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before me this 31st day of March, 'S.
(Seal) M. U. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
The bill board nuisance in a good one
to repress.
The man who made Mole St. Nicholas
famous, - last reported from Saigon,
"heavy firing being heard."
When e sriealt hereafter of the im
mortal Jefferson, .we will have to Huecify
whether it is Thomas or Joseph.
It Is almost time for the speculators
to "bring off something In com,'' us
planting will be In full blast lu a few
days.' With so much snow piled up In the
mountains the annual 'June rise on the
Big Muddy is liable to come lu May and
linger until August. . '
After all, the Ktisslaus cannot be very
superstitious, '.or they, would not revive
In the new-ships thp names of vessels
destroyed at Hrt 'Arthur1. ''" ' 1 ' '
By going on a strike St. Petersburg
printers have shown the authorities that
they have greater power over the press
than the czar of all the Kusslas.
While some doctors are talking of
names In the hall of fame it Is probable
those who will really deserve such a
place are biwy-wlth other things.
An annual May Congress and carnival
of Nebraska 'fraternal' associations
should be almost as attractive a feature
as the annual Ak-Sar-Ben festivities.
Health reports from Panama In March,
although showing an excellent condition,
should be, relnforwd with the August
reports before any one decides locating
In the new canal tone.
After having had a $1,000-bill flashed
on them as a rash bond tendered by a
prisoner, the Omaha police may be ex
pected to develop several applicants
for aid from the relief fund.
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And now, a Milwaukee .banker has
been found to be a defaulter for $1,500,
(HiO because he speculated in May wheat.
This may Indicate wiiy John W. Hates'
friends could say he came out safe In
the deaL.
If this doubt aa to the position of the
hostile fleet in Asiatic waters continues
the Interested governments may be com
pelled to fit out searching expeditions.
But it is probable that the governments
are not as much In the dark as the war
correspondents. .
With a bagatelle of ffi.ooo at his dls-
powU for repairs to the riprap works on
the Iowa side of the Missouri river, op
poslte Omaha, Major Chittenden, the
engineer In charge, will have but little
opportunity for making a showing In
rlw Improvements in this vicinity this
u. aui.u
The sultan of Morocco Is so quiet that
he la evidently. Impressed with the im
portance of a monarch who can set two
nations like France aud tiermauy by
the eara; but he should not feel proud,
as It la the demand of business aud uot
of national jiouor which actuates both
Paris and Berlin.
Speculators now threaten to move the
jsew York Btock exchange to New J
sey In rase the bill for the taxation
stock transfers Is passed. It might
be bad Idea to place all the Question
ableV business concerns In New Jersey.
provided that state promises to see that
iney sn.y at home.
er-
of
not
With a wild aulinal scalp bounty s
gregatlng $10,000 In the Nebraska sta
treasury sfter July 1, Importers
Wyoming wolf, coyote and wildcat scslps
will have an opportunity to do a very
lucrative business this fall, and If the
wild animal bounty money In the trea
ury Is exhausted, they will simply hai
to set hejr traps for the committee c
claims of the next legislature.
' Joseph jKrrtRsox
No Amerlcaii actor" ever had In greater
measure- than Joseph Jefferson the es
teem and Admiration of the public. Other
actors have been held lu high popular
rr-gn.nl as well for their personal worth
ns for their distinguished talents, but
the feeling toward Jefferson was akin
to affH'tloii. This was due to a large
extent to the character with which he
waa almost wholly Identified during
much of his stage career. Washington
Irving s creation. "Itlp Van Winkle," ln-
splr kindly feeling and Mr. Jefferson's
Impersonation touched the chords of
sympathy. No one not Insensible to
human emotions could witness It with
out being drawn to the actor, who
seemed to live In the part, so true wns
the Impersonation to nature. What more
natural than to associate with the actor
the amiable and genial qualities of the
character he portrayed? Then Mr. Jef
ferson's mission on the stage was to
amuse and everylsnly holds in especial
regard those who do this. To contribute
to onr pleasure, to promote our happi
ness. Is to win our affection, and no
other actor on our stage did so much In
this respect as he who has Just passed
away the foremost comedian of his time
and one of the greatest dramatic artists
of all time.
While Jefferson's fame rests mainly
upon a single character, he was great In
a number of others. No one who has
ever seen him as "Caleb Plummer" and
"Bob Acres" and "Dr. Pangloss" can
ever forget the pleasure they derived
from these Impersonations. JoReph Jef
ferson was temperamentally nn artist,
yet his great talents did not carry him
to success. He worked hard and long
for the great victory he achieved. That
he had faith In himself was amply at
tested, but he also knew that to at
tain it meant labor, and In the early
days of his career he faltered at no task.
The rewards of his industry were all he
could have wished an honorable fame,
the ' public esteem, a' host of personal
friends and the assurance that his name
would have a place second to none In
the history of the American stage.
8 AVISO MAO A It A. .
For some time the people of New
York have been a good deal stirred up
over a bill In the legislature which pro
posed to give a certain manufacturing
company, now using the waters of
Niagara for motive power, a more ex
tensive privilege. It was urged In op
position to thia measure, characterized
by some of the newspapers as a shame
less grab, that If It were passed It would
result In practically destroying the Falls
at no very remote time. Scientific opin
ion was secured in behalf of the opposi
tion to the bill and so strong and vig
orous became the manifestation of pop
ular hostility to the measure that it is
uhderstood to have been burled and thus
for the present the great waterfall, one
of the wonders o( the world, Is saved.
Whoever has seen Niagara will cer
tainly sympathize ..with those who op
pos audi further, pse J Its wjiter
as might Impair Its beauty and grandeurk
but It Is a question as to how long In
dustrial eovetousness of Its power can
be put off. At present the-waters above:
the Falls supply, on the American and.
Canadian sides, several hundred thou
sand horse power for manufacturing and
it is said that several good sized rivers
are now taken from these waters. It Is
hardly probable that the utilization of
this power will stop where It Is. As a
New York paper remarks, "There Is n
battle between beauty, romance and
tradition on one side and the commer
cial Instinct on the other." The latter
la apt to be found the more persistent
and therefore likely to ultimately win.
For the present, however, Niagara ap
pears to be secure against fhe attempted
raid and will continue perhaps for some
years to astonish and delight hundreds
of thousands who annually visit It. This
Is another gratifying instance of the In
fluence of public opinion when fully
aroused.
TRADE DISCRIMISATIOX.
That our srovernmeut has been verv
lenient toward thow countries which
have persistently discriminated against
American products will be generally con
ceded. It has patiently sought to have
such discrimination removed, for the
most part without avail. Congress has
given the executive branch of the 'gov
ernment authority to retaliate, but It
has not acted under it. It Is Quite pos
sible that the present administration will
use the power It has In this respect,
even at the risk of starting a trade war
with some of the offending countries.
Russia Is one of these and it is said
that the new American ambassador to
that government has been Instructed to
renew negotiations for the removal of
the discriminations against our products
Instituted nearly three years ago. If
this effort shall prove unsuccessful It Is
understood that the administration may
take retaliatory steps to bring the Bus
alan government to terms. It appears
that exports of certain classes of Amer
ican goods to Rnssla have fallen off In
amount until there Is much dissatisfac
tion In commercial circles over the fail
ure of the government to secure the re
moval of discriminating duties. It is
pointed out that the president has a
weapon to use In this matter In the
shape of a law which gives hltn author
ity to forbid the Importation of articles
which are Injurious to health. It Is
believed It would be a simple matter
for the Agricultural department to find
by chemical analysis that many of the
Russian products Imported here are dele
terious to health und thus bring about
an executive order directing that they
be excluded. It Is said that (lermany
has already felt the weight of this law.
A commercial war Is certainly not to
be delred with any 'country. It Is the
policy and the Interest of the fnlted
States to maintain peaceable trade rela
tions and our government has s'jown
that It wishes to do so, But It an not
reasonably be expected that thl coun
try will submit Indefinitely to f yhst It
regards as unfair and uuwa, antable
.
action hostile to Its commercial Inter
ests. Undoubtedly every possible effort
will be made through diplomacy to have
the cause of complaint removed, but this
falling recourse must, be had to practical
measures. This simply means that our
government must retaliate In such way
as It shall deem most expedient. It Is
of course admitted that every country
has the right to Impose such tariff du
ties as it pleases, but when there Is de
liberate discrimination, clearly Intended
to Injure the trade of another country,
as In the case of the Russian govern
ment respecting certain classes of Amer
ican goods, there Is furnished good
ground for complaint, disregard of which
gives Justification for retaliatory action.
In the last fiscal year the exports from
the I'nlted States to Russia amounted
to a little over $U),000.000 and the Im
ports here from that country to a little
less than $12,000,000, so that the balance
of trade between the two countries was
In favor of the I'nlted States. But for
discrimination our exports to Russia
would of course be very much larger
than they are.
HOW C HIV AM) WORKS VP TRAVK.
All the world over Chicago Is rated as
the most progressive city on the Ameri
can continent, if not on the whole globe.
Chicago's methods of working up busi
ness for its jobbing houses, mills and
factories should, therefore, furnish an
object lesson for other progressive and
ambitious cities, including Omaha. The
Chicago way of working up trnde Is con
cisely presented In an editorial under
the caption of "Chicago and the Great
Northwest," recently published In the
Chicago Tribune, from which we make
the following extract for the benefit of
Omaha business men:
The members of the Chicago Commercial
association are hard-headed men, experi
enced in all the ways of trade. They
know business Is not a lover of noise, and
la more likely to run away from It than
to It. Consequently, when they decided to try
to get Into closer commercial relations with
the northwest they did not, like the com
mercial organizations In soma younger
western cities, aend out two or three coach
loads of Joyous citizens, headed by a brass
band. On the contrary, they chose a
small delegation of men. capable of ap
preciating the possibilities of the localities
to be visited, of pointing out to their peo
ple In a quiet, convincing manner the ad
vantages they may derive from doing busi
ness with Chicago and of telling Chicago,
on their return, what it should do to get
these people's business. One
thing which has handicapped Chicago in
the race for northwestern business has
been unfair freight rates. At present the
people of parts of the northwest can ship
their productions to New Kngland to better
advantage than they can to Chicago, which
la more than a thousand miles nearer.
Such a condition manifestly demands a
remedy.
It will be noted that while Chicago
has after years of experimenting found
It most judicious, to do its hunting for
game without a brass band, the greatest
handicap to its success in annexing the
trade of tributary territory in the north
west has been freight rate discrimina
tions. That also constitutes the chief
burden of grievance of Omaha jobbers
and manufacturers. In the case cf
Omaha, however, the discriminations
complained of favor Chicago, whereas
Chicago's grievance Is rate discrimina
tions in favor of Duluth, Minneapolis
and St. Paul.
Whether Chicago's still hunt for trade
expansion would bring about !etter re
sults than the Kansas City and Omaha
way of Jollying business men's excur
sions Is an open question after all.
Sportsmen who go out on a hunt for
mountain Hon. grizzlies and other big
game do not pursue the same tactics
that sportsmen do when hunting snipe
and jack rabbits.
The street railway system of St. Louis,
which was consolidated seven years ago,
now operates 344 miles of track and Is
capitalized for $3.HiO,iMa), of which
$52,000,000 represents bouds and $43,
000.000 stocks. This capitalization Is
equal to $27ti,lti2 a mile, when it can
be readily duplicated for $.0,tHK) a mile,
Including power houses, machinery, cars
and all equipments. The difference be
tween the value of Its tangible prop
erty aud the capitalization, on which
the St. Louis street railway system is
paying Interest and dividends, repre
sents the value of the franchise, which
Is more than four times as large as the
value of Its tangible property. Com
puting the net Income of the system on
the linsis of its franchise value, equal
to $77,NOO,000. at only 4 per cent, the
city of St. Louis would derive an an
nual revenue of $3,112,000, which In six
years would pay for a duplication of
the system with all Its machinery, equip
ment and real estate. But Inasmuch as
the franchise of the St. Louis street
railway system extends until 1048, St.
Louis will have to wait forty-three years
before It can acquire Its own street rail
way lines, unless It Is willing to pay for
the value of the franchise for the un
expired term.
From the view point taken at Burling
ton headqtiarters at Lincoln, the ef
fect of the extension of the Great North
ern from Sioux City to Ashland differs
very radically from the view point taken
at Burlington headquarters in Oinahn.
As viewed from Burlington headquarters
at Lincoln it will mean a marked in
crease in trattlc for the Burlington's Bill
ings line and much of the business from
the Sioux City territory to the north
west and much from the northwest
to the Sioux City territory will be
carried through Lincoln without touch
lug Omaha aud, Incidentally, It will es
tablish another line to the Interior of
Nebraska that circumvents Omaha.
While we should very much like to con
cur with the rainbow prospectus that
has emanated from the Omaha head
quarters of the Burlington, we are re
gretfully forced to admit t lint the point
of view taken at its Lincoln hcadqimr
ters seems more rational.
There may be a discrepancy Is 'ween
fhe valuations put iion the I'nion Pa
cific and Burlington lines by the State
Board of Assessment for Ksi4. If so. It
should be adjusted in ratio to the rela
tive true va'.; cT tha respective roads.
There Is, however, still a very marked
discrepancy between the assessment of
all the railroads and the assessment of
farming lands and town lots which the
board U In duty bound to readjust. As
computed by experts last year, the as
sessment of the lands and town lots of
Nebraska represented 01 per cent of
their market value, while the assess
ment of the railroads, based on their
capitalization and earnings, represented
but 04 per cent of their market value.
Ten years hence a reproduction of the
flies of Omaha newspapers announcing
that the fire and water committee of the
South Omaha city council and monitors'
of the Are and police board of South
Omaha had paid a visit to the fire and
police board of Omaha for the purpose
of Inspecting Omaha fire engine houses
with a view to obtaining pointers on fire
engine house construction, will provoke
an audible smile.
General Trepoff Is said to expect
trouble and bloodshed at St. Petersburg.
The average western man will not be
surprised at this, as there Is a well de
fined rumor that he was appointed to
office for that very reason.
A Much Needed Search.
Washington Post.
Now that Pnul Jones' body has been
found and properly identified, the demo
crats should make an effort to locate
Thomas Jefferson's principles and have
them properly bHgged.
Popular mn& Beneficial.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The popularity of the rural delivery ser
vice Is steadily Increasing. During the
last ten montha morer than B.floo addi
tional routes have been established and
1,000 more will be put tn operation during
the summer.
Mhere Americans Fall Down.
. Baltimore American.
Every returned traveler from Cuba
brings back the report that the streets
of Havana are. kept cleaner than those of
his native town. This Is a verdict which
should stir the energies of every American
street cleaning department to a more lively
exertion.
Courts and lbor Ltm,
Springfield Republican.
The ten-hour law for bakers In New
Tork state had an Interesting Judicial ex
perience. It waa pronounced constitutional
by the state court of appeals by a vote of
4 to 3; then the United Sttaea supreme
court pronounced it unconstitutional by a
vote of S to i. Combining the two courts
It will be found that sixteen Judges passed
upon the law and that of the sixteen there
were eight for the law and eight against
it. The Jaw is now null and void because
there Is no appeal from the decision last
handed down.
Hidden Booty of Swindlers.
New York Tribune.
Remarkable are the revelations vhlch
have come to light with regard to the
Miller "syndicate" swindle. Schlesinger,
who fled to Europe with a large share of
the plunder, Is dead, and Amnion, who
was fount! guilty of complicity in the rob
bery, Is still in prison. But in Brussels
a handsome part of the booty Is said to
have been found, and strenuous Is the
effort to lay hold of it. When the spoil is
once thoroughly Identified the attempt to
get It will reach Its climax. But what
hope Is there of. just redistribution to the
original owners from whom It was "con
veyed?" ' ' " '
Room for the Hoopsklrt.
Chicago Tribune.
Place aux dames! Room for the hoop
skirt! In fact, it might be as well to make
It two rooms.
.The first hoopsklrt that goes down the
aisle of an elevated railroad car will revo
lutionize the architecture of transporta
tion. It may get wedged. It may have to
be extricated with crowbars. But it will
force wider aisles. The hand that sways
the aklrt is the same hand that rocks the
cradle, and the world is ruled accordingly.
There Is another change which will be
wrought by the hoopsklrt and for which
the stronger hut lees courageous sex will
feel humbly grateful. Flats have been
getting too small. There hasn't been room
In them for children. But there will be
for hoopsklrts. An expansion of the plans
for the apartment buildings to be erected
this spring may be here and now predicted.
ODOR OF SPRI.
The Rare, F.luslve Perfume of Karly
May, Mornlnws.
John Burroughs In Country Calendar.
The first perfume of vernal bloom drift
ing upon the breeze, thrilling your sense
as you walk the highway or cross the little
hill by the footpath, usually appeara in
early May. It Is faint and delicate, but
unmistakable It Is a token of bloom some
where. One throws up his head and sniffs
It and searches for it, as he would bend
his ear for some faint, far-off strain of
music. Is It a breath of the myrald open
ing buds In field and wood, or has the
south wind brought It from warmer
climes? For years I was much puzzled
as to the origin of this rare, elusive odor
of early May mornings. Now I am' con
vinced It cornea from the blossoming elms;
I have traced It home. There aeems to be
only a brief period, probably only one or
two mornings, when the elms emit this
delicious odor. It is the same with the
sugar maple bloom. It Is not every spring
that I catch Its perfume. It seems heavier
than that of the' elm and does not drift
so fur upon the breeze, but It Is equally
brief and uncertain. In both cases the
atmospheric conditions must be favorable;
a warm, moist, gentle southwest wind and
a day that woos and caresses all things.
WATHOX PITS l HIS CLAIM.
ropullst Leader Claims Municipal
Ownership aa a Party Prise.
. Cleveland I'laln Dealer Idem.).
Tom Watson, the populist "Idol of his
party," does not like the Idea of his former
partner, or any one else, stealing populist
garments brought out to be aired. No
sooner had professedly democratic hands
been laid on the municipal ownerahlp shirt
flapping on the line after tha Chicago elec
tion than he raised the cry of "Stop, thief!"
In a printed postal card. Just received,
Tom Watson says Judge Dunne's triumph
Is "the logical outcome of agitation begun
fifteen years ago by the people'a party,"
and that "every old and gray-haired popu
list in the I'nlted Statea la rejoicing" over
the election of Dunne on a municipal
ownership platform, "because ha sees,
after years of waiting, the triumph of a
principle which has never been clearly
enunciated In the national platform of any
except the people' party." Judge Dunne,
the populist leader says, is "nominally" a
democrat, "but his party lias never de
clared for public ownership In lta national
platform." The Chicago election, he says
In conclusion, "waa a distinct victory for
populism, and nothing else."
Bo tha "new Issue'' which the great men
who met at Chicago hailed as the one the
democratic party Is to adopt and csrry to a
triumphant success Is, after all, the ex
clusive property of the populists and has
been fcr the last fifteen yeara. No wonder
Tom Walaon crlea "Slop, tbiaf!"
OVRRWOHKF.n RAILROADS.
Bnslneaa F.xreeda the Capacity of
Rollins Slock.
Cleveland 1eader.
Tresent conditions make a wonderful
contrast with the years following the panic
of lsrO. Now It Is not a question of waiting
for traffic to grow up to the facilities for
handling It, but of providing equipment
wherewith to meet the Imperative needs of
business. The best railroads In America
are In Imminent danger of prolonged
freight blockades because their patronage
has outrun their capacity for moving mer
chandise. There is good reason to believe
that the widest and boldest plans of far
seeing railway magnates for better ter
minal facilities, additional tracks and more
and larger cars and locomotives will prove
Inadequate to the demands of traffic be
fore they can be fairly tested.
Statistics of recent railroad business are
almost beyond belief as to the rate of
gain in tonnage. The Manufacturers' Rec
ord, a very capable Journal published In
Baltimore, shows that although the num
ber of tons moved one mile, on American
railways. Increased only from (fe,ono,on,(mo
in IRW to flS.ODO.ono.oon In U97, the next seven
years brought the enormous gain of "T.noo,
ono.000 tons, and the total of lTO.Oun.OOO.nuo
tons In 1904 wns two and one-half times ns
much as the ton mileage for ISSO. In the
same fourteen years that railroad traffic
increased 150 per cent the gnln In the
population of the I'nlted States waa about
30 er cent.
While the railroads have had to cope
with a gain of 150 per cent In freight
tonnage, they have added only 40 per cent
to the number of cars and locomotives,
although the gain In carrying capacity and
power has been much greater than that
rate of Increase would Indicate. The nat
ural result Is the frequent recurrence of
traffic blockades, congested yards at ter
mlnal points and important railway cen
ters, and vexatious delays in handling mer
chandise. What may be expected five years
hence, with the Industries of the country
expanding at the present rate?
Nothing Is clearer In the business world
than the urgent need of rapid Increase
and betterment of railroad facilities for
traffic of all kinds. Not merely more and
larger cars HnU engines must be provided,
but additional tracks and doubtless new
lines. The most sanguine railroad builders
and managers have not realized the pos
sibilities or even the certainties of the
growth of the mighty Industrial forces and
productive power of the American people.
Nothing has been said above as to pas
senger traffic, but every one knows It has
Increased enormously, If not equally with
that of commodities, and that problems of
sp' d, frequency and punctuality of pas
senger trains are growing more difficult
yet more Insistent daily. As it ts, now
that passenger and freight trains must
for the most part be run on the same
tracks, scheduled time is honored in the
breach, and to arrive on time is a signal
for wondering exclunmtion among passengers.
I'-Ml'l.(i IS SOMK WATER.
Rich Rake-Off In the Proposed Ocean
to Ocean Railroad Deal.
Ban Francisco ChroiAclo.
It Is announced that the merger of the
Union Pacific, Chicago & Northwestern and
New York Central railroads has been for
mally agreed upon and that the plan is for
the t'nlon Pacific to purchase the other
two systems, paying therefor in bonds
presumably collateral bonds, secured by
the stocks of the purchased roads. As all
the roads are mortgaged, It Is Impossible to
effect such a shifting of securities as to
make the new bonds a direct lien on the
physical properties. The bond Issue re
quired Is said to be $790,000,000 of 3H and 4
per cent bonds, which is the sum paid by
the Vnlbon Pacific for the equity of tha
stockholders of the other systems, subject
to all their mortgages' and obligations. It
Is stated that these "underlying" stocks
and bonds aggregate more than $2,000,000,000,
so that when the new bonds are Issued the
total capitalization of the consolidated sys
tem, will approach $3,000,000,000.
T8e merger Is Intended mainly for making
money for the underwriters, although there
are doubtless business advantages to be
gained by the transaction, and It will be
possible to give the public better and more
economical service. It will be Interesting to
read the details of the underwriting when
they appear. If they do appear. There
seems to be a good margin for somebody.
New York Central stock has been selling
around 1594, the total Issue bplng $132,
:eo.0f0. the total market .value being not
quite $211,150,000. This stock Is to be pur
chased at $200 per share, making f-'At.30A,000.
The total Chicago & Northwestern stock Is
sued Is $109,000,000, unless there have been
some very recent Issues. It was quoted a
day or two ago at Jll'i, which would make
the market value of the whole nearly $.'63,
7SO.O0O. This stock Is to be purchased for
$300 per share, which would make $327,000,
00 for the lot, or $591,500,000 for the out
standing Ftock of the two systems. But
before the deal Is made the Chicago &
Northwestern stockholders are to receive
1S3.50O shares of new stock as a "stock divi
dend" costing nothing which will be sold
with the rest at $300 per share, and tho
New York Central stockholders are to buy
198,375 shares at $126 per share, which they
will Immediately resell at $200 per share,
the total to be paid for the new stock of
both systems being $RS,725,0n0. which, added
to the value of the stock already outstand
ing, makes a grand total of $iO.OO0.000 for
the stock of the two systems. The dis
patch, however, states that the total Issue
of bonds is to be $790,000,000, which leaves
$110,000,000 unnccouned for. This is prob
ably, In part, at least, for outstanding
stock Issued since the latest available
statement, or to be available for raising
cash when needed. If not, It Is an unusu
ally large honorarium, even for New York
captains of finance.
I'EKSOVAI, XOTKS.
The papers of Salisbury, Mo., boast that
It has more "good-looking wldowa than any
other town of Its size In the state."
A Milwaukee benedict. In his plea for di
vorce, aolemnly declares his bride hypno
tized him. Poor fellow, he Isn't as lone
some as he thinks.
J. M. Patterson, who haa been appointed
Commissioner of Public Works by Mayor
Dunne of Chicago, la only 2B years old,
und graduuted from Yale In 1901.
Senator Proctor of Vermont says that
maple syrup no longer has the taste that
It had when he was a boy. In this and
similar casea It Is not always safe to put
the blame on the syrup or the thing edible.
It Is said that the Venezuelan government
haa tendered to Sherman M. Bell, former
adjutant general of Colorado, the position
of commander-in-chief of the entire army
of that country. He is said to be seriously
considering the offtr.
No foreign sovereign knows the English
language better than the king of Italy,
who, when a small boy, waa made to apeak
It In place of his native tongue. Aa a
youngster King Victor Emmanuel III kept
a dairy, In which he recorded the events
of his life In Kngllsh.
Benjamin Ferguson, a lumber merchant
of Chicago, who recently died, bequeathed
to the Art Institute of Chicago the Income
from an eatat value 1 at $l.oou.flOO. Tha
fund la to be used ttr the erection and
maintenance of atatusry snd monuments
In the parks, along the boulevards and In
ether public places In Chicago, "com
memorating worthy men and monien of
America, or Imuoilant event of Ameri
can history."
ARMY GOSSIP WKHIfiT01.
Current ttvrnta Moted h the rmy
and ay Realaler.
Captain George W. Klrkmnn. Twenty
fifth Infantry, whose cotirt-martlsl sen
tence of dismissal is still before the Judge
advocate gneral of the army. Is sending
communications to the War department al
leging all sort of prejudice, amounting to
persecution, on the part of the officers of
the army who have had to do with the
construction of charges ngalnst him snd
the conduct of the trial. One of the com
plaints made by Captain Klrkmnn Is that
he is held In custody In the Insane ward
of the post hospital, and that he Is not
afforded the moans at night of preparing
documents of which he stands In great
need as a means of defense. The reason
given for his Detention in the hospital un
der such circumstances is that he may be
spared the humiliation of Imprisonment
In the guard house, the tiiittire of the
charges still pending against the officer
being such as to make his release from ar
rest and confinement out of the question.
The quartermaster general of the army
has adopted the flve-pound all-wool, olive
drab blanket of the two samples which
were recently submitted to him. This
blanket will not be Issued to the service
until the present stock of blue blankets Is
exhausted. Another Important decision
reached by General Humphrey before he
left on his Inspection trip In the southwest
was the adoption of I wenty-twn-ounce ker
sey Instead of the twenty. t wo-ounce covert
cloth for overcoats and heavy riding
breeches. Thla Is not to he regarded as
In any sense a change In the uniform or
one which will put officers to additional
expense, since the cloth Is of Identical
weave, color and weight, the advantage
of the change being that the kersey Is
stronger and more durable than the covert
cloth.
The military authorities are grappling
with another race problem. An enlisted
man at one of the posts near New York
was reported as having married a colored
woman and the question has come before
the War department of his discharge. This
has been returned to General F. D. Grant
at Governor's Island for further report In
the case. If it shall appear that the matri
monial alliance Is In any way nn Inter
ference with the discipline of the com
mand or constitutes a dlRugrceahle reflec
tion' upon Individuals, the soldier will be
discharged without honor. In New York
there Is no law against a white man mar
rying a negress, but, of course, there are
certain influences upon the views of a
community which must be considered, In
addition to which in the military service
there is the question of quarters for a
soldier and his wife. If it shall be found
that In this case the unusual marriage Is
the subject of criticism nt the garrison
or Is destined to visit upon the- army the
unfavorable comment of outslders-as
might be the result if the soldier appeared
In uniform with his colored wife It will
plainly be the duty of the authorities to
take the action which Is possible under
the clrcumatances-that of discharging the
soldier without honor.
The quartermaster general of the army
and the secretary of war have approved the
final general acheme of extensive Improve
ments of the national cemetery at Arling
ton. For the present there Is but $10,0X
available by appropriation during the late
session of congress for beginning this Im
portant work. The initial step will be the
fWli.tr in of the old gravel pit, the most
unslghly feature of the reservation, and
the removal of the hill which now ob
structs the view from the Fort McPherson
looking toward the city. The approved
plan covers work which Is destined to be
done for neveral yeara to come and pre
aerves the departn.ent from a series of
successive plans threatening to desult In
hodge-podge. A huge amphitheatre wll be
built on plana which have a coliseum ef
fect. This will be located where the gravel
pit Is now situated. It is proposed to have
a crypt containing a large chapel and re
ceiving vaults On the right and left of the
amphitheatre will be a colonnade extending
tn to the plaza running to the Arlington
road in front of the cemetery. There will be
commemorative monuments and columns
forming what may be called a campus for
the dead. Another feature of the plans
for the Improvement at Arlington Is the
flreproofllng of the old mansion. This has
been found necessary owing to the lack of
adequate protection against fire, which has
already visited with disastrous effect the
contemporary stables. This fireprooflug
will be accomplished by the Army quarter
masters without Interfering with the
architecture of the historic building.
The quartermaster's department will
shortly purchase a large qdantlty of aup-
plle of the funds of the present fiscal year
to replenish stock at depots. The schedule
Included 10,000 pairs of legglne of the old
pattern, 30,000 yards of olive drab lasting.
300,000 small tent pins. 10,000 sweaters. 5,000
iron bedsteads and 1,871.315 metallic
ornaments, being of the variety of design
adopted as the collar and hat oranmetils
of the enlisted force of the army, which
was tha subject of Illustration in these
pages some weeks ago.
A general court martial has been ap
pointed to meet at Fort Robinson, Neb.,
May 6. Colonel William Stanton. Sixth
cavalry, Is president of the court and Cap
tain Robert G. Paxton, adjutant. Tenth
cavalry. Judge advocate. Lieutenant A. C.
Hart, Tenth cavalry, has been ordered to
that post "in arrest."
The habeas corpus case of one Frank
Hamilton, formerly a soldier In the Sixth
cavalry, has been settled by the circuit
court of the I'nlted States for the district
f Kansas. The writ waa refused by the
A MATTER OF HEALTH
III
v
POUDER
Absolutely Pure
HAS 110 SUBSTITUTE
court. The petition was bssed on the fact
that Hamilton waa convicted under the
Fifty-eighth Article of War In China dur
ing our expedition there on the charge of
murder and sentenced to a term of Im
prisonment in l he penitentiary at Ieaven
worth. It being held that a state of war
did not exist nt that time In China so far
aa the I'nlted States was concerned and
that the Fifty-eighth Article of War wa
applicable only In time of war. The court
In nn able opinion refused the writ.
KLASHKS OF FI X.
Farren Hasn't our trouble with Ven
ezuela something to do with an asphalt
company?
Koolef Certainly: It's a "get pitch,
quick'' scheme that's at the bottom of It.
Chicago Tribune.
"There's it man In the waiting room,"
said the great man s secretary. "I think
he's bum actor."
"Why do you think so?"
"He t-ays he's anxious to get an au
dience." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Has that Russian general, Hittemupskl,
a good wir record?"
"I should say so. He retreated twenty
miles In two hours and four minutes."
Cleveland I'laln Dealer.
Captain Drylelgh What makes you think
colonel, that water whs never Intended
be used as a beveraa7
Colonel Ryelelgh The fact, suh, that an
all-wise Providence spoiled the biggest
paht of it for drinking purposes by pu
ting salt in It, suh! Cleveland Leader.
"Is he in trade or a profession?"
"Well. I wouldn't call It either."
"No?"
"No. I'd call It 'a walk In life.' He's an
actor." Philadelphia Ijedger.
Acquaintance That old farmer is tell-,
Ing everybody that when he came out a'
you with a gun you ran away.
Hallway Surveyor Well, he's partly"
right. 1 ran a way right through his land.
Chicago Tribune.
Sister What! You enaared to Miss
I'rettyun? Why, she has no family tree.
Brother Oh. 1 guess she has and Judg
ing from her appearance It must be a
peach! Columbus Dispatch.
"What art demands," said the critic ear
nestly, "are pictures of real life?"
"Well," said the actress, "that la what I
provide. My photographs are on sale at
every performance.' Philadelphia Ledger.
"If you must whistle," said the professor,
with some Irritation, "pray do It In coiTect
time."
"Keep your temper," said the doctor, pre
paring to pucker again.
"Then keen your tempo!" Insisted the
professor. Chicago Tribune.
"The president Is not In favor of trusts,"
said the friendly adviser.
"I know that," answered Mr. Dustln
Staa. . "And yet he -la doCrta; everything in
his power to consolidate, the "two great
parties and eliminate political competi
tion." Washington Star.
Weary Willie He's always tryln' to
show w'at a great mem'ry he's got.
Beery Bill Dat so?
Weary Willie Yeh: didn't yer Jest hear
him sav he could remember de time w'en
he useter drink nothln' but water? Phila
delphia Ledger.
Head of the Foreign Trade Office Where
would vou prefer to go as our agent?
Young Traveler Well, If possible, where
the natives are vegetarians. New York
Press.
PKOVKHBIAL.
Chicago Newa.
"Wrhere'er there's a will there's a way," w
are told,
Throughout life, be whatever our station,
The way's simple until
It's a millionaire's will.
Then it oft leads to long litigation.
"Much practice makes perfect." Just try It
and see
But I'll privately make this admission:
Once a noted M. D.
Said In secret to me
That a good practice makea the physician.
"One swallow." they say, "makes no Bum
mer." The man
Who wrote that didn't know his profes
sion. Though the ball may be high,
When you're terribly dry.
Why, one swallow makes scarce an Im
pression.
We all of us know "little pots are soon
hot," r
And this proverb has often been praised,
But if one is a Joker
And takes much to poker.
He'll note little pots are soon raised.
"He always laughs best who laughs lasr
H & 1) 18 He?
Which If followed might yield us much
glory.
At the i luh we protest,
In relating a jrst.
He laughs best who la telling the story.
"One-half of a loaf is much better," they
"Thana5Iio bread." What a moral there's
lurking!
Yet It sometimes occurs
That one really prefers
Half a loaf to a swll of hard working.
Of course Ghirardelli's
Ground Chocolate is a per
fect morning; drink, but it
tastes good and does good
at any time of day.
Ghirardelli's is the drink
ideal for every meal.
More convenient And economiat
than ake chocolite.
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