TTIE OMAnA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL R, 1904.
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Those promised suburban trolley lines
cannot make their advent any too soon.
Signs of spring renewed rumblings
In the direction of the Platte river
power canaL
If King Ak-Snr-IJen wants to come
to the help of the Auditorium, now is
the time for him to put in,
It Is now alleged that Senator Burton
Is a Christian Scientist. lie cannot,
however, deny the materiality of the
jrerdlct.
The report on defective county hos
pital plumbing will be put In cold stor
age until the supply of disinfectants is
replenished.
The king of the Belgians appears to
be more in need of missionary work
than the blacks under his control in the
Congo Free State.':
iTrom the way offices are being abol
ished it would seem that there were a
few sinecures in the early days of rail
road management in the west.
It is to be hoped the new warship
.Virginia, Just launched at Newport
News, will be more fortunate than that
other Virginia, which flew another flag.
Sinking hulks nt Port Arthur is hoi
Iday sport compared with the work of
raising them later, if the experience of
the' United' States with the Maine is any
Criterion.
It is difficult to satisfy some deniO'
rrats. Many of the men who complained
that Bryan talked too much are now
finding' .fault with Parker because he
floes not talk enough.
The absence of tJcneral Fred Grant
from the benefit given the Russian Red
Cross society In Chicago may have been
caused by a disinclination to give any
fene a chance to misrepresent him.
The soliciting of contributions by mem
ters of the Ore or police departments
Is always regarded ' as a species of
fcoldup. Contributors do not wish to
Incur the'dlsplensure or the 111 will of
the solicitors or their friends.
From the secrecy maintained by the
United States marshal of Utah regard
ing the subpoenas for witnesses In the
Emoot case all the Mormons In Utah do
Hot agree with the opinion of President
Bmttn. regarding the beueflts to be de
rived from the hearing.
Citisens of South Omaha have been
fissured Just before election that there
Is to be no politics . in South Omaha
Schools. Whether tliat assurance will
liold" good after election remains to be
Heen.- It is often one thing before taking
a.nd another after taking.
Mayor Rollu Wells of St. Louis is
fcno of the hopeful democratic "reorgan-
Izers," else he would hardly be offering
to make up any deficit In the St Ixmls
Convention fund' for the pleasure of see
log what he thinks will take place when
the democratic circus Is held.
Failure to be mentioned in the "Bris
law report" as an over-zealous worker
for his constituents did not Interfere
Hvlth the political career of W. P. Hep
burn, who has been unanimously renom
inated for-congress by the republicans
tt the Eighth Iowa district in spite of
this omission.
V I ii
JTbe new revenue law U no different
from the old revenue law Insofar as it
rKivIdes for the assessment of all tax
able property .at a uniform valuation.
The only way to make the new law
tuora effective than the old one is to
Enforce it more strictly against those
Classes of property that formerly es-
gajped. by various, sphemei el avaaioa.
TBS RAILROAD ASStHSMMHT.
The annual assessment of railroad
property, which will be made during the
coming month by the State Board of
Assessment, will doubtless be awaited
with keen Interest by all classes of Ne
braska taxpayers. For many years the
assessment of railroad property In Ne
braska has been way below the ratio
of valuation of any other class of prop
erty. While the old revenue law re
quired all property to be assessed at Its
true value the returns of assessors va
ried from one-fourth to one-tenth of the
actual value of taxable property and the
rnllronds were nssessedot from one
twelfth to one-flfteenth of their market
value.
The assessment of the railroads and
their terminals within the city of Omaha
constitutes the most flagrant violation
of the constitutional provision that re
quires all property nnd franchises to
bear their Just projxirtlon of the cost of
government. While this rank Injustice
rannot be remedied directly by the State
Board of Assessment it should receive
serious consideration at the hands of the
board In arresting attention to the sham
distribution of terminal values and roll
ing stork on the mileage bnals along the
entire system. '
The excuse given heretofore for the
failure of state boards to increase the
assessment of railway property in pro
portion to the "extraordinary increase of
its mnrket value within the past few
years has been the lack of uniformity
in the assessment of property in the va
rious counties, which made it impossible
to arrive at an equitable basis for the
assessment of railroad property. This
false argument for favoritism of the
railway corporations as against all other
classes of taxpayers can no longer be
urged. The new revenue law has been
framed expressly with a view to Insur
ing uniformity In assessments. The law
requires the appraisement of all prop
erty at its full value and its assessment
at one-fifth, or 20 per cent, of its full
value. That principle by rights must
be also applied to the assessment of rail
road property.
The most conservative estimate of the
actual value of all railroad property in
Nebraska is $300,000,000, and one-fifth
of that amount Is $00,000,000, whereas
the assessment of all railway property
In Nebraska for the year 1903 was less
than $27,000,000. If railway tax agents
and railway attorneys have any rational
argument to advance why the assess
ment of railway property should not
bear its Just proportion to the assess
ment of all other classes of property
they should not be bashful about pre
senting it through the arena of public
discussion.
TUB USr Of RVRAL CAR til MRS,
There is a disagreement between the
two houses of congress over the
rural carriers on the free delivery
routes. The house raised the pay of
the carriers, but prohibited them from
soliciting business or receiving orders
of any kind for any i corporation,- firm
or individual, or carrying any merchan
dise for hire, during their regular hours
of employment, exception being made
if patrons on the routes request such
service nnd it does not Interfere with
their regular work. The senate commit
tee on postoffices has decided to modify
this restriction of rural carriers and al
low them to deliver merchandise for
hire and receive subscriptions for news
papers and deliver papers, magazines
and other periodicals upon the request
of patrons, when such service does not
interfere with their work for the gov
ernment. We think that very generally the posi
tion of the senate committee will be
approved and it certainly will be with
practical unanimity by the rural popula
tion, which has found the carriers a
great convenience In other ways than
the delivery of mall. As the Cleveland
Leader points out, their delivery of
newspapers has resulted in" shortening
the time required to get papers to the
readers and they have saved farmers
uncounted Journeys to the nearest
towns, by taking orders for merchant
dlse and delivering goods, this causing
no interference with their government
work. "The question is simply one of
the greatest good to the greatest num
ber." observes the Leader, "and that end
will be served by a broad and liberal
policy."
RAILROADS lit THE PHILIPPINES.
The committee on innular affairs of
the house of representatives has author
ized a favorable report on the bill
amending in several particulars the act
of 11X2 providing for the administration
of the affairs of civil government In
the Philippines. Among the features of
this measure not the leRst Important Is
provision authorizing the Philippine
government, for the purpone of aiding
In the construction, maintenance and
operation of railroads, to "guarantee an
Income f not exceeding 6 per cent upon
capital Invested in the construction and
equipment of such railroads or any part
thereof, the guaranty to be In such form
" . ...
and under such provision!. requiring re
payment of any sum PM, thereunder
as the Philippine government shall deem
to be to the public Interest." It is fur
ther provided that if private capital i
does not seek investment to the islands
the proposed roads might be built by
the government and leased for opera
tion. Thus far the efforts of Secretary
Taft to Interest private capital In Phil
ippine railroad construction appear to
have met with no success, the railroad
men to whom he has submitted the pro
ject not viewing it with favor, the pro
posed guaranty evidently not being a
sufficient inducement.
What the government should do is
not to wait for private capital to In
vest in railroads in the Philippines, but
to go on with the construction of such
roads as are needed, which would be
chiefly for military purposes. The gov
ernment can build the roads as cheaply
as ran private capital and the money
necessary can t obtained on bond
bearing 2 per cent interest. There are
army engineers In the Philippines who
can be employed In this work and the
government would have no difficulty In
getting all the labor required. The pro
posed guaranty of S per cent Is fxer
ive, but doubtless private capital could
not be Induced to go to the islands for
less. At all events the matter is one
which the government can very properly
handle, as it has the construction of
telegraph lines In the Philippines, and
there is no sound reason why it should
not do so.
a most important nicism.
The supreme court of the United
States has rendered few decisions of
greater importance than that Just
handed down sustaining the contention
of the Interstate Commerce commission.
In the anthracite coal case, regarding
the submission to he commission of
contracts between coal companies and
the anthracite coal roads. As is well
understood, the coal companies are prin
cipally owned by the railroads, there
being somp independent operators, so
called, but these are of little conse
quence, since they are entirely subJetV
to the will of the railroads, which con
trol more than three-fourths of the an
thracite mining region.
A charge of discrimination on the
part of the anthracite roads was made
to the Interstate Commerce commis
sion, which Instituted an investigation.
The commission called upon the rail
road companies to produce coal pur
chase contracts to be used as evidence,
which was refused. The commission
took the case to the federal court for
the southern district of New York, which
sustained the position of the railroad
companies, whereupon an appeal was
taken to the supreme court. The de
cision of the highest tribunal is that
the commission Is lawfully authorized
to make investigation and has the right
to know how interstate traffic is con
ducted, tho relation between the carrier
and its shippers and the rates charged
and collected. The court could see no
reason why a contract of the character
existing between the railroads and the
coal companies, "which has direct rela
tion to a large amount of carrying trade,
can be withheld from examination ns
evidence by the commission." It there
fore reversed the lower court.
The commission will now be able to
examine the contracts as evidence, if
they are still in existence, and it would
seem that under the decision may re
quire the railroad companies to furnish
whatever information may be required
in order to show whether or not there is
discrimination. The decision is espe
cially significant in its bearing upon
the principle of publicity. The right of
the Interstate Commerce commission to
whatever information it may desire in
reference to the relations between a
carrier and its shippers and the rates
charged and collected. Is now affirmed,
we believe for the first time, by the
highest judicial-tribunal. If there Is
any limitation to this right It is not sug
gested in the decision. It is distinctly a
broadening of the scope of the com
mission's authority nnd in a direction
that can hardly fall to materially In
crease Its usefulness. Railroad corpo
rations will now understand that they
cannot withhold contracts called for by
the commission as evidence in a case
charging discrimination. It is a very
long step toward the realization of the
public demand for publicity as to all
corporations engaged in interstate com
merce and warrants the belief that
whenever a test shall be made of tho
authority of the bureau of corporations
in the Department of Commerce and
Labor to make the investigations re
quired by law that authority will be
sustained by the court of last resort.
TRE GARBAGE NiOSOPOLT.
The extension of the garbage contract
has furnished the senior yellow of these
parts a subject for a cartoon that is by
no means original In its conception, but
it is simply a retouched sketch of the
rotund and bald-beaded figure presumed
to embody the ideal of monopoly that
figured so conspicuously as a caricature
of Mark Hanna in the 1800 and 1900
campaigns. Instead of discussing the
garbage problem from a rational stand
point and pointing the way for its solu
tion both of the Omaha yellows merely
content themselves with appeals to pop
ular prejudice against monopoly, and
particularly monopoly in garbage haul
ing. As a matter of fact the new garbage
contract does not confer a monopoly.
Every one is permitted to haul his own
garbage or have it hauled by anybody
engaged in the business of hauling and
handling garbage. The only concession
made to the contractor is the free use
of the dump, the employment of teams
for garbage hauling without license and
the subsidy aggregating $4,100 a year
for handling, hauling and dumping dead
animals Into the river. Whether this
amount Is excessive depends upon the
amount of work to be done.
The extension of a modified contract
for the disposal of garbage during a
period of three years has been not so
much a matter of choice as of necessity,
so far as the city is concerned. The
city has no money at its disposal for
the erection of a garbage crematory and
is, therefore, in no position to attempt
the cremation of garbage. But even If
the city had $25,000 to spare for the
erection of n garbage crematory, the
Interest on the money, the operation
and maintenance of the plant would ex
ceed $4,100 and, consequently, prove of
questionable advantage to the taxpay
ers. If by the spring of 1907 the city Is
in fnnds, and after mature deliberation
the proposed erection of a crematory is
deemed preferable to the present sys
tem, the city can and will dispense with
the garbage contractor.
Mr. Bryan must have found that in
terviews were having a bad effect upon
the circulation of bis newspaper, for he
has announced that In future ha will
grant no political interviews, but will
print his views in his paper. It Is not
known whether he does this to boom
the circulation or to get out of politics.
It now transpires that lieorge II.
Maxwell, the foremost champion of Irri
gation, lms not been an entirely disin
terested person In lobbying before con
gress and agitating before commercial
IkxIIcs In favor of appropriations for
the construction of Irrigation reservoirs
and ditches. Mr. Maxwell has ad
mitted before the house committee on
irrigation that the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific,
Santa Fe, the Union Pacific and Bur
lington eacli contributed $n,O00 a year
and the Rock Island $3,000 a year
toward a fund to be URed by the Na
tional Irrigation association and dis
bursed by Mr. Maxwell In the Interest
of that organization. Inasmuch as the
national 'association Is practically com
posed of Mr. Maxwell It might be inter
esting to learn how the $2T0,000, which
has been contributed within the past
five years by the respective railroads,
has been disbursed and what proportion
was absorbed by Mr. Maxwell in con
ducting what he is pleased to call "the
campaign of education."
By the election of H. P. Leavitt as
Its president with a strong array of
under officers the McKinley club has
put itself in shape to do effective work
for republicanism in the coming presi
dential campaign. Mr. Leavitt Is a
young man of promise, who is alive to
the opportunities of the club. A well
disciplined and Intelligently directed
body of young men such as make up
this organization can be a most useful
adjunct to the regularly constituted
agencies of the party, to say nothlhg
of the benefits derived by the individual
members themselves and the social fea
tures connected with the annual ban
quet the club has undertaken to pro
mote. It has not yet been decided whether
the torpedo boat 1b more dangerous to
the crew or to the enemy, while the de
fensive mine has wrecked more friendly
craft than hostile boats. Naval war
fare, with its high explosives, is in its
infancy, and there' are many who hope
that it will never grow larger.
Most people hereabouts have been led
to believe that the courts smashed t'.e
garbage monopoly to smithereens ou
two or three separate occasions. Is it
possible this is one of those monopolies
that refuses to stay smashed, or is Its
resurrection chiefly imaginary?
Good In Any Climate.
Baltimore American.
Be bright. Be sunny. Be pleasant
Solace of Silence.
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
After the vociferous Bryan the silent
Parker la such a relief.
And silence,, like-& -poultice cams
To heal the blows of sound.
Marvela of, a,. Tactician.
Chicago' News.
General Kouropatkln la certainly a won
derful tactician. Official advices from St.
Petersburg show that he has been advan
cing into Corea at Just the time when ad
vices from Toklo ahow Mm to have been
rapidly falling back into Manchuria.
Teaching Thibetans a Lesson.
Chicago" Chronicle.
Of course those Thibetans were to blame;
they fired the first shot, which resulted
In a skirmish In which 400 of them were
killed without a casualty in the British
ranks. The next time those misguided
disciples of esoteric Buddhism should be
more careful how they disturb a British
officer when he Is at tiffin.
Cossack Thirst for Gore.
New Tork Tribune.
Russian papers say that In the Coasack
settlements of Siberia each Cossack Is
compelled to provide his own uniform and
take his beat horse to the war. Do these
rough riders of the. frozen north feel the
Insatiable hunger for vengeance which
Byron put In the mouth of the most
famous of all Cossacks, the hetman Ma
seppaf For time at last seta all things even
And If we do but watch the hour,
There never yet waa human power
Which could evade, If unforglven,
The patient search and vigil long
Of him who treasures up a wrong.
Sir Edwin Arnold as an Editor.
London Chronicle.
Sir Edwin Arnold waa perhaps the most
suave man who ever paced Fleet atreet.
His correspondence must have been enor
mous, but It never seemed a tax. He
hailed a contribution from an acquaintance
with thanks one day. begged forgiveness
on the next for a day's Inevitable delay
in publication and on the third offered his
congratulations. At first sight people
thought the friendly manner too good to
be true, but Arnold proved true on long
trial. "I am a nightly journalist," he
once said, and one knew he took pride
In the ambiguous sound of the "nightly."
A proper knight of the pen waa he.
AN OMAHA iS NEW YORK,
Andrew Jarjison Hanaeom Indnlgea
la Reminiscences.
Anatew Jackson Hanseom, the man "who
built the first houae on the present site of
Omaha fifty years ago," Is stopping at the
Fifth Avenue hotel. New York City. In
an Interview m the New York Tribune he
Is quoted as follows: "I started from
Detroit for California in 18t9 and went
only as far as Council Bluffs, la. Emi
grants began to settle west of the river
the following year and In the summer of
1854 I put up a building on what is now the
site of the Paston kotel, Omaha, for the
publisher of a newspaper, and In it he es
tablished 'The Nebraskan.' I also built a
dwelling house a little further west, and
occupted It in October. Of the fifty years
since then I have lived thlrty-ftve years In
Omaha, e.nd so have teen the whole course
of the city's growth. I pinned my faith to
the location In the ' beginning because I
believed that a railroad would cross the
Missouri river at that point. I co-operated
with others to obtain that end. Omaha Is
now going ahead on a thoroughly substan
ttal and satisfactory basis, and numbers
among Its moving spirits a lot of splendid
business men." Speaking of the late
George Francis Train and his relation to
the early history of Omaha. Mr. Hanaeom
said: "He came there when the building
of the Union Pacific began, and bought
some land on which he paid little. If any
thing, and gave a mortgage which he never
satisfied, so that It was foreclosed and his
Interest disappeared. That he had a right
ful claim to property worth millions was
a figment of his fertile Imagination, and he
doubtless cherished Uis hallucination until
his dento."
PRETTY HEA.lt AST) HIS BAI.
Story of Eighteen o!e Hed Men and
Their Belated Reward.
Boston Transcript.
Once In a while tho pages of the Congres
slmal Record are interesting. Either the
editor nods and the reporters get a chance
at the editorial page, or there Is a reform,
and readable matter Is substituted for the
ponderous prolix dissertations that usually
congest the columns. The ether day the
Congressional Record contained a story of
mingled daring and devotion which ought
to be read with pleasure by those who be
lieve that there are live Indians who are
good Indians, and mho still cherish faith In
the Cooper tradition of the noble red man.
This story, which was read to the senate
by Senator Quay, relates to the rescue by
a band of Teton Ploux of a party of white
women and children, captives among the
Santee Sioux. These captives were taken
when the Sanlee Sioux raided the frontier
settlements of Minnesota with fire and
tomahawk In 1RR2. The Teton Sioux, who
lived on the Missouri river, remained neu
tral. The old warriors counselled the tribe
not to go on the war path against the
whites.
There were a number of young Tetons.
however, who favored a policy of active
benevolence towards the whites while ac
cepting the advice of their elders not to
fight for either side. When the Santee
Sioux carried their white captives Into the
wilderness to a region within a. few days'
travel of the Tetons, these chivalrous
young men, the eldest of them not 20,
proposed to organize to obtain the liberty
of the sufferers. They formed themselves
into what they called the "Young Men's
association," but which their elders named
the "Crasy band." Inspired by no hope
or promise of reward, moved solely by the
promptings of pity, the Crazy band set out
In the midst of the Dakota winter for the
lodges of the Santees. They offered the
Santres food and other good things In ex
change for the eight white captives. For
a long time the Santees refused to trade.
Then the Tetons offered to light them for
their captives, but the Santees were In no
mood for combat. Argument that the
white soldiers would soon be upon them
and that If the "Crasy band" were badly
used the Tetons would Join the soldiers
weakened the resolution of the Santees to
the extent that they finally exchanged the
eight captives for the eleven ponies the
rescuers had with them. After many hair
breadth escapes the "Crazy band" suc
ceeded In reaching Fort Randall with the
rescued white women and children.
They had to make their way for the
greater part of the distance on foot, and
to keep life In the rescued gave up to them
their cwn moccasins and portions of their
garments. The good deed of "the Craay
Band" has long been known In border story.
It Is authenticated by the statement of the
rate General Sully, and by that of Colonel
Pattee, commanding at Fort Randall In
18G2, who is still living. In the forty-two
years that have elapsed since the rescue
the rescuers have put forward no claim for
compensation; but Dakotans have urged
that the surviving members of the band
and the heirs of the others should receive
recognition to the extent of reimbursement
for the ponies bartered away In carrying
their chivalrous quest to success. Senator
Quay took up the cause of the Teton
knights, and as the result of his efforts the
senate amended the Indian appropriation
bill by the Insertion of the following clause:
That the secretary of the treasury be,
and he is hereby authorized, to pay the sum
of 300 each to Pretty Bear, Rattling. Swift
Bird, Strike the Fire, Come Home and Kill
the Enemy, Four Bear of Cheyenne River
reservation. In South Dakota, and Fast
Walker, Mdoka, Red Dog, Black Eagle,
Don't Know How, Black Cloud, Fool Dog,
and Walking Crane of Crow Creek reserva
tion, In South Dakota, and Mad Bet.r and
Chief Charger of Standing Rock reserva
tion, in South Dakota and North Dakota,
all Sioux Indian, or their heirs, to reward
them for services and sacrifice of ponies In
accomplishing the rescue of Mrs. Julia
Wright, Mrs. Emma Deely and six children,
all white persons, captives In the custody
of the White Lodge bands of the Sioux In
dians In November, 1S62, near the mouth of
Grand river, Dakota Territory.
That the sum of $3,600 be, and the same
Is hereby, appropriated, out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
to carry out the provisions of this act."
These are strange sounding names, mirth
provoking according to our standards, but
the deed with which they are associated
should place them on the heroic roll of
those who have dared greatly for hu
manity. PERSONA! NOTES.
Uncle Sam Is willing to pay his share of
the cost of The Hague tribunal, but de
clines to act as collection agent. .
Heinz has paid his big fine like a little
man. It is occasionally convenient to. nave
a 20,000 wad in one's trousers' pockets.
Carl EwaJd Grunsky, who Is one of the
experts appointed on the Panama Canal
commission, Is a hydraulic engineer of na
tional fame.
A feature at the session. of the Lancaster,
Pa., teachers' Institute last week waa an
address by Representative H. Burd Cassel
on the trials of a member of congress. Mr.
Cassel said that In two years he had re
ceived and answered nearly 130,000 letters.
Bengamln 8. Moore, the veteran engine
driver of the Central railroad of New Jer
sey, has Just completed fifty-four years of
continuous service, which gives him the
distinction of being the oldest locomotive
driver in this country. If not in the world.
Secretary of War Taft is to speak on the
Philippines, Senator John W. Pnnlel !s
to speak on General Lee, and General
Charles F. Manderson is to speak on Gen
eral Grant at the banquet of the Hamilton
club In Chicago on the evening of Appo
mattox day, Saturday. April 9.
The restaurant keepers and other con
cessionaries at the St. Louis fair refuse to
pay the union prices for help and are hir
ing nonunion men in the east. They say
they can't afford to pay high wages. Can
It be that they are not going to ask more
than ten times the value of things at tlila
Worlds fair?
A Toklo correspondent of the London
Post says Japan will be able to fight a
yar and a half without borrowing, on a
basis of 630,000.000 yen yearly for war ex
penses. As the Japanese first private gets
about 75 cents a month, and a second about
40 cents, and their food Is a handful of
rice and some dried fish, the above esti
mate seems adequate.
The crown prince of Germany And bis
younger brother. Prince Eltel Fritz, are
much dissimilar In character and disposi
tion, the latter being extremely retiring
and greatly Impressed with the necessity
for complying with parental authority.
The crown prince, on the contrary, on sev
eral occasions has suffered through dis
obeying his august father,, The headstrong
heir apparent once told a friend that Prince
Eltel was "a very good boy, but not the
stuff that kings are made of."
George W. Cable was driven to writing
with his left hand through a fear of
writer's cramp In the other. His manu
script is mlcroscoplo and a marvel of neat
ness. On one occasion he hurriedly fln
Ished a story while traveling to meet his
publisher. On turning over his manuscript
he apologized on account of Its unwonted
departure from extreme regularity. The
editor looked over the pages and said:
"Well. Mr. Cable, I II send this to the
printers as it is, and If they have any
trouble with it wbjr, I'll alachargn very
one of them.'
GOSSIP ABOIT THE WAR.
reople and Places Prominent In the
Conflict.
The New Tork Independent prints an
Illuminating article on "The Real Japan
ese Character" from the pen of Colgate
Baker, who was born In Japan, lived there
many years and speaks Japanese fluently.
Mr. Baker says the real Japanese character
Is a sealed book to Americans, Inasmuch
as our Ideas are based on "highly colored
works of Action written by overenthusl
astlc travelers and by observation of the
clever, tactful natives of Japan who re
side In the Vnlted Stales." He says that
there are some white men In Japan who
could tell startling things If they chose.
These men have become thoroughly Jap
anese, politically and morally, and of them
he says: "Perhaps they are afraid to tell
what they know of the real Japanese char
acter, perhaps they are ashamed If they
have any sense of shame left and rerhaps
they consider It quite useless to try to en
lighten the western mind concerning this
dangerous subject."
The most striking element In the Japan
ese character, he says, is sn Inherent phil
osophy which absolutely dominates men,
Women and children. "It ts the Japanese
philosophy that, since we must live, we
should live as happily as we can; there
fore there Is no sense in feeling sorrowful,
as what has happened is over and done
with, and grief Is folly." This absolute
control over the feelings, amounting to
self-hypnotism. Is the secret of the adapt
ability of the Japanese to all sorts of con
ditions of life, and the power which they
possess of pursuing thetr choeen careers
unswervingly to the goal.
"The leprous spot in the Japanese charac
ter," says Mr. Baker, 'Is ths moral ele
ment, which Is absolutely dominated by
this Inborn philosophy.
They have no moral Ideals so cherished
by western civilization. The beauty of
the moral principle right for right's sake
Is quite incomprehensible to the Japanese
mind. In the Japanese philosophy it is
right to do anything which is wise, and
wrong to do anything which Is foolish;
beyond this there Is no right or wrong,
good or bad."
"To the unknown south, across the
mighty steppes to Vladlkavkas nestling
below the snow-cloaked mountains of the
Caucasus, a world of history and romance,
lies our route; and within two days we are
In real Russia the Russia untouched by
foreign Influence," writes J. B. Thomas In
Outing.
"Unexpectedly one finds here In the wilds
of Russia a coterie of refined, charming
people. The women Intelligent, well edu
cated, some of them speaking four or five
languages, and many of them excellent
musicians; the men mostly officers or titled
dignitaries of one branch of the govern
ment or another, for nearly every man of
position In Russia is connected with the
government. The bureaucracy and the
army constitute the nobility. House parties,
merry Informal dances and musical mat
inees, are some of the features which
tend to make the life of a great land pro
prietor in Russia pleasant In the summer.
On the other hand, the attendant duties
and trials are severe, with crops to be
planted and reaped by methods more or
less old-fashioned, although American har
vesting machinery Is now being Introduced
very extensively.
"Northward, southward, eastward, west
ward have grown the dominions of the
great white tsar. Not more than two hun
dred and fifty miles to the southward of
the ancient capital of the Grand Dukes of
Muscovy are yet to be seen remains of
beacon mounds where warning fires
against the raids of the Tartars were
burned not three hundred years ago, and
the Tartars , are the. faithful Cossacks of
the Empire today.
"Ten decades and more It took, but the
southern boundary of Russia today Is
marked only by the hoary head of Mt.
Ararat, seven hundred verst to the south
of Vladikavkaz as files the gray-winged
crow. '
Some accounts of the organization and
leaders of the Chunhuses, the Manchurlan
bandits are beginning to reach the outside
world. It seems that their leader in
southern Manchuria Is a Mongol named
Tuiensan, and that he has two lieutenants.
One Is a Chinese and the other a Russian
convict who has escaped from Sagliallen.
There was a third (also a Russian), a
brother of the convict, but he was cap
tured and beheaded by the Chinese. These
men, with bands varying in number from
200 to 1,000 or more, have for several yfers
past been raiding the railway stations
and attacking goods trains, Russian mili
tary posts and settlements, towns, villa
ges, etc., and there is every reason to be
lieve that not only have they sympathi
sers among the native population, but
also that the local Chinese officers are not
free from complicity in their outrages. On
priori grounds one would expect the
Chinese to rejoice at everything that added
to the difficulties of th,e Russians In Man-
nutia. For some time the Russian au
thorities contented themselves with driv
ing off the assailants and attacking them
wherever they were found, but In August,
1902, a regular hunt for them with Cos
sacks was organized, and In partloulax
Tuiensan was singled out, and every ef
fort made to capture him, as It was be
lieved that without his energy and re
sourcefulness -the larger bands would
break up. The bandits, however, were well
armed, and fought with courage. They
defended the villages in which they were
attacked, and when defeated they fled,
for they were as well mounted as the Cos
sacks, and they had the steppes and des
erts of Mongolia behind them.
Tone Noguchl, who contributed a charm
ingly naive, account of English books in
Japan to the March issue of the Bookman,
has written an. equally enjoyable paper
for the April number of the same periodical
on "Journalism In Japan." After com
menting on the remarkable growth of the
newspapers from none at nil only forty
years ago to about 600 today many having
a circulation or anout iuo.uuu aaiiy--Mr.
Noguchl tells of some of the chief Journals
and their editors. There Is a note of regret
In his narrative at the rapidity of their
progress toward the modern standards of
business enterprise. He prefers the old
days when the "editorials were the whole
thing," and editors and publishers thought
of other things than "filthy lucre." "The
editors," he says, "Indeed, often considered
the newspaper as the stepping-stone to
something greater, while the publishers
thought It their duty to feed the ambitious
young fellows."
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the face, which is hidden further by a
Tlece of coarse lawn stretched upon two
sticks, nnd held Just below tho eyes. In
this stage nothing whatever of the faca
may 1ms seen. The second stago is denoted
by tho removal of tlio screen. The third
period la manifested through the replace
ment oT tho Inverted basket by the cus
tomary headnenr, made in straw Color.
The ordinary head covering takes the
shape of the high-crowned hat worn by
Welsh women, with a broad brim, made In
blaek gauze upon n bamboo frame.
"Even if they should loso the war nnd
haven't that to make them feel big," re
marked a Philadelphia doctor, "in oil prob
ability the next generation or the next
but one of the Japanese will be as tall ns
the average American or European.
"It is the custom of sitting on the ankles
on the floor Instead of on n chair as we
do that explains the shortness of tho
Japanese leg. Tho arteries are kinked by
the cramped position and nre therefore
not properly nourished. As a matter of
fact, however, the Japanese spine Is Just
of a length with the average American or
European oim Indeed, we ull differ in
height rather by reason of leg than of
back, and the spinal column is singularly
constant among various Individuals. Now
the chair has gained a place In Japanese
llfo and soon the length of the Japanese
leg will become normal."
POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
Boarder No. 1 What's that loud thump
ing noise in the kitchen?
Boarder No. 2 It's the landlady ham
mering the steak and wishing It waa the
Beef trust.-Chicago Tribune.
Daughter Are all men bad, papa?
Father N-no, my child; you will always
be safe with your grandpa and rue. Town
Topics.
"He pretends to be a phUoaopher."
"Yea: but I notice one peculiar thing
about his phllosephy."
"What's that?"
"It's only other people's hard luck that
he Is able to accept philosophically." Chi
cago Post.
"That woman who sat next to you In
the street car was rather nloe looking."
"Yes, but I didn't ilko her voice."
"What was the matutr with it?"
"It was so low I couldn't hear a word
she said to the man who was with her."
Cleveland Leader.
Macbeth returned overjoyed from his ln
tervlow with the witches.
"Was it the glorious prophecies they
mnde?" he was asked.
"No," he answered, "it was the bliss of
seeing three cooks at once." Now York
Sun.
"Knowledge is the great thing to bo
sought for, after all," sold tho studious
man.
"I should say it is," answered Senator
Sorghum. "Many a mnn makes a terrlblo
mistake In demanding cold cash Instead of
accepting valuable Information bh to how
the market is going to go." Washington,
Star.
WHEN SPRING-TIME COMES.
An old gray-whiskered gentleman
Sat at his desk one day;
His thought In divers channels ran
Along life's varied way.
He pondered o'er the checkered past.
He smiled at grief and care;
And troubles wTiich bis sky o'ercast
To him were light as air.
For many a long eventful year
He ran "The Bugle Call;"
And watched through winters, cold and
drear,
The paper's rise and fall.
He claimed the wolf of fabled fame,
Which oft stood at the door,
Would quit the place when springtime
came.
And haunt the house no more.
And so the years hnd passed away,
Like visions of the night
Which vanish with the dawning day,
As dusk before the light.
And now the old man sleeps and dreams
Of other lands than ours;
He views a ecene which to him seems '
To bloom with vernal flowers.
Tho blooming orchards and the trees.
Where robin red-breoata sing,
The perfume wafted by the breeze.
Denote approaching spring.
As on he dreams, his mind In filled
With scenes surpassing fair,
But though with verdant beauties thrilled
A doubt still lingers there.
But soon soft strains he faintly hears,
And llst'nlng to the sound,
His heart, the low, soft music cheers.
While fairies hover round.
Each carries 'neath Its sllv"ry wing.
As If to hide from view,
"8weet poems" on the op'nlng spring,
Tied up with ribbons blue.
And now the old man, dreaming, gazed,
With smiles and mild surprise;
His head in llst'nlng poise is raised,
Doubt In assurance dies.
The "poems" for a while he eyes,
'Twlxt Joy and helpless fear.
Then throwing up his hands, he cries,
"My God, the Bpring Is here."
K. II. LANG FORD.
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