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Chanaee ( addreea will nd
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tk old and aw addroaaoa.
Thnnk v foodnesa, Alton will not be
"the only way" on November 8.
In future years the pioneer settler of.
Uregory county, South Dakota, may be
tlr-scrlbed as "a person who came before
I'o grufters."
The Newfoundland request for a reci
procity treaty might be arranged to the
satisfaction of Boston by putting codfish
und beans on the fre list
Lots of people are being drowned these
iluys. The only sure preventive, bow
ever, Is by following the time-worn ad
vice, "Don't go near the water."
If a thick coat of democratic molasses
has any effect ou the populist leaders,
the fusion of the allied forces of reform
will be aa easy ns rolling off a log.
Candidates for the Missouri legislature
should not be expected to contribute so
largely to the campaign fund now as
when the "perquisites of office" were
not under the ban.
Cable dispatch fakirs have found a
piost prolific subject for guesswork in
Mrs. Maybrick. It is ever thus with
women who snmmarliy do away with
uncongenial husimnds.
Democrats ore getting a little encour
ngenient from fate in their campaign
ttls year. A big wheat crop is reported
in India, which mny have some effect
upon. 'American prices. i
Judge Parker has fixed August 10 as
the date for the notification of Lis nomi
nation as democratic candidate for presi
dent, thus giving himself sufficient time
to prepare for the shock.
The btizs of the JIaceatccs la teard In
the land. An Increase of assessment
rates is serlounly contemplated by the
King Maccabees who gathered at De
troit Iat week in triennial swarm.
The exalted and supreme council of
KlUa la dUoimcn the proposition to do
away with the gilp. Thut will make It
very hard, If not -impossible, for com
inep lul travelers to fraternize with the
Kits.
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The king of Frunea ami ten thousand
men marched up the hill and then
marched down again. The price of beef
would bring Joy to niauy folks by emu
lating the example of the king of France
by coming (lows af.tln.
'
If Colonel Edward butler is right In
his diagnosis Mr. Folk's conspiracy in
the Interest of good government is one
of the fliwt of its kind, and the St. Louis
boodle lulIUoiiulie should be an authority
upon the subject of conspiracies.
fct. Petersburg, the capital, and fct.
IVternburg. tho ship, should get together
as ti ill niurse to be pursued In the mat
ter of ' stopping Lent nil vessels. The
former says selRiire will stop and the
I. titer keeps on seinieg, but Its csptnln
may 1 uve cut the cable.
The democratic caudldut.s may be
fuir'ii.el up in brief as follows: The
bead of the 'ticket is a Jurist of gm.d
e'l.afucter vlth no political past and no
liiovwt policy ou any muttt-r but t!.i
1 h'ivm loii. The s.'tviul in roiiiuiaiul
la fc ii.il mi r.MifYcrtitcS $ iiiark.
I'l vm U iniJi more of a to.i'-e.s In
r I .t?ori;i for 1 liu.-!f t!.,.ll he 1
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UCILDIXQ VP TUS ISDErEXDKXT
FACKE li
lt Is an ill wind that blows nolxidy
good. The conflict betwfn the "Big
FiTe," othTwlne known as the beef
trust, and their Nono employes, if pro
trirtetl for any considerable length of
time, cannot fall to revive the small
hutcher and the Independent packer, who
have been practically wiped out by the
colossal meat packing -establishments
that bare obtained control not only Of
the American market, but also the mar
kets of the world.
Itlg osks from Httle acorns grow and
vpry large concerns have bad small be
ginnings. Until quite recently the busi
ness of the independent meat packers
and small operators was hardly large
enough to merit attention, but every dis
turbing influence in the sphere of the
great packers works some benefit to his
puny competitor. The operators on the big
live stock markets of the country can
readily see that the procession of strikes
ond other conditions which Irritate the
shipper and consumer will simply turn
their business into other channels. As a
matter of self-defense the more wide
awake of these operators will be com
pelled to exert an influence looking
towards the peaceful settlement of' lubor
troubles which occur In tha live stock
business.
In the midst of the clash of contend
ing forces it has begun to dawn upon
the country that after all the meat pnek
Ing industry is not in tho hands of the
"Big Five." There are still others.
There are scores of smaller concerns In
various parts of the country cow reap
ing the benefit of the strike and there
are thousands of individual butchers
scattered all over the land who wlli
presently aspire to become packers on a
jmall scale. All this has a tendency to
stlmnlote Individual enterprise not only
among cattle dealers and meat sellers,
but also among the cattle raisers.
The old proverb that necessity Is the
mother of Invention comes again hore
Into play. If the demand for meat rrod-:
acta cannot b eopplled by the "Big
Five" it will be supplied by the five
hundred, flva thousand or the fifty
thousand as may become necessary in
the course of events. The American
people are meat eaters, and their wants
will bo supplied somehow, strike or no'
strike. This Is understood as well by
the managers of the great packing es
tablishments as it la by the ordinary
man with horae sense. It stands to rea
son that they will do their utmost to
hasten a peaceful settlement and stop
the dispersion of the Industries in which
they are ao vitally interested.
BTIRRIXQ VP STRIFE.
It there la another strike In the anthra
cite coal region before the coming of
winter, aa appears probable, It wilt be
due to certain of the anthracite mining
corporations which have taken a posi
tion hostile to an award made by the
strike commission and since affirmed by
Mr. Carroll D. Wright, acting as umpire
between representatives of tke miners
and the operators. This award vitally
affects the. wages of the men and the
justice and fairnesa of the commission a
decision has been very generally recog
nized. But certain of the corporations,
after acting under it for months, became
dissatisfied and the matter went to ar
bitration, they agreeing to abide by the
result. This was in favor of the miners
and now the corporations are disposed
to repudiate their pledge and want the
award overthrown.
This has very naturally produced a
strong feeling of resentment among tho
men and if the operators persist in the
determination to disregard the award it
will hardly be possible to avert another
general strike, with consequences per
haps quite as serious as attended the
strike last year. In reference to the
matter the Philadelphia North American
says that by their own acts the corpora
tions stand convicted of deliberate con
spiracy to exasperate the miners into a
strike. "Their primary purpose, no
doubt," says that paper, "is to render
nugatory all the efforts for industrial
peace and open the way to a general re
pudiation of the strike commission's
award. Incidentally, it is probable that
they are not averse to bringing embar
rassment upon President Roosevelt by
stirring up strife and discontent among
the thousands of mine workers." And
the North American warns them to mov-j
slowly if they value their prosperity, for
the American people will net anhmlt pa
tiently to a repetition of last year's ex
perience. Unfortunately such admoni
tion Is not likely t have much effect
upon the rapacious corporations that
control the anthracite coal fields.
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AMERICAN UXIVEHS1TJES.
In a recent Issue of consular reports
the American consul at Bremwi, Mr.
PHderlch, mokes a comparison between
Amerlcsn and Oer.nan universities
which is hlgh'y favorable to our educa
tional institutions, lie is competent au
thority on the subject, baling been a
college professor. Consul Dlederleh hays
that during the nineteenth century Ger
man universities ltd the world in erudi
tion nnd scientific Investigation, but
times are altered. "American educa
tional institutions," be declares, "are the
bef equipped In the world. There Is a
fcteady progress all along the line of pub
lic Instruction In the Unltt-d Slates and
particularly In our higher clasa of uni
versities." ' It appears that the attendance of
American students at German universi
ties do's not increase materially, thfre
h'lng enrolled !sft winter S17, which
was only seven more than tnere were
four years sso. This Is accepted by the
Consul as Indicating t!,iit American t.tu
dcrts are beginning to Pud the home In
stitutions Kurt).'lei:l!y attractive. Indeed
except for pper'.il iin'.!.-H and Investiga
tion in cevtiltj Hue, the German uni-vcr.-iUo-s
.fi r l"i a it untune over the
!,',.) ft !i.M:t.ttl..i,9 f t'i United Males,
r:.- m- U . f c t,r 1 . ' t t 1 ,;c 1
i t! e A !.; ' ,.u ; t ft.-m a j.vr or
t y-. J i. 4 ', 1 ' ', "I. : I !., U
Tim OMAHA
It to prepare Mm for Ms life work," ob
serves Mr. LMedcrlrh, "hut b'-eanse travel
and sojourn In this and othr countries
are In themselves a liberal education and
tend to broadeu the mind, widen the
horizon, remove petty prejudices and
supply an Independent Judgment of men
and matters." Hut as he adds, no Amer
ican need any longer go abroad for
higher education. The United States of
fers today facilities for collegiate, aca
demical and post-graduate studies equal
In quantity and quality to those offered
by nny country In the old world, and
these facilities are constantly being im
proved and Increased. The high stand
ard already attained by our educational
institutions is assurance of further prog
ress and It Is not an extravagant expec
tation that within the next quarter of a
century American universities will be
the best In the world.
RCSSTA MAKES COXCKSSIOX.
The firm stand taken by the British
government in regard to the course of
Kussl.t in the lied sea, coupled with the
protest of Germany, has had the effect
of bringing the Russian government to
a lively sense of the gravity of tho sit
uation it had created and it has assumed
a conciliatory attitude. According to ad
vices from St. Petersburg the vessels
seized will be given up and it is under
stood that the Malacca incident, will not
be repeated, but at the same time Rus
sia will declare the vessels that came
through the Dardanelles, under the dis
guise of merchantmen to be warships and
of course they will operate as such in
making searches cf neutral vessels that
may come in' their way. How far they
will be permitted to carry on such opera
tions Is of course a quet tlon. The right of
search, and under some circumstances,
of seizure, is recoenlzed In International
law, but would a British warship there
fore be bound to permit n vessel carrying
the British flag to be searched by either
of the belligerents? If so the orders
which are said to have been given to the
fleet of Great Britain In the Mediterra
nean would seem to be to little purpose.
Tho concession which the Russian gov
ernment has made relieves but does not
entirely clear the situation. There Is
chance for controversy in regard to the
passage ,of the Dardanelles in violation
of a treaty to which Russia is a party.
There appears to be no question, thnt
deception was prnctlced in taking
through the straits the cruisers that are
now in the Red sea. Not much confi
dence can be placed in anything emanat
ing from Constantinople, but It is re
ported to' be the view of the Turkish au
thorities that the passage of the Russian
vessels and their subsequent hoisting of
the naval flag violated the treaty and
rendered the vessels liable to be regarded
as pirates. Perhaps the powers con
cerned will not call Russia to account
for this, inasmuch as the vessels have
been declared warships and the Russian
government admits that they cannot
again pass the Dardanelles, but they are
not likely to allow a repetition of such
action. Undoubtedly measures will be
taken for securing a strict enforcement
of treaty obligations and it will be nec
essary to this to firmly warn the Turk
ish 'government of Its duty and respon
sibility in the matter.
The opinion has been expressed that
Russia desires . to create international
complications In order to enable her to
emerge without utter loss of prestige
from her present war. An unnamed dip
lomat at Washington Is quoted as say
ing: "Russia either wants war with
England, preferring to suffer defeat nt
the hands of Great Britain rather than
at the hands of Japan, or else she wants
to force Enghind actively to Intervene
in the war. In that case Russia could
save her face by listening to peace pro
posals." There is some plausibility in
this view, though the attitude now taken
by Russia apparently Indicates that she
la not anxious to become Involved In a
quarrel with England. There is never
any certainty, however, that Russian as
surances will be made good. Her habit
Is not to deal in a straightforward way,
yet she may be doing so in the present
case. Whether she is or not will be
speedily shown.
TUS AhMr CANTKK.
There seems to be at present a revival
of the discussion regarding the army
canteen, but why there should bo any
doubt in the matter is a hard question.
Mnety-five per cent of army officers are
agreed that its alxditlon has been an un-LuAL-ii
evil, and tha L!fc"t-r ouicers of the
army are a unit in declaring that since
lis abolition not only has drunkenucmi
become more prevalent, but that there
has been a marked Increase In misde
meanors and crimes of a more serious
nature that had hitherto figured but very
slightly la the records of the guardroom. '
The cause is not far to eeek and it has
been discussed often enough to carry
conviction to the minds of all but those
W ho V iilf u!iy blind llieiueolves to the
truth.
There is no doubt that the good women
who are primarily resiousll!e for the
present condition of affairs were ac
tuated by tbb bt of motives, but they
had little or no knowledge of the facta
and apparently were in the end touched
with an unreasoning sentlmentalisni and
an ohMlnate disregard of the conditional
surrounding army Ufa either In barracks
or on active service.
Briefly speaking, the'anny canteen
before it was done away with provided
clean, roomy quarters, including recrea
tion rooms, where the lntn could gather
together for social intercourse, and while
Leer and a variety of soft drinks were
on sale, the quality was the best, and
tho quantity consumed moderate. The
canteen was under army discipline and
the direct supervision of the regimental
officers, who In turn were responsible to
tho brigade or division commanders'.
Contrast that whh the present. Now
the men seeking recreation and a litile
lefresl.nient after their drill can get
iiMtutr !?!, In the coiiiuh-s of the post.
'1 t.i-y n tut..;do, where all tliln.. are
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DAILY VTAZ: FIJI DAY, JULY Tf, 3 T : 1.
them of the lowest end most virions
type, deal out liquid poison to the sol
diers without let or hindrance. In the
grofcs'jops the toldler Is served with
whisky and gin. where In the canteen
he would have been satisfied ih beer
When removed from the restraints of
discipline nnd the eyes of hi superiors
the private soldier Is naturally tempted
to go much further in his indulgence
than he would have had the clean sur
roundings of the canteen been still in
existence. Instead of seeking amuse
ment and recreation within the camp he
is thrown Into the companionship of the
vicious and frequently commits crimes.
The testimony of commanding officers Is
that the private soldiers have in many
cases been almost mined physically and
morally.
Lord Roberts, for fifty years a soldier,
and eommander-tn-ehlef !n India for
many years. Is probably one of the
strongest temperance advocates living.
He tried abolishing the canteen, , and it
proved one of the few unwise moves he
had ever made. Then Lord Roberts re
stored the canteen and surrounded it
with the cleanest influences possible,
provided well-stocked reading rooms and
recreations of all kinds. Now the "Tom
mies" have few. temptations to sttjny
outside and go into the resorts of vice
which are always lying open for the
rank and file of any army.
Until the desire for drink has been
eradicated from human nature some way
will bo found of satisfying the thirst
And It seems that the abolition of the
legitimate way bos, as It always does,
turned the men into worse excesses than
were ever known under the old system.
Sooner or later the army canteen will
have to be restored in the army posts
and military camps of the United Slates.
A ffOyCONCURRINQ CANDIDA TIC.
If correctly reported, Mr. Henry G.
Davis, the democratic candidate for
vice president, does not concur in the
declaration of the Bt. Louis platform
thnt protection is robbery. He is
quoted as favoring a conservative revi
sion of the tariff, as was proposed in
the original draft of the platform, which
was changed at the demand of the free
trade element in the convention. Mr.
Davis was one of the subcommittee
which framed the platform and un
doubtedly the tariff plank as first writ
ten was largely due to his suggestions.
This plank favored "wise, conserva
tive and business-like revision and a
gradual reduction of the tariff." It did
not propose a tariff "for revenue only"
and it did not denounce protection. A
majority of the members of the sub
committee thnt framed this plank real
ized that It would be a grave mistake to
assail the policy which had done so
much to advance the interests and wel
fare of the American people. They un
doubtedly also had in mind the fact
that the only attempt of the party to
revise the tariff was productive of the
most disastrous results to the country
and. felt that a threat to repeat this
would Inevitably defeat the party.
But when the question came before
the full committee the free trade ele
ment prevailed and the platform as
reported to the convention and adopted
is a radical attack upon the principle of
protection. It says, "We denounce pro
tection aa a robbery of the many to en
rich the few and we favor a tariff lim
ited to the needs of the government
economically administered" that is, a
tariff for revenue only. Candidate1
Davis does, not acquiesce In this for the
simple reason that he owes his great
wealth very largely to republican tariff
policy. He is heavily Interested in in
dustries that have grown and prospered
under protection and be refuses to re
gard that policy as robbery. While will
ing to concede that a "conservative and
business-like" revision of the tariff
would1 bo all right, Mr, Davie, if not mis
represented, is unfavorable to tho over
throw of protection. He wants this
policy maintained In order that the coal,
lumber and other interests in which he
Is concerned shall not suffer. There are
many other democrats who view the
question as does, the candidate of their
party for the vice presidency. Thou
sands of them engaged in manufactur
ing do not want a revision of the tariff
that would destroy 1 protection to the
Industries of the country. Hundreds of
thousands of intelligent workingmen
employed In the manufacturing indus
tries desire that the policy which has
prouiotcj the welfare of American labor
shall be maintained.
The declaration of the St Louis plat
form, therefore, that "protection Is rob
bery," does not represent the view of all
democrats. While undoubtedly a nia
Jority of them think there should be a
revision of the tariff, though having
only the vaguest idea of what that
means, a very large number of them
would reject a proposition to carry re
vision so far as to eliminate protection
and open the American market to the
unrestricted competition of the products
of foreign cheap labor. Mr. Henry O.
Davis Is not the only democrat who
favors "conservative" tariff revision.
A few days ago, Silas Wood, an Omaha
Indian, was arrested and brought to
Omaha, charged with murdering bis
brother-in-law, George Alfred rhllllps,
another Omaha Indian farmer, residing
on the Oinaha reservation. At the pre
liminary bearing before United Slates
Commuisloner Anderson, the defense cf
Silas Wood was conducted by Thomas
Sloan, a bulfbreed Indian who holds the
position of United States commissioner
in the neighborhood of the Winnebago
reservation. Owing to some extenuat
ing ctrctirutauces in the case the al
leged murderer was admitted to $10,000
bail by Judge Munger, which we aw
told will b promptly forthcoming, "be
canse Wood has hosts of wealthy friends
In Thurston county who are Milling to
go ou Ms lond." While It may eventu
ally transpire that the killing of Phil
Hi vki in eclf-di-ftmns, a Is alleged by
Attorney Sloan, it Is parsing strnnpo
U.t a biao ocvuej'ing the Wa vf
'I'n'ted Ptttes commissioner can wum
the position of attorney for a party
charged with a capital crime committed
within bis own Jurisdiction. But noth
ing that happens In the neighborhood of
the Omaha nnd Wlnnelago reaervatlou
la Strang, not even the anxiety of a
number of the wealthy Indian land spec
ulators in the neighborhood Of Pender
to go on Wood's bond. Has not Wood
always been a bandy Interpreter for
them whenever they got into trouble
with the Inspectors and special agents
of the Indian bureau and Interior de
partment! i
An enterprising and self sacrificing
patriot way down In Bowetsvllle, Ga
Is trying to come vt the relief of down
trodden man by organizing "the Antl
Tlpping Society of America," which is
to convert 23 cents of the good money
which would otherwise be thrown away
as largesse Into membership dues to bo
duly transmit fed to the chief 'promoter
and organizer. The member is protected
and reimbursed by being provided with
cards of membership application to be
handed out In lien of tips to expectant
mendicants, and the penalty for violat
ing the antl-tipplng rule is forfeiture of
membership, requiring the return of the
card with another 25-cent piece for Its re
newal. It Is given out that the bene
ficiaries of the project will not rest con
tent until they have placed 100,000 mem
bers on the actl-tlpplng roll of honor.
Here'a success to them.
Lieutenant Bllsc, the author of "A
Little Garrison," speaks very frankly
Just now. He says that the officers and
men of the German army look on the
British army officers and men as their
personal foes, on account of an alleged
destruction of the kaiser's picture by a
London regiment, which was warmly re
sented by the Teutons aa an Insult to
their titular head. The Incident la said
to have occurred during the South Afri
can war when anglophobla was rampant
in Germany and open rejoicings were
heard everywhere at British defeats. If
the wrathy Britishers had had' a chance
they might have torn up more than the
kaiser's picture.
The Nebraska commission to the St
Louis exposition has drawn $20,000 of
the $35,000 appropriation placed at their
disposal by the last legislature and the
prospects of a considerable surplus in
the exposition fund by the end of No
vember are not as bright as they were
thirty days ago.
The Chicago Journal prints a long spiel
about Chicago as a health resort, and in
the next breath tells about their "im
pure water; decaying refuse in the
streets, poisonous gases and perpetual
smoke that grimes and chokes and blinds
us." As a health resort Chicago might
compete with Havana!
Chairman Cortelyou may have laid no
claim to being an experienced politician
When he was called to take charge of
the national campaign for the republic
ans, but no one will question that he
will be an experienced politician by the
time the election returns are all In.
Tkanblag Real Trouble.,
' fit. Louis Republic.
The members of the American Asaoeia-
tloii of Osteopaths have entered upon an
era, of real troubles. They have under eon.
slderatlon a new coda of ethics.
Vettaeoma Cosaacka Tamed.
Somerville Journal.
It begins to: look a if those terrible Cos
sacks, that have always sounded so dread
ful up to now, couldn't stand up effec
tively against they Salvation army.
Just a Dainty Scrap.
Philadelphia. Press.
The. Board of Lady Managers of the
World's fafr has had a rumpus. As the
board has nothing to do but upend the
(100,000 voted by congress, It can afford to
Indulge In a little diversion.
Increasing; tha Family Supply.
iv aemngton Pc-t :
Pauline Astor is to marry the man who
has the reputation Of being tha blggeat
chump in England. . We had supposed that
the European branch of the Aator family
was sufficiently supplied in that line.
lighting; the Poor Porter.
Indianapolis News.
That Nebraska man who carelessly poked
his ' clothes containing $3,000 out of tha
window of a sleeping car while thinking
be waa putting them away for the night
had acant consideration for the vested
rights of the porter.
Political Color Atnnltfea.
bt. louls Kepubllc.
Thera la a tinge of good red In Judge
Parker's hair. Red hair In the White House
would be an effective combination, some
what according with superstition and
prophecy. Why shouldn't ft red-headod
oandldate have the same color affinity as
a red-headed glrlT
WHAT IS A CniiK.f?
Knowledge Amerlean Form of Got-
ernmeat Essential Qualification.
Bt. Louis Republic.
Judge O'Neill Ryan of Bt. Louis has de
nied naturalization prpers to an applicant,
giving as his reason that the applicant
waa not qualified to be Accepted aa a citi
zen, being unable to describe the American
form of government. That was a sufficient
reason, and It would be amply sufficient
though the applicant were eligible In ev
ery other respeoL ,
If a man does not understand the gov
ernmental system of a country which de
pends on free Institution ha lacks tha
chief essential of citizenship, and. It might
be sold,' could not make a bona fide oath.
He could make an oath In good faith, but
It would have too much of the element of
faith to be adequate, In accordance with
the spirit of the law. I-oyalty of stuill
mrnt, a general Idea of the form of gov
ernment, deep and abiding confidence In
democracy and even the ardor and con
viction of democracy will not satisfy. The
quullAcatlona for cttlxonahlp are of a real
character, and cor.so.untly should be
based on a practical knowledge of the form
of government.
The applicant for citizenship could hardly
be trusted to vote Intelligently If hi en
thusiasm were nut kern enough to Inspire
him toward acquuir.tanchlp with the ra-
iitlnl system of his fuster country, tibould
tie brsltnte at learning what his oath of
all' glance means, he could not be relied
upon to grasp the conscl.-ntlous or the clvlo
aspect of voting. No. The inn who do-a
Dot understand the American f 'rrn cf jt'or
err.uient U Itut q'l&li.'Ud, thoitsh he otl.or-
' e tusy l e"' 1 (a tujviee i.'.:. u.
hot WEATiini f rnio.
Words are not wins.
Tha passive life knows no i.ace..
There is no virtue without victory.
Thera Is no possession without apprecia
tion. No man we ever yet scared Into being a
saint.
It Is always safe to suspect ths u
pleloua. Thera are few vices worea than vinegary
virtues,
A sraln of appetite will outweigh a ton
of reason.
A ami will kilt more microbes than any
medicine.
The world needs a friend more than a fls--ure
In history.
Tha beet exposition of the PIble la Its ex
pression In life.
The greedy eye always misses more than
the generous one, , I
Ths sermon that eam most flattery may
win fewest souls.
Courage . la simply knowing when It Is
wlsa to ba afraid.
Pi tan la always In sympathy with tha
self-satisfied man.
The force of lore Is mora effective than
the fence of a, law.
The higher you climb on tha wrong lad
der the greater your fall.
Cultivating . sympathy with ourselves
never makes tia tender to others.
The snake with gold raffles has some
thing beside honey In the other end.
People who take thlr business to church
seldom take their reitfrlon to the store.
Chicago Tribune. ,
PERSONAL Aim OTHErtWISE.
A baby born within the sound of the mir
ing Kaw the other dAy wss proprrly named
Noah.
The attendance at the 6t. Louis World's
fair has about reached the 100,; a day
mark and Is si 111 rising.
Tle terrtneretiif e cf midsummer is all
rfg-ht The people it troubles most are
those who watch the thermometer and
blow hot air.
Mme. Nordlca Is freefooted. matri
monially, once more, while Mr. Dome, hus-
band-that-waa, roams the starless sphere
without a bunch of alimony to comfort
him. ' ,
Railroads are trying to put their troubles
on misplaced switches. This reverses the
usual order. In the ordinary run of human
affairs a misplaced switch la a profound
source of Joy.
The final count of the Blocum dead shows
a total of C3. No one of the many acces
sories to this appalling disaster has yet
been punished and there Is little prospect
of punishment
A smooth medical fakir worked a group
of American tourists In Barony, reducing
the swelling of their roils. Any old fool
with money could' have the Job done at
home at lens expense. j
"Bedelia" and other American ragtime
tunes are In high favor in Parla. Bhould
Mr. Tom Kelly and "Bedolla" come to
sther at f.h French capital there will be
something doing in short order.
A young man In Utah la getting wine by
degrees. Beven young women with a griev
ance pounced upon him and tanned his
hide with horsewhips until 'he begged for
taercy. He talked too much about them.
A Philadelphia Judge has decided that
the sale of ice on Sunday Is a work of
necessity. It la cheering to observe how
courts occasionally illumine the arching
heavens with flashlights of common sense.
They do things effectively in Oakland,
Cal. A saloonkeeper oonvicted of selling
liquor to girls had his groggery closed and
tl.260, Ms license money, was forfeited.
That's the brand of reform that cute the
taproot. ,
STAPLE) EXPORTS rOR A TEAR. .
InteraMiosal Trade Variation Re.
fleeted la Piseal Report.
Philadelphia Record.
In the preliminary statement of the ex
port of domeatio staples In the fiscal year
Juat closed the Item of breadstuff shows
anwenorroous falling off, due to the great
decrease In the exports of wheat and flour.
The position of wheat remain anomalous.
Although the crop of laet year was large
and the prospect for this yAr are good in
spite of the western rain, and the ex
ports are singularly mall. the price of
wheat I more than one-third higher than
a year ago. The value of all breadstuff
exports I $71,000,000 lee than In the pre.
vlou year, and $125,000,000 less than In the
fiscal year 1901.
This decrease Is In a great measure off
set by the increase In the value of cotton
exported, due wholly to the higher prloes.
for the quantity was much lesa than that
exported In each of tho three preceding
year. The value of the cotton exports
was $r,5,000,(yi greater than in the fiscal
year 190$ and $S0.000,000 greater than In iW!.
The value of mineral oils exported In the
past fiscal year exceeded that of each of
the three preceding "years, and waa more
than $11,000,000 greater than In the year
1903. The value of provision exported waa
loss than that fa the three previous years.
out the decrease from 1903 was very small.
Peit the value Of cattle, hogs and sheep ex
ported last year was considerably larger
than In any one of the three year before.
Taking thla group of commodities a a
whole, the export of the past year foot
wp to $790,000,000. which la M.Ooo.ono more
than In the previous year, $13,OO0,0is) more
than two yeara ago, and $?7,0OC,Oijo less than
three years ago, when the breadstuff ex
ports were enormous. Europe may be able
to get food from other countries, but It
1 still, and will long remain, dependent
upon thla country for cotton, and prices
show that Its comparative Independence In
grain has no unfavorable effect upnn us.
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Wife of ft bluhep robbed of IX.Ano worth
of Jewels we a.e forcibly remind that
the simple lives of the early ChrlMtnr,, hli
been pieced on the shelf with some of the
older orthodox doctrines.
Clevelnnd Plain Dealer: Those Drlawira
rlersrymen who were accused of gunbling
In stacks get back at their accuscra ,y
remarking that It was their own money
that they rlrkod. This would seeni to 0(a
up a new line of argument that might I s
followed up with startling results,
Brooklyn Eagle: The Inevitable ht ais
rived: They re rutting up advert!,,
ments In rhuroh In Milwaukee. The pernoa
and the advertising agent will now
In 'harmony, and more benign ministerial
countenances will illuminate before-anj.
aflerlaklng literature than ever before,
Washington Post: Bishop Potter U te,.
Ing about as comfortable aa a cat In the
rain Just now. He printed an Interview
in a newspaper declaring against the vul.
gar display of Jewelry and riches and
right alongside of It was the police story
about Mrs. Potter's loas of , diamonds
valued at $50,000,
Baltimore American! A Richmond min
ister has brought suit against the etret
railway company to recover damnee fnr
the Ins of an eye alleged to have been
put out by an apple tossed to the motor
man at the Jatter'e request The ar.pi
missed the motorman, and hit the clergy,
man In the optlo. This Is one Instance In
which the Injured party shows no lov
for "the apple of his eye."
Boston Herald: The Chicago minister whuV-
relt It was his bounden Christian duty to
speak to the women of his congregation
In a most confidential heart-to-heart man.
ner concerning their petty faults and fol
ner concerning their petty faults and
f-olblea, has now had It made clear to
him that ha had better be listening for a
call to some other pulpit "Never be crit
ical upon the ladies" We tha maxim of
an Irish peer, remarkable for his hotnaga
to the sjc "The only way that a man
ahould look at the faults of a pretty women
la with his eyea ahut."
DOMESTIC PLRASA5TRIES,
Bhe Before we were married you used to
sing "yyverj Morn 1 Bring Thee Violets."
Pie lea, but now lt'a different. Every
month I pay the meat bill. Chicago Jour
nal. "Do you think the man who keeps up
two establishments can ever be happy?"
"Yes, provided he puts his wife In one
and Uvea lu the other himself." Towa
Topics.
"The milk turned sour last night," said
the bride of a month to her husband.
"So I perceive," was his reply.
"And I don't see why, either." she con
tlnued, "for I crowded It Into the refriger
ator, and It waa Jammed In so tight It
couldn't possibly have moved." Cleveland
Leader, ,
Wife John, did you mall that letter I
e"ve you this morning?
Husband Of course I did.
Wife How provoklngl i wanted to add
a post script.
Husband fDrodticlnsr the letterV WelL
here It la. Why didn't you tell me that in
tha Urat place ; Cincinnati Ji.nq,ulier.
Bhe It I said that women are neater and j
Cleaner man men.
Pie And yet you'll go right out on the
street with a long train to your dress and
make a sweeping denial of that statement.
Yonkera tJtalaainan.
"But have you any expectations, young
man?''
"Of course I have. Three rich girl want
to marry me, but I'm going to give your
girl tho first chance." Cleveland Plain.
Dealer.
"I came to ask you for your daughter."
"But hs is the only one I have."
"Well. 1 don't want but one. I hone VOU
don't take me for & Waiunuit." tiprUjgfleld
Journal,
TOD REIVER CAJf TELL.
. ' Ella Wheeler Wilcox, '
Ton never can tell when you send a word
Like an arrow shot from a bow
By an archer blind be it cruel or kind.
Just where It wtll chance to go.
It may pierce the breaat of your dearest
friend, . ,
Tipped with lt poison or balm:
To a Btraugar' heart in life' great mart
It may carry Its pain or its calm.
You never can tell when you do an act
Just what the result will be.
But with every deed you are sowing a eed.
inousn ics ntirvoii you muy
Each kindly act Is an acorn dropped ff '
In God s productive soil; . swk
Thousrh you may not know, yet the tree- -e
snail grow
And shelter the brows that toIL t
You never can tell what your thoughts Will
do
In bringing yon bate or love:
For thought are thins, and their airy
wings , J
Are swifter than carrier dove
They follow tha law of the universe-
p:ach thing must create It kind;
And they soeed o'er the track to bring
you bock J
Whatever went out from your mind.
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