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M. B. HUNGATK,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Governor Mickey is now a LL. D.
the reward for affixing bis name to all
the laws enacted by tbe late legislature.
These are the days of revolutions
not omitting tbe . revolution in tbe
faculty of the University of Nebraska
law school.
Give him half a chance aud the Ne
braska farmer will show what a bustler
be is even if be has to work overtime
to catch up with bis crops.
Those Servians should remember that
no government founded on assassination
can command respect among tbe nations
In this twentieth century era.
Tbe total of degrees and certificates
Issued during the year by the University
of Nebraska foots up 397. The diploma
brigade constitutes ( a small , army . by
itself.'- .
The first thing the new king of Servla
should do is to proclaim an official ab
breviation of bis name. King Kara
georgevltch is too much. Call it George
for short ' .
llie judges of the district court are
preparing to rest from their arduous
labors. None of them, however, has
, gone out on a strike against being over
worked or underpaid.
The grandson of General Grant has
Just emerged with honors as a graduate
of West Tolnt. The name of Grant will
doubtless shed still further luster upon
American military annals.
The World-Herald is again solicitous
as to the course The Bee will pursue in
the campaigns that are to come. It is
the practice of . The Bee not to cross
bridges until it gets to them.
Before conjuring up another break
between President Roosevelt and Sena
tor Hannn, the political know-lt-alls wilt
have to imitate Mlcawber by waiting
for something new to turn up.
The importance of efficient electric
wiring is again emphasized by the
Incipient Are in the Bennett department
store, which was fortunately saved by
prompt and vigorous action of the fire
fighting force.
And up to date not a word of protest
from those railroad tax agents who in
sisted that assessing tbe property of the
Nebraska lines In l'.KO at the same valu
ation as in 1102 would be an outrage
bordering on confiscation.
If Omaha is to bold Its own in the
building lUies, it must get the trouble in
the building trades adjusted soon. With
construction work tied up through the
summer, Omaha will make a sorry ex
hibit in the comparative table of build
ing operations compiled at the close of
the year.
Many cities are proclaiming a strict
embargo on Fourth of July explosives
In an effort to bold down the mortality
list of Independence day. Omaha
might save the coroner several Jobs by
pursuing tbe same course and forbid
ding absolutely the sule of tbe giant
crackers and other dangerous ex
plosives without waiting for dealers to
lay in a deadly stock and then plead to
be protected against loss.
: i i
Photographs . showing the havoc
wrought by the Klshlneff massacres are
being reproduced in tbe pictorial week
Ilea as graphic evidence that the de
scriptions sent by wire and by letter
were by no means exaggerated. Tbe
views of the wrecked stores and pil
laged dwellings are almost counterparts
of the pictures of tornado-devastated
buildings, while tbe groups of maimed
and injured include old men, women
and little children. The only wonder Is
that the Russian government allowed
the camera to make these Indelible rec
ords of Its infamy.
THK SKRriAH A'SAHSIMATIOXS.
The assassination of the king and
queen of Servla, together with members
of tbe cabinet. Is the tragic culmination
of conditions that have long threatened
revolution In that kingdom. Nearly ever
slnrf the beginning of the reign of King
Alexander Servla bus been more or Ions
disturbed, owing to the unpopularity of
his methods, the hostility to him being
recently much Intensified by his sus
pension of the constitution, by which
action the freedom and rights of the
people were endangered. 'There was a
very general feeling of hostility, also,
toward the queen, an ambitious woman
having little regard for the interests and
welfare of the Servian people.
The dispatches Indicate that no Very
serious political results are apprehended
from this tragedy. A new government
has been proclaimed and It is believed
will be installed without difficulty. At
all events there is reason to think that
the circumstance will not disturb the
general peace of Europe, though it is
hardly to be expected that ' complete
quiet will be at once restored in Servla.
Generally unpopular as tbe late king
and queen were, they bad some ad
herents who will possibly seek to make
trouble. The murdered ktag was a son
of Milan I and was born in 1870. The
former, who succeeded bis cousin, as
sassinated in' 1808, had an unfortunate
career and Alexander showed little abil
ity as a ruler. The independence of
Servla from Turkey was established by
the. treaty of Berlin in 1878. It has an
area of about 21,000 square miles nnd
a population of a little over 2,000,000,
the Inhabitants being almost entirely
Slav. The kingdom has only 'a small
i.tandlng army, but there Is a consider
able force of national militia, so that
In case of wnr it could put into the
field nearly 200,000 men. The material
progress of the country Is slow.
The new king Is said to be entirely ac
ceptable to the people .generally, and to
be pro-Russian in feeling, which means
that the Influence of Russia will prob
ably be paramount at Belgrade, the
Servian capital. Whether or not this will
be conducive to the preservation of
general peace is a question. It is said
that Russia has been preparing Servla,
by gifts of munitions of war, for a pos
sible conflict In the Balkans and that It
is in Russia's plan of operations to bring
about war between .Turkey and Bul
garia. If she has such a design and it
should carry there would be strong
probability of Servla becoming involved.
However, speculation In this direction
Is profitless, since It must be based upon
the views of European correspondents,
who for the most part are quite as
likely to . misjudge the situation as
otherwise. The Servian event is an im
pressive reminder that there are con
ditions in Europe making for revolution
that may at any time manifest them
selves in a most startling manner and
its significance should not be. lost on
other rulers who may not be giving heed
to the popular welfare and; seeking to
better the conditions of their people.
THK WATKH WORKS PURCHASE.
Members of the Real Estate exchange
who are trying to make themselves be
lieve that the Water board will have a
right to set aside or modify the ap
praisement of the wafer works plant
when agreed on by the arbitrators are
simply deceiving themselves . The con
tract between the water works com
pany and the city is embodied in
Ordinance No. 423, passed June 11, 1880,
and approved on the same day. Tbe
water works purchasing clause, under
which the appraisement is about to be
made, reads as follows:
Section 14. The city of Omaha shall have
the right at any time after the expiration
of twenty years to purchase the water
works at an appraised valuation, which
shall be ascertained by the estimate of
three engineers, one to be selected by the
city council, one by the water works
company, and these two to select a third;
providing, that nothing shall be paid for
the unexpired franchise of said company.
It goes without saying that the legis
lature has no right to abrogate or
change the conditions of any contract,
consequently the legislature had no
right to confer any powers upon the
Water board that would Intervene In
any Bhape, manner or form in the mu
tual agreement between the city and
the water works company.
By the original contract, the city
council and that body alone was em
powered to select and appoint the engi
neer who Is to represent the city in the
appraisement, and the action of the
Water board in designating Mr. Alvord
was nothing more than a recommenda
tion that had no greater binding effect
upon the council than if Mr. Alvord
had been recommended by tbe Board of
Trade, tbe Real Estate exchange or the
Omaha base ball club. The designation
of Mr. Alvord by the council to act as
engineer for the city, of Omaha gives
the only legal authority by which Mr.
Alvord will be empowered to act for the
city in the Impending appraisement
To assume that the Water board can
either reject or modify the appraise
ment is simply preposterous. If , any
public body representing the city 'of
Omaha has any right in the premises
under the contract, It will be the board
of directors of the municipal corpora
tion, namely, the council. The serious
question that presents Itself is whether
the appraisement when once made and
agreed to by the majority, or all of the
appraisers, will not absolutely bind the
city to pay the price agreed upon, even
if two or three millions above tbe true
value of the works.
That contingency may not arise, but
the amaxlng thing is that a body like
the Real Estate exchange, which has
made such a gallant fight for lower
taxation, would stand still in the face of
the prospect that Omaha may by the
compulsory water works purchase on the
three-arbitrator plan be forced to as
sume an increase in taxes ranging from
$40,000 to $100,000 a year in the shape
of Interest on bonds to be issued for an
overvalued Water works plant Posat-
bly It Is too late already for the Real
Estate exchange to le of any ncrvlee to
the taxpayers In this cuse, but at any
rate It should hove taken the trouble to
Inform Itself fully through competent
legal authority as to v here we are at.
FOHKST RKStKVATWMS.
The protest of the governor of Wy
oming in regard to forest reservations
In that state. In which respect he con
curs with the views of his predecessor,
meets with general approval In that sec
tion of the country. In referring to it
the Seattle Tost-Intelllgencer remarks
that while the necessity of proper forest
reservations is admitted by all, as a
means not only of conserving the coun
try's supply of timber, but In some re
gions as a protection against floods, yet
the reservation business may be over
done. It points out that in Wyoming
the reserves have been increased until
they Include one-third of the entire area
of the state, which" is thus shut out
from settlement. Such of the land as
is' susceptible of cultivation can never
be reclaimed for that purpose, so long
as reserved, and to that extent the de
velopment of the state Is arrested.
That paper is of the opinion that such
reservations as this should not be per
mitted to exist for all time, that they
are admlssable merely for the tempor
ary purpose of withdrawing the land
from settlement and entry, pending
thorough examination and survey, for
the purpose) of determining the proper
limits of the permanent. reservations to
be ultimately made. "Making reserva
tions permanently," it remarks, "upon
such an extravagant and unnecessarily
large scale will result in provoking the
most bitter opposition to the whole for
est reservation scheme; will tend to de
feat the needed appropriations for the
purpose, hamper the work and niny, In
deed, force an abandonment of the
whole plan." President Roosevelt, like
his predecessor, has shown a great deal
of interest in this matter, the present
administration being credited with n
number of reservations, but in view of
the objections that are being made to
this policy It is not likely to be so ac
tively pursued in future.
AW OTERWHKLMIXO VEFtAT.
Rarely has a proposal or policy cham
pioned by a member of the British min
istry met with so overwhelming a de
feat in Parliament as that encountered
by the Chamberlain scheme for retain
ing the grain tax and having in contem
plation a radical departure from the
long-established fiscal policy of Great
Britain. There seemed when the co
lonial secretary declared himself in fa
vor of a change of policy, in the Interest
of closer relations between the colonies
and the mother country, and his position
received a qualified approval from Pre
mier Balfour, that there might be a
considerable parliamentary endorsement
of bis position. Certainly no one ex
pected that it would be repudiated by
such a majority as was 'given against
the amendment to the budget bill In fa
vor of a continuance of the grain duties,
the effect of which, it is perhaps need
less to say, will put an end for the pres
ent nnd probably for a very ' long time
to the movement in England in opposi
tion to the existing fiscal policy.
The vote In the House of Commons
Wednesday demonstrates conclusively
that the representatives of the people of
the United Kingdom are not to be af
fected by any sentimental considera
tions regarding imperial unity where
the practical question of the cost of liv
ing to the masses is involved. The at
tempt of Mr. Chamberlain and bis ad
herents to persuade the worklngmen
that the policy they proposed would not
increase the cost of foodstuffs was ut
terly futile, while the promise of higher
wages and of old-age pensions carried
no weight. With practical unanimity
the wage-workers refused to be deluded
by any such uncertain pledges. Added
to the opposition from this source was
the firmly-grounded faith of the great
majority of Englishmen in the policy
which has been pursued for more than
half a century and to which they largely
attribute England's growth in commer
cial power and financial supremacy.
Mr. Chamberluln was able to create a
temporary sensation in British politics
and he has learned a lesson that will
very likely Induce him not to make an
other attempt of the kind. There is no
doubt that he most seriously desires the
development of the colonies and their at
tachment by ties of closer self-interest
to the empire, but he must find some
other method of doing this than the one
he has proposed, involving the imposi
tion of an added burden upon the people
of the United Kingdom. However much
Englishmen ' generally may desire the
strengthening of the empire they are not
willing to' make any undue sacrifice,
such .as they feel would be required by
the Chamberlain policy, to this end. It
is with the great majority of thetn a
purely practical question and not one of
sentiment. It will be Interesting to note
the effect upon public opinion in the
British colonies of the decisive parlia
mentary repudiation of the colonial sec
retary's scheme.
Governor Bailey of Kansas declares
that he will call an extra session of the
legislature to meet the emergency pre
cipitated by the floods as soon as he has
assurances from a majority of the mem
bers that they will be in attendance.
But why, if the emergency exists,
should the call be made dependent upon
the convenience of the lawmakers? By
issuing his proclamation convening tbe
legislature, the governor would make it
Incumbent upon the members to report
for duty and those who failed to re
spond could be sent after and brought
in whether it suited them or not.
If tli ere is any section of Omaha that
is not equipped with an improvement
club It should hasten to supply the
omission. Until they have organized
themselves Into an improvement club,
the neighbor do not realize how badly
they hove lwen neglected In the dis
tribution of gas lamps, water hydrants,
cross walks and sewer catch basins.
All of these Improvements are always
planted In the bnlliwlck of some other
Improvement club thAt has managed to
pass Its resolutions first. The next
thing on the program, therefore, will
have to be a merger of the Improvers
on some community of Interest scheme.
so that the work of Improvement shall
go steadily forward without discrimina
tion in all parts of the city at once.
The Board of University Regents
among other appointments has engaged
a man to serve as superintendent of con
struction for the new university build
ings. In view of the fact that the state
has Just undertaken to create a state
architect charged with the duty of plan
ning and supervising public buildings
erected by the state, this action on the
part of the regents seems to be
doubling tr on the work. The erection
of a new building at the university
should be just as much within the Juris
diction of the state architect as the erec
tion of a new building at the School for
the Blind or the Soldiers' home. If
each institution Is to bave its own con
struction superintendent the excuse for
a state architect is destroyed.
The Last Straw.
Baltimore American
Taxing a man because he Is fat la an
economic novelty unworthy of serious con
sideration. It puts an additional hardship
upon an Individual who Is already handi
capped for life's race.
Tbey Protest Too Mack.
Chicago News.
Considering that the coal operators Insist
that they are not united In any form of
combination, the unanimity with which they
raise' the price of coal at the same time
and to the same amount Is simply marvel
ous. "The Eternal Fitness of Things."
St. Louis Republic.
The leader of the French forces against
Flgulg bears the ancient and Uluatrlous
name of O'Connor. Possibly the exquisite
French geneials are a bit more effective In
parlor warfare, but when It comes to a
genuine scrap they must send for their
Celtlo cousins across tha channel.
Cost of Empire Bnlldlns;.
Buffalo ' Express.
The business of empire building, when
carried forward with soldiers and guns, is
the costliest task of the nations. It In
volves a great drain of blood and treasure.
In footing up the money cost of the petty
wars Great Britain has been engaged In
since 1896 a London Journal states the ag
gregate at $1,014,992,985. Of this vast sum
$938,28,600 were expended In the Boer war.
Even these magnificent figures do not tell
the whole story. War debts and pensions
in the long run nearly double the original
outlay and Carry the burden forward to
the children's children of the present gen
eration. '
President and the Postal Fran da.
Chicago ;Recprd-Herald.
It Is reported that the, president la taking
very active interest .Inj the poatofflce In
vestigation, and that, his Intention Is to
make It as thorough as possible. This much
was to be expected from, his character and
his career. His speches sometimes remind
us In their profundity of Tom Reed's quip
about his enthusiasm over his discovery of
the ten commandments, and there can be
no doubt that He has set his heart upon
being president again, .but no one will be
lieve that Theodore Roosevelt would con
done a fraud or offer himself as a shelter
for thieves. He may be Impllclty trusted as
a conscientious official, who will direct
the prosecution properly, no matter whom
it may hit or how far it may lead.
Porto Rico and the Philippines.
San Francisco Chronicle.
In 1897 Porto Rico sent products to the
United States valued at 11.943.251; In 1903
the amount had swollen to 19,634,178. In the
first named year our exports to Porto Rico
were valued at $2,0:3,761; In 1902 the Porto
Rlcans took from the people of the main
land goods to the value of $12,196,297. Here
Is an example that merits the study of
congress. If the same treatment were ap
plied to the Philippines as that accorded
to Porto Rico the beggarly Importations to
the former islands from the mainland.
which are nearly all consumed by our
army at present, would be Increased enor
mously. In five years our business with
Porto Rico was Increased sixfold; we could
increase our trade with the Philippines
fully as rapidly if we went about the busi
ness In the right way.
Missouri's Boodle Sleuth.
St. Louis Olobe-temocrat.
Colonel Watterson suggests Circuit At
torney Folk of St. Louis as the democratic
candidate for president next year. That
Idea will please the Missouri boodlers, who
would be extremely glad to turn Folk's
activities In some new channel. The best
use the democratic party can make of Folk
Is to nominate him for governor of Mis
souri. If elected, he would clean out one
of the most corrupt machines that ever
cursed any state. His services aa gov
ernor would doubtless advance him to the
presidential line In the better elements of
his party. Folk is a Tennesseean by birth,
born since the wsr, and If the south should
decide to furnish the head of the demo
cratic ticket, he Is as good a man as It
could select. But next year will not be
democratic? presldentlaliy. Folk for gov
ernor would be more to the purpose.
THE NEW CITP DEFENDER.
Expert Opinion of the Trials of
Reliance.
John R. Spears In Sporting News.
In some respects the last three races
sailed between the big sloops Reliance,
Constitution and Columbia, over the Qlen
Cove course, were the most interesting and
encouraging to the patriots of any pre
liminary trials known In the history of the
America's cup. In spite of the accident that
cost Constitution Its topmast It is
but fair to say that while Reliance has
shown Itself steadily better In windward
work, and has finally won out each con
teat by a safe margin, Including time al
lowance, the races have not proved decisive
as to the merits of Constitution and Re
llance on the triangular course In a strong
breexe. It looks as if Reliance would prove
the better, boat, but that Is all we can say
at the present time.
As to the comparison between Columbia
and Reliance, the four completed races
show conclusively that In smooth water,
and In winds up to a strength sufficient to
give Reliance a speed of thirteen knots an
hour, the new ship Is a far cry ahead of
the Old Faithful. No such open water
has ever been seon between either defend
ers, or challengers, as that opened by Re
liance. Reliance Is a whiff of tbe gentle
gale that drives It on In light airs. Nothing
Ilka It baa avar boss aaaa OrlXUac
BITS OK WASIIIMHTON I.IKE.
Mlaor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
A 14,Ono-niile "awing around the western
circle," with Its travel weariness, recep
tions and late hours, has rot had a satis
factory effect on the president's physique
His weight has Increased close to twenty
pounds, much to his dissatisfaction, for the
chief magistrate had hoped that his fre
quent long and hard horseback trips and
extended tramps through the mountain
would have an opposite effect. Mr. Roose
velt's normal weight Is from lat to Kl
pounds and he only manages lo keep down
to that figure by exercising dally. When
he stepped on the scales In Washington on
his return he tipped the beam at l'.w and
was much disgusted and disappointed. Now
he Is In for a more than usually strenuous
period of weight-reducing exercise.
The Washington correspondent of the
Brooklyn Eagle says the politicians around
the national capital anticipate considerable
florid oratory over the proposition of the
Virginia legislature to place a statue of
Robert E. Lee In Statuary hall. Ex-Senator
Chandler of New Hampshire recently stated
to the Eagle correspondent that the placing
of the Lee statue in the capltol would be
one of Ave conditions that would bring
about the defeat of the domocratlo party
at the next presidential election.
The Grand Army encampment Is to be
held In August at San Francisco and It Is
certain that some action will be taken there
In regard to the statue. It has been noted
that the various state commanderies of the
Loyal Legion and different Grand Army
posts have been adopting resolutions of late
condemning the proposition of Virginia and
vigorously protesting against the Lee me
morial having a place In the capltol. These
resolutions are all addressed to the commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of the
Republic and are Intended to be brought up
for consideration during the encampment.
Of course, little can be done by the vet
erans beyond expressing their disapproval
of the scheme and asking congress to take
the necessary steps to avoid a repetition of
the Incident. The law under which these
statues are placed In the capltol gives the
right to each state to honor two of Its citl
sens In this way, no restrictions being
placed on the choice. Virginia has already
placed a statue of George Washington In
the gallery thus reserved for America's
Illustrious heroes. Borne Virginians believe
that Patrick Henry Is entitled to the other
vacancy, but It is destined to be filled by
Robert E. Lee's likeness.
The Grand Army of the Republic encamp
ment will probably pass resolutions calling
on congress to amend the existing law, so
as to prohibit the acceptance of the statue
of any man who has borne arms against
the United States government.
The government Is In need of the services
of a first-class man as pharmacologist.
Provided such a man can be secured for a
compensation of $3,600 per annum, he will
be placed In charge of the division of
pharmacology of the marine hospital serv
ice. On July 15 an examination by the
Civil Service commission of candidates for
that place will be held. Candidates will be
expected to exhibit a thorough knowledge
of pharmacy in all Its branches and In ad
dition a general knowledge'- of chemistry.
There Is little likelihood of the list of ap
plications being crowded. Men who have
the qualifications required by the govern-
ment for places of this character can com
mand more than dbuble the salary fixed by
congress. ' "
An attache of the French legation who
has been In America but a few weeks
furnished considerable amusement' to- .a
number of patrons or the Hotel Raleigh
one morning last week, relates the Post. -He :
had wined and dined rather copiously tha
ni.ht hafnn. and as a result tho usual bead
and dark brown taste appeared next morn
ing. i
At tha Invitation of his companions, Who
are English scholars as well as French,
they proceeded to the Raleigh and drank
....., i vckslla to fix things up. It was
noticed that the attache waa particularly
interested In the preparation oi me annua
r, nil. bis undivided attention to tho
mixing of the various ingredients. The
cocktails proved to have the aesirea eneci
and monsieur was Jubilant over the discov
ery of a panacea for an aching head.
Two nights afterward ne again oineu
sumptuously and on the morning following
nrcomDanving discomfiture was very
much present. Bo this time, happy in the
thought of the cocktails, ne stariea on on
his own hook for the cure and soon reached
the hotel, walked to the bar. and there
asked for "a glass of con-tra-dlc-shun."
Mntnrnllv tha man at the bar had never
hunt of audi a drink and endeavored to
find out Just what monsieur really wanted.
"T mean what I say." he answered in a
high key. "I want a glass of con-tra-dic-shun."
Htm the bartender could not understand
and In a hopeless way named over many
drinks, but to no purpose.
I will exsnlalne heem to you den," said
the Frenchman 1a characteristically excit
ing tones. '"Falrst vous put In te whees
kay to make beem strong. Zen vous put in
wataire to make heem weak. Zen vous
put In e la mong to make heem soualre,
and sen vous put in ce sugaire to mane
heem sweet. Zen, one, may be two, tings
more I know not. Now, sen, vous drink
beem vousself. Ef sat is not con-tra-dlc-shun
I know not se exs-splalnashun of sat
word."
"Now I understand." said the bartender.
You want a cocktail."
"Ant cnt 1m hMm." cried monsieur.
tall of a cock. Make me one, two, three
of beem."
The Spanish government having heard
that the Philippine government Is prepar
ing to collect all the old Spanish copper
coins In the Islands and dispose of them at
auction, has communicated with this gov
ernment to say that it fears that the coins
will be bought In by speculators and put
Into circulation In Spain at a loss and In
convenience to the government. The coins
could be circulated In Spain at their face
value, and If bought cheaply at auction the
Spanish government would be the loser. The
Spanish government has Informed this gov
ernment that, under the Paris treaty. It be
lieves that the coins belong to Spain, but
Is not disposed to enter Into a contention
on that point and would like to be allowed
to purchase 1 he coins at a fair price, when
they are put up for sale.
Justice Henry P. Eiown of the supreme
court Is as great a walker as Justice Har
lan, whose long tramps to the Chevy Chaae
golf links are frequently spoken of. Jus
tice Brown walks from five to ten miles
every day, and now that the seslons of tha
supreme court are over and he has iio
cause to take his dally exercise going to the
capltol he walks about the west end and
out Into the suburbs. His niece. Miss Mor
gan, who has been with him since the death
of his wife, accompanies him as a rule,
especially If the weather is good.
Tamed to the Wall.
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
Mr. Bryan has erased the name of Prof.
Andrews of Nebraska university from his
list of presidential possibilities because the
professor has frankly acknowledged his
conversion from the delusion of free silver
coinage. It Is the universal conversion
from this delusion that has caused also
the effacement of Mr. Bryan aa a presi
dential possibility.
JOY I THK ARID BELT.
Shonera In the East Make Life
Worth the I.lvlna.
New Tork Mall and Express.
The public rejoicing over the showers
which have fallen Is not so much on ac
count of the quantity of rain as over the
fact that proof hns been afforded at last
that It can rain. The amount of the rain
fall hereabout Is Inconsiderable, but the
assurance which the meteoro'oglsts give
us, that the "area of high pressure" has
moved out to soa at last. Is the most en
couraging thing about the situation. That
srea rose like a wall against the south
western rains, not only preventing us from
getting a drop nf them, but making them
excessive and destructive In the west.
Now that It has rained. It may rain. The
parched fields, the withered gardens, the
burning woods, will rejoice In that assur
ance. Already the forest fires have been
checked, nnd If there Is no more drouth
they will cense entirely. Recurring showers
will help the scarce-germinated corn to
grow and the roots of the tubers to form
In the earth. The faces of men who are
not in the remotest way dependent upon
the fructifying showers wear a more cheer
ful aspect today. Even the mere hint that
nature's bounty Is not to be withheld
heartens the whole community.
AN ADVERTISER At AX EDITOR.
Baltimore Incident with a Soaaeatlve
Moral.
Chicago Record-Herald
A certain firm In Baltimore has been for
years one of the largest advertisers in the
Baltimore News, paying cash lor space and
getting value received In the increased
sales of Its goods. A few weeks ago this
firm felt that the time had come for it to
help edit the paper, so It wrote to the pro
prietor criticising a news article entitled
"A Great City New York," which con.
talned statements, so the firm alleged, that
were "Inimical to the best Interests of the
city."
Merchants and not newspapers, said the
letter, were the cause of the city's great
ness, and the firm's own part in this
progress was oharacterlr.ed thus: "We
spend money freely along this line you
have been getting a good share of It. Are
we to feel that your only interest in Balti
more Is in Its financial contributions to
you? As we see it, your duty is impera
tive." The letter closed with a "We will
expect to hear from you on this subject'
The firm heard. The answer was given.
not In a private letter, but In a column
editorial, for the editor felt that It waa to
the public and not to the advertiser that he
owed an explanation. He attributed the
"naive Insolence" of the letter to the ad
vertiser's ignorance and he set to work to
give enlightenment.
Admitting that a newspaper cannot live
without abundant advertising, he never
theless Insisted that letting his advertisers
control the policy of the paper would be
"an affair of false pretenses." He con
tinued: "You cannot furnish the publlo what you
profess to endeavor to furnish them the
truth if you have one ear to the news of
the world and the other ear to the chink of
the dollars In the counting room. Fortu
nately It Is not necessary to do this. A
newspaper ' that goes straight on, looking
neither to the right nor to the left, and
relying upon Its Intrinsic merits to make
It a good advertising medium, can leave the
advertising to take care of ttaelf. When
that ceases -to be the case we propose to
drop the newspaper business and go into
something respectable." .
The firm evidently saw the point, for Its
advertisement still continues In the News.
Fortunately the case Is an oxoeptlonal one.
Advertisers as i rule do not presume to
such Interference! . '
PERSONAL, NOTES.
United States Senator. John F. Dryden !a
to expend $4,000 for a trophy to given
by him in the coming rifle practice at Sea
Girt, N. J.
In seeking to rid the country of the mos
quito pet William C. Whitney Is doing
more for humanity than any of his fellow
millionaires.
If Prosecuting Attorney Folk and Assist
ant Postmaster General Brlstow should
form a partnership they would be abla to
give a fine exhibition of team work.
General Edward F. Jones, known as "Jones
of Blnghamton, N. Y.," lieutenant govornor
of his state under Governor Hill, celebrated
his seventy-fifth birthday on June I.
Henry C. Caldwell, the federal Judga of
the Eighth clroult court, who will retire
from the bench on June $0, la the only
surviving appointee placed on the bench by
President Lincoln.
Once In a while the eternal fitness cf
things strikes Kentucky. The recently ap
pointed sheriff pro tempore of Breathitt
county, Kentucky, was set forth by bis
biographer, "born and raised at Trouble
some Creek."
When Samuel W. Pennypacker. tha gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, was a young Phila
delphia lawyer, a friend met him ona day
going down Chestnut street with a number
of big law books under each arm. "Hello,
said the friend, pointing to the books, "I
thought you carried all that stuff in your
head." "So I do," returned young Penny-
packer. "These are for the Judges."
The Boer general, Bnyraan, his wife and
Ave children, and the wife and little daugh
ter of General Fourche, have arrived In
New York City on the way to the Boer
colony which is to be established In the
Mexican state of Chihuahua. General
Fouche Is on the ground making prepara
tlons for the colony, while General Vlljoen
Is In South Africa, arranging to bring over
fifty families.
' Hiram C. Burlingame of Westfield, Mass.
who has Just died at the age of 10$, carry.
Ing around for the last six years two but
lets in his body, was not a good witness for
those who preach total abstinence from
rum and tobacco. He said: "I have smoked
and chewed all my life and drunk rum
moderately, but never to excess. Good rum
will never kill anyone, but the rum they
make nowadays would kill anybody."
In his "Outre Mer" Paul Bourget declared
that "life can never get entirely dull to the
American, because whenever he cannot
strike any other way to put In his time lie
can always get away with a few years try
ing to find out who his grandfather was.
To which Mark Twain replied: "I reckon
the Frenchman's got his little stand-by for
a dull time, too, because when all other in
terests fall he can turn In and see If he
can't find out who his father waa"
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TWO t OA! COMBINES
Tho Wosker Jndlclally PI"
l.rhcd, tb
d.
Strnaaer tnchcekf
Chicago Chronicle.
A hard coal combine In the east aud a
soft coal combine in the middle west ar
quite different things. It would seem.
During the coal famine last winter a
number of soft coal companies doing busi
ness In Chicago were charged with enter
ing Into a combination to fix prices. In
dictments ' were found in a state court
which were quashed, as the offense, If anx.
wss against federal law. " 'A
Then Mr. Bethea, United States district
attorney, took the matter in hand, and M
March a temporary restraining order wss
Issued by Judge Kohlsaat. Now the In
junction has been made permanent.
The case of the anthracite combine has
not yet got Into court Jn Its merits. Al
though both the Interstate Commerce com
mission and the Industrial commission long
ago reported that the anthracite roads and
mine operators were combined In violation
of both the Interstate commerce law and
the anti-trust law. the law officers of the
government Instituted no proceedings
against them.
Some time ago the interstate Commerce
commission took the matter up again and
after a few days of Investigation were
met by a refusal on the part of the oper
ators to testify and produce, evidence. Tho
case thus got Into court not by the action
of the law officers, but by the action of
the commission, which, appealed for an
order requiring certain parties to answer
questions and produce documentary evi
dence. The court has cited tbe parties to
appear and show cause .why they ahould
not produce the evidence called for.
Why have not the law officers of the ad
ministration proceeded against the an
thracite combine on the strength of official
reports already rnade Instead of waiting for
further action fcy the commission, which
notoriously lacks power to accomplish Im
portant results?
Perhaps the situation may be explained
by the fact that the western combine did
not make much of a fight. The operators
admitted when the temporary restraining
order was Issued that they had entered
Into a contract to fix prices and sell
through one distributing agency as they
thought they had a right to do. Then be
fore the permanent order was Issued the
operators declared that the contract was
no longer In force and the court found
that they had ceased to operate under It.
The anthracite companies have acted
systematically for years and are still act
lng under a much closer agreement, but
nobody In these parts has heard of any
movement to levet an Injunction, tem
porary or permanent, at them. T Mr Im
munity would seem to call for an expla
nation.
POINTED REMARKS.
Jones-This talk about Friday being un
ma8FRridany0nflen"" -Smith
But how about your wlfeT-Judge.
J'?0"' J" think It would be a good idea
to denounce the trusts?"
" v. , - - k . M .
; Ji. nenaior uorghum.
The publlo wouldn't believe a word of It
and some nf tha i,,..,. uk, , '
-- - " iopni h ii in
earnest mni k. n n ,, t. . . , .
Star rraamngion
"Old 8waddeford always pretends to be
as deaf mm m nnmt hnl T 1 II v. - .
aa well as anybody."
- vvnai makes you tnlnlc so7" "
"KnhAili, a. .ah L. i , i .
,,""Y -i nun wiiiuni along a
railroad track in advance of a train."
New York Sun.
AJax had defied the Urhtnlnr and nnw
stood with folded arms expecting the laurel
wream, out tne multitude was not satis
fied. "Let us see 70U defy a racing auto
mobile." ther demanded. Tint Am.
ected gasoline In tha, air and fled. Chicago
..." " 1. ' ' , t w ' n r '
Younc jUwyi-Ma1am, you rWl
one to take care of your property-, and
protectyour interests.
ens lounr man, I've Just got married.
"Yes. I know your husband." Detroit
Free Press.
"We have here." said tho lmn." "th in
ventor of the fountain pen. What shall
we do with him?"
Treat him with all courtesy." renlled his
satanlo majesty. "He has been responsible
tor mor cuss woras than any other one
man." Chicago Post.
"De man dat keens lonktn' fnh trnnMn "
aid Uncle Ehen, "Is alius ready to dump
It on somebody else's shoulders as soon as
he finds It." Washington Star.
"80 youthful in appearance, too! She
doesn't look a day over 86. It must em
barrass her somewhat when that strapping
boy calls her grandma In the presence of
strangers."
"Not on rour life! She takes Bride In
being the youngest looking' grandmother
anybody ever saw." Chicago Tribune.
"The formative period In a young man's
character," said the professor, "is usually
the period when he Is at college. His be
havior there Invariably indicates what his
future will be."
"That may be rlgbt, perhaps," replied tha
atreet railway magnate, "but there are ex
ceptions. "We had a conductor once who
took a medal for good conduct at college,
but he was not good conductor." Phila
delphia Press.
DOlfT CBBW TUB BAG.
Jamas Barton Adams In Denver Post.
In the battle of life when your cares ss a
knife cut deep and are freighted with
When your skies are alt black and before
you the track Is washed by adversity's
rain, .,
Never weaken your grip, keep a stiff
upper Hp and permit not your courage
Kee'p ""bilgin" ahead through the gullies
instead of sitting 'round chewing the
'
Though the thunders may crash and the
lightnings may flash aud the tempest In
anger may roar.
Every cloud will be rent when Its fury Is
spent and the skies be as blue as
before.
There Is never a woe you cannot over
throw, but you never must loiter or
AndU,you never can hope to successfully
oope with your troubles by chewing
the rag.
Tie the will of the King that each mortal
must swing the energy sword In tho
MusfMtruggle and toll In the midst of
turmoil till the day breaks the shadows
Andfwegsurely will miss the bright goal
of success, of achievements we never
can brag,
Never bask In the sun of sweet victory
won if we set around chewing the
rag.
There Is never a height In the soope of
our sight but the feet of ambition can
scale. ... .
There la never a prlte set to magnet our
eyes but la ours if we bang to the
trail;
We can climb every steep, every :haam
can leap, can surmount every hindering
cl's " i
But we never can take e en a crumb of
the cake if we set around chewing the
rag.