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Japan must be quite as much an
adopt In diplomacy now as she Is In
war.
war.Wo
Wo have Just boon lvcu an Infallible'
formula for avoiding paying the In-
creasoil price for beef : Don't buy beef.
Tammany has given public notice that
It has reorganized. Tammany rings the
reorganization bell every time It finds
Itself on the bottom of the heap.
The town which has the best base ball
team In the league Is a very numerous
phenomenon Just now. It won't be
quite so numerous later In the season.
We have been waiting patiently for
reports of progress of this season's hall
crop. The next hall storm heard ot
otiRht to brliiR hailstones at least the
of pumpkins.
If the bicycle craze continues un-
nbaled for a few years more one of the
attractions of Ihe twentieth century
dime museum will be the man whenever
never rode a wheel.
A whole week has passed without the
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announcement that another presidential
possibility Is positively not a candidate
for public honors. We won't be able to
stand this situation much longer.
If President Cleveland undertook to
reply to all the questions hurled at him
In public letters sinned by notoriety
Becking politicians ho would not have
much time to devote to the duties of his
olllce.
Seed grain that Is not In the hands of
the farmers by the end of the present
month may as well ho kept for another
year. The seed grain problem must In
the nature of things soon be a problem
of the past.
The New York Herald cries out In
pleading voice : "Give us free beef ! "
If we are entitled to free beef , why not
also free everything. Hut the Herald
does not mean free beef. It will be
satisfied with beef free of Import duty.
The county commissioners seem to
take kindly to the proposition for a
tramway to follow the meauderlugs of
the IMatte canal. Knct Is the more our .
people consider this phase of the canal
project the more they must approve It.
This Is the season of the year that
for one reason or another Is particularly
popular with young couples who con
template starting out In n career of
married life. We extend congratulations
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tions ami best wishes to each and all I
of them.
Whatever may be said of the services
of H Hung Chang In bringing the war
between China and Japan to a conclu-
Mou It Is not to be doubted that ho
made the very best of a very bad bar
gain. No ono else can say that he could
have done better.
A poem written by a lady on her 18th
birthday Is promised as one of the In
teresting features of the woman's edi I-
tion of The Hee. A few poems writ
ten by the same lady on some of her
subsequent birthdays would , however ,
be much greater curiosities.
When the price of oil again comes
down to within hailing distance of the
cost of producing the Standard Oil mo
nopoly will bo promptly on deck to as
sert that the benefit of the reduction Is
accorded to the public purely out of Its
own charity and goodness of heart.
I'ottawattamlo county , Iowa , Is a
veritable vineyard and garden patch.
Its producers llnd a ready market In
Council lUuffs and Omaha. With rapid
transit Douglas county can be made
quite as productive as Is I'ottawattamle.
Time and energy will solve the prob
lem.
An Intelligent local contemporary re
fers feelingly to such sterling Tammany
democrats as "Crocker" and "Oeorge It.
McLellan. " Wo greatly fear that Mr.
Oroker and Mr. McClellan will feel
Imrt that the sterling quality of sir
tlemoeraey has not made their es
more familiar to the democratic press
than this.
What will the railroads do toward
swelling the crowds In Omaha during
ptato fair week ? As Omaha Is doing
and will do more to make the fair a
howling success than has heretofore
been done the ralhrnyt might reason"
ably be expected to make more liberal
rates than heretofore made. This
bridge , of course , need not now bo
crossed , but It Is not too soon to apprise
railroad managers what Omaha has a
right to expect In the premises.
XA' ISTKKtfATlOXAT KVKXT.
All event of Intcriintlonnl Interest
will tnlu ; plnco on Juno 20 , for which
the Gerinnn government IIUH inndo great
preparations ntul In which the United
States wjll participate. This Is the
opening of thn North Son ntul llaltlc
cnnal , nn enterprise of great magnitude
nud of the highest Importance com
mercially and Htrnteglcnlly to Gnrnmny.
One of tlio features of the celebration
of the opening of this waterway will
hu n grnutl nnvnl display , In which all
the mnrltlmo nations will bo repre
sented. The number of wnr ships ex
pected to be present will far sin-pans
any withering In recent years , not ex
cepting that of our naval review In
the spring f 1S03 , when there were
about forty vessels In Now York har
bor. Great Britain , Franco and Kussla
will send large Heels , while Italy , Spain
and other smaller continental powers
will be represented by some of their
latest crack war ships. The United
Slates will be represented by four war
vessels , the armored cruiser New York ,
the triple screw flyer Columbia , the San
Francisco and the Marblehead , the first
named as the flagship tinder the com
mand of Admiral Klrkland , now in
charge of the ICuropcnn station. It Is
expected that this squadron will Im
press European nations with the prog
ress accomplished In rebuilding the
American navy. These ships represent
four different types and arc not sur
passed In their respective classes. Un
doubtedly the naval display on this oc
casion will bo by far the grandest ever
witnessed.
What Is the waterway the opening
of which Is to be celebrated with so
much pomp and pageantry ? It Is n
canal extending sixty-two miles from
Hrinsbuttel , at the mouth of the Elbe ,
to Iloltonan In the llaltlc , the construc
tion of which cost ? : i ,000,000. The
building of this waterway was prompted
by both military and commercial con
siderations , the military motive prepon
derating. It has seemed to be a grave
disadvantage to Germany that Its ports
on the Ualtlc arc severed from those on
the Atlantic. To bring them Into close
communication by a straight cut across
the Jutland peninsula would In effect
In case of an emergency , double the
ctllclency of the German navy by en
abling the whole naval force of the
empire to concentrate speedily at one
point In the llaltlc or In the North sea ,
as circumstances might demand. The
canal Is also expected to be of great
Importance to Germany's commercial
Interest P. Indeed , It Is believed that
the- political , strategic and commercial
results of the enterprise- will be very
great. Ily facilitating transit it will
materially change the relations of the
countries bordering the llaltlc and North
spas. The current of trade will be di
verted , and among other anticipated
results It Is thought thai Copenhagen
will lose trade and Hamburg will gain ,
while Kiel , the important German naval
station on the llaltlc , seems to have si
boom In prospect. Hut whatever the
results for competing ports In the
llaltlc , International commerce will un
doubtedly bo greatly facilitated by the
new ship canal. Our naval authorities
have taken a commendable Interest In
the opening of this waterway and the
presence on the occasion of four Ameri
can war vessels will undoubtedly not
only bo heartily appreciated by the Ger
man government and people , but will
constitute for all Europeans who par
ticipate not the least attractive and in
teresting feature of what promises to
be an extraordinary and memorable
naval display.
//OH' FA It CAN IIKXT UK TRACKD1
At the time the decision In the in
come tax cases was banded down we
0called attention to the fact that the
court's definition of taxes on Income
from real property , as Identical with
taxes on real' property , sought to oblit
erate a distinction which , from the
point of view of finance. Is clear and
universally accepted. The majority
opinion of the supreme court asserts
that there Is no difference that Is ap-
prceiable between n tax on real estate
and the tax on the rents or income from
real property. For this reason It holds
that so much of the Income tax law
as refers to Income arising from
real property contravenes the provision
of the constitution requiring direct
taxes to be apportioned among the sev
eral states according to population , and
Is , therefore , unconstitutional.
AH an outcome of this .strained Inter
pretatlon wo arc confronted with some
strange anomalies In the operation of
the law. The person who derives his
iincome from landed resources is ex-
empt from federal taxation on that part
tof his Income. The corporation which
derives its revenues from the rent of
real property Is exempt from taxa
tion on Its protits. The person who de
rives his Income from the dividends on
stock In corporations whose revenue
comes from the rent of real property
Is exempt from taxation on tlmt part
of his Income.
Carry the declaration of the supreme
court out to cover these steps and It
will read something like tills : A tax
on rent Is the same as a tax on land.
A tax on dividends declared by corpor
ations whose prollts are derived from
rent Is the same as a tax on rent , ant' '
therefore the hame as a tax on land
The question Is , How far can this
identity be traced ? The corporatioi
whoso revenues arc derived exclusively
from rent of real property may employ
an attorney. The attorney's salary It :
that case would be no further remover
from the real estate as Its source thai
would the dividends of the stockholder
Is a tax on this salary the same as i
tax on laud , and hence u direct tax
If the Income- from rents .of real prop
erty retains Its Identity through twc
transformations , why not through tor
or a hundred ? According to the oh
physlocratle doctrine all wealth wa is
tract-able directly to the produce of the
land ; every out'was dependent upon th 1C
tiller of the soil. I'pon tills theory tin
only distinction to be drawn butweei
Incomes of any and all kinds wouh' '
bo ono of degree. Modern economist
do not go quite so far , but It Is plali :
that a very large part of our wealtl
springs , In Its origin , out of Ian id
and landed property. It Is only n ques
tlou of remoteness. Follow out th 10
logic of this part of the supreme court
decision nnd It will be Impossible to
predict where we will wind up. Noth
ing could better Illustrate the danger
of making arbitrary legal definitions of
common concepts of the realm of ceo-
nomlcs.
l.1/r0fZ7VlACK 0 * ' TllKB CVI.TURR.
There seems to bo some danger that
In the general emphasis given by our
Arbor day celebration to the process of
tree planting the Importance of the
other branches of tree culture will be
too greatly overshadowed. The plant-
lug of the tree Is the all essential pro-
requisite of tree culture. It Is the act
that starts the life of the tree In Its
permanent location. Without planting
cannot have trees , but mere planting
Is no guarantee that we will have them.
The person who celebrates Arbor day
by planting a few trees must not be
permitted to believe that he has per
formed his whole duty and that his
duly has ended there.
There are a great many Incidental
questions of tree culture which demand
attention and which can only be prop
erly answered by those who have made
trees and their growth a study. In the
Ilrst place the location of the tree Is of
no small moment. Trees need soil and
moisture for nourishment and room for
growth. Overcrowding Is as fatal to
trees as It Is to human beings. The
tree that Is planted where it can got
neither moisture , light nor space for
expansion Is foredoomed to be a cripple
among Its fellows for life. The kind of
tree must also be determined according
to Its purpose and location. Good trees
In the wrong places are just as bad
as wrong trees In good places. The
adaptability of the species selected Is
a point not to be neglected , finally ,
after the tree Is planted It needs care
and attention. Some trees attain a
natural growth all by themselves , but
most trees used for shade or ornamenta
tion In the city or along the roads are
Improved by assistance during the pe
riod of development. True tree culture
exerts a constant watchfulness over Its
wards. It mends their defects and
guides their growth and protects them
at all times from attacks from their
foes.
foes.Arbor
Arbor day will fall in part of Its Intended -
tended purpose If It does not Impress it
upon the tree planter that his work Is
but begun.
IXTKHXATIOSA I' AMITY.
The arrival at Havana of the new
minister from Spain to the United
States recalls attention to the fact that
there Is an unsettled issue between the
two countries. The Alllanca Incident
had almost passed out of the public
mind , so rapidly do events of general
Interest follow each other , and what
was a brief time ago a subject of more
or less exciting discussion , apparently
threatening a rupture of friendly In
ternational relations , is today an almost
forgolten reminiscence. Yet the inci
dent for which our government called
Spain to account has lost none of its
Importance and the duty of our govern
ment to Insist upon Ils demands Is as
strong as It ever was.
Why It has permitted so long a time
to elapse without compliance with Its
demands Is an illustration of interna
tional amity. There was no reasonable
question regarding the merits of our
case and there was no doubt about
the soundness of our position. Hut
Spain Is in trouble. She has an insur
rection on hand In Cuba and there has
been a political change at home. The
tenure of olllce of the present cabinet
Is uncertain. Uepresentations were
made to our government that If the
Spanish government were pushed to the
wall through demands for an Immediate
conclusion of the diplomatic correspondence -
once the overturn of the ministry would
certainly result. We owe loss consider
ation to Spain than to any other country
on earth , because she has repeatedly
offended against us and has generally
evaded making reparation. Moreover
the Spanish government and people
have no cordial liking for this country.
Still our government , although It had
called for a prompt response to Its de
mands , yielded to the plea for time In
the interest of International good will.
It was a proper thing to do , but It maybe
bo doubted whether Spain appreci
ates It.
The new minister expressed the be
lief that the outcome of the negotia
tions would be satisfactory- both
countries and this is understood to be
the expectation at Washington. It Is to
bo hoped this promise will be verified ,
but there can be no doubt tluU It de
pends very much upon the firmness
and decision with which the United
States shall Insist upon its demands.
Tast experience with Spain warrants
the belief tlmt it will evade responsi
bility if allowed to do so.
CHIKRSK I )
The record of the Chinese In the war
with Japan Is , all tilings considered , the
most humiliating ever made by any people
ple hi tlio world's history. Hut In the
negotiation of the treaty of peace the
Chinese diplomats have demonstrated 1 ,
under most adverse circumstances , tlmt
they have a shrewdness and skill not
to be contemned. A careful considera
tion of the terms agreed upon will show
that LI Hung Chang and his associ
ates have made the host of a very bad
case and have done very much bettor
thau they were expected to do. Hard
as the terms appear to be , they are as
a whole less severe than there was rea
son to anticipate , so far as Indemnity
and the surrender of territory are con
cerned. What seems to go hardest with
the Chinese are tlio conditions which
require the opening of Chinese ports to
foreign trade which have boon liltherto :
closed to such trade snd accord to
tov.
Japan the right to navigate certain riv
ers. Such an Innovation upon the tra
ditional policy of the Celestial empire ills
far more humiliating to the-feelings of
the Chinese than defeat In war , and
besides they probably see in It a men
ace to the Internal peace and the contin
ued unity of the empire. If the ports
are opened to foreign trade and the
right to navigate the rivers is given to
foreigners , how long will It liu re
the traditional Influences which have
kept the Chinese empire together will
begin to disappear nnd the authority of
the rulers over the people begin teat
weaken ? It Is easy to understand that
these and klndri'd questions have been
considered IJrJthe Chinese In connecnt
tlon with the terms which contemplate
the admission of the "outside bnrbarst
Inns" to rights , nnd privileges hitherto
strenuously deiNed them.
The peace envoys of China succeeded
In obtaining a reduction of the amount
of Indemnity originally demanded by
Japan nnd ( tiiinini required to be paid
will not put n very great strain upon
China , while Tn" the matter of the cosw
0si
slon of territory much of that given up
will probabJEyitit England and Hussla
In | t | a posltlounivtagonlstlc to Japan. It
was reported a few days ago that the
Uusslan I { gov uuiont contemplated conw
voklng ( n meeting of the powers for the
purpose of revising the terms of pence ,
with particular reference to opposing
the cession by China , to Japan of any
territory on the custom Asian contlo
nent. The attitude of Great Hrltaln In
the matter is not defined , but according
to one or more London papers the govtl
eminent Is not pleased with the cession
of Formosa. It would seem , however ,
that If either of those powers was very
much dissatisfied it would have already
given some Intimation of It. Nevertheless -
theless there Is reason to believe thai
they are not satisfied , but neither will do
anything without the acquiescence of
file other Kuropean powers and these
may not bo disposed to interfere. If , in
the future , however , China should make
an effort to regain the lost territory she
would undoubtedly have the cordial
sympathy and perhaps the substantial
support of England and Hussla , and
who can say tlmt LI Hung Cluing had
not this possibility In mind ?
The treaty of ponce is less dlsadvnn-
tageous to China than
was to have been
expected and doubtless some of the
credit for this is duo to the American
advisor of the Chinese negotiators. Mr.
Foster , whose ability as a diplomat had
before been well attested.
TO rilOTUCT CUlAUK DKGHKVS.
At a recent conference In New York
of representatives of the graduate de
partments of sixteen of the loading colleges -
logos j ( and universities of the country it
was agreed after a full and earnest
discussion ( ] of the subject to adopt nn
address to the governing bodies of the
various American Institutions of higher
education In the Interest of protection to
the advanced college degrees.
The forthcoming address Is to include
four principal points : First , that the
completion and publication of an orlg-
iiml dissertation should be a prerequl-
site to tlie conferring of the doctorate
degree. Second , tlmt the possoslon of a
baccalaurealf ! decree from some roputa-
bio college qr jt ie proof of equivalent
attainments , should be a necessary con
dition of I'llfjiUlllty to advanced do-
grees. Third , that the Intermlgration of
graduate students should be encouraged
particularly by requiring not moro than
one year's actual residence in the uni
versity where the degree is granted.
Fourth , thatjtj ej practice of conferring
the degrees' M. A. , D. Lit. , D. S. , and
Pit. D. as li/mcfnry titles and to non
residents be condemned and abandoned.
The purpose which the graduate stu
dents' conference hopes to attain Is , of
course , to inalTe' ( Tie degrees which Its
members expect fd earn really mean
something. They quite naturally think
they have a cause for grievance , and a
just ono , too , against those Institutions
that shower the advanced degrees
broadcast upon any and all who show
personal or pecuniary Interest In the
progress of education. They object to
being classed with men parading liter
ary and scientific titles which , If not
bought , were at any rate never earned.
The larger and more reputable universi
ties are gradually doing away with the
practice of granting as honorary ap
pendages degrees supposed to represent
work. A few of them are becoming
chary about bestowing the solely hon
orary degrees to any but those who
have a college education upon which to
base them , but the great number of les
ser Institutions are still grinding out
Indiscriminate M. A.'s and I'll. D.'s with
the same liberality as LL. D.'s , and
with as little provocation. And In this
connection , we are sorry to say , the
state universities of the western states
are by no means the least offenders.
Should the suggestions to be made In
the proposed address meet with sulll-
clout favor to incite college authorities
generally to action recommended , the
benefit accruing will not be altogether
one sided. It Is true the men who
have already earned advanced degrees
would have those degrees somewhat en
hanced In value. But such degrees
would at the same time be made much
more desirable. Many moro students
would consider them worth working for
than now and the graduate departments
of the different universities would soon
show the effects In the expansion of
their enrollments. Lot the advanced
college degrees represent research ac
tually performed instead of time spent
In attendance or gifts bestowed and
respect for the institutions from which
they spring will be quickly and wonder-
fully Increased ,
It now transpires that ox-Senittor
Hansom of North Carolina , recently ap
pointed mhilstpr to Mexico to suc
ceed the Iate Mr. Gray , Is in an un
pleasant predicament. The constitution
of the United S\atos disqualifies mem
bers of congress from eligibility to any
olllce croatcd.idtirlng the term for which
they were eiYl'tcrt or whose emoluments
have been liiTOf | s < 'd during tlmt term.
The salary of the Mexican minister was
increased by * the action of the senate
In which Mi'n ifansom was a member
and he Is therefore disqualified under
the constitution from holding tlmt olllce.
The fact thaf' ' liq Is no longer a senator
does not help him In the least. Just
what will be dorte ! In the matter has not
yet been determined. .
An army plllcer Is trained to the strict
observance of all orders and commands.
He knows nothing but to obey. When
such otllcors are put In charge of Indian
agencies they carry out the orders of
ift
their superiors In the Interior depart
ment without hesitation or deviation.
Captain Hock , agent itt the Winuelmgo ;
agency , has made himself very unpopu
lar with the camp followers there and
ids
has been the subject of bitter attacks
upon the part of men whoso chief voca
tion has been to feed at the government
crib. Advices from Washington leave
nt reason for doubt tlmt tlio raptnln
1ms kept within the limit of his In
structions In ( lie treatment of land
lessees : who have paid tribute to the
Flournoy company. Uncle Sam says
these lossceii must pay the lease money
to the Indians and not to the land com
pany and the ejectments being made
are In consonance with tlmt decree.
The Hee has no sympathy with those
who are heaping abuse upon Captain
Heck for doing what he has been ordered
to do. It also considers Ill-advised the
pernicious Interference of county otll-
clnls which must sooner or later meet
with merited rebuke nt the hands of
the federal government.
The report of the new state oil Inspector
specter of the excess of fees collected
over the expenses of his olllce for Ihe
two months he has been In charge of
the work of inspection reminds us tlmt
the : proceedings to secure an accounting
ol his predecessor are not materializing
very rapidly. Kx-Oil Inspector Hilton
and his bondsmen are of course In no
Immediate haste to know whether they
will have to pay over the public money
which lie retained or not. The stale ,
however , ought to be reasonably expodt-
lions In asserting Its claim. If the
money Is to be recovered the suits
should be pushed to u termination with-
out delay.
The grocery contractors for the State
Soldiers ' home admit that they have not
boon furnishing In
supplies strict com
pliance with their contract , but insist
tlmt ' ] what they sent was good enough.
The trouble Is tlmt contractors for sup
plies for state Institutions have gotten
Into ' the habit of regarding such con
tracts ' ' as legitimate fields for manipula
tion and deception. If all contractors
Involved In doubtful transactions were
put upon a blacklist and their bids re
fused consideration as not coming from
responsible parties there would soon be
an end of work of this character.
President Cleveland In his Income fax
return describes himself .
as a cltl/.en-at-
large , which is taken to mean tlmt he is
undecided ! ' whether or not lie will renew
ills ' residence in New York at tlio ex
J piration | of his term In the white house.
Tlio president would , however , we are
confident , have no trouble In ascribing
himself ' to New York In case lie should
again rim for public ofllce. Presidential
candidates must under the constitution
be ' citizens of one of the states of the
union. ' Mr. Cleveland would doubtless
be J willing to fall back on New York
whenever the occasion arises.
The committee whose duty it Is to se
lect a name for state fair week fetes
have made a happy selection. They
have taken the word Nebraska , cut it
into three sections and written it back
ward. Ak-sar-ben is the result. The
Knights of Ak-sar-beii will take posses
sion of the streets of the city during the
state fair with all the pomp and splen
dor of royal pageants of ancient days.
Washington is being lilted wilh new-
street signs copied after a pattern
brought from Paris , where similar signs
are In use. It Is made of enamel and is
attached lo the houses at the corners.
This may do very well for Washington ,
but how are the now signs to be intro
duced Info some of our western cities ,
where half the corners have no houses ?
A Chicago millionaire who has just
erected a costly residence in New York ,
asserts tlmt he goes to live In the me-
tropolls merely to secure rest and recre-
atiou after exhaustion caused by the
business and bustle of the World's Fair
city. Just wait a lltfle while and Now
York will be Chicago's suburban sum
mer resort.
( online itrllcctloin.
Minneapolis Journal.
Dr. Nanscn , It Is said , has planted the
Norwegian ( lag- upon the north pole. The
story probably came by aerial telegraphy.
It Is hoped tlmt Nnnsen has stopped the
agonizing struggle at last.
Wliero tlm Pine Work Coiuoa In.
Washington Stnr.
Nicaragua suggests arbitration with nil
the facile promptness of an old hand nt
diplomacy. It should not be forgotten ,
however , that It Is In arbitration that Eng
land gets In Its finest work.
the Old Kutlo.
Globc-Pcmocrat.
The prices of meat and petroleum show
a decided tendency to lie active , and the
silver men ought to tell consumers how
to I Ueep them ilxed at the old ratio. It Is
necessary to remember , however , that null-
Ing a. weathercock fust doesn't affect the
weather very much.
Will 1C MUUfy tlm t alums ?
New York World.
Although the Immigration for March last
year reached the low total of only 1U.533 , It
falls to 17,017 this yeiir. People who have
been complaining that foreigners were
about to ruin the country by coming over to
shore Its prosperity ought to be reasonably
well satisfied with lost month's figures.
Monroe Honored In .Smith Amerlc.i.
dlolie-Pcmocrat ,
Statues of Monroe are likely to be moro
numerous In South America thun In that
president's native country , one Is going up
ut Itlo Janeiro and another of heroic size ,
cut out of Venezuelan marble , Is to be
erected In the public square of Caracas.
These monuments express the American
Idea that government by Kurop ? on this
side of the Atlantic Is unacceptable. It Is
good doctrine and will grow stronger ad
time passes.
Vanity of Human Ambitions.
Minneapolis Tribune.
II. II. Kohlraat of Chicago says ho took
dinner with James W. Scott In New York
on Krlday evening and In response to an
Inquiry as to how he was feeling Mr. Scott
said : "I was never so happy in my life ;
I have reached the highest ambition of my
life , the complete control of the paper with
a Blurt that la In complete harmony with
my wishes. The papsr Is doing butter today
than ever before. " Within less than forty-
eight hours from that time Mr. Scott waa
dead. The story Is u sermon In itself on
the vanity of human ambitions.
Dlvldlnc thn hpoU * of War.
Iloslon Globo.
It would be ono of the Ironies of poll-
tics. Indeed , If after all the peace nego
tiations between China and Japan some
great power of Kurope should Intervene
and declare that the proposed terms shall
not stand. i
Still , Japan may as well realize first as
la t that the consent of certain very Influ
ential nations must be gained before she
can pose as general manager and director
of affairs In the Orient. It Is one thing to
exact a war Indemnity and demand cession
of territory. It Is quite another tiling1 to
demand that all the resources of a defeated
foe shall pass under the victor's control.
llonilMrillng tlio Clouds.
Minneapolis Tribune.
It seems that the Chicago , Hock Island
& Pacific railroad managers have not lost
faith In artificial rnlnmaklng. It Is an
nounced that they will lit up HJC | earn with
rainmakers' supplies and appliances to be
used during the coming summer In demon
strating that rain can be forcsd from the
clouds by the use of chemicals In the arid
regions of the west. Laot season ths com
pany had three CUM In the ralnmoklng
nervlco which met with Indifferent success ,
nnd It was supposed that the experiment
had been abandoned for all time. Agents
of the Agricultural department at Washing
ton will accompany the ralnmakera and
Give the theory a scientific test.
xiict//.i SHOTS AT run j-rr-r/r.
Chicago Inter Ocean Tlio LnnMngs and
the llurcliarda do no honor to tliolr profes
tloi . To xpcnk unwisely and bo "sorry for
It"I li at btst poor policy for a pulpit orator.
IndUnnpolls I Joiirnnl : The Methodist de
nomination Is generally retarded an broad *
minded tn Its handling of c.-rtaln social ques
tions , and the action uf the St. Louis min
isters In drawing the color Hue -nlmt the
negro branches ot the Upworth Ltngiio It ,
therefore , the moro surpilslng. To admit
thorn , they .uild , would destroy the plans of
the le gut > . What the plan * are I * not
stated , but It Is barely posslblo that with the
color line drawn they may como Into connict
with the plans of the Almighty In regard to
admission to Ills * clect circles.
Springfield Itepubllcnn : The stlf-styU'd
Messiah , Schwolnturtli , an ex-.Motlioillst min
ister , who has been maintaining a "heaven"
at Ilockford , 111. , nnd beguiled msny poor
fools of women and men Into It , lias at last
been brought to a h.ilt. A man whoso wife
had been drawn Into the Bchwelnfurth h.ircm
brought suit ng.ilnst him for $50,000 for
alienating the affections of the woman , and
the jury has given him a verdict for the full
amount. Schwelnfurth'ti pretensions uould
nol permit him ta mix up In so earthly nn
affair ; ns a court trial , but ho employed his
tlmo In putting nway his large property ,
given to him by his wealthy victims , under n
deed of trust , llut he did not act quick
enough , nnd the prospects nro now th.it he
will nnd the Messiah business too costly
to maintain.
Brooklyn Englo : The Kaster celebrations
of the members of the orthodox Oreek church
In Ohio nnd of the people In the City of
Mexico Illustrate the poetillnr Inability of
men to appreciate the spirit of the founder
of the religion which they profess to bellovc
and to practice. The Greek Christians In
j the ' neighborhood of Youngstown , 0. , made
an effigy of Judas Iscarlot nnd hanged It to a
tree. It was riddled with bullets , and then
the firecrackers with which It was stuffed
were set off. The fragments of the Imnge
were burned. There was a similar celebra
tion In the City of Mexico. Little cfflglos of
the betrayer , stuffed with fireworks , were
strung across the streets and burned. These
customs have their origin In the desire to
punish tlio man who betrayed Jesus , and
they find their perpetuation In the survival
of that spirit of reprisal which Ho came
Into the world to obliterate. The customs
are unchristian and ravage.
I'EOl'l.K AX ! > THINGS.
The present condition of the Whisky trust
Is a faithful representation of "after taking.1
Mrs. I'aran Stevens left an cstato of
$1,500.000. She made no charitable or public
bequests.
The late Prof. Dona of Yale was a practical
philanthropist. Ho could play the lluto , but
ho didn't.
American women spend $2,000,000 a year
fear chewing gum and $2,000,000 for filling
and store teeth.
The one thing to fear from the discovery
of the North Polo Is that It may agitate the
country with prospectuses of summer resorts.
An enthusiastic friend of President Dole
Of the Hawaiian republic describes him as
"big , bravo and brainy. " Ho Is an ardent
sportsman ' and a fine shot.
The ; fact that the author of the story that
John Wllkes Ilooth Is still allvo graduated
from a Kentucky asylum serves to account
for his halr-trlgger Imagination.
Colonel Cockerlll refreshed himself with
$75 a pound tea prior to Interviewing LI
Hung Chang. This Is a mighty leap from
the 20-ccnt Manhattan , but the change doc. "
not appear to have strained the colonel's hat
band.
Those who feared that a sudden dose of
reform would seriously Impair the progressive
originality of Chicago councllmen need "har
bor these feelings no longer. "You're a
liar , " "You're a hoary-headed old fraud , "
and similar expletives rang out In the coun
cil room at the last meeting , and no further
evidence Is necessary to provo that the
Windy City fathers are In fairly good health.
The only persons satisfied with the Income
tax decision are these who are not obliged
to pay. The Standard Oil company asks
exemption because Its Income Is derived from
land , and some hair-splitting brewers of
New York ask a llko favor because barley ,
which constitutes essential elements ot beer ,
Is raised on land. It Is presumed the stock
brokers will be heard from next because
their crop of lambs have an agricultural
flavor.
Mr. William D. Raton has written another
drama ' ' ' In collaboration with John Manvllle
Kenn. the Ilrltlsh novelist. It Is called "Tho
Parson o' Dumford. " Twenty-ono years ago
Mr. Katon graduated from the printing
offices of Omaha and entered upon n success
ful career ns journalist and author. For
several years prior to that time he was fore
man ot the Herald job room at Thirteenth
and Douglas streets. It Is a suggestive fact
that the printers' strike of ' 74 was the Im
mediate cause of his transition from the case
[
to the editor's desk.
The work of regenerating the Chinese In
this country through the medium of the
Sunday schools does not appear to produce
results sufficient to offset the damages. In
the largo cities several prominent families
have been shattered by the marriage of
daughters to Chinese pupils , and tn nearly
every Instance the union was disastrous to
the wife. The latest rorrowful lesson of
sentimental folly comes from St. Louis , where
R M. Sharp of Kansas City was found a
few days ago In a state of mental collapse ,
caused by his daughter's marriage to a Chi
nese pupil. The unfortunate man was placed
In an asylum.
SrS flWM ItAH'S HUllff.
Ta bo without faults is to bo without
frlcmU.
The pathway of the reformer li Rcncrally
alt up hill.
The truly wise man will never worrr
about what ho can't help ,
Joining u church with n high steeple Is
not nlwnrt a start for heaven.
1'lg.i have been washed , but nonu hate ever
been cured of their lo\u for mud.
The less blooJ there Is In a sermon tin
moro compliments the prrauhcr will get.
The religion that would kill a. smllo on the
fnco of a child docs not come from Clod.
When you can't get the closet door shul
try oiling the hinges with the oil of praise.
In proportion as a preacher fishes for com
pliment ! * he- loses the ability to llsli for men.
It wilt puzzle posterity to make out why
some ot her forefathers were given menu
ments.
Believing the slander that the way ta
heaven Is nit up hilt has sent many a man
to the pit.
Men are lost , not so much from doing the
notoriously wrong , as from neglecting to do
tlio obviously right.
The devil can Bleep In church when th
preaching Is being done by a man whose
religion Is all In his lic.nl.
Tint Jtitiii uf itttr.r. <
Chicago Tribune : Before they go too fat I
In raising the price of their meat lot tlio *
cattlemen remember tlmt horses nro still , ti
plentiful nnd cheap.
Denver Republican : Kvldeaeo accumulates
tlmt the rtso In the price of cattlu ls duo tea
a decrease In the number of these animals.
There certainly Is no combine among cattle
growers to ndvnnco tha prlco. .Such n com *
hlnatlon would hardly last a wcok , The
decrease In the number of cattle IB to bo
accounted for by a number of onuses , but
doubtless the principal ono Is the lack o (
profit which 1ms characterized the business
of cattle growing for so long a time.
Boston Globe : Today It Is reasonable to *
presume that the largo dealers In Chicago ,
who always carry a good supply of beef , have
not been asleep , nnd under the present con
ditions , which they must linvo long ago fore
seen , they will probably realize high prices
for their holdings. To charge them with
cornering the market , however , an some
journals are doing , does not seem justifiable
unless It Is proven that there Is a conspiracy
on tholr part to prevent droves of live cattla
from reaching the markets. The data which
the government has begun to collect upon
the whole subject will provo very Interesting
and should scttlo many disputes now pendIng -
Ing between politicians , dealers nnd the pee
ple.
JIU3JKSTIO inVKS.
Philadelphia Inquirer : Whlzzer Women
never do things twice the snme way.
Slzzer Yea they < lo. My wife has broken
two of my pipes trying to drive tucka with
them.
Judge : Mr. Commonstock Hut Is thfl *
count gifted with common sense ?
Daughter ( Indignantly ) I should hope not ,
papa. He's a nobleman.
Courier-Journal : Louise Marie had n
lovely wedding , but what made the brldo
and groom no up the nlslo hand In hand ?
lilanchc Why , don't you know ? Her
sleeves were so long she couldn't take lila
arm.
arm.New
New York Weekly : Clara How tinder
the sun did ICdlth happen to marry Mr.
Awkward ?
Dora He was the bane of her life at
every ball she attended , nnd I presume she
married him to keep him from wanting to
dance with her.
AVnsblngton Stnr : "Dear me , " said young
Mrs. Htmnlmune. "I must see our grocer
right away. " "What for ? " asked her hus
band. "I have some Instructions to glvo
him. I want to tell him to make our coffee
a little stronger and our butter a little
weaker. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Uosh , " said Mr.
Jason , stopping on the corner and turning
clear nrouml to get another look nt the
young woman passing by , "kissing a girl
with them Flceves on must be nigh the
same as tunnelln' Into a gingham mmbon-
net , llko a fellow hud to do when 1 was
boy. "
DONNKT ODE.
Philadelphia Pi ess.
Oh , let me try a triolet
Upon her new spring bonnjv.
There 'tis In lush of violet ,
Oh , let me try n triolet ,
Since nothing o ! e Is on It
It's hardly worth a sonnet.
Yet , ah , that bill , dog gone It ;
I can't help dwell upon It ;
So thcrefoie ns I High , oh let
Me try a little triolet
Upon her new spring bonnet.
STIt.lNDKl ) AT JAFFA.
Cy Wnrrmn In New York Sun.
Down by the bench the breakers dance ,
For the winds blow hard from the Pyra
mids ,
And over the sen. In sunny France ,
A woman waits with tear-wet lids
While the waves roll high on the Syrian
sand ,
And the ships go by , but never land.
Ah ! cruel waves ; th'y keep from me
Sweet messages from one most dear ;
And all I see Is the milled sea
With Its barren shore. All night I bear
The waves moan high on the desert sand ,
Hut the ships go by and never land.
When the sea Is high the ships go by.
When the sea Is low there are no ships ;
My heart runs down to my linger tips ,
And my hands stretch out o'er the drifted
sand ;
But the shins BO by and never land.
With an Umbrella Over Town
*
Saturday night we would have been surprised and de
lighted with our after dinner business , Coming through
the rain as you did was simply astonishing. Surely
there's no pull for business like the pull of right goods
at right prices. Suits as you would have them. We
haven't heaped up suits as a scow might be leaded
You're tired of that way mass without meaning , bulk
without beauty nothing here simply for show , but not a
shape or color skipped that cuts any figure. The best
values in the world are our $10 and $12.50 sack and cut
away suits , black , blue and fancy cheviots better than
$25 tailor made suits that you'll be satisfied with till you
can patch them , Your boy would be tickled to death
with a pair of our blue Brownie overalls ; got suspenders ;
cost 56 cents.
Itcliablc Clothiers , S.W. Cur. 1 nth and Douglas St.s.