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It the people of Seward hsd only
waited until (iovernor Mickey got
through they might have saved the ex
pense of that banquet.
mince Paraguay proclaims its fear of
th United States U uiay be In order to
nsk what mischief that Mouth American
republic has beeu doing.-
It now appears that Emperor Wll
llain's trip to the Mediterranean was
more for the benefit of his country's
health than of his own.
The remark of the president at Louis
ville show that so far ns the present
chief executive lit concerned sectional
lines do, not exist except as a memory
without bitterness.
Oneral Kakarolt's intimation that
armyv (ftcr, And nM Mj vales, are re
srnslblerpr . defeetsin Manchuria
would idlcate that Itussisns are not ut
terly pyond the power of education.,
The promise of the Santa Fe to Kau
nas oil producers not to do It again is
probably the best answer to Mr. Rogers'
explanation that the Stundard Oil com
pany does not fatten on railroad. rebates.
The president has shown his uiuiuhII
lied .-onfldence In the men at the head
of the Panama Canal commission by
telling them in advance the size of the
tip each Is to receive In addition to his
salary.
In deciding that there shall be no
further mobilization of reserves at pres
ent the Russian war department gives
strong evidence of Its desire to keep the
real lighting as far from St. Petersburg
as possible.,
When the New York Insurance in
spector completes his examination of
the Equitable Life Assurance associa
tion's .books jKMjple may learn how far
the game of "frenzied finance" has
ieen played.
Before taking, the spring municipal
elections are all nonpartisan struggles
retween reformers and grafters after
:aklng, they are all notable victories for
the political party whose candidate hap
pens to win out.
lu filling the place formerly occupied
by Dr. Osier, Johns Hopkins has found
a man who is only 38 yean old. Pre
sumably this Is by way of precaution
against a too early requisition upon Its
chloroform stores.
H. Rider Haggard is visiting Colorado.
If be cannot Qjad material In that state
for a novel which will equal his most
lurid - productions America will he
forced to the conclusion that it is not
as wild as it has been painted.
It. Is . announced that the Omaha
Woman's Club expects soon to hold "a
social triumph." Whether this Is to be
on the order of the barbaric triumphs
of the old Roman emperors or just a
dainty pink tea Is not specified.
Nebraska will be prominent in the
construction of the Panama, canal, not
withstanding the fact that up to date
Its most pretentious canal enterprises
have been confined to the building of
mill races and digging of irrigating
ditches.
The republican nomination for con
gress to fill the vacancy In the First
Nebraska district is considered as good
as an elecUou. That is why the con
test for the endorsement of the repub
lican ruurentlun will create more inter
est than the election later.
Our Danish friends were satisfied to
devote one day to the memory of Hans
Christian Andersen but our (5tm
mmjNtrluts prcvaae to &rm foar days Is
the rotunartal erlehra&ia In honor c
fc-hiUer.. The Germans at scums' t
ahead uf the lgt t fareBsamCbj.
ASoTBKR "orr.X ISfiCK-
In the great commercial competition
which the world Is now experiencing the
policy of the open door" Is becoming
more and more prominent. "It Is lelng
renllred by all the commercial nations
that the policy inaugurated by the
I'lilted States in regard to China and
adhered to by other countries is good
for other parts of the world w here there
is trade to be hsd and that the princi
ple is of very wide application. The
tendency of this Is an extenwiou of the
principle the ultimate effect of which
cannot be foreseen with nny degree of
certainty, but which may In the course
of time draw every commercial nation
of the world Into a recognition of the
principle. In other words. It Is by no
means lmiOHSIti!e that In the course of
time there will be established among all
the commercial nations what will
amount practically to a policy of free
trade, or such reciprocal trade relations
as will hind them more closely together
than at present. That this is the general
tendency Is not to be doubted and It is
becoming more spjareiit every day.
The newest Issue in regard to the
"open door" in trade, and which Is very
naturally attracting a great deal of at
tention, is that created by the visit of
the German emperor to Morocco. In
which he took occasion to say that
French assumption In regard to that
country would not be iM-rmitted to mil
itate against German trade Interests
there and that Germany was In favor
of giving all nations an equal chance In
the trade of Morocco. This enunciation
of the German emperor, which menus a
determined opposition to French designs
in northern Africa, has naturally created
a great deal of Interest In Kurope. There
can be no doubt about the significance
of the utterance of the kaiser. He un
mistakably meant to convey to the
French government that Its apparent
purpose to control In its own interest
the commerce of Morocco would not be
tolerated by Germany and that the Ger
man government, proposed to take a
stand nguinst It. In the interest of all
the commercial nations. The Idea ex
pressed by Emperor William was that
Morocco being an Independent country
and having distinct treaty relations, she
should not be subjected to the control of
France and required to contribute solely
to the advantage and welfare of that
country.
The Incident of the" German emperor's
visit to Morocco Is unquestionably of
world-wide importance. While the trade
of that country Is not of very great
value, yet the principle involved In the
position of Germany is of vital signifi
cance and from this point of view is
one of the most significant movements
In the international politics of the time.
It commits Germany Irrevocably to the
"open door" principle and this is by no
means a small consideration. France
does not regard with complacency the
attitude of Germany, yet it Is not prob
able that any serious complication will !
grow ont of it, since France will find
that any effort on her part to oppose the
German position, which has practically
universal approval, must result to her
disadvantage.
ANOTHER KRA Or TRAS'SFURMA TIOS
Iu its brief career of fifty years Omaha
has gone through several eras of trans
formation. The first was the Initial metamorpho
sis that put a pioneer community on a
river bauk where previously there was
nothing but a ferry landing.
The second was that which accompa
nied the completion of railway connec
tion east and west and transformed a
border outfitting station Into a vigorous
thriving city.
The third was thut of the '80s, cul
minating lu the boom period of the lat
ter part of that decade, during which
Omaha was transformed into n western
metropolis with preteusions of the high
est order.
The fourth era of transformation is
now upon us. Omaha has now grown
up to fit the clothes that were made for
If during the boom days and Is begin
ning au additional expansion to which it
must accommodate Itself by still further
changes.
Unless all signs fail the present era
of transformation will work greater and
more important Improvements In Omaha
as a city than auy which it has experi
enced lu the past.
The railroads which are centering in
Omaha are all adapting themselves to
new methods of transportation, in the
benefits of which Omaha should share.
The meat-packing industry is unques
tionably In a transitional state, but
whatever organisation of these Interests
may result, Omaha Is sure to retain and
emphasise still further its Importance as
a chief factor lu the buying and selling
of live stock and preparing the animals
for consumption.
The establishment of a grain ex
change for Omaha is forcing a readjust
ment of the currents of grain traffic
and opening the way for the develop
ment of great elevators and big milling
plants at this point.
The transformation progress Is equally
visible in our factories and Jobbing
houses along other lines, while In retail
trade the movement is so rapid that Mie
advances can ie seen almost from we.k
to week.
So far as the external appearance of
the city Is concerned Omaha Is on the
brink of a building season, or more prob
ably a succession of building seasons
that will make even the permanent In
habitant look around for laudmarks. A
casual survey of the city will disclose
building projects already under way
that when finished will completely
cbauge the landscape In almost every di
rection. Warehouses and store build
ings, churches and schools, pulsttal resi
dences and modest dwellings are all ris
ing In profusion In the various sections
of the city, while scarcely a day passes
without the sunouarement of a iiuuiImt
of new buildings In immediate contem
plation. Still other building projects of
mure thau ordinary significance are
waiting on certain conditions, which are
fast materializing.
Under snch rlrcumstam'es Omaha has
n right to expect every loyal citizen to
contribute his full share toward ad
vandng the transformation movement.
If everyone interested In Omaha's prog
ress and prosperity drtes this, whether
that share 1m big or little, the Omaha of
the Immediate future will be as far ahead
of the Omaha of the rei-ent past as the
Omaha of today Is ahead of the Omaha
of twenty-five years ago.
r.vTf.o srTB.s .T isvoi.yed.
There N probably no ground for the
statement that our government Is in
volved in the Morocco issue between
Germany and France, which Is Just now
commanding a great deal of Interest and
attention In Huron1. As ihe country
which primarily proclaimed the princi
ple of the open door In connection with
the trade of Asia, It Is most natural
that the I'nited States should feel some
concern lu regard to n recognition of
that policy whei-ever It may have pres
ent or prospective trade, but the busi
ness of this country with Morocco is not
of such Immediate Inqvirtance or value
as to Justify It In manifesting any great
concern regarding the result of the Issue
that has been raised lietween Germany
and France.
That our government will sympathize
with the position taken by Germany Is
not to lie doubted. The demand of that
country that Morocco shall give equal
opportunities to all commercial nations
In Its mnrkets, rather thnn permitting
France to have complete control of those
markets. Is a demand In which this
country can fully concur, but there is no
reason to believe that it has taken or
will take any action In the matter. The
question Is one to be determined by the
European powers which are chiefly In
terested and this can he done without
any Interference on the part of the
T'nlted States, which has only a remote
Interest In the matter.
CALL r,)R anVKRXMES r DKrosnn.
I'p to the middle of last month there
was withdrawn from national bunks
government deposits to the amount of
$i2r,(K0.(m Further withdrawals are
said to be lu contemplation to the extent
of SlVi.OOO.iMHi. It Is stated that the
withdrawals already made hud a notice
able effect in increasing the issue of
bank currency, not because additional
currency was needed, but because It
tended to lower the price of the bonds
released from security for the dejtosits
and afford a slight profit In using them
as the basis of new notes. It Is pointed
out that not only was there this slight
Inducement for using the same bonds for
the security of notes rather than selling
them In the market or holding them Idle,
but the lowering of the price Induced
other banks to Increase their circulation
when it was not needed.
A Washington dispatch says that the
purpose the secretary has In view In
planning to make another call Is to re
plenish the working balance of cash In
the vaults of the treasury In excess of
outstanding liabilities, not for the rea
son that he anticipates that the addi
tional cash will be needed to meet the
obligations of the government within the
near future, but because he wishes to
have on hand a considerable surplus
over and above the immediate needs of
the government, so as to be able. In the
event of a stringency In the money mar
ket, to redistribute the money among
the banks again. He Is said to believe
that In the present state of the money
market no disturbance to business will
be caused by the withdrawal of $20,000,
000 to be locked up in the treasury for
a few months and let out again when
money rates have advanced.
Perhaps this Is a correct view and yet
It would seem that If It be a wise policy
to deposit government funds In national
banks It would be well to allow them to
remain there until they are needed by
the government, rather than to arbi
trarily withdraw them regardless of the
needs of the government. It Is a Ques
tion whether the system of depositing
governmen funds In the banks Is alto
gether wise and doubt, on this score may
be Intensified by the course of the secre
tary of the treasury, which It is urged
has already had results not entirely har
monious with sound financial principles.
Our own impression is that It Is a mis
take to withdraw government deposits
which will simply be hoarded in the na
tional treasury.
The constitution of Nebraska, In sec
tion 4 of article ix, expressly declares:
The legislature shall have no power to
release or discharge any county, city,
township, town or district whatever, or
the Inhabitants thereof, or any corpora
tion, or the property therein, from their, or
Its, proportionate share of taxes, levied for
state pu pen's, or due any municipal cor
poration, nor shall the commutation of
audi taxes be authorised In any form
whatever.
The late assembly of anarchistic law
makers, however, which sat as a legis
lature in Lincoln, passed a bill which
has been signed by the governor, di
recting the auditor to strike from the
records of bis office all tuxes charged
agulnst Hamilton county prior to and
including 1S01, when ltsconrt house
was burned. If this law Is not In direct
conflict with the constitution no law
could ever be declared unconstitutional.
How such an act could receive the sanc
tion of men who have taken oath to
obey and enforce the constitution of the
state passes comprehension. It is up to
the auditor to refuse to carry out these
directions, at least, until the supreme
court formally authorizes him to nullify
the constitution.
The truant officer's rt'iort ft the
mouth of March shows that that worthy
apprehended twenty-six youngsters In
ss niauy days who ought to have leen
at school. One truant a day out of
10,oKt school children cannot give
Omaha a very bad record.
Strange Is it not that those who are
protesting against the exclusion of non
Protests uti from the scttve membership
of the Young Women's Chrlstiau so
da t lor never thought of protesting
against the exclusion of non-Protestants
from the active memlrship of the
Young Men's Christian association. Ioes
one principle apply to men and another
to women?
Senator Elkins has Invited all the
railroad presidents 1o come before the
senate committee on Interstate com
merce and express themselves on the
proposed regulation of the roads by the
government. The common people will
continue to express their views through
the newspapers.
Extendlaar Pro! for Peace.
Washington Tost.
Just a another argument for peace, our
new bayonets are to be made four Inches
longer and considerably sharper than the
old style.
Graelonaneaa of Promoters.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A firm of promoters announce that the
owner of any article they promote may
expect to share In the profit. That 1
a concession that practically forecasts
the ends of the trust.
Wouldn't This Jar Yonf
New York World.
A whale has been acraplng read palr.t
from the battleship Nebraska. Evidently,
though we cannot "draw out leviathan
with an honk," we can make him real
mad with a new nary.
Nott Walrh the Hammers.
Kansas City Journal.
President Roosevelt has his critics, but
to no one does his admiration seem a
more dismal failure than fo the patriots
who have Just been separated from 112.0V)
Job as members of the Panama Canal
commission.
Farllltattnar Comprehension.
Chlcaaro Tribune.
Weather Sharp Foster predicts that the
temperature for the month of April will
"average about normal." If you have a
clear Idea, of what constitutes normal tem
perature for April you will have no dif
ficulty In comprehending this.
tome Snrprlsra tn Store.
Chicago Rpcord-Herald.
It Is beginning to be noticed that the
Japa are Inclined to lnsit on certain Im
portant things In the peace negotiations.
People who think Japan Is going to be
satisfied with the glory of having been
victorious are likely to have some start
ling surprises before the matter Is ended.
Xot Riches, hot Character.
Boston Post.
No nation ever rose to greatness on mere
wealth. If It attains a lofty position it Is
by virtue of the character of Its citizens.
Wealth Is a later development and one not
always conducive to national perpetuity.
'The shining idols of profit" are those be
fore which this republic I most In danger
of prostrating Itself. But woe betide the
day when wealth Is of more account than
character. And particularly when this be
comes true of American politics. While
hoping for the best. It Is futile to Ignore
certain ominous signs. The senate i to
day slightingly spoken of as "a rich man's
club." The great wealth of Its members
does not, on the whole, bespeak the largest
Intelligence and the highest character of
the nation. It far more readily suggests
"the shining Idols of profit."
rnnovi. oTF..
Winnebago "Injun" Chief Big Bear Is
dead. It Is a bad year for boars.
Standard Oil folks seem to find BtandBi J
Oil morey Just as good as any other.
I'oor Mr. Carnegie bewails the fact that
the demand for libraries has dwindled to
one a day.
The provincial council of Havana has
voted to erect a monument to Cervantes.
Not improbably pon Quixote Is thought to
have teen an ancestor of some Cuban
statesman of the olstructlonlst group.
This Is an eastern writer's pen picture of
the Missouri executive: "A rather smnll
man with a round, big head, black snap
ping eyes and thin lip closing tightly over
a wide, straight mouth Is Governor Joseph
W. Folk of Missouri."
The festive plumber Is not the only man
with a cinch In this great and glorious
land. A Jersey man hold possession of
half an acre of ground which Is needed to
give the proper artistic touch to the en
trance to Mr. rurham Bull Duke's new
home. Kvery time Mr. Puke tries to buy
the ground the price Jumps $2,ono. The last
Jump registered lin.nm) and the owner ha
several Jumps coming.
A philosopher who has a reputation for
advanced views mnk.f this statement:
"Andrew Carnegie is doing more than any
other man to morally pauperise America.
He has begun his demoralising work at the
foundation head, pauperizing municipalities
by gifts of libraries and library buildings
and demoralizing education by his gifts to
colleges. He is teaching America that Its
one aim must bo to get something for
nothing."
The youngest mi.n clncted to congress Inrt
November is Frank Uefevre of the Twenty
fourth New Vork district, who is not yet
no years old. Mr. I-fevre called at the
White House, a few 1hjs ago and was
Introduced to the president. "I think you
are acquainted with one of my constituents.
Mr, President. " said he. "That so? Who
is It?" "Judge Alton It. Parker." "Oh, ye,
I know the Judge and respect him," said
the president. Mr. I-fevre lives In New
Paltz, four miles from Esopus.
A PHROMKVl, SCHOOL BO HID.
Slavery and Rebates.
New Tork World.
In a formul statement answering the pro
tests of the Congregational minister
against the acceptance of Mr. Rockefeller's
gift of llOO.OOOi to the board of foreign mis
sions Mr. H. H.-Rogers makes this felici
tous comparison: )
"Slavery In certain sections of the United
States was legal until President Lincoln's
emancipation proclamation. "Rebates In
railroads were Just as legal until the pas
sage of the Interstate commerce act."
What could be happier? Human bondage
as the peculiar Institution of the slave
power: railroad rebates as the peculiar In
stitution of the money power. Out of the
dead past the shade of John C. Calhoun
reaches cit to shake hands with John D.
Rockefeller. The public owes much to Mr.
Rogers for his Inspiring illustration.
IlOLF.F'll, PHEDICTIOX9 SCOUTED.
Railroad Managers Discredit Tearful
Pleas of Railroad Unjri,
Washington Post.
It seems to be simply Impossible to recon
cile the statements of some of the railway
managers of the country as to the effects
of congressional legislation, regulating rail
way rates with the actions of these same
and other managers In the matter of mak
ing liberal lnvestmenta In railway Improve
ments. In some of the hearings before the
house committee on Interstate and foreign
commerce before the adjournment of the
short session statements were made by
railway officials and attorneys indicating
that the whole transportation scheme of
the nation would go into the scrap heap
In short order If the Esch-Townsend bill
became a law or If any measure of similar
Import wens placed on the statute books.
It was explained at great length that the
proposed railway rata regulation would
take the bread and pie from the mouths
of widows and orphans whose savings were
Invested In railway securities. It waa
shown beyond question that the billions
Of life Insurance policies carried by the men
of the nation would lose value If the bill
was passed, because railroad bonds are
among the big investments of the Insur
ance companies. Some of these big men
who are deeply solicitous over the welfare
of the people were slmost In tears at the
prospect of congress finally adopting some
method of enforcing the regulation of
fr-el"ht ratea I
There are no means of estimating the
effect of this kind of argument, but the
fact remains that congress did not pass
the proposed legislation. It Is presumed
that the arguments will be rebunilshcd
and offered again when congress meets In
the fall, but In the meantime the operating
departments of the railroads are offering
another kind of argument. The Railway
Age, a recognised authority on railway
matters, shows that the railway of the
country are already at work upon plans
which call for the construction of 7.5(sD
miles of new railway lines this year, an
Increase of 30 per cent over the construc
tion record of last year. The same au
thority shows that railroads have already
ordered new locomotives, cars and other
equipment to the value of more than $J,
000.040, and that this sum will be largely
increased during the year. This Is a gain
of about 40 ner cent over the Investment
In this kind of Improvements In 19M, and
the record for the year promises to maks
a high-water mark In the history of rail
road betterment.
Of course, everybody Is glad of the pros
perity of the railroads, an Index to the
prosperity of the country, but the splendid
showing made In this direction causes the
layman to discount tl.e doleful predictions
mad by the railroad lawyers, who have
been predicting a general wreck of rail
road interests In case congress persists In
its efforts to deal with the rate regulation
question, If the pending Improvement
plans tr carried out, will have diffi
culty In believing that the Investor In
railroad securiiWs sr as badly scared as
tomo of the railway representative who
have appeared before the congressional
committee would hars us think. It looks
Ilk a CMS of disregarding signals,
Abolition of Farin Ordered Iit err
York's School Authorities.
Chicago Chronicle.
The city of New Vork has a Board of
Education. That may look to most people
like a commonplace statement, but it Is
not.
We have plenty of boards of fads, in
cluding the no-school-governnicnt fad, In
the t'nlted States, but precious few boards
of education. When we find one we feel
refreshed and are Justified In making
some remarks indicative of agreeable surprise.
The New York Bourd of Education has
loRt patience with the fads and has said
so by the decisive vote of 22 to 12. It has
grown tired also cf some things which are
not fads things which are well enough In
themselves and would be well enough In
the schools if they could be Introduced
without stuffing young brains excessively
or crowding more important things Into
corners.
The New York Board of Education pro
poses to put rt stop to the forcing process
and get down to the essentials and give
the children a chance to digest Hiid assim
ilate what they get in the schools. It pro
poses nt all events to Insist upon this in the
lower rades.
One of the members, assailing nt a re
cent meeting the present system of stuff
ing, declared that the young children
"need air, freedom and slow teaching,"
and he added: "Children are pushed en
masse from one course Into the next. Ol
der the present system 10 per cent of the
pupils are reported as 'backward.' There
never was a time when there was so much
complaint against our school system. Only
one hour a day Is now devoted to essen
tials. So far as moral training Is con
cerned, the course of study is deficient.
Children should be taught honesty, truth
fulness, unselfishness and an Idea of duty.
We treat the school children like chickens
in an incubator."
Yes, or perhaps more like sausage skins,
to be stuffed to bursting with all sorts of
ecraps and odds and ends. Teachers are
expected to do the stuffing in a psycholog
ically scientific fashion and to excite In
terest In anything and everything save the
essentials, which are to be administered
only honioepathieally and with sugar
coating. In no case is the teacher to
require obedience except when obedience
Is in accord with the inclination of the
pupil, and so the omission of the funda
mental requisite of moral training Is Im
perative. It does not appear that the New York
board is yet fully alive to the fact that this
omission is a radical mistake in our sys
tem of education, but It has resolved to
cast the fads out of the lower grades. It
has ordered the daily school sessions In
the lowest grade to be reduced from five
hours to three and a half hours. The little
ones will not be required to sew or to go
through the alleged hygienic exercises.
There will be less drawing, Itss physiology
and less music In their dally round. Their
attention will be given mainly to the rudiments.
INDIANS ;OIN(i TO MEXICO.
A Report Without Substantial Hasls
In Fart.
St. Loula Globe-Democrat.
The report that large bodies of Indians
are leaving the United States to settle In
Mexico will not causa any alarm here.
This movement, if the stories are to be be
lieved, has been under way many years,
ye.t the Indian population of the United
States shows no falling off. It Is in the
neighborhood of 270.UOO. In fact, the Indian
population, counting In this computation all
who are constructively classed ss Indians,
is on the Increase. The full bloods are di
minishing. They form only a small part
of the Indians of today, and they will be s
smaller part, absolutely as well as rela
tively, ten years hence. The mixed bloods,
however, are Increasing In numbers.
Everybody who reads the accounts of
Mexico's wars with the Yaquls will see that
the Indians will be likely to get at least a
good treatment In the United States as
they will on the other side of the Rio
Grande. The Indian problem here Is be
lug solved slowly but surely. All the red
men who have not adopted the white man's
style of life are on the reservations, and
they are being treated well. Thousands of
them take up lands every year to engage In
oilier pursuits, which make them self-supporting.
The Indian of the nomadic stags
Is extinct In the United Statea. There sr
about 30.0OU Indian children' In the various
schools, and the number Is Increasing.
Assimilation In the cltlsenshlp of the,
country Is the Indian's destiny, and ths
time will not be long before all of them
reach that status. When. In lfcOS or 1H0T,
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory are ad
mltted as a state about 90.0OO In the fivs
civilised tribes In the Indian Territory will
be merged In the mass of the country's
cltlstnship. in fact, that stage will ba
reached on March 4, ll. when the tribal
gov;rnment of the Cherokee, Creeks,
Clio. taws. Chickasaws and Seminolea will
be dissolved. These Indians have been
governing themselves and been conforming
to the white man's ways for generations.
They are as civilised as the average resi
dent In tha territories. Tr rest of th
Indians will also become diffused In ths
mass of the cltlsanship eventually. Thou
sands of thm ars making tha change
every year. Th best horn which th
rnltad State Indian ran get la that wfch.h
h ta tu th I'nited Stat.
ROUND ABOUT SEW VORK.
Ripple on the (srresl of "
Metropolis.
Rome remarks have been heard and read
of late on the subject of "race sulcld.
and considerable skill has been shown wltn
reference to the cause snd the remedy.
Yet very little attention Is paid tn con
spicuous source of the "race suicide" In ths
large cities. New York Is particularly
dltlngulhed In It annual slaughter of the
Innocents. It Is a matter of record that
25.ono children tinder five years died In New
York City last year, and 15,000 of that num
ber mr hahlna nt nna vesr or less. The
cause of this appalling mortality Is largely
due to Impure and and adulterated food.
Health Commissioner Darlington says: "I
cannot tell how many children die In
this city each year by reason of Improper
or Impure food, but I do know that every
day we receive complaints that qhildren
have been poisoned by bad food.
"The greatest sources of danger are pre
served or dirty milk and embalmed meats.
Milk la preserved with formaldehyde.
Meat Is embalmed with borax, botscio
acid or with salicylate."
The petition of Wall street Interests
against the propo.-ied state tax on stock
transactions contains 72.000 names. The
conviction Is widely expressed that the
Imposition of the tsx will drive much
of th business from New York City.
Opposition to the mortgage tax bill, pend
ing In the legislature and Indorsed as a
republican party measure, Is even more
vigorous. That such a law would result
In very great harm Is the prediction mads
by Iawson Purdy, secretary of ths New
York Tsx Reform association, who has
made a special study; of the situation and
Is satisfied that only a general protest on
the part of all citizens csn divert calamity.
Mr. Purdy Is one of the best known au
thorities on tax laws In New York slate.
It :s his belief thst so depressing wlU he
the effect of the mortgage tsx upon the
ordinary Individual and the small builder
that cessation of business will necessarily
follow in many cases.
More than half the money loaned on
mortgages since January 1 In New York
City has been loaned at per cent. This
bill cuts down the Interest rate of a 4 per
rent mortgage to 6V4 per cent and pro
hibits any contract by the mortgagor by
which he shall bind himself to pay the
tax. Aa the bill increases the tax on
every new house built with borrowed
money, it Is asserted that it will hope
lessly embarrass and ruin many people
and put an end to the great building boom
that Is now In progress. The building and
losn associations sre antagonising the
measure with all their energy. There Is
no evidence of yielding to public demand
on the part of ths caucus managers, whose
policy I to avoid direct property tax for
state purposes and raise enough revenue
by indirect means.
"Water treatment" has taken th place
of sedatives snd mechanical restraints for
the patients lit the Manhattan State hospi
tal at Ward's Inland, even when they arc
violently demented. This hospital, the first
public institution In the United States to
adopt the use of water as a recognized part
of its course of treatment, has been experi
menting snd tabulating Its results for some
time of a systematic use of various forms
of hot and cold baths. Jets and douches,
vapor and hot air baths, and finds them
uniformly successful.
Forms of "water treatment" are In use
there which are said not to have been tried
elsewhere, notably the "continuous bath,"
for patlenta in violent delirium. The pa
tient Is kept In s bath tub of water at ex
actly blood heat, under observation by ex
perienced nurses and the physicians, for
hours for days If necessary until the de
lirium has abated. In one case it was
found necessary to keep the patient im
mersed In the water fourteen days. She
came out of the delirium, and under other
branches of the treatment recovered from,
her dementia. The death rate In such
cases was formerly 60 per cent, but ths
physicians having charge of the experi
ments believe their treatment will save
the life of every patient under delirium,
unless some other form of Insanity or
physical disease sets In.
Under the new scheme patients no longer
subject to constraint are kept outdoors In
tents and pavilions under a carefully ar
ranged plan of treatment. In some cases a
bath of carbon dioxide has been used. An
elaborate arrangement of bath appliances
has been established In the hospital for the
full development of the system.
The warfare between the asphalt com
panies has resulted In another record
breaking reduction In the price of asphalt
and street paving generally and In the
utter defeat of the Barber Asphalt com
pany, which recently Invaded the Brook
lyn field. As a result of the latest battle
between the Barber company and tho
companies which hitherto had posseosion
of the city, the price of asphalt on Its con
crete foundation has been reduced from
$1.39 per square yard, which until today
was th lowest on record, to $1.34 per
square yard. There were material reduc
tions shown in the bids in the prices also
of block asphaltum and of granite. The
Barber company, so far as could be ascer
tained from the bidding blanks now being
tabulated, was not low upon any single
one of the contract.
William B. Masterson, known as "Bat"
Masterson. was sworn In as a United
States deputy marshal the ether day. Mas.
terson said he hoped to make a good
record In his new place. Incidentally, he
expressed the opinion that there is more
carrying of concealed weapons In New
York than In the west.
Out where I came from," he said, "a
man doesn't carry s gun unless he wants
(EEEAM
Improves the flavor
and adds to the health
fulness of the food.
tc use It. Out there the game Is t. .,,,
your gun at home. Then when fe.,w
draws a bead on you. you can thr.w -p
your hands and show him you are
armed.- He won't shoot If you ln th.v
"But hers In New Tork even- ;n
sneaking son of a gun who's got the pr, .
of a pistol buys one snd carries It. Y.yi
can't go into a restaurant or cafe in t
town without seeing a doten cheap ,r,v,
with guns twisted In their hip po,-ken
Why. they couldn't get 'em out In an h-.:r.
And If by hard work they did msnsRo n
yank out one of those toy pistols iiw
couldn't hit their msrk. Where theie
murder In the country I cAme from t'--
are a dozen here."
rOlATF.Il ri.KASASTRIF.
"After all. what Is the difference betsei-is
'shopgirl' and 'saleslady?' "
"I don't know-, but the differences i.e.
tween salesladies are sometimes fW.-. -Philadelphia
Press.
"Don't vou think that some men msk
mistake In adopting politics ss a career"
"Yes, hut It Isn't as serious ss the m
take that politics makes In adopting snr-s
men as lis representatives." Wsshinst'Mi
Star.
"I wonder who waa the first politician?"
queried the heavyweight boarder.
"Adam." answered the Cheerful Idiot
"How do you figure that out?'' asked ths
Oliese Party.
"He didn't have to go to work until h
lost his Job," explained the C. I. Columb ,1
Dispatch.
Flnnegan These scales Is no good fur m
at all. at all. They only weigh the heft "f
jn) pounds, an' I weigh near to 2WV
vfanaaran Well, man sllve. csn't ye git
on thim twice? Philadelphia ledger.
Farmer Squash lelg-h I had a letter from
Jack at college yesterday. ....
Farmer Wavhack How much did
strike you for? Somervllle Journal.
Hercules, having cleaned the Ansenn
stables, was asked next to go and purity
the politics of Delaware.
HIb Jaw fell.
"That's too big a Job'." he gasped. "Sn.l
for Lincoln Steffens!"
For Hercules knew his llmltatlons.-Cli!-cago
Tribune.
"What are you trying to do for yo;r
country?"
"My friend," answered Sens.tor Sorghum,
"I am keeping on the safe side. 8nni
statesmen try to do so much for their
country that people get the Impression thut
they are getting presumptuous and domi
neering." Washington Star.
SKTTIV HOI.DINO HAXDS.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post.
When a feller gits to thlnkln' of the dn
when he was young
He kin feel till yet the feelin' In h!i
heart
That was planted when that organ of h
belli' first was stung
By the stinger they're a-callln' Cupi'i
dart.
He kin see the dear ol' farm house an'
the gal he hankered fur.
An' his heart with sweetest memories
expands
As he thinks about the heaven that wm
near to him an' her
A-settln' in the kitchen holdln' hands
He could see the summer llghtnln' plfiwn'
In the distant skies
Through the winder that hail ner
known a blind.
Fur she'd never light a candle, wtsliln' w
economize;
Country' gals, you know, were of t lie
savin' kind.
Never was a love more honest, nefr
hearts more pure an' true.
Never stronger were affection's golden
bands
Than were forged by goldsmith Cupid 10
unite the rustic two
A-settln" In the kitchen holdln' hands.
At the midnight hour, or near It, to the
cupboard she would slip.
To the place where rustic treasures al
ways lie.
An' hi eyes would dance wllh pleasne
when she'd place within his grip
Quite a hefty wedge of golden pumpkin
pie.
She would Jlne him in the feedin'. g"o4
as any god could wish.
An' when they'd appeased their hunger s
full demands.
With her head upon his shoulder tli'V.l
resume their old posish
A-settin' In the kitchen holdln' hands.
Modern youths of modern fastness mm'
at this old custom sneer.
May refer to "havserds," "Rubes'' siii
"country Jays,"
But there's no such love existing In th
present atmosphere
As this nurtured In the good or-fash:nn'l
days.
And the hand-clasp of rusticity, young
feller of todav.
With the pressures that the heart wi-:!
understands,
Is a thousand times mora noble than !J
pass the time away
Settln' at a poker table holdln' bands
W present, because they're right, I
Quarter Size Collars
The quarter size idea is a good one when
you can get quarter sizes. To get tbem f
means a shrlnlrless collar. I
We have them. The Arrow coJ.
lars are shruolc before made
and the size is ths ssme alter
washing as it was before. 1
15 cents each
Two for
c'nt
w
Browiiig,
R. 5. WILCOX, Manager.
KingaCo(
Fifteenth and Douglas.