Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 6, 1895, Page 4

Te OMAHA DALY BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUNLISHED EVERY MORNING. =— Dally Tee (Without Bunday), Daily Ttee and Sundag, One Blx Months 3 "Three Moniiis, Bunday Bee, One Year. nturday lice, One Yeat Weekly Dee, One Year..... OFFICES. Jullding, Wik Corner N « One Year. Yoar Omaha, The Teo th Gmaha, Sing anct! Vhuffs, 12 Chicag s 7 and 2ith Sts, Commeren. Bidg CORRBSPONDENC ANl communications relating to 1 torial matter shouid be addeessed: T SINESS LETTERS. X business Istters and remittances should be A oaninet Ve e’ Bibiisning. Comrany, pbi, Drafts, ehecks and postoitics orders to e marde payabie to the order of the comp THE LEE PUBLISHING COMP. STAY CIRCULATION Qeorge 11, Tasch : t The Tiee Db fishing cony Uy aworn, enye that the actual n 1'and campicte coples of the Daily Morning, Evening and Sunday e rinted during the month of May . was 08 Pollws: wa and edl- the Editor, m 10,074 10,078 2918) 101 1,108 W0l 19,08 151409 19,0 1 18 By 43,000 © 1900 1,018 cmantawes Lens deductions coples 1 ™, Je0s, TZSCHUCK. in my pres ence this st day of Ju (Seal) NT Notary Public. n Breckinridge of Ken- 1t least credit for not acancy 1 the seeretary Ix-Congressm tucky desery aspiring to the v ship of state. s The lot weather which Clhicago has been suffering Is only to remind her people that one Stead once ealled thelr elty a moderr Hades. Corea may have been the eause of the disturbance between China and but she is having mighty little to say as to the terms of adjusting the diffi- culty. veral prominent Missouri repub s are commencing to set thelr pins for the United States senate in the hope that their state will soon be ready to doff its Vest. Has the Board of Education for all about the unpromising condition of the finan Isn't it time for the retrenchment wave to strike the members of the school board? chool P8 ? The paramount issue in the fall cam- paign will be “Strict economy in munic- ipal government.” The city council- men should read the handwriting on the wall or else send for somebody who can read it for them. The Illinois free silverites been looking forward so cagerly to their convention at Springfield are learning the old lesson of experfence that the pleasures of anticipation are g than those of realization. who have Not a word is being said about the selection for a site for the South Omaha postoffice building. The presumption is that o good deal of fine work is going on. Toburlington Castor should be urged to report progress this im- portant matter. on The taxpayers of Omaha must feel that a man in the mayor's office with backbone enough to use the veto as a bar to reckless expenditures can stop leaks enough at any council meeting to save his salary for the whole fifty-two weeks of the year. We again urge upon the park commi sion the expediency of improving the natural parks this year. Defer the con- version of outlying cornfields into land- scape gardens until money iy more plentitul. Spend money on parks that the people can enjoy today. The fuss made over the trlumphant suards and Rifles upon their return from Memphis was commented upon as being evidence that Omaha was not asleep. The Fourth of July will af- ford another occasion for proof that, our people are very much awake. If President Cleveland would only ap- point one of the free silver democrats to the position of secretary of state the futllity of expecting an international monetary agreement would be soon made certain by an announcement of the refusal of the United States to par- ticipate in any proposed conference, It's passing strange, too, that Commis- sloner Strickler, who has been making grandstand plays ever since he was ap- pointed to the board in the direction of police reform, now wants to defer action on police reorganization until he can haye more time to think the matter over. What is there to think over anyhow? While Mr. Strickler and his assoclates arve doing their thinking the burglars and footpads are putting in their worlk The Woman's n edition of the Lincoln Journal, which made its ap. pearance yesterday, compares well with other woman's editions of daily news- | papers that have preceded. There little that is distinctively feminine about it, but it is replete with contribu tions that will make interesting general reading. If the financial results ave equal to the literary results the womon who undertook the enterprise should have no cause to regret the labor they have bestowed upon it. The state druggists have resolved that competent pharmacists b employed to compound medicine (or men in the army and navy. Unele Sam's method of preparing bread pills is criticised and condemned. Nebraska apothe caries want every compounder's name blown in the bottle so that some re sponsibility may be attached to him in the performance of his duties. There 1s sounduess in the contention of the state druggists. The American Phar- maceutical assoclation is advoceating the reform and wust eventually succeed. | substitution it | Only SUPPLIES FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS. At the recent meeting of the State Board of Purchase and Supplies, which passed upon the estimates for supplies for the various state institutions for the yming quarter, the following resolu- tion was adopted: Whereas, The state has ary loss and this trouble and annoyance by reason of the failure of contractors for sup- pliza to state institutions to furnish goods in accordance with contracts, especlally as regards goods of Nebraska manufacture. | Resolved, By the State Doard of Purchase and Supplies, that all contractors mmm.mgi | suffered pecuni- board great supplies to the state shail be required to furnish the identical articles named in con- | tracts as approved by this board, and shall be made, except by au- thority of the Board of Purchase and Sup. plies, must be upon the contracts at the time same are let All superintendents and stewards are hereby direct require all o comply with the above resolutions and to report to the beard any failure or refusal to comply (herewith The state board, has already been menasure the use of Nebraska-made ods in the state institutions whoss purchases are under its control. But the contractors who have been awarded the for furnishing sup plies often sent articles substitutes for those designated in the specifications. In fact, they have made a regular practice to regard the specitications merely as intended for their guidance and to be disregarded whenever their violation promise in- o profits or inconvenience. The stewards and superintendents of the different institutions ha to he sure, refused at infrequent intervals to receive goods not up to the standard ealled for in the contracts, but when- ever the contractor has brought the matter before the board the action of the steward has been rey M oand the contract obligation overlooked. It is no wore than just that in making purehases of supplies for state institu- tions the products of Nebr: manu wctories be given the preference, q ity and price being equal to thos ods fmported from other Under the new resolution the responsi bility for specifying home products placed on the shoulders of the several stewards of the various iustitutions. They are directed to make use of such articles made in Nebraska as ave avail- able and to insist upon the contractor delivering exactly what the specific tions call for. It is for them to refuse receive inferior substitutes and to the contractor appeal to the state Let the stewards no endorsed which to contractors informed, encon ng in we are contraets we very as almost 1sed less to let board if he desires. live up to the nd meaning of the resolution and the state oflicers who adopted it will soon have an opportu- nity to show whether or not they intend themselves to abide by it. words A NEW TEST OF . OMAHA, June 4.—To the Editor of The Bee: Will you kindly allow space in The Bee for a correct statement of the national- ity of the principal of the Castellar school She is of New England birth and education and can trace her American ancestry back 300 years. Her great-grandfather was an officer in the war of 1776, Her grandfather enlisted in the war of 1812 and two unc served full time in the late “unfon’ war, all receiving honorable discharge. The grand- father of the “little trained Catholic girl” was a soldier in the union war and received honorable discharge. MRS. MARY S. ALLIS. The Bee cheerfully eomplies with the request, but fails to comprehend why any such correction should have to be made concerning any teacher employed in the public schools of Omaha. Since when has blue blood, red blood or white Dlood been made a prerequisite to a principalship in any school maintained by public t What relation has the place of birth or parentage to the fit- ness or unfitness of teachers? Suppose one of the principals were the daughter or granddanghter of an Italian organ grinder, or of a French tight rope per- former, would that disqualify her in the eyes of the school board despite the fact that she bore a good character and was perfectly competent to perform the duties of her position? Why should the prineipal of Castellar sehiool be expected to point back to the Mayflower to prove her Puritan ancestry any more than the children who attend the Castellar school? Many of these children are of Bohemian parentage if not Bohemian birth, but our laws recognize no distine- tion on account of race or previous con- dition, Apparently the correction has heen re- quested, not so much because the prin- clpal of Castellar school feels under a cloud by reason of the false report con- cerning her ancestry circulated in some quarters, but by an apprehension that the meddlesome busybodies who are try- Ing to traffic in school patronage by the aid of sectarian agitation would make it appear that she is in some way affiliated with a proscribed class. It is certainly a 1 commentary upon the condition of our public school system whe kept in constant terror of espionage and slander civeulated secretly by the roustabouts and dancing dervishes who are dominating our schools through star chamber combine ™ teachers SOME T According to lished wage: two months KTINEN st ACTS. tement just pub- have been advanced within for 178,000 employes in manufacturing industries and work has been given to 52,000 hands formerly idle. last week a 1 firms and anies advanced the wages of more than 12,000 employes 10 per cent. All the recorded wage advances are for large corporations, those which have taken place in small establishments not being noted. These have probably in- creased the earnings of almost as many people as have been benefited by the advance in the larger establishments. The smaller manufacturers have added to the number of thelr employes, in this respect, also, doubtless at least equaling the | establishments in giv- ing work to persons formerly idle, This 1s a very gratifying showing and yet it 1s undoubtedly an understatement of what has taken place in the last two months in advancing wages and increas ing the ranks of the employed. It is estimated that the manufacturing indus com also tries of the country employ, when iu full operation, 5,000,000 persons. It is prob able that the number now employed in these Industries fs at least 4,000,000 At least one-third of these, it may rea sonably Le nssumed, are earning better wages than a year ago, while all are Dbeing fully employed and therefore earn- ing more money than before the indus- trial revival begun. It would seem pretty safe to say that the nggregate in crease in the earnings of labor em- ployed In the manufacturing industries, within the last two or three months, is not less than $2,000,000 per week, or at the rate of over $100,000,000 per year—a very important addition to the purchas- ing ability of this element of the popula- tion. At the same time there has been in portions of the country, if not gener- ally, some increase in the v of other classes of labor, especially that which is skilled, though it is impossible to esti mate with any degree of aceurney what this amounts It can hardly be an 1y, however, that with and fuller employ ment the purchasing ability of labor in this country has been angmented, from the lowest point reached during the d of depression, at the rate of at least $200,000,000 per r, not an incon siderable amount, though representing an avernge per eapita inerease of less than 50 cents Wages still generally below the high standard of 1892, the year of extra ordinary industeial activity and pr perity for the United States, but their purchasing power is fully equal to if not somewhat greater than three years Of course some commodities have advanced with the increase of wu but on the whole the workingman's weekly earnings will buy him about as many necessaries now as at any prev ous time. There is fair promise that this favorable condition will continue for a prolonged period, with the proba- bility of improvement. Such being the sitnation, why should any wage earner favor a change in the monetary policy of the country which could not fail to be revolutionary in its effect, producing disturbance from which labor would be the prineipal sufferer, unsettling values and upsettiy the conditions that are at- ing for the return of prosperit Is it not obviously the part of wisdom for workingmen to support the policy under which the demand for labor is increasing and w neing? to. are DVANTAGES OF The latest information reg proposed union of the Central American states shows that a very earnest inter- est is being taken in the subject and that strong influences are at work to bring It about. So far as popular sen- timent in those states is concerned it is of no great consequence what direc- tion it takes. The question will be de- termined according to the wishes of the ruling classes, and a majority of these, it is said, favor union. Most of the influentinl people in Central Amer- helong to the liberal party, which is the party of progress, and consequently they favor a single government for the five republics, beeause that would make them strong, both for the common de- fense and for the promotion of the gen- eral wel 5 Asked regarding the advantages of union, a Central American diplomat ae- credited to our government said it would be of incaleulable benefit to that portion of the continent. It would give unity of interest, which now exists only in a sentimental v decrease public expenses, as one government could be administered at a gr al less cost than five, guarantee peace throughout all of Central Ameriea, and put an end to petty revolutions. These are tainly considerations which ought to have great weight, and in addition to these is the fact that there would be rted a nation that would be able to command the respect of the world. A Central American union could support a navy, raise an army for an emergency of from 150,000 to 200,000 men, and hor- row whatever money might be nec sary for defense. Separated the Cen- tral American states have neither re- spect, eredit nor the ability to defend themselves from an external enemy. As now situated they may easily be- come the prey of any foreign power, and as all of them » more or less to for- eign powers or the citizens of such powers they are constantly liable to ag fon. It is believed in well informed quar- ters that the formation of the proposed union is highly probable and that it may be brought about at no very re- mote date. It is a movement to which it would seem the United States might very properly give all possible en- couragement. The interest of this coun- in Central America is large and will continue to grow. We shall be benefited by the advance of that por- tion of the continent in civilization and material development. Their progress and prosperity will enlarge our commer- cial relations with them and cement more strongly the political sympathy that subsists. It is inevitable that in the course of time the great American vepublic and the republics to the south will get closer together, both politically and commercially. Mutual inter and welfare will necessitate this, Ilow much more easily and securely this onld be effected if there were but a single Central American republie, with a firmly-established constitutional gov- ernment, instead of five so-called re publics, every one of which is dn an al- most helpless condition. Morcover, the American people have assumed a sort of responsibility for the security of those states, so far as their relations with foreign powers are concerned, and it would be a relief to kunow that the; were In a position to protect themselves against any attempt on the part of any foreign power to interfere with or in any way despoil them. From ever: point of view the United States Is in terested in the proposed union and should give the movement to that end every possible moral encouragement. UNION. rding the psts The city e r estimates the of repairing the Eleventh street viaduct at §41,000. ngineer Grover clalms that the work can be done for $5,000, This is a most remarkable discrepan: If Mr, Grover's estimates had been companied by a bid covering the differ ent items inchuded In the city englneer's specifications they might have been en- titled to some consideration, Had they | cost THE OMATA DATLY BER: THURSDAY, JUN boen accompanied by a bid from re- sponsivle contractors, backed by a certl. fled cheek, i Grover estimate might oven have.inguced Mayor Bem's to withhold thiatowveto. But the prospective outlay 41,000 or more without an assurance that, the amount could be re ed from the railroads Is just a lit bit too apih of a risk of The great Bifgian violinist, Ysaye, will give an entgripinment at Boyd's on Sat urday evemingr next. This celebrated artist, whom Some cvitics declare to be without a pder, among living violinists, has been received with extraordinary enthusiasm Wherever he has appeared in this country. Great audiences hs greeted him in the east and on the P cific and the most discriminating st musical people have accorded him the y be no doubt t masters of highest praise. There that he is one of the gres the king of instruments and that the privilege of hearing him is one which no lover of thoroughly artistic aund masterful exposition of the resources of a violin n afford to forego. Boyd's ought to have a representative audience of the musieal people of Omaha at the Ysaye entertainment, an audience which in numbers and character will show the distinguished violinist that this city i not wanting in the musical culture and interest necossary to recognition and ap preciation of the highest musical attain ment, The state officers comprising the dif ferent state are terribly over- worked and woefully underpaid. The addition of another duty would cause each and every one of them to throw up | his office in indignant horvor. But they gle for days and weeks over the distribution of some petty office that comes within thefr gift, and they can lie awake nights devising schemes to enlarge their patronage. And if anyone of them should ever be taken to task for neglect of duty they will ask low anyone burdened us they are can be sected to perform the work assi to their offices Distasteful Omaha horsemen, s the fact may be to it must be admitted that our friends across the river can excel us in the matter of race meetings. ents of the past week and the great meeting last fall have demonstrated the prowess of our Towa competitors in this regard. While the races the past ten days have not in any sense been extra- ordinary and the hors entered have not much to recommend them, yet the oceasion is generally regarded as a suc- cessful one and the show has been given as advertised. Let us hope that Omaha may recover her prestige during state foir week. 08 Governor Matfhew Dbeen uplield by the courts in his to suppress the Reby gang of prize fight- ers. Governor Matthews has all along been upheld:jn this matter by the re- spectable element not only of TIndiana and Illinois but of the whole United States. If every state had an exccutive who would use sijnilar determination fo break up the business of professio Dbruisers thespugilistic fraternity would soon find itself without an occupation. efforts Perhaps that penitentiar is only a cunning device to « court to name the prison officials and thus are both the governor and the State Board of Public Lands and Build- ings the necessity of settling the dis- pute over which is entitled to that privilege. recelyership ble the Johniy, Get Your Gon York Tribune. Chiet Justice Fuller and Judges Simonton and Hughes of the United States circuit court of appeals have unanimously decided that they have jurisdiction over the South Carolina registration case. It is about time for Governor Evans to fissue another re- minder to his people that the despot's heel is on their shore. They seem to forget it with great ease A A Comedown for Vest, Kansas City Star, The refusal of the democratic state com- mittee of Missourl to issue a call for a free silver convention will be a surprise to the public in general, in view of the genius for blundering which' has been developed by the Missouri democracy, and it will be a disap- pointment to the republicans who have bel hoping that their ancient enemies would choose the fiat money route to defeat and destruction. ———— American Drammers Abroad. Cleveland Plain Dealer. A piteous plaint was made in Parllament that England is overrun with thousands of | American commercial travelers seeking orders and the government was asked to do something to keep them from devouring British industries. The answer from the government benches was that nothing con be done. But how comes it that the British manufacturer has to seek protection against his American competitor instead of vice versa? e A Show of Opposition, Cincinnati Commercial The democratic papers of Ohio are begin- ning to call on the party to pull itself to- gether and get ready to make a show of fight anyway. They pretend to see a great war going on In the ranks of the republicans, and a glimmer of hope that they can slip in while the republicans are thus fighting among themselyes, It is to be hoped the demo- crats will rally enough to nominate a ticket, at least, A political campaign without some show of opposition would be shorn of all at- tractions. e States and the Fr New Nork Su Only ten of the: states of the union have given presidents to.the United States in the last 105 years, and as many as thirty-four of them have failled: to glve us a president. The states most favored in this respect have been Virginia, which: has glven us five, and New York, whichshas given us four. Per- haps some ome!f the thirty-four states which has not yet had a presid among fts inhabitants may furnish us with Cleveland successor. Georgla {s a great state; and Connecticut, thoigh of small area, s an- other. We cannot ‘forget Iowa, mor yet Maine, which is the whole breadth of the United States from' California. In every state of the union there is good enough timber for the presidency. All he states should push forward their fittest men within the next twelve fionths, democrats and re- publicans. The hggeq of most, if not all, of the aspirants who 874 now hoeing their own chances will be blighted within that time. It was once proposed by an old-time politiclan that each of the states should take its turn in providing us with presidential candidates, s0 as to give equal opportunities and falr play to all, 6, 1804, PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. of the death The report by a superfluous aMdavit, Du Maurier has declined a Boston man plea that he does not feel physically able bear the fatigue of it. dence that presidential availables in ous to warrant a harmony dinner Biatrice Harraden Is visiting neisco, and an Examiner he looks like a child, with her ure, and her short, brown, her big, brown, astonished ey The tral committee of Missouri to call a sta convention at the behest of the silverites h | taken the starch out of the senatorial and pulled him down a few pegs. The disgusting trickery practi in Chicago road race illustrates the decline legitimate sport and the blighting effect the gambling mania. Chicago wheelers not alone in their dishonorable conduct It is thirty years since General Buck surrendered fo Grant at Fort Donelson. veteran soldier walks about Louisville aday corncob pipe in mouth, walting for summons to represent Kentucky in the se ate. Surprise {s expressed in knowing quarte couse a man who found $2000 in Ne ork turned it over to a policeman for saf eeping. The finder was a stranger in city and conbtry, and had few opportuniti for reading American novels, Denver is determined to he position, commemorating the chase | Na 8 reporter sa slight. fi n | b Y > a_ mining e Louisiana pu and illustrating the julcy on disposed of for a song. Despits r ports to the contrary, the “crime of 187 will not retard work on the enterprise. The city of Hamburg has voted § for expensges during the coming c of the op:ning of the Baltic Sea can in honor of the Kaiser and $00 guests of the wine at $8,000. sald to a reporter the other day talk war as much as I used to for fifteen or twenty years after Apri , I did my share, but it is thirty yea now, and I have got through. A third of war.” On her way back from Cape Martin for a time in Paris and Tuileries gardens. No one recognized pale-faced lady dressed in mourning as sl abode where she had entertained every sovereign in Burope. “Does electricity kill?" D. variety of reasons for him. Just about the the time faith Mr. that 1s Burton w. a 19-year-old Brooklyn boy, suburb, accidentally carrying an elettric killed instantly. The philanthropic Pingree of Detroft pushing the potatoe business for all it worth. He has discovered that the tuber a good antidote for the booze habit, and proposes a thorough test of it in the iny ing local field. A few slices of pototoe soak in ice water and diligently sucked, will, it claimed, banish the desire for booze, | what is' more | the gold cure. his ‘taters, Bluft General Jo Shelby, who Is now United States marshal In Missourl, says th he had the pleasure Meade during the war. This event occurred on the White river in Arka while visiting touched an iron po light wire, and w Shelby was in con battery and 2,000 thn gunboat Queen City. mand of a six-gun fire, but the combat continued for two hou: before the Queen City surrendered. Aft the dead, removed, Shelby’s forces set the fire just as gunboats 33 and 37 came rour the bend to the rescue. ceived my prisoner,” says General Shelby. ATIONAL PRIDE. Chicago Mail: Mr. Mulhall calls spec |attention to the fact that the intellectu | power of the great republic is in harmor TOUCHING N | cent of the total population over ten yea |of age being able to read and write. may, he says, be fearlessly asserted that i the history of the human race no natic | ever before possessed 41,000,000 citizens. Kansas City Times a distinguished English mates that an ordianry farm hand in th United States raises as much grain | “three in England, four in Franc | Germany, or six in Austria.’ have continued the comparison other fields of human endeavor same result. Yet there are Mr. M. G. statesman, He into with people wh progr portunities legislation. that with through the medium Mr. Mulball's unrestricted figures opportunities sho th world ‘in all kinds of products. New York World: the wealth and States just published by the drove to the site of what was once the roy of a Colorado man from an overdoss of water s supported ger's offer of an American lecture tour on the to It may be stated without violating confi- | the democratic party are not sufficlently numer an | curly hair, and refusal of the democratis state cen- ( te s Vest the of of are | er e now- a n- rs W the X- r snap which 250,000 lebration | Among other things a dinner is to be given The cost of the service {s estimated at $3,000, and The venerable ex-Governor Oglesby of Illi- Per i, re a century ought to be enough to talk of the to Farnborough the ex-Empress Eugenie stayed drove through the the he al nearly The noted George Burton of Boston says not, and glves a in as fllustrating }is theories in Rochester, N. Y., a ole as is is is he it- ed is and it is simpler and cheaper than More power to Plngree and a n- sas in 1863, when Meade was a lieutenant on m- men. His guns disabled the union boat at the first rs er wounded and prisoners had been vessel on nd “I afterwards re- a letter from Admiral Meade thanking me for the way I treated him while he was | al al 1y | with the industrial and mechanical, 87 per rs It in on instructed Mulhall, esti he as , five in might all the ho insist on shackling the powers of American ss by curtalling the markets and op- of tarift W is country would command the markets of the Perhaps the article on intelligence of the United celebrated English statistician Mulhall is the highest compliment recently pald the country. He dwells chiefly on the fact that in the thirty years between 1860 and 1880 the States showed an increase of $49,000,000,00 in apparent wealth. But more importan still is the real wealth of the in statistics, citizens who have been taught to read. that a wealth-producing nation. is a result of the Intelligence of the masse: It exists only to the least po among barbarians. It creasing intelligence, increases with telligence of the working masses, the actu: by education. et THE COLIMA DISASTER. Philadelphia Ledger: The remarkabl persons rescued. With discipline on steamer and a sufficient number of lifeboal it would appear that more persons shou have been saved. Philadelphia Press: accounts o/ the wreck. on plenty of sea rcom. Instead the v badly charted harbor. The entire looks as though the captain was man, whose first impulse in a stor to run’ for shelter, Louisville Courier-Journ: nt that out of the twenty-eight survivor twenty-four were passengers and not has told a story to th who had them in charge. The liny has had a succession of bad ac This has caused the charge in cther cases to have some this melancholy Instance nothing in the conduct what is worthy of praise. Indianapolis Journal: Colima and great stlll more shocking by the statement the steamer was overloaded and 0 badly stowed as to make her unm in a storm. In other word the steamer and ficed to @ spirit of greed and care in stowing the cargo. The ordina of ocean travel are great enough without b ing wantonly increased for the suke making a few dollars more on a VOyag: afta ident color, but The wreck of geab United 00 nt country, | which he chows as far as it can be shown by saying that never before in history has any nation possessed 41,000,000 In lies the great secret of our power as | Visible wealth ble extent in- It is always greatest among those nations where the natural in- al producers, has been most highly developed le feature of the affair Is the appalling loss of life and the comparatively small number of the ts 1d The Colima disaster is neither explained nor excused by tne fuller With heavy weather it was the safest course to stand out to sea and weather the storm where there was sel was run in toward a little known, ill lighted and ir a smooth It is signifi- one discredit of the men Pacific mall of carelessness in there appears to be of the officers but th loss of life are rendered that her cargo the safety of her passengers was sacri- o of Highest of all in Leavening Power.-— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Royal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE | | | Away | But | spiced hot meats an: | bady at | 88US, custards, fruits and the score of capturing Admiral interesting KEEPING OUOL. Timely Recelpts Furni<h Wisencrea, New York Tribune: To many it may seem a mockery to say “keep cool” at a time like this. On Thursiay and yesterday the mercury was climbing into the nineties. Only three or four days before it had been away down in the thirtles. What Is the sense of talking of comfort? All humanity must and broil and suffer. The man who says “keep cool” is mercly adding In- sult to injury. He Is as bad as the flend who asks, “Is it _hot enough for you?" with him. Tf we perish, we porleh, but let us not have to do it to an accom- paniment of mockery. Thus the {mpatient, perspiring multitude. Nevertheless, we say, with added emphasis, “Keep cool!” Perhaps not all can do so. many can who now fume and sweat and objurgate. What is the use of hurry- ing s0? 1If you miss that car, there is an coming on the next block. 1f you do t that job done today, you can finish it tomorrow. Why wear that hot black hat and coat? Something lighter nd cooler wili not look quite so “dressy,” but how much more com le! And stop eating drinking fiery liquors Carbon and alcohol are of heat. Try a simplo and fced milk. It's just and so much better suited to the tropl Look for th cool places You'll be just as rich tomorrow if you turn asido from the heat and glare into the cool shadows and rest a few moments, Above all, don't worry. Keep cool and see what effect it ha By being anxious, as the revised versicn has it, you cannot add a cubit to your stature. But you can work yoursell into a terrible heat Take things ily and don't fret about them. The crops are going to be pretty good this year, we ex pect, but if they are not, your worrying will ot help them a bit. Keep calm. Cul- tivate a serene and philosophic spirit For- glve your enemies. Don't overburden your liver and your conscience ep cool! Chicago Record: It people understood how much of the physical suffering incident to protracted scasons of hot weather is due to the food they eat there would be More common sense used in the selection of diet. It is not at all uncommon to see in any of the city restaurants men plying fans in- dustriously with one hand, while with tho other they convey to their mouths roast beef with a greasy, rich gravy, potatoes heavily buttered, or pork and beans. Having filled their stomachs with a heavy charge, they go out Into the heated air and wonder why they suffer so intolerably from the heat. 1f they loaded the furnaces in their houses with fuel and applied fire to it they would not wonder why the house was un- comfortably warm. Yet they will do a sim- flar thing to their bodies and then wonder and suffer and_groan. In hot weather two things ought to be avoided to insure comfort and bealth—food and drink that are stimulating or are rich in carbon or nitrogen. Any person can sub- sist on about one-half the food in the sum- mer that {8 required in the winter, and the summer diet should consist chiefly of veg- etables, fruits, milk and the farinceous foods. Fish should take the place of beef. Pork should be wholly discarded. Milk can | be used in place of veal. Spring lamb is al ways wholesome. Macaroni, the various preparations of wheat, farina, toast, aspa of simi- lar delicacies, with some light meat, like lamb, tongue, chicken or fish, once a day should constitute the daily food. A little common sense lies at the bottom of all physical comfort in these torrid days, and_comfort is a more Important factor in good health than is generally understood. by Journalistio stow for your luncheon the favorite food dish of crackers as nourlshing ur mind s upon your Philadelphia Record: The difficulty with moit of the recipes for keeping cool, which make their appearance as regularly as straw hats and tan-colored shoes at this time of the year, is that they are elther troublesome or involve radical changes of habit. There are two sorts of coolness—the atmospheric sort, depending upon environment, and the subjective sort, which may be sald to be generated by one's inner consclousness. Of the two the latter is by far the more easily acquired, as it may be sccured, in a mea at least, by an observance of the following hints, which are thrown out at random Keep the liver pleasantly occupied, with- out making it feel that it is being ‘“put vpon.” Promote. serenity of mind by look- ing on the sunny side of life. Read the breezy newspapers—in which, however, dis- criminate 'twixt breeziness and mere flip- pancy. If in business, keep in the steady draught of publicity. ~ Keep a clear con- science; eat ice cream freely, but mot to rapidly—and, if not a presidential possibil- ily, look not upon ice water with suspiciou eye, although oatmeal is said to improve its value as a quencher of thirst. For the rest, take trolley trips, or trips on the river; d cline to argue the silver question to the blood-heat point; and don't over-celebrate Pfingst Montag. These few suggestions may not embrace | the whole philosophy of self-refrigeration; but filed away for reference in the table of the memory they may assist the reader to worry through the dog-days, if not to muzzle thelr ferocity. e u Suggestion for an Elastie Currency. Chicago Journal. If the children of discontent want a more elastic currency than one based on gold, why | not try rubber? Rubber has the necessary elasticity and its production is about as limited as that of silver. THE OLD TIMERA. Danlel Webstor's sister-in-law, Mra. Eze« klel Webster, is living in Concord, N. H. Sho is 94 years old. Victor Baillot, 102 yenrs old: Vanoye, 1023 Julien Rose, 101, and Sebastien Brouant, , survivors of Waterloo, are living In rance. Two {llustrious Englishwomen, Florenca Nightingale and Jean Ingelow, celebrate their seventy-fifth birthday this year. Each lives in_London, Miss Nightingale in the west end and Miss Ingelow in Kensington. Threo noted German painters celebrate their eightieth birthday this year—Schrader, Achenbach and Menzel. They are still busy With tho brush, except Schrader, whose eyes have glven out. Menzel, curiously enough, draws with his left hand and paints with his right, Andreas Haftas, tho Greok war of liberty Athens lately at the age of 1106. One of the streets in Athens fs named after him, and his funeral was a public one. He had often expressed the wish to live until 1901 in order to be able to say that he had seen threo centuries Prot. fame of 7 the last veteran of the of 1821, died In Crouch of “Kathleen remembers Queen Victoria as a girl or § years. Ho was at that time in Dritish royal household as a ‘cellist in the band. This band was abolished by tho reform bill passed in the early 30m. Prof. Crouch played the ‘cello at the queen's coronation. He came to the United States in 1849, Mrs, Conn,, day only led Mavourneen* Mary Ann Smith of Fast celebrated her ninety-fourth last week. She is hale and hearty four days before the anniversary a party of women to an assault the wretchod roads which the had persistently neglected to though not allowed to do much carried fully forty big baskots from the pike. One of the Philadelphia Lyme, birth- and upon soloctmen repair, Al- work, she of stone numerous is Frederick Fraley, just celebrated his ninety-first He 1s a lively nonagenarian, the morning and busy at until 4. Mr. Fraloy takes life easily, and moderation, he says, is the secret of his robust old age. Ho drinks a little, smokes sleeps a good deal, and lets worry 0 to the winds. fino old men In who has birthday. up at 7 in his desk from 9 Philadelphia Times: While the new woman may be set in her opinion, will she show at dress functions as much backbone as her fashionable predecessor Truth your res fire. Miss €. Vere—Well, never mind, it won't be much’ of a conflagration, Mr, o Softlelgh—Oh, Miss Vere, plen nt beauty sets’ my brain on “Does Mudge the L Indianapolis Journal elong to any secret ord ne, I think, except possibly Chlcago Record: “What di you won at colleg You are not an ath- lete and you failed at all your studies, I am told that you have been elected pre dent of your class. How did It happen “Apparently, sir, you are not aware t I have added twenty absolutely meanings less syllables to the college yell.” inction have The Captain—Good mornin', Mr, Would yer be umpire fer Judge: Goodri terday? Mr. Goodn n. n—Oh, T'm too old, The Captain—Dat's fest it. Yer sc old and feeble dat de fellers 'ud be ashamed to slug yer, an' dere wouldn’t be no kickin'. boys. Harper's Bazar hat's matter, Charlio—isn’t your tea right?” “Perfectly—perfectly right—only § just happened fo think that it keeps me awake and 1 must go to Mrs. McCorkle's lecture tonight.” Chicago Post: uate with honors the Did your daughter grade asked the cailer. “I guess 0, replied the father gioomily, ag ho thought of the bill in his pocket. “At any, rate her gown received honorable mention.” Indianapolis Journal Well,” said the first base ball crank to the other base ball crank, “are you going to root today?” “No," sald the other base ball cran feelink vaguely in his vest pockets. “I guess I'm going to seed.” THE FLY'S SOLILOQUY. Washington Star. meanest has his chance at last To give the mighty pain; Reviled and scorned in seasons past, My turn has come again, No man T spare; My power I reveal The rich. the hau All squirm bene to pomp and state, ty and the great, th my heel, THE SUMMER GIRL. w York Evening With balmy June the Summer Girts on her armor for the fray; She trains each truant leck and curl, And puts her business alt away; For now st the dawning day Bespeaks emancipation soon The Summer Girl grows glad and gay With balmy June. She goes where bubbling waters purl, (Shi e river, lake or bay?) She f summier zephyrs swirl, (Oh' hasten, hasten, month of May!) She scents the smell of new-mown hay, lathes In the radiance of the moon-— Her eyes outshine the stars' bright ray In balmy June, In roguish Perchance "tw) (Oh_Fate, what Is its destined wa Oh_ Fortune, will she land him? i Grant every good and graclous boom Unto the Summer Girl, T pray, With baimy June! 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