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WUEX OUT Or TOWN.
Saasorlfcers leaving; the city tem
porarily ahonla ha e The Be
ualleal te ttaeaa. It la better tbau
s daily latter from ho sue. Ad
trass will be kaml aa often as
reo.aeateU
All Kearney is in arms. The National
Guard bas captured tlie town und placed
It under martial law. '
The decision of tbe Venezuelan su
preme court against the asphalt company
will give President Castro a chance to
make another demonstration.
The political alignment tor the fall
election is gradually being made and the
campaign promises to b entertaining as
well as short, sharp and decisive.
With tbe raisin companies of Cali
fornia forming a "trust," It Is probable
that some of tbe genulue Imported
raisins may find their way to the Ameri
can market'
The yellow peril bus struck Oinahn.
Two Qmaha hotels propose to employ
Japanese bell boys who will be content
with nickel tips instead of sliver dimes
and Quarters.
Fortunately for Philadelphia's claim to
greatness no census is being taken at
present, but over 8,000 names were
stricken from one ward's registration
books last week.
It must be not so much lack of con
fidence in the government fear of the
ability of the mosquito which causes
Illinois and Kansas to quarantine
against New Orleans.
M. Wltte says he thought it would be
cooler at Portsmouth. The distinguished
Russian will be fortunate if this is the
only disappointment he meets In his New
England summer resort.
Although the Russian envoys were the
last to leave home they were the first to
arrive at Portsmouth. Had the army
traveled as rapidly as the diplomats the
result might have been different
Alfred Austin tells the British public.
In characteristic verse, that it Is not pre
pared for war. Probably many of the
British public were never bo sorry for
the fact as when they read the "poem."
From the action of the "Independent"
telephone managers the patrons of the
talking wire may boon have an oppor
tunity to choose between Just two large
corporations In place of so many small
ones.
The usual argument for the defense
fails in the case of the Texas mob which
lynched a negro sentenced to death. The
governor of the Lone Star state has an
excellent opportunity to break Into the
reformer class.
a Bar-lieu s subjects won t care
'whether the carnival shows are fur
nished under one contract or a dozen
'contracts, provided the shows are clean
aud entertaiutng and the carnival con
' ducted on a high plane of decency and
. orderly behavior.
Manual training and domestic science
with a kitchen for girls' classes and a
workshop for boys are to be Installed in
two of tbe public schools of Lincoln by
j.the time school opeus again, which goes
., to show that the trend of twentieth ceu
.tury education bas reached the Capital
City.
Do not let anyone play upon your
sympathies by pretending that any
'elective city official bas been legislated
out of office by the new city charter,
The new charter abolishes several offices
by its merger provisions, but every
elective officer is retained at full salary
'until the term for which he was chosen
shal Uvs expired.
DEMAND Kill HKTBKfiCHMF.fiT
The demand for retrenchment in gov
ernment eipentllturrs Is steadily grow
ing. Tbe republican congressional lead
ers seem to be practically unanimous in
urging it We have already noted the
position of Speaker Cannon in the mat
ter and the statement that he will have
the co-operntloii of Senators Allison,
I In II and others. 'Representative Hull
of Iowa, who whs chairman of the house
committee on military affairs in the Inst
congress and doubtless will le continued
In that position, is quoted as saying that
the next congress will not pass a bill
to Increase the pay of officers of the,
army, navy and marine corps. Mr. Hull
observed that congress will be con
fronted with the serious problem of
keeping the expenditures of the govern
ment within receipts and it Is therefore
not to be expected that millions of dol
lars will be added to the military and
naval pay rolls when economy must be
prnctlced in order to reduce or prevent
another deficit
"We ought to start by cutting down
appropriations," said the Iowa congress
man. He lelleves this can le done with
out impairing the public service in any
essential respect. The army nnd navy
appropriations can be reduced and also
other supply measures. He expressed
the opinion that a large part of the pros
pective deficit can be met by this pro
cess of retrenchment In regard to the
proposed restoration of internal taxes
Mr. Hull said he was not prepared to
advocate such n course.
If these views are shared by the re
publican lenders generally, as appears
to be the case, there will be Judicious
retrenchment by the fifty-ninth congress.
This is the unmistakable promise nt
present and with public sentiment
strongly In favor of It there Is reason to
believe that the representatives of the
people in congress will become more
firmly convinced of the duty to practice
economy whenever It can be done with
out impairing the efficiency of the public
service. There will be no question be
fore the next congress of" greater im
portance thnn this to' the government
nnd the people. In view of the fact that
during the last thirteen months fie ex
penditures have exceeded receipts to the
amount of about $40.00,000 and are run
ning steadily ahead It is manifestly
necessary to do something to cheek this
course. Plausible explanations of the
large deficit can be formed, but they
cannot be made to Justify continuing
the policy of allowing the outgo to
largely exceed the Income. The position
of the public treasury is at present per
fectly sound. Such fa deficit as that of
the past fiscal year could be repeated for
several years without entirely depleting
the national exchequer. Hut it would
be most unwise and unbusinesslike for
the government to go on spending more
than It receives. No one desires that
there shall be a prent surplus, but it Is
manifestly desirable ' thnt the treasury
be kept In a sound condition nnd the way
to do this is to bring the expenditures
of the government within the receipts.
FOR Xa TlOSd L QUA RASTIXE.
Sentiment in favor of a national quar
antine service appears to be practically
unanimous among those who are able
to take an unprejudiced view of the
matter. The Philadelphia Press remaiks
that the more rapid, the more complete
aud tbe more sweeping the change from
the patchwork state quarantines wrang
ling on the Gulf to federal authority
the better. "State quarantine has lasted
its day. It is an expensive and useless
nuisance. It is no more needed than
state harbor lights, a state immigrant
service or any other regulation of foreign
or Interstate commerce. The day for
shotgun quarantine has passed In this
country."
The New York Evening Tost thinks
that a national quarantine service is
brought distinctly nearer by the appeal of
Louisiana to tbe federal government
and suggests that congress) will undoubt
edly be called upon to make the powers
and the duties of the national govern
ment larger and more precise in all that
relates to oversight of the public health.
These views are in entire accord with
what was said by The Bee some days
ago. The shotgun quarantine has caused
a general awakening to the danger In
volved in the present system of allowing
the several states to establish such
quarantine regulations as they jlease
and produced the very general convic
tion that the time has come for doing
away with a system so manifestly In
judicious. Tbe demand that Is being
made for a national quarantine service
should not be allowed to die out with
the subsidence of the yellow fever, but
should be pressed, upon congress until
there Is legislation giving tbe national
government absolute control over quar
antine. Existing law does not go far
enough.
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A LABOR PROBLEM.
It Is announced that tbe plan of em
ploying imported labor on the Panama
canal may have to be abandoned. It
appears that both the Italian and the
Japanese governments have manifested
Borne objection to having their people
drawn upon for labor on the canal and
If those governments should signify op
position to having their citizens enter
into contracts for such work of course
the canal commission would make no
effort to obtain such labor In the way
proposed, that Is, through arrangements
with contractors. It had been thought
that the problem of securing workers
for the canal was about ttolved. but the
difficulty still confronts the commission.
It is suggested that whenever assur
ance can be given that sanitary condl
tions on the isthmus are improved tbe
Italian and Japanese governments
probably will not object to their people
contracting to labor there. Meanwhile
the work lags and valuable time is being
lost . '
It is becoming more aud more ap
pareut that the labor problem Is tbe most
difficult and perplexing with which the
commission has to deuL .The labor now
emploved Is said to bo utterly inefficient
and it Is the opinion of expert Inbor over
seers that a collection of different races
ran never work well together. It is
snld thnt the American negro is the most
efficient worker, but the difficulty Is to
secure them. It would seem an easy
mutter to obtain in the southern states
say JEVCXiO negroes for work on the canal,
but such is not tbe case; at nny rate
efforts to secure them have not bad satis
factory results. The southern negro does
not wsnt to leave his country. Forty
thousand laborers are to 1ms employed
on the canal and It now looks as If a
large proportion of them would have to
be drawn from the West Indies, these
being, from all accounts, the most In
dolent and generally worthless class of
laborers In the world.
WSlfliMi REFORM LttJISLATIOX.
At the annual convention of the Amer
ican Bar association, which will con
vene on August 23 at Narragansett Fler,
five recommendations will be made by
the committee on insurance legislation:
First Legislation by congress providing
for the supervision of Insurance.
Second The repeal of all valued policy
laws.
Third A uniform ftre policy, the term of
which shall be specifically defined.
Fourth The repeal of all retaliatory tax
laws.
Fifth Stricter Incorporation laws In the
several states as they affect the creation
of Insurance companies; and a federal stat
ute prohibiting the use of the malls to all
persons, associations or corporations trans
acting the business of Insurance In disre
gard of state or federal regulations.
Public sentiment undoubtedly favors
national supervision and regulation of
Insurance, but we doubt very much
whether it would Justify the proposed
repeal of the valued policy laws enacted
by nearly one-half of all the states. On
the contrary, national regulation should
extend the principle of! the valued policy
law to every state aud territory In the
union. The objection raised by the un
derwriters to the valued policy is "that
these policies cull for the payment of
the full amount named In the policy, re
gardless of the value of the stock nt the
time of its destruction by fire, when by
rights no one ought to be permitted to
recover on a policy more than the value
of the property destroyed."
In the abstract this Is undoubtedly
plausible, but In practice the fault of
overvaluation Is with the insuronce com
panies. The valued policy law of
Nebraska relates only to insurance
on buildings, but not on merchandise,
stocks, furniture, etc. It reads:
Whenever any policy of Insurance shall
be written to Insure any real property In
this state against loss by fire, tornado or
lightning, and the property Insured shall
be wholly destroyed without criminal fault
on the part of the Insured or his assign
ments, the amount of Insurance written In
such policy shall be taken conclusively to
be the true value of the property Insured
and the true amount ot loss and measure
of damage.
The contention on the part of the in
surance underwriters that this law Is
on incentive to incendiarism because it
enables the owners of buildings to over
value them, with the deliberate design
of setting them on fire nnd pocketing the
insurance, is groundless. The insur
ance companies are not compelled to In
sure buildings for their full value. It
Is their privilege and their Interest to
protect themselves ngnlnst Imposture
and avail themselves. If necessary, of
the advice of an expert builder.
The practice before the enactment of
the valued policy law was to Issue polic
ies for any amount owners of buildings
were willing to pay for and entirely re
gardless of the true value of the prop
erty Insured. The larger the policy, the
larger the agent's commission, and when
It Is made the Interest of the agent to
Inflate the value of property he would
not likely interpose nn objection, even
knowing that the policy calls for much
more than the rvalue of the structure In
sured. That surely is much more of an
incentive to Incendiarism than assurance
that the company would be compelled to
pay the amount called for in the policy
If the building is totally destroyed by
fire. On the other hand, the uncertainty
of the amount which the owner of a
structure can recover, and the knowledge
that every effort will be made by ad
justers to undervalue the property.
coupled with the menace of protracted
litigation over the tbe amount the in
sured is to recover would force him
without such a law to settle for almost
any amount the insurance company
might see fit to offer.
Under the valued policy law, tbe com
pany must exercise due diligence to In
quire Into the vnlue of every structure
for which it assumes a risk and Its
agents must be held resiKmslble for over
valuations. In a nutshell, the valued
policy law removes the element of ficti
tious valuation and places the fire In
surance company in the same position
that a life Insurance company occupies
with regard to the persons to whom a
policy Is Issued, by compelling the com
pany to pay the full amount on which
a premium bas been collected at a rate
fixed by the company. But even If the
valued policy luw were applied to mer
chandise and movable commodities, tbe
principle would still be sound. It would
simply require the exercise of greater
caution under rules that would prohibit
the assumption of mere than a certain
percentage of the liability for the ag
gregate value of the property destroyed.
The finance committee of the Board
of Education assures the citizens of
Omaha that its tax levy is based upon
estimates two years ahead, but the
finance committee refuses to take notice
that Its estimate was made ttefore the
State Hoard of Equalization ordered a
15 per cent raise on merchandise, which
Increases materially the- aggregate val
uation of taxable property In Omuha
and will correspondingly increase the
school fund. The two years ahead esti
mate of the finance committee also
Ignores the prospective Increase of In
come from the state school apportion
ment, as well as the Increased Income
from fines and licenses, which will not
be inconsiderable, nor does it tHke Into
account the many thousands of dollars
sure to drop Into the school hoaj-d slot
from the scavenger tax collections. It
Is all very well for the board to con
template with satisfaction that it has
paid off f lon.om of school debt last year
and Is figuring to pay off another $100. -Oort
or more within the next two years,
but Inasmuch ns the average taxpayer
of Omaha pays anywhere from ft to 8
per cent for his money, while the school
board enn liorrow at 4 per cent, the tax
payer does not appreciate the additional
draft made on him at this time. Should
It so happen that the courts would sus
tain the position of tbe city with regard
to railroad taxation, the income of the
school board would be Incrensed by fully
$."0,000 In addition to' all these sources
within the next two years.
Some of the other benevolent trade
associations nre snld to be a trifle un
nerved by the troubles that have over
taken the little social society main
tained by the Nebraska grain dealers.
Should the nervous shock become any
more severe the social calendar may be
stripped of several enjoyable gatherings
and reunions with which it was for
merly graced.
The army engineer detailed to have
charge of improvement work along the
Missouri river declares that it is no use
making recommendations to the depart
ment because congress pays no attention
to them. Tbe danger Is. however, that
If congress gets no recommendations. It
may conclude that It is no use spending
nny more money to protect the Missouri
river channel.
Our school board financiers persist In
Justifying their high school levy on the
nsMinviii i thru tbe total assessment for
the city is only $1 00,000, ooo, when in
fact it exceeds $10r,000,000. Even If
the 2.6-mill levy could be Justified on
the basis of n $100,000,000 assessment it
would not follow thnt It could be Justi
fied on the basis of a f ia"i,O00,0O0 as
sessment.
Nebraska coal and lumler dealers are
snld to be alarmed over the proceedings
Instituted by Attorney General Brown
against the grain elevator trust, but
there is really no ground for alarm if
the lumber nnd eonl dealers are con
ducting their business on legltimato
lines. The man who travels the straight
rond is never lost.
If the federal government succeeds In
stamping out the yellow fever in the
south the north would be warranted in
asking for co-operation in an effort to
exterminate tuberculosis. Many more
die of the latter disease than of the
former but some way it does not senre
people to the point of asking for an ap
propriation. Former Senator lnurstou uns reached
the conclusion that there is need of more
stringent laws to govern tbe operation
of public service corporations. If he had
only .reached thnt conclusion ten or fif
teen years age he might still be occupy
ing a seat in the American House of
Lords. - 'hi:,
Probably the two mnsqueraders who
made a double entry into a saloon and
forcibly extracted money and liquor
after-the hour when grove yards yawn,
Ialmred under the Impression that they
could not be legally punished for Invad
ing a resort kept open after midnight
Defective electrical wiring caused the
destruction of one of New York's famous
churches. It is probable that the In
spectors of that city will attend to busi
ness for a while, but those of other cities
will wait until the fire burns closer be
fore watching the wires.
Playing; at Favorite.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Out in Nebraska they claim that every
shower Is worth a million dollars. There,
no doubt. Is where the rainmakers' trust
will be born.
A Terrible Thought.
Indianapolis News.
An alderman In a Spanish town was
lynched because he wanted to give away a
valuable franchise. TV hat If this should
become a popular diversion for the mob la
the United States!
Seeking; Valuable Pointers.
Washington Post.
Secretary Root has gone up to Labra
dor to observe an eclipse. He probably
wants to get pointers on a little eclipsing
that ho hopes to observe In the political
firmament within the next two years.
Sound and Seasonable.
Springfield Republican.
The address of Aiee-Presldent Fairbanks
at the "8oo" celebration contained a very
fitting reference to a matter which occa
sionally has worried the Jingoes of both the
United States and the Dominion. "There
are no fortifications along 'our common
frontier; no battle ship upon the "water
which divide us." Thank heaven there are
none! And as Mr. Fairbanks hastened to
say: "These are not needed now, and we
trust In God's providence they shall never
be required." Platitudinous, perhaps, but
sound.
The Athletic Fad.
Chicago Chronicle.
Foot ball and other forms of athletics
have obtained too strong a hold upon col
lege life to be uprooted by scientific men
who declare that the ultimate effect of
severe physical training Is acute Impair
ment of vital force. If observation goes
for anything the warning Is well founded,
however. Professional athletes In the
championship class are rarely long-lived,
and such athletes might reasonably be
expected to show the benefit of high phys
ical development. There Is room for the
suspicion that we are making a sort of
fetich out of "exercise." At any rate,
there Is no denying that It may be over
done. Where the Peacemakers Meet.
Philadelphia Record.
It has been customary to negotiate
terms of peace near centers of government
and In closest contact with official society.
The dinners and receptions with which the
social leaders of a national capital have
entertained the negotiators have been a
prominent feature, and sometimes an In
fluential factor. In the negotiations. But
the Russian and Japanese negotiators have
been segregated as If they had a contagious
disease. They meet In a small navy yard,
remote from government and from society.
There are no women to charm their hours
of ease, and their sessions will be In a hare
store room. This Is a novelty In diplomacy.
It looks like locking up the Jury with notice
that there will be no beds or meals lentil
a verdict shajl be found.
ROIMI ABOIT SEW YORK,
Ripples on the rrrnl of I, If In the
Metropolis.
The esteem entertained In the west for
the sliver dollar Is not shared by the east
a little bit. It Is more of a curiosity than
a sound token of Uncle Kam a credit. The
farther a tourist treads east of Chicago
the more difficult Is the task of working off
the cartwheel dollar. Silver Is all right for
small change, but paper money Is the sole
medium of exchange from II up. In New
York the absence of the silver dollar Is
particularly noticeable, and the man who
offers one or more In payment of any
purchase Is an object of suspicion. A west
erner who carried for ballast a few of the
Mg dollars Into the metropolis had several
amusing experiences working off the sur
plus. One of them passed up to a street
car conductor In rayment of far drew
from the latter a suspicious scowl, but he
did not have nerve enough to refuse. In
stead he took It to the back platform,
tested It with his teeth and a poeketknife
and passed It around to several men for
inspection. Finally he came back with
the change. 'That's the good old sturT that
comes out of the west," said the visitor to
the con. "It doesn't look good to me," he
retorted, and passed on.
Scientific, patriotic and learned societies
of New Tork have Inaugurated n move
ment to commemorate the 2iVHh anniversary
of the birth of Penjamin Franklin in that
city next January.
The Initiative steps have been taken
by the Pennsylvania society. A prelimi
nary conference, attended by representa
tives from a number of organizations,' has
been held.. At this conference a great
deal of Interest In the proposed Joint cele
bration was manifested. It la rrobable
that the commemoration will take the form
of a great pubic meeting, together with an
exhibition of Franklin's books, portraits
and such personal relics as may be pre
served in New Tork.
While there will he Franklin celebra
tions In Boston, the city of Franklin's birth
and In Philadelphia, where ha spent most
of his active lifo," It is believed that there
Is still room for a celebration here.
Colonel Henry Watterson, who Is stop
ping over In New Tork for a few days on
his way home from Kurope, has supplied
the benighted purveyors of that burg with
the correct r-clpo for the making of a
mint Julep. Here It Is: Only a sliver tank
ard Is proper to hold the true mint Julep;
were there tankards of gold, then gold
ones. Pour a large quantity of shaved Ice
Into the tnnkard (cracked Ice will not do),
then apply a gill of the best bourbon
and one-half gill of the best rum. Gently
drop a bunch of mint stems down. Into
the tankard with the shaved Ice packed
Close. Then set away In the cooler until
the -tankard has a frost at least one-eighth
of an inch thick on Its outside. But do
not crush the mint.
The man on the top floor capd through
the speaking tube to the Janitor:
"It's snowing up here," said he, "turn on
the steam heat."
"Te're a liar," was the prompt response,
as the Janitor In the basement, thirty-two
floors below, turned away from the tube
with an Indignant growl about being waked
up for nothing.
But the man on the thirty-third floor of
tfce skyscraper was right, Just the same,
although the time was August 4 and the
place little old New York.
It really dldnow, although the weather
man will probably deny It If you ask him.
There wasn't much of It and It melted
long before It reached the sidewalks. In
fact. It didn't arproach nearer than 300
feet of the surface.
It was evident when she entered the car
that she had dressed in a hurry. She
wore a white waist of some shiny stuff,
which buttoned behind, and at least half
a dozen buttons were unfastened.
"You ought to tell her," whispered a
young man to his companion; "you've got.
a wife and "
"Yes, and you've got a grandmother.
Tell her yourself." replied the other.
A few blocks further down an old man
got on the car. His dress was rough and
his hands bore evidence of a day's work
about machinery. He had taken the seat
directly behind the young woman, and
In a moment his eyes fell on the cause
of the whispered comments. He reached
In his coat pocket, pulled out a pair of
spectacles and carefully adjusted them,
"What do you think of that?" whispered
the young man; "the old fellow Is using
opera glasses."
He must, have heard tho smothered
laughter as ho leaned forward as If to get
a closer view, but In a few seconds he was
busy buttoning the waist. As the car
swung around Union Square the girl made
a move as If she wanted to get out, and
half turned a flushed face toward the old
man.
"I ain't done yet," he said, "but it's bet
ter'n It was."
The "brewers' mortgage" Is a well recog
nized feature In the New York real es
tate market. Less well known Is the fact
that the same aid to going into business
for oneself Is extended In other commercial
lines. A recent graduate In pharmacy has
lately established a drug store In a new
section where he might grow up with the
building boom. His store is fitted up with
all that Is newest and most up to date In
counter and shelving display and presents
a genuinely attractive appearance. It de
velops that It was all done for his order
by the drug supply house from which he
pledged himself to secure his supply of
drugs, the party of the other part being
abundantly protected by a chattel mort
gage. Although the Poetofnce department de
clines to turn Itself Into a detective
agency, It unwittingly puts people upon
the track of Its patrons by means of reg
istered letters. This system of detection
Is especially effective In the case of small
debtors who have the habit of changing
their addresses frequently. Collectors may
not reach them, hut their mall does. An
ordinary letter containing a bill would
possibly elicit no reply, but a registered
letter usually brings a response. The trick
lies In addressing it Improperly, so It can
not be delivered without an Investigation.
The change of an Initial or a slight mis
take In spelling is all that Is necessary.
In that case the letter cannot be delivered
until the correction Is made, but It arouses
curiosity, and nine times out of ten the
addressee Inquires Into the matter, thereby
revealing his whereabouts to the wily cred
itors. Nearly everywhere else on the continent
tobacco dealers have quit using wooden
figures for sidewalk advertisements, but
New York cigar stores display them as
religiously as they did twenty years sgo.
1 here are probably more Indian chiefs and
sailors and Mister Punches and square
Jawed ladles In hand-carved bustles on the
sidewalks of New York City than In all
the other cities In America rolled to
gether. What Is more, the business Is having a
boom. Until lately all of the timber
statuettes showed age, but somebody has
gone to work turning them out with the
modern Improvements. On West Forty
second street Is a new wooden policeman
wearing the correct out lit of a sergeant
of the mounted squad, even to yellow serv
ice stripes on his sleeves. A Harlem
pavement Is the pedestal for a bright and
shining -Filipino cl.K-f smoking a big
cheroot.
rEBKOViL JIOTF-S.
We are reminded that the bootjack Is not
yet obsolete by reading that two brave
New Tork girls employed one as a weapon
In routing a burglar.
It Is said that there are but few men In
the country who can smoke as many strong
cigars In a day aa ran Admiral Schley. He
gave one out of his private stork to a
Washington correspondent, who said on
meeting the admiral the next day that once
was enough for him.
Judge Charles Field of Athol. Mass., who
Is said to be the oldest Justice In the coun
try, Is still In active Judicial service. He
holds court several days a week and re
cently celebrated his 9ith birthday.
Mr. Leo Vogel. the minister to the United
States from Swltierland, although he has
been In the diplomatic service of his coun
try some fourteen yesrs. Is still a young
man. having been born in Zurich forty-one
years ago.
H. P. Mallan. a Boer coionel, who served
In the South African war. Is a eonductor
on a street car line In Kansas City. Mal
lan'a home la In Cape Town, South Africa.
He Is 27 years old. At the close of the
war he went to Mexico, but finding nothing
to do except work In the mines, he left
for the United States.
Augustus St. Oaudent., Who has been
commissioned to execute the statue of the
late Senator Hanna, has sent word from
Windsor, Vt., to the monument commis
sion that his plana are prepared and. that
Gaudens Is also at work on a Franklin
medal to commemorate the bicentenary cel
ebration, which Is due In 1906.
Ellhu Root has his sense of humor, which
gleams out now and then. A reporter who
had annoyed him by foolish questions once
capped the climax by asking whether the
president was going to remove Mr. Conger,
minister to China, or was going to ask his
resignation. "Neither." answered Mr. Root.
"I think that the president will employ the
oriental subterfuge of sending him a poi
soned letter."
FOR I MKOHM DIVORCE LAWS.
Movement Deservlnr General Pnbllo
Support.
Chicago Tribune.
Pennsylvania Is leading In a movement
to secure uniform divorce lays throughout
the United States. Its legislature has
passed an act authorizing the governor to
appoint three commissioners to a national
divorce convention which It Is proposed to
hold at Washington. The commissioners
for the promotion of uniformity in legisla
tion In the United States, representing most
of the states, who will meet at Narragan
sett Pier on August 18, will be asked to In
dorse the proposal for a divorce convention,
and they doubtless will do so, thus giving
Pennsylvania's plan a considerable Im
petus. No branch of American Jurisprudence Is In
such a chaotic condition as that relat
ing to divorce. One of the states South
Carolina has no divorce laws at all. In
Kentucky and Wyoming divorces may be
granted for eleven different causes, and In
New Hampshire and Tennessee for twelve.
In Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota
and Texas a merely nominal residence of
only six months Is required. In Massachu
setts there must have been a residence of
from three to five years, the time varying
with the ground upon which the decree
Is granted.
The offenses which must be proved
against the offending party range from
grave to trivial. In New York they can be
secured for but one cause adultery. In
Kentucky they may be got on the ground
of "ungovernable temper;" In Florida on
that of "violent temper;" In Missouri on
that of "vagrancy;" In Oregon on that of
"Indignities rendering life burdensome;" In
Rhode Island on that of "gross misbe
havior." Whether a decree will be granted
on such grounds as these evidently will de
pend mainly on the opinion of the partic
ular Judge trying the case as to what is a
violent temper, rendering life burdensome,
or gross misbehavior. The tendency to
make divorce less a matter of law and fact
than of Judicial discretion Is frankly car
ried to Its logical conclusion by tho state
of Washington, whose statutes provide
that a decree may be granted for any
"cause deemed sufficient by the court."
The mischief caused by the variances be
tween the laws of the different states are
both numerous and great. The states which
attempt by strict statutes to keep the di
vorce evil within bounds are practically
prevented from doing so by the lax statutes
of states around them. New York allows
divorce for but one cause, but Its people
can go outside the state, stay six months
or a year, and get a decree on any one of
a dozen grounds. Illinois prohibits divorced
persons from remarrying within a year, but
they can go outside the state and remarry
In an hour. The anarchic situation, with
the Immorality and perjury to which It
gives rise, Is a natural consequence of the
bad faith the states have exhibited In their
dealings with each other In regaid to this
matter.
It Is to be hoped the new movement will
have better success than the many former
movements started with the same object.
It may not have, however, for the same
prejudices and varying opinions which pro
duced the existing widely differing laws will
operate powerfully to prevent them from
being brought Into any reasonable har
mony. It Sonnds Good,
Springfield Republican.
"The peace of Portsmouth" It has a
pleasant sound, as well as a taking alliter
ation. May It not prove a wlll-o'-the-wisp,
whether or not the alliteration be spoiled
by Its final consummation In Washington!
Whichever city lends Its name to the pact,
'twill sound quite as fine In history as any
famous peace made In the old world.
Yrj
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about his liver. There is where all
lis trouble lies. A sluggish liver makes
sluggish mind. A boy cannot study
en his blood is full of bile 1
Pills act directly on the liver. They are
1
all vegetable, sugar-coated. Dose, just one pill
at bedtime. Sold for 60 years. Always Keep a
box of these pills in. the house.
Dud fc U . O. Att Co., Lwil, Ham.
atsb'S tin nooa-Fof t kn.
FOUR mi l IO 1 t HOP.
Tremendous Importance of Amerlraa
llartcsls.
Ohlcago Inter (Venn.
At this Season the attention of the entire
financial and business community Is turned
to the crops. On their growth and rlpcntna
depends the Immr.llate prosperity of the
nation.
With the country Just recovering from
what threatened a short time ago to be
a serious Industrial prostration. prrh.s
never before was the Importance of the
harvests more pronounced.
if tho figures of experts are to be be
lleved. nature promises to this country
this fall the most bountiful harvest In
the history of the nation.
There have been larger yields In prac
tically every one of the principal crops
than are Indicated at the present time,
but the average yield Is extremely hUh
and the total value of all the crops. Ins
ured at the high prices that are prevailing,
Is likely to be the largest known.
With the government's report of the ren
dition on July 1 as a basis, here are some
of the startling figures of profit In the
growing of the crops:
The Indicated yield of bushels
of wheat at the ruling price of 87 cents a
bunhel would mean JhlS.(W,7iiO,
The probable yield of corn, estimated at
1,661.000,1X10 bushels, at 67 cents a bushel,
would mean a value of $1.K"0,070,non.
The estimated yield of 9l!.6!.iinO bushels
of oats, at 32 cents a bushel, would be
worth U0fl.9o3.Vi0.
Of barley, a yield of Ul.WI.onn bushels
figures a value of ii3,.VI7.W. Sixty five mil
lion tons of bay at $10 a ton would be
worth i60,000,0'0. Ten million bales of cot
ton may be estimated at tTitO,000,Ofo.
With the cotton seed crop worth
000,000. the grand total of these crops would
be $3,711, 138,010. There are. besides, a num
ber of smaller crops, which, added, makei
the total value of the harvest well ovei
$4,00.000,000.
It Is by this enormous sum that natur
will this year bless the country, if tin
present fair promlso of the crops Is con
tinued. Doubtless there will yet com
many vicissitudes of weather which will
cause more or less injury to growing
things, but the rresent outlook Is so good
that nothing short of the most widespread
floods or long continued drouth can prevent
the country from being enormously en
riched. Four billions of money from the soil this
Is what nature promises to permit the
people of this country to acquire this year.
This Is wha'. mokes the promise of pros
perity so great.
MIRTH FIX REMARK.
"Ugh!" growled Olympian Jove, "tht
ambrosia tastes fierce this morning."
"No wonder, dear," replied Juno, sweetly,
"you had to mncti nectar last night."
Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Chatters Tou don't seem to consldoi
my opinions valuable.
Mr. Chatters My dear, I consider them s
valuable that It shocks me to see you giv
ing them out so promiscuously. Philadel
phia Press.
"Of ro'se." said Uncle Ehen, '"de trust!
Is wrong. But a whole lot of folks wouldn'
he satisfied wlf a trust unless It com,
around ev'y day an' presented 'em wll
money." Washington Star.
The Moralist There Is always room at
the top.
The Philosopher Yes. but you've got to
Eush the otner fellow off. Brookl n
agle.
"Miss Roxley," said the foxy fortune
hunter, "will you not deign to love me; to
marry me?"
"That's a good deal to expect, Mr.
Hunter," replied the homely heiress,
coyly.
"Yes," remarked he, thoughtlessly, "II
will be a good deal. If It, works,," n-P.hiladel-phla
Press.
"Do you think Ave languages are enough
to take me all over the world?" Inquired
the lady.
"Yes," replied the passenger agent, pro
vided vou have the wherewithal to buy tht
tickets." Detroit Free Press.
"I suppose, Willie, when you are a man
you are going to be an auctioneer, like youi
papa," remarked the caller.
"I expect to be an auctioneer." said the
little boy with the large head, "but not ona
like father. He has neither the vocabulary
nor the faculty of unique and original ex
pression that a man In his vocation should
possess." Chicago Tribune.
A WESTl,An BONO.
Chicago Chronicle.
They sing great songs of the booming sea.
Of Its foam-Meeked, moon-drawn tides,
Of its storm-lashed waves that lash the
reefs
Of Its calmer moods, when slides
The playful beach on the sallow beach,
Whereon the seaweed rides.
They sing of the mountains frowning, bol
Their awful peaks held hlch.
air
Enfleeced with clouds, their changeles'
heads
Relentless, piercing the sky,
In far Inaccessible heights and crags.
Where eagles wheel and fly.
But the sea Is treacherous, cold and deep,
It sends Its maddened waves
To overwhelm and her lovers find
In the depths their wandering graves.
And white ships mnnned by skeleton crews
Find ports In mermaid caves.
And the mountains are wild and full of
death;
They hurl their rocks below v
And crush the humnns who climb along
Their ribs to reach the snow,
And shake their angry sides, deep scarred.
Where the torrents lunge and flow.
But I will sing of the prairies wide.
That are boundless, wild and free.
Where the grasses wave In stormiess tides
And the winds sing loud In glee
As over the emerald floors they trip
In a dance of witchery.
A song of freedom, of unrestraint,
Of life, deep, full and glad,
Of no (loath-lurking schs that moan
And make my soul grow sad.
Or mountain heights whose frowning fronti
Uiipltylng, drive me mud.
Always at
the foot of
the class
Do not blame
the boy for be
ing dull and
You are the stupid onel
ecause you never thought
atih s chibbt wcroiAt-yo sorw.