TIIE OMAITA DAILY BEE:1 THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1905.
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Now for a municipal spring bouse
cleaning that will put our streets, parks
and public buildings in the pink of condition.
Judging from the closing prices on
'changes yesterday, there are more
spring lambs in the meat market than
on the street
A Denver newspaper declares that city
determined to be a fireproof town. A
little graft-proofing would seem to be
equally in order.
Since England has made a treaty with
the Mad Mullah those who are inter
ested in British politics might keep an
eye out for signs of a real war.
A pertinent question: Is the attorney
for the school board, in working up op
position to the Omaha charter bill, act
ing for that body or is he inspired In be
half of bis paving contractor clients?
President Roosevelt Is paid to be look
ing for a $100,000 man to build the
Panama canal, who, however, Is to get
only 125,000. The little difference will
doubtless be paid in medals and ribbons.
Perhaps the real rintentlon of those
Congregational ministers in the matter
of the Rockefeller donation is' to avoid
taking unfair advantage of tbe illness of
Dr. Harper. ,
It Is now announced from Washing
ton that the government Is. unable to kill
the boll weevil. Still there are a num
ber of experts who would like to con
tinue to draw a salary .while trying to
exterminate the pest.
Kouropatkin's decision to remain with
the Manchurian army may Indicate bis
devotion to the czar, but it may also be
evidence of a preference to trust to the
mercy of Tokio rather than to that of
St Petersburg.
Foreign Investors say the United States
should be satisfied with the course of
Wenezaela. Foreign Investors in all coun
tries have a way of thinking that when
they am satisfied no others should have
any cause to complain.
The refusal of the Standard Oil com
pany to transact business in Kansas is
evidence of the position assumed by too
many corporations that of superiority
to the laws supposed to govern all peo
ple and corporations with equality.
Andrassy has failed to form a cabinet
In Hungary. It still looks as If the son
of the revolutionist Kossuth, would have
to be called to save the government of the
emperor, although neither emperor nor
statesman is seeking jthe. combination.
On the petition of a Judge of the dis
trict court who found, extenuating cir
cumstances In the case, Governor Folk
has pardoned a man convicted of robbing
a train. Such circumstances in such a
crime could only occur la Missouri.
' San Francisco police threaten to un
ravel tbe mystery surrounding the death
of Mrs. Stanford but still assert tbey
cannot tell whether the persons arrested
for the crime will be accused of murder or
of conspiracy to Impute crime to others.
If American soldiers bad been ready
to stop fighting every time the commls
I vary department ran out of bread his
; tory would have been much different
i Yet this is the strongest argument for
declaring peace that one Russian news
paper can find. ..... . .
; Omaha had to fight for years and carry
Its fight clear up to the supreme court of
the United States to get a decision to
compel the railroads to construct via
ducts . to protect their own property.
Without the compulsion of law these
Viaducts would uever have been built
If Omaha business interests never de
manded anything but what the rail
roads wanted, Omsha would still be an
I A. II.
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ii is most natural luai ui lvubiuciiiiii
conditions in the far east there should
be Interest manifested by the commer
cial nations in the question as to what
may, be the result to the world's trade
in "Asia In the . event of Japan being
finally victorious. There Is diversity of
opinion on the subject, some holding the
view that the Japanese will take advan
tage of every commercial opportunity
that offers, regardless of the interests of
other nations, while others express the
belief that she would put no barrier In
the way of trade Interests of other na
tions in the orient but would accept
fully the open door policy and faithfully
adhere to It
A foreign correspondent of an. east
ern paper suggests that Japan would
maintain the open door for a time! being
pledged solemnly to the policy, "but his
tory shows that ..national necessity
knows no law and no oath of fidelity to
engagements." .This Is very true as ap
plying to a nation like Russia, whose
perfidy Is traditional and notorious.
There is no warrant however, for as
sumlng that Japan would play a decep
tive part and break her pledge to the
world. She has always kept faith with
the nations, always met ' her interna
tlonal obligations, always respected the
rights of other countries. What reason,
therefore, Is there to think that she will
not continue to Jo so? The correspond
ent says: "What the United States, Brit
ain and France have to do is to consider
the expediency of getting China to open
other trading ports at the earliest prac
ticable moment where they would have
treaty rights such as they have in the
ports opened last year. It is Inconceiv
able that Japan would disturb China's
existing trade treaties with Washington
or London at any rate, and It Is probable
that she would urge Peking to extend
to American and British trade further
privileges of the same kind." He points
out that Toklo is grateful to Washington
for Us attitude throughout tbe war, to
the American financiers for co-operation
in the loans while yet the issue was In
doubt and above all to the whole Amer
ican people for sympathy and the moral
support it Involves. He suggests that if
American trade does not get the benefit
of this gratitude while yet it is warm
and undiminished by possible friction
over a Japanese exclusion act such as
California proposes, an invaluable oppor
tunity will be lost forever. "Not all ob
servers," he remarks, "of Japan's prob
able commercial program for the next
decade feel certain that she will remain
absolutely faithful to the open door ar
rangement" ' ' '
We do not believe there would be the
least danger to the open door from Jap
anese success in the war, but rather
that it would assure the maintenance
of that principle. In the first place
Japan will desire to be on the most
friendly relations with all the great pow
ers and particularly with the United
States and Great Britain. '. She could not
have their. friendship if she should pur
sue a policy inimical to their commercial
interests in China. A course of that
kind would inevitably subject her to the
hostility of all 1 the commercial nations
and it is not difficult to understand what
this would mean for her. Jn the second
place Japan would not!, attempt to in
fluence China to adopt any policy that
might imperil her future peace and se
curity, as a departure from the princi
ple to which China is fully 'committed
would be very certain to do. Further
more, Japan, can get her share of Chi
nese trade In fair and equal competition
with other countries and with this she
will be satisfied. Russian success would
mean an end to the open door. Japanese
victory will assure the continuance of
that policy.
committee arraignment which appears to
have foundation Is the conflict discov
ered between two sections of the charter,
of which one provides for a consolidated
tax receipt while the other practically
nullifies this provision. But this con
fllct was brought about by an amend
ment to the charter after its first draft
and Is not Insurmountable. Strangely
enough, however, it has nothing to do In
particular with tho school district but
affects the administration of the city and
county flnefnees as a whole.
The question tdat naturally arises Is.
Why has the school board waited so
long to ascertain how the new charter
bill affects the Interests of the school
district and why it should not have eh'
deavored to have the charter framed or
amended to meet Its views in these re
gards rather than to seek at the last
moment to defeat charter revision alto
gether? The protest signed by the com
mittee is evidently drawn by the at
torney for the school board and this at
torney has been In constant attendance
on the legislature, and especially upon
the committees formulating the charter
bill, as the paid lobbyist of a certain
paving contractor and other special Inter
ests. While interposing objections and
suggestions on tbe paving clause, never
once, so far as Is known, has be offered
advice for the school board, and in legal
parlance he ought to be estopped from
raising objections -now.
If the school board committee is In
earnest in Its desires to protect the
school district from misfit legislation,
but does not want to be used by con
tractors and other outsiders anxious to
beat the charter, it will bend Its efforts
to correcting by amendment the two or
three points where the charter bill is
open to criticism la the Interest of the
schools rather than to blocking the way
to much needed reforms and greatly de
manded economics promised by the new
charter bill.
THB RUSSIA?) ARMADA.
The Russian second Pacific squadron
is steaming eastward as rapidly as con
ditions will allow and should make its
appearance somewhere in the eastern
waters, If ever able to reach them,
within a few weeks. On paper the fleet
commanded by Admiral Rojestvensky
appears somewhat formidable, number
ing with transports and auxiliary ves
sels, nearly a hundred ships. This is
quite double the number of the greatest
possible fleet Japan can muster, yet the
consensus of opinion among European
naval experts Is that this Russian fleet
is sailing to certain disaster. While It
comprises twenty battleships and cruis
ers, nearly all of them are old, only
nine having been launched since 1000.
These are the hope of the whole fleet
Opposed to them is Togo in command of
a fleet of modern, effective fighting ships,
manned by undefeated veterans of the
Port Arthur campaign gunners and
sailors unexcelled In the world.
There are several routes which the
Russians can take to reach eastern wa
fers, but we may be sure that whichever
one they choose they will nbt be able to
escape the vigilance of the Japanese,
who are known to be on the watch for
the enemy, amply provided with the
means for giving battle should they run
across the Russians. Unless all expert
naval opinion Is at fault, a meeting of
the fleets of Rojestvensky and Togo
could have but one result the disastrous
defeat of the Russian. These experts
think it would be , an altogether one
sided fight and doubtless they are cor
rect in this view. At all events the pros
pective sea battle will share In interest
with the progress of events in northern
Manchuria.
etbook or the school district pocketbook
makes little difference. If consolidation
of treasuries will save money in the
matter of tax collections, as it surely J
will, taxpayers will not be much con
oerned whether the expense Is charged
to them on the books in the name of
the city alone or of the city, county and
school district Jointly.
Who has that $3,000 boodle fund that
Is to buy a year's extension in office for
the democratic office boluers in Douglas
county? That some of these salary ab
sorbers would pay tbe price If they were
satisfied that the goods would be de
ltvered is not to be doubted, and the
very fact that they are trying to get an
extension of their time at the public
crib without re-election indicates that
they distrust their ability to hold on by
popular endorsement The charge of at
tempted bribery, however, is hardly to
be brushed off lightly, and those who
have preferred It should be required to
make good with names and details or
back up as malicious liars.
South Omaha taxpayers are said to be
getting lukewarm ou tbe subject of vot
ing bonds for the city hall building,
which Is up before them again, and It Is
suggested that some of then! Insist on
knowing where the new structure ia to
be planted before O. K.Mng the draft for
the money. The selection of the site,
however, In advance of the bond elec
tion would not be in keeping with the
scheme, which Is to stimulate real es
tate speculation. Real estate agents ex
pect to locate the city' ball on half a
dozen different plots of land and sell real
estate all around' each of them before
the site Is fixed. '
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SCHOOL BOARD AND CHARTER BILL.
Members of the school board have al
lowed themselves to become unduly
alarmed over tbe proposed new Omaha
charter. The long statement issued by a
special committee, who says it was ap
pointed "to protest against the position
in which the school district of Omaha
would be left" by Its enactment lends
countenance to a number of bogles con
jured, up for the school board members
that do not in any way constitute the
dangers the committee rprofesses to see
In them.
The proposed merger of city and county
treasuries simply, makes, the 1 county
treasurer ex-offlclo city treasurer as
well as ex-offlclo treasurer for the school
district precisely as the city treasurer
has heretofore acted as ex-offlclo treas
urer for the school district The county
treasurer is an elective officer required to
give bond in double the amount of money
liable to be in his custody at any. one
time so that the pretense of irrespon
sibility, la not good.-
As to the levy of school district taxes
similar provision is made. At present
the school board certifies to the city
council how much money it demands to
be raised by taxation and the council in
cludes a levy for the school fund along
with the levy of the. other city funds.
Under the new law the council would
simply certify up to tne coupty authori
ties the requirements of all the different
city departments, including tho school
district and the county would make the
levy for both city and, school district
precisely as the city now does for the
school district In this respect the school
board would be In no' different position
whatever from the water board, for ex
ample, which Is to procure Its revenue
from taxation by certification In the
same' way.
The, change of the date of tax . pay
ments, might It. is true, affect the
school district but as the fiscal year for
the school board Is now six months
ahead of the fiscal' year for the city and
the board finds no difficulty jn antici
pating its revenues, It should encounter
no more embarrassment on this score
than any other city department As
soon as the public business was re
adjusted to th new djitrs for tax pay
ments everything would go along as
smoothly as . before, : , . .
The uly fcolat,! be. school , board
THB CANAL COMMISSION.
Reorganization of the Isthmian Canal
commission is now assured, but it has
not yet been decided whether the num
ber of commissioners shall remain as at
present or be reduced, there being a
question as to the authority of the pres
ident in tbe matter. As the act author
izing him to exercise ail the powers of
government for the zone through such
persons as he might choose, and In such
manner as he might direct expired with
the congress, there Is no provision of
law whatever on that subject. Under this
act the president vested the govern
mental power In tbe. Isthmian Canal
commission to be exercised under tbe
supervision and direction of the secre
tary of war, the cpmmlsslon being also
charged with the work of constructing
the canal. This was a matter entirely
within his discretion. (
The present commission was . created
by the Spooner act of June 28, 1902,
which is the only act of congrc'tw now in
force relating to the Isthmus canal. It
is urged that under the provision of this
act which says that tbe commission was
to be in all matters subject to the direc
tion and control of .the president there
Is no doubt that be has power to re
move any or all of the members of the
commission, but whether he can reduce
the number, the act providing for seven
members, is another question. It was
manifestly a rather -serious mistake on
the part of congress in falling to provide
needed legislation for the government of
the canal zone. That omission has ad
mittedly left the president in a some
what awkward position, but lof course
government of the zone will continue
and with a reorganized commission, hav
ing at Its head a man of energy and ad
ministrative ability, It may reasonably
be expected that the work of construc
tion will be pushed with ail possible
rapidity.
One objection . entered by the school
board committee against the consolida
tion of the city and county treasuries Is
certainly not well taken. The point Is
made that under the proposed change
the school fund would have to pay 1 per
cent for collection of Its revenues,
whereas that work Is now being done
by the city treasurer's office without
commission. The collection of the school
revenues, however, Is costing right now
more than 1 per cent and Inasmuch as
the bill Is paid by the same taxpayers,
whether it la taken out of tha city pock-
Omaha streets are to be tunneled for
still another set of electric wire con
dults, two sets of subway ducts being
already in place. Tbe time Is bound to
come when the underground wires will
have to be laid according to one general
plan, and in all probability the city will
eventually Insist upon, municipal owner
ship of everything below the surface of
the streets, as It will of everything above
the surface of the streets. Tbe conduits
now being laid canuot be regarded as
anything but temporary makeshifts.
The Commercial club has already
acted upon The Bee's suggestion to put
a line out for President Roosevelt in the
event be Is to pass through Omaha on
his way to Join his hunting party in
Colorado. The opportunity to entertain
the president even if only for a few
hours, Is not to be neglected, if It pre
sents.
A Bur'Leitllature.
Philadelphia Press.
The Kansas legislators are getting credit
from their constituents for good work
which seems to be deserved. They cut
down the legislative ' expenses S47.00O, did
not vote away any0f the state property as
to chairs, desks, etc., and paused an anti
discrimination law, the oil freight bill and
other measures In fehich the people were
deeply interested,, ... ' , . ,
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The Shoe ia n $h Other Foot.
New .York,. Tribune.
French papers are calling upon the Japa
nese to be generous In their victory. It is
to be hoped the Japanese will be magnani
mous, but Russia, Oermany and Prince,
who stepped in and deprived Japan of the
legitimate fruits of its victory over China,
are hardly in a position to urge1 a claim
for generous treatment. The shoe is on the
other foot now, and It seems to make a
great difference.
Kins; Corn as a Money Maker.
Philadelphia Record.
The farmers In the-great corn states of
the west Providence permitting are laying
plans to broaden , the basis of national
prosperity by - planting more corn than
usual and taking extra pains to fertilize
the ground and Insure a bumper crop.
Corn is our great crop. Unlimited corn
stands for cheaper beef and pork, more
business for the carriers and more pur
chasing power for the working-man's dollar.
A Great Victory. '
Kansas City Times.
Kansas has already won a great victory
over the Standard Oil company. The
trust has decided not .wait until it is driven
out of the state, but to go of Its own ac
cord. It faced the alternative of quitting
Kansas or doing business on a fair scale
and thus giving the public an Illustration
of competitive business as compared with
the monopolistic, system. ' The Standard
company is not particularly desirous of giv
ing such a demonstration at this time.
A Fat Contract Unlocated.
New1 York Sun.
The gracious potentate from whom the
enterprising Mrs. Reader is said to have
procured for her clients a 16,000,000 railway
contract is variously descrfbed as th,e sul
tan of Lahore and the sultan of Johore.
There is no sultan of Lahpre. That part
of the Punjab has been British territory
for nearly sixty years.' ,' . '
There is a sultan or rajah -of Johore,
Ibrahim by name. Under British supervi
sion he rules over a population estimated
at 200,000. The revenues and resources of
Johore are presented statistically in none
of tha reference books at hand.
The lamented Ahkoond of Swat died years
and years ago.
e 'Bryan's Panacea.
New York Olobe.
After nearly sly months of sweetly sol
emn thought Mr. Bry:has evolved a plan
of salvation for the democratic party. It Is
simply that every member of jthe. party
shall give a pledge to attend U , primaries.
That Is evil. Going to the primaries will
not bind them at alj pn the. question of
principles, he says. He publishes in his
paper a blank form of pledge htch he
asks to have signed and returned in or
der that, he' may keep the roll. You buy
the paper and get tha blank, you see. Then
Mr. Bryan gets your name and will be In a
position to Impress, upon you tbe desir
ability of becoming a subscriber. That's
the way to reorganise a party I
What Poor Vo Costs.
New York Tribune.
The aboriginals' current account with the
United States is about like this: There are
238,000 of him all told. They cost the gov
ernment, approximately, 19,800,000 a year.
Of this $3,800,000 goes for education, with
various sectarian agencies striving for the
privilege of handling portions of that fund.
It the Indians improve much as a whole
they keep it to themselves, bruiting about
no flagrant evidences of it. They are en
couraged to work a little, but pot sxpected
to work much, and live up to this absence
of expectation. All things considered, the
government treats tha Indian very wall.
Ha is cared for, protected and presented
with a free living, and if ha doesn't have
a good time under these circumstances It is
not tbe (suit of tbe circumstances,
BITS OF -TYASniSGTOS LIFE.
Minor Brcncs aad Incidents Sketches
on tho Spot.
Uncle Sam's "conscience fund" continues
growing a pace. A contribution of 112,000
was made to It this month by some
unknown person who had in years gone
hypothecated some of your uncle's coin.
Is the second largest contribution to the
fund received by tha government, tha larg
et being (14.226.16.
Many queer letters have been received
by the government in recent years In con
nectlon with these restorations of govern
ment money. Several years ago a woman
who had been a postmistress returned to
the treasury 2 cents for a pilfered stamp,
In some cases the money has been re
turned through the medium of priests, who
have Informed the government that the
money was handed to them to be sent to
the government by penitents who have en
tered the confemional and acknowledged
having robbed the government. Once In a
while the money Is sent by registered man
or express by persons who have given their
correct names and addresses, but in most
Instances the name Is withheld through
fear pf prosecution, and generally the
money comes through the ordinary mall
with a simple slip of paper, directing that
the money be credited to 'conscience."
Since the beginning of the second half of
the last Cleveland administration the gov
ernment has received more than JIOO.OOO in.
conscience contributions. More than two-
thirds of this sum, or over $06,000, has been
received during the administration of Pres
ident Roosevelt, or about one-third of the
period In question.
An official of the Treasury department
furnished the following figures, showing
the total amount of conscience contrlbu
tions annually since 1893:
1904 $ 6.7. SO
I9"8 11.547.2S
1902 35.88.22
1901 2.2H3.30
19"0, 3.MA.22
1899 8.666.11
1898 6,110.70
$ 1.842.22
16,740. M
2.693.07
3,606.01
IR97 ,
18! "6
1895
1894 ,
Total $98,70.1
A writer In the April Century gives In
teresting details of President Roosevelt as
a reader and his method of absorbing In
formation. "I have no record of the presi
dent's recent reading," he says, "but it is
not a secret that he is 'keeping up the
pace.' Soma of my friends are still 'read
ing at Morley's three thick volumes of
Gladstone's life. The president,' of course,
read them promptly, gaining, I am told,
not only a fresh, but a much more fa
vorable view of ihe great leater, whom
he confessed he had hitherto failed to
understand. A publisher not long ago told
me that Mr. Roosevelt seemed to have his
eye on the authors of their house, and
now and then a private letter, full of ap
preclatlon, would pass through the pub'
Usher's hands on the way to an author.
In the thick of the campaign of 1904 I
happen to know that he reread all of
Macaulay's 'History of England,' all of
Rhodes' 'History of the United States' and
Dickens' 'Martin Chuzxlewlt.'
"The other afternoon he was handed a
new book a not very long dissertation
ou a matter of current Interest. That
evening he entertained a number of guests
at dinner, and later there was a musical
party at the White House, at which he
was present. At luncheon, the next day,
the giver said to him: 'Mr. President, of
course - you have not had time to look
at that book.' 'Oh, yes,' said the president:
'I have reaI It.' Whereupon he proved
that he had done so by his criticism of the
work. One day, lately, a book of short
stories was sent to him; almost by return
mall came a letter thanking the sender
and saying he had already enjoyed the
stories greatly in serial publication.
1 'How does he manage to do it?' All I
know about this Is that, in the first place,
he has by nature or practice the faculty
of extremely,, rapid reading. There are
some men ot jetters and 'general readers
who never, have been able to acquire this
art. Others can take In . paragraphs or
pages well-nigh at a glance. The president
must be one of these photographic readers,
who take almost Instantly the impression
of a whole paragraph or nearly a whole
page, the eye running along the line with
lightning-like rapidity, and leaping to the
more important phrases as by instinct.
have known the following to occur: A
congressman makes a statement to him
and hands him a type-written paper.
Almost Immediately the president hands
it back to him whereupon the con
gressman says deprecatlngly : 'Mr. Presi
dent, may I not leave this paper with you?
am anxious that you should read it.'
But,' answer the president, 'I have read
it; you can examine me in It, if you
wish.' "
Secretary Taft will have a distinguished
party to accompany him on his trip to the
Philippines next June. Not only will
there be a number of congressmen, but
there will be several attractive ladles In
the party. Mrs. Taft will accompany her
husband and Miss Alice Roosevelt will go
as Mrs. Taft's guest. Miss Mabel Board-
man of Washington, will also be of the
party, while Speaker Cannon, Representa
tive Payne, General Grosvenor, Bourke
Cockran, Representative Hill of Missis
sippi; Gillett of Massachusetts; Hepburn of
Iowa; Sherley of Kentuckey and Curtis of
Kansas ,wlll make up the house con
tingent. Mrs. Payne and Mrs. Hill will
accompany their husbands. Senators War
ren, Allison and Long will be among the
senators who will go. The party will
stop at Honolulu on the way to the Philip
pines, and after a month in the Islands
some of the party, and perhaps all of it,
will return via the Sues canal.
In order to protect the Chickasaw and
Choctaw Indians from paying a fee to a
firm of lawyers amounting to $750,000, pro
ceedings have been brought before Judge
Anderson, in the equity court, to restrain
the secretary of the treasury from' paying
the money.
Mansneld, McMurray & Cornish, of In
dian Territory, , appeared in behalf of the
Indians in successful suits to recover lands
occupied by whites. The proceedings were
before a citizenship court, created by con
gress, and under tha law the court al
lowed the fee at its discretion.
The Indians appealed to president Roose
velt, ' who denounced the fee as outrage
ous, but found himself unable to do any
thing, as the action of the court was per
missible under the law.
The Impression in , Washington is that
Judge Anderson will refuse to take action
and that the fee will be paid.
Secretary Taft has been obliged to issue
statement in regard to the revolver
used by John Wilkes Booth when he shot
President Lincoln. A man In Philadelphia
the other day paid a good price for
pistol which was claimed to be the' genuine
pistol Used in the assassination of Presi
dent Lincoln. Captain Heath of Philadel
phia, wrote to the War department to in
quire If the Philadelphia pistol was the
genuine Booth derringer. He asked the
question because he understood that the
weapon withVwhich the deed had been com
mitted was m the War department. Tha
secretary answered the letter by stating
that Booth's derringer was securely locked
up In 4 he safe In the office of tbe Judge
advocate general of tha army in tha War
department, and ha further declared that
the weapon haa been in tha custody oi
the judge advocate general since the trial
of the conspirators.
PERSOXAU NOTES.
Hon. William II. Tsft has accerted the
Invitation of the National Geographic so
ciety at Washington to address the society
on the' Philippines. The address will be
delivered the first week In May.
John II. Rankin, the Philadelphia archi
tect, who Is building the government build
ings In Indianapolis, objects to the placing
of the Benjamin Harrison monument on
the building site, as it is completely out
of harmony with the surroundings.
The first government position held by
Frank H. Hitchcock, who haa Just been
appointed first assistant postmaster gen
eral, was that of chief clerk to the super
intendent of the construction of the post-
office bujldlng, when he was 24 years old.
Benor de Cologan, the newly appointed
Spanish minister to Washington, Is tha
scion of an old Irish family, whose heads
removed Into Spain after the battle of the
Boyne and became naturalised Spanish
subjects. Ha Is said to speak English
fluently.
John Flynn of Broad head. Ky., Is a track
walker employed by the Louisville A Nash
ville road. For thirty years he haa never
been more than a few miles from his
home, but In that time he . haa walked
over 136,000 miles. Though 60 years old, he
still patrols his section dally, doing about
fourteen miles between .sun and sun.
Jesse James, only son of the famous Mis
souri bandit. Is reading law and taking the
three years' course In a Kansaa City school
of law. This is his first term. When the
course is finished, he. will practice law.
The professors of the law school say that
Jesse is a good student.' Much of his time
is spent In reading In the law library In
the county court house.
LK.T AM) ITS VSE9.
Physical Benents Flow from Observ
ance of a Religions Custom.
Chicago Journal.
A period of forty days has come during
which for hundreds of years piously In
clined folk have" been accustomed to ab
stain from one thing and another which
they liked. Altogether apart from the
question of religious belief Involved, it is
worth while considering how deeply the
practice is grounded in common sense and
the requirements of human nature.
During the winter now happily passing
It has been needful to eat a great deal of
meat and other strong food In order to
supply the heat required for the body in
its annual conflict with the forces of frost.
Such a diet prolonged into warm weather
means nothing less ' than an overtaxed
digestion and a weakening of all human
powers of resistance. Nothing can be
better for the average man and woman
than to go without the quantity of heavy
food demanded during cold weather In
order to prepare for the spring and sum
mer. Fish, the most easily obtained sub
stitute, naturally - suggests Itself, with
greater quantities of the lighter vegeta
bles. Actual fasting is good for the
stomach. -
This la on the physical side of the ques
tion. On the moral side it is to be said
that character develops more quickly and
sturdily by dr,ng what one does not wish
to do, rather than by merely gratifying
ones own will There is a constant ten
dency toward selfishness as age comes
upon mankind, a greater disposition to do
as one would, rather than as one should.
"Sweet are the uses of adversity," says
Shakespeare, and ordinary experience bears
out the maxim.
If, all the rest of the year, you are In
the habit of doing as ou would, nothing
will do more good than to do as you would
hot for forty days by giving up some pet
habit. Man should be his own master at
all times, and no one is fUIly entitled to
call himself, man who Is slave to any
habit except that of good Impulses.
It has- never been easy for any human
being to live his best life, but the' road
to It lies along lines of self-denial and
abstinence. Self-indulgence and the con
stant habit of putting one's self first pave
an easy descent to the worst things in
life, never to the best. '
Study your own face and figure In the
mirror; if you find .there signs of self
gratlflcatlon keep Lent by giving up your
pet indulgence, no matter what it is. You
will live longer and better and those about
you will be the happier for it no less than
yourself.
A MATTER OF HEALTH
IB
PQUDEEa
Absolutely Puro
IAS 110 SUBSTITUTE
physical health or muscle i'velopment, and
there are few forms of gymnastic eaercisea
which do not require the presence of an
expert Instructor if the lntracacies are to
be mastered and mado of any permanent
value. No one has ever heard that Presi
dent Roosevelt attempts to learn such ex
ercises without the aid of personal inntruo
tlon., " A small element of competition, or
matching of skill against sttll combina
tion 'of brain and muscle are the factors
that encourage and make Indoor- exercise)
and many forms of outdor activity enter
taining pastimes. The good, old-fashioned
custom of taking long walks and horseback
rides are modes of exercise that promise
to outlive many modern fads. They are
conducive to clear brains, healthy lungs
and an abundant circulation of good, red
blood. The peoplo may need physical ex
ercise, but it' should bo ' directed by la
telllgence and followed with discretion.
SMIL.INO LI.EH.
Cashier Madam, I cannot honor this
check. You have already overdrawn' your
hunband's account.
Mrs. Wedaweek Don't be silly. There
are twenty-eight checks still left 1n this
check book that I haven't used at all.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
"I see yer movln" out, boss," snld Weary
Willie, stopping to watch the operation.
Is dere anything yer don t need dat I
might take?"
Yes," snapped Hubbubs, "a uain. I'nu-
adelphia Leadger.
"Did you attend the mothers' congressT"
asked one woman.
"No," answered the otner, "i oion t nave
time. I had to stay at home and look alter
the children. v aslilngton Blar.
Orders New Submarines.
OUINCY. Mass.. March 22. The Fore
River Htilp Building company of this city
haa 'signed a contract to construct In eigh
teen months four submarine torpedo boats
of the Holland type fur the United States
fovernmeot. .--
PHYSICAL CILVIHK FADS.
Some Modern Notions Produce tnat
Tired Feeling.
Baltimore American.
Just at present the country seems to be
in rather an exhausted condition from Its
pursuit of physical Culture fads, or, to em
ploy an athletic phrase, it seems to be
growing stale or overtrained. One erase
follows another in such rapid and endless
succession that few, if any of them, live
long enough to have their merits satisfac
torily tested. Not a great while ago
breathing exercises were put forward as
cure-alls for mental and physical debility.
Later there came the period of weights
and pulleys, only to be succeeded by the
mysterious system of mental weight-lifting
a playing of one muscle against another.
The latest Innovation Is a system of Japa
nese wrestling. The promoters of this
claim all manner of things for It, from the
protection of life and pocketbook against
ruffians to the overthrowing ( of physical
giants by any puny exponent of the art.
It is proclaimed from the housetops that
each of these various systems can be
taught by the correspondence method, and
many a victim has been induced to part
with his coin in exchange for a mass of
typewritten directions describing countless
gymnastlo contortions which It is Impossi
ble for him even to 'Interpret, much less
perform.
There are no short cuts to athletic skill.
"I see that a xealous New Jersey blfhop
Is credited with remarking that 'society
women are soaked In alcohol.' "
"Weil, that's one way to preservo
peaches." Cleveland Plain Dealer. s
Knlcker What Is the sixth sense?
Bocker Horse senm;. New York Sun.
Mrs. Ashe Don't you dread the thought
of spring hou'cleantng7 .... , .
Mrs. Dash Yes, Indeed. I don t mind
things being topsy-turvy myself, but It
keeps my husband In such an awful tem
per. I hate to think of the way we re
going to quarrel. Detroit Free Press.
"I'm Introducing an automatic machine."
said the caller, "that will pay for itself In,
a 'TlVtake one if It will do that," promptly
said the manufacturer.
"If It will pay for Itse-lf In a year? ,.
'No; automatically pay for Itself in
year." Philadelphia Press.
COXCERNIKU RED OAK, IOWA, i
A New York drummer contributes to tha
New York Sun the following poem for tha
enlightenment of some congressmari wo
professed ignorance of the locality, and Its
characterlctics: . '-.'
On the Nlshnabatona, '
That flows to the sea
Through- Iowan Holds, of . , . ,
The highest degree
Of culture in corn, . i .
It's pleasant to see ,
Red Oak.
Old Nlshnabatona, :.-'.'..' - .
Who gave to the stream
Its name, was a wonder;
And through the red gleam -Of
his race he could see
The end of his dreams
Red Oak.
On the banks of the river,
The wealth of the state
In beauty and richness , . ,
Conjoin to create
Conditions resulting
In making a great
Red Oak.
Like a vision elusive, ' . V
We see from the car I A
The city He sleeping V
In blue haze afar, ,
And we know that those temple
And minarets are V
Red Oak.
On our ears falls the cadenoe
, And hum of the street,
The music and motion
Of hurrying feet,
As we land at the station '
And joyously greet i
Red Oak.
In the city of progress
We stand in amaze
At the. symbols of movement
In all modern ways,
And bow to the spin
Of commerce that
pa ye
Red
Oak.
On the Niahnabatona,
A picture we see
Of reat and of beautjf
And grand energy:
A wondrous composite
None other could be
Red Oak.
On the Nlshnabatona ,
The trav'ler Is crowned
With the Sense of completion;
His wnnd'rlng around :
Has ended In rnpture, ' .
And lio. thanks God he's found
Red Oak.,.
Great waves of heavy nair t
Oceans of flowing tresses.
Beauty, elegance, richness f
Ayer's Hair Vigor is a hair-food. It feeds the
hair and the hair grows., That's all there is to it.
And it is a splendid tonic to the hair, giving
the hair follicles tone and strength. This is why
it checks falling hair so promptly., V
As a dressing, it Keeps the hair soft and smooth
and prevents splitting at the ends. ,
Haas r ths . O. Artr C , Lawsll, Haas. ' '' '
AIM ualulttftrl at
AVER'S CHERRY PECTORAL For courtas, AVER'S FILLS For ceattlMtlea.
AlkU'S SAk8APAkiLLA-er tka blood. aTBIt't A0UK CUkB-Vof aulaiia and (