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Pope Leo'a greatness last to the very
end.
Omaha extends all the courtesies of
the press to Its editorial visitors.
King Corn Is Just now putting his
subjects through a course of sprouts.
The accident to young Vanderbllt is
simply a reminder that the automobile
recognizes no distinction of persons.
President Loubet's visit to England
follows in the footsteps of William the
Conqueror, but with an entirely differ
ent sort of n mission.
The campaign for , tax reform goes
steadily' forward. But each new gain
must be riveted down to make sure it
does not slip away. ,
That paving company might have had
more consideration for the councllmen
than to Invite them to visit St Louis in
the heated summer time.
The Irrepressible judicial conflict In
the coming primaries Is rapidly narrow
lug down' to a trial of strength between
rival court bailiffs and stenographers.
An Ohio congressman has resigned bis
scat in the lower bouse of the national
legislature. Mark down another ad
dltlon to the list of wonders of the
world.
Tho walking delegates In New York
refuse to abolish themselves. If they
are ever to be abolished It will have to
be done without waiting for their aid or
consent ' '
Douglas county has , one-sixth of the
population of the state, pays a fraction
over one-seventh of all the state taxes,
but has only one-eleventh of tho rep
resentation of the state legislature.
These figures are suggestive.
The assessment of property in Doug
las county will aggregate $25,500,000,
It the railroad property in Douglas
county were assessed at one-srxtb of its
true value as other property has been
the aggregate assessment would exceed
$30,000,000.
Police Judge King and Police Com
missioner Nolan of South Omaha have
crossed swords. The belllgerant police
c-oaynlssloucr should remember that
"the King can do no wrong," even if he
Is temporarily the occupant of the police
court bench of South Omaha.
That the labor problem. Is not a local
problem Is evidenced by the lockout of
Swedldh founderles and machine shops,
leaving 15,000 workmen Idle because of
a dispute over their wages. The man
who helps solve the lalwr problem will
be balled as a benefactor to the entire
civilized world.
The committee appointed to present
the recommendations of the Bar asso
ciation to the two Judicial nominating
conventions will now have to figure out
which will take more courage to ask
the democrats to put up with six repub
licans, or to ask the republicans to swal
low one democrat
Former (Jovernor Patllson of Penn
lylvania suggests that Senator Gorman
of Marylaud would make about the
right kind of a presidential candidate
to head the democratic ticket. Now If
Mr. Gorman will only politely observe
the rule that one good turn deserves an
other, he will come out for Mr. Pattlson
as bis preferred choiceafter himself.
FOR INTERItATlOSAL GOOD WILL.
King Etlward was splendidly Miter
tnlncxl in his visit to Paris a short time
(to nnd now Ptvsldpnt Ixnibet is receiv
ing in London Hually cordial attention.
It Is all in thlntorvst of international
good will and therefore to l heartily
commended. There lias for some time
not been the best of feeling between
ranee nnd England. There were cir
cumstance which caused no little irri
tation, which found strong expression
in both countries. The Fashoda inci
dent was one of these., which it wa
for a time thought might cause a seri
ous breach. Within the post year or
two French military men discussed
earnestly the possibility of invading
England. The late Queen Victoria was
mercilessly caricatured and abused in
the Paris papers. The last French ex
position was tabooed by the English
generally.
All this feeling appears to bare dis
appeared and given plnce to the warm
est sentiments of friendship, accepting
as sincere the conduct and expressions
of the representatives of the two coun
tries.' For this change the credit ia un
questionably due chiefly to King Ed
ward. He Is showing himself to be the
most nealous friend among European
sovereigns of International peace and,
good will. In this direction be Is mak
ing his Influence felt to the undoubted
advantage of his country and be lias
done nothing wiser than In bringing
about a better feeling between England
and France. Whether or not there will
be any practical result remains to be
seen. There has been talk of an ar
bitration agreement between the two
countries and such a thing Is quite pos
sible, though It Is said that some lead
ing French statesmen take the view
that France and England have no need
of an arbitration treaty in order to avoid
going to war with one another. On the
other hand there Is a very strong and
growing sentiment in France In favor
of the principle of International arbitra
tion. At all events there is good reason
to believe that the exchange of cour
tesies between the British sovereign and
the French president will not only re
store friendship between the countries,
but will have a generally good effect
SROBT -OR LONQ PLATFORMS.
The Lincoln Star makes a plea for
shorter platform declarations by state
conventions and for confining them to
the principles of the party and the Is
sueB Immediately involved, taking as its
text the resolutions promulgated by the
recent Iowa republican state convention,
which it finds longer than necessity re
quires. "The truth Is." it insists, -'that
state platforms almost Invariably not
only are prolix, but are lumbered up
with a lot of unnecessary matter. Too
often they are overweighted with merely
local or detailed legislation which have
no place there. If it were possible to
stir np rivalry among state conventions
toward brevity of, platform statement
we should, indeed, be In a way for a
very substantial reform.". ,
While all will agree that there Is con
slderable merit In the Star's contention
and. most of our party platforms could
be improved by . condensation and ellm
ination; It is not so ranch the prolixity
as the ambiguity that calls for criti
cism, and the first is too often merely
a means to the second. . If the platform
makers really have something to say
,'hey may readily bo permitted to spread
It out hut their weakness generally
goes toward using lots of words and
saying nothing. Knowing that the na
tional Issues will be properly forum
lated by the national conventions, would
not the state conventions do better by
devoting themselves more particularly
to the state Issues? '
After the platform Is made, whether
long or short, prolix or terse, the vital
question comes by itself of procuring
redemption of Its pledges through action
of the officers elected on Its faith. Plat
form declarations are worthless unless
they are meant to be carried out. The
people can be fed on cheap promises
once In a while, but they will Insist
on performance eventually. The essence
of platform making la to have some
thing to say, to waste no words In say.
Ing It and then to tnaklug It effective.
TARIFF OUt PHILIPPINE PRODCCTS.
In his message to President Roosevelt
on the opening of cable communication
with Manila, Governor Taft urged
reduction of the tariff on Philippine
product. .'-That 'official has been a con
sistent and earnest advocate of a liberal
tariff policy toward the archipelago, in
sisting that this Is absolutely essential
to the Industrial and commercial de
velopment of the Islands and also to the
strengthening of sentiment there favor
able' to American government A mod
erate concession was made by the last
congress on products from the archi
pelago, but so far this does not appear
to have resulted la any very great ad
vantage to the trade of the islands.
rostslbly there has not been sufficient
time In which to determine the effect
of the concession, and besides the dis
ordered financial conditions In the
Philippines have been very unfavorable
to industries and commerce. The cur
rency situation is being Improved and
within another year there may come a
material change for the better In other
conditions.
The Philippine tariff question was
pretty thoroughly discussed in the Fifty-seventh
congress and it will doubt
less receive a good deal of attention in
the next .congress. It is very question
able, however, whether there will be a
disposition to go as far as Governor
Taft would recommend In granting tariff
concessions. Free trade has been ac
corded Porto Rico and there art those
who think that the same consideration
should be given the Philippines, but
there Is a great deal of dlf
ference In the conditions. The
productive capacity of -Porto Rico la
comparative! small, aa that American
sttgsr and tobacco Interests have noth
ing to fear from their competition, but
In the case of the Philippines the pro
duction of sugnr and tobacco may be
carried to au almost unlimited extent.
It has been stated that the lands avail
able for sugnr cultivation In the archi
pelago can produce nmre than the an
nnal consumption of sugnr in the United
States, which would menn the destruc
tion of the domestic Industry If Philip
pine sugnr were to be admitted free to
our market. It has also been urged that
our home tobacco Interest would suffer
from the free competition of the Philip
pine product, though It will not be par
ticularly affected by that of Porto Illeo.
It is quite probable that the existing
tariff arrangement as to the Philippines
will be somewhat modified by the next
congress, but it is not at all likely to go
as far as In the opinion of Governor
Taft and the other members of the com
mission it should go. Improvement of
Industrial aud commercial conditions In
the archipelago is in the highest degree
desirable. Material progress there will
be in the Interest of peace and popular
contentment and It should be promoted
by all expedient means, but we must
not lose sight of those domestic Indus
tries which employ American labor and
capital and which it la the first duty of
our government to foster.
CRMMSE AKD THE EXPOSITION.
There Is danger that the Chinese ex
hibit at the St. Louis exposition will
not be so extensive as has been prom
ised, owing to resentment regarding
the treasury regulations as to Chinese
visitors to the exposition. A recent dis
patch from Peking stated that the most
objectionable points are the $500 bond,
the photographic identification, police
supervision of the visiting Chinamen
and the expulsion from America of the
Chinese workmen and assistants when
the fair closes. The Peking press
pointed out that the Chinese visitors
will be no better than prisoners through
out their stay. It was stated that many
Chinamen had given up the Idea of
sending exhibits to the exposition. If
this feeling should become general the
loss to the exhibition would be serious
and the effect otherwise bad.
Doubtless the treasury regulations are
in strict conformity with the law, which
simply suggests that It would, be well
to modify certain provisions of the ex
clusion act the foolishness of which is
thus made obvious.
In reference to the matter the sugges
tlon Is made that If it be not within
executive discretion to relax tempor
arily the objectionable conditions. It
might easily be arranged by a special
act of legislation early in the next ses
sion of congress. Of course this could
and should be done, but it would per
haps then be too late to secure an ade
quate exhibit. So far as the Chinese
are concerned they certainly cannot be
blamed for their manifestation of re
sentment t ;
WELCOME TO TH EDITORS.
Omaha extends cordial greetings to
the members of the national and state
press associations, who have come from
far and hear for mutual recreation and
mutual Interchange of views on sub
jects pertaining to the Journalistic pro
fession. The gathering of such a large
body of representatives of the American
press In the metropolis of the Missouri
valley is a compliment that will be
highly appreciated by all of its citizens,
who will strive to maintain Omaha's
reputation for hospitality.
Many of the editors who have come
to participate In the state and national
press conventions have been entertained
by Omaha on various occasions, but for
a large majority this visit will be an in
troduction, and this city, founded in the
last half of the nineteenth century, will
be a revelation. As a general thing,
first Impressions are lasting, and it is to
be hoped that the editors after falling
in love with Omaha at first sight will
continue their courtship and extend
their acquaintance.
The good people of Lincoln are said to
be opposed to legal executions at the
state penitentiary because such per
formances tend to accentuate their town
as a penitentiary city rather than - as
the state capital and as a center of
education. The people of Lincoln made
a mistake when they corralled the state
prison along with their other state In
stltutlons Instead of sending It to some
other and more interior town. When
the buildings burned at the penitentiary
the opportunity was presented for peni
tentiary removal, but near-sighted people
repelled the suggestion and insisted upon
rebuilding. It Lincoln could exchange
the penitentiary for the new norma
school right now it would drive the
best bargain of its history.
Some federal office holders In these
parts who always find a ventricle for
their pent-up feelings In the popocratic
organ are represented as viewing with
alarm the undercurrent that Is setting
In against Theodore Roosevelt in the
east. While these much alarmed fed
eral officials would not for the world
have their names mentioned In print
their solicitude "for the president ap
pears to be only equal to their solicitude
for being reappointed when their terms
expire soon, which Is exceedingly
doubtful.
The supreme court of Colorado ha
dismissed the contempt proceeding
against tlrte mayor and members of the
city council of Denver for disregarding
an Injunction prohibiting them from
granting a street railroad franchise in
violation of charter provisions. A grand
Jury Inquisition on the St. Louis pla
would evidently have been .more effec
tive than an Injunction to restrain Jot
bers from Jobbery in putting through
Job.
The people of Nebraska are to be
treated to a genuine surprise. The ses
sion laws, or rather the laws enacted
by the last legislature, have been com
piled and are now undergoing the
process of printing, stitching and bind
In? by the state printer so as to be in
condition for distribution before the
llrt of September. This Is something
unheard of. As a general thing the peo
ple of Nebraska have no chance to as
certain the nature and scope of the lows
enacted by one legislature before they
are being amended or repealed by the
next legislature.
There may be nothing in the constitu
tion or the laws to prevent the employes
in the state offices from drawing money
from the state treasury in addition to
their salaries, for work done outside of
stnted hours, but that does not make it
a good practice. If the state has extra
work requiring additional service there
are plenty of people willing to respond
to n requisition which carries fair com
pensation with It. When there is not
nougu work to go around it Is hardly
wise to pile all the eggs in one basket.
Two of a Kind.
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Former Governor Paulson aays reform
badly needed by the national govern
ment, and names Gormajt for tha demo
cratic presidency. Now let the republicans
rally for Quay.
Two States Hare Ipekea.
Washington Star (rep.).
Revision Is coming. Ohio has spoken for
It. Iowa follows. The sentiment Is strong,
and la growing. Every month of prosper
ity adds to the necessity or overhauling our
tariff schedules In the Interests of equity
and common sense.
Separating Fools and Their Money.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The 12,000 creditors of a turf Investment
concern have riled claims amounting 10
W.0,000, of which about 2 per cent can
be paid from the assets on hand. Depos
itors must lose over $3,000,000. Nearly all
the victims were lured In by a promise to
pay a rate of interest that would double the
principle In a single year. An offer of that
kind in the banking business Is a fraud
on Ha face. The most discouraging fea
ture about wholesale swindles of this va
riety Is that they reappear In different
parts of the country. Of all that have oc
curred, the latest is the most costly to us
dupes. How Is It that the originators ana
backers of such swindles are harder to
punish than bunko operators In a small
way?
orrows of Short Duration.
Portland Oregonlan.
The death loss In the Wyoming mine
disaster Is apparently greater than that
of the Heppner horror, out the Hanna
Ines are far away from Portland. We
have read so often oh, so often of these
mining accidents. They give us a momen
tary shudder and we pass on to the news
of the coming yacht race, the Impending
truggle In Manchuria or some other topics
more to our liking. The world is brutal.
Laugh and the world laughs with you,
weep and you weep alone." The light went
out of many a life In the humble cabins
of those who today are mourning their
dead at Hanna, Just as it vanished from
many a Heppner home three weeks earlier.
It Is not until the coffin-lid closes over
those we knew and loved that we feel and
understand the'.egony suffered when the
shadow of deatl falls. For this reason
the sorrows of others always seem lighter
than oup own laid are dismissed accord
ingly." -7
The First jMliAmarlcan Cable.
New York Trmune.
It Is a fine thing for the Tjnlted States to
have Its own .cable line aoross the Pacific
ocean and for this country, to possess and
control so large-an aro, or the great circle
of Puck's Girdle. But we must not claim
too much. There .are current some over-
exultant statements to the effect that now
the Pacific ocean la spanned by cable for
the first time and that now for the first
time there is unbroken telegraphic com
munlcatlon around the globe. . We regret
to confess that the Tribune, In common
with some of Its contemporaries, ha care
lessly been made to appear to give such
errors sanction. Of course, such state
ments are quite erroneous and unjust to
the real pioneers In Pacific cable construe
tlon. An "all-British" cable was success
fully laid across the Pacific and completed
un October 31, 1SG2, more than eight months
ago. Tt was the first to span that ocean,
and It first completed the telegraphic cir
cuit of the globe.
Cnha and the Isle of Pine.
Chicago Tribune.
The Isle of Pines Is definitely Cuban
Minister Squlers and Senor Zaldo. Cuban
minister or foreign affairs, have signed a
treaty giving the Island to Cuba and re
serving Bahla. Honda on the northeast
coast of the new republic and Guantanamo
on the southwest coast as United States
coaling stations.
The Isle of Pines Is rbout slxtm miles
south of Cuba. It has an area of 800 square
miles and a population of 2,000. There are
deposits of beautiful marble upon It, and
the north end Is luxuriantly fertile. Under
Spanish rule It was always considered
part of Cuba. The United States has dona
wisely not to do violence to West Indian
geographical history. The Cubans would
have resented the grabbing of the Island
and future relations between the two coun
tries would have been frlglder.
With the signing of the Isle of Pine
treaty this country has finished a generous
deed In a gracious fashion and has two fine
naval stations.
WHY KIPMIVG KEPT Ml'M.
Pointed Reasons Why Iectarlnsx
Jfot a Desirable Business.
Clilcajto Inter Ocean.
la
Since the death of Major Pond letter
from Rudyard Kipling haa been brought
to light in which the secret of the au
thor'a unwillingness to appear on the lec
ture platform Is made known.
The letter Is Interesting because char
acteristic of Mr. Kipling, and because It
is known that he has refused many offers
to appear before the public.
Major Pond's Inst negotiations with Mr.
Kipling were In 1805, and after some con
sideration the writer replied:
"There Is such a thing as paying one hun
dred and twenty-five cents for a dollar, and.
though I suppose there Is money In the
lecturing business. It seems to me the
bother, the fuss, the being at everybody'
beck and call, the night Journeys, and so
on. make It very dear.
"I've seen a few men who've been through
the fight, but they did not look happy.
might do it as soon as I had two mortgages
on my house, a Hen on the horses, and
bill of sale on the furniture, and writer'
cramp In both hands, but at present I'm
busy and contented to go on with th
regular writing- business.
"You forget that I have already wandered
over moat of the states, and there Isn'
enough money in sight to hire me to face
again some of the hotels and soma of the
railway system I have met with. Amer
lea Is a great country, but It Is not madi
for lecturing In."
It Is, of course, Mr. Kipling' concern
whether or not he appeared a a lecturer,
but hi view of th business of lecturing
t la a small 00 for a large man.
ROl'MD ABOt'T NEW YORK.
Ripple on the C'arreat of 1.1 fe la the
Metropolis.
Appreciating time as an element of enjoy
ment In . eating, three wise Judges of the
New York supreme court have decided that
there are no rules of etiquette that re
ulre a man while eating In a quick lunch
restaurant to take off his overcoat and
t. The decision was rendered last
week, and was the outcome of an appeal
take from the Judgment of the municipal
court for $44.40 In favor 01 Lewis Harris.,
who alleged that his overcoat and hat were
stolen. while eating In a lunchroom. The
court held that he should have kept his hat
and coat on.
Percer Is dead a huge St. Bernard dog.
who had made four voyage to Kurope in
the first cabin and had toured Cuba and
South America. For fifteen years he was
pampered aristocrat.
His embalmed body in a silk lined casket
of finest rosewood wss burled lr. the
animal cemetary at Hartsdale. His owner,
Mme. Marie von Graack, alts disconsolate
In her darkened rooms at 173 East Ninety
third street.
Mme. von Graack, wife of a wealthy
tea merchant, bought the dog when he was
puppy. 6he traveled much and never
went without the dog. On steamships she
paid for a special saloon cabin for htm.
Three years ago in Germany Percer had
an attack of dyspepsia. Berlin doctors said:
He In living too high." His mistress, how
ever, could not make up her mind to reform
la diet He ate game birds with the relish
of a vlveur, and Ice cream like a sohoolglrj.
He had another attack last winter. Mme.
von Graack called In the best veterinaries,
but fatty degeneration of me heart had de
veloped. The dog refused to make any
exertion. His mistress carried him down
stairs and up again dally in the last three
months. The dog weighed 1S5 pounds. He
had an undertaker's services and Mme.
von Graack, black robed and tearfjil, saw
him burled.
"I shall never own another dog," said she
to a World reporter. "I shall mourn him
In my heart so long as life shall last."
There Is no limit to the Ingenuity of the
Coney Island vendor. Along the Midway
there are booths which handle cigarettes
exclusively. Sales are not made in the
ordinary May, but slot machine, with all
the favorite brands, are set up along the
walls, while outside arrears a flamlnir
Ign: "Get a song with every smoke."
The Innocent puchaser orops his nickel
In the slot and Immediately a package of
cigarettes drops out and . a weird voice
from a phonogroph sings "Nearer, My God.
to Thee." In another place a wooden cow
looks out of a cool stah and fresh milk,
buttermilk and cream ar served direct
from the udders. The man who a-lvea camel
rides for a nickel has Ms own way of
Jollying np business. He has a clever
oubrette In his employ who takes an
occasional ride around the track and guys
the girl who are afraid to mount the
camel's back. The "loop-the-loon" man also
has a girl who occasionally makes the hair
raising circuit standing up. This ex
traordinary feat encourages the timid ones
to venture Into the cars. The watermelon
man encourages trade by shouting "Eat,
drink and wash your face for five cents!"
ine -rea-noi- is the staple article for
luncheon at tho Island. In all the big
pavilion a "tub of suds" and a "red-hof
are served for a dime. Strange to say
although Coney Island I a beach resort
less than one-fifth of the people who go
mere ever see trie water.
Suit Instituted by women are fast meltln
nown tne immense estate left bv Chart
Broadway Rous, .he picturesque Mary
lsnder'who died In New York. Within a
month after his demise thre uch ults
were instituted, two of them being success
Till I lr m wamah . . .
. union bucu on Denair or
minor boy. who she claimed was the son
of the millionaire clothier. . fiha
verdict of IllSOOO. Now snother suit ho.
dcofi orpin, mis Time by the widow of
tnane h. b. Kouss, a son of the minion
ir. inn esiate is now In such an In.
volvcd condition that It Is doubtful if on..
fourth of It remains to the original legatees
wnen an tne suit are settled.
Ex-Pollee- Chief Devery, after testlfylnr
in a case against a policeman for an of
fense committed over two years agro. took
occasion to deny that he had been cor
rectly quoted when he was reported to have
used the famous expression, "Touchln' -on
an appertain' to." 1
"Them words," said Devery, "were put
into me mout hy them fellers at head
quarters who dispenses public opinion
Some people has astigmatic ears, and hear
both ways at oncet. Touchln' on' Is all
right, and the expression of a man's fee!ln's
nd what any feller mlKht say under cer
tain circumstances, but 'appertainln' to
is only frills. a' I never put no frills on
what I said when soaking It to a police
man what deserved It. T'alnt necessary
iimis wnere you newspnper Tellers are
dead wrong. You put frills on what people
in public life says. 'Touchln' on" Is good
enough for me, an' I'd cut out 'appertain'
to' every time. It nlnt grammar, and It's
Just what the greens la to a beefsteak, Just
frills, that's all."
Baby Inspection In all parts of the city
has been begun by the newly organised in
fant corps of the Department of Health,
Dr. J. J. Cronln, assistant chief medical
Inspector of the board, Is In charge of the
corps, which Includes sixty persons, forty-
three of whom are physicians and seven
teen nurses. The Inspection will extend
over the entire city, the impression that the
tenement sections alone are to be visited
being erroneous, men as well as poor
mothers will be Instructed In babylore and
aided In the care of their Infants through
the hot weather.
Among the many result of th Inspection
will be . the gathering of a great mass of
testimony as to the effect of different baby
foods, from which the department hopes
In time to be able to compile an approved
Hat of such preparations. The corps will
visit th parents and guardians of all babies
whose birth ha been recorded from last
August until now, and will Instruct the
mother a to the use of artificial foods and
the general care of Infants,, especially the
treatment of summer troubles. Printed dl
rectton In regard to all these points of the
care of a baby will be left at all homes
where there are Infanta.
A woman of the "newrlch" type set up a
pretentious establishment In New York with
the view of gaining an entrance Into so
ciety. Among her choice possessions was a
Russian tea urn wrought in embossed brass.
The term for this device Is "samovar" and
the woman treated her urn like a new toy.
She gave a reception In order to exploit
her tea device and her guest were In
continual subdued At of laughter because
their hostess said: "I do so love tea out of
a reservoir. This reservoir cam from Rus
sla. Of course. It Is really a tea urn. but
I prefer the national term, don't you?"
Any Pert In m Storm.
Philadelphia Reoord.
Wisconsin democrats are bringing out ex
Senator William F. Vilas a a promlsln
candidate for th party' presidential noml
nation, and th fact that he I being fa
vored by several of th vryan newspaper
organ In the state 1 accounted most en
couraging for th development of a slzabl
Vilas boom. Yet few men were more closely
Identified with the Cleveland faction dur
Ing the past two 'presidential campaigns
GRABBING rrBMO LANDS.
Remedial CI
Deemed Necessary.
Chicago Record-Hersld.
Two news Items printed recently should
serve to stimulate public Interest In the
mportnnt question of how to preserve the
remainder of the national domain from
M'lng swallowed up wholesale by men for
whom the government never Intended It.
One Item tells us of the starting of a gov
ernment suit for $3,000,000 against timber
hleves in Montana. The other Is a state
ment concerning fraudulent entries and the
heft of timber In Ioulslana and Mlssls
Ippl, Issued by the acting commissioner of
the land office, who saysv "The violations
are only such as we meet everywhere."
The scandal of fraudulent entries of land
has become so great that the land depart
ment has now practically half of its fore
f special agents engaged In Investigating
the good faith of applicants. Entries under
the timber and stone act In Oregon, Wash
ington and California have been so mani
festly speculative that last November the
secretary of the Interior ordered the land
commissioner to suspend action on all such
entries In the three state.
The records of the land office for the
fiscal year Just closed show well th rap
idity with which land Is being seised. The
total receipts In l0i were $4,144,121; In 1903
more than double that amount.
Entries under th timber and stone act.
which In, 197 covered lee than 41,000 acres.
In 1903 covered M5.000 acres, and In the
first three-quarters of the fiscal year of
190J covered 1.429,000 acres. Entries under
the desert land act grew from 174,000 acres'
n 1897 to 929,000 In 1901 and in the first
three-quarter of the year 190$ they were
730.000 acres. It Is believed that bv far th
greater part of the entries under thee two
laws are "grabs."
Despite the watchfulness of the govern
ment to prevent the Improper selsure of
public lands wherever It occurs whether
with color of law or In direct violation of
law the evils remain great and with the
nauguratlon of the federal policy of Irri
gation they become all the more Important.
That remedial changes In the land law will
be strongly urged upon the consideration
of congress at the coming session may be
tnken for granted.
GROWTH OF THE GOVERITMERT.
Ma-nlflcance of the Inana-nratloa of
the Department of Commerce.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The inauguration of the Department of
Commerce and Labor as a regularly recog
nised branch of the administration dates
from the beginning of the fiscal year, seven
days ago, and Increases the number of
departments to nine. When, at the begin
ning of his service In 1K9, President Jack
son invited the postmaster general to take
a seat at his council table, many of his
countrymen thought he was making the
cabinet so large as to be unwieldy. Four
persons did all the executive business of
he government In Washington's time aa
president. One, a secretary of the navy,
was added during Adams' service, and
there the expansion stopped until Jackson
entered office, when he made the post
master general a member of hi official
family.
There were stories at the time that the
reason why Jackson wanted to have the
postmaster general promoted to cabinet
rank was so that he. Jackson, oould have
more control over the few thousand sub
ordinates of the department than he could
exert If that official remained, as he bad
been, merely the hend of a bureau. This,
of course, was an' error, for though Jack
son's "clean sweep" among the' officehold
ers toucned' the postal service as closely
and at as many" points a If did any of the
other departments, he eouldhave done this
Just as readily hod the - service remained
a It was under his predecessors. The pos
tal service had been growing rapidly with
the growth o'f the country, and the post
master general was too Important ah official
to be left any- longer in the subordinate
rank which he-held In the first third of a
century df the government.
The six cabinet posts of Jackson's days
have grown to nine In Roosevelt's and the
expansion has been none too rapid for the
duties which the heads of the cabinet per
form. The Department of the Interior
came In with Taylor. That of agriculture
dates from the lattor part of Cleveland's
first term. Each of these new cabinet offi
cials has had much important work to per
form. The same will be true of the head
of the Department of Commerce and Labor.
Almost 9,000 persons will be In the employ
of this department, which comprises several
bureaus- transferred from other part of
the executive service, and also Include two
or three bureaus newly created. Secretary
Cortelyou will be an officer of a great deal
of consequence in the government. In the
days when four official the heads of the
State, Trensury and War departments and
the attorney general comprised all the
members of the president' council, the
United States had only 4,000,000 or 6.000,000
Inhabitants. While the population of the
country ha been multiplied by fifteen since
the close of Washington's days, and while
the government's activities have expanded
in a far higher ratio, the cabinet has only
been a little more than doubled. Each of
the nine executive officials of 1903 has an
Immeasurably larger field to cover than
did any of the four of 1789-98.
PEItSOlAI, NOTES.
i
Joseph Snyder, an athlete of 93, who lives
in Aetna, N. Y., challenges any man of
76 or older to walk from ten to fifty miles.
Pooplo uncultured In the way of th
festive bean will rejoice to learn from Bos
ton that "the bean cannot be hurried." It
dignity forl.lds unseemly haste.
England has decided to exclude the Amer
ican hog. Fortunately ror some persona,
they reached the other side on their annual
vacations before the order went Into ef
fect.
A' stroke of-lightning Injured Senator
MtComas of Maryland oh Friday. Remarks
on th Inefficiency of lightning ar about
due from George U Wellington and Sydney
E. Mudd. .
It is told of the Marquis Ito, the premier
of Japan, that when- a youth he wandered
about tha street of London penniless.
ragged and hungry, a starving alien In a
strange land.
New. York Is to have a "beer queen." A
brewery worth $5,000,000, producing (00,000
barrels of beer annually and yielding $&00,
000 in profit Is .to be owned and managed
by a woman.
According to a' Milwaukee dispatch the
sandbagging Industry 1 no longer outside
of woman' sphere. At all events, one
woman has become a sandbagger and ha
realised $18,S00 from her first effort
William H. Pontius of Dubuque, la., haa
been elected president of the Society of
Muslo Teachers of his state at a convention
held In Ottumwa. lie 1 on of th beet
known conductor and composers in the
west.
Because a charivari party attacked his
home, where hi daughter Hilda and Har-
land H. Reed of Chicago were married
recently, using giant firecrackers, ml na
ture bombs and firearms, Nicholas No
will sue the city of Phlllpaburg, Mont. Mr.
Noe says it was a miracle that no one was
killed. The serenaders demanded $1 aa the
price of silence the night of the wedding
Noe refused to pay and the next night
the crowd came again. - No was deter
mined, however, and railed the crowd
"blackmailers." Then the attack was re
newed.
Ayers
Cherry Pectoral
quiets tickling throats,
hacking coughs, pain in
the lungs. Your doctor
will explain this. He
knows. Trust him. We
send doctors our formula.
Doctors have tested it
for 60 years. twSt:
HANDSOMEST MAS I! IOWA.
Governor Ovinia In a Distinction Sea,
rest a Doabt.
New York Sun. i
Hon. Albert B. Cummins was renominated
for governor by th Iowa republican on n
platform th tariff and trust parts of
which, written by that cautious old stager,
Hon. William B. Allison, make no mention
of Mr. Cummin' fixed Idea or hallucination
about "shelter to trust." Mr. Cummins
tried to do Justice to himself in hi speech
ef aoceptano:
For myself I have during the last two
year given utterance to my views upon the
various phases of th tariff and reciprocity
These views have not been hastily formed
nor carelessly expressed, and I ahall main
tain them In the future, as I have In the
fst, simply because I believe them to be
rue, I have the profoundest faith in the
policy of protection, and I find In the plat
form you nave Juet adopted one of the nmit
complete and emphatic tributes to Its wis
dom and efficiency ever penned by the hand
of man.
Mr. Cummins I thoroughly satisfied with
himself and with th platform, which, how
ever, can scarcely be regarded by those
who study it without prepossession as be
ing a particularly complete tribute to tho
wisdom and efficiency of Mr. Cummins
Still, he Is contented with It, or says he is.
The republicans who differ with him are
contented with It. 80 everbody Is, or ought
to be, happy.
We shall not enter into the amicably set
tled controversy In which both disputant
believe that they have carried off the vic-J
tory. It la more satisfactory to refer t
a glory of Mr. Cummin' which not morn
than oe jealous hand will seek to wrench
from him. Mr. William Bi Curtis, a vet
eran observer who went te the Iowa con
vention, affirms that "Governor Cummins
Is a handsome man. I heard one of his
admirer say that he was the handsomest
man in Iowa." This is distinction enourh
for Mr. Cummins, even If the Iowa repub
licans refused to invade the shelter of
monopoly.
But the Hon. Jonathan Prentiss Dolll
ver of Fort Dodge will be put out by this
award of the apple of beauty.
MiLnra uses.
,5h"eb" to Manl" " to p,ned
"ri open a earner'
Up a-wlr.."-i.vel.nd PlanJ,DeaI.7rW, Can
NM -Vm 111 A 1 1am S ' ' w
think oV marrVlmr " Jack .wErT b,?h.
says If I don't hell a-o to th. hJL
" W8". you can't help that ".
Nell that Just It. I know I can't and
I'm
very rona of dogs. Phlladlnhi
Ledger.
Tm.mm c , . - '
dto iieie, wnen are you going to
pay me what you owe me? f am getting
Allf nf ha rlann
Dellnquent-If you didn't send so many
" ' ", eiery you wouidn t get
out of patient so fast. Kansas City jour-
'So vou have taken tin th atnAw t.
osophy? "
"Tea"
"Isn't It hard to understand? '
''That's th heAiitv nf It Vm, -, ,
- .,. 1 11111 Tl II J I V 1
so restful." Washington Star.
"But he promised me all kinds of knowl
edge," sobbed Eve, referring to the serpent.
niayoe no was a university arummer, "
replied Adam, a great light breaking upon
htm.
Later they resolved to sret even bv not
sending Cain to college. New York
Tribune.
Youna Wife What do you do when Vour
husband gets cross and want to scold?
wire -with Experience 1 read hlra on or
two of the letters he used to write to me
before we were married. Baltimore Amer
ican. 1
1 -. ...
Dick Those folks next door have an
awful good time.
Dora How?
Dick Oh. they don't go anywhere and
they don't entertain. Detroit Free Press.
He I understand your father, when mv
name happened to be mentioned at yonr
dlnner table the other day, expressed a
very high opinion of me.
She Well er It was expressed in a very
high voice. Philadelphia Press.
9TRAWBEIIRY SHORTCArT"
St. Louis Star.
Th trawberry shortcake
Is with us once more.
Oh. to linger awhile
On this desolate shore ,
And pour out the cream
In a long, steady stream
And blissfully smile
Like a man In a dream
The strawberry shortcake,
Knchantlng;
Supplanting,
Th pleulan pie
And the chocolate eiMali
The strawberry shortcake,
Persussive,
Invasive,
Fit food for the god
And a full bill of tare
Th strawberry shortcake
v Is buoyant and light.
The present's alluring.
The future Is bright
When you pour out the cream
In a long, steady stream
And blissfully smile
Like a man in a dream.
The strawberry shortcake, . .
Enthusing,
Suffusing.
This cold-hearted world
In a radiance divine.
Th strawberry shorteaks,
Inviting.
Delighting,
. Eh I Wauer! Another ,
Large helping for mine!'
After Grip talte
1 ...
Elorsford's
Acid
Phosphnf 0
It give to th debilitated sys
tem the touio and nerv food
nneded to quiet and etrwngtheu
tha nerves, treat appetite, 'aud
promote restful sleep.
A Tonic and Nerve Food.
tbaa Mr. VUna.,
I