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Muroff ig slowly but surely driving
.St. Petersburg off the tnap as a news
(.enter.
The silence which has fallen upon
Cleveland would Indicate that the whole
story of Mrs. Clmtlwlck has been told.
It will be a race between record and
beads at Ormoud Beach this week to see
which will save the most from break
ing ... i
It would bo difficult to tell which has
lost In the deal by which Texas secures
Mrs. Duke and New York recovers Mr.
Iodffe.
In the appointment of the new Fin
nish secretary It looks as though the
cr.ar -were disposed to take some of his
spite out on the grand duchy.
Admiral Kojvstvensky has gone into
harbor for fear of hurricanes, lie is
taking iio chances until the result of the
l'opger bank hearing Is kuawu. .
The Missouri Idea of freuzled politics
has as little to coiuiueud It as the fren
zied Huunue of Wall ,street, although It
may Injure fewer legitimate interests.
- , .1 . IHJT
The legislator M ho Introduced the bill
prohibiting foot ball evidently hopes to
win all Klltical honors coming to him
before tho college boys are entitled to
vole.
St. Petersburg reports the probable
lobs of the strike becuuse the strikers
re becoming hungry. But It Is the
hungry man usually who makes revolu
tions. ' .i .
At last the weather man has nx.-d
things so that no part of the country
can point the finger of shame at another
when temperatures are the subject of
conversation.
It costs $10.00 for every man, woman
and child lu Nebraska for state and
local government. lo you wonder the
lax issue Is uppermost in the minds of
the people of Nebraska?
Sinn the 'anti-alum" law has been
wiped off the statute books of Missouri
a number of prominent politicians are
willing to "let bygones be bygones"' pro
vided the courts will acquiesce.
tierinnu strikers are not making as
much noise as those of Itussia. yet when
the returns are all in it may be found
ihat the property loss Is greater from
tierman Idleness than from Russian ac
tivity, It is safe to say that there is not one
iiiuii out of a hundred thousaud in the
state of Nebraska who could have come
within several millions of guessing how
much tiie people of Nebraska pay for
governing themselves.
We had almost overlooked the most
vital point In the revised water bill,
namely, the provision that Insure for
Omaha a water commissioner at a sal
ary of f lO.OtiO a year without the aid or
consent of anybody except the water
boa il.
1'irlng promiscuous constitutional
amendments haphazard Into the legisla
tive uopiier will only result in another
fiasco. If we are to have any constitu
tional amendments submitted at the
next geueral election they should la)
carefully pretiatyd by competent consti
tutional lawyers and submitted together
lu lieu of u revised constitution.
Hy no read In the stars last
summer l'rof. Hicks predicted thut a
told wave would sweep the TrausniU
sotirl country during the latter part of
January. Anybody else might have
foretold the same thing without reading
the atsra. Had rrof. Illcks predicted
below gero temierature for the middle
of July and lilt the nail on the head lit
pi(.phey would have beeu abnormal. '
rHIXA'8 A.91TK TO RUSSIA
The nulan allegations tbnt China
had violated the rules of neutrality
hate been answered by the Chinese gov
ernment, and It will surprise no one to
find that they arc In the main ground
less, or st least without sufficient foun
dation to Justify the charges made by
the Kuasisn government In JJs note to
the power. The fact appears to be
that the world has prewntcd In this an
other example of the wly and iuslnccrp
diplomacy of the Russian government.
It has taken up a few 'incidents of a
not at all Important character and given
them a significance which they did not
possess and which really was not com
prehended in any system of interna
tional law. The evident aim of the Rus
sian government in its note was to
mislead the powers and If postdhle to
produce a feeling that would be hostile
to the Idea of preervlng the territorial
Integrity of the Chinese empire. It
seems to le an unmistakable fact that
what Russia was seeking was an op
portunity to cut loose from the agree
ment In regard to confining hostilities to
a certain gone and extending her mili
tary operations to forbidden territory,
which In the event of her success In
the war she could claim as a part of the
spoils of victory.
The Chinese nuswer to the Russian
charges, so far as it has !oen made pub
lic, seems to Is? complete and conclusive.
While It Is not denied that the rules of
neutrality have not lu all ways been
strictly observed, the Russians, It Is as
serted, have been In this respect ns
faulty as the Japanese. If not more so,
and Instances In support of this are
cited. In conclusion the Chinese gov
ernment asserts that It has not swerved
one lota from Its neutrality and that the
general attitude of Its people Is peaceful.
It Is not to lie doubted that this state
ment of the Chinese government will be
accepted by the. powers generally and
that Its effect will be to more firmly de
termine them to resist the evident desire
of Russia to find some excuse for break
ing the agreement In regard to the none
of military operations and InTadlng the
neutral territory of China. There can
be no reasonable doubt as to her pur
pose In regard to this and It Is to the
general advantage that China's answer
has shown the earnest desire of that
empire to remain In accord with the
policy urged upon her by the fnlted
States and other powers, maintaining
absolute neutrality and doing nothing to
Invite or provoke the Interference of
other nations. AVlmt China has to do Is
to safeguard herself against- Russian In
trigue and this sec, ns to be her tutention.
In the meantime the power of Russia In
the far east Is weakening and there Is
every reason to believe that In the not
remote future It will be utterly destroyed.
TRVf! POUCT OF PVBLfllTr.
That we have not at present a policy
of publicity In regard to corporations en
gaged in interstate commerce that is sat
isfactory to the country will be gener
ally admitted. A very excellent step
was taken In establishing the bureau of
corporations, with authority to Investi
gate the organization and operations of
certain corporations, but the public has
not yet received any Information of- a
practical nature from this bureau and It
Is not unnatural that there should be
some doubt as to whether this branch
of the government Is to be really of any
value In furnishing the people with the
knowledge which It Is desirable that
they should have.
The Wall Street Journal makes the
suggestion, which we think will be very
generally approved, that .there beja sys
tem under which every corporation, rail
road. Industrial and financial, shall be
obliged to make regtilar reports to the
bureau of corporations, at least once a
year, and oftener If deemed expedient,
these reports which would be made pub
lic to contain a detailed statement of
assets and liabilities and a complete list
of the stockholders of record at the date
of the reports. ''Such a system as this,"
suys that paper, "would make public no
essential trade secret that would lu tin?
least hamper a corporation In Its deal
ings with Its competitors; but it wonld
serve to give that measure of protec
tion to the public which Is Involved lu
the act of publishing the niutuclnl con
dition of the corporation and the names
of the stockholders who own It."
We think this suggestion will be gen
erally regarded as sound and that an
amendment to the law giving the bureau
of corporations the necessary anthorlty
would meet with practically universal
commendation.
A FALSI! DASOER SIQXAL.
There was published in our Washing-J
ton dispatches a few days ago a report
of the opposition that Is being made lo
legislation regulating railway rates by
an association whose, purpose purports
to be to maintain the rights of proierty.
It appears that the Interests That inn
posw the association are chiefly the bond
holders and stockholders of railroad com
panies, who of course have always re
garded wijh disfavor auy movement to
ward government control or regulation
of railroads. It professes, however, to
also represent ' the Interests of savings
banks and savings banks 'depositors, in
surance companies and those holding
policies In them, and the small Individ
ual Investor.
It is assumed by this association that
if the policy recommeuded by President
Roosevelt should be carried out all rail
road rates would necessarily W reduced
and that this would work great injury to
the Interests which It represents. Of
course this assumption is absolutely un
warranted. The president's recommen
dation simply Is that the Interstate Com
merce commission Im given the power to
establish and enforx a fair rate where,
ou formal complaiut that a rate Is not
fair and reasonable. It has beeu proved
to its own satisfaction that the existing
rate was too high, the new rate to be
subject to Judicial review. It bag not
lsen proposed to enact a law for a gen
eral scaling down of freight rates or a
law that would make such a thing prob
able. What Is tirtred by Mr. Roosevelt
Is legislation that will compel the rail
roads to charge exactly tin same rate
to everybody for the same or like service
between any two given points. A policy
of that kind could certainly work no In
Jury to Investors In railway stocks and
bonds, bnt rather should be a benefit to
them. The position of the association
for maintaining the rights of property Is
in this matter wholly untenable.
THE XKEP OF SMALL VOIX.
A gosl deal of Interest is leing mani
fested in financial and business circles
In regard to the possible action of con
gress In providing for the demand for
subsidiary coin. The matter has boon
presented In a way tlist ought to con
vince the national legislators of the
urgent necessity of providing more of
what Is commonly understood as
"change," the only proper way of ac
complishing which is by authorizing the
recoinage of silver dollars now In the
mints, but there appears to be a reluc
tance to do this, though no sound rea
son has yet been presented why It
should not bo done.
The fact appears to be unquestioned
that there Is not at present sufficient
subsidiary coin to meet the require
ments of the retail business of the coun
try and of course with the growth of
that business the want is Iwing more
seriously felt from month to mouth. It
must be met sooner or later and there
seems to be no good reason why this
should not be done at once and the
large amount of idle silver In the hands
of the government be thus made avail
able for the use of the jn'ople. A bill
for this purpose Is before congress and
It should be passed at the present ses
sion. There can be no reasonable ex
cuse for not supplying the demand for
more small change.
XATUHAL1ZATIOX BE FORM.
There is pending In tho Judiciary
committee of the United States senate
a bill designed to remedy existing
abuses in the naturalization of aliens.
It designates certain state courts be
sides the federal courts which shall liae
jurisdiction over naturalization, acting
for this specific purpose as agents of
the United States. The measure further
specifies the information that shall be
furnished both in the declaration of In
tention and In the final application.
Illegal naturalization by any Judge or
Justice Is made a felony and provision
Is made for a bureau of naturalization
In the Department of State to huve
charge of all records. The clerk of each
court having jurisdiction must report all
business to the new bureau monthly.
Uniformity In certificates of naturaliza
tion is provided for by requiring that
they shall be printed by the government.
The machinery provided by the bill
for the enforcement of Its provisions Is
said to be somewhat complex, but this
cun easily be remedied. Th needs which
the measure supplies are restriction of
naturalization to certain courts, defining
the nature of the testimony upon which
citizenship should be conferred, the form
of certificates and the requirement of
complete returns from the courts to the
federal government. President Roose
velt and Secretary Hny have strongly
urged the necessity for legislation of
this kind and there appears to be a fav
orable prospect of its enactment at the
present session.
' Government Farmer Scott, who Is also
superintendent of the United States In
dian school at Omaha Indian agency,
charged with a brutal assault upon Al
fred Macaiiley, an Omaha Indian, has
been sentenced to pay a tine of HS's) by
the county Judge of Thurston county.
According to the testimony produced In
the tgial of the case it appears that
Macauley's 14-year-old son, who was a
pupil at the agency school, was continu
ally running away. To repress this
truancy Scott shackled the boy's legs
with handcuffs, releasing only one leg
when the boy went to sleep at night.
The other day the mother attempted to
rescue the boy, who7 was playing in the
school yard, and Scott started after her.
The father arrived with a club and cov
ered the mother and son's retreat. Scott
disarmed him, however, and used the
club on the father, badly battering his
head. Pining progress of the trial Scott
testified that Mackuy, the Indluu super
intendent, approved hj action In shack
ling the boy. Whether he approved his
action in dubbing the boy's father in
order to enforce discipline Is not stated.
It is to ls hoped that the fine imposed
upon the farmer Instructor of the
Omaha Indians will not stop with the
collection of a $50 fine. If the circum
stances are as related, Parmer Scott Is
not the kind of a man that should be
kept at the bead of the Indian school at
the Omnlia agency, and any Indian su
perintendent who would countenance
such' disciplinary methods should also be
given an opportunity to pursue another
vocation.
Why tax the people for the mainte
nance of six supreme court commission
ers when three commissioners are ample
for all imperative demands, but if the
shoe really pinches, why patch It Instead
of getting a new pair? Why not press
for a constitutional umendmcut with an
enlarged supreme court Instead of leav
ing the work devolving on supreme
court to be ierfnrmed by substitutes?
Kim I estate In Omaha must be ou the
jump not w ithstanding the below zero
temperature. For example, the owuer
of a lot In llartmau's addition desired
for a mill site nusk-stly hi-Us $13.inni for
a lot assessed at $:,'.''0 at full value for
municipal taxation, and another party
whose lot Is assessed at $2,(ni refut.es
to sell for less than $.".,( SK) for the same
reason.
l.tke tlis Australian ballot, direct pri
mary nominations are a serious Inipeili
ment to corporate domination sod tho
OPIHMiiiioii of the railroads lo till siu-li
uiesHures la yrtt:Ujr wuuraL Hir.', j
4
like .Tolm Brown's soul, primary election
reform Is still marching on with Irre
sistible force. It has slready over
turned the coriMrste regime In several
states, notably In Wisconsin, and its
turn In Nebraska Is to Ik a mere matter
of time. If it does not carry in the
present legislature it will become one of
the paramount Issues of 1!"?.
The Increased membership of the
Commercial club affords gratifying
proof that Omaha business men compre
hend snd appreciate the advantages of
association and mutual co-opcratlon for
the upbuilding of the city's commercial
Interests, but the reorganized and en
larged Commercial club should not be
content with a rejuvenation of Its res
taurant. Commercial clubs have a
higher mission than providing memlH'rs
with gisid lunches at cost.
Let It no at That.
Chicago Chronicle.
The weather is a great deal worse than
anything that can be said about It.
Knows H hri He llaa Kaoagh.
Philadelphia North American.
Smoot saya one wife Is nil he wnnts, and
Mrs. Smoot is nt liberty to Interpret this
as a compliment or otherwise, as she
pleases.
Roosevelt as Standpatter.
Indianapolis News.
Mr. Roosevelt la showing congress) that he
is something of a standpatter himself when
he has reached conclusions. There Is no
uncertainty where he stands on the ques
tion of arbitration treaties, railway regula
tion and the need of tariff revision. Even
the stubbornness of the senate may have to
yield to the man In the White House.
Mutation nt Time.
New York Bun.
The chief trouble that we discern In our
philosophic scrutiny of Colonel Bryan Is
that he is too conservative. But a few
years since and Colonel Bryan was the
limit of radicalism und the very Ideal of un
rest. Things have changed wondrotisly.
even marvelous!'. But we do not say that
Colonel Bryan has changed at all.
Perils of tireed.
Washington Post.
The Connecticut farmers who followed
Secretary Wilson's advice and tried to raise
Sumatra tobacco, under cover are now
swearing at the secretary because they
ht heavily. Mr. Wilson retorts that they
failed because they went" into the business
"on a commercial scale." The Connecticut
farmer has not yet been educated up to
the nolnt of working for fun. ,
Tom Carter's Footprints.
St. Taul Despatch.
So "Tom" Carter steps from the St. l.uuls
Exposition commission at $5,00" a year,
back into the United States senate. Tom
began life as a canvasser for the "Foot
prints of the Ages." He has been making
some footprints himself. He talked onn
river harbor bill to death. We wish he
were In the senate now to talk that Ari-sona-New
Mexico merger to death.
I'olltlral Opportunities.
Philadelphia ledger.
That the United States Is a country of
political opportunities Is strikingly illus
trated In the career of Elmer J. Burkett of
Nebraska, who will be the youngest mem
ber of the United Btates senate when he
takes his seat in that body. He was born
in 1W7 and Is nlw 37 years old. Fifteen
years ago he wis u. farm boy attending a
college at Tabor,' !., paying for his tuition
and supporting himself by performing the
duties of a janitor, canvassing a laundry
route and teaching school. Burkett Is of
Pennsylvania Uerman ancestry and pos
sesses the perseverance and thrift of his
race. He practiced law for a season,
drifted Into politics and distinguished him
self by succeeding the redoubtable William
J. Bryan in congress.
Omaha's HulldlnsT Record.
Philadelphia Record.
Omaha made the largest percentage of
gain In building Operations last year over
the year before, according to the statistics
of twenty-eight titles collected by the
Construction News. Fur the largest abso
lute gain, and the largest percentage or
gain except in Omaha, was made In Brook
lyn, where the amount of Increased build
ing was $2j,000,W, an increase of 107 ter
cent. In New York the gain was nearly
J16.0o0.000 and In Chicago $12,000,000. This
city shows a loss of more than 3.0O0,0OU, or
10 per cent, though the real estate reports
recently published here made, a more fa
vorable comparison between last year and
the year before. Pittsburg la put down
for a loss of 13 per cent. For the twenty
eight cities the Increase In 1904 over 1903
was something more than $57,000,000, or 18
per cent.
K KTI H I Nt; H Ml. HO III PASSES.
Member of Hie Minnesota House Sets
a Hare Kiample,
Minneapolis Journal.
A member of the Mlnuesota house writes
the Journal as follows:
I wish to say, briefly, that, after reading
the remarks or articles In your paper and
others In this state, I decided to send all
mv passes back, and have done so today. I
do not care to advertise It, but wish you to
know my position on this Important ques
tion, as to whether we are to be the serv
ants of the people or the agents of the cor
porations. The Journal's correspondent has returned
seven annual passes to the general counsel
of as many railroad companies. No doubt
other members have debated with them
selves whether to do a similar act, but have
kept their pasteboards for fear thut re
turning them would Imply hostility to cor
porations and an excessively . tender con
science.
The railroad pus sent to a member of
the legislature carries with it an obliga
tion, or Is supposed to. Most members
who use pajjsf-a quiet the prickings of con
science with the thought thut every one ele
has them, und that the custom ha existed
so long that it Is a sort of vested right, put
ting the member under no obligation to the
corporation.
Why were the ' passes sent? Railroad
corporations do not give away transporta
tion without some reason. There may be
no pressing occasion for the company to
win favor with the legislature, but the pass
Is always sent with the Idea that the ses
sion Is sure to develop something concern
ing the railroad's Interests, and It Is bet
ter to be on the good side of the members.
Whether the menlber feds the obligation
or not, the giver of the pass does, and ex
pects the holder of the pass to assume a
more lenient attitude because he' has the
pass.
The present session is full of Interest to
the railroad companies doing business In
Minnesota. Freight rate ure being in
ViUgated. Bills ur In preparation to re
duce passenger furs nisi to give Increased
rate-muklng power to the State Kallroad
commission. All these movements are op
posed by the railroad managers. The legal
departments of the railroad companies will
Uu their best to defeat them. They do not
want to ose corrupt means, and quite likely
do not Intend to. They are not exactly
binding the action 6f members with pusses,
but they know very well thut If the passes
had not bren sent their chances of heading
off legislation would have been slira Indeed.
The member who. has returned his passes
r.iay be out of poiSet. but he will feel eay
lu his mind when llu-oe measures come up.
Whether he votes for Ihem or ainst them.
BITS OK WSPJIOTO UrK,
laor Scenes and larldeats Sketched
oa the Spot.
Representative Brownlow of Tennessee, at
the Instance of A. J. Patterson, grandson
of President Johnson. ha Introduced a bill
stithorlzing the government to accept a
gift of ten acres of ground In Greenville,
Tenn.. wherein lies the body of the seven
teenth president of the United States. The
land Is tendered by the helra of President
Johnson, with a view to having It con
verted Into a ttMlonal cemetery. A monu
ment twenty-six feet high, costing $7,01,
was erected on this tract to the memory of
Andrew Johnson by his family.
The effect of this measure, when it Is en
acted Into law, mill be that the government
of the United States will take charge of
Hhd care for the grave of Andrew Johnson,
and not suffer It to be neglected as Is now
unfortunately the case with some graves
containing bod it a of those who held the
high office of president.
Judge Wade, the lone Iowa democrat In
congress, Is accounted a very bright man
and enjoys the most pleasant personal rela
tions with his republican colleagues. They
fought him bitterly In the last campaign
and encompassed his political downfall, but
when the delegation had occasion recently
to come tngether In one room these same
republicans were very complimentary In
their remarks nbout him.
"Those sayings are very nice." said Wade,
after listening awhile, "but the situation Is
very much like that of a fellow who had
lieen rim out of a field by a great Mg bull.
The nuimal, having driven him over the
wall, stood near by gently nodding his
horned head, as though the ejected citizen
were not. after all, unwelcome.
"'Oh! yes; you stand there bowing ana
acting so polite,' exclaimed the outraged
man. 'hut I know that you meant it. nil the
same.' "
Representative ilyrd of Mississippi has es
tablished what one of his colleagues has
termed the "long-distance record for absent-mindedness."
The other day when the
house adjourned and members were flocking
to their committee rooms or for the capltol
exits Mr. UyrJ hurried out with hla over
coat buttoned tip about his chin, but with
no hat on. He was evidently making tracks
for the nearest enr line. A doorkeeper
spied the rushing bare-headed statesman
and gasped with astonishment. Then he
rent a page flying In pursuit. Mr. Byrd was
overtaken before he left the building. "Mr.
Byrd, you've forgotten your lint." panted
the page. "Mercy sakes, so I have," said
the Mlsslsslppian. placing his1 hand to his
head quickly. "Run back to the cloakroom,
son, and tote It to me.-;
One of the tallest nnd best-looking of the
younger officers detailed for soclnl duty at
the White House and who figures there
conspicuously on nil state occasions is a
grandson of President Orant. A stranger
standing near the Blile room door last
Thursday night, with the receiving line to
the right of him and the Marine band ren
dering the air with rag-time melody to the
left of him. pointed out the young officer
and asked an usher who he was. Three
times the usher roared the name Into the
stranger's ears, the blasts from the band
outdoing him every time. Then, ns the
usher raised his voice to its superlative
pitch, the music suddenly ceased and left
him shouting. "Lieutenant U. S. Orant No.
Among Lieutenant Oenernl Chaffee's aids
at the coming Inauguration parade will be
four cadets from West Point and nn equal
number of midshipmen .frcm Annapolis.
Three of the cadets are Culvln P. Titus,
who was the first soldier to climb the wall
ut the siege of Pekln nnd who was sent to
West Point as at reward: Sherman Miles,
Fon of General Milce, und Adna R. Chaf
fee, Jr., son of General Chaffee. The mid
shipmen are Stephen Decatur, u descendant
of Commodore Decatur; A. T. Beauregard,
grandson of the confederate general;
Charles H. Davis, Jr., son of Rear Admiral
Duis, the American member of the North
sea Inquiry commission, and Jubal A.
Karly, son of the confederate general.
The government allows 116,000 a year to
cover losses Involved In coining gold money.
There Is always a certain percentage of
wastage In the process of turning out gold
coins. But during the year just ended the
losses aggregated more thnn $i!0,000, due to
the fact thm the coinage was heavier than
for mnny years previously, aggregating
more than 1100.000,000. It Is the custom to
save the sweepings from the floors of the
mint, as well as the gloves worn by em
ployes In handling coin, nnd even the
water In which they wash nt the end of
each day's work. A surprisingly large
quantity of gold Is gathered from 'the
weepings, old clothes and other materials
after subjecting them to a reducing pro
cess. This fund Is used toward equalising
the waste that ts Incurred In coining.
At times even the staid and dignified
United Stuteg senate becomes a trifle dis
orderly. This Is usually the ease when
debute becomes transformed Into personal
colloquies. At such times the presiding
officer Is Ignored, the members exchanging
sharp remarks from their chuirs. Then it
Is that Mr. Frye, president pro tern, calls
Senator Pettus to the chuir. The old gen
tleman from Alabama soon has his col
leugues buck In good order. Mr. Pettus
will not allow one senator to interrupt un
other without first adressing the chair una
through the presiding officer obtain the
consent of the senator entitled to the floor.
A running debate Is very difficult under
such conditions and the colloquies are Inter
spersed by Interruptions of the chair, who
declares first one and then another senator
out of order. The Alabama srnator per
forms this duty with such an air of gravity
and an evident desire for decorum that no
senator can take offense. On auch occa
slons ns these Senstor Frye takes a seat
In the senate and enjoys the discipline be
ing administered.
Postmaster General Wynne found the
desk he used when he was a telegraph
operator in the old Clnclnatl Commerclal
Oazctln office in Washington shortly after
the civil war. Whltelaw Reld used this
desk when he was a Washington corre
spondent. Reld handed the desk down to
Wynne when he left for New York to go
to work on the New York Tribune. . Now
Reld Is to be ambassador to Great Brit
sin and Wynne Is to be consul general to
London. Wynne says he will take the desk
to London wiih him.
Senator Daniels of Virginia set a good ex
ample In a Washington street ear a few
days ago. The car was crowded when un
elderly woman entered. The men retained
their seats snd sppeared not to notice the
woman, who waa standing. Then senator
Daniels, who still carries a bullet that he
received In the Wilderness while fighting
for the confederacy, rose and holding his
crutches In one hand grabbed a strap with
the other, offering the woman his seat.
The woman protested, but flnully acceptfu
the courtesy snd called her young sun in
from the platform to Introduce him to the
senator, frovi whom the lad was able to
learn s letison in politeness.
A Uuouied fool.
Cleveland Leader.
There Is nothing surprising In the fact
that the railroads have concluded to pool
their Usues to the extent of having there
presented to congress and the public by
means of trained and able advocates. It
would be well for ths raffroads, however,
to remember that the public conscience,
once aroused ulslnst wrong, they can ns
more stop the righting wave than Canute
could make ths tid,e retire at his bidding.
THE Rt SStt VOLCANO.
A Teat at Wlidsn.
Philadelphia Press.
Knveloped with difficulties on every eiils.
beaten on foreign fields anJ treading en dn
metie perils. It will try the best wisdom
which Bussla can command to extricate
Itself from these multiplied dangers with
out still greater calamities.
Sowing Pragon'a Teeth.
Philadelphia Record.
If all precedents are not misleading, those
who committed the infamy of massacring
men, women and children, coming toward
them with streaming eyes and prayers on
their Hps. have sown dragon's teeth, from
which will spring the giants who will de
stroy them.
Awakened Spirit of Liberty.
Chicago Chronicle.
Peace may reign for a while In St. Peters
burg as It did In Warsaw, but the volleys
that were fired there have been heard nil
the way to Vladivostok, the disasters of
the Japanese war have destroyed the pres
tige of tho czar snd the army, the hearts
of the reservists nnd their families are still
breaking, the American leaven of freedom
has been hid In the heart of every son of
Adam and the scenes of Sunday will be
repeated until the motnlng breaks and the
shadows flee away.
A Deadly Delusion.
New York Sun.
There cun be no more deadly delusion
than the arrogant assumption that the
hopes ami griefs and prayers of a great
and sore afflicted people can be silenced
with grapcshol and drowned In blood. AVe
are much mistaken If the Grand Ducal
coterie, which is responsible for Sunday's
Infamous work, does not find shortly that It
has to deal with no transient outbreak of
discontented and embittered worklngmen.
but with the unquenchable volcanic erup
tion of n nation's despair.
Cossacks Kill In tain.
Indianapolis News.
If the worklngmen of St. Petersburg In
any considerable number have become Im
bued with tiie Idea that their own Indi
vidual lives are of little account compared
with the greatness of the cause of liberty
for their children If the woea and distress
they have long juffered have burned Into
their souls the feeling that even death Is
to be preferred In the struggle for better
ment to continuance longer In virtual slav
ery, then the guards may beat and the Cos
sacks may kllMn vain. Sooner or later the
people get their rights. They can get them
any time they will, If they will, and If the
Irader Is at hand o teach them to will and
to work In unison.
The Alternative.
New York Tribune.
We can Imagine nothing worse for Russia
than that the recent efforts for rational
progress and reform should, because of this
outbreak, be abandoned, and that the gov
ernment, instead of planning ways and
means for the amelioration of the people's
lot. should five lis attention in arm ft. .,.,.
confirming the people In that Jot. We know
how Insurrection has been dealt with lu
Poland. Here Is an Insurrection of much
the same kind In St. Petersburg Itself. It
would he a dreadful thing to have that city
and other s-rent rifle nf nitBtn t
another Poland. Yet tho alternative seems
10 ds eitner mat or a prompt granting of
the reforms which the people demand.
PKHSOVxl, xoTBd.
Stephen Longfellow, 73 years old, a vet
eran soldier and a nephew of Henry Wads
worth Longfellow, died In Washington last
week.
Dr. John K. George, assistant professor
ef political economy of "Northwestern unl
vcrBlty, Is dead. He began life as a coal
miner.
Peter M. Deysher of Bgrto, pa.. Is known
to tramps all over the United States. Ho
never refuses them shelter and In 1!MM gave
a night's lodging and a bite to eat to 1.S31
of the peripatetic fraternity.
An English woman, supposed to be dead,
arose while the undertaker waa measuring
her for a shroud, and asked him If he
thought she would be caught dead with a
garment that didn't fit better than that.
Sheng, a Chinese viceroy, has been In
duced by Prof. John Freyer to provide
five scholarships for Chinese students now
at the university. These are the first
scholarships ever given by a Chinese offi
cial to students of any American or Euro
pean university.
The United States senate is gradually
changing to a body of comparatively young
men. Senator Bailey of Texas Is no longer
tho "baby" member. The latest accession
Is from Nebraska and he Is barely Ii5.
Beverldge of Indiana Is among the young
stera. The far northwest usually sends
several "kids."
J. J. Taylor of 'Chicago!' a relative of
President Zaoiiary Taylor, Is In I,oulsille,
to Investigate the condition of the grave
of his distinguished relative. The grave is
at St. Matthews, near Ixuiisville. It Is the
Intention of his family. In the event of
the refusal of the government to repair
the grave, to expend a sum sufficient to
put It In a condition befitting the last
resting place of a president of the United
States.
Jules Verne, at the age of nearly three
score years und 10, Is still pouring forth
fantastic wonder tales for French boys,
his fiftieth published book having Just been
Issued under the title "Ie Voyage Ex
traordinary." This seems just us wild and
Impossible as some nf the stories which
went before, but M. Verne has seen so many
of his seml-sclentlflc literary Imaginings
bear fruit in sober reality that it will not
do to be too skeptical or contemptuous.
stupid. You
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Stupid because you never thought
about his liver. There is where all
vim
his trouble lies.
a sluggish mind.
when his blood is
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A UATTER OF HEALTH
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Absolutely Puro
HAS ISO SUBSTITUTE
A JIDliK OF HEROES.
Newspaper Man Wisely Selected foe
the Delicate Task.
Baltimore American.
The commission In charge of the Carnegls
hero fund has found It necessary to appoint
a vpeclul agent to Investigate the claim
of all a .-king for recognition and for the
benefits to he derived by those who sre
counted worthy. Though the fund has been
In existence but a very short time, the
commission has already received more than
30. wo applications, and they are coming In
by every mail. The large'majorlty of the
claims are unworthy of a second consldera
Hon. nnd It would be pretty safe to make
the rule that where a man Insists that he la
a h -ro ho has made a mistake concerning
himself. The real hero, who la a pretty
scarce Individual. leaves It to others te
place a value on his deed and declines ta
sing his own praises.
In securing the special agent or Judge of
heroes the commission has very wisely
picked out a bright newspaper man of
Pittsburg. That hta experience on a dally
Journal will prove of Immense value to him
In his new and difficult task all ran see at
a glance. The work of a newspaper maa
brings him Into direct personal contact wttll
people of all classes; he sees the strong
side and the weak uldo of men, the good
and the bad, tho creditable and the dis
creditable. He must do his work without
prejudice, with honesty and honor, wltti
strict regard for the truth, with the deter
mination to wrong no one.
Such a man tho Carneglo fund commis
sion lielloves it has found, and It Is confi
dent he will soon provo his ability to dls
tingultdi a bogus hero from a real one.
Those who have no claims on ths fund
should now cease their applications, wl II
thoso who have claims will not be com
pelled to make any application. They can
rest assured that the newspaper man will
find them out.
FLASHES OK Kl .N.
Tess She's too fond of talking behind
her buck.
Jess Hehind whose back?
Tess Her own; she's u regular rubber
neck. Philadelphia Press.
"I wonder what will be the outcome of
the simple life."
"That's easy."
"What's the answer?"
"A simple death." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The only reason for thinking that the
kangaroo at some time or other may have
run for office is that both nf his hind legs
are longer thun they really ought to ot.
Somervllle Journal.
Gladys Papa says you're a loafer. Jack."
Jack What reason has he for entertain
ing such an opinion of me as that?"
Gladys He says you spend three or four
evenings here every week without having
any apparent purpose In coming. Chicago
Tribune.
"Sir," began the visitor, "I come to you
In the Interest of the clty'a poor children.
I thought you might like to contribute to
our fresh Hlr fund for them."
"Of course," replied the kind-hearted
suburbanite. "You may tuke as much as
you please from my place. But how in
the world are you going to carry UT"
Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
"My dear," said Mrs. Mildlv as she
dusted Mr. Mllily's table, "this would be
a great deal cleaner world if there wer
not any men In it."
"If there were not." retorted Mr. Mildly,
"the women would do exactly as the Lord
did hunt around for enough dirt to m"
a man out of."
A PSALM OF FARM LIFK.
Chicago Chronicle.
Tell me not In broken measures
Modern farming does not pay,
For a farm produces chickens,
And the hens do they not lay?
Kggs are high nnd going hlrhefi
And the price Is soaring fast,
Every time we get to market
It is higher than the last.
Not a coop but it produces
Every day uu egg or two.
So each farmer gains his millions
Even though his hens be few.
Every egg Is very precious.
And the hens are held ill awe,
When a he n begins to cackle
Then the farmer goes "Haw, haw."
In the broad and busy farmyard
Struts a rooster now and then,
But the shrewd, bewhlskered farmer
Only notices the heri.
Trust no rooster, howe er showy.
He the feathers In his tali.
Tav attention to tiie biddies.
And your wealth will never fall.
Lives of farmers all remind us
We may roll in wealth some day,
If we hustlp to the market
With the egga our pullets lay.
Always at
the foot of
the class
Do not blame
the boy for be
ing dull and
are the stupid one!
A sluggish liver makes
A boy cannot study
full of bile !
on the liver. They are
house.
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