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    THE OMAITA DAILY HEE: MONDAY, MAY
2.
1901.
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Iowa floojoerats have reached a point
where they are desperate. '
Brooklyn Is to hare Sunday base ball
provided the gate receipts are large,
enough, : : i . ,;..
Since rrincess Victoria of Wales has
taken to riding' astride, royalty may be
said to bare a firmer soat in England.
A buncb of local democrats announce
that thpy are ready to work with Bryan.
It's op to Bryan to say . whether be will
work with them.
A French, sociologist has' discovered
that "American anarchists", are peace
able. He has evidently not studied the
Colorado situation.
A little more amusement might be in
jected Into the political situation now if
Adlal Stevenson would only condescend
to resurrect himself for a while.
The Russians and Japs will bare to
hurry up with their spectacular features
If they hope to get their war drama on
a cyclorama at the St. Louis fair.
Uncle Joe Cannon hasn't bad so much
fun in all his life as be got out of his
perch on the speaker's chair during the
late session of the Fifty-eighth congress.
Teople owning radium should be eco
nomical as the atom is due to disappear
in a little more than, 1,000 years, an
other proof of the adage that riches have
wings.
Rvsslan denial of a reverse on the
Yalu Is entitled to more credit than Is
usual in such cases, as Russia has never
failed to make known its losses ahead
of Japanese reports.
The pope has turned for protection of
bis missionaries from "Catholic" France
to "Protestant" Germany, which really
means, that Germany's colonial policy
will be the stronger.
Don Carlos has protested against the
removal of religious emblems from
French courts. With the swing of the
pendulum his protest may have more
weight than at present.
The new secretary of the Commercial
club declares that be realizes the Im
portance and the difficulties of the prob
lems that are before him. This Is the
first step toward solution. . '
If the Hungarian Invention which
puts people to sleep on the explosion of
a shell Is adopted by the armies of the
world, "soldiering" will' have assumed
much of the meaning now given it in
labor circles.
There Is no question that good schools
make a prosperous community attractive
to newcomers, but neither is there any
doubt that it requires that a community
be first prosperous before it can support
costly schools.
The Wyoming tlockmasters who sell
their wool on the sheep's back have
taken a step to make themselves secure
from loss in a ntnge war, but the east
ern buyer may bo given an expensive
lesson in western ways by shearing
time.
Southern democrats are said to be de
bating whether they should not take to
themselves the second place on tho
ticket to be nominated at St. Iiouls. No
unruly scramble, however, is as yet vis
ible among southern statesmen to ac
quire the honor by either force or per
suasion. It cx'B without say In;; that a rail
road system is worth more as a whole
than it was in Its component parts be
fore tltey were combined otherwise
there would not have been anything
gnuled by buying them up and uniting
them into a single great road. Aud
in the language of the supreme court.
what a railroad is worth for purchase
u H .north for taxation.
oorfAAJfCftT txrrxDtTCA$.
Representative Hemenway of Indiana,
chairman of the honse committee on ap
propriations, In his statement r gsnling
government expenditures, conclusively
showed that the appropriations made by
the first regular session, of the Fifty
eighth congress were not excessive and
were fully Justified by the requirements
of the public service, lie said that never
had there been so little criticism In
dulged in or so little ground afforded for
criticism of appropriations, either in
their entirety or as td specific objects
carried by any of the bills, as wss the
case at that session, and he thought
the situation one upon which the mem
bership of both sides of the house was
to be- congratulated. "It signifies," said
the chairman of the appropriations com
mittee, "that the session has been de
voted to the purely business affairs of
the government and with a spirit of
cardial, co-operation on the part of the
whole membership of the bouse."
' The aggregate of appropriations for
the nest Havel year, beginning July 1,
amount to over, $781,000,000, yet there
has been no extravagance in any direc
tion and in fact the deinauds of the
several departments of (he government
were reduced wherever it was found
practicable to do so without impairing
the efficiency of the public" service. No
general river and harbor bill was passed,
though there wss an emergency meas
ure carrying only, a moderate amount
necessary for the maintenance of the
channels of existing works and limiting
the amount that may be expended to
not exceeding $50,000 on any one project.
There was no ' legislation authorizing
the construction of public buildings. The
appropriations for "miscellaneous pur
poses n mount to. only f 1,000,000, which
according to Mr. Hemenway is as small
as any sum that has ever, been appro
printed for such purposes at any session
of congress during the pnst ten years.
Large as are the expenditures of the
federsl government It is yet' on interest
ing fact that in proportion to population
it is the most, economically administered
of any government .in the civilized
world.. This is shown in a statement
prepared by the bureau of statistics of
the Department of Commerce and Labor,
giving the population, revenues, expen
ditures and indebtedness of the prin
cipal countries of the worldy Estimating
the population of (he United States at
a little more than 80,000,000, it is shown
that the per capita of expenditure for
the general government is only $7.97
per annum, which is below that of any
other country.
The party in power promised at the
opening of the Fifty-eighth cotfgress
that appropriations should be kept down
to the lowest point consistent with the
actnal needs and the efficiency f the
public service and this promise has been
faithfully kept. On this score, At least.
the opposition can find no Just ground
for criticism.
PAHTiSAStilfAKDMUltlClPALRKFOHM
According to Charles J. ' Bonaparte,
president pf the National Municipal
league, the immediate divorce of national
from municipal politics would be inad
visable and possibly disastrous. In sup
port of this rather enfooked-for declara
tion on the part of that eminent mu
nicipal reformer he is quoted as saying
that "amateurs id politic are an ex
tremely useful and meritorious class, but
of all politicians they mopt need strict
discipline and especially .the discipline of
adversity. Professional politicians are
indispensable to any popular govern
ment. We are peculiar 4)nly in having
more of them and those of lower type
than other free nations." ,
From the- standpoint of practical poli
tics Mr. Bonaparte suggests that the
best present course for civic reformers
is to make use of the regular party as
sociations Instead of vainly crying ont
against them. The existing local organ
izations of the two national parties pay
be employed for certain purposes as use
ful agencies of municipal government.
and even if it were possible to do away
with them altogether the results of so
doing might he -disappointing and in cer
tain cases disastrous. Organisations
formed of such politicians for such pur
poses can be agencies of good city gov
ernment only against then will and to
compel them to become such agencies is.
In Mr. Bonaparte's opinion, the imme
diate end of municipal reformers in
America today.
"While we may reasonably look for
ward," declares Mr. Bonaparte, J'to a
time when ' the masses of municipal
electors shall have attained their long
and sad experience and standard of en
lightenment enabling them to elect a
mayor or an alderman for some other
reason than his nomination as a demo
crat or a republican, and we may also
hope that the serpent of spoils will have
been not only scotched skin deep, as at
present, but killed and kept dead long
enough to leave no (ear of revival at
sundown, we must grapple with condi
tions that confront us rather than with
theories." Under existing conditions
sensible friends will pursue a sensible
course in their efforts to promote good
government and invite' bids from both
parties for their support, bids in the
nomination of good men and the support
of good measures and to close with the
highest bidder. . In. the opinion of Mr.
Bonaparte, a self governed community
without definitely organised parties
much resembles a public meeting at
which no one is prepared to offer a mo
tion. Nature abhors a vacuum and if
the place of leader in such a meeting re
mains too long empty .there is grave
danger that it be well filled.
When a man of Mr. Bonaparte's high
standiug as a practical municipal re
former publicly affirms that corruption,
extravagance and wastefulness in mu
nicipal government can be most effec
tively eradicated through the machinery
of existing political parties and the ac
tive participation In party nominations
by the better element of dtlienshlp, he
will doubtless shock the sensibilities of
the amateurs and visionaries who seek
to accomplish these objects through
spasmodic reform movements which
rarely accomplish testing improvement
In municipal government. As a matter
of fact, all the great and beneficent re
forms that have been Inaugurated in
American municipal government within
the past quarter of a century through
slate and city legislation bare been
brought about by agitation and whole
some partisan, respect for public opinion
17 MO.Vtr ISL'PPLT.
A week ago It was stated that the as
sociated banks of New York had do-
posits amounting, In round numbers, to
$1,110,000,000, or almost double What
they were ten years ago. Several rea
sons were given for this plenitude of
funds, the accumulation of which would
upon first thought be re carded as In
dicative of an extraordinary depression
in business. Such a conclusion, how
ever, is not altogether warranted by the
circumstances, although it la undoubt
edly a fact that the demand for money
is not so large at present as It was a
couple of years ago. This may be due
to a large extent to the elimination of
the speculative demand, which for
some time has been comparatively
smalL
The most common explanation of the
accumulation of money at New York is
of course the return to that center of
the funds sent out last fall to aid the
cotton and wheat producers in getting
their crops to msrket. But that is not
the only explanation, although to this
may be attributed perhaps at least half
of the movement of cash to New York.
Other and less visible causes have been
In operation. One of these, it Is pointed
out. Is undoubtedly the enormous ac
cretion of gold gained in recent years.
almost all of which Is in circulation.
either directly or indirectly, represent
ing for the most part the output of the
mines and to some extent importations
of gold that have liquidated our Inter-
iimuoiihi iraue uaiances. Auotner cause
for the plethora of money is ascribed to
the timidity of capital which Inevitably
follows a long season of liquidation.
such as that of the past year. A con
siderable part of the bank deposits rep
resents the surplus of small capitalists
which would ordinarily be invested in
securities of various kinds. Still an
other reason is found In a feeling of
insecurity on the part of great capital
respecting the future relations of the
government to the corporations. Still
another Influence, it is urged, is the de
termination of men who hare some
pride In their name and some sense of
responsibility not to be associated at
presont with any-new enterprises. These
men are no longer willing, as was the
cose a few years ago, to lend their
names to almost any plausible proposi
tion of n hiialnoss c1iseofne that whm
'. "-.. ,uu, n no
presented to them. The man with cap
ital no longer yields a ready ear to the
promoter.
Tl.e real point of interest, so far as
the legitimate business interests of tho
country are concerned, is that there is
an abundant supply of money for all
such Interests and consequently there
is uo good reason why any 'legitimate
and sound enterprise should suffer for
want of financial support. The mone
tary situation also suggests that a larger
measure of industrial and commercial
activity is probable In the near future,
since It Is bnrdly possible that the' ac
cumulation of cash capital throughout
tho country will be allowed to- long re
main idle and unproductive.
"Stop convention trading by giving tho
voters n chance to express their choice
of1 candidates directly at the primaries"
has been the cry of the "outs" for lo
these many months. Now, fjowever. that
they are Invited to put the names of all
the candidates on the ticket and let the
high man take the prize, they don't want
to play. In a word, the "outs" want di
rect primary itominations only so long
as they can't have them. .,,..
Mr. Harriman baa made his visit of in
spection of Uslon Pacific properties In
Omaha, but he has failed as yet to tell
whether we may expect a new bead-
quarters building in the near future or
the employes and records of that great
railroad will continue to be boused In a
building known to be unsafe and posi
tively dangerous.
The exhibit of one of our local banks
devoted almost exclusively to savings
deposits shows that it has more. than
doubled its holdings within the past
year. Savings deposits do not increase
at tills rate unless the great body of
worklngmcn and women are steadily
employed at remunerative wages..
The official organ of the populists In
this state declares that there Is no
longer any democratic party, but simply
two distinct political parties, each claim
ing the old name. The question is, Will
the Bryan democrats prefer to fuse with
the Cleveland democrats or with their
old populist allies?
The owner of Joslyn castle has an
nounced his intention to dismantle that
Imposing edifice and have It transported
to Saratoga on car wheels. We aDDre-
hend, however, that the dislocation will
not be quite as easy as checking and
landing his Saratoga trunk In Saratoga.
The ratio of divorces to marriages In
Douglas county durlug the recent court
term Is reported as 1 to ?. The divorce
reform movement may be described as
an effort to restore the neaven-ordalned
ratio of 1 to 1.
For a commonwealth Just about to
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Its
birth as a territory Xebrauka is feeling
some oats.
Who's Dolaar the Tslklacl
Indianapolis Journal.
The latest political news Indicates that
11 the deaf mutes In the country are lining
up for Parker.
rfot Ready for Retlreaaeat.
Baltimore American.
Speaker Cannon is angry at hla boom.
He la net yet lead to eater Ue JeroMea
and easy retirement from publle life by way
or io vice presidency.
Bi Ret arns foe the Woaey.
8t I.ouls Globe-Democrat.
The per capita of government expenditures
In the rntted States, whlcn Is 77. Is the
lowest In the world. And Uncle Bam gives
the btarsest equivalent for the money.
The Fatal "frartlral Joke."
Chicago Post.
Out In Iowa a sans of rowdies pretended
they were going to lynch an aged negro
Just for a Joke and the old man died dur
ing the sport A coroner's Jury returned
a verdict of ' death from natural causes."
Such a verdict clearly calls for a searching
Inquiry.
I This a I.aa f the Free
Minneapolis Times.
Some unreasonable srand Jury down in
Pennsylvania has Indicted the directors of
a savings bank because they Instated upon
carrying; the deposits around In their pock
ets Instead of renting a banking office and
buying a safe. Yet they call this the land
of the free as well as tha home of the
bravel
Cattlaa ot the rrllla.
Springfield Republican.
It Is due Secretary Taft to spread the
fact that he refuses ' to have any more
cavalry escorts. The proposal that a troop
of United States cavalry be ordered out as
hla personal bodyguard at St. Louis next
Saturday was promptly and flatly vetoed
by the secretary. One cavalry escort was
enough. There will not be another. .
STATE PRESS CO M IB E "IT.
Stanton Picket; Congressman Klnkald's
section homestead bill in the arid western
portion of this state and In Colorado 'to
a big thing, but It Is no bigger than Cong
greseman Klnkald.
Bayard Transcript! Tha Big Sixth has
a real representation In congress. Judge
Klnkald can wear his sombrero with a
white feather. His 640-acre homestead bill
has passed the house and will doubtless
become a law. For the sandhill country
this grant Is all right.
Norfolk News: Charles H. Dietrich Is
credited with having rushed through the
senate the Klnkald bill Increasing home
steads In western. Nebraska to 440 acres
under certain conditions. If Mr. Dietrich
had enough popular measures to rush
through the upper, branch of congress he
might overcome, In part, the prejudice
against him resulting from hla recent In
dictment. . Benkleman lews: With western Ne
braska offering 640-acre homesteads this
summer and the government offering
homesteads at minimum prices In southern
South Dakota there Is every reason to be
lieve that there will be an Immigration
Into that section of the country that can
not but prove to advantage to the state
and the people already here. It la a very
flattering prospect that congress has been
preparing for Nebraska and South Dakota.
Wayne Republican: We do not hear that
any of the papers of the state that said
harsh things of Senator Dietrich have re
scinded their hasty opinions or acknowl
edged regret for their harsh words since
tha senate has completely exonerated him
of every charge. We do not think Dietrich
has been a success as a senator else (he
would not have become the target of Such
vituperation as characterised the enemies
and their methods against him. We have
men In plenty who are such that no polit
ical shyster would dare attempt their over
throw. But Dietrich was wronged If not
a brilliant representative of our state, and
It would be only fair to him to acknowl
edge It. He aitumbled onto his gold, he
stumbled Into public notice and will be
tumbled out without ceremony, but 'to do
the man the Justice that the unpartlsan
senate commlttee( unanimously agreed his
public career has. been one he may not
feel ashamed of par his party In this state
need apologise for,
York Times: Senator Dietrich was fully
and completely vindicated of all charges
against him by the senate committee ap
pointed to Investigate his conduct in con
nection with the appointment of Postmas
ter Fisher of Hastings and the renting of
his building to the government for post
office purposes. The Republican stated
some time ago that It would accept as
final and conclusive the verdict of the com
mittee. The' committee was Composed of
men of high character and wide experi
ence; the Investigation was thorough and
the conduct of the same Impartial and
open, and the exoneration Is complete and
admits of no doubt. Senator Dietrich
stands before the ' people of Nebraska
cleared of all charges against hlth. The
Republican was never severe In Its treat
ment of him and so has little to retract;
but whatever has been said through these
columns unfavorable to and In condemna
tion of Senator Dietrich for his action at
Hastings Is hereby gracefully and fully
taken back. Aurora Republican. That's
the voice of a man. When an Im
portant subject is before the publlo sn
editor Is supposed to say something, and
he may happen to' get on the wrong side.
If he does It Is Is manly and fair for him
to own It frankly and make reparation.
He owes It' to the party Injured as well
as to hla readers and to .himself. But It
takes a man to do It. Lots of second and
third sixes will still continue to slander
Senator Dietrich, after they know he la
guiltless, and many others will withhold
the apology that Is due. It Is no great dis
grace to be wrong, but tt Is a lasting dis
grace to any man to , persist In being
wrong.
PERSONAL NOTES,
,X Buffalo man has aptly described a
bonansa as a hole In the ground owned by
a liar.
At Rhodesia, South Africa, -a drink of
whisky costs M cents, a haircut 75 cents
and all the other necessities of life are
proportionately expensive.
Richard H. Pierce has been elected chief
engineer to take complete charge of the
power plant of the World's fair. He Is
one of the most Successful and best known
englneeers cf the country.
President Roosevelt has done pretty well
by his war governors. Judge Taft went
from the Philippines to the cabinet. Dr.
Wood stepped Into a major general's Job
when he quit governing Cuba, and Hunt
leaves the governorship of Porto Rico for
a place on the federal bench.
"Peg Leg Ann," who paaaed as a woman
for nearly half a century near Watervilet.
Mich., Is dead, and It has been found that
"she" was a man. Recently "Ann" had
lived with a band of Pottawattamie In
dians. He operated a sawmill and a black
smith shop.
The chief engineer of the Missouri, who
was given a furlough for his heroic con
duct at the time of the explosion, further
proved that he la of the stuff of which
heroes are made by falling In love and
getting married without delay.
"I could die wattling," said Floyd Ben
nett, a 17-year-old boy, as he glided over
the floor at a ball at Wlnnemueca, Nev.
Five minutes later he was lying dead 'In
the arms of Miss Daisy Davie, hla youth
ful sweetheart. She at first supposed he
had fainted.
Prof. W. J. Kennedy, chief of the depart
ment of animal husbandry at the Iowa
State College of Agriculture, has Just re
ceived one of tha most important commis
sions ever granted by the United States
department of agriculture. He is to spend
a year in Europe to Investigate the condi
tio that makea its Bvs stock Industry so
prottabla. . . , .
GOSSIP AROt'T THE WAR.
People anal Plaeea Forinlit the At.
teatloa of the Werld.
A letter written by IwaJIro Uyeno, an
officer of the Japanese cruiser Toklwa, Is
published In the Toklo newspapers. He
was one of the "seventy-seven dashing
party" that sunk the stone-laden ships In
the Port Arthur harbor entrance. Me
writes before going en the adventure
"Fortunately I was selected as one of the
party ordered to undertake a certain des
perate work and hare to. leave this ship
this evening and embark on a steamer.
I have, therefore, little hope of returning
alive; Indeed, I ought not to expect it.
for it Is Just the occasion when I should
offer up my life for the sake of the em
peror. This is an honor which I hardly
deserve. As I will go on duty with th&
resolution I am prepared to die at my
post. So be prepared to hear the worst
any time about me from my friend Mura
take. My life Is not mine, for It has been
offered to the emperor, and now to be
distinguished with tha honor of being
picked out for this special work, this-Is
Indeed a glory to me, as It will also serve
ss an occasion of Increasing the honor of
the family. You must not be grieved.
therefore, even when the report of my
death reaches you; rather you ought to
celebrate the event for tha sake of your
country."
Lieut. Masakt of a Japanese warship
writes to his wife: "After all there Is
plenty of luck In battle and a fettow of
good luck cannot die evan If he wish to,
For Instance, a shot or ball cannot hit a
lucky dog like me. On the occasion of
the fight of February the only things I
had In my bosom were the charm you sent
me and a photograph of Iko (the lieuten
ant's eldest son). During tha light I took
my post on a barbette and directed the
Are of the broadsides; but when the range
had increased I ordered to cease firing.
Then I took out Ilro's photograph and
turned It face toward the scene of the
battle, addressing It as It it were Iko In
person. 'If as a result of this war, I said
to It, 'the situation oFlhe Far East Is
firmly fixed and no war should occur dur
ing your lifetime, then you might think
yourself born in vain as an officer's son.
Therefore you should carefully observe
this s?ene even from your photograph, so
that the eight may inspire in you the
proud warrior spirit worthy of a man.
If, however, fortune favors you with a
chance of being under fire, as I am now,
then there Is all the more reason to ob
serve the scene carefully for your future
benefit.' "
"There Is nothlnc Incredible In tha wmrt
that the Japanese paid honor to the mem
ory or Admiral .Makaroff," says the Port
land Oregonlan. "All Oriental peoples who
are fighters do this. Sir Francis Hastings
Doyle, who once held the chair of poetry
at Oxford, was the author of a fine poem
celebrating the honors bald bv an Afirhivn
warrior chief to the dead cf an English de
tachment he had slain In battle. The Eng
lish detachment had fought until the last
man was slain, and the Afghan warrior. In
his admiration for their valor, had tied
about the wrist of each man of the enemy's
dead the Afghan Insignia of suDreme vslnr
In battle. The Austnans In the same spirit
honored the memory of the heroic pvnct.
General Marceau, who fell at Altenklrchem,
near contents, on the Rhine."
'An American dealer, who was In ad
dition the actual Inventor of the article
he handled, succeeded In building up a
trade In Japan," relates the Booklovers'
Magaslne. "After he had advertised his
commodity extensively, a citlsen of Japan
registered the trade-mark In Toklo. K few
days later papers were served upon the
American. In a suit for .damages for In
fringement upon a trade-mark controlled
by a Japanese.
" There is some mistake,' said the Amer.
lean. 'I have Infringed no man's right.
These are my goods. I Invented the artlclo,
and I designed th trade-mark mysUf, and
coined the name.'
"He was finally made to understand that
Invention of the article, creation of the
trade-mark and ownership of the goods
were minor details. The Japanese com
plainant who owned no goods, who had In
vented nothing, and had designed no trade
name or mark, had been sufficiently alert
to register the trade-mark, and was there
fore entitled to the business. There was
nothing for the Inventor to do but to re
tire from the fleld, .which he promptly did,
leaving his Invention and the field his ad
vertising and enterprise had opened to the
commercial brigand who had a working
knowledge of Asiatic law."
I've opened this little atelier," said a
pretty Japanese student Quoted by tha New
York Times, "Just to sell Japanese diction
aries and teach the language."
"But do you find' people enough to buy
dictionaries?" was asked.
'Do IT" She shrugged her narrow shoul
ders. "The only trouble Is I haven't enough
books."
'Are these pupils young or old, men or
women?"
"All kinds. Some are learning Japanese
for business purposes and others for cul
ture. The war has aroused great Interest
In my country. Of course, all those who
come are not in earnest. I have some
pretty girls who want Just a few phrases
at their tongue's end, like: Give my regards
to them all, mlna san nl yoroehlku; good
morning, obayo; good-bye, sayonara; are
they all well at home? ouchie de wa mlna
san goklgen yo goxarlmas ka? And how to
count ten: One, hltotsu; two, futatsu; three,
mitau; four, yottsu; Ave, Itsutsu; six,
mutsu; seven, nanatsu; eight, yattsu; nine,
kokonotsu; ten, to.
"One very funny but dainty little lady
called to see me. She lives nearby, at the
Waldorf-Astoria.
"I'll give you fio,' said she. If you'll
teach me how to call a Russian I know an
old farmer.'
'At first I didn't quite understand, then
I said: Why, of course, Just says Ano
hlto-wa hyakusho-de goxarlmas. ' "
Inclosed In a peculiar double envelope.
typically Japanese, every letter received
In Louisville, Ky., from Miss Frederics
Straeffer, who la doing missionary work
In Cores, bears the marks of the Japanese
press censor, and shows how carefully the
Japanese are protecting their Information
and throwing every safeguard around the
Inside facta which might tend to assist the
Russians.
It is really two envelopes skilfully fas
tened Into oae, both sealed so that It Is
hard to get Into It The Inner envelope
Is made of rice paper, and en this account
cannot be wrlttea on with ink. The outer
envelope la of a different grade paper,
thicker and stiffer, and on this Is the ad
dree a. Alt Mlas StraeATer's letters pass
through the hands of tha censor and are
carefully read before they are allowed to
be sent.
The Louisville missionary Is near Seoul,
and her letters are Mat through that city.
They are reoelvd by tha censor, are
opened and read, and then sealed again
In the envelopes of the Japanese government-
If there Is nothing In the letter
to which the Japanese could object. It to
marked by the censor with a number of
letters which mean nothing to the Ameri
can, but which show the postal authori
ties of Corea that the letter has been
officially passed by the censor. After this
preliminary tt to allowed to come on its
Fifty Years
Improves tho flavor and adds to
tho hoalthfulnoss of tho food.
PRICK-BAKING POWDER CO. CHICAGO.
way across the waters, arriving about two
months after It was posted.
Miss Straeffer writes that for several
months Just before the war between Rus
sia and Japan broke out she did not re
ceive any letters, even from her relatives
at home. She then made complaint to
the American minister, who took It up
with tha representatives of the Japanese
government, and In a few days a boat
landed at her. station and a large bundle
of letters was brought to her. All of them
had been read by the censor.
Since the war between Russia and Japan
began a good deal has been heard of the
Shlmose powder, which, In the opinion f
military experts, gives Japan a g:eat ad
vantage both on sea snd land. The experts
have been reasoning from what was known
of the destructive effect of the powder In
the naval battles already fought, for It
was not until a few days ago that a detailed
description of what the explosive can ac
complish reached London.
The description shows the powder to be
even more powerful than was supposed.
The compound, which was Invented by Prof.
Shlmose, Is of much greater explosive force
than gun cotton or dynamite. Whereas,
a shell with a bursting charge of the com
pounds ordinarily used In Europe la broken
Into a comparatively small number of frag
ments, the majority of which are scattered
through a very limited arc, tha Shlmose
explosive shatters the projectile Into from
1,000 to 1,000 pieces, which are driven In
every direction with equal force, so that
nothing can live In the vicinity.
It Is claimed that. In spite of Its tre
mendous power, the powder can be handled
With perfect safety. It also has the ad
vantage of cheapness. Its cost being ibout
half that of gun cotton.
GETTING AT RAILROAD VALVES.
A Problem neadlly Solved If av sola-
tloa Is Honestly Boasrht.
Lincoln Journal. x
There doesn't seem to be any Insurmount
able difficulty In the way of arriving at
a pretty correct estimate of tha value of
a railroad property In this state. The cost
of replacing a line with Its rolling slock
and right-of-way is one test of value and
can be pretty accurately determined from
an Investigation of market prices of rails,
ties, locomotives and passenger and freight
cars. Deduction for wear and tear and ad
dition of value of franchise leaves the bal
ance to be assessed, from that standpoint.
Tho market price of stocks and bonds of a
road is another way of getting at the value.
which, of course. Includes the value of the
franchise. Another way not so reliable,
to to capitalise a road at a fair estimate
Of gross profits, deducting a reasonable
amount "for running expenses. A combina
tion of all three of these methods will fur
nish data for figures that will be approxi
mately correct and all values have to be
approximated In making tha assessment
Of any property not returned as cash, or
negotiable securities. ,
If the roads comply with the law the
Board of Equalisation will have all the
Information necessary to assess that can
not be gotten from the dally market re
ports. All that the owners of other tax
able property In the state desire is a fair
deal. They do not demand that any species
of property be discriminated against But
as the assessors In municipalities snd coun
ties are not permitted by the new revenue
law to hark back to the assessments of
past years as a guide to their estimates
this year, the Board of Equalisation should
also Ignore paat railroad valuations and
begin, de novo. In Investigating the present
value of the property that la under their
original Jurisdiction so far as putting a
value upon the same Is concerned.
But It will be pretty safe for the board
to take each property as a whole and not
cut It Into little bits to assess the pieces
by themselves. As an Illinois Judge re
marked. In passing upon a similar question
In that state. "It you have to assess a
horse you do not divide the animal Into
parts and, assess his head, his neck, his
body, his tall and each of his four 'lees
separately, but you value the horse as a
unit and In that way can make no great
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mistake." But when you attempt to as
sess each part of tha horse by Itself, yott
sre open to grave errors of Judgment.
There Is too much leeway for a-'gunirnt
and Imagination In that mode of ascertain
ing the value of an animal. There Is pos
itively no way of arriving at a true valu
ation of each piece of a dismembered rail
road system because the books are not
kept in a way to give any t'ght on the
subject. But the value of the entire sys
tem Is readily estimated and then the dis
tribution of the aggregate valuation along
the line at so much per mile is not at all
difficult or mysterious. But unless the en
tire value of a system is first srrlved at.
the attempt to assess It by piecemeal Is
to work In the dark.
Please Go Away.
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
To no man In America does a neglected
duty call louder than to Mr. Bryan. That
he may again lure the democratic party
Into the path of Inevitable defeat Is Impos
sible. In hla r slstent publicity he effects
nothing but to make harder for his party
the task that It must accomplish. He is
most earnestly and respectfully recom
mended to turn his attention to the needs
of his farm In Nebraska.
LIGHT A3D LIVELY. .
Caller Well, the nerve of hat!
Merchant What?
Caller Didn't you hear that snip of a
boy referring to you as "Bill"?
Merchant Sh! That's our cfTice bnv. fio
long as I eaa pretend I didn't hear him It s
al. light. Philadelphia Ledger.
They are again looking for the longest
Word In the JSngllah language.
What Is the matter with caoutchouc?
Eh! It Isn't the longest?1
..Why not?
fcoeiint Jt stretch .from, ;i"Q',' ., f'c"?
CJeveland Plain Dealer.
"I saw a ghost once." spche up the pas
senger with the skull cap; Va real ghost,"
"Huh!" said the passenger with the
flashy watch charm.
I've uecn two real
gnosis. '
"Then you have a shade the better of
me." rsjolned the other; and a'lence fell.
Chicago 'Irlbune.
Mr. Strange Your father Is In politics.
Isn't he, son?
Toir.my Lushman Yes, hut mom thinks
he g'.MIn' cured of It.
- Mr. rar.re Indeed?
Tommy Lushman Yeh, his stomach's
rane back un him an' he can't drink Ilka
he useter. Philadelphia Press.
"So I hear you've- taken a farm flftoen
miles from the city. When did you retire
from business?"
"Who said uiythlng about retiring from
business?"
"It stands to reason you can't farm and
attend to UiHlnesa here at the tune time."
"Who's going to support the farm If I
quit business?' New York Press.
Do Catfish cry.
"-En de Sturgeon say:
"Yander Is a f.shln' man
Comln' die way; . v .
"En he'll try fer ter git yott
' On his line, i .
En he'll tell de folks
You wus six foot nine!"
Len de Catfish say:
"Le'a swim up higher ,
We don't want tor 'auclate
Wld no slch Marl
Atlanta Constitution.
"
SOG OF SPII1XG. .
Ethel M. Kelly in Leslie's Monthly.
Spring I Spring! v t-
Ecstary's sting! .
Birth in the wlldwood, and birds on thfc
wins'.
Living crlos out to you.
Fragrances shout to. you,
What Is all doubt to you,
When it is eprlng?
Birds! Birds! 1 V ''
Flocks of them herds!
How can we welcome them merely with
words? 1
Vp from tho sod to us,
'Daffodils nod to us.
Messages lit God to us
Brought by the birds!
Ixive! Ixve! 1
Cloudshlps above!
Trees are a-tremhln with messages of
One who will mate with us, ;
Mharing our fate with us.
Who will be great Nwlth us,
Giving us love! .
Spring! Pprlnir! ,
Wonderful thing!
Waves on the shore of it clamher and rllng.
Hlnssnms aburst In it,
Rapture Is nursed In It,
Karth Is Immersed In It,
Exquisite sprang.
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