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THE OMATTA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 4005. Tlte Omaha Daily Bee E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TEHM8 OF BI HSCRIPTION. tlly (without Sunday), one year. MO Jully Ue and Sunday, on year . lluatrated tn, on ear 1 5" Sunday liee, on jfar J 5'' Saturday He, one year 1 Twentieth Century Kriwr, on year.. 100 DELIVERED RY CARRIER. Dally Be (without Sunilayj. pr copy., ic lUy Hee (without Sunday, per week..l2e Ially Be (Including Hurnlay, per meek.. 17c Evening Be (without Sunday), pet week 7c Kvenlng Be (Including Sundays, per week 12c Sunday Bee, per copy 6c Complaint of Irregularities In delivery ihould be addressed to City circulation Le partmeat. OFFICES. Omaha The 'Bee Building. South. Omaha City Hall Building. Twenty-fifth and M streets. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl street. Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York 1600 . Home Lite Insurance Building Washington 601 Fourteenth atreet. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and edi torial matter ihould tie addreised: Omaha lie. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, eprs or postal order, payable; to The Bee Publishing Company. Only f-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANI, ; STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas county, ss. : C C- Rose water, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of July, If, was a follow: I.AIO ,aH) ,KOO 80,100 17... 18... It... 20... 21... 22... 23... 24... li... 24... 27... SA.4SO 2H.OSO 2A.B10 ss.ioo Zfl,300 HO.6T0 8S.KOO SM.OTO XS, 170 X.H.I ttO Vfl.130 ( Sfl,750 6 SA.6AO 7 S8.AAO 1 80,000 SS,lnO x,ooo SH,-M 8M.0OO BH.HOO 2K.T1U 2t,WM 28.1KO 10... 28 8,10 2.... to.... SI.... 2O.40O 2e),430 27.D10 16... Total... Leu unsold copies.. . .ai5 Net total sals 8M2,41S Dally avarag 28.4U0 C. C. ROSEWATER, Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this first day of July, 1906. (Seal) M. B. HLNGATE. Notary Public WIIE.t OIT Or TOWN. Subscribers leavlna; the city tem porarily ahoaid have Tha Bee mailed te them. It la better than aballr letter from home. Ad dress will be chanced as oftea as reaaeated. "Elijah" Dowle is riding for a fall. Dan Cupid penult no ecclesiastical re straints when be takes charge of affairs in earnest The Eagles will build their nest for their next national gathering at Milwau kee. Score another for the stuff that makes Milwaukee famous. It Is now for Judge l'hillips of Mis souri to decide how badly injured he feels Itecause of the. contempt shown his Injunction by five railroads. It sounds good to be told that the yellow fever scare down south is about over, Jbut it would, sound better to be told that the fever itself was over." " The local democratic -organ has fined up for the retention of Chairman Bur gess at the head of the republican state committee. That ought to settle it Not a single arrest in several weeks of the automobile scorchers and rlgbt-of-road defying drivers. Can it be that one lesson was all that wns needed? It will be observed tuut no "revela tions" of the game of "graft" are made by the magazine writers until the "graft ers" Lave hud time to change the sys tem. Baron Kaneko has had no apparent connection with the peace conference, but the mikado's real basis for settling the war may after all be found in his Inside pocket Great Britain will probably know the meaning of a real political campaign when the turlo question becomes an issue for the first time since the exten sion of popular suffrage. The Central Labor union politicians bare reduced the filing fee for their sup , plementary primary to $0.50. Compared with the schedules fixed by the regular party organizations this looks like cut ting prices. It is fortunate that thirty days remain (or Omaha voters to acquaint themselves with their new political geography. If an election were held in this city today it would be a wise man who knew in which district be could vote. It 1 really thoughtful hi Copper King Greene to time his transit through Ne . braska six weeks later than the visit of Tom Lawson. Had the two distin guished financiers met In Nebraska we might have had prairie fires before the grass was dry. . Oovernor Mickey has revoked the pa role of the convict who has fulled to Bre up to bis promises of good be haviour. An example of this kind may tend to make paroled prisoners appreci ate better the privileges accorded to them. r- . . ' .One of The Bee's readers complains of the deficiency of drinking places In our parks and couples the romplulnt about lack of water to drink with the statement thnt lemonade is not sold In the park pavilion for less than 10 ceBts a glass. It Is up to the lemonade vendor ta resent the aspersion. ; The trsusinlaslsslppl congress has erred another good turn by affording occasion to resurrect John W. Noble, former secretary of the interior. If the press dispatches did not designate the official title belonging to Mr. Noble ninety nine newspaper readers out of 1O0 would barer bare identified him. KKEriXO FAtTTt IT7TT CH1XA, Whpn the pence conference met there was a very general doubt an to whether Japan would fulfill the pledge she had made to China to restore to that country me sovereignty over Manchuria. Jiie declaration made ly ttie Chinese govern- inent Just prior to the opening of the conference, that It would not recognlie any action nffpctlng Its territory taken without Its consent. Indicated that Hint government did not feel entirely conn dent that Japan's promise would be car ried out. There is no longer any ques tion as to the sincerity with which that pledge was given. Hy the agreement of both powers the recognition of China as the sovereign iower In Manchuria has been determined and the rights which had been lost to ber by the Russian mili tary occupation will be restored. The proposition that Manchuria shall be evacuated by Russia and by Japan came from the latter. Thus whatever the out come of the Portsmouth conference China Is assured of the restoration to her of the province whose unwarrantable military occupation by Russia was the canse of the war. In this Japan hns again commended herself to the respect and confidence of the world. She hns again demonstrated that when she gives a pledge It Is with the sincere intention to fulfill it How different it hns been with Russia. More than three years ago that power entered Into an agreement with China to evacu ate Manchuria. Instead of carrying out this agreement she went on augmenting her military strength there, which China was powerless to prevent and putting herself In a position to perpetually hold the territory. Cnn there be any doubt that If Russia had been victorious she would have refused to restore a foot of Manchuria to the sovereignty of China? Not only this, but In all probability more of Chinese territory would have been seized. Victorious Japan, however, is not seeking territorial aggrandizement at the expense of China, but gives back to that empire what her arms have won at an enormous sacrifice and might right fully hold. Japan is pledged to the open door for trade and it is not to be doubted that she will be found sincere in this matter also. A good deal of effort hns been made to create apprehension that Japan's supremacy in Asiatic affairs would result in a policy described in the declaration of a Japanese political party, "Asia for the Asiatics." A good deal has been snld- about the "yellow peril." There Is no substantial ground for the professed fears of thoRe who endeavor to create prejudice against Japan. In nothing that she has done, before or since the war, has she given any renson to think that she contem plates any course or policy hostile to the Interests of friendly nations. In fulfill ing her pledge to China she has given assurance of her Intention to keep faith and deal fnlrly with nil countries. ETHICS OF THE OFFICIAL JVSKET. The appropriation by the council of 300 to pay the expenses of throe dele gates to represent Omaha at the anntuil meeting of the League of American Mu nicipalities has served to raise agsui the question whether this is a legal use of public money for a public purpose. On general grounds The Bee believes It voices the sentiment of the taxpaylng public in opposing official junkets at he public expense, although, as a matter of fact it has become quite the prac tice for various departments, not only of local government, but of state and fed eral government as well, to allow ex pense accounts for representatives at tending meetings called for the discus sion of subjects relating to the adminis tration of public affairs. The real question to be considered, however, Is the question of ethics, namely, who gets the benefit of the par ticular excursion for which the junketing money is voted? There Is a well grounded' suspicion that a great many of the associations, societies and organ izations of public . officials have been formed chiefly with a view to affording the members an excuse to get away from home and have a, good time with out paying for It out of their own pockets, but at the same time some of them are undoubtedly ' doing valuable work, which In the long run Inures to the benefit of the public and saves the taxpayers money by giving all a chance to profit by the experience and experi ments. The Bee hns put in its protest from time to time against the overindulgence of the junketing habit. The thing that Is most noticeable about the present eruption of alleged reform is its trans parent animus. The school board, the police board and the park board have all been spending public money for Junketing bills, but the reformers' eyes were closed until they became embroiled In a personal controversy with mem bers of the council, when they suddenly waked up to the enormity of the appro priation of this nioney. The Southern Pacific railroad, as a result of a recent conference among the executive officers of the Harrlman lines, has appropriated an additional $100,000 to be used during the coming year in newspaper advertising. No set of busi ness men are in better position to ob serve the results of their advertising caAipnlgns than the railroad managers, and the fact that the railroads every where are advertising more extensively and at the same time confining their advertising more and more to news paper publications ought to be an object lettaon for wide awake beads of other enterprises susceptible of enlarging their trade relations with the public by means of publicity. ' If it will pay the Southern Pacific to put in another f 100,- OtiO buying printers' ink, a similar In vestment in proportion, if Judiciously made, will pay In other lines of business. Every one " Interested In Omaha should rejoice that our oft-promised new palatial betel ' has reached the stage where a photograph of the architect's drawing can be admired. If this rapid progress does not stimulate hope for the present Inhabitants It surely will for the next generation. Irrigation rnotiHKSS. Ktendy progress Is being made la the work of federal Irrigation and It appears that the results so far are In the main satisfactory. Announcement wns re cently mude that plans have been com pleted by the bureau of reclamation of arid lands for the largest single irriga tion plant yet undertaken by the govern ment It Is what is known as the El Paso system, which has been the subject of agitation in Texas for many years. At the last session of congress a special act was passed making this project one for the bureau to take1 up at once and its estimated cost is $7,200,000, the great est of any one work of the kind in the United States. When completed it will Irrigate 180,000 acres of the richest land In the southwest lying in New Mexico and Texas, and also 70,000 acres In Mexico. This extensive work of irriga tion will be begun as soon as a pending treaty with Mexico, relating to the use of the waters of the Rio Grande, which is an International stream, shall have been completed.' Referring to the progress of federal irrigation, the San Francisco Call re marks that when the government under took to provide irrigation in trje arid regions, applying thereto the proceeds of the sale of public lands, it was expected by many who had foresight that finally the general fund In the United States treasury would be resorted to in order to complete the work that would be un dertaken. It says the scheme Is nenrlng thnt point, thnt a large number of costly Irrigation plants have been put under way, btit none hns yet returned a dollar to the fund that it wns expected to be derived from them. One renson for this appenrs to be that government irrigation plants cost so much per acre of land to be served thnt settlers are shy about assuming the burden of debt. It is the opinion of thnt pnper that the terms and conditions are too hard for the persons who seek settlement on land, while those who have on hand the amount of capital required to meet the conditions do not wish to live on the lnnd. Another objec tion is that the limit of holdings is too small. The Call says: "In administering the law the Interior department has spread its legs too wide. It has undertaken a number of very costly plants all at once. It should have completed one, secured settlers on it and had experience to guide It for further work. s It n now in danger of a reaction that will be caused by the cost of a large number of Incompleted plants and the lack of settlers on the lands that are under the one that is finished." Of course the irrigation work is at present to a large extent in the experimental stage and it is perhaps a fact that It has t'een pushed more rapidly thnn is expedient. If so there will be no difficulty in reducing the pace and possibly this will be done, but there is little renson to apprehend that what has leen accomplished will not in due time 1k Justified by results. As to the ob stacles to settlement pointed out, they may be removed by congress and very likely will be. In anyvevent the great federal Irrigation project will be prose cuted to completion. Our state entomologist Is still formu lating edicts against the Hessian fly, al though be admits that "the Hessian fly proved less destructive to small grain than had been feared in the early spring." The suspicion that the attempt to create a stampede over the Hessian fly was chiefly for the purpose of in fluencing the legislature to appropriate money for a scientific war of extermina tion evidently had some grounds after all. Several members of the Douglas dele gation to the 1903 legislative session have taken pains to deny that they drew numbers In the distribution of theater tickets by the grain dealers' lobby. Some lawmakers come cheaper than the price of a thcuter ticket and still others come higher. Oovernor Mickey's Labor day procla mation is out, designating Monday, September 4 as laborers' special boll day. One extra reason why Labor day should be specially celebrated this year Is that no artisan or mechanic willing to work has had to take any enforced boll days. Colonel Bryan's Commoner expresses doubt as to whether the country Is ex periencing real prosperity. In the mean while the colonel is preparing to put in a year trip around the world ou the proceeds of bis share of prevailing busi ness prosperity. The report that Chinese politicians fear public seutimeut will come as a surprise to many people who bad imagined that the Chinese public hud little to do with statecraft But Chinese affairs are still a matter of mystery to the average Cau casian. If King Peter of Servla marries de spite the Wishes of royalty of other lands he will discover that the former "boy cott" wus but a summer night's exploit Tli ere are too many royal daughters and grandduughters seeking husbunds. If the practice of that New York wo man who Bhot her husband's steno grapher becomes common mere man can be expected to resume his former place In the commercial world. Taklaa- Everythlaa- la Sight. Chicago Tribune. The Russian envoys will be Inclined to take the view that If the Japanese have raised seventy sunken warships there should be several million dollar placed at once to the credit of the Indemnity fund. Sol la the HomeSite Probleaa. Chicago Kecord-Herald. 'If women would spend more tltae at housework and leas time at aonaense," says Mrs. Elisabeth Hunt, aged It, of Brooklyn. "lbey'4 be belter off." If Mrs. Hunt could produce proof that women might keep young by doing housework th domestic problem would be quickly solved. The RUM Thin He. Springfield Republican. A republic in Norway begins to look more probable. It would be a fitting con clusion of the reasaertlon of the Inde pendence of the Norwegian people. Moat Fortunate of Hla Class. Washington Post. Mr. Rockefeller Is fortunate In having other Investment, so he does not have to economise In Order to live on the $111,000,000 that he draw annually from the Standard OH company. Aa Efficient Aranmeat. Kansas City Time. After all, the most effective peace argu ment I the New York banker' tatement that Russia can borrow In Amarkca and France, all the money It wants to make peace, but none to make war. Better Go Slow. Pittsburg Dispatch. The cheerful manner in whloh the Chi nese Inaugurated the American boycott ap pears to have given way to the apprehen sion that It will be followed by dire re sults for China. Mr. W'u can enlighten hi countrymen on that point. He wa here during the day when the United State was somewhat stirred over an Incident In Havana harbor. Publicity and Rascality. Harper's Weekly. Our newspapers might be much better; they could easily be made more to the taste of th people of taste; but their un lovely crying of crime, disagreeable aa It Is, I an exceedingly Important public duty, and in their faithfulness and veracious fortitude in keeping It up He really the biggest part of our hope of a higher stand ard of honesty In public and private life. There 1s hopefor any kind of rascality as long aa it can 'be kept out of the paper. Great Growth la Ksporta. Philadelphia Press. America not only helps feed and clothe a large part of the outside world, but sup plies various articles of manufacture In rapidly Increasing quantities. In the fiscal year which ended with June this country exported $MS,000,000 worth of manufactured goods. That was 191,000,000 more than was exported during the previous year. In ten year the value of this class of export has been multiplied by three. The growth in exports far outrun the Increase In population. In thirty years the .number of people has grown from 4B, 000,000 to about 83,000,000, but during the same period the value of manufactured export has risen nearly 460 per cent Beware of the Gloomy Mood. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Never permit yourself to make any de cision of importance while you are In a state of depression. Never commit the er ror of taking a serious step while you are measuring life by standards set up In the darkness of an unhappy mood. Such standards are never true, never just. The estimate you make of yourself, of others and of the world while you are blinded by despondency I a false estimate always. The shape you see are distorted shapes. Tour vision Is at fault The only time you are capable of true Judgment I when your sight becomes clear enough for you to really see that life Is worth living and "all's right with the world." tr,- A' Good Example. "Wall Street Journal. It has been the good fortune of Ellhu Root to give to the people of the United States two object lessons In Ideal citizen ship. One of these was his resigning ' the emoruments of a reat profession, of which he Is a leader. In Older to accept the duties of public office. This was an example that was much needed at this time, when so many prefer the Immense gain of com mercial enterprise to the distinction of publlo ervlce, or enter Into the govern ment employment merely as 'a stepping stone to the favor of the corporations. Having resigned hi profession for the publlo ervlce, Mr. Root gave another ex ample of good citizenship In resigning all position which he held a director of and, counsel for corporations. He separated himself from every employment and every affiliation which might In any degree Inter fere with hi Independence as a public offi cial. PROTEST A JfT FEDERATION. Movement of Great Slanlflcance la the Religions World. Chicago Tribune. A meeting of great Interest and, perhaps, of grestt "importance In the religious world will take place beginning November 15, when representative of twenty-four de nominations having an aggregate member ship of 18,000,000 persons will assemble In New York for the purpose of conferring on the advisability and feasibility of form ing a federation of all the Protestant churches In America. The plan of drawing all Protestant churches together in this manner was perhaps suggested by th example of the. Presbyterians, who seem now in a fair way to get together aa a federal body. The union of the various and sometimes warring sects of Protestantism Into one great, homogeneous church ha been dreamed of and advocated more or lea evar since the reformation. Many Protestants have always conceded that It would be a good thing, but no denomination haa shown a disposition to make such conces sions In regard to organisation, creed and teaching a It would be necessary for all to make before It would be possible for such a union to take place. They have professed a willingness to unite, but each has tacitly or avowedly made union con ditional upon such terms a no other would accept. Considerable of the old spirit still exist and complete fusion would be as Impracticable now aa It was In the past. Federation la practicable because It makes possible union without fusion. Prot estant agree concerning mosf points. There are no differences between them re garding th fundamentals of morality. They all wish to disseminate the truth of Christianity aa widely as possible, and there are ao considerable variance be tween them concerning the best way of doing this work. Federation would enable them to Inculcate the doctrine which they all' accept, to accomplish the object they all aim at, much more effectively with a given sum of money and a given expendi ture of effort than they are able to now, and that without sacrificing any of their denominational peculiarities of creed or organisation. Ttie federation would carry on the work In regard to which all were agTeed. Kach church would be autono mous in respect to matter as to which there was not complete agreement. It would em there could hardly be any doubt among Protestant and the friends of Protestantism as to the desirability of organisation along these lines. It 1 an Interesting question whether the proposed federation. If effected, would not prove the first step toward a complete union. That It would bring about a better understanding between the various churches and cause them to look with more tolerant eye upon each other' peculiarities of dogma and worship and with less exclusive favor upon their own seems probable. Thai It would lead In the near future to actual coalescence seems Improbable. Widespread religious revolutions are not so easily or speedily brought to pa TATB PRESS COMMENT. Norfolk New: The Omaha Pee hints to Investor that unles all sign fail. Omaha real estate will never again be on the mar-' ket as low a at the present time. The same statement might be mad In regard to almost every location In Nebraska. Holdrege Progress (Ind): Fusion "Just once more;" think of It! The populist and democratic state conventions have been called at IJnooln, September toi Fu sion In Nebraska 1 too dead to mention, except In a reminiscent way. The state will go republican this fall In spite of all idle talk of fusion. Papllllon Time: It I generally supposed that the saloon located at Manawa Is In Nebraska and within the limits of Sarpy county, yet th saloon has never paid a cent of llcqnse money Into the county treasury or ha ever taken out a license. The county commissioner should fbok this matter up, and if the fact are as reported proceed at once to make the proprietor comply with the Nebraska law. Taplllion Time: AH Nebraska rejoice over the success attained by the Oiaha grain exchange which In the short time of a few months haa advanced from prac tically nothing to the second greatest corn market In America, ranking fifth as a general grain market In this country. The grain exchange has been a great help to Omaha and I only In Its Infancy. In a few year a . great milling Industry should spring up there. Let the good work go on. Bloomfleld Monitor: The Monitor note that some of It Dixon county exchange are mentioning the nam of John D. Hask ell of Wakefield, In connection with the governorship proposition. Th editor of this paper want to remark right her and right now that Hon. John D. Haskell would make the state of Nebraska a mighty good governor. W have ben ac quainted with Mr. Haskell for many years, socially and politically, and know for a fact that Nebraska holds no broader, more Intelligent, more trustworthy or more cap able man than John D. Haskell of 'Wake field. Norfolk News: It may perhaps be known that The News Is not Governor Mickey's defender, but here Is one "republican or gan" that has the hardihood to boast that he Is giving a "good business administra tion," at this time. The New believes In being fair, with even Mickey. It Is a fact that cannot be truthfully denied that Gover nor Mickey's present administration la one of the best from an economical standpoint that the state has ever had. Ntrt only are the state funds not being squandered, but on the contrary they are being saved with a frugality that Is almost miserly. The reason for this Is that Governor Mickey has an ambition to reduce the state debt at least a half during his term In office, and If the present record of economy is kept up, there Is every reason to believe that he will succeed. Let's give Governor Mickey credit for what he Is doing, even If we do not liko all that he has done In the past Schuyler Free Lance (lnd.): The fact that the democrats and populists have called their state conventions for Lincoln on September 20 Indicates that the program Is fusion again. And fusion this time means that the leaders of two parties pro pose getting together on Judge Holcomb again for supreme Judge. Holcomb Is the strongest man the combination could name as he poses as a people's man and gets the anti-corporation votes and yet not a man In the state stands better with the corpora tion and get their support also. It Is such a combination, to be found only In one man and to keep up so long. With the average man of that sort he falls between the two horses he is riding, but Holcomb Is an expert. However, this year Nebraska I republican In spite of Holcomb or any other fellow and all fusion In the world will amount to little. The day of fusion Is past and today It simply means confusion. Columbus Telegram: Many Nebraska newspaper are urging Attorney-General Brown to proceed against the coal trust In this state. The Telegram has often pleaded with Brown to get after the Coal trust, which chargih Columbus people a dollar or two per ton more for western coal than the price paid by Omaha people for the same coal. But we shall not urge an attack on the coal combine Just now. Brown has gone after the Grain trust, and the foxy fellows who operate that trust will keep him busy. Give Brown a chance. He haa promised to do things. Already he has got the Grain trust leaders going south and also to Europe. He promises to get after the Coal and Lumber trusts Just as soon aa possible. It will be time to swear at Brown after hi failure to make hi promises good. He Is making good right now as to the trust, and we believe he will do Just as good work when he shall attack th other fellows, and he promise to do It soon. Every Nebraskan ought to stand be hind Brown a long a he makes good In his fight against the Grain trust, and then get ready to stand behind him when he shall tackle the coal and lumber combine. ANCIEXT PLEDGE STRICKE OVT. Methodist Brides Needn't Promise to "Obey" Their Husbands. Philadelphia Inquirer. It 1 reported a a notable circumstance that the marriage service presented In the new Methodist hymnal excuses the woman about to enter the holy state of matrimony from making any promise to obey the man whom she has chosen, or at least accepted, a her future husband. According to the formula prescribed for the occasion she must promise to love, honor and keep htm In sickness or health to the exclusion of all others, but upon the subject of obedience the ritual Is silent. It doe not undertake to determine who shall be the boss of the future household, and as thing go In the United States at tho present time the determination la perhaps unnecessary. In this Important respect It differs from the marriage service embodied In the revUed report of the Presbyterian general assembly's special committee. which exact the ancient pledge, a pledge more honored In the breach than In the ob servance. The young woman who stand up before a Presbyterian minister at the hymeneal altar will still be required to give her word that she will recognise It a a wifely duty to do as she Is told should the occaalon for the Issuance of a command arise. There ran be no denying that of th two ordinance the Presbyterian I the most scriptural. It was St. Paul who promul gated the rule of the Christian church in this matter, and he did so with his usual lucidity and emphasis. What he said was that wives must obey their husband In the Lord; but then that was a long while ago, and not only did St. Paul aa an un married man lack experience, but he seems to have regarded women fronv a strictly oriental point of view. They were not to speak In church, they were not to do up their hair the way they wanted, they were not to go to church bareheaded, they were not to do this, that and the other. That may have appeared all right to Dorcas. Prlscllla. Eunice, Lois and the other devout women with whom the apostle was associated during the active years of hi ministry, but It wouldn't go down now adays. The women wouldn't stand for It. At least they wouldn't In these Vnlted States. Fir la the Ointment. St. Louis Olobe-Democrat. The western farmers have plethorio bank accounts and bumner rraln croita. All that I 1 lacking Is a sufficient number of freight I car to transport their surplus goods to ms-tha AMOQ TUB PR A CRM AKKRA, I Ms an the Conference of the F.nToys at Portmoath. 8to. the vocalist of the Japanese mission. Is popular among the newspaper men, readily chatting with them on every sub ject hut th doings of the conference. Hla popularity materially enhanced by a deli cate thirst, for which highball are the favorite remedy. A count on one day showed a record of nine highballs taken Wit h the compliment of the correspondent. e effect Was SOrelv i!l,annln tin j lh. The -1 -- ' v ...w hospitable newacatherera for it ma that with each highball Mr. Sato developed a marked decree the charactritln nt a clam. In the late evening a..tnn. .-.. th. hotel when the bridge whist parties have retired to the rear tnr . i.v.. lemonade or the correspondent are taking a gooantgni annk arter catching the wire, Sato drift alonr. r.lrk un m.hi- qualntance, order a rye highball and sits aown ror a talk, ill curiosity Is quiet but Insistent "Cownuncher what la ts.it" t,. . i. . catching at a phrase dropped by his vla-sJ vis. It I explained that It Is nnl t.r.tkA name for a cowbov. Oh. v k.. v, of cowboys, but he wants to know u Kn.. them, even to their dress and th line fence proposition. When It la no to him tiv v. m ahead on any taek-polltica, Japanese art. interior condition or China, th latest In hats, American women. Just touch In the tenth degree on official business, bow- ana tne nun drops over Sato's eye. Sato. Takashlta and TTxntfcai-o th. mixers of the Japanese party, are at a big table with half a in a Hanlhara. who Is the third assistant secre cy m me Japanese legation, figures aa the best looking of his n&rtv. ir i .n.kt . ular of feature, light In color and has an at- irncuve smiie. He takes on highball at the beginning of the nlvht ...a make It last all th way through. It Is not mo nignoaii ne oarcs for, Hanlhara ex plainsit's the company. B'r carfnt Ing h manage to lauvh t th. a i okes 1" the right place. He never forgets any one's name and never takes the Initia tive in any conversation. He appears to be watching all the time and taking note on us. Baron Rosen alts in th mm.. an evening paper. He Is about the hotel a good deal. His newspaper 1 always with him. and he prefers to sit alone and read miner man to mix. In his hours of ease the baron alwavs wear . v T HDl, ;HUI- lng cap pulled over Ms eye. The tall. amieiio Bavarln Is talking tennis. He has got In two or three nma ir,n. h. i at the Wentworth. He plays with a rather w.w.ra dui enecuve stroke, and his smashes are hard to handl. T.nt m..t. he put down his name for th tournament wna ye eeacn, Dut the exigencies of pub llo business forced him in a-l,h-a. t the Russian financial expert, is sipping -misers ana tninking. He Is seen a good deal about the hotel, but he rarely speaks to any one except the members of hla own party. He wears his hair tight cropped and his beard long, and ha haa th r . college professor. A young woman of the hotel going for her morning constitutional broke a branch from a flowering tree, carried it with her to the dining room and propped It into a small pitcher In the center of the table. Coming out from luncheon, two Japanese corres pondents passed. They stopped, started very slightly and began to range about the table, watching that branch. Not to seem Impolite, they withdrew after a little, but rouna an excuse to re-enter the dining room and to pass that table twice. After them came an under secretary of the lega tion. He stopped In his tracks, looked and smiled. Then followed the correct Mr. Mat sumoto of the Japanese Parliament. An other stop. The correspondents on their Second back trip met them. The four Japa nese stood smiling and talking In under tones. The American girl who owned the flowering branch noticed the direction of their eye. Would you like ome of the flowers?" she asked, and reached her hand toward the pitcher. "I beg you not to touch It," said one of the correspondents. "You you were taught In Japan?" The American girl looked very puzzled until another correspondent explained that quite by accident and by a natural eye for beauty she had done a pretty piece of work In the Japanese art of flower arrangement, which moat children of Nippon are taught In school. She Insisted on giving the Lbranch, arranged as It was, to the Japanese party, and It stood on their table at din ner. Twice a day, when there Is a conference, tho automobile carrying the delegates scorch through the town and Portsmouth lifts Itself from the cracker box, says "There they go," and falls asleep again. The drive of the delegates 1 through New England at Its prettiest, the thick growing, fertile part of New England. The road to the navy yard winds for some six miles about the ramifications of the river and bay. It is lined for a good part of the way with woods of green leafed oak and graceful white birch. It passes a reg ular New England duck pond, with a little water wheel and a New Enrland farmer In his shirt sleeves watching history scorch by. Twice it crosses th wide, peaceful Plseataqua river, which- carries In these days a multitude of little boats and canoes. It run past mansion of the eighteenth century, proud In their superb colonial doorways, all prim and white. It turns There are no teen remedies family medicine. we might mention yellow dock root, thorn bark, senna leaves, burdock root, cimi cifuga root, cinchona bark, Phytolacca root. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is certainly a medicine, a genuine medicine, a doctor's medicine.; Ma by ta I. O. kr 9.. tVewell, Haas. Aie lift am i as W ATXB'S E Am TIOOB M th hair. ATEK'B PILLS Tor Snort lpatloe, AIXM'S CM4MIY t-imt-fw ucat. AVE' AO US CUkB or Euaiaul aa IfU. Into a eomar of slewpy, rmty Portsmouth, a town which Is all et the past. Every other house Is a colonial or enrly Amer ican, the business blocks are boxes of bulldlnjts, economically built as to eavea. presenting squnre. unomamcntat rows of front window the kind of building that flashes upon one here and there Is that part of old Greenwich village -which the march of steel has spared. The Inhabitants ani ' is prim as the buildings. They walk the streets with con scientious precision. Aik one Of them the way and he or she will stc.p. lead you to th comer, give minute directions, pass perhaps a bit-of gossip about the weather, and bid you a cheerful good day. The loneliest man In the world Just now Is Prof. Marteens of the Russian delega tion. Her is his sad pllKht: The Russians tried to run him In as a delegate, but the Japanese wouldn't stand for it. It wns not consonant with the dignity of a great au thority on International lnw to be a simple secretary, and so the occupation of Mar teens was gone. Now and then wooing couples wandering through the grounds come upon an old man sitting on a bench reading. It Is Prof. Marteens killing time. The pessimist of the war party looked after htm and said: "II Is the author of a monumental work tn seventy-six volume on the treaties of Russia, He Is over here to explain this treaty, and there ain't going to be no treaty." PERSONAL KOTRS, Since It I no longer permissible to dun government clorks during working hours. Unci Sam expects a great deal more and a great deal beter work out of hla em ployes. The sonnets of King Oscar of Sweden have been translated Into most of the lan guages of Europe. He Is an accomplished musician, also, hi nautical songs, set to hi own muslo being very popular In the Swedish navy. Mrs. AbMe Gardener Sharp, the sole sur vivor of the Spirit lake massacre of 18C7, Is living at Plllsruiry Point, Lake Okobojl, la. She ha written a history of the mas sacre and has purchased her old home at the lake and spends her summers there. Iowa Is apparently for the moment In a very whirlpool of surprlso. Th state cen sus, recently taken, compared with the federal oensu of nve years ago, shows a falling off In this brief time of 15,785 in habitant, and Iowa doesn't relish this unique distinction of hers. A New York politlclnn reafl. Bishop Pot ter's recent declaration that a sermon should not exceed twenty minutes In length and commented in this way: 'That' not nearly so good as Senator Everts' remark. He said a sermon should lost twenty min utes, with a leaning to the side of mercy." A woman who was once a practicing lawyer recently helped her husband cap ture a burglar by vigorously whacking the Intruder over the head with a broomstick. Which goes to show that the broom Is woman's natural weapon, and no amount of acquired legal knowledge prevent her from handling It gracefully, spontaneously and with a full measure of success. PlEASAHTlr POIMTED. Tommy Pop, what are hiccoughs? rrnn.mva von 1 tircoiiirhs. my son r.- from donaxted SDlrlts. Fhlladel phla Recora. "Is music immoral, really?" asked the debutante. "Not all of It," replied the chaperon. "Some pianos are upright.' Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. "That man says a dishonest dollar never passed through his hands." "Not If be could help It," answered Senator Sorghum. "Ha always held onto it." Washington Star. "There's nothing makes me so tired as to have a man forever trying to kiss me, said the beautiful girl. "That's right," sided In her chum. "If I were a man and wanted to Kiss a flrl I'd do It and have It over with. Thl oollng around and trying to do It gets monotonous." Milwaukee Sentinel. Uncle Horace (who Is something of a shko and philosopher) My boy, It is time for you to begin to think seriously of the kind of future you Intend to nmp out for yourself. To sum It up In a word, what epitaph are you ambitious to have en graved upon your tomtmtone? Nephew (JUBt beginning his career) He got his share. Chicago Tribune. THE RIPEN I MO. V. M. Gamble In the Atlantic. O, vast unwieldy l:ind of ours! Like some hiiKe Titan iMiy thou art Whose young blood surges through ills heart In a crude strife of powers, I'ntll some tingling moment when One cry wrings all true souls, and then Thou atandest in the strength of wralh and thy peers! Thee, newborn far beyond the main, God cradled In a new-found clime That wistful Europe' dreHtns sublime Might not seem all In vivln: Hope, reawakening at thy birth, Thrilled the droopt songsters of the earth To brief estatlc toy. Kre long In thee Shall they behold the pledge of one Hu manity. The nationB, aye. the nntlons wait Thy ripening. Shall they lift their eye To see thee knit thy thews and rise, Single and whole and great? Not sooner for the bugle call. Not sooner for the sound of all The cannonades that ronr beneath the sun. Knowledge and Love and Toll shall slowly make thee one. What song shall hail yon far-off morn? Must hope be sung In sweet, sad walls By Europe's rlch-volred nightingales Bleeding against a thorn? Come, new-world Irk! Come, future seer In thy chanting men shall hear Love dominant through the triumph hymn of Life. While long-retreating drums beat the dead march of strife. less than four in this standard Among them sarsaparilla root. stillingia root, buck K 1 - . ..." . .