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C. C. ROSEWATER,
Secretary,
Subscribed In my presence and sworn" to
before me this first day or Jly, 19v.
I0eal M. il. iiLNOATE,
Notary Public
WHEN OliT OF TOWS.
bscrlbers leaving th cHy tem
porarily should stave ' The Bee
mailed to then. It Is Wetter than
dally letter front hease. Ad
dress will be changed often as
requested.
It bag been .demonstrated Unit In
Japnn the retreat Is counldered a diplo
matic movement rather than a military
volution. i
With an Anierlcnh adviser to shape
the treaty for Japun, it Is highly proba
ble that the Muuchuriun door Mill re
main open.
In spite of bis obdurate position the
ultan of Morocco cannot hope to occa
sion a peace conference like, tfiut at
Portsmouth. t ir.t - I
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There 1b no doubt bow that "the lid la
on" In St Louis since a Kansas editor
spent Sunday In the town and admits
be could not get a drink. ''
Secretary Shaw Insists public men
should not be bound by the comment of
friendly editors, and surely not by the
comment of unfriendly ones. "
The surprise expressed by the presi
dent regarding the result of the peace
conference would Indicate that be did
not realise bow hard be had swung the
"big stick."
Omaha banks are milking some tall
records these days. They could not
make such records except for the gen
eral prosperity that pervades all lines
of business.
Secretary Shaw says h.e forgives Gov
ernor Cummins. Now, If Governor Cum
mins will forgive Secretary Shaw all
may yet be peace and barmony in the
. Iiawkeye state.
The crowned heads of Europe are ex-
pressing so much pleasure over the re
turn of peace to the orient that one is
led to wonder why they did not anticl
pate the action of the American presi
dent.
Ad advance iu passenger rates be
tween the headquarters of the Russian
army In the field and the Siberian line
might recompense Japan in part for Its
failure to have an Indemnity Inserted In
the bond.
Denver bus postponed the opening of
. Its public schools In order to provide
Bleeping places in the school bouses for
visitors during tbt Grand Army re
union. And still it boasts. of Its ability
to care for crowds.
With yellow fever extending along the
gulf from Pensacola to the western
' boundary of Louisiana, Cuba may
wonder why Uncle Sam does not take
soma of the treatment so vigorously ad
ministered to It by General Wood.
; The story that Speaker Cannon Is to
find trouble la fludlng enough "stand
par congressmen to nil the vacant
chairmanships of committees ia another
of those reports 'which are Important if
true; but more probably neither.
Sifting down the big talk of all of the
council weu vu butu aides, the) Lahlpau
-la that Omaha bas simply beeu witness
ing a determined fight by the electric
lighting company to keep the gas com
pany from getting in on the distribution
of the money in the lighting fund.
Acceptance by the Park board of the
gift of land donated by W. L Klerstead
, for a little- resting place along Florence
boulevard should set th example for
other gifts of a similar nature "without
strings tied to them." Omaha, however,
.la a comparatively young city and that
accounts for the amallness of Its accu-
, nialatkin of gifts for parks, monuments,
HbreriAtal yjr yub Duryoge
AFTER PKJCE.
With the ending of the war both Kus
sla ami Japan may be expected to begin
as soon as possible the work of Indus
trial and commercial development.
While there is no accurate information
as to what the conflict hag coat them,
they are poorer by hundreds of millions
of dollars than before. Russia has ad
ded largely to a national debt that be
fore the war was a henry burden. Her
Industries have declined and her foreign
commerce has fallen oft to the extent of
fully one-third of what It was prior to
the war. Preaeut conditions in much
of the empire are said to be very bad
crops much below the average and In
some districts a complete failure, fam
ine imminent In several provinces, great
numbers of people already suffering
hunger, and an army of workingmen In
the cities unemployed. Now that the
government has no longer to think of
providing for war expenditures it un
doubtedly will promptly turn Its atten
tion to relieving the unfortunate Inter
ns! conditions as far as It Is possible to
do so. For this purpose It is assumed
that It wllj have no difficulty in obtain
ing whatever money It may need. A re
vival of Industrial activity and a res
toration f foreign commerce are to be
looked for as an early result of the
termination of hostilities. Russia, has
great resources and with her statesmen
devoting themselves, as they are now
free to do, to tho consideration of poli
cies for promoting the development of
the country's resources; Russia within
the next decade may be in better condi
tion, as to all her material interests,
than she was at the outset of the disas
trous conflict Just ended.
Japan, also, will bend all her energies
to the enlargement of hor Industries and
the extension of her trnde. Her national
debt Is now about three times what It
was when she went to, war, but whllj a
good deal of a burden upon the country
It will be taken care of without great
difficulty. The Industries and the for
eign commerce of Japan did not suffer
from the war. On the contrary there
was during the past year a considerable
Increase In the Imports nnd exports of
the country. There can be no doubt
that her trade will steadily grow and
that she will make rapid progress In In
dustrial development. It Is reasonably
to be expected that Japan will find a
much larger market for her products In
China than heretofore, while she Will
derive gront lneflt from the develop
ment of Cores that Is now certain to
take place. An example of what Japan
Is capable of doing In upbuilding is fur
nished In Formosa, whose commerce Is
fivefold greater than when the Island
came under Jnpanese control. While
the resources of Japan are not compara
ble In extent to those of Russia, yet
they are very considerable and there are
no more energetic and enterprising peo
ple than the Japanese.
The world will continue to feel a deep
Interest In the two nations whose titanic
Struggle Is now concluded and It will
be the universal hope that both Will earn
estly address thems .-es to, th works
of peace and the promotion of the wel
fare and happiness of their people.
COlf OB A TULA TINO THE PRESIDENT.
President Roosevelt through his suc
cessful efforts for peace, has attained a
pre-eminent position -among the world's
statesmen. "History will ascribe to you
the glory," declared M. Wltte In bis
message to Mr. Roosevelt after the en
voys had reached an agreement. In a
like spirit are the messages sent by
European rulers. All of them recognize
how great Is the credit due the president
of the United States for the fortunate
outcome of the Portsmouth conference.
"The whole of mankind must unite, and
will do so," telegraphed Emperor Wil
liam, "in thanking you for the great
boon you have given It"
It Is a fact universally understood
that the bead of no other nation could
have accomplished what was done by
Mr. Roosevelt No emperor or king
could have interposed without inciting
distrust and misgiving on the part of
one or the other of the belligerents. The
appeal of the chief magistrate of this
republic, however, received respectful
attention because It was known to be
sincere, disinterested and could not pos
sibly have any ulterior motive. It was
regarded, also, as representing the earn
est desire for peace of the whole Amer
ican people and the public sentiment of
this country Is a potent Influence with
the governments of the old world. The
nation shares In the honor and glory of
Its president's great and memorablo
achievement.
Mr. Roosevelt's political opponents
have asserted that he was not a friend
of peace. That accusation can no longer
be made. What be has done In bringing
about a termination of hostilities in the
far east shows him to be not only a
friend of peace, but the most resource
ful of peacemakers.
WILL BENEFIT OCR TRADE.
A Peking dispatch says that the open
ing of Manchuria will give a great im
petus to American trade, that country
having been practically closed to im
ports throughout the war.- A 'very large
part of our commerce with China prior
to hostilities was in Manchuria and there
is every reason to expect that this will
be restored as soon as the country la
again opened and conditions become set
tled. In time this trade ought to be ma
terially increased, as a treaty made with
China Just before the beginning of war
provided for the opening of two ad
ditional ports In Manchuria a treaty, by
the way, to which the Russians made
vigorous opposition. Its negotiation
was a notable Instance of the sagacious
diplomacy of the. late Secretary Hay.
Manchuria, was one of the most pop
ulous parts of China and will be again,
as it is a country having a most pro
ductive soli and being rlco tn coal, tlm
ber ap.d most of the requirements to sus
tain a large population. The Chinese
who left there while the war was going
on will andoubtedlv return and many
jmora yJlfr Uwm; Th boycott of Amer-
lean goods, which Is said to be waning,
Is not likely to reach that region and It
is to be expected that our manufacturers
and merchants will avail themselves of
the opportunity that now offers to se
cure trade there.
CHEAPER GAS FOR OMAR A.
The announcement that the Omaha
Gas company will muke a voluntary
reduction In the price of gas to prlvste
consumers, bringing the rate down to
$1.25 per thousand cubic feet after Octo
ber 1, and giving us (1.15 gns after
Ottolr 1, littsl, will be received with
gratification by Omaha householders.
When the gas franchise was renewed
twelve years ago with a substantial re
duction in price and a stipulated sliding
schedule to provide for future rsduc-
tlons as consumption Increased, the peo
ple were satisfied that they had won a
great victory. The present reductions,
which figured on this year's business
amount to a remission of $40,000 to gas
consumers and $80,000 annually after
next year, are no less substantial, and
the gas company will doubtless and
should recoup Itself In part by the en
largement of the consumption of gas
sure to follow the reduction In price.
The connection between the present
reductionjn the price of gas to private
consumers and the pending renewal
contract for street gas lamps Is hot en
tirely clear to the public. The position
of . Mayor Moores. and the councllmen
acting with him has been that in the
concessions to be secured,' the public
should have the preference, and if the
gns company should show a disposition
to be reasonable in the matter of lower
price for private consumers the city
could well afford to meet the cut half
way on the street " lighting contract
When the accounts are balanced we are
sure It will be very plain that the public
comes out a big winner by the bargain.
In his series of lectures to the Teach
ers institute at Chicago Chancellor An
drews of the University of Nebraska
has come forward as a defender of the
so-called "fads" In the public schools, In
cluding specifically music, drawing,
painting and calisthenics, with special
emphasis on manual training and the
domestic arts. In his view, educators
who 'say that these subjects are not
practical are themselves not practical.
In Indulging In such generalities, how
ever, Chancellor Andrews does not help
out the situation. Teaching so-called
"fads" may be practical In one place
and not practical In another It may be
practical In one school district where
they have money to burn and decidedly
Impractical where the resources will
warrant only the teaching of educational
rudiments. The most practical educators
are those who recognize the limitations
of existing conditions and try to adjust
themselves to them.
No one in Omaha, except possibly a
few political pinheads, begrudges the
money annually appropriated by the
city- foe special-street illumination dur
ing the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival. This ap
propriation Is a small contribution on
the part of resident and nonresident
taxpayers for the benefits which all en
Joy as the result of Ak-8ar-Ben's activ
ity. It would not be asking too much,
however, under the circumstances,' , to
insist upon something new in the ar
rangement of the lights instead of a
mere repetition of stereotyped : effects
that we have had year after' year. A
little variety and novelty Irl Ak-Sar-Ben
street illuminations should cost nothing
extra and yet offer something that will
satisfy visitors.
Omaha con always profit by Judicious
advertising. The dissemination of in
formation of the wonderful building
progress Omaha Is making is sure to
attract favorable attention to our city.
There is no good reason, however, for
getting ahead of the game and attempt
lng to advertise Omaha by representing
as assured facts projects that are only
"In the air." Omaha has in the past
suffered more harm than good from
trumpeting abroad schemes that never
materlnlUed, and Just now there are
plenty of Improvements actually In
progress to Justify all the good things
we can say about ourselves without
drawing on our imaginations.
The propriety of the ordinance Intro
duced into the city council threatening
with dismissal any city employe who
assigns his salary claims is decidedly
questionable. However much we may
deprecate the practice of warrant shov
ing, the accrued earnings of any person
belongs to himself whether he works for
the city or for some private Individual
or corporation, and he has a right to
make such use of bis earnings, as be
thinks best. If the city would establish
rule of dismissal for deadbents and
standing off admitted and Just bills
without good excuse, it would hit the
target nearer the center.
Former Senator Allen may expect to
be In disrepute with the demo-pop pa
pers as soon as they bear of the bouquet
thrown by him at Portland to Governor
Mickey as "the best governor the state
of Nebraska ever had." Tbey need not
be expected to let the former senator
rest until he comes out and declares that
he was only Joking.
Secretary Bouaparte bus not been In
office long enough to realize that a board
of inquiry often believes It Is selected
to see bow little blame may be attached
to those responsible for Irregularities
and accidents. Ills comment on the Ben-
nigton report may change this idea oa
the part of oftlcepi of the navy.
It Is now alleged that "freight brok
ers" are dividing commissions with peo
ple who make contracts with them to
ship goods. As these commissions are
paid by the railroads It would se-m
that the Elk Ins law is not without loop
boles. South Omaha bas at last discovered
that it is Implicated equally with Omaha
la the BiUup created by th conflicting
provisions of the new primary law re
lating to registration of voters and the
compilation of registration records. It
Is up to the lawyers and the courts to
figure It out.
Ko Itest for the Wicked.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
In time of peace we repeat, let us pre
pare for wart -
Kansas City Times.
There Is absolutely no foundation for
the Impression that work on the Tanama
canal Is at a standstill. The Panama canal
commission adopted a coat of arms last
week.
Rldetraeklaat Ttielr Own Troubles.
Ft. Louts Olobe-Pemocrat.
The railroad companies are trying to
revive an Interest In the question of a
protective tariff, well knowing that when
a tariff discussion Is on In congress nothing
else can be thought of.
Simple and Effective.
New York Tribune.
One of the defendants In a divorce case,
In which whisky and champagne and liberal
potations of beer are prominent factors
eays whisky Is the bane of the -American
people, and adds: "I wish there wasn't a
drop In ths world." For the benefit of this
victim and others who may subscribe to
this wish, It may be said that whisky Is
perfectly harmless if let alone.
The Rumple of Japnn.
Atlanta Journal.
The progress of Japan carries with it a
lesson which the other powers of the world
will do well to learn. Wlthoot the believed
advantages of western clvllltatlon, the land
of the mikado has made her way silently,
without pomp and announcement, in the.
family of nations. Hardly over three de
cades ago Japan laid aside her samurl
her traditions of the past and began her
lesson as a puritl.of the western nations.
retaining, however, the diplomacy and
strategy of the orient until now she pre
sents perhaps the strongest sight of the
composite picture of development of phys
ical and intellectual power. Now, after her
success In her struggle with Russia, she
has already aroused a feeling of fear and
suspicion among the other powers.
THE I.OCOMOTIVB ANNIVERSARY.
Looking; Backward Seventy-Five
Years at Peter Cooper's Wonder.
Philadelphia Record.
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the run
made by Peter Coopers' locomotive from
Baltimore to Elllcott's Mills is a convenient
occasion for reflecting upon our national
debt to the annlhllator of time and space
The Tom Thumb, which was a stationary
engine on a wheeled platform does not in
the slightest degree resemble the machines
that today make a mile a minute without
difficulty, hauling half a dozen ponderous
cars, but there 1b no more change in tho
machines themselves than there is in the
United States.
It Is extremely doubtful if a country so
large as ours could have been held together
without the railroad. Communication be
tween the original thirteen colonies was so
slow and difficult as to endanger their In
terests at times. . As population moved
westward and found Itself separated from
the eastern seaboard by a range of moun
tains the scheme of an Independent Mis
sissippi valley republic began to occupy the
minds of men. There would have been more
danger of Its realization had not the Ohio
river afforded rrleans of transportation for
considerable distance toward the east.
After we acquired the Pacific coast that
remote region Was" held to the rest of the
union by such fragile ties that the least
pressure would have snapped them. Al
though We bad declared for "Fifty-four-
forty or fight"" In our, controversy with
England over the remote northwest, we
compromised for concessions nearer heme.
and It is hardly to the discredit of Daniel
Webster that he regarded the Puget sound
region as scarcely worth controversy; It
took so long to et- there of what real
value could it be: to the people dwelling
between the Atlantic and the Mississippi T
When the south seceded the Paclflo coast
was strongly disposed to cast In Its lot
with that nearet portion of the common
country than with the distant north At
lantic states, and' the transcontinental rail
roads were promised as a means of holding
California in the union.
We owe not only our commercial pros
perity, but our national unity to the mighty
progeny of Peter Cooper's queer little ma
chine on wheels.
RAILROAD STOCK SI'ECILATIO .
Millions Made by th Colon Paelflo
In the Present Rise.
New York Times.
The high prices reached by the stocks
formerly in the Northern Securities com
pany treasury - and by those of the an
thracite coal roads have directed atten
tion to the profits which have accrued
to the great railroad corporations which
a few years ago were forehanded enough
to Invest In- these stocks. Bo great have
these profits become and so large is the
Income derived from the stocks held that
such companies as the Union Paclflo and
Pennsylvania are taking on the charac
teristics of great investment concerns
which also operate railroads.
How true this is can be seen In the
fact that the Union Pacific owns over
$193,000,000 In stock of other companies,
while the Pennsylvania, still the fore
most railroad of the country In this re
spect, 'owns- 1273,000,000 of various stocks.
Princely Incomes flow to these roads from
thelr'stock holdings alone, and this bids
fair to be augmented in the future, as
there Is no abatement to the stock buy
ing movement by these and other rail
roads rich enough to Indulge themselves.
Outsldff - of the Union Pacific's great
holdings and. th Increase of $.43,000,000 in
their market value, although some of this
must b deducted owing to the fact that
Southern Paclflo has as yet paid no divi
dends, th striking examples of increases
over the purchase prices of stocks held
are found in the anthracite stocks. Here,
too, other factors had made these acqui
sitions of great value. The Reading stock
held by Baltimore & Ohio and Lake Shore,
for instance, now pays an annual dlvl
dend of 4 per cent where It paid nothing
when bought In 1001. Baltimore Ohio
now pays Pennsylvania an Income at the
rat of B per cent on par, or C per cent
and more on th cost price of the stocks
to the Pennsylvania. So again with On
tario A Western, which pays New Haven
a I per cent dividend as against nothing
when It was bought, and this Is true also
of Lehigh Valley's return to the Lake
Shore,
The great advance In th market has
lifted the prices of these stocks far above
their cost to t ie roads which bought them.
as ts shown by the following tables, which
are. of ouu.se, based largely on esti
mates: x
- UNION PACIFIC.
So. Pacific I X.ono.ono $ W.I'Ti.ono $34.S"0.ono
Atchlnnn .n0.00 W.inO.O l.
Ot. Northern. tiMv.WO SV.iMO'O ..f"p
No. Pacific. ... I2,20u,0u0 U.&uO.OuO W.SW.OuO
Total , ....v$lJl.(u0,000 $35,100,000 $tO.fJ0,0u0
The gain to th Union Pacific has been
much greater than shown here, because
the company t sold some $10,000,000 of
Northern ' Securities at the top price
reached by that stock In the curb mar
ket. It has never officially admitted that
It owned AtchUoa sum., but it la at least
, Utld. toy U, .
ROt 51) ABOt T SEW YORK.
Ripples oa the Cnrrent of l ife In the
Metropolis.
An unexpected subfoct of Philadelphia
nerve was exhibited In a New Tork court
th other day, t th amaiement of the
Judge and court habitues. The exhibit
was made by a woman who had been called
to testify In behalf of her nephew, on trial
on a criminal charge. The Judge listened
with characteristic v solemnity to the
woman's testimony, but for some unac
countable reason butted Into the proceed
ings with this remark, addressed to th
witness:
"I suppose you are over H years old."
The witness gazed for a moment at the
Judge's phis, expecting to find It beaming
with at least the Irreducible minimum of
wisdom tradition awards th Philadelphia
lawyer, but the search was In vain. So
the witness answered the Judge:
"Yes. but -I didn't come all the way from
Philadelphia to be chaffed by you. Cut It
out." 1
No more was said. Court took a day off
to recover Its wits.
The New York story about a nameless
youth, who, being caught with a married
woman, proclaimed himself a burglar and
went to Sing Sing, la remarkable, and It
has a remarkable sequel, for the Injured
husband Is dead, the widow Is th victim
of blackmailers and Governor Htggtns Is
to be called upon to pardon "the hero."
This "hero" Is no hero at all, but a dirty
scamp. He played a low down trick, lied
to the point of perjury and put the public
to the expense of keeping him. The
woman's falsity was followed by fraud on
her part breeding the crime of blackmail.
False notions of heroism are given by
making the young man out a hero because
he "sacrificed" himself for a woman's sake.
For "hero" in this case read "skunk."
.When taking his brlndle bull puppy out
for an airing one morning William Zltman
of 410 Fifth street got only as far as 415,
when a lanky cat shot out of the basement
there and proceeded to make shredded
meat of that puppy. At the tarn time
Zltman noticed John Schlop, the owner of
the cat, smiling complacently at the win
dow. Zltman didn't say a word, but took his
dosslcated dog back home, while the cat
licked her chops and paws.
Ten minutes after that Zltman came
along again with another brlndle bull. Any
thing except a cocky cat with a series of
unbroken victories would have known it
wasn't the same dog at all only the same
breed, backed by age and sinister furrows
that made his countenance quite unpleasant
to look at.
It was the same eat, though, but only for
a minute, and then ther wasn't any cat
only a bulldog with a face of wrinkled
reminiscence.
Then the owner of tho cat said things to
the owner of the dog. With this brief in
troduction both men fell down the basement
steps and mixed In a beautiful fight where
neither biting nor scratching was per
mitted. When the men were taken to court Mag
istrate Cornell only laughed and discharged
them, saying he would like to have seen
the fight. Which one of the three that
happened in ten minutes he didn't say.
Bacon's observation that a wife 1s an
Impediment to enterprise of mischief re
ceives support in the yearly record of the
district attorney's office. Only T18 married
men, as against 1,679 bachelors are found
guilty of crime. Once you are married,
Stevenson said, there is nothing left for you
but to be good. "You have willfully intro
duced a witness Into your life And
your witness is not only the Judge, but the
victim of your sins." Most crooks are
single; they may play confidence games on
their own sex, but not on th other. (Even
in bigamy the ratio of female to male
offenders Is 1 to 4, whereas, la the total,
all kinds Included, it is only 1 to 18), Burg
lary Is peculiarly the occupation of men
who have not domesticated the Recording
Angel. In this country th record was S80
single, seventy-seven married. Under
other heads the accounts stood: Stealing,
$28 to $03; assault, IS to $; murder, etc., 10 to
14. Strange to relate, the opposite holds
true of women. The married were the
chief offenders i Th tables show six to
nothing In favor of spinsters, as to ab
duction; 35 to 28 as to stealing; I to 1 as to
manslaughter; 4 to 1 as to forgery. A hus
band and child seem to have been no host
age to fortune, nor any adequate means of
discipline.
Persons who live under conditions wherein
there is a prodigality of spao may b
interested in the picture of a near view of a
New York apartment houBe. Her Is a
list of articles displayed on th window
sills of an apartment house near Times
square.
Second story Three bottles of milk, on
rug.
Third Syphon, covered saucer, open
can of sardines.
Fourth Six bottles of beer, two pillows.
pug dog asleep on sill.
Fifth Another syphon, eight red toma
toes, another bottle of milk.
Sixth Four mors bottles of beer, can
taloupe.
Seventh Head of cabbage, pair of old
trousers.
Eighth Pitcher of milk, bottle of mineral
water, one tomato and a pair of pajamas.
Ninth Still another syphon, mysterious
Jug.
Tenth Two apples, bottle of beer, cat
asleep on set of furs.
The courtyard of this apartment house
would not be desirable refuge If a sudden
windstorm arose. It would literally "rain
cats and dogs."
Ife was sitting directly beneath an
electric fan and when he drew a cigar from
his pocket th attentive waiter hovered
near with an opened bill of fare.
"You can't light matches under the fan,"
he explained to the patron. "Let ma
shield the light with this."
The man drew from another pocket on
of the flint and steel lighters, there was a
whir of the racket wheel, a flying spark
and the end of a slow match was fanned
Into a glow.
The next evening the same customer
drew out a cigar, bit off the end and felt
In his pocket for a match. There was a
sharp click at his back and th waiter held
one of the same sort of lighters.
"It's going to save me an hour or two
a week," he said cheerfully. "Ever sine
the fans were turned on It's been hard to
light a cigar at this table. I've given three
gentlement lights this evening, and on of
them tipped me an extra quarter for being
up-to-date."
Bosaetnlaa- Trnly Remarkable,
Philadelphia Press.
The recent death of the president of one
of the great insurano companies and the
concurrent announcement that he was only
possessed of a small estate Is chronicled in
these grafting day as something remark
able. He might have robbed bis policy
holders and died a millionaire and a scound
rel. It is, however, a lamentable state of
affairs when a revelation of honorable
dealing is subject of unfulgned amasement.
Tins t Watch Oat.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
When th president of a great trans
continental railway cautions th public
against raids of roads on lands newly
Irrigated. It Is time to go on watch or begin
to believe that th raiding I Over and
dou for.
18GG-1905
Fortieth Tear
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PERSONAL NOTES.
Prof. P. Waldenstrom of Sweden, a leader
In the Swedish Free church movement and
a prominent member of the Swedish Par
liament, has arrived In New York.
Charles William Manwarlng, a genealo
gist of note, has Just died at Hartford,
Conn. For five years he baa been engaged
on an Important literary work, which he
completed while on bis deathbed.
Charles T. Yerkes, who is building Lon
don's subways, has recovered sufficiently
from his recent severe Illness to leave
London for Paris. His recovery had been
pronounced doubtful by eminent specialists.
Melssner, the noted German sculptor, has
completed for the city of Nuremberg the
statue intended as a memorial to Peter
Henleln, who 400 years ago substituted
springs for weights In clocks, and thus
made watches a possibility.
From Salem, Ore., comes the report of th
death of L. C. Scovell, one of the oldest
of the veteran stage drivers and mall car
riers of the Pacific coast. He went from
Iowa In 1863 and drove the first stage coach
on the coast between Corvallls and Oregon
City a year later.
Lady Harcourt, who has arrlved"at"New
York from Europe after an absence of
many years. Is the daughter of the Amer
ican diplomat and historian, John Lothrop
Motley, and the widow of th late Sir Wil
liam Vernon Harcourt, one of the most
eminent leaders and statesmen of the liberal
party. -sig.XifJ
Simon Guggenheim, worth $15,000,000 and
one of the wealthiest men In th state of
Colorado, at on time conducted a little
shop for the sale of embroideries and laces
in Philadelphia. He made his first money
during the Leadvllle excitement by Invest
ing In a few shares of mining stock with
th profits mad In bis little Philadelphia
store.
An American, Mr. Harjes, th Parisian
banker, is to give a replica of th bronse
statue of Franklin by John J3oyla, which
stands in the postofflce plasa In Philadel
phia, to the city of Paris. Th sit chosen
is in Passy, opposite th old chateau
wherein the diplomat was most frequently
entertained In Franc, and th statu will
probably be unveiled on the 200th anniver
sary of Franklin's birth, next January.
GOLF AKD SWEARING.
Effort to Lift the Gam
Christian Basts.
Washington Post.
Rev. George Cady, a preacher at Iowa
Falls, Ia., has formed an organisation of
Christian golflsts who pledge themselves
not to swear during th progress of th
game. He Is an enthusiastic golfer, and
being debarred by the sanctity of -his pro
fession from expressing his disgust and
anger In profane terms, he wants com
panions In his misery.
Such is the story which comes to us
upon the throbbing wires. The reverend
gentleman is evidently a reformer, good
and proper. At the same time, we desire
to relieve the ancient and honorable gam
of golf from the opprobrium which is cast
upon it by Mr. Cady's announcement. vMen
swear, of course, when they are playing
golf, but so do men utter profane ejacula
tions when they prick their fingers or stub
their toes or tread upon a tack at night
while walking with a baby. Why ts golf
singled out as the one game ' which is
provocative of improper language? It Is
true that when the niblick falls to extract
th ball from under the wall of a high,
bunker or when a drive is topped Into tire
high grass the occasion demands stroSg
language; but it Is equally true that a
muffled fly or a badly returned tennis ball
or a mean spilt on the bowling alley is also
likely to lead to an exclamation not fit to
print. The fact is that a man who swears
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of people who have been cured by this medicine!
If despondent, down-hearted, discouraged, and
almost ready to give up, this splendid old family
medicine will prove the silver lining to your
dark and dismal cloud. Ask' your doctor.
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will give vent to bis feelings, no matter
whether he Is playing golf or mumble-p. g.
Ha will condemn the soup that Is cold or
th beef that Is too rare or the coffee
that is too thin, Just as ha will heap eie
cratlon upon the golf ball that goes awry.
In other words, It Is the man, not the occa
sion, which Is to b taken into considera
tion. If th Rev. Mr. Cady wants to form an
association of anti-swearers, well and good.
He will be engaged upon a noble tank of
reform which will commend Itself to our
earnest and prayerful consideration.
MERRY JINGLES.
"Your conversation Is remarkably free
from slang," said th obtrusive person.
"My dear sir," said the athlete, who him
been through college.' "I am a banc bull
player, not a sporting writer." Washing
ton Star.
"What did that" financier do to get his
wonderful start In lifer'
"He eaya he spent th first five years of
hik business Career learning to keep his
mouth shut." Detroit Free Press.
"Yes," said th coal dealer, "honest
weight, of course; my weight, 1 assure you,
Is honest as the day ia long,"
"H'm!" remarked the plain man. "honest
as the day Is long, eh! - You sell most of
your stuff when the days are short." Phil
adelphia Press. 1 v
"Russia Is to have a weather ibureau."
"Wonder if it will be able to predlot the
end of tho csar's reign." Cleveland Plain
Deales.
"By ths way," said the prospective settler,
"there's another thing I'd Hke to know. Is
there any race prejudice In this section?"
"Yes, sir," reluctantly admitted the
elderly native; "there's more or less of it
here. Wunst In a while we take a shot
at them automobile fellers when they get
to goln' too fast." Chicago Tribune.
"Josh's letter from -the city sounds like
be was homesick," said Mrs. Corntossel.
"He ain't homesick," replied her husband
emphatically. . He's broke." Washlnstoo
Star.
Solomon was bemoaning the number of
bis wives. .
"No," he lamented. "1 can't have a good
time at all; there's always a few hundred
who won't go to the country."
Envying his carefree neighbors, he caught
an express home. New York Tribune.
I GOT TO FACE MOTHER TODAY.
James WWteomb Riley tn the Reader.
I got to fac mother today, fer a fact!
I got to face mother today!
And Jlst how I'll dare to, an' how she will
act.
Is more than a mortal can sayl
But I" got to face her 1' got to! and so
Here's a' old father clean at the end of
his rowl
And Pink and Wade's gon to the farm fcr
her now
And I'm keeping house fer "em here
Zheir purty new house and all paid ler.
But how
Am I going to meet her and clear
Up my actchully heppln' 'em both to
e-lope?
('Cause Mother wus set and wus no other
hope!)
I don't think It's Wade she's so biased agin.
But his blsness a rallroadln' man
At runs a switch engine, day out and day
And s got to make hay while he can
It's a dangersoins Job, I'll admit but see
what ...
A fine-furnished horn 'at he's alresdy got!
And Plnk-w'y. the girl wus Jlst plnln'
away
So what could her old father do
When he found her, hid-llke. In a loose
load of hay.
But Jlst to drive on clean Into
The aldge of th city, where-singular
thing! ,
Wade switched us away to the 8-julre,
1 Jlng!
Now a-leavln' me here they've drlv off,
with a cheer, . .
On their weddln' trip which Is to drlv
Straight home and tell Mother and toll her
back here
And surrender me, dead r alive!
80 I'm wattln'- here not so blame" overly
ga y
As I wus 'cause I' got to face Mother
today i
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