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Notary Fubiic.
THE EKE will be aantlod apon r?1
ta aabaerlbers learta tha !ty
lartas t aamoier uoathi,
Chengm of addraas will t mad
a frvtjRratly aa desired ol-j
nf aoci clianfe lanat stIto both
tba aid aad aw addreaaaa.
General Kouropatkln no longer "re
grtH to report," he Just retires and toils
Ft retei-hburg about it with no prelim
inary rcnuaiks.
Whof monoy will I'ostmaster Kaker
of Gn?tua use when he puts up his ?150
ante to get Into the congressional game?
Or wiil he renig in advance T
T'lomAS Taggart may make as good
f jiirehead as any, but the real man
oc' T of the campaign will In all proba
bility be the man who sent the telegram
from Eacpua.
At laot accounts the republican Judicial
committee was still strujfsiinff with the
Chinese puzzle of bow to hold a Joint
rririiary In Burt county with no one to
Join In with it
Former Jliuister Whit would proba
bly be considered a dangerous man in
Ilunfila had his service there not ended
before the expression of his opinion of
Minister Plchve.
Great Britain's naval maneuvers thts
yonr will be confined to the British chan
nel and the defending force will show
whiit would have happened had Russia
failed to make due apology.
If the United States, must run a lot
tery It should make the usual regula
tions barring employes from sharing la
the results. But (hen, a man from Ne-bi-MMka
might not have won.
Nebraska Investor In the Rosebud
Inr.d lottery have no ground for com
pl iint. They have not only drawn the
fiit prize, but carried off about one
tMr 1 r.f ail the awards in Uncle Barn's
gift enteri'rifle. ,
or '!-.. j
'i tie silence at Washington regarding
;'..e .sinking of the KiiltjLt ComuiaDdr
and its American cargo Jubtifles tho sus-
lei,fD that Washington Is not sure the
I !: lout's neutrality protlaination haul
h!l of the intended effect
ssachHs-ti.i, finding fines lueffC'C
now ciamora for laws to compel
tr.Ues to Kbiid Boorching automo
i ta Jail. Iliis would Indicate that
'KunclitiHPtta it is poitiiible' to secure
rational convict ton for thi uffem:.
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Ju " Tarker that C.ls tatd will be cax
ric .i fur uiiu at the coming eiaction, but
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,i!J wnd 1,000 ict-n to Kt Louis to
f.jr the Kew Yoit candidate and
fr'.i bi.y shout S-Ul
riow siJ tLat the com j!ratirs
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The d ri oi ratic orijinn r urxin? th.it
tlif psrty must mate mi agxr','!i'Te ciu
palcn. ("XliOre is bird wurk alfd,"
tnj one of tliPtn, wMle another urges
thnt it Is l.iKft time the managers ef the
party orgpl7.atin sliouM wake cp and
"that there Is a Tsgfamotmt of work to
be dime if Juilse Tiirker is to to
elected." The New York World tells the
politicians that thy have done nothing
since the iioml notions were made and
the New York Times talks In a similar
rein, obKerving that the country can be
carried only hy winning the Independ
ent rote, which it evidently thinks
should be the umln object of democratic
management ' -
There Is a suggestion of pessimism In
this attitude ef the newspapers that are
advocating the election of Judge Tarker
and it Is noteworthy as a change from
the position which they took Immedi
ately after his nomination.' Then they
professed to be convinced .' that , his
k"manlynnd courageous" declaration for
the gold standard had given him a pres
tige that would enable the democracy
to sweep the country. The election of
the democratic ticket, ' they declared,
bad become ah almost forerrine conclu
sion. It did not particularly matter
what Judge Parker thought about other
national questions. The fact that he
was sound regarding the gold standard
was sufficient to assure the party's suc
cess. v
"What has cauHd an abatement of thTS
confidence? Is it due to the fact that
the obvious trickery involved In the
nomination of Judge Parker has been
fully exposed, or to a realization of the
fac that his message to the St Louis
convention did not commit or bind the
party respecting the monetary question?
Have these democratic orgatis come to
the conclusion that the platform of tho
party rather than the personal opinion
of the candidate represents the -eal
position of the party? If not this, ara
these organs apprehensive that the can
didate may not be found In accord with
the national convention la regard to cor
tain policies for which It declared? One
of them says: To the further utter
ances "of Judge Parker the manager of
this campaign must look first of all for
the arguments, the appeals and the per
suasions with which they must attempt
to convince the minds of the voters."
Tho gold standard pronouncement is not
enough. That was simply an acknowl
edgment of an accomplished fact, the
credit for w-hlch belongs to the' repub
lican party. Besides, it was made by
da candidate under great pressure and
only after be knew that' his nomination
was secure. What he thinks regarding
the tariff, the trusts, the relations of
capital and labor and so-called Imperii
alinm Is yet to be learned and the demo
era tic organs realize that It will have
an Important bearing upon the cam
paign. ;
They are manifestly uncertain and
therefore uneasy. Except as to a single
question they know nothing of the views
of the candidate and In view of his nn
doubted affiliations It is not surprising
that some of the organs are Inclined to
be pessimistic. They may be even more
so after Judge Parker has accepted the
nomination.
DISSATISFIED WITH CHAIRMAN.
There Is mors or less dissatisfaction
among democrats in the east with the
selection of Thomas Taggart as chair
man of tha national committee and
doubtless this feeling U shared else
where outside of Indiana. The New
tfork World remarks that "it Is a mat
ter of d'uaj'polntment and regret that a
man of greater ability, better training
and larger experience than Thomas
Taggart could not nave been' found for
chairman of the democratic national
committee," and other" eastern demo
cratic papers show unmistakable dissat
isf action " with the selection, al
though aome of them think that
Tagjrart may prove useful so far as
Indiana Is concerned. Thus one of them
remarks that "it Is hoped, perhaps ex
pected, that Chairman Tagjart will be
able to carry his own state for the demo
cratic candidate," but irith a. knowledge
of the sort of politician he Is the paper
adds: "lie may be a past master of the
political arts that be deems best adapted
to carry Indiana, but If he is wise be
will at the very beginning dismiss from
his mind all notion of attempting ta
ctrry the country by poMlieal arl."
According to report, the democratic
national chairman has already Indicated
the course he would like to pursue In
condncting the campaign and It, la per
haps needless to say that it ! not In
accord with the eastern Idea. " Kow.
Jever, as we have heretofore remarked
Mr. Taffgurt will not ( be the "whole
thing" In the campaign. He will un
doubtedly be allowed fall swing in In
ula uu but probubiy nowhere else.- As
now Indicated the real manager of the
Parker campaign will be Mr. Sheehan
of New York, the Intimate personal
friend of the candidate who was given
natiena.1 prominence as the redplnt at
Ft Lou! of the gold standard message
fi-om r.aopua. It is etatM tt LLc-t-hnn
Is slated for chairman t.f the executive
cirum!tttf. the body that ylL stand
itf-nr to JuJire Patker, and It lm utidVr
stood thnt tills committee will be a-
Bihtid by a .!anti-r ctij.a!jrn ci m
lulttee of rt j rewufatfve dxraoontts. Thus
Terart wi3 be Ktrle score tl-ta s Cj-ure-
tead as clialnuan of the iji;k!.I cvm
tr.t' tkmff tnrifni-tlops a to tt.e
-J fc-anstemrnt ot th : iljj
f.'.iii t". ?.ew Yoik -i!i ho are c
t t:. env "- ' t. It is evuirti.C tliat tLe
Ci.i.f .-.t C1 t;, S-'li't Of fu diUliTat Is
to he crr;-d rm alun.Kt ,iil!ivly from
C.s - "V Y f.k peir.t of !vr ai1 cuii-f.,-
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ner of Wall street and the populists bulk
at follow lu them.
Tit how v o.v rnr. ri'Mr.
The Union Vacltlc railroad machine
shops were established and located In
Omaha under contract between the
city and the railroad company concluded
about thirty-eight years ego. Under this
contract the city of Omaha, party of the
Erst part donated to the Union rnctfic
Kallroad company, party of the second
pfrt, a large tract of valuable lands to
be used exclusively and perpetually for
railroad m-ict'no shops. With this tract
of land were Included streets and alleys
which under the original survey were
laid out over these ground. Under a
contract made three years ago between
the city cf Omaha and tha Union Pa
cific railroad, in consideration of th ma
terial enlargement of the machine shops
and their maintenance at an approxi
mate cost of 11,000,000, it acquired th,e
title to several hundred lota and soveral
street and alleys.
For thirty-eight years the Union Pa
cific railroad machine shops and grounds
have been returned for assessment to
the local assessors' the same as all other
classes of property outside of the right-
of-way and outside of lta depot grounds.
Of tha fifty-threa blocks and parts of
blocks wlthlrj' the enclosure known as
the Union Pacific machine shop grounds
twenty-nine were assessed last year for
county taxes nt $133,S75 at one-sixth of
their presumable value of $1,16.1,250,
while In 1904 only six blocks were re
turned for loonl taxation and assessed
at $10,085, which at one-fifth, the stand
ard for the present year, would amount
to $.'i0,423. By one fell swoop and
through the Jugglery of the tax agents.
Douglas county and the city of Omaha
have been knocked Out of $1,112,S25 In
the assessment ltsll for this year.
By what right and nndcr what law ore
these forty-seven blocks In the Union
ractfle machine shop enclosure dumped
In as right-of-way? Although notori
ously fiamcd by the railroad attorneys,
the new revenue law expressly exempts
the railroad machine shops from being
Included with the class of property that
Is to be assessed by the state bonitl.
The most ingenious fiction can scarcely
conceive of "shops located in mid air.
When the law says ; "shops" it' also
mesns the ground on which the shops
stand, as well as the ground which 3s
necfVsary to afford the requisite 'facili
ties' for theoperatfon of the shops.
Manifestly It la the duty of the county
assessor and the city tax .commissioner
to list and assess the machine shop
ground as well, as the buildings for
county and municipal taxation.;
Preparations are sni(J to be under way
at thei state labor bureau for the ship
ment t 15,000 to 20,000 men to the
harvest fields of South Dakota. Hum
bug! Tne state labor bureau hus not!a
dollar at its disposal for the shipping of
harvest hands and has no auch function
as ; supplying harvest hands to South
Dakota, nor does the state labor bureau
exert any perceptible Influence In regu
lating the law of labor supply and de
mand. If South Dakota needs 15,000 or
20,000 harvest hands, and there are
15,000 or 20,000 men hanging around
the towns and villages of Nebraska
anxious to follow In the wake of
harvesters and feed threshing machines,
they Will ave no difficulty In getting
there without the aid or consent of the
labor bureau, providing they have the
n&cessary means to pay their way or
their passage is prepaid, by the South
Dakota wheat land farmers.
Conditions In South Omaha do not ap
pear as yet to warrant the calling for
military Intervention and the inaugura
tion of Colorado anarchy under the
guise of martial law. Should trouble
arise that cannot be suppressed by the
civil authorities a company of regulars
from Fort Crook would ba much more
effective In tha enforcement of law and
order.
A very pertinent and eminently ap
propriate Inquiry should be Instituted by
the Commercittl club Into the advance in
freight rates on coal that will go Into
eSfect next Monday as against Omaha
while. Ivannns City and St Joseph will
enjoy the benefit of the old rate, which
was none too low at best.
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CMcuco Tribune.
They have found another mammoth cava
In Kentucky, it will ivr be necessary
for Colonel Watteraon, In uny combination
of circumstances, to take to the-woods.
; Iaeoiaileta Iafveaaatloa.
loatun uioba.
Edltof Eok's publication laboriously and
atatlatloally fitfu.-ea It out that II per cent
of tha Atiif rlcan families keep a servant,
but throws no light whatever on the lntcr
emirc problem of bow lout they rr.axiaee
to kK ? bxx.
a.c Wf ta Hmurli Vfeeoa.
Kew Tor a Tribun.
It U plain that public asutlutaiit In favor
tf In i ruxma .ot as a pwiaitjr fur owners
f auicuit'tLca' wha per latently defy tha
Wa- is tieruititiig" stronger. They ara la
Be-t t-'t!eea icru of meana, and artutn
.s..y fii.a ara luiiuw4 tiptro tlicir it.auf
feuis tir t.'.,'rulvMi they ara ivut in tha
ltaat dta'ourertrd r fccxcllued ta aluindun
tha errors of thctrw Imutiauiiment
fur au. h o:T ai:r mtt. t bring- tUra to
ttlr KnMtf an.l eu4 tiir.ix taauiaat djr3u3
of Ww0 a. t. 4 c. uiorrt
(jd 1t-mAa wad tV trains am.
Pui-tlitiiJ Oi -t)iitiUi-A-nuurrtin
tu a MaJcrue'it fl-o.a t!.e A
rlmiltutij dui-aii-iu-i.t at' 'at.'.ii(i i'.a, It
ouaia 11. f.u! rr, tj ilia UuitaJ t. ij.(.j i f,
(jju.IxjO a yr to oaiyy their iirodiu'' him
tha tU'Tea ta the rOnJ a:iUiuta. it wmji.U
cat fur Irvaa ia ll.un, wear ai A t-..or of
V'.ruicwA, luirritaka aoi4 b.it,rM, t ui-
t a tt.e n..iy (f i..ilu a e i to
lun.wswif.ii f.(IL.lL:i i( &-'l tvUiA Tr,t4 tia
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Ft. Iiei Ololie-IVne-t (: The rC"h-"
l!''no feord In the pout v en year aho
what the republicans may b Veiled on to
c"i In the 'next four -Mra, aljht yaars,
twelva yearn, or a lor they reoialn
tn posr. On all thesa tiling tha president
had an eary task In 1:1s address to" tba
commltlM which noti:-d hlra of bl nom
ination. Everything which ha said
rendered eapeclally effecttvs hr tha faft
that Jt ha been acknowledged by tba ana
Diles of the president's party.
Et Faul norieer-Prei: Thera could be
no rr.ora pregnant or forcible statement of
tha crux of tha caaa ecalnst tha demo
cratic party than the fact that it makes
Its appeal for the confidence of the coun
try on the (round that If put In power
"It will prova fftlae to every principle which
In tha past eight lirnrs It hut laid down 8
vital, and that It U leave undisturbed
those very acts of ' administration be
cause of which they aic that the adminis
tration be driven fr-i'i power."
Chlm go Tribune: Of the democrats the
president anya that thfy appeal for power
on tha ground tliru if triumphant they
may ba trusted' to prove false to every
principle they have called vital for eight
years, and to leave undisturbed tha acts
of the administration because of which
they aak the people to drive It from powor.
The republicans ara not divided. Their
policy la continuous. They are not silent
on vital questions. Purely It la unwise,
says the president, ohariga policies which
have worked so welt
Chicago Post: Mr. Roosevelt, as spokes
man for the republic) na. Is In a position
to a&y with confidence: ""W'a face tba fu
ture with our past and our present aa
guarantors of our promises, and we are
content to stand or to fall by tha record
which we have made and are making."
Pittsburg Plspatcb:, The address will be
read with interest ai satisfaction by all
well-wishers of the country. Speaker Cn
non In his speech did not "ramble," but
carefully and doubtless with some trouble
puraued the Una of thought on party
achievement he had mapped out. The oc
casion had the best of auspices surround
ing It. Thus the outer crust of the cam
paign proper la broken and In another
fortnight tha full canvass will be la swing.
Louisville Courier-Journal: The charac
teristic of the platform la tha arrogance
of Its Pharisaism, tha partlsanlsm of its
bigotry, 'It not ftnly claimed ail good
things for republican administration of the
government, but it claimed tnat tpider re
publican administration alona nan good
things be. Bo Mr. Roosevelt Informs tha
country through the committee of notl.ica
tiocthat not only has the present repub
lican administration, for which ha speaks
with full knowledge and authority, dona
all things worth doing, but no other ad
ministration, particularly no administration
of a different jolltlcal. -complexion, could
have done anything worth doing. ' Tba
entire performance is the height of par
tisan sham and Impudence, possible only
In the solemn hippodrome of partisan
politics. - i
Chicago Chronicle: It Is undeniably true,
as he says, that the .republican party has
already luld down and' pursued certain
great lines of public policy, to which It "Is
giving a united and therefore efficient sup
port," and this jives assurance that it will
continue on. those lines and still govern
efflcientlV. Everybody knows where the
party stands and can rely upon its acting
in harmony with the doctrines it proclaims.
Chicago Record-Herald: In discussing
the problems arising out of tha relations
between capital and labor tha president
declares that the orprm I ration of capHal
and the organization i 1 .tor must ba rec
ognized -as natural ' u tmes of - our In
dustrial systern,- anr?" he makes an appeal
for the solution of t. se problems "in th
spirit of honesty,' of courage and of com
mon sense."
POLITICAL POINTERS.
It may yet be necessary to start a few
more magazines In this country If Qrover
Cleveland's needs cannot ba satisfied other
wise. S
Tha republican battlecry at "a full dinner
pan" In Missouri has been met by the
democratic slogan gf "Folk, and a full peni
tentiary." George Fred Williams is so dissatisfied
with Judge Parker that he will not promise
tha Massachusetts electoral vote" to tha
democrats.
. Mr. Cleveland has committed himself In
such a way that ha wiil be seriously pro
voked with Providence If tha republicans
win tha election this fall.
Mr. Bryan's time is taken up with Chau
tauqua lectures' this Bummer. White they
may not be as spectacular they ara better
money producers than- are rear-platform
talks.
Mr. Belmont says in championing Parker
ha does not speak for Wall street lis
doesn't have to. Tha music In tha air In
such cases consists largely of songs with
out woVcia. .
Benator t'epew wer.ts the preeldmt!l
term lengthened to six years. It Is also sus
pected that be Is anxious to have a certain
senatorial term extended for at least six
years with a renewal clause la the lease.
George E. Taylor of Iowa has , been
named aa candidate for president on the
liberty party ticket In place of W. T. Bcott,
who la in Jail at East St. Louli. Scott ob
jected to tha change, s ha Is mora anxious
for liberty now than ever before.
According to one account of tha Parker
telegram, episode. It mad Senator Till in an
"so agitated that he sJmotd cried." When
his Virginia colleague besought hint to ba
calm, ha replied: "I always think tha best.
Senator Daniel, when I am 'greatly ex
cited." This, the Buffalo Commercial
thinks. Is almost as good as the declaration
cf tha Scotch parishioner, who assured his
domlnta that he didn't car a d r. about
talklug "raleegton" when ha was sober.
IXDISrCSITIOIf TO TALK.
KloQaeat Blleaea Haw Belnsr -Maintained
by Ladlai T-uort a.
New Tork Globe.
It Is not surprlfflria that Judya Parker
and other membon of his party ara shy
about talking at present No polUioiJ
party In our huitory has suffered mora
from too much talking trim tha demo
cratic party has during tha past few year
Aa soon as It got ltaelf Into a position
of even pObalLIe hoie somebody orgauUed
a "harmony tanuut t," a" tha unvary ing
rcault was that eemry man who i-oke
talked his own head off and talked Uie
party into a freih "tow."
Tba proposed Democratic club dinner tn
this city ta Juda Parkar baa been cllwj
bOT very wWy, fuz- thera na UUing
what might happen wera, 16. hxal Taiis
niany talnt, limliulUig Cucfcraar ed Crtay,
to gut together around tha fcuaru.tul keard
and to give fro ruin to tbatr alomwnc
anerwiud. Juris l uiliur cuu'd not a'.icl
without fmyiiinf Bf,inJ!(ii, , 4iil the only
plaee for him to tiy aauimHiliig iwr la
oa his oira lawn or p;i7A to ll. cui '.na
tion coiitti.lttre.
Mr. i.jyuii'a 1;, .i.-.,.-Va.,n to tu'k, save
In 'Kiiiiu.,i, lwtors. Is th4 lij.i-et
;i,,'.i)r tba wutyi l.j bu. 1 :J w.tb
;me tUe l'.u ..-'tiM4, iia a'vlj or
"1-ju't r.i.11 l.trt ii.il t tl.e u. riMv
t ! it tl I 1.4 I . l.ia tt i:,u.-t !.,! t:.
t u. Iaju t . !n . .ti. is - t i i ,.' i
las- t l'niKnr lta a ;!!, au-l fr ij,.i
... it t j t i
!lt? rt I.IH (!l .
Wt Africa, Is bir.g developed by means
of railroads to a greater extent than la
generally understood. Bs!Je tha French
railroad from th weat coast toward tba
upper watros of tha Niger, the Bolgtan
railroad around tha rapids of tha Congo
and tha Portuguese railroad, in Angola,
thera la a British railroad of 1 mile in
Sierra Leone, one of 170 miles extending In
land from the gold coast and on of ICS miles
In Lagos. The Sieirw Leone road cost S20,
71 a mile, but tha Gold Coast road cost
aa much as $jO,0CO a m.'le. This great cost
ta explained by Mr. F. Ehelford in a paper
read at tha Royal Colonial Institute as
"due to th fact that tha lines had been
built through dense tropical forests In the
worst rlimat In th world. Theoe condi
tions Involved short tours of eervlr, con
stant changes of staff In every grade, very
havy rainfall, ecarclty. and Inferiority of
unskilled labor and th complete absence of
skilled labor, landing difficulties and th
necessity .of carrying . on construction en
tirely from one base. Further allowance
must ba made for tha native revolts and
military operations which have occurred In
each case." The figures IncluOa permanent
bridge, headquarters, rolling stock, etc.,
complete. The Congo railroad, 250 miles
long. coat. It Is noted. X.T0.5M a mile; the
t"da railway, 685 miles In length, cot
ti.lN7 a mlie. and the Cape Government
reHroad fnO.SlS.a mile. As the railways -extend
Inland thelf cost per mile decreased.
It Is found, owing to the better climate kind
the more open country, tha greater facili
ties given to tha staff to organise the mi.
chlnery of construction, the Increasing con
fidence and efficiency of the native Is borers
and the existence of an established base
with Quarters for the staff, workshops, etc.
Tha entire white population of British
South Africa Is l.rii.OeO and Is Increasing
at a very satisfactory rate. There'' Is In
every colony a great excess of white males,
which explains the fact that white girls
who go from England for service of one
kind or another marry quickly, wives being
In great demand. A cloud that hangs over
the future of ftouth Afrlen Is the gr'est
excess of colored 'Over white population.
The Kaffirs are multiplying. Some of the
colored natives, such as the Zulus, are full
of spirit and capable of doing a great deal
of mischief. Hitherto they have had no
rallying cry end no concert of action, but
recently some colored missionaries from
tha United St&tea ara aalri tn hut U.n
teaching the natives tha doctrine of "Africa
ior mo Aincans" ana nave been organizing
them. It Is sa.!V to oppose tha appropria
tion of tha country by the whites. A cer
tain amount of 'unrest" Is from time to
time reported from Natal, Swaziland, the
Transvaal and Rhodes4a, Just what It
means hf not cjeerly understood. It Is,
however, evident that South Africa ha a
race problem comparable In magnitude
with. ur own. .Natal' problem . is fur
ther Complicated by the preeence of a
Hindoo element, which In numbers .
ceeds th European element
The port at last seems to be making a
positive move toward nome reform of the
tltha system In Macedonia, wnich has con
stituted ona of tha heaviest burdens upon
that unhappy country. It has Informed tha
Austrian and Russian ambassadors lu Con
stantinople that experiments are to . be
made at once In the Monastlr vilayet The
abolition or restriction of the . system ef
tithe-farming was a prominent feature
of th original reform project of the two
powers. A proposition to Bring about this
result wax drawn up two or three, months
ago by the Austrian and Russian civil
agents, approved by HllrnI Pasha, and for
warded to the porta for confirmation tj
a committee sitting In Constantinople under
m presidency or the nilnl'ter. of .Justice
had prepared ;another scheme, and, thus
the mattes was delayed until It was too
late to apply either Schema In the whole
of the three vilayets, as the harvest had
already begun In many parts. The port
has, however, decided to anniv Koh
Jects on a smaJIscal. Two groups of five
Yumra eacn nav been selected. In one
group tha tithes will be collected in ac
cordance with ona scheme, and In the
other group the second system will be ap
plied. Whichever proves tha mora success
ful will be adopted neit year, over th
whole empire. The concession has given
great satisfact!6n to tha Bulgarian .v
ernment, which has been agitating tha sub
ject for a long time, but whether anv
manent benefit will be reaped remains to
ba seen.
" ;. ' : , . ; j
A matter that Is agitating th minds of
tha business community n the Transvaal
la tha unprincipled conduct of British In
dians, who contenting themselves with
moderate profits and the most frugal fare,
ara proving themselves most fnrtnMaM.
competitors ef the whit retail traders.
in me legislative council the other day a
member moved that the rrvmm.n. hJ
requested to prevent the influx of alt Asiat
icsexcept -nines laborers and to. re
strict their trading privileges. Mr. Emncan.
th colonial secretary, begged blm not to
rals th queetloa at th present Junotur.
Negotiations were, proceeding with, tha
noma government, hs said, and an eapraa
sloa of opinion on tha part of tha leglsla
tlva council would him per rather tnan
promote progreas. Tha Transvaal govern
ment was anxious to deal with the mat
ter, and hoped to get authority to ftitrtr
duoa legislation this saion. M pointed
out that the number of Asiatics entering
th country was not so large as was gen.
rally supposed. In th last six months
676 Asiatics had com In. Of these 671
had been tn tba country before, whll
29 want to Johannesburg and M to Pre
toria. This explanation was aooeptad as
temporarily satisfactory. Tha original
motion was dropped, but an amendment
was carried urging the colonial . secretary
to press tha matter upon tha attention of
the Imperial authorities with his bet
energy. ,
General Andre, th French minister of
war. met with a aerie ot snacks In th
Chamber th other day. . M. Breton pro
posed that th reservists of th aotlvearmy
should ba eallsd out for only fifteen days.
Instead of twenty-eight and that th t,.
diers of tha territorial army should no
longer b called out at alt General Andre
said that If tba rerv1ete wer only, to ba
called out for a fortnight the grand ma
neuvers would have t La abolished, and
that- the exemption of th tarrttorUlIats
from their thirteen days' military training
would be equivalent to th suppression of
th fore. M. Breton replied that both hi
proposal wer contained la tha LU1 lor the
reduction of military a-vle to tw years
Just Voted by the Chamber. All h aked
for wa tha !micd!t apj,:iotton of rw
provlaioua of that b:sL pending its raUfloa
tlon by th Seriate. CnenJ Andra sug
gested that M. Breton's proposal should t
referred to th army commute. This was
rejected by a vol of II to 247, and shcuts
wer rai4 of -v'.V M. fcreton de
manded nrjatu-y. bu: w tgUx br
th m!nJtr. w no was (ecU-a ly t t.
Itvwed crte f -1;,?. ta.:Ma'
and M. Kntua moved for th fuiu.eJ:at
flteusmn of the roeeaur. which was ar-d-flrel
by 3,2 vote f ItJ. Dstwlt-hstan rfng
tha oonttnu.d oppt,oa of th- WBr D,(u,
t.jA
I
k"t linn Turn JtN(n.
l..'li!iiiw(e ,A ii-tv-icAU.
It ! imw -rst.J iiul tiia tuor-ls I .
I 4 In heat. Uayl. too- tan eh h,j air la
ml". iv.r,, (nmin-i, l.ti.y. au-l. .OS', .ju-1-
'.u-i, ' fiviu . l .,..); i.ten . .
n
7l'n",
Refreshing cooling and wholesome.' ." '
A teaspbonfui in a glass cf water -.r-
nourishes, Strengthens and Invior-
ctc3 the entire system. -, .-. .
rsford's Acid PIio:T:Iiuto
jHm!wisv;i. umas
f 0TJlABAPiD OF WAR.
Kotlons tk Topic Hasserow
Katloaa Interested ta It. .
Chicago News,
With Russian crul.ers patrolling the high
sea and Intercepting neutral vessels on
tha ocean routes leading to Japan tt will
be fortunate If the ijuentton of contraband
of war does not become a causa of aoute
disagreement before the ccnfllct Is' over.
The situation' auggests again tha propriety
of submitting the entire question to some
International court like Th Hague tri
bunal, with authorisation to prepare a cede
of regulations binding Upon all powers.
The great difficulty Is that every nation
Insists' upon interpreting international law
a to contraband of war in the way that
will best suit i Its own interests. Russia,
with a view to embarrassing Japan as
much as possible. Would like to Include
coal and foodstuffs In the list ' it articles
that may b seised. The United States,
which will hava Immense cargoes of coal
and provisions to export, not only In this
war; but In other wars to come, has al
ways heli that coal-.must be considered
exempt. It Is . to be expected that tha
government will persist In this view In
case an expression of Its policy should be
made necessary at tha present time.
So far as concerns certain commodities
there Is no question. Weapons and arnmu
nttlon found upon a vessel that la sailing
to the porta of a belligerent ara unmis
takably contraband. It is equally plain
that a cargo consisting of books, articles
of dress, perfumes or goods of a similar
character would bot be contraband and
should he allowed to go to Its destination.
The difficulty arises In trying to fix the
character of certain commodities- which
may, or may. not be put to military use.
Iron, fw Inatanee, Is not ordinarily con
traband;, but, says on authority, "If It be
forwarded to a cannon foundry belonging
to a belligerent to be made up into' cannon
and If the whole . transaction, .be for the
purpose cf thus applying the Iron, it In
this particular casa would be contraband."
Perhaps the only safe generalisation that
can be made is that while al! goods th&t
are to be directly employed for- military
purposes as In the case of food sent to a
besieged city are contraband, . the same
goods. If designed only for th ordinary
commercial purposes of a nation ar not
contraband' and should be exempt from
confiscation. That was th opinion, of Sec
retary' of State Marshall 100 years ago, ss
It is tha opinion of many authorities today.
THE) FARM IK POLITICS.
ton f the toll Whs Have to
" . '!l Srwfc of the Mlchty. '
New Tork Sdn. " . "
OraduaJly,' but surely, and with never a
backward Step, does the farm ' advance.
Not In th old sense" Is Its Increased im
portance made manifest. Statistics are
wanting:' but It Is probable that the farm,
a th blrthplao of famous men. Is no
busier now than ' it was, say, fifty years
ago. It acquires Its heightened significance
wholly from tha fact ' that having long
been tha favorite birthplace. It Is fast be
coming the dwelling place of fame through
the socdlum of politic. ,
The Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks, seoqnd
in command of. the republican expedition,
lingers mentally with fondness, no doubt.
in the Big Darby country of northern Ohio;
but bodily he lingers there no longer. Tha
function of th farm in his case wa its old-
time functlon--that of training and nour
ishing tha youthful stalk, snd sending It
up, strong and straight,' six feet several
Inches Into th world. But to th Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt the Hon. Alton B.
Parker, the Hon. William J. Bryan and
the Hon. Thomas C. Piatt the farm has a
present and far from a reminiscent mean
ing.
From tha sunny slopes of Sagamor Hill
tba president supplies his summax table.
Tba hay, th Newton pippins end th red
poll caul ara as much a part ot Rose-
mount and Rosemount dally news as th
Judze himself. At the Falrvtew stock farm
In Lincoln, Neb., Mte Hereford calf, the
Angus cow, tha Durham bull and th
Poland-China plga dwell together with th
farmer In precious Jeffersonlaa simplicity.
And at Hls-hlnnd Mill on can almost hear
th cool ' drlp-dripplng' of th wheel th
senior senator of the Empire state finds
ri,t and r.iux, seizes and swsat pe&a.
- Thus Is th farm distinguished and up
lifted. Wort so even than tn ages past,
when Clnclnnatus pushed his willing plow,
or when Webster tossed th lnoansa-bearlog
by. '".'''.., i
PLENTY-
and
fn.Tr rkT7r
inn.
Plenty of time two months yet In whk'a to
wear GTItAW HATS. Our Btraw hata all '- of -'eiiiC
men's, boys' and children 'a till offered, you to-
day, at - , . '
ff 0 ! ? y, -K
ah. ,.rst"
IZc lAti, 2rc CLCO Lata, tOc. ?1X0 hats, 7Sg
?ica hsLt ci-ca.
acli urh a
for Loys ar,I cLUlr-a, tt the hai.e LI dlicouut as
' tlraw Lila ; , . '
SO Per Cent Dircoii.nl " V
iHiwLt tl j CuLL'a Oppuilui ity. , .
j ..J K J -"...a. t, J
i l I .. i'!LC0."it i r r.
r 1 n
ii mm.
. AT TUB CASSOS'a tOlTT(l , -
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St. Paul Pioneer Press: Tha note of thd
Cannon notifying President Roosevelt. of
his nomination will reverberate. Ihrmigh,
very democratlo camp In the lnd. and,
glv tha donk an Intimation, of what.Jtl
coming to It in November. ;
Glob Democrat; . . In, . his - nottflpatlonl
speech Speaker Cannon saU the,, republic
can party "appeals t tha grat ,body-.o
tha people. who live In tha sweat of their
faces, make the civilisation, control tha
republic, fight Its battles and determine lta
policies, for approval and- ofentmnance hs
power." Those pollcle even contj 8m
cratlo acceptance, though lght year be
hind tiro. . - r
HOT W AVE. . ,
n
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Customer Why dooen't that apinstei
Minn lirown, deal at your shop sny more
Irsrer One of my clerks Insulted ber.
"How?"
"bhe overheard Mm telllns- awria on tha.
sha was our oldest customer. "ilargow
ravening Times.
With his balr standing on and and hi
features woiklng oonvuletvely, the editor
of the sensational Journal yelled through
the speaking tube: '
"Prop tha press!" -
"What's the matterf" . asked tha press,
man. j
"Don't you see, you Infernal Idklt,' you'rsj
J Tinting that cut of the Red sea, with yel
ow Ink!" Chicago Tribune. .
"Don't you think fiction Is oVterioratlngre
"I guess you haven't read the twa plat
forma" Ufa.
Book Agent Now, sir,- can I -sell you att
enevclopaeoiaT r , t .7
Oid John Noa, I don't think so. I'SS tW
old to ride now-Punch.
"He's had good luck at pokr lately,."
"How do you knowi".- --:
"1 heard him remark this morning that
It's a mistake to say poker isn't a
thoroughly scientific gam. Philadelphia
Press.
"Too rem sa ys H only ' take a sent
run his auto a mil. . , -
"I always wondered what the. S0nt Wa
for." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"You would get along a anod deal bet
ter If you didnTt get so excited," sail th
calm man t his iraaelble frlenfL 'Can't
you learn to keep your temper?"
"Keep my- temper! Well, I' Ilk that,"
retorted the other. "I'd bav you wnder
stand that 1 keep more temper In day
than you have in your possession OOilAsg
a whol, year." Tld-Blts.' .-.:
"How old is Miss Wellupr 1 -: -She
la lust at th uncertain period b
tweeh the time when she doesn't want any
body to know her sgs and tho time wnn
she doesn't car who know ICChlcago
Tribune, . J ,
Tin not'totng' to stand thU thing anj
lonirer," said tb anvil. -"What's
th, truubl tiowT" aaked thJ
bellows.'' ,w ,, . . . ... ,,
: :I eV alltn ard -Ttnosns, Tecnea tna
snvll.-rwhile yoo. do nothing hut put o4
airs. Chicago, News. . Si.
"Dom he 'adrartlse ail the comforts of
homeT" inquired Mr. Tlredout.
"No." reolted Mrs. Tiredoat, "th adver
tisement simply iays, "No mothers-in-law",
cries cooks or cnrlnij babies.' " ,
"We'll go," asserted Mr. Tlredout, euM
phaUcally. Philadelphia Bulletin. '
Jlrsmlth That fellow' Piker . IS "certinly;
a clever, Ingenious chap, isn't her
Browning Why. ' I - never heard of his
doing anything remarkable. ...... , -
imamllh That's lust it. H manages In
some way to get along without doing any
thing. savannah News., -
"Pinging of you, In the dawn end the dew"
I've sent you sweet songs, just a-slnging
ef you I ..
And night has been right: , 1 .
Oh. tho dorknesa was bright
Singing of heaven, and alrmina- of you!
Atlanta Constitution:
Tit K TBAMCLET,
One on a crisp autumnal' eve,
When meaner was our storA
PreswnptkMjBiy, onbid thera carrt ' x
A tTamplet to ocr door.. . w . ,
This iramplrt was a p!my elf.
With cheeks oi' HeheMt rose, '
A pair of dark sndVeonrkUag eyes.
And saucy littia noae.
The sky hung cold, the moon ehotie 'cbl.lt.
While frost lmpearletV the night;.''
In straits like these, pray- wjittiwera wa
To do with such a sprite? . . ,.
And so w took the trample! in.
With all becoming grace:
Bhe looked as cute and self-possessed .
As If she owned tha pine.
Then, snugpllnif In the warmest nook.
Within our lioart cf hearts, . .
She nt herself to rule tiie realm,
Wltn co yet cuhnina; arte;
Bh held the place, cloved f iar the door.
And turned love's golden key, ;
ve h-eame hr eirjots all .
With willing loyalty. '
To ehatterlnr tor rue, her nimbi fet - '
Triijwti ti,,iiy aiji.ui, ,i- 1
To turn the mtwilef out. ' V
Now years have trod tt.elr cycles. glno ,
v nrst ner queensn v met;
Tronah dinenp-Hrtments. te41s and paitlA,
A l,,w- I'r. i.l.i V.l .
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