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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.
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vertising. Witness his public invitation
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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.
What fools! but we don't know it, you se.
Being as crazy aa we ran be.
n hitch vour cart to a comet's tall.
Hold on to your hat, hold on to your.velu
Now go for a spin around the sun.
And be back to lunch at half paat one.
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