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Notary Public.
Omaha Bar association meetings are
often Just as boisterous as Omaha bar
room meetings. : " 1
There is nothing to prevent an early
adjournment of congress now except
congress Itself.
South Omaha gamblers who put up
money on Hoctor had better keep their
bunds oil the' counting machine.
With 400,000 Russians on the plains
of Manchuria the prospect for raising
crops of anything but discord is tot
good this 'year.
The Standard OH company faces
new danger. If the use of automobiles
as war machines becomes general gaso
line may be declared contraband.
The Russians will 11 nd one advantage
in the automobile as an instrument, of
war. It will travel as rapidly away
from the enemy as toward the front,
It Is too bad for the, democratic poli
ticians of the local Bar association that
the governor treated' them no better
than the people Hid at the lost election,
Secretary Taft la' rapidly winning a
position among the orators of the capl
tol and, what 1b more, usually has some
thing to say. Yet all the cabinet officers
cannot be oratprs.
Emperor William has a perfect right
to think that his subjects will make
better sailors than Americans, but be
should study the history of the reign of
George IlL of England before he makes
a final decision.
The latest bulletin ot the British
, Board of Trad reads like a Joseph
. ChambcrlglD'fij)algn document. Is It
possible that th business Interests of
old England have realized the beauties
of the imperial league?
It baa. been discovered that Geueral
Grant was one of the first promoters of
I the Isthmian' canal project, whose im
portance he foresaw and whose con
'" st ruction he urged. . When the canal
, shall be finished no one man will have a
' patent on the production.
The Kansa'a supreme court says the
: Bible may be read in the public schools
In that state notwithstanding the fact
; that the Nebraska supreme court has
ruled the Bible out of the public schools
In tlOa state. But then there would be
no ginger In the law if the decisions
were all alike.
' Although he was turned down by the
supreme court on his claim for interest
on the Judgments against the city for
back salary, ex-Judge Gordon still has
a chance Tor turnlug an honest penny.
The cour sayi fhut while he cannot
hold the city be might recover from the
officers who. held up bis warrants.
Adjutant General Culver is building
an, armory , for the National Guard in
Omaha. ' But It takes ducats to build
armories ind. Omaha baa Just been
drained ' by.' contributions for the eon
structiot f an auditorium. Adjutant
General Culver and the National Guard
wll have to content themselves for a
while with the .Auditorium for dress
parades and exhtbltlon drills.
V is to be; deplored that Elmer E.
Thomas disagrees srf radically with the
editor of the Junior Yellow about the
makeup and character of the grand
Jury. According to the epistle of 8t
Thomas, "the grand Jury contains the
names ol many men who have been
connected' with the ery matters the
Jury- is gupposed to investigate, pre
sumably crooked Meals In city hall and
court bouse," while the Junior Yellow
in the taj Issue declares that the list
of grand Jurors la made up ot reputable
men wtoo It they live op to their
repot wis render Ornate excellent
aerrlce, WMd U .Which! ' '
NTH CBISKSK tXCLVSiUS TRMATT.,
The action of the Chinese government
in dr-ndnncln'g (he treaty of 1W4, under
which the United ftats has proscribed
Chinese immigration, was considered by
the president and cabinet on Friday, but
no conclusion in the matter was reached.
It had been the hope of the state de
partment that China would continue the
present treaty lej ohd December 7 next,
such continuance ' being contingent
merely upon a. discreet silence on the
purt of both governments. Under In
structions from Secretary Hay the
American minister at ' Tcklng vainly
urged upon the Chinese Foreign office
ti nmnriai. nt ipttin the existlnir
treaty .t.nd, lest any new one possible
or sanction Dy tne Lnueu mmes Benaie
should prove far more obnoxious. It
Is thought possible that China's denuncl-
atlon of the treaty may be withdrawn.
but It s not at all probable. To China-
men of all classes the treaty is repug
nant They regard its discrimination
against them as unwarranted and un
just and It was In deference to this
feeling that the action of the Chinese
government wag taken, It is not at all
likely to agree to a continuance of the
treaty. . ... , .
There la already a, demand for addi
tional legislation by congress. In a
speech in the' senate Mr. Patterson of
Colorado urged that the exclusion laws
would be ineffective after the expiration
of the treaty and that nnless there is
additional legislation before the present
session adjourns there win b a great
Immigration of Chinese to this country
after December next The apprehension
thus expressed by the Colorado senator
Is undoubtedly shared by nearly every
body on the Pacific coast and an earnest
appeal from that section' for additional
legislation Is to be expected. The mnt
e n.mi i't.f i ,
ter is of general Interest because our
treatment of it will have a more or less
decided effect upon the future of our
trade with the Chinese empire." If we
persist in discriminating against the
people of that empire as we have been
doing for years we cannot reasonably
expect to retain their friendship and se
cure their trade. Their feeling in re
gard to our policy of exclusion is en
tirely natural and it will not be remark
able If they shall show It In the form
of retaliation by refusing to do Duslness
with us. That they will be incited to
do this by our competitors In the mar
kets of China is most probable and thus
the exclusion policy may prove disas
trous to tho large expectation of Ori
ental trade which Our people.'. particu
larly those or! the Pacific coast have
been indulging. , 7
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QOVKRMSQ THK CANAL ZOJSM.
what congress will finally - decide
upon In the matter of providing a gov
ernment for the Pahama canal gone can
not be predicted with certainty, but it
appears to be pretty well assured that
the proposition that the eons be gov
erned froni the War department will
not' prevail. There is evidently u quite
general feeling among the majority In I
congress that it Is desirable to have
clearly-deflned regulations for the goy-
eminent of the territory acquired by the
United States froni the republic of Pan-1
amn, rather than to leave the admlnls-1
tratlon of affairs there tor the discretion
of tho president or secretary of war.
The Klttredge bill proposed the cstab-
llshment of a civil government, to be
administered by a commission similar 1
to the one In the Philippines, Objection
was made to this that there would be
Uubility to clashing between;, such a
commlBlon and that having In charge
the work of cannl construction and it
was suggested that the administration
of civil government could expediently be
devolved upon the Commission alrendy
in existence. This Is obviously, how-
ever, of doubtful practicability, since
the members of the canal commission
are engineers and have no familiarity
with such duties as are imposed by the
administration of civil government. Be-
aides all their time and attention will
be required in the prosecution : of con-'
structlon work, which will be quite
enough of a task for them. There Is no
question as to the necessity of .provid
ing for the government of' the canal
zone and undoubtedly a practicable and
satisfactory plan will be worked out -
one which our peopl generally can ap
prove.
VVR MEAT Tit J Dg ITITJI OKHMAST.
Recent advices from Berlin state that
as the result of one year's experience
under the German law regulating meat
Imports, sales In that country of Ameri
can packed meats have ceased. An at
tempt has been made In Germany to
produce canned meats equal la quality
to the American and Australian product
but it has achieved no definite success,
A Berlin paper aays that German
canned meat cannot be for Germany
what the corned beef was a good and
cheap food material for the people, and
adds: "A fundamental reason why It
has not been and cannot be possible to
produce an equally good and cheap
product Is the lack of the Indispensable
cheap beef, it was a great mistake In
our economic policy to prevent the im
portation of the American and Aus
trallan' canned meats. Sanitary olijec
tions do not exist and our. agriculturists
derive no advantage from the prohlbl
tlon, but on the other hand, the laborer
is deprived of a cheap and nutritious
food product"
, . Not only Ja this the case, but the effect
of the policy has also been to deliver
the people of Germany Into the hands
of a meat trust, the extortion of which
la a matter of general complaint. It
is pointed out that as the German mill
operative la accustomed, to a meat diet.
which has hitherto been largely made
up of the canned meat of this country,
there Is great Indignation In all urban
communities,' which is likely to make
Itself felt very effectively whenever
there is a new Reichstag elected. It is
likely to show Itself In a large Increase
of all shades ot the radical vote and
make a great deal of trouble in the
empire, where there "Li already a very
unpleasant divergence between urban
and manufacturing Interests on the one
hand and rural and agrarian interests
on the other. If it be true, aa stated,
that the German agriculturists are de
riving no advantage from the prohibl-
I tlon, but only the trust Is profiting by It,
It would seem thet the policy must be
short lived, though there is no Intima
tion that the government is likely to
depart from It. at least In the near fu
ture. In time the meat trade with Ger
many which this country has lost will
perhaps be restored and in the mean
time it will be the masses of tho Ger-
man people who will be Injured, by the
exclusion of American canned meat
Th. .1 : bo-7 "-
-
nioiuon. wnicn nas no provea a par-
tlcnlarly serious matter to the American
Pikers, who are able to find markets
elsewhere for their product
LOVK1HO TO 1KDIAKA
It is quite possible that Indiana will '
furnish the candidate lot vice president
on the democratic ticket in the event
of the nomination at 8t. Louis of Judge
Parker for president While there is
no one in the state of much prominence,
still it appears to bo the feeling among
I democrats at Washington that it may
be expedient to put an Indiana man in
second place on the notional ticket and
Mr. Kern, a lawyer of Indianapolis who
was the democratic candidate for gov
ernor four yeara ago, is being talked of.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Evening Post says that the
peculiarity about Kern is that, although
not a free-silver man at heart he is one
of Sir. Bryan's closest friends and has
been looked upon as his personal repre
sentative in Indiana. It is argued, adds
the correspondent, that "with the nom-
'nation of Parker, in spite of his nom-
. . , ,'1ona . tt ,
mm ii'uinui; in lauu iuu ll ill
be necessary to placate Bryan to some
extent by giving one of his friends the
second place."
It is somewhat doubtful whether
Bryan could thus be Induced to sup
port Parker, Judging from bis recent
references to the New York man, but
the democratic national convention mar
,..., ,v., ,t . , I
.conclude that it wifl be sagacious poll-
ucs to nave an inaiana man on xne
ticket, as the democrats are hoping to
capture that state this year. What ef
fect this possibility will bnve upon the
republican leaders remains to be seen.
It is not unlikely that If may strengthen
sentiment among them favorable to the
nomination of Senator Fairbanks for
vice president.
There is one good reason for the pres
ent action of the contending armies in
the Orient Russia, In common with
the other western nations, has devoted
much time and money in military and
naval experiments. The art of war has
been In a great measure revolutionized
since the last war between great pow
ers, while the traditions and experience
of the armies of the world are all along I
the-lines of previous styles of fighting.
For this reason Russia is cautious, test-
ing each innovation as It proceeds.
Japan, on the" other hand, has no such
traditions. Much of . the experimental
work of western nations Japan has ac-1
cepted as conclusive. It has no naval
traditions, and Its army traditions are
all of a sort which cannot be utilized
in warfare with civilized nations. For
this reason It is aggressive, and for
this reason the military department
of each nation 1b anxiously watching
the result, as this is the first time that
many of the new devices and plans of
warfare have been put into effect in
contest where the powers are strong
enough to make a thorough test With
Russia It is a case of making a change
from a tried system. With Japan it la
putting into effect the only system it
knows.
The serio-comic performances of
Comptroller Lobeck and Building In-
spector Wlthnell, who constitute a ma-
Jortty of the Board of Public Works,
would be entertaining were they not
fraught with so much mischief and
coupled with palpable lawlessness. Here
are two men, who are neither fitted by
training or education to express an In-
1 telllgent opinion and do not claim to
know anything about electric lighting,
setting themselves up above the City
electrician and coolly overriding the
electric wiring ordinances, ostensibly to
show their authority, but in reality to
afford an excuse to the electric lighting
company for disregarding the orders of
the city electrician for the removal of
the wooden poles and readjustment of
arc lamps. By such acts the dominant
majority of the Board of Public Works
only emphasizes the imperative neces -
slty for the abolition of the board as
now constituted Just as soon as the cltr
charter can be revised and a limitation
put on Its powers to meddle with public
lighting and electric wiring.
The supreme court has decided that
elevators erected within a railroad
right-of-way are not part of the right-of-way,
but must pay taxes as lf they
were erected on any other land. This
righteous decision should put an end to
tax evasion on the part of owners of
elevators, warehouses and coal yards
that have been maintained on lands
owned by railroads and assessed on the
mileage basis as right-of-way.
Force al Hafclt.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tha Thibetan country la described
'covered with atones, without vegetation
and swept by a bitter, wind bearing clouds
ot dust." And for thia barren waste Eng
land la sacrificing and taking hundreds of
Uvea. She doesn't need It and can't use It
but aha cannot break herself of the habit Of
stealing any land that happens to be lying
about handy.
Tha Oaly Goad Bfoaaaallat.
Mlr.neapolla Journal.
Mr. Hill atill lnalsta that If Mr. Harrtman
gats control of the Northern Paclno rail
road that property will be ruinaa ana
the northwest win suffer by it. Mr. turn
man save Mr. H'll la snlstakea; that be
will naturally baa Just aa sauca tuiereal'
In developing its traffic aa Mr. Hill would
have. This mar not be consistent with
tha theory that Mr. Hill Is the only good
monopolist, but wa shall see.
KmfIi Dowa tne War Da.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
It is possible that Japan has suspended
tha bombardment of Port Arthur wltu the
hope of keeping down Its war debt It
costs In these days almost aa much to
bombard aa It does to ha bombarded.
What tha Trailer la Doing.
BL Louis Republic.
The trolley Is solving one problem: That
of getting- tha people out of the cities. It
Is populating the rural communities,
thereby Increasing the price of outlying
lands, and at tha same time allowing tha
suburbanite to do business In tha city.
try dealer. But it will In all probability
even matters, aa the steam road did when
it supplanted tha Stage, canal and the
steamboat.
19 THE: NEGRO RETROGRADING t
Ifatabla Fcatarea at aa A4rea by
Booker T. Washington.
Harper's Weekly.
It was for several reasons a notable ad
dress on tha prospects of tha colored race
In tha United Btatee which Booker T.
Washington delivered on March tl at Car
negie hall In New York City. In directing
attention to soma of his remarks, wa shall
follow tha logical order, rather than that
In which they were made. Are, negroes,
considered as a race, capable of material
Improvement in respect of enlightenment
n! thrifty That la the fundamental Ques
tion, ir it do answered in tne negative,
those southern whites are right who hold
that money spent on the education of tha
blacks la thrown away. In view of the
facts brought forward by Booker Wash
ington, no fair-minded person will aay that
the negro doea not profit mentally and
morally by educational opportunities. It
was pointed out that in Spain 61 per cent
of the population are Illiterate; In South
America, 80 per cent. In the case of negroes
In the United States, on the other hand,
though they have possessed freedom for
only forty yeara, only 44 per cent are Illite
rate. With but twoscore years of oppor
tunity they have blotted, out more than
half of their Ignorance and degradation. Is
the progress of the blacks in enlightenment
due aolely to educational opportunities pro
vided by their white neighbors? Replying
to this question Booker Washington pointed
out that while, in a recent year, tha amount
of publio money expended for the educa
tion of negroes In eight Counties of Florida
was 119,000, tha negroes of those counties
contributed themselvea for school purposes
, the ,ftme yw ta m He mMtA that
whiio in Mississippi 1260,000, or 20 per cent
of tha entire school fund, is aet apart for
negro pupils, tha negroes of that state
themselves contribute through taxation
$280,000.
So much for tha advance of the American
negro In enlightenment, and for his desire
to secure it. Does it follow that he has
improved Socially and morally by tha
acquisition of thrifty habits? Meeting this
Inquiry Mr. Washington ahowed by statis
tics that In forty years the negroea who
atarted with nothing have become the
owners of one-twenty-sixth of all tha land
in Virginia; and that In 1901 in the state
of Georgia tha negroea added $1,621,000 to
tha taxable value of their real estate,
thus making tha total appraisement of
their holdings In that single commonwealth
$16,700,000. AdmltUng that tha American
negroea have proved themselves capable of
mental and moral Improvement must wa
Infer that their presence In the aoutherp
states is, on the whole, helpful or detrl-
mental to the whlteWT We believe that It
would be generally conceded that tha south
ern whites would prevent a wholesale do
portation of negroes it such a thing Were
attempted. In that' section of our coun
try negro labor is Indispensable. Are there
more than three Ways of mfiftlng that
labor effective, namely, slavery, peonage
and education? Slavery and peonage ara
out of the question. What Is there left
but education? Mr.' Washington reminded
his audience In Carnegie hall that In South
Africa there ara aome 1,000,000 native blacks,
yet In that country . the mining Industry
languishes from lack of labor. The 5,000,000
blacks refuse to work. Why? Because they
have had no civilizing education; conse
quently their wants ara few and simple.
To satisfy those wants thoy need work
only one day in the week. They cannot
be made to work any longer, for tha In
centive la lacking. In tha southern states.
on tha other hand, the negroes, as they
become educated, find their wants in
creased, and to satisfy them are willing to
work six days In the week. The southern
black wants to own his own cottage; ha
wants furniture and clothes and books.
There Is an Incentive; and, so long oa It
exists, " tha negro .cannot help being a
useful, If not an Indispensable, factor in
tha Industrial progress of the south. Does
It not follow, asks Booker Washington,
that, from a purely economlo view-point
the education of the negro should be pro
moted rather thaa discouraged by south
ern whites T Another fact to which atten.
tlon was directed was tha absence among
tha southern whites of that antipathy to
tha colored race which contact with ne
groea seems to excite at the north. That
la why the business opportunity of tha
negroea Ilea in tha south. In that section,
If a black man has a grocery store and
keeps it clean, ha will have as many white
customers aa black; and If a black me
chanic la a good workman, he la as likely
to be oalled upon to build a white man's
house as would be a white carpenter. This
la not tha case at the north.
PERSONAL. KOTlSs.
1 It Richard Strausa, tha composer, Is cor-
I rectly quoted, he stands high In tha eligible
liat lor mo presidency 01 ma nnno rait-
road. He Is said to bave remarked, "I do
not care what pleases tha people."
The heart ot the celebrated Frenoh war
rior, Captain Malo da la Tour d'Auvergne,
a hero of tha nrst empire, who was killed
in battle In 1800, was laid last weak beside
the tomb of Napoleon I In tha Invalided
with great pomp.
John Sbumaker, aged 79 years, of New
Castle, Pa., Is held to be tha oldeat aotlva
fireman In tha I'nlted States. Ha baa been
a fireman since ha was 14 years of aga and
alwaya maintained a deep Interest in
tha business of fighting tha ftamee.
Sergeant John Martin, the only survivor
of General Custar'a regiment engaged In
tha battle of tha Big Horn In 1177, has
been placed on the retired list of tha army.
Two hundred and eeventy-aeven of hla
compaalona were killed during tha engage
ment.
Dr. Renault a young chemist of Mar
seilles, France, has Invented a tablet which
not only contains enough nourishment ha
claims, for a man tor twenty-four houra,
but they alao act aa a stimulant, and ha Is
in St Petersburg to offer hla service to
tha cear
Tha bouse of rapreaaotatlvea In Washing
ton was considering a bill to prohibit tha
docking qf horaes tails. Congressman Per
kins was speaking- lo favor of tha measure
when be waa intemiptsd by Mr. Cooper ef
Wisconsin, who asked: "Why does any
body dock a.aoraa'a tail?" Mr. Perkins re
plied: "Chiefly because it looks a great
deal better. Why do you cut your hafar la-
etaad ot having It down over your ahoul-
dersr Tha humor of this reply, U any,
Uas la the fact that Mr. Caspar Is ebaut as
bald as a turnip.
ABOVT TUB BEAT OF WAR.
re a tar aa of Mis la tha Cenatrlea Ka
An Australian who stopped off at Yoko
hama on his way to the United States tells
In the New York Sun that Japan at this
moment Is tha Ideal happy hunting ground
for the art collector whose pure ts lim
ited. "Bargains!" he exclaims. "By Jova,
tha shopkeepers over there Just now will
Hterslly throw things at you.
"The war la telling terribly on business
people of all kinds, and more particularly
on those who depend upon the tourist trade.
Tha average pleasure seeker Is afraid to go
to Japan at present, and eo the few lucky
travellers who reach the spot and ran
spare the money and have soma artlstlo
taste can pick tip treasures at a price that
only a month or two ago would have been
Impossible.
"The Jap Is a born huckster at any time.
When ha quotea you a price he alwaya
expeota you to cut blm down II or 50 par
cent, and finally, after a lot of dickering
on both aides, you strike a figure at which
he la content to sell and you to buy. That's
where ha differs from the Chinaman, who
gives you his price and then gases at you
with a bland and childlike expression of
serene Indifference as to whether you want
to buy or not
"But today If you stop your rickshaw at
tha door of a ahop In Kioto or Yokohama
the proprietor ts out In the street almost
before you can alight Once Inside yon find
It hard to get away.
"You see this bustling, busy little yellow
gentleman is bound to sell yon something
even at a sacrifice. Tares are mounting
higher every day and the shopkeepers must
hare ready money.
"I had rare and beautiful things offered
to me at prices so low that I was almost
ashamed to take them and the same thing
Is going on all through tha country."
Both the men and women ot Corea smoke
pipes having tiny bowls and atama eo long
that generally assistance must be sum
moned to light them. Aa they are Invet
erate smokers, and their pipes hold so
little tobScco that they must be refilled
and relighted every few minutes, the
greater portion of their time Is thus con
sumed. It Is, therefore, safe to say that
one of the prima causes of Corea's back
wardness In development is tha national
pipe.
Another cause is tha greed and short
sightedness of tha Imperial policy In seis
ing and appropriating individual wealth
wherever found. Thus all ambition Is de
stroyed and no native will strive for mora
than a bare livelihood, knowing that any
thing he may accumulate over and above
will be seised by the tax collector.
Rear Admiral Ingles recalls tha death of
the great Count Saigo aa an instructive ex
ample of tha habit of mind of the Japan
ese. The count was In Insurrection against
his emperor in 1878, and was nearly In the
tolls, and he knew it So In his stronghold
ha employed bis leisure time in playing
chess with hla Immediate friends. Reports
kept coming In from tha outpoats, each one
mora disheartening than tha last But tha
count still want on playing chess, whlla tha
utmoat good humor and pleasant raillery
continued among tha whole party. Yet
another messenger from tho outpoats came
In, which left no doubt as to tho situation.
Still tha count and his companions went on
playing. "Your move, sir," were the words
that broke tha absorption of the moment
Then,' when there was a pause in the game.
at which he could rise without being dis
courteous to hla guests, the. count got up
and aald: "eGntlemen, now It Is time." Ha
directed soma one to send for bis sword
bearer. The man advanced and Immediately
received his orders. A few seconds later
Count Salgo'a body and head bad bean
separated at one heavy blow.
Japan's distinguished sociologist, Sen Jo
seph Katayama, laid the foundation for
hla great labors In behalf of humanity In
Iowa and Imbibed tha first principles of his
altruistic views at the feet of Prof. Parker
t Iowa college, at Oiinnell. Tho young
Japanese left Iowa college aa a graduate
with tha class of 1892. Ha la now tha head
of tha most noted social settlement In
Japan Klngaley halt Toklo, which ha
founded and he is recognised as one of
tha leading sociological workers of tha
world. Thla noted Japanese has had an
Interesting career that reads much like a
romance. He waa born of a peasant family
In Japan and hla education waa obtained
through his own efforts against almost
overwhelming odds.
A story Is told in Leslie's Weekly lllua
trating tha methods of Russian officials In
the far east. In an important town In
Siberia there Is a solitary member ot tba
Anglo-Saxon race who has established a
successful business, despite tha restrictions
Imposed upon him. Periodically, however,
he la reminded that he la there only on
sufferance by tha receipt of a letter from
tha all-powerful governor, which reads
something Ilka thlst
x'ear oir: it is proposed to raise a
monument to the beloved memory of tha
late emperor, and knowing how deeply In
tereeted you ara in all that affects the
people amongst whom you llvo, I have
ventured to put down your name for 1,000
roubles. Please remit the amount as early
as possible.
At one time the monument la to an em
peror, another time to a national poet or a
historian, or a general. Need leas to aay,
the proposals never get beoynd tha com
mittee stage the governor constituting tha
committee. Tha demanda ara simply
polite form of blackmail, ot which tha
merchant la well aware, but they must be
mat otherwise he would not be allowed to
remain in the place.
General Kiuropatkln'a hold over men Is
due to hla reputation for Absolute fearless
ness. Five yeara ago ha received the In
formation that tha great powder magaslue
at St. Peteraburg and that at Toulon,
Franca, were to be blown up within twen
ty-four houra Tha general was - In bed
when he heard the news, but ha at once
got up and atarted for St. Petersburg with
out losing a moment. He summoned sll
the staff of tha magaslna and went on
round of Inspection. Ha found everything
In order, and as a proof of his satisfaction
ordered every one In tha magaslna to take
three days' holiday and to leave at once.
He then collected a new garrison and
new ataff and est a ring of sentries all
round tha magasma. Tha consequence was
that nothing happened to the St. Peters
burg magaslne. but that at Toulon waa
blown up tha next day,
There ara 1.800 churches In Moscow. They
ara the wealthiest churches In tha world
One. St. Bavior'a, cost ,00O.000 oubles
nearly tl4.000.000 to build. Tba Russian
church la tha nation's great wealth store
house the neat egg which will be batched
out when tha great crisis comas.
Misdirected Cbarlty
New York Tribune.
Brran's ehartty will have to suIRr long
and be kind without tne assistance ei nen
nett's &Q.0O0 bequest which tha court says
must not that way "wander, heaven di
rected. to tha poor." It must go Instead
to tha legal blre In tba conventional way,
tha lawyers taking most of It as toll.
which Is tha eonvsntlooaJ way also.
TalUaaT Wave Tack.
Springfield Republican.
It "a something naw to have the United
States auprama court puttme Ufa bite the
Interstate commerce law. Heretofore tha
i court baa bean chiefly engaged la anocklag
the vitality out ot It
THK RATION At.' ANTHEM.
loase Raanarks aa a Teale of NeU
tloaal Coaeera.
New York Sun.
It Is a curious fact that so frequently
soma good American arises with a fiat as
sertion that we hare no national anthem,
or, at any rata, that we are not quite sure
whether It Is 'Hall, Columbia," "My Coun
try. 'Tie of Thee," "Yankee Poodle" or
"The Star png1d Banner." The truth la
that among those who know there is no
doubt whatever. Tha source of doubt Is to
be found In tha fact that tha people of
these United States hare never spontane
ously and of one accord choeen an anthem.
aa tha English did In 1741. But there has
never been any question that the sentiment
surrounding tha flag and has Influenced tha
great majority to prefer "The Star
Spangled Banner" aa tha national hymn.
It has been made so officially by the
usage of the federal government. It Is not
at ail strange that eo few people know
this, for only a small percentage of the
population la familiar with the customs of
army posts or naval vessels. Tha cere
mony of evening colors at all military posts
having bands includes the playin of tha
national anthem, "The Star Spangled Ban
ner." when tha flag Is lowered for tha
night. On all naval veaaela carrying bands
the same custom la observed, and It ahould
be noted as having especial official mean
ing that In foreign ports "The Star
Spangled Banner" Is thus proclaimed by
our ships aa our national hymn.
Hall Columbia" la ens of our patrlotlo
tongs, but It has no offlclsJ standing. No
naval or military officer ever rises fn a
theater or takes Off his hat out of doors
when it Is played. Re does so In the caae
of "The Star Spangled Banner." "My
Country. TIs of Thee" has no claims at alt
It ts nothing more nor less than the ns
tlonat anthem of Kngland. with American
words set to It The tuns was composed
by Henry Carey, and first sung by him In
1739. It rapidly gained popularity because
of the Incursion of tha pretender In 1748,
when "Ood Save tha King" began to be
ting in the theaters. The theme was taken
from an antique melody by Dr. John Bull,
whence, aa soma think, came the appella
tion of "John Bull" to patriotic England.
Germany has also adopted this tune, using
It for Its "Hell dlr Im Blegerkrans."
Neither It nor we have any business with
It i It belongs to England.
"Yankee Doodle" baa never been called
nue national anthem by any but certain
English people who are particularly fond
of foisting It upon ue as our hymn because
It la a vulgar, undignified and worthless
tuna, utterly unfit to express the patriotism
of a puissant people. That amiable coterie
of British newspapers which does Its beet
to foster the Anglo-American understand
ing by flinging gibes at us on all occasions
Insists thst "Yankee Doodle" la our na
tional anthem. It Is not so now, and never
has been.
WHY PROMOTERS OA1I Pl.UKDKn.
Rake-OaT
af tha Fellows oa tba
Groaad Floe. I
Philadelphia Preee.
When promoters fall out tha publio gats,
if not its due, tba truth.
Mr. Thomas W. Lawaon, In his tealmony
at Boston in the Massachusetts gas eases.
has explained how ha and ,Mr. H. H.
Rogers managed tha promotion of the
Amalgamated Copper trust so as to make
paper profits, on much-of which they un
doubtedly realised, of t46,tSO,000.
They ware "Inside." This means that
they were, as directors of various com
panies, In a fiduciary capacity, acting as
trustees for shareholders. As this legal
relation is not. as It should be, protected
by the criminal law. It la wholly forgotten
by thoaa . who manipulate the publio
through the forms ot law. Various copper
companies were consolidated In the Amal
gamated with no knowledge on tha part
of the publio of their real condition. The
difference between tha price at which the
shares of their companies were turned In
and tha highest point reached by Amal
gamated shares 110 figures out a paper
profit which every purchaser of the shares
at high prices lost to tha promoters.
They knew. The public was ignorant.
Tha dice were loaded. Mr. lwson and
Mr. Rogers had loaded them. Copper was
on the crest Consumption was decreasing.
Product was Increasing. Stocks of copper
were mounting Had this been known
Amalgamated Copper could never have
been floated. Under tha English companies
act It would have had to be known, or
aome one would have gone to Jail, and
the statements In tha prospectua of the
Amalgamated Copper company would have
been berlloua tor any man to make.
They ware safe here. Promoters Ilka Mr.
Lawson and Mr. Rogers will remain safe
until a federal law forbids Interstate com
merce, or tha entrance on Interetate com
merce to any company, or tha manufac
tured product of any company, until It haa
accepted federal eupervlslon and placed Its
directors In a position by doing so where
the misstatements of a prospectus by
which tha publio la deceived become In
themselvea Crimea as much crimes as
misstatements In the report of a national
bank.
FODDER FOR ORAT WOtVICS.
Lavlak Fvovlsloa Made for ka Hearst
Boomers.
Philadelphia Ledger.
If It ahould bo held by publio opinion
that Mr. William K. nearer wouia not
be In all waya an Ideal candidate for
president, It cannot truly be said or him
that niggardllneea Is one of thoaa faults
hlch should condemn him. Mr. Hearst
Is, indeed, a generous aspirant iot presi
dential honors. A special aispaicn to tne
Ixmlsvllle Courler-Journa-1, whose editor
has announced that ha will support Mr.
Hearst. If nominated, says:
"As thlnga stand there is no parallel In
the history of national political oonvsn
tlona .for tha plana that have been per
fected by tha Hearst presidential bureau.
Hearst haa engaged quartera sufficient to
house an army. Hie delegates and ehout
ers are to be entertained, roomed and fed
at his expenea. It will not coat anyone
who comes to St. Louis to vote or root
for Hearst anything except hla time, so
far as can be learned."
At tha riantera hotel Mr. Haarsfs ad
vance agenta have engaged tha eighth,
ninth and tenth floors; there ara fifty rooms
on each of these floors, or 110 In all. At
the new Jefferson hotel Mr. Hearst wanted
to engage live entire floors, but waa re
stricted to ntnety-'wo rooms. At tha
Southern hotel, where tha floor apace isj
measured by acres, he wished to secure an
entire floor, but hla requeet waa denied.
Tha cost of Mr. Hearst's campaign, ff
measured by tha mere rental of rooms at
St. Louis, will ha unprecedented. Exclu
sive of what his delegates snd shoutera
eat drink and amoke, or of bins otherwise
Incurred, hie hotel aocount a Ions will
amount to COO a day. Consequently It Is
not surprising to learn that his prodigality
has "staggered tba detnoeretlo national
committee." Though Mr. Hearst win noi
be a suecsssful aspirant for the nomina
tion, ha la certain ta be a apeetaeularty
attractive and Interesting ana.
Blow Bolea la Pafkert Araaov.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tha Ceres nght that beats upon a presi
dential possibility wOl not tena leave Juauja
Parker tha unknown quantity tbat be baa
been. Already tt baa revealed the fact
that bis "one abomination" to "buttermilk
COMPL,IMRIITIN MICKRV.
Lynch Journal: It doea not take a prophet
st this time to predict that Governor
Mickey will be renominated to succeed
himself snd that ha will then be re-elected
with an Increased majority.
Geneva Signal. Tha antt-Mlckey cam
paign started by Hank and Frank proved
mighty disastrous. Tha projectors of tha
campaign have not only been defeated, but
discredited as well. Tha anonymous postal
cards have made trouble for the future
for tha persons responsible for them. Tha
boosters have made Mickey a bigger man
than he waa before they went out after
his scalp. The only good thing they have
dona Is to practically insure hla election,
if there waa ever any real doubt about
that
Crete Vldette-Hersld: Tha political sky
la not so cloudy for Governor Mickey aa
It was. It would have been a sad day
for republicanism had It turned down Gov
ernor Mickey. The principal charge agnlnst
him waa "that ha , Is a clean, con
scientious, Christian gentleman, who does
what ha believes to be right regard
less of bosses, whether they be railroad
bosses or ministerial bosses." Ha sppolnted
an honest upright polios board for Omaha
and he refused to pardon tha man who
was found guilty of brutal cold-blooded
murder. Mickey la all right
Columbus Journal: Governor Mickey,
whose renomlnatlon Is now assured, has
many friends In both parties. Ha haa
been conscientious In tha performance of
his duties and Independent of all outside
Influenoa. He has been accused In a gen
eral way of favoring corporate lntereeteigtalA"t
but tha burden of proof Is on his acouseraT
and they have so far failed to point (Jut
any spectfio acta. Tha people of Nebraska ir
want a governor who has tha courage to
execute the laws of the state without dis
criminating between corporations snd In
dividuals, treating both with fairness. Gov
ernor Mlokey has the confidence of tha
voters nnd ahould be re-elected.
David City Journal: There waa quite a
stir among disgruntled politicians for a
while demanding the turning down of Hon.
J. II. Mickey for a renomlnatlon for a sec
ond term as governor. They made such
an uproar that aome good men allowed
their names to be used as a poasibllty for
gubernatorial honors. Finally the great
masa of people got onto tha "doings" and
now Mickey trots tha course alone. Ne
braska people want a man for governor
who has the courage ot hla oonvlotlona
and who fearlessly performs his duties.
Mickey's record has been satisfactory to
the great majority. Where la the opposi
tion to Mickey T
WHO ARB THB FAVORED ONESt
Ta Saeeeoel la Lite Moat One Begin
Faorl
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Again have we bad thrown up to ua that
a poor boy who began. Vie with nothing
la now drawing a monster salary and
swaying tha destinies of thousands. It
needs no more multiplication ot such in-
Stances. We are willing to be convinced
that to succeed In life one must begin f -
aa a poor boy, If that Is a fact; but whatt
an awful doom for tha rloh boya. Th
doctrine ot predestination, discarded by
every thoughtful mind, even now lnoiudin
the almost changeless and unchangeable
Presbyterian church, seems to survive In
the career ot the boys of the rich.
A rich man may sooner go through the
eye of a needle than enter into the king
dom ot heaven, and a rlon. boy Is even
worse handicapped, because according
to these stories (mostly of late printed In
Success), he haa no chance even of a
worldly sort We feel, out of aheer hu
manity, that we ought to make a plea for
the rich boy. He baa equal rights with tha
poor one. Why la ft that his picture Is not
placed In tha papers sven it be did not
shine shoes for a living at an early day
end was not the only support of his step
mother and nine brothers and sisters. The
mind and heart revolts at such injustice.
We contend that It la possible for a boy
whose mother owns a diamond sunburst
to rise in tha world. Tha humble one-story
cottage and the log cabin shall not have it
all their own way. We once knew a hoy
born In a two-etory brick house who turns!
out to be a great financier, became a
banker, and "busted" for Just as much
money aa one of tha log cabin fellows.
Genius Is not confined to poor and hum
ble birth, no matter how determinedly Mc- a
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school publications have struggled to give
out that impression; and Ohio does not
produce tha most presidents because she
baa mors canals with towpaths than most
other states. The only reason why It
appears that early poverty is necessary
to success Is because there is mora early
poverty than anything else. However wa
may wish to favor in our loud acclaims
thoaa who originated as we did, let us
first be Just.
SMILING RKalAKKg.
St. Peter What waa your earthly occu
pation T
Applicant I waa a weather obaerver.
St. Peter You have suffered enough.
Coma In. Cleveland Plain , Ltoaler.
"Will you," thundered the stump orator,
"strain ut a gnist and swaifow a camel?'1
The thoughtful eltlsen on tha front aeat
knit Ma browa, anxiously. "Are they both
sterilised?" ha asked. Puck. i
"Be mine," he pleaded, "and I will be as
true aa tha stars above."
"But tha atars above,' aha protested, "lie
In all directions." Chicago Nows.
Eskluio hostess, as site handed a candle to
each guect. "Just light refreshments."
Town Topics.
"A man feels like a fool when ha la pro
posing to a girl," said the confiding youth.
xes, answered juiss cayenne, 'ana
soma of the unlucky ones feel that wuy
many yeara after aha haa accepted him."
Washington Star. (
George III was wondering how tho apple
got into tha dumpling.
"Probably."' they auggeated, "It waa tha
same way tha berries got out of tha Short
cake." FercMvlng the landlady glaring at blm,
tha terror-stricken monarch completely lust
hla reason. New Tork Sun.
"The city of Lhassa is high up In tha bills,
lan't UT"
"I dunno."
"I waa going to aay that tha British In
vading force might suffer from the altl
tude.'r "In what way?"
"W hy, the altitude might bring on Lhaata
tuda, and tha bold on tbere what'a your
hurry!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Pahawt" aha easlalmed impatient)-,
"I'm aura we'll miss tha first act We've
waited a good many minutes for tliut
mother of mine."
"Houra, I aaould aay," ba retorted,
rather crossly.
"Ours? Oh. George!" aba cried, and laid
her blushing cheek upon his shirt front.
Indianapolis Journal. '
' jiDoucrr, .
The "Murderer of Klahenev" before tba bar
now stands.
And Jury of tne nations, fc alt tba world's
great Ifte,
Shall cast a verdict fair and true, at not
far distant time; ...
Tba writing on tba wall raadst "Let taa
punishment fit tha crime." .
A fair and fitting ending to this piyer Sff
tho knout:
A banishment eternal to tba firmament
about -Thia
grat old earth he seeks to rule, with
trraaplng. Iron hand.
To mines of burning memories. In haunting,
ghostlike land.
Wbere vlaiona of poor tortured souls trans
fix his alrht eternal.
And victims n( tils haartitas rule shall make
returns Infetnal. ,
A little Jap and a Russian huge ara fight
ing to tha death
A snoara lltUa Lutvid, a Goliath great of
breath
Tba aruird bests watch tba battle, aa In
those oldan days.
And God of right still watcpas. and speaks
tn 4vimia wmva. -
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