Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DATTjT I3EE: TUESDAY, "MATtOTT 20, 1900.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
12. IIOSEWATEH, Editor.
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complete rople of The Dallv, Morning,
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Rec'y nnd Treas.
Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo this
ISth dny ot February. A. D. 1900.
(Seal) M. H TH'NOATE,
Notary Public.
Now that Ilrynu lms imspil tlio for
tieth inllestom' ho will Imvo to lroi tho
title of "lioy orator of Hip I Mat to."
This Is the wool; of tlio aiiparont In
torroKiitiiu In the ooiilllotliik' sections of
tliu Omalia cliattor. Ittil tlio city Rovorn.
incut boos rltflit aloiiR.
Itinlyard KIplltiK Is evidently ex
poritnentliiK to see whether St. Pat
rick's day poetry would crow as well In
South Africa as on Krin's shore.
Douglas county sent four delegations
to the fusion conventions at Lincoln. It
would lie no wonder If the other sections
of tho state yet the Idea that Omaha Is
hoRBltiK It.
Councilman Loheck, after a pIlKrlinnsu
to Topekn, resistors his verdict that Mr.
Sheldon Is manifestly a man of the mid
dle class. Councilman Lolicck Is cer
tainly charitable.
Colonel Hryan Is trying his hand once
more at platform writing. MMie chief
trouble with the colonel Is that most of
the measures he advocates do not get
beyond the platform stae.
The editorial donation party presided
over by Coventor l'oynter has this year
degenerated Into a mere telegram of
thanks for "a splendid editorial." Hut
the cash would bo more appreciated.
There Is every reason to believe that
Congressman Robinson smiled when he
heard that Secretary Porter failed In
bis aspiration to secure a place on the
populist delegation to the state conven
tion. Running a "live paper lit a live town"
may be fun but If it entails being shot
nt wlillo tho editor Is sitting up nights
thinking of bright remarks to print In
his paper there are lots of people who
would decline the Job.
Londoners are said to be so confident
over the war prospects that they are
placing wagers that hostilities will be
concluded In May, They should remem
ber that the predicting business is as
dangerous In war as It Is In politics.
Kansas proposes to have an exposition
In 1!HM to commemorate lis llftietli anni
versary as a state. In addition to Its
mineral and agricultural wealth Kansas
can put on exhibition tho tlnest and most
varied assortment of worn-out politicians
to bo found anywhere In the country.
Scarcely a town or city In Nebraska
falls to report the prospects good for
more activity In the building line than
at any time slnco the boom days. Most
of the present activity Is In the way of
substituting bettor structures for old
buildings and has none of the earmarks
of an artlllclal boom, but rather the
ovldence of substantial growth. No
slate in the union Is on a better Indus
trial footing today than Nebraska.
The supervisor or thu census Is hav
ing more tlmn usual dllllculty in secur
ing enumerators competent to do the
work of census taking in this district.
Tho misfortune seems to be that under
the constitution tho census must be
taken at each decennial period, which
happens to 11ml the country In an era of
unprecedented prosperity. If the census
could be taken at times when tho people
have no other work to do there would be
no dllllculty In securing all the enu
merators necessary.
The statistics of mortgage Indebted
ness In Nebraska present an object les
son iu prosperity which the calamity
crowd will do well to study, for they are
likely to bo confronted with tho figures
when they attempt to preach the doc
trine of distress during the coining cam
paign. Kacli year from ISOli up to the
closo of the last democratic national ad
ministration showed a large excess of
mortgages tiled over those released.
Commencing with tho llrst year of the
McKluley administration the figures
wero reversed and each year since has
Khown an Increasing ratio of releast'S
over vw u'tgage8.
run mii.unnsu situation.
On the whole the situation in the Phil
ippines Is not satisfactory. The latest
advices from there show that the people
with whom our government has to deal
In a military way are by no means In a
conciliatory mood and thnt a groat deal
has yet to bo done before pacification Is
accomplished. While It appears to be a
fact that there Is no organized resistance,
In the sense of there being regular forces
operating together under commanders
recognized by all and following well
defined plans of campaign, It Is still true,
If we may trust the reports, that there
Is a very largo body of Filipino In
surgents operating In Luzon, that they
are. being led by men who are by no
moans lacking In military ability and
that they are making a great deal of
trouble ami are liable to make very
much more for the American forces, In
spite of the fact that we have an army
there of over sixty thousand.
This Is a situation which It seems to us
Is anything but creditable to the country
and wo cannot but think that the re
sponsibility for It rests very largely upon
the general In command In the Philip
pines. Tho war there has boon going
on for more than a year and while we do
not fall to realize the dltllcultles which
our military commanders have had to
encounter, we still cannot avoid the
opinion that the results of the campaigns
ought to bo better than they are and
that today the whole of the Island of
Luzon, not a very great area, should bo
absolutely under American control, no
part of It as large as an ordinary county
iu this country in revolt.
That this is not the case seems to us
to reflect upon the military ability of the
olllcer In command in the Philippines.
There is diversity of opinion In regard
to Oenoral Otis. There are some who
regard him us an Ideal man for the
position he occupies; there are others
who think him absolutely unequal to
the demands of the position he occupies.
We are Inclined to be with the latter.
We doubt the ability of Oenoral Otis to
meet the demands of the situation and
we think It unfortunate that the admin
istration has kept him at the head of
affairs in the Philippines. Not only has
ho failed to establish American rule
there, but his course has been such as to
embitter and Intensify Filipino opposi
tion to American authority. Instead of
endeavoring to create confidence among
the Filipinos In American policy, the
course of Oenoral Otis has operated to
create distrust of tills country.
The latest advices from Manila are
anything but reassuring. They show a
condition of affairs that is not promising
of an early pacification. MMie factors of
disturbance are, It appears, still active
and there is every reason to believe that
Influences are at work which may stimu
late opposition Indefinitely. In view of
this It would seem that the new Philip
pine commission, whose object It Is to
carry to the Filipinos a renewal of the
assurance of the L'nlted States that they
shnll have a Just measure of self-govern
ment, should make all possible haste, to
go to the scene of the work devolved
upon them.
.1 'OXIMtt-Uh ItECOHD.
So much has been said about the won
derful commercial record of the United
States during the last few years, or
since the advent into power of the re
publican party, that most people may
bo disposed to regard It as an old story
hardly worth repeating, yet there Is, in
our Judgment, nothing else that ought
to make a greater claim upon the public
attention. There is involved in it so
much that Is slgnlllranl of the material
growth and power of the nation that It
Is Inconceivable that anyone having a
proper Interest In the progress and pros
perity of his country could fall to find
In the statistics of trade a cause of pride
and even a stimulus to patriotism. No
other nation can make such an exhibit
of progress; none other can show such a
relative balance of trade In Its favor as
the commercial returns of the last few
years show for the rutted States.
MMie New York Suu has examined the
statistics and finds that for tho llscal
year ended June .'!), 18!W, the balance of
trade with foreign countries In our favor
was, In round numbers, .f-IKS.000,000,
and this was In addition to a balance In
our favor In the previous year of $1110,.
000,000 and to one of ifl! 1:1,000,000 in the
year before, aggregating in the three
years .fl.llli.Ooo.OOO. And the foreign
trade balance Iu favor of this country
goes on Increasing. In the eight
months of the current fiscal year the ex
cess of exports over Imports Is .fllO.",
000,000. This promises that the favor
able trade balance for the llscal year
ending June !!0, 1000, will exceed half a
billion dollars, or be beyond all prece
dent for a single year. During last
month the shipment of American prod
ucts to foreign markets reached over
ifUUOOO.OOO, an Increase of over .fJ.V
000,000 upon the corresponding month
In the preceding year and nearly that
amount above the export record of any
former February In our history.
It Is si wonderful record and It Is to
bo borne In mind that a very consider
able part of It represents the exports of
manufactured products, which glvo em
ployment to American labor. It has
been the persistent contention of the
freo traders that the policy of protection
to American Industries was an obstacle
to the extension of our foreign trade.
Tho statistics of the last three years
conclusively demonstrate tho fallacy of
this doctrine. I'nder tho present tariff
law our exports of manufactures have
grown as never beforo and have reached
a volume that no one would have ven
tured to predict five years ago. MMie
advocates of the last democratic tariff
law assured the country that under Its
operation there would bo a great In
crease Iu our exports of manufactures.
The promise was not realized, while, our
Importations of foreign goods were ma
terially Increased. MMie economic policy
of the republican party has had Just the
opposite result. Kxpurtu of manufac
tures have Increased and Imports have
declined, yet us a revenue measure the
present tariff law has been a decided
Improvement upon Its predecessor.
There could do tiothlng more conclu
sive as to the ldoin of republican tar
lir policy, up to this time, than Is pre
sented In these facts, and they ought to
especially commend themselves to Intel
ligent worklngmon. to whom the giowth
of our manufacturing Industries Is of
vital concern.
SOUTH OMAHA IIEI'UIIMCAXS.
South Omaha republicans seem, to
have put in nomination u city ticket
upon which all the different elements of
the party stand ready to unite in an ef
fort to achieve success at the Impending
municipal election.
No good reason exists why anyone
should consider South Omaha hopelessly
democratic, although Its government has
for years been under the control of dem
ocratic olllcers. South Omaha Is at the
point where what Its citizens and tax
payers most want Is a progressive yet
economical management of Its city af
fairssomething promised by the candi
dates on the republican ticket, but which
Is not to be hoped for from the demo
cratic candidates.
While the campaign In South Omaha
will extend over only two weeks, the
voters ought to be convinced In that
time that they can do most for their city
In tho way of building It up? protecting
the taxpayers and regenerating the vari
ous branches of city government by ral
lying to the support of the republican
ticket.
THE EXVLOIIED Fit A Uti CUT.
During the recent municipal campaign
charges were made under startling head
lines In the World-Herald that hundreds
of non-residents had been Imported Into
Omaha by the republican machine and
fraudulently registered with a view to
helping the re-election of Frank M.
Monies as mayor. Not content with
these baseless roorbacks, a score or more
of democratic political heelers were ap
pointed and sworn in as deputy sheriffs
ostensibly for the protection of the bal
lot, but really to terrorize and Intimi
date voters suspected of being friendly
to the republican candidates.
On the heels of this lawless and un
warranted raid upon tho polling booths
nearly 100 warrants were sworn out
against Imaginary repealers and two or
three dummies were actually arrested In
order to carry out the bulldozing plan
of campaign. Hut when the election was
over the prosecution was summarily
dropped and the shameless play upon
public credulity admitted to bo but a
sample of the political methods pursued
by tho Omaha fusion reformers.
It does not take a prophet nor the son
of a prophet to predict a repetition of
the same lawless tactics iu the campaign
next fall. We apprehend, however, that
the people who have boon Imposed upon
and whose sympathies were worked
upon by the alarm about wholesale
fraud will not be duped a second time.
MMie cry of "wolf" may frighten some
people once or twice, but It will not do
us a regular diet.
MMie decision of the 1'nlted States su
preme court upholding the validity of
the Texas anti-trust law marks a great
advance in the matter of regulating
these concerns. MMiough the M'exas law
can hardly be said to possess sutlicleut
scope to reach all forms of these com
binations It Is far more stringent than
any other law enacted by a state legis
lature. MMie trust Is a comparatively
new creation, but there Is no reason to
believe that a remedy for Its evils will
not bo found Just as remedies for other
ills of government have 1 een. MMie atllrm-
Ing of the M'exas statute, following that
upholding the federal law, is another
landmark In the solution of the prob
lem. It also disposes of another cry of
the popoeratle politicians, that the su
preme court Is controlled by the trusts
and great corporations.
MMie serious illness and probable de
mise at an early day of Calusha A. Crow
of Pennsylvania bring to mind the fact
that to lilm more than to any other one
man Is due the rapid settlement of the
west. In his younger days he was a
power In congress, though of late the
burdens of Increasing years have ren
dered him less active. He was the au
thor of the homestead bill which gave to
every man who wished to settle upon
and cultivate the laud a home of his
own, without money and without price.
MMils Inducement brought thousands up
on thousands of people to the west. In
cidentally It might be mentioned that
the llrst homestead filing was made In
Nebraska. In framing the homestead
bill Craw bullded far belter than he
knew.
Something Is radically wrong in a sys
tem which will result In a strike of all
tho men employed in any one line of
work simply because the men and their
employers In one city cannot agree. The
threatened stoppage of work by all the
machinists In the country on account of
trouble In Chicago would cause wide
spread disturbance to business and In
dustry whllo only a small fraction of the
men have any misunderstanding with
their employers. In the case of the ma
chinists, who are employed In almost
every line of manufacturing Industry It
would throw thousands out of employ
ment who have no Interest whatever In
tho controversy except so far as every
man Is Interested In the well-being of his
fellows.
MMie county Is still paying -J5 cents a
day for feeding prisoners In the county
jail, while the city pays a fraction over
1(1 cents a day for feeding city prisoners.
MMie rations dealt out to city prisoners
are pronounced by parties who have
made comparison fully as wholesome as
those fed to county prisoners. MMie ques
tion is, Why should tho county pay
nearly three times as much for feeding
prisoners as Is paid by the city V
Iowa republicans will hold their state
convention to select delegates to the na
tional republican convention May 10.
MMie call provides further that the dele
gates from tho respective counties meet
In separate congressloual district con
vtutlous ut Dos Molucs ou thu nanie day
to select the district delegates to the na
tlonal convention. MMie Iowa call gives no
precedent or comfort for the Innovation
which Mr. Mercer's committee N trying
to spring on republicans of the Second
Nebraska district.
Mr. Smalley, the New York corre
spondent of the London MMines. Is con
stantly niwloglzlng to his paper for the
Americans. Americans are Inclined to
apologize for Mr. Sinnlley. but his of
fenses are so numerous that It would
keep them busy. He comes about as
near representing American sentiment
as does the ameer of Afghanistan.
rilttht if n SprlnK Port.
ChlcaKo News.
Abdul Hamid's daURhter having eloped
with a Turkish poet, the sultan himself Is
raid to be In html lines.
IMeklo im lliiinnnlty.
Haltlmoro American.
March is llko eonio people. It has been
trying desperately to bo charming, but Its
dlsnRreeablo nature will break out every
now and then.
All UN (iOIMl IIM (illlll.
aiobc-Democrnt.
Secretary dago states that under the new
law tlicro Is a possibility ot an Increase of
J3C3, 000,000. In tho circulation ot national
banks. So tho per capita man may rest
easy, but will liavo to bo satisfied with dol
lars ns good as gold.
War .Spirit Dnnilnnnt.
HulTalo Exurcss,
Not a sliiglo power has jet ratified tho
three conventions drawn up nt Tho Hague
conference, nor Is there much likelihood
that any will. Tho war spirit Is far moro
prevalent even la tho civilized parts of tho
world than tho peace spirit.
Anodicr Idol .Shuttered,
New York Sun.
Another idol falls. Jlldgo Caldwell ot
Arkansas, nominated ns tho democratic
candldato for vlcu president by many eager
voices, democratic and populist, does not
wear tho rich, shadowy whiskers seen In
his portrait. That shows him as ho should
bo, not as ho In. His face is ns smooth as
Drynn's. Ho will not do.
Knrl.v Wnll of (be Ice .Mnti.
Now York Tribune.
It Is confidently declared, and with moro
reason than tho familiar announcement
usually has to show, that tho lco crop Is
certain to be a failure. Hut so long as tho
supply of ammonia holds out tho prospect
will not ho utterly hopeless, and a high
price for lco will bo a symbol of greed
rather than of necessity.
Sunnrliiir Ui IloyN In llrotrii.
San Francisco Call.
It seems strango that fifty tons of candy
should he sent to our soldiers In tho Philip
pines. It Isn't the sort of stuff that fighters
are supposed to flourish on, and yet It is
what they need, according to the medical
authorities. The latter claim that a mod
crato amount of these sweets Is helpful to
health In a tropical climate. Well, there's
nothing too good for the boys.
Supply nnil IIciiiiiiiiI.
New York Times.
The simplest way to increase the nmount
of American shipping needed In our grow
ing foreign trado Is to permit Americans
to buy ships for that trado without condi
tions. This Is not only tho simplest way,
but It in tho most .rapid, effectual, economi
cal, easy and honest. And It will result In
tho purchase of )ust so much shipping as
can be profitably used, and no more.
Dcnliiiw vilth the I'IIUiIiios.
Philadelphia llecord.
General Joo Wheeler has been telling tho
Interviewers that under certain restrictions
tho Filipinos are capable of self-government;
and Mr. Schurman, former presi
dent of tho Philippines commission, says
that all that is wanted for their peaceful
control Is a certain degrco of sympathy and
Imagination among thoso Invested with
powers ot civil administration. Restriction,
sympathy and Imagination arc great things
tn their way especially when they servo as
pendants to liberty, equality and pure jus
tice. (OiK't'iilriitliiu l Selioola.
Indianapolis News.
.Nebraska has a school law patterned
after laws In tsomo eastern states, which
permits tho closing of small outlying
schools and tho carrying ot tho pupils ut
tho public expenso to a largo central school.
Tho result ot tho law Is good, both from an
economic and an educational standpoint. In
Omaha, ono school that bad been conducted
at an expense of $S5 a moith has been
closed. Tho carrying ot tho pupils that
wcro In that school costs $0.67 a month.
Another school that cost $100 a month bad
only seventeen pupils, so that the yearly
expenso was nearly $C0 per capita. Dis
tributed nmong other schools, tho cost Is
from to $19. Tho superintendent thinks
that changes llko this arc pot merely desir
able because of economy, but from tho fact
that tho scholars recelvo more attention.
The only objection to tho plan Is from peo
plo Interested In real estate, who fear that
tho closing of tho schools would depreciate
property valueB.
(iOI.II .STANDARD l'l.VKD.
Cincinnati Commercial: With a gold pen,
a bit of sentiment, President McKlnley
signed tho now financial bill and It Is now
n law of tho land. And, though subject to
modifications, It will long remain upon tho
stntuto books ot tho laud, as tho senate's
political complexion will not bo changed, In
all probability, tor eight or ton years ut
least.
Buffalo Express: Speaking of tho new
currency law Mr. Overstreet of Indiana re
marked In tho houso that It will mako it
practically and absolutely Impossible to
linvo international bimetallism at tho ratio
of 1C to 1. Tho ineasuro certainly makes
tho prospect of an International agreement
very remoto and It assumes that the gold
standard will remain perhaps permanently.
Ilut thero will never bo nny dllllculty about
negotiating with other nations, if it should
appear advisable.
Philadelphia Record: The republican party
is entitled to full credit for this legislation,
tho moro so ns It was responsible for tho
legal tender and cheap money mischiefs
which have deranged the finances of tho
country nnd bscauso It might novo reaped a
partisan benefit by delay and by tho pro
longation of tho struggle for nn imposslhlo
bimetallism, noth parties can now turn
toward larger questions which press for
solution nnd which involvo determinations
that rcqulro tho exercise of a consummate
statesmanship.
Doston Olobe: However widely opinions
may differ as to certain features of tho new
financial hill which becamo law yesterday
It Is generally conceded that tho authoriza
tion of national banks with n capital of
$50,000 or $23,000 will do much for tho
financial Interests ot tho more sparsely set
tled sections of tho country. Under the
former reglmo a multitude of people
throughout what nro called tho country dla
trlctu complained thnt thoy wcro compelled
to resort to great raonoy centers to negotiate
needed loans and often at heavy Interest
charges. With banks of comparatively small
capital easy of access near borne and natur
ally familiar with business conditions round
about, much better facilities should bo
avallablo for tho public without sacrificing
iu any measure the soundness und stability
of those lnntltutlona,
PIIHMIVU, i(hti:iis.
Senator Allen appears to think the gold
standard law has a silver lining, even if
it doesn't show.
Minister Wu says Americans do not know
how to make tea. Hero then Is nn opening
for Chinese missionary enterprise.
Only n Kentucky marksman could hit tho
government of Kentucky nowadays, and ho
would have to bo a good wing shot.
General (Juintln Handera, the colored
Cuban revolutionist leader, has derided to
accept an olllco under the American gov
ernment of occupation In Cuba.
Tho New York gamblers seem to be quite
generally of tho opinion that they are get
ting n grand free advertisement from the
present spasm of municipal virtue.
A compositor who did much of the pre
liminary work on the Sheldon edition of tho
Topeka Capital has committed suicide, but
the paper Is still poiscssed of n duvll.
Tho common council of IlMton stands In
no danger of nervous prostration, even If
Its request for transportation on nn Ameri
can man-of-war to Parlo is turned down.
Refusal cannot mar tho dimple on that
check.
Colonel Jark Chlnn of Kentucky has sued
a woman for J2.-..000 for slnndcr. We cannot
Imagine how tho colonel's character could
have suffered to that great nmount unless
sho circulated a report thnt ho had Joined a
lemporanco society.
Adolph Monell Sayre, within two years
and beginning fresh from school, with a
legacy of $20,000, has amassed a fortune In
Wnll street which places his nnmo among
thoso of tbo ten richest men In America.
He is only 21 years old, nnd his mother was
formerly of Lexington, Ky.
Kvans Weed, n wealthy farmer of New
flcld, Conn., will petition the legislature to
change his namo to Adam, after which ho
will transform his largo farm into a duplica
tion, as far as may be, of tho garden ot
Kdcn. Then he will advertise for some
woman named Kvo to bo his consort.
Oeorge Wyndham, the Ilrltlsh under sec
retary for war, was reminded In the Houso
of Commons recently during tho progress
of a debate that ho Is tho great-grandson of
nn Irish rebel. His maternal grandmother
was a daughter of Lord Edward Fitzgerald,
the "rebel" son of tho duko of Lcinstcr.
Judge It. S. Tuthlll In tho Cook county
circuit court decided yesterday that when
a man borrows $225 from a loan concern,
pays back over $300, and then finds thnt ho
still owes $221. CO, he really owes nothing nt
all. The judge held further thnt tho loan
mau should pay $150 court costs for hear
ing this decision,
Tho beolcd patriots of Kentucky are
not disarming as rapidly as they should.
Still tho causo of peaco Is brightening. A
surprise party of Hluo Grata women re
cently swooped down on a chivalrous na
tive, hitched hbn to a post and eloquently
lambasted him with whips. Tho medlclno
wns regarded as a specific for wife beat
ing. Tho Buffalo Commercial notes with un
becoming levity that tbo naval bill will con
tain n proviso authorizing tho secretary ot
tho navy to pay $545 a ton for Krupp armor
plate, "ft he cannot get it for less," which
recalls Oeneral Grant's story of tho com
mission his father gavo him for buying ta
horse. "Father told me to pay $25 If you
wouldn't sell for less," wns tho way Ulysses
began his bargaining. Tbo horse cost $25.
It is said that Queen Wllhelmlna of Hol
land looks forward with much apprehension
to tho forthcoming visit of tho ehah of
Porsla, who Is expected to pay his respects
to her as he shall pass through Holland on
his way to tho Paris exposition. When the
lato shah visited Antwerp the king's palace
was put at hia disposal and after his depar
ture tho government was obliged to renovate
the carpets, upholstery and a great deal of
tho furniture.
Speaking about news censorship in South
Africa and clsowhcro, tho methods employed
Inck tho marvelous simplicity of General Von
Moltko's plan during tho Franco-rrusslan
war. Tho general ono morning sent for i
well-known English correspondent and said:
'Mr. Blank, on such and such a dny the
German army will make such and such t
movement. If this appears In tho paper you
represent you will nt onco bo shot!" The
correspondent took tho hint.
Pmf Hon.
the constituents of alum remain (from alum baking powders) in
the bread, and the alum itself is reproduced to all intents and
purposes when the bread is dissolved by the gastric juice in the
process of digestion. I regard the use of alum as highly injurious,"
Dr. Alonzo Clark : "A substance (alum) which can de
range the stomach should pot be tolerated in baking powder."
Prof. W. G. Tucker, New York State Chemist : " I believe
it (alum) to be decidedly injurious when used as a constituent of
food articles."
Prof. S. W. Johnson, Yale College: "T regard their
(alum and soluble alumina salts) introduction into baking pow
ders as most dangerous to health."
In view of such testimony as this, -every
care must be exercised by
the housewife to exclude the over
and over condemned cheap, alum
baking powders from the food.
Baking powders made from cream of tartar, which is highljr
refined grape acid, are promotive of health, nd more efficient.
No other kind should be used in leavening food. Royal Baking
Powder is the highest example of pure cream of tartar powder.
flOYA'- 9AKINQ POWDER CO., NtW YORK
THIIKS ) TIIH VHMIT,
Philadelphia Times; lly declining media
tion the British lion Jurt hints It Is not nec
e?ary for other nations to put their oars in.
Washington Post: The Orange Free State s
In tho Immediate vicinity ot Bloemfonteln
appear to be experienced band-wagon climb
ers. New York Tribune: "Chaplain Bobs"
shows that he can refer to tho Deity In his
dispatched Just ns reverently, to sny tho
least, as "Oom P.uil."
St. Louis Republic: Maybe old Oom Paul
Krugcr and his fellow Hoera are preparing
to do tho Moscow net In Pretoria, with Lord
Roberts figuring ns the Napoleon of tho
CUJt.
Chicago Tlmca-llenild: The peoplo of
Bloemfonteln welcomed the British with
cheers. Evidently tho Blocmfontclnera were
wlso enough to see that it wouldn't do them
n bit of good to look mad or hcavo bricks
from around corners.
Indianapolis News: Any rumors that
Franco Is gottlng ready to declare war on
Groat Britain may bo whistled down the
wind. Purls has a great exposition this
year and one may be suro that Franco will
follow tho ways of peace.
Baltimore American: Tho Boers aro shrewd
in their appeals. Finding the pica of Jtiatlco
nnd humanity falling in their application
for Intervention, they threaten destruction
of tho mines, which have foreign stockhold
ers. That upptul carries weight.
Philadelphia Record: The occupation of
Bloemfonteln by tho British forces 1b not so
discouraging an Incident to the Boers ns wns
the accompanying welcomo of tho invaders
by tho olllclals nnd itihabltautu of that city.
Bloemfonteln was not au easily defmslblo
capital and Its abandonment may havo been
dictated by prudential military consldcra.
lions; but It Is a surprise to find that nny
considerable number of the Free Staters arc
so ready to fall In under the banner or tho
queen.
kditim; avitikh't KLowi,i:i)ni:,
Somr lleiiinrkn on the ntliin (hut
Kill (lilt; ii .eitNiiiirr I I'iin).
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Training Is suppopcd to bo necessary in
all profefslons except that of editing n
newspaper. A large number of educated
men, not to Ray tho majority, havo nn Idea
that thoy could take the helm In a dally
Journal nnd greatly Improve Its Interest to
tho public nnd Its moral character. Thoy nro
not unaware that tho past Is filled with
tho wreckage of newspnpero and that
where ono has survived ten or moro have
perished. In splto ot this well-known fact
thousands of mon of nil professions would
be ready to take tho chair of nn edltor-ln-chlcf
nt nn hour's notlco and would rejolco
In tbo opportunity to test their nlr-drawn
ideals and original conceptions. They would
not expect nor nsk to bo physicians, law
yers, builders or railroad managers with
out long preparation. Tho religious world
takes earn that no ono Is admitted to n pul
pit without meeting certain fixed rcqulrc
mentu, and beyond that an experimental
sermon or two aro not nmlsw. A man may
not work a passenger elevator without an
examination. But anybody, no tradition
runs, can bo an editor. And everyone or
tho multltudo willing to try Is sure thnt
ho can Improve on existing standards.
As n matter ot fact, the duties ot a re
sponsible editor aro moro difficult to master
than thoso connected with any other pro
fcsslon and none demand a wider range of
experience. Every ntnto In tho union can
glvo the names of eminent lawyers and doc
tors, but how many can furnish the nnmo
ot even ono eminent editor? A capacity to
wrlto can never, taken ulone, constitute, nn
edlto.r. Tho main responsibilities of an ed
itor in chnrgo relate to a clear Judgment
of men nnd affairs, to tho tides ot public
opinion as they c nan go direction and
force, to the power of tho unspoken word,
to tho nicest apprehension of tho value of
time, to an ability to render tho decision
that must often bo formed on tho Instant,
to mako the best adaptlvo use of tho staff,
to give tho paper honorable Influence and
extend It, to keep It growing as the coun
try itself grows, and to see that nothing
is missing In tho earliest authentic pre
sentation ot tho news of tho world. What
an editor of tho first class must have is
Does Your
Baking Powder
Contain
Hlum ?
F. Barker. M. D., University
a Just sense of proportion In nn extremely
complex buslnoM, and this comes only by
experience, though marked aptitude Is n
good foundation fur It.
Efforts to teach newspaper work In col
leges havo failed. The task set nre the
merest shadows of tho reality. The true
pressure and strain nro lacking. A tornado
sweeps ncrws a city late In tho day and
uporters must have Its history written up
In a few hours. They can get their data
only by going-out Into the darkened streets,
tilled with debris and a dangerous tangle
of wires. A war correspondent will ride
fifty miles tn snve five minutes. The edi
tor's hand Is on tho lever. All these and
hundreds of others nro his subordlnites,
and timed to count the seconds. Whn,
therefore, some ono not trained In news
paper work steps In to fill tho place at tho
head it may bo regarded hb a fantastic
pleasantry If It lasts only ono week, but
calamity If It Ahuuttl Inkn n unnrn serfnua
J shape. The Topeka newspaper has been a
Junk shop of crudities for several days, an
exhibit of amateurish fads In sentiment,
fancying Itself to be something moro than
n display of tho stale, tho sloppy nnd tho
Inexpert. Tho nest newspapers In tho worlfl
are governed by a far broader and higher
morality than that revealed In the Topoka
freakish revel of ono who knew as much
! of tho profession ho broke Into ns Dogberry
did o! letters nnd tho law,
CMl'I'llII FOR FUN, -
ludinnapnlls Journal: "The hen who laid
thnt egg with the letter '11' on It know
what she was about."
"What do you mean?"
"It can stand for Boer or Briton."
Pittsburg; Chronicle: Squlldlg-SpIfUns
tells mo that lie imld his respects to tha
president when ho was tn Washington,
Mc9wllllgnn-If that Is true It Is the only
thing 1 over knew Jilm to pay.
Chicago Tribune: "Well," grunted tho
prominent citizen of Mnfeklng, laying down
his knife and fork uftur unother struexlo
with the mule steak, "General Sherman was
right. That's exactly what war Is!"
Harper's Bazar: llcnliam I want you to
understand that I am tho head of tha
family.
.Mrs. nenhnm The doctor raid I would
have troublo with my head.
Cleveland Plain Denier Well. T see that
General Roberts didn't do wh.it you pre
dicted," said tho casual rendor.
"True." replied the military export, "but
you can't blame me for that. Ho ought to
havu done It."
Boston Transcript: Greene How does It
lmiitien that you don't trado at Cleaver's
nnv more? You used to brag about the
nleo cuts of meat he ulwnys rent you. Is
it because ho wouldn't give you credlt7
Gray On tho contrary, It Is becauso ha
did.
Detroit Free Press: "Do you believe In
mental teleuathy?"
"Yes; when I'm late to dinner I know
exactly what my wlfo will say when I e
there."
Chicago Post: "If Ignorance Is bliss," he
said and puuned. . .
"Well?" she remarked Inquiringly.
"Oh, nothing, nothing," ho returned. "I
was merely thinking how contented and
happy you look."
OMI TI.M10S.
IV I
Eugene Field.
Thero nro no days llko tho good old days-
Tho days when we were youthfull
When humankind were pure of mind
And speech and deeds wore truthful;
Beforo a love for sordid gold
Becnmo man's ruling passion.
And before each dame nnd maid becanu
Slaves to the tyrant Fashion!
Thero nro n() girls llko the good old girls
Against tho world I'd stake 'ml
As buxom nnd smart and clean of heart
As the ln knew how to mako 'em!
They were rich In Bplrit and common sens
A piety nll-supportln';
They could bako and brew, and had taught
school, too,
And they made tho likeliest courtln't
There are no boys llko 'the good old boys
When wo were boys together!
Vhen the grass was sweet to the brown
bare feet,
Thnt dimpled tho laughing heather;
When the pewec sung to the summer dawn
Of tho bee In tho willowy clover,
Or down by the mill the whip-poor-will
Echoed his night song over.
Thero Is no lovo like the good old love
Tho love that mother cavo usl
Wo are old, old men, yet we pine again
For that precious grace God gave us!
So wo dream and dream of the good old
times,
And our hearts grow tenderer, fonder,
As thco dear old dreams bring soothlni
cleams
Of heaven away off yonder. "
of Penn.:
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