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TZSCHUCK. Huhacrlhed in mv uresence and sworn to perore me una mi aay oi marcn, j. u., i U04. M. B. 1IIJNGATE. 1 tSeal) rotary public The republican gubernatorial situation Is rapidly clarifying. unicago uns again provi-u us iu be called the Windy city. A good motto for the Civic Improve ment league: Actions speak louder than words. Panama la thu otilv nation which has so far followed the czar's advice on the subject of disarmament. Now look out for trouble in the Balkans. Turkey is said to have agreed to the reform plan in earnest. This belated cold wave may teach the Georgia peach crop that it is not safe to halloo until it is out of the woods. fit Tvm,U omilri- not roalot tho tomnto. tion rnor T,ionnf nooth.P wi.iin Chicago was suffering from wind, and xain. - I ' Iowa coal miners might look to south- eastern Colorado and then conclude that I a strike. Is worse than a poor compro-1 mlse. vdiio tuv - aib uiriuvi) vvi i orado has, not yet been able to rival " " " f " uv"vc "ai newa, i news. The Jacksonlans are going to discuss the county funding bond proposition. It is up to the County Democracy now to make a demonstration. The next time the local democratic harmony committee meets it should see to it that the prearranged program Is nailed down more tightly. The man who can tell Just what has 1 been done In the present Oriental war must have gotten his information by revelation rather than from the war correspondents. i . m Admiral Togo may feel repaid by a Tote of thanks, but there are several American admirals who would rather be in on the prize money than the reso lutloas of respect There Is a growing impression that while the managers of the recent rail road merger may be willing to carry out the decree of the court, they want to do it ln their own way. Democrats need worry little over the phraseology of the national platform. Conditions are such that the record of the candidate will be the real platform, . tfenlt the. language xf the resolutions. - , The- auditorium-completion fund is steadily growing, but there is room for several more subscriptions which ought to be forthcoming from those who will share the benefits but have not yet eon- trlbuted. Editor Hearst's candidacy for the democratic nomination for president has at least oue commenuauie leature it is causing tne conservatives of that party to take a renewed interest in the affairs of tho organization. Japan may get more than it Is look- lug for if it attempts to use New Chwang as a base of k supplies. This place is considered by the nations of the world as the one oasis ln the desert of war which all desire to keep a neu tral port. Reduced to homely, fractions 20 per cent Is one-fifth. Any assessor with a knowledge of the mere rudiments of mathematics will be able to figure out the taxable 20 per cent, if only he be able to discover what 100 ptr ceat is. dal points out, not ouly was the pur That's where the rub comes. chasing power of 37,000 workingmen cut In bis reply to the man who tendered blm a nomination for president at the bands of the prohibition party General titles bad cot the heart to refuse, but .... l. - l.il,.l it.- v. i oil.-. mi in wuu.u prefer to taae u as an endorsement A A a A. - - . tb work of another convention VAUKtH UK 1!C A US Tt AH firewMit Indications point to the probability that the ral contest for tlx? Iircsldciitial nomination In the demo cratic national convention will be be twoen Judge 1'orker and W. R. Hearst. While two mouths ago the Hearst con- 't tw the nomination was very gon erally regarded as In the nature of n ..... . . ... Joke, It Is now recognized as a factor in the democratic situation that Is to be taken seriously. When Hearst captured a majority of the Rhode Island delega tion It began to be apparent to the so- called conservative element of the party that here was a man who meant busi ness and subsequent developments have confirmed them in this view. The Hearst boom has not halted, but on the contrary has been steadily paining in force, in spite of the efforts of the con servatives to decry and depreciate it. N0t e-uly has it made headway in the Houui ana west, nut it is strongly mani festing itself in New York. The predic tion Is made that Hearst will have sup porters in the delegation from New York to the St Louis convention, though up to this time It appears probable that the delegates from the Empire state will be - unit for Parker. Meanwb.Ho the I Ten rat aeents are Active in everv sec- nearsi agents are active in eviry sic tion of the country and especially in the . south. The movement for Jndce Parker does not appear to be making much progress, although it has undoubtedly made some gain within the lust few weeks. ,The uncertainty is In regard to the ability of the Turker following in New York, 'blcb. 's unu"er the leadership of David IK. Hill, to secure the delegation from that state to the natlonul convention and hold it together for their candidate. There has recently been developed in the Bouth, among the conservative dem ocrats, a more favorable tendency to ward I'arker and if ho can secure the support of his own stute It Is very prob- able that he will ept a lurirn southern ... ., , ; .. . . aupyuri, lis lue ucmuinus vi mill sec tion arc disposed to accent anyone who receives the endorsement of the New york democracy. The supporters there of Judge Parker, however, have thus far had to struggle hard to ealn what thev unve aml the contest with the Hearst forcPa la not vet ended. A New York paper says that the chances of sending an instructed delegation to St. Louis for Parker are about even and that if this Is not done Tammany will throw off its wcveianu mask and cast its influence lnto tlje scales with the radicals against Parker, According lo report the Hearst boom ers are making the most liberal prom- lses as to what their candidate will do In the matter of a campaign' fund should ho receive the nomination. There is no thnf ha . 'arne ,g abundantly nble to b0i and lt' l the knowledge of this fact that is winning i.i... M i . , among uje lle,uocratic politicians who are hungry 0T fi8' "We do not want a wan who uuiuinmion, recetjtiy saia tne venerauie senator I'ettus or Alabama, but he speaks as a democrat ' former days and does not reflect the feeling in the party today. Tlta BTATtHUOD QUtSTWN. xne Bl0CK growers Of New MeXiCO The stock growers of New Mexico have declared their unalterable opposi- "on to ine union or New Mexico ana . n-r,nun.i n i,m i v"t'v" ura um Oslo i upon by the republican sub-committee of the bouse committee on territories, asserting that such a union is neither desirable nor practicable. The propo- sltlon is to create two new states the Puo out of New Mexico and Arizona and tne otner out 01 Oklahoma ana Indian Territory It is said that the bill agreed uP?n y tU9 sub committee is accept- able to the republicans ln both houses, but the democrats, on the other hand, favor the creation of three states New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma includ- m Indian Territory. . The republican proposition is a com- promise, Intended to do away with much 0f the opposition to the admission of the new states. It has been urged that even those opposed on general principles to the admission of any new states will recognize that it is better to have two new states now than to take the chance of having four new states erected out of the same territories in the future. The democratic opposition to the re- publleam plan promises, however, to prevent legislation in the matter at the P" session. The bill agreed upon D tne sub-committee of the committee oa territories may pass the house, but 08 tho differences between the parties woukl aottioss cause a long aebate in the senate, the question is likely to be postponed for the sake of a short ses sion. The action of the cattle growers of New Mexico, who claim to represent one-half of Its taxable interests, against union with Arizona, will probably havo la good deal of Influence with the deinO' crats in congress. It seems pretty safe to say, therefore, that there will be no Btatehood legislation at the present ses- Bon KTHlKtn ARE VVSTLY. The New York State Board of Media tion and Arbitration, in a report to the legislature, presents an estimate of tho cost of the building trades' Etrlkes iu New York City last year. The report states thai over 8.iaa woronpnen were out of employment for a total of 1,700,000 days, with a loss iu wages of nearly $0,8X,Ok). No estimate is given of the loss sustained by the employing builders and not ouly in this respect does the computation fall to give an adequate idea of the losses incident to the strike. As the New York Commer- off for many months by reason of the bulldlug-trades dispute, but production in a multitude of industries that, ill I rectly and indirectly, furnish building supplies, was also affected. Beta 11 deal a I .11 kMff., Vnm I. In ira u oil anility or tuo&o out oi worn iu uuy . . . . . M -A. t . A. - M X I I I necessaries and pay old debts, with the result that these tradesmen purchased less stock from manufacturers, whole sale dealers and fanners. Thus the 111 effects of the strike were widespread, though the severity of the loss suffered fell chiefly upon the men engaged and their families. There Is no information at band as to bow many workingmen were involved In strikes during last year, but the num ber was large and tens of millions of dollars were lost to labor in cotfse quence. That money being kept out of circulation wag a drawback to the gen eral prosperity. Not only were those whoso earnings were stopped injured thereby, but the communities of which they were a part also experienced more or less injury. Such a fact as that pre sented to the New York legislature should command the earnest attention of workingmen generally, for it is they who as a rule suffer most from con flicts between labor and capital. It Is to be hoped that the present year will witness fewer of such disturbances than did last year and that greater progress will be made in the cause of Industrial peace. . THAT FiyB ITALIAN MAUD. The fine Italian band of the School Book trust; which baa owned Echool superintendents and dominated the school boards of Omaha for the last fifteen years, is again visible in the effort to foist a successor to Superin tendent Pearse upon our public schools who has no scruples against pulling its chestnuts out of the fire. In no city in America has the beneficent benevolence of the School Book trust been exhibited so strikingly as in Omaha. Ten years ago the trust lifted a very efficient and popular superintendent of Omaha public schools bodily out of bis job to place him on its own pay roll at double the salary. Those familiar with the inside working of the trust have never entertained a doubt that it dis tributed thousands of dollars in Omaha ehice the advent of Mr. Pearse to pre vent a change, and the transfer of Mr. Pearse to Milwaukee was accelerated not merely as a token of gratitude, but chiefly to enable him to exercise hla talents in a much wider field. The Mil waukee agent of the School Book trust was, next to Mr. Tearse, the most con spicuous guest at the recent school master banquet in this city and the promotion of Mr. Pearse must have ap pealed to the schoolmasters in other towns as an object lesson which tho pedagogues ambitious to rise from ob scurity to high place should emulate. Whether Omaha Is to continue under the dominion of the School Book trust for another indefinite term of years re mains to be seen. It would be far better if the school board could make a contract direct with tie trust book agent to pay double the price for the books it buys and allow the trust to dictate the text books than to have the trust dictate the superintendent It will be preferable for, the taxpayers of Omaha to contribute $10,000 a year for the salary of a first- clam superintendent who is free from School Book trust contamination than to let the trust steer upon us an inferior man subservient to its wish and will at one-fourth of that sum. . TW.-n nf T.tnln tl,A tpIo hnnrrl has been prevailed on to reduce the fee for druggist's permit to sell liquor for medl- . . . ... cinju purposes rrom $i.uu to uu, wun a vjew to issuing more permits to drug git9 who have refused to take them cut nt all at the former figure, but who pr0mlse to do so at the reduced rate. tIere ln Omaha some druggists grumble beCause they are required to put up $10 for a iiauor permit as if it were a great hardship. The abuse of the druggist" s permit presents one of the ticklish points in connection with the high nCense law. The suggestion Is made that the Board of Education might find a western man quite likely to be Just as satisfactory as a superintendent of our schools as an eastern man. We do not believe the question of geography enters into this problem. It is not the locality in which the man happens to be, but his educa tlonal qualifications and his experience as an educator which should be the de termlnlng factors. The taxpayers of Omaha want the ablest school superiu tendent they can get for the money they I can afford to pay, There is no immediate danger of an other theater being erected ln Omaha. Omaha has three theaters now and stands much more ln need of new hotel buildings, store buildings and ware- bouses than it does of additional the aters. Men with money to Invest in improvements ' here may be depended uDon to size up the demand with special reference to the probable profits The World-Herald's solicitude for Mr. Burkett's senatorial aspirations will, as jguai, be confined to the pre-nomlnation peri0d. Should he, or any one else for that matter, be endorsed as the repub lican candidate that organ would pro ceed promptly to the task of persuading the voters that he is not a fit man for I the place. Real IV a la Sight Chicago Record-Herald, General Kouroputkln Is expected to reach h front by the end of this week. He will j,. operations by chewing up a fe corean villages and spitting them into the sea. Surely a Hemlader Indianapolis Journal. Some congrcakmen oppose the acceptance of the statue of Frederick the Great on the ground that be waa a deapotio example of militarism. But it would be a constant reullndtr that be is dead, wouldn't it? Eatraordlaary, for Kaaaaa. Kansas City Star. A stone weighing a ton fell yesterday from one of the approaches to the state house at Tupeka without hitting any per I son. It is enough to make the public ahud tn,n wnat m'if nave oeen in I resuil 11 iw-myiii u "H" tannin, of Oovernor BaJlev'a administra i Uon lu.tnaa PI occurring near iu end J soil it la most eatraordlnary that a piece of masonry weighing 1,000 pounds could fall from an entrance to the Kansas carltol, at any stage of the game, without striking someone. Kaally t'oaaoled. . Chicago News. Proprietors of the Northern Securities company Uike great comfort In the fact that four members of the supreme court were on their side. However, they will not be able to draw dividends on this consola tion. No Ca.ua for 'Worry. Indianapolis Journal. Some people are worrying about the form tn which we are going to pay that 30.000,000 for the canal. One thing Is certain: whether It Is paid In gold, bills of exchange or coonaktns, this Is the only country on earth that could do It without borrowing or pinching. Effect of Retaliation. Indianapolis News. The sultan of Bulu. It Is reported, has accepted the abrogation of the Bates treaty without any evidence of excitement. The sultan presumably has changed his mind about making war on us since he has heard of our possibilities In the way of retaliation as evidenced by George Ade's opera. notel Hates at St. Loals. Philadelphia Press. The St. Louis hotels agreed with the ex position authorities not to Increase rates; but they have found an easy method of evading the agreement. If a person occu pies a room big enough for two beds he must pay the price charged for four per sons. But four persons can occupy the room at the same price. That Is the method adopted by Chicago hotels to be put in force during the republican conven tion. It Is unfair and unjust, but will be followed all the same. Certain Ganiea of Skill. Boston Transcript. The senators' quiet game of "Jal Alal" behind closed doors reminds one of the cir cumstances under which, according to one of the humorists, the game of seven-up was declared In Kentucky to be one of skill and not of chance. The paatlme had always been supposed to be In the latter class until an attorney one day pro tested against the popular ImpreKsion, and culled for a ruling. As a test, the court impaneled a Jury of twelve, six of them professional gamblers, together with six ministers end deacons, and bade them do their best. As a result of the extraordi nary manner in which the money In that Jury changed hands, seven-up was ad judged to be a game of skill. Health Faila on the Hralnu Medical Talk. To get all sorts of health fads on the brain Is a disease In Itself. It Is a very prevalent disease, too. With a few foolish rules to observe, a whole lot of hyglenlo quirks to adjust to and a schedule of super stitious sanitary notions diligently followed by day and dreamed of by night Ib a malady which begins as a mental derangement and ends in a complete physical flzzlo. No room' left for a spontaneous life, no place for free. Joyous liberty. Not a minute's apace for rollicking disregard. Everything fixed, every minute disposed of. Introspec tions without number. Forebodings, mis givings, hovering vaguely about the mind like flocks of carrion crows. Such a life is not worth living. One might a thousand times better go back to the reckless regime of a rough rider. Time Softens Atperltlea of War. Chicago Post. Time softens, and there Is none so for giving as the soldier. Who in the year 1861 would have supposed that the time ever would come when a brigadier general ln the confederate service would be stand lug on the floor of the senate of the United States pleading that justice should be done to the widow and heirs of Commander Charles Wllkea. U. S. N., the man who took the confederate commissioners, Mason and Sljdell, by force from the deck of the British steamer Trent and brought them as prisoners to the United States? This thing, however, has Just come to pass. Brigadier General John T. Morgan, United States senator from Alabama, Is Cham ploning on the floor of the senate the cause of the widow and helrs-at-law of Com mander Charles Wilkes, whom forty-three years ago the whole south was execrating, POLITICAL DRIFT. Democratlo reorganizes are doing the shouting, while Hearst is coralllng the delegates. Ersklne Hewitt, son of the late Abram S. Hewitt of New York, has announced his intention to enter active politics in New jersey. The gaiety of the country Is largely increased by the weird antics of democrats who call Roosevelt "unsafe" and at the same time shout for Hearst The New York 8un declares that a con test for the presidency between Judge Parker and Mr. Roosevelt would be race between an Edam cheese and a centl pede." George Carnegie, proprietor of Dunge ness, once the home of Oeneral Nathanael Greene, and a nephew of Andrew Carnegie has announced his candidacy for the Georgia senate on the democratlo ticket. Tammanyites in congress are shaking hands with themselves because their names did not appear ln the Bristow report. It Is the first bunch of political grafting that escaped their palms, chiefly because they couldn't break In. Senator John Hughes, jr., of Iowa county, Iowa, has achieved quite a reputation In the Hawkeye state as author of an anil pass bill which haa been reported favorably by the senate Judiciary committee. Sena. tor Hughes is C2 and is a wealthy lumber dealer with leisure, which has afforded him opportunity to make a study of reform leg lslatlon. The democratlo editor of the Crawford County (Mo.) Mirror draws this picture o the harmony prevailing in the bourbon camp: "Away up above us somewhere we hear the republicans having a general jubilee and an old-time brotherly hand shaking, while we are down here In tl dark fighting and cussing each other like a gang of wildcats. It don't better ou condition for us to out up so, but we can help It. We've got to do something to let the wrath out or we would bust." Whether the people of Kentucky shall re turn to the system of viva voce voting Is to be decided by them at the state electlo: In 1936. During the discussion of the mat tcr ln the house of representatives one member said that the open ballot would prevent voters from sailing under false colors, and another member retorted tha It would result ln the corporations gettin control of the election. Only two demo. cratlo members of the house voted against the measure, and only one republican voted In Us favor. Judge Alton B. Parker of New York wa offered the post of first assistant postmas ter general by President Cleveland. Th salary waa 15,000, but Mr. Parker, ' wh was then surrogate of Ulster county, de cllned to accept. His.aalary was U.OuO and as he was building up a good practice he said he could not afford to accept Postmaster General Vilas commented: gave up a practice worth tX.OOO a year to accept an M.OuO cabinet position." To which Parker retorted: "Yes, and If I had been making $-0,000 annually for ten years I should not mind doing the same." OTIIKR I. AMU T1IA OIHS. The good understanding between France ml England Is being utilized, It Is stated, to harmonica differences between the two owers as to Kgypt, Newfoundland and Slam, ICcypt bristles with difficulties, the English wishing a free hand mid the French desiring to retain all that Is left Of their former predominance. M. 11 caese Is said to Insist on retaining the International debt commission, which domi nates the finances of Kgypt, much to the nnoyance of the British. He also wishes to preserve the "mixed tribunals," which maintain a foreign Influence that Is often distasteful to British administrators. There are also certain distinctively French in flations which M. Delcasse wishes main- tnlned. As respects Newfoundland, ho asks, In exchange for fishing rights along the French shore," compensation for ex isting French Ashing plants and a general right to fish without the exclusive privi leges hitherto claimed. Access through Nigeria to French territory about Lake Tchad and on the upper Niger Is also askod as part of the Newfoundland ar rangement. Siam gives less trouble, each ower being content with a fuller defini tion of the sones already allotted. The questions at Issue are of a thorny charac ter, but It would be worth some sacrifice to get rid of them. Emperor William Is Inaugurating at Han over -a scheme which cannot fall to com mend Itself to the attention of the entire civilized world, and which marks an al together new departure. It is nothing more or less than a species of high school for the training of police officials. He has long since realized, like so many others, that whereas the most dangerous crim inals and anarchists are, as a rule, men who are not only of a high order of in tellect, but, moreover, frequently pos sessed of all the advantages of the most advanced order of education, many of them being university graduates, equipped with 11 sorts of sclentlflo knowledge, and their mental faculties rendered acute and keen edged to the lat degree by study, the po lice, to whom is entrusted the responsi bility of protecting the community from their evil designs, have been recruited from an entirely different class of society, lnforlor not merely In Inherited intelli gence, but likewise In all thoe accom plishments which education of a high or der and rearing among people of culture can alone bring. In this way the police ave been terribly handicapped, and It ia only now and aguln that the governments are able to find a man who Is so excep tionally Keen-witted and brilliant that his gift In this respect in a measure atones for his lack of the higher order of educa tion. In his speech ln the French Chamber In support of the bill supressing the monastic chools, M. Combes said that teaching by religious associations has had its day. The religious association was utterly Incompati ble with modorn society, ho declared, and It waa the duty of the state to prevent the congregations from deforming the minds of the French youth. The state could provide for all the requirements of secondary In structlon. As for primary education, the bill would only require a total expenditure of $12,000,000 for the establishment of schools1 end an annual grant of 11,600,000 for the creation of new poets for male and female teachers. He Insisted that the congrega tions were a menace to the republic, and declared that the government desired peace. but a peace based on the disappearance of the principal cause of French dissensions. M. Rlbot, who opposed the bill, said that It was the negation of the law of 1901, which was to serve as a guarantee to the author ized congregations. He defended congrega tlonlst Instruction and denounced the meas ure as the destruction of the liberty of In struction. M. Raslmbaud tried to secure a postponement of the debate, but as already reported, the government motion for ur gency was carried by a substantial ma jority. The Irish Antl-Emlgratlon society, which was founded last year under the presidency of Cardinal I-ogue, appears to have set to work energetically and systematically. The cardinal's appeal to the Irish ln America, of which the cable has already conveyed the Intent, declares that the greatest dan ger threatening Ireland today Is the danger of the extinction of the Irish race within its own shores. For now nearly sixty vears the now of emigration has gone on con tlnuously till the population of the country Is reduced to one-half what It was before the famine. In the space of twenty years no less than 910,000 men and women have emigrated from Ireland to the United States alone. Of these 755,000, or S3 per cent, were in the prime of life, between the ages of 15 and 35. In Ireland at the last census the whole number of persons of these ages was only 1,600,000; so that the loss of Its young population to one country alone ln the last twenty years has been fully one-half of the present adult population in the prime of life. The appeal then proceeds: "This enor mous withdrawal of the moat vigorous por tion or tne nation has had Its natural re sults. The native population Is steadily falling; the marriage rate and birth rato are the lowest of any civilized country; lunacy Is increasing to an alarming degree; and the scarcity of labor Is felt In majiy branches of agriculture. Moreover, whit. the stream of Irish emigration sets toward tne west, there is a steady, silent Influx of foreigners who are rapidly constituting themselves the dominant commercial and industrial Interest. Although the motion to censure the srov. ernment for advising the approval of the Transvaal coolie ordinance was defeated In the House of Commons, the opposition, nevertheless, gained a moral victory. After most strenuous efforts of the government whips, Mr. Balfour was enabled to sustain himself by a majority of only flfty-seven votes considerably less than one-half the number with which his ministry began. That the country no longer stands behind them had been made evident enough to the unionists themselves In numerous by elections; by their support of the coolie ordinance they practically confessed that their Justification for the war against the Boers, as a struggle to create a white man's Africa, was a hollow pretense, and that the welfare of the gold mining syndicates and not that of British colonists, waa and is ineir enter concern. They have thus sur rendered the one principle which was their strongest claim upon the suffrages of the people the principle of consolidating and unifying the ErlUsh empire. The ordinance is a slap In the face of the Australian and other colonlBts aa well as of the British masses, who loyally supported the ministry in tne aaric days following Colenso and Magcrsronteln. It la generally admitted that the war. and especially the Russian reverses, have Inspired the Polish patriots with new hope. The Russian government was therefore obliged to order a general Increase of the police force throughout Poland, including even small villages. The Polish contingent In the Russian army is limited to 15 per cent of the whole. . Latterly, however, so many Poles have been sent to the far east that this, limit has been greatly exceeded ln Manchuria, where more than double the usual number of Poles are ln the ranks. Last October, when the annual batch of recruits drew lots for active service, the number of exemptions wus much reduced. At I-odi many arrests have taken plaoe. On February 29 nearly peraona were ar rested lu the twvuty-luur Lours. The THERE IS HQ SUBSTITUTE FOR l&i' Absolutely Pure BTISA MATTER OF HEALTH police told them that they were suspected of being socialists, but that if they would volunteer as soldiers they would not be prosecuted. HASSA AS A WRITER. The Lata Senator's First Contribution to a Maaaatao. Joe Mitchell Chappie ln National Magazine. I must here and now pay my personal tribute by saying that the success of the National Magazine was mads possible through Sonator Ilanna. It was he who gave the first friendly grasp of the hand and Insisted that It could be made a suc cess. It was he who withstood all other offers of larger and greater publications to become a contributor, preferring rather to give what he intended to write to those whom he felt It would most help; and from the moment that his first article on "Mc KIr.ley as I Knew Him" was published In the National Magazine, the growth and prosperity of the periodical seemed assured, His only protest to me was, "Don't put so much Ilanna in the National!" And when I insisted that that was what made tho magazine favored, he would blush like a boy and declare that if I persisted he would sever all relations with me. Among the treasures that I possess are the first pages of the article on "McKlnloy as I Knew Him," v rltten by Mark Ilanna for the National Magazine, and which was. In fact, the first contribution he ever made to any periodical. There Is something pa thetic ln these first puges, Indicating the difficulty he had In writing about his friend In such a manner as to do him such Justice as may be done by human Judgment. These pages had been torn up and cast aaldo In the wastebaskct as v-t rthless when I res cued them, but they serve, to my mind, to show the courage and perseverance of the man ln accomplishing what he had under taken, and not only ln accomplishing, but in not being satisfied with loss than his "level best." That all this work was done as a labor of love there can be no doubt, and this and all of hla writings show that, though he entered this field late ln life, he had sterling natural gifts aa a writer. The simplicity and lucidity of his style make his writings more valuable than many nioro ornate compositions, and in all he wrote there was the simplicity and sincerity that wins the hearts of the great American peo ple for whom he wrote. SCRIPILOIS CITIZENS NEEDED. Need of Stronger Opposition to Official Wrong. Downright unscrupulousness makes the knave. A partial lack of scruple character izes tha large numbers of respectable men who as members of boards, as merchants, as taxpayers, as politicians, as voters, wink at evil practices ln others, timidly avoid all opposition to official wrong and themselves commit slight and not too con spicuous irregularities, or glvo support for selflsh reasons to venal candidates for of fice. Such "respectables" are the despair of the patriotic men who ln our day and in a thousand communities are trying to stay the tide of that political corruption which, according to so good a friend of America as John Morley, "for the moment obscures the great democratlo experiment." It comes to this, that "the period of cor ruption" which friends of Americans abroad are called upon so often to apolo gize for a corruption which, while bad enough, is not so deeply rooted aa our enemies believe can be brought to an end only by the growth of a sense of honor, of scrupulousness backed by moral bravery upon the part of Individuals In the repub lic It Is not fantastio to aver that a gift of Imagination would assist some people to be virtuous. If a citizen should feel that his own lack of scruple In any direc tion was a contribution to the corruption and dishonor of his country, and that his personal withstanding of temptation to do wrong was not only an act of private vir tue, but had patriotic uses as well if he were convinced, for Instance, that his re fusal to vote as a trustee for a contribu tion to a bribery fund or to a dishonest boss was a means of doing away with a national disgrace If he had the Imagina tion to grasp the large bearings of his In dividual action, it would be easier for him to take a stand for righteousness Instead of weakly acquiescing in some customary wrons. ADJOURNMENT OF LONUItKSS. Late and Early Datea la Presidential Years. New York Sun. The dates of the summer adjournment of congress In the presidential years since and including 1864 are given In the aubjolned table, reading downward toward the past: 1900, Fifty-sixth congress, first session, June 7. laHti, Fifty-fourth congress, first seaslon, June 11. Ifc92, Fifty-second congress, first session, August 6. ltoX. Fiftieth congress, first session, Octo ber 20. 1H84. Forty-eighth congress, first session, July 7. IMtO, Forty-sixth congresa, aecond session, June 14. lSTfi, Forty-fourth congress, first session Aueust 16. 1872, Forty-second congress, second ses. Ion. June I'l. 188, Fortieth congress, second session, Julv zi. lxftt, Thirty-eighth congress, first session July 4. Durlng the past forty years the earliest date of adjournment of the regular session preceding a presidential election bus been June T. and the latest October !). The mean of all the adjournments In preslden tlal years falls exactly at midsummer; that Is, on July 15. That point In the calendar, therefore, may be assumed ns marking the normal time when the mem bers of congress in a presidential year finish their work on the pubiio business and are ready to go to their respective homes to take part iu the politics ut the campaign. POINTED REMARKS. "Rut," said the crafty manufacturer, "you wouldn't advertise the stuff aa 'pure.' " "Oli, no," replied his piirtner, "ww'll ad vertise that It 'has a reputation for pur ity.' "Philadelphia Press. "What's that you say 7 A footpad held up a coal dealer?" "Yes. But 1 didn't expect you to look so sorry over It." "SorryT Old man, you are not a good Judge of facial expression. The look on my face Is not one of grief. It's one of lucre dullty." Chicago Tribune. The whole wept sadly. "Jonah will have no trouble," he re marked, "but the fellows at the club will never believe my man story." True to the prediction, they derisively In quired why his catch hud gono up the spout. New York Sun. Methuselah was glancing over his papers. "What a chump I was," ho said, ' not to take an endowment policy instead of an ordinary life." But making the best of it, he started to " "A." man's Just as old as he feels." Chi cago Journal. Mrs. Myles And your husband sleeps all right now, you say? Mrs. Styles Oh, myl He Bleeps liha a Child. " You- don't mean to tell me that your Bus bond sleeps with one of his toes iu his mouth?" Yonkers Statesman. It was In one of our police oourra the other morning that a lawyer asked: "You are absolutely certain about your state- '""Absolutelv certain," sold the witness. "Y'ou swear that it is true?" "I do." "Would you bet on ItT" "Krwell-yes, If I rot the right odds." Thlladelplila Idger. Mnrguerlto desired pubMM'.y. "It's a pipe, MHggle," wild iTaust, as he whispered something ln hr ear. Immediately thereafter sU- wrtrbled ths Jewel song. . M , . Tills Is the first press aarent Jewel tlory on record. Chicago Jc urnal. A FREE SHOW. W. D. Neebit in Chicago Tribune. Ever notlco the man who gets Into ths show On a pass? They will glvo him a seat ln the very front row. But. alas! He will look at the stage as though it were a tomb All IhA.nhllfl. And there's never a change ln his fact- lull of gloom Not a smile. Yes, the dancers may trip tn tbelr frollo- nome Riee, Full nf life: Or the hero may rush just as bold as can be, To the strife: The comedians, too may enliven their Jokes With thA drum- But the man with the pass, In dejection he soaks. Very glum. He will sit through the play from the act that is nrst To the third. And he'ii vow that the songs are by ail odds the worst V.ivr henrd: He will (inlin that the Jokes are exceed ingly old, Wenk find stale: And declare that the bouse such a drama could hold Is a Jul I. Ever notice the man? It Is natural. though, For we all Get a prhs to come Into "Existence" the show On this ball. And we all seem to live to discover what flaws We can clck. We are here on a pass, so that must be tne cause Of our kick. "A wonderful man tills Napoleon. I admire lilui. Gad, sir! I'd bfald to Introduce lilm to my tailor." llrau llrnmniell to his valet. THlUti: IS NO NEED OF AN INTKODECTION TO GET TUB UKiilT TIIINU IIEKE, AND THE MOST WONDEItFUI, l'AKT COMES WHEN YOU SEE TIIE STYLE, EXCEL LENCE Ob' MANUFACTURE AND GOODNESS OF MATE RIALS THAT AKE SHOWN IN OLIt CLOTHES. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF GOOD THINGS BEING SHOWN NOW FOR "EASTER." DON'T BE A TAIL-EN DER. BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO CHOOSE EITHER A NOBBY TOP COAT, A SLIT. A FAIR OF TKOU8 ERS. A FANCY WAISTCOAT, A HAT. A SHIRT, A SCARF, UNDERWEAR. HOSIERY, AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT G TO COMPLETE TIIE TOILET. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EAS TER WINDOWS. Browning, King Co. R. &. Wilcox. Mcr. Y