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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1904. The Omaiia Daily TBeel EI ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORN I NO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Ph (without Sunday). One Tear.. 14 00 tJiiy Mte ana Sunday, one lear .i Illustrated Bee, On Tear 1 00 Sunday Bm, On Year . I W Saturday Be. On Tear..." 100 Twentieth Century Farmer. On Year.. 1.00 ' DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Be (without Sunder), per copy 1c pally Be (without Sunday), per week.... 12c Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week...!7o Bundar Be. xtr coov.. c Evening Be (without Sunday), per week, to Kvenlna- Be (Including Bunday). car week 10o Complaints of Irregularity In delivery should t addressed to cur circulation Department offices. Omaha The Be Bulldlnr. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twen- ly-nxth add M Streets. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. ChJcajro 140 Unity Building. New York 222 Park Row Building. Waahl agton 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Be. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payal to The Bee Publishing Company. Only t-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except un Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BBB PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss. : George B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Mnrnlria-. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during th inonin oi ay, iwt, was as rouows: 1 so.eoo I.. a&.&wo 80,740 17 2,030 18... 18... 20... 21... ...80,000 .. .20,910 ...20,480 ...80,300 4 29,780 80,670 C wa909sr0 7. 80,680 58, TOO ... 80,180 10 80,150 11 99,800 U :...8,T80 U .'.20,800 14 20,940 15 ae,ao a 8,ieo a 20,070 2t 20,700 a 29,840 m ae,800 ao,7io 28 80,940 ., 27,100 SO v 99,880 81 89,730 16 80,010 - Total Oll.HftO Less unsold and returned copies lO.oito Net total sales 901.821 Net average galea 80,001 OEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before mo this list day of May, A. D. 1904. (Seal) M. B. HUNOATE, Notary Publlo. Idaho democrats are for Hearst, which is pretty good proof that Idaho Itself lg for Roosevelt. General Fred Funs ton should send the plan he used to capture Agulnaldo poet haste to Admiral Chadwlck. Spain seems to think Europe needs a Monroe doctrine. That country still sees the bogle of American aggression. If the present tendency continues a naval review of the fleets of the friendly powers may take place off Tangier. It begins to look as if France wonld nave to spank one of Its bad boys or give fJncle Bam a chance to use the slip per. General Kouropatkln has bis head quarters on a railroad train. The dis patch does not say which way the train la headed. ' i, . .... "j Now that the dressmakers threaten "to go Into politics," politicians may as well begin to get wise as to gores, gath ers and tucks. t Civilization must be making rapid Strides in Japan. The last naval heroes to receive honors were not dead before their elevation. By this time next week Nebraska will know whether It Is cash or a law suit which the state Is to receive from the railroads this year. . ' Indications are that SI. Lesser, the Russian minister to China, -has found a more direct route to Lhassa than that taken by Colonel Younghusband. I. Kansas druggists are combining to drive "boot-Jeggers" from the state. The strife of competition was always severe In the prohibition state. The principal Episcopalian pulpit in Omaha has been vacant now for nearly two years. Either Omaha is bard to please or some one has gotten a corner on Episcopalian ministers. The Omaha Grain exchange la doing business dally at the old stand and oon trlbuting its share of the market sen sations. Give the grain exchange time and it will match any of lta competitors In cities of this class. Russia has a rumor that the United States is to sell the Philippine. Islands to Japan. We recently had a rumor that the Russians bad killed 15,000 Japanese In one engagement so the International rumor account about balances. . Nebraska's populists will meet shortly to select their national convention dele gates, but up to date competition for the honor of serving has not been over brisk. The privilege of helping to nom inate a ticket beat In advance Is not a very tempting morsel. -In adjusting rates on sugar shipments yds rauroaas nave aeciaea to level, up rather tha,n to. level down, so that, while sugar will "bo po, cheaper in Nebraska than heretofore, we will have the satls K faction of knowing that Missouri people are paying asmuch as we. There was evidently method in the .madness of the Civic Federation puri fiers when' they struck the Jacksonlan dob out of their Hit of protected gam bling resorts in Omaha. The Jacksonlan club has been doubly fortunate in erv Joying the protection of the Clrlo Fed eration In addition to whatever pro tection the other Joints have had. Two members of the Water board are to be elected this year, but as only one "can come from each political party. It is suggested that it would be fitting if i only one nomination were made on each side. That does not necessarily follow. If the voters are able to choose from among four nominees the chances are the will pick the two best qualified. WHO WILL Bt r ROMllfEEl That is the great question which Is today confronting the democratic party and will give it worry from now on till the meeting of the national convention and even after that body assembles. There la at the present time no one who hits s certainty of obtaining the nomi nation of the St Louis convention. Any careful review of the Held will show thst none of the possible candidates now mentioned has snythlng like a certainty, but on the contrary that every one of them has an opposition which seems to render his chances of no good. Refer ence Is made, of course, to those who are supposed to be in the first rank. Looking at the Parker chances the fact Is to be admitted that be has st this time the best position In the race, but be is so far from the attainment of the goal that It is by no means assured that he will win out The democratic senti ment of the country, so far as It has been developed, seems to be pretty clearly In favor of the New York Jurist yet It is by no means certain that when the Bt. Louis convention meets it will be found that the delegates to that body will show a majority in favor of the Empire state Jurist A great number of democrats are not st all pleased with the fnct that Judge Tarker persists in refusing to acquaint the party with his opinions in regard to the great national questions and permits a few men who nre presumed to be familiar with his views to stAte to the public what they are. Some democrats very naturally In sist that the man who aspires to the presidency of the United 8tates should let the party know Just what his opin ions are in regard to the great ques tions of which the democracy Is con cerned. Who will be the nominee Is the com- manding question In democratic circles and at this stage In the game no one can give a definite answer. There is no question that among the possibilities Judge Porker Is easily in the lead, but it Is by no means certain that he will win out There are combinations form ing that may easily defeat him and which may.posRlbly give the nomination to a man who up to this time has not been seriously thought of. It is only four weeks between now snd the meet ing of the democratic national conven tion and in the Interim there may be very interesting events. OUR WARSHIPS AT TANGIER. The action of the United States gov ernment in sending its warships to Tan gier has naturally attracted the atten tion of the world and has led to some comment ss to the spirit thst actuated it It ia not surprising to find that Spain should see in this action a reason for thinking that the United States has some designs on the territory of which the Spanish government has control. That the folly of such an Idea ought to be apparent even to such a government as that of Spain, in spite of Its natural desire to regard everything that may be done by this country in respect to foreign powers aa being actuated by purely selfish motives, would seem to be obvious even to the dull Intellects of the Spanish statesmen. Yet it-does not appear to be the fact and according to reports they are using their influence in thfl European courts to the detriment of the United States. We can very well stand this hostility, which is not at all serious, but It would be more satisfactory to know that the nation with which we had been so recently st war was better disposed to work in the Interests of universal peace. . SO RECORD TO BE PRUVU OF. We point with (only a darned little) pride to the record mad by thoes who passed aa reformers and who went forth . to right political wrongs in this state, for, while the great majority of these were sincere, there were enough grafters got aboard to engineer the whole craft Auburn Granger. The Auburn Granger is edited by J. H. Dundas, who served In the legis lature during the fusion regime snd who knows whereof be speaks in con nection with the failure of the reform ers to fulfill their pledges to the people. The most partisan republican will ad mit that the republican record in Ne braska contains many pages that would read better rewritten, but -the record of the fusion reformers for the brief time they were in power is so much worse that comparison would be al together in favor of the republicans. So far as the grafters who got aboard the fusion reform craft are concerned, which the disappointed Granger be moans, they are still there, and In full control, and their restoration to power would mean simply a resumption of their graft Until the reformers are themselves reformed by the exclusion of this crowd, sincere friends of' good gov ernment will refuse to be fooled again. ALTOGETHER PREMATURE. Some people are alwaya advocating the right thing at the wrong time. They never trouble themselves to find out whether a thing is practical so long as It is popular. Tbey would Just as readily advocate the building of an ice palace in the middle of July as they would a scheme to beautify the city by planting flower beds In the middle of January. Just now the' fad with these unthinking philanthropists In Omaha is the establishment of a Juvenile court Public aentlment doubtless favors the establishment of such a court, but the present agitation and movement for Its establishment is altogether premature. Everybody conversant with the consti tution of Nebraska knows that a Juve nile court can be established only by act of the legislature, and the legislature will not convene until January, 100ft. The probabilities are that the provisions for the creation of a Juvenile court will be Inserted in the new charter to be enacted by the next legislature, and that means no Juvenile court Is likely to be established before July 1, 10OR, if the presiding Judge or magistrate la ap pointive, or before May, 1906; If the office la mads elective, to be filled at the same municipal election at which the next mayor and council are to be chosen. Manifestly it will be time enough to talk about the establishment of a Juve nile court six months hence snd a git a tlon will be more effective then than It could be when nothing can be dene. If the permanent teachers' list means anything, it means teachers in the pub lic schools who have demonstrated their capacity and faithfulness for a sum dent number of years shall not be dis missed except for csuse after due hear ing. The stsbllshment of the perma nent teachers' list in Omaha was hailed by the friends of the schools as a dis tinct step In sdvsnce, snd we mlstske public sentiment greatly if any infrac tion of Its principles now will be lightly condoned. John M. Thayer, Justly entitled to be known ss Nebraska's grand old man, promises to be present and participate in the Semi centennial celebration at Omaha Friday. Every patriotic Ne braskan should turn out if only to pay tribute to this venerable soldier-statesman whose career is almost Identical with that of the state. Prof. Davlsson of the State university persists that his magnified figures of Nebraska's wealth are, if anything, too low rather than too high. The pro fessorial expert should be put to the front somewhere as county assessor, where be would discover for himself the difference between paper wealth and taxable property. The legality of the action of Governor Peabody in the Colorado mine strikes has been upheld by the state supreme court, but there are times when legal actions are not always wise. Governor Herrlck of Ohio seems to know how to combine both and save trouble and ex pense. This is a good time to post up on the history of Nebraska as it rounds its fiftieth anniversary. Every man. woman and child ought to know the main facts about the state in which they live and no better occasion to ac quire that knowledge will present Although a democratic organ, the World-Herald ia perfectly willing to go out of lta way to give John L. - Webster a boost for the vice presidential nom ination on the republican ticket, but it will go farther out of Its way to knock on him should he be nominated. Shoot, Boys, Bhoati Chicago Tribune. Mr. Bryan has evolved an issue. ' The sacred silver dollar must not be melted and made over Into subsidiary coins. Now Is the time to subscribe to th new doc trine. Real Statesmanship. Springfield Republican. Our little protege of a nation on the Isthmus Is showing a deotded Inclination to adopt the stiver standard. Its assembly has rejected the bill providing for a gold standard. This Is a little disrespectful. But the 110,000,000 In gold paid by the United States to Psnama will yield 20,000,000 silver dollars, and that seems to be a tempting consideration. Walt far the Dasnpllaa-s. New Tork Tribune. Coleridge used to tell an anecdote of a person with whom he once dined, and who listened sttentively to him and nodded his head occasionally. . The great talker thought his listener a wise man until some apple dumplings were brought in, when the silent man burst forth: "Them's the Jockeys for me!" This story may help democracy to bear with the silence of "th Sphinx of Esopus." Wait till the dumplings are brought on th table at St. Louis! Raral Free Delivery, Baltimore American. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Brlstow has just returned from an ex tended trip through the west and south west, having made th Journey lot the purpose of studying the workings of the rural free delivery in those sections of the country. Before bis departure he bad considered plans for the reorganisa tion of the service, as he doubted the wisdom of maintaining the present ex tensive system. This trip, however, con vinced him thst the service cannot pos sibly be curtailed, and it Is reported that he will shortly lay before th president a complete plan for a vast extension of the system. Everywhere he went he found tha people heartily In favor of rural delivery. The farmer was Its Strongest advocate, not only because It brought him his letter msll promptly, but also because It enabled him to get his newspaper within a reasonable time after Its publication, and thus kept him in touch with the outside world. CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS. Remarkable Zeal la Absorbing; KaowW slg of America Iaetttatiaaa, Philadelphia Record. A Jewlah boy who has been In the United States but three months made, In fair Eng lish, the address of welcome at a meeting of the Educational Alliance in New Tork on Tuesday. Other Jewish children recited poems and prose In a language they had never heard six months ago, and tha entire 4O0 there assembled waved the American Sag and gave cheers for the red, white and blue In the most approved fashion of youth ful patriotism. This is merely an illustration of the work that the Educational Alliance, a Hebrew society. Is, doing. For thirteen years it has taught English and patriotism to 1,000 Hebrew children annually, and prepared them to go Into the public schools and thete complete their education In the ele ments of th English language and In Americanism. The officials of the New Tork Free li brary say they can hardly supply the de mand from the children of Immigrants, and particularly of Hebrews, for books about American history and politics. Books about distinguished Americana and about city nd national government are constantly called, for. Th Russians and Polish Jews are habitually spoken of in terms of pity or contempt by Americans, but It Is doubt ful If the children of any other class of Immigrants ar Americanised so quickly, and the publlo schools have a wonderful oapacity for nationalising the children of all rsoea. Doubtless the stream of immigration has grown Into a torrent and the assimilation of the adults la a slow process. But In proportion to tha population, Immigration la not so high as It was many years ago; far more effort Is made now than formerly to assimilate the young, and the reaulu are eminently reassuring. I ARMT GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON. Matters of Interest Gleaned from the Army and Nary Register. The new small srra for ths srmy Is now being manufactured at the Spring-field ar mory at the rate .of 200 per day. Th maximum capacity of this armory will be raised to 400 per day. Preparations ar about completed for fabricating the new small arm at the Rock Island arsenal, and manufacture at the rate of 128 per day will soon be commenced. The normal out put of this place will later be raised to 200 per day. Some forty or fifty workmen, experienced In the manufacture of the new small arm, have been transferred' from Spring-field to Rock Island to start Its manufacture at the latter place. Instructions have been sent out from Washington that the target practice of the army for this year will not be conducted according to general orders No. 20, A. O O., series 1903, but according to the new small arms filing regulations, which are now ready for Issue and which are being sent out ss rapidly as possible. Rapid Are at 600 yards, marksman's course, record practice, is omitted hereafter and substi tuted In the sharpshooter's course. The rapid fire target will have divisions for values of E, 4, 8 and 1 Reference was made last week In ithese columns to a decision of the War depart ment regarding claims for medals of honor. The Judge advocate general, In his opinion. which has been approved by the secretary of war and now has the value of a de clslon, says: "Having regard to the distinction between the two classes of evidence which have heretofore been received In support of ap plications for the award of medals of honor, and giving to tha act of April 23, 1904, the character of a legislative rule of evidence to which, In the opinion of this office, It Is clearly entitled, it would seem to be clear that It was the intention of congress In establishing such a rule to require that, in the determination of cases rising under it, voluntary affidavits, and equally voluntary statements from officers whose official responsibility In connection with the acts to which statements relate have long since terminated, should be ex eluded from executive consideration, and the legality and propriety of the award should be determined In all cases by the testimony furnished by the official records of the War department." The War department has received in response to Its request a statement from Lieutenant Colonel William L. Pitcher, Twenty-eighth Infantry, against whom complaint was made by Colonel 8. C. Mills of tha Inspector general's department on account of the conduct of the former officer involving his failure to marry a young lady In Washington. Announcement of the engagement had been formally made and Colonel Pitcher and the young lady were entertained by friends here In celebration of the inoldent It was said that Colonel Pitcher returned to his station at the Presidio of San Francisco without explaining to the young lady his intention of canceling the engagement. When the matter came before the War department In lta official way Colonel Pitcher was Invited to submit his statement which was to the effect that ha had changed his mind In the matter. The authorities regarded the explanation as unsatisfactory and as rendering Colonel Pitcher's case the proper subject of court martial proceedings. When the officer learned of this Intention on the part of the department he telegraphed this week asking a postponement of action until he could submit aifurther statement. The Judge advocate general of the army recom mended that Colonel Pitcher be permitted to make the statement, but . no recom mendation was presented In fsvor of a post ponement of the court martial proceedings. The enlisted men of the army who are candidates for second lieutenancies have ar rived at Fort Leavenworth. There are forty-one who have passed tholr preliminary examination, of whom thirteen are from the Philippines snd twenty-eight from various posts In the United States. The period of Instruction at Fort Leavenworth in anticipation of the final examinations of September 1 will begin on June 15 and the Instruction of candidates will be under the supervision of Captain Robert A. Brown, Fourth cavalry. Lieutenant General A. R. Chaffee, chief of staff of the army, has apparently adopted a policy which permits no great amount of leniency In the case of army officers whi are accused of wrong doing and who are found guilty by courts ma.-tlal. He believes that when the sentence Is that of dismissal and no rec ommendation of executive clemency Is ap pended to the , findings of the court there should be no attention paid to other con siderations. He Is Inclined to accept the verdict of the military court as final and as being entitled. Wherever possible, to the approval of the (recommendation of the reviewing authority. Another change j has been made In the army uniform question so far as it relates to the issue of clothing to the enlisted force. About a month ago it was decided that the troops at some twelve or fifteen prominent garrisons of the country should receive the new uniform. It was the pur pose, it was explained, of having the pub lic' In the neighborhood of these garrisons become familiar with the new apparel. The Incident attracted considerable com ment for the reason that it meant pro longing the period in which the stock of old uniforms and equipment might be ex hausted. , It was. found that there was material in the quartermasters' depots to the value of 13,000,000 and that at the pres ent rate of Issue It would require five years to get rid of clothing and equipment which the government could hardly afford to throw away. It has now been decided by the chief of staff that the issue of the new uniforms shall cease entirely and that until further orders the old uniform and equipment shall be issued, not only to the regular army, but to the mllltla, from which have been coming numerous requests for the new uniform. It is considered ad visable that in the Interest of public econ omy the stock of old uniforms, which are In perfectly good condition, shall be ex hausted before the new uniform Is Issued. Accordingly the chief of staff has revoked the order giving authority for the Issue of the new uniforms to troops at certain posts. It has been directed that troops may wear the cotton khakl during the coming summer, and in places where that uniform Is not heavy enough for comfort It Is provided that winter underwear may be worn as a contribution to bodily warmth. Spending; Money Riles Sage. Philadelphia Press. Russell Sage says that he never took a vacation, and that he la opposed to the 'habit " If everybody remained at home and made everything subservient to the aggregation of "almighty dollars" Rus sell Sage perhaps would be pleased. But hat a dull world It would be. There could be, little travel for the great majority with out vacations. Islaadef s Lose Little. Kansas City Star. Th decision of the supreme .court that the Filipinos are not entitled to trial by Jury would cause more sympathy for tha Islanders If the jury system wer more of a uooees la this country. BRTANISM IN NEBRASKA. Pittsburg Dispatch (rep.): Ruling a reso lution not to bolt out of order at the Ne braska convention at least leaves demo crats guessing. But wouldn't a bolt show off "sanity" by contrastT New Tork Tribune (rep.): Bryan Is not one of the prophets who are without honor In their own country. Nebraska Is prac ttoally solid for him as a delegste at large to St Louis, and he will take a platform with him also a speech. Chicago Chronicle (dem.): In the Ne braska platform written by Mr. Bryan the Kansas City platform, also written by Mr. Bryan, Is enthusiastically reaffirmed, but the people will continue to repudiate the platform and th writer with equal en thusiasm. Philadelphia Record (dem.): The Ne braska platform la a new and by no means Improved edition of Bryaoism. Not con tent with proclaiming anew the old free liver humbugs, the resolutions "would secure to the people a volume of standard money sufficient to keep pscs with the de mand for money," and to that end "would favor paper money issued by the govern ment without the Intervention of national banks." This in pompous Bryan phrases Is only ancient greenbackery and the "flat money" creed of populism in a new garb. New Tork Sun (rep): As Mr. Bryan will be chairman of the Nebraska delegation to St. Louis, he will necessarily be a member of the committee on resolutions, and In that capacity will be able to submit a minority report embodying his views to the national convention. Will he content himself with that demonstration of consistency, and thereafter bow to the will of the party, or having failed to rule the democracy, as fall he unquestionably will, will he try to rulrj It by repudiating the platform and the can dldate put forward by Its accredited repre-f sentatlvesT Philadelphia Ledger (lnd.): If In this' year's contest for president the democrats are to have even the most desperate fight Ing chance. It lies In the complete ellmlna tlon of the policies and men that doomed them to defeat in 1896 and 1900. Bryanlsm not only defeated the democracy; it disor ganlzed and demoralised the party. In those two years In whtoh he was a candi date Bryan was the wrecker of his party and obvioua'y without Intending to be so, but he Is now plotting further to wreck It as a revealed wrecker. His purpose to rule or ruin It is undisguised, and his pres ence In the Bt. Louis convention at th head of the Nebraska delegation bodes no good to the national democracy. Cleveland Plain Dealer (dem.): Not less significant than the reaffirmation of the! Kansas City platform, and quite as sinister! a portent, was the refusal of the convention! to entertain a resolution pledging the Ne braska democracy to the national ticket nominated at St. Louis, regardless of wh the candidates might be. To have adopted! such a resolution would have removed! any misconception .as to Mr. Bryan's at tltude. Mr. Hearst, by announcing such a! purpose, did much to disabuse democratic! minds of the prejudice aroused by his ne cullar methods and unknown personality. Mr. Bryan has thrown away the chaned which his supposed political legatee did no! permit to escape. He has given a new handle to the charge that if he cannot rul he Is determined to ruin, and has ntrenrth ened the suspicion that he Is, In fact, pow eness to ao either. PERSONAL NOTES. Some miscreant has been stealing stat uettes from the Holland exhibit at th Bt. Louis exposition. Doesn't that boat) the Dutch? That expedition into! Thibet is eostln the British 11,600.000 a njonth. Pretty high rates for a summer in the mountains in an unhealthy locality. A Cincinnati court decide that the hus band Is the head of the house. It Is not the first time a court expounded a theory which practice kicked Into the ash barrel. Mr. Piatt, the aged New Torker, who al lowed himself to be blackmailed to th tune of $685,000, was known In the house hold of the blackmailer as Mr. Oreen, and no wonder) United States Senator Chauncey M. De- pew is credited with the statement that a man who has acquired his business qualifications In a rs!lroad office will make a success anywhere." A good many people still think that when man signs R. F. D. after his name he must be a member of some learned society: but the Initials mean only that he is on the line of a "rural free delivery." The "tame" eagle that has fluttered on the seal of the United States supreme court since 1790 must fold its half-spread wings and make way for an up-to-date bird with pinions stretched about its head. The grave of Thomas Dunn English. In the cemetery at Newark, N. J., has been left unmarked, unadorned and neglected. The Celtic club will make an effort to have a suitable shaft placed over the grave. Dr. E. L. Greene, head of the department of botany of the Catholic University of America, has resigned from the faculty. He Is one of the foremost botanists of the world and will be Identified with the 8mIthsonian Institution, where he will have a wider field for his research work. Peary, th Arctic explorer, has consented to tak a party of consumptives to th far north on his next trip to accommodate a Washington physician who accompanied him to th Arctic sone a few years sgo. Among tha fiords of Greenland he points out, are constant sunshine and a dustlees and germless atmosphere. M. Doumer, who Is looked upon ss France's coming man, and who, It Is re ported, may be the next premier If he wishes, Is at present the leader In the race for the presidency of the republic. He Is a journalist, but began life as a locksmith. 'Journalism," he says, "leads to every thing, provided one does not stick to It too long." "Uneasy lies ths bead that wears the crown" of queen of the Joplln (Mo.) car nival. Her name Is Miss Maude MoOee. It seems the queen failed to select certain parties as maids of honor, whereupon a Mrs. Weyland called and argued with her royal highness. The queen Is now resting quietly, with two black eyes, a contusion In the ribs, a scalp wound and a disfigured nose. All Joplln weeps because they didn't see the scrap. The "Potato King" of America Is Junius . Groves, a negro, who has farms In the best section of Kansas, and whose credit Is good for $100,000 at the banks any day. Booker T. Washington tells the Interesting story of the success of this man and his wife, for they began the triumphal maTch together without a dollar. Last year Groves produced 172,000 bushels of ths finest potatoes more than any other one man Is known to raise on his own land. A correspondent living In Mentona, Franca, writ, under date of May It, that Paul Kruger Is In a very comfortable state of health considering his great age, re ports to ths contrary notwithstanding. He lives In complete retirement and strangers cannot see him, unless by rhsnce when he walks In his garden or drive out. H la old and there ar obvious reasons why h hould not gratify th curiosity or vn admiration of ths many who would b glad to him and talk with him, but he has found th residence there to be beneficial. His daughter, Mme. Eloff, Is living with him and It Is thought tbey will return to Holland for the avunjuev i B. PMCE" CREAM BAKING POWDER A baking powder of highest class and highest leavening strength. Makes the food putetf sweeter and more wholesome Tested and Approved by the Government b PROMOTE HONESTY. Efforts to Instill Decent Regrard for the Seventh Commandment. Chicago Tribune. The Massachusetts legislature has passed a bill to promote honesty among the em ployes of private Individuals and corpora tions. It Is said thaf dishonesty is rife among them, from the cook who accepts presents from the butcher and grocer to get them th family custom up to th pur chasing sgents of great mills or railroads who are influenced by commissions to be false to the interests of their employers. No doubt there is much corruption of this kind In every community, but there may be more of It In Massachusetts than elsewhere. The manufacturers of that state say they are constantly being sold out by their em ployee. In response to their demand the legisla ture has made It an offense to attempt to bribe an employe so ss to Influence his ac tion about his employer's business and for an employe to be bribed. The employers are delighted, but It remains to be seen Whether they will be benefited whether the men who work for them can be made hon est by act of the general court. There ar some laws which are little mora than pious aspirations. They set forth the opinion of certain people that various things should be done or should not be dons, but for economic reasons, because a perverse gen eration refuses to pay attention to them, they remain unenforced, a mer expression ef opinion. It is the law of Massachusetts, as It Is of every other state, that those who brlb stat or municipal officers and th officers who are bribed shall be liable to punish ment. When this kind of legislation ap plying to a comparatively small number of persons whose conduct Is likely to be pretty closely watched Is generally en forced, and the servants of the publlo are faithful to their employer, It will be time to undertake to make the servants of pri vate employers more loyal to their Inter ests than at present. A New Tork state senator says: "I re gret deeply to say that franchise grabbing Is rampant In th stat legislature." That Is true of other states. As long as honest JtnTfrflfl A WAVER J is veritably a natural Uthla Water. Londonderry i soft, light, and extremely absorbent: Eminent physicians for years have recognised Londonderry Llthia Wafer as a natural specific for the relief of Rheumatism and all kindred complaints which are directly traceable to an eces of uric acid In the blood. Llthia I acknowledged by all scientist to be the most effective agent for th elimination of this poisonous secretion, and In no other form hs it been found so reliable as It is prepared by nature herself in Londonderry Uthla Water. THE RICHARDSON DRUG CO, ets JACKSON STREET s3lTPtl)UTIN ASBNTf legislatures cannot be elected, why try ti reiorra cooks t CHILDREN GREET LIBERTY BELL St. Panl Cchools Tara Oat to See Bella at Ravolatloaary War. BT. PAUL. June . Both the publlo and Roman Catholic parochial schools In St. Paul were dismissed for a half holiday I today In honor of the Liberty bell, which InrrtvAd fiAfA on itm BrMwIal ! T-ntll HAnn oday thousands thronged th Union stn ion at the Broadway entrance to view this olio of revolutionary days. A feature of the day was the distribution o each pupil of the publio and Roman 'atholio schools of free street car tickets rood for a ride to and from the place' of xhlblUon by the Twin City Rapid Transit ompany. . The visit of th bell began at I o'clock, 'hen a salute of twenty-one guns was red from a battery of th National guard, t'hlch was accompanied by the shrieks of 11 the factory and locomotive whistles and he ringing of bells In St. Paul. At 1.10 he bell went to Minneapolis. TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR. "Bom folks," said Uncle Eben, "uses up 11 delr patience an' resignation In die life istan'ln' on de sidewalk waltln' foh a clrcua pumas to come along. wasiunfion oiar. "Where are your rood manners. slrT" de- manded the austere woman, who was cling- ng to a strap. "Left 'em at home, ma'am." said the hardened villain In tha seat. 'Hain't rot nothln' with me but lest the ordinal v street car manners." Chicago Tribune. Morse had concocted his alphabet. "The beauty of It," he exclaimed, "li hat it makes the Russian and Jaoaneni iiames look exactly alike." with a veil of dellaht the Ions- sufferlns public hailed it with acclaim. New York I dun. , "I really believe," said her jealous fiance, "that you permit other men to kiss you." "Surely you can't object." renlled the bright girl. "Tou've always declared you I were ODDOsed to monoDolles." PhlladelDhla I Press. "So." sobbed Illma. VaSellneovltch. "Ivan Nlneepotskl died In battle! Do you say he uttered my name as he was dying?" "Part of It," replied the returned soldier) "part, of it" Indianapolis., fJews.;,.. "Mr. Rlchley' had nothing but praise for your work for him before the cltisens' com mittee." said the friend. "Yes." replied . the lobbyist gloomily, "nothing but praise." Philadelphia Press. "Were you married on timet" "No, sir. I paid the license clerk and thl preacher cash down." Chicago Journal. McJIgger Here's a rather clever little book, "Dont's for Clubmen." . Th nrilmhnh Huh I It lan't th "Annfm" t that worry clubmen; It's the dues. Phila delphia .frees. "Anybody kin give advice." said Uncle Eben, "but It takes a right amaht man to flck out de right kind an' take it." Wash ngton Post It Is easy enough to get around an ob stinate man, as every woman knows. All you have to do Is to fool him Into the be lief that he Is having his own way. Som ervllle Journal. "Do you think a candidate ought to talk?" "Oh, yes," answered the candidate. "He ought to talk now and then; but. at tha same time he should be careful not to say anything." Washington Star. fhnucer was explaining his method. "I simply dictate and let my stenographer spell as she likes," he said. Wondering nobody had thought of each an easy dialect scheme before, ha ground out "The Boke of the Duchesse. New York Sun. That whisky," fifty years old.' said the host, "Is "You don't sayf" exclaimed the guest, surveying ths mere thimbleful thst had been given him to taste. "Really sp it's very little for lta age."-Philadelphl Press. WHEN MANDV STARTS TO WASH. Grace Bostwlck In Llpplneott'a. When Mandy sets the bller on. An' hustles up th' fire, An' starts s-stlrrln' up of starch An' hlsts her sleeves up higher, W'y. then you know th' war la on. It ain't no time to josh, Th' on'y thing to do Is git, When Mandy starts to wash. Cold beans aa' brsad an' coffee's all I'll gH to eat that day, An' 'tain t no use to stay eround An' git in Mandy's way, Fer then she'll set me hard at work A-rinsln' out kersploshl Ye can't stay round th' house an' shirk When Mandy starts to wash. An' so I kinder hem eround 'At my terbaccer's out, Fer down at Job's (th' corner store) Th' boys all set about A-lookln' jest aa sheeplah-ltke An' chawln' crackers Gosh! I ain't th' on'y shiftless one When Mandy starts to wash. . 'Nen I go amblln' down th' road, A-feeltn sneaky-like, To line In with th other boys rAt's sorter out on strike; A feller can't help feelln' mean '8 long's hs csn't josh, Th' on'y thing to do Is git, When Mandy starts to wash. s