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THE BTW. will be mailed upon reqnest
to abeorlber learias; the city
darlns; ' ths aamnier months.
Chances of address will ! tnadf
as freqaently as deslredt notices
of such change mutt b,1t - both
the old and iei addresses. .
l!aby faraalcg is one kind of farming
IVtbraska does not desire to stimulate.
Kt-iiator fiorman must Lave taken
lofBons Jrorn Uncle Joe Cannon la the
art of dodging honors.'
It Is eafe to nay that the opposition
In Nebraska will not conduct Its real
campaign unon national Issues.
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The packers' strike is bad enough In
Its lifts nflU-tlons without being "played
up" for purposes of rxlltlcal capital.
Isn't rtenfylBBSinvTryfavlB going-40-looeen
xrp to the campaign fund at all?
What's iitj'itVtlie i ticket anyway?"
For nil of Judge ra riser's ability as a
swimmer, Tajnmouy will prbbably call
wpoa the Willi "flosters" to carry New
lork City. L 'M r . . '
The'i rest "thing weceasary will bo a
court de.'ini'Urtnf of what constitutes the
dividing line 1 irlwe--persuasion aud
luUaildatlon.
The rer guard has bci-u the post of
honor so long in the ItusHian army that
. the term "leader" must be misinter
preted la the realm of the czar. .
Ad.nlrar Ktlrling'a thirst for Informa
tioii as to who Morton is, will probably
10 gratified. Wh;.t a pity the, admiral
canuot get the plctoral papers regularly.
It la announced that Vice Presidential
Cnndiante Davis Is to be married lu
October. If this, bo Jrue' the evente cf
November will fall with less sadness
upon Uls soul,
Ily empowering the executive commit-
11 e to elect the treanurer of the demo
t iui!3 iintlonttl cmnmittpn, an ensy wsy
t.r.a !'Tn .-,-ylnd to let the contributors
i-vIcC 'ua itia a to liistribute the coin.
ThoMo t.x ugeuis of the allied rall-i-i.-i.U
of Nohraska must Lave had a se
vt en!' ; doy. n from their Itossea or
they wiiu. . j. t be I' lhur so strpniv,nj?y
to earii'-' h second time..,1.
tr-i-i-n i.'sry h h t.ti the democratic na
tlotiiil toiuiuK.i-e would if possible" be a
ii'.iii'H." ' u ot tl, iiuinortal Vlccr of
I '" .v. - t makes yo Ciffere-uce what the
I'Srty i,:. da for JuKt so Le keeps LU
A Itett'oit newspaper advises the
A;r.i-rl. i.n people to "forget the Mln"
If t! i';ilt la Havaiu harbor would
f '!u'tv this advice choncea are another
r'-Ja would be s"'t to the bottom of
tl.a ma by colii-i-'u with tho wreckage.
rt la pleuMit to ' .-.-.e tl.o AVoild Her
ald odn it that I v Lad about as
lunWi i.:.,.i'e cf c:Vrjii: NeiiranUa as
P.. ...-, i it bus of carrj lu Mif..,i.-.lpid,
but n.u thin i!n republn-ana will do
!' t ki-ip t';t !r t yes i. a and omit no
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ay .., i i-' ' work bi tho
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Afier tal'-'it-z to (' .:rc nisn of Ra
tional rr;nf fin fl r".'!t: .l i'-lT t
mnnfige V,. fBnirif;a, tie d'-ii"" rt!c
rsri.-mnl fXimmlttee rlf-t" 1 Tl-nn" T.-i.r-
of IndtBRft r '';' -n, a p l
tklnn of whom l'i'Ie Is kiin ontMe
of Lis Mate, but who Is crated with
having sliown thre considerable ability
and skill In cnmpalp nianRfiemeiit. Mr.
Tajrgnrt has ben mayor cf InJlanfipo'Is
and Is popular and Influential with bis
party In the state, as was shown In bis
carrying the dplegstlon to Tarker at
St Louis. Yet it doe not arpr thflt
he hn been able to accomplish much for
the democracy of Indiana during the
past tfH or twelve years. In that period
the state lias betn giving good repub
lican niajnrltlos. the MrKlnley plurality
In b lng over 2U.000. There Is no
doubt that the state Is republican today
and It Is entirely safe to predict that
the selection of Mr. Tnggart s.8 chair
man of the democratic national com
mittee will pot change It .
However, he will probably be llttlo
more than a figurehead. Jinlge Parker
Is himself something of a politician
and with such experienced bands at
campaign management ns there are In
New York thf real work of the demo
cratlc campnijrn will doubtless be di
rected largely from Esopns. Mr. Tag
gart can keep busy, but he will not
necessarily Lave much to do with the
pinnnlnsf. Perhaps It was fesf of being
subordinated to Hill, Pheehan and other
New York advisers of the candidate
that caused Senator Gorman and
Colonel GulTey of Pennsylvania to de
cline the chairmanship of the national
committee.
PLACATING TAMMANY.
Of coar: no effort will be spared by
the Parker mansgora to placate Tam
many and secure the active assistance
of that organisation, but how to do
this without giving offense to the antl
Tammany democrats la a somewhat dif
ficult problem. The .fact. Is poted aa
eigulflennt that the organization baa not
yet formally ratified the fit. Loula nom
ination and it la said that the resent
ments which were created at the na
tional convention and the doubt aa to
what the policy of the state and the
national democrats shall be towards
Tammany have caused the organisation
to assume a .waiting attitude.
However, It is not to be doubted that
Tammany will get out' the organization
vote, whether It secures t,he Concessions
and the consideration it may desire or
not, for It must do that . In order to
preserve the appearance of regularity
and wha,t little authority It has In state
politics. Yet the organization ' Is not
fully trusted, the New York Times re
cently charging that the Tammany lead
er is reully opposed to Parker, together
with some others more or less prom
inent In the organization, and were
working to injure the party. ' It Is to
be said, however, that this Parker organ
la relentlessly hostile to Tammany and
cannot be" 'felled npW"toTe presehr"It
in an entirely fair .and. unprejudiced
way. What may reasonably be ex
pected la that a satisfactory under
standing with Tammany will W reached
and that the organization ' will support
the national ticket with apparent heart
iness. It did all It could to prevent the
nomination,, declaring that he could not
carry New .York, ' but aa'an. organiza
tion it will fall Into line a t)d work faith
fully, though' perhaps" not enthusias
tically for the Et. Lo'i!: .uinees. . .
THE fli'JCT JMiyilTA XT. QUESTION.
Judge Parker having, ao far aa he Is
personally concerned, taken the money
Issue out of the campaign by declaring
his belief that the gold standard Is Irre
vocably established, the neit important
Question as to which bis viewa will be
looked for with very great Interest Is
that of the' combinations .Or' eo-called
trusU Will the democratic candidate
for president be as plain spoken In re
gard; to these as he was on the, money
question, or will he take a position so
conservative as not to offend the men
Identified with, the combinations who
were largely Instrumental' In securing
bis nomination and who are confidently
count.! upon by his New York sup
porters to generously contribute to bta
flection? ' 1 i
The St. Louis platform condemns
triiisH and combinations In 'unmistak
able terms ami demands a strict en
forcement of eilHting civil and criminal
statutes against them, also "the enact
ment, of such further legislation aa may
be necessary tv effectually suppress
them." The platform further says: "Any
trutf or unlawful' combination ehgnged
In Interstate commerce which Is monop
olizing any bmnch of business or pro
duction should not be permitted to
transact bubiness oiUklo of the state
of Its origin. Whenever It shall be ea
tab!h.hed in any court of corretnt
Jui'ihillv-iion .tlmt such. .menopodlznUon
eiists. such prohibition should be en
forced through comprehensive laws to
be enacted on the subject" Will Judge
Tarker approve.. tbee deiuanda of Ms
party and pledge; lumielf to use Ms
best efforts to have them carried out If
he should be fleeted t W'lll he tell the
Standard Oil mugnutM, the Wall street
"hlfc'h finance" people and other repre
wntutlves of ths money power who
wanted Mm nominated bemuse he
would be "sane nr.! safe," that he Id
in full acciu'd Mirli the anti-trust dei-lu-riuio.-i
of the platform and would 'as
president do all In !.h power to make It
effective?
It In not d!.')!cult to i. ' i-,.ii.. th.,t
Jnde Parker ,tvi)i. f i.d m. mat;.-r
folt...-wl.!it l'l'llenl.,i. , 1!,- en: t ft-.
l" f o it end to ttc.it it e.,.lvtly wiull
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Is wt 1 iin;.rst-isl. Aiffj ctitient cor-t-viis
Is rnn that picture fclra prrsi"!
to'thft bract cf s'ant rf ; rient!rg tte
tnists. Feme of his most active end
ar1?rit srrportrs are conpp!.rjmia'y
IdenllfleJ with great .combine Uons, Tbo
nockefollers and lialntcnta and llave
meyers, foremost amot g trust mag
nates, are favorable to Judge Tarker,
How to satisfy these that he Is "aafe
and at the same time assure the people
that he Is In sympathy with their In
tresis aa affected by the trusts Is a
task of no email difficulty." Judge Tarter
hag provided for ample time In which
to think over and conu!t with hla ad
viser upon the matters on which he
nnlnt fpfes an opinion. Ila will be
formally notified of Ms nomlnatlcn
August 10 and his letter of acceptance
will come later. Meanwhile there Is
likely to be a growing public Interest
regarding the position be will take is
to the most Important question. In ths
general popular estimation, that Is be
fore the country.
1 HO OWNS THE VIADUCTS?
The contention raised by the protest
ing railroads over the application of the
Chicago Great Western for the use of
the Sixteenth street viaduct as an entry
way to Its cow freight depot turns on
the question of who owns the viaducts.
The right of the city to compel the rail
roads to erect and maintain viaduct
over the junction of their tracks with
business thoroughfsres, although long
denied by the railroads, was fought out
and won by the city In a protracted bat
tle that ended only In the United States
supreme, court. It is settled now be
yond dispute that the city can compel
the railroads to erect viaducts at every
crossing, but It has exercised this power
In moderation, With a view to exacting
only what public safety demands with
out Imposing unnecessary burdens on
the railroads.
After the Tloducta are built, however,
there can be no question that, although
paid for by the railroads, they become
part of the street way of the city the
same as the street paveoieutg paid for
by assessments against abutting prop
erty owners. That the city has the
right, If it sees fit, to grant the request
of the Chicago Great Western may be
taken for granted from the very appear
ance of the railroad representatives In
protest before the council, because if no
such right existed they would not waste
time on the council at all, but would go
directly into court for Judicial protec
tion. Whether it Is wise, admitting the
right, to exercise It for the. benefit of
the Chicago Great Western in this par
ticular case la another question. An
other street railway might want to put
Its tracks across the viaduct, but It
might not.be advisable to grant the per
mission. The Chicago Great Western
has been very liberally treated by the
council, having bad streets galore va
cated and donated to it without price,
and has no .claim, Jo. .further., favors ex
cept so far aa they would promote tJe
public interest Whatever the -council
may decide to do It should let It be
clearly understood that the city does
not yield one iota of Its ownership and
control of the viaducts and that In grant
ing or withholding the use of the via
duct for the purposes deelred it la acting
solely to facilitate public traffic and pro
tect the lives of cur own clttzeus.
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The frightful disclosure of the exist
ence of a "baby farm" In this city,
which would be more correctly charac
terized as "a Laby Blaughter house,"
will make very decent citizen shudder
at the thought that such an Institution
should have found even a brief lodging
place here. If the statements accred
ited to the woman promoter of this es
tablishment shall be verified, she bas
already talked herself Into a full limit
term in the penitentiary for manslaugh
ter. W"anton crime against Innocent
babes admits of no sympathy and little
mercy. v )
Chairman "Blackburn recognized the
right of the different county committees
representing the Second district to pro
vide for the election of delegates to the
consxcs-slpnal convention that 'selected
dlhtrlct delegates to the national con
vention In which Roosevelt and Fair
banks were nominated at Chicago. Ia
there anything different In principle or
essence between a congreHslonal conven
tion to choose delegates vested with the
functions of president "making and a1
congreswional convention to nominate a I
candidate for cogres?
Torn r.Uu kbur-i'a congressional pri
mary ukase contemplates the election j
of delegates en bloc In Sarpy and Wash
ington counties and by wards and pre
cincts In Douglua county. The congres
sional cxar proposes to secure aolld dele
gations from Sarpy and Washington
counties and to split the delegation from
Douglas county. 'There is no more ex
cuse for this discrimination than there
is for the whole scheme of usurpation
by congressional committee.
Colonel Pryan la quotinl as saying
that be bas engagements for forty Chau
tauqua addresses which must take prece
dence of bia campaign oratory. If ha
gets a minimum of $,00 for each of bis
adilitMrfes, which In Ms reputed prb-e
when be talks at any place where gate
money Is fxueted, he bas a neut Income
of JJiUxK) in slht from bis lecturing.
We are glad to know that the young
l a, ii In politics is doing so wcil.
The Commercial I.uw League of tho
wd States Is dlscuv-'I-'g the (jui'lua
fun rm-.ieiit control -f Corporations,
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ateis should lie lism-1
loli.g la'.-r.it ite bui 1
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f an all tbn ret of the coi -'ry. Mr.
Parker's voting twl' for rrysr,lsrn and
bing'proud of it, and b!s late telegram
ab-rct the gold atantiard belrj- "irre
vocably established, " m.ikes one wonder
Just which set of jrlnc!p!es and opin
ions Mr. Pchurs has reference to. Or
d.ea he know?
While Wsll street feared Poosevelt
for his action In the Northern Securities
cose, and doubted his "safety" In finan
cial matters, it also listed Pryan for bis
silveriUs and radicalism. Now It has
united cn a i-saf?'' man. What rledgcs
bas Hill given the Wall street crowd
that his little boy "Parker will keep the
pence? Was not Pryan right when he
snid that Parker's nomination "nullifies
the antitrust plank in the plntform?"
If Mr Bryan goes cftst and makes
few speeches in New York state urging
that Tarker'a election will help to bring
about state ownership of railways, the
Income tax and some of the other pipe
dreams elucidated in bis recent mes
sage, be will find tdmself really and
truly In the enemy's country once more,
The World-IIeraid is strong for fusion
without respect to whether the ticket Is
made up of democrats or populists
Wronder If It would favor fusion be
tween the democrats and populists of
the Second congressional district with
the nomination conceded to the popu
lists. -. .
It Is said Mayor Harrison of Chicago
is busying, himself to bring about a set
tlement of the packers' strike. He re
members that good fishing won't last
forever and he thinks it was Just mean
of those horrid strikers anyway to spoil
bis trip, Just w hen the fish are hungry.
Likely to Learn.
' Chicago News.
If ths Japanese set In touch with General
Rennenltampf again they can b trusted
to make It cloar to hint that hs underesti
mates their fighting; abilities. ;
Still Follovrlac the FIa.
Cleveland FlaJn Dealer.
' There is a general complaint from Manila
because the Americans there' ate In the
habit of staying- away- from church. -That
seems to be one of the habits that follows
the flag.
Vocabulary for the Csar.
Chleagro News. . . .
Russia would like to define contraband
of war' for Itself, but while the western
nations have new and active fleets they
will not trouble Russia to make a die
tiooary, f or them. ',
Alton's Accomplishment.
Baltimore. .American. . ,
Judging by the guprdedness of his tele
grams In response to messages or con
gratulation,. Judge .Parker knows several
ways to say notUtn besides that easy
one of keeping .silent,. .... .,
Tibbies Life Story.
Newjyprk Sun...
The life story ot Thomas H. Tibbies, pop
ulist candidate-' toMvlce president. Inspires
interest wherever It ' Is Tead. Later the
campaign transdf Afcles "will say: "Vote
for the jjnly. Uvlas Ajnerlcan. who baa-been
banged honorably j.three times!" ,
Bryan's Pnture.
' ' 'Philadelphia- Press. '
It Is hardly worth while to7 say that
Bryan has ho future when he has cut out
for hlmseirthe Jbb'bf getting the states to
buy all the railroads and the government
to run the telegraph business, It is pr6b
able he won't want ' anybody but himself
to run the democratic party. ' ; "
Health Value of LaoghterV
' London Health.
' It la good to laugh. There is probably
not the remotest corner or little Inlet of
the minute blood Vessels "of the body that
does not feel some wavelet from the great
convulsion produced by hearty laughter
shaking the central rnaA. ' The blood moves
rapidly probably its chemical, electric or
vital oondltlon , Is ' distinctly modified, it
conveys a different , Impression to all the
organs of the body aa It visits tham on
that peculiar mystic Journey wheo the man
Is laughing from .what It does at other
times. The time may come when physi
cians will prescribe to a torpid patient so
many peals of laughter to be undergone
at such and such a time.
Sl'CCKSS OF Ht'BBER CILTX'RE.
Mean Employed to Supply the El-
iraordlnnry Demand.
Chicago P.ecord-Kerald.
The man with the gum shoes Is almost
a extinct as the dodo. We have progressed
both In shoemaklng and In sanitary sense
until 'most men find It unnecssary to in
case their shoes In rubber sandals even In
iMity weather. ' As women are still ad
dicted to light shoe, however, they furnish
a constant market for rubber footwear.
Hut the passing" of "the man with tho
galoehes'' hue not decreased the world's
demand upon the product of .the rubber
tree. The remarkable electrical develop
ment of the last two decades has drawn
upon the rubber supply to an extent not
appreciated by those who have but a su
perficial knowledge of the electrical Indus
tries. Rubber Is tjie most Important insu
lator that hrs been discovered for hlgh
teiiHion conductors and for Inside wiring.
In view of tbe Increasing demand crested
by the rapid development of this Industry
the reports of United States consuls lu ti,e
rubber-producing countries are of special
interest. Hume, time ago one of our consuls
in Mexico sent In a very dincourmglriK re
port regarding the-future of rubber culture
In that country. He took a very pessi
mistic view as to ths success of the planta
tions recently started there and In which
American and Ungllsh capitalists are
heavily tntei-ested,
from the United States consul at Para,
Biaatl. a report has been received which
gives a description of severe! very success
ful rubber plantations In that, country
which. Ilia writer claims, demonstrates the
aucevss with which' rubber tres may be
plunted and cultivated.
In tliis connection the statements of the
editor of The India Rubber World In the
current laaue of that publication are of
eopeclul Interest arid value, tlng based, as
they are, u:.on actual observation and ln
veMtlKMlon. Tin editor, who la making a
tour of Inspection In ruhber-produrlng
countiirs, t.ik-i Insue with the Mexican
consul, deflating thai the plantations In
that country are certain to become Im
portant sources of rubber. In Ceylon he
found many flourishing plantations wrers
tho trees trt raised from the seed, di-in-Gtiktraliig
tti complete success of tl is
nmthod of ropirrjr.lilng the rapidly dimin
ishing rut !.er forests.
As tiier are vn.r --ctl ins of the ce ..try
not jtt plur.i',), . t which are a.lm ' I to
rul.t.er euitio.-, ' . ie ai (.rars to t o no
Iciii.e !;,t.j U.O:,, .far- ' i-.-r ,n,ii. so
h.i.it aa c...i:k! n ha ; u lulu It a
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' sf I.rorRoala Gleaned from
Army e?r Register.
In these days of the rapht transit c( In
formation and the mysterious devices for
circulating news w ars apt to sometimes
forget that the obvious to us may be quite
unknown to our friends who are not on ths
ground. A few days after July 1, whes
everybody who csred anything about ths
ease knew that William II. Moody bad
Ceased to become secretary of ths navy n.1
had betii succeeded by Paul Morton the
navy department had occasion to send some
cable Instructions to the commander-in-
chief of the Asiatic Station. They were put
Into economical phraseology, as Is the cus
tom cf a frugal government, and the m'S
Ag. again following habit, was sent with
the signature "Morton." The text was de-
Voted to matters of Which there hsd been
some Inquiry from the remote fleet and It
wsa obviously from proper authority. The
acknowledgement came back In tho course
of a day: '
"Instructions received; will tie carried
out. Who is MortonT Stirling."
It never occurred to anybody that the
officers on the A sis t la station might have
no means of knowing that there had been
a sudden shift In the hd of the navy
departmnt. Thnse things happen In a
night at heme sometimes, hut It Is more or
leas putilin to the distant officers to get
their orders from one "Morton," of whom
they have had no recollection as a govern
ment official and whoa name was repre
sented In the naval register by only one
naval ofOcer, a lieutenant on the Wyoming
who Was hardly likely te bs sending In
structions to the senior rear admiral on 1
the Asiatic station. Presumably the In
quiry from Shanghai was answered
promptly and lnformlngly.
The war and navy departments are In re
ceipt of numerous letters from all sections
of the country making Inquiry In regard
to the adoption of wireless telegraph sys
tems. It appears that the firm which ars
Interested In having the government select
their systems and which succeed In get
ting mors er less favorable consideration
of their apparatus are Inclined to advertise
the fact as a mean of disposing of stock.
Announcement of this sort are received
evidently with son suspicion, with the re
sult that the branches of those departments
such a the signal office In ths war de
partment and the bureau of equipment In
the navy' department are repeatedly In
vited to express their opinions of this or
that stock as entitled to consideration as an
Investment. Of course the official replies
are couched In noncommittal terms end no
advlc Is given one way or the other.
Wher the direct question comes for In
formation the Inquirer Is Informed Just
what tbe department has done. The gov
ernment authorities do not propose to be
betrayed Into the endorsement' of anything
or Into expressing themselves so as to have
any concern profit by the Information.
There Is the keenest rivalry among; the
wireless telegraph companies and this
make the situation a little mors Interest
ing. There are eleven vacancies In the army
medical department and the probability Is
that at least most. If not all, of these will
be filled as a result of the examination of
candidates to be held at various places be
ginning on August 1 under the new sys
tem which will govern the appointment
to the junior grade nf the corps. Boards of
officers have been detailed to conduct tbe
examination of candidates at Fort Sheri
dan, Illinois; Fort McPherson, Goorgl
Fort Thomas, Kentucky; Fort Leaven
worth, Kansas; Fort Crook. Nebraska:
Fort Jay, New Tork; Fort Preble. Maine;
Fort Porter, New York, and at the General
hospital at Washington barracks, pistrlct
oil Columbia. .These-.army, .garrisons are
conveniently located for the candidates who
have signified the desire to be examined.
As no application have been received from
the Paclflo coast no provision I mads for
examination in that section. It Is probable
that there will be no other, examination of
candidate for the medical department until
the cummer of 1905. Should there be more
than eleven candidates who are found
qualified m the subsequent course of In
struction at the Army Medical school, the
surplus "eligible" will not bs carried on a
watting list but such candidate may come
up at til next examination.
i
The War department Is In receipt of a re
port from the army engineer in charge of
the government coal mine on Batan Island,
P. I. Arrangement are being made for the
construction of a wharf near the property
and ths facilities for handling the material
are being Improved. The product of th
mines has been Issued to army vessels for
trial and as a result of a test of th coal
In comparison with Japan coal It Is re
ported from the ' army transport Omaha
that Batan coal leave only a small amount
of ashes and bums out much better than
Japan coal, not needing as much working
of the fires. It is proposed to put the Batan
coal out In the open air for a month before
using It in further tests and to ask the
r.avy to make a trial of It In order
to ascertain if it would be suitable for
Its use.
Preparation ars being made to com
memorate at the World's fair at Bt. Louis
the fall of Manila by a great celebration
which will be held on August IS. the anni
versary of that event. This day has been
designated as Manila day. A pavilion,
known as the Eighth army corps pavilion,
hs been erected at the fair from - sub
scriptions received mostly from member of
the Society of the Arrny of the Philippines,
and It Is here that most of the exercises of
the day will be held. Secretary Taft, Lieu
tenant General Chaffee and Colonel C. A.
Edwards, chief of the bureau of Insular af
fairs. War department, will be present, and
Genernls Merrltt, Otis and MacArthur, for
mer governors of the Philippines, and their
staffs, and Admiral Dewey and his staff
have been Invited to attend. It is also de
sired that all officers who have sorvsd In
the Philippine campaign either In ths reg
ulars or volunteer, shall attend tr.a cele
bration, and General Chaffee has expressed
the winh that they wear either white or
khaki uniforms. The events of the day
111 Include a parade, review of native
tribes at ths fair addresses, recep
tion, eta.
Ths revision of the system of purchasing
discharges from the army Is still with the
gnral staff of the army. It Is likely to
remain there pending th declolon on cer
tain Important paragraphs of the army reg
ulations, also In cours of change. The or
der relating to discharge by purchase la
defeotlvs In a number of Important particu
lars snd It Is proposed to smend the text
and Its provisions so as to make It lens
ambiguous. It ought to be one of the prin
ciples guiding the preparation of a general '
order that it shall have the clearness cf
statute or of good ststute and that It not
tand In need of Interpreting clauses fol- j
lowing Its publication. In the new die- i
arge by purchaas order, the reference to
he euoeelve terms of enlistment whl be
onilttei. The yrars of continuous service
will te mentioned without resurd to the
number of ei.liHiments and this will serve
as tbe Laeis or cut. i r.e rates or pur
cha will rmaln shout th sumo. Thcrs
will prot al.ly be reference to ths l'.U gui
lty ef 'diecli'irgo by fnvor," d. -spite the
t that tnat recmt dicovery is dt-stlti-d
be lnoti-1 on Oji iislon, a It tlnuyi
bus t'en hc nover the am hoi Itlrs wacnnt
t.) dii,, ir a a. 1 lur f r s 1 and suf-
i.-l.t It'b'-i.S. 'l....ut t..J tl'vU fcf
t I . at c Cif t i : a. h i : . ' .
rritsova.1, An oTiiritwisrv.
It may be found, too. In going over Ih
rublia record ef ex Fenor H. O. rvl
that ha wa not favorable to tbe Loulslsn
purchases
Lieutenant W. E. BafTord, recently of th
navy, but now ef the department of Agr
culture, ha about ano book from the I'.hrar
tit Robert Louis Stevenson. Among them I
the Pible which belonged to Btevenson
father.
Jersey Justice deserve a national alute.
It 1 the re) thing when dealing With In
dividual lawbreakers. Three men accused
of high crime were railroaded In thirty
minute to the penitentiary for thirty-nine
year each.
Acoordlng to the dispatches from London
the husband-to-be of Mis Astor Is th
largest chump that ever cam down th
British pike. Th tsste of American heir
eses is th queerest compound outside of
padded cell.
" Because he failed to keep hi promise to
take hi best girl buggy riding Pennsyl
vania gallant bad hi skull cracked with
brick tossed by her dainty hand. Fair
maid of thl sort eem to think a broken
bead ought to pay for a broken rromlse.
jime. .Emma, calve has founded a sana.
torlum at Cabrleres, near her residence In
me Aveyron. There nearly sixty young
girl In need ef pore air nd medical at
tendance are received every ummer, all
the expense being born by the great
lnger. .
It la now predicted that Lady ralhous!,
who I one of th Intimate friend of the
princess of Wales, will take her place
eventually as one of the great London
hostesses of th twentieth century. Her
ladyship, who, was on of last year' bride.
Is th youngest daughter of Lord and Lady
Ancaster, and before her marriage wa
known aa Lady Mary Wllloughhy.
Mme. Bernhardt ha had what I prob
ably the greatest experience In the simula
tion of suicide. Her deaths by elf admin
lstered poison total up roughly lO.flOO; he
ha jumped Into the scenic artist' Ptin
over 7,000 times; she has sent over 1.000
bullet Into her head from a revolver, and
nearly the nam number of das-gera has
th great actress, to the Inexpressible sor
row of Intemperately sympathetic specta
tor, plunged deep down Into the chiffon at
the aide of her bodice.
DBMOCHATS AND TUB TRL'STS.
What a
Promising Farty Did When
It Had th Chance.
Baltimore American.
The trust plank of th democratic plat
form I a declaration of . what the party
will do If It get Into power. It I silent
about wha$ the democratic party did do
when It wa In power. Thl I In strong
contrast with the republican declaration on
the same subject Tho democrat were In
power when the trust were In their fuUeU
activity, and at a time when they wer
more or less of a novelty, and had created
public consternation. The appeal for action
was direct and vociferous, the general ap
prehension being far greater than It I now.
The impression Was that the trust were
going to take possession of the .whole
country, while today it Is perceived that
there are hundred of trusts which are a
mere evolution of trade, and are harmless.
What did the democrats In cortrre or n
the executive department do to curb the
trust? During the eight year of demo
cratic administration an unworkable law
was passed which was accurately described
when under discussion, and which congress
very well knew could not be en-forced. Not
a single effort was made to curb a trust or
prevent Its defiance of law already en
acted. The popular demand wa absolutely
Ignored, and th time of the democracy
given principally to the, overthrow of thj
Industrial system of the country and the
effort to' place "ths finances on a basis of 16
to J. .-
''Thl will account for th failure of the
democrat to atat In their platform what
they had ddna to curb -th trust, though
they were In power during eight year when
trust wer reaching their raoat luxuriant
growth. Th republican had no such rea
son for maintaining silence On thl most
Important matter. Tbey had done scene
thing. They had taken th bull by the
born and bad overthrown htm. They h.iv
ot made a Quixotic tilt against all trusts,
but when it ha been evident that on of
these aggregations was violating th law
and Injuring the public it operation have
been duly Investigated and the law relent
lessly Invoked. It I a case where actual
deed are worth any amount of empty dec
laration or promise.
HS MIfSED SOMETHING.
An Bastevn PUsrrloa Treated to
eetlon of th Real Thlngt.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
That there wer surprise for tho who
visited Chicago during th national re
publican convention, goes without saying,
Blnce this Is a convention that surprise
as well aa delight. And that some of
the surprise should have been encountered
by a "real New Torker" Is not at all
strange. . The singular part of it Is that
the "real New Torker" should delay until
now te tell of hi experience, unless he
may be excused on tho ground of slow
recovery. ...-.
However, better late than never. In
the. Interesting recital of hi visit to
Chicago we are -not urpr1sed to read that
the "real New Torker" found as much
noise here and ' many ' womanly type
of beauty as he encounters dally In Nsw
Turk. Nor are we surprised that he aiso
discovered our private subway, "all built
without the knowledge of either the people
or the mayor of the city until more than
ten miles of the subways were completed."
For while our subway has canned soma
criticism, It must be confessed that It a
pot built with that clamor that attends
similar work In New York.
What does surprise, la the apparent Ig
norance of th "rl New Torker" concern
ing th Chicago method of saving time.
Thus, bo wa astonished to discover, on
patronizing a bsrber shop, the way we bave
of doing not only two but three or four
things at once. Here are his discoveries:
I told the barber I wanted a shine on my
shoe a well as a hav on my face; also
that I wanted a manicure. A U custo
mary In New Tork the barber t a shoe
thlner at toy shoe while I was In ths bar
ber's chair being lathered, nd, that didn't
surprise mo at all. A "moment later, though,
when a manicure girl nut down by the side
of th chair and began to work away at
my left hand I wa startled. I didn't ay a
word, of course It wouldn't do to let on
that I wa amused but ' when another
nisnicur girl began on the other hsnd I
had to speak. Four people were risking
me clean and beautiful at once one bar
ber, one shoe polisher and two manicures "
Thl adventure tif the "real New Yorker"
MB s 4. t4
Ititli and DotifrSas
Taja 4 r r rent lntcn . t on all deposits atuJ rcrpfctf ullj
e'oUdt. i !!." far. !, or BVc-ieniatie saving vco:.t$. . ...
CIMST AM) i
i i .
I glcri frr whst It Is wrth. tt I ppsr
ent lhat h fll Into porr bunds In th
karber shop h patrnni!i.1. Had h re
mained here longer and become accustomed
to th ways of a really busy city he would
have discovered that h hsd hen cheated,
nd that not only was he entitled to th
service of a hoe polisher, two manicure
and a barber, but a chiropodist and
beauty doctor. And at the same time It
wa his privilege to have hla straw hat
cleaned and his clothee pressed while he
waited.
Th "resl New Torker"mlssed something.
Ha should com sgaln.
BRETHSK1 1 IK1TY.
)Ir Evidence, ef Wide Spread Flar
sonny In Democratic Ranks,
New York Tribune.,
The New Tork. Evening Post rejoice In
the determination of Pnator Gorman not
to become chairman of the democratic
national committee, snd psa this tribute
to one of Judire Tsj-ker' most trusted and
Influential supporters:
The deep-srated distrust he hss Inspired
among hone"! rl'moers's and Independent
voter in wil known. He t tn b. credited
with all of the wu.lom wMr-h belongs ta
'that crafty end Insidious Animal called a
politician," but b iscks th fundamental
requisite cf a general who can lnsplra his
Cohorts with confidence.
Tet, according to friend and tupporteig
of Judge Parker,, the Judge parting In
junction to Mr. Pheehsji whan th latter
left Esopus for Bt Lou! was: "Remcmher
tht Curator Gorman "Is th leader of our
party. Do nothing in the way of shaping
a policy without conferring wlta him, and
accept his Judgment unqunlinsJly, Irrespec
tive of the opinion of yourself or anybody
else." Can It be that the hcroi; Judge
Parker, who would "rather t right that
be president," can so fall beloV his ad
mirer's Ideals aa to repose hi speciu con
fidence to this extent In a pcron who flu
The Evening Post' description of Senator
Gorman? Either : th senator I not so
black as the Evening Post paint him, cr
Judse Tarker can hardly command It
respect
t'SY SM1XK.
Ernle- You did not attend the tneetlns
Of our Woman s club ail winter. How ia it
you are so anxious not to miss a meeting
In summer?
Myrtllla Oh. In ummer there are so
many member aosont to talk about. Chi
cago News.
"The word 'low' mean vulgar doesn't
It?" asked th man. .
"Of course, ometlmee,'' replied his wife.
What are you driving t?"
"O, I Just noticed that bathing suit of
yours la cut lailier Iww. 1 miadelphla
Press. . .
T hav nothln to say." announced th
candidate, after the manner of hi kind.
"Oh. I knew that, all right id tbe
reporter. "I was sent out to get a talk
with you." Cleveland Lender.
Jone It I Jtist Impossible for m to
keep a lead pencil. People are always
borrowing, you know, and . they always
forget to return, 1
iirown w ny i never nave any iroumeA
8ee, I've got a whole vest pocketful otY
pencils.
Junes uoesn t trial prove jusl wnai i
said ? Boston Transcript
Nell Yes: he actually had th Impudenc
to kiss mo.
Belie Th Idea! Of course., you wer
IndlirnantT
Null Oh. yos; every time. Fhuadelphla
Ledger.
Why did father spank yoitT asked the
father of the small lncorngihl whom be
had Just whipped. "Pecause you wee big-
fnr than I am," replied Ut bwr. Oiicago
ribune. .
The red heeded girt arrears t be very '
nrry about somethln 'She Is."
What's the trouble?'' i hat freh young
fellow with the touave trousers and pur-.
pie nerxii caned ner a erica. uicago
Journal. ... ...
Newoombe the " HtghstrW'ars ' a V fueky "
couple.- Paresln Why eot Newcombe .
They belong to the- same set In oclety
and so manage to meet now and again.
Town Topic. j
Pbe wis tired and vexed. Sho bed been
wandering about all th morning looking -for
an apartment milte. "I know why
they turned Adam and Eve out of Eden, ',
he said. "Why?" "Because they had a
rule that barred out children and do."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
TUB PIKER'S R.UBAIYAT. .
W. F. Kirk In Milwaukee Ben tin eh
X. ' .
Wake! For the Bun, who catter3 Into
P!ght ' ,
Th Star that twinkle through th nim-
raer night
Has risen o"er St. Louis, schedule time,
An throw athwart th Put a haft of
light -
. II.
Before th phantom of False Morning died
Met nought a Piker In the 1 avem cried
"When rates are 6even-twenty-fiv per
hour
Why lurk, my fellow citUcns, Inside?
I"- ' . -,
And, as the Cock Crew, those who ceased
to snore
And having seen th Pike but yesterday
Went sneaking back. Intent on seeing More.
iv.
Myself when young did eagerly frequent
Chicago' Midway, moat magnificent.
And tv.sr.y a L'eaccr., ye, and many a
Paict i . ,
Crept si.fily through the Door wherein I
went.
V. ....'!
Pom for the A.rt Thll)ltii pine, and some
Hock where the Fioioii and the Drlv
Wheels hum;
Ah, take ths Picture; gas at th ma
chines. . . .
Give me the Pike all else Is for th Dumb,
VI.
TMnk, In th's csnvas Caravausersl
Where Turkiii l..t f umeois of toll are play.
Mow riaxir.r er dsncer from the Kist
fHartles the Spinster and th whiskered
Jay I
VIL .
Ptranire, Is it not, that of the Deacon who
Lefois us passed, th , canves gateway
through " .
Not una cornea forth who tells us of th
hsii. -Which,
lu diacover, w must witness, too?
VJII. , . ; -
I a iked a Jasper who had strolled within
"My friend, what mean you Oriental
din?"
)! only answered. "Wal, by heck. It's
great!" '
And ptiuiively be stroked his bearded chin.
E!I a leaspoonful' ia half a '
U cf wur itiiiT .meals
titr.js perfect digestion.
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