THE OMAHA DAILY RKK: TUESDAY, MaV 3. 1004.
Tim omaiia Daily Dee.
E. B03EWATER. EDITOR.
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The constitution of the United States to appear before the city clerk and take
require that the president shall from lout the necessary documents. This in-
tlme.to time give congress Information I eludes, besides those already registered
of the state of the union and recommend I who have removed from one ward to
to consideration such measure as be I another since the lust registration day.
nd expedient, all those mho have acquired n legnl
compiled with I residence or become of legal voting age,
day Bee, one rear ..
Twentieth century Farmer, On Year.. Luo democrats In congrese have charged him the last registration day
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with going beyond H and Interfering to any one of these classes be sure to
with the legislative business of congress, call at the city clerk's nfflce at once
This charge was made by Senator Oor- with the proper vouchers or you will be
man on the lust day of the session in unable to cast a vote In the primaries
next week.
Evening B (Including Sunday), per 1 of m(MniMlon of the appr0.
Complaints of irregularity In de ivery priatlons and undoubtedly was Intended
should h addressed to City Circulation , .
Department, 'or campaign use. as a part of a plan or
Omahe-Th Bf ""ng personal attack on the president which
8outhrmah cty HeiiBuildini, Twen- it is evident the democratic leaders con-
ty-flfth and M Streets.
Cfgnr1 Bluffs 10 Pearl Street.
Chicago 1W Unity Building.
York $32 Park Row Building.
Washington 401 Fourteenth Street.
CORRESPONDENCE.
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Replying to the charge, Senator Al-
VHOisa gciPocirr.
Notwithstanding eomedlacouraglng ex
perience the advocates of reciprocity
with Canada are still active and hopeful.
They have secured thousands of slgna-
drlch said he bad served In the senate tures to petitions In Massachusetts ask-
ha haa been a member of that body I in g the Boston Chamber of Commerce
Orrnimunleattons relating to news and efll- .,anvith fly. or six dlf- to undertake an agitation for reclDroclty
natter should t aoaressea: uratni "' I
erent presidents. Including a democratic I generally, but particularly with Canada,
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.. w m2T.. T7H. ' , . i M,, president for two terms, and he liad and a few days ago the New York
payable t The Bee publishing company, never known a president of the United Board of Trade Adopted a report of one
m. f lt&J&rZE on States, not excepting Mr. Cleveland, who of Its committees favoring the recover
Omaha or eastern exchange, not septed. 1 interfered less with the legislative bust-1 lng of the High Joint commission for
" ness of the congress or with the action the purpose of negotiating a new reelp
statement Of circulation. ot the house or the senate than the rocal treaty with the Dominion. It was
ore B T7surk?ll5?e,tMyUSf V.Bee present Incumbent of that office. "I declared to be the sentiment of the
Publishing company, being duly "worn, know. of no ca8 gal)j the nhode Island board that the political, financial and
says that the actual number of full and ..... , . , , , . lt
rompiet eopiea of The Daily, Morning, senator, "where he has undertaken to commercial relations of the two coun-
SonVhVprti.. wPm follow.'" 'h' dictate what our policy or what our leg- tries "demand for their furtherance and
14 . isiatlon should be, and I cannot say that perpetuation the establishment of sucn
jj 8A10U I ' anotner President within my recollec- a treaty, and that its negotiations should
,t 89,fMM I tion. This talk about the usurpations I be approached in a spirit of liberal rec-
so se.Bsn I of the president and his attempts to con-1 ognltlon of the mutual benefits which
jj tro' legislation or the congress Is non- should follow its ratification
-j"' soonu I wnw and nobody knows it better than I While such expressions are being
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immmu The slmnla truth Is that President there la no resnonsn to them eomlnir
Roosevelt has merely performed his con- from Canada. The government and
stitutlonal duty In recommending such people of the Dominion appear to have
legislation as he Judged to be necessary I settled down to a state of complete in
and expedient and if In aorao instances difference in regard to the question of
be has urged the adoption of such legis-1 closer trade relations. Whereas not
latlon be was entirely within the ex ecu-1 many months ago Canadian statesmen
Net total sales 8o,UM .tlve prerogative. It Is not Interference and newspapers were constantly talking
Net average sales ,S3 th tho legislative business of congress reciprocity, now they are silent and the
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(Seal) II. B. HITNOATE,
Notary Publlo.
for the president to endeavor to impress subject seems to no longer possess any
upon senators and representatives his interest for them. If they are really as
views of what should be done for the Indifferent as they appear to be there Is
public interest and welfare. There Is small chance of the movement here In
Nebraska's seml-centennlal celebration I no dictation when the president calls behalf of reciprocity making any Ira-
wlll be a notable event because It com-1 imo conierence members or congress presBion upon them and if it should
memoratea a notable event nno ""ru mem as ro wnar ne oeiieves serve 10 revive tneir inrerest in tne mat
to be necessary in the way of legtsla- ter the Canadians will probably feel
Veterans of the American civil war tion. Rather Is It his Imperative duty encouraged to offer even fewer con
are respectfully requested to forget their to so advise congress, for the require- cessions ( than formerly. Meanwhile
experiences while the cables are carry- ment of the constitution that he shall American trade with the Dominion con-
lng tales of "great battles" In which 800 recommend legislation unquestionably tlnues on a very satisfactory scale, with
persons are killed. carries with It the privilege of exerting the balance very much in our favor.
executive influence for Its adnntlnn
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DelorB U1 eDU 01 lua D,onul aieui- Every oresident haa exercised this ortv. -OROABIZATIOSS" aXD "UaCHISKS,
wu"- Wl" uuw llesre and SO far aa we are awnro H haa Th annroarh nt th nrellmlnarv eon
rest in dancing pumps, or will continue never Mon been qusUoned or com- tests to the coming national campaign
to ba confined to the dissipation of plalned of. No president ever employed Is heralded hereabouta, as usual, with a
it more freely than Cleveland, who car- revival of talk about "machine" and
tied It nearer to the point of dictation "antl-machlne," the idea being cultivated
than perhaps any other since Jackson, by certain ambitious statesmen' that
It was exercised by Harrison and by these words are terms to conjure with.
McKlnley. It will continue to be used The whole question of party organlza-
by presidents who hava good reasons for tion is pretty well summed up in a nut-
thelr( recommendations to congress and I shell in an article which appeared In the
feel assured of the necessity and ex- Chicago Chronicle last week explaining
pedlency of the measures recommended. I lucidly "the difference between a "ma
The charge of usurpation directed chine" and an "organization." The
church festival lemonade.
In the light ot the pynchebaun de
cision by the supreme court a man is
In better condition to stay in America
If he escapes from an English prison
than If he comes before conviction.
Later dispatches Indicate that Con
gressman Smith's second sight was not
entirely at fault in nlckina "TTnnla Jaa'
Cannon for first place on the national aa,Dllt Prudent Roosevelt is, as Sena- Chronicle, which, by the way. la a paper
ticket. It simply made a mistake as to -iancn oeciarea, nonsense. There of Independent democratic proclivities.
the place. engniesi xounaanon ror it. 1 says
luoeo who mine n cue no specmc act When ha has Its support and favor the
Only nine theaters have been closed I r circumstance in support of the candidate speaks of it most respectfully aa
In New York because of failure to com- charge, as certainly they would do if th party organixation." When he ceases
. .v.- v..... , h frnw r.t -rv- a . to lu support he at once begins to
i, w """" cuuc,u'w designate it as "tha macb.ine"-quaUfylng
Speaks volumes either for the law-abid- flnd wsrrant for it In the pension order the epithet with such reprobative adjectives
lng qualities ot the New York theater changing the age of disability, only to he finds handy. Yet he invariably pro.
nwnera ni for tha larltv nt tha lan-a discover that there wn ilAmruTitlA r. ceeds to erect an "organization" of his
cedent for this action,
Bcotts Bluffs county Is preparing an
Interesting subject, for the republican
state convention. It has two county or-
who refuses to enter the lists under
such eminently fair conditions simply
admits openly that he cannot get the
most votes, but depends upon the barter
of delegates In convention to land him
In ft nomination.
United States District Attorney
Orlgsby of Alaska seems to have fol
lowed the lead of Benator Burton in
saying thHt he took money from a cor
poration while an officer of the United
States, but that It was as an attorney.
But his plea met at Washington the
same fate as that of Burton at St. Louis,
and he Is no longer an officer of the government.
The act of congress Increasing the pey
of rural mail delivery carriers from $fl0
to $720 a year is already operating as a
stimulus to applications tor rural mall
routes. Hitherto It has frequently been
Impossible to get any one to carry tho
mall on the rural mall routes, whereas
now the prospect Is good for fierce com
petition.
The fusionlsts who are making so
much noise about railroad assessments
Just now forgot to say anything when
the assessments were made by boards
of equalization composed of fusion state
officers. But. while that ought to estop
them, it can afford ro excuse for failure
on the pnrt of republican assessment
boards to do their full duty.
Bouquet for fongrm.
Baltimore American.
It is not exaggeration to say that the
first session of the present congress may
safely challenge comparison with Its pre-
defensors by Its enlightened conservatism
and practical services to the country.
Wliy Tell the Truth!
Wnshlnton Star.
Mr. Bryan is Justly regarded with appre
henslon by his fellow democrats. When a
man announces that he Is going to tell
the truth, it usually means that he la
tends to make himself disagreeable.
American Architecture.
Report of Moseley Commission.
Borne of the private houses of settled
and cultured peoplo in Boston, New York,
Baltimore and Washington are as good as
our best. One of the most refined and
dignified of our great homes Is the White
House. Compared with the tawdry, op
presslve glitter and real vulgarity of some
of our palaces the White House is a model
of what a home for the president of a
great people sh:u!d be.
Tribute to n "Sky Pilot."
New York Tribune.
Father Oleeson. chaplain of the battle
ship Missouri, by his conduct at the time of
the disaster In tha face of what teemed
certain death, has furnished an Illustra
tion of the kind of heroism Mr. Carnegie
designed to reward by his fund and medals
for heroes. The commander and men of
the battleshfx vie In commending tha chap
lain, who will b. gladly welcomed here
after on board any American battleship as
a "sky pilot" of the class that commands
profound respect and admiration.
Does Sugar Destroy Teeth.?
. Medical Talk.
There is a prevalent notion that if ehll
dren are allowed to eat sugar . they will
have bad teeth a a consequence. There
la no foundation whatever for such a no
tion. The negroes Of the West Indies are
excessive consumers of sweets. They eat
an enormous amount - of sugarcane. Mo
lasses and raw sugar: Yet these people
have particularly' fine teeth. Whatever
other Injuries sugar may be capable of
doing to the human rystem, it Is very cer
tain that It does not do any Injury to the
teeth, either In old or young persons.
A SR1PPISO COMMISSIVE.
One of the last things done by con-
ganlsaUona, each of which has issued a I gress before adjournment waa the au
call for a convention, and no state Issues thorizatlon of a commission to invest!- b made the instrument for furthering bad
ownf which his opponents In their turn
always term h is v "machine." It Is a mere
difference in nomenclature. The thing It
self Is the same.
Tha thing Itself, moreover. Is a necessity
of politics. In other words, the "machine"
is politics systematized. If tha "machine"
seem to be at stake.
The Daughters of the Revolution now
In session In Boston have not, appa
rently, Inherited the same deee of an-
gate and report upon a method for build
ing up the merchant marine. The com
mission consists ot five senators and
five representatives and It Is noted that
while the three senate republican mem-
policies or for advancing the candidacy of
unworthy men it Is a bad "machine." If
it be used to advance the publlo welfare
and to elect good officers It Is a good "ma-
china" But, good or bad. It Is a necessity
of politics and It will last as long aa
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crsua. ...gerencx wuica aciuaies me bers Bre advocates of subsidy and the pontic lasts.
members Of tne society Which met In two democrat! - ...... This Is only another way ot saying that
-h.k .,.-. '. organisation is necessary 10 ia.
n.u. a'"" IU OUW lnv mnvm.nt Involving numbers of men.
Perils of I. on a; Tralus.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
Richard Mansfield's protest against
women wearing long trains to the theater
Is sensible, and it Is to be hoped that it will
be recognized. The train is a very great
nuisance in entering and In leaving the
theater, and In case of any panic it puts
premium on disaster. It may also be added
that it creates dust, and as all theaters
abound In dust, anything which adds to
this evil should be abolished. Probably in
few years the long train will be regarded
as the picture hat would be today; yet It
s only a short time ago that one waa com
pelled to get occasional glimpses of the
tage from behind a hat aa large as
bicycle wheel. '
Washington last week.
I mamtuM n h. MAmn.lualn - A .L I .... .... . . . . .
w. Mmw .mu nnt ,,. I "- vviuuiiooiuu ore iiui iuua 1 to assert mat a political pany cyuiu urn
May flay bas not brought the number I ..... nrx . .. , ,. K.,r . ,, ...nhin."
tt ?7 , , n Pv n r"J nt subsidy and one of the wou,d b" M ab"urd " t0 declRre that "
that day In former years, but there are
till enough to show that the problem
of the relations .between capital and
labor la one yet to be settled.'
democrats being inclined to favor that
policy.
The Intention is that the commission
shall make a comprehensive investlga-
army could accomplish anything without
organization, discipline and leadership.
While the Chronicle evidently speaks
about democratic machines and demo
cratic organizations as they exist In
It Omaha can avoid serious strikes In
the building trades this year and next
it will witness a building boom un
equaled In the history of the city.
Amicable relations between employers
and employes are worth striving for.
itlon and as the matter Is recognized as Chicago, these remarks are not confined
vummanuing importance wis win un- ,n thelr appiication to any particular
doubtedly be done, though no great con- nart- n. tn n.rt!oiilair locality. Tb j
fldence can be felt In the result. The man who talkB about Bmashlng a ma
fact is that this question of building Lhlm .lmnr trvina to DUt another
u . n D" Den 80 machine In lta place.
ea.uauHu.re17 discussed ror more tnan a
Ona of the old estahliahpd r.nn. f 4u"r " cemury mar ll is aimcult to Kr.Sptr Allen insists that he la out
taxation la never to tax anything at a eevwbat new "ht cai b thrown upon of active polltlca and does not wish to
rate that will drive It away. That Is
till a srnod rule to follow, hut inhlut
alwara to the rule of uniformity that ,,vop of anT PIan n sug- Lver. oucht not to prevent Nebraska
forbids discrimination between taxpay- 8 t""'uuu' wno na ven at- trom claiming repreaentatlon among th
era similarly situated. lu matter is aware or the populist standard ' bearere. Nebraska
our nre roreign com- ha. mor. rjonullst oatriota to the aauare
German socialists have discovered m"rce now carried on In foreign ships, mlie than any other state in the union
that Germany's neutrality In the present tnat we are absolutely dependent upon .n,i thev cannot afford to be ranked as
war stops short of where It will injure European ahlp owners, who take from je,s willing to sacrifice themselvesv to
German trade. The fact that Russia is thu country annually In freight chargea, good 0f their party. Some -one
buying submarine boats with German " rly as can be estimated not less iureiy has the call for the Nebraska
labels on them would Indicate that tb,n $150,000,000. It Is also very gen- delegation to the Springfield convention,
Japan may do the same If It only has rr""' reamea mai mis places our but n. j, ,iow jn waking up to it
tha price. manuracturera at . a disadvantage In
I competition with those of Europe In Chicago la making a great effort to
It Is quite plain that the officers who neutral markets, since foreign shipping have stop-over privileges accorded on all
wear to the schedules or railroad prop- Interests naturally favor the exporters In railroad excursion tickets Issued to St
rty In Nebraska filed with the state their own countries. An American mer-1 touts fair visitors. It might not be a
board ot assessment are not the same chant marine would powerfully aid In bad Idea for Omaha to get a line out for
officers who make 'the returns embodied the extension of our commerce, which like concessions, at least on all rail-
in the annual reports to the stockholdx lis the most imports nt thing to be con-1 roads that enter St. Louis from the
era which serve as a guide for stock sidered if we are to continue Industrial west that have connections or branches
market quotations. I development It is apparent therefore, I Into this city. The more people who can
that the question is a moat lmnortant I be brought to view Omaha and observe
Tba name of the man commanding the on. ,nd ,Dould be considered in both a Its prosperous condition the mora people
Russian squadron at laaivostok is, ap- practical and patriotic anirir Th.r. we will have tat created In our city and
parently, more Illusive than a Russian p,,, DO reasonable objection, of the better chance of appealing te them
ictory. At we Beginning or me r Mum, ln nVftti(ition br 1 commit- 11 lacomtn or InTNton.
els name was announcea as iesen, ,lol, Dut ,iready remarked the I.
.When the first news of bis departure I Httlat reason to expect any conclusive re- Tner" ,B nothing to stop any repub
, from port waa sent out the ships were tut from ,inc there see ma to h Mean In this district who has congres-
commsnded by Vesen; the Japanese nothing new to be learned on the sub- lon1 P'rtlons from putting bis name
transport was suck by Yessen and be I tect, I en the official primary ballot for a rote
returned to bis borne port as Jeszen. i 1 lot preference of Douglas county repub-
. Such TSiiety Is confusing to Russophlles, I Republicans entitled to be specially I Means and the man who gets the highest
as tt la bard to bring off a cheer unless I registered or to take out certificates of I vote will get the support of the delega-
cartaln (or whom to shout
WHAT IS "GOOD" LIGHT MTJSICf
d.estto. Prr.al.ftT for An. war I.
School Circles.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Indiana Teachers' association has
declared against rag time muslo In the
high schools and has Induced Stat Bu
perlntendent Cotton to agree with it that
the study of good muslo Is as essential
1 the study of good literature.
A committee of the association re
ommends that nothing but muslo that
esteemed classical ehall be sung by ti..
teachers and students, and gives Haydn'
The Heavens Are Telling" ss an exam
Die. Then, ss if to show that It Is not
lnolined to be unreasonable, the commit
tee says that light muslo will not be op
posed. If It Is good.
This is the difficulty. There is any
amount of good music that Is very light
and any amount of light music that Is
very good, but there is also any amount
of very good light muslo which might be
regarded as objectionable from an educa
tional point of view, because of Its ante
cedents and associations, as there Is any
amount of bad heavy muslo which has
nothing but Its own respectability to rec
ommend It.
The Indiana Teachers' association should
be more specific. The safer way would be
to name a very good light muslo tha
shall be permissible In the high schoola
Otherwise teachers and pupils alike may
fall into error. They will not know ho
good the light music must be to be up to
the association's standard of goodness; nor
how heavy it must be to tie down to th.
association's Standard of lightneas.
One question at least that must be an
swered is. Khali Its goodness be measure
by Its popularity, or will the fact that
H Is whistled, hummed and sung on every
band, by good people and by people who
are not so good, regardless of Its anteced
ents and associations, be sufficient to ostra
cise It from the Indiana high schools?
ARMY GOSSIP IS WASHISGTOI.
altera of General Interest Gleaned
front th Army Xary Realater.
A general order is In courae of prepara
tion by the general staff of the army re
lating to the eyatem of military Instruc
tion. That snibjert has been under dis
union In the general staff for some weeks
nd the conclusion sppears to be thst the
course of Instruction at various schools
may he simplified. There Is a very well
defined notion among some of the army
authorities thst the officers of the service
are destined to get altogether too much
schooling and that at the rate military
Instruction Is being Imposed upon the com
missioned personnel there will be very lit
tle left for officers to do except study. It
seems to be something like a menace that
tt.e training of officers will become much
too theoretical and It Is understood that
the provision for the general order row
about to be Issued takes into consideration
the practical education to whlcrt the officer
must be subjected.
The new army law provides for the In-
crease of post quartermaster sergeants
from ISO to 800. The appointments will
be made about July 1, at which time there
wilt be examinations of those who have
reached tha position of sergeant and who
have had more than four years' service
in the army and who make application to
the military secretary of the army. The
quartermaster general will only recommend
the examination of such sergeants whose
letters of application and commendation
indicate experience and clerical ability of
the candidate.
An Important provision of the new army
law Is that which gives contract surgeons
of the army who are in charge of hospt
tals the same authority as Is exercised by
commissioned officers of the medical depart
ment. There has always been more or less
question Just where the authority of the
contract surgeon began and ended. When
that officer is in charge of a hospital the
scope and character of his duty are now
definitely atated.
Congress adjourned on Thursday without
senatorial confirmation of the appointment
of Colonel A. L. Mills (captain First cav-
lry). IT. 8. A., ss a brigadier general
despite the recommendation of the senate
military committee in favor of that ab
normal promotion. The result was noth
lng more than might have beenr expected
In consideration of all the proprieties
which govern the case. The opposition to
the appointment within the senate was
not personal, of course, and the fact that
there was no rejection of the nomination
shows the officer's splendid record counted
for something enough to permit the presl
dent to make a recese appointment In his
case and enable him to draw the pay of
the grade to which undobtedly he will
ultimately succeed. About tha only thing
which may be offered by the president
In defense of his recess appointment of
Colonel Mills to a brigadier generalcy Is
that It Is no worse than seven or eight
other appointments made to the same
grade, an argument which might success
fully prevail to continue Indefinitely the
demoralising practice of promoting cap
tains to the grade of brigadier general.
The following named candidates from the
army for appointment ss second lieuten
ants have passed their preliminary ex
amination and will be ordered to Fort
Leavenworth for final examination: Charles
B. Martin, private, troop F, Fifteenth cav
alry; John W. Downer, sergeant. Thir
teenth company, coast artillery; Benjamin
B. McCroskey, first sergeant, troop B, Flf
teenth cavalry; Forest E. Overholser, mas
ter electrician, U. 8. A.; John B. De Lan-
sey, sergeant, signal corps; ' George C.
Powell;-1 private, troop F. Fifteenth cav.
airy; John Potts, corporal, troop B, Third
cavalry, and Bertrand A. Ilouser, cor
poral, troop K, Third cavalry. The name
of a successful candidate wrongly printed
last week was that of H. H. Blssell, ser
geant. Forty-eighth company, coast artil
lery, of Fort Hancock, N. T.
It has been decided by the War depart
ment that service In the army aa an en
listed man need not be continuous in order
to hve 11 count to credit of a soldier
who desires to purchase his discharge,
This Is an Important .decision to many
enlisted men who have served previous
terms of enlistment which hsve not been
continuous and which are now to be con
sidered in determining he period of service.
PERSONAL NOTES.
mi.
Cream
B
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Good
Health
depends
upon
the food
you eat
Adds to the healthfulness of all
risen flour-foods, while it nukes
the food lighter, sweeter, finer
Cavorcd, more delicious.
Exercise care in purchasing
baking; powder to see that you
get Dr. Price's which makes
the food more wholesome and
at the same time more palatable.
sHuoa ssisa rewois eex
Hieaao,
Mort. Thsre are many mlatsrea, tn4 la
imitation ot baking powder, watch tb
prudent will avoid. They are lower la
eric than cream of tartar sow
a.ra, but they are made from alnm.
aad at aaagsrea t as la io4
NATIONAL EXrESDITTRES.
in
removal for Ue coming, reputlkaa pri-1 Uoa from this count. The candidate
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RAZZLE
1 1
Dave HiU is too wise a bird to hire a
hall.
It costs $5,000,000 to build a battleship
and It only costs about $6iX to destroy one
Richard Bullock Seawell, the oldest na
tive born resident ot Raleigh, N. C, died
few days ago. The pall bearers at his
funeral were six of his former slaves.
Eleven cities and towns In Maine Intend
to celebrate this summer their one hun
dred and fiftieth anniversary. Most of
them will do so In Old Horn week, August
14 to tO.
The latest American recipient of honors
from th French government Is Charles
Holman Black of New York, who has Just
been named by President Loubet an officer
of the academy.
Senator Clark of Montana Is a very sick
man and Is seeking at bom and abroad
means to check th advano of the grim
reaper. Th senator Is a millionaire on
hundred time over. H has th price. Who
has th remedy T
When tyrants are driven to th last
ditch they Invariably surrender and sav
their heads. New York's Board of Educa
tion, having been routed in th courts, has
repealed the rule dismissing teachers for
marrying. Liberty, hail and hurrah I
These are great days for heroes. A Jap
anea officer, killed In action, has been cre
ated a war god, and survivors of Russia's
riddled war ships are being hugged and
kissed by th women at home. Bom va
garies of humanity ar truly "killing."
Hugo Oorllts, who used to manage
Paderewskl, announces that he has discov
ered two Viennese girls, aged respectively
U and 14, now studying In LelpaJg, who
have not only remarkable gifts for mualo,
but ar already sufficiently progressed to
be able to appear In public
Ex-fipeaker D. B. Henderson has arranged
to return to his old home In Pubuque, la.,
from New York City. Since his resigns
tion from congress, three years ago, he
has received a large salary as attorney
for one of the big corporations of .the ast.
but he now elects to leave It.
Captain James Hall, one of the best
known old tlm American sea captains, who
figured as a hero in Richard II. Dana's
book, "Two Years Before th Mast," died
at East Bralntree, Mass., last week at ths
age of 91 years. Captain Hall waa second
mate and then first mate of th vessel on
which Dana sailed around th Horn to
California, and later commanded a big mer
chantman in the China and the East Indlaa
trad.
Tb Rsv. Dr. Edward Everett Hale,
chaplain of th United States senate.
vocate old age pensions tn Massachusetts
of (100 each. Evary on of th old man for
whom such pension are aakd, he says.
has paid Into th Stat treasury or that
ef en of Its towns his poll tax sine he
was elghta yare of ag. Asa any of
your life Insuraao frUnda. he adda, to tell
us how nsuoa two dollars paid annually
for sixty years, with compound Interest
part ef It at th laurest cat el UtO
com te in l0t
Per Capita Cost of Government
Various Coantrlea.
Philadelphia Publlo Ledger.
A statement Just issued by the federal
Department of Commerce and lJbor, giv
ing the revenues, expenditures snd popula
tion of all nations fof the latest available
year, shows that the burden of government
rests lightly on the United States. It op-
pears from this statement that the per
capita of national expenditure is less In the
United States than In any other Important
country, with the exception of China and
India, where the enormous population re
duces the per capita to a low figure. The
exhibit Includes only national expenditures.
Th per capita burden would be considera
bly Increased In the case of the United
States and certain other countries If the
expenses of state governments were In
cluded. 80 far as the cost of the central
governments Is concerned, the United
States occupies an exceedingly favorable
position. Tha per capita expenditure In
this country is only 97.97. estimated upon a
population of 80,000,000, falling next below
Canada, with a per capita of $9 SO, In a list
of sixteen nations, embracing th more Im
portant countries, excluding China and
India.
It is Interesting to note that ln New Zea
land, where state ownership of public utili
ties haa been tried on sn extensive scale,
th per ctpita is I38.S8. In Australia It Is
$37.69. Th figures for the United Kingdom
are 13.89. Franca follows with $17. M. Ger
many Is ln a muoh better position, with a
per capita expenditure of $9.45. The figures
for Russia do not vsry greatly from those
of the United States. Japan does not ap
pear In the statement. Th new Republlo
of Cuba makes an excellent showing, $13.40,
next above that of th well-governed Netherlands.
A few weeks ago th Federal Department
of Commerce and Labor presented a table
showing the per capita publlo Indebtedness
of thirty countries, In which the United
States holds an enviable position. Th pay
ment of $11 by evary inhabitant of the
country would extinguish th national debt.
Only two Countries, Bwltserland and Japan,
are more favorably situated In this respect.
A per capita contribution of only $5 would
pay th rational debt of Bwltserland and
$4.7l that of Japan. Th per capita Indebt
em ess of Australia, $278, is enormous, and
greatly In excess of thst of any other coun
try. The per csplta of Franc Is $150; of
the United Kingdom, $92. A tax of $60 would
pay the combined Cebts of th German em
pire and the German states, and Inasmuch
as the Getman national debt Is only a
fourth of the state debts, the national per
capita is comparatively small. The finances
of Mexico have been well managed. Its per
csplta la only fl3, slightly greater than that
cf the United States. Th heaviest annual
Interest charge, per capita, is that of Aus
tralia, $10.14; th lowest, that of the United
States, which la 86 cents.
THE CUXTRAL CITY.
St. IonU Ready to Receive the World's
Tonrlat Hoat.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
For the remainder of the year St. Louis
will be th most cosmopolitan place In
th world. Already there Is a sprinkling
of many strange nationalities on the
streets. Old citlstn view the pssslng
show with novel sensations. It Is well
that the city should get this preliminary
glimpse of what is to come In future days.
Divisions of th earth ar drawing closer
together. Distance la Isrgely wiped out
by the greater speed and comfort of travel.
One of the Impressive lessons of th fair
will be the presence of many sightseers
from the remotest corners of the esrth.
The hundreds of thousands of visitors will
be on of the most deeply Interesting fea
tures of the exhibition. Even now nearly
all languages ar heard on th crowded
avenues and the atreet cars and diversity of
costume proclaims th Turk, th Boer or
the Chinaman of high rank. This group
speaks Swedish, that French and th next
some Oriental tongue. A World's Fair
sounds the assembly for representative of
all inhabited regions. Even now St. Louis
is as easy a place to teach aa any metropo
lis on the map. Land on th Atlantic or
Paclno side, andhe $00,000 miles of Ameri
can railways will do th rest.
A hundred years ago St. Louis was sn
Isolated dot of a settlement, a little fur
trading village. Th changes of a century
ar a marvel. What will another such
period bring about T That question Is too
big for human powers of prophecy. New
forces of civilisation will com Into play.
Discovery and Invention will perform their
mighty part. AU .mankind will march on.
Science will go forward with lts creative
role. Business and other activities will be
more Intensive. Judge what wlU happen
In the next century from what pas come
Into being In the last, and a vista appears
that can not be comprehended in its en
tirety at the present time. The fair of un
equaled magnitude that will soon open Its
gates in this city will more closely typify
the federation of the world than anything
hitherto witnessed. Feace on earth, good
will to men th great exposition looks It.
The mingling of tongues, without any
confusion of races or halting In th build
ing of the monument. Is an example of th
world-fusing that becomes more and mor
practicable with each passing year,
St. Louis has a geographical position
that speaks for Itself. As a railroad focus
it Is second to non. It Is midway on
the greatest system of navlgabl rivers
that drain the largest and richest of val
leys. Rivers will be deepened to serve
the world's shipping. Th Isthmian canal
will be ln touch with our wharves, and
so will be the great lakes. A deeper chan
nel will stretch onward to 'th Atlantic
These vast Improvements ar - tn sight.
Others, perhaps even greater, are hidden,
for the future can be read only ln part.
On thing is certain: St. Louis Is the cen
tral city of the continent, and if the United
States Is to be the first ot nations, of which
there Is little doubt, then the destiny of th
city outlines Itself with sufficient distinct
ness. Cosmopolitanism is a timely as well
as fascinating' study tn the metropolis of
the Mississippi valley. A commingling of
th world ln St. Louis is not for a day,
but for all tim. ....
SMIMXO UXKS.
Old Gentleman WhatT Marry that young
pauper? Why, h oan't even afford to
Dyaur-But'"h3 Vorr-r 'naV' WW
coal, pa. We're going to board. Indianap
olis Journal.
Singleton How did you come to fall In
love with your wife? '
Littleton I married her tor her money,
and afterwards discovered that she pos
sessed twice as much as she claimed to
have. Puck.
"There Is somotltlng In th theory that
you can tell the character of a ptrson by
his or her voice," observed the professor.
"For Instance, when you heai the voloe of
a barker for a side show, even If you don't
hear a word he says, ;-ou know he's a
liar." Chicago Tribune.
'That pugilist has managed to make a lot
of raonty in spite of his ignorance of th
science of hitting."
"Yes," answered th merry wag; "he Is
what might be called penny wis and pound
foolish."-Washington Bur.
you, Bridget," said Mrs.
that th peas ar thor-
"I must warn
Nurltch, "to see
ouKhly mashed.'
"Mashed. Is 1J.T" remarked th new cook
in surprise.
"Yos; Mr. Nurltch la so high-strung, you
know, they make him nervous when they
roll off his knif." Philadelphia ,Pres.
If you've got to air a grouch, '
Hlr a hall. .
If you're hit, and want to "ouchf
Hlr a hall.
That's th place to say your say.
Wave your .are and loos your bray.
Those who carp can stay away.
Hlr a hall.
When you've got a klok to make,
litre a halL
Thar you're boss, and no mistake.
Hlr a hail.
If some measly soalawag
Hogs your portion of tn swaf,
That's th place to chew th rag.
Hlr a hall.
Baltimore American.
OOXGHBSS.
I Washington Star,
Mltiht of done better.
That's a tsct.
Quirk to argue
An' slow to act.
Mighty ready
At repartee;
But nearly certain
To disagree.
Slow to notice
A public hint;
Alwaya seekln'
To ahlne in print. -But
there's no occasion.
Regrets to nurse.
Might of done better
And might of dona worse.
Notwithstsndln'
The strife an 'tricks
In legislation ,
An' politics;
The country p roofers
From day to day
An' keeps a-c"ln'
The good old way. ..
Purty of ter
They make bad breaks.
But we aoon 'recover
From such mist ekes;
An' we feel. aa their records
We now rehearse.
That th.y inlgta of done bett.r
An' might ut da wors.
Ay
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VTj ft In my family for eight years. Thar is
Yjetr 41 ssr nothing equal to It for coughs and coldi,
especially for children." Mr. W. H.
Bavaisa, Shelby, AU.
One dose of this standard cough medicine at
bedtime prevents night coughs of children.
They escape the croup. Run no risk from
bronchitis. A doctor's medicine for all
affections of the throat, bronchial tubes, and
lungs. Ask your own doctor about it. .
S.. se... St ee. all araesteta.
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