figures. It Is useless to deny the
results of republican tariffs. They are Un
paralleled In the history of the world. Our
workmen are the most productive, as well
as the best paid. Their handiwork ad
vances constantly In the estimation of for
eign consumers. The Industrial and com
mercial expansion that has come under re
publican tariffs speaks for Itself, and Indis
putably. .
SMILING REMARKS.
"It drtn't nar mmlA lTn Ia vtu.- s.
" iv-o fjucii. to tUiua
bung out foh a dead sure thing. De man
dat won t plow, groun' tell he sees de 'sur
fntonatar'n bUn' l et lef'-"-vv"h-
Mrs. Unoerten I hiLrf all h i '
out of me yesterday. . ""lc"
h "laor-indeed! And where did
they find room tn nut all nf
News. ' "
Lowlck Ynu av TlhT- ..j
happens to you. eh? ""'"3U uover
tnffitfCtly' IV tten B0 ul
vrll V..1 aiwvs ePe It now.-Detrolt
"The Persian authorltlna t,
scatter their enemies."
"How?"
"They blow 'em all AVdif PaMa A
Dealer. f """on'-Cleveiand Plain
leSUCUd W" PrPundlnS knotty prob-
"Yes," agreed his wife, "that's fine- but
would you lust ikn hi. Ti "-"..VVl
fo,rdPoddunkVh0n th8 9'kVK
tO? ..'"J1 cry of baffled rage be dashed
from the house. New York Sun.
"Don't you somntimea ih .....
JSrs11l,sn?"ra Uma l meTr "d
u, saia aenator Sorghum. "I could
1 could" lei" .r ""KkwuSS
i could learn to write or tiaJnt i ....
years. "Washington Star.
bW&tr?13 WSmS!f
danMir i..klep,,ea lne landlady's little
yehyou"..Uo1i,0t,uV'OUr8eU -
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Touched to the quirk by this gallant re.
THB LADY'S VES.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
"Yes,
I..a,nwo", yu h"t night:
"No,
Will not look the same by day.
When the viols played their best.
Lamps above, and laughs below.
Love ma sounded like a Jest,
Kit for yes or ttt for no.
Call me false, or call me free:
Vow, whatever lljtht may shine.
No man on your fate shall see
Any grief for chajige on mlaa.
Yet the sin Is on us both;
Time to dance Is not to woo;
Wooing light makes fickle troth,
Scoru of me recoils on you.
Learn to win a lady's faith
Nobly, as the thing is high.
Bravely, as for life and doaUi,
With a loyal gravity.
Lead her from the festive boards.
Point her to the starry skies.
Guard her by your truthful word.
Pure from courtship's flatteries.
By your truth she shall be true
Ever true, as wives of yore;
And her yes. once said to you.
Shall be yes for evermoTe.
BROWHELL HALL,
OMAHA.
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General and college preparatory courses.
Exceptional advantages In music, art and
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University of Nebraska and University of
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Well equipped gymnasium, ample provi
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