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The various powder works on the I'a-
fclftc coast have consolidated. A nmiH.
properly implied will break that emu-
bliintlnii.
The battleship Ohio took to the water
as naturally and easily as au Ohio man
to an olllce. The name Is as good a
mascot as the new ship could have.
j acre nre nut thirteen nntl-democrat
delegates In the Alabama constitutional
convention. A convention constituted
on those lines can be counted on to ellml-
iiaio ine negro vote to the satisfaction of
democracy.
The best evidence that the alms of the
.Turkish government arc peaceful Is the
jacc mat uio importation or typewriters
lias been prohibited. No modem war
can be successfully conducted without
the assistance of this useful machine.
Now that China has conceded the
grant of lands for legation sites, unless
tuo powers cnu trump up some other
excuso it iooks as though the troops
mignt soon ue withdrawn. It is always
difficult, however, to satisfy those who
Ho not want to be satisfied.
Agulnaldo declines to discuss the ques-
lion of the capabilities of his country-
men for self-government until after he
Is released from confinement. Possibly
lAgulualdo thinks It doubtful whether
they are lifted to rule themselves when
deprived of his leadership
When the Chicago & Great Western
makes its entry Into Omaha this city
(will have all the railroad faellltles'to
.Chicago that may be required for the
next ten generations. With six direct
trunk lines to Chicago, nnd most of then.
double-track, Omaha cannot complain
of her facilities for reaching the metrop
pus of the west.
The annoynnce caused President Mo-
Klnley by persistent kodakers Intent ou
trying for photographic snapshots raises
the question again ay to how far n per-
Bon's likeness belongs to himself nnd
.whether he has not tho right to select
Lis own pho ogrp her. The public man
belongs to the public more these days
than ever before.
A prominent steel magnate, testifying
beforo the Industrial commission, stated
that he anticipated no hardship to in
dependent operators from the big com
tilne, becauso anyono with from $20,000,-
vw iu u.vuv.uw capital couui engage lu
SlVI A PHIL llAA Jii . I. .1
tho business with a profit. If this is all
that is required steel plants will of
course soon grow on every corner lot.
Young Mr. Phillips has closed out his
Deal in May corn with a large proilt, and
tho old speculators who a short time
ago were talking nbout how they were
going to crusn the youngster can figure
MP tneir losses. '1 lint lie successfully en-
giucuicu one nig ueni was credited to
accident. The fact tlmt he was able to
repeat it stamps him as a man of at
cast some abilities.
Tho striking street car men In Albany
fend the company managers tlnnlly got
together and settled their differences,
How much better it would have been if
both parties had been willing to make
the concessions In the first place which
finally stopped the conlllct. in such
cases both parties seem to forget that inatlng tariffs against American prod
tho public has rights, and unless a more nets and for some sort of combination
ccnoral disposition Is manifested to roe-
ognlze this tho public may enforce its
rights by means of compulsory nrbltra-
tion laws iu spite of their doubtful ex-
pcdleucy.
Tho fickleness of women stock specu-
latqrs has been strikingly exhibited by
a Philadelphia woman who purchased
200 shares of Northern Pacific for
$20,000 and when her broker remitted n
clieck .for $120,000 for the sale of tho
stock returned the cheek with tho ex-
plunutloii that conscientious scruples
prevented her from accepting shell an
enormous protlt and as she feared that
iomecnio might bo wronged by the trans-
action. Had this piece of good luck be-
fallen a male stock speculator wo feel
euro no such exhibition of conscientious
acruplea would huvc becti mndo,
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llt.AVKUST AXD 110YC.UTT.
In l'obrnnry, 1000, the women em
ployed In one of the Chicago packing
houses went out on n strike because of
repeated reductions In wapes. Later the
women tried to secure employment with
other tlrms, but were refused on account
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of their having been strikers. In n test
- r two of ti.o blacklisted
women the court has Just ruled that the
vni - lmiu Himhu nticni'ixl lii tlio input nnek
lng Industry liad a legal right to take
protective measures against persons who
had quit the employment of other Arms
without valid reasons. In other words,
the court upholds the right of employers
to use the blacklist as a defensive
weapon against strikers.
This decision is repugnant to the spirit
of American Institutions. It would If
carried into effect re-establish human
slavery In a new form. The right to
enjoy the fruit of one's labor is among
the Inalienable rights of man. the right
of every man or woman to put a price
upon his labor Is ns inviolable as the
right of the farmer to put a price on
thu products of tho farm or tlio mcr
... ., ,,..,, mmii li s wares
Clllllll tO pllt It ptlLC UpOIl IllH HIirLS
R Is a natural right of every man to
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withhold his labor if lie cannot get tlio
wages he demands or believes to be
reasonalde. This right can bo exercised
t,,th,'r l"llvl(liiiilly or collectively, unless
lie litres out for a llxeti time ni speciuc
wiiL'es. A denial of this right would
place In the hands of employers tho
power to romiiui iinuiuuuuj nuw! .
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such wages as tlicy migiit see lit to pay
rognrdloss of the wants and necessities
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Applied 111 nil US Vigor nil! nmtMini
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would place both skilled and unskilled
labor at the mercy of capital. It would
absolutely deprive worklngmen of free
choice of employers and freedom to seek
employment where they can got the high
est wages and best treatment. 1th
the blacklist held over his head the
worklngman could not hope to better his
condition and would not dare to assert
himself as against the most tyrannical
oppression.
0" '' 1"'. t" "oycott as a
wfimou aualnst employers who for
any reason come In conlllct with organ
Ized labor Is eiiually un-American and
contrary to the spirit of our Institutions
While a worklnginan has u right to
withhold his own labor ho has no right
to denrive others of the opportunity to
labor or the opportunity to sell the prod
uets of their labor. Kvcry American
,.iiiz,.i Is entitled to unrestricted tralllo
.,. property of every description so long
,ls i,is trntlts Is not harmful to the public
n Ki10.,i(i i,0 s unlawful for a labor
oi-L'nnlzntloii to luiure his business by
.ho S(. 0f the bovcott as it should be
fnr ti10 L,mi0ver to bar workmen from
employment by tho use of tho blacklist.
Only by free and untrammeled action
on tho part of the men who labor and
the men who hlro labor can republican
Institutions be maintained and the
broadest freedom enjoyed by nil classes
or our citizens
KEKi'lNO VP THE litxoiw.
rem. mtnsr reimrt rmrnrdlnir tho forolen
commerce of the country shows that in
vi...rt tin. nmni is lielncr kont un. A
It wna flinimht liv snmo
of Hl0 c tK tlmt th dlscoVcrcd In
t,w ollk.,al llBUres a tendency toward
reaction, nnd they ventured to predict
that wo should not make in the fiscal
year that ends Juno 30 as line a record
as was mado In- the preceding fiscal
year. Hut tho latest figures reported
from Washington make It clear that
there need no longer be apprehension on
tlmt point. There would need to be very
heavy, almost Impossible, falling away
In the foreign commerce for May and
j ,f wo am not t0 0SCCC(1 thB record
IIimk. ,ast ytar. Alroatly our exports
for the ten months of tho current fiscal
year are nearly $000,000,000 iu excess
of imports and all the indications point
to an excess of exports for the year ap
proxlniatlng $700,000,000. If wo merely
hold our own In the months of May nud
Juno we shall have a total of exports
for tills llseal year of about $1,000,000,000
d m:obably n totlU forcKU commerce
of not far fl.om .joo.ooO.OOO. As now
m.omlsc(1 lll0 ,.nlu , cxports 0ver last
promised tno gain in export
year will be fully $200,000,000.
This Is a great commerce and tho pros
pects nre favorable to Its further in
crease, particularly as to agricultural
exports. There is every reason to expect
tlmt the foreign demand for the products
of American farms will at least be as
,nrn .... ,lPniini,iv larger dmlmr tho
1Yt t,oIV(, mo.Itils thnn It has been for
t " l r
tho Inst year. The crops in Europe nre
generally said to be not up to tho aver
age, and If this shall provo to bo tho
fact a larcer movement, of American ng
rlcnlturnl nroducts abroad is assured
i,w this we shall be well prepared, nil
conditions promising abundant crops
this vear. As to exports of manufac
tnres. there seems to be cood reason to
expect they will contlnuo to Increase,
ti1p1. is. 0f course, tho dancer of Euro
nean tariffs designed to check tho Amer
jCnu competition, but this may be a less
um-inim ilnnt'or than some amirehended.
There are few European countries, we
think, that will be disposed to dlscrlm
iuuto against our manufactures to an
extent to Invito retaliation, for thero Is
not ono of them that would bo a gaiuer
by such a policy. Some interests, un-
doubtedly, would profit by It and It Is
these which nre agitating for dlscrim
or alliance between European countries
for mutual protection against American
competition, but tho governments would
sacrifice revenue by such a policy, while
injury would be done to tho great body
of consumers. Therefore wo do not
think that the threat of anti-American
tariffs Is likely to havo any practical re
suit materially to the detriment of our
European trade. In nny event, however,
other markets are opening to us which
In the near future should make a large
demand for our manufactures. Tho
I. markets of Asia and of South Africa
should be within the next few years lib
oral customers of the United States,
while thero is a Held lu South America
that Invites Industrious cultivation.
Tho present condition of our foreign
commerce nppears to bo wholly satlsfac
tory and the putlook seems to bo us
favorable as could be wished, with
abundant crops the continuance of pros
perity in the United States is assured.
AlllUXaiXO ISDEMXITY PA 1'MEXT,
It may bo several weeks before tho
powers can reach an understanding as
to what measures China shall adopt for
the payment of the Indemnity. Tho
proposition submitted by tho Chinese
envoys Is not altogether satisfactory to
nny of tho governments, though ndvlccs
from Berlin a few days ago stated that
Germany would probably agree to an
Increase of customs duties, since tlio
only other possibility of Increasing
China's revenues Is the reform of in
ternal taxation, which It is desirable to
avoid because It would require too much
mixing by the powers In the domestic
affairs of China. It Is the understanding
that Great Britain Is not favorablo to In
creasing tho customs duties and is re
ported to have submitted a proposal to
the foreign ministers to tho effect that
China pay the Indemnity out of her own
natlvo resources.
The position of the United States In
tho matter lias not yet been fully de
fined. It was reported from Washington
a short time ago that our government
does not object to the Increase of the
trilling duties now levied upon Imports
Into China. These now amount to only
about per cent ad valorem In gold, j
It was stated that tho united states
would not favor a heavy Increase, but If
an Increase to 5 per cent gold, or even
something above this amount, would
simplify the problem of Chinese finance
and provide for the Indemnities no op
position would bo mado by the United
States. It is understood to bo the opin
ion at tho State department that the
Internal taxes of China cannot be arbi
trarily abolished, as some of the foreign
ministers have urged should be done,
but it is felt that steps should at least
bo inaugurated which will bring them
to a uniform and intelligible scale and
pavo the way for their final abolition.
One of the chief dilllcultles encountered
by foreign merchants and by Chinese
merchants who have handled foreign
goods has been the uncertainty of these
taxes. Whether a given provincial gov
ernor or customs ollicers would levy -0
per cent or 50 per cent, or could be
bought oft with a smaller personal bribe,
has been such an element of doubt that
it has been impossible to llx the price
of goods or fo determine whether a given
shipment would prove profitable or
would bo llnuldated at a loss. A hat
our government Is said to desire Is an
arrangement which will put Internal
taxation in China upon a sound basis
and relievo commerce lu the interior
from the present annoying restrictions.
Doubtless it will in duo time bo prepared
to suggest such nu arrangement
This question of providing for the
payment of the Indemnity by China Is
anything but a simple problem, Involv
ing U8 It does some radical changes in
the loug-estnbllshed fiscal policy of the
empire, the effect of which upon tho
people cannot be foreseen. It is a mat
ter that calls for very careful consider
tion nnd for conservative action on the
part of the powers.
TIB BATTLE FOll CONTROL.
Tho contest for tho control of the
transcontinental railroads has attracted
world-wide attention. Whatever may
be the final outcome, tho consensus of
opinion is that the warring powers have
aroused popular apprehension nnd alarm
at the stupendous amount of capital con
centrated In the linnds of a few men.
Tlio most conservative thinkers,
among whom are Included many public
men nud men prominent lu commercial
and llnnuclal circles, express grave fears
that tho battlo for control will stimulate
the spread of socialism and force to the
front tho Issue of government ownership
or government supervision. The New
York Independent, which is classed
among tho most conservative publica
tions, points out the dnnger to the pub
lie of tho pretended effort to harmonize
tho railways of tho United States by a
commuulty of interests based on a com
munity of ownership. The Independent
cry pertinently calls attention to the
promises of tho harmonlzers ns com
pared with their performances, ns fol
lows:
For tho benefit of investors, tho promo
tion of profitable trade and tho good of
tho general public, the people were in
formed, our country's 40 per cent of tho
world's railway mlleago was thus to bo
brought under a kind of common control
Tho roads would naturally fall Into a few
groups, but the ruling stockholders in ono
croun would havo inlluentiai pecuniary in
tcrcsts In tho others. Uniformity of rates
would thus be assured, Injurious competl
tion would bo prevented, and peaco would
reien In tho railway world. Tho work o
creating harmony was promptly undertaken
and tho outlines of the several groups do
can to appear.
Tho activity or tno narmonizers wa
shown chiefly In tho virtual union of long
eomnetlne lines. Thus, tho Southern ra
clflo was acquired In tho Interest of the
Union raclflc, and tho Great Northorn and
Northern Pacific, already harmonized
Bought possession of systems serving ricn
territory west of Chicago and reaching out
toward tho raclflc coast. Faliuro to ac
quire tho St. Paul road was followed by
a successful attempt to obtain control of
the Burlington system, which now await
formal transfer to tho two northern trans
continental lines on tholr Joint account.
Tho hormonUcrs had quarreled and were
flehtlnn among themselves. Tho millions
of tho Union Pacific chiefly thoso
Standard Oil Interests wero battling
ngalnst tho millions of tho northwest
group, controlled by J, J. Hill and J. Pier
nont Morgan.
I)ut what has become of that harmony
which was to bo tho fruit of tho coinmu
nlty of interest aud tho grouping of tho
railways? And what Impression has been
made on tho public ralnd by this reckless
battlo of financial giants for control
great properties which the harmonlzers
they said, were to adralnlstor for tho public
good? How can these great capitalist
hone to win the confidence and respect o
the American people If they cannot avoid
a bitter quarrel at the very beginning of
their operations, and cannot be restrained
from using their enormous power as they
did use it last week, with a disregard to
oil Interests except 'their own? Is th
projocted group'lng of Amorlcan railways
to bo accompanied by frequent; battles o
this kind for the control of properties on
the border lines? Will the roaster of any
croup be satisfied with his possessions
Would not the nurlington road be rnoro
useful to tho people under Its old conscrva
tlve management and widely distributed
ownereblp than In the bands of ambitious
capitalists who quarrel and slash about In
tho securities market ilka bulls In a china
shop?
Thcso are soma of tho questions which
tho American pcoplo will now bo asking
themselves. Wo do not fieo how tliey can
perceive In these transactions a Bplrlt fa
vorable to the grouping and management
nf railroads for any but n purely selfish
purpose.
Concluding Its dispassionate review of
the combat the Independent says:
All who engage! in tho grouping project
must suiter in public estimation by reason
of this sharp collision of leading interests,
and they ought not to bo surprised If the
number of thoso calling for tho public own
ership of railways Is perceptibly increased
by this costly battlo for control.
Whllo It Is not likely that anything the
press may say concerning the course of
the warring railroad magnates will have
any perceptible effect upon their future
policy, it is only duo to the nubile to
point out the almost Inevitable conse
quences of tho consolidation of the
transcontinental railroads.
TI1K ItEXVh'tT MAX1A.
Tho people of Omaha arc of a benefi
cial turn of mind. Almost anybody who
has played a part on the stage or off the
stage Is conceded the privilege of con
sidering himself entitled to a compli
mentary performance with compulsory
contributions solicited under pressure.
Wo have not only had benefits for
sufferers from Hood, lire, famine nnd
war, but for sufferers from overwork
nd underwork, from dyspepsia and tho
gout. We have had benefits for base
ball players and basso singers, for men
who have lost their fortunes nnd for
men who have lost their heads or legs.
So long as n suffering and patient
ommunlty Is willing to contribute to
the benellt of somebody who has never
benefited anybody in particular except
possibly himself the benefit mania will
roeelvo encouragement as a prolltable
industry that works as well for the pro
fessional benellt promoter as It docs for
tho bcuellclary.
For tho benellt of the public we ven
ture to remark that a community, like
au Individual, may get too much of a
good thing and that the bcuellt business
may bo overdone.
TfK PUF.VEUHEU UOUTE.
According to the Washington corre
spondent of the New York Tribune,
enough is known regarding tho forth
coming report of the Isthmlni: Canal
commission to warrant the assertion
that It will recommend the Nicaragua
onto In strong terms. There is nothing
really new Iu this statement, for It has
been pretty well understood from the
outset that a majority of tlio commis
sion, If not all its members, wero In
favor of that route. It was said, when
tho present commission was mado up,
having ns its nucleus tho former Walker
commission, that It was to no purpose
to rcqulrelt to investigate tho Panama
or any other than the Nicaragua route,
because It was certain to report In favor
of tho lntter. However, tho commission
nppears to have carefully and faithfully
performed the duty assigned It and until
It submits its report, giving tho reasons
for recommending the Nicaragua route,
no criticism of its preference can prop
erly bo made.
In the mcnntlmc, however, tho public
will continue to tako an interest in tho
subject and to consider such facts as
aro knowi In regard to tlio relative
merits of the two routes, financially,
commercially and lu respect to Interna
tional conditions. These known facts
are that the Panama route, its feasl
blllty being admitted, cnu be completed
nt much less cost no ono can confidently
say just how much than a cannl over
the Nicaragua route, that commercially
It would bo an equnlly serviceable
waterway, and its construction nnd con
trol by the United States would be free
from nny such international complica
tion as that in connection with tho NIc
nragua project. These are certainly
qttlto important considerations, but it Is
possible that tho commission will be
able to show tlint they are overbalanced
by others favorablo to the Nicaragua
route.
No single agency Is working more to
mako rural life attractive than the Post
olllce department. Eor many years the
small postofllces nnd star route malls
have been conducted nt a loss by the
government lu order to give to rural
communities Kood mnll facilities. The
first great Improvement wns the rural
free mall delivery, but from Its very
nature this Is only practicable uuder the
existing system where the country is
thickly settled. The department con
templates a still further extension of
the system by compelling tho drivers of
star routes to deliver Individual mall
along their routes wherever boxes are
provided by the people. This Innovation
will give many thousands of people the
benefit of free delivery who would other
wise be deprived of it for years. The
bringing homo to farmers the benetlts of
city lifo without Its disadvantages will
contribute to solve tho problem of the
undue drift of population from the farm
to the city.
II. C. Frlck, who is best known ns the
former partner of Andrew Carnegie in
tho manufacture of steel nt Homestead
hns orgnnized a $15,000,000 oil compnuy
in Texas. With the announcement tlint
the entire capital has been paid hi comes
also the forecast that this Is to be the
nucleus of a Texas oil octopus capital
Ized at $200,000,000. A new Impetus is
thus given to the Texas oil boom and
predictions nre confidently made that a
'community of Interests" will compel
tho Standard Oil trust to absorb tho
Frlck octopus-oil, water nnd all. He
fore this happens Indiscreet people aro
liable to got their hands badly burned
Watered oil stocks aro moro inllammu
bio than the genuine raw material.
Statistics of Enellsh grain acreage
show that country Is year by year be
coming moro dependent upon the outside
world for Its food supply. Year by yea
tho United States is producing more, nnd
while our dependence upon other coun
tries for necessities and many of the
luxuries of lifo Is lessening wo aro be
coming more of a necessity to tho old
world. This is tho best protection the
United States has against nny possible
European industrial combination. All
the American farmer, mechanic and
manufacturer have to do Is to push along
and ninko it an object for the world to
trade with us.
County Attorney Shields' volunteer
champion Is said to bo much disap
pointed bocntjse bo was deprived of tlio
privilege to deliver himself of a scathing
arraignment of Tho Ueo nnd Its editor.
In order that the piece of magnetized
eloquence may not be lost to posterity
wo move that he be given leave to print
lu the popocratlc organ ho loves so much.
IllmlnlKht of MitnnKcrs.
Urooklyn Kagle.
Amorlcan managers aro still scouring
London for plays In which Amorlcan
actors can appear, still oblivious of tho fact
that American audiences aro tolerably fond
of American plays.
Another Kick Ik One.
Philadelphia Times.
Thero'fl no question nbout the trust prin
ciple taking great liberties with tho pcoplo.
A perfumery trust takes It by tho noso
and nlong comes one In tho music Uno to
tnko it by tho car.
Not to Ho Trlflril With.
New York Tribune.
The gentlo sex Is meeting tho emer
gencies of tho tlmo with praiseworthy cour
ago. In several recent Instances burglars
and other rufllans havo been put to flight
or turned over to tho officers of tho law by
stout-hearted and energetic womon. Tho
self-rcllanco and heroism exhibited In such
exploits deserve tho hcnrtlcst acclaim.
(iood HliltlfillOf.
Philadelphia Ledger.
A War department clerk who tried to
sell government secrets has been sum
marily dlsmlfou'd from office. Ho mado
tho mistake of trying to sell to an honest
man; hut beforo proceeding to moralize
bout It wo should Uko to know whether
tho caso Is ono of exceptional rascality
on ono sldo or exceptional honesty on tho
other.
SohliliiK Tliroiinh. IIU AVhlnkrm.
Detroit Journal.
What n touching spectacle: James J. Hill
Blinking with grlof and tho tenrs rolling
down his cheeks becauso comparatively
poor friends of his, who had confldonco In
hlra nnd his properties, Invested In North-
rn Pacific and wero financially ruined by
being "caught In tho vortex of a gamble,"
as ho expressed It. What will his feel
ings bo if further bnrrowed by confirmation
of tho latest report that tho Morgan-Hill
combination was defeated In tho strugglo?
Tlio Atlilctlo Girl.
Baltimore Amorlcan.
A Boston school official has dono a real
service to education In denouncing rough
sports for girls In gymnasium practice, and
n declaring that athletics for them should
bo closely guarded to prevent such train
ing as makes girls loud, bold and rough.
Tho athletic girl Is better, brighter nnd
healtbtor than thoso of her sex who aro
debarred from this kind of exercise, but It
should nlways bo borno In mind that tho
object of her training Is to develop health
and not manntshncss. When attention is
now drawn to tho necessity of modifying
athletic sports for men it Is certainly time
to put a wlso preventive check to tho over
doing of a good thing by women.
No Show for Limited Capital.
Philadelphia Record.
Tho official head of the steel trust un
wittingly discloses In a slnglo sentence tho
pith and marrow of public objection to
trust mothods: "Combination," ho said
beforo tho Industrial commission, "makes
it difficult for the man with Bmall capital
to go Into business, but It grently Increases
tho demand for practical men of brains who
will accept high salaries." Exactly so. Tho
man of small capital, who under n com
petitive system would bo enabled to mako
his brains count for his own Interest, must
servo a giant corporation at a salary or
abandon tho field. What Is to becomo of
his descendants under such conditions Is a
question not within trust purview.
PENMANSHIP IN
TUB
SCHOOLS.
Vcrtlonl Syntom Alinnilniicd
In Now
York City.
New York Sun.
Wo bellovo that peoplo generally will
heartily approve tho action of tho Hoard
of Education of this city In abolishing tho
teaching of upright or so-called vortical
handwriting In our public schools. About
a year ngo tho superintendents of tho
school board passed resolutions to the
effect that tho penmanship which Involved
the slanting of characters to the right
seemed to them to meet most fully tho re
qulroments of cvory-day business life and
recommended that such a system bo taught
in all tho boroughs of tho Greater New
Y'ork. Tho board did not, however, make
tho teaching of that system absolutely
compulsory, but virtually left tho matter
to the discretion of the various principals
In tho hopo that all tho latter would
voluntarily adopt tho plan suggested nnd
that uniform slanted writing would result
It appears that somo of tho Instructors
have been reluctant to discard what they
call tho "beautiful coppor-plato" writing
produced by upright strokes, and In vlow
of that fact tho school authorities have
lately taken more rigorous stops toward its
abolition, llrlclly, tho principals havo been
ordered to touch but one method, which Is
described as a compromise botween tho up
right and tho old slant systems, hut which
amounts really to what Is commonly called
slant penmanship. In explanation of tho
new order Assistant Superintendent Melcuy
says:
"Sovoral objections havo beon found to
tho vertical system lu practice, among them
being tho attitudo that the pupil has to as
Humo nt tho desk. Tho pupil bends too fa
over tho desk and gets his eyes too near
tho paper, and gets Into a position qulto ns
objectionable as ho did under tho old sys
tern. Frequently the vertical writing do
vuloped Into a back hand, which U nwk
ward and In many cases illegible."
Views upon tho two systems in question
for all-around practical use differ somewhat,
oven outside tho halls of elementary In
structlon. Unquestionably, howovcr, th
weight of opinion, based on closo obscrvn
tion and experience, is on tho sldo of
slanted writing. Of courso. tho slant sys
tern, if abused, may degenernto Into a hand
so decidedly inclined as to bo ridiculous, In
nsmuch ns nny good method may bo ex
aggcratcd and overdone. Hut It Is safo to
say that In nine-tenths of tho business
houses of today, whore rapidity nnd legl
blllty In penmanship aro requlrod, th
oblique method Is tho ono used. Ucautlful
hands, with which teachers of tho "vertical
hobby" defend their system, nro of courso
very desirable, but In theso days of type
writers adapted to all ordinary usos, wast
Ing tlmo In the execution of ultra-nice pen
mansblp doesn't pay. Henceforth the most
valuable qualifications for penmen to pos
teas will bo neatness and speed, speed par
tlcularly. ,
It Is to bo regretted that pupils, whll
learning to wrlto properly, nssume post
Hons awkward to behold, and porhaps In
Jurloua to their health. In this regard
more sound advlco than at first appears Is
contained In tho counsel onco given by
a veteran stenographer to an Inqulsltlv
pupil roncernlng the posture desirable In
writing "pothooks." "My boy," said he,
"never wrlto shorthand standing on your
head."
III.ASTS KltOM HAM'S llOBJf.
A llttlo balm may hold much blessing.
You may always eupct tho suspicious
an.
When tho devil preaches leave your purso
at home.
Thunder in tho pulpit does not lighten
tho world.
Ho Is poor Indeed who cannot live with
out riches,
Tho roots nre refreshed by tho rain ro-
cased by tho leaves.
Thero can bo a cheerful face only where
thero Is a faithful heart.
Qod gives riches to our hands when our
heart aro not fixed on them.
Tho dividends of sin como back in tho
snmo coin as tho Investment.
Heaven will lnvolvo much hardship to
tho3o who havo not learned to worship
without n book.
Tho heretic huntor tries to mako the
flowers of truth grow by blowing tho dirt
from their roots.
When you keep your preacher worrying
over his grocery bills you can hardly ox-
icct him to feed you with tho bread of
life.
I'KItSONAI ANII OTlinHWISn.
it Is still safo and profltablo to go around
Wall atreot.
At last accounts Nlppor Hill's gun bad
not persuaded tho Kuhn to como down.
New Yorkers aro now disposed to be
llovo that driving an Ice wagon Is a safer
route to fortuno than Wall street.
No Investment In sight pays as 'well as
advertising. A Missouri roan advertised
for n wlfo and caught a widow with flvo
children.
Tho Paris exposition Is reported to havo
a deficit of 400,000. Communities anxious
to mako a success of exposition should
draw on Omaha talent,
It Is confidently believed that King Ed
ward will mako both ends meet on a salary
of $2,350,000 a year. At least ho shows no
sign of throwing up tho Job on account
of jtho salary.
Tho most remarkable story that has
como from New York rccontly Is tho re
port that Governor Odell will start on a
week's tour of tho stnto In a special train,
at his own expense.
Chicago's Hoard of Education will not
permit floral bouquots at commencement ex
ercises. Tho mombcrs expect to toss a few
oratorical bouquets, to tho graduates and
will not tolcrato hot housa competition.
Mr. Uuchanan, director goncrnl of tho
Pan-Amerlcnn show, halls from Sioux City,
whero ho put a fow artistic frills on tho
corn palace and tho real cstato boom. His
exporlenco will enable him to glvo tho
Iluffalo exposition a Trnnsmlssourl glow
that will attract and fascinate.
THIS WAS A HRllO.
The firrntent Sncrlfloe Sinn Cnn Make
far Mnn.
San Francisco Call.
All tho heroes aro not In uniform, tholr
action quickened by war drums and In
fluenced by all mankind as an audience, and
history as a recorder.
Tho negro In Indianapolis who was
caught by stoam carelessly let Into a boiler
whero ho and a companion woro working
was of real heroic fiber. As the destroying
scald poured upon them they ran for tho
ladder to tho manholo In their chamber
of torturo and death. Phelps reached It
first, but drew back and cried to his mate,
"You, first, Jlmr you aro married," and
Jim went first and was saved, whllo tho
deadly steam cooked Phelps' flesh as ho
followed, nnd ho was drawn out of tho
holo to dlo. With bla last breath ho said,
quietly, "It waB Jim's right to go first; ha
Is married." Tho man who in such peril
could remember tho wlfo of his mato and
her mourning, and dio willingly rather than
bring widowhood nnd sorrow Into a humblo
home, was a greater hero than all the
commanders that havo led armies. Groator
lovo than this bath no roan, to dlo for his
friend. Thero wns no glory in stgtit, no
renown; nono of that reward in history
which enter Into tho motives of somo. Thcra
was nothing but awful death that anothor
might live.
Let nil men romomber this lowly laboror,
His placo is In tlio great company of
martyrs who havo patiently tasted death
that men might llvo or principles be pro
moted. Ho waa of that raco wo call In
ferior, but his black skin covered a herolo
soul.
In tho center of tho city of his eacrlflco
rises a stalely monument to the soldier dead
of Indiana. It porpetuates tho memory of
Georgn Rogers Clark and tho high action at
old Vlnccnnes and romlnda tho beholder
of the defenders of the flag In many wars,
It Is right that It Is thero. nut let us
trust Indlnnapolis to rear another less
lofty shaft over tho dust of this dusky horo,
and rarve upon Its base: "It was right for
Jim to go first; ho is married."
Serge Suits
There are serges nnd serges and some of them are
not worth while. We use nothing but all wool wide
serges, of a quality that will keep color and appearance
as long as it lasts.
Good Quality,
Better Qualities,
Handsome Silk Lined Serges.
All seams are taped and stayed so that they will hold
their shape.
The fit of the shoulders and the set of the collar are
as perfect as the best work of the custom-tailor.
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS.
Browning, King & Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
SRCCIrAIl J1IOTS AT TH I, PIII.l'IT.
Boston Olobo; A Lowell clergyman has
mado tho statement that "the old New
England practice of reading tho bible has
almost entirely passed away In Now Eng
land." Tho blblo Is still printed, how
ever. Zlon's Horald (Uoston): In no way has
tho modorn pulpit so greatly discredited
Itself with tho thoughtful public as In
advertising sensational subjects. So gravo
an abuse has this becomo In ono of our
cities that tho dally press protCHts
agalnyt it.
Now York Tribune: Last week Ucv. V.
K. Karnp, pastor of tho Methodist church
of Jersey Shore, Pa., announced that he
would ray a cash bonus to every ono who
went to church lnat Sunday. As it win
rumored that ho might glvo each pcron
$20 thero was a largo congregation present.
At tho closo of tho servlco a scaled en
velope was handed to each person contain
ing 1 cent nnd tho following admonition:
"This Is your talent. Don't wrap It In a
napkin, but uso It. Your lovo for tho
success of tho cnuso will dotermlno your
efforts. Hnrness tip this tnlent nnd nuko
It pull in othors." Mr. Karns explained
that ho expected each penny to be Invested
so that It would bring a roturn of from S3
to $10.
St. Paul Pioneer Press: If tho Methodist
preachers In Massachusetts, who aro de
nouncing President McKlnley becauso of a
report that be was seon tn drink n glass
of champagne on board a battleship, could
rcnllzo how utterly ridiculous they mako
thomsolvcs, nnd how much they Impair
tholr own usefulness by such an exhibition
of narrowness they would blush for tholr
"denunciations." Every word hurlod at
the president strikes most of tho noblest
figures In American history as woll strikes
also tho Dlvlno Master whom thcso mln-
Istors assume to serve, nud who, becauso
Ho came eating nnd drinking, was greotcd
by tho Pharisees with tho exclamation:
"Ilohold a gluttonous mnn and a wlne
bibborl" Tho Master was an exemplar,
not of total abstinence, but of tcmpcrnnco
Just such as President McKlnley practices.
DO M H STI O 1M.K A S A NTH I US.
Hrooklvn Lifo
"Aro you going to marry
Sister Until?"
"Whv-er-I really
don't know, you
Know,-
"That's what I thought,
Well, you aro!"
Clovclnml Plain Dealer: "Do von think
Miss Mary Wllkers Is mnrrlcd?"
"l never Know a JIIss .Mary Wllkers who
was married."
Atlanta Constitution: "Who marrfod
you?" asked tho Justlco of a colored citizen,
who liad been brought beforo him for somo
domestic trouble.
"You did, suh." was tho roply, "but I
ain't never voted for you senco! '
Philadelphia Press:
Toss t don't see why
sho should engago herself to young Hnnfllcs.
Ho's a regular muff.
Jess Ynu'ro wrong. Ho's a good catch.
Sho has discovered that ho has money.
Town Topics: Crawford Come around to
tho house and havo dinner, old boy.
Crabslmw Not on your life. I brought
you home when you wero drunk tho other
night, and year wife got a good look at mo.
Somervlllo Jnurnnl: Ethel Ho telegraphed
his proposal to her.
Maude And did she accept hlm7
Ethel No; sho said that bIio had no uso
for a man who would waste his money on
telegraph tolls Instead of upending It for
caramels.
Detroit Journal: Thero was on Inflnlto
pathos In It all.
"I m weary, oh, how weary," exclaimed
tho man, "of having no homo in the trun
sense, no placo whoro I can't smoko for
fear of scenting up tho laco curtains!"
Sho pitied him in her heart, but an for
marrying him, that was qulto another mat
ter. AN KVKNING PItAYIin,
Francis E. Popo in Doston Transcript
Life's opening voyage, Lord, Thou didst
safely keep
O'er childhood's sheltered bays;
As now the tides of npo around me creep,
Protect my shortening days.
Thou didst defend my youth when sped my
bark
Out toward tho open sea;
As I opproach tho shore, unknown and
dark.
Still guard and caro for mo.
Becalmed by ldlo winds on placid seas,
Thy vigil did not cease;
Now tempests beat, nnd when I shrink from
these.
Impart uplifting peaco.
tVhcn Joy, bright-winged, poised lightly
on tho prow
Thou gently didst restrain;
Though Sorrow often voyages with me now,
My troubled soul sustain.
"When many ships wero nigh and skies wero
bright,
I know Thy presonco nwcct;
As ono by ono they vanish In tho night,
Draw near me, 1 entreat.
Lord, Thou hast been companion, friend
nnd guldo
O'er life, s unresting Boa:
When Death, the gentlo Pilot, stands be
side, Oh, mako the port with me!
