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Notary Public.
Speaker Cannon evidently prefers to
rule the bouse rather than to be ruled
by the senate.
Tom Dennlson may be bad at spelling
and grammar, but be Is evidently good
at bookkeeping.
China says that another Boxer up
rising ts Impossible. The military ex
pedition to Peking, then, was not made
la Tata.- -
Coreans have the) true Idea of neu
trality do everything that the army of
occupation commands and act pleasantly
under all circumstances.
Omaha Is giving tangible evidence of
more substantial growth this spring
than any one ot Its commercial rivaTs
north, south, east or west.
' Can It be that the exit of Lee Herd
man from his "fat" Job will be unwept
and unmounted even In the camp of the
democrats who put him there?
Democratic reorganizers would like
nothing better than to have Mr. Bryan
belt the convention. The exact extent
of the Bryan following would then be
known.
Thibetans in their last engagement
with the British expedition were armed
. with European rifles. A week ago they
used flintlocks -so much for the march
ot civilization.
Graduate of the theological seminary
bare an advantage over graduates of
the medical college. A mistake in
diagnosis Is not necessarily fatal to the
man who takes their prescription.
If the Colorado Motel Men's associa
tion devises a sure plan to prevent loss
of Ufa In hotel Ores much will be for
given them by the people who have paid
smamor rates for board In Colorado re
sorts. Iowa democrats listened! to a tariff
speech, but as Hearst has a majority
of the delegates It is believed that they
prefer nome other Issue in the campaign
possibly an Issue of gold standard cur
rency. It Is a wise legislator that can prepare
a law which will not trespass upon the
fourteenth ' amendment to the federal
constitution. . Now it la the -Bamsey
bill which. Is said to take property with
out due return.
So long as G rover Cleveland confines
bis lectures to closed Incidents like the
Chicago strike and the Venezuelan
boundary dispute he will create no com
motion, but let him take up some ques
tion in which Bryan figures and then
watch the Ink fly.
The call for the republican primaries
that will take place next week Friday
allows a full and free expression of
preference not only on the delegates in
the state and congressional conventions,
but also on the delegates who are to
represent this district and the state at
large in the national convention.
Candidates who desire to compete
with E. J. Cornish for the republican
congressional nomination have made a
mistake In refusing to enter the prelim
lnary popular contest at the next week's
primaries that affords all a fair chance
to show their respective strength which
practically speaking means their avails
Insurance companies threaten to in
crease commercial Insurance rates all
ver the couutry 20 per cent on account
Of losses at Baltimore, -Rochester and
Toronto. Th companies should realise
that there Is a difference In the char
acter ct the risks In old towns In the
east and those in the modern cities of
th west, with wide streets and no
ttiH congested, districts. t
LitvaAT auccttoa hkhdmah.
The action of the two republican
Judges of the supreme court in agree
ing finally upon llsrfy C. Lindsay to
succeed Bobert & Lee Ilerdman as clerk
of the supreme court will meet with
hearty approval by republicans through
out the state and not a few democrats
to boot By his work as chairman of
the republic-tin state committee Mr.
Lindsay , Is unquestionably entitled to
suitable recognition from the party and
the supreme court clerkship Is the only
appointive political office available for
that purpose. But while the appoint
ment Is admittedly political, the new
clerk is none the less eminently quali
fied td fill that responsible position, his
legal training and practice at the bar
having been supplemented by a valuable
administrative experience la matters of
organization and detail. That he will
creditably perform the duties devolving
rmnn Mm In his new capacity goes with
out saying.
Whether the action of the supreme
court Judges will necessitate Mr. Lind
say's retirement from the headship of
the state committee Is not as yet clear,
but If so It will devolve upon the party
managers to find a man for chairman
capable of filling the bill with force and
efficiency. The campaign Just ahead of
us Involves not only the election of a
complete state ticket but the choice of
a legislature that Is to elect a United
States senator, and also the retention of
Nebraska's electoral vote In the repub
lican column. With so much at stake,
republicans will hardly want to assume
any hazards that can be avoided by the
exercise of prudence and foresight
The example set however, by the re
ward of efficient party service ought to
have a stimulating effect all along the
line by the encouragement It offers party
workers, whether directing the cam
paign machinery or merely hewing wood
and carrying water In the narrow con
fines of a rural precinct.
VHDCB AMtMCAtf CONTROL.
A Panama dispatch of yesterday an
nounces that formal possession of the
canal route has been taken by the com
mission and the property and the zone
defined In the treaty are now under the
control of the United States. Thus the
protracted hegdtlations are ended and
the consummation which the American
people desired with practical unanimity
has been attained. Nothing now re
mains to be done preliminary to begin
ning work on the great enterprise and
It Is presumed that this will be entered
upon as soon as It Is possible to do so.
When the members of the oaual com
mission returned from the Isthmus a
week ago Admiral Walker stated that
they had found the sanitary conditions
fairly good, which must be taken to
mean that they were better than had
been expected. That a great deal of
work must be done, however; to make
these conditions what they should be Is
well understood and doubtless this will
be the first task to be taken In hand. It
can of course be carried on without
particularly Interfering with work ou
the canal. As to the latter the problem
Is in regard to securing the necessary
labor. There Is not at present sufficient
on the Isthmus, the Trench company
having kept only a few, hundred men at
work, while a considerable army will
be needed when the enterprise is in fall
operation. Where Is this labor to be
obtained Is the question to be deter
mined. A portion of It can be secured
from the West Indian islands and un
doubtedly will be, but not enough can
be had from this source and.it Is not
probable that much labor will go there
from the United States, though there
has been some offered. As now appears
this matter Is likely to be the most
troublesome one with which the com
mission will have to deal. At all events
the canal Is now American ' property
and its construction will be pushed for
ward with characteristic American en
ergy.
a valvablk imduksmmkht. '
There Is no doubt that the most val
uable Indorsement which Judge rarker
of New York has yet received Is that of
Representative John Sharp Williams of
Mississippi, the democratic leader of the
bouse. In an authorized statement Mr,
Williams said he believed that tie nom
ination of rarker at the St Louis con
vention Is assured and declared that
be favored his selection. Unquestion
ably this Indorsement by the man who
has shown ,hlmself to be much the
ablest democrat In the house of repre
sentatives and whose "regularity' Is un
doubted will have a decided Influence
upon southern sentiment and can hardly
fail to exert mure or lexs effect upon
democrats In the north favorable to the
New York Jurist Williams has become
a leader whose opinions carry weight
with his psrty. While the older and
more experienced politician. Gorman,
failed as leader of the minority party
in the senate, the Mlsslsslpplun was en
tirely successful In keeping his party
together and in good discipline In the
house, thus easily carrying off the hon
ors on the democratic side. '
Still there are some democrats who
are not disposed to accept the optnion
of Mr. Williams that Judge Parker will
be nominated by such an overwhelming
vote that there will be substantially no
opposition when the time for the con
vention arrives. The radical leaders
are yet of the opinion that a fight can
and will be made upon rarker that may
compass bis defeat and enable them to
secure the nomination 'of a man less
hostile to tbelr position and views than
the Empire state Jurist Is assumed to
be. The antagonism of Brysn to
rarker, the attitude ef Gorman, of tho
Pennsylvania democratic leader and of
the leaders of the democracy of the mid
die west the resent in en t of Tammany
and the significant lack of enthusiasm
In New York for Judge Parker, all these
facts are accepted by men who are
worthy to be called politicians as war
ranting the belief that Parker cannot
be nominated. Neverthless It Is evldeut
that at this time the chances of the
udge securing the nomination are far
In advance of any one who. has been
nnjnod and the Indorsement be has re
ceived from Representative Williams
will very materially improve his pros
pects. AXOTHtlt BLA IK-WASH TOH OMAHA.
The alms and objects of the Civic
Federation as defined In the address
Just Issued over the names of Its officers
are within themselves commendable.
All good citizens desire a reasonable en
forcement of the laws and all good men
nd women In Omaha will applaud any
movement that has for its object the
elevation of the standard of public
morals. It is an open question, bow-
ever, whether the standard of public
morals will be elevated by magnifying
the prevalence of tolerated vice and
allegations of a reign of unbridled crime.
We are told, for example, with a grand
flourish of trumpets, that "prostitution
has run unmolested and the laws against
this vice are not enforced; that Omaha
has long been a rendezvous for pro
tected th'ves, porch climbers and
burglars, and that these criminals have
found a haven of rest and from arrest"
It Is charged also that robberies and
burglaries have been planned here and
their loot bas been brought to and
divided in Omaha, and that "the crim
inals have not confined their operations
to Omaha alone, but have extended
them over the surrounding territory."
The old adage that it is an ill bird
that befouls Its own nest applies forcibly
to this wholesale indictment It It were
actually true that Omaha at this time, or
within the past few years, bad been a
resort of robbers, burglars and footpads
it would not be creditable for citizens of
Omaha to advertise the town as the
wickedest city when we have grand
Juries and courts In session to deal with
vice and crime. As a matter of fact no
specific proof has been adduced to
Justify such a black-wash. Manifestly
these accusations have reference to the
recently revamped story of a diamond
robbery that was perpetrated In Iowa
twelve years ago and the confessions of
the perpetrator of the crime, serving a
seventeen-year sentence In the Iowa
penitentiary.
There has been no more crime and
vice within the city of Omaha since the
exposition year than there has been In
any other city of over 100,000 popula
tion, east or west north or south. But
if the Civic Federation, or any member
thereof, has any definite knowledge of
collusion between fbe police, the prose
cuting machinery of the courts, or any
other class of officers, and robbers, foot
pads and other professional lawbreakers
It Is their privilege and their doty to go
before the grand Jury and tell what
they know.
It is literally true that the laws which
aim to suppress the social evil are not
strictly enforced In Omaha, but In this
respect Omaha is no exception. The
social evil bas existed from time im
memorial, notwithstanding all the laws
that have ever been enacted by man.
This is not the only law that cannot be
enforced. The "no-treat" law bas been
on the statute books of Nebraska more
than twenty years. Under thnt law any
person treating to liquor subjects the
offender to a fine and entitles the prose
cuting lawyer to recover $15 for every
conviction. But no lawyer bas ever yet
been enterprising enough to prosecute
parties who pay for liquor other people
consume. . .
The complaint that the social evil has
extended In sections of the city inhab
Ited by the better class should be lodged
with the police court or the grand Jury,
and not against the Inmates, bnt against
the owners of the property, who rent
premises for lawless purposes. Such
action will be more effective than an
address to the people. But all the evils
and abuses that spring from vice are of
small moment as compared to the whole
sale debauchery ot the legislative and
executive branches of government by
bribery and corruption. If the Civic
Federation would sharpen Its axe and
strike at the tap root of the system
mar. poisons ine wen-springs or our
popular government It would render the
community much more valuable service.
The tax agent of the Missouri Pacific
points with pride to Missouri as the
model for railroad taxation, and The
Bee Is Inclined to agree with him. The
Missouri State Board of Ballroad as
sessment placed the assessed valuation
of the right-of-way, depots and depot
grounds, trackage, bridges and terminal
facilities of the various railroads within
the limits of St Louts at $28,000,000,
which Is presumed to represent one
third of their full value, or a total of
$84,000,000. The right-of-way, depots
and depot grounds, bridges and term!
nals of the' railroads that converge in
Omaha should be worth at least one-
fourth a much as those that converge
In St Louis, or $21,000,000, and an as
sessment on the basis of one-fifth actual
value would be $4,200,000. But al
though this year's assessment of the
railroad terminals in Omaha were
placed at only a fraction over $200,000,
the railroads are contesting the assess
ment in the courts.
Judge Day's Instructions to the grand
Jury outlines the true field for that
body. Its mission Is not to besmirch
reputations on hearsay yards or work
revenges for persons with grievances,
but to uncover crime and corruption and
set the wheels of Justice moving upon
the criminal elements of the community
without regard to the positions they
msy occupy before the public. Evidence
and not rumors or suspicions Is what
should be required fot grsnd Jury In
dictments.
City Clerk Elbourn certainly made a
serious mistake in refusing all appllea
tlons for certificates of special registrar
tlon or removal for the coming primary
election. While the notice served on Mr,
Elbourn by the officers of the county
committee 4uay have been delayed
longer thsn the law contemplated, yet
it was in ample time for him to carry
out the provisions of the law, whereas
his action disfranchises men entitled to
vote and whose votes will be eagerly
solicited for the ticket when It Is nomi
nated. Shutting the door of the pri
maries In the faces of men who want
to enroll themselves as republicans Is
hardly conducive to lining up for a big
republican majority at the polls In No
vember.
Of all the aspirants for the republican
nomination for congress from this dis
trict who have been clamoring for a
chance for a direct vote of the people
on their respective merits, only one has
filed his name to be submitted on the
official ballot at the coming republican
primaries. There is no complaint that
the terms of the contest are unfair or
discriminating for or against any candi
date. It would be simply a question as
to which could get the most votes.
Candidates who fall to enter a race
when the door Is wide open put them
selves In a peculiar attitude.
If some imported evangelist who
makes a living by converting sinners
should depict Omaha as an irredeemable
den of vice and crime, bis motives
would be readily understood, but when
such pictures are drawn by men who
live here and claim to be Interested in
Omaha'a good repute, the motives will
have to be sought deeper down.
Denver's grand Jury Is certainly en
titled to be considered the most careful
body of inquisitors ever assembled. It
has Just Indicted a dead man so that
the statute of limitation may not run
against the crime.
A Right Good Meraerr.
St. Louis Republic
The Tranamlsklsslppl Exposition at
Omaha was Included within a ISO-acre
tract; yet we remember it as a great show.
Deserta the Sacred Canst-.
Minneapolis Times.
Coin" Harvey Is said to have decided
that there Is nothing In "free silver" after
all. Perhaps not now, but there used to
be "cola" In It
Don't Crowd, Please.
Bommervllle Journal.
If heaven were a place to which only
men who have always paid all ths taxes
they ought to were admitted, there would
always be plenty of room there.
Sherman as m Prophet.
Indianapolis Journal.
It Is not only the difficulty of pronoun
cing the remarkable names of the places
where things happen In the war region
that makes war news so painful, tha Im
possibility of finding tha places on the map
after they have . been laboriously spelled
out In the dispatches leads readers of
newspapers to- agree for the 999th time
with General Sherman's opinion of war.
Falling; OA? In Immigration.
Bprlngfleld Republican.
Immigration Is still noticeably large, but
yet It falls considerably below the volume
pouring Into the country, at this time last
year. Eteeragge and second cabin arrivals
at New York during the past month num
bered 70,39, compared with 101,000 com
ing over In the' tnbnth a year ago. It Is to
be questioned whether even this reduced
volume of immigration Is not larger than
the country can well take care of or than
present Industrial conditions justify.
Called Back.
Baltimore American.
'The British government has suddenly
abandoned Its Thibetan policy without
making public any reason for the change.
The Tounghusband expedition, after two
unnecessary and therefore barbarous mas
sacres of the Thibetans, has been recalled
and the government of the lamas will
be allowed to follow Its own desires. Thus
tha ambitious program, of Lord Curson
has coma to grief.
Sanity In Theatrical Advertising.
New York Tribune.
Theatrical managers who have decided to
abandon pictures In ths windows of bar
rooms and "snipes" on ash barrels, and to
bring their business before tha public
chiefly by well devised, carefully-written
and attractive advertisements in the news
papers have chosen the better part and are
likely to reap a rich reward. The abuses
of window- displays In dram shops have
long been notorious and despicable. More
over, "snipes" and "sniping" on garbage
barrels are only , worthy of contempt
The 'Wayward American Mother.
. , Indianapolis Sentinel.
What we seed In this country is a move
ment that will reform the wayward mother
the woman who chases the fantastical
conceptions of .so-called reformers and
higher educators who drifts far away on
tha social sea; who neglects her own home
In an endeavor to save the Inmates of oth
ers; who gives vehement defense rather
than gentle and winning reproof and aid
to her sinning offspring. The wayward
mother is the aider and abetter of the sa
loon, prison and gallows, and he ts the
only person or proposition that her slaters
have failed to reform.
OUR DEBT TO TUB FOREIGN BORN.
Soma Pointed Remarks Supported by
Statistics.
Philadelphia Record.
When the obligations of Americans who
have been here a good while to Americans
who have been here only a short time are
referred to, the illustrations are almost el
ways drawn from military servlcs; but
this is doing far leas than justice, to the
more recent Americans. A good deal la
due them In a civic way.
Of all states In the union the one most
prollflo In unsound and dangerous political
theories and movements Is Kansas, whose
percentage of foreign born population In
'. was only (.8. Next to K&ns&s as the
hotbed of political erases Is Nebraska, with
It t per cent of foreign born resident
In the same class are Wyoming, with 11.1 J
per cent of foreign born, and Colorado,
with U.I per cent A mixture of populism
and free sllverlsm, with a strong dash of
socialism. Is the product of native Ameri
can political thought. A policy of financial
Idiocy would probably have been fastened
upon the country If It had not been for
tha strong sound money sentiment of
Illinois, with M l per cent; Wisconsin, with
14 i, and Minnesota, with 28.9 per cent of
foreign born population.
The cities where there Is the most po
litical Independenca, and where the fight
for good government has made the most
progress, are Boston, with Ml; Chicago,
with M.f; Manhattan and the Bronx, with
41 J, and Detroit, with 33.1 per cent of
foreign born residents. Philadelphia and
Pittsburg, where the political gangs are
particularly strong, with little opposition,
have only lit and M per cent of foreign
born residents, respectively. St. Louis,
whose boodle scandals are particularly of
fenalve and particularly fresh In the pub
lic mind, has 11 4 per cent of foreign born
residents. A little modesty would be be
, eoming ta tha soa of native parents.
BITS OF WABirHOTO" LIFTB.
Minor denee nd incidents Sketched
tha Spat.
A touch f delicate irony runs through
remarks of a Scotchman. A. Musgrave of
Edinburgh, who visited Washington re
cently, observed congress in action, and
gave his Impressions In ths roet. "Learn
ing that there was a sasslon-of your house
of representatives on Sunday, for the pur
pose of passing eulogies on deceased Amer
ican statesmen, I paid your eapltol a visit
Instead of going to church," ha said. "The
exercises were Interesting and edifying to
a stranger, at least, hut I marveled greatly
at tha scant attendance. When your
speaker called the house to order I
counted only seven representatives In tha
chamber, and though I remained several
hours, I did not at any time sea more than
thirty members present Certainly this Is
a small per cent of your total member
ship of the house, which I learned Is In
excess of 180 men. Pondering ths question
as I retraced my way to ths hotel, I came
to the conclusion that the Amerioan con
gress. In Its representative branch, must
be composed of devout men, who put at
tendance on divine worship above all other
affairs of life."
Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee and
several other members of tha general staff
are not pleased with tha rakish effect of
the new garrison cap, when worn on the
side of the head, as soldiers at Fort Myer
persist In wearing It. The oap is a col
lapsable affair without any visor, fash
ioned after a cap used by tha British sol
dier. In wearing the cap on one side of
the head tha troopers Imitate ths British.
But General Chaffee and soma of his asso
ciates on tha general staff believe hats
and caps were made to wear straight on
tha head English or no English and think
tha new fashion gives a decidedly unmlll
tary effect The new cap la on trial at
Fort Myer, the only post where soldiers
are using It Its adoption by tha army
Is doubtful.
Republican State Chairman Aklns of Mis
souri, while In Washington tha other day,
told this story of a campaigner In his
state:
Sam George was the man's name, and
ha said he dreamed he died and went to
heaven and that St Peter met him at the
gate.
"What have you been doing lately, BamT"
St Peter asked him.
"Campaigning for the republican party,"
he answered.
"Well, come right In," St Peter told
him. "There la only one requirement we
will make of you. You must mount those
stairs leading to the Beautiful City and
with this box of chalk I give you write on
each step the mistakes of your party."
Sam George took ths chalk and began
the climb. Ha thought of all the repub
lican party had done as ha climbed, but
could think of no mistakes It had made.
He had thought over all Its acts when he
had reached within a step or two of tha
top. He saw a' man coming down again.
Looking at him he saw ths man was Wil
liam Jennings Bryan.
"How are you, Mr. Bryan T" George said
to him. "I'm glad to sea you here."
"Yes." George says Mr. Bryan said,
"I'm glad to get here where there Is no
political strife."
"But why are you turning back?" George
asked him, "when all the others are push
ing upward and onward."
"Oh, I'm out of chalk," Bryan answered,
according to Sam George.
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Congressman A damson of Georgia cannot
be convinced that true fellowship is a
common virtue north of the Ohio river.
He tells a story to Illustrate the brand
which Is common In his section of country.
On one occasion, while campaigning In
Georgia, he received a message calling him
home Imperatively. He was twenty-five
miles away, there was no train until next
day and all horses were busy at farm
work. Mr. Adamson went to a farmer
whom he knew well and stated his diffi
culty. "Well, Bill," said his friend, "we're
'way behind with our work here and I
just can't spare a horse to take you over.
But I'll tell you what I'll do I'll walk
home with you." Which Is what he did.
"Now," says the congressman, "you show
me the northern farmer who will do that
and I'll take off my hat to him."
"Thomas Collier Piatt the boss emeritus
of the republican party In Nw York
state," writes the Washlngton correspon
dent of the New York Times, "Is spending
In Washington the days of his Isolation, as
some of the dethroned Roman emperors
spent their declining days in dignified
Idleness on estates or In humble labor
far from the scene of their glories. In
Waahlngton, too, much of the time when
he was active and dominant was spent;
here he has served one senatorial term
and parts of two others; and yet, with all
that has been written about him as boss,
little has been said of him as senator;
as New Yorker he has lived In the calcium
as Washlngtonlan In the shade. Here, for
Ave years longer, Is his safe and comfort
able retreat, whatever storms may beat
upon the broken wreck ot the Piatt ma
chine In New York. It may reasonably be
expected that long before those five years
are out the last plank of the wrecked ship
will have disappeared beneath the waves
and that Piatt will be. In Washington, that
strange figure In the modern senate a sen
ator with no machine and no Influence
behind him, with nothing but the memory
ot a boss-ship that Is history."
Somebody played it low down on Con
gressman Baker of Brooklyn a few days
ago. Baker is the man who sent back a
Baltimore & Ohio railroad pass and at the
same time wrote a long letber to the news
papers telling about hut action. There was
a dlnrer of the Fellowship club in Philadel
phia and a number of statesmen. Includ
ing Baker, went over from Washington
to attend It After the dinner Baker was
enticed Into the private car of an officer
of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and rode
back to Washington In It without paying a
cent of fare. He tried to pay for his ride,
but everybody laughed at him. He says
It was sn outrage. v
Charwomten at the Washington theater,
where the Daughters of the American
n.vniuinn haid their congress recently.
have a rather poor opinion of the organi
sation named. As they were gathering up
th Irrmense litter of torn-up resolutions
and discarded amendments one of them
said: "I surely hope they won't come here
sny more. This Is worse than any matinee
crowd I ever ." At one of the sessions
a long discussion arose over a certain
resolution, and later the delegates divided
themselves Into conversational groups. The
gavel fell with unforeseen promptness, and
amid the ensuing quiet a shrill voice was
heard to say. "I know It had three gores
In the back."
Employes In the White House for a long
time have been In the habit of soliciting
subscriptions from and offrlng tickets for
sale to persons who call at the executive
mansion. The custom had become so gen
eral as to be a nuisance and an order has
been issued putting a stop to the aburfe.
Messengers and doorkeepers had fallen into
the habit of reading newspapers, maea
sines, etC while on duty. This also has
tfoen endri? tj the same order.
CREAFI'
11' FOREMOST 5
BAKING POWDER,
BUSY DAYS ON THE) YALU.
Chicago Record-Herald: The Russians
claim their defeats on ths Yalu merely
constitute a regular part of the war pro
gram which they have mapped out Per
haps they think they have so many soldiers
to be killed off that they can In time make
the Japs give up, exhausted by the work
of burying their victims.
Chicago Tribune: Ths Japanese have
certainly demonstrated that so far as their
nation goes, what was formerly supposed
to be the Inherent inferiority of the yellow
man to the whits does not exist. Whether
he llkae it or not ths white man will here
after have to acknowledge that both on
land and sea the Jap Is his equal, man
for man, when It comes to fighting.
Baltimore American: Great Britain
thought the Boers wouldn't fight In spite
of the results of her finding out her mis
take Russia thought the Japanese wouldn't
fight and Is now repeating Great Britain's
experience, with much consequent damage
to her prestige. It is an old trait In
human nature that men and nations will
Insist In the face of demonstration, on
testing ths resisting force of stone walls
with their own heads.
Chicago Chronicle: The prospect that
the Japanese will be able to drive the Rus
sians out of Manchuria, however. Is as re
mote as ever. If the Russians were Boers
ths armies of tho world could not eject
them from such a country. If, however,
the Japanese can secure Corp and reduce
Port Arthur from the rear they will have
secured the two great objects of the war,
and from that time on can afford to remain
on the defensive and give Russia tha labor
ing oar.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune: Tha bat
tles on the Yalu have shown the world
the absence of need for Intervention on be
half ot Japan. She Is not only able to
care for herself, but to drive the Cossack
back to St. Petersburg and compel term
of peace to be signed there Instead of at
Toklo, as Viceroy Alexleff Insisted .would
be the only program of peace allowable
on the part of his royal and Imperial and
most gracious master, the csar. Mani
festly, a new power has appeared on the
horisoa of the world, commanding respect,
and able to command It where It may be
refused.
Indianapolis News: Japan will gain
great prestige from this great victory. All
the world now knows that Russia has to
deal with a first-class fighting power. By
this victory the Chinese will be encouraged
in their antl-Russlan feeling. Corea will
be safe, and Japan will start on her for
ward march with her communications un
threatened. As usual the Japanese ad
hered strictly to their program and every
thing moved smoothly. We should think
that the people of Russia would be hungry
for favorable news. Thus far their army
and navy have met with nothlDg but dis
aster. PERSONAL NOTES.
Richard T. Greener, the first colored grad
uate of Harvard, Is the United iate con
sul at Vladivostok, one ot tho storm cen
ters of the war In the far cast. ,
Secretary Moody will make a personal
Inspection of the Improvements which are
being made In the United States naval sta
tion at Guantanamo, Cuba. He will leave
Washington on May 8, to be gone ten daya
Dr. Edward A. Stelner, professor of ap
plied Christianity at Iowa college, Grlnnell,
who wrote the authorized Amerioan biog
raphy of Tolstoi, la credited with knowing
more about Russia and the Slavic world
generally than any othor living American.
Adrian Iselln, the New York financier,
yachtsman and society man, has taken out
an accident policy for 1300,000. J. Plerpont
Morgan carries about the same and Qeorgft
Gould took heavy Insurance to last while
he made his recent 10,000-mile tour over his
railroad lines.
Great preparations are being made In
Hartford, Conn., tor the annual encamp
ment of the Society of the Army of the
Potomac and the Connecticut Department
of the Grand Army of the Republic, May
13 and 19. The line of march for the parade
of the veterans Is wisely to be a short one.
Chauncey M. Depew was accosted by a
beggar who had "seen better days." The
man wanted I cents. The senator shook
his head and passed on. But the man fol
lowed him. "Please give me f cents; I've
had no dinner," he persisted. "Neither
have I," replied the senator, shortly. "Very
well, then," said -the fallow, suddenly as
suming an air of patronage, "make It a
quarter and we'll aire together."
9
If M ll H a TB
a Ml Ug B
U tn the world." 7 T. b. AkUkVESNO,
Kokomo, Ind.
Always keep it in the house. -That is what
the doctors say, too. They know it is the
best family medicine ia the world. Sooner or
later some one in the house will surely need it.
It has such wonderful strengthening power.
Ask your doctor what he thinks about this.
FOISTED PLEASANTRIES.
"If some men," snld Vnrle Ehen, "showed
as much patience an' forbearance wlf da
Chilian at horns tlat dey does wlf a lonln'
ha so ball team dur wuulrin' be so many
hand feelln's In da fam'ly." Washington
Star.
Blather Mr. Wylklns pnld me a lovely
compliment Inst night lie said I was bc
wltchlngly beautiful.
Brother I always mid that Wylklns had
imagination enough to be' a poet Somer
vllle Journal.
"What makes ' Brown so haughty these
days?"
"Why, his secret benevolent association
has elected him to on ofllce that has a
title apven feet longer than any title there
Is in timlth's secret society." Chicago Post
Confucius was expounding his doctrines.
"We suppose," they said, "you expct
your beliefs to till tho world T"
"Oh, no;" replied the philosopher, mod
estly. "I only expect it to fill a few
Chinks."
Herein we see th true greatness of ths
man. New York Tribune.
"You know Bragg, of course. I think he
belongs to your church."
"Well, Bragg doesn't think that"
"Nn? llnw rto vnn mon?"
"He thinks the church belongs to him."
Philadelphia Press.
uo ou regnru me recent b-easiua ui
congress as sucossfulT"
"Sure." answered Senator Sorghum.
"They couldn't spend all that money with
out somebody enjoying silccSjas." Washing
ton Star.
Teacher What are the three personul
pronouns?
Pupil He, she and It
Teacher Give an example of their use.
Pupil Husband, wife and baby. New
York Sun.
In
days
long- '
ago tin -
' l"es'ytfrf. MAPI vrr."
know) when
grandma
went walking
'she held1
her skirts so. ,
What ' 1
would she
say If she i i
s a w g i r 1 s
today with
skirts
. clutched
so tight
ly they
u 1 1
look
this
way?
Inland Printer
THE SPINSTER,
Edwin L. Sallm in the Housekeeper.
She's walking in her garden with quiet
step end slow
Ann Smith, who lost her lover now thirty
years ago.
Between the clean, white palings the vil
lage people view
Her moving 'midst the tulips all drowsy
with the dew.
The breeses urea the of springtime, of
. springtime lilts the rill,
There s vprliigtlme In the robin's enrap
tured vesper trill;
There's springtime In the blossoms she
bruslit's tu and fro;
And In her heuri the uprlngtlme of thirty
years ago.
The lane Is lying yonder, wrapped duep In
fiugranl gloom,
By bursting liuwtliurn bordered, and cheny
trees lu bloom.
The moths athwart it flutter on errant,
ghostly wing,
Adown lis dusky vista the crickets bravely
sing.
The crescent moon Is shedding a tender
. light above,
The air Is suit and dreamy, and quivering
- with love.
Ths world Ik full of longing of whispers
vugue and low,
AS in Uiut other springtime of thirty years
"Twas just In such a springtime, 'twas just
on such an eve
That there bem-uth the poplar he took his
last, fond leave, '
And blindly hum turned doorward, aware of
only tlil:
Within her ii icast his promise, upon her
lips his kiss.
Oh, April aflt-r April, Invokes ths twilight
And A(r!l after April the garden wakes
In vain;
For nrvrr lll tlmir coverts another spring
time know
Like that drar. sweet old springtime of
thirty yeuas ago.
Ann Smith is straight and slender; her
brow Is culm and fair;
Her voice lu clear and puticnt, and smooth
ami thick lifr h..lr.
No flukes have touched her tresses, no frost
her cheeks can dim,
To her 'tis aiHy springtime, and she must
wait for hlin.
And when the tUouiiiing gathers around tho
garden gate,
And when each thrush and pigeon has
sought his khi He mate.
The children tit the village will lead you
past, to show
The inula who lust her lover now thirty
years ago. '
Sarsaparilla
I know from experience that Ayer'S
Sarsaparilla is ths best faniily medicine
f. 0. Ayer Oe.. LaweD. lUss.