THE OMAnA DAILY REE: FRIDAY, JULY 8,. 1904.
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GEO. TZ8CHUCK.
gilbscrlbed In tny presence and sworn to
before me tble 80th day of June, A. D. 1901
Itteal) M. B. HUNOATE,
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Now cornea the tug of war at Bt
Louis. '
Omaha's big tax receipts make City
Treasurer Ilenniftgs JyVy'Uel proud.
Grover Jeveland Is oa av fishing trip,
but this time his hQQk'lrupt baited for
suckers.', " . (
Bryan and' Cron1f4'''natarally sympa
thize with each other.. Both' hare been
warriors In, a .lost eauBO. . ,-.
Tt Kansas City platform' Is eternally
smashed,'' but ;the. Onjala ' platform Is
as folid as tieetrneJ; rocks. ,
The nomination of Parker seems al
most certain, but there is many a- slip
betweeu,. IbC'oupiuA, the lip. . '
H the forecast wired , from. ?t Louis
Is correct, 'the , democratic platform will
be "merely a,, bvitiCli bf poJJtical platl-
tudeis. ; - r:iz:k "' r
. ,'.unw,i , nnmr, .,
T&e repUWlcaa party has vow entered
upon the second Jialf of Its first cen
tury, with -itBeiTiinrrapaired vigor of
youth and early manhood.
Champ Clark and Senator,, Fairbanks
should hare a feilow feelfng, although
theffi is little similarity between Senator
Bailey and Speaker 'Cannon. '
The deYelopment of the situation at
Bt Louis is showing that the solid south
la but the tajl to' the New York kite.
Hunger will fiircf meit to do almost any
thing.
17.
The enemy appears to hare over-
thrown Bryan, but Bryan will probably
be , needed In the enemy's country to
line up the plain people for the favorite
of the plutocrats.
The trust magnates are not very much
alarmed over the St, Louis platform
declaration on tho trust question, it
la about as mild and harmless as It
could have been made.
Omaha deeply sympathltes with Kan
sas City and stands ready ..to relieve that
city of some of its trouble by taking
care of all of the factories which shall
become tired of those annual floods.
The back counties have not yet all
been heard from on railroad assess
ment, but the returns received up to
date do not warrant the assumption
that the railroads have been over
valued. I -LJ, -i-i- -J ! -
Another republican policy was en
dorsed by the democrats at St Louis
when the delegates unanimously adopted
the once condemned "lteed rules" for
the government of their national con
vention. General Weaver is Iowa's member of
the resolutions committee at St., Louis,
The, general's experience as a platform
builder may be of advantage to the com
mittee, although It is almost certain that
be will not be considered as an architect.
Judge rarker is proving that New
Yor can beat Indiana all hollow when
It comes to producing, silent men. Sen
ator Fairbanks would speak to bis
friends, , even after It. was known Jhat
Speaker Cannon had made him a vice
presidential necessity. " .
The deuiocratlc, majority, remember
ing the action of the delegate from Ila
wal four years ago and considering the
Instructions to the present one, with
Uttle debate promptly decided to ex
clude the Philippine islands from any
participation In the work of the con-veuOon.-
i L
There is absolutely uothiug In the way
of the republican 'congressional com
mittee of this district to Issue Its call
for a nominating convention.' If no
discrimination is attempted In the ap
portionment and' mknuer of selecting
Relegate In either of the three counties
that constitute the district the contest
(or the nomination will resolve Itself into
I quei15JftljferiKin4l'rfMeuci'T""
- HILt THE DlCTAtoH.'
It Is obvious that the man who lins
the greatest ower anil Influence In the
Ht. Iiouls convention is David Bennett
Hill. According to nil accounts he Is
the master spirit of'the situation. The
correspondont of the New York Tribune
says his power Is absolute and merci
lessly enforced, "even though concealed
behind the suave diplomacy of the ex
perienced politician or enveloped In 'pold
brick' concessions ta rhe- opposition." It
is declared that he '.'4I0 inmates tlte .sit
uation as completely as he would con
trol an Albany primary and it appears
Impossible to form any combination
strong enough to rob hltn'oi-Ws power."
This seems to be fidly Justified by the
latest advices from ' the convention,
which. Indicate not jonly. the. nomination
of the Hill candidate, but also the adop
tion of a platform which wlll,.be satis
factory to the leader of the Empire
state delegation In the jiatlonal conven
tion. What a change from four years
ago. Then Hill was utterly discredited
by the democracy and had no more in
fluence than any man in the rank and
file of the party. He was powerless in
th Kansas City convention, bs he had
been in that of fours-car's". before at Chf-caf-o,
and no man-who 1w ever occupied
a position of political leadership In this
country was more bitterly reviled limn
Hill by the .supporter .of. Bryan, , JJe.
was denounced, and not unjustly, as an
utterly unscrupulous 'politician , .who
could not be trusted in the party coun
cils and he took no part In the campaign.
Today he is the loading figure, the
commanding force in the St. Louis con
vention. Yet he Is not less unscrupulous
now as a politician than he was four
years ago, not less disposed today than
he was then to employ any queans, how
ever unworthy, that seem to promise
advantage for himself, for Hill never
loses sight, of tha possibility oi .personal
benefit. He is the principal champion
of the leading candidate at St. Louis and
if Judge Parker should be nominated
and elected who can doubt that Hill
would get the best that the administra
tion had to bestow? He would become
the chief adviser of the administration,
the leading exponent of Its policies and
principles. .
The success ef the Hill program at St
Louis, therefore, .which now: appears
probable, would mean a menace to the
Interests and welfare bf the country not
less serious than that of eight years ago,
for the domination in public' affairs of a
politician like David B. Hill would be
not less dangerous than that of a dema
gogue like Vf. 3. Bryan. Indeed, of the
two we think that Bryan would be the
less dangerous, because he has none of
the unscrupulous qualities of the New
Yorker. ' , .
WTIEAT PRICES AND EXPORTS.
'The "fact has beretofore been noted
that for some months past wheat exports
have been' comparatively. , small, .due
mainly to the high prlee In the United
State and tn a measure to, competition,
chiefly from irg?ntlne. It appears' tJttaT
toe sontnern country snips jnis yearaiv
000,000 bushels, of "Vhlclr . -80,000,000
bushels 'have, been exported: down to
June i, which is one-half of the export
made by the United States during the
current S'ear. . ..;Jt promises to crease
rather than to decrease, na the produc
tion of wheat In Argentine is growing
with great rapidity, while,, population
makes but small progress.
It is further pointed out that northern
India grows this year the largest crop
on record 352,000,000 bushels twice the
crop of a decade ago. irrigation, im
provement In cultivation andt the open
ing of new regions by railroad have
greatly Increased the Indian yield. It is
estimated that India will have available
for export for the next six, months as
large an amount of wheat as Argentina
and that this year the" two countries will
match American exports. ., ,.
The Philadelphia Tress remarks that
fortunately American consumption has
increased on an unprecedented scale.
"The level of life stcadUSijises.- The
per capita consumption of wheat in this
country is this year twice what it was
eight years ago. But for this home mar
ket one due to the stimulus of protec
tion, the western farmerjfould"tbday be
competing with the bare-leRed ryat of
India and with tho Italian' wheat grower
In Argentine living in a one-roomed
shack, on tho acres which he cultivates
for a landlord". As It is, he is selling his
wheat higher here than-he can in Eu
rope." It Is not to be doubted that, the
intelligent western farmer understands
and appreciates this ' and-consequently
can be depended upon to support tho
party whose .policy has.. built up the
great home market, and which proposeji
to maintain it. The farmers of tho
country hove been pretty thoroughly
educated during the last few years as to
the value of the home'' market nnd they
con safely be counted upon not to favor
any policy that would Impair this mar
ket. DEAD. IXJVRED AXD DE8TROYED, ,
According to tho Chicago Tribune the
casualties resulting from our celebration
of our natlorml holiday numbered fifty
two dead and 3,007 Injured. Had these
casualties ben toeollfced .in one com
muulty it-Is safo.to say that that coin
ninulty would never again -by its own
action or luactlon permit such things tj
occur. It Is only because the. losses are
scattered, and wo modern ' Americans
have so little Inbred regard for human
safety where it interferes with the pur
suit of the almighty dollar, that such
condition bus been allowed to eilst
While we dislike to admit even to our
selves that we can learn anything from
the "Britishers" yet over. In Canada,
where on Dominion day, and more es
pecially on Victoria day, the enthusiasm
is Just as heartfelt they seem to have
Just as much tannine,, enjoyjuent and
they control ad dlreo( things far bettert.
The relations, governing , the sale of
explosive, toy. pistols etc., are framed
so aa to allow .only , as much individual
liberty as is consistent with the safety
of" the" p uTllc" "laHEuuy" couTuTuulties "in
Cannd. a fund Is raised for the purchase
of fireworks on a lnrgfe scale and this
part of the celebration takes place In
public parks or snuares under the su
pervision of competent experts. In this
way a very much larger and better cele
bration, so far as the flrfwbrks psrt "of
It Is concerned. Is provided. Everyone
who Wishes can witness It, rich and
poor, old and young, with absolute
safety, and one never hears of deoths
and Injuries resulting from such rcjolc
tongs. f No one who has lived; in Canada
will deny that they know how to enjoy
life, 'taking longer and more fqpqnent
vacations, and that they know how to
enter Into the spirit of a national holi
day. But they do not moke It an excuse
to satisfy that craving for the dangerous
to an extent that costs the republic
every year scores of valuable lives, a
few thousand Injured, some of thera for
all time, and hundreds of thousands lost
in property destroyed.
Suppose we in Omaha try it once
more fireworks, better fireworks, free
fireworks, and absoluto ' safety. How
does it sound?
Great Britain, after the receipt of an
intimation from America "on the subject,
announces that it is realty anxious to
have someone help it let go in Thibet as
boom as Its force has shown Its superi
ority over the natives, and that It fl
pleased to think the United States Is tak
ing such an interest in Oriental affairs.
All of which shows that England is not
in the land-grabbing business when any
power of approximately its own strength
is on watch.
Great Britain is probably laying the
foundation for a "race problem" even
worse than that of America by permit
ting the importation of Chinese coolies
into South Africa under terms which
virtually amount to slavery, and the
worst feature of the affair is that in the
first campaign on. that issue, a by-elec
tion, the course of the government was
approved.
Prosperity In Learltliuate Lines.
Philadelphia Record.
Prosperity has not abandoned the coun
try. There are only a few hundred mil
lions less for Investment In the watered
stocks of swindling trusts.
Oriental Field of Mara.
New Tork -Tnoune.
The Liao Tung peninsula will hencefort
ward have a reputation as a field ef Mars
not to be surpassed by any territory, east
or west. The names of Its battlefields
will savor aomewhat of pigtail and tea
chest gazeteerlng and be found hard to
pronounce till the world gets used to them,
but perhaps that was the way with Arma.
geddon and Thermopylae and Alexander's
fight along the Hydaspes.
No Middleman Butts In.'
Minneapolis Times. "
A skyscraper was sold In Chicago the
other day, the transfer being made in one
hour's thus. H .Was done -under the Tor
rens system and no more trouble was ex
perienced thin In making out a 'bill of
sale for a cow. , The. parties went to the
registrars found' that the . title was- of
record anfti defended by the state. One
moi.eiUrx was made, jaad the jab was
finished. - That almost too simple or us
lawyers ' : .' 'V
. j'Kews; that 1 Not Haws,
, . ''-.-Philadelphia Inquirer. -
It seems rather curious that any sensa
tion should have been caused by the an
nouncement of Director of the Mint Rob-
-erts that no more silver dollars would be
coined. This piece, of information is tele
graphed from Portland, Ore., and is treated
by many persons as a piece of unusual
news. This shows that there are still many
persons who need education on the' finan
cial question. . The silver bullion purchased
under the Sherman act was coined some
time ago, and the only .silver coinage" at
the mints now consists of fractional cur
rency, which Is, unfortunately, limited by
law. About 650,000,000 silver dollars have
been coined, and there are in general cir
culation only about 80,000,000, the rest be
ing' represented by silver certificates and
a fw of the Sherman treasury notes
which - have not yet been sent In for re
demption. RAILWAY CASUALTIES.
Responsibility Placed on Managers of
Trunk Lines.
Washington Post.
In the course of an elaborate discussion
of the causes of railway casualties the
Railroad Gazette, recognised as one of the,
standard authorities on railway matters,
practically places the responsibly entirely
upon the managers of the great trunk lines,
who, It is asserted, employ safety devices
very largely ss an excuse for increasing
the speed of trains and the other risks due
to overloading, crowding lines with trafflo,
and committing other errors that make
money for the roads, but materially In
crease the probabilities of accidents. The
Gazette declares that when a railroad com
pany adopts heavier axles for Its cars In
,prder to lessen (he danger of breakdowns
It very promptly counteracts this safety
precaution by increasing the loads. Every
grade that is reduced and every curve
straightened furnishes an excuse for In
creased speed. . Every improvement In the
system of brakes offers an additional in
ducement for greater speed. These charges
are serious, but another one made by the
Gazette approaches the criminal, If it is
true. It Is charged that while on'.y tralnet
high-grade men can operate trains that are
not fully equipped with all the latest Im
provements, the installation of these Im
provements Is often used as an excuse for
employing inferior men, thus offsetting any
measure of safety that might have been
added by the Improved equipment.
The public, after all, Is to blame. Every
man, of course, regrets the loss of life in
railway accidents and is ready to censure
the managers for running trains at a too
high rate of speed, but when he starts on
a trip he wants the speed limit removed.
Tho nation is In a hurry, and the railroad
company that prdposed to lassen the speed
of tralna for the expreas purpose of re
ducing the chances of accidents wou'd
promptly ridiculed as an old fogy out
fit and its business would go to Its rival.
However, If the railroad companies go on
and follow every step toward safety with
another Step toward speed or overloading
the country will continue to show a greater
casualty list in proportion to passengers
than any other country In the world. The
railway patrons, have a right to demand
that the men who run the trains freighted
with human traffic shall be thoroughly
trained in their duties, the best men avail
ab'.e for the work. If the Gazette's charge
la true and it is difficult to believe that
the railroad companies have cheapened
their class of trainmen In order to reduce
operating expenses, the traveling u)41o
has the right of protcat and will doubtless
find a way to deal with the evil result of
an effort to economize. .
. fAmej-lcaA travelers , want the hfst, are
willing to pay fo It, and must have lb
, :
A rMPttOVRt) FOtRTH.
-New Tork Tlmeat- It seems to be the con
current testimony. of those who were' com
pelled to spend yesterday In town that it
was the quietest Fourth of. July which tho
city had experienced within their memory.
In the residential districts there waj ac
tually more note on tund-ty morning thoti
yesterday mornlpg, and even Sunday morn
ing was very bearable, aa Fourths of July
go. .r j. -
Philadelphia 'Trss: Tho problem Is o
celebrate the Fourth cf July with less noise
and nonsense, less folly, but not less fun;
to observo it ln.,.0, lyay thtft will ' keep In
mind Its patriotic significance, without fill
ing the hospitals with frfnlrn'pd and'dylng
boys. To .celebrate, national Independence
It Is surely not necessnry to rival In casu
alties the bloodiest 'battle fought to se
cure It. - -- '.:"
Washington Post: Without any diminu
tion of the aptrlt of national patriotism wo
are coming e.tch year to a aner celebra
tion of our great holiday. Public sentiment.
Is co-operating-With police authority In sup
pressing dahgerOus explosives and curtail
ing the noisy 'excesses which marked the
Fourth of July In previous years. Trob
ably it will be too much to ask that next
year the sale of firecrackers and torpedoes
and bombs be altogether restricted, but no
one will object ff there la a further move
ment In the direction Of the present re
form. Baltimore Bun; Tbe day was most no
tnble for the quiet that prevailed on this
patrlotlo anniversary. And yet everybody
seemed to be in motion and all the lines
of transportation, electric roads In the city
and to the suburbs, as well as the enrs of
steam roads to distant points and the
steamboats out .of the harbor, were crowded
wlth'peoplo seeding favorite places of rec
reation. The conduct of all the people was
orderly and commendable Ih the extremo,
especially ln"abRtafn!ruj Yrom the use of
noisy and dangerous agencies to glvs vent
to their patriotism.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican: The move
ment for a saner celebration of the Fourth
of July achley.ed a considerable measure of
sucacss wherever it -was planned for a
greater measure in Jthls city Jthan last yenr,
when the pioneer attempt was made. The
"night before," which has been heretofore
hideous, was rendered reafly quiet and
comfortable. The sleep of the workers was
not destroyed by noise; the peace of neigh
borhoods was not rioted over by invading
troops of lawless boys, and those between
man and boy that' make the most of the
racket. And that Is a highly Important
point to gain.
- - PERSONAL; NOTES.
Captain Charles Hunt of El Paso, Tex.,
has Just, dosed a, deal involving a-, ship
ment of 180,000 head of sheep to South Af
rica. The excursion boat Companies' in New
Tork have purchased 26,000 life preservers
since the Slocum disaster. This Is a fine
comment on the government Inspectors. ,
Prof. Oscar Lovel Trlggs, whose con
nection with the University of Chicago ter
minated this spring,, has accepted the presl-.
dency of a new Industrial school to be es
tablished at. Ottawa. 111. ,
m. Marv A. Cunningham. Who recently
died in Miltoftv Mass.," left $600,000 to the
town to nrovlde tearks,. hospitals or wnav
ever other institution1 may be needed for
the benefit of the citizens.
Kuno Fischer; the" eminent ' Heidelberg
nmfesaor. will celebrate ! his 80th birthday
on July 23. It IS intended to' give him' on
this occasion a congratulatory aaoress in
an appropriate jjtrsejEectitlon.
tw iiinink Anzler. -former v4ce consul
of.. the United States. At 'jMadrld, Spain, ts
in WWWngton;' WMHJI "Shortly go as rep
resentative to' AberpSyvT (Scotland. ' H ls a
prominent writRie Jewish books and re
cently published -translation of the Tal
mud.
' W. It' Osgood, en" assistant biologist In
. . t-. n aA OT4Atiltiir At Wajih-
Ingtdn, has gone toOllaska In ,ttie interests
nt hA nwarnmMt to lnVestla-ats the game
conditions ther. Conflicting" Tejwts as
to llje tuna ana previiomiw v ...
far north have een 'made and Mr. Osgood
ex pet t a to settle the matter.
There has been- a. .noticeable lack of
imuiMni . in'- Lendon during the present
gay season, as cqmpMred wlth. yearsn the
mi a rrm I V. n a s. n m r,t I -
immediate ihlsi, i)m yii
uous feature. Of ths very wealthy there
have been about the usual number, but of
what, may be regarded as the middle class
those who- sloop. In "good- hotels ana taao
their meals In Strand cafes there has been
an unprecedented siiortagb.
Henry M. Flagler, 'Standard Oil Midas, Is '
known to the 'general publlo only, as . a
hinntmt trust ma-mate, monopolist, railroad
owner and hotel proprietor. His Intimates
.. .-. . '.1,1 . I ..I . v. n . . ,
aeciane mm to oe a puiutuwuufui "'
a peer. His business associates say that
his life Is spent In helping his fellow men
to help themselves j he is always ready to
lead the way, and his friendship Inspires
his employes with a resolution to labor un
ceasingly and devotedly In his Interest. He
is often confused With John H. Flagler,
another capitalist of Now York.
Colonel John W. Pullman, aaslstant quar
termaster general, on duty In the' office
of General Humphrey, has designed and
perfected a model .of a Pack saddle and
outfit, whloh It la reported will be of great
utility and benefit for packing on mules
all standard, military . supplies used by
troops Ui the field.; The saddle and outfit
fills all requirements of military packing,
and has been highly endorsed by the chief
of staff, who,, with the approval of the
secretary of war, has ordered its fabrica
tion and distribution to the army'. ,
THE GRANGER OP ESOPl'S.
A Glimpse of the Judge Doing Maud
Mailer Stunt,
Baltimore Sun.
It would probably be unjust to Judge
Parker to say that when, like Maud Mul
ler, he rakes. Ike meadow sweet with hay.
he has hla eye fixed' on the farmer yote
of the United States. Yet if the, agricul
turists of this big repubUo are moved by
such things they may well feel a thrill
of pride In the spectacle presented by. the
horny-handed gTanter of, Etopus and may
h drawn Irresistibly toward that distin
guished son ef the solL What could be
more delightfully bucollo than, the Judge,
pitchfork In hand, working alongside the
hired man m h hay fields, or gathering
apples in tka-iljrphard, or sprinkling pans
gretn over the potato vines and he cabba
ges, currying ths family hor. feeding
the pigs and drivlruj tha cows to the pas
ture?' Mr. Roosevelt can't do any of these
things. His pastoral education was neg
lected. He was essentially a product of
the - town, fascinated by urban delights,
and wedded to urban pursuits. There is
pot a farmer In the United States that
wouldn't be glad to have Judge Parker
as his "help' If that able jurist was to
leave the beueh and seek employment as
an agriculturist. On the other hand, no
discriminating farmer would be likely to
employ Mr. Roustvejt If he should become
a statesman rst of a job and take to the
hoe and pitchfork for a Irving. The farmers
constitute a very large proportion of the
voters of this ountry. Judge Parker is
"one of 'em." " If Eeopus dispatches tell
the truth he Is one of the best sll-iound
sgrlculturlts,n Uscle Sam's union. How
can the grangers. If tha judge is nominated
give the "marine heart" to a man who can
rake hay In the morning and' write lUu
minaUi'i declslvns st nlghtf -..
. IlOUn ABOUT HEW TOHK.
Hippies on the Current of Life la the
. . Metropolis.
In his efforts to curb the extravagance of
the Board of Education of Greater New
York. Controller Grant Is giving some hard
knocks to the tads end frills which encum
ber the schools. That he touches a popular
chord Is evidenced by general commenda
tion, with only here end there a cry of
pain from 'the specialists rooted to the pay
roll. Ths demands of ths controller,
summed up, are ss follows:
"Simplify tho course of study prescribed
for the elementsry schools.
"Modify that course so that more time
snd attention may be paid to the ordinary
fundamental common school branches, and
lees time and less expense devoted to spe
cial studies."
He further demands that the teachers
be permitted to do their work "with less
annoyance from seemingly needless but ex
pensive superviflon." In manual training,
too much time and money are wasted on
constructive work.
The controller says further that ss draw
ing has been a part of the work of the
schools for nearly fifty years, UJ eems as
though the many rpeclal teachers could pe
dispensed with, and tuch instruction left to
the regulars. "A special teacher," he adds,
"may help a weak teacher, but she Only
hinders a competent one." , .
There Is too much physical training;
while the-muslcal course la too complex,
and costs too much.
The exact extent of ths Idleness among
organized labor in New York Is shown by
a bulletin of the State Labor Department
for the first quarter of the year.
The outdoor trades building snd engi
neering work suffered from tho extreme
severity 'of the winter, and there was some
depression in the Iron and steel and wood
working Industries. The proportion of the
unionists idle during the first three months
of 1904 was HO per cent., as contrasted
with 5.5 per cent. In the corresponding
period of 1908, which was the best year
of the paet decade. Of the 55,710 who did
not work at all during January, February
or March, 34,365 belonged to the building
trades. At the end of March no fewer than
S5.723 union workers were Idle on sccount
of disputes. The total number Idle for
all causes was 103,996, or 17.2 per cent.,' as
compared with 12.1 per cont. a year ago.
In this state no noteworthy reductions tn
wages have been made, and wage ratee
now stand at the highest point of the de
cade. ,
The plans of a railroad corporation re
cently organized Involve the construction
of one of tha world's great bridges span
ning the tumultuous waters of Hell Gate
snd connecting the mainland at Mott Ha
ven with Long Island City.
This bridge will be of tho cantilever type,
something over a mile tn length from ter
minal to terminal, and, will be distinguished
among railway bridges that are not via
ducts In that It is to be the loftiest railway
bridge In the ' United States. As long as
vessels have masts that stretch upward
in excess of 125 feet make use of the in
land waters of New York snd of Long
Island 'Sound,' so lor.g will It be necessary
to construct bridges over those waters of
a height of at least 135 feet above the
level of mean high water.
The bridge will span, ' when completed,
ths waters where tho tragedy of the Gen
eral Slooum began. - Beneath Its span
in those turbulent waters many were
drowned. Just beyond it the General Slo
cum was beached on the Isolated Island
where those, are detained who are afflicted
With contagious 'diseases. This Identifica
tion of the saddest and most awful of
New York's tragedies, the great height
and length 'of the bridge, hlch, la to be
exclusively Tor 'hlllrbad traffic 'the engi
neering achievements that the building of
It and the approaches of It 'to grade will
Involve will all 'make this one' of tho no
table structures of New York.
A beggar who infests the region about'
Riverside ' Drive has a hew style of ap
proach which Is bringing htm big returns.
When he' sees a man. coming along wast
ing1 new shoes or newly-shlned shoes he
takes a stand directly in the way of his
victim and stares intently at the new shoes
or the new shine. 6f course the pedestrian
stops and looks down' at his own feet to
see What Is the matter. Then says the
beggari ' .
"I wish' that I had a pair pf shoes
as good aS'them."
He has accomplished two. things. He
has made the pedestrian, stop and pay
attention,' which is half the game- with
'a beggar, 'and he has a fine Introduction
for a touch. It usually brings a nickel.
She was a little frowsy-headed urchin
whose three garments failed to perform
their functions at various points along
her spine. Nobody saw her steal Into the
police' station, but when the sergeant
heard a shy cough he looked over his d,esk
and saw the mass of tangled hair. ,
"What do you want, little girl?" he asked.
"Want a cop," she said, between ths
fingers that occupied most of her mouth.
"What for?"
"Popper's fighting mommer."
"You go out arid find a YHceman and
he'll knock popper's head off," the ser
geant assured her.
v A few minutes later she was back,
"popper's give mommer his week's pay,"
she said, "an' mommers gone down to
the eorner fer a can o' mixed ale. It's
all right."
Private banklng'concerns among the girls
In the blij department stores sre the thing
now balking clubs, they call them.
Thero ife no articles of Incorporation, no
hlgh-salsrled officials, no Interest on de
posits. -There Is only a treasurer, a weekly
collection of deposits afid a weekly turn
over of the amount taken In to one of the
stockholders. It Is, In fact, only a mutual
loan society dignified with the name "bank
ing club," but with the advent of spring
there is much need for funds in large
quantities, and the club provides a method
of saving.
There is little formality about the organ
ization. The girls get together generally
ten of them and decide on the sum each
Individual ran contribute weekly to tho
common fund. If It Is a ten-girl club they
agree to pay $2 each for ten weeks. That
makes a total collection of $20 a. week.
Then they agree by lot or otherwise upon
the order in which they shall draw their
money.
The girl who gets the first drawing has
her $20 on the first pay day snd can fit
herself out In spring attire. She then re
pays the oum to the others by her weekly
deposits. The girl who comes last on ths
list has the satisfaction of knowing her
money is piling up for her each week and
that at the end of two months snd a half
she will have enough to buy a summer
dress.
"What security have you that you will
get your money back?" -one of tho girls
waa asked.
"Security?" she repeated In surprise st
the question. "Why, we have no security.
Ain't ws sll ladles of honor T"
"But might not some of them drop out
after getting their $10?"
"Certainly not. Didn't I say we ware all
ladles of honor? But say, I'm glad I was
number two on the list."
Holla and Serving-.
Kansas City Journal.
In the opinion of Henry I.oomU, Presi
dent Rooeevett la "unfit to rule tbe natlun."
99 is every ther msn. Rut serving the
uatlun la a diffvrent matter.
ARISE OF CANDIDATES.
Gratify!- Proapcrt of a Clean Presi
dential Campaign.
Baltimore Anier'lrsn.
On the theshold of the national campaign
of ISftt It Is gratifying lo note the absence
of the calumnious .and abusive . feature
which have not Infrequently accompanied
political conflicts In this country. The lofty
character of the republican nominees ought
of Itself to be a shield og.-tlnst that kind
of work, but this has not always been a
protection In ,the rt. nor has the evil
been confined to a particular date. No
American statesman was a more conspicu
ous victim of the vituperative and slander
ous plan Of CAmpnlgn than Thomas Jeffer
son, and Henry Clay wss charged with
things against which his great and patriotic
soul revolted. With, the possible exception
of George Washington, there was not s
candidate for president In the early days
of the republic who did not suffer In this
way.
Retrospection shows thst none of all these
charges wss true, that all were the out
growth of malicious partisanship, and that
while they Inflicted no permanent Injury
on the victims they did definitely lower the
tone of American politics. This bitter and
unjust partisanship, taking Its rlso nt first
In the early struggles for ths presidency,
gradually spread to local politics, until a
few years ago It reached Its culmination In
the decloratlon of many good citizens that
"every politician IS a rascal," snd In the
assertion of other very desirable cltlsent
that they would not enter politics or run
for an office because of the foul abuse that
would certainly be heaped on them. ' Since
then there has been a notable ebb of the
tide, and more legitimate weapons have
been employed during the progress of a
campaign.
It Is doubtful If a man has ever been
nominated for the presidency against whom
slander 'and personal abuse were legiti
mate weapons, and it Is fairly certain that
they have been of very little use to the
party employing them. Fartles are sup
posed to choose from among their greatest
leaders persons to head their tickets in n
presidential campaign, snd the natural in
ference Is that they arc, at least, honest
and free from the vloes that would dis
qualify them In ordinary social life. Thus
far there has been absoluto freedom from
that sort of campaigning, and there is noth
ing In the situation to suggest that It will
be revived. It is a two-edged sword any
how, because the public r.aj been so sur
feited in the past with Hits disreputable
political weapon that when .'t la used In
credulity Is spt to be etolted and sympathy
Is aroused for the victim or victims.
TWO CIVILIZATIONS.
Contrasts of 'the New and tho Old
at Rosebud.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
The Rosebud Indian reservation In South
Dakota Is about to change hands and the
country is enabled to witness the perform
ances of two civilizations exhibited side by
side and judge which Is the more desirable.
Within file reservation the aborigines are
bewailing their -coming departure by strip
ping oft most of their clothes, painting their
bodies In wetrd designs in high colors, stick
ing feathers In, their hair, and tn that con
dition dancing in a circle to the beating
of tomtoms until they fall from exhaustion
and then refreshing themselves with a feast
of baked dog. Without the reservation there
is- gathered a motley horde of those who
will take the places of . the departing,
camped on the border (n the midst of a hun
dred open gambling dens and no man knows
how many saloons, but all open and busy.
At the appointed hour an offlolal will shoot
off a cannon and tho gang will start with
a rush to secure, -each,, his - piece." of:, the
promised land. One can-, take , his -choice
between tho civilizations, If he has any.
Fortunately, there are not many . Indian
reservations of good land to be disposed of.
If there were, publlo opinion would insist
upon some different method of disposal.
A mawkish publlo sentiment seems to for
bid the federal government from making
any money . out of its property, but re
quires that It be turned; dver for individual
peculators to divide among themselves In
the ratio of their physical strength.- Tho
reservation will doubtless in the end pass
Into the hands . of sober and Industrious
citizens, but they will not get It without
paying toll to these highbinders, whose
character Is Indicated by the provision'
made for their entertainment. ' There are
doubtless good citizens who participate In
these tUsVa, and if they are strongt have
fleet horses and are handy with a gun
they stand the same chance aa others, but
the offering of public land as prizes to the
winners Of a physical contest Is undignified,
If not disgraceful. ; It may be safely as
sumed that the majority of the mob now
on the outskirts of the Rosebud reservation
are men who propose to exercise their
homestead right" for the sole purpose or
selling out to industrious citizens. There Is
no reason, except that It is "unAmerican,
why ths land should not be put up In small
tracts at auction and let the entire body of
ths nation share In whatever, profit thero
may be, instead of turning it over for a
gang of speculators to fight about.
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Laid the Heavy Hand of Outraged
Dignity on an I'nroly osu
Minneapolis Times.
lis! One of thoso rascals who some
times riot under the pretext of extending
greetings to, a. 0wly married couple snJ
call their blackmailing proceedings a
charivari psrty, has come to grief. Jus
tice has overtaken) him. and In the person
of his father, who Is a police justice.
Hurrah for ths Spartan father! When
seveial young rowdies were ha fed before
Tollce Judge Gam ef Grand Island, Neb.,
for going beyond the limits of the licence
usually accorded on such occasion, hla
own son wss among them. Judge Gxm
fined every other member of the psriy
$1, but when he earrte to his Own young
hopeful he r-..tde it thrice that sum.'
The scoffer will jump at the conclusion
that the Judge himself paid the fine nnd
the boy escaped without real punishment,
but let him listen to the rest of the str
The selon of personified justice was unablt
to produco the $S aad was promptly ten'
to Jail.
The Judge's judgment was good. The.
son of a man who represents tbe majesty
of the law should be a law-abiding young
person. It In little mors Incumbent upon
him than It Is upon the average lad who
is not directly related lo the-statutes, to
uphold tlirm In act and deed. Therefore
when he goes out with a mob . and vio
lates several sections ef ..the criminal Code
he should suffer , a little, more than his
accomplices. . ,. . ,
So thought ths judge snd he considered
further that hla own reputation aa a just
Judge was at stk. .He would b severely
criticized If be let his .own boy off with
ss light a fine or lighter than he assessed
against the others, so, he made ft three
times heavier. He would be harshly
spoken of If he fined his boy. only to psy
It himself, so he govs the lad a tasts of
Jail life.
The only criticism we have to offer Is
that he should have Jailed the whole group
of culprits for a few hours at least without
the alternative of a fine.
4
IRTHPI L It EM A UK.
Church Don't you like to see the old
farmer coming Into town wlih.his lua.1 of
hay?
Matbush And gofhg' hbnie the same right
with his load ot rye Vohkers Sla46imawi.
"Gracious!" exclaimed Mr. Swellman,
"the baby has Just eaten a lot of that dog
biscuit." ... .
"Never mlrld," replied Mrs. Swellmaa. 'It
just serves Fldo right, . for he has often
eaten the . baby's food." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"I wonder why this gun kicks so," re
marked the amateur sportsman, after
mllng another easy shot.
"Probably its kicking at your hard luck,"
replied the guide, sarcastically. Chloago
Tribune.
' What's the matter with that fellow over
there?" asked tha first mosquito, Indicating
another member of the tribe.
"O! he's simply crazy," replied the Sec
ond mosquito. "He's a vegetarian." Phil
adelphia Press. .... i ','
"Do you mesn to tell me that you worked
for the republican ticket?
"Yes," answered Colonel Stllwell ef Ken
tucky. "I had decided to move out of the
state anyhow, and I had a lot of mean
neighbors that I wanted to get even with,"
Washington Star. .
She Don't you ever send any of . your
Stories to tha magazines? . .
He Don't I? 1 send jots of them, but
I believe I'd drop dead If they ever ac
cepted any.
Sho (sympathetically) I do wish ,they
would accept one. Philadelphia Ledger.
She Did you say her husband passes tbS
plate In church? .,
He No; I said he let it pass him. Ton
kers Statesman.
"Open your mouth a little wider, please,"
said, the dentist. .
"My friend, rep'.led the ' profeiior. With
some Impatience, "I can't bpen my fcieuth
any-wider. But I can extend, it vetjwi
a little more. If you tnaistuxon It" .
' For nothing Jars the professor's -,oi es
worse than the use ot slipshod English.
Chicago Tribune.
tit THE OLD hJAYs. ' '
J. .A. Edgerton in National Magazine.
The old days! 'Do you eVr think-of them.
When sitting silent, ss tt shadows meet?
When lying broad awaks dtttd of night.
To hear the rain that aripe' iron) off the
eaves, ' -
Do you remember how sweet, was. your
sleep,
. In the old days?
The old days, when you wavd to grow
big,
Before you knew the sorrcv It would
bring! .
When looking at the blue hills ier sWay,
And thinking of the world that lay be
yond, Do you remember how you yearned for Jt,
In the eld days?
The old days! They are V wtd o'er
with graves:
The sweet-faced mother, first and dearest
friend;
The old home faces that you . ustd to
know
Your playmates and - your Sweethesrts,
'. where are they?
Do you remember now you .loved end lost,
In the old days? , .' .
The old days I How they brim the eyes
with tears,
And fill the heart -with longing and re
are t! . . ." .
O, there are tragedies for every life,
Ar
knd there are songs ss sweet sa ever sung,
Ar
tna mere are memories mat never oie.
In the old days,
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