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C. C. ROSEWATER,
Secretary.
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before me this first day of July, 1906.
(Seal) M. B. HLNGATE.
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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,
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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
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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.;
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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
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