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Notary Public.
It looks ps If the secretary of tbe Na
tional Purity conference would like very
much to have Omaha help replenish the
national organization's treasury.
The attorney general says that he
would like to have the Bartley bond
case settled. . The people will agree with
him provided he will amend by adding
the word 'riuht."
A person only realizes how much the
United States got out of tbe war with
Ppaln when he sees a report of the
movement of gunboats on active duty
in tbe Philippines.
When it comes to abolishing fee offices
the World-Herald will be expected to
apply the same rule to the democratic
sheriff that It seeks to apply to the re
publican supreme court clerk.
Since the Washington base ball club
has won a giuue from Boston, people
should not look upon a victory by Togo
as a foregone conclusion, for- this may
be the season for the under dog.
Russian guards who are being lu
st meted not to read revolutionary
proclamations may escape by pleading
that they cannot tell what la revolu
tionary until they, shall hare read it
There can be no doubt that the politi
cal campaign is really In progress in
Great Britain despite the government,
since the words of Lord Beaeonsfleld
are being quoted on Primrose day to
the discomfiture of tbe conservatives.
The freedom with which the general
solicitor of the Santa Fe railroad admits
that the railroads disregard the law
in forming combinations leads one to
believe that some of them obey the law
only when It is to their own advantago
to do so.
Minister Barrett tells bow be stopped
trouble between tbe Panama govern
ment and its soldiers who wanted their
pay. After this showing President Cas
tro may have a better understanding of
America's attitude toward the South
American republics.
The Illinois legislature is still wrest
ling with primary election legislation,
but the two branches seem about as
far apart as they can get. No one has
yet been ablo to devise a bill that would
insure re-election to every lawmaker
who should waut it
The council has conferred a high honor
upon the solitary democrat who holds
down a seat In that body by deputing
htm as its representative at the birth
liny celebration of Ulysses S. Grant that
U to be held at Galena, April 27. But
who will pay the freight?
The Burllugton Hawkeye says that
should the government be granted the
right to fix freight rates the value of
Iowa farms would decrease. Does the
Hawkej-e mean that Iowa farmers have
been enjoying reduced rates not accorded
to those of other states
There la room for Just a faint sus
picion that the disclosures In the Kled
ringhaus Investigation to tbe effect that
one of the big brewers guaranteed part
of the republican campaign fund in tbe
last election may have had something to
do with Governor Folk's suddenly ac
quired seal for Bunday closing.
One drop of vinegar will sour a pan
of milk, but 800 school boys and school
girls should not allow themselves to be
soured and stampeded because two
Japanese boys want to participate in
the benefits of an American free public
school. So long as "equality before the
Jaw" remains inscribed upon the great
seal of Nebraska the public schools of
this state must be maintained for the
benefit of all without discrimination as
to race or color. Children with oblique
eyes are no more to be tabooed than
children with kinky hair, flat noses or
tig Hps.
WILL T1ir.UK RE REroLVTIOXl
There Is an Id to 1m- apprehension at
tt. Petersburg of an extensive revolu
tionary outbreuk In the empire at the
beginning of f lie coming month. The
UushIhii capital Is at present according
to Inte reports, In practically a slate of
mW'K' Troops occupy that portion of
the city where the workmen are massed
and the tension la great. Elsewhere the
revolutionary spirit Is said to be active
and spreading and It Is said that the
government is not now disposed to send
any more soldiers out of the country,
fearing that to do so would eudanger
domestic peace.
It Is impossible to say how much
credence Is to be given these ' reports.
There has been so much talk within the
past year of revolution in Russia being
imminent that one Is naturally Inclined
to doubt whether the current reports
have any more substantial basis than
those which preceded them. Unques
tionably there Is a strong revolutionary
feeling in the csnr's empire. Hostility
to the bureaucracy and a desire for Its
overthrow are very general and very
earnest But It Is not organized, It has
no leadership and it Is in no respect In
a condition to start and carry on a revo
lution. The government is vigilant and
alert. There Is no point or place In Its
vast domain where revolution might be
hatched that is not securely guarded.
The military and "police systems are
spread throughout the empire and while
they are not always able to give protec
tion against the bomb of the terrorists,
they can hold In check the revolutionary
element.
An observant American recently re
turned from Russia says there Is no
such thing as national unity or pride
there. The body of the people are not
Russians, except for their compulsory
adhesion to the laws of the country.
Russia Is made up of Innumerable little
entitles that do not Join In national
spirit and because of this lack of homo
geneity a national revolution cannot bo
expected in the near future. It will
come In time, but that time is probably
remote. It Is not so easy n matter as
may commonly be supposed to organize
revolution and it Is especially difficult
In a country like Russia, where the peo
ple are so completely overawed and
dominated by the military power. Under
the system that prevails there the peo
ple are not permitted to bear arms ex
cept by police permission. Mobs that
have only sticks and stones with which
to fight can do no very grent damage and
are powerless against disciplined sol
diers. A regiment of Cossacks will dis
perse fifty times their number of un
armed civilians, as was shown In St
Petersburg last January.
The fact appears to be that while
there Is n great deal of sentiment in
Russia hostile to the the bureaucratic
government and it seems to be Increas
ing, no other country Is more securely
safeguarded against revolution. It Is
useless to conjecture what may come In
the future. It seems hardly posslblo
that the Russian system of government,
opposed as It Is to the spirit of the age,
can very much longer be maintained.
Autocracy will have to yjeld something
to the people. But at present there ap
pears to be very little danger of the
government having to deal with a revolution.
RED1STRICTIXQ TUB CITY.
Within sixty days from its passage,
or not later than June 1, the city council
is required by the new charter to re
district the city Into twelve wards, "the
boundaries of which shall be defined by
ordinance and shall be equal in popula
tion as near as may be." Incidentally
each ward shall be divided into election
precincts for the purpose of registration
and election, but no further division or
change of ward and election districts
can be made thereafter unless ninety
days or more prior to a general or city
election.
In view of the fact that only six weeks
remain between now and the limit fixed
by the charter for final action on the
redisricting of the city, no time should
be lost In the preparatory work that will
be required for a proper readjustment
of the ward and election district bounda
ries. The total registered vote at last
fall election aggregated 21,187. which
taken as a basis for the reapportionment
of the city would give 1,702 voters to
each ward.
The. problem that will confront the
council in redisricting the city will be
whether any of the existing wards
should retain their present boundaries, or
whether entirely new boundaries be
made for all the wards on geographical
lines regardless of the political com
plexion of any particular section or sub
division. The first question that naturally pre
sents Itself will be whether any change
In the ward boundaries that would
merge parts of two or three wards would
Interfere with the rights of the present
members to continue to represent their
respective wards, regardless of the pro
posed change. On that score, it seems
to us there can scarcely be a difference
of oplulon. While the new charter re
quires councllmen to" be residents of the
wards from which they are elected, It
also provides that the members of the
present council shall continue to hold
their positions as such until the expira
tion of tbelr terms tn May, IDOrt.
The change of boundaries and the ad
dition of three wards could not vacate
the seats now occupied by members of
the council. This view, It seems to us,
Is strengthened further by the fact that
the three additional wards created by
the charter are to be represented In the
council by the members that now rep
resent the territory out of which the new
wards will be carved until three addi
tional councllmen shall have been
elected In May, 1000. It naturally fol
lows that a change of boundaries would
not affect the tenure of office of mem
bers of the present council, even if the
whole nine were thrown Into one ward,
which Is not possible, whatever the new
ward boundaries may be.
Assuming that this Is the correct in
terpretation of the chnrter, It Mould
seem to us to be eminently appropriate
that the redisricting of the city should
be on geographical lines rather than on
political lines. While the members of
the council will hereafter, as heretofore,
be required to reside In their respective
wards, they will all be elected at large,
It matters nothing how their respective
wards are bounded. On the other hand,
having divested the redisricting of the
city of all political considerations, It
must be apparent that a division of the
city on lines thnt will harmonize the In
terests of property owners within the
respective wards and equalize as near as
possible the population of each ward,
would be most desirable In every respect
FOR IXDUSTRIAL PEACE.
A new organization that Is to work In
th'j interest of Industrial peace, the Civic
Federation of New England, has Just
opened headquarters In Boston. While
an Independent body, It Is allied In pur
poses and methods with the general
movement for Industrial peace which has
been carried on for several years by the
National Civic Federation. It Is ex
plained that the promoters of this move
ment believe in evolution rather than
revolution and would make practical the
idea that personal acquaintance, media
tion, conciliation and direct agreements,
rather than strikes and lockouts, are the
proper methods of settling industrial dif
ferences. They hold that when a better
understanding Is sought In season it will
usually avail to prevent strife. It is not
contemplated that the federation shnll
Intervene In Industrial difficulties except
by request or consent of both parties.
Plans for the Immediate future Include
the formation of local conciliation com
mittees in all the important Industrial
centers of New England. There can be
no doubt that this organization will be
able to accomplish a great deal for the
promotion of Industrial peace and as an
Indication of the Interest that Is being
taken In this cause, than which there Is
nono more Important for the welfare
alike of capital and labor. It is to bo
heartily welcomed and given all possible
encouragement. The National Civic
Federation has perhaps not accomplished
quite all that was hoped for from It, but
unquestionably It has done some good
and Is destined to do more. The New
England federation will have a field of
Its own and n very important one and If
properly conducted ought to prove ex
ceedingly useful. y
NOT A JCXRETIXO TRIP.
The projected visit of Secretary Taft
and a number of members of congress to
the Philippines appears to be regarded
In some quarters as purely a Junketing
trip. The secretary of war has taken oc
casion to say that such Is not the case
and that there Is no ground for the state
ment that it will cost the government
$50,000. He explained that Governor
Wright of the Philippines invited ten
senators and twenty representatives to
visit the islands this summer, with tho
view of getting substantial free trade
between the archipelago and this coun
try. The Philippine government will
pay for their transportation and the con
gressmen will pay all their other ex
penses. As to Secretary Taft, he of
course will go ns the representative of
the government, having the duty of in
vestigating conditions in the islands and
as secretary of war counseling with the
Philippine commission. He estimates
that the entire cost of the expedition to
the government will not exceed $ 10,000.
Secretary Tuft continues to take a
very deep Interest In the affairs and the
future of our oriental possessions and
the desirability of his going there to
make a personal investigation of condi
tions and recommend measures for ad
vancing the industrial and commercial
Interests of the archipelago cannot rea
sonably be questioned. In doing so he
will show a proper devotion to his duty.
As to the visit of the congressmen, it
will undoubtedly result in giving them
information that will be valuable In
guiding their Judgment regarding future
legislation, which ought to be worth the
estimated cost to the Philippine govern
ment. There is nothing in the matter to
which any fair objection can be made
and the explanation given by Secretary
Taft ought to convince everybody that
it is not to be, as has been alleged, "a
colossal government Junketing, excur-olon."
After a four months' siege, caused by
the refusal of the democratic members
of the council to confirm the charter
officers nominated by Mayor Neff of
Kansas City, the mayor has succeeded
In breaking the deadlock and his nom
inees for comptroller, city clerk, assessor
and city physician have been unani
mously confirmed. The question will
naturally be asked, How does It come
that Kansas City mayors have the right
to appoint the comptrollers, city clerks
and assessors? A suggestion to confer
such powers upon the mayor of Omaha
would throw the Fontanelle club into
convulsions.
One of the bills enacted by the late
legislature prohibits games of sport that
tend to dlpturb the public peace on the
30th day of May, commonly known at
Decoration day, aud the lawyers and
sporting fraternity are debating as to
what games tend to disturb the public
peace. While the great body, of the peo
plo of Nebraska are not likely to dis
tress themselves over the suppression of
Decoration day sports, the fact Is the
late lamented legislature made a record
chiefly for passing trivial laws while
omitting the enactment of laws calcu
lated to benefit the state at large.
One feature of the supreme court de
cision relative to the sale of liquor to
Indians who have received land allot
ments should not be overlooked, and
that is that it will be apt to reduce lu
number the Junkets to Omaha enjoyed
by Indlaus called as witnesses In fed
eral cases. The privilege of attending
court had come to be regarded by the
red men as a picnic with Uncle Sam foot
ing the bill, and tho promise of a sub
poena passed as money current on the
reservation In fact, not overscrupulous
government officials have been known to
reward friendly Indians for favors by
summoning thein to Omaha as witnesses
for cases In which they were never to
be called. The new decision will not
wipe out these abuses all at once, but
It will tend to check them Just so far
ns It abolishes long distant trials for
illicit liquor sales.
Ex-Senator Thurston Is acquiring In
ternational fame as an ethnological at
torney. Two or three years ago he rep
resented the Chinese before the con
gressional committees in opposition to
the re-enactment of the Gary law, or
Chinese exclusion law. Later he became
the attorney of Queen Lll ns an appel
lant for a congressional appropriation to
reimburse her for the confiscation by
the United States of the Hawaiian
crown lands. Now the former senator
has been retained to press claims for
Indemnity for the massacre of several
Americans by the Yaqul Indians In
Sonora.
The rule that public property be re
served exclusively to public use carries
with It the rule that when turned over
to private use the public should be com
pensated. The use of city streets should
be worth Just as much for railroad pur
poses as It would be for purposes of
private business. And because lots of
public property has been given awny In
the past Is no reason why the practice
should be kept up Indefinitely.
Perish the Ttiongclit.
Philadelphia Press.
According to an opinion of the attorney
general of Kansas a number of the farm
ers' associations of that state are operated
In violation of the antl-truat laws. Why,
this la awful!
Governor Mickey on the Spot.
New Tork Tribune.
Governor Mickey of Nebraska donned his
overalls the other day and proceeded to
nail up the board fence on his farm. There
In nothing like a governor keeping his
"fences" in good repair, especially In a
state which boasts of Former Bryan aa a
resident.
Think of Chicago Ranch.
Chicago-Chronicle.
Sociologists . are more than ever con
vinced thnt environment Is the chief in
fluence in shaping character and many con
crete Illustrations can be cited to sus
tain that view. . For instance, look at the
class "of statesmen turned out by Kansas
and Nebraska both of them Jack rabbit
countries.
Onr Hair Ex-Senator.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Ex-Scnator John M. Thurston of Ne
braska, who with ex-Senator Anthony Hlg
gins conducted the defense in the Swayne
Impeachment trial, has been retained by
Senator Mitchell of Oregon to defend him
In the land fraud cases I for which he Is
unfer Indictment. The mercantile marine
league being dead, ThurBton can take the
Job. '
Hot Air on a HlRh Plane.
. Baltimore American.
It has been said that the world would
be a very different place, if all men lived
up to the epitaphs of their tombstones.
The same mlght.esaid. if all political
government fotlftwed the principles and
advice laid down In speeches at political
banquets. Such a high standard of public
morality as a good dinner on these special
occaslors seems to Inspire would go far
towards bringing about the political millennium.
Endurance of the Jap.
American Medicine. '
In the orient there Is a new art of war
depending upon a new style of physique
of a race which has never before been put
to this work. The Jap is short, stocky and
blessed with muscles big enough for a
much taller man. He is consequently able
to do more work than a European of equal
weight. A rural letter-carrier thinks noth
ing of distances for which we demand
horses in exceptional oases the rick
shaw man has been known to trot forty
tniles In a day dragging his paasengor.
The daily drills of the soldiers Include
athletic, exercises too severe for the average
European soldier, such as running up and
down long flight of stairs. It la not Sur
prising, then, that their troops should
cover long distances, and the reports of
four successive days of thirty-five, twenty
five, thirty and fifteen miles of marching
are perfectly credible. They are reported
to have marched forty-eight hours without
food and with little test, and then to have
fought well, though captured men have
dropped asleep Instantly.
PRESIDENTS AND PASSES.
Gratifying; Departure from Cnstora
Followed In the Past.
Chicago Now.
Interest in the more exciting features of
President Roosevelt's present outing In the
west should not be allowed to distract at
tention from the Important announcement
that has been given out by the officials of
one of tha, western roada upon which he
has been traveling. In this statement the
officials announce that:
"The president s train on this road will
be paid for at regular rates and all bills
for transportation will be settled through
the auditing department of the Pennsyl
vanla road and will be paid for by the
president. The only special courtesy
which will be accepted by the president
will be permission to ride on the engine
through Red Rock canyon."
This la a noteworthy and graitfylng de
parture from the custom followed In the
past by presidents and other high officials
of the government when traveling about
the country. The complacency with which
the Incumbents of the chief magistracy
have accepted these "courtesies" from pri
vate corporations has been one of the dis
tinctly discreditable and- disturbing things
In the nation's political life. The Amer
ican people have become so accustomed
to seeing their president meekly accepting
favors from railway companies and mak
ing his journeys at their expense that the
undignified spectacle had almost ceased
to occasion comment. That the example
thus set by the highest official in the land
has encouraged the pass-taking practice
among less prominent officials throughout
the country is not to be doubted. If
presidents do not deem it beneath their
dignity to accept such favors, it Is hardly
likely that minor Incumbents of executive
or legislative offices will hesitate to do so.
If the fctatenient given out by the west
ern road means that President Roosevelt
has decided to put an end to this obnox
ious practice, establishing a precsdent In
this respect, the public will have cause for
rejoicing. After this the rule should be
permanently established that no president
Is to travel "dead-head." Ho should pay
cash or congress by special appropriation
should pay his fare for him. The expenses
which a president must bear in his neces
sary and beneficial travels among his peo
ple are heavy. The nutlon would be glad
to provide for these expenditures to the
end of abolishing the obJeoUoBablo pass
taklng practice.
"BITS OF WAlllUTO I.IKE.
Minor cef and Inrldeata Sketched
on the Snot.
The Postofnce department Is working
overtime these days nd nights striving to
keep pace with the smooth and ccawlesj
activities of crooked promoters. The cotton
invfstment swindle in I'hllndeliihla had
cost that locality about W.min.O'X) when the
department branded it ns a fraud. The
American Maritime League's mall Is still
held up In New York Cltv awaiting- a sat
Isfactory explanation. A bunch of Indlnna
ana noMon promoters are the lafpst to
receive the department's brand. A dispatch
to, the Record-Herald says: William P
Owen, former member of congress from
Indiana, former secretary of state for
Indiana, once a minister of the gospel, or-
ganlier and promoter of the fhero Planta
tlon company In Indiana, . the Mexican
Coffee and Rubber company of Indiana,
tne Lhero Plantation company of Boston,
and tho Consolidation I'bero Plantation
company, also of Bnrton. nan rone to
Europo, and thousands of Investors In the
stocks and bonds of the companies ore
holding the sack. The sack Is empty, and
the trusting public Is out anvwhere from
$1,000,000 to .1,ono,000. These facts are set
forth In a memorandum of the attorney
general for the Postofflco department, ac
companylng a fraud order which was Is
sued the other day against the two Boston
concerns.
It is also stated that Arthur W. Stedman
and Frederick C. Hood, two men prominent
In Boston business and social circles, the
former president and the latter vice nresi
dent of the Consolidated I'bero company.
are likewise absent In Eutodp. Jurice It. 7..
Wiley of Indiana, at present Judge of the
Indiana Appellate fourt. Is named as
treasurer of this company.
The investigation conducted by the de
partment disclosed one of the most gigantic
end baldpAt frauds that haa been per
petrated in recent years. Owpn la said to
have been the prime mover in the entire
swindle and presumably the chief bene
ficiary. Frederick E. Borges, another In
dianlan, waa Owen's partner In the deals.
Borges, It was reported to the department.
has a record for serving a term In the
penitentiaries at Jollct and Pittsburg.
There Is little prospect of any satisfaction
for the Investors, as it Is stated at the
office of the attorney general for the Post-
office department that Owen and Borges
undoubtedly acted on excellent legal advice
In framing their schemes, and it Is a ques
tlon whether they can be reached through
civil or criminal action.
Owen embarked in his Mexican plantation
scheme shortly after retiring from the
office of secretary of state of Indiana in
1S98.
Emboldened by succesa Owen and
Borges next reorganiied the Consolidated
Ubcro Plantation company, issued bonds to
the amount of $2,500,000, and sold both the
bonds and stock on monthly payment
This company was to develop 6,000 acres of
Mexican lands, which it was to purchase
through the Tropical Securities company
(Owen and Borges again), and from the
Mexican Coffee and Rubber company, an
Indiana concern. The latter company was
capitalized at but $80,000, and the frau
dulent character of the transaction is
evidenced by the fact that the Consolidated
company was to pay It $300,000 for property
said to be worth not over $40,000 or $50,000.
Of the 6,000 acres of land 3,733 are still
virgin forest, 1.087 are valueless, and only
1,235 have been planted.
To sell the bonds and stocks representa
tions were made and fulfilled that dividends
would accrue Immediately. The names of
prominent men were widely heralded as
officers and directors and Owen and Borges
even went so far as to put a special brand
of coffee on the market In packages labeled
as the product of the Consolidated com
pany. Investors were urged to use "their
own coffie." Investigation proved not a
grain of coffee had been produced on the
property.
Rpcretarv Shaw, desiring to appoint a
coachman, Is informed that he cannot make
a personal selection, but must apply to the
Civil Service commission. As a result, he
Is cnmoplled to accept a grave-digger who
works at an insane asylum and who haa
not driven a horse for thirteen years.
The veteran New York Journalist
Julius, pays this tribute to the talent and
activities of Alvey A. Adee, assistant sec
re)ary of state: "Mr. Adee haa devoted
more than a generation of life to the
diplomatic service, unselfishly and without
a thought of the personal recognition that
belongs to him. For twenty years he has
been the wheel horse of the State de
partment, under five administrations, at
ways alert, always keen, always fortified
by his erudition in diplomatic usage and
tecnlque. He has served his country with
out thought of personal reward, but has
given to that service the best Judgment
that can be accorded to diplomacy. The
fianal adjustment of the Alaskan boun
dary controversy between this government
and that of Great Britain haa been
achieved by him. Although he Is one of
the best Informed men on foreign affairs
In the United States, he has especially
devoted his Intelligence to a study of the
boundary question In the far northwest.
and his capacity In that work stands for
our prestige In this dispute with a friendly
nation, wherein we had very much to lose
and everything to gain. The result Is that
every Important claim made by the United
Ptate regarding the frontier of the Seward
purchase from Russia, much of which was
highly nebulous, has been conceded.
"When I was living In Madrid General
Caleb Cushlng was the American minister,
He was one of the most remarkable men
and keenest lawyers this country ever pro
duced. He was exalted throughout Europe
as the greatest of diplomats, owing to the
triumpa he had achieved in Geneva a
short time before by his masterly argu
ment In behalf of the United States on
the Alabama claims. The treaty of Wash
ington waa practically drawn by him, and
the glory of the American victory over
the mother nation" in that dispute was
awarded to him. At that time his right-
hand man was a flaxen-haired youngster,
who was Implicitly trusted, and whose
fiedelity to his chief was unquestionable
He knew more about the deliberations In
the Sponlsh cabinet, from day to day,
than any other foreign representative In
Madrid. He alwaya learned what was
doing; and as the Vlrglnius claims had
not been settled it waa of vital importance
to keep well informed. This young man
was a student of the philosophy of diplo
macy, and when President Hayes called
John Hay to be an assistant secretary of
state he know that Mr. Adee was the best
equipped coadjutor to be had In the entire
range of the service. Then came he to
Washington, and from that hour to this
he has held his own even through two
democratic administrations. He 'speaks
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SOZODOPJT
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The Liquid penetrates the little crevices and
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by the card" when he expresses an opln
Ion, and there Is not a phrase In the tech
nlqu of diplomacy unfamllnr to him.
There have been many other men exalted
above him men who have taken credit for
the experience thnt he alone poesesses
but they have melted Into oblivion as the
bright sunlight dl.-pels the dew."
Representative Sereno E. Payne, the re
publican floor leader In the house, has
claims to fame which are not mentioned
In any of his official biographies. Ac
cording to those of his colleagues who
have accompanied him on sundry Junkets
to funerals, foreign lands In search of
congressional Information and even on
campaign trips, he can snore longer and
louder than any man In the United States.
Nor Is Mr. Payne at all bashful of his ac
complishment, nor sensitive when his
talents In this direction are exploited. He
takes the Jokes In good part and now he
never Interferes with the plans of his col
leagues when they seek to find him iso
lated quartern in the leepera or on ship
board. Mr. Payne gets annually several
hundTd cures for the malady of snoring.
He has nostrums sent to him which are
warranted to cure after one trial. Most
of the gifts come from members of con
gress who have spent sleepless nights as
Mr. Payne's traveling companion.
HOPE FOn VOLCASO PHASER.
Real Live Article Calculated, to Boost
the Portland Show.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Mount Shasta, California (14,442 feet),
has been acting strangely of late, so
strangely. Indeed, that, according to tele
graphic advices from Redding, the peoplo
of Slsson and other communities In the
shadow of the magnificent peak so beau
tifully painted by the lamented Elklns of
Chicago are greatly alarmed.
For several days distant rumblings have
been heard and the snow on the summit
la melting fast. On Thursday volcanic
ashes and lavalike mud began to ooze
through the surface of the earth at the
edge of the town of Slsson. This flow
gradually increased until on Friday it
poured forth In several places like thick
ened paint. There are no signs of an
eruption in the mountain Itself, aside from
tho fact that the snow is melting at the
summit, which indicates internal heat. It
is remembered that similar conditions ex
isted and created considerable alarm eleven
years ago.
Mount Shasta Is located in Siskiyou
county, In the northern part of the state,
and the natural beauty of the mountain
and the surrounding country attracts
visitors from all parts of the country. The
Redding correspondent would have us be
live that the people of the neighborhood
are well nigh overcome with anxiety lest
an eruption should occur, but the cynical
will be apt to claim that the anxiety which
prevails at Antelope, Butte, Lava Tip,
Goose Neck and other points Is lest the
eruption should fall to occur in time to
catch the summer tourist.
As a matter of fact, all that Is neces
sary to complete the pIcturesqucneBs of
the scenery in Siskiyou county Is a real
live volcano. The eruption should not he
too violent, however, but Just violent
enough to be Interesting. One of the good
effects of it would be to keep a greHt deal
of money In tho United States that is now
spent abroad by volcano chasers, and the
money could not be spent among a more
deserving lot of people than those who
dwell In the shadow of Shasta.
A MATTER OF HEALTH
Absolutely Pure
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capable, soul-satisfying word. Hello!' It
has gone clear around the world. The
Japs use it. It Is heard In Turkey. Rus
sia couldn't do without it. Neither could
Patagonia,"
This year's celebration of Memorial day
In Philadelphia will be marked by the
participation In tho exercises. In an offi
cial capacity, of a confederate leader.
General Fitxhugh Ie. This will be the
first time in the history of the Grand
Army In Pennsylvania that, a confederate
general haa delivered a Memorial day ora
tion under the auspices of a Grand Army
post. General Ie will be the guest of
Colonel William I Curry Tost No. IS.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"Do you think that republics are un
grateful?'
"Well. answeren senator Horgnum,
thev mav be more or loss unaratHfui. but
they are not ntcessnrlly unreinuneratlve."
Washington Star.
'I hone vou have a clear conscience In
this matter."
Wfll." answered the man who nart been
Indicted for graft. "I have the next best
thing."
What is tnatT
A good lawyer." Indianapolis News.
If a millionaire was to offer you $100,00
would you ooked him If he made it
honestly?"
ISo.'
Would you question his moralsr
No."
What would you do?"
I'd probably full in a fit." Cleveland
Plalndeulcr.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Jeu Tom, one of the most progressive
Chinese In St. Louis, will soon make ap
plication to be admitted to the bar.
General Coxey says bankruptcy is merely
an Incident. One of those "closed In
cidents" that the diplomats talk about.
The president got a bear without diffi
culty, and the chaplain of the Illinois
legislature who prayed for the president's
safety seems to have forgotten the bear.
B. Heaton, principal of the English civil
engineering college of Calcutta, is travel
ing In this country. His object is to study
the educational methods observed In Amer
ican schools. The college with which he
is connected has about 400 students.
John W. Daniel, United States senator
from Virginia, will be the principal speaker
t the meeting In memory of the late
Senator Hoar In Worcester, Mass., on
Wednesday afternoon. He will be the
guest of the Worcester Continentals that
evening.
Admiral Dewey has been Buffering from
rheumatic gout, caused, he gravely de
clares, by the reckless high living of his
Vermont ancestors. The doctor has ex
pressly forbidden grog and tobacco and
the hero of Manila says this is expressly
tantallxing Just now, for a couple of
friends have sent him some fine old brandy
and a box of the very finest cigars mado
In Cuba.
Adachl-Kinnoseeke, the Japanese writer,
says that one day last April General
Kurokl Issued a circular letter to his army,
then lying along the Yalu, In which oc
curred this cheerful passage: "All that
the brave and loyal, all that the human
are able to do. Is certainly expected of
you. That is not all. Your country and
your emperor expect of you the ac
complishment of the impossible."
Frederick P. Fish, president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph com
pany, says that Edison's greatest Invention
was never patented. "Years ago, said Mr.
Fish, "when the telephone first came Into
use, people used to ring a bell and then
say ponderously over the wire: 'Are you
there? Are you ready to talk? Well, Mr.
Edison did away with that awkward, un
American way of doing things. He caught
up a receiver one day and yelled into the
transmitter one word, a most satisfactory.
Vha in vnn i-iHriir to do with your
enormous" accumulation of wealth?"
' Hold on to It, ' Btiswereil Mr. uusttn
8tax. "Mv observation is that a rich man
isn't criticised much until he begins looking
around to find a way to get rid of his)
money." Washington Star.
The Vlfcitor Poor man! What was the
cause of your incarceration In this terrible
place?
The Prisoner Rum, sir!
The Visitor Ah! I thought so. 'TIS tha
old Ktory!
The Prisoner Yes. sir the Judges was
bllln' drunk! Cleveland .Leader.
"We anked our wife the other day,"
writes the editor of tho Hickory Ridge Mis
sourlan, "if she thought she could dress
herself on $65 a year, and she turned pale
and asked us If some rich uncle had died
and left us an Immense fortune." Chi
cago Tribune
SAME OLD STORY.
' New Orleans Times-Democrat.
He tried to "make up," as the phrase Is
But she was unbending:
Was deuf to his prayer and his praise.
Said this was the ending.
He spoke of the old lovft-j-the treason
She purposed unto it ; ' ?.
She smiled as in scorn at the reason,
She didn't so view It.
"Very well, then," he said; "it is over!
I accept the decision!
Go, get you a handsomer lover.
Hold me in derision!"
"I don't see that It really concerns you,"
Like a perfect Icicle
She spoke. "Truly, after one learns you.
She is wise to be fickle!"
Now, mark ye! In dignified; tall way
He turned, was proceeding
For his hut and cane to the hallway,
No further her heeding;
When she thought of a sudden how oftea
In days that had vanished
He'd gone for that hat. and did soften;
In a moment she's banished
From her bosom all anger and scorning
Ran, held him and kissed him
Her pa yelled at 2 o' the morning
Before she dismissed him!
Which Incident only convinces
That the ways of a woman
Are far from the grip of the senses
Of Intellect human.
She mny love you beer jse you've a molt
that
Doth frequently hurt you.
Or hate you because you've a soul that
Possesses each virtue!
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