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!In other words. Dr. Roosevelt pre-
:ribes the rest cure for Wall street's
' ervous affliction.
; President Roosevelt would hardly be
. Offered more advice If he were run
i .;lng a newspaper.
Mr Rockefeller bas raaae nis win,
to eventually the earth will learn what
Isposltion is to be made of it.
I It w ill not take much to give some
ailroad managers the Idea that the
overnment already owns the rail- I
oads.
New York reports an attempt, to
reak "the corner on eggs. 1 he west
las no hens that lay eggs with corners
n them.
(District Attorney Jerome got 15,000
yords Into one sentence In a hypo
'hetlcal question, but Novelist Henry
fames still. holds the record.
Those Thaw Jurors must be made of
.tern stuff, as none of them has gone
nsane through listening to those
j 5,000-word hypothetical questions.
The Wall street man who does not
llalru to have cleared up at leasi
M.OOO.OOO ln the recent panic is
ooked upon as a mollycoddling piker,
The coming to Omaha of another
oal company will be welcome ln Itself,
Lut if it will only bring a reduction ln
he price of fuel It will be doubly wel-
ome. 1
A woman has Invented a "shoestring
'hat will not come untied." Probably
k good thing, but it must be a little
kwkward to learn to sleep with your
ihoes on.
In urging the Improvement of the
rivers of the country President Roose-
relt shows a plan for securing competi
tion between water transportation and
Watered transportation.
Jamaica Is asking relief for the suf
V Vurers from the recent earthquake.
tThe relief offered by the retirement of
Bwettenham was great, but It did not
supply food or clothing. .
Mr. Rockefeller denies that he is
Wolng to give $50,000,000 for the edu
ration of the Chinese, so w will have
to continue to accept the chink's trans
lation of the laundry check.
' Another reason for the tardiness of
spring is that the Delaware and Mlchl
gan peach crops have not yet been re-
ported as failures. The bock beer sign
never goes up unui mose reports r
1n.
' "The nation Is not going to the bow
wows. It Is all right." says the Denter
Times, one of Senator Patterson's
newspapers. Even a Denver paper
sometimes gets a peep at the nation
when It Is ln some position other than
jon the toboggan.
The two-platoon fire department
bill will have to pass through the
hruclble of the courts before It will be
ffA.iM.. Tha f nvprmir ihvi tha hill
U defective, but Mr. Leeder's attor-
ys say It Is good. It remains now
tor the courts to determine which Is
right.
The discussion of the park site prop-
osttlon In South Omaha brings atteu-
tlon to th fact that the South Omaha
Park board Is appointed under a law
that was declared unconstitutional as
far aa the Omaha Park board la con
cerned. This fact might affect the
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lOXTliOL OF O"" CUI.l.KiKS.
A bitter fleht In waging in t lie Iowa
legislature over the pending, bill
which provide for placing the State
university at Iowa City, the Agricul
tural college at Ames and the Normal
thrxil at Cedar Falls under one board
of control. The friends of the differ
ent institutions are bringing every
powlnle prtn-ure to boar to defeat the
treasure, with the hope of leaving the
Institutions controlled as they are,
each by a separate board of trustees.
Supporters of the central board of
control Idea are responsible for much
of the opposition by the lDittlon into
the debate of Issues and questions
which are not covered In the bill, and
which really have no relation to the
merits of the central control Idea.
They have given he Impression that
one purpose of the bill will be to elim
inate duplications in the college
courses and confine each of the three
institutions to the special field of
training which formed the motive of
Its establishment. This proposition
has been exaggerated until the schools
at Ames and Cedar Falls are under
the Impression that, if the bill be
comes a law, nothing but-farming and
mechanical arts can be , taught at
Ames and nothing but pedagogy at
Cedar Falls. Friends of these Bchool
coniena mat me pupn wno enters me
college l Ames to study scientific
farming should not be deprived of ac-
ess to Latin and other languages, or
to a knowledge of civil engineering,
which is a duplicate of the course at
the State university. To that extent
the argument of the Ames supporters
Is sound. While it is desirable that
the educational Institutions of the
state should be held closely to instruc
tion along the special lines which
mark the purpose of the school, mod
ern conditions demand a liberality in
education that would not be possible
In one Institution If Its course of study
were limited to its special lines.
The advantages of a central board
of control are so many and manifest
that they cannot be combated by any
special arguments such as those
offered by the friends of the existing
system. The entire trend of senti
ment la legislative affairs is for cen
tralization of control and the abolition
of numerous boards with their con
flicting Ideas and interests and their
multiplication of expense accounts
The central board of control Idea In
wumcu nmuiunj m
the management of the state's penaL
reformatory and charitable lnstltu-
tlons, and like desirable results may
be expected by the application of the
same plan to tha educational lnstltu-
tions of the state.
EFFECTS OF MEAT INSPECTION
Meat papers of the country must
reEret the oDuosltlon they offered last
year ln congress to the passage of a
law requiring more stringent Inspec
tion of packing house products ties
tlned for interstate commerce. The
fight Is all over now and the reports
of the Bureau of Statistics show that
splendid results have followed the en
actment and enforcement of the law
The growth of export trade in meats
of various kinds ln the last year has
been wonderfully and adverse crltl
cluru, formerly so common ln foreign
markets, seems to have entirely dis-
appeareu. ratMrm uuu mw
may regret the sensational methods
that were employed ln the expose ol
the packing house methods, but the
wisdom of the resultant legislation
can no longer be disputed.
Consul General Wynne of London
has furnished the Department of Com
merce and Labor with a report made
by the Grocers' association of London
ln which the American meat lnspec
tion system Is most cordially approved
and the British public assured that
l,n tne moat fa8tldloua need have no
hesitancy ln buying and using Amer
lean meats with an assurance that
they are pure and wholesome. The
stamp of the United States Is a splen
did sponsor and the packer, the stock
grower and the consumer have reason
to be thankful for the adoption of the
meat inspection law.
TVBKEV ML ST YIELD.
Moslemlte resistance to the march
of modern civilization and enlighten
ment cannot much longer be effective
Diplomats representing the most pow
erful governments of the earth have
wrestled with the sultan ln an effort
to Induce him to catch step with the
progress of the nations, but without
encouraging success. Missionaries
and battleships have alternated ln
their visits, carrying peace offerings
threats, and have come away
wlth Bampies of the wily Turk's lnex
nftU8tible "PPly f promises and the
Ottoman empire has gone on ln Its
dark and devious way until the Amer
lean drummer got busy, and now the
path has been blazed for the conquest
of the Turk by the powers of moderni
civilization.
The consular bureau of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor tell
how the trick was turned. In an un
guarded moment the sultan made cer
tain concessions to foreign commercial
travelers, and the next morning an
American agent of a stereoptlcon fac
tory was busy on the streets of Smyrna
with a few samples. He steadily
punned their sale ln every store and
private residence to such an extent
that he was soon obliged to engage
I four assistants. Within a short time
a majority of the Inhabitants ol
Smyrna were provided with stereoptl-
cons and It is statad that the agent
met with the same success in other
towns of the Levant
The sultan may as well surrender
to the inevitable. This country knows
from upork'nre that the stereoptlcon
is the advance agent of the album of
views, the phonograph, the souvenir
postal card, the moving picture ma
chine, the Illustrated book of travels
and all those instrumentalities for
making the world acquainted with its
neighbors. With a slereipiiixa on
the parlor tables In a majority of the
homes In the Levant, the dawn of
modern civilization may be recognized
touching the waves of the Bosphorus
and ready to break Into effulgent
glory over the Ottoman empire.
The return of spring renews again
he annual problem of the householder
Omaha. In the absence of any
rrangement for the general collection
and distribution of garbage anil refuse,
he responsibility is thrown on tho In
dividual householder to keep hU prem
ises and alleys adjacent theivto in
leanly condition. The city regulations
are extremely lax, and only realiza
tion of the obligation by the citizens
ill have the effect of securing the
desired cleanliness. At different times
health officers of Omaha have called
attention to the archaic methods In
vogue and the dangers that result
therefrom, but without the effect of
securing the needed change la laws to
give the city any comprehensive or
ffective plan for keeping clean.
It would seem unnecessary to call
the attention of anybody to the desir
ability of removing at the earliest pos
sible moment the refuse that has ac
cumulated about his premises during
the winter, yet experience has taught
that It frequently requires the utmost
endeavor of the Health department.
backed up by the police, to bring this
about. The warm days are here now,
nd while the weather has hardly set
tled down to a certainty of spring
me, It Is not too early to begin the
campaign for a cleaner Omaha.
A bill Is pending before the legisla
ture, which, should it pass, will pro
vide a comprehensive system for col
lection and disposal of garbage and
refuse throughout the city. It will
not do, however, to wait for this. The
citizens should show that they have
both pride and decency enough to
clean up their premises.
JUX'tKS. tl'TOS AND War
George Ade Is overlooking a first
best bet if he falls to get a comic opera
out of the Honduras-Nicaragua war
that will send his "Sultan of Sulu" to
teh gasoline circuit. The materials are
at hand, the plot ready-made and the
plain facts in the case furnish all the
lines necessary without any drain upon
the Imagination of the author. In the
first place, the war started over a
mule. Honduras complained, through
proper diplomatic channels, that a
party ot Nicaraguan marauders
passed over Its borders and stole a
mule from Ireno Salgado, living ln the
village of Los Manos. Nicaragua re
torted that Salgado was a bad citizen,
anyway, a Nicaraguan refugee, and
unable to prove a clear title to tho
mule. Honduras came back with the
direct charge that Salgado was living
comfortably ln Honduras, paying his
bills and had not stolen the mule, at
least not from any citizen of Honduras
Nicaragua intimated that Honduras
was lying about the facts ln the case
and the diplomatic scene was closed
by the fall of the curtain to the music
of the bugle calling the patriots to
arms.
While the mule figures ln the first
act as a cause of war. it is discarded
ln real action, and its place taken by
racing motor car. with President
Bonllla ln the chauffeur's seat, begog
gled and looking like a veritable nem
esls and smelling worse swooping
across the field of carnage, blowing a
siren tooter, striking fear and gasoline
into the hearts and nostrils of his ad
versarles. The war Is still on and,
while not wishing to -abuse any laws
of neutrality, we predict success for
the Hondurans. If Bonllla's carburet
tor doesn't get out of adjustment, his
tires stand the thorn test in the chap
arral and the oil trust does not check
his devastating career by raising him
out on the price of gasoline, there's
nothing for Nicaragua to do but bor
row a white shirt from some foreigner
and display it as a flag of truce. The
stereotyped form of Central American
revolutions was not built to stand
against such innovations as Bonllla
has Introduced.
But another feature to the case may
lead up to a more tragic ending of the
play. Positions of honor won by hard
effort are not to be easily surrendered
and the mule may have something to
say about It. The mule's place in the
armanent of civilized countries is fixed
The civil war was Von by the army
that had the most powerful mule
teams. The Boers were getting all
the better of the conflict In South Af
rica until the British imported a few
cargoes of Missouri mules and turned
threatened defeat Into complete vic
tory. Missouri mules carted Japanese
guns Into position In Manchuria over
roads that the hardy Russians found
Impassable. The mule Is not going to
surrender this prestige and glory in
chronic belligerency without a Strug
gle. If Bonllla attempts to make the
automobile the most potent factor In
a fight he may find himself and hi
ccuntry In a war with Missouri.
The prospect of submitting a differ
ence between railroad managers and
railroad employes over the question of
wages to arbitration is very encourag
lng. The business Interests of th
country at present cannot afford the
Interruttlon that would result from
a general strike of railway operators
nor can lther side to the controversy
afford to precipitate a strike. Arbi
tration is the unwritten law of busi
ness today and it should be heeded t6
Its uttermost application.
"Wet or dry" is the burning ques
tion in the majority of Nebraska
towns at prcoctit, and the animation
with which the question Is being dis
cussed Is a thorough vindication of the
local option provision in the Slocumb
law. Under Its operation the question
of prohibition is submitted annually
to the people most vitally concerned,
and Its effect is far more beneficial
than state wide prohibition could pos
sibly be.
The movement -for the early closing
of the downtown stores is gathering
force dally. As a matter of fact the
big stores have all closed at 6 o'clock,
except on Saturday evening, for years.
The chief reform proposed now is to
close on Saturday evenings. This will
mean a decided change In, the local
way of doing business, but it is ln line
with the general trend ln the direction
of a shorter work day.
The Commercial club boosters have
laid out an Itinerary of eighteen days
ln June through the northwest. It Is
a most attractive route and one along
which the name of Omaha should be
made a household word. The pros
pects are that the excursion may be
ne of the most effective ever sent out
from the city.
It must have astonished Lincoln
people to see a Douglas county man
father a big appropriation bill for the
benefit of the state fair grounds.
Jim" Walsh was successful In get
ting his measure recommended for
passage, a fact that will probably be
overlooked at the capital.
Joseph Edgar Chamberlain Is specu
lating on what would have happened
if George Washington had become a
British midshipman. He might give a
chapter on what would have happened
If Theodore RooBevelt had gone Into
the railroad business instead of poli
tics.
The Missouri river is to receive
some attention from the inland
Waterways commission. The old
Muddy has been on Its good behavior
for some weeks, but will very likely
go on a bender about the time of the
official visit.
The librarian . of the Washlntgon
ity library reports a marked decrease
n the demand lor works ol nction.
The Washingtonlan who wants pure
fiction reads the Congressional Record
and some of the department reports.
Representative BarthoMt, an Ameri
can delegate to the International peace
conference at The Hague, fears the
conference "will attempt too much."
Possibly; but there's no danger ot it
accomplishing too much.
One Term Rnonih,
Chicago Record-Herald.
Oklahoma's constitution provides that no
body can be re-elected to a state office
there. Evidently the people of Oklahoma
do not place much confidence ln unwritten
laws.
Someone Rocki the Boat.
Baltimore American.
It seems strange that the only failure
caused by the rich men's panic ln Wall
street last week should occur In Washing
ton. It may be that stock and statesman
ship cannot travel In the same boat.
Notable Self-Denial.
Chicago Tribune.
Inasmuch as Tom Lawson has disclosed
the methods by which a Wall street oper
ator con make $100,000,000 In a day, his for
bearance ln making only $2,600,000 the other
afternoon assumes an aspect of rigid self-
denial.
Sqneese In Mall Rates. .
Philadelphia Record.
Railroad men are reported to be trying
to arrange a combine to refuse to carry
the malls If they cannot be paid for more
than they carry. To get a dally average
they want the weight of malls for a week
divided by six Instead of seven; why not
five or four? An administration that Is
really opposed to combines and monopolies
would make short work of a Job of this
sort.
Problem of Railroad Slaughter.
Harper's Weekly.
In seven disasters on five roads since
New Year's 123 persons were killed and 813
wers Injured. The railroads have the
strongest possible motives for avoiding ac
cidents. Shifts that result ln dead pas
sengers and wrecked machinery save
neither time nor money. How our rail
road mortality Is to be reduced is a ques
tion for our railroad experts to solve. And
It must be solved. Not only In the case of
the railroads but In a hundred other fields
of our activities we Americans are dls
reputably careless and wasteful of human
life. It Is not compatible with cur claim
to be a highly civilized people thst we
should put up with so much industrial
killing as we do.
DIU HOH WODEHS.
Seeale Attraetlveneas of Northern
WyomlntT Monntalna.
New York Sun.
Among the national show regions some
day will be the Big Horn mountain coun
try In northern Wyoming. The results of
the five years of study which N. H. Darton
has given to this field are now published by
our geological survey. They reveal this
mountain area rising from the plain aa a
land of remarkable scenic attractiveness
and large variety of Interest. It has scores
of miles of canyons along the rivers, some
of them !,fxw feet In height. There are
glaciers on many of the slopes, and the
towering limestones are weathered here
and there Into castles and pyramids, re
minding the visitor of scenes ln the Tyrol.
The brilliant red wsll where hxrd red wind-
stone outcrops extends for hundreds of
miles along the foot of the mountains and
through some of the river valleys, and
there Is climbing without end for the ex
pert mountaineer and the tenderfoot. The'
most exquisite of hikes are perched high In
the range 9.i0 feet atxive the sea, the
rivers are full of trout and game la fulrlv
abundant. It Is a good place to enjoy the
outlook, whet the appetite and loaf through
a play spell. Two summer resorts have
now been establlxhed ln the mountains,
wh.-h hunters, prospectors and herder
have for years monupoUtttl.
HOI M) AHOIT SEW YOTIK.
Hippies on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.
The first symptom of spring fluttered Into
Now York lHst Saturday, and remained
over Sunday. It Is not safe to bank on
forty-eight hours of plenoant weather In
the metropolis until May day, but on this
oil-union thr uiilmpti)' residents, -?ry of
winter's storms, decided to take chances
and poured out of their caves on Sunday
dressed In their best suit of clothe.. Fifth
avenue appeared In Knster dress. New
suits In during hues were In abundance,
lints plainly Intended for twister christen
ing were to be seen on every side. All day
there wns a steady procession of fashion
able carriages and automobiles In Central
park. The same was true of other parks
throughout the city. The little breathing
spaces In the thickly populnted sections
of the city were overrun with tenement
dwellers. The few streets on the lower ant
side from which the accumulations of lea
nd mud had been removed were so
thronged with children ng to be almost Im
passible for vehicles. According to the
police one straw hat made a brief appear
ance In Grand street, near the Howery.
Two pet projects of School Superintendent
Maxwell havo come to grief In the Hoard
of Education. Maxwell wanted the city to
buy eyeglasses for all public school chil
dren who needed them, and also "simple"
food to be sidd to children St cost. Poth
projects were rejected because the board
agreed with Commissioner Barrett that
"parents still have some responsibility for
their own children and should supply them
with food, clothing and eyeglasses." That
Is undoubtedly the attitude of a great
majority of taxpayers. There Is no ques
tion, however, that a large percentage of
the 500,00ft school children of New York
have defective eyesight, and that a large
number are Insufficiently nourished. Prof.
Maxwell Intends to fceep up his agitation,
and ln time he may be successful. Com
missioner Stern, chairman of the committee
on Elementary schools, has consulted with
an expert optician and wholerrOe dealer
in eyeglas.'f-s to learn what the cost? would
be If eyeglasses were provided for every
child with defective vision.' Superintendent
Maxwell says there are between 125,000
and 150,000 such children. The experts with
whom Mr. Stern has consulted say that,
even at wholesale. It would cost an aver
age of 1 a 'pupil for eyeglasses. This
would make the Initial cost between $125,
000 and $150,000.
The discussion of the rent problem In the
annual report of the Charity Organisation
society Is not cheering. The society finds
that the rents paid by tenement dwellers
have Increased 20 to 40 per cent and are
still going up. Neither tho unprecedented
number of new tenements erected nor the
new transit facilities have served to check
the upward tendency. The cost of bare
shelter Is becoming more and more a bur
den to the poor. This report reveals a tone
ot hopelessness and lack of corrvlctlon,
when outlining possible remedies. More
rapid transit? This Is far off, and even
when it comes the fare Is no small Item
to a family with three or four workers.
New construction? The cost of labor and
materials and real estate Is so high, and
the demand comes ln mich drifting volume,
that the new' landlords are rent-raisers
rather than rent-cutters. The prohibition
of factory location ln the crowded tenement
districts? This remedy, although strongly
urgea, aoes not hold out much hope.
District Attorney Jerome has started out
to punish lawyers' "runners" by whose
practices, It Is alleged, hundreds and thou
sands of poor persons are swindled every
year, Justice brought Into disrepute and
respectable lawyers virtually exiled from
the lower courts.- They swarm in the new
Criminal Courts building. "
William Werner, 23 years old. was the
first of the alleged "runners" to be ar
raigned, charged with obtaining $10 under
false pretenses from Mrs. Margaret Ryley.
She told Magistrate Whitman that Werner
came to her home, after her son had been
arrested on the charge of petit larceny,
and represented himself to be a lawyer,
with an office at 76 Lafayette street. He
told her, she said, he could get her boy
out of the Tombs for a consideration; that
he had a close acquaintance with the dif
ferent magistrates, and that for $18 he
would obtain an acquittal from the mag
istrate before whom her son was to be ar
raigned. He got $10, but, nevertheless, the
boy was held on the larceny charge.
It Is a crime for a lawyer to give or
agree to give a fee to a'runner" for bring
ing him a client," said Assistant District
Attorney w hltesldes. "It Is a crime for
a runner' to represent himself as a law
yer. A lawyer can be disbarred for em
ploying or taking business for a considera
tion from one of these 'runners.' The
'runners' are, many of them, clerks m law
yers' offices.
"Under this system of 'runners' a few
.members of the bar control the law busi
ness of the magistrates' courts and In the
court of special sessions."
New York City Is to have Its first work
horse parade on Memorial day, following
the example of Boston, where this annual
parade has become a veritable Institution.
This project is the result of the reforma
tion In the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals and the "women's aux
iliary Is arranging for It. Leading truck
men and stablemen are much Interested In
the matter, and a number of prices will be
offered for animals that show evidence of
the most considerate treatment likewise
as In Boston. In fact, a member of the
Boston workhorse parade association Is
already In New York helping on the plans.
A New York physician, a specialist In
children s diseases, Is posing the ubiquitous
stenographer In a new role. Whether an
office call or a house visit, the stenog
rapher Is always present and takes ver
batim notes of all that Is said aa to th.
care of the child, be diet, giving of medi
cines, exercise, etc. These notes are tran
scribed the same day In duplicate, one copy
being sent at once to the home of the pa
tient and the other kept on file In the
doctor's office for reference.
Msssstri Holnsr for Protection.
Chicago Chronicle.
The spectacle of J. P. Morgan arranging
with President Roosevelt for an Interview
between the latter and the heads of a
number of great railroad systems to see
what can be done to protect the railroads
against hostile and unreasonable leglsla
tlon by states Is an Interesting one. It
shows, tqr one thing, that the present attl
tude of the rallroada la not defiant. It
also sho' that they place a remarkable
estlmute upon the Influence of the presi
dent over the stutes. Not very long ago
such a thing as an appeal to the president
to exercise nis Influence with the states
wuuld not have been thought of. This
seems to Indicate that some people, ar
taking a new view of the relation between
states and the nation.
Knocking Its Friends,
Kansas City Star.
The Union Pacific ha ordered all work
uhundoned on the "cut-off" between To
peka and Mirysvllltj, Kan. Whatever ex
cuse the company may give for this re
trenchment order the blame cannot be at
tributed to the Kansas legislature. The
Etat senate only acted under orders frum
the railroad attorneys and enacted no leg
islation which allocu-d tn rvcuu of the
raiirokds.
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PERSONAL SOTEH.
China's aml.iSle Dowager Empress offers
$ino,0 for the head of Kang Yu Wel, but
this Is nowhere near the valuation the
gentleman sets upon It.
Vice President Fairbanks delivered four
speeches at Chicago Monday extolling edu
cation, the press, the late President Harper
and the Irish. All absolutely safe subjects
before the right audiences.
Include ln the loss by the burning of
Helicon Hall was Ane hot stuff that
Upton Sinclair had collected for a novel
on the social revolution. Is It possible
that spontaneous combustion caused tho
disaster?
A Connecticut young man, who has
agreed to pass an examination ln kitchen
and laundry work to prove that he Is quali
fied for matrimony, may pass all right, but
he won't prove anything beyond the fact,
probably needing no demonstration, that
he is a mollycoddle.
James Ford Rhodes, whose history of the
civil war has added so much to the
authentic annals of the United States, was
until a few years ago an extensive iron
and steel manufacturer of Cleveland. For
sheer love of historical research and
literary work Mr. Rhodes, who passes much
of his time In Washington, abandoned an
eminently successful business career to de
vote himself wholly to the preparation of
his history.
Some sensation has been caused by one
of the prettiest Irish hostesses In London
declaring that Bhe will have only American,
Scotch and Irish people to her house. She
says the English people In good society
are too dull for words. The toplo Is be
ginning to be discussed. There Is no doubt
that American, Scotch and Irish people In
society mutually fraternise more cordially
than they do with the English, while the
lady In question declares that English
hostesses have to Invite some Scotch or
Irish to every dinner party In order to
relieve the heaviness and make cheerful.
A POLITICAL REMINISCENCE:.
Controversy Over ConkllnK'a Speech
Nomination; Grant In 1HNO,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A singular controversy, has sprung up
about the beginning of the speech In which
Mr. Conkllng nominated General Grant for
president ln 1880 at Chicago. The popular
Idea has been that he began his speech
with some lines of rhyme, nbout as fol
lows: And Is asked what state he halls from,
This our sole reply shall be,
From near Appomattox Omit House,
With Its famous apple tree.
There are slight verbal differences In
different versions, but they are unimpor
tant to the solution of the main contention.
The New York Times undertook to sny
that Conkllng did not begin his speech
with any sort of "doggerel," but that he
said In plain prose that when asked where
his candidate carne from, he answered,
from Appomattox. In proof of this the
Times quoted the speech us published the
next day In Its own columns. Thereupon
came a volume of communications, many
of which took Issue with the Times. Va
rious reports are quoted to show that
Conkllng actually used the so-called dog
gerel, and several reporters who were pres
ent and heard the speech Join In this testi
mony. Here Is a specimen extract from a
letter furnished by James II. Kennedy, who
attended the convention as a representa
tive of the Cleveland Herald:
When New York was called, Mr. Conk
llng came down the aisle from his Bent on
the floor of the convention. Some one
placed a chair, on which he stepped, and
from there to the reporters' platform. I
arose and gave him my chair, and from
that he stepped to the table.
There had been ruuch talk of the states
frpm which came the various candidates.
In his opening Mr. Conkllng begun:
"If asked what state he halls from,
Our sole reply shall be.
He comes from Appomattox."
He was allowed to go no further. A wild
burst of applause followed that lasted for
a long time. When It subsided he con
tinued: "From Appomattox Court House,
And Its famous apple tree."
I sat directly beneath him, and this open
ing Is so vividly Impressed upon my mind
that I am sure there can be no mistake.
Now, this discussion does not seem im
portant, but it has brought out facts that
have surprised many Intelligent people, who
ought to have known better, as many will
say. It transpires that the "doggerel" Is
found In a volume of the verse of General
Charles G. Halpine (Miles O'Reilly), edited
by Robert B. Roosevelt. The Brooklyn
Kagle says It was written In 1)68. at a time
when Halpine hoped that Grant would be
the democratic nominee for president. The
full stanza, as published In the book, Is as
follows:
So, boys, a final bumper
Wliilo we all in chorus chant
"For next president we nominate
Our own Ulysses Grant."
And Is asked what state he halls from,
This our sole reply shall be,
From near Appomattox Court House,
With Its famous apple tree.
For 'twas there, to our Ulysses,
That I-e gave up the fight
Now, boys, to Grant for president.
And Uod defend the right.
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GETTING JVBTICE.
The People and the Railroads A
Striking Simile.
Portland Oregonlan.
The cry of the railroads, that Justice be
done them,' will remind every man of cer
tain Incidents of his boyhood days. In
every community there Is at least one big
boy who bullies all the small boys of the
neighborhood. We all knew him when we
were boys. He robbed our lunch baskets
and we hardly dared complain. If we did
report to the teacher the chances were
she would smooth the matter over for fear
of causing trouble, and the depredations
continued. He took our sleds without per
mission, ducked us ln the swimming hole,
tripped us on the Ice and stdle our ball.
When we played marbles for keeps he
didn't play fair, but took the marbles Just
the same. A few of the smaller boys stood
ln with him because they admired him or
were afraid to stand out. We all got our
heads thumped. He put mud on our faces
and rubbed It In. Day after day and year
after year we talked him over among our
selves, agreeing that he was a tyrant, a
robber, heartless, soulless, and ought to
be ctitrolled. But no one would undertake
the Job. Finally, we banded together under
one leader, took him down and begtn to
pummel him, whereupon he set fcp a howl
that it was unfair for a dosen boys to set
upon one. He demanded Justice. And we
gave him Justice. Then we let him up. Ho
was better afterward. Wo all remember
him and his career, but there Is none of
the recollection that carries pleasant sen
sations except the single Incident ot giving
him Justice.
AID IX FIN.
Knlcker What do you conceive to be the
greatest fury of the elements?
Bockor-A brain storm at sea. New York
Sun.
"Have you noticed that ,hls automobile
emits a rapid ' succession of explosive
ebons?" " '. ,
"Yes! and It Smokes as well as 'choos.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"What do you consider the highest stan
dards In contemporary literature?" . asked
the literary critic. !';.
"These," responded the famous oculist,
"constitute my eye-deal writings," and he
laid his hand fondly on his bills. Philadel
phia Presss.
"In one respect, at least," murmured th
occupant of, the front row, "I can sym
pathize with a childless sovereign, for I
have no hair apparent." Baltimore Ameri
can. When the celling fell In the Duma cham
ber that body was not In session.
Consequently, the paragrapher will be
unable to remark that the Impassioned elo
quence of Ivan Whlskeroff brougM. down
the house. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"How Is the old drama where the villain
still pursues her?"
"rvv, it ia nflll In the running." Phila
delphia Ledger.
The cat had eaten the canary.
"I haven't any compunctions about It,
either." she said, picking her teeth with
her claws. "I couldn't eat the pianola on
the first floor or the graphophona on the
third, but I could make a meal of the
muslclai on the second floor and I've done
It."
With a satisfied grin on her face she
curled up on the floor behind the gas range
and went to rleep. Chicago Tribune.
REALTY OOCTORINO.
Houston Post.
There has been a beauty doctor
Olvln' lectures In our town
An' ma hired a stenographer
Ter take his lingo down.
An' the things that she's a buyln'
Far to rub Into her face.
Comes In boxes, Jugs an' bottles.
An' are all around th' place.
She takes her face o' momln'S
An' steams It o'er a pot.
Then she rubs some dope stuff In It
While It's red an' aisslln' hot;
Then dhe lays some hot cloths on it
Fer to drive It further ln,
Then she plasters It an' rubs it
Fer to beautify her skin.
Then she's got a rubber dingus,
Thet she fastens ter th' door.
Thet she grabs an' bends down hak'ard
Till her head's 'most on th' floor.
Then she doubles over forward
Till she almost busts In half,
Then she spanks us children awful
'Cause we can't hold In our laugh.
Bhe has bought a Jar of ointment.
An' th' label on It said
It would kill hair on her features,
nut would grow It on her head:
An' th' shelves are full o' skin food.
An' o' ointments an' o' creams.
An' she dopes her face o' daytimes
An' she musks It while she dreams.
Bhe has got some stuff In bottles
That, when It Is well rubbed In,
Will make thlnnlsh women stouter,
An' make stoutlah women thin:
An' gran'motlier's aittln' sklttter
Gran'ma hasn't got a tooth
An' she's bouKht a lar o' ointment
That Is labeled "Bloom o' Youth!"
An' pop says th' world's gone crooked
Since that feller come to town.
An' ma hired a stenographer -
Ter take his lingo down;
Ma tells pa his talk was gratis.
Thst It didn't cost a cent.
But th' druggist round th' corner
Kin tell you what paw has spent.
Guckert (Si
McDonald
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