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draaa nlll ba ahaa4 aa oftaa
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KlnK tV.in atlll iioIiIn tiiiilUptitrtl nway
v'f tliff ttirn belt.
Tom l.ttwaoiiN coutrtDuuou acanm to
Intra iWn.toat In tlx almflln la "llt Ot
tlio tuw line.
Tlia NpliraaK wiicnt crtip l b ft ml
the went her rtiMtt.U dolnft Jiln lx-t to In
tiri H trn 'ini to tnnlrli.
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It In "up to' tint fll-at llUtllrt to
chooaa h mn n txntml to liooaavflt'a frp
grnm f foui 'jtrlnclpla' ratlirp titan (or
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, Tlia KontHiirlla club hrnvwi ltr -w 1 11
lug to hnva rt)p (jijtclilutrli)tnlltd In
UtnntiA end loUgJft tntuutfl -Anytlilo(
lur rliaiiga of hlokf !
. tittmba la allowing, up woll In th com
jjdratly aiLihlt vt w-fkly bank flaar-l(iK-ltt'firt.
6t)iahn la allowing tip well
In nil dtractlona Jmt now.
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ItrolopuiMiita In (rPKii iliMiiouatrnta
that cronkrd congraaiiioii aliould liar
bona but allont piirtnnraapoclally
wlion Ui4 grand Jurtea nirrt.
Tba atRtfinpiit ttmt M. Witt "will t
rraaonaHa" t of llttln Important win
pnrad to tin on tit pMtmbl rottra
of tli roiutnlaalotiPr who roprfannt tint
mikado.
From prraont wtnthr proaptn't It la
probnbl that Naw Ilatnpahtr will
th work although Wnahtugton will have
th honor of th nam of Ui pac wgo
tlatlona, , 1 f
It th dlacuaalon of railroad "rfbntwt'
coutlnupa long anough It may roault in
rrraitgainant of contract for carry
ing th malla- plac wlior no rbat
ar iordwl. ' : 1
City Attorney HraD rt-ffr to th
italg rrlmarjr law aa th -worat UIIihI
up rlac of laglalatlon rr turuad out
ef IJniHilu." And w hay bad m
prattjf badly botchad wi that har
coitlii out ot Mnotln.
tit th Unlit of th ilf'llon of th
rotirtmarttol In th caaa of Commander
Hott naval onu-ara will no doubt
to It that thalr ahlpa ar not too naar a
ahoal liafor offering libation to
tlawtiua, ,
If Wtt Ting Tang la raally to com
to Wahlngton to watch th nc ngi
tlatlou for China, Itunsla and Japan
will aatr thn by appointing an official
who will davot hi tltn to anawvrlng
qnoptl'Mia.
.Pwhap th atrat wny u aattafy all
th lawyara who ar finding flaw In th
laglrlatlna an act ad by th lat Nabraaka
laglalatur would b to knock out th
who! batch oo th ground that th rol
unit ot atoa lawa la not writ printed.
Th tuccvwful NWr tr tha big
rathlludtMr Irrigation dam ar aald to
hat fvrfaltad thotr 3,0tX) guaranty
rhack and paaaaj up tha contract. Thay
ttiay b dfpanl on to com forward
at th proper tint, howvraf, to aak
votigraaa to glr th money bark to
thauv.
tiorernnieut land ania to b th only
thing exempt from th lottery lawa of
th couutry, and ther will b no ohjeo
tkvn ctTervd by Unci 9am to th wldaat
puUlcity fir th national gawU to tak
plao la VtRh neit month. It la eetb
tttatwd tltat tho who reglatvrvd for
Uoaehud laada apeut enough nunay to
buy th ground at pecaut prtc and
pay tor all bcteaaary thiprtrubt-
Whlra U apculatora took th priaa.
M'jTt: ron tint, rr.xam.
rarirKtlrall tti'T" la a rrovamnt
atartM fr tfm rtrlni by cngraa' of
a rlrll rrDaUfft ayatam and It ia D'ftM
that tlia agitation f'f ttila la anln
vnltig a'-llra, flotil)tl'-a Inaplrail by tlm
ft that Okt la a u-w rongraaa wliWh
niay 1m tnor aiiaccptlMi to th argu
tnfita f"f rf til wrvlct? Milfia thnn
tin vi Iwf-n prw-'lltig rorii(r'i',a. A ra
ant r-tiort atnlaa that Inflili-tillal rlrrka
In ttm arktia (Ii-parttucnta are Ix-lng
(rpr'a-hwl by irganlrra and a iiiHIiik
of all th dfarttn'nt 'h-rka 1ki lwn
tallad for thla wafk to rinalrtif tli mat
tar. Ihoa In thnrir t tha anlfrprlaa,
th rirt anya, hara gona ao fnr aa to
draft a bill acting forth tlitf dlr-a
In grrat dnail. Tliry do not expect
tfwlr maaanra to raci-lra cviigrcl)nnl
aan'-tlon, but ftn-y purtxra to go to tli
lawmakara with dftlnlta propoanU and
It la naMka to any will bi propnrwl
to atipport th- with all tba argumanla
ttmt ran la brottKtit to tnr.
Tli pnipaltlon of a rlrll ptmlon pol
icy haa navrr Ixfii farorably raganlrd
In thla rountry and ttitTo la no rt-naon
to think that tha .trftwht nioretnrnt will
rwclr any rotntananra from thn I'lfty
ninth fotigrraa. It la quit tin turn I thnt
It ahotilil bnv hr-nrty atitrort at tint
nntlonnl rnpllnl, whr th nrtny of gov
prtiment amployaa rxwta a grant Infill
aura, but to th rountry at hiric tli
proiKraltlon navar hn laan and probably
nrr will 1 arraptub!'. ft la trtia, aa
tirgad, that thr flra nmnj pTon In
Ilia aarvlra of thn depart immta who bavo
apant thn -t part of n llft-llm In thla
work and ' hiiv lirronio practically
worthlaaa for nny other aniploynint.
Not a fw of lliaiu ar ao old na to 1hj
no longer rapnblo of efficiently parforin
lug tha dntlca thay now hnv. Tliay ara
krpt In th aervlc becnua It la felt that
to turn tliatn out would bo to aubjert
tliem to bnrdahlpa nnd that tht-y nr en
titled to Yonalilerntlon by renaon of tlio
long and faithful aarvlcea they hnv
given. No objection to inngtiiinliiilty of
thla kind will Iki tnnde, even (huitgh It
bo a fart thut th bualneaa of the gov
crntnciif to aotti extant auffcra from It,
but If atnh peraona hnv fulled to pro
par for old ng nnd the enillng of their
dnya of tiaefulncaM thn very general aen-
tliuetit la that th government ahould
not 1 callml njam to tnko rara of them
when their retirement from tlio public
arnica Iferomea nereaanry.
Thn government of th United Klitiea
la at lenat na lllwrnl na nny other gov-
eminent townrd Iho great majority of
Ita employea. Horn other govcrnmeiita
ara mora getieroua na to certain IiIkIi
olfidHla, but na a who) thn aalnrlea paid
by tha Tutted Wtatea to thoaa who work
for It will l found to b aoinawhnt
In eiceaa of whnt la pnld by nny other
country. If, therefore, tlioan employed
In tha pttbllc aervlc do hot hnv the
thrift and prudence to innka prepnra
tlotia for tha future, for the time when
disability overtnkaa then they' ennttot
renaonably expect that th government
will naauma reapoiialblllty for their care.
A civil penalou policy,' however mod
erate th bnala, would; ndd ten of
ImtllloiM to--the annual. riienae of tba
go veijn mant anu or courae would grow
from year to yenr. TIiq tnxpnyw of
th cotintry niny anfely l counted upon
to vlgorouxly op pone nueh a propoaltlon.
BASK EXAMINATIONS.
Trenaury offlclnla ar coualdering th
quiHitlon of methoda to bo applied In
th examination of national bnuka, with
a view to atrengtheulng th preaent aya
tein, which It ace in a evident la In nevd
of liaprovoment It la a fact which
bank fullurta bavo very conclusively
demoUHtrated thnt not much reliance
rnn b placinl upon examination aa now
conducted. Tha truth aeema to b ttiat
thea aro to a very large extent per
functory and inadequate and perhapa
nothing better la to lie expected tu view
of tit number of examlncra-only about
aeventy five employed by th trenaury.
Tho work required of tnoat of thea ex
aminer la great i thim thay enn care
fully perform and neceaanrlly their work
la don hurriedly and without thnt-cur
nnd thoroughneaa which they ahould give
to It. Unqueatlonnbly they nr very
generally capable and honeat men, but
they ar expected to do mor titan ran
ho ordinarily accoinpllahcd la, a given
time, llenc they muat to a ronalder
abl extent accept th figure and atata
ntenta of bank offlclnla without apendlng
th tltu nacaaaary to verify them.
It la manlfeatly Important, lu View of
th rapid lucre In th number of na
tional lianka, that aomethlng bo don
to tmprov th eyatera of exauilnatlona.
It I an undenlablo fact that at preaent
there it very little confidence In bank
examluatlona and the' reason for thla
la found In the etrcuuiHtanc thnt In
moat of th Instance of bank failure
examiner failed to discover the condi
tion which brought about th fallurca.
Th number of examtuera ahould be In
creased, they ahould receive aalnrle
commensurate with the work required
of them and they ahould not be given
more to do than they can properly ac
complish. They ahould ba required to
niak every cxeuiltiatlorfwith the great
eat car and thoroughnesa, reporting
nothing In regard to a bank' condition
that they are not able to atteat from per
aonal tnspevtton. The additional ex
pna w hlch thla w'ould Involve neHl not
1 acrtoufly ronatlcrHl. The demand
la that lank examiner ahall examine
and AM merely accept th atatcmeuta
of th officlala of an Institution, a I
too commonly the rase, aa to It condU
tion.
Th local popocrattc organ aectu to
b dlatreeaed Iwwum 8eTetry of State
GaluAha I rv-txtrteAl to be la a qua miry
what disposition to uiak of th uiey
coming Into hi ottlc aa fee fr th reg
istration of trad marka and Whela re
quired by a new law, and Ita dtatreaa
aeema to 1 particularly harrowing te
caua the aevretary of atate la a repub
lican. It I , evidently labortuf very
bard to distract people' memory from
tb fa money pocketed by th last
foaioa secretary of ut. th Interact oa
public funda abaorliad by tha last fualon
state trenatirer, and tba coin aweatd
out of eastern Inmiranr rompanlea by
Iba last ftilon atnfa ulitrr.
the rikar iJiHtkn i llci-tiox.
Altboukh the apt-rial ehttlon to
(iifM a rongreaamnn tu fill Uie vacancy
en need by tli promotion of Senator
I'.ihkett fnm th lower houtc to the up
per Iioum of the national leglnlutiir ia
to m held next Tuenday, tli voter of
tba First district have refused to work
thciiiaelvra up Into a frenr.y over the
relative (in Una of the two opposing
candidate. The liist district went re-piiblU-an
at. the Inst election by nearly
H.taKl plurality, and while the excep
tional alxe of thla republican preHndrr-
ance la, doubtleaa, due In a large pnrt to
th prealdrotlal rampnlgn and the xpu
larlty of I'realdent Ilooaevelt, for whom
the people gnve their vote of confidence,
there la nothing to Indicate any cbunge
of sentiment that would take the First
district out of th republican coin inn
and put it Into the democratic column,
especially when thn republican nomine
la outspokenly pledgetl to aupHjrt I'real
dent Itooaevclt In lila administrative and
leglMlntlve program.
We have no doubt thnt the general
apathy that aurrounda a special election
In which only one place I at atake, nnd
that with no very alinrply-dcflnrd Issue,
will produce a tremendous falling off In
the total vote, with corresponding shrink
ag of the republican plurality. Rhotild
the democrat h rut the figure In half, oa
It la quit possible for them to do, they
will then try to make out thnt there haa
Ifcen a tremendous revulalon nmong re
publican vofera when, na a matter of
fact, were the polls to be reopened to
day for a new expression of preference
ln'twwn I'realdent Itoosevelt and Judge
I'nrker, aa the candidates of the respec
tive pnrtlea, the repuhllcnnn would have
It almost unanimous. In other words,
whntever party strength tba democrat
mny tie able to develop In the Flrat dis
trict apeclnl election will be tin entirely
to their efforta to travel In th Ilooaevelt
band wagon nnd to persuade the people
that tho democratic nominee la n better
friend Of I'realdent Itoosevelt thnn the
republican nomine.
We feel aure, however, the repuh-
Ucuna of th Flrat district quite under
stand the nltuntlon and that they will be
out at thn poll In sufficient numbers to
retain their prentlge na th banner re
publican district of Nebraska.
An Oinnhu minister haa returned from
Denver impressed with th fact thnt
Denver la worse afflicted with yellow
newapnpera thnn -in Omnhn. There la
no good renaon why any eltyshould bo
disgraced by yellow Journalism. Yel
low Journal could not keep up n month
without the atipport of people who con
demn yellow Journnllsni nnd who realize
Ha pvrnkioUM effects. The atrangeat
part of It la that here In Omaha, If not
elsewhere, we frequently nee tho clergy
who nre expected to net high examples
to the community lu close alliance with
the yellowest of yellow Journals 'who
find nothing too debasing to turn to
their own aordld ends.
Two WlHWiynn rnllroudH have Just
been mulcted for $10,000 ench in pennl
tlea for making false re port a to th atate
assessing authorities for the purpose of
evndlng their tnxea. There nr aome
penalty clnusea attached to. thn Ne
braska revenue law for railroad that
fall to furnish thn Ktnto tmnrd with cor
rect flgurea of valuation on which to
lm s their assessment and It la Just
bnrcly possible thnt aome penalty money
might le coming from aevernl of our
Nebraska railroads.
The republican convention In Lancas
ter county hn kindly consented to let
the atnto convention decide who shall bo
rhalrman of the next atate committee.
Thla exhibition of modesty and self-
anerlflc on thn part of the Tincnater
conntyttea ought to be rewarded with A
leather medal.
How to lie Itemeniheredu
Florida. Timea-rnlon.
Jolly a man nnd ha will foravt it tha next
day; crUlfMa Mm and heil remember It la
long aa h Uvea.
"Col Feat" Vwarrated.
rittahurg I'lKpatch.
Now torn obnoxious prrann la rntalng
th quaatlon whether w did not acquire
our Pamvpia whit elephant from Franca
at titiaer coat than our Thlltppln whlta
elephant from 8pln. A full balance aheat
about th year 1971 may aettla thla question,
accurately that la, It that generation carea
to know.
Trtbate of th Heart.
Fhtladelphla Record.
No mora alncera trlbuta haa been paid
to th memory ef John Hay than that
of th Jewa, both In this country and
F.urop. They mourn for him aa a states
man who thoroughly ympa.thlaed with
their dlstreaa ' and maj hi sympathy
mantfeat hy direct Intervention on their
behalf.
Tra.alea.lly 0,eroa.
Ilarprr'a Weekly.
It appear that a recent wholeaale raid
ef th riilladeiphla pobi- oa all aorta of
disorderly houaoa brought an army of
women Into court, and anions them many
of previously g.vnt reputation, who wer
not. and never had been, women of th
street. It la an extremely 111 office of" the
polle ot any city to deatmy th repuu
tlon of any woman who haa at III a reputa
tion to loaa. A woman not publicly known
to b dlareputabl can mend her waya
and often doea-fmr eaaler than her slater
ot woiae repute. The Philadelphia raid
aeema to have been traaically overdone.
(iaad Old t are rr Kll I !-
Minneapolis Tribune.
A Council ItlutTa Ny who waa arreated
tha other day, attributed hla numemua
thefts to Impulaea which he can not control.
He says that he has to do everything that
auairoata Itacif to him no matter what It la.
We hav seen boys Ita that "wlminlnf
auaeted Itself and lo, they were otf; they
chanced to catch slaht ot a cherry pi In
th pantry and they wer Impelled by an
Irrealetlbl Itnpula to eat It, and thouah
payt-holooiata did riot look Into their 'cases
and take mysterious notes after feellnc of
their head we venture to assert that the
earn cure. If applied to the Iowa boy,
would be as effective In hla cas as It was
In theirs, a strong, pllabl switch from th
ere Kara. TraUil should bein early and
b cootlauel walU lueak4 lmtrveueut M
fee ted, .
vittiirtnto tub MitMr."i.
Aurora P.epot.liran: Onca ttvr Colone
noii,f ttmm rnr.l from a llt-1 suit
unmherl Th .,tjMy edlttr Is -itln
so use to ih little annoyanr thai
they do not ho-p him aa&k at nlaht any
more.
Tabto nork Artta: K. IU.aewaer. ed
Iter of tha fitiinha te, wa tried last
week on a chart of rrlfnlnal libel, pre
f-rrel by rnBl(ir Howell. The Jury found
him twit aullty, and Mr. Howell will have
to s-k some oihr way of ttlng even
with the versatile editor.
Norfolk News: Kflltor Rowwntrr haa
aaaln Nn rlrnrer f,f IMm-1. this time In
the Howell raan. H la belnsT df m'mstrat'd
Tiy the N'f-brnftka courts that a pera-n
brln Kin a IIIk. ault must have a very
rlear rnae of mullrlon and dnmualna
stutemenl unuptorte4 by tirt. Keillors uf
NVhraxka papt-rs wilt be gratlfli-d to know
that they ahould not fear a case of lltw!
every time person's name appears In
print in a connection that he does not
like. Kdltnri usually have tronhlea enourh
of their own Without defnndlna themaelvea
In every foolish rhar of lltel that may
be bniunlit by an angrr reader.
Hastlnas flbsorver: Mr. Ilosewater l.a.
been acquitted In Omaha on a charge of
criminal libel, whlrh aeema to Indl-nte
that when an editor haa fa son to believe
that It la for the public a-ood to crltlrlse
a man who aspires to public lift, be la
not going to ba made to suffer for It. One
of the rent oft misfortunes that could
befnll nny community would lie to have It
plii'f.l within the power of il-slr,iilnit men
to muzr.ln the prrsa and keep It from dl-
rectlna attentUm to their ahortcomlnas
and sehemea. No reputable newspaper
man line any desire to Injurs a aood man.
It would be well for the law to allow tho
bad man to take cars of himself aom.
whnt.
Waterloo nnr.tte: Editor Roaewuter was
Bcoullted of the charge of criminal libel
preferred oRnlnst him by Renator Howell
and the tension la doubtleaa relieved around
the Inner aiim-turn of The Ilee office. Nat
urally our sympathies were with the ed
itor, nnd though m common with all editors
w nhd It neressnry to sometimes maintain
reputation for being the meanest man
In the community, we draw the line when
charged with criminal Intent. However.
we iereonnlly admire tho genial senator
and moat confess to a belief that he Is far
from being; a venal vampire, and feel quite
sure a man with no property subject to
taxntlon, no fnmlly on hla hands and no
expensive habits, would ever need to fllch
the corporation cormorants out of any
thing worse that a little water. And doubt
less rtnsewHter and Unwell will meet on
common around some day, for neither of
them appears to take kindly to water In
their stock really, gentlemen, we hope to
see you "make up."
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Homethlnar Abont Portsmouth and Ha
lllatorlo ' Ilarkarronnd.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Although Portsmouth, New Hampshire, la
said to ho tho meeting place of the plen
ipotentiaries of Russia and Japan the
actual seaalons will be held In Malno, as
the Island on which the navy yard Is lo
cated belongs to the Pin Tre- st.ilo. It
Is only a fiction that makea thi plnre
known as the Portsmouth navy yard lfnen
It Is locnted in Klttery, Maine, mill. Ihe
fiction haa long usage back Of It and must
not he distorted.
Portsmouth Is much more deserving of
puhlla attention than it generally receives.
It hag probably th finest harbor on th
whola Atlantic roast, seventy feet cf wattr
being generally available at the mouth.
while th roadstead Is ample for more than
all American ehlpplng. It , early gained
fama aa a building) yard fnr ships, and
some of ths fnt( t, clippers and staunch
eat frigates ,wer constructed i there. 'It
was In Portsmouth that "The Itangnr"-wa
built over which th American flag waa
first unfurled by John Paul jonea. It la
even an older city 'than Boatokv having
been founded In 12S, when 'Plymouth was
In Ita third" year. Then it was known
as Strawberry Hank.-
It waa In this port that some of ths
hardiest Of American captains were cooped
up during tha second war with Great
Ilritaln, and In one case a notable escape
of a frigate was made, to the subsequent
disaster of many Krltlsh merchant ahlpa.
In recent years the place had some no
toriety because the prisoners taken from
Orvera's fleet off Santiago were held ther
until paroled.
But the real glory of Portsmouth comes
from the throe great literary men who
were born there. Thomas Ilalley Aldrlch
has Immortalised the town under the
pseudonym of Klvermouth in his "Story of
Had Hoy." one of the Juvenile claaalca.
From th same city came James T. Fields,
whoa aervlcea ro literature have exceeded
thoeo of any American In our entire his
tory. A author, publisher, editor and
counsellor his career is one of the most
singular and most valuable that this roun
try has produced. Th third In the list,
though ranking below the others. a the
beat known to the masses. It. p. Shillaher
diee not mean anything to moat persons,
nut "Mrs. Islington's" fame Is fixed
forever.
Ths embassadors of peace will anther In
one of the oldest settlements In the coun
try and will be surrounded by many his
torical traditions whleh aeem appropriate
10 ine solemnity of the occasion and tha
Immensity of the task.
A QOI.nK AV4I.AXrHR-IURDI.Vt
Will Untaa Hapoad o (lev. Mickey'
laiiisnsa to rmt It Hark.
fit. Louis Olobe-Democrat.
When Governor Mickey of Nebraska told
Tom Uwam to sell what he has and give
to tne poor, or, to be mor literal, advised
him to give away as large a percentage
of his personal fortune as Rockefeller Is
giving, he may have spoken worda of a
greater Import than he knew. For Mr.
lwson la giving evidence ot having taken
the case under advisement. Mr. Iwaon
Is reported to have said In sn addree
at a banquet given by the Commercial
club of Minneapolis "I have several mil
lions myself, and wronged the American
people In getting It. Hut I did not know
It at th time. When th time cornea I
111 give the money back to them."
This, of course, la rather Indeflnlte. It
leavea too much option In the hands of
son as to determining "when the time
eomee." Oovernor Mickey might again
quote Horlptur to I-awson and advise that
'now la the accepted time;" hut the gov
ernor may congratulate himself upon be
ing the first to wring a public avowal from
!.awon that he considers It necessary to
trump th Rockefeller trick' of giving
away money. There ar many men of
large wealth In th country who ar Join
ing In th hue and cry aaalust Rockefeller
who have never given the least evidence
cf hla deslr to make restitution. If they
wage any war with the money lust. It la
th lust which la always victor, since they
never give the leaat evidence of having
prevailed. Mr. Ieon la on of thla
class. He has for many year been ac
cumulating wealth In speculations Ms
line being sometimes tho of th Standard
Oil company and sometimes oppoalt ones.
but always and everywhere parallel wttn
the Interest of I .as eon and espreaslng the
Idea of "the public be damnej."
Governor Mickey may have provoked a
golden avalanche, but there are as yet no
slans of educational or ek-emoeynary In
etliutWua aetUug; readjr ii4 (rout
laiasr.
HOUn A HO IT EW TORK.
Rlaale tba ( arrant at Ufa la th
Metropolis.
A shipload of bright wits" heads the
Nw York Sun's account of the tour ot
the harbor made by l.sof) school teachers
from other states, chaperoned by Ihe na
tive of both s-jt.es, last Saturday. The
Hun aays there wre exhibits on the boat
from every nook and corner of the coun
try. There were t-achera from Oklahoma,
teachers from Oeorgl.i, teachers from Mis
sissippi, teachers from California and Ore
gon and a bunch of teachers from Ne
braska, Iowa, Minnesota and the two Da-
kotaa. .
It was all new ground for most of them.
and ther was a deal of overhauling of
geography and mapa to get the lay of the
two rivers and of Manhattan Island "and
Jersey on the west as the boat swung Into
the stream and headed north.
"lJut that Isn't the way to Coney Island,"
said an evident principal who believed In
exactness In all things. "Now, the North
river Is the mouth of th Hudson liver,
and Coney Island bears east by south.
We're going due north!"
"Rut we'll turn around pretty soon and
then we'll have New Jersey on our west
and New York on our east and the boat
HI be aimed aotith," explained a spirited
young woman ieaeher from Oklahoma.
It Is not academical, but It may be men
tioned In passing," says the Sun. "that a
surprisingly large number of the young
women teachers, especially those' from the
west, were handsome teachers so uncom
monly handsome teachers, in fact, that'
how the big boys In the schools out there
ever kept their eyes on their books is a
mystery.
"And, another thing, spectaclea and eye
glasses are evidently no longer considered
as sn essential equipment or tne young
woman teacher. Probably you could not
have mustered two doaen pairs of spec
tacles or eyeglnssea on all the l.Do noses.
The shipload did not look In the least like
the conventional teacher. In a word. They
looked like 1,500 eXi-teedlngly good speci
mens Of American manhood and woman
hood engaged In having good time,"
"To present to the mind an eaafly con
jured picture of New York harbor," says a
writer In Harper's Magnxlne, "one might
make the comparison of the upturned
right hand, with the long straight fore
finger for the lower stretch of the Hud
son, with the thumb, Joint turned out,
standing for the bent Kast river, and the
palm of tho hand representing upper New
York bay. Tha three together make up
the harbor of New York. Aa Hudson river
shelters most of the North Atlantic liners
whllo In port, so does East river harbor
those that go to make up th truly foreign
fleets. Here they are, pier after pier of
them the ateamera that go to the far
countries. Mind the roll Braxll, Argen
tina, Chill, Peru, West Coast of Africa,
Australia, India, China, Japan! And hark
again to the call of the ports Rio Janeiro,
Buenos Ayrea, Valparaiso, St. Paul do
Loanda, Cape Town, Tamatave, Sydney,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama! And
the strange stuff of their cargoes! Rubber
from the Amaxon swamps see the naked
Indians tapping the trees, and the slimy
reptiles In the shadowy ooae; horn and
tallow from the pampas mark the cen
taurlike vaquero and his whirling rlata;
gold dust, Ivory, palm oil from the west
coast Dreams for you there! Talm oil
and gold dust and Ivory: elephants and
sacrificial Are and trains of captive slaves;
hemp, tea, silks and smuggled opium nd
do not believe that opium in not smuggled
Into New York harbor to this day. You
think of all that and your imagination
flames.
"The gentlemen In the pilot houses are
not always in placid mooos. wua-eyea
men glare out from pilot houses aloft, like
eagles from' their eyries, and pass the
time of day. Bays one: 'Where d' y' thing
you're going? Back, will your
"And the other: 'BackT Mo dackt mbt
" 'You? Yes, you, you slop-eyed, slack-
mouthed, spine-twisted fresh-water goob
you square-headed, fatherlesa' and so on,
detailing Irremediable flaws In the genealogy
after which both back down antl avert
the Impending collision."
No wonder the Interborough officials pre
dict 2,000,000 passengers a day for this sys
tem within nve years. That would mean
$100,000 a day In B-oent farea. There la
nothing In the world to compare with this
In passenger business. It la dasxllng to
the transportation men to contemplate that
within five years after getting subway
lines Brooklyn will have a largor popula
tion than Manhattan, and that tho bulk
of thla population will continue to have
It business In Manhattan and will travel
to and from the city -proper six days a
week. It Is dasallng to them, too, to con
template the Immense growth that Queens
Jal certain to take on and that the Bronx
will take on, and that ultimately Rich
mond -borough will take on, for It Is logical
that the subway line to Fort Hamilton
will be continued under the Narrows to
open up Btaten island.
Ten downtown streets are to be paved
with wood blocks. As soon as subway
construction work Is finished. Lower Broad
way, from Vesey street to Rowling Green,
will have wood pavement.
Borough ITealdent Ahearn Is convinced
that In thus returning to a paving ma
terial already once somewhat extensively
used In New York and rejected because of
Ita failure, the city la making no mis
take. A petition signed by some 6.000 busi
ness men and property owners was pre
sented to Mr. Ahearn urging the selection
of wood Instead of asphalt. The Truck
Owners' association. It appears, gives Its
endorsement to wood blocks In preference
to asphalt. Th cost of asphalt Is $1.0 a
aquar yard, whll wood blocki cost $!.S0.
Th most remarkable feature of the lay
ing of the new wood block pavement la
the premium that the city and cltlsens are
willing to pay to do away with nol.e.
Accustomed as New Yorkers have been
to disturbing e.r.fl nerve-racking sounds for
years, there ha set In a tendency to seek
out QViletneaa.
The best tables In the big restaurants,
one Is obsequiously told, are "In the quiet
est part of th room." The houses In the
poacefulneaa of somewhst secluded resi
dential districts ar those that command
the highest rental. Even Wall street seeks
to be delivered from the din of trafflo and
the stentorian tones ot the curb brokers.
Inrladed In the city budget of $110,600,000
to I raised by direct taxation on the
real and personal property within Its limits
this year la a sum exceeding l.0CO.O0o,
which was appropriated almost entirely
for the entertainment and education of Ita
residents and the ewangera within Its
gate. Thla amount Includes direct appro
priations for the maintenance of the Bo
tanical and Zoological gardens In the
Bronx, the menagerie In Central park, the
Xlus.-ura of Art. American Museum of
Natural Hlatory. Aquarium. Brooklyn In
stitute of Arts and Sclencee, llbrarlea, fra
lectures In the publlo schools, free publto
baths, playgrounds and recreation canters
for the children In the crowded tenement
distorts and other similar enterprises car
ried on by the city.
Among the more Important direct ap
propriations ara fb0M for muelo Id the
parks, IDA 000 for the Museum of Art and
Natural History, HI. 000 for the Aquarium.
t?0.O for th Botanical Gardens and XI J&.
hO for the Zoos In Central and Bronx
parks; tuito for tb Cwllege of th City
A, of New York &d tU0,oo for tb Normal j
EaMifr
complies with tho puro
food lawa of all states.
Food prepared with it
is frco from Rochcllo
salts, lime, alum and
ammonia
college, VMX' for the New York public
library and 175.0iO for the maintenance of
free public baths.
0 THIS DKKKN9IVK. .
Rffaet of leaka la ( Reports oa
Department of Aajrlewltar.
Chicago Tribune.
"Onca bit, twice shy." It has been proved
that advance Information of government
reports on the prospects of the cotton crop
was furnlched to brokers in order to en
able them to piny with the market. The
secretary of agriculture says that under
the new plan of preparing monthly reports
of speculative crops there will be no more
opportunity for obtaining advance informa
tion. The faith of tha operators in the
fidelity and secrecy of government officials
has been rudely shnken. They may not be
prepared to put absolute confidence In the
assurance that future leaks are Impossible.
It has been shown that advance Informa
tion enables Its possessors to enrich them
selves. Unscrupulous operators will be un
tiring In their efforts to get that Informa
tion and will at times be suspected tf hav
ing obtained It. Whenever a report Is made
public, the men who have been making
their trades In such a way as to be bene
fited by it will be looked on with distrust
by those who are on the other side of the
market. It will be broadly hinted that the
leaks have not all been stopped.
It la an unsettled question whether the
monthly surmises or estimates of the con
dition and prosK-cta of the cotton crop are
of value. It Is argued that when the publlo
has accurate Information at stated Intervals
the market Is steadied and the interests of
producers and consumers are subserved
thereby. Absolute accuracy Is not claimed
for the government reports, but it Is alleged
that they are fairer than any private re
ports can be that such reports would be
likely to be manipulated for stock Jobbing
purposes.
It Is said on the other side that the gath
ering of crop stsattntlcs before harvest time
should be left to private enterprise, which
Is more likely to get correct Information.
It is asserted that aa a rule the private
estimates turn out Jo have been more trust
worthy than those put forth by the govern
ment. The crop reporting system of the Depart
ment of Agriculture has been put on the
defensive. The department should prove to
the satisfaction of congress that Its work
In that direction Is of real valuo, or there
should be no more appropriations to carry;
it on. The work of making estimates Is
expensive. If the results are valuable only
to speculators who can get advance In
formation by bribing government employes
the system should be given up and the men
Interested In the cotton market be allowed
to make their own estimates.
AREA OK PUBLIC LAND.
Tlaadreds of Millions of Acres Mapped
Oat by av Commission..
New York Sun.
The preliminary report of the Public
Lands commission, appointed by the presi
dent In 1903, bring out facts which will
astonish people who Imagine that the area
of our publlo lands has been reduced to
comparatively insignificant proportions.
In truth, the public lands of the United
States still "embrace in area nearly one
third of the entire extent of the union
and are widely scattered, extending from
th Gulf of Mexico to the ratine, and
from Canada to Mexico, Including every
variety ot topography and climate." Ex
cludUig Alaska, there ar twenty-three
states and threo territories containing pub
llo land, of which a total -area of 473.836,402
acres still remained on June 30, 1904.
It la true that of these vacant lands the
great butk throughout the weal are un
suitable for cultivation under present
known conditions of agriculture; they are
ao attuated that they cannot be reclaimed
by Irrigation. v
It is estimated that more than 300.000.0o0
acrea are public grazing land, an area ap
proximately equal to one-fifth of the ex
tent of the United States proper. Th
agricultural possibilities of great areas of
the public lands are almost unknown, but
"lands which a generation or even a de
cade ago were supposed to be valueless are
now producing lar-e Axipa either with or
without Irrigation." The forest lands are
among the most valuable of the lands re
maining in public ownership.
ter,
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trouble is with youj you, yourself. Your head
is congested, you are dizzy, you cannot see
clearly, and you are all out of sorts.
Wake up your sleepy liver ! Get rid of a lot
of bile. Take one of Ayer's Pills each night,
for a few nights. These pills are liver pills, all
vegetable, sugar-coated. They act directly oh the
liver, curing biliousness, constipation, dizziness.
aua by . o. ar o. . Lwn. at.
Aa .B.raiMmrTB .1
AT'B Willi TIGOR-Porta hair.
AlaB'a aVakaArakUXA-raf ta Mea.
Powder
Trntt Baking Powders sen fo 43 or
SO cents per poand sad may be Mew
tided by this exorbitant prtc.
They aro a meoac to publle health,
at food prepared from them cos
taint larg quantities of Roc hell
salts, a daagerooa eatbartis drag.
THE RAILROADS ASD tHK PEOPLH.
Osceola Record: Rama .old story. Just
two classes of people roaring about th
valuation on the railroads thla year th
railroads themselves and the fusion press.
' Norfolk Press: Senator Millard has not
as yet stated his position on the question
Of government regulation of freight rates,
and he may put off a declaration too long
if he really has any Intention" of getting
on the side of the people.
Beatrice Sun: If It takes 1100.000,000 of
an Investment to build a railroad, tb
people who patronise that road pay the
Interest upon that Investment, which Is
all right. If the same road is capitalised
for i:0,000,000 and the people are required
to pay Interest upon that valuation, that
Is all wrong. t Is the latter condition that
disturbs the people.
Beatrice Fxpress: The fact that Peter
Jansen was able to ship sheep all the way
from New Mexico at a freight rate of 13
cents per ltf) pounds, when It cost more
than that for a farmer to ship a car of
hogs from Beatrice tb. the Omaha or Kan
sas City market, about one-eighth as far,
may partially explain why some people
think the freight rates are all right.
POI.VTKI) RKMAHKS.
"It's a shame. Aunt Singleton, the way
you took up the time of the salesmen when
you went shopping todoy."
"There wasn't any harm in that. It'e no
trouble to show goods."
"You wouldn't say that If you were th
mother of half a doxen unmarried daugh
ters." Chicago Tribune.
"You can't Judge of de Importance of
what people does by de noise (ley makes,"
said Uncle Eben. "A goose-egg Is mo' dan
twice as big as a hen-egg an' Is laid wtf
out no cacklln' whatsomever." Washington
Star.
Mrs. X. My husband has been out very
late every night this week attending Im
portant board meetings at the club.
Mrs. Y. So haa mine they ara both
members, you know.
Mrs. X. How funny! My husband saya
he hasn't seen your husband for a Week!
Brooklyn Life. ,
"Why did you refuse him?"
"He has a Dast."
"Hut he can blot It out."
"Perhaps; but he can't use m M th
blotter." Judge. ' . ,
"Did th' doctor And out what It I that'
allln' yeiT
"No. He said th't nawthln' but a post
mortem examination wud Iver reveal ut.
An' .1 haven't enoughs curiosity about ul
to have ut done." Cleveland feadere i i:
New Boarder Look here! Why can't X
have a full cun of teal .
Walter Girl That waa a full, cup wh
I took It outer the kitchen, but, ye see,
this here tea's so weak' It Jest lays down
In the bottom of the cup. Philadelphia.
Ledger.
"There's one class of heroes that never
get medals for life saving."
"Who are they?"
"Doctors." Detroit Free Press.
gCYTHia aoxa.
Andrew Lang.
Mowers, weary and brown and blithe.
What Is the word methinks ye know.
Endless over-word that the Scythe
Slims to the blades of the grass below T
Sr'ythes that swing In the grass and ala
ver. Something, still, they say as they pass
What Is the word that, over and over,
6lngs the Scythe to, th flowers andV
grass?
1 ,
Hush, ah hush, the Scythes ar saying.
Hush, and heed not, and fall asleep:
Hush, they say to the grasses swaying;
Hush, they alng to tlie clover deep!
Hush 'tis the lullaby Time Is singing
Hush, and heed not, for all thtnga paaa
Hush, ah hush! and the Scythes ara
swinging
Over the clover, over the grass!
AS OLD-TIM K GARDE.
John Russell Young.
O for a garden of the olden time.
Where none Due tong-iamiliar rower
grow.
Where pebbled paths go winding to and
fro.
And honeysuckles over arbors climb!
There would 1 have sweet mignonettes and,
thyme.
With hollyhocks and dahlias sll a-row.
The hvacinth inscribed with worda of woe.
The small bluebell that ben la a dataty
chime
For ellln care and daffodllllea. too
The sleepy poppy and the marigold
The peony, with petals manifold
And rapged-roblns, pink and white and blue,
All these and more I d have, and back of
A thousand rosea on a mossy wall!
cannot
wipe off
the blur!
And the reason is
there is nothing the mat
with your glasses. Tho
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