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Subacrlbed In my preaen.ee and aworn to
unore ma inia m day of March, 1906.
Sal) . M. B. HL'NOATE,
Notaiy Public,
That municipal asphalt paving repair
plant can't got down to business any too
Moon to suit Uninha citizens.
From tills distance it fa difficult to tell
whether there are more peace rumora
than bombs in the air lu .Russia.
The principal danger to the Iowa can
didate for president la that he .will have
passed over the course before the race Is
officially begun.
Ohio bankers may find In the prom
ised autobiography of Madam Chadwlck
the consolation that .they were not
caught by an amateur. j
If there la anything In ' name Kx
plorer Teary will be well protected from
frigidity when be nails to the north pole
In the good ship 'Kooseyelt.,
When the Chicago grand Jury begins
to Investigate private car lines there will
probably be another Omaha delegation
to the Windy Oily as the guests of the
United States.
The fact that Russia has shown a for
eign correspondent $325,000,000 in gold
which It keeps In Its vaults would ouiy
prove that while money may "talk" it
takes men to fight.
If the Congregational mission people
don't want the Rockefeller money, they
will doubtless be able to find some other
churcH willing to relieve them of the
burden of, spending It.
Governor Morales of Santo Domingo
Is at least setting a good example to
President Castro of Venezuela In his ef
fort to bring about a better understand
ing with the United States.
And now the business man in Russia
Is threatening to "go into politics." If
the American precedent Is followed some
disaffected grand duke will probably be
found at the head of the movement
The place for the retrenchment act Is
over In the county court bouse. While
the so-called reformers have been be
sieging the republican city ball the dem
ocratic ple-bltera almost carried off the
whole court house.
Have the small borne owners of South
Omaha lost all tbelr senses? Do they
comprehend the effects of an additional
plaster of fftjpXiO In mortgages upon
their city an the Inevitable Increase of
their tax burdens?
Now that a tier man writer has con
cluded that his country need not fear an
American iuvatdon It la possible that the
American hog can boldly resume the on
slaught on German pork eaters.
Kentucky county ofticlnls who have
been indicted for complicity in a mur
der case are probably pleased to think
that, there Is no political feature to the
killing, otherwise they might as well
plentl guilty and build their , own gib
bet; ! - I H
Bird 0f feather flock together. The
recent investigation by a state senate
committee Into a $3,000 boodle fund
story has served again to exjtose the
Intimate counectlo between certain pro
fesstd republican office holders and the
local democratic orgau. '
It in beginning to dawn on people fa
miliar with the situation that the fight
against the new charter bill is carried
on,by retained lawyers and paid lobby
ists In the intercut of par lug contractors
and political grafters, who do not want
lo le pried loose from their Jobs.
According to Milwaukee newspaper
rKrts, Superluteudent of Schools C. G,
Pcarse has given one of his teachers a
low rating because "he knows too
much." Thla must be a mistake. When
last here the genial educator publicly de
clared that the chief qualification for a
high rating as teacher was ability to
Ulstiugulsb different brands of beer.
GOLD STANDARD FOR MEXICO
After several years of deliberation on
the question of reforming Its monetary
system, the Mexican government has
finally announced that the free coinage
of sliver Is to le stopM-d and the gold
standard established. The time fixed
for this is only a month hence, but the
matter has lvn so long under consid
eration that the business Interests of the
country are undoubtedly fully prepared
for the change, so that no disturbance
or unxettling effect Is to be apprehended
from the Introduction of the new mone
tary standard.
That the country will be materially
benefited by the change It is needless to
say. Especially will It be of advantage
to the Importing Interest, which under
the silver standard has not been sure
from week to week where It stood,
owing to the fluctuations In exchange.
With the establishment of the gold
standard there will come stability In ex
change, thus relieving Importers of the
uncertainty Incident to the silver stand
ard. All other Interests will derive bene
fit and the change should prove espe
cially favorable to labor, as the wage
earner will be paid In money whose pur- j
chasing power Is not liable to change
from day to day. The gold standard as
sures to the worklngman payment In
money that Is not affected by market
price, as is the case with silver. Mexico
has been somewhat slow In getting Into
line with the gold countries, but the
problem was a difficult one that called
for the most, careful consideration and
treatment. Her nble president and sa
giiclous minister of finance were wise
In delaying a change of monetary stand
ard until the country had become fully
ready for It, thereby Insuring Its perma
nence. The resources of Mexico are be
ing rapidly developed and It Is not to
be doubted that this will proceed with
Increased rapidity under the gold standard.
government distinctly declared that It
had no desire or purpose of aggro ndire
ment. In regard to Venesnela all that
our government asks Is that the rights
and Interests of American oitlxens there
shall receive fair and Just consideration.
This our government will of course In
sist Uxn. but the Indications are that
no coercive measures are now contem
plated and It Is sate to say that none
will be resorted to unless Castro, In the
exercise of his dictatorial powers, should
become Intolerably arbitrary and de
fiant. We do not want a quarrel with
any southern republic and will do ev
erything that can properly be done to
avoid a quarrel, but It must be under
stood by those countries that we shall
at all times and under all circumstances
Insist upon having our rights and Inter
ests respected and that persistence In
disregarding these will certainly be pun
lshed.
cities contractors are required to keep d
clear sidewalk passage for pedestrians
ami are restricted In their appropriation
of the roadway for storage of building
materials, to ssy nothing of protecting
adjoining property owners from over
flow of rubbish or water. Why should
not Omaha eu force some reasonable
regulations upon builders In the interest
of the otherwise helpless general public?
It is to be hoped that American in
vestors will not be led astray by the
statement of a Canadian expert that
there Is promise of diamond fields near
Hudson's bay. The wheat and corn
fields of Nebraska will pay better divl
dentin.
JAI'AXS FIX A !fCIA L CREDIT.
Jmphu is having no trouble In getting
money. It has already been, 'rioted that
her domestic loan was oversubscribed
several times, strikingly attesting an
unsuspected degree of prosperity among
her bankers and corporations. The gov
ernment having concluded to see what
could be dono with n foreign loan sent
an agent to Iondon with a proposal for
f 150,0(10.000. Within five days after his
arrival he had secured an agreement
from financiers to float a loan and this
will be done, a portion of the amount to
be taken by American bankers and cor
porations. The terms offered may be
regarded as liberal under the circum
stances. It appears that German bank
ers were desirous of getting a part of
the loan but the British and American
financiers wanted all of it.
Such evidence of Japan's financial
credit ought to make n pretty strong
Impression at St. Petersburg, where It
has been urged that she would eventu
ally break down financially, owing to In
ability to obtain money abroad, and then
would be fprced to sue for ponce. This
view was expressed only a few weeks
Ago by the Russian minister of finance,
at a conference of ministers which dis
cussed the financial side of the war sit
uation. It was then thought that Japnn
Could not negotiate a foreign loan, but
while French bankers, It is believed by
advice of the government, refused to let
Russia have more money for. continuing
the war. the financiers of England had
no hesitation In agreeing to float a Jap
anese loan for a larger amount than
Russia sought to obtain In France. Man
ifestly the world's financiers have a
great deal more confidence In Japan
than In her enemy, greatly superior
though the resources of the latter are.
THE FOREIGN SITVATIOX.
According to some reports from Wash
ington the situation respecting Santo
Domingo and Venezuela la considered
by certain public men so serious that
they question the propriety of the presi
dent leaving the national capital on his
proposed vacation. On the other hand,
it Is said thut administration officials
see no occasion for concern, ,'hey ex
pect a peaceful adjustment of the
Venezuela entanglement and think that
Santo Domingo affairs will remain un
changed until the senate meets again
and has an opportunity to pass on the
treaty which went over from the recent
extra session. It la understood to be the
view In administration circles that the
Dominican protocol Is not dead by nny
means and the president will urge Its
ratification at the next session of the
senate as earnestly as he did at the last
session. He Is said to regard this as the
moat Important matter the administra
tion has at this time to deal with. De
spite the paulcky reports that hiive come
from the Island republic the administra
tion does not apprehend that there will
be any serious trouble there. So far as
the European governments having
claims against Santo Domingo are con
ceroed. It Is believed that none of them
will take any action that might precipi
tate a crisis. It Is pointed out that thes
governments realise that the United
States Is doing everything possible to
secure the payment of their claims and
that anything like forcible action on
their part would only aggravate the dif
ficulties of the situation. As to Vene
zuela, while the attitude of her presi
dent toward tills country has been prc
roklugly Insolent and detlant, there la
rensou to hope that he will come to real
ise the ntlstake and folly of his course
and by adopting a fair and reasonable
Kllcy avert any grave trouble.'
The country may feci assured that
whatever is doue to straighten our rela
tions with those two countries will be
done In a perfectly orderly way, There
U no disposition at Washington to take
any advantage of these republics. The
wish aa to Santo Domingo la to afford
her protection and to secure her do
mestic peace and tranquillity, In order
that she' may hay material progress
and prosperity. , tn proixming to help
that country take care ef it foreign In
debtedness, by a Judldoua administra
tion of Its finance s, the Ujilted State
KF.EPIXO COVSCILMXK STRAIGHT.
The lower house of the Wisconsin
legislature passed a bill last week
which, If concurred In by the Wisconsin
senate will Inaugurate a new departure
in municipal government. The bill con
templates the removal from office of any
alderman of any city in the state
through petition and subsequent elec
tion. A petition of a majority of electors
qualified to choose a successor to any
alderman stating the charges against
him and asking a new election is the
provisional remedy for a deficient or un
trustworthy municipal lawmaker. The
signers of n petition or petition asking
for his removal are required to give their
home address, and at least five of the
signers of the petition must state under
oath that the statements therein made
are true and that each signature to the
paper appended is the genuine signature
of the person whose name purports to
be thereunto subscribed.
Within ten days from the date of the
filing of such petition the city clerk
must verify the names by the registra
tion books, and in case the petitions are
shown to be Insufficient they may be
amended within ten days. Within ten
days after such amendment the clerk Is
obliged to make another verification,
and if the petition shall be found to be
sufficient, he Is required to submit the
same to the city council without delay,
and the council must order and fix a
date for holding an election not less
than thirty nor more than forty days
from the date of the clerk's certificate to
the council that a sufficient petition is
filed. Thereupon the city council must
call a special election and the names of
all candidates, as well as the name of
the councilman who is sought to be re
moved, are printed upon an Australian
ballot, and If the Incumbent of the office
receives a plurality of the votes cast at
the election he retains his seat. If an
other candidate receives a plurality he
becomes his successor. In case the partr
who receives the highest number of
votes shall fall to qualify within ten
days after receiving notification of elec
tion, the office shall he deemed vacant.
While the proposed new Wisconsin
aldermanlc recall law la an extraordi
nary measure. It Is not strictly original.
The model for this new departure was
found in the new city charter of Ix)s
Angeles, framed by Its own citizens
without the assistance of the legislature
of California. What Its effect will be Is
yet problematic, but that It would af
ford a great restraint upon municipal
councils there can be little doubt.
A Palafal Dilemma.
Indianapolis News.
From all this folk of peace at St. Peters
burg It Is evident that the Russians want
to let go, hut do not know how.
Sqalata In that Direction.
Chicago Tribune.
Reoreaentstlves of the alleged Beef trust
are of the opinion that the federal grand
Jury is "seeking to Indict." The Jury
may have a dim, hazy Idea that it. waa
summoned for some such purpose as that.
Ralalaa- the l imit.
Washington Post.
Bsme people will believe that Dr. Wiley
has his wires crossed when he says thai
man may live and be vigorous at 90 years
of age and then adds that 85 per cent of
tha country's whisky supply Is adulterated.
Dratvbaeka fa that Direction.
Kansas City Journal.
Real peace can be found only In religion,
says Colonel Bryan. But you have to
fight for It even there. Else what becomes
of the scriptural passages about buckling
your armor on and fighting the good fight?
And what becomes of the 8alvatlon Army
and the big drum?
The fortieth anniversary number of
the World-Herald la a very creditable
Issue, although the Inheritance of that
paper todny from the Herald, whose
foundation it commemorated, is so slim
that Its own founder would not recog
nize It. Its enterprise would have been
an commendable as It has been profitable
had It been Issued on the fortieth anni
versary of the old Omaha Herald, which
was really grafted on to an 8-year-old
weekly by Dr. Miller. But the
publication of an anniversary number
In March when the real anniversary day
of the first number of the Herald will
not be reached until October next Is
something of an anachronism. It can
scarcely be said that a precedent was
established for antedating an Omaha
newspnper anniversary by the Omaha
semi-centennial Jubilee. In that case the
exact date of the first settler within the
present limits of Omaha was not known.
South Omaha real estate speculators
who expect to profit by the proposed is
sue of bonds for the erection of city
hall that will eventually be converted
into a police station have devised an
IngenloiiH scheme for carrying the bonds
next week Tuesday. It Is proposed to
give the 'voters an opportunity to ex
press their preference for the site upon
which the building will stand. Thla In
nocent amusement, which binds nobody
when it comes to tins I decision, la ex
pected to draw hundreds of people to
the polls who otherwise might not be
Inclined to participate in the prize dis
tribution in which all but one number
will draw blanks and Impose on all the
South Oinuhn property owners a per
petual tax to meet the Interest on the
building and the Increased expense of
maintaining new Jobs for political
hangers-on.
Omaha has ceased to be the wickedest
city and Chicago, it seems, has taken her
place, Judging by the startling record of
crime and lawlessness which flie. Chi
cago uewspapern are serving up to Chi
cago voters who are expeHed to partici
pate In its municipal electlou next
week. But the average Chicago voter
will be terribly perplexed after reading
the signed statements of the six mayor
alty candidates who are bidding for
tbelr support.
Omaha is willing to submit to a cer
tain measure of inconvenience in order
to facilitate the erection of new build
ings, but there Is no good reason why
the rights of the public In the streets
should be abrogated altogether during
the entire constructive period. In other
!
Kanaaa Sprlnar a t hrlitralna Novelty.
New Tork Sun.
Governor Iloch of Kansas la somewhat of
a humorist; and he may be Indulging his
sportive genius when he says that the bat
tleship Kansas will be "christened" in
"Kansas crude oil." Oil on the waters la
natural and salutary, however; and many
excellent persons object, for reasons In
comprehensible by many other excellent
persons, to the use of champagne at the
marina "christenings." A bottle so used
Is a bottle wasted from the alcoholic point
of view. At present. Kansas seems to
have a good deal more vitriol than oil tn
tock.
Vtllltr or Wealth.
Chicago Chronicle.
Henry James Is quoted aa saying: "The
moat astonishing thing which I have noted
on my return to America Is the tremendous
display of wealth. The next most astonish
ing thing in the lack of anything to back
It." What Is the matter with Mr. Jnmrs'
eyesight? Wealth in America has tremen
dous energy, enterprise and sagacity back
of It. Wealth does not spring out of the
ground, nor Is It had for the asking. It be
longs In the main to thoee who have brains.
creative genius, foresight, industry and de
cision. It does not stay long where these
are wanting.
Moral Standard of America.
Rt. Hon. James Bryee. M. P.. In tha Inde
pendent.
The general moral standard of the fnited
States still appears to me, as It did twenty
years ago. to be, on the whole, higher than
that of western Europe. (The differences
between France, Germany and England are
not so great aa to commonly supposed).
Jlven in the wealthiest class, where luxury
weakens tha sense of duty and lays men
and women rnosf open to temptation, there
ara apparently fewer scandals than the
same class shows elsewhere. Nor la the
morality of any country to be measured by
tha number of divorce. Its condition may
be really worse If people cynically, abstain
from obtaining divorces where there are
grounds for obtaining them. Although
there la more wealth In America than in
England, luxury Is leas diffused, and that
idle and aelf-lndulgent clasa which sets a
bad example to other classes is relatively
smaller.
WHY SENATORS II tt.TF.D.
tnlaae F.tnlaaatloa of the 'helving
of tlate Herniation.
St. Paul Dispatch.
It Is all a mistake, this notion that the
senate balked at the rate-control bills be
cause so many of them are cither the
agents of railways or hold ploes by vir
tue of their "Infiooeni e'- on 1 gislatuies.
or even because they own stock In rail
ways We fear we may have said some
thing to encourage the mistake, for one
Is liable to err who has not sen sll around
a subject, and we hasten to correct, an
far as possible, our own error and that
Into whlrh we may have unintentionally
led others. None of these motives stayed
the fret of the senators who prevented con
sideration of that hill, none so psltry could
affect the action of these broadmlnded men,
of course not.
It was due to their worshipful rever
ence for the constitution that they paused.
They would gladly have sent the bills kit
ing through the senate. If they had not
found that venerable and venerated docu
ment lying prone across the way. True,
they were long In discovering It. but we
have no doubt that some of them drew
deep lungs full of breath of relief when
they found It. It is in section 9. of arti
cle I, that they find the bar not only to
these bills, but to any bill which places
rate-making power In the Interstate Com
merce commission. That clause Is:
"No tax or duty shall be levied on arti
cles exported from any state. No prefer
ence shall be given by any regulation of
commerce or revenue to the ports of one
state over those of another, nor shall ves
sels Niund to or from one state be obliged
to enter, clear, or pay duties In another."
And then they shook their heads and
looked wisely doubtful and kowtowed to
the constitution, and said: "Amen: 8o It
Is written, and so be It." And the scribes
about them forthwith wrote down, for the
enlightenment of the unenlightened, what
the senators said, and how very eminent
lawyers also shook their serious heads and
gave feeless opinion thst the senators had
saved the constitution from being smashed
by u heedless congress.
We thought that In some one of the
brochures which had been kindly sent us
fromjhe railway literary bureau we had
read something like this great discovery
and, going through the collection, we
found it in a pamphlet giving the opinion
of James B. Dill, eminent on the law side
of our modern multi-corporations, under
date of January 22. in which he quotes this
section and lays down the opinion that "It
la Inconceivable that any body of men.
however constituted, could fix rates of
transportation between points ('points,'
not 'porta') In the fnlted States, it being
borne in mind that power to fix any
rates involves control over all, without
giving preference to porta of one state
over those of another." And then he
illustrates It by distances from Chicago to
New Orleans and to New York, where
"preference to one port might b made by
a less rate."
That when the section was written
there were no railways; that all Inter
state commerce waa by vessel; that the
states had been having a disastrous an- '
plication of the policy of protection by
raising bars against Imports from each
other, Hnd that it was that abuse It was
sought to prevent by that section, occurs
neither to Mr. Pill nor to the senators
who felt so relieved at his dndl "Mr.
Dill himself, seems to sense the Irrelev
ancy, for he speaks of rates between
"points" while the section relates only
to "ports." His construction asks too
much. It presumes that the fathers were
endowed with a prescience that foresaw
the development of the Internal com
merce by railways; foresaw that the day
would come when public control of their
rates might be nocessnry, and, with as
tonishing foresight, put up the bars. But
"any port In a storm."
A It MY GOSSIP t WAHINGTO.
Matters of Interest Glraaed from the
Army anil ar Reslater.
Lieutenant General Chaffee has gone over
the list of retired officers of the at my who
have made application for assignment to
active duty, mostly In charge of recrulilng
offices In various parts of the country. So
far only a few of the many applicants
have been deslgnnted for duty, and It does
not appear that In any event many officers
will be called from the retired Hat to per
form duty of any sort. In fact. General
Chaffee believes there are some very good
reason why certain officers who are de
sirous of assignment to active duty should
receive prompt notice that their applica
tions are not to be concldered. tn such
Instances a letter has been sent to th
officer most directly Interested, stating that
owing to his advanced age and his long
separation from the service the War de
partment does not conalder him entirely
available.
A MATTER OF HEALTH
1 J
The Judge advocate general of the army.
In an approved opinion In regard to tha
purchase of discharge by enlisted men,
rays:
"Enlistments In the volunteer forces
which were authorized to be raised by the
acts of April 22. RW, and May 11. W,
were required to be made for a period of
two years, 'unless sooner terminated.' and
those required by the act of March J,
1SP9, were required to be discharged 'on or
before July 1, 1901.' It was therefore im
possible for a volunteer enlistment to be
made for the three-year period, which Is
the kind of enlistment to which G. O. 4. of
li, exclusively applies, and It Is the
opinion of this office that In determining
the purchase price of a discharge under the
order only complete enlistments of three
years. Increased or decreased by short
periods In cases where soldiers were held
in the service, can be considered In deter
mining the original number of an enlistment."
Absolutely Puro
MS 110 SUBSTITUTE
Amn. Itegt., who departed this life October
12, K5S." Another Is the grave of John
Rlclass. "late Corporal of ye l.V Regt.,
who departed this life ye XVIh July, 1764."
1.11-: TO A SMII.K.
KnickeT I couldn't for the life of me ra
membtr why you tied the string around my
nner.
Mrs. Knlcker Just to remind ou to bring
yourself home Philadelphia LeriRer.
Numeroua Inquiries have been made to
the War department in regard to the pro
posed legislation for the promotion of civil
war veterans who served but thirty years.
It was understood at the previous session
of congress that during the session Just
ended there would be legislation to this
effect, putting all civil war veterans on the
retired list on an equal footing, and Sena
tor Teller was understood to be the head
and front of this movement. The records
show that the question did not come up In
the house or senate at any time, and, more
over, that the military committees of
neither house took up the question. The
War department made no special effort to
that end, and. It may be added, is not
likely to make an effort during the next
session of congress. Whatever Is done
will probably have to be done by the samo
means as affect the legislation of benefit to
other civil war veterans.
PADS I PI BI.IC SCHOOLS.
Relayed Reforms Bound to Come
In Dae Time.
Philadelphia Idser.
The war which some members of the
New York Board of Education and many
or the teachers In the schools, who are
believed- to represent an overwhelming ma
jority of the pnrents of the pupils of that
city, are waging for the application of
some common sense to the curriculum In
the elementary public schools is of Interest
to every city In the country. The fight
which tha -New .York opponents of fads
are carrying on must be taken up sooner
or later In every large city. If the fight la
won In New York, aa It will be eventually,
other cities will follow, and the Idea that
the elementary achools are primarily for
the purpose of affording to the ordinary
pupil the opportunity to gain a thorough
grounding In tha fundamentals, and not
for the purpose of pedagogical experimenta
tion, will finally be impressed on boards
of education and educators.
There are many people who would say
that children must be amused, and that
there must be breaks in the regular duties
In order that the minds of small children
should be relaxed, but It muit not ba for
gotten that under this extraordinary sys
tem there la provision made for not only
musical instruction extending over the en
tire seven years of the course, but recesses,
organized games as a part of the curri
culum, opening exercises, nature study,
science, physiology, hygiene, drawing and
constructive work, and other things, in
cluding reading, writing, arithmetic, geog
raphy, history, science and the like. '
No one denies the possible value of sew
ing, even for boys, or of the studies of
textiles, or of th exercises In combining
colors, or of any of th multifarious studies
or amusements or games or fada which
have been forced Into the curriculum; but
common senae is revolting against the at
tempt to crowd all of these thlnga Into a
limited Mm which could be protably given
to the doing of the necessary things well.
Th Indictment which the opposition to th
fad idea brings against the "stuffed curri
culum" I quite overwhelming. Judged by
results, th stuffing process Is a lamentable
failure In New York and everywhere else.
"Th system crowds the children so much
that thy forget on thing In learning an
other." Th children are deficient In spell
ing, in arithmetic. In writing and In every,
thing which they should know and know
well. The music course Is so technical
that not one child in ten can read music
after devoting much time to music study
for seven years, and so on down the list.
All th children have a miserable smatter
of many things, and they are all Incom
petent and uneducated. And It la not alun
In what they do not learn that th system
la vicious; It dissipate th attention and
renders th pupil Incapable of really
gripping s thing and mastering It.
That Is the charge against tha evolution
ef th American public school where th
science of pedngoglca has had full awing.
Tha American public school are doing a
great work; many of them are good, but
there is ever' reason to believe they would I
b of greater benefit to th pupil and te
th nation If pedagogic should b tern- I
pertd with a little more comomn sens. i
YOl'RK FOOLING, MR. FISH.
Demand for Rallrond Rate Rearnla.
tlon Very Live One.
Minneapolis Times.
"Railroad agitation is dead." President
Fish of the Illinois Central Railroad.
Don't you believe it, Mr. Fish. We haven't
the slightest Idea that you are in earnest
in this expression of opinion. If you are,
you are certainly a very poor Judge of the
American people. A movement demanded
by every state of the union and sanctioned
by the whole people does not die in a day.
Opposition but encourages and stimulates
the people In demanding their own. It
will ba the dominant question at elections
until relief has been obtained, and the men
who go to congresa and to the state legis
latures will have to answer their constitu
ents in support of this principle.
We know It Is not a dead Issue. The rail
roads know It and their literary bureau Is
working overtime In endeavoring to kill it.
One of the most recent circulars related to
the 'vast number of stockholders who would
be affected by square treatment, the ending
of rebates, etc. Your own road was men
tioned, Mr. Fish, as having more small
stockholders than any other a fact which
we happen to know Is due to the investment
that your wise management offered your
employes as an inducement to prevent labor
disturbances.
Tho latest literature on the question is
based on Dun-s statistic! of the Intimate
relations beween freight rates and the cost
of living. The circular ahows that a reduc
tion In freight rstea of 4 per cent did not
bring a corresponding reduction in the
price of commodities, which enables the
bureau to draw the Inference that "there Is
no Intimate relation between railway
freight transportation and the price of tho
commodity." The agitation Is not dead,
Mr. Fish.
PERSONAL OTKS.
The only description that seems to ac
count for President Castro is that lie is
a cigarette fiend.
The Nevada legislature which ha Just
adjourned broke all record for American
commonwealths by repealing every re
strictive liquor and gambling law on the
statute books.
.Bmperor William concedes that he does
not care for world empire. "A keg of
beer, Germiinla, a box of pretzels, and thou
and I by the Wesar singing that wer
paradise now."
Th old brick house In Cincinnati In
which Thomas Buchanan Read forty year
ago wrot "Sheridan's Ride," has been
sold and is to be torn down to make room
for a new manufacturing building. A
memorial tablet wa recently placed on the
house.
Canada's wealthy men are beginning to
emulate th example of American philan
thropists In th liberality of their gifts for
public purposes. The gift of H.CDO.OOo by
Sir William MacDonuld of Montreal to th
cause of education In the province of
Quebec is a princely one and would be
notable in any country.
Henry H. Rogers, vice president of th
Standard Oil company, reaches his office
on Broadway, New York, exactly at 10:30
every morning and letves at 1:30 p. m.
to the minute. Bo methodical la h in
this respect that employes In the building
r said to regulate their watches by his
arrival and departure.
Frederick MacMonnlea, the sculptor, fa
Just putting the Hnlshlng touches at his
studio at Glverny, France, to an eques
trian statuette of President Roosevelt as
a Rough Rider, msda at th request of a
group of the prealdent's Intimate friends,
which will b rsst in bronze and pre
sented lu the president as soon as possible.
The War department may find It neces
sary to send out special instructions to
department commanders In regard to the
record In the case of those officers who
overstay their leave. This was the sub
ject of a recent opinion by the Judge advo
cate general of the army and approved
by the secretary of war. There are in
stances where this overstaying of leave for
a few days may be excused by competent
authority; hut It Is required that such
absenteeism shall he properly recorded and
a report of the occurrence, on being for
warded to Washington, shall contain a
stntement thst the absence was due to
unavoidable causes. In one case which
came up before the military secretary this
week It waa found that the officer had
been prevented from returning to his post
because of the delay in a train which,
under ordinary conditions, should have
reached Its destination in time to have
enabled him to report within the period
of his authorized abaance. The additional
J .In tmtn nt-a. that n n A w rAfArri.
simply as "excused." The papers were
returned to the department commander
through military channels for the benefit
of everybody concerned, with Instructions
that It should be stated that the cause of
delay was unavoidable.
The Judge advocae general of the army
has had before him a question whether
a soldier In the hands of the civil authori
ties awaiting trial, whose term of servie
expires, should be discharged. The de
clsion Is In the affirmative. The Judge
advocate general says: "It Is well settled
that there Is no authority for the reten
tion of a soldier In the military service
to make good the time lost In the hands
of the civil authorities, and, therefore, a
man so situated Is entitled to his discharge
when the time of his enlistment expires,
and no advantage ahould accrue to tho
I'nlted States through postponing the de
livery of the discharge, A soldier Is en
titled to pay for such time as he serves
the United States until the date of his dis
charge; he i not entitled to pay, however,
for such periods during his enlistment as
ho may not have served for ' Instance,
while absent without leave, or In the handa
of the civil authorltlea. The atatute pro
vides that where a man Is discharged, 'ex
cept by way of punishment for on offense,'
he shall receive 4 cents a mile a travel
pay from the place of his discharge to the
place of his enlistment." Thin decision
will lead to a change In the army regula
tions, paragraph 1409, so aa to make its
provisions accord with existing law.
An interesting historical discovery has
been mode by tha constructing quarter
master at Fort Ontario, N. Y., In th
work of building new roads at that place.
The excavation brought the laborers upon
an old cemetery some ten or twelv feet
below the present surface. Great care waa
exercised In preserving the old tombstones
unearthed and the bones discovered. This
cemetery is evidently one which was estab
lished at the original fort between 1755 and
1838. The contents of the graves will btj
removed to the new cemetery, and the
tombs will he there erected and preserved,
aa they possess an historical value. One
of the graves Is that of Lieutenant Basil
Dunbar, "of His Majesty's Fourth Rol.
"All very (lever men are conceited.'
"Oh. I don't know. I'm not a . bit
way !" Cleveland Leader.
that
"It Is pretty hard." said the cznr, sud
denly arousing himself from a brown study.
"What does your majisty mean?'' asked
the courtier.
"It's pretty hard to think of suing for
peace when you feel ns If you ottght to b
suing for damages." Washington Star.
The Actor Yes. mRdiim. In me poor way
I endeavor to hold the niltror up to nature.
The Lady But I don't see how you can.
The Actor And why not, mnditm?
The Lady Because you ate standing In
front of It yourself most of the time!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"A Jap husband may divorce hi wife for
mining inu mui-ii.
"It's a good thing we don't have such a
law."
Why?"
"Why? Why. there wouldn't bo a mar
rled couple lift In the country outside tin
deaf mute asylums!" Cleveland Leader.
"Sometimes." said I'ncle Kben, "de man
dat kfeps btnggln' bout how honest he In
sounds like he was tryln' to hoi' up hln
courHge an' keep f'om bnckslldln'." Wash
ington Star.
1
"Yes, Ijuira, he said his heart wns In my
keeping."
"Take my advice, dear, and tell him you
are not running a storage warehouse for
damaged goods." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Returned Traveler I haven't seen a new-
paper for a month. How'd the cane of that
Impeached Judge turn out? Last 1 heard of
him they were painting him In the darkest
colors.
Stay-at-Home Well, he's been white
washed since thru. -Louisville Courier Jour
nal. "Mr. Throgglns, did you ever ask any
Other girl to marry you?"
I never did, Gladys! evrr! I why are
you looking st me so curiously?"
"1 sm looking at your eyelids to see
whether you are telling me the truth or not.
I I clon t know what to bolieve, Mr. Throg
glns. One of your eyelids, says you are tell
ing the truth anil the other say you ar
lying." Chicago Tribune.
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MARK GOOD.
Chicago Chronicle.
If you start to do a thing.
Make good:
If lt.be to dance or bing, -...
Make gooilf - " ' '?
If it bn to write a famous book
Or to be a noted cook,
Vo your best, by hook or crook, ,
Make good. .
If you say you'll make a name,
Make good;
After love of pelf or fame.
Make good;
Never let your efforts drag,
Do not stop to chew the rag,
Nor be always on the brag.
Make good.
If you have a goal in view,
Make good;
It Is simply up to you,
Make good;
Talk is cheap, so cut It out,
If you win tha victor's shout
You must watch what you'r abou-t,
Make good, ,
If you make a little hluff.
Make good; '
Ante up the promised istuff,
Make good;
Failure everywhere is rife,
Be a live one In the strife.
Do the best you can lu life.
Make good.
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