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T11E OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAY 9. 1904. TlIE OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. R08EWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORN INO. TERMS OF gt'BSCRIPTIOM. Dallv Hee (without Sunday). On Year. .14.0) Iialiy Hee and Humid v. out Year . IlluRtrntcl llec. One Year w Hiindnv I inA Vpnr t HMuninv Hop. one Year 1 & Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED HT CARRIER. Dally He (without Sunday), per Tf. 2c Dally Dee (without Buminy), per wefk..Hc lially Bee (Including Sunday), per week.JTo Punday line, per ropv 6o Evening Hen (without Sundnv). per week 6c Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week 10c Complaints "of irregularity In delivery should tw addressed to City Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Bulldlnfr. Hnuth Omaha fit v Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluffs 10 I'earl fltreet. Chlr-ftfro K40 I'nltv Hulldlng. New York 232S Park Row Building. Washington Sol Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE). 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SOJMO 23 84MMMI t......' 34I.10O 24 20,fMK 10 JtT.tOO 25 JM,M 11...,.; 30,0410 26 20.H40 12...,.; 30.020 27 80.&40 13...,.;. 32,040 ' 2S ,io 14..., 8,lHO 29 HO.IZO 15...i 30,870 30 31, SOW Total MMI.OBO Leaa unsold and returned ooples.... 0,KOl Net total sales NKl,lt4 Net average aalea 2,AU GEO. B, TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 24 day of. May, A. ii. 1904. (Seal) M. D. HUNGATE. Notary Public. The scavenger law has moved more "dead ones" than all the undertakers In Omaha during tho Inst week. 1 . Omaha bank clearings for the week are oa the right Side of the ledger and compare favorably with those of cities of much greater pretensions. The county treasurer does not have to collect taxes with a van this year. The scavenger law is doing tho business of bringing delinquents up to the treasury counter. Great Britain is said to fear that Japa nese success will disturb the balance of power1 in Asia In other words, someone other than Great Britain will hold the balance. Out of twenty-six female delegates to the Methodist conference Nebraska has three, which shows that the women's forward movement is not so slow In the Antelopo state. - i - ' CoaJ miners' combinations will not be popular" in Kansas since It has been'de elded' by the supreme court that com biners may be sent to Jail for failure to testify In court.- ' When it comes to a one-man machine, the great bridge promoter who resolves hi 111 sol f into the republican congres sional committee for this district is in the prlzesvlnnlng class. The failure of the committee of the National Civic Federation to secure a president to succeed Senator Hanna ia one of the things which goes to prove what the country has lost in his death. Experts say the Russian nature is too slow to compete with the Japanese in war, but the dispatches indicate that, though slow, the. Russian temperament Is steady even though tried by reverses. Koitfopatkln evidently believes in the adage, Vile who fights and runs away will live to tight another day." It is pleasanter to be Kouropatkln on the run than Makaroff at the bottom of the sea. In making earlier estimates on the condition of the potton crop the govern ment may carry the prospective "cor ners" into months when factories are not clamoring for the spot article a con summation devoutly to be wished. So long as. Los Angeles hotel men re fuse to let negro delegatos sit with their White 'brethren at meals it is ( hardly probable that the color line will be entirely wiped out at the present conference of tho Methodist church. It will be noted that the political end of the Civic Federation of purifiers Is ia the bands of two eminent Uawyers one a virulent democrat and the other . a spoils populist. No chance to make capital against the republican party will ' b overlooked. 1. . . m In notifying the public that the fruit displayed at the World's fair has been treated with poison to preserve It ex hibitors are taking the Bafe side, even though the Agricultural department has not announced its decision regarding the poisonous qualities of any Of the recog nixed fruit preservatives. The appointment of Harry Lindsay to the clerkship of the supreme court la charged up by the Omaha World Herald to the railroads. What about the appointment of Lee Herdman T Did the railroads have any hand in that or was it the spontaneous recognition of vpedal fltnusa for the position? ', The real complaint harbored by the Mercer-Blackburn bunch against the primaries called by the republican county committee is not that it is a "cinch" for the machine, but that it is not quite the "eluch" for the "antls" as it would have been had Blackburn put it up through his congressional com mitt PARKER BOVM LAVQISQ. There is not so much activity to the 1'arker boom at present as there was Just after the Indorsement of the New York Jurist by the convention of bis state and there are some Indications of a reaction, though this may prove to be less serious than now appears inissibh1 The fact that David B. Hill continues to be recognized as the principal champion of Parker Is undoubtedly operating to the latter's detriment with a very large element of the democracy, for as a New York paper remarks tho blight of Hilllsin Is a deadly one, It being Impossible for any party or political movement to gain enthusiasm or confidence under the leadership of a man whom nobody trusts. Some of the supporters of Judge Parker are endeavoring to relieve him of the Hill incubus, but it Is not possible to get away from the fact that he owes his present prominence to the most un scrupulous and untrustworthy politician In the Empire state a politician whom the great majority of democrats in that commonwealth and throughout the coun try regard ns wholly unworthy of confi dence and would regret to see in a posi tion of influence fu the government, as he probably would be in the event of Judge Parker's election to the presi dency. The democratic leader in Pennsyl vania, who controls the sixty-eight dele gates from that state, Is said to be some what doubtful about Tarker receiving tho nomination, though conceding that at present he has the best chance. While not openly antagonizing the New York man, the Pennsylvania leader Is tx'lieved to prefer another and Is said to be of the opinion that the situation Is likely to assume ony one of several turns be tween now and the time of holding the national convention In July. lie Is said to be of tho opiuion that the Parker boom Is not likely to gain much head way from now on. Meanwhile the rad ical wing of tho democracy, with Mr. Bryan still in acknowledged leadership. Is making Itself heard In opposition to Parker and there is every probability that this opposition wfll grow more pro nounced as the time for the meeting of the national convention t pproaches. The Hearst movement, if no longer regarded by the so-called conservatives as dunger- ous, is still active and is not at all likely to be abandoned. There is still an abund ance of money and of energy behind it and it is certain, from all present ap pearances, to cut no insignificant figure at St. Louis. There has been ah outgiving, regarding tho views of Judge Tarker, credited to an intimate friend of the Jurist, but democrats generally are not disposed to accept statements of this character. They want something that has the unques tionable authority of Parker himself nnd ora inclined to think that a man who aspires to the highest office in the gift of the American people should not hesi tate, because he occupies a state judicial position, to let the people know what he thinks in regard to national questions. There is no doubt that at this time Judge Parker is foremost in the race for the democratic presidential nomination, but it is nearly two months before the democratic national convention will meet and the situation may change before that time arrives. REVIVAL VF INDUSTRIAL ACTIV11Y. The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Press notes that the local plethora of cash continues and remarks that the bankers of that city may find it worth while this spring to utilize a con siderable purt of the cash in Europe, where fairly good rates for money can now be obtained. He points out that in addition to the great flow of money to New York from all parts of the country there is maintained also a phenomenal increase in the circulation of the entire country, most of which comes from the output of the gold mines of the west and of Alaska, which apparently will be continued through the summer. Tho national treasury now has a large fund of gold in addition to the reserve and if the present rate of increase be main tained this fund will be very materially augmented by the close of the calendar year. Predicated upon this condition and the certainty of an Increase in the supply of money is the natural assumption that there must soon be on Improved invest ment movement and a revival of Indns trlul activity. It is obvious that this accumulation of money will not be al lowed to long remain Idle and unpro ductive, that it will find opportunities for investment that promise a reason able return, and such investment is more likely to be made in substantial indus trial and business enterprises than in speculative ventures. Doubtless tha only thing that may operate to causa capital to hesitate about investments is the uncertainty in regard to the out come of the presidential election. It is easy to understand that the possibility of a change in the political character of the national administration and of the houre of representatives might lead men of capital to take the prudent course and keep their money out of investments that might be threatened by such change, but there is really little reason to apprehend such ah exigency. Noth ing seems more Improbable than the election of a democrat to the presidency this year and even should this happen and tho next house of representatives bo democratic, the financial, industrial and business Interests of the couutry will have the protection of a republican senate, which will continue under the control of the party now iu power for at least three years more. A full revival of Industrial prosperity Is very much to lie desired and there seems to be no sound reason why it should not bo realized. There is an abundant supply of capital In the coun try and certainly the opportunities for its safe and ptltable investment have not been exhaust-d. The nia'n who travels the straight road never gets lost If the republican congressional commlttc of thjj district had performed its duty in tssnvng the call for a congressional convention to nominate delegates to the national coip vent Ion in proper time and without arro gnting to Itself the power to supervise the republican primary In ltouglas county there would have been no fac tional controversy in Douglas county this spring and no occasion for Black burn manifestoes and open letters. SMASHIXa THK AMCl.Tg AO A IX. Now that we are In front of another political campaign the periodic crusade against the machine Is about to bo re peated with variations that would be serious if they were not comical. Smashing the machine has become a monomania here with politicians who have a grievance at least twice every year. The community is congratulated upon the fact that the machine has been smashed into smithereens and sent to the scrap pile. The amusing part of these periodic smashups is that the new machine usually Is much more dicta torial and tjraunlcal than the bid ma chine. Two years ago, for example, the ma chine was smashed and the smashers at once fabricated a new machine that con summated tho very thing the old ma chine was charged with but had never attempted. It was charged in the cam paign of two years ago that the rights of the minority were trampled under foot by the old machine, but the new machine was not content with brutally sitting down on tho minority It literally stamped on it with both feet. Instead of allowing each city ward and country precinct to name its own members of the committee, tho bell-wethers of tht new machine prepared the entire list of the county committee and railroaded it through without giving the minority a single member in the governing body. Not only that, but South Omaha was entirely disfranchised and the couutry precincts were reduced to a mere nomi nal representation in the convention and iu the committee. This was machine smashing with a vengeance. On the heels of this high-handed pro ceeding came the test oath law, put through tho legislature by the machine smashers, who hoped to disfranchise their opponents by subjecting them to an unrepubllcan inquisition. When it came to apply this Ironclad test oath the machine smashers would not take their own medicine. To their own surprise they were magnanimously allowed to vote without challenge, although they had notoriously bolted the ticket at the preceding election. With the whirligig of time the new machine passed out of the hands of the smashers back into the hands of the ele ment that represents a very decisive majority of the republican rank and file. Now the. machine smashers, who still control the congressional district ma chine, are again up in arms agafnst "the machine,"' and if they can have their way at the coming primary they will remodel and reconstruct the machine so that it will catch 'em coming and catch 'era going. Comparisons are sometimes odious. This applies with equal force to ex positions as it does to men and things. A comparison between the Chicago and St Louis World's fairs has Just been instituted by a Chicago connoisseur, who propounds these reminiscent ques tions: Are there no cattle cars in Bt. Louis no cattle cars to whirl the multitudes forward and backward between the Levee and For est park? Are there no ten-story hotels constructed of air and furnished with great expectations along the route of the cattle curs? Is there no Spectatorlum, In which the eminent financiers of St. Louis may In vest their surplus? Where, If anywhere, are tho skeleton and veneered palacts for the reception of guests that will finally be transformed Into flats for resident tenants? Is the Sklnker road anything like our Stony Island avenue? And, if so, where are the deadfalls for the people who think there la more fun to be had on the outside than on the Inside of the fence? Where is the turnstile that won't turn, the dumb Columbia guard, the restaurant that Is content with simply all you have, tho pleasant place on the Midway that Is only content with all you have and all you can borrow? And, above and beyond all, where Is the Board of Lady Managers, whose disagreements, like the band con certs In the Court of Honor, occurred at stated hours every morning, afternoon and evening? The Nebraska Telephone company has given a pointer to the State Board of Railroad Assessment, which seems to be wrestling with the question, how to ascertain the value of a franchise. The manager of the telephone company in a letter which accompanies the schedule to the assessor of Lancaster county makes this declaration: "Were it not for the franchise right a good deal of the property of the Nebraska Telephone company would bo worth no more than the cost of moving It away" that is, the cost of poles, wires, instruments and furniture. Tills la also literally true of the railroads. Were it not for the franchise by which the state delegates to these public carriers the right to tax the products of the country tributary to these highways their tangible prop erty would be worth no more than the land covered by the right-of-way, the rolling stock and two streaks of rust. The republicans of South Omaha are admonished to vote the scalpers' anti cinch ticket South Omaha republicans have bad a taste of anti-clnch and it was very bitter medicine. They have not yet forgotten the anti-clnch conven tion of two years ago, which not only disfranchised South Omaha by refusing to allow that city any representation on the legislative ticket, but also barred regularly elected and legitimate repre sentatives of South Omaha from the county committee eo as to make the cluch complete. And 110 w we are told by the chairman of the republican congressional com mittee that no republican nomination for congress is to be made In this dis trict until fall. It goes without saying that Um democratic caadidate -will be actively in the field all summer and that If he has the field to himself he will make considerable hay. But per haps that is Just what the eminent re publican who by himself constitutes the congressional committee wants. The report of Admiral Togo shows what It costs to blockade a harbor with sunken ships. Few of the btockaders returned and it is more than possible that the entire Russian Beet In Port Arthur could have been sunk iu battle with a smaller disunity list. Speak Ont, Gentlemen. Brooklyn Eagle. Borne of the vice presidential possibilities are Insufferably silent. If they would only Joke about the office a little the situation would be relieved. It is certain that the man who shows no emotion of any sort la anxious to get the office. The Man Behind the nn. Chicago Record-Herald. The mayor of Council Bluffs has started out with a revolver to stop the gambling In that town and Is reported to be meeting with suecets. It Is apparent that there are occasions, after all, when a man with a gun may do good work. "Scraps" Aronnd the Globe. Baltimore American. The Dutch are fighting in Java, the Rus sians and Japanese in Manchuria, the Turks In Macedonia, the Germans In south west Africa, tho British In Somallland, and the United States boasts a civil war in Colorado, with a national political cam paign coming on. Who says the world Is at peace? Good Coin for Panama. Philadelphia Tress. The Republic of Panama Is talking about adopting American coinage, and It could not do a wiser thing. The money In cir culation there when work begins on the canal will be American money. The small population of the isthmus could not be benefited more than by making such coins their legal tender for all purposes. Sabbath Observance at the Fair. Springfield Republican. It Is not a particularly elevated quality of strict Sunday observance exhibited at St. Louts Sunday, when thousands of ordi nary folks were religiously shut out of the exposition which most of them could not visit on week days, while a largo company of public officials and their friends were entertained within the grounds and even allowed to "do" the side shows of "the pike." If the saying of Jesus were to bo adapted to this case It would read that the Sabbath was made for man In certain self-selected cases; and that man was made for the Sabbath In the case of common people. RAILROAD ASSESSMENT. Custer County Republican: It Is now up to the state board to fix the valuation of railroad property for taxation at the same ratio that the personal property of indi viduals is assessed. Have they the courage to do It? Long Pine Journal: "Do you think," writes a subscriber, "that the republicans will carry the state this fall on the state ticket?" We don't know ask the State Board of Equalization. They hold the answer In their hands. Ashland Gazette:. It seems to us mighty strange that when experts In railway rates, taxation, etc, give us the light of their knowledge on these abstruse questions, it appears that the railways are only worth $30,000 a mile in their rate-earning capacity, but $100,000 or more a mile as Tevenue pro ducers for the stae! , . . Blair Couriers Railroad property In Ne braska should bo aasersied for taxation on the same basis as other property no more no less. The property of Individuals and corporations Is being listed at full selling value and the railroads should be ap praised with the same object of getting the valuation at which they would sell or. a nominal market. Beatrice Express: In the opinion of the Lincoln Cvening News, C. M. Rlgg should not be appointed assistant secretary of the State Board of Assessment It charges Mr. Rlgg with being a corporation lobbyist There are numerous people In Gage county of the same opinion. When the state board starts out to tax the railroads It doesn't look right to put as good a railroad man as Colonel Rlgg In the position of assist ant secretary. Sutton News: All eyes are now turned to the state board that Axes the valuation of railroads for taxation purposes. It de pends upon them whether the present rev enue law Is a success or a failure. If they make the railroads and the telegraph com panies pay their Just share of the taxes as the farmers now have to do, then the law will in the main give satisfaction, otherwise it will not and the republican legislative ticket will suffer this fall at the polls. Beatrice Express: This Is tho time when the railroad attorneys pack their grips and Journey to Lincoln In order to Inform the state board Just how the rail roads of the state should be taxed. It is hardly to be expected that their labors will be for the purpose of Increasing the amount of the assessment, and the offi cials who sit In Judgment on the matter, knowing as they do the extent to which the railroads are In politics In Nebraska, and the powerful influences they wield, are not Just now the most happy people In the state. PEHSOAAL. aO'l-GS. It has been confirmed that Jameo Loeb of New Tork will endow a conservatory of muslo In that city to the extent of 1600,000. Joseph Bat tell of Mlddlebury, Vt., has bought Ellen mountain, which rises 4,000 feet above the town of Warren, Vt, and proposes to convert It Into a park for the benefit of the citizens of the Green Moun tain state. With output of' pies cut down In tho Greater Boston from nearly 1,000,000 to a bare 10,000 dally, Bostonese may be par doned N for looking forward to Saturday night and asking with some solicitude: "How about the beans and brownbread?" Joseph Pulltser, in his article in the North American Review on "The College of Journalism," makes this pathetic allu sion to his blindness: "If my comment on these criticisms shall seem to be diffuse, and perhaps repetitions, my apology is that alas! I am compelled to write by voice, not by pen, and to revise the proofs by. ear, nut by eye a somewhat difficult task." According to the precedent set by Prince Henry, the Rochanibeuus and other notable guests to this country, Prince Lu Lun, the most recent Chinese visitor, left hand some souvenirs of himself with Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Hay and Mrs. Foster, all of whom entertained him while in Wash ington recently. The Board of Lady Managers of the St. Louis fair has decided that when it comes to auditing accounts the services of a man must be called In. Some members of the board resented this Inferential acknowl edgment of male superiority, but Mrs. Daniel Manning, who leads the organiza tion named, was inexorable and Insisted that only a man has a head for figures. On account of the high prices ot every thing In St. Ixmls the women of the board have voted themselves !0 a day for per sonal expea. Instead of tUe I allowed at first. - GOSSIP ABOI'T THE WAR. Mdellcbts on Men and Places Cos plraons la the Oriental Row. Army officers In 'Washington are watch Ing with unflagging Interest the progress of events at the seat of war In Manchuria. A dispatch to the New York Tribune gives as the prevailing Impression among military experts that the course of events wilt from now on depend upon the facilities for trans portation on both sides. In this respect ths Japanese appear to have the present advan tage. They have acquired what may be de scribed generally as a control of the sea, and there Is no knowing to Just what extent they have improved this condition by the water transportation of troops and muni tions of war, or In what direction those in struments of battle have been taken. On the other band, the Russians are believed to be hampered not only by the conges tion of their railroad to the scene of war but by the situation on Lake Baikal, where the Ice Is now said to be three feet thick. and where It lias been Judged necessary to remove the rails on the Ice which have done such good service since February 2a There will be resort to the Ice breakers, one of which has a capacity of 3,000 men and the other of 1,200 men. Troops carried on these boats will at times be obliged to disembark some distance from shore and resume the Journey on sleds. This means great loss of valuable time, not only In the movement of the men, but In the transfer of guns, ammunition and provisions. No one knows what the Russians have so far accomplished in the way of mobilisation of troops since the war began, but It Is im agined that they could hardly have a greater force than 400,000 In Manchuria, and If they have supported themselves to that extent they are considered to have prepared thcmHclvts for almost any form of attack the Japanese may direct against them. Some information has also reached Wash ington of the Russian system of subsist ence In Manchuria. It Is a copy of the Oerman plan of establishing flour mills and large depots of cereals, biscuits, etc., which may be drawn upon dally, and as constantly replenished, so as to keep the foodstuffs always fresh. In addition, grain, preserved meats and vegetables, or the "Iron" rations, are also stored. Each case of metal, which Is soldered and closed with an India rubber band, contains one ration. The "iron" ra tion is plunged In boiling water when full and finished to see if any air bubbles es cape In which case the ration Is rejected. The compressed vegetable rations are made up in tablets weighing 6.6 pounds avoirdu pois. American military attaches with the Rus sians have been instructed to observe closely the commissary arrangements and other features which are new to warfare. Among the latter is the new field gun, of calibre 7.62 centimetres, with a rapidity ot fire of from fifteen to twenty rounds a min ute. Its only projectile is the shrapnel, and tho fuse is of aluminum. Another device to which the attention of the American offi cers will be directed Is an apparatus con structed by the Russian Lieutenant Pol yonskl fcr crossing streams. This con- j slsts of a hollow cylinder of welded alumi num with oval transverse section. On the march some of tho soldiers clothing may be carried In the cylinder. A greater or less number of the cylinders tied together with tent ropes can be assembled into a raft. It is estimated that four cylinders will carry one man, a raft being steered by the men on It with their intrenching spades. It Is claimed for the invention that the cylinder can bo used as a solid rest in firing; on marches it protects the clothing from dust and rain, and It may be used as a water bucket Still another subject likely to engage the notice of the attaehej Is the plan of Introducing barley coffee as a breakfast drink. In the preparation of which beverage the battalion tea-cooking utensil will be used. A package of IOC grains of barley coffee suffices far 100 men. It Is claimed for the drink that It Is very nourishing. "Just as we have had to retreat before the Russian advance," said a representa tive of one of the largest American estab lishments In the Orient, quoted in the Book lovers' Magazine, "so our branch offices are slowly but surely being forced out by tha Japanese, aided, we foar, by favoritism in high places. As is known by all shippers, we have to depend largely on Japanese vessels, both In Importing from America and In consigning cargoes home, as there are comparatively few American ships in commission on the Pacific. We have in Japan some Japanese firms competing with us. We are convinced, although we cannot prove it, that these establishments obtain rebates from the Japanese lines for all goods shipped both ways. Inasmuch as we make our money in commissions, we can not successfully compete with firms enjoying preferential rates with steamship lines. Of course we have no way of proving this, nor could we remedy the situation if we could find out the facts. It Is true, however, that we have had to abandon some lines of trade. Nearly every American and other foreign shipper will tell you that the busi ness methods of the people of this empire give abundant evidence that the whole scheme of operations is on the principle, 'Japan for the Japanese.' The only secret of our ability to remain in business at all In Japanese ports is that these people have not yet, for the most part, learned the valn j of integrity as a business asset. With a few notable exceptions, Japanese houses cannot do a direct business with American firms. The average Japenese merchant con siders it reputable cunning to give short weight or scant measure. The first one or twJ orders will be faithfully filled, and when the confiding customer gives a big list of commodities desired, he Is incon tinently victimized. Such practices, as any shipper will tell you, have given to the Japanese a questionable commercial repu tation in all the markets of the world." "The Moltke of Japan," as he Is called by Harper's Weekly "a man whose name is rarely beard, whose face is never seen, and whose web la spinning on all sides of the Russian forces, as was that of the illus trious Danish strategist when he locked Napoleon. In Sedan;" such Is General Fuku shima. Mr. Bigelow met Fukushlma t.hlle the latter was military attache at the Ger man court, a few years before the Chinese Japanese war; and he tells several anec dotes Illustrating the shrewdness of the Japanese officer, who, while purposely pass ing himself off as of feeble mental capacity, was keenly observant of western military methods and principles, which he was sup posed to be Incapable of understanding. Although, says Mr. Bigelow, he spoke seven languages, he never allowed any one to suspect that he knew anything but a few scraps of German. "Outen morgen," would be the greeting of the German general. Fukushlma would bow politely In ac knowledgment. The general: "Tell me, my dear Fuku shlma, how long would It take you In Japan to mobilise an army corps and land It ia Corea?" Fukushlma: "Thank you, herr general, my health Is very good!" Russia also despised his Intellect, for he was permitted to ride unmolested across Siberia, from Moscow to the Mancburtan coast, counting telegraph poles and taking note of the position of bridges, wells, farms and everything that would prove Interest ing to Japanese visitors who come after him. The occasional Japanese in evidence In New Tork affords now and then an Inter esting opportunity for observation. On a Brooklyn elevated train an IrUb Liborcr Fifty Years AW vr' O Improvos tho flavor and adds to iho boalthfulnosrs of tho food. PRICE BAKINQ POWDER CO- CHICAGO. in overalls was, by the luck of the 8 o'clock rush, thrust Into a seat next to a com placent little subject of the mikado. The Japaheee was busy reading the war news in a paper with conspicuous head lines. This the Irishman vlev-ed with approval. Finally he leaned over to his neighbor and said in tones which attracted the atten tlon of the other passengers: " 'TIs a flue scrap that it Is. An' no matter who wins It's been odds against the yellow mln from tha first Shake hands, and here's luck to the bantam weights." At a theater a few evenings ago a Rus sian and a Japanese found themselves in contiguous orchestra choirs. "I'll say something to him," remarked the Russian to a friend after the first act Then lie addressed the Japanese. 'I see you are from Japan." he said. "I am a Russian." The l.'ttle man stared back gravely. "Three battleships in one day," he re plied quietly. It did not seem to be gloating: it was more as it the Japanese were merely think ing aloud. But the Russian was glad when the curtain went up again. . MR. KNOX'S REPLY. Dcmoeratlo Leaders Tackle Wrong Man on the Anti-Trust Issue. Kansas City Btar ,'lnd.) Tbe democratlo leaders will accomplish little by attacking the administration on Its anti-trust record. That record is by tar the best that has yet been made. It contrasts moBt favorably with that of the democratlo party itself. President Roose velt and Attorney General Knox have dem onstrated that there Is much virtue in the Sherman law, .which was regarded largely as a dead letter before these men put It Into effect and they have brought about new legislation, greatly strengthening the government in dealing with trusts. Replying to Mr. Williams the minority leader, Attorney General Knox has In formed the house that no criminal prose cutions have been ordered against the men Involved In the Northern BecuriUes com pany decision, for the reason that it is not deemed compatible with public Interest to proceed under this head at this time. It would have been . more satisfactory if further explanations had been made, but the country will not hesitate to accept a general statement from a publlo official who has so far surpassed his predecessors In the prosecution of unlawful combina tions. The anti-trust laws should, of course, carry criminal clauses, and Imprisonment should be provided for extreme and per verse offenders. The country has little sympathy with those compromisers who would cut out the Imprisonment penalty, for tha reason that the trusts can easily afford to pay pretty generous fines, If by so doing they can for a considerable time enjoy tbe benefits of monopoly. On the other hand the great majority might not be disposed to favor Immediate' criminal action. What it .wants Is a demonstra tion of federal power to control trusts and regulate Interstate trade. But as a last resort, no man, no matter what his position or his Importance to the business world, should be spared from criminal prosecu tion, if he persists In defying tho law or In striving by adroit methods to evade It In the matter of the Anthracite Coal trust, Mr. Knox has given a thoroughly satisfactory answer, one that helps the re publican cause. It shows that the Depart ment of Justice has proceeded as rapidly as possibly under tbe law's inevitable de lays. Woman Defeadtnar Women. Baltimore American. It Is encouraging occasionally to find a woman defending women. As a rule, how ever, the sex finds mors champions among Its own ranks than do the Individual cases that arise. For Instance, It Is nothing un common to find a woman who will warmly champion womankind, and yet Judge her fellow women more harshly In particular Instances than men are Inclined to Judge her. Man's Inhumanity to man makes a whole lot of people mourn, according to the poet hut woman's bitterness toward women la not to be lightly passed over. Spaulding & Co CHICAGO Goldsmiths Silversmiths aud Jewelers x Importers of Diamonds Precious Stones Watches and Art Goods Producers of Rich Jewelry and Silverware It is a dietinet pleasure to purchase . from a stock so varied and eo full of appropriate suggestions Special and artlstio Correot and latest forms designs furnished In rlne Stationary Our "Sug-g-estlon Book" walled va application . Spaulding fc Co Jackson JUvd Cor State Bt Chicago the Standard mm UNMANLY PREJUDICE. That Which Exists Against Wage Earning by Married Women. Harper's Weekly. The American prejudice against wage earning by married women appears in tha effort occasionally made to make the em ployment of teachers in the publlo schools terminate with marriage. But thousands of American married women do earn wages, thousands more would gladly do so If they could and other thousands would be happier and better off If they did. The prejudlco against It seems disadvantageous. Ameri can men, as a rule, prefer to support their wives If they can. If an American marriel woman works for pay it la either because it gives her pleasure or because her hus band's Income Is Insufficient She does not do it as a matter of course. How long slio can keep It up depends upon what tho work is and upon other circumstances. If she has children, that of course Interferes with her wago-earn'ig if It does not stop It altogether, and general acceptance of a custom which would restrict or discourage child-bearing Is . not to the publlo ad vantage. Marriage tends, and should tend, to Withdraw women from wage-earning, but It need not stop It per ae and abruptly. To make marriage a bar to future wage earning by a woman operafes In restriction of marriage and that la at least as much against publlo policy as restriction of child bearing. It will always depend on circum stances whether a young wage-earning woman who martlcs had better go on with her work, but Dr. Patten seems to be right In holding that it Is often best that she should do so and that It Is often better that she should marry and still earn wages than not marry. - Prejudloo should, not de termine conduct in these matters. There should be a freer choice. JUST FOR Kl'Jt. "When a man once gits behind hand in his work," said Uncle Kben, "he's lt'ble to spend so much time thlnkin' up apologies dat he won' never catch up." Washington Star. "You're rather a young man to be left In charge of a drug store," said the fussy customer. "Have you any diploma?" "Why-er; no, sir' replied the drug clerk, "but 1 liavo something Just aa good." Philadelphia Press. Patience What was tho trouble over at your house yesterday? Patrice Oh, 1 had some of the school girls there, and we were trying a claas song. "Oh, you . were singing? I thought you were giving your class yell!" i'onkers Statesman. "Who was that stunning blond you spoke to?" "That's my recording angel." "Come again?" "My typewriter." Town Topics. "I see that the Japanese women have been cutting off their hair and selling It to rnlBo money for thoir government." "Have they? Well, I notice that tho Japanese men have been, successfully trim ming the HuuBlan whiskers." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Harry Here ia the newest conundrum: When is two an odd and lucky number? Calla .Ynii Irnflv I nuimr nun n . conundrums. Harry Whm two are made one. Ce!laOh, Harry! This Is so sudlen! Town Topics. "William Jennln'a Bryan" slowly anld the Old CodKor. In the inl.lat of th Hit and Akuo club. W illiam Jeuuln's Bryan" "Well, whut about him?" asked HI Spry. vn, 1 was jusi sortor wonuenn , re plied the veteran, "when he was gain to begin suin' the democratlo party for non support." Puck. The various branches of the Smith fam ily hod met for their annual reunion. When summoned to dinner in tha v,Lf amphitheater It was found there were not placHs enough to accommodate the whole crowd. 'Iadles and gentlemen." said the nmtr of ceremonies, much cinbarraa.id, "I shall nave 10 ukk inu eiuyins ana esmythes 10 wait for the second table!" Chicago Tri bune. YALt', "Great the C'xnr," but greater still The power of Almighty will. On Yalu's banks, was It by chinos, Omnipotence gave frownli:g glanoe To minions of the Kusolan Hear, And drove the beast from out Its lair? By thorny paths, 'mldnt flary brnata, P.eneath th rross of leaden death, Through foaming flood, o'er rocky hill, Brave little Brown Men work God's wllL Omaha. FHfcD T. KUDIOEK