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If you see It in a yellow Journal, don't
believe It
It Is cany to locate new street lights,
but awfully hard to dislocate old lights
Ihat are not needed.
Perhaps some of the reports from the
Beat of war are due to the fact that the
fight is" upon the Yellow sea.
With the opening of Lent; one may
don sackcloth, but a real sealskin Is
wore ehowy and comfortable.
Lent has coine and the merry dancers
and vivacious nmsqueraders will sober
down and look nt the serious side of life
for the next six weeks.
New Englunders will Insist there is
no similarity, except In name, between
the deposed Uussian admiral and the
man who made Molly Stark famous.
It is not surprising that Colorado
Statesmen a recall champions of woman
suffrage" Aesop onfe-lold a story of a
fox which had lost its tall in a trap.
If that art discussion In the Reichstag
does not bring on several different kinds
of lese majoste German art patrons
have lost much of their ancient fervor,
German strategists are now busy tell
lug of the mistakes made by 'the Rus
sian naval officers at Tort Arthur, but
German admirals make mistakes some
times.
It will bo noticed that the Corean port
of Wlju Wh not opened to the. United
States until there was grave danger of
the emperor of Corea needing a haven
of refuge.
The hostility of the Russian press Is
accounted for. It was a representative
of this country who first opened tho
eyes of Japan to the importance of
western civilization.
Russia threatens to udopt toward the
United States the sume policy it has
adopted toward, Japan. The advisors
of the czar' renllze that the American
idea is not to strike a man who does not
strike back.
It is to be hoped that the projected
electric line from the city clerk's offlco
to Puplllion will not draw the line at
free1 transportation to public officials.
Such an innovation would be resented
as an outrage.
A distinguished man has only to stay
dead long enough and his enemies will
recognize hU ability. It Is now said
that eastern democrats are framing up
platform to be couqtoscd In great part
Of Blaine's speeches on tho subject of
.Reciprocity.
Japan proves iUolf to be a consistent
expansionist. No sooner had the Rus
sian government aunounced its inten
tion of not exhibiting at tho St. Louis
exposition than the local Japanese com
missioner filed application for the space
assigued to that country.
The city council of Lincoln has voted
unanimously to submit to the people
of the capital city a proposition for the
acquisition of a municipal lighting
plant at the city election in April, and
the prospect is that the bond proposi
tion will be ratified by an overwhelming
majority. If Lincoln ran afford to In
Test In Its own lighting plant why not
Omaha?
Kx-1'oHt master Crow has gone to
eioux City to supervise the construc
tion of an air line electric railroad to
Ouiuha. If Mr. , Crow succeeds in
pumping wind and water enough Into
the concern to float its securities on the
market aud secures for himself a re
spectable salary, he will accomplish a
greater feat than anybody in Omaha
ever subjected ului capable of.
tusaatss axd the &Chpli:.
The expectation Is that congress will
adjourn in May nnil so fars the house
of representatives Is concerned It will
undoubtedly. Im ready to do -so by the
Ix'glnniiig of that month. That body
Is pushing tlu? appropriation bills
through with great industry and will
soon have completed the whole budget.
As to the senate, Mr. Allison, chairman
of the committee on appropriations. Is
quoted as saying that he thinks that
Inxly will be ready for adjournment
early in Ma', but no one ran tell how
much time will le consumed by the mi
nority In efforts to make political capital
mid the democratic nntlonnl convention
will not meet until July. However, it
is reasonably assumed that the repre
sentatives of both parties in congress
will be anxious to close up business as
soon as practicable, with a due regard
for the public interests, and get ready
for the political campaign. The legis
lative program does not contemplate any
important measures outside of the ap
propriation bills and this Is well under
stood by both parties.
The question of economy In appropria
tions Is receiving attention, but It Is by
no means certain that Its Importance Is
fully appreciated in either house. It Is
pointed out that the excess of receipts
over expenditures for the fiscal year to
date Is only a little over $-1,000,000 and
there Is prospect of a deficit before the
end of the year. The payments on
account of the canal nnd of contract ap
propriations made by congress in the
past will reduce the surplus to $0o,ono,-
000. If a deficit Is to be avoided by the
appropriations nt tills session, remarks
. I - T, , f1 1 -1 I I - T 1 111 ...... ...1.1
IMS 1 Illl.lllt'lIMllll 1 Il'SS, $4,UUO,VUU II1UKI
be cut from the estimates. It Is very
unlikely that this will be done nnd per
haps It cannot be without Impairing the
efficiency of the public service, but mani
festly there should be no extraordinary
appropriations for any purpose.
A PROJECT TUAT MUST WAIT.
It Is not likely that the movement for
federal aid in the construction of public
roads will meet with success at the pres
ent session of congress. We have al
ready noted the introduction of bills
providing an appropriation from the na
tional treasury tp assist the states in
building roads, one of these measures
calling for. $24,000,000. While there is a
very strong sentiment in the rural com
munities of the country favorable to
such legislation and this exerts a con
siderable Influence upon congress, there
is a filling that It would be unwise In
the present condition of the public
finances, with the probability of a deficit
at the close of the current fiscal year, to
make such an extraordinary appropria
tion as the measures lri congress call for
and that the project can be expediently
allowed to wait a year or two.
There Is no doubt that the more ardent
advocates of good roads will be sorely
disappointed If something Is not done nt
the present session for the advancement
of the movement, but the more reason
able friends of the project will see that
in view of the heavy and imperative
demands on the national treasury It is
not ndvlsablo at this time to Increase
expenditures. Of course it may be said
that economy might be exercised in some
other directions, but those who would
urge this must be prepared to show in
what direction economy can be prac
ticed without Injury to the public serv
ice. There is very much to be raid in
behalf of the good roads movement. It
contemplates an improvement of condi
tions that would greatly benefit rural
communities throughout the country.
Perhaps it cannot be made successful
without assistance from the general
government But it must give way for
a time to the demands upon the public
treasury that are of immediate and
pressing urgency.
ArrtEHsnsivn: ok china.
Although China has declared neutral
lty, It appears that the Russian Foreign
office Las misgivings regarding her attl
tude, tho reason for wHich is found In
certain incidents of an unfriendly char
acter attributed to Chinese. There are
those outside of Russia who believe that
China and Japan will eventually com
bine against their common enemy, but
while this is fur from impossible there
is no good reason to believe that tho
Chinese government entertains nt pres
ent any such purpose and certainly
Japan Is not thinking of a combination
with China, for it was she who advised
that country to take a neutral position
and faithfully observe it ,
There is no doubt that Chinese -sympathy
is very strongly with the Japa
nese. The ill feeling that was caused
by the war between them of ten years
ago, in which Japan won an easy vic
tory, has disappeared and now the two
countries are on the most friendly terms.
It Is most natural that with Russht oc
cupying a valuablo part of Chinese terri
tory and undoubtedly contemplating
further . aggraudizement should she be
victorious in the war, China should de
sire the- defeat of that power, but it ft
not probable that the Chinese govern
ment will do anything hostile to Russia.
On the contrary, it may be expected to
do Its utmost to observe strict neutrality.
How well it will succeed, however, In
restraining its people from the commis
sion of acts violative of neutrality is
another matter. The government Is not
fully recovered from the weakening nud
demoralising effects of the Boxer out
break. The prestige and authority it
lost at that time have not been entirely
regained. The former confidence of the
people in their rulers has not been com
pletely restored aud this the rulers them
selves understand. It is quite jmssihle,
therefore, that the government will tinci
no little difficulty In repressing iopulur
manifestations of hostility to Russia
which the latter might rightfully regard
as breaches of neutrality. An uprising
of CJiluese lu the north Is possible that
would baffle efforts of the government
for lis suppression and divert from ojHr
rlifsi
lois 1
he
atlods against Japan a considerable part
of be UutfehtD forces la Manchuria.
Then there are secret means of striking
at Russia which the Chinese well know
how to employ and are already accused
of having employed on the Russian com
munications. If Russia shall reject the proposition
to recognlzo the netrallty and Integrity
of China the effect must bo to Intensify
Chinese hostility toward her nnd In
crease the danger which Is said to bo
apprehended by the Russian Foreign
office. According to one report from
St. Petersburg the American note is
most unfavorably regarded there and
the quoted expressions respecting It are
anything but reassuring. A refusal to
accept this proposition would be a vir
tual notice to China to expect loss cf
territory In the event of Russian success
In the war and the effect could hardly
lie otherwise than to arouse the Chines
people to action for self-preservation.
Russia could scarcely make a greater
mistake than to reject the suggestion of
the United State's.
ON A STRICT BCSiatSS BASIB.
In a discussion of city finances before
the Prospect Hill Improvement club
City Attorney Wright is reported to
have made an able exposition of city
financiering and the negotiations under
way for the acquisition of the water
works. Before showing In how deplor
able a state are the city finances Mr.
Wright took occasion to defend the city
council and city officials who, he de
clared, are trying to do the best they
can, and he especially defended the
action of the council in the matter of
the new levy, arguing that "the heavy
levy is .good business policy under the
circumstances." Mr. Wright wound up
hln able defense of municipal extrava
gance and wastefulness by expressing
th .hope and wish that "the city be put
on a strict business basis as speedily as
possible."
On behalf of the tax-paying citizens of
Omaha The Bee ventures respectfully to
disagree with the city attorney. The
taxpayers of Omaha, we feel sure, do
not consider the levy of a 14-mlll tax
good business policy. A 14-niill levy will
yield $1,400,000 of taxes, when the
actual expenses of the city government
Hre nnd should be limited to $1,000,000.
A 10-mlll tax would have been ample,
especially in view of the prospective col-
Ipction of from $00,000 to $300,000 de-
llnnueut taxes through the enforcement
of fhe scavenger faw. The additional 1-
mill water works rental tax ordered by
ludge Munger would have made the
levy 11 mills, and that should have been
the limit. The 3 mills additional tax on
the old basis of one-sixth would have
lieen equal to IS mills, and the 14 mills
cm that basis would be equal to 84 mills.
On a basis of one-fifth the 14-mlll tax Is
equal to 70 mills, as against G4 mills.
the highest levy that was ever levied
upon city taxpayers.
Every taxpayer in Omaha will cheer
fully Join Mr. Wright In any effort to
put the city on a strict business basis,
but when is this to be done? Why was
it not begun this year instead of soino
other year? The city officers may have
good Intentions, but Sheol Is paved all
over v lth that material. The fact that
they have raised salaries and are carry
ing a lot of sinecures on the payrolf dis
proves their Intentions to put the city
on a business basis.
There is no use of mincing matters
any further. The last straw broke the
camel's back, and the 14-mlll tax Is
something that the people of Omaha will
not regard as a good thing under exist'
ing conditions. It is an opening wedge
for more pie biters and more extrava
gance and wastefulness, and, worst dt
all, it has undone all that has been ac
complished by the strenuous efforts of
the Real, Estate exchange and property
owners to reduce and equalize tax bur
dens and make Omaha' more attractive
for prospective investors.
State Senator Hughes has introduced
a resolution in the Iowa legislature
memorializing congress to amend the
constitution of the United States by
placing the selection of senators with
the people at their general election In
stead of leaving It to the state legisla
tures. Senator Hughes ought to know
ly this time that the passage of such a
resolution by the Iowa legislature would
count for nothing. Resolutions have
been passed by scores of legislatures
that have repeatedly petitioned congress
and the lower house of congress has re
loatedly passed propositions to amend
the constitution so that senators could
be elected by popular vote, but each of
these propositions has been smothered
In the United Stntes senate. The only
way to secure the reform In the election
of senators is by a direct vote of thirty
state legislatures, calling for the sub
mission of such an amendment for rati
fication to the states without the inter
position of congress. Seven states, In
eluding Nebraska, bave already done so,
With the 14-mill tax levy the city
council has money to burn, and the very
first thing out of the lox is the passage
of a resolution ordering an addition of
nineteen electric lumps in various parts
of the city, which will increase the en
uual electric lighting bill by nearly
$1,800. In addition to this Increase of
lighting expenses the council has sub
stituted ir0 gas lamps for 150 gasoline
lamps within the city limits, adding
another $300, making in all an Increase
of $2,100 a year in the public lighting
bills. This increase may be regarded
as permanent until the city owns Its
own lighting plant because no resolu
tion to discontinue lamps has ever
passed the council or is likely to pass,
This is only the beginning. It is safe
to predict that every dollar of surplus
in every available fund will be spen
before the next levy is made.
City Attorney Wright forecasts that
it will take at least two years before
Omaha finally acquires the water plant
In the meantime we are paying full
water reut and $20,000 a year to defray
the salaries and Incidentals of the
Howell Gilbert Water board. There
possibility, however, that. Mr.
Wright's forecast will fall short by
three or four years.
The council has ordered the gas In
spector to locate the new Welsbacii
gasoline lamps, but why not also re
quire the gas inspector to locate leaks
in gas meters, and why should not the
city electrician be required to inspect
all electric meters that register power
and light for consumers?
John Hay served his apprenticeship
In a school where diplomacy of a high
character was required almost hourly.
It was only by the greatest efforts that
the United States was kept from trouble
Ith other nations during the civil war.
The ('pen Door.
Detroit Free Press.
About? the only door that is now oren
In Manchuria Is the one that leads to the
cyclone cellar.
Credit .Moblller Outdone.
Kansas City Times.
The 8lberlan railroad cost $337 a mile
more than the Union racinc, ana 11 naa
no Credit Moblller deals, either. v
. The Innocent Spectator.
Chicago Tribune.
Corea is a "disinterested spectator" In
the sense that a crippled rat over which
two terriers are fighting is a disinterested
spectator of the dog fight.
In the Thick of the roc
Boston Transcript.
While you are fingering the atlns in
search of Masampho, Fusan, Mokpho and
Chemulpo, turn over to the page on which
the Netherlands are outspread and see If
you can find anything of a pluce called
The Hague.
A Fight for rinnder.
Kansas City Journal.
The czar's exhibition of piety In calling
for Divine assistance may be regarded as
part of Russian diplomacy. It calls
the attention of Christian nations to the
fact that the conflict Is one between a
Christian power and a pagan power. The
truggle is In no sense a religious war.
however. It is purely a fight for plunder.
Another Issne Knocked
Ont.
New vYork Press.
It turns out that the magnificent, full-
blooded and perfumed horses shipped to
this country by the sultan of Morocco are
not gifts from that sovereign to the presi
dent of the United States, but are for ex
hibition at the St. Louis fair. Onee again
the movement to defeat the renomlnatlon
f Mr." Roosevelt is cheated of a good ar
gument.
win
Consumers Strike llarkt
New York Tribune.
Western raisers of cattle are complaining
bitterly that they are getting less money
pound than they received a few years
ago. Eastern buyers are walling because
their steaks and chops are still extravagant
n cost. If only 10 per cent of the devotees
of a meat diet should try vegetarianism
for a few months the packing houses
might be brought to terms.
Bunch Yonr Hits.
Bt. Paul Pioneer Press.
If every merchant who suffers from the
nuisance of postage stamps used for small
remittances, or . from the habit which
people have of Using torn or mutilated
bills In paying amounts by mall, would
write to his, congressman urging the pas
sage of the" postal check currency bill.
he would do something to promote the In
terests of the people at large as well as
his own. ..11,,
Yet We Send Missionaries Abroad.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The burning at the stake of Luther Hol-
bert and his wife In Mississippi and the
shooting down of three other negroes. In
nocent of Holbert's crime, was onet of the
most atrocious outrages ever committed In
any part of Christendom or heathendom
No more hideous Infamy ever cursed that
land when the savages held It, before the
coming of the Caucasian, with h!n prating
of his superiority and civilization. It Ms
disgusting, sickening and horrifying to
every man worthy of wearing a white skin,
AOB OF RETIREMENT,
Much Depends on Man's Inclination
and Occupation.
Philadelphia Ledger.
One of the prominent citizens of Chicago
retired from business on Monday, in pur
suance with a vow made In his youth that
he would enjoy a life of leisure after he
had reached the age of 60. The Incident is
suggestive. While each Individual pos
sesslng a competency will determine for
himself when his active career shall close.
the debatable question remains, Is It well
jo withdraw from one's accustomed pur
suit while one's powers and the ability to
work remain?
We live rapidly In the telephone age.
It has been truthfully said that we can
crowd much more work Into the day than
our. most Industrious forbears did. Inven
tion has given us many hands. Time and
space have been conquered, so that the
modern man of 60 has accomplished infln
Itely more than the man who lived to the
patrlarchlal age, and, from this point of
view, has earned the rest which his
grandfather would, not have dreamed of
enjoying at three score. Whether this be
so or not, many of the finest achievements
in business, statesmanship, literature, in all
activities, have been wrought by men long
past 60. No strong man will accept 60 as
the arbitrary limit of his ambition and
working ability.
Writers who have discoursed most
knowingly on tho obligation of the aged
to leave the active scene have not under
taken to fix the age for retirement. The
youth who is anxious to push his way Into
the working world thinks that a man Is old
at 40 and should be preparing to go on the
retired Hat. In the fierce competitions of
modem life It Is probable that the age of
retirement Is gradually falling. The theory
Is worth the Investigation of the curious
statistician. Asked when he considered a
man to be In the prime cf life, Palmerston
replied, "Seventy-nine, but as I have en
tered my 83d year, perhaps I am myself a
little pasjt It." Such Is the view of old men
on the delicate subject.
Thomas Jefferson, answering the objec
tion that a man agVd 77 was too old to ac
cept a certain appointment, exclaimed that
Franklin at a much greater age was "the
ornament of human nature." On the other
hand, the same philosopher remarked that
man. like the fruit he eats, has his period
of ripeness, and, like the fruit. If he con
tinues longer hanging on the stem, "it is
but an useless and unsightly, appendage."
In a letter to a friend he declared that It
Is lncumlent on the old to know when
they should get out of the way and re
linquish "to youi.gtr success.' the honors
they can no longer earn and the duties
they can no longer perform."
Many men retire too early, and, like the
old war horse, yearn for the march and the
battle. The habit of work holds us to the
accustomed cares t and tasks. This ex
plains why the great lawyer or the multi
millionaire merchant remains at his post
Ian after his crime. The powers of
men whose lives have been very active
are likely to decline very rapidly In re
, Urement, the result of Idleness and ennui.
BITS OF WASIUXUTO LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
The Army Register, a pnmphlet recently
Issued by the Wa, department, shows how
steadily the army Is growing In Washing
ton. Tho Register gives the names and
addresses of r."5 c.fncrs of the active list
on duty at the national rnpltal. The eHt.ih-
llshmeut of tho general staff naturally
brought a lot of new officers to the de
partment, but It did not cut down any on
the old list. If anything, It served to add
to Its length. The bureau chiefs, who are
afraid of the power of the general staff,
brought their best men In from the field In
order tfc t.ave tflem vn the ground to pro
tect their respective Interests. Officers are
as thick as files In all the bureaus of the
department. The flcst floor of the building
Is given up practically to officers. Tnls Is
absolutely true of the north front of the
building. The overflow Is accommodated In
a large private resldwnce, formerly occupied
as the temporary White House during the
repairs to the executive mansion. This
structure Is occupied exclusively by officers
of the general staff. Uniformed men are
found In almost every room of the main
office of the War department, and they have
their headquarters In all the annexes and
outside buildings rented by Secretary Taft.
Washington is getting to be more and
more Important as a military center. In
the course of a few years the number of
officers here probably will run up to Soo
or m. The completion of the War college
will require the detailing of another large
staff of them to act as professors and In
structors. Then It is proposed to build a
monster medical college and hospltaJ on the
outskirts of the town, where the officers of
the medical corps may be trained, lectures
delivered and experiments conducted.
All hands were making political speeches
In the house the other afternoon when a
representative making his maiden speech
shot off a few rhetorical fireworks for
Judge Parker of New York.
"Parker, Parker," said the crushing Gros-
venor of Ohio, In a musing tone, getting
to his feet and stroking his Santa Claus
beard reflectively. "Seems to me that I've
heard that name before somewhere. Do
you mean Judge Parker of New York?"
"That's whom I mean," promptly replied
the young man making his maiden speech.
"Um exactly," said Grosvenor. "By the
way, what's Judge Parker's first name?"
The new representative flushed and
started to stammer some reply. An old-
timer In a seat some distance behind the
new man made a funnel of his hands and
tried to whisper the name "Alton" to the
new man, but Grosvenor of Ohio saw this
move.
'Hey, no coaching or off-side plays I" he
demanded. "Now," turning to the new
representative again, "what's Judge Park
er's first name, hey? Seems to me that it's
reasonable to expect you to know the name
of the man you're booming for president
of the United States, Isn't it? What's his
first name, anyhow?"
The new representative made some
floundering reply to the general effect that
Judge Parker's first name didn't make any
difference, etc., but he failed to get away
with It. The house roared, and presently
the new representative brought his talk to
an abrupt close an sat down, looking flab'
bergasted.
While tho late William C. Whitney was
secretary of the navy he was one of the
hardest working men In the department
and he was very popular among all the
employes, most of whom had been Inherited
by him from a republican administration.
He had a marvelous capacity for accom
plishing results, and without seeming effort
he could transact business with a celerity
that kept the men under him constantly
guessing. He had a high desk In the big
reception room at the Navy department
'where he used to' stand and sign his mail
and do the business of the department. Ha
liked to meet people In that way because
ne couia get tnrougn witn them more
quickly than he could If he received them
one by one in a private room. Anybody
with whom he really wanted to hold pri
vate conversation he would Invite Into the
smaller apartment, but that was a some
what rare occurrence.
Secretary of War Taft's father, Alphonso
Taft, was secretary of war before him.
serving with Grant In 1876. An oil portrait
of Alphonso Taft hangs on the wall facing
Secretary Taft's desk In the War depart
ment.
When he reached his office on the morn
Ing after the day of his swearlng-ln as sec
retary of war Mr. Taft stood before his
father's picture and viewed It for a long
time. Then he turned to one of his assist
ants.
"That's a good picture," he said. "My
good old goveinor certainly had a com
manding eye. I say nothing about the
compelling force of his hand." Then he
added, his eyes twinkling: "I am afraid
I'll just naturally have to be good here.
under that steady and questioning gaze."
The ravages of Father Time are at last
beginning to show on Senator Morgan of
Alabama, the gallant champion of the
Nicaragua canal route. The old hero's
physical powers are falling fast, but hi
mentality remains undlmmed and as keen
as ever. The senator's voice has been
getting weaker and weaker ever since the
beginning of the present session, and yes
terday It failed him altogether. He was
compelled to call on a substitute to deliver
part of his speech.
Senator Morgan's capacity for work Is
prodigious. Those who are associated with
him say that he works until I or t o'clock
every night In the preparation of material
hostile to the Panama treaty and canal.
It is known that Morgan acts as a sort of
literary bureau for other senators, and that
he furnishes them with prepared speeches
In opposition to the treaty. Although his
voice Is entirely gone and his strength has
about deserted him, too, his mind is as
active as In the days when he was phys
lcally In his prime. He can dictate by the
hour very good, clear and logical argu
mnt8 against the pending treaty. Morgan
Is certainly one of the remarkable men of
the present generation.
Representative McCleury of Minnesota
has a rural district. A large number of
country newspapers, republican as well as
democratic, circulate among his constttu
enta. About 100 of theBe newspapers of
republican politics come In his mall to
Washington weekly. "I take a good num
ber of the democratic papers also," Mr.
McCleary recently remarked. "I prize the
friendship of many democratic editors In
my district. I like to read their papers.
"But don't they attack you politically?"
"Oh, my, yes," replied Mr. McCleary,
"And still you pay for these papers?" The
Minnesota man smiled In a reminiscent
way as he replied: "Ah, you ought to 1
how they roust any republican who tries
to beat me for the nomination. That's
worth a lot more .than It costs me."
Glory Kuouan.
Baltimore American.
There was more glory In the coming
down of the American Aug In Cuba than
is attached to the raising of the flag of
many a power In new territory. The com
Ing down of the American Aug meant 1
voluntary gift to a young nation of its
complete freedom where other powtra
would bave eagerly welcomed the chance
of making a handsome grub. When th
American flag came down It left a new
standard of national honor, huuesty and
generosity lu Us place.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
Ml
Ui If H
r
Absolutely Puro
IT 13 A MATTER OF HEALTH
OMAHA GRAIN MAIIKKT.
Bloomfleld Journal: President Stickney
of the Oreat Northern seems determined
to stick by Omaha In Its fight for a grain
market. From Its geographical position
and Its valuable connections by water and
rail, It Is destined to be a great commercial
center. President Stickney has struck a
popular chord and It is to bo hoped, In
the Interest of fair play and common good,
he may win.
Central City Reporter: On Monday,
February 1, the Omaha Grain exchange
began business and Omaha makes its bid
to become the market town to nil the
country naturally tributary to It. Natural
conditions favor the project and If Omuha
business men have the Intelligence, the
breadthi the honerty and the liberality
with which we credit, them, a now era of
prosperity for the city and the state Is
before us.
WaUBa Gazette: The Omaha Grain ex
change Is now In operation and the effect
on the grain morhjet has already been felt
by local dealers. The cutting of grain
rates by the rallrooos has also hnd a good
effect In the advance of the gruln market.
With the live stock markets that already
existed and the new grain exchange,
Omaha will be 'the great trading center
of the west. To no one can this mean
more than It does to the citizens of Ne
braska. The future of our farmers Is now
assured.
RAPID FIRE t A H A G H A PUS.
Detroit Free Press: Japan appears to
realize that while publio sympathy . a
good thing to have In case of emergency,
it does not mold bullets, and It Is taking
no chances on that score.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Sounds a lit
tle wild, that story that Japan la to ap
peal to the United St a toe to ask for tb.9
release xt 100 prisoners In the hands of
Russia. This Is not our war.
Chicago Inter Ocean: It will require some
time, apparently, to clear the Oriental situa
tion so that the American rending public
will learn definitely whether It Is the Rus
sian battleships or the dispatches from the
front that have been blown tip.
New York Tribune: Che Foo ought to
prove a good observation station for the
Mole Bt. Nlccholas experts, who during
the Spanish war used to regale us with
tales of long continued and deadly can
nonading In West Indian waters almost
every other day.
Chicago Chronicle: Mr, Mangacarlan Is
surprised that the people of this country
should sympathize with the Japanese in
the eastern struggle, because they are "a
Godless people." Probably It Is because
the Japanese are a cleanly, Industrious,
brave, chivalrous, Intellectual, mora), pro
gressive people. If they are all this with
out being Godly, so much the worse for
Godliness.
Indianapolis Star: Swearing has always
been supposed to be a necessary accom
plishment of the soldier. Now It appears
that In the Japanese language there are
no swear words. Just how the Japanese
soldier expresses his warlike anger, just
how a little Jap officer addresses his men
In tight places, we are not told. Sheridan,
history records, swore roundly when ho
finished his ride from twenty miles away.
and even George Washington, father of
the country, resorted to profanity in the
field at times. If we can guess by the
first of the war news, the Japs are about
to prove that one does not have to swear
to fight
PF.RSOXAL SOTES.
Senator Ankeny of Washington acted as
interpreter tho other day when a group
of Yakima Indians were presented to the
president at the White House. (
A tablet was unveiled last Friday to
James H. Hoffman, the first president of
the Hebrew Technical institute, at its cele
bration of lu twentieth anniversary In
New York.
William Miller, probably the oldest en
gineer In service in the United States, has
just been killed near Leadvllle, Colo. Miller
began railroading fifty-two years ago with
the Reading. He took the first Klo (irtuido
engines west He was 71 years of age.
At the IJnooln league meeting In New
York on Friday night Dr. Howard Russell,
the founder of the lougue, said that 60,0o0
people had signed the pledge which Abra
ham Lincoln composed and wrote and
signed hlmsejf in Springfield, III., In 1842.
It Is expected that Eugene F. Ware,
pension commlsnioner, will be the speaker
at the convention of American prexa
humorists ,to be held at St. Louis on May
29. A feature of the occasion will be a
pilgrimage to Hannlbul, Mo., the old home
of Mark Twain.
H. C. Henley, chief of the St. Louis fire
prevention bureau, has been, appointed a
lecturer on Insurance at Yale. The position
la an honorary one. carrying no salary,
and the Incumbent Is not expected to de
liver more than one locture a year before
the insurance classes.
The emperor of Ruaala recently ordered
six private parlor cars for use of the im
perial family. These cars will be com
fortable and luxurious. They are to be
constructed entirely of Russian material
and will be built St the famous Putlluff
works. Each car will cost 122,000.
James B. Morrow, for many years edltor-In-rhlef
of the Cleveland leader, has re
signed his position and will retire from
the editorial profession on March 1. He
first became tdentlfletl with the leader
as a reporter and Ms rise was due to his
diligence and grasp of the business.
M Caruso, the great tenor of the Metro
politan company. New York. ho has jut
sailed for home, made the following com
ment Just at embarking: "1 have but two
criticisms to make of the American critics.
They object to my clothes and to my fat
When I return I trust I shall have over
come these objectionable features.'
A SMILE FHOM MINNESOTA.
Kenmrka on Democrats 1y One Who
Ws In Their Midst."
ConRTrssman J. Adam Uede's Speech.
I realize that it Is pretty bard work for
ft democrat to leave his party, and In
extending this formal Invitation for him
to como into the rcpubllrnn party nnd be
ono of us, I know how hard It Is for him
to do It. There Is a little rnllroad down
in southern Minnesota, In a district repre
sented by one of my colleagues, a few
miles long, with a dally mixed train that
alwuy gets to Its destination too late for
a cotinotlon.
A lady who was riding on this train
one day complained to the conductor that
the train was going too slow, and finally,
after ninny Importunities, asserted that
urn ruuiu hik iitBivr iiiuii uiu nun a
(Tnlng. Tho conductor retorted by asking
her why sho did not get off and walk, and
she said thrtt she would do so, but her-'
people would not be- looking for her un-rfl
the train got In. (Laughter and applause.)
Ilitt let me add that the demo
cratic party has been reaching out for the
populist vote of the west, while often
ridiculing the populists, and yet they speak,
as the gentleman recently did on this floor,
of our abusing Mr. Hryan. I read In a
demnrratlo paper In St. Louis not many
years sgo of a populist convention, and
that puper described the populists as "an
aimless and useless catsrwampus of nln
compooplc gabsqulrts and rapscallions."
(Laughter.)
I want this to be nn era of good feeling.
I wnnt you to love one another and to
love us, and stop sitting up nights hating
each other In your own party. We do
not do lhat out In Minnesota. To be
sure, we have pretty long days In the
summer, and the sun sits up nights to
shine for the farmers up there1 and does
help a little bit in the prosperity, I admit;
but it Is due largely to the republican
policies that help the sunshine. (Laughter.)
Besides, we have got improved machinery
out there. I remember distinctly as a boy
on the Western Reserve in Ohio that they
used to cut their grain with a scythe and
with an old-fashioned cradle and a sickle.
We do not do that now. You cannot sell
anything to a farmer In Minnesota that he
cannot sit down on." (Laughter.) Things
are coming our way.
I am only asking you democrats to be
full-fledged Americans; Just to come In
out of the wet while you wait, and be Ilka
us. Out In the west I saw a 'few years
ago a little party of gentlemen talking of
their different nationalities, for we have
everything there, and among the gentle
men was a Scotchman, an Englishman, a
Germun, an Italian, and finally they came
to one fellow who said he" was a Norwe
gian, but that ho had been "neutralised."
(Prolonged laughter.)
I am willing you should be democrats
If you will Just be "neutralised." just be
full-fledged Americans and belong to the
whole country.
1'bl.tTED PLEASAKTRIFX
(
Dora Is your college up to date?
Cora 1 think so;, we've got a shit
chair. Indlunapolis Journal. . ,
t waist
Fat Man (timldly)-Llttle boy, Is the los
safe today? . ,
Hoy Vis sir, If you skate fast enough.
Brooklyn Life.
t'm ofrnl.l thlM stuff Is r.nrt cotton.
"Cotton, madam! Cotton! My gracious,
ma'am, w couldn't afford It!" Cleveland
Plain pealer.
"Religion," mnrsJIred Uncle Allen Sparks,
"la like soul). Those who seem to need It
the most care for It the least. "-Chicago
Tribune.
"There goes Roxham. Every time I think
of that man's financial embarrousmcnt It
makes rr.e yearn to help him."
"Financial embarrassment?"
"Yes; he's got so much money he doesn t
know whut to do with it." Philadelphia
Standard.
"You can't help wondering" Said Uncle
Elen. "why Some men will nan' aroun
glvln' so much good advice 'stld o' gnln'
right along an' glttln rich detr se'fs."
Washington Star.
"He's made a fine record with that voice
of his."
"Where?"
"Kinging for the phonograph company."
Princeton Tlsrer.
Cerberus wan guarding the entrance to
the Infernal regions.
"Vou Just tell the mayor," barked the
throe-bended bowwow, "that I sympathise
with him In the Job of keeping the lid o.'
As Dante, however, neglected to make a
note of It. publication was long delayed.
New York Sun.
"Do vou think they will ever partition ft
China?"
oil, yes. There'll be another piece con
ference soon. Harvard lampoon.
llnrold What mixture la that
yof'rs
smoking?
(Jerolil
Oh, It contains several kind
I
get It clown at
Harold-Tut a little breakfast food In It;
It would help It some. Cleveland leader.
"Bee here. Mister Jap." cried the Russian,
"your viiuliln' ambition needs cruaslan."
"Crush aay, then, old chap," said the
undaunted Jap. "but I've girl an Ide.a
you're four-flusslan." Philadelphia Press.
TALK HAPPINESS.
New York Sun.
Talk happiness!
Not now and then, but every
Blessed day,
Kvn If you don't believe
The half of what
You say;
Tlie re's no room here for him
Who whln.es as on his
Way be gooo;
P.vuietnlr. sun. the world Is
Hxd enoiiKh without
Your wues.
Talk happiness each chance
You get and
Talk it gol and strong!
lnik for It In
The byways as you grimly
Puss along;
Perhaps It Is a stranger now
Whove visit never
Cones;
li it talk It! Boon you'll fin4
That you aud llapyluesa
Are chums.
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