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6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MAY 20. 1903, The Omaha Daily Bee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PCBLISHKD EVERT MORNING. TERMM Or SUBSCRIPTION: Pally Hi-t (without Sunrtay), one year..$i00 I'ally Hfc and Sunday, one year CO Illuatratrd Me-, on year i Sunday be, one year M Patnrao.y L're, one year 1-W Twentieth Century Farmer, one year.. 1.00 DELIVERED UY CARRIER. Dally Me (without Pundsy), per copy,. 1c llly lie (without Fundayj, per week. .lie Dally Bee (Inrludln Sunday), per week. 17c Everln Be (without Bund&V), per week. 7o Evening Be (Including- Sunday), per wek l!c Sunday Bee, per copy 6o Complaint of IrreirularUlea in delivery should be addressed to City Circulation Die partment. OFFICES. . Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha City Hall building-. Twenty, firth and M street. Council Bluff 10 Pearl trt. Chloaao 1M0 Unity building. New York 1S09 Horn Life In, building. Washington 601 Fourteenth street. ' CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Dee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to Th Be Publishing Company. Only 1-oent stamps received u payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha, or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douglaa County. .: C. C. Rocewater, secretary of The Be Publishing- Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete cople of Th Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month of April, IWuS, was as follows: 1 81,080 It 45,600 a 81,000 . it aft,aso 1 SS.180 U SW.3T0 4 JM.1BO 18..... ST.0BO 1 88,100 30 88,100 88,100 21 88,800 T 80,980 S 80,100 80,030 2t 81,TT0 ao.aso M 88,000 10 8T,lTO 88,000 U 88,170 2Q 88.000 II 88.400 Tl 88,100 U 88.10O 2 8U.80O 14 SO.OOO 28 80,100 u ao,m)o Total . Les unsold cople... 0 ,88,100 .880,480 . 0.T88 Net total aalea 87V,08T Dally averag 89,331 C. C. ROSEWATER, Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of May. 106. (Seal) M. B. H UNGATE. Notary Public. Wait for the Omaha Commercial club's trade excursion. Biggest and best Nebraska crop reports were never bet ter at this stage and the Nebraska farmer is already assured of a full larder next winter. By his efficient -work in promoting the Omaha Beautiful, the weather man has earned an honorary membership in the Omaha Improvement league. Colorado promises the largest apple crop In its history and It is further claimed that they will not be apples of discord. ' The Chicago strike promises to be set tled again today. With all of these set tlements it may .stop before the time to haul coal for noxfcv winter. Those railroad tax commissioners ought to repeat their stories at the gtockholders' meeting of their respective roads to convince the owners how poor they are. , We are told that club women of every section "are striving for a powderless Fourth of July." It should not be nec essary to explain that gunpowder is what Is referred to. Editor Berge's plan to oust all pass holders from membership in the populist party may be but another move of "the enemy" to increase attendance at demo cratic conventions. That Saigon correspondent who says no further news is expected at that port f torn the Busslan fleet, evidently wants to save the French town from the repu tation of Shanghai and Chef 00. Omaha Is to have an Irish-American celebration of the Fourth of July. Then, on the principle .that one good turn de serves another, we sboiUd next year have an American-Irish celebration of St Patrick's day. According to John N. Baldwin, the big shippers are against railroad rate regulation. But practically all the little shippers are for rate regulation, and the little shippers are to the big shippers In about the ratio of 100 to 1. The activity of the Russian noncon formists since the issue of the ukase granting religious liberty indicates that the "suffering heathen" of other lands may soon have to divide American mis sionary funds with the mujik. Should Chicago secure a deep water canal to the Gulf of Mexico the railroad rate situation would change consider ably at least in the opinion of some of the heavy shippers of that city who at present express satisfaction with rail road rates. The alarming discovery has been made in South Omaha that some 800 city ordinances are missing from the files. If worse comes to worst Omaha has a few unused ordinances which it might lend to its sister city without tntHtjlng tlietu. A French deputy from Cochin China takes, the country into his confidence and shows how easily Japan could cap ture that province, with or without the assistance of China. Perhaps Rojest vecsky could he prevailed upon to leave a few guns in return for bis entertainment. The New JeiVy man who entered the "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" plea changed bis mind and pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree. He re membered in time that a New Jersey ury even would give little beed to a Mr. Hyde plea aa long as the real Mr. Ojrde had his headquarters In New York, C0N0RK8S nKSrOXSIBLC. It appears that the decision of the Panama commission to buy goods in the cheapest market, giving preference to the foreigners If they ' should underbid American manufacturers and dealers, is due to' the failure of congress to au thorize the purchase 'of articles in the American market exclusively. The statement is made that the recommenda tion was made to congress that It should distinctly specify whether the articles to be bought by the government should be purchased of home manufacturers and dealers and that no attention was given to the recommendation. Bills were In troduced providing that only American goods should be used In the canal con struction work, but they were not adopted, consequently It is assumed that It was not the wish of congress that there should be any restriction upon the commission as to where it might obtain supplies. It is the interpretation of the ctinnl commission, said to be approved by the president and secretary of war, that it has warrant to biijfcln the cheapest mar kets and can go abroad for materials and supplies. In other words, that while American manufacturers and merchants will not be Ignored, but will be given a chance In the competition for the many millions of supplies which the government will require for the con struction of the ranama canal, there will be no discrimination against for eign bidders. If a British firm of man ufacturers shall for a certain class of goods underbid an American firm, how ever small the difference, the commis sion will give the contract to the former. In short, the idea appears to be that un less ' the American manufacturer or dealer can offer the government prices as favorable as those offered from abroad, the government will buy from the foreigner, regardless of the fact thnt in doing so there is a distinct injury in flicted upon American industries and labor. It is not at all surprising to find that this decision of the commission, so mani festly hostile to American industrial and commercial interests, is meeting with op position from those interests and is being on the other hand hailed with great satis faction by the opponents of the protec tive policy. The latter greet it as a promise that the tariff policy uuder which our industries have been built up and the high standard of American labor maintained is to be overthrown and an era of practical free trade inaugurated. It is argued that If the government can buy abroad at cheaper prices why should not the individual be enabled to do so. Hence it is urged that there should be a modification of the tariff. The matter is one of such vital Im portance that it will certainly receive the careful attention of the next congress and It is not to be doubted that the canal commission will be instructed to pur chase its supplies of American manufac turers and dealers, so far as this can be done, under n fair system of competition. It is Inconceivable that-ri WIfferent policy will be approved by a congress favorable to the protection of American industries and labor. I NOT WHOLLY FHIEXDLY. There is no people in the world who ought to be quite so friendly to the United States as the people of Cuba. This country has done more for them than for any other foreign people, not only In freeing them from oppressive Spanish rule, but also in putting them in a way to build themselves up indus trially and commercially and to place their country In a safe position among the nations of the world. The treatment of Cuba by the United States is without a parallel in the history of the world in the magnunlmlty shown in every respect, and while It is true that our government insisted upon certain conditions as a pre requisite to our recognition of fiie Island republic, these were absolutely necessary to the permanence and security of that republic. They were Justified by the ex penditure and the sacrifices which the American people had made for Cuban freedom and were unquestionably de manded by our necessary guardianship over the island. Without what Is known as the Piatt amendments, incorporated in the constitution of Cuba, it is by no means improbable that the republic would have before this had another revo lution. The fact that the United States is pledged to maintain its independence and to safeguard It against internal dis order is the best possible assurance of peace and on"rr for Cuba. Still the people of the island ore not wholly friendly to this country. Accord ing to reports the opposition to President Palma is based upon his supposed friend liness to Americans, he having resided for many years In this country and made himself thoroughly famlliur with Ameri can sentiment toward the Cuban people. It is stated that there is a feeling among the islanders that It is the intention of this country to sooner or later absorb Cuba and that this apprehension is stim ulated by the fact that American capital Is being freely invested in Cubun lands and Industries. "Everywhere." it is said, "there is fear of the trusts and of Ameri can syndicates, which are buying land In huge tracts and crowding the natives to the wall, or at best reducing them to the position of wage workers." As an offset to this it is stated that Spanish immigra tion to the island is being encouraged and that Spaniards are arriving there at the rate of 3,0(10 a month. It is perhaps needless to say that there is no ground for the feeling that our peo ple have any intention hostile to the con tinued Independence of Cuba. Since that republic was established tkere has not been heard in this country any expres sion of sentiment in favor of making it a part of the American nation. But If the Cubans assume a position of hostility to this country and permit themselves to be controlled by Spanish opinion they will invite action on the part of the United States that might inevitably lead to the annexation of the Island aa a mat- ter of self defense. The American de sire is tliot Cuba shall remain an inde pendent republic, under such American guardianship as it now has, but this country will not tolerate a policy there which would bo antagonistic to our In terests and make Cuba practically a for eign nation, with affiliations Spanish rather than American. If ever such a condition Is created, as the trend now seems to Indicate there will be. It will not be a great while thereafter when Cuba will liecome a part of the United States. The obviously wise course fojr, the Cubans is to maintain and cultivate the most friendly relations with this country. ORGANIZING THE LIVE STOCK MEN. The National Live Stock association, which recently held a convention made up of men engaged In the cattle raising Industry in the transmlssissippl states and territories, has Issued a circular calling attention to the objects of the association and its plan of campaign for the promotion of the growth and prosperity of the live stock industry by the expansion of domestic demand for its products and tiieir exportation to foreign countries. Incidentally the National Live Stock association also desires to exert its in fluences in favor of amendments to the interstate commerce law, providing for Just and reasonable railway rates and services. It is proposed through the general government to secure the en largement and extension of our foreign trade by the removal of restrictions Im posed by foreign countries and doing away with prejudice excited in foreign markets against American meat prod ucts. To carry out this program an agitation In favor of an expanded export business and for readjustment of our commercial relations with continental countries, es pecially In behalf of freer admission of American meat products in their mar kets is intended. In this movement the American Live Stock association pro poses to co-opernte with the millers" as sociation and the commercial associa tions of the great American cities. In inviting the live stock men and parties Interested in the expansion and prosperity of the cattle Industry the Na tional Live Stock association gives as surnnce thoj it is thoroughly representa tive and composed of members of the various locol and state organizations and organized live stock industries throughout the country, and stands ready in its conventions to admit dele gates from every other organization that Is in sympathy with its aims and objects and proposes to co-operate for the con summation of these objects. In this movement the association is entitled to the support of the agricul tural classes of every section of the country, and especially those of the states in the great corn belt including also Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and the Pokotas. - July wheat Is now occupying the cen ter of the stage, but the price of bread In the midsummer is, fortunately, not fixed by what the speculators think about it In May, and members of the board of trade may find themselves shortly In the condition of the Wall street speculators, interesting only to themselves and with little influence on the real market Nothing is so preposterous that a per son cannot by reiteration persuade him self that it is true, if he wants to be lieve It That may explain why John N. Baldwin keeps on telling himself that there Is no "deep-seated" demand in the west for railroad rate regulation. When It comes to convincing other people, however, Mr. Baldwin is at a disadvantage. If the only response the persuasive efforts of the Hon. Robert J. Clancy can elicit from the governor after listening ns a member of the State Board of As sessment to his plea for relief from the overtaxed railroads, Is, "It'a all rot and you know It," it will probably be neces sary to call off the understudy and send the heavy artillery down with the real oratory. According to the Far Eastern Review, published at Manila, the collector of cus toms of the Islands has advised the insu lar government to repay exporters all money collected by the United States government as duties. The collector evidently forgets the countervailing du ties which are made to apply to Just such cases. Another weight is being laid on the office of press censor of Russia. An ap plication being made for permission to print a newspaper in the language of Mongolia, and the present force of cen sors being already straining to improve their knowledge of Tolish and Lithuanian. Another American Invasion. St. Louis Republic. Eighteen American brewers have gone to Europe and they deny that they purpose to offset the corner In the German hop mar ket. Anhow, th?y'U make things brew over ttiere. t ' Reaching; for More lee. Boston Trar.scrlnt. Canada claims the North Pole, and is afraid that we may discover It away from her; but she should remember that It is surrounded by a hitherto Impassable shiver de frede. How the Wicked Prosper. Boston Globe. The Standard Oil company ha just de clared a dividend of $9 a share, making thy total distribution so far this year, $24 a share, or 124.000,000 on the 1100,000,000 capital isation. Can't you almost hear Dr. Gladden saying: "Lord how the wicked prosper!" Yellow Man Catching; On. Springfield Republican. The boyoott on American manufacture In China, because of thexway our Chines exclusion ' laws are enforced may not be th real thing, although th Shanghai Chi ne seem to be very much In earnest about It. In any event, th yellow man I learning how' to strike back, and h will do wonder. If we give him tUn. OTHER I,ANDS TH AM OVRS. The Japaneoe are serious-minded peonle, as their literary habits show. They take life seriously and devote their time to the reading of what would be called In Amer ica solid book. The' recent report of the librarian of tW Imperial library at Toklo shows that there Is little demand for light literature In that capital, for fiction of any sort, contrary to the experience of most of the popular libraries In England, France and America. The Japanrse mind runs to science, mathematics, medicine, lan guage, and to what may be termed the graver forms of literature. More than 40 per cent of the works taken out of the Imperial library are of this character. The Japanese are very fond of history, In the making of which they are extensively en gaged at present in the eastern war. En gineering, military and naval science re ceive much attention. The Interest In these subjects has been greatly stimulated by the war. . The Japanese are men of thought as 'well as of action, and well deserve the designation "Yankees of the East." Works of the Imagination do hot appear to appeal to them. They seem to be devoted to practical studies, and It may be an ominous sign that they delight In the study of the science of warfare. M Some of the Dutch newspapers of lute have been advocating an alliance of Hol land with Germany, a a means of guard ing the former's eastern colonies from In terference by Russia and Japan. An emi nent Amsterdam lawyer, in conversation with an English correspondent, said that what the Dutch fear most as the result of Japanese victories is the ultimate annexa tion, either by warlike means or as the outcome of diplomatic action, of their eastern possessions. They are endeavoring to obtain the protection of one or another of the great maritime powers, and natu rally turn either toward England or to wards Gerraany. With the Germans, he remarked, the average Dutchman Is not In close sympathy. On the other hand, It Is, he said, certain that for years past, under the dominant Influence of Leopold II., Bel gium has been seeking a rapprochement with Holland. The two countries have com mon Interests both In the Congo and In eastern waters. The frequent visits of Dr. Kuyper to Brussels, under the pre text of health, have undoubtedly, in his opinion, had a political object. It Is prob able that Holland will to a certain extent follow the lead of Belgium and, he be lieves, that In the end England will find It to Its advantage to draw Into closer re lations with both countries. The German newspapers are publishing accounts of the great damage done to na tive settlements by lions in German East Africa, and thus attention has been directed to the fact that there is rare sport in these regions for the hunters of big game. It ap pears that there are only about 600 Ger mans In the province, most of these mili tary or civil officials, and that few of them are ardent nlmrods. As a rule, they con fine themselves mainly, to the coast towns, whereas, the center of the Bportlng district is Dar-es-Salaam. There Is plenty of big game In British East Africa also, but there are also game laws. For Instance, In the British possessions the visiting Sportsman has to pay $250 for a license, and the set tler 100. Even then. In a calendar month no man may shoot more than two elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotami, zebras, ante lopes, or fur monkeys, or more than ten of the smaller animals, such as wild pigs, wildcats, and jackals. Lions, leopards and crocodiles may be shot In any quantities. In German East Africa there is no restric tion whatever as tqUhe amount of game that may be shot. .The beBt time to visit the hunting grounj, is said to be from May to October,bnA.pKst of the necessary requirements fohej.fxpedltion can be ob tained from local' dealers In Dar-es-Salaam. In addition to big game, there are birds of all eorts and sizes, npany of them excellent eating, as also are certain kinds of mon keys. The wild pigs are not, as a rule, eaten by th white man, but the natives enjoy them. Berlin and Hamburg are about 155 miles apart in a straight lme, with level country between, presenting as good a field for a high speed railway as any to be found In Europe. One Is now being talked about on the Berlln-Zossen plan, which has shown that a speed of 120 miles an hour was practicable and safe, and two com panies of the highest ' credit the General Electric and that of Messrs. Siemens & Halske have submitted bids on it. The former proposes a double track and a speed of 100 miles an hour. This will cost 130,000,000 and earn dividends after paying Interest and running expenses. Pushing the speed up to 125 miles an hour would Increase the cost of the plant considerably and, roughly estimated, double the run ning expenses. At this rate it Is not thought that the road will pay. The other company proposes a single track, with provision for the crossing of trains at Wittenberg, about the middle of the course. The plan would be to send out trains from both stations every two hours or oftener If ! the traffic demanded, making the run Just inside of two hours. At present the time of express trains is three hours, the Blower ones taking from five to six and a half hours. The committee appointed by the Imperial Technical society to consider the capacity of Russian yards to build a new fleet has sent In its report. It says that the chief motives for building abroad are the desire to renew the fleet In a three years' term and distrust In the powers of he Rus sian yards. There is, it argues, no ground for hurry, as the war with Japan Is not likely to last long enough for the new fleet to have any Influence on its result; while. If haste is rendered necessary by the danger of war with other powers. It must be remembered that such an eventual ity would make the delivery of foreign built ships Impossible. The committee hears that the new naval program includes ten first class battleships, fifteen armoured cruisers, twelve protected cruisers, and twelve second class cruisers. The Russian yards. It admits, cannot execute this im mense program in three years, but are capable of carrying out a yet larger order In ten years. The question of engines, boil ers, torpedo armament, electric and signal ling equipment presents no difficulty, but that of artillery Is less simple, as neither the Obukhov nor the Motovllikhinsk works can furnish fact as to their possible capacity. The most serious difficulty Is armor, as the annual output of the gov ernment works will not suffice for more than two to two and a half first class bat tleship. Should the shipbuilding orders be placed in Russia, the report adds, sev eral large firms would build new slips for Ironclads on the Baltic shore, so that the whole program could be completed In Ave years, on condition of a Government guar antee of work for a stipulated period. Germany ha now an Inland water ays tern of 8,800 miles, of which 6,778 are natural rivers, l,l canalised streams and 1,751 canals. The federated government have apent $110,000,000 on them in the last ten years, and a large further outlay is In prospect. A favorite scheme of the em peror' Is to connect the main north and south river of th mplr by mean of east and west canal starting near Dussel dorf on th Rhine and reaching Frankfort on th Oder via Berlin, these artificial waterway to coat about 190,000,000. German enterprise in this direction 1 pushing and persistent, while that of Franc. In the am line, though mora grandiose, la not Found! in "Tales' is out today. Ask your newsdealer for it. It con tains seventeen stories, most of them by authors of world-wide reputation, and all of them preat stories. These stories, all in English, are selected from eight different languages. The com plete novel is by "Gyp," the famous French novelist of Paris ian society. The serial is by Jean Keibrach, a beautiful study of French rural life. The shorter tales are by Maxim Gorky, Ernst von Wolzogen, Anatole France, Baroness von Ilevking, Alfred Caput, Emilia Pardo Nazan, Mathilde Serao, and nearly a dozen others. "Tales" is the magazine you want. . GET IT TODAY. 3n) ,AAACAXIMB7 VS W9RLD S BeST FICTlN 2 WEST 40th STREET, NEW YORK. so progressive and practical. The latter country proposes a gradual expenditure of 1,781,000,000 francs on Its canals and Internal waterways, and the plan Is not altogether on paper, though up to this time a good deal of It Is. England Is prepared to re store and Improve her decaying canals, and there Is American capital for tho work If it should be wanted. Belgium Is em ulating tho canal enterprise of Holland, Austria has decided to spend $5,000,000 In similar work and Italy Is trying to raise $22,000,000 for the same purpose. The canal as a carrier is thus seen to be by no mean obsolete. SUPPLIES FOR THE CANAL, Sound Reasons for the Policy Adopted by the Administration. New York Tribune. The Isthmian Canal commission has Just decided one of the most important indus trial and economic questions that have come or will come before It. It is that re lating to the purchase of machinery, ves sels and genoal supplies for the great work In hand. Briefly, the decision Is that such things shall be purchased whenever they cun be most advantageously secured, whether In the United States or in for eign lands. We have no doubt that this decision will be criticised unfavorably by few, chiefly by Borne whoso expectations are not altogether disinterested. We have no doubt, cither, that it will be cordially approved by the best Judgment of tho American nation. There appears to be really no considera ble argument against such a system of pur chase. Tho principle of the protective tariff in fidelity to which we yield pre cedence 1 td hone cannot be effectively in voked against it, for the reason that pro tection Is Intended to preserve the home market for the home producer, and the Panama canul Is not a home market. The canal zone Is not a part of the United States, and the canal which we are con structing there is not to be a domestic In stitution, such as, let us say, the Erie canal or one of the Pacific railroads. The canal will be owned by this country, and will be operated and controlled by this country. We trust that In time it will also be used by this country more than by any other, But, nevertheless, It will be In a foreign land, and it will be, by the most sacred guarantees, open impartially for in ternational and universal use. We cannot see, then, that It is properly to bo re garded as under the rule of the protective system. There are on the other hand, strong arguments In favor of precisely such a sys tem as that which has been adopted by the commission. It Is on all hands agreed that provided. In the first place, that It be the best possible canal In plan and work manship It is eminently desirable that the canal shall be constructed as quickly and as cheaply as possible. There Is a reason to believe that much time, perhaps a year or two, and much money, amounting, per haps, to tens of millions of dollars, can be saved through the policy adopted by the commission. We have on various occasions commented upon the businesslike conduqt of the British government In making large purchases of bridges, engines, etc., In America, Instead of in England, because they could be provided here much more promptly than there, and there was Im perative need of the utmost expedition. This country will commit no mistake In doing the santOT To cite a single example. It would be folly for the United States to watt a year and a half for two ships, and then pay $1,400,000 for them, when It could get them at once for little more than half that price. In at least two Important particulars the government ha long been committed to the very policy now formally announced. In purchasing the unfinished canal from the French company It purchased million of dollars worth of foreign machinery and other supplies. Having done that at the beginning, It would seem to be logical for It to continue so doing whenever It Is to Its material advantage to do so. Again, the principal of employing alien labor has been well established. Natives of Panama, imported workmen from Jamaica and other non-Americans are employed and are to be employed. This Is necessary, since It would probably be Impossible to get labor In this country to do the work. 1 then, we are to employ foreign workmen, there would seem to be no reason why they should not use foreign machinery. fortheBaw1 You may be thinking of us ing an artificial food for your baby. Try Mellin's Food ; it is a proper food 'suited to the baby's condition. It is not a medicine but a true food. Let us send you a sample to try. H.llla's F4 t th HIT lafaat '.4,,"c reJvd th Graaa FrU. th hlfM award of th Lnialaa Par. chat lifuliUs. . L4s. !. Mtk r than a Sold medal. MELLIN'S FOOD CO, BOSTON, MAS3. POLITICAL DRIFT. Senator Gorman announces that he Is a candladt for re-election and merrily hums, "Maryland, My Maryland." During the reform and economical rule of Tom Johnson, Cleveland managed to add $8,000,000 to its bonded debt. The greatest problem of statecraft con fronting Governor Deneen of Illinois ia th sifting of 10,000 applications for J.00O Jobs. SMyor Dunne of Chicago has emphatically announced that all grafters must go, and yet It Is beloved that wmt further action may be necessary. William C. McMillan, son of th late Sen ator McMillan of Michigan, proposes to en ter the senatorial race for the seat occu pied by General Alger. Governor Folk of Missouri announces that the people of the state with few ex ceptions are obeying the laws. The ex ceptions appeal to the state supremo court. Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania vetoed several appropriations for benevo lent Institutions and signed th bill appro priating $20,000 for a monument to Mat thew S. Quay, Henry G. Davis' 77-year-old brother was nominated for congress last week by West Virginia democrats In the district once represented by the late William Wilson of tariff bill fame. "All honor to the men who have (topped the gas steal," exclaimed the Philadelphia Record on Wednesday morning. On Fri day morning there were several addi tional exclamations pitched in a warmer key. The head janitor of the Colorado state house publicly warns members who stole a cuspidor that he must return the arti cle within three days or arrest will fol low. It Is explained tho cuspidor Is china ware, which could not safely be nailed down. W2 1' I f mm BMW Improves the flavor and adds to the health fulness of the food. SAMPLES OK KOHKIU lil'MOR. Father (to his little daughter) I hope you have been obedient to your mother while I was away? Daughter Oh, yes, papa. When Mr. Oay boy called I didn't even wait to be told to go out Into the garden and play with Fido. Translated for Tales from Rlre ct Gal anterle. First Composer Well, old boy, you look happy. What have you been doing writing a wedding march T Second Composer No, there are wedding marches enouKh already. I've got a brand new idea. "What's that?" "I'm composing a divorce march." Trans lated for Tales from Meggendorfer Blatter. "When I marry I want a wlfo who Is my exact opposite in every respect." "But, my dear boy, you 11 never find a perfect woman." Translated for Tales from La Rlre. "Sir: Your wife Is held by us for ran som. She will be detained until you do posit $10,000 under the oak tree at the top of the hill. The Black Hand." "Dear Sirs: Your favor of recent date received. I have deposited under the oak tree a trunk containing the rest of my wife's wardrobe. Yours truly, J. B. Hen- pecke." Translated for Tales from Meggf Uorfer Blatter. MY OLD CLOTHES. Puck. I used to hnve a suit of clothel All rags and paint and dirt; What luxury It was to wear A suit 1 couldn't hurt! Secure within that wreck of cloth I grovelled on the ground; In garret, stable, garden, yard, Primeval bliss I found. It waxed familiar with the woods, Tho thickets, marshes, brooks. It carried rents and burrs and mud From ull the forest nooks, I got down close to Mother Earth, My spirit seemed to root Ami spread its filaments and grow Within that mouldy suit. But ah, my wife, in vandal mood. One hapless fit of cleaning day, In valiant fit of tidiness, Gave my old suit away! And now I weed tho garden walks At length of formal hoe, And keep within the proper paths When to the woods I go. I've lost the sense of sweet, warm dirt. The kinship with the ground; I must bo careful of mv clothes Whene'er I tinker 'round. I do not own a single suit But claims my constant enre. No shred nf blessed cloth that I Obliviously wear. Before my oldest suit Is fit For either work or fun, A solemn year at lenHt a year Must circumspectly run. O, woman, woman! prim and neat. The flower of human kind, I'd not nbnte your dnlntiness And purity of mind; But. oh. with heavnnlv perfectnesst Your graces will be trlrt If you will let a hnppv man Just wallow in the dirt. AT LAST Thomas W. Lawson tells how the biggest National ' Bank in America conwiitted i-"'"i THE CRIME- OF AMALGAMATED Charles Edward Russell exposes the Beef-Trust-V Report of the beautiful theorist Garfield, who was no more prepared to go up against the Beef Trust crowd than a babe in the cradle. Ten great stories An article on the Fun Makers A Superb Art feature The usual clever departments And a new one, " Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree," help to make the June THE BEST MAGAZINE YET Just out-15 cents on all neWs-stands THE RlDGWAY-THAYER COMPANY. Union Square, New York Gty " " U,. .' 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