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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE r SUNDAY, AFRIL 3, 1904.
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Now watch tho Easter bonnet blooui.
Constellations aud eclipses appear to
be the regular order in the railroad
Qnnameut just now.
Another gnsolluo explosion over the
Rockefeller donation Is due from the
local demo-pop yellow.
Colonel Bryan will not have to go to
the poor house whether he gets that
Bennett bequest or not.
The Dreyfus case must be making
progress, as our old acquaintance, Du
Paty de Clam, has reappeared on the
icene.
If beef costs no less after the investi
gation the public may have the satis
faction .of knowing why It costs no more
than it does. -
The canal commissioners show, their
discretion In making their excursion to
the isthmus at a season when climatic
conditions are Inviting.
Admiral Dewey seems inclined to
modify his comparison between the
Cubans and the Filipinos since bis re
cent visit to the Antilles.
The war correspondents evidently
made a mistake. There is more chance
for them to exercise their talents in
Thibet than in Manchuria.
! 111 I !
Those experts who predicted that the
Russo-Japanese war would not be of the
ihort-and-sharp variety evidently knew
what they were talking about.
It begins to look as if the committee
will finally lay the blame for the worst
part of the "Brtstow" report upon the
proofreader in the public printing office.
It turns out that Senator Burton's un
pardonable sin was his declaration that
bis colleagues in the senate were more or
less engaged In the same sort of busi
ness. Great Brttula having lifted the lid off
Thibet the world will now discover
what is under the "roof of the world."
The chances are that there will be more
dust than dollars.
Owners of ship who complain of the
ale of firearms by Americans to San
Dominican Insurgents could easily ren
der those arias ineffective ay refusing
to transport them.
The disincllaation of Japanese officers
to permit foreign officers to aceorupuny
the troops may be due to a desire to get
exclusive information for magazine
articles after the war has eaded.
According to the Ministerial alliance
Of that city. Rt Louis, among other
things, will show visitors the wickedest
city on earth. The World's fair ad
vertising bureau Is working overtime.
Ilavlng failed to aut when it lost
the state ef Panama, Colombia Is not
likely to emugo n hostilities as the re
mit of the decision of the French courts,
Iiwplte the threats of Its unsocial agent.
If something Is not doue for it soon,
the vice presidential boom thrust on
former Chief Justice Sullivan of Ne
braska by the democratic state commit
tee will lapse under the statute of limi
tations. The house of representatives evidently
desires to keep up with the record of
Commissioner Ware in swelling the
'pension rolls. Evidence Its formal ap
proval of 2U private pension, bills
Saturday.
For some uuuccountalile reason the
ante of Adlal Steveusou hss not been
bantered about very lively of late iu
eennection with the democratic nomina
tion for the presidency. Va stay be
lure, noua ths lets, that It is not Adlal's
fault.
IVrtK.VATO.Tt rotiTAL BKRVICB.
A conitress, representing practically
ciery country on tho five subdivisions
of the glolie constituting the t'nl
versul I'ostnl union, liej,'an its session
In the city or Koine on tho 21st day
of March. It n:ny not be generally
know ii. Imt it Is nevertheless n fact, that
the initiative for the orpinlzatlon of an
International postal union was taken by
the United States, through suggestions
submitted by William II. Seward as
secretary of st:ite, to the principal
European nations, and the first lnter
luitioiul postal congress met in Berne,
Swlteerland, In 1874 just thirty years
ngo. When the world's postal union
was first orgnnlzed only eleven nations
participated in the treaty, while the
Inst congress, held In Washington in
the spilnir of 181)7, was composed of
representatives of sixty-two nations
practically every civilized nation on tho
globe.
In the evolution of the international
postal service from Its crude beginning
to Its remarkable efficiency wonderful
strides have been made. Thirty years
ago letters mailed In the United States
with Australia as their destination could
reach the latter country by five differ
ent routes and the postage for any
single letter ranged from 35 cents to $1.
At that period, and even at a later
period still, letters directed to points
on the European continent were trans
mitted over six different mall routes
from this country and the postage varied
all the way from 10 cents to 25 cents.
Today n 5-cent stamp will carry a letter
from the United States to any country
In Europe and most every country in
Asia, Africa, South America and Australia.
The development of the International
postal service is, however, ns yet not
as perfect as it can and will be made,
and the congress now In session will
doubtless Improvise improvements and
remove many obstacles that may still
bp In the way of safe, rapid and uni
form Interchange of correspondence by
mail between the various nations that
now .constitute the world's postal union.
A LITTLE MORE LIGHT.
A good many people in this city nnd
county are seriously perplexed and badly
muddled over the question whether It
will be safe and sagacious for them to
vote for the county refunding bonds at
Tuesday's election. For the benefit of
this class The Bee proposes to throw a
little more light on the subject.
1. The proposed bond Issue is not de
signed to create a new debt, but to pay
off an old debt at a lower rate of In
terest than we are now paying. The
bonds will bear 3 per cent interest
on their face, but they may, and doubt
less will, be bought in by the state as
an Investment of the state school fund
for 34 and possibly 34 per cent, and
tho difference in Interest will be taken
out by detaching coupons so that the
county may have to pay no Interest on
these bonds for the first year or two at
least.
2. The floating debt of the county ex
ceeds 300,000 now and $105,000 of tills
amount is represented by warrants bear
ing 7 per cent Inteiest The object of
the bond issue Is to take up $200,000 of
this debt and let the remainder be paid
off out of the taxes collected under the
scavenger law, while the taxes collected
under last year's levy would pay the
current expenses of the county asa thus
place its affairs on a cash basis.
3. The issue of the bonds. If authorized
by a majority of the voters next Tues
day, Is not compulsory. The county
board may issue any amaunt of bonds
up to $200,000 it deems necessary for
the refunding af the loattag debt or
it may refrain from issuing any of them
in case the receipts from the enforcement
of the scavenger law are sufficient to
pay off the floating debt, which, how
ever, is not likely t be the case.
4. The proceeds from the sale of the
bonds will go into the county treasury
ana not a dollar can a drawn ant, ex
cepting far the payment ef autstandlng
warrants or new warrants issued far
debts already existing. If any part of
the proceeds of the bond sale remains in
the treasury it will be placed on deposit
in the county's depositories and draw
2 per cent Interest for the county.
The assumption that the county board
can expend any part af this meaey far
any ether purpose than refunding exist
ing debts is entirely unwarranted. Such
an act would be illegal sad members
of the board, the treasurer sad their
bondsmen wauld be responsible for the
diversion of the funds.
me orsrtn as as ia$ua.
The people of the sUte af Maryland
are not only divided la regard ta tl9
question of negra disfranchisement,
but they are even more keenly con
cerned respecting the question af pre
serving the oyster Industry, which is a
matter of very material iiuportauce to
that commonwealth. It appears that
the oyster Industry of Maryland has
for some years been steadily declining
nnd that It is threatened with total ex
tinction, unless something be done to
restore it to its former position as one
of the chief and most profitable Indus
tries of that commonwealth.
It would seem that in view of the
great decline noted 1b this hitherto valu
able industry every Marylander would
be more than anxious to have legisla
tion for promoting its restoration, yet
there is a determined opposition in the
legislature to measures that have been
introduced Intended to rehshllltato the
oyster Industry aad place it upoa the
basis It formerly enjoyed. So Intense
Is the feeling respecting the matter that
It has assumed tha significance of a
political Issue and tha Baltimore Sun
warns the democrats of the legislature,
who are largely in the majority, that
If they refuse to do what is necessary
fir the salvation of the oyster industry
they must expect to be defeated when
they again ask for popular support
That paper tells them candidly that if
the do not vota for the greater culti
vation of the oyster, which is so es
sential to the material welfare of Mary
land, they must expect to suffer defeat
when they again appeal to the people.
Tho very general sentiment, It is not
to be doubted. Is with the friends of
the oyster. We have no hesitation In
saying that cverylxxly who eats oysters
and who does not Is desirous for the
cultivation of the succulent bivalve on
the most liberal scale and It may be
remarked that there is none better than
the Baltimore brand, as every one who
has ever eaten oysters in that city will
unqualifiedly attest. It will be very
generally hoped that the Maryland leg
islature will do all that Is possible to
promote the cultivation of the oyster In
the waters of that state.
JAPAN'S UBJKCTIVK POJT.
A few days ago the dispatches stated
that Japan's objective point is Harbin
and an official at Toklo was quoted as
saying that if Harbin be taken Japan
will appeal to Ensland and America to
keep Manchuria open. It is not to be
doubted that such an appeal would be
heeded, but it Is a mlshty task which
the Japanese have before them In order
to reach the point where the Russians
have established their headouarters a
task hardly less difficult than the union
army had in reaching Richmond and
far more difficult than the British army
had In fighting Its way to Pretoria. It
means overcoming a Russian army at
present estimated at not less than 170,
000 nnd which Is steadily being re
inforced, a march of hundreds of miles
through a country that will be denleted
of everything that can sustain a mili
tary force and the loss of tens of thou
sands of men and Inevitably many re
verses.
Harbin, which Is the headquarters In
Manchuria of the Russians. Is In the
heart of that province and is peculiarly
a Russian town, Just as much as though
It were located in Russia, it is about
3.10 miles west of Vladivostok and I0
miles north of Port Arthur. It Is in
the midst of one of the most productive
regions of Manchuria and contains a
population estimated at 00,000, exclusive
of soldiers. It is quite a manufacturing
center, the principal product being flour,
of which its mills have a capacity that
will almost supply the needs of the
Russian nrmy In Manchuria.
If the Japanese could capture Harbin
It would give them control of Manchuria,
but the task seems almost Impossible.
Even with no more than the present
Russian army in Manchuria, accepting
the estimates as correct, It should be
able to prevent several times its number
for an indefinite time from, capturing
Harbin, but Russia is steadily increas
ing her forces nnd within a few months,
It Is thought, will have in Manchuria
nearly double1 the present number.
Viewing the situation, therefore, as It
now appears, it would seem that Japan
should not undertake to do more than
seek to dislodge the Russians from their
present strongholds, which if accom
plished would enable Japan to com
mand conditions quite as satisfactory as
if her armies penetrated Into the heart
of Manchuria, while "her losses would
probably be less. .
It is not absolutely necessary to the
success of Japan that Harbin be caD-
tured. If she can drive the Russians
from the strategic points they are now
occupying nnd hold them the victory
will be sufficiently complete to permit
her to dictate terms of peace if she
desires to do so, even thaugh the Rus
sians should still make their headqunr-
ters hundreds of miles from the nrcsent
arena of active hostilities.
TitTiira tv AititT tariff iffis.
It appears that tha Department of
State, among its many exacting duties,
is addressing Itself to the task of en
deavorlag to avert proposed tariff wars
In Europe on products of this country.
This would seem to be an unusual un
dertaking for a department of the gov
ernment which Is commonly supposed
to bo exclusively engaged in looking
after matters of diplomacy, yet it is
by no means outside of the peculiar
functions of that department which
makes treaties with foreign powers, that
it should interest itself in the question
of tariffs abroad that have reference to
tho interests of American trade.
It is pointed out that nearly all ef
Europe Is at present engagad in a re
vision of taril laws and that the trend
everywhere is in tha direction of pro
tection of a more or lees pronounced
variety. American exporters are watch
ing prospective changes ia the customs
duties closer than our diplomatic repre
sentatives aad as soon as 'a merchant
f nds thst his trade is threatened by. a
hostile tarla? ho calls upon the Depart
ment of State for relief. It is Bald
that in this way the premier of the
cabinet baa been appealed to constantly
in tha past year aad that he has. done
whatever was within bis authority to
meet the calls thus made upon him. At
present the most serious danger con
fronting American manufacturers in the
general advance proposed In European
tariffs Is in Germany, but tho revised
law in that country which is largely
directed against our products has not
yet gone into effect though there is
every reason to expect that it twill do
so at the appointed time, which Is only
a few months hence. It is In the dis
cretion of the emperor when tha law
shall become effective, but It is not
probable that he will delay Ita enforce
ment from any consideration for Ameri
can laterests, since every Industrial In
terest in tha German empire is demand
ing that tha new tariff be put into effect
at the designated time. There are com
mercial Interests In Germany that are
not favorable to It ant these were not
able to prevent tha enactmeat of the
law and doubtless will sot be able to
prevent Ita being carried out
The course of Germany and some
other European countries with reference
to American competition Is still a matter
that may well occasion solicitude In re
gard to tho future of our foreign trade.
As we noted a few daya ago this trade
has increased in value during the last
eight months, but we cannot be confi
dent that there will be an Increase in
the future If existing conditions are un
changed. The tendency in Europe to
ward the adoption of policies antago
nistic to American competition In the
markets of European countries Is nn
mistakable. A notable example Is fur
nished in the revised tariff of Switzer
land, which Is especially hostile to
American manufactures.
The idea of a European Bollvereln
with particular reference to the United
States seems to have been abandoned ns
Impracticable, owing to tho diverse In
terests of the countries necessary to
such a union, but a separate policy of
discrimination Is altogether feasible,
How to avert this is a question that
should command the most serious at
tentlon of American statesmen.
LOOK BKFUR TOV LEAP.
The citizens of South Omaha should
look ahead before taking their political
leap next Tuesday. They should ask
themselves in all seriousness what they
have to gain and what they have to lose
by Jumping from Koutsky to Hoctor,
Let them ask themselves in all sobriety
what they have to gain by turning down
a mayor who has endeavored to serve
them faithfully, honestly nnd to his
best ability for a man whose past con
duct course nnd policy does not promise
the slightest improvement but, on the
contrary, is almost sure to result In
leakages that would drain their treasury
without leaving much of a trace? Does
not prudence dictate to "let well enough
alone?"
It Is also a very serious question
whether tho taxpaylng citizens of South
Omahn can afford to remain idle spec
tators of the movement on the part of
the big corporations to foist upon them
n tax commissioner, who will do their
bidding instead of treating nil interests
from the humblest to the most wealthy
impartially, and making every property
owner bear his Just share of the burden
of taxation. It Is an open secret that
these concerns are boosting O'Connor
and seeking to encompass the defeat of
O'Neill nnd for that, if for no other
reason, Mr. O'Neill should receive the
cordial support of tho great mass of
taxpayers ns well as of all other classes
of voters who desire fair play.
DVSIAKSS IS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
"Municipal administration Is as much
a profession as that of civil engineering
or the law, and to take the average man,
no matter how capable he may be in
his chosen line of work, and put him at
work on this new line and in unfamiliar
surroundings and then expect him to be
successful Is unfair and absurd." This
is the answer made by Clinton Rogers
Woodruff, the secretary of the National
Municipal league, to the commonly met
demand that the administration of city
affairs must be managed by business
men. To this proposition he puts in a
decided dissent, except so far as it may
mean that they must be managed as
business affairs are, by men specially
fitted aud trained to the task. It will
be recalled that the same Idea was nd
vanced recently by Prof Richard T. Ely
in his little book on "The Coming City,"
In which he advocates the transfer and
promotion of efficient municipal officers
from a smaller city to a larger city,
where their experience will come into
larger play and their opportunities be
increased.
The difficulty in the way of such a
program Is not so much in its intrinsic
feasibility as in the local prejudice
against tho importation of public officers
from abroad often embodied in strict
legal prohibitions and In the confidence
of each community in its own self-
sufficiency. Every city in the country
1s cocksure that for nearly every po
sition required In Its municipal govern
ment It has among its own Inhabitants
men fully qualified or capable of de
veloping the requisite quail fl cations.
Mr. Woodruff would have us dis
tinguish between the work of admin
istration and the work of formulating
policies, and this distinction is already
manifest In many places. We, for ex-
ample, have little hesitancy In calling in
from abroad an experienced Are chief,
or electrical engineer, or public works
expert, although we would not think
of searching far for a myor, a treas
urer or nn auditor, while councilmen,
who are the managing directors of the
municipal corporation, ure supposed to
grow on every bush. The establishment
of a municipal clvJl service and the
elimination of purely administrative po
sitions from the list of elective offices is
unquestionably the trend, not only
among the most advanced students of
municipal government but also In the
practical legislation for charter making.
The Inhabitants of our American cities,
however, will not let the control of their
municipal affairs get out of their own
hands or accept any sclTeme of perma
nent tenure or civil service that destroys
responsibility and accountability. The
principles of popular self-government
are too thoroughly Ingrained to be sac
rificed even for the promise of greater
efficiency and economy. The evils of
favoritism, nepotism and corruption are
not necessarily banished by the employ
ment of imported experts or the pro
motion of experienced subordinates. All
of these problems must be solved with
their own remedies, while business
methods in city administration must be
enforced by intelligent discretion in the
selection of public officers, whether
elective or appointive, nnd constant
vigilance over them when they are in
stalled.
Senator Clark says that the cattlemen
of Wyoming want the land laws re
pealed. Senator Gibson says that the
cattlemen of Montana want them to re
main as they are. What about the
cattleman whose cattle run In both
states?
The Smoot Investigating committee
will continue to take testimony through
the coming recess of congress. In the
meanwhile the body over whom the in
quest is being held Is a live enough
corpse to hold on to his seat in the sen
ate and continue to draw his pay regularly.
The Chicago Chronicle and Colonel
Bryan for once appear to be practically
agreed that the candidacy of Judge
Tarker is highly quesUonable. It would
be the Joke of the season If they should
both finally got together by swallowing
the question mark.
Basis of Intellectual Energy.
Minneapolis Times.
An eastern teacher with a most appro
priate name Miss Nutting has proclaimed
In stentorian tones that spanking a child
t good for Its brain. It might be If there
wasn't too much distraction about It to
permit the spankee from thinking about
bis brain during the process.
Sure Thins!
Baltimore American.
Mr. Bryan says that there will be Inter
esting times at the next democratic na
tional convention. It needs no voice come
from the grave or Nebraska to tell us
this. Free fights on go-as-you-pleasa lines
are. always Interesting, no matter what ths
particular subject of debate.
Seasonable Warning;.
Atlanta Constitution.
In round figures there are 80,000,000 mi
crobes in a plats of Ice cream, and the
name of the microbe would drive the most
alphabetically notorious Russian to suicide.
We merely mention this as a warniag to
our women friends, knowing that the Im
minent heated term has sore temptations.
Exhllarntlna; inconsistency.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Here is a woman suing a manufacturing
concern for $5,000, because It used her pic
ture In Its advertisements, and here are
other women who would give that sum tf
they could see their portraits In the paper
only once. What a pity that you can't
make lightning strike where It ought to
go! But for those deeply aggrieved there Is
always the resource of having some un
speakable ailment, and taking twenty-five
bottles of somebody's exhllnrator for It.
Darlnsr Skill of Surgeons.
New York World.
Early In the month of March a surgeon
stood with the bcntlng heart of a live
man held In his hand. He took six stitches
In the organ, put It back In the right place,
and the man lived on. The operation was
ns of a series of surgical marvels of the
last two or three years through which the
heart has ceased to be the one part of the
body sacred from the daring knife and
needle. And now there Is news of the
heart massage. The vital organ Is ex
posed and subjected to gentle manipula
tions which restore Its beating. So life
returns to persons who have seemed to die.
Nor do the newest marvels of surgery
stop with operations upon the heart.
Within a week there has been ennounced
at a Philadelphia hospital the miracle of
splicing nerves. An Interrupted telegrapr.o
circuit of the body was remedied, Just as
a Western Union line Is restored to serv
ice by the piecing of two wires. The world
moves on, and the doctors with it The
one point further for science to go is to
demonstrate life Itself.
TIPS OX THIS VALtE OP REST.
"The Pleasant Und of the Counter
pane" Editorially O. K'd.
New York Tribune.
Men snd women who have reached the
stage where the doctor's services are needed
must be left to his care. It Is to those who
have not yet reached the border land of
nervous prostration that the hint to them
to look after the cause of their worry and
nervous exhaustion In insufficient sleep Is
likely to be most beneficial. The hint. It
may readily be conceded, is mors easily
given than acted upon In the modern city,
where ths city Itself never sleeps, and
where the conditions making for natural
repose are difficult, and, la some oases. Im
possible of achievement. The thunder of
the elevated, ths whirl and rattle of ths
electrlo car and the almost ceaseless noises
of the streets are ths lullaby of the urban
lte, and ths sleep that comes In such cir
cumstances knits up but slowly the ravelled
sleeve of care and sends still more slowly
fresh and healthful blood to build up ths
brain cells, with their delicate tentaclos
radiating through the gray matter fatigued
by ths constant calls upon It In ths busy
day of modern city life. If possible, ths
city dweller feeling this constant strain
upon his nervous system should seek ths
qatet and freshness of country air, sleep
with open windows, and live. If only for a
few weeks or months, a simple, natural life.
It Is only In such surroundings that he can
secure ths amount of sleep neoessary to
restore ths tone and vigor of his systsm
and avoid a possible, or even probable,
nervous collapse. A sea voyags la often
an excellent tonic and restorative; a jour
ney to strange lands and scenes may af
ford the tired brain the necessary change
and relief. But to the tired many, to whom
rest is a luxury and travel an impossibility.
"the pleasant land ef counterpane" Is still
accessible, and they should make their stay
In It as long as possible until ths systsm Is
once mors restored to Its natural vigor.
Hl'GB FEES FOR LAWfERI.
Fancy Rot suras twr Legal S ta
Laura Oases.
New Ysrk World.
Ths fee ef "a csel million" which Walt
street guesses that William Nelson Crom
well wUl gt fsr his services as counsel for
tha Panama Csnal company may not bs
regarded as exorbitant. The saf guldanoe
of the Interests of ths "French company"
during Intricate negotiations called for
legal skill of the kind which attains Its
highest development In corporation prac
tice.
This, it Is beltsvsd. Is tho highest flgurs
In lawyers' fees, realising In cash what
Mr. Max Pam was to have received in
"collateral" fer his "services" In ths Bethlehem-Shipbuilding
trust affair. Its sis Is
significant of the commercial expansion of
the psst quarter of a century. Ths 1400,000
received by John E. Parsons for organising
ths 8ufrar trust, deemed excessive at ths
time, but justified by ths law-defying sub
stantiality of the work would not today
excite corpment.
Crime no longer holds out such legal re
wards as ar offered by commerce. . Ths
lawyers who defended Whltaker Wright
got only about IS.000 for their services.
Canfletd was reputed to have paid John B.
Stanchfleld 130,000 for dissolving the injunc
tion against him. John G. Carlisls got
I25,0n fer his conduct of the Preston Becil
case before the Kentucky court of appeala
In the scale ef fees the correspond only
to those paid In the lesser litigation of cor
porations net yet expanded to trust size.
Suits Involving large estates yield counsel
returns partly eeramensurate. The Flsks
will rsss gainst Cornell university erst
ths heirs $400,000. Ths legal expenses in the
Fair will case are said to have amounted
te rtto.ooo.
The prevailing higher rate of legal com
pensation is Indicated In the counsel fees
of 13.000 allowed by the court In a recent
local divorce oase. But Mr. Cromwell's fee,
If It really Is to bs a million, represents
more than the average yearly loeom of
LOU) young lawyer.
BLASTS FROM RAM'S IIORtt.
Jehovah In a Judge at every election.
Home-made yokes are always heaviest.
A money spendthrift Is a moral suicide.
The Wind child can see Its father's love.
The promises add power to our prayers.
Virtue for a wnge Is first cousin to vice.
leadership does not depend wholly on leg
ability.
One side of an argument Is always less
thsn half of it.
Christ turns the curse of labor Into ths
blessing of service.
The world has been going up ever since
the word came down.
Deeds and not distances make tha mile
stones on the heavenly road.
The distinction between the wily and the
wicked Is too fine for the wise.
There are many things that till the heart,
but few of them can furnish It.
8ome of the lowest places In a city are
likely to bo owned In the highest.
As soon ns a child knows Its father on
earth It ought to know Its Father In heaven.
If prayer always brought material profit
It would soon be tho prey of the speculator.
The worm that works In the trunk Is al
ways advertised somewhere on the branches.
There is something to prayer more than
shutting your eyes and opening your mouth.
FAVOHITK FRl'IT OF ADAM.
Mighty Good Th In a tor Modern Mem
bers of the Fa rally.
Baltimore American.
The apple has figured so long as the
original cause of all the Ills that humanity
Is heir to that It Is something of an Innova
tion to find It pronounced the best friend of
man, nnd as having not only good physical
effects upon him, but also a decided moral
Influence for the better. The director of
pomology at the coming World's fair In St.
Louis says that the apple will cure the
drink and drug habit; that It will prove an
antidote to tobacco, and cure low morals
when used as a steady diet. A day In Sep
tember has been selected as apple day, and
on that date l.OOO.W) upples will be distrib
uted, with pamphlets setting forth the vir
tues of this amiable and exemplary fruit.
There may be more in this theory than
tho funny man and the critics will allow.
Happiness depends on health, and wicked
ness can often be traced to dyspepsia or un
favorable liver conditions; bad temper cer
tainly Is a characteristic of the latter, and
nobody can deny that badly cooked dlnr.ers
are capable cf making hungry men feel
murderous. Hence, it Is fair to conclude
thnt diet Is much more of a moral agent
than It Is generally given credit for being.
A good meal will do far more toward con
vincing a man of the errors of his ways
than n sound sermon. A man whose food
agrees with him, and who is supplied with
the right kind, Is more apt to be a better
father, u tenderer hurband. a more upright
citizen than the man whose passions are
continually inflamed by fits of Indigestion,
until lie looks on every man as an enemy
and on everything in llfo with a Jaundiced
eye.
Coming down to the bottom facts, diet la
really the basis of the wholo social, moral
and physical structure of t!i human sys
tem. The soul of a man Is wlu.t he Is, and
ho Is what he eats. A man who Is dyspeptics
cannot be kind, charitable and loving. A
man w' t is bilious cannct be unselfish,
high-minded and noble. ' hen a man's
stomach is out of ordor it lb useless to hold
up to him high ideals of living; one might
as well expect to run a fast express in Its
best trim on defective fuel. Desire of stim
ulants and drugs do not come from well
nourished end healthy systems; experienced
workers among the poor have agreed that
soup is a moral argument to empty stom
achs on the necessity of religion not to be
despised. So this cure-all apple may be
symbolical of the great truth that a good
digestion Is a big aid to a good conscience,
and that the real solution of the great
human problems which have hitherto been
mistakenly handed over to mind and senti
ment is good diet and plenty of it
SCHOOL SUPERVISION.
Its Worth Shoald Be Measured by
Hlgrher Standards.
Dr. J. M. Rice In The Forum.
Th duty of knowing what can and ought
to be accomplished In the elementary
schools, and of knowing, furthermore,
which of the schools are and which are not,
doing satisfactory work, devolves, of
course, upon the superintendent; for if su
pervision has any purpose whatever it is
to see that the schools are conducted upon
a plane of reasonable efficiency.
If we accept this muclt, we must also
agree that the fundamental condition ot
successful supervision is constituted by a
knowledge of the best that can be done;
for It is evident that the term "efficient
service" can convey no definite meaning
unless baaed upon a clear conception of
what our most successful teachers have
been able to accomplish. And if this be
true, It is equally true that the funda
mental condition of successful supervision
has not yet come Into being; for standards
In educational achievement are as yet abso
lutely unknown. In brief, up to the present
time, every superintendent has been simply
a law unto himself, and supervision has
been merely a haphazard affair.
In thus criticising supervision I desire to
emphasise the fact that my remarks are
directed against our system of supervision,
and not against the superintendents them
selves, who, as a rule, are extremely ear
nest and hard-working men. In a word,
the difficulty does not lis with the super
vising officers, but is due, fundamentally,
to the perverted view that the teacher's
efficiency must be estimated by what she
knows and by the methods she employs,
and not by what she accomplishes. In
consequence of this, the supervising officers
have largely lost sight of results, and have
concentrated their efforts upon observing
their teachers at work and upon teaching
them psychology and methods. And this
again has led to the current view that ths
efficiency of a superintendent must be esti
mated by the number of visits he pays to
the schoele, the amount of psychology be
knows, th number of teachers' meetings
be hold, the breadth of his course of
study, the ciiarsoter of his reports, etc.,
etc.; while th actual worth of supervi
sion must not be looked for In the ways
and means by which it approaches the ed
ucational problem, but In the extent to
which It realises Its purposes, I. e., th ex
tent to which the schools succeed In de
veloping Intelligence and efficiency In the
children, and this can only be teoted by
testing the Intelligence and efficiency of
the children.
Tenth Belled Down.
Detroit Free Press.
The man who puts his riches In trusts
appears to b worse oft than th on who
puts bis trust la riches.
It's a fact that below a certain price, the best in quality is inv
possible.
Sheridan Coal
Has struck that point exactly. Not only the best for the price,
but the best coal at any price. Nut $G.OO fine for cooking.
Lump, f 6.50 for heaters.
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FCVtVAR SHOTS AT THE Pll.PlT.
Indianapolis Journal: Dowle had another
pleasant Sunday at Melbourne, liMng
chased around the city by "the rougher
element." Alexander shouldn't foment men
a breaking of the Sabbath day.
Ixmlsvllle Courier-Journal: A New York
minister declares that there are no women
angels In heaven. If that Is true ih
earth Is not as bad a plsre as some theo
logians Insists It Is; there are a good munj
women angels hero.
Buffalo Express: Nearly 60 per cent ot
the Protestant and Hebrew ministers In
Rhode Island have promised to perform no
marriage ceremony where one of ths
parties has been divorced. When the other
60 per cent ar gathered in, divorced people
will continue to remarry; but not in ths
churches.
Philadelphia Record: That stormy petrel
of Methodism, Dr. Ella C. Swallow, Is
having a halycon and vociferous time of
it In the Central conference at Harrisburg.
As a rule his brethren de not appear to be
ablo to go along with Mm. As a conse
quence there is heated debate. The theo
logical fur flies. There Is difficulty In en
forcing parliamentary rules. In the end
Brother Swallow Is overwhelmed; but he
has never been subdued. As other men
dote on peace and quiet ho dotes on
controversy.
Chicago Tribune: Ordinarily, the preacher
who speaks against the newspaper for not
giving more space to church and religious
news Is inconsistent. Times beyond count
he himself goes to th newspaper for his
text. Why. with the Bible In hand,
should he take up some local situation, or
political Intrigue, or chanos happenlnr In
the world s busy life, and talk to the them
to the exclusion of the book of bookaj
Why else, unless the strict doctrinal toplo
has palled upon his hearers? And if It has
palled upon holders of pews In his church,
shall it be made a news feature to the
world when a convention of suoh churches
Is assembled for dootrinal debate and
routine business?
PERSONAL AM OTHERWISE.
Sure signs of soring domlnat tha t.
scape today. Easter lids top the enchant
ing spectacle.
It has been decided to open the St. Louis
fair with an ode. Here's hoping it will not
close with an owed.
All quiet In the Balkans. No Macedonian
cry rends the cable. War correspondents
are chasing larger game.
Another floored pugilist threatens to for
sake the arena for the bar. The change In
volves n restriction of vocal talents.
Shanghai correspondents are painfully re
miss In their duty. In all the bombard
ments yet had no mule has been reported
killed.
A man In a Pennsylvania town has taken
a pledge against playing poker for ninety
nine years Men have no business with
woman's weapon, anyhow.
Five Chicago men came within a scratch
of being convicted of murder on the
coached testimony of a B-year-old-glrl. The
Incident Illustrates the possibilities of a
robust, full grown professional witness.
A test shows that a culture plate can ac
cumulate 1.000 colonies of microbes In a
New York street car. Shucks! A South
side car in Omaha can show up enough
robust oolonles to smash the plate and run
away with the fragments.
Editor Bok tells in dear little paragraphs
how he went to New York city and con
founded hotel, restaurant and hack tipsters.
It Is gratifying to learn from such high
authority that Philadelphia editors cannot
be worked successfully when they stray
away from home.
Now comes a Milwaukee preacher with
the declaration that Noah Raby, the Jer
sey man who claimed to be 132 years of
age, was "the greatest liar that ever lived."
He outclassed Munchausen, Mulhstton and
Colonel Ager. Raby can't deny the allega
tion. He Is dead.
People who think the civilization of Japan
is a thin veneer should revUe their notions,
Japan has developed a large class of pa
triots capable of staying at home and mak
ing money out of war. The most advanced
nations could not make a better showing
In the same Una
DOMESTIC PLUASAXTRIES.
"A penny for your thoughts," he said.
"Oh. they're not worth it." she replied.
"I wa thinking of you." Chicago Post.
"And you want to marry this young
man, you say?"
"Yes, papa." '
"What does he do for a living?"
"O, papa, I don't know him well enough
to ask him about that." Yonkers Stated
man. "Mamma, how much alimony did vou re
ceive when you got divorced from papa?"
"8h! My dear child, don't you know
that It 1h an Indication of very poor taste
to talk of financial matters In the pres
ence of formal callers?" Cklcagu Record
Herald. "Your rich brother Is la tho hospital,
lsn t ho?"
"Yes."
"And how Is he progressing?"
"Oh, I'm dreadfully worried about him."
"So sorry. Are you afraid he will not
recover?"
"Oh, no, It Isn't that Vm worried about.
It's his pretty nurse." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Mabel Why In tears? Doesn't the ring
please ymi?
Helen Oh, It is beautiful, but I fear
thst the stone is Imlt-itlon.
"Why?1
"Arthur didn't say Anything about re
turning It In case I don't marry him."
Town Topics.
When a woman of 3 tells you In a burst
of frankness that she Is Just 28. always
try to look surprised and say: "Why. I
never drmrrifl you were more than 23!"
Sntnervllls Journal.
Talk about men being lord of erection!
Why. I can twist that husband of mine
ar'end my little finger."
"Yes. I suppnss so. He's rather small,
Isn't he snd quite slender?"
"8mall snd slender? He Isn't anv such
thlnir! There's enourh of him. let re
toll you. to mike a million such husbands
as yours!" Chlesgo Tribune.
THE SINGIXG OF Ttllfi Nt'KS.
The first fslnt stre.ik of morning light
Had banished vlhluns uf the nlglit
And awaJtened me. and all around
Was mill, when suddi nly a nouiui.
As from some Mrange. ethereal sphere,
V as wafted softly to my ear
The low, sweet chanting of a prayer.
Which seemed to cieuve the upper air,
And pierce tli harriers of the ky
To reach the throne of llim on high.
And, though I iiiMieratood no woid,
The solemn thought 1 pluinly hrari.
Willie all in earelehd tlurnhcr slept.
These faithful nuns Ihelr vigil kept,
Arising early that they might
Their spirits make a purer white.
Adoring with true songs of fove
The holy Christ In hv'n snove.
My soul, long cloeed In earthly sin,
Op d s.iildenly. and uulckly in
A higher longing crept, and my
Poor heart stmt forth a plaintive cry,
And Joined these sisters in thir song
Their plea for vlot'ry o'er life's wrong.
ORAC13 SORENSON.
