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Those double-shotted editorial emitted
from the World-Herald aro about as
digestible at cannon-ball soup.
Kussla Is again displeased with the at
titude of the United States. Russia will
have to get, over It as best It can.
Paraguay should postpone Its Insur
rection for a little while. It cannot hop 6
to command public attention while the
heavy actors have the middle of the
stage.
The escape of the Itusslan fleet from
Tort Arthur has proved one thing all
those various efforts to bottle up the
occupants of the harbor were unsuc
cessful. Kansas City claims a population of
280,082, based on its new city directory
showing. . .Qujabapught, tP.engage these
Kansas Olty experts to make Its next
city directory. '
Is not. f ISO a good deal to pay for a
promise of reappointment as postmas
ter at the little town of Gretna, even if
the promise is endorsed by a United
States senator?
It the meat packers strike keeps tip a
IJttie longer it will at least serve one
r-uri'ose by demonstrating how Ions it
tuKtn to produce a sklllod workm:tn out
of en Inexperienced no vice.
The executive committee of the demo
cratic state committee Is about to meet
t outline a plan for the fusion campaign
In Nebraska. Is It to be a campaign for
Tarker, or a campaign for Watson? ,
The republican campaign book stands
upon the record of the party which la a
record of promises made good. The
democratic campaign book also will
have to stand upon the record of the
party, but It i'u a record of broken prom
ises and unfulfilled predictions.
- The deportatlou of American engineers
working in Gunada is the logical result
of the alien labor laws of thhi country
and we needn't howl about Injustice at
all. That Canada should merely Imitate
us and return our treatment in kind, Is
not to be wondered at In the least.
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1 If the office of governor la such an Im
portant ore, and It is so Important that
the people of Nebraska move cautiously
In the selection of their, chluf executive
this year, why did not the popoeratic
conventions discover the fact before and
move with more caution in the selection
of their jiominee?
Rumors of peace negotiations for the
settlement of the big meat ' puckers'
' strike are rife, but so also are denials
of tho rumors. It la safe to say, how
ever, that no news would be more wel-
,;fome not only to tho public, but also to
oth parties to the conflict than news of
the actual conclusion of hostilities.
' i
Sl'he dully attendance mark at the St
Louis exposition hus at last got up over
lOO.OOO, but the gate will have to re
volve considerably faster yet if the box
office is to pay any dividends on the
capital account. N immediate danger
tluit the Ht Ia)uIs exposition will ap
proach the Omaha exposition as a finan
cial success.
, ; Recording to a special dispatch pub
Ushetl in a St Louis newspaper, Sheriff
. l'uwer mny call the militia to South
Omaha because the strikers have crltl
tliied. Lla methods. If SUerlit Tcwer
really contemplate calling for the
HtUitla because of thld, it is to be hoped
La wiU rtconlJer. In this free country
evttry puLuiv olltil is subject to criU
elKin, jhi.utU.r Juut or unjust, and the
wo i,ll fcaruiy be warrant d in
vtJ.'l:..i t.r ti.Ki ti rebuke Lis critics.
j li oosNit.uion that would
Ja,.; ' ! ' i U c&!" s tor the mUStJu,
a.i...l J .6. ttvu. J t i.'J luuVMty to put
en ..... .. !-- -i t-1 u ;it-iluti
AXTI-TRUST LEGISLATION.
The democratic platform demands the
enactment of such further lglIatlon
against trusts, combinations and uionop
lles as may be neeenary to "effectiyely
suppress them. The democratic candi
date for the presidency Is not In accord
with this. In his speech of aeceptince
he expressed the opinion that "the com
mon law as developed affords a com
plete legal remedy against monopolies."
It is reasonably to be inferred from this
that if Judge Parker shouKl be elected
his influence would not be exerted to se
cure additional legislation for dealing
with the groat combinations arraigned
by the platform of his party as "a men
ace to beneficial competition and an ob
stacle to permanent business prosper
ity." In support of his attitude Judge
Parker referred to decisions of tho su
preme court of the United States, all
the democratic members of which voted
recently against the government and for
the contentions of a railroad trust
While the democratic presidential can
didate is a Jurist whose opinion on a
subject of this kind Is entitled to great
consideration, its opposition to general
pnbllc sentiment, included In which Is
that of lawyers as ablo os himself, obvi
ously makes it a proper matter for criti
cism. As one commentator points out,
while it mny be theoretically truo that
the common law as developed may still
be Judicially applied with effect to af
ford a complete legal remedy against
monopolies, we are confronted In this
country with peculiar difficulties In so
curing Its application on account of the
division of Jurisdiction between states
and the nation. It Is further pointed
out that in England, though the com
mon law has boon deroloped by adjudi
cation with the advance and complexity
of the conditions to which it has applied.
It has not rendered it unnecessary to
subject corporations to statutory regula
tions, which in many respects is much
more strict than is common In this coun
try. Is It not obvious that state laws,
varying in different states, relating to
corporations, necessarily interfere with
the simple application of common law
principles to the conduct of the corpora
tions? The wise republican statesmen who
framed tho anti-trust act were not un
familiar with tho common law. They
understood fully Its scopo and applica
tion and they saw thst something more
was necessary in order to effectually
deal with the monopolistic combinations.
It must be admitted that the law they'
enacted has not accomplished all that
was expected of it and this Is measur
ably duo to tho fact that the law was
practically discredited by the last demo
cratic administration, which not only
made no persistent attempt to enforce
it, but made no effort to remedy the de
fects which it was claimed impaired the
value of tho act In spite of unfriendly
democratlo opinion, however, it has
proved to be not entirely worthloss, yet
It has been pretty conclusively shown
that further legislation may be neces
sary in order to effectually deal with the
grent combinations. This Is the prac
tically unanimous popular opinion, but it
is evident that nothing could bo ex
pected from a democratic administration.
ANOTHER "OOMFLICA TIOS" ENDED.
The opponents of the national admin
istration have had a great deal to say
about foreign complications. It was a
prominent feature of the speeches at
the St Louis convention, is alluded to in
the democratlo platform and was not
overlooked in the Esopus speech. For
some years the United States has had
a controversy with Turkey, involving
tho rights of American citizens in that
country and also claims for damages.
The Justioe , of the complaints of our
government was unquestionable, yet
persistent diplomatic efforts to secure a
satisfactory recognition of our' reason
able demands were fruitless. Finally
the European squadron was . sent to
Turkish waters and the "complication"
was ended. .
There is no capital for the opponents
of the administration in this incident It
Is satisfactory, we think it safo to say,
to the whole American people. We
asked only that rights and privileges' al
lowed the citizens of other countries In
Turkey should be accorded to American
citizens and this will bo done: The
course taken was fully justified by the
circumstances, as even Germany, which
is on the most friendly terms with the
Ottoman government conceded. As a
matter of fact there has been no foreign
complication in which the course of the
administration was not justified, It has
simply been taking tho best possible
cure of American Interests everywhere
and safeguarding the rights of the
United States. The record made In this
respect is perfectly honorable and ought
to be approved by all who have regard
for the dignity and influence of their
country.
PRIVATE CITIZENS. PAVINa STREETS.
When property owners combine and take
in hand the work of paving a etreot they,
get a better Job, done In leas tlmo and at
less coet, than If they let the clt officials
attend to the matter for Uicm. When
municipal red tape attempts to compete
with the trained energy of bualnesa won It
always comes off second best.
Btate street is to be paved with asphalt
from Madison to Jackson. The property
ownere have exclusive charge. Thorefore
the work will be done within, thirty days.
If it hud been left to the clt the special
asauasment oould not have been made with
due regard to all the forms and a contruct
let within a year.
Tha property owners will pay much leet
than If they had lot the city do the work.
Their contractor will charge them than
he would the city because they will pay
cash down, while It pays In special assess
ment bonds, which the contractor has tu
dlspoue of on the best terms he can gut.
The property owners will have their own
Inspectors, who will sue to It that th?
pavement Is laid In strict acoordunte with
the contract TWe will be none of thit
blind city Inspection which hus bt.en re
jionHlble for so many wretched pavements.
There would be a grest money euvlng r
property owners would unite oftener u; 1
do tot themselves those tUuc which, t!ir
are nwre competent to attend to than ct
frCiwUi. Tu SuMi Who compiblu of tuuvy
street paving assessments can always
make them lighter by doing the work
themselves. Chicago Tribune.
rubllc-splrited property owners la this
city, on streets almost impassable by
reason of wornout pavements, might
emulate the example of Chicago. When
warring paving contractors undertake
to block public improvements thot are
absolutely imperative, the property
owners and business men Interested
should club together, make their own
contracts and do their own pavinft with
out the Intervention of municipal red
tape. In Oninha, as in Chicago, there
would be great money saving if tbf
property owners would Unite oftener and
do for themselves what they are more
fitted to do than the city. officials.
BALDWIN' $ LOGICAL CANDIDATE.
' The most commendable trait in tha
makeup f John N. Baldwin is grati
tude. Four years ago Mr. Baldwin was
consumed by a laudable amUtlon. He
hoped a ud preyed above all things to
be the running mute of William Mc
Klnley as vlco Ves'dnr'ai candidate.
The' only man and tho one man who
secouded that ambition with heart and
soul was William F. Gurley. lie came
to the national convention with a for
lorn hope and an oration in hlB pocket
Seeing that no delegate from Iowa was
willing to champion Mr. Baldwin on the
floor, ho was grievously disappointed by
tho stampede to Roosevelt and his con
sequent inability to deliver the most
eloquent and soul-stirring speech of his
life proposing the nomination of Bald
win. It( la prf ectly- natural, then, for John
N. Baldwin to return the compliment
and reward the devotion of his ardent
friend by exerting his potential influ
ence in his behalf on this side of . the
river 'to secure for him the republican
nomination for congress. With this end
In vlow Mr. Baldwin's understudy and
political artist, Robert F, Clancy, la de
voting his high talents and his gifted
pen to, impress the republicans of the
Second district with the idea that Wil
liam F. Grtrley is' also their logical can
didate. In the flattering portrait thrown
upon tho canvas by Mr. Baldwin's Nast
we see: .
Mr. Gurley's peerless qualities as an
orator would make him . controlling force
In dobate on the floor of congress. Where
eloquence Is needed,' he could supply It
Logio is his 'servant, and rhetoric his
slave. He has the fullness of expression
Of Ingalls, the logio of Blaine, and. the
diction of Tdg?.
Wrhy John M. Thurston,' after whom
Mr. Gurley has always patterned, has
been studiously excluded . from the
galaxy above named, is-indeed passing
strange, and why no comparison has
been instituted between the logical can
didate and that impressive and "mag
netic personality, John N. Baldwin, ia
simply incomprehensible. "
NOT AMERICA'S ATFAIR. I,
. The complaint of a Russian newspa
per, which is understood to be to a large
esrfenr under official inspiration," because
the United States government ls not
disposed to take any action regarding
the Che Foo Incident, evidences a lack
of understanding of the real position of
this country. The fact that, the United
States took the initiative in bringing
about an agreement of the powers that
tho field of hostilities should be confined
to Manchuria and Corea did not bind It
to actively Intervene in the event of
the agreement being violated. It did
not men that If either belligerent
should happen to go beyond the defined
war zone our government would bo
called upon to send warships or a mili
tary force to the aid of China for punish
ing such violation of neutrality.
The course 'of the Japanese naval of
ficer at Che Foo is very generally con
demned and doubtless rightly so. The
explanation given of his action does not
wholly Justify it But the issue raised Is
vne 'to be settled between China and
Japan and it appears that the Chinese
government is not insensible to its rights
In the matter and its duty as a neutral
powef. It Is reported to have de
manded from Japan the restoration of
fhe Rufcslan vessel seized and it Is alto
gether probable that Japan will comply,
since that country has from the begin
ning of liostllltieg shown a most earnest
desire that the neutrality of China
should be respected. It was prompt to
accept the American suggestion in re
gard to that. ,At all events the incident
Is not one which calls for any action
by this government and It is safe to say
there will bo none. Indeed there seems
to be no reason to apprehend that any
serious trouble will result from the af
fair. There are sagacious and careful
men at Toklo who will doubtless see
the expediency of a prompt settlement
of tho difficulty
A prominent New York elevator man,
Mr. A. ,B. See, came out last week with
an anouncement for Judge Parker and
a demand for . Roosevelt's defeat In
explaining his political summersault the
prominent New .York elevator man said
that the business interests of the coun
try demanded the defeat of Roosevelt
because he Is regarded as unsafe. Why
could not Executive .Committeeman
Schneider, who is president of the Na
flbnal Elevator companyt reason . with
Mr. A. B. See, and make him see the
error of his ways? ''
Looking backward into the dim and
distant past, we discover that ten year
ago on Saturday whisky prices Jumped
3 cents a gallon and Internal revenue
collections at Peoria, 111., rose from a
normal f'JO.ttK) a day to lGi,0fK, as n
result of the passage of the Brlce-Gor-man
bill, fninicd (n the "tariff for reve
nue only" principle. The archives of the
government full to slate whether or not
this sharp tulv.nr'e in tliu prlco of
whlnky caused iiny material decrease in
coihutiVjitlou.
It lij to be noltii Unit none of the st.ito
convent itirs 1 ;ivo said a wt.rd about the
proponed to!::,t;tutlo:i.ii ct.incntlcii upt n
wl'.Vh votiis rve to fj.prens Hitvime es
la i'.a Mute at ihi cvuiiuj; c'cu'iiji. All
the platform-writing politicians , hnvt
thought it the part of wisdom to be dis
creetly gilent on this subject .
Promises that Are Easy.
Chicago Chronicle.
When a candidate has no real hope of
getting a flrot term It Is not a great wrench
for him to decline a second terra In ad
vance) - Tha Knife? to the Hon.
St Louie OlobeDemocrat.
Bryan's fusion operations In Nebraska
are so "regular" that the majority In the
state against Parker and his telegram Is
likely to be over 40,000. . '
Effect of sv Brsfer.
New Tork Tribune.
There Is nothing to clarify the Grand
Turk's vision andi brace him up- to pro
priety of International conduct like looking
Into (he musxle of, a lot of eleven-Inch
guns, such as we are now sending for his
Inspection.
Jay With a Funeral Kote.
St. Louis Republic
The Csar's adviser should caution him
to end tha war aa soon as. poaslble, that
territory and a crown may be kept for thla
newly arrived son and heir. The Russian
navy la gone; tne'army would be gono If
It could, and all that Is left is what has
not fled or been taken away.
ConBdence that Inspires.
Baltimore American.
The confidence of the republican party
this year Is the healthy and encouraging
Sort It is not' the sort of dopy confldence
that makes the' partisans lie down and
sleep, but' rather "tho sort that inspires
courage to work effectively. It Is tha sort
of confidence that ma-kes men win' great
victories not trust In "luck," but ' truat
In the saving power of good, hard, con
scientious, wideawake work.
Stand or Fall by the Record.
(President Roosevelt's Acceptance.)
During the" seven : year that have Just
parsed (here is no ciury, domestic or for
eign, which ww have shirked; no necessary
task which we have feared to undertake,
or which we have not performed with rea
sonable efficiency. We . have never pleaded
Impotence. We .have never sought refuge
in criticism and complaint instead of action.
We face the future with our past and our
present as guarantors of our promises, and
we are content to stand or to fall by the
record Which, wo have made and are mak
ing. Rebuke, for a Spoilsman.
. Springfield .Republican.
President Roosevelt's reprimand of the
Philadelphia postmaster affords further evi
dence of his devotlpn to civil service re
form. Postmaster Clayton McMlchaot's
offense was less In violation of the letter
than of the 'spirit of the civil wervice law.
He was accustomed Jo prefer for appoint
ment from the eligible list those who were
endorsed to him by republican ward lead
ers. ' Thus those securing a place on the
list after ' examination, and without the
favor of republican politicians, had little
or no chance of eVer getting a position in
the service. A clear case of willful viola
tion of the law' could ' not be .made out
against him, but there was obvious trans
gression of Its spirit, and this makes the
president's aggressive action on behalf of
reform and In support of the civil service
commissioners all the more commendable.
DESERTIONS JTROM TUB ARMY.
Abolition, of Cfvntcen n. Potent Cause
,yOf jpjlaeontent. - '
.. . Chicago,-! Chronicle. .
Recent reports to the War department do
not show muh, Jajjyi.aling off In th
number of-denertitm from the army, since
peace times begat),'; , t.
Army officers have tried to explain the
fact of desertion. Its Inf requenoy in time of
war and its increased, frequency of late.
Of course, one reason for this difference
Is that it Is more severely punished In war
time than ' In peace, and despite all the
whining of the sentimentalists ttiere la a
wholesome deterrent quality in prompt and
merited penalties !
War-time enlistments are nearly all made
from broader motives than those in peace,
and the latter include a much larger pro
portion of men who aro averse to regular
work of any kind. ' They are averse to strict
regulations, too, but they imagine that In
peace the army rules are relaxed, as, In
deed, they are in' some degree. But these
habitual Idlers overestimate tho relaxation,
and finding that the soldier cannot be much
Of a loafer, they resent being bo taken In
and desert as soon as possible.
Facts are being collected that gradually
throw light on the subject The theory just
advanced Is in some degree confirmed by
the fact that desertions are most frequent
among new recruits and from posts near
which there" are opportunities for dissipa
tion. Homesickness or any disappointed
feeling, allowed to come In contact with
"red-light" opportunities, Is quite, sure to
result In some kind of explosion, and deser
tion. In time of peace, is a form which It
often takes.
: It Is not to. be overlooked that here Is a
new argument to be added to the over
whelming array o fact and argument that
experience has plied up in favor of the
restoration of the army canteen. Practi
cally all the facts accumulated since Its
abolition, facts Of economy, of morals and
of military morale, favor re-establishing It
THE JUFFUriSU U1HLE.
Strange I'odertalclac for the Govern,
ment Nearly Completed.
Philadelphia Press.
The government will soon Issue what is
known as tho Jefferson Bible, though It
will bo distributed by senators and mem.
bers of tho house of representatives. It is
rather a strange undertaking for the gov
ernment, but will be an Improvement oa a
good 'many of the books Issued at the gov
ernment printing office. The work bears
the title "Tho Life and Morals of Jesus of
Naxareth, Extracted Textually from the
Gospels In Greek, Latin, French and Eng
lish.". Thomas Jefferson devoted his leisure time
for many years to this work, though he
was credited by many of his contempor
aries with being an atheist. The book Is
a collection of passages from ' the New
Testament that go to describe the Incidents
In the life of Jesus, and that repeat His
utterances. The conception and the exe
cution were characterized with reverence
and simplicity. The leaves were photo
graphed to make' the plates from which
th government edition of S.OOO copies Is to
be printed.
Th manuscript, copy of the book belongs
to the government. It was purchas d n-.any
years ngo, by order of congress, for IKK)
from Mlis Randolph of 'KlohmonJ, Va
That was dona with a view of preserving
an example of the handiwork of the author
of the Declaration of Inderxindence and a
former president. It was placed In the
SmJUisuiilun Institution, where It was for
gotten by all save the librarian. Dr. Cyrus
Adler. lie Interested Repri sontstlve Laosy
of Iowa In the (natter, who sscured the
pusauce by congress of a resolution provid
ing for a reproduction of th "Jeflfuraon
Dlble."
It Is over two years since that resolution
was passed, and the Work la said to be
ne iily yudy. it distribution hou'd be of
mil, h vulus In Inn catting the reading of
th reoord and teaching It give, and In,
mMl:iK Jo the distinction with whkn iT'
trmi. i held lu th fuJuJ of Urn avr
eitu ii. ' I ' ' , : "
ARMY GOSSIP 1 WA9HUGTO. ,
Cnrreat Krfiiti Noted by tho Army
mn4 Navy Realster.
One of the next questions to be takes
up by the general staff of the army Is
that of providing for the examination ot
militiamen who may be considered s eli
gible to appointment on a list of reserves
from which may be drawn th commis
sioned personnel of troops placed in the
field In an emergency. One of th great
disadvantages and dangers of a war In
which the country mny berpme Involved j
Is that th volunteer army hastily thrown
together may be officered without regard
to Individual fitness of the men who hold
the military titles. We had something of
this when this nation went to war with
Spain. The few weeks at the' disposal of
th authorities for the preparation for con'
filet, Including the raising of 'an army,
gave scant opportunity to elect officer
of lln or staff with any regard for the
qualifications of the people appointed
Everything fell back upon political In
fluence and the politicians knew little and
cared Iras for the qualities back of their
respective candidate. The result was- a
mixture of officer, none of them of any
great training and some of them woefully
lacking In that respect The war, it so
happened, went on with no very serious
mishap on account of this deficiency. The
disaster need not be so recklessly Invited
again and under section S3 of the militia
law it will be possible to have a reserve
list of known "eligible," conforming to
some standard 'of personal qualification
Admission to this list will be as a result
of examinations held In different state.
The details of the examination and other
incidents connected with It will be deter
mined by the general staff.
The order detaching Brigadier General
Frederick Funston from command of the
Department of the Columbia and ordering1
him to assume command of the Depart
ment of the East have been modified. Gen
eral Funston 1 ordered, upon relief from
command of th Department of the Colum
bin by Brigadier" General Constant Wil
liams, to proceed to Chicago, III., and as
sume command of the Department of th
Lakes, relieving Brigadier General Fred
erick D. Grant General Grant Is ordered
to proceed to Governor's Island, N. T.,
and assume command of the Department
of the East. These movements of officers
will commence about October 1.
The army quartermasters are making ar
rangements for tha employment of some
thing like 700 horses, under contract, dur
ing tho combined maneuvers in Virginia.
The engineers' train will consist of four
teen alx-llne and fourteen four-llns teams,
that branch of th service going to the
campa fully equipped for bridging th
streams. The medical department will
have forty-four mounts for the officers,
thirty-eight ambulances complete, six es
cort waons and a pack train of twelve
mules, the latter being In the nature of an
experiment In the transportation oT medical
and surgical supplies to the front. It 1
planned to send the engineers' train to
Manassas on Monday and the medical de
partment outfit the next day. Early In the
following week the quartermaster teams
will be on tho ground. Some 200 wagons
will bo employed on tho work of trans
porting supplies in the field. This train
will be equipped and operated the same as
the system which prevailed in the Phil
ippine and in China. It will be divided
into twenty-flv teams each with a wagon
master and assistant wagon master, over
each. Each train will have. Its roes tent
and equipment tent. .The branch will hav
it own carpp and the master of transpor.
tatioa. will be in charge of . alt , ? ; ,,
The: general staff of tho army baa under
consideration applications and accompany
ing papers of militia officers who deslr to
attend courses of' Instruction at tho several
service schools, A number of such appli
cations hav been reoelved, but In view
of the fact that before entrance a a stu
dent officer at a service school each
militiaman will be subjected to a prelim-
lnary examination, a number have changed
their applications so as to request instruc
tion at one of the post schools.
The War department offlolals Intend to
stop, if they can, the practice of assigning
deposit books issued to enlisted men ot the
army. The suggestion ha been made by
officers of the pay department that the
regulations be amended so as to require
the deposit books to be left with the com
pany records until soldiers are discharged.
This will prevent the objectionable use of
the books.
PERSONAL, NOTES.
Money is so abundant In New Tork that
the city borrowed $5,000,000 at I per cent.
Tha maker of Boston baked bean pots ts
dead, but the f am of th Boston bake
bean Is perpetual.
A young Phllodelphian took 30,000 from
h ennfldlna- Dubllo In New Tork the other
day on bogus securities, and tha police are
after him. And Phlladelphlans are so
slow. '
TIew Jersey Is trying to abolish toll roads,
toll brtdg-e and mosquitoes. Succeeding,
It will have nothing but corporation law
to keep It a shining mars, ror me joae-
smith.
' Former Governor of Illinois Joseph W.
Flfer Is confined to bed, the result of a
fall near his summer cottage at Charle
i uinh. He sllDDed on a wet sidewalk
and broke hi arm near the shoulder.
auln of the use ot perfumery to anti
dote the unpleasant odor that lurk about
automobiles, why doesn't some clever
genius Invent a horn for automobile that
will utter musical warning to clear th
trackt
Tvvtr returning from Europe declar
that th scarcity of American at conti
nental resorts Is very notlceaDie mis sea
son, and hotel keeper are complaining
that not in years have they come upon
such hard times.
t. nrnhnbl never be the privilege;
Of the young Prince Alexl to cause uch a.
fluttering in the heart Ol American wu
tles as that produced by the visit of his
handaom great-uncle oi mo same u.
early In th "70.
Cluing A. Holt, tb first Chinaman ad
mitted to practice by the medical exam
iner of flan Francisco, ha Just received
his official notification and 1 now a f ull
flodgcd physician-surgeon. Dr. Holt was
born In Canton twenty-six years ago and
has been studying in San Francisco for Ave
year. He does not Intend to praotlc In
this country, but will return to his natlv
land after a tour of the United States. H
has become a Christian. '
Port Arthur and Santiago.
Kansas City Star.
The success of the Russian fleet In breaki
In through the blockade at Port Arthur,
throw Into opportune relief the achieve
ir.rnt of the Santiago uuadron in prevent
Ing the eaeupe of Cervera's cruisers. The
Russian force was more formidable thaii
the Spanish. But Admiral Togo was In
command of a blockading squadron of
superior strength. In spite of the Japan
ese superiority, however, the Russian ships
managed to brouk through the cordon and
reauh plant of fty. Corvera, attempud
to do the aume thing, but not on of hi
emitters escaped. The Japanese are good
sauvrs, but tuty ain't th only .oues. , J
, STATK PRESS COMMENT.
.Fremont Tribune: George W. Berg IS
a Methodist, too. It is a ur thing that it
I up to th Methodists to govern th state,
Whatever befall.
Aurora Republican! It's rather rubbing
In for the government agents at Bonesteel
to send out card to the boys showing their
number to be way up In th thousands
and stating that they hav gained nothing
In the drawing.
Schuyler Bun: The voter In the Third
congressional district who Votes for Mo
Klllip will Indeed be guessing ss to where
he stands. MoKlllIp is standing on a free
liver, Kansas City platform, while Tarker,
the nominee for president on the same
ticket,. I standing on a gold platform.
Pender Republic: If the number of
Tarker button worn In Thurston county
Is any Indication of how many vote that
gentleman will get here this fall, we should
say that It will not be over ten at the out
side. But an early frost might increase
the number to twelve.
Kearney Journal: Under the new assess
ment, by tho raising of value and the un
earthing of more i property by the asaea
or under th new revenue laws, th rat
of taxation will be but 56 mills as com
pared with H last year and over 100 previ
ous to that time. In the main, taxes will
be no higher. Glv the new law a fair
trial before condemning.
Falls City Journal: In twenty-three years
this county ha raised for the road fund
tho. enormous sum of $311,000. Every dollar
of that money except about $5,000 has been
spent and we have nothing to show for It
The most of It has been spent on the bridge
fund, where the county loard has applied
it whenever they ran short of money in
that fund. If this money had been token
care of and 'spent under wise supervision
and with definite plan we would have now
over 100 mile of fine macadamised road
in this county Instead of poor dirt roads.
However, this Is past and gone; we cannot
get that back, but we can look out that the
money raised In the future I applied where
It belongs and our county start in with a
plan to eventually macadamise every road
In the county. Do it slowly; five mile or
ten miles a year can easily be don by rais
ing tha road tax a trifle and then it will
not be long until wo have good road all
over tho county.
TAXING PORTLY PEOPLE.
Delightful Scheme to Reader the Fat
by Official Frying-.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Anglo-Saxons . traveling In certain other
countries than their own hav been
abashed to discover that they were marked
people when they went about th streets,
The natives have rolled their eyes at
them,' mad significant sign about their
waists and conversed together about the
strangers In tones that had tho thrill of
wonder; for tho natives were lean and
the Saxons were fat And herewith is
a promise of trouble. The British Medical
Journal which, like everything English,
1 a concern of weight ha discovered a
town In Sweden where the portly are taxed
in proportion to their weight, and It ad
vocate a tax on stoutness elsewhere. A
dreadful thlngl For, suppose the Medical
Journal were to have Its way. Nobody but
a plutocrat could then afford to sport a
stomach, and although he paid large mon
eys upon It for the maintenance of schools
and parka, yet the unions would spurn
him as one of tho hated capitalist class
and fit only to be given over to tha evil
one.
True, under existing conditions, there are
men not remarkable for their capital who
have mistakenly taken on antlpoae. . W
Wot of ona who stands , four ,fot nln in
his socks,' and. four feet ten edgewise, In
socks or out He probably has not more
than a couple of .thousand dollars in the
bank and he would view hs bay window
with alarm if he heard of tho proposition
to tax'H. The reason advanced by the
British' authority ia that fat is aa indica
tion of high living, and luxury ought to
be taxed.; We do levy on pianos, pictures,
bronaes, porcelains, statuary, and why not
on frontsT ' . ,-'
Tes, this tax would work harm in a few
instances, for there is a sort ot people
that run to rotundity without reason.
They' eat even lee than others, but every
thing they consume turns to vaseline at
one. Their cheeks hang like ripened
fruit, their, chins come down to their chests
In dewlap, their chests lie upon their
knees as they sit, no clothier has trousers
in stock that will circumvent their legs,
they cannot run, If they work they wheese,
hence they spend much of their time In
lumber and are happiest when they can
observe the labor of others, especially In
their behalf, from the depths of a chair, as
amply stuffed as themselves. Still, in th
main, the person who wears a good deal of
upholstery upon his front has come by it
through methods that he tremble to con
fess, and it 1 a "monument to the fre
quent even j righteous conversion Into
human substance of terrapin, cabbage,
Welsh rabbit, mince pie, beans and rum.
So, maybe, it would be moral to tax it
Off from Mm.
RACE LINES IN PARTIES.
IrlshAmerIcan Support of Roosevelt
a, Feataro-of tho Campaign.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Th' Boston Pilot' abandonment of tho
democracy will be mads th text of many
disquisitions on th connection of the Irish
with American politics. Until about a
score of 1 year ago a large majority of
the Irish-American voter were probably
democrats. There has been a movement
of th Irish over to the republicans, how
ever. In recent years, and It Is probably
stronger Just now than It ever was In any
previous presldeitlal campaign. T. St,
John Gaffney remarks that "a great deal
of the prejudice which has been directed
agalnat the Irish In the past ha . been
the result of their identification with dem
ocratlo municipal politics." He mentions
the association of his race with Tammany,
but say it la more evenly divided at
present that ever before, and declare that
this it good for the Irish as well ss for
the republican party. .
Everybody knows the Boston Pilot. It
Is one of the oldest and most Influential
Irish and Catholic paper in the United
State. A democratlo Journal heretofore.
It ha now come over to the republican
party, and undoubtedly it will bring many
of it constituents with It Ther never
was any reason why any considerable
body of the Irish, or of any other element
of the American population, should be
against tee republican. The alien and se
dition laws which put the great body of
the foreign Ingredient of the country'
population. In th democratic party at th
outset were passed many decade before
th republican party wn born. The re
publican party never had any sympathy
with the antl-allen spirit The republican,
at the outset In their career, fought know-
nothingism as resolutely as they did th
democracy. - .
Right at th beginning of th republican
party's days the great bulk f the Or.
man became republicans, and they' hav
remained with the party ever since, espe
cially In th west , Th majority ef the
Irish, however, were against the republic,
an until a comparatively rvrent time, but
thla condition la rapidly chinning Aa
overwhelming defeat for (he democrarv
In 1H04 I certain any political event
several months In ths future ran !'. ami
th Irish, like all tht fiber tMr.Unnls
f th country's population, will t, a
msArjmncrnmm
"A
T, i ?t fv
UCJlsiilrft-AL J
hand In bringing this great triumph fo
ane Americanism to pass.
WHITTLED TO A POINT,
root thing to make a parade of your Jewels,
how will the Dubllo know that you hav
them?"
'You must at once arranrw tohav them
stolen, Jonah." Cleveland, lieJa Dealer.
Mrs. Blxby What do think of my bail!
ing dress?
Ulxby It's an Improvement on your the
one: this one is visible to the baked,. oy.
Town Topic.
"Don' bras: because you happem to bo Sk
little lucky," said Unole Eben. "If do h
wouldn't cackle so loud about d egg sho
done laid, da white folks wouldn" bo so
U'blo to rob do nea'." Washington Star,
ipk. ii.f.m, linn f lirrtHhtna
library completely In brown. '
Ana now, ne oiwwvbu, h n urwrc
the llnlKhed apartment, ''I'll have what
v.rv nni hu heard of but few Itoni
namely."
Here h smtiea i
"A brown study." Pittsburg Post
tt.lr.lr r nnirht In rat aflMT them Turk
with brickbat urgumento."
"wnyT" askea ins conieree.
the packers to time them Turk keep right
on, DUuuierina voviwm -nwiw,
believe dat honesty la d bet polleyr t
euro, answereu riumunR ,
trouble Is dat you can't persuade people to
present you wit' t'lng lnntead o com-
pemn you xo iuo wiuwm
Washington Star, , ... ...
a.m Monttnt tiu declared that there
I as much strength In three eggs as thero
la In a pound or ooeisteaji,- ia uio uu-
server, ... . .
Weil. TVVltru vvwii ' "J .
nm tk.f wnnM tmvn eliminated tho Othe
wn mtraM fmm that DrODOsitlon. Phila
aeipnia ieager.
'who wnuid vnu think. if your daughter
were to eloper ,
la tninK, repnea ins owuim
man, "that omebody had been tringln' tho
fellow concernin me amount oi muiiajr u
worth." Chicago Hecord-Herald, .
irn, kMf., VnA hnv much ean ho said.
on both sides of a question." reflected Undo
Allen Sparks, "until you near iwo wwncu
...,ln. in toll .nh nl-hnr hnrw to make
currant Jelly." Chicago Tribune . -
, l TT-U T v n a in IThirArMi If) f lummtf.1
began the tragedian, pompously.
"Well, well' interrupted the comedian,
"I hadn't heard you had marfeged to get
a 1 . AXAnJ knn vnil W.r. Allot.
a good swimmer." Philadelphia Ledger.
n.ai.ULtrkrAiji ft rtirrer thai la all lirht
for the money. Wo sell t ovon for
quarter. .' "
customer v oil. j
"Yes. but you don't havo to amoko them,
you know." J . .... .
give me a quarter's worth They H bo
handy to treat my friends with. Boston,
Transcript ' . '
THE EXCELSIOR OP K.Ot IIOPATKIN.
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J, w vey u now
Tho shades of night were falling fat
When through Manchuria thero passed, .
a nun.,j l with flnshlnflr eve.
Who bore this banner proudly high
"Eatemupskt."
A few days passed, again ho strode
With fierce demeanor up tho roaJt
Another banner now he bore,
Clianaed somewhat from tho one.beror
"Waltabttskl."
Th weeks rolled on, again ho own
And bore a banner, much the siuiie.
On which was written this design, I
Before his awesome battle line. ' V
"Notyetski.",
More weeks elapsed, and on the, trade
He rode, now forward and now backj
A, waiting world watched eagerly,
But this was all that they could see
"Afterawhlloski."
Mora months elapsed, but still no Mgn
Of battle from that dreadful llnot
And now before his army vast
TIU banner he nailed proudly fasti
"Tomorrowskl." A
A year had gone, no battle yet.
The world came almost to forget
The doughty general, but he
Changed signs with regularity!
"Nextweekskl," , I
But every day before hta flno I
And awe-lnnnlrlna- battle line
He rode, with sabre In his hand.
And valiantly gave this command!
"BackupBkt"
At last this grim and dreadful man
Grew busy, and a message ran
To the home folks, who freely hed .
Their biter tears, the while they read I
"Oonebumpski."
Gore (or Asthma and Hay Fern
Th' statement puWlahed below con
firm the claim of Dr. Schlffmann, that hi
remedy I an bdhoiuio euro iof wwiua
and Hay Fever.
Mrs. Mary Zachery, Pleasant Hill. L.
ays: "I havo round your ASmma vuro a
permanent cure for' Asthma, for which I
used It T years ago. I have never had tho
itliirhtent return of the trouble since. I
have also found your remedy excellent ia
Bronchial affection."
Hay Fever sufferer wrltel 'I hav
had Hav Fever for 14 years. I bought a
package of your remedy (Schlffmann'
Asthma, Cure), ot our druggist and due io
a,! use this Is th first summer that x nave
not been troubled." Mrs. Frank Gullfosle-
6237 Ridge Avenue, Roxboro, Philadelphia.
Sold by druggist at too and $1.00.
Send tc tanip to P. R. Schlffmann, Box
fciO, Bt Paul, Mltui for a fre sample
package.
ciecinc rsns civ-
fou a constant cool '
breege a steady sup
ply of frvsu airla
the office, , store or
homo, ,
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