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THE OMAHA' DAILY TIER: FRIDAY. APRIL 15, 1904.
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Notary Public,
It it a wise mine that knows its own
navy.
' The danger In the naval guns does not
oil lie at the muzzle.
South Omaha election returns always
have to be recounted in the courts.
The Elklns boom for vice president
will set the prairie afire in New Mexico
as well as shake the hills of West Vlr
glnla.
' The Missouri river and April weather
In Nebraska are two things whose no
tjon cannot be foretold by the most ex
pert forecasters.
Now we will hear from the oldest in-
habitant about the Missouri river rise
and what it was when Omaha was
ypung and giddy.
Omaha still maintains a very cred
iUble showing aa a pork packing center
in! the comparative exhibit of the meat
industry since March 1.
'
-There are Indications that Mr. Rocke
feller has completed his college dona
tions for the year. The price of oil has
been lowered one-half cent a gallon.
! There la a very grave suspicion in
.ritualistic circles that the Irreverend
John D. Howe is trying to slide Into the
fchoes of the Reverend Father Williams.
Furnishing evidence against law
breakers la a more effective, if less spec
tacular, way of having the lawa en
forced than tha serving of notices upon
office holders.
; '
.With two grand Juries grinding simul
taneously, the month of May promises
to witness a clearing of the atmosphere,
of which the Omaha weather bureau
should take due notice.
. It is in keeping with the eternal
fitness of things that the blooming mills
In Pennsylvania ahould resume opera
tion in the month of April. Nature is
setting the example. . -
" Rev. Charles Stroud, late of Ohio,
must have had more than a passing
friendship for lawyers. He has left
hla entire estate to a church school with
out mentioning his relatives.
French politeness approximates obse
quiousness when It refuses to believe
that Japan had anything to do with the
sinking of Russian boats until Russia
officially announces the fact
i If the national convention of the Na
tional Municipal league can tell Chicago
ttow to get the street cars for which it
voted, its welcome to the windy city
will be something more than perfunc
tory. The judges of the United States circuit
court of appeals are evidently trying
to get a line on the Intention of the
United States supreme court in ' the
merger decision before telling Mr. Har
rlman what be can do.
While the civilized powers deplore
warfare, they cannot be blamed for
being pleased at having the Russians
and Japanese show just what has been
accomplished in the way of improve
ments in the machinery of war.
Having divided the delegation from
Hatsachusetts with Olney, Mr. Hearst
is making overtures to the New Jersey
democracy, where be expects to take
a slice from Parker's delegatlou. The
democracy has more cause than Russia
to fear the "yellow peril.' '
The new Iowa law defines a bootlegger
as "one who carries liquors about for
the purpose of disposing of them." This
definition evidently makes an invidious
distinction between the bootlegger and
the man who cairlea liquor about for
tb purpose of absorbing them, ,
RVSBlA B KaVal mihtakk. I
A forelirn dispatch of a few days ago
reported an Interview with the chief of Importance Of maintaining democratic
the Russian naval staff In which he principles as they were set forth In the
sharply criticised the Hnsalan naval pol- platforms of 1W and 1000." Ills let
Icy in the far east He was said to ter expressed the hope that a note of
' ' . a a. II..
have expressed the opinion thst in the
opening stage of the war attack should
have been met by attack, pointing out magnates to control the democratic con
that while the course of the Japanese ventlon and to secure the nomination of
commander kept the Russian fleet at a democratic candidate who will be ob-
Port Arthur Immobile, he was Inuring
his own crews to work and accustoming
the officers and mrt to action whereby thrust at the so-called conservatives was
they are being trained and hardened, supplemented by another from a Call
while the Russian sailors, unaccustomed fornla democrat; who said that the
to this constant activity and warlike democratic creed Is simple and clear.
maneuvering, are Irritated and dlsheart-
pnp(j - i
In view of what has taken place It
really seems that the Russian naval
policy has been a mistake, that a more
aggressive course, such as Makaroff was
understood to have intended pursuing,
mlght have resulted In weakening the racy divided wlthlu less than three
Japanese nnva! power. But It is to Ikj months of the meeting of the national
borne In mind that the Russians were by convention and there is nowhere a sign
no means so well prepared for eea-llght- that the factions may be reconciled be
ing aa the enemy and doubtless this was 're the time arrives for putting a na
well known to the Russian naval officers tlonal ticket in the field. No one se-
and led them not to take too great risks,
but to keep well within the protection of
the land fortifications. It is nnlte likely.
also, that the Russians underestimated
the tactical ability of the Japanese, with
their limited experience In warfare, and ,n nauonai convention, tnougn ap
expected them to do rash and reckless Pnrently tne conservatives now, have
thinirs. If they hsd anr such Idea their
experience should have dispelled it and
tanirht them that th-r hsv- as intelll-
gent and as wary a foe as they have
ever encountered. Judging by results,
the Japanese naval commander has thus
far made ho mistakes. He has not been
successful in everything he has under-
taken, but no failure has resulted in
serious loss. At any rate In the little
more than two months since the begin-
nlng of hostilities Japan Is practically tn
comrjlete control of the sea and will un
rtnnh,H remain an th. .nhHn her
.'' .a
to carry on ner ihdq operations wiinoui
imnnrtant interferene what remain.
of Russia', eastern .fleet, which at the unt8 for bls Pernicious activity in ere
beginning of the war was numerically Un the water work8 Purchase muddle.
as strong as that of Japan and generally
thm,ffht to h .. well tinned
It remains to be seen whether Russia
will show greater ability in the handling
of her land forces than she has in her
naval policy. Her reliance Is upon her
army and it Is not doubted that it will
do brave work, yet the Japanese may
prove themselves quite equal to the Rus
sians in strategy, as they are very sure
to do in courage and fortitude.
PUUPOSKD CVHBMCT LKQISLATIOX.
It Is unlikely that there will be ny
currency legislation at the present ses-
sion of congress, the general desire
being to confine action to the approprla-
... . . '
tion Mils and adjourn when these are
disposed of, but the measure reported
to the house by the committee on bank-
lng and currency has some features
that will meet with general approval,
One of these proposes the repeal of the
law which prohibits customs receipts
from being deposited in national banks,
There seems to be no longer .any valid
reason why the treasury should not be
allowed to deposit In banka the receipts
from customs, as it is authorized to do
with internal revenue. Another com-
mendable feature Is that providing for
the recoinage of silver dollara into sub-
sidiary coins. The fact tiat there is company in 1900. The contract was
now in the treasury nearly 1(100,000,000 made on July 20, :880, emended No
silver shows conclusively that there is veraber 9, 1880, and tgaln on July 19,
more of these dollars than the country
requires and therefore the proper thing
to do Is to reeoin them into aubsldlary
. . . ., . , .
coins and get them Into circulation as
rapidly aa the demand calls for. It Is
pointed out that there is now a shortage
in subsidiary coins and it Is manifestly
important to the retail business of the
country that this shall be remedied,
which can be done only In the way pro- taken the works under the fthree ap
posed In this bill... There Is also an- pralsers purchase clause of the con-
other interesting consideration presented
by the report, which Is that an Ideal
sanitary currency can only be secured
by the substitution of subsidiary coin
for the one and two dollar bills. It Is
not to be donbted that such substltn-
tion would be satisfactory to the general
public, which is becoming a good deal
concerned In the question of clean
money. -
lt may be remarked that, there is
nothing in this measure to the slightest
degree revolutionary. , It contemplates
no radical changes In the currency svs-
tem that could prove In the least dls-
turblng or unsettling. It alms simply
to correct certain existing defects the
removal of which Is shown to be clearly
desirable.
HO MOMISK of Harmoxt.
There Is In no direction any substan-
tJal promise of democratic harmony, the
indications still being that the national
convention of the party will be one of
the stormiest and most acrimonious In
its entire history. In ?ew York there
Is a factional contest that threatens to
develop much bitterness In the state
convention next week. In Massachu-
setts the democrats are divided between
Olney and Hearst. In Pennsylvania the
Parker sentiment appears to be strong-
est, though there la a considerable ele -
ment of the party in that state which
is favorable to the radical.' There are
also many democrats la Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois who do not look with favor
upon the Empire state Jurist. . The
"conservatives" do not. appear to be
making any marked headway in the I $3,000,000 would, for a time at least, re
central west or to be making any sg-lmaln on deposit with the city treasurer
gresslve 1 efforts In this section. The
south is waiting. for the democracy of
New York )o act and is expect ed to a c
cept whatever the party in that state
stall do. ' 1 1
The speeches at the banquet of the
Chicago Iroquois dab give no promise
of harmony. There . were discordant
utterances which attest the party de -
morallsatton. Mr. Cleveland contributed
bis advice for "th ax cuiIslk; uf safe
and sane democracy,' by which was im
piled
omeuatuj rsry auxareai rrom
what the party has been since 180(1. Mr.
Bryan, on the other hand, urged "the
warning wouia oe raised -against me
attempt now being made by the money
ugatea in aavance to netray tne Dopes i
the democratic masses." This plain
" cannot De recited ty tnose.wuo
wouia maKe our organization in nuur
to the republican party by catering to
cunscriaimuj which eee i
'ri"K greater beneflts to the already
wealthy."
us are tne councils or me nemoc-
rlously believes that there Is even a
possibility that the conservative and
nam wings or tne party can re mane
to "Hap together.- and It is yet to be
determined which will be the stronger
omewnat me Dener or me situation.
Certainly there is nothing In existing
P" conditions to warrant democrats
in feeling confidence, as some of the
Ipan,r" Profps" t0 tnnt th Pnr,y
wl" wln n year'8 election. The
republican organization Is compact and
harmonious, with a leader whom the
PpPe know nd truBt- and 14 sepn"'
"mon the Impossible things that It can
De "ereateo oy a party as dmcied ana
aorganized as tne democracy.
TRTMO TO SQUARE B1MSBLF.
State Senator Howell Is trying to
i ilA
H hlm8plf wlth 0,9 mnba 001,8111
imiTeen reBTOD" Bre K,e" u u' l"
Ju8tlfy the enactment of the Howell corn-
P"1801? P"rcnase ma, out i.e turo8 ,.u
light on the true Inwardness of the con
feptlon and pa88aKe of that mea8Ure'
wmcn w" primarily to open a
'ocrauve POkhi IOr mm as water cunt
mlssloner with general supervision of the
construction and maintenance of the
water plant, and a big salary to corre
SDond with the responsibilities. His
screed closes with this admonition:
ln" T lue"n " lno -j
th. cltT ef 0maha for twenty.hv years and
every voter and every citizen should be on
his guard that he may not be deceived by
the 'mendacious misstatement of 'acts that
Is afforded him from day to day by those
wno for ,, ntLI)ona are opposed to the
interests of the city In this matter,
Mr.' Howell is- eminently correct when
he declares that the water works ques-
tion Is the most, important one that has
confronted the people of Omaha for
twenty-five years. The people of Omaha
should beware of deception and men-
dacity In the discussion of the water
works problem and for that reason they
will view Mr. Howell'a explanation with
well-grounded distrust
According to Mr. Howell, the city
claimed the right to purchase the water
plant under the contract with the water
1881, by an ordinance which contains
this provision:
Ba,1 wter wortM heii b" constructed
and completed within one year and four
. tha , arrt
f the contract, unless th city council shall
I by ordinance extend the same.
One year and four months from July
20, 1880, was November 20, 1881. The
earliest possible time the city could have
tract waa twenty years from its
date, therefore, November 20, 1901, and
not In the year 1900, as is claimed by
Mr. HowelL On this point," however,
there was contention on the part of the
company, which" claimed that the ordl-
nance declaring the works completed arid
accepted did not pass until September 4,
l883- If this version was sustained by
the eourta the city could not have Be
quired the works under the original con-
lracl nerore cepiemoer ,
Mr, Howell points to the fact that the
Pop' Omaha voted $3,000,000 In
bonds in 1900 to purchase the water
plant because they were told and be-
He that the right to purcnase it nad
then accrued, and because the people or
I Oniana aesireo to own irs water woras
system. The truth of the matter Is, and
Mr. Howell knows it. that the city did
not claim to have the right to take the
WOrks before September, 1901, but that
the $3,000,000 bond proposition was a sop
thrown to appease the clamor for public
I ownership.
At the time this .bond proposition was
(pending The Bee pointed out that "the
I council had put the cart before the
horse," and thst the first steps to be
I taken toward the purchase of the weter
I works were to secure an appraisement
of the plant under eminent domain proc-
less, and if the appraisement was satis
I factory to submit a proposition to issue
I bonds for the full amount of the ap-
I pralsement.
I The Bee also called attention to the
I fact that in case of the company's re
I fusal to accept the amount tendered the
j without an adequate bond to protect the
I city. It was an open secret then that
- 1 the bond ordinance was engineered
I through the council by the water works
I company's Influence because? $3,000,000
I would be below the actual value of the
I works.
I According to Mr. Howell the method
1 adopted by the city council under the
I compulsory water purchase bill Is the
I proper method by which the city should
- 1 acquire the water plant That is un
laoubteoiy we opinion or me water works
managers, for they assisted materially
In getting the three appraisers ordinance
through the council last year. If they
hnd not favored that system of purchase
they could have blocked the ordinance
Just as they conld have blocked the
Howell-GIIbert bill from going through
the legislature. The very fact that they
did not raise their finger to stop that bill
from going through, and did not Invoke
the power of the courts to knock the law
out after ita passage affords sufficient
proof that the company Is not opposed to
parting with the works on Its own terms.
But what would Mr. Howell advise the
city to do in case the arbitrators ap
praise the works for $8,000,000 or 17,000,
000? Can the appraisement be set aside
and he buy the works on those terms,
and. If so, on what ground does Mr.
Howell expect to be returned to the leg
islature to Improvise some amendments
to his original purchase bill? In view
of the fact that he Is not a taxpayer his
concern about the acquisition of the
works would seem to- be almost Inex
plicable. ,
Nebraska sportsmen will be delighted
to learn that the Iowa legislature, which
has just adjourned, has revised the fish
and-game laws by extending the open
season for shooting quail from December
I to December IS, and extending the
season for hcok and line and trot line
fishing from November 1 to November
15. While the new Iowa game laws ex
pressly prohibit the shooting of more
than twenty-five ducks, geese, brants or
wild turkeys In one day, it wlir not be
unlawful to have more than that num
ber of birds In one's possession at one
time. There Is nothing in the new law
that will prevent huntsmen from bag
ging game purchased fresh from com
mission bouses to make a respectable
showing of their skill and luck.
Southern democrats have extended the
color line, not only across the Mexican
boundary, but clear into sunny Italy.
The test applied by democrats of Burle
son county, Texas, to govern their pri
mary election provides that only white
men shall participate and that the word
"white" Is considered to exclude Mexi
cans as well as Italians and negroes.
Shades of Christopher Columbus and
Americu8 Vespucci! had you steered for
Texas you would not have been allowed
to land because of your dark complexion,
Great stress is laid by champions of
Grover Cleveland on. his recent positive
denial that he has ever in his official
position, either when' asleep or awake,
alive or dead, on his bead or on his
heels, dined, lunched or supped or In
vlted to a wedding reception any colored
man, woman ,or child. But the wor
shipers of Grover forget that he has
been accused of. worse things without
denying them. -
Senator Scott of West Vlrglula has
apparently succeeded" in performing the
Impossible." The "Iowa idea" Is no prob
lem at all to him, ..SOT he. says In his
speech to the repr)llcan convention that
while he believes la. "standing pat" he
also bolieves tha""the ' schedules are
not sacred," and this is a solution of
which Iowa has not 'thought
Chairman Broadwell seems to have
contracted the disease from Chairman
Blackburn, for he says he will not call
the democratic congressional convention
until the member of congress is ready.
Other aspirants can now see what
caused the revulsion of feeling which
placed Mr. Hitchcock In office.
The ex-post facto discussion by the
local "nonpartisan" organ of the resigna
tion of Judge Baxter and the appoint
ment of Judge Bartlett without the aid
and consent of the Bar association
is, in lawyers' parlance, incompetent
Irrelevant and immaterial at this stage
of the game.
While It may require 45,000 harvest
hands to care for the wheat and oats
crops of the middle west prospective
laborers In these fields are advised not
to start west until the residents of this
section have completed their negotia
tions with the chinch bugs, the rust and
the weather.
Characteristic of Heft.
Washington Star.
Mr. Grover Cleveland, with that secure
and confident poise that has always dis
tinguished him. attaches more Importance
to his opinions of other people than to
other people's opinions of him.
Reasonably faay.
Minneapolis Times.
We are good naturd people. We ar
paying th senators and 'representatives
high wages for talking politic and spend
ing millions to have their stump speeches
printed In the Congressional Record and
distributed.
H Didn't See Hath,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
One of the members of the English com
mission sent out by Investigator Moaely
says that the American boy Is not brought
up to punch another boy's head or to
stand after having his own head punched.
This positive Briton should ba permitted to
mix himself up with a flag rush.'.
Jadge Bartlett.
Lincoln Star.
Hon. E. M. Bartlett, who has just been
appointed to the district bench of the
Fourth judicial district. Is highly spoken
of. H is on of the ablest and most
successful lawyers at the Omaha bar. He
was chairman of th. republican district
central committee which directed the cam
palgn last fall In which the ticket, Inrlud
lng Judge Baxter's name, was elected. This
fact probably adds bitterness to th cup of
those who opposed the republican ticket.
rkroale fas of "Aaria 'Em."
Louisville Courier-Journal. v
Mr. Bryan is against Judg Parker be
cause Mr, Hill la for him. He Is against
Mr. Olney because Mr. Cleveland Is for
him. He is against Mr. Gray on general
principles. He Is against Mr. Gorman be
cause of Mr. Gorman's cussed aelf alone.
Thus, Mr. Bryan la hard to pleas. After
he has failed twice, does he want any one
to wlnT Does he not the rather want an
Interregnum of four years mor of demo
cratic uncertainty and disaster In th in
terest of his Commoner and bis lectures.
with any old Bennett will case though
not any old David Bennett HiU cases that
may com alone hnd. carrying- letters
I either s44 or opeat
THE PEOPLE MIST DECIDR.
PoBalar Will tke Baals ( Ike "erlb.
era Seearltl Derision.
Collier's Weekly.
The Northern Securities decision means
that the people of the United States must
ultimately decide about where, the line Is
to be drawn between the dnnger of con
centrated business power and the dnnger I
of undue Interference. There Is nothing I
distressing In such a prospect. The people I
can be truated to decide wisely In the end, I
or. If they do not, we need not waste sym- J
pathy upon them. It is a necessity always
faced by th people of Great Britain. They
have no written constitution to protect
them. There Is no limit to th power of
Parliament. With the most powerful houpe
changing whenever the people will. Parlia
ment can make what laws It llkesN From
th Accident that there were thirteen colo
nies In 1787, some of them loth to bo merged
In a great whole, our system of checka on
the popular will was Invented. Hence the
written fnnatltittlnn Anil h.nra the rinwer
of th courts to thwart congress. The ma- ?f M was besieged In a tower Re
- , . . " l nrmrw.amm J fuMng to aurrender, they fought until all
u urv,ioiuu nun 1 1 lca-lin i (in t 1 1 vuuBnna I
wishes to limit combination. It may ,rB w I
the line at which they shall cease to grow.
Th Sherman law was a crude campaign
device, which in Itself deserves contempt.
Congress had power to make that law, and
has the power to change It. We think an
enactment which should rightly Interpret
th people's will would destroy the North
em Securities company, but would make
clearer the limit of Interference. Under
th Sherman act a wildcat president could
agitate, perhaps successfully, against com
binations which publlo opinion approves.
That, however, Is th fault not of the
supreme court, but of congress. As th
people are not going to elect a flre-eatlng
demagogue, there Is no danger that the
awkward Sherman act will have evil con
sequences. The satisfaction of business
men was shown In the market's steadiness.
Three democrats and one republican
formed the minority, small comfort for the
so-called democrats who would turn the
party Into an aggregation of agitators for
the sake of agitation. The decision was
against the trusts, and every democrat ton
the bench voted against the decision. The
present republican administration put an
end to the Northern Securities merger, and
the three democratic Justices voted to allow
the merger to continue. One of the for
tuitous advantages of the decision Is the
body blow which it delivers, for this cam
paign, to the lawless minority and their
yellow leaders. A decision In favor of the
merger would have given the riotous truRt-
busters and class-prejudlce-agltators some
thing to howl about and spill red Ink head,
lines on. The actual decision, with its bal
anced arguments and close division, makes
men think and leaves the public with a
sense of quiet responsibility. Much was to
be said legally on either side, and ,much is
to be said politically, so long as we draw
the lines with good old Anglo-Saxon rea
son, with no worked-up passions and cheap
and fiery catch-words. Two far-reaching
principles conflict, each valuable and each
capable of growing into menace. Freedom
of private enterprise is part of American
faith, not to be abandoned for any paternal
principle, but, on the other hand, we can
not allow Individuals so to use their prop
erty as to become essentially despotic. Ex
perience has shown that combinations of
capital may contain grave dangers to Amer
ican Ideals, and therefore must be watchea.
We are thankful that the Securities decision,
earnestly debated as it was, happens not
only to leave the responsibility for wise
business judgment upon the people, but
happens also to encourage a calm, satis-
fled, reflective mood, which Is of happy
augury In politics. The absence of hysteria.
and the patient study of the right, which
have been the cornerstones of liberty in
th country from which our legal syBtcm
Is Inherited, 'are, we believe, to remain
with us, and guldo us along the line of
careful discrimination and slow change,
which Is the history of good legislation
and good law.
SICK BED CONVERSION.
Peeallar Aspect of the New Fight
Among; Merger Mnsrnates.
Pittsburg Dispatch. .
Thar Is a cheerful and humorous aspect
of human nature in the report from
Minneapolis that the anti-combination laws
of the northwestern states which were so
obnoxious to the HIU railroad crowd when
summoned as adverse to their merger are
now hailed aa a saving Influence by the
same party to prevent the control of the
Northern Paclflo by the Harrlman Union-
DUUinern rauuu uuuiuiiibviuii.
it i.
cabins of the poor to the palaces of the
railway kings that the Infliction which we
denounce while it is wringing our withers
undergoes a change that enables us to see
necessary publlo discipline when it gores
the other fellow's ox. The Great Northern
crowd is able to differentiate combinations
according to the old classification hetero
doxy. Th necessary combination is their
combination; th combination against which
the laws must be Invoked Is the one that
their rivals get up.
In Its application to the particular casa
In point th Great Northern people are
right; and th public should stand with
them. If a Northern Securities merger Is
wrong, a Southern-Central-Unlon-Northem
Paclflo combination cannot be right. What
la sauce for the Hill goose should be sauce
for th Harrlman gander. Let us hop
that th invocation of the state laws which
the Invokers defeated on th first round
may prove triumphant, that transcontln
ental railroads may henceforth stand ach
on its own right-of-way.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Henry L. Marlndln, hydrographer con
necteri with th United States coast and
geodetic survey since 1863, and a member
of th Mississippi River commission, has
just died at the age of SO.
Captain Charle W. Gilbert, said to be
the oldest ex-government scout In the
United States, has just died at his home
in Salem, Mass. He was a veteran of the
Mexican and civil wars and a plainsman
for many years.
Marquis I to, the Japanese statesman, is
described as an Indefatigable reader of
European and American literature. He
reads not only the standard works, but
the new publications and th current
periodicals of both hemispheres are do
voured. H reads German, French, Eng
lish and Chines as easily aa he reads hi
own langusge.
Congressman John Sharp Williams tells
of a man in Mississippi who is a hypochon
driac of the first order. This man was one
day telling a friend of his efforts to re
gain his old-time health. He ran over the
list of doctors whom b had consulted
Whereupon th friend remarked: "Well.
old man. I must say that you appear to
hav lota of faith In doctors." "Certainly
I have," replied th sick man; "don't you
think th doctors would b foolish to let
a good customer Ilk m diet"
Within a few weeks a Von Moltk will
again flgur as head of th general staff
of the Prussian army. Von Moltk. jr., is
th nephew of th great strategist of th
later nineteenth eanrury, to whom tor
long years h acted a aide-de-camp, and
will consequently b no stranger to th
palatial quarters of th Konlgsplats when
h nlrs them as chief. Count Helmuth.
who bear th Christian nam of bis great
kinsman. Is w years old and ha pssed
th whol of his military carr la staff
Jana eeuri eotoyoMBta.
HATlOU f BATTf.B ARRAY.
nala Afcaat Ike mm Ceamtry
tavolTed la War.
Rear Admiral Inglla, a British naval au
thority, points out that the Russian en
gineers who planned the fortifications of
Vladivostok, began some forty years ago,
could not have dreamed that the fortress
would ever be the subject of attack by
ships distant five miles and glimmering
through the Ice glare aa mere dots on
the horlion. The modern gun of I I Inch
eallhre has an extreme range of twenty
nines, with a maximum trajectory that
wouia overtop Mont Blanc. The newest
12-Inch giin will carry nearly as far, and
the 6-Inch fifteen miles. Nothing In the
armament of Vladivostok has anything
Ilk these ranges.
The renown of the Japanese for courage
was as remarkable In Marco Polo's day as
It Is In the present. He narrates the story
of an Invasion of the country by the forces
of the Khan of Tartary. A Japanese army
. . . . . . V, I M y ft V
eight Uavelers wonders must creep in.I
fmlnd ,mpoMlb,e to nflct Bnv woun(1
Now this was by virtu of certain stonea
whlch lhpv ,, n ther rm, itneTt
between the akin and the flesh. And th
charm and virtu of these stones were-such
that those who wore them could never
perish by steel." They were therefore
beaten to desth with clubs.
General Nelson A. Miles, who is In Chi
cago this week, predicts a long war be
tween Russia and Japan and believes that
all the European powers will be embroiled
before th struggle Is ended. To a re
porter he said:
"It will he a long war; It has not begun
yet, and nothing has happened to indicate
anything with regard to the outcome.
There hns been no engagement either on
land or sea that has counted for anything
In determining what is likely to happen.
Nothing hns developed to show which side
,8 Prir In generalship, strategy or gen
eral effectiveness.
There never has been another war that
hns concerned the destiny of so many peo
ple. China may be affected, and there are
other countries besides China. I think all
the powers of Europe will be brought Into
the war eventually."
When asked If he thought th United
States would be dragged Into the conflict
General Miles said: '
'I hope not; I don't see why It should be."
'George Rust Bedlnger, who, after two
years of service as Instructor In the Im
perial university at Toklo, has returned
from Japan, full of enthusiasm for the
Japanese, explained away the other day
to a group of Interested listeners In New
York a popular western misconception as
to the geisha-girls," says the New York
Sun. '
"These girls ar educated and trained
publlo entertainers. Orphans and daugh
ters of poor parents are turned over to the
geisha Instructors and kept eight or ten
years In training.
"They learn al 1th arts that make them
charming socially how to enter a room
gracefully, how to arrange flower in dec
orative fashion, how to how, to dance,
how to dress with taste, above all how to
talk cleverly and. agreeably. They are.
In fact, the . most delightful talkers one
can imagine.
"When a geisha girl's education Is com
plete she is ready to earn her living as a
publlo entertainer. Many of them, Indeed
entertain in a subordinate fnsVon as aids
to the fully educated geisha uefor they
have learned all the arts of the profession,
so that many of the geisha girls appear
as mere children.
'It Is necessary that Japan shall have a
vast number of geisha girls, because, ac
cording to the etiquette of Japan, the wives
and daughters of Japanese households do
sot attend social entertainments given by
the husbands and fathers. . The geisha
girls, therefore, are the sole feminine el
ment at such entertainments.
'When a Japanese gives a dinner to his
friends, native or foreign, at a publlo
restaurant, a number of the regularly hired
gelRha girls appear clad In lovely garments,
smiling, merry and. ready with quick re
partee whenever host or guest addresses
them. Misapprehension aa to th character
of these girls leads to many offensive re
marks by western persons to Japanese gen
tlemen. As a matter of fact, no Japanese
gentleman would think of treating with
anything but the utmost politeness a geisha
girl with whom he came In contact while
enjoying the hospitality of a friend."
Prince Txmla Napoleon, who has been ap-
. . - . . !.,
,7 "t'rfa7
th csar's army, and probably at th pre'
cnt tlma the moat dangerous aspirant to
the thron of Franc. H is dangerous
because he dbe not Intrigue for that
throne and malt himself ridiculous, but
simply sticks to his military duties and
builds up a fins reputation as a soldier.
If he distinguishes himself in this wsr he
may become a source of considerable worry
to the French government.
Prince Louis has had no experience of
warfare, but has handled large bodies of
cavalry with great skill and success In
maneuvers. General Miles, United States
army, watched him when he visited Russia,
and praised him highly. Th American
veteran was present at a' rerlw of Rus
sian troops by the csar and President Felix
Faure. Prince Louis galloped at th head
of his cavalry division, and saluted the
head of th French republic, whom he
naturally regards as the usurper of his
own place. President, Faur gravely re
turned the salute, and afterward they met
and became great friends.
Hindsight Is generally conceded to con
tain more wisdom than foresight. Friendly
advocates of th Russian cause draw much
comfort from the words of Napoleon, ut
tered during his captivity at St- Helena.
Th following sentences are quoted as
foreshadowing th outoom of th present
war:
It was making war upon Russia that
ruined me."
'Russia Is th nation that I moat likely
to march to universal dominion."
'I would not hav declared war upon
Russia but that I was persuaded sh was
about to declare War upon me."
'In the end Russia will become mistress
of the world."
'But for my marrlag with Marie Louis
I would not hav declared war upon Rus
sia." (He expected assistance from Aus
tria).
'I am reproached for not getting myself
killed at Waterloo. I think I ought rather
to have died In Russia."
'Russia is In a favorable position to con
quer the world."
"Perhaps I did wrong to commenc th
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Waterloo campafm. I did not think then
that Russia Would tnk a hand."
"If I had had SOO.OOO more men In Russia
ther would have been that many more
lost."
"After I had reached Moscow I should
have died there."
When Admiral Togo was at the Thames
Nautical Training college, where h be
gan his education for a sea career, th
examiners did not credit him with thos
gifts which he hns sine turned to such
good account In dealing with his country's
foes.
By a cnrlmis accident, when the proofs of
the "lists" were sent to th head master
he found Cadet Togo's name . appearing
aa "No Go," an error which was at one
corrected, and rightly so la th light of
more recent knowledge
The great fighter will no doubt smtl In
his quiet way should he com serosa this
little story which so well Illustrates th
aphorism, "Never prophesy unless you
know."
Ubiquity ss a prominent trslt of th
Irish Is conspicuously shown In th nam
of Chemulpo, Cores. From the cognomen
of James Murphy, who many years ago
was wrecked on the Corean coast and suh
seo,tieiitly rose to much fnm tn th society
of that country, to Chemulpo seems at
first a far cry. But traced by stages th
transition of James Murphy Into Jem Mur
Thy, Chem Murphy, and finally Chemulpo
la quit easy, and this Is th real origin
of the town's nam.
BND TIIIS IMMIGRANT WEST.
Proper Thin; to Do with TUweemrrs
Seeking Work.
Chicago Trlbun.
Otib satisfied Immigrant anywher In th
United Slates Is an Immigration bureau
unto himself. Recause of hla satisfaction
with conditions In the Atlantic seaboard
cities he Is ovornopulatlng: them. with peo
ple of his nationality. logically th remedy
for this evil Is to attract the future immi
grant to th western agricultural auctions,
where labor Is needed and where out of his
new conditions he may be led to write
home of roseate prosperity and opportunity.
This the senate oommlttee on Immigra
tion would do In its proposed bill for the
establishment of a buroau at mis Island,
where the Incoming stranger might be di
rected to new fields and even find help to
them through state agents. Tens of thou
sand cf these immigrants were agrlrtiltur
allsts in Europe. But with friends la
American coast dtle, they have fallen In
this country into the urban oolony condi
tion. Now th proposition Is to take them
west before they have had a taste of Amer
ican city life. let their enthusiasm rise over
bucollo prospects. In a few months the
grain fields of Kansas, Nebraska and th
Dakota will beckon for help. Turn th Im
migration tides westward. Th city cannot
digest the alien hordes. Th rich prairies
of the west can swallow them and clamor
for more. The best foreign citizen type Is
found tilling the ground, working the coun
try roads in season, and sending his chil
dren to th little red school house.
FI.ASIIKS UK FUN.
"Do you ever have any trouble tn your
church. Uncle Kphralm!"
"Not ylt, suh, but d young folks Is
awganizln' a choir, suh." Philadelphia
Press.
"Ah, there, my Japanlea," cried th Rus
sian picket to his r'vul across the stream.
"Ah, there, my caardlne," cried the picket
on the other side. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Smartlcus I used to operate a church
organ.
Spartacus Indeed! . I didn t know you
were musical. .
Smartlcus I'm not. I was editor of th
Banner of Righteousness. Baltimore Amer
ican. I f"Well,"- said th ftrst:. jihyalclan, "what
has mat new pattern or yours goir
"I don't know," replied the other, "but
I'm trying to turn It Into typhoid fever.
I'm great on that" Philadelphia Press.
The Cow Gee! I'm thirsty. I wish I
belonged to a Wall street syndicate.
Th Booster Why do you wish that?
The Cbw 'Cause they never forget to
water their stock. Puck.
"Why are you so late, George?"
"Been down to the club Inlaying pokor
for sweetheart stakes." .
"What a horrid idea!"
"Here's your share, my dear $23."
"What a lovely custom!"
Achillea was sulking in his tent.
"When he got out of bed tMs morning,"
explained the great man's body servant,
"he stepped on a tack with lila vulnerablo
heel." .
Fortunately, nowever, no aia noi ri
le hasty remarks . Achilles had made-
the
Chicago Trlbun.
WITHOUT A COOK.
"What Is home without a motherT"
Oft wa asked In days of yore,
And, true love our hearts controlling,
Placed that motto o'er the door.
Now. th burning question presses.
Found in gossip and in book:
"What more need w now to bless nsl
What is horn without a cookT"
8ha who holds the situation.
Rules the household early, late,
Knowa her power, and If offended, ,
Dooms us to a huiiftrv fate.
Useless to asset t our manhood, '
Connuerea are we ny a loon;
Forced to cry In direst anguish.
What Is noma without a cookt
What Is horn without a motherT"
Turn this motto to th wall.
Plac another o'er th mantle,
E'en thouarh bitter tear may ran.
To the kitchen queen pay homage
Mother and her realm forsook
We mutii. starve, or bow before her,
What is nom wunoiu a cookt
R. H. jUANGFOBDb
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