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OEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 1st day of May, A. D. ISO.
it. B. H UNGATE,
(Seal.) Notary public.
..The wise man sometimes changes his
mind. So does Senator Hanna.
Nebraska republicans are for Koose-
Telt and don't care who knows 1L
' The storm god' wants it distinctly un
! derttood that he plays no favorites.
For the present there is no encourage
ment for autonioblle races In these parts.
. Nebraska republicans will start the
ball a-rolllns by nominating the winning
state ticket August 18.
. ' Ex-Governor Savage now declares that
be regrets liavlng stayed in Nebraska so
long. The regrets are mutual.
- '.Everxlclqud may hay.e a allver lining,
but tlje Hniug is too .often torn, to shreds
before It can be of any useful service.
Arbitration still continues to be the
most satisfactory solution of the labor
problem in every section of the country.
The university cadet battalion seems
to have- Selected the right time for its
annual encampment to give the boys a
touch of real roughing it.
... Montana Is to have a special session
of -the legislature to relieve the treasury
by appropriations for various specified
purposes.., Nebraska stands In no needi
of such relief.
The state school apportionment will
give the Omaha school board more
money than it had counted on from that
source, nut it wm nave no u.ucu.i,
muu8 f-
, Some consolation, may be drawn from
the fact that as a rule the damage
wrought by a tornado figures up a great
.deal more the. hour after the visitation
than H 'dbes the week, after the catas-
t. ...
trophe.
. If anybody in Omaha Is disposed to
establish a tannery, now Is his chance to
secure first-class leather makers. Nearly
4.0Q0 employes have quit the vats and
dropped their aprons in tbe tanneries of
Milwaukee.
Enthusiastic New Yorkers stiffening
op with pride at their 250 years of
municlna! existence are talking about
Its destiny being fixed as "the chief city
of the world." London will do well to
look to its laurels.
The call for a republican state con
vention to nominate a candidate ' for
Judge of 'tbe supreme court and two
regent of the university has been
Issued. One campaign Is scarcely over
befort tbe other begins. ,
After tasting the delights of inheriting
an tsUte worth $7,500,000, left to Hm
by Ms grandfather. King Alfonso of
Spain might be willing to adopt 8 few
rich uncles and aunts, providing the ap
praisement is satisfactory.
' Tb new council has started off In good
form and with little friction. The com-
. h.. no flavor of factionalism
and bold out the prospect of efficiency
fc.rmnr which is essential for
good municipal government
Whatever may be said or thought
about .Governor Mickey's predilections
In making nonpartisan appointments.
everybody will concede that the new
police commissioner he baa given Omaha
W .1
Is 8 gentleman, 8 scholar and 8 good
lawyer.
Senator Gorman was always noted for
bis reticence. He will not determine
whether he will aspire, to 8 nomination
on the democratic presidential ticket
unUl h satisfies himself that the demo-
crrnt have some kind of 8 chance to win.
Senator Gnur lg no rainbow chaser.
TBt LATB8T 8AMPLK F DISTHlBCTtOtt.
In tb bulletins issued last year by
authority of the railroads of Nebraaka
through their tax agents great stres
waa laid on the Ixneflta that accrued to
the counties in central and western Ne
braska by the distribution of the Omaha
and Lincoln terminals. Although this
part of the bunco game played in the in
terest of railroad tax shirking was
effectively exploded by the comparative
table published by this paper, the State
Board of Equalization has again
trumped up the distribution fake as an
excuse for its disregard of equity and
Justice in the assessment made this
year.
In the year 1900 the Union Pacific re
turned 1,020.41 miles for assessment in
Nebraska and Its net earnings per mile
for the whole system were returned by
the company as $4,186.71. In 1902 the
Union Pacific reported miles for
taxation, with net earnings of $5,404
per mile, or an increase of earnings for
the entire system, main line and
branches, of $1,218 per mile.
In 1900 the Union Pacific was assessed
for $9,800 per mile, or an aggregate for
the main line of $4,578,750. In 1903, un
der the bogus system of distribution,
the main line of the Union Pacific waa
assessed for $9,900 per mile, or an ag- to be expected that the republican con
gregate of $4,625,456. ventions in all the other states will fall
Mark the striking discrepancy. In in une. so far as now appears there
1900 Nebraska's forced contribution to js no opposition to him anywhere that
tne union raciflc, after deducting op-
crating expenses, betterment and
t,XP8, KreKated $4,578,756. In 1902 it
aggreRated W.449,254, equal to more
than Pr cent on a valuation of
100,000 per mile for main line and
branches, or if capitalized at 4 per cent,
an equivalent or iou,uw per mile. And
tne board was unable consclen-
tl t- ... t u
main Una more than $100 per mile for
the coming year under the peculiar sys
tem of distribution, and the branch lines
were left Just as they were two years
ago,
Assume that the average of all taxes
for state, county and. local la eni to
80 mills, or 3 per cent the board has
Imposed an additional tax on the Union
Pacific of $3 for every mile of main line
and loft tha mnminr !,. .u I
.d(11tlnnaI ,nAAmi, fn mrw
"" I
n ,ot ti- i. .
ujn.u 1 1 1 V. ll.L IS null 1411 k 11 1 UC
canea aistriDutlon wltn a vengenace.
The main line of the Burlington was
assessed In 1900 at $10,580 per mile and
this year at $10,500, when as 8 matter
of fact the board had no exhibit from
the company to show 8 decrease in
tangible property, In earnings or in
equipment On the cpntrary, the official
returns for the entire system show a
marked Increase of earnings for iao2
I over the year 1900. ; Where did the dls-
trlbution. of the increased earning ,
to? Surely not to the Omaha & South-
western ros.d. which Is credited with nil
the terminals of the Burlington system
at Omaha, -worth more than 2 nntvnm
and was assessed in 1900 for $334,281,.f0
and in 1902 for only $3,330,720, or less
than one-sixth of the value of the
Omaha terminals alone, throwing in the
whole road and its equipment as worth
less bric-a-brac.
If anybody of sound mind can point
out where the counties In central and
western Nebraska, or any other part of
x-i i i i j m. . ...
neurnsio, nave proniea Dy me so-called
distribution, we shall be pleased to hear
from them.
TBI DEMOCRATIC hiuroanizehs.
There is no reason to doubt that the
men who are endeavoring to reorganize
the democratic party are very much in
earnest but there Is diversity of opinion
among them as to methods and policies
which Is obstructing the movement for
reorganlMtlon. Thfre are nAUMu and
con8ervatlve88ome wuo nrge the TOm
Diet- Pennnclation of the nlatforma nf
1896 and 1900 and others who counsel
some sort of compromise. There are
still others who, like Senator Gorman,
are non-committal. One of. the leading
organs of reorganization, which la
zealously supporting Mr. Cleveland for
the nomination next year, la the Brook
lvn Eaele. of acknowledged ahllltT and
no littlo lnfliun-. it nnnt.
col element and wants tbe extirpation of
Bryan 'and Bryanlam root and branch.
That paper says that it will not be
enough to neutralize Bryanlsm, "it must
be destroyed." "It will not be enough to
modify, to moderate, or to muzzle If
allures the Eagle, "it must be shorn of
a Pwer ana 01 influence. It will
not b enough to make of it an Impotent
It must be made an outlaw. Bryanlsm
has gone through' democracy and left
it bankrupt of credit Democracy must
show, by overt acta, that it Is through
with Bryanlsm, if It would be restored
elth,r fred,t or to Pwer" 71,18 Pro-
P0" an "iingiy aimcult if not an
impossible task. .There is still 8 good
u' vl vnaiity to uryanism among
tnose wno insist tnat tney are the real
democrat8 and u 18 not be doubted
1,1,1 B,""n ,n lQe next na-
tional convention. Perhaps those who
" iiru to repumate tne platforms
niMi iuit urinwTuc leader in me lust
two presidential campaigns will control
the national convention, but that is by
no means certain. The believers In
Bryanlsm are still numerous and they
ar '"natically loyal to their belief. Mr.
Bryn blmself rejects all suggestions of
compromise and so far as appears there
,B no bought among his followers of
abandoning their position. The more
ardMlt of ,hem ,n",Bt tha h Principles
t0'81"1 ,n 1KW and reaffirmed In
ln n ,ai1 oun1 democratic doctrine
" ' element
s warned reorganize that 8 re-
1wriSn 4tP 4 at ill a . a
T , ' , "r,u",mB mage m-
T". unuir 1HIIIIK1HUC OeifKl m UAH.
Meanwhile there Is talk of possible
I candidates, with Mr. Cleveland In the
,pd 80 fr as the eastern reorganizes
ar concerned, those of the south being
Prepared to accept anybody. At the so-
c""el. harmony dinner of the .Tilden
c,ub of Jsw Yor tew nights ago the
Mule Grove Cleveland evoked tb
retrst enthusiasm In the course of the
speeches. This was one of ninny recent
Indication of the strong sentiment in
the east In favor of the nomination of
Cl-jveland by the next democratic na
tional convention and there is no doubt
that weighty influences are at work for
his nomination. And he is doing noth
ing to counteract the movement
PBtHBSYLVAXlA IX LiTg.
The republicans of Pennsylvania are
in line with those of Michigan and a
number of other states in endorsing
President Hoosevelt for nomination by
the republican national convention of
1904. The Ohio republican convention
next week will undoubtedly take like
action, Senator Hanna having an
nounced that he will not oppose its
doing so. It is said that his change
0f intention was due to a telegram
from Mr. Roosevelt Indicating a desire
for endorsement by the Ohio conven
tion, but it is quite likely that Mr.
Hanna waa to some extent influenced
by the fact that republican sentiment
In the Buckeye state is overwhelmingly
In favor of such action.
These endorsements will make cer
tain the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt,
probably by the unanimous rote of the
national convention, for it is reasonably
can prevent this. It is a very remark
able Illustration of the president's pop-
ularity, of the firm hold he has upon the
esteem and confidence of his party. His
admirable administration, signalized by
a high standard of statesmanship and
by a constant purpose and endeavor to
conserve the Interests and weirare ol
the people, has won the approbation of
.It l tA
TBI PVZZLMO CANAL PROBLIM,
What effect. If any, the ministerial
crisis In Colombia will have upon the
ratification of the isthmian canal treaty
18 Juestlon that 18 8aId t0 be causing
"me Perplexity to omciais in vusmng
ton - According to the latest Inform
uon rrom tne mucn turned soutn-
ern republic there Is continued oppo-
sltlon on the part of many influential
Colombians to the canal treaty, but
, . ... . ,
wneiner mis win De sumciem to aeieai
ratification cannot be stated at this
time. A short time since the president
of Colombia issued a call for a special
session of the congress to convene
June 20, but existing conditions
in that country are such that it
is by no means certain that congress
will assemble at that time. Colombia
Is virtually under martial law and the
q Is likely to grow worse rather
than better' the KOt-wnment belng
anoucapped by 11 bankrupt condition
B0 tnar 11 mn ao uu,e towara tne re8'
Oration of peace and order. There np-
pear8 to 1x8 no doubt that tbe Presldeut
OI lne repuouc
Is favorable
to the
treaty, but It seems that he
great influence.
has no
It is a question how much longer our
government will wait for action by the
Colombian government. A Wasbirgton
aispatcn says that if it shall appear
shortly that the Colombian government
18 unwU1,nS to consummate the treaty,
or 18 dlsP0Bed to defer flnal ac"on be-
vnnd the "rpnannn hl tlmo" monHnnns?
In the sPner act the state department
once endeavor to reopen nego
tiations with Nicaragua and Costa
Rica with a view to securing control of
the alternate route for a canal through
those countries. At present the feeling
at Washington is that It will not be
necessary to resort to the Nicaragua
route, but certainly there Is little that
is reassuring or encouraging in the ex-
,gtlng Bltuatlon,
Thirty railroad lawyers have gotten
tueir Deads together and concocted a
plan to defeat the constitutional amend
ment adopted last year by .the state of
Michigan, under which railroad taxes
are imposed on the property value basis.
the same as taxes levied on 'all other
classes of property. The plan agreed
uPn ,8 an aPPal to the Un,ted statM
rourl "n lue I,lea nB a valorem taxes
are contrary to the fourteenth article of
the United States constitution. It Is
very singular that the railroad lawyers
of Nebraska have never discovered that
Impediment to collect taxes on the ad
valorem basis in the fourteenth article,
Nebraska has been collecting ad valorem
taxes ever since 1875, but inasmuch as
the assessment boards have followed the
directions of the railroad lawyers in
stead of the letter of the law the rail
roads have gracefully submitted.
Telephone companies are grappling
with the perplexing problem how to
protect their patrona from shocks and
how to protect their stockholders from
being bled for shocks. The Chicago
Telephone company, for example, has
Just been sued by one of Its patrons for
$50,000 for 8 telephone shock lust fall
from which the plaintiff claims she has
never recovered, and another damage
suit for $10,000 has been filed against
tbe same company by one of its girl
operators who was shocked at the
switcbboaTd. Up to this time no court
has Issued 8 restraining order to pre
vent lightning from entering the tele
phone office or shocking a telephone
whisperer.
When The Bee predicted that Gov
ernor Mickey had 8 genuine surprise in
store for Omaha In filling the vacant
police commlssionership It made the
forecast in 8 humorous vein. It is an
open secret that the Influence that
secured the appointment of Lee Spratlen
Is potential at the state bouse and when
the governor does not yield to the
persuasive advice of Council Bluffs it 1
because the pressure from the corner of
Tenth and Farnam streets is a little
more persuasive.
Facias; a Grlsa Fart.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Legislation In Missouri has long rested
on 8 system ex bribery A ar ago this
would have been hypocritically called
slandering the state, but Is now recog
nised as a grim fact.
t'aa II Make It rilmi.
Chicago News.
E. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor of the
I'nlverelty of Nebraska, has recanted on
the silver question. He says: "I was In
a great, Inexcuaahln error." There is no
pronpect, though, that his vlewa will be
come unanimous In Uncoln, Neb.
A False Alarm.
Philadelphia North American.
The American ambassador to St. Peters
burg may be presumed to know something
about Russia's policy In Manchuria and the
attitude of Its ministry toward foreign
tiade. He says M. Wltte Is a firm advocate
of the open door and has no desire to see
the Manchurtan ports closed against the
United States. The Siberian railway must
carry freight to be a success, and to get
freight for the railway the government
must encourage trade at the Pacific ter
minal. Bo far as the United States Is con
cerned, the Manchurian scare was a false
alarm.
War Coats Big stoaey.
Philadelphia Press.
War, even by a first-class power against
a comparatively small population. Is a very
costly operation, as the British discovered
in South Africa. The London Economist
says the cost of that war waa 11,066.780,000.
In addition, f 16,000,000 waa loaned to tha
Transvaal and Bouth Orange colonies,
which la to be repaid. Tha comparatively
small part which th British took In tha
Chinese Boxer trouble cost over KMVOOO.OOO.
To meet all of this enormous expenditure
1375.760,000 was raised by taxation. Tha re
mainder will, for the most part, be added
to the national debt. It would not take
many victories of that kind to put a nation
Into bankruptcy.
ANTAGONIZING PIBLIO FOLICT.
Rough Sleddlns; ' la arspet tor
Greedy Corporatloas.
Detroit Free Press.
One of the great corporation lawyers of
the country recently said In Washington
that, "If there Is any bigger fool than
millionaire, It is a multi-millionaire." Th
reference la made sufficiently plain from
the fact that he waa discussing the action
of President Baer and his following In re
sisting the efforts to bring th coal combi
nation within the operations of the law
It Is not considered as an exaggeration In
the common discussion of this subject to
say that Mr. Baer and his associates are
doing more to defeat their case than are
the witnesses called against them. In on
Instance they were directly responsible for
the refusal of the Lehigh Valley, Lacka
wanna, New Jersey and Erie companies to
produce the contracts called for by th
Interstate Commerce commlslson.
This Is as shortsighted a policy as they
could adopt, unless they should dellber
ately set up the contention that the federal
government ought to be superseded by the
sovereignty of President Baer supported by
his present satelltes. It tends to confirm
the popular belief that the trust Is a dan
gerous and outlaw organization. It stim
ulates and hardens the determination ot
the commission to assert Its authority and
secure the evidence. And the whole recent
course of federal action goes to show that
the witnesses will obtain no favors to
which the law does not entitle them. At
torney General Knox has moved In th
matter and no general makes a nearer ap
proach to certainty In planning his cam
palgna.
The first step In' the way of competing
obedience will be to certify to the circuit
court of the United States the refusal ot
the witnesses, as outlined, and ask for an
order competing them to produce the books
and papers desired. If th request be re
fused the commission can appeal to th
supreme court of the United States; It
granted the witnesses must either obey or
invite arrest for contempt. If sent to Jail
the writ of habeas corpus may be brought
into play, but It la not usually granted In
contempt cases. Its refusal would enable
the witnesses to go before the supreme
court on appeal from the refusal, and pos
sibly to obtain a review of all matters In
controversy. The Important fact Is that
President Baefs autocratic Interpretation
of what the authorities may or may not do
resented and that there la rough sled
ding in sight for him, no matter how he
may land.
OUTRAGES ON THE JEWS.
Rosstan Policies Shock th Moral
Sensibilities of the World.
Bt Louis Globe-Democrat.
It is no small matter to te th object of
the moral condemnation of the world.
The slaughter of Jews In Russia Is plainly
caused by racial and religious fanaticism.
fanned Into mob Insanity by crafty, edu
cated leaders of a demogoglo type. The ed
itor of an anti-Jewish paper at Klshlneft,
the seen ot a terrible massacre, declares
that unless Jews become Christians within
one year the rule should be that no one
of the race be permitted to remain in
Russia. There Is a large body of Jew
haters In Russia who work up. through
ths press and otherwise, a maniacal feeling
of hostility that when let toose shows no
mercy to man, woman or child. The con
ditions of tolerance are put on an Impossl
ble basis. No race of men with enlighten'
ment or sens of manhood will change
their religion on compulsion. They may
go Into exile to escape persecution, but
the victims at Klshlneft were not offered
that alternative. A mob as fierce and un
relenting as a vast pack of wolves slew
every Jew In their path, and now one of
their unchecked leaders notifies Jews gener
ally that they must leave th empire or
secure Russian cltlsenship by renouncing
their religion.
For some reason connected with 1m
perlal politics th Jew-hatera in various
countries of Europe are allowed undue
latitude. Russia la worst of all In this
respect, Its policy having now drawn upon
It the censure of mankind. It la useless
to say the czar can not atop the outrages.
hen he can instantaneously stamp out
political offenders nd th slightest sign
of revolt. If the persecution of Jews has
so powerful a hold upon the Russian people
that Its repression would endsnger the
empire or render the reigning family In
tensely unpopular, then Russia is not In a
healthful condition nor entitled to rank
high among modern nations. Keeping the
empire "quiet" by blinking the general
aaaasstnstlon of a helpless race, is an In
famous kind of politics. The csar has not
acted vigorously nor to the point In dis
couraglng the spirit of oppression and mur
der. His policy, as far as tne outside world
can Judge, Is superficial and temporizing.
Ruaala's Internal government can not
be dictated by other nations, but mankind
can make known Its horror at such
barbarities as have occurred In Bessarabia,
and are threatened elsewhere In the em
plre. Civilised peoples generally, through
meetings and resolutions, can express their
emphatic condemnation, appeal to the csar
for justice, and extend sympathy and aid
to the sufferers. This cause Is one of simple
humanity. Mobs are not unknown outside
of ' Russia, but nowhere else do they
amount to a widespread effort to destroy
a whole race on religious grounds, while
the authorities look on without applying
the only correctives that can stsy the mur
der of thousands without regard to ag or
sex. Unless Russia acts adequately the
world will necessarily conetude that It la
a lawless country and 8 radically back
ward an in civtUsaUon.
ROlftD ABOCT HEW YORK.
Ripples th Carreat of Life la
th Metropolis.
Over 100.000 men usually engaged In the
various building trsdes In Greater fsew
Tork are idle. Strikes by' the workmen
or lockouts on the part of the contractors
or material men have brought about a
practical suspension of all kinds of con
struction work and the abandonment of
many projected Improvements. Averaging
the earnings of the Idle men at 2 each the
loss of workmen Is at least $200,000 a day.
The loss to those Indirectly affected Is es
timated at half that sum. Contractors snd
material men are losers to sn equal smount.
Th total losses to the warring elements
and the Innocent spectators easily aggre
gate 1600,000, and In all probability ap
proximate ll.000.0O9 a day. "Just now,"
writes Joe Howard In the Boston Globe,
we are In an extraordinary condttlon; with
more work to be done" than ever, and with
less men to do it than ever. Great office
structures, big city works, public schools
and libraries, a ffiO.000,000 subway half done,
tunnels, bridges and prlvste residences, in
11 $100,000,000, wages for somebody, stand
idle. Armies of mn walk the streets,
crowd the gin mills, attend meetings, listen
to reports, confer and make no money.
Capital, anxious to pay for work, can get
no work done, and intelligent labor, need
ing money and anxious to earn it, Is now
crushed between the strike on tha one
hand and the lockout on th other. Truly
this Is a tremendous problem. Capital Is
losing Its Interest and labor is losing its
wages. I see It estimated that Mr. Stokes,
owner of the largest, most magnificent
and most expensive apartment house In the
world, has lost mora than $1,000,000 by
strikes and as much more by disappointed
would-be tenants, whose suites were not
ready at the appointed and engaged time.
Aside from this particular kind of Idle
ness, there Is a lamentable Idleness of an
other sort an idleness which oppresaes men
who search but cannot find, whose per
sistent knock finds no open door. They
sleep in the parks, on the docks, in the
cheaper lodging houses, and begin each
day anew, unshaven, unwashed, unfod.
How long can any city be prosperous while
Its working classes live In Idleness? Capital
needs active co-operation with labor. Ditto
labor with onpltal."
There Is one clever New Tork shop man
who has made a study of the type feminine.
His show window Is a triumph of art and
artifice. This Solomon Is a vendor of shoes.
He employs the looking glass as a bait
for the feminine shopper, who, he declares,
"cannot pass one, even though she may
have Just passed a dosen." But he is
sharper than the ordinary shopkeeper and
has observed that, while a woman stares
Into a mirror-decked window, she does not
necessarily observe the goods therein. In
deed, usually she is so taken with her own
reflection that the mirror la thus a dis
traction as well as an attraction. There
fore he has cunningly arranged a group of
mirrors behind his wares so deftly that,
no matter where she may stand, she can
not catch sight of her face In any one of
them. Any position she assumes a long
vista of dainty shoes Is reflected, but no
counterfeit presentment of herself.
"Oh, I'm getting along all right," said a
bright-faced, middle-aged woman as she
at on a bench In City park, fondly passing
her hand over th bushy brown hair of a 5-
year-Md boy, relates the Brooklyn Eagle,
"Don't worry about me. Look for some
body who la in real need." That woman
Uvea not six blocks from the Brooklyn
bridge. She washes dishes In a downtown
Manhattan restaurant. . Her wages are $4
a week. She has one room, for which ahe
pays $5 a month. Every morning, rain or
shine, ah trudges over the bridge to her
work. Every evening, pleasant or unpleaa
ant, she trudges back. There Is no money
for car fares. It costs B cents a day, or to
cents a week, to put her boy in a day
nursery, where he gets a midday meal. She
herself gets something in the afternoon
from th restaurant leavings. "For break
fast," she explained to a friend, "we spend
cents for milk and 6 centa for doughnuts.
There may be folks who can enjoy cereals.
Wa can't. We've tried everything, and
doughnuts and milk go farther than any
thing else." Her washing costs SO cents
week. She says ahe must be clean and
have her boy clean, regardless of expense,
and there's no way for her to dry her
clothes In her one room. So her weekly In
come is thus used up: Rent, $1.25; nursery,
60 cents; breakfast. $1.06; washing, 60 cents;
Sunday dinner and incidentals, 60 cents;
total, $4. If she breaks a plate 10 centa
cornea off the Sunday dinner. Some women
who know her send her old clothes. She
makes them over evenings for her boy and
herself. Shoes are a great puszle. Coal In
winter is got along without. The room Is
partially warmed from the hallway. And
yet well, you couldn't find a more cheerful
face in all Greater New Tork. Th park Is
free, and Sunday afternoon Is the delight of
the week. Traly, poverty, of which we all
complain, does not ahut out the sunshine
If our natures are genuinely sunny!
There are many peculiar occupations fol
lowed by those engaged in gaining a liveli
hood In and around New York. A look Into
the Junk shops along the river front will
give one a little Idea of the thousand and
one things that have found their way
thither after being discarded by their own
ers. Among th many unknown ways by
which a subsistence is gained Is one fol
lowed by two men who may be seen almost
any day rowing about In the North river.
While on keeps the small boat In position
the other, with grappling hook and poles,
draga the bottom of the stream for what
ever of value may be pulled from the
depths. Pieces of rope or machinery and a
variety of stuff, good or bad, are grist to
them. Several years ago they came across
water-tight box, containing valuable
papers and Jewelry, which had been loat
overboard In a collision between two steam-
. At time the men pull up other things
than those they seek. Not Infrequently
have they brought to the surface the bodies
of drowned persons, who have either com
mltted suicide or met their deaths through
accident.
The sidewalk artist pointed his camera at
the boy and the crowd fell baek on either
aide out of rang.
A little higher your head," aald the
artist, and the boy's chin went up.
"A little further back -you go."
Again the boy obeyed. There was a sharp
click, and then the camera man waited for
a few seconds. Ths crowd closed In and
the man opened a tin cup at the back of
tha Instrument, from which he took a tin
type all ready for Its pink paper frame.
Several more persons, at 5 cents a head,
stood for their portraits, snd then the artist
moved to the next corner. He Is a for
signer, and his field Is the lower East Side.
His busiest day Is Saturday, when ths
streets ar filled with people.
Hep with a Stria.
Boston Glob.
Railway President Hill figures It out that
when we can sell esch person in China a
cent's worth a day It will give us a trade
with that country of $1,600,000,000 a year.
This will lead people to wlah the Chinese
hsd th cents to trad with.
A Loasj Felt Will.
Saturday Evening Post.
In these days of high charges for electric
lights the country heeds another Benjamin
Franklin. Us brought electricity down.
THE OLD
rifl.'?w'7fnr?ro)
Absolute!) Pure
THERE tS NO SUBSTITUTE
GREAT WASTE IK atJARJlKLI.
Vast Interest Damaged by th Strife
of Labor and Capital.
Indianapolis News.
The union of manufacturers to combat
unionism Is said to be spreading. There Is
talk, on the other hand, of a combination
of unions labor unions to combat this
union. There are strikes almost every
where In almosc every trade, and they are
characterised by unusual fierceness. The
strike of the laundrymen In Chicago, which
has continued for three weeks. Is still un
settled by reason of a refusal of the drivers
to submit their claims to arbitration.
Meanwhile the public la suffering; and this
Js an element In the seemingly growing
labor troubles that may have to be taken
into larger consideration than hitherto. The
people at large have an Interest that has
never been fully considered, but which. If
the differences of labor and capital Increase
in ' frequency and bitterness, must be con
sidered. Society depends n co-operation, and this
cannot long be Interrupted without loss.
Generally speaking, there would seem to
be tw remedies on an enforcement of
law that would permit men to ta.lt th
place of strikers. This Is based on the
theory that there are such men; that so
ciety at large furnishes sufficient workmen
ready to take places If their lives and lib
erty be protected. The other remedy Is
that for which the Clvto Federation has
been striving, and that la a meeting In trust
and confidence between the forces of labor
and capital. It is apparent that th pros
perity of both depends on co-operation and
not discord; neither can Uve long without
th other. And to the extent that they try.
as In the ease of a strike, to that extant
the general sura Of prosperity Is dimin
ished, and In the long run all feel it, and
labor feels It more than capital. Just as
bad crops make a condition that ail feel.
so the Interruption of Industry create a
similar condition. .
W ought to b able to do something bet
ter with our great prosperity In this ooun
try than to waste It In quarrel. W need
an accession of reason, a decrease of the
spirit cf hostility, a growth of the temper
that is willing to com together and mak
concessions.
PERSONAL ROTES.
Alexander Archangel escaped from a Now
Jersey Jail the other night. His guards
probably realized the futility of seeking to
prevent a man with such a nam from
flying.
The long distance automobile race In
Franca waa a great success. A speed of
ninety miles an hour was attained, and
the Hat of the dead and wounded Is being
added to every minute.
M. Paul Strauss, senator for Paris, who
is one of the most practical authorities on
municipal affairs. Is about to propose that
compulsory sanitary record should be
attached to every dwelling.
President Roosevelt haa been Invited by
the cltsens of North Adams, Mass., to
come to that city and unveil the statue of
his Illustrious predecessor, William Mo-
Klnley, In course of erection.
General Andrew HIckenlooper, long prom
inent In the political and ousiness lit of
Cincinnati, has resigned the presidency of
the gas company and will hereafter live
In retirement. Falling health, due to old
age, is the reason assigned.
Frederick M. Wood of Bt Louis on Bun-
fay last celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
of his Initiation as an Odd Fellow. Ha haa
been connected with the same lodge and
one of the most regular members In at
tendance during the entire period.
General George B. Davis, Judge advocate
general of the army, has been designated
to represent the army at a conference to
meet In Geneva, Switzerland, on September
14. for the purpose of considering pro
posed changes in ths Red Cross convention
of August 22. 1864.
Lord Wemyss has the unique distinction
of being the only man who ever struck the
present king of England. It happened
during a debate In the House of Lords,
when the king, then prince of Walea,
occupied a seat In front of Lord Wemyss.
Next Saturday
We close at noonDecoration Day and we stay closed
until Monday morning, but will be open Friday ntght, and
as there Is "No Clothing that Fits Like Ours" there may
be some article thaf you want especially for that day, or
the next Sunday. Even one of our 11.25 wash waist coata
or better would be refreshing, a soft shirt, cool underwear,
eightly hosiery, belts, straw hats, or any kind of in and
out wearables to please all tastes and fancies.
Be sure and make the purchase before Saturday noon.
groWnii2- Km2 (2
R. 8. Wilcox, Manager.
RELIABLE
who waa speaking with a great deal of
animation. While emphasizing a point he
brought his flat down on top of th prince's
silk hat with such foro that th hat was
smashed In and pushed down over th eyes
of the royal listener. Apologies followed.
The prince ramarkfed that h appreciated
the force of Lord Wemyss' remarks and
then moved out of rang of his nrgetio
arm.
FLASHES OF FCN.
'You don't mean to say ha'e bought a
copy of the city directory for his parlor.
What use has he for It there?"
"Wby, man aJlva, his name's In It In
print. Philadelphia Ledger.
Jinks Rum Is a curse.
Blnks Yes. you bet It Is. And at time
there's nothing like a good hard swear for
relieving the feelings. How do you feel
now T New York Sun.
"Why don't you see a physician T"
"No. slree," snswered Farmer Corntossel.
medicine. Nobody gits his plcter in the
paper fur beln' cured by a reg lar doctor."
Washington Star.
Willie Boreum Pa. what's tb difference
between news and gossip t
Mr. Boreum Well, my son, whenever
your mother tells anything to anyone It's
news, but when anyone telle her anything
It's gossip. New York Times.
"Go In and tell the editor I am out here
with a horsewhip," cried the Irate cltlsen.
"He'll be very glad to hear It," replied the
office boy. "He'll Just take It away from
you and sell it. We had an auction up
her last week and sold a dosen." Chicago
News.
"Shall I oppos th bill, then?" said the
lobbyist.
"Well." said the magnate. "I leave It to
you. Us your own Judgment whether to
oppose It or put something In It to mak
It unconstitutional."
"Blinks Is terribly nervous. Be bow he
keeps clutching at the air aod carrying his
hand to hi mouth T" .
"That isn't nervousness. That a foro of
habit. He patronises the free lunch coun
ters." Baltimore News.
"I thought," said the doctor, "that thla
waa a bargain; that I could get It for a
"WelL you an have lt,M replied th
dealer, "If you can reach few high
notes." Philadelphia Press. .
"Yes, he has an wxeellent memory.
"Nonsense I He doesn't seem to be able
to remember th $10 I loaned him last
am r "
"Thaf s lust what make hi memory
excellent; he can remember or forget thli
s
ngs
as he pleases." Detroit Fr Press.
BONO Or THE LAW if MOWER.
New York Bun.
With hands all calloused and hard.
With red and puffy mien,
Th suburbanite with all his might
Keeps shoving the grass machine I
Push! push! push)
With back bending lower and lower,
While frogs they croak and crickets creak
Tne Bong of tbe old Lawn Mower.
i
Shovel shovel shovel
From morning till lata at night.
And push! push) push I
With all your muscle and might.
It's ohl to be once mora .
In th clasp of a city flat
Where you don't have to rattle an old
machln
With a caboag leaf under your hat
Click! click!' click!
Till the brain begin to rook.
Sweatl sweat) sweat!
From your bonnet right down to your sock.
Rocks and rubbish and sticks, .
Tomato cans and bean.
These are thlnga I run across
Plying the grass machln.
Oh, men with country tastoa.
Oh, men In city spots,
Oh, you have lota to be thankful for,
Yes, lots and lots and lota.
Pushl push I push I
la a thing you never need do,
'Neath the broiling, baking, scorching sua
With the heat at a hundred and two.
Oh, for an hour of rest, '
Which I know will never be mine.
Though for my part I'd let th grass
Grow up 'bout six-foot-nine.
But a fellow he hardly rests.
When a voice la heard nearby.
Baying. "Oh. dearest, don t you think
The grass is getting too highT"
Then pushl push! push!
Till you wilt In your very clothe, ,
Shovel shove! shovel .'
With face as red as the rose, '
It's oh! for a city retreat v
Away from this vernal green.
I'd rather be a slave to a Jan-l-tor
Than work this grass machine.
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