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Kitchener is borne in time to partici
pate in the coronation after all.
'Aa a presidential retreat Oyster Bay
haa a more euphonious Bound, anyway,
than Buzzard's Bay.
It is greatly to be feared that Arch
bishop Ireland has made himself a per
sens non grata to the great yellow Jour
nals of the country.
Uttle King Alfonso of Spain may not
be equal to all the most refined frum
perles of twentieth century coronating,
but he managed to pull off his modest
Went on schedule time.
That Panama canal will have to prove
clear pedigree before it can be passed
en to Uncle Bam by bill of sale. Uncle
,6am .Is not often caught buying goods
tot up to what they are represented.
Senator Bailey and Senator Tillman
ought to form a team for a double stunip-
apeaklng act, with a pugilistic exhlbl
tlon on the side, if they want to bring
all their versatility Into play for the
campaign.
.President Roosevelt is said to have
Ideas of his awn upon army uniforms.
4s the. president wore the uniform in
the. field himself, he can speak from
personal experience, which Is really "the
thing that counts.
Genera I Kitchener's ovation In Lon
don Illustrates the commanding position
that can be obtained by a military hero
wjto Is not only brilliantly successful
In war, but at the same time an eligible
cn the matrimonial market
-." Some of the women who were pre
pared to outshine one another at the
coronation can now appreciate more
keenly the feeling of a bereaved sister
compelled by unkind fate to go into
mourning just after ordering a ball
gown of the exquisite variety.
For Governor Crane of Massachusetts
ike boast la made that every re com
Emendation made in his annual messages
to the legislature for the last three
years has met with response by enact
pent into law. Governor Crane should
tell the governors of other states how
be manages to do it.
i It Is beginning to dawn upon the
fusion reformers that the Omaha fusion
iteform organ Is again playing into the
Hands of the corporations, just as it
flayed Into the hands of Charley
Moaher, Joe Bartley and their ilk on
former occasions. A few bottles of
railway advertising pap does the DUSl-
peSS.
J' The late ceremony at Seattle in con
Section with the new battleship Ne
braska Included only the laying of the
keel The vessel will have to be
Uonched some c these fine days and
tpen. there will I an opportunity for
Mother oflV.'Ul excu'-slon from Nebraska
to the cout, witVumia! side trips and
topovers.
xln i lectcr at the University of Chi
cago an eminent specialist In poetical
literature declared that it Is impossible
tor men who have to work at manual
ot mental labor to be poets. "Poets
Ctnnot be doers of things," he is credited
with saying. Bow fortunate for the
world that the poets are comparatively
few in number.
Oklahoma authorities are exerting
henjselvea to draw In as settlers for
their territory the greater part of 45,000
Kinlanders said to be beaded for
America to follow agricultural pursuits
Xere. Oklahoma Is pretty far south
Jot people accustomed to a Finland
jciimate, Nebraska and the Dakotss
ought to offer them superior attractions.
TIME FOB DECISIVE ACTIOS.
The condition of affairs that prevails
In and about the Winnebago reservation
demands prompt, vigorous and decisive
action at the hands of the Interior de
partment. For a number of years the
Winnebago Indians have been a source
of enormous profit- for a syndicate of
land lease speculators and land grab
bers banded together to enrich them
selves st the expense of the Ignorant
and helpless Indians. This systematic
and organised conspiracy to despoil the
Wlnnebagoes was made possible only by
the co-operation and connivance of the
Indian agent, who is presumed to art as
a guardian and protector of the Indians.
About five months ago formal charges
were preferred against Charles P.
Mathewson, agent of the Omaha and
Winnebago Indian tribes, supported by
abundant proofs to Justify his dismissal
from the service. It is a matter of
notoriety that Mathewson has a record
as an absconding bank wrecker that
should have barred him forever from
any ofllce of public trust His appoint
ment through former Senator Thurston
scandalised the federal service and was
severely criticised by the press.
To put two tribes of Indians under the
supervision of a man of this character
was as appropriate as would be to put
a wolf in charge of a flock of sheep.
To retain such a man In control of the
reservation In the face of the notorious
fact that he is constantly in close touch
with the land speculators and land grab
bers would reflect discredit upon the de
partment.
It Is a matter of record that fully
40,000 acres of Indian lands have been
leased to and sub-leased by half a dozen
members of the middleman's land syn
dicate. It is a matter of record that
the head and front of the land syndi
cate was not many years ago indicted
for bank wrecking and swindling by the
criminal courts of Iowa. It is well
known to every man living in the neigh
borhood of the Winnebago reservation
that neither this man nor his confed
erates could have secured control of the
Indian lands but for the connivance of
Agent Mathewson. ,
A very conservative estimate places
the profits of the land syndicate at $100,-
000 a year, and that explains why It has
been possible for the Indian land ring
to subsidize public officials and news
papers and buy certificates of character
from white men and red men.
The recent order of the Indian bureau.
by which the heirs of deceased Winne
bago Indians will be permitted to sell
more than 50,000 acres of allotment
lands, affords the land syndicate a long
looked for opportunity for making a
rich strike. Under the rules of the
bureau, these lands are to be appraised
by the Indian agent or three farmers
appointed by the agent and their valua
tion will form the basis of the purchase.
With an accommodating agent it will
not be difficult for the ring to clean up
half a million dollars in the next sixty
or ninety days In the purchase and sale
of these lands.
Most of the Winnebago lands are
among the choicest and most fertile
lands In Nebraska and would regularly
sell at from $50 to $60 per acre. ; An ap
praisement at $10 below their market
value would enable the syndicate to
declare a larger dividend on a smaller
Investment than any concern in tie
country. There Is nothing to hinder
the land ring from carrying its latest
plot into execution except the prompt
and decisive Intervention of the com
missioner of Indian affairs or the sec
retary of the Interior. That the depart
ment will take such action In tie in
terest of good government and for the
protection of the Indians we entertain
very little doubt When Secretary
Hitchcock realizes the shrewd game
of procrastination which the band grab
syndicate has been playing through its
backers in securing investigations and
re-lnvestlgatlons to gain time for com
pleting their big coup, wo feel aure he
will put an end to It on short meter.
ANOTHER TALUK CHARGE BILESCED.
It having been alleged that teachers
In the Philippines were attempting to
convert Catholics to the Protestant
faith. Secretary Root called upon Acting
Governor Wright for information and
his reply shows that there was not the
slightest foundation for the charge. On
the- contrary It appears that in' the nor
mal school at Manila two of the teach
ers are American Catholics, while there
are five in the city schools, and the
native teachers, 140 In number, are all
of .the Catholic faith. Mr. Wright de
clares it to be utterly untrue that there
has been any attempt at proselyting and
what he states Is confirmed by a Catho
lic priest at Manila connected with the
school system and of course familiar
with all that Is going on in the schools.
Mr. Wright says that teachers are se
lected without reference to religion and
are not allowed to preach or teach re
ligion in schools. '
In the course of an address a few days
ago, before the National Educational as
sociation, Archbishop Ireland, referring
to the reckless and unfounded statements
published regarding conditions In the
Philippines, said: "I shall name In this
connection one Instance, which I am
particularly pleased to censure. A little
while ago certain Catholic newspapers
raised the cry that proselytlsni was the
order of the day la the schools of
Manila, the chief officials, it was said,
and the teachers in the normal schools
being regularly ordained ministers, who
divided their time between the multt-
I plication table and tract reading. The
matter was Investigated and it was dis
covered that the chief officials and
teachers In the normal school were not
ministers and that their own good sense,
as well as the strict rules of the gov
ernment held them strictly to secular
matters.''
Thus another false charge, manifestly
Intended to Incite prejudice against the
administration of affairs in the Philip
pines, has been swept away and the
fact shown that the same principle
which prevails In the public schools of
the United States obtains in the Philip
pines.
TO WBUM CREDIT 19 DVE.
Whatever may be the outcome of the
appeal to the supreme court to compel
the assessment of the property and
franchises of railroads and other public
carriers for taxation on an equitable
basis, the people of Nebraska will owe
a debt of gratitude to M. F. Harrington
of O'Neill and John D. Howe and Ed
ward W. Slmeral of Omaha for their
voluntary and gratuitous labors In pre
paring the briefs and conducting the
hearing of this important case.
Unlike the suit involving the taxation
of the public utility corporations In
Omaha, the railway tax case, in which
fifty times as much property is Involved,
has not had the financial backing or in
dividual support of any commercial
body or real estate brganliatlon. While
The Bee has borne all the expenses in
cidental to the litigation and has as
sumed the responsibility for the costs.
the attorneys have devoted their valu
able time and talents to the work
purely from patriotic motives as citi
zens of Nebraska.
In the Real Estate exchange case the
legal contest was waged by paid at
torney against paid attorneys. In the
railway tax case the three volunteer at
torneys for the people were arrayed
against a phalanx of corporation law
yers whose recognized abilities have
found for them rewards In handsome
salaries as the regular legal representa
tives of the great corporations.
In joining as co-relator with the edi
tor of The Bee, who Instituted the pro
ceedings, M. F. Harrington is entitled
to special commendation for sharing the
risks and exposing himself to the dis
favor of powerful Interests, that sel
dom forget or forgive those who have
the courage of their convictions In de
fense of popular rights against cor
porate encroachments.
THE LA.RO E IMillOHATloy.
Immigration for the year ending June
30 was the largest in a number of years.
During the bast eighteen years the
smallest number of Immigrants was In
1898, since which year there has been
a steady increase. Referring to this the
United States Investor remarks that the
great increase in immigration is not
only a register of the enlarged indus
trial prosperity of this country In re
cent years, but It is in itself a means
to an end namely, the still greater
prosperity of the United States. That
paper regards the advent of large num
bers of immigrants of the class that
are now coming to as as an economic
blessing, pointing out that It means the
more rapid development of our resources
and the more rapid creation of national
wealth.
"For a great many years," says the
Investor, "there will be room enough in
the United States for us and for a great
host of . newcomers. The latter will
come here to work, to make or do some
thing to be given In exchange for some
thing else. For the next few decades
at least a heavy Immigration movement
will mean only added prosperity for the
country. , It will mean a larger and
burger increase in our Industrial produc
tivity and easier and easier conditions
of existence for the average American."
This is the practical, common sense
view of the matter. During the last
ten years our population has been in
creased from immigration to the extent
of about 4,000,000. It will not be ques
tioned that these people have added
materially by their labor to the wealth
of the country and both aa producers
and consumers have contributed to the
general welfare. t
It is a narrow and unpractical policy
that would keep out of the country any
one who Is sound in mind and body and
capable and willing to work. Canada
is Inviting Immigration and offering
liberal inducements for It Some of the
countries of South America are doing
the same thing. Notwithstanding the
large immigration to the United States
in the last few years there is a demand
for labor, particularly in the west in
excess of the supply. Yet there are
still advocates of further restrictions
upon immigration and bills are pending
In congress, the passage of which will
doubtless be urged at tile next session,
providing for additional , restrictions.
There is still room here for all capable
and willing workers from abroad -who
may come and the laws we have regu
lating Immigration are ample,. If prop
erly enforced, for protection against the
Incoming of undesirable people.
TRUST QVEMTlOt) r AH A MOUNT.
The democratic congressional cam
paign managers Intend to .make the
trust question paramount Judging from
a recent statement of Chairman Griggs
of the congressional committee. The
attempt will be made to discredit the
action of the administration and the
utterances of President Roosevelt in re
gard to the Industrial combinations.
Mr. Griggs professed to think it very
amusing that the republican party
should assume a position antagonistic
to the trusts, although that party en
acted the federal anti-trust law and the
republican administration is proceeding
to enforce It
The chairman of the democratic con
gressional campaign committee has a
poor opinion of publicity as one means of
correcting abuses by the Industrial com
binations. "Publicity Is nothing more
than moral ouaslon," he said, "which
would have about as much effect upon a
trust as it would have upon a highway
man." ' On the other hand Mr. Rich
ardson, the democratic leader in the
house of representatives, is of "the
opinion that good may be accomplished
through publicity. "Bull light must be
turned on the affairs ot trusts in order
to accomplish anything in the way of
legislation," he la quoted as saying. "If
we oblige the trusts to report the condi
tion of their affairs from time to time
we will be In possession of facts which
will aid us In acting. Such information
will no doubt be vwy valuable to con
gress In framing proper and effective
legislation." This Is In complete ac
cord with what President Roosevelt said
In his first M-ssnge to congress. "The
first essential In determining bow to
deal with the great Industrial combina
tions is knowledge of the facts pub
licity," suid the president "Publicity
Is tho only sure remedy which we can
how invoke. What further remedies
are needed in the way of governmental
regulation or taxation can only be de
termined after publicity has been ob
tained by process of law and-n the
course of administration. The first
requisite is knowledge, full and complete
knowledge which may be made public
to the world,."
This policy the president will undoubt
edly again recommend to congress, to
gether with such other methods of trut
regulation and supervision as he shall
deem judicious and practicable. The
only plan tipou which the democrats are
agreed IS that of cutting off tariff duties.
Tbey see an opportunity to strike at the
protective policy and will make the
most of it, quite Indifferent as to what
the consequences uiigiit be to Individual
or Independent industries and to the in
terests and welfare of labor. The cam
paign is to be .prosecuted rather for the
promotion of free trudu than against the
trusts, for it Is to be borne in mind that
when the democrats had control of con
gress and the presidency they did noth
ing hostile to the trusts.
Democrats like Mr. Griggs may affect
to be amused by the position of Presi
dent Roosevelt regarding the great In
dustrial combinations and attempt to
discredit his utterances, but the large
majority of the people, it is not to be
doubted, believe him to be iu earnest
and that he will exert all proper and
legitimate influence to have enacted
such legislation dealing with the combi
nations as he thiuks necessary and prac
ticable.
And now King Victor Emanuel is on
his way to visit with Czar Nicholas In
St Petersburg In conformity with the
rules of royal etiquette that govern the
Interchange of royal courtesies. If the
international calling list concerned only
the royal personages, who became one
another's guests, the people of the dif
ferent countries would doubtless bo
pleased to have the privilege of wit
nessing the passing show. But when
It is realized that the spectators pay the
bills In the form of civil list appropria
tions out of the budget they might be
contented with a cheaper exhibition or
at any rate with a less continuous per
formance. We suppose, however, that
In countries that must have kings, the
kings must be amused.
Among other things provided for in the
Philippine legislation enacted by con
gress 1b a census of the inhabitants, on
which representation in its assembly is
ultimately to be based. " Here la a
chance for the Omaha school teachers
who have been serving as school census
enumerators to put the experience they
have gained to still more practical uses.
Nothing in the new law bars women
from taking the census of the Filipinos.
" Nothing longer prevents Agulnaldo
from inflicting himself on the country
from the lecture platform, except pos
sibly, his own exalted estimate of hlB
value for accumulating gate money and
the reluctance of the managers to specu
late on his success as an attraction.
These obstacles, however, are not In
surmountable and Agulnaldo may yet
enter the talking race for American dol
lars before bis notoriety wanes.
A New York national bank hi con
testing in the courts the validity of the
tax ; on its undivided profits imposed
under the war revenue act now repealed.
In these days of prosperity the banks
have undivided profits that could be
taxed aa contrasted with the period
within the memory of all when the con
stant losses were busily reducing sur
plus figures.
Announcement Is made that Hill, 01
nev. Pattison and others of their brand
of democracy are to be Invited to par
ticipate in the Ullnois campaign under
the patronage of the democratic state
committee. The Illinois committee
might aa well strike the name of Bryan
off their SDeakers' list at once If there
has been any thought of an invitation
for him.
Quite a commotion has been precipi
tated by the free distribution of 1.000
hnnnftt lust executed, in New York
but the recipients of the gifts are horses
nd the donors the Society for Uie rre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals. A much
greater commotion would have been pre
cipitated had the bonnets Deen duih xor
women instead of equlnes.
Tker War Others.
Detroit Free Press.
Ttia consensus of opinion throughout the
country, as gathered from exchanges, Is
that the srueat ot honor was not the only
mnnkT mi the notorious dinner in which
the swell cottagers at Newport participated.
"Don't Prophesy I'alesa Yaw Kaaw."
Boston Olobe. '
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell is certainly
. .K if y.m ham aald. aa renorted. that wire
less telegraphy will never be mad prac
ticable for service on tana, in wis sgs
nf wonders It is dangerous to declare that
anything Is absolutely Impossible.
Pea Saeeeeda the Swerd.
Baltimore American.
The Boer generals In their contest for
Justlos have laid down the sword, it is
trus, but in its place they have taken up
the mightiest weapon ot modern times,
and will writs their aids of the history
of the war with Great Britain. And if
they can write as well and convincingly
as they can fight, they will make some
vary interesting rssding.
Falta Carlsts Hit the Doctors.
Chics go Chronicle.
Mrs. Eddy is quit right in calling atten
tion to the fact that a few weeks ago
1,000 physicians gathered in St Paul's ca
thedral and prayed for the recovery of King
Edward. Ths circumstance implies that,
attar ail,, the medical fraternity is not so
skeptical of the faith curs as It professes
to be la dealing with Christian Seleses,
Dowlelara and other systems ot mental
therapeutics. It likewise Implies that ths
medical man In ths last analysis relies
upon Providence rather than drugs.
Moral. Ahollah Harked,
Washington Post.
A St. Louis court has decided that It Is
both legal and proper for a wife to go
through her husband's pockets and take
what money she may And. It Is a deci
sion which will tend to help along tnat
sartorial reform which Is designed to do
away with pockets In men's clothing.
Era. of Oeaeroaa Gifts.
Jew York Tribune.
This Is the generation of generous gifts
above all others. In the history of man
kind, when was there ever an era In which
liberal benefactions were more conspicu
ous? Colleges and churches, hospitals and
asylums, houses of relief. Institutions of
every sort which do good, have been en
dowed and equipped with lavish bounty.
lie Wli Look In a; for Troable.
Washington Post.
An Arkansss gentleman started out the
other day to dynamite a neighbor of whom
he did not approve. The latter perceived
his approach and, suspecting that his In
tentions might be of the strenuous variety,
landed a rlfie ball directly In the pocket In
which the dynamite was located. In case
they are able to prove the corpus delicti
there may be some litigation over tho
matter.
Pipe Dreams of a Plpor.
Minneapolis Times.
Omaha mourns the loss of Its only lake.
It was a rather pretty little body of water
formed by the damming of a stream. Hotels
and recreation grounds made It 'an at
tractive summer resort for the people of
eastern Nebraska, and Omaha set great
store by It, as lakes are very scarce In
that part of the country. The heavy rains
of the last few days caused the waters rf
the lake to overflow the dam and weaken
It and Anally the barrier burst and
Omaha's Iske quickly found Its way, Into the
muddy Missouri. The hotels face a most
unpleasant mudhole end guests have fled
to their homes or found quarters at other
watering places. The people of Omaha
make a great mistake In remaining where
they are when they could come to Minne
sota and have their choice of thousands
of reliable and well behaved lakes of every
conceivable size and form.
Two Kinds of Silver Men.
Chicago Chronicle (dem.)
Many excellent democrats will sympa
thize with the stanch democratic newspa
per at Indianapolis, which, in wrestling
with Mr. Bryan, exclaims:
' "The Sentinel has always been a bl
metallist but never a fool. The same
may be said of the democratic party of
Indiana."
The democrats of Indiana took the lib
erty this year to ignore the silver ques
tion In the Interest of harmony, and the
gentleman from Lincoln, Neb., objected.
He accused them of timidity and treach
ery. He withheld his blessing. He found
nothing in the platform, embodying well
recognised democratic principles, which
be could commend. He was not sure that
the so-called democrats of Indiana were
not republicans.
The retort of the Sentinel may not be
parliamentary, but it covers the ground
pretty well.
Dr. Harper and Sensationalism.'
Denver Republican.
' President Harper of the University of
Chicago had something to say to the Na
tional Education association In Minneapolis
about sensationalism In the university.
According to Dr. Harper a professor
abuses his privilege who takes advantage
of a classroom exercise to propagate par
tisan political views, or who seeks In any
way to Influence his pupils or the public
by sensational methods.
Dr. Harper has suffered more from the
sensational professor than has any other
university president In recent years, and
no doubt ha speaks from his somewhat
bitter experience. Probably he had the
case of Prof. Triggs In mind when he de
clared that the professor who falls to use
common sense abuses his privilege. The
stand taken by the president of the Uni
versity of Chicago Is eminently proper, and
It la to be hoped that It will have some
effect in shutting off the unwise professor,
who. If anything, Is a shade worse than the
unwise preacher who stoops to sensational
methods.
The day of sensationalism has passed,
whether It Is In the pulpit, in the class
room or In Journalism. In all these great
modern forces the people are looking for
instruction and enlightenment and there is
no place today for any abuser of privileges,
whether he be the sensational preacher,
the sensational professor or the sensational
editor.
IS THERE TOO MICH HlSTLKf
Present Pace Believed to Bo Too
Svrlft for Comfort.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Do our business men get more out of
life than their forefathers got out of It a
hundred years ago? Ia certain directions
It Is quite evident that they do. There
are more ways of having fun, there are
more things to do. It is far easier to go
about. And yet It seems to be true, also,
that people have less time, nowadays, and
take less real, solid comfort than did
their grandfathers. It has been lately
discovered that ths individual of today Is
fjfty times as able to supply his material
wants as was the Individual ot one hun
dred years ago. That is to say, the pro
ductive power of the race has Increased
fifty fold. It would seem reasonable to
suppose that under these conditions a
man today would have far more leisure
than ever man had before. But the truth
la the man of today Is dreadfully pressed
for time; he Is "driven to death," as he
sometimes puts it by his terrible social
and business responsibilities. He rushes
off from a hasty breakfast to board an ex
press train, to be whirled to his tele
phone and typewriter and other devices
for saving time. Everybody, nowadays,
Is out of politeness supposed to be over
head and ears busy busy in trade, busy in
his profession, busy socially. We are con
tinually hearing people say "I have no
time for anything." It Is the fashion to
be overwhelmed with engagements and
pressed for time. " If there Is a death la
the family, the clergyman Is hurriedly
summoned by telephone to perform the
funeral services. Personal letters are
dashed oft on a typewriter, because this
suggests rushing employment; and the re
sult Is that the growing generation of
young men . does not know how to write
a letter with the proper forma of saluta
tion a ad superscription.
Now the moral of this tale is that while
a moderate degree of "hustle" may be a
good thing, It is possible to take an over
dose and then It becomes a bad thing.
If we are "terribly rushed." "driven to
death;" and It Is not with us a bugs Joke,
or an assumed affectation, and Instead of
being tho masters ot time, we are really
the slave of time, and things have got us
under the ssddls and are riding us, we
would do well to go out some quiet sight
and sit under the stars, and ask ourselves
what we are hero for, and whether we are
really getting tho beat out of life, and
perhaps they will say to us, as tbey said
to Emerson, "Why so hot, my little man?"
SECl LA II BHOT9 AT THE PVLPIT.
Cleveland Plain Dcalrr: There is some
worry again ovr the fact that while the
pastor is away on his hot weather vacation
the lndefailcabl? thief of the brimstone
ranch ia right on the spot and ready for
business sll the time. He doesn't even
permit himself a Saturday half-holiday.
St Louis Olobe-Democrat: If a compro
mise be necesssry on the Pbllllpplne friar
question It will be one In which the United
States will not give up Its stsnd on the school
Issue. The frlsrs will not be permitted to
handle any of the state moneys la school
matters. The separation between church
and stste which Is decreed In the constitu
tion will be Insisted on. All religions will
be trested alike by the United States gov
ernment. Indianapolis Journal: - A Cathollo au
thority in Baltimore makes the surprising
announcement that the Cathollo church Is
losing ground In the United Ststes. The
number of Cstholics In the United States
in 1902 is 10.076.757, which Is 1,675,300 more
than In 1890, but during that period the
number of Roman Catholic Immigrants wss
1.705,185. Thus the loss In twelve years,
without taking Into account the natural In
crement from births snd conversions, has
been 29,784. The loss Is attributed tb
members dropping out of the church Into
atheism.
New York Sun: The "Saints," a sect of
belated but still hopeful Mlllerltes, waited
at Blnjrhamton from Thursday until Sun
day night for the end of the world. Then
they adjourned for a season. They still
nurse the unconquerable belief that this
oblate spheroid Is a bad risk and the last
scene of the last act of this tragic-comedy
Is getting mighty near. There have been
such dreamers for agee and they die with
out the sight they long for. Excellent per
sons all, but somewhat too full of that
haste which takes the grace from every
action. Tls a good old world, this, and
some of us like It so well that we are In
no hurry to leave or to see It leave us.
Even If the end la to come this week or
next, why must we buy tickets to Blng
hamton? A noble town, no doubt, and a
few days there may reconcile the sojourner
to the departure of the world. Still, Blng
hamton seems a curious place to go for a
spectacle.
PRRWOVAL AND OTHERWISE.
"Old Probabilities" Is acquiring a large
reputation as an old soak.
That monkey dinner at Navnni k.
clafsed as a tender tribute to the poor re
lations or me host.
"The American Plunderbund" is the
latest variant for "plutocracy" In demo
cratic nomenclature.
Statuary memorials to nuhiin m. ...
growing In favor, enabling sculptors to cut
quite a ngure in things Inanimate.
Nature's tearful moods have thai .mn...
eatlon. So far we have been spared the
Joyless greeting, "ft n hot enough for
your
Advocates of clastic muslo shnnM nui,i
their hands and take a fresh grip. A band
master speaks of ragtime as the "llmburger
of music."
It Is estlmsted there in l. ..-.-
genuine buffaloes in the country. The
mongrel 11-cent variety were not consid
ered In the guess. : - : l
The Boston Globe, rbeerllv v.
day woke up with a frown, but went" to
sleep with a smile." - KvMantt. th -in
door yielded to the pressure, - o : s-
Although the race hnra namnr rwfh
pulling down a nurse now anil than -k. i.
handicapped by the absence of his running
mate. Taxes. The team is esteemed a sure
thing.
Managers of the New York armarium
thought they had secured a real octopus, but
tne armed wriggler turned out to be a cban-
nomureana viuata. it seemed the minnn
sioe-steppea wall street In their search.
The projected war on maaauitoea mu k
a public benefit, yet the festive twilight
singer baa some commendable qualities.
When other things fail the mosquito bill
mcses people come up to the scratch.
The whirligig of time makes atranre
blnatlons. One of Holland's submarine
boats, orglnally designed to further a
reman movement for the freedom of Ire
land, has been added to the British navv.
The Department ef Agriculture, In ' a
piquant monoaranh on bedbun th
comforting Information that tha an Mant
ttomans were pestered lust as some mod
erns are. The information is Important, In
view of the rage tor antique furnlturo and
fixtures.
A Butte woman who shocked rrnfeam mi
of a bunch of money by publishing a book
spiced with decollette Ideas, tn nn i
Chicago a few days ago and was greeted
wun columns or free advertising next to
pure reading matter. Chicago is dead easy
wnen you know now.
WESTWARD TIDE OF POPULATION.
SIcds of tho Times and Their Big.
nlfleanee.
Kansas City Star.
Even those who are familiar, la a gen
eral way, with the Increasing immigration
into the western states the last few years
will be surprised at ths statements of Rev.
Dr. J. Henry Smythe as to the extent of
the colonization ot railroad lands. Dr.
Smythe, In an interview in the Times,
declared that in less than two years
12,000 families have been brought from ths
middle and New England atates and from
England, Germany and Sweden and set up
la farm homes in Kansas, Colorado and
Texas. The suocess of this colonisation
plan lies mainly In the tact that the rail
ways represented by Dr. Smy(se the Gould
and Harrlman lines allow Tfielr-appllcants
to select 100 acres of land each, build them
houses and barns and allow them ten years
to pay tor their property. Such terms are
very attractive to people of small meana,
and especially to those who are unable to
make more than a bare livelihood from
small farms In the east. What Is true of
these railways is true to a lesser extent ot
some of the other systems. (The Santa Fe,
the Union Pacific and the Rock Island roads
have all exerted themselves recently to
bring about the cultivation of their land.
But, Independent of these systematic
movements, the general tendency toward
western emigration Is noticed throughout
the east. It is more marked than at any
other time since the great "boom" period.
Ths years of depression almost entirely cut
off this westward movement, but with the
return of prosperity, and especially with
the high prices commanded by farm prod
ucts tha last few years, there has corns
about an inevitable desire on the part of
easterners and Europeans of agricultural
life to ssek the better opportunities of the
west. In the middle and New England
states, because of the denser population
farm lands still command higher prices
than they do la the west, and yst they are
Incapable of equal production per acre.
When those farmers realise that they can
sell their old farms and for the money
received buy perhaps twice as much and
better land In the west the Incentive to
emigrate becomes very strong.
Aside from the general satisfaction that
nlust come to all western people from ths
Increasing population, there Is additional
gratification In the general character of
the new settlers. Those brought by the
railways, for example, are very largely
from those eastern states where nativity
is in itself a pretty good guarantee ef
worth.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Brooklyn IJfe: Couln Madee Po you
were In lovel And did she return your
love?
Bertie No. and worse still, she didn't re
turn any of the presents I gave her.
Detroit Free Press: He 1 already hsve
the house snd aa soon at we're married we
can go to hotmrkaaplng right away. But
duas my anael know how to cook?
She (aweotly) No, but my mother does.
Chicago Tribune: "Do you mean to tell
ma. Miss Quickstep," demanded the young
man, pale with wrath and mortification,
"that you're tired of my coming to see
you?"
"No, Mr. Pnoonamore." elta saM, gently.
"Not at all. I am hoping you'll find it out
without my having to tell you."
New York Times: Mr. Benham The
doctor sava that I crave things that don't
agree with me.
Henham That's nothing; I once had the
same trouble.
Mrs. Benhstn When was that?
Henham When I married you.
Philadelphia Press! "I've brouaht back
this motto you painted for my parlor," said
the old-fashioned man. "You seem to think
I'm a bigamist."
"Why, how's that?" replied the sign
palmer. "You've made it read. "What Is home
without a nother?' "
KO CASTE BBYOBfD THE GRAVE.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post.
Oh! ye who poise a lordly head
In haughty gold-created pride.
Who wnlk the streets with kingly tread
And hcjsh the honest poor aside.
Who think the tollers but the scum
Of earth and always In the way.
Know you the time will surely come
When you will be aa poor as they?
That death will level king and slave?
There'll be no caste beyond the grave.
Yau look wHh proud and cold disdain
On those who toll for dally bread;
The clanking of the labor chain
You hear with carelesa toss of head.
You never shake a poor man's hand
Unless you have an ax to grind
Some new ambition to be fanned
From coal to flame, but keep In mind
Death knows no master, knows no slave-
There'll be no caste beyond the grave.
This life Is as a quick-drawn breath .
Compared unto eternity:
'Tis but a span from birth to death,
Then out upon the shoreless sea
We drift, and there the man of pride
Who was a king upon the earth
Must float as equal side by side
WHh fellow man of humbler birth.
He cannot ride a private wave
There'll be no caste beyond the grave.
Till crack of doom wise men may preach
Of universal brotherhood.
With tongues inspired may strive to teach
That principle ao grand and good.
But Just so lone as gold Is god
And purse-pride sways the human heart
A battlemenf both high and broad
Will keep the rich and poor apart,
But death will equal lord and slave
There'll be no caste beyond the grave.
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