THE OtfAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1904,
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Poker and politics form-an alliterative
combination but they do not always mix
well.
Japan la tald to be looking for a new
religion and Doctor Dowle la In Switz
erland. L 1
China ahould . not dispair. The bri
gands of today may be the patriots of
tomorrow.
Mr. Bryan will present his own case
at 8t Louis having seen the futility of
hired attorneys in Connecticut
The Colorado woman indicted for Il
legal voting may now admit that there
are two sldea to the equal suffrage ques
tion, j
4f Morocco 1b sincere In its desire to
have the warships withdrawn it might
produce Ferdlcarls ' as an evidence of
good faith.
ThV: assessment of railroad property
In N4bsks, la due this, wop k Popular
spprcftrj) or disapproval lP Tie due lm
medl4tfly after. ..
Thonedlum" which has "been eritor
talitf rVj'the czar would injikej a' bit with
the world by materializing he" spirit of
toleration in Russia. i j '.
Having smashed the republican ma
chine over in Illinois, the victors will
proceed to build a now machine of their
own bigger, if not better, than the old
one. V ; " ' ' ,:. '
The platform prepared for the demo
cratic legislative nominees to run on in
Douglas county is more significant for
what it does not promise than for what
It does promise. ,
The ghost of the Bartley bond case is
Still walking in the supreme court. An
other proposition from the bondsmen to
compromise for the costs may be ex
pected before the year is up.
Taxpaylng citizens of Nebraska are
not so particular by What method of
computation the state board reaches the
value of the railroads, provided only
they finally arrive at the correct figures.
If our old friend the Big Muddy should
.disport himself with a Tune rise this
year, we might put it down that he was
out for a high old time In celebration of
our Nebraska semi-centennial anniver
sary. According to Btate Auditor Weston tbo
stats debt has been- reduced within the
past year from 12.205,177.21 to $1,082,
437.43, which still leavea the state debt
f 1.8&2.457.45 4n excess of the constitu
tional limit 1
Now that the father of the compulsory
water worka purchase bill has become a
member of the Water Works board he
will doubtless be able to disprove the
charge that his bill la as full of boles
as a skimmer.
John L Webster wants it distinctly
Understood that he is still willing to ta"ko
the vice presidential place on the repub
lican national ticket and baa not been
scared off the track by any of the more
recent entries In the race. 4
Edgar Howard admits in pretended
alarm that "not all the railroad tools
are within the republican ranks" and
that It w'euld not take & microscope to
discover some who "have crept into
tha democratic fold." lie might have
added that none of them feel lonesome
there either.
In the annuul allotment of army ap
proprlatlona Fort Crook cornea in for
114.000 and Fort Des Moines for 1251.
OOOt The striking discrepancy repre
sents the hypnotic influence ot Con
gresiumn Hull, chairman of, the bouse
military committee. Why Uncle Sam
should have plauted nearly a million
dollars in a : fort at lcs Moines the
board of strategy at Washington alone
iaay bo able W exvlau"
SttCAAO tlliwSTAl, TttADt.
How much of the trade of China this
country will be able to secure In the
future may depend to a very consider
able extent upon the nature of our treat
ment of the Clrlnese, who are at pres
ent very much dissatisfied with tUe way
In which we discriminate against them.
The most recent expression of this lins
come from the representative; of the
Chinese government to the Loulnlana
Purchase exposition, who was enter
tained a fewkdays ago by the American
Asiatic association of New York.
In the course of his remarks Prince
Pu Lun predicted that In the near fut
ure there would come an expansion of
foreign trade with China, due to the
construction of railways and swift in
terior transportation, which will aggre
gate annually $ lOO.ono.Oix) or $500,ooo,
OOO and may be Increased to an almost
Inconceivable aggregate. He referred to
the friendly relations between the two
countries and China's high appreciation
of what the United States had done to
preserve the integrity of the empire,
but he pointed out that our policy of
discrimination against his countrymen
must have ultimate effects, so far as
trade is concerned, unfavorable to this
country. Excluding coolies, he said, is
not a matter of much concern to China.,
What the government of that nation
objects to is the application of the law
to educated Chinese who come here to
Investigate and Inform themselves re
garding conditions In this country.
The result Is that the educated Chi
nese and especially the young men who
are seeking to be well Informed as to
vodern flnnficlat ond industrial niethodt
are compelled to seek that information
In Great Britain and In the countries
of Europe, where they , encounter no re
strictions. Where the intelligent young
Chinese are from this time on educated
to modern methods there undoubtedly,
a large proportion of the trade of China
will ultimately go. v It would seem that
argument of this kind must make an
Impression upon those who are looking
for. oriental trade and induce them to
make an earnest and persistent effort to
have the Chinese exclusion law so modi
fied that the better" class of Chinese
could come here without having to be
subjected to what they reasonably re
gard as humiliating conditions. It is
certainly practicable to do this without
opening the way to the admission of
the coolie class and there can bo no
doubt that the effect would be of very
great benefit to our commercial dealings
with the Chinese empire.
PARKCH BUPPURTKUH t!C0VRA0tt)
The action of the Georgia democratic
convention in Instructing the delegation
to St Louis to "vote as a unit for Judge
Parker "as long as in the opinion of the
majority of the delegation there is a
possibility of nominating him," has very
greatly" encouraged the supporters of the
New York candidate. . Georgia has 20
votes, making the whole number now
instructed for Parker 178, ..while the un-
instructed who have expressed" a prefer
ence for the Judge makes a total of 220
delegates who are confidently counted
on to vote for Parker on the first ballot.
The New York Times, a,, Parker sup
porter,- remarks that his strength "is
now so far predominant over that of
any other candidate mentioned that
large additions to the column of dele
gates instructed for him are likely to be
made by the conventions to be held dur
ing the next three weeks, until the series
Is concluded by that of Missouri, held
on June 20, one week before the as
sembling of the national convention."
That paper adds, however, that while
the nomination of Parker is extremely
probable,- it cannot be said to be as
sured. The Philadelphia Record, which
is very friendly to the .Empire state
Jurist also sees in the action of the
Georgia democrats absolute assurance
that the conservative element will con
trol the St Louts convention and con
cludes -that this means Parker .will be
the nominee. It thinks there Is no doubt
that the lead of Tennessee, Alabama
and Georgia will be followed by the rest
of the states of the south and tells the
radicals that they must clear the track.
In the view of the Record, the senti
ment has crystallised in the mind ot
the democracy that the choice of New
York, Connecticut and Indiana ought to
be the candidate. This ignores the fact
that a great many New York democrats
do not favor Parker and that the in
structions of the Indiana delegation do
not extend beyond the first ballot
Meanwhile there Is said to be some
uneasiness felt by the- conservative
democrats at Washington In regard to
the attitude of Mr. Bryan. They view
the Nebraska democratic platform as
showing the determination f the Bryan
wing of the party to make a fight at
St. Louis for the prlnflple declared by
the last democratic national convention.
"The action Indicates to the conserva
tive managers-here," says a Washing
ton dispatch, "that the Bryanttes are as
Irreconcilable as they were at Kansas
City four years ago and there Is every
indication that they will bolt the na
tional ticket if they do not have their
own way In the national convention.
The question which la agitating the man
agers in Washington Is how they can
keep Bryan down at St. Louis and yet
keep him and bis faction to the ticket
and In the party." It can be said with
the utmost confidence that Mr. Brvan
will not be kept down at St. Louis.
Whether or not he will bolt If ho can
not have his way must be left V con
jecture, but it seema quite safe to say
that if Parker is the nominee be will
not get the support of the Nebraska
democratic leader and most of bis ad
herents. J
South Omaha's tux commissioner has
completed the a swessiueut roll for 1004
and his work is to bs submitted for re
vision to a board of review. Whether
the next board of review will repeat the
scandalous performance cf last year of
threatening to raise the asHessment of
the South Omaha stock yards and pack
lug houses 1 inuii millions and then
dropping them down below the tax com
mlssionefs figures Just before Its re
vision Is corhpletd remains to be seen.
To the general public these annual re
vision pullups and letdowns look very
much like holdups and shakedowns.
ORtATKtt OMAHA Alt IXrtRATlVC
StCKSStTT.
The trend of twentieth century mu
nicipal development is toward expan
sion and centralized government The
British metropolis, the largest popula
tion center In the world, which less
than a hundred years ago covered an
area no larger than Omaha does today,
now has a diameter of thirty miles and
a population of over 0,000,000. Greater
New York, with a population of more
than 3,000.000, has been created within
the past five years by the annexation
of the city of Brooklyn and half a dozen
other Incorporated towns, ranging In
population from 2o,000 to 200,000. As
the natural sequence of the World'B
Columbian exposition Chicago enlarged
Its boundaries by annexing nearly 100
square miles of territory within Its ra
dius. San Franclseo, St. Louis. Indi
anapolis, Denver, Minneapolis and, in
fact, every important population center
In the country extended their bounda
ries by annexation of territory before
the last census so as to make the most
attractive showing commercially.
The governments of most of the large
cities have either already been consoli
dated with county governments or are
now striving to consolidate the govern
ing bodies and taxing bodies of city and
county as measures of economy, con
venience and public necessity. Modern
municipal government costs dear be
cause the Inhabitants of modern cities
demand conveniences and facilities
never dreamed of before. Cobblestone
pavements were good enough for New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore up to
within the last thirty years. The jinrk
systems of the large cities have nearly
all grown up within the same period.
Street cleaning brigades, sanitary in
spectors, public baths, electric lighting
and other expensive adjuncts of a mod
ern city have only been Introduced
within a very recent period. Palatial
school buildings, free text books, gym
nasiums, kindergartens, and the fads
that now constitute branches of public
school education tend to make the mod
ern municipal school system extremely
expensive. The burdens Imposed upon
the taxpayers of Omaha constitute a
great drawback to its growth and pros
perity. The aggregate expense of mu
nicipal government in Omaha, including
interest, upon municipal debt exceeds
$1,000,000 a year and the taxes imposed
by the county, and school district gov
ernments aggregate very nearly, another
million dollars a year. The taxes, of
South Omaha are even more burden
some than those of Omaha and the
treble government of the two cities and
the county involves . an enormous and
Inexcusable waste of money, that keeps
down property values in both towns
and makes our government more costly
than it need be. '
Omaha and South Omaha: need more
pavements and sewers. Douglas county
needs - more paved roads. Annexation
and consolidation of the city andWunty
governments will enable us to provide
these improvements without material
increase of the tax burdens.
Greater Omaha will be in condition to
command reduced prices for public
necessities; such as gas, water, electric'
lights and power either from the public
utility corporations that now hold fran
chises or by direct municipal ownership.
Greater Omaha will place Omaha on
more equal . footing with other cities i
that compete for prestige in the race
for supremacy. It has become an lm
peratlv.e necessity.
Nebraska has for the third time won
the magnificent Texas steer horns an
nually awarded to the state making the
largest increase in membership in the
Commercial Travelers' Protective asso
ciation. But the Increase in member
ship is not to' be ascribed to the methods
pursued by the popular Texas steer con
gressman who came by his election hon
estly because be paid for every vote he
got.
The representative of the Armour Car
company who threatened to "make it
hot" for witnesses before the Interstate
Conjmerce commission may have meant
that the company would fall to put ice
In the cars conveying the goods of the
men who testify and this would be
"making it hot" with a vengeance.
The London Spectator's fear that
King Edward will compromise Great
Britain In its foreign relations on his
visit to Emperor William shows that
even in the most enlightened monarchy
the ruler still has too much power, If
he is inclined to use it
' The Nebraska delegation to the Chi
cago convention have Issued an address
to their fellow delegates in behalf of
the Nebraska candidate for vice presi
dent but for some unexplained reason
have neglected to affix to it their names.
Wonder why.
Char ml a gr Oatlmlsm.
Philadelphia North American.
"The general health of tha Inhabitants
of Port Arthur Is good." we are told,
except that some of them "are dying of
starvation." When It comes to Russian
optimism there Is nothing else "squally
as good."
Kow tot tha Itest Cara.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Eminent clergymen and Members ot
learned societies who have recently de
livered addresses on tho stats of tbs na
tion seem to think that Americans are be
coming sadly degenersu. We're glad the
vacation season Is at hand.
It's Business, Yon Know. .
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr. Paer Is In the coal business. II
has coal to sell. How many are there in
business of any kind who are not trying
to keep the price of their goods at the
highest notch T Mr. Baer may be a bad
man. but we have long been of tbs opin
ion that a fair averag ot those engaged
In buying and selling would run close
long his lines.
What, Oar Oaly Olaeyt
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
"Ood forbid!" exclaimed Richsrd Olney
when asked If he had ever taken a trip
in the west "God forbid-' that the men
of the went should ever lend themselves
to promote the political asplra.t,on of a
man thus narrowly provincial.
riaytna; in Hard I. nek.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Tha Russians are certainly having a turt
of very bad luck. Their timber rights
along the Talu have now been annulled
by the Corean government and Just at
the time, too, when they have most need
of taking to the tall timber.
Revoke the I, leeo.ee.
Louisville Courier Journal. .
We complain about being taxed to death
and yet there Is no charge for the poetlo
license that enables a man to mske
"bloom In" rhyme with "woman." That
Is the kind of license under which James
Whltcomb Rllcy Is operating at present.
Something- More Important Row.
Cleveland rialn Dealer.
When the Japanese-RusMan war began
eight out of ten men on the morning down
town cars could be seen poring over the
war maps of the dally newspapers. Now
few look at them and the majority of the
readers gldnce only at the war news head
lines. Two reasons: The American people
soon grow tired of a thing and the base
ball season has opened.
STATES POLITICAL PERSONALITIES
Scyler Free Lance: If a democrat heads
the fusion ticket for governor let It be C.
J. Smythe, and if a populist let It be M. P.
Harrington. We want to know where we
are at In this campaign and with either
man voters know what they are voting
for.
Howells Journal: A few Omaha demo
crats are endeavoring to work up a boom
for James E. Boyd as the democratlo nomi
nee for governor. It wpn't work. The peo
ple Of this state hod one dose of Boyd
and they haven't yet got the bad taste
out of their mouths. If the party wishes
to court defeat let It name Boyd, but If
success Is desired some other man must
lead the democratlo hosts.
Beatrice Sun: The Omaha Examiner sug
gests that the best thing that the demo
crats of Nebraska can do is to nominate
Hon. James E. Boyd, for governor. Mr.
Boyd has served the state In that capacity,
and Is the only democrat ever elected and
seated as governor of the state. Oovernor
Boyd would need no defenders, nor would
It be necessary for the people of this state
to be Introduced to him. '
Howells Journal: P. B. McKilllp is as
well as nominated for congress In this
district All that remains Is for the con
vention to meet (the date has been set for
the 28th of the present month at Fremont),
and go through the usual formula. Mc
Killlp by acclamation Is the program. Then
look for the warmest fight ever put up In
the Third district. The McCarthy men are
beginning to look white around the gills
this early In the game. -
Nellgh Leader: The selection of H. T.
Lehr of Albion as chairman of the repub
lican state central committee Is K source
of deep gratification to the party In thts
section of the state, and especially In Ante
lope county, where he Is well known and
his ability as an organiser and director are
appreciated. Btllf further, It is a satisfac
tion In the fact that his election was a
recognition of the North Platte section and
an indication that It can no longer be
ignored In the councils of the party.
Howells Journal idem.): Congressman
KJnkoid la said to ' have queered himself
with the cattle interests in his district by
securing the passage of the homestead bill,
which provides for homesteads of 840 acres
in the sandhill districts. The bill Is a god
one and Klnkaid Is deserving of praise for
his efforts In Its behalf. If they have noth
ing worse than that homestead bill against
Klnkaid he ought to have clear .sailing for
re-election.
Aurora Register (pop.): If Peter Morten-
sen holds his grip and votes as Hamilton
county people think be will on the Board
of Equalisation there will be populists and
democrats who will favor his nomination
on the fusion ticket. We recognised Bryan
democracy when it adopted tight principles
and If we had a couple of Just tha right
sort of republicans on our state ticket this
fall it might help them to think we mean
what we say.
Leigh World: It begins to look as though
the democrats are going to nominate P. B.
McKilllp of Humphrey for congress in the
Third district If they do there will be a
pretty race between him and J. J. . Mc
Carthy. Mr. McCarthy has held the office
for one term and has made a record, which
fact, together with the popularity of the
man, will make it a' long-uphtil pull for
McKilllp. They are both hustlers, and It
Mr. McKilllp Is nomibated there will be
something doing in this dlstrlot on, the con
sjgesaional ticket this fall.
BRTANISM in NEBRASKA.
New York Tribune: Colonel Bryan Is
still a "paramount" statesman out In Ne
braska. St. Louis GInbe-Democrat: Mr. Bryan
has at least shown that the reorganises
Lare a row of goose eggs In Nebraska.
Chicago News: There were two or three
"reorganlzers in the Nebraska convention,
but they seem to have been discreet enough
to crawl under the seats when the proceed
ings began.
Chicago Post: Nil will be the Influence
of the Omaha convention. Tha Bryan dele
gation will not be muph of a factor at St
Louts. It will be there to witness Its own
overthrow.
Kansas City Journal: Mr. Bryan's ex
planation that he stands Just where he did
In 1900 Is a little obscure. In the latter
part of 1900 he was on all fours trying to
crawl out of the debris.
Indianapolis Journal: Tha spirit of the
convention was shown by the fact that a
resolution offered by a delegate pledging
the Nebraska democracy to the national
ticket selected at St, Louis, regardless of
whom they might be, was declared out of
order by the chairman, who refused to
put the moilon, although It was seconded.
No doubt the chairman acted under the
direction of Mr. Bryan.
Chicago Chronicle: If Mr. Bryan were
less presumptuous ha would have contented
himself with a platform embodying the
views of the people for whom he Is en
titled to speak, the Nebraska populists.
His views and their views might then
have been treated with respect. Assuming
to voice the Ideas of a democracy which has
twice repudiated him at the polls and
which now regards him as a mere mischief
maker, he is merely doing what he can to
make bis repudiation at St. Louis con
temptuous es well as emphatic. .
Minneapolis Journal: The Nebraska dem
ocratic platform Is a warning to tha re
organisers. A resolution pledging the Ne
braska democracy to the national ticket
regardless of the candidates named upon It
was ruled out of order by the chairman.
If the reorganises do not see fit to ac
quiesce In the Imperious demands of the
Nebraska statesman, ha has already given
a vagua Intimation that, sines he cannot
keep company with persons who have made
a wide dKpurture from what be conceives
to be "Jeffersnnlan principles," be will.
In order to keep pure the sacred Jeffer
soniun faith, retire with tha clioeen remnant
GOSSIP OP THE WAR.
People Earnaed la It.
Correspondents at the front Indulge In
superlatives In describing tha battle of Kin
Chou and the capture of Nanshan heights.
"Greatest" "bloodiest" "most desperata"
of battles are some of tho expressions em
ployed. Estimates of the loeses of the
Japanese range from 1.500 to 1500 at Kin
Chou and from 1,000 to 7,000 at Nanshan.
Russian lowes at Kin Chou are placed at
800 and 400 at Nanshan. How Insignificant
these "greatest" and "bloodiest" engage
ments are when compared with some of
the world's really great battles! The fol
lowing are the losses In famous battles:
Sedan Germ an s, S.OOO; French, 18,000.
Plevna Russians, 40,000; Turks, 65.000.
Lelpslc French, 65,000; allies, 63,000.
Sado wo Prussians, 9.000; Austrlans, 44,000,
Shlloh Federals, 13,573; confederates, 10,-
609.
Bull Run Federals, 2,961; confederates.
I, 751
Borodino French, 30,000; Russian, 40,000.
Waterloo French, 31,000; allies, 22,000.
Wagram French, 30,000; Austrian, 35.000.
AnUetam Federal, U,4$B; confederate,
25,899.
Blenheim French, 40,000; allies, 13,000.
Wilderness Federal, 87,737; confederate,
II, 400.
Gettysburg Federal, 23,186; confederal,
31.62L
Stone River Federal, 1L678; confederate,
25,660. '
Chlckamauga Federal, . 15,861; confeder
ate, 17,804.
Hohenllnden French 6,000; Austrian, 20,-
000.
Solferlno French-Sardinian, 13,000; Aus
trian, 20,000.
Chancellorsvllle Federal, 16,030; confed
erate, 12,281.
The . bloodiest ten minutes of the civil
war was the first rush of the union army
against Lea's impregnable works at Cold
Harbor. In half an hour the federal loss
was about 7,000 and probably 1,500 fell In
ten minutes.
Ito Illmateu, a Japanese merchant who
made a fortune In business at Forty-seo-
ond street and Fifth avenue. New York,
arrived In Chicago last week with a com
mon split leather valise containing 31,120,-
000 In United States money, which he wilt
give to the mikado to help defeat Russia.
The cash Is all In United States gold notes
and bank bills.
At the Japanese consulate, 705 Chamber
of Commerce building, surprise was ex
pressed that . so large a sum ot money
should be carried overland in a crowded
train, with no recourse In ense of rob
bery and with .no safeguard in tha event
of a wreck or Are enroute. The money was
deposited In Chicago with a trust company
on the advice of the local Japanese consul.
"I have done pretty well In America,"
said Ito Hlmatsu. "I am going back to
Toklo and will give my money to tha
cause. What is the cause? It is, as 1 under
stand, to keep Russia out of Manchuria.
We Japanese are not given to expansion.
But, as I understand, we cannot permit
Russia to overspread tha seaports of tha
eastern seas.
"I shall place It at the disposal of the
mikado for what you Americans call 'the
sinews of war.' No, I have no plans for
tho recoup. I shall do well, thank you. All
of us Japanese Jo well In America, No, we
do not wish to take our money home to
Japan. But this Is an unusual time. Our
country la not so rich aa Russia and so we
who love the mikado will go home with
our money so that It may be used early
In the war."
General Weston, chief of subsistence of
the American army, has solved what he
believes, to be the great secret ot the Won
derful mobility of the Japanese army. It
lies in the field ration, a sample of which
he has received from Major W. B. Barker
at Nagasaki, one of tho American officers
who are watching the war. Tha ration
shows that the Japanese soldier can live
and fight for a month on a food supply that
weighs less than the dally ration of tho
American soldier In the field.
The fish received by General Weston la
about seven lnchea long and an Inch and
a half thick in the middle, and is dried
until it resembles petrified wood. It weighs
only twelve ounces, but Major Parker says
It will sustain a Japanese soldier for seven
days.
When soldiers are on the march they eat
the fish Just as it is, biting oft smalt pieces,
which are thoroughly masticated, but when
they are In camp the fish Is shaved oft in
small slices and cooked with rice. Tne fish
resembles a mackerel, but lta Japanese
name la "mamtbuahl."
The fish Is about two feet long and thick
and solid before preparation for the army
ration. In preparing it for army use it la
eut In two and steamed and dried alter
nately until It Is reduced to about one
eighth of lta original size, with a corre
sponding reduction In weight
Each Japanese soldier can carry enough
fish and rice to lost him three or four
weeks, and a whole army can bo made
absolutely Independent of the commissary
trains that are Indispensible In other arm
ies. If the Russian soldiers could live On
as little aa the Japanese require tba Si
berian railroad would have little to do but
haul troops, for one train load of dried flsta
and rica would sustain General Kouropat
kln's army for weeks.
Dried fish IS used only as a field ration.
Tha regular dally ration In tha Japanese
army consists of one and a half pounds
of rice and half a pound of canned meat.
The dally ration In the United States army
weighs about four pounds, and the emerg
ency ration Is not a great deal lighter.
After the battle of the Talu, during the
war between China and Japan, Admiral
Ito, who, as will be remembered, covered
himself with glory on that occasion, had
granted a young officer a few days' leave
of absence. When the time cams for the
absentee to rejoin his hlp the admiral
reoelved the following laconlo telegram:
"Owing to unforeseen circumstances I can
not, as expected, return to duty." Tha ad
miral replied: "Either give reason or re
turn." Shortly after a message reached
him from a hospital at Iokosuta: "Train
lost cannot travel; leg lost cannot run.
Will return If you Insist" Admiral Ito did
not Insist.
Secretary Hay baa great respect for any
one who has tackled and mastered tha Rus
sian language, and this is the reason for
his admiration: Many years ago ha de
cided to take up 'the study of Russian,
thinking It could ba acquired aa readily as
other European languages. He engaged a
Russian priest In New Tork to Instruct him
and worked faithfully for several months,
lie planned to visit RuBsla and expected to
spend a winter In the southern part of the
empire. But after devoting more time and
study to Russian than be had ever given to
any other language Mr. Hay found he had
mode no headway, and tha visit to Rusula
was abandoned. t
Plata Wards Plainly Snakes.
Chicago Post
Another bank teller has confesed that
a large shortage In bis accounts Is due
to speculation. And It Is encouraging to
note that tha newspapers refer to him
as a thief Instead of an embesxler.
I'aaeeatlr Levity at a Wake.
Chicago Post
perhaps tha Nebraska democrats saw
no harm In allowing a maa lo dance oa
bis own political coma,
Fifty Years
Improves tho flavor and adds to
- tho hcalthfulnoss of tho food.
PRICK BAKINQ POWDER CO OHIOAQO.
TUB BOY WHO KJtEW HOW.
Incident Teaches a Lesson Valuable
In Everyday Life.
Chicago Inter Ocean,
The other day Katie Tremble, aged 12,
took her little brother, Just recovering from
an attack of typhoid, to play on the dock
at the foot of East Thirty-third street,
New Tork City. She forgot the child for
a few minutes and he tummea into tne
river.
There was not a man In sight but Katie
remembered that Jlmmle Courtney, aged
14, who has some reputation aa a swimmer,
was playing baaa ball half a block away,
and to him she ran for help. By this time
the tide had oerrle& the child out some
distance.
Young Courtney plunged In, brought the
unconscious child ashore, and immediately
put Into practice bis school lessons In re
viving tha drowned. By the time the po
liceman on the beat came up there really
was nothing for him to do. The boy who
knew how had dealt successfully with the
whole emergency.
By his chums In that part of tho city
Jlmmle Courtney waa admired as a good
swimm&r. Now he haa not only the ad
miration of children, but also that of many
grown persona. Ha has got his name into
tha newspapers In tha only desirable way.
He has obtained a reputation of real value
to him now and In after life.
He was able to do this because ha had
taken the trouble to know how to know
how to swim and to know how to deal with
coses of drowning. And he has proved
that ho possesses tha wit and wilt to use
his knowledge promptly and efficiently. He
has proved himself tha kind of boy that the
world needs, and of which It Cart never
have too many..
Boys and grown men aa well who are
alwaya complaining that they have "no
chance," may profitably reflect upon the
case ef Jlmmle Courtney, No boy and no
man who knows how to do something really
useful to others and who Is prompt to use
his knowledge When tho need comes will
ever lack a "chance" for distinction and
Its rewards.
Chances are everywhere. The trouble Is
that so many people do not know bow to
take them, or lack the prompt courage
to use them without which the largest
opportunities leave men aa poor and ob
scure as they were before.
THE GERMANS AND ItOOSEVELT.
Aa Organised Movement of Deep
Political Significance.
Leslie's Weekly.
The National Roosevelt league. Just or
ganised In Washington, has a significance
which haa not been grasped by the press
thus far. It Is composed of American
cltisens of German birth or descent, has
Congressman Richard Bartholdt of Mis
souri for president, Its other officers repre
sent many states, and It is' to extend all
over tha country and to take a prominent
part In the canvass of 1904.
Numerically and Socially the Germans are
the most Important foreign element of tha
American cltisens. Originally democrats
by a large majority, they Joined tho repub
lican party, especially In the west, on the
issue of hostility to slavery, on which the
party was founded in 1854. Vast numbers
of them were In the armies of the union.
After slavery was abolished and the union
saved, tha tariff kept them In the repub
lican party. Prohibition sent many of them
over to the democrats a dosen years ago or
more, and by this means the democrats
Carried Illinois and Wisconsin In 1892, re
duced tha republican lead so much In Ohio
that one democratlo elector squeesed In, and
gave Cleveland his large majority. It was
the loss of a large part of the German
vote In that year which gave Cleveland his
lead In New York and Indiana. Then came
the honest money Issue, which brought tha
Germans back to tha republican party, and
gave MoKlnley his vlotories In 1896 and
1900.
President Roosevelt's personality makes
an especial appeal to tha American citizens
of German birth and parentage. They
like Mm for his courage, clearheadedness
and democracy. All elements, colors and
creeds of American cltlsena are on an
equality In President Roosevelt's favor.
There are no hyphens In tha president's
Americanism. Nor are there In that of the
National Roosevelt league. Its -members,
by more than a two-thirds majority, voted
down a propostion to call themselves the
German-American National Roosevelt
league. They declared themselves to be
plain Americans, without prefix or qualifi
cation. . ,
WHAT IS A "FELLOW SERVANT?'
Points la tha Raaaat Decision of tha
Federal Baprema' Court.
Chicago Tribune.
IC Is a settled rule of law that when oue
employe Is Injured through tha neglect or
blunder of a fellow servant the employer
is not liable In damages. The courts have
held that where on employe is neoessarlly
exposed to b a sard by tha carelessness of a
coamploya he must be supposed to haye
voluntarily taken the risk of that carelgsu
ness. If he notices that one of his fullow
workers Is negligent or unskillful, and
hence a dangerous man to work with, It is
his duty for his own protection to notify
the employer.
Tha law may seem plain enough, but
there are continual disputes over what a
la a fellow servant. If a dosen men are
lifting a beam and ona Is careless and an
other Is Injured, clearly the employer Is not
liable.1 If the men obey the blundering
order of a foreman and on la hurt, the
the Standard
fen
foreman Is not a fellow servant but a rep
resentative of tha employer, who Is liable.
There are more complicated cases than
this. There Is, for instance, the one passed
on by tho supreme court of the United
States this week and determined by a vota
of five to four.
A fireman on the Northern Paciflo was
killed in a collision caused by tha negli
gence of, a telegraph operator and station
agent working for the road. Tha operator
gave the train dispatcher Incorrect In
formation about the movements of tralhs
which caused him to give an order which
resulted in the collision. The circuit court
of appeals was uncertain whether tba
operator was a "fellow servant" of the
fireman or a "vice principal" of the com
pany, and asked the supremo court to de
termine the point. Justice Brewer and four
others say he was a "fellow servant" and
Justice Whlta and three others that he
was not Tha majority governs.
Railroad officials will agree with Justice
Brewer and railroad employee with Justice
White. Those who belong to neither class
will be divided In their opinions, but the
majority of them will think that the oper
ator was not a "fellow servant" about
whose lack of competency and liability to
be dangerously negligent the. fireman had
sufficient means of getting Information;
that it was the duty of the company to
have a competent man in his place, and
that If It put an Incompetent man there
It ought to pay for his blunders. But the
supreme court has decided otherwise. .
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
Mrs. Henpeck I don't think ohe'll ever
marry him.
Mr. Henpeck Why notT
Mrs. Henpeck Oh, she. quarrels with him
ao and is so domineering.
Mr. Henpeck Indeed? I'll bet they've
been secretly married already-Philadelphia
Press.
,'T sholl make you love me yet," declared
Mr. Stlnjay, determinedly. I shall leave
no stone unturned."
'"Ah I that sounds something Hke!" ex
claimed the fair fclrl, "If the stone weighs
not less than a carat and Is pure white
you may interest me." Chicago Tribune.
' i
Splnkster Johnny, your mother tells me
you were playing ball yesterday. Don't
you know It Is very, very wrong to play
base ball on Sunday?
Johnny But, I say, pa, we whitewashed
the Bouncers.
Bplnkster Did you? Your mother didn't
tell me of that. Boston Transcript
She (pettishly) I don't see why It Is
you find poker so fascins'tlng.
Her Husband It's the queens In the
deck, my dear. They remind me ao much
of you. Philadelphia Press.
"That was a brUIlant defense you made
of that criminal. You deserve credit for
his acquittal." - .
"Well," answered the young lawyer, "I
worked hard. But it wain t as much of
a victory as I might have wished for.
Since the case was tried I have secured
information that loads me to believe that
he was actually innocent." Wasbligtou
Star.
HER MISSION.
Woman's Life.
She was only a little woman, 'tis true,
And hers was a common story;
She never had dreamed of a thing to do
That would lead her to fame or glory.
She could not paint, and oho could not slog,
And sho could not wiite a sonnjet;
She had not a face that could lend a grace
To a stylish love of u bonnet
She hod not the wealth, and she knew not
ease;
She never hod traveled for pleasure;
She knew not the art to churm and pleasa
In the realm of nodal leisure.
And yot she dreamed that her life waa
blest
In Its humble sphere of duty.
Though only those who knew l.er best
Guessed halt of lis hidden-beauty.
For hers was a genius for little things,
The realm of home to brighten,
And she scorned not the humblest work
that brings
Some forire to cheer and lighten.
For comfort and order were tiers to com
mand, And the ioys of Ufa seemed longer,
While childhood clung to her loving linnrt.
And manhood, through her, grew
, stronger.
And some who loved her were hnlf afraid
That her sphere was far too small;
But, oh, the happy home she mads
Was a great thing after all!
i
And when her beauteous spirit shall flee
From Its realms of loving rind rt'ing,
Her stnlnlen m-nument hnll h
The live hnt were tiloeil by Iir living.
Pale. Thin
Pale cheeks, white lips,
and languid step tell the
story of thin blood, impure
blood. Doctors call it
"anemia. They recommend
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Ask
them and they will tell you
Just why it makes the blood
so rich and red. AiuV.Jt
Anerrilc people are almost always
constipated. Their liver Is sluggish.
Thev have frequent attacks of jck
hcadsche, nausea, biliousness. Just
one of Ayer's Pills each nig.ht wlu cor
rsct these troubles.
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