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The ground lion might have wen bin
shadow if txv had darenl to come out.
Illinois legislator tvho are frolna? arniol
mar bftve ulterior dealpiis on the men
upposod to c-ontrol the "boodle" fundi,
g". ; 11 J. '. -us
That la .Indeed a poor state . whU:li
rannot produc-o a leglnlntlve scnndnl
thla year, or perhaps the purchasers of
leglalatlon i-au find nothing more there
they deal re.
Just imagine that conference between
the ciar and the worklugmen taking
place on thla aide of the Atlantl tho
cuar would not hare been allowed to do
all the talking. ,
According to the rt. Petersburg prest.
l'rlnce Svlntopolk-Mlrsky baa also beeu
flog a few paveiuenU. In that place
where good lutein lou take the plnce of
Asphalt trust product.
How many taxpayers In Omaha would
tie willing to declare themselves la favor
of a legislative enactment to pay a sal
ary of 110,000 a year to the proposed
commissioner of water works?
NO wonder the cordage trust baa
shrivelled to tatters It must have
heard that Nebraska's law makers were
figuring on the Installation of a binding
twine plant at the state penitentiary.
If thla weather continues owner of
private refrigerator car lines may 1m
compelled In aolf defense to heat them
for use In cold weather, aa shipment of
fruit from California threatens to coaxc.
Both houses of the legislature are be
hind the record In the number of bills
Introduced to date. No serious alarm
la being felt, however, that any belated
bill will be sijuecKed out In the final
crush, ' .
Captain Clado objects to the" spirit
shown toward Russia by the British
ros, but that press only objected to
the spirit ahowtt by the Ruaalan sailors
on an occasion which has become his
torical. In (ljelr anuual estimates almost all
the departments of city govornment ask
the full amounta the law permits tie
cotmoU to appropriate. On tho council
devolves the duty of trimming dowu the
pattern to fit to cloth.
l ... , i ',j u'a
'ih Agricultural department report
that wheat west of the Mississippi river
Is geierally well protected by snow, but
thla will not restrain Kauaas from kill
ing Ita' wheat next spring and then pro
ductnf a "bumper" crop.
The effect of last summer's puck lug
bouse strike is strikingly shown by the
twmpa retire figures of the season's out
put of hog product la the packing bouse
cities. From being aecond South Omaha
hat goiiu dowu to tifth place.
The Kusalau presa censor was re
moved on the Jay Maxim Gorky was re.
leased from prison. There may have beeu
no connection between the events, but
tba iiew ceuaor will probably be busy
with the author lu a few days.
I . u . ,1 ' J I
reslIeut M'lnchell of the Kock Island
tleclarea the proposed law ou the
aubjact will not stop the grautiug of
aecret rebates by railroad. Thla may
1m aa true as that lawa fur the puuUh
mm it of petit larceny do not extennl
nata aneak thieves, but they give so
ciety an opportunity to protect Itself oc
easlonally.
I"' J-UlJ-i-iil Ulil
1 Member of the Douglaa delegatloi
who are supporting Howell water bill
No. 3. which empower tho water board
t modify or extend the existing contract
with tba water work company without
Vbtnittlng tba question to the people
will hare a good deal of explaining to
dr it they ever, present themselves a
canJldat for another office.
MtT A UOXKnSMEXT OF CLASSES'
One of the very boat point made by
President n.KweveH in his Philadelphia
address, which h;i attracted general
attention a a very explicit statement
of the administration's position in regard
to the national regulation of corpora
tions. I the declaration that our Is not
a government which recognlios classes.
"It is based," Mid the president, "on
the recognition of the individual. We
aro not for the poor man as such, nor
for the rich man as such. We are for
for every man, rich or poor, provided
he acts Justly and fairly by his fellows
and If he so act the government must
do all It can to see that Inasmuch as he
does no urong, o he sAhII suffer no
wroiig."
Thla Is In accord with the fair and in
telligent Judgment of the American peo
ple. It la sound republican doctrine.
There has boon on the part of the op
position to the republican party in the
last three national campaigns a persist
ent effort to create among the people a
Sentiment that thla is a government of
classes. That idea was most stroll g l.v
urged by the democracy in the cam
paigns of and Itssi, and with hardly
Icns vigor In the closing days of tho last
campaign. The democratic candidate In
the first two of those campaigns contin
ually appealed to class prejudice and
harped upon the proposition that the
government waa iielng administered In
the Interest of the few to the detriment
of the many. It was largely due to this
sort of appeal that the deimx'ratlc can
didate In tSWI and 1!HM) neeured the
voles of hundreds of thousands of men,
more or less discontented and preju
diced, which otherwise he could not have
obtalued. In the campaign of l'.s)4 t lie
candidate started out with a punOMe to
avoid thla unworthy method of attract
ing voters to his supixui, but he did not
carry thl out to the end. tiually falling
into (he way of his predecessor In tlm
democratic leadership and Iteeonilng one
of the most anient champions of I lie
class Idea.
President Hoosevelt's view will he ad
mitted by all rational persona to be en
tirely sound and true. Our government
was founded upon the principle of abso
lute equality, In rights and privileges, of
every cltlaen, and this principle Is to be
recognlaed today as fully as at any time
since the government was established.
As was aaid by Mr. Kooaevelt, "We do
not intend that this republic shall ever
fall as those repuhli-s of olden time
failed. In which there finally came to lie
a government, by classes, which resulted
either In tiie poor plundering the rich or
in the rich exploiting and In one form or
another enslaving the poor, for either
event means the destruction of Tree Insti
tutions and of Individual lilieiiy." In
the recognition of this by all our people
will be found tho surest safeguard of
the general interenta and welfare nud
the security of our political Institutions.
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CALLS FOR DIVOftVN StATlSTICI
President Roosevelt has given renewed
evidence of the Interest he takes in sot
clal affairs lu recommending that con
gress authorize the director of the census
to collect statistics upon the subjects of
marriage and divorce, none of which
have been obtained, In a national way,
since 1K80. Iu a special message the
president says that there is a widespread
conviction that the divorce laws are dan
gerously lax and indifferently adminis
tered in some of the states, resdltlng lu
a diminishing regard tor tue sanctity or
the marriage relation. He expresses the
hope that co-operation among the several
states can be secured to the end that
there may In enacted upon the subject
of marriage and divorce uniform laws.
containing all possible safeguards for
the security of the family. "Intelligent
and prudent action In that direction,"
saya Mr. Roosevelt, "will be greatly pro
moted by securing reliable and trust
worthy statistics upon marriage and di
vorce." The president is uuiuestionably right
In regard' to the laxity of the divorce
lawa and their administration In some of
the states - and his recommendation to
congress will have very general ap
proval. If trustworthy statistics, of di
vorce were obtained it is wot to be
doubted that there would be created a
public sentiment aguiust the laxity of
state laws In this respect which would
be conducive to needed reforms.
laugk APvnovni.'Tioya.
The Indications are that the present
sesslou of congress 'Will not meet the ex
pectation of the country in the matter of
economy iu public expenditures, it ap
pears that all the effurts of the leaders
of tho two houses to keep down the ap
propriations have thus far beeu unavail
ing. According to reports from Wash
ington the total for the session will ex
ceed that of lis predecessor by. more
than $D,0u0,(sio, if the river and harbor
bill fails, as mauy believe It will. The
appropriation for last year carried by
the aupply bills already ivjtorted this
year amount to over $rt!3,00o,(xi0. Tlie
totul carried by tht twelve bills already
reported by bouse committees is in ex
cess of 71.0ix,m Other bills not re
ported carry nearly 7!,sxi,(sii). Au. ad
dition to the appropriation in these bills
by the senate I expected, so that there
seems to lie warrant for the calculation
that the total appropriations for the ses
sion will be more than l!iO,000,(JO. or
an Increase of nearly ftU.tMaj.tiuo over
last year. This will be materially re
duced if the river and harbor bill falls.
It is noted that the chief sources of in
crease have beeu the growth of tho uavy
and the postal service. The committees
charged with the preparation of appro
priation bills appear to have been duly
solicitous to keep dowu exinrndltures, aa
Indicated in the fact that the appropria
tions are inure than .'W,(si0.lX) smaller
than, the estimate sent to congress by
the several dupartmeuts, but they have
not been able to accomplish all that waa
expected In the direction of economy. The
present aspect of the situation, there
fore, seems to Justify the conclusion that
tba apnropriat.toua of this, aeaslouwlll
considerably eiceed those of tba Ursa
regular sonslon, which probably means
considerably more of a deficit at t"h
closo of the next fiscal year than ha
lscn estimated.
why cnyrnjcT the enr i.iMnst
It Is In accord with the eternal fitness
of things for real estate dealers and
owners of suburban lota that were laid
out Into town lots In boom times to ask
the legisiature to reduce the area within
the city limits of Omaha, which were
originally extended at the Instance of
the same parties, at the expense and to
the detriment of the owners of property
within the heart of Omaha.
Tho laying out of com fields and grax
lug lands into town additions and the
mutilation of the Llnlnger charter of
1887, by which Omaha waa deprived of
the right to acquire lands for park pur
poses by eminent domain condemnation,
entailed upon Omaha an euormou
bonded debt for the extension of wooden
block street pavementa. for grading and
for the purchase of park lands at fab
ulous prices and scattered our popula
tiou over u large are., requiring hnn
ilrods of thousands of dollar of annual
expense for fire hydrants and fire pro
tection, for gas aud electric lighting and
for additional police expenses. Now
that this heavy burdcu baa beeu carried
for more than fifteen years and the Im
provements forced upon the citjr have
been mostly completed. It would be rauk
Injustice to contract the area of the city
and to relieve from municipal taxea the
owners of the laud that have lsen Im
proved at the expense of the property
owners of the business center and
thickly settled part of the city.
Instead of contracting the area, the
policy of Omaha from now on should be
the policy adopted by all the other large
cities of the country to extend tho
radius of municipal government and to
compel property owners who profit by
municipal government to bear their Just
share of tho burden of the cost of its
maintenance. It would certainly be the
height of folly to permit the owners of
property located' within the present city
limits, who enjoy the full benefit of our
public schools, public lighting, fire and
police protection and our system of
street railways, telephone and other
modern Improvements of a metropolitan
city, to shift from their shoulders Upon
those of other property owners, enjoying
no better or greater share of the benefits
of municipal government, the burdens
imposed by reason of municipal Improve
ments ami municipal protection.
In discussing the advisability of
changing tin- time for the annual art
exhibition held lu the Capital city, the
Lincoln Journal declares that the ex
hibition was fixed for the holiday week
lu order that the State Teachers' asso
ciation might have the benefit of it, but
that tills last year the teachers met at
Omaha, and without their patronage
the art exhibit waa stilt as successful
aa. usual.. .It might have added that;
without the art exhibit the teachers'
meeting at Omaha was also more suc
cessful than usual, but this would be
conceding a point Lincoln might later
want to take back, and, of course, it
would not do to make the admission.
There is sound logic In the protest of
South Omaha taxpayers against the bill
authorizing the issue of a quarter of a
million bonds for the construction of
sewers without submission for ratifica
tion by vote Of the people, even though
the purpose for which the bonds arc to
be issued be meritorious. But the pro
test of the same parties against the bill
that proposes to allow the citizens of
South Omaha to elect their own police
commissioners la maulfestly Inconsistent
with the demand that the people shall
have something to say about the issue
of bonds. '
Au officer of the International Asso
ciation of Building Commissioners and
Inspectors pronounces Omaha deficient
iu fireproof buildings, considering Its
bizo and pretensions. Thla deficiency
has been realised by our own people for
some time, and If we can only make it
plain to the outside Investors that money
(laced in substantial building enter
prises in Omaha ia sure of good returns,
the deficiency will soon be made good.
If this criticism from abroad can be
used to help along iu this direction it
will do some good.
It costs the taxpayers of Omaha $1,000
a month to malutuin the city law -department,
but that will not hinder the
water board, If Its powers are enlarged,
from employing a salaried attorney Just
as the school board has done under the
pretext that the city law department
could not attend to Its business, although
the city treasurer handles all the school
funds without extra pay and baa done
ho ever since the Board of Education
was created because the law make him
the treasurer for the school board ex
officio. It having been decided that lulled
States mall carriers cannot sell mining
stock while wearing their uniforms it
might not be out of place to secure a rule
to protect the mall carriers from being
gold-bricked by bunco steerers trying to
unload undigested securities upon them,
" 1
If wu are to pay 110,000 a year for a
commissioner of water works we will
naturally have to pay $3,ooo g year for
a deputy commissioner and 12,500 for at
assistant to the deputy, who probably
will do most of the work devolving on
the $10,000 commissioner. '
The German government 1 trying
to ascertain what It would cost to buy
all the (iermau coal mines. If our
local prices aud Nebraska weather pre
vail lu the l'atherlaud at the present
lime the price would probably bank,
rupt the nation. ',
.The return of Judge BeuJamJu 4.
Baker to Nebraska to resume the prac
tice of law Is another reminder that for
Nebraakans Nebraska Is the best of all.
New Mexico may he all right so far as
hotsieg a federal office Is colicerned; but
It Is not In It In offering free scope tot
an able and experienced lawyer and
everyone concedes that Judge Baker's
legal ability aud practical experience
will match those of the best lawyers to
he found In any state of the union. Ne
braska Is a pretty good state to stick to.
Two Good Believe.
Kansas Cltv Journal.
Eventually the government may corner
the beef combine so tightly that It rannot
escape, but that it has now done this I
simply too food to believe.
Soar Graaiee!
Bt. Louis Globe Democrat.
A fine concession to Colonel Bryan's state
may be observed In the decision of the
AVer department to establish a balloon sta
tion at Omaha. This Is next to locating a
coaling station at Newcastle.
A Xeeeesary lagredleat.
Chicago Tribune.
Concerning thHt atory of the company
that Is preparing to manufacture gold In
unlimited quantities from salt water, moat
person will tske it, for the present, with a
few grain of chloride of sodium.
The I'elnt at View.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The railroad doctrine that the rale-making
power can safely be entrusted to five
railroad president lepresentlng Wall
street, but la a horribly subversive thing
If entrusted to five commissioners represent
ing the people, is sufficiently illuminative
of the whole ontrovery.
Where Jnstlee I owei Utah.
' Chh agi) Chronicle.
The expenses of the United Status senate
sitting as a cuui-t of Impeachment In the
case of Judge Hwayne are estimated at
ItO.ono. Justice inmei pretty high at such
a price, but If It shall appear that the
rhari.es made arc true and the result shall
be the dismissal of the offending magis
trate It will be worth all that It costs.
A Chronic Kallare.
Philadelphia Record.
The receivership of the Cordage trust re
calls the fact that It has had the came ex
perience twice before. The first time wa
when, In May, 18S1, its failure precipitated
the panic. It hud tried to corner the twine
market; It had med-! contracts to prevent
the sale of machinery to parties who would
compete with It, arid It was holding binding
twine at such a price that the farmers of
the northwest were demanding the manu
facture of twine In the penitentiaries. Min
nesota had great difficulty In getting ma
chinery for the purpose.
Wisconsin's Kew Aenalor.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Governor L Pollette's acceptance of the
United States senatorshlp from Wisconsin
Is made subject to one condition, which ho
ha announced In a speech before the leg
islature. He will insist upon the Immedi
ate enactment Into state law of the meas
ures In behalf of which he ha fought tho
past decade In Wisconsin; If the legislature
at this session should fall In that respect,
the governor would decline to go to the
senate, and would atay at home In order
to finish the work. As a matter of fact,
this legislature Is- kj completely In sym
pathy with the governor that the enactment
of the lawa he desires can scarcely be pre
vented by any combination of Interests.
And It follows that Governor La Fol.lette
will enter the United States senate. It will
not be his first experience In Washington.
During his four years' service In the hnuee
of representative Mr. La Follette roee hj
rapidly that he w one of the republican
members of the committee on ways and
means that framed the McKlnley tariff law
of 1890. Since, then, however, lu name has
been forgotten In" Connection with tariff leg
lalatlon. '
RE STORK TJIKin KEPI BLICAMSM.
Corporation In Tbrorr and In Prac
tical Operation.
AVall Street Jourim!.
Judge Orosscup says that while In theory
the corporation Is not unrepubllcan, In
actual operation It has become so.
This is a true saying. In form, the cor
poration I aa rcrtubllean aa our own gov
ernment. In control, It I an autocracy, be
coming aa absolute as that which rules
Russia. In form, providing for tho widest
diffusion of wealth; In operation. It re
sults In the largest concentration of the
control of wealth.
In thla la the essence of the corporation
problem. Our government, republican In
constitution, would soon become an au
tocracy If th light of publicity were to be
extinguished. Abolish liberty of press and
all assembly, and our republican Institu
tions would not long exist. The form
Indeed might still be observed, but the sub
stance of liberty would be gone.
Apply thla to the corporations. No one
wanta to abolish them. Their value to
civilisation caniwt be measured. All that
can be asked ia that they shall beonme
truly republican in operation as In form;
and there Is no other way of accomplishing
thla So effectually and with so little dis
turbance as to subject them to lawa of
reaaonable publicity and government su
pervision. FIGHT FOR URAIS TH AUK.
Mlaaras-oll Rallies ta I be Sappert of
Omaha and Kaaaaa City.
Minneapolis Times.
These are the days when the eltlxens of
the wast and the northwest are contrating
for their own. On every hand the Cam.
merclal olub la a factor of the greatest Im
portance In looking after the adjuatment
of freight tariffs, the location of enter
prises and advancing the Interests of the
city they represent. But Just now thev
are practically united in a fight against the
greod .and ambition of Chicago a city that
has sat at the gateway of the west col
lecting revenue for so long that ita people
seem to think it really has a mortgage
cn th business of the western empire.
This the cities of the west and northwest
contend is not so. ' They object to paying
tribute to th Caesar of the lakes. Kansas
City. St. Joseph and. Omaha have filed
vigorous protests, and from Minneapolis
and St. Paul have gone forth request for
just treatment from the railroads, so they
may maintain their ludepenclnnce of Chi
cago. This la the wheat center; what matter if
the Armours aud others iiave creeled great
warehouses in Chicago? What difference
does it make to the cities of the west If
Chhago la the great gambling market this
side of New York and must have millions
Of bushels of wheat and corn to play with
or for IU shippers to draw revenue from?
Not a whit!
Minneapolis Is doing th gateway act It
self; It I sitting at the entrance to the
great wheat states; It la th chief primary
market and the grinding center of th
United States. A auuh It demands that
this be th basic point for through rate to
the seaboard, and It champions must keep
hammering away at tho railroads until this
natural right ia recognised.
If all efforta should fail, Minneapolis
might start eut on a campaign to even tip
cores. Chlcegu might be atricken off our
visiting list. Our Jobbing trad would be
Justified in giving the trade they now send
to Chicago direct to New York. Why not,
If Chleago keep on lighting us? Why not
fight It baikT
Sometime lu the future there will be an
all-wgter route to the eeaboard, In winter
as well aa In summer, and when this time
cumes Chicago will tuk It proper pla
ss a second grade wheat market, while the
corn growing state will give Its asplra
tlona lu that direction a quietus.
OOSSir ABOl'T THR WAR.
Characteristic of Winter Weather
la naaeksrl.
With the exception of the diversion
of Inst Saturday, the opposing armies have
remained Inactive en the Bhakhe and th
Hun rivers since November, and are likely
to remain so until Mtrch. Winter In
Manchuria Is not calculated to faclltate
military operation. During th months rf
March and April there are atrong south
went winds, which bring with them he.it
and moisture. At the end of March Hie
winter season ends. The under soil is still
frnten at this time, but the ground can be
worked fur agriculture.
April appear to be the only month nf
spring. At the end of this month the
owing of wheat commences. Summer be
gins In May, and at the end nf June or the
beginning of July the wheat I cut. Up lo
the end of June rain I tare and the sky 1
generally clear, while cloudy weather Is an
exception.
The heat reaches a maximum at the end
of July or flrat part of August. Afterward
come heavy rains or storms. - It often
rains for several daya and nights without
stopping The soil I completely saturated
and Inundations are frequent.
September ia the harvest month. While
October gives some of the finest weather of
the year. At this time the heat I agree
able during the day and the sky Is clear,
with bracing air, while vegetation Is at Ita
height.
At the end of the month the first night
frosts begin to appear, and iu November
the cold weather commences and keeps up
until March. At Mukden the trmperatuve
sometimes goes down as low as S3 degrees
centigrade. During the day, however, the
cold la not excessive, and sometimes In the
middle of winter the sun's rsys become
very warm on account of the southern
position of that locality. The maximum
temperature f summer is 9S.H or 100.4 de
gree Fahrenheit. About ten month of
the year are dry for the most part and the
excessive wet season only occupies a month
or so.
At New Chwang. on th north shore of
the Gulf of Uao Tung, the mean tempera
ture Is 16 degrees Fahrenheit, and the
mean for the summer TI.S degrees. Tho
mean annual temperature Is ti t degrees
Fahrenheit. The Rusxlart maritime prov
inces have a low mean annual temperature.
A correspondent of the New York Bun
declares that the assaults and capture of
203-Meter hill before Port Arthur was the
bloodiest assault In history. Tho last as
sault encountered no resistance, for the In
fantry found the Russian defenders an
nihilated by artillery fire. The crucial
moment Is thus described:
"At 3 o'clock a forward movement was
made by the soldiers on a companion hill,
which was designed as 210. They preased
on, encountering little resistance, and were
soon In possession of half the crest. At
the same moment BOO men left a Japanese
trench on 208-Meter hill and ruahed a
Russian trench thirty yards away. The
Japanese soldiers were seen to enter the
trench. Then there was a brief pause, and
the artillery continued to bombard the sum
mit of the mountains. Nothing could be
seen of the Russians.
"A few minutes later the soldiers In pos
session of the first trench reappeared on
the far side and again moved forward.
Kveryone watched with breathless anxiety
for this part of the climb that hud always
been so fatal. The soldiers on 210 hill
also moved forward, and before one had
time to realise what had happened the
Japanese infantry were over the crest of
both peaks and outlined against the sky
line.
"With the exception of three prisoners
not a live Russian was found on the sum
mit. They hsd been shelled to pieces, and
not even a mouse could have escaped.
"Among the confused Jumble of rocks,
sandbags, shells, charred timber, broken
rifles, bits of uniforms and soldiers ftcou
termenta of every description the dead lay
In hundreds, many smashed beyond re
semblance to human form, so terrible is the
effect of modern shell fire. On the east
side of the mountain lay dead Russians
and on the west side the dead Japanese.
The summit was sacred to both.
"Jt had been freeilng during the day of
the attuck and the bodies were perfectly
preserved. Some seemed to have died a
natural death, but the majority, especially
the Japanese, who were struck down whlla
adv.mclng up a steep slope, had their
teeth clenchid and a look of fierce resolve
was written on their faces. The Russians,
who for the most part met death while
sitting In the trenches on the summit, wore
a pained, evi adrprlsed, appearance. In
one place a doaen soldiers were sitting In a
square shelter of handbags when a big
shell landed between them and killed all."
Major Iuls Seaman, M. D., of the med
ical department of the army, who was
sent to Japan to observe the medical and
sanitary methods of the Japanese army,
relates In the Outlook how the -fighting
emrlre guards its armies.
"Japan's student atateamen," he saya,
"had learned that, as a rule, Ave men die
of disease In war to one from injury by
nilaslle. It decided that thla enormoua
waste was needless, and It set Itself to
correct It. It established the Inrgest, rich
eat and best-equipped Red Cross hospital
system in the world, a system now em
bracing more than 1,200,000 member and
with tatlons in every part of the empire.
It equipped this system with hospital ships
perfect In every detail, and rented them
out aa llner.t until they should be needed
In war, the rental paving for their mainte
nance and alao a handsome profit on the
Investment.
"Ing before the war began the store
rooma of the society In Toklo were crowded
with wagonlnads of surgical dressing ma
terial, cots, tents, bedding, ambulances and
uniforms for nurses. Iu addition to mak
ing these preparation, the society had
been training nurses for military service,
and In Toklo. where ita hospital has a
capacity of beds, there were 2 nurse
to care for the patient.
"All this was only a small part of th
advance It made over other nations In the
medical side of ita preparation. It stu
dent had absurbed the moat progressive
methods of the great medical schools of the
Occident. They saw that, If their army
waa to be kept well In the field, preventable
disease must be controlled. They indus
triously studied the germ theory, and first
of all made war upon bacteria. They es
tablished institute for the study of in
fectious disease an for the manufacture
of serum and lymph of varloua kind. It
Is now acknowledged by the whole world
that to Japan balonga the credit of some
of the most valuable contributions to med
ical science In the field of bacteriology.
Te it wa are indebted for the discovery of
the germ of tetanua (look Jaw) and of th
plague. Through the Investigation of It
student th beat serum treatment of these
diseases, and of diphtheria as well, ha
been secured. Its students are still busily
at work in these flelda in the expectation
of overcoming dlaentery, typhoid, leprosy,
tuberculoaia, erysipelas and similar dis
eases. The result they have already at
tained plaoe tberu in the front rank with
rival investigators In similar fold in Euro;-
and America.
"Still further did these student go in
their endeavor tu eliminate unnecessary
Illness among the soldier at the front.
Japan soon realised that the crux of the
situation lay lu the character of the ration
for th troops. It set about to master
tltat problem, and it hss gone a long way
toward solving it. The ration is suited tu
climatic condition, and consists largely of
rice. compraed fish, aoy, army biscuit,
a few aalted plums, tea which necessi
tates th drinking uf large iuautilla of
belled tatertlUedi water-a few ounces of
meat wheu obtainable and some Juicy, gue
cuieut i'tekUs."
THE flF.F.F THtT HECIMOV
Deeervea tlrtary.
St. I.otils Olebe-Dcmocrat.
A victory for courage, energy and public
spirit, a exemplified by the action of the
administration.
Slmnllfle the Task.
Nrm- York World
President Roosevelt ha won another bril
liant victory, and th task of finally
sma.-hlng the trust Is now comparatively
simple.
Henene Old Relief.
St. Ixiuls Republic.
The supreme court decision In the Beef
trust case renews the old belief that a
line of god decisions Is worth a thousand
half-baked statute.
Peculiarly tiratlfylns;.
New York Tribune.
In two respects, outside the mi in lysue
the decision is peculiarly gratifying
namely, it la unanimous and it -lealy
enunciate principles which. In the common
opinion, have not Invariably been held dear
by our Judicial trlbunuls.
A Measure af Relief.
Philadelphia Press.
Th trust Is now enjoined from doing a
numlwr of Illegal things. nd If It shall
be pursued vigorously with con'empt pro
ceedings and lines for the violation of the
Injunction th consumer of meat and other
necessaries of life mav hope for a measure
of relief In the future.
Cherish Delusions.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
No one should fall into the delusion that
the immediate effort nf the dcclxiuu wlil
be to make cattls prices higher and meat
prloes lowi-r. What the decision may be
txpectnd to do is to llbrr.ite tho forces of
supply and demand from the bonds In
which they have been held
Will It Prove KftVctlve.
Philadelphia Record.
Judge Orosscup enjoined the lteef trust
nearly two years ago. Intimating frankly
that It would probably be Ineffective. HlJ
anticipations were fully realised; It has hud
no Influence upon the great puckers. Now
the supreme court has sustained the In
junction, but will thul uiuke It any more
effective.
Warnlni fn Other Trusts.
Chicago Tribune.
The decision of the supreme court Is of
j-alnful Interest to other trusts which have
not yet been brought Into court. It shows
them that they are not beyond the reach of
the law, and must mend their ways or suf
fer the unpleasant consequences of law
hreaklng. There Is an efficacious method
of dealing with trust.
Hare Unanimity.
Indianapolis News.
.Probably the most remarkable thing
about the decision rendered in the Reef
trust rase by the I'nited States supreme
court is that it Is the decision of nn undi
vided court. There was no dissenting
opinion and nn Justice seems to have dif
fered even In regard to unimportant de
tails. This fact will give the decision a
significance and weight that It would not
otherwise have had.
PERSOV!, OTKS.
February's Introductory overture on the
Klondike key entitled it to high rank in
the "mean temperature" of the year.
Booker T. Washington, the eminent col
ored' educator, was refused hotel accom
modations In Wichita, Kan., the other day.
Travefing men say the loss was not
Booker's.
Thomas Fltxgerald, who lias been ap
pointed general manager of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, entered the service of that
corporation as water boy In U6" and has
never left It. He was born of Irish parents
In Fairmont, W. Va.
A Chicago woman has brought suit for
$60,000 against a doctor who, she says,
marred her beauty by a treatment for
neuralgia. Evidently she considers her face
quit a share of a modem fortune, to aay
the least.
Henry Boultun, who has Just died in
Cleveland at the age of 76, hired John D.
Rockefeller as carpenter, when he was
once foreman In a railroad shop. Houlton
later declined Rockefeller's advice to Join
him In th formation of the Standard Oil
company.
Secretary .Shaw sent a speclHl letter to
congress recommending that a person In
jured In an accident In the treasury build
ing be given relief by congress. After ex
plaining how the accident happened Sec
retary Shaw said: "The right leg was
broken between the first and second floors."
Mgr. Bonomelll, the bishop of Cremona,
whose untiring efforts for the lietterment
of oondltlons of Italian emigrants have
made him very popular In Ituly, Is to be
created a senator by the king. It will be
the first time slilce 1170 that any Italian
bishop has been chosen aa a member of the
senate.
Secretary Taft haa discovered the secret
of secrecy. What you wish to keep from
the world put in the annual report of the
secretary of war and the object Is attained.
After a cabinet meeting the other day one
of the oorreapondenta asked the secretary
of war if the president had served notice on
the Pacific Mall Steamship company of the
Intention of the government to terminate
the contract made with the Panama Rail
road company. "Why, that waa printed In
my annual report," exclaimed Secretary
Taft. Then he stopped and added, uuly:
If you want to hide anything from the
world print it in the annual report of the
secretary of war. I wonder If anyone has
read that report of mine? I gueas the pres
ident knew what he waa talking about when
he aaid that there waa too much printing
done at the government printing office."
3:
If Ayer's Hair Vigor is
hair and the hair grows. That's all there is to it.
And it is a splendid tonic to the hair, giving
the hair follicles tone and strength. This is why
it checks falling hair so promptly.
As a dressing, it Keeps the hair soft and smooth
and prevents splitting at the ends.
Ma4 k, tke f- C l Ce . Leweil. ata.
Jse aisaufeiurr of
lYIR'S CSCBSr PECTORAL roicvsiU. ATKH a PILL-For coattipaties.
ATSa't ift6AFAttlLl Set Ike kieu. ATBS'S AO US CUkK m nuUna SSl SIM
Improves the flavor
and adds to the health
fulness of the food.
KXPOHTS OK MIMFACTIRR".
tiratir Itia, Increase In th Itecord
for I tin 4.
Philadelphia Record.
For the Hrst time the exports of domestlo
manufacture from the United States have
exceeded I500.ouj.ow, the year Ift showing
an loercuse of SM.nuP.iiU over the exports of
doinestta manufactures for isnn, which were
i:i,i.Ui,Coo. Comparing lsK. with 1!KW. the
Imrmw hi exports of iron and steel is
irs.uon.nw; in copper. fSI.POfl.Oon; In petroleum,
is.tmo.ow, and In cotton manufacture,
$n,5"n,onn. These items nearly cover the
total Increase in the sale of manufactured
i-tuffs in foreign markets.
The whole people of the United States will
find caue uf gratification In the greater
on, side demand for the outturn of our
shops aud mines and the greater home con
sumption of the product of our fields, hut
there would he greatly added interest If the
figures would show a comparison of prices
obtained In foreign markets with prices
realized in the home markets. If It be
true that our mnnfactured goods are sold
for what they will fetch to foreigners,
while exorbitant prices are maintained In
the United States, It greatly detracts from
the merit of the ehowlng.
poim i:i ri.K AS writiK.
The Doctor Let me remind you that rev
olutions never go backward.
Tho Profennor O. yes. they do. Some
times they start right and get left. Chicago
Tribune.
"How do you like that?" he asked, as he
finished cutting his own name on the lee.
"Put Mrs. in front of it and I'd like it
very much," said the fair skater with a shy
glance Yonkers Statesman.
Magistrate What Is the charge?
Policeman Resisting an officer In the
discharge .uf Ida duty. He woke me up
New Yurk Sun.
Seedy Some people are always howling
for more, no matter how much they have.
Don't you think you'd be satisfied with
enough ?
Greedy Don't know. I've never had
enough. Detroit Free Press.
"Wasn't It scandalous, the way old Bul
lion's relatives wrangled over their claim
to his property, even before the doctors
had given him up?"
"I hadn't heard u word about It. What
was the result?"
"Nothing. H got well." Chicago
Tribune.
"We think baby will make a great poli
tician." "Why?"
"Well, he crawls out of everything so
no eaally." ,Puck. , .,
"Funny dog you have there. HI tall
goes up aud down like a pump handle when
he wage It."
"Yes. I live In a Harlem flat, you know,
and Carlo has no room to wag his tall
from side to aide." New York Times.
"Yea, I am very proud of these dishes;
they have been lu our family for genera
tions." "Yes, people who can not afford to keep
a eoolc can keep their dishes a long lime."
Houston Post.
S3 AO CASK OF SI SAX.
A J. Waterhouse in Sunset Magazine.
The case of Susan Biggins Is a ti yln' one to
me,
For Susan Was a healthy lass as e'er I
cnaneeu tu see
Until she ran across a book, aud likewise
read It through.
Kntltled, "How to Keep Your Health and
Also What to Do."
And Susan read that thoughtful book, and
read It o'er again,
And then a third time read It, with her
body warped by pain.
"I did not know." said Susan, with a brief
spasmodic breath.
"Until I read this noble book how close I
was to death."
It was an earnest little Utok, that said th
thing we need
Is to live on nil la and ralalns, but to sure
eject the seed.
So Susan bouphl of raisins some seven
crate or so.
And also nuts In plenty, Just to give iter
health a allow.
But she still kept faiiin', fadin', till she
seemed to me oh. my!
I.Ike a weird composite picture of a star-
b am and a sigh.
Just then she got another book, which
didn't seem at loss
To prove thut mind's triumphant and roust
always be the boss.
It proved beyond question thai matter is a
an a re.
That you only think you fee) it, for It
really isn't there.
Ho Bosun set her mind to work, and when
she had a pain
She sunt she noticed matter waa a-foolln'
tier again;
Ami when she had pneumonia she said It
wasn't so.
That nothing really hurt hr, and she
guessed she ought to know.
And although she still got thinner, yet I
looked at her with pride,
And I know she would have trlumphed-lf
she hadn't up and died.
Great waves of heavy hair!
Oceans of flowing tresses!
Beauty, elegance, richness!
a hair-food. It feeds the
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