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If this thins keeps up Nebraska l'ariu
i'i'8 will booh be pnijinji for Urouth.
All is quiet ut South Omnhn. The
United States rnnrshnl lias run out of
Injunction blanks.
How ninny inner forts wlil t'.ie Japa
nese urmy have to capture before It gets
inside of Tort Arthur?
That sugar rate war will wot soriously
affect the quantity, quality or price of
sugar lu the coffee cup.
The Sarpy county congressional stalk
ing horse has been requisitioned to re
port promptly to John N. Baldwin.
Exhibitors at the coming Omaha horse
show are warned In time that their
horses must appear In evening dress,
with trappings to correspond.
An all-the-year-round hippodrome has
been planned for Omaha by Skip Dundy
-Just as If Omaha had not already been
favored with several all-the-year-round
hippodromes.
Governor Mickey's decision to let the
other fellow do the talking while ho Is
devoting his time to the discharge of his
official duties will meet the approval of
ull classes of citizens.
British ootton Fpinners who lost $33,
Oao.OiK) by the corner In cotton this year
will have little use for combinations in
which either Mr. Sully or the boll weevil
ere Interested hereafter.
American insurance companies object
to the new income tar law of Denmark.
If they do not And a way of evading
thnt law they will show that lu at least
one respect Europe is superior to Amer
ica. i i
The latest advices from Atlantic City
indicate that Senator Mercer and his
North Carolina Nubian chair puRher
may be expected to reach Omaha In
time to take part in the republican pri
maries. The claim is made for Tom Watson
that lie Is the originator of rural free
delivery, but although rural free delivery
is n very popular Institution it will not
elect Tom Watson president of the
United States.
Th World-Herald cartoonist has pre
pared a series of pen pictures of John
N. Baldwin and "my man Hurley," but
they ore not to be placed on exhibition
until after Baldwin has carried the re
publican primaries.
Emigration or the workhouse is the
best that Joseph Chamberhiln can see
for tho English worklngman unless there
is a revision of British tariff laws. Evi
dently Andrew Cornegle has failed to
convert the distinguished British Jingo
to the theory of Anglo-Saxon free trade.
Joseph LaMaster was once elected by
Nebraska republicans as contingent con
gressman. This explains why Hugh La
Master, his son, is ambitious to fill the
seat which congucss refused to concede
to Nebraska upon any contingency. It
goes wltkout saying that Hugh's en
trance into congress is contingent upon
the number of republican votes he can
muster lu the First district
The South Omaha merchants, wa ara
told, are deploring the continuation of
the strike because the atrlke breakers
now employed at the packing houses aro
not privileged to patronise them. Most
of the strike breukers have been work
ing for good wages, but they spend all
their money in Omaha. They do not even
buy iMKiee in South Omaha. Wereallxe
that this Is deplorable, but what can
not be cured must be endured. No
hoine-patroiiHge campaign can have any
effect on the average thirsty atrlke
tr taker.
CniXK.iE XEVTItAUTT MEXACED.
Thnt tliert I danger of a jrrave broach
of the nrvitrfllltj- of (Milnn, which nilijht
lead to the most serious conseiiuences,
Is obvitue. The incident nt Clie Too.
which the Japanese covernmeiit con
tends, villi a tfnod deal of plausibility,
was justified by the circumstances and
intimates may be repeated under like
conditions, lias served to point out the
WeakneKf. of China and the probable In
ability of Thnt (.'overnment to single
handed enforce observance of its neu
trality. If the exigencies of war should
drive eith'T belligerent to a breich of
neutrality on linil.'as Is quite possible,
It Is to be feared that China could do
little to protect her territory. It Is Raid
she has a considerable army near the
point of danger, but Chinese troops are
not very effective nor particularly trust
worthy". It was stated In a late dispatch
from Washington that It is not appre
hended there that breadths of neutrality
may extend to land operations, it beinj
understood that our fovernnient has
been assured by Japan and Itussla that
there will be no extension of the war
tield beyond Manchuria, and perhaps
Coren, which constituted the original
theater. Iioubtless this Is now the in
tention, but the progress of hostilities
will produce new circumstances and no
one can foresee where these will lead.
Chinese Impoteney Is the vital diffi
culty In the situntlon. Undoubtedly the
government means well and is earnestly
desirous to prevent any breach of neu
trality, but its powers nnd its courage
are not equal to Its responsibilities. It
Is not Independent In any real or broad
sense, but Is to a considerable extent
subject to foreign Influence and rather
more to thnj. of Itussla than to the in
fluence of any other nation. The course
of the war has very likely weakened
Russia at Poking, but she still receives
attention there. The danger to Chinese
neutrality is of course commandinfr the
earnest attention of nil the powers, be
cause If China should become involved
In the war It 9 conceivable that compli
cations of far-reaching effect would re
sult. To keep Inviolate Chinese territory
outside the present zone of hostilities Is
the earnest desire of all nations inter
ested In affairs in the far east, but it is
by no means certain that this will be
done.
THEY WAST TO KXOiV.
It i.4 reported from Washington that
many earnest friends there of Judgo
I'arker's candidacy feel that there are
three possible points upon wlijeli he
could come out emphatically In his letter
of acceptance. These are trades union
ism in the public service, the rights of
the negro ns a citizen and before the
law and civil service reform. Tho friends
of the candidate at the national capital
want to know how he stands ou these
questions and the correspondent of tho
New York Evening Post says that un
less Judge Parker puts on a high plane
his own position ou these matters "it will
be very embarrassing for many persons
who have long been Interested In these
causes to cast a vote of condemnation
against the present president of the
United States." ,
Tho position. of Mr. Roosevelt on these
questions is well understood. The gov
ernment makes no discrimination be
tween union and nonunion labor In the
public service and the position of the
present administration is that all persons
have an equal right to employment un
der the government. As to the rights
of the negro ns a citizen, Mr. Roosevelt
has shown that he regards them ns
equal to those of the white citizen nnd
should everywhere throughout the coun
try be respected. The democratic party,
as shown by Its platform, does not hold
this view and as the candidate of that
party for tho presidency pronounced the
platform "admirable" It Is to be Inferred
that he has no objection to the action of
certain states and the contemplated ac
tion of others depriving the negro of his
rights aa a citizen. As to civil service
reform, everybody fcnows that it has no
more earnest and sincere friend than
Theodore RooRevelt. It Is also very gen
erally known that the democratic party
is not friendly to the reform, although
its platform makes a claim that It Is.
The friends of the merit system will be
much interested in learning how Judge
Tarker stands respecting it.
J. J li-J !!
CARE OF IXSULAU lOSSESSIOXS.
Congress at its next session will be
called upon to give attention to the
wants of some of the insular possessions,
notably Hawaii and Torto Rico. The
recently published statement of Gover
nor Carter of Hawaii, regarding condi
tions there, shows the need of further
legislation for the islands if they are to
improve commercially. According to his
statement annexation has proved a dis
advantage rather than a benefit. lie
snld that since Hawaii had become
United States territory little progress has
been made and explained that this Is due
to the fact that the laws governing the
Islands are not suited to the country.
"Our climatic conditions," the governor
said, "are entirely different from those
found In most other America n territory
and for this reason Rome of the laws that
we are governed by work a' hardship
upon us." He particularly referred to
the land laws as having this effect.
Other laws interfere with industries.
Another thing complained of is that an
nexation has deprived tho territorial gov
ernment of all income from internal
revenue, so that the government Is ham
pered for necessary funds.
Congress should have these complaints
Investigated and f they are found to be
justified measures should be adopted to
remedy the conditions. Porto Rico will
also need attention, If reports regarding
industrial and commercial conditions
there are well founded. That island has
been given good government, from a po
litical jMiint of view, and satisfactory
progress Is lx'lng made In promoting pop
ular education, but It is said that the
island is not making progress in a ma
terial way and that there is more or less
discontent among the peopk. It is not
TITE OMAHA
easy to determine what should be done
to improve conditions, but on effort
should be made to do this. Care for tho
Insular possessions is a responsibility aud
duly that must not be neglected and
cannot be without resulting to our dis
advantage, ns well as to our discredit.
THE COXORESSmXAL f AXDWATE.
It may as well be understood that If this
congressional district Is to be redeemed
from the democrats nt the coming election
a Ftrona; candidate muyt be chosen. The re
publicans must choose a man of Impressive
nnd magnetic personality an orator, a
thinker and a vote getter. Congressman
Hitchcock is a democrat and that Is the
only objection the republicans can urge
against him. He Is up to the standard In
oil Dther respects, and votes can be taken
from him only by offering the voter a valid
reason fcr It.
The Second district Is by far the most
Important district In the state. It lyis large
Industrial and commercial Interests to pro
mote and subserve. It Is of sufficient Im
portance to command the best talent ex
tant. Whether It shall continue to be rep
resented bya democrat depends entirely
upon the wisdom of republicans In making
a choice.
It Is a good time to state that care must
be exercised In making a choice. It is not
snfe to assume that any republican can be
elected. It Is better to admit the facts and
say that there are but few really available
candidates. It Is not a time for personal
friendship. The candidate should be chosen
on his general merits.
The Pilot has carivassed the situation
with care and entirely without personal
preference. We have weighed carefully the
merits of those mentioned as candidates
with only one thought In view-victory at
the polls. The conclusion reached Is that
tho most available man of all one who
ranks high as a thinker nnd an orator,
who would be strong at the polls and
strong In congress, n republican of repub
licansis William F. Uurley. John N. Bald
win's or-an, the Blair niot.
There is no doubt whatever that the
Second congressional district can be re
deemed at the coming election, but In
order to redeem it tho enndidate must
have practically the undivided support
of the rank nnd file of the party. The
man to represent this district need not
be an Impressive and magnetic personal
ity, endowed with the gift of oratory,
like John N. Baldwin, but he should be
of all things n ninn whose enreer nnd
conduct Insures for him the respect nnd
confidence of the people. Oratory nlone
will not win, this battle; neither will per
sonal friendship or corporation backing.
The Second congressional district has
large commercial and Industrial Inter
ests to promote and subserve, nnd the
man who represents this district cannot
subserve those Interests unless he is
free to stand up for Omaha nnd Ne
braska. Is Mr. Uurley that kind of n
man? Could Omnhn depend on him to
Jo anything that was offensive to John
N. Baldwin and the corporation he Is
Identified with? Could Mr. Uurley
break off with the men with whom he
was nssoclated In the railroad legisla
tive lobby, In which ho received his
early training? Would he be anything
more at Washington than nn official
lobbyist for the railroad corporations?
Last, but not least, could Uurley be
elected In the face of his record aud
his alllllatlons?
THE XE W COMMA XDER.
Ueneral Blackmar, the new com
mander of the Grand Army of the Re
public, has an excellent record as a
soldier. He enlisted In the Fifteenth
Pennsylvania cavalry at the beginning
of the civil war nnd served with that
regiment lu some of the severest battles
of the war. Ills gallantry won him
rapid promotion and when he became a
second lieutenant he was transferred to
tho First West Virginia veteran cavalry,
one of General Custer's famous regi
ments. Participating In upward of thirty
battles, ho remained at the front until
Lee's surrender, being then provost mar
shal of the third division of Sheridan's
famous cavalry corps.
General Blackmar resumed his studies
after the war and was graduated from
Harvard and the Harvard law school,
having since attained marked distinction
in professional nnd public life. He has
for years been active In the councils of
the Grand Army, so that he brings to his
duties as commander a thorough ac
quaintance with the organization and ft
henrty sympathy with Its views nnd
alms. "In short," remarks the Spring
field Republican, "he Is a genuine soldier
and so worthy of his present honor."
The suggestion of the National Busi
ness league of Chlcngo that an amend
ment to the, constitution of the United
States be submitted, extending the term
of the president to six years and making
him ineligible to re-election, Is meeting
with approval from business men and
politicians. This is by no means a new
Idea, how?er. The constitution of the
southern confederacy fixed the presiden
tial term at six yenrs with no re-election
and the adoption of a similar clause In
the federal constitution has been urged
from time to time by many eminent pub
lic men. . But while the proposed amend
ment Is-not objectionable it Is very dif
ficult. If not almost Impossible, to secure
Its submission because tho United States
senate stands out against constitutional
amendment, on general principles. The
only way to get this amendment as well
as other amendments universally de
mnnded by the American people Is
through n national constitutional con
vention that will revise our eighteenth
century constitution and make It con
form to twentieth century conditions.
There is a well-definea rumor that
there is altogether too much mysterious
pressure being brought upon members
of the Omaha and South Omaha coun
cils and members of the county boar J
by voting machine promoters. Tho pro
posed purchase of sixty-eight machine
would seem to verify that rumor. There
la no more need of sixty-eight voting
machine li: Douglas county than there,
would be for seven wheels to a wagon.
Voting machines are needed only where
there Is a congestion of votes. There Is
absolutely no excuse for placing voting
machines In country precinct where
less than V votes are polled at an elec
tion.. At the very utmost forty machines
DAILY REE: MONDAY. ATrOTT 22, 1004.
would be more than ample for the wants
of Omaha nnd South Omnhn. In fnct,
forty machines would leave at least five
machines In stock for emergencies In
ense of breakdowns. To invest In twenty-eight
machines thnt are not needed
would be simply inexcusable.
The socla lists of Douglas county know
how to do things with unanimity and
dispatch. A baker's dor.en convened in
mass convention, nominated a candidate
for congress, n candidate for district
Judge, a candidate for county attorney,
two candidates for county commissioner
nnd twelve candidates for the legisla
ture before you could say Jack Robin
son. The republicans of Missouri are trying
to persuade themselves they Can defeat
Folk by the co-opera t Ion and aid of the
democratic boodlcrs and grafters who
do not relish the Idea of rewarding Folk
for prosecuting their friends. But a
victory achieved by such u combination
would not redound much to the credit
of the republican party.
Nature Evens I p.
Boston Transcript.
If the wheat crop does not turn out ns
well as we could wish there Is consolation
In an unusually largo corn yield, 40.00o.000
bushels better than the previous beit. If
we have to do without bread, there ought
to be no dearth of Johnnycake.
Taking- a Tumble.
Baltimore American.
It looks as though American stock In the
British peerage Is taking a tumble with the
duchess of Marlborough pitching off. her
horse and Airs. Paget falling down an ele
vator. We had been led to believe our
American peeresses more secure of their
footing in English society.
Well-to-llo Bob;; lira.
New York Tribune. - -Fair-minded
Investigators of the habits
and ways of the street beggars of this
city are convinced that nearly all of them
are as arrnnt Impostors as tbose of Na
ples and Constantinople. When arrests of
these mendicants are made It la often found
that the have considerable Sums In their
clothes and bank books- at home.
Hall to Old Hll!
Philadelphia Record.
The news from Buzzard's Bay that "Jos
eph Jefferson is better" will gladden his
countrymen from one end of the land lo
the other wherever the report of his Illness
has penetrated. There are few. Indeed,
among the more noted men of his day and
generation who have a warmer place in
the hearts of their fellows.
Vain Anplratlana.
San Francisco Coll.
Russia has offered an enormous sum of
money to the chemist who can rob alcohol
of Its Intoxicating vices and preserve to It
its domestic utility and virtues.' The czur
may as well strive to find a rose without a
thorn or to teach the Japanese those man
ners that would conform to his pacific
disposition. His majesty should know by
this time that unmixed virtue or vice is an
ideal. '
Exploiting- Thibet.
Naw York Sun.
No time has been lost In England In or
ganizing for a vigorous mining campaign
in Thibet so soon as political and climatic
conditions permit. In the London Finan
cial Times of. July 20 there is published a
list of no fewer than nine limited liability
companies that have Ue-en registered for
the exploitation of the resources of Thibet.
This is a result of the Thibetan expedition
which we foresaw several months ago. Aa
in so many other movements of our time,
It is the commercial motive that prompts
to action and achievement.
Family Life.
Charles Warner In the Fireside,
I do not think the world can offer a
mon Interesting sight than a fine family
where the sons and daughters have loyally
preserved the spirit of the relationship. As
the children one after nnother gain in cul
tivation and power, the narrow horizon of
chlldhrod recedes. From his labor, from
his studies, from his contact with those
without, each Is constantly bringing In new
treasures, and .together they share It all,
carry on one another's education. The
family table becomes a rendezvous where
all fake delight in bringing their Impres
sions and echoes of the great world outside.
THIS AND THE LAST CAMPAIGX.
Sharp Conlrasta in Political Conteata
Four Yearn Apart.
Baltimore American.
Two campaigns, tho one immediately
succeeding the other, never presented a
greater contrast that that of 190 and
that which Is fully mapped out for 1P04.
In that of 1900 Bryan, the democratic
candidate for president, and Roosevelt,
the republican candidate for vice presi
dent, canvassed all N of the doubtful
states, and several which were not
doubtful. In special railway trains which
were rarely halted except for a brief
sleep of their occupants and for rear
platform speeches or hurried orations
from Improvised rostrums near stations
by day and In halls and theaters by
night. The air was surcharged with the
fever of fervid arraignment of republican
views by Bryan and merciless analysts by
Roosevelt of the Bryan theory of notional
salvation by means of a forced wedding of
sliver nnd gold at the ratio of 16 to 1.
All other propositions were secondary. The
financial problem, the basis of the mone
tary medium, dominated all else.
In the campaign now opening none of
the candidates will lour the country In
special oars. Roosevelt and Parker will
rest content with tho expression of their
letters of acceptance. Fairbanks and
Davis will speak only at a few places.
Campaigning will be ample, oratory will
be of a high standard, especially In such
states as New York, Indians, Maryland
and West Virginia, which democrats assert
are debatable, but of which republicans
have no doubt.
The threat of a ruinous financial heresy,
such as that of 1W and 1900, Is wanting,
and the fight will be made after an older
fashion and upon the easily compreherslble
ground of the tariff and the Idle and amus
ing topic of "Imperialism," about which no
one has the least concern except a few fad
dists, who would If they could change the
courses of the stars.
It will, therefore, be a campaign lacking
great spectacles. The democratic orators
will assail the tariff, but that Is an Insti
tution so thoroughly established and so
universally aerepted that It will withstand
attack without special defense. It Is a
matter of general congratulHtton that In
this campaign there Is no great d'sturblng
element whose Issue tends to unsdtle or
retard business pursuits. The people are
ratislled with things as they are, and there
Is no belief anywhere that change Is neces
sary or possible. As a matter of form
there must be an election, but of the reault
there Is no question, and commercial and
Industrial contracts for the future sre
serenely and confidently made upon the
It must alwava t remembered, la an
basla of existing conditions certain to continue.
DEnfl-ror pot poi nm.
Howells Journal: The writer has no more
use for fusion than h.9 had prior to the
meeting of the state convention, but nev
ertheless he will support the ticket, as a
protest sgalnst republican misrule. We
cannot say that we hsve any great faith
In Its election, but we do know If the peo
pie of Nebraska were blessed with a little
common sense thev would turn down
Mickey and the rest of the gang.
SlSer Creek Sand: The democratic
platform Is very outspoken regarding
lobbyists and proposes to show them the
Inside of the penitentiary If they don't
cease their nefarious work. It also
pledges all its officers not to ride on free
railroad passes. That party Is out In
the cold, and the appropriateness of the
following counlet Is remarkable: "The
devil was slek, the devil a monk wou'd
be." Judging from past exreil"nres we
are afraid that In case of the s.iccess of
snld party at the polls the following would
also aprly: "The devil was well, the devil
a monk was he."
Howells Journal: This editor does not
believe in the state ownership of rail
roads. It Is the most foolish proposition
ever advocated by any American states
man of prominence. Bryan Is a bright
man and advocates many measures that
would resu't In great pnb'lc good, but
when he once goes wrong he goes further
at a single leap than any man living.
When he made this last Jump he seems
to hsve burned all the bridges of safety
when he made his leap In the dirk. The
people of Nebraska admire Bryan, perhaps
It would not be going too far to say that
many of them love the man, but they
will not Indorse the almost Insane idea
of state ownership of railroads.
Schuyler Free Lance: If the Free Lnnce
editor were a republican he would vote for
Roosevelt for president, Berge for gov
ernor and the republican state ticket other
wise; If he were a Bryan democrat he
would vote for Watson for president, Berge
for governor and the fusion state ticket;
If he were a Grover Cleveland democrat
he would vote for Parker for president,
Berge for governor and the fusion state
ticket; If he were a populist he would vote
for Watson for president, Berge for gov
ernor and the fusion state ticket, but be
ing a mugwump will vote for Watson for
president, Berge for governor nnd on the
state ticket will probably vote most of
the fuslou state ticket, yet Is very frlend:v
to Mortensen for treasurer, at least, with
McBrien for superintendent recognized good
timber.
Schuyler Free Lance: In Nebraska the
republican who Is not a plutocrnt In sen
timent can consistently vote his ticket nnd
the plutocratic democrat can vote for
Parker, but tho man who has claimed to
be a follower of Bryan from principle
In the past cannot longer follow him In
his support of that which he has ever
claimed to be against. The true Bryan
democrat will not vote for Parker and
as Roosevelt does not need his vote In
Nebraska he has but one place to put It
and that Is for Watson. The editor of
the Free Lance Is not a populist and has
little usa for the populist movement, but
he Is for Watson. The future campaign
must take care of Itself. What shall be
developed we do not know, the present Is
ns serious a problem as one can solve.
There Is a demand for a new party and a
new alignment, but It cannot come now.
The two old parties are one and the same
as to Issues and the populist movement has
lost Its standing necessary to build upon,
so It means a new party of the people, but
not till this campaign Is over.
Blair Republican: If farmers believe that
Bdltor Rosewnter was right when he ap
peared before the State Board of Equali
zation and asked th members to reduce
the assessment of Nebraska farm lands,
claiming and submitting Indisputable proof
that the valuation of the railroads Is 25
per cent lower than thnt of land, to all
of which the board turned a deaf ear
then the next and only chance for redress
Is to send men to the legislature who can
not be Influenced by party or free passes,
and are pledged to amend or repeal the
revenue law. Whatever Increase In reve
nue the law has made appears to have
come largely from the farmers and the
poorer class of people, while the .capital
ists, corporations nnd bankers have been
let down easy. The law must be made
to reach all classes the rich as well ns
the poor or It will be an expensive failure.
It Is generally conceded that the provision
for county assessor Is a waste of money,
another useless burden placed on the backB
of the taxpayers. He should be abolished
as a useless sppendage nnd the township
would never miss him.
Pavid City Press: This fusion party In
Nebraska Is understood now ns it never
was before, by everybody, and, as an
evidence of Its coheslve-ness, let us show
what we mean when we say It brushed
nslde the froth: Every old moss-back,
pass-owned democrat accepted Parker's
nomination as an Invitation for them to
leave the republican party come back to
the fold and take charge of the democratic
organization. About sixty of them msheft
over from Omaha wearing a picture of
James E. Boyd the size of a dinner plate.
They wanted a straight ticket, with the ex
governor to head It. Omaha, men, on the
Inside, Informed us thnt every one of thpm
rode on a free pass. Not being able to
disturb the serenity of things at the Lin
dell they went over to the populist head
quarters at the Capital hotel. There they
found some mld-rond pops who rode In
from the west on free passes, and they
were howling for a straight populist ticket.
All the old beet-sugar lobbyists were on
hand. The national executive committee
were on band, nnd all of them trying to
tear the democrats and populists apart
nnd destroy the associations and friend
ships that have, grown up. Mr. Watson
was there nnd made a pathetic plea for
them to follow him in a mid-road course.
The spirit of faction was nursed by a lot
of democrats and populists whom the rail
road lobby has always managed, but It
availed nothing. All the kickers In the
state were In Lincoln last week. All the
would-be Moses were there to lead the
people into some undeflnable promised
land. They were there to destroy the only
organization lo this state that has lind
any effectiveness a nucleus for a national
party that may soon materialize. The
Bryan democrats nnd level-headed populists
saw the republican flag of distress through
the clouds of dust kicked up. and went
on with the work they had In mind to
do, in spite of them.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
The Standard Oil company has de
clared another dividend of 'steen per cent.
Carry the news to Ida Tarbell.
A Chicago Judge haa fixed a schedule for
alnpplng wives at II per. Slapping wives
wll! kindly put up the coin before getting
busy.
Abyssinian belles may buy at home a
dozen of the finest ostrich feather for $11,
but they don't buy. Plumea are a tol'et
encumbrance.
Think of the nerve of New Jersey in dis
crediting a North Dakota divorce decree.
Yet we are told New Jersey la a trustful
commonwealth.
A patriotic father at Irwin, Pa., whose
son was charged with high crimes, cap
tured the fugitive and turned him over
to the authorities. Then the p. f. filed a
c'alm for the reward.
The mayor of Atlantic City has In
voked law, morals and a big atlek agilnt
hugging on the beach. That's the stuff.
Spooning may be agreeable for the spoon
era, but It lack every shade of romance
fur spectators who cannot break In.
ROIND ABOtT NEW YORK.
Ripples on the f'arrent of Life la he
Metropolis.
A correspondent of the Pittsburg Dis
patch notes some features of tho political
situation In New York City which fore
shadows a warm struggle as soon as the
mercury climbs down from Its summer
perch. He says: "Curbstone orators are
becoming very numerous, nnd a tremendous
Interest has been devi loped In the election.
Old New Yorkers say that not In twenty
years has so much Interest been shown.
The newspaper situation Is most complex.
The Times, Herald snd World are giving
Porker the best of It, nnd the Sun has
finally placed Itself In line with Roosevelt.
Tho Press nnd the Tribune are doing oe-
man servle fore the present incumbent
Tho American and the Journal, of course
remain In the ranks of th- democracy. The
Dally News prints daily cartoons assault
ing the republican position, snd the. Morn
ing Telegraph leans townrd Parker. Al
together the fight Is to be quite Interesting
here. Banners nre flying everywhere. The
republican clubs throughout the city have
flung their colors out nnd the Tammnn
people have done the stine. Permits have
been granted Indiscriminately to all kinds
of political organizations to liant great
plno masts In the street from which ban
ners float, and meetings In the various
clubs arc held nightly. It is a great time
In New York! Even the women are talking
politics. It would be hard to Indicate the
trend In this city. Lifelong democrats are
coming over to Roosevelt, but the defection
seems to bo met by tho republican converts
to Parker."
The New York ngetit of the White Star
line announces reduced first-class passage
rates on Its steamships to Liverpool: On
the Oceanic, 5; on the Majestic nnd Ten
tonic, nnd on the Baltic, Celtic, Cedrlc
and Arabia. ?5H. He also announced that
the rate from Boston to Liverpool on all
steamshlDS has been fixed at IjO. The
maximum cut Is $35 on the Ocennlc.
From Liverpool conies the announcement
of the -Mercantile Marine company of a cut
in steerage rates from that port on the
Lvston steamers to JS.75, iv reduction of
J3.75. The Hamburg-American line will
Inaugurate a fortnightly service from
Liverpool to Trlesic a:-d Flume In com
petition with the Cunurd line.
Jobs for 3,000 railroad operatives steady
paying Jobs will be given out between now
and the middle of September, when the
subway Is expectd to be opened. It is
the d-slre of the managers that when once
the road Is In operation It shall bu kept
up continuously and to that end tho men
who are to manage the trains are not only
being employed, but carefully nnd syste
matically drilled as to the duties they will
be called upon to perform. Men nre being
tngaged by the score each day, those who
have the experience In railroading being
preferred. The officers anticipate no dif
ficulty of tiavlng secured til the neip
needed by the time their services will be
required. The recent reductions In the
forces on a number of the steam roads
have settled that point.
The men are sent as soon ns they are
engaged to a practical school of lnstruc
tlon established by the Interborough Rapid
Transit company, by which the subway will
be operated. They are there taught not
only how to run a train, but alBO all that
they need to know about the machinery
of the cars, the electric Installation, etc.
T?r,r the, nnrnnsA of establishing a test
has heen turned on In the rapid
transit subway and electric trains were
run over the line from downtown stations
to Harlem. The long-predicted trip from
th. itv hill to Hnrlem in fifteen min
utes was accomplished. Most of the trains
...nt lnnriv nnsr the stations, but were
v. , ' . -' J i x ,
speeded beyond One Hundred and Six
teenth street. The climax or tne test was
maAa hv a nicked crew with four cars at
hiirh aneerl over the entire route. Hnr
lem being reached well within tne time
siinimnrn nf fifteen minutes. So quietly
did the cars move at highest speed that
only the watchmen beard tneir passage.
The greatest secrecy was mainiainea py
the officials of the road. Men nt the sta
tions were Instructed to allow no one wlth
nt ansninl nermlt to cet below the level
of the street. One of the objects of the ex-
nartmoni wna to familiarize tne men at tne
controllers with the twists and turns of
the road. There Bre njany signals to learn
or,,i tho motormen were confronted with
problems conceived by the superintendent
to fool them and tench them to avoia col
lisions. nolmont. owner of a dozen mll-
. n " . - - - -.
Hons or more, and head of the Interbor
ouh company, acted as motorman of the
first train sent through the subway. His
hand was on the controller all tne, way
tmm th. eltv hall to One Hundred and
Forty-fifth street and back agnln to Nine
ty-sixth street. He managed tne airnraKe,
nswered the signals, tooted the wnisue.
nd did all the work of the regular $3
a... n.r.tnrmon T.. B. Rtillwell. the chief
intri,t anirlneRP. had claimed that the
devlees for controlling the trains were so
simple and effective that a cnua couia
operate them with perfect safety, and Mr.
lelmont decided to test tne matter nim-
self.
a rii,itlnr arrav of facts and figures tell
the story of the building of the mammoth
underground railroad. For Instance, more
than 3,000,000 cubic yards of dirt ana rocn
were blasted and dug from the streets of
the crowded city. To tear away the rock
900,000 pounds of dynamite were used. The
work has been done by ll.ono men. Of this
number 125 have lost their lives through
accidents, such as premature explosions,
ave-lns, and falling stone.
Contractor McDonald estimates that the
line will carry llo.OOO.ooo passengers a year.
The rate Is 6 cents. When the exten-ion to
Ti-.muivn under the East river, has been
comp'.eted the contractor estimates that
the -road will carry 200,000,000 passengers a
year.
will run throngh the sub
way, at the rate of a mile a minute for the
benefit of the long hauls from tne uronx.
to the busiest sections of the city below
Fourteenth street. Ixcai trains will stop
at all of the underground stations, every
half dozen bloojts nlong the rouie. The
tunne'. Is to be ventnateo ny a system or
electric fans and Illuminated at the sta
tions by Inrandescent lights. There will be
nothing to compare with It In the world.
The cara have steel bottoms, copper
sheathed sides, and there Is very little
wood In their construction. The lighting
system will be quite separate from the
power plant that win move the train uy
means of a third rail. The cara will be
Illuminated and the Incandescent llshta
will be only at the atatlons. If the entire
tunnel were lighted. It waa feared thnt the
bright lampa would confuse the motormen.
But if an accident were to take place
llghte could be turned onthrough the en
tire subway from the nearest station.
It will be several months before the
extension of the riitch running rrom city
Ha:i park to Battery park, down Broad
way a mile, Is completed. This work Is
being done without tearing up the atreet,
and by a boring process. The biggest tky
aerapera In New York are along this rout",
and the foundations of none of tbee h ive
been disturbed. At Battery park the sub
way is to connect with the tunnel that
will run under the watera of the Km at river
to Brooklyn.
I'p Broadway, through Fourth avenue,
the tunnel awerves Into crowded Forty
aeoond street, and then takes a couraa up
Proa.lway again until One Hundred and
Fourth street Is readied. There It
branches Into two sections. The first con
tinues strnlgnt out Broadway to Kings
bridge, a distance of more than fourteen
mile from Battery park. The second sec
tion runs cast, cutting off a solid rock,
corner of Central park, then north
through Lenox avenue.
At One Hundred snd Twenty-second
street the tunnel opens to the level of the
Harlem river vaiey, and the tricks ara
then carried along on n hug viaduct,
through a tunnel under the river and InVt
the borough of Bronx subwoy. Passing
through One Hundred nnd Forty-ninth
street the line swings to the east through
the most densely populated section of the
borough, end finally terminates at tha
Bronx park entrance.
THK t;ttM) ARMY PARADE.
N
Points of Impresslreneas In (he Iloa.
(on Tarnonl.
Boston Transcript.
The Ornnd Army parade was a notable
ope In many ways, a wonderfully varied
demonstration nnd profoundly Imnvesslvn,
however regarded; but the two thoughts,
probably, w hich w re most powerfully
forced upon the minds of witnesses from
other countries and also upon the minds
of thousands of our own people were, first,
the largeness of the republic, territorially,
and, second, the vigorous henlth of the
veterans who laid aside theJr weapons of
wnr nearly forty yenra ago. The vast
breadth of the land was proclaimed In the
banners carried In the procession, repre
senting constituencies as far apart ns
Maine and Texas, ns Florida and Alaska.
It Is almost Impossible to conceive II, but
this expansion was the natural outgrowth
of the settlement by Kuropeans begun con
siderably less than 300 yenrs ago. Kven a
century ago the thirteen original states
on the Atlantic seaboard were but a nar
row fringe of civilization on a half hemis
phere of virgin wilderness. And the long
line of blue-coated veterans could not fall
to recall the terrible struggle this great
country went through when these men were
young and active to maintain Its unity,
Its all-embracing oneness, and to take the
result of that struggle as an earnest of
the" perpetuity of the union.
But the people are of more consequence
thnn the land they occupy, an3 the most
Impressive fenture of the great occasion
was the youthfulness, all things considered,
the mental and physical vigor of
these soldiers and sailors of nnother
generation. Doubtless, however, the way
these- veterans have been preserved Is
referable to easily ascertained causes. In
th first place, It must be remembered that
the men who took part In the great civil
war were "selected lives"; they were
chosen because of their youth, their bodily
soundness nnd their good character-. In
most cases their medical examination was
as severe ns If they were applicants ' for
life Insurance policies. It should logically
follow, therefore, that such men must live
beyond middle life, If not to old age, nnd
that they must retain something of their
early promise to the very Inst. Such men,
at any rate, were peculiarly qualified to
undergo tho privations and sufferings
which war ever dispenses broadcast and
pitilessly; their privations nnd sufferings,
lnded, probably toughened them,' perhaps
were the Immediate reason for their longev
ity and for their retentive powers. Before
those privations nnd sufferings many, very
many, succumbed; but thoso who lived
through them must have been hardened
by them; theirs Is an Impressive example
of the survival of the fittest.
MIRTI1FIL REMARKS.
"Colonel Woodby, I see, announces that
he has withdrawn from the struggle for
the gubernatorial nomination."
"That'a not pthpIIv pnrr.pl T h.ll.v. (h.
struggle for the nomination has with
drawn from him." Philadelphia Ledger.
"He's a pretty smooth chap."
"Well, he ought to be."
"Why so?"
"His father was a polisher." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Thar goes SI Grumble," remarked tho
loafer nt the general store, "klckln' again.
That man's the wust feller ter hunt
trouble."
"Hain't as had as my hired man," drawled
Farmer Plodden, "he's the wust I ever see.
He Jest run oft with my wife." Philadel
phia Press.
"I shall have to ask you," said the pho
tographer, "to assume a more pleasing ex
pression of countenance."
"Ain't I looking pleasant?" asked old
Hunks.
"No; you're trying to smile. "Chloago
Tribune.
"Do you think a doctor ought to tell a
patient exactly what Is the matter with
him?"
"Yes," answered the physician. "But he
should use such terms as lo prevent the
posHlbllity of the patient understanding a
word of what he says." Wushlngton Star.
"Yes," said Harker, "It's leap yenr. Did
Kstelle propose to you?"
"No," sighed young Larker.
"But 1 iieard you say: "fills Is so sud
den.' "
"Jes, that was when her father made hla
appearance with a club." Chicago Nawa.
Miss Beach I don't think he really cares
for Miss Dollars."
Mr. Trotter 1 think he has a rlatonlo
affection for her, but he's violently In lOVe
wnn ner latner s money puck.
"My dear sir," began the bunco man.
"your face strikes me as being familiar."
'Ho?'- coldly replied the nte lllxont
farmer; "my fist most generally strikes
Leople for beln' that way." Philadelphia
edger.
AIIKACADABRA.
An. Imp with a trident Is watching for you-
An imp irom me realms or the Huipliur
and Blue."
Belaying your pathway, he watts for a
cnance,
Betokened to him by a smile or a glance.
Remember this warning: to conscience be
true:
Rely upon truth In whatever you do;
A lapse of the tongue, with deceitful ln
tent.
A "wink of the eye, when wrongfully sent.
Contortions of reason and tricks of tho port
Cause heart-break and sorrow fur thots
sands of men.
Attractions presented, nil seemingly whltSw
Alas: (urn so o(t to tne oiai-Knesa or nigni.
Demons of sin ever lurk In our way,
Danger hangs ever o'er roImt or gay.
An agent of' an tan is waiting for you
An Imp from the realms of the "Sulphur
und Blue."
Beware of his wiles! every chance will he
o-lze.
Beguiling the heart, king of evil to please.
Iteller from tne pane or me morally ill,
Iteooxea within. In the heart and the will.
A charm lies In reason, when heeded lta
slKns
An abracadabra exists In these lines.
Omnhn. FRLD T. UUDI(JERV
'
Ayefi
You have doubtless heard
a great deal about Aver's Sar-
saparilla how It makes the
blood pure and rich, tones up
the nervous system, clears
the skin, reddens the checks,
and puts flesh on the bones.
Remember, "Ayer's" Is the
kind you want the kind
the doctors prescribe. All sVaulina.
Ayer's Pills are a (rest aid to Ayer's
Ssrsapanlla. Thee pills are liver fills,
safe for the parents, and lust aa sals
for the children.
Purely vegetable.
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