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: The Auditorium opening should be a
gala event of the first magnitude. A
good thing la worth waiting for.
By getting into litigation over an al
leged corn corner, the Omaha Grain ex
change baa now demonstrated that it is
the real thing.
Russian - advices say that "General
Kooropatkio has the situation wen in
hand," bat the Japanese seem to have
the general In chancery. .
Democrats of Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Georgia and Michigan yesterday showed
J bow far near-sighted men will go in
chasing a hollow bubble. '
' Special correspondents at the scene of
war may be handicapped in getting war
news, but they are sending out excel
' lent descriptions of the weather. '
' -
' If it is coin and not revenge be de
sires, .Basoull should have served an
apprenticeship, under Pat Crowe before
be started put as; a journeyman kid
naper. , ' " ''
"Uncle, Joe". Cannon baa bad no
trouble in counting a quorum at Spring
field, but bow be must miss bis com
mittee on rules, which never failed to
accomplish results.
Corporation promoters seem to rely on
the regularity of the "sucker crop," as
New Jersey has granted charters to
concerns Incorporated in May to the ex
tent of 00,OOq,0(XX
While 800 men are considering inter
national arbitration In a convention,
-800,000 are engaged in settling a dispute
by force of arms, which may give the
800 an idea of the' work to be done.
The next generation should be rich if
there is no smash in the machinery, for
statistics show that life Insurance
policies are being written in the United
States at the rate of 13,000,000 a day.
The present war baa shown, the czar
to be one of the wisest of European
rulers, his plea for universal disarma
ment being -of the highest importance
to Russia In the light of present events.
Russia baa reiterated its intention to
have no intervention in the present war,
but changes the form of statement by
saying that no Intervention will be con
sidered "until Russian arms are trium
phant "There la no occasion for Nebraska
democracy to ' lose heart at this mo
ment," shrieks the World-Herald. Every
thing else having been lost, Nebraska
democracy should by all means hold on
to Its heart
The resolution commending the effi
ciency and patriotic devotion to the flag
and an appropriation of the late
democratic clerk of the supreme court
got sidetracked before It reached the
convention hall.
Only forty-one permits have been
taken out to give automobllists freedom
of our streets. Onr experience in dodg
ing these machines at street corners left
us in the Impression that there were
several times forty-one of them.
Principles are eternal and indestructi
ble. . The golden mle survives all the
ages, but the free renege of silver at
a ratio equal to one-ha.) f of its metal
value is not a principle Vd therefore
cannot survive even ration,
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COBtRVATIVK$ WILL COHTHOC.
It seems to be practically assured that
the conseivatlve element of the democ
racy will control the St Louis conven
tlon. A majority of the delegates elected
are of that faction, and as the conven
tion will of course be organised by them
and the committee on resolutions ap
pointed by the majority tfle conserve
Uvea will have their own way until it
comes to making a nomination for the
presidency, when a two-thirds majority
will be necessary if the traditional prac
tlce of the democracy Is adhered to.
It seems to be the consensus of opinion
among the democratic leaders that the
two-thirds rule will be maintained in
the coming national convention and in
thst event the radical element will have
a good deal to say in the naming of a
candidate. The total membership of
the convention Is only a few short of a
thousand and as now indicated the radl
col element will bare not less than 400
votes, or considerably more than one
third. It Is needless to say that this
element will be Implacably hostile to
any conservative man who may be
presented for the nomination and espe
cially so to Judge Parker, who is recog
nized as representing all that Mr. Cleve
land stands for. The fact that the ex.
president has endorsed Parker is In it
self sufficient to array against the Em
pire state man every follower of Bryan
or Hearst and with these will be asso.
elated at St Louis the Tammany men
who are opposed to Parker. While,
therefore the New York Jurist has the
better of the race at this time and will
enter the convention with at least 200
instructed delegates and about an equal
number unlnstructed who are favorable
to him under certain conditions, yet his
nomination can by no means be regarded
as certain if the two-thirds rule is con
tinned, as there Is every reason to be
lieve it will be.
So far aa the platform is concerned
the conservatives will have their way,
They may be disposed to make some
concessions to the radical wing of the
party, but the latter will not have the
strength to compel this, since the plat
form will be made as the majority wills.
If the Judgment of Mr. Cleveland should
have any weight with the convention the
platform will not be elaborate. In an
Interview a few days ago the ex-presl
dent said that the platform should be
short treating only of the strongest
points at issue. He thought It should
contain, as representative of funda
mental and unquestioned democratic
doctrine, tariff reform, a fair and dis
tinct declaration of the- party's inten
tlons in the matter of bestowing inde
pendence upon the Filipinos, economy in
public expenditures and honesty in the
public, service. According to a corre
spondent of the Philadelphia North
American who interviewed Mr. Cleve
land, the ex-president is in favor of con
servatism in revision of the tariff, which
indicates that In this respect his views
have undergone some modification since
1894, when he characterized the tariff
law of that year as an act of perfidy
and dishonor. . '
The democrats who will go to St Louis
to fight for the Kansas City platform
will be beaten. This seems to be in
evitable. But this element will have
something to say In regard to who Bhall
be tM nominee of the convention and it
is certain that it will not favor the
New York man who is now in the lead
for the nomination.
A LATUr-AM&MCAlt ALLlATtCB.
Recently the Department of State re
ceived Information of an effort being
made to organize the republics of South
and Central America In a commercial
alliance hostile to the United States. It
was stated that the movement bad Its
origin In Colombia and Venezuela and
was prompted by a desire to protect the
countries of Latin . America from dis
memberment "such as Colombia has suf
fered by the separation of . Panama."
There is no doubt as to a feeling
among the people of the southern repub
lics that some sort of an alliance for mu
tual protection Is desirable, but it Is
hardly probable that this sentiment is so
strong or general as to Insure the suc
cess of the reported movement
While a part of the people of Latin
America are somewhat distrustful of
this country, due to the mistaken notion
that the United States covets territory
In the southern continent, they are at
the same time by no means on such
friendly relations with each other as to
render practicable and enduring such an
alliance as is en Id to be proposed. The
southern republics are not distinguished
for keeping good faith In their agree
ments with each other and If an alliance
were formed among them it probably
would not endure a twelvemonth. The
result of such a manifestation of hos
tility to the United States would very
likely be to lose the protection how given
those countries by this republic and It is
safe to say that few of them would be
willing to Incur this risk. They need
the friendship and the guardianship of
this nation and they will do nothing to
forfeit these. The Latin-American race
may not be enamored of the people of
this country, but It usually has senso
enough to look out for number one.
WILL TBB PtOPLB PeTrTMfT IT1
The people of the United Kingdom are
threatened with the Institution of the
continental system of conscription for
military service. The royal commission
which has been investigating the mili
tary situation In the kingdom has in a
report to the government declared that
conscription is the only adequate means
of providing for home defense in the
vent of a wsr which would drain thi
regular establishment for duty abroad.
It Is suggested that one year's contin
uous military service Is a requirement to
which all able-bodied dtizeus should be
subjected and the estimate of the com
mission Is that under the operation of
such a system there would be provided
about 850,000 trained men annually at
less cost than the present militia system.
This would give an ample force for de
fense, whereas under existing conditions
the fore is deemed to be inadequate for
a possible emergency.
It Is hardly probable, however, that
the people of the United Kingdom will
approve of the policy of creating an
army by conscription. They will reason
that the danger which some British
statesmen see Is so remote as not to
warrant such a radical departure from
the traditional course of the nation as
the institution of a system of conscrip
tion would be. To the Tery great ma.
Jority of Britons enforced service in the
army, as required by the continental na
tlons, would be intolerable and It is very
doubtful if any ministry that should
adopt the system could long retain
power. No people are more patriotic
than the British, but the effect of en
forced military service, even If only for
one year, would not be conducive to the
strengthening of popular patriotism. It
is most improbable that the British gov
ernment will adopt the suggestion of the
royal commission.
' I Bat DAViaaon table.
As might have been expected the
Davlsson table of the magnified taxable
wealth of Nebraska has been approv
lngly reproduced in the organs that
draw their inspiration and their Job
printing from railroad headquarters.
The York Times, for example, not only
gulps down the Davlsson two-bllllon
dollar estimate of Nebraska's taxable
wealth, but actually expresses the opln
ion that it will be found altogether too
low when the State Board of Equallza
tlon comes Into possession of the returns
of the county assessors. -
The York organ manifestly under
rates popular intelligence. The Davlsson
pyramid, from its base to its apex, holds
all the figures that could have been
piled up by the most fertile mathemati
cat imagination. It assumes, for exam
pie, that the $01,000,000 pf deposits In
Nebraska banks are all taxable prop
erty, when everybody knows that many
millions of the deposits represent na
tlonal, state, county, city and school
district deposits and other millions that
are not taxable.
It assumes that the $30,000,000 real
ized from the sale of cattle by Nebraska
farmers are not Included in the total
returns of live stock, which are com
puted at $130,000,000, and partly ab
sorbed in the bank deposits, which also
include millions realized by Nebraska
farmers from tbe sale of their surplus
farm products. With the same pro
priety and accuracy, all the sand bills.
ravines, canyons, dry creeks and
swamps within the boundary of Ne
braska are Included In the two-billion-
dollar estimate of taxable wealth as a
counterpart of the $326,000,000 of rail
road property.
But you can fool the people some
times, only, and not all the time.
too uvea or a good tbusg.
In the proposed acquisition and pur
chase of lands for park purposes by an
issue pf bonds South Omaha should
profit by the experience of Omaha. Fif
teen years .ago Omaha was afflicted
with the park craze everybody was
clamoring for parks, and land owners.
land speculators and real estate agents
bombarded the mayor and council in
person and through tbe press in favor
of a bond issue for the purchase of
parks. In the fait of 1891 a proposition
authorizing the Issue of city bonds to
the amount of $400,000 was submitted
and carried by a very decisive majority.
On the beels of the election came the
purchase of large tracts of farming land
and wild land at fabulous prices. Some
of these tracts, with all the Improve
ments made by the city, would not sell
today for one-fourth of the original cost
price. In the meantime the city Is pay
ing $20,000 a year Interest on the park
bond mortgage and as much more for
improving and keeping up the park sys
tem that is out of all proportion with
the needs of Omaha's population.
Both Omaha and South Omaha oc
cupy a plateau more than 1,000 feet
above the sea level. The streets are
wide add there Is more fresh air to the
square foot than -rould be needed If
the population had reached a million.
But there jvlll always be people who
have land to sell for park purposes and
real estate dealers and speculators who
want to profit by the sale, Just as there
are always people willing to sacrifice
themselves by selling sites for school
bouses and public buildings at double
or treble their market value, and Just
as there are always accommodating
middlemen who are ready to negotiate
these sales for a consideration.
The democracy of Nebraska in conven
tion assembled solemnly declares and
reiterates the demand for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver in all the
mints of tbe United States at tbe sacred
ratio of 16 to 1, notwithstanding the
fact-that the free coinage of silver at
any ratio has been discontinued by
nearly all the civilized and some of the
uncivilized nations. For the Nebraska
democracy the world do not move.
The president of the South Omaha
Park board is very much interested in
the proposed purchase of Syndicate park
by a bond Issue of $20,000. Tbe presi
dent of the South Omaha Park board
was very much interested In the pas
sage of tbe Sonth Omaha charter of
1001, for which $23,000 Is said to have
been contributed for distribution among
tbe lobby and the legislature.
General Miles may have the nomina
tion for president at the hands of the
prohibition party, provided he declares
himself a member of that party, says
the chairman of the prohibition national
committee. The prohibitionists are not
apparently as careful as the democrats,
who not only want to know what a man
professes, but bow he bas voted for tbe
last ten years. . .
The damocratlc stata nominating con
vention wYl be called to meet at Lin
coln, Auguof 10, the same time and place
i
as the populist nominating convention
The two ends of the fusion circus were
last year pulled off at Grand Island and
Columbus, respectively, but the ex
porience with the long distance telephone
was not entirely satisfactory.
Mayor Moores' vetoes sometimes hit
and sometimes miss when it comes to
ratification by the council. But taken
altogether from the beginning of his In
cumbency as chief executive of the city,
Mayor Moores' vetoes have been almost
uniformly In the interest of the 'tax
paying citizens and for the protection
of the public.
The unlnstructed delegate at the St
Louis convention will be an object of
solicitude on the part of many candl
dates, while the unlnstructed delegate
at the Chicago convention will be an ob
ject of curiosity. There is nothing like
knowing what you are going to do before
you do it
The fellow who proposed a secret bal
lot in tlio Illinois republican convention
may have desired only to break the
deadlock, but there will always be an
Impression that he wanted a vehicle In
which some one might deliver the goods,
The new secretary of the Commercial
club will have to hustle to make up for
lime lost by all these postponements of
his advent here. There is plenty of
work waiting to be done, If he only
proves to be the right man to do it
"You're Another.
Baltimore American,
The railroad men and coal men are call
ing each other robbers Just now in order
that the public may not know Just which
to blame for the high prices of coal next
winter.
How for a Shalte Down.
Washington Post.
President Baer says the trusts propose to
hold up the people for all they will stand
The campaign conrralttees will now feel
Justified In shaking, down the trusts for all
they will stand.
Democratic Comedy,
Chicago Chronicle.
As an evidence that Mayor McCIellan of
New York would be a strong presidential
candidate his advocates urge ; that Mr,
Bryan would second his nomination and
that Pennsylvania democrats would sup
port him wtih enthusiasm. The -manager
of Mayor McClellan's boom must be con.
nected wtlh one of the comic papers.
necord-Breaklna; Exports.
Philadelphia Press.
The exports of manufactures for th
fiscal year which ends with June promises
to exceed those of any previous year, which
is some satisfaction. For the ten months
ending with April ' these exports exceed
those of any corresponding period by
$18,000,000. Decreased domcstlo consumption
accounts In part for Increased exportation.
Pswer of the Preaa.
Spring-field Republican.
Mr. Hay pays the press too great a trib
ute when he says that "if the press of
the world would. adopt and persist In the
high resolve that rar should be no more,
the clangor of arms would cease from tfie
rising of the sun to Its going down, and
we oould fancy tht our ears, no longer
stunned by the, atifof "armies, might hear
the morning star sieging together and all
the sons of God. shouting for Joy." This
Is beautiful rhetoric, bat It does not wash.
When the people? of thevworld agree the
press of the world will agree. It all the
newspapers should suddenly declare against
war under any circumstances many per
sons would say they had been bought up.
VOTE OP NEGROES NEEDED.
Holds the Balance of Power in Several
States mt the Union.
Chicago Chronicle.
Taking from the census of 1900 the number
of negroes of voting age in the close states
of California, Kentucky, Indiana, New Jer
sey and New York and comparing these
with the republican pluralities in those
states at the latest elections of state offi
cers and the great importance of the negro
vote to the republican party is clearly
shown. '
, Itepubllcan
Negro vote, piurailt
ity.
California .,
8,711
4,676
1.660
Connecticut
1G.0U8
36.24
17,133
8,380
Indiana
18,186
21,474
31,425
New Jersey
New York...
This comparison shows that the republic
ans would have lost California, New Jersey
and New York except for the negro voters
nd that in Connecticut the republican ma
jority would have been reduced by more
than one-fourth and In Indiana by more
than one-half.
8o far as Connecticut Is concerned, the
records show that even with this negro
vote solid for the republicans, the demo
crats carried the stats In 18S4, 1888 and 1892,
so that It is distinctly a doubtful state, and
every vote counts. Very much the same
situation Is demonstrated by the figures in
Indiana. Mr. Bryan was defeated in that
state in 1896 by a plurality of 18,181. while
the negro voting strength was 18,186. In
other words, it was the negro vote which
gave the republican party its majority then,
as it has upon a number of other occa
sions.
In Rhode Island, undoubtedly a close
state In which the trend of democracy Is
running pretty strong these days, there are
about 3,000 negro votes. In 1892 Cleveland
was beaten In that state by a smaller vote
than that. In recent state contests the
democrats have been victorious.
California, Connecticut, Indiana, New
Jersey and New York went republican In
the last state elections by a total of 78,768,
while th figures show an aggregate num
ber of negroes of voting age In those states
to be 79,372.
These figures might be supplemented by
showing the negro vote In certain other
states, some of tliem close, and soma of
them not. For Instance, Pennsylvania
Cl.anS and Ohio tl.I35, In neither of which
states canthere b .milch hop of demo
cratic victory, though thla negro vote goes
a long way toward making the total repub
lican plurality.
Then there la Illinois, sometimes very
close, which has a total negro vote of
29.T03; Kansas, which is decidedly erratic,
swinging first into one column then Into the
other, has a negro vote of 14,665, and Mas
sachusetts, where the republicans are quits
seriously divided over the tariff revision
Question, has a negro vote of 10,466.
DEMAND EQ.LAU Jl'BTICE.
Tork Times: What tbe people of
Nebraska demand of the State Board
of Aaaeesment is1 equal Justice to all.
They ar able and willing to pay
their Just proportion of th taxes, but
they do not went to pay more. It Is
the demagogues and democratic poli
ticians who are demanding that in
justice be done seme particular inter
eat and that some ether Interest b
favored unjuatly, Th aaaeesment of
the railroads and all other property
must be so manifestly Just that th
people can see It end then there, will
k very little complaint
PEOPLE DEAD 171 EARNEST.
Fairfield Newsi Taxation la the
great Question of the bour In Na.
brasks; so Important that it lias at
the bottom of or is connected with
almost all other matters that eon
cern th popl and th state. If
th rich and the corporations pay
but a tlth of their Just proportion
of taxes and th farmer and wag
earner, th small merchant and pro
fssionl men pay their full shar,
th wrong will later have to b
righted by harsh measures if It Is
not now by peaceful methods of
statute law. The comparatively poor
of Nebraska too long have born
most of th burdens of th state.
Now Is th opportunity for th re
publican party In thla stat to do
simple Justice In this matter of rail
road taxation, and th peopl are
dead In earnest that it should be
don and don right now.
TALK OP THIS STATE PRESS. .
Stanton Picket i Th indications now are
that western Nebraska will divide emigra
tion with th Rosebud reservation this
coming fall and the following spring, and
Judge Kinkald, a nam that for years has
been a household word over a part of that
territory, will become such over th en
tire big Sixth congressional distriot.
Beatrice Sum Th republicans of Ohio
selected Governor Herrlck, Supreme Judge
George B. Cox and United States Senators
Charles W. Dick and Joseph B. Foraker
as delegates-at-large to the national con
vention. In Nebraska the republicans se
lected , , and C. B. Demp
ster.
Tekamah Journal: To a Nebraskan
California orange orchard is pictured as a
gold mine. But when it Is known that this
season It Is costing th grower $2.29 per box
to get his goods into the retailers' hands
and he is receiving therefor bat an aver
age of 11.83, It persuades us that Ne-
braskans better stick to their corn and
bogs.
Nemaha Advertiser: There Is work for
a grand Jury in this eounty and w would
suggest that ons be called for th next
term of court If on is called w predict
several of our citizens will have urgent
business elsewhere. Last Sunday two of
our citizens caught several men .gambling
In a box car, and later part of th same
crew were caught by a woman In th
unlawful business.
Norfolk News i Nebraska might have
been a drouth state some years ago for on
season, but It has decidedly reformed and
is now not as much a drouth state as aom
of the eastern commonwealths where the
corn dried up and rattled last year and
other vegetation was so devoid of moisture
that a lighted match would set It to bum
ing like a bunch of shavings. For several
years now Nebraska has had moisture to
let
Juniata Herald: Democrats tell us that
the republican state ticket nominated at
Lincoln last Wednesday is a very "bad
one and that It will be a big load of "woe1
for the republican party to carry. All of
which means that it Is the best kind of a
ticket and on the people will most heart
ily endorse. Had th nominations been
made to suit the opposition it would have
been really dangerous. As It is let the
democrats "do the walking."
Beatrice Sun: The republicans have been
successful In many campaigns because of
the blunders of the democratic party. They
may pull through again by th same a.
Blstance, but if democrats concentrate
their energies upon the state and legisla.
tive tickets, nominating clean and capable
men, leaving out the wild-eyed vagaries
of t,h past few years, . they . will defeat
the Yepubllcan state ticket and carry th
legislature. This cannot 'be done by de
nouncing Roosevelt and the republican
party outside of Nebraska. It should be a
state campaign, pure and simple, and men
of such character should be nominated
as will attract those republican voters who
are thoroughly disgusted with the extrava.
gance, the excessive taxation, tbe profli
gacy of the men who have been running
the republican machine In Nebraska.
Nebraska City Tribune: For several days
past William J. Bryan has been stump-
speaking In the wards of Omaha and South
Omaha, telling the ward bosses whom they
ought to send as delegates from the wards
to the county convention, etc For a twice-
nominated presidential candidate to be
ward-heeling for county delegates in the
cities of his home state is a sight for gods
and men at least for men who attach th
proper Importance and dignity to the high
office of president. It may seem all right
to Mr. Bryan a pig in a parlor remains a
pig In spite of tbe surroundings; an ass
in a lion's skin remains an ass even in
cluding the propensity to bray, and Mr.
Bryan, twice a presidential candidate of a
great party, remains Mr. Bryan without
mutation or change of any sort. It's largely
a matter of taste and of the Individual con
ception of the eternal fitness of things and
if Mr. Bryan finds pleasure and duty and
satisfaction in the role of a manipulator of
ward politics, who shall say him nay 7 This
is a free country and Mr. Bryan has a per
fect right to run for constable of his horn
precinct or take an appointment on the po
lice force of his town if he wants to. This
Is fundamental truth and Mr. Bryan seems
to know it and to be acting upon It
Whether he expects his friends and sup
porters to be pleased and gratified Is, as
Rudyard Kipling says, another story.
Sohuyler Free Lance: Down in Omaha an
element of republicans who styled them
selves the anti-machine went into the pri
maries and downed tbe machine element
and nipped Edward Rosewater's desires
to be a delegate to th national repub
lican convention In the bud. So Edward
stays at home and th antl-machln crowd
are feeling Jubilant Hdwever, thtlr Joy
will be short lived and they ar decidedly
short sighted. This year In that district
there is a congressman to sleet and the
district is republican if all pull together.
It they don't the present democratic con
gressman, Editor Hitchcock, who skinned
Dave Mercer two years ago, will succeed
himself. , A friend of Dav Mercer's will
be the nominee and he cannot be elected
without Rosewater's aid. That aid can
not be secured, by defeating Rosewater for
national delegate. Those Mercerites had a
ohanos to pour oil on the troubled waters
and get Th Bee's support for their can
didate for congress. But they didn't
Here's betting dollars to doughnuts that
Hitchcock succeeds himself. And that la
not all, because If the stata officers who
comprise the state board of assessment do
not properly assess the railroads The Bee
will buck the whole republican stat ticket
and defeat It. They can do Rosewater up
for a time, but he will come out on top
after a while. Just watch things this fall
and see If that antl-machin republican
combination used good Judgment W think
they made a vary sad mistake and they
better get their laugh all over with right
sow.
BoIviasT Travaap Frefclaaa.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Germany has solved the tramp problem.
It is announced that it Is reasonably free
from vagrants and that such a are slink
ing about th byways ar a relatively
harmless lot, who seldom commit robberies
and assaults of magnitude. And th way
it has settled the difficulty I this: It
arrest all tramp and puts tbem at work.
It makes the work so much harder than
the work of decent men that after a trial
of it th tramp reform and Quit th road.
DR. PRICE'S
CREAM
BAKING POWDER
makes home baking easy. Nothing
can be substituted for it in making
quickly and perfectly delicate hot
biscuit, hot-breads, muffins, cake and
pastry.
Pmoi Bakinq Powom Co.. Chiqaoo
A PROMISE TO BE FULFILLED.
Pawn Republican: Newspaper
stories to thn effect that certain
members of the Board of Equalisa
tion disagree upon th method of
assessing corporations and that there
is a wld discrepancy between tbe
estimates made by members of tb
board, are absolutely without foun
dation. In th first place. It can be
said with posltlveness that th as
sessment as finally made will be th
assessment of th whole board as th
method of arriving at railroad val
ue has been agreed upon by all
members; In the second place there
can be no . discrepancy between the
estimates because there ar no esti
mates. The board Is estimating noth
ing, guessing at nothing, Jumping to
no hasty conclusions. Th assess
ment it will make must be water
tight and Capable of withstanding
any attack which may be mad In
th courts. To mak such an as
sessment and Insure that none of its
decision will be resisted th board
must be abls to show to th courts
a well as the people and the corpo
rations that it has based Its values
upon something more than an Idle
guess or "estimate," and while no
man is in a position to say Just
how high the railway assessment
will be, all of this car and caution
on the part of th board seems to
Indicate that the appraisement will
be resisted by th railroads, If by
anyone at all, and that th people,
or at least all fair-minded people,
will be entirely satisfied with it
PERSONAL NOTES.
John D. Rockefeller's secretary receives
314,000 a year.
Because he ha not smiled for seven
years a Chicago woman Is suing her hus
band for divorce. Perhaps that will mak
him smile.
H. H. Ballard, who bas Just celebrated
his fifty-first birthday, organised in 1875
th Agassis association, of which ba ha
sine been presldsnt, and whloh ha now
mor than 1,000 branches. He has written
number of books.
Hugh McLaughlin, the veteran Brooklyn
politician, Is among those who caught th
eras so prevalent several years ago for
collecting postage stamps. Mr. McLaugh
lin had collected 1.014,000 stamps before he
oeased his endeavors In that direction. .
The-first Japanese to receive the degroe
of doctor of medloin from Washington
university, St Louis, Is Noakasu Fujimori,
who graduated last week. He Is also a
graduate of th Tokio Salsel Medical col
lege and tbe New Tork Stat unlvemlty.
William K. Vanderbllt has named his
new racing launch "Hard-Bolled Eggs."
Th handsome little flyer was launched
last week. On being asked to explain the
extraordinary name Mr. vanderbllt says
that he chose It because th launch cannot
b beaten.
Several Frenob soldiers, survivors of ths
Chinese expedition of 1854, ar responsible
for the statement that General Kuroki,
who Is leading the Japanese forces In Man
churia, IS In reality half Frnch. His
father, who married a Japanese girl, died
In France last year.
Lord Brooke, an Englishman 22 years of
ag and quits marriageable, la about to pay
visit to this country. is a son or in
Countess of Warwick, who as Lady Brooke
was a fellow guest at Tranby Croft with
the Prlnc of Wale (now King Edward)
when th famous baccarat scandal con
vulsed all England. It was she who told
of the trouble to outsiders, this earning her
nlcknam of "th babbling Brooke."
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WAIFS Or THE WIT8.
Eameralda Why, - hew odd!' Here's th
first message ever sent over a telegraph
wire. It's Just four words 'What hath
Uwendolen (Interrupting) Only ' four
worda? How ridlculoual They could have
sent six more without paying extra. Chi
cago Tribune.
"And if one is unable to keep the enemy
"In that case," replied the master of
strategy, "the press censor should allow
rumors to circulate that you ar trying to
lure him across." Puck.
"Honest, now, Jonen, did you see a bur
glar in your room when you called the
police?'"
"No; my wife had shifted the mirror In
my room and X didn't know it" Detroit
Free Press.
'Now.
said the pert salesman,
sarcas-
tlcally, as he starte
y. as he started to nut back
to put back the rolls
of silk, "can't you think of something more
I miaht show you. ma'am?"
"Yea," replied the shopper, "but I don't
think you have it"
"What la ltT"
"More courtesy," Indianapolis Journal.
"Ah me!"
exclaimed Harduppe, "it's very
hard to he poor." I. i,v'-'
"Nonsense!" replied Slnnlck. "I find it
the easiest thing in tbe world." Phila
delphia Ledger.
Wife I'm sorry to see you com home In
such a state as this, Charles.
Hueband I knew you'd be sorry, Carrie,
and that's why I told you not to sit up.
Boston Transcript. '
Patience Does she aver speak of her
family tree?
Patrice No, I think It was on of th
shady sort of trees. Yonkere Statesman.
'I am not a nubile sneaker, vnne hnnnr
to be excused.
I think we
ik we can exnuaa vmi fr ihnni
iiircv muntni,
"I believe, your honor, that I could mas
!f afew "orlcal stunt in less time than
that.
"You are a dangerous man. Discharged."
Clevelsnd Pisln Dealer.
Bobby'-11' yU crytn"" out,
Bobby (between sobs) I don't want to go
to school today.
Father Why notT
pBobby-Sls Jilted th teacher last night
. THE POSTAL FROM ST. LOUIE.
Baltimore American.
I got a close writ postal from my Aunt
Jemimas S-ii ar
Jemima's Uncle Tody's wife; they're living
I'd wrote about a week ago and told her
nke as not
We'd all be eomin' out ther whn th
days got good and hot
And this is what Jemima said, as near as
I recall:
'Pn triad to get your letter; 'twas a score
of years last fall.
Since one of you had written let alone to
make a trip
To see us. and we'd rather guessed you'd
given us the slip.
Tour' mot her, I remember welt one bald
herself aloof
And wouldn't even hesitate beneath our
humble roof.
'Twas that as much as anything that drove
uui UIIUJV WVJBJl- -
He said we'd alway Quarrel and to sepa
rate was best
Since then the world has prospered us In
dssksi ana in store
I'm glad your dear old mother doesn't
scorn me any more.
It's sweet to be forgiven by th on you've
naver wronged
And recognised by thos to whom for years
you have belonged.
"But yet your letter's vagu about th
circumstance that made
Tour mother change ber notion. I'm no
better, I'm afraid.
Than when aha used to snub m in th
days of long sro
I wonder, oh, I wonder. If th fact that
' there's a show
Out here with us this summer, didn't melt
her heart a bit
I wonder, oh, I wonder, if that couldn't
have been it T
Still, we're exceeding careful who we shel
ter In our home;
I'm writing you this postal now to say you
needn't come."
joy of the bonsehold, for wfthont
bappinets can be complete. How
tne picture or mother and babe,
angels smile at , and commend tbe
thoughts and aspirations of the mother
bending over the cradle. The ordeal through
which the expectant mother must pass, bow
ever, is so full of danger and suffering that
she looks forward to the hour when she shall
that the danger, pain and horror
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