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Notary Public.
The scavenger law has moved more
"dead ones" than all the undertakers
In Omaha during tho Inst week.
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Omaha bank clearings for the week
are oa the right Side of the ledger and
compare favorably with those of cities
of much greater pretensions.
The county treasurer does not have to
collect taxes with a van this year. The
scavenger law is doing tho business of
bringing delinquents up to the treasury
counter.
Great Britain is said to fear that Japa
nese success will disturb the balance of
power1 in Asia In other words, someone
other than Great Britain will hold the
balance.
Out of twenty-six female delegates to
the Methodist conference Nebraska has
three, which shows that the women's
forward movement is not so slow In the
Antelopo state.
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CoaJ miners' combinations will not be
popular" in Kansas since It has been'de
elded' by the supreme court that com
biners may be sent to Jail for failure to
testify In court.- '
When it comes to a one-man machine,
the great bridge promoter who resolves
hi 111 sol f into the republican congres
sional committee for this district is in
the prlzesvlnnlng class.
The failure of the committee of the
National Civic Federation to secure a
president to succeed Senator Hanna ia
one of the things which goes to prove
what the country has lost in his death.
Experts say the Russian nature is too
slow to compete with the Japanese in
war, but the dispatches indicate that,
though slow, the. Russian temperament
Is steady even though tried by reverses.
Koitfopatkln evidently believes in the
adage, Vile who fights and runs away
will live to tight another day." It is
pleasanter to be Kouropatkln on the run
than Makaroff at the bottom of the sea.
In making earlier estimates on the
condition of the potton crop the govern
ment may carry the prospective "cor
ners" into months when factories are
not clamoring for the spot article a con
summation devoutly to be wished.
So long as. Los Angeles hotel men re
fuse to let negro delegatos sit with
their White 'brethren at meals it is
( hardly probable that the color line will
be entirely wiped out at the present
conference of tho Methodist church.
It will be noted that the political end
of the Civic Federation of purifiers Is
ia the bands of two eminent Uawyers
one a virulent democrat and the other
. a spoils populist. No chance to make
capital against the republican party will
' b overlooked.
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In notifying the public that the fruit
displayed at the World's fair has been
treated with poison to preserve It ex
hibitors are taking the Bafe side, even
though the Agricultural department has
not announced its decision regarding the
poisonous qualities of any Of the recog
nixed fruit preservatives.
The appointment of Harry Lindsay
to the clerkship of the supreme court
la charged up by the Omaha World
Herald to the railroads. What about
the appointment of Lee Herdman T Did
the railroads have any hand in that or
was it the spontaneous recognition of
vpedal fltnusa for the position?
', The real complaint harbored by the
Mercer-Blackburn bunch against the
primaries called by the republican
county committee is not that it is a
"cinch" for the machine, but that it is
not quite the "eluch" for the "antls" as
it would have been had Blackburn put
it up through his congressional com
mitt
PARKER BOVM LAVQISQ.
There is not so much activity to the
1'arker boom at present as there was
Just after the Indorsement of the New
York Jurist by the convention of bis
state and there are some Indications of
a reaction, though this may prove to be
less serious than now appears inissibh1
The fact that David B. Hill continues to
be recognized as the principal champion
of Parker Is undoubtedly operating to
the latter's detriment with a very large
element of the democracy, for as a New
York paper remarks tho blight of Hilllsin
Is a deadly one, It being Impossible for
any party or political movement to gain
enthusiasm or confidence under the
leadership of a man whom nobody
trusts. Some of the supporters of Judge
Parker are endeavoring to relieve him
of the Hill incubus, but it Is not possible
to get away from the fact that he owes
his present prominence to the most un
scrupulous and untrustworthy politician
In the Empire state a politician whom
the great majority of democrats in that
commonwealth and throughout the coun
try regard ns wholly unworthy of confi
dence and would regret to see in a posi
tion of influence fu the government, as
he probably would be in the event of
Judge Parker's election to the presi
dency. The democratic leader in Pennsyl
vania, who controls the sixty-eight dele
gates from that state, Is said to be some
what doubtful about Tarker receiving
tho nomination, though conceding that
at present he has the best chance. While
not openly antagonizing the New York
man, the Pennsylvania leader Is tx'lieved
to prefer another and Is said to be of
the opinion that the situation Is likely to
assume ony one of several turns be
tween now and the time of holding the
national convention In July. lie Is said
to be of tho opiuion that the Parker
boom Is not likely to gain much head
way from now on. Meanwhile the rad
ical wing of tho democracy, with Mr.
Bryan still in acknowledged leadership.
Is making Itself heard In opposition to
Parker and there is every probability
that this opposition wfll grow more pro
nounced as the time for the meeting of
the national convention t pproaches. The
Hearst movement, if no longer regarded
by the so-called conservatives as dunger-
ous, is still active and is not at all likely
to be abandoned. There is still an abund
ance of money and of energy behind it
and it is certain, from all present ap
pearances, to cut no insignificant figure
at St. Louis.
There has been ah outgiving, regarding
tho views of Judge Tarker, credited to
an intimate friend of the Jurist, but
democrats generally are not disposed to
accept statements of this character. They
want something that has the unques
tionable authority of Parker himself nnd
ora inclined to think that a man who
aspires to the highest office in the gift
of the American people should not hesi
tate, because he occupies a state judicial
position, to let the people know what he
thinks in regard to national questions.
There is no doubt that at this time
Judge Parker is foremost in the race for
the democratic presidential nomination,
but it is nearly two months before the
democratic national convention will meet
and the situation may change before
that time arrives.
REVIVAL VF INDUSTRIAL ACTIV11Y.
The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press notes that the local
plethora of cash continues and remarks
that the bankers of that city may find it
worth while this spring to utilize a con
siderable purt of the cash in Europe,
where fairly good rates for money can
now be obtained. He points out that in
addition to the great flow of money to
New York from all parts of the country
there is maintained also a phenomenal
increase in the circulation of the entire
country, most of which comes from the
output of the gold mines of the west and
of Alaska, which apparently will be
continued through the summer. Tho
national treasury now has a large fund
of gold in addition to the reserve and
if the present rate of increase be main
tained this fund will be very materially
augmented by the close of the calendar
year.
Predicated upon this condition and the
certainty of an Increase in the supply
of money is the natural assumption that
there must soon be on Improved invest
ment movement and a revival of Indns
trlul activity. It is obvious that this
accumulation of money will not be al
lowed to long remain Idle and unpro
ductive, that it will find opportunities
for investment that promise a reason
able return, and such investment is more
likely to be made in substantial indus
trial and business enterprises than in
speculative ventures. Doubtless tha
only thing that may operate to causa
capital to hesitate about investments is
the uncertainty in regard to the out
come of the presidential election. It
is easy to understand that the possibility
of a change in the political character of
the national administration and of the
houre of representatives might lead men
of capital to take the prudent course and
keep their money out of investments
that might be threatened by such
change, but there is really little reason
to apprehend such ah exigency. Noth
ing seems more Improbable than the
election of a democrat to the presidency
this year and even should this happen
and tho next house of representatives bo
democratic, the financial, industrial and
business Interests of the couutry will
have the protection of a republican
senate, which will continue under the
control of the party now iu power for
at least three years more.
A full revival of Industrial prosperity
Is very much to lie desired and there
seems to be no sound reason why it
should not bo realized. There is an
abundant supply of capital In the coun
try and certainly the opportunities for
its safe and ptltable investment have
not been exhaust-d.
The nia'n who travels the straight
road never gets lost If the republican
congressional commlttc of thjj district
had performed its duty in tssnvng the
call for a congressional convention to
nominate delegates to the national coip
vent Ion in proper time and without arro
gnting to Itself the power to supervise
the republican primary In ltouglas
county there would have been no fac
tional controversy in Douglas county
this spring and no occasion for Black
burn manifestoes and open letters.
SMASHIXa THK AMCl.Tg AO A IX.
Now that we are In front of another
political campaign the periodic crusade
against the machine Is about to bo re
peated with variations that would be
serious if they were not comical.
Smashing the machine has become a
monomania here with politicians who
have a grievance at least twice every
year. The community is congratulated
upon the fact that the machine has been
smashed into smithereens and sent to
the scrap pile. The amusing part of
these periodic smashups is that the new
machine usually Is much more dicta
torial and tjraunlcal than the bid ma
chine.
Two years ago, for example, the ma
chine was smashed and the smashers at
once fabricated a new machine that con
summated tho very thing the old ma
chine was charged with but had never
attempted. It was charged in the cam
paign of two years ago that the rights
of the minority were trampled under
foot by the old machine, but the new
machine was not content with brutally
sitting down on tho minority It literally
stamped on it with both feet. Instead
of allowing each city ward and country
precinct to name its own members of
the committee, tho bell-wethers of tht
new machine prepared the entire list of
the county committee and railroaded it
through without giving the minority a
single member in the governing body.
Not only that, but South Omaha was
entirely disfranchised and the couutry
precincts were reduced to a mere nomi
nal representation in the convention and
iu the committee. This was machine
smashing with a vengeance.
On the heels of this high-handed pro
ceeding came the test oath law, put
through tho legislature by the machine
smashers, who hoped to disfranchise
their opponents by subjecting them to
an unrepubllcan inquisition. When it
came to apply this Ironclad test oath the
machine smashers would not take their
own medicine. To their own surprise
they were magnanimously allowed to
vote without challenge, although they
had notoriously bolted the ticket at the
preceding election.
With the whirligig of time the new
machine passed out of the hands of the
smashers back into the hands of the ele
ment that represents a very decisive
majority of the republican rank and file.
Now the. machine smashers, who still
control the congressional district ma
chine, are again up in arms agafnst "the
machine,"' and if they can have their
way at the coming primary they will
remodel and reconstruct the machine so
that it will catch 'em coming and catch
'era going.
Comparisons are sometimes odious.
This applies with equal force to ex
positions as it does to men and things.
A comparison between the Chicago and
St Louis World's fairs has Just been
instituted by a Chicago connoisseur,
who propounds these reminiscent ques
tions: Are there no cattle cars in Bt. Louis no
cattle cars to whirl the multitudes forward
and backward between the Levee and For
est park? Are there no ten-story hotels
constructed of air and furnished with great
expectations along the route of the cattle
curs? Is there no Spectatorlum, In which
the eminent financiers of St. Louis may In
vest their surplus?
Where, If anywhere, are tho skeleton and
veneered palacts for the reception of guests
that will finally be transformed Into flats
for resident tenants? Is the Sklnker road
anything like our Stony Island avenue?
And, if so, where are the deadfalls for the
people who think there la more fun to be
had on the outside than on the Inside of
the fence?
Where is the turnstile that won't turn,
the dumb Columbia guard, the restaurant
that Is content with simply all you have,
tho pleasant place on the Midway that Is
only content with all you have and all
you can borrow? And, above and beyond
all, where Is the Board of Lady Managers,
whose disagreements, like the band con
certs In the Court of Honor, occurred at
stated hours every morning, afternoon and
evening?
The Nebraska Telephone company has
given a pointer to the State Board of
Railroad Assessment, which seems to
be wrestling with the question, how to
ascertain the value of a franchise. The
manager of the telephone company in a
letter which accompanies the schedule
to the assessor of Lancaster county
makes this declaration: "Were it not
for the franchise right a good deal of
the property of the Nebraska Telephone
company would bo worth no more than
the cost of moving It away" that is, the
cost of poles, wires, instruments and
furniture. Tills la also literally true of
the railroads. Were it not for the
franchise by which the state delegates
to these public carriers the right to tax
the products of the country tributary
to these highways their tangible prop
erty would be worth no more than the
land covered by the right-of-way, the
rolling stock and two streaks of rust.
The republicans of South Omaha are
admonished to vote the scalpers' anti
cinch ticket South Omaha republicans
have bad a taste of anti-clnch and it
was very bitter medicine. They have
not yet forgotten the anti-clnch conven
tion of two years ago, which not only
disfranchised South Omaha by refusing
to allow that city any representation on
the legislative ticket, but also barred
regularly elected and legitimate repre
sentatives of South Omaha from the
county committee eo as to make the
cluch complete.
And 110 w we are told by the chairman
of the republican congressional com
mittee that no republican nomination
for congress is to be made In this dis
trict until fall. It goes without saying
that Um democratic caadidate -will be
actively in the field all summer and
that If he has the field to himself he
will make considerable hay. But per
haps that is Just what the eminent re
publican who by himself constitutes the
congressional committee wants.
The report of Admiral Togo shows
what It costs to blockade a harbor with
sunken ships. Few of the btockaders
returned and it is more than possible
that the entire Russian Beet In Port
Arthur could have been sunk iu battle
with a smaller disunity list.
Speak Ont, Gentlemen.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Borne of the vice presidential possibilities
are Insufferably silent. If they would only
Joke about the office a little the situation
would be relieved. It is certain that the
man who shows no emotion of any sort la
anxious to get the office.
The Man Behind the nn.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The mayor of Council Bluffs has started
out with a revolver to stop the gambling
In that town and Is reported to be meeting
with suecets. It Is apparent that there
are occasions, after all, when a man with
a gun may do good work.
"Scraps" Aronnd the Globe.
Baltimore American.
The Dutch are fighting in Java, the Rus
sians and Japanese in Manchuria, the
Turks In Macedonia, the Germans In south
west Africa, tho British In Somallland,
and the United States boasts a civil war
in Colorado, with a national political cam
paign coming on. Who says the world Is
at peace?
Good Coin for Panama.
Philadelphia Tress.
The Republic of Panama Is talking about
adopting American coinage, and It could
not do a wiser thing. The money In cir
culation there when work begins on the
canal will be American money. The small
population of the isthmus could not be
benefited more than by making such coins
their legal tender for all purposes.
Sabbath Observance at the Fair.
Springfield Republican.
It Is not a particularly elevated quality
of strict Sunday observance exhibited at
St. Louts Sunday, when thousands of ordi
nary folks were religiously shut out of the
exposition which most of them could not
visit on week days, while a largo company
of public officials and their friends were
entertained within the grounds and even
allowed to "do" the side shows of "the
pike." If the saying of Jesus were to bo
adapted to this case It would read that
the Sabbath was made for man In certain
self-selected cases; and that man was made
for the Sabbath In the case of common
people.
RAILROAD ASSESSMENT.
Custer County Republican: It Is now up
to the state board to fix the valuation of
railroad property for taxation at the same
ratio that the personal property of indi
viduals is assessed. Have they the courage
to do It?
Long Pine Journal: "Do you think,"
writes a subscriber, "that the republicans
will carry the state this fall on the state
ticket?" We don't know ask the State
Board of Equalization. They hold the
answer In their hands.
Ashland Gazette:. It seems to us mighty
strange that when experts In railway rates,
taxation, etc, give us the light of their
knowledge on these abstruse questions, it
appears that the railways are only worth
$30,000 a mile in their rate-earning capacity,
but $100,000 or more a mile as Tevenue pro
ducers for the stae! , . .
Blair Couriers Railroad property In Ne
braska should bo aasersied for taxation on
the same basis as other property no more
no less. The property of Individuals and
corporations Is being listed at full selling
value and the railroads should be ap
praised with the same object of getting
the valuation at which they would sell
or. a nominal market.
Beatrice Express: In the opinion of the
Lincoln Cvening News, C. M. Rlgg should
not be appointed assistant secretary of the
State Board of Assessment It charges Mr.
Rlgg with being a corporation lobbyist
There are numerous people In Gage county
of the same opinion. When the state board
starts out to tax the railroads It doesn't
look right to put as good a railroad man
as Colonel Rlgg In the position of assist
ant secretary.
Sutton News: All eyes are now turned
to the state board that Axes the valuation
of railroads for taxation purposes. It de
pends upon them whether the present rev
enue law Is a success or a failure. If they
make the railroads and the telegraph com
panies pay their Just share of the taxes
as the farmers now have to do, then the
law will in the main give satisfaction,
otherwise it will not and the republican
legislative ticket will suffer this fall at
the polls.
Beatrice Express: This Is tho time
when the railroad attorneys pack their
grips and Journey to Lincoln In order to
Inform the state board Just how the rail
roads of the state should be taxed. It is
hardly to be expected that their labors
will be for the purpose of Increasing the
amount of the assessment, and the offi
cials who sit In Judgment on the matter,
knowing as they do the extent to which
the railroads are In politics In Nebraska,
and the powerful influences they wield,
are not Just now the most happy people
In the state.
PEHSOAAL. aO'l-GS.
It has been confirmed that Jameo Loeb
of New Tork will endow a conservatory of
muslo In that city to the extent of 1600,000.
Joseph Bat tell of Mlddlebury, Vt., has
bought Ellen mountain, which rises 4,000
feet above the town of Warren, Vt, and
proposes to convert It Into a park for the
benefit of the citizens of the Green Moun
tain state.
With output of' pies cut down In tho
Greater Boston from nearly 1,000,000 to a
bare 10,000 dally, Bostonese may be par
doned N for looking forward to Saturday
night and asking with some solicitude:
"How about the beans and brownbread?"
Joseph Pulltser, in his article in the
North American Review on "The College
of Journalism," makes this pathetic allu
sion to his blindness: "If my comment on
these criticisms shall seem to be diffuse,
and perhaps repetitions, my apology is that
alas! I am compelled to write by voice,
not by pen, and to revise the proofs by.
ear, nut by eye a somewhat difficult task."
According to the precedent set by Prince
Henry, the Rochanibeuus and other notable
guests to this country, Prince Lu Lun,
the most recent Chinese visitor, left hand
some souvenirs of himself with Mrs.
Roosevelt, Mrs. Hay and Mrs. Foster, all
of whom entertained him while in Wash
ington recently.
The Board of Lady Managers of the St.
Louis fair has decided that when it comes
to auditing accounts the services of a man
must be called In. Some members of the
board resented this Inferential acknowl
edgment of male superiority, but Mrs.
Daniel Manning, who leads the organiza
tion named, was inexorable and Insisted
that only a man has a head for figures.
On account of the high prices ot every
thing In St. Ixmls the women of the board
have voted themselves !0 a day for per
sonal expea. Instead of tUe I allowed
at first. -
GOSSIP ABOI'T THE WAR.
Mdellcbts on Men and Places Cos
plraons la the Oriental Row.
Army officers In 'Washington are watch
Ing with unflagging Interest the progress of
events at the seat of war In Manchuria. A
dispatch to the New York Tribune gives as
the prevailing Impression among military
experts that the course of events wilt from
now on depend upon the facilities for trans
portation on both sides. In this respect ths
Japanese appear to have the present advan
tage. They have acquired what may be de
scribed generally as a control of the sea,
and there Is no knowing to Just what extent
they have improved this condition by the
water transportation of troops and muni
tions of war, or In what direction those in
struments of battle have been taken. On
the other band, the Russians are believed
to be hampered not only by the conges
tion of their railroad to the scene of war
but by the situation on Lake Baikal, where
the Ice Is now said to be three feet thick.
and where It lias been Judged necessary to
remove the rails on the Ice which have
done such good service since February 2a
There will be resort to the Ice breakers,
one of which has a capacity of 3,000 men
and the other of 1,200 men. Troops carried
on these boats will at times be obliged to
disembark some distance from shore and
resume the Journey on sleds. This means
great loss of valuable time, not only In the
movement of the men, but In the transfer
of guns, ammunition and provisions. No
one knows what the Russians have so far
accomplished in the way of mobilisation of
troops since the war began, but It Is im
agined that they could hardly have a
greater force than 400,000 In Manchuria, and
If they have supported themselves to that
extent they are considered to have prepared
thcmHclvts for almost any form of attack
the Japanese may direct against them.
Some information has also reached Wash
ington of the Russian system of subsist
ence In Manchuria. It Is a copy of the
Oerman plan of establishing flour mills and
large depots of cereals, biscuits, etc., which
may be drawn upon dally, and as constantly
replenished, so as to keep the foodstuffs
always fresh. In addition, grain, preserved
meats and vegetables, or the "Iron" rations,
are also stored. Each case of metal, which
Is soldered and closed with an India rubber
band, contains one ration. The "iron" ra
tion is plunged In boiling water when full
and finished to see if any air bubbles es
cape In which case the ration Is rejected.
The compressed vegetable rations are made
up in tablets weighing 6.6 pounds avoirdu
pois.
American military attaches with the Rus
sians have been instructed to observe
closely the commissary arrangements and
other features which are new to warfare.
Among the latter is the new field gun, of
calibre 7.62 centimetres, with a rapidity ot
fire of from fifteen to twenty rounds a min
ute. Its only projectile is the shrapnel, and
tho fuse is of aluminum. Another device to
which the attention of the American offi
cers will be directed Is an apparatus con
structed by the Russian Lieutenant Pol
yonskl fcr crossing streams. This con- j
slsts of a hollow cylinder of welded alumi
num with oval transverse section. On the
march some of tho soldiers clothing may
be carried In the cylinder. A greater or
less number of the cylinders tied together
with tent ropes can be assembled into a
raft. It is estimated that four cylinders
will carry one man, a raft being steered by
the men on It with their intrenching spades.
It Is claimed for the invention that the
cylinder can bo used as a solid rest in
firing; on marches it protects the clothing
from dust and rain, and It may be used as
a water bucket Still another subject likely
to engage the notice of the attaehej Is the
plan of Introducing barley coffee as a
breakfast drink. In the preparation of
which beverage the battalion tea-cooking
utensil will be used. A package of IOC
grains of barley coffee suffices far 100 men.
It Is claimed for the drink that It Is very
nourishing.
"Just as we have had to retreat before
the Russian advance," said a representa
tive of one of the largest American estab
lishments In the Orient, quoted in the Book
lovers' Magazine, "so our branch offices are
slowly but surely being forced out by tha
Japanese, aided, we foar, by favoritism in
high places. As is known by all shippers,
we have to depend largely on Japanese
vessels, both In Importing from America
and In consigning cargoes home, as there
are comparatively few American ships in
commission on the Pacific. We have in
Japan some Japanese firms competing with
us. We are convinced, although we cannot
prove it, that these establishments obtain
rebates from the Japanese lines for all
goods shipped both ways. Inasmuch as we
make our money in commissions, we can
not successfully compete with firms enjoying
preferential rates with steamship lines. Of
course we have no way of proving this, nor
could we remedy the situation if we could
find out the facts. It Is true, however, that
we have had to abandon some lines of
trade. Nearly every American and other
foreign shipper will tell you that the busi
ness methods of the people of this empire
give abundant evidence that the whole
scheme of operations is on the principle,
'Japan for the Japanese.' The only secret
of our ability to remain in business at all
In Japanese ports is that these people have
not yet, for the most part, learned the
valn j of integrity as a business asset. With
a few notable exceptions, Japanese houses
cannot do a direct business with American
firms. The average Japenese merchant con
siders it reputable cunning to give short
weight or scant measure. The first one or
twJ orders will be faithfully filled, and
when the confiding customer gives a big
list of commodities desired, he Is incon
tinently victimized. Such practices, as any
shipper will tell you, have given to the
Japanese a questionable commercial repu
tation in all the markets of the world."
"The Moltke of Japan," as he Is called by
Harper's Weekly "a man whose name is
rarely beard, whose face is never seen, and
whose web la spinning on all sides of the
Russian forces, as was that of the illus
trious Danish strategist when he locked
Napoleon. In Sedan;" such Is General Fuku
shima. Mr. Bigelow met Fukushlma t.hlle
the latter was military attache at the Ger
man court, a few years before the Chinese
Japanese war; and he tells several anec
dotes Illustrating the shrewdness of the
Japanese officer, who, while purposely pass
ing himself off as of feeble mental capacity,
was keenly observant of western military
methods and principles, which he was sup
posed to be Incapable of understanding.
Although, says Mr. Bigelow, he spoke seven
languages, he never allowed any one to
suspect that he knew anything but a few
scraps of German.
"Outen morgen," would be the greeting
of the German general.
Fukushlma would bow politely In ac
knowledgment. The general: "Tell me, my dear Fuku
shlma, how long would It take you In Japan
to mobilise an army corps and land It ia
Corea?"
Fukushlma: "Thank you, herr general,
my health Is very good!"
Russia also despised his Intellect, for he
was permitted to ride unmolested across
Siberia, from Moscow to the Mancburtan
coast, counting telegraph poles and taking
note of the position of bridges, wells, farms
and everything that would prove Interest
ing to Japanese visitors who come after
him.
The occasional Japanese in evidence In
New Tork affords now and then an Inter
esting opportunity for observation. On a
Brooklyn elevated train an IrUb Liborcr
Fifty Years
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Improvos tho flavor and adds to
iho boalthfulnosrs of tho food.
PRICE BAKINQ POWDER CO- CHICAGO.
in overalls was, by the luck of the 8 o'clock
rush, thrust Into a seat next to a com
placent little subject of the mikado. The
Japaheee was busy reading the war news
in a paper with conspicuous head lines.
This the Irishman vlev-ed with approval.
Finally he leaned over to his neighbor and
said in tones which attracted the atten
tlon of the other passengers: " 'TIs a flue
scrap that it Is. An' no matter who wins
It's been odds against the yellow mln from
tha first Shake hands, and here's luck to
the bantam weights."
At a theater a few evenings ago a Rus
sian and a Japanese found themselves in
contiguous orchestra choirs. "I'll say
something to him," remarked the Russian
to a friend after the first act Then lie
addressed the Japanese.
'I see you are from Japan." he said. "I
am a Russian."
The l.'ttle man stared back gravely.
"Three battleships in one day," he re
plied quietly.
It did not seem to be gloating: it was
more as it the Japanese were merely think
ing aloud. But the Russian was glad when
the curtain went up again. .
MR. KNOX'S REPLY.
Dcmoeratlo Leaders Tackle Wrong
Man on the Anti-Trust Issue.
Kansas City Btar ,'lnd.)
Tbe democratlo leaders will accomplish
little by attacking the administration on
Its anti-trust record. That record is by
tar the best that has yet been made. It
contrasts moBt favorably with that of the
democratlo party itself. President Roose
velt and Attorney General Knox have dem
onstrated that there Is much virtue in the
Sherman law, .which was regarded largely
as a dead letter before these men put It
Into effect and they have brought about
new legislation, greatly strengthening the
government in dealing with trusts.
Replying to Mr. Williams the minority
leader, Attorney General Knox has In
formed the house that no criminal prose
cutions have been ordered against the men
Involved In the Northern BecuriUes com
pany decision, for the reason that it is not
deemed compatible with public Interest to
proceed under this head at this time. It
would have been . more satisfactory if
further explanations had been made, but
the country will not hesitate to accept a
general statement from a publlo official
who has so far surpassed his predecessors
In the prosecution of unlawful combina
tions. The anti-trust laws should, of course,
carry criminal clauses, and Imprisonment
should be provided for extreme and per
verse offenders. The country has little
sympathy with those compromisers who
would cut out the Imprisonment penalty,
for tha reason that the trusts can easily
afford to pay pretty generous fines, If by
so doing they can for a considerable time
enjoy tbe benefits of monopoly. On the
other hand the great majority might not be
disposed to favor Immediate' criminal
action. What it .wants Is a demonstra
tion of federal power to control trusts and
regulate Interstate trade. But as a last
resort, no man, no matter what his position
or his Importance to the business world,
should be spared from criminal prosecu
tion, if he persists In defying tho law or In
striving by adroit methods to evade It
In the matter of the Anthracite Coal
trust, Mr. Knox has given a thoroughly
satisfactory answer, one that helps the re
publican cause. It shows that the Depart
ment of Justice has proceeded as rapidly
as possibly under tbe law's inevitable de
lays. Woman Defeadtnar Women.
Baltimore American.
It Is encouraging occasionally to find a
woman defending women. As a rule, how
ever, the sex finds mors champions among
Its own ranks than do the Individual cases
that arise. For Instance, It Is nothing un
common to find a woman who will warmly
champion womankind, and yet Judge her
fellow women more harshly In particular
Instances than men are Inclined to Judge
her. Man's Inhumanity to man makes a
whole lot of people mourn, according to
the poet hut woman's bitterness toward
women la not to be lightly passed over.
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UNMANLY PREJUDICE.
That Which Exists Against Wage
Earning by Married Women.
Harper's Weekly.
The American prejudice against wage
earning by married women appears in tha
effort occasionally made to make the em
ployment of teachers in the publlo schools
terminate with marriage. But thousands
of American married women do earn wages,
thousands more would gladly do so If they
could and other thousands would be happier
and better off If they did. The prejudlco
against It seems disadvantageous. Ameri
can men, as a rule, prefer to support their
wives If they can. If an American marriel
woman works for pay it la either because
it gives her pleasure or because her hus
band's Income Is Insufficient She does not
do it as a matter of course. How long slio
can keep It up depends upon what tho
work is and upon other circumstances. If
she has children, that of course Interferes
with her wago-earn'ig if It does not stop
It altogether, and general acceptance of a
custom which would restrict or discourage
child-bearing Is . not to the publlo ad
vantage. Marriage tends, and should tend,
to Withdraw women from wage-earning,
but It need not stop It per ae and abruptly.
To make marriage a bar to future wage
earning by a woman operafes In restriction
of marriage and that la at least as much
against publlo policy as restriction of child
bearing. It will always depend on circum
stances whether a young wage-earning
woman who martlcs had better go on with
her work, but Dr. Patten seems to be
right In holding that it Is often best that
she should do so and that It Is often better
that she should marry and still earn wages
than not marry. - Prejudloo should, not de
termine conduct in these matters. There
should be a freer choice.
JUST FOR Kl'Jt.
"When a man once gits behind hand in
his work," said Uncle Kben, "he's lt'ble to
spend so much time thlnkin' up apologies
dat he won' never catch up." Washington
Star.
"You're rather a young man to be left
In charge of a drug store," said the fussy
customer. "Have you any diploma?"
"Why-er; no, sir' replied the drug clerk,
"but 1 liavo something Just aa good."
Philadelphia Press.
Patience What was tho trouble over at
your house yesterday?
Patrice Oh, 1 had some of the school
girls there, and we were trying a claas
song.
"Oh, you . were singing? I thought you
were giving your class yell!" i'onkers
Statesman.
"Who was that stunning blond you
spoke to?"
"That's my recording angel."
"Come again?"
"My typewriter." Town Topics.
"I see that the Japanese women have
been cutting off their hair and selling It
to rnlBo money for thoir government."
"Have they? Well, I notice that tho
Japanese men have been, successfully trim
ming the HuuBlan whiskers." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Harry Here ia the newest conundrum:
When is two an odd and lucky number?
Calla .Ynii Irnflv I nuimr nun n .
conundrums.
Harry Whm two are made one.
Ce!laOh, Harry! This Is so sudlen!
Town Topics.
"William Jennln'a Bryan" slowly anld
the Old CodKor. In the inl.lat of th Hit
and Akuo club. W illiam Jeuuln's Bryan"
"Well, whut about him?" asked HI Spry.
vn, 1 was jusi sortor wonuenn , re
plied the veteran, "when he was gain to
begin suin' the democratlo party for non
support." Puck.
The various branches of the Smith fam
ily hod met for their annual reunion.
When summoned to dinner in tha v,Lf
amphitheater It was found there were not
placHs enough to accommodate the whole
crowd.
'Iadles and gentlemen." said the nmtr
of ceremonies, much cinbarraa.id, "I shall
nave 10 ukk inu eiuyins ana esmythes 10
wait for the second table!" Chicago Tri
bune. YALt',
"Great the C'xnr," but greater still
The power of Almighty will.
On Yalu's banks, was It by chinos,
Omnipotence gave frownli:g glanoe
To minions of the Kusolan Hear,
And drove the beast from out Its lair?
By thorny paths, 'mldnt flary brnata,
P.eneath th rross of leaden death,
Through foaming flood, o'er rocky hill,
Brave little Brown Men work God's wllL
Omaha. FHfcD T. KUDIOEK
