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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JULY 11, 1904.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
B. ROSEWATER, EDITOR.
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(Seal) ' ' M. B.' HUNQATE,
. : , Notary, Public.
The riddle of the sphynx Is solved.
Esopuahas spoken, and. Bt. Louis trenir
bled. !.,,; i
' .
' Senator Tlllmaa says lie ..objects to
political Jjoaaee. Thin .VlR be fnews la
Bouth Carolina.
Weat Virginia coal miners will have
something to Bay about that candidate
from their home state.
The agitation for a sane and aafe
Fourth of July should be kept up until
It la a a assured fact.
Judge Parker haa succeeded In creat
ing more interest in the fate of Watson
and Tibbies than was ever expected.
If all of Tarker'a utterancea cause aa
much ujroar and bickering1 aa his first,
Where : will the "united democracy"
ever land?
i; , " 1 n .
The commercial agenclea, report a
notable increase of confidence In busi
ness circles. The election of Roosevelt
and Fairbanks la almost an assured fact
Mr. $ryan delivered the weat In 1806
and now it 1b up to David Bennett
Hill to 'show what he can do In the
east with' his no longer silent candidate.
Parker could not bo satisfied with a
nomination. lie had to hold a trium
phal procession with the former free
silver champion chained to hla chariot
What haa become of the proposed re
adjustment of electrio lighting lamps,
and what baa become of the ordinance
providing for a municipal electric light
plant '..'
William Jennings Bryan la a pretty
good acrobat but the greatest feat of
his life l8 yfet'?serjrer for' Klin, namely,
straddling the populist and democratic
platforms.
Three new-' elevators and1 at leaat one
flouring mill are already in sight and
more in prospective. . That means more
to Oniata than' anything' that baa hap
pened since the establishment of the
meat packing industry.
The proposed extension of the Union
Pacific .rahch- lines from' Norfolk into
Bouth Dakota by way of the Rosebud
reservation will be hailed with satisfac
tion by Omaha business men and by the
people pt northeastern Nebraska.
In the morning .Mf. Parker, said, "I
shall say nothing 'until I am formally
notified of my nomination, " but" before
the shades of evening fell he had said
something and that something in no un
certain terms. jWhat caused him to
change hia mind bo aiiddenly?
- If the acavengffl law. Could only reach
the railroads and make them plank down
the 1234,000 they now owe to the city
of Omaha In back taxes the city would
have no difficulty in meeting all the de
mands for an increase of the fire and
police departments and needed repairs
of public thoroughfares. "
The 'latest city directory credlta
Greater Chicago with' a population of
2,241,000, which is an increase of only
10,000 over the directory estimate for
1003. But directory estimates must al
waysNe akeV with' a grain of allow
ance, and If Greater Chicago has passed
the 2,000,000 population mile-stone, it
can well be satisfied with its phenom
enal growth.
The next legislature of' Wisconsin
will be asked .by the city council of
Milwaukee td' give the Cream city the
power to Issue bonds fur the construc
tion and establishment of a municipal
loe plant If the legislature accedes to
the request and tlw people of Mil
waukee vote the bonds the establish
tnent of municipal Ice plants may be
come all the rage In other American
dries. For tresent Omaha will be
poutent J"iU av wuoicljpal paving plant
rCS PRESIDES TIAIt CAXDIDATE.
The democratic candidate for vice
president Is not well known to the coun
try and he comes from a state West
Virginia that has only-seven electoral
votes and la classed" aa safely repub
lican. Henry Gnssaway Davis is a
nian of large wealth and this fact doubt
less explains why he waa selected. He
Is a railroad president and a national
banker and so far as khown is not boa
tile to "plutocracy," ef which be Js, aa
a multi-millionaire, representative. Mr.
Davla baa been In politic. He waa a
number of yeara ago a member of the
West Virginia legislature and was a
United States senator for two terms,
1S71-83. He was also t delegate to six
national democratic conventions.
It is not remembered that Mr. Davis
shewed any marked qualities of states
manship when he was In the national
senate, or that at any time in hla politi
cal career be. manifested any abjllty be
yond that of the ordinary politician. He
certainly baa no claim to distinction
and being nearly eighty-one years old
he of course cannot take any active
part In the campaign. It la undoubtedly
the expectation, however, that he will
be a liberal contributor to the cam
paign fund, while as a railroad presi
dent and national banker, he will per-
linps be able to obtain contributions
from the corporations." In no other
way can the nomination of thia octoge
narian be explained, for there. Is no
reason to think that he can carry West
Virginia, for the democracy. Tour yeara
ago that state gave a republican plur
ality of. 21,000 and there; la -hot the
least likelihood that, this can be-over
come next November.' ' ,
The nomination of Henry O. Davla
looks like a political mistake. It waa
aupposed that 'the convention would se
lect a candidate for the vice presidency
from the middle west or the northwest
where it could have found a man who
would have given strength to the ticket
and could take an active part,, in ,the
campaign. But obviously the. money
consideration was of controlling In
fluence and against the argument of the
millions of the veteran of eighty the
claims of. younger men were of no con
sequence. With a . gold-standard man
at the. head of the ticket And a corpora
tion man at the tail, those democrats
who- have been denouncing i plutocracy
and the combinations will be effectually
silenced.
AX HONEST TOBEian ppucT. v !i t
In his address at the semi-centennial
anniversary of the republican party,
Secretary Hay said in regard to the
foreign v policy of the United Statea:
"All the foreign policy of MeKlnLey, and
Roosevelt haa been , marked with,' the
same stamp of honesty and fair dealing,
confessedly in American interests, bot
treating our friends with equity t and
consideration. They have- made "more
treaties than any two preceding presi
dents, and the conclusion of the whole
matter la that we etand today In Inde
pendent though . amicable relatione to
all the reat of .the world without an
ally and without an enemy."
The hlatory of American diplomacy
shows that our government has always
pursued the policy of treating foreign
nations fairly and honestly, and if this
fact has been more conspicuous during
the last five or six years than at any
other time, it is because in . this period
our government has beenacalled upon to
take a larger part In world affairs than
formerly. Uow great haa been the ad
vantage to our Influence and prestige
from pursuing a straightforward course
In our foreign policy there la abundant
evidence. European nations have learned
to place implicit confidence in Ameri
can diplomatic reprcsetatlons and the
views of pur government in, regard to
any international matter affecting the
Interests of the United States are
treated with the greatest , respect, and
receive the most earnest consideration,
While adhering to the traditional pol
icy of not entering into an alliance with
any nation, this country via atlll able to
obtain Just treatment everywhere and
to have its. rights' and Interests' pro
tected. Aa .waa ald by. the secretary
of state, himself entitled to no small
share of the credit for the wisdom and
Integrity of our foreign policy, we-are
without an enemy and although Ameri
can institutions are not universally, fidr
mired there is no-nation :that.doea not
most sincerely desire to ' be on the
friendliest terms with the United States.
The position of this . republic among
the great powers of- the earth s one
of which Americans can -Justlybe proud.
OMAHA MUST HELP-iTSELF. - -"Heaven
helps those Mho help, them
selves.". This applies as, '.well. to! com
muuitles and cities as It does to every
Individual. From the day since the first
apade waa struck In the virgin aoH on
the alte occupied 'by Omaha its upbuild
ing has been due to the energy, pluck,
perseverance and enterprise of the men
and women who have; lived at)d tolled to
promote its growth and commercial su
premacy. Rome waa not built in a day
and Omaha will not reach ita full meas
ure of commercial growth and industrial
greatness for many generations to come.
What haa already been accomplished
by the past generation Is an incentive
for the present and future generations.
The most difficult task in a . self-made
man's career Is the saving up of bis first
thousand dollars. The most difficult
task In the upbuilding of a city Is to
make It cross the hundred thousand pop
ulation mark. Omaha haa crossed that
line and la rapidly turning the second
quarter of the second circle, With all
the elements that go to make up the
brain and alnew of lta population work
ing In concert Omaha ahould have no
difficulty In making a showing of 200.000
population when the next census Is taken
In 1010. We mean, of course, Greater
Omaha the Omaha that will embrace
not only South Omaha and Florence, but
also Dundee, Benson and other suburban
villages. ' ' f
To achieve this result; howeverOmaha
must above all things stand for Omaha,
not only at borne, but abroad; -sot only
one day, but 805 daya in the year. First
of all, Omaha should sdopt a broad
minded, progressive home-rule policy and
encourage and stimulate every enter
prise that promises to contribute to Its
growth and prosperity. It must strive
to attract capital and population from
abroad by making Omaha not merely at
tractive for investors, but for people
who-desire to make it their permanent
home. . .
It must not merely foster industry and
commerce, but education and art. In
everything that Omaha undertakea lt
ahould aim high and strive for the best
that is obtainable with the meana at Ha
command. It may be selfish, but it Is
one of the cardinal virtues of every conv
munlty to cultivate local pride and ex
hibit loyalty to itself by giving prefer
ence wherever it is possible to its mer
chants, manufacturers, artists, archi
tects, artisans and professional men. By
pursuing such a policy Omaha will easily
outstrip all its competitors in the upper
Mississippi valley.
RUSSIAN DISCOXTEXT AVVTE.
Recent advices say that discontent In
Russia has become acute and that'the
prisons are being filled with persons
of Intellectual note, while Increasing
numbers are being banished or deported
to Siberia. There appears to be at
present no great da.nger of anything
like a revolution, but those familiar
with the popular feeling of discontent
in the empire say it Is conceivable that
In the event of an adverse issue to the
present war there might be a general
rising of the peasantry, which would be
directed, not against the existing re
gime, but against the property of the
educated classes in general.
While perhaps a majority of the Rus
sian people are paying little If any at
tention to the war, if the government
shall find it necessary, as almost cer
tainly It will, to make further conscrip
tions, there will probably be great dif
ficulty in preventing an uprising of the
oppressed peasantry. In that case
there undoubtedly would be a deter
mined demand for some radical modifi
cation In the existing government and
there is reason to think" that the czar
himself would not be , unfavorable to
this. It has been urged that the Rus
sian system of government is the only
one' suited to the masses of the people,
but It cannot be regarded as sure to be
perpetual. The outcome of the war
with Japan Is very likely to produce
some change in the character of the
government.
Some months ago the Chicago city
council enacted an ordinance requiring
closed shafts for elevators In certain
classes of .business buildings. Against
the enforcement of this ordinance a per
manent injunction has been issued in
the Chicago courts on the ground that
the enactment of such a law is unrea
sonable and oppressive in its terms and
tends moreover rather to increase tho
dangiar from fire 'to. both life and build
ings even In the' kind of buildings for
which It was designed. ' According to
the testimony of competent builders the
old type of closed elevator shafts proved
to be practically fire flues that set all
floors to burning before the fire depart
ment could reach the fire, while in build
ings of modern construction they arc
useless besides being costly and unsatis
factory. What is true of Chicago, of
course, would also be true with regard
to similar construction In Omaha. The
only safe -plan is to construct the ele
vator shaft of noncombustlble materials.
The most striking proof that electric
railways are rapidly entering into the
field heretofore monopolized by steam
railroads may be found in the record
of receiverships and foreclosures affect
ing this class of transportation lines.
Examination of financial Journals show
that eight electric railway corporations
and systems have been placed ln the
hands of receivers since January, of
the present year, chiefly, if not wholly,
because their promoters and builders
had followed the example of the steam
railroad construction rings by issuing
bonds and etocka far in excess of the
actual capital Invested. When the
water la wrung out of these concerns
most of them will doubtless be In con
dition to earn fair interest upon tbelr
true value. ,
With sixteen votes credited to him by
delegates representing Oklahoma, Indian
Territory, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska,
Porto Rico and District of Columbia
Parker only secured the nomination by
one majority. In other words, Parker's
nomination was made by the territories
that have no vote in the electoral col
lege. In 1804 a delegation headed by
Andrew J. Poppleton, representing the
territory of Nebraska, waa politely given
back seats on the convention floor with
out the privilege of casting a vote, to
prevent Just such an incident as hap
pened In St Louis at thia time, viz., the
naming of a national candidate by dele
gates representing no electoral votea.
The people of Armourdale have grown
so accustomed to the annual uprising of
the Kaw river that it haa doubtless come
to be looked upon a a something to be
expected, sighed at and meekly endured,
as the powera do with the "trouble in
the Balkans." Why some energetic
means la not devlaed to either keep It
between proper borrlera or have It run
through another channel and atop this
carnival of destruction every time we
have more than two days' rain at a time,
Is something bard to be understood. It
Is simply a question of who Is going to
own that particular little section of the
state, the Kaw river or the business peo
ple of the community.
Filipinos lq this country to study
American methods ahould not fall into
the mistake of considering the demo
cratic national convention one of the
ordinary features "of American life.
Such a thing can happen only once In
four years tind it. does not always as
sume such fierce phases; tut it waa s
mistake to draw the battle off so close
to the Igorrotes.
It waa not reorganisation at St. Louis,
but absolute surrender on the part of
the democratic reform forcee to a . f eie
which desplsea them. The free silver
Idea was fallacious, but the men who
championed that cause held other Ideas
not so fallacious at least they had the
desire for better things, something not
possessed by the men who now control
the party.
nobson's labor talk in the national
democratic convention recalls forcibly
the indiscreet utterances of the political
preacher whose alliterative denunciation
of rum, Romanism and rebellion lost
James O. Blaine his election to the
presidency. At Santiago Hobson was
In his element but at St Louis he
overshot the mark.
Hew Let Civilisation Rejalee.
Chicago Post.
Tha Dutch have won two victories (T)
over the Achinese. In ona 281 women and
eighty-eight children, and in tha other m
women and 130 children were killed. Surely
the old-fashioned hell is not aa had aa
this!
New York Takes the Bakery.
New York yorld.
No New Yorker has to go away from
borne for a presidential candidate this year.
If you don't like Roosevelt you can vote
for Parker, and if Parker falls to suit
there Is Charles II. Corregan, who was
nominated yeoterday by the socialist-labor
party.
Royal Loxoriea Come High.
New York Commercial.
It cost the British exchequer a round
$2,000,000 to put King Edward and Queen
Alexandra through the coronation cere
mony, according to the official report Just
rendered to Parliament. There must be
times when the British taxpayers sigh for
a Holman or a Cannon in their lower house.
, Gleaming Fires of Pride.
Denver Post.
Pension Commissioner Ware says ha is
proud of his past. The gifted man who
could write such a classic as "A Kansas
sephyr one day strayed to where a brlndle
bull pup played,'.' surely has cause to
glance back over his past with the fires of
jfrlde gleaming in his glad eyes like aro
lights.
Heading for the Coast.
Minneapolis Time,
the Milwaukee road must be going to
Seattle after all. The purchaae of tide
lands, presumably for terminal facllltiea,
at fabulous prices and to an aggregate of
$1,000,000, has not been made for fun. The
Milwaukee may be a little early, but Puget
sound is going to carry as much commerce
some day as New York harbor, and west
ern railt-oad systems have got to reach It
somehow.
Woefnl Cry for Mora Money.
. Philadelphia Reeord.
Tha cry of the populists for wore money
haa been answered. There is more money
in circulation per capita at this time than
at . any previous time. la tha history of the
country, even in the daya of ahlnplasters
and of legal tender greenbacks. But the
populists are not satlsfted. What they de
sired was "cheap money,' not "sound
money." The rogues .leTeslred to pay $1
worth of debt with ' cents worth of
metal. . !t.f . . .. .
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Adulterant, .lo. Dum:
v ' Philadelphia Press.
The use of wood, alcohol, deadly poison.
Is much greater than generally supposed
to be the case.' As it is cheap it la fre
quently used in place of grain alcohol. In
a letter to' the New York Herald George
C. Williams says that "some essences of
Jamaica singer, peppermint and lemon
contain as much as 7S per cent of wood
alcohol, and some witch hazel, sold In bulk,
as much as SO per cent." If that statement
is correct many persons are probably In
jured without knowing the cause. Medical
publications record a number of deaths aa
the result of the use of this poisonous
stuff which is sold without practically any
restrietlbns.
Drlnklnsr Men at a Discount.
New York Sun.
Total Abstinence , pledges, ' prohibition
laws, tha exhibition of "horrible examples"
and the preaching of intemperance as a
sin may have had a certain amount of in
fluence in deterring men from drinking,
but the social sentiment against Intem
perance as an Imprudence which has
grown up during the last generation has
accomplished far mors. Drunkenness has
become disreputable or is looked on aa a
deplorable disease. People are more sen
sible. The strain ot modern social con
ditions. It has been found, compels so
briety. The drunkard cannot keep up the
pace and falls behind those who hold their
appetites In restraint.
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
Indianapolis News: And Just to think.
Not more than three months ago many peo
ple were nervous about the Hearst boom.
Minneapolis Journal: It la hard work to
sober up after being on a bat for eight
years. If you don't believe It, ask the
democratic party.
Chicago News: Another point in which
political . platforms resemble sausages is
that you cannot always be sure that they
are What they seem.
Philadelphia' Press: . Judge Parker has
won his "safe and sane" medal simply by
keeping his Hps closed. A democrat who
Isn't always talking deserves a medal.
Chicago Post: The "crown of thorns" is
wilted, the "cross of gold" is nothing but
brass; auch lsH19 withering, corroding ef
fect of eight short years.
Chicago Record-Herald: Judge Parker
can furnish expert testimony to anybody
who wishes to satisfy .himself of tha truth
of tha saying that alienee la golden.
Chicago Tribune: It is conceded that
the nominee of tha Bt. Louis convention
is sura of lit electoral votea As to the
80 other votea neceaaary to elect him It
is conceded there is more of leas uncer
tainty. Cleveland Leader: The president is six
years younger than Judge Parker, but in
wide and varied experience of life and in
things dons and dona well) he is twice as
old.
Kansas City Journal: Cheers for Bryan
and Parker lasted twenty-five minutes in
the democratic national convention yes
terday afternoon. What the national con
ventions of both partlea need is a commit
tee for tha suppression of buncombe.
New York Bun: The genuine, hand-made,
durable applauae which greeted tha flrat
mention of Mr. Cleveland's name In the
convention at Bt. Louis, yesterday marked
one complete revolution of tha whirligig
of time. No longer hisses and curses, but
a sincere and spontaneous tribute of re
spect and admiration for the statesman
who In the crista of tha fortunes of de
mocracy withstood the Ooths and Vandals
until he was overborne by their multitudi
nous incursion. And the man who jnt
Chicago In 1& leaped to the front of the
radicals and fanatics was at St. Louis yes
terday to witness In person this Incident
Mr. Cleveland haa waited eight years, but
it was worth waiting fos.
CHASCE9 FOR COLLEGE MB.
Opatevtanltlea Are Many, bat Mast Be
Foaarht For.
Portland Orcgonlan.
A young man who says he Is a college
graduate, presumably of the year lfcM,
though he does not say so, write to com
plain of the public taste aa he has obered
It. He haa spent eight years In study since
he left the common schools and feels that
his attainments ought to fit him to supply
some public need. He finds no one seeking
his services, however, except at ordinary
labor or clerking in a store, and for such
service very small compensation is offered.
At the same time he sees another young
man, with perhaps less than a common
school education, readily earning 110 a day
or more by diving twice dally from the top
of a Sixty-foot ladder into a tank contain
ing four feet of water. The complaint the
college graduate makes Is that the public
willingly, provides the compensation for the
diver, but has nothing to offer him for the
something radically wrong with a public
Intellectual service he is prepared to render,
While it must be admitted that there is
taste' that encourages a man to rink his
life In performing useless feats of reckless
daring such as those described, yet there
Is no Justification for the conclusions our
college-bred friend seems to draw from
the facts he recites. Much better would It
be for the youth of the Innd if men and
women would cease to give tha approval
of their attention to daredevils whess necks
are worth no more than the value they
themselves have set. Boys may be ex
poeted to aspire to similar accomp'lsh-
menta so long as older people of respect
ability continue to make heroes cf men win
dive from ladders or fly fflrough space on
bicycles. The readiness of a portion of the
people to patronize a show that has no
other attraction than a monstrosity Is also
demoralising to the young and gives them
poor conceptions of what constitutes de
sirable entertainment. But the existence
of such exhibitions and the apparently lib
eral patronage they receive does not prove
that the general public places upon them
a greater value than upon the higher
things of life.
' The world is full of opportunities for the
college-bred men, though few will be able
to step directly from the threshold of alma
mater Into positions ot honor, Influence and
large pecuniary recompense. The world is
looking for men who can not only do
things, but do them better than anyone
else. That is why the performances ot the
high diver and the trick blcyo'e rider com
mand good compensation. When the col
lege man has shown his superiority as a
teacher, a writer, an orator or a buMnass
manager, his reward will far exceed that
of the man whose feats of daring appeal
only to the lower elements of human
nature. At any stage of his progress on
the road to success the returns for his
efforts are larger than those of the ath
letic performer at a corresponding period.
The college man. who registered the Com
plaint made no comparisons save in the
matter of compensation, and no others are
made here. He is in error In assuming, as
many others have done, that the people In
general are willing to pay more for enter
tainment than for Instruction, more for
amusement than for education. .
, THE FOUR-YEAR TERM.
Edaeatlonal Benefits of a Presidential
Campaign.
Chicago Tribune.
Hard-headed business men complain
about the Immense sums of money that our
national political campaigns cost. Millions
of dollars ate spent during them in dis
tributing political literature, in rending
speakers over the country, and In other
more, dubious .ways. And the indirect cost
of a drtmpalgfi IS immensely greater than
1H direct cost. No matter how certain the
result of nn election mny seem, capital Is
timid while it Is Impending, and timid capi
tal means a higher rate of lntereat, smaller
purchases ot stock by wholesalers and re
tailers, less manufactures, and fewer people
employed.
But much If not all of this money loss is
gained back to the community in the form
of education.
The campaign of 1900, with Its "imperial
ism" issue, spread a knowledge of oriental
geography through the country. The "open
door" became an understandable term to
all intelligent Americans. The history of
colonization was opened up. Even the de
cadence of Rome was expounded that the
orator might point out the parallels or the
divergencies, according to his politics, be
tween the fate of that mighty empire and
the similar fate which might await us.
Newspaper and magazine articles relative
to the political problems and contentions of
our past history are read with peculiar In
terest and benefit by millions of the people
when such a contest is In progress. The
records, talents, and characters of public
men are scrutinized then with special keen
ness. Ordinarily, political economy is to
most men truly a "dismal science," but It
becomes to many, during presidential cam
paigns, more interesting than Thackeray
or Balzac.
The currency question is one of the most
difficult and Intricate in the whole range of
political economy, yet the people of the
United States had a pretty fair grasp of it
at the close ot the campaign of 1896. The
political arguments which take place during
presidential year In every house and
office, on every corner. In every car, re
markably sharpen and strengthen the
minds ot all the millions who take part In
them.
At nn nther time are tha Intellects of tha
country's entire people enriched and ex
panded so rapidly as during a presidential
compaign. Only then do a large part of
them appreciate and exercise their rights
and power as self-governing citizens of a
tree country.
"THEY SAY" IS A LIAR.
HU Methods and Means ot Procedure
Clearly Outlined.
Old Qorgon Graham In Saturday Evening
Post.
Loose talking breaks up more firms and
more homes than any other one thing I
know. The father of lies Uvea In hell, but
ha spends a good deal of his time in Chi
cago. You'll find him on the Board of
Trade when the market's wobbling, saying
that the Russians are Just about to eat up
Turkey, and that It'll take ao.000,000 bushels
of our wheat to make the bread for the
sandwich; and down in the street, asking
if you knew that the caahler of the 'Teenth
National was leading a double life as a
single man in the suburbs and a singular
life for a married man in tha city; and out
on Prairie avenue, whispering that It's too
bad Mabel smokes Turkish cigarettes, for
she's got such pretty curly hair, and how
sad it Is that Daisy and Dan are going to
separate, "but they do say that he shl sh!
hush; here she comes." Yet when you
come to warh your pan of dirt, and tha
lies have all been carried off Into the flume,
and you've got to the few particles of
solid, elghtecn-carat truth left, you'll find
it's the sultan who's smoking Turkish
cigarettes, and that Mabel Is trying cubebs
for her catarrh; and that the caahler of the
'Teenth National belorffs to a whist club
in the suburbs and Is the superintendent
of a Sunday achool In the city; and that
Dan has put Daisy up to visiting her
mother to ward off a threatened swoop
down from the old lady; and that the czar
hasn't done a blame thing except to be
come the father of another girl baby. There
are two ways of treating gossip about
other people, and they're both good ways.
One Is not to listen to it, and the other Is
not to repeat It
GOSSIP ABOl'T THE WAR.
Sidelights en Peoples and Places Con
nectod wits, the Strife.
Mukden, the ancient capital of Man
churls, present headquarters of the Rus
sian army, and toward which, the Japanese
armies under Kuroki are persistently mov
ing, has a past that is a wonder. It runs
back into the mould of prehistoric times,
and exudes In abundance the odors of an
tiquity, fringed with a modern atmosphere.
Most venerated of the relics blooming there
are the sacred tombs of the Manchu
dynasty, a collection of ancient squatters,
followers of Confucius, which ruled the
country for ages and, like other ancient
potentates, built tombs and crawled into
them. There are two of them situated on
elevated ground, in beautiful groves of
evergreen trees. It the traveler should be
bold enough, eluding the vigilance of the
few guardians cf the tomb, to penetrate
the underbrush behind the wing walls of
the gate, he would discover a' simple crene
lated brick wall, rather dilapidated, sur
rounding an enclosure overgrown with
small trees and shrubs, containing a
cemented circular mound about eighty feet
In diameter, with a group ot Small fir
trees growing on the top. Reposing below,
within the mound, is the dust of the great
Manchu warriors of 300 years arfo.
Each side of the two walls is pierced by
two gates, and each gate and each corner
of the inner wall Is surmounted by roofed,
flanking towers. Opposite the center of the
outside wall of each side of the town Itself,
and distant therefrom about a mile, is a
large pagoda, with a great square pedestal
made of brick, formerly glazed, upon which
Is built a huge solid brick cupola, coated
with cement not unlike the dome of a Tur
kish mosque. 8urmountlng this cupola Is
a truncated cone of the same material, en
circled by many bronze bands, and ending
in a large, circular, bronze ornament, green
with age, five feet In diameter and eight
feet high. Hanging from this ornament
are many small bells that tinkle In the
breeze.
On each side of the pedestal are three
panels, the outside ones having large Hons,
in low relief, while the central panel shows
Lamltlc symbols.
Japanese Journalism Is developing on
western lines, and with surprising rapid
ity. The events of the present war are
responsible for extras which are sold on
the street in the American fashion. The
newsmen run barelegged, with a sort of
napkin round the head and a small bell
at the belt, which rings as they go. When
the war news Is lively the extras coma
out In a correspondingly lively manner,
one after the other, and are liberally
patronized. The sensational reporter has
appeared there, as well as the female Jour
nalist, and things are "whooped up" more
than they used to be. One consequence of
this is that' Journalism here and there be
gins to pay, where formerly it had to be
subsidized as a matter of patriotism and
public, spirit. There is an English column
in all the papers, and English Is studied
in all the schools. The country has 600
newspapers In all, and a number of them
have respectively a circulation exceeding
100,000 copies. As guides and directors of
public opinion they are perhaps not Inferior
to our own. Altogether, Japanese Jour
nalism, though in its infancy, has a bright
future before it, and will likely keep pace
with the progress of the country It serves.
A lady traveling In Japan gives the fol
lowing sketch of an inn at which She
stopped: "The landlord and his wife and
the servants all come to talk to you and
when you inform the company that you are
sleepy and want your bed laid, everybody
says at once: . 'Honorable bed augustly is
It?' but nobody does anything, and when
at last you have achieved your, desire; you
have to force apart, in defiance of police
regulations, the wooden shutters which
hermetically seal the house,, in order . to
avoid being smothered with the fumes of
charcoal and humans. As soon aa things
are quiet enough rats chase over the
rooms and generally over you as well and
sometimes bite you. One o'clock In the
morning, In the old Japanese reckoning,
was called '(he hour of the rat,' doubtlras
for this reason. And all night long the
watchman sounds bis rattle to show that
he Is attending to his duties. You have to
be up with the cock to get the first go at
the bath, which is only filled once, and
the wash hand basin, which Is only as
large as a cake tin, la always kept In the
veranda."
Oeorge Melse, writing eiout the private
life of the czar in Success, says:
"The czar earns a bigger salary than any
other man in the world, for the public ex
chequer of hla country pays him the sum
of f,8oo,COO per annum for acting as man
aging director of the Russian empire, with
Its area ot 8.000,000 square miles and - its
population of 130,000,000 persons. But, con
sidering the crushing weight of care and
responsibility which he bears on his shoul
ders, his remuneration, high as it is, does
not appear excessive. His salary Is paid
him In monthly lnetallmenta of 1100,000 each,
which are sent to him by a special mes
senger from the treasury buildings in the
form of a check on the National Bank of
Russia, Just as an office olerk receives his
monthly wages; with the difference, how
ever, that the czar's talent and industry
exercise no Influence on his payment. He
has more servants than any one else In
the world, for a veritable army of over
30,000 domestics, cooks, pages,' butlers,
grooms, gardeners, and so forth is em
ployed on his hundred or more estates.
He possesses over forty residences, which
he haa never seen, a score of homes which
he has viewed externally, but never In
habited, even for one night, and another
score In each of which he has slept on only
one occasion. His private stables contain
over 5,000 horses belonging to him, and the
herds of cattle feeding on his own lands
are estimated to number over 60,000 head.
His wealth la enormous, - yet there Is no
doubt that he extracts very little pleasure
out of his life of perpetual toll and worry.
He habitually rises at , rata a character
istically English breakfast of ham and
eggs, bread and butter with marmalade
specially and privately prepared for him,
and tea."
The Japanese shoes, or "gets," as they
are called, are one of the singularly dis
tinctive features of Japanese life which
will strike the observer with wonderment
as soon as he sees them looming along the
roadway, or hears them scraping the gravel
with an irritable squeak that makes his
very nerves shudder. Nevertheless, awk
ward though the shoes appear, they are
of a kind constituted to make feet as hard
as sheet iron, and ankles as strong as
steel girders. A curious story is told ot a
Ban Francisco merchant visiting at Toklo,
who was invited to attend a fancy dress
ball. He thought it would be quite the cor
rect thing to attend in Japanese costume
and wrote to a friend In Yokohama to send
a complete suit ot the costume of a gentle
man of high class. On receipt of the cos
tume he was immensely surprised at its
extensive variety. He mastered all the In
tricacies of the flowing robes,, but when
he unearthed the "geta" he was com
pletely at a loss to understand Its use.
Having only Just arrived in the country,
and not being over observant, he had
omitted to notice the foot arrangements
ot tha people. After much earnest con
sideration, ha was suddenly seised with a
brilliant idea. "Ah I" he exclaimed In .his
desire to extol everything Japanese, "this
wooden block haa got a very lovely shape.
It la vary beautifully carved and artistic.
Therefore, it anus he kind of doooreUoa
to be worn on the shoulders like epau
lettes." And so the merchant went to the
ball with a "geta" on each shoulder la
stead of on each foot.
OPIXIOX OF TUB STATS PRESS.
Norfolk News: After the rush It over
at Bonesteel and the ether Roeebud towns
the people who have gone there expecting
to draw a fortune from I'ncle Bams lot
tery will be ready to take hold of some
of the valuable offerings In north Nebraska,
which will prove Just ss good winners and
much more certain than (he offerings open
In the Rosebud country. There is a splen
did chance to develop wealth in this eeo
tlon of the country, and many who era
attracted toward Bonesteel will see It.
Long Pine Journal: It la noticeable that
there are a few knockers against Judge
Klnkatd's MO-acre homestead law Just a
few. It la further noticeable that thess
knockers are the men who have big tracts
of government land fenced In their pas
tures, and who will now have to take
down part of their fence for settlers. One
would suppose that these men would seep
pretty quiet, under the circumstance. But
the pop papers of this district ar at pres
ent engaged in espousing the cause of the
rattle barons, and they Say that the law
1 a bad thing.
NEBRASKA PF.HSOSAL AMRNITIBII.
Burt County Herald: What will the pop
ulists of this county think of their nom
inee for vice preeldent, T. H, Tibbies,
"Buck Tibbies," the Squaw man of the res
ervation? Don't that cork yout Who
would ever thought that the populist party
would ever come to that? Tom Watson,
the mouthy staesman from Georgia who
divided the honors of the tall with Bewail,
head the ticket, and our own dear Tib
bies for second place.
A Fatare Possibility.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
When th nations take the hint and feed
their fighting men on rice the meat com
bination may perceive a further argument
in favor of putting the prices of beef less
emphatically in th luxury class.
PERSONAL MOTES.
Secretary Morton made a good start by
reprimanding, on his first day in ernes, an
officer of the marine corps who oommltted,
an unprovoked assault on a negro.
Walter Cook, who has Just been chosen
law Vrofessor of the Missouri university, la
one of the youngest law professor Id th
United States, being only $H year old.
Senator N. B. Scott of Weat Virginia de
light to be called ' ftcottie," because the
late Senator Hanna, for whom he had the
greatest admiration, always addressed him
In that way.
If the New York republicans run Frank
S. Black for governor and the- New York
democrat run Charles C. Black f of the
same office, th pot and the kettle will
please refrain from calling names .
A well known English military writer,
Dr Miller Magulre, recently called the Jap
anese "sclentlflo fanatic" and declared
that "man for man and ship for ship they
can bea.t any opponent in the world because
of their superior knowledge.
Andrew Freese, a venerable eld sohool
teacher of Cleveland, has a book which he
prises very much. It contains th school
boy compositions of John D. Rockefeller,
M. A. Hanna, Edward O-. Woleott end
Jsmes K. Jones, all of whom he St one time
Instructed,
Like the traditional Englishman, Arthur
Stanley, dean of Westminster, wore home
from his first visit to America an expres
sion of amasement which only time could
efface. He was at one beset by inter
viewers, who asked, the usual Questions.
"What was th thing which, 'most impressed
you in America?" was one (of these. With
out a moment's hesitation Dean Stanley re
plied: "My own ignorance."
Plus be, though said to be less witty than
his predecessor in the chair of St, Peter,
is credited with a rather clever remark
about France, a country , which. Just at
present occupies his thoughts both by day
and by night. "What a paradoxic,) pation
the French are!" he exclaimed,, "the palace .
of their Senate bears th. nam of a city
which no longer belongs to them namely,
the Palais du Luxemburg; the palace qf
the Chamber ot Deputies (the Palais Bour
bon) that of a dynasty which they have
expelled, while the president of the re
public lives in a palace (the Palais de
I'Elysee) bearing the name ot a paradise
in which the people no longer believe."
WHITTLED TO A POlM
Miss Passay The Idea of Mr. Hoamter
asking me if I couldn't learn to love him?
Miss Pepprey Why not? One is never
too old to learn. Phlladlphla Pre,
"I have been told," remarked the visitor
in Salt Lake City, "that your - lake Is
drying up. What seems to be th causer"
"I guess, mister," said the native, "if
you had aa much sail in you as that there
lake'e got you'd be glttln' purty dry, too."
Chicago Tribune.
He So you are under the Impression that
I am a woman Hater of the worst sort?
She No, of the best sort. You say you
never intend to marry. Modsra Society.
"I am afraid you are one of these people
who look down on toll."
"Not at ail," answered the luxurious
youth. "My great-great-grandfather worked
hard and Invested his money, and w are
quite pleased with him for doing so."
Washington Star. . 1 .
"Every dollar I have was mad hon
estly," he assured us.
Thus being assured that he didn't have
enough of them for us to bother about,
k. & .nntamntiiAiiv nut film O ft OUT VlSlt-
ing list. Cleveland Leader.
Caller you never play th violin In pub
lie. I presume, then, you do It solely for
your own amusement. . ,
11UIL , Rill 1 I I. U . av. - . ...
remarks dropped by the neighbors I hav
been led to think It doesn't amu them
at all. Philadelphia Press.
U- I. a mrmmt Aml nt an AntlmiSt." SSld
on bright girl. . '
Yem" anawered th other, "and an
egotist as well."
"(,'n one oe nom .' . . . .
firmly believe that th wurW cannot go
1 . 1. . I,..,. In ft and look
arruiiK au luiia. - ,,w
out for it" Washington Star.
BOYISH BERK A V BMBST,
nmnblvn Life.
. ..-.M ninia riffle sadd too me
becuc mi gurl Is gone away tu sea . ..
f?5 vizTet with hur unkel fokea ann f '
woant sea her fore a hoi. weaa wlch I wl.
aurnhow hur goen m-is -- '
bout hur nouse. m iuua
th blind, ar ahutt ann awl th kurten
with usSt the gujrl ann hlrd mnh lu
Too kepe thee burgglers owt ann the frUnt
Jusst "hollers out shees gon shoe's gon
snees gune.
I leened on the front fense lass olt snn
too think" she wuzent there, snn Jbenit I
too chere upp butt ml feallngs wus too
Ann'urt'e sobb Jusst rattuld thee frunt
I was'oskalrt shed neavermoar k""-
suraway I inoti inn iru
ann kilt um awl. In mi dreemS I eood Be
hur ayen dedd ann eawirn uuv
1 ni,vr.ill ann I aedd no
Itt Is so dredful that Itt cant be so.
tooday we hadd fresh donut such us we
ur orfi fond of uv ann 1 ett down three
hrfoar 1 thott uv hur ann theen the. lite
w.nt out for me. I loaat ml app.tlght.
A grata bigg lump ros rll. upp In ml
I putt a ciiupl donuts Inn ml kot
soa. I muni "..' . . w T
BUM wv. v ' - - ---w-w
butt I Jusst lookt st um ann thenn wennt
on. . ' .
how cood I think uv pis wna sh Is asaah