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These Russian reverses must be
tonic to the "sick man of Europe."
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Omaha's Jubilee year promises to be
record breaker in the building line.
No
wonder the Russians were not
prepared for war. The first day of
February Just reached St. Petersburg
this 'morning.
What is the use of having charter
limitations upon taxation if they can
be overridden by the 'municipal offi
cials at pleasure?
The Panama spouters have pretty
nearly spouted themselves out of breath
and the coming week will witness final
action on the treaty.
Because they could not agree upon
his platform Mr. Bryan evidently thinks
the. eastern, leaders of the democracy
cannot agree on anything.
Quartermaster General Test has vrn
lltnbered bis Quaker guns and Chan
cellor Andrews might Just as well throw
up bis bands and capitulate.
If these volcanic Americans around
the equator do not keep quiet Uncle
Sam may not have enough warships
In borne waters to watch all interesting
points.
i The Anglo-Saxons may prklo them
selves upon being the dominant race,
but the Slavs are now occupying the
center of the stage from Prague to the
Yellow sea. .
Massachusetts courts may be a littlo
slow, but when they do Issue injunctions
they cover the entire ground, as the
printers who have been forbidden to pay
strike benefits now 'understand.
Nebraskans will not be alarmed at
the report that the vault In the secre
tary of state's office Is uusafe for rec
ords. That same vault has hitherto,
proven its inability to preserve funds.
Colonel Bryan offers 600 10 to 1 sliver
dollars to five democratic dallies for a
platform on which all democrats can
stand, or rather straddle, but the propo
sition la Hot likely to be taken seriously,
When the ocean cables are out of
order and those thousands of miles
across the Pacific oceuu are not yet
spanned by Marconi, reliable war news
is not on tap each hour of the day und
night
i
' It might be cheaper to pay Queen
Lllluokalnnl $200,000 for her question
able interest in Hawaii than to waste
the time of congress each year consid
ering the matter "and deciding not to
pay It
If the Japanese and Russians meet
npon tho Vain, Japan will have to main
tain Its present reputation on that his
toric river, for it was there that the
most important battle of the war with
China was fought and won.
Tbjrty-sl states are represented In
the thirty-sixth annual convention of
the National American Woman's Suf-
fragc association, now in session at
Washington, and thirty-six reasons will
be presented to congress in favor of a
sexless amendment for the federal con
stitution, but there Is grave doubt
whether thirty-six rongressmvn can be
found to vote for the proposed reform.
Senator Morgan, was too hoarse to
apeak yesterday, but would not let a
little thing like that interfere with an
attack upon .the administration, so he
wrote bis speech and let Senator Car-
mack read it. It is not believed that the
combined attack produced any effect
upon the result of the vote to be taken,
as the republicans will rote for the
measure as a matter of principle, while
a number of democrats wllf vote with
them because their constituents will not
yeruilt them to do otherwise.
t.irimn Balkan uvtrhkak.
It was pointed out lrforf the- out
break of hostilities between Russia and
.Japnn thnt in tlio event .of war hot worn
tlioso rflMitis tliore wnnhl vory likely
be a ronownl of disturbance In the
Halknn states nnd thl Is now thrrnt-
cued. Yesterday's dispatches reported
thnt there wag fenr in Constantinople
of a collision between Turkey and Bul
garia and there are indications that
active preparations are being made in
the llnlknn region for revolt against
the rule of Turkey.
Russia seems likely, 'under existing
conditions, to lose her Influence in the
Balkans as one of the costs of the war
with Japan, particularly in the event
of the latter gaining a decisive advan
tage. Lnnt year KushIa Joined with
Austria to put an end to the Balkan
revolutionary movement, after exacting
from Turkey promises of certain re
forms. Those reforms have not been
carried out and the revolutionary ele
ments have been waiting an opportu
nity to break out again. Itussia nnd
Austria hold the'balance of power there
and ench is interested in maintaining
Its sphere of influence. The Russian
government will be unable to give its
attention to the suppression of the ex
pected revolution, so it will devolve
upon Austria to maintain peace. Just
what course that country would pur
sue cannot lie definitely predicted, but
In the opinion of some site might un
dertake to crowd Itussia out of the
Balkans and assume entire control there.
At all events, the war in the far east
Is regarded in Europe as affording an
opportunity to the people of the Balkans
lo mnkg a determined effort to liberate
themselves from Turkish rule, under
the operation of which they have had a
most bitter experience, and there is rea
son to believe that they will avail them
selves of the chance that is now offered
There Is thus presented the possibility
of a conflict in tin! very center of Eu
rope that would have nn interest for the
world hardly less than the war In east
ern Asia.' If once begun there is no
doubt; that it would be a protracted
and bitter struggle, the outcome of
which would doubtless make very iin
portant changes In the mnp of Europe
and in the relations of the powers. It Is
among the possibilities that such a con
filet woflld result in the dismemberment
of the Turkish empire and if not that
It would certainly very materially re
duce the power of Turkey in European
affairs. The accomplishment of this
would be worth all ;that a, war would
cost, since it would be a most important
advantage to the cause of civilization
and progress in the region now -under
Turkish domination.
HUUM FOR blURt.
The Wall Street Journal takes a prac
tical and common sense view of the
immigration question. It points out
that this country, with an area nearly
equal to that of Europe, lias capacity
for a population of 320,000,000. Since
18'JO the total number of Immigrants
who have come to' our snores Is 21,7r,8,l
uw, an lnsignincant numuer compared
fith the country's capacity. " ' "This
country needs men," says that paper.
'The time has not yet arrived when it
can afford to shut its doors against the
Immigrant. Those wjio would like to
do so are at heart monopolists. The-
question of immigration should be con
sidered only from the standpoint of ex
cluding criminals, diseased persons- and
paupers. Otherwise every measure
should be taken to encourage immigra
tion nnd the laws on the subject should
be administered In a broad nnd catholic
spirit.'
This is the sound and sensible position
and it is not to be doubted that it re
flects the views of a large majority of
our people.- The; opposition to immigra-
tlon is largely due to the spirit of selfish
ness or to unreasoning prejudice and
we are confident that if all those who
are thus actuated could be counted they
would be found to constitute a very
small minority of the people. There is
room for niany minions more workers
in this land and every contribution of
able-bodied and Industrious men from
abroad is a valuable addition to the
population in increasing the means for
the development of our resources and
augmenting the' national wealth.
KXCtSSlVK IIURROWIXGS.
The New York Journal of Commerce,
in a suggestive article, observes that one
of the recognized causes of commercial
or industrial crises, to be inevitably fol
lowed by periods of depression, is the
continuous absorption of capital in pro
viding the means for increased produc
tion the returns from which must neces
sarily be postponed or be liable to sud
den diminution. It points out that there
have beeu two tendencies in this country
during the last year or two, one of which
is certainly continuing, 'which carry the
menace of the kind of overdoing that al
ways results in a more or less sudden
and severe reaction.
One of these, tendencies, says that
paper, lias been exhibited in the indus
trial field and the other in that of in
ternal transportation. "The former Is
illustrated especially in the iron and
"teel business and the reaction Is already
seriously felt. Iron and steel
plants and their auxiliaries were in
creased In number and capacity to meet
a greatly enlarged demand from rail
roads and other sources, which could not
be regarded as permanent on anything
like the existing scale. I luring the
period of expansion there was an enor
mous absorption of actual capital, as
well as an Inflation of securities to over
load the investment market. High
prices, labor troubles and tiie satlsfuc
tlon of the pressing demand brought the
inevitable reaction and today lrou and
steel -are receiving in a relatively mild
form the penalty of overdoing and the
financial markets still feel the effect of
its 'draft uin the capital resources of
the country.'
In regard to the tendency to overdo in
the muklng of extension and Improve
nients by the rnilronds, the Journal of
Commerce observes that thoy nil seemed
to bo required to provide for tho prow
lug needs of transportation, but the ten
dency- linn not ceased to operate and
more nionoy to bo used In this direction
Is ctlll being called for by the railroads.
the fonnldablo total of more than fJM,-
(kki.ihk) just now confronting the market
for funds. Most of the capital thus re
quired must be borrowed and will put
Increased fixed charges upoi immediate
earnings at a time when they show a
tendency to diminish rather than to con
tinue advancing. "In the sense that
these outlays are to provide a future
rather than a present or immediate
earning power, and the new facilities
can only bring returns after long delay,
they may be classed In the category of
overdoing so far as the financial effect
is concerned."
There is no doubt, as the paper quoted
says, that there is an element of peril in
all this. It is a condition that may well
command the serious attention of enp
ital. Yet while it is true that n great
strain has been put upon the capital re
sources of the country In the last few
years, there is at present no apparent
reason for apprehending unfavorable re
sults. What is plainly suggested, how
ever, is the wisdom and expediency of
Judicious conservatism and we think
this is very generally recognized.
PROQRKSSlYK SCHOOL TAX.
The excessive tax burdens which are
imposed upon property owners are not
altogether chargeable to the overlaps
created by the municipal administration.
A. very large proportion of the heavy
draft upon taxpayers is due to the
wastefulness and extravagance that
characterize the management of our
public schools. The following exhibit of
the amount of taxes levied for the sup
port of Omaha schools within the past
ten years speaks for itself:
Income from School
Other Kuroll-
Year. Tax I-evy. Sources, ment.
1595 $137,575 1263,137 16,537
1596 ' 90,483 242,786 16,482
1897 150,753 246,298 16,680,
189S 92.538 326.423 18.271
1899 104,722 2S9.109 18.964
1900 142,768 304,638 19,633
1901 236,432 ' ' 292,094 19.34
1902 225,696 90,015 19,704
1903 243.470 298,135 19,107
1904 364,400 340,000 .
Estimated.
It will be noted that the amount of
taxes levied for the support of schools
lias nearly trebled within the past ten
years without n corresponding lncreaso
in school attendance. It should also be
borne in mind that the excessive levies
of school taxes commenced four years
ago, following the enactment of the law
log-rolled through the legislature by Su
perintendent Ptarse and his supporters
in the board, which empowers the
Board of Education to make the levy
of taxes for school purposes without
check by the city council or any other
branch of the city government.
The very first leap in the amount of
school taxes was in 1901, when the ag
gregate amount levied exceeded the pre-
oll.nff. vpnP nnrIv sm ooo. and this calt
h been maintained ever since. The
excess of 1004 over 1900 is $211,032 and
the excess of the tax of 1904 over the
tax of 1903 is $110,930. And yet the
income of the Board of Education from
othpr BOUrce8 thnn alrect taxation will.
lf anything, be larger this year than It
has been during any of the preceding
years. This is a lesson In progressive
taxation that should impress the prop
erty owners of Omaha with the neces
sity of mutual self-protection.
W. R. Vaughn, the gold-headed-cane
colonel from Council Bluffs, Washington
and St. Louis, has decided to organize
a new political party, whose mission It
will he to favor the p-nsloiilug of for
mer slaves. The birth of the new party
is to take place on July 25, but its In
ception dates back more than nine
years. Bills to pension ex-siaves have
been introduced in both houses of con
gress from year to year by request of
Colonel Vaughn, and a good many poor
Lid negroes in Virginia and other south-
eru states have been duped Into dropping
their nickels Into the Vaughn slot ma
chine, but the bills never traveled any
further than the congressional pigeon
hole.
Four cattle-feeding experiment sta
tions- have been projected one to be
located in New England, one In the
60uth, one in the middle west nnd one
in the west. The location of the west
ern station is to be near Fort Collins,
Colo. Why Fort Collins should be made
a national cattle feeding experiment sta
tion for the west is inexplicable. The
most productive industry at Fort Col
lins is paving stones.
"It is the duty of the school board,"
declares the St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
"to prevent waste in free books and in
every other branch of its administra
tion." Tlds suggestion would apply to
Omaha -with Just as much force as it
does to the exposition city, but the
School Book tnif-t won't let them.
With the eyes of the war correspond
ents fastened on eastern Asia the pub
lic will be spared the rumors of war In
the Balkans. When active hostilities
begin the news of the war will come
as something novel, and not be threshed
to tatters before there is any real news.
Opportunity for Fame.
Detroit Free Press.
Some duy an enterprising jurist will win
immortul renown by discovering a techni
cality on the side of the commonwealth..
Old Friends Drift Apart.
New York Tribune.
If Bryan's silver dollar were as sound a
token of value as the real value In these
days of a bushel of wheat, he might climb
on It as on a wheel of fortune and roll to
destinations which, as things are, he has
mall chance of reaching.
Striking I nder C over.
Chicago Chronicle.
The gentleman from Nebraska avers that
"the silver question is no more dead now
than It was In IM." and that may be true.
- j but tha persou who have been trying to
get Into office on the "liver Issue are
good deal "deader" today than they were
eight year ago, whether they know It or
not.
Tradarlns the Head.
Chicago Record-Herald.
In comparing Whltaker Wright with Mor
gan and Schwab, In a speech In tho senate
a few dayg ago, Senator Patterson eeemed
to forget that dead men cannot defend
themselves.
Reform Rooting In Iowa.
New York Sun.
Introducing Dr. Daniel of the Iowa house
of representatives. He has built a bill for
the appointment of a state director of mar
riage reform Instruction. That director Is
to direct "a course of Instruction for candi
dates for matrimony." If the bill becomes
a law you will have to get your sheepskin
In order to practice matrimony. In Iowa.
If this college of matrimony can he mar
ried to the course given at the Ruskln uni
versity of Olen Ellyn, III., In "The Psychol
ogy of Husbands," all should be well with
Iowa.
Scrapplnar Itecord of m Decade.
Springfield Republican.
The world's war record for the last de
cade begins to look extraordinary for an
era of advance civilisation. Allow us 'to
tabulate only the more Important struggles
In arms for ten years:
1894 War between Japan and China.
1897 War between Turkey and Oreeee.
189 War between the United States and
epain.
189R-lfl02War between Great Britain and
South African republics.
1904 War between Russia and Japan.
Five Important wars between nations
within ten years Is really an unusual rec
ord. Ther was no such period of belliger
ency throughout the world In the preceding
ten years, nor In the ten years before that.
And this much at least can be said of the
future no one can tell the number or the
magnitude of the wars which a struggle
between Japan and Russia may bring forth.
Curbstone I'lan of Campaign.
Philadelphia Record.
In the event of an outbreak of 'hostilities
In the far east the objective of the Japa
nese would be Harbin, the point of Junction
in Manchuria of the two branches of the
Trans-slberlan railway, radiating from
thence to Vladivostok and Port Arthur.
To carry out the design to seize this point,
and thus Isolate Russia's two naval fort'
resses without a tedious mnrch through
Corea, it would be requisite to transport
the Japanese army to the mouth of the
Yalu river, but to make the transportation
of troops possible the command of the sea
would first have to he obtained by Japan.
The Initial acts of the war drama, there
fore, would be enacted on the bob, and be
tween naval forces of enormously greater
offensive and defensive power than have
ever met in hostile conflict since the world
began.
TUB LOGICAL, CANDIDATES.
Why the Traits Dare Not Defeat th
domination of Roosevelt.
Brooklyn Eagle (ind. dem.)
Why tahen muJt republicans go to the
White House for Its candidate? It ia not
difficult ta. explain. The party has prac
tically no alternative. To answer a ques
tion with a question, what would be the
consequence of turning down the , pres
ident? It would be charged that the party
had surrendered to Wall street, that It
had crooked the pregnant hinges of the
knee to the trusts. Nothing Is surer than
that should Roosevelt be beaten in con
vention, republicanism everywhere would
take offense. It would forget that the
president had made mistakes. It would re
member nothing but that there never was
any question about his devotion to the
country's interests. It would look . upon
blm as the victim - of the money barons,
so called, and would search for Its re
venge In the very sections In which the
party must find compensation for a solid
south. Even hla mistakes would be ex
alted Into proof of good faith and sincer
ity, while his star performances would
glow with corresponding luster. Where ha
Is strongest, the man who supplanted him
would be" weakest, for there his friends
would look for and take revenge. So, the
party will not swap horses crossing the
presidential stream. It will take the pres
ident as its candidate, for better or for
worse, with all his strenuosity, with his
somewhat startling way of doing things,
with his propensity for taking the bit In
his teeth and "running away with the
whole outfit." However much republican
ism might like to return to the type It
lost at Buffalo, to tact and caution and
conservatlvlsm, as distinguished from the
Impulsive and headlong, it Is denied the
opportunity for choice. It must run
Roosevelt.
TWO ASPIKISU REBRASKAN9.
W. J. Bryan and Ci. F. Train as "Men
of Destiny."
Washington Star.
It Is an Interesting coincidence that the
death of George Francis Train should
ha,ve occurred about the same time that
another Nebraska candidate for the presi
dency. William Jennings Bryan, was get
ting ready to ride for either a gigantic
victory or a perilous fall. Both, were, at
the outset ot their careers, known as men
of destiny. Both lurched rather suddenly
Into the arena of presidential politics,
Both espoused causes with which the bulk
of their fellow citizens felt insufficient
sympathy; both were gifted in oratory,
and depended largely upon this gift to
help them through their ordeals. Both
were wrapped up in self-confidence and
loved to hear their own voices. Both were
men of attractive personality, who hold
the private good will of a multitude of
their fellow citizens who could not follow
them in their economic wanderings. Both
made a great point of hurling defiance at
Great Britain Train, on the ground of
tyranny over the Irish, Bryan, because
England assumed to eet the financial pace
for all the world, and he believed the
Vnlted States capable of running its 'busi
ness without the consent or co-operation
of "any 'other nation on earth." Both be
lieved In the possibility of creating value
by flat, out of nothing.
But Train was a philanthropist at home
as well as at conventions. He built In
J Omaha a number of worklngmen's dwell-
lugs comfortable houses at that and a
gwod hotel for commercial travelers. He
has left his monuments scattered every
where in the railroad world, organising
corporations of the very kind against which
Bryan has registered a vow of eternal
hostility. In these respects he differed
from his younger fellow Nebraskan. In
another particular, too, they were wide
apart. After Train got hla knockdown blow
In the national election of IK, he retired
from the political field and went to cul
tivating children instead ot buHdlng up
more partisan machinery. Pomtbly. this
was the ground on which the courts ad
Judged him insane. If to, Mr. Bryan will
escape a like fate, having taken the op
posite course. BUM. we sometimes wonder
whether It Is not wiser as well as pleasanter
to go -flown to one's grave through an out-
of-doors kindergarten, and with the fame
of a clever though erratic philosopher, than
In the character of a militant agitator of
Issues already settled.
It might pay Mr. Bryan to ponder the
career of the other Nebraska presidential
candidate, and see whether there Is not
something In )t that rather appeals to the
good au of Ibe avre man.
OTHER LASDS THAU OIRS.
England has accepted the report of Vis
count Esher's commission relative to army
reform In a srlrlt which would seem to
presage a determined effort to put her ex
pensive army upon a proper footing, alike
In peace and war. The astonishing unpre
paredness of Kngland in the days when
she had to fare the Russian guns In the
Crimea found Its repetition when South
Africa afforded the theater of war. It Is a
common saying throughout the service
that Soijth Africa Is the grave of military
reputations and In the light of recent
events there seems to be more than an
element of truth In tho contention. The
office of commander-in-chief, now to bs
abolished, has " for many years been a
purely ornamental position. And to the
mere onlooker It has appeared an absurd
anomaly that a civilian should come be
tween the military commandrr-ln-rhlef and
the government. In all consultations In
volving technical knowledge and executive
military skill. Among alt the grave scan
dals attendant upon the conduct of the
British army during the South African
war it would be difficult to cite a greater
than the fact that the military chief and
the civil chief, respectively. Lord Wolseley
and Iord Lansdow'ne, were not on speak
ing terms. Lord Roberts, the present and
evidently the last holder of the office, has
done his utmost to make the position one
of real usefulness to the nation, but no
one will view the abolition of the offlre
with regret. It Is now proposed to appoint
an Inspector of military forces who shall
be as directly responsible to Parliament as
Is the first lord of the admiralty.. This la
as It should be and more likely to give de
sired results than can be the case when
two men one a professional and the other
an amateur seek to hold the same pair of
reins.
A correspondent of the London Times,
writing from Madrid, says that neither the
conservatives nor the liberals are in the
least degree anxious to take the chances
of a general election. Both parties fear
that such an event would benefit nobody
except the republicans. He goes on to as
sert that It is no longer quite the case In
Spain that to grant a dissolution to a min
istry Is merely to present It with a working
majority In Congress. Dissolution Is rap
Idly beginning to mean something really In
the nature of an appeal to the country;
and were dissolution granted to Benor
VUlaverde or Senor Montero Rlos tomor
row, neither the one nor the other could
be more sure of controlling the election
machinery In his own Interest than were
Senors Sllvela and Maura In the elections
of a year and a half ago. Conservatives
and liberals alike, save the dissident group
led by Senor Canalejas, fear the responsi
bilities of office and can offer no certain
guarantees to the crown of being able
to "make" the elections quiotly In the old
way. So the life of the Cortes may be
prolonged, but in the meanwhile tho edu
cation of the people will proceed steadily.
An English Investigator who has been
visiting German factories to find out why
Germany Is outstripping other countries so
rapidly In various lines of manufacture
and commerce, gathers some significant
facts from the remarkable success ot the
Baden Aniline company, the greatest man
ufacturing concern In Its own line in the
world. The factor', In the heart of the
country, Is not specially well situated, and
freights are rather high, yet it Is rapidly
distancing all competitors. The observer
finds a simple explanation In the fact that
190 expert chemists are at work in its
laboratories, that ninety engineers and spe
cialists are employed on the machinery, and
that 602 clerks with Teutonic genius for
sedentary work are busy In the offices.
The factory made its first Important con
quest with the discovery of artificial aliza
rine In coal tar, which was immediately
fatal to the vegetable color known as dy
er's red. Even more Important was the
discovery of artificial Indigo, which in ten
years has reduced the acreage of indigo in
India by more than half. As a result of
these methods, Germany now practically
supplies the world with aniline. It is a
doubtful gifts to be sure, but It illustrates
what German thoroughness can do.
Captain Lenfant, the commander of the
French mission which set out last summer
to travel from the Niger coast to Lake
Chad entirely by water, has telegraphed to
the French colonial minister that he has
brought his journey to a successful con
clusion. The result is regarded as of con
siderable Importance, as It will be possible
for the French to send goods to their Cen
tral African colonies by way of the Niger
In much less time and at much cheaper
rates than by way of the Congo. Captain
Lenfant's mission, though approved by the
government, was in reality due to the
French Geographical society, which had
been much struck by .the officer's reports
that the natives of Lokoja had often told
him of big canoes which descended the
Benue from "a river which had no banks,
This convinced the officer that there was a
navigable rout to the lake, and tljls he
set out to find, starting from Lokoja on
August 11. A specially built steel flat
bottom boat, weighing four tons and ca
pable of carrying twenty tons, was sent
out from Prance to Toreadoe, and In It the
officer and his companions were towed IV a
British steamer up to Garna, in the upper
Cameroon. Then began the unknown part
of the journey. While at Garna Captain
Infant called upoii the British officer
there, who gave him effective aid.
A Transvaal correspondent writes to ex
plain the rising spirit of discontent among
the pritish troops in South Africa. He
says that they complain because they are
In bell tents, single ply, which are ex
tremely hot In summer and bitterly cold
in winter. There are five to eight men in
tent. They have their meals In their
tents, and these are taken in on plates ex
posed to every duststorm, thick and yel
low as a London fog. When one of the
terrific thunderstorms, which are commou,
breaks over them, perhaps In the night.
and the rain pours In rivers down the hill
side, the men He soaked in their tents in
a swamp, and presently a cold wind gets
up which chills them to the bona. They do
not mind roughing it in war time, be says,
but ask why they should have to do so
now? 'The government has had eighteen
I months in which to erect huts, yet not In
one military district are these huts ready
There are no means provided for the men
for recreation; no cricket grounds, no gym
nasium, no Institutes or reading rooms
except one in Pretoria, and, lastly, they
have been separated from their wives for
over two years and the government refuses
to let the wives come out or to provide
accommodation for them. One woman, the
wife of a sergeant. Is living In a little
Bhanty, but the government refused her
passage In a troopship, and she had to pay
her fare in the mail steamer. "An artisan
gets 24s to 3os a day, and a black man
3 to 4 a month; poor Tommy gets Is
a day and bo bad." said a colonel the other
day.
Doomed to Fallare.
Chicago Chronicle.
Among the novelties of twentieth century
civilisation is a school for matrimony.
which Is to be established at Pes Moines,
la. Classes of young men and separate
classes tor young women are to receive In
structlon in the responsibilities of married
life. It is not likely, however, that It will
be a success. It has been said that there
are two things that one must do without
reflection If at all crons the ocean and get
married.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FDR
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Absolutely Puro
IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Hearst clubs are multiplying as rapidly
as the advance agents advance the money
for rents, fuel, eto. Emphasis on et cetera.
Hon. Tom Patterson of Colorado, the
famous reformer from up the gulch, out
classes all the veterans of the auguM sen
ate as a hot air pipe. Ho has a cinch on
the record.
While the acquittal of Ed Butler Is de
plorable, Mr. Folk of Missouri need not be
dlsrouraged. With a record of nineteen
convictions and only one jury acquittal, his
batting average Is .950.
Benator Thomas Collier Piatt of New
Tork has abandoned the "amen corner"
and moved to the Waldorf-Astoria. When
a giddy youngster of three score and ten
coos with a bride of 40, there's no telling
what will happen.
Thirteen of the bribetakers of Grand Rnp
Ids, Mich., have been soaked by the courui.
Indianapolis hotel keepers have promised
not to make prohibitory rates for the dele
gates to the prohibition national conven
tion in that city next June.
Thomas Jefferson was the author of
'Few die, none resign," referring to office
holders. His exact words were: "If a due
participation of office Is a matter of right,
how are vacancies to be obtained? Those
by death are few; by resignation, none."
A Massachusetts court which takes com
mon s.-nse with its law comes In for an
other buncn of popular applause. The
court holds that the free distribution of
cigars by a candidate for office Is not brlb
ery. Doubtless the court was prevailed
upon to tackle a campaign cigar at some
time in its career.
'I am at a loss for a subject," exclaimed
W. J. Bryan in a speech at Frankfort, Ky,
but I take "Money and Morals,' the topic
used ' by a Kentucky editor, who lias
neither." Thereupon Henry Watterson
took up his pen and retorted: "If Mr.
Bryan prefers coming to Kentucky to make
a speech abusing me, to attending his sis
ter's funeral, I have no defense to make.
I leave all his followers to consider the In
sensibility of his conduct."
Some San Francisco republicans, emu
lating the Jackaonlans of Omuha, tried to
get the scalp of John P. Irish, naval ofllrcr
of the port, and whispered several whispers
Into the ears of the president. ;The even
ing following the Interview of the knockers
President Roosevelt attended a banquet
given by the Grand Army of the Republic
and heartily applauded, while John P.
Irish responded to the toast, "The Presi
dent." John P. Is "a slick tin."
GOVERN MfcVr UALA.NCK SHEET.
Features of the National Finances De
veloped In January.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
As was expected, there was a falling off
In the treasury surplus In January, the
government's expenditure In that month
exceeding Its receipts by $i',,784,l. In
January, 1903, the income exceeded the out
go by 33,304.000. Customs and internal
revenue decreased in the month just ended,
as compared with a year ago, but the
miscellaneous receipts Increased. The ex
penditures for the War department and for
the Navy department were higher In the
month than they were at the same time
last yeai, the Increase in the former being
$!,000,000 and In the latter ubout $X50,0.
But this showing need not discourage
anybody. January Is always a month or
heavy disbursements by the government.
Probably, too, some payments which ought
to have been made In December were held
back until January. An especial attempt,
It was said, was made by the treasury in
December to make a good showing for that
month, so as to raise a good-sized surplus
for the half of the fiscal year, then endfd.
But this only deferred the payment. It
had to be met In January, and thus the
outgo in that month was made a little
larger than it would otherwise have been.
There is a surplus, however, remaining.
For the seven months ending with Janu
ary of the fiscal year the receipts have
been fl.frtl, 000 In advance of the ex
penditures. This margin will probably he
Increased several millions In the present
month, and also In March. April Is
anothet month of heavy payments by the
Saturday is the last day of our
25 per cent discount sale
All Winter Clothing for Men
and Boys, Suits, Overcoats, etc.
25 Discouat
No Clothing Fits Like Ours.
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
governement for Interest on bonds and
other things, ao that the treasury will bs
doing well If ,lt comes out even for that
month. According to the estimate made
by Secretary Shaw In his annual report
published two months ago, the surplus
for the fiscal year ending with June 30,
19(i4, will be $14.000,0110. When he rnada
that guess many persons were skrptleal,
for at that tlmo the total of the expendi
tures since July 1, 1903, worn slightly In
excess of the rerrlpts. There are good
reasons to behove that his figures for the
twelve months In the aggregate will bo
near the mark. The country demanded a
reduction In taxation, and congress granted
It. This will abolish the big surpluses of
the preceding years, but a reasonably
good-sized balance on the right side of
the account will remain. The democratic,
nnd not the lepubllcan, is the party of
deficits.
MIRT1IFVL RKMARKJ.
EMorly Woman (In the department '
store) Where's the pin counter?
Floor Walker What kind, hat, hair or
rolling? Cleveland Leader.
"Do all roses have thorns, pop?"
"Yes, my son."
"I can't feel any on those roses on ma's
hat."
"You would If you had to pay for ths hat,
my un." Yotikers Statesman.
Barker This Is an age of high civiliza
tion. t Parker Oh, I don't know: nearly every
body Is discussing how much good the-Riisso-Japancso
war will do us. Detroit
Free 1'ret.s.
Mrs. Gotham Isn't your husband awfully
tlreil when he p"ts home at night?
Mrs. Church No.
Mrs. (lot ham Why, he has to stand up,
doesn't he?"
Mrs. Church O. yes, he never gets a seat
on the cars, but he's a Christian Scientist,
and he imagines he does. Ram's Horn.
"I understand. " said one Corean, "that
we are to be seized."
"Yes." answered the other. "I love my
country, but I wish It weren't so much like
the prize In a grab bag at a fair," Wash
ington Star.
"Mr. Glodhoy hns such a pleasant smile!
I think he must have a very sweet tem
per." t"m m! Probably his wife has!"
Brooklyn Life.
y-rouil Mother Professor, what, do you
think of mv lajightr'' voire?, c (
Eminent Muni inn (apparently with great
enilniFlniiin)-Mail im. If ".ot voire vas mine
I could not sell id for von million tollar',
Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Prlngle What a man your hnsbtnd
Is o visit the cemetery! He appears al
wavs to be golnR there.
Mrs. Rrlnker Yrs. but he always comes
back. Boston Transcript.
"That was a pleasant afterthought of
yours," remarked an old preacher who had
listened to a mrmon by one of his yo-jnger
brethren, "when you drew upon the anal
ogles of nature to prove the immortality of
the soul."
"An afterthought?" said the younger
clerirvman. in some perplexity.
"Yes. You thought of It about 7.400 years
after Socrates." Philadelphia Press.
A DREAM OF SPRINGTIME.
F. L. Stanton In Atlanta Constitution.
I.
I know It Ixn't fur to spring though lots o'
you will doubt it
Because, around tho eaves, the birds are
tulkln' all about It!
The sparrows, In their coats o' brown, they
keep up such a liummln'
Youd think that spring was 'ioafln
'round," or on the rose-way comin'l j
II. .
But yesterday the snow lay white against"
my window shutter,
When suddenly a speck o" light set all their
wings a-flutter!
It seemed to me I almost heard their little
hearts a-Urunimln',
And, plain as dav, tliey seemed to say:
"The nestin' time Is couiln'I".
t
III.
And sure, they know -each bird o' them tha
kindly God gave wings to:
The iod they hear In rustlin' leaves ths
God each songster slugs to!
Though maji may think that wisdom dwells
dlonn In his dominions,
The birds they har the heavenly bells,
and brush the angels' pinions!
IV.
Then come. O sprliiKl frim valleys dim
from wintry hills and hazy.
And tench the mo-klngbii d his hymn, and
whisper to the daisy!
And for thei-a wintry spells thnt long In
grief and gloom have bound us,
Give us your birds and bloums, und light
that wraps God's love around us!
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