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A health to the man who docs hla work
The best that ever ho .may.
Who Been his duty nnd does It well
As he labors from day to day,
And takes what comes, be It good or bad,
With never n. word to say.
There Is plenty io do for all who live,
And the work must be well done,
Thore are rich rewards for some to gain,
And prises thiit may be won,
And mucr that Is good and swtct In life
For the really earnest one.
A'health to the man who goes his way
And does the best ho can do.
With a trusty heart anU a cheerful smile,
And a faith that's stanch and true;
For there's lots of good for a man Ilk
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Tho vlllago of Rawsonvllle knew
what was going to happen a week or
so before It came to pass. Aunt Sarah
Hicks, relict of Earnaby Hicks, had
received a letter to the effect that her
sister In California was dead, and that
her sister's only child was coming
East to llvo with her. Tho "child," as
sho went on to explain, was a boy of
eighteen and a born Idiot.
"Ho Is tho only fool over born
among my relashuns," said the good
woman, "and how he happens to be
ono tho Lord only knows, but I owe
him a duty, and am going to take
caro of him. I expect he'll bo a gpeat
trial, but that's what wo aro hero on
earth for to go through trials."
A few days later Aunt Sarah's
nephew arrived. He was In charge of
a "man, and thero was no doubt about
his being an Idiot. He was led
through the vlllago by tho hand llko
a two-year-old child, and It was evi
dent that his Intelligence was of tho
lowest order. For threo or four days
tho town was as much excited as If
a circus had come, and It was not
until tho last citizen had had a square
look at Jimmy that curiosity began
to wane. Some of the people were
Inclined to crltfclzo Aunt Sarah for
"bringing a fool to town," as they ex
pressed It, while others contended
that It would make Rawsonvllle talked
about and perhaps Increase business
and tho price of real estate. The
threo doctors In town bad called and
looked Jlmtay over and agreed that
ho hadn't the brains of a rabbit, and
tho boy had thrown stones at every
other boy in tho place, and things
had begun to settle down when Dea
con Harkness opened a crusade. Ho
called on Aunt Sarah ono day and
said:
"I've been thinking the matter over,
and I've como to ask you what you
aro going to do in a religious way for
that boy?"
"What aro you doing In a religious
way for your plow-handles?" asked
the widow In r,eply.
"Hain't that purty near sacrilege?"
"Not within forty rods of it. That
boy Is a born fool. I might just as
well throw him down tho well as to
try to beat religion into his head."
"But It would bo a great comfort
to him."
,"Yes, It would bo a great comfort
to him to be President of tho United
States, but he'll have to get along
without. If tho Lord was satisfied to
mako him op ho is, then it's not for
us to complain."
"But I'vo been talking It over with
some of tho folks," persisted the Dea
con, "and wo don't think It's right to
deprive that boy of a chance to go to
Heaven when he dies, Ho ought to
be allowed to go to church every Sun-
There was no doubt about his being
an Idiot,
day. Mebbo ho wouldn't quite un
derstand every word tho minister" said,
but he'd feel tho influence of tho
spirit, and who can say how much It
would benefit him?"
Aunt Sarah dismissed tho subject
by saying she'd think It over, and sho
thought that would bo tho last of It,
It wasn't however. Deacon Harkness
was' a groat hand to cling to an Idea,
especially If It was ono he'd happened
to Invent himself, and tho idea of
Jimmy attending churqh stuck with
him. ,Ho talked about it until ho got
fifty people Interested, and he finally
made a second call on the widow to
say:
"Now, then, Aunt Hannah, wo shall
all expect to see that boy In church
next Sunday. Most everybody In
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town believes ns I do, that ho ought to
have a chance. Tho minister Bays
that some fools seem to understand
religion when thoy don't anything
else."
"I say It's all Tom-fool nonsensol"
protested tho widow in her vigorous
way, "but if nothing else will satisfy
tho people of Rawsonvllle then Jimmy
shall go to church. , I shan't tako him,
though. As It was you who started
tho wholo business you can como
along hero and tako him yourself."
"I should hate to think you aro
backsliding."
There was a commotion.
"Then don't think It. I'm no more
backsliding than you aro, but I think
I know a little more about Jimmy. I'll
have him all washed and dressed by
ten o'clock Sunday forenoon. If bo
seems to tako to religion no one will
bo gladder than mo."
Before Sunday camo It was, known
to every soul In tho vlllago that Aunt
Sarah's Jimmy would bo at church,
and tho usual congregation was In
creased by forty. Tho Deacon called
for the boy at the right hour, and
after a little coaxing, backed by threo
lumps of sugar, tho unfortunate de
cided to take chances with tho man
who held out his hand. He was led
to church and seated In tho Deacon's
pew and nothing happened. Tho place
was strange, tho people staring, and
for a tlmo tho boy sat like a stono
statue. Up to tho time all knelt in
prayer his behavior was without re
proach, and the Deacon was certain
In his own mind that tho "Influence"
was taking hold. Jimmy was the only
ono who didn't kneel. Ho was also
tho only ono who got up and tip-toed
cut of church while all the others
wero busy. After a fow minutes tho
Deacon followed him out and found
him throwing stones at the hens In
tho next yard. Ho was a man with
threo sons of his own, and tho pater
nal spirit was strong within him. That
Is, he obeyed his first Instincts and
gavo Jimmy a box on tho ear. It was
an unfortunate move. Tho boy ut
tered a roar and kicked tho Deacon
on the shins and then fled. The "In
fluence" had departed as quickly as
it came.
The wholo congregation had seen
the deacon go out and wero watching
for him to como leading Jimmy back,
and great was the disappointment
whon It was realized that the lad had
escaped. Things seemed to drag for
tho next twenty minutes. It was a
midsummer day, with doors and win
dows opened wide and tho flies buz
zing around, and no soul had a sus
picion that a surprise party was on
the way, and coming hot-foot.
Jimmy had taken in tho church as
a now thing, and had felt much
obliged to tho deacon for bringing
him, but that cuff on tho ear satisfied
him that he had no friends In that
crowd. Ho had been used to fighting
his own way and paying off his own
scores. Whon It camo to getting
squaro ho seemed to have as much
wit as any of the boys around him.
His ear felt hot and his head rang,
and as soon as a safe distance away ho
looked around for revongo. Where
tho hens wero In tho yard next tho
church woro also two hives of bees.
Jimmy knew something about tho in
sects. Ho had plckod up several by
the wrong end In his younger days
and felt results. Tho boos wero com
ing and going and putting In their
twelve hours to the day, when tho boy
gathered half n dozen rocks nndi
hurled them at tho hives. His aim
was true, and presently a scoro of
bees wcro out with thotr hats on their
ears. They woro followed by fifty
more, and thoso by a hundred, and
two or threo more rocks did tho busi
ness Tho honoy-gathorcrs had boon
basely and bretally assaulted without
just cause or provocation, and thoy
went looking for a row. As Jimmy
slid away into distance tho bees bo-'
gan to extend tho clrclo of their flight,
and in due courso of time thoy camo
to tho open doors and windows of tho
cnurch.
Tho minister1 had only reached
"firstly" In his sermon, when thoro
was a commotion. Tho entiro congre
gation appeared to "commote" at
once. It was odds to tho bees whothcr
thoy camo In at tho door or window,
or whothur thoy began business on n
hoary-headed deacon or nn Innocent
youth of 10. Their Idea was to sting
and the sccno in that sacred edifice
will never bo forgotten. Evorybodj
mado for tho doors nt once, nnd every
body yellod and screamed and foughl
off the foe, and not a person escapee
unscathed. Two hours later, wher
Deacon Harkness had had his flvi
lumps bathed In vinegar and swnthct
In bandages, ho called upon Aunl
Sarah, who had romalned at homo al
tho morning, to find Jimmy sleeping
tho sleep of Innocence on tho floor.
"Do do you know what ho did!'
exclaimed the deacon, ns ho polntec
an accusing finger at tho sleeper.
"Hush, Deacon,! I beliovo you won
right to tako him with you to service
though why ho camo homo so soot
I can't mako out. However, what hi
got of It must have done him good, foi
ho flopped down llko a tired angel ant
has hardly grunted slnco. Como fot
him again next Sunday 1"
INDIANS IN CRITICAL REVIEW
Have Never Been Acknowledged ai
Reliable Historians.
Tho Oregon Historical Society hat
placed the mark of Its dlsapprova
on tho Indian yarn which had Lowli
and Clark resting under a largo oat
treo that Is still standing at St. Hoi
ena, As neither of thoso Ulustrlom
explorers carved his Initials In thi
tree, and thero is nothing but tho In
dlan story to lead to tho belief that
they over visited the spot, tho tree
will not bo brought to the exposition
The Indian as a chronicler of ovents
or a recorder of history has novoi
been much of a success. Too frequent
ly his untutored mind has enabled
him to grasp tho Idea that a thrilling
Ho would win larger rewards of fire
water than a commonplace statemonl
of fact. Thero aro two classes of In
dians with which tho American pub
lic Is moro familiar than any of tho
others. Ono of these can bo found In
front of tobacco stores with a bunch
of cigars In his wooden hand and tho
other Is continually before us in tho
public prints as tho owner of an ex
ceptionally valuablo gold brick.
Both of these Indians have distinc
tive traits of tho real Indinn, In that
thero Is considerable sham about
them. Small children will cry at tho
sight of the cigar store Indian and his
tomahawk, and feeble-minded specula
tors looking for a sure thing will buy
gilded bricks from tho blanketed pir
ate In tho forest, although neither of
these Indians Is the real thing, But
to return to tho historical Indian, who
Is ever ready to turn out tradition and
history In accordance with tho wlshei
of tho one who carries a black bottle
or other attraction dear to tho Indian
mind. What a part these saddle-col
ored children of the forest ftave play
ed In clothing so many historical In
cldents with tho garb of Action!
Portland Oregonlan.
Standard Oil Humor.
Henry H. Rogers, Standard Oil mag
nato, copper king and ono of the fore
most men In tho financial world, Is a
nowly discovered humorist, and Mark
Twain, Chauncey M. Dopow, Simeon
Ford and others must needs look to
their laurels.
Mr. Rogers has a fund of so-cal!qtl
funny stories on hand, mostly those
that smack of tho sea, but all brand
new and all his own, states the Boston
Post. Hero Is a sample;
"Nat Osborne," said Mr. Rogers,
"used to blow tho organ In tho brick
church. Ho had quite an adea of his
own Importanco and was always proud
of his job.
"I asked him once: 'How much sal
ary do you get, Mr. Osborne, for your
work?'
"Nat looked up solemnly nnd said
with dignity: 'Twelve hundred dol
lars.' " 'What,' said I, "?1.200?'
"'Yes,' said Nat.
"'That's big pay,' said I.
'"Pretty fair,' said Nat, 'but that's
for 100 years.'"
The Barrier.
Between mq and the untrammolcd sweep
Of tho unbounded outor deep
Stretches a atrip of land that hides
Tho toss nnd turmoil of the tides.
My fancy ofton bears me far
Beyond tho dunes and beach and bar,
Until a happy Islo I gain
Upon tho bosom of the main,
Thero lies, In kindred wise, 'twlxt mo
And God's unplumbed eternity,
A little strip of life whereo'er
My dreams aro sonward wont to soar;
And Is It strange, all perils past,
That by thorn I seem borne nt last
Unto the bourne of long release
The vlslonod part of 11 mil peace!
Clinton Scollard, In tho Outlook.
Open Air Theater.
A natural thontor, that is to say, a
thoator in tho open air, will bo ostab
lishad at Champlgny, near Paris. II
will bo remomborod that tho anclont
amphlthoators at Arias, Bailors and
Nlraofi have been reoponod, and tho
plays aro attondod by largo crowds.
In formor years thoro were hundreds
of such opon-alr thoaters scattered all
over France,
MYSTERY OF MONEY
SUBJECT ABOUT WHICH LITTLE
IS REALLY KNOWN.
Proper Methods of Acquiring It or Its
Wisest U., Are Matters Upon
Which the Wisest Differ Has No
Power to Confer Happiness.
For centuries tho economists have
boon disputing nbout tho definition
and offices of money, says tho Wall
Street Journal. Thoro aro almost as
many different theories of money as
thoro aro schools in theology. Tlicro
seems to bo an lmmenso difficulty In
comprehending Just what money Is,
what it does In facilitating tho ox
changes of tho world and what Is Its
lnflucnco upon prlce8. Horo Is tho
most practical and substantial thing In
tho world, an nrtlclo which Is In uni
versal use, and which is most eagerly
sought after by pcoplo of ovcry cllrao
and race, and yet how llttlo wo know
about it! Even now no ono can toll
oxactly how much currency n country
needs to carry on its business and how
large should bo tho reserves of gold
against tho bank rosorvo3. Evon
bankors, whoso business nil tho tlmo
is to deal in money, as others deal In
merchandise, aro llablo to becomo
hopelessly confused In a discussion
regarding tho principles which under
llo Its use.
Strango to say, tho confusion which
attends an economic Gtudy "of money,
also attends any discussion of tho
ethics of money. All tho philosophy
In tho world has not answerod the
question of how much money It la
wlso for a man to possess. How wide
ly men differ oven our scholars and
moral Instructors as to tho proper
methods of acquiring wealth. Wo
oven dlsputo as to tho wisest uso of
money. Wo aro not agreed as to the
distribution of money In charity. It
would seem as if tho commonest, tho
most universal tool of man, was the
ono thing that plagued him tho most
But this is not nil. Useful, indls
pensablo as money Is, thoro Is noth
ing which Is moro constantly put to
an ovll uso, or which Is moro llkoly
to destroy tho man who uses It Thore
Is something about monoy which de
files nearly all who touch It Thoro
aro, indeed, some rare souls that aro
lmmuno to Its corrupting Influence
but tho great body of mankind aro
suscoptlblo to Its corroding power.
Both lack and superfluity, both poverty
and riches, seem to destroy tho finer
fibers of tho soul. Tho Individual who
has tho most chanco of throwing oft
money's baneful lnflucnco Is ho who
Btands midway betweon superfluity
and poverty.
Money Is a mlcrobo that poisons
tho blood and perverts tho mind and
heart of a man. No ono Is happy
without it, and yet no ono Is really
happy who possesses much of It Tho
moro ono gets tho moro ho. wants
Monoy getting becomes a passion. It
fastens Itsolf upon ono llko a habit
Even tho opium eater 1b not moro in
control of a domon than ono who has
got tho "Itch for money." Ho become!
a slave to tho very thing which Is
Intended to bo his tool. Tho dlsoaso
affects different peoplo differently.
Somo it makes sordid, penurious,
mean. Others It leads to lavish dis
play and extravagance Somo uso it
for moro luxury. Others enjoy It for
Its power. Nearly all, In ono way ot
another, aro changed and often pollute
ed by tho possessions of wealth.
California.
I dreamed n dream of beauty,
Of dewy orango bloom,
Of waving plumes of palms and gusts
ui buduo, sweet pcriume.
Of lilies nnd rnrc roses
That glistened bright between
Rich banks of brilliant tropic blooms
That I had never seen.
I dreamed nbout thn ocean
And mountains close beside.
Their purplo mantles bordered by
The sllvor of tho ttdo.
I dreamed of holy brethren,
Of gentlo word and deed.
Who journeyed over half the world
To sow tho Lord's good seed.
To toll till church nnd cloister
Arose for Christ's dear sake.
Though o'er the thresholds, In my dream,
I saw gold poplcs break.
And lo, as I was dreaming,
I Journeyed swiftly through
Threo days and nights then I awoke
And found my dreams como true!
Evaleen Stein, In Sunset Magazine.
Carnegie's Old Home Torn Down.
Another landmark of Pittsburg, one
of tho first houses in tho city that
Andrew Carneglo loved to call his
homo before tho millions that have
mado him famous wero his own, has
passed away before tho devastating
ax of tho progressive houso destroyer.
It is tho old two story frame dwell
ing at tho corner of Pcnn and Lang
avenues, directly opposlto tho No, 18
firo englno house, In tho heart of ono
of tho most donsely inhabited mil
lionaire sections of tho East End.
Tho work of demolishing tho old
houso was begun last Tuesday. By
Friday only tho cellar remained, and
oven this will soon bo torn away, as
will tho llttlo knoll on which the old
timbers rested. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Brevity the Soul of Wit.
The anonymous wrltor who con
tributes to 'the Sunday Magazine, "Ar
rows Shot in the Air," tells us:
"Emerson wroto a chapter and then
tried to reduco It to a page. He
wrestled with tho page until ho gath
orod Its force Into a paragraph. Then
ho did battle with tho paragraph until
its pith stood revealed In a sentence
This was told mo by his friend, Jus
tin Wlnsor, tho accomplUhed librari
an of Harvard university, who added
that it 'explained tho epigrammatic
quality of Emerson's essays, and the
abruptness as woll as tho thought
packed nature of his stylo." Liver
pool (Enz.) Mercury.
THEBOND BROKEN
NORWAY SEVERS TIES UNITING
HER TO SWEDEN.
STORTHING TAKES INITIATIVE
Declaration of Independence and Sov
ereignty 8et Forth One of the
Causes for Detrlre of Sweden and
Norway to Separate Consular Sycr
terns.
CHRISTIANA "Norway today Is a
fully independent nnd sovorolgn stMo."
This is tho toxt of tho editorials In
tho Norwegian nowspaporB and It re
flects tho spirit with which tho pcoplo
of Norway nccopt tho action of tho
storthing whon It proclaimed King
Oscar no longor king of Norway.
King Oscar's refusal to sanction tho
bill passed by tho storthing providing
for a soparato consular service for
Norway culminated In tho passago of a
resolution by tho storthing declnrlng
tho dissolution ot tho union of Swed
en and Norway and that tho king had
ceased to act ns king of Norway. Al
though Uio action was anticipated, It
caused considerable excitement in this
city on account of tho anxiety ns to
what action tho king would UiUo.
Tho crisis became ncuto May 20,
,whon his majosty, after threo month's'
rest, during which tho rcgoncy was
confided to Crown Prince Gustavo, re-
Biimod tho reins of offlco. Tho council
of stato Immediately submlttod to him
tho consular bill, which ho, May 28,
rofusod to sanction, nrguing that any
action must receive tho sanction of
tho mixed council. Tho Norwegian
council of stato theroupon resigned
and tho king refused to nccopt their
resignation, as, in vlow of tho stato of
public opinion, It was Impossible to
form ft now government Demonstra
tions wero hold throughout tho coun
try endorsing tho action of tho council
of stato.
Ono of tho causes for tho desire In
Sweden nnd Norway for separate con
sular systoms was tho fact that Swod
on Is protectionist, and Norway Is for
froo trado, and also because of Nor
way's moro oxtonslvo sea trado and
other divergencies of commercial In
terests. At Its meeting tho storthing ad
dressed a proclamation to tho Norwe
gian peoplo, In which Is given a de
tailed account of tho ovents preced
ing tho passing of tho resolution.
This proclamation concludes us fol
lows:
"Tho storthing hopes that tho Nor
wegian people will succocd In living In
peace and on good terms with all, and
not tho least with tho Swedish peoplo
to whom wo are linked by bo many
natural ties.
"Tho storthing is suro thnt tho pco
plo will Join with It and with govern
ment in maintaining tho full lndepond
onco of Norway and with firmness and
dignified tranquility submit to tho nec
essary sacrifices, and It Is furthcY suro
that all subjects will fully respect all
ordinances and proscriptions from tho
government.
"All officials, civil and military,
must In ovory respect yiold that obedi
ence which tho government has tho
right to claim according to tho author
ity transferred to It by tho storthing
In tho namo of tho peoplo of Norway."
British Bank In Trouble.
LONDON Tho bank of Glynn, Mills,
Currlo & Co. petitioned tho courts to
order tho compulsory winding up of
tho International Bank of London. Tho
petitioners aro creditors for upward of
$1,250,000.
SAYS THE TAXES
MUST BE COLLECTED
MUSKOGEE, I. T. Mayor Flto has
dismissed tho charges against tho In
dian police arrested by tho city au
thorities, charged with assault Ip
closing tho stores of merchants who
refused to pay tho tribal tax. There
will bo no further arrests. Inspoctor
Wright received telegraphic instruc
tions from Secretary Hitchcock to pro
ceed with tho collection of the taxes.
Mr. Wright stated that all business
houses where tho tax is not paid will
bo closed. - -' ;
CRISIS IN RUSSIA.
Czar Begins Reactionary Policy By
Appointing Gen. Trepoff Dictator.
ST. PETERSBURG Emperor Nlch
olas' ukase virtually creating Gover
nor General Trepoff dictator has given
rlso to a mighty sensation. It Is the
Imperial recognition of tho crlsfs In
tho internal affairs ot Russia and
Instinctively recalls the step taken by
tho emperor's grandfather, Alexander
II, Immediately after tho attempt to
blow up tho winter palace In 1880,
when he appolntod a commission of
public Bafoty, headed by Gonoral
Lorls-Mollkoff, except that tho posi
tion of General Trepoff will be more
analogous to that occupied by Lorls
Mellkoff, when later In tho Bamo year
ho was appointed minister of the In
terior, with full control of tho police.
Names New Committeeman.
WASHINGTON Postmaster Gener
al Cortelyou, acting chairman of tho
republican national committee, an
nounced tho appolntmont of Pearl
Wright of New Orleans, as member
of tho republican national committee
for Louisiana. Mr. Wright is a leading
business man of New Orleans, promi
nent in republican councils of tho
state. Mr. Cortelyou says Mr. Wright
was appolntod not as a representative
of any faction but in tho ballet that
ho would roprosent woll all classes In
a satisfactory way
A STRIKE CRISIS
Many Moro Men May Become In
volved.
CHICAGO Tho teamsters' strlko
has reached tho point whoro Its fur
ther progress and its further lncroaso
is dopendent upon tho nctlon taken by
tho mombers of tho Chicago Team
Owners' association. This organiza
tion has from tho first declined to
mako deliveries to tho boycotted
housos nnd hns constantly urged tho
toamstors to arbltrato tho question ot
making such deliveries.
Tho teamsters have positively ro
fusod to deliver or rocolvo goods, and
now tho last chance ot securing any
concessions from tho teamsters having
faded awny, tho mombors of tho Team
Owners' association must either do
cido to deliver goods or allow tho
toamBtcrs to havo their own way In
tho matter. Opinion among tho mom
bors of tho Team Owners' association
Is strongly divided and tho result may
bo n split In Its ranks. Many of tho
largest team owners In tho city havo
announced that thoy are going to
mako dollvorlos, .
A meeting of tho organization will bo
hold tomorrow night nnd tho action
takon nt that tlmo will largely deter
mine tho futuro scopo of tho strike.
If tho, Teain Owners' association do
cldcs'tctfmako dollvorlos and dis
charge nil of I 'a men who refuso to
obey ordors, th. ranks of tho strikers
will bo increased by about 8,000 men.
Tho Btrlkors made another attempt
to forco a break In tho ranks ot tho
Employers' association. A commlttoo
cnllod on Edward Hlllman, proprietor
of a largo dry goods storo, and asked
him to arrango another conference bo
twoon tho teamsters and tho employ
ers. Mr. Hlllman positively rorusod,
saying that unless tho strikers had
somo now proposition to offer It was
useless to nttempt to reach any agree
ment Their present attltudo he said
was such as thero could bo no pos
sible mlddlo ground upon which tho
omployors could meet them. This was
tho only nttempt at adjusting tho
strlko mado and It is not probable that
more efforts will bo mado for soma
tlmo to como.'
AMBASSADOR CONGER TO
STAY IN MEXICO
MEXICO Ambassador Congor put
an ond to tho rumor circulated la
American papers that ho would ro
maln horo but six monthB, retiring to
becomo a candldato for governor of
Iowa. Ho denies this and says:
"I havo been repeatedly urged by
my friends In Iowa to accept tho nom
ination for governor, but I havo por
Blstontly docllned to do so. My Ylews
in tho matt or havo not changed. 1 llko
tho diplomatic service and prefer to
servo my country In It My appoint
ment hero Is pormanent bo far as I
know. It 'Is BUbJect to no other con
ditions than aro attnehod to any other
consular appointment"
RU88IA 8HOW8 RESENTMENT
Bitter Newspaper Comment on Courts
of United States at Manila.
ST. PETERSBURG Tho Russlaa
papers, notably tho Novoo Vremya
and tho Rubs, the latter recently re
flecting tho views of tho foreign offlco,
display n great deal of resentment
against the United States for enforc
ing tho twenty-four hour rulo In tho
case of tho Russian cruisers at Man
ila. Tho Russ quotes tho American,
neutrality regulations and contends
that President Roosevelt, In applying
tho principle that only Injuries re
ceived during a storm and not In bat
tle can bo repaired In Araorlcan porta,
not only narrows tho American regu
lations, but Infringes rocognized prin
ciples of international law. This pa
per declares It has official warrant
for the statement that representations
havo been made at Washington oa
tho subject.
Tho Novoo Vremya Is exceeding sar
castic. After a slap at Great Britain
for the nlleged manner In which its
vessels dogged tho Russian fleet from
tho tlmo It left Cronstadt and for try
ing to forco nil the powers to accept
Its Interpretation of tho rules ot neu
trality, tho Novoe Vremya declares
that President Roosevelt, to whom It
refeni aj 'jMr. Roosevelt," contami
nated by England's example, arbitrar
ily Interprets hla own rules In a senso
favorable to Japan, adding: Q
"Mr. Roosevelt takes full advan
tage "of tho fad that Russia is help
less and powerless to do more than
protest Tho Japaneso minister Is ro
ported to havo expressed gratitude to
America for this act of Impartiality,
which Is partial to Japan. Wo trust
Mr. Roosevelt Is satisfied with his
success."
Tho admiralty, It can bo stated, is
reconciled to tho Internment -ot tho
threo Russian cruisers nt Manila, but
opposos on principle the rule that war
ships Injured In battle cannot repair
tholr machinery and boilers In neutral
ports. Tho officials add that friction
ovor this minor question would be ex
ceedingly unfortunato Just at tho
tlmo that Prosldent Roosevelt 13 as
suming the delicate role of trying to
bring tho bolllgerents together.
Papers to Cont-olldate.
ST. LOUIS Tho St Louis Star
and tho St. Louis Chronicle, both
afternoon papers, publlshod announce
ments of tholr consolidation under
tho uame of the Star-Chronicle. Ne
gotiations wore closed by which tho
consolidation goes into offect Imme
diately, and tho uew corporation will
bo known as the Star-Chronicle Pub
lishing company, with a capital stock
of $500,000. The Star-Chronicle, it Is
announced, will be an Independent
paper, and win be Issued from tho
Star lilldlng
