TI1E OMAITA' DAILY HEE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1904.
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Cruzon also dot-lures he will not be
a oandldate'for United States senator.
What are we coming to?
Martini law has been suspended in
Colorado hi time for the primaries of
the various political purttcs.
With wheat worth more than fl a
bushel, the prospect for democratic suc
cess in the wheat belt this year is very
gloomy.
The Ohio idea as distinguished from
the Iowa idea is to be propounded by
an aboriginal Ohio man at the Ohio
club dinner on March 12.
Superintendent Fearse has not yet ex
plained why it was necessary to in
crease the salary of his first lieutenant,
the secretary of the board.
Iowa and Nebraska republican state
conventions will meet on the same day
and a hot time is looked for in Des
Moines, as well as in Lincoln.
Russia's real Intention of opening
Manchuria to the trade of the world is
best shown by the fact that it refuses
to recognize an American consul at
Daluy.
There is nothing in current literature
o typical of one phase of American
thought as the column now running in
a Baltimore paper entitled "Humor of
the Fire."
The czar desires to remind Secretary
Hay that China has something to say
lu regard to its neutrality, but he did
not think of this when he was trying to
annex Manchuria.
They say that a house divided against
Itself cannot stand, but it is announced
that the Iloagland house la to be dl
vided lu the middle and moved from
Omaha to Dundee.
Cleveland assumes a paterual tone in
discussing the future of the democratic
party, but a majority of the members of
tlutt party rather think of blui in the
role of mother-bi-law.
- The Japanese Mrs. Morgan has In
itiated her visit to America by criticis
ing the dress of American women. She
might admire that dress if she had
footed any of the bills.
It was no doubt respect for the coun
tries which may have specimens on
liand that the Geneva conference for
the consideration of treatment to be
accorded prisoners of war was indefi
nitely postponed.
It was hardly fair to Count Cassinl
to expect him to correctly gauge public
bpinlon in America when the leaders of
one of the political parties of the coun
try huve bceu unable to do it for many
years.
After he hus dodged a few more anti
podean mobs Alexander Dowle may
return to America satisfied to remain in
a couutry where the pople had rather
laugh at foollshueMS than resent im
,. pertinence.
1 tie pamphleteer who has Issued a
statement of the Panama matter from
the standiMiint of Colombia wisely re
frained from slgulug his name. This
fact may preserve some one'a reputation
for veracity.
Omaha coal dealers aptear to be in
deud earnest in their jercmptory de
suaud that cars loaded with cmi1 should
ta weighed on delivery. It is to bu
hoped they will win. and then it will be
the turn of tliu coal consumers.
In ordering additional are lamps the
council exhausted all the money at Its
disposal for lighting, so that unless the
electric light compauy generously comes
forward to donate the illuminating ra
,terUl for the carnival next fall Ak-Sar
Ben will have to give up the street
parade or meet tho expenses out of its
wit ttwaaur.
so bbimso lbhsvatiox.
It seems to be practically settled that
there will bo no legislation at the pres
ent session of congrefs looking to the
building up of our uiorvhant marine.
According to advices which seem to be
trust worthy thore
is no disposition
ntnoug republicans In either branch of
congress to push this subject aj present.
Representative Grosvenor of Ohio has
a bill which provides for the appoint
ment of a commission to Investigate the
needs of the America u merchant marine,
with Instructions to rrxrt on needed
legislation at the opening of the next
sessluii of congress. The measure pro
vides for a bi-partisan commission coin
Ioscd of five members of the senate aud
an equal number of the house, six re
publicans and four democrat. The bill
provides that the commission shall be
authorized to travel to any part of the
United States In the senrch for Informa
tion, with the power to semi for persons
and papers. A limit of $20,000 is set on
the expenditures. As the commission
Is not to report until next session, all
legislation In the way of grunting ship
subsidies will nnttirnlly be postponed
until that session. Even then It Is very
doubtful if anything will be done, so
general is the popular opposition to
everything in the nature of subsidies.
According to the Washington corre
spondent of the Brooklyn Eagle, the
proposed appointment of a Joint commis
sion Is objected to on the ground that
It is a relegation of legislative functions
to a special body of men, that the sub-
ect is not a new one and does not cull
for a prolonged inquiry, and that the
appointment of such a commission would
do no good. We presented similar argu- J
ments against the commission proposi
tion at the time of the introduction of
the Grosvenor bill. There Is no question
before the American people better un
derstood than that relating to the mer
chant marine and a commission could
throw no new light on the subject It
would of necessity go over the same
ground that has been covered by all who
have Intelligently investigated the mat
ter, the results of which are to bo found
in the annual reports of the commis
sioners of navigation and in the numer
ous speeches that have been delivered on
the subject in congress. The late Sen
ator Hanna, in a speech on the merchant
marine in the last congress, presented
in a most thorough manner all the facts
and arguments favorablo to the subsidy
policy of which he was an advocate and
no commission could add anything to
what was then said.
It is an unquestionable fact that a
large majority of the American people
are opposed to the idea of subsidies
for building up our merchant marine and
it is not probable that a congressional
commission would be able to effect any
change in this sentiment. Consequently
such a commission as the Grosvenor
bill proposes would very likely accom
plish no practical result.
SLOW CP A LITTL.
About twelve months ago . Mayor
Moores was prevailed upon to purchase
a site in the Jobbing district for a new
fire engine bouse at a cost of $14,000.
The city already had one fire engine
house In the Jobbing district which
might have been readily enlarged for
less than $14,000, and could have served
the purpose for years to come. The
purchase of the Jackson street lot nat
urally compelled the erection of an en
gine house to make the site useful.
A $20,000 engine house might have
served the purpose for many years to
come, but as Omaha does everything
on a grand scale, a mammoth engine
house costing over $30,000 was con
tracted for and Is now nearing comple
tion. Thus the Investment, instead of
being $30,000 for a lot and engine house,
has become an Investment of over
$45,000. Like the man whose wife in
slated that he must buy furniture and
carpets to match the new piano he
bought for his daughter, and was finally
compelled to mortgage the place, tear
down the old house and build a new
one, the mayor and council now pro
pose to Invest about $30,000 more in
fire equipment Just to make it match
with the big engine house.
With this end In view they are ne
gotiating for a mammoth fire engine
costing $5,400, an aerial hook and ladder
truck costing over $5,100, five hoso
wagons for $7,600, $1,000 worth of hand
sewed harness, four new gongs costing
$150 each, about $4,000 worth of hose,
eighteen fire engine horses and all the
trimmings. By the time the new ap
paratus is Installed in the new fire en
gine house a new fire company with
twenty-flve additional men will probably
be called for, entailing a steady out
lay of $15,000 to $20,000 a year in add!
tlon to the present expense for fire
fighting, without any assurance what
ever that the insurance rates will be
reduced even one-teuth of 1 mill for the
Jobbers or for anybody else In Omaha
In view of the fact that the tax levied
for the fire department will all bo eaten
up by the payroll of the present force,
where Is all this money to come from?
Would It not be well for the mayor and
council to slow .up a little for awhile?
It may be necessary to buy fresh
horses, it is doubtless necessary to
purchase an additional lot of hose,
but all the machinery contemplated,
which would almost be sufficient for a
whole fire department of a moderate
town, need not lie bought in one year,
or in two years, for that mutter. It is
a lieautlful sight to look at in a fire
department parade, but with an outlay
of $2.10,000 a year for hydrant rental
and fire deurtmeut salaries, Omaha is
not in position to indulge in such a mag-nlfu-ent
display.
The icople about the state capital are
making wonderful discoveries every
day. They have now discovered that
the civil code of Nebraska aud the gen
eral laws may all be null and void be
cause the original copy of the laws of
1861 cannot be found in the vanlts of the
secretary of state. Suppose the original
copy of the oonatitutioa of Nebraska
should happen to burn up, would Ne
braska be without a constitution, and If
so, would not that Invalidate all the
laws adopted ever since its adoption?
The Idiots are not all dead yet.
A novel plan for building an audi-I
toriutn for Minneapolis has been Impro
vised by a Minnesota life insurance
company. On condition that the nieui
Imts of the Minneapolis Commercial
club take out life policies to the amount
of $2,000,000 the company has agreed
to erect a big public auditorium. Will
any life company operating in Nebraska
contribute $100,000 to finish the Audi
torium If members of the Omaha Audi
torium association take out policies for
$1,000,000? Don't all speak at once.
Deputy United States Attorney Rush
rushed Into print the other day with
the declaration that all the essential
testimony and the names of all wit- I
nesses required for the investigation of
th clinrecs niriilnst Senator Dietrich
i , , ,,., t ivni,i,,(nn 1
nut a (lispatcn irom vtasningion siaws
mat "tne investigating committee is
waiting for Summers to report. Can
It be possible that Summers has lost the I
address or mlssent the package?
Having landed Its loan or more than
$4,000,000, the directors of the St Louis
exposition announce that suits will be
started airainst the subscribers to the
capital stock of the concern who have
not paid their subscriptions. When this
phase of tho fair really begins the sub-
scribers to the World's fair stock may
.egln to doubt whether it will ever pay
out any dividend.
The new Chicago grand jury which is
Investigating the cause of the Iroquois
theater fire seems to have resolved to
I
discover the real culprit by the rule of
exclusion, me nreman in cnarge nas
been exonerated and will be used as
wltness against others.
Spain's Record in Peril.
Detroit Free Press.
Russia has thus far succeeded In adding
to Us submarine fleet with a rapidity that
bids fair to excel the former high record
held by Spain.
Some Good in Lobsters.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Now that H Is positively known that
radium can be extracted from the lobster.
the time cannot be far distant when secrets
may be extracted from the clam.
Lombard, Watch, Ahoy!
Chicago Record-Herald.
A man 80 years old has Just been admitted
to the bar In Nebraska. With fair luck he
hopes in time to be able to build up a good
practice. .
Who Shall Decider
Washington Post.
Reeretnrv Rhnw want.1 the American bov
to stick to the farm and Secretary Moody
wnt him to loir. the. navv. In the mean-
time the boy remains some place between
the devil and the deep blue sea.
Blade of the Right Stuff.
Indianapolis News.
Russia has officially announced the aban
donment of its proposed exhibit at the St
Louis exposition, and Japan has applied for
the space thus vacated. Who can help ad
miring the courageous, resourceful and con
fident little chaps?
Urn Is of Patriotism.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The statement that a brand new variety
of canned hash Is being Introduced In the
army will be viewed with considerable anx-
I At v hv thA frienilM rtf thn reflrulaj8. Thera
Is such a difference In hashes, and If the
ratio of desertion suddenly Increases It will
afford good grounds for the belief that the
hash contains something that Isn't condu
cive to discipline.
Disturbing; the Financial World
New York Evening: PosL
Thers has hardly ever been a time when
the financial situation was affected, as It
Is today, by so many striking causes at
once. The war ln the east, the Baltimore
fire, the extraordinary results of specula-
tlon In cotton, coffee, wheat and other ag
ricultural products have all to be taken
Into account. The effect upon the finances
of the world from the war and the fire can
not be estimated, but one thing is clear
these events mean the destruction of hun
dreds of millions of wealth. With this cap
ital actually wiped out, the lending ca
pacity of the international money market
la by so much restricted.
Altruistic Aggression.
Detroit Free Preas.
It Is difficult to be patient with the im
pertinent Frenchman who wishes to know
if Mr. Hay's note pleading for respect for
th "administrative entity" of China In-
cludaa Thibet to which Great Britain has
sent a military expedition. Thibet is quite
as much the property of China as Man
churia, but naturally It makes a difference
whether China is the victim of Russian or
British aggreealon. Russian aggression Is
always selfish and ulterior, while Great
Britain would scorn to seal anybody else's
territory except ln the internes of olvlllza-
tlon civilization, as everybody understands,
being Itself.
The Sinews of War.
Philadelphia Record.
Several years ago Russia began the accu
mulatlon of a huge treasure of gold, partly
to enable It to redeem its paper money,
which had long been irredeemable, and
partly to serve as a war chest. It was
found Increasingly difficult to borrow In
Ixuiilon. and Russian fiscal operations were
transferred to Berlin and Paris. Borrowing
became almost Impossible there, and Russia
turned again to Ixndon and also to New
York
In neither numry market were the
results entirely satisfactory. A good deul
of gold was paid out ln redeeming the payer
rubles, but a large stock was retained,
making the country comparatively Inde
pendent of loans ln an emergency like the
present.
Growth of a Decade.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Although the rural free delivery postal
service la the growth of only a decade, its
development Ir. that brief period, as the
convenience and benefits of the system Im- alarms are the unfailing accompaniments
press themselves upon the public, Is one ' war. The mounted Japanese patrols ro
of the most striking Incidents in the hiktory Irted to have been seen northwest of
of the postal service in the United Stales.
In lHi, 1S!k and PM congress appropriated
$10,000 annually for exxTiments; last year
the sum allotted for the purpose was more
than I7.So0.0u0. and nearly 16,000 different
routes are now lir operation. Aljojt 17.000
employes are engaged in the service. They
not only have their annual convention and
a monthly Journal devoted to their Inter
ests, but already they are petitioning con
cruaa for an adjustment of salaries, for an
allowance for expenaes and for the reiln
of various grievances. .
TRintTES TO SENATOR HSV.
Indianapolis News: In one sense Mr.
Manna was prophet of his time, and It
explains his greatness to that time.: lie
was a success.
New York Sun: We doubt If he at any
time In these later years harbored any
serious ambition toward the presidency. He
te'.t that he was physlclally unequal to
either the campaign or the duties of the
office.
Philadelphia Press: He had become the
most useful, the most Influential and the
most potent man In public life, outside of
the executive scepter, and the shaft which
lays him low pierces thd common heart of
tho country.
New York World: A forceful personality
has been lost to national politics. He rep
reFtnted perhaps more completely than any
other member of the senate thnt new and
dominating force In his party which makes
politics a business and a business of poll
tics. Louisville Courier-Journal: Ho dies rec
ognized by men of all political parties aa a
broad - minded, level-headed, practical Amer-
lean, whose hard sense and business mcth
oJ were cPed as masterfully in public
affairs as In private; whose convictions,
motives WPre beneiicent and patriotic
Philadelphia North American: As none
could supplant him while he lived, so none
can hv to m tne "au opened In the ranks
...
oi American puuno men by warn nannas
untimely death. Few men have striven so
earnestly or succeeded so grandly during
ten years of spectacular and almost Inces-
sent exertion.
Washington Post: Here was a man who
am wen whatever he did at all; who never
tave Ms word unless he meant to keep It;
who was frank in the nerformanon of the
most delicate and disagreeable duties; who
was true to his friends, whether they
loomed up among the great or drooped amid
,no lowly' ana whose """illness and
of f f .,, th t .o. h.tacies
New York Tribune: As a legislator the
Ohio senator had not served long enough
to show his true quality. But In party
uncll h8 ranked with the foremost, and.
h till tlA Ifl'JW tiA mlirhf tupViunn Vi n i.u l.w-wL-rwl
t; '17woZ
ors within tho gift of the party. His death
robs the world of politics of a stalwart per-
sonallty, and the causes he advocated of
an effective and powerful friend.
Brooklyn Eagle: Mr. Hanna was a great
advertiser. He put republican speeches,
statements, Interviews and arguments Into
the Bryan papers everywhere at advertis
ing rates, on news and editorial pages, and
thus carried the McKlnley antidote wher
ever the Bryan bane was spread. That was
sensible, simple, startling and revolutionary
campaigning. It did work Which could not
be perceived, could not b stopped and
could not be undone. It was as permeating
as a hypodermic Injection. It was as plain
and practical as bookkeeping. It cost a
STeat deal of money, but the statement of
It drew a great deal of money from con
tributors and the success of It vindicated
the course pursued. We .believe that the
republican campaigns of 1896 and 1900 were
the most expensive, and the most honest.
that were ever waged by a political party
In modern American history.
Boston Transcript: A dramatic, almost
tragic feature of the latest stages of Mr,
Hanna's Illness has been that In the de-
llrlum whlch has frequently occurred dur-
extreme weaaness nis mina seemed
lo 00 nl" uPn lne " one -
thing left unfinished. At first the watchers
at his bedBtde had come difficulty in under
standing what his dejected utterance meant.
as the senator seemed .to Imagine himself
addressing an audience.. .; Presently came
from his lips a passage which told the
story; he was rehearsing, the speech with
which he Intended to put Theodore Roose
velt In nomination for the presidency at
the Chicago convention next July. To those
who saw Mr. Hanna's loyalty to this pur
pose throughout he long period, when Irre
sponsible gossip was representing his atti
tude otherwise, this came as no surprise,
To others who had been doubting, It added
the final and conclusive touch to their re
assurance of the sincerity of his unceasing
ael"lrel"'" " WB "
a candidate.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Mayor McClellan Is something of a I
former. He refuses presents.
Congressman Shafroth is too honest a
man to be ln politic His proper sphere
,s Journalism
A syndicate of kickers in Pittsburg at
I tempted to bust a few oogs In the repub
I llcan machine. By some unaccountable
oversight the syndicate elected one alder,
man.
Congressman at Large Charles F. Scott
of Kansas has announced himself as a can
didate for a seat In the United States sen
ate. He hopes to succeed Senator Burton,
who has lost caste with his constituents
recently.
Revolutions may revolute, and war
change the world's map, but the repub
llcan majority In Philadelphia continues
piling up majorities regardless. Last Tues
day was an off day, still a majority of
76,ouo was recorded.
Charles II. Leeds, recently elected mayor
of Stamford, Conn., as a democrat, an
nounces that he has changed his political
I an1 wl" hereafter affiliate with the
I republican party. His constituents are
naturally Indignant and have asked him to
resign his office, but this he refuses to do.
Wonders never cease In Kansas. One
county campaign committee, which oa
slated In routing the state machine, had
a cash balance of 115.45 when the smoke of
battle lifted, and promptly distributed the
surplus pro rata among the subscribers. Is
it any wonder that reform commands so
little respect ln the "bleeding common
wealth?" PARAGRAPHIC 8THATKGV.
Chicago Post: The emperor of Corea to
the world's commerce: "We're Wlju!"
Penv.er Times: Viceroy Alexlcff says that
the Almighty is with the Russian army.
Meantime the Japs are fighting like the
devil.
New York Tribune: The Corean govern-
ment has granted Japan the right to tra-
verso the country. This announcement
from Tokio discloses a sense of humor not
often perceptible In the writers of our war
news bulletins.
Philadelphia Pre:-J: There Is no reajon
to believe that there is any truth in the
report that American naval officers were
aboard the Japanese shiiw at Port Arthur.
The Navy department does not believe the
story, and neither does anyone else. Where
would those officials have come from?
Philadelphia Record: Panics and falsa
Mukden are probably as real as the Span
Ish cruisers whose guns were heard boom
Ing nightly off the coast of Maine during
our late unpleasantness with the hidalgos
Louisville Courier-Journal: The Nagasaki
correspondent of the I -on don Telegraph ex
presses his conviction that "Port Arthur
Is bound to fall by the effluxion of time.
even without acaault." tiood. Why not
have less effusion of blood and allow th4
war to be fought out by the effluxion of
: time for the Jape and by vryer for the
Russians! .
OTHK.R I.AXTIS TH A Ol H.
The naval reconstruction bill prepared by
the Spanish government hns abandoned the
enormous program proposed by Sllvela, and
Is more modest In Its demands. It pro
vides for the establishment of a central
naval staff, a general department of naval
construction, a general naval supply de
partment, and a general department of na
vigation, fisheries and naval Industries. It
provides for the expenditure of the very
moderate sum of 37,000,noo pesetas. Most of
this money will be spent In the establish
ment of arsenals and coaling stations,
which will make the rebuilding of the
Spanish navy a reasonable proposition. Ten
millions will go to Ferrol, one and a half
to Cartagena, and about five to Carrnca.
It provides for the laying down of one
submarine, twelve torpedo boats of 150 tons
each, and ten small gunboats. When the
shipyards and arsenals are finished work
will begin on the navy proper, for Spain
has wisely decided that It Is folly to have
a navy when It possesses no dockyards
capable of keeping the fleet In repair, whloh
Is the present condition.
A question that Is now under discussion
In London Is whether legal means exist
for a summary suppression of some of
the latest developments of the advertising
art by yellow or other Journals. Some time
ago the managers of one of these publica
tions conceived the idea of announcing that
certain sums of money had been concealed,
which would be the property of the dis
coverer, the clew to the hiding places be
ing Indicated in some way In the paper re
ferred to. The idea proved a good one
for the proprietor and, of course, soon
found Imitators. Great Britain is now sup
posed by some millions of penny-dreadful
readers to be one vast mine of hidden
treasure. Whether any money has been
secreted is a point that need not be de
bated. It seems to be certain that a con
siderable proportion of the idlers ln the
United Kingdom are looking for It. and
do not hesitate at trespass If they think
there Is something to be made .by It. In
some cases rough crowds have been at
tracted, and serious nuisances committed.
Moreover, the evil seems to be on the In
crease. Public! Indignation Is not directed
against the Ignorant dupos, but the men
who are profiting by the common gambling
Instinct of the lower orders. Some lawyers
say these speculators have put themselves
within the reach of the taw by inciting
persons to commit trespass and breach of
the peace.
An extraordinarily pessimistic speech was
delivered In Spain the other day by Sonor
Sllvela, the ex-prlme minister, who has
been In public life for more than thirty
years and has occupied a prominent posi
tion for about fifteen. He said that his
ambition was to govern Spain as a Euro
pean state, as a country cultivated and
free; but that he found at all times con
cealed enmity where he naturally looked
for strong and loyal support. The loss of
Cuba was the ruin of Spain. It possessed
at one time men-of-war which appeared to
be men-of-war, and sailors appearing to
be sailors. With this double deception,
peaple, he said, feared them a little. "To
day," he continued, "no one fears us, not
even Portugal; and no nation can continue
to exist alone without Inevitable decay,
No republic Is possible without republicans,
and no great country without great pat
riots. Patriotism Is disappearing ln Spain
because the country costs money. Only
the poor went to fight In Cuba, and the
rich did not even give what was so easy
to give, namely, money. Spain Is destl
tute of credit and without a fleet. And
yet, if a national subscription were to be
opened to build ships, not enough money
would be collected to suffice for the con
structlon of one single inronclad. Finally,
the Spaniard of today Is either a bull
fighter or desires to become one; anything,
ln fact, except a Spaniard."
Best European opinion seems to be that
the war in the far east will haBten the
solution of the different problems In the
Balkans. Russia asserts Its ability to
exert as much physical force In tho Bal
kans as ever, no matter how hard may
be the fighting In Manchuria. This Is not
believed. It is thought that Turkey will
give tip all Idea of carrying out the prom
lsed reforms; that Bulgaria, whose army
is now In shape for war and whose legisla
ture has a strong government majority,
will put troops over the frontier, for the
restraining fear of Russia will have been
removed. It remains to be seen what
Austria, tho other party to the agreement
to enforce reforms ln Turkey, will do.
The belief in Constantinople Is that war
ln the Balkans is Inevitable, and that will
mean the intervention of the other powers
signatory to the treaty of Berlin. With
Russia out of the way and busy elsewhere,
the more optimistic think that the Balkan
question can be settled for good and all.
The Gorman Reichstag has passed a res
olutlon In favor of the payment of Its mem'
bers about a pound per day of the session
but It has done this repeatedly before
without result. A resolution of Reichstag
la nothing without the sanction of the Fed
era! Council, which represents the a'lid
sovereigns of Germany and constitutes th.9
"upper chamber'' of the legislature, and
the Federal Council I. e., the Imperial gov
eroment has always been against the
principle of payment of members. Rather
than admit this principle into the coi.stl
tutlon when it was being framed BlBmarck
threatened to wreck It altogether, and his
. opposition has been continued by the Im
perlal government ever since. Bismarck's
enter argument against tne payment or
members as exemplified by the practice
in the Prussian chamber, of which the
members receive about IS marks a day-
was that it tended to create a class of
mere professional politicians who "live!
not in order to make laws, but made laws
In order to ; live." The Prussian ronsUtu
tlon wxls framed under stress of the revo
lution of '48 hence the dole given tc depu
ties, while the Imperial constitution, with
its universal suffrage, was a free gift from
the foderal governments to the German
people after the French war.
The Gaelic revival ln Ireland was consid
ered a chimerical project when It received
Its Impetus a dozen years or so ago, but
the progreea of the movement Is astonish
ing. The Gaelic league has an annual in
come of $3a,000. It has Induced the Irish
Board of Commissioners of Public Educa
tlon to grant the right to have Irish chll
dren taught the old language In the Irish
national schools, and' now Gaelic may be
taught ln every Irish public school during
ordinary school hours If adequate lnstruc
tlon In the subjects hitherto taught be not
initial red thereby. Moreover, a Gaelic
school of higher education has been estab
lished in Dublin, with a board of governors
composed of distinguished men and women,
and the first course of study will be under
taken In March of this year. Whether the
revival has In It the sueds of permanenci
may well be doubted, but one of the re-
pults will be the unearthing of all the old
Celtic lore and learning now extant to be
added to the world's stock.
Don't Get Gay.
Chicago Chronicle.
Mr. Brysa should beware of being aa
funny as he can. His offer of a prtie of
tluO for a platform which the leading demo.
rratic newspapers of the country will ac
cept la humorous but not wise. There
every prospect that such a platform '
Ill
be written and adopted at St. Louis. Mr.
Bryan will then need all his money for his
bolt and for litigation with widows and
orphans.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
mm
Absolutely Pure
IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
RUSSIAN BRAVERY.
Battle of Two Crnlsera Against Over-
nhelmlns Odds.
Philadelphia North American.
Standing on the heights overlooking the
bloody plain at Balaklava, a French general
watched the Light brigade charge to death
and glory under the Russian guns and
sketched the achievement In an epigram.
It Is magnificent," he said, "but It Is not
war." Nothing could be more fitly apolied
to the fight the other day at Chemulpo,
when two Russian cruisers fought over
whelming odds until they went down with
colors flying. Naval annals do not record
more desperate bravery.
In the same sense as the Crimean episode,
It was not war. Some one had blundered.
Though the Russian commanders expected
attack, their ships were securely anchored
and their fires were low. Unpreparcdness
brought th;m face to face with a deadly
alternative abject surrender or hopeless
fight. With consummate courage they
chose the latter.
Against a foe more than three times as
strong they made their dash from the har
bor, and for two hours sought to break the
relentless cordon. But It was useless. The
seven Japanese cruisers, strong, swift and
confident, circled around the doomed ships
like hawks around wounded birds, pouring
In a merciless fire. Beaten back at last,
and almost crippled, the Russian vessels
retired, made hurried repairs and once
more stood forth, this time to certain de
structlon.
What a sight that must have been, as
briefly described ln the cable dispatches!
With the imperial colors flying and the
ships' bands playing the national hymn,
the two battered craft staggered out to sea
and engaged the seven Japanese vessels
At last one blew up and sank, then the
other, and where there had been two great
fighting machines there were left on the
surface only scattered spars and struggling
men.
The world which looks on at the struggle
cannot grant that the Russians display
great ability or foresight. But it must ac
knowledge freely that they can be heroic,
LESSONS OF BALTIMORE'S FIRE.
Effect of Political Electric Wires on
the Fire's Progress.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The recent Baltimore fire has two Im
portant lessons for other cities. The re
ports indicate that the firemen in the ear
lier stages of the conflagration were con
tinually and seriously hindered by over
head eleetrlc wires, of which there was a
perfect network In that city. The Wash
ington Star Intimates that no steps had
been taken to remove any of them "on
aarount of the close relation between a
political machine and the electricity pro
ducing and using corporation." Whether
this be true or not, Baltimore has taken
no steps towards making itself wireless
above grou.id. The innumerable wires ln
Its streets prevented effective work on the
part of the firemen In getting at the fire,
endangered the lives of spectators, and
particularly of firemen, who were obliged
to be among the live wires for some time,
as the power plants continued generating
electricity after the wires had fallen.
Baltimore, however, is not alone ln this
regard, although It was greatly exposed
because of its past neglect Other cities
are in similar condition In their business
districts, and should they be visited by a
dangerous conflagration overhead wires
will add to the danger. Bury the con
ductors is one Jesson of (he Baltimore
fire. That city will have the opportunity
when rebuilding begins.
Another lesson of the fire Is the necessity
for similar conditions of fire service ln
various cities. Baltimore had to call
upon neighboring cities for miles around.
even as far distant as New York, for
help. It Is so ln the case of every great
flre- Chicago had to do It In 1871 and
Boston a little later. The Philadelphia
Press says that when the engines from that
city, as well as from some other places,
arrived the firemen were seriously handi
capped because the Baltimore fire plugs
were of a different measure from their
fm
ASK FOR IT.
The new block stiff hat for spring The Brown
ing, King & Co.
"Special" $3.00.
No Clothing: Fits Like Ours.
groWrir2- Kng-$ '
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hose connections. To what extent this may
have added to the destruction Is not
known, but It is easy to conceive of con
ditions under which it might hant been
of serious disadvantage. It 1b not neces
sary thHt fire apparatus all over the
United States should be constructed after
the same pattern and measurements, but
this Incident does teach the lesson that
the fire plugs In all cities should be made
adaptable to the engines of other cities
which may be called upon In an emer
gency. These are comparatively simple
matters, but sometimes little simple pre
cautions prevent great disasters.
SMII.IX REMARKS.
"Some folks," sold Uncle Ebon, "Is good
natured cause dey's too lazy to stan' de
wear an' tear of clalmln' delr rights."
Washington Star.
Bacon I hear your uncle is to lecture on
"Our Ureat Waterways." What does he
know shout waterways?
Kgbert Why, he was In Wall street for
six years! Yonkers Statesman.
Elaine was floating down the river on the
barge.
"iou see," explained the weeping servi
tors, "she was bound to beat the car-ahead
people iof once."
Thus, Indeed, wa the nubllo early driven
to desperate measures. New York Sun.
New Clerk I think I understand the bus
iness pretty well now.
Employer Yes? Keep at It four or five
years. Perhaps you'll understand It then
as well as you think now. Philadelphia
Press.
Mr. Chugwater What are you coughing
and sneezing about?
Mrs. Chugwate.r (busy with the morning
Faperj I am not coughing and sneezing,
am tryl.ig to read this dispatch from
Port Arthur. Chicago Tribune.
Markley Pepprey told me today that I'd
never get back that $6 I loaned you.
Oraphter He did, eh?
Markley Yes.
Oraphter Well, If it wasn't so expensive
I'd make him out a liar all right. Philadel
phia Press.
"'Honest fisher folk.' Huh!" snorted the
editor "you'll have to change that."
"Why so?" demanded the author.
"It sounds ridiculous. I never knew a
man who went fishing who was quite
honest." Philadelphia Press.
"Your husband lost his temper in a little
dispute we had," said Gaxzam to Mrs.
Bickers.
"That doesn't matter," replied Mrs. Bick
ers; "he has plenty left' Detroit Free
Press.
"Do you mean to tell me thnt your suc
cess Is due to the gratitude that people feel
toward you?"
"Certainly," answered Senator Sorghum.
"I give them money, and their gratitude
leads tnem to vote my way." Washington
Star.
PIE.
Why is It no one ever tries
To learn who 'twos Invented pies?
What woman, beautiful and Just,
First rolled, and pinched, and out
the
crust,
And, to alleviate distress,
Filled It with pungent happiness?
First, there Is juicy apple pie
For this did Father Adam sigh.
It was no apple, red and sweet,
That led astray his halting feet
It must have been an apple pie
That loomed before his lunging eye.
Such pie such apple pie, forsooth.
As folks remember from their youth-
A plo with prinked and crumpled edge, ,
Each slice of which would make a wedge
To fetch one's good intunt apart
FYom any clutch on mind or heart;
That Adam was Inclined to fall.
And all the planets In the sky,
Then, there are chicken pie, end Iamb,
And oyster, mutton, veal-and-ham.
And current and gooseberry pie,
Blackberry, prune, and cherry pie.
Peach, plum and sweet potato pie
Bav, ever eat tomato pie?
Tomato pie, almost unknown.
Yet It deserves a pantry throne.
For when It glows aright we see
The purple robe of royalty;
And oh, the taste and tang of It
When by a hungry human bit!
Such stuff as dreams: Ays, dreams Ilka
these;
That comets are the bits of cheese
And al lthe planets In the sky,
And little stars, are luscious pie!
Our hearts In gladness to immerse
Hv eating through the universe!
Oh, one should never criticize
The sober souls who scoff at plea,
Whose views of pies are dark and grlrfl.
For they leave so much pie for him.