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General Prosperity Is not yet prepared to evacuate any of tbe territory In this section that he has been occupying. Decks are now cleared for another chapter in the volume on Eighth street occupation, with a Joint authorship by tbe two disputing railroads. From the- succession of rongresslonal fatalities, It seems to be dangerous for member of the lower house to serve on any committee concerned with a cemetery.. ....... The eruptive activity exhibited by the volcano on Mount Pelee, in the Danish West Indies, must be lu enthusiastic anticipation of annexation to Uncle Barn's dominion. Clubs of colored women will be able to gain admission to the national federa tion by unanimous consent of the ex ecutive board, but to get unanimous consent will be the rub. ine only wonder is how the alleged beef trust managed to survive the era when Nebraska's great trust-smashing attorney general was dealing death blows at tbe Standard Oil octopus. When the peace arbitrators between Boer and Briton In South Africa get down to details they should not over look tbe necessity of a clause In the stipulations fixing the status of the American mule. The list of school census enumerators Just made up by the school board in cludes more women than men. We will watch to see whether the feminine matHemafics produces' better results than the masculine. News comes from Texas that recent earthquakes have seriously affected the flow of oil In the Texas gushers. They will not affect the flow of oil stocks, however, so long as credulous people have money to burn. Those club women might perhaps have gotten around the color line with less difficulty by adopting some sort of a grandmother clause on the order of the negro disfranchisement sections of some oi our new southern state const! tutlons. Members of the Cuban senate and house are Impatiently waiting for May 20, so they can begin tbetr legislative grind. They would like to turn the hands of the clock forward If the American congress did not have a pat- ant on that trick. You can fool some people all the time. you can fool most people some of the time, but you can't fool all of tbe people all of tbe time. Members of the city council who imagine that they can fool many people by playing fast and loose with tbe Union l'aclnu foundry contro versy will discover some day that they underrate the Intelligence of tbe people of Omaha. Councilman Burkley has a clean record, but an honest mau who does not answer roll call when measures of vital concern to the Interests of the taxpayers are before tbe council and a good man who does not raise his voice In protest against bad measures and crooked deals la of little value to the community. This comment Is made with no unkindly feel Ing for Councilman Burkley, but simply to remind him that In the present crisis the cltlxens and taxpayers of. Omaha look to him to stand up and fight their battla to the best of hla ability. VrilHlX CLOSED DOORS. The State Board of Equalization, made up of the governor, state auditor and state treasurer. Is now In session at the state capitol. Its most Important func tion is the assessment of the property of railroads, sleeping car and telegraph companies. The board represents the people of Nebraska In the exercise of this function and should court the wid est publicity. The announcement that the Ixinrd proposes to hold Its session within closed doors will subject that body to the suspicion that It does not want to take tbe public Into Its con fidence and lias something to conceal which the public should know. So far as we ran comprehend there Is really no ground whatever for star chamber proceedings In the appraise ment of railroad property. On the con trary, It would seem that every word spoken and every action taken before that board should be public property. The people have a right to know on what lines the board Is proceeding in arriving at Its conclusions of the valu ation of the property of the corpora tions, and the people have a right to know and should kuow tbe position each member of the board takes indi vidually and how they vote collectively when a vote Is taken on any proposi tion. What applies to the action of tbe board In regard to the appraisement of railroad and telegraph properties ap plies also to Its action with regard to the equalisation of taxes between the respective counties. Every taxpayer In Nebraska Is vitally concerned In state taxation and the distribution of the tax burifc-iis and there Is no occasion nor excuse for keeping the taxpayers In the dark as to the mode of arriving at tbe conclusions as the work of the board proceeds. ARMT REFORM PUT OFF. The indications are that nothing will be done at the present session of con gress in regard to proposed army re form. Indeed It Is said that the last hope of the administration of doing any thing at this session, and perhaps In this congress, Is dead and past resur rection. The plan at the opening of the present congress was to have the bill for the consolidation of the staff put through the senate and the bill for fed eralizing the militia put through the house, so that the two measures would not get In the way of each other and that there would be no rivalry between committees, the house having a separate committee to handle bills affecting the mllitlu as distinguished from measures relating to the regular army. The house committee was favorable to the plan of militia reform recom mended by Secretary Boot and reported a bill for that purpose, but it was not pushed In order to let tbe staff con solidation bill be equally well started by tbe senate committee on military af fairs. Tbe latter measure seemed in a fair way to receive favorable considera tion when General Miles appeared be fore the committee and declared bis op- osltlon to the bill, since which time nothing has been done In regard to It and apparently jiothlng is likely to be done at this session. In view of the fact that the proposed army reform bad the . endorsement of Generals Schofleld and Merrltt and that public discussion of the plan formulated by tbe War department was generally favorable to It, it la not easy to under stand why the senate committee on mil itary affairs should have dropped the matter. No Important opposition to it has been manifested except that of Gen eral Miles and tbe reason for that was largely or altogether personal. Of course we can go on, perhaps with no great difficulty, under the existing method, but now Is an auspicious time for adopting a system that would un doubtedly be for the betterment of the military establishment. THE REPUBLICAN DEFENSE. The senate republicans have wisely de termined to defend the administration and the army In the Philippines against the accusations and Imputations of dem ocratic senators. It had been the under stood intention of the republicans to al low the opposition to have a practical monopoly of discussion, expecting thereby to sooner reach a vote on the Philippine bill, but the unfair and un just statements and charges made by the democrats could not be permitted to go unanswered and tbe republicans will show that they are unwarranted and un just. The speech of Senator Lodge, on Mon day, clearly and forcefully stated the re publican position. The party In power makes no defense of cruel practices In tbe Philippines unauthorized by the rules of civilized warfare and is doing all that Is practicable to bring to pun ishment whoever is guilty of or respon sible for such practices. The president acted promptly when the statements came to him iu a way to command con sideration and bis earnest purpose In the matter is unquestionable. There Is to be an unsparing investigation and those who are shown to have committed atrocities will be punished. But repub licans reject the charge that the entire array In the Philippines has been com ruining cruelties and barbarities and that the brave and patriotic soldiers who are upholding the authority and the sov ereignty of the United States In those Islands are relentless savages. As was said a few days ago by Senator Spooner "Wherever officers are found to have violated tbe rules of civilized warfare. to have forgotten the honor of tbe sol dler, they will be punished. The Amer ican people will demand It Tbe Amer ican people, however, will convict no man without a hearing. Tbey will con vlct no man on tbe Congressional Ilec ord. The American people are not con stituted in that way. They hear before tbey strike. Tbey will demand condign punishment upon those who deserve it, but tbey will suspend Judgment until the charges are proven. Senator Lodge stated that Presldeot McKlnley had directed tbe army to show the Filipinos the greatest gener osity and that oliry was adhered to by the present administration. The Filipi nos themselves have acknowledged the kind and humane treatment received from American soldiers. Deny It as they may, the effort of Bawlins and other democrats has plainly been to be smirch the army in the Philippines and It Is useless for the Utah senator, now that he finds popular feeling resenting his assault upon the army, to attempt to palliate his utterly unjustifiable course and to pretend that It did not have In view partisan ends, "but to vin dicate the honor and Integrity of the country," It Is a most extraordinary method of vindication, surely, that Raw lins adopted Id proclaiming to the world from the floor of the senate that the American army bad been guilty of carrying on warfare marked by cruel ties and tortures of tbe most brutal aud barbarous nature. REAR ADMIRAL SAMPSON. The death of Rear Admiral Sampson was not unexpected, he having been af flicted with a disease which baffled the best medical skill. The American navy had few officers of equal acquirements, he being imrtlcularly distinguished as au ordnance expert, while In bis general knowledge of naval affairs be bad per haps no superior. Graduated from the naval academy in 1861, Sampson saw service In the civil war and made a fine record for skill and courage. His pro motion was in the regular course until the war with Spain, when he was made an acting rear admiral and given com mand of the North Atlantic fleet. In this command he demoustrated his ability for organization and uutll tbe unfortunate controversy that followed the destruction of Cervera's squadron Sampson possessed the undivided re spect and confidence of the country. It has never been quetitloued that his ar rangement of tbe blockade at Santiago was excellent, but at the critical moment be was absent and then made the grave mistake of claiming for himself tbe credit for a brilliant victory that was won by others. History will not deny Sampson whatever credit attaches to the preparations be made, but the ver dict has been rendered, so far as public opinion is concerned, that the glory of destroying the Spanish squadron did not belong to him. Yet honor will be paid the memory of Sampson as an able, brave and faithful officer, who did his country good service and aided in giving new glory to Its flag. CONTRACT WITH THE UNION PACIFIC. According to City Attorney Connell the city of Omaha can, under the eon tract recently made with the Union Pa cific Hallway company, compel It to re open and operate Its foundry. The at torneys of the Union Pacific contend that the compact made with the city does not compel the company to main tain a foundry as part of Its machine shop equipment, and President Burt as serts that a foundry Is no part of a mod ern machine shop. The position of the city attorney is that the foundry has been in operation as part of the Union Pacific machine shops ever since they were established In Omaha and was a constituent part of these shops up to the time the contract was made, hence was regarded by the city, as one of tbe contracting parties, as an Integral part of the shops. The position of the Union Pacific attorneys Is that the contract does not specify ex pressly the maintenance of a foundry and that the company Is privileged to abandon It at any time. In other words, they Insist that because the word foun dry was not written in the bond the claim to its maintenance cannot be le gally enforced. The plain duty of the council under the circumstances Is to take such Steps as will enforce tbe city's rights. City Attorney Connell declares that the city can get Into court easily on the matter, but when it will get out of court is an other matter. He calls the attention of the council to the litigation over tbe via duct, which consumed six years of time before the final decision was reached In the supreme court. In that case it will be remembered the railroads refused to comply with the provisions of the char ter that require them to pay the cost of viaducts constructed over their tracks for the protection of the public. Tbey managed to stave off the viaduct taxes snd charges, but in the end the supreme court affirmed tbe right of tbe city and they were compelled to foot tbe bill. In the present controversy the city either has the light to enforce Its con tract, or its contract is a rope of sand. While it is true that the interests of the Union Pacific and those of tbe city are identical In some respects, they are not completely identical. It Is hardly prob able that tbe Union Pacific would at tempt to retard tbe growth of Omaha by any Injurious policy out of mere spite, knowing all of the time that It would deplete Its own treasury by so doing. But tbe mayor and council are simply the board of directors of the cor poration known as the City of Omaha and their duty is Just as much to pro tect Its Interests as that of Mr. Burt and tbe other directors of the Union Pacific to protect the interests of their corpora tion, If advices from Washington printed in democratic papers are correct the ex ecutive committee of tbe new demo cratic congressional committee under Ben T. Cable, which Is trying to crowd out the national committee, beaded by Chairman James K. Jones, is to Include Lewis Nixon, the Tammany chieftain; Richard Olney and 'Daniel 8. Laniont, both members of Grover Cleveland's cabinet, as leaven for the Kansas City platform representatives. This array make It look very much as If the new crew was to have little of the Bryan flavor. How this sort of democratic or sanitation will keep In touch with the populists In the fusion states will pre ent a grave problem, since we all know that populist fusion with gold-bug deui Live Nebraska Towns CENTRAL CITY Beautiful and Busy. Central Cltr. the county seat of Merrick rounty. Is a growing city of 2.000 popula tion, in the broad, fertile valley of the Platte, 130 miles west of Omaha. It Is locsted on the main line of the Union Fa clflc and a branch of the B. ft M., In the hesrt of one of the richest' agricultural, stock feeding and dairying sections of tbe state, and Is the home of substantial busi ness men, wealthy retired farmers and a happy, prosperous and contented people. It baa the best system of waterworks of any town of Its size In the state, costing $40,000, two large grain elevators of 60,000 bushela rapacity each, an up-to-date roller mill with a dally capacity of 125 barrela of flour and 600 bushela of feed, a gas plant under course of construction, a broom fac tory, poultry packery, three banks, good opera house and academy of music, three newspapers, with other lines of business suitably represented. It is the center of the greatest stock feeling district of Ne braska and thousands of fat cattle, sheep and hogs are shipped annually from Central City. Although a heavy corn producing county, no corn is ever shipped out of Mer rick county; It finds Its way to market In the shape of sleek beeves and buxom pork era and muttons. One feeder alone, Mr. T. B. Hord, feeds annually from 15,000 to 18,000 head of cattle, 12,000 to 16,000 bead of sheep and a large number of hogs. Central City la headquarters of large grain and live stock companies, carrying on an extensive busineea throughout the state. The city has two ward schools and a commodious High school building, with an enrollment of over 400 pupils, and an effi ocrats has been decried as worse than alliance with republicans. But how can the demo-pop combination be maintained with the democratic ship so maimed, ex cept by the binding force of possible spoils division. The proposition of President Burt of the Union Pacific, that his company will throw its patronage to a foundry that would employ 500 moulders if the Com mercial club can induce such a coucern to be established in Omaha, should not be taken seriously. In the first place, tbe Commercial club Is not In condition to land a mammoth foundry iu Omaha lu the near future, nor In the far future; and In the next place, the Union Pacific patronage and all of the other Omaha patronage would not keep 500 men or half of that number In work tbe year round. Kansas City Is citing Omaha as an ex ample to reinforce its demand on the railroads to abolish the grade crossing by the erection of viaducts at intersec tions where foot and wagon traffic is exposed to danger. Omaha bad to go through a long and costly fight to get its viaducts, but Kansas City Is wel come to profit by tbe experience if it can. In the meanwhile It is gratifying to have Kansas City acknowledge that Omaha Is ahead of it In one direction at least ' We are reminded that a Judicial elec tion must be held, this year to fill tbe vacaucy on the district bench for this district now being held by appointment. As the present incumbent was named at the request of the bar without respect to politics, there is no reason why the elec tion should not be made unanimous. Cabinet Slse. Chicago Tribune. tnmm anneara to be the birthplace also of several distinguished tornadoes. Costly Senatorial Thrift. Baltimore American. Nairt lima Senator Money wishes to save . .irk.t ho will sllD It Into a toy savings bank and not try to hoard It on a street car. Joltlnar Peace Treaty, Washington Post. The announcement that Russia Is about to Invest $210,000,000 In new fortifications t calculated to Jar public confidence in some proceedings recently had at The Hague. When. Silence la Golden. Chicago Post. t. it t,n a trifle peculiar that the demo- .tin are so roundly criticising the republican conduct of the war in the Philip pines ar usually silent wnen some soutu ern mob lynches a negro or burns him at the stake T Stately Reciprocity. t Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mlaamirl haa always stood by Nebraska In political matters and it la no more thaa fair that Nebraska should do Missouri a nelrhhorlv turn In the next presidential campaign. Besides, It may be the salva tion of the Kansas City platform. Question ( Consent. Springfield Republican. It ought to be entirely satisfactory to our people that tbe Danish Parliament has made the final ratification of tbe treaty providing for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States, contingent upon the consent of the Inhabitants of the islands. ART OF KEEPING STILU Good Poller for Lenders In War and Polities. Army and Navy Journal. Don't talk I That was Grant's rule, and It Is the rule of other leaders who have triumphed In war and politics. There Is safety la silence snd peril in volubility. Polonlus gave priceless counsel when he warned hla son to give all men his ear, but his thought no tongue. The principle Is s wise one to follow In any vocation, and Its value in the military profession la so great that it might properly be printed In let ters of red In the army regulations. For, unfortunately, there are signs in various quarters that this wholesome rule has been violated in several Instances, with present or prospective embarrassment to Individual officers and to the detriment of the serv ice In general. It la needless to particu larise. Tbe personal equation may be set aside altogether. Our observations are en tirely general In character Yet It is no toriously true that officers both her and in the Philippines have in voluntary ut terances, either spoken or written, re. fleeted ungenerously upon their brethren In arms. This Is unprofessional, unwise, un just and subversive of discipline. Of course, every officer has a right to his own opinions, but experience ha shown that the tighter he hold them until called for the better. The art of keeping still is on of the prime essentials of a soldier's training, and If from present dissensions those concerned derive a broader uaderetandtng of the mill tary value of sllenc It will be worth more cient corps of fifteen teachers. The Ne braska Central college, the state educa tional Institution of tbe Friends' church. Is located here and ha attracted to the city and vicinity a considerable colony of Quakers, a quiet, substantial citizenship that any city might be glad to welcome. There are seven churches, representing the leading denominations, which are sup ported by strong and active congregations. Central City has no saloons. Old Lone Tree (now Central City) was one of the historic places of Nebraska. It was a stage station back In tbe '5us and a noted place on the overland trail, known from one end of the country to the other. Later, when the town became conspicuous on account of Us numerous and beautiful shade trees, tbe citizens realized the Incon gruity of the name and it wss changed to , Central City, on account of its location upon almost the exact geographical center of the United States. Columbus and Kear ney each make similar claim, but we settle the dispute by splitting the differ ence and locating the center at Central City. The town has never been boomed, has no state Institutions, nor Is It nursed or nurtured by any railroad company. It Is the trade center of a rich territory and lta growth haa always been steady and substantial. Central City Is Independent and has no fears for the future; we wel come good citizens who locate here, but we are not giving any premiums to induce people to come. It Is the prettiest town in the state and there Is not a better com munity of people under the shining sun. C. S. BEARD. BITS OF WASHINGTOX MFC. Scenes and Incidents OlnrrTf d at the National Capital. A correspondent of the New York Sun throws a cruel harpoon into one of the cherished political traditions of our day by showing that the United States senate is ot as rich a body of men as la generally supposed. It does not come up to Its reputation as a Millionaires' club. Ac cording to statements ot individual sena tors, repeated by the correspondent, only eighteen of the eighty-eight senators are worth $1,000,000 or more. Here is an even dozen of tbe eighteen with their wealth set out In plain figures: William A. Clark, Montana $25,OPO,WO Thomas Kearns, Utah lO.OfW.OPO John Kean, New Jersey 4.0W,KH) Jamea McMillan, Michigan o.OOO.nrio B. B. Elkins, West Virginia 4.onn,noo John Dryden, New Jersey B.oon.nuo Redfleld Proctor, Vermont 3,noo.0"0 George P. Wetmore, Rhode Island 2.tmo,X Nelson W. Aldrieh. Rhode Uland.. 2.000.M) Marcus A. Hanna, Ohio 2."H).nuo Chauncey M. Depew, .New York.... 2.0jo.n.m Eugene Hale, Maine l.OOO.OvO Now that la not a very formidable list. It lumbers only twelve and the aggregate of the estimated fortunes Is only G5,000,000. There are five or six names that perhaps should be added of senators who. If the facts were known, might be able to squeeze just within the $1,000,000 mark, such sena tors aa J. B. Foraker of Ohio, Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana, Thomas R. Bard of Califernia. A. O. Foster of Washington and J. H. Millard of Nebraska. A local dealer In firearms, says the Washington Post, has sent out to members of the house notice that he has one of the finest lamlsated steel double-barreled shot guns ever made in the United States, hav ing rebounding hammers, French walnut stock and all the other requisites for a fine weapon. Delegate Rodey of New Mexico received one of those letters. "I have framed in my mind," said he, "a reply something like this: "There Is a fatality about life that brings all things opportunely to those who wait, hence your gun circular came In my mall this morning. Hon. Francis W. CuBh man Is not the only member of congress who would like to go gunning for the mak ers and enforcers of the house rules. I am one of the delegates who have waited for more than two months to have our 'privil eged report' on the admission of the terri tories to the union ferment Into a hearing and therefore my patience Is exhausted. If there Is any one thing more than another that I have been wanting and am yearning for It ia 'what Is said to be the finest laminated steel double-barreled shotgun ever made In the United States, No. 12 bore, weight 7V4 pounds, with outside rebounding hammers, French walnut stock, skeleton butt-plate and finished In the finest style,' together with 'a case, trunk style and re loading tools, making a complete outfit, that will be aold at half cost.' "If my courage does not fall me, I will come down and see It one of these days." "Speaking of Justice, as she Is meted out In the territories." said Senator Clark of Wyoming the other day to a representa tive of the Washington Times, "reminds me of an exoertence I had while I was j prosecuting attornev out In Wyoming be fore we were admitted to statehood, and it was with the chief iuctlre of the ter- I ritory, too. A man who was the proprietor of a saloon and a gambling house got drunk one night and unon aolns- home with a lag attacked hla wife with a bowie knife. He slashed ber up badly and threw her out of doors when the thermometer was 15 de gree below zero. "I prosecuted blm for assault and at temDted murder. When the case came be fore the chief justice he coolly Informed me that I should have brought a case sim ply for assault before a Justice of the neace and not bothered the court of tho territory with such a case. "Well. I was verv anrrv. Here was a scoundrel turned loose at a time when we were trving to establish law and order In the territory and doing our utmost to re deem It from lawlessness and crime. "I left the court, and shortly afterward the chief Justice railed upon me at my office and I ordered him out Into the street. I meet him occasionally In Washington, but we never neak aa we naas by." "The senate Is the sreatest legislative body In the world." said Senator Cockrell addressing Mr. Spooner upon a bill that was being considered. "Oh, no," replied Mr. .Spooner. "This ia not the greatest legislative body in the world. It la onlv a part of one of the greatest legislative bodies, but I will not dispute that It Is the greatest part. In fact," added Mr. Spooner. smiling, "I think w all admit that fact." The honorable justices of the supreme court ar extremely exacting regarding the way In which the brief of lawyers are prepared tor them. All briefs must be printed. Tbe court has carefully prescribed the else of Iype, I b width of the spaclus and the kind ot paper. The printing of briefs on glazed paper la absolutely pro hibited. The member ot tbe court read these pamphlets for hours at a time and glazed paper is very hard on their eyes, as it reflects the light. Therefore they Insist that all briefs be printed on rough paper of a certain tint Tbe size of tbe pamphlets 1 also carefully prescribed. Upon the mantel of the fireplace of the office of the supreme court ia a great pile o'. briefs which have been refused by the justices because they did not come up to tbe requirements la tn matter or printing Th lawyers In these case were Informed A Good Friend Don't take Ayer's Sarsa parilla if you are well. Don't take it simply because you are sick. Take it for what the doctors recommend it and you will like it, be come fond it, for it gives health, strength, vigor. "I suffered terribly for twelve years. The doctors said my blood was al turning to water. I then tried Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and soon my health was fully restored." Mrs. J. . Fiala, lladlymo. Conn, 7 Sl-H. Ansreitlitt, that they had not observed court rules and thnt they would have to have their argu ments reprinted If they wished the court to consider them. The brief that are of larger size than the rules of the court provide are sent to a bookbinder and cut down if their margins will permit: other wise they have to Be reprinted. The justices also absolutely refuse to read docu ments written In long hand. Typewritten matter is barred except In special cases. "Crum," said ex-Speaker Reed, who is in Washington to argue a case before the supreme court, to Representative Crum parker of Indiana, "I understand you are hammering at my rules." "Yes," replied Crumpacker, "I am taking hack at them." "Crum," the big ex-speaker said, reprov ingly, "who are you that you should trifle with tbe productions of genius?" PKHSONAL, NOTES. Sylvester C. Casney, the veteran engineer of the Boston & Maine railroad, Monday observed the fifty-second anniversary of his employment on the road by running his reg ular trains. General Drummond, an old resident of Guatemala, says of Godfrey Hunter that he was so unpopular aa United States minister that when he gave his last reception only six Chinamen and a Pole attended. President Roosevelt was one of the first contributors to the fund for erecting a monument to Mrs. Rebecca Salome Foster, known as the "Tombs Angel," who lost her life In the recent fire In the Park Avenue hotel, New York. Lord Kelvin favors the general adoption of the metric system. He said before the house committee on coinage, weights and measures that 90 per cent of the people who had ever given the matter any thought were In favor of the change and the other 10 per cent he characterized as "stupidly Ignorant." rrof. Henry W. Farnham of Yale has pre sented to the University of Georgia a num ber of revolutionary documents belonging to bis ancestor, Abraham Baldwin, a cele brated Georgia statesman, lacludlng a speech delivered by Mr. Baldwin In Savan nah In 1785 outlining tbe proposed Uni versity of Georgia. A department official In Washington says that a few days ago he gave a job paying ti a day to an old man who was a millionaire but a few years ago. The old gentleman at tended tbe national republican convention at Minneapolis In his special car. Senators who were his guests on that trip secured the humble place for him. This Is how a bellboy In a Washington hotel described Governor Jefferson Davis of Arkansas: "He's a large gentleman, with a light Prince Albert suit, a big white bat and a gold-headed cane. Ain't nobody In Washington that looks like him. You can't miss him, euh." And the description ex actly fits tbe man of historic name. Congressman Frank D." Currier of New Hampshire urges that congress should ap propriate money for a statue to Paul Jones. 'Many persons think." says Mr. Currier, 'that Jones was a rough privateer. Noth ing could be further from truth. He was a gentleman to his finger tips. No abler, braver, more patriotic, brilliant, devoted and unselfish man ever sailed or fought a ship." The late Dr. Charles A. Phelps of Boston came near being the last aurvlvor of the peculiar "Know-Nothing" era in Massa chusetts. He was . one or the original Know-Nothing" leaders. He later be came presiding officer. In turn, of both branches of the legislature and acquired an Importance In polltlrs which resulted In giving him office under the republican na tional administration. "Let the GOLD DUST Slave if you will, but housework easy, use It makes home brighter Made only by THE N. K. Chicago. Maw York. Boston, St. Da M AT, MM m, 11 II II sT M -If X C AVER CO., Lowell, Man. CHEERY 11IAKF. Philadelphia Catholic Standard: "Isn't it silly for a woman to rrter to her new hat as a 'duck of a bonnet?' " "That's appropriate enough. A duck b is a pretty big bill attached to it, you know." Judge: "What cured him of gambling?" "An unfortunate speculation In the sugar market." "Then if ho Is sugar cured he ought to stay cured." Cleveland Plain Denier: "I see that Mav Yohe' pet name for Captain Putnam Iiracllre la 'Putty' " "Putty soft, lHn't it?" Haltlmore American: "After all," com mented the unhappy customer, "business Is largely a game of chance." "Yes," agreed the pleasant butcher. "Mont of the time wo are playing for high steaks." Philadelphia Press: Clerk Well, I'm tired. I've been working for all I'm worth today. Don't 1 lobk it? Kmployer Well, yes, you certainly do look like 30 cents. Washington 8tar: "Worryln'," said Undo Kben. "doesn t do so much halim ef you makes sure to worry 'bout sumpin' worth while." Chicago Post: The boy looked up from his book, puzzled. "What b a dyspeptic, fathor?" he asked. "A dyspeptic, my boy," was the reply, "Is a man with a hypercritical stomach." New York Sun: Teacher What was the forerunner of wireless telegraphy? Scholar The wink. Chicago Tribune.: "They used to say," observed the professor, " 'In vino Veritas," but they have Improved on that In the Philippines. When they want to get at the truth they till a man with water." THE HEATHEN t'HIVEE. Famous Poem of the Late Bret Harte. Which I wish to remark And my language ia plain That for ways that are dark. And for tricks that are vain. The heathen Chinee in pecullaiV Which the same I would rise to explain. . Ah Sin was bis name. And I shall not deny In regard to the same t What that name might lmplv, But his smile It wan pensive arid childlike. As I frequently remarked to Bill Nye. It was August the third And quite soft was the skies, Which it might be inferred That Ah Hin was likewise; Yet he played It that day upon William And me In a way I despise. Which we had a small game, And Ah Sin took a hand; It was euchre. The same He did not underatand; But he emlled as he sat by the table. With a emlle thut wutt childlike and bland. Yet the cards they were Blocked In a way that I grieve. And my feelings were shocked At the state of Nye's sleeve, Which was stuffed full of aces and bowers. And the same with Intent to deceive. But thi hands that wero played Hy that heathen Chinee, And the polnta that he made Were quite frightful to see Till at last he put down a right bower, Which the same Nye had deal unto me. Then I looked up at Nyo, And he gazed upon me; And he rose with a sigh, And said, "Can this be? We are ruined by Chinee cheap labor," And he went for that heathen Chinee. In the scene that ensued I did not take a hand. But the floor it was strewed Like the leaves on the strand, With the cards that Ah Bin had been hid ing, In the game he "did not understand." In his sleeves, which were long, He had twenty-four pucka . . Which was coming it strong, Yet I state but the farts; And we found on hla ualU, whloh were taper, What frequent In tapers that's wax. Which Is why I remark. And my language is plain. That for ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain. The heathen Chinee is peculiar. Which the same I am free to maintain. twins do your work." if you perfer to make and care lighter. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Louis. Makers oi OVAL FAIRY SOAP. tbaa the cost. t