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ya that the actual number of full end
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pon't be a clam, Mr. Parker. Tell
na what you know.
'iEsopus postofflce may ret into the
presidential class, but It 1b hardly prob
able lta most distinguished citizen will
do ao.
From the way the common stock Is
mounting, wind must be replacing some
ef the water In United States Steel se
curities. , The Japs refused to sign the schedule
tailing for a vacation during the rains.
TJncle Russell Sage must bare been
talking to them.
St. Louis has Just celebrated the hot
test day ot the year, but exposition vis
itors may look for several hotter days
before September 1.
Who would even have thought that
Usopus and pyster Bay would, be . more
Important centers of political views;
than Albany and New York I
The. national convention of American
toateopatbs has appointed a committee
to prepare a code of ethics, and a shake
Bp of dry bones may be expected, ,
Tbe parting of the ways hat come
for a good many democratic and popu
listle "organists" and spellbinders. Pop-i
fecracy and plutocracy do not mix well.
When it la all over there will be a re
adjustment of Asiatic affairs that Is
P&!y. ' to be permanent until Russia
thinks it la strong enough to try again.
-. The German press correspondent who
went out such a free criticism of Viceroy
lAJerleff's .methods may only have been
wanting free transportation home from
fclanchuria. .
South Africa now has a "lost cause," a
face problem and "carpet baggers," but
here all resemblance to our southern
BtateVi ends, as no one has named a
former Boer general for prime minister
tt Great Britain. .
Russians would rather believe that 30,
DOO Japanese have been killed than that
the Japanese leaders would wilfully fal
sify, and their preference is not all
loused by a desire for confidence in hu
Iit&n nature, either.
Thomas A. Edison sold newspapers
iwhea a boy. He has also sold news
papers ' occasionally since be became
famous man with his electric smelt
ing device and his light weight storage
tattery, for example.
Later developments would Indicate
that the promise of Mr. Bryan to reor
ganize the democratic party after the
present campaign is little more than a
(strong bid for populist assistance in an
tttempt to resurrect himself.
Chicago packing house employes now
(it.work are torn between a desire to go
ton a sympathetic strike and one to con
tribute part of their wages to the cause
ef the men now out. Under such cir
cumstances the decision should be in
favor of the defense fuud and a full
Winner pail.
France now propones to give the grand
teroes of the Legion of Honor to Secre
tary Hay in token of its high esteem
nd as a special mark of satisfaction
over tbe manner in which he handled
tb Ralsoull incident another evidence
f the ability of tbe secretary to get
what he wants and make tbe other fel
low like K.
It la intimated that the United States
la to object formally to Great Britain
because of tbe efforts of Canada to In
duce Immigration among American citi
zens. Turn about is fair play. Great
Britain objected to the last large body
f men sent from this country to Canada
because they crossed the Hue "wearing
pt U.0 green,
FEDERAL CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS
The question- Of federal control of cor
porations engaged in commerce among
the states and with foreign nations has
received a good deal of intelligent and
thoughtful consideration and discussion
within the last few years. It is not to
be doubted that public opinion is largely
In favor of auch control and that such
would be the overwhelming verdict of
the people if the question were submit
ted to popular vote, but there are some
who regard the proposition with strong
disfavor, believing that there is Involved
in it grave dangers from the enlarge
ment of the power of the federal govern
ment
This view of the question is presented
with ability and force by Mr. Charles A.
Conant, who Is prominent In eastern
financial circles and is well known as a
student of economic subjects. He rec
ognizes the apparent antagonism be
tween the Interests of those who organ
ize industrial combinations and the in
terests of the consumer and he is by
no means a defender or apologist of the
trusts, but he thinks that the concentra
tion at Washington of all power over
corporations, including tbe granting of
franchises by law, their regulation by ex
ecutive boards and their interpretation
by federal courts would make possible n
crystallization of corrupt influences such
as has never before been possible in the
history of the world. He says: "A party
once installed in power, using without
scruple its ability to levy contributions
upon the corporations and to distribute
these levies as gratuities among the
poorer voters, would be a self-perpeta-ating
body more absolute for a time at
least than the most absolute of voting
trusts." In the view of Mr. Conant. if
further protection be required by the
public the states should strengthen their
corporation laws.
Admitting the danger which Mr. Co
nant points out as possible to federal
control of corporations, yet it is easy to
exaggerate it and the advocates of such
control have shown no apprehension in
this direction. One of the ablest of these,
who has given the subject as careful and
thorough study as perhaps anyone in
the couuery, Judge Grosscup, would put
an end to the Interstate competitive sys
tem under which New Jersey vies with
Maine and West Virginia with Michi
gan in granting prlvilges to prospective
Incorporators. He would have all corpo
rations doing business in more than one
state hold their charters from tbe na
tional government, and he would bave
their charters issued only after a close
scrutiny of their capitalization, a close
analysis of their Intentions and a close
restriction of their powers. The well
known corporation lawyer of New York,
James B. Dill, ia another earnest advo
cate of federal control of corporations en
gaged in interstate and foreign com
merce. He has urged that the business
of the country demands uniform corpo
rate legislation, formulated upon the
good of the country as a whole, and not
sectional legislation, state against state.
These able lawyers are not disturbed in
thelr'aflwcacy of federal control of eo
poratlona by any fear of the political
possibilities that might be Involved In
such a policy. The proposition com
mends itself to their Judgment as the
only certain , means of correcting the
evils and abuses now complained of.
There is no doubt that this question
will continue to receive serious consider
ation, with the probability that the more
it ia discussed the stronger and more
general will become the sentiment in
favor of federal control for all interstate
corporations.
AMERICAN S BNTIMEN T AND RUSSIA.
The magazine discussion of Russia's
attitude toward us In the war of the
BtceFslon and the American feeling
toward Russia in tbe present war, ia
not' yet over. John Callan O'Loughlln,
a war correspondent for Colliers, now
In St. Petersburg, contributes a strongly
written article to a recent number of
bin paper, in which be gives apparently
authentic proofs of Russia's readiness
to prevent European nations, especially
Hug la ud. from helping tbe rebellious
south. Henry Clews, the veteran man
of pft'nlrs, writes a still stronger paper
In the North American Review, In which
he stoteo positively there are absolutely
iio grounds for believing Russia had any
intention of aiding tbe north In the
event of attempted Intervention.
Mr. Clews insists that the visit of the
Runt-Inn vessels had no political significance-,
that New York and San Fran
cisco were merely regular ports of call,
that the astute mind of William II. Sew
ard, secretary of state, saw what the
lufcrence might be in the minds of Eu
rope and seized - upon the heaven-sent
chance to let the rest of the world be
lieve we had tbe support of Russia, that
there was no agreement between the na
tions and that no proofs exist in the
state departments of either St. Peters
burg or Washington of an agreement,
that the whole affair was on the part of
Russia a monumental bluff. Riwi'h, by
the way, has never yet either denied or
affirmed that it stood ready to aid the
union. By simply saying nothing and
letting (he American people believe the
Illusion fathered by their own wish,
Russia has been making political cap
ital out of the matter ever since, and
claiming American friendship whenever
it teemed necessary. Tbe Muscovite
reputation in diplomacy Is too well
known to need discussion, better known,
Indeed, than envied.
Mr. Clews also makes a strong point
when he asserts and gives proof that
the unfriendly sentiment in England
during the war of the rebellion was
confined to the cotton-spinning district,
ceutering in Lancashire, whose indus
tries were ruined by the stopping ot
their raw material, ne quotes a letter
from William E. Gladstone that the
only time the British cabinet considered
recognition of the south waa when it
positively and unhesitatingly "turned
down" Napoleon's proposition regarding
intervention. This, be thinks, shows
that Ttrltaln reallr. as In the Snaniah
THE OMAIIA
war, prevented outside interference.
Unless some diplomatic secrets yet un
known come to light, the conclusions of
Mr. Clews, who deduces weighty proofs
to back up his statements, will bave to
be accepted, ne, however, deprecates
any course unfriendly to Russia and
pleads for strict neutrality. Mr. CLough
lln'a nationality and descent may ex
plain hla eagerness to prove Russia our
savior during that critical period.
This whole discussion originated with
the attempt of tbe Russian ambassador
to turn the tide of American moral sup
port in the present war from Japan to
Russia. Using the alleged support of
Russia in 18G3 as his main argument.
Count Casslnl Implied tbe blackest in
gratitude on the part of the American
people toward their saviors (?) ot 1803,
because the great force of public opin
ion here has been in favor of Japan.
The favor of . the American people,
however, does not rest solely upon the
emotions. The Anglo-Saxon love of
simple Justice lives today in the United
States, as it did in the days of John
the Bad and Magna Charta, and the Jus
tice or injustice of the cause at issue
will determine the direction of American
sentiment. The United States bad
neither very deep friendship for Cuba
nor dislike of Spain, but the Justice of
the Cuban cause impelled it to take tbe
side of freedom and rescue the perse
cuted islanders from the grip of Spain.
And so with the present war. Had Rus
sia kept its many promises to evacuate
Manchuria, if it had opened the sea
ports to world commerce and had acted
with less greed and more honesty, it
would probably enjoy today more of the
moral support of tbe American people.
Russia's repudiation of solemn promises,
Its restrictions on trade and attempted
excluslveness have alienated the strong
pro-Russian feeling here, while Japan's
policy of fairness and the open door,
its grit and courage has shone by con
trast and won our approbation and sym
pathy. ANOTHER STEP IN ARBITRATION.
The agreement Just concluded between
Great Britain and Germany is another
step in tbe progress of International ar
bitration which all friends of the prin
ciple will regard with satisfaction. The
agreement provides for the settlement
by arbitration of differences which may
arise of a legal nature, or relating to
the interpretation of existing treaties be
tween the two countries. It is stated
that tbe terms of the agreement are
identical with those recently concluded
with France and Italy.
It is naturally assumed that the visit
of King Edward to Emperor William
at Kiel bad something to do with effect
ing this agreement and probably the
two sovereigns talked the matter over,
but it had been under consideration by
the foreign offices of the two countries
for some time and had been more or
less discussed In the press of both na
tions. It la interesting to, note that
since the signing Of tbe agreement the
comment favorable to it on the part of
the London newspapers has come not
from the government organs, with an ex
ception or two, but from the opposition
papers, all of which have warmly con
gratulated the king upon bis latest
achievement In the Interest of peace.
The fact that the influential organs of
the government take a different view
of the matter, after having heartily
commended the similar agreement made
a abort time ago with France, seems to
Indicate an unfriendly feeling toward
Germany which it is not easy to account
for. There is shown in the remarks of
some of those Journals a disposition to
belittle the friendship manifested on
the part of Germany, for which there
is no apparent Justification and the ef
fect of which upon tbe popular mind of
that country, can hardly fail to be bad.
While agreements of this kind may not
seem to the average mind to amount to
a great deal, owing to their restricted
scope, yet unquestionably they are a
distinct gain for the world and mark a
utage of progress which every friend of
peace and humanity must rejoice nt.
NATURALIZATION FRAUDS.
The Department ot Justice at Wash
ington appears to be doing effective
work In discovering and exposing nat
uralization frauds. According to the re
ports evidence has toaen found showing
that not less than 80,000 foreigners In
New York City have been fraudulently
admitted to citizenship, and doubtless
the number v.ill be very considerably
Increased during the present year, in
spite of the vigilance of tbe federal au
thorities.
The revelations in regard to natural
isation frauds in every section of tbe
country, referred to in the last report of
the attorney general of the United
States, point out the urgent necessity of
amending the naturalization laws, as
was recommended by Mr. Knox. He
suggested the omission from the stat
utes as they now stand of the question
of Intent and guilty knowledge where
an offender baa In bis possession a fraud
ulent certificate of naturalization unlaw
fully obtained in any manner whatever,
or when a fraudulent certificate so beld
and obtained ia used for any purpose
whatever. It was also suggested that
the law be amended so aa to compel an
alien, at the time of applying for citi
zenship, to present from the appropriate
immigration authorities a certificate
showing bis age and the date of bis ar
rival, and containing also hla physical
description, similar to that In a passport,
such certificate to form a part of tbe
court records, like bis application for
citizenship. Another important sugges
tion by the attorney general was that
the power of Issuing certificates of nat
uralization should be withdrawn by con
gress from the various state courts and
should be restricted to United States
courts.
Mr. Knox will have an opportunity as
a United States senator to press these
recommendations In bis last annual re
port upon the attention of congress, and
It la to be expected that be will do so,
DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JULY ' 17, 1304.
since he evidently felt a very strong
interest In the matter, remarking In his
reference to naturalization frauds that
"every honest citizen Is deeply concerned
In repelling and preventing dishonest
claims te the high right of citizenship."
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AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS.
It Is everywhere conceded that the
agricultural exhibit at tbe St Louis ex
position is by far the most comprehen
sive ever made at any world's fair, both
as to the products and the processes
of husbandry, and this is no doubt due,
apart from the recognition that agri
culture is the basis of all human in
dustry, to the fact that the exhibit has
been assembled under the direction of
Frederick W. Taylor. Mr. Taylor has
had chargo of either the horticultural
or agricultural exhibit at every great
exposition beld in the United States for
the past ten years, and there can be no
doubt that' he has had a wider and
longer experience along that line than
any one who can be readily named.
In this connection it has been Bug
gested that the present would be the
best time to compile a record of tbe
progress and present status of agrlcul
ture in this country; Other exposltloni
have come and gone, each or them with
a great exhibit in the agricultural do
partment but of none 'of these has a
record been kept, and today there Is no
work dealing with the development of
the science of husbandry in the United
States. The suggestion that Mr. Taylor
should undertake this work is to be
highly commended, for its educative
value, and also for the sake of having
preserved an account of the growth of
the greatest of all American industries.
The officers of a large number of Bgri
cultural societies scattered over the
United States, agricultural papers gen
erally, and the best and most influential
of the daily press of the country, to
whose attention tbe matter has been
brought have all united in giving en
couragement to tbe suggestion that such
a work be undertaken by Mr. Taylor,
and it is to be hoped that he will con
sent to do so, and give to the American
people a work that will embrace both
the development of scientific farming
and , those industries directly r related
thereto.
ONE MORE BAD RECORD.
The International Mercantile Marine
company is another combination which
It appears has made a bad record from
a business point of view. It was orig
inally organized some ten or eleven
years ago, on what was then regarded
as legitimate lines, but about two years
ago it took the form of a trust under the
manipulation of J. P. Morgan and un
dertook to absorb all the steamship lines
in the transatlantic trade. It was parti
ally successful in this and it will be re
membered that the operations of the
company caused so much consternation
to British shipping Interests that Parlia
ment was called upon to take some ac
tion to prevent British lines falling un
der the company's control. Parliament
was so Impressed that it heeded the ap
peal and kept the Canard company
from falling into tbe embrace of the
steamship combination.
Of course Morgan and his associates
in promoting the combination made a
great deal of money out of it but not
so those who bought the stock as an
investment Tbe first complete annual
statement shows that financially the
company is a failure. The subsidiary
companies bave been compelled to pass
their dividends and of course the stock
holders, who by the way are mostly
British, are very bitter agalnBt Morgan,
but bave no redress. It is said in ex
planation that the transatlantic trade
has greatly decreased in the past two
years, but while this is the case It is
not the only reason for financial failure.
There waa a well-sustained competition
which the combination could not meet
without incurring large losses that
would ultimately bave driven it into
bankruptcy.
Last year was a record year for great
accidents with large loss of life, but if
1004 goes on at its present pace tbe 1003
record will be badly beaten. Theater
fires, steamboat and ocean ship fires,
railway collisions and mine explosions
have inflicted appalling calamities re
sulting in a great loss of life. A great
accident such as the Chicago theater
horror nowadays creates little or no
public opinion of sufficient endurance to
have any appreciable effect on the regu
lations covering public safety. Already
the theaters In Chicago are reported to
bave evaded the theater ordinance, with
the help of an injunction from the courts,
and there the matter rests. New York's
steamboat fatality showed a most cul
pable negligence on tbe part of those
responsible for the safety of the pas
sengers, yet who would predict any real
and lasting assurance of greater care in
the future? If we Americans were not
content to take so many chances, where
more conservative peoples would not
public action fixing tbe blame and pun
ishing the culprits would long ago have
put on the brakes. If, unfortunately,
any accident carrying great loss of life
should befall a meeting of our state or
national legislatures, bringing home to
the lawmakers themselves tbe scant
consideration given public safety in
these busy days, some remedy would
be applied immediately.
The British army made a good many
mistakes and the generals were often
incompetent at the beginning of the
South African war, but they learned and
adapted themselves to tbe new condi
tions. Tbe Russians do not appear to
bave really recovered from the, first
shock ot finding that tbe little Japs
could beat them at their own game.
The Omaha divorce mills are grinding
Just about as rapidly and as noiselessly
as tbe Sioux Falla divorce mills in their
most palmy days. Divorces In high
life ran be procured on the shortest of
notice, published in readerless papers
and argued before dumb Judges by the
sign language with a specific guarantee
of all scandal being suppressed by the
embalming process and the petitions
being buried in the dark recesses of
fire proof vaults whose contents are as
safe as the treasures deposited in tbe
Yale lock boxes of a savings depository
President Roosevelt Is a man of effl
clency, strength and versatility. He has
done many things, and done them all
well. Fate has arranged It that the lime
light should be turned on him more than
on any man in our public life today
The American nation honors above all
a strong "man who does things," and
Mr. Roosevelt has gained both the
hearty admiration and liking of the
average citizen of the republic, and the
respect and good will of the govern
menta of the world.
It la intimated that the democratic
national committee will offer any as
slstance he may require in the way ot
campaign funds to carry the Nebraska
legislature and send a democratic sen
ator to Washington as the colleague of
Senator Millard. Tbe democratic na
tlonal campaign fund will be fried out
of tbe big trusts and combines. Would
Bryan accept the benefit of any trust
money?
The democrats are howling "Look at
the platform look at the candldater-look
at the records of the parties." Well,
that's exactly what the republicans
want. Tbe more the better. As the is
sues at stake become clearer In tbe pub
lic mind, the result becomes less and
less uncertain. Tbe people know good
government when they see it They
don't want to buy a "pig in a poke."
Sad is the lot of the war correspond
ent Now he complains that he has no
Idea of the war situation except aa to
that which passed under his personal
observation. Although the day la past
when the war correspondent was ex
pected to do the planning for the gen
era Is in the field, apparently some of
the writers are unaware of the flight of
time.
An early and damaging frost is now
reported from New Jersey, to keep down
the peach crop, and hot winds are cited
through Kansas and Nebraska to supple
ment tbe meat packers' strike and bring
tbe price of wheat np to the dollar" mark.
As Judge Parker has been authorized
to write his own platform on tbe sub
Ject of money, it would be nothing more
than Justice to permit Forty-Millionaire
Davis to write a new plank on the sub
ject of trusts and corporations.
fValtlns for the Front.
.Boston Transcript. '
When last heard from, some time ago.
the czar was about starting forward to
the front. If he will wait a minute longer
the front will come back to him.
Get Onto the Balboa!
Minneapolis Journal.
The president of Panama has just signed
the new monetary law that will hold good
on the Isthmus. It practically establishes
the gold standard and provides for a coin
to be called the "Balboa," equal to the
American dollar, or two silver pesos. When
you go shopping don't ' forget that - two
pesos make one balboa.
In a Comfortable Position.
New York Press.
"What is the most satisfactory position
In commercial life?" I asked a veteran who
is now enjoying the fruits of a successful
career. His answer: "The most satisfac
tory position ot.a business man is to own
something that ho want to sell but ain't
obliged to and have a lot of fellows dead
anxious to buy It at any price."
Tain of Talking- Spanish.
Chicago Tribune.
The American boy is unfortunate whose
mother has him taught French to the ex
clusion ot Spanish. Of course. If bo learns
both French and Spanish ha is better off.
but if he is to learn but one language
Spanish is better for him. If he becomes
a merchant a knowledge of Spanish ia
bound to bo serviceable to him, because
the next few years will inevitably see a
great expansion of American trade of
all sorts, not only ., with our dependencies
but also with the entire Spanish-speaking
continent of South America. The young
clerk who Knows Spanish will have the
advantage over hla rival who doesn't
know it.
The "Thirteen" Superstition.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Colonel John McElroy, an adept in war
statistics, contributes figures to show that
the "silly superstition" attaohlng to the
number thirteen finds no justification In
the records of the civil war. "It la In evi
dence Just now in the tiresome clatter
about the republican convention being the
thirteenth in the history of the organiza
tion." The war records - show, according
to Colonel MeElroy's curious deductions.
that the total lose of the thirty-one regi
ments and batteries bearing the designa
tion thirteen was 6,601, that of the same
number of regiments and batteries num
bered twelve waa 6,776, while that of
those numbered fourteen was 7,079. Not a
regiment or battery bearing the number
thirteen had any special 111 luck, while
most of them escaped with small loss.
Yellow Journalism, (
Leslie's Weekly.
When in a publlo address recently Mr.
L. Fellows Jenkins, superintendent of the
Mew York Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children, declared that the
sensational accounts of crime In the news
papers are largely responsible for the
alarming increase of juvenile delinquency,
he was charged by some newspaper critics
with narrowness and exaggeration. We
believe that Mr. Jenkins' was wholly
within the truth In his statement that
much of the juvenile crime comes through
the suggestions furnished by the lurid
and circumstantial accounts of criminal
doings published In a certain class of
papers. Direct proof of this Influence for
evil is before us at the moment. In an ac
count of a Boston lad of S years who
started a fire, causing a damage ef S20,CO0
for the confessed purpose of getting bis
"picture In the papers." This Itch fer
notoriety Is constantly fed by the yellow
journals, and Is one of the worst results
of thslr cheap and silly methods of ex
ploiting crime and criminals. These sheets,
with their detailed and often Imaginative
stories of scandal, murder, burglary, and
other misdeeds served up with illustra
tions, are nothing leas than text books
for the teaching of erlme to the young
and impressionable, their Influence being
specially marked with the chtlldren of
the streeta, who have little or no home
Instruction to offset It. Upon such minds
the yellow newspaper works aa an Incen
tive to crime and depravity, and to little
else.
SSRMOX9 I ETBCES. ,
There Is no worship in a whine.
Seeds of love bear fruit In all soils.
Blows of eloquence leave no bruises.
The smooth man is quite likely to back
slide.
That which can be defined cannot be
divine.
Happiness Is only the other side of help
fulness. The worst sin Is the one with an odor ef
sanctity.
The man who travels slowest may be
hauling most.
The greedy eye misses more than the
generous one.
When opportunity arrives It Is too late
for preparation.
No man ever regrets the bitter words
he did not rv
Every time yeu frown you have to turn
your face from Ood.
You cannot keep your morals clean when
your mind is a cistern.
The truly repentant seek the Father's
fare rather than his goods.
Men are never led to better things by
preaching about forbidden things.
The church will some day quit trying to
feed the hungry through their ears.
Better give a man a drink out of an old
gourd than to let him go' thirsty until you
get your gold cup. - '
When the preacher gets hi gospel out of
the garbage barrel the people will get
their sins out of his sermons. Chicago
Tribune.
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE Pl'LPIT.
Minneapolis Times: One of our respected
clergymen sas Christians cannot belong
to either of the big parties. Eure'.y some of
the 15,000,000 men who will cast then bal
lots this fall are Christiana
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Dr. Dowle Is
reported to have said that he considers
that it will be more to hla credit to go
to hades and fight the proprietor than to
accept eternal happiness. Are any objec
tions heard?
Brooklyn Eagle: The thief who robbed
the wife of Bishop Potter of 150,000 worth
of Jewels was, possibly, a missionary In
disguise, who wanted to convince the
clergy that worldlinesa In attire Is not so
excellent aa contributions for loading the
heathen with trousers.
Springfield Republican: The privilege
given the Young Men's Christian associa
tion to send missionaries with the Japa
nese army Is a matter of much signifi
cance. ; As the result of the efforts of our
American body permission has been ob
tained from the general staff of the army
to send out five Americans, elx Japanese
and one of the American association secre
taries In Japan, to go even to the front.
The American missionaries will be sup
ported by their boards, and funds received
will support the Japanese and provide
equipment. There will be association tents
erected at camps in Japan and Corea,
which will be headquarters for social and
religious work, but there will also be hos
pital and field visitation. This puts the
Christian association on somewhat the
same level as the fted Cross society. It
Is a singular development of the receptiv
ity of western Ideas, and the tendency to
religious freedom which have characterixed
the revivification of Japan.
PHONETIC SPELLING.
Leading; Educators Wrestllngr with an
Old Problem.
St. Louis Republic
The National Educational association was
confronted directly at its convention in St.
Louis with the problem of instituting rad
ical reform In English spelling. While the
proposition submitted was not set aside.
decision was evaded for a year, and,
consequently, the subject will be brought
up for consideration at the next session.
To the convention a petition was made
for the appointment of a commission, to
consjslt of 30 to 100 members, and for the
appropriation of adequate funds, for mak
ing a thorough investigation and offering
practical recommendations. The petition
was denied, but the reformers were granted
concession, in that a committee was
chosen to study the subject and report
next year whether the association would
be justified in approving any change. This
committee, which is empowered to present
suggestions, comprises President W. H.
Maxwell, superintendent of the schools In
Greater New York; Calvin Thomas of Col
umbia university: Oeorge HempI of the
University of Michigan; Homer H. Seerley,
president of ' the state normal school of
Cedar Falls, Ia., arid Charles M. Jordan,
superintendent of schools In Minneapolis.
Inasmuch as the reform propaganda Is
potent, embracing a comparatively large
and an Intensely enthusiastic body of advo
cates, it Is likely that the special commit
tee's work wilt not be overly facile and
recreative and that several fervid speeches
may bo delivered when the report Js made
next year. For there are many who be
lieve that the English words are cumber
some on account of superfluous letters and
clumsy combinations.
But it may be predicted that even the
sanction of such an Influential organisation
as the National jcaucauonai aasociauon
could not accomplish radical reform in En
glish spelling In a brief time. It would
require more than the respected opinions
and the labors of the most learned and
sincere men to readjust custom and com
bat the eccentricities of heredity.
Reforms In languages come gradually. In
natural way, meeting the requirements
of a people and developing from conditions
and tastes. It is doubtful whether pho-
netlo spelling would meet with favor among
either the people or the writers. But the
report will be awaited impartially.
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PERSONAL ATtV OTHERWISE.
A few weeks of perspiration can be borne
cheerfully aa long as King Cora gets In his
yellow work.
Doctors In various cities complain of dull
times. The rest of mankind is correspond
ingly cheerful.
An occasional bunch of trouble amor.g
the packers has the advantage of varying
the monotony of dividends.
A peacemaker In Ohio established a
new record. He didn't get hurt hlmneif
and gave one ot the belligerents a fu
neral. Judge Parker's dally exercise In the wa
ters of the Hudson accounts for hla ability
to keep his mouth shut. Swimming ab
hors a vacuum.
The movement among street ear patrons
to abolish straps and join In the rallying
cry "No seat, no fare," will not last long.
There's no pleasure In laplandlng when
there's a kick coming.
Bogus bonds of the United States are
being palmed off on European financiers.
It ia consoling to know that there are
other shining lights besides ourselves who
do not sidestep a gold brick.
With the usual perversity of ignorance
the generals at the front In Manchuria
utterly fall to carry out the plana of the
strategists at home. No wonder that peopla
on both sides are getting hurt.
As long as the Russians confine their
slaughtering to the dispatches, why should
Toklo bother about denials. Imaginary
victories Is the only comfort that the Rus
sians get out of the ugly business. ,
Summer girls far outnumber the summer
boys at the resorts this year. The disparity
In sexes Is growing at such a rate that
the old gallants will have to brush up,
presently and give the afflicted relief,
"Providence moves In mysterious ways
His wonders to perform." The man who,
Invented the magazine cane for Fourth of
July purposes Is laid up with a lacerated
shin, but the doctors hope to save htm.
"Canadian attorneys are searching for a
woman who is supposed to be in St Louis'
and who is heiress to about 150,000. The
search Is being prosecuted with all the
seal a prospective percentage can Infuse.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"What a homely ehlrt!"
"Yes, my wife picked It out."
"Why, man, haven't you any taste your
self?"
"Not for a quarrel with my wife." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"I'm surprised that Mlsa Passay should
accept the attentions of Mr. Gayman. He's
so awfully fast."
"Yes, but he'll have to bo mighty fast,
indeed, to get away from her," Philadel
phia Press.
"I never supposed Dlggsley would marry
a homely woman. He used to be so crasy
over the pretty girls."
men you are acquainted witn nia wire 7
"No. I never saw her. but I hear other
women always referring to her as being
"Why Is moonllitht so conducive to ro-
tllC.IIV.C7. D.IU .11V DCIIMIIIDIHBI UUII. IIIC.II.
"wen," answered tne practical gin, "tor
one thing, when you are using moonlight
you aren t Interrupted by remembrances of
parental worry anout gas ana eiecirio ngnc
bills." Washington Star.
'There!" exclaimed Rev. Mr. Gasaway.
as he finished writing hie sermon, "I flat
ter myseir tnat very rew preacners could
beat that bit of eloquence."
"vvnat s your text, aearT asKea nis wire.
" 'Let nothing; be done through vain
glory.' " Chicago Tribune.
'Do you think they'll be haony now
they're married?"
'Well. I don t see why not. They eat the
same kind of breakfast food, take the
same brand of dyspepsia tablets and wear
the same make of hygienic underwear."
Town Topics. ...
When paw does eomethln' wrong an' knows
That maw'll call him down,
He don't come home an' brave It out
An' throw the things aroun'.
But he will kind o' heave a sigh,
Fer paw is mighty slick,
An' look as though he'd like to cry.
An'' act as If he s sick.
It's then he talks o' business cares
. Till you kin feel the gloom,
As aunty says, come down the stalru
An' settle in the room.
Till maw begins to feel a throb
O" pity fer him, so.
Instead of calling of him down.
She cheers him up, by jo!
Indianapolis Bun.
AN AMERICAN.
Arthur Oulterman In Leslie's Weekly.
Most men we doubt; this man we know
We saw him trained; we watched him
grow;
We saw him run this lively town;
He turned Its guard-house upside down
And rummaged shop from front to rear
But how he cleared the atmosphere I
You thought his course a sealot s whim?
We know how much we owe to him.
In peace and war, he always led;
Ha did the work, and went up head,
Whllo doubters walled and cynics railed
He grasped the chance and never failed.
He never spares till something breaks.
He even dares to make mistakes?
He owns one rule, and that Is "Right," '
He knows one method "Work and Fight."
He owns a jaw, a supple wrist,
A muscled arm, a big, brown flst,
A neck like a poet and a head like a
And when bo hits, ho hits from the
shoulder.
He knows his country, east and west;
And If he hold It for the best
In this wide world, he lends his will
And strength to make it better still.
He's schooled to read the wiles oi men.
To point a gun, to wield a pen.
To curb a festive bronco's tricks;
He knows a bit of politics.
Let would-be tyrants look askance!
He gives each man an equal chance
Despite hla color, clasa or race
Or threate from ehop or market place.
He worships peace but thinks It best
To be as ready aa the rest.
mcaun in ensp who xair,
And gets the drop, won't have to Agnt
He rules a frame ot iron strain, . -,
A dauntless soul, a well stored brain, .
The head of Age, the heart of Youth,
And when ho speaks, he speaks the, Truth!
Call or writ
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