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Possibly Mr. Tearse will revise his
peremptory demand and agree to scale
his proposed salary from 16,000 to
$.1,000 a year.
The situation of the officer of tthe
Nebraska 'militia contains all of the
elements of a San Domingo revolution
except the boom of the guns.
Nebraska will divide rime with Utah
at the national capital next week, but
It will never be- able to keep np with
the latter! population showing.
Aufltro-llungary will not be permitted
to rest. No sooner do the members of
the Hungarian Diet decide to , be good
than the students break out In riots.
4 ...
The , Civic Improvement federation
wants - more members In order to do
thing.' If It Wllldo something first,
the additional member, will, come
easier.
Democrats cannot even get together on
. the Bristow report . 8ome of the .wann
est debates have been between member
of that party on' different side ot the
question. . .
I not the South Omaha school board
putting the cart before the horse In ad
vertising for proposal for furniture for
the new high school building before the
walls are upT
According to. the cable the peace
which prevailed at Warsaw Is being re
peated In Honduras, with the principal
offender In Jail and everything quiet for
the man in office.
The delegation of women which
moved upon the Smoot Investigation
committee yesterday evldenty wanted
a view of the man who can keep peace
between five wives.
lot of people In Omaha who will
reap advantage of the new Auditorium
have not contributed directly or Indl
rectly to the Auditorium fund. Now Is
the time to come In.
Marching' prisoners ot war around
town for the edification of the populace
may be Russia's idea of civilized .war
fare, but It shows just how far Russian
civilization has progressed.
In Milwaukee a coutract involving an
expenditure of school money can be
vetoed by the mayor. Such an exercise
of supervisory power by the mayor of
Omaha would make the caldron boll.
Summed up In a .nutshell, the con
struction put upon the new Nebraska
revenue law by Attorney General Prout
1 that no one need pay taxes on any
thing that he can get the assessor to
overlook.
i
Congressman- Cowherd of Missouri
ay that while Beaver is to blam
for breaking the law at the request of
congressmen, . no congressman 1 to
blame for asking bJni to break the law.
The argument la unanswerable.
Ceneral Barry, the late commander of
the National Guard, refuse to talk.
We trust that he 1 not cogitating, or
even contemplating, an uprising of the
army and navy of Nebraska to suppress
tha embattled warrtor from Mil ford.
Lest we forget, Thomas Watson of
Georgia projects himself so far from
oblivion a to recall the Invitation which
President Cleveland extended to Fred
Douglass to be present at bis post nup
tial reception at the White House.
Russia ha practically told the Peking
government that It can have trouble by
ending its troop north of the great
wall, or be quietly annexed after the
war with Japan, should Russia ba suc-
ceMfuL ( The empress dowager might
recall the Chinese word which mean
"EU whw hasiuto ! Urnf, .
Ay CHAflCB run MKDUtwy. .-
A foreign dispatch of & few dayi
ago mild that France and England are
only waiting for a favorable niouint
to tender their good offices for a settle-
merit of the war la the far east. It was
stated that on thl. urfut both the Lou-
don and the Paris rablneta are lu accord
and that their action la only a question
of time, but the opportunity was not
In the same connection wua a eUtement
to the effect that Hussln. would not con- Prt of the miners to engage In a eon-
Rider any proposition for mediation uudNHt with the operators and the reasons
that it was the determination of that
country to vindicate its position as o
military power before it would listen
to any augKestion for settling the con-
fllct through the intervention of any
other power or powers.
It is not difficult to understand the
attitude of either of the combatants in
respect to the question of mediation,
Japan entered upon war for a purpose
which she profoundly felt could be
finally determined only by the arbitra-
ment of arms. She had decided, after
wont patient waiting and every reason-
able effort to arrange matters on a fair
basis with Russia, that there was
nothlnir left for her but to fight and
having reached this decision she means I
to prosecute the war to tlie end. On
the part of Russia there la both national
pnae ana national miereet to lmpeii"' .
her to continue the war. Having in belve that the miner will heed the
the most deliberate way provoked the
conflict and made every preparation for
It, she could not now accept mediation
without a confession Of her inability
to carry on war with her Oriental an
tagonist. What such a confession would
mean for Russia can be easily under
stood. It would absolutely destroy
whatever prestige she now has in the
far east and compel her abandonment
of every claim she makes in that quar
ter of the world. The fear that China
.... .1
now bus of llussia would disappear and I
not only the people of Manchuria .but
of all the Chinese empire would rise
to expel the Russian from the territory
of China. The moment that Russia ac
cepted mediation would mark the be
ginning of her downfall a a power In
the far east.
For these obvious reasons It 1 mani
festly out of th(' question that either
of the belligerents can be induced at
thl time to give the slightest consldera
tlon to any suggestion, from whatever
source It might come, for mediation.
The war must go on. It may be that
after both power have nearly ex
hausted their resources, that after there
has been sun enormous expenditure of
life and treasure, each may be disposed
to listen to a suggestion for mediation.
but that time Is somewhat remote. In
the meanwhile all talk of mediation Is
luie. - .1
HtCuatiiZK TltM UREATKB IfST..
It i a foregone conclusion that Theo-1
dore Roosevelt will be nominated by
acclamation a the republican standard
bearer for the presidency at the national
convention to be held at Chicago !n June
next It 1 also a 'foregone conclusion
that his nomination 'wtli ratified by I
the 'American people at the polls next
November.: With, a citizen of the Em
plre state as It candidate for the pres
idency, the' republican party must
naturally look to the west for his run
ning mate. )
The west is, however, an indefinite
term, depending upon the point of view
of the observer and hi conception of
the magnitude and extent of country
included between the great lake and
tne racroc ocean, to tna new ,ng-
lander, who ha never ventured beyond
unicago, Buffalo ana uieveiana are in i
tne neart or tne great west, out unicago
is 500 miles east of the center of the
continent, and Indianapolis, which Is in
some minds located in the middle west.
lie on the utmost eastern boundary of
the greater west
In 1860, when the republican party
nominated Abraham Lincoln, the cap
ital of Illinois, where he resided, was
within 200 mile of the farthest western
railroad terminus. His nomination
from the then farthest west wa pro
nounced as a very hasardoua risk by pol
ltlciana from New England and New
incian rrom ew ungiana ana new
York, Justifiable only because hi elec-
tion
wa regarded a most decidedly
Improbable, if not impossible.
With the continent spanned by half
a dozen railway traversing the eighteen
state west of the Mississippi river out
of the forty-five, and thirteen of these
west of the Missouri river, the seleo-
tlon of a vice president from Nebraska
would scarcely contravene DoUtlcai tra -
ditlon. On the contrary, It would be
Judicious concession. In 1896, and
again in 1900, Nebraska was made
storm center by the nomination of Wll -
lam Jnnnlnira Rrvan aa the candidate
of the democracy. While Nebraska la
now regarded a safely republican, th
states west of the Mississippi, are en
titled to at least secoud place on the
republican ticket. For this position
Nebraska will present the name of .John
Webster, who is regarded a eml-
nently qualified la every respect to ful-
flll the functions devolving upon the)
hth oosltlon to which he asDlrea. .
Colonel Bryan 1 eyldently endeavor -
In. rfn.r.tlv tn hl tha annthern
" 1
democrats into line once more tinuer uu
banner. That 1 the only rational ex -
pla nation of the laborious effort of bis
alter eco to lmDress the DUbUc that
Colonel Bryan never had any prejudice
against a man because of the part be
took in trying to disrupt the union during
the civil war and that he ba showed bis
partla.llty for ex-coufed on several oo
, , , .
casion by helping them to official post-
tlons where they might draw aalarie
from the government they sought to
destroy. Pretty soon we may expect a
, . . ... . , , . .
to assure tne union veterans oi iuai
destructive conflict that Mr. Bryan baa
no prejudice against them for th part
they took defending the flag and put-
J ting dowa rebellion. Cam. it be possible
that the time 1mm cme whwi disloyaltl
and loyaltr ar to be hoarded u
equally honorable .
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VOOn tOWML TO LABOR.
The circular letter of the official- of
the oranIr.atlon of ooal miners, advla-
Inn the men against a atrtke at tila
time, merit hearty commendation, me
officials recognlae the ract that unaer
I At' I sari n a AAtifHtlnnal fT ten A 11 atW anal IMinA I
" '
It would be a grave mistake on me
presented mime circular letter ior .
view are so nianirextiy sounu ami J"-
clous that ft would seem a Bare P"-
option that when on next 'mesuay a
referendum is taken the result will be
,n overwuciming enaorsemem ol uie
position or the officials. f
A striae at this time involving me
miner of bituminous coal would be
nVfrtune of no small consequence,
not only to the men themselves, but also
the general welfare. Without going
Into the details of the Issue between
lDe mine aim tue opriur tS
ivr i..ier..u. uiat . w.tcumr v
omciais oi me xormer mat weir ue-
mand Is not Justified under the clrcum-
stances and this being the case they
couiu not count upon puouc sympathy
should they engage m a Btrike to eu-
adv,co the,.r officer and accept the
compromise propoaea py tne operators.
The last legislature appropriated $90,
fWt tor tho omHInn nt 9 ill stonl rolls a t
.. t . .. ... I
the state penitentiary which, under
former contracts, were to have been
erected at the expense of the late Boss
Stout and his successor, Charley Moaner,
fnd ,V t0 h the comlng
legislature will not be torn up over
another cell house appropriation. The
Investments, marie hv the state In lock-
.. . .. .
era uuu loca-ups ui iuo yeu ououiu oh
sufficient to accommodate the Inmates
of that Institution for a few years, at
least.
One need not be surprised to see
large appropriation bill for purpose 0(
defense Introduced In the Reichstag
by the German government after the
. KK.m Kt. I
story of the probability of war between
Great Britain and Russia. There Is
nothing like a good scare to prepare the
way for a touch.
The national organization of bill post
ers made a bilious mistake In going
oast Omaha to hold its meeting in Lin-
j,, . Omaha can display more bill
mon8troBltles than any other city
of jU siEB and t bm men wouid
Bure)y have feasted their eyes In con-
templatlon. '
i ii .1
I It is barely possible that the ' mem-1
lorandum of agreement, alleged to have I
been signed by ten member of the I
Board of Education to raise the salary
o' Mr Pearse from 3,800 to 5,000 a
7r. wa not to be token ertouiy, but
I - I A . aTll. ..t. I
n,y " a""1 wt "uw wubuuiim
tion, ; "
1? ' .' . . . . ' i
The Columbian Invasion- of Panama
Is probably delayed ao as not to inter-
fere with the decision , of the French
court regarding the canal shares. Co-
lombia may have something to oll and
it would be poor Judgment to make a
profitable- buyer angry.
Mr Bryan's friends exsres the fear
that the opiing f rr. Bryan name
wlth nearst boom 1 liable to do
Mr Bryan an Injury. What ha Mr.
Uearst and hi, friend to ay to this?
y not afraid that the Injury is
t0 Mr Hearst?
A BUsleaaiBC laapresalea.
PhUadalohla Press.
Cleveland isn't hunting Bryan. The ea
president is a great hunter, bat he hunt
only live thing.
ewe Test ( Frleadcfct.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It may become necessary for Japan to
borrow W.ooo.009. When
real friends 'are.
osae Flae Carta OemllS,
Attorney General Knox Is going after the
beef trust with the strong cleaver of the
'w and the avowed Intention of bringing
It ones more a mo urj iui:.
laws Idea Ilcvlaed.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
When we hear that more votes were cast
at the republican primaries In Dee Moines
than the total number of legal voters In the
entire city, we are free to conclude that the
I Pennsylvania Idea Is overcoming the Iowa
1 Mea.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
I The term of Chief Judge Alton B. Parker
1 of the court of appeals of New York will
ePU- December II. 1U.
The late Congrean Bhafroth say. he
ot baUot box stuffing Is too much
for him.
The shallow Murphy la murmuring, but
the deep David B. Hill says not a word.
He's too busy scooping In tH democratic
machine la New Tors state.
A democratic member of the Ohio senate
introduced a Mil providing for the eiec-
I tlon of United Btae senators by th peo
P'- Th republicans carried the state In
I . I. . 1... . .nl. ArtA .l...lltu
At the Democratic club In New York last
1 Monday Frank A. CDonnel, president of
"e Tax Doaro. ana xormer Mayor KODert
I A v. n,.l h ailth rw r-
uw.. ttl., nv. .nM
1 be the next democratic candidate (or preel-
I dent.
I Charles Emory Smith, editor of the Phil-
momm ul, Vest pocket history of the re
I publican party under the title "From Lin-
' to Roo.ee ait." The matter is ar-
f" ecological ' to
1904, and forms a compact and valuable
of p.rty achievements unsurpassed
I la the natioa e history.
I It ha become known to a few Intimate
frt,d Vn- Qrover Cleveland that her
I husband's declination to be considered a
la la great measure due to her Influence.
Mr. Cleveland does nut wish to ge bark
to the White House. She was opposed to
the Ida before tne death of hedaughter
Ruth, but that ffuotlon strengthened bar
J opposition te lbs point of positive reunion.
jfumiBATlXQ A fbkajuh.
"liAJum. ftj u, ....
pUn lhroufh you; why ,.ou .r,
opposed to nominating a United States
senator In the net emte convention You
have always advooatefl the election
J "
fpont nd uken a BlMd ,galnBt the next
best way of getting a popular choice ln-
e.a ol leaving rt to
asi-aea w aw " "
JAMES O. SHAW.
.... ..i-ti-. the oooular eleo
thm o( Unlted states senators have not
un,iergone an, change. I still adhere
lo my oft-repeated declarations In favor
of the election of senators by direct rote
ef the people, but nomiuaUon by a state
convention, in my judgment, would be
no Improvement over present methods.
My idea on this substitute for popular
elections was expressed some years ago
in Interviews between myself and the
late Senator Ilanna and President Mc-
Klnley It wl, be ,n m,nd that
MaPCU a. iranna wai appolnnled CnMed
gtateB Benator t0 BUCPeed Jobn Shorninn,
wfao had appolnted gecrctary of
tet fto McKlnley became president
in the S'jmmer of 1897 I happened to
ftt Civeland and durlnK a conference
wlth Spnatnr n.nna Un declared hla in.
tentlon of iubmitting his name to the
0h,0 ,tate convenHon for a nomlna
fof umted States senator,
,.It geemg to me that this will be a
haMftll-movp,, ,d
not ab,e to ,mpprl, tne eiectlon of a re.
pnDilcan legislature?'
"I don't think so," exclaimed Hanna.
"Foraker was nominated by tho state
convention and his nomination Insured
his election.'
"True," said I, "but Foraker bad no
opposition. No other aspirant presented
himself and he had a walkaway. He
would have been elected even if he had
not been endorsed by the state conven
tion." I am bound to give It a trial, any
how," said nanna. "I entertain no
such apprehensions as you do.".
A few days later, while in Washing
ton, the Ohio situation came up for dls-
M.chlH 1... I m , n I i .
. . u ' ' Hnu
1 wii ui
"le nomination of Hanna by the state
ro(nnuon w,ouia oparais n success.
MVhat makes you thlnk'so? Hanna
is a very strong man," said President
McKlnley.
"Mr. President, I am not familiar
with Ohio politics sufficiently, but in
Nebraska I have had experience in sev-
enu senatorial contests ana. l should
consider a state nomination very risky
Ing. The most popular man has polltl-
cal and personal enemies who would try
to knife candidates for the legislature
Pledjred 'or him and It is against human
nature for competitors in the racer to
iexen tneir innuence in nis ravor. On
the contrary, they are almost sure to
lie. down or eecretly to. give aid and
comfort to the common enemy.'
"Well," aid Xresldontf- McKlnley.
"Hanna i a tonger than than "his
parry.! . ' .C; " ' ,
iVt M m r n at aa ...
ueg.paruon, jur. : i-resiAar, -. saia 4,
Tin my humble opinion;, no man Is
stronger than -bin party. ,t.l mm afraid
that genator Ilanna Will, ff he fore .
nomlnatIon through' the state conven-
haye. a nard time parting a ma-
Jorltr of the ieg,8,atliref t, of
ftm not aa famlUar wlth ohlo cam.
pagnlng a I am with campaigning In
Nebraska and I hope It wll come out
all right", -
When the election wa over my ap
prehension seemed to have been veri
fied. After a most desperate and pro
tracted struggle Senator . Hanna was
elected by Just one majority. It 1 ex
tremely doubtful whethef be would
have had a ghost of a chance had he
not been backed by all the Influence and
patronage of a president as well a his
own resource.
I realise that this is a world ot change
and possibly human nature may have
changed In Nebraska since the last sen
atorial contest, but I fear that it ha
not changed enoush to Insure the leo.
tton of the man nominated In the state
convention any more than" if be were
nominated In a republican legislative
1 canons. Tht.ro la al,ar.liio1w nnlln
", " "
aate or ror tne candidate by conven
tlon. Half a dosen or a floeen mem
ber can walk out of a caucus or re
fuse to support a candidate In the open
on any pretext and thus defeat bis
election. B. ROSE WATER.
DO IS WITH BR YAW.
th Weary of the Nebraska ad
Wssti Him Bhv Aside.
Memphis Commercial-Appeal (dem.)
Mr. Bryan la going about the country
telling democrats that they must reaffirm
the Kansss City platform, or they will be
untrue to democratic principles. We doubt
wh.et.h1' "?
wln by do,n battl "n to fr llver
and some of the defunct Issues enumerated
In the last democratlo platform. - Mr.
Bryan, of course, says he has a rlgnt to
express his opinions on these subjects, and
that of course Is true; but the democrats
of the south especially ought calmly to
consider the question whether he Is ani
mated by a sincere desire for democratlo
success or by a mere pride of opinion and
purpose of keeping In the publlo eye.
What should be Mr. Bryan's attitude
toward a party that srad treated him with
such conspicuous kindness and deference.
If he really had Its success at heart t
Would he say this to It: "I have twice
been your etandard bearer, and on both oc
casions you have adopted a platform that
conformed with my views. Those views
represent tha unalterable principles of
democracy, and If you do not reaffirm
them you are faithless to your principles,
and every man who opposes reaffirmation
Is a traitor, a reorganlser and a tool of the
money power."
-rne aemoorats or this section are no
longer willing to sacrifice their party at
the altar of discord to tickle the vanity of
any man. We would susgeat. In all good
feeling, that the gentleman from Nebraska
should seek the sweets of seclusion dur
ing this campaign and see If his absence
will not be conducive to party success.
The temper of the southern people Is not
a thing to trifle with. They are no longer
disposed to dream, and when they wake
up. as they have done In Virginia, we
would advise Mr. Bryan to get alt the
track.
OTHER LAND THAN Ol Its,. j
Tha dlatlnotlva feature of the AlbaslM
situation consists In tha circumstance that
whatever happens In Albania la of deep In
terest to Italy. For many years the rtle
tlons between the two countries have been
friendly to the point of Intimacy. There
ha been a large Albanian Immigration Into
Italy, uid many Italians have also crossed
the Adriatio to settle on Its eastern shore.
Boras of the ablest and most Influential ot
Italian statesmen have been of Albanian
origin. Crispl was one of these, and the
definitive, explicit and exclusive Inclusion
of Albania within the Italian sphere of In
fluence was one of the artlolea of his
political program. Crispl Is dead, but some
of his policies and Ideas survive, and It Is
an open secret that aa regards this Alba
nian question the reigning king Is a con
vinced adherent to his views.
. Were things In Albania to reach a pass
necessitating foreign Intervention the Ital
ians would Insist upon exerting a Control
ling Influence and In this way It ' might
easily happen that they, would be brought
Into collision with the Austrians, whose
Intorests are In direct conflict with their
own. That Is why the restoration of peace
now announced Is such a good thing.
M. Pavloff, lately Russian minister at
Seoul, who has been, escorted out of Corea
by Japanese troops, Is known as one of the
most successful representatives of tha for
ward school of Russian diplomacy Ui China
and In' Corea. He began his career at
Peking under Count Caaslnl. to whom he
owed his rapid promotion. Though only a
Junior member of the Russian legation, he
was the count's confidant and favorite i
agent in the negotiations with the Tsung 11
Tameri In 1896 and 1896, which laid the,
foundations of the great Manchurlan enter
prise; and It was he who, as Russian
charge d'affaires, carried through the ces
sion of Port Arthur In 1898 by a successive
piece Of diplomatic bluff. He was rewarded
with the appointment of Russian minister
In Corea, where he pursued a similar bold
policy. He was largely responsible for the
"concessions" in the Yalu valley, for the
resistance to the opening of WIJu to foreign
trade, for the Russian occupation of
Yongampo, and for the most of the Rus
sian activity on the Corean side of the
Manchurlan frontier which so provoked
Japan. In tho old days at Peking he la
said to have talked very freely about
Russia's mission In Asia. Bo long as Eng
land claimed to be an Aslatlo power there
could, he contended, be no permanent un
derstanding between her and Russia. The
road to India lay for Russia politically
through Peking. Once Russian supremacy
had been established In eastern as well aa
In central and western Asia, England's
position in India would become untenable
under the constant pressure ot Russia con
verging southward from all sides. This,
of course, has been the argument ot all
Russophoblsts from time Immemorial.
A reoent debate In the Belgian Parlia
ment threw some light on the relation of
education to progress and efficiency. The
minister of education, being a member of
the government, was under the neoesslty
ot combating the dertUnd ot the social
democrats and liberals for universal edu
cation and manhood suffrage. In certain
oountries which have compulsory education
he said the number of Illiterates Is very
ir.TA The crushing rejoinder from the
hk.i anMker was a citation of
the illiteracy statistics of the. army re
cruits In various oountries. For instance,
there is less than one illiterate In Germany
and Sweden for every 1,000 recruits. In
England. Bwltserland, Denmark, Holland,
illiteracy Is. relatively low. In Belgium
there there are Ntt illiterates to every
I 1.000; 1ft Italy, 83S, and In Russia, 1T.
WhetHer eaucauon in nm jirusni
educated nations makes efficiency or
whether the efficient and progressive peo
Dle. attend to the education of their peo
ple, the Illustration la striking. No one
would think of citing tne case ot iuua
and its Illiteracy and backwardness as a
strong argument for neglecting popular
education.
Sir Rennell Rodd, secretary to the Brit
Ish embassy at Rome, In a recent report
takes an optlrotstlo view of the financial
condition of Italy. He says there Is good
ground for believing that It has not by
any means reached the limit of a natural
expansion of revenue, which has In recent
years shown an annual increase of about
14.000.000, without additional taxation. The
minister of the treasury haa announced
that In view of the beneficial results of
convention with the central European
states the government does not contem
plate any substantial alterations In the
customs tariff, believing that the existing
system is adequate for the protection of
Italian Interests without recourse to retail.
atory tariffs. He hopes that other nations
will reduce the duties, which weigh heavily
on Italian exports, especially agricultural
produce, to the scale whloh formerly pre
vailed. Th financial situation ot Italy
In 190 was even more satisfactory than
in U0X
mm
A single line of railroad with th best
equipments and sidings, and managed In
the best manner, cannot be made to serve
the maintenance of more than 190,000 men.
Bo a high European military authority de
clares, and there Is nx contradiction of
the affirmation. The Siberian railway has
stations and sidings about twenty-five
miles apart, Is very flimsy In structure,
ana itussian railway management Is no
toriously the worst In Curope. The vul
nerability of the line la manifest; It will
take as many to protect It as It can for
the present tarnsport and support. Apart
from the danger of destruction to which Its
more vulnerable portions are exposed, the
question of transport after rail head Is
reached Is one which will prevent vast
force from being poured Into Manchuria.
and the .transport difficulty will be found
the greatest with which the Russian army
in meae regions win nave to contend.
India's cotton area wa slightly larger
last year than In previous year and tn
yield was considerably larger than that
of either of the two previous years and
if your Trouble
Is chronic or a blood dis
order, microbes cause it. Rid
yourself of these germs, and
the disease goes with them.
This explains why a jugful of
KADAM'S MICROBE KILLER
is worth more in practical
results than a whole drug
stc e of other remedies.
The only rational cure for
Consumption, Bright's Dis
ease, Rheumatism, Catarrh,
Cancer, and all chronic or
blood disorders. It strikes at
the cause. You drink It,
PVOtyV Tse Wa, Kadaai Mioabe Killaf Ce
Prm AA, ui Priaca St., k.w Vers, a
liais-milon Drug Co., lsth a4 Faraaaa,
a4 ait uruaauu,
there isr:o sunsmujERLi
Absolutely Puro
ST IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
larger than the normal. But Lancashire Is
not Justified In looking to India tor a large
and Immediate increase of the world's sup
ply of the staple. Forty years ago the civil
war shut oft England's supply and efforts
were made to relieve the great industrial
suffering by raising cotton In India and
elsewhere, yet the results have been ex
ttemely moderate. The Indian cotton has
a short staple and Is distinctly Inferior to
the American, and high prices in this
country In other years did not materially
stimulate the production In India. The con
tribution of that country to the world's
supply has been very moderate.
FLASHES OF FIX.
' "You've overdrawn your account,
madam," said the cashier.
How lovely!" cried the fair deDosltor.
'I never exDected to be able to ret ahead
of the bank that way." Chicago Post.
v
"That was a rood SDeech you made last
night."
"Do you really think sot Why. I forgot
half of what I Intended to say.'1
'How fortunate! Detroit Free Press.
Mrs.
A scum t hear the men talkln
about a "temporary business slump."
wonaer wnai mat means.
Mrs. wise I think It slmnlv means thnt
they're cooking up an excuse to give their
wives less money. Philadelphia Press.
"Who Is that awfully freckled girl over
there In the corner?"
"Whv. that's Miss Bui Ion. the areat
heiress."
'Aren't her freckles becomlna7 Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Clenryman Yes. time Is speeding on: eter
nity looms before us and the season will
soon he hurled in tne past
Ulrtdv Ulrl isn't it deadfulT I haven't
worn half my aowns yet. New York Her
ald,
Miss 8kreech I sanr the "Snlnnlns? Bona"
at Mrs. Krowder's musical last night. But,
I foraot: you were there and heard .me.
of course.
Mr. Crabbe Tes. What an awful crush
there was there! Once you got In It was
Impossible to get out until the whole thing
was over. rnuaaeipnia tress.
Rueria He hltakl below the beltovttch!
Janan The honorable attention of the
honorable enemy Is called to the honorable
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fact thfft the honorable war Is what the '
Honorable General Bherman said. Chlcaao
Tribune, ,
'Poor mnnV'exclalmed the Soulful Young
Thing. "What are yon locked In here
rorr-
"Cusfin' the Judae," answered the man
behind the burs, who had been Bent to Jail
for contempt of court.
Shrinking from him with roDusnonre. she
carried her flowers to th murderer In the
next cell. Chicago Tribune. .
COSOERNIXO WARDEI'l WIDOW,
Brooklyn Life.
The gown she's always wearing Is aa black
as any sloe
The women say she does that, knowing
black becomos her so
In company she's timid and aa shy as any
bird,
'TIs rare In conversation that she Inter
jects a word!
Her every act Is proper,' and so very sad
she neems.
One would not think her mind was filled
with ante-nuptlal dreams.
But all tha women argue that's a bit t
artful play, r
For Arthur Warden's widow has her cp
set, so they say.
She's happiest when cradling In her arms
some little- tyke:
The men crowd round by. dozens, but she
treats them all allkel
And pretty maidens tell you, with their
cherry Hps a-pout.
They full to see what's tn her for the men
to rave about.
The matrons cold regard her, some would
snub her if they dared.
And vow "she must have little for her late
lamented cared.
So shamefully she flaunt herself In each
good catch's way"
For Arthur Warden's widow baa her cap
set, so they say. '
I'd brand sm false their" gossip If she'd
give her sweet consent
One word from me and all the tongues
accusing would relent.
But our engagement, she Insists, must be
sub rora yet,
"And since you know who's In my cap,"
she says, "why, dear, don't fret!"
So in the figurative cap, contentedly I
wait
Till she shall choose to bear my name,
elect to shsre my fate.
Ah, wouldn't Mrs. Grundy like to know
sho's named the day?
For Arthur Warden's widow has her cap
set, so they say.
A COMPLETE NOVEL BY
William Wallace
Cook, and ten short
stories by past mas
ters in the art of
short story telling
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