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1 THE OMAHA' DAILY TIER: FRIDAY. APRIL 15, 1904. Tim Omaha Daily Dee, K. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORN1NO. TBkMR ow ai-nariUPTlON. ftelly Be (without Sunday), On Tar..$4 "0 J 'oily Bp and Sunday. On iear Illustrated Bee. On Year Hunday Be, One Year 90 J 00 J. 00 1.50 1.00 . Ic Haturday Bw, on Year. Twentieth Century Furmff, On Tear.. DELIVKREP BT CARRItK. Pally Be (without Hiindny), per copy.. Ttaiu .wi.vw.. tiimHovt r.er VVfK. .12c Ialljr Be (Including Sunday), pr week..lio Sunday He, per ropy 1 Kvenlnf B (without Sunday, per weeR. ec Evening' Bee (including Sunday), per week '" Complaints of Irregularity n Vlltvry should b addressed to City Circulation . i-prtment. orncr.B. Omaha Th Be Building. ... South Omahn CHv Hall Bultdlng. Twenty-fifth and M Street. Council Bluffs 10 penrl Street Chloago-lWO Vnlty Building. ... New Tor 232 Pnrk Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed !mr presence and swern to error m mis ui aay or April, a. i . yum. (Seal) M. B. HUNOATE, Notary Public, It it a wise mine that knows its own navy. ' The danger In the naval guns does not oil lie at the muzzle. South Omaha election returns always have to be recounted in the courts. The Elklns boom for vice president will set the prairie afire in New Mexico as well as shake the hills of West Vlr glnla. ' The Missouri river and April weather In Nebraska are two things whose no tjon cannot be foretold by the most ex pert forecasters. Now we will hear from the oldest in- habitant about the Missouri river rise and what it was when Omaha was ypung and giddy. Omaha still maintains a very cred iUble showing aa a pork packing center in! the comparative exhibit of the meat industry since March 1. ' -There are Indications that Mr. Rocke feller has completed his college dona tions for the year. The price of oil has been lowered one-half cent a gallon. ! There la a very grave suspicion in .ritualistic circles that the Irreverend John D. Howe is trying to slide Into the fchoes of the Reverend Father Williams. Furnishing evidence against law breakers la a more effective, if less spec tacular, way of having the lawa en forced than tha serving of notices upon office holders. ; ' .With two grand Juries grinding simul taneously, the month of May promises to witness a clearing of the atmosphere, of which the Omaha weather bureau should take due notice. . It is in keeping with the eternal fitness of things that the blooming mills In Pennsylvania ahould resume opera tion in the month of April. Nature is setting the example. . - " Rev. Charles Stroud, late of Ohio, must have had more than a passing friendship for lawyers. He has left hla entire estate to a church school with out mentioning his relatives. French politeness approximates obse quiousness when It refuses to believe that Japan had anything to do with the sinking of Russian boats until Russia officially announces the fact i If the national convention of the Na tional Municipal league can tell Chicago ttow to get the street cars for which it voted, its welcome to the windy city will be something more than perfunc tory. The judges of the United States circuit court of appeals are evidently trying to get a line on the Intention of the United States supreme court in ' the merger decision before telling Mr. Har rlman what be can do. While the civilized powers deplore warfare, they cannot be blamed for being pleased at having the Russians and Japanese show just what has been accomplished in the way of improve ments in the machinery of war. Having divided the delegation from Hatsachusetts with Olney, Mr. Hearst is making overtures to the New Jersey democracy, where be expects to take a slice from Parker's delegatlou. The democracy has more cause than Russia to fear the "yellow peril.' ' The new Iowa law defines a bootlegger as "one who carries liquors about for the purpose of disposing of them." This definition evidently makes an invidious distinction between the bootlegger and the man who cairlea liquor about for tb purpose of absorbing them, , RVSBlA B KaVal mihtakk. I A forelirn dispatch of a few days ago reported an Interview with the chief of Importance Of maintaining democratic the Russian naval staff In which he principles as they were set forth In the sharply criticised the Hnsalan naval pol- platforms of 1W and 1000." Ills let Icy in the far east He was said to ter expressed the hope that a note of ' ' . a a. II.. have expressed the opinion thst in the opening stage of the war attack should have been met by attack, pointing out magnates to control the democratic con that while the course of the Japanese ventlon and to secure the nomination of commander kept the Russian fleet at a democratic candidate who will be ob- Port Arthur Immobile, he was Inuring his own crews to work and accustoming the officers and mrt to action whereby thrust at the so-called conservatives was they are being trained and hardened, supplemented by another from a Call while the Russian sailors, unaccustomed fornla democrat; who said that the to this constant activity and warlike democratic creed Is simple and clear. maneuvering, are Irritated and dlsheart- pnp(j - i In view of what has taken place It really seems that the Russian naval policy has been a mistake, that a more aggressive course, such as Makaroff was understood to have intended pursuing, mlght have resulted In weakening the racy divided wlthlu less than three Japanese nnva! power. But It is to Ikj months of the meeting of the national borne In mind that the Russians were by convention and there is nowhere a sign no means so well prepared for eea-llght- that the factions may be reconciled be ing aa the enemy and doubtless this was 're the time arrives for putting a na well known to the Russian naval officers tlonal ticket in the field. No one se- and led them not to take too great risks, but to keep well within the protection of the land fortifications. It is nnlte likely. also, that the Russians underestimated the tactical ability of the Japanese, with their limited experience In warfare, and ,n nauonai convention, tnougn ap expected them to do rash and reckless Pnrently tne conservatives now, have thinirs. If they hsd anr such Idea their experience should have dispelled it and tanirht them that th-r hsv- as intelll- gent and as wary a foe as they have ever encountered. Judging by results, the Japanese naval commander has thus far made ho mistakes. He has not been successful in everything he has under- taken, but no failure has resulted in serious loss. At any rate In the little more than two months since the begin- nlng of hostilities Japan Is practically tn comrjlete control of the sea and will un rtnnh,H remain an th. .nhHn her .'' .a to carry on ner ihdq operations wiinoui imnnrtant interferene what remain. of Russia', eastern .fleet, which at the unt8 for bls Pernicious activity in ere beginning of the war was numerically Un the water work8 Purchase muddle. as strong as that of Japan and generally thm,ffht to h .. well tinned It remains to be seen whether Russia will show greater ability in the handling of her land forces than she has in her naval policy. Her reliance Is upon her army and it Is not doubted that it will do brave work, yet the Japanese may prove themselves quite equal to the Rus sians in strategy, as they are very sure to do in courage and fortitude. PUUPOSKD CVHBMCT LKQISLATIOX. It Is unlikely that there will be ny currency legislation at the present ses- sion of congress, the general desire being to confine action to the approprla- ... . . ' tion Mils and adjourn when these are disposed of, but the measure reported to the house by the committee on bank- lng and currency has some features that will meet with general approval, One of these proposes the repeal of the law which prohibits customs receipts from being deposited in national banks, There seems to be no longer .any valid reason why the treasury should not be allowed to deposit In banka the receipts from customs, as it is authorized to do with internal revenue. Another com- mendable feature Is that providing for the recoinage of silver dollara into sub- sidiary coins. The fact tiat there is company in 1900. The contract was now in the treasury nearly 1(100,000,000 made on July 20, :880, emended No silver shows conclusively that there is veraber 9, 1880, and tgaln on July 19, more of these dollars than the country requires and therefore the proper thing to do Is to reeoin them into aubsldlary . . . ., . , . coins and get them Into circulation as rapidly aa the demand calls for. It Is pointed out that there is now a shortage in subsidiary coins and it Is manifestly important to the retail business of the country that this shall be remedied, which can be done only In the way pro- taken the works under the fthree ap posed In this bill... There Is also an- pralsers purchase clause of the con- other interesting consideration presented by the report, which Is that an Ideal sanitary currency can only be secured by the substitution of subsidiary coin for the one and two dollar bills. It Is not to be donbted that such substltn- tion would be satisfactory to the general public, which is becoming a good deal concerned In the question of clean money. - lt may be remarked that, there is nothing in this measure to the slightest degree revolutionary. , It contemplates no radical changes In the currency svs- tem that could prove In the least dls- turblng or unsettling. It alms simply to correct certain existing defects the removal of which Is shown to be clearly desirable. HO MOMISK of Harmoxt. There Is In no direction any substan- tJal promise of democratic harmony, the indications still being that the national convention of the party will be one of the stormiest and most acrimonious In its entire history. In ?ew York there Is a factional contest that threatens to develop much bitterness In the state convention next week. In Massachu- setts the democrats are divided between Olney and Hearst. In Pennsylvania the Parker sentiment appears to be strong- est, though there la a considerable ele - ment of the party in that state which is favorable to the radical.' There are also many democrats la Ohio, Indiana and Illinois who do not look with favor upon the Empire state Jurist. . The "conservatives" do not. appear to be making any marked headway in the I $3,000,000 would, for a time at least, re central west or to be making any sg-lmaln on deposit with the city treasurer gresslve 1 efforts In this section. The south is waiting. for the democracy of New York )o act and is expect ed to a c cept whatever the party in that state stall do. ' 1 1 The speeches at the banquet of the Chicago Iroquois dab give no promise of harmony. There . were discordant utterances which attest the party de - morallsatton. Mr. Cleveland contributed bis advice for "th ax cuiIslk; uf safe and sane democracy,' by which was im piled omeuatuj rsry auxareai rrom what the party has been since 180(1. Mr. Bryan, on the other hand, urged "the warning wouia oe raised -against me attempt now being made by the money ugatea in aavance to netray tne Dopes i the democratic masses." This plain " cannot De recited ty tnose.wuo wouia maKe our organization in nuur to the republican party by catering to cunscriaimuj which eee i 'ri"K greater beneflts to the already wealthy." us are tne councils or me nemoc- rlously believes that there Is even a possibility that the conservative and nam wings or tne party can re mane to "Hap together.- and It is yet to be determined which will be the stronger omewnat me Dener or me situation. Certainly there is nothing In existing P" conditions to warrant democrats in feeling confidence, as some of the Ipan,r" Profps" t0 tnnt th Pnr,y wl" wln n year'8 election. The republican organization Is compact and harmonious, with a leader whom the PpPe know nd truBt- and 14 sepn"' "mon the Impossible things that It can De "ereateo oy a party as dmcied ana aorganized as tne democracy. TRTMO TO SQUARE B1MSBLF. State Senator Howell Is trying to i ilA H hlm8plf wlth 0,9 mnba 001,8111 imiTeen reBTOD" Bre K,e" u u' l" Ju8tlfy the enactment of the Howell corn- P"1801? P"rcnase ma, out i.e turo8 ,.u light on the true Inwardness of the con feptlon and pa88aKe of that mea8Ure' wmcn w" primarily to open a 'ocrauve POkhi IOr mm as water cunt mlssloner with general supervision of the construction and maintenance of the water plant, and a big salary to corre SDond with the responsibilities. His screed closes with this admonition: ln" T lue"n " lno -j th. cltT ef 0maha for twenty.hv years and every voter and every citizen should be on his guard that he may not be deceived by the 'mendacious misstatement of 'acts that Is afforded him from day to day by those wno for ,, ntLI)ona are opposed to the interests of the city In this matter, Mr.' Howell is- eminently correct when he declares that the water works ques- tion Is the most, important one that has confronted the people of Omaha for twenty-five years. The people of Omaha should beware of deception and men- dacity In the discussion of the water works problem and for that reason they will view Mr. Howell'a explanation with well-grounded distrust According to Mr. Howell, the city claimed the right to purchase the water plant under the contract with the water 1881, by an ordinance which contains this provision: Ba,1 wter wortM heii b" constructed and completed within one year and four . tha , arrt f the contract, unless th city council shall I by ordinance extend the same. One year and four months from July 20, 1880, was November 20, 1881. The earliest possible time the city could have tract waa twenty years from its date, therefore, November 20, 1901, and not In the year 1900, as is claimed by Mr. HowelL On this point," however, there was contention on the part of the company, which" claimed that the ordl- nance declaring the works completed arid accepted did not pass until September 4, l883- If this version was sustained by the eourta the city could not have Be quired the works under the original con- lracl nerore cepiemoer , Mr, Howell points to the fact that the Pop' Omaha voted $3,000,000 In bonds in 1900 to purchase the water plant because they were told and be- He that the right to purcnase it nad then accrued, and because the people or I Oniana aesireo to own irs water woras system. The truth of the matter Is, and Mr. Howell knows it. that the city did not claim to have the right to take the WOrks before September, 1901, but that the $3,000,000 bond proposition was a sop thrown to appease the clamor for public I ownership. At the time this .bond proposition was (pending The Bee pointed out that "the I council had put the cart before the horse," and thst the first steps to be I taken toward the purchase of the weter I works were to secure an appraisement of the plant under eminent domain proc- less, and if the appraisement was satis I factory to submit a proposition to issue I bonds for the full amount of the ap- I pralsement. I The Bee also called attention to the I fact that in case of the company's re I fusal to accept the amount tendered the j without an adequate bond to protect the I city. It was an open secret then that - 1 the bond ordinance was engineered I through the council by the water works I company's Influence because? $3,000,000 I would be below the actual value of the I works. I According to Mr. Howell the method 1 adopted by the city council under the I compulsory water purchase bill Is the I proper method by which the city should - 1 acquire the water plant That is un laoubteoiy we opinion or me water works managers, for they assisted materially In getting the three appraisers ordinance through the council last year. If they hnd not favored that system of purchase they could have blocked the ordinance Just as they conld have blocked the Howell-GIIbert bill from going through the legislature. The very fact that they did not raise their finger to stop that bill from going through, and did not Invoke the power of the courts to knock the law out after ita passage affords sufficient proof that the company Is not opposed to parting with the works on Its own terms. But what would Mr. Howell advise the city to do in case the arbitrators ap praise the works for $8,000,000 or 17,000, 000? Can the appraisement be set aside and he buy the works on those terms, and. If so, on what ground does Mr. Howell expect to be returned to the leg islature to Improvise some amendments to his original purchase bill? In view of the fact that he Is not a taxpayer his concern about the acquisition of the works would seem to- be almost Inex plicable. , Nebraska sportsmen will be delighted to learn that the Iowa legislature, which has just adjourned, has revised the fish and-game laws by extending the open season for shooting quail from December I to December IS, and extending the season for hcok and line and trot line fishing from November 1 to November 15. While the new Iowa game laws ex pressly prohibit the shooting of more than twenty-five ducks, geese, brants or wild turkeys In one day, it wlir not be unlawful to have more than that num ber of birds In one's possession at one time. There Is nothing in the new law that will prevent huntsmen from bag ging game purchased fresh from com mission bouses to make a respectable showing of their skill and luck. Southern democrats have extended the color line, not only across the Mexican boundary, but clear into sunny Italy. The test applied by democrats of Burle son county, Texas, to govern their pri mary election provides that only white men shall participate and that the word "white" Is considered to exclude Mexi cans as well as Italians and negroes. Shades of Christopher Columbus and Americu8 Vespucci! had you steered for Texas you would not have been allowed to land because of your dark complexion, Great stress is laid by champions of Grover Cleveland on. his recent positive denial that he has ever in his official position, either when' asleep or awake, alive or dead, on his bead or on his heels, dined, lunched or supped or In vlted to a wedding reception any colored man, woman ,or child. But the wor shipers of Grover forget that he has been accused of. worse things without denying them. - Senator Scott of West Vlrglula has apparently succeeded" in performing the Impossible." The "Iowa idea" Is no prob lem at all to him, ..SOT he. says In his speech to the repr)llcan convention that while he believes la. "standing pat" he also bolieves tha""the ' schedules are not sacred," and this is a solution of which Iowa has not 'thought Chairman Broadwell seems to have contracted the disease from Chairman Blackburn, for he says he will not call the democratic congressional convention until the member of congress is ready. Other aspirants can now see what caused the revulsion of feeling which placed Mr. Hitchcock In office. The ex-post facto discussion by the local "nonpartisan" organ of the resigna tion of Judge Baxter and the appoint ment of Judge Bartlett without the aid and consent of the Bar association is, in lawyers' parlance, incompetent Irrelevant and immaterial at this stage of the game. While It may require 45,000 harvest hands to care for the wheat and oats crops of the middle west prospective laborers In these fields are advised not to start west until the residents of this section have completed their negotia tions with the chinch bugs, the rust and the weather. Characteristic of Heft. Washington Star. Mr. Grover Cleveland, with that secure and confident poise that has always dis tinguished him. attaches more Importance to his opinions of other people than to other people's opinions of him. Reasonably faay. Minneapolis Times. We are good naturd people. We ar paying th senators and 'representatives high wages for talking politic and spend ing millions to have their stump speeches printed In the Congressional Record and distributed. H Didn't See Hath, Cleveland Plain Dealer. One of the members of the English com mission sent out by Investigator Moaely says that the American boy Is not brought up to punch another boy's head or to stand after having his own head punched. This positive Briton should ba permitted to mix himself up with a flag rush.'. Jadge Bartlett. Lincoln Star. Hon. E. M. Bartlett, who has just been appointed to the district bench of the Fourth judicial district. Is highly spoken of. H is on of the ablest and most successful lawyers at the Omaha bar. He was chairman of th. republican district central committee which directed the cam palgn last fall In which the ticket, Inrlud lng Judge Baxter's name, was elected. This fact probably adds bitterness to th cup of those who opposed the republican ticket. rkroale fas of "Aaria 'Em." Louisville Courier-Journal. v Mr. Bryan is against Judg Parker be cause Mr, Hill la for him. He Is against Mr. Olney because Mr. Cleveland Is for him. He is against Mr. Gray on general principles. He Is against Mr. Gorman be cause of Mr. Gorman's cussed aelf alone. Thus, Mr. Bryan la hard to pleas. After he has failed twice, does he want any one to wlnT Does he not the rather want an Interregnum of four years mor of demo cratic uncertainty and disaster In th in terest of his Commoner and bis lectures. with any old Bennett will case though not any old David Bennett HiU cases that may com alone hnd. carrying- letters I either s44 or opeat THE PEOPLE MIST DECIDR. PoBalar Will tke Baals ( Ike "erlb. era Seearltl Derision. Collier's Weekly. The Northern Securities decision means that the people of the United States must ultimately decide about where, the line Is to be drawn between the dnnger of con centrated business power and the dnnger I of undue Interference. There Is nothing I distressing In such a prospect. The people I can be truated to decide wisely In the end, I or. If they do not, we need not waste sym- J pathy upon them. It is a necessity always faced by th people of Great Britain. They have no written constitution to protect them. There Is no limit to th power of Parliament. With the most powerful houpe changing whenever the people will. Parlia ment can make what laws It llkesN From th Accident that there were thirteen colo nies In 1787, some of them loth to bo merged In a great whole, our system of checka on the popular will was Invented. Hence the written fnnatltittlnn Anil h.nra the rinwer of th courts to thwart congress. The ma- ?f M was besieged In a tower Re - , . . " l nrmrw.amm J fuMng to aurrender, they fought until all u urv,ioiuu nun 1 1 lca-lin i (in t 1 1 vuuBnna I wishes to limit combination. It may ,rB w I the line at which they shall cease to grow. Th Sherman law was a crude campaign device, which in Itself deserves contempt. Congress had power to make that law, and has the power to change It. We think an enactment which should rightly Interpret th people's will would destroy the North em Securities company, but would make clearer the limit of Interference. Under th Sherman act a wildcat president could agitate, perhaps successfully, against com binations which publlo opinion approves. That, however, Is th fault not of the supreme court, but of congress. As th people are not going to elect a flre-eatlng demagogue, there Is no danger that the awkward Sherman act will have evil con sequences. The satisfaction of business men was shown In the market's steadiness. Three democrats and one republican formed the minority, small comfort for the so-called democrats who would turn the party Into an aggregation of agitators for the sake of agitation. The decision was against the trusts, and every democrat ton the bench voted against the decision. The present republican administration put an end to the Northern Securities merger, and the three democratic Justices voted to allow the merger to continue. One of the for tuitous advantages of the decision Is the body blow which it delivers, for this cam paign, to the lawless minority and their yellow leaders. A decision In favor of the merger would have given the riotous truRt- busters and class-prejudlce-agltators some thing to howl about and spill red Ink head, lines on. The actual decision, with its bal anced arguments and close division, makes men think and leaves the public with a sense of quiet responsibility. Much was to be said legally on either side, and ,much is to be said politically, so long as we draw the lines with good old Anglo-Saxon rea son, with no worked-up passions and cheap and fiery catch-words. Two far-reaching principles conflict, each valuable and each capable of growing into menace. Freedom of private enterprise is part of American faith, not to be abandoned for any paternal principle, but, on the other hand, we can not allow Individuals so to use their prop erty as to become essentially despotic. Ex perience has shown that combinations of capital may contain grave dangers to Amer ican Ideals, and therefore must be watchea. We are thankful that the Securities decision, earnestly debated as it was, happens not only to leave the responsibility for wise business judgment upon the people, but happens also to encourage a calm, satis- fled, reflective mood, which Is of happy augury In politics. The absence of hysteria. and the patient study of the right, which have been the cornerstones of liberty in th country from which our legal syBtcm Is Inherited, 'are, we believe, to remain with us, and guldo us along the line of careful discrimination and slow change, which Is the history of good legislation and good law. SICK BED CONVERSION. Peeallar Aspect of the New Fight Among; Merger Mnsrnates. Pittsburg Dispatch. . Thar Is a cheerful and humorous aspect of human nature in the report from Minneapolis that the anti-combination laws of the northwestern states which were so obnoxious to the HIU railroad crowd when summoned as adverse to their merger are now hailed aa a saving Influence by the same party to prevent the control of the Northern Paclflo by the Harrlman Union- DUUinern rauuu uuuiuiiibviuii. it i. cabins of the poor to the palaces of the railway kings that the Infliction which we denounce while it is wringing our withers undergoes a change that enables us to see necessary publlo discipline when it gores the other fellow's ox. The Great Northern crowd is able to differentiate combinations according to the old classification hetero doxy. Th necessary combination is their combination; th combination against which the laws must be Invoked Is the one that their rivals get up. In Its application to the particular casa In point th Great Northern people are right; and th public should stand with them. If a Northern Securities merger Is wrong, a Southern-Central-Unlon-Northem Paclflo combination cannot be right. What la sauce for the Hill goose should be sauce for th Harrlman gander. Let us hop that th invocation of the state laws which the Invokers defeated on th first round may prove triumphant, that transcontln ental railroads may henceforth stand ach on its own right-of-way. PERSONAL NOTES. Henry L. Marlndln, hydrographer con necteri with th United States coast and geodetic survey since 1863, and a member of th Mississippi River commission, has just died at the age of SO. Captain Charle W. Gilbert, said to be the oldest ex-government scout In the United States, has just died at his home in Salem, Mass. He was a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars and a plainsman for many years. Marquis I to, the Japanese statesman, is described as an Indefatigable reader of European and American literature. He reads not only the standard works, but the new publications and th current periodicals of both hemispheres are do voured. H reads German, French, Eng lish and Chines as easily aa he reads hi own langusge. Congressman John Sharp Williams tells of a man in Mississippi who is a hypochon driac of the first order. This man was one day telling a friend of his efforts to re gain his old-time health. He ran over the list of doctors whom b had consulted Whereupon th friend remarked: "Well. old man. I must say that you appear to hav lota of faith In doctors." "Certainly I have," replied th sick man; "don't you think th doctors would b foolish to let a good customer Ilk m diet" Within a few weeks a Von Moltk will again flgur as head of th general staff of the Prussian army. Von Moltk. jr., is th nephew of th great strategist of th later nineteenth eanrury, to whom tor long years h acted a aide-de-camp, and will consequently b no stranger to th palatial quarters of th Konlgsplats when h nlrs them as chief. Count Helmuth. who bear th Christian nam of bis great kinsman. Is w years old and ha pssed th whol of his military carr la staff Jana eeuri eotoyoMBta. HATlOU f BATTf.B ARRAY. nala Afcaat Ike mm Ceamtry tavolTed la War. Rear Admiral Inglla, a British naval au thority, points out that the Russian en gineers who planned the fortifications of Vladivostok, began some forty years ago, could not have dreamed that the fortress would ever be the subject of attack by ships distant five miles and glimmering through the Ice glare aa mere dots on the horlion. The modern gun of I I Inch eallhre has an extreme range of twenty nines, with a maximum trajectory that wouia overtop Mont Blanc. The newest 12-Inch giin will carry nearly as far, and the 6-Inch fifteen miles. Nothing In the armament of Vladivostok has anything Ilk these ranges. The renown of the Japanese for courage was as remarkable In Marco Polo's day as It Is In the present. He narrates the story of an Invasion of the country by the forces of the Khan of Tartary. A Japanese army . . . . . . V, I M y ft V eight Uavelers wonders must creep in.I fmlnd ,mpoMlb,e to nflct Bnv woun(1 Now this was by virtu of certain stonea whlch lhpv ,, n ther rm, itneTt between the akin and the flesh. And th charm and virtu of these stones were-such that those who wore them could never perish by steel." They were therefore beaten to desth with clubs. General Nelson A. Miles, who is In Chi cago this week, predicts a long war be tween Russia and Japan and believes that all the European powers will be embroiled before th struggle Is ended. To a re porter he said: "It will he a long war; It has not begun yet, and nothing has happened to indicate anything with regard to the outcome. There hns been no engagement either on land or sea that has counted for anything In determining what is likely to happen. Nothing hns developed to show which side ,8 Prir In generalship, strategy or gen eral effectiveness. There never has been another war that hns concerned the destiny of so many peo ple. China may be affected, and there are other countries besides China. I think all the powers of Europe will be brought Into the war eventually." When asked If he thought th United States would be dragged Into the conflict General Miles said: ' 'I hope not; I don't see why It should be." 'George Rust Bedlnger, who, after two years of service as Instructor In the Im perial university at Toklo, has returned from Japan, full of enthusiasm for the Japanese, explained away the other day to a group of Interested listeners In New York a popular western misconception as to the geisha-girls," says the New York Sun. ' "These girls ar educated and trained publlo entertainers. Orphans and daugh ters of poor parents are turned over to the geisha Instructors and kept eight or ten years In training. "They learn al 1th arts that make them charming socially how to enter a room gracefully, how to arrange flower in dec orative fashion, how to how, to dance, how to dress with taste, above all how to talk cleverly and. agreeably. They are. In fact, the . most delightful talkers one can imagine. "When a geisha girl's education Is com plete she is ready to earn her living as a publlo entertainer. Many of them, Indeed entertain in a subordinate fnsVon as aids to the fully educated geisha uefor they have learned all the arts of the profession, so that many of the geisha girls appear as mere children. 'It Is necessary that Japan shall have a vast number of geisha girls, because, ac cording to the etiquette of Japan, the wives and daughters of Japanese households do sot attend social entertainments given by the husbands and fathers. . The geisha girls, therefore, are the sole feminine el ment at such entertainments. 'When a Japanese gives a dinner to his friends, native or foreign, at a publlo restaurant, a number of the regularly hired gelRha girls appear clad In lovely garments, smiling, merry and. ready with quick re partee whenever host or guest addresses them. Misapprehension aa to th character of these girls leads to many offensive re marks by western persons to Japanese gen tlemen. As a matter of fact, no Japanese gentleman would think of treating with anything but the utmost politeness a geisha girl with whom he came In contact while enjoying the hospitality of a friend." Prince Txmla Napoleon, who has been ap- . . - . . !., ,7 "t'rfa7 th csar's army, and probably at th pre' cnt tlma the moat dangerous aspirant to the thron of Franc. H is dangerous because he dbe not Intrigue for that throne and malt himself ridiculous, but simply sticks to his military duties and builds up a fins reputation as a soldier. If he distinguishes himself in this wsr he may become a source of considerable worry to the French government. Prince Louis has had no experience of warfare, but has handled large bodies of cavalry with great skill and success In maneuvers. General Miles, United States army, watched him when he visited Russia, and praised him highly. Th American veteran was present at a' rerlw of Rus sian troops by the csar and President Felix Faure. Prince Louis galloped at th head of his cavalry division, and saluted the head of th French republic, whom he naturally regards as the usurper of his own place. President, Faur gravely re turned the salute, and afterward they met and became great friends. Hindsight Is generally conceded to con tain more wisdom than foresight. Friendly advocates of th Russian cause draw much comfort from the words of Napoleon, ut tered during his captivity at St- Helena. Th following sentences are quoted as foreshadowing th outoom of th present war: It was making war upon Russia that ruined me." 'Russia Is th nation that I moat likely to march to universal dominion." 'I would not hav declared war upon Russia but that I was persuaded sh was about to declare War upon me." 'In the end Russia will become mistress of the world." 'But for my marrlag with Marie Louis I would not hav declared war upon Rus sia." (He expected assistance from Aus tria). 'I am reproached for not getting myself killed at Waterloo. I think I ought rather to have died In Russia." 'Russia is In a favorable position to con quer the world." "Perhaps I did wrong to commenc th Bargain Counter on Coal You can get it cheap! About 75 tons ArliansQivSGmi-AmhracifG Best brand. We don't want to carry It over. Need the room for hard coal. Just the thing for furnaces or all kinds of heaters to top off the season with. Try a ton. SllEniDAtl GOAL OFFICE, 1605 Farnaoi Tel. 127 Waterloo campafm. I did not think then that Russia Would tnk a hand." "If I had had SOO.OOO more men In Russia ther would have been that many more lost." "After I had reached Moscow I should have died there." When Admiral Togo was at the Thames Nautical Training college, where h be gan his education for a sea career, th examiners did not credit him with thos gifts which he hns sine turned to such good account In dealing with his country's foes. By a cnrlmis accident, when the proofs of the "lists" were sent to th head master he found Cadet Togo's name . appearing aa "No Go," an error which was at one corrected, and rightly so la th light of more recent knowledge The great fighter will no doubt smtl In his quiet way should he com serosa this little story which so well Illustrates th aphorism, "Never prophesy unless you know." Ubiquity ss a prominent trslt of th Irish Is conspicuously shown In th nam of Chemulpo, Cores. From the cognomen of James Murphy, who many years ago was wrecked on the Corean coast and suh seo,tieiitly rose to much fnm tn th society of that country, to Chemulpo seems at first a far cry. But traced by stages th transition of James Murphy Into Jem Mur Thy, Chem Murphy, and finally Chemulpo la quit easy, and this Is th real origin of the town's nam. BND TIIIS IMMIGRANT WEST. Proper Thin; to Do with TUweemrrs Seeking Work. Chicago Trlbun. Otib satisfied Immigrant anywher In th United Slates Is an Immigration bureau unto himself. Recause of hla satisfaction with conditions In the Atlantic seaboard cities he Is ovornopulatlng: them. with peo ple of his nationality. logically th remedy for this evil Is to attract the future immi grant to th western agricultural auctions, where labor Is needed and where out of his new conditions he may be led to write home of roseate prosperity and opportunity. This the senate oommlttee on Immigra tion would do In its proposed bill for the establishment of a buroau at mis Island, where the Incoming stranger might be di rected to new fields and even find help to them through state agents. Tens of thou sand cf these immigrants were agrlrtiltur allsts in Europe. But with friends la American coast dtle, they have fallen In this country into the urban oolony condi tion. Now th proposition Is to take them west before they have had a taste of Amer ican city life. let their enthusiasm rise over bucollo prospects. In a few months the grain fields of Kansas, Nebraska and th Dakota will beckon for help. Turn th Im migration tides westward. Th city cannot digest the alien hordes. Th rich prairies of the west can swallow them and clamor for more. The best foreign citizen type Is found tilling the ground, working the coun try roads in season, and sending his chil dren to th little red school house. FI.ASIIKS UK FUN. "Do you ever have any trouble tn your church. Uncle Kphralm!" "Not ylt, suh, but d young folks Is awganizln' a choir, suh." Philadelphia Press. "Ah, there, my Japanlea," cried th Rus sian picket to his r'vul across the stream. "Ah, there, my caardlne," cried the picket on the other side. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Smartlcus I used to operate a church organ. Spartacus Indeed! . I didn t know you were musical. . Smartlcus I'm not. I was editor of th Banner of Righteousness. Baltimore Amer ican. I f"Well,"- said th ftrst:. jihyalclan, "what has mat new pattern or yours goir "I don't know," replied the other, "but I'm trying to turn It Into typhoid fever. I'm great on that" Philadelphia Press. The Cow Gee! I'm thirsty. I wish I belonged to a Wall street syndicate. Th Booster Why do you wish that? The Cbw 'Cause they never forget to water their stock. Puck. "Why are you so late, George?" "Been down to the club Inlaying pokor for sweetheart stakes." . "What a horrid idea!" "Here's your share, my dear $23." "What a lovely custom!" Achillea was sulking in his tent. "When he got out of bed tMs morning," explained the great man's body servant, "he stepped on a tack with lila vulnerablo heel." . Fortunately, nowever, no aia noi ri le hasty remarks . Achilles had made- the Chicago Trlbun. WITHOUT A COOK. "What Is home without a motherT" Oft wa asked In days of yore, And, true love our hearts controlling, Placed that motto o'er the door. Now. th burning question presses. Found in gossip and in book: "What more need w now to bless nsl What is horn without a cookT" 8ha who holds the situation. Rules the household early, late, Knowa her power, and If offended, , Dooms us to a huiiftrv fate. Useless to asset t our manhood, ' Connuerea are we ny a loon; Forced to cry In direst anguish. What Is noma without a cookt What Is horn without a motherT" Turn this motto to th wall. Plac another o'er th mantle, E'en thouarh bitter tear may ran. To the kitchen queen pay homage Mother and her realm forsook We mutii. starve, or bow before her, What is nom wunoiu a cookt R. H. jUANGFOBDb North Platte. Neb. T" rwuiii uis, j 8 'Glassware 1 it most sppredsted S B - when the color, the B H cut tad the hnuh sr such at charsderin H I all piece bearing th D I (tamp of B I Dorflinger k aT & VZf 5& i 5.-1 i je - n t
