TflE OMAHA DAILY DEE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2. 1903.
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requested.
Count Tolstoi's Idea that the Russians
Oiay liberate mankind shows a higher
opinion of Russia than his previous writ
ings Justify.
Gamblers are to be barred from the
towns where registration for the Uintah
land lottery Is In progress. Uncle Sam
Insists on. a monopoly In everything he
undertakes.
The new Russian 'national assembly
1b to be permitted, to advise the exec
utive officers so long as It gives the
same advfeV$cso officers Would hnve'
received from the czar
Smokers of the -weed will have to be
careful in New Orleans while all stand
ing water is covered with oil, although
fire, . properly applied, might remove
several sources of infection.
If the governmental experts succeed
In exterminating the mosquito that car
ries yellow fever, the rest of us might
try the same plan on those which carry
only profanity in their wake.
When Secretary Wilson finally locates
the men he can trust Implicitly to pre
pare crop statistics the danger will be
that he will find them holding Jobs at
better salaries than he can offer.
King Ak-Sar Beu wants a suitable
taame for the amusement thoroughfare
of hi carnival grounds. Perhaps the
proper way would be to adopt a name
and then make the carnival live up to it
The Nebraska Grain Dealers' associa
tion insists thatt it baa not been doing
anything wrong, but Just to assure the
public it will not do It again it is willing
to annihilate Itself by going out of busi
ness. The costs of administering the new
Juvenile court law and detention home
continue to pile up. The question that
experience will have to answer is.
whether we are getting our inoujy'g
worth?
That "mistake" of Santa Fe rate
makers is likely to prove interesting to
the stockholders. A fine in place of a
dividend 'would cause them to take a
greater Interest in the operation of the
mpany.
School board candidates are eomlng
to the front early under the new primary
law It Is to be noted, however, that
school board candidates are not required
to put up any fee to qualify under its
provisions.
The statement of a Japanese editor
regarding probable terms of peace in
dicates that the yellow newspaper of
Japan follows the lead of its American
contemporary lu saying what it thinks
its readers want it to say.
The railroads operating in Iowa have
not yet gone into court to get an injunc
tion to prevent the collection of taxes
upon the increased Tcllway assessment
fixed by the Jowa, State board. Can It
bo that that device Is patented for Ne
braska only? i .' .
Nebraska populists propose to act In
dependently this year In calling their
state nominating convention without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other party with, whom they were form
erly allied. 'The democrats, however,
will reserve the, right to caU their con
vention. for e Saws time and place as
the populists and go through the old
fusion program as heretofore,
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SSCRKtAnr W1LS0X.
The announcement that Secretary Wil
son will remain at the head of the le
partmcut of Agriculture will cause very
general gratification, particularly among
those who know and appreciate the Very
important services ho bns rendered to
the country. Appointed to his position
by I'resldent McKlnlpy, as a, recognition
of his pecullnr nRHlty and qualifications,
Secretary Wilson lias most fully Justified
the confidence that was reposed In hi in
by Mr. McKlnley. From the very start
he has been a most industrious and zeal
ous worker for the building up of the
agricultural Interests of the country
and hag done au inestimable work in
this direction.
The agricultural interests of the
United ' States owe a greater debt of
gratitude to Secretary Wilson than to
any other man who was ever at the head
'of his department. lie has shown more
interest in the work of that department
than any of his predecessors and has
done more to promote the Interests and
the welfare of the American farmer.
Himself a practical man and having the
keenest possible interest in the business
of farming. Secretary Wilson has Judi
ciously and persistently employed the
faculties and opportunities afforded by
the Department of Agriculture to im
prove farming conditions and advance
the Interests and .welfare of the agricul
tural community.
Wlmt he has done in this respect can
nqt easily be overestimated, and the fact
thnt his confidence in his subordinates
has been abused does-not in the least
reflect upon the Integrity of the secre
tary. No fair-minded man doubts his
absolute honesty or will for a moment
Question his declared purpose to make
a thorough investigation of his depart
ment with n view to ridding it of every
one in regard to whom there is the
slightest suspicion or taint of wrong
doing, regardless of what position the
person may hold or what Influence he
may be nble to command.
In this Secretary Wilson has the un
qualified support of President Koosevelt.
There Is the lest authority for saying
that the president desires that the sec
retary of agriculture shall spare no ef
fort to probe to the bottom whatever
charges may be presented against em
ployes of the department and to dis
cover who may be responsible for or
implicated in any of the wrong-doing
that has been charged against the de
partment. The latest statement of Sec
retary Wilson, after his conference with
President Hoosevelt, two days ago, gives
ample assurance to the country that
there is to be a searching investigation
of the department of which he Is the
head and that any one found to have
betrayed his trust will be unsparingly
dealt with.
This is all that can reasonably be
asked by the public. Meanwhile It is
announced that a new arrangement is
to be Instituted In regard to crop reports
which It Is lelieved will do away with
the objections hitherto made to such re
ports. In short, there Is to be a radical
reform in the department in which our
great agricultural interest is -especially
concerned and there Is no doubt that
its usefulness will be greatly enhanced.
COXQ HESS MAT INVESTIGATE.
The disclosures in regard to wrongs
In several departments of the federal
government have naturally created a
demand for the Investigation of all de
partments and it is reasonably to be as
sumed that this demand will persist un
til there is an investigation that will ex
tend to every portion of the government
as to which there may 1e any suspicion
in regard to the proper conduct of pub
lic affairs. ,
There is unquestionably a demand in
the country today for such a cleansing
of the various departments of the gov
ernment as has not taken place in the
last half a century and there is no doubt
that this demand will be insistent. It
Is the outgrowth of developments which
show beyond question the necessity of
a reorganization in nearly every depart
ment of the government and particularly
in those departments where there la
great financial or pecuniary Interests
involved.
It is a most unfortunate reflection
upon American integrity and choracter
that our people must be at all times put
under bonds, so to speak, in order to
keep them in line, and that even when
the utmost care Is taken to secure hon
esty and Integrity some of them will
stray away and by their conduct wrong
the government and the people.
This has been done by the men who
have been found to have betrayed their
trust in two departments of the gov
ernment and the disclosures naturally
suggest that there may be delinquencies
in other departments. The thought lu
evltably points to the expediency of ex
tending investigations to all departments
of the government. The idea Is to have
a general Investigation, which will de
termine whether or not there la abso
lutely correct and honest conduct In
every branch of federal affairs.
There con be no question In regard to
the propriety of this. The country la
entitled to know whether or not the de
partmental business of the nation Is
being administered honestly and on busi
ness principles. The people who sup
port the government have the right to
know as to whether or not those who
are chosen to manage the affairs of gov
ernment are doing their duty and it is
a very encouraging fact to find that the
people are from year to year becoming
more solicitous to discover that their
public servants are doing their duty.
The statement that congress may in
vestigate the several departments of
the government ought to be correct.
Such an Investigation should be made by
the representatives of the people. It is
needed In the Interest of honest and
good government and the republican
party, having control of the government,
will make a mistake if it does not In
stitute an Investigation of every gov
ernmental department.
The stranding cf a steamboat on . a
Mhtsourl river sand bur within the Juris-
diction of the surveyor of the Port of
Omaha should le duly noted and
recorded In the official annals for cita
tion when the next river and hnr!or bill
comes up. Navigation In and 'about
Omaha must by all menus ! kept open
even If an embargo has to lw declared
against floating sand bars and chart
makers engaged by the year to keep
track of thp Missouri river rhntincl.
stop nviLDifiO mmtkx hiudhes.
The county board has Just entered into
a new contract for the construction of
wooden bridges lu Douglas eouuty at a
fixed rate per lineal foot, with additional
items for caps, guards, wings, etc. Into
the merits of the controversy between
competing contractors, each claiming to
be entitled as low bidder to the work,
The Bee does not care to enter, but it
does not hesitate to express the belief
that the whole policy of wooden bridge
building Is wrong and that the county
should get away from it as fast as pos
sible. The building of wooden bridges along
county roads is at best a temporary
makeshift and the expenses for Repairs
and replacement make them a continu
ous drain upop the taxpayers. In the
early days when It was imperative to
get biggest results for the least money
wooden bridges were not only excusable,
but In most cases necessary. The roads
through Douglas county now, however,
are all pretty well laid out. The build
ing of new bridges Is a comparatively
small proporlion of the work, the princi
pal part being the replacement of worn
out bridges.
It seems to us that the time has ar
rived when it will be conducive to econ
omy to adopt a general rule against
wooden bridges and for the replacement
of the wooden bridges as they wear out
with bridges of iron and steel, or ma
sonry, that will stay where they are put
and remain serviceable under proper
care for generations. There will doubt
less always be more or less temporary
or emergency bridge work for which
wooden construction will prove most
serviceable, but nothing In the way of
a permanent bridge should hereafter be
put In in wood.
Douglas county has spent almost
enough money on bridges in the last
dozen years to put a masonry arch over
every gully and a steel span over every
creek, but an Inventory of bridge assets
would disclose that the taxpayers have
comparatively little to show for their
money. Every dollar spent out of the
bridge fund from now on ought to be
made to count toward the permanent
Improvement of our county roads.
The suggestion that automobiles be
barred from the parks will hardly strike
Omaha automoblllsts with favor. If
automobile drivers will observe all the
regulations with respect to speed and
rule of the road there is no good reason
why they should not be allowed to go
anywhere that other pleasure vehicles
may go.
If Douglas county has paid .the state
from 125,000 1 to $30,000 more than it
should have paid. It should by all means
try to get the money back. At the'sam'e
time It would be interesting to the tax
payers to know Just how they came to
be creditors of the state to that amount
and who, if anyone, is blsmsible.
Attorney Jerome declares lie will con
tinue as prosecuting attorney if elected
by the people regardless of party. Evi
dently he is resolved that Tammany
shall have none of the glory of his work,
even though it was once responsible for
placing him in office.
With cholera at Madras the British
physicians have an opportunity to enter
Into a friendly contest with those of
America. If they eradicate the Asiatic
disease before the Yankees kill the yel
low fever they will be entitled to the
most honor.
Having learned that there was no
politics in the meeting of Emperor Wil
liam and King Christian at Copenhagen
the Norwegians may proceed to vote to
decide between reunion with Sweden
and a republic.
The proposed boycott of southern cot
ton planters by European spinners would
not be so unwelcome to America If it
should result in shipping manufactured
goods rather than raw material across
the water.
The I.lmlt of Bravery.
New York Tribune.
To Japanese are very brave. They even
dare to put "Oyania chestnuts" and "Togo
lobsters" on their menu cards.
One Way -et There.
Bomervllle Journal.
The man who is thinking all the time of
making money seldom makes much. To get
rich. It Is necessary to stop thinking early
every day and go to work.
Swelling; the World's Gaiety.
Chicago Tribune.
The Illustrious governor of Pennsylvania
says Quay was a "greatnr statesman than
cither Webster or Clay." This ought to
hold the country for a while.
MarchlaK Thro a ah (ieorarla.
New York Globe.
The telephone and rural free delivery of
mall have Increased Georgia farm lands
from 110 to 1100 an acre. The march of
prosperity through Georgia meets no oppo
sition. Precedents Curled Aboat.
Chicago Tribune.
Secretary Bonaparte has not only kicked
over the whitewash bucket, but has aston
ished th natives by declaring to further
allow naval paymasters to be collection
agencies against Jack Tar.
BaTlaat Sense of Mentor.
Washington Post.
Secretary Bhaw Is flooded with invitations
to address public meetings In all parts of
the country. This should bo answer suffi
cient to those who contend that the Ameri
can people are losing their sense of humor.
No Trampete Here!
Philadelphia Press.
In th golden list of thoa who have
given not mucb but nobly ample space
roust be made for th nam of Michael K.
Warner, the Baltimore physician who de
stroyed UU books Just bjfur hi death, In
order that th administrator of his estate
may not preaa those Indebted to him, many
of whom are poor.
No trumpets here. No will or deed of
gift. Not even the mention of a name.
Pimply the wiping oft of the slate. The
world will never know who benefited by
this finest of acts. It Is a strictly personal
matter between the dead man and the
hundreds of tollers who owed him money.
Illsh Ksaniplea for ttorernor Mickey.
Brooklyn Eagle.
When Benjamin Harrison was president
of the United Btatea, he refused ta applnt
persons to office In the District of Colum
bia who "played cards for money." His re
fusal coat him criticism, but apparently
he did not care for It, and he persisted In
his determination. When Mr. Hayes occu
pled the presidential office, he served no
wine at White House dinners. That cost
him considerable criticism. But It did not
change his policy. He was obeying his wlfo
In domestic affairs, as every president
should. Now the pa'per are criticising
Governor Mickey of Nebraska, an earnest
member of the Methodist church, for refus
ing to appoint to office "any men who drink
spirituous liquors" or use that form of em
phaais or of Illustration In language known
a "swearing." The one governor should
be able to stand the criticisms which his
course provokes, when he remembers that
two presidents cut even more closely to the
line of restrictions than he has done.
CAMP OF HAPPY CHAXCE.
President Boose elf Maht with th
Boya Means Something.
New York Mall.
A great deal roillrl Vie nornn,H It
were- things to pardon, to a president of
the United States eanuhla of toUlnr n
boys off on a camping excursion, and being
oiiiy mcir guide, their story teller,
their bear hunter and their Tndinn mnt
but their purveyor and cook as well.
ine American people will do anything
for a president like th.t
that deserves to have anything done for
him. The Sagamore Hill expedition, with
the president Joyfully leading the way in
a boat to some point unknown, and the
ten boys, moRtly Rooaevelts, still more
Joyfully tugging away at the oars ot
other boats following, proves Theodore
ikouseven reuny great.
We say it in perfect sincerity. He Is
wise enough to know that he Is not con
descending when he goes camping with
these hoys. He Is not wasting the people's
time. He Is saving It. He is laying up
buoyancy, cheer, vigor, courage, freshness
of vision, pure out-of-door Americanism,
simplicity, and many other things useful
and necessary for a great statesman.
In the ringing laughter and hearty
cheers of the boys of the Long Island camp
there Is the raw material for triumphant
politics and salutory public acts In tense
days that are to come at the national
capital.
THE WORLD'S IMPIRE.
Knallah View of the President In
International Polities.
London Express.
It may be doubted whether the history
of the world affords any Just parallel to
the position at present occupied by the
president as the arbiter of European af
fairs. Upon Mr. " Roosevelt, as mediator
in the most tremendous struggle; of mod
ern times. Is centered the anxious Interest
of every European chancellery. The set
tlement of the far eastern war has long
beon dreaded by those who are responsible
for "keeping the .ring;" and now that
peace has come at least within the range
of discussion, they look hopefully to the
cool Judgment of an Independent spectator
who is unfettered by th ramifications and
complications of European International
politics. It is now also evident that Mr.
Roosevelt's good offices have been sought
by the parties chiefly concerned In the
arrangement of the Moroccan difficult
With such momentous interests committer
to his charge, the president's position may
be said to be,, if not one of commanding
Influence, certainly one which carries with
It tremendous possibilities for good.
From the European point of view, this
new factor for the adjustment of deli
cate international problem may be cor
dially welcomed. In Its ' capacity a a
world power the great republic, compara
tively short though Its history has been,
has Introduced methods which for
straightforwardness of purpose . and di
rectness of aim compare mot favorably
with the more ancient European diplo
macy. But the policy of "forthwith"
Is peculiarly Identified with the personal
ity of th president himself. Not every
man could have attained the power which
Mr. Roosevelt now wields; and no belter
testimony to the confidence which is re
posed in his sagacity could be required
than the present situation.
THE ROOT OF EVIL.
Scramble for Money for Purpose of
Vulgar Display.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Cardinal Gibbons txprctsed a vital truth
In saying that at the bottom of every story
of corruption in public office and in "high
flanance" 'in this country Is the "trouble
of money." The distinguished prelate made
a very wise and necessary distinction, in
adding. In response to Inquiry, that the
"trouble of money" Is- not In the lova of
money for Itself, but In the ambition to
acquire It for purposes of extravagant or
magnificent display. He might have added
that it Is a mistake to assume that graft
ing is confined to the wealthy classses or to
those who find themselves, through public
official connections. In positions to acquire
money through betrayals of trust or con
fidence. There has been of late years In
every rank of life, ranging from the lower
middle class up to the highest In point of
wealth, a craze to excel In display. Men
and women whom fate has placed along
the lower ledges of the mole hill of this
world have, after abandoning hope of
reaching a higher level, turned their atten
tion and energy to making themselves the
must resplendent moles on that ledgo
where fate has placed them. The result
has been peculation, defalcation and other
forms of dishonesty, so frequent and wide
spread as to bring the American name Into
deserved reproach.
At the bottom of all this maflness his
been the scramble for money for purposes
of vulgar display. If Cardinal Glbbbons la
correct In his opinion that the fear of
newspaper exposure is now acting as a
salutary restraint upon this evil tendency,
It must be said that this 1 only because
the public conscience Is now awakening and
public opinion la now condemning the
guilty. Newspaper are no more active
njw than they have ever been In detecting
and exposing wr,ong. The newspapers of
this country have always been active In
that way. Tet, In spite of such activity,
the evil of grafting has grown upon the
land, only because the grafters, seeing the
apathy of the people, and realising that
the possession and spending of money
would cover a multitude of sins, have rea
soned that th end would Justify the
means.
If public conscience and Intelligence are
at last aroused. It 1 newspaper publicity
which has aroused them. For to fast have
such revelation been followed on on an
other' heel In .the last few year that th
veriest mental sluggard ba been capable
of seeing that th evil would work our na
tional decay and ruin If suffered to con
tinue. There are encouraging signs that
we are beginning to go back to safer and
snr standard of tliluklng and living.
BIT" OK WAIIHGTO 1,1 F 13.
Minor Scene and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
The usual summer overhauling of the
national capltol la now under way with a
larger force of workmen i than In recent
years. Improvements, renovation and re
pairing Is gobig forward on extensive plans,
which, when completed, will transform
much of the Interior. All chimneys atout
the roof nre to b" renovated and replaced
with ornamental 1)-Ir.ch pipes. The entire
system of ventilation Is to be changed.
In the senate wing the room of the com
mittee on finance and fifteen other com
mittee rooms are being painted and deco
rated. The great skylights over the cham
bers of the senate and house will be en
larged totake In the two rows of bUnk
panels, which will result in admitting a
greater , flood of light Into the chambers.
This In Itself Is considered one of the most
Important Improvements that Is being ac
complished this summer and Is said to be
a much needed one.
The elevators on both sides of the build
ings are to be thoroughly overhauled and
new cables put In where needed. The car
and their supporters are to be thoroughly
tested to prevent the possibility of an ac
cident during the hustle and bustle of the
busy wlntor season.
On the house side the corridors will be
retouched and the lanterns or skylights
over Statuary hall and the supreme court
will be painted and otherwise placed In or
der. Many of the rooms occupied by the
house committees will come In for re
painting and general renovation.
Bright new carpets will bo laid In the
chambers of the senate and house, and
the 400 desks In the house will probably be
reflnlshed and the chamber made spick and
span for the new congress.
The new bronie doors for the main en
trance of the house, of representatives are
being placed. These doors, for which con
gress appropriated Jto.OOO, correspond with
those at the entrance to the senate wing.
The designs for them were made In isr8,
at the sume time that the designs were
made for the senate doors. The designer
was William Crawford, who was the sculp
tor of the statute of Freedom, which sur
mounts the capltol dome. On account of
the untimely death of Mr. Crawford, the
modeling of the new doors was done by
William H. Rinehart. The casta had been
lying stored away and long forgotten In the
crypt of the capltol since ls. Several
years ago Superintendent Woods came
across them and they were then In the
original boxes. They were resurrected and
congress was prevailed upon to appropriate
an amount sufficient for their completion.
The work of casting the new doors was
done In Chlcopee, Mass., under the direc
tion of Melzar H. Mossman, who as a boy
assisted his father In making the senate
doors. Two years were required to finish
the work.
The doors are of solid bronie and are
14 feet high and 6Vi feet wide.
Each one weighs two tons, and the whole
with the framework weighs seven tons.
The front side of the doors Is divided
Into live panels, and each parifi, represent
ing scenes of the time of the revolutionary
war. The top panel of each door constats
of an onk wreath, with oak leaves and
acorna filling the space on either side of th
wreath.
The upper historical panel In the left hand
door represents the massacre of Wyoming.
The next shows the battle pf Lexington.
The third represents the presentation of a
flag to Colonel William Moultrie. The low
est depicts the death of General Rlcimrd
Montgomery and the New Year's eve at
tack on Quebec In 1776.
The topmost historical panel on the right
hand door Is the Crawford-Rlnehart con
ception of the treaty of Tarla, with Benja
min Franklin In the foreground seated at a
table, and In the background John Jay and
English representatives. The next repre
sents Washington's farewell to his generals.
ana the lowest is a representation of Ben
jamin Franklin with a manuscript, a book
and a miniature printing press.
In the enforcement of the new eon i
the Department of Agriculture la constantly
i mining into iunny controversies. Not long
since the Inspector of the department held
up a shipment of Imported mushrooms on
the ground that they were mlsbranded. for
me reason that the tins contained nothing
but stems and scraps from the cannery.
ims Drought out the lneenunus .ta.
ment from the shipper that the eoort. i
question are not sold as resrular muhrn. I
to the trade. The so-called scraps and
seems were intended to be used only by i
ine notei ana restaurant trade for the pur
pose of making a sauce. On thi ,-.,t
the cans were branded "hotels" and the
claim was put up that that constituted
compliance with the law. whic h rennlrna
the character of goods to be branded on
the outside labels.
Secretary Wilson was not fooled hv thi.
explanation. He replied to the Importer
that the law was passed for the nrotnction
of the consumer and not of the trade. "Th
addition of the word 'hotel' to the word
champignons In no wav deacrihea h
character of the product except to these
who are Initiated in the secrets of th
trade," wrote Secretary Wilson. "After all,
the consumer Is the one who suffers, as ha
eat the mushroom sauce, which Is not
made of mushrooms at all. and ihua th.
deception Is complete, although the pur
chaser may understand the character of
the goods. It is extremely doubtful mhether
under the terms of the law such goods
would be entitled to importation under anv
name, as they certainly are not to he eon.
sldered as edible. They should bear the
label, 'Fragments and Scraps from Mush
room Cannery.' or 'Chamnlsrnons. Places
and Stems,' In order to be properly de-
scribed. I am not able to see why the
patrons of hotels and restaurants should be
subjected to a deception of this character."
For eighteen months there has been oper
ating, mainly In the eastern and south At
lantic states, a gang of money-order raisers
who have an adroit system of changing the
value of a money order between the office
of Issue and that of payment.
The gang seems to be operating from
Georgia to Maine. Most of their work I
done by the use of acids and at time re
quires microscopic Inspection to detect.
The passing of raised money orders I
almost Invariably done by endorsing them
In partial payment of store and hotel bill.
Then they go through batiks that send In
to the paying office a batch of orders.
The life of a money order being twelv
months, ome time elapses before the raised
order la detected. That come when th
account of the paying office Is balanced In
the audit for the Fostolflce department in
Washington.
For the last five years the auditors for
the Postofflce department have recom
mended that the life of a money order be
changed from twelve month to sixty or
ninety days. This change, It Is contended,
would limit the chance of th counter
feiters. There are l,VA clerks In th pension offlc.
Of these nearly are men who had pre
pared themselves for the profession of law,
medicine and theology. The graduates la
law numbered M7, In medicine 100 and In
theology twenty. Forty clerks had been
authors, forty-three were editor, eighteen
were editor and publishers, twenty-seven
wer printers. 151 wer newspaper corre
spondents, four were reporters, three wer
proofreaders, thirty-three wer magwsln
writers and one confessed to having been
a pc-t. A total of fourteen clerks held dip
lomas frvin collM auJ uiiUemltios,
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F.ltOltill AH flOOO AS A FKAtT.
Maalnea a a Meaa.t the Sol Ktl
of Milan.
St. Inils If public.
When the American business man turn
philosopher, as he gives fair sign ft doing
In Ihe not distant future, and learns tint
enough Is a good as a feast. It will tx a
happy day. At present he Is given more to
philanthropy than to philosophy and Is en
deavoring In various way lo rid himself
of an uncomfortable surplus of wealth, but
Is unable thereby to satisfy cither his con
science cr his Idea of happiness.
The man who ha exhausted ajl his en
ergies and capacities In th accumulation of
much riches, and ha perhaps lost lila di
gestion In the bargain. Is too far gone to
get the benefit of his hard labors; or he Is
so committed to the manipulation and ears
of wealth that he cannot find anything
else In life.
A good many moderately well-to-do men
are atopplng to question the advisability of
further prodigious effort for mere gain,
and to discover how very much fun and
how very much solid enjoyment may be
had out of a modified and tempered life.
The man who know when to stop It find
ing the pleasure of a mor or less In
tellectual life, the pleaaures of reading, of
a thoughtful Intercourae with Intelligent
people who do not overrate the Importance
of mere money; be Is learning to think and
to toy with abstractions; ha Is probably
learning also about the delights of an auto
mobile, to play golf, to ride a horse, to
catch trout, to snap a ramera, to plunge
Into one of a thousand wholesome hobble
which take a man outdoors, removes his
mind from deadly seriousness and help him
to digest his food.
As for business, business will be better
off when Its benefits are more widely dis
tributed and Its responsibilities are resting
upon a greater number of healthy, normal-minded
and more contented fellows.
Business as a means and not as the sole
end of living will not ba a cursed Institu
tion. To live for no other purpose than
Just to do business and do as much as
possible Is rHther sorbld when you Come
to think about It, and altogether sense
less. From the human point of view the
man who is willing to do a little less busi
ness for the sake of enjoying a little more
of life Is the more successful.
PERSONAL XOTES.
Frank M. Mahan, a hydraulic engineer of
Chicago, has perfected a flying machine
with huge birds as models for flight.
J. Howard Larcombe, the one-time as
sociate of the railroad king, Tom Bcott,
and of Andrew Carnegie, the Ironmaster,
is a clerk In tho pension office at Wash
ington. "Aaron Burr" Is the nlstorlc nam over
a restaurant In Spring street, near Mercer,
In New Tork City. Almost directly across
appears the name of "Alexander Hamilton,
carpenter and builder."
Boston has a novelty In stores practically
open all night. Midnight orders received
over the telephone are attended to the
first thing In the morning. The plan ought
to be popular with th man who forgets to
fulfill his wife's commissions.
Peter White, the "Father of the Lake
Superior Country" and president of the
Great Lake Sault Canal Seml-Centennlal
association, which is being celebrated this
week, was born In New York state, but
went Into the lake country In 1839 with his
parents, and lives at present at Marquette.
Prof. Herman V. Hilprecht of the
University of Pennsylvania has received
from the sultan of Turkey the decoration
known as the Order of the Golden Llnkkat.
Usually the medal Is conferred for valor
and loyalty. His bravery In rescuing from
oblivion clay tablets of the Babylonian era
Is believed to have been the cause of the
presentation of the medal.
Hon. John A. Nichols, senior warden of
the Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn, I I.,
was presented with a handsome silver lov
ing cup by the rector, Junior warden and
vestrymen of the parish at the aat vestry
meeting before the summer vacation: "In
grateful appreciation of his devoted ser
vice; thirty-one years member of the ves
try, twenty-one years warden, twenty-
three year treasurer."
Miss Ethel Harte, the daughter of Bret
Harte, who died In London, Is in bad health
and the sympathies of English admirers of
"The Luck of Roaring Camp" and "The
Spelling Bee at Angell's" has been aroused
George Meredith, Sir George Newnes, Blr
Gilbert Parker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyl
and other well-known persons In the liter
ary world have formed a committee to raise
a fund In behalf of Miss Harte.
Marquis da Vlana and Count Torre de
Cabrera, two Spaniards of ancient lineage,
are opponents in a lawsuit which was
begun in 1517 and Is still sub Judlce. The
case concerns a pension and the accumu
lated sum In dispute would have reached
fabulous millions had not four centuries of
attorneys, barrister and court officials
taken considerable measure of appropria
tion to prevent It becoming too unwleldly
to be dealt with.
Dr. W. G. Grace, th most famous crick
eter in England, probably has given his
autograph as often as any other celebrity.
At a match not long ago he wrote his nam
In the notebook of a little girl. A couple of
weeks later,' much to hi surprise, the sam
little wjman shyly sidled up to him with the
necessary document and the request for
his autograph. "But I gave It you only a
few days ago," laughingly said the veteran.
"Oh," came the answer. "I changed that
one for two bishops." Dr. Orae laughed
heartily as he replied: "Welt, my dear,. If a
cricketer is worth two bishops I don't be
lieve I ought to give you another auto
graph. But your naivete Is so delicious I
suppose I must. So ther you ar." j
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Sixty years of experience with Ayer's Sarsa
parilla! Think of that! Think of the millions
of people who have been cured by this medicine!
If despondent, down-hearted, discouraged, and
almost ready to give up, this splendid old family
medicine will prove the silver lining to your
dark and dismal cloud. Ask your doctor.
Ma ky tfca . C. Arw Ca . lwll. at as.
Ala OAaaulaaturar af
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ATSa'S CaaaiT raCTOaAL-Vot . Algg'S AGUS ClIES-fot auUam tag B4TM.
I11IUR ATim 'OT A CALAMITY.
Policy of the Open Poor Receive
HrrMed Sappnrt.
II '."ton Transcript.
I0illrii n, emhlp companies alll-'V
agr' that ihr lid of Immigration Is sgs.if
tiling, and that tf,f t-'.fl of 1 nm.ono peoplaV
to our ..t.'ils'lon In l"4 by Immi
gration la likely lo ) irt'"1 In the next
few year lo im, m years. 11Pn-itt,
there have coma t., c,.ir shores 4.WIAK) for
eigners, while In the next preceding de
cade the numif a n.in.Mfi Many pub
licists view the naurrs with alarm and
cry for ln reaped i.trli Hons. But a new
light upon the Immigration question was
bed at the lat meeting of th National
Civic Federation, when men of widely dlf. ,
ferlng ttolnta of view rllanmaeil the aiihlect.y
Our traditional national notlcv of maintain.
Ing an open dour lo Ihe people of the I
world received fresh and decided support, j
Horn of the representatives of the labor
unions had declared In favor of an abso
lute exclusion of Immigration, on th
ground that the keeping out of alien work
men tended to Increase their monopoly of
the labor market, with the natural result
of making a higher wage for the work
man within Ihe gates.
But this was a Jarring note, and one out
of date. It Is noticeable that those who
nave nad the greatest experiences with Im
migration are not for exclusion. Since 1S?0
tho country, has absorbed more than Is.ono.
000 Immigrants, and deducting those who
have returned to their own countries It can
be seen that the ramalndnr, with their
descendanta, constitute a large part of what
we are always boasting of our great and
rapid Increase In population In fact, an
Important proportion of our total population
of R3,R00,000 today. There seems to b a very
general Impression In the public mind that
theae earlier Immigrants, whose descen
dants today are among our most solid and
substantial business men. political leaders
and citizens, were of some superior class.
The opinion baa no warrant In fact. Under
the earlier immigration laws, the bar wi re
down, and the Immigrants came in to seek
new homes and develop the fertile lands
and rich mineral resources ot tho west.
Again, It Is claimed that now th Immi
grants do not go west or south to help
develop the country, but remain In the
cities. It Is difficult to prov or disprove
this assertion, but It can ba shown that
the great growth of the cities Is In a large
measure duo to the crowding of the country
people to the city, a is Indicated by the
condition of our New England farms. But
as a matter of fact, while the Immigration
Is very large, the proportion of Immigrants
per capita Is much less than It was half
a century ago. If there is a problem here
It is one of distribution, not of exclusion.
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MIRTHFl'L REMARKS.
Visitor How old are you, Johnnyt
Johnny I'm too big to cry and not big
enough to make anybody els cry. New
York Sun.
Hicks Gristle, 1 always waiting for some
one to buy drink. He s a regular ponst,
Isn t heT
Wicks Well.no; the average sponge fills
up with water. Philadelphia Ledger.
Aunt Beth-They say his money la
Edith Nonsense, aunt! I heard htm say,
he had Just cleaned nn iiuith mOiinn '
Pnnlc '" (
"Why do you suppose a woman usually
cries at her wedding T"
"Out of sympathy, probably, for the men
she could not marry." Houston Post.
Dyer What would you do If you woke
tin soniA mnrnlnff anH fmm1 vaii.i
mous ?
Ryer Stay In bed until th reporters ar
rived. Brooklyn Life.
Fickle They sav Grace Tonlev'a hair fa'la
to her waist when she lets it down.
Miss Dangle Humph! It falls farther
than that. Boston Post.
"How do society papers derive their rev
enues?" asked- the Inqalrlng pupil,-
"Borne of them," answered the professor,
"derive It from people who want to get
Into print, and some from people who want
to keep out." Washington Star.
The Russian high admiral was vexed.
"Why," he asked Of the naval secretary,
"have you drawn on the sinking fund for
these battleship expenses?"
"Well." answered the official, evasively.
"I did It for divers reasons."
But the explanation didn't go down with
the admiral, and the functionary was
soaked. Cleveland Leader.
"I met a man the other day who sava
he Is on the best terms with all of his
relations."
"How does that happen?"
'He can t help It. He's the only on In
th family that ha any money, and they
all Insist upon being friendly," Detroit
Free Press.
GOD BLESS THE HIMAN SIXBKAMS.
Leslie's Weekly.
God bless the human sunbeams,
Th men both strong and tru,
Who dally sing or whistle
At all they have to do.
Their eyes are clear and merry,
Their step Is firm, but light,
Their laugh's a benediction,
And life ence more seems bright.
God bless the human sunbeams.
The women who, though sad.
Can still be self-forgetful
And other hearts make glad.
Theirs Is a blessed mission;
Their smile can make night day,
Their cheery word of comfort
Boon drive all clouds away.
God bless the human sunbeams,
The children fair and fond.
Who come Into our presence.
Life's hardest lessons conned.
Their prattle falls like music.
Just as a tear drop starts,
Their kisses and caresses
Can ease poor burdened hearts.
God bless the human sunbeam a,
Men, women, children, too,
Who add to life much sweetneau.
And leave u less to rue.
God bless them all! God bless them!
They do His work so well,
Reward will follow after,
And heaven the story tell.
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