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Slay day Is licro. Daurc nronnil tlip
May pole.
.Tii < t one month more tn the. op nin ?
day of thu Tran < ii I ' If < n'Piil Ksiwsltlou.
The SjianlHli are confident of victory.
Ho wnrt1 the < ! rH'k before tlipy c'licoun-
tnruil the terrible Turk.
Honor Polo IK not the only jirrson who
think * ha eoulil edit the American uuws-
t-iH Ix.'tti-r than the editors.
With u lax on perfumery and ro-wict-
lri . thu I'tf.le cointiliniL'nt alwiut her face
iM'litK her fortnni ! may take on a more
Bartons inuMiilii .
One thing tliat will 1)imiwed ) from the
Cuban war will bo the live contraband
who tvifiih''s three ineaN a day , Just the
'ii.ime r.rt the lighting wan'.ors.
WliL'ii you hear of Hymiiathy for the
came of Spain In the vonlllct with the
UnrJteil States It Is only the sympathy
that ulways atrndlieH to the under dog.
The I'.inkcrs are unanlinoiw In favor era
a bond issue , and the bigger ths Jr > uiie
'the ' better In 'their opinion. That is their
IntM'iM and nobody can blame them.
' Lucky no one 1ms undertaken to carry
a concession for n Spnnl h village as
'a Midway attrautlon at the exposition.
Thu name alone might prove too lu-iivy
to .
carry. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4 < k It mav lie w-pll to romembpr that most
of the jjreat union xenoral.s of the civil
war wore oomjmrat'.vely yonns men.
For IlirlitliiK vlicoroKd maiihooil has the
advantage.
Walt till the new war tax Is placed on
mineral water and then see whether a
freshly drawn gla s dors not contain
more ah1 bubbles than it does liquid re
freshment.
The yellow Kul fakery claims 00,000
paid elreulaitlon , but It Is Htlll selling
advertising space at10 cents an Inch for
which Omaha merchants cheerfully pay
Tlu lice $1.
A great deal of the Indian eagerness
to enlist in the army may be due to the
Indian dislike of hard v.-ork , coupled
with the mistaken belief that soldiering
Is a life of luxury.
Cuba's r.ilny season may not delight
the Cuban agriculturists , but ( the rainy
season In the greater northwest causes
every farmer to smile In autldpatlou of
the bountiful ITOIM thus assured.
A French engineer has prepared plaiw
for u tuniK'l under the Strait of Gibral
tar connecting lOurope ami Africa. lUit
of what use would such a tunnel be with
a degenerate nation at each end ?
If HIP present war IB simply a "prize
competition , " as the cynical London
critics call It , the United SttitiM Is mak
ing a start tfli.it leaves no room for doubt
Is to who will get tlr > consolation prize.
The bakern who contemplate decreas
ing thu slro of the loaves should tlrst ex
plain why Hie loaves wore not made
larger while fhe price of wheat was
training near the bottom of nhe ladder.
Congressman Uicey of Iowa has been
compaivng a naval battle to n horse
race. That Is only carrying out the
description of 'the recent coullict between
ttixvw and Turkey as a series of foot
ram * .
When more than l.-IX ) physicians ten
der their services for the medical stall o (
tlu > American army , what UM to cite
statistics that th. > medical profession Is
oveivtowded , making all due allowance
for the exuberance of patriotism ?
IVrsoiw wlu > luive. money which they
flev.r \ to Invest whecv U will be wife and
win ? to hrluvr go * > d ivturus should i-e-
luemlh'r ( that this Is n good time to nc-
l ilrt > farm lands. Nothing can ever
depreciate the value of gixul western
furnx.
The American currency system has its
foundation In the. Spanish milled dollar ,
which was adopted as Cie dcaomlna
tluual null lu the early d.r.rs of thi > re
public. WhVh ct > ngn > ! wloiu\l fr ak will
ttr t lulro.tm'o a bill to change tluk
of our American coins ?
th : n UM Hl KuropvuiM will
tkoute-inuklnt ; In the Canadian uonh\vesi :
U l yt ui. IKHHJ iiujr one 8Uppov that II
th * 4'uuadlau northvu'ttt was governed
after the SpuuUU fatUilou of holding
ttkktuUv * lu tiulOisitlou there would lx
\\\f \ ntsh tottat i-rt of the world ?
THIS rr.K AND TIIK sirono.
Drneath the ruls of mm entirely great
The pen Is mlsbtlrr than the aworJ. lie-
bold
The arch-encbanur's wand ! lt cll a noth
ing !
Bjt taklnR io-cerr from the master band
To paralyze the Caeaars and to strike
Tic loud earth breathless ! Take away the
sword state * can bo saved without it.
Dulwcr's Richelieu.
Never was lhe ; declaration of the
flshtlug cntdlual more forcibly Illun-
rated than In the war between th ?
'nltcd States and Spain. It to patent to
ill men that this Is a war precipitated
> y the pen wielded by men not entirely
great but recklessly IndinVrent to conse-
jueuces. It was common talk among
he iu'Wcpnpcr men of America's me-
ropolls four weeks before the declara-
luu of war was made tlinlt the propil-
tor of the yellowest of the yellow kid
ournals had made a bet that he could
rlng on war by ilhe Influence of his pen.
Whether tl.vbet was llk'o the other
fakes or whether It was simply a piece
f bravado no inlclllg.'Mit ! observer can
loubt for a moment that the most po-
cntial factor In bringing on the war wan
he unscrnpuloiH ne sjiapeu bent on
nervcnary self-gloi'itleatloii.
The humorous side of the pending con-
lict is gradually manifesting Itself. Not
outwit with unchaining th > dogs of war ,
he warriors of the goose ( nil ! ! eem bent
ipon directing the strategy and dlctai
ng the biB'tle plans or our armh * JIKI
iavl ( " > . In this they only follow lament-
iblu prwedents. During the war of the
rebellion Ilorai-o Orecley souglit to 1m-
> esp upon Lincoln and Stantou cam-
lalgu plans outllilwl In his paper and
'leld Marshal Ilalstcad. through the Cin
cinnati Commercial , denounced General
Grant as an ImK IIe Incapable of mlli-
ary leadership , because he did not fol-
ow out his Ideas of 'how ' the war was
o be waged and the rebels caged. . Act-
ng upon these illustrious examples the
paste-pot chivalry assembled In Cuban
waters proposes to relieve President
McKinley , General Miles and < he naval
strategy board from the onerous re
sponsibility of directing the operations
of all the naval and military forces cm-
iloyed against Spain.
More interesting still than their sub-
hnc assurance Is tin unconcerned frank-
less exhibited by the war correspondents
n letting not only the president and his
idvl-surs Into the secrets of the cam
paign but also all the balance of the
world , Including the Spaniards. Thus
It h no longer a question how Cornman-
lor Sampson proposes to maneuver with
his squadron , but what su'jh ' high ad
mirals as Max IIlimsen , Cayenne
IVppcr , Sylvester Scowl and Ulchard
Hardlug Davis may decide.
These uncoinmisti'.nned sea and land
logs are not hampered by West Point
and Annapolis tactics. They are natural
boru strategists and commanders and
on paper they can plan and light bat
tles and win victories every hour the
printing prow turns.
With such proof of ascendancy of the
pen over the sword , an entirely new or
der of tilings must eventuate at no dis
tant day. lit do.s . not take a IHchoHou
or a Itnlwer to foresee ithat with the ad
vent of the twentieth century the
strength of nations will be measured
by the pen and not the sword and the
whole methods of modern warfare rcvo-
lutlonl/.ed. Military schools and naval
academies will be supplanted by t-vhools
of Journalism. Uayoucta and gatllng
guns and torpedo boats will be rele
gated to the scrap Iron pile. The chasse-
pot will give way to the lint pot and the
dynamite shell to the loaded cablegram ,
tired at a range of 5,000 miles. Standing
armies win not be kept standing and
armored cruisers need no crews.
The Inspired .pencil-pushers will bo
not only In the forefront but also In
th > background. Instead of discharging
steel bullets from machine guns tlia
enemy will bo routed with deadly vol
leys of stud horse itype , an Innovation
already lu evidence in ewy well regu
lated yellow kid armory.
Take away the sword states can bo
avcd without It.
77/K ttlTM.fi . RAKGKS.
There has been such substantial
growth of the live stock Industry In the
west , with rttoady Increase In the num
ber and size of the herd * and flocks , and
such confidence In 'the ' sure prollts of thu
Industry , that men ( have become'accus
tomed to look upon the great grass
ranges as without Kmltu and Incxliaiustl-
ble ; but the Departmeirt of Agriculture
out with n bulletin on the history of
the exhaustion of the pasturage of the
southwestern ranges and suggestions for
Ite restoration , whlcJi discloses the fact
that at least lu one section of the west
the ranges are far from boundless. In
central Texas , the region particularly
treated lu thU bulletin , there are 10.00C
set'ilons of land , every section of whlel
might at one 'time ' have supported 40C
head of cattle , or a total of 4,000,000 ,
but now this same region will not sup
port to exceed iMO.OOO cattle. If the
ranges were as good now as formerly
thu value of the cattle they would bo
supporting would bo ? "t,200,000 , but In
fact they support herds worth only ? l'J-
SW.OOO. Tl : s Indicates ithc great los
Mtstained In one part of ' ; he range coun
try by deterioration of the ranges.
The author of this bullil.In , II. L. Hent-
ley , special agent lu charge of the glass
station at Abilene , Tex. , traces to over
stocking the damage to the ranges of the
southwest , and this overstocking -
due to the speculative movement encour
aged by the free gra s and the subse
quent .crowding out of the herd era bj
the farmers. Fortunes were mada In
the stock business and men bcaui3 In
dlnVienr to the fate of the ranges. The
rich grass which once grew everywhere
has been destroyed anil th ? prlckley peni
Is taking po&uvuton of the prairies , Tlu
remedy obviously Is to stop overstock
lug the ranges audio sow grass and can
for It while the ranges are coming Imeli
to their original condition. It Is earslei
to suggest the remedy than to apply It
Not until the ranges are owned or leased
by the stockmen can anything be doiu
for restoring them.
It may be almost useless to lamen' '
the destruction of the ranges lu centra
Texas and other parts of the west , bu
a Kvm of greit value may be drawi
from the- history of these barren acre.
that will hnvr special application to llu'
range country that lian iu > t yt been In
jured by overstocking. The I'.ve tock
Industry U too valuable to bo wantonly
destroyed by short-sighted or Indifferent
ranchmen.
JHK M.ISSUN AT JM7Vt.V3.IN.
Although the tiring of our war Khlu { on
the fortllleatlons at Matan/.ts did not
amount to miiuh. being rtlmply Intended
to put n stop to the work of further
fortifying the place , It gave an Illustra
tion of what may be accomplished when
a real bombardment Is opened In which
all the fleet In Cuban waters shall be
engaged. Ono thing that stands out
conspicuously In the report of the Ma tan-
? : as Incident Isithe accuracy of Uio Amer
ican gunners' . The ( Ire from all three
of the vessels engaged was most effect
ive , the shells being placed with excel
lent precision and undoubtedly doing
considerable damage. On the other hand
the marksmanship of the Spanish gun
ners was , as usual , decidedly jwor. Ac
cording to the report the brief bom-
bardmetut of twenty minutes put the
fortllleatlons In a condition to be prac
tically useless and the Spaniards will not
be allowed to restore them , the Puritan
having been ordered to cruise near the
port to prevent work on fortllleatlons.
Of course there Is no comparison be
tween Matanx.as and Havana in the mat
ter of ( Icfcu&ti , so that It would be a
mistake to form a conclusion as to what
the American tied ; could do with the
formications of the latter from what was
aucompliflhod at the former point. Ha
vana is strongly fortified , there are
heavy modern guns there and doubtless
they are manned by the best artillerists
In Spalu'rt Cuban army. The reduction
of Havana would not be a matter of a
few hours , as some imagine.
H PAT1RKT ,
War has existed between the United
States and Spain only ten days , yet al
ready there IB 'being ' manifested Im
patience with the delay In begin
ning active hostilities. Persons who
know nothing about war and have
no intelligent Idea about military
requirements may be pardoned for
feeling that the naval and military
operations are not vigorous and' ' rapid
enough , that 'the ' government is not pushIng -
Ing hostilities as they should be pushed ,
but there can bo no excuse for Im
patience at this time on the pant of those
whoso Intelligence and opportunities en
able thorn to understand the situation
and the conditions. An Instance In
poimt was furnished on the floor of the
house of representative's Friday , when
a member declared that Havana could
bo reduced In two hours and the war
would be at an end. Ilellecting people
will see the utter foolishness of such a
declaration , but coming from a member
of congress and presumably a man of
average Intelligence , It will have weight
with some. The tendency of such an
utterance from such a source in to create
popular Impatience and dissatisfaction.
President Lincoln encountered the
same sort of feeling In the early part
of the civil war and It caused him no
lititle trouble and worry. Those who
had no adequate appreciation * of' the
tremendous itnsk of the government In
organizing and equipping armies were
clamorous for an onward movement and
the administration was vociferously
abused for delaying what the carpet
warriors believed would bo an easy
march to Hlchmond. The wai lu which
we arc now engaged will not t > e as for
midable as was that of the rabelldon ,
but It must be prosecuted on scientific
military principles and with as complete
preparation as Is practicable. Our navy ,
It Is believed , is ready for any demand
upon It , but the navy alone cannot drive
Spain out of Cuba. We must send there
a land force to co-operate , dthorwCse it
will ba to llttlo purpose to reduce Ha
vana or any other Cuban port. Of
course It Is possible to starve the Span-
lards Into surrender , but that Is a slow
process which t'he Impatient will not re
gard with favor and besides It Involves
the starvation of the people whom It Is
our pur-pose to relieve. As rarrfdly as
possible a land force for Cuba Is being
mobilized and when ready lit will move.
Having 'landed an American army oa
Cuban soil and supplied the Insurgents
with an the arms and ammunition they
need , our naval and military forces can
then proceed to the reduction of Havana ,
assured that when this Is accomplished
the victory will be decisive.
There can bo no doubt of the intention
of the administration to push operations
with all possible vigor and energy. It
lias thus far given such evidence of this
as ought to satisfy every reasonable
man. There Is lu Washington a strate
gic board , compo ? d of able and experi
enced military and naval officers , care
fully Studying the situation , making
'plans and advising the president. With
such men as Schotlcld and Mulian and
Walker on this board It Is entitled to * thu
unquestioning confidence of the country.
Let us , then , bo patient and believe
theft those In authority know what t-liey
are doing. Let us trust the high mili
tary and naval Judgment which th <
president has called to counsel with him.
Above all , let us have confidence in the
patriotism of tho.se whose great duty It
Is to uphold the honor of the nation
and carry Its flag to victory.
CAXADIAK FKKLIA'O.
It is Impossible to determine from thr
reports that come from Canada wlithei
there Is more sympathy there for Spain
or for the United States. The utter
ances of some of the Canadian papcr.-
havc Indicated a throng sentiment favor
able to the United Slates , but on the
other hand private expressions , as heard
by American travelers , show that n
great many people of the Dominion
would not have their feelings at all hurl
If this country should got the wonnt ol
It In the war with Spain. Some , whlh
not wUhlug us ultimate defeat , wouli
not be inado unhappy If we should ICHK
a battle or two. Of course there arc
some who tire absolutely bitter agaiinl
the United States and would rejoice Ir
the utter defeat and humiliation of thU
country by Spain.
Wo are not prepared to think that i
majority of the Canadian people are noi
lu sympathy with the United States It
the conflict with Spain , but that then
ulioiitd bo any e < u U'crnblo portion of
the people of $ ife > ouf'.nloil ( until ? to
his country at Ihlsumo Isnoiuewhat re
markable. It would naturally be sup *
> o > u' < l that the rfV' ' > ' dkpJoltion nhown
; > y Kuglaml wftll exert mi luilueii.-e
upon t'nnadlanwclltig , to say nothing
about racl.il Adf neighborly consid
er ; ! tlony. There hve bcoli misunder
standings between the United Stales
mil Canada and there are still
matters' of controversy to be set-
lied , but these hardly Justify Canadians
n sympathizing with Spain In her effort
to retain sovereignty over n people who
want to be free and whoso freedom It Is
( he purpose of the United States to no
compltsli.
OtlATUKT lOU.ir AKD YKSTKllDAl' .
While Robert G. Ingersoll la lament
ing that most of the great orators lived
before hla time and declares that "ora
tors are few and far between , " Major
Pond says that we have today fifty
lecturers where we had one twenty-five
years ago nud that "we have orators to
day as line as wo have ever had. " It Is
natural that one who has delivered as
finny lectures aa Ingersoll should differ
n his views from one who has managed
so many lecture Kojirfl as Major Pond ,
[ ) iit HI would 'have ' boon more natural
lad their positions been exactly reversed.
Ingcrsnfll Is unquestionably entitled to
lie clashed among tin ? great orators of
the century. While his power has per
ceptibly weakened in recent years ho
must be aware of the fact that there
arc others sharing fame In the same
field. Major Poud , who paid needier
nearly a quarter million dollars for ills
lecture engagements in eleven years , re
alizes that no such great and continu
ous success Is possible now , although he
paid Inn Maclaren nearly $ 10,000 for
nine weeks on ( the platform aud handled
the box receipts for Stanley's 110 lec
tures at $1,000 each.
As almost everybody knows , not all
successful lecturers are orators , nor are
all orators fitted for the lecture plat
form. But there are probably more suc
cessful public "poakcrs uow ithan ever
before , even though public speaking Is
less essential than formerly to success
in professional or political life. The as
sertion often made that there are today
no great Issues to call for brilliant oratory
tory and no opportunity for ' { lie genius
of the great speaker is no ; Wue even
tu a narrow sense , because there are al
ways great Issues before a progressive
people and great orators make their own
opportunities.
The distinguishing characteristic of
the pSutform oratory of the present day
Is Its Instructive character. This Is In
keeping with , tfo ( tendency of t'ho ' age.
The man who lias Homcthlng Interesting
or useful to t611 and knows how to tell
It is always sore-to attract public at
tention. f > "
iUIATAttr INSTHUCTION IN SCHOOLS.
Despite prayers and hopes for the com
ing of the era of universal peace It is
Improbable that the Uulted States will
ever be nnprnpnred for the national de
fense , either because of lack of the
equipment of modern warfare or by
failure to have subject to call a large
body of .voting men wtth military train-
Ing. As the direct result of the policy ,
entered upon lnf802t when for the first
time It was realized tthat Inck of army
training Js a source of national weak
ness , there are schools or colleges in
every state aud territory of the union ( n
which young men are put through mili
tary discipline. Pursuant to a policy of
encouraging military training of fclio
young , the United States has given to
the states for the endowment and sup
port of colleges requiring military In
struction 10'JnO.OOO acres of laud. The
forty-two agricultural colleges In which
there are military classes last year had
an- Income of $1,491,480 derived from th
general government. The Instruction
given to young Americana Is of the best ,
for of the 102 army officers detailed last
year for duty at these colleges ninety-
seven were from the active list and
eighty-one graduates of West Point.
Thirty-one were captains and seventy
first lieutenants. Last year alone 18,410
students 'wore ' enrolled in tha military
classes at these state colleges and the
total number of students who have re
ceived some military Instruction at Uiese
colleges and lu private and special
schools in the United States within thy
period g uce the close of the last war
must be high In the thousands.
As a reserve force itho value of the
school and college cadets is not to be
underestimated nud It will 'be ' a long
time before the American people yield
to the opposition 'to ' military distraction
In the public schools and universities.
The ruling of Comptroller of the Currency -
rency Dawes that where assessments on
stockholders of failed national banks
leave a dctiult or a surplus the adjust
ment Is to bo made by a second nssess-
meist or rebate , Instead of regarding the
original assessment aa final , ns hereto
fore , appears to bo another case where
common sense has triumphed over of
ficial red tape. . There is no question
that the stockholders are obligated to
make good the claims of creditors up to
th' full legal limit , and at the same time
there Is no justice in making them pay
cither more or less , Just because the ,
computation on w'hlcli ' the assessment Is
based turns oui't'6 ' be faulty. It Is never
too late to overthrow a bad precedent.
President Iyuer of the Transvaal
has no doubt , iiojed the fact that Cecil
Ithodes has bCjfiii.re-cIectod to n position
ou the governing board of the Ilritlsh
chartered company controlling thu South
African coloules.l After the Jamlesoa
raid he was forced to resign , but the
Jamleson raid Is forgoUen and the work
of creating a great South African colony
goes menJIy ou.
A Denver newspaper explains that the
way the decks are cleared for action
during a blockade Is by casting out
everything but the aces , kings , queens ,
Jacks , tens and nines , aud adds that
"there are many lu Denver familiar with
the formula. "
Chicago chemists have discovered how
to vulcanize the "oil of corn" and get a
product superior In every way to India
rubber. Now it will be In order to sup
plement the illfillllcrlp * with nnnexpM for
the milking of bicycle tin * . Com ex
tract has many wonderful prop- riles
ami not all of Iliem have yet been d'.s-
covered.
One of the Columbia college professors
lias recently catalogued 'the ' causes of
poverty under six heads , namely , refusal
to work , lack of employment , struggle
; o rise , unequal distribution of accidents ,
wrong public policies and sentimental
charity. The disappearance of Intern-
Iterance from the list of poverty causes
Is significant.
Amrrlrn'n Unlit llrlck.
Ijoulivlllo Courier-Journal.
The torpedo boat Somera which our Ger
man friends go kindly sold us appears to have
been a gold brick bargain at the best , so
\ia shall not loao much by her detention on '
account cf neutrality laws.
In Illiflorlc.
Not" Yolk Sun.
Hon. nnmon Dtanco lias poure.l forth
another proclamation from his tempestuous
windpipe. There Is nothing In th's ' procla
mation about the Carthaginians ctid the bat
tle of Zama , but otherwise It Is a satisfac
tory niece of rodomontade. U wars 'were
fought by means of rhetoric , Ulanco would be
a great general. As things are , Uo seem *
more likely to win the tltlo of Bulletin
Blanco.
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JllKht t Tax InlicrltnnopH.
ClilcnRO neconl.
The right of Inheritance , the Illinois caurt
held , being the creation of statute , the legla-
laturs possessed the right to classify be
quests and Impose a different rate of taxation
for the different classes. The leglslsture by
enactment had created as many new kinds
of property as there were classifications In
the law , and the rate within any given class
was uniform. The upholding of the pro
gressive tnherltanco tax Is a matter of great
Importance to the country at large. Un
doubtedly this Is a form of taxation that Is
to become more popular In this country. To
Illinois the decision means the clearing away
of obstacles to the collection of taxes under
the law , which promises to turn largo rev
enues Into the state treasury.
EtiMrrn VlMllorn ( n tinKxpnnltlon. .
Washington 1'ost.
The people of the eastern states wilt not
forget that In a few weeks the TninsmU-
slwlppl Exposition at Omaha la to open.
Thousands of eastern people who have money
to expend tn travel , and who have freely
parted with cash In touring over Europe ,
have never been so far west as the chief city
of Nebraska. Now that they have decided
to forego the transatlantic voyage and the.
continental tour , they cannot do better than
to go to the magnificent Omaha show. We I
have no doubt that many of them will do !
eo , and will also tike In other attraction. . * of
that vast and wonderful region , once owned
by Spain , that haa lu the last four decades
achieved a greater progress than was ever
won by any other section of this or any other
countiy. Among the minor results of the
war wo may confidently place to the credit
side of the account the caving of some mil
lions of dollars and the acquisition , by thou-
Qiula of Americans , of useful knowledge of
thlij wonderful country of oura.
nrmnrknlilc Show of Pntrlotloiu.
Kansas City Star.
Nothing shows more plainly the unanimity
of sentiment In favor of the war with Spain
than tbo very largo proportion of the mllltU
forces , everywhere , that have promptly vol
unteered to serve the country In response
to t'ho ' call of the president. Fully 80 per ,
cent probably more than that of the or- '
ganlzod citizen soldiers In every state have
given up , or are ready to give up , the avoia- '
tlor.s of peace to join the volunteer army !
and fight for ihe freedom of Cuba. A
larger proportion could not have been expected - |
pected , tt the call had been for an army to
repel Invaders and defend the homes of the !
land from a foreign foe. It Is well un
derstood Hiat this service Is entirely volun
tary ; that there Is no greater legal responsl-f
blllty resting on the mllltla than on other ,
citizens to respond to the president's call. '
But the mllltla Is already organUcd and
equipped , and the unanimity of their re- ;
spouse Is a high compliment to their pat-1
rlotlsra , and an Inspiration to the entire
nation. There &as been no shirking of
duty anywhere , either by officers or men.
and the readiness for any sort of service
proves the high character of the men who
make up the mllltla of the country. .
SMUTS AT TIIR I'UM'IT.
Ktosia City Journal A lerMtlonul ru
mor WM a It Ml vriter.Uy that < k Kna.
City minister dad iirvnchtit nrrmon on
some other subject thin war. It was quickly
( ' .I vroJHM.
Cliloigo TrlruncTh * New Knulfttiil | > rcl.
ate \\tio lisa dUVnvorpil that gambling Is not
really wrong , t lw.it In nome of ll tuprcM ,
nould in.ikf a very popular crupUIn to opal
the "service * " at Monte Carlo. The only
thing rrnmlnltiR for him to do U to pVit
out exactly at Nit point In garnet of chance
the right ends and the nrong begin * .
Minneapolis Jourr il : Ulshop IHirke of
St. Jotfph , Mo. , finds he inado a mistake
nhen h ? told his flock In tils ncrmon bat
Sunday that war with Spain would "forever
ho a blot on our rMtlonnl character. " If
clergymen In this country really take that
view of U , It will be In order for them
to ke p their vlawa for private cotuuuipticn.
Springfield Hepubllctu : Whatever the
minister , ' may think , It Is the- cold biMlntsi
view which the railroads are deposed to Uko
of the halt-rate favoia extended to the
clergy. This apprars Viry clc-irly In the
weal , where the central passenger a ocla-
tlon has been sending out circulars to oil
the favored clergymen recorded co the
books of the ssvcral ro.u'fl represented In
the association , Inviting their support of
the anti-ticket scalping bill i > Jtvlki3 In
congress. It Is obviously the railroad Idea
lliat It ti.is bought and paid for clerlc-il OP-
olatance lu all such matters by the l-.iuil
of halt-faro transportation permits , and tvo
ore bound to say It l a very natural con-
cluslcn for the corporattosa to arrive at.
'Boston ' Transcript : Tlio United Presby
terian General Assembly of the United States ,
which meets In Omaha , Neb. , the 21th of next
month , Is to act upon a resolution dlioctlug
that no minister shall eticage In homo mission
work 03 a beneficiary of homo mlcslon fund * ,
nor shall anyone be employed by the gen
eral assembly or Board of Home IMLislons In
administrative or clerical capacity , and who
Is to be paid for his services from funds con
tributed for homo inls ictM , who Is addlctel
to the two of tobacco In any form. ThU
resolution Is In accordance with the action of
the general assembly In 1870 , when U was
voted that "tho use of tobacco Is demoraliz
ing In Its tendency and should bo discoun
tenanced by all who profe > - the Christian
name , " and In 1879 , when It wad resolved
that "no student addicted to the we of to
bacco in any form be gianted aid by the
board. " This resolution was fcafilrmed In
1SS5 , 18S3 and 1SD3. The assembly Id there
fore at least consistent , but then tobacco
using t ) so gentle a vlo tliat the assembly
eeems unnecessarily severe.
TKHSOXAI , .VM1 OTHERWISE.
The se-aate of Ohio rejected by two votes
a resolution providing for the submission to
the people of a constitutional amendment
giving the governor the veto power. In
forty states of the union the governor has
that power.
Captain Sampscn has had enough oxporl-
cnco with torpedoes to know sfcat he's gst
to go over Havana h.tr'ior ' with a fine tooth
garden rake. A torpelo once blow the
worthy captain 100 fett from the vtkool on
which ho wa3 standing , and ho didn't go
back. The vessel wasn't there.
Ex-Governor Alonzo Oarcelcn of Jlalv
served with distinction as a surgeon Otirli-i *
the rebellion and despite his SO years Is
ready to go to the front aguln. He IP iitlll
engaged In active practice ind thinks noth
ing of making a twenty-mile trip acrotu
country to see a patient.
The ralarles of the governors of territories
are not regulated by the Importance
o ! the Utter In respect to population
or the public revenues. Tha governor
of Arizona receives $3,500 a year.
The population of that territory
was 59,000 by the last federal census. The
governor of Now ' .Mexico , the population of
which was In excess of 160,000 , gets $2iOO. (
The governor of Alaska receives $3,000. The
governor of Indian Territory gets $1,500 ,
while the governor of Oklahoma ( whlth was
taken from the Indian Territory ) , gets
2.COO.
The term of Joseph R. Hawley , senior
eenator from Connecticut , expires on March
4 next. He Is now In the eighteenth year of
his senatorial service. He Is a candidate
to succeed himself as senator , but there are ,
It appears , some oticr _ ! aspirants In "the way.
among whom ' la" National Commlttceir.an
Samuel Fesscoden of Stamford. Another
aspirant U ex-Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley.
Six years ago , when a candidate for senator
was to he selected In the republican caucus
In the Connecticut legislature , the three can
didates for the hone ? were the same Me.
Hawley and ex-Governor Bulkeley of Hart
ford and Mr. Fossenden of Stamford.
mart * rnn * HAWS IIOHN.
Rn r biles It * Keeper.
Opportunity may trip a gliuit.
The abuio of lunlth In veiled milelde.
A Rorhl luino U made , not lie-Mowed ,
7ie ( crumbier hlowd out hlx own lamp.
Kvury heart him a thorn nml A throne.
Hie m.in who thlnkx , Idiilg tha crowd ,
If you can't he n sun , ilon't he a cloud.
Ignoranceami witchcraft arc fast frlomln.
Hunger nail ambition < uo hard to rok to
lcop.
It IA hard for bad motive * to drive g.x > il
bargains.
The fnrm end the garden are the best geM
diggings.
Discretion la not cowardice , neither M
blatant volubility courage.
Kxubcratit patriotism Is often used OR A
cloak by knavish politicians
Weeds thrlvo beat In rlchwt soil. This ap
plies to churchci ) rj well as to flelds utJ
gardens.
II MI : . < IT1C I'l.lIASAM UIK * .
Detroit Krro Press : . "Jake- , they tell ma
that you take after your mother , la that
coirpct ? "
"Nnw. I'm after one of the neighbor
girls , and she's n bird. "
New York Jourmil : iF.ibol What exouso
have you for doing such nil utnn.iUlenly
thing iw proposing to Jack ?
Mary Thu golden rule.
Chicago iterant : " :31u > wouldn't Rive me
the letter boc.uiso she knew I would forget
to null It. "
"Yts ? "
"And then she carried It around thrc
ilnys In her shopping big. "
Now York Weekly : He ( desptrutc-ly- )
Tell inn ttic truth. Is It not my poverty
tluit stands between us ?
She ( s.idly ) Y-c-a.
Ho ( with n ray of hope ) ! ndmlt that I
am poor , nud so , unfortunito'.y. Is my
father ; but I havo. an aged uncle who 1 *
rlca unit a bachelor. Ho Is an Invalid nnii
cannot long survive.
She How kind and thoughtful you are !
Will you Introduce mo to him ?
Detroit Free Press : "I do not bellevo In
rlnss. " declared thu amateur politician who
was rilling on his best Klrl.
"I do , " she noutccl. as alie twisted her
empty engiiKtmont linger.
Chicago Tribune : .odgtrs was the most
nrroctlonate young husband I ever know.
but ho seems lo have got entirely over
It. "
"When IIP wilt married his wife weighed
only u llttlo over 100 pounds. Now she
weigh * SOO. G-ilncil It all In ten years. You.
rouliln't expect his after-lion to expand to
threu times Its oriJlnal strength In tea
years , could you ? "
Test : "She not only left very
suddenly , but I'm told slio went away wlttt
a man. "
"With a man ? "
"So they say ; and what's more , L under
stand her companion la a married m.in. "
"Horrible ! Positively shocking ! Who Is
lie ? "
"Her husband. "
Detroit Journil : The young man h'.tched
hU chair a little closcir.
Then u pained look came Into his faeov
and lu > hastily hltrlied hi * rh.ilr back nKuln.
*
"Fool that I was ! " bitterly soliloquized
the girl , after the youth lud muttered a
commonp'.ieo Ro : < l-l > y nnd gone nwny.
"Fool th.it I was ! Never again will I
fasten my chewing sum on thu under eds
of n parlor chair ! "
i/iKirs MIIIIUIII.
M-iilfUno S. Utilises.
There are loyal lie-art * , tin-re are spirit !
b MVP ,
There are souls that nrc pure nnd truel
Then give to the world the best you liavi
And the best will come hack to you.
Give love , and love to your life will Haw
A strength In your utmost need ;
Have faith , nnd u score of hearts will show
Their faith lu your word and deed.
Give truth , and your gifts will be paid 1m
kind.
And honor will honor meet ;
And a smile that U sweet wilt surely llnd
A smile tliat Is Just ns sweet !
i t \ >
Give pity and sorrow to these who mourn :
You will gather , In llowors again.
The scHttored seeds from your though )
outbornc ,
Thouh the sowing seemed but vain.
For life H the mirror of king nnd slave ,
'TIs Just what we are , and do ,
Then jrlvo to the world the best you have
And the best will come back to you.
* A CARD * Never Before
la consequence of the recent death of
Mr. Henry W. King of fln ; ? llrm of
Browning , King & Co. , and In orilcr to
promptly determine and adjust the in
terest of his estate in the thin , we will and
at once undertake a general reduction of
our stock lu each of our retail stores
nnd to ithat end we have marked our
spring good * * at pitws tliat we trust will Never
Again
serve to move them quickly.
No account of cost or at profit will en
ter Into this sale , whlnl ) , it Is Intended ,
shall dispose of our sprint ; weight stil''s
and overcoats In the quickest pons'.ble Will such chance itself
. a
time. Our friends nnd customers are present
JL.
Invited to take advantage of th'.ti oppor
tunity . of buying clothing at such price- * self for you to purchase such
as. we have never before 'had cccaslon to
offer. Browning , King & Co , J well known and so high a
quality of clothing as Brown
ing , King & Co. make. None finer in the world and
Monday morning we comply with the contents of the
"card" and make exceptionally big reductions. We
quote some of the values here and show a great many
in our windows , But there are hundreds we can't
tell you about , but if you come in we will be glad to
show.
You Know Our Reputation and We Never Misrepresent.
Fancy and plain cashmere and cheviot . 7 5O a suit real value 12 OO
Black , blue and fancy cheviots . S OO a. suit real value 1& OO
Blue serges and mixed , plain cheviot . O OO a suit real value 1G SO
Black , blue and fancy serges , cheviots , worsteds 1O OO a suit real value 18 OO
Blue and black serges , cheviots and worsteds. 11 OO a suit real value 2O OO
Black clay and fancy cheviots , satin lined 12 OO a suit real value 2O OO
Black and blue cheviots and fancy mixtures. . .12 SO a suit real value 22 OO
Fancy worsteds and cashmeres , satin faced OO a suit real value 25 OO
English clay worsted , satin lined , cut-a-way. . .15 OO a suit real value 28 OO
English clay worsted , Prince Albert . 15 OO a suit real value 25 OO
These are a few prices to give you an idea of the reduction wo are going to
make these suits are not old , shopworn or bankrupt trash every garment
fresh and new and made for this spring's consumption. It will pay people lo
; como hundreds of miles to attend and take advantage of this great sale.
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Returned. See Our Windows and Prices.
Browning , King & Co. ,
S. W. Cor. I5th and Douglas.