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before me this 1st day of March, A. D.
1904. M. B. Hl.'NOATE.
(Seal) Notary Public.
The only obstacle in the way of a
successful farmers' trust is that the
fanners distrust each other too much.
It Is manifest that no matter how
busy it may be in other quarters. Japan
is still working Its publicity bureau to
good effect.
Once Jn a while Mayor Moores man
ages to pen n veto message that suc
ceeds In running the gauntlet of the
city council.
The biography of General Kick will
now be transferred in the congressional
directory from the house side to the
Benate side.
The farmers have as much right to
organize a trust as the grain dealers,
the cattle dealers, or the dealers in any
product of the farm and orchard.
Omaha has- secured , a place on the
directory of the Western Oolf assocla
lloii. Omaha's position in the social
firmament Is now safely established.
; The State Hoard of Education is about
to engage an architect for the Kearney
Normal school. We, thought we had a
state architect already on the public
pay roll.
Now that the council has opened the
door wide for all classes of paving ma
terial, there will be an opportunity to
reintroduce the discredited wooden
block and even the obsolete buffalo chip.
Great Britain has had all the war it
relishes out of its late scrimmage in
South Africa, but It Insists on being
ready Just tho same to get Into the fray
henevcr the invitation becomes irre-
'slstible.
The names of the attorneys represent
ing the two sides in the Smoot case be
fore tho senate investigating committee
are distinguished enough to prepare tin
public to hold its breath when the bill
of expeiihps comes in.
The operation on President Harper of
the I'niversity of Chicago for appendl
cltis shows that no great Institution of
higher education can consider itself
fully equipped without a school of medi
cine and surgery attached.
Just to prove that they are entirely
disinterested the bill to increase the
salary of the president rs per cent car
ries with it also a rider increasing the
salaries of senators and congressmen by
whose votes it must bo enacted to the
tune of W) per cent.
Detroit has rejected Carnegie's offer
of $75MMH) for library buildings for that
city. Mr. Carnegie will feel almost hs
badly over this as would Mr. Rocke
feller should the hitter's pro-osed gift
of $'M),0(() to the Unlvernlty of Nebraska
be indignantly spurned.
Congressman Adams of Pennsylvania
has recorded himself In favor of drastic
restriction of immigration and proved
conclusively thct the safety of the re
public was Imperiled when his great
grandfather was allowed to land from
an Immigrant ship in Castle Garden.
One of the speakers ut the session of
democratic editors to be held at Lin
coln uext week will try to answer the
question, "What has leome of pros
perity?" He could put the company in
a much more Jovial humor by changing
bis subject to "What has become of
calamity?"
Attorney General Prout asserts that his
opinion affirming the unconstitutionality
of the law making gambling a felony
was given to save York county the ex
pense of prosecuting a pending case
against gambler. Perhaps. Rut if
acted on by the prosecuting officers of
York county it will aUo save the gam
bler the expense of defending his case.
But trhj not let Uia CvurU deUda?
lo, rnn poun hohkstair.
There I Altogether too much aollrl
tudo In the t-ongrvsslntml lobby and In
congress for the jxHir homesteader.
Not ninny yonr nun the HurHngton rall
iuikI wns reminded that It had over
ioik hod Itself hy more than "muMp acres
in the selection of Its land grunt In -lirnskii,
and ns the rad had given war
runty deeds to the purchaser. It be
came responsible for making good the
title. In due time the HurHngton lobby
Invaded congress and secured the Intro
duction of a bill for the relief of the
poor honiftteaden who hnd Imught It
land, and congress, In it proverbial
generosity to the poor homesteader,
paused the bill, and the HurHngton was
relieved from paying bark more than
?2, 000,000 to the poor homesteader.
The same solicitude for the poor home
steader has been manifested within the
pas? few weeks In the congressional
lobby. These friends of the bonie
st on dors, paying their own hotel bills
and incidental expenses, express grave
fears lest the poor homesteader who
wants to take advantage of the proposed
opening of the Rosebud and Crow
Indian reservations to settlement should
be crowded out by the land seeker who
is able and willing to pay more than the
average price If these lands are dls-
posed of at public Sale to the highest
bidder.
These disinterested friends of the poor
homesteader feel sure that the Interests
of the moneyless homeseeker would be
served much better if lands worth $20
nu acre were distributed by lot for $3
an acre, without favor or discrimina
tion. This sounds very plausible and
appeals very, strongly to popular sym-
p:ithy. but there must be a darky hld-
den In that woodpile somewhere.
The distribution of public lands with
out favor or discrimination for the bene
fit of the poor homesteader I something
unheard of in these western part.
When It comes to distributing lands by
lot tin' chances are that somebody with
a big pull will pull out the capital
prizes, while lo. the poor homesteader
will draw the blanks. The argument
that moneyless houieseekers will moke
better settlers than men who have
means to pay for their land may draw
tears from tho eyes of some, but it
would draw broad smiles from the
mouths of others. It Is an iridescent
dream. If not a delusion, and that Is
why President Roosevelt has not been
converted to the full advantage of the
"without favor" distribution plan.
HVBAL DKLlVtRY KXPANSIOX.
Rural free delivery was Inaugurated
under republican administration and
has proved a decided success. The sys
tem lias had a rapid expansion nnd is
still being extended. Three years ago
the pay roll of the rural delivery ser
vice was $3(X),X)0. The postotflce ap
propriation bill now provides for $21,-
(HKi.ooo and it is stated that the pay of
carriers for the coming year, which is
to lie increased, will be $3,300,KH more
than that of the current year.
There are men in congress and per
haps some outside who are disposed to
object to the expansion and necessarily
the increasing expense of the rural de
livery service. They are not in sym
pathy with popular sentiments, at least
In" those sections of the country where
the service Is In operation and Its ad
vantages and benefits are experienced
and appreciated. There is no question
that the rural communities are deriving
great good from this service and the
fact that It costs something more than
Is received from it will not be permitted
to Interfere With its further extension.
It Is n branch of our postal system the
establishment of which has been amply
Justified by the results and it Is the be
lief of those who know most alsiut it
that it will in time be self-sustaining.
J A PA US RtPLY TO KISfitA.
The reply of the Japanese government
to the charge of Russia that It had vio
lated international law and consequently
should bo subjected to the' condemnation
of the civilized world, will co-nmand
universal attention and we think will
be very generally regarded as eminently
Judicious, fair and altogether adequate.
The statement begins with the asser
tion that Russia's own actions answers
her charges and proceeds to point out
what is familiar to all who have kept
track of events in the far east, tho
'nurse pursued by Russia hi strength
ning her position in Manchuria and
preparing for possible military resist
unco to her perfectly evident purpose to
maintain, at every hazard, her hold
upon the Chinese territory of which she
had taken possession. The Japanese
government lxilnts out that by reason of
Russia's warlike preparations it was
made evident that that power never en
tertained any sincere desire for peace,
unless, indeed, it was permitted to have
Its own way regardless of the Interests
of other powers. This is a fact that Is
capable of the most complete and iou
elusive demonstration. The unqualified
promise of Russia to evacuate Man
churia was utterly disregarded and Rus
sian military power in that region was
steadily augmented. Every effort was
made by the czar's government to de
feat the policy regarding the open door
in Manchuria. Russian intrigue was
constantly active in Corea with a view
to inducing that country to take sides
against Japan. Dilatory tactics were
employed In diplomacy to enable Russia
to strengthen her position in the far
east, so as to dictate terms or be ready
for war !f her conditions were not ac
cepted.
All the -orld Is familiar with this
For months and mouths, while profess
lug to desire peace, the Russian prepu
rations .for war went on. She steadily
fortified her posts in Manchuria and
added to her naval and military forces
there. She repented assurances that
were never made with any sincerity or
intended to be fulfilled and went on
with her warlike operations. Her every
action for months was a virtual cbal
leuk-e. It was uuuiiaUkabhi notice to
Japan and to the world that Hussla hnd
no Intention to relinquish her hold upon
Manchuria, that she was willing to
tight to maintain her position there, and
that she was really Indifferent to the
Interests of Japan or any other power
In that region.
It was this conduct and unmistakable
policy on the part of Russia that forced
Japan to terminate futile negotiations
and inaugurate a conflict in which her
very existence is involved. As to the
course of Japan in legliining hostilities
in advance of a declaration of war, hor
defense is ample and we think will not
be questioned by any government.
There are precedent for it, even Russia
furnishing one, and it Is now generally
recognized, as the Japanese stntement
sets forth, "that a declaration of war is
not an indispensable prerequisite to the
opening of hostilities." On the whole
the Japanese reply to the Russian ar
raignment is clear and convincing and
we believe will be so regarded by the
civilized world.
BKTWt&K DKVIL AM) DEEP SKA.
The wisdom of purchasing the water
works of Omaha was the text of a re
cent address delivered by State Senator
Howell before the Orchard Hill Im
provement club. While nobody ques
tions the wisdom of acquiring the
water works of Omaha, a great many
clear-headed business men .and tax
payers seriously question the wisdom
of the compulsory water works pur
chase bill, fathered and championed by
Mr. Howell.
The municipal ownership nnd opera
tion of the water works was contem
plated by the city government of liSHl
that made tiie original contract for the
erection of the water works, when it
inserted into the contract the provision
that the city reserved to Itself the priv
ilege of taking the works at the end
of twenty years by an arbitration ap
praisement without allowing the com
pany anything for the franchise. The
fra liters of the charter for cities of the
metropolitan class also reserved to ihe
Ity the right to acquire the water
orks by purchase under condemnation
process. In the exercise of which the
Ity would lmve enjoyed the right to
reject the appraisement, if deemed ex-
esslve.
But in the sublime wisdom of Mr.
Howell and the Douglas delegation to
the late legislature these several
processes for acquiring the works were
Irrelevant and Immaterial. In their wis
dom they proposed to solve the problem
spontaneously by clothing the governor
with power to appoint n water board
without the aid or consent of the tax
payers or water consumers of Omaha
nd regardless of cost or consequences.
And here Is precisely where Mr. Howell
fell down.
Instead of expediting the purchase of
the works he has managed to deloy it.
Instead of placing Omaha in position to
get the best terms he has managed to
put Omaha nt the mercy of the water
company. Instead of leaving Omaha in
position to reject the appraisement, if
deemed too high, he has placed the
water works company In position to col
lect by Judgment in the federal courts
the upset price awarded by the ap
praisers, even if it shall be $11,000,000 or
7,000,000. Just as It has succeeded In
forcing the payment of last year's hy
drant rent by an order of the court
levying a 1 -mill water tax.
According to Mr. Howell, the water
works plant In Omaha nnd Florence Is
not worth much more than $3,000,000.
Mr. Howell's estimate may be correct,
but he does not tell u how the city Is
to get from under should tho arbitrators
appraise it for $C,0( to.ooo or $7.ooo,miO.
How can the city stave off a Judgment
to pay the appraisers' award except by
going into court and staying In court
for several years? In the meantime
the water works company will remain
In full possession with all Its contract
rights to collect exorbitant hydrant
rental and exact Its schedule of private
rates as fixed by the original ordinance
of 1881.
For nil this Omaha has to thank Mr.
Howell and his sagacious associates on
the legislative delegation. To the Or
chard Hill Improvement club Mr.
Howell's explanation must have seemed
eminently satisfactory or Its members
would not have applauded him to the
echo, but upon reflection the club may
conclude that Mr. Howell's compulsory
water works purchase bill Is liable to
cost Omaha hundreds of thousands If
not millions of dollars. It has left the
city t)otwepn devil and deep sea with
the water logged sea dog playing tin
old man of the sea.
Retail merchants from several Ne
braska towns are sending In protests to
Washington against the extension of
the postal service to include a parcels
post. They have an Idea, no .doubt,
that the establishment of a parcels post
would operate against them by encour
aging purchases from the mall order
houses in the larger cities. Whether
this be true or not, the refusal of the
government to hundle packages which
would come within the scope of parcels
post results simply In turning the busi
ness over to the express companies, who
are the main opponents of the proposed
legislation. There Is no good reason
why our government should not do a
parcels post business the same as the
governments of the different Kuropcan
countries. The country retailers would
share in the benefit and certainly lie in
no worse position for competition wit
the catalogue concerns than they now
are.
The South Omaha Fire and i'olice
board has saved up $o,uH for a rainy
day and Just as soon as the surplus to
its credit will warrant it proposes to
erect a fireman's hall creditable to the
town and sufficiently commodious to
meet the wants of the fire department
In Omaha the police commission and
the council are not barred by such
trifles a want of money or a charter
J prohibition of overlap. They pluuge
right abend in spite of treasury deficits
and trust to their ability to levy more
taxes next year to make it up.
The position of chairman of the re
publican national committee is one of
both honor and responsibility, but the
Influence it commands depends largely
upon the character of the man who oc
cupies It. It is safe to say that no one
who has previously held this chairman
ship was able to make himself as much
of a factor In public affairs as the late
Senator Hannn. No matter who may
be his successor, he will encounter diffi
culty In measuring up to the standard
of Chairman Hanna.
The fight for lower gas for Lincoln
has received somewhat of a setback at
the council meeting. That was to have
been expected. In explanation of the
backdown announcement Is made that
the company would reduce the price of
gas If It could be done without it ap
pearing that the company had been
forced to make the reduction. The pub
lic lighting corporations in Lincoln as
well as In Omaha have tender sensi
bilities that must not be shocked.
Really there is no more reason why
the government should utilize the oc
casion of opening nn Indian reservation
to settlement to run a land lottery than
that it should institute a bond lottery
every time it wants to borrow money or
operate an ordinary everyday lottery
with cash prizes Just to give the popu
lace an exciting amusement.
A Knre,vell Pointer.
Clilcngo Tribune.
Just before wnshlliK Ills hands of nil re
sponsibility for Hie democratic purty, Col
onel Watterson threw open the door of
the slaughter house and pointed sternly
to the open grave beyond.
Vnlne nf Small Parka.
Hrooklyn Eagle.
Small parks have a value not merely as
breathing places and spots of beauty, but
as checks to tires. A square or so of open
ground In Baltimore would have arrested
the march of the flames und saved prop
erty worth millions.
Too Mllrll of a Job.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An Iowa man is reported to have lost his
mind for no other reason save his Inability
to reform the world. It Is not a flattering
commentary on his own community that he
did not get beyond his native heath In his
effort at world redemption.
nisplaylna; Prosperity.
Indianapolis Journal.
France Is asking the United States gov
ernment to reduce the tariff on champagne.
Not much! If champagne were as cheap
as Cullfornla port, who would want to
drink It? Some method must be left us
by which we can display our prosperity.
The Past Foraret It.
Somervllle Journal.
It seldom makes a woman happy to have
a gray-hajred man come up to her at a
party and greet her warmly as an old ac
quaintance and then start In on a pleasant
reminiscent conversation about how he and
she used to play together when they were
boy and girl. A
Theme for Comic Opera,
Brooklyn Eagle.
Here's a.' concern that makes a business
of Insuring employers agulnst robbery by
employes, ana" Its Boston agent ups and
steals $in0,00O- from It. What a pity Mr.
Gilbert has stopped writing comic operas,
because here's a theme!
An Army Without Swear Words.
San Francisco Chronicle.'
It Is sa hi that the Japanese language Is
absolutely free from any form of profanity.
If so, It disposes of the popular Idea that
the practice of swearing and the art of
good fighting are Intimately associated, for
the non-swearing Japs have given the
world proof that they are good fighters.
The flood Have Troubles, Too.
Portland Oregonlan.
D. M. Parry, the pronounced foe of or
ganized labor, has found that even the non
union worm will turn if too closely pursued.
LSeventy-flve men employed by the Pnrry
Manufacturing company at Indianapolis
thought a cut In wages from 72 cents to 57
cents per piece since October ,was quite as
deep a gash as they could stand and live.
So when an additional cut of 2 cents was
announced a few days ago they struck
JuBt as horrid union men have been In the
habit of doing In recent years. And the
men, were paid off and turned adrift In
tho storm, without signs of compunction
on the part of the autl-unlon employer. Just
as if they had been union men asking for a
living wage.
A COTHlBl -TIOK TO HISTORY.
Mark Hanna and the First MeKlnley
Cabinet.
Chicago Tribune.
In view of the fact that both President
McKlnley and Senator Hanna are no longer
numbered with the living, It will not be Im
proper to mention a fact, not widely known
which came under the observation of the
editor of the Tribune In January. 1897. Mr.
McKlnley was then preslJent-elect of tfve
I'nltcd States, but had not been inaugu
rated.
urlng a brief visit to Senator Hanna's
bouse In Cleveland Mr. McKlnley took oc
casion to speak of his relations to the man
ager of Ills campaign. He said he felt un
der the deepest obligations to "Mark," as
he familiarly called Mr. Hanna. whose con
stant friendship and unwavering loyalty to
bis political fortunea he could never forget
Mr. McKlnley wont on to say that he was
perplexed In pasalng upon the question of
the persons he wished to call Into hla cabl
net. He said that Mr. Hanna himself
wished to be secretary of the treasury, but
that in Ihe opinion of the president-elect
that office called for a different order of
ability from that which Mr. Hanna pos
sessed. While that gentleman had had long
business experience and a knowledge of
financial affairs, he lacked practice and
uudlness in phbllc speaking. A secretary
of the treasury, said Mr. McKlnley, waa
continually being called on to address pub
lie bodies, such aa chambers of commerce,
boards of trade, and Industrial and other or
ganizations, and he thought Mr. Hanni
would be at a great disadvantage on such
occasions because he waa not a public
speaker.
Mr. McKlnley said further that he had
proposed to take Mr. Hanna Into the cab
inet as postmuater general, but that the
ofter had been declined. The understand
lug was that Mr. Hanna would rather look
for promotion In another direction than ac-
cpt any cabinet potdtlon except that of sec
retary of the treasury.
The difference of opinion between the two
men was not followed by any Impairment
of good feeling on either side, nor waa the
harmony of thlr relations ever for a mo
ment disturbed. J3ach had perfect confl
denca in the Judgment and good will of the
other, and up 14 tha day of McKlnley
death their warm trUndhl waa aever
interrupted.
HATIOVS BATTLES ARRAY.
Pecale lid Places forced to the
Proat hy War.
In his "Handbook of Modern Japan,"
Ernest W. Clement says: "On the seven
teenth day of the first month If s male
wallows seven and a female fourteen red
beans they will be free from sickness all
their lives; If one bathe at the hour of
the dog on the tenth day, his teeth will
become hard. A child begotten In the
father's 43d year Is supposed to be pos
sessed of the devil. When auch a child Is
about one month old It Is, therefore, ex
posed for about three hours In some sacred
place. Some member of the family then
goes to get It and bringing It to the
parents, says: "This Is a child whom I
have found and whom you had better take
and bring up.' Thus having fooled the
devil, the parents recetve their own child
back."
"Away back In the early Ro's," says a
prominent electrician of Pittsburg, "there
came to me with a letter of Introduction
from the president of the company, a
young Jap, and the note directed that he
be given every opportunity to work In all
the departments of the factory, so that
he might be proficient In every branch.
He was apt, willing, always wore a grin
and remained at the place about two
years."
The teller of the story found out during
these two years that the boy had been
working as a lineman before he appeared
at the factory. His name was Ol. He
went back to Japan, and only at Christ
mas time, by a present, was the electrical
engineer reminded of him. Many years
later the engineer was waited upon by
three Japanese who wanted to know-all
about the very latest devices for tele
phones and telegraphs. They were elec
trical engineers and hnd been taught all
they knew, at the Imperial university In
Toklo by Prof. Ol, from whom they
carried a letter of Introduction to the en-
Ineer. They were Imperial commissioners,
nd the engineer took them all over this
country explaining things. The brightest
of the three was called Wadachl nnd the
thers were Nakaynma and Okonoto. They
told their mentor that Ol was now minister
f posts and telegraphs In Japan, and
this Important position he now holds dur-
ng war times.
Popular fancy pictures, the ciar aa
one never seen by his people embedded in
a phalanx of guards, thus protected from
the bullets of would-be regicides. To
how how easily any klng-klller could
accomplish dastardly mission In St. Peters
burg today," writes Gllson Willets In
Leslie's Weekly. "I may state that on two
occasions had I been a nihilist "elected"
to the Job, I could have shot his Imperial
Majesty Nicholas II. The first such op
portunity presented Itself one evening as
drove In a drosky sled past the Winter
Palare. In a second-story, corner window,
directly over the guard stationed below,
In a room which all Petersburg knows to
be the crnr's study, the monarch sat by a
green-shaded lamp, reading. Some palace
servant hnd neglected to lower the blinds,
and there st the master of 100,009.000 sub
jects In full view of the hundreds of
drosky sleds that were passing and re
passing on the quay, an easy mark for a
sharpshooter.
"The second opportunity was In the
Neskl Prospekt, the widest street in the
world, compared to which Broadway Is an
alley. Suddenly I saw every man In
uniform and half the men In Petersburg
wear uniforms step to the edge of the
sidewalk, face the roadway, and hold
his hand to his cap In salute. The czar
was coming. He was a bundle of furs
n a troika, and an official who sat beside
him was simply another bundle of furs.
His troika, drawn hy three magnificent.
matchless horses, galloped at a mad pace
In true troika fashion, passing so close to
my own drosky sled that I could see the
smile lurking In his young, and hy no
means careworn, face. I even precelved
that his beard was cut closer than ap
pears In his photographs. Quickly I
ordered my driver to turn round nnd
follow the troika. He shook his head, hut
I Insisted, 'Da, da!' (Yes, yes!) and flushed
a gold piece. He then turned round and
made the horse trot as only a Russian
drosky horse can trot. I wanted another
look at the most powerful human being
on earth. But I dldn't'get it. A mounted
officer of some sort raised his hand to
Indicate that my driver was to stop."
Americanized Japs In New York City
profess to discover a good many resem
blances between their own language nnd
Knglish. The forty-seven sound elements
of the Japanese tongue are about the same
as the number recognized In Knglish. The
genders of Japanese nouns are three, and
the numbers two, as In English. There arc
also three cases of nouns and three de
grees of adjectives. Verbs are active.
passive and neuter, and they have five
moods, aa In English.
If It does take five syllables to say "Is"
In, Japanese, and If the language Is pretty
lich In polysyllables, Japanese numerals
seem simple enough to an English-speaking
person, and any one who has learned the
numerals finds the names of the months
simplicity itself. In fact, the Japs say
that any industrious American of average
ability ought to acquire a pretty good
knowledge of the spoken Japanese tongue
In about a year, and might do It In a good
deal lees time by an intensive method of
study. To acquire an easy reading knowl
edge of the language, with .Its Immense
vocabulary, in part borrowed from the
Chinese, Is a much more serious matter.
It Is an Instinct with the Japs to Imitate
everything they see that seems worth re
producing. A missionary a few years apo
Imported a baby carriage, and lo! the "jin
ricksha" an enlargement of the idea,
adapted for pulling by a man came Into
being. There are now 38.000 Jinrickshas In
Toklo alone. The name signifies "man
power vehicle" or as a witty American
suggested, It might be translated "pull-
man-car." It Is the nrst step away from
the carrying-litter Into the epoch of the
wheel.
The dancers of Japan illustrated the
graceful postures of Delsarte centuries be
fore they were ever thought of on this side
of the world. Another art for which these
Asiatics are remarkable is tattooing, at
which they are extremely expert, executing
artistic and elaborate patterns with steel
needles In sepia and vermilion. They even
apply cocaine to prevent pain.
Ganeral Alexel Nicholaevltch Kouropat
kin, who is to be commander in chief of
the Russian army in the eaat. has been
minister of war since 197. He Is a man
with a remarkable military record, hav
Uig fought In the Pamirs, iu Turkestan, In
Africa and In the war with Turkey, dis
tinguishing himself eseclally at Plevna
where he was chief of stuff under the
renowned Skobeleff. He is now 55 years
of age and comes of a noble family. At
Paris, in 1874, he won the Legiun of Honor
for assisting In reorganizing the French
cavalry, bulng the first Russian officer to
gala that prize.
Admiral Stark, the Russian commander
who suffered so severely at Port Arthur,
la of Scotch descent, a fact which moves
tba London Chronicle to remark that the
name Stark Is pure Scotch, "though mist
of those who made it funou attained
their celebrity In England." Poaalbly the
Chronicle did not car to recall that wu
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
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Absolutely Puro
IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
John Stark won at least a certain kind of
celebrity at Bennington, Vt.. in revo
lutionary times.
RPIHIT OP T1IK STATU I'HKSS.
Norfolk News: It begins to appear that
the World-Herald Is not so much opposed
to the Rockefeller contribution to the State
university as It Is to Chnncellor Andrews.
David City Journal: A third of a cen
tury hence and the democratic sons of the
present democratic sires will be quoting
Mark Hanna for the same reason that
those same sires have of late years quoted
Abraham Lincoln, James A. Oarfield and
others.
Niobrara Pioneer: Judge Munger Is send
ing the Indian whisky boodlers to nerve
Jail sentences In Knox county. If this
county has to bear the burden perhaps it
may be more ready to assist In breaking
up this sort of traffic. But should the
burden be borne by the government Dood
ling will have a stimulus such as this
county has never experienced.
Kearney Hub: The suggestion that the
office of brigadier general of the Nebraska
National Guard be dispensed with in the
Interest of peace nnd economy Is not n
bad one. In fact it will stand several sec
ond thoughts and Improve with each think.
There is not muqh "tin" about the
guard brigadier, but there Is unquestion
ably a great denl of brass. The office so
far has been entirely for display and never
for utility.
Lynch Herald: It looks to us like the
World-Herald must hold an advertising
contract with John D. Rockefeller. At least
It Is giving him more free advertising than
the building he wishes to help build at
the State university will do for some
time. However If Rockefeller wanted to
buy a page ad. in the World-Herald in
the years that It was having a hard time
to keep ehove water In a financial way
the ad. would have been grubbed ghully
but if he wants to pay for n building to
help ambitious young jwople to get an edu
cationwell, perhaps politics can be made
out of this and that makes the difference.
.Beaver City Tribune: Kourteen years
ago the virtuous World-Herald and Its
proprietor were shouting against the pro
hibition amendment and advocating high
license. The license money K"es to the
school fund. Query: Is whisky money for
educational purposes any wor,c than
coal oil money for educational pur
poses? And If inking Rockefeller's
money lor the university will Impel peo
ple to apologize for Rockefeller and ids
methods, does not taking saloon money
for the public schools teach the children
to apologize for the saloons and saloon
methods? We pauxe for the worm-tici-
ald's reply.
ranlllinn Times: Several Omaha preach
ers are endeavoring to make the people
believe that there is more social vice and
wickedness within the city of Omaha man
In any other city In America. n" '"-
that Omaha has a dark side, but we oout.t
very much If this city's dark side Is any
larger or darker than the shady places In
nv other cities we mlRht name. The
trouble with these sensational preachers in
Omaha Is that when they cant attract at
tention In any other way they fort to
telling the people what they know nbo.t the
wicked places III the city In order in oe ..i-
tractive. Whenever tney nave a rn"
get bwhv from home, perhaps upon tneir
return they would be In position to tell
....... -.,..........,. that there nre a
few
in,-..
shady corners til inner ...i.-n
besides
Omaha. "Seeing Is believing.
im-:hm tl. xnTK.
Tifv Massachusetts farmers have gone
In for skunk farming for the sake of the
valuable fur worn hy tne critic.-.. .r
rare of the scents and the dollars will come
quite natural
The New York fireman who carried a .')-
.. fall urAr from a
pound woman "" ,T
burning building performed a more difficult
feat than the soldiers who were first over
the walls at Peking.
n,.ri. Hternburg. the German ambassa
dor, and Sir Mortimer Durand. the British
representative, are regarded ns the best
after-dinner talkers among the foreign
diplomats in Washington.
Sherman Miles, son of the general, is
... j V, a upHt
a member or tne seconn riwn -
Point military academy, due to graduate
nevt vear. Young Miles was born twenty-
one years ago. . He has taken a fair stand
In his studies and those who know him
predict that he will reflect credit upon his
distinguished father.
Senator Knute Nelson says that prac
tically all the Norwegians in his state sym
pathize with Japan In Its rresent oriental
struggle. When Mr. Nelson was home not
long ago a Scandinavian sage said to him:
Well. Knute. when you go hack to wasn-
Ington I hope you will try to have Presi
dent Roosevelt snuggle up to those little
s
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Always keep it in the house. That is what
the doctors say, too. They know it is the
best family medicine in the world. Sooner or
later some onein the house will surely needit.
It has such wonderful strengthening power.
Ask your doctor what he thinks about this.
XOOabetala. allttnactate.
Japs." The senator does not say whethei
he has dona aa requested, but it is to b
Inferred from what he says that he af
least has snuggled.
Dr. Charles J Chamberlain of the de
partment of botany of the University of
Chicago, has received from the Botanical
Society of America a grant to defray the
expenses of a trip to Jala pa, Mexico, for
the purpose of studying cyrads.
Commander Booth Tucker of the Salva
tion Army Is trying to Induce Senator Fair
banks of Indiana to Introduce In congress
a bill providing for the colonisation of arid
sections of the southwest, after their Irri
gation, where- Immigrants may settle and
be assisted by the national government to
take up homesteads. Mr. Booth Tucker
says that Senator Hanna had promised to
Introduce the measure.
Edward H. Lenox, who as a boy of 16
drove the first ox team that ever reached
the Columbia river from across the plains
has Just celebrated his seventy-seve
birthday at his home at 618 East Eigh
teenth street, Oakland, Cal. In spite of his
age and the many hardships he has passed
through, Lenox Is well preserved and still
earns his bread by his own iabor. Lenox
was one of 3.10 men, wrmen and children
who stHrted from Prattvllle, Cal.,
April 9. 1843. for the long journey across
the plains. They had Vll wagotiB drawn by
oxen. They reached tiie Dalles In October.
Young Lenox drove the leading team and
In that way waa first to arrive at the Co
lumbia river.
A SHILK OK TWO,
"When a man Is wlllln' to go 'round
tryln' to give sunipin' away," said t'ncle
Kbln. "dai s a Blgn It ain't much annum.
Hat's why rciy good advice Is so skase."
WasliiiiKt :m Star.
"It !s claimed thi.t vodka will fill a Rus
sian wl'h coun.ge when ad else falls."
"These mu.'t be busy ilayr for the vodka
factories. Chicago Record-Herald.
The average man wonders why a hen
always cackles when she has laid an egK,
but whenever lie cli-o unytl.ing himself
he always goes and tolls everyone he metis
hIkiui it. t-omervUle Journal.
Mrs. rpjohii -Which side does your hus
band ti.ke in this war?
Mrs. illghmore Me doesn't tell me tn
thing about it, but 1 susp. ct that he. ejra
pathizes with the Japanese. He Is trying
lo break hiiiirtclf of sa ing "tireat Peter! "
Chicugo Tribune.
M'-s. Tuity liid.i't Mrs. Green leave her
card'.
The New Maid Yes'm, she lef It. an" I
had to chase her two blocks to give It buck
to her. ' ieveland Plain Healer.
Harry Were you born with a allver
spoon in your Mouth?
.terry No; hut I uimly recollect that I
often got , lie handle of one stuck in my
e. lairolt Free Press.
Jimmy Ma, what Is an urchangcl?
.Mother An arch-angel, Jimmy, Is a man
who never finds fault with hiH coffee. Ciu
cinnatl Tribune.
"What is the
book?" asked
novel.
best you can say of my
the author of a society
"Well. 1 might call It a bit of polite
fiction," replied tho conscientious reviewer.
-Chicago Post.
A gentleman Is never drunk,
It's such a vulgar word;
To say a gentleman Is drunk
Is really quite absurd.
He may be pIQIicated, plfTed,
Hazooued and pie-eyed, too;
(I've had an edge on once or twice,
And so, 1 guess, have you.)
He may be plastered, loozed and passed,
Hut liner natures shrunk, -And
shrink, and will shrink evermore, ,
From saying, "He is drunk!"
Yale Record.
MAnK'S WICKED HAM.
James Barton Adams in Denver Post.
Mayde Marye had a hard-browed ram as
black aa any crow, and everywhere
that Marye we at the ram waa sun
to go.
It went with her to Zlon church one
peaceful Sabbath day, and Marye
thought it would behave in a religious
way.
She wisely counseled It en route and
begged It to be good and rain my shook
his whlskerettes as if to Bay he would
mot l.
A deacon tnet them at the door and said
'twould be a sin to see a wicked beast
at church, but rammy hutted In!
Tho deacon got a plexus punch that
stretched him on the floor nrvi the
subsequent proceedings Intere-si d him
no more.
The congregation rubbernecked with wldlv
staring eyes, the suiwrstillous thinking
'twas the devil in disguise.
A sister from her seat arose she fain
would hence depart but got a chug
behind her back that almost brnko
her heart!
"I will expel the sinful brute!" cried
Brother Pettlarrew, but In his midst
the rammy's brow was burled p. d, q.
A choir man threw a prayer stool to
crush the warlike ram and landed It
with vigor on poor Ma-rye's dia
phragm !
The preacher said that kindness would sub
due wild beasts and birds and moved
toward the waiting pet with soft en
dearing words.
Then cHme a dull and sickening thud! The
pastor, where waa he? Go ask th
sister In whose lap he lit un
gracefully! Then sent they for the butcher man who
lew the aged ram and fixed Its meat
with chemicals and sold It for spring
lamb.
Sarsapari lla
"I am now past 74 years of age, and
I know from experience that Ayer'a
Sartaparilla is the beat family medicina
in the world." T. S. Armstrong,
Kokomo, Ind.
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