TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MARCH 7. 1905.
The Omaha Daily Bee
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Hwrctarj Show nwy irtlre from thi
cnblnet, lut he will continue to be In
evidence In (be national arena.
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Llrlna; In tlila climate tnnke up your
mind to rxpert a little of every kind of
weather during the month of March.
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That Interurbnn electric railroad mny
he alow In fcettlntr atnrted, but we may
le aure It will make good time after the
cars are running.
That Iowa man who Iium beeu ap
pointed cona.nl to NottliiKhum will hnve
to work overtime to aiirpH Nebranka'a
record at Hhoffleld.
It aeema thnt one circus ha actually
come and (rone without raining a rumpus
In the city hall over the distribution of
free ticket. Make a chalk mark there.
Late report from the meeting of
aohool Kuperlntendeiita at Milwaukee In
dicate that a lot of tht high achoolmen
had failed to take high degree la deportment
The public will be glad to know that
although a victim of a erlou runaway
accident, Coroner Bralley ha escaped
without encountering the necessity of
holding an Inquent on hlmnelf.
And now It la the workmen of 8t.
IVtomburg who ay they have nothing
to arbitrate. Perhaps their fear la that
they would be considered defendant
rather thau partlea to the conference.
, "
Mr. ChHdwlck 1 facing a charge of
cuimplrlng agaltmt the United State
government. Those conspiracy statutes
eem to cover a wide scope left uncov
ered by other section of the criminal
code.
The purchase of Illegal vote at the
lat olectlon In Colorado cannot . have
been carried ou aa extensively a
charged else there would not be enough
money left now to buy vote In the legislature.
A Kemlnole Indian Is said to have Jut
' died at the age of 110. If he had only
been an Inhabitant of the Winnebago
reservation, wbut a lot of firewater he
might have put away In hi rive score
year and ten.
: L Li ;
Now that Mr. Harrlman ha discov
ered that Mr. Hill ha been legally right
all along In hi method of dissolving the
Northern Securities com puny. It I pos
slble the merger may become effective
though nonexistent.
The pawning of .lohn II. IteHgan of
Texas take from life the last of the
confederate cabinet member, and with
him die the last of those who were per
sonal example of the unexampled mag
nanimity of our government.
Those who thought the railroad grain
rate war was going to Jar the Oiuaha
liraln exchange off the hoards have
surely been badly fooled. The end of
the grain rate war finds the Omaha
grain market mora firmly perched ou the
tnup than ever.
The resignation of the chief secre
tary. for Ireland shows thnt the con
servatives huve decided that they cannot
go Into tha next election relying upon
tho good will or the Irish nationalists,
and that Ininraren la no better aa states
man than as yachtsman.
' It 1 now up to the Htandard Oil com
)Miuy to prove that tho mot busjneH it
does the more money It loses, and the
H'rt'llinlnary statement that It paid more
fur oil In Kansas thsn the oil was worth
liows that the westeru manager of the
concern has a true Idea of his duty.
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- Ierha If the right sort of brass baud
reception were given him at the station,
he Honorable "Jim" Dahlman might be
wrsusded to repeat his Pennsylvania
avenue lasao-throwlng exhibition up and
down Farnam street for the edification
and delectation of those who were left
at noma.
HDrtur.rr.LTS hecosd xerm.
Theodore Roosevelt haa entered npon
a tTm In the presidency npon which he
was elected by the greatest populsr ma
jority ever given to any candidate for
the presidency In the nation's history.
He Is today by reason of this the most
powerful man In the country, exerting
a greater Inflttence npon the popular
mind than ha ever before teen exer
cfned by any public man, president or
otherwise, In all our history. Every
where throughout the nation today the
thought I a to what thl great man,
dominating a he doea the best Intelli
gence of the nation and directing Ita
greatest thought, will do In the next
four year In which he will control the
administration of' the government, to
fashion our domestic and foreign affair
so as to make them promote our welfare
lu the former and peace In the latter.
The acclaim and enthusiasm with
which Mr. Itoosevelt was ushered Into
the office of president of the United
States was absolutely In accord with
the popular verdict which made him
president. In both cases It waa a vin
dication of the popular Idea for the su
premacy of those policies and principle
which the great majority of our people
believe must prevail and which they
are determined shall prevail. The prac
tically universal sentiment Is that the
one man who can be relied upon to carry
out those principles and to see that In
every direction the Interests and welfare
of the American people will be con
served Is Theodore Roosevelt and there
Is today universal reliance upon blm In
thl respect.
Wli! he meet thl expectation of the
people? There ennnot be the slightest
doubt about It. What he ha already
done In the most complete assurance of
what will be done In the future) In the
public Interest. Theodore Itoosevelt Is a
friend of the people. He bellevea sin
cerely In promoting their Interest, re
garding thin a the only true way of ad
vancing the prosperity of the nation.
He I not an enemy of wealth, but he
I the foe of monopoly, and It 1 against
the latter only thnt he Is making a
fight. The administration that waa In
augurated last Saturday, under auspice
unprecedented lu their character, will
be Judicious and conservative In char
acter, but It will never lose eight of what
Is essential to the promotion of American
Interests and welfare In any quarter
of the world. )
clal perquisites. If a majority of tbe
people of South Omaha are opposed to
merger with Omsha the enactment of the
proposed bill will not Impair their ability
one lota to veto any plan when It Is
submitted for popular ratification. Those
who are now objecting, however, might
In course of time change their minds,
nd if so, tbe men should be at hand
for carrying out their deslrea.
There are a great many people in
South Omaba, particularly among the
tax-paying and propertied claases, who
appreciate the Importance of eventual
consolidation with Omaha and who re
alize thnt consolidation would work as
great. If not grester, advantage to South
Omaha as to Omaha. All they Insist
upon I that their Interest be ade
quately protected and tht they have the
same proportionate voice In the new mu
nicipal government of the greater
Omaha as any Ifke nnmbcr of It inhab
itants Even without a merger the en
actment of the pending bill would give
the people of South Omaha an effective
brake npon recklessness In their own
city government and put them In posi
tion to take advantage of consolidation
should their own tax burdens become
too great or their own municipal govern
ment get too bad.
If those who believe In a progressive
South Omaha will speak out, their rolceg
will outweigh the obstructionist who
prefer to stand still for fear they may
be displaced In the forward movement
HOC It. DC KAISKR OF KAKSAt.
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II7AT HKVOLVTION H'OCLD MEAN.
The threat of revolution in ltuxsla
may not he so serious as many think,
but there can be no doubt that the spirit
of revolt. Is very general and really
needs only a great leader to burnt
Into a general conflagration of the most
Hetiou nature. To the world at large
there can be ' little "conception of what
a revohftlon In the Russian empire, If It
could be Inaugurated on a large scale,
would ineun. If It. should Spread over
all Russia It would be no light thing
for the rest of the world. It would give
the Incorporated nationalities, saya a
writer on the subject, that have boen
ruled with roda of Iron their opportu
nity. Tha Flnlanders, with their un
quenchable love of liberty and fortunate
In their proximity to a free couutry,
will be sure to avail themselves of the
occasion with more than a chance of
Buoeess. The Pole, enjoying the ad
vantage of a relatively five Gallda
along their southern liorder, can afford
to dlsregnrd fhe enmity of their German
neighbors on the west, while the Ar
menian and Georgians of tho Caucasus
and the other subjugated races of that
region will profit by their distance from
the general disturbance
Regarding the situation from inside,
write an Intelligent student of the situ
ation, what Ilea before Russia I a gen
eral dissolution- of Its present territorial
organisation and the creation of a num
ber of smaller nationalities, 7or a great
federation under new conditions. It Is
pointed out that, the hope of the Rus
sian autocracy should now be that the
leaders In the semstvo movement, who
are all at their post of duty, may be
able to preserve the Internal pence of
the country by taking the situation- In
hand and administering the affairs of
their province In a liberal sense, as
most of them hare expressed a desire
to do. The trouble Is that this Is not
acceptable to the autocracy, been use it
would go too far toward allowing that
popular participation In national affairs
which the government fears would be
dangerous to autocracy.
We have already referred to the latest
effort of the cnr to placate his milOoeta.
Up to this time the success of that effort
Is doubtful and the latest report do not
encourage the hellef that It, will- be anc
cessful.
IttDCr&r ALARMED
Some of our good friends lu South
Omaha, evidently under the inspiration
of the local offlcvholdeia and politicians,
have become needlessly alarmed over
the bill that haa been. Introduced into
the legislature to facilitate the merger
of their municipal government with the
government of Omaha. Prom their
freuaied excitement one would Imagine
that the people of South Omaba were to
be forced Into a distasteful union with
out their kuowledge or cousent, and that
they were to be deprived of some Ina
lienable right by chicanery and fraud.
The fact Is, that the bill agalust which
the protest has been directed coutnln
nothing whatever to which any reason
able cltisen of Mouth Omaha Interested
In the prog reus and prosperity of that
community can tak excepiiou. The bill
contemplate neither Immediate annex
ation nor compulsory annexation. It
provides for a merger only when s ma
jority of the voter Of each city come' to
tb conclusion thnt merger la desirable
and provide a way by which" In that
event tht consolidation may be effected.
Aa tht law stands now, Omaha and
South Omaha might be almot unani
mous In favor of merger, yet the move
ment could be blocked by a few office
holder determined not t0 lva way In
order that they might retain their offl-
REFOUMA TION Jit CALIFORNIA.
The country haa unqualifiedly ap
proved the action of the senate of Cali
fornia In expelling the members of that
body convicted of accepting bribes. Four
senators were charged with thl crime
and after an examination of tbe facts
that left no doubt a to their guilt they
were unanimously expelled, a fact which
not only reflect a great deal of credit
upon tbe California senate, but is also s
very excellent example for other state.
There appears to be In tbe California
legislature a wholesome sentiment In
favor of reform which must meet with
general commendation. It Is proposed to
put a stop to gambling and prize fights.
There may be some doubt a to
the practicability of stopping, except as
publicly carried on, but unquestionably
the prize fight business, which baa flour
ished for several years in California, can
be prohibited. In reference to thla the
San Francisco Chronicle say that there
la no question that an overwhelming
majority of the people desire tho sup
pression of prize fights and that If the
legislature responds to public opinion
on this question of decency it will do
more to strengthen the republican party
in the state than Is possible by any
other means. -At present California 1
the Mecca of the prize fighter and If
that state shonld. be closed to them, a
It now appear probable it will be. their
opportunities for exploitation would be
very limited. The sentiment for reform
In California la altogether commendable.
Why. should not Omaha have repre
sentation among the appointees to the
new auprome court commission? At
present this county is without recognl
tlon In tbe membership of either su
preme court or commission, although it
constitutes nearly pne-nlnth of the popu
lation of the state and contributes to the
litigation of the supreme court in far
larger proportion.
One of the professors of the State uni
versity has precipitated a heated discus
sion by asking the question whether
women are successful as public school
teachers, and asking 4t In such a way a
to lead to the Inference that he would
answer It In the negative. The way for
the women to get back Is to question
whether men are successful as univer
sity professors.
An excited citizen haa been unearthed
who expresses Ills willingness to con
tribute ten dollars toward a fund to em
ploy attorneys "to prevent the state of
Nebraska from disgracing Itself by ac
cepting the blood money from Rocke
feller." Won't some self-sacrificing at
torney please come forward and relieve
tbe. gentleman?
Cfcavraetoristlra f tkt Maa Waa
La4la Kaaaaa la kt Fray.
Chicago Tribune.
Probably tha Standard OU octopus would
have taken another think before tackling
tha paopla of Kanaaa If It had know thrir
leader. Oovernor K. W. Hoch la a tall,
angular, slow moving man. His fact la to
homely the farmers' wive of Kanaaa agree
It would amir freah milk. He it a pious
Methodist. eahorU In "dase" when ha Is at
home In Marion, and looks aa pacific as a
universal peace congress. But aut In Kan
sas they have known for savers! year that
when "Ed" Hoch la rolled he Is a ftghtar
from tha old town.
During the civil war and tha reconstruct
tlon period "Ed" waa almost the only re
publican boy In Danville, Ky., hi birth
place. Tha democratic boya of the place
tried forcibly to make him disavow his prin
ciple!. "Ed" fought them tooth and nail,
and still gasped forth hla odious republican
opinions after hi head had been forced be
neath the spout of tha village pump. He
has been (Ightlng for hla principles In the
sama uncompromising way ever el nee. He
went to Kama In tha early 'SOs, bought a
newspaper at the little town of Marlon and
speedily developed Into a radical prohi
bitionist. For some time he slept and at
In his printing office, and waa the whole
"force," from editor to devil. He was a
member of tha legislature In the winter of
1SSJ. The populists, who had the governor
and senate, tried to organise the house of
representative, despite tha fact that tha
republicans had a legal majority. There
was a fist fight for posscaalon of the speak-
i er's gavel. It happened, somehow, to be In
the hands of tha country editor and Metho
dist exhortor from Marlon county when the
dust cleared away. He was elected speaker
pro tern, an 4 became the republican leader
on tha floor of the house In the moat excit
ing legislative seaelon ever held In Kanaaa
Mr. Hoch did not seek the republican
nomination for governor. The republican
newspapers and leaders, who were tired of
being bossed by "Cr" Leland and "Mort"
Albaugh, handed It to him on a platter, and
the people elected him In much tha aunt
manner.
A man who has risen aa he has Is quite
likely to do bis duty as he see it. He Is
no demagogue'. Hla honesty has never been
questioned. He la naturally stubborn, and
he becomes Immovably so when he thinks
he Is right. He Is courageous. The
weapon he has seleoted to fight Mr. Rock
efeller with may be 111 chosen. . Their kick
back may hurt tha state wdrae than their
discharge does the octopus. But what
ever the effects of the fight on Kansas, the
octopus seems quite certain after the war
la over to have occasion to pause and pick
a few blrdshot out of Ita person, and per
haps soma balls of larger caliber.
Some of the eminent statesmen at
Lincoln base their opposition to direct
primary legislation on the assertion that
tbe newspapers are the only ouea who
really want It. Hut when they come to
seek re-election or promotion to more
lucrative office they will be mighty glad
to enlist the newspaper in their support.
Shifting; the Harden,
CkiimTvllle Journal.
When a man tells you that he never
worrlea about anything, you ean safely
take It for granted that he baa friends to
worry for him.
Slaughter Invisible,
Chlengo Inter Ocean. ,
The wonder where all the men alaln In
the Oriental war could possibly Have coin
from contltniea to grow. They certainly
wcrv not enlisted In Russia or Japan.
Tapping tha Soar- of Supply,
Detroit Free Preas.
A company has' Juat petitioned for the
privilege of Installing a hot air heating
plant in Washington. Nothing la aald aa to
whether It will obtain Ita eupply from the
capltol or not.
And the Graflera l-oet Oat.
Springfield Republican.
Strongest support for the mileage grab In
tha houea ram from member representing
district most remote from Washington. To
congressmen from tha far weat and Pacific
coast It meant a clear gain of $1,000 and
over. ' But to New England and middle
atatcs membera It conferred a gratuity of
only a few dollurs. Nevertheless, there
were representatlvi avan from these tac
tion to vote for It. They ar a pretty low
priced lot.
Simplicity and Pacaaatrr.
Haltlmore American.
JelYvraon's JefTeraonlan simplicity was not
quit so much In evidence on tho occasion
of his second Inauguration, when ha roda In
an Imported French eoach drawn by four
horses, with coachmen and footmen In
livery (hat reaembled tha royal liveries.
Put republican simplicity, after all. ia- a
matter of ideaa and not a matter of rlothea
and equipage, and neither Mr. Jefferson nor
any on of his successors has ever lost
view of tha fart that h held power only
delegatrd from tht paopla,
WAR AS AR EDI.CATOR.
Kerr Lcaaoaa In Geography Taaght
te tha Reading- World.
Philadelphia Ledger.
War Is abhorrent, but It has at least on
Innocent us. It Is an efficient educator In
geography. War teaches this branoh of
education with more Interest and thor
oughncss than the most accomplished pro
fessor in his class room, and, on the other
hand, It Is urged by many eminent mili
tary men, (hat an accurate knowledge of
geography Is nocessury for successful war
fare. The art of war and geography ar
In Intimate association. The latter is
called "the handmaid of tactics ffnd strat
egy," Bo Important Is the relation of geo
graphical education to war that tha London
Times has opened Its columns to the d s-
cueslon of the subject. One of Its corre
spondents, in true British fashlcn, says
that "to think Imperially with any profit we
must thfnk g'6graphlcally,"
The technical Importance of geographical
knowledge m Wat and 'the importance of
"thinking' imperially" may not appeal to
the American reader,' but there ean be no
question' as to the educational value of the
dispatches and accompanying explanations
chronicling the movements of armlea on the
war scene ' and describing more or less
minutely regions and peoples of which the
reader has had very limited and imper
fect knowledge.
Recalling conflicts within easy recollec
tion, the South African and the Spanish
American wars were great educators. No
one who followed these wars . closely, as
gazetted by the newspapers, could have
failed to learn much respecting Africa,
Spain. Cuba, the Philippines and Porto
Rico of which he was previously Ignorant.
The pending titanic struggle In Asia ha
produced a doing of valuable information,
geographical, political, social, respecting
Rusola, Japan and Manchuria, quite apart
from the inteliely dramatlq features of
the war.
The school books are always years be
hind that universal school master, the live
newspaper. The maas of Information and
permanently uneful -Intelligence presented
In the voluminous war correspondence is
one of the astonishing evidence of mod
ern progress and of the development of the
newspaper's function a a popular edu
cator. The dally newspaper, faithful to Its
trust, Is the world's best text book in many
lines.
A XATIOX OF COFFEE PMXKKR3,
Rreir of the Berry an Index of
National Prosperity,
Chicago Tribune.
Prof. Vlrchow attributed the "leunneaa,
nervousness and sallownes'1 which he
found characteristic of Americana to their
excessive use of coffee. Physicians, die
tary expert and editors of physical cul
ture mugaslne incesaantly din Into our
ears thnt we are undermining our own
end our 'children's constitution by yield
ing ourselves too completely te the blan
dlKhmenta of this seductive beverage. We
heed them net. Instead, w Increase the
copiousness of our drafts.
A rerettt report of the natlanal bureau of
slatietlca show that American consumed
almost half of all the coffee marketed In
the world Inst year. The total quantity
marketed wax r,2$0,0no,O00 pounds, and of
thla Americans got 1 .053,1100, 000 pounds.
The Germans, who will let nothing sup
plant their precious beer, bought only 400,.
000,000 pounds of coffee. The English, pre.
ferrtng alcoholic drinks and tea. Imported
but 15.000.000 pounds of It, or only one
thirtieth aa much aa Americana. In 1S30
the people of tha I'nlted States used lexa
than three pounds of coffee par capita. In
1870 they used six pounds per capita.
Their average consumption last year wa
13.64 iounds.
Medical authorities ar pretty well
agreed that th constant use of coffee
tend to causa Indigentlon and nervousness,
It Is a fact, nevertheless, that while th
per capita consumption of coffae hka been
rapidly Increasing In this country, the pro.
portion of people who suffer from ner
vousness and Indigestion baa been dimin
ishing. If IXckens should visit our shore
now to get material for another "Martin
Chusslewlt" ha would find that th number
of candidate for dyspeptic and cadaverous
parts In Ida cast of characters hs4 .mark
edly decreased.
The Improvement In the national phy
sique I due, however, not to the Increased
consumption of coffee, but to th Increased
consumption of freah air and the Increased
Use of dumb bells, boxing gloves, anlf
links, etc. Americans ar getting rid of
their bad atomacha and allaying their
nerves In spite of their coffee, not because
of It. But, at all events, coffee la les
deleterious than alcohol.
Tli consumption of coffee )f not a bad
Index of the national prosperity. A people
that i;nde mora than W.v,oi in a
single ear for its favorite beverage mutt
h In pretty good ah a pa financially. t
ARMT GOSSIP X WAHIGTOX.
Metier of Interest Gleaned front the
There will be some Important demonstra
tion in military ballooning when the army
signal corps I established at Ita new gen.
eral depot at Omaha. It I propoerd to
conduct test and experiment for tha
purpose of devising k portable hydrogen
generating plant, which I greatly needed
In the field In th event of military balloon
operations. There I nothing on the mar
ket which answers this purpose and noth
ing quit satisfactory haa been Invented
for use by European armies, or has been
used In the balloon work of the warring
armlea In Manchuria. There ara two
classes of military balloons, the spherical,
such as Is used In the French service, sad
shape which may be loosely described as
resembling the familiar bologna sausage
and used exclusively by Oermany and
Italy. This government possesses both
type and will make some extensive experi
ments With them at the Omaha station.
There are also two classea of hydrogen
plants, neither of which is entirely satis
factory, and It Is expected that the signal
corps will be able to Improve upon the
existing devices, especially in the way of
portability of plant.
There In a delay In the court-martial of
Captain Oeorge W. Kirkman, Twenty-fifth
Infantry, st Fort Niobrara, Neb. Tbe case
Is suspended until May 10 snd the officer
who was detailed as counsel for Captain
Kirkman, Captain Charles 1 Bent, Thir
tieth Infantry, has returned to his poet.
Fort Locan H. Roots, In the meantime.
Nothing Is known In Washington of the
occasion of the delay In the trial, but It Is
assumed that testimony is needed from
officers In the Philippines snd It Is likely
this will be taken by means of deposi
tions.
The commissary general's office has not
yet received all the names of csndldates
who are pronounced qualified to be carried
on the eligible list for appointment as post
commissary sergeant and until all the re
ports are In, Including those from the
boards convened In the Philippines, tha
relative position of the candidates can not
be determined. Information aa to tha
respective standing of the eligible, there
fore, cannot be given out for several
weeks. The prospects are that not less
than fifty candidate have been reported
as qualified, and these with the names al
ready on the list will make sixty or stxty-
flv candidates, from whom appointments
may b made.
. The examination of civilian candidates
for apoplntment to the position of econd
lieutenant in the army began this week.
There were twenty-eight candidates for the
sixteen vacancler in the grade to the
credit of civilians. These are the places
which might have been filled by candi
datea from the army previous to July 1
last, but there were not sufficient approved
candidates at that tlmo from that source.
If the existing vacancies ara not filled by
the civilians, those already designated and
under examination and those hereafter
designated, the places will go to the credit
of the graduates of West Point next July.
There are 116 members of the present first
class at tli Military academy, and It is
likely all of them can not find places.
If there are any additional, there will
be no vacancies for the candidates from
the army this year and the two final ex
aminations might ss well be omitted.
Brigodler General Frederick Funston, U.
8. A., who is In command of the Depart
ment' ef the Lakes, with headquarters at
Cfilcago, will become commanding officer
of ;tha Department of California and will
taka temporary command of the Pacific
division, from April 6. succeeding Brigadier
General Francla Moore, who goes on the
retired list on that date. The selection
of k commanding offleed for the Depart
ment of th Lakes has not been announced.
It Is possible that General Frank D. Bald
win, now in command of the Department
of California, will go to Chicago.
A valuable pamphlet for use among
army officers who hav charge of the
decorative feature of military posts has
been published by snd Issued from the
quartermaster general's office, having been
prepared under the direction of the quar
termaster general of the army upon in
formation furnished by the Department of
Agriculture. Tho text Is accompanied by
a map designed to show In a general wny
the arWa In which thevarloua long grasses
of this country should be used, and the de
scriptive material relate not only to grai
but to. trees, plants and shrubs. It must
b remembered that between the area
o designated there Is no hard and fast
line of separation. In some caaea th
boundary assigned to the area of successful
cultivation of certain species may be In
correctly placed, owing to lack of accurate
knowledge of altitudes, amount of rain
fall, limits of certain types of soil, and
other factors that enter Into the question
Further, although, as In th caae of Ken
tucky blue grass, a very large area ha
been designated ss having conditions best
adapted to the growth of this grass, there
are certain other grasses, such as redtop,
which can be profitably employed over
much of the eastern portion of this area.
Th same fact holds true of certain other
areas. This Is brought out In detail under
tha discussion of the various species.
Quartermaster General Humphrey, In a
note. of Introduction, says:
wThls pamphlet Is Intended to give a gen
eral Indication of sultsble treea, shrubs,
and other plants for use at military posts
within the I'nlted States, together with
th kinds of grass that should be sown
for lawn purposes, and a general descrip
tion of the manner of planting. It would
be Impracticable to give detailed informa
tion or descriptions without going Into an
elaborate treatise on the subject herein
touched upon. This should be borne In
mind by thoaa consulting these pages, and
where such Information ! desired on a
specific subject. It may be found by con
suiting suitable botanical works or from
those familiar with local conditions. "
Raaaadr for Corporate Uraed.
Baltimore American.
A truat lawyer In New York state haa
hit upon a achama for the safeguarding
of th public from corporate greed, so
plain, so simple and so amaslngly easy
that It I astounding that nobody ever
thought of tt before. He suggests to hav
all trust directors and officers man of
Urilng honesty and thorough Integrity.
whose principle ar above thalr own In
terests. lar la a solution that does away
with th necessity for legislation, Inves
tigation, prosecutions, restrictions, pub
licity and all th other devices to protect
the public In keeping their own. It I
true that Shakespeare ssld that to be hon
est aa this world goes Is to b on man
picked out of 10,000, but that waa long ago,
and In these day of th simple Ufa th
election ought lo be easy.
Minneapolis Journal.
Whatever may happen In politics In th
next tour year, whatever mistakes may b
mad, wt do not expect to see any falter
ing by th president, any moral letting
down In th direction of compromising with
wrong. If there Is any man In thla coun
try, hlgAt or low, rich or poor, who loves a
aquar dl. It haa a friend and coadjutor
In Theodore Roosavalt. If there Is a man
In thla country, great or small, who Is
working for a crooked deal, he hat an en
emy lp Thandor Koosevelt and an enemy
who will strike, 0rveJ, hard and faulty,
U at caa.
PERSONAL SOTF.S.
Fsther Oopon seems to be calling th
raar'e attention to things from a fairly
safe distance.
John D. Rockefeller has at least on
friend in Kansas. Editor Howe of the
Atchison Globe refers to the big company
s the "Slandered Oil."
Th aenat has officially gone on record
as preferring th word "civil war" to
designate th prolonged struggle at arms
between th states.
Mrs. Stanford leaves a a memorial th
moat heavily endowed university In th
United Btates; to the next generation the
task la bequeathed of making it one of
the greatest.
The rural mall carrier Is a general con
venience. A Kansas carrier recently found
a note In a mall box near a farm house
requesting him to feed the chickens snd
water the cow and mule, "as we have
gone visiting."
A British commission which was wined
and dined In Chicago last summer publicly
denounces the city's great Industry and
turns up Its collective nose at the atmo
sphere of the Chicago stock yards. The In
cident is unfortunate, coming at a time
when Chicago was Inclined to stretch
"hand across the sea."
A New York druggist was drawn on a
federal panel, but was excused after mak
ing thla original statement: "If I eerv
as a Juror I will have to leave my store
with clerks, who are spt to poison the
whole neighborhood. The store is In the
wood alcohol district snd that community
has been drugged about enough already.
Don't you think I can serve the public
better In my store than on a Jury?"
A HATTER OF HEALTH $
BTSk a j, ti ill
f7n
7.
mam at
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P017DISB
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TUB FLAG AMI TIIE SCHOOLS.
Inenlratlnar Respect and ReTrrence
for the Symbol of the State.
New York Sun.
Dr. Woodrow Wilson, the president of
Princeton un'versltv. doubts "the utility of
the worship of the flag now taught In the
public schools."
The respect and honor for the .national
emblem Inculcated In the public, schools
cannot properly be called "worship"; but, of
course, President Wilson used the term
looaely. His meaning Is that the cultivation
of the sentiment of passionate patriotism by
th exaltation of that material emblem
seems to him of doubtful expediency.
Veneration for the flag, however, may be
said to take the place of the religious In
struction end worship In our public schools
which are made Impossible by the varia
tions and conflicts of the different schools
of theology and philosophy; but Is not such
a substitute desirable, even requisite?
To teach children to honor the flag Is to
teach them reverence for law Ss expressed
In the state, of which the flag Is the symbol.
Such instruction has the advantage of being
supported by the fact of the observation
and experience of the children. They are
admonished of the penalty of disobedience
to the law In the arrest and punishment of
criminals. That penalty Is not put off to a
future state of existence, but Ita actual ad
ministration is before their eyes dally.
Every policeman they see represents to
them the majesty of the law and the danger
and pain which Infraction of the law brings.
The flag, therefore, is for them something
more than merely a patriotic symbol. It
has a moral efficacy In representing the
dignity and the order of the social organ),
satlon and the power of the state for their
preservation.
vest money wisely. Most of the well-to-do
persons ar in more comfortable circum
stances than their nulghlors. not because
they have earned more money than their
neighbors, but because they put their earn
ings Into something that brought returns.
The men of great fortune of this country
are mote notably great a Investors thsn
as producers. The Standard OH group of
capitalists, known ss the richest group of
men in the world, are also the greatest In
vestors In tho world.
The future of the I'nlted States possesses
great possibilities) In the way of Investment
development. The business of the savings
banks particularly the mutual saving
banks lies only begun. The enormous de
velopment of the great mutual life Insur
snce companies. Immense and rapid as It
has been. Is still young. Tho distribution
of securities to holders throughout tha
country is In its Infancy. As the country
grows older In-the production of wealth,
the public will acquire Investment wisdom,
and with it will certainly come the rise of
tho I'nlted States to the position of th
wealthiest nation of the earth.
I.AIUHIXU LINKS.
"Pa. what is a family physician?"
"The doctor lo whom you owe the largest
bill." Cleveland Leader.
ISVESTMEXT WISDOM.
European Countries, In One Hespeet,
Lead the I'nlted Stntea.
Boston Transcript.
One of the great disadvantages under
which the nation suffers, owing to the
newnesa of Its wealth, is the lack of knowl
edge on the part of the people as to how
to invest properly the savings that have
been accumulated or the wealth that has
been produced. The United States is ad
mittedly far behind European nations In
this respect.
It Is undeniable that a fur vaster sum
of money is annually lost In the country
through unwise Investment than through
pure speculation. Speculative losses often
represent the loss of money quickly gained
either through former speculation or
through more easy means, but the average
loss of the investing public Is generally a
loss of hard earned or industriously accu
mulated savings.
The possession of wealth Is frequently
not a meaaure of the productive capacity
of the man, but rather of his ability to In-
"I never was so happy before," said the
new benedict. 'Marriage haa made a
different man of me."
"I'm glad to he:ir it." snld ills rival, "for
your wife's smke." Chicago Tribune.
"Failed? Why, I thought he was getting
into the very strongest Anunclal combine.
In tha street."
"So did he, but it Mema it got Into him."
Philadelphia Pre. i
"Iel's see, you are Just 60, aren't you?"
"Yes." '
"Then It's high time for you to retire."
"Retire1. I guess not. I've Just tuken a
new son-in-law tnto the family and now
I've got to work all the hnrder to keep
things afloat." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Dumlev I never saw a man like Brixton
to drift away fropi the subject under dis
cussion. Barraas A for Instance?
Dumley I Juat asked him what he was
doing tho nlKht 1 saw him down the road
and he evaded an answer by remarking
that he had known people to get rich bv
attending to their own business. I have
no doubt he has. but why should he men
tion it ot that Hme? Boston Transcript.
A COWBOY I.AMKXT.
Leslie's Monthly.) '
"Rawhide" Smith's gone craay.
"Rawhide" wa my pard, .
Used to h a dairy r .j
Say, jfs mighty hard!
Down at Twin Butte's City
"Rawhide" met a maid.
Young an" slim an' pretty,
An' she turned his head.
Fer that little creature
Got him roped, all right
First I knew, a preacher
Had 'em knotted tight.
Now lie's gone to farmin'
Way off from the rang.
Says his place la charmln'j
Lord, he's get tin' Strang!
No more pal to cheer me
Rldln' herd at night.
No more comrade near me,
Game fer fun or fight.
One coat did fer cover.
Cold nights when it stormed.
But them nlghta I over;
"Rawhide" Smith's reformed!
For Persons With
Weak
Lungs
kaAllcock'tPkuttr
placed on the chect
and another be
tween the shoulder
blades it a sure
protection. Pre
vents bronchitis,
pneumonia and
other pulmonary
troubles. '
For a' ktavy told
on th e chest it's tb e
best treatment.
Insist Upon flavin;
AHcock's.
EMBMOIR-ADoock'a Piaster bar bean la ns over 55 years.
ey am mis original aua gannina porout piaster ana Hav nvr baan
uuaraataaa not to ooatam oauadonna, opium or
Tb
Quailed aaa DalD-ourer.
any poison whaterar.
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