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Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
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Abusing the f lay.
1II0RIO u't- two kinds if tiling of the lint:, mid
A I both are objectionable. One abuse ennsNIs in
I I using this flag U iidvortisc goods, enterprises or
rlollsm. Against iltlbt form of misuse the Amer
ican people huvu raised their voices In emphatic
and effective protect, Bui. I here 1 another
abuse which arises from ait Improper conception of pulilk
duty, mid nucha east occurred the other day In Minnesota.
There has boon u local 'agitation around the oily of Hutch
inson agninwl Hunday baseball, but no court processes huvu
milled to prevent the games, the mnuagers of the sport
having won their cases, Finally, aroused to a pUeh of
high Indignation, a woman, who In prominent in the com
munity, nought, to put an end to the practice by umismil
methods. She attended u Sunday game with a large flag
druped around her gown, displaying a placard with the
words: "To ntfaek tlie Hag of the United State while It, is
being UHed In tho enforcement of law is, according lo the
statutes, high treason." When the game wan started Hhe
-advanced to tho center of the diamond and stationed her
self, thus attired, between the pitcher and the batsman. In
an effort to have the Hag hit by the ball. After a ridicu
lous performance, the players trying to avoid striking iter,
and she dodging to and fro In order to get In the line of
lire, the spwdntors, tiring of the unusual sport, took a hand
ami Hwnrnied Into the field, surnuundlng the determined
woman and forcing her olT the Held. The game then pro
needed without molestation. This woman's purpose was
to enlist the federal authorities hi the crusade against the
Sunday ball players, but, of course, she would have failed
to do so, oven If ho had succeeded in getting tho tlag liit
by a ball. In thus Invoicing tho aid of the national emblem
wlie made not only "herself, but to norm degree the Hag
iluself, ridiculous. Washington Star.
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New Anti-Trust Decision.
iN accordance with Attorney General !Mood.'s
Ideclsiou that the government, may take rebates
from railroads transporting material or ma
Ichtnery to be used on government works See-
I rotary Hitchcock will accept reduced rales
from all common curriers willing to give them
In connection with .the contracts for irrigation
dams and other constructions in the arid regions. In tho
Attorney General's opinion, however, the right of public
authorities, Including those of States and municipalities, to
accopl; rebates is dependent upon the fact that govern
mental works, as roads, water supply systems, etc., are
not competitive. If a city or State or the United States
Hhottld enter upon a commercial enterprise, as tho refine
ment and sale of petroleum, for Instance, the rule as to
,elim)ity Kti rates to .nil shippers for like service would
become operative.
When Kansas shall get lis projected oil refinery agoing
the State government would be under legal compulsion to
pay the published rates Tor shipping and distributing the
product. So would the Standard Oil Company, to be sure;
but this concern could dodge tho law by securing secret
concessions from the railways, whereas the State, which
must: conduct Its business above board, could not. Some
how the aiitl-trust decision of President Roosevelt's admin
stratlon seems to redound mainly to the advantage of I he
trusts. Philadelphia Record.
mission to purchase its ship and supplies abroad. The one
might force a reduction in (he price of certain products of
American labor, but the other would cause demoralization
In the price of American labor Itself.
If half Unit is said of the elllcleney and quickness of the
.lap coolie lie tirue they would be dangeroiH competitors In
the labor market. of this country. They can live a year
on what would not keep an American family a month. And
they are not content to remain In menial employment, but
rapidly perfect themselves In skilled Inlwr and obtain high
positions.
There Is no law to keep theni out. and It Is not likely
that. Uncle Sam, since .'fupan liujt become so great a power
In the world, will cure to Inaugurate uny policy of ex
clusion. .lust nt present the Japanese government Itself has the
matter undor consideration. A special Japanese commission
to Investigate elimatle and labor conditions on the Isthmus
and report upon the advisability of encouraging subjects
of the Mikado to seek employment there has finished Its
Inquiry, but has not. yet made Its report.
There are now between 7,000 and 8,000 government em
ployes In the zone, but the number of Japanese among
them Is not given. So far the commissioners have depended
ehlelly upon the native and Jamaican negro, who is unsat
isfactory. The gate Is wide open to the Jap. Indianapolis
Sun.
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Tontine Insurance.
V the new law which hii been adopted in
France for the regulation of life insurance
companies and associations, the writing of ton
tine Insurance Is apparently prohibited lhat
Is, It appears to be made impossible because
an accounting of the profits, so far at least as
. French policy-holders are concerned, Is made
compulsory each year. There Is not a little reason for
believing that this is a proper precaution for the French
government: to take. Our own State has never .instilled
tontine Insurance -that is. It has not permitted companies
inaugurated under its laws to issue policies of this kind,
but it has not considered it advisable to prohibit com
panies incorporated under the laws of other States from
Issuing these policies through their Massachusetts agen
cies. The ground taken by the State of Massachusetts In
this prohibitory action has been that tontine insurance was
contrary to public policy, in that it was a species of gam
bling where the gains went to those who were so for
tunate as to live, and the losses to tho estates of those
who were so unfortunate as to die, or who were com
pelled by adverse circumstances to permit tieir policies to
lapse. - I'.oston Herald.
The Miller or the Dee.
"There wns a Jolly miller,
Lived on the River Dee;
He danced and sung from morn to night;
No hirk so blithe as he.
And this the harden of his sunn
Forever tued to be:
'I care for nobody; no, nl t,
If nobody cure for me!'"
Thexe Hues, no doubt, suggested the
j poem of (.'havk'x Mackny, here given:
There dwelt miller, hale and bold,
Itcside tho rirer Iee;
He worked and tang from mom till
night
No lark so blithe as ke;
And this the burden of his snnjc .
Forever used to be:
"1. envy nobody no, not. I,
Aud nobody envies ma!"
"Thou'rt wronir, my' friend," suid food
King Ilnl;
"As wrong as wrong can be;
For could my heart be light as thine,
I'd gludly change with thee.
And tell mo now, whnt mnkes thee sinif,
With voice so loud and free,
While I am sad. though I'm a king.
Reside the River Dee?"
The miller smiled -ami doffed li is cap;
"I earn my bread." quoth lie;
"I love my wife, t love my friend,
I love my children three;
1 owe no penny I cannot pay;
1 thank the River Dee,
That turns tho mill that, grinds the corn
That feeds my babes ami me."
"Good friend," said Hal, and sighed the
while,
"Farewell, aud happy be!
Rut say no more, if thoii'dsl be true,
That no one envies thee.
Thy mealy cap is worth my crown;
Thy mill, my kingdom's fee;
Such men as tIioii are Kugland's boast,
O miller of the Dee!"
1'harle.s Mackay.
The Panama Cunal and the Jap.
tlllil ttrnuncel (if a nunfi.v'u lw.t.... ii,.
by u tide of Japanese coolie labor, brought over
in thousands to work on the Panama Oannl. Is
anything but assuring. It is thought the Jans
ralthat come over will never go back, but will tlnd
EJ their way Into our Southern States and snroad
throughout the whole country.
It is a problem affecting American labor much more
intimately than docs even the proposition of the canal com-
Why Germany Has No Tramps.
f)-l)AV i)wi it Hw 1n1wiiItiir 1111111 In P.uiM,iiiiii
I " lis in many respects better than that of ours.
I I The Gorman state recognizes the right of every
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laborer becomes old or feeble the state pensions
him honorably. In Germany the laboring man
can ride on the electric ears for two cents we
pay live. German cities have public, baths, public laundry
establishments, big parks, free concerts aud many other
features- which soften poverty although they may not re
move it.
The corollary to tills is that the Kuipcror permits no
tramps to terrorize his highways. The police Is organized
for rural patrol as well as city work, and every loafer Is
stopped and made to give an account of himself. In Ung
land vagrancy tins been a public nuisance for generations
wllli us It has become of late years almost a public danger.
Germany has no tramps. The man who Is without work in
Germany finds no Inducement to remain Idle. A paternal
government sets him to such bard work that the would-be
unemployed finds it decidedly to his Interest to seek some
other employment as soon as possible. National Magazine.
FISHERIES OF JAPAN.
In Many HeHpectd They Tuke Vlrat
Runic Over Those nt Other NntloiiH.
The fisheries of Japan aro less valu
able than those of several other coun
tries, but thty tako first rank over
those of all other nations (1) In tho
actual number of people making a live
lihood thereby; (li) in the relative num
ber of persons engaged In and depend
Mit on the Industry; (;.) In the quanti
ty of products taken annually from
the water; (1) in the relative Impor
tance of fishery products In the domes
tic economy; (o) in the Ingenuity aud
skill shown by the people in devising
and using iHiilng appliances and pre
paring tho catcli for Use; (tl) in the ex
tent to which all kinds of water prod
ucts are utilized; (i) in the extent to
which the fisheries of forelgn'countries
have been studied and the best meth
ods adapted to homo conditions; (8) In
tho extent to which agriculture has
been carried; dl) In the zeal ahd Intelli
gence displayed by the government In
promoting the development of the fish
eries and the welfare of the lishlng
population.
From the earliest times down to the
present day, fishing has supplied the
staple animal foods aud a largo por
tion of the vegetable and mineral
foods consumed in Japan, and none of
the other great powers Is now so de
pendent on the water for subsistence.
Ho Important aro water products and
Mo numerous aro their kinds and the
methods of preparation, that I venturq
the assertion, fforn whnt I have seen
of domestic life In Japan, that every
day In every Japanese family some
form of fishery food Is served I utu
almost ready t shy at every meal.
The Japanese llshermen as a class
are hardy, skillful, energetic, sober,
self-reliant, to which qualities Is super
added a spirit of Intense bravery and
patriotism, which makes them Invalu
able, Indeed Indispensable, in the crisis
through which Japan Is now passing.
With Ingenuity and deftness which, It
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seems to me, are unsurpassed by any
other people, tho Japaneso have de
vised apparatus apd developed meth
ods which centuries ago brought tht-lr
fisheries to a very high degree of ef
fectiveness; but not content with this,
they have within our own time super
imposed upon and adapted to thelrown
already well-nigh perfect fisheries all
that is best. and most useful in those
of other countries, so that to-da ask
ing with the Japanese Is more than a
mere Industry It is almost a line art.
A striking feature of the Japanese
fisheries, and one which might reason
nblv be expected in a people so frugal
am, Ingenious, is the utilization of all
kinds of water products which In the
United States and In many lOuropean
countries are wholly or largely neg
lected. In the matter of eating aqua
tic animals and plants the Japanese
have few prejudices, and what they
do not eat they utilize In other ways.
As examples 1 may mention marine
vegetables, and sharks, which are
among the commonest and most whole
some of the Japanese food-tlshes. They
are sent to the markets In immense
numbers, reach there In excellent con
dition, and are butchered as bei-ves aro
in our country. 1 believe the time will
come when we shall have attained
that degree of civilization which will
make fashionable the eating of sharks,
skates and similar lislies now gener
ally discarded. Meanwhile many of
us will be content to eat the so-callel
"fresh fish" of our markets, nlbelt
days and weeks old, reeking with put
refactive bacteria, and kept "fresh" by
contact with melting Ice when not ox
posed to the air of a dirty stall.
A branch of tho fisheries in which
Japan far surpasses all other coun
tries as regards both extent and in
genuity of method is the seaweed in
dustry. In the United States, notwith
standing our long coast line and sea
weed resources, not Inferior to-Japnn's,
tho annual crop of marine vegetables
is worth only $40,000, whereas in Ja
pan these products are worth not less
than $2,000,000, and are exceeded In
value by only four animal products
of the fisheries. Hugh M. Smith, In
National Geographic Magazine.
TlieChitdN First Grler.
"Oh. call my brother back to nie!
I cannot, play alone:
The summer comes with tlower aud bee
Where is my brother goueV
"The butterfly is glancing bright
Across the sunbeam's, track;
1 cans not now to chase its flight
Oh. call my brother back!
"The flowers run wild the flower" we
sow'd
Around our garden tree;
Our vine is drooping with its load
Oh, call him back to me!"
"He could not. hear thy voice, fair cliild,
He may not como to theo;
The face that once like springtime smiled
On earth no more thou'lt see.
"A rose's brief bright life of joy,
Such unto him was given;
Go thou must play alone, my ho!
Thy brother is in heaven!"
"And has he left, his birds and flowers,
And must I call In vain?
And. through the long, loug summer
hours,
Will he mil come again?
"And by the brook, and in the glade,
Art all our wanderiugs o'er?
Oil, while my brother with me play'd,
Would I had loved him more!"
Mrs. Ilcmans.
WILES OF THE HORSE TRADER.
Tricky Arts to Make Old One Yohur
and Doctoring and "Doplnjf."
Probably In no business are so many
tricks and wiios practiced as in that
of horse dealing. It is safe to aflinn
that thousand's of horses are sold
throughout the country every year un
der false conditions, and so skillful
have "fakers" become that it takes a
very clever and experienced man to
detect the doctoring tricks of those who
are anxious to sell a bad animal to the
best advantage;.
Perhaps tho commonest of nil faking
or blshoplng, as It is often called a
term derived from a man named Rlsli
op, who during the eighteenth century
obtained a great reputation for making
old horses appear younx is In relation
to a horse's teeth. At full age a horse
has forty teeth, and not until the fifth
year are they all visible. Six months
later the "nippers" or ront teeth be
come marked by a natural cavity and
it is tho presence or ubsenco of these
marks that certifies tho animal's exact
age.
As the horse gets older, these marks
wear away, and it is then that tho co
per or faker sots to work to make
fresh cavities, as found In a horse of
the ugu ho wishes to represent. The
surface of tho teeth is cut out with a
steel tool and tho black lining of the
groove, which must bo visible, burnt in
with nitrate of sliver or some other
chemical. In this way horses which
are often over 8 or 1) years of ago aro
sold as 0-year-olds.
Tho ngo of a horse Is often increased
as well ns' reduced by means of faking
tho teeth. A 3-year-old will often be
transformed into a 6-year-old by means
of chiseling out tho side milk teeth
with which horses are furnished up to
their third year, when they are sup
planted by the permanent ones. The
extraction of the former, of course,
brings on the latter much quicker than
would be the case in the natural order
of tilings, tints making a horse appear
much older than It really is.
There are various other tilings, how
ever, besides the teeth, which give
away the age of a horse and which
have to be faked if the animal Is to
fetch a fair price. In oid horses there
is generally a certain cavity or depres
sion of the skin in the forehead im
mediately above the eyes. This disfig
urement is remedied by a process
known as "puffing the glims." A fine,
pointed blowpipe is Introduced undor
the skin above the eye, through which
the coper blows gently until the deep
hollow is filled and is replaced by ft
perfectly smooth surface.
The faking of broken-wided horses
to an art in. itself, so to speak, it In
generally accomplished by means of
drugs, arsenic being chiefly used,. Thet
"coper" also pays strict attention to
such an animal's diet previous to a
show. If during the trial a horse la a
little short-"wlndcd the owner will turn
furiously upon the groom for giving hia
f horse too much hay, when in all prob
ability It has had nothing to eat or
drink for hours.
The groom will thereupon explain
how tho animal got loose and ate a
bushel of oats and half a truss of hay
In the night and thnt. he was afraid of
losing his place if he said anything
about It. This explanation will, in nine
cases out of ten, satisfy llie Intending
purchaser and remove any double
which lie might have had.
A singular dodge is resorted to by
the "coper" when he comes Into pos
session of a lame horse out of which
he desires to make some profit. The
method is called "beaning" aud con
sists in making a horse which is lumc,
say, for instance, In tho left fore foot,
lame In the right one also.
Perhaps a small pebble Is inserted
between tho shoe and the hoof of tho
hitter foot, the pain of which causes
the animal to limp with the right as
well as the left log, one thus counter
balancing tho other and making It ap
pear as though it was the horse's nat
ural gait. In lieu of :t small pebble a
small iron wedge is sometimes driven
underneath tho foot corresponding with
the Initio one, thus causing both legs to
go lame alike, which only gives the
horse a different motion.
"Doping" is a term usually applied
to the trick of making horses appear
spirited and high-steppers by means of
drugs or chemicals. An animal Is oft
en made to pick up its legs in the
quick, nervous style of a thoroughbred
by having the back tendons of the leg
rubbed with turpentine, eow-ltch and
ammonia, which burns like ilrc and
makes the unlmal prance with pain.
Occasionally, says a writer In the
P.oston Herald, the "coper" is success
ful in selling what is known as a
"rogue" horse one who resists nil at
tempts to bo put into harness. With
a sharp razor the sides of tho horse
will be shaved In certain places, mak
ing It appear as though the animal was
just out of harness aud a thorough car
riage horse.
The same performance will be gone
through Just below the withers, whore
the collar chafes, while, If tho borso
be a tricky one, chloral hydrate and
opium will be administered. It is not
until the unlucky purchaser tries to
harness the horse to a carriage that he
discovers tho animal's temper und its
tinmnuageablo wnys.
Tho Rnco Ho Won.
In the old whaling days a New Bed
ford captain fell in with a lot of his
"townles", in the Pacific, says the Chi
cago Record-Herald, and after a land
ing for water on the coast of South
America, began a boat-race off shore
toward the ships. The old skipper
kept muttering to his crew to take It
easy. The others Jeered him as ho
fell behind, but he took it cheerfully.
"The race I'm after Is the race
home," he said. He pointed to a little
bight In tho rocks, Into which the crew
could just see.
"Ever see Unit rock in there before?"
ho asked. "No, I guess not That's a
cow whale and her calf up there on
the shore. It's her nursery."
When the others were far enough
awny to give him a clear field he made
for the shore. Ho got the cow and
the calf. Tho others said very little
about tho race ho did not win, for ho
was the first man back to New Bedford.
Moan Dig.
Poetlcus I want to write n poem
thot will express a universal sentiment
something that Is felt not only by
myself, but by every one that reads It
Crltlcus You have already done so.
Poetlcus I'm afraid not when?
Crltlcus Your latest sonnet begins
'I would that I wore dead!" Cleveland
Louder.
Explanation by Pa Iletipeolc.
Little Willie I suy, pa, what Is an;
empty title?
Pa An empty title, my son, is your!
mother's way of referring to me as th
head of the house when there are vlalV
ora present Glasgow Evening Time