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18 THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1002. Tim Omaiia Sunday Ber E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Hee (without Sunclav), One Year. .M OO ' Dally Hee and Sunday, One Year 0.00 Illustrated bee, One Year 2 00 Sunday Dee, One Yenr It.H) Uaturoay Hee, One Year 1.60 Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. l.iM DELIVERED UY CARRIER. pally Bee (without Sunday), per copy 2c Dally Bee (without Sunday), per w-ek 12c Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week. .17c Bunnay nee, p r copy ec Evening Be (without Sunday), per week.loc Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week 15c Complaints of Irregularities In delivery nouia De addressed to city circulation us. partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluff 10 1'earl Street. Chicago 1W Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington 6ol Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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Txschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the .month of February, 1U2, was as follows: 1 30,100 U 80,000 1 80,220 16 80,240 I... 80,S2O II 30,100 4 80,730 U 3O.3T0 1 80,480 It SOr'MO 30,84V SO 80,320 80,210 n 30,180 80,300 n 30,120 804(80 tt 80,100 ,M 80,100 14 80,470 U 80.84C 25 ...80,800 U 80JI30 26 80,070 M 80,140 f7 29,950 U 80,420 21 2,UIM Total S4T.040 unsold and returned copies.... 10,124 Net total sales , 837.H10 Net dally average aw,22 GEORGE B. TZBCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 28tb day of February, A. D.. W- , M. B. HUNQATE. (Seal.) Notary Public Is It tot a little out of season for Christmas stories? When It takes over Us own govern ment. May 20, it will devolve upon Cuba to do something for itself. Recent court proceedings would seem to Indicate that Nebraska law was as full of holes as a skimmer. e - Those who pin their faith to "signs" iwlll petition the weather man to shut Joff the rain today. Seven rainy Sun days are not pleasant to contemplate. Jerry Simpson contemplates moving ifrom Kansas to New Mexico. The climate down there Is more mild, so the absence of socks does not entail physical discomfort. Cecil Rhodes left the bulk of his for tune to educational purposes. It would bare been more fitting had he willed It to the widows and orphans which his ambitious schemes have made. Now that the call for Nebraska repub licans to meet In state convention has been made up, It ought to be safe for the democratic and populist committees to come out from behind the fence. The Charleston exposition proposes to have a prixo fight on the exposition grounds. As the two senators from South Carolina are now out of training, It Is necessary to call In professionals. Pension Commissioner Evans may ac cept promotion to another field, but the grafting pension attorneys need expect no license for crooked work so long as President Roosevelt has the supervising ye. No matter how much the community-f-lnterest magnates tell on the witness Stand, the public is strongly tempted to harbor the suspicion that they are hold ing back a few things they prefer to keep to themselves. The first registration under the new law In Alabama shows that less than 1 per cent of the registered voters are i negroes. Alabama appears to have solved the question of the negro in politics from a southern standpoint. Mr. Christmas seems to have disclosed Inexcusable Ignorance. He has either missed a few ciphers by accident In fix ing bis figures or suffered visual con traction when he sized up congress. No wonder members of that body feel In sulted. Missouri university students exam ined the feet of guests going to a fresh man banquet to make sure that uone of them were boys dressed in girls' clothes. That test might be a good one in Missouri, but it would not answer everywhere. It must be refreshing for the people of South Omaha to be told by Imported democratic orators that Rosewater is running for mayor of their pushing city. The only wonder Is that It has not yet been discovered that Rosewater Is also running for mayor In Council Bluffs. Colonel Stowe, former consul to Cape town, says he knows the cause of the Boer war, but will not tell until after the struggle Is over. From present Indications it may have to be a posthu mous publication, unless Colonel Stowe breaks the age record of modern times. New South Wales Is to try compul sory arbitration of labor disputes and both labor leaders and publicists are hopeful of its proving successful. The experiment will be watched with great Interest In the United States, as prob ably, nowhere In the world are labor ' conditions so nearly like those of our LaTwaunlrj, lu Australia, ROOSEVELT AND M'KIXLET. In nn after-dinner speech-delivered a few days ngn, that flamboyant and fan tastic oracle of southern democracy, Colonel Henry Watterson, Indulged In uncomplimentary comparisons between the late president, Wllllnm McKlnley, and his successor, Theodore Roosevelt. Having electrified his auditors with epigrammatic glorification of democracy nnd vitriolic luvectlve against the re publican party, the belligerent Ken tucklan launched Into a tirade against "the man on horseback," who If not checked in his gait "will surely Mexl canlze the republic." Referring to Tresldent Roosevelt as a man affecting the simplicity of the cowboy who conccnls beneath the self confidence and queer manners of the broncho-buster the sentiments and am bitions, If not the talents, of a Diaz, the redoubtable democratic wheelhorse caustically pointed to the treatment of Admiral Schley as a baby In arms, "now to be dandled and now to be spanked." and stigmatized the reprimand of Gen eral Miles as an amusing horse play on the part of the president to relax his muscles whilst warning lesser officers of the army to obey orders and say noth ing. After stamping with both feet upon the republican congress for Its ex ercise of mercenary power In dealing with the tariff and ship subsidy and fir ing the southern heart with visions of the bloody shirt and another force bill to smite the south and blight the north by negro domination, the frothing colonel reached the climax by exclaim ing: "Such Is the banquet to which tho exit of McKlnley, the statesman, and the advent of Roosevelt, the rough rider, has Invited us." Lauding dead presidents while revil ing the living presidents has become a chronic habit with Colonel Watter son. When Abraham Lincoln was alive Colonel Watterson, in common with the people of his section, could find no epithets too vile to apply to him. Al though born In Kentucky and a peer of all its chivalry, Lincoln was contemptu ously lampooned as a baboon and a low-born mudsill. He was denounced at every step as a tyrant and despot. trampling under foot the rights and lib erties of the American people and seek ing to overthrow the government founded by Washington. Lincoln was caricatured not only as a man on horse back, but as a vampire who gloated over rapine and bloodshed and, like Nero, would fiddle while Rome was burning. Within twenty years after his assassination Abraham Lincoln had become for Colonel Watterson the ideal American patriot, whose memory would be cherished and revered by all coming generations, and the future fame of Watterson has been enriched by his masterly portraiture of the life and character of the martyr president When McKlnley was a conspicuous figure In congress as the champion of protection Henry Watterson did not hold him up to the public gaze as a statesman, bnt as the despicable tool of the robber barons that thrive and fatten upon high tariff. Up to the time of the outbreak of the Spanish-American war McKlnley still lacked in the eyes of Colonel Watterson and his democratic associates every element that goes to make up a statesman. According to their descriptions he was a man of putty and a mere Jumplng-Jack In the bands of $ $ Mark Hanna. During the war and before the close of his first term Mc Klnley was denounced by his political opponents as an ambitious usurper, whose re-election would be followed by the establishment of an American em pire on the ruins of the republic. Only since his assassination has he been placed on the calendar of southern democracy as the sublime embodiment of American patriotism and public vir tue. What has President Roosevelt done that President McKlnley would not have done? It Is a matter of history that McKlnley formulated the policy with regard to Cuba that has been pur sued since his death by Roosevelt. It Is also a matter of history that Mc Klnley favored the annexation and re tention of the Philippines; he declared it to be his purpose to restore peace to the lslunds and govern- Its people under the Stars and Stripes; he dispatched warships and troops to carry out this plan and appointed a commission to establish civil government with the support of the military aud naval forces. Has Roosevelt done anything In the Philippines to vary from McKln ley's program? McKlnley designated Sampson to be In command of the naval squadron operating against the Spaniards lu West Indlun waters; be approved, if he did not actually organize, the naval board of strategy and finally appointed Samp son ranking rear admiral upon its recominendutlon. While McKlnley did not openly espouse either side of the con troversy between Sampson aud Schley, It Is an open secret that Secretary Loug had his support at all times. Would any one conversant with McKlnley's rela tions to the principals In the deplorable dispute, contend that be would have varied materially in his final decision from that of President Roosevelt? It Is a matter of history that General Corbln bad the implicit confidence of McKlnley and in the conduct of the Spanish war was above all others his main reliance. On the other hand, the differences and friction between Gen eral Miles and Secretary of War Alger were as pronounced as those between General Miles and Secretary Root, who. It must also be remembered, was in stalled In the war office by President McKlnley and not by President Roose velt. What would McKlnley have done as regards the Mlles-Uoot controversy had he lived? Would he have shown greater forbearance toward Miles under the same provocation than has been shown by Roosevelt? It Is true, as Colonel Watterson says, that President Roosevelt Is somewhat brusque and may not be quite as diplo matic as was William McKlnley In his JWrcourse vltb. public, tuea. hub thl American people would much prefer Roosevelt with his natural candor and outspoken frankness than to have hi in adopt the tactics of Talleyrand, who as serted that language was given to man to conceal his thoughts. The trouble with Colonel Watterson and all the present day democratic ora tors Is that they have run ont of, para mount Issues and therefore find them selves reduced to the necessity of wag ing personal warfare upon republican leaders and decrying republican policies without rhyme or reason. LEA lit ISO fiF AMERICA. There arrived In New York a few days ago from England the pioneer of an interesting industrial experiment. Mr. Alfred Mosely, a wealthy English man, has with the approval of the Brit ish government planned a tour of two commissions of Inquiry into the condi tions of labor and the system of educa tion In the United States. The first commission will be composed of experts In primary, secondary and technical ed ucation, members of the London and provincial school boards, county coun cils, chambers of commerce and mem bers of Parliament The other Is a labor commission, consisting of twenty five members of as many organized English trades. These commissions will visit the larger cities of this country and make a thorough study of our system of edu cation, our Industrial methods and labor conditions. The members of these com missions will on their return to England prepare Individual reports of their In vestigations and observations, which It is proposed to widely distribute In that country. The projector of this unique experiment says that he hopes In this way to awaken his countrymen to a re alization of existing conditions and If possible lead them to change these be fore it is too late. It Is a highly patri otic work that Mr. Mosely has token upon himself and it Is noteworthy that he pays all the cost That these com missions will learn much In the United States that will be of value to the English people there can be no doubt and every facility will be afforded them to do so. IJdMlQHATlOS LEGISLATION. It appears probable that there will be no material changes In the lmmlgratloi laws at the present session of congress as to the qualifications of immigrants. Tho belief is pretty general that there is already law enough and that the ex clusion of undesirable persons as now provided for depends on those who ad minister the laws. Moreover, those who consider the matter without prejudice realize that the rate of immigration for the lost few years does not Justify any additional restrictions. The number of Immigrants hist year was 487,918 and it will probably be about the same this year. It Is manifestly absurd to talk of such a yearly addition to our popula tion being In any respect dangerous or inimical to any interests. There is abundant room here for these people, 09 per cent of whom can safely be counted upon to become good and useful citi zens, doing a share in developing the country and Increasing Its prosperity. How foolish Is the fear expressed by some of the Injurious consequences of Immigration Is conclusively shown by statistics. In the whole country the In crease In the number of foreign-born In habitants in 1900 over 1890 was only 1,100,000, against an Increase of native born inhabitants in the same period of 12,100,000. Who in view of this fact can seriously believe that there is any danger from Immigration? "For the fullest development of our resources," says the Philadelphia Record, "and to carry out the splendid destiny of the republic, a vastly larger population than we boast is necessary." To supply this In part we must have immigra tion. Of course we want only such as can contribute to the development of our material resources and we shall have none others if existing laws are faith fully administered. PROTECTION SENTIMENT IN ENGLAND. That there Is a growing sentiment In England favorable to the abandonment of free trade is shown In two contribu tions to the current number of one of the leading London magazines. One of the writers declares that the "rank and filer of the conservative party, predomi nant In Influence to a degree unprece dented in our history, Is almost to a man protectionist; among Its leaders only one retains jhe reputation of a convinced free trader." He u scribes the change to the logic of events, specifically the commercial advance of the United States and Germany, and expresses the opinion that if the free trade policy has not collapsed In England the develop ment of China by European capital and for European trade will strain It to the breaking point It Is pointed out that the powerful or ganized trading and capitalist Interests are plainly leading toward a general reversal of the fiscal policy of the last half century and that a combination of political and financial necessities has gathered lu the last few years which will compel the abandonment of free trade. One of these writers argues that the empire will require a heavy increase of normal revenue, owing to the in creasing naval and military expendi tures, and that this must be raised from sources other than the income tax; that the bulk of It must come from indirect taxation from customs. "The great areas of Internal free trade," says the writer, "which we term France and the United States, represent the rule In modern history. It has long been doubt ful whether Great Britain could hold out In her solitary career. It Is now tolerably certain that she will collapse to the Inherent logic which binds im perialism to protection." While the abandonment of free trade by England is not likely to happen in the near future, If it ever shall, there is unquestionably a stronger protectionist foeUui la that country, now. than ever before since the adoption of free trade. It Is at present gaining strength from the pressure of tho colonies for prefer ential tariffs and this pressure Is pretty certain to Increase. Canada and Aus tralia have for years craved some form of British tariff preference against the foreigner and especially against the United States, as the lsrgest competitor with the colonies In the supply of Brit ish food products and British raw ma terials. Even English free trade Jour nals have urged that the time has come for England to view this question In the light of the fact that the colonies are now more than colonies; they are "na tloffs" and active partners in the whole Imperial concern. Thus the preferential tariff cause In England has become a thing to be reckoned with and how strong it Is was shown by the fact that the recent session of the association of chambers of commerce of the United Kingdom adopted a resolution urging the appointment of a royal commission to consider the whole question of Inter Imperial trade relations. Confronted by the vigorous and In creasing competition of protectionist countries, which are taking trade from her abroad and Invading her home mar ket It is not surprising that England should begin to consider the question whether it is wise to maintain the free trade policy and continue the effort to hold out In her solitary fiscal career. AN ERA JN RAILROAD ATTA1R8. Eastern railroad officials are said to regard the Injunction proceedings against the western roads as marking a new era In railroad affairs in this coun try. A New York paper quotes a lead ing trunk line official as saying that five years ago the action of the Interstate Commerce commission would have been the source of widespread disaster, but while today Its Influence is Important the reason disaster is not apt to follow Is the Interholdlng of securities of the various large systems of railroads by associated capital. He sold that the effect of the injunction is to compel absolute and unequivocal maintenance of such rates as have been approved by the commission, whereas five years ago such an injunction would have resulted In an immediate and open cut In their tariffs by the weaker lines. "Today," said this railway official, "It Is only the community of ownership which prevents such a cut Immediately, but the Incentive still Is there and the ne cessity Is there, and it Is safe to pre sume that the deliberate way In which the injunction has been received la merely an indication of the fact that the new condition will be met after a care ful discussion of consequences." Assuming that there will be no cut ting of rates by the railroads enjoined and that these- lines will In turn aee to It that other lines will do no cutting, this railway official said he should like to know how the weaker lines, those that usually are tacitly allowed a dif ferential, are to get any business at all. "The only way they can now get It" he observed, "Is to bid openly for that business by filing reduced tariffs. The stronger lines cannot and will not allow open tariffs to be filed naming lower rates than their own." But If, as is intimated, the weaker lines have been tacitly allowed to cut rates secretly, how will permitting them openly to . reduce tariffs hurt the stronger lines? What difference will It make to the latter whether the weaker roads make lower rates secretly or openly, all the other conditions being on the side of the stronger lines? As the New York Journal of Commerce says, the satisfaction of the stronger railway companies with the new process, while It does not solve the problem of what Is to become of the weaker lines, "raises a very strong presumption that If the weaker lines make open ratea illghtly under that of their stronger competi tors, which do not find it difficult to get business, It would disturb the rote sit uation less than the too prevalent prac tice under which the stronger roads are constantly obliged to defend their busi ness against the efforts of the weaker ones to encroach upon It by granting secret rebates, or other favors, for In dividual or local reasons." One thing seems plain and this Is that If the In junction proceedings are to Inaugurate a new era in railway management the public is likely to be benefited thereby. Meanwhilo there is also railway authority for saying that the action of the Interstate Commerce commission has already had good results. It Is stated that the eastbound rate situation has already shown material Improve ment aiid this is probably also true of the west. As to bringing about a new era In railway management that is most desirable If it shall conduce to a better compliance with the law and an abandonment of the unjust discrimina tions and abuses which compelled the Injunction proceedings. The call for the Illinois republican state convention makes an apportion ment of delegates giving one for each 400 votes cost for McKlnley. This will moke a convention of some 1,400 dele gates, which is larger than that for Ne braska on a basis of one delegate for each 100 votes, although In Illinois, as In our own state, the constant problem Is to prevent conventions from becom ing unwieldy. It Is to be noted, too. that the standard taken in Illinois Is the vote polled for McKlnley, while In Ne braska this time the vote on supreme Judge last year Is to serve as the gauge. The presidential vote should have been used as the basis of apportionment hers because It Is more representative of the full strength of the party. If the bill championed by Senator Mason of Illinois and favorably re ported last week from the senate com mittee on commerce to prevent the sale of adulterated champagnes becomes a law we may expect to see a grand rush of thirsty patriots anxious to offer their services as champagne tasters for Uncle 8am. The bill gives the secre tary of agriculture power to Inspect and analyze champagnes and the secretary will naturally need exert assistance In discharging the onerous duties thus en tailed. But champagne drinking Is be coming so prevalent lu this era of na tional prosperity thst the consumers are entitled to protection ngulnst Imita tions If every caso has to be officially lnsected lef(re allowed to go on the market and every violation of the law prosecuted to a finish. The only danger Is that the avaricious civil service com mission nioy try to annex the cham pagne samplers and shut out amateurs by on examination whose gauntlet only old and experienced tasters could run. General Funston must not underrate the bravery of Senator Patterson not withstanding the fact that the lutter Is fighting him from behind the well forti fied lutrenchments of the privileges of the floor of the United States senate. Senator Patterson's bravery consists lu persistently defying the time-honored though uuwrltteu rule of the seuate that requires new memliers to keep as silent as wooden dummies during their first session of that body. British trade papers look upon the war of the American Tobacco company upon the British tobacco trust as a hopeless struggle for the borne com pany. Europeans are beginning to adopt the opinion of Davy Crockett's coon aud Simply come down when American com petition appears. They should brace up and put up at least enough of a fight to make, matters Interesting. Various states and most municipal! ties have passed laws and ordinances limiting the speed at which automobiles can be legally run. If the owners are not to be allowed to run them at rail road speed and endanger the lives of everybody on the highway, what is the benefit of buying the high-speed uia chines? Ex-Senator Allen Insists that the use of his name In connection with the fusion nomination for governor is not only unauthorized, but against his will. Since he sat himself on the editorial tripod and began putting pinholes into the mantle of T. Jefferson be has hud so much fun he would not think of stop ping. ' Spec Partis Gnest. Kansas City Journal. Well, goodbye, Cuba. Take keer o' your self. Tlpa tor the- Tired Feeling;. Baltimore American. Now Is the time to collect health, strength and rood anlrlta la the open air. and to lay up a reserve fund for the drain of the sum mer.- Plenty of exercise and oxygen is about the best preventive of that dreaded urea reeling. - What Mla-fct Have Been. Kansas City Star. Perhaps the worst thing that will be said about Cecil Rhodes is that it would Have been money In Great Britain's pocket if ho had died a few years earlier. The pop Ular impression Is that he was primarily responsible for the Boer. war. , A Bnleaa Com. Dee Molnea Leader. . Mr. Moody, the latest cabinet acquisition, is described as having light curly hair and blue eyes, 41 years old aad a bachelor. Also it Is said he takes the world and himself seriously, so the oplntea may be ventured that, notwithstanding the temptations of Washington society, ho will still remain a bachelor, A Deaseeratle) Deae.net. Philadelphia Record (Dm.). It Is (ratifying to learn that Colonel Wil liam J. Bryan Is making a good deal of money In lecturing on democratic princi ples and policy. If ho will confine himself to lecturing and making money for the next three years be will do a greater service to the democratic party than anything he has yet accomplished In Its behalf. Hew Irrlejmtlea Mevesaeat. Philadelphia Press. ' The Invention of whisky pills, enabling a whole glass of whisky to be carried In the veet pocket, will be accepted with great satisfaction by the Urge number of people who at the theaters are regularly run over by the thirsty brigade between the acta. A man can carry enough pills In hts pocket to furnish a Jag for the occupants of a whole row of orchestra chairs and he does- nt have to make himself disagreeable by tumbling over everybody going out and coming back. BOMB REMARKABLE PROPHECIES. Forecasts ef Noted Mea Substantially Realised. New York World. Wendell Phillips prophesied Marconi. On July II. 1866, speaking In Music hall to school children, he said: "I expect it I He forty years, to see a telegraph that will send measages without wire both ways st the same time." Marconi's performances do not quite realise the prediction, but they approach It and the forty years will not hava passed until July 21. 1905. History records not a few or such clair voyant utterances. In 1789 Erasmus Par- win wrote a poem in which these two Uses are found: Soon shall thine arm, unconquered Drive the slow barge and drag the rapid car. This was eleven years before the first steam tug appeared on the Forth and Clyde canal, and nearly a quarter of a century before the first locomotive was seen on rails. In one of Marlowe's plays. Tamburlalne the Oreat," the 8uei canal was anticipated and described nearly three centuries in advance of lu construction. Patterson, the founder of the Bank of England, in a letter written almost at the close of the seventeenth century, predicted the control of the Isthmus of Darlen to the people of this country and their ac quisition of Cuba and-Hawaii. Psttersoa's prophecy concluded as follows: "Stationed thus in the middle, on the east and on the west sides of the new world, the English-Americans .will form the most potent and singular empire that has appeared, because it will consist not In the dominion of a part of the land of the globe, but la the dominion of the whole ocean." This recalls a later prophecy of New Tork'a great Senator Seward, who in 185 declared that the last European power will withdraw and disappear from this hemisphere within half a century." Since that date Russia, Prance, Spain and Den mark have ceaaed to be American powers. Only Oreat Britain remains, sad the ful fillment of Beward's forecast Is not due tin 1MM. j ECt'LAR SHOTS AT THE PI I.PIT. Chicago Record-Herald: New Tork Epls- ropllsns think Fllsbop Potter's salary of $12,500 a year Is too small, so they are going to raise it and build him a $100,000 residence. Being a bishop Isn't so bad after all. Philadelphia Press: A Kansas minister Is to be tried for heresy because he slan dered the wife of Cain, it Is bad enough to speak ill of the dead In any case, but when the person maligned Is a lady some thing ought really to be done about It. San Francisco Chronicle: The British governor of Bermuda is said to have pro hlblted the circulation of any more namnh lets of the Psalms among the Boer prison ers there by the American Tract society, on the ground that they keep alive the fight ing spirit of the burghers. What next? Philadelphia Record: Kor every vacant chaplaincy in the army there are scores of eager applicants, nnd the number of candidates for every commission as staff or line officer Is enormous. However, to the appeal to young doctors to serve in the regular army there Is no such enthusiastic response. For the sixty-four vacancies there are but fifty-four applicants. Springfield (Mass.) Republican: Th rhelvlng of the time limit by the Methodist brethren is having marked effect in this locality, and doubtless other sections. In relation to the shifting about of the pas tors. In olden times such a thing as a "call" to a minister by a church was prac tically unknown. Today, while theoretically no such thing as a "cair has legal status In the Methodist body, in effect churches are calling pastors, and pastors accepting or declining such "calls" as In other de nominations. There is always the proviso that the presiding elder and the bishop hall agree to the "call," but In nearly all cases the elder of the district and the bishop ore willing to please the two parties. THE ClB.t COSVICTIO. Louisville Courier-Journal: It might be well to send our embezzlers to Cuba for trial or to annex a few Cuban courts for work In this country, Philadelphia Record: The penalty has wisely been made aevere enough to demon strate a determination to protect the de- pruuem communities wnich may for a longer or shorter time be under American care from official malversation. Of the guilt of these men no doubt existed. Springfield Republican: It was a long time to wait about two years but now that Neeley, Rathbone and Reeves have been sentenced to ten years each In prison, with heavy fines, by the court in Havana, there is nothing to do but express satisfaction over this happy termination of the caae. Chicago News: Neeley, Rathbone and Reeves have given the Cubans an example of just the kind of political corruption which this nation has tried to prevent in the island government. It is not desirable that this government should deal with them any less severely than would the Cubans themselves. Indianapolis News: It is to be hoped that nothing will interfere with the sen tence. As matters stand few things could have happened better for the credit of this country In the eyes of the world and In our own eyes, which is the greater thing, than that these men who robbed the helpless land in our name are Justly punished. New York Tribune: In convicting Rath bone, Neeley and Reeves of postal frauds In Cuba and sentencing them to imprisonment for ten years and heavy fines the Island court has done Itself .signal credit and in creased general confidence in the stability of the political Institutions which the people of Cuba are about to establish. The crime committed by these men was pe culiarly odious. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Reports from London Indicate that King Edward's administration is up to snuff. If Germany persists in captious examina tions of our meats, Americans may be tempted to search the welnerwursts. Major Mican Jenkins Is to have a presentation sword after all. It will be a more pleasing heirloom than a Junior pitch fork. If you wish to be happy, though rich, do as J. Pierp Morgan does. Don't bother about trifles. A little matter of $3,000,000 does not disturb his dreams of conquest. Miss Stone promises to write a book and deliver lectures. As a consequence, reflec tions on the conduct of the Bulgarian kid napers have assumed a melancholy tone. There Is a melancholy timeliness In a de cision Just handed down by the New York supreme court. Husbands must pay milli nery bills contracted by their wives. One by one the privileges of the lords go a-gllm-mering. The report comes from Washington that Senator Thomaa Collier Piatt la to lead to the altar a dashing widow. Thomas Is 75, but his heart Is young and his spirit frolic some. The Joy of the announcement, how ever, la marred by the possibility of a re lapse in "the amen corner." The attempt of a St. Joe man to monopo lise womankind sadly tarnishes bis halo as a matrimonial hero. Had he contented himself with twelve wives he might have lived happily, but In making the number thirteen the fates smote htm hip and thigh. Ills amazing stock of nerve wilted In the presence of the fatal number. FICTION IN LIBRARIES. Hodera Romances Train (be Mind for Better Thlna. New York Times A great deal of modern Action Is In the highest degree educational. Indeed It Is the favorite method of influencing public opin ion on most of the great social problems of the time. Some romances, though perhaps not many, are epocbmaklng and set In mo tion great reform movements which could not have been started so quickly or so pow erfully in any other way. Not a few of the romances which have exercised an im mediate and potent Influence upon public opinion have in three years become clas sics, and thereafter are read as such by s steadily diminishing circle. While it is true that the average reader of fiction seeks only entertainment. It Is equally true that if his selection la good he Imbibes with his pleasure many of the elements of a liberal education, and that It leaves him better prepared for "solid" reading than he would be It he read no fiction. Too highly concen trated nutriment does not always nourish. Some years ago It was found that the ani mals In the London Zoo were becoming mangy and generally out of condition. An Investigation of the cause of this led a wise naturalist to the conclusion that It was be cause they were fed wholly on dressed meat and needed the Innutrltlous fur and feathers of their natural prey for "filling." When fed on undressed animal food tbey got well again very quickly. Perhaps an analogy to tola may be found In general as contrasted with strictly selected reading. To promote the cause of popular education it Is necessary to cultivate the reading habit among those who lack It. If the Im pression should gain ground that tha Car negie libraries contlned only classics and works of reference, and that the books which are talked about cannot be found there until tbey are forgotten, very few of those who should cultivate the reading habit will be likely to feel that tbey care te visit them or mak use oi their facilities. BLAST PROM RAM'S MORS. Men want hands more than hand outs. It takes a great man to lead a small army. He who Is quick to promise Is often slow to perform. It Is hard to find a truth without an error In its shadow. Even an awkward deed Is better than the most eloquent dream. The possession of great means often pro duces g rent meanness. The world needs kindness of heart more than keenness of head. The attempt to be s good fellow has spoiled many a good man. Ood has no Interest in the church that has no Interest In the poor. It is never safe to waste the day of life since the night falls without warning. It is not enough to make good promises to Ood, we must make our promisee good. A man Is not thirsting for knowledge Just because he asks curious questions. The valuo of a man's opinion on a sub ject depends on what it costs him to live up to l- DOMESTIC PLEA 9A NTH IE S. Homervllle Journal: The commercial trav eler l fortunate in one respect. His wife has very little opportunity to get urea or him. riilruirn Tribune: "You dear little thing!" exclaimed young Spoonamore, with a half sigh, as he slipped the diamond ring on Miss feme uouawin s linger. Brooklyn Life: Estelle He says he be lieves In the enuallty of the sexes. Alice Well, he won t be so concerted aue he gets married. Detroit Free Press: Miss Elder What d.rs "begging the question" meant Miss Kittisii it means coaxing a man to propose. Judge: Gladys Edith says you are Only making1 love to me out of revenge because she refused you. Kunert Prav tell her for me thst revenge Is so sweet I've forgiven the Injury. C'hlcnRo News: lllxon Between me and my wife we know It all. Dixon Mow s that? Hixon She tells me everything that ban- pens and I tell hei a lot of things that never happened. New York Sun: "You promised me be fore marriage that you would make every enort to mane yourseir wormy or me. "I know 1 did, and the result whs that I overdid It, and made myself better than you deseive." Philadelphia Press: "John," enld Gay tog's wife, "this Is something you should take to heart. This paper says: 'A real gentleman always dresses quietly.' " "Well, don't I?" replied he. ad lusting a diamond stud In his neglige shirt. "1 never make a racket unless I lose my col lar button or something." Baltimore News: The Court So you ask divorce from this man on the ground of mental Incapacity. What proof have you that he's Insane' The Woman Who said he waa Insane, your honor? The Court Why, you say he Is mentally Incapable. The Woman Yes; lncapublo of under standing that I'm boss. THE EASTER WALK. Clinton Bcollard In Woman's Home Com panlon. At middle morn, on Kanter day, I took the western hillside way Above the woodland, soon to be Bannered with vernal pageantry. A little wind from out the south Breathed lyrics from Its wooing mouth, And somewhere Maestro Robin gave A sharp crescendo to his stave. From slope to distant greening slope The air was permeate with hope; A tiny rlllet's sole employ Was Just to clearly chorus "Joy!" And as I thought, "Will there bn mine Of Spring's rebirth some crowning slgnf Lo, In the moss before me set A tender firstling violet) Blue as the bluest sky, this flower Made glad my heart that morning hour. It gave unto my breast to keep More than did all the Earth's vast sweep; Bo pure It was, so without flaw, , I touched Its petals as In awe, And there I seemed to read the whole Of the renascence of the soul. Don't Be a Total Loss. Death and taxes come due every day you will be called some time perhaps soon. 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