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Evening and Sunday Bee primed during the
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as often as desired.
Tho Turkish minister to Washington
talks as If he were Beared.
When Ak-Sar-Ben hits the road with
his show he is sure to make a hit.
.Delegates to the Irrigation congress
at Ogden are figuring on a special train.
.Why not charter a flatboat?
It looks as If the threatened extra ses
sion had decided not to Interfere with
the congressmen's vacations.
:. The office of police commissioner and
the position of trustee of a drug store
do not seem to hitch Veil together.
The managers of the KebraBka state"
4air, billed for the coming week, should
put In their order early with the
weather man. ..
' The first delegate to the republican
national convention of 1904 has already
been commissioned by a Pennsylvania
district and instructed for President
Roosevelt. But not the last
General Greeley has returned from the
wireless telegraphy congress at Berlin
to make his report to the government
One would suppose he would have sent
In his report by tha wireless route.
The World-ilerald admits the .charge
that its professions of nonpartisanshlp
re for partisan purposes. Its only an
wer is that The Bee does not pretend
to bo boosting partisan nonpartisanshlp
Omaha with Its network of railroads
radiating in all directions has the best
of it when traffic is impeded by storms
It is a rare occurrence that all of the
roads are knocked out at the same time
Colonel Bryan must believe firmly In
the resurrection idea. lie is Quoted as
saying to a reporter at Waterloo, la
that "my Issues aro deud at the present
time, but I believe tbey will como to
Ufa again." This la faith.
President Nash of the Omaha Electric
Lighting company says be will open the
debate on the question of street lighting
after bis company has made its formal
proposition to the council. The discus
tlon will then become general.
Missouri's attorney general mut be
getting envious of the reputations
achloved by the boodle prosecutors and
proposes to catch up by going after the
bridge and terminal monopolies in St
Louts, Let the good work go on.
The award of the normal school loca
tlon is to b mada this week. As there
are fifteen Nebraska towns in the run
nlng and only one normal school to be
established, the rate of Joy to dlsap
pointment can be easily figured out.
An eminent German physiologist
classes "the apostles of fenialo emanei
patlou among the degenerates. The
eminent siientlBt will do well to stay
away from our suffrage conventions If
be wants to escape a halrpulllng match.
To a man up a tree it looks as if the
rights of the poor soldier s widow were
not half so much Involved in tha appeal
for a reversal of tho recent Interior de
partment ruling as tha rights of the big
cattlo corporations who undertook to
subsidize n battalion of women to take
up laud for them which they had
fenced in illegally and to which they
could get no legal title except by cir
cumveiitlng tha homestead law in tome
iucd manner as this.
TJit tWD KXCLVSWX LA IT.
The law providing for the exclusion
from the United States of food products
nd li(uors containing adulterants inj
urious to health, which went into opor-
tlon two months ago, is stated to be
now working smoothly. Under the sys
tem adopted samples of articles im
ported are promptly furnished by the
Treasury department to the department
of Agriculture for inspection and the
examination is expedited as rapidly as
possible, the officials very properly re
cognizing the importance of this to im
porters. It is stnted that the average
detention of goods at. New York has
not been more than three days, but it
has been a little longer at other ports.
As soon as a sample has been tested
nd it is found that the consignment
represented by it is not liable to ex
clusion the secretary of the treasury is
notified and instructions are immediately
given to the customs officials to admit
the goods. There had been some feur
that the holding up of consignments
under this law would produce a con
gestion at the appraisers' stores in New
York, but the business has been handled
so promptly thus far that nothing of
the kind has occurred.
It Is stated that the law has worked
opt in 'practice Just about as was' pre
dicted by tho chief of the bureau of
chemistry. It was his opinion that for
eign manufacturers of goods that would
be liable to exclusion either on the
ground of adulteration or of false label
ing would so change their methods' that
their goods would not be liable to ex
clusion. He predicted that no goods
adulterated so as to be injurious to
health and none the sale of which is
prohibited or restricted in the country
of its origin would be shipped to the
United States, and that articles which
had been falsely labeled would hence
forth be labeled so as to show exactly
what they are. This, It is said, is Just
what is being found to be tho case. For
eign shippers, of course, do not want
to run tha risk of having their goods
excluded and of having to pay the
freight for their return across the ocean
and therefore they are taking good care
that nothing is sent to the United States
that will be returned. Thus already re
sults are such as to fully Jus
tify the enactment of the law
and it appears safe to pre
dict that it will stand permanently. We
have not observed that any objection
has been made to it on the part of im
porters, nor does it appear that under
its operation there has been any reduc
tion in importations. Perhaps it may be
found expedient to in some respects
modify the law, but there seems to be
no reason to doubt that in its chief ob
ject it is Judicious legislation, which if
properly enforced, as is now being done,
cannot fall to have beneficial results.
A PHILIPPINE PBOBLIM.
The Manila Review of Trade, a pub
lication- devoted to tbe business Inter
est! of the Philippine?, gives extended
attention in its July number to the
opium problem, which has been receiv
ing the very earnest consideration of tho
Philippine commission. wf wo measures
relating to the opium trade were dis
cussed by that body. One of these pro
vides for the creation of a monopoly to
be sold to the highest bidder and the
other prohibits the importation of the
drug save by pharmacists, who would
be allowed to tell It only on a physician's
prescription. Tha Manila paper prints
the argument of Governor Taft in ad
vocacy of legislation that will restrict
the use of opium in the islands, which
it appears, has very considerably in
creased since the American occupation.
Under tbe law of Spain the Filipinos
were forbidden to smoke or use opium
and all dealers in the drug were forbid
den to sell it to Filipinos. The opium
trade was confined to the Chiuese. Of
course tbe Spanish law ceased to be of
force when the United States took pos
session of the islands and how the use
of opium has become general, necessarily
with demoralizing effect upon the peo
ple. In order' to have all the ascertainable
facts before taking action, the Philip
pine commission last month appointed
a special commission to investigate the
subject lit China, Japan, Singapore and
Burmah. A report from this commis
sion should not be long delayed, since
it cannot be difficult to obtain the in
formation desired. That there is oc
casion for some sort of restrictive legis
lation is, most evident The steady
growth of the use of opium by the Fili
pinos Is a really serious matter, for they
are less able to withstand the effects of
the drug than are the Chinese and un
less there is a check put upon the use
of opium the natives at no very distant
time will become a mass of opium sots.
The difficulty of the situation is only
too evident It is not practicable to re
store the Spanish law, though one of
the measures discussed by the commis
sion proposes to do this in part and
this measure has the approval of Gov
ernor Taft. It does not propose prohi
bition, which the governor general re
gards as inexpedient, but a license sys
tem with such restriction and regulation
at It is believed would prevent excess
in tho use of opium and materially re
duce thessale of the drug. It Is Im
probable that the use of opium by Fili-
pluos is anything new. It has doubtless
been in use more or less ever since the
Chinese came to the islands. This is
shown in tho fact that Spalu legislated
against its utsWiy the natives. It is a
habit which spreads rapidly when no
effort is made to check il and a proper
consideration for the welfare of the Fili
pinos requires that something be done
to stop tho growing use of the drug.
If the collapse of two tumble-down
buildings in this city had been due to
an explosion of oils or fireworks, which
would have had the same effect as the
weakening of tbe walla, tha failure of
the city to provide proper inspection of
explosive stored within ita boundaries
would call forth dtuuonatratloa of
TITE OMAITA
popular resentment Yet It Is plain that
similar accidents are likely to happen
with still more fatal consequences at
any time. Tlie enactment of the ordi
nance regulating the storage of oils and
explosives in the city and providing for
its enforcement is overdue.
an urmrAtnTCD pictcrk.
To the discussion of the effect of
changing industrial conditions on the
country merchant and small shop keeper
the following contribution has recently
been made by A. B. Iledbloora, a well
known young lawyer of Stromsburg in
Folk county of this state:
The future of the ordinary merchant In
the country towns is very discouraging, as
the mall order business Is constantly In
creasing, while they are on the decrease,
and our citizens are building up the large
centers.
The mercantile Interests largely make
the conditions of the town, and conditions
of the town generally regulate the value
ot the real estate. Land sells near this
town from $70 to S100 per acre, while sev
eral miles out it sells for 150 to $60 per
acre, and yet this has no material consid
eration for those who are looking for im
mediate bargains in merchandise.
And two- af the prominent -features In
aiding the moll order houses are the free
mall delivery and the rural telephone.
We predict In a few years' time that all
the business the small merchant will get
Is what .coffee and sugar he can trade for
stale butter and rotten eggs, as the large
commission houses will get the good eggs
and' tho creameries the cream. Ho may
possibly sell a little to soma on "after
harvest" terms when he has not the money
to buy tho money order from the rural
mall clerk.
If this gloomy picture were not over
drawn the prospect for the small trades
man outside or Inside of the big cities
would Indeed be discouraging. But it
is by no means so bad as the dismal
prophet would have us believe, because
despite all the forces of concentration
and consolidation the country store and
the corner grocery have managed to
survive, and they survive because they
fill a want that cannot be satisfied else
where. The free mail delivery and the rural
telephone have not operated alone to
the benefit of tho big mall order houses,
but the merchants near at hand have
also shared In their benefits. The free
mail delivery and the rural telephone
have not worked merely to divert traffic,
but they have created and stimulated
new demands never before in evidence.
The isolated farmer who had to go to
town over many miles of bad roads
every time bo wanted something from
a stare was likely to go altogether with
out many things ho would be glad to
buy for his use. On the other side,
these conveniences unquestionably con
duce to the comfort of farm life and,
will eventually Bervo to Increase the
rural population always dependent
more or less on country stores for arti
cles of consumption.
In the cities large and small the same
fight for survival Is constantly on be
tween the big and the little stores. In
each case tbe outcome seems to depend
chiefly upon the ability of the merchant
and the kind of service he renders to
his patrons. Big stores have gone to the
wall and little shops have forged ahead
and little fellows have been squeezed
out by the growth of the big ones. But
the small store keeper has not yet been
doomed either in country or in city.
The Lincoln Independent which cpeaks
as the official organ of the populists in
Nebraska, takes a gloomy view of the
results of tho Grand Island convention.
Referring to the repudiation of the Den
ver conference, It says:
The effect of this action upon tha pop
ulists of other states will bo depressing.
In many states they some years ago aban
doned their organizations and entered the
democratic party; but as soon as the peo-
pie's party -was swallowed up and assim
ilated, the plutocratic element in democracy
again asserted Itself and is in open or
secret control. Especla.ly is this true in
Iowa, where such men as J. B. Weaver,
W. H. Robb and others allowed their party
to die. In Nebraska alone did the popu
lists persistently keep up their party or
ganization and just as that organization
was strong or weak, tho battles were won
or lost If It should happen that this Is
tho last populist state convention In Ne
braskawhich Is by no means beyond the
realm of possibility no well-informed dem
ocrat in Nebraska would need to guess
twlco as to which of the remaining two
parties would win the victories.
If any other paper should be first to
suggest that the last populist state con
vention in Nebraska had been held, what
an outcry of protest it would evoke from
the populist organs.
Judge Sullivan bespoke at the Colum
bus convention fair treatment of his
competitor for supreme Judge, giving
assurance that he had found Judge
Barnes to be an able and honorable
lawyer. But no one supposes that this
will deter the overzealous fusion organs
from indulging their customary cam
paign of mudsllnglug and bluckwash-
lug. .
Effect of Good Credit.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Philippine bonda now command a pre
mium in tho world's money market. Un
der Spanish dominion they could not have
been floated as waste paper.
A Warning Worth Heeding.
Kansas City Star.
At the end of twenTy-sl hours a Chicago
"professor" who undertook, on a wager, to
play a saloon piano for that length of time
without cessation, collapsed completely and
had to bo carried from the place. It Is
pleasant to discover that tho power to in
filet torture on others is sometimes retro
active.
Row Will Ion Bo Goedr
St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
We are repeatedly assured by eastern
journals that the west shall have money
to move Ita crops. Small thanks to the
east! Tha money which will come west
for crop moving Is that of western men
temporarily loaned to "help out" the ever
needy east. Tho obligation of the west In
the rase is that of the depositor to the
bank which honors bis checks a thing- It
must do or "bust."
Traaedy of a Strike.
Springfield Republican.
Another tragedy growing out of tho Phila
delphia strike ot textile workers is re
portedthe attempt of a mother to kill her
self and four children, which succeeded In
the rase of two children. Tbe head of tbe
family was on strike and out of money,
DAILY REE: MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1003.
and there was no food to bo had, while
shelter was about to bo taken away. This
will be written down by the labor move
ment as one of tho necessary sacrifices for
the triumph of the cause. But Is there
no better way of forwarding It?
The Ghost of Populism.
Portland Oregonlan.
Tho ghost of populism was evoked from
the shades at the G rand Island convention
yesterday by tho members proclaiming al
legiance to the populist principles enunci
ated In the Omaha platform of 1892. This
attempt to turn backward the flight of time
and ignore the verdict of the years would
be pitiful were It not so utterly absurd. A
platform upon which thousands distract
edly climbed when the Industrial and finan
cial seas were aorely beset by adverse winds
will be tenantless, relatively speaking, as
It idly rides tho sea of prosperity.
Perplexities af Wealth.
New York Press.
It is recorded of Cornelius Vanderbllt
that before ho died ho 'said to a friend:
'I don't see what good it does me all
this money that you say Is mine. I can't
eat It, I can't spend It in fact, I never saw
It, and never had it In my hands for a
moment I dress no better than my private
secretary and cannot eat as much as my
coachman. I live In a big servants' board
ing house, am bothered to death by beg
gars, have dyspepsia, cannot drink cham
pagne, and most of my money Is In the
hands of others,' who use it mainly for
their own benefit.'
Sad Mlzon of Vibrations.
Minneapolis Journal.
Wireless telegraphy got quite a backset
S a result of the effort to use It in report
ing the yacht race Tuesdav. Four wireless
systems threw so many vibrations Into the
einer mat tney killed each other off, and
only one Wireless messna-a rot through dor.
ing tho day. The fact that three of the
-stems were more concerned in baffling
io Marconi than In transmitting bulletins
themselves, does not affect tha demonstra
tion that wireless telegraphy can be easily
Impeded. At this stage of the introduction
of wireless telesraDhv it seems that tf la
likely to supplement rather than supersede
wire telegraphy.
BLINDERS ABOUT IMMIGRATION.
History Relates the Assertions of
Frightened IVntlrlsta.
New York Independent.
Again, as in prosperous times, there is
a larger flow of Immigration to this coun
try, and again, as many times before.
there arises a frightened cry that our In
stitutions are in danger. We heard It fifty
years ago, when It created a party whose
pretext it was to put none but Americans
on guard in - the offices but wMse real
service It was Jo destroy the Whig party.
Then every village had its secret lodge,
and election day offered a great surprise,
when whole states elected governors and
legislatures of a new party that had no
name and no continuance.
One of tho blunders of our present "know
nothings" is that tho newcomers rob the
older citizens by taking their employment
from them. This is not true. The Irish
immigration of fifty years ago did not rob
tho native Americans of work, but rather
supplied the increased demand for work.
So the Hungarian and Italian and Russian
Immigrants now find plenty of land and
plenty of work In mines and roadways,
and wages go up ' while Immigration In
creases. Kach new Immigrant adds by his
labor to the wealth 'and' prosperity of tho
country. When that condition ceases Im
migration will; ceaso." v
It Is more frequently complain od, by
those who would restrict immigration, that
an uncontrollable ' mass of Immigrants Ig
norant of our language, often unable to
read, will become citizens and swamp our
Institutions. They, would exclude all who
are illiterate, and they approve the action
of the Judge who the other day refused
the application of an intending citizen be
cause he could not talk "the language of
the country,"
In reply to this counsel of fear and
despair there is much to be said which we
can here only indicate.
In the first place, It shows great un-
faith If Intelligence thinks it cannot, on
the whole, direct and control Ignorance,
The ignorant members of any community
are dependent on the others for their opin
ions and beliefs, and if Intelligent people
will take any proper pains to influence
them the effort Is sure to be successful. The
Idea is ridiculous that the comparatively
few illiterate voters can so combine as to
endanger our institutions. Tha danger
comes from another source, from. those who
are both Intelligent and corrupt.
Once more, what' we aro concerned
about is not tho immigrants themselves.
but their children. 'They are themselves
passing away by death; their children re
main, incorporated in our body politic.
These children wo can and do assimilate.
Our schools do It; our churches do It;
our language does It; our newspapers do
it; our political Institutions do It, The
children of the immigrants of fifty years
ago are good, enthusiastic American clt
lsens; they are no detriment or peril to
the nation. They fight our wars, and they
are indistinguishable from our best cit
izens. What has happened to the chll,
dren of Irish and Germans will happen
Is happening to the children of Italians
and Hungarians and Russian Jews. None
could be more enthusiastic Americans.
Again, It Is the pride, we may say tho
arrogance, of language and race which
gives its vicious violence to the attacks
on current immigration. Why should a
man be refused citizenship who cannot
talk the English language? He can talk
one or two other languages of civilized
peoples. Are wo going to forbid citizen
ship to French Creoles in Louisiana, or
to Spanish speaking people In New Mex
ico, whose ancestors settled there a hun
dred years before Plymouth TCock? And
what is there to fear? Have they not
scores of papers in their own language-
French, Spanish, German, Hungarian,
Greek published In this country that will
give them as much Information as they
would need to get from English Journals?
And will not their children all talk the
English language from preference?
Especially Is this late know-nothing at
tack made on the Italian and Hungarian
immigrants, as If they were of Inferior
stock which would degrade the American
race. There is at present no more pro
gressive country In Europe than la Hun
gary. Its people are of fine physical and
Intellectual caliber. They Introduce
strength, health and energy. No people
have more native genius than the Italians,
or a truer sense of the beautiful side of
life. We may expect a real advantage to
come from that element In our population
despite the presence of a few cutthroats
and anarchists. So of tho Russian Jews.
They are not Illiterate; they learn English
quickly; they are moral and industrious.
and are enthusiastic lovers of their adopted
country. Their children are quick scholars
in our schools and ambitious of the best
instruction of our colleges.
And we may raise the question, ho
much selfishness there may be in te noisy
patriotism which would shut out the less
favored, perhaps the ' oppressed people of
other countries, from tho chance to better
their condition here. Is there no such
sentiment to be cultivated as International
altruism? Have we not a duty to others
than ourselves? Is It not just as well to
consider the point of view of the Russian
Jew or Finn or ot the tax-ridden Italian
os of ourselves? Can we not generously
give them better opportunities and freer
life, while doing ourselves no harm?
HOI XO ABOI T M3W YORK,
Ripples an the Current of Mr la the
Metropolis.
Hotels In New York were pushed to the
limit to accommodate the crowds gathered
there at the opening of the yacht races. A
rather pompous old gentleman entered a
prominent house one evening and said to
the clerk: "I want six connecting rooms
for myself and five friends." The clerk
suavely Informed him that It was Impossi
ble to grant the request. "The best I can
do for you, sir, Is one largo room with s
double bed and four cots." And with this
tho pompous party was forced to be con
tent.
A queer-looking procession moved up
Sixth avenue Thursday afternoon. Just
what It was no one seemed to know. The
policemen along the avenue described It
as a "Jay circus." Tho outfit consisted of
three men, two mules drawing wagons,
four billy goats and an elephant that
trailed along in the rear.
At Sixth avenue and Thirty-sixth Street
there Is a dentist's establishment. The
dentist, in addition to advertising his busi
ness by fancy signs, has a gayly-dressed
negro on the sidewalk to hand out cards
to pedestrians. The negro Is known along
the avenue as "Jim Cards." Jim's raiment
was particularly gay. Ha wore a tall hat
with a red silk band and a bright red
splketall coat. His trousers were of the
"Uncle Sam" variety.
The elephant got one look at Jim, and
then with a snort made for the card man.
Tha negro fled up tha stairs, four steps at a
time. He didn't stop in the dental parlor.
Instead, ho went to tho roof and hastily
discarded the hat and coat
An hour later tha negro came down and
resumed his work, but he kept his eyes
alternately up and down the avenue to be
sure not to bo taken by surprise again.
VAh wonder what dat old fool el'phant
wanted uf me," said he. "Ah never said
anyflng wrong 'bout him. Fact ah nevah
would harm no el'phant."
"When tho Pennsylvania railroad shall
run Its trains from New Jersey under the
North river to New York city and through
a tunnel under the city and tho East river
to tha Long Island side," says a letter to
the Pittsburg Dispatch, "there will be a
great change in the looks of things over
there. Already some suburban places
which had up to quite a recent date so
few houses that they scarcely had dis
tinctive names are beginning to show a
remarkable growth. Streets are laid out
carefully, sewage systems perfected and
plans for water Bupply devised, and all in
dications show that the real estate men
are In high feather. This being so with
the little spots here and here east of Long
Island City, in Queens and Suffolk coun
ties, the already well known and full
grown villages and towns are fast keeping
step with the onward movement. Lots
that In some Instances could be purchased
a year ago for a song are now high priced,
and, what is more, high prices do not seem
to stem the tide of purchasers, or the con
sequent interest of builders, who are in
great demand. In this connection many
men of farseelng minds are beginning to
wonder as to what will become of the vast
fields of Long Island which are reserved as
the abode of the dead. There aro now there
thirteen cemeteries, and into these Greater
New York and its vicinity yearly lay to
their last rest tens of 'thousands. There
must be today over 1,800,000 dead in these
cemeteries. One of them, which was con
sidered twenty-five years ago "out In the
country," Is now almost entirely surrounded
by tho city of Brooklyn. Another is partly
surrounded by other smaller towns. Yet
Brooklyn persists in expanding Itself. So
in twenty-five years from now the new city
and BVooklyn will doubtless see great
abodes cf the dead In the very center of A
vast UvlftB population. Where are the com
eteries of the future Greater New York
and its coming neighbor to be? Certainly
not on Long Island. It may be that even
Greenwood and Calvary will be Invaded by
tho living and the great army of tho dead
removed. Who can tell? Madison square
and Washington square were once ceme
teries, and If any man living then ventured
to predict that the city would dispossess
tho dead ho would have been declared in
sane."
IRRIGATION PROPOSITIONS.
Fire Prolecta Decided t'pon by the
' Government.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
it ! rratlfvina- to learn, from a report
fust completed, that tho United States
geological survey Is steadily at worn on
im nftn gfert iva nlans based on the new
national law, which, in states and terri
tories where there are arid sections, sets
n.M tha nroceeda of the sales of puDiic
lands in that region for general irrigation
work. Up to July 1 tho money thus accu
mulated amounted to about $15,000,000, tho
niuio.1 rerelnts having steadily Increased.
The total was 13,144,861 for 1901 and $4,56.516
trr ian?. while the amount' for tne nscai
year ending June 30, 1903, Is equal to the
..i,,. (mm tha two rjrecedlnc years.
Tho states and territories entitled to Irriga
tion money from the sales of tneir own
lanih aanaratelv are Arizona, California,
Colorado. Idaho. Kansas, Montana, Ne
braska, Nevada, New Mexico, Nortn Da
kota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South uaKota,
Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
im .nnn o tha l.i w wan nassed the geolog
ical survey distributed field parties from
the Rio Grande to the Canadian line, ine
report now ready deals more especially
with conditions in Kansas and Oklahoma,
tmirhini on reservoirs, dams, artesian pos
sibilities and the underflow of large streams
whoso beds, on the surface, are ary in
ktt.r consultations in the cabinet wttnm
the last year It was decided that the gov
ernment should build what are known ai
cutvainr dam in Montana, the Gun
nn tunnel Irrigation work in coioraao,
h at Uirv svstem of canals In Montana
th Tmrkee system In Nevada and the
Salt river dam In Arizona, the cost of
..v,it, flv. enternrlses Is estimated at 110.
nnnnm Arid lands In the regions named
are now practically valueless, except for
grazing, and for that purpose win hui
bring $1 an acre. But irrigation would
wnrlr a marvelous change, for land In the
same localities supplied with water sells
now for $50 an acre upwards, un an av
tn.ni nn acre of irrigated land will sup-
Dort one person. In the United States are
Bon noo.or-fl acres of vacant puunc tana, oi
which over one-half is suitable oniy ior
grazing. There Is running to waste in the
west alone water sufficient to irrigate at
least 76,000,000 acres. Clearly, a subject
o i tensive must be dealt with on a largo
i-Ala hv the national authority, and the
work is coins: forward on tne Droaa
inundation reaulred.
The five projects decided on rest on
former In vestlKatlons and engineering re
ports, so that no uncertain risks are In
vniverf Pnblln lands Included In these Ave
cases have been withdrawn from settle
ment and will not bo reopened until the
water can be applied to agricultural yur
poses. Speaking of the part to be taken
In irrigation bv the national sovernment
Secretary Hitchcock wrote et the beginning
of last year: "Water should do Drougni
to the point where the settlers can, with
their own labor, or bv oo-ODeratlon. cob-
atruct ditches and laterals to reclaim the
desert land. With the requirements of
uctual settlement and cultivation, to be
followed by the payment of the cost of
storing water, the speculative element will
be eliminated, leaving the ground free to
bona fide settlers." The Irrigation law la
one of Immense promise and the national
authorities are losing no time la the pre-
iya,raivry sic,
TUB STATIC CAMPAIGN.
Ponca Journal: Judge Sullivan got his
nomination as easily as Judge Barnes, but
how about election?
Wayne Herald: Judge J. B. Barnes of
Norfolk was nominated by acclamation for
supreme Judge by the republican state con
vention at Lincoln. It was but a fitting
tribute to Nebraska's able Jurist and citi
zen and his majority this fall will bo ex
ceedingly large.
Ponca Eagle: Judge J. B. Barnes, who
was nominated for supreme Judge by the
republican convention at Lincoln, Tuesday,
was a resident of Ponca for seventeen
years. His largo acquaintance throughout
this part of thestatf will make him many
additional votes.
Leigh World: It is not often that a can
didate moots with such universal satis
faction as has John B. Barnes for Judge
of the supreme court. When the entire
republican party of Nebraska unites on a
man without a kick he is pretty sure to
be elected. But then he is an upright
citizen, an able attorney and will mako
an excellent Judge. Why should not the
entire party be for him?
Ord Quiz: Judge Sullivan has been re
nominated for supreme Judge by the popu
lists and democrats. He did not want the
nomination again, but felt that he ought
to stand for tho hopeless race Just to show
his gratitude to the fuslonlsts for electing
him six years ago, so he consented to ac
cept the nomination. After election he will
return to his practice of law which is more
lucrative than serving the publlo as su
preme Judge.
Norfolk News: If Judge Barnes was to
ttempt to file away all tho good things
that have been said of him by the papers
of Nebraska since his nomination his office
would be filled with scrapbooks. They
have accepted the choice of the conven
tion with a unanimity that speaks well
for the campaign, and the anticipation is
that If the unity of the party counts for
anything, the republican nominee will be
elected by a record majority.
Arcadia Champion: The republicans have
placed a stats ticket In the field that the
party can well be proud of. tn J. B. Barnes
of Madison they have a candidate against
whose long career as district Judge nothing
can be said. He Is a man whom the party
can point to with Just pride. The candi
dates for regents, Charles 8. Allen of Lin
coln and William G. Whltmore of Doug
las county, are both good, clean, capable
men and deserve the support of every re
publican.
Bloomlngton Advocate: There Is no ques
tion but what the day of fuBlon in Ne
braska Is nearly a thing of the past. The
state has gradually worked back until It
is now safely republican on the state ond
congressional tickets, and locally is held
together simply for tho purposs of holding
onto the county offices a while longer. In
many of the counties in. this state fusion
has only been accomplished through the
hardest kind of an effort on the part of
the offlceseekers, and In nearly every case
there lias been so much dissatisfaction
over it that tho result will bo very bene
ficial to the republicans.
PERSONAL ASSD OTHERWISE.
Tom Johnson's devil wagon did Turkish
execution among obstreperous democrats
tn Ohio.
Up-to-date railroads might Improve con
ditions materially by equipping coaches
with canoes.
' It is barely possible some of those be
lated prayers for rain reached their des
tination last week.
That was a hard blow to Sir Thomas off
Sandy Hook on Saturday. It prolonged
the agony a few' days. :
In tha absence of any foreigner of dis
tinction, a colored man Is holding tho cen
ter of the society stage at Newport.
It is conceded that the Britons are much
better up on yachting terms than the Amer
icans. Lord Shaftsbury says Reliance is
Jolly well the best boat'
A New York woman Is "going- to marry
the lawyer who procured her a divorce
from her first husband. Maybe she thought
it was cheaper to marry him than to pay
his fee.
Coal oil and music having failed to check
the serenades of mosquitoes, Jerseymen are
beginning to shoot them. The new method
is popular and promises to train a host
of bill collectors.
Boston feels that Its decorous dignity
has been shaken to tho roots by a couple
of frivolous youngsters caught kissing in
a publlo place, ine penauy ior utu unuiea
la sixty days In the subway.
For the love of a maiden who refused to
love him a gallant young sergeant at Fort
Snelllng took the morphine route to the
other shore. He survived a dozen battles
with the Filipinos only to be bowled over
by a girl at home. A stand-up fight Is
not as dangerous as heart fright.
Tho founding of a pleasure steamer in a
canal near Indianapolis caused a panic
among the passengers. There were throe
feet of water and velvety mud to wade
through. Bravely tho passengers waded,
sustained by tho patriotic conviction that
they were making tracks for another his
torical novel.
Oliver Hopklnson, oldest member of the
Philadelphia bar and oldest surviving grad
uate of tho University of Pennsylvania,
celebrated his 91st birthday lost week. His
grandfather was Francis Hopkinson, poet,
author and signer of tho Declaration of
Independence, and his father was Joseph
Hopklnson, Judgo of the United States
court for the district of Pennsylvania and
author of "Hall, Columbia."
ROOSEVELT AND THE TRISTS.
Promoters and Calamity Howlers
Form an Alliance.
San Francisco Call.
During the' recent convention Of the In
ternational Typographical union In Wash
ington city several of Mr. William Ran
nninh Hearst's emuloyes appeared and
steered an anti-trust meeting In one of tbe
theaters. The affair had a distinct cam
paign air. There were red lights, trans
parencies, brass bands and Henry ueorge,
Jr. The occasion was not tumultuous, but
it la the silly season and Washington is
dull and even a poor brass band is at
tractive. The purpose or it an was soon
ritarlnaed in the booming of William Ran
dolph Hearst fur the presidency as a trust
buster, in the speeches and .resolutions
President Roosevelt was attacked, de
famed and belled in tho most approved
and yellow way.
The next morning the New York Sun
(trust organ) appeared with a leading edi
torial explaining that the democrats have
a chance to succeed next year because
Roosevelt's enforcement of tho anti-trust
laws has won him the enmity and oppo
sition of combined capital. The editorial
closed with this sentence: "All the world
knows that the great prosperity continued
In the United States till President Roose
velt began, a year ago, his New England
speech-making against capital organized
by Its owners to promote American Indus
tries." There you have It, men and country
men. Tbe trusts want hard times that
they may lay the responsibility at the
president's door because he enforced the
law, and the boomers of William Randolph
Hearst want hard times that they may
lay the responsibility upon the president
because he did not entoroe the law! As
worthy alliance ot uoworthles as ever tried
, to fool the people,
TWO VANISHING TtrEJI.
Hamorlata and Novelists Deprive at
Choice Material.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Two vanishing types of tho American are,
alas! still presented In the new novels and
the current magazines, although they are
rare indeed In real life. These are tha
backwoods farmer with the fringed beard,
bent back, and the down east dialect, and
the western desperado with flashing ey.
quirk pistol hand, and a whole dictionary
of swear words. Doubtless It will be many
years before the Inhabitants of Great Brit
ain awaken to the fact that these two
personages are not the highest human ro
ducts of our American civilization. Hera
on this side of tho water tho two carica
tures will continue to be cherished ones In
the pastoral novels and the blood and thun
der melodramas until some other burlesques
can be made popular.
The railroads and the telegraph lines
have put almost Inacceslble districts into
close touch with tho great centors of popu
lation. Yankee Ingenuity has enabled the
American farmer to accomplish wonders
with the aid of agricultural machinery.
Good sized cities are so numerous In tha
United States that only a small population
is really Isolated. The western desperado
has disappeared before the hardy and de
termined settlers of the frontier. In soma
cases he has beoomo a millionaire or a
prominent cltissn. In the last few years
trolley lines and rural mall routes have
put the farm house In dally touch with tha
busy world of business and commerce.
The novelist or the dramatist desirous
of being absolutely faithful to present day
life would find himself compelled to make
the American farmer a prosperous country
gentleman who dresses well, employs plenty
of "help" and piles up a comfortable bank
account. In many cases the country farmer
utilizes some of his meadow land for golf
links and makes a shed beside the hay
rick for his new automobile. Tha general
dissemination of knowledge has mada tha
study of grammar so common that our
choicest dialects are likely soon to be
classed among tho dead languages. Tikis
national progress Is disappointing to domes
tic novelists and tho foreign visitors, but
there Is no way to prevent our rapid evolu
tion. Playwrights, humorists, and novel
ists are being robbed of their choicest mate
rial, but "the earth do move."
LAIGHING LINES.
Father (proudly) "I believe, my dear, the
babv Is going to look like me. ' Mothur
(gazing at the Infant) "Yea, poor little fel
low, I'm afraid he Is." Chlcugo News.
"Did you have a good tlmo fishing?"'
"Oh, fair, fair," replied the candid man,
"but we had a better tlmo lying about it
when we got back." Chicago Post.
He When did you begin to suspect I was
in love with you? . ...
She Tho day you told me I could have
anything I -wanted on the bill of fare. De
troit Free Press.
"Some folks." said Uncle Eben, "loses do
full benefit of deir work by not beln' able to
handle it. De chicken kin lay de egg, but
she can't poach it." Washington Star.
"Yes. I've got to ask her mother for Jen
nie's hand."
"Does it worry you?"
"Well, to tell you the truth, It makes me
feel sorry her father Isn't living." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Knieker Aren't you glad your chil
dren are all settled? .1.
Mrs. Rocker Yes, Indeed; they're all
happily divorced now. Puck.
"The idea of speaking of men as 'tha
brave'!" exclaimed Miss Ann Teek, sourly,
"all men are natural cowards."
"Really," replied Miss Pert, "you shouldn t
say that Just because none of them ever
kissed you. I know several who would do
It on a wager, if they were dared." Chi
cago Tribune. ,
. ' T ' 1 1 Ia. - ,,M m w tt T ahltlM ..If Vnil t O
marry me you'd refuse," ventured Gusale,
tpvinv t Intent a littla mora snlrlt into
the conversation. . .,
"Mv. but vou're a cheaD one!" responded
the rirl. . , ,
w-w-w-wnyi stammeroa uussie.
"tteranaa vnn won't bet more than a dol
lar on a sure thing."
"Da va,i fhlnir thnftM new tieonle will
make good neighbors?"
"Oh, delightful. Why, I can see already
. V. n .l.A.rP. ...(nor .1 ri annnffh n,lu IrlllB
things to keep us in gossip all winter."
Ctucago jt-obi.
GOL, DARNED TOUGH.
James Barton Adams in Denver Post.
Comin back from a vacation Is a purty
run lc B,ffftlr
An it takes 'a Christian fur to sub
Jugate the swear,
Fur the soul is ylt a Jinglln' with the muslo
o' the woods
An' the stomach ylt a yearnin fur the com
missary goods.
At the desk we squat a th.'nkln o' tho
heaven we have seen,
We kin hear the birds a slngln' an' kl
see the livin' green
Of the ever-smilln' valleys an' the moun
tains bold an' rough.
An' we look on our imprisonment as
Gol
Darned
Tousrht
Try to put our thoughts on paper, but they
canter far away
To the brooks where speckled beauties In
their fishy frolics play,
Au' wo smell the timid fragrance o' tha
riurty mountain flowers
As they deck with modest beauty all tha
ehaded woodland bowers.
Wo kin feel the line a Jerkin', hear tha
reel begin to spin,
Find ourself a speculutln' if the trout or
us will win. . ,
Then we lmar the cry fur copy, fur a batch
o' slushy stuff
Tell you what, the rude awakenin' la
Gol
Darned
Tough I
Feel a hefty lot o' envy fur tho fellers with
tho cash.
Them 'at never feels the cuttln o' tha
daily labor lash.
But kin lo&f out In the wlldness o the
everlastin' hills
Till ol autumn comes a sklppln' with her
frostlness an' chills.
Beems a hint o' comln' heaven when you re
campln' In the shade
Of an overhanghV mountain In a quiet
rustic glade.
But to have to hang to labor fur the filthy
lucre stuff ...
In the blazin' heat o" summer; well, It's
Gol
Darned
Tough!
But ol' autumn Is a comin' with the winter
ship in tow, ......
An' the breez-s 'II be sprlnklln" frosty
Jewels as they blow.
An' be shakln' snowy feathers from their
widely sweepln' wings.
An' be assravatfn' noses with the sharp
ness o' their stints.
Then the golden rural visions from tha
memory '11 skip,
An' we'll see the mountain valleys Strug
glln' in an Icy grip.
An' we'll sut In cosy quarters an' our faith
ful pipe we ll puff
An' our dully grind won't seem to be so
Gol
Darned
TougHI
Ayer's
Hair Vigor
Hair falling? Then you are
starving it. You can stop
hair-starvation with a hair
food. Ayer's Hair Vigor
nourishes, feeds the hair.
And the deep, rich color of
early life comes back to the
gray hair.
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