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1 TI1E OMAITA DAILY HEE: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1004. I ; 1 Tim Omaha Daily Bee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOH. FUBLIPUKL) EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF HI'T'.Sl'KirTIoN. Pnllv Me (with. mt Sunuiyi, ore Year$4 J0 I'Hlly Hre nnd Suncl.iy. One Yrsr S no Illustrated Bee One Year j-J Funday llw, On? Y-nr - sturtlay 1 !-. one Y-nr J r Twentieth Ontury Farmer, n Year., l.w DKEIVEKEH HY CARRIER. TJBlly Be iwitlmut Sunday), per copy.. 2c Ially He (without SuiiIh I, t . .Ke lally Hen (mclii'llng hundayi, per week.l.c Punday Bee, per r..py jc Kvenlng Be (wlttmut Sundnyi, pT wefk 6c fcvenlng Bee Occluding Hundayj, per week ,0c Complaint o? irregularity In delivery Should be addressed Pi City Circulation Ve partment ornrns. Omaha The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha City Halt Building. Twenty-fifth and M ftreets. Council Bluffa-M 1'earl Street. ChleaKr lfio I'nlty BmldlnR. New York 231'S I'nrk Row Building. Washington 1 Fourteenth Rtrjet. CO R R I : KI'ONI) E N C E . Communlratlnrm r lathic to news and edi torial matter should be addrersed: Omaha Bee, Edlturlal Department. REMITTANCES. Remit b draft, express or poatul order payable to The Bee I'uiillshlns; Company. Only 2-cent stamp received In payment 01 mall accounts. B. rponal clients, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not , aeeptea. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION, etato of Nebraska, lKiuglas County, sb.: George B. Trschuck, secretary of The Bee FubUhlng Company, blng duly worn says that the actual number of full ana Complete copies of The Dally. MornJnK, Evening and Bunday Bee printed during the month of January. 14. was as 101. ..wo. 1 itll.KOO t H.;a 1 2T.MO 4 BO, I IO 17 SHI. 4K) 18 2,7IH 19 2H.SRO 20 StO.400 M U.T.f Z i4H,77 23 aiMWO H SiO.itttS h'..'. 2K,-'7 26 BM.OHO 2; " SHMftO jm"! ai.l7) 9 !tH,7tO 80 11 81 20.2O5 ... e... 7... ... ... 10... II... ... IS... 14... .SHI. TOO S1,7 -o,4:i icit.-ixo itl.7. H,7( aH.in 21,.V 2N,IMM 16. 111 2tt.l7 Total W.1.IB Less unsold and returned copies.... O.MT Net total sales.... Net average raise SCH.4U3 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. (Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before rue this 3d day of February, A. D. X3C4. M. B. HUNOATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. The war news from the city hall seems also to bo lagging. If this thing continues Japaneso hun ters will get tired of bear meat The "bear that walks like a man" will hove to get down on all-fours if he wants to make n showing in this war. With Bulgaria and Turkey both clamoring for peuce the prospect for war in the Balkans grows more alarm ing. It seems that any cheap crank enn get all the notoriety he desires by making nn unannounced call at the White House. According to the reports from Che Foo those Russians who had rather fight than eat may be given a chance to pur sue their preferred course. King Peter of Servia and his troubles are lost sight of In the news from the front. The present war may establish the dynasty of the pig herder. Street railway extension upon Sixth street will be welcome and so will street railway extension upon any other street In Omaha or any of its suburbs. The greatest danger Governor Mickey is running in nis campaign for re- nomination Is a sympathetic endorse' ment from the Omaha Bryanlte organ. The Hague tribunal Intimates that in order to be a preferred creditor In an International sense one must take a gun along when starting on a collection tour. Measured by the burden Imposed as school taxes, Omaha ought to have the best schools in the country. But there Is still a considerable margin for im provement. Russia's reliance on tho promise of Turkey to be good takes the form of in creasing its defenses along the Black sea. The czar lias hud experience with the sultan's pledges before. One Omahu paper w hich boasts of its enterprise stole Bunday The Bee's famous photograph of Mark Iluiutu, known as "The Two Engineers." It steals Tho Bee's news every day. The campaign for tax reform must lie waged without cessation. The new tax law will not work automatic Justice and equality any more than the old unless It is intelligently and impartially en forced. Russians at l'ort Arthur seem to Ih In a state of panic. Haviug permitted the Japanese torpedo bunts to get within striking dlstauce ouce they are now shooting at all strange craft that Way enter the harbor. With alleged famine at Port Arthur and Vladivostok it will be a great temptation to Japan to seize American foodstuffs destlued for Asia. But If that country wants to retain the friendly sentiment felt for it in America It will let our provisions alone. Things that are given away are rarely worth having. This relates to give-away advertising Just the same us to all other things of value. It would be easy for The Bee to fill columns and even pages witli free want advertising, but if The Bee were to give away its want ad vertising to people who don't pay it would only prove that it is worth very ' little or nothing to the people who pay. In national campaign years South Omaha is democratic by front &).) to 7K majority. It is amusing as well as sug gestive that the democratic victory in fcouth Oiuaha at the spring election Is regarded by leaders of tlutt imrty as ery doubtful unless rl republicans fchali vote the democratic ticket. The only rational Inference Is that l,mo democrats In South Omaha proioe to jroU the republican ticket In AirU RVXSIAH coflfiDlWct. I RuRftla's rpllance Is upon her army, It is nlreiufy ririnonstratad that hpr navy In Aslntlc waters Is preatly inft-rlor to that of Japan and cannot be depended upon to achieve any very Important re- suits. Hut of the army Kreat things are expected. In the rather remarkable official statement sent out a few days ago from St. Petersburg explaining Kus- sin's unpreparedncss for war and the necessity for the exercise of patience by her people, it was said: "Much time if now necessary in order to strike at Japan blows worthy of the dignity and might of Kussla and to inflict Just chastisement upon the nation which has provoked the struggle. Rusria must await the event in patience, being sure that our army will avenge an hundredfold that provocation." The Russian ambassador at Washing ton, Count Casslnl, in an Interview spoke In a like boastful vein. He said t tin t now that Japan has made war, "the determination of the Russian emperor and his people that it shall be satiated with that for which it has seemed so anxious is made all the stronger by the patience and forbearance which have hitherto characterized our dealings with the Japanese." These utterances show a disposition to underrate the Japanese as fighters. Of course all that is known of them is that they are well-disciplined soldiers, the affair with China ten years ago affording no real test of the fighting luiilltlcs of the Japanese. Their victor ies were easily won, the Chinese forces they encountered being little better than mobs. Yet there is no reason to doubt that the Japanese are as brave as any people and as they understand that they are battling for the very existence of their country they will undoubtedly fight with all the earnestness and deter mination of which they are capable. It is not probable that the Japanese In the least underestimate the enemy. They are. fully aware of Russia's vast power and they also know that her sol diers are stubborn and determined fight ers. Undoubtedly every consideration in connection with war has been care fully weighed by the sagacious men of Japnn who are directing affairs. They not only know the strength and re sources of their own count ry. but doubt less have n pretty clear ides of the ex tent to which Russia can go in drawing upon her resources for service In the far east. She certainly cannot employ all her power there, for there are mat- ters to be safeguarded in Europe which she will not dare to neglect. The re- ports of enthusiastic expressions of pop- ular patriotism must be taken with some allowance. There are people under Rub- slan rule ready to. revolt if opportunity should offer and the government could elusion reached Is Justified by interna not safely send all its soldiers to the far tional law and by equity. .The action Past I While there is no Information regard- ing military operations that can be re- iied upon, It can be confidently as- sumed that Japan is not idle nnd that her plans have been wisely laid, out. mere win ne nara ngu'lng ana much bloodshed. So much is certain. And events may show that Russia has in Japan a foe as sturdy and determined as any sne nas ever encountered. IS DARKEST omaha. Whenever a sensational preacher or traveling evangelist wants to attract at- tention to himself he discovers that I Omaha is the wickedest city in the world. But men of the cloth should not Indulge In wild exaggeration any more than they would in downright falsification. Before advertising Omaha as the most depraved and vicious of cities they should nt least endeavor to acquaint themselves with the vice and wickedness that prevails In other cities, In other words, they should not wantonly blacken the reputation of a town In which they live any more than they would that of a man whose hos-1 pitallty they enjoy. I There is doubtless a dark side of Omaha Just as there is a dark side of Denver, San Francisco, Kanus City, Minneapolis, St Paul and scores of other cities, but people who have trav- eled nnd clulrn to have Instituted com- parlsons without prejudice or sensa- tional instinct credit Omaha with having less darkness than any of the towns named above. As a matter of fact no city of 100,000 population Is without social vice. In some cities it may be covered up more than In others-but it is there. In some it may be spread over more or less territory-but it exists all the same in every population center and will continue to exist until the millen- nlum unless human nature changes com- .i..,i ...... It is riuht for ministers to preach . against vice ana moral reformers to remonstrate, but the evil cannot be sup- pressed by any line of policy. All thnt can be done at best is to repress in- decency and keep it within reasonable limits. As a broad proposition it may safely be asserted that those who seek will find. A temperate man will pass forty saloons iu walking about a city without touching a drop of liquor, but the man with an appetite will find a way to gratify it even though there is no saloon within miles. Those who want to mix with the dregs of society will have no trouble in finding their way any more than those who desire to asso elate with the clean and reputable class of citizens will have trouble in finding their way. Darkest Omaha may need occasional disinfecting aud much good may be ac- coiupllshed by individual persuasion and example as well as by periodic agitation for cleaner and better government. Holding Omaha up to the world as a veritable Sodom and Gomorrah, how- ever, will not cleanse it or purify it even If that charge were true, as it Is not At its very worst aspect darkest Omaha occupies only a very inconsiderable area of a city of thirty square miles. It has always been an opeu question whether social vice segregated under po lice supervision Is more dangerous to the morals of a community than scattered brondeflst orer the eutire area covorrnl by its population. Those who Iihvp Riven the problem the most profound study regard seitiVKiitinii s the safest and least offeiiRlve. rnfortunately for the community secrpjrntinn furnishes the most material for the sensational pulpit orators and evangelists who lmtipine that they can bring about Kfat moral re forms by painting vice in Its most lurid coloring and magnifying its dimensions way beyond the bounds of truth Tilt QUCSTIuy VF LOXTRABAXD. It is probable that tho far eastern v tir will cause some addition to the list of articles contraband of war. Xe we noted a few days ago the question is receiving earnest attention from some of the European governments and a Washington dispatch says that there is apprehension there of friction growing out of the efforts of the belligerents to define contraband of war in a manner Injurious to American trade. It is noted that a vast quantity of American food stuffs is now afloat destined for both Russia and Japan. The United States does not regard foodstuffs as contraband of war and should Russia or Japan so declare them and seize such supplies it is presumed that our government would make a very earnest protest As we have heretofore pointed out in a general way those articles that are contraband of war are very clearly de fined and well understood. Our su preme court has divided merchandise Into three classes and held that articles which may be used for either war or peace, according to circumstances, are contraband only when actually destined for the military or naval use of the bel ligerents, while articles exclusively used for peaceful purposes are never contra band, though they may be liable to seizure for a violation of a blockade or siege. However, there1 has been discus sion as to the lines which divide these classes. Two of the articles of mer chandise over which there has always been dispute are coal and provisions. It is quite likely that one or both the bel ligerents will declare coal contraband and they may also do the same with provisions. In that event of course our trade with the far east would be ma terially injured. T11K HAGUE COURT Dt.ClSlUX. The decision by The Hague tribunal according to the three powers which blockaded the Venezuelan ports prefer entlal treatment in the matter of their claims, will undoubtedly be very gen erally regarded as Just. The telegraphic report of the decision furnished only a summary of the reasons presented by the court for its unanimous decision, but these are sufficient to show that the con taken hv the fillips in the hlockade Great Britain. Germnny and Italy seemed at the time severe, but there is no question that it was entirely legltl mate and that being conceded the right 0f those powers to preferential treat ment became obvious. The preference given them is fixed by the decision at 80 per cent of the customs duties at the two Venezuelan ports and the United States is commissioned to carry out the decision. This, we believe, establishes a prece dent and a quite Important one. Euro pean countries having claims against South and Central American countries have had pointed out to them what course they may pursue for obtaining a settlement of such claims, with tho as surance of receiving preferential treat ment The tendency will perhaps be to induce the countries where Joreigners have claims to give better attention to them and treat them more honestly than has been their habit It is presumed that Venezuela will offer no objection to the decision, since she was quite will ing to have the question of preference submitted to arbitration, having of course acknowledged the validity of the claims. It would certainly do her no good to object, but might involve her in fresh trouble. So far as the United States is concerned it will of courso ac cept the commission given it and faith- fully perform the duty which that re- quires Business men who are m position to ldKe from personal observation declare that business conditions in Omaha are Detter loilay tnnn lney Dave l,wn at fluy corresponding period of the year sne the Transmlssissippl exposition in 1898- and. what 18 more- that Pualnes Prospects are uener uere man in any oU'er American city or tne same class with Omaha. This Is surely encouraging information, which should add a still 1 .... greater stimulus to tne various com I as rt I V 11 1 1 1 1 ?i nt tnrrfl jno unHnc 1 "' " way ana in contemplation, wmcn prom to Put the Omaha of the immediate future in the very forefront of pro- gresslve western cities, Among the lending democrats in South Omaha it was quite confidently believed yesterday that a democratic victory is In store for the party at the spring elec tion. This Is Just before taking. What the leading democrats of South Omaha will believe after taklug cannot be fore casted at this time. Democratic sentiment as voiced by the democratic state press is not so certain tfcat their party should make a nomlna tion for United States senator in state convention. The democrats, as usual wjm them In Nebraska, will wait to BW nrwt what the republicans will do. Louisiana rlc plaitera may profit more from the present war than the men who sell dollar wheat. Incidentally Japan stands a chance of losing a valua- I ble American market when the south I once seriously turns its attention to the production of the Asiatic cereal, Where at Msissl Is Seeded. New York Tribune. A crying need of the day Is a censorship which will protect the publlo against war news fakirs and Imaginative military ex- I pert T1IE iOVERonsnir. Norfolk News: Is It possible that Gov ernor Mickey desired Governor Bailey's ad vice on a question thnt Is growing In perti nency In the settlement of which the Kan sas governor has recently had experience? Albion News: If there la to be a free for all contest again for governorship, then north Nebraska's favorite, Hon. William M. Robertson of Norfolk, must not fall to be In the scrap, and next time we will make him our governor. Beatrice Express: The fight for governor bills fair to be an Interesting one, with the chances In favor of the renomlnatlnn of Governor Mickey. He Is finding out, how ever, how "uneasy Is the head that wears a crown," especially If thnt head had wrestled with the problem of making fifty Jobs satisfy 5H0 hungry nffloeseekers, Wahoo Wasp: Candidates for governor of Nebraska seem to be very numerous. Already several distinguished gentlemen have announced their willingness to suc ceed Governor Mickey. Any of them would undoubtedly make an excellent governor, but ns Governor Mickey has served but one term and performed his duties well he will no doubt be continued as chief exocu tlvn of the state of Nebraska for another two years. Superior Journal: Several good repub licans are being mentioned for the nom ination for governor of Nebraska, They are all right, but It Is the wrong year for them. Governor Mickey Is, we believe, entitled to a renomlnatlon. He has made a few mistakes, it Is true, but any man occupying that or any other responsible position Is liable to a few of them, and Mr. Mickey's mistakes have not been of a serious nature. Waterloo Gazette: Personally or politi cally we see no need for a change In the governorship. Mr. Mlrkey has stood for a higher citizenship and higher Ideals In offl cinl life, he has changed some of the meth ods about the state house that were not altogether Christian In their character and while ho has not made friends very fast, especially among some of the politicians, Governor Mickey has performed the duties of his office, with fidelity and honesty, and deserves recognition again. And we be lieve he will he renominated and re-elected. David City Banner: J. B. Dlns moro of Rutton announced himself as a candidate for governor last week and then Mr. Harrison of Grand Island, rnd nil the other candidates of two years ngo, "and then some" came out in tho open, ns candidates for gubernatorial hon ors. Whether Governor Mickey will be re nominated or not Is a question, but he Is assured of a warm scrap. While the governor has doubtless made some mis takes nnd done nothing to create any great amount of Mickey enthusiasm, he has mndo a very good governor just the same, In fact better than the average. Ord Quiz: It Is the Inalienable right of every Nebraska voter to aspire to the places of honor In the state and we note that there are a few at the prenent time, who are looking to the chances of receiv ing the nomination ,"or governor in case the state convention f.hoj.d decide to turn Mickey down. At this time there does not seem to be much likelihood that Mickey will be defeated for renomlnatlon. but the unquestioned lukewarmness of the party toward the governor Is sufficiently manifest to warrant others getting ready In cose the unexpected should happen. And It Is the part of wisdom for the party to be ready for any emergency so that a good man may be at hand In case Mickey Is not re nominated. Alnsworth Star-Journal: There Is a good prospect of a lively scramble at the state convention for the nomination for gov ernor, with very much the same field to choose from that was on the track two years ao. Goveenor Mickey seems to be In the lead. He has made a good record, and can claim The nomination on the strength of It. J3ut if Judge Robertson of Norfolk becomes a candidate for the nomination for governor republicans here about will find It hard not to support him. Judge Robertson, was a good friend to Alnsworth In the normal school fight last summer, and Brown county republicans could be very happy with either the Judge or with Governor Mickey, "Were t'other dear charmer away." Oakland Republican: Hon. J. B. Dins more of Sutton Is a candidate for governor subject to the action of the republican state convention. He Is an old soldier and made an honorable record In the late civil war. For thirty-two years he has resided at Sutton, where he has been engaged In various kinds of business and always suc cessfully. For many years he has been one of the most active members of the State Agricultural society and is very popular throughout the state. Two years ago he was a candidate for governor, and at one time had a larger number of votes than any other candidate, but by a combination of the other aspirants he was beaten by J. H. Mickey, who has since proven him self a good governor. If Mr. Mickey should tot be accorded a second nomination the Republican would be pleased to support Hon. J. B. Dins more for governor. Blair Tilot: The fact that the opposition to Mickey Is so strong as to foreshadow his defeat If nominated Is sufficient of Itself to Justify his rejection by the convention Indeed, If Governor Mickey has the Inter ests and welfare of the party at heart he will withdraw Irom the contest and leave the way open to the nomination of a man upon whom the party may unite. Prece dent affords him no claims upon the party for the very good reason that renomlna- tlons are made only where the stewardship of the Incumbent Is satisfactory. When not satisfactory the right to reject has ulwavs been reserved and exercised. Gov ernor Mickey, therefore, should stand aside There is a general demand for more exec utive and managerial ability than he pos sesses and the demand 1 In such form and comes with such force that It must bo respected or party defeat Is Inevitable. With Mr. Harrison's name at the head of the ticket the party will be strengthened In every voting precinct In Nebraska, thus Insuring victory all along the line. St. Paul Republican: Governor Mickey Is not to have clear sailing for a renomlna tlon. That was made evident two weeks ago when J. B. Dlnsmore of Sutton an nounced himself as a candidate and trans formed the gubernatorial contest Into a free-for-all. Since that time several other entries have been made, among them that of our own state senator, W. H. Harrison of Grand Island. As for Mr. Mickey, h Is all right In a way, but there Is no gain saying the fact that he Is very unsatisfac tory to a large proportion of the party. His administration has been free from the scandals which marked the career of his predecessor, but Governor Mickey has made some egregious mistakes. Chief among these was needlessly antagonizing the trav eling men In his appointment of an oil In spector. Another was when he gave out a sensational story of attempted bribery and then placed himself In the attitude of concealing the Identity of the would-be bribers. There Is no doubt at all but that the opposition would flay Mickey alive If he came up for a second term and It Is very doubtful if b could be swept through by even a Rooseveltlan whirlwind. Thli being the situation. It behooves the repub llcuns of Nebraska to put one of their strongest and best men at the head of the state ticket this year. Such a man the Re publican knows Senator Harrison to be. Thero Is no guesswork about It. Place him In the executive chair of this state and no republican will be railed upon to apologize for him. He will be the governor and he will be Just the kind of a governor that Nrbraskans long have sought and mourned because they found him not. ARMY GOSMr I WASHUGTO. Trend of Events Gleaned from the Army and Kary llealster. There are or will be shortly IK vacancies In the grade of second lieutenant In the army, divided among the arms si ns to give seventeen In the cavalry, thirty In the artillery and eighty-two In the Infan try, with three additional on account of details In the Intter branch. Secretary Taft will mnke no departure from the policy of the War department toward the army. He favors tho con solidation of the adjutant general's de partment and the record and pension office; he believes there should be a sup ply department ms.de up of the present quartermasters, subsistence and pay de partments; he has adopted the suggestion that tho duties of the adjutant general's department and the Inspector general's de partment may well be discharged by the general staff. He will probably take such steps as will bring these matters again be fore congress. Some Interesting comimrstlve experiments nve In progress on tho roof of the War de partment building with different samples of khaki, of foreign and domestic manu facture. The test Is the most severe of any to which this material Is subjected, being the atmospheric test, which Includes the exposure of the coth to the weather for thirty days. It Is found In the tests so far held that the American goods hold their color much better than the pritish material; In fact, the domestic product shows practically no change In shade or condition by reason of Its exposure to elements. The question of the chevrons for the white uniform of the enlisted men of the army Is tinder discussion again. It has been recommended that a brown chevron be adopted for this uniform In place of the white chevron, as provided in tho original regulations. A white chevron on a white uniform of course Is Indiscernible, unless its dimensions are Indicated by a darker "piping." It was suggestod that the outline of the white chevron be shown by black stitching or narrow braid, but the brown chevron appears to better ad vantage and gives nil the distinction of color necessary. The new chevron Is being practically tested by the troops at Fort Myer. The recommendation mnde by the general staff of a bill which will confer brevets upon certain army officers, long ago recom mended for the distinction by an army board of which General MacArthur was tho president, Is n sort of special legislation which may bo shelved. This action Is justified on the ground that more general legislation to the name effect has been provided for by the senate military committee In a report prepared by Senator Pettus. The proposition to change the revised statutes so ns to permit the president, upon senatorial approval, to confer brevet nominations upon officers for gallantry "In war and In the presence of the enemy or In armed conflict In and dur ing the China relief expedition or In the Insurrection In the Philippines" covers the case fully. I'nder the terms of the legisla tion proposed by the committee the special act urged by the army general staff is not necessary- There Is likely to be something interest ing In the War department In the next month or two In the form of a determina tion of the extent of the authority of army officers on duty In the department. It is understood that the attention of the secre tary of war has been called to the fact that army recommendations of discharge ,and promotions of civil employes, investigating methods of conducting the business devolv ing upon clerks and their chiefs. It Is said that Mr. Root was not Inclined to view with favor this encroachment upon the preroga tives of the civilian head of the War de partment and that he transmitted this im pression to his successor, who Is as little likely to encourage this practice. The ob jections of the secretary are not destined to come from any Jealous view of his own rights and responsibility, but more ns a preven'lve of a situation which may easily lead to a clashing and so develop Into a lack of harmony and co-operation, the presence of which has been described as the best and most profitable result of the general staff system. Nebraska and the Vice Presidency. Washington Ccrr. Brooklyn Eagle. "Iowa has no candidates to bring forward for either place on the republican or demo cratic national ticket." said Director of the Mint Roberts today. "None of 'our citizens seem to hanker after honors of this sort this year. But I think Iowa will lend Its support to a vice presidential candidate from our neighbor state of Nebraska.. Tho republican state convention of Nebraska recently adopted resolutions presenting the name of John I.. Webster of that state as its candidate for the vice presidential nom ination. I know Mr. Webster very well. He Is a prominent lawyer, has been active In republican politics for many years, has never held any office and Is an excellent stump speaker. He has been In our state frequently making campaign speochca and he Is well knowi. and liked there. If his candidacy assumes Importance I think the republicans of Iowa will back him up." Promptings of Jealousy. Chicago Chronicle. The Kentucky legislature has passed the shameful bill against the coeducation of white and black children, the only school In the state thut practiced It being Berea college, one cf the noblest Institutions In the south. It Is supposed that the reason for enacting such a law was that the colored youth at Berea college seemed to have better Intellects than the white youth. People will lo meaner things from Ji-aJousy than from any other motive whatever. Ifelylnsjr Government Ownership. Chicago Post. So long ab those In control of public and quasi-public utilities treat the publlo fairly and honestly they are not llkuly to be mo lested by the community at large. But when they seek to get all they can and give as Uttle aa they can In return they are doing more to help the movement towara public ownership than all of Its most ag gressive theoretical advocates combined. Why Henublira Are I'nsrrnteful. Chicago Record-Herald. The senate hax derided thut this country doesn't owe Queen 1. 11 $1.'0,UU0, which fact will doubtless cauxe the old lady to Una up with those who think republics are real ungrateful. TO A BIRD AHO:',Jj) Ji A BOTTLE xr ilt THAT Trie OOTTll It " PsoHouncift sr to e eetTc in it J-!rasTfr I THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR rv. ftKDtSI1 Absolutely Pure IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH WHKX tl.KVKI.ASI) KI'KAKS. St. Louis Olobo-Dcmoc.rat (rep.): Mr. Cleveland has mndo another careful diagnosis of the situation and is charttablo enough to say thnt the democratic case Is hot hopeless. Chicago Chronicle (dem.): What a con trast there. Is between tho sano nnd pa triotic utterances of Grover Cleveland and the so-called democratic loaders who mis take sound for sense. ' Chicago Inter Occnn dep.): So far as former President Cleveland can sea Into th" future, viewing It entirely from an Impartial standpoint, what the dninooratlc party needs is a real leader. It in not necessiry to lecoine personal. New York Tribune (rep.): Evidently Mr. Cleveland looks at externals only when he describes tho democratic party ns In any sense tho exponent of consorvntlsm. "Con servative democracy" from the point of vie of American experlenco In an "lrrides cent dream." Hartford Courant (rep.): Richard Olney did the handsome thing by his old chief in his rpeech at the Tammany dinner, and now Mr. Cleveland has done the handsome thing by Richard Olney. Ho says that "locality" should not weigh a straw against a first-class democratic statesman this year or words to that effect. The rest of Mr. Cleveland's latest promulgation was neither novel nor Important. New York Bun (rep.): But nobody, democrat or republican. Is going to regard ns unimportant Mr. t.-ioveianas oenner ately expressed Judgment that 1!KV is a year of actual opportunity for the democracy. This opinion ought to bo of profound in terest to gentlemen on olther sldo of the fence, and likewise to those who are Just now occupying that elevated post of op tion. For thero happens to be living in the land no shrewder observer of political drift and no more Intuitively accurate and Impartial appraiser of campaign probabili ties than Grover Cleveland. Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.): There Is no thing democrat who could have spoken with so much authority as Mr. Cleveland has done In this Instance. He has spoken as one who has put aside an personal ambitions; who wants and will accept no official honors or preferment; who has no selfish Interest In or concern for democratio success. He will not be a candidate, under any circumstances or any conditions, and he wants not his own triumph, but that of those old, true principles of his party which make for the popular good. It will be generally thought, however, that he is wrong In believing that the Cmo cracy will this year have an opportunity to elect a democratic president. The stars In their courses fight against the realiza tion of such belief. PERaOXAL WOTKS. One of the stroiur ties between President McKinley and Senator Hanna was the fact that both were of Scotch-Irish extraction. Dr. Henry Martin Dearborn, dermatolog Ical expert, and the author of number of text books, has Just died In New Y'ork City. It Is one of the eccentricities of fate that a Napoleon of tho family of tho man whom the Russians defeated at Borodino should now be serving In the army of the ciar. Senator Beveridge will occupy the seat which Senator Hanna's death mado va cant. For the last four years Senator Beveridge has had a sent on the democratio side of the chamber. Mayor Fred H. Lewis of Allentown, Pa., has vetoed a curfew ordinance pasaed by the city fathers providing that after 9 o'clock children under 16 years old must keep off tho streets. 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He that hath no humor In his soul is fit for treason, strata gems and spoils. The stratngoms and siiolls havo boon conspicuously notable the past week or two. J A1IS OF Till: J KSTl'RS. "Are you fond of golf?" "Yes, Indeed," anaworod Mrs. Cumrnx. "I regard tho game aa a very clover way of enabling people to walk without being stis-iHM-tod of trying to save tho cost of a car nage. Washington Star. 1 Hoarder Why In creation did you ring tho breakfast boll at 4 o'clock this monv 111 g: fS- C'Kik Tho missus hoard It thundering nnd told inn to hurry up and serve breakfast before tho milk soured. Now York Weekly. "General," reported tho tory Innkeeper, "tho American force Is divided Into H companies, each containing sixty mlnutc- llleli." "Gimd!" answered Cornwnllls. "I shall Kend word to Ktgland that wo hnve met the r.nemy and they are hours. "Puck. "What do you think of thnt new Willie liny that Jim Unirnnierd brought up to tho dance last night?" 'Zero is nothing. Isn't It?" "Yes." "Well, I think he's about 17 below." Cleveland Plain Dealer. lln As soon as we are married, dearest, I will take out nn endowment Insurnnco policy, so thnt you may be protected She Don't you think you'd better tnko out an accident Insurance policy now, Go.irgo? You hnvon't spoken to father yet, you know. Philadelphia Press. "T!s tho voice of the sluggard. I hear him complain, "You have -waked me up too soon. I must slumber Hgnin. For sleep's the one comfort confess It we must Which nowadays Isn't controlled by a trust." Washington Star. at niK mission noon. Captain Jack Crawford In Success. A little newsboy, weeping, stood Outside, the "Waif's Itetreat;" A shafigy dog, his only friend. Was crouching at his feet With attitude of perfect trust. And tender, Invent .eye. I saw the boy bend over him With tear-wet cheek, and sigh. I r.sked him why those Mtter tears; He turned away his head, And answered: "Der?'s nie only frten' Since dad and ma Is dead; An' dose folks in de Mission say Dat Tip, he c.ui't come In; Dat lovln' of a dog like dls Ain't nothtn' but a sin. "Well, Boss, I don't know nothtn' much But, say, when mudder died, Tip faun' mo at her grave at night. An' laid down by my side; An,' when I crlod dele nil alone, JIls head was on my knee. An' somethin' In his eye Jus' said He'd be a frlen' to me. "Now, Boss, you look Into dem eyes An' say If he can't speak: I tells yer, Tip's a gentleman. If he ain't nice and sleek; He don't snap like a low-down cur, His ways is high an' fine; An', when I tlnk how good he is, I'm mighty proud he's mine." Tip seemed to feel his master's praise. He looked so very wise, As If some sod, Imprisoned soul Were shlnln.-r through his eyes. I took the boy's brown hnnd In mine. And wiped his tears f.way. And told him that no nobler friend Man has on earth today. Both boy and dog crept to my henrt And they have now become The sunshine on my cheerless hearth Tho bltsHlngs of my home: And all that 1 shnll ask of Him Who keeps the heavenly log. Mav I be worthy that boy's love The friendship of his dogl lin Miii urn 1 1 i i DIRECTIONS FOR USE: Wiggte-SticH, around in the water. Blue TV vX At All xn Crocera
