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TIIE OMAnA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. MARCH 18, 1903.
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t 27,00 It ST.5SO
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Notary Public.
Among other things of value the Jap
anese have apparently destroyed Is that
$100,000 salary of General Kouroput-kln.
Between granting concessions to the
Japanese and granting concessions to
the Itusslans the czar seems to be ina
real quandary.
The current session of the Nebraska
legislature has had fewer bills before it
than usual, but the mortality is as nu
merous as ever.
The capture of Tie Pass seems to have
been almost as easy as the capture of
Annual Pass, to say nothing of the kid
naping of Trip Pass.
The Omaha charter bill at last ap
pearance was made up chiefly of the
material with which a certain warm
place is said to be paved.
Nebraska once had a governor who
took bis scat, gave it up and waa later
restored to it. . But be didn't resign
after he came into his own.
St Petersburg looks to Admiral Ro
Jestvensky to redeem the glory of Rus
sian arms in the orient, but recognizes
the fact that Admiral Togo may exercise
a veto power.
Dispatches from Rome do not make
it clear whether it is lack of .material
or absence of a master mechanic which
Is responsible for the failure to build
a cabinet for Italy.
President Castro of Venezuela is said
to hanker after war with the United
States. He should bold earnest confer
ence with President Reyes of Colombia
before starting the fracas.
The bravery of Russian grand dukes
is now beyond question since wltb unan
imity they have decided to face the
bombs of their native land rather than
face the shrapnel of Japan;
Some of our eminent lawmakers at
Lincoln are complaining because the
newspapers do not treat them with the
respect they think due them. The way
to enjoy respect is to command it
An Incensed parent of an outraged
public school pupil has secured a re
hearing of the famous case of Birch Rod
versus Moral Persuasion, with change
of venue to an Omaha justice court
, Chinese authorities at Mukden have
demonstrated their ability to greet the
coming and to speed the parting guest
especially when the guest Is strong
enough to compel the entertainment
Chemical experts of Honolulu are ap
parently more interested in preserving
their reputations than in suppressing
what some people connected with the
late Mrs. Stanford want to keep dark.
In the meanwhile more than $85,000
la lying Idle in the intersection paving
fund waiting for the contractors to fix
a time when the city will be permitted
to start the work of paving and repay
ing Its streets.
Admiral Sir Charles Beresford says
that the possession of a sufficient nuui
bejr of battleships will insure peace to
any country, but to be safe the admiral
does not tell bow many are necessary
to make a sufficiency.
Railroad companies might possibly do
more real good to the corn raisers of the
state by making freight rates commen
surate with the service than by ruining
"seed corn" specluls. But this would
not get free advertising.
i Dr. Wiley tells members of the moth
ers' congress that lu their fear of ml
crobes they may destroy the food value
of articles, but still that would be notli-
ing If one were only permitted to starve
to death in the manner laid dowu by the
latest scleaUflc health bulletlu.
OSt r A MAKES VXFT.
It Is an open question whether Sena'
tor Cady's proposed railroad commission
with limited powers would fare any bet
ter before the supreme court than did
the State Board of Transportation,
which that tribunal declared unconsti
tutional. The only commission that
stands any show of coming within the
constitutional limitations, prohibiting
the creation of state executive offices in
addition to those therein enumerated,
is the board consisting of the commis
sioner of public lands and buildings, the
secretary of state, the treasurer and at
torney general, who are expressely
designated by section 19 of article v of
the constitution as a board of control,
who shall perform such duties and be
subject to such rules and regulations as
may be prescribed by law.
While , this provision unfortunately re
lates to duties devolving upon the board
in connection with the supervision and
control of public buildings, grounds and
lands, state prison, asylums and other
state Institutions, the legislature may
not exceed its jurisdiction in adding to
the duties already devolving upon this
constitutional board the supervision over
railroads contemplated by article xl,
which directs the legislature "to pass
laws to correct abuses and prevent un
just discrimination and extortion in all
charges of express, telegraph and rail
road companies and enforce such laws
by adequate penalties."
Our past experience with railroad
commissions and boards of transporta
tion does not warrant the belief that any
material relief can be looked for at the
bands of any state board vested with
limited powers of regulation. The
framers of our constitution placed that
power and responsibility directly with
the legislature and any attempt to dele
gate that power to any other body or set
of officers is simply a makeshift that
must prove a rope of sand. To make it
plain we simply recite section 4 of arti
cle xi of the constitution, entitled "Rail
road Corporations," which reads as fol
lows: Railways heretofore constructed or that
may hereafter be constructed in thla state
are hereby declared public highways and
shall be free to all persona for the trans
portation of their persons and property
thereon under such regulations as may be
prescribed by law, and the legislature may
from time to time pass laws establishing
reasonable maximum ratea of charges for
the transportation of passengers and
freight on the different railroads In this
state.
Manifestly, it is the duty of the legis
lature to enact laws to prohibit exces
sive transportation charges. and discrim
inations in favor of or against shippers
and localities, with such penalties as
would afford reasonable assurance of
the observance of the law, coupled with
mandatory directions to county attor
neys and the attorney general to prose
cute violations in the courts.
FCTUHE OF A GREAT ALLIANCE
The alliance between Great Britain
and Japan was established a little more
than three, years ago and holds good
until the early part of 1907. It was ef
fected In anticipation of possible war
between Russia and Japan, even then
apprehended by the statesmen of the
latter power to be Inevitable, Subse
quent events t have demonstrated its
great Importance, perhaps nothing else
exerting bo great an influence in con
fining hostilities to the powers now en
gaged in the terrible struggle in the far
east. It Is by no means improbable
that but for this alliance Russia would
be able In her present exigency to secure
the support and assistance of some other
power.
Whether or not this alliance will be
renewed two years hence Is a question
of interest not only to the parties to it
but to the world. It is hardly to be
doubted that In the event of Japan be
ing finally victorious Great Britain will
be most anxious to continue the alliance,
but will Japan care to do so? There
seems to be no good reason why she
should not, since it would assure her
greater security. Self-interest on the
port of both, powers led to the estab
lishment of the alliance, ffrid self-inter
est will be as strong in 1907 as it was
In 1902. With Great Britain and Japnn
thus united the rest of the world may
confidently expect fair treatment and
a "square deal" in Asia, so far as their
treaty rights and commercial Interests
are concerned.
DISSATISFIED PORTO RICAXS.
There appears to be more or less dis
satisfaction among the people of Porto
Rico, due mainly, it seems, to political
conditions. One statement is that the
people feel that the government estab
lished In the island by congress has not
given them that measure of freedom and
progress for which they bad been in
duced to hope. It is urged that the
Porto Ricans now have less of liberty
and of local independence than was ac
corded by the autonomic constitution
granted by Spain on the eve of the war,
under which the governor's cabinet and
the provincial legislature were composed
of natives of the island. Numerous
complaints are cited and the prediction
is made that unless there is a change
from the present method of governing
Porto Rico the native discontent will
grow more bitter.
In a special report by the governor
of the island to the president it Is
pointed out that the progress of Ameri
can ideas there is badly handicapped by
the unfriendly attitude of influential
Spaniards. It appears that there are
between 6.000 and 7,000 subjects of
Spuln living in Porto Rico., none of
whom has relinquished his allegiance
to the old country. They own a large
part of the taxable property of the is
land and therefore constitute an influ
ential portion of the community. While
this element has done well si pee the
change of sovereignty it has maintained
a feeling of unfriendliness toward the
United States and this may be expected
to continue, for it Is too deep-seated to
be easily changed. The Spaniard Is In
nately hostile to American ideas and
methods and he cannot forget or forgive
(the blow Inflicted upon his country by
this republic. Wherever he Is he can be
confidently counted upon as unfriendly
to this country and this is particularly
true of Spaniards residing in territory
taken from Spain. They are likely to
stir up dissension whenever opportunity
offers. We need not however, give our
selves any very serious concern about
this. It may prove a little troublesome,
but it Is not dangerous. We must give
our insular possessions good, honest gov
ernment and in every expedfent and
practicable way promote their progress
and welfare. When we have done this
we can patiently wait for the people of
those possessions to realize the benefits
and advantages of American rule.
THE MOTEMEST FOR PURE 100D.
The failure of the last congress to
pass the pure food bill was a great dis
appointment to the promoters of the
movement, but it has not discouraged
them and they will with unabated earn
estness press the matter upon the at
tention of the Fifty-ninth congress. The
opposition to the proposed legislation
came from certain mixers and sellers of
nostrums, whose business would have
been seriously interfered with by the
requirement thut the true character of
their decoctions should be printed on
their labels. Honest manufacturers of
drugs had nothing to fear from the pro
visions of the bill, neither would it have
been any hardship to honest manufac
turers 'bf foodstuffs that the contents of
their jars, cans and boxes be true to
name. The bill also assured protection
to the retailer, who, In the nature of
things, could not know whether articles
bought in good faith from a seemingly
reliable manufacturer were adulterated
or mlsbrandcd. By producing a written
guarantee from the manufacturer of the
purity of his goods the small grocer, In
accordance with the bill, would have
been cleared and the responsibility
thrown on the manufacturer.
In last week's issue of Public Opinion
Dr. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chem
istry In the Department of Agriculture,
has an article on fraud In food manu
facture which ought to receive general
attention. He points out some of the
metkods of deception In food manufac
ture and specifies a number of articles
as to which the methods are practiced.
The article says that among the food
products which are imitated or substi
tuted by the processes described are but
ter, honey, cane syrup, maple syrup and
sugar, Jams, Jellies, marmalades, pre
serves, spices of all kinds and olive oil.
Among food products which often con
tain chemical preservatives are meat,
canned vegetables, canned fruits and
catsup. A number of articles are often
artificially colored. Dr. Wiley says it
must not be supposed that all articles
of this kind are tampered with, but
they represent those articles of food in
general commerce which have often
been found so manipulated as to deceive
the purchaser, or If we allow that pre
servatives and certain coloring matters
are injurious, to injure his health. He
suggests that there are two remedies
for this unfortunate state of affairs, one
the education of the public respecting
the character and nature of the decep
tions, the other the enactment and en
forcement of stringent laws which will
punish those who practice deception in
food products in a manner which will
eradicate the practice. The education of
the public is making progress and in
this is the assurance that eventually
the required legislation will be secured.
According to latest advices from Lin
coln, the revised charter for Omaha,
which resembles the child that does not
know its own father, is ready for pas
sage in the house. It is an open ques
tion, however, whether Omaha taxpay
ers will be the gainers by the revised
charter, or whether the city would be
better off If the conglomerate charter
dies abornin.
The state senate has unanimously
recommended the submission of a con
stitutional amendment empowering
cities in Nebraska to make their own
charters. If this proposed reform meets
with equal favor In the house the pres
ent legislature will be entitled to at
least one credit mark.
So far as the present war is concerned
the entire reputation of General Llne
vltch is based upon his ability to retreat
in good order. Perhaps Russia does not
desire an officer who will Interfere with
the "previously arranged program" as
announced from Paris after each retro
grade movement.
It Is to be noted that In Its review of
railroad-ridden state administrations,
the World-Herald carefully avoids refer
ence to the retinue of railroad cappers
and tools that held the fort at the state
house when the fusionlsts were in
power.
State Senator Gilllgan's report on the
condition of the industrial schools for
boys and girls Is, to say the least de
cidedly unique. It might be summed
up in these words, "Everything is lovely
and the goose bangs high."
Peaaata for the Elephant.
Chicago Tribune.
Bryan endorses La Folletta, and Cleve
land aaya Cortelyou la "all right" Stand
back, gentlemen. Visitors are not per
mitted to feed peanuts to the elephant.
A Continuous Ran,
Washington Poat.
St. Petersburg aaya the war must go on
until Russia wins a decisive victory, and
Count CasslnJ aays the war will be prac
tically endless. Just a different way of
saying the same thing.
Reward of Merle.
Chicago Newa.
Dr. Wiley's "poison squad" is to be
placed on a diet of rich and luscious coal
tar dyea. Thus the members of the squad
will be rewarded fcr restricting themselves
so long to boraxlo acid and other ascetic
foods.
Can't Stop Leslie.
Washington Post
Secretary Shaw has authorised a draw
back of dutiea on "benioylaulfonlo'lmlds,
anahydrous sodium salt of bensoylsulfonlo
lmtds, manufactured wholly from ortho
lulolaulfaruide and ptauii permanga
nate." It's going to be hard to beat a
man for the presidency when he knows
things like that
Inaaaaratfoa Victims.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Despite the . favorable inauguration
weather the pneumonia record still charges
up victims to that day. Ons'Unlted States
senator and some half doien minor Uvea
look Ilka a high coat for an outdoor cere
mony In early March.
Now Will the South Ba Geeil
Chlcajro Inter Ocean.
The south la welcome to Its battle flag.
The south Is welcome to almost anything
It Is possible for the nation to give It, an!
all that the nation asks In return la that
It remember to spell It always with a
big N.
Common Bond ctf Hate.
Baltimore Amernn.
The Chinese and Japanese re fraternis
ing In. Joy over the victories cS the latter,
not, perhaps, that the former hate the
Jape less, but the Russians more And a
common hate Is a bond strong enVugh to
overcome all lesser enmities and ilding
faster and surer than, a common love.
Coloaaae of Two States.
Lincoln Star.
Hon. John N. Baldwin waa tonatmaster
the other night at the banquet of the Coun
cil Bluffs, la., Commercial club, and, ac
cording to the report In a local newspaper,
"the keynote of the occasion was Sounded
by Toastmastcr Baldwin In an Impassioned
declaration, that he was a cltljen of Council
Bluffs before anything else." Of course, a
toaatmaster la to be given considerable lati
tude In the way of Jollying up those who
sit with him, but In this case Toastmaster
Baldwin's Impassioned declaration la of a
character to excite remark In Nebraska,
especially when the legislature Is In session.
An Infortonate Mesa.
Philadelphia Press.
The charge made by a committee of the
Utah legislature that St. Louis exposition
awards have been offered for sale and some
purchased comes from a responsible source
and Is entirely too serious to be passed
over In silence. Many persons fairly and
Justly received awards for exhibits and
these are entitled to fair treatment Un
less the exposition authorities can success
fully meet the gTave charges made It will
deprive the meritorious awards of a large
part of their value. It Is a very unfor
tunate mess, the effect of which will not
be confined to this country, fof If the ac
cusations prove In any measure true It
will discourage foreign exhibitors at all
future expositions In this country.
Primary Reform In Sooth Dakota.
Philadelphia Press.
South Dakota has passed a law to carry
Into efTect what Is known as the "honest
caucus" plan. In Minnesota conventions
were abolished, the law providing for di
rect nominations at state regulated' pri
maries. South Dakota clings to the con
vention, but provides for primaries to se
lect delegatea. All primaries must be held
on dates specified by law and are to be
conducted under stringent regulations,
which will enable every voter to express
his choice. The convention dates are also
fixed by law, so that "snap" caucuses or
conventions will be out of the question. As
the primaries for all parties and also the
oonventlons will be held on the same days
It will be practically impossible for one
man to operate In two parties. It looks
like an earnest effort to better the political
system and the result will be awaited with
interest.
MIKDEJI AND THE WILDERNESS.
Comparison of Losses In Manchuria
and In the Civil War.
. ' Philadelphia Record.
Hostilities about Mukden are on a colos
sal scale. The best Information obtainable
la that Oyama had 800,000 and Kouropatkin
had 375,000 before the fighting around Muk
den, but these figures1 may belong to an
earlier date and be subject to louses before
March 6. We must take them, however, as
the best we have, and they show 875.000
troops engaged. The greatest number of
troops the federal government had at any
time In the civil war prior to 1865, present
for duty, from the Potomao to the Rio
Grande, was 698,802, on January 1, 1863. The
largest number of troops, federal and con
federate, that faced each other upon any
field shrinks into Insignificance compared
with the hordes put into the field at one
point by Japan, which haa about double the
population of the loyal states forty years
ago, and Russia, which is fighting at a dis
tance of 4,000 or E.000 miles from the ulti
mate base of supplies.
But while the numbers stagger the Im
agination, and the aggregate of killed and
wounded la appalling, the ratio of casual
ties, so far as we have the means of com
puting them, does not Indicate more ter
rtflo fighting than that witnessed on sev
eral battlefields of the civil war. The Japa
nese have counted 26.500 Russian dead about
Mukden. The wounded have been roughly
estimated at 90,000, but this may be the
total casualties; Kouropatkin mentions
about 60,000 wounded In the fighting of sev
eral days. Vast numbers of Russians have
been taken prisoners, but the available
figures Indlcato that the Russian killed and
wounded were not more than one-quarter
of the whole force. The Japanese acknowl
edge casualties of 41,222, a little more than
8 per cent of 600,000.
General Grant entered the Wilderness
with less than 120,000 men. In the battle
he loat 27,060 killed and wounded, or about
23 per cent of his force, and there were
10,677 missing, most of whom were killed
and wounded. His total casualties were
37,737, or very close to one-third of his
army. Lee had not less than 62,000 men,
and his losses were 11,400. The campaign
of the Wilderness waa almost a continuous
battle. Grant's casualties at Spottsylvanla
Court House were 26,461, on the North Anna
nearly 2,000 and at Cold Harbor 14,931. Be
fore Grant got to Petersburg, where the
field campaign ended, he had lost 81,102
men killed, wounded and missing; In thirty
daya he had loat more than two-thirds of
the army he started out with, and one
third more men than Lea had In the field
when he met Grant in the Wilderness. Lee's
casualties in these four engagements In a
month were 24,100 confederate figures are
very Inexact or nearly 40 per cent of the
force he began with.
Of single engagements, the most san
glnary to the federal arms after the Wil
derness and Spottsylvanla waa Gettysburg,
where the federal casualties, including
missing, were 23,186, or close to 30 per cent
of Meade's army. Lee lost 31,621, or about
42 per cent of his command. On the eve
of the battle of Chancellorsvllle Hooker had
124,600 men and Lee had half that number.
Hooker's casualties, including a large num
ber of missing, were 16,030, and Lee a were
12,281. At Antletam the federal loss waa
12,460 and the confederate 26,899; at Pitts
burg Landing the federal loss was 13,671
and the confederate 10,689; at Stone's River
the federal loss was 11,678 and the confed
erate 26.600, which probably includes pris
oners; at Chlckamauga the federal loss
was 16,861 and the confederate 17,804. In the
Seven Days' battle before Richmond the
federal loss, again Including a large number
of missing, was 16,249. In the fighting
around Petersburg, Including the assault,
but not the siege, Grant loat 10,683 men,
making his total losses from the Wilder
ness to Petersburg 91,688, of whom 73,864
were known to have been killed or
wounded. Including the missing, he lost
In forty-Ave days three-fourths of the army
he began with and a number almost 60
par cant greater than Lee encountered him
with in to Wilderness.
. POLITICAL DRIFT.
The last congress passed 1.842 bills, the
largest being appropriation bills.
The Kansas legislature managed to kill
1,900 bills, notwithstanding Its excitement.
Orover Cleveland is recovering from an
attack of Indigestion. Increasing years
makes more difficult the assimilation of
ponderous sentences.
About 90 per cent of the 2,000 bills Intro
duced In the California legislature cams to
grief. Four of these bills were marked and
caused Intense grief to four senators.
It Is announced that the Insular legisla
ture of Porto Rico Just closed "a satisfac
tory session." The Islanders evidently
have not assimilated American legislative
methods.
Alaskans continue agitating the air with
criticism of congress for falling to give
them a territorial legislature. It is not
the first time the northern territory ex
hibited a fine specimen of blubber.
It Is rumored in Washington that John K.
Gowdy, soon to retire from his position as
consul general in Paris, will go into active
politics on his return to his Indiana home
It has been suggested that he might en.
deavor to secure the state chairmanship
onco more.
Efforts of Pennsylvania legislators to
muzzle the press by making reporters "go
away back and sit down" proved quite ef
fective. TIuj muzzlers have been unable
to break Into print with a crowbar. To be
deprived of publicity makes them Irritable
and apologetic, but the apologies find ob
llvlon In the waste basket
The New York legislature by a decisive
vote ordered an Investigation of the Gas
trust scandal in New York City. Attempts
to defeat the investigation brought out a
crop of boodle stories. In which it was
charged that senators were offered as high
as $16,000 for votes against It The passage
of the resolution prove the stories ground
less.
Old soldiers out in Kansas are booming
Senator Forakcr of Ohio for president
H. E. Richtcr, ex-lieutenant governor, Is
an enthusiastic worker for the senator,
declaring the veterans of the civil war
should be allowed to name one more candi
date for the presidency, because after the
next campaign for that office civil war
veterans will be too old to make the race.
FIRST RKmiSITE IN A STRIKE.
Public Sympathy an Essential Force
for Sncceaa.
Washington Post.
A successful strike that Is entered upon
without public sympathy Is next to Impos
sible. A strike inaugurated with the sym
pathy of the people of the vicinage and the
public generally that is conducted In a
manner that alienates such sympathj
rarely escapes disastrous failure. In a few
Instances a very small number, bo far as
we recall the history of labor troubles
leaders of some prominence have urged
union men to violate contracts. One of
those leaders was a clergyman a man who
had been a preacher of the gospel but he
openly and boldly adviBed thousands of
honest worktngmen to repudiate an agree
ment and go out on a sympathetic strike.
But the men, more honest than the leader,
refused compliance with his bad counsel.
All of the prominent leaders of organized
labor today are united and earnest in In
sistence upon fidelity In keeping contracts.
This Is why the reckless strike on the New
York City railways failed bo soon and so
completely. The most conspicuous of all
the labor leaders is Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the American Federation of Labor.
At a labor meeting in Baltimore last Sun
day he said:
'The most important object In the labor
organizations today 1b the honor of agree
ment between employe and employer. The
violation of agreements was the main cause
of the strike In New York, and if the lead
ers of the New York union had considered
the agreement the strike could have been
prevented. I want to Impress upon you,
fellow unionists, the Importance of living
up to y?ur agreements and contracts."
That is the plain truth fitly spoken. The
first requisite of success in a strike Is pub
lic sympathy, and that requisite never
keeps company with violated faith.
RAILROAD RATE QIKSTION.
Bnnch of Misleading Aaaertlona from
a Corporation Megaphone.
Philadelphia Press.
Some of the arguments against President
Roosevelt's proposition to give the Inter
state Commerce commission the power, un
der certain conditions, to fix railroad rates
are very weak, as shown by the speech of
Mr. Eckles, former comptroller of the cur
rency, before the bankers In this city on
Saturday night He said:
'You merchants here In Philadelphia can
ship your freight direct from this city to
San FranclBco without change at a low
rate, and that ought to be proof that In
stead of grinding the people, destroying
property and doing Injustice these railroad
men are conducting their roads more for
the public than for the owners themselves."
It Is not a question of low rates in gen
eral, as Mr. Eckles well knows. The rail
roads have done and are doing a great
work for the nation, but that does not prove
that there la no need of auch regulation as
that recommended in congress by the
president. The disclosures made In
the ccse of the Atchison,. Topeka
Sc Santa Fe railroad show thut
groat Injustice was done many shippers by
favoritism to one particular corporation.
To provide against such a situation as that
is the aim of the president
No remedy for an unjust rate now exists.
The Interstate Commerce commission can
condemn It, but that amounts to nothing.
It takea years to accomplish anything by
means of the courts. The president's
proposition, If carried Into effect would
provide, after a full hearing, a remedy,
and the matter could then be fully reviewed
by the courts. The Interstate Commerce
commission exercised such power for ten
years 'without any harm such us Is now
predicted by Interested persons In case Its
authority Is renewed. i
Interstate Commissioner Prouty raid In
Boston Friday that the traffic managers
of one of the leading railroads admitted to
the commlssslon that the principle of fix
ing ratea waa to get what they could to
best advantage. That Is In the main the
leading idea, and there should be some
disinterested commlssslon with power to
review. The authority would rarely be
exercised. The mere fact that It existed
would be sufficient to prevent Injustice.
Commissioner Prouty, In referring to the
criticism that the commissioners were not
always competent to fix a rate, said that
while a certain amount of expert knowledge
was necessary In the proper regulation of
railroad tariffs, the queatlon to be decided,
though requiring good Judgment were not
dlffloult of comprehension to one habitually
engaged In bearing them. But expert evi
dence would be heard before a decision
was reached, and the certainty that the
courts would review the matter would lead
to great care In reaching a conclusion.
The fact that aom of the best railroad
managers favor such legislation la proof
that It would benefit the public.
The President aa "I.lttle Father."
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Roosevelt likes to be a statesman.
But he likea better to be "the first citizen,"
the "pater patriae," the head of the na
tional family. Hence the paternal lectures
hieh we att at the breakfast table every
morning. Wa don't wind them. They are
all right. We may not follow them out
every time, but we really and alncerely
annrcrlata the Intereat that the "old man"
takea In ua. Ha ia supplanting the csar
the little father.
OTHER LANDS THAN Ot'RS.
The result of higher education In India
and In Japan differ widely. The bishop of
Madras has lately called attention to Its
comparative failure In India. Instruction
in western science and literature Is given
In the English language, which the average
student has only imperfectly mastered. Tho
Indian student has always In mind either
a place In the civil service or an oppor
tunity to gain an advantage In the world
of commerce and finance. He Is satisfied
to learn by rote that which his Instructora
are pleased to Impart; for the Indian U
capable of feats of memory. In Japan, all
Is different. Though at the Imperial uni
versity the curriculum prescribed la In soma
respects Inferior to that of the Indian col
leges. Instruction Is given In the vernacu
lar. And the Japanese graduate la equipped
for work In afty field to which his taste
may direct him. In neither country la the
education religious; but while In Japan the
student Is animated with a patriotic seal
to benefit his nation. In India patriotism Is
rare. The present condition of affairs In
India, In spite of the universities act of
19o4. la another of the examples afforded
by history of the failure of education when
divorced from some living and dominant
sentiment. Alexandria, with Its cosmopoli
tan life and Interests and Its scholarly at
mosphere, studied the past but made no
substantial progress. It furnished a mu
seum with literary monuments; its phil
osophy was eclecticism without originality.
And now it is seen that hot even the In
telligence, wealth and political power of
England have made the Indian colleges
successful; while the young men In Japan
find In university education an opportunity
for the advancement of themselves and
their country.
M. de Lanessan, French ex-minister of
marine, has Imparted to a newspaper cor
respondent his settled conviction that the
Dogger Bank torpedo boats were fictions of
a lively Russian Imagination. That any
such boats could have heen sunk without
leaving any trace behind them Is, he says.
an absurd proposition. If not aunk, whither
did they go? What was there nationality?
Had they belonged to England, France,
Germany, Denmark or any European power
their absence would have been observed
Immediately. The only possible remaining
theory Is that they belonged to Japan. But
In that case they could only have been
bought In Europe, and he cannot believe
that any of the great firms whd alone con
struct such vessels would have kept silent,
and Incurred the risks Involved In case Eng
land or Russia should discover the truth.
Moreover, If the alleged vessels had been
Japanese the Toklo government would
have gladly avowed the fact. They would
never by their silence have allowed their
ally to run the risk of war with Russia.
Therefore he is convinced that the tor
pedo boats were not existent; but he thinks,
nevertheless, that the Russians, acting un
der genuine misapprehension, were Justified
upon the whole In firing as they did.
Egypt continues experiments with motors,
assisted by British enthusiasts on the
Cairo staff, and Is trying to conquer the
desert with them. When the sand Is rea
sonably firm good progress Is made, but
the wilderness Is not all that way, nor
anything like It. When the sand Is loose
and shifting difficulties are experienced and
the occupants of the machines have to get
out and j.ush till they come to firmer
ground. A particular type of motor Is
made for these experiments, having broad
tires and being otherwise adjusted to a
kind of service not existing elsewhere. On
the whole, the results so far obtained are
satisfactory, with a good prospect of others
to follow. Hill climbing experiments near
Cairo recently turned out prosperously, a
wagon carrying a load of several tons
mounting the great citadel hill In fourteen
minutes without a stop. The principal aim
so far is to adjust the vehicles to army
service, and the military authorities seem
to think they are succeeding very well.
A correspondent of a Brussels newspaper,
writing from Athens, sends information of
a new revolutionary movement In Crete by
which the party In favor of annexation to
Greece hopes to achieve Its object. H'e says
that the various committees are about to
Issuo an appeal to the candidates at the
forthcoming elections to withdraw In a
body and another to the voters asking them
to abstain from going to the polls. As the
majority of the voters are In favor of an
nexation this electoral strike would para
lyze the government, while a chamber
constituted under such conditions would
have no legal standing. The strike, If par
tial In the towns, would. It is believed,
be pretty nearly complete In moBt of the
country districts, and would In any case
help to develop the revolutionary spirit. It
is remarked that many of those who hith
erto have approved Prince Oeorge, because
of his professed sympathy with their aspi
rations, have now declared open war against
him. Pending the hoped-for union with
Greece, the committees have formulated
the following demands: Complete liberty
of the press; the election, as opposed to the
nomination, of mayors the right of meeting
on the publlo highway; retrenchment by
reducing public aalarles the reversal of the
sentence passed on soldiers In the late
struggle, and the nomination of Cretan and
not foreign officers to the gendarmerie.
Hachette's Almanach du Crapeau gives
the statistics of the smallest armies in the
world. The smallest of them all Is that of
Monaco, with 76 guards, 75 cafbtneers and
20 firemen. Next comes that of Luxemburg,
with 35 gendarmes, 170 volunteers and 39
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musicians. In rue of war, say the laws,
"the number of volunteers may be tempo
rarily raised to 2TA" In the Republic of
San Marino they have universal compul
sory service, with the result that they can
put in the field nine companies, comprising"
900 men and 38 officers, commanded by a
marshal. This, however, is the war
strength of the forces. On a peace footing
the republlo can only put one company of
60 men on the parade ground. In the case
of the republic of Liberia, tho most strik
ing feature Is the proportion of officers to
privates. There are 800 of the former and
only 700 of the latter. None the less the
republic Issues proclamations of neutrality
when wars break out between the great
powers of Europe.
LINES TO A LAIUII.
Mrs. Chugwater Josl.th, who Is this John
Doe I see mentioned In the papers some
tlims? Mr. Chugwater That's short for John D.
Rockefeller. His middle name Is Dough.
I supposed everybody knew that. Chicago
Tribune.
Mrs. Hlghmus I am glad the astronomer
nave uiscovereu that Jupiter has anothe
Btiieiuie.
Mrs. I'pmore Whv?
Mrs. Hlghmus it Introduces variety Into
my husband's profanity. He swears now
"by the seven moons of Jupiter." Chicago
Tribune.
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"Poets, sir," said one of the bunch, "are
born."
"Of course they are," rejoined the un
sympathetic wieldcr of the blue pencil.
"If they camo in the form of eggs they
would never be allowed to hatch out."
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The following dialogue waa overheard I
a drug store:
Druggist tto nine girl customer) lld tu
Little Girl Yes. sir, plense.
Druitglst Antlbllious?
Little Girl No. sir. but uncle Is Hnr.
per's Weekly.
Inquisitive Stranger Do your senators
salaries run on Just the snme when they
are absent from their post of duty for
months at a time?
Washington Man Why not? Where did
you get the Idea that a senator Is under
any obligation to earn his salary? Chicago
Tribune.
"You know," said the man who loves quo
tations, "that history repeats Itself."
"No," answered the irascible person. "I
don't know it. If history repeats Itself
I'd get rich winning election bets. Tho
great advantage a man has In making
proverbs is that nobody ever expects hint
to go before a Jury and prove 'em."
Washington Star.
"SeemB too bad, doesn't It, that the great
Italian tenor should have the mumnii?''
"I s'pose.so. S: 111 he Isn't the first tenor
to have a swelled head." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
SUNG OF RETREATING RISSIANS.
Boston Transcript
We're marching on to freedom, in the dark
before the dawning;
The shells are bursting round us, and tho
shrapnel shrieks on high.
We're marching on to freedom, through the
black and bloody morning;
A crimson thread Is in the east and creeps
across the sky.
We're hopelessly defeated; let the joyous
news be shouted.
Our armies are In full retreat and soon
we shall he free. '
Outfought and outmaneuvered, outflanked
ana raKea ann routen,
Three hundred thousand beaten men are
singing like the sea.
Our forces fill the valleys full; the plain Is
overflowing;
Our bayonets clothe the trampled earth
like fields of sloping corn.
Above the distant mountain tops the light
is slowly growing,
A scarlet cord Is in the east and soon It
will be morn.
O grave, where Is thy victory? O death,
where is thy stinging?
We die thnt Russia may be free; we lose
that she may gain.
There's hlood upon the road we take; but
still wo take it singing,
Our triumph Is In our defeat, our glory In
our pain.
We're marching on to freedom through the
blood-red light of morning;
The cannon roar behind ua and the dead
are fnlllng fast.
You can see our patient facea. In the crim
son of the dawning;
We've suffered through the weary night,
but day has come at last.
For we're beaten beaten beaten! Let the
Joyoua news be shouted;
We've lost the tyrant's battle now, and
soon we shall be free.
Wronged, robbed, oppressed, tormented, Im
prisoned, exiled, knouted,
A hundred million Russian Slava are ris
ing like the sea.
Browning, King & Co
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