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Have the populists ., made jip their
mluds yet to fup or to refuse?
'r 'hi .
Th only- thing whkh adequately rer
reaents the harmony among democrats
today 4a a ChlnoHa orchestra.
gr1. 1 " : . rs
Jt Port Arthur doea not fall pretty
Boon people -will refuse to believe that
It has fallen vtlieix It does fall.
"Friends, Romans ' and Counciliuen,
lend rne. your ears,' Is the "hello" cry
' of the rival, telephone; promoters.
Omaha Anti-machine councllmea are
all said to be unanlmotw for the ma
chine thei yotlnjf machine we mean.
John Grant's bill for repairs to the
anphalt pavement would.avo passed
the ordeal unscathed were it not for
that awful name BltullthUv - .; r ,.-...
Tlia registration of landseekers In
North Dukota is taking placo at Devil's
Lake. Old Nick: always, likes to take a
band in a game of chance: : ' " V
It fs to bo hoped that' when the "lock
Jaw candidate" at Esopua Is eventually
eompolled to say a few words Of accept
ance he will not be frightened to death
by the sound of his own voice.
' Tha packers are only beginning their
troubles, Wlcs the strike Is over, if it
ver is, they will have to meet the inde
pendent competition that Is organizing
and growing with wonderful rapidity.
The Tammany braves are beginning
to gut uneasy since the announcement
that General Grant would assume the
command of the Department of the
East, with headquarters at Governor's
It-land. . ,
If all tha later-urban transportation
lines that exist In the minds of their
j.i-onmierH, and on ppnr, were realities
Liatead of pipe dreams, transportation in
;rliafc.a would ba a solved problem.
Jk would the finances of the promoters.
Th wheel of fortune of Uncle
Eai.Vi land lottery has ceased to revolve,
but in smaller wheels of cliHuce in the
bu 'et shops are revolving at a lively
jste Just new. There Is more money in
doSUtr wheat than there Is in four-dollar
land.' '
i '
Nelira&ka City has prohibited the sale
of cocnlne, plum, morphine nd similar
drugs except on the written order of a
lict'nscd physician. This is a step in tha
rir ht direction. Who is the next to pro
tect the dope eato.rsT Why hw not
Omaha strengthen Chief Donahue's
Lands in this respect? - -
We liftir of tho Iowa Idea, in reciproc
ity,, the WhtcunKln idea In taxatlou and
(several otht-r stute ideas, but the Ml
boat'i Idea to nmke legislative' lobbying
u f.'lony ought to tckw precedence of
t! ciu' alL -That is an idea that cun.be
jjiv-iitably incorporated in tha platform
cf every party in the country.
t
"e ie told that there are no pre
arranged slates for the two-ringed po
litical circus alioitt to be held at Lincoln,
ati i ni -ituJUlates except receptive can-j
Oilitob, ami attention is called to this
la coiitnitt to th conditions that at
tciid thi republican state couveutlou.
('.wi.Ii.l.ite di not kcraiuble for noin
l i.itloii unlaws tliey think they carry a
f.ilr thutie. of electlcK,,
r r . -,:i'i.M-.J
1 !ic I'rrrjl5' GUI & lot -of bilking
hi-. ait I"; :ui lim ht. I.011U convention
if a C'l. ;i l democrat should ba
i, , ,li '.. ji tt-t ir talk proved tj be
l ,.,: ; ,. : a I ,'uft, it wl.l b iuterent
i.i t val !) ami rw-e whether there Is
kisjU inciw thau a Muff In the talk
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fi in , ! 1:. r I' t'a I'o.'tven'.tiiu f j- 3
w . 4 in &v.,a uu, i mw 1 ey.
TKLKGRArH ASD RAILROAD OWTflB
SHIP.
The Omaha Be editor has always ably
and strenuouely. advocated government
ownership of telegraph lines. However he
cannot stomach Bryan's tdea offownershlp
of railroads, although every argument fa
vorable to tha former proposition Is good
for the latter. Partisanship Is certainly a
good thing for corporations and ayndlcates.
Pender Times.
In the discussion of great economic
problems The Bee has never allowed
partisanship to warp its Judgment, and
it certainly cannot be truthfully accused
of partiality to the railroad corporations,
Government ownership and operation of
the telegraph lines and government own
ership and operation of the railroads ara
two vastly different propositions. Gov
ernment ownership of the telegraph
lines would involve a much smaller out
lay than the government ownership of
the Tanama canal, while the ownership
of the railroads would require a colossal
Investment aggregating from ten to
twelve billions of dollars, a sum equal
to fully 10 per cent of the aggregate
wealth of the United States, including
the railroads. -
The operation of all the commercial
telegraph lines as part of the postal
system would Involve a smaller Increase
in tha operating forces In the postal serv
ice than has within the last three years
been added to it by .the establishment of
rural free delivery. The operation of
the railroads, coupled necessarily with
the men employed in the railroad ma
chine shops, the express and fast freight
lines, sleeping cars and other auxiliaries,
would require the employment of more
than a million men, a force more than
ten times greater than all the men ca
rolled in the United States army and
nnry.
The, postal telegraph system could be
established In this country without creat
ing even a ripple in the machinery of
government The ownership of the rail
roads would precipitate a commercial
and Industrial revolution. .' t
The purchase of the commercial tele
graph lines would Involve no great fiscal
problems for the Treasury department
It would, not require any extraordinary
financiering for the government to re
coup Itself for the first cost of the lines
within a decade. The acquisition of the
railroads could not be brought about
without a bond issue four times as large
as the highest mark ever reached by the
national debt. Such a bond issue would
be equal to the total national debts of
Great Britain, France and the United
States combined. Even the thought of
venturing upon such a vast undertaking
would make one dlzsy.
But Mr. Bryan's scheme of railroad
ownership by the states would If any
thing force upon the country greater
financial problems than national railroad
ownership. The credit of the states Is
certainly not as good as the credit of
the nation, and It would take all the In
genuity and all the resources of the states
to i finance a bond Issue in every state,
runninr Into the hundreds of millions.
Even- that , la cot the most vulnerable
feature of Mr Bryon'a plan of state
ownership of the railroads. , To create
forty-five railroad divisions, each
bounded by the state lines regardless of
physical conditions and traffic require
ments is a scheme so impracticable as to
be unworthy of serious discussion were
it within the reach of the present or the
next generation. It would require the
amendment of the constitutions of all of
the states as well as of the federal con
stitution and would, moreover, force the
admission of every territory to statehood
unless the national government would
venture to wedge in between the states
that are separated by territories.
The Bee has prided Itself on being
progressive and up-to-date, but it has
never wasted its time or expended Its
energy in rainbow chasing. It can con
sistently advocate postal telegraphy,
postal savings bnnks and municipal own
ership of public Utilities, but it is not
willing to wrestlejwlth ownership of the
railroads by the states. That tnsk must
bo left for A. D. 2000.
I.V ACCORD WITH AMEBIC Ay VIEW.
The British government has promptly
and unreservedly signified its acquies
cence In the American view regarding
the rights of neutral commerce, as stated
in the circular of Secretary Hay. Im
mediately following the publication in
London of that declaration the minister
of foreign affairs la said to have directed
the British ambassador at St. Peters
burg to protest agalust the Russian
definition of contraband along the same
lines as the declaration sent to the am-
basHador of the United States.
This accord of the British and Ameri
can governments on a question of uni
versal interest is manifestly of very
great importance and must make a de
cided iiuprcKNlon upon other powers.
What response will Russia make to the
protest? It is to be expected that she
will urge objections to the American
contention, but It Is hardly probable that
she will IiibIs upon maintaining the posi
tion she has taken respecting contra
band of war in the face of the united
oppoMltlou of Great Britain and this
country. The reasons presented by Sec
retary liny convincingly show that the
attitude of the Russian government Is
untenable. It Is contrary to a former
declaration of that government and the
rnversal "of its position now made finds
no warrant or authority tn International
law. It was an attempt on the part of
RtiHsIa to establish a iollcy with refer
ence wholly to her own interest and con
venience and necessarily with little re
gard for tn rights a tid interests of nou
tiul natliiii. That, of cotirbe, could not
be tolerated and there would seem to be
nothing for Ituflu now to do but rccedo
from her fal, pokljlon. (site may bo
reluctant to do thl, but it la safe to say
tliut she will recede. ;
It in tinted that Great Britain would
UL the United Flat.- to tke te; to
obtain an lnteriiittloial declaration defin
ing thrt ii;;hta of lu-utrulH. DoultlrH It
woeM brt well to have such a d.-,!aia-t
S ti. but It t Hot Incumbent liin thU
country, tit least at i-o-m i.t, to. toke ll.e
Initiative for securing it . There can no
longer be any doubt or uncertainty re
garding the position of this government
and that Is sufficient, so far as the
United States Is concerned, under ex
isting conditions. The probability Is that
It will be favorsbly regarded by the neu
tral powers.
THAT LATE SKHATOIi VEST.
George Graham Vest was the most dls
tingulshed citizen of Missouri since
Thomas II. Benton. He was a man of
commanding ability and high character,
a most earnest partisan yet a fair and
honorable political opponent a states
man whose record was clean and a good
citlsen. Mr. Vest entered public life
very young and by his natural abilities
soon forged to the front When the
civil war came on bia sympathies were
with the confederacy and ho became a
member of the confederate congress.
After the war he retnrned to Missouri
and later represented that state four
terms In the United States senate, serv
ing with some of the most distinguished
men in our history and enjoying their
friendship ' and esteem, regardless of
politics. Indeed it has been said that his
warmest personal friendships were on
the republican side of the senate.
Mr. Vest Is not to be classed among
the leading statesmen of the period dur
ing which be was In the senate. Ills
name la not associated with the origina
tion of any great public policies. But
he was always an active participant in
the discussion of public questions and
few senators on either side commanded
more attention than be, whatever the
subject under consideration. George G.
Vest was beloved by his constituents
and his name will long be honored and
his memory cherished by the people of
Missouri.
COAL COMBINE INVESTIGATION.
. No official Information has been given
out in regard to the investigation of the
anthracite coal-carrying railroads by the
Interstate Commerce commission, but
it is said to have been virtually proved
that these roads, which are In combi
nation,!' have been guilty of violations of
both the interstate commerce act and
the Sherman anti-trust law. It is stated
that whether or not the commission ren
ders an opinion to this effect will de
pend on the evidence to be presented by
the railroads at the resumption of the
hearings next month.
It is pointed out that the hearlugs
which have been held so far were for
the purpose of listening to arguments
in behalf of the allegations. While the
railroad officials appeared before the
commission, they did so only in response
to summonses and in order to supply
information and not to make a defense.
The railroads are to have their innings
in September, when the opportunity will
be given them to show, If they can, that
their operations were not in violation
ot law. If the interstate commission
shall render! an Opinion thqt the bpthra.-.
cite railroads have been Violating the
interstate commerce act and the, anti
trust law, It will then be for the Depart
ment of Justice to determine the ques
tion of prosecution. It has been -understood
that the department had secured
some evidence on Its own account re
garding, the coal railroads, with refer
ence to whether or not they are vio
lating the antl-tcust law, but at all
events it can be very confidently pre
dicted that If the evidence secured by
the interstate commission shall be
deemed sufficient to Justify prosecution
the department will institute proceed
ings without avoidable delay.
So far as the general public Is con
cerned, the opinion may be said to be
practically unanimous that the law has
been violated by the anthracite rail
roads. That they are In combination is
denied by no one, not even by President
Baer and bia associates, though of
course they claim that it is not such a
combination as the statute declares to
be illegal. That Is a matter for the
courts to decide, the dnty of the com
mission In its Investigation of course
being simply to ascertain facta, and sub
mit these, with its opinion regarding
them, to the Judicial department of the
government. That department will
judge as to whether the facts are of a
nature and sufficient to warrant Insti
tuting proceedings. Unquestionably the
federal authorities have been earnestly
endeavoring to ascertain the real char
acter of the arrangement between the
several railroads that practically own
and control the Pennsylvania anthracite
coal region and "there Is reason to be
lieve that the effort will not be relin
quished. Undoubtedly the Interstate
Commerce commission will resume Its
hearings next month, as now promised,
and will carry them on as rapidly as
practicable, As already remarked, the
railroads will then have their innings
and probably they will not be disposed
to hasten proceedings. No action on the
part of the federal government would
be more welcome to the general public
than the prosecution of this coal com
bine, but it must be borne In mind that
however strong the evidence that it Is
violating the law a prolonged fight In
the courts would be Inevitable.
mL j! ! ..JS
The "corrupt practices act" requires
every political committee in Nebraska
to have a regularly constituted treas
urer and requires all money received or
disbursed by the, committee to pass
through the treasurer's hands. Ac
cording to the congressional primary
manifesto Tom Blackburn is not only
the whole congresulonal committee, as
well as its chairman, but also it treas
urer in addition. No wonder be wants
all the filing fees handled by bis com
mittee.
At Irtt we have had an opportunity to
gue upon a copy of the photograph ad
vertlned as the "harmony'' group, ar
ranged on the steps of Judge Parker's
home at F.Bopus by Colonel John J.
Mabcr of Nebraska. The harmony
group comprint: -a ex Senator David 'B.
11111, GeneralUhlino-ln t'ldef ('buries F.
Murphy cf Taiumuuj Lcll; Ju.s Altun
B. Tarker, Chairman Thomas Taggsrt
and the Irrepressible Colonel Maher him
self. The most noteworthy feature of
the photograph as reproduced In the
eastern press Is the fact that Colonel
Maher with becoming modesty has ar
ranged himself In the rear. Immediately
behind Judge Parker and Boss Murphy,
Instead of In the front, where he natu
rally belongs. The next time the colonel
poses In a harmony group It Is to be
hoped he will correct this palpable omis
sion.
The republican county committee rep
resents a majority of the republicans
of this county registered in the respec
tive voting precincts one year ago, at the
last county primaries which, by the way,
were conducted exclusively by the ant!
machine element Under the circum
stances there is no good rea'son why
the antls should be distressed because
only half of the districts are to elect
new committeemen this year. The pro
portionate representation of the two fac
tlons will probably be the same this
year as it was last year, and about the
same also whether half or all of the
committee membership are renewed,
The reason the antls do not control the
committee Is the good old reason that
they haven't a majority of the votes.
It the American occupation of Cuba
and later of the Philippines needed ny
Justification, the work done by Auier
lean sanitary and olvll engineers would
be quite sufficient. It Is a matter of
history , how Havana was cleaned of
filth and refuse accumulated under the
old regime. The same process has been
going on at Manila and the last thing
reported is that plans have been drawn
up to provide punr writer in plenty for
the entire city at a cost of 12,000,000,
Everyone knows how Important pure
water is in a city lii the tropics. "The
American Invasion" has at least done a
magnificent work In cleansing and up
building the territory occupied.
That ."man In the bottom of the well"
knows at least that he will not be any
worse off tinder a ' continuation of the
present regime than he has "been for
some time past The old man knows
that the only efforts to aid him have
been born of the agitation kept up by
republican newspapers, and sad experi
ence has taught him that he has nothing
to hope from the, splicing of those ropes
of sand. -
A little reciprocity in diplomacy might
not be out of the' wfty; Minister Irish
man lii Constantinople Is trying to ob
tain ordinary,, rights and protection for
American citizens there, '' but without
much success. Meanwhile, at the re
quest of the Turkish authorities, our
minister at Tort ,Au Prince is looking
after the Interests oj Turkish subjects
in HaytL t d, . r
. 1
Mind Readef'Blhekburn ought to take
out a ' license" ai"il political clairvoyant
Ills penetrationi'or''other people's minds
is simply maryeIoya.r jle not only knows
what men think, before they have ex
pressed, their thoughts to anybody, but
he knows wbat'they are going to think
before they have even thought of think
ing. How Marat Farther?
V Portland Oregontan.
Should Kouropatkln execute another
"strategic movement to the rear," the only
question will be, How long can h keep
backing T
The Real Point.
Cleveland Leader.
The cost of living Is much less" Important
than the means, and tha means War In
very poor supply eight years ago, by com
parison with present conditions.
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Altogether To Good.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The only crltlclem ' to be made against
the Japanese Is that as soldiers they are
too good, and that they use up their own
men faster than they use up Russians.
A Class to Be Pitied.
Baltimore American.
Pity the babies of a presidential year.
Through life they will have to stagger un
der the burden of names other men have
made famous, and they can ne'lther live up
to them nor live them down. It Is like a
brand of nonentity stamped upon those who
otherwise might have lived peacefully In
respectable mediocrity among thousands of
their unmarked fellows.
Tax Burdens on Real Estate.
Boston Transcript.
People can be land poor In the city as
well as In the country, and the prospect of
another rise In the tax rate makes them
feel poorer. Real estate being In sight,
gets taxed for all It la worth and sometimes
for a great deal more, while money In
vested In Inconspicuous ways escapes taxa
tion altogether. The time is not far away,
apparently, when on of. two courses will
have to be pursued either an equitable ap
portionment of taxes between real and per
sonal property or putting the tax solely
upon rel estate, leaving real estate to re
coup Itself by an Increase of rant.
A
General Miles' Bra vntat.
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Cleveland Leader.
Life has flowed through many prosperous
years for the successful soldier now bereft
of his nearest and dearest, and fortune has
seemed to smile upon him with unusual
constancy. Health and vigor have given
seat to hU triumphs and his honors and the
world has not known ot any very dark
clouda In bis sky,' but In the freedom and
ease of his retirement, after long and nota.
bio service, tie must now bear the blow
which, f 'all others, be would have etked
to be spared.' In such an hour of loss and
grief the sympathy of the country will go
out to the soldier whose helpmeet of many
happy years has been taken away.
Facia About Government.
Lincoln Bteffens la McClure's.
Oraft knows no politics.
The grafter does not "Helong" to a
party; It belongs to him.
The biggest grafter Is Big Bualnesa.
Municipal reform all by Itself Is Impos
sible. Iioodle la a question of government.
Political corruption la a force by which
a representative democracy Is tranformed
Into an oligarchy representative Of special
later, Us, and the medium of th revolu
tion Is the party.
The city man and the "up-stats" msn
have to work together to get what each
iced
It la good politics to serve the public.
"Municipal reform" la a mean Ideal.
Bribery and corruption ar not accidental
and vtcaaioual, tut general and deliberate.
BITS r WA1RTHGT LIFE.
Minor Scenes an Incidents ktesjl
Mr. Newell, head of th national Irtiga
tlon bureau. Is back In Washington from a
tour of the Irrigation district of the west.
Tbe government has 900 engineers, survey
ore and helpers In the field superintending
construction works nd studying and plan
nmg othtra. Speaking of Irrigation ac
tlvltles Mr. Newell swys: "There are many
Instance of honest, effective and legltl
mate Irrigation works, where the settlers
themselves or their capital, to some ex
tent, have gone In and built the works,
owning or controlling them along with the
reclaimed lend; but I do not know of any
of the big private Irrigation schemes which
might be called legitimate development en
terprises. They are exploited, probably
more for selling stock and bond than for
watering land. Irrigation development can
be compared to mining development. The
two are quite similar In their method of
finance. The gold or copper mine, or the
oil well, which Is really a proven good
thing, la taken up and operated by . Its
owners. It Is made Into a cloee corpora
tion proposition In every case. If, on the
other hand, the supply of metal or oil Is
problematical, then It Is made an attrac
tive stock and bond scheme, with glitter
Ing letter heads and artistically printed
circular, and other people's money In
laVge quantities is solicited.
"Attempt 1 being made to float very
questionable irrigation schemes all over
the west
"It Is singular, too, how many men of
ordinary hard business sense wilt go Into
these wild cat thlrgs. A successful gro
cer, for Instance, who. If he were Invest
Ing him money In the grocery business.
would find out every ietall and every In
and out of the new business and would
make a close and advantageous deal, will
draw his check for some Irrigation stocks
or bond. In the most trustful and confid
ing manner paying for an Investment re
garding which tie knows absolutely noth
ing, can find out nothing and which Is as
problematical In Its returns as the veriest
wiia cat mine, otne? people man a per
sonal investigation. They go over ths
splendid crops growing on other lands
which have been reclaimed, and having
Investigated, they confidently Invest, even
though a tract of 60.000 acre is to be re
claimed with a water supply Insufficient
for 8.000. I am mentioning these figures
advisedly. There ar Instances today where
irrigation shares are being sold for 'land
containing absolutely no water supply at
all, and which cs:i never be Irrigated, hut
will always remain a desert.
'The meanest and most contemptible
class of sales are where the promoter
hold out tbe alluring picture to the poor
man of family, that he is by small regu
lar contributions buying a home for him
self a little home to which he can go In
his older age, and by reason of the boun
tiful crops due to irrigation, support him
self and his family. Thousands of people
In the United States are making such con
tributions which they might as well throw
Into a rat hole."
Charles V. Barton, a 'laborer" In the
government printing office, who says he
predicted the death of President McKlnley
three months before It occurred, has
founded the "Millennium league."
He styles hlmsel "Earl Count Courtney,
the Dream Prophet." His principal Idea Is
that "the greatest evil In this world Is the
concentration of money." He declares that
voices from the under world uivlte him to
correct this evil and prepare ,'he world for
the millennium, which. Is sure to come In
1905.
Barton lives la two simply furnished
rooms on the:econd floor of a three-story
house, 813 North Capitol street A few
day, ago he published the first Issue of
his newspaper, a four-page sheet called the
Millennium. ' It reprints various articles
relating to dreams, among them an Inter
view with Bishop Potter, in which the
bishop. In response to the question, "What
do you think hi the greatest want of the
age?" says.' "Prophets, men who can
see Into the future." Barton believes he la
one of the, men Bishop Potter is looking
ror.
The "count s" newspaper advertises for
ministers, editors and temperance people
who would be klnd.enough to help organise
the Millennium league.
Barton says that in June, 1901, he left Se
attle, Wash,, to warn President McKlnley
that ha was to be assassinated, but he
reached Washington too late.
Allied with Barton is a clairvoyant, who
says that the "count" is carrying forward
th work of the Christian religion by prac
tical means. The clairvoyant left for Vir
ginia beach.
Governor Chattnrtnn of Wvnminv i..
In Washington on official business, talked
poimcs witn a Washington Post reporter
ill these Words!' "There la nn anrl n rfnt,K,
as to the outcome of the election In Wy
oming. Indeed. I do not believe tha damn.
orats make much claim of carrying It. Our
country la a Roosevelt stronghold; many
of the people know the president person
ally and are devoted tn htm. Thi. ..mi.
ment permeate th whole region eon-
uguous to our state, and, besides that,
the times are too prosperous for the peo
ple to desire a change. Wyoming espe
cially is afraid to risk th democratlo
party, for we have a vital intapa 1.
aeelng th protective tariff maintained.
Our sheen Interest la lara-a nit tnaa
would be tha knoll of that Industry."
There has been a areat rlannlnar
v - - at v-. .
the patent medicine quacks of a certain
ciaas aunng me mat rew months. Dosens
of them have been run out of business by
the Post Office department, although few
details of the process have leaked into the
papers. But the sleuths of ha ni.i
vlra have been busy, and full knowledge of
inetr success can only be gained by refer
ence to the private files of the department.
The result of th work of th depart
ment Is seen In the column ot th new,
papers, which ar now conspicuously free
from a certain kind of objeotionabl ad
vertisements which formerly oov?ed pages.1
No effort has been mad to Interfere with
the business of standard patent medicine
companies. The department recognises that
many of th remedies that are widely ad
vertised possess real merit, and that while
the claims made for them may appear ex
travagant the mixtures contain ingredi
ents that ar helpful to th human system.
Where the wording of these advertisement
is not Intended to deceive, and where th
advertisements keep within the bounds of
decency, the department has not sought
to regulate them.
But a wider field for reform exists In sup
pressing the Indecent advertisements that
relate to pills and preparations that ar al
leged to accomplish wonders. When the
postal Inspectors took up this work they
found that It was almost as extensive as
the mushroom-growing and knlttlng-at-home
frauds. A oerlaln Arm that adver
tletd all over tha country aa tha State
Medical Inatltut of a western state was
Induced recently to quit on a threat of
being barred from th malls. Th In
spectors found that th dally mall of this
concern contained from 1.S00 to ,0W let
ters. Th selling of pills, as eure-slls is a
profitable business. This so-called Institute
gathered In on an average of 12,000 g day,
and Its expenses were leas than one-tenth
of that amount. It followed th course pur
sued by most of th frauds of th same
class. An ordinary nerve tonic, put up
by one of th drug houses In wholesals
quantities Is put on the market as a
newly luund remedy that will effect cire j
where all other medicines fall. Adver
tisement couched In the moat suggestive
language, and often accompanied by of
fensive and indecent Illustrations, ar sent
broadcast over the country. Prominence
la given to the fact that treatment and
advice Is free, or at a nominal cost of
a quarter or so. The victim I required to
buy the medicine, however, which sells for
SI. S2, S3 or 96, according to the eagerness
with which patients bite. For this money
they get a tonic that can be duplicated at
the corner drug store for a quarter. '
HEROES ft EVERYDAY 1.1 FE.
Examples of Straightforward Courage
and Self sacrifice.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Jsmes Jenson, a farmer boy of 19, ws
taking a hay press to his father's farm.
The machine stalled on a railroad crossing
and he was unable to move it. Knowing a
passenger train was due, the boy ran down
the track to give warning of danger.
Within 100 yards he met the train coming
around a curve. He stood on the track In
the glare of the headlight, frantically wav
ing his hat. The engineer was able so
far to reduce speed that the train crashed
Into the obstacle without Injury to any
on board.
Then it was found that the gallant youth,
in his seal to make sure that warning was
given, had tarried so long on th track
that th trala had run him down.
Three workmen, digging a ewer trench,
broke a gas main and the pit filled with
deadly fumes. Two scrambled out, but the
third Isy at the 'bottom unconscious. Po
liceman Daniel O'Brien volunteered to de
scend. He got the unconscious workmen
out. but was himself overcome. Henry
Koch, passing by on his way home from
work, volunteered to go after O'Brien.
He succeeded In getting O'Brien out, to
be overcome himself In turn. Then "the
mombers of the nearest fire engine com
pany came to the rescue of Koch. , Pat
rick Qulnn and Thomas Burke tried, but
were overcome by the fumes and failed
George Thompson succeeded, hut' too late
to save the man who had freely ventured
his life to save another's. Within a few
minutes after he was drawn from the fata
trench Henry Koch 'was dead, his wife
widow and hi two little girls were or-
Viana
Here were six men, one of them only a
boy In years, risking their lives In one day
in and about Chicago, and two of them
dying In' the effort to save others who had
no claim upon them except that of
common humanity.
The simple facts should put to sname
and silence forever those who everlastingly
prate of the selfishness of human nature
and, Judging the strength of others by
their own weakness, contend that men will
not do heroic deeds unless a special claim
upon them be presented or a special re
ward offered.
A time and a people that can produce
In one day from one community such ex
amples of straightforward courage and
self-sacrifice as th six men named above
has no need to look to the past or abroad
for herioo examples, It finds them in its
own ranks every day.
CALL FOR A SHOW-DOWN.
Tearfn! Webster Davis Seed (or
Boer Coin. '
Kansas City Journal.
Mr. C. W. Van der Hoogt of Washing
ton, who has sued the Hon. Webster Davis
for 125,000 damages, enters Into details In
telling how the' Hon. Web got S23O.00O of
Boer gold Into his possession and subse
quently- Into valuable Kansas City real es
tate. Mr. Van der Hoogt says that Davis
mado a profound Impression upon the
Boers who met him in South Africa, His
liquid accnt,s. charmed ; them, and while
they were charmed he separated thera from
their treasure. It was in the form of gold
barsj and be shipped It to the United
Btates In boxes labeled "curios." There
has been a great deal of curiosity about It
ever since.
The people of the United States, and
especially th people of Kansas. City, can
readily understand the feeling with which
the Boers listened to Mr. Davis' eloquence,
They have been under the wand of th
magician themselves. Thsy , have heard
him say lee-ber-tay until the cold chills
chased each other along their spinal co
umns. Since lee-ber-tay was what the
Boers were fighting for, It Is easy to see
why the Hon. Web's enunciation should
have had mor effect on them or on those
of them who could understand English
than on people who already enjoy that
precious boon. On the, whole, Mr. Van
der Hoogfs story Is so plausible that
many peopl will be disposed to accept it.
Thera seems but one way that Mr. Davis
can remove. from his fair name and part
of the stigma which his al'eged transac
tion with the' Boers have put upon it. He
says he didn't get the money from the
Boer. He declares h was paid $180,COO
for his book. But that statement was too
preposterous for belief. Let him tell th
honest truth about where he got It., Per
haps he won it on the Board of Trade.
Perhaps he found it rolling up hill. Per
haps t grew, on .it he trees In his back
yard. Perhaps Santa Claua left It in his
stocking. If the Mon. Web doesn't hurry
up and tell the truth, 'the people of the
country will be' tempted to accept the
statement that he took a big retainer to
save a struggling people and then deliber
ately refused to keep his contract.
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
Few Rtsitrki on Protecting; Llf
on Railroads.
Denver Poet'
W can explain why American railways
ar run with such awful reeklessnes. It
Is because of the Ingrained and valuable
American disposition to "get there." If
embankment of rock Instead of earth, if
substantial viaducts of Iron and masonry
nstead of wooden trestles. If safe, sweep
ing turns Instead of sharp ryrveg had been
required, and If watchmen at every bridge
nd viaduct were obligatory, and if track-
walking Inspection men were close and
costly ww know that w would have
hardly one-half of the mileage w now
poaaeas. But th toleration of 'these easy
nd swift railway methods has cost an
enormous price in human lire, of which
the latest charge of tears and blood on the
debit-side of the ledger of th people ver
sus the -railways, Is the heartrending ac
cident at -Dry creek, In thl state. .
This part of th country Is marked by
numberless water channels, dry for years.
or with only a tiny trickle of water, that
may rage with tumbling torrents, when,
no man can know, Buch was Dry creek.
watchmsn at the viaduct would have
topped the World's Fair flyer and saved
II those Uvea. '
Bom time ago the writer waa on a train
atopped by a gigantic, fragment fallen
from th hlllald hugged by th track.
It was on a curve. If th train bad been
speeding In th opposite direction, the en-
Ineer would not have aeon th rock,
though it was as Mg aa a small house.
A aeor of llvea-prrhaps more were saved
by mer good fortune not by any efficiency
Of track walking. ,
Thera can b only on conclusion as th
tsrk bodies ar carried from yesterday's
plac of doom a few hours before a
armless as a dry skeleton. Th time ha
unit when th excuse for the old rail
roading methods. Is passing, snd the hun-
reds of thousands and million of men
nd women and chlldrnn, who are carried
wlftly over the rails, must be protected
y the precautions that are autgeated by
tmpl respect for hu'nun Uf
POLITICAL SNAPSHOT.
Minneapolis Time: Wtsadestaw rveiyl
bssxceswskl has been naturalised right
here In this town. Now let the eampalin
proceed.
Chicago Tribune: Bomebcdy has dl'cov
ered that there Is a prepr nderanc of red
headed mm among the leading detiocratle
orators this year.' That Is a small matter
to rats a hu and ery sb-ut.
Providence Journal: Somo kind-hearted
person has apparently undertaken to re
lieve Judge Parker somewhat of the
throngs of vtsltlrg politicians. A story has
been put In circulation that he buys a'l his
cigars In Esopus.
Chicago Chronicle: Aa Int mat friend of
Judge Parker declare that tho Judge voted
for Mr. Bryan, though he dl.'arproved of
his candidacy. Mr. Bryan is going to, re
turn the compliment with the differnea
that he takes no pains to conceal his senti
ments In the matter.
New York Tribune; In repeating diy by
day their attacks upon President Roose
velt's personality, democratlo editors ar
acting a traveler tell us the Japanese do
at a certain temple bi Shlba. They chew
paper pellets and spit them at th statues.
If tho pellets stick it Is a good omn. If
they do not they chew some more.
Springfield Reubllcan: It takes an un
commonly optlmlstrc democrat to discern
at this stag? of the presidential campaign
the signs of a landslide toward the Judge.
Yet. according to some southern papers, a
veritable landslide Is In sight. They find
an agreeable summer occupation in com
paring the present situation with that of
1831, when Mr. Cleveland was last elected.
Den t disturb them. If the landslide comes
they will be vindicated as prophets; If it
never occurs they will still have had th
fun of anticipating the great Joy of beating
Roosevelt
PERSONAL KOTKS.
Among, the Americans at Parla ar James
Hamilton Lewis, who Is prosecuting a 'claim
for ttl.OOO against the new Panama Canal
company In behalf of Samuel Doll of Chi
cago. Irving Bacheller, tha novelist, said In a
recent Interview that after a man had
learned the mere craft of writing the secret
of success In letters lay entirely in sympa
thetic and hard work.
A grandson of Alexander Hamilton , re
sides In Elk Neck, Md., keeping a country
store and acting as postmaster. He la 74
years old and always speaks of the first
secretary of the treasury a "grandpa."
More than half of the population of the
United Btates over 10 years of age la em
ployed in gainful occupations. The num
ber of the vast army of worker in 1900
aggregated 79,079,233, a little over 60 pr
cent ot tha total.
John L. Sullivan 1 managing a New York
cnfe'now. Ho la getting old, but If you
don't like what is handed to you at his
place he Is still willing to hand you some
thing else with that terrible right Mr.
Sullivan la a most obliging caterer.
Andrew Camesrle aives a bonus of 10 Der
cent upon their yearly wages to all am- ,
ployes upon the Bklbo estates who ar to
tal abstainers from Intoxicating drink, H
believe that such are . well worth their
bonus, both from an economlo and a social
point of view.
Li u tenant Vogelgesang, who commanded
the turret on the - battleship Wisconsin,
which attained the highest merit of any
twelve or thirteen-tnch electrical- turret,
winning th prise for that clues of turret
in the last annual target practice, has
been commended by the Navy department
for the seal and ability displayed as a tur
ret officer. ,,, : -Vm.o - .? ' "
Season after season for a number of years
the first bale of new Georgia cotton has
been sent to market-by Deal Jackson, a ne-
gro farmer of Dougherty county, and that
bale la always worth to him as much as
two bales marketed later. Jackson has th
reputation of being not only an Intelligent '
and thrifty farmer, but a good and desir
able cltlsen and holds the respect and es
teem of his neighbors without regard to
race.
LAVGHIKO GAS.
Beach They tell me your son Is a areat
swimmer? ''
Strand You bet! Why. I believe he could
swim with one of those excursion si earner
life preservers strapped to him! Boston
Transcript.
"Skinner is taking no chances on pavlnr
out a fortune during the meat handbrs
strike. He ha forbidden his family to eat
any meat."
'Is that so?"
'Yes. and he beats his doa- everr time It
licks Its chops." Chicago Tribune.
"Why don't you strive to do somethlnar
that will make postirlty grateful?"
"What's the use?' asked Senator Sorff
hum. "Posterity may b Dollta enotish to
aay 'much obliged,' but It will not be in a
position to reciprocate." Washington Star.
Helene So they ar finally divorced. How
about the child?
fr'erey on. the child rot the custody of
the mother, I believe. fhlladolphla Pre.
"There's no pleasing him.- He oblected
te my celling him 'a lady' man.' "
"W11T"
Well. I called him 'a man a man' and
he's kicking now because that sounds as
if he were a valot." Philadelphia Press.
Friend Now that vou use a fountain nen
I suppose you never stick your pastebrush
In the Ink well any more.
Editor No, but the othsr Any I absent
mindedly Mled my fountain pen frOm th
mucliuge buttte- C'levsland Leader.
Golllfer You used tn mrke m sood llvln
In the country, but you don't seem to be
making your salt In town. Why aid jou
leave the farm?
Ooech Because I couldn t bring It with
me. 11 wua held down by a mortaaa.
Chicago Tribune, i
"Where did he get his polish?"
"All the alrls used to tuke a, shin to
him." Philadelphia. ledger.
ROOM IP FROST."
Baltimore American.
In the Jammed and Jouncing strt oar 1
waa hanalng la a atrau,
Trying hard to keep from sitting in some
total stranger s lap;
Evarytlme we stopped, some other seram-
bind hurriedly aboard,
While In tones thut thrilled with earnest
ness the blue clad man implored i
'O, there's plenty room up front there If
you'll move along and hunt -
Stp a little lively, people, for there's ,
jioom
Up
Front"
If we'd heed that little, lesson ss we strug
gle day by day)
Tolling nn and moiling onward la a dull,
half-hearted way.
If we'd make a resolution that we'd do our
work ao wall
That unless the others hustled we'd b cer
tain to excel, .
W would feel a lot less crowded as w to
our dally stunt' '
If we d "step a little lively" therd b
WUIO
lP Front"
For the Dyspeptic
Half a teaspoocful in half a
rlaea of water attar tuaahi
brings poiioct digestion.
IIORSFORD
Acid Pbnsphato
