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18 THE OMAHA DAITVY KEK: SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1002. Tim Omaiia Suxday Bee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. XFRM OF HI'UHCRIPTION. pally Pee (without Sundavl, Onf Year.l4.no ter,U,7dW Haniiny He, one Year Saturday Bee, One Year l-" Twentieth Century Farmer. One Year. l.W DELIVERED BY carrier. fally Bee (without Sunday), per ropy.. 2c lallv Bee (without Kiinda). per weK. .12c Ielly Bee (Including Sunday), per week.iic puiiuny ie5, i be Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week.loc evening iiee (inciuuing Dunuay;, pc week lc Complaints of Irregularities In delivery Should be addressed to CIV Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hail Building, Twen ty -fifth and M streets. Council Bluffs in Bear! Street. Chicago 140 Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington W'l Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and fdltorlal matter should be addressed; fjmaha Bee, Editorial Department. 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The women of the national federation Who are attending the fiesta at Los An geles have been struck with color blind ness. . It is pleasing to know that even at this early day all indications are favor- able to a fine crop of sweet girl grad- uatea in due season. - I la the fight for eaultable taxation of the franchlsed corporations we have a triking example of the corporations .Wishing they bad not started it. Notwithstanding its use hv Dpadwnod pesthouse patients we doubt whether the fire cure for smallpox will find ac ccptance by the medical fraternity. ltn congress on his hands until July I Uncle Sam may look for perceptible ex pansion In his bill for legislative lemon ade and mineral water rendered at the close of the session. Chairman Jones of Arkansas is up against a hard proposition. He does not know whether to try to return to the practice of law or to start a weekly paper on his forthcoming exit from the enate. I The unanimous renominatlon of I Speaker Henderson by the republicans of his district shows that Iowa is not ready to relinquish any of the high places It holds in the councils of the na tion until it Is compelled to. Captain Clark may not attend King Edward's coronation festivities, but h has the satisfaction of knowing that he participated in a more Importr.ut cere-1 monlal function four years ago, when the crown of victory Mas placed. upon ... . , 1 I u.e American navy ai nanuago. When the police chiefs from all over the United States gather In Louisville for Ihe annual Convention of their asso- fiiation Colonel Henry Watterson should experience a feeling of safety that will Jlow nlin to sleep peacefully a fjw times without nightmare fears of any man n horseback. ' DBuiuB-tfuuioui, me wiueiy acivertisea Brailllan aerouaut, who has been visit- " lng in this country, has departed for France, but will return to give public kl. ... . . , . . exhibitions under contract with an amusement syndicate. Of course the temptation of American money gathered ' In as gate receipts has nothlmr to do with It-the ouly Inspiration Is pure de- Louisiana territory was acquired by the United States from France in 1803, but we can celebrate the centennial an niversary In 1904 without compunctions ot conscience on account of the blstor - leal Inaccuracy, especially when we re - member that we stood for a World's Co- lumblan fair la- 1893 that should have been pulled off In 1803 if we had been ticklers for loyalty to the school his- toriea. The so-called theatrical trust may not affect the necessaries of life or Impair the standard of living for wage-earners, but the abuses It fosters are noue the less Irksome and distasteful to the people who seek entertainment lu the theaters, A bill lu equity restraining the mauagcra from inflicting the public with some of the Inane plays and Imitation actresses that have been put on the boards with - out shadow of excuse or justification would bring popularity to the Judge who should thus come to the rescue ot help - if tLUi ong-tuXIering paUooa, . TUt uLORirtCATioSvFlHtASOir. I The spirit of conciliation aud mag-1 naniuiity of the American nation to the men nosoclated In the conspiracy to ovcniirow tin- reiiuiinc wis ruiiKNUt'iit'U i . t iit. . i t the Survivors or the- lost cause to the Klorln.'ntlon of the InMlpntors of the slave-holders' relx'lllon, aud dastardly .. ... . . , . ... YltUx rntioU of the men Who risked life aIi fortune that the nation might live. . .. f ... ..l... nf unroepn. 1,10 nu"Hlty or tniS I I8SH or UnreRCn- Prtrd champion of treason Is strlk liiK'y Illustrated by the bold and brazen outbreak of IMshop Kelley of the Cath olic diocese of Savannah at the confed erate memorial exercises held In Savan nah a week ago. Whlie discussing the motives that ani mated the iM-ople of the south and the justice of their cause, Ilishop Kelley went out of his way to assail aud Insult President ltoosevelt aud General Miles, the former of whom he characterized as "the recreant bod of a southern woman, o routfu nuer oi repuoncan itouucs. the accidence of 1902. the HahUlinir change artist of the White House, who can sit with the kaiser's brother and sit cheek by Jowl with to Alabama negro, who can Indulge In meaningless platitudes while south on the bravery and common heritage of southern heroes and denounce, them before the Grand Army as anarchists, and com' Pared the noblest Koruan of them .11. jenerson U8V1S, 10 a cieueuici Aruuiu. .. To-t.run T ,,., .lerlnrert the. eml.nt- " .,.: . ilea Uiuuup, whb a buhcoluui, a buiuivi and a man of high character, a senator, a cnijiuet ofllcer, a president not put in office by a bullet, but by a ballot" In the same breuth Bishop Kelley spoke of General Miles as follows: "When Mr. Davis was living and a prisoner a fellow named Miles placed shuckles on him 'lu prison, although there was no necessity for It, and no one but a brute would have doue It." Bishop Kelley's high estimate of the chivalry, humanity and statesmanship of Jefferson Davis Las doubtless been " , . . . . , . t. derived from hearsay, but the character and career of Jefferson Davis on the ot American history, gauged by tlm record, will scarcely wurraut his glorification either as a soldier or as u man. The most graphic word picture of Jefferson Davis was drawn by that stal wart American puUlot, Zach Chandler, on the floor of the United States senate on the night of March 2, 1870, when a bill was proposed to place the name of Davis on the pension roll of Mexican war veterans. For the benefit of those who might be misled by fulsome eulogy 0( the Kelley brand we invite them to ponder over the arraignment of the treasonable career of Jefferson Davis, which reads as follows: Mr. President Twenty-two years ago to morrow, In tlie old hall of the senate, now occuDled by the supreme court of the united States, I, In company with Mr. Jefferson Davis, stood up and swore before Almighty God that I would support the constitution of the United States. Mr. Jet- iS Tnto "the genate of the united ' States and took the oath with me to be faithful to this government. During four years I sat In this body with Mr. Jefferson Darts and "w PPons tolas; on from day T ??LLl IVIZ lury UDon h, nP8 be took the oath to sus tain the government that he meant to overthrow, Sir. there was method In that madness. He, in co-operatloa with other men from bis section and in the cabinet with Mr. Buchanan, made careful preparation for the event that was to follow. Your armies were scattered all over this broad land where they could not be used In an emer gency; your fleets were scattered wherever th w,nd blew ,nd. water .J" found to float tbem, where they could not be used to put down rebellion; your treasury depleted until your bonds bearing 6 per cent, principal and Interest, payable In coin, were sold for 8& cents on the dollar for current expenses and no buyers. Prepa rations were carefully made. Your arms were sold under an apparently Innocent clause In an army bill providing that the secretary ot war might, at his discretion, sell such arms as he deemed It for the Interest of the government to sell. Sir, eighteen years ago last month, I sat in these halls and listened to Jefferson vla delivering his farewell address, In- forming ua what our constitutional duties to this government were, and then he left and entered into the rebellion to over- throw the government that he had sworn t0 ,uPPrt-. gained nere sir, aur.ng the whole of that terrible rebellion. I aaw , hr,v. .0,dlBr. hv lhou..nd, ,nd nun. dreda of thousands, aye. I might say mil- Hons, pass through to the theater of war. I and I saw their shattered ranks return; 1 w steamboat after steamboat and rall- rd trfln;U!r, wl'.'n'"".!.'' the maimed and wounded; I waa with my frlend from Rhode laB4 (Mr. Burn.ide) when he commanded the Army of the Po I tomac, and saw piles of legs and arms that I made humanity shudder; I aaw the widow and the orphan In their homes, and beard Hi waenlnv Anil wslllnr of thniA who had lost their deareat and their best. Mr, President. I little thought at that time th1 1 hould live to hear In the senate of tn Unlted StVe." eulo?le1 Jf" Davla, living a living rebel eulogized on lhe floor of fh, ,ee of the United States, sir. I am amaied to bear it; and I can tell I the gentlemen on the other side that they lUtle know the spirit of the north when thejr come nere at thu dajr ni wlth brvl0 whom every man, woman and child In the north believes to have been a double-dyed traitor to his government. Zacb Chandler's patriotic aud soul- stirring denunciation of the arch-con I splrator was by no means overdrawn, 1 Jefferson Davis took great pride In 1 posing before the world as a Christian statesman with humane Impulses, who would not countenance dishonorable or barbaric warfare. But his conduct and record before and after the rebellion I most lamentably belle his pretensions. Before Jefferson Davis ever repudl ated the solemn oath- to support the I constitution of the United States nA I while be was on his .way to bo inaugn I rated president ofjhe confederacy he I threatened to wage a war of extermlna tlon against the people of the north with I sword and torch and Indulged in the I prediction that the grass would soon I grow upon the streets of the northern 1 cities then crowded with the streamr I of commerce. This speech, which has I found Its way luto many historic works, 1 was delivered February 14, 1801, at 8teT I euaon, Ala., but sixteen years later Davis hnd tb audacity to doy that hp bn.l cwr given utterance to (inch sentiments. It Is a matter of history that during the curly stngcg of the war the con federates, under General McCullnugh, organized and armed bands of Indian to fight against the union soldiers, and at the battle of Tea Hldge these Indians used the sculping knife on union prison ers. Everybody conversant with the campaign lu the southwest will recall the massacre of several hundred negroes, butchered in cold blood at Fort Pillow, although they wanted to sur render. The war records do not show that Jefferson Davis disapproved these atrocities or sought to punish the perpe trators. The story of the conspiracy to abduct and assassinate Abraham Lincoln, as related on another page of this paper In extracts from the official war records, does not leave Jefferson Davis in the category of Christian soldiers and hu mane warriors any more than does the Infamous record of the assassins and fire-fiends hired to burn down northern cities that would have caused the death and mnimlng of thousands upon thou sands of Innocent children. And what can be thought of Davis in the light of the chapter of the war records devoted to the recital of the attempt to spread epidemic throughout the north by the distribution of clothing Infested with the virus of smallpox and yellow fever? If any prelate of any church wants to stand up to laud the deeds and eulogize the memory of Jefferson Davis, he must have received his education In a very tiucer school. It will scarcely be necessary for Tres Idcnt Koosevelt to notice the screed of the Georgia bishop, who has not yet heard about the horrible infamies per petrated in bis own state of Georgia upon thousands of defenseless union prisoners who languished and perished in the Andersonville bullpen. For the wanton torture and Immolation of these victims of the rebellion Jefferson Davis should have been held as much respon sible as Captain Wurtz, who was tried and executed for his inhuman treatment of the Andersonville prisoners. True Jefferson Davis was not elevated to the presidency of the snuffed-out con federacy by a bullet, but he was put In bis seat and kept there by millions of bullets and deadly wenpons that brought mourning into the homes . of two millions of people. His election was unanimous because no one in the confederacy dared to oppose him, and the southern people had no other candi date to vote for. The contemptuous allusions to Gen eral Miles by the bishop of Savannah are as Inexcusable as they are mali cious. A glance at the records of the capture and Imprisonment, of Jefferson Davis at Fortress Monroe, republished In this issue, "will exonerate General Miles from the aspersions cast upon him. The great howl about General Miles' harsh and cruel treatment of Jefferson Davis was raised at the time bythe disloyal press to make political capital and to create public sentiment against his trial by. court-martial. We do not indulge in these reflections with any idea of waving the bloody shirt or any disposition to disparage the reconciliation of the sections which has been fostered and furthered by both William McKlnley and' Theodore Roose velt. But no man who has gone through the ordeal of the war of the rebellion and stood up against treason can allow such untimely and ungener ous assaults upon ttfe nation's chief ex ecutive and commanding general of its armies pass without intense indignation. The loyal people of the United States, regardless of section, are generous enough to forgive and clasp hands with the brave men of the south, but they are not yet and will never be willing to glorify -treason. TH PBKSIDEXrS PLAIN WORDS. The address of President Roosevelt at the banquet of the Sons of the American Revolution expressed in plain and un mistakable language the Intention of the great majority of the American people In regard tQ the Philippines. The flag of the republic will stay in the islands and under it Justice will be adminis tered In accord .with American prin ciples and ideas. This was the decision of the people two years ago and it must be respected. Were the question now again submitted there can be no rea sonable doubt that the popular decision of 1000 would be overwhelmingly re peated. Because some wrong has been done In the Philippines, because some men hav ing authority there have erred, fur nishes no reason, in the judgment of the president, why our government should halt in the work it has undertaken In those far away islunds. The wrongdoers must be punished, no mutter what their station. Whoever has been guilty of conduct in violation of the rules and usages of civilized warfare and has thereby brought reproach upon tne army aud the government should suffer the severest penalty prescribed for such offense. But there must be no abate ment of the work of pacification and of establishing civil government. luat must be pushed with undiminished zeal and vigor, along Just aud humane lines, until its complete accomplishment. This consummation appears to be not far off. At present there is very little opposition auywhere lu the Philippines to American authority. No Influential Filipino leader is now in the field and peace retgus over nearly the entire re' glou which not many mouths ugo was Infested with guerrilla bunds. The ablest men among the natives are toiy assisting in the work of pacification, while the people very generally are manifesting a friendly disposition and accepting American rule without com plaint. Civil government is being grad ually extended, with most favorable promise that wherever established It will be maintained without difficulty, The natives are learning to have con fldcuce In the protecting arm of the mill tary power and faith In the fairness and Justice of the civil authority. They see improvement taking place under Ameri can rule and are beginning to realise that there are opportunities for material advancement of which they hitherto knew nothing. As they come more fully to understand that American rule means Justice, progress, opiwrtunlty and a higher civilization their satisfaction with It will grow. The speech of President Roosevelt was an answer to those who demand that the government shall abandon Its policy toward the Philippines, regardless of what the consequences might be. He says to such that no proixmltlon of this kind can receive any consideration from his administration, that the policy thus far pursued will be strictly adhered to. That his position will have the approval of all save those who are seek4ng to make political capital by assailing the Philippine policy of the government aud the insignificant number of so-called antl-Imperiallsts can be confidently asserted. MVOLCTION OF SXUlWCHAVF. One of the weak traits of American character Is the craving after notoriety through titles that are frequently as absurd as they are improper. In the southern states every swashbuckler who chews tobacco and drinks whisky Is a colonel or a Judge and in the north a good many generals have never been even corporal.-., while a defeated can didate for lieutenant governor ever after delights in sporting the title of governor. But military and civic titles are not the only handles men like to have attached to their names. Let a man once be elected president of a debating club or a do-no'thlng commission and he remains president forever. Women are just as prone to this craze for the badge of spurious nobility as men.. They not ouly love to strut and parade under their own title of presi dent bestowed by a coffee club, a thir teen club or a card club, but they de light in assuming the titles by which their husbands are known, and thus we have Mrs. Colonel, Mrs. Justice, Mrs. General, Mrs. Senator and Mrs. Pro fessor So-and-So. How far the quest alter much-coveted titles may eventually extend In the progress of the twentieth century no body can foretell with any degree of precision, but we should not be sur prised If In the evolution of American nobility it should extend to all the chil dren of titled families from chief jani tor of public buildings or schools up to grand marshal of the political proces sion. The natural sequence of this frenzy for fuss and feathers will be the creation of a new Industry In gold lace, unique badges, gilded monograms and all the other gewgaws of galvanized royalty. THK PROPOSED METRIC) BY ST EM. The proposition to establish the metric system of weights and measures as the standard for the United States Is again presented in a bill reported to the house of representatives by the committee on coinage, weights and measures. The proposition has some strong support, but there is also considerable opposition to it It is urged in behalf of the metric system that it would be a great advan tage in our foreign commerce, for the reason that wherever manufacturers undertake to extend their trade in for eign countries they encounter the met ric system. An eastern manufacturer writing In advocacy of the adoption of the system says that the enormous growth of our export trade during the past four years, bringing our manufac turers In touch with the outer world as never before, has given very practical illustration of the cumbersome character of our methods of measurement and the advantages to be derived from the adop tion of a system which is absolute and uniform throughout the world. On the other hand, the commercial value of the metric system is disputed by some, who maintain that a great loss will be undergone by manufacturers of machine tools and by others who would be compelled to change their standards of measurements. Some very strong argument in this direction has been made against the proposed change, while it is generally agreed that so rev olutionary a reform could not be made suddenly without troublesome conse quences. The question of changing to the metric system of weights and meas ures has long been discussed, many bills providing for the change having been Introduced in congress from time to time, but the proposition has never at tained general popularity, though It probably has a stronger support now than ever before. Doubtless the system will ultimately be adopted as the stand ard for the United States, particularly if it shall be conclusively demonstrated that It would be an advantage in our foreign commerce, but It will take some time to educate the public to believe thut there Is any real necessity for aban doning our long-established system of weights and measures. The tendency of the courts to give a more liberal construction to the laws requiring Jurisdictional petitions for the levy of special assessments promises to relieve somewhat the pressure on the city treasury from the reluctance to pay these dues In the hope that they would be declared invalid. Recent decisions up to this time bad gone to the extreme lu holding the city to the minutest detail of procedure with manifest Injustice to property owners who pay their assess ments promptly and voluntarily as com pared with those who seize every possi ble excuse for tax-shirking-, The gen eral rule should be applied without dls crimination that In the absence of fraud property owners who have received the !euefit of public Improvements made with their positive or tacit consent should bear their share of the expense. When Senator Teller made his tearful exit from the St. Louis convention he InsUted that he had not left the barty, but that the party in refusing to cham pion free silver coinage had left him behind espousing true republicanism. But association with the ponocrats has carried hltn across the chasm which he declared he would never span and finds him seeking re-election to the senate from Colorado as a democrat. Mr. Tel ler Is doubtless Inspired by the peculiar success of his colleague, Senator Pat terson, In securing an election as a pop ulist only to proclaim himself a demo crat as soon as his certificate was as sured. Whether the people of Colorado, however, are disposed to ludorse these lightning political changes turned solely for the suke of office aud official honors may be subject to doubt The railroads are free to Indulge in special excursion rates to the Pacific without encountering any objection from the public. These porlodleul re ductions to attract passengers at par ticular seasons of the year caunot fail to feed the suspicion that regular fares could be lowered all the year round without any hardship on the roads. Our American street railway magnate, Charles T. Yerkes, who Is trying to get a foothold lu Loudon, protests against being Impressed into service of the par liamentary committee as a kindergarten instructor In tramway construction. Mr. Yerkcs might extend au invitation to bis British friends to come over to this side for a course of training. W'lerd Day Dreams. Saturday Evening Post. Many good men grow poor dreaming of millions In thousand-dollar towns and plan ning Queen Anne cottages for Mary Ann neighborhoods. The American Style. Chicago Post. Business note from London: Mr. Morgan ran over to Paris yesterday and bought the Compagnie Generate Transatlantlque to add to his celebrated collection. Fortunate Hawaiian. Chicago Tribune. Trustworthy Hawatians affirm that pol Is a cheap and wholesome article of food. There la a direct communication with Ha waii, and thus far, we believe, there bas been no pol trust organized.' Hla Bnay Day. Chicago News. Uncle Grover Cleveland It, not so busy watching the cork on his fishing line that he cannot hear the shuffle ot the demo cratic party aa It sidesteps the silver Issue and goes nosing around to find its old re liable tailff reform principles. Ah, There's the Hob. Portland Oregonlan. Fortunate la the household the mistress of which car. roll up her sleeves and "do out the wash" while the knights and ladles of the suds, mangle and ironing-board dis cuss with the laundry barons the technical ities of organized labor. Self-help as a fac tor la domestic life proves Its quality in a case of this kind. New Century Evolution. Indianapolis News. It is cheerful news that comes from Chicago concerning certain railways. It Is that these roads have Issued orders that hereafter the rough handling of baggage will not be tolerated. Trunks that are to be conveyed a considerable distance must be placed on a truck and the truck must have a pad of felt to prevent damage. There Is to be no throwing of trunks on end from a car, no bumping tbem along a platform from corner to corner. In short, trunks are to be handled In a decent, common sense manner. Thus passes an other pioneer phase and attribute of wild and woolly Americanism. Undoubtedly other roads will follow this good example. Last Summer's Hares. Detroit Journal. At a time when the brightest diamond looks pallid alongside the sirloin steak, and rubles are as nothing compared to a rib roant value, what has become ot the Bel gian hare that was to feed the nation on a meat more nourishing than beans or peas and more delicate than chicken? The orig inal recipe asked for nothing except hair a dozen dry goods boxes in your back yard, a half dozen Belgian hares, and the natural Increase would supply everybody In the block with fiesh meat at a nominal coat. Has the race been not to the hare, but to the slow-moving tortoise of a beef trust? Has the great family industry been killed by a monopoly for Its own selfish purposes? Has the Belgian bare trust been made joint heir with the poultry trust, the fish trust and the beef and mutton and hog trust in the riches of this earth? Is the Belgian hare with the sinister cleft Hp only another South Sea Bubble? - TREATMENT OF JIRIE9. Jaatlce Brewer Shows Why Men Evade the Dotr. In bis just published book on "American Citizenship" Justice David J. Brewer of the United States supreme court has this to say of jury duty aa nowaday conducted: "We are called upon la act as wltnessea and Jurors. How many gladly avoid the discharge of those duties? It is astonish ing when a Jury list Is summoned to find how many sick people there are on It. I do not wonder that they are sick. I think I should be. The sickness of a Juror la1 like the Sunday headache, which used to be so common la college. "The jury system aa at present admin istered In many states at least la little more than a relic of seml-clvlllxed condi tions. "The juror Is too often treated aa a crim inal or suspected of an intention to be come one. Shut up at night, as If for fear he may become a fugitive from Justice, given a compensation scarcely exceeding that which a day laborer receives, listen ing for days to witnesses who are some times stupid and often confusing, annoyed by the wearisome wrangles between attor neys concerning the admission or rejection of testimony. I do not wonder that a busi ness man seeks to avoid its burdens; and I hope that the time will come when a juror will be treated as though he were an honest man, denied no more of the com forts of borne than the Judge himself, paid that which la an adequate compensation for bis time, and then the unanimity now required and which prompts to all th strenuous effort to guard against undue In fluences upon one, or to secure the kindly assistance of one a unanimity which Is called for la scarcely any other tribunal on the face of the earth shall give way to s system In which the concurrence of a reasonable majority of the Jurors shall de termine the verdict. "So, a witness la often Insulted by op posing counsel. He Is Interrogated as though he were presumably a liar and questions are put to him with insinuations and In a manner which every honorable man feels like resenting. "But notwithstanding all the disagree able features which attend service as a witness or Juror, it is an obligation resting upon the citizen and one which as a duty be should not ignore. Let him strive for reformation, but meantime not mtks him self a delinquent.'' BLASTS FROM RAM'S IIOR. He alone prays who often prays alone. Honor looks best on a back-ground of hu mility. Practical Infidelity may go with professed fidelity. Conduct Is the eloquent peroration ot character. Paint on the roof will not strengthen the foundation. No man Is free until he has himself un der control. Honesty will suoreed as a principle where It falls aa a policy. The truth of authority depends on the authority of truth. The worst poverty Is that of the man who la satisfied with plenty. The hero seeks out suffering; the dema gogue the songs of praise. It is always easy to rejoice In afft'ettans. If someone else has them. Tou may sow a thousand evil thoughts, but you can never uproot one. Don't mix the cream of your charity with the pickles of your pessimism. God is not likely to trust truth to the keeping of the man who caur.ot keep his temper. SECl I.Alt SMUTS AT THE PtI.IMT. Boston Globe: A Boston preacher de clares that Boston ladles swear. With the women of New York smoking and those of Boston swearing. It heeinn tn lnnk u If few of the alleged customs of the good old days were coming back to us. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The revised Presbyterian creed about to be given out modines the statement that the none Is antichrist; so the brethren arc beginning to dwell together with aomethlna like twen tieth century tolerance. Baltimore American: The filial rranert of the world has been soothed by the grati fying news that ?he young theologians who aiiacKed Adam and Eve as myths have withdrawn their aspersions against our first parents and have restored the theory which has formed the masculine bulwark for gen erations that It was all the woman's fault. Philadelphia Press: The Readlna- nrennher who has been advertising for a wife Is not yet married, but he la still doing a sensa tional stunt now and then. H i rr,in in perform the marriage ceremony for a couple ana the event Is to take place In a cage of lions. Getting married In the ordinary way Is thrilling enough for some nmnl hnr they do things In Reading that could not be mougnt ot anywhere else. TREES HIS TRUEST BOXfMBXT. Cleveland Leader: Although Hon. J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska, who died on Sunday in Chicago, occupied the least con spicuous place in the cabinet of President Cleveland, he was one of the ablest men in that administration. Chicago Inter-Ocean: The truest fame of J. Sterling Morton was won In bis suc cessful effort to Induce men to diversify and improve prairie regions with wood land growths. His best and sufficient epi taph might well be the words: "He planted and caused to be planted more trees than any other man." Chicago Tribune: He was a typical ed ucated farmer, of wide and liberal culture, who loved the soil and his books. To the pursuit of agriculture be brought the equip ment of a well-trained mind, enriched with the refinements of college culture and dow ered with the courage and hardihood that made of him. a western pioneer. Bostoa Transcript:, -Personally Mr. Mor ton was a very Interesting, brilliant and agreeable companion. His home at Arbor Lodge, Nebraska City, waa the center ot the life of the cultured men -and women of that part of the state and to It many pilgrims have Journeyed from other landa. Hla borne life waa most pleasant and agreeable, and his wife, who passed away a number of years ago, was a most neces sary and real helpmate to him. Milwaukee Sentinel: Mr. Morton's career and character were such as to make him In many respects what we like to regard as the type of sound and characteristic Amer ican citizenship. A man of plain ways, lifelong Industry and great public spirit, he represented the sturdy, productive and Independent class of tillers of the soil which forms the backbone of the nation, and be was at the same time the student and the thinker the practical man men tally equipped for the public service. Chicago Record-Herald: Mr. Morton was also a man whose first thought was for his country and whose last thought was for himself. With him country was above self and above party. When his party went wrong he declined to follow it. He waa patriot first, partisan afterward, but never a partisan when It Involved personal self seeking or political wrong-doing. The qualities which characterized him sturdy Integrity, convictions of right and Justice, personal independence, unflagging Industry, manly honor and love of country are not so frequently met with among public men that young men can afford to neglect the study of his life. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Horrors pile on horrors' head in Boston. Beans are likely to come In under the ban of Sunday blue lawa. Time In Its ceaseless round will soon de termine whether the shirtwaist man has the courage ot his convictions. General Jacob Smith, on trial at Manila, Is known among correspondents as "Hell Roaring Jake." Ho is living up to bis nickname. A Wisconsin girl wants $50,000 from a Chicago man for breach of promise. The girl must be a student of the science ot applied graft. Portland's exposition scheme has reached the point where tenders of a site are asked. No time should be lost if tne town pulls off the show In 1905. The government of New Jersey Is prepar ing to declare war on mosquitoes. The festive warbler of summer eves should or ganize a trust, incorporate at home and save its hide. A Kansas soldier shows admirable loy alty to his state In declaring that the water cure la a joy forever. It is gener ally conceded to be several laps ahead of Kansas whisky. Southern California fruitgrowers com plain that they cannot get enough experi enced grafters. Evidently the eastern half of the continent Is the most attractive field for the fraternity. Admiral George Dewsy declares that coffee was the strongest stimulant taken on board hla fleet on that famous May morning, ot 1898. He handed the real eye opener to the Spaniards. Catcbcart Watson, a member of Parlia ment for the Orkney and Shetland islands, Is an expert at knitting stockings and used to while away hla spare time in this way la the bouse smoking room. New York Is getting mighty particular in its notions of sanity. A resident who sought to marry a wealthy widow bas bean adjudged insane. If be bad been a for eigner with a title all would have been well. Chicago now reada tta title clear to the windy city. At only two atatlona tn the United States Is there a greater wind move ment than at the city by the lake. One of theae is Block island, on the Atlantic coast, which baa a record of 11.S2 miles, and the other Mount Taaulpala, sear Ban Francisco, which piled up 163.203 miles In a year. ChlcoRo conies In with 145.193 miles. It should be added that tho wind movement at the national cnpltol Is not Included In tho nicanuroaicDls. On the orrssion of the reunion of con federate aoldiers at Dallas, Tex., on the 23d ult., the Dnllas News cam out with a spring suit of seventy-two pages, each page loaded with mental provender suited to the occasion. All the noted warriors of the south were plctorially represented, supplemented with eulogies and battle sketched calculated to banish the common belief that the war is over. DOMESTIC FLEA 8 AX Tit IKS. Detroit Free Preas: "Do you think that my daughter la old enough to know nor own mind?" The Plutocrat With all my money, sir, she doesn't need a mind. Smart Ret: "What reaaon is ther for the notion thnt it la especially unlucky to marry In May?" "I don't know, unless It Is that an es pecially larfte number of people havo been married In May." Chicago Tribune: "Tou look preoccupied, Hiram, said his wife. "I feel an If I were going to have the grip." replied Mr. Jyner. And he put on his hat and went down town to Join another secret society. New York Times: Gerald Your father kicks about my calling so often. (Ifraldlne Don't mind him; It's only a fake kick. He used to be a foot ball player. Brooklyn Life: Ethel A sixteen-page let ter from George! Why, what un earth does he way? Mabel Ho says he loves me. Philadelphia Press: "Mr. Grimes," said th rector to the vestryman, "we had better take up the collection beforo the sermon this morning." "Indeed?" "Yes, I'm going to preach on 'Economy.' " New York Sun: Mrs. Dorcas Why shouliln't a woman go Into politics? Dorcas How In the world is she going to nail a campaign lie? Detroit Free Press: "Do you think they'll marry?" "t'ircumstanceB point In that direction. Her ppoplo ohfpct, and he's an poor as a church mouse." Chlcnsrb News: "George, dear," rooed tha sweet young tlilnsr with the roan coloreil hair, "did you think of me dally while you were away?" "I was right there promptly with thn dally thought," replied Georpe. "And now that the days are longer, darling. I shall make It my business to think of you twice a day." THE MIGHTY XATIOXS. W. D. Nesblt in Baltimore American. We are a mighty nation; Many our Kates, and wide; Strong In our gleaming armor; Masters of wind and tide; Great with a lasting greatness. Proud with a nation a pride. Aye, in the dim, dead ages. Men would enroll the deeds Tell of the mighty Persians, Sing of the wondrous Medes. Yet they are fallen columns Now they are broken reeds. Once they were proud Egyptians, Telling In brazen tones How they were great and forceful; Yet now the nlKht wind moans Over the shriveled mummies Hid in the crumbling stones. Rome, In the day of Caesars, Battled on land and sea: Many a kingly vasscl Begged but to bend the knee. Statesman, and sage, and soldier Where are they now, these three t Tarshlnh and Tyre and Sldon, Babylon, Athens all Bloomed in the dim, dead ages; Withered, and met their fall; Tasted the sweets, of power Left acarce a shattered wall. Out of the dust of ages Let all the nations rise! Peoples have held them wondrous. Mighty and strong and wise. Now they are dead and silent Under the brooding skies. We are a mighty nation; Many-our gates, and wide; Masters of time and fortune; Strong In a nation's pride. So were the ones before us So were the ones that died. 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