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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MAY 20. 1903,
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Publishing- Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete cople of Th Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Be printed during the
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a 81,000 . it aft,aso
1 SS.180 U SW.3T0
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1 88,100 30 88,100
88,100 21 88,800
T 80,980 S 80,100
80,030 2t 81,TT0
ao.aso M 88,000
10 8T,lTO 88,000
U 88,170 2Q 88.000
II 88.400 Tl 88,100
U 88.10O 2 8U.80O
14 SO.OOO 28 80,100
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Les unsold cople...
0 ,88,100
.880,480
. 0.T88
Net total aalea 87V,08T
Dally averag 89,331
C. C. ROSEWATER,
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(Seal) M. B. H UNGATE.
Notary Public.
Wait for the Omaha Commercial
club's trade excursion. Biggest and
best
Nebraska crop reports were never bet
ter at this stage and the Nebraska
farmer is already assured of a full
larder next winter.
By his efficient -work in promoting the
Omaha Beautiful, the weather man has
earned an honorary membership in the
Omaha Improvement league.
Colorado promises the largest apple
crop In its history and It is further
claimed that they will not be apples of
discord. '
The Chicago strike promises to be set
tled again today. With all of these set
tlements it may .stop before the time to
haul coal for noxfcv winter.
Those railroad tax commissioners
ought to repeat their stories at the
gtockholders' meeting of their respective
roads to convince the owners how poor
they are. ,
We are told that club women of every
section "are striving for a powderless
Fourth of July." It should not be nec
essary to explain that gunpowder is
what Is referred to.
Editor Berge's plan to oust all pass
holders from membership in the populist
party may be but another move of "the
enemy" to increase attendance at demo
cratic conventions.
That Saigon correspondent who says
no further news is expected at that port
f torn the Busslan fleet, evidently wants
to save the French town from the repu
tation of Shanghai and Chef 00.
Omaha Is to have an Irish-American
celebration of the Fourth of July. Then,
on the principle .that one good turn de
serves another, we sboiUd next year
have an American-Irish celebration of
St Patrick's day.
According to John N. Baldwin, the
big shippers are against railroad rate
regulation. But practically all the little
shippers are for rate regulation, and the
little shippers are to the big shippers In
about the ratio of 100 to 1.
The activity of the Russian noncon
formists since the issue of the ukase
granting religious liberty indicates that
the "suffering heathen" of other lands
may soon have to divide American mis
sionary funds with the mujik.
Should Chicago secure a deep water
canal to the Gulf of Mexico the railroad
rate situation would change consider
ably at least in the opinion of some of
the heavy shippers of that city who at
present express satisfaction with rail
road rates.
The alarming discovery has been
made in South Omaha that some 800
city ordinances are missing from the
files. If worse comes to worst Omaha
has a few unused ordinances which it
might lend to its sister city without
tntHtjlng tlietu.
A French deputy from Cochin China
takes, the country into his confidence
and shows how easily Japan could cap
ture that province, with or without the
assistance of China. Perhaps Rojest
vecsky could he prevailed upon to leave
a few guns in return for bis entertainment.
The New JeiVy man who entered
the "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" plea
changed bis mind and pleaded guilty to
murder in the second degree. He re
membered in time that a New Jersey
ury even would give little beed to a
Mr. Hyde plea aa long as the real Mr.
Ojrde had his headquarters In New York,
C0N0RK8S nKSrOXSIBLC.
It appears that the decision of the
Panama commission to buy goods in the
cheapest market, giving preference to
the foreigners If they ' should underbid
American manufacturers and dealers, is
due to' the failure of congress to au
thorize the purchase 'of articles in the
American market exclusively. The
statement is made that the recommenda
tion was made to congress that It should
distinctly specify whether the articles to
be bought by the government should be
purchased of home manufacturers and
dealers and that no attention was given
to the recommendation. Bills were In
troduced providing that only American
goods should be used In the canal con
struction work, but they were not
adopted, consequently It is assumed that
It was not the wish of congress that
there should be any restriction upon the
commission as to where it might obtain
supplies.
It is the interpretation of the ctinnl
commission, said to be approved by the
president and secretary of war, that it
has warrant to biijfcln the cheapest mar
kets and can go abroad for materials
and supplies. In other words, that while
American manufacturers and merchants
will not be Ignored, but will be given
a chance In the competition for the
many millions of supplies which the
government will require for the con
struction of the ranama canal, there
will be no discrimination against for
eign bidders. If a British firm of man
ufacturers shall for a certain class of
goods underbid an American firm, how
ever small the difference, the commis
sion will give the contract to the former.
In short, the idea appears to be that un
less ' the American manufacturer or
dealer can offer the government prices
as favorable as those offered from
abroad, the government will buy from
the foreigner, regardless of the fact thnt
in doing so there is a distinct injury in
flicted upon American industries and
labor.
It is not at all surprising to find that
this decision of the commission, so mani
festly hostile to American industrial and
commercial interests, is meeting with op
position from those interests and is being
on the other hand hailed with great satis
faction by the opponents of the protec
tive policy. The latter greet it as a
promise that the tariff policy uuder
which our industries have been built up
and the high standard of American labor
maintained is to be overthrown and an
era of practical free trade inaugurated.
It is argued that If the government can
buy abroad at cheaper prices why should
not the individual be enabled to do so.
Hence it is urged that there should be a
modification of the tariff.
The matter is one of such vital Im
portance that it will certainly receive the
careful attention of the next congress
and It is not to be doubted that the canal
commission will be instructed to pur
chase its supplies of American manufac
turers and dealers, so far as this can be
done, under n fair system of competition.
It is Inconceivable that-ri WIfferent policy
will be approved by a congress favorable
to the protection of American industries
and labor.
I NOT WHOLLY FHIEXDLY.
There is no people in the world who
ought to be quite so friendly to the
United States as the people of Cuba.
This country has done more for them
than for any other foreign people, not
only In freeing them from oppressive
Spanish rule, but also in putting them in
a way to build themselves up indus
trially and commercially and to place
their country In a safe position among
the nations of the world. The treatment
of Cuba by the United States is without
a parallel in the history of the world in
the magnunlmlty shown in every respect,
and while It is true that our government
insisted upon certain conditions as a pre
requisite to our recognition of fiie Island
republic, these were absolutely necessary
to the permanence and security of that
republic. They were Justified by the ex
penditure and the sacrifices which the
American people had made for Cuban
freedom and were unquestionably de
manded by our necessary guardianship
over the island. Without what Is known
as the Piatt amendments, incorporated
in the constitution of Cuba, it is by no
means improbable that the republic
would have before this had another revo
lution. The fact that the United States
is pledged to maintain its independence
and to safeguard It against internal dis
order is the best possible assurance of
peace and on"rr for Cuba.
Still the people of the island ore not
wholly friendly to this country. Accord
ing to reports the opposition to President
Palma is based upon his supposed friend
liness to Americans, he having resided
for many years In this country and made
himself thoroughly famlliur with Ameri
can sentiment toward the Cuban people.
It is stated that there is a feeling among
the islanders that It is the intention of
this country to sooner or later absorb
Cuba and that this apprehension is stim
ulated by the fact that American capital
Is being freely invested in Cubun lands
and Industries. "Everywhere." it is said,
"there is fear of the trusts and of Ameri
can syndicates, which are buying land In
huge tracts and crowding the natives to
the wall, or at best reducing them to the
position of wage workers." As an offset
to this it is stated that Spanish immigra
tion to the island is being encouraged
and that Spaniards are arriving there at
the rate of 3,0(10 a month.
It is perhaps needless to say that there
is no ground for the feeling that our peo
ple have any intention hostile to the con
tinued Independence of Cuba. Since that
republic was established tkere has not
been heard in this country any expres
sion of sentiment in favor of making it
a part of the American nation. But If
the Cubans assume a position of hostility
to this country and permit themselves to
be controlled by Spanish opinion they
will invite action on the part of the
United States that might inevitably lead
to the annexation of the Island aa a mat-
ter of self defense. The American de
sire is tliot Cuba shall remain an inde
pendent republic, under such American
guardianship as it now has, but this
country will not tolerate a policy there
which would bo antagonistic to our In
terests and make Cuba practically a for
eign nation, with affiliations Spanish
rather than American. If ever such a
condition Is created, as the trend now
seems to Indicate there will be. It will
not be a great while thereafter when
Cuba will liecome a part of the United
States. The obviously wise course fojr,
the Cubans is to maintain and cultivate
the most friendly relations with this
country.
ORGANIZING THE LIVE STOCK MEN.
The National Live Stock association,
which recently held a convention made
up of men engaged In the cattle raising
Industry in the transmlssissippl states
and territories, has Issued a circular
calling attention to the objects of the
association and its plan of campaign
for the promotion of the growth and
prosperity of the live stock industry by
the expansion of domestic demand for
its products and tiieir exportation to
foreign countries.
Incidentally the National Live Stock
association also desires to exert its in
fluences in favor of amendments to the
interstate commerce law, providing for
Just and reasonable railway rates and
services. It is proposed through the
general government to secure the en
largement and extension of our foreign
trade by the removal of restrictions Im
posed by foreign countries and doing
away with prejudice excited in foreign
markets against American meat prod
ucts. To carry out this program an agitation
In favor of an expanded export business
and for readjustment of our commercial
relations with continental countries, es
pecially In behalf of freer admission of
American meat products in their mar
kets is intended. In this movement the
American Live Stock association pro
poses to co-opernte with the millers" as
sociation and the commercial associa
tions of the great American cities.
In inviting the live stock men and
parties Interested in the expansion and
prosperity of the cattle Industry the Na
tional Live Stock association gives as
surnnce thoj it is thoroughly representa
tive and composed of members of the
various locol and state organizations
and organized live stock industries
throughout the country, and stands
ready in its conventions to admit dele
gates from every other organization that
Is in sympathy with its aims and objects
and proposes to co-operate for the con
summation of these objects.
In this movement the association is
entitled to the support of the agricul
tural classes of every section of the
country, and especially those of the
states in the great corn belt including
also Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa,
Nebraska and the Pokotas.
- July wheat Is now occupying the cen
ter of the stage, but the price of bread
In the midsummer is, fortunately, not
fixed by what the speculators think
about it In May, and members of the
board of trade may find themselves
shortly In the condition of the Wall
street speculators, interesting only to
themselves and with little influence on
the real market
Nothing is so preposterous that a per
son cannot by reiteration persuade him
self that it is true, if he wants to be
lieve It That may explain why John N.
Baldwin keeps on telling himself that
there Is no "deep-seated" demand in the
west for railroad rate regulation. When
It comes to convincing other people,
however, Mr. Baldwin is at a disadvantage.
If the only response the persuasive
efforts of the Hon. Robert J. Clancy can
elicit from the governor after listening
ns a member of the State Board of As
sessment to his plea for relief from the
overtaxed railroads, Is, "It'a all rot and
you know It," it will probably be neces
sary to call off the understudy and send
the heavy artillery down with the real
oratory.
According to the Far Eastern Review,
published at Manila, the collector of cus
toms of the Islands has advised the insu
lar government to repay exporters all
money collected by the United States
government as duties. The collector
evidently forgets the countervailing du
ties which are made to apply to Just
such cases.
Another weight is being laid on the
office of press censor of Russia. An ap
plication being made for permission to
print a newspaper in the language of
Mongolia, and the present force of cen
sors being already straining to improve
their knowledge of Tolish and Lithuanian.
Another American Invasion.
St. Louis Republic.
Eighteen American brewers have gone to
Europe and they deny that they purpose to
offset the corner In the German hop mar
ket. Anhow, th?y'U make things brew over
ttiere. t
' Reaching; for More lee.
Boston Trar.scrlnt.
Canada claims the North Pole, and is
afraid that we may discover It away from
her; but she should remember that It is
surrounded by a hitherto Impassable shiver
de frede.
How the Wicked Prosper.
Boston Globe.
The Standard Oil company ha just de
clared a dividend of $9 a share, making thy
total distribution so far this year, $24 a
share, or 124.000,000 on the 1100,000,000 capital
isation. Can't you almost hear Dr. Gladden
saying: "Lord how the wicked prosper!"
Yellow Man Catching; On.
Springfield Republican.
The boyoott on American manufacture
In China, because of thexway our Chines
exclusion ' laws are enforced may not be
th real thing, although th Shanghai Chi
ne seem to be very much In earnest
about It. In any event, th yellow man
I learning how' to strike back, and h will
do wonder. If we give him tUn.
OTHER I,ANDS TH AM OVRS.
The Japaneoe are serious-minded peonle,
as their literary habits show. They take
life seriously and devote their time to the
reading of what would be called In Amer
ica solid book. The' recent report of the
librarian of tW Imperial library at Toklo
shows that there Is little demand for light
literature In that capital, for fiction of any
sort, contrary to the experience of most
of the popular libraries In England, France
and America. The Japanrse mind runs
to science, mathematics, medicine, lan
guage, and to what may be termed the
graver forms of literature. More than 40
per cent of the works taken out of the
Imperial library are of this character. The
Japanese are very fond of history, In the
making of which they are extensively en
gaged at present in the eastern war. En
gineering, military and naval science re
ceive much attention. The Interest In
these subjects has been greatly stimulated
by the war. . The Japanese are men of
thought as 'well as of action, and well
deserve the designation "Yankees of the
East." Works of the Imagination do hot
appear to appeal to them. They seem to
be devoted to practical studies, and It
may be an ominous sign that they delight
In the study of the science of warfare.
M
Some of the Dutch newspapers of lute
have been advocating an alliance of Hol
land with Germany, a a means of guard
ing the former's eastern colonies from In
terference by Russia and Japan. An emi
nent Amsterdam lawyer, in conversation
with an English correspondent, said that
what the Dutch fear most as the result of
Japanese victories is the ultimate annexa
tion, either by warlike means or as the
outcome of diplomatic action, of their
eastern possessions. They are endeavoring
to obtain the protection of one or another
of the great maritime powers, and natu
rally turn either toward England or to
wards Gerraany. With the Germans, he
remarked, the average Dutchman Is not In
close sympathy. On the other hand, It Is,
he said, certain that for years past, under
the dominant Influence of Leopold II., Bel
gium has been seeking a rapprochement
with Holland. The two countries have com
mon Interests both In the Congo and In
eastern waters. The frequent visits of
Dr. Kuyper to Brussels, under the pre
text of health, have undoubtedly, in his
opinion, had a political object. It Is prob
able that Holland will to a certain extent
follow the lead of Belgium and, he be
lieves, that In the end England will find
It to Its advantage to draw Into closer re
lations with both countries.
The German newspapers are publishing
accounts of the great damage done to na
tive settlements by lions in German East
Africa, and thus attention has been directed
to the fact that there is rare sport in these
regions for the hunters of big game. It ap
pears that there are only about 600 Ger
mans In the province, most of these mili
tary or civil officials, and that few of them
are ardent nlmrods. As a rule, they con
fine themselves mainly, to the coast towns,
whereas, the center of the Bportlng district
is Dar-es-Salaam. There Is plenty of big
game In British East Africa also, but there
are also game laws. For Instance, In the
British possessions the visiting Sportsman
has to pay $250 for a license, and the set
tler 100. Even then. In a calendar month no
man may shoot more than two elephants,
rhinoceroses, hippopotami, zebras, ante
lopes, or fur monkeys, or more than ten
of the smaller animals, such as wild pigs,
wildcats, and jackals. Lions, leopards and
crocodiles may be shot In any quantities.
In German East Africa there is no restric
tion whatever as tqUhe amount of game
that may be shot. .The beBt time to visit
the hunting grounj, is said to be from
May to October,bnA.pKst of the necessary
requirements fohej.fxpedltion can be ob
tained from local' dealers In Dar-es-Salaam.
In addition to big game, there are birds of
all eorts and sizes, npany of them excellent
eating, as also are certain kinds of mon
keys. The wild pigs are not, as a rule,
eaten by th white man, but the natives
enjoy them.
Berlin and Hamburg are about 155 miles
apart in a straight lme, with level country
between, presenting as good a field for a
high speed railway as any to be found In
Europe. One Is now being talked about
on the Berlln-Zossen plan, which has
shown that a speed of 120 miles an hour
was practicable and safe, and two com
panies of the highest ' credit the General
Electric and that of Messrs. Siemens &
Halske have submitted bids on it. The
former proposes a double track and a
speed of 100 miles an hour. This will cost
130,000,000 and earn dividends after paying
Interest and running expenses. Pushing
the speed up to 125 miles an hour would
Increase the cost of the plant considerably
and, roughly estimated, double the run
ning expenses. At this rate it Is not
thought that the road will pay. The other
company proposes a single track, with
provision for the crossing of trains at
Wittenberg, about the middle of the course.
The plan would be to send out trains from
both stations every two hours or oftener
If ! the traffic demanded, making the run
Just inside of two hours. At present the
time of express trains is three hours, the
Blower ones taking from five to six and a
half hours.
The committee appointed by the Imperial
Technical society to consider the capacity
of Russian yards to build a new fleet has
sent In its report. It says that the chief
motives for building abroad are the desire
to renew the fleet In a three years' term
and distrust In the powers of he Rus
sian yards. There is, it argues, no ground
for hurry, as the war with Japan Is not
likely to last long enough for the new
fleet to have any Influence on its result;
while. If haste is rendered necessary by
the danger of war with other powers. It
must be remembered that such an eventual
ity would make the delivery of foreign
built ships Impossible. The committee
hears that the new naval program includes
ten first class battleships, fifteen armoured
cruisers, twelve protected cruisers, and
twelve second class cruisers. The Russian
yards. It admits, cannot execute this im
mense program in three years, but are
capable of carrying out a yet larger order
In ten years. The question of engines, boil
ers, torpedo armament, electric and signal
ling equipment presents no difficulty, but
that of artillery Is less simple, as neither
the Obukhov nor the Motovllikhinsk works
can furnish fact as to their possible
capacity. The most serious difficulty Is
armor, as the annual output of the gov
ernment works will not suffice for more
than two to two and a half first class bat
tleship. Should the shipbuilding orders
be placed in Russia, the report adds, sev
eral large firms would build new slips for
Ironclads on the Baltic shore, so that the
whole program could be completed In Ave
years, on condition of a Government guar
antee of work for a stipulated period.
Germany ha now an Inland water ays
tern of 8,800 miles, of which 6,778 are
natural rivers, l,l canalised streams and
1,751 canals. The federated government
have apent $110,000,000 on them in the last
ten years, and a large further outlay is In
prospect. A favorite scheme of the em
peror' Is to connect the main north and
south river of th mplr by mean of
east and west canal starting near Dussel
dorf on th Rhine and reaching Frankfort
on th Oder via Berlin, these artificial
waterway to coat about 190,000,000. German
enterprise in this direction 1 pushing and
persistent, while that of Franc. In the
am line, though mora grandiose, la not
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so progressive and practical. The latter
country proposes a gradual expenditure of
1,781,000,000 francs on Its canals and Internal
waterways, and the plan Is not altogether
on paper, though up to this time a good
deal of It Is. England Is prepared to re
store and Improve her decaying canals, and
there Is American capital for tho work
If it should be wanted. Belgium Is em
ulating tho canal enterprise of Holland,
Austria has decided to spend $5,000,000 In
similar work and Italy Is trying to raise
$22,000,000 for the same purpose. The canal
as a carrier is thus seen to be by no mean
obsolete.
SUPPLIES FOR THE CANAL,
Sound Reasons for the Policy Adopted
by the Administration.
New York Tribune.
The Isthmian Canal commission has Just
decided one of the most important indus
trial and economic questions that have
come or will come before It. It is that re
lating to the purchase of machinery, ves
sels and genoal supplies for the great
work In hand. Briefly, the decision Is that
such things shall be purchased whenever
they cun be most advantageously secured,
whether In the United States or in for
eign lands. We have no doubt that this
decision will be criticised unfavorably by
few, chiefly by Borne whoso expectations
are not altogether disinterested. We have
no doubt, cither, that it will be cordially
approved by the best Judgment of tho
American nation.
There appears to be really no considera
ble argument against such a system of pur
chase. Tho principle of the protective
tariff in fidelity to which we yield pre
cedence 1 td hone cannot be effectively in
voked against it, for the reason that pro
tection Is Intended to preserve the home
market for the home producer, and the
Panama canul Is not a home market. The
canal zone Is not a part of the United
States, and the canal which we are con
structing there is not to be a domestic In
stitution, such as, let us say, the Erie
canal or one of the Pacific railroads. The
canal will be owned by this country, and
will be operated and controlled by this
country. We trust that In time it will also
be used by this country more than by any
other, But, nevertheless, It will be In a
foreign land, and it will be, by the most
sacred guarantees, open impartially for in
ternational and universal use. We cannot
see, then, that It is properly to bo re
garded as under the rule of the protective
system.
There are on the other hand, strong
arguments In favor of precisely such a sys
tem as that which has been adopted by the
commission. It Is on all hands agreed
that provided. In the first place, that It be
the best possible canal In plan and work
manship It is eminently desirable that the
canal shall be constructed as quickly and
as cheaply as possible. There Is a reason
to believe that much time, perhaps a year
or two, and much money, amounting, per
haps, to tens of millions of dollars, can be
saved through the policy adopted by the
commission. We have on various occasions
commented upon the businesslike conduqt
of the British government In making large
purchases of bridges, engines, etc., In
America, Instead of in England, because
they could be provided here much more
promptly than there, and there was Im
perative need of the utmost expedition.
This country will commit no mistake In
doing the santOT To cite a single example.
It would be folly for the United States
to watt a year and a half for two ships,
and then pay $1,400,000 for them, when It
could get them at once for little more than
half that price.
In at least two Important particulars the
government ha long been committed to the
very policy now formally announced. In
purchasing the unfinished canal from the
French company It purchased million of
dollars worth of foreign machinery and
other supplies. Having done that at the
beginning, It would seem to be logical for
It to continue so doing whenever It Is to
Its material advantage to do so. Again,
the principal of employing alien labor has
been well established. Natives of Panama,
imported workmen from Jamaica and other
non-Americans are employed and are to
be employed. This Is necessary, since It
would probably be Impossible to get labor
In this country to do the work. 1 then,
we are to employ foreign workmen, there
would seem to be no reason why they
should not use foreign machinery.
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POLITICAL DRIFT.
Senator Gorman announces that he Is a
candladt for re-election and merrily hums,
"Maryland, My Maryland."
During the reform and economical rule
of Tom Johnson, Cleveland managed to
add $8,000,000 to its bonded debt.
The greatest problem of statecraft con
fronting Governor Deneen of Illinois ia th
sifting of 10,000 applications for J.00O Jobs.
SMyor Dunne of Chicago has emphatically
announced that all grafters must go, and
yet It Is beloved that wmt further action
may be necessary.
William C. McMillan, son of th late Sen
ator McMillan of Michigan, proposes to en
ter the senatorial race for the seat occu
pied by General Alger.
Governor Folk of Missouri announces
that the people of the state with few ex
ceptions are obeying the laws. The ex
ceptions appeal to the state supremo court.
Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania
vetoed several appropriations for benevo
lent Institutions and signed th bill appro
priating $20,000 for a monument to Mat
thew S. Quay,
Henry G. Davis' 77-year-old brother was
nominated for congress last week by West
Virginia democrats In the district once
represented by the late William Wilson
of tariff bill fame.
"All honor to the men who have (topped
the gas steal," exclaimed the Philadelphia
Record on Wednesday morning. On Fri
day morning there were several addi
tional exclamations pitched in a warmer
key.
The head janitor of the Colorado state
house publicly warns members who stole
a cuspidor that he must return the arti
cle within three days or arrest will fol
low. It Is explained tho cuspidor Is china
ware, which could not safely be nailed
down.
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SAMPLES OK KOHKIU lil'MOR.
Father (to his little daughter) I hope you
have been obedient to your mother while
I was away?
Daughter Oh, yes, papa. When Mr. Oay
boy called I didn't even wait to be told to
go out Into the garden and play with Fido.
Translated for Tales from Rlre ct Gal
anterle. First Composer Well, old boy, you look
happy. What have you been doing writing
a wedding march T
Second Composer No, there are wedding
marches enouKh already. I've got a brand
new idea.
"What's that?"
"I'm composing a divorce march." Trans
lated for Tales from Meggendorfer Blatter.
"When I marry I want a wlfo who Is my
exact opposite in every respect."
"But, my dear boy, you 11 never find a
perfect woman." Translated for Tales
from La Rlre.
"Sir: Your wife Is held by us for ran
som. She will be detained until you do
posit $10,000 under the oak tree at the top
of the hill. The Black Hand."
"Dear Sirs: Your favor of recent date
received. I have deposited under the oak
tree a trunk containing the rest of my
wife's wardrobe. Yours truly, J. B. Hen-
pecke." Translated for Tales from Meggf
Uorfer Blatter.
MY OLD CLOTHES.
Puck.
I used to hnve a suit of clothel
All rags and paint and dirt;
What luxury It was to wear
A suit 1 couldn't hurt!
Secure within that wreck of cloth
I grovelled on the ground;
In garret, stable, garden, yard,
Primeval bliss I found.
It waxed familiar with the woods,
Tho thickets, marshes, brooks.
It carried rents and burrs and mud
From ull the forest nooks,
I got down close to Mother Earth,
My spirit seemed to root
Ami spread its filaments and grow
Within that mouldy suit.
But ah, my wife, in vandal mood.
One hapless fit of cleaning day,
In valiant fit of tidiness,
Gave my old suit away!
And now I weed tho garden walks
At length of formal hoe,
And keep within the proper paths
When to the woods I go.
I've lost the sense of sweet, warm dirt.
The kinship with the ground;
I must bo careful of mv clothes
Whene'er I tinker 'round.
I do not own a single suit
But claims my constant enre.
No shred nf blessed cloth that I
Obliviously wear.
Before my oldest suit Is fit
For either work or fun,
A solemn year at lenHt a year
Must circumspectly run.
O, woman, woman! prim and neat.
The flower of human kind,
I'd not nbnte your dnlntiness
And purity of mind;
But. oh. with heavnnlv perfectnesst
Your graces will be trlrt
If you will let a hnppv man
Just wallow in the dirt.
AT LAST
Thomas W. Lawson tells
how the biggest National '
Bank in America conwiitted
i-"'"i
THE CRIME- OF
AMALGAMATED
Charles Edward Russell exposes the Beef-Trust-V
Report of the beautiful theorist Garfield, who was no
more prepared to go up against the Beef Trust crowd
than a babe in the cradle.
Ten great stories An article on the Fun
Makers A Superb Art feature The usual clever
departments And a new one, " Under the Spreading
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