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- Notary Public.
What sibout that municipal paving
plant?
If we cannot have meat every meal
this summer we can have cornbread and
cabbage. 4
. If mlsety love company, owners of
property ftn the delinquent tax list have
much solace. '
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. It coat :. Hearst $16,000 In hotel bills
alone to (run second at the St Louis
convention; but this is nothing to what
it would have costhimlf be bad run
first. ' :
Great Britain must be getting ready
to do something In Thibet or some other
remote part of the. ward, as the, Mad
Mullah has been galvanized Into activ
ity again,; J
a I ' in
Easter r democratic papers are ex
pending ipuch editorial space to prove
that Bryah bits been extinguished. But
If they really!thought so they would say
lees about it.w " J " ""
tm. - t yvv 'it"'
Fanama objects to the presence of an
American c,utonia Jjoupe in the (anal
gone, ,"tU3 1 Wte-; tVnatnaj .will ; soon
bs in ganger of forgetting that the
power which created can alee destroy.
. - a; ' i ' ' ? ?'
BelleVue coIk" la taally. almost as
much if an Onpaha inftuUon'.as-iJ it
were located within the corporate limits.
Our public-spirited citizens will be help
ing Omaha by helptaBellevue college.'
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Novel 3 schema-for advertising have
not aTt een exhausted. It Isnpw aq
councc&jtbat the Hi. Louis exposition Is
being fobbed by a syndicate of employee
nefariously dealing ln adnilssloa tickets.
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After all Omaha M. pot so badly off as
6t Louis, Judging by the following para
graph fid the Republic: "As' everything
else IS closely waYche'd fn St Louis, pro
fessional burglars have begun stealing
overcoats."
, j
Russian official announcement of trial
by Juiyvfor political suspects contains
an "exception clause." It will be a
poor member of the third section who
cannot bring within the exception any
case h desires.
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It iseasy to understand' France's re
fusal 'perfect a treaty providing for
the retairo of persons accused of bribery
from tltat country to America. Both
parties io such" unlawful agreements
usually &ave money to spend.
Having rejoiced for twenty-four hours
over the, report of the loss of, 30,000
Japan soldiers "in battle the people
of St ppterburgv are now anxious to
scertaW how much of truth the re
port ceufnlns. But they can never lose
the fufji ihey have had.
Manifestly those railroad tax agents
and lawyers who are preparing for an
onslaught on the state board of equali
sation pfxt week' are trying to set them
selves fight with the railroad magnates
for permitting (he state 'board to raise
the railroad assessment by a little over
110,000.000.
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MCalaroity" Weller la preparing for
one of the old-time populist campaigns
t in lows- He has already announced
that "hU will prevail in the United
States wlthiu three years." Vet, as
this Is OuJy a starter. It must not be in
ferred that It Is. the extent of his power
of prophecy. . -
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It is accord With the eternal fitness
of things for the locsl scavenger sheet,
that clips all of its dispatches and most
of Us fecal news from the morning pa
pers and early afternoon editions, to
point to tts special cable S. M. Tv (Save
Uany Tolls) service and its marvellous
acliiUa f giving U latest new
PARTY RECORDS AKD PLATFORMS,
The records of political party are
more im pot rant than platforms and in
the coming campaign the American elec
torate will consider what the parties
have done rather than the promises they
now hold out. The record of the demo
cratic party Is not Such as to commend
It to popular confidence and support
It hns been on the wrong side of every
question affecting the progress of the
nation, and the welfare of the people
for the last fifty years. It haa demon
strated that It is Incompetent to handle
tariff legislation and this at immeasur
able loss to the country. When It had
power to deal with tb? trusts-k did
nothing in the way of legislation, thus
showing that its protestations of trust
hostility were Insincere. ; It has stood
for every financial heresy ever conceived
and now only promises tbroagh Its can
dldate for the presidency to maintain
the monetary standard established by
the republican party. , : , . i
The democfaey has been uniformly
the party of obstruction 'and reaction.
It has persistently put Itself in the
way of the country's advancement
It haa not sought to promote the well
being of either capital or labor, but has
In fact been the enemy of both. It Is
still so, .since it is declared to be the
purpose f the party' to overthrow the
policy under which; both capital and
labor have prospered. J It haa opposed
and condemned the foreign policy of re
publican- administrations, from which
have come results of great value to the
nation. , It has stigmatised the army
and done all that it dare do to create
among the people of the insular posses
sions dissatisfaction with the govern
ment With such a record what claim, has the
democratic party to the confidence and
support of the American peopl? If it
is now willing to renounce' what It had
professed to hold sacred, what guaranty
is there that It will hold to that which,
it' now professes? -There Is none, for, al
though Its candidate may be all that is
claimed for him, it is not probable that
he would prove stronger than the party
should he reach the presidency. The one
circumstance Indicating that he has the
conrage of his convictions Is not con
clusive assurance that as president he
would undertake to command his party
in all things. The men to . whom he
owes his nomination will not be without
Influence With hlva in' the event of his
election and these are not men In whom
the people can trust.
The record of the republican party Is
one of such great and splendid achieve
ment as to appeal alike to the pride and
the patriotism of the people. It em
braces a period of wonderful -'national
progress, during which we have attained
a position among world powers in aome
respects unequaled. In that record is
seen the highest vindication of American
enprgy nd enterprise, tha truest and
Desr expression or tne spint or Ameri
canism. And this record of advance
ment; of things accomplished, . of the
promotion of the interests' a W welfare
of5 aU-our' peopfei hi "assurance r of con
tinued growth in wealth and power and
the world's respect If the government
remains 'in control of" the republican
party. t , . - .-
pt!A TH OF OOSt PAUL. '
The aged man whit -died yesterday at
Clareus, Switzerland, had for a time
been prominent in the world's attention
and also held a high place In Itavadrntrn-
tlon. He was the' builder ' Of a state,
which he ruled with vigfyr and -a. meas
ure of skill and sagacity which caused
him to be classed as a statesman.,. As
president of the Transvaal republic Paul
Kruger was a dominating force in South
African affairs and much that be accom
plished was-wisely and worthily done.
But the' little republic of' which he was
the head waa a republic! Only, in namo
and Kruger himself was not In sympathy
with republican institutions as Ameri
cans understand them. The government
of the Transvaal was UV the nature of
an ongarcny. vine vox, pop uu countea
for little unless it agreed with the views
and purposes of the strong-willed man at
the bead of the state and his chosen ad
visers. These were really the lawmak
ers as well as the administrators and the
guiding and directing hand Was that of
Kruger.
If not a great man he was certainly
pne of far more than ordinary ability.
But he was not in accord with the .spirit
of the age and therefore took a narrow
view of conditions and possibilities. This
caused him to treat the foreign element
In the Transvaal somewhat unfairly and
unjuatly, out of which" grew be conflict
that lost him his country; sent him into
exile and. made hint-one of; the most
pathetic figures In history :, '
iVCT A DKAD IBSVS. .'.
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Wheu the proposition to establish a
municipal lighting plant was up for dis
cussion two years ago the manager of
the local electric lighting company suc
ceeded in securing a temporary post
ponement of action on the part of the
mayor and council by holding out a glit
tering prospectus of cheap power and
cheap light through the construction of
the Fremont or Columbus electric power
canal. .'''
When the agitation was revived last
year another postponement was effected
by the announcement of the reorganisa
tion of the Fremont . Canal company
with a directory that had among its
members men prominently connected
with the ftouth Omaha stock yards. It
was given out cold In this connection
that the reorganized company had the
bucking of J. Ogden Armour and his
millions, and It waa also given out that
the Armour Interest had been enlisted
not only In the canal, but in an electric
railroad bet we u Omaha, and Kansaa
City. This report was, however, effec
tively exploded by J. Ogden Armour
himself. Mr. Armour denied most em
phatically that his. company had ac
quired any interest In the Fremont
power canal and he had not the remotest
Idea of venturing Into the electric tram
way business. All the Information Mr.
Armour possessed at that time concern
ing the Fremont canal was that it held
out a promise of cheaper power, and
all that be had agreed to do for it was
to purchase Its power if delivered at
the Bouth Omaha Armour plant at rates
cheaper than the power now secured by
the use of steam coal.
Since these revelations the Fremont
and Columbus canal projects have re
mained strictly on the map and there la
no telling when they will be revived,
or whether they will ever be revived,
unless Indeed they are given new life
by a movement for a municipal light
ing plant. In view of the fact that the
contract for electric street lighting will
expire by the end of next year, it seem.
to us not In the least premature to urg
that steps be taken this fall to ascertain
whether the people of Omaha want to
establish and operate a municipal elec
tric lighting plant, and incidentally to
submit a bond proposition for a bond
Issue to cover the estimated expenditure
for such a plant in case the proposition
for its establishment is ratified at the
polls.
DEMOCRATS AND THE MERIT SYSTFM-
The St Louis platform says the demo
cratic party "stands committed to the
principles of civil service reform and we
demand their honest, Just and impartial
enforcement." This Is. a departure from
the utterances of previous democratic
platforms, which by the most liberal In
terpretation could not be regarded as
committing the party to the principles of
civil service reform. The platform of
1806 declared opposition to life tenure
in the public service and In favor of
"appointments based on merit, fixed
terms of office and such an administra
tion of the civil service as will afford
equal opportunities to all citizens of as
certained fitness." The obvious meaning
of this Is frequent vacancies made auto
matically by the expiration of fixed
terms and the filling of the vacancies by
noncompetitive examination. This is not
according to the principles of civil serv
ice reform.
The truth is that the democratic party
has never been favorable to that reform
and it is safe to say that a majority of
democrats do not now favor It It has
been repeatedly attacked by rep resent a
tlves of the party in congress and every
DroDosltlon made there hostile to the
merit system bas received general demo-'
era tic support. It is said that Judge
Parker Is not unfriendly to the reform
bnt how far he would go In sustaining
it, under, the tremendous pressure tha
would be brought upon him by the hun
gry democratic office seekers, is a ques
tion that cannot be determined from anyj
thing known as to hfs views. ' Mr. Clever
land waa not able to wholly resist thd
Importunities of the spoilsmen and
doubtless Parker would not be.
Omaha Is not the only town that has
its troubles with paving contractors.
There are others. There Is, for example.
Chicago where the cLy council is trying
to smash the combine of sewer contrac
tors, supply men and brick layers. The
Issue in Chicago is the material to be
used In the construction of the projected
sewer extension. One of the members
of the council Insists that' the combine
has been throttling the people of Chi
cago by 'raising the price of material.
An alderman who appears to be out
spoken declares that "it Is time for the
city to call a halt on this combination
known as the 'Brick trust' What we
want M"io get the lowest price for the
best work without being forced by' the
sewer contractors and the supply men
to pay ', exorbitant prices." All this
sounds very familiar to Omaha ears.',
Dispatches from Chicago indicate that
the strike of the packing bouse work
men will be settled by arbitration. This
Is a consummation devoutly to be
wished. Arbitration affords the only
guarantee of a peaceable settlement be-,
tween the packing house managers and
their employes. In the language of the
Chicago Record-Herald, "Arbitration is
a menace to no one. It ia the rational
method of adjusting such controversies.
With it pay will go on, there will be no
disturbance of business, there wllf be
no resultant Injury to a wholly innocent
public. Without it the public will be
come a great sufferer. It would be
affected as It was in the coal strike, to
which the present dispute offers a dis
heartening parallel. Prices will rise to
the Injury of every home In the land."
The jubilation at St. Petersburg over
the rumor that 30,000 Japs had been
exploded by the Russians in the assault
upon Port Arthur recalls forcibly the
dispatch framed up by the late George
Francis Trsin for Emperor William
after the battle of the . Sedan, which
read as follows, as near as can be re
membered: I want to tell you, dear Augusta,
Th French army is on a busts.
Ten Thousand ' Frenchmen have gone
below.
Praia God from whom all bleeslngs flow.
Down in Lancaster county the execu
tion of the scavenger law bas been
abandoned for a year because the treas
urer found himself unable to prepare
the tax record In time to file the suit
according to the statutory provisions.
As the labor of preparing the record In
Lancaster county Is not to be compared
with the labor of preparing the record
In Douglas county, the achievement of
County Treasurer Fink stands out all
the more strikingly.
The principal feature of the celebra
tion of the French national holiday In
Paris was the free performances at the
theaters. How tame! France will
never know true liberty until this form
of celebrating gives way to toy pistols,
giant crackers and a mortality list
The announcement that General
Jamea B. Weaver Is out for Parker will
surprise nobody who knows General
Weaver's ability as a political acrobat
General Weaver started out a repub
lican; then he became a greenback flut
ist; then he turned free sllver-antl-monopoly
populist; now he has become
a gold standard - plutocratic democrat
Two years hence be may be expected to
apply for re-admfssion 1n the republican
ranks.
The strike in the anthracite coal re
gions bas been the excuse for keeping
up the price of hard coal for two years.
It is to be hoped the same result will not
follow the packing house strike, but as
a rule when the employer and employe
reach an agreement the public Is ex
pected to foot the bills without object
ing. Cuba has let a contract for the re
moval of the Maine from the harbor
at Havana. Until the bull of that ves
sel is exposed it will be bard to de
termine. If the act Is one of friendship
or hostility to the United States.
Pats Its Trsit In Trusts.
Baltimore American.
New Jersey's trust in trusts yields that
enterprising little state ever two millions.
besides the prestige of engineering a cor
ner in monopolies.
The ror( Is Still There.
. Cincinnati Enquirer.
There has been enough of surcease In
the excitement of politics to enable our
readers to appreciate the announcement
that Fort Arthur still stands.
Reiarna Not All In.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
After all, the Fourth of July casualties
are only a few less than those of 1908. And
it may be possible that the aftermath of
tetanus victims will fully equal last year's
grim record. Let the work of reform go on,
I'soal Triple of the) Lawyers.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
When one reads the speech of John Sharp
Williams, delivered as the keynote of
democratic policy ia the national conven
tion at St. Louis, and reflects upon the
masterpiece spoken by Elihu Root as the
exponent df republican theory and practice.
the thought is inevitable that Mr. Wi)
Hams, having neither argument nor sug
gestion, was forced to the last resort of th
partisan.- Having no' case he must abuse
the opposing counsel.
Risks Taken with Hitman Lives.
Baltimore American.
The accidents which seem to be. making
themselves a feature' of the year empha
sise the fact that wholesale, slaughter of
passengers will continue - until criminal
carelessness or. wilful neglect on the part
of operators and owners of transportation
facilities Is made subject of penal leglsla
tion and every dereliction In duty to the
public is visited with Impartial and sum
mary punishment. The risks taken with
human life are plainly approaching the ex
tremo of recklessness.
Why Teachers Are Scarce.
; Boston Transcript.
Teachers were never so hard to get. It Is
said, as this summer. Many school super
Intendents do not know where to look for
next fall's supply.') The pretty ones get
married, the efficient ones get better paid
positions In business,, and the number who
have sufficient of tee missionary spirit to
remain In .the profession for which they
were trained growgTprogreselvely smaller,
There has been, an almost complete passing
of the typs of the Clerk of Oxenford. of
whom Chaucer wrote: "Gladly wold he
learn and fladly,,9fa3 .-:.,. 'f i
Extraordinary Heroism.
Boston 'Transcript ' ,
8om cases of heroism In great emergen
cies loom larger in first reports than they
do under V the light of more searching
analysis, but that Is not so with Mary
McCann, the l-year-old Irish girl who
saved the lives of tye children and a wo
man at thei; time of ;the. General Blocum
disaster. She arrived in this country from
Ireland May 11. since which time her life
has been full enough of adventure to fur
nish the groundwork of a strong romance.
A few days after landing she developed
scarlet fever, and was taken to North
Brother Island, probably with the mental
reservation that hero was another Immi
grant come to be a burden upon the public
purse, I was while' she was In the con
valescent , ward that' she witnessed the
burning boat drives upon the Island with
its frensled human freight. - She was thinly
clad, but forgetting her own Illness, she
waded deep In, the water five tlmea, each
time rescuing a child. The sixth time she
was up to her heck and nearly lost her
life in rescuing a struggling- woman, but
succeeded In bringing her charge ashore,
when ah dropped from exhaustion. Her
simple testimony so affected the coroner's
jury that it made up a purs with which
a medal will be procured for her. Happily,
her heroic work caused no relapse. It
seetna to us that Mary McCann is as wor
thy a candidate fort the benefits of the
Carnegie hero fund as has appeared before
the publto this year. The more such immi
grants the better.
CONTROL OF TUB FOIBTH.
Liberty Transformed Into Riot of
Recklessness.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Fourth of July celebration of liberty
having transformed Itself into a riot of
license and recklessness, it is perfectly
proper for the city government to estab
lish such forms of control as will make the
celebration once mors rational. The only
open questions are: What restrictions does
publlo opinion desire, and what restrictive
measures are simples and most easily en
forceable? ,
It is evident from an examination of the
lists of accidents reported that th city
ordinance prohibiting the sale of toy pis
tols to minors, even though not completely
enforced, did an appreciable amount of
good. It appears to be the right kind of
an ordinance, and it should be amended so
as to forbid the sale of toy pistols abso
lutelyto adults as well as to minors. It
is desirable also to prohibit the sal of all
such articles as cannon crackers, the use
of which on the Fourth Is forbidden.
The rules as proclaimed by the mayor
setting forth what forms of fireworks will
be permitted on the Fourth and what not
can hardly be said to be as great a success.
They require an amount oi initiative and
discrimination on th part of the police
fore which does not appear to exist. The
average officer hesitates to pick out the
goats from the sheep when all are noise-
makers together.
If reliance is to be placed on the activity
of th police force on the Fourth itself, the
best thing to do is to prohibit absolutely
all forms of explosives on that day in the
same way that they are prohibited the rest
of the year. This could be accomplished
by the . mayor's proclamation itself, but a
better means would be the passage of such
an ordinance aa Alderman Patterson sug
gests for a Fourth without fireworks.
The council should take up the whole
subject again Immediately after its sum
mer vacation. It Is not improbable that
publlo opinion would approve, and Indeed
welcome, the prospect of a Tourth noUe.
less except for cherra : There Is more pa
triotism In a cheer than in a firecracker
aiy day. '
ROl'JtD ABOIT JEW YORK.
Ripple the Cnrrent f Life In th
Metropolis.
"It would not, perhaps, be true to say
that the good priest Is laughing yet," re
lates the New York Sun. "but it will be
safe enough to say that It will be many
a day before the thought of the Incident
will not move Mm to at least a smile.
He is one of Manhattan's best known
Catholic divines, and he is habitually of
most serious and contemplative manner.
"He was an Interested spectator the
other day at the thrilling exhibition at a
Coney Island animal show of the power
a man can exercise over a score or more
full-grown lions, with their natural ferocity
but ill concealed. The utter absorption of
the priest in the spectacle, as the man In
the lion's cage, by savage lashings with a
stinging whip, challenged the ugly tem
pered brutes to assail him, which they.
with roars of pain and fury, mad snarls
and fierce rushes upon him, made unmis
takable efforts to do, only to be cowed at
bis feet by the strange power he had over
them, drew the attention, after a while,
of another spectator, who was almost
equally fascinated. The expression on the
prlests's face was almost one of awe. The
spectator gased upon It with as 'much In
terest as he had manifested in tho lions
and their master. Then he made his way
to where the good man, lost in wonder,
stood. Touching him on the shoulder, he
said:
"'Father!'
"The priest, th spell broken, turned
with solemn but Inquiring face to the
speaker. The latter, with a Jerk of his
thumb and his head In the direction of the
lion tamer, said:'
" 'That feller he's Daniel skinned to
death, ain't her
"For a moment the priest tried to pass
It off with a smile, but It was useless.
The apt humor of the situation was Ir
resistible, and the unwonted sight of a
sombre clad man of the cloth convulsed
with laughter, like the monk in the fa
miliar 'A Good Story' picture, became with
the audience a rival attraction to the ani
mal show."
Pastor Haas, of St. Mark's Lutheran
church, so many members of which lost
their lives on the Blocum, said in his first
address to his parishioners after the dis
aster that the victims would not have
died in vain If the attention of the au
thorities were called to the condition of the
boats In this harbor and the defects in
their equipment remedied. It seems that
the pastor's words were Inspired, for
through ex-Secretary Cortelyou's orders
all the excursion boats are going under
th most careful inspection by men
brought from out-of-town cities who are
unknown to the owners. Sufficient time
bas been given to the owners to remedy
whatever defects existed in the equipment
of the vessels. Life preserver factories
have been running night and day to meet
the demand on them, new lifeboats, rafts,
hose and axes have been put aboard and
fire drills are held weekly. The crews,
Instead of being picked up in corner sa
loons, know how to handle boats and keep
down panics. The publio Is now reason
ably safe, but a terrible price was paid
for that safety.
The glory of the Baltic, the biggest ship
in the world. Is to be short-lived. The
Whit Star Line, which owns the Baltic,
has awarded a contract to Harland &
Wolf of Belfast, Ireland, builders of all
the company's boats, to construct a new
ship that will exceed the Baltic by 4,000
tons. . The Baltic measures 725 feet 8 inches
In length., but the new ' colossus Is to be
756 feet long. It waa stated today by one f
of the officers of. .the Baltic who spent a
good deal of time at Queen's Island, where
the Baltic was built, that the keel of the
new leviathan haa already been Laid. The
selection of a name for the new boat has
not yet been made, but it will be either
Adriatio or Asiatic. The first named has
the preference, the line once owning
craft of that name.
As ia customary with the officials of the
White Star Line on this side, they plead
entire Ignorance of the new contract It
always had been the policy of the line not
to make any official announcement of
new craft until it is fully six months
under way. The Baltlo has a tonnage of
24,000 tons, so that the new vessel will be
of 28,000 gross tons. ,6he will have one
foot more beam than the Baltic, or sev
enty-six in all.
The new vessel will not be ready until
next year and will be the first ship of the
line to use the new 800-foot Chelsea dis
trict piers of the White Star Lino. The
two new Cunardera to be supplied with
turbines and to be ready about 1906. will be
776 feet long.
Former Senator J. M. Thurston of Ne
braska was walking down Broad street.
New York, the other day with a friend
when his attention waa called by his com
panion to the more or less undraped
statuary recently placed In front of the
new Stock Exchange building and of which
there has been some sever criticism. Th
senator stopped and gased up at the work
of art for a minute. "Well, what do you
think of It?" asked h.s friend as they
proceeded on their way. "Do you see any
thing about It to criticise?" "No," re
plied th senator, laughing, "I don't see
anything to it. I should Just call it a
plain everyday naked fact."
An expert on rapid transit construction as
now being carried on In such enormous
proportions In Greater New York has com
piled the following figures:
The New York subway cost 166,000,000
Pennsylvania railroad tunnel feO.ouO.Cioa
New York & New Jersey railroad., lu.ouu.Ouu
Hudson ft Manhattan railroad.... lo.uuu.OuO
New York Central tunnel and ter-
. mlnal 20,000,000
Williamsburg bridge 20.000.000
Manhattan bridge 20,000,0U0
Black well s island brida-e- .-. 10.uuO.oui
Future rapid transit roads .'.lOO.Ow.ooO
Total 1306,000,000
There was a New York taxpayer who
looked at the figures and said: "Really,
It would be cheaper for Father Knicker
bocker to walk." For th expense of five
of thes Improvements will come out of the
old man's pockets.
One of thes bridges Is In use. Th other
are being planned. Th subway, so Jong
hoped for, la promised for th present year;
but no on will be especially surprised If
this promise is broken, as have been so
many In which dates now past were named.
Qimms a quart of loos milk," was th
demand of the small boy to th corner gro
cer.
Loos mllkT What's that?" asked the
boss.
It's what m mudder wants not de
kind what comes in bottles."
Well, that's a new name, anyhow."
rejoined the grocer. .
Loos milk, after all, seems to be a
fairly good term to describe th milk
which Is sold by th measure to th cus
tomer, and la not put In the quart bottles
sent out from the dairy farms. Loose
milk Is I cents a quart cheaper than th
bottled, and, under the vigilant eye of the
Board of Health, is quite as good aa the
average dairy brand. At all eventa, as
much milk is sold by the meaaur as la
bottles, although residents of the high-rent
neighborhoods may not think so.'
Sine th city has decided to Issu 137.-
000,000 worth of bonds In th coupon va-
ttty f tl.000 each th statlatloal sharps
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have been figuring on a detail which will
help no cause and at th same time will do
no harm. One of these amiable idiots
secured a copy of Mayor McCIellan's sig
nature, and. after carefully measuring it,
estimated that he would have to sign nine
and one-eighth miles of name before all
the bonds became legal. He figured that
the mayor, working eight hours a day
and keeping his nose right down to It, could
not possibly get away with th Job Inside
of fifty days. Another person, a lawyer,
raises the question of the legality of the
bonds If th mayor should try to have a
clerk sign them for him. Mr. McClellan,
like Hamlet, holds "it baseness to write
fair," and his signature, even when he
takes pains with It, is hardly legible. He is
now groaning over the threatened infliction
of having to write his own name 37.009
times and wondering how he may escape.
POLITICAL, SNAPSHOT.
Kansas City Star: Th "statement"
William Jennings Bryan has published can
hardly be called a Card of Thanks.
Baltimore American: It Is a sham to
submit the country to the harrowing ordeal
of a campaign where there Is no doubt as
to the outcome.
Atlanta Constitution: It would be impos
sible to conceive a happier finale to tho
stirring convention drama at' St. Louis
than that of the Parker telegram.'
Chicago Post: Considering the fuss the
leading democrats are making over Mr.
Parker's telegram common honesty would
seem to be a rare thing among politi
cians. Boston Transcript: Taken altogether th
work of th St. Louis convention completed
does not commend Itself any more to the
Independent vote of the country than It did
while It was in progress.
Clnclnnail Tribune: The Hawaiian dele
gates at St. Louis voted for Hearst, while
frankly expressing their preferences for
Roosevelt. Sometimes it Is a good thing to
have two strings to a territorial bow.
Portland Oregonian: No doubt there will
be appeal in many quarters for -Judge
Parker, on the ground that he Is better
and safer than his party. But the party,
not the man, is the real power. To put a
dangerous party in power In the hope that
its official head will be able to control it Is
a haxarmous experiment.
San Francisco Chronicle: The 'democrats
make a great deal of fuss about trusts In
their platform, but It is noteworthy that
the men who are backing Parker are up
to their eyes In th trust buiiness. Bel
mont, for Instance, is a dlrecto- in thirty
five different trusts. The lack tf sincerity
of the platform utterances may oe inferred
from this fact.
PERSONAL- NOTES.
Fred M. Warner, republican' osndldate
for governor of Michigan, Is of English
birth. So is Mayor Weaver of .Philadel
phia. -
8enator T. C. Piatt has purchased Villa
Eden, at Highland Mills. N. Y., to please
hla wife, who says she Is tired of "living
around in hotels" .
The entire income of the German em
peror 13,760,000 comes from the people of
Prussia, whose king he is. He gets no pay
for being; emperor.
With two exceptions there have been no
young men elected vice president, theue ex
ceptions being John C. Breckinridge, 26,
and Theodore Roosevelt, 4S.
A Minnesota man said a good thing at
the St Louis convention. After John Sharp
Williams had been speaking about an hour
the wit yawned and said: "I thought that
Williams was only the 'temporary cfc air
man." ' Cleveland Is to have a Pasteur Institute,
and its director will be Dr. H. R. Bnmn
less. He Is a Cleveland physician and a
professor in the College for Physicians and
Burgeons, and for many years bas made a
special study of th Pasteur treatment.
An automobile In which Senators Tillman
and Bailey were driving collided with i
street car and both men were pretty badly
shaken up. It is probable, however, thai
they were far leaa Jarred by this accident
than by th famous telegram from Esopus.
It Is announced that Captain Dreyfus
and his wife Intend to visit the St. Louis
fair. He wishes to travel incognito, but It
Is not believed he will be able to do so.
He has repeatedly expressed boundless
gratitude for the sympathy shown him by
the people and press of this country In the
time of his trduble years ago. He thinks
the moral effect of American newspaper
talk on his behalf was Incalculable.
Champ Clark, permanent chairman of the
democratic national convention, is a man
of Imposing appearance, alx feet one Inch
tall and built on herculean lines. This
picturesque Mlssourlan wit, stump speaker
and syndicate writer dresses Ilka an old-
time southern planter, Including a Prince
Albert coat, with a slouch hat that would
cover most heads down to the chin, for it
Is of 1 else. His quaint style of humor is
made all th mora effective by a slight
drawl. All his life he has been an omniv
orous reader and he is at all times prepared
to recount what h has read, having a moat
nvlably retentive memory.
AN AWITI. FIHETRAf.
The St. Lenl Cenenllen Halt Calls Oat
Few Rtmariu, .
Springfield RepuDlloan.
The aftermath of the fit. Louis convention
affords various reflections. One, which l as
nothing to do with politics, cannot be given
too wide publicity. The convention hall
was a hellish nretrap, ana tne criminality
of those responsible appears the greater a
the details are Inquired Into. The utter In
adequacy of the exlta waa evident the mo
ment on entered the great amphitheater.
Thought was Involuntary of the horror
which, with 12,000 to 16,000 people crowded
thick together, would surely follow a fire
caused by electric wires In th decorations
or by any other means, or which would fol
low even a senseless panic. Talk among
the delegates and spectators after the con
vention closed showed that probably there
wr few who did not recognise this grim
possibility. Yet there had been nothing for
them to do except to endeavor to forget it.
But worse. If possible, than the Inadequacy
of the exits was the fact, unknown to the
publlo at th time, that In the automobile
station in the basement floor of th hall
there was stored 100 gallons of gasoline.
How, coming close upon the two terrible
disasters of the year, those in charg were
willing to take such a criminal responsibil
ity on' their shoulders Is inconceivable, but
th fact that they did so take It should be
known th country over.
. SHERMAN & M::0)MEU OR J 3 CO
' 1TH AND DODGE.
RETAIL AGENTS.
CHARACTER TO TIIE FROST.
Intellectual Leaner Consider It the
th Solution of National Problems.
Wall Street Journal.
The keynot of all the addresses that
have been made lately at college com
mencements and at meetings of business
men's associations has been the develop
ment of character. It Is remarkable how
this word "character" runs through all the
recent speeches snd papers. It Is as If, by
cemmon Impulse, our Intellectual leaders
had stopped talking about this or that eco
nomic problem, this or that political Issue,
and this or that means of attaining success
in life, and had returned to th develop
ment of character as the on solution of all
national problems. ,
Thus, one of the principal speakers be
fore the National Credit Men's association
dwells upon the factor of personal charac
ter aa the basis of all credit Thus, on of
our eminent lawyers, In a long address,
urges the necessity of teaching Christian
morality In other words, character in the
higher schools as the foundation of all
other Instruction. k President Flnley, of th
City college urges his students not to
make wealth and success the sole aim of
their endeavor, but to acquire courage and
character. Th best' way, he says, to equal
ise the inequalities met with In life Is to
develop character. President Schurman's
recent address before Cornell University
was along the same line. President Had
ley, of Yale, says that as nations acquire
wealth and dominion they are In danger of
suffering the loss of faith and enthusiasm,
and that the chief danger which confronts
us comes from this loss of faith and en
thusiasm and from the adoption of selfish
ness as the basis of human conduct. Presi
dent Harris or Amherst speaks much to the
same effect. These are only a few of th
multitude of addresses anJ articles which
have appeared In the last month, which
dwell upon character ss the fundamental
need of the times. .
Why, it may be asked. Is this Insistence
upon a thing which would seem so ob
vious? Is It because thee thinkers and
leaders believe that In our s'ren'jo'ia -forts
to Increase the Individual' and t 'Ac
tive wealth of the nation w ar wt'iif
sight of th basic principle of morality?
It would appear so. If they are right, no
teaching and no preaching whether from
platform, pulpit or press, could be tnor
practical than this.
PLEASANTLY PUT.
Ounner Now, there is Dr. Qulller. I
he a good appendicitis physician?
Guyer Good? Why, say, I wouldn t let
him remove the appendix from my dic
tionary. Philadelphia Ledger...
"Blitherton seems to be a fiery sort of
chap doesn't he?"
"Yes. It's a constant wonder to me that
his gasoline tank doesn't explode." Cleve
land Leader'.
First Doctor Then we decide, not to op
erate? ... .
Second Doctor Yes. What do you think
we ought to charge him for deciding nut
to operate? Brooklyn Life.
"Swell? Well, I should say so," remarked
the Chicagoan. speaking of a prominent fel
low cltlsen. "why, his family's got money
to burn."
"But their blood," suggested th Boston
girl, "what of that?"
"They make extract o'beef, blood pudding
and thlnga of that. Nothing ever goea to
waste in their slaughter bouse." Philadel
phia Press. r
"My physician tells me I should eat a
little every evening before going to bed."
"Indeed? My physician telia me that cit
ing late at night is the very thing I must
not do."
"Oh, well, your doctor only charges (2 a '
visit. Mine wouldn't think of going out
for less than S3." Washington Star.
Clancy Pat, I hear ye've bin down to
Washington lookln' afther yer plnslon. Did
yes see the prlsldint?
Pat Ah, bad luck It was! OI shtood an
the earner fer free hours waltln" to see
the prtsldlnt, an' whin he did come it
wasn t him. Leslie's Weekly
The youth with the excelsior banner wa
making tracks to the frosen mountain top,
as per poem.
"what are you going up there for?" they
asked him.
"Well," he replied. "I'll be confidential
with you this once. I've tried the country,
the seashore, and . the Catskllls, and this
seems to be the only really cool place.
Don't believe all the advertisements you
read." Cleveland Leader.
TUB ECHO OF A SONG.
J. W. Foley in New York Times.
To my fancy, Idly roaming, comes a plv
ture of the gloaming,
Comes a fragrance from the 'bloiaoma
of the lilac and the rose;
With the yellow lamplight streaming I ass
sitting here and dreaming
Of a half-torgotten twlllsht whence a
mellow memory flows;
To ny listening ears come winging vagiunl
notes of woman's singing;
I v a sense of sweet cunlentnier.t as
the sounds are borne along;
'Tls t. mother who Is tuning her fund heart
to love and rrooninK
To her laJdle such a
Sleepy little,
Creepy little
Song.
Ah,
how well do I remember when
by
crickllna- a nark and ember
Th cld-faahloned oaken rocker moved
with rhythmic sweep and slow;
With her feet upon the fender, In a ca
dence low and tender.
Floated forth that slumber anthem of a
childhood long sgo.
There were goblins In the gloaming, and
the half-closed eye -went roaming
Through th twilight for the ghostly
shapes of bugaboos along;
Now the sandman's slyly creeping and a
tired lad half sleeping
When she sings to him that
Sleepy little,
Creepy little
Song.
Hi Ira dJt'ing here and dreaming with i!
i-m.Iow lamplight streaming
Through the vne-embowered window Xw
a yellow filigree.
On th fragrant air come winging var--.
notes of woman'a singing,
'Tis ir.e slumber song of childhood that
Is murmuring to ma.
And tome subtle farwy creeping lulls my
senses half to sleeping
As the misty shapes of bugaboos gu
dreamily along, ...
All m) oirows disappearing, as a tired lad
I'm hearing
One again my mothers
Sleepy little.
Creepy little
Song.
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