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WIIBK UtT OF TOWN.
Sabsorlbers lea In- the city tent
porarily . sheatd have The U
mailed to them. It la better than
dally letter from home. AU
dresa will be changed as often as
reaneated. ...
Now that the crisis Is officially past In
New Orleans, it Is to bo boped fewer
death will lo roportrtl.
THE FMAHCIA L tTTKCT
It has hepn noted that for some time
r.st the financial Institutions of Euroi
have Un acruimilatinn money in an
tlrlpatlon of an Indemnity loan, the ag
gregate of the accumulation being esti
mated Bt hundreds of million of dollar.
Thl capital will now become available
for Industrial anil commercial uses and
the opinion 1 expressed that It probably
mean for Europe a time of business ex
pansion on a considerable scale and of
some considerable duration. If such
should be the case It Is thought tliat it
can only further buttress the great pros
perity which we now enjoy in this coun
try. A portion of this accumulated capital
will very likely be employed in supply
ing both Russia and Jopnn with money
they must have for the removal of their
armies from Manchuria and other re
quirements incident to the conclusion of
peace. It la stated that Hussla will
doubtless negotiate a loan, perhaps of
100,IKU", Immediately after the peace
treaty Is rutlfled, 'and that probably
American bankers will take the initia
tive In floating It. If a Japanese loan
is negotiated the Initiative In floating it
may also be taken by the bankers of
this country, who are in excellent posi
tion to do so, Tills would lie a reversal
of the rule of borrowing nations going
first to the European financial centers.
The United States, however, has become
a world power financially as in other
respects and the bankers of tills coun
try are able to offer as good terms to
foreign borrowers ns they can obtain
in theold world markets.
There is every reason to expect that
the large amount of capital accumulated
abroad will speedily flow into channels
of industry and commerce, greatly
stimulating production and trade. With
peace throughout the world and the
-prospect of Its long continuance most
favorable, the people of all countries can
pply themselves diligently to the works
of peace and are very certain to do so.
The United States, now in the enjoy
ment of great prosperity, cannot fail to
,e benefited by improved conditions in
other lands. Our people have profited to
some extent by the war, but there can
be no doubt that they will profit far
more from 'what will come after peace.
There is much to be expected from the
more active movement of capital that
seems certain to come ns the result of
the outcome of the Portsmouth confer
ence. .
snd without exposing the people and
business Interests to nnusunl hsf.ard
from fire and lawlessness.
The present dilemma arises from the
fact that for years the fire and police
boards have, under pressure, recklessly
disregarded the charter limitations on
police and Are funds and have regularly
depended on the council to come to their
relief with additional appropriations in
direct violation of the spirit if not the
letter of the charter.
It may le necessary to rnlse a fund
by private subscription, or arrange some
wny to carry part of the overlap on a
guaranty of public spirited business men
Whntever may be done to meet the emer
gency should be with the distinct under
standing that it is not to set a precedent
and that the fire and police departments
must hereafter be run on a business
basis, strictly within the limits of the
fire and police funds provided by the
council In accordance with the charter
provisions.
Now that tne limiting season has
opened, the unloaded gun will re-enter
the service of the fool killer.
Hawaii proclaims tnat u wants no
Oriental settlers, but in this case the
Ugar planters and the government may
not agree.
Developments at Portsmouth would
Indicate that an ordinary American
would have little show of blurting the
Russian envoys with a ! I)-talled flush.
. Suit baa been miwi. .. iy Attorney
General Brown to uncertain which is
paramount the State Board of Equali
sation or the county clerk of Douglas
county.
Those consulting engineers who meet
today at Washington will find how little
they know about canals when the oppo
sition congressmen get a chance at their
report this winter.
Under the circumstances of an Im
penning overlnp, consideration of the
proposition to bny automobiles for the
police patrol may be regarded as in
definitely postponed.
Mr; Rockefeller says thut he has tired
of seeing his name In print, but unfor
tunately the writ of injunction has not
reached the 'point to which it seems to
be) rapidly traveling.
It remains to be seen if the Chinese
' boycott has the strength to survive the
" visit of Miss Roosevelt In Peking. If it
(low, there will le no doubt that the
' promoters are In enrnest.
Berore tne peace commissioners go
home they might come to our relief here
In Omaha by adjusting the difficulties
between our warlike city attorney and
belligerent city clerk.
The announcement comes that Ecua
dor has a new president. Perhaps the
returns from the lato election were con
founded with an Oriental war casualty
list and thus escaped notice.
If the prices of gas and electricity
continue to come down, we may possibly
bars a solution of the cheap power prob
lem without building the much-talked-of
but long-delayed Platte river power
canal.
Philadelphia finds the names of some
of Its roost revered dead on the polling
lists, while other towns complain that
Illegal Totera are too much alive, but
this la In keeping with the reputation of
the place.
Statesmen accused of connecting with
tha cash drawer lu a mauuer uot com
patlble with the higher aspirations of
mankind have on excellent example In
the action of Senator Dew, who die
not wait for trial before making restltu
tk.
SKA LKVLL, OU LWK VASAL.
The most important question to be con
sidered by the consulting engineers now
in session at Washington Is whether the
Panama canal should be constructed at
sea level or provided with locks, as
at present planned. This is a very im
portant question, from both the financial
and commercial points of view. The
former engineer, Mr. Wallace, after a
very careful examination of the route,
reached the conclusion that the water
way should be at sea level. II was of
the opinion that this would not only be
of very much greater advantage to com
merce, but it would make the canal
much more secure. It was understood
that some members of the commission
agreed with him. To build the canal
t sea level, however, would very ma
terially increase the cost and to add
from fifty million to one hundred million
dollars to the outlay for this enterprise is
matter for serious consideration.
The question must of course be de
cided by congress and the opinion of
the consulting engineers In regard to it
will have great weight If they shall
decide In favor of a sea level waterway
It is very probable that their Judgment
will be accepted, notwithstanding the
greater cost The country wants the
best canal and is able and willing to
pay the price.
JCDICIOVS ADVIVR.
Mr. J. J. Hill's adrice to the farmers
of North Dakota Is worthy of considera
tion by the farmers of the west gen
erally. He advised them to learn to do
better and more Intensive farming and It
is safe to say that there are not very
many American farmers who do not
need to learn this. In whatever other
respects the arglcultural producers of
the United States may be in advance
of those of Europe, they are certainly
far behind in the matter of intensive
farming. Of course Europe an fanners
have been compelled to learn and prac
tice this, but the time is not very far
off when the Americnn farmer will also
And It necessary and therefore the
sooner he learns it the better.
Mr. Hill pointed out that there will be
market In Asia for our agricultural
products even if their quantity should
be doubled and it is to le remarked that
he has given this matter very careful at
tention a a practical man. Japan, he
said", cannot begin to raise enough to
feed her own people and they ore going
to be our customers. We must look for
a -market for our products in the orient,
"to the men who live along the sea, the
densely populated portion of that coun
try." He declared that with low trans
portation and the lands that will raise
the crops we are in a position to feed
the hungry of the orient Baron Kaneko,
former Japanese minister of agriculture,
who has been for some time in this
country, said he had learned a great
deal about what he believed to L'e the
glorious future that lies before the
United States in the fnr east We shall
undoubtedly have In the future a larger
market In that part of the world for our
cotton and for our flour. It Is only
within a few year that the oriental peo
ple have been nslng American flour and
already there Is a considerable trade in
it This will steadily increase, creating
a demand which in a not very long time
will call for all our surplus from the
present production. It Is manifestly a
market which ought to be looked after
and cultivated.
American farmers generally, espe
cially those of the west, are enterprls
Ing and progressive, but they still have
something to learn and one of the things
is that suggested by Mr. Hill.
The rearrangement of the city into
twelve wards instead of nine makes
necessary the rearrangement of the
county commissioner districts to con
form to the new precinct lines, but there
Is nothing In the law to require the com
missioner districts to run along ward
lines. Under the law all the five dis
tricts should be as nearly equal in pop
ulation as possible and embrace con
tiguous territory for accommodation and
convenience of the voters. But on gen
eral principles the changes should le
as few as possible so. as to transfer no
more voters from one district to another
than is absolutely necessary.
The enlargement of the Union. Pacific
bop and the Increase of the force of
men employed there betokens well for
Omaha. IustJtutloifci that employ skilled
labor, who In turn spend their money
among local merchants, always stiffen
the backbone of the eoirfinunlty.
Omaha people who have to transact
baslueiui In the Douglas county court
bouse may have divergent views, as to
Just what should be done to replace that
structure with a modern and adequate
building, but they are all agreed that
aouietolng .will soon bare U be dona.
THE FIRE AKD PUUCC DILEMMA.
The resolution adopted by the Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners announ
clng the sudden discovery of an impend
Ing shortage In the fire and police funds
and the Imperative necessity of cutting
down the strength of these two depart
ments for the remainder of the year in
order to keep the expenditures within
the available resources presents a dl
lemma from which we must extricate
ourselves as bt we can.
At the same time the taxpayers and
cltisens generally will be inclined to
ask why the fire and police departments
should have been permitted to reach this
bad condition of affairs. The new city
charter was enacted by the last legisla
ture with the emergency clause and
went Jnto effect the first of last April.
The new limitations placed upon the
creation qf overlaps were known from
the start, and the amount of money
that could be used for fire and police
purposes had been fixed Lefore that
time. Five mouths have been allowed
to pass, therefore, without taking any
precautions against the inevitable short
age wheu, had the reins been drawn
tightly at once, the necessary economies
could have been effected and spread over
the remalulng nlue months of the year
without Inflicting any appreciable hard
bip upoa iXi fireuieu and policemen.
DIVIDING T1IR HOXOHt.
Japan's tJaln,
Detroit Free Press.
Japan has lost hundreds of millions of
dollars, but It his won the lasting regard
and admiration of the world.
All Rati Roosevelt.
New Tork Post.
It Is a proud dsy for Theodore Roosevelt,
and every lover of mankind will acclaim
hie sleepless efforts and his splendid tri
umph. Trae Oreatneaa,
Kansas City Star.
In the end Japan displayed true greatness
In waiving purely material points rather
than let the conference fall. That was a
sublime concession to humanity.
A Splendid Victor.
New Tork World.
In effecting an agreement between Japan
and Russia President Roosevelt has won a
splendid victory. Ills part as peacemaker
at Portsmouth is the crowning achievement
of his brilliant career.
Fntnre Memorials,
Brooklyn Eagle.
The one unalterable, determined factor
throughout has been the president. He has
triumphed. He has reaped a reward be
yond the possibility of calculation. He has
sheathed the swords of a million men. For
that he will have monuments hereafter.
A Russian Victory,
Philadelphia Press.
No greater stroke In diplomacy lias been
achieved In our day. It makes M. Witte
the one Russian who in a disastrous strug
gle has saved the honor and the treasure
of his land In the council chamber when
all had been lost by sea and by land.
Beyond Suspicion.
Indianapolis News.
It is well for us to remember that the
president owed his great influence and
power for good almost entirely to the fact
that this government was involved In no
entangling alliances. Thus he was above
all suspicion of having any selfish or Inter
ested motives.
Great In War and In reaee.
New Tork Sun.
Great as Japan has proved itself to be
In war, It is Infinitely greater la peace.
The magnanimity and the broad and liberal
spirit which have Inspired its decision are
unparalleled In the history of nations. We
may congratulate Russia, but we must
pay to Japan the homage of our profound
admiration and respect
Transcend Dtplomaey.
New York Tribune.
"A diplomatic triumph of the first magni
tude," was the Russian estimate of his
Initial achievement In securing the peace
conference. This final achievement Is
something more. It transcends mere diplo
macy, and Is a triumph for peace, for rea
son and for humanity. The tidings of the
day are peace, and the peace Is the work
of Theodore Roosevelt.
Park Commissioner Cornish in a pub
lic interview intimates that he is about
concluding his services as a member of
the Tark board. During the time he has
been a member Mr. Cornish has devoted
more attention to park mntters and in
terested himself more actively in the
development of our park system than
any of his associates and the public ap
preciate what he has done so much that
they would surely regret his retirement
from the board.
The announcement that Secretary
Shaw is to be the principal speaker at
a meeting of the Nebraska State Bank
ers' association next month would indi
cate that some other state organization
would not have much difficulty in get
ting Governor Cummins to accept an In
vitation to deliver on address before It.
The exhibit made by the Omaha banks
In response to the requisition of the
comptroller of the currency for a state
ment, also explains how it Is that Omaha
bank clearings, although the banks are
fewer In number, continue to exceed in
the aggregate the clearings of the cor
responding period of a year ago.
With Japan refusing to suspend hos
tilities until both parties have signed a
treaty of peace, the promise of Em
peror Nicholas to approve all the acts
of M. Wltte must be at a discount In
Tokio, where It is remembered that he
once promised to evacuate Manchuria in
October.
British newspapers claim that the
new treaty between that country and
Japan was responsible for the con
elusion of war. In the course of time
they may be expected also to claim
credit for the act of President Roosevelt
which brought the envoys to Ports
mouth.
Love
Letter of lonra Statesmen.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The love letters of Leslie M. Shaw and
Albert B. Cummins will not be brought out
In book form owing to the fact that the
fall catalogues have all been made up.
lie Can for Blushes.
Chicago Tribune.
The Illustrious ancesters of the mikado
have no reason to feel ashamed of the man
ner In which their llustrlous descendant
has conducted himself, either In peace or
war.
Looking- I p Oeeaaloaally.
Baltimore American.
The sun may shine day after day and its
brilliancy attract no special attention, but
let It undergo, an ecllpae, however slight
and everybody is agog over the event.
which shows that human nature extends its
operations to the celestial regions.
Opea Door la the Far Fast.
St. Louis Republic.
After all, the Chinese get back the Han
kow railroad concession from Its American
promoters and the lines are, it seems, to be
built as government properties. At the
same time they seem to be going ahead
with their boycott of American goods. Now
that the Russians and the Japs are don
fighting In that part of the world, it may
become necessary for us to Inquire, What
I th matter with th Chinese? Asia for
the Asiatic. If they choose, but th opea
dMv for us.
BOV.VDS LIKI3 treason.
Southern Democrats Weary ot North
ern Presidential Timber.
Bt. Louis Globe Democrat.
Congerssman Clark of Missouri says a
good many fool things during the course
oi a weex, but ne is now quoted as saying
something sane. "I am In. favor of voting
for a southern man," he avers, " and I
want to keep this up until he Is nominated.
The south furnlshe-the brains and decency
for the democratic party of the United
States."
This Is correct. The south ought to get
the candidacy in, 1908. It ought to have
received the candirVwy in 1804. " This talk
about the prejudice i against the south
among the people of the (est of th country
Is indulged in by democrats only. Any one
of half a dozen southern men who could
be mentioned would have done as well at
the polls as Parker did, and some of them
would have done better. William L.
Taney, if extant, ' would not have dons
worse. No democrat who could be men
tioned would have come within 1,000,000
vote of President Roosevelt's poll in 1901
but as the democracy Intends to keep up
Its organization for a while 'longer, It ought
to take its candidates from the section In
which it gets Us votes. Of course, the
northern democrats says their party gets
more of the popular vote above Mason and
Dixon's line than below It, but this is not
the way to look at the matter. The votes
that count In the election are the electoral
votes, and all of them come from the south.
Let the southern democrats stand out in
1908 against any further eftacement of their
section. If northern democrats are still so
bigoted that they would cut a southern
democrat at the polls, then the southern
democrats ought to cast them out The
man who fired the first shot at the Star of
the West or at Fort Sumter would have run
as well In 1904 as did the New Yorker who
was selected at Bt. Louis. Th northern
democrats who have resisted reconstruction
along to this ttms will never accept it this
side of Jordan. The correct thing for the
southern democrats to do is to put up the
candidate in 1908, and compel the northern
section of the -party to show its hand.
The northern democrats who persist In
thinking that it 'is still 18t3 ought not to be
allowed to run he national convention of
any party which pretends to be national.
MOXOTOSY OP GAnniSONDETY.
One of the Chief Causes of Desertion
from the Army,
Chicago Chronicle.
Probably it is true, as the commander of
the Department of the Lakes declares, that
desertions from the army will continue as
long as public sentiment favors the de
serter. People do not like to appear In the
role of the Informer and military deserters
sre consequently undisturbed In the ma
jority ot cases.
There Is, however, a cause for these de
sertlons and It is a. cause that ha no ef
fective remedy. Toung American desert
from the army In time of peace because
they tire of the monotony of garrison
duty, of drill and of the endless and un
varying routine of a soldier's life when no
fighting la going on or In prospect.
This Is the cause for desertions not only
from the army, but from the navy. Toung
men sre attracted by the superficial glit
ter and excitement of soldiering or sailor
Ing and they enlist to And that playing
soldier is the most dreary task In the
world. Then they desert. Most of the talk
about hardship endured and of tyrannies
practiced by officers Is utter humbug.
The real truth is that Toung America
though he Is a fighter by Instinct and In
heritance, Is not a "Sunday soldier." He is
quick to volunteer when there Is a prospect
of sctlv service, but he Is not to be de
pended upon to endure the ordeal of mill
tary discipline In time of peace.
So that desertion are likely to continue
and Insofar a they manifest a spirit of
American Independence they are not al
together s discouraging symptom of na
tlonal life. We may be sur that the
young men who are deserting nowaday
would flock to the colors If there was a
chance of smelling gunpowder In some
thing else than target practice.
This, however, constitutes no defense of
desertion, which Is the unpardonable mill
tary crime. Deserters should be punished
Id a fashion to discourage desertion. Other
consideration aside, young men who enter
the army should be taught to kesa their
contract with th government
OTHER L.ASD TIIAX Ol R.
When Abdul Itnnild II dies the, European
powers will again have Turkey on their
hands. The sultan's health Is Impaired nnd
it Is predicted that he will not live much
longer. The Turkish courtier already, in
various agreeable ways, are seeking to
work themselves Into the good grace of
the heir to the crown, Mohammed Reshad,
the sultan's brother. The chances sre that
some novel history will be made when he
ascends the throne. He Is more than 10
year old, and grossly Illiterate, hi ac
complishment In the line of education
going scarcely beyond the ability to read
and write. Of th world's history or that
of the Turkish empire he knows little or
riothing. Even In a land of oppression and
Ignorsnce he Is remarkable for his super
stltlousness. His brother, the sultan, fear
ful of plots, discouraged any earlier ambi
tions the heir apparent may hav had, and
royal discouragement in Turkey lead to
gruesome results when not heeded. In ad
dition to all this Mohammed Reshad Is said
to be a confirmed drunkard, on report
hirvlng It that alcohol 1 now Ms only
solace. The contrast this presents with the
present sultan, whose adroitness has often
baffled th most accomplished diplomatists
of Europe, Is very grent. When the next
ruler of the Ottoman empire takes the
throne the "Sick Man of Europe" will re
quire the attention of all his doctors.
This summer has been unusually proliflo
of attempts by English swimmer to swim
scross the channel between Dover snd
Calais. Severat unsuccessful efforts were
made by various aspirants befor Thursday
last, when four started from th English
shore. The day happened to be the thir
tieth anniversary of the feat of the late
Captain Webb, who still Is celebrated as
the only man .who ever swam across the
channel. All those who made the attempt
on Thursday were unable to finish the task,
although one of them at least had pre
viously succeeded In approaching within
five miles of the French shore, the distance
across being twenty-five miles. The cause
of these numerous failures 1 the strong
cross currents and the tides, which to
gether appear to be quite unmanageable by
swimmers. These currents and tides have
been minutely studied In late years in order
that exact knowledge of them might aid
one In performing the feat, but evidently
the crossing of the channel by any swim
mer must always be largely a matter of
luck In finding Ideal conditions for the ef
fort. Captain Webb probably was higher
favored by wind and water when he
achieved his memorable success. '
During the ten years from 1890 to 1900
the German government expended a sum of
$76,000,000 on Inland waterways, mainly for
the canalization of rivers. Within the last
few weeks a most extensive program has
been approved by the Prussian government
involving the expenditure of over $90,000,000.
The greater portion of this money will
be devoted to building a canal from the
Rhine to the Weser. The -waterways from
Stettin to Berlin are to be rendered navi
gable for large vessels at a cost of $2,000,000
and smaller sums are to be spent on the
waterways between the Oder and the Vis
tula. For future work the plans include
the canalization of the Moselle-Saar, the
connection of Leipzig with Brlza, on the
Elba, and a canal from Schwerln to the
Baltic sea is also contemplated. France
has spent since 1872 no less than $500,000,000
for canals. Four years ago appropriations
of $10,000,000 were voted for further canal
work and the money has been expended
on improving the navigation of the Gar
onne, the Orleans and other canals in
tended to link Clmbleux to Orleans and
Cette nd Marseilles with Rhone. Other
continental governments show no less en
thusiasm for canals. Austrla-IIungary
voted a credit of $50,000,000 two years ago
for the construction of canals between the
Danube and the Oder and thence to the
Elbe and the Vistula. When this work Is
accomplished further schemes are to be
auhorlzed. In Belgium the splendid system
of waterways and canals plays an active
part in the commercial and Industrial en
terprise of the country; there la one mile
of waterway in Belgium to every 8.8 square
miles of territory. For centuries Holland
has been threaded with canals, yet in the
last forty years nearly $S5,000,000 has been
expended on improvements and extensions,
the most important canal being that con
necting Amsterdam with the Rhine. Even
in conservative Russia a survey has re
cently been started for the long-talked-ot
canal from the Baltic to the Black sea.
Notwithstanding the summer heat a dili
gent French statistician has been very
busily engaged in computing the amount
of th pourbolres, or tips, given in France
annually to waiters, csbmen, bos openers
at theaters, concierges, etc. The sums thus
spent amount to nearly 600,000,000 francs,
or 26,000,000. In Pari alone 12,000 changes
hands In this way daily. The statistician
says that It means a tax of 7 centimes
on each Parisian every day, taking the big
sum mentioned for the whole population,
including those who have no call to give
tip as wll a others whs spend a good
deal ot their time in cafe. The yearly
amount of tips given in Paris Is about 100,
000,000 francs. In the provinces it reaches
$72,000,000 francs, which gives a tax of 3
centimes dally for each French person liv
ing in the departments. The statistician
claims to have got as near to the truth
as possible. The ftp system undeniably
flourishes In France, snd there are no
signs of It approaching abolition, despite
the periodic campaigns organized against It
The curious and rather puzzling alterna
tions In the development of the torpedo
destroyer And a fresh illustration in the
new contracts entered Into for the con
struction of the latest group of British
destroyers. In the program ot 1897-1898 the
highest speed realized on a maximum dis
placement of 360 tons was thirty-one and a
half knots, though thirty-two to thirty
three knots was attempted by several build
ers. When the "river" class was laid down
the required speed was reduced to twenty
five and a half knots, and th displace
ment wa Increased in order to meet the
demands ot fuel capacity. But this retro
gression proved unsatisfying. With the
latest design the speed 1 fixed at thirty
three knots, and that It may have at ten
knots a radlu of action of 3,000 sea miles
snd displacement Is fixed at 800 tons. To
drive thl demand high power, and to
produce It boilers of the express tyo,
adaptable for oil fuel, are to be utilised,
and the propelling machinery Is to be of
the Parsons turbine design. This reversal
of the theories that ruled but a few years
ago represents the greatest general speed
advance so far attempted In destroyers.
Its outcome will, we are sure, be watched
with a particular Interest here, because, if
somewhat belatud, no sea power la keener
In developing a type which has so many
merits as an auxiliary agency of war and
which furnlahva so admirable a school In
command for promising young officers.
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Neutral I mplre for War.
Philadelphia Record.
The Intervention of nyutral power to end
s war before either belligerent Is quite ex
hausted suggests the advantages of having
a Jury of neutral umpires to conduct a war
and decide when one prty had been sum
clently thrashed. The war maneuver
would provide the outline of a scheme.
Blank cartridges would be used and the
umpires could determine when a battleship
was theoretically sunk, a fortification cap
tured or an army put to flight. A system
Ilka thl woulo be o feasible as that of
Mr. XlartliuldU and far mor human.
POLITICAL DniFT.
Chalk up a credit mark fnr the commis
sioners ot Cook . county, Illinois.. They
turned down a proposition to fence In the
old court house site and plaster it with
posters.
It is rather early to bother about south
ern delegates, but the fact that Web
Flanagan of Texas Is working a press agent
Suggests that there will be something doing
presently.
An Indiana man trudged several miles
to Lognsport to heAr the Chautauqua ad
dress of W. J. Bryan. Just as the peerless
was rounding out an eloquent period the
Hoosier ran out of the crowd, swatn the
Wabash river and sprinted three miles be
fore his legs gave out. The poor fellow was
overcome by the heat of the day of the
speech perhaps both.
The commissary department is pretty
nearly the whole show In a picnic of Tam
many men. At a festive gathering in tho
Bronx Wednesday there were consumed
86.000 ears of corn, 10,0X) pounds of beef,
6,000 pounds of chicken, 200 barrels of po
tatoes and 10,000 bricks of Ice cream, be
sides unmeasured tobacco and uncounted
and perhaps uncountable steins of beer.
Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the United
States treasury, left the train the other
evening at Denlson, his Iowa home, to find
the cabby who hud gone to meet him asleep
In his carriage. Mr. Shaw climbed Into
the driver's seat, guided the horses for a
half mile through the town to the home
of his brother-in-law, Eugene Gulick, while
the cabby slept soundly. Then he woke
that astonished Individual, handed him the
regular feo and a liberal tip and sent him
away.
Secretary Hay detested all unnecessary
and .wanton falsehood. For the sort of
diplomacy that rests essentially upon
tergiversation he had a most hearty con
tempt. One of his sayings Is famous In
the diplomatic world. It was used of a
certain titled European, not now a member
of the corps at Washington. ."When the
count eomes to talk to me," sali Mr liay,'
"I do not use my wits trying to ascertain
whether or not the man is lying. I know
he i lying. What I try to find out Is why
he Is telling that particular lie."
Mark Twain Is an admirer of William
Travers Jerome, district attorney of New
Tork, regarding whom the veteran humorist
has sent this characteristic note to the
editor of a magazine: "I wish to register
as a Jerome petitioner, for, although I have
never seen him, I believe in him and am
grateful to him for proving that honesty
In politics and office is still possible In New
Tork, though not epidemic. Out of respect
for him, his morals and his principles, I
mean to vot for him only once on election
day, but if I were free from restraint I
would make it a hundred."
HAIL TO AVTVMX.
So-Called Melancholy Day the
Sprlnatlme of Trade,
St. Louis Republic.
Tarnished summer Is catching up her
glorious robes and departing In all her
stately beauty, chagrined, perhaps, casting
a look behind, in her cheek resentment
burning with the color of the crimson leaf,
while
All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn.
Leads yellow Autumn wreathed with nod
ding corn.
Over the fields the quail are piping,
brown apples tumble into the lap of the
earth, swarthy grapes deck the bowers,
the rose sheds her trembling petals; glor
ious are the woods In new gold and scarlet,
but here and there softly through the still
air flutters a leaf, and the birds have de
parted for the trelllsed vines; the pointer
ranges and the sportsman wistfully con
templates his russet jacket hsnglng on the
wall, muttering the while something about
game laws In his neighborhood.
. If. poets are to be trusted, we are glld
Ing toward the melancholy days, the sad
dest of the year. Yet In the realm of busi
ness the signs are otherwise. It would
seem to be the very springtime of trade.
Life is alive in everything and the stirring
of the sap is as nothing to the stirring of
the merchant running out his fall lines.
FLASHES OF FI JI.
Diogenes had wandered Into a cemetsrv,
"I understand now," he said, as he went
from tombstone to tombstone deciphering
the Inscriptions with the aid of his lantern,
"why I don't And any honest men. They
ate all dead." Chicago Tribune.
"Tou should be like the chickens, Willie;
Just see how early they wake up In the
morning." .
"Oh. well I could wake up early, too, ma,
If I stood up all night." Louisville Courier.
journal.
"I wonder why It Is said that 'all ths
world loves a lover.' "
"I guess it's ' because the world thinks
It's such fun to hear his letters read In
court." Philadelphia Ledger.
Fve was making her first fig leaf suit
"Adam," she nskcii. us she surveyed the
glossy green. If you were to die how
the world could I ko Into black?"
And when he kicked the lchthyosauru
she sobbed that men war so unsympa
thetlc isew. xork Bun.
"Yes, he doesn't do anything but pick up
pins all the time."
"Well, well, that's a queer superstition.
"Not at all. Its an occupation. He's
employed in a bowling alley." Philadelphia
Press.
"Children, you mustn't make so murti
noise," said the hostess. "What will Mrs.
Brownson think of you?"
"Oh, I don't mind It, Mrs. Smlthby." saH
the caller, with a frigid smile. "I used to
live near a boiler factory." Chicago Trl.
bune.
"Why does the average man succeed si
much oftener than the man of genius?'"
Because," said the business-like person,
"the average man figures on things that
are liable to be, while the genius figures
on how they ought to be." Washington
Star.
Nordy Gaydog is a devoted husband.
Every Friday he drops business, buys a lot
of candv and stuff that women Ilk nd
runs down to the seashore and stays until
Monday. His wife ought to be proud of
hButts-Oh. I don't know. His wlfs Is ljl
the mountains. Louisville Courier-Journal.
TO A LADY SIMGISG.
Chicago News.
Sing soft and low, I would not have yoej
Songsihat must stir my pulses with eacli
Loud"leaplng lilts that make the chambef
mHnJf'the air with sound to parts ra
No chant'exultatlon am I fain to hear,
Gay cnansoneim ui ummui
tiay cnanminmiw us - - ' r
Nor martial hymn of chasing sword anil
ri'car, v. Fus
sing soft and low.
Sing soft and low. Boms simple Jsy of
Plaintive and sweet-a whisper to the
Soft as the cooing of the wood and dove
Who to his mate his psssion doth Impart.
Low as the murmur f the distant Stream.
Klppllng along, where bending willow
grow, .
Lulling the senses to a drowsing dream.
Sing soft and low. ,
Sing soft and low. A soothing lullaby a
... . , . .. j i .... .... r . 1 1 1 Holn He
Your style of singing simply drives ma
Please bear in mind the thinness of the
TheTe s'a soft pedal you might use. yotl
Cut outth'e "rag." If you must sing at all.
Sing soft snd low.
Browning, King & Co
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