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, A shovel trust Is the Intent. About
everything cine hud been scooped in.
This Is tlic season when Nebraska
onjoyfi those periodic inllllon-tlollnr
rains.
It was not n million tlollnr rnln It
.was worth several millions to Ne
braska's growing ei-ops.
The deadlock over the purchase of tho
Mate fair (.'rounds seems to be almost
as persistent as the lnte deadlock over
the two Nebraska. senutorshins.
A franchise Is worth money. No
franchise should be grunted by any
nubile, authority without exacting a
Royalty proportioned to Its value.
Omaha will not furnish the new presi
dent of tho New York Central this time,
but It has a stock of timber on hand
suitable to till the high-up positions on
all the big railroads.
Omaha has no objection to n streot
railway and electric lighting octopus
providing the octopus shares with
Omnha nt least some of the benellts
derived from combination.
It Is easy to blow bubbles and build
filr castles. Nobody doubts the ad
vantage Omnha would derive from a
power canal, but It Is premature to
blow about a thing that Is still In nlr.
The reputable and respectable people
of South Omaha cannot afford to hnve
their city disgraced by any public carni
val of vice and debauchery under the
guise of u street fair or any other nnmc.
Senator ltoveiidge of Indiana Is
visiting In Russia. The senator should
bo careful, as people are not allowed to
talk as freely In Russia as he has been
In the habit of doing while In this
country.
The cabinet has decided there Is no
necessity for au extra session of con
gress. The public will be satistled with
this decision, while congressmen now
on their summer junket will certainly
not object.-
The speculator who Invested their
money on the chances of rain falling to
come In time to save the grain crop do
not wear a smile half ns broud as the
ono which adorns the face of the Ne
braska fanner.
Help build up Omaha. Money In
vested In brick and mortar right hero
will, in ninety-nine cases out of one
hundred, turn out butter than moucy
buried in Texas oil Holds or Cuban
sugar plantations.
Tho mnn who started the report that
tho Booth family was about to makn
up should be severely punished. The
publU; has olready been atlllctod enough
with this quarr.el without having It re
bashed on a false ruipor.
After the flrst ndxup the South Caro
lina senators do not appear to be so
anxious to come to close quarters. Tho
people of that state enn now proceed to
rulso u crop of cotton with the assur
ance they will not miss the big show
while they toll in the ileitis.
A number of American millionaires
and women who also have millions to
pend were recently entertained nt the
borne of Count Castellane. They should
bo ashamed of themselves to Hook In
and ent up the groceries of a poor man
who has only ?1."0,000 year to It vo
off of.
Latest reports show that the result
of the Hurry In railroad circles Is an
understanding which embraces prac
tically all the great railroads In tho
couutry. People may give thanks thnt
up to tho present tlmo tho magnates
have made no effort to coutrol the
wagon roads.
Lincoln Is enjoying a little bout over
physician's bill for treating smallpox
patients, in which tho medical mnn
wants pay at the rate of ?13 n day. This
In, doubtless, cheap for twentieth con
tury medical sen-Ices, but the city could
invo money by hlrlug uu assistant city
physician at a yearly salary
Tin: "'AM ERICA X rERlL."
If I lie declaration of tho member
of the l'reneh Chamber of Deputies,
that the "American Jierll," meaning
our commercial competition, Is vastly
moro dangerous than the "yellow
peril" Involved In tjie Chinese dllll
culty, reflects tin1 feeling of l'reneh
men generally, then It must be con
cluded that they are even more alarmed
than the Hermans at the inroads upon
their trade American competition Is
making. This Is the tlrst really se
rious note of apprehension that has
coin from France.' -Sucfi cries of
alarm have been so common and fre
quent from UtUinnny ns to have al
most lost effect. We' have learned to
expect them, with more or less vigor
and vehemence, at .short Intervals. Rut
there has been llttlu of this sort of
thing from France. It' would seem,
however, that the dread of American
competition has tnkeh hold of the
French quite as llrully ns It has of the
(ici'mans and we ihny expect to hour
numerous echoes of the "peril" alarm
so earnestly sounded by the evidently
emotional member of tho Chamber of
Deputies.
It Is noteworthy that that gentle
man did not propose any combination
or alliance of Fuiopenn nations to com
bat the "peril." As the report Indi
cates he was content to simply point' It
out. Well, as a 'matter of fact Amer
ican manufactures are going to France
more freely than formerly, notwith
standing the high tariff of that coun
try and the circumstance that mer
chandise Imported from the United
States pays the maximum rates of
duty. So far as appears there are but
two means of checking tills, one being
to Increase the tnrlff and the other for
the French manufacturers to make bet
ter and cheaper goods than Americans.
.Meanwhile the "Napoleons of Amer
ican industry" will continue to push
their wares Into every accessible market.
pRUMuTixa her commerce.
We recently noted the aggressive
ness with which Canada Is promoting
her commerce and Industries and the
liberality manifested by the government
In this respect. The Dominion parlia
ment, which recently adjourned, appro
priated generous sums for commercial
and Industrial purposes. The Paclllc
cable legislation made the contribution
to that project, which Is the joint un
dertaking of Great Urltaln, Canada
and Austrnlln and Is expected to be
completed within a year. .f-'.OOO.OOO. A
liberal subsidy was voted to a steom
ship line with n view to closer trade
relations with France. Itallwny sub
sidles were passed aniountlng to over
$3,000,000. In order to build up the
pnper-maklng Industry In Canada nn
export bounty was placed upon pulp.
The government Is to poy a bounty for
live years on lend mined in British
Columbia. Theso mlues have hereto
fore been handicapped by the refusnl
of the smelters of the United States
to take the "Canadian ores. Tho effect
of this bounty will be to establish lend
smelters In British Columbia to treat
ores mined In that province. The beet
sugar Industry Is to bo encouraged by
tho free admission of nil mnchlnery
for manufacturing beet sugar.
Thus our northern neighbor is push
ing forward in tho Industrial and com
mercial race. Tho policy of protection
and of bounties and subsidies now has
little opposition there. Canuda has a
public debt one-third that of the United
States, with a population of less than
six millions. But these facts do not
seem to disturb her statesmen. They
are willing to go deeper in debt In
order to promote the material progress
of tho country and at present Cauada
Is enjoying a fair degree of prosperity.
The policy that Is being pursued may
prove to be wise, but one thing seems
quite certain, thnt with such a policy
It Is Idle to talk of reciprocity with
the United States. Perhaps, however,
the Canadians no longer seriously ex
pect to accomplish anything In that
dlrectlou. So much is certaluly implied
in what the government Is1 doing.
PUTT1XO THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE
The managers of the Auditorium as
sociation will do well to go slow about
adopting plans for the proposed audi-1
torlum. They nindo-a very serious mis
take when they Invested over $50,000
In a site before they had the. assurance
that their project would rocolve sufli
clcut financial backing to Insure Its
success beyond a reasonable, doubt.
Having plnnted $55,000 In nn unpro
ductive piece of ronl estate on which
they will have to pay taxes, they would
certainly not be warranted now In ex
pending several thousand dollars for
plans which will have to be laid ou the
shelf for a year Or two and may have
to be rndlcolly altered In case sultlcient
money cannot bo raised to erect n struc
ture on the orlglnhl scnle.
There Is no division of sentiment In
Omaha as regards the need of an audi
torium. There Is unanimity nniong nil
classes of our citizens In favor of a
commodious fireproof structure that
will servo all the purposes In view. It
Is a mistake, however, to push the en
terprise abend of tho resources at the
disposal of tho promoters. It would be
au Inexcusable mlstnku on tholr part to
deceive the public nnd to deceive them
selves by banking on Imaginary cnpitnl.
The llnnnclnl exhibit Just mndo public
shows that the entire subscription up
to date only slightly exceeds $150,000, of
which nearly ?S05UUt) fo'Votitlugeiit. The
actual cash receipts are In round figures
$02,000 nnd the disbursements $10,1100,
leaving a balance on hand of $15,000,
nnd $111,000 yet to bo collected on the
first stock assessment. To complete
payment for the slto will take nearly
all the cash on hand. Assumo thut the
'association can collect SO per cent of
the stock subscriptions, ,thty would
realize all told $125,000; deducting
$55,000 for the site and $10,000 for sala
ries and Incidentals, the actual money
in sight for construction would bo
$00,000. A. fireproof auditorium build
ing will cost not less than $200,000 and
possibly $223,000.. . Unless . it bulldlug
loan could be effected, the association
must yet raise from $140,000 to $105,000
more than It has now In sight.
With this situation staring them In
the face, paying out money for plans
nt this stage Is putting the cart before
the horse.
EXTRA SESSRjX UXXECESSARV.
The president and cabinet have de
tided that an extra session of congress
to consider the Philippine situation !s
unnecessary. The reason for the de
cision Is that In the Judgment of the
administration the ptcsldcnt has ample
authority under the Spoonor amend
ment to govern the Philippines. It Is
perhaps unfortunate that the court did
not decide the Philippine case before ad
journing, so as to clearly define the
tnrlff relntlons between the islands and
the United States, though probably
nothing more serious will result than
the refunding by tho government of
whatever duties may be collected on Im
portations from the Philippines. Kvon
this may not become necessary, for It
Is possible tho supreme court will take
the view that the circumstances were
not the same as to Porto Rico and the
Philippines, for the reason Hint the
United States did not have full posses
sion of the hitter and did have such
possession of Porto Hlco.
It Is very generally conceded that
what Is known ns the Spoonor amend
ment, giving the president all military,
civil and Judicial powers necessary to
govern the Philippines and establish
civil government In the Islands, tloes
not confer any authority to regulate the
tariff between the United States and
the archipelago. It has been stated that
President McKlnley holds this opinion
and IT so the tariff framed by the Tuft
commission will not be put Into effect
and the government will continue as
:if present to apply the Dlngley tariff
to Importations from the Philippines.
Tills was announced to be the position
of the Treasury department Immedi
ately after the supreme court decisions
and when there was some apprehension
that their effect would bo to establish
free trade between the United Stntes
and the Philippine archipelago.
But how about Instituting civil gov
ernment in the Philippines, for which
the president admittedly has full power
under the Spooner amendnieut? If
civil government be Instituted there, will
not that Imply possession, as In the
case of Porto Rico, and therefore, in
the absence of specillc revenue legisla
tion by congress, esabllsh free trade
b ecu the United Stntes and the
archipelago' We noted a few days ago
thnt several prominent republican sena
tors had expressed doubt ns to the wis
dom of establishing civil government In
the Philippines at once, or until It
could be shown that the new govern
ment would have .something like ns
much power as would be surrendered
when the military power conies to an
end. That Is an Important considera
tion, but not more important than the
question of tho effect upon tariff rela
tions of instituting civil government.
It has also been pointed out that If
civil- government were established in
the Philippines they would, come under
our coastwise shipping laws, which
would be a somewhat serious matter
in view of the fact that there Is uot a
single line of American ships running
to the islands.
These considerations make It probable
that little more will be done at
preseurt toward carrying out the plan
for instituting geuerul civil govern
ment. The commission will doubtless go
on establishing local governments, but
beyond this the sltuntlon will probably
continue as It Is uutil there Is further
action by congress.
There Is no good renson why the
Board of County Commissioners should
grant a right of way for suburban elec
tric roads without a guaranty that they
will be built and operated within one
venr. And this guaranty should not be
ii mere straw bond that nobody can
collect. If parties who want a right
of way over the public roads mean
business they will not hesitate to give
the required guaranty. If they simply
want a right of way to block the roads
against parties who mean business the
board Is not Justified In entertaining
their proposition.
Some of the Indians iu tho Indian
Territory intimate that If allowed to
go to Washington they hnve wonderful
secrets to Impart to the Great 1-nther.
When nn Indian gets n notion for a
trip at government expense he suddenly
becomes wonderfully wise nnd his
secret Is so Important that It would
never do to disclose It anywhere except
in Washington.
If the representatives of British manu
facturers think they enn stop the pur
chnse of American machinery by criti
cisms of Its work they are mistaken.
The results obtnlned In this country
nullify all invective and theoretical ob
jections. If the British manufacturer
wants to hold his trade he must do
It by competition and not by talk.
The Pullman company Is said to con
template a system of old-age pensions
based on pay received by the employe
when in service. If tips nre included
In the nccount of pay for porters tho
peuslon will amount to something, but
If based ou the salary received from
the company the lucome will not keep
them In opulence.
Mnke n Noti nf It.
Chicago News.
Military surgeons passed unanimous res
olutions UBklng thnt tho army canteen bz
restored. For once the doctors agree.
rteilucliiK Hip Prnyor Teat,
Chicago Inter Ocean,
King Edward has dispensed with the
services of twenty-four of the court chap
lains. Only twelve now remain to look
after the spiritual, welfare of tho monarch's,
household. It Is believed that theso can
do It, though they mny have to work over
time. A Shook to Yautli'a Ardor.
Baltimore American.
A young cadet, writing home from West
Point, says he Is "sickened and disgusted
wRh the unfairness of tho whole proceed
ings," meaning the proceedings to repress
hating. That is exactly the condition of
the whole country reversed. The public Is
sickened and disgusted with the. uufalrncsb
of the young men It sends to be educated
nnd trained for officers, but who persist In
demanding the privilege of being bullies
nnd nf regulating the discipline of the
military academy to suit their bullying
propensities.
(IriMvlnw CiiKtoliiH ltrt otitic.
St. I.ouls aiobo-Domoernt.
Customs revenues In the Philippines have
more than doubled In two years and are
now running beyond $1,000,000 a month.
No doubt there will bo ft further Increaso
as pence conditions nro restored, for the
Islands hnve been largely cut off from the
outside world.
MnkhiR' (J rent Proicrrn.
Portland 'Oregoillnn.
The Rnwallans aro catching on to the
ways of American politics so swiftly that
they ought not to be held In tho same class
with our other Inmllnr tinnsesslons. They
couldn't contlnuo the session of their legis
lature, but they have a first-class bribery
Investigation that Is even more diverting,
II fit I Wrultlt of the .iltlim.
Baltimore Sun.
Tho real weaHh of nations Is not to be
computed by statisticians, who can do no
moro thnn make rows of figures repre
senting whnt they Judge to be the vnlue of
Its material possessions and resources nnd
foot up the Items to n grand total. Tho
character nnd capacity of a nation, rather
than Its stores of wealth, whether In one
form or nnothcr, make nnd keep It great.
The editor of the London Statist n few days
ago observed that the natural resources of
tho United States do not wholly account
for Its present keen Industrial rivalry with
European nations. He keenly remarks
that the red men had the same country
nnd the same resources, though they never
seriously competed for the trade and com
merce of Europe.
Ileum nml IlnllN ut Pence.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The financial lion and tho flnnnclal lamb
have laid down together. We are not as
sured which Is which. They both seem to
be about of the same slie nnd It must tip
admitted thnt neither of them looks In
goon condition. The lion's mnne Is pretty
much gone and his npsc Is badly scratched.
Tho lamb looks llko the breaking up of a
hard winter, but both nre .understood to be
happy that tho fight Is over. This seems
reasonable. The doctor will nnw ho enlierf
In to got them Into first-class condition and
tno dear public should bo on tho lookout
that It does not furnish tho salve as well
as tho wool nnd all the nlher nnllennll.
flnanclnl dressings. Tho Northern Pacific
ngni is over nnd everyone Is a gentleman
again. Isn't It nlcb thus to see gentlemen
dwell In harmony for a. few days at least?
"WHY GERMAN FAHMMtS lillOWI,.
Iteiunrknlilo Stride. of Ainerlcnn
Trnde In the Kntlierlnnd.
Brooklyn Engle.
Tho report df Consul General Mnson at
Berlin gives, In moro detail than wo have
yet had It, tho reason whv tho nrm.n
agrarians and newspapers grumble at tho
lucreauing exports from this country, and
threaten exclusive tariffs flfrnlnnt nnr tirrut.
ucts. In one year tho Gormnn Imports of
our corn jumped from 181,000 tons to 1,
246,000 tons. For the last deendn Mm hat.
ance of trade with Germany was over $200,-
uuu.uuu in our tavor, and recently tho Ger
man government Dlncod a loan nf S!a nnn .
000 In New York. Corn will bo grown where
it can bo grown most cheAniv. lust n rif.
and cotton fre. Tho cheap corn belt Is our
middle west. Tho German farmers are now
suffering from that fact Just ns New Eng
land farmers Buffered from thirty to fifty
years ago, when tho great fertility of the
prnirlcs destrovnl Ne W Enfrlnml farmlnc
on a, large cple..(Tho;cheapenlng of freight
rates has extended the western market to
Germany nnd she. will have to adapt hcr-
seir to ,tho situation. The fact that a
large part of. our exnorts arn nf r tv mam
terlals to bo made up In German factories
snows mat an ib doing that to n consider
able extent nlready. She can i;ot better
work from hqr laborers, too, becnuse now
she Is feeding them with considerable
OUnntltleS Of our canned menta ti'hnrn
thirty ytars ago they did not eat meat of
any mnn, &ne ran attempt to escape the
COmDCtttlon bv n system nf tnrlfTn hm
that would shut out our raw material from
ner racioncs and raise tho cost of German
llvlntr. Thnt Innvltnhln restill !e nt ran dv
arrayed the G.erman rommerclal classes
btiiuni me prupoacu nigu larm oi ino
agrarians.
It Is obviously bettor for Germnny that
wo should supply her factories with cheap
raw rnatorlftls nnd ch'oap food than that wo
should consume food and raw materials nt
home nnd flood the .world with manufac
tured goods. Hut whether or not tho Ger
man farmers' can be made to see that, It
Is not a question for International hos
tility nr tn he settler! hV nntlMns II la a
matter of cheap production on both sides:
nero or rooa. mere, or goods, it is governed
by natural laws and that peoplo will reap
tho greatest profit who flrst adjust them
selves to those laws, not the people who
fttnnd lln with n?tfillff hrnnm trjlnr In
sweep bnck tho Atlantic ocean of trade.
A IinOW.V STUIJV.
Aaanelntf Jtmtlrr Who Ilcml tlir Porto
Itlcnn nrclftlnim.
Chicago News.
It seems eminently probable that the
name of Associate Justice Brown will be
curiously linked In history with the recent
momentous United Stntes supreme court
decision. It was Justice Drown's opinion
which, with that of four other members of
tho court, sustained tho theory thnt, the
constitutional guaranties of liberty In Porto
Hlco could not be usurped by extra-constitutional
uso of tho executive or congres
sional power. It was Justice Drown, on the
other hand, who on tho cognate question
of tho constitutionality of Porto Ulcan
tariffs parted company with tho four Jus
tices with whom he had voted and went
over to the four who upheld tho govern
ment's right to impose tariffs on n "do
mestic territory." In ench case Justice
Drown's was tho casting vote and It Is his
porsonal view of tho matter which may
thus bo tho means of shaping this coun
try's courso far In the future In mattors
of profound Importance.
Tho Jurist who has thus come to play so
curiously interesting a part In tho nation's
history' is 65 yenrs of ago; ho was born tn
Massachusetts, was educated at Yale, and
was a practitioner as a lawyer from his
earliest mnnhood. His prnctlco brought him
chiefly Into the United Stntes courts, and
President Grant recognized his nullity by
making him federnl JUdgc for tho castorn
district of Michigan, which position ho held
for fifteen yenrs. His appointment to tho
supremo bench by President Harrison
marked tho first Instnrtre In half a century
of tho selection of a federal district Judge
to a supreme court justiceship. In addition
to his legnt attainments he Is said to be u
fine, classical scholar, a student of letters
and an observing traveler on his repeated
visits to Europe.
Justice Drewer nnd Justlco nrown nre
both Yale men, nre of almost the same nge,
were graduated from the same college In
tho same class and wore appointed to the
supremo court by the snme man, For eleven
years they have been side by sldo on the
supremo bonch. It would seem that If any
thing In training nnd experlenco would be
calculated to glvo two men n similar mental
bias and point of view these two Jurists
would bo In harmony, at least ns to ques
tions of radical principle. Tholr division at
the present time suggests that even In the
supremo court the personal element plays
too large a part to make thnt body's de
cisions absolutely scientific, ns Americans
fondly believe them to be.
Why Our Boys Excel
Chicago
Few Amcrlcnns will dispute Sir Thomas
Upton's statement that the American boy
Is bettfr nblc to make his way In the world
than the English boy. nnd that Is partly
because ho Is allowed to shift for hlmtelf
at nn earlier nge. This Is not the only rea
son, however, ns may be seen by rending
the symposium of opinions by prominent
Chlcngoaiis In yesterday's Tribune. One
asrrlbes the superior powers of the Ameri
can boy to the blended blood of many races
that flows In his veins. Another thinks the
American mother and the Inspiration of
wholesomo home training nre to bo credited
with the boy's ambitions. Others believe
the climate has something to do with the
chnracler of the American boy, by causing
earlier maturity, while many mention the
superior opportunities for education nnd for
employment existing In the United States.
All thco causes undoubtedly nro ut work
in producing the self-reliant nnd manly typo
of ooy ndmlred by Sir Thomns Llpton,
though all nre by no means of cqunl Im
portance, The mlxturo of races has hnd a
beneficial effect, but still moro significant Is
the fact thnt It Is a mlxturo of the moro
daring and ndventurous elements In each
race. It requires courage and a pioneering
spirit to seek n homo In a new continent.
America has been a magnet for Individual?
of this peculiar temperament from tho days
of tho settlement of Jamestown and Massa
chusetts bay to tho present hour.
It was tho hard schooling rather thun the
mingling of races that created the nlort
American type of boyhood and manhood.
Mnny of our most successful men have
sprung from pure English .stock In New
England or Virginia, or from German or
other blood practically unmixed. Tho Infiu-
31 AY IT PI.IIASK Till: COURT.
New York Trlbuno. What territory was
ever yet anything but fur enough In to be
tnxed, but not fnr enough In for their people
to vote? Tho Porto Illcans vote on local
nffHlrs. The New Mexicans do no more.
Philadelphia Inquirer: No president can
become ,i dictator and rule ns nn emperor,
because he cannot make laws for the gov
ernment of new territory. That power Is
vested entirely 'n congress nnd so tho su
premo court decides.
Indianapolis News: The decision of the
supreme court gives the administration n
free hand and It also gives the people n
free hand. They will not be bound by con
stitutional restraints ns to tho future dis
position of the Islands. They can cut loose
from them if they so desire.
Kansas City Star: A great many people
aro disappointed in tho supremo court's
ruling on the Porto Rlcan question, but
mighty few will Join with Mr. Bryan In
Impugning the honesty of thnt tribunal.
But Bryan would reverse himself If he did
not attack everybody opposed to htm.
Chicago Journal: Jurtlcc Brown was the
pivot on which theso decisions turned nnd
occupied npparently the snme position ns
Justice Drndley did on the electoral com
mission. On that historic occasion It will
bo remembered that Justice Bradley always
gave his casting vote for tho democrats In
all non-essential nnd formal matters, but
when It camo to the crucial question as to
who was elected president of the United
States he plumped for Hayes.
Cleveland Leader: The adjournment of
tho supreme court without action on the
customs case concerning tho Philippine
Islands is taken to Indicate that tho Justices
feft In no hurry to act on that troublesome
question. It may bo that they simply felt
the stress of conflicting opinions so keenly
In tho strife over tho Porto Rlcan cases that
they needed the peace of the long vacation
before venturing again upon tho stormy
waters of constitutional controversy,
Philadelphia Press: Mr. William B. Horn
blower, In annlyzing the supremo court de
risions In tho Insular cases, expresses the
belief that under them congress might abol
ish trial by Jury In the District of Colum
bia. Even if such legislation were author
ized It would not be bo very different from
what congress has done nlready. The revo
lutionary war wns fought on the ground
thnt thcro should not bo taxation without
representation, but that Is precisely what
congress has already Imposed on the resi
dents of tho District of Columbia. They
are taxed heavily, at the will of congress,
but nro not allowed to cast n vote for any
body or nnythlng and aro given no repre
sentation of any kind in the body that Im
poses taxes on them. To deprive them of
tho right of trial by Jury would hnrdly bo
nny grentor departure from the princi
ples on which our government wns founded.
But tho people of Washington do not seri
ously complain.
Now York Post: What Justlco White and
those who concurred with him did, there
fore, was to upset a decision of tho supreme
court within an hour or so of tho tlmo it
had bsen rendered. The doctrine of stare
decisis did not stare for ono afternoon,
"If," said Justice White at 3:15 p. m..
"Porto Rico was a part of tho United
States" "But, your honor, tho court of
which jou are au ornament decided only
nn hour and twenty minutes ngo that It Is
n pnrt of tho Unltod Stntes. If tho court
enn reverse Itself with this lightning speod,
may It not turn squarely about on its
present decision before the Ink dries on Its
opinions?" Justice White was perfectly
frnnk about what was going on. In his
dlssontlng opinion in the Dollmn enso ho
bluntly anounccd that the court wns nbout
to undo Its work in that case, and would
roverso Itself In n fow minutes. So It did,
but whnt an astonishing performance for
tho highest court tn tho land!'
PEHHOXAI. NOTI58.
The estate of the late General Benjamin
Harrison Is appraised at JS81.125.62.
Edwatd Atkinson, tho antl-oxpanslonlst,
lost n lawsuit tho other day In which he
triod to prevent a street railway from
pnsslng through his farm nt Mattnpolsett,
Mnss.
Mr. Pearson, tho ex-preacher sheriff of
Cumberland county, Mnlne, In which Is
locnted Portland, Is now being talked of for
governor nnd docs not tnko unklurtly to the
boom.
In the course of his trip abroad this sum
mer Speaker Henderson will be entertained
In Sklbo castle by Andrew Carnegie. Tho
two men entcrtnln feollngs of warm friend
ship toward each other.
Colonel Henry M. Robert of tho En
gineer corps Is to to retired this month.
Ho Is n West Pointer of the clnss of '57
nnd his commlsslou antedates by two years
that of any other mnn in tho service.
Vanderbllt unlvorslty has conferred tho
medal of oratory, the hightst honor at Its
disposal, on Charles Yun Mnrshnll of Soo
Chow, China. He mndo a strong plea for
his natlvo country, which, he argued, was
destined to take Its place among the great
nations of the world.
The appraisers of so much of the real
nnd personal estate of the lute President
Benjamin Harrison as lies In Marlon
county, Indiana, havo reported to the court
that Its total value Is $351,525, the real
estate being valued at $184,000. The most
valuable pleco of property Is his old home
stead In Indianapolis, which Is appraised nt
$40,000. Gcnernl Harrison also owned at
tho time of his doath Dcrkeloy Lodge, his
summer home In tho Adlrondacks, nnd
property In Washington, D, C, and North
Uond, O.
Tribune.
ence of the more stimulating American
iilmstc undoubtedly mny be seen, but this Is
a force that requires generations to show its
effects.
More Important than nny olher single ele
ment In producing tho "savolr fnlre" of the
American boy Is that of opportunity. From
the earliest dnys there was more work to
be dono In America than tho men could do
atone. The boy was needed nnd ws ex
pected to work. Tho conditions were such
that tho boy neither could nor would stay
nt home and "Hvo off" his parents to tho
extent that English boys do and raiut under
present conditions. The nboundlng oppor
tunities of the new world naturally evolved
a self-reliant type of mnnhood, nlert, adapt
nblc, ingenious, fearless of obstacles or dan
gers a type rich In Inventive gonlus rather
than in scholarly attainments. Tho Ameri
can comes naturally by these qualities, both
by birth and by training. In this country
the young man Is trusted with greater re
sponsibility than ho Is tn Europe. This has
given our Industries the mobility nnd ftg
gresslvncsn which seem so dlsconcortlns to
our staid European rivals.
Whether this early brilliancy of tho
American youth foreshadows nn earlier, loss
of grip Is n debntablo question, It Is true
thnt a man past the ngo of SO has n poorer
clunco of employment In the United States
than In Europe, but his earlier opportuni
ties mny compensate for this, However that
may be, tho present Is the young man's nge
In this country, nnd he Is moro capable of
carrying his largo responsibilities than the
youth of any other country. Tho old
country puts fnlth In old men; tho new
country puts faith In young men.
HITS OP WASIU.MiTO.V Mm.
HnpiirnliiKH llrrp nnd There nt the
Xiitlimul Cniiltnl,
Friends of Justlco David J. Drewer of the.
supreme court nro In n merry mood at the
expense of tho Justice. He Is to be mar
ried at Burlington, Vt., tomorrow and pro
cured a marriage license in tho District of
Columbia, which Is not valid outside of the
district. But ns tho Justice has not had a
case of tho kind brought to his attention
for many years hlc Ignornnco of tho local
statute will be overlooked. Few mon on
the threshold of matrimony nre wholly free
from mental lapses.
Thcro Is a flavor of romance In tho 'ap
proaching union. Ten yenrs ago tho Jus
tice began teaching n bible class In Wash
ington. Among his pupils was Miss Emma
Miner Moth, a teacher In tho public Hchools
of the natlonnl capital. Teacher and pupil
becamn warm friends nnd their acquaint
ance ripened Into love. Miss Mott Is n
daughter of tho late Dr. Mott and was born
In Chnteaugay, N. Y. She was graduated
at tho Oswego Normal school with honors
nnd subsequently engaged In school teach
ing. Upon the death of Dr. Mott. In 18S5.
she went to Washington with her Invalid
mother nnd thcro lesumed her profession.
Her success led to her rapid promotion nnd
for the last four yenrs sho has been prln
clpnl of tho Morso public school.
The wedding, which will bo private, will
take ploce at tho home of Mrs. J. Lindley
Hall, a nleco of the bride-elect. After tho
ceremony tho Justice and his brldo will go
to Liberty Hall, tho bridegroom's summer
home, nt Thompson's Point, on the shore
of Lnko Champlnln, whero the honeymoop
will bo spent.
No mnn In the world probably has such a
marvelous memory as Richard C. Gill, su
perintendent of tho model department in
tho patent offlco nt Washington. Until a
few yenrs ngo the patent offlco required
every Inventor to submit with his applica
tion for a patent n working model of his
Indention, showing plainly every detail of
Its makeup, whether it be n nursery chair
or a stenra engine.
Upon the granting of the patent tho model
wns sent to Mr. Gill nnd ho placed It with
others of Its class in tho big glass-wln-dowed
cabinets thnt fill the several floors
of the model department. It in nstlmntmi
that there nre moro than 500,000 models In
nir. ours department.
Mr. GUI hns not only Ienrned tho work
ings of ench Individual model, hut hn rn.
members ench so perfectly thnt ho can de
scribe tne workings from memory, without
bothering to hun up tho model Itself. Ho
knows tho yenr the model was received,
who tho Inventor was nnd other Informa
tion regarding the Invention. Th mrlolo
aro not nrranged chronologically nor alpha
betically, which makes more remarknblo
tho superintendent's knowledgo regarding
ench one.
Mr. Gill Insists that thcro is nothlnr re.
mnrknblo about his memory nnd asserts
that anyone occupying his position would
do ns well ns hlmsolf. This Is becnuse he
Is extraordinarily modest. Any visitor to
the model department of tho patent offlco
enn prove to his own satisfaction tho won
derful memory with which tho superinten
dent is endowed.
A huge building which attract tho at
tention of visitors to Washington la tho
new government printing office. When
completed the structure nlonc will repre
sent a cost of more thnn $6,000,000, of which
tho work now under wny counts for nbout
hnlf. This will bq tho Inrgest nnd In many
respects tho finest printing establishment
In tho world. Between 3,000 nnd 4,000 per
sons now find employment there, and the
work Is growing rapidly. The volume of
federnl publishing hns renched proportions
that can hnrdly bo realized. Froo trans
mission by mnll of government publica
tions, coincident with the freedom of tho
government shop, has resulted In a tre
mendous amount of printing. Every bu
reau chief desirous of obtaining famo usu
ally alms to do It by printing books. The
larger they are, the moro Important seem
his services, As a result almost every
thing Is now printed by tho government,
from architectural manuals to directions
for making bread and cooking sweet pota
toes; works Issued by the scientific bu
reaus almost competo In attractiveness
with tho books of travel and advonture
sold In tho Christmas shops, Tho recently
Issued report on tho agricultural Investi
gation of Alaska Is n enso in point. It h
tho fourth report on that subject nnd
contain elghty-threo pages, mnny of
which hnvo been used fnr beautiful half
tone cuts. Alaska Is not very much of a
country for agriculture, nnd that Is the
cubstnnco of the four annual reports, but
It Is n good placo to make pictures.
Don M. Dickinson, who was postmaster
gcnernl under President Cleveland and
who Is n frequent prnctltloner before tho
supremo court, disapproves heartily of the
practice of thnt court In accompanying Its
majority decisions with tho views of tho
minority nf tho court, and ho tnlked about
it to a New York Times correspondent
with a great doal of earnestness nnd with
elaborate reasons. Ho was led to
glvo his opinion In tho course of a
conversation aboul somo caso that hod
bcon disposed of with the court divided,
Just as It wns on tho Insutnr cases, Fv
Justices agreed, and their opinion, deliv
ered by tho chief Justlco, became tho law
for the time being. But the minority, also
ogrcolng, reasoned against tho controlling
opinion of tho majority nnd their Ideas were
spread In tho record along with the bind
ing order of the mnjorlty Mr, Dickinson
regarded this as unfortunate. It was not a
matter of chagrin on his part, for be was
on the minority side, and ought to have,
derived as much satisfaction from the ar
guments made to Justify him In his reason
lug as anybody.
"When tho court decides." said he,
"whether It . be by n mnjorlty great or
small, It Is the duty of all men who re
spect tho court to accept Its ruling without
question. To sanction the prnctlco nf per
mitting tho overruled members of tho
court to scold nt ench other nnd rlill
ctilu tho nrgumentn that have pre
vailed Is to encourngo thnt lack of re
spect for the court that Is genernlly nnd
properly roprobnted. It a pnrt of the
court, nnd that part that has been silenced
so far as Its Influence goes, Is to bo Invited
to pick the logic and law of the majority
to pieces, tho tendency will bo to Impair
confidence In tho court Instead of strength
ening the respect In which It should bo
held." He did not expect that tho practice
would be discontinued, but ho was con
vinced that not even custom could be re
ferred to to Justify a course calculated to
create u doubt nbout tho wisdom of tho
highest court In the lnnd.
A It K Wli AXtll.O-SA.XOMS f
A Itnclnl DralRitntlnn Without Much
Fit it milt t Ion III f'net.
Phllndelphla Inquirer.
Not n llttlo surprise was created recently
when nn eminent British ethnologist de
clared thnt nftcr tho most searching In
vestigation ho wns convinced that the Eng
lish people uro Anglo-Snxon on the surface
only, but thnt In blood nnd every essential
racial condition they belong to the Latin
race. In fact, the so-called Anglo-Paxon
Is really tho modern Roman. He adduced
dntit Intended to prove this, and, ns wo
eannot disprove it, we nre willing to let It
go for whnt It Is worth which to us la lit
tle. It U well known thnt Italy today
contains very little blood that belonged
to the Latin race at the time of tho
Caesars. Somo savants sny that tho trace
Is' so slight as to bo practically nil nnd
that tho modern Italian Is made up of n
mlxturo of Slavic nnd eastern races which
for centuries despoiled the peninsula.,
There Is this much to be said nbout these
statements which cannot be satisfactorily
proved or disproved, that the modern Ital
ian Is far dlfferont In temperament and
action from tho race that cut nn Inch off Its
swords and conquered the world. Like
wise, thnt there is no modern rnco which
so nearly resembles the nnclcnt Roman as
the so-called Anglo-Saxon of today.
Whether this Is due to blood or any other
ethnological condition Is not Important.
The Dritlsh empire and the United States,
which nro of one general blood, occupy n
relative position in tho world nn 310.1t,
If not tn the higher sense greater, than
did the Roman empire.
And now comes Dr. Goldwln Smith, one
of tho most eminent of living scholar,
who says that both England nnd the United
States are largely .Indebted to Holland for
their Institutions. All theso things nre a
little confusing. Wo used to have very
definite Ideas about nlmost everything, but
modern Iconoclasm ! smashing nuf Idols
until It Is difficult tor a man to bellrvo
anything he hns not seen, and then he must
bo doubtful nbout that. The cocksuto
philosopher bns gone. We trust that tho
new species Is going to be better, but ho
Is certainly n dltturblng feature to thoso
who were brought up In tho old school.
Mttftter I'liuiilicrh' Convention.
KANSAS CITY. June 4.-Tho NMIonnl
Association of IMnnter Plumbers of the
Unltod States met In Its nineteenth annual
convention hero todny for n four dnys'
session. Over 600 delegates from different
pnrts of tho country nre In attendance. A
special trnln from New York brought lu
176 delegates trom enstern points.
MtllTIII'l I, HEMAHICS.
Detroit Fjco Tress: "Do you think the
acquisition of great wealth Is n good
thlnz7"
"I know It. Why, It makes ui lovo our
enemies."
Somervllle Journal: BJones Here's bot
tin of whisky that Is twenty-two years old.
BJohnson Did you forget It7
Detroit Journal: Now that the drama
calls a spado a spade. It Is rnlrly up to tho
provinces to cnll n hall a hall and not a
grand operft house.
Puck: "Well. Carnegie Is setting a fine
example, Isn't he?"
"Splendid! It Is n genuine Incentive for
every mnn to get two hundred millions be
foro ho begins to glvo nny away."
Philadelphia Press: "What do you think
of thnt vvhlfiky?" nsked tho host.
"Well," fcatd the guest, smacking his lips
ns ho Inld down his glass, "It reminds mo
of n good story."
"It's havo It."
"Oh! you misunderstand me. I merely
wish to Imply thnt lt'n worth repeating."
Catholic Standard: Mr. Timmld I've de
cided to speak to your father tonight.
Miss Patience Oh! who told youV
Mr. Tltnmld Told mo what'.'
Miss Patlcnco That ho sprained his onklo
today.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Those dismissed
endets who nsked Secretary Root to rc
verso their sentonco were disappointed," re
marked Mr. Pitt.
"They suffered another reverse, It ap
pears,'1 added Mr. Penn.
Brooklyn Life: "How did he commit sul
cldo?" Inquired tho eager reportor of tho
Yellow Enterprise. ....
"He wont Into the bull pnsture," growled
tho life lnsuranto ngent, 'wlth one of your
art supplements sticking out of his pocket."
Judge: "I don't think tho whisky trust
has much of a foothold In Now York."
"Why not?"
"Becnusn every saloon I visit hns the bIkii,
'lso trust nerc, over uio uar.
hiiR's hack: again.
James Burton Adams In Denver Post.
Tho farm folk riding along th lane
Were surprised to see Maudle back ngnlnl
You may have read the detailed report
Of her mashing tho Judgo of tho circuit
court.
How ho bore her off to his house in town.
The huyseed yet clinging unto her gown.
And they thought she wns yet In Ills
honor's house.
As sweetly content as n barnyard mouse.
They had pictured her dressed In th
smartest gown
To be hud for cash, with tho neck chopped
down.
And riding around In nn English drag
With the reins held over n curtailed nag.
And now she was raklns the same old
With thn same old rako In tho same old
wny.
Her nose from the sunburn wns getting
Core
And red ns It wns In tho days of yore.
And the people wondered Just how sho
came
Tn Jump tho city Judicial game.
Honm pitied tho poor old girl, nnd said
They kind o' reckoned the Judgo was
dend,
Sonin snld thnt, n belli' n Judge, of course
It was cusy to glvo himself u divorce.
While others gurHsed she was simply there
On n summer viicnsh In the country nlr.
Ono stopped In thn rnmo fenco corner
where
His honor hud hitched his ften-hlt mare
And hollered; "Say, Mnudle, for good
ness sake. .
Whnt you doln' there with that ol' hay
r:ko?"
And Maudle mopped the sweat from her
brow
And answered: "Oh! I'm a grass wldder
now!"
Gt't 11 bur of FolK-Xnptliii
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Fay you don't like it. Your
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