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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1907.
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Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
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WHES OUT Or TOWI,
Subscribers leaving; tbe city tess
porarlly ahonld hire Tbe Bee
mailed to tbem. Addreaa will be
changed aa often ae reqaeated.
"What are the ten best things to
eat?" asks the Baltimore Sun. Mince
pie.
"President Roosevelt la a hard man
to pose," says a Washington photog
rapher, lie Is still a harder man to
eppose.
The weather man Is not Inclined to
change very much, but he ought to
furnish the veterans with sunshine on
Thursday.
. Mayor Schmltz of San Francisco de
clares that be Is being pursued. The
country la under the Impression taiat
he has been caucht.
Japanese complain that they are
not treated fairly in San Francisco.
Neither are the San Francisco tax
payers. The summer resort manager who
ciuucis a icw Bicaui ruuiaiura among
the trees Is going to get tbe business
this year. '
The facetious person who is first to
ask, "How would you like to be the
Ice man?" Is also suffering from the
delayed spring.
The president might go clear back
to the Garden of Eden In his fight
against "nature fakirs." Remember
the educated serpent?
President Roosevelt has decreed
that officers of the army who are too
fat must do more horseback riding.
Fronds of the horse have a kick com
'lng The prosperity has extended to the
actresses, many of whom have made
money enough in the last few years to
enable them to support their hus
bands. Tbe Omaha police force passed a
very creditable inspection and showed
themselves to be worthy of their gen
eral description as the finest police In
the land.
Pennsylvania republicans are going
to endorse Senator Knox's presidential
boom. If tbe boom survives that en
dorsement Senator Knox may take
courage.
President Roosevelt has taken some
of the conceit out of those writers of
animal stories who have made their
study of wild beasts behind a type
writer desk.
Several Vermont towns have barred
married women from teaching in the
publio schools. What the women's
husbands will now do for a living Is
the question.
Secretary Wilson of the Department
sf Agriculture proposes to make an
extended western trip this summer. It
Is hoped be will discover that Ne
braska is In the corn belt.
Lord Rothschild of London must be
"short In several lines of stock. His
latest Interview sounds like those
Awerlcan stock jobbers give out Just
before they shear the lambs.
Mayor Jim proposes to appeal from
tbe council to the people In support
of his dollar gas bunco scheme. . Why
not taaka It 50-cent fas? The refer
rndtun would be just as effective.
The Los Angeles Times says one of
the worst Indications of the- times is
that the people are forgetting how to
laugh. A mention of the Foraker
presidential boom will prove that tha
Times Is mistaken.
MKUvliUL DAT.
Decoration day, established In re
sponse to a demand for observance of
custom, has achieved a new signifi
cance In the last few years. Orig
inally observed as a day of mourning,
the occasion of strewing garlands of
flowers upon tha graves of men who
died that tbe nation's entity might be
preserved. Memorial day came to bo
looked upon, by a series of conditions
not Justified nor easily explained, as
a national holiday, an occasion for
races, ball games and all classes of
athletic contests and amusements. The
perversion of the spirit of the day
was complete. Within the last few
years, however, a revulsion of senti
ment against this practical profana
tion of a Bftcred occasion has become
manifest and the people have come to
Jook upon Memorial day as the time
for paying a tribute of respect and
memory for the soldier dead and of in
culcating In the minds of the public,
particularly of the youth, a veneration
for the flag of the union, preserved In
Its glory by the blood of heroes.
Throughout the country today, the
Grand Army of the Republic posts not
only decorate the graves of their de
parted comrades, but Invito tbe pupils
of tbe schools to join with them In ap
propriate ceremonies commemorative
of the valor of the soldier dead and
cf the principles for which they fought,
principles that must be upheld and
supported so long as the republic sur
vives. This is the new significance
of Memorial day, the enlistment of the
youth In the service of upholding, pre
serving and respecting the flag, repre
senting as It does everything that is
ennobling in this government. So long
as this purpose is kept in view in the
observance of the day, there will be
no lack of patriotism and veneration
for the flag In the hearts of the people.
GOVERNOR CCStMlKS' ANNOUNCEMENT.
By declaring his candidacy for the
United States senate, to succeed Sen
ator Allison, whose term expires on
March 4, 1909, Governor Cummins has
made it necessary for the Iowa stand
patters to make the next move on the
state's political chess board. The
standpatters, in their anxiety to pre
servo the status quo in state politics
and prevent the reopening of the fight
for tariff revision by the Cummins
forces, have been bringing' pressure
from two sources to bear upon the
governor. They have promoted and
enthusiastically encouraged his boom
for the vice presidential nomination
next year, in the apparent hope of
inducing him to restrain his expression
of radical views on tariff revision, in
order to keep more in harmony with
the leaders of his party, the men who
make candidates for the presidency
and vice presidency. They have grown
almost eloquent in calling attention
to Governor Cummins' logical and geo
graphical position and the advantage
he would have In the national conven
tion over other candidates for second
place on the republican national ticket.
They have also made much of the plea
that Senator Allison's distinguished
services entitle him to . another re
election to the senate and that nothing
but his refusal to accept another term
should warrant any republican In seek
ing his toga.
Friends of Governor Cummins insist
that the standpatters are not nearly
so anxious about Senator Allison's re
election as they are about aide-tracking
Governor Cummins In the sena
torial race. They resent the attempt
of the standpatters'to use Senator Al
lison's name to beat other candidates
or prevent them from entering the
contest. The governor's decision to
seek election to the United States sen
ate, subject to the decision of the
voters at the next primary election,
ends all speculation and marks the
opening of another fight in Iowa be
tween the standpatters and revision
ists. The governor has the tactical
advantage of having made the first
move, thus making it necessary for his
factional opponents to outline' their
plan of campaign. He baa also a de
cided practical advantage by reason of
his office, his hold upon the machinery
of the state organisation and his power
to make alliances looking to Iowa's
attitude on the presidential campaign
and candidates, the United States sen
atorshtp and the selection of candi
dates for the state offices. The fight
is on and it promises to be a mjrry
on.
WOMEN AS LA WMAKKllS.
Finland, the oppressed, the sub
polar wedgo of Europe, is showing the
world today a new lesson in the ex
tension and recognition of woman's
rights. The Finnish Parliament, just
convened at Helsingfors, contains
nineteen women members, the- first
legislative body of the old world that
has extended such recognition. The
new Parliament Is also noteworthy as
being the first to be convened under
the new constitution which the people
of this roof of the world have wrested
from the csar of Russia after a half
doien years of bloody protest against
the action of Von Plehve, the Russian
governor under whose administration
they were deprived of the rights of
semi-self-government enjoyed by them
since the country was ceded to Russia
in 1809, pearly a century ago. .
So much comment has been occa
sioned In foreign countries by the
election of women to the Finnish Par
liament that the women members have
made public an outline of tbe legisla
tive program they propose to urge
This Includes old ase pensions, abso
lute prohibition of the manufacture
and sale of intoxicants, radical laws
relating to marriage and divorce, the
purchase and distribution of public
lands and enlarged appropriations for
educatloual purposes. They declare
Uiat they will uot affiliate with the so
clallsts, who represent a strong mino
rity in the Parliament, In support of
socialistic laws, but will co-operate
with any and all factions In advancing
legislation for the common good.
Curiosity as to what women will do
la a European lawmaking body prom
ises to be supplanted by admiration of
their efforts.
THE FREE LltT-
At least two of the Nebraska rail
roads have complied with the law and
have furnished information that will
be of more or less Interest to the pub
lic. The two principal roads of the
state hrve refused to burnish the de
tailed information demanded by he
Railway commission, and thus have
defeated one of the ends of the law,
which was possible publicity.
Employment by a railroad company
Is not necessarily cause for shame, ror
should the employe blush on accouxt
of his wages. If an attorney elects to
sell his professional services to a rail
road company in exchange for a free
pass, that is a matter that concerns
him and the company solely as re
gards the extent of the compensation.
But the public has a right in this mat
ter and is entitled to whatever protec
tion flows out of such publicity as may
legitimately- be given.
For many years certain molders of
opinion have set themselves up as
champions of various movements or
opponents of others, their efforts tend
ing in the direction of railroad bene
fits. These men when accused of be
ing in the employ of the railroads
have vehemently denied it. One of
them on a recent occasion waxed wroth
when he was accused In the house of
representatives at Lincoln of being a
railroad tool. Others have expended
indignation more or less righteous in
asseverating their freedom from cor
porate influence or railroad direction,
while at the same time ardently advo
cating the policies and measures that
emanated from railroad headquarters.
The list of passes furnished the rail
road commission by the two roads re
ferred to discloses the-, names of sev
eral eminent legal lights of Nebraska,
especially in Omaha, who have been
more or less prominent in the fake re
form business in the state. They
have entered into contracts with the
railroad company for their "legal serv
ices" to be paid for in free transporta
tion. The published list will probably
give some idea of the reason for the
reluctance of the Burlington and
Union Pacific to deliver to public
scrutiny their list of attorneys who are
'retained" by an annual pass.
AN VNFOROIV1NO PREMIER.
Thomas Brent, prime minister of
Victoria, ought to take a lesson from
America's observance of Memorial
day. In an address in England Min
ister Brent bitterly protested against
the action of the British people In
honoring General Botha during his at
tendance upon the conference of co
lonial premiers in London as prime
minister of the Transvaal. "Our peo
ple have not forgotten the Boer war,"
said Minister Brent. "We have a
number of wooden-legged and arm
less men and sorrowing widows to
keep our memories alive." '
Victoria's minister apparently for
gets that there are wooden-legged and
armless men and sorrowing widows In
the Transvaal. These are the natural
heritages of war. In America a few
days ago union veterans Joined In the
ceremonies of dedicating a monument
to General Gordon, one of the rugged
confederate leaders whose activity in
the field resulted In an Increase in the
number of wooden-legged and armless
men and sorrowing widows in the
north. Today veterans of the war,
both those who fought with Grant and
Thomas and Sherman and those who
followed Lee and Jackson and John
stone, are placing their floral and
heart tributes on the graves of union
and confederate dead alike. The war
is over. The lesson of it survives.
Premier Brent should study the les
son.
The city council now proposes to at
tack the gas company's contract for
lighting the city as a means of forcing
the dollar gas proposition. Whether
this outcome would be the result of
the effort. It would be found advan
tageous to the city if the present un
settled relation between the gas com-
Danv and the city for street lighting
is brought to a definite conclusion.
The decision of the court rendered
more than a year ago was to the effect
that the contract made was Illegal and
no step has been taken to set aside this
decision. No bills have been presented
to the city for street lighting and the
money has accumulated In the fund.
All of this Is very unsatisfactory and
the sooner the muddle is straightened
out the better all parties will be
pleased.
Mayor Jim is having the time of bis
life JUBt now in Instituting "reforms"
of various sorts. He proposes for his
latest undertaking to compel the con
struction of a new Jail by emptying
the old. His instructions to the police
force, at the annual review, that they
must make' no more arrests than ab
solutely necessary until the city is pro
vided with more commodious and
comfortable quarters for its delin
quents and derelicts, reminds one very
forcibly of Barney Shannon's famous
motion in the Omaha city council on
a similar occasion, when he proposed
to President Stevenson that "the city
build a new Jail and that the bricks
of the old Jail be used In constructing
a new jail, and that tbe prisoners be
confined in the old Jail until the new
jail is completed."
It 'baa been discovered that the
newly apruluted telephone inspector
of South Dakota is an infidel. Well,
he probably would have become one
before the expiration of his term of
office, anyway.
The raise of pay granted the Bur
lington employes Is one of the most
welcome announcements made from,
Hill headquarters In a long time. It
means that the business of the Bur
lington has reached that point where
further persistence in "organised
economy" would be mere parsimony.
Japan has a standing army of 400,
000 men and proposes to double Its
navy. It is not yet clear whether
Japan proposes to whip Russia again,
take possession of China or 'declare
war on San Francisco.
Colonel Watterson says he will
name his dark-horse candidate for the
presidency as soon as Colonel Bryan
agrees to retire from the race. The
colonel might as well scratch his en
try and not delay the race.
"The time may come," says a Lon
don paper, "when the best and most
exclusive hotels in Europe will make
a point of barring out Americans."
Possibly, but If that time comes the
Americans will oil be broke.
Merely Plkera.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Abe Ruef says Mayer Schmlts got only
150,000 from the bribers, Pennsylvania's
leading grafters say a man who will sell
himself for that must lack pride as well aa
Judgment.
All on the Two-Cent Line.
St. Louis Republic.
All of the Missouri railroads, except one,
announce that they will comply with the
S-cent-a-mlle rate law. The anticipated In
creased travel will prove the wisdom of
their decision.
Do Yon Feel That Wayt
Brooklyn Eagle.
Government statistics show that each In
dividual In these United States la worth
precisely 11,310 In a per capita distribution
of wealth, But somehow the news doesn't
make any of us feel 1 cent the richer.
Back ,to the Raddle.
New York Tribune.
President Roosevelt thinks that army of
ficers who wear spurs and draw allow
ances as mounted should be able to sit
astride a horse without showing signs of
nervousness or discomfort. This Is a sen
sible theory, for unless a field officer can
ride without distress he loses a large part
of his efficiency. We cannot afford In every
war to have generals who can only do
their work In a litter or a hammock.
Banishing; the White Plaame.
New York Tribune.
In predicting that tuberculosis will be
wiped off tbe face of the earth In twenty
five years Dr. Nicholas Senn of Chicago
seems to be rather sanguine, but his rea
soning tr sound. The mortality from that
disease has been appreciably reduced tn re
cent years through the adoption of Im
proved sanitary precautions. Any under
taking which is well begun is-proverbially
"half done," and now hat the enemy is
on the run his retreat can easily be ac
celerated. Temperance treason from Japan.
New York Times.
There is more sound temperance argument
In the result of the drastic measures
against alcoholic beverages in the Japa
nese army during the war by which the
percentage of deaths was but 1 per cent
and the health record of ths army un
surpassed than In all the temperanoa lit
erature of the western world. General
Kuroki, who is now visiting in America,
sent out the order that any man found
drunk while on duty would be shot to
death and it Is needless to say that there
was no drunkenness In his division. There
la a Spartan simplicity about the Japa
nese method of making good soldiers that
Is wholly effective.
Perversion of Justice.
Philadelphia Record,
When the courts depute their functions
to masters arid referee it cannot be ex
pected that the findings of the latter will
command the respect which ts given al
most Invariably to the decisions of the
courts themselves. The case Involving tha
price of gas In New York City was Im
portant enough for the circuit court to
have taken the testimony Itself and reached
Its own conclusions. Of course, the case
will not be determined tilt the United
States supreme court shall be heard from,
but as the matter stands, the conclusions
of a committee of the New York legisla
ture are entitled to more confidence than
the conclusions of the Individual -lawyer
whom Judge Lacombe deputised to hear
the evidence.
WHY JAPAN SUCCEED.
Slsrnlflrauee of Contort of Harold's
Sailors la New York.
Chicago Tribune.
The crews of the Jspanese men-of-war
which have been visiting New York have
astonished the natives. They have been
sober and orderly, and they have gone
about the business of stghtseetng tn a syste
matic way, with an endeavor to see the
best of the city. When it was put to a
vote whether to visit Wall street and the
Bowery or Columbia university and Oront's
tomb they voted for the letter. Thnra was
no pushing or scrambling for .placns In the
large automobiles which took them about
the city. Each man was provided with a
map of New York with the course to be
followed marked In red and brief descrip
tion In Japanese of the places to be seen.
Many of the sailors could speak English
and courteoualy acted aa Interpreters for
the curious throng of New Yorkers, who
had questions of all sorts to ask.
The national traits Illustrated by the be
havior of theae men explain the rlae of
Japan. Sobriety, earnestness, thorough
preparation for the work at hand, a deter
mination to uphold the fair name of their
nation, theae are the qualities which made
the Japanese sailors In New York aa con
spicuously superior to tailors of other na
tions who hove visited that city as they
were In battle In comparison with the Rus
sians. The conduct of American aallors ashore
In foreign ports has often bc-en a souro
of shame to American's. It lias been toler
ated partly becauae It was the traditional
thing to expect, partly becauae drunken
riots ashore were looked on as evidences
of vitality and energy which found this
ent In time of peace, but would be equally
available for service In a battle. Tha
Japanese sailors, almost all of them veter
ans of the war with RusaU, have proved
that a man may be a good tighter and yet
behave hlmaelf decently when not engaged
In fighting.
The battle for supremacy between awak
ened Asia and European civilization on
both eldea of the Atlantic may not come
In this goneratlon, but it Is Inevitable.
When It comes the victory la likely to go
to the side which has made the wiser,
more patient prt-raration of men and of
material.
Memorial
Tbe Dlronae of tbe Dead.
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tatto;
No more on Life's parade shsll meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame a eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread.
And Olory guards, with solemn round.
The blvouao of the dead.
No rumor of the foe's advance
Now swells upon the wind;
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
Of loved ones left behind;
No vision of the morrow's strife
The warrior's dream alarms;
No brsying horn nor screaming fife
At dawn shall call to arma.
Their ahlvered swords are red with rust.
Their plumed heads are bowed;
Their haughty banner, trailed In dust.
Is now their martial shroud.
Anil plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow.
And the proud forma, by battle gaahed.
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing trooi the flashing Made,
The bugle's stirring blast,
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and sr. -ut, are past;
No war's wild note or glory's peal
81, all thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that nevermore may feel
The rapture of the fight.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead!
Dear as the blood ye gave;
No Impious footstep here shsll tread
The herbage of your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keepa,
Or Honor points the hallowed apot
Where alor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstrel's volceleas stone
In deathless song shall tell,
When many a vanished age hath flown.
The story how ye fell;
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter's
blight.
Nor Time's remorseless doom,
Bhall dim one ray of glory's light
That gilds your deathless tomb.
Theodore O'llara.
Comrades, Reati
Comrades, rest In perfect peace!
Where pike nor gun alarms;
Thy pean songs no more shall cease,
At the clarion call, "To Arms!"
Today we lightly tread.
These flelda of silent green;
Let the spirit of freedom shed
A hallowed luster o'er the scene.
On common ground we meet.
As oft we've met before;
Not at the drums' redoubling beat,
As In the days of yore.
Nor on the tented field,
Nor In the valley of death,
Nor 'midst the clang of clashing steel.
But where peace alone thrills every
breath.
"In Memorlam" 'mid May,
Our hearta, they beat as eno,
To swell the anthem, blue and gray.
Join the chorus to our gallant sons.
In Nebraaka's heart we shrine thee.
And we crown thy regal brow;
Oh, queen, our aona sleep on thy breast,
A fond, fond mother, thou!
Then rest, comrades, rest!
Enshrouded tn these Stripes and Btars;
The claymore's laid on victory's breast;
Rest thou, from all thy toilsome wars.
Omaha, 1907. Mrs. John 8. Brlggs.
Hallowed Ground.
They warred against a foe since turned to
friend;
'Gainst tnoae who elsewlse sought a com
mon end
Through love of native land and home, and
all
The things we deem most sacred; in their
fall
The country they preserved Inviolate
Lost much gained mora by their' example
great.
Now none among their noble one-time
foes
Begrudges them the Jllao and the rose,
The sweet carnations all the blessed
blooms
We reverently place upon their tombs.
Each loyal heart to human Impulse true
Reveres the men who, fighting, wore the
blue.
Beneath the flag they loved ws love they
fought;
Let now the emblem striped and starred be
brought
And plaoed beside the blossoms on each
grave
O'er hearts now dust that once were stout
and brave
Let them to greater glory onward go
Beneath the flag that e'en their bones
must know.
Rest there God's peace above you; while
around
Your resting place Is strewed on hallowed
ground
The rltteat symbols that our love may
know.
The blossoms, wet with tears of friend
and foe.
And, best of all, the flag that waved
above
You when you fought the Stare and
Stripes we lovet
S. W. QUIIlan.
AMERICAN MEATS ABROAD.
Effect ,of Ijst Vere Denaad for
Inspection.
New York Sun.
Just one year ago the country was listen
ing to the crash and boom of the first
big guns tn the war on Paektngtown. The
theory was that a good deal of the output
of the packing establlahmenta of the coun
try was unfit for human use. Perhaps
that was also the fact. Just one little year
ago began the war that made Sinclair and
Reynolds famous, heaped new honors on
Beverldge, and brought into the swirl of
publlo affairs a host of nyick rakers, big
and little. Today we are assured alike by
officials, by private observers and by gov
ernment Inspection tags that our meat
products are clean and wholesome. The
output of the packing houses bears the
official lirand to that effect.
We are unable to say whether our for
eign customers are not yet fully assured
of these changed .conditions or whether
they liked the unwholesome and unbrsnded
meats better than they like tha present
article. The fact stands that they buy less
than they did a year ago. Here are the
figures of the exports of bacon and
canned beef. They are taken from the offi
cial reports:
CANNED BEEP.
111,
January .$
February tX.2l
March 474 m
April 400.734
117.
1 1. 371
271.0t
l'io.7f,i
03,976
Total, four months fl.Ktt.730 tMl.&M
BACON.
19ol 1907.
January t 4.0.l67 tl.lll.m
February 3;8.0S4 l.WB M-i
March .m.6 t037.6tW
April J,a0,270 1.BS7.0J7
Total, four months... 114. 40I.0C0 I7.M0.W
The bureau of statistics estimates that
the shrinkage In sales of canned beef for
the current fiscal year will approximate
O).ro0,OT0 pounds. The loss In the bacon
business for the last four months only Is
shown in the foregoing table. Some of
those diligent studants and Investigators
who were telling ua a short time ago that
our meat producta were so unwholesomely
prepared that they ought not be sold
might now get busy and tell us why bad
beef and bacon found so much larger a
market than good beef and bacon command
at the preaent time.
We submit this question not aa a criti
cism on the beef bill, but aa a speculation
en the Inscrutable ways of man In the
matter of hla choice of victuals.
Knocking "tho Inte-esls "
Indianapolis News.
Judge Landta la making a reputation for
apesktng out In a common sense and vig
orous fashion when wealthy law breakers
are before him f ir Judgment. If l.e Is not
careful he will become ex'reniely unpop
ular with the "tatcretLs." First he knows
Day Poems
Oa Every Soldiers Grave.
It's lonesome aort o' lonesome It's a
Sund'y day to me.
It 'peara like more n any day I nearly
ever seel
Tit, with tue Stars end Stripes above, a-
flutlerln' In the air.
On ev ry soldier's grave I'd love to lay .
Illy there.
They say, though. Decoration day la gln
er'Iy obeened
'Most ev'rywhares espeshally by soldier
boys that's served
But me and mother's never went we sel
dom git away
In pint o' fact, we re alius heme on Decoration-day.
They say the old boys marches through the
streets In colum's grand,
A-follerln" the old war tunes they're play
In' on the hand
And cltlzuns all jlnln' lq-and little chil
dren, too
All marchln' under shelter of the old ted,
white and blue.
With roses! roses! roses! ev'rybody In
the town!
And crowds o' little girls In white, Jest
fairly loaded down!
Oh! don't the boye know It, from their
camp acrost the hill ?
Don't they eee their cora'ards comln' and
the old flag wavln still?
Oh! can't they bear the bugul and tha rat
tle of the drum?
Ain't they no way under heavens they
can rlckollest us some?
Ain't they no way we can coax 'em
through the roaea Jest tosay
They know that ev'ry day on earth's their
Decoration day?
We've tried that me and mother whare
Ellas takea hla rest.
In the orchurd, in his uniform, and hands
acrost his brest,
And the flag he died fer smllln' and a-
rlpplln' In the breese
Above his grave, and over that a robin In
the trees!
And ylt It's lonesome, lonesome It's a
Bund'y day to me.
It 'peara like mor n any day I nearly ever
see!
Still, with the Btars and Stripes above, a-
fluttrln' tn the air.
On ev'ry soldiers grave I'd love to lay a
lily thare. James Whltcomb Riley.
Beneath the Trees.
Let's cross arid rest beneath' the trees;
And they have, croased, aye, millions
strong.
God's green trees celebrate In song
Their priceless victories of peace.
And not one tree to sing or say
Here rests the Blue, there rests the Oray.
Above their graves God's garment hem
Trailed by In clouds and kissed the sod.
we planted trees, we trusted God,
And God walked by and watered them.
Could we but hear, could we but heed,
What holy leaves are here to read!
This side heaven no such song
Is heard as one sad pine can sing.
Yet Georgia's mountalna roar and ring
With cholrlaters ten million strong;
And Tennessee from her brave breast
Sigh such sad requiem of rest!
I like His maples overmuch;;
. Maybe because a Wabaah boy.
Barefoot, I whistled my first Joy
Exultant at the warming touch
Of spring, and suckled at her sap
A babe In maple mother's lap.
What garmenting of green In May!
What garmentlngs of gold as when
God's maples meet the harvest men '
Gold-laden up the leafy wayl
Then dying autumn's flaming pyre
Elijah's chariot of fire!
And yet His pines soch Constance keep!
fluch constant song, such constant hue;
The pine tree truly must be true
To all who wake, to all who aleep.
O Southern pines, or dusk or dawn.
Or Blue, or Gray, sing on and on!
Joaquin Miller.
Their SerTloe.
This they have done for us, who slumber
alive, though now so dumbly
sleeping;
Spreading the board, but tasting not lis
cheer:
Sowing, but never reaping;
Building, but never sitting In the shade
Of the strong mansion they have made;
Speaking their word of life with mighty
tongue.
But hearing not the echo, million-voiced.
Of brothera who have rejoiced.
From all our river vales and mountains
flung.
Bo, take them.' heroes of the aongful past!
Open your ranks, let every shining
troop
Its phantom banners droop,
To hail earth's noblest martyrs, and her
last.
Take them, O Fatherland!
Who, dying, conquered tn Thy name;
And, with a grateful hand.
Inscribe their deeds who took away Thy
bis me
Give, for their grandest all, Thine Insuffi
cient fame!
Take them, O God! our brave.
The glad fulflllers of Thy dread decree;
Who grasped the sword for peace and
smote to save.
And, dying here fo freedom, died for
Thee! Bayard Taylor.
they will get up a great parade and hold
a meeting to say what they think about
hla enforcing the law as law.
WILL HE SAY THE WOHDI
Simple Solatlon of the Perplexities of
the Demoeratlo Party,
New York Sun.
This simple and straightforward solution
of demoeratlo perplexities Is the work of
the Hon. George Fred Williams:
"It Is simply for Mr. Bryan to say the
word."
Aa a candidate for tho democratic nomi
nation for president, Mr. Bryan has been
saying "the word" for himself every day
since his return from his tour of the world.
There has never been a more active recep
tive candidate than Mr. Bryan.
The word which a great many democrats
want him to say Is that under no circum
stances will he aocept a third nomination.
There is no enthusiasm, north or south,
for another campaign under his leadership,
and there Is growing disinclination among
the rank and file to recognise him even aa
the logical candidate.
Decoration Day
ET us lay our
Our Soldier
pression to its great and lasting gratitude.
It is ftting that we should remember these, our Nation's
Defenders, and that, for one day, we should turn aside from
the strenuous activities of business life to pay tribute to
our Heroic Dead.
In accordance with our usual custom, this store, will be
closed at noon on Decoration Day, in honor of the Dead
Soldiers of this Great Kepublic.
V
Browning, Ming & Co
E. S. WILCOX Manager.
rr.nso!At, rotrh.
Londoners declare Americans cold-blooded
because they like fire in a damp, chill?
reom, but really Its the cold-blooded animal
who does not pine for warmth.
The theatrical superstition has It that
misfortunes are by threes. lv actresses
class youthful husbands tn that line? Ftret
rame Mrs. Leslie Carter, neat Ellen Terry,
with May Irwin to complete the trio.
To his collection of more than MS relics
Captain John r.yan, ct West Newton, Mass.,
a veteran of ecver.tl wars, has recently
added a cane, the materials of which rep
resent thre wars m which he participated,
the Mexican, Civil and Spanish-American
wars.
A monument Is about to be erected to the
memory of Frederic August Barthojdl, tha
j sculptor who designed and executed the
statue of liberty. This memorial will ba
'placed Tn the public square of Colmar,
I Alsace, the birthplace of M. Bartholin, who
'died In
V. V. McGraw, fourth assistant postmaa
I ter general, having examined the records of
I all the rural carriers In the country awards
I the palm to a . Maine woman, who has made
her trlpa "In the face of rain and snow
I storms which kept the entire community
within doors."
Earl de Grey Is declared to be the finest
shot In the united kingdom, and unites with
I his love of sport a passion for music. The
future marquis of rlpon Is computed to
have shot over too.000 head of game in thirty
' years, and has been known to kill P20 rab
bits with 1.000 cartridges at one shoot.
In the short time he haa been here Ambas
sador Bryce haa attended a larger number
of formal dinners than any other repre
sentative of a foreign power. In addition
to these dinners he dines out with friends
several times a week. He cats with boun
tiful appetite and seems to relish everything
with no annoyance about Indigestion.
A DOIBTFVL SCHEME.
Projected Reclamation of Swamp
Lands by Drslsag.
New York Sun.
There ts a good deal of activity In con
nection with proposals that the federal
government undertake the reclamation by
drainage of some 80,000,000 seres of swamp
lands. It la urged that If It Is good busi
ness for the nation to reclaim targe areas
of srld land by carrying water to them It'
Is equally good business to reclaim swamp 1
lands by taking the water away from
them. The argument Is plausible, but it
does not work out.
The general merit of an enterprise which
would add 60,000,000 acres to our present
expanse of farm land Is unquestionable. ,
We are not suffering from the lack of It
today, but It Is only a question of a few
years before It will be wanted and needed.
There Is, however, a marked difference be- .
tween our present Irrigation enterprises
and the proposed drainage schemes. Tha
' federal government la Irrigating millions Of
1 acres of public land by a temporary use
j of publlo funda derived from the sale of
I public lands. The nation Is Improving Its
own property in a manner vnai involves
no cost to the public. A very large per
centage of the swamp lands of the coun
try ere the property of individual states
or of private Individuals. If the present
owners will deed these now worthless
properties - to the federal government, or
If the swamps could become natlqnal prop- -erty
by the payment of some reasonable
price, the argument for drainage under
federal auspices would command atten
tion. It Is both proper and wlae for the gov
ernment to reclaim by irrigation, to im
prove by foreatatton or to convert into vast
parks any areas which are the propertyA
of the nation. The argument that the na?,
tlon should or that It may Improve state ,y
lands or provide lands by drainage sys
tems would And a parallel In proposals that ,
the federal authorities fertilise lands ot
like ownership for the purpose of making
them more productive than they are now.
LIGHT A4D BRIGHT.
'"Sometimes," said Uncle Eben, "a man
thinks he's got a clear conclence when he's
only got a careless memory." Washington
Star.
"I'd rather be Invited to box parties than
to give them myself."
"Stingy!"
"Oh, It Isn't the money I mind. But I
like to sit In the front of the box now and
then." Cleveland Leader.
"Do you regard your man aa possessing
Senatorial timber?"
"Do 1? Why. he has 100,000 acres of tha
finest that stands."
'I see."
"And more than that, he paid real money
for part ot It" Philadelphia Ledger.
"What did you find out?" asked the city
editor.
"Everybody you sent me to see," replied
the honest reporter. Philadelphia Ledger.
Knleker So Jones Is between two Area
Bocker Yes. If he doesn't fish he is a
mollycoddle, and tf he does fish he is s
liar. New York Sun.
George Westlnghouse was inventing his
air brake.
"I aee plainly enough," he said, "that In
order to make this thing go I've got to
raise the wind."
Subsequently, with some assistance fur
nished by the railroads he succeeded in
overcoming even this difficulty. Chicago
Tribune.
The Needy One "I say, old man, could
you lend me a dollar for a day or two?"
1 ne III II fr line ,ny uf,r imiuw, i uc ,,,,
lar I lend la out at present, and I've several
names anwn inr iv worn ib vuiiiti us..
Harper's Weekly.
First Teddy Bear "Seems to me wa sre
flropnlng out of sight. We used to be the
chief topic of conversation, but now we are
barelv mentioned."
Heeond Teddy Bear "There may be a re
vival of Interest brewln'." .
First Teddv Hear "Then we may as weft
bear up." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
floral wreaths at the tombs of
Dead and shake out Old Glory
to the breeze. It's only a form a symbol,
but it's more than speech or written word,
for through the observance of these rever
ential rites the heart of the nation gives ex
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