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Notary Publlo.
A second "coming out" is due the
Easter bonnet ,
The fag end of March evidently fell
as an inheritance to April.
Omaha Is on the eve of a building
boom. Keep your eye open.
Since Dr. Jameson baa been rewarded
Colonel YounghuBbaod may develop de-
algns upon the premiership of Thibet
People will have Uttlo fear of another I
uprising in the Balkans until Boris
SarafofI has experienced big annual I
death. I
Itetlred cabinet officers seem to be In
demand as attorneys for large corpora-
tiona. Retired congressmen are not In
the same class.
Kansas democrats are for Hearst
The bos are getting hungry and the
next best thing to getting the offices is
to stand close to the barrel.
The mandamus granted by the su
breme court against the Diamond nnol
rooms scores a "glorious victory" for I
Walter MoUe and his lawyers.
it James J. Hill ouly knew bow valua-1
ble the anti-merger laws of the north-1
western states would be to him he I
might not have fought them so hard. I
Since Utah Mormons have formally
declared against polygamy President
umitu is aouDtiess wining to declare the
8 moot Investigation a closed Incident
- The earthquake .hock reported from
Berlin may possibly have been caused
by the spirit of Bismarck when, it
'UBU lu" lue ro DuDC1
to Germany.
Since the desert land act la to remain
on the statute books there is every rea
son to believe that Colonel Mosby and
his fellow ferrets will not find their oc
cupation gone for several years.
After all the expositions which have
been projected at this time are provided
for it is to be hoped that congress will
permit the overworked exposition crare
to have a long and well earned rest.
The grand jury bus ben draws. It
remains, however, to be seen after the
fcue bills are all handed in whether the
returns are commensurate with the ex-
pense bill.
II llarrlmau mould fasten his grip on I
tne iiuriington-wnai tneni would be
Uke that tall iron fence down that sep-
aratea tne Lnion station from the Bur-
llngton passenger depot?
Bllieards and baae ball may be alllter-
atlve. but tbey are far from congenial.
One or the other should retire, and
um. . w.vunisi.uces uie average
i-uuMsu is uu arueni J mi. .
King Clirlstlan of Denmark, wbo has
lust celebrated hla elehtv-alxth v,j,h.
day, has more descendants on thrones
tlmn any other ruler. As a royal father-
in-law be Is a pronounced success.
A party of New York promoters will
make another Inspection of the topog-
raphy of the proposed Fremont power
cauul lest we forget that there la such
thing aa a power canal projected.
.We take it that if there is to be any
rake-off in the shape of a commission
on the engage(ue,nt of the band for the
Auditorium opening the committee in
charge will see to It that it goea Into the
Auditorlutn fund this time.
John D. Rockefeller has Just donated
1500.000 to the Johns Hopkins hopital
at Baltimore, and the gift of the Stand -
ard Oil plutocrat has been accepted by
the ooard of trustees of that Institution
With thanka. - Just Imagine what the
World Herald would say' if It were pub -
Ilabc4 In BalUutor.
CLKTELASD US rARKBIi.
In an Interview a fw dnrs "go Mr.
Clevolnnii t'Sprrsscd himself In rpgnnl
to the most probable nomine, as the sit
uation Is now prvst'iitetl, of the demo
cratic national convention fur prr-wldent
lu1ge Parker of New York. Tlie cx-
I oo 1 Pr,",(',n confpsswl thnt be Is not lntl
t.iX) I inntely arqunlntl with the Jtxlee. but
from what be knows of hint be regards
. , , ,
Parker as "an able, sprious-mlmipa and
admirable man, and a very good deuio-
. ,
crnf This s an endorsement which
thoae wbo believe In Mr. Cleveland will
perhnp deem quite sufficient, but now
wm u o viewed Xf tnat very consul
"able element of the democracy which
taken no Btock In the opinions or the
. M ,, . v,
preferences of the "sage of rnncetonr
The radical wing of the democratic
party is undoratond to be unqualt
fledly opposed to Judge rarker. While
Mr nryan, as the recognized leader
. .
of that element, has not definitely
declared that he Is apnlnst Tarker,
It Is pretty well understood that
be not regard the New York jurist
(j, favor and it will not be at all sur
prising If he shall, now that Cleveland
baa spoken In a friendly way for rarker,
m - lrn an unnnnltfled announcement hos-
tile to David Bennett Hill's candidate.
& short, It Is very doubtful if the com-
pllmentary remarks regarding Parker by
... , , tn
Mr. Cleveland will be of any service to
the former bevond the lines of those who
be named with the foremost men In the
history of democracy. The Parker boom
nflB undoubtedly been growing, but It la
omewhftt questionable whether It will
be benefited by the Cleveland endorse-
mant On the contrary there la reason
t0 b01'6 th" that will prove a handi
cap. The Cleveland idea or "a good
democrat" differs very greatly from that
of a great many men who will have
something to say In the national con
ventloa
MXPKDITIXQ TBK WATCH WORKS
FCUCMASB.
More dense Ignorance prevails
in
Omaha about the water works purchase
problem than any other subject of gen
eral nnhllc Interest. Klnetv-nlne Deonlo
out of huadred do not Becm to fa.
miliar with th hiatnrv of-the water
works, and fall to comprehend the re
lations that subsist between the city and
the owners of the water works plant
Tosslbly a brief retrospective sketch
dlsPel 801X10 ot tne eIsloD8 an'1
Mlon ut the movement to acquire
vuv water wuikb.
The original water works contract was
made in 1680 after an exciting contest
with, a syndicate of speculators whoJ
sought to procure through the profuse
distribution of boodle a perpetual mo-
nonoly franchise for a high-pressure
ftDu high-priced system. The scheme
waa frustrated by prominent taxpayers.
who Invoked the power of the courts for
self -protection. An 'ordinance" requiring
competitive bids was finally passed by
the council and a contract was awarded
to the lowest bidder, Sidney E. Locke,
who represented an association of
Omaha business men, including Ilenry
W. Yates, W. V. Morse, Milton Rogers
and otnera-
Under this contract the water works
company was required to establish res
ervolr pressure works with capacity of
4,000,000 gallons per day, a system that
would cover the business and residence
portion of the city and furnish 250 fire
hydrants distributed under direction of
the council, in return the city obligated
lt8elf to pay IS4 per hydrant, for the
flt 250 hydrants and $00 for additional
hydrants. A schedule of prices for pri
vate consumers was made part of the
,ntract to be maintained during the
perlod f twenty-five years from the
date of completion of the works. . Under
this contract the city reserved the right
to purchase the works at the expiration
of twentr 7Ca by an nl'vaeat ot
the tangible property through three arbl
trators, one to be appointed by the city
one by the company and the third to be
chosen by the two.
It should be remembered that, In 1880,
when this contract-was made, Omaha
had a population of 30.000 and its area
covered about nine square miiea. while
present its population is 110.000, the
rea covered twenty-four square miles,
and the capacity of the works 20,000,0u0
gallons per day. Under conditions ex
lsting in 1880 the hydrant rental and
water rate to private consumers apt
peered to be reasonable. Now the by
Idrant rental is regarded as exorbitant
and the private consumers' schedule as
excessive.
whether the city could have done bet
ter by building its own works when its
credit was so low that Its bonds bearing
i0 Der cent interest were not salable a
-
nar ami when the whole nuestlnn of
Ltnuins. tha Missouri riv-r ft.r w.tpr
LnniT w. an untried experiment la
prob,e,natlcal. Suffice It to say that the
ritv mftde the bargaia ,t coUid
. tll- ih. ,..,,. -ondltlnna an1 Is
bound by 1U own UarKa,n untU the terra
tor wmcn me m w s uhiuo
plred' or untU the workV re taken 0ver
by purchase,
While there was a controversy as to
I the exact date when the city had a rltrht I
I to take the works under the original con-
tract without paying for the franchise,
I there is no dispute that this right could
have been exercised on and since Sep-
tember 4, 1903, without Intervention by
the legislature or the creation of a water
I board. Eminent attorneys, wbo bad
I given the subject consideration, agreed
I that the appraisement by the three arbl
I trators was liable to be more costly than
I appraisement of the works under einl-
I nont domain, even if the city were
obliged to pay for the value of the unex-
I plred frauchlse.
The three appralaera' plan blnda the
1 city to purchase the works at the fig-
ures agreed upon by the arbitrators,
I whereas the eminent domain plun would
I have given the city the right to reject
1 tha appraisement in ce it appeared to
.be eacesalve. But the intrusion of po-
lltlcal demagogues, who professed to be
melons to wipe out the water monopoly
t one fell swoop, while In reality they
were grinding their own political axes
nd tnklng advantage of the popular
sentiment In fnvor of public ownership,
railroaded a bill throagh the legislature
for the compulsory purchase of the water
works plant and put the city Just where
It now Is In a deep mudhole.
Instead of expediting the purchase
they have retarded It and put It off for
n indefinite period. Instead of leaving
the city In position to dictate terms to
tlje water company they have put the
ter company In position to dictate
the terms of purchase or extension of
their contract, and neither the water
board, city council nor the legislature
can extricate the city from the tangle
Into which It has been pushed by the
Howell-Gllbert bill.
STRttiQTHKfiS TBS COMMISSION,
All comment on the decision of the su
preme court of the United States In the
anthracite coal case takes the view that
It very materially increases the author
ity and powers of the Interstate Com-
merco commission and will enable that
body to do ranch more effective service
In the interest of the public than hith
erto. The opinion of the court that the
railroads involved In the investigation
by the commission could be compelled
to produce their coal purchase contracts
is very generally understood to mean
that In all future proceedings of this na
ture before the commission it will not
have to resort to the methods of the de
tective and obtain Information as to the
nature of contracts affecting Interstate
commerce as best it mny, but that it
can compel the roads themselves to sub
mit all contracts, .books and records
bearing on the question at issue. This
does not apply solely to 'the railroads
Immediately affected by the decision.
but reaches all that have entered into
arrangements or contracts with any
other corporations or Individuals en
gaged In any kind of business by which
preferences are given In interstate com
merce. It- Is thus far-reaching In Its effect
and must greatly aid tho commission In
correcting abuses and remedying con
ditions which contravene the law. The
New York Times remarks that the de
cision enables the Interstate Commerce
commission to compel corporations en
gaged in commerce among the states to
produce the contracts and -agreements
under, which they are doing business.
The obvious effect of the decision is
to affirm tho constitutionality of the
legislation of 1903 extending the powers
of the commission. It furthermore em
phasizes the authority of the national
government over all interstate com
merce. The great importance of the de
cision is therefore plain. A long series
of Judicial opinions had nearly shorn the
commission of all the powers which tho
law .of Its creation was commonly sup
posed to have Invested it with. It had
become little more than a body to take
testimony and pass an opinion thereon.
The decision in the coal roads case has
nx least given tne commission an
authority and power which Justifies Its
existence and will enable it to do some
thing toward correcting evils that hith
erto have seemed beyond its retch. The
public will now expect the commission
to exert In Its behalf greater diligence
than It has shown In the past
The bulletin Just Issued by the na
tional census bureau credits Omaha
with a population of 113,361 and South
Omaha with 31,383, or an aggregate of
144,744 for Greater Omaha, which is
an Increase of 12H per cent over the
national census returns of 1900. As a
matter of fact the census figures for
Omaha In 1900 were about 3,000 below,
and those for South Omaha at least
7,000 above the actual population
Taking as a basis the school census and
the registered vote of the two cities, the
population of Omaha at this time Is
about 110,000 and that of South Omaha
about 25,000, or an aggregate of 135,000.
A, much more glaring discrepancy be
tween the census bulletin figures and
the unvarnished truth is shown by the
comparative voting population of St.
Joseph, Omaha and Des Moines. While
St Joseph was credited with a popula
tion of 102,979 as against Omaha's 102,
555 and Des Moines' 02,139 In the census
of 1900, the total vote polled In Omaha
for McKlnley and Bryan in 1900 was
21,474, In Des Moines 14,480 and in St
Joseph 13,0T8. This gave Omaha a ratio
of voting population to Its census popu
lation of 4.87, Des Moines 4.31 and St
Joseph 7.88. While the latest census
bureau bulletin credits St Joseph with
a population of 110,479 and Des Moines
with 5,574. it is exceedingly doubtful
whether St. Joseph can muster more
than 70,000 people, all told,. at this time.
Practical tests made with voting ma
chines at Chicago, Milwaukee and
Springfield, III., last Tuesday have been
pronounced very satisfactory and the
advent of the voting machine and aboli
tion of the paper ballot at all elections
In towns of over B.000 population is de
clared to be only a question of a short
time. In the voting machine contest at
Chicago twenty ballots were recorded
In 100 seconds. The last voter rushed
into the looth at 6:59 p. m. and by 7 p.
in. be had established his right to vote.
registered his vote ou the machine and
left the polling booth, and within three
and a quarter minutes after the polls
closed compH-te returns were announced.
It is confidently predicted that paper
voting will be abolished In Chicago
within the next twelve months. The
voting machine will not be merely a
tUvie and money saver, even if the first
purchase of the machine Involves a very
large outlay, but It should do away with
expensive election contests and make
fraudulent returns almost impossible,
We are now assured that nothing but
the intervention of "an unfortunate
providence" cni prevent the completion
of the Omaha I Auditorium within the
next sixty days.'
An unfortunate provi
dence" has stood In the way altogether
too long and notice Is hereby served on
him to move off and make way for a
smiling goddess.
A fool can ask questions that will
, puxile a wise man to answer. If Sec
retary Cortelyou can answer all the
questions that have been propounded to
him by the house committee on labor
as to the effect of the passage of the
eight-hour bill, he will prove himself a
veritable Solomon.
Immaalty a Essrflse.
Bt. Louis Republic.
If appendicitis la Impossible In those Who
do much walking, then the RusMans ars
safe from attack.
Type of Virile People.
Indianapolis Journal. 1
President Roossvelt may have some ob
jectionable personal qualities, but none
that wilt Interfere seriously with his re
election. The fact that he Is not an angel
la . boots gives him certain - elements of
strength among people who happen to be
only mortals themselves.
Russia, Emmtlj Outclassed.
Springfield Republican.
It would require a moral philosopher to
determine the difference In ethical values
between Russia's aggression In Manohurla
and Oreat Britain's In Thibet. And the
philosopher himself would need to be the
subject of a neutral power. The' Thibet
massacre certainly makes England's vir
tuous Indignation at Russia's recent per
formances rather cheap.
Great Opening for Genlos.
Boston Globe.
Somebody1 with Inventive genius should
devote his energy to devising some means
of cleaning office windows without making
It necessary for the window cleaner to risk
his life on the narrow ledge outside. Al
most every week In some large city a
window cleaner falls. And the strain on
those who watch window cleaners engaged
In their dlssy work, fearing momentarily
that they are going to fall, - is something
dreadful.
Popular Contempt.
New York Olobe, -What
la the reason for this collapse T
Why, simply that the Hearst candidacy
was a deliberate. Insolent, audacious affront
to the moral sense of the American people.
It could continue only so long as It waa
not taken seriously. The moment It be
came of enough . consequence to be a
menace Its doom was certain. Every dole
gate who was announced as pledged to It
stood before the American public In the
unenviable light of a man who had been
bought for cash. There waa no escape for
him from this pillory. If by any possi
bility he were a Hearst man from convic
tion nobody would believe him to be so.
The contempt and derision of the whole
American people Is not an easy burden to
carry.
LIFE OP A BATTLESHIP.
First Class Flahtlngt Vessel Costs
08)00,000 and lata bat 18 Tears.
The Pathfinder.
A modern navy is not one of the cheap
luxuries. Senator Hale stated that the
Navy department proposed to retire the
battleships Oregon, Indiana, Maasaohusetts
and Texas to the purposes of coast defense
In 1908. The Oregon was launched only In
1896, so that Its Mfe&a a first-class fighting
ship will be only twelve years.
The Oregon cqnt tS.fOD.OOO, but the battle
ships now are costing $8,000,000, Any war
ship now becomes virtually obsolete In a
dosen or fifteen years, and we must figure
on praotlcally replacing our navy at the
end of that period. A merchant steamer
lasts on the average twenty years.
. It Is woll known that the big naval guns
are also very short-lived. The biggest ones
are worthless after 100 shots. The metal
becomes orystallsed by the shock of the
explosions and loses Its tensile strength,
thus making It dangerous. Hence a bom
bardment costs not only in the ammunition
used, but even more' In the wear and tear
on the gun Itself. Naval authorities speak
of these things lightly, for It Is not their
own money that Is being spent, but as a
matter ot fact a warship Is the most ex
pensive thing Imaginable to run.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Alas, poor Richard I Dick Olney Is no
longer mentioned.
Theodore Roosevelt Is In his forty-seventh
year and Alton B. Parker will be U on
May 14.
Mayor-elect Neff of Kansas City man
aged to get there despite the parental
handicap of Jay. Now he is classed s a
bird.
A voting machine tested In one of the
polling districts of Chicago turned In the
result In four minutes after tbe polls
closed.
Governor Pennyphcker Is wiser than his
opponents Imagined. He knows a bird in
the hand is better than a flock on the su
preme bench.
Milwaukee's floral mayor has been given
a fourth term. David 8. Rose la giving
lager a close run for the popular cham
pionship In the Cream city.
Here la a happy family. A citizen of
Kentucky has named his four children for
Grover Cleveland, William J. Bryan, Mark
Hanna and Theodore Roosevelt.
Strange things happen in politics. For
Instance, New York democrats are doing
business at tbe old stand without a word
of encouragement from Dtclc Croker.
The New York World outclasses the
Brooklyn Eagle In screaming for Parker.
A few moons ago both exhausted the vo
cabulary of pathos begging Cleveland to
save the country."
The proposition that ex-Governor Hogg
of Texas shall' be the candidate for vice
president on ths Hearst ticket aeems bar
monloue enough. Hearst and Hogg would
make a glad hurrah.
The Hearst boom may not be as large
aa a barn or as dee) as a well, but it has
a cinch on hotel accommodations at Bt.
Louis. Whole floors of hotels have been
engaged for the benefit of tbe Weary
Willies.
Supreme Court Justice A U Fltxgerald
of Nevada, wbo la a candidate to succeed
United States Senator William M. Stewart
of that state, was born In Rockingham
county, North Carolina, and Is a brother
of Bishop O. P. FItagerald of ths Math
odlst Episcopal church, south.
Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee has
just Issued a letter to the clergy in hli
archdiocese In which he forbids them tak
Lag ah active port In party politics. Not
only are tbey forbidden to attend political
meetings, but tbey must abstain from ex
pressing their preferenoes as to candidates
either publicly or privately.
It is expected that when the national re
publican convention assembles In Chicago
ex-Senator Warner Miller of New Tork
will be among the 'delegates. Mr. Miller
has not been beard of In politics much
since 1888, when be and Piatt quarreled.
Now that ths latter has been ousted from
his leadership in tbe Empire state Mr.
Miller Is making aa effort te oome forward
once more. '
FEARS CniSESE IMMIGRATION
Setator fatterton of Colorado Epsakt cn
Subject of Exclusion Laws,
WANTS ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION SOON
Insists that All Laws Aaraflast Aaaals
slea at Chinese Will Fall with
Abrogation of Present
Treaty.
WASHINGTON, April 8. When the sen
ate convened today a bill was passed re
lieving the Alaska Construction company
from the payment for the net five years
t the license fee of $100 per mile. Mr. Pat
terson then addressed the senate on the
denunciation ' of the Chinese exclusion
treaty of 1894 by the Chinese government
He announced his conviction "that unless
additional legislation la had before congress
adjourns every barrier against Chinese im
migration that has been built will be re
moved or. tho 7th of December next and the
ports of the country thrown open to tho
unrestricted coming of the) Chinese hordes,
whose Invasion of tho United States was
arrested twenty-two years ago." This opin
ion was based upon China's denunciation of
tha treaty of IKK, making It ot no effect
from December 7 next. He traced the pros
pective trouble to the failure of congress
In Its vote of 19(8 to duplicate the act of
189a, continuing In force for ten years tha
exclusion act of 1882. "Had China not de
nounced the treaty," he said, "there would
b no trouble now with the exclusion laws,
for the act of 1902 would have kept them
all In foroe, but with the 1S94 treaty in the
way. under the act of 190 our exclusion
laws will all fall to the ground on the
ntlng of the 7th of December. The cause
of this is the usual wording of the 1902 act.
or the firat time In this Chinese legisla
tion the validity of exclusion laws was
made to depend upon the terms of treaties
with China." .
He said that the treaty of 18M was the
nly treaty that absolutely prohibited the
coming of the Chinese to this country. He
admitted that the treaty of 1880 provided for
Chinese exclusion, but called attention" to
the fact that under that agreement the
United States could only suspend, regulate
and limit Chinese Immigration. Quoting
further from the language of that treaty,
he said: "It la by this treaty that all ex
isting legislation must be measured and
whenever its provisions are found to be In
consistent with the treaty's provision, that
legislation Is a nullity."
In conclusion Mr. Patterson saldt
The legislation that must be compared
with this treaty of 1880 Is the act of 1903.
The acts of 1883 and 1892 each suspended Im
migration for ten years, but the act ot
908 absolutely prohibits it, and Is therefore
not in conformity with the treaty of 1880,
and necessarily falls to the ground."
The postofflce appropriation bill was next
taken us.
OBEOOJI BILL PASSES TUB HOUSE
Messrs. Llreraash and Bartlett In-
Tulare In Pointed Sarcasms.
WASHINGTON, April 8,-The house to
day passed a large number of bills, Includ
ing the Philippine shipping bill and the
bill appropriating 1476,000 In aid of ths
Lewis and Clark eentental exposition to
be held In Portland, Ore., In 1906. The .only
amendment made to the Philippine bill
was one extending until July 1, 1908, the
time when the law shall become operative.
After Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) had spoken
In favor of postponing to July 1, 1008, the
date when the bill shall go into effect, Mr,
Blrdsnll (la.) offered an amendment fixing
July 1, 1906. as the time when the bill shall
become operative. To this amendment Mr.
Bplght (Miss.) offered one extending the
time to July 1, 1909. On this latter amend
ment the yeas and naya were ordered.
The amendment was lost.
Mr. Dlvernssh (Cel.), In favoring the
Lewis and Clark exposition bill, said It
came with poor grace from democrats who
have been asking the house to appropriate
with greater liberality for the southern
exposition to raise their voices agalnBt so
moderate an appropriation as the pend
ing bill calls for.
Mr. Bartlett Inquired of Mr. Llvernash
who It was that supported any southern
exposition appropriation who was now op
posed to the bill. With some warmth Mr,
Llvernash answered that the gentleman
assumes too much If he assumes that I
regard him as tha only gentleman on this
slds of the chamber."
This report nettled Mr. Bartlett, who,
amid .murmurs of disapproval from the
democratlo side, remarked that the gentle
"assumes a great deal If he assumes that
he Is a gentleman at all."
"There are some comments," Mr. Llver
nash replied, ."that "call for no anawer.
Without division the Mil was psssod amid
applause. The house then began consld
eratlon of pension bills.
One hundred and sixty-nine bills were
passed. Among them were the following
Providing for holdlnsr federal onurt at
urana isiana, rueD,
-validating certain conveyances to the
Northern Pact do railroad and the Northern
facino Kallway company.
A house Joint resolution was agreed to
providing for tha acceptance of a atatua
of General Thaddeua Kosiuske, presented
to the United States by Polish-American
ciusena.
Mr. Bowers msde a comparison of the
criminal statistics of Massachusetts and
Mississippi and said these showed that the
negro In the latter state was six times
better than thoss of Massachusetts. In
the state of Mississippi, he said, every
avenue of labor was opened to the negro
and every opportunity given to Improve
his condition by industry and toll. He
pointed with pride, he said, to the fact
that In his state the ratio of mulattos
to the colored population and to the whole
population was less today than It had been
at any time since tho war.
UTAH REPUBLICANS MEETING
All for Roosevelt, bat Thero Will
Bo a Contest Over Dele-a-ates.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 8. -Ths
republican state convention, called to nom
inate six delegates at large to tha rational
convention at Chicago, met in Salt Lake
theater here today. It was conceded that
the delegates selected would be Instructed
for Roosevelt. A Sharp fight was looked
for, however, over tbe personnel of the
delegation between tbe so-called Kearns
and antl-Kearns factions. In which a cer
tain amount of church feeling has been
manifest.
Mayor Glassmann pf Ogden was named
aa temporary chair man
Resolutions were adopted unanimously In
dorsing President Roosevelt and Instructing
the delegates te be chosen to work and
vote for bis nomination.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS HIGH
Streets In Honk Messnhle Fleeoee,
tsnt !fo Damage la Be
ported. MEMPHIS, Tsnn.. April I The Missis
sippi Is 4.1 feet above the danger Una A
number of streets In North Memphis have
been overflowed, delaying traffic to some
extent, but no damage has occurred. It
will Uke a forty-foot stage ef water te
Interfere with tbe railway ay
THERE IS KO SUBSTITUTE FOR
aff-ai -if -"we.
Absolute! Puro
ST IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
OTHER LANDS THAN Ol'RS.
The king of England Is peculiarly situ
ated with reference to the rulers of Eu
rope. Ke Is the uncle by marriage of the
oxar ot Russia, Nicholas II.) be is the
brother of the dowager empress of Ger
many and the uncle of the emperor, Wil
liam II.; he le the' son-ln-iaw of the king
of Denmark, whose family Is so closely
connected with both Russia and Germany,
and his queen Is as beloved In the wide
circle of her relatives as she Is in Rngland.
While his age he la 68 gives him a natural
prestige with bis nephews, the two em
perors, he Is still In the full possession of
bis physloal and mental powers, and lie
has the advantage of long years of -"-r-eonal
intimacy with them, during
he Is reputed to have won their nffi .
and respect, a fact that may well m:,-
force his position as the sovereign of n
mighty and world-wide dominion. And that
position In Itself, while differing and even
contrasting with the position of each of
his nephews, gives' him, with less direct
authority, greater froedom of a certain
kind.' He cannot direct the policy of his
government, but he can Influence It Indi
rectly, and- he eon very effectually co-ope
rate In It. He has a broader and more In
timate knowledge of the affairs of all the
nations with which he Is connected than
any living statesman of any one of them
oan be supposed to postees. Ho has the
reputation, probably well founded, cf being
a man of calm judgment and of peace-loving
temperament, with no suspicion of
weakness in his attachment to the hbnor
or the interests of his own people. What
such a man in such a position may feel
and think and do may well have a sub
stantial, even a decisive, Influence on the
course of events. -
The Indian government la at present en
gnged upon Important and faV -reaching re
forms In the existing methods of educa
tion An India. For some years Lord Cur-
con, In his address at the Calcutta uni
versity, has been preparing the Indian pub.
llq for drastlo changes; but few -believed
that he would have the courage to carry
out his views, The published accounts of
these reforms lay especial stress upon the
abolition of competitive examination for
the public services, and the future selection
of candidates on probation. The Inevitable
controversy Is expected to rage around this
one change, and any Impetus which Lord
Curson may be giving to primary education
and his generous nasi stance to the causo
of education generally will probably be for
got tea.
While Thibet Is bare and mountainous
and Its Inhabitants are but little above
the plane of savages, the country would
serve, under j British Influence or in Brit
ish possession, aa a proteotton to India.
It lies directly north of India and Is sep
arated from Aslatlo Russia only by east
ern Turkestan. Now that Russia Is at
loggerheads with Japan, the British gov
ernment apparently regards It to be an
opportune time to push Its demands on
Thibet. The latter Is actually a depend
ency of China, so far as external rela
tions are concerned, and the Indications
are that the British expedition has been
undertaken with tbe asvent of the Mon
golian empire. Vsry likely Great Britain
will be able eventually to accomplish her
purpose In Thibet Oeneral MacDonald's
foroes, which are largely made up ot Sikhs,
are fully armed with modrn weapons,
while the Thibetans are equipped only with
old-fashioned matchlocks and bows and
arrows. The natives, however, have a vast
advantage in the way of numbers, they
are inured to the rigorous climate of ths
country and they are dogged and fearless
fighters. Moreover, they ere Buddhist
fanatics, and they believe that In resisting
the British forces they are battling for
the preservation ot their religious faith
Bo superstitious are they on thia score
that no European Is ever permitted to
enter Lhassa, ths saored capital, and with
only two or three exceptions, nor.e has
ever been able to do so and live to tell the
tale.
premier Bond's statement thst no cor
respondence respecting the consolidation of
Newfoundland with Canada has panned has
presumably more . than personal velghL
For the first time In her existence as a
colony. Newfoundland Is assured of the ex
tinction of the vexatious French rights. It
Is natural, then, thst she should wish to
find berscif In her new liberated estate be
fore sinking her political Identity In that
of the Dominion. Tar the present, the an
nexation scheme will probably halt, though
It seems inevitable that It should finally be
affected. Meanwhile It ehould not be for
gotten that the relations of Newfoundland
with the European countrlea and with the
United Btatee are really closer than those
with the Dominion. In particular, there Is
a growing trade between our ports and
theirs. This might be greatly inoruasea ny
tbe passage of the Hay-Bond convention,
Auers
&
What was the matter with this man ? Ask your
doctor. He will tell you that the marVsblood
was impure. Just as soon as the Sarsaparilla
purified and enriched his blood he was en
tirely cured. See that your blood is pure.
Consult your own doctor about this,
ai.QaiU AJterasststs.
a measure which deserves to be approved '
for Its own sake and for Its value aa an'
entering wedge whenever the union be
tween Newfoundland and ths Dominion
shall be accomplished.
A correspondent of the London Times,
written from Vienna, says that It the Au
strian government expected to appease ths
Italian -members of the Relohstag by prom
ising to create an Italian faculty of Juris
prudence at Roveredo, It must have real
ised Its mistake by this time. Not only have
the Italians chown small gratitude, he
says, for the iromlse, but they have ac
tually joined the ranks of the Cwch ob
structionists, whose rosin object In the
overthrow of the Korber administration.
Although the Italians have not as yet cou-
ciuoeu any lurmai buiaiii-v wun wie v iw-ni
thetr general attitude indicates that they
are animated by the same Influences which
led the Italian students to irska common
cause with the Slav students during the
recent disorders at the Vienna university
and which led to the tsblt"hmnt of a
truce between Italians and Croatian In
Iatrla and Dalmatla. The Italians, nys
the correspondent, are Inclining gradually
to the belief that Pan-Germtnlsm is a
greater dnrger than Pr.r.-Slavlsm for the
Italian lnnKuapo and culture, and It would
not bo surprising, he Clr.ks, If the ptesent
outbreak of militant Pan-Germanism In
Austria "rhould cement this Incipient un
derstanding between raoea which ero ap
parently unable to comprehend that the
Prussian helmet and the 'Wacht am RheuV
aro essential to their welfare."
IICRE'9 A LAI Gil OR TWO.
"Whero did you tear ycur frock, tr.y
dear?" ,
"At Mrs. Van Ctashoms reception."
"Have a good t!e?"
"es;- a ripping good time." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Miss 1 Kamcako A penny for yoor
thoughts, Mr. Btockbond.
Mrs Hamcake (whlnpers to daughter)
Offer lilm a dollar. Gertie; we've got money
and It's Ji:st as well to let people snow It
Brooklyn Life.
"He was such a kind man always o
thoughtful and considerate of bis friends."
Indeed?" - - -A -
"Yes. Why, he even died In the summer
time, when flowers were cheapest." A sw
Tork Times.
Mrs. Winters A young man railed to aee
you this afternoon. -
Mr. Winters Did he leave his name?
Mrs. Winters No, but he Tmd lovely oark
brown eyes. Somerville Journal.
"The trouble with him la that be apes
the swell people." . , , ...
"That's not the trouble. He n.lgnt ape
the swell people all he plsasej if he dldn t
afterward monkey with the plain people.'
Chloago Tribune.
"Don't you sometlmee regret your' lost
opportunities?"
,fNo," answered Betistor Sorghum. To
tell you the honest t-uth. In looking over
my ledger I don't discover very many lost
opportunities." Washington Star.
"I find," said the philosopher, "that If
a man wishes and wishes for a thing he s
almost cortaln to get It If he'll only per-
'""Au' he has to do Is to keep cn wishing
'"Oh' 'ro! Xeep cn wishing and perse
vere in wishing for lt."-PhlladIphla Press.
BALLAD OF THH HAD COLD.
W. 3D. Nesblt In Chicago Tribune.
Now, there was a man with a red, rl nose
And a weak and watery eye;
Hi atood In the street, with a patient pose
While the cars went hurrying by.
And he read a paper and slau ptil his toes
And suflly kerchiefed his crimson nose.
A friend scon Joined him Ir. waiting there,'
And aeked: V hat's ths laltst row?
And what has been taken, and when and
wliure?"
And tiie msn said: "Kooche-ah-chow!"
Aud the friend said: Jt:nlnyl Vou don t
say ?
Now w:mt do you think will be dune to-
day?"
Tbe men turned then, and be sighed: "I
Thatine next Is Oc-chooly-choo! .
I mean Ah-clijo!" and a quivering blink
Closed his eyes as the tears came through.
perhaps, but It teems quite a hefty pu-.n;
I don't think they will,'' said the other
man.
'It Isn't Ahchee!"' cried the rsd-nosed
man,
"But It s Ooo-chy-oo-akkety-wow!
"Tout's Just hat 1 aald when the war
began,"
Said the friend. "They're doing it now!"
But the other r.nawered; "O, cun t you see
It Is Woo! Ooo! Yo3h-w1?hy-oof-ka-w!iee!"
"No, no. You'ro wrong," said the friend
at that. .
"Why, thu place Is too far away
From the seat of vr. nl t'U lnt my hat
It will not be attacked tcday."
And the man with a noeo Umt wss ruby
red
Just surglsd and groaned arid shook his
head.
"I don-t mean the war," were the words he
said. , , .
"I thouKht you were asking of me
What I took for this cold that Is In my
And told yon-Whhool Yoo! Chswes'"
And the fiU-nd then salokcred and stld,
till he: , . ,
"You si.easa like a class In geogrsphy!"
Sarsapari lla
-1 had a breaking out on my body and I
nied different remedies withoat relief. 1
then tried Ayer'i SarsaparilU, and before
I bad taken hall a bottle I was entirely
cared." M. A. Wall, Bentley Creek, Pa.
t. a Ayes Os.. LsweO. Uses,
i.