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MO 24 SM.ftlO 25 28.TIM 26 20,040 27 BO.lftO 2fl 2O.1I0 2 SO.SBO SO 83,000 81 20,020 ...' BOT.H04 20,24 U. C. ROSE WATER, , Jiecratary., Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 31st day of May, 1806. (Seal) M. B. HUNQATE, Notary Public. WHEX OUT OF TOWN, subscribers leaving th city tem porarily should have Th Be mailed to them. It I better than dally letter from horns. Ad dress will bo changed a often as requested. 1 Alternating currents of heat and cold seem to discredit out weather fore castors. Norway may find that It takes at least two to break an international bargain, as well as to make one. Up to the hour of going to press Wil liam J. Council had not retracted or apologized. Call a grand Jury! The coming tariff, war in the United States will probably carry the well known Inscription, "Made in Germany." If the war lasts long enough Set-re tary Taft may be able to offset his visit to Japan by calling ou a Russian ad miral at Manila. William Jennings Bryan has been made a doctor of laws by the Nebraska Wesleyan university. Bryan's tip was $500 of untainted money. The attempted dissolution of the Scandinavian union may mean that Rus sian diplomacy is more effective in Europe than Russian arms in Asia. The zemstvos of the Kquitable are apparently exerting but little more Influ ence than the zemstvos of Russia, but so far they are still permitted to meet. City Treasurer Hennings is a Arm be liever In the efficacy of newspaper ad vertising. Witness his public invitation to taxpayers to come up to the captain's office and settle. TUB tCAK DISA TtA W CRISIS. BTit Issue between Sweden and Nor way, which threatens to bring auout a revolution between those countries, has been pending for several years. It the belief expressed by the commis sioner that the pension roll from now on will continue to decrease. For In stance It is stated that during April the mortality among the veterans of the war grows out of a question which it would I for the unlou was unusually larue mid eem ought to be easily adjusted, but it is reasonably to be expected that the which both countries have fouud a perennial source of trouble and con The matter Is simply one of consular regulation. The union between the two countries has been satisfactory in all but one respect and that telates to the consular representation. Most of this haa been In the hands of Sweden, 'which is the most populous and superior also in respect of industries and commerce. Very naturally Sweden has made the greater progress and the Norwegians deaths among these will steadily In crease from year to year. In . fact. that is inevitable and It neces sarily means a steady reduction in (he pension demand upon the gov ernment In an Interview a few days ago the commissioner of pensions 1s quoted as saying: "It has been forty years since the close of the war, so that the average age of the civil war vet eran is well on toward "0 years. In view of this fact, I believe we may look for a steady decline In the total nuiii- should add to the list in the meantime, There appears to be little probability that any additions will bo made to the pension roll, or at any rate not sufficient to make any material addition to the outlay of the government In this direc tion. The American people have never objected to a liberal policy of pensions for the men who preserved the union and they will still approve whatever Is Just and right In this respect The pen sion demand upon the government Is large, but It is not beyond the ability of our people to bear. ' quite naturally account for this on the bor of pensioners, unless new legislation ground that the Swedish consuls work for their own country to the detriment of Norway. There is probably some ground for this, and by way of remedy ing what they esteem to be a great wrong and handicap the Norwegians have been for some time demanding that they should have a separate consul ate service In other words a service that would enable Norway to promote her own industrial and commercial in terests in absolute Independence of Sweden. As already said, the matter has been tinder discussion for years and has finally assumed a form which threatens the dissolution between Sweden and Norway. We do not believe that this will take place, but that is the danger w hich is manifestly threatened. It would be a great blunder to dissolve the union between Sweden and Norway, originally formed for mutual defense and quite as essential now as then for the preserva tion of the autonomy of the two na tions. It is not difficult to understand what would be the result of a division of these countries, partfcularly if It should be brought about by a revolu tlon that would seriously weaken the resources' of both . of them. Such a condition would necessarily leave them a prey to any European power that might desire to absorb one or both of them, and it is a matter of common knowledge that there are European powers which have long had their eyes upon these Scandinavian states. Norway's declaration that she is out of the union is not absolutely final. It Is a most specific warning to Sweden, yet the declaration Is not beyond recall and in the way it opens for negotia- tions there Is at least a possibility that an understanding may be reached which will "avert revolution. A conflict of serious nature between Sweden and Norway would be universally regretted, THE SASH CELtBRATlOX. Omaha rarely celebrates the national Independence anniversary by grand mil itary and civic demonstrations and spread eagle oratory, but contents itself of parcela by poHt l8 remarkably buck rather with picnics and recreations at .vnrri lnHtitute comuarisons THE POSTAL DEFClEXCr It Is said that th postal deficiency for th fiscal year that closes with the present month will be 115,000. (XO. But It Is also stated that the cost of rural free delivery is an Item that more than balances the deficit. Rural free delivery has come to stay. It Is one of the most valuable improve ments ever introduced In the service and one of far-reaching utility. Its rapid de velopment is a good thing. In eight years the number of routes has increased from four to 30,98-. The present service is to 2,170,000 families fh the country, or 9.000,000 persons, which Is a ninth of the total pop ulation of the country. In the leading countries of Europe the mall is taken to every door. Such thoroughness Is not yet possible in the United States, but the sys tem should be advanced steadily. There are places where congress ran economize In the Postofflce department. Abuses still exist in second-class matter. Th parcels poBt in this country is remark ably backward and expensive. The Inst congress was asked to authorize rural car riers to deliver packages of merchandise up to five pounds for a postage rate of 3 cents a pound, but no action was taken. A package can be mailed from this country to London or back more cheaply than from any one American postomce to anomcr. Perhaps this strange absurdity will tend to arouse congress to give more attention to postal necessities. The United States Is the only large country with a postal de ficit and it is a chronic condition. Postal affairs need some readjustment through congressional action. Deficits will be one fot the Issues of the. coming session. Intelli gent, incisive postal legislation will be of great general benefit. St. Louis Globe Democrat. Our St. Louis contemporary is emi nently correct. Abuses still exist in second-class matter and the conveyance fore the senate railroad committee to protest against rsllroad regulation sre yet to Ik heard from. They doubt less were also actuated solely by a de sire to prevent disaster to Nebraska stock raisers, grain raisers and shippers as well as to consumers who pay the freight in the long run. City Attorney Ilrecu has knocked In the head the proposed subsidy of 3,K)0 out of the city treasury for the Juvenile court by pronouncing such an appro priation illegal. So far, so good. Now, If Mr. Breen will head off a few more of the questionable Invasions of the city's pockctbook, he may Justify the Increased salary provided for the city attorney under the revised charter. Apparently the bids submitted by pav ing contractors are reasonably low and property owners will not suffer, provid ing the specifications for quantity and quality of material are rigidly enforced. In other words, property owners will have no ground for complaint of ex cessive paving taxes, but extremely low prices always Justify a watchout for inferior work and material. Now that Street Commissioner Hum mel reads his title clear, it Is to be hoped he will do more to enforce the regula tions that prohibit grading contractors from littering the paved streets with loose earth, which, ground into dust, permeates the atmosphere in the busi ness section of the city. The World-Herald's arraignment of public officials for testifying to Tom I)ennIson"s good reputation for honesty carefully specifics the republican of ficials, while with equal care it covers up the democratic officials who ave the same testimony. If this is not dls honesty, what is it? raom.RM or rate reoihtio. Railroads I'laaalaa a Systematic Campaign All Over the (naatry. The battle between President Roosevelt's Imlnlstratlon and the railroad corpora tions over the nuestloh of freight rate reg ulation is not likely to lag for a moment until congress acts decisively. Roth sides are watching every move. A correspondent of the Boston Transcript, rltlng from Washington, says: "Word as reached the White House that the rail ways are developing a systematic cam paign all over the country, but more partlc- larly at the great terminal points, where hlppeis fur years have been enjoying com fortable rates. Sentiment favorable to the railways at these points will lc crystallized nd given publicity. The big shippers will be called upon to come to the aid of th carriers, and their response, the railways believe, will exert a powerful effect upon the public mind, by showing that there Is no real demand for the legislation which the president Is asking for. "The strength of such organized effort will of course be very great, particularly when It is remembered that the people who are demanding the proposed legislation are not well organized. Widely scattered over the country, they are the small shippers for the most part, at way stations along the nu merous lines of railway, and In the rural communities. 'When the railways undertake to show that the country Is not reallv demanding that the government be given the power to fix rates, the rural members of congress may combine In opposition, and they may put the administration hill through the lower house with a majority quite as large as that which the Ksch-Townsend bill re ceived last spring. And then the fight would be transferred to the senate. If there should be no legislation at the next session, the president will bear down with all his force to secure action in the short session before March 4. 19fT. Falling In this, he would call an extra session of the new congress, to be elected In November, 1906. Governor Mickey Iihs appointed eight een delegates to the national good roads convention which will be held at Port land, Ore., June 21 to 24. If the dele gation starts at once it may get there in time. Walking is good. The state only provides a tie pass for each, good until used. Much talk is again heard regarding the readjustment of western railroad affairs by the absorption of the Chicago Groat Western railroad, which under the Stlck- uey management has been a bull in the railroad china shop. But so long as the report lacks confirmation we may rest our fears. Kansas City papers are exercised over the letting of a contract for soft coal by the city at $2.05 a ton when private cor porations in Kansas City get the same quality of coal at $1.50 per ton which goes to show that graft is not ex tlnguished yet down in Missouri. the parks and various resorts in the im mediate neighborhood of the city with 41 promiscuous and scattering discharge of revolvers, toy pistols and giant crackers, topped off with private fireworks. Unless we turn over a new leaf this program will be repeated on the coming Fourth with the usual resulting acci- wlth the parcel packet service of other countries. A postal deficit in a country of 80,000,000 population, where inter communication by mail is so frequent and .general, is an anomaly. If the Fifty-ninth congress has the courage and integrity to resist the pres sure of the express and railroad lobby dents from explosives by which people posta, dpflCits will become a thing of the of all ages and sexes are maimed or disabled as a memento of the American holiday. Last year an effort was made by the municipal authorities of Omaha to emulate the example of other cities to stop the annual slaughter of the lnno cents for which the discharge of fire arms, toy pistols and giant crackers have been responsible. But mayor's procla mations do not suffice to dampen the past There is no good reason why the railroads should charge any higher rate for the transportation of mails than they do for the transportation of express goods, and there is no good reason why the government should pay for fast mail service where the ordinary mail and ex press trains are ample to perform the service required by the business interests of the country. It has long been ap ardor of the average patriotic Juvenile parent to everybody familiar with our Fortunately for Russia's future great ness there are few military traditions to interfere with a complete revolution in The art and science of war aa taught in Russian schools. While a treasury deficit may be unde sirable, it is not so distressing when there is something to show for the ex penditure as when oue must wonder where the money went. The hearing of the railroad tax cases demonstrates that the railroads do not complain so much that the state board was influenced In arriving at its deci sion as the direction in which it was in fluenced. ' or the cupidity of the fireworks vender. This yeur we have a municipal ordi nance enacted by the city council de signed to limit the length of the deadly firecracker and the over-indulgence In dangerous explosives. While the ordi nance does not go far enough, it may serve as a preventive of Fourth of July slaughter, but only by strict enforce ment by the police department. Inas much as but four weeks remain until the Fourth, the police should let It be known at once that the possession or sale of the forbidden articles will not be tolerated no matter on what plea and that they will make an example of the first offender regardless of personal consid erations. In this way, and in this way alone. can the people of Omaha be safeguarded from Fourth of July accidents and con flagrations. postal service that the whole system of railway mall transportation needs thor ough overhauling and reorganization on business lines. The Equitable contest has reached the point where the brilliant repartee of the participants is instructive. lu reply to the bitter remarks of Vice President Hyde Mr. Uarriman la said to have aaid: "Bow, wow, wow, woof." ' The only interest in the coming meet' log of the democrats of the First Ne b'raska district center in the platform. It will satisfy sane curiosity to see what exceptions the opposition can take to the republican platform declaration. If the Hydes and Alexanders in the in aide of the executive committee of the Commercial club keep on playing politics from behind the screen the Commercial club will presently find Itself in the same predicament as the Kquitable Life. Iowa bankers in state convention might explain the reason for so many bank failures in that atato during the past year. The lurid tala charging them all up to the. Beef trust is hard to awal low. Before giving ' the Howard street market place the us of additional street apace, would it not be well to make use of the market house building which the city baa erected on Capitol avenut at coueldcrable expense to ui taxpayer TUB PKSSIOS SERVICE. To the American people one of the most Interesting parts of the public service is that relating to pensions, and for the very simple reason that it in volves an annual outlay which Is ex- Munklpal ownership of street railways appears to be a dubious problem to J. A. Dalrympie, the traction expert of Glas gow, Scotland, wiio cnnie to tne united States at tho urgent request of Mayor Dunne of Chicago. In discussing it, after an inspection of the street railway sys tems of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Mr, Dalrympie is quoted as saying: In Glasgow we have a comparatively in significant mileage compared with that of th Twin Cities, and no comparison be tween the systems can therefore b In stituted, said Mr. Dalrympie. We make charges according to the distance traveled the same as the steam railroads do. Your American adea of one fare, which admits of a ride for several miles, with a transfer for several miles more, Is something that we would never even consider. With a small system we were able to assume municipal ownership In Glasgow, but I am not pre pared to say whether with the totally dif ferent conditions obtaining in America it could be made effective in American cities or not. Rational advocates of municipal own ershlp will concur with Mr. Dalrympie ceeded by few other branches of the government. For Instance the cost of that city ownership of street railways in the pension list during the last fiscal America is altogether a different prob- year amounted to a sum more than half of the revenue of the government from exports and about one-third of the en tire revenue of the nation. That is a very great amount to be paid out to individuals and yet every dollar of It went into the general fund of expend! ture and was spent 'among our own peo ple, whose taxes contributed to It This lem from the ownership and operation Of street railwayH in Great Britain, Just as there is a vast difference between municipal ownership and management of oilier public utilities abroad and in America. For all thnt, however, mu nlclpal ownership is making steady headway in this country; not so much ttecause of the promise of better and Is a fact in regard to pensions which I cheaper service as because of the cor- ls not generally recognized and hence a I ruption and scandal which private own common misunderstanding in regard to ershlp of public utilities has generated me pension policy, ir it were more generally understood that every dollar paid out by the government in the way of pensions found its way back Into the pockets of the people or more properly Into the channels of trade It is safe to In connection ments. with municipal govern The Bee cheerfully gives publicity to the disclaimer of the president of the Fontanelle c'ub against the intimation say that there would be less opposition that he made a pilgrimage to Washing than has been shown to the pension sys- ton to protest again t the proposed gov tern. eminent regulation of railroads at the According to recent figures compiled instance of the railroad managers or at by the commissioner of pensions the tha expense of the government. The high water mark of the pension roll was chief of the Fontanelles declares that he reached a cotple of months ago, when was actuated solely by the desire to It reached 1.001.7M pensioners. Since protect the business interests of Omaha then there has been some falling off. and the agricultural interests of Ne showing tht th veterans of a certain braska. The other heavy shlppera from class tre dropping out and warraating l Nebraska wKo appeared aa wltneaaes be Rightly Named. New York Tribune. Admiral Togo ha 8" named the greatest of sea battles the BattM of the Sea of Japan. No one questions- the admiral's right to name It, and his desire to associate Its glory directly with the name of his country s readily understood and does credit to his patriotism, though at the expense of geo graphical exactness. Try It on the Men. Baltimore American. The I'nlverslty of Nebraska Is about to spend $30,000 In equipping a department to teach young women every day economy, Surely the average young woman already knows how to save money, else why the I2.W shirtwaist? It Is the men who reck lessly pay out the full 13 that should be given a university training In economy. Fright on Dress Parade. Pittsburg Dispatch. After It has been heard that Japanese troops do not keep step while marching and present a poor appearance on parade, the shocking climax comes to the effect that Admiral Togo does not know how to wear uniform, which on him is always wrinkled, where it should fit smoothly, and vice versa. In short, It appears that in the military art of looking pretty the Japanese are a complete failure and that they are successful only in the incidental feature of fighting. Money Well Spent. Cleveland Leader. An unprecedented deficit In the Postofflce department for the fiscal year now ending will not worry the people of a country thoroughly convinced that farmers ought to have free mall delivery and that In all respects the postal service of the United States should he kept at the highest possi ble stage of efficiency. Waste and fraud In the Immense business of the Postofflce de partment are hateful to all honest men and good citizens, but there Is no general objec tlon to moderate deficits in Its total trans actions, provided that the cause Is the rapid expansion and betterment of mall fa clUUes. PERSONAL NOTES. The stamp act has produced no revolution In Wall street.. It waa discounted in ad vance and the trading public what there is left of It will be called upon to pay the bills. Chaunrey Depew assures an anxious world that, despite the retirement of F'rick, Uarriman and Bliss, there are "a great many distinguished men left" In the Equl table management. Charles Joseph Bonaparte, the reformer, who has been chosen to be secretary of the navy, is so much of a reformer that good many republican organization paper are saying that he 1 not a good repub Ucan. Vermont's former great senator, George F. Edmunds, who has been living In Phil adelphla since resigning his scat in 1891, I to leave the Pennsylvania city. He has sold his residence there and will hereafter divide hla time between his cottage a Bay Head, N. J., and his winter residence, Rear Admiral I'rtu, who bore the brunt of the great naval battle In the Straits o Corea. graduated from the United States Naval academy at Annapolis in 1881. His government picked him out aa one of the cleverest, moat daring studeits of th Japanese Naval academy and sent him to this country to study. His wife is a gradu ate o! Vassar. Mr. Metcalf, secretary of commerce and labor, holds that the Immigration problem is the most serious that face the country Its chief difficulty being the question of distribution. A few day ago he received a letter from Ixmlslana saying that state alone can glv employment to 100,000 work era In the field. The western portion ef th Mississippi valley stands In equal ned but concentration In the eltlea goes on steadily. . H thinks it is tiro for congress u take acUoa. "The big shippers may be expected to Join with the railways In asking that noth- ng be done, but as a class they represent but a small proportion of the population, either In numbers or wealth. In Minneapo lis the millers and the grain men. who have ong had favored rates, are furnishing the railroads with material to combat the pres ident's plan. These millers and grain men argue that if the government makes rates these will be fixed on a mileage basis, de stroying the prosperity of the entire north wests and of all those sections of the conn- try beyond the Mississippi and the Mis souri rivers, where distances are great, tho same force which it is said would wine New England off the Industrial map, and drive the south out of the cotton supremacy of the world, and otherwise Inflict untold njury. According to information received n Washington this is the chief argument that is used in such places as Omaha, St. Louis. Kansas City and Denver, In addition to Minneapolis and St. Taul. Obviously it is a strong one; If the public In these cities accepts it the administration's support will be badly wrecked. That the present system of rates gives too little attention to distance as a factor In railroad cost may well be recognized. The real waste In American transportation of the excessively round-about routes Is stupendous. It does not fall upon any one railroad, because In Its desire to make as large an aggregate of business as possible it really contributes to a good book result. But if, during the next calendar year, every ton of freight In America should move bv ts most direct and natural route, the so cial saving would be tremendous. Many of the hairpin routes today, adopted by one railroad to get business, are offset by simi lar routes of Its rivals to take business away from it, so that in the long run ther is no net increase of its business over what It would have under a universal system of economical routing." IP DRCGGI9TS HAVE THEIR WAY, Altering; a Physlrlan' Prescription sustained by ( nnrt, Chicago Inter Ocean. The supreme court of New York, through Justice Gaynor, has decided that a druggist may alter the prescription of a physician. The case under consideration was one which Involved the responsibility of a druggist, who substituted for the drugs prescribed others which almost killed the patient for whom the prescription was In tended. According to the decision handed down It would appear a druggist who feels that the ingredients prescribed by the physician are not exactly what the patient ought to have, or who has not the drugs prescribed, or who finds It more convenient to Ignore the prescription than to follow It faith fully, may substitute something else, and he will not be held responsible by the law for the consequences. Medical men In New York who have been Interviewed regarding this decision say that If the precedent be followed to any extent it will Increase the chances of death. But there is a brighter side: will It not also Increase the chances of life? Much will depend, of course, upon the character of the stock carried by the drug gist who exercises his own discretion in the filling of prescriptions. If his supply of drugs is mostly of the harmless kind, he may prove a benefactor to his cus tomers. On the other hand. If he makes a specialty of poisons and Is not particular whether he adds a few drops of aquafortis or a few drops of simple syrup to a pre scription for good measure, or, If in an off hand sort of way he substitutes arsenic for bicarbonate of soda, or flavors a $2 pre- crlptibn with carbolic acid because he happens to be out of peppermint, It Is easy to see how his patrons might not feci quite so well after as before taking. However, there Is another view to be taken of this matter, and this may have been the view that Influenced the learned justice who handed down the decision. Granted that the druggist Is a man or fair Judgment, is It not better, In the in terest of the public health, that he should substitute drugs whose effect upon the human system he Is familiar with than to risk deciphering the handwriting of the physician with whose penmanship he is not familiar? If he compounds a few simple things for the waiting customer, knowing that while they may do no good they cannot possibly do any harm, ia he not a druggist more to be trusted than' one who would make a guess at the physician's handwriting, com pound a bottle of dangerous drugs and trust to the patient s constitution to pull him through? J4PAV ft 4 V A I, If ICR O. Stories Ahoat Vice Admiral Togo la War and Pea re. Vice Admiral Togo, the naxal hero of the Kuso-jApanc!e war. Is 47 years of age. Ho Is a fighter by Inheritance, and his achievements surpass the combined record of his honored ancestors. Born three years after Commodore Perry opened the sea doors of the empire, Togo grew up with tiie new Japan, Imbibing Its hopes and Inspirations and upholding Its honor and ambition. Though Jspan had reluctantly opened Its doors to Perry, Its thirst for acquisition soon became a passion, and Britain and America gladly opened their doors to its eager young men. Togo was among the first from Japan to lay the foundation of his nautical train ing between the decks of the old srhoolshlp Worcester on the Thames. That Was nearly forty yesrs go. He was an exemplary lad, according to all accounts. Later It was Togo's privilege to study at the Royal Naval college at Greenwich Hobson himself did not leave a mure flaw less record at Annapolis as a blameless youth, holding aloof from all the conven tlonal foibles of cadet life, than did Togo at Greenwich. Active service first came to him in 191, during the war between China and Japan In the first flying squadron that went to Chinese waters he commanded the cruiser Nanlwa. He scored the flrat naval victory of the war when he torpedoed and sank th transport Kowshlng, despite the fact that It carried a British captain and crew In this successful exploit he displayed something of the same expedition and dash that marked his subsequent operations off Port Arthur. At tho close of the Chinese war he had won the rank of a rear ad miral. The admiralty put him then In charge of the dock yard at Maizuru. In the ten years of peace which followed Togo rose to the rank of vice admiral. He became known as a strict disciplinarian and the smartest kind of a commander. Already he had gained the nickname "The Silent," for this little, bearded Jap, who looks anything but a commander and a leader, never speaks except when spoken to. "He seems always In deep thought," says a Japanee commentator on the war. When war with Russia became Inevita ble and the naval board at Tokio planned out the opening surprise at Port Arthur Togo was mentioned, with half a dozen other vice and rear admirals, for the su preme command of the fleet. Togo was finally chosen, mainly because he had made a reputation for striking quickly and des perately, and on a quick blow depended the success of the Japanese plans. He was called to the Navy department, where the news was broken In a formal speech. "Yes, sir," said Togo, when the minister of marine had finished. Every one waited for a speech. It did not come. Togo stood at salute and said nothing more. When he led the fleet against Port Arthur for the first blow of the war the units were all agaln.it Togo. Togo the Silent the "Ogre," his sailors call him Is a good peg upon which to hang romance. Already the story-iovlng Japanese have a thousand anecdotes about his courage, his discipline and his obedi ence to duty. With a subtlety characteris tic of the Japanese the Navy department had set spies on the trail of Togo as soon as he was placed in command to see whether he was animated solely by love of country or simply by aversion to the Rus sians, whom he Is known to hate. "For if it is only a grudge," they said, "he may blow hot and cold, but If It Is loyalty to the empire he will tight to the end." The spies could make no satisfactory report, but Togo, who was aware that he was watched, made the report for them. He Invited every officer of his fleet to a great banquet on the hills of Sasebo 011 February 8, asking them to bid their wives and children a great departure from Japanese precedent Next day shore leave was suspended, and the next, when the elder statesmen had formally decided on war, Togo summoned all his officers 10 the flagship. They found him sitting on deck. Be fore him, on a little table, stood a tablet of pure white wood supporting a dagger the hara-kiri knife of the Samurai. This is the outfit placed before a Japanese gen tleman when he commits ceremonial sui cide. It meant ony one thing to the offi cers, victory or death, honor or suicide. But to back it up Togo made one of the longest speeches of his silent life. "Gentlemen," he said In effect, "the feast at which you honored me with your pres ence was the parting feast. Never could the sailors of Nippon have feasted among their wives and children except for a fare well. We sail tonight to attack the enemy. Go on that voyage with the Idea that you will not return. Be ready to weigh anchor at the signal. Good-day." The officers saluted, bowed Japanese fashion and returned to their posts. Treatment f Corporate Crooks. Indianapolis News. It is well enough to denounce th mis arable tools in the councils of our cities and to thunder against the political bosses But they are not, after all, the chief sin ners. The chief sinners are the eminent and pious men who occupy the chief seats In the synagogue, who mak long prayers on the street corners, and who make broad the phylacteries of their garments. Borne how or other w must make such corporate crookedness unfashionable. We must hold th stockholders In such concerns as this Philadelphia Gas company to a very strict accountability. If a man chooses to rob his neighbors through such Instrumental! ties as this he must at least be made to know that his neighbors understand that thsy are being robbed, and robbed by him. Of the man himself, of his personality and traits of character, less is known than of his world-famous exploits. Short of stature, inclined to stoutness, unassuming. but a strict disciplinarian; never loqua cious and often taciturn, he Is every Inch a sailor. A grizzled beard and mustache, rapidly turning gray, screen the lower part of his face, but they canot mask the firm line of the resolute mouth, jaw and chin. Above the eyes, which are penetrating but kindly, the prominent frontal development denotes the man' strong perceptive facul ties, while the compact, closely shorn head Is the poll of the born fighter. In publlo Admiral Togo's manner Is re ticent and almost shrinking. Popular adulation harasses him. He would prefer to shirk the publlo gaze and adulation. The same was true of General Grant, to whom, In many of his personal traits, the Japanese admiral has often been likened. Overeating Kating is fine But just wait Full feeling follows Then headache And biliousness You cannot escape, unless You use Red Raven Taken the morning after, Red Raven, by acting on the stomach, liver and bowels, clears the system and enables one to go to work. Try it next time For ! t rywhert Pries IV But once afloat and In the cabin of hll flagship every subaltern Instinctively recog nizes the master of his craft, the man whose silence Is not the reticence of weak ness, but the poise of perfect self-control, the quiet that Is suggestive of unlimited resources and of cool, unerring Judgment. During all his thrashing sea campaigns Admiral Togo has received no letters from home and he has written none. HIS wire and family are living quietly, prepared always for the, worst, but ever hoping for the best. After the fall of Port Arthur and while the worn ships were refitting at Sas-bo for their new death grapple with Rojestvensky the Jspsnese admiral fled from the plaudits of a grateful emperor and populace and rejoined his dear ones for a time. When duty called again the second parting was like the first. His family have dismissed all their house hold servants snd do the rirugdery of housekeeping themselves. This Is. of course, not because of poverty, but "B11 shldo" or the so-called "Soul of Japan" ,..nw. ).. f,t harAshin Itivtirv A p n a. r esse arw uni.f--iiii nn .... - - home. In exemplification of this doctrine the emperor himself last winter Is said to have denied himself fire during much of the time that his devoted troops were fac ing the icy blasts of Manchuria. -Cleve SMII.IXO REMARKS. "Did that young man kiss you last nlrht?" "I decline to answer. "On what ground?" "It might tend to criminate me. land Plain Dealer. "Lady," said Hungry Hlgglns, "I'd thank JAh'" exciafmed the bright housekeeper. "You're one of those after dinner speak- ""Not exactly, lady, or I wouldn't be so hungry. I ain't got so much as a chestnut about ' me."-Fhlladrlphla Press. Skorcher-Yes. I'm quite expert with mv automobile now. What I know about, road racing would fill an interesting book. Wisman-What you don t know about t may fill vour grave for you soon. Philadel phia Ixdger. Respectable Deaeon-I wish that young Canon Mavherry weren't obliged to preach to such a small congregation. Frivolous Wldow-Ho do I. . Every . time he said 'Dearly beloved' this morning I felt as if I had received a proposal. Smart Bet. "Of course," remarked the fresh hoarder from the city, "you've got a condensed milk C"We did have," replied the farmer, soberlv, "but. ve see, the summer heat ex panded her." Philadelphia Press. Knlcker Yes. my wife won the fight, but the credit belongs to the spirit of her an cestors. Bocker You don't ssy? Knlcker Yes, her mother waa with tier New York Sun. "Your house, Mrs. Kehrfull, reminds me." asserted the congressman, politely, of a motion to adjourn." "Pray how is that?" asked the good lady, doubtfully. . "It is always In order," responded the statesman, triumphantly. It had all the effect of being Impromptu. Cleveland leader. WHILE WE LIVE LET IS LI TO. "Dum vlvlmus vlvam'us." they said. Those ancients now some centuries rtean. They died of the want of breath, I suppos Or may be appendoxcitus. who knows? While we live let us live, is our translation, And we follow a free Interpretation. Thev doubled the vlv, but we do more. And a hundred years we live In a score. We read on the run, and est In a rush. And cling to the nightmare of hustle and push. . ,, Bv fractions of seconds we count the time. As we fly like the wind from clime to clime. We Imagine the world has got so small It has not room enough for us all; And so we're crowding and treading toes, . And life is aqulver with frights and woes. We nervously snap up anything new That gives the stomach a hullabaloo. And the feet and tails and brains pf beasts, And even reptiles, are served in feasts. What we're coming to I know not, But I guess it's some rlace awfully hot. The doctors can't save us, for they re In It. too, And It's money for them to ticket us through. Thev blister and dose and cut us In pieces While we boast of new-fangled diseases. 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