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    THE OIAIIA DAILY It EE: MONDAY, JULY 27. 1003.
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Heated discussions about dogs ar not
necessary to jvana up the dog days.
Ex-Champloa Pugilist FItzsimmons
bus been knocked out again this time
by a woman who will wear the family
belt
Feoplo who are holding the short end
of the stock market Just now will not
luck Mends who can claim that they
told them so."
Editor Stead and Joseph Chamberlain
might with mutual profit agree to arbi
trate their differences and refrain from
further personalities.
That Is a terrible story which comes
from Lincoln about the man who was
held up by robbers while taking a bath.
Moral when In Lincoln don't bathe.
South Omaha meat packers are play
ing In luck. All the fires and floods are
hearvlnsr . their misfortunes upon the
plap at competing packing points.
None of the cardinals are willing to
talk as to the probable successor of the
pope. Modesty forbids them from say
ing anything that might prevent light
ning from striking near home.
facie Hussell 8age Is already predict
ing an early recovery of the shattered
stocks and bonds. TJncle Russell has
been through so many stock market
flurries and financial panics that he
knows from experience how to talk at
the critical time. By predicting what
he would like to see he may help bring
it about
The government engineer In charge
of the work of improvement on the Mis
souri river distinguishes In his report be
tween a. navigable stream and a navi
gated stream. The Missouri, he de
clares, Is navigable but not navigated.
Perhaps this will help congress when It
comes to make up Its next river and
harbor appropriation bllL
The flghtTor the new normal school
location is drawing near. The vacancy
on the normal school board having
finally been filled by Governor .Mickey's
appointment, the campaign for favor
will be expected to wage thick and fast
between the rival Nebraska towns. For
once Omaha and Lincoln will both stand
by and look on as spectators.
President Roosevelt seems to have en
countered some .difficulty In finding a
man willing to serve as governor of
Porto Rico and draw the $8,000 a year
salary with regularity. This must be
because the position has heretofore been
occupied only by eastern men. If he
will make Bomo western patriot gover
nor of Torto Rico no resignation will be
forthcoming before the terra shall have
expired.
The coal contract entered Into by the
school board provides for a difference
in payment of 35 cents a ton as between
the coal delivered within the prescribed
district and the coat delivered outside
of that district. This explains graphic
ally the reason why the coal dealers
during the recent labor troubles were
not disposed to stick to the price to be
paid the conl drivers. The coal drivers
get more puy when the consumer pays
the freight.
The active contests In progress for the
republican Judicial nominations lu the
various Judicial districts throughout Ne
braska, Including thoso which for years
have been under fusion domination, in
dicates a healthy sentiulent among Ne
braska republicans. The prospects are
good for the republicans to regain a
large part of the Beats on the district
bench that were lost during the fusion
regime. That is why competition for
republican Judicial nominations Is Just
now more brisk than usual.
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VCTLETS FOrt SURPLUS rRVDUCTS.
A speech that hag attract ed a good deal
of attention is that of Representative
Levering of Massachusetts before the
national convention of the Furniture as
sociation of America. Mr. Levering Is
manufacturer, a republican and a
protectionist He spoke mainly from
the point of view of the manufacturer
and with reference to the necessity for
new outlets for the surplus products
of our industries, lie said that today
most of the Industries of the country
re sorely in need of new outlets for
their products iu the markets of the
World "and the tariff should be so laid
that the doors may sometimes swing
outward as easily as they swing in
ward."
He declared that the problem of larger
foreign markets for our surplus of man
ufactured goods is already a question of
national importance and Is certain to be
come of still greater interest during the
next few years; that while it Is true the
export trade In manufactured articles
has largely increased during recent
years, the productive capacity of the
country has increased at a much more
rapid rate. "Within the past twenty-five
years the number of factories 1ms been
doubled, the amount of Capital invested
In them has been quadrupled, the num
ber of employes Is now nearly three
times as great and the total value of
their annual product has Increased
nearly threefold. "It is certain that tho
actual producing capacity of the coun
try," said Mr. Levering, "must have in
creased much more than these figures
show, since there are very few factories
which are run continually to the full
extent of their capacity." He said that
from his own experience as a manu
facturer he was confident that if suf
ficient markets could be found to take
the entire production of which our mills
and factories are capable that the value
of the annual output could be Increased
by several billions of dollars. This is
a statement which cannot fail to com
mand the earnest attention of the In
dustrial Interests of the country and it
also merits the consideration of all other
interests, for increasing the output of
our manufactures, if markets for them
can be obtained, means promotion of
the welfare of all. It would provide
fuller employment to labor and better
remuneration and would increase the
consuming ability of the people to the
benefit of the agricultural producers.
In regard to the tariff, Mr. Levering
urged an amendment of the drawback
provision, allowing a drawback of duties
upon imported materials used in manu
facturing articles for export, bo as to
make it more liberal. He Is In favor
of some revision of the tariff, without
sacrificing the protective principle, ex
pressing tho opinion that "If our legis
lators are wise they will not antagonize
the great growing sentiment In favor of
tariff revision," and arfding that "the
only way to hold the friends of protec
tion together is by recognition of the
material Interests of our great and ex
panding industries; they need and must
have every possible outlet in "the mar
kets of the world for their products."
It appears evident that the Massachu
setts representative Is In accord with
what was said by Mr. McKinley, In his
last public utterance, as to the necessity
of larger foreign markets and how these
may be obtained is manifestly a ques
tion of supreme Importance to our in
dustrial future.
PREPARING FUR ACTION.
The corporations that are subject to
Investigation by the new government
bureau will soon hear from it, circular
letters containing the "questions which
the bureau is authorized to submit be
ing In course of preparation. It Is
stated that If any of the corporations
to which blanks are forwarded fall to
make returns special agents wlll bo sent
out to make personal inquiries and ob
tain the desired information. 'If it is
found when the blanks are returned
that any of the reports are of an un
satisfactory character those returning
them will be called upon by - special
agents. In a word. It is the intention of
the bureau of. corporations to obta!
all the information which the law au
thorises it to secure and no corporation
coming under Its supervision will be
permitted to Ignore or evade the re
quirements of the bureau. No corpora
tion that promptly and fully answers
the questions presented, to t will have
any difficulty, but those that refuse or
neglect to supply the information asked
for will be unsparingly subjected to the
Investigation which the law authorizes
and requires. There will be, it Is safe
t6 say, absolute Impartiality lu the work
of the new bureau.
It is expected that, some of the cor
porations will raise the question as to
tho power of the Department of Com
merce and Labor to compel them to fur
nish the Information asked for, while
It Is thought probable that most of the
corporations will be disposed to comply
with the law, It is felt to be certain
that, there will be refusal to do so on
the part of some of them and an appeal
to the courts for a decision as to the
power of the department to compel cor
porations to give Information respecting
their organization and their business
methods. Doubtless It Is desirable that
the law shall be Judicially passed upon
and at as early a time as practicable.
It is a decided departure aud it will
be well to have settled by the courts
the question whether congress can prop
erly confer upon au executive depart
ment of the government the power to
Investigate the affairs of corporations
engaged in interstate commerce or trade
with foreign nations.
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Tho farce- by which the constitutional
prohibition against the creation of new
executive state . offices Is , evaded by
making the governor the nominal oil in
spector, food Inspector, etc., while the
duties are devolved upon a deputy who
is the real officer, la again brought home
by the instruction Issued by Governor
Mickey relating to the Inspection of oil.
In no other state would the governor
be expected to exercise any more than
a supervisory authority over the oil in
spection in the same manner that he
sees to the enforcement of all other laws
on the statute books. There is no more
rt-ason why the governor should be chief
oil inspector than that he should act In
person as warden of the penitentiary,
or superintendent of the school for the
blind.
OMAHA AS A DISTRIBUTING CENTKR.
The early completion of the Chicago
Great Western, which Is now not only
assured, but in sight and the operation
of trains on that line between Chicago
and the Missouri river at this point
ought to contribute in a large measure
to increase Omaha's already established
prestige as a distributing center. Omaha
enjoys many natural advantages by rea
son of its location and the character of
Its surrounding country, but its com
manding importance grows out of its
position as the gateway of transconti
nental traffic.
With the other trunk lines converging
at this point the addition of the Chicago
Great Western will give Omaha six
roads of the first magnitude direct to
Chicago and the lakes. Pouring traffic
as if through a funnel Into the great
arteries of commerce extending west
ward across the great divide, they give
Omaha ready access to every part of
western Iowa, which is thus gridlroned
with the steel. rails, an open trade terri
tory which no other city can reach with
equal ease.
The study of a good railroad map will
quickly show that no city of its size In
the country has such a network of rail
roads focaliaing In It The states served
by these varied railroad systems are
rich In resources and capable of much
greater population and Industrial devel
opment so that It is a practical certainty
that this distributing machinery will be
used constantly more and more, Increas
ing Omaha's importance and extending
its business steadily and surely. The
great trouble with Omaha is that it does
not fully realize its own vantage point
Omaha is sure to make persistent prog
ress If it will only utilize all its oppor
tunities.
COMING IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
The call Is out for the Eleventh Na
tional Irrigation congress, which Is to be
held at. Ogden beginning September 15
next for the discussion of practical Ir
rigation problems as they affect condi
tions In western states. The enactment
of the recent national Irrigation law is
largely the outgrowth of the agitation
carried on through these irrigation con
gresses so that at the coming meeting
for the first time substantial results of
the discussion In the shape of national
legislation will be In evidence.
Nebraska Is one of the states with
semi-arid lands subject to reclamation
under the provisions of the new Irriga
tion act and Is therefore vitally con
cerned in the successful execution of
the works authorized by that measure.
The Irrigation congress at Ogden should
be of direct and special Interest to our
people and deserves their active co-operation
and support especially as those
who have already promised to partici
pate In the program Insure an Instruc
tive and valuable session.
The apportionment of delegates Is
made to include all governmental di
visions and commercial and industrial
associations engaged in the larger work
of promoting the development and up
building of the west and they should all
make provision to be represented In the
congress when it convenes. The Ne
braska state press can do no better work
than to keep pushing for Irrigation.
While drawing the contract for the
construction of a new fire engine house
City Attorney Wright ventures his pri
vate opinion In public that the contract
will not be worth the paper it is written
on because of alleged legal defects In
the preliminaries, and that any tax
payer can enjoin Its enforcement. What
would be thought of the attorney of a
private corporation who should draw up
gal papers and then Invite someone to
block the plans of. his employers? If
the contract had only been let to some
good democratic ward politician it is a
safe guess that City Attorney Wright's
objections would have been kept to him
self.
City Prosecutor Lee seems to be one
of the few officers who does not think
he is overworked or he would not be
promoting ordinances increasing the
number of punishable misdemeanors and
transferring the prosecution from the
county attorney's office to his own. If
the city prosecutor keeps up the pace
he has set the police court will be more
unpopular than ever with the denizens
of the bad lands.
The Jacksonlans and the County De
mocracy will now undertake to prove
to the satisfaction of every good demo
crat that it is the other fellow who is to
bin me for ignoring the basic principle
of democracy In providing for the ap
pointment of delegates to state and Ju
dicial conventions without so much as
asking the Individual voter "by your
leave."
Sluw-KIre Cannon.
New York Mail and Express.
Mr. Cannon shows a cautious dlulnollna-
tlon to explode prematurely.
After the lonTentlon.
Baltimore American.
An Elk that didn't have a good time at
the Baltimore reunion would be harder to
find than a white blackbird.
What the Kariurr Meeds.
Indianapolis Journal.
The harvest season each year brings
about a tremendous demand for labor In
the fields tor a very short period. Appar
ently the farmer needs an elastlo supply
pf labor fully as much as he needs an
elastlo currency.
IJoa't Aak for Maeh.
Chicago Record -Herald.
There Is some talk In Ruaaka now of ex
polling the Jews from that oouatry alto-
get her If they don't quit complaining about
being oppressed. What the Russians like
la a man who will patiently let himself be
Bayed and pretend he llkea It while the
operation Is in progress.
Russia's Fanny Idea.
Philadelphia Inqalrer.;
The punishment ot subordinate officials
will scarcely convince the world -that Rus
sia Is sorry for the Kishlneff affair so
long as it permits Minister von Plehwe to
tell the Jews that thny wlll catch Some
thing worse if they don't watch out.
Hope for Hawaii.
San Francisco Call.
The legislature of Hawaii, running riot
In the full flush of youth, Is supplying us
with scandal after scandal. Money, ot
course, Is the source of the evil and time
and prison bars the remedy. When the
territory becomes older we may expect
much of it, as It was caught young.
Mr. Runt and the President.
Washington Star.
Not unlikely, Mr. Hanna has felt drawn
toward the president In some measure by
the stupid efforts of the enemies of the
latter to make trouble. The so-called Lily
Whites in the south and the political
agents of the trusts In the north have
played their game rather clumsily. It has
been too apparent all along that their own
Interests and not the republican party's
Interests were their objective; that as
they had failed to manage the president
they were willing to destroy him, even at
the party's expense. It was no compli
ment to Mr. Hanna for these men to sup
pose that they could use him as a tool for
their purposes, and they have discovered
their mistake.
From Boose to Beer.
Minneapolis Times.
The temperance agitators would have us
believe that things are growing darker from
their point of view, but there Is one hope
ful phase of the affair. We .are changing
our national drink; from alcohol liquors we
are veering around In favor of malted
liquors. In 1850 we consumed an average
of J.I gallons of whisky, gin and brandy
per head, in 1902 this rate had fallen to 1.38
per capita, while the consumption of malted
liquors had risen from I BS In I860 to 17.49 In
1902. Whether this change of drinks or a
change of moral sentiment upon the ques
tion Is fo be thanked or not it Is difficult to
decide, but the fact remains that there is
much less drunkenness as a whole, nowa
days, than there was, say, even fifty years
ago. This might be reckoned as one more
step In the Germanizing of America, if we
are really becoming a nation of beer drink
ers.
LOSS OF PAPER FORTUNES.
Bade Awakealn- a Salutary Lesson to
the Reckless Speculators.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The recent weakness In the stock market
Is accompanied by Information from many
sources that there has been a general
pause in the prodigality of expenditure
which was a marked characteristic of
American life for a year or two. The best
place to study phenomena of this kind Is
New Tork, and the reports agree that the
restaurants, the Jewelers and the various
purveyors to the whims of the gambling
element of the financial center have noted
a great falling off. The liquidation of 1903
has given the reckless pause. Colossal
stock watering schemes which depended
for successful flotation upon the gullibility
of the American public have had a severe
blow; the "Indigestible" securities find no
takers; the promoters of these enterprises
have been compelled to market, their own
holdings; banks sre wary about lending
money on industrial, and promoters have
been compelled tBH good and sound
securities In order! to obtain the money
with which to bolster up their under
takings.
The ordinary citizen could view this
liquidation with equanimity if It were not
for the fact that the loss of confidence
which comes from, depression of values
has its evil effect on general business; but
when the recent liquidation has been
calmly considered conservative men will
on the whole, decide that perhaps it was a
most fortunate thing that It came when It
did. The railroads are beginning to talk
about crop congestion In the west, business
Is sound and healthy, and, though the
gamblers have found that the paper for
tunes so easily got together are as easily
dissipated, the western farmer, with his
granaries bulging, will be oblivious to Wall
street's flurry; the ordinary citizen will be
none the worse for It, and In the long run
the country will be the better for It, ber
cause business will be conducted on a
saner basis, speculation will be checked,
and we will be less likely to encounter
violent disturbances of the market and
loss of confidence from the overthrow of
these wild enterprises at a time when per
haps they would cause real disaster.
When It appears that persons who
thought themselves rich from speculation
are canceling passage to Europe by the
hundreds, that yachts are going out of
commission and that diamonds do not find
o ready a sale as last year, we are dis
posed to regard the rude awakening as a
salutary lesson, which positively had to
be learned unless we were to plunge Into
the abyss of gambling. Tho business world
Is learning many salutary lessons these
days. People are Just beginning to see
that in the last few years an entirely new
and forbidding class has appeared on
change and in the marts of trade. The
very same kind of persons who formerly
haunted the race tracks, the gambling
dives, or at best the bucket shops, have
somehow come Into possession of vast sums
of money and have been plunging on Wall
street and In the promotion of trusts Just
as they punted over the gambling tables,
and without a whit more sense or respon
sibility or conscience or character. For a
time the fact that these men had much
monev seemed to blind the general public
and the shrewder business world to their
character and the character of the schemes
which they "backed;" but the end Is ap
proaching. They have been found out.
VSARMKI), 1ET MIGHTY.
Pop Leo XIII Established Moral i
Superior to Material Power.
New York World.
Is there not a point worth emphasising In
the general agreement of Catholic and non
r.thnlln oDinlon that Leo XIII was the
most powerful pope of modern times?
This pontiff broke a lance with the great
Bismarck and came out victor. He secured
Important concessions for his people alike
from the czar, the kaiser and King J.awara
He dealt on terms of equality as well with
monarchies as with republics, i.nd left the
church on a better footing in all countries
than when he began his reign, not excepting
Italy.
Yet Leo XIII had neither army nor navy
nothing in the way of armed support be
vond a small bodyguard. He was shorn of
even the little strlo of territory, and the
temporal sovereignty that went with It,
which nearly all former popes had posses
sed, yet exercised more actual power and
direction over the International events of
his time than any contemporary sovereign
In an sge that Is saturated with force
worship and. seems unable to understand
that .there can be at y fulorume on which
the levers of civilization ran be worked
save huge armies and fleets. Pope Leo
XIII's closed career Is a mighty witness to
the superiority of moral over material
power. The unarmed man of the Vatican
was admittedly the strongest single power
la Christendom,
TALK OF TUB STATIC FRRIS.
Grand Island Independent: The social
Ists will have a state ticket In Nebraska
again this year and have already filed their
nomination, made on the Fourth of July.
C. Chrlstopherson of Plattsmouth Is the
candidate for supreme Judge, to succeed
Sullivan. Iowever, the name of the man
who will succeed Sullivan Is Raines.
Springfield Monitor: A district Judge In
Omaha refused to comrel Omaha high
school authorities to grant a diploma to
student who had broken some of the
rules that govern the cadets while In en
campment The case will go to the su
preme court This Is an extraordinary pro
ceeding and it seems that both sides are
straining a point to gain their end.
Kearney Hub: Reports received by the
state superintendent from the Junior normal
schools throughout the state have been very
pleasing to that official. All of the schools
have been largely attended and the work
has been successful. Indeed, the plan has
proven so great a success that the next
legislature will be asked to make an appro
priation for the continuance of the schools.
Atkinson Graphic: C. H. Sloan of Ge
neva has been chosen as temporary chair
man of the republican state convention.
Mr. Sloan la the gentleman who, while a
state senator, Introduced the bill which
made the golden-rod the state flower of
Nebraska. This gives the grounds for the
belief that something flowery may be ex
pected from Mr. Sloan In his address to
the convention.
Auburn Herald: The new law against
selling, giving or furnishing tobacco to mi
nors under the age of 18 years Is now In
effect and proper observance of the law
will be required on the part of dealers and
handlers of tobacco everywhere In the
state. From time to time there has been
much sentiment expressed In favor of a
concise law of this character, and it should
be expected that violations of the law
will be watched for and proceedings In
stituted against violators. The only safe
and proper hing for a dealer to do Is to
observe the law, and see to It that clerks
and no one else in their employ violate the
law, either thoughtlessly or otherwise. The
minimum fine for every offense Is $20, while
dealer who violates the law may be fined
as high as 50 for an offense.
Atkinson Graphic: When the editor ot the
Graphlo first came to northern Nebraska,
eighteen years ago, he learned to swing a
flail without barking his shins. There were
no threshing machines. A few years later,
however, a few old horse power machines
were brought in and the editor was found
to be big enough to fall around on a straw
pile. Now there Is a big steam threshing
outfit or two In every township, with swing
ing straw-blowers and all the latest Im
provements. Scarcely a day passes but a
monster traction engine passes through
town, pulling Its separator to some farmer's
field of golden grain. Just climb a hill and
count the number of these outfits you can
see marked by the column of amoke arising
from the engine. Verily this Is a great
country, Stand up for Nebraska.
Ponca Journal: Something is the mat
ter with Kansas in spite ot its desperate
effort to appear like an ordinary state.
Its suffering from floods is aggravated by
the roost cheerfully avaricious legislature
on record. After his urgent appeals to
Nebraska and other neighboring states for
help for the flood sufferers, Governor Bai
ley called a special session of the legis
lature In response to vigorous protests that
a state with $90,000,000 In Its banks and a
bumper crop In sight ought not to become
an object of charity. But, on the ground
that relief measures were unconstitutional,
the governor refused to recommend any
relief appropriation, and a bill appropri
ating $300,000 was therefore defeated.
Whereupon the legislature voted Itself 12,
000 for mileage and per diem In compensa
tion for Its valuable services and ad
journed. There will be mighty little dis
position on the part ot outsiders to help
Kansas out of its next pickle.
Columbus Telegram: Delegates to the
Douglas county democratic convention will
not be selected by democratic voters. They
will be appointed by the members of the
county committees In the various districts,
That savors too mueh of Imperialism to suit
the average democrat who lives outside of
Douglas county. We had hoped the Omaha
brethren had had enough of that kind of
business. We recall that a few years ago
the party In Omaha was torn and lacerated
by something very like this present pro
ceeding. If the democratic party stands
for one thing more than another, lt Is the
principle that the people shall rule things
In this country. Every attempt to wrest
control from the people at large and place
It in the hands of a few Is subversive of
the very ends and designs of the democratic
party. The Telegram regrets the Imperial
istic tendencies of the party leaders In
Omaha. However, It Is pleasant to know
that this new republican way of doing
things Is not favored by the majority of
Omaha democrats, but Is simply the voice
of the leaders, and leaders sometimes get
so far away from their fellows as to be
unable to hear a word of suggestion or of
censure from the workers In the ranks.
Speed the day when the democracy of
Douglas shall be Itself again.
THH IMMIGRATION ftl ESTIOH.
Hopeful View of the rresrnt In Light
of the Past.
Baltimore American.
The Immigration problem Is attracting at
tention and causing anxiety. There Is
nothing new In this. Almost since the In
auguration of the government more or less
fear has been expressed of the evils of
foreign immigration. At times It has taken
the form of ugly demonstrations and a
political party of some temporary Impor
tance made It one of Its basic principles.
Looking back over the past It cannot be
said that the country has suffered much
from Immigration. States have been built
up by It which are among the most pros
perous and progressive In the land and
their citizens are as fine a body of men
as can be found elsewhere on earth.
It Is urged that the Immigration of to
day is made up largely of a different class
of people from those who used to come to
America. There Is something In that.
There are wide differences in races and
Individuals. Some are very much more de
sirable than others very much better fitted
to settle In a new country and grow up with
it. But it would scarcely be wise to frame
a law which prevented the citizens of cer.
tain countries from entering our ports while
it Invited others. Such discrimination
would be simply Impossible. There are
doubtless grave evils flowing from the In
discriminate immigration to this country-
evils that are marked in town and coun
try. Such evils are Inseparable from the
floods which pour In. It may be question
able whether they are greater proportion
ately than they have been In the past.
The majority of Immigrants are worthy
men. It Is only necessary to look over this
great country to learn that and It should
be borne In mind In any consideration of
the question. It some of the features of
Immigration are burdensome and objec
tionable this will help to soften the consld
tratlon of the matter. We say this because
there does not appear to be the slightest
hope of relief. With the country's tradi
tions aided by the eccentricities of politics
no measure shutting out Immigrants la
likely to pass. It is possible, however, to
Improve on the present Immigration law by
making the conditions of entry more string
ent and rigidly enforcing them. This would
secure a better class of Immigrants
whether from on country or another.
kits or washugto Li rm.
Kplsodes and Incidents at National
Capital Sketched oa the Spot.
An Interesting rello from the battlefield
of first Hull Run was shipped from Wash
ington to the Michigan state capltol at
Lansing on the forty-second anniversary
of that celebrated engagement early In
the civil war. The rello Is a black log,
properly prepared for preservation, which
Is taken from a tree on the line of the ex
treme union advance at Bull Run. Attached
to the log Is a handsomely engraved
bronse plate reading: "Presented to Major
General Orlando B. Wlllcox by Charles F.
Joy, M. C of St. Louis, Mo., and by Gen
eral Wlllcox to the First Michigan Volun
teers' association." Accompanying the log
Is a printed placard for framing, which
reads: "This log Is from the tree near
the most advanced line of the union army
at Bull Run. Va., July 2, 1861, to which
General Orlando B. Wlllcox of Detroit,
commanding the First Michigan volunteers,
was brought severely wounded. Near hls
tree Michigan dead were found In the ex
treme federal advance. It was secured t-n
the battlefield In the presence of General
Wlllcox and General Ira C. Abbott by
Charles F. Joy, M. C, of St. Louis, Mo.,
a nephew of James F. Joy, who with Ocen
eral Lewis Cass and others equipped the
regiment." The log was secured on the
battlefield by ex-Representative Charles F.
Joy of Missouri Inst year. He was visiting
the battlefield In company with General
Orlando B. Wlllcox and General Ira C.
Abbott of Michigan, Captain George C.
Rounds of Manassas, an energetio union
veteran who Is In charge of the Bull Run
battlefield, and others. Th party sought
snd easily found the particular part of the
field where General Wlllcox was wounded
and captured and they Identified the tree
to wnicn ne was brought. Mr. Joy was
much Interested in the two veteran gen
erals and their And. and promptly secured
the log for preservation and presented It
to General Wlllcox.
The Information division of the adjutant
general's office, War department, has Just
published a very Important work, a classi
fication of the military science, by which
the great mass of Information accumulated
by the office on all matters connected with
the military arm of the service Is Indexed
and classified. Index cards are provided
to the extent of 250100 In 00 file cases, and
contain complete and accessible data on
all military subjects.
The classification Is made on broad lines,
and a definite place Is assigned for each
Item. Many subdivisions of the classes
are provided. The general classes are: Gen
eral works, military training, military
situation, administration, supply and trans
portation, cavalry and Infantry, artillery,
technical troops, minor services and navy.
A striking and Important feature of the
work Is that It is capable of Indefinite ex
pansion, to meet future requirements, or
the needs of any military classification
whatever. Operations and history are sub
divided according to dates, guns according
to make and caliber, and countries Into
possessions, colonies, provinces, protecto
rates and tributary states. The index
cards show country, number, subject.
source, file numbers, date, page and initials
of the carder. The classes and special di
visions are arranged on the decimal system,
followed by an alphabetical Index of all
subjects treated. An edition of 600 copies
has been published, which will be sent to
post libraries throughout the country. In
brder that those who have charge of such
institutions and their patrons may have
the benefit of the work.
The pope's Illness has sent a host of
newspaper correspondents on dally calls at
the apostolic delegation In this city and
their visits have disclosed one of the most
remarkable negro lads In the country. The
servant who answers the door bell Is a boy
whose face Is as black as tar and by no
means remarkable for his appearance of In
telligence. The negro lad Is James I. Mat
tingly, a years old, and a linguist "of con
siderable parts." James can talk in five
different languages and Is studying three or
four more. The boy talks fluently in Eng
lish, French. Italian, Latin and Greek, and
Is now studying Spanish. Portuguese, Ger
man and other languages.
He has a mania for language studies and
Cardinal Batolll, who Is now at Rome, but
was formerly the apostolic delegate to this
country; Cardinal Martlnelll and Bishop
Rooker. who for many years was the secre
tary of the apostollo delegation here, have
all helped the Jet black youngster to con
quer the classics. The boy's parents could
read scarcely a line, while he himself has
had a publlo school education. The boy has
planned to continually add to the list of
languages until he has become familiar
with many times more than those he now
speaks and he is engaged In other deen
reading besides. The boy came to the able
gate's residence when he was 7 years old and
has been there longer than any of the offi
cials or of the other attaches. Mattlngly
lthough he has Just attained his malorltv
has translated Demosthenes and performed
other similar feats, Is an accomplished
pianist and has composed some music.
The maneuvers which are to take nlace
off the coast of New England from the last
weekin July until September 1 will furnish
the joint army and navy board with ma
terial for work. They will be on a larger
scale than those of last year. More shins
and more men will be engaged. The ships
mat nave oeen qesignated to take part In
the war were as follows:
Battleshlns Kearsarare tlhm.
Illinois
Massachusetts, Indiana. Texas.
Cruisers Olymnla, Atlanta
Prairie, Yan-
kee, Dixie. Par
nlh
er. Tonekn
Gunboats Nashville, Mayflower, Dolnhln.
Chesnpeake
PeMrorers Aainhrlri nam, r
Chauneey. Dnle, Truxton, Whipple, War
den, Hull, Irfiwrence.
Training Shins Hartford. 7iur
gahela. '
supply Vessels CuUroa. Caesar Wni.i
Sterling, Lebanon, Marlollus. Leonldns'
Brutus.
Tenders and Tusn Scornlon. Vi..n -f
hawk, Nina, Osceola, Potomac, I'nras and
Apacne.
The squadrons will rendezvous in Frenc -
man's bay July 27 to coal and to take up r
search problem. One squadron will under
take to attack the coast near Portlund and
the other. In conjunction with the coast ar
tillery and the troops of the state of Maine,
wllW defend it. Just as was done last year.
The squadrons will then combine and under
take to reduce Portland, which will then be
defended by the army alone.
The combined squadrons will be under
command of Rear Admiral Barker. His
division commanders will be Rear Admirals
Wise, Coghlan of "Hoch der Kaiser" fame
and Sands. When these maneuvers are
completed the ships will stand out to sea
for tactical maneuvers and target practice.
They will return on August IB, when a spec
tacular review will be held by President
Roosevelt, Becretary Moody and Admiral
Dewey. This will take place In deep water
oft Oyster Bay, and much saluting powder
will be burned. In September the sub
marine boats are to be tested off Newport.
The facts learned about them will be of In
calculable value to the board. If they prove
valuable In harbor defense the board will
have to assign 'to them a place not now
recognized by naval strategists. NearhVdl
the ships will be equipped with wlijff ss
telegraph Instruments and stations on tfore
will enable a thorough test of that means of
communication.
Misery for Millionaires.
Chicago Record-Herald.
New Tork has a new club which has been
made so expensive that only millionaires
may belong to It. The membership Is lim
ited to 100, which, unfortunately, will make
It necessary for New York's other lO.ono
millionaires to go on the waiting list.
rEMSOMAL I'AHAWHAI'll.
PrinceM Henry of Prussia has Invited the
American sculptress, CadwalUdnr Guild,
to visit her at Kiel, where the princess will
sit for a bust statuette.
Eugene Ware, Jr., son of the United
States pension commissioner, with twenty
five young men of Topeka. Kaa, have gone
to the harvest fields of Ellis county.
Maeterlinck says that It Is easy to find
In German theaters more original, more
Interesting, sincere and profound works
than any of the great French successes.
Dr. George F. Hall, pastor of Bush Tem
ple, Chicago, In a sermon last Sunday
said: "Every Christian should read the
Bible, and pray; go to church, and pay."
Alfred II. Smith, the new general mana
ger of the New York Central railway, be
gan his career us a messenger boy In the
Cleveland office of the Lake Shore at a
salary of II a week.
Dr. Toyoklchl Iynnaga, a Japanese
scholar and government official and an
authority on the eastern question. Is deliv
ering a series of lectures before the sum
mer students of the University of Chicago
on Japan and China this week.
A correspondent of the North China Daily
News, who recently had occasion to see ths
emperor and the empress dowager of China
near by, describes him as looking lean,
melancholy and timid; while she, wlih her
square face, elongated eyes, double chin
and rosy color, looked like an energetic,
vivacious woman.
Frau Charlotte Wechssler of Stuttgart
attained her hundredth birthday on June
8. She has been a widow for sixty-four
years. The mayors of Stuttgart and I'lm
personally congratulated her on her cen
tenary, and the King of Wurtemberg sent
her a magnificently bound Bible through
her grandson. Major Fabre du Four.
Alfred Harmsworth of the London Dally
Mall. William Hill of the Westminster
Gazette, and Maurice Ernst of the Vienna
Tageblatt. are announced as editors of a
new international encyclopedia of Journal
ism, to be published in London and In the
English language, but to deal with the his
tory of the newspaper In all days and Its
present development.
In recognition of the success attained by
the St. Petersburg Young Men's Christian
association, ktown there as the Society
for Moral Improvement of Young Men,
and founded by James Stokes of New York
three years ago, the czar has conferred
upon Mr. Stokes the Order of St Stanis
laus of the first class. Count Cassinl, In de
livering the Insignia of the order to Mr,
Stokes, stated that the St, Petersburg as
sociation had become the most efficient and
popular organization In the city and num
bers over 1,000 members; It cannot receive
more, as Us rooms are constantly crowded
beyond their capacity.
SIMMER SMILES.
PJ!a?,n ,iaI.ou mustn't lay up fer yo'-
nlL? cht" 'J1 dl8, w-l'. but W comes In
mighty handy wen de bailiff's eettln or!
de front do'etcp.-Atlanta Constitution.
There are animals purptfrtlng to be
whales a-swlm In the ocean of Fame whom
Poster ty will easily pack a dozen at a
time into a sardine box. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
"What Is the difference between a
woman's whist club and a man's poker
club?" .
"Why, in one you get home to dinner
and in the other to breakfast," Detroit
Free 1'ress.
William You must remember, my dear,
that my taste is better than yours.
His Dear Wife Undoubtedly, when wo
come to consider that you married me and
i roarnea you. uusion uioue.
Little Hiram Grampa, did you see 'the
two-tailed comet T
Farmer Bumpercrop No; b'Jings, I been
so busy harvestln' I didn't even git ter
see the circus, let alone the sideshows.
Kansas City Journal.
The Aunt And how was your birthday
party, Archie?
Archie Oh, auntie, It was the finest I
ever had! Why, I got such a terrible
stomach trouble that I could not go to
school for three days. Brooklyn Life.
"What I want," snld the coy maid of
more or less uncertain years, "is a hat
that will suit my complexion."
"Oh." exclaimed the milliner, with sud
den Inspiration; I have a hand-painted
hat In the window that I am sure will lie
Just what you want." Chattanooga News.
"I want 60 cents more," said the keeper
of the bathing houses.
"What for?71 asked the young man with
the blue lips, as he lulrt down a quarter.
"Why, you made a rent In the bathing
suit all tho way down the back."
"Well, you told me I could rent a bath
house and a suit for 'JB cents, didn't you?' ,
Yonkers Statesman.
Til 15
XKWKST Sl'MMEH GIRL.
Baltimore News.
Moth-ball my raglan, mother, and put
away my hat
With feathers nil around It 111 have no
need for that;
My muff and furs, dear mother, pray put
them on the shelf.
For I am ready, mother, to Innovate my
self! The gentle spring is coming,
And I
in a chirping whirl
rhe merry ninis are caning
The newest Summer Glrli
Pray hustle out my straw hat, my belt and
shirtwaist suit,
For summer's coming, mother, and I must
be a "beaut!"
Dig up my lust year's "trilbies" and polish
them anew,
And don't forget my fan, dear, for It has
work to do.
The seashore time Is coming.
When on the crowded beach
I must be designated
A seasonable peach!
Where moan the wild waves, saying the
things they've often said,
I must be out for conquest, dear mother,
on the dead!
It's naught to you, dear mother, for you
have got your man.
But I must make my lucky this season, Ir 1
can!
Ho wake me early, mother,
While, yet the shadows stalk;
I must ) up to practise
A captivating walk!
I must get tip on rules, dear, to start the
season's rare.
For time Is fleet, dear mother, and I wax
old apace;
Bo wake me early, mother, and don t neg
lect to set
Your clock for. say. four-thirty, lest you
perchance forget
That gentle spring Is on us,
And we must soon unfurl
The banner that announces
The newest Summer Olrl!
Ayers
Sarsaparilla
Your grandmother's doc
tor ordered it for your
father. It's the same
old Sarsaparilla today.
Tested and tried for 60
years. If constipated,
use Ayer's Pills; gently
laxative, purely vegetable.
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