THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1904.
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GEORGE a TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 1st day f August, A. J. 1W.
(Beal)
Notary Public
SUtesborot Ga., is doing all It can to
distract the attention of the people from
Cripple Creek.
It la now a race betveen Jack Frost
and the Nebraska corn crop, with
chances in favor of the growing grain.
The curfew whistle has been blowing
regularly and sonorously , for, about two
months, but its practical effect has yet
to be demonstrated.
. Tom Blackburn feela confident of vic
tory for Gurley.- Reinforcements have
arrived from Milwaukee, Atlantic City
and Council Bluffs.' . .
Judge Parker evidently sees stormy
times ahead for the democratic craft,
but be will find that D. B. Hill Is not the
only Jonan on board. ,
With a net income of $10,000 a day
the1 St. Louis exposition sees a chance
for paying some of its debts, and the
country generally will be pleased.
'The marooned mariner Is In, a bad
humor. He knows It Is more disreputa
ble to be caught stealing than to steal,
and to be caught lying than to He.
. Chairman Taggart promises to put
"ginger" Into the democratic campaign
while the boys in the rank know that
all the campaign requires is "sweeten
ing." - :r'".4 t
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While 8t. Petersburg announces that
the decisive battle of the war is now In
proRress, it probably reserves the right
to change its opinion should the wrong
army be defeated.
Shanghai docs not propose to he lost
In the flood of wur news. Finding its
stories regarding Tort Arthur discred
ited Its able nnd active- correspondents
have revived the Boxer outrages..
If they ' had only known It was so
easy some other rural Nasbys besides
the postmaster at Gretna might have
come out for congress to cinch reappoint
ments as postage stamp dispensers.
What a sensation there would be if the
commander of ,the "opposition forces" in
this thlift battle of Bull Hun should cor
rect the mistake of Beauregard in the
first battle and march to Washington
while no one was expecting him! ' '
It is' to the lutorettt of the democratic
World-Herald uow more than ever to
stimulate and promote factional differ
ences among republicans the only hope
of its proprietor to keep his seat in con
gress" is through republican discord.
Murad V, sultnn of Turkey, who, died
yesterday) was deposed because he was
considered Insane. At some time dur
ing his brief career as sultan he evi
dently must have tried to keep some
promise be hitd made to other nations.
Soldiers serving in tlie Russian army
at Port Arthur are to get credit on their
terms of enlistment for one year for
each month they serve In the beleag
uered town, but many of them would
probably be willing to take other sen Ice
on the usual terms in ef change. . .
The Russian editor who finds fault
with the reports of Russian correspond
ents beoauae they attribute too great
power to the Japanese soldiers should
try. to write a report while thrspue! la
falling before being too bard upon the
men at the front Under the circum
stances It is not surprising that Jap
anese fighters take on an aspect of in
Ytuolbllity. "
Chairman Bubcock of the national con
gressional committee need not cite Ne
braska as shaky ground on his political
mop. Nebraska now has a greater pro
portion of republican members in its
congressional delegation than it has had
before in fifteen years, and It has. a fair
chance to make it solidly republican if
only the republicans of this Becoud Ne
braska dlbtrict make be mistakes. -
Daily Ee (without Sunday), On IM.. JJ
Dsily Bp nnd Sunday. One Teejr J-W
Illustrated One Year J-JJ
iror ah ntspinixo liadkr.
Up to tbf time Judge Parker has not
shown himself to be an Inspiring leader
and bis party Is now hoping that he will
say something In his letter of acceptance
that will arouse It from the apathy and
Inertia which are everywhere apparent
The effect produced by the gold-standsrd
message to the national convention,
which gave promise of aggressiveness
on the part of the candidate, has quite
disappeared and the democratic matt
agers are finding the rank and file of
the party, even In the candidate's own
state, In a condition of Indifference that
la causing them no little solicitude.
. There is being widely manifested a
feeling of disappointment, which la
shown by both politicians and newspa
per organs. Of the latter, two or three
of prominence and Influence In the east
are dissatisfied with Judge Parker's po
sition regarding the Philippines. These
papers realize that he has made the
question cf Philippine Independence an
Issue which will certainly work td his
disadvantage, because the proposition to
abandon the archipelago that Is involved
Is opposed by an overwhelming, majority
of our people. Hav'ig put himself In
accord with the little coterie of so-called
anti-Imperialists Judge Parker has
placed a handicap upon his campaign
that he will find very troublesome. . It is
stated that in New York there are grave
apprehensions among the politicians,
They find no signs of a reaction In favor
of the democracy and they are not very
confidently looking to the future. One
observer of political conditions in the
Empire state says that "the suspicion
Is gradually becoming conviction that
the party has made a mistake In its can
didate," that ,he Is not the sort of man
to arouse Interest and enthusiasm In the
party.
Judge Parker Is busy with the prepa
ration of his letter of acceptance, which
It Is understood will be given to the
public about the middle of September.
Perhaps he will have something to say
In that which will Infuse a little anima
tion Into the party, but while the dem
ocratic managers are hoping for this it
Is doubtful If they serlotisly expert it
TIMS FOB DECISIVE ACTIOS.
The death of James Grimm, an elec
tric lineman, by shock caused by con
tact with a wire charged with an elec
trical current of high voltage, .forcibly
calls public attention to the dangers to
which life and property are subjected
In Omaha from Improper construction
of electric light lines. Who is respon
sible for this man's death la every
other community a searching inquiry
would be made by a coroner's Jury into
the circumstances which led to the acci
dent so-called and if the proofs were
conclusive that death was due to gross
negligence on the part' of the officers or
employes of any telephone, telegraph or
electric light company, they would be
recommended for criminal prosecution.
Months ago the lty electrician called
the attention of the mayor and council
to the dangers to which our citizens are
exposed by reason of the Improper line
construction, and particularly by the
suspension of arc lights in the "middle
of pur streets from wooden posts. But
for some inexplicable reason his appeals
and wn. .ngs have been ignored. In
the last number of the. United States
Review, a magazine of insurance, atten
tion is called to the electrical hazard
at Omaha in the following paragraph:
The national board is threatening an
Increase In ratea at Omaha, unless methods
of electrical Installation are ' changed.
Some time ago City Electrician Michaelson
was forced to report to the national bojrd
the methods of suspending swinging arc
lamps in the buslneas district, and has
now made a similar complaint as to out
side wiring. He reports that there heve
been fifteen fires and burnouts within
fifteen weeks, all due to the Improper tins
construction of the electrto light company.
The high potential and low potential wires
are run too close together, especially when
carried through trees.
It seems to us that the time has come
for the municipal authorities to heed the
warnings and take such action as wllH
compel compliance with the rules and
regulations established by the city elec
trician, and supplement these rules by
amendments to the t city ordinances
where they may be found to be defective
or inadequate. It also seems to us that
an official Inquiry Into the circumstances
surrounding the death of James Grimm
should be made by the proper authorities
with a view to locating the responsi
bility. THE CRIMINAL PROVISION.
The Sherman anti trust law provides
that those who violate It may be sub
jected to criminal prosecution. This
provision has never been Invoked and
the present administration has been
criticised for not having done so, partic
ularly In the case of the Northern Securi
ties company. ' t
Secretary Tart, who is one of the
ablest Jurists in the country, referred to
this criticism of the administration in
his Montpeller speech and presented a
convincing reason why the criminal
clause of the anti-trust law has not been
applied. He said that the line that
mark the difference between legality
and Illegality in a combination of capital,
In- Industrial enterprises. Is on that
must be drawn with care by the courts.
"It Is a question upon which there may
be honest difference of opinion and until
that line la definitely settled It would not
only be unwise, but unjust to subject
to criminal Indictment and punishment
those who engage in combinations sup
posing them to be legal." Ha urged
that It la much wiser to use the Instru
mentality of the civil courts, by bill In
equity, to break up the combinations,
than to proceed against them by Indict
ment. After the law has been stab
Mulied by a civil suit then, should the
declaration of law be disregarded and
Ignored and the illegal combination con
tinued, criminal proceedings may be in
stituted. As to the demand that thoss engaged
in the Northern Securities
company I
should be subjected to indictment and
prosecution, which the attorney general
refused to do, Secretary Tft pointed
out that a minority of the supreme court
had held that what bad been done was
legal and It was fair to presume that the
men engaged in It believed It legal,
"Just as soon aa the decision of the sit
preme court was announced the defend
ants at once proceeded to a compliance
with the decree of the court, breaking
up the combination." This was all that
was sought and the purpose of the law
having been fulfilled nothing more was
required. Had the corporation declared
to be Illegal, however, disregarded the
court's decree criminal prosecution
Would have been justified and it Is not
to be doubted would have been Instl
tuted.
The course pursued by the present
administration In what has been done
to enforce the anti-trust law Is along
the same line that was adopted by the
last Cleveland administration in the one
or two cases which it Instituted under
the law. That administration did not
think it necessary to subject those en
gaged In combinations to indictment and
prosecution. What Secretary Taft
makes plain, and undoubtedly capable
and unprejudiced lawyers will agree
with him, Is that the wise and proper
course Is to obtain from the courts, by
civil suit a declaration of the law and if
that is not complied with criminal pro
ceedlngs may be Instituted. Doubtless
there will be more or less criticism dur
ing the campaign of the failure of the
administration to apply the crrmlnnl
clause of the anti-trust law, but repub
licans will find a sufficient answer In
the view of the matter presented by
Secretary Taft.
PENSION EXAMINATIONS.
The commissioner of pensions recom
mends a different method of examining
applicants for pension from that now in
operation. He says the present system
is most uncertain, expensive and unsat
isfactory, it Is liable to outside control
and political dictation and it generates
an enormous amount of political fric
tion. Some of the predecessors of Com
missioner Ware have called the atten
tion of congress to this matter, but It
baa irsfr received much consideration
from that body. Possibly the present
commissioner will be able to impress
upon congress the expediency of chang
ing a system that Is subject to such
grave objections as hi presents.
It is urged that there should be perm
anent examining physicians, who should
travel about and pass upon all cases
at stated periods. With such a system
there would be a sense Of responsibility
and the permanently employed physi
cians would not be likely to yield to po
litical dictation. Only thoroughly qual
ified men, it is to be assumed, would be
appointed and as they would not be de
pendent upon politicians for their tenure
they would perform the duties without
fear or favor. That this would be con
ducive to greater care and honesty gen
erally In the examination of applicants
fps,. pension , caano be- doubted.. The
commissioner is doubtless also correct in
saying that such' a system, would be less
expensive than the present method,
which for the fiscal year of 1903 cost
the government over $956,000.
A CHARGE OF MENDACITT.
In a speech last week David B. Hill
made the statement that at the time Mr,
Roosevelt took the oath of office In
Buffalo he declared In public that he
would simply fill McKinley's place, that
he would not look for renomlnation. He
also said that later, on the train that
conveyed the body of the martyr presi
dent to Canton, Roosevelt gave to the
press a statement to the effect that he
thought he had been misunderstood by
the public, "which meant , practically
thnt he was a candidate for renomlna
tion." A newspaper correspondent Mr. M. A.
Teague, who was present in Buffalo
during the closing hours of the M?XIii
ley tragedy, says in the Philadelphia
North American that the Hill statement
is "a bold, barefaced lie, manufactured
out of the whole cloth." Mr. Teague
gives a circumstantial account of what
took place In Buffalo, eery incident of
which came under his observation and
was carefully noted in his capacity of a
newspaper correspondent and with this
intimate knowledge he unqualifiedly de
nounces Hill as a malicious liar.
Nobody familiar with the character
of that unscrupulous New York poli
tician will doubt that he Is capable of
such mendacity. Of course his state
ment waa intended for party service and
as It may be used by others the exposure
f Its falsity should be widely circulated.
Certainly no fair-minded man, knowing
the character of President Roosevelt, can
believe that in the presence of the ter
rible tragedy in Buffalo there was In his
mind any thought of aught but the
Calamity to the nation and the great
responsibility it devolved upon him.
More or less mendacity In the campaign
Is to be expected, but nothing, It is to
be hoped, quite so malicious and in
famous as the lying statement of David
B. Hill.
Congressman Hitchcock's efforts In
support of William F. Gurley will sur
prise no 'one who knows how anxious
he Is to help nominate a republican can
didate who can be easily defeated. Ac
cording to the Hitchcock organ, "the
republican congressional situation has
reached an acute stage. Edward Rose
water started out Monday morning to
make a personal canvass for John L.
Kennedy, and is stimulating the ma
chine workers to extra exertion In be
half of that candidate and against W,
F. Gurley." Why Rosewater bad not
taken personal charge of Kennedy's cam
paign until Monday morning Is not ex
plained, however, unless on the theory
that he is trying to play the part of
Bluoher omlng in Just In the nick of
time to strike the decisive blow at
Waterloo. It is also given out by the
same veracious organ that South Omaha
lis being stirred up from ceuter to clr-
leumferene by the discovery that B. E.
Wilcox is to become postmaster of
South Omaha and Joe K out sky is to be
his deputy In case Kennedy succeeds In
landing In the lower house of congress.
In view of the fact that the term of
Captain Etter, the South Omaha post
master, will not expire for nearly three
years, and no change Is likely to be made
In the South Omaha postofflce during
the term for which Kennedy would be
elected, unless the. South Omaha post
master resigns or dies, the horrible pros
pect f the impending change Is not
likely to throw South Omaha republicans
who may dislike Wilcox and dread
Koutsky into a spasm. What roorbachs
the Hltchcocklan organ will spring
within the next three or four days to
frighten the antls Into voting for Gurley,
nqbody can eren guess.
The railroads are- advertising "home
visitors excursions" to Ohio and Id-
dlana, where various cities and towns
are holding reunions for all former resi
dents who have since scattered wide
and far. A whole lot of people have
lived in Omaha at different times during
its brief career, who, for one reason or
another, have removed to other places
and who would make a big crowd of
congenial companions If they could be
brought together. This is a hint for
some of our local organizations. A re
union of ex-Omahans next year would be
a good card to play.
The congressional primary, as evolved
and ordained by Tom Blackburn, la de
signed under pretense of a popular
preference vote to throw the nomination
Into a delegate convention, where the
usual burgs hi and sale tactics may be
employed. The direct primary ordered
by the republican county committee for
the nomination of legislative and con
gresslonal candidates insures nomina
tions to those who pet the highest popu
lor vote and absolutely prevents con
vention sell-outs and frauds. Note the
difference.
The people of Omaha, regardless of
location, heartily approve every effort
of the Park commission to extend the
park system within a radius of two miles
from the city hall. If the board would
only confine Its operatlona to the parka
within these limits for the next few
years, and abandon or sell the so-called
parks four or five miles out of town,
they would do much to build up the
City Beautiful and plug up the wasteful
drains upon the municipal treasury.
Hint of What's Coming-.
St Louts Globe-Democrat.
Chairman Taggart's attention Is called to
the absurd character of the advance claims
put out by would-be champion Munroe.
A Reasonable Possibility.
Chicago Post.
David B. Hill says, he will retire January
. It Is Just possible that a Parker eclipse
will cause him to tuck his bald head under
his wing on Wolfert's Roost as early as
November. "
Here's ' Hoping.
.. Balt'lirvir Apierlcnn. ... . ,
It Is'to be hoped -that the royal Russian
baby will not. 'when he grows up, disap
point all the marnlffcent expectations now
being entertained' for him by trying to be
a smart Aleck.' 1 '
Tip for Campaign Fund Collectors.
Chicago Post.
Under the diligent ministrations of a
physician a Massachusetts man has
coughed up a cent which he swallowed
twenty years ago. Tom Taggart should
hire that doctor, as a campaign fund col
lector. Imposlaar on the Amiable One.
Philadelphia Press.
It Is now suspected that those soubrettes
visited Judge Parker the other day not so
much to offer him their' votes as to get
their names in the campaign news, which
Is a dreadful way to Impose upon a truly
amiable candidate.
Spiked Cans. ,
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The spiked democatlo guns in this can
vass are being dally exhibited. Nothing Is
said about Jumping General Wood over the
heads of 400 other officers because two lead
ing democratic Senators voted to recom
mend the act Nothing Is said about Pan
ama because ten democratic senators ap
proved the whole procedure. Billy Bryan
even advised ratification of the treaty In
volving the Philippines.
. Effect of Csaal Dlgalag.
Minneapolis Journal.
The great railway man whose eyes have
so long been on the Pscifle Is now aald to
have taken a few glances In the direction
of the Gulf of Mexico. The occasion of
these glances Was. the accomplishment of
all the preliminaries for the construction
of the Panama canal, and the assurance
that work will soon begin on that great
undertaking. Mr. Hill, like most trans
continental railway men, has been opposed
to the Isthmian canal. Now, however, that
the canal Is to be built, he has' probably
made up his mind to adapt his plana to
circumstances and secure for himself all
the benefits growing out of the construction
of the canal he can.
Limit of Retrenchment.
Washington Post.
The railroads now Indicate that the limit
of retrenchment has been reached, and
that there would be better demand for ra'l
road workmen from now on. instead of fur
ther reductions. There has been a decided
revival In some lines of manufacturing In
dustries, and this, with the certainty of an
Immense crop to be moved In tbe early
fall, furnishes a reasonable guaranty that
the railroad business will be more profit.
able both for the owners and the employes
for some time to come, as the conditions
which are producing this Increased busi
ness promise to be permanent white the
causes which led to the abnormal expenses.-and
the consequent reductions and
retrenchment, were temporary and excep
tional. . .
Cheep alaa; Ocean Travel.
Philadelphia Record.
The asinine cutting of rates by the trans
atlantic steamship companies continues.
Not since Columbus, discovered the conti
nent has It been so cheap for outsiders to
get Into America, or for Americans to get
out of America, 'aa at the present time.
Thousands are taking advantage of the rate
Inducementa to cross the briny; but the
great preponderance of landing Immigrants,
who design to stay with us, over depart
ing emigrants who hope to better them
selves in other lands shows no diminution
of preference on the part of world wen-
derers for the land of the free and the home
of the brave. Even the disposition to cur
tail the hospitality of the open door mad
manifest In the legislation of the last
twenty rrs has not availed to stop ths
human tide setting westward to our Shores.
COSlIF ABOtT THS) WAR.
lets! and Incidents Overlooked by
the Jnnk Xewa Rent.
Ths most Interesting exhibit In the com
mlasary general's office In Washington la
block with tapering ends, six Inches Ion
and two Inches thick In the middle. At
first glance It would be classed as petrified
wood or a hunk of navy plug. But It Is
neither. It is six day's rations for a Japs
nese soldier. Commissary General Weston
satisfies the Incredulous by demonstrating
that the Mock Is a chunk of compter sed
fish, cured after the peculiar Japanese
fashion until It Is Impervious to water, and
can resist heat and cold, sunshine and
storm.
The general explained that when the
Japanese soldier had plenty ef time on his
hands he chipped away at his fish until ha
had enough for a meal, and then boiled It
until It became sort That, with a little
rice, constituted a "big meal." When on
the march, however, the soldier merely
hack off a little of the fish with their
knives and chew It up aa they march along.
Llso Tang, around which a battle Is re
ported. Is an- anoient Manchurlan city, with
a Russian official suburb of detached
houses. Between the official suburb and
the river moat which runs under the high
wall of the city Is the L4ao Tang pagoda,
an elongated dome of stone, with the upper
balf ourlously serrated. It was erected as
a memorial of the explosion of the Coreans
from Manchuria a trifle the worse for
wear now, as It well may be, when two
other nations are struggling for the coun
try, and the conquerors of the Coreans are
doing the coolie work for them both.
, The city, Manchuria's ancient capital, Is
full of life and decay the kind or teeming
life that Is the product of decay. The
city wall It marks an Irregular square
about a mile each way Is the only feature
that suggests solidity and stability. On
each side a gate, through which the road
makes painful slgsags, gives, or obstructs,
entrance and exit.
Narrow streets, squalid booths and hovels,
unspeakable filth, and stench, and dust,
teeming life all flooded In sunshine that Is
Llao Tang. The Chinese seem to be hatched
like flies by the sunshine out of the decay
of their country. '
Borne idea of the cost ot modern warfare
can be arrived at by taking ,a Japanese
warship Ilk the Koauga or Nysshln and
calculating the number of shots it would
discharge. The first named ship carrlea
four cannon which cost $30,000 each. One
of these guns can Ore two shoU per minute,
and every shot costs $400; thus in five min
utes these four cannon can discharge forty
bombs at a cost of $1,000. The smaller
cannon cost each $1,000, and every shot
they lire means an expenditure of $70. They
are rapid, and it Is estimated that In five
minutes the twelve cannon oould discharge
shot to the value of nearly $35,000.
Tha St James Gasette says: "The rainy
season In southern Manchuria is not so
bad aa It has been represented to be- Rest
dents of long experience state that while
there are days In which heavy falls of ralu
take place, there are not many consecutive
days In which torrential rains are experl.
enced. When a really heavy downpour of
rain of soma hours' duration occurs It is
almost invariably followed by three or
four weeks of splendid, dry, . bracing
weather. There la no finer summer climate
In the world than that of southern Man
churia. The temperature In the shade Is
seldom above 88 degrees."
What delightfully topsy-turvy people the
Japanese are, according to One Who Knows
Them. .. ''.The genial. Jap,',' . he tells us,
seems as It he cannot do anything quite
as everybody else does It He mounts hi
horse on the right side, and, when he
stables him, backs htm in tail first and
feeds him from a tub at the stable door.
He hauls his boat on the beach stern first,
he prints his books with the footnotes at
the top of the page, and the word 'finis'
where we put the title page. In addressing
his letters he puts the name last and the
town or country first; he says 'eastnorth'
and 'westsouth' where we say 'northeast'
and 'southwest' ! his keys , turn In Instead
of out; he drinks his wine before and not
after his dinner; and when he wants to
be specially polite he removes, not his
head covering, but that of his feet."
'The happy life of the family circle, other
wis enjoyable In the cool breexe of th
summer evening, is quite Impossible this
year now that the main support of the
family Is absent on account of the war,"
says the Toklo Asahl Shemlun. "The
housewife, Who sets the dinner table dally
with a seat left vacant, and the old- sire,
who emerges from his hermitage Into the
troublesome world to toll for ' the daily
bread for the family, buy newspapers.
otherwise uninteresting but for the sake of
the . on at the front, end request the
eldest boy to read them aloud.
" 'What report of the warT Bo saying,
the grandfather takes into his arms the
youngest grandchild, to whom he says:
Thy papa, is doing great deeds and will
soon corns home to bless thee.'
"How deeply pathetic must be the scene
of this country home, where the winds that
sail over the green fields of rice and even
the tinkle, tinkle of the bells at tha neoks
of the farmers' horse that pass by the
door remind the family of the man at the
front." ,
"In Japan, when a farmer permits a tele
graph or telephone pole to be erected on his
land, he has made a great concession to
modern reform." says Booklovers' Maga.
sine. "Only the exceedingly rich have
fences around ' their farms In Japan, not
because ot the cost of the fence, but be
cause of tha value of the square inches
the posts and pickets would consume. It a
border Is desired around a field, It Is cus
tomary to plant mulberry trees. The total
area of ground In Japan thus devoted to
ths silk worm tree, which otherwise would
be taken up with fences, amounts to about
180,000 acres. This hat no reference to the
mulberry farms and groves, the area for
whloh Is over three times as much. The
fact that a Japanese farmer Is forced to
figure on the amount of ground a fence
post would occupy, and the Interesting fact
that the government, In Its statistical
enumerations, has had the areas covered
by' Individual mulberry trees on farm
boundaries carefully computed, demon
strates the great value of arable land." '
A Tllden Reminder.
Kansas City Star.
When Mr. Tllden was nominated for pres
ident th second term question was under
discussion. In his letter of acceptance th
candidate said that he believed no perma
nent civil service reform to be possible until
the chief, magistrate should be constitu
tionally disqualified for re-election, "ex-
perleno having rapes rt,edly exposed th
futility of self-imposed restrictions by can
didates or inoumbente." Possibly the at
tention of Judge Parker had not been called
to this wise declaration at the time of the
recent exercises at Roaemount.
Art ef Getting; Rich telek.
Washington Post
The president of a New Jersey trust
company Is charged with transferring $1,.
800,000 of the eoncern's funds to his own ac
count Tr-.e sum Is a little too small (o
gfve him rank as a Napoleon of finance
and a little toe large to come under the
Newport deoolUoh ei "purlcinaga."
PERSONAL NOTES.
Port Arthur doesn't contradict Sherman's
definition of war.
Senator Hoar's favorite hymn Is John
Watts' "O. God, Our Help In Ages Past.
Mrs. May brick has limitless oportunlties
for posing ss a freak, but persists In being
a woman. ,
Prcf. Frederick B. Loom la, who waa at
the head of the expedition to 'Wyoming In
search of the remains of extinct animals,
has Just returned to Amherst, Mass., hav
Ing been absent about ten weeks. More
than (00 speelmens were secured.
Shaban Bey, a native prince of the Al
taians, la In London trying to obtain fundi
for the purpose ot continuing the Insurrec
tion against Turkey. He la the only Moham
medan In the world who, wears eyeglasses
and the people he leads superstltlously
believe It possesses some occult power
which enables him to avoid traps laid by
the Turkish generals.
Marshal Field Is the heaviest taxpayer
In tha. United States. Forty million uul-
lara Is the assessed value of Mr. Field's
taxable property, real and personal, In
Chicago. This is the estimate of the
Board of Review. Mr. Field's real estate
assessment is $30,000,000. His personal prop
erty assessment Is $10,000,000. Next year
he will pay taxes on an additional $1,000,000
worth of real estate.
General De Nerler, whose threat to re
tire recently oaused a stir In France, was
In his boyhood rustlcatuJ from Bt. Cyr
and sent to serve aa a soldier of the line
as a punishment for fighting a duel with a
fellow student. He served with distinc
tion In the Franco-Prussian war. He was
wounded and taken prisoner at Meta,' but
escaped and received a second wound while
fighting under Faidherbe with the array of
the north.
FIRE LOSSES BY LIGHTNING.
Concerted Effort to Revive the Light
ning Rod Business.
With the passing of the "lightning rod
man", there comes naturally an increasing
demand on the part of those most directly
Interested in fire protection for Information
regarding the" extent to which fire losses
In this country may be traced to lightning.
Borne time ago the National Fire Protec
tive association appointed a committee to
Investigate the question of fire losses from
this source and the value of protective ap
paratus now in use. The committee has
made a preliminary report, which shows
that out of .an average of 71,469 fires from
all causes in a year 1,151 were caused by
lightning. These Involved a loss In the
same year of $(,863,437, out of a total loss
from fires from all causes of $156,000,000.
It Is Interesting' to note the fact that of
the buildings destroyed or damaged by
fire barns were In the-majority. The com
mittee found that buildings with steeples
and gabled roofs are much more suscepti
ble to lightning strokes than those with
flat roofs. iimentlng upon the light
ning rod as a preventive of lightning
stroke, the Electrical Review says:
It would have been Interesting If the
committee had secured and published fig
ures showing what proportion of the dwell
ings and barns struck were equipped with
such apparatus and also what proportion
of . the churches struck were similarly
equipped. It would also have been Interest
ing to have determined what was the ratio
between the proportions of dwellings
struck to tbe total number of dwellings
under Investigation, and the number of
churches struck to the otal number of
churches under Investigation. '
The report of the committee Is likely to
revive discussion of the oft debated ques
tlon as to the utility of the lightning rod
as a protective apparatus. . it is - wen
known that this device Is not so'i exten
sively used a In forstr years,' although
the "lightning rod man" ii still doing bust
ness In the country. The conclusions ot
the committee, indeed, warrant the belief
that a considerable loss oould hav been
avoided by the proper Installation of pro
tective apparatua. One of the sugges
tions made by the committee Is that the
conductor-should not be Insulated at any
point from th building to be protected,
but should be fastened firmly thereto by
material of the same nature as the con
ductora form of construction that Is
rarely followed In the equipment of build-
ngs with this protective apparatus.
AN AMBIGVOL'S LEADER.
Sage ef Eeopna. Falls ta Eathnse Hia
Followers.
Kansas City 8tar.
As the canvass progresses It Is becoming
more and more apparent that Judge Parker
Is not the Inspiring leader that his party
had hoped to And in him. While his speech
of acceptance was a calm and Judicial re
view of conditions, it was the utterance ot
Judge, not of a leader. -There was nothA
Ing In It to stir the blood or to rally the
party around him. . Blnce it was delivered,
democratic newspapers have been asking
what certain passages meant. The candi
date himself has felt Impelled to write a
letter Interpreting his declaration about the
Philippines.
In view of the fact that Judge Parker
waa an unknown man outside of his state
when he was nominated, It was especially
Important that his first public utterance
should be clear and Impressive. The com
ments of his friends show that they have
rather generally found It ambiguous and
negative. By no possibility can It be used
as a campaign document except by the re
publicans.
When Tllden was tha party's nominee
hi achievements In fighting the thieves In
New Tork constituted a direct appeal to the
voters. Mr. Cleveland's record as a reform
governor was what, secured him the presi
dency. But J.udge Parker has had no ex
ecutive career to arouse enthusiasm. He
must depend on his ability to show himself
leader In the canvass. While he Is re
ported to be an attractive man personally,
ho has railed up td this time to giv any
indication ef those vigorous executive qual
ities oi tnat grasp or the situation de
manded In a chief magistrate. Bo far as
the, country can determine, the Judg Is as
colorless as his speech.
A RAINBOW OF PROMISE.
German
Scientist Annnnnees a Cnre
for Hay fSvcr,
Chicago Tribune.
Prof. W. F. Dunbar, a Oerman scientist
of American birth, has returned to his na
tive shores, bringing news that is welcome
to many people, especially at this time of
year. He has produced a serum which he
says will cure hay fever.
Hay fever la seldom or never fatal, but it
la one of the most persistently irritating
diseases from which men suffer. , Having
selected a victim, it returns evert August
or thereabouts to torture him. It keeps
him constantly for from two to six weeks
between a hacking cough and a tearing
sneeae. It converts his eyes and nostrils
Into plenteous fountains of woe. . It assslls
him with asthmatio paroxysms. It pros
trates him with thumping headaches.
Without killing him Itself. It leaves him In
such a ' nervous and debilitated condition
that he may fall an eaay prey to some less
leisurely and more virulent disorder.
Hay fever Is caused by the pollen of cer
tain plants whloh the winds begin in the
latter part of summer to blow about and
deposit In large quantltlea on the mucous
membrane of peoples eyes and noaes.
Brain workers and other nervous persons
are especially subject to II. To th pollen
from rye grass most of th &ay (svar la
If You are Tired
TAKE
HORSFORD'S
Acid Phosphato
It invigorate and strengthens.
Europe Js due. Golden rod, rsg weed and
corn are ths great disseminators of it In
this country. Scientists formerly thought
the minute barbs -of the pollen of soma
plants were what set up the Irritation of
the membranes. For many years physi
cians have prescribed a few weeks' stay at
the seaside to their hay fever patients, th
object being to get them as far as possible,
out of the reach of the pollen carrying
breeses. Some persona have escaped these
breesc-s ar.d found relief by spending the
hay fever season high up In the mountains.
Various medicinal remedies have been ap
plied to the dleease, but all have proved
more or less Ineffective.
Prof. Dunbar says the. mistake of scient
ists has consisted In attributing hay fever
to the barbs of pollen. His Investigations
have shown that Its origin Is not mechani
cal, but chemical that It la caused by a
certain poisonous albumen which the pollen
contains. There la no such thing as an
antidote for a barb. The toxin he has In
vented. Prof. Dunbar says. Is an effective
antidote to the poisonous albumen and
cures the trouble to which It gives rise.
Thousands of persons who cannot afford to
nee every year to the seaside or moun
tains or who don't enjoy having to choose
between fleeing and staying sneezing and
snuffing at home, heartily desire that his ,
remedy may bear the test of experience.
WHAT LINCOLN DID NOT SAT.
Ancient Campalsn Fake
Bragged
front Its Tomb.
New York Sun.
From the Limbo of Roorbacks wink and
wake
The Forged Quotation and the Same Old
r atce.
The leading editorial, . "What Lincoln
Bald," In Hon. John Roll McLean's Cincin
nati Enquirer, leads thus:
"There has been a revival In the newspa
pers of what Abraham Lincoln declared, a
short tlms before hia death, to be one of
the dangers of the times ahead of him. 'I
see In the near future,' said Mr. Lincoln,
a crista approaching that unnerves me and
causes me to tremble for the safety of my
country. As a result of the war, corpora
tions have been enthroned and an era of
corruption In high places will follow, and
the money power of the country will en
deavor to prolong Its right by working upon
the prejudices of the people, until all
wealth Is aggregated In a few hands and
the republic, ts destroyed. I feel at this mo
ment more anxious for the safety of th
country than ever before, ven In the midst
of war.' "
This was duly "exposed" In 1896 and 1C00.
It has so burlesque a face, Its talk about
corporations" and the "money power" is
so grotesquely premature, that Its author
must have had an unholy Joy In making It.
'In the midst of war" Is another betraying
phrase, aa If Mr. Lincoln had long survived
the war. He died before Joe Johnston had
surrendered. Of course, Nlcolay and Hay
know nothing of such a letter. It Is the
cheapest sort of a forgery, but It wl'l be
solemnly used again by the ..demoprstla .
thinkers. '
Why don't the fake foundries turn out
something newt For example:
"I view with alarm the great .aggregh-
ttons of capital called trusts." George
Washington.
"Imperialism and the departure of Jeffer
sonlan simplicity are the twin dangers ef
American civilisation." T. Jefferson.
"If any man refuses to haul down the
American flag, boot him down." J. A. Dlx.
Why must the campaign fake be the i
old fake?
MERRY JINGLES.
Spartlcus Does that fountain pen
Of
yours leak tnat way an-tne timeT
BmartleuB No, only when I have ink In
it Philadelphia Press.
"Some men a hesp o' education,"
said Uncle Eben. "de same as some people
get a fine collection o' bait wlfout catchln'
any fish." Washington Stsr.
"Why does the colonel drink his cocktails
so rapidly?"
"It looks to me as if he was In a vio
lent hurry to rescue the submerged cher
ries at the bottom." Cleveland Plain
Dealer. V
"What is the prisoners reputation for
truth and veracity?"
"I don't know, except that I have fre
quently seen him go paat with a flshlnc
pole. "-Springfield Journal.
Hercules had Just put on the poisoned
shirt.
"By Jupiter!" he groaned. "I'll sue that
laundry for damages!"
Calling up central, he rang for his attor
ney. Milwaukee Sentinel.
The circus elephant wae plodding slong
the psvement when he heard the horn ot
an automobile, '-..
"Gee. what a root ianeuge, pe sua; i
can't understand a word Of it."
And he trumpeted a few himself. Buffalo
Express.
THE ftt'IET MAN.
Somervllle Journal. '
Don't think because a man keeps still
That he was born a fool.
The quiet man thinks much more than ,
The talker, aa a rule. ' , .
While others prate, he thinks, and thinks,
And works creat Drobteme out.
Quite willing only to dlscuis ,-
ine inings ne Knows aouui.
The talker mskes a lovely show.'
You'd think he knew It all.
And yet his knowledge oftentimes.
In point r " ' "" .
He's like the empty tin cans tied
t V.v the boye.
There'a nothing in them ver, but
Tney make a ioi oi nuio.
The quiet man say; little, but
Me ininsn an i- .
And when It cornea to good advice.
He's Johnny-on-the-spot. . -
He seldom speaks, but when h breaks
His silence. Just drsw near;
He's likely to ssy something thst
It s worm your wnue m
Hair - Food
Falling 'hair, thin hair, gray
hair starved hair.' You can
stop ' starvation with proper
food. Then feed your starv
ing hair with a ' hair-food
Ayer's Hair Vigor. It re
news, refreshes, feeds, nour
ishes, restores color. Don't
grow old too fast.
"I have tried two 'beat ever sold'
preparations, but Aver's Hslr Vigor'
bears them all for ret tori n tha natural
color to the hslr, and It keeps my bstr
very soft snd smooth." Mrs. J. U'
Marcrum, Sumner, Miss.
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