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drees will be ehunaeu often si
requested. i
Engineer Wallace may quit the canal,
but ttiat Xvou't stop tlte i-aiial.
Keports from Odessa would lndicute a
Slump la the Russian wheat market.
Dr. Teal bus created something of u
sensation by his pronounced opposition
to iufunt incubators.
Russian mutineers might possiby be
controlled if the Japanese flag should be
displayed In the Black sea.
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- THC CASK OF WALLACE.
There la very certain to b mora or
less controversy regarding the retire
ment of Mr, Wallace as chief engineer
of the Panama canal. There will be
criticism of his course In line with tlunt
of Secretary Taft and there will be de
fenders of bis action. It is announced
that Mr. Wallace will make a public
statement presumably by way of Justi
fying his unexpected relinquishment of a
position which he gladly accepted and in
which It appears he had almost unre
stricted authority. It seems from the
Information at hand that he had no com
plaint respecting his associates on the
commission' and It Is stated that he bad
been consulted at every step and every
change which could in any way facili
tate bis work hod been made. The ut
most respect had been paid to his views
and up to the time that he requested the
privilege of returning to the United
States to look after "important compli
cated business matters" there had been
no intimation of any dissatisfaction on
his part. Indeed it was stated by Chair
man Shonts of the commission that no
friction existed and that canal affairs
were progressing smoothly and satisfac
torily. Then followed the disclosure, by
way of explanation, that Mr. Wallace
had received an offer which would pay
him more than double the amount of
the government salary.
Great ns It must be admitted this In
ducement was, jet we think It will be
very generally conceded that Mr. Wal
lace was over-hasty In leaving the canal
work, knowing as he unquestionably did
that his course would cause more or
less embarrassment to all concerned in
the canal enterprise. It Is true he said
he could still devote a couple of months
to the work he bad In hand, but this
would manifestly be of no very great
advantage and the president and secre
tary of war were right In determining
that be should retire at once and a suc
cessor appointed without unnecessary
delay. Mr. Wallace Is undeniably a
man of great ability In his profession,
but he Is not indispensable to the gov
ernment and having assumed an obliga
tion elsewhere It Was clearly expedient
that the government should dispense
with his services at once. It was a se
vere rebuke which Secretary Taft ad
ministered to Mr. Wallace, but we be
Heve that few will question that It was
deserved under the circumstances, for
while there was no contract. ns to the
term of service of the chief ' engineer
there was an implied understanding that
the position would be permanent.
Friends of Mr. Wallace are reported
ns saying that he became exasperated
by the "red tape" methods of the gov
eminent and that he found himself tied
down in Panama, so that he could not
prosecute the work as vigorously and
rapidly us he desired. There is no In
timation of this In what Mr. Wallace is
reported to have said to Secretary Taft.
Possibly the red tape explanation or ex
cuse will appear' in' the statement he is
to give to the public. It Is announced
No votliur niachlak scandal, please. at Mr. John F. Stevens of Chicago hns
Put no man on the commission who is appointed chief engineer of the
also been started for a tax of fl per
barrel on beer by the general govern
ment. Peoria seems to be gaining at
the expense of Milwaukee.
jy THE FIRST DISTRICT
For some reasou or other the repub
licans of the First Nebraska district
stubbornly refuse to be stampeded over
the Impending siecial election to fill a
yaeancy In congress, notwithstanding all
the political fireworks which the opposi
tion Is madly endeavoring to set off.
The First district is one of the staunch
republican districts which has remained
steadfastly In the republican column
with the single exception of the four
years when Mr. Bryan succeeded twice
in hypnotleing its voters into sending
him to Washington. Why the First dis
trict should be asked to send a demo
crat to congress at this particular tluio
when the republican nominee is not even
charged with any personal or public
dereliction Is passing strange.
When we come to luqulre Into the con
test we find that the democrats have
nominated a man who was elected mayor
of Lincoln by republican votes because
of discord within the republican ranks.
To be elected to congress he must again
depend upon republican votes. But be
fore asking republicans to vote for him
on the plea that he will support Presl
dent Roosevelt in certain parts of his
legislative program he should himself
answer some questions.
If the democratic candidate should be
come congressman from the urst Ne
braska district would he go Into a demo
cratic or Into a republican caucus for
the organization of the house and for the
determination of Its policy?
If he goes into a democratic caucus,
would he be bound by the decrees of the
majority?
If the majority of the democratic mem
bers should decide to oppose President
Roosevelt in any part of his program,
would the First district representative
line up with President Roosevelt or
against blm?
If new issues should be presented not
now foreseen In which the democratic
members of the house take sides against
President Roosevelt, would a democratic
congressman ' from the First Nebraska
district support the president or oppose
him?
In a word, has President Roosevelt
more to expect from the support of dem
ocrats In the house than he has from the
support of republicans?
While' these matters concern chiefly
the voters of the First Nebraska district,
Inasmuch as they are being dally bom
barded with democratic advice from the
outside, these suggestions should be no
less pertinent.
working for a commission.
Tanama eonol, but that he Is not to be
a member of the commission.
The next "Hyde syndicate" will prob
ably be required to Insure its members
against being compelled to refund the
profits.
any false Impressions less competent vis
itors may have created When Europe
sees the Hon. Hlnky Dink and the lion. T.
Drydollar It will know what a real Amer
ican Is,
The American Way.
Nashville American.
President Roosevelt's bold manner of tak
ing hold of a delicate question dumbfounds
the slow moving rulers and diplomats of
the old world. But there should be no
marvelling about It. It Is the way of the
American people. When they want to do
a thing or say & thing they do not hesitate.
That Is why they are now, In many re
spects lending all the balaece of the world.
In taking hold of the Russo-Japanese ques
tion President Roosevelt but emphasises
the American spirit. If old world rulers
and chancellories were as prompt In deal
ing with International questions and as
honest the whole world would be Infinitely
better off. But the example set by Ameri
can presidents and American diplomats In
the past two decades Is having a world
wide Influence. It Is teaching other coun
tries that the way to do a thing Is to do
It promptly, fairly and honestly.
iOOKA'O TO THE FUTURE,
la a few days the financial agent of
Japan In this country will leave for
Toklo, where he has been summoned by
The people of Odessa would doubtless the Imperial minister of finance to confer
ba worse frightened had not the present with the officers of the government upon
wur demonstrated the marksmanship of the advisability of making further large
Russian sailors. loans In foreign markets In the event
that peace then seems assured. In sp'eak-
The shortage of labor In western lng of this the financial agent said that
wheat fields Is producing a sex-equality Japon, with characteristic alertness, Is
which may not appeal with equal force In time of war preparing for peace and
to the woman's clubs. making ready for business conditions
which will follow the cessation of hostlll
Since the report of forest fires In ties. He said that Japan will need a con-
Alaska it is easier to believe that the sitlerable amount of money after the war
far northern possession of the United to give new impetus to her Industries.
States is being exploited. While business In that country at pres
ent Is In no way Injured, yet If the
South Omaha thinks It sees a chance money advanced by the Japanese people
to enjoy a reduced school levy for the iu the first war loan of ?250,000,(XJ Is
coming year. A surprise like that would returned to them on the termination of
pot be resented here In Omnha. the war it will give a tremenaous new
life to Japanese Industries. All depart-
Now that Hanscoin park has been sue- ments or tmsiness win De vastly Dene-
cessfully transformed Into the Forest of fited by this large amount of money
Ardennes, Omaha may consider Itself being put back into commercial chan-
fully equipped with historic setting. nels. It Is believed to be the desire of
the Japanese government to float a new
President Castro can how form a ,onn la caBf of tbe termination of the
somewhat Intelligent opinion of the feel wnr t0 tHk UD domestic loan made
lng in the United States since hearing J"8t ftrter tne commencement or nostiii
pf the result of the Loomls-Bowen tIe9' and there no doubt that lt would
There are altogether too many boule
vards aud boulevard extensions pro
Jected In and around Omaha, and the
Park board obviously cannot grapplo
with the task which improvement clubs
are trying to impose upon lt In addition
to the maintenance and Improvement of
pnrks which already exha-ust the appro
priation placed a( Its disposal. If thj
city could sell two or three of the parks
that were acquired under high pressure
at extravagant prices and expend the
proceeds ou boulevards and parkettes,
the Fnrk board might accomplish a great
deal in the way of making Omaha a city
beautiful as well as raising the price of
suburban property along the projected
boulevard.
THE3 FOIRTGEKTH AMEXDMEST.
Conatltotfonal History RecnUed by
the Death of the Anthor.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Judge Stephen Neal, who died at Leb
anon, Ind., on Friday, was the author of
the fourteenth amendment to the constitu
tion of the United States. ' He wrote the
amendment as lt was adopted in April,
18fifl, when the whole country was In tur
moil over the antagonistic reconstruction
policies of president and congress.
The thirteenth amendment, abolishing
slavery, had been submitted to the states
and ratified In 1SG5. Several plans for the
reconstruction of the government of the
states lately In rebellion were under dis
cussion In congress, among them the civil
rights bill looking to the cltlsenshlp of the
freedmen.
The latter was obnoxious to the president
and his friends and to many of the union
men of the border states. A division of
the union party seemed Imminent, when
Mr. Neal carried to Congressman Orth of
Indiana the draft of a proposed constitu
tional amendment. This contained four
provisions.
The first, so often quoted, declared all
persons born or naturalized In the United
States to be citizens, and provided that no
state should make or enforce laws to
abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens nor deny to any person the equal
protection of the laws.
The second provision covered the ques
tion of representation from the recon
structed states. The third made Ineligible
to office congressmen and others who had
engaged in rebellion, except where disa
bility was removed by two- thirds vote of
congress. The fourth declared that the
validity of the public debt should never be
questioned, and that the debts incurred by
states or individuals In aid Of rebellion
should be held Illegal and void and should
not be assumed by the United States or by
any state.
Mr. Neat's proposition was submitted by
Mr. Orth to the Joint committee on recon
struction, was approved by that committee
and was adopted by both houses of con
gress. Meantime the civil rights bill was
passed by both hounes, veoed by President
Johnson, and passed over his veto by a
vote of 101 to 33 in the house and by a vote
of 33 to 12 In the senate.
The president also opposed the report of
the committee on Mr. Neat's proposed
amendment, but the proposition was sup
ported by an overwhelming majority of the
union party and became a feature of our
organic law.
Mr. Neal, at that time not 60 years of
age, lived to see the states reconstructed
on his plan make attempts to evade or
nullify the clause of the constitution
framed ' by himself, lived to read the
speeches of political leaders advocating the
repeal of the fourteenth amendment. But
there It stands, an Irrevocable part of the
constitution, a lasting monument to the
sturdy American who died at Lebanon on
Friday.
Because dangerous explosives are In
terdicted for the Fourth is no good
reason why the patriotic citizen nor even
the exuberant small boy should not In
dulge a thorough celebration of Inde
pendence day. The supply of harmless
fireworks and beautiful decorative ma
terials displayed in the shops Is so large
and so variegated that no person need
check his patriotic Impulses. The very
fact that the danger-breeding devices
are to be repressed should make the cele
bration more general and more lmpres
sive.
In opening towns In Manchuria to
Japanese merchants only, Nippon shows
that in its opinion trade follows the
flag. Tho door Is open, but only wide
nough for a Jap to squeeze through.
Perhaps the New York insurance ex
aminer can Justify a course which would
lead him to pass those companies clam
orlng for examination in favor of those convenience, must admit that m the united
not making any such request.
episode.
After all, how many times .have In
surance commissioners of distant states
collected fees for examlulng New York Japan looking to the future and planning
be readily taken In this country and
England, with probably many subscri
bers also in France and Germany,
Thus are the sagacious statesmen of
New York politicians will see the poe
tic Justice of the arrangement by which
Mr. Hill is dropped from the Equitable
payroll Just as Mr. Cleveland begins
operations as trustee.
life insurance companies and finding
nothing?
for the industrial and commercial de
velopment of the country when lt is
again at peace and all the instrumental!
ties of progress and prosperity can be
put into active and vigorous operation.
Nothing more harmful has happened
on account of the June rise this venr
than the opening of navigation on the Those who I,rofesB to PPend that
Missouri river, with nlshtlv excursions jaPnn wl" aaoPt a P,lcy 01 aggression
against oiner powers, mat sne win enter
I upon a career of territorial aggrandize
ment, may disabuse their minds of such
for the gay and giddy.
.. In the numerous changes on the rail
road roster lt la to be noted that the
Omaha man always goes up and never
down. Omaha experience is at a pre
mium In the railway world.
Is the offer of a higher salary to Engi
neer Wallace another attempt of the
transcontinental railway lines to delay
the building of the Panama canal, or
Just an effort to give a good man bis
Just reward.
After July 1 It will be unlawful to
bunt or kill red, gray or fox squirrels
in the state of Nebraska. Grover Cleve-
fear. There Is no ground or reason for
lt. Japan will have bad enongb of war
when the conflict in which she Is now
engaged Is ended. What her people want
Is the opportunity to extend their trade
and when this opportunity comes they
may be expected to push forward with
as great vigor as they have shown in
carrying on a great war. In this respect
they undoubtedly will be found most ag
gresslvely enterprising. The western
nations having trade In Asia will find In
the Island empire a vigorous competitor,
whose position will give it an Important
advaitage as a commercial rival. It Is
an Interesting fact that the statesmen of
Japan are in the midst of war seriously
land and Theodore Roosevelt will please
take noti and govern themselves ac con8Merln)j wnat Bhj, d0 for tfm
mwufl. I fllPthne loir1nman ant nnhnlMlnn
their country on practical lines when
Mor trouble Is brewing In the normal through the triumt.h of their arms the
acbool board and more trouble will con- .hall have firmly established national st-
unua to Drew in the normal acbool board curlty,
so long as political nacks ana profes
sional lobbyists are allowed to continue Oregon bop growers are threatonmg
the board mod to ruls tha board. . (to form a combination and agitation bat
OTHER LANDS TH A Ol'Bs,
Far back In the dawn of Polish history
the wild horsemen of the steppes in south
ern Russia were foes of the town dwellers
and tillers of the soil In Poland. The Cos
sacks were adventurers, frontiersmen, free
hooters. They despised and hated the set
tled life of cities. Onty tribal government
harmonised with their roving and preda
tory life. Often Polish arms prevailed
against these medieval cowboys of the
Russian plains, and for long periods they
were forced to acknowledge the sovereignty
of Poland. The feud between Pole and
Cossack never abated. The old feeling t:il
exists. No soldiery could so madden the
mobs of Polish cities as the rude and
brutal cavalry of tne steppes, where Cos
sack and Tartar struggled long for mas
tery and the spoils of war. To the Intelli
gent and highly civilised peorle of Warsaw
the Cossacks are bloodthirsty barbarians,
In Cossacks barracks there Is unmeasured
contempt for the peaceful artisans of the
Polish capital. Order and the authority
of the Imperial government of Russia might
be enforced In Poland with less bratallty
and bloodshed by the use of other troops
to the exclusion of the Cossacks. But that
would not be Muscovite despotism In action.
M. Gauthler, French minister of public
works. Is credited with a scheme to tun
nel Mont Blanc. It was inspired, of
course, by the Slmplon tunnel undertaking.
The St. Oothard line when opened dam
aged French trade considerably. The
Slmplon route will probably hurt lt still
more. France has few direct railway roads
into Switzerland and Italy. M. Gauthler's
scheme Is to open quicker means of com
mutation, first of all with Swltxerlnnd,
This would be provided by tunneling the
Faucllle pass, an engineering work estl
mated to cost $23,000,000. and to occupy five
years. By this way a route almost In a
straight line would be opened from Dijon
to Geneva. The second and more startling
part of the scheme Is the proposed continu
ation of the line from Geneva by way of
Chamonlx, through Mont Blanc, to Aosta,
thus connecting with the Italian system
The advantages of the route for French
trade are obvious, as by far the most rapid
route from England to Italy would pass
across half of France. The magnitude of
such an enterprise as tunnelling Mont
Blanc is rather staggering, but the plans
are said to bo complete and to suggest no
Insuperable difficulty. What surprises the
Interior of the moutaln may have In store
no one, of course, can even guess.
The House of Commons, "the mother Of
parliaments," will look with a pitying smile
upon the features of Its youngest daughter,
if the popular branch of the promised Rus
sian national assembly Is to be of the char
acter that is forecast. The power of Shirt
branch will, lt seems, be hedged around by
restrictions so great and so numerous that
the body will have hardly more real power
than a college debuting society. In addi
tion to these limitations upon Its acts,
there will be a-very rigorous limitation
upon the debates themselves. Altogether
we may look for a very Russian state of
things in the lower house of the national
assembly at St. Petersburg whenever it may
be constituted. BJt if the czar imagines
that his autocracy can have an easy tlmfl
with a popular assembly of any sort, he Is
doomed to bitter disappointment. Once get
debate started, and the suppression of lt la
more eloquent than Its continuance could
be. Parliaments are hard things to keep
In order. The one at 6t. Petersburg may
effect nothing either In speech or In ac
tion, but we may be sure It will make a
lot of trouble. Constitutional government
POMTICAL DRIFT.
Milwaukee's fame Is not as frothy ss It
Is cratked tip to be. Indictments hare been
returned against 107 official grafters.
Senator Foraker skipped through New
Tork on his way to Burope the other day
mithout paying a visit to Lincoln Steffens.
Aspiring Mlssourlans refused to appear
before the federal civil service board. In
sisting that they were entitled to the first
chunk of pie without answering imperti
nent questions.
Shenandoah, Pa., sends up for one year
five of Its school directors, and several
others are on the Judlclat spit. The gang
fattened their purses with rake-offs on sup
plies furnished for the county almshouse.
The mayor of a Massachusetts town In
sists, as A precautionary measure, that pro
fane expressions must not be dumped on
the sidewalks. Ills honor Is not assuming
THE LAWYER AND HIS WltU
When Experts FH What "how Has
n iJtymnnf
Chicago Record-Herald.
Sir Francis Jeiine served for a dozen
vi-a nrl1ant nt the nrnhat. divorce
and admiralty division of the high court
of Justice of Great Britain. Personally
fie Mi moei vi ini umv in uitui v -..
but probate matters were also under his
direct supervision. Retiring some months
ago, he ti created Lord St. Heller, and
when he died, not long after, he was
mourned as one of the great legal lights
of his Country. Now his heirs have to go
Into court with special proceedings to
straighten out a tangle over his will, which
was so full of Informalities that It came
near not passing muster at all. In 1892 he
had drawn up a will In due form and given
lt to his solicitors to hold. Then, after a
difficulty with one of his relatives, he had
extra-hazardous flro risks these melting made a new will by taking four pages of a
days.
New Jersey Is not particular where Its
corporations operate so long as they pay
the legal share of the loot Into the state
treasury. One forgetful combine chartered
copy of the old will and adding three pages
In his clerk's handwriting. He fastened I
the pages together and signed the last one,
and then kept the document In a safe at
his home, where . lt was found after his
there and doing business In the Philippines death. The Judge who heard the case gave
hurriedly coughed up last week to save Its
face. There Is no limit to Jersey's poten
tial graft.
Philip C. Ilanna, consul general to Monte
rey, says that $700,000,000 of American money
Is Invested In Mexico's mines, railroads,
ranches, street car sys'tems, electric light
and power plants and manufacturing estab
lishments, and that nearly every successful
enterprise Is managed by American brains
and operated by American capital.
Tho Portland Oregonlan says: "Oregon's '
next senator In congress will be chosen by I
near methnH If the nilrt-inaa nf the rilrert i
nrlmen- Inn- .ho 11 ho nnrrl.4 mil tnr h ' WRS t0 8aV :
that law each party, republican and demo
cratic, will name a candidate for that office
much consideration to the legal points in
volved, but finally decided to admit the
Informal will, though he remarked: "Ixiid
St. Heller was the last man In the world
to have left his will in an Improper con
dition," and then, "All costs are to come
out of the estate." This curious case of
a great lawyer's fallibility In his personal
law affairs recalls the famous contest over
the will of Samuel J. Tlhlen, which kept
the courts busy for Ave years. The will
was detlnred Invalid because of vagui'm'as
and lack of precision. The best one of
tho supremo court judges could do with lt
The questions are
not free from difficulty and doubt, but I
think the solution of them by the presld-
at the primaries, the intent being to fores " w. . L l"c "i-"""'
the legislature by public opinion Into elect- ! ouslt. 10 be lmrd for 8Vpn the '" l'
i h ,.m0. .i,ii, i. I norant layman to get into a tanglo as
dominant In the law-making body."
Six secretaries of state became president
of the United States, as follows: Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe,
John Qulncy Adams and James Buchanan.
Only two secretaries of war ever became
president, James Monroe and Ulysses S.
Grant. No secretary of the treasury, the
Interior, navy or agriculture and no post
master general or attorney general has
been president.
Thomas Benton Murdock, a Kansas edi
tor, appears to disapprove of the United
States senate. In a recent Usue of his pa
per the Eldorado Republican, he refers to
the members of . that august body as
"whlsky-drlnklng, poker-playlng political
old reprobates," "roped and branded old
barnacles," "bald-headed, gravy-eyed old
guzzlers," and, "that Inanimate aggregation
of bought-and-pald-for old codgers who
blink their eyes In Imbecile Btupldity."
troublesome ns that.
SMll.IMJ REMARKS.
Knicker Does Jones know anything of In
strumental muelc?
Bocker No, he thinks he oan play the
fool with the soft pi dal.
Chief So you want a place on the polled
force. What are your recommendations?
Applicant I've been henpecked for twenty
yeurs and listened to troubles by the yard
without ever turning a hair! -Detroit Urea
Press.
"He's rather close, I understand."
"Close! His uncle left him a fortune on
condition that lie take a wife and Bpend his
honeymoon abroad."
"Well?"
"He went over and married a French girl
so as to save Her passage money ono way.
Louisville Courier Journal.
"Some men." said Uncle Ehen, "specks
you to do mo' work findin' a Job dat'll ex
actly suit ilelr tas'e dan dey'd have to do
holdln' down de Job." Washington Star.
BESEVOLEXT DESPOTS.
Only Sober Workers Wanted.
Leslie's Weekly.
Moral suasion once was relied upon to'
ere tie temperance sentiment. Then came 1 guess. I want It for our east room
a,n era of reliance on statute law. Now , cago 1 ribune.
we are in an era of scientific education In
our schools and popular enlightenment
through literature. The coming era seems
to be one in which commerce and Industry
will say to those whom they engage, who
are the preponderating number of citizens
In any community, "Your place In business
Is dependent on sobriety." This Is the po
sition taken now by many of the leading
Industries and railroads of the country,
and by the great employing agencies. Life
and accident Insurance companies discrim
inate In favor of the abstainer, and one
lt Is on the way, and, though there may be
a lot of rough traveling before It reaches
its destination, it Is sure to keep on moving
pretty steadily, and on the whole in one di
rection, to the end.
Foreign Expert's Views on the Amer
ican Railroad Situation.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Some Interesting observations on the rail
road rate question In America are made
In a letter to the London Statist by Wil
liam M. Acworth, who recently visited this
country as a delegate chosen by the British
government to the International railway
congress. He Is convinced from what he
learned here that secret rebates are dead,
and that lt only remains for legislation to
deal with the private car and spur-track
methods of securing special freight ad
vantages to establish full uniformity In
charges for transportation.
If this Is true and railroad men are all
assuring us that lt Is true then great Is
the gain toward that equality of oppor
tunity in Industry which is so much to be
desired. But beyond the question of uni
formity In rates rises that of reasonable
ness In uniform rates, and here Mr. Ac
worth finds American railroad men much
out of touch with public opinion. He him
self Is a little skeptical regarding govern
ment interference with rate making, but-
he says:
"After all, a disinterested student of the
question, even If, like the present writer,
he Is persuaded that government Interfer
ence makes tor higher rates and less public
western governor at least has taken the
has by no means "arrived" In Russia, but Position that all his official appointments
win db given io men wno are ansiainers.
It Is not necessary to credit these Industrial
and commercial agencies with any very
lofty motives In thus decreeing their posi
tion. It Is a simple business proposition.
Modern Industry and commerce are ton
Intricate, -complex, costly affairs to trust
to the will, mind, and hand of a man who
has the habit of impairing his nervous,
mental and moral power by use of Intoxi
cants. Thus by Indirection, as lt were, what
preacher, legislator and teacher have not
been able to do always by appealing to
man's conscience or mind, the business
manager plans to do by striking at the
pocket nerve.
Chance to Show Cournsjr.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Retaliation Is something that can be made
to work both ways. If china excludes our
goods, let us have the courage of our con
victions and exclude its firecrackers.
A Pence Measure.
Washington Post.
Just as a precautionary measure It
would be a good plan to select for Minister
to Venesuela some man who favors brick
Instead of asphalt for paving material.
A Remote Peril.
Baltimore American.
The president of Tale says there Is danger
In being too good. But society may com
fort Itself by the reflection that the perils
of that unfortunate position are not too
pressing.
How Many Were Hart.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The number of Chinese merchants and
students excluded from the United States
by the operation of the laws designed to
prevent the entrance of coolies Is so smull
the advocates of upsetting things do not
try to present a list of the Injured, lest
they make themselves ridiculous by so
dolr;
Double Blesslnn- for Foreigner.
New York Sun.
A double blessing from America to Eu
rope. Jn July the Hon. Hinky Dink of
Chicago and the Hon. T. Drydollar Bulll
van of congress and the Bowery will cross
the Atlantic to Inspect the kings and em
perors of the old world. The great re
public, reverently conscious of the debt lt
ewes the older culture of the mother conti
nent, sends It noblest, truest, best, com
missioning them anibas dors to remove
States at the present time there Is a strong
case for governmental Interference. One
man the president of the Pennsylvania
railroad dominates the great Industrial
region which centers In Pittsburg. Two
men Mr. Hill and Mr. Ilarriman dominate
the development of the entire Pactfio slope.
Admitting, to the full the benevolence of
their despotism, they are still despots, and
to despots, however benevolent, the Anglo-
Saxon race has never yet taken kindly,
And on the whole history shows that the
Anglo-Saxon race has not been far wrong.
Not only. In a word, does a strong public
opinion exist In the states which demands
government regulation, but It has sound
reason behind it. It is something which
the railroad interest must recognise and
reckon with; sooner or later it will compel
action. I
Action may be prevented for the time
being. Mr. Acworth finds a possibility that
public and congressional agitation may be
switched off from the rat to the tariff
Sjuestlon; also that the senate la not In
clined to pass a bill so radical as the presi
dent demands. "But even so, the question
will only be postponed. It may come up
again In a few years' time, when the coun
try is less prosperous and worse tempered,
and when conservative forces have less
Influence than at present." Hence he re
gards It as the part of wisdom for the
railroads to accept moderate legislation
now and It Is worth noting that he seems
to regard as moderate such a law as would
empower the Interstate Commerce commis
sion to specify what rate can reasonably
be substituted for a rate which Is held un
reasonable, subject to uppeal to the courts,
and to put the substituted rate into effect
at once. How such a law would work It
Is Impossible to say, All would depend
upon the competency of the commission to
confine Its activities within practicable and
needed lines.
But of one thing this English observer
is certain, and It Is what we have repeat
edly called the attention of the railroad
Interest to that a public sentiment exists
la the United States, and founded upon
reason, which demands government action
of this general character and which will
have to be bseded.
Lord Kitchener Is ambitious to be the
Oyama and the Kodama of the British em
pire rolled Into one the commander and
strategist, and the organiser and master
of transportation and business detail. Evi
dently he is to have the chance. As commander-in-chief
In Indlas he perceives that
he Is on the empire's firing line. Accord
ing to his Idea, Russia will try to recoup
Itself some time In India or Persia for what
lt has lost In Manchuria, and it b conse
quently necessary that Britain's Indian
army shall always be organised on a war
basis, not a peace basis. Kitchener has won
his point with the British government. He
has overridden the Judgment of Lord Cur-
son, the viceroy, .w'hose eye Is fixed upon
India and Its peoples and principalities, and
upon the frontier nations, and not upon St.
Petersburg. Kitchener has obtained an In
crease of the Indian army from 80,000 to
140,000 men. He has taken a leaf. In the
matter of organization, from Japan's book.
The population of Warsaw Is about 600,-
000 and ordinarily Its garrison consists of
85,000 men. whioh has now been Increased,
It is said, by thlrty-flve additional bat
talions. But the Indications are that a pro
portionately large number of soldiers will
be required "to make a cemetery and call
lt peace" In a score of other cities of the
Russian empire. If one battalion, 1,000
strong, to each 7,000 inhabitants (men.
women and children) be required to main
tain the autocracy In Russia that institu
tion has ceased to be maintained. It will
be bound to fall ere long for lack of troops.
The attempt of the cur to oarry on war
at the furthest extremity and In the center
of his empire at one and the same time
cannot but end In failure. The 'little
father" must choose between making peace
with Japan or with his revolted subjects.
He cannot fight both except at the risk
of disaster In both quarters.
An Influential movement has been started
in England to put the British School of
Archaeology In Egypt upon a more sub
stantial foundation. Hitherto a certain
number of students who have been work
lng with Prof. Flinders Petrle have been
assisted by the Egyptian research account.
In consequence of the importance of the
work and successes achieved by some of
the students lt Is felt that the school ought
to be put upon a permanent rooting, jno
central building Is necessary, as at Athens
or Rome, for the school must necessarily
be wherever the excavations are proceed
lng. What is especially wanted Is a per
manent endowment fund for scnoiarsnips.
To further this end a general committee
has been formed, Including many eminent
public men and scholars.
Running Too Much to Titles.
Boston Herald.
An American Journalist returning after an
absence of some years abroad comments
UDon the profuse application of titles whloh
is becoming frequent In this oountry. The
practice is essentially a modern one. Daniel
Webster in his lifetime was never spoken
of as "Senator" Webster, but always as
plain "Mr." Webster. Nowadays, however,
It is Invariably "senator" this and that, and
almost everybody has some kind of handle
to his name. Thus we have "Forecaster'
Jones, "Undertaker" Smith. "Conductor'
Robinson, "Superintendent of the Poor
house" Brown, "Common Councilman"
Shucks and "Selectman" Bumps and so on.
If this kind of thing keeps on we shall end
by resting our claims to respect and con
sideration upon those painfully minute
social distinctions which prevail In Cer
many, where men or women Inscribe their
names In hotel registers with the addition
of such descriptive phrases as "cousin of
an apothecary" or "brother-in-law to a
, corporal."
Increasing; Outpnt of Gold.
Chicago Chronicle.
According to a statistician who has been
Investigating the Increased production of
gold due to the Introduction of dredging
machines the time Is not far distant when
the gold output will be $2,000,000 per day.
even Bhould the quarts mines yield no
more than at present. As this would ag
gregate $10,000,000 per year, or more than
twice the present product, lt Is Interesting
to conjecture what the effect will ha upon
the Interest rate and upon collateral mat
ters. We are likely to hear from the silver
men and the greenbackers on the subject
sooner or later.
Mrs. Oaswell I'd lllte to see some of your
rugs.
Salesman Yes, ma'am. What kind?
Mrs. Gaswell Something oriental, I
Chl-
"C'an't you be appointed a receiver In the
affairs of that Insurancn company ?"
"No." answered the policy-holder. "They
wouldn't have me for a receiver. I'm 3T
giver." Washington Star.
Admiring Young Llstunor And how did
you lose your leg?
Old Salt Well, young man, one night In
the dog watch, while I was carryln" a baby
Jib, 1 stepped on a starboard tack nnd
blood plsln ensooed. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Mrs. Jackson Wal, parson, I knows de
Bible says de meek shall inherit de earth;
an' deed I tries to be meek as I kin!
Parson Polhemus Dat's right, siatah!
Data right!
Mrs. Jackson But it'll be Jest man luck,
when lt comes time fo' me to inherit do
earth, dar'll be municipal ownership.
Puck.
THE Cl'CKOO.
Translated from the Gaelic.
Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
O Cuckoo, dear, thy voice I hear,
The sound dispels my sorrow;
It seems to say, "Drive grief away.
And hall the bright tomorrow."
At early morn, thy notes I hear,
With raptured ear, I listen
At even fall, I hark thy call
And mark the dewdrops glisten.
0 tell me whether didst thou fly
When wintry blasts were blowing?
Say, didst thou sleep, In slumber deei
Nor thirst, nor hunger knowing?
1 envy theo, my bonnte bird.
Though knowest naught of sadness.
Thy bower Is ever decked in green.
Thy heart overflows with gladness.
Thou will return; though autumn wind
Bid us In sorrow sever.
But I, when once I leave the glen.
Must leave the glen forever.
"O could I fly, I'd fly with thee,"
Our Joyous Journey winging;
To sing of May, the livelong day,
And keep the echoes ringing.
Cuckoo I Cuckoo 1 Cuckoo 1
Browning, Ming & Co
CLOTHING. FURNISHINGS. AND HATS
The July 4th
Outfit
Don't let the 4th find you unpro
vided, whether you spend the day in
town or in the country, there is a lot
of things in furnishings and clothes
you ought to have.
Two-piece suits, not much lined
but properly "stayed" $15.00, $18.00,
$20.00, etc.
Large suits, half or quarter lined,
as you like, up from
"Be comfort
able," said
Beau Brum
met, "b u f
let your negli
gee b e be
coming. Negligee shirts with soft collars.
Pleasant Underwear, cool Hosiery and becoming
Neckwear.
Itelts, straw hats and canvas outing hats and
every other mid-summer comfort.
$15
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