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The launching of the Easter bonnet
lias proved emipently successful.
When the signal corps settles Itself In
Tort Omaha, Omaha will signalize its
satisfaction.
The assessor Is again abroad In the
land and the tazshlrker will resume the
jwverty face.
A between Baker and Gurley, Tom
lilackburn mftv have to enter the race
tot congress himself. , .
; , . , J
Is It not about time for the republican
Judges of the state supreme court to get
together on the Herdman succession.
. The "fuzsie-wuzzles" seem to have
termed B habit of breaking the British
quare." ' . '
voumy lunomg doiki wecuon loaay.
Get out and vote yes or no, as yon think
proposition anouia oe carriea or ue-
Astbe weather grows warmer man's
desire for coolness is shown by the rapid
rise of Judge Parker ; as ' democratic
nominee for president . -
Oklahoma democrats should remember
liiat they are not numerically strong
'engli to indulge in the Missouri pas
Jtliue Of killing each other.
with nnnnnn mn in tha fleiii Janan
laflst' b$ ready to dp something interest-
Ing on laid In' a short time or the game
M'Ul harfify do worth the. candle.
. ,,. ... , 1
In pMgUcliy ..abohshlng perpetual
rows for members-of religious orders
the pope ittay take from the anti-clericals
nd of their strongest arguments.
The citizens of South Omaha, regard-
less ofj party, will iwake no mistake in
rvounsj i v .wen tsuuugi; moiie uy eiwi-
Inr t rack .Koutsty . as. mayor for a
pecond terrii.
FQr;.harmlng nalvenesa it would be
dlttlcvR'to equal the dispatch from
Houston, Tex., which said: "The
roegroetf who have been causing trouble
.Vest of jUila city have disappeared."
The jWjorld-Iieiald declares that on
very ideation of fact Mr. Bryan's word
1 'absolutely good. As a political
prophet ; and electfon "forecaster, how-
ever", Mr1, t Bryan's word is subject to
heavy discount.
The Auditorium subscription I'st has
now reached the home stretch and If all
bnaiess men who are able but have not
yt t subscribed will fall In line the nee of the convention, in case the two
lio.W. stake will be reached before the thtrda n '"lnl- The retention
end. of this week. ol tnat ru,e re,,t" not w,tD two-thirds,
"Every man for himself" seems to be
th motto since the merger struck the
tweakers e( the supreme court Dexplte
warning and anticipation, the "com
uitfulty of interests" evldeutly encoun
tered a aevere Jolt .
Th?re are several strips of unpaved
afreet wlthit, a stone's throw of the
. coyrt bouse that the council can order
without waiting for petltious from
atatxica property owners. Why not
Vtait on these? .
;ll tha Interstate Commerce commission
gj-ta a few mora decisions like the one
froai tha supreme court throwing open
the; hooka of the coal carrying roads
ta ' commission will be in position to
doujobstrate its ability to make Itself au
ffecttva) fioverunifutal agvncy.
It la ha doubt very cruel for the
Igortotxua at Bt Louis to eat dogs and suiued to be identified with the con
the humane society la within the scope servatlve element that the unit rule is
of its powers when It protest, but why the necessary corrollary of the two-
should a .dog, if any one desires to eat
it b more entitled to the good afflces
of the society thin Ui alxnaLi at the
raoUxj bottaaag ' 4 "
rR(XJHBf or tut WAR.
The latest Information from the seat
of war In Eastern Asia that appears to
be trustworthy shows jrrest activity on
the iart of the Japanese in -preparing
for 1an evidently intended aggressive
movement on a most extensive scale.
The figure given place the forces of
Japan now in the field at upwards of
300,000, which are being concentrated
as rapidly os possible at strategic points.
This Is being done with no little diffi
culty, owing to the wretched condition
of the country through which the armies
must march, so that the task of con
centration necessarily proceeds slowly.
The Japanese soldiers, however, seem to
be showing the greatest fortitude, thus
far justifying the opinion regn riling
them that they are nnnble to endure
any amount of hardship and privation.
There is little Information hs to Rus
sian military operations, though un
doubtedly' they are being actively
pushed and the army constantly rein
forced. The European military experts
still think that the first great land battle
will take place somewhere on the Yalu
river, though they are not at all certain
as to the probable location. In fact It
is all conjecture with them, as It must
be with anybody who undertakes to
divine the plans of either of the com
batants. The beet that can be said is
that both are active and that the indi
cations point to a fierce engagement in
the near future. .
TUB SAN DOMiltQU KU1SAHCK.
A few days ago it was reported that
there was favorable promise of a res
toration of order in San Domingo, but
later Information is to the effect that a
new insurrection is being organized, so
thut a fresh outbreak of violence in the
turbulent island may be expected at any
time. There is said to be much lnter
est felt in the situation at Washington
and that the administration has become
convinced that interference on the part
of our government Is hbsolutely essen
tial to the well being of the islands.
What form this should take Is the per
plexing question. The assistant secre
tary of state, Mr. LoomiB, in a published
article short time since, said there was
no thought or possibility of the annexa
tion of Ban Domingo to the United States
in the minds of either the, administra
tion or of the representatives of the
island now in Washington. This ac
cords with the very general public feel
ing, yet It Is realized by those who have
given any attention to the matter that
unIo9 that so-11! republic can show a
wer capacity ror governing ixseii anu
protecting the rights of others having
relations witn it, tnis country may De
compelled to take some action to'put a
"top to the nuisance of chronic revolu-
tlon and perpetual disorder on an island
that lies in the pathway of commerce
between the continents.
This may be necessary not only for
the protection of American interests in
the turbulent island, but also the safe
hruardlng of the interests there of other
natinn. foP wn,,.h wi ara fleld In noma
mPnBUre responsible. It appears to be
fully realized at Washington that if the
United States does not make- an effort
to restore and maintain order in Ban Do
mingo some of the countries having hi'
tereets there will take mejigii res to pro
tect those interests and in -such, an event
Pur government could noS Reasonably
complain. If we propose applying, the
Aionroe aocinne xo oan uomingo we
necessarily assume ah. obligation to see
that that republic fulfills Its duty- to
other countries. We want neither -a o-
nexaUon nor any action. l,hat, mlght ,ea;d
to annexation or eyen a protectorate, but
our government may 'W compelled to
make Jts voice heard In some, way that
will pt anVnd tO'lntermlttepf anarchy
at either, end of the island of 'UaytL
somk dbmovraTIC THOVBLta:
The democratic party , is Just now
much troubled over the question 'as to
wnat should be done in regard to the
rUPg or practices whicn bave prevailed
In past national conventions.. A plat
form can be adopted by a majority vote,
but since the first democratic national
convention a two-thirds majority has
been required for the nomination of a
presidential candidate. Whether or not
this rule shall be retained in the com'
lng convention is now beliur very serl
ously discussed In democratic circles.
apparently the sentiment among the
conservative wing of the party being
generally' favorable to .abandoning it
A lending organ of this element points
out that should Hearst, or those behind
him and with him, bave delegates enough
to control a few more than one-'.bird
of the democratic national convention,
tLey couM virtually dictate the noiul
but witn tne wire majority, or the con
vention. In every convention in which
It has prevailed it has been adopted by
only a majority vote, so that the coming
convention could refuse to adopt it by
a bare majority.
The radical wing is of course in favor
of the retention of the two-thirds rule
and there are some conservatives who
think the long-established practice
should be continued. A Washington dls-
patch to an eastern paper quotes a dera-
ocratlc leader as saying that the two-
thirds and the unit rule are too firmly
settled as rules of party practice to be
I upset now. He remarked that the ar-
gument that a convention t-an be held
np by means of . them is all right in
theory, but never works out in practice.
A randldate for nomination who has a
I majority invariably gets the necessary
I two thirds, while the rule is useful in
preventing senseless stampedes. It was
further pointed out by this leader, pre-
thirds rule. There Is a good deal of
opposition to tha unit rule, which is still
mora undemocratic than tha two-thirds
rule la Raw Jew tha. .-gamma ay
lesder Is fighting for an unlnstmcted
delegation to the St. Louis convention,
while the Parker supporters are striving
to . have : the delegation Instructed for
their randldate. ' The unit rule principle
hi being ' antagonized in some other
states, but general adherence to It is
highly probable.
An Interesting struggle in the national
convention over the two-thirds majority
rule Is very likely and It cannot be con
fidently predicted what the outcome will
lie, though probably the rule will be re
tained. There is said to be very little
support among democrats at Washing
ton who will have most to do with the
organization of the national convention
for the movement for the abrogation of
the unit rule ox the two-thirds rule. The
lenders, it is said, are sure that they
can beat Hearst without any such ac
tion. It is at least possible that in this
they may be mlstnken, though it is a
fact tbRt the movement for Hearst ap
pears to have about come to a halt and
It Is doubted If he will hnve to exceed
200 votes with the states voting as
nnlts. In that case, as the convention
will consist of 904 delegates, the two-'
thirds rule will eliminate Hearst as a
possible dictating quantity.
THBMK THINGS TO Bf MjKBtB.
Taxpaying citizens of Douglas county
who are opposed to the issue of more
bonds on general principles should bear
three things in mind:
1. That the proposed bond issue is not
Intended to create a new debt, but
simply to pay off a debt already exist
ing. The prime object of the bond issue
is to take up the $105,000 of county
warrants drawing 7 per cent Interest
and pay off about $100,000 of claims
already audited for which 7 per cent
warrants would have to be insued by
the. 1st of July, while tho bonds would
draw only . 8 per cent and may be
taken by the state treasurer tor Invest
ment in the permanent school fund.
2. That the issue of the bonds, If the
proposition carries, Is not compulsory.
It simply gives authority to the county
commissioners to take up as much or as
little of the floating debt as In their
best Judgment will be most desirable.
The board is at liberty to issue any
amount from $1,000 to $200,000, but no
more. If the tax collections under the
new revenue law and scavenger act are
sufficient to sink the floating debt and
pay running expenses they need not
Issue a dollar of the bonds.
3. The proceeds of the bonds must be
exclusively devoted to the refunding of
existing debt and cannot be diverted for
any other use tinder any pretext. Any
attempt to use any part of the funds
derived from the proposed bond issue
can be enjoined by the courts or pro
ceedings enn be instituted against the
county treasurer 'and his bondsmen for
any amount lawlessly diverted.
According, to latest . Washington . ad
vices, the visit of August Belmont of
New York t the natibnal capital in the
interest of , 4udg , Farkr'a candidacy
nas'accompiKned a great deal toward
clearing; '; up the .democratic- situation.
'Sir. Belmont,!' -we are told, "made two
things obvious regarding the scope and
sincerity of the movement In behalf of
Judge Parker. One was that many pow
erful Interests in. New York and else
where, regardless of politics, are pre
pared to extend enthusiastic support to
the New York Jurist. The other was
that a strong and effective organization
In behalf of Judge Parker's candidacy
has been formed in New York, New
Jersey and several other eastern states."
The many powerful interests in New
York and elsewhere that have assured
Mrr Belmont of their enthusiastic sup
port, for Parker are captains and knights
of industry who do not consider Roose
velt a "safe" man. The powerful in
terests constitute the bulwark of the
trusts. But the American people will
have something to say when the Issues
are Joined and the verdict is rendered
next November.
'Few social questions are asked more
frequently than "What is the Increase of
crime?" The National Census bureau is
seeking an answer to this Inquiry. It
is undertaking to secure a record of all
the persons who are 'sentenced to the
various jails, penitentiaries and other
prison's in the United States, during the
year 1004. The wardens-ef the state
prisons and the sheriffs of the counties
are being requested to act as special
agents to report certain facts concern
ing every person delivered into their
custody. The census officials complain
that some Nebraska counties bave not
been heard from, but that is because
many jails in this state are empty,
though In some cases the sheriffs have
possibly neglected the matter. But the
records of the census bureau and the
resulting statistics will not be complete
until all are heard from and It Is hoped
that the pressure of other business will
not cause the sheriff of any county to
block this most important inquiry.
The proposition to refund the floating
debt of Douglas county, which la now
ben ring 7 per cent Interest into bands
bearing 3 per cent Interest is in the
interest of the taxpayers. If the bond
proposition carries tomorrow the busi
ness affairs of the county can be placed
on a cash basis. If the bonds are de
feated the costly credit system will con
tinue for an indefinite period.
The "disinterested" organiser of lrrl
gation societies, George II. Maxwell un
covered, his source of revenue before
the congressional committee and showed
that while irrigation la a great thing
for the west it is also considered a good
thing by the land grant railroad which
seems to have an affinity for water in
ditchea as well as on Wall street
. Bouth Omaha citirens especially tha
taxpaying citizens who appreciate the
conservative and economical sdnilnUtra
tlon of municipal affairs they have en-
Joyed under Mayor Koutsky will be
chargeable with rank Ingratitude if they
da uptr J U If. tb& t&a te
Is continued In the office for their own
good, even more than for his.
We violate no confidence in giving as
surance that Principal Waterhouse will
not require any prolonged period for
pondering whether or not to accept a
proposed Increase In salary should it be
offered him by the school board.
The democratic committee is doing
what it can to make the delegates to
the national convention comfortable
while In St. Louis. This Is about all of
the comfort most democrats expect to
get out of the campaign.
Where to Sea Parker 4aer4ea.
New York Tribune.
Possibly the democratic politicians who
want to know what Judge Parker thinks
are expected to go to Wolfert's Roost with
their queries. '
Another Prophet Kaockvd Oat.
Chicago Tribune.
It will be remembered that President
Jeema Hill, some time In 1902, organised an
antl-Rooaevelt merger, and this also has
the appearance of being kocked out
Am Expert la the Baalaess.
New York Tribune.
Ex-Senator Pettigrew of Bouth Dakota,
who' will bead the democratic delegation
from that state to the St' Laouia conven
tion, threatens to lead a bolt from that
body In certain contingencies. Mr. Petti
grew has had a wide and picturesque ex
perience as a "bolter," and If his newest
political associates really value his com
pany they will do well to put bolts and
staples on all the convention doors.
A Kolnre Possibility.
Chiccigo Chronicle.
The Japanese are not only Intelligent and
progressive, but they are ambitious. The
Idea of a coalition under Japanese leader
ship of all Asiatic Mongolians can hardly
have failed to suggest Itself to the people
who are now trying conclusions with the
Russian empire. With that Idea even em
bryotlc In the Japanese national mind it
is Ill-advised to scoff at the possibility of
the "yellow peril." Our children or our
chandchlldren may have to face It.
Chief lvll of Speculation.
BoHton Transcript
In all the corners, or attempted corners,
the Melancholy feature Is the fact that
thousands of people are drawn Into the
maelstrom. Beginning In a small way with
their speculations, they continue to en
large their operations as the success of
their leader grows. - When the ultimate
crash comes they are wrecked and thou
sands of women and children who have had
no part In the mad game are fated to suffer,
perhaps for life, with them. The unfortu
nate leader becomes odious to those who
have previously bailed hint as king.
JLDUH PAKKICR A TYPE.
Personal Characteristics of the Prob
able Democratic Nominee.
Walter Well man In the Record-Herald.
Now that the glamour of a probable
nomination for president is thrown about
Judge Parker, it is easy for his admirers
to set him too high and to ascribe to him
great qualities which he has never shown
himself to be the possessor of. And it is
just as easy for his critics to go to the
other extreme and place him .too. low. Ha
has actually done so little and said so little
that when wa lOome 4cj ah analysis of him
in view of the -veflt large and curiosity -etlmWlactlhg
fact? (iiat la less than a year
he may be the head of Our state, the task
is a good deal, Ilk that of writing up Jones
and Smith and Brown,' of whom we never
heard before, but who we are assured have
all their lives been good men and a ere lit
to their calling, be. It law or medicine or
merchandizing. . ,
It Is a type and possibility rather than
as an Individual that Judge Parker la In
teresting. If the democratic party Is seek
ing the antithesis of Mr. Roosevelt, If It
wants a candidate who Is as unlike the
president as the tropics differ from the
arctic, it is coming, to. the right place to
find him. Mr. Roosevelt Is nervously ac
tive; Judge Parker is phlegmatic and se
date. The president ' Is a field captain, a
foreman of the gang, an actor who must
be always doing or' talking about doing
and frequently both" together in order to
be happy. Mr. Parker Is a Judge, calm,
thoughtful, slow,' sedate. Mr. Roosevelt
would lasso a problem and have it safe in
his corral and be ouf. on the grass looking
for more trouble before Judge Parker had
satisfied himself Ills' saddle girth was se
curely adjusted. Where the present presi
dent says, "Yes, do this," or "Do that!
What's next?" the possible future president
blinks his gray eyes behind his glasses and
remarks: "You may leave the papers, rll
take the case up as soon as I can get to it"
I'KHE AI.THT TRADES.
Preconceived Ideas Rndely Shattered
by the Facta.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
For centuries the tailor has been the
subject of Jesting pity because his trade
supposed to make him physically
weak, while tha stonecutter has , been
usually represented- as . the Image - of
strength. Bo sailors and miners are sup
posed to follow' darlgerous trades, as In
deed they do if the chances or external
Injury alone be considered, while book
keepers and salesmen are supposed to be
n little danger from their occupations.
Disease, however, kills scores where ac
cidents kill one, and of all diseases con
sumption kills the most sdults. And with
regard to deaths from consumption a life
Insurance eipert has recently prepared a
chart, from official mortality returns, which
upset many popular notions as to ths rela
tive healthfulneas or unhealthfulneas of
various trades: It sovers thirty leading
trades, and shows the percentages of
deaths from consumption to deaths from
all causes of workers In each.
In the middle atand the painters and
grocers, with percentsges or t sna n.z.
From grocers the figures rise through
liquor dealers, molders, longshoremen, pot
ters, clgarmakers, silk workers, hatters,
salesmen, plumbers.', bookkeepers, brass
workers, glasaworkers, printers, and stone
cutters, of whom 16.1 per cent die of con
sumption. From painters the figures go down
through brewers, bakers, policemen, weav
ers, iron and steelworkers, masons, butch
ers, carpenters, tailors, blacksmiths, mer
chants, sailors, brakemen, and miners, of
whom only 6.4 per cent die of consump
tion.
It Is certainly something of a surprise
to learn that the most widely fstsl of
maladlts Is less likely to kill the prover
bially weak tailor than tha proverbially
strong butcher, and thst sailors, who must
endure the most sudden and violent ehsngea
of temperature, , are less subject to con
sumption than printers, who can hardly
work at all except In a reasonably even
temperature.
In this connection It Is Interesting to
note that large employers or labor are
being convinced with Increasing ease and
rapidity that provision of clean, well ven
Misted, and property heated and lighted
shops Is an Investment that pays good
dividends by Increasing the contentment
" " ,.;,
ployea, and In this manner the mortality
t, ' ... .v. ...w. ... k-
0WiBsiafaJQ rfsi"ionnolJa4n,
ARMY GOSSIP 1 'WAHH1KGTO.
Current Brent Gleaned from the
Army and Kavy Resjlster. - ..
The general order slsjped . last Friday
by Secretary Taft turning over athletics
and entertainments at army posts to the
Young Men's Christian association has
been held up. Lieutenant General Chaffee
Interposed emphatic objection to having
the order Issued by his authority since he
does not favor the Introduction of civilian
Influence even of the unquestlonsble char
acter represented by the Young Men's
Christian association sentiment
The irmy recruiting service during Feb
ruary enlisted 1,148 men. of whom I.R81 were
enlisted in cities and 67 at military posts
and surrounding towns and In the field.
At the city stations 1.646 foot and 8-10
mounted white soldiers and fifty-six foot
and forty-nine mounted colored soldiers
were secured, and the total number of
applicant rejected was 7.472. At military
posts and surrounding towns 348 foot and
sixty-three mounted white soldiers, twenty
seven foot and fourteen mounted colored
soldiers and five Indians were enlisted, and
the number rejected was 212. At stations
in the field fifty foot and one mounted
white soldier, two Porto Rlcans and sixty
Filipinos were enlisted and twenty-four ap
pllcants were rejected.'
No army order In a long time has occa
sioned so many Inquiries from pay officers
who are concerned In carrying out its pro
visions and from enlisted men who will be
governed by its requirements as general
order 48, March 16, from the War depart,
ment prescribing certain rules for, ths
purchase of discharge from the army. This
order was prepared by the general staff
and It Is Important as containing ths an
nouncement that discharges by favor as
distinguished from purchase are declared
to be Illegal, a ruling based on the opinion
of the Judge advocate general of the army.
An ambiguous clause In the order resulted
in numerous Inquiries which have been ad
dressed to the War department, and It was
disclosed that the order was prepared with
out consultation between the general staff
and the office of paymaster general of the
army, notwithstanding the fact that such
an order, by the very nature of its pro
visions and requirements, should naturally
engage the preliminary consideration of
army pay officers or those who ere fa
miller with the practice, the laws, the in
numerable departmental rulings and the
quite as numerous comptroller's decisions
relating to the subject of the order.
The knowledge that the general staff of
the army proposes to take up between now
and next December the project of a general
sen-Ice bill Is of much Interest and im
portance to the military sen-Ice. There Is
certain to be many varied suggestions In
compliance with tho request sent out to
prominent officers, especially those at the
head of special staff corps, for suggestions
for the reorganliatlon of different branches
of the army. The third division of tho
general staff will have charge of the matter
In the first Instance, although, of course,
the' "comptehenslve report" promised on
the subject of a general service bill will
represent the composite view of members
of the general staff. The bill will be ready
for submission to congress In December
provided the secretary of war and the
president deems momentous legislation of
this character a feasible proposition. None
of the officers to whom the, call was ad
dressed has given the matter much con
sideration as yet and, of course, it will be
some weeks, If not months, before the
Invited suggestions are forthcoming.
It Is possible that the government will
furnish window shades for srmy officers'
quarters. r There has always ,been more or
less correspondence on this subject and'
there are some very good arguments why
the quartermaster's department should so
equip the permanent quarters of officers. It
becomes something of a hardship to furnish
window shades when officers were trans
ferring from one station to another and
were likely to find a variety of dimensions
In the matter of windows. A proposition
Is now Under consideration by the quar
termaster general to equip quarters with
these Indispensable fixtures.
The admonitory circular from the pay
master general of the army In regard to
travel orders is found to be necessary
earlier than usual in the latter part of
the fiscal year. There has been during
the present year more travel by. officers
of the army than ever before In times of
peace. This is due to the fact that many
officers hare come to Washington' and have
gone to distant stations on general staff
duties, that officers have been detailed to
and detached from duty at the sen-ice
schools, that numerous officers have been
required to go here and there on militia
duty. Inspection and otherwise, that there
has been more than the ordinary amount
of change of station due to retirements and
consequent promotions, and that many of
these changes of stations have required
transcontinental travel. The fund at the
disposal of ths War department for ths
Item of mileage Is rapidly depleting and
ror this reason the circular from the pay
master general of the army was deemed
advisable.
Captain A. L. Mills of the cavalry arm
(colonel-superintendent . of ths . Military
academy) will be confirmed by the senate
as a brigadier general of the army. The
delay in this action la , for demonstration
only, It is now learned. The senators who
are responsible for the procrastination real
lse that the nomination Is a mistake. Judg
ing that Incident as something which has
an Influence on army sentiment Of course,
no one doubts for a moment that Colonel
Mills Is entitled to reward. He Is a cour
ageous officer with a fine record, but the
elevation of a captain to be a brlaadler
general, as has been many times stated In
these columns, would be an abnormality
In military advancement. It Is one of those
things which may be said to well nigh do
moralise the service to the extent of creat
Ing dissatisfaction and discontent In the
commissioned personnel Senators who
know anything of the army appreciate this
fact and have heard enough about it in the
last few weeks. Most of them, however.
are sufficiently under obligations to the
president of the United States not to kick
over the traces and interpose substantial
objection to a nomination of this kind
They will, therefore, consider jthat their
duty Is sufficiently rendered by the delay In
making the nomination which will indicate
to the president the senatorial disapproval
of such a policy of promotion and perhaps
lead to reform In that direction. In the
meantime Colonel Mills is said to be greatly
exercised over the delay and to have made
Inquiries In Washington as to his prospects,
It Is probable that this will be the last In
stance of that kind of reward of gallantry
which operates to such a manifest disad
vantage of senior officers.
Sparnlnar a BailieTa Italy.
Spring-Add Republican.
Our government stands Justly on Its dig
nity In refusing to comply with ths order
of The Hag-us tribunal la the recent
Venesuelan case that It should collect from
ths various powers tha costs of the arbltra
tlon. The United States Is not the bailiff
of The Hague court. It will pay Its ow
Share of the expenses, but will not do
more. At the same time. It is to .f hoped
i:
that eatlsfaotory arrangements can
aiade to execute the court s decree In soma
I " ... . . .
I other way. without causing the court's in-
ternatlOB! prestjga to fca sacrificed.
THERE IS f.' 9 SUBSTITUTE FOX
PSOTtSIS
Absolutely Puro
IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
PERSONAL ROTES.
Parker Is the only candidate that doesn't
seem to care whether Bryan likes it or not
John W. Gates and other capitalists are
forming a rice trust t control the product
or Texas ana Louisiana.
It Is stated that Prof. Koch Intends to
resign his appointment as chief of the
Royal Institution for Infectious , DUeases
and to settle In Bouth Africa.
The peace of the world would be more
secure. If an agreement could be had on
the spelling of New Chwang. Why not
compromise on New ChanghalT
The Agricultural department at Washing
ton tells .the farmers that -there Is money
to be made from weeds. Well, there la no
danger that the crop will ever be abort.
Captain-Buchanan, who Is In command
of the American-built Turkish cruiser Med-
Jldleh, which Is now on its way to Constan
tinople, has accepted a commission In the
Turkish navy."rt"
It Is officially announced that the terri
tory of Hawaii is in great financial em
barrassment because the legislature has ap
propriated $1,600,000 more than the receipts.
Hawaii Is catching on.
Russia furnishes strong proof of Its de
termination to give the Japaneae the worth
of their money. A stock 'of phonographs
have been rushed to the front and ragtime
melody will presently greet the ears of the
mikado's warriors.'
To eat apples for lunch Is a cure for al
most every woe and sin, according to the
director of pomology at the St. Louts ex
position. Senator Cockrell of Missouri has
eaten only apples at his midday meal for
upwards of thirty years, and stands ready
to testify to their refining Influence. .
Qustln Wright the American organist
and composer; John Philip Bousa, Reginald
de Koven and Victor Herbert have been re
fused membership in the French Society of
Composers. The reason assigned for thus
turning down the Americans Is because
French composers are not recognised In
America by the laws of production and
copyright. " 1
tUlOB IRalGATIOS It HEME.
Projected Dam to Control tho Flood '
Waters of the Missouri.
Bt. Paul Pioneer Press. '
In an article in- the Pioneer Press last
Bunday reviewing the various irrigation
projects contemplated by the government
reclamation service, the statement was
made that the government engineers re
port that Irrigation does not seem practi
cable in North Dakota. Tentative excep
tion la made to this report by II. H. Har
rlBon, engineer of the Stillwater water
works, who has been over North Dakota
very thoroughly. He believes that the
possibility . of storing the waters of the
Missouri, controlling them and diverting
them has, not received the attention that
deserves. His observations leaa mm
to believe that it may be feasible to build
a huge dam between the Mandan bluffs
somewhere between Bismarck and w mis
ton. As the average fall of the Missouri is
about one foot to the mile, a dam 228 feet
high, such as la proposed on the Belt river
Arjsona, would hold baca tne water
and practically" form a Wke or reservoir
226 miles long. The Yellowstone, Little
Missouri aridmtiher tributaries would also
be affeoted by this dam. From this reser
voir water could- be carried by canals and
flumes to the sand hills of western Ne
braska and could be used for Irrigation
and power purposes along I he route.
Hsd such dam as that proposed peon
In operation last year the ICO.OM.OOC and 100
lives destroyed by tne Kansas nooas wi-uw
have been saved. ' That flood, it will be
remembered, was caused by heavy and
continuous ratns that flooded Kansas, Ne
braska and Iowa, swelling the brooks,
creeks and rivers that drained tnat vast
region Into the Missouri Had It been
possible to hold back tne upper waters or
the Missouri, as It would have been had
there been a dam and a system of weather
reports, the local rainwater could have
been carried off without damage. The
damage In that case was extraordinary,
but there Is not a year that several mil
lion dolls1 worth of daoiae la not done
either by the Missouri alone or by the
union of Its swollen waters with tne wa
ters of the Mississippi, the Ohio and other
streams whose floods reiich .their crest at
about the same time. Every spring snows
ft.n and twenty fent deep melt and
oour Into the Yellowstone and other trlbu
tarles of the Missouri above the Mandan
bluffs. With,, these wattrs held back, part
to be diverted for Irrigation and power
purposes and part to bn used later In the
season in maintaining a navigable
stage of water, not only would destruc
tion be prevented but the cost ot pro
tective measures would be lightened. The
country must either choose between some
nlan of controlling the Mlsaourl or the
If you feel run down, are easily tired, if your
nerves are weak and your blood is thin, then
begin at once to take the good old standard
family medicine Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It in
vigorates, strengthens, refreshes. Ask your
doctor all about this. He knows. Trust him
laraggtsts.
extension of the levee system. While
the latter has no indirect results of ad
vantage It will cost In the long run as
much as a gigantic dam project
As an Irrigation scheme the project Is
also Important. The water of the Mis
souri, It Is to be noted, Is not the alkaline
water of the desert regions whore most
of the pending Irrigation schemes are
projected. It Is soft water of greater
value for irrigation. That there are nu
merous areas In North Dakota which are
Irrigable Is not denied by the engineers'
report The contention merely Is that the
Irrigable areas are not sufficient to
Justify the expense of any project in
vestigated. But with ibe construction of
the dam for flood control. Irrigation
would, so to speak, become a "by-product"
of the enterprise. The delivery of
the water to the sand hills of western
Nebraska would, moreover, be of benefit
both to North and South Dakota. That
the scorching winds that frequently burn
up the crops of those two states would
bs greatly tempered If the Nebraska sand
hills were under trees, grass and water
is a theory not only advanced by Mr.
Harrison but widely held. If it Is a
true theory ths annual saving In the two
Dakotaa, with the creatlos, of wealth In
the arid part of Nebraska, would fully
Justify ths expense of conducting , the
waters of the Missouri so long a distance.
Furthermore, there is little doubt that the
creation of the vast lake contemplated
In the scheme would add materially to
the average rainfall of the Dakotaa. From
five-tenths to six-tenths' of an Inch Is
evaporated from shallow 4akes on a hot
day In Minnesota and . the Dakotas and
the creation of a vast lake in the seml
arld region would add materially ti the
moisture to be precipitated. Thu the
project would serve both for the direct
and indirect Irrigation of a large region.
FLASHES OF FIN.
hl tne war new tn' morning?"
hi nPlctlng' no ePTt says tha Japs
w I win. sure, and another one says tho
Russians will lick 'em out of their boots
Inside of six months," Chicago Tribune.
He had play -produ"-by amateur
company the otlter night. I oelleve. Who
was the hero of It, do yqu know?"
phli Ledger0- , Sat throuQ ""-Phlladel-
Hawklns My wife never gossips.
Bobbins Neither does mine. By the wav.
what does your wife call it,? Town Topics!
"V,e wo"ll like to name a cigar after
n"t cltlsen. "Have you any objection?
)! mnitt mo raunuiaciurer to the nrom .
well 1 would like to smoke one of the
cigars first was the reply. "I wouldn't
CUOfl
iu in lutMillliea Willi
game." Washington Post.
any confidence
"Dar la a limit to any man'a supersti
tlon, aald Uncle Kben. ' "If you dreams
bout a special race hoes, you feels like
bettin on him, but If you dreams bout a
pl1k . ,lov!'. you don't have to hoi'
yohse f to keep fUm goin to work."
Washington Star.
"My ! but the old man's a most unreason
able growler!"
"You think sof
"I know It. Why. he's growlln' from
mornln' till night, an' all on earth he has
to do la to pay all the bills for the family!''
Atlanta Constitution.
Grinder whs 1 1 Asleep at your desk, and
work so pressing?
M'kly,TB?c.u' m" ir: haby kept ma
awake all night.
Grinder Then you should have brought
it with you to the office. Atchison Globe.
"You would like a suitable mottoT" said
the tombstone agent. "How would "peace
to his ashes'. doT"
"That wouldn't do at all," responded the
widow, with offended dignity. ''He drove
a garbage wagon, but 1 don't see anv use
of saying au on his tombstone." Chicago
Tribune.
KOIROPATKIVS FHOPHECY.
Up spoke General Kouronatkin,
And upon his hnnds he ' snalkln "
Just by way of emphasising hia remarks
from habit quite;
And the Russians all were listening,
And their whiskers all were bristling.
As with eager ears out-turning they drank
In his words of light.
"In this little Japan Ixland,
Through the valley, o'er the highland,
We will murch midst blood nnd thunder
from one end unto tin- other.
Not one little Jap shnll linger
To uphold a warnlnR Hnitcr.
And the whole 1'aclnc orcm shall be
filled with 'lltUe brother.' "
Meantime while this speechifying,
Certain things we art descrying,
In way of ruined fortress, sunken ships
and battered port; '
Little Japs tend to their knitting.
While the Russians still are sitting.
Paying homiiKe to the mighty, decompos
ing Russian court.
Man proposes bs you know
God dlHJioHes of It so:
(Mark the words of Kouropatkln, In proph
etic bliiKter now.l
Ood of right shall e'er determine.
What bo wheat and what be vermin,
And children of the Rirlng Sun are ready
Omaha!1""' FRED T. RUDIOER.
D Sarsaparilla
ttj I believe Ayer's Sarsaparilla will cure
M any case of rheumatism. It cured me,
jjaar U aw and I bave seen it core many others dur
ing the past twenty five year." G. A.
DeBaum, Dloomadd, Mo.
I. O. Ayes Oe., teweo.