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. Oinnha will try to survive tho Bhock
at least as well as Milwaukee.
Th school board may loso Its "purse,"
but tlio taxpayers will bo the gainers.
The Japanese have made tho shortest
lino to Siberia The longest way round
for fetching a food supply.
From the juletnenu. which prevails lu
that direction one may expect startling
news from Lhnssa In a short time.
Tree planting season is almost hero.
A tree planting campaign by the Im
provement Ciub federation Is In order.
It Is to be hoped congress will not
hesitate to signal out Fort Omaha for
the proposed signal corps training
ecbool. ' " "
The rule of tho mob seems to be con
fined 'by1 no geographical limitations.
Ohio can no longer mako faces at Mis
sissippi. Now let us try to' get an educator to
fcupervlso our public school system and
let politics and wirepulling be kept out
Bide of the public schools.
Wanted About 150 public spirited
citizens with $100 apiece to put Into the
finishing touches on the , Auditorium.
Everybody Invited to respond.
. It there were less of Smith and more
of Smoot in the present hearing the
senate committee on privileges and elec
tions might end their task sooner.
In expressing fear of the United
States the Russian government reminds
one of the small boy who trembles when
Lls,mother approaches the Jam closet
With tha anthracite mines flooded and
the bituminous miners talking of a
strike the American public may soon
car little if coal is contraband of war
or not
Governor Bailey of Kansas may have
feared to make the race in his un
wedded condition in a leap year. Ed
lloch, who is nominated to succeed him,
is a married man.
Tho battleship Nebraska is to be
launched this year. Auother commemo
rative celebration of the fiftieth anni
versary of the territorial act that placed
Nebraska on the map.
u
It has been several weeks since Hon
tSuras was declared to be under martial
law, but, the change does not seem to
cause much of an outbreak among the
Inhabitants. Martial law is a relief in
loaio cases.
Kansas republicans mince no words In
disapproving the extravagance of tho
last legislature of that state, although
It was overwhelmingly republican. Au
honest confession is sometimes best hut
It is often difficult to get it
Democratic campaign workers in
South Omaha have commenced to. ex
pectorate on their hands and will pres
ently make a home run on the refresh
ment counters, while men in white
aprons turn the beer faucet and mix
the fire-water.
From the .action of the Mormon apos
tles on the witness stand they seem to
tiave an abiding faith lu the saying.
The blood of the martyrs is the seed
Of the church," and it Is not impossible
that the faithful In Utah will be called
Upoa to regard them as martyrs.
The mlllUig-ln transit rata for grain
Coming by way of Omaha over the
Northwestern railroad will go far to
ward making Omaha a grain market,
but it will take a long pull, a strong
pull and a pull altogether on the rmrt
tof tha business men of Omaha to Dut
tne grain market en a, firm basis and
DiPrinu in tw dbkp.
The investigation of the Smoot case
by the committer on privileges and elec
timis of the United Stilton senate has
gone very much farther than was ex
pected, or perhaps Intended, when the
Investigation was Instituted. The con
stitution provides that each house of
congress shall be the sole Juilge of the
election and qualifications of its mem
bers, so that the propriety of the In
quiry under this provision of the or
ganic law is of course unquestionable.
But In extending It so as to embrace an
Investigation of the tenets of the Mor
mon church and the practices of certain
members of that church who have noth
ing whatever to do with the case of Mr.
Smoot 'it would seem that the commit
tee has gono beyond its proper function
and has opened up a matter that may
have unfortunate consequences.
As we understand the case, the com
mittee's duty was simply to inquire as
to the election and qualifications of
Smoot As to his election, there Is no
question In regard to Its regularity. He
was chosen by the legislature of Utah
In entire conformity with law. The
fact that the church of which he is a
member had any agency or influence
in his election should not be considered.
Ho has the same right to be a member
of the Mormon church as every other
American citizen has to belong to a re
ligious sect or denomination whose doc
trines and teachings he believes In.
Liberty of conscience Is guaranteed to
every citizen of tho republic. The free
exerelao of religion is provided for In
tho bill of rights. Mr. Smoot could
not justly, therefore, be excluded from
the national senate on the ground that
ho Is a member of the Mormon church.
Furthermore It has been shown that he
Is not disqualified on the ground of poly
gamy, not having violated tho law in
this regard. While it is true that there
are Mormons who are polygamlsts, tho
church does not now countenance plural
marriages and Knnoot is in accord with
the church in this respect Ho is nowise
accountable for the conduct of others
and it would manifestly be unjust to
hold him responsible for it His relig
ious belief ho Is entitled, to and it would
bo - gross violation of a well settled
and sacred American principle to pun
ish him for it.
It is perhaps unfortunate that the
legislature of Utah did not elect to tho
senate a man outside tho tormon
church, but having dono so there ap
pears to be no valid reason why Mr.
Smoot should not bo allowed to repre
sent that state in tho senate. Tho cotn
mlttoo on privileges and elections has
gono to an indiscreet and wholly un
necessary extent in its investigation,
tho tendency of which may be to croate
in the country a troublesome religious
contention.
MDtAW TERRITORY 1HRCOULARITIMS.
The country will heartily approve the
position taken by President -Roosevelt
in regard to the reported Jrregularlties
In the Indian Territory, in which mem
bers of the commission to the Five Civil
ized tribes are. implicated. Tho investi
gation was made by Mr. Charles J. Bon
aparte and Mr. O. B. Woodruff, ap
pointed for the purposo by the presi
dent and conclusively, as appears from
their report, established the fact that
certain members of the commission have
been using their official positions to
profit at the expense of tho Indians
whose interests ond wolfare it is their
duty to protect and promote.
The report speaks of the conditions in
the territory as Involving immediate
danger of ruin to the genuine Indian
population and, profound discredit to tho
United States, "exciting reasonable dis
content on(tbe part of all classes of the
population and domondlng prompt and
drastic remedies on the part of con
gress. In transmitting the report to
congress tho president suggests that if
it should be found to be possible he
would regard it aa desirable that the
work of the commission be closed up
this year and discontinued, but it seems
to be the opinion of the secretary of the
Interior that this cannot be done. At
all events the matter is one that should
receive the careful attention of con
gress at once.
WOULD JAP A If UtAR HBVMR3BS1
The fact Is very generally understood
that Japan's successes thus far are
due to the fact that she was ready.
How long she will go on winning Is
another matter. She has never yet
tasted defeat and till she has ex
perienced a repulse It is not possible to
calcinate, her exact worth. Her soldiers,
It Is the common belief, have not the
stamina of the Russian troops, while
lKtb by sea and by land the Japanese
fight by book." They have ought
strictly by book so far and they have
succeeded because the book has been
right. Text-books and the doctrines of
Captain Mahan, tho well-known Amer
ican naval historian, carried them tri
umphantly through the war with China
and they are still following, In the main.
what they then learned and practiced.
with possibly some ideas learned from
American operations at Manila and San
tiago.
But, Japan is not now fighting China
and she is to find that a victory or two
over Russia will not have the effect that
followed her successes over the Chinese,
whose army and navy were without dis
cipline, incapable of making a good
fight and became utterly demoralized
by defeat.- For the first time Japan
is now at war with a white race and
one that has- made a great record
through a long history of conflicts. The
stubborn brav-Hy and fortitude of Rus-
kluu soldiers have boeu given a most
thorough test' Not so those of Japan.
admirable as they undoubtedly are for
discipline and endurance. Granting all
that has been claimed for them. It Is
still to be determined how far the new
fledged power would bear up under se
vere) reverses As a writer on the sub
ject points out, Japan has never ex
perienced crushing defeat on Land or
sea, since, the nation has had a modern
army and navy. Of what stuff these
"Yankees of the east" are made as re
gards endurance of positive disaster can
only be known when they iave under
gone the shock of battles with the forces
of the enemy. Suppose In tho engage
ments that are drawing near the Japa
nese should experience defeat and suffer
heavily, would they still bravely fight
on, showing that courage and persist
ence, for example, which characterized
our union armies In the face of defeat
at the beginning of our civil warT
Would the government and people of
Japan bear up as bravely under re
verses as have the white races In count
less wars familiar to the reader of his
tory ?
Events alone can answer these ques
tions. There Is no doubt as to the pa
triotism of the Japanese, of their readi
ness to die for their country. There Is
a universal feeling of faith In their cour
age. Their army Is well disciplined
ami well equipped, and It is com
manded by men who have studied care
fully the art of war. But it is yet to
be, subjected to the crucial test of actual
conflict with the soldiers of a power
which can lose hundreds of thousands
without exhausting its resources in men
and the fighting qualities of whose
troops have been attested on many san
guinary battlefields. Jnpnn is in con
trol of tho far eastern waters. Her
ability to win on the land is yet to be
tested.
RCJOICUXO TOO 8UOZ.
There is a well defined rumor that
many principals and teachers in our
public schools are Jubilating over the
announcement that Carroll O. Pearse
has been elected superintendent of the
public schools of Milwaukee, but their
Joy may be short lived. There is also
a very well defined rumor that the dom
inant majority of the school board has
entered Into a compact to raise the sal
ary of Mr. Pearse for the coming year
from $3,000 to $5,000 a year, if he will
condescend to remain at the head of
the Omaha public schools a few years
longer. The fact that Mr. Pcarso has
recently accepted a position on the exec
utive committee of a political club In
this city would indicate that he did not
seriously contemplate a departuro from
Omaha.
Whether the Board of Education has
the right to raise the salary of Mr.
Pearse to $5,000 Is, however, an open
question. It is not quite eighteen
months since Mr. Pearse was re-elected
us superintendent of the Omaha public
schools at a salary of $3,000 for a term
of threo years. It is an open secret
that Mr. Penrse had to do a good deal
of log-rolling at that tlmo to Induce n
majority of the board to take this ac
tion. Whether a contract between the
school district of Omaha, drawn up in
due form, has been executed by the
contracting parties, or not the obliga
tion to retain Mr. Pearse as superin
tendent at the salary named in the reso
lution by which he was ro-elected would
have been enforced In the courts In case
the board should have decided to dis
pense with his services before the end
of tho three years, unless charges affect
ing his efficiency or Integrity could be
substantiated.
If the obligation to retain Mr. Pearse
was legally binding upon the Board of
Education, it was also morally, if not
legally, binding upon Mr. Tearse, Just
as it would be upon any salaried ofllcer
or employe of any other corporation
under like circumstances. For exam
ple, if any mercantile concern should
enter into a contract with its head
clerk, salesman, cashier, or any other
salaried employe for a fixed term of
years at a fixed salary, the firm would
be bound to pay blm his salary for the
full time unless bo were discharged for
cause that would establish his unfitness
or untrustworthlness. On the other
hand, the salesman, cashier, or employe
whoso services were negotiated for
three years would be expected to serve
out his full time at tho salary stipulated.
A contract is certainly not a contract
unless it Is binding on both parties.
Manifestly Mr. Pearse does not con
sider the contract with the school board
binding or else what right had he to
enter Into negotiations for another po
sition a year and a half before the term
for which he was elected had expired?
Possibly, and more than probably, Mr.
Pearse lacks the element of integrity
which imposes 'ipon a man a moral obli
gation even where the agreement Is not
put In writing. Possibly be considers
his re-election a 'ug-handle affair In
which one side only is bound and the
other free to pull out.
Whether this be true or not the Board
of Education certainly would not be
Justified in revising Its contract and
raising the superintendent's salary by
$1,400 a year, or any other sum. Mr.
Pearse has not become Indispensable to
Omaha. The public schools have not
Improved under his supervision, but on
the contrary they have deteriorated, not
merely because he lacks the essential
qualifications of a first-class superin
tendent, but because he is above all
things a politician. If he can better his
condition by going to a larger city
Omaha will not be the loser and no true
friend of the public school 6ystera of
Omaha will interpose the slightest ob
jection. If, however, his maneuvers
have been simply to get his salary raised,
the taxpayers of Omaha are not in a
frame of mind to have his ambition
gra titled.
Omaha last year issued $200,000 of
funding bonds to supplement the pro
ceeds of the tax levy, the understanding
being that the money was to be re
turned to the sinking fund as soon as a
new levy became available. Has that
program been abandoned if not It will
behoove the various city departments
to cut their garments a little closer to
their cloth. '
It is to be hoped that the mayor and
council will second the efforts of City
Electrician Mlchaelaou to secure the re-
placement of electric arc light poles on
street crossings within the business dis
trict by street lamps on ornamental Iron
poles, that will serve the same purpose
much better and relieve our principal
thoroughfares at least In part of un
sightly poles and dangerous, overhang
ing wires.
Chancellor Andrews' vista of the prob
lems of Greater America Is very far
reaching. Greater America has ninny
great problems before It, but the greatest
of all Its problems Is how to govern Itself
by the people, for the people, instead
of allowing Itself to be governed by
giant corporations for giant corporations.
If Superintendent Pearse decides to
transfer himself to Milwaukee he should
by all means endeavor to secure a Boft
berth In the city of cream brick and
cream beer for Secretary Burgess, and,
let us see whether the school board dog
shall be able to wag himself without
Its caudal appendage.
Count von Waldersee, since his death,
Is accused of wanting to annex Chi Li
to German territory during the Boxer
war. This will be looked upon with
suspicion, as it was then currently ru
mored that the German troops took
about everything they desired during
their stay at TeUlng.
The proposed establishment of an
Omaha Mining exchange may have some
merit but we feel it Is slightly prema
ture. Omaha must first solidify its
grain exchange. The trouble with
Omaha heretofore has been hammering
down too many nails at the same time.
What Constttates a Finish.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It only remains now for Vladivostok to
fall as often as Port Arthur, and the war
In the Orient will be practically over, as
far as the Yalu correspondents are con
cerned. Secret of the Trouble.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Lamentations have been heard because
the Red Cross society, so strong In Russia
and Japan, has become a mere name In
America. But it will be a fact, fast enough,
If the occasion ever arises again to make
It one. The trouble here has been solely
about who's who, not about what's what
Appreciation of Despotism.
Minneapolis Times.
With all due respect to the Irish national
ise, their resolution at Emmet's birth cele
bration In St. Louis is rather funny. To
extend thanks to Russia for "preventing
the extension of England's tyranny over
helpless people" argues a charity and ap
preciation of RusBlan despotism that la
hardly compatible with American stand
ards. A Japanese Custom.
' ''.New. York Mall.
Thero Is a touctt reminiscent of the dime
novel in America in the, story that some
of the Japanese naval officers and sailors
write applications In their own blood for
chances to become heroes. But that la truly
an old Japanese custom, which the ancient
military class, ihe samurai, long reveled In.
A Japanese trained In the school of the
Samurai, had aa' toon die as wink.
Salary and Dlamlty In Congress.
New York Tribune.
Nor Is It certain that an increased salary
attachment would really heighten the dig
nity or quality ef service in congress. A
seat In the house or senate has attractions
far more potent to the American mind than
Its mere money value. The compensation
now allowed puts a career in congress
within the reach of any aspirant, regardless
of his, private means or Income T and it
would be a serious departure from Amor
lean tradition to nut on such service a
strictly commercial value or to encourage
needy statesmen to enter congress as a
mere means of livelihood.
"He Done Climb There Hlsself."
New York Evening Post.
Postmaster General Payne has reported
to the house committee on post offices
and post roads numerous members of both
houses of congress who have to a greater
or less extent laid themselves open to criti
cism. The committee is between the devil
and the deep sea; It Is afraid to print the
report, and it does not dare to suppress It.
A correspondent of the Tribune Indicates
the condition of the congressional mind
when he writes: "No one can be found
who Is willing to admit that there could
have been any Intentional violation of the
law;" the upright and disinterested, states
men either misinterpreted it, or were "too
liberal" In their Interpretation. Such vir
gin innocence among the lawmakers them
selves Is a touching spectacle. Cynics talk
of corruption in public life, and yet here
are "numerous" congressmen, caught with
their hands in the treasury, and yet each
Is blissfully ignorant that It Is his hand
and that the stuff clutched in his fingers is
gold. They are all as guileless as the old
darkey who explained the presence of the
chicken under his" bulging coat " 'Fo' God,
massa, I'm s'prlsed as you are. He done
climb there hlsself."
PROPHET JOSEPH AND HIS WIVES.
New York Tribune: President Smith and
seven of his apostles are said to have
thirty-three wives. Just think of the Eas
ter bonnet bills!
Detroit Free Press: Persons reading the
reports of the Smoot investigation must be
pussled to know whether It is Reed Smoot
or Joseph Smith that the senate committee
is trying.
St. Louis Qlobe-Democrat: Much of the
joy of married life must be lost by Presi
dent Joseph Smith in trying to keep track
of his wooden, tin and silver wedding
anniversaries.
Chicago Inter Ocean: On the other hand,
Mr. Smoot of Utah has but one wife and
seems to be aa well satisfied with a mere
majority as Prophet Smith la with an over
whelming plurality.
Washington Post: Joseph 8. Smith says
that the Mormon church punishes a mem
ber who swears. We wonder how a man
with eight wives manages to escape pun
ishment when the Easter bonnet bills
come in.
Chicago Chronicle: The testimony of
the prallent of the Mormon church fully
explains why the name of Smith is at
common in the far west as It It in the
original locality of the famous man of
that name whose life wat saved by Poca
hontas. New York World: A gray-haired woman,
thin and vinegar-faced, was listening to
the testimony of President Smith of the
Mormon church at the Smoot hearings.
Smith had just sworn he had Ave wives
and forty-two children. "The brute," said
the gray-haired woman. "To think of a
poly gam I st like that being out of Jail."
''Perhaps, madam," said a bystander, "his
wives do not object." "Certainly not," she
snapped. "Any woman who is fool enough
to marry a man Is fool enough te aree to
anything bo does ox aava"
WTlKrtK JAP AXD BRAtt MEET.
Gossip A boot the ton n I ry anil People
Involved la the Siraagle.
uon t prophesy unlese you know, was
the sage advice given a British general
who promised to do certain thing. on a
time schedule In South Africa. Ills fall
ure was complete and his humiliation
equally so. The cautionary signal Is
called to mind by the prophecies of an
unnamed United States senator concern
Ing the war In the Orient. It Is stated
that the prophet Is "a republican senator
noted for his expert knowledge of a con
dltlon In the fur east," a description that
fits Bonatnr Beveridge of Indiana. But
his Identity Is not material. The main
point it the predicate and the conclusion.
Speaking to Washington correspondents
he said: "I predict here and now and I
wlnh some of you would put it down In
yonr note book-that within a year there
will be a tremendous change in American
opinion. It will shift around the side of
Russia, and for these reasons: 1. Russia
Is a Christian nation, while Japan is Ta-
gan. 2. Russia for 100 years will be un
able to manufacture the goods consumed
by her people, and must buy Immense
quantities In the markets of the world
while Japan Is already manufacturing for
the great market of China, within a few
days' steaming from her shores, as soon
as political changes give Japan the upper
hand In the Chinese empire, at which she
aims and for which she is really battling
In this war. Let me make two more pre
dictions," continued the senator. "If Rus
sia loses In this war, the Japanese will
within five years become the masters of
China, and they will take possession of
the markets of that vast empire and
drive all the rest of the world out And
within ten years after the Japanese have
whipped Russia, If they succeed In doing
so, the United States will be engaged In
war against Japan. The Japanese will
become so overbearing and grasping that
there will be no living with them in
peace."
"Although the naval operations in the far
east, so far as the Russians are con
cerned, are not likely to be of much Im
portance," says the New York Sun, "the
poslblllty that the orulser squadron at
Vladivostok may reach, the open sea
through the La Perouse Strait, between
Baghalien and the northern Inland of Ja
pan, makes it of Interest to know their
Bea-keeplng capacity.
"The Rnssla and Qromoboi, of 12,200
tons each, are rated as nineteen knot
ships with a radius of action of 10,000 miles
at ten knots, and of 4,000 at eighteen. If
they could get beyond the Immediate
reach of the Japanese fleet and obtain coal
from vessels at prearranged points, they
might yet do - considerable damage to
Japanese over-sea trade. The French es
timate of their value aa fighting ships,
however. Is not high about that of well
built auxiliary cruisers owing to their in
rufflclont armor protection, and the in
feriority of their main armament to that
of the Japanese cruisers that would be
likely to be sent after them.
"The Rurlk, of 11,000 tone and eighteen
and one-half knots, made the voyage from
Cronstodt to Singapore without coaling,
from which it may be Judged that Its radius
of action would not be much below that
of the .two other ships above mentioned.
Its fighting value is about the same aa
theirs, with perhaps some superiority In
the matter of keeping afloat In caae of
serious damage from an enemy's fire.
"Their consort the Eogatyr, of 6,200
tons, Is a stater ship of the Boysrln, at
Port Arthur, and !n oase of meeting a
superior Japanese force might with a
sufficient coal supply and its engines in
good order, escape by its superior speed
if not too seriously injured. But it would
seem hb If the best thing these four
cruisers could do would be to try to make
their way to Europe, to Join any squadron
the Russians may be able to get together
for future operations, should the war last
any time."
General Pflug, Viceroy Alekleff's chief of
staff, is a very distinguished ofllcer In the
eyes of military students In all countries.
He has written much on the science of war,
as has also General Kouropatkln, and is aa
acknowledged master of the theory of his
business. He has had practical experience,
too, having .participated in some of the
Central Asian campaigns in subordinate
capacities. His ability for important com
mands has not yet been thoroughly tested,
but he la regarded by Russian officers aa
one of their best generals.
General Pflug distinguished himself In
the final campaign against the Turcomans
by saving the life of a wounded soldlor
who was attacked by several of the enemy.
He dashed in among them, cut down two of
them and put the others to flight. Most
of the prominent generals of both Russia
and Japan have similar deeds of daring
to their credit and are thoroughly familiar
with the grim game of war.
Prince Mlcchl, grandson of the emperor
of Japan and heir presumptive to the
throne, la a strong, healthy youngster of
3 years and is the first baby of the royal
house who has been (allowed to have hit
hair grow like a European or American
child. Soon after his birth a slight surgical
operation was performed at the outer part
of hit eyelids, the result being that the lit
tle fellow's visual organs have not any of
the "almond eye" shape peculiar to his
race. Prince Mlcchl's wedding Is already
under consideration, three tiny ladles being
especially regarded as possibilities.
Lieutenant General Ivanoff, the governor
general and commander of the troops in
Turkestan, holds one of the most Import
ant military posts In the Russian empire,
for It would be his duty to organise an
Invasion of India In tha event of a clash
with Great Britain. Long ago when Sko
beleff wat still alive, Ivanoff assisted Kou
ropatkln to prepare his famous "secret
scheme" for the conquest of India, which
Is now filed in the archives of the War of
fice In St. Petersburg. It is not probable
that Ivanoff will go to the front but he
will play an Important part In the sending
of reinforcements and supplies. He has
had great ezperlenco In Turkestan cam
palgna Grand Duke Vladimir, uncle of the czar
and the man who would mount the Rus
sian throne should death overtake Grand
Duke Michael, brother of Nicholas, is a
magnificent man physically and has held
some high commands In the Imperial army.
His wife, who was born Princess Marie of
Mecklenburg, Is a very clever woman and
the two play a conspicuous part in Russian
society, where they are known aa pro
Germans. It Is whispered that not a few
members of the aristocracy would like to
hall Vladimir aa czar.
Well-Fixed for Housekeeping;,
New York Tribune.
Panama's ten millions, to be paid In a
few days, will be a tidy sum of money for
the new republic to set up housekeeping
with, siA, as a (food share of It Is to be
Invested here In trust for the little com
monwealth, the prospect of its plunging
into wild extravagances at sight of so
much ready money Is less than It might bo
If It got the sum In a lump for Its current
government to do what it liked with.
Sober Second Thoucht.
Indianapolis News.
After handing us a few jollies, the Rus
sian papers are now beginning to adopt a
conciliatory tone toward Great Britain.
The Russians must be waking up to the
fact that there are other Interest to the
world besides theirs.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
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IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
PERSONAL NOTES.
The New England- undertaker who ad
vertises himself as a "mortician" Is trying
to put the English language underground,
too.
Dr. John I. King, the only living sur
vivor of the massacre of the White River
of October IS, 18J5, is at present residing
at Martel, O.
Captain Ira W. Cory, who played an
important part in tho second day of the
battle of Gettysburg, has Just died at his
home in Morrlstown, N. J.
The slaughter caused by pneumonia this
year Is said to be greater than ever before.
In New York 4M persons died of the dis
ease In the last week of February.
Kiosaburo Futaml, professor of civil en
gineering in the Kioto Imperial university,
Japan, Is at present visiting Boston. His
mission to this country is to study certain
branches of civil engineering here.
The generosity of New York toward Chi
cago fills onlookers with gaiety. A Chicago
man, who found the lost purse of a New
Yorker, returned the same and was re
warded with one big dollar. It was genu
ine, too.
George F. Phillips, late chief machinist
In the United States navy, and a member
of Hobson's crew that took the Merrlmao
into Santiago herbor, Is dying In Gal
veston, Tex., from Bright's disease con
tracted in the- Philippines.
Among rocent visitors at Washington
was Major R. S. Ixjng of Tlttsburg, one of
the thirty-six survivors of the Cld delegates
that met at Philadelphia and nominated
Fremont for the presidency. Major Long
Is urging congress to appropriate $50,000
for the erection of a monument in Wash
ington to 'The Pathfinder."
JABS OF THE JOKKSMITHS,
"Why don't you paint your barn?" asked
the cousin from the east.
"What s the use 7 said Farmer Keerlua
"In a few weeks it'll all bo oovereJ with
circus posters." Chicago Tribune.
Political Manager I can't consent to nnen
bribery In this caT.palgn. We've got to
ay some outward mention, at least, to
he ethics.
Ward Heeler That's a crowd T never
heard of. but I'm wlllln' to bet 1100 thev
oan't swing half a dozen votes in the whole
dog-goned county. Philadelphia Press.
Nature Is kind and thoughtful, after all.
Even the bald-headed man with the rheu
mi hk
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Conductor (smilingly) Madam It's a beer
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Freshman (calling from the sidewalk in
front of llerson) Are you coming down I
Voice from the Fifth Floor Yes.
Freshman Well, hurry up. Yule Record.
Shu 1h you think your family Is quite as
good us mine, dear?
lie 1 know they are now. Why, we are
KplHcopulliiim and you are Presbyterians.
Tuwn Topics.
The m.KtiTn feherlock was trying to find
out if the nilKKing gtrl had a suitor.
"Show me her giov.-s," he commanded.
The gloves were brought forward.
"Ah, ' sold tihurlo.'k, "one glove wat
never worn ut all, anil that shows she had
i" viiKagemt-ut ring on her nnger." Chi
cago News,
"It's curious," said Uncle Fben, "to see
how often de man dat talks de blgget' kin
act de smallest." Washington Star.
DAS TV AMU TUB DEAR.
Maurice Smiley In Collier'a ,
He's a nervy little chap.
This dinky little Jap;
And tho' he's just a banty, yet I like te
hear him crow.
For his spunky little apur
Has scattered chunks of fur
From Port Arthur and Chemulpo clean
down to Tolilo.
He never hunts a muus,
But he's a scrappy cuss.
And the Russian bear already has to stop
and lick his paws.
For his nose Is In the mud
And his eyes are full of blood.
Where tho little banty gnfTed hlra, ere he
could use his claws. (
Tf I ever said a prayer
It wouldn't be the bear
That I should ever root for before the
throno of grace.
For I feel If Russia wins,
The Lord's forgot the Finns
And the Jews and Sohleski and has covered
up His face.
It will be a bloody mix.
Hut I hope the rooster licks.
For a licking's been a-comlng and a wal
loping Is due.
And I think Alexleff
Will remember Kishlneff
And maybe think of Poland before the
banty's through.
And I feci,, when It Is done,
We'll Salute the rising sun.
And we'll just "hoeh der' kaiser," while
the frog-consumers swear.
And fifty years from now
We ll still be telling how
In the early nineteen hundreds the bans'
licked the bear.
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