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; And Kansas once sent up balloon! to
make the rain come.
)enal Ma must be waiting tor the
time for the last word.
(.IUlnol8 republicans broke their dead
look without drawing on a dark horse,
a&d the record smasher.
In the meantime County Assessor Reed
19 attending strictly to business, wlth
6ut deviation from the even tenor of
hit way.
. Colonel Bryan't platform tells what
democracy "would" do. It gives
asaurancq, however, , what democracy
"irlU" do. 1 .
Rural delivery mall routes are still
multiplying and in the sweet bye and
bye every farmer will hare his own let
ter carrier. .
, ?Twenty-fouf hours after adjournment
o the democratic" ttate Convention Judge
?. S. Shoemaker Was' still In a state of
partial eclipse.
Denver has a new mayor and despite
Senator t Patterson's predictions of woe
the Rocky mountains bave not yet fallen
upon the inhabitants.
ffbe public Should not lose hops since
Tnscott has been located. It is easy to
believe that Pat Crowe may yet . be
captured, dead or alt VS. '
i "Rag time" has found its proper place.
It meets the approval of Chinese mus
ical taste, and another cause of appre
hension hat been added to "tbe yellow
PCtU":,..; ' ' . ; '
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Springfield hotel keepers should be
voluntary contributors to the republican
campaign fund in Illlnolt this yesrt It
Is hot every convention that gives them
suCh business. '
tfhether the city bas a right to re
. pave a street and assess the expense to
the adjacent property is a question that
, must bo teltled by the courts sootier or
later, and the sooner It Is settled the
" belter.
I V yj-'j
The number of new trade arrange
. merrts being madu by Russia Would in-,
didate that war Is hot Incompatible with
- business la the land of the Romaooffs
when the scene of conflict is far enough
, away from home.
We take It that. Superintendent David
son la quit ahle to ruo the public
schools of Omaha without going over
to , Milwaukee for long-distance ssslst
a nee from ex-Superintendent Pearae
lf hot he will bave to make way for s
man who can.
' Russia seems In doubt as to what to
do with the' Baltic fleet as it may le Un
able to reach land when once It Is sent
from home. Since tbe fleet Is far from
complete It. should not cause s much
trouble as the 'army which may be much
nearer Its "finish."
. (Corea Is of the opinion that neutrality
has gone far enough when It occaslous
the arrest of native military officers said
to 'be friendly to the Russians, and ex
planations of their summary execution
(hay be asked, at least, should tbe arm
of the ctar again reach to Seoul.
Every slot machine In South Omaha
Is now reported to be out of business,
but, according to tbe chief ef police, a
few of them were simply turned to the
wall. until called for by their owners.
Uow soon they will be recalled to re
sume business at tbe old stand is not
divulged for the fjreaent
The farmer who should Insist that bis
borse be assessed as a combination of
boof. Uilo and bones, ' and valued at
what these w4tld be worth at a glue
factory might ba carrying the matter to
an, extreme, but not Illogical length In
the Uk'ht ef the conUntlops Of some of
the railroad attorneys who have argued
Wore the Etate Board of Equalisation,
whkat ton ib woatb. -
It Is noted that at no previous spring
season for s quarter Of a century bat
this country sold so little wheat to Eu
rope as It Is shipping there at this time.
This crop year's exports from tbe United
States will amount to about ioO.000,000
bushels. Which Is nearly 73,000.000 be
low the figures for last year and more
than 100,000,000 bushels under the great
record of 1002. In referring to this the
rhiladetph! rress remarks that a most
Interesting fact in relation to wheat is
that ether countries are steadily going
forward with their production. The high
price Of the grain bete ha acted as ft
stimulant to the farmers of Argentine,
India and Australia, to which countries
the bread-buyers, of Europe now turn,
Last year Argentine exported more pian
half Its crops end these exports
amounted to fiearly half fts much as
this year's shipments from the United
States. When it Is stated that Argea
tine has under Cultivation only S tenth
of its available lands, It it easy to sec
that American wheat growers are to
have In that southern country st strong
competitor in the world's markets,
Wheat is grown on the vast plains of
India for a good deal lets than It costs
to produce It In America and this year
the acreage sown to wheat In India
Is 3,000,000 more than was ever planted
there before. Australia's crops Is stead
ily becoming a greater factor In the nnU
versa! bread supply, while Russia stands
only second W tbe United States as S
grower of wheat '
"Every once In a while," observes the
Press, Ma scientist arises to state that
some day the races of the earth will
expire of starvatloa. Just now tbe great
harvests In the remote portions of the
((lobe And the tendency to Increase their
yields of wheat far beyond the needs of
home consumption seem to prove that
the world-wide bread famine must be
Indefinitely postponed." So far as tbe
American wheat grower is concerned be
cad regard the situation without appre
hension so long as his home market con
tinue to grow. That at no very distant
time will CdhButne All the wheat pro
duced here.
lLLlSOlS COSTSST KKDtD.
The protracted contest tn the Illinois
republican convention between the set
eral candidates for the gubernatorial
nomination was ended yesterday in the
nomination of Charles 8. Deneen, at
present states attorney for Ooek county.
The contest was spirited but not bitter
fend It Is presumed has created no hos
tilities that will Interfere with party
harmony, though It Is of course possible
that the effect will be to somewhat Im
pair republican strength so far as the
ttate ticket is cdncerned. On the presi
dential ticket it is hot doubted that the
repuDllcans Of Illinois will be found
united ihd If so the state should give the
national ticket as large a vote as four
years ago,- when MoKlnley had a plu
rality of Q4,D24. Borne of the democratic
leaders have professed to .regard Illi
nois as a doubtful stats, but there Is Ho
sound reason for Such a view, slncestae
people there are generally prosperous
and tnurtt desire a continuance of the
conditions that ore essential to pros
perity. Whatever uncertainty there may
be in regard to the vote of Chicago
there is none os to the vote outside of
that City. '
The republican Candidate for gov
ernor, Mr. Deneeh, Is ft lawyer of ability
and ii credited with shrewdness and
resourcefulness as a politician. He stood
third U the balloting tip to the final
vote which gave htm the nomination.
The Ilhnois campaign will command the
attention of the country and If the re
publicans will get together the result
cannot be doubtful. . .
. UtBTnUCTIVK BT4TIHTW8. .
Ths statistics of the exports of manu
factures for tsn months of the current
fiscal year, which ends with the present
month, show a gain in the exports of
manufactures which will make this tbe
banner year In our history for such ex
ports. It it already about $20,000,000
ahead of 1&O0, which Until haw was the
record year and this excess will be con
siderably increased by the end of June,
at hew Indicated. The figures are In
structive, especially in view Of the Con
tention, ef the opponents or protection
that our tariff policy puts a check upon
the exports of manufactures.' '
tfot only the statistics ef the current
fiscal year, but of every year since the ,
existing tariff went Into effect, la 1807,
confutes that contention. Tbe year fol
lowing the enactment of the Dlngtey
tariff there was a very marked increase
In the exports of manufactures, which
reached the highest amount la IOOOV
nearly, fiSs.ooo.OQO. It Is estimated
that for the preaent fiscal year the value
of manufactures exported will exceed i
a 000, 000, er nearly double that of .
the year preceding the existing tariff
law. Certainly, there could be no more
conclusive evidence than Is furnished
by such figures of the fallacy of the
argument that the tariff Interferes with
exports Moreover, while we have been
gaining In this direction free trade Eng
land has been losing. Mr. Chamberlain
has made a strong point of this in his
campaign for a change of British fiscal
policy, In a recent address he asserted
that since 1800 Great Britain's exports
of manufactured goods to foreign conn
tries bad fallen off T per cent, but there
had been an increase tn the exports to
British colonies, and a leading trade!
Journal of England concurred In this,
statement, remarking that "our trade
Is falling off to foreign countries and
disaster baa only been kept from us by
tbe Increase of our trade with the
colonies." Under the democratic tariff
act ef l&H, which Its advocates declared
would greatly stimulate exports of man
ufactures, the Increase In such exports
was very slight, but the law did stimu
late Imports of foreign naaau fact urea,
necessarily to the Injury of eur home
Industries snd our labor. TJis demo
crats are demanding that the country
aball&gala experiment wttb some such
pollcyi as .they put Sato effect tea years
sgk now urging that this Is necessary
to destroy , tbe Industrial combinations.
If It could accomplish that, however, it
would not stop there. The hundreds of
Independent manufacturers would also
be destroyed and probably long before
the combinations.
The unmistakable fact Is that the
present tariff, law bas not interfered
with the growth of exports of manufac
tures. There bas been steady progress
In this respect since the law went Into
operation and In these' years American
manufacturers have had to meet
Stronger competition than ever before,
Those who attack the tariff can find no
encouragement In the statistics of ex
ports of manufactures.
THt BUCK 1ULAKU CUATKtiriOJ.
The ' contention of Tax Commissioner
Ma her, on behalf of tbe Rock Island
railroad, that the State Board of As
sessment bal no right to assess the
mileage of the Rock Island in Nebraska
for anything more than Its tangible
value Is absolutely untenable and should
receive no countenance from the board.
-Mr.' Maher Insists that the value of
the stocks and bonds that cover Its en
tire System must not be taken into Cod'
slderatloa' by tbe board because the
Rock Island was originally an Iowa
corporation and has been reincorporated
In New Jersey. Mr. Maber also con
tends that because the Rock Island
stocks have not recently been quoted in
the market its actual value cannot be
estimated or computed as a basis of
valuation, and neither is tbe value of
bonds to .be considered, because they are
held by a New Jersey corporation. "The
only thing the board has a right to
assess," declares Mr. Maher, "Is the
road In Nebraska." And In contention
be fortifies himself by the declaration
that "the supreme court of the United
States hss held that the way to arrive
at tbe value of a road is to find the value
to replace it" ,
The supreme court of the United
States hss dons no Such thing. In the
case of the Cleveland, Cincinnati & Chi
cago Railway Company against Backus,
194 United States, 421, involving the
vslidlty and constitutionality of tbe In
diana revenue law, enacted in 1801,
Justice Brewer In delivering the Opinion
of the United States supreme court
makes this declaration:
The question which la to .be now eonsfd.
red Is whether ths testimony shows that
the assessment made by the state board
can be adjudged Illegal. In arriving St ths
basis for ths estimate of values the board
has considered ths Coat of construction and
equipment of said roads, the rnarket value
of the StoCks and bonds and the gross and
net earning of each of the said roads, and
all other matters appertaining thereto that
would aselst the board in arriving at a
true cash value of ths same. ThS
true value ef a line Of railroad Is terns
thing more than an aggregation ef the
valuation of separata parts of It operated
separately. It Is ths aggregate Sf those
values that arise from a connected Opera
tion of the whole, and each part of the
railroad contributes not merely ths value
arising from Its Independent operation, but
Its mileage proportion of that flowing front
a continuous and. connected operation of ths
whole. This Is no, denial ef ths snathe
matlcai operation that ths whole Is eduat
to the sura of all Its parts, because there
Is a value created by the combined opera
tlon f all Its parts as one continuous line.
This is something Which doss not exist and
cannot exist Until the combination , Is af
firmed. The mere fact that the stocks of the
Rock Island are not quoted On the New
York Stock exchange does not prevent
an Intelligent guess at their value. The
last quotations of the stocks and bonds
could be safely taken ss a basis. On
July 2. 1003, Rock Island and Pacific
stocks were quoted on the New York
Stock exchange at 69 for preferred and
34 for Common stock, and the bonds
ot the Rock Island were salable some
where nesr par. But the capitalization
of the Rock Island It hot the Only cri
terion of Its value as ft going property.
Its earnings, capitalized and distributed
per mile, afford an equally if not better
basts for computing its value.
Ths Intimation that tbe assessment ef
the railroads based on their earnings Is
liable to be get' aside by the United
States supreme court la not borne out
by the decision cited above, which dis
tinctly recognises the right ot ths board
to take Into consideration the earnings
as Well as the capitalisation of a rail
road, together with its tangible property
value. The assumption that the Supreme
court would set aside an assessment it
Interstate traffic were Included with the
local earnings is equally fallacious and
preposterous. v
The supreme Court has never drawn
ths Una between Interstate and state
traffic, where the earnings of a railroad
have been taken as a basis of Its as
sessed value. As a matter ot tact It
would be Impossible to separate through
traffic from local traffic tn considering
tbe earnings ot a Railroad, and It would
n manifestly unreaBonaoie ana unjust
to deduct tbe Interstate earnings from
Its total earnings, even If they Were
separately returned by the officers of a
railroad, tn Wisconsin and Minnesota,
and up to within the last year also In
Michigan, tbe railroads were assessed
on their gross earnings and that mode
of assessment has been upheld as valid
and constitutional by tbe state and fed
eral supreme courts, In each of these
states the gross earnings Included tbe
interstate traffic, which undoubtedly
constituted a large proportion, if not a
greater proportion, of their gross In
come In tbe respective states.
Tbe contention of Mr. Maher that the
Rock Island road In Xebraska is worth
only the Cost of Its reproduction 417.500
per mile is scarcely worthy ot consid
eration. In the first place, the road
could not be reproduced today for Its
original Cost because the construction
of ths road materially enhanced tbe
Value of the right-of-way and labor,
materials and rolling stock are higher
today than they were when the road
was built In the next place, the road
Is to be assessed as a going property, tu
Which the privilege of Its being used as
a public highway gives It almost at
great a value as the cost of Its construc
tion. The attumptlos)- that the bonds of
)
other corporations held by the New
Jersey corporation, now known as the
Rock Island, are not assesssble as smong
Its assets, will not hold water tn any
court. Tbe bonds owned by one cor
poration in another corporation are Just
as much sn asset entering into its cap
italization value as property which It
originally acquired and owned. Tbe
bonds will doubtless be ssscssed for
New Jersey's share of ths total tax, or
for the privilege which tbs company
enjoys under Its Incorporation, but Ne
bra ska Is entitled to Its proportion of
every dollar ot asset wherever It may
be located. If the principle of mileage
distribution Is to govern the assessment
The location of the United States
Signal corps training school at Fort
Omaha has been indefinitely delayed,
owing to differences of opinion between
General Chaffee and the secretary of
war. General Chaffee coincides with
Oeneral Greeley, chief signal officer of
the army, that Fort Omaha la the most
available location, but so long as Secre
tary Taft refuses to concur the pro
posed establishment of the signal corps
training' school at Fort Omaha will have
to remain In abeyance. This Is only
another instance where the civilian head
of the army overrules the military head
of the army on matters purely military.
Omaha 44 per cent bonds are selling
at ft premium that comes Very near
being equivalent to par for a 4 per cent
bond, and there is no reason why a
Douglas county 4 per cent bond should
not sell as readily as an Omaha 414 per
cent bond or a South Omaha 5 per cent
bond. County bonds are In demand for
the Investment of the state school fund
nearly all the year round and a very
considerable portion of the State school
bonds' have been bought on a basis of
8vi per cent and as low as 3 per cent.
The generosity of the railroads opera
ting in Nebraska in contributing to the
expenses of the state's exhibit at the
St. Louie exposition is duly appreciated,
but If the railroads would pay their full
shore of state taxes tbe people would
be quite satisfied to have the bill of
the exposition commission liquidated out
of the state treasury.
A Jslt tor PfclJosevhera,
ChloagO News.
Philosophers Who preach the doctrine Of
success to American youth have a hard Job
cut out fof them when they come to con
sider the ease of a great politician whose
success was conspicuously Identified with
unscrupulousnees.
Cohesive Work of the Inspired.
Indianapolis News.
There was no agreement among the coal
barons of Pennsylvania, but by a singular
coincidence they Issued circulars fixing the
pries of coal at the same prtos and on the
same day, It was not an agreement, but
a kind ef Inspiration. We ar living in a
wonderful time I .
Plenty of Money, for Investment!
. Bt, Louis Olobs-Democrat.
line March thts Sountry has absorbed
$37,000,000 of New York City bonds, tn.
000,000 In Japanese bonds and 18,000.000 In
Russian bonds. . and Cuba has Just com
forward wl'.h a t&,6oo,ooo bond sale. Ths
course of Investment shows plenty et
money, and Sa International aspect
Art foe art's sake. '
Boston Transcript.
Modern conditions of industry are gener
ally Supposed to have the effect of trans-
forCnlng the artisan Into a mere workman.
Yet ws find house painters, ttnpidyed to
adorn ths resldenoe of a woalthy Faterson
silk manufacturer, with white clapboards,
green shutters and bright yellow trimmings,
refusing to work Upon so Inartistic a color
scheme. Since the taw will hot Interpose
to prevent perpetration of suoh a publlo
nuisance tbey have even taken the law Into
their own hands' and declared a strike.
Let the silk manufacturer confine his
schemes of giddy color to his hose. .
STAONO tit tlllt WBIf.
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Expressions at Serene fonfldeneS ta
the Election bt itoose-relt.
Baltimore American. 1
Republicans 'of nearly all of the western
states' have now held their stats conven
tions and chosen delegates to the Chicago
convention.. The sentiment in favor ot
Roosevelt for president has been unanimous
and the Mpressions of serene eonfldenee
in his election have been general. The
Illinois and Wisconsin Conventions have
been marked by Warm controversies, but
they were wholly over local questions,
which, when settled, win have no bearing
on the hatldhal campaign. In fact, suoh
contests, when hot Carried to extremes,
When kept free from blttshiess, are very
apt to do a party more good than harm.
They arouse the interest of Voters, keep
up a healthy enthusiasm regardtmg party
matUrs, insure a large vote, and In other
ways contribute td ths success of a earn
palga. Those great states ef the West
are rarely Without' differences et opinion
regarding local leadership and local epndt
tions. but It invariably proves ths rule that
when the polls are opened for a national)
election all unite in the support or the
party's nominee.
hlone can gainsay the remarkable strength
of president Roosevelt In these states.
Their devotion ana loyalty to President
McKlnley has been transferred to his sue
eesaor la ths White House, and there is
every reason to believe that their majorities
for the republican candidate will be fuiiy
as largs this year as they were in the
election of VMS and laoa The unprecedented
prosperity which began with tbs election
ot Presldsnt McKjhley, and which ha con
tinued ever sines, has mads these states
remarkably prosperous. This bas been felt
especially In ths agricultural sections by
ths farmers, who during the administra
tlon of Cleveland wars well-nigh impover
Ished. This led not s few of tbers te be
carried away by the wildcat theories of
tbs populists, but by ths time Bryan earn
to the fore they had seea ths blunders
they had mad and bad gotten baok Into
republican ranks. None ea now eonvincs
them that the sueces of the aemoeraUe
party In the coming campaign, no matter
wh may b the presidential candidate,
does not mean Sanger ef an immediate re
tarn to Cleveland conditions.
Every unprejudiced report Which comes
from the west tells of republican oonadan
in the outcome et the coming oontast. Not
tbe slightest concern Is felt over the work
of th democratic convention at St. Louis.
That body may nominate what candidate it
chooses, may place blm on Whatevet plat
ferm it chooses, and may muk all th at
tacks on th prwsent administration It
chooses, but Its work will not unaottl tbs
conaaenu of republicans, nor leave any
doubt In their minds regarding the lnanin
oeat triumph of President Roosevelt I and In
his triumph the wt will piy a eonspta
uoa part,
OTHER SVAJtDS THAR OVRS.
Bnglaad is preparing te eeiebrat by ap
propriate demonstration the Cobden cen
tenary on Jun 4, Th triumph of fr
trad In England Is inseparably assocl
ated with Cobden. but his memory
bs honored for tbs further reason that he
was ths Btoaeor of International arbltra
tlon. In Utt he moved In ths House of
Commons an address to th queon, pray
lag that foreign powers bs Invited to Join
In treaties for th settlement of Interna'
tlonal disputes by arbitration. The mo
tion was defeated by a vote of ITS to TO,
Ths commercial treaty With Franc
1B6Q, due te Cobdsn's efforts, was the be
ginning of a policy wblch has been of In
estimable benefit to England. Gladstone
said at th first Cobden banquet In ISSCl
"Mr. Cobden perceived, and not only per
celved himself, but taught us to perceive,
th true moral meaning of trade between
nation and nation. lis showed that trade
was not only a law et wealth snd pros
perity, but a law of friendship, a law of
kindness among all nations) that every
single transaction, of which thousands
upon thousands are at this moment going
on between this country and sny other,
such ss Francs, was a transaction forming
as it were on single thread In a web of
concord woven between people and peo
ple."
During these recent debates In ths Qer
ma a Reichstag on ths army estimates an
Incident occurred which was- slmoet un'
precedented lrt German parliamentary his
tory. A member of th Clerical center,
who spoks In support of a motion for the
revision of the military penal cod and ad
duced a number of Instance of Ill-treat
ment In th German army, declared that
ths Reichstag must champion the cause
of the private soldier. Oeneral von En
ares, ths Bavarian representatlv In the
Federal Council, intervened and said that
the officers were ths natural and the rec
ognised champions of th private Soldier,
and that they would not allow themselves
to be Intimidated in their discharge of this
duty by sny "slanders- uttered against
tnem In th House. The left protested
strongly against this unparliamentary e
pression, and ths president Was compelled
to describe th language ef General von
fcndres as out ot order, although, as
matter of fact, member 6f the Federal
council are outside the presidential Juris
diction. General von Bndres later on en
desvnred to modify his statement, but
spokesmen of th elerloal center and on
the left vigorously repudiated the csnten.
tlon that officers were ths sole arbiters
in matter1 Which affected the rights and
me weirar of the soldier,
Abyssinia's triumphant Issue from th
war with Italy was the awakening to mod
ern lire or that ancient empire. Th coun
n j pecame Known, us government
Strttgthened Itself and todiy Ethiopia Is
reaay ana anxious to enter into relations
with other lands and take a placs smong
mo nations cjr tne world. In two recent re
ports Commissioner Skinner, consul at
Marseilles, who visited Abyssinia last au
tumrt, BhoWS hoW the country stands now
and poihts out Certain lines in Which Amer
ican trade might be developed.
Imports pay a duty of about 10 nor cent
Snd th monopolies granted Immediately
after th war to raise money have been
re6lnded- There are nine large business
nouses in the coast towns, With connec
tions with France, and through these most
of th foreign Imports reach the- Abys
sinian Consumer, tytboutl, In French
hands, Is th chief port of entrance and Is
growing. Th business centers of the em
pir are Harrar and Dire Douah, .
A correspondent of tbe .London .Times, In
a tetter from Paris, says that anion- ra
oent signs of the times few things are more
noticeable than tbe growing self-eonfldenca
or the French, as manifested in th calm
Indlffereno with which they listen to un
friendly manifestations! from German
sources. Even ths pointed remarks of the
German emperor fall to elicit any response.
un or the most prominent parts papers,
commenting th other day upon the rumor
that Chancellor von Buelow was abdut to
resign, expresses rearet on the ttouAA thai
he has always been courteous. and a valu
able councillor td his Imperial momer. It
then goes on to say that It is tot th chan
cellor's fault If th Germans have , mat
with reverses In Africa If England wants
t be on friendly terms with France, if
Italy remember th common origin of th
Latin peoples and if Austria contemplates
naval armament' in view of future con
fltots with Italy at the very moment that
the triple alliance becomes a mere .his
torical memory. "This discontent on the
other tide' of th Rhine has' nothing that
can surprise er displease us. The French
republic, th friend and ally t Russia. Is
reaping th fruits ef thirty years of media
tion, sagacity and laborious effort to retfu-
late Its position in ths world. Our line of
conduct will not be modified thereby, and
th sympathy of other nations wilt hot
make us swerve from our path, wi re
main pacific being merely conscious that
we have become strong again by ths con
stitution of our military power ana by th
return Of ' friendships ef which W appre
elate th value."
political missioning in Thibet sms to
have lost the amusing features that marked
It In the' beginning, and now th ml-aieh-arte
talk with a good deal of soberness
of th queer men armed with "Jingle,"
That weapon la certainly ut of flats, hut
It is still a ssrlous business to b perforated
by ons 6f th big bullets It carries. Th
Thibetan soldiers, Uk thos ef th caar, er
evidently hot easily dlaoouraged by haft be
ginnings, and ths Bngllsh, thanks to a re
cent etperlenoe ef their own. ar wall
aware that It is the last victorias in a war,
not the first enes, that realty eount The!
road te Lhasa Is long and hard. Much
effort has bu expended la making It k i
nd ts b Isolated la one ef its roughest
places has unpleasant aonsequsnoss. That
the la trust v Britons will finally suceeod la
paying their uninvited visit to th Dal
Lama cannot b doubted, but they sow
to b likely to remember the trio
along th hard road as vividly as d Most
ot th ethers who attempted it Mean
while tbs Thibetans ar enjoying thmslves
In their owa peculiar way, and it is diffi
cult not to wish to their obstinacy th
sueosss It would deserve if it wr net so
arch ale, stupid and hopeless.
Prer Brainy Work. . .
Minneapolis Journal.
Th Japanese methods ar interesting.
Before th capture of Kin Chou th
Islanders would advance acoutlng parties
until they had drawn shots from all th
Russian guns. Then they would pick up
th fragments of shell and dig out th
shot 1 and carry them back to th linos.
Expert examination of these would estab
lish tbs character of the gun, and so, be
fore ths final attack waa made, every
officer knew exactly what h had to face
at ach point ot defense. Pretty brainy
work!
Chisago Chronicle.
Whoever shall t suoc.asfur among ths
numerous Pennsylvania statesmen that
aspire to stand In ths shoes of the 1st
M. S. Quay his first duty to th publlo will
be to patronise a bootblack.
The Tranoo Orator,
Minneapolis Times.
Mr. Bryan may b loaded with another
poeh making speech, who knowsT II Is
regarded In Soros quarters as ons of ths
most aspart pooh makor la th trade,
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a , pure, "wholesome leavening Agent,
which, makes the biscuit and cake ol
highest healthf illness' at medium cost
and protects the food from alum, which
is the greatest dietary danger of the day.
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POLITICAL DRIFT.
Former Senator James K. Jones. Of Ar
kansas rises to predict that a remarkably
dart! hofs will be nominated at St. Loul.
Real lightning struck the horn, ot Dis
trict Attorney Jerome In New Tork, but
ih strenuous reformer was absent at the
time.
Th. Gorman Idea "Say nothing but saw
wood"- as been pounded Into shape th
Maryland. It slses up with the dumb show
at ESopus.
George Fred Williams threatens to forth
new party In Massachusetts. Mr. Wil
liams experiences great difficulty In keep
ing his name In print
Mh Hearst has reduced his hot! space
at SL Louis. Those who scoured trading
stamps early m th gam can gst them
redeemed on presentation.
Th semi-centenary ot the republican
port will be celebrated en July , which
Is the fiftieth anniversary of the Michigan
stat convention, at Jackson, at which th
party was born, July , 1851,
Quanah Parker, the aged ehief et
Comanche Indians, has deolared tor his
namesake, the New Tork Judge. Ths ant
nouneement of th big ehie ought to
square ths' sac of Ksopu with the Tarn-:
many Indians.
The Chicago Chronicle, tbe only real
democratic newspaper In th middle west.
announces that It would not support Hearst
even If the St. Louis convention nominated
him. The Chronicle displays Cruel lndiffef.
enc to the fate of th "plain people."
At the earning republicah national con
vention, a prominent Oklahoma, delegate
will be United States Marshal "Bill" Vow-
sett, who ha bean a hunter of Outlaws
tor about thirty of his 85 years. He know
the hiding place and rendesvous of every
bad man In Oklahoma and Indian terri
tories, it Is Said that ha ha never failed
to get the man he sought, and though he
has participated lit humberlesS gun and
knife play. hS was never wounded.
The statement Is often mads that no
man ver declined a nomination for presi
dent. A convention of - th abolitionist
party was held In New Tork City In No
vember, lMI, and nominated John P. Hal
of New Hampshire for president and Lei
cester KlAg of Ohio for Vice president.
Mr. Hal declined th nomination and the
cket was abandoned. In- lKt the, free
soll'derridcratld party held a national con
vention In Pittsburg and nominated Hal
for president. He accepted, and at tti
election received 15,149 Vote In twenty
states, Party nomination for vice presi
dent have been declined a number of times.
FIFTY TEAltS 6F PROGRESS.
tCaasaa and mkraika Day aua Hooaa
la Itatloaal History.
Bt. Louis Globe-Demoflrat. '
May o,.iss4, was a big day in the annals
of the nation. When President Pierce on
that day placed hi Signature Oft Douglas1
hill, which repealed tne Missouri com pre
mise and admitted slavery Into territory
from which It had been shut out by th
Missouri at a third Of a century earlier,
he bunded better than h knew. It was
Charged at the Urn by th friends Of
freedom throughout th Country that Plaro
was th Willing tool Of ths slave interest.
The fact, as Horace Greeley said, was
that th territorial law of 1854 made more
abolitionists in a week than Garrison and
Phillips could have dona In fifty year.
By creating th republican party, on tfe
sol Issue of hostility to slavery extension,
at th sam time killing the whig party,
that law started th series of event whloh
culminated In th rebellion and mancipa
tion. '
Kansas and Nebraska, a wilderness half
ontury ago, ar .today among the most
Interett ( centered
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Orchard S Wilhelm
Carpet Company.
Extraordinary offerings in reliable house fur
nishings. The liveliest kind of interest shown by
purchasers. Reliable tellings of worthy bargains.
Carpets
Soiling manufacturers' surplus
spring patterns. To give you an
w uuote
SI. SO v.lv.t aarneta.
too Crea arses matting,
in TO AxnilriHter rugs
M 00 ftxll Jap rug
o T-xU4 Jap rugs
,iM tat Jap rugs
Furniture r
Selling at factory st sample lines and early purchase stocks ot
'manufacturers who made late shipments. These goods must go and
the price lias been made so low that they will not last long. You
rave ss much as M er cant on soma articles. This sal Include a
args lot f porch and lawn furniture. -
Draperies
Big stock reduction sale.
ttico
Ot tJ 1-1 to to per com.
Do not miss
VersvAlttrti fat! powders ar low
priced, as alum costs but two c.nts
a pound ; but Slum is a corrosive
pelson and it frndett the hiking
powder doDgeroua la ua la iood.
prosperous and progressive states of th
forty-five. On the roll of states In 1900
Kansas stood twenty-second and Nebraska
twenty-seventh. : th fight ibetWoeft ths '
north and south' fof the possession ot free
territory which Douglas and Pierce atarted
was waged far Kansas only. The south
made no serious attempt to control Ne
braska. It was the claim of Atchison, ths
8trlngfellws and other pro-slavery leaders
at th tlne that tlief had been a tacit
understanding between ths tectlOns that
the north waa to have Nebraska and th
south was ' to be allowed to get Kansas.
Nothing like this was conceded by th
frea state men, however. They colonised
Kansaa, outfought and outvotsd the slave
advocates and admitted it te statehood
as soon as the withdrawal of a fsw ot
the southern senators, in January, 1881,
lifted the embargo In their branch of eon
gross. The Kansas-Nebraska semi-centennial
Is ail event whloh haa yt Interest fot
th whole country.
LAUGHING OAS.
Cora That story theyr'S telling about
Helen Isn't worth repeating.
Alice It Is rather innocent, but give It
time. It's young yet Town Topics.
Trusty Henchman The other fellows are
printing stories about our buying dele-
Sates, and the trouble is that ws can't
ehr.lt.
Millionaire Candidate I know It. That's
why I'm able .to buy so many without hav
ing the trouble of hunting them Up. Chi
cago Tribune.
"Isn't this citrhat Very changeable T"
"No, answered th old settler; "taln't
What I would call very changeable. It
keeps shlftln' around until It gits about as
disagreeable as It kin. An' then It stay ,
partnanent." Washington Star. ,
"Dor's a lot o' men," observed tTncl
Hph'm, "dat lails at de bishop's Idee dat
d human race wus all black w'en hit wuS
fust made, but tlnk d Idee 1 ail right dat
Cor descended l m monkeys. Chicago
Tribune.
Orsysori They say that sada Smith has a
beautiful tenor.
Jayson Then I'll bet you th pr.ee et a
Jellow kloodle that lie borrowed It. Phlla
elphia Telegraph. . . t .
"Hallo! Blli, old man 1 WelL Weill I
haven't seen you since th old days, when t
w used to run areund together." , . x.
r'Nq, Jack, Ah I thos old days! What
"I tell you, i m glad to see you.
glad
You
haven't changed a bit,. old man.
iven't chanaed a bit. old man." Ph
ehlladal-
phis
a f
"Herbert tin been tunning an auto So
long that he hss forgotten all about horse-
back riding."
"What did he SO when i
What did he do when the horse balked?'
He crawled under It to see what was th
matter." Cleveland Plain- Dealer.
"Do you think 'a young man ought to
avoid 'political officer
"No, answered Senator Sorghum. '"The
average man doesn't have to avoid political
office. .Ths problem Is to keep from being
avoided by It." Washington Star. ,
HIS RQMANCH.
. ' ! gomSrVllle Journal.
A stunning girl once passed my way,
My ardor i could not restrain.
Bald I: "It Is a pleasant day."
Bold she t "I fear It's going to rain." '
(And that was ill I aald. .
And that was all ah said.)
Her 'fJeauty troubles my repose,
And when she passed tgnln my Way,
Bald II "Will yet accept this roseT" u
Bald she: "O, what a sweet bouquet r
(And that was all I said. .
And that waa all oh said.)
Two days passed nJ again ws mat,
I never saw a maid so fair.
Bald shet "Your Mowers aren't wither
yet,''
Bold I: "I envy them your eare."
(And that waa ail sh said.
And that wa all I said.)
Than I resolved, so sweet was Sh,
That I would have her for my wife.
Bntd I: "O, will you marry mT" ,,
Bald she: "What, IT Not on your llfr
(And that was all I said.
And that was all sho said.
No. occasion for any further conversation,
. was therst)
upon this sale.
stocks. Borne rare bargains on new
Idea of how w are pricing thorn
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