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E. nOSEWATER, EDITOR.
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Notary Public.
Will it be a fight or a foot race on
tho YaluT
That supreme court clerkship plum
must be about ripe to fall.
Like all other wars, the grain rate
war will not he settled until it is settled
-I hr
Senator Dietrich Is playing no favor-
Itea In the matter of the selection of his I
successor.
With Carnegie millions In sight for
life savers, who would not be a hero
and with the heroes stand?
All the talk about establishing a Juve
nile court in Omaha is gamin at least
until the next -legislature convenes.
4 The question ?f who sent the retro?
1, rmvlovsk to the bottom of the sea la
V now one of. veracity between tho Jap-
U aneseand Russian press censors,
ni report that Itussla Is to hate sub-
mnritiA Itnnts cornea ton Inte tn Ive news
A very material part of its Tort Arthur
fle baa luxon aiihninrlnn for ium rimo
x- x, xx...x
reuBBunug iu in.- toiu mm mc
t ontanelle CluD IS named in honor Of a
"good Indian." and that an Indian la
never a good Indian until he Is a dead
on8
Censors at Tort Arthur and St reters-
burg should get together, for the fight
denied by the former is described by
the latter and both are subject to the
caar.
Congressman Hitchcock ha, said
ine est la opposea to tarirr laws, no
nonoraoie memDer vwn proDamy oe oet-
ter acquainted with- popular sentiment
x. .a.
n on that Issile after the next election.
The only thing left for Russia to do
la to order a revision of its dictionary
o that separate and distinct words may
be used to indicate the difference be
tween a mine and a torpedo.
French new una mm. exhll.lt racial
characteristics in -?cmparlng Roosevelt
to Boulanger. A Bouianger is lmpos-
alrda Ai.tatila. f Pnmv a n.l '.x n.un
on horsehnek" rides very little dlstanea
In America
The Civic Improvement Federation
league might make a special hit by de-
Vising soiuo system of Mind-break to
fence out the amateur tornadoes that
disport themselves too oft throuirh
Omaha streets.
me iiepnnmeiu or 1 ommerce ana La-
bor is probably not hunting the Beef
tniiu w-1 1. 1-iMti.a I. ... ...1 x .. 4l.x.
UUD. .w. u.u, i.uu. UUi .uc ..CB..
per correspoimen.s can ie aepeuaea
"i1"- l" s"" ""I'-'J uiiv.w ui iuu i-uiu-
acuta a H-ia I x 1 MX-. iU. . I
C lng of the investigator.
One railroad operating iu Nebraska
lias discovered locomotive in its pos
session worth as much as $11,600 apiece.
Hitherto all tho locomotives taxable in
thla state were on the verge of being
sent to the scrap iron pile.
The lone drtuocratic congressman from
Nebraska Is Ward from a great deal,
but when It comes to balancing up a
record of aoulevement the republican
membera ,of the delegation will have the
long end of the argument.
Since the newspapers have taken note
Of the enviable lot of 'women oa the
ftderal pay roll luWashlngton it la prob-
able that senators and congressmen will
be busy with female constituent until
It is learned that all the enviable places
sre filled.'
.1 1 . . ,
The big cattlemen are still anxious
Securs another exteusion on the time
snoweu vt un? uown me lences en
cloning government laud, i were nn-
der the luipretuilon that th announce -
nt had been made some time ago that
frvis-ths lences were down. -
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TOO MVtn rtAKVT POLITIC
After waiting for weeks and months
for the congressional committee of this
I district to Isstie the rail under which
the two delegate, to which It Is entitled
" republican national convention,
are to (, chosen, a meeting of the Doug
In county committee hns been cnlled
lliailiuail 1UI IM'Al M. IKill J 'F Kiivxr
wlthe neccuwtrjr tteps for the election of ft
. I lnln (Inn Is knt,Ai,,inf V fKTlll Kl t Yl
i .rt...,w
of this county In the state and eoinfren
. . ,
alonal conventions
w,,1'e this i putting the cart before
'
the1 horae, so far aa concerns the elec-
tion of delegates to the congressional
convention, the step bad become Impera
tive by reason of the refusal of Chair
man Blackburn of the congressional
committee to take the Initiative. The
course pursued by Mr. Blackburn is ab-
solutely without precedent elsewhere,
It hi the function and duty of the coti-1
gresslnnnl committee to Issue the call,
name the day and place for holding the j
convention and apportion the .repre-1
sentatfon to which the respective toun-1
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tie comprising the uistnct ore entiuea,
and there the prerogative of the con-1
gresslonul committee has always ended,
Under immemorial usage the govern-
ing committee of the party in each 1
...,4- i. Att t.-i
vuuuij m riiiiuue iih iim-n uuui i i
wbnt """o"" . Primary elections.
or inucum'u, to iinnm u-it-gHun lor rou-
frresslonal convention are to be held,
apportion the representation to which
each precinct or ward in the county is
entitled, to fix the time and designate
the places where the primaries are to be
ueia in eacn precinct ana aproint ine
election officers. With these particulars
the conirresslonnl committee has no
right to interfere and should not be
countenanced in any effort to interfere,
This ha been the course pursued In
e very Other congressional district in the
country. Every congressional commit-
tee in Nebraska, excepting the commit
tee of this district, hn issued calls for
conventions months ago. and nearly all
t. m,i . i,
vv....vUl.v,.. . .. .
held and the delegates to the national
Convention elected.
Why Mr. Blackburn has persisted in
piaying me game or rreeze-our, ana
wiiui ins oujeci is in Homing duck iuc i
call, we cannot divine. If his plan of
nnmnnltm rnnrumnln ra ti,o .mmlmitlnn
. .............. v,.. .
01 ""'Kressuiau as wen as me eiecxum
of two national delegates at this time,
well ana gooa if . It contemplates the
nomination of the congressman later In
the season, well and good but there is I
no plausible excuse for delaying the call
for the selection of the delegates to the
national convention, who must in any
....x- , x,, ,t
cinu UUVU IIK-Il lirufllllllin IIO lltltrt I
than May to comply with the speciflc
provisions of the call of the republican I
national committee.
PARKERS SKTtHONMtST.
A democrat writing to the. New York
Times expresses a doubt Whether ' the
party can be united on Judge Parker.
because of his environment lie points
out, what to the generally recognized
fact tLnt Dnvld B' 11111 8e0n18 t0 be the
primiiwi sponsor vi me juuge aim re-
niarkg that "eome ' 119 are D108t un"
muuiiucu mm J i. nuu "
iin sj action, wim tnai or a rew oiuers
I
in the senate, that denrlved us of the
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Busted all democrats that we have since
1 ... m . .
Bnpr ine nereais, commencing in
1804." The writer odds that there are
I numerous democrats who cannot be
brought to the support of Parker, "slm-
ply on account of hi environment."
It Is not to be doubted that hundreds
of thousand of thoughtful democrats
throughout the country have seriously
asked themselves the question whether
40.4,,.
riencv a man who owes his riromlnance
ag a candidate for the nomination very
largely to so thoroughly an unscmpn-
I
lous politician as David Bennett Hill.
While Hill unquestionably ha a con -
slderable following in , Xew York,
though by no mean as strong in that
state today as be was a few years ago,
among democrat in the country at large
he has extremely little respect or confl-
1 . x . . . .
OPnce. lie IS OI 1116 Drana Or politician
whlt'h the more ho"e,,t Bnd reputable
P0"1011 01 'ne aemocracy aoe nor trust
"! I" "OT. Willing TO IOIIOW, Bppreliena-
It 1L .1. 1 J 1 X 1 I II i
"K lenuersiup uie puny
would inevitably be drifted away from
most of Its traditional principles. His
I unscrupulous character has been re-
peatedly shown and while there is 110
question that he is a man of ability.
nowhere in there any confidence in his
Integrity as a politician.
1 Such being the fact Uiere is a reason-
able fear among intelligent democrats
wto iiaVA a more than nerfnn.mr In.
tert in the maintenance of the tradi-
I
tlonal principles of their party that in
the event of the nomination and election
0s Juaae rarker. of whose views and
opinions they now know nothing, lavld
B. Hill, as the principal sponsor of the
judge, would become the dominating in
fluence tn the administration and they
are reasonably apprehenslve-as to what
might be the consequences of this. Mr.
Hill as the chief counsellor of an ad
ministration there is reason to believe
nilBht P1 exceedingly unsafe, since
11 u not to doubted that his efforts
wou,d b chleflr directed to making
capital for the attainment of his per-
eonal ambition to reach the presidency-
an "mnlt,on hlch may appear. to many
to oe utterly hopeless, but which he
I "till cherishes.
Judge Parker's environment, with P.
B- 11111 Dl" chief and most active
champion, is. certainly not fortunate,
11,8 prospect at present for securing the
I nomination at St. Louis la undoubtedly
better than that of any other one who
h.. hxvxn r-mi4 k. n.
has been named among the possible
to no.ina hut in ih -ox,i,. h.f -x.i .
to nominees, but In the weeks that remain
before the meeting of the national con
- 1 ventlon a great many democrats
throughout the country will give very
1 serious consideration to the Question
whether It Is desirable to have as the
a
I standard bearer of their party a man
championed by no unscrupulous a poli
tician aa David Hennett Hill.
nvaswa ratal Lvssts.
The naval losses sustained by Russia
In the Far East since the beginning of
the war, In ships destroyed or disabled,
consist of six battleships, one armored
cruiser, six protected cruisers and four
gunltoats and torpedo vessels a total of
seventeen warships, some of them the
most powerful In the Itusslan navy.
This record of the result of the ag
gressive policy of the Japanese navy Is
certainly remurkable and entitles Vice
Admiral Togo to a place among the
foremost of naval commanders, since all
that hns been accomplished In the naval
warfare Mn been under his direction.
According to the latest advices there
seems to be no reason to doubt that
the most serious disaster to the naval
force of Russia waa due to the opera
tlons of the enemy and not to the flag
ship of Makaroff striking a mine placed
by the IUisslana themselves. Very nat
urally there isa desire on the part of
.. .
the Russians to have It appear that
the catastrophe wa an accident, but
while there 1 no positive evidence in re-
eard to it, the testimony Is such a to
fully warrant the belief that the Rus-
, .u,..u, a j a I
sum iiHiiiesuiy was iorpwiot,"u me
Japanese,
xne missions nave sun two squnarons
n Asiatic waters, but they are at pre
ent immobile and it 1 not at all prob
able that they can be of any very im
portant service jigalnst the now vastly
superior force of Japan. The evident
extermination of Togo is to destroy the
shins at Tort Arthur and it is safe to say
hn ithi. u n-m orcnt.iniir n f.
while he, will not fail to' take care of
the enemy' squadron at Vladivostok,
which will not cause him very much
trouble It is thus apparent that BO
far nnvnI power in the Far East
IS conceraca liussia IS aireaay prac-
tlcally beaten nnd reinforcement from
th Ttnltlf. nn.l Rlnnir ana annnrtmno u
. ' , . ,
v,,ry uenny mipossime. iue aavnnmge
which ha thus been obtained by Japan
In rcrv crcnt unil It In roimnnnlilT to hn
expected that it will be followed up in
operation by land with all possible
vigor The ability thus far shown by I
the Japanese in their military oppra.
L, ' x. x. . .i,i.., x. - .
ll()n(, lmlHl, oe a ti ro.iueu xo oe oi a very
hIgh order-
iN'otwlthstanding the spontaneous ova-
tion tendered ex-Superlutendent Pearse
by the Mllwaukeeans, his advent into the
Cream City, like hi advent In Omaha
years ago, has stirred up a hornet's nest
According to the Milwaukee dispatches
L x,, r,,, t.,,, .J
vim-afiw iicwiu-ucmm, xxittxc io I
oiooa on ine moon in ine city nan anu in
the school board in consequence of the I
Dernlclous activity of certain active, en-
.i iki x,,
x,.ux,x,.c u.1.
board, who were Instrumental in the
Importation of the Omaha man. These
men are said to be marked for slaughter
I when their terms expire and the board
L reorgnnl,ed. It i even intimated
I that the fight will be carried" to the Wis
consin legislature if the supporters of
Tearee in the Milwaukee school board
are not eliminated by the . ordinary
process. Till condition of things natu-
rally Will COtUpei AIT. l'earse, WllOBe
genius 1 as a po Itical manipulator, to
I '
I i,tmi, it xrno,,irrf
'""''
anu iub mnwauKee pouuciaiiB win pres-
ently discover that Pearse commands
I
the ear of several potential factors not
the least of which is the American
school book concern.
Ilobson is the latest example of the
military hero who aspires to political j
honors. As a people American do not
seem to think that the gallantry which
throws a man into the limelight during
warfare overshadows those qualities
which go to make statesmen. Even
President Roosevelt had comparatively
small following politically until he won
1
I his spurs for possessing other qualities
1 than those of the rough rider. A mill-
I tary "hero" on the political battleground
must always "make good.'
Russian papers are again charging
that the United Statea has been helping
1 t riM,- r-rt-A ox x 1
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brilliant examples in, naval warfare
1 uumig no nine uruu wnu oyuiu, auu
I JIu hiimir htuh iu iw luaMi.B una Ul
I wxr,w ltn-V lAOl.And fW, n la 4VV. A
u,,
way, however, in which Japan has had
any visible aia rrom this country.
enaior uieincn win ever do given
cmllt for one commendable tralt-the
persistent loyalty with which he has
stood by Chairman Lindsay, whom he
'wy countea as one or ine principal
favors in tho success of the original
campaign that put him in the governor's
U'halr from which he waa promoted to
Ia. - a
lue
rassenger business on western rail
roads Is' said to be considerably better
thun passenger business on eastern rail
,.lx, Th. - hr.!., r,t th t,,.Io..
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body In the west Is better than it is in
tbe east. Give the western farmer an
other good crop, to be sold at war prices,
and he will set the example of pros-
peri ty to the rest of the world.
If, this thing keeps up at least one of
,he Jut of the district court and the
, , 8unrenl8 ln(.,udInl- tba Pom.
mission, .will be required to devote their r'l lette" more popular with th. en.l.ted men, than Uc.n .ucces. He l. able and conscien
Whole time to the settlement of disputes frm Maa.achnaatta who almnlv he- H ha" made a great reputation for I tlou and would fill the office of clerk of
between the city council and the Board
Of Public Works over paving speolflca
xi,,... mnIt mntniKti
The meat packers are again under the
searchlight to discover whether their
unanimity of action in buying at the
lowest nrlce and selliuir at the highest
lg the oDeratlon of a combine among
I v . .. ....
them or merelv a coincidence Needless
merely a coincidence. xNeeaiees
to My the r, MieYt ta thA theory
- of coincidences.
Several better cities than Des Moines
have tried to get the military beadquar
ters of ths Department of ths Missouri
I away from Omaha and failed, and It
not likely that Omaha is going to abdi
cate its right in favor of Des Molnea
Just now.
Stride of iTllloatloa.
Chicago New.
Rus.tla and Japan are at war, Germany
la fighting Herreros. Oreat Britain I
massacring Thilietana. Th United State
1 shooting Moros. Civilisation 1 advan
cing with giant stride.
Foraalna on the Cnantry.
Indlunapoll New.
The Japanese rabble which followed tho
army to Corea took along a lot of coun
terfeit coins and notes, which have been
banded out to the unsophisticated Co
reana. But then the Japs, a I well
known, are an extremely Imitative people.
Where Reform I Heeded.
Lincoln Star.
There Is no question whatever that the
United State government pay excessive, I
vastly excessive, rate to the railroad
companies for transporting the mall andl
as rental for the car In which the malls I
are carried. ' No n(hr mvurnmnnt on aurth I
pay anything like such high raes. Here
I a chance for big reform, with the' big-
gest kind of an R.
Brains Agaloat Balk.
Minneapolis Journal.
. Thus far it ha been a fight between
brain and bulk, with the usual result.
Probably few people have expected the
Japanese to win against the Russian In
the long run. but unless the Russian cam-
i , . ... ...
cuuuucitu mora inteuigeniiy uero
after than It ha been thus far the run
may riot be so very long. Before Russia
1 able to prevent It Japan will have es-
tabllshed Itself too firmly across the path I
of the Russian advance to be removed. I
Where They Take Thing Easy.
Mexican Herald. V
Come rest, ye weary ones, on the broad
and generous bosom of Mexico, the
motherly tropical dame! Here Is sunshine
aolc far n'ente when required, a genial
Lant debate. when thft Amerloan eo-
and courteous people and rest from lnces- I
pie really desire repose they will ask with
unanimous voice to be annexed, and the
banner of Mexico will float to the hores
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Thanksgiving day shall eat of mole de
g-uajolote and the stuffed bird of legitimate
yankee procedure.
TWO DEMOCRATIC
CLOl'DS.
Trouble Drrirlnr at Both End of
the Line.
Philadelphia Prees (rep.)
our democratic menus nave laieiy neen
congratulating themselve. that they had
passed the shoals and breaker In their
they had escaped Bryan and bad left
They have been happy In assuming that
course and were nailing In smooth water.
Hearst behind.
We wish they had. We should like to
see the democratic party at Its best. We
should be glnd to have a strong, vigorous.
healthy, well contested tight,
The better
the democratic party the better for the
repuoncan puny. m mgner me i.-ve,
of the opposition the higher the standard
n-otfi-lty
But ,et our aemoeratlo friend not be
too ure that they have safely emerged
rrom their threatened troumes. just wnen
they tmnK mey are most secure mey may
be In most danger of party contenUon. There
arft two cl0Ud8 overhanging their course
to the national convention and the presl-
dentlal nomination. The first l.the subtle
""d cunning play of ifurphy and Tammany
IITLVIZZJZ
phy affects to be deepl? impressed with the
wisdom of nominating Mr. Cleveland.
But there are reason for suspecting that
thl lofty tone 1 only a cover for co
operating with Hearst. ' It enables Murphy
to antagonise the movement of David B.
Hill for Judge Parker without exposing
rru' 'UI !"" x"iiaj nu ncii
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1 tlnn anil Miirnnv la larcrAiv .nrlahrofl tn
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Hearst ror tne inumpn or Mcuieuan. Mur-
pny aoe noi expect or aeeire me success
of Hearst, but In opposing the Parker
I MVAwtA linens MrAW r9 faimelnff TLf
scheme under pretext of favoring Mr.
Clevelano. Murpny pay ma aeoi to Hearst
while playing his own game against Hill.
mo second cioua is cryan. ne is not
easily eliminated. The danger to the
aemocracy is noi in nis support or l-iearst,
but In his personality and In his buccaneer-
ventlon a a delegate. Who will be there
to iiatch him? Who will be aa fluent, a
s. Kiuf. b". ni.u .i. imuunoi v,.-
"". ';"
beat HU Invoice, ln e'loq'uen'ce.' Inasme"
im tta win ha irrititi and nr..
strained. He would rather break up the
democracy than have it take a different
I n n A v ra"m tndt ttninn na net I nilra1
pathway from that which he has marked
out. He aim to carry the party toward
socialism.
With this determined purpose, with the
prestige of having twice been the presi
dential candidate, with even a quarter of
the delegate In thorough sympathy with
him, with hi parliamentary dexterity and
oratorical power, who can tell how far even
1 annarentiv amootn waters may De laaned
aemocratio friends are not yet beyond their
trouDies ana danger,
PERSO.IAL MOTES.
Colonel Thomas Marshall Green, one of
the most widely known historians in the
south, ho Just died at his home in Dan
ville, Ky,
Miss Helen Gould will be present at tho
dedication of the Street Railway Young
M,.
Christian association building at
Richmond, Va,, on April 23 and 24.
A great-great grandson of Thomas Jef-
ferson Is a candidate for mayor of Rich-
mond. Va. He Is Colonel George Wayne
Anderson, a member of the state senate.
Stanley Todd, a nephew of ex-Miyor Low
of New York, has Just completed a life-
size picture of President Roosevelt, which
I to be exhibited at the St. Louia Ex-
I position.
- 1 In a volume Just published in Germany
DV toi. viereca, ne creuna uenjamin
Smith Barton, of Philadelphia, with being
the flrtlt .tudent to visit a Ger-
- 1 man university. Barton studied at Got
I tlngen in '1788.
Formerly the companion and friend of
ine countess ae tsaint uermaine 01 rana,
and now destitute, Madame Helena de
Btllle, the aged widow of Baron George de
still, who lest his fortune In the Panama
canal' bubble, ha asked for aid.
In New Tork ClUr.
She live
. . - . .
give hi address and .ay. nothing else.
- The letter, are supposed to be reminder,
I that the writer la awaiting a reply to
cm communication to the department on
a matter of interest to him.
J. Adam Bede haa a son who publishes
a px.px,P w'arren, Minn. This son ha
1 recently noted In hi paper that hi father
1 getting the reputaUon of a funny maa.
Th ,on toweer. assure ! reader
I that he never found hla father very funny.
that h nev" found hU father very funny'
but often lte thf) For ltuai)iet
hu mo,t rxcoU.KUOIi , Acted
with soenea that took plac la th. wood
bed of the parental home, at which time,
he says, hla father was very serious In
deed "getting Inspiration." a It developed,
to become a coagraunau; every time the
paddle came down that meant S majority
is I of tc
GOl AROI T TUB W.4II.
Featare of Life Atoog he Klrlna
Line.
A writer In Harper Weekly traces the
remarkable efficiency of Japan' flshtlng
force to three causes. First, the feudal
ystem of the country, which bred a gov
erning class, an order of men accustomed
to command and to be obeyed, from whom
the. generals and officer of the army, a
well as the statesmen and lawgivers, are
drawn. Second, the Immense class of small
farmers, who for age have hnd to strain
every nerve, to exert the utmost self-reliance,
to make a living from their two-
acre farm; from this sturdy class, with
their out-of-door training In a rigorous
climate, are drawn the tough and wiry
privates of the Japanese army. A third
element of success lie In the Japanese gift
for craftsmanship, the perfect command
of materials exercised through centuries,
the skill in working metals, which made
It so easy for the Japanese to construct
ana run thejr own arsenals, and even In
vent and perfect their own service rifle.
Finally the entire -openness of the Japan-
ese mind. "Thov have nothlnff to forret.
nothing to unlearn; Japan has never pro-
duced a religion to turn men' minds to
dreams of another world; he has no I
poetry, no literature, no music, no outlet I
at all for moral energies, beyond a trick
of decorative art, pleasing but never pro- I
found; therefore all her moral energies 1
were Instantly available when clrcum-
stances In the form of Commodore Perry'
squadron, brought her the message of mod-
ernny.
"Ran yort stroko."
Those three words attach to some of
the war dispatches. What do they signify?
Simply that the dispatch to which they are
appended may be depended on as verifiable,
Ran yorl stroko means, literally, "Proof
beyond dispute." It is a Japanese pro-
verb. The Japanese are a nation of phil-
osophers and exceedingly fond of argu-
ment. This not Infrequently becomes ex-
ceedingly verbose, and It becomes neces-
sary to subscribe this endorsement. Hence,
in sending a telegram, the operator Is ac-
customed to cite hi acnuaintanee w.th th
fact of the contents of the message by
adding the three words.
me japanses are a proverb loving, com-
- -"j i,v c.-,,un i
expressions and It Is their great pleasure
to exchange proverbial philosophy among
iiiciincivcs in ineir conversation. And a
proverb aptly used Is held to carry em
phasis and put an end to all that Is con
troversial,
An English naval officer, fresh from the
far east, was talking about the officers of
m japaneso navy.
'I. ...... 1 1 x 1 ..... ... I
..mciiciu. nine cnaps, ne saia "Keen
uiuBimu. ini'v were always at it. ni-
ways anxious- to learn. The only thing
about them was that when they thought
you weren't looking they would pick up
tilings you had not shown thorn and try
to nna out the secret."
If those Japanese officers had known It
they would have gone to the ends of the
earth to remove so dubious an Impression,
ror in the traditions of the Japanese flght-
lng clasa honor s more than lfe
"Bu-
sWdo," their code of honor, wa the religion
of tho Samurai. Literally translated, the
wora, samurai" mean military knight
way, the path the fighting man must tread
in his dally life a well a In his voca
tion.
All this came nnmln.llv fo n nH
,he downfall of the fend.i .v.t.m , -
Th m.iti,. viJhM
the nobles and the nleiieUn.on.H . 1
as an exclusive caste after the edict prohlb-
itlng- the wearing of swords. They began
2 ll"! h!
gage In trade. Bushldo was no longer the
only rule of life, nrovidlnir for all It. hm.
ing changes. Chivalry which Is class priv-
liege at its best could not live In a demo,
cratlo atmosphere.
Every Japanese, be he noble or Dlebelan
must now serve hlB term In the army. Nor
are me omcers an exclusive caste, for pro
lollon 1B open xo every man wno win take
I I. . v,t a i ....
l i irouum iu earn ic. jjui it naPDens in
lne lrouD"
the Japanese army as It happens In the
English and the German-while every prl-
Uate soldier is free to become an officer,
I At x . . .
the great bulk of the officer do. a a mat-
ter of fact, come from a restricted section
In England It is the upper and UDDer mid.
I aie class; In Japan It la the samurai sam
Ural still, whatever the edicts and tha rnn.
i stltutlons may say
And, in the very fibre of their beina-. th.
iruuiuons oi ixusniao remain
are not less than 35 years old were taught
it at their mothers' knee, and manv of
ru i
tne younger men, coming of the same war-
TttoSi " lth ,he
European Russia produce two-third the
oat and one-half the rye of Europe. The
I Lij
chief crop of cereals In bushels for the
entire emnlm iv.n nn...n
1 - ,j " -.
Wheat, 419.000.000: rye, 02,000.000; oats. 800.-
000,000; barley, 162,000.000. The beet sugar
Industry Is being rapidly developed, and
1,000,000 acre are now under cultivation
in connection with thl Industry. Four-
fifth of the flax tow of the world I sup-
pn,d by Russia, and In 1899 4,000,000 acre
yielded 857,000 ton of fibre and 17,300,000
pounds of Unseed. In Russian 'Turkestan
and the Caucasus the cotton fields yield
about 800,000.000 pound a year. Russia pro- unrecognised and unpaid? "Paint their plo
duce about 100.000,000 pound of tobacco a I lures out and put Harry Lindsay's then."
year from Bessarablan plantations. Rus
sia exports timber worth $CO,000.000 a year.
Cattle raising is carried on extensively.
and It Is estimated that In the whole em
pire there are 26,000,000 horses, 43.000.OiH) head
of cattle, 70.500,000 sheep and goats, and
14,000,000 hog. Russia produce more wool
than any European nation except Great
Britain.
General Fukushlma is one of the Idols of
Japan, and may be exDected to dunno-uiut.
himself In the present campaign If he gets
a chance. He has a greater knowledge of
Siberia, China, Manchuria and Corca than
any other Japanese officer, and he played
a prominent part as head of the lntelli-
gence department In the war with China
and the Peking relief expedition. He be
came famous In Japan by riding on horse,
back alone from St. Petersburg to Vladi
vostok. He made the trip In record time
and got an excellent Idea of the RuBRlan
strength In Siberia and the far east as he
passed along.
Ha 1 a wonderful linguist, speaking Chi
nese, Russian, German, French and Eng
lish aa easily as his mother tongue. Dur
ing bis trip through Siberia he dispensed
wlln ffuiaea ana interpreters, learning so
hi friend assert over KJO different Rua-
slan and Chinese dialects as he went along.
l There la no officer In the Janantae nrmv
CRre ana self-sacrifice In looking after their
comrort. ana tney wouia go inrougn nre
and water for him.
1 Among th. institution of civilisation
which Japan gained from Europe wa the
"prison editor." Until a few year ago he
I waa absolutely Indispensable to the native
f Japanese journals, which were constantly
at war with th government. In the '6o
I Journallm wa a punishable offense: and
? .v
in the '70s a
severely re.
and '80a, though tolerated. It was
restricted, and state officials could
- and did imprison editors at their disore
tion. Hence the vital necessity of an "ed.
- 1 Itor" whose department it was solely to
I go to prison. But thla arbitrary Imprison.
I ment wa abolished In 14a", and ten years
I later full freedom ot speech. ! majesty
Ixajrea, wa conceaea.
HA Hit Y MND9AY.
Stelnnuer Ftar: We believe every repub
lican of Pawnee county and a large ma
jority of the republican of Nebraska, want
II. C. IJmlsuy uri't'lnted clerk of the su
preme court.
Bradshaw Republican: If faithful service
rendered to a man's party means anything,
it means that II. C. IJndsiiy hould be ap
pointed clerk of the supreme court. Why
Is It not doneT
Auburn Fist: t'nless Judges Sedgwick
and Barnes are extremely ungrateful, they
will reward the party that elected them
to office by appointing Mr. Lindsay, as tils
appointment 1 demanded by seven-tenths
of the republican of the state.
Butte Oaxette: In view of valuable ser
vice rendered the party and his fitness
for the position, the Judge of the supremo
court will make no mistake and give gen
eral satisfaction by appointing Harry Lind
say clerk of the supreme court.
Weeping Water Herald: Harry Lindsay
Is being urged by his friend for clerk of
the supreme court. Not doubting hi abil
ity to till the position acceptably, and since
the repuoncan reel tnai iney uur.iv
do omcthlng for him. It Is our humble
prayer that they do It quick, and give us
a ret.
Aurora Republican: Harry Linday
should have that supreme court clerkship,
The compromise by the two senator threw
him out of the district attorneyship
compromise by the two supreme Judge
should put him In the supreme court clerk's
office. The great common people will not
be satisfied with the appointment of any
one but Harry Lindsay.
Beatrice Times: We are at a loss to treat
In a proper manner the struggle that his
friend over the state are making to get
the supreme court to name H. C. Llnd
say, chairman of the republican state com-
mlttee, for court reporter. Mr. Lludsay
has earned thl office so many times that
we are amazed at there being any nesi
tancy In handing It over to him,
midreth Telescope: Harry Lindsay's
frlrmla over the state are boosting him for
!.T.T. , . for t'niied
states attorneyship. The republican party
0e Nebraska owes much to Harry Lind-
say, and the two republican supreme
P"
pointing mm wmiout any iuimc
w.i vtnr Renublican: Tho Judges
have "played horse" about long enough
Thev should give up their personal preier
ences and unite on Harry C. Lindsay, to
whom the party In this state Is deeply
Indebted for hi servioes In successfully
mnnmrlni nast camDalgns. If the matter
i. nnt .eMlrd before the convention In May
the Judges will probably hear from the
delegates.
rrumK Tnrr,i.
There Is a great rush
of republican paper over the tate now
to helo Harry Lindsay secure the appoint
ment a clerk of the supreme court. If a
vote of theirs would elect he would have
been tilling the place now. But what about
the Judges whose votes will elect? None
of us know of the promise and entangle
ment which, probably the price of their
election, dictate their vote.
Rushvllle Recorder: We think the re
publican Judge of the supreme court have
an excellent opportunity of showing their
appreciation of Harry Lindsay by working
for his interest In connection wltn tne
supreme court clerkship. The republican
party In Nebraska ha certainly suffered
nothing at the hand of Chairman Lindsay,
and we honestly believe th time has come
not only to recognize hi. merits, but his
work for the cause.
Sidney Republican: Judge Sedgwick and
Barnes of the Nebraska supreme coui
I'UUI k
selection for clerk of the supreme court
than H. T. Lindsay. He la eminently quail
fted for the position ana in view oi ms
valued service In numerous campaigns It
would be gratifying to republicans in west
ern Nebraska to know that he received tnis
recognition of his able services at the hand
of our worthy member of that honorable
body.
Clay Center Sun: Harry Lindsay wa
knocked out of the United State attor
neyship, and now, a there is a very large,
and shall we not say an almost universal
demand that he be provide 1 for because of
his long and very efficient service a chair
man of the republican state central com
mittee, why not withdraw all opposition
and tender him that lucrative position,
clerk of the supreme court? If the deslro
nr.. ..n. nv flmr Mr
Lindsay will get the place.
Loup City Northwestern: The pres of
the atute Is pretty unanimous in wanting
Harry LlndBay to have something good.
It wanted him to succeed Summers as dis
trict attorney, but a their wishes In that
regard have been disregarded, they now In
sist on hi appointment a supreme court
clerk. And why not? Lindsay Is deserv
ing, competent, reliable, painstaking and
would prove an excellent man for the place.
Suppose Judge Sedgwick and Barnes listen
to the voice of the press for once. We
want Lindsay appointed clerk.
Nebraska City Tribune: All of the can
didates are good republicans and have
their point of trength, but will ome
kind friend tell us what special service
Mr. Seymour or Mr. Jackson has rendered
the republican party which ha remained
Do It and do It quick. The rank and file
who hew the wood and draw the water
have waited patiently wrTlle a Philistine
has for months eaten tne bread of the
faithful. Tho hosts are begtnnnlng to
murmur and the excuses fall to satisfy.
St. Paul Republican: If Harry Lindsay
Is turned down for clerk of the supreme
court It may as well be admitted that po
litical nartles are ungrateful. No Ne-
hrknn has sacrificed more for reDubllcan
.v,r. m- t.in,i..v u. i.r . n.-nfii.
able law business to take charge of a losing
campaign In 1K99, since which time his sue-
cessful management has taken the state out
of the doubtful column and made sure a
republican majority of not lees than 10 000.
Mr. Lindsay Is well fitted for the position
and no more graceful thing could be done
by Judges Bedgwlck and Barnes than his
appointment as clerk of the supreme court.
Columbus Journal: The republican presa
of the state Is almost unanimously en
dorsing 11. C. Lindsay for clerk of the su
preme court. Nothing has ever appeared
against Mr. Lindsay, and from a party
standpoint there Is much In his favor. He
ha dovoted his time and energies to the
ucces of the republican cause, and po
lltlcal ethic require that he should be
I rewarded. A chairman of th state cen-
1 tral committee Mr. Clndsay haa contributed
I more than anv othfir nn. man in rar.,,v.
the supreme court with credit.
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RtMlA' IIEAT IHSASTKll.
New Tork Tribune: Vice Admiral Mnk
arnff, the commander of the fleet, went
down with the ship. That Is the heaviest
blow of nil. The ship may be replaced In
time. Other men may be drsfted to fill
the places of the hundreds of the crew.
Hut Makaroff s plnro cannot be filled.
Indlnnnpolls Journal: I.rt us take tnrk
nil the unkind things wo have said ahjut
Admiral MakarolT. Though the Atnerlcrn
people ore Japanese sympathisers, it
become them now to mourn awhile with
Russia; for a terrlblo accident on ons of
our own warships 1ms dealt death among
officers and men.
New Tork Times: As close a pavalle'.
naval annals afford to the loss of the Rus
sian flagship is the loss of the Pxiysl
Ooorge, over a century ng-, which ha
been bewailed In the enduring verse of
Cowper. Mukaroff, like Kempenfoldt,
went down
, With twice four hundred men.
New York World: The stars flght against
Russia at sea. To lose, her fighting ad
miral, a battleship and "(X) men at one blow
is bad enough, but to lose thorn by an ex
plosion of her own mine If Indeed U:ey
were so lost, as the St. Petersburg account
hn It, and not by a Japanese torpedo Is
the. most cutting cruelty of fate.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: From a military
point of view the chief loss Is that of Ad
miral Makaroff. Russia hns men to spare,
and, though none too well off for battle
ships, would probably have preferred the
loss of the warship to that of the only
Russian commander who has been tttle to
hold bis cwn against hi tctlve and de
termined foe.
Philadelphia Pre: Admiral Makaroff
was "a man. All peoplo, regardless of
where their sympathies may lie In the pres
ent war, share Russia's sorrow ovor
the death of this brave, daring and re
sourceful patriot. In him Uusal suffer
a graver loss than tho destruction of a
dozen battleships, for a nation' greatest
treusurc und resources are its men who
know and dure.
Baltimore American: No wonder St.
Petersburg Is In mourr.lng. No wonder
the Russians feel as Englishmen felt when
ono disaster followed another In the first
months of the fighting in South Afrlcn.
Russians are beginning to reallxe that their
navy has more thun met Its match, und
that on the land as well the Japs ar prov
ing that they have made wonderful prog
ress In the art of war.
New York Bun: RusBia could afford to
lose no single man among her commanders
less than Admlrul Makaroff, who has died
a gallant sailor s death, going down with
his ship at Port Arthur. His brilliant ex
ploits In time of pence, his Initiative and
disregard of convention und red tape, won
for him a popularity mutli like thut of
Lord Charles Berebford In xEngland, bo
that fils appointment to tho fur east com
mand gave confidence to government and
people alike.
LAIUIII.XO HliSAIIKS,
"Many a man aoe hungry," said Uncle
Eben, "by lttln down uN ihlnkln' water
melon when he ought to be lenchlu' oJt
foh hoe-cake. Washington Star.
Naggus What are you going to do with
the iiero and heroine ot timt magazine
story you're running now? Marry them?
Borus Certainly. They'll be marrieU. in
the last chapter.
Naggus I'm glad of It! It will erva
them right! Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Philo Sophlcal You're late for din
tier, dear: vtere have you been?
Mr. P. 8. At the club. Had a rattling
good time.
What doing?"
"Shaking dice."
"Well, dear. If ygu must be amused, I'd
rather you'd have a 'rattling' . than a
corking' good time, anyway." Detroit
Free Press.
The young clergyman was under the Im
pression that there had been some criticism
because he preached extemporaneously.
"Do you think I ought to write my ser
mons? he aaked.
"No," replied the arcAstlc deacon. "I
think you ought to buy them." Chicago
Post.
Our primal parent had Just Isken a good
blto of the apple. "Now, Addlo," said
Eve, "don't tell me that It Iwn't as good
as mother used to make." Kale Record.
"How much does Si weigh?" aaked the
bov.
"I'm sure I don't know," replied the
young man.
"Huh!" exclaimed the boy, disgustedly.
"I'll bet alter I'd held anything on my
knee for an hour I could make a pretty
good guess." Chicago I'ost.
An antiseptic baby lived on antlseptlo
milk;
Ills clothes were antiseptic, made of anti
septic silk.
In antiseptic carriages he rode, with time
to spar.
He had an antlseptlo nurse, breathed anti
septic air.
And though upon this mundane sphere he
urn not lung auioe
They placed hlrn In an antlseptlo coffin
wuen ne aiea.
Smart Mt
TUB NEW STK.04iKAriIEnt.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
I have a new stenographer she came to
work today.
She told me that she wrote the Graham
syittem.
Two hundred words a minute seemed to her,
sue saia, like piny,
And word for word at that she never
miased 'em. .
I gave her some dictation a letter to a
man.
And thin, ns I remember It, was how the
letter ran:
"Dear Sir: I have your favor, and In reply
would stato
That I accept the offer of yours of recent
date.
I wish to say, however, that under no con
dition Can 1 afford to think of your free lance
proposition.
I shall begin tomorrow to turn the matter
out.
The copy will be ready by August 10th
about.
Material of this nature should not be
ruHhed unduly.
Thanking you for your favor, I nm yours
very truly."
She took It down In shorthand with ap
parent eats and grace.
She didn't call me lun k all In n flurry.
Thought I, "At luft 1 luive n girl worth
keeping 'round tlio iliue."
Then suld. "Now wrltu It out you needn't
hurry."
The Rnmlngton she tn-kl'd now and then
she striiik a key.
And after tlrirty minutes this Is what she
handed mo:
"Deer sir, I have the Fever, and In a Tlio
I Hit
And I accept the Offer os you have reasoed
I wish to see, however, that under any
ennoition
can I tr to think of a free lunch prepo
sluliun? I Shal le in tomorrow To, turn the mother
The clip' will be red and will rout $10 about.
Mateerlul of this nation should not rust N.
D,H.l.y
Thinking you have the Feever I am Tour
very Truly."