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M. U. liu NGATE,
Notary Public.
Trust Smasher Smyth Is again a sacrl-
flee to harmony; but he's getting used
XO It.
Bryan's eloquence Is of some service.
It saved him from being a sacrifice on
the fusion altar.
Twenty hours of deadlock didn't pre
vent the populists from coming to the
democratic terms.
Empty seats are of no consequence at
fusion conventions. Delegates are Toted
.whether they are present or not
If college students persist' In seeking
sound bodies through work as section
lianas, me "jerry may yet become a
social ornament as well as an Industrial
necessity. ' '
Bryan wasn't the issue at Grand
Island. It was pie, and the democrats
captured the chance. It's a mighty for
lorn hope, however, the "Little Giant'
has been called to lead.
The life of a hobo Is certainly a hard
one In Kansas and Nebraska these days.
Food Is plenty, but so is work, and to
secure the first he must do the latter.
These are certainly evil days for the
professional tramp and the professional
agitator.
. Fusion in Kansas has resulted in con
fusion. Old line populists of the Sun
flower state announce their intention of
Toting the republican ticket Instead of
supporting the hybrid affair headed by a
democrat. Quite likely Nebraska popu
lists will find the needs of their case will
b met by the Kansas solution.
Missouri republicans have added their
enthusiastic endorsement of President
Roosevelt to the swelling list of similar
testimonials. State after state is wheel-
log Into line behind the president, as
fast as conventions are held. This un
broken republican front presents little of
encouragement to the opposition.
The railroads of Nebraska claim to
pay 15.4 per cent of the entire taxes of
the state. By rights they should pay
M least 25 per cent. Their market
value, at the lowest estimate, exceeds
1300,000,000. Appraised at one-sixth
that amount, they are worth 150,000,000
for taxation purposes, but they have
seen returned for only' 126,500,000.
How will the populist delegates ex
plain to their constituents the capitula
tion at Grand Island? That lgnominl-
Sua surrender to the minority faction of
Ihe fusion combine is not likely to proe
latlsfactory to populists from principle,
ana certainly win not suit those who
are populists for revenue only. The
democrats may be relied on to monopo-
Use the pie.
JNebraskas weather may not be all
that finicky persons would wish, but
compared with the brand being served
out in other states It t.eems excellent.
Colorado Is sweltering in the embrace of
t hot wave, while Michigan is having a
inowstorm. Indiana is entertaining tor-
Dadoes and Iowa and South Dakota are
luffertng from wind and rain, while Ne
braska enjoys June weather as near per
fect as it can be made.
It might aid in arriving at a Just as
sessment if the county commissioners
were to Investigate the packing house
ind stock yards values for themselves.
The returns made by the ounty assess
ors for the five packing bouses are
ridiculous, and the compromise offered
Is equally ' so. Figures on the stock
rsrds have not yet been made put 'lie.
bat the value of the plant can easily be
ascertained. It is anfalr to go after the
public service corporations alone and let
U yrlvate corporations escape
THAT STARTLIXQ CUTIDITIOlf.
Accord.ln.jr to the rnllroBd tsx btiirsii,
"the
moat startling; condition of af
fair prevail" In Nebraska that ought
to bo remedied without delay." The
thing that startles the tax bureau figure
Jugglers In the discrepancy between the
returns of the census enumerators of
Ifssi and the precinct nRPcssors of the
name year. vte are told that the een
mm enumerators have returned 22(1,044
more horxe, 1,050,8.1.'$ more cattle, 17,034
more mules, H.",-r4 more sheep and
2,4(511,031 more hogs than were returned
by the asnesNors.
We concede that this Is very startling.
but not much more so than was the
discrepancy of over 40,000 between the
real jmpulatlon of Omaha and the popu
lation returned by the census takers of
1!K). As a matter of fact, the census
taker bos big eyes and often sees
double. He Is not over-particular and
often tries to fill out space by guessing
when he cannot' get correct Informa
tion. When . the census enumerators
look at a herd of cattle or Inspect a
drove of hogs or sheep they mentally
figure out how many there might be,
but when the assessor comes to check
up the figures guessed at by the enum
erator he tinds that they were far from
correct.
Another reason for the discrepancy
may be that the enumerators and the
assessors did not take the census at
the same time. The assessors did their
work In April and the enumerators did
not begin until June or July. Hun
dreds of thousands of cattle, hogs and
sheep might have been and doubtless
had been slaughtered or exported.
Assume, however, that the startling
condition of affairs which the railroad
tax bureau has discovered was abso
lutely true, bow does that justify the
failure of the railroad assessors to take
into consideration the value of the fran
chises of the Nebraska railroads in mak
ing their assessments? These fran
chises are worth over $200,000,000. and
no amount of pettifogging can hoodwink
the people Into believing that "they
should not be considered part of the
assessable property of the railroads.
The startling discovery that millions
of money invested In bonds, stocks and
mortgages or deposited In banka fail to
be returned for taxation through the
precinct assessors affords by no means a
Justification for the undervaluation of
railroad property. Lands, lots, mills.
factories, business blocks and residences
are all returned for taxation, whether
the money lenders, mortgage holders or
stock speculators make returns or not.
There is no way for visible property
to escape the tax gatherer. ' Why
should not the railroads be taxed in
proportion to the value of their prop
erty? For the past eight years prop
erty In town lots and the improvements
in the cities have earned little or no
Income for their owners. Much of the
town property has been absolutely con
fiscated by taxes, but yet the owners
had to submit gracefully, because that
is the law. The railroads, on the other
hand, have been prosperous and enor
mously productive. They have doubled,
trebled and even 'quadrupled in value
within the past three years, but their
assessment in this city Is lower by sev
eral millions than it was ten years ago.
Surely this is a startling condition of
affairs that ought to be remedied with
out delay.
OPTLOOIC rOH DKMOCRATIC UNITY.
The speech of Mr. Cleveland in the
Interest of democratic unity does not
appear to have made much of an im
presslon upon the party In the direction
Intended. It has been much discussed
by democrats in Washington and so far
as they have publicly expressed them
selves there is no indication that the
speech has met with general favor.
There are some, of course, who accept
it aa wise and sound counsel, but the
majority of democratic representatives
are not satisfied with the utterances of
the ex-president. PerhapB the prevail
ing view has been best expressed by
Henry Watterson, whose comment on
Mr. Cleveland's speech was a caustic
arraignment of the ex-president's record.
The Washington correspondent of the
Springfield Republican finds some evi
dences that the much-hoped-for demo
cratic unity may fall when put to the
test He says that the disposition of
Borne southern democrats to insist upon
even a general endorsement of the plat
forms of 1890 and 1000 is an unpromis
ing omen for the future. It is true there
is a growth of feeling even among the
southern democrats that Bryanlsm has
been carried far enough, but as yet
this Is far from being so pronounced
as to warrant confidence that the de
mocracy can be harmonized before the
next national campaign, at least in the
way advised by Mr. Cleveland, who
In his characteristic way gave the
Bryanltes some pretty sharp slaps. This
their leader did not fail to take notice
of and what he has said in reply abun-
dantly shows that whatever political in
flucnoe he still possesses is to be exerted
with all possible vigor to defeat the
reorganization movement There Is no
doubt that Bryanlsm has very consid
erably declined and there is good reason
to expect that it will continue to lose
ground, yet It Is still a force to be reck
oned with, as Mr. Cleveland and the
other reorganizers will find. It Is the
aggressive, fighting element of the party
and is not to be easily vanquished.
The difficulties In the way of harmo
nizing the democracy are so great, so
nearly Insuperable, that it is hardly
possible the task can be accomplished
within the next two years. The an
tagonistic factions are as bitter, or even
more bitter, toward each other than
either is toward the republican party.
How is it possible to bring together
the Clevelundltes and the Bryanltes?
How shall the democrats who believe
with the ex-piesldtut thst the party
should be "relieved from the burden of
Issues which have been killed by the
decrees of the American people" be In
duced to harmonise with those who
raised those issues and Insist upon ad
hiring to them? Cleveland and Hill
could meet anil exchange apparently
cordial greetings, but Bryan did not
even condescend to acknowledge "the In
vitation to meet these democrats. The
advocates of reorganization will continue
their efforts and may make some prog
ress, but the unity they desire Is from
all . present indications far In the fu
ture. CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
It appears highly probable that there
will be no action by congress at this ses
sion in regard to Cuban reciprocity and
that the matter will be left In the hands
of the president to negotiate a treaty,
which may be sent either to an extra
session of the senate or await action at
tho regular session. There seems to be
no prosect of the republican factions in
the senate getting together on this ques
tion, and If they do not it is said to be
reasonably certain that the president
will exercise his authority under the
treaty-making provlBlou of the constitu
tion and negotiate a treaty with the gov
ernment of Cuba for reciprocal exchange
of products. Having done this ho might
call a special session of the senate to
pass upon the treaty.
All statements coming from Washing
ton in regard to this matter are to the
effect that the president has not abated
his strong convictions as to the duty of
the government to do something for the
assistance of Cuba industrially and com
mercially and will continue to make
every effort to bring this about He has
certainly had strong encouragement to
adhere to this position In the declara
tions of republican state conventions.
A. FAM PROPOSITION.
Referring to the repeated proposition
of the anthracite coal miners to arbi
trate all questions in dispute and if their
position Is declared untenable they will
return to the mines and resume work,
the Cleveland Leader remarks that noth
ing could be fairer, more temperate or
more convincing of the righteousness of
the miners cause. That paper argues
that men do not take such a position
when they are striving for a little more
than $300 a year as pay for work in
mines, unless they know their case needs
only a hearing and a Just decision.
The Leader declares that the position
of the president of the mine workers'
union is unanswerable by any men who
refuse to submit their cause to an Im
partial tribunal and says that under such
conditions the coal companies must ar
bitrate or stand condemned for mean
ness, greed and injustice before the bar
of public opinion. "They must meet
President Mitchell half way or feel the
weight of national contempt and disgust
Nor is it the only sentiment which they
will have to encounter. If they stand
obstinately against any concession or
arbitration, refusing to submit their
cause to an impartial court, they will
surely be held accountable for whatever
evils may result to the country at large."
The operatprs have absolutely rejected
arbitration, showing in this an utter in
difference to the public lr'erests, and it
is time that public sentiment regarding
their course was given the most vigorous
expression. Their refusal to arbitrate,
if not a confession that they fear the
result would be adverse to them, is to be
explained only on the ground that to
submit the dispute to arbitration would
involve recognition of the union and
they are bent on destroying that organ
ization. With that attitude the great ma
jority of the public can have no sym
pathy under existing conditions. Had
the miners refused to arbitrate popular
feeling regarding their case would be
different but having attested their con
fidence In the Justice and reasonableness
of their demands by proposing arbitra
tion and agreeing to return to work if
the verdict should be against them, pub
lic sentiment is very largely on the side
of the miners.
According to the returns made by the
census of 1000. the five packing houses
at South Omaha have invested a total
of $15,635,418, which is divided as fol
lows:
Land
Building
Machinery j
Cash and sundries
774.209
8,839,028
1.225.869
9,796,312
Total U5.635.418
at this total $5,839,100 is represented
by land, buildings and machinery, real
estate in the fullest sense of the word,
but the assessor for Douglas county re
turns this property for taxation pur
noses at $05,114. The tax representa
tive of the packers offers to compromise
with the county on $J62.331. as Deing
one-sixth of the fair valuation of pack
i, nlanta. Without considering the
nearly $10,000,000 of "cash and sundries"
returned by the census, one-sixm oi me
fair valuation of the real estate of the
five packing plants amounts to $973,184,
or more than three and one-half times
the figure at which the packers oner
to compromise. And the "cash and
sundries" still have a taxable value.
pasa In tb Ulacoant.
St Loula Globe-Democrat.
saeratarv Root states the cost of the war
In the Philippines to be 1170,000.000. The
democratic editors who havs placed it at
tsAA iw nan will clease notice and allow
the discount.
The Ulad Hand Awaits.
Washington Post.
President Roosevelt la accepting a great
many Invitations from the western munici-
nalltles. His second edition oi me van
ning of the West" is evidently going to be
an exhaustive affair.
Provocation and Heanlta.
Chicago Tribune.
Lincoln Monday of Knoxvllle, Tenn., waa
a member of the Ninth United Btates in
fantry and served in the Philippines. Four
en made insulting remarks aDoui iu
army and now on of them Is dead and the
other three are dying.
Strlk Losaea Una Million a Day.
Philadelphia Record.
The coat of the coal atrlke at a close
estimate of money loss in wages to the
miners, loss of profits to the owners of
the mines and cariiers and loses Incurred
by consumers and related Industries, Is
11.000,000 for every work day. If It were
possible to apportion the loss between the
active parties in dispute no doubt they
would be soon ready to agree upon terms,
but It Is known at the outstart that the
bulk at leas will fall upon innocent and
helpless third parties and the suffering thus
Inflicted la counted upon aa an element of
pressure In bringing about an ultimate ad
justment. Tne remedy by which the masses
may be protected against warring combina
tions or warring classes remains yet to be
devised.
Aartent, bat Effective.
Chicago Chronicle.
Observant people will be disposed to
doubt the re porta of anarchist plots against
the life of King Edward. It Invariably
happens that when royalty Is about to be
placed on public exhibition the police dis
cover a sanguinary plot. In this way the
police establish a great reputation for leal
and vigilance while royalty enjoys re
doubted demonstrations of loyalty and en
thusiasm at the hands of Its subjects. The
device la so old that it might seem stale,
but it continues to be as effective as ever.
lowa'a Grade of Colonels,
New Tork Tribune.
The State Association of Auctioneers In
Iowa Is said to have decided that no person
devoted to that loquacious and vociferous
calling has a Just claim to be addressed
as Colonel until after he has entreated bids
at a thousand sales or more. In pome other
states of the Union the title of colonel Is
like the quality of mercy, and Is not
strained by an association of auctioneer!
or any other board of revision, but dropeth,
as the gentle rain from heaven, upon the
man beneath; it also resembles the gentle
rain in that it falls alike upon the Just
and the unjust. ,
Meat and Masele.
Chicago Chronicle.
At a recent pedestrian contest a vege
tarian won in the international match from
Berlin to Dresden.
The distance is 125 miles. The winner
walked it in a little more than twenty
seven hours. Hla competitor, a meat eater,
fell behind an hour and forty-five minutes.
The vegetarian has also beaten the famous
run of the Greek from Marathon to Athens,
who covered 140 mites in twenty-seven
hours.
While proof is still lacking that an ex
clusive vegetarian diet is the best muscle
maker, data are accumulating which show
that meat is not indispensable and that
health may be promoted by diminishing its
consumption. -
The Greeks, who were in their golden
age the most graceful as well as the most
stalwart athletes, ate little meat.
While the federal court enables the
American beef combine to keep up the
price of beef, Americans can better afford
to experiment with a vegetable diet as a
muscle maker.
PLAIX STATEMENT OF FACT.
Nothing- to Arbitrate in the Alaakav
Boundary Question.
New York World.
Concerning the Alaska boundary, Sir Wil
frid Lau: ler, the Canadian premier, says:
"We are perfectly willing to submit the
question to arbitration, but so long, of
course, as the United States maintains that
there is nothing to arbitrate, the menace
of open conflict on the disputed ground
must continue to exist."
The only "question" is the question
whether the RuBu-Brltith treaty of 1825
means what it says.. It states that the line
shall "ascend the Portland channel" to the
fifty-sixth parallel, shall thence run along
the summit of the mountains, "parallel to
the coast" to 141 west longitude, and then
follow that meridian to the "Frozen ocean,"
but wherever the mountain summits are
more than ten marine leagues from the
coast the boundary. In the treaty's exact
words, "shall be formed by a line parallel
to the 'sinuosities'.; of the coast, and which
shall never exceed... the distance of ten
marine leagues . therefrom."
"hat is the boundary we bought from
Russia In 1867. There was no "question"
then or for years afterward. Every map,
British, Continental, Canadian and Ameri
can, agred practically upon the boundary.
Even the British admiralty chart for the
use of the royal navy, corrected up to April,
1898, showed the true boundary. After
the Klondike was discovered Great Britain
took up the Canadian claim to land within
the thirty-mile strip. t
That the United States has "nothing to
arbitrate" la not a "menace of open con
flict," but a statement of fact. If Canadian
officials should Invade Vermont, open a cus
tom house at Burlington and argue their
right to the northern half of the state, we
should reply that, we had nothing to
arbitrate, but would that reply, or the in
vaslon that provoked it, be the real act of
aggression?
ORIGIN OF A QUARREL.
Why President Cleveland nnd Editor
Watterson Fell Ont.
J, B. McCormlck, a well known corre
spondent who writes under the pen name
"Macon," gives the following account of
the origin of the coolness between Henry
Watterson and Grover Cleveland:
"It is well within the memory of middle
aged men when Grover Cleveland was
president of the United States and Henry
Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
was one of his chief friends
and advisers, and not, as be now is, one of
his severest critics. In those days Mr.
Watterson waa persona grata at the White
House and lta frequent visitor. In one of
these visits President Cleveland, who could
not spare the time himself from his offi
cial duties, requested' the editor to escort
Mrs. Cleveland to the theater. Mr. Wat
terson gladly compiled. The star was
Clara Morris, and the president's wife waa
delighted with her performance, so much
so that she expressed a strong desire to
meet the actress That is easily enough
arranged,' aald Mr. Watterson. 'She and
I are old friends; I'll send her a note and
tell her of your wish. She will be de
lighted to meet you.'
"Accordingly, the note was written and
dispatched to Miss Morris by one of the
ushers. In a few minutes it was answered
as Mr. Watterson had anticipated, and at
the end of the act the editor escorted Mrs.
Cleveland behind the scenes and Into Miss
Morris' dressing room, where he intro
duced the first lady of the land and the
emotional sctreas. Of course. Miss Morris
treated Mrs. Cleveland with the greatest
consideration. After the performance Mr.
Watterson escorted Mrs. Cleveland back to
the White House. 'Oh, Grover,' exclaimed
Mrs. "Cleveland, 'I have had a delightful
time. I not only saw Miss Morris act, but
I met her personally, and found her
charming lady.' The information was not
as pleasant to the president as his spouse
expected. On the contrary, his brow
clouded, and, turning to Mr. Watterson he
said. In tones of anger: 'When I confided
my wife to your care I expected you to
give her all the protection that your age
and experience would call tor. If my wife
desired to meet Miss Morris you had
private box, and you certainly could havs
had them brought together in it. You
should not havs taken Mrs. Cleveland be
bind the scenes and into the actress1
dressing room. Such a proceeding was un
dignified, and not tha protection I had the
right to expect you to give her. You
should not have gratified what was more
the prank of a achool girl than the be
havior of the first lady of the land, and
you should have protected her agalnat her
own folly.'
"There was mors said by the president of
the same tenor. I had this story from
Mr. Watterson's own lips. This was one of
the first causes of the break In the friend'
ship which up to that time had existed be
tween the president sad the editor.. Now
t u doubtful it It will ever be restored."
HARMOIT An HARrOCWKH.
Philadelphia Press: It la bsrdly worth
while for Brysn to tire himself out throw
ing things at David B. Hill. Hill is too ex
perienced a dodger to let anything hit him.
Indianapolis News: Every democratic
leader professes to want harmony, but he
continues to toot his own horn In utter dis
regard of the other members of the band.
Chicago Tribune: Grover Cleveland's
ponderous phrases have a way of persisting.
nevertheless. It will take Editor Bryan a
long time to get out of that "shadow of
predestined defeat."
Washington Post: Mr. Cleveland's speech
was singularly free from platitudes and he
Idn't make the mistake of talking too long.
Happy is the orator who has something to
aay and knows how to say It without re
peating himself.
Chicago Post: By the way, Mr. Bryan does
not tell us what he would do for the sake of
harmony, what sacrifices he would make
nd what position he would recommend as
the middle ground. It Is the story of the
mote and the beam again.
Indianapolis Journal: Mr. Bryan may frad
crumb of comfort In the fact that the
Maine democracy has endorsed "the last
democratic national platform," but, then,
the Maine democracy Is a feeble folk and
neve' knows what It is doing.
Kansas City Journal: However, the dem
ocratic party is not obliged to follow either
Cleveland or Bryan. As leaders they are
both has-beens. Both brought it disaster
Cleveland with his administration and
Bryan with his platform. It would do well
to look up a new Moses not recommended
by either.
Baltimore American: With the leading
democratlo politicians of Illinois calling
each other "plnheads and boodlers," with
Tom L. Johnson demanding a s-cent plank
in the platform, with Editor Watterson dis
covering a new chasm every day and with
Editor Bryan sulking in his pressroom It
oca not appear that the democratlo har
mony dinner Improved the dyspeptic condi
tion of that party.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Among the speakers announced at the
Big 8tone Lake, Minn- Chautauqua are Mrs.
Carrie Nation, William J. Bryan and Lieu
tenant Commander Richmond P. Hobsori.
Emperor William's recent speeches Indi
cate that he is of one mind with the late
General Israel Putnam: "Trust in Provi
dence snd keep your powder dry."
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has asked
the house to appropriate $10,000 for the
purchase of the late Hermann Strecker's
collection of butterflies snd moths for the
Smithsonian Institution.
Rear Admiral Clark, who will always be
referred to ss "of the Oregon," denies the
published report that he Intends to resign.
He is perfectly satisfied with his present
billet at the naval home at Philadelphia.
Mayor McNamee of Cambridge, Mass.,
told the scholars at Webster Grammar
school tha other day that he hoped none
of the boys would ever become a mayor
and none of the girls the wife of a mayor.
He said he could wish them no greater in
jury than that any of the boys should be
come a democratic mayor of a republican
clly.
Thomas W. Lawson of Massachusetts does
not let his Interest In the possibly less
practical things of life stop with yachts.
He has placed a chime of ten bells on an
observatory tower at Scituate. The bells
will be rung for the first time next Sunday.
The tower Itself Is a landmark for mariners
making for Boston harbor from the south
ward.
Francis Murphy, the famous temperance
apostle, has become a resident of Cali
fornia. He has a beautiful home and Is in
a position to enjoy, the rest he so richly
deserves. But that he has not quit fight
ing the drink traffic is shown by an ac
count of one of bis meetings printed in
the Santa Barbara Independent and an ap
preciation by Rev. B. E. Newton In tlte
same newspaper.
Colonel Arthur Lynch, who Is fighting In
the London courts for his seat in Parlia
ment as member from Galway, la a native
of Smythesdale, one of the numerous
smaller gold fields In the vicinity of the
famous Ballarat. His father held for many
years the post of registrar at Smythesdale
under the mining department of Victoria.
At the -University of Melbourne he took
the degree of M. A. and C. E. He practiced
in Australia as an engineer for some time
and then transferred himself to London,
where he became an author and Journalist.
FAREWELL TO WAR TAXES.
Ease with Which the Nation Bore
the Extra Bnrden.
(Philadelphia Record.)
War revenue taxation has but few days
mnra nf statutory existence, except as to
the tea tax. which will be lmpoaed, for
trade reasons, until January l next, me
n.rial tax on "bucket shops" and trans-
irtinni bv bucket shoD methods has been
retained, not for lta revenue-producing
quality, but rather as sn expression oi
legislative disfavor. This tax has bad no
effect upon the current of small specula
tion. The bucket snops pay u, ana
flourish the while like green bay trees.
neither regulates nor represses tne busi
ness, but rather fortines ana encourages
it. Mixed flour taxes, and the regulations
accompanying them, also remain unre
pealed, with a broader definition of the
article, designed for the protection oi tne
flour export trade. j
All other provisions of the set or June
13.
1898, and its amendments, except as
excise taxes on fermented liquors snd
to
tobacco, will pass Into disuse on July 1
next. Beer will pay $1 per barrel, aa
under the old law; and the former rates
on manufactures of tobacco, with draw
back of excess tax paid on stock on hand,
will be imposed. The heavy hand of fed
eral taxation. In short, will vex tha business
of the countrv no more until another war
period shall supervene. How marked Is
the difference between the real reduction
and the sham reduction of the act of
March 2, 1901. will be disclosed early in
the coming government year. So smoothly
ran the machinery ana so insiaious ana
indirect were the methods of this device
for raising a war fund that public com
plaint of Its exactions was reduced to a
minimum. Under its operations a vast
surplus revenue flowed Into the public
treasury, tempting congress to Indulge In
schemes of unmeasured extravagance, by
which the national revenues tor years to
come have been practically mortgaged and
standard of profuse and inordinate puo-
rnanilltura established.
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Th abaoluta easa with which the bur
den of temporary heavy war taxes was
borne surprised even tnose optimistic econ
omists who delight in rolling the national
wealth as a sweet morsel under their
tongues. There was no way of measuring
at the outset the ratio or posamie de
mand, so the federal lawmakers took care
to make the additional revenue ample
enough to meet all contingencies. But
their most sanguine estimates were far
outrun by the results of. the first year's
levy, while the sudden termination of hos
tilities with Spain and the complications
of the Filipino revolt only served to ac
r.ntuata tha official tbrlftlness of lega
late
tors who saw In the assurance or peace
ly a pretext for further exactions. So far
annnii condition ox tne nuDiio treas
ury Is concerned, the restoration of the
internal tax system prevailing before the
way might have beea safely accomplished
two wi ago.
ROIXD ABOIT JfEW YORK.
Rlaplea on the Tnrrent of Life In the
Metropolis.
"Bad dreams, good news," is a common
expression which signifies nothing. At
least one New York family, If It enter
tained the nonsense, has, had the notion
banished in s shockingly fatal manner.
Mary Hendrlckson, a 17-year-old girl and a
victim of persistent bad dreams, leaped)
from bed screaming late Saturday night
and fell dead by ber bedside. The Hen
drtrksons said that their daughter bad been
subject to nightmares for a year or more.
She often screamed in her sleep. When
she awoke, however, she waa never able to
tell what she had seen. She simply knew
that something dreadful seemed to happen
to her. Sometimes it would be two or
three days before ahe would recover. Be
cause of the serious effect of nightmares
on the girl she always slept In the same
room with her mother and father. So far
as the parents or any of the household
know, there had been nothing In the course
of the day which might have Induced ex
traordinary dreams at night.
"Aa business extends further uptown,"
says a New. York letter, "It Is a curious
fact that certain downtown quarters, once
the centers of fashionable residences, then
captured, either by business or tenement
houses, are again attracting a population
possessing comfortable Incomes and refined
tastes. Many new apartment houses are
being erected below Twenty-third street,
and It Is possible that churches, which s
few years ago abandoned downtown sites
for uptown, may be forced to move back.
The shifting of population in New York Is
one of its most extraordinary features.
This is most conspicuous in the crowded
East Side, where one year the Poles may
be In command of "a certain street, only to
be replaced by the Italians next year, and
so on. But It is also exhibited in other
parts of the city. The fact Uluatratee the
remarkable changes which take place so
suddenly In New York, changes ao great
that one returning to the city after an
absence of ten years Is astonished to see
how far it has gone out of his recollection.
The changes In the comlDg ten years will
be especially marvelous, on account of the
great public and semi-public works now
going on, such as the subway, the bridges,
the Pennsylvania terminal, the Invasion of
Herald and Longacre squares by trade and
the building of big hotels far from Madison
square."
It was the usual crowd of well-gowned
femininity that filled the car, wending Its
way matineeward. reports the New York
Herald. Every woman at all young or at all
aiming to be fashionable wore a chain of
some sort from which dangled charms of
every kind and description, lockets, heart
shaped and round, small gold or silver
purses, lorgnettes snd watches.
The girl in the smart black costume, with
exquisite sables, appeared to be exempt
from the prevailing mania and therefore
became the mark for the attention of the
observer of details. As the atmosphere of
the car grew warmer ehe slipped the long
fur scarf from her neck, revealing the fact
that so far from being Immune she had
eclipsed all the others in the originality of
her "dangle."
A small gold chain was worn around her
neck and fell half-way to the walet. On H
was a key set with diamonds. It was no
caprice of the Jeweler, but the real article,
an ordinary every-day affair such ss one
wrestles with at the front door.
Now, what was the romance connected
with that very proastc key making it worthy
to be set with diamonds and displayed so
prominently aa a treasured possession? The
sad eyes of the owner had that misty, far
away look of unshed tears. The Parisian
hat failed to hide the pathetic droop of the
graceful head.
Here was a story, surely., v Imagination
conjured a picture of a betrothal rudely
broken by the death of the fiance, the key
treasured as a memento of the many hapr
evenings they had spent together, and the
stolen kisses In the vestibule aa he hesi
tated before opening the door for her. The
somber gown hinted at a loss. The wist
ful eyes and sweet lips accentuated the idea.
Or could the key be that of the vault
where the young man had been entombed?
Could it be? Fancy waxed more and more
grewsome with each new contemplation of
the unusual charm worn by this fair heroine
of modern romance.
At Sixty-fourth street another very smart
young woman boarded the car and, with a
friendly greeting to the girl with the key,
at once opened up a conversation.
"I see yOu are wearing your key," she
began. '
"How shocking unfeeling," thought the
observer.
"Yes," replied she of the pathette eyes.
"I can go out now with a peaceful mind,
knowing that Marie will not be wearing my
frocks. I never could hide it where she
couldn't find It."
8omehow the unshed tears and the pa
tbelc droop weren't so noticeable now.
"Otllile" Oastnaugle, who came to this
country a few days ago in the hope of get
ting employment as a woman servant, is s
man snd now awaits deportation at Ellis
island. "Otllile" will be sent home as a
man, not because be waa found to be one,
but because he was likely to become a pub
lie charge. He says he did not knowingly
deceive. His parents hsd always dresaed
him as s girl snd treated him as a daughter.
He was taught to do housekeeping and later
found work as s woman servant in Saxony.
While washing dishes and scrubbing floors
in his native place a woman employed in the
same household left Saxony for Philadelphia.
She secured a good place and "Otllile" de
cided to follow her.
'Otllile" almost passed the rigid scrutiny
of the government officials without arousing
suspicion. "Otllile" wore a small shawl
Just Before
the Fourth
One week now until July 4th. On that day you will
want to be comfortable and easy in dress, especially if you
are going to sit 'round the yard and shoot fire crackers.
Now, the very thing would be a pair of our Golf Trous
ersthe ?3.50 and $4.00 kind that we are selling at $1.00.
Or a pair of crash or linen ones, at $2.00 and $2.50.
Soft shirts $1.00 up. Belt's 25c and up.
, Everything in fact except shoes for men and boys.
No Clothing Fits Like Ours.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
II. S. WUcox, Manager.
ever This bead ss be walked by the officials.
But when be waa taken before the Board of
Special Inquiry the palm of his hands and
hie fingers armwed the suspicion that he
was a man and the medlral staff was asked
to set all suspicions st rest. The official
cut away the supposed woman's fins blonde
hair, which was worn long and carefully
dressed, and, to further prevent deception,
dressed the Intending emigrant in hla proper
attire.
On the lialf'demollshed wsll of an old
Broadway building sat four workmen the
other afternoon, their feet dangling In air,
while the men were prying bricks from the
wall with the help of steel bars. Below,
on the opposite side of Broadway, stood a
gaping crowd, stopped, probably, by the
sight of the rope strung from each work
man's waist to a point on the fire escapes
of the adjacent building, one or two stories
higher up. So obvious waa the purpose of.
the ropes that a curious foot passenger ex
pected comment upon the rarity of the sight
rather than on the need of the device. In
Just thirty seconds, however, six persona
were heard to explain: "The ropes are to
catch them In case they fall," and nothing
else was said.
Mayor Low of New York has outlined a
plan whereby he constitutes himself the
fountain bead of news concerning municipal
departments. After July 4 It Is his inten
tion to talk to the afternoon newspaper re
porters once a week, on Thursdays, to the
extent of half a column, taking the m'unicl-'
pal departments In rotation and making
publlo all matters of Interest concerning
them and the progress and efficiency of
their work. If he shall find that there is
sufficient public Interest In these half
column talks he will designate two days a
week, Mondays snd Thursdays, the former
for the morning newspaper men, the other
day for the afternoon paper reports, and
continue bis municipal talks.
BREEZY CHAFF.
Chicago Tribune: Editor (In surprise)
Is thla all ynu could get out of that populist
convention?
Reporter (who has Juat handed In hla
copy Yes, sir; all that's fit to print.
Philadelphia Presa: "Did you hear about
Jenkins getting married to a young ac
trrss?" "Yes, and she must be a very young
actress, too." .
"Why?"
"I understand he's her first husband."
Philadelphia .Tress: Hardhead Well,
every man lias a right to his opinion.
Pepprey Qfea, but the trouble is he can't
be made to realize that there- may be a
wrong to It.
New York Sun: First Man (at summer'
resort) Look here, Mr,. are you aware that
I am engaged to that young lady you went
out walking with this morning?
Second Man Well, what of It? So am I.
Detroit Free Press: Clara Shall I write
Cousin Eliza that we think we will come
out to visit her?
Clarence No; the last time we wrote, you
remember, she got away before we arrived i
there.
Chicago Tribune: The baffled villain of I
the play turned frightfully pale.
"I feel," he exclaimed, '' if I were
going to have a tit!"
"All right," said the souhrette, with a
sly wink at the audience. "Oo up to the
roof and have one on the house.
Boston Transcript: Mrs. Able 'Tow Mrs.
Cuttle did run on about the Perkinses!
1 have no patience with a woman who
talks so about other folks.
Mrs. Cain Neither have I; it's perfectly
dlpgustlng! But what Mrs. Cuttle said
about the Perkinses was awfully interest
ing. Washington Star: "Mandy," aald Farmer
Corntossel, ' I don't like to complain, but
the dinners you're glvin" our summer
boarders ain't up to your best."
"Well, Hiram. It's kind o' hard to tell
Jes' what to do. When I was gettln up
all them delicacies some nf the folks come
to me and threatened to leave because .
they wasn't gettln' plain country fare, as
advertised. '
THE IOWA COWBOY, ,,. . ,
John B. Kaye in Boston journal. 1
When the land waa wild and the country
new
And the crop fields only, fenced around, i
When snakes were plenty, and horses few,
And the pastures without mete or bound.
The farmstead cowboy boy Indeed
The youngest worker, and by that grace,
With onlv his own bare feet for steed,
Was a shrewd observer, skilled to trace
The truant cows to their lurking place.
His sight was keen, and the tell-tale track
Of the spotted cow with the broken hoof.
Or the tender-footed heifer's rack,
One light, three heavy, would leave him
proof
In the dust or sod, and point the way
That the grating herd had strayed at will
In its aimless wanderlnga that day;
And lead to the spot where they dallied
still
In some sheltering grove, or beyond the
hill.
If the day were spent and the gloaming fell.
And the breeze stilled down at even-tide, '
Trained was his ear for the leader's bel).
Pulsing the air o'er the country side,
Never mistook he its far-off tone.
Throbbing, sobbing, "Here, out here!"
No clucking cow bell save his own,
Rob as it might, filled hla soul with cheer.
For the sobs to laughter turned on hla ear.
All that wore feathers, down and wings.
He knew their voices, Calls and ways.
Fish of the brook, four-footed things.
Tadpoles, snails, well-digging- craya.
Ants, and tumble-bugs and toads.
Crickets, hnrneU, bats and bees.
He had sought out their abodes
And could tell you the names of all the
trees; .
They Were his chums, were all of these.
Old-time cowboy, long grown gray I
Bounding bronco and buckskin suit
Fringed and mounted In brave array.
With a cartridge belt and a gun to shoot.
Were not the outfit, then, when you
Were In the business. You'd to wear
A wheat-straw hat was the crown burst
through?
A cotton shirt, blue Jeans a pair,
And one suspender to hold 'em there!
Old-time cowboys! rot as. of yore
Comes to your ears the aound of ball.
Telling you of the herd once more,
Yet you may hear a deep-toned knell
Bounding out 'neath a village spire
Now and then, and here and there
Telling lta tale to the sunset's fire.
Leading some brother's spirit where
All the herded Joys of his future are.
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