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Stats of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.:
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(Seal.) Notary Public
The Elklus law does not seem to have
yet had any effect on the railroad ticket
Bcalper. ,
ti,o naxt thinir we hear of. all the
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felines and canines will be ornamemea
with nn..n atrenmers.
The building contractors and the build
ing trades should get together and
wing around the May pole.
One week from today the agony will
be over and the Benson balloon will
come down to earth like the stick of a
skyrocket,
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Down In Missouri the average legls-
latlve boodler cannot be touched for
anything smaller than a thousand dol-
lar bill In Nebraska a fifty-dollar bill
and a railroad pasteboard generally
does the business.
Chicago has always had It In for St
Louis. St. Louis has been commanded
to apologize by a Chicago local paper
for the depredations of a yellow dog on
the calf of the leg of the adjutant gen
eral of the United States army.
Tn it. snnrtnv the Kansas Citv
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Star devoted one column of its valua-
ble space, 10 cents per agate line, to
'lbvima r?nM In Dontli " Whether thev
to.l aire rafaponra to tho Omaha noomer
..n,iM.. u nt r1tanioBed in tlia article.
Taxtjavlnc citizens of Omaha should
remember that It Is Just as Important
to elect reliable and unpurchasable men
to the council as it is to elect a mayor
who will check extravagance, veto law- structed to express to the Chinese gov
kss appropriations and stand up against ernment the dissatisfaction of the
corporate pressure.
With the approach of May day comes
the season of move-outs and walk-outs,
In Chicago 50,000 people are expected
to move from one part or tne city to
another and 20,000 wage workers are
expected to take a walk-out for fresh
air and higher wages.
John Bull's four billion dollar debt
does not seem to disturb the equanimity
of King Edward in the least and the
high old time he is uow enoylng in the
gny capital of the French indicates that
gny capital
he Is willing to add a few hundred thou
aand pounds sterling more to the deficit.
The new labor law of New York for
bids the employment of women for more
than fifty-four hours per week or any
longer on any single day than from 7 a.
m. to 10 p. m. After 10 p. m. they will
be permitted to take exercise In dance
halls uutll 4 a. 111. without Intermission.
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Kansas City Jobbers and , manufac
turers are making arrangements for a
trade tour to the Mexican Hue that will
cover a distance of 2,!3 miles of rail
road and afford them an opportunity to
visit eighty-two towns in Colorado, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
Arkunsds ami Kansas. ' Here Is a sug
gestion for the Omaha Commercial club.
The wicked flee when uo one pursueth.
The Beusonlau fakery Is very much
alarmed lest there should be some roor -
bucks published about the boomer can-
dldate. Whatever yellow Journals have
done or may do lu political campaigns
The Bee has never resorted and will not
resort tq sensational Octlon to w in a
politlrul battle. When you see It in The
Bee you may depend upon it that It is so.
The labor situation in Omaha has at
tracted the attention of the National
Civic federation, which is especially or-
ganlzinl to prevent aud to arbitrate con
filet between labor and capital. It Is to
be hoped, however, that the services of
the civic federation will nut be called in
requlsltlon. If organised capital in
Omaha will recognize the rights of or-
ganiied labor there will be no serious
trouble In adjusting all the differences
between employer and employe.
ova uhsat rvRtiun VOMMI.nct.
Everybody Is nvcare of Uie fact tliat
cur fort'lu coiuiuercu has bwn growing
very rapidly lu rewut years, but tint
uiauy know how marked this lncivase
nus neon. ucti information is uliucu
, comparative figurps of the burVnu of
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Htnttstlcs, just completed. These coin-
i induction and exportation of
ninuufaoturcs with prwlui-tlon ana ex-
portntlon of agricultural products, the
P"' ''"K thC rP,,Ulve
growth In euch case. The statistics
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show that In lfMX) the exportation of
uianufactures wus twenty-five times as
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great as In IKK), the Increase In the ex
portation of agricultural products being
very much less. Since iHit, ror in
stance, the value of manufactures ex
ported has Increased over 537 per cent.
while the value of agricultural products
exported has Increased only a little more
than 131 per cent. It should be under
stood, however, that the total value of
the latter exported In 1000 was almost
double the value of the manufactures.
so that It is our agricultural products
that make the large trade balance in
our favor.
In the matter of Imports, also, "our
foreign commerce has been growing In
the last few years, the Importations
during the twelve months ending with
March being the large.t of any year in
our history and exceeding $1,000,000,-
000. This still left a balance in favor
or this country for the year or $413,
000.000. which must be retrnrded ns en-
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uitrij Biuini.ni.iui jr. x lie iuuikiibc iu ilu
ports, which Is of course an evidence of
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i'"ugu i-uunirHiusj vo it cunniuei nuie ex
tent of manufacturers' materials. Im-
nortatlons will decline should labor
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"m"i "i"' bti luuni JUJUtlil IUUUD'
trial activity. That Is what Is now ap
orehended from the threatened labor
troubles. If these shall be averted, as
I It Is most enmefitlv to he linnpit the
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will be. there is every Dromlse that the
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exlsrlnir Indtistrlnl sctlvltv will b
Ualntalned and that our foreign com-
meree will continue to Increase.
Careful observers of Industrial and
commercial conditions point out that we
are now expanding our production In a
way that will soon outstrip the growth
of population and the demands of the
home market; that we shall have a
I A r era vnlnmo rf npnilnntt tn unit V. rl
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leriam ueriveu airecxiy rrorfl uie SOU,
and then there will be a check unless a
ready outlet is to be found. "It be
hooves us," says a writer on the sub
ject, "to have an eye to that future
when we shall need a larger foreign
market and to remember the last ad
monition of President McKlnley, when
he reminded the country that In order
to sell It must buy." There Is no doubt
that lf the Pate of profiuctj011 of the
iast few yearg lg maintained, not to sav
increased, we shall have a very large
surplus to be disposed of abroad, and
the question of securing the foreign
markets Is eerrainly a very Important
one. We have here the greatest mar
ket In the world, but it cannot consume
indefinitely all that our Industries are
capable of producing. We have to
meet a strong competition abroad and
are threatened with an extensive sys
tem of discrimination. These are con-
dl0onB that mnke the "Ject of holding
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" ,s "Ported from Washington that
me American amuassauor at Bt feters-
"Urg has been given instructions which
amount to a protest against the Russian
demands regarding Manchuria, while
our minister at Peking has been in
United States wltn those demands. This
course our government Is fully war-
ranted in taking, In view of the ra
peated assurance it had received from
Russia that American Interests In Mn
cburia would not be Interfered with.
These assurances were so explicit as to
have removed any doubt that may have
been entertained respecting Russian de
signs. The present demands, which lf
complied with by China will certainly
prove very damaging to American in
terests, therefore came as a rather start-
j Img 8urprl8e at least t0 WaRhlnKton. It
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to oj uiaiacu naa a ci uj vi 1VUOB11IU UU'
plloity that it could not be permitted to
go unnoticed, even though a protest
might avail nothing and the Department
of State has done its duty In the matter
and acted none too promptly,
Of course the United States will do
no more than protest, which will prob
ably not affect Russia's purpose, but the
moral influence of this "country ought to
count for something wltV China. At any
rate this country will not, It Is safe to
say. become involved , In any extreme
measures looking to the defeat of the
Russian policy. . There are two powers.
however Japan and Great Britain
which it would seem must take some
decided action. Those1- nations have an
alliance which was understood ,to have
been formed with direct reference to
such a move as Russia is now making,
If Japan shall decide that Br interest
and future weirare require that she
1 shall resist. If necessary with force, the
Russian Manchurian policy,' Great Brit
a'u Is at least bound by the alliance to
I see that Japan has fair play, to the ex-
tent of not allowing any other nation to
I Join with Russia. The world will wait
with keen Interest for developments re-
garding the attltudf .to th, matter of
Great Britain and Japan, especially the
latter. It Is well understood, of course,
that the Japanese government and peo
ple are strongly' opposed to Russian
- domination of Manchuria.
They , fully
reallre that it Is most dangerous to their
Interests and that It Is a menace to their
future welfare and progress. If not iu-
deed to their national indepeadence.
They do uot want so formidable a neigh-
Imr, with an lusntlable greed for Orl-
ental territory. Japan would perhaps
havt been satisfied to have tho condl-
tioua it'inulu as they were when she en
tered Into the alliance with Great Brit
ain, but she may be exacted to most
vigorously protest against the latest de
velopment Htissilan policy, lloivever.
lu a matter of such grave Importance
Jnji.in will not proceed hastily or rashly
and will doubtless be advised by her
oily.
Meanwhile the United States govern
ment has made Its position clear ami
will firmly adhere to It, though It will
not become Involved In any complica
tions that may arise out of the Issue
among the powers directly concerned.
rorPLcruy axd huh'ell.
William S. Poppleton Is an uneompromls-
g advocate of the economical and business-
ke administration of public affairs. Hit
advocacy of the principles that In local
campaigns the citizen should align himself
for those candidates whoae election prora
tes the best government Is of many years'
standing. A stalwart democrat, he has
stood for purity In politics, for a non
partisan and. unbiased administration of
public buaineia. He la the kind of a man
who does not hesitate to go outside his
own party, where he believes it necessary
to accomplish this result. He Is a leading
member of the Municipal league of this city.
Mr. Poppleton, however, believes that, in
the mayoralty fight this spring, the best
interests of Omaha will be subserved by the
election of Edward E. Howell, the demo
cratic candidate. He makes bis position
clear in the following authorized interview
given the World-Herald:
"You may say tor ms that while I do not
Intend to stick rigidly to partisan lines In
this election and shall vote, with one or two
exceptions, for the candidates endorsed by
the Municipal league, I am for Edward E.
Howell for mayor and shall vote and work
tor him.
In common, I think, with most men who
re familiar with the political history of
Omaha, I regard the race as entirely be-
ween Moorcs and Howell. Mr. Benson will
receive a flattering vote, but he can not
possibly be elected." World-Herald.
Mr. Poppleton is eminently correct
when he says that the mnyoralty con
test is between Moores and Howell. Mr.
Poppleton's endorsement of Edward E.
Howell should, however, carry little
weight with taxpaylng citizens who
want to protect Omaha from corporate
misrule and corporate aggression.
Under ordinary conditions Mr. Poppleton
would be a safe counsellor on mu
nicipal Issues, but In this Instance his
ordinary civic pride has given way to
partisan prejudice. Six years ago Mr.
Poppleton supported Edward E. Howell,
notwithstanding his discreditable record
In the city council and in the legis
lature. On this score The Bee published the
following editorial on Monday, April 19,
1897:
Mr. Poppleton Is a well bred and a well
read attorney, but he has a great deal to
learn yet in politics. According to Mr.
Poppleton, the people of Omaha who de-
ire good government should vote for Mr,
Howell because he stands upon a platform
sound in principle and full of promise. Mr.
Poppleton evidently relies upon platform
pledges as a drawing card with voters, even
when the record of the candidate Is in
diametrical opposition and no matter how
many .times that candidate has gone back
on platform pledges on which be has been
elected.
The democratic oounty convention which
nominated Edward E. Howell for state
senator last year promulgated a platform to
which each candidate was pledged. One of
the planks of that platform pledged Mr.
Howell to labor for the abolition of the fee
system- In the district court and make the
position of clerk a salaried office. What
did Senator Howell do to redeem this
pledge, and wby was the bill abolishing the
fee system strangled without coming to a
vote?
The plank on which Mr. Howell was nomi
nated for the senate pledged him to give
the city of Omaha home rule; In other
words, the privilege to make and amend its
own charter. What did Mr. Howell do to
redeem bis pledge? Why did he not even
introduce a bill with that object in view?
The platform on which Senator
Howell was elected denounced the
republican party for the creation
of numerous extravagant and useless
salaried officials and pledged him to bring
about a system of retrenchment and
economy. How did Mr. Howell live up to
this pledge? He did not try to abolish a
single state office denounced by his plat
form ss extravagant and uaeleas. Did not
the legislature, with Mr. Howell's aid. create
number of new salaried and fee offices
instead of abolishing Ihem? What assur
ance have we that Mr. Howell would redeem
his platform pledges any better than did
Senator Howell?
How does Mr. Howell's record in the city
council harmonize with the pledges made
for him in his platform for municipal own
ership? The man who as councilman had
to be enjoined in the courts by William S.
Poppleton to prevent him from passing the
fifty-year guo franchise over the mayor's
veto, who voted for the ten-year garbage
monopoly and Wiley's various electric light
ing Jobs, who voted to override the mayor's
veto of excessive water works bills. Would
a man who played fast and loose in all the
contention between the city and the con
tractors and franchieed corporations likely
as mayor go back on his old friends and
associates to fulfill the pledges of his latest
platform?
The Benson boomers point with pride
to the achievement of their candidate
for mayor in locating a suburban village
adjacent to the city limits, but they
seem to be oblivious of the fact that
the taxpayers of Omaha have hod to
mortgage Themselves for hundreds of
thousands of dollars for wooden block
pavements, water main and gas main
extensions for the benefit of suburban
towns, while the Bensonlan suburb hns
never contributed a penny toward the
expenses of Omaha city government in
the shape of taxes.
It now transpires that rural delivery
Is not always a blessing In disguise.
While the mail order houses are enjoy
ing a lucrative business by direct trans
mission of original packages to the
farmers, the country merchants have a
grievance and are protesting In every
section of the country against the ex
tension of rural delivery activity.
Havana druggists are on a strike
against the Cuban government for
placing a 2-cent stamp tax on every
package of patent medicine sold. The
Cubau druggists evldeutly have not got
ten on to the trick of adding len times
the stamp duty to the price of the
patent medicine 1m it tie.
The business- men's candidate for
mayor is making pathetic appeals for
support to organised labor. What the
business men's ciuulidnte ever has done
for organized labor, excepting as
boomer of outside lots on the Install
ment plan, we have not yet been able
to discover.
The lieutenant governor of Missouri Is
willing to step down and set a new
stake on the Pacific coast if the grand
Juries will let him go. The last lieu
tenant governor of Nebraska went to
the Pacific coast without waiting for an
Invitation from a grand Jury.
No Kirk Coralns.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
How can Uncle Sam criticise the dilatory
course pursued by the sultan when he him
self has Just paid an award of damages
102 years old?
Rattling; the Cans.
Chicago Chronicle.
The net result of the traction scrap at
Springfield seems to be that sundry states
men will be kept busy detschlng tin cans
from their coat tails for quite a spell to
come.
Pot Shocked by the Kettle.
Detroit Free Press.
The action of Russia In grabbing Man-
cluprla, while Great Britain Is busy trying
to grab another slice of Africa, will ap
peal to London as a peculiarly brsten
piece of Russian duplicity.
Jo Bailer a m. Plutocrat.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Joe Bailey of Texas hss become a cor
poration lawyer. He is said to have re
ceived a fee of $200,000 the other day. Mr.
Bailey may now be expected to take a
more liberal view concerning the rich.
Do it Some More, William.
Hartford COurant.
A hundred high-priced spellbinders, loaded
with statistics and funny stories and will
ing to labor diligently in their vocation
from now until the eve of election day
would not be worth one-half as much to
the republican party as William J. Bryan
is. And William J. Bryan's servloes are
not costing the republican party a cent.
China's Immenae Population.
New York Tribune.
The current reports that census In China
Including Mongolia, Manchuria, Tibet and
Turkestan shows a total population much
above 400,000,000 exceed the highest esti
mates which were generally accepted In
earlier times. Europe's entire total falls
far short of such an aggregate, and both
the Americas are hopelessly distanced in
comparison. Evidently Asia is In no dan
ger of racial suicide.
Tendener of Lcarlslators.
Chicago Chronicle.
And now It is a Wisconsin legislator
who rises to announce that be is In pos
session of evidence which will send bait
his colleagues to the penitentiary. This
latest evidence of a tendency to land all
legislators in state's prison suggests the
advisability of abolishing state legislatures
altogether and turning the lawmaking In
dustry over to gentlemen who are already
enjoying the state's hospitality in striped
garments.
Tramp Cltlsena Abroad.
Philadelphia Press.
United States consuls are frequently
greatly annoyed over the demands made
by alleged American citizens who cannot
speak the English Janguage and who have
not been In this, country for many years,
Consul Lawson, who Is stationed at Quito,
Ecuador, tells of a naturalised oltlzen who
has resided over, forty, years In the land of
his nationality without even visiting the
united btates,. and who cannot speak Ens
llsh, and yet claims to be sn American
citizen. There should be no "citizenship
in this republic a mere shield to enable the
person concerned to escape Just responsibil
ities at home. '
Bryin'l I'ltlmatum.
" St. Louts Olobe-Democrat.
Bryan's Kaness City address represents
the ex-candidate's ultimatum to the east
era end of his party. He Is not going to
get out of politics even though the conven
tion of 1904 may not grant him any of Its
favors. As he is young, Is in good health,
and Is as ambitious of being a force in poli
tics ss he ever was, there Is no doubt that
he will be active for many years yet. Brysn
is rich through the republican prosperity
which b la defeats have brought him. He
must etlll, however, keep up his hostility,
either actual or pretended, to the repub
lican party end to the republican policy.
This is part of his trade as a politician.
In the meantime his hardest words will not
be for the republicans, but for the Cleve
land section of the democracy, which he
fears Is soon to get Into the ascendant in
his party again, but which will encounter
his hostility while he remains In politics.
Sand Lot Orator of Capital.
Detroit Free Press.
No little restraint Is required to treat the
speech made by D. M. Parry to the National
Association of Manufacturers in New Or
leans with something of the Intensity of
language which characterized bis address.
Because of the demand for a concessionary
spirit Mr. Parry should have shown soma
of it, if not for himself, for his associate!
and their common cause. All the sugges
tions of the situation wwre that he should
make a conciliatory address. Instead be
angered and goaded labor, derided it as
ignorant and servile to a mercenary leader
ship aiid likened It to the Huns snd Van
dals in its moral conception of right and
wrong. In framing his premises he told
some homely truths which orgsnlzed labor
is Itself rapidly grasping, but for the rest
he . ranged from insult to brutality. He
preached for capital with the blind fanati
cism of the demagogue a veritable Dennis
Kearney haranguing sympathetic audiences
among the sandhills of San Francisco a
capitalistic Coxey leading a new army upon
Washington.
GO TO THE! MiWSI'APER.
Tha Best Way to Catch the Pnblle Eye
In I.ealtlmate Manner.
Toe Howard In Boston Globe.
There is but one "best" way to catch ths
public eye, In an inoffensive and purely
legitimate manner. The greatest merchants
long since found out that way. Look at the
amazing amount of spread "ads," plain,
displayed and small "ads," published in all
the really successful papers of the land.
In each city there are favorite media used
by the chief trders. snd also by the hum
bler seekers for help in times of need. Ar
rayed attractively and classified expertly,
these columns of snnouncement tell, even
to the ordinary reader, a story of human
Interest that few romances can equal.
Every phase of existence has Its photo
graph, suggestion or plea. Tha classifica
tion of announcements is a comparatively
new and certainly a helpful aid to the stu
dent of modern life. Old Mr. Bennett Justl
fled the personals In his paper on the
ground that everything of human interest
waa entitled to a chance. The desire to
know the news makes people buy a news
paper. Every advertiser Is Interested to
see his sppeal. You are not likely to look
from your paper to the posters on the
fences, and as you are In a tar the freaks
on the street don't catch your eye. "Print
era' ink" made Bonner aDd Barnura, two
busy bees, who gathered much of ths pub
He's honey.
Moral If you really care to catch the
publlo eye, advertise la what the public
reada. '
COAI, BABOW DF.FI.
Baltimore Araerliait: The coal roaiV
view of the objection ot the public to high
prices of coal as "the whining of whipped
dogs," bears a curious family resemblance
to the resentment of the ancient Romans
at the gladiators who were to be ulauRht-
ered declining to lojk pleasant about It.
Chicago Record-Herald:. As President
Baer asserts that he would welcome a
proceeding In any court of the United
States to try the question whether he has
violated the law or not he ought cer
tainly to be taken at his word. Nothing
would suit the public quite so well ss an
aggressive move by the attorney general
of the United States in this matter.
Chicago Chronicle: For a gentleman
who la In partnership with Omnipotence
Brother Baer's memory seems to be mighty
bsd in the matter of freight rates, pool
ing contracts and, such matters. More
over, the deacon's temper appears to be
getting much undlvine. Can it be possible
that the confidential relations which have
existed between Brother Baer and the
throne of grace have been dissolved or
suspended?
Philadelphia Record: Not merely upon
the report of the anthracite commission,
but upon all the evidence accumulated for
years, no one doubts the existence of the
coal trust. What are wanting are the
Judicial proofs of its violation of the laws.
and these the combination naturally seeks
to delay as long as possible. But what with
the investigation of the Interstate Com
mission and the Department ot Commerce,
supported by the same energetic action
displayed by the attorney general In the
Northern Securities merger, the final is
sue csnnot be much longer postponed. No
distinctions can be made among the cor
porate transgressors of the laws of the
United States prohibiting conspiracies in
restraint of trade.
PERSONAL NOTES.
There Is no doubt about the propriety of
the 'loop" which Rear Admiral Schley ex
ecuted when Invited to make a lecture tour.
Now that Florida has re-elected Senator
Mallory, the millionaire's club at Washing
ton Is once more full, tor the first time in
many years.
David Bennett Hill Is fairly certain of
the solid backing of bis state for the demo
cratic nomination for president next year.
Carry the news to Havelock.
A new financial system is to be tried in
China. The population has Increased to
such an extent that the money has to be
cut into smaller denominations.
It is told of the Marquis Ito, the premier
of Japan, that when a youth he wandered
about the streets of London, penniless,
ragged and hungry, a starving alien in a
strange land.
In a New York personal advertisement a
husband pleads with bis absent wife to re
turn, and concludes: "I have an automobile
and two traps; everything to make us
happy." Nothing remains to be said if
this expedient In persuasion should fall.
There Is a movement for the erection in
the Embankment gardens, London, of a
memorial to the late Sir Arthur Sullivan,
the composer. It will be in the form of a
bust and there is to be a scroll inscribed
with a suitable text, words and music from
Sir Arthur's works.
The governor of New Jersey responds to
the sonorous name of Murphy, a giant In
his class. One day last week. Just for
exercise, he uprooted 927 trusts at one
swoop and macerated undigested securities
to the amount of $239,000,000. He wasn't
feeling very good either. '
Professor S. Stanhope Orris is lying ill
with paralysis In Hong Kong, having lost
almost entirely the power of speech. Pro
lessor Orris was the Swing professor of
Greek and Greek philosophy at Princeton
and last years resigned his chair to make
a tour around the world.
A resident of Pittsburg, Pa., a member of
the Reformed Presbyterian church, has re
fused to accept an office under the general
government because he cannot conscien
tiously take an oath to support the consti
tution of the United States while It contains
no recognition ot the Deity.
Miss Alice 'Thaw's dowry will come in
handy in rehabilitating the marqulsate of
Hertford, to which Lord Yarmouth, her fu
ture husband, la heir. The estate was
much Impoverished by the slienatlon of a
good portion of Its resources to the natural
son of the former marquis.
Eliza Boyle O'Reilly, second daughter ot
John Boyle O'Reilly, will publish a book of
poems some time next fall. She is said to
have Inherited a good deal of poetic fire
from her distinguished father, who Is gen
erally regarded as considerably the best
Irish poet of the last half century.
Chen Tung Liang Cheng, the new Chinese
minister, Is a great lover of baseball and
used to play in the Andover nine when at
school there. He has taken up the post
prandial mantle of his predecessor in of
fice, making his first after-dinner speech
at the banquet of the Asiatic association in
New York the other evening.
DISSATISFIED PESIO AGENTS,
Concerted Attack on the Methods of
Commissioner Ware.
Philadelphia Press (rep.).
A few men, chiefly in Washington, who
raised a great outcry against former Pen
sion Commissioner Evans because he did
not facilitate their efforts to get through
doubtful claims have now begun a similar
outcry against Captain Ware, the present
commissioner. He Is also charged with
obstruction, and similar charges will pro'b
ably be made against any future head of
the pension office who performs his sworn
duty.
Ths charges against Mr. Evans had no
effect on President McKlnley, and those
made against Mr. Ware are not likely to
have any more effect on President Roose
velt. No man could charge President Mc-
Kinley with any lack of Interest in the
old veterans, of whom he was one, and no
one has yet been bold and foolish enough
to. make such a charge against President
Roosevelt. Captain Ware, the present head
of tho pension office, was a brave soldier,
and about the only thing said against him
is tbat "the whole pension policy of the
bureau is about the same as It was in Mr.
Evans' time." While that Is a great credit
to Captain Ware, it is very annoying to the
claim agents, cne of whom refers to Cap
tain Ware as "the youthful commissioner."
As Captain Ware served through the Civil
war and In the Indian wars, his youthful
nees Is not very apparent.
Tho threat to organize the veterans for
use In the presidential campaign to en
force a more liberal pension policy is ab
surd. This nation la pursuing the most
liberal pension policy ever known in the
history of the world. But men who make
tbelr living on percentages earned from the
work of securing pensions for others are In
some cases dissatisfied. To blame the bead
of the pension office is In the highest de
gree sbsurd. The threat of organizing the
veterans so as to overturn the republican
party is childish. Tbls was done under the
last Cleveland administration, aud the vet
erans know too well the result.
The pension policy of our government la
much more liberal than that of any other
government in existence. So liberal haa
it been that many think it much too lib
eral. But aa for Increasing pension pay
meuts by liberalizing the laws now on the
statute books that Is a question for con
gress; but It is not la the least probable
that it wUi U doaa,
J
BIT" OF WAailUG-TOS LIFK.
Minor Srenea aad Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
The original manuscript of the Immortal
Declaration of Independence has become so
faded and worn that the precious document
hss been placed In the fireproof vault of the
State department and Is not to be ex
hibited again. Most ot the text Is still
legible, but only one or two of the signa
tures can be made out. There is only a
trace of the autograph of John Hancock,
the first to sign. The action of the Stat
department was the result of sn examina
tion made by a committee of the Amerlcaa
Academy of Sciences. The committee,
equipped with powerful microscopes, found
that the Ink was not of first quality. The
fact that the engrosser (now unknown to
history) used s sharp pen and bore steadily
upon it, accounted In a measure for the
better preservation of the text, as com
pared with the signatures.
The grtat damage sustained, however,
was in 1820. when a copy wss taken by the
crude letter press process. This was done
In order to secure a facsimile for the sur
viving signers (one ot whom was Thomas
Jefferson) and their families. The commit
tee recommended that the declaration be
shut In an air and light tight case and
kept from exhibition.
Third Assistant Secretary Peirce of the
State department hat Just completed ar
rangements for the execution of an set of
congress, providing for a recut of the great
seal of the United States from the original
model and the suitable protection and pres
ervation of the original seal.
James D. McBrlde, who hss the contraot
for the work, has notified the State depart
ment that Mr. Max Zeiller, an expert en
graver of Philadelphia, will cut a duplicate
of the present great seal and that tha -press
to be used ss a cover of the seal will be
provided by the Hoe company of New, York.
The necessity for a new seal grows out ot
the fact that tha one now in constant use
is nearly worn out and in no condition to
stand much further wear and tear.
A lively scramble has been going on for
the past month among the swift typewriter
operators of the United States patent office
for the honor of writing the greatest num
ber of words In a working day. Miss Mary
E. Pretty so far holds championship
honors and It seems improbable that any of
her associates can approach her record ot
pounding out 20,400 words in six working
hours. ' .
Miss Pretty, together with about twenty
other girls, is engaged In copying patent
records. It la difficult work, technical in
character, while the copy Is In manuscript
form and is often hardly legible. About a
month ago Miss Pretty counted the number
ot words she had written one dsy and was
surprised to learn that they amounted to
almost 18,000. In some manner the fact got
Into the Washington newspapers and was
copied elsewhere, the story being that Miss
Pretty was the most rapid typewriter op
erator in thd government service, If not In
the country. This publication set Miss
rreuy s renow workers on edge and a
great race ensued among the girls to beat
her record.
For the past three weeks the typewriting
machines In the assignment division ot ths
patent office have been buzzing to the limit
of their capacity. Some of the girls broke
down under the strain ot trying to writs
more than 18,000 words in a day. Miss
Pretty, however, has again set new figures
for rapidity. The other day she rattled off
20,400 words between 9 and 4 o'clock, al
lowing about an hour .for luncheon and other
Interruptions. This is sn average of about
fifty-five words per minute for six hours,
and is an exceedingly' creditable perfor
mance. Miss Pretty's chiefs ssy that her !
work Is very good, there being very fen
errors In It.
A campaign against the mosquito Is being
planned by Burgeon General "Vyman of the
United States marine holtal service. H
has Issued a special circular to the various
acting assistant-sergeons at the different
ports where fruits Is received from Central
and South America and the West Indies.
"Your attention Is called," says General
Wyman, "to the spread of yellow fever
through the agenoy of the mosquito known
as the stegomyla fascoata and speolal pre
cautions should be tsken to prevent their
presence abroad vessels. Should yellow
fever break out at your port you are re
quested to cable immediately to the bu
reau." It Is now recognised by medical men In
all parts of the country that fevers and
contagious diseases generally are spread
by mosquitoes and the surgeons of the
United 8tatea army have been Instructed,
wherever it is possible, to continue the in
vestigations made in Cubs, which estab
lished the fact that yellow fever Is spread
by the winged pest.' Extraordinary pre
cautions are being taken in the city of
Washington against the spread of disease
by mosqultos during the coming season.
Preparations are being made to drain all
of the ponds near the city er to so cover
the stagnant water with oil that a mos
quito will not be able to get either la or
out of it.
Officials of ths Postofflce department
are conducting a practical test of ths new
postal system for the collection of letters
by means of street railway cars while they
sre in motion. The device consists of a
narrow letter box eo arranged on the body
of the car that at right-hand street cross
ings letters may be dropped Into it while
the csr Is running under a moderate speed.
It practically provides a long and wide
trough-like mouth on the side of the car,
which Is entirely without covering of sny
kind, so as to admit ot a quick, vertical
drop of the letter as the car glldea by.
To show tbat the mechanical arrange
ments of the box will provide adeqats
protection for the mall from injury in
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the average person know of stays,
and lining and thread? They ar
component parts of every suit
the cheap and the costly. , , But
there is a difference- it takes more ,
time to take pains in making, and
time costs money that is why, our
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rainy weather large quantities 'of water
today were dashed against the car snd
Into the mouth of the box before and after
the letters were dropped into it,' and they
were taken out perfectly dry. It prac
tically was demonstrated that without
stopping ths car letters can be posted la
the new mall receptacle with eoavenlenca
and safety.
PITHILY POINTED.
Undertaker's Assistant Hadn't you bat
ter go right away to lay old Skynflynte
out?
Undertaker I rught to, but I have to eat
my dinner first. Business before pleasure,
you know Baltimore American.
"What Interesting aermons sou preach!"
"Yes. The time I should have ben in a
theological seminary I spent in sowing my
wild oat."-Brooklyn Life. - .
Ladv (after singing a few rusty notes)
Don't you think ray vote should be brought
out?
Manager No; pushed back. Columbus
Dispatch. .
M W ' '
"After all," remarked the man who wns
given to morsllsliig, "experience Is the
greatest of all schools."
That may be," replied the grumbler,
"but very few of us live long enough to
graduate." Philadelphia Press. ,
Copley That's a pretty good cigar you're
smoking.
Popley Yes; that's a 10-enter you gave
me.
Copley I gave you? I guess you re mis
taken. . .
Popley Oh, no. The only dime I found In
our baby's bank this rooming was the one
you put In yesterday. Philadelphia Ledger.
Munson Crawley says he has been offered
8150 for that old plug of his. Why, that
horse in his best days wasn't worth more
Benson Oh, he wasn't offered $150 all In a
bunch. Whit he means Is that all the of
fers he ever had for it would add up that
amount Kansas City Journal, . .
"You can't alius Jedge a man by de
'mount of fame dat 'taches to him, ' re
marked Uncle Bben. "De pussen dat does
his plain duty doesn't attract near so much
public notice as de one dat goes to a pah lor
social an' flourishes a rasor." Washington
Star.
. Wellington was asked how he liked the
title ot Iron Duke,
"t gueb It's all right,1 he said, "but -hy
didn't they call me a Mailed Fist, or some
thing like that V
Being assured, however, that ad Europe
gave him the glad hand, ha was somewhat
consoled. New York Sun.
"Brirint" said Mrs. Hires, sternly, "l
met on the street today that policeman who
aat In the kitchen with you so long last
night. I took advsvntag or tha opportunity
to'speaa to mm.
"Oh, ye needn't think thot'U make me
-eJous, ma'am," replied the cook. "lOt
ave got him cinched, all right." Fhila-
niTi
delphla Ledger.
ADVICE ABOUT HEADING.
Dailies, weeklies, monthlies, books.
fcjattarad aad piled wherever one looks.
Have a care, my boy, about what you read.
Take only what's good and what you need.
The things you should disregard, my son,
Are a thousand and one, a thousand and
one.
Heed well the fatherly love and care
That bid you ever beware, bewara.
Have an eye that's keen for all that s good.
But don't ba swamped in this great, wide
The things you should purposely let alone
Are a thousand and one, a thousand and
, , one.
Don't fear that your mind will be blank or
dull
Unless you stuff It and keep it crammed
full.
But always have room for thoughts- of your
And 1T Dame Natura oft teach you alone.
The things you may safely and wisely shun
Are a thousand and one, a thousand and
one. ...
There's much In ths forms of literature
That's wholesome, truthful, helpful and
pu re,
But you'd better bo sleeping, or pounding
Than gorging yourself with the drift of the
lana.
The things you have no use for, my son,
Are a thousand and one, a thousand end
one. ...
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