Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 15, 1895, Page 12

SunpAY BER - Pullr Nae (Without Sunday), O Dally Dee and Bunday, O 00 @ Corner N and 240 4. ront [ wor af Commerca, 1911, 14 and 15, Tribune Bullding, WP W Etrcet, N. W, CONRESPONDENCH, ANl comminnieations relating to news and edi- forial mattes whoull he n k. 1 Washingion, neew shemld be printed d Toliows 1. Net sales . Dally aveiny a Sworn o befors e and sl presence this 2nd day of September, 1893, (Senl N. P. FEIL, Nolary Public. THE BEE RI TION ROOM. the accommodation of out-of- of The Ilee and partic larly newspaper men and women who will be in attendance upon the state falr In Omaha, The Bee has established a reception room and writing room, of which all are invited to avail them- selves. The room I8 on the ground floor of The Bee bullding and s reached by the west entrance on I'arnam street. will Le filled with chairs, writing tables and other conveni . There will be a visitors' register in which guests will be expected to inscribe their names. All newspaper people, their friends and patrons of The Bee who come to the state fair will be cordially welcome and will be expected to drop in as often and as long as they find it convenient, without waiting for a more formal invitation. SPECIAT, VISITORS' HOURS. Visitors to the fair will also be given an opportunity to inspect the unex- elledh newspaper facilities of The Bee. In order, however, that there may be no confusion, they will be asked to ac- commodnte themselves to the following hours: The press room on the ground floor of The Bee building and opening upon the west side of the court will be open to the public between the hours of 3:0 and 4:30 each afternoon. The composing room, on the sixth 'floor, entered through Toom 60, will be open to the public each afternoon from 1:00 to 5. No one who visits the state fair should zo away without seeing = the finest newspaper plant in the country. THE OMAHA Dany BEE. TO STATE FAIR VISITORS. F town patron: !o_nn:or ’l;ll;i;;t;i\ ;ll\.vnyx \i'us a pm((y live corpse. Al roads lead to Omaha and the state fair this week. Now let r;'_m;yho‘d; “;m'r f:;u a flag get ready to display it from his housetop. The America’s cup may resemble a pitcher more than it does a cup, but we keep it just the same, To the British yachtsmen: Why not try another name on the next bont that 18 brought over to this country to try to carry the America’s cup back home with it? It all the people still living who at some time or other resided in Nebraska were to return to live here what a state we should have and how surprised they would be. It 1s rumored that Congressman _Quigg of New York is about to resign his seat in the house of representatives. It I8 needless to add that Mr. Quigg Is not a democrat. One of the Chicago papers is talking about “the dismemberment of Turkey.” Oan’t we wait until the approach of Thanksgiving day sounds the kuell of that inoffensive bird? —_——— Be patriotie. Take pride enough ip’ Omaba and our state fair guests to hang out some bunting to let visitors know that they are welcome and that thelr presence s appreciated. ———— “The man I8 not born who can be elected three times to the presidency.” So says Senator Mills, and he ought to know. The man who aspires to a third presidential term must, like Topsy, simply “have growed.” ‘And now Senator Peffer is practically ready for repudiation pure and simp'e. But then that Is not so very different from some of the fiat schemes he has been advocating ever since he made his advent into public life. Ex-Senator Ingalls Is not bashful about asking for what he wants. He is out for the Kunsas senatorship to sueceed Senator Peffer and he doesn't care who knows It. Ingalls' persistence ought to assure him of the place for which he is so openly working. A Judge of a federal court down in Indian Territory has actually resigned his office. His name will go thunder- ing down the paths of history. A federal judge voluntarily retiring from his position Is so rare an occurrence that it necessarlly attracts attention. S em——— A student of agthropology In the Loup valley is certain that he has dis- covered numerous evidences of the former existence of prehistoric man in Nebraska. That accounts in some de- gree for the presence of some of the human fossils still met in this vicinity. The dervish organ says that Joe Bdgerton’s new populist handbook isn't fair. We think so, too. It isn't fair to arralgn the whole republican party of Nebraska on the samples of Churchill, Russell and Hilton. These spoils- secking patriots do not represent the republicans of this state. 1t Is decldedly unfair to judge the party by Its dervish parasitea. 48w relations between the gove 3| the Pacific 1 Il To the Baltor. | THE_OMAHA _ THE GOVERNMENT AND THE Mmlunrh conditfons, much less lay up a sar- RAILIROADS. Ono of the grave problems with which the comling congress will be compelled to wrestle 18 the readjustment of the mwment and By Pacific rail- ronds we the Union Pa- 3 |clfic and Central T When the Pacific railroad was first chartered by congress the promoters of the project contemplated one continnous line between the Missourd river and the | | promise of an aggressive effort to ob- Pacific ocean. That line was designed to be a great highway for the commerce between the pe and those of the Pacific coast, affording incidentally a channe! of International traffie. With this end in view and for the purpos the states east and west of the Rockies, the acific railroad was subsidized with - col 1l land grant of more than 20,- 000,000 acres of public lands, equal Imost to an empire, and a bond subsidy amounting originally 000,000, Tor these subsidies a contest Dbetween syndicates organized to construct the main lines and branches that were 10 conncet the then existing Mis- sourl, Kansas and Iowa railway sys- tems at the 100th meridian or some- where in the vicinily of Kearney, Ne- bras In the rnce neross the plains the syndicate that reached the 100th meridian first was to have the right of way westward to a connection with the ifornia Central Pacific railway and the entive line between the Missouri river and Sacramento was to be oper- ated a8 one continuous railrond. It is an bistorfe fact that the Durant syndicate that projected the line from Omaha outstripped the Kausas Pacific or so-called Hallett' syndicate that had fts initinl point at Kansas City. The v sult was that the main line west of the 100th meridian wag operated from Omaha, while the Kansas Pacific was content to connect at Denver with a branch constructed by the Unjon Pa- c¢ific from Cheyenne to the Colorado eap- ital. At the const end Leland Stanford and his partners, Huntington, Crocker and IHopkins, built the Central Pacific in conformity with the act of congress to a junction with the Union Pacific completed on the 10th day of May, 1869, at Promontory Poiut on the Nevada bor- der. By agreement between the Union and Central Pacific ronds the junction was relocated at Ogden. When the golden spike was driven and the bells all over the land tolled the union of the Pacific and the Atlantic by bands of American iron no man dreamed that this great national high- way would within twenty-five years be paralleled by six competing transconti- nental railronds. Had Leland Stanford and his associates been loyal to the in- terest which they were in honor bound to proteet under the conditions of the ‘Charter and the princely subsidies granted to them congress would not have been confrontéd with the Pacifie railroad problem of today. The trans- continental traffic which was developed by the building of the line between Omaha and San Francisco would have in¢ sed in volume from year to year and by Jjudicious enlargement of facilities there would have been neither demand nor room for other Pacific railronds excepting possibly the Canadian Pacific. Al the other sections of the country north and south now traversed hy rival lines would ha been served by branches intersecting the main road. Under such conditions the Pacific rail- road debt would have been paid off long ago and the Union and Central Pacific would have been the best paying rail- way properties in Ameriea. The Stanford - Croci - Huntington- Hopkins construetion ring which con- trolled the Central Pacific were, how- ever, not content with the enormous profits they had reaped from their en- terprise. They organized n conspiracy to scuttle the Central Pacific and divert o great portion of its trafic to the Southern Pacific, a line which they con- structed with the millions they had filched from the coffers of the subsidized western half of the original Pacific rail- road. Inspired by this example of suc- cessful spoliation, other promoters and speculators gridironed the continent with Pacific railroads from nowhere to nowhere and wrecked and ruined all of them excepting alone Huntington and Stanford’s Southern Pacifie. Iive of these roads are today either bankrupt and In the hands of receivers or have been through the receiver's mill and emerged loaded down with consolidated mortgage debt that will keep them on the verge of bankruptcy for years to co During all this time congress has been sawing wood. The officers of the fed- eral government who should have inter- fered to protect the government and moved for the reco of the property diverted and stolen have not lifted a finger. The only thing attempted up to date is the suit in California against the Leland Stanford estate, and that has already turned to farce. several In dealing with the Pacific railroad debt congress should, as a preliminary step, require the Union and Central Pa- cific roads to be operated as one con- tinuous line. It should first and fore- most compel the Huntington syndicate, which controls both the Southern and Central Pacifie, to take hands off the thront of the Central Pacific and give It a chance to do business. As it now is, and has been for years, tho Central Pacific is being starved to death and the Union Paclfic is being seriously erippled by the policy which the Hunt- ington syndicate is pursuing. Not only has there been a systematic diversion of freight from the Central to the South- ern Pacific, but the whole road has been so shawmefully ueglected as to make it almost impossible for the Union Pncific to compete for through tratlic from the coust. The very latest effort to hamper the Union Pacific is the proposed abandonment of all but one passenger train daily between Ogden and San Francisco. At the same time the Southern Paclic has recently supplemented its passenger train sery- ice by a new palace coach flyer, which Is advertised to reduce time and afford luxurious accommodations. How can the Uunlon Paclfic be ex- pected to earn operating expenses under ple of the castern states | of a more perfect union of | plus to pay off its bonded debt? Some- thing must be done by congress if the government's Interest In the Pacific roads Is to be protected and the people in the central belt who depend on those roads for an outlet to and from the const are to have the transportation facilities to which they ave entitled. FOREST PROTECTION. The action of the American Forestry association at its recent meeting gives tain from the next cougress needed log- islation for the better protection of the forests in the public domain, The clation favors the creation of a forostry commission to make a thorough investi- gation of the public forest lands and make recommendations concerning thelr disposition and treatment. It urges that it is the first duty of congress in regard, to the public timber Jlands to enact proper legislation for the rational pro- tection and administration of the forest reservations and unreserved timber lands, and it urges upon the next con- gross the passage of the bills for this purpose which failed of enactment by the last congress only for lack of time for consideration of amendments in conference, Through the persistent ef- forts of the American Forestry associa- tion interest in this very important sub- ject has been greatly increased, some leading commereial bodies having re- cently expressed themselves In favor of more comprehensive legislation regavd- ing It, while the disposition shown by the last congress was encouraging. There is no doubt of the urgent neces- sity of better forest protection, but while this is very generally admitted the interests that ave averse to legisla- tlon that would accomplish this have hitherto been able to prevent it. An nggressive campaign on the part of the advocates of such legislation may be successful with the next congress. ey NOT OVERPOPULATED. Tn his it eloquent address to his old regiment Colonel Robert Ingersoll said in referring to the growth and development of the United States: “I often hear peop'e say that we have too many folks here; that we ought to stop immigration; that we have no more room. Tho people who say this know nothing of the geography of the coun- try. They are ignorant of their native land. T tell you that the valley of the Mississippi and the valleys of its trib- utaries can support a population of 500,000,000 of men, women and chil- dren. Don't talk of our being overpop- ulated; we have only just started.” The distinguished orator, whose faith in the grand destiny of his country is as strong as his knowledge of it is com- prehensive, was right. It is the spirit of a narrow provincialism or a nar rower selfishness that prompts those who urge that there are already people enough In this free land and that there is no more room and no opportunities for further accessions to our popula- tion. It was Abraham Lincoln, we be- lieve, who once said the United States was eapable of supporting a population of 600,000,000, and that great man was not a visionary and did not overesti- mate the possibilities of his country. Very few Americans have any concep- tion of the vastness of this republic, and fewer still of its wonderful re- sources, and it Is from these, as Coloncl Ingersoll said, that comes the talk of the country being overpopulated and that fmmigration ought to stop. For- tunately the number of such is not large enough to exert a commanding influence and it is not growing. The intelligent and patriotic judgment of the country is everwhelmingly in favor of maintaining the policy which has prevailed from the foundation of the republic and is as necessary to its pro- gress in the future as in the past. MORE DISCRIMINATION. The report from the American consul general Frankfort, Germany, regard- ing municipal discrimination against American meats is instructive as show- ing the feeling that prevails in that country among officials and their desire to comply with the agrarian demands respecting the exclusion of our meats. It is omnly natural that the “municipal authorities of Germany should follow the example in this matter of the im- perial government. The action of the government in excluding American cat- tle and meats was taken as a sop to the agrarian sentiment, which de- manded this and much more. The charge that our cattle was diseased has never been verified, simply because it could not be. As was stated at the time. the order was made by the chief of the bureaun of animal industry, there was no disease among American cattle and had been none for several years. It was the demand of the cattle ralsers of Germany for protection against com- petition, backed by the sugar interest, which caused the exclusion. It appears from the report of the consul that while the local authorities warned dealers in ments not to use such as were imported they were particularly cautioned against meats from this country. The fact that our meats were shown by the govern- ment inspection tag they bore to have received official inspection made no dif- ference, nor did the other fact that all users of these ments liked thém. The officials declared the inspection certifi- cate Insufficient and enforced their o ders, with the result that a consider- able business which had been built up with much effort I8 destroyed In the places where the discrimination has Leen made effective. Yet investigation failed to show that any of the con- demned meat was unsound. The hostility thus manifested toward an important American product, with- out any show of justification, certalnly deserves the serious attention of our government. The right of Germauy to exelnde our meats Is perhaps unques- tionable, but we may properly insist that in doing so she sball not give a dishonest reason for her action, the tendency of which is to discredit Amer- fcan meats in other markets. If It is necessary for the protection of German cattle raisers that our meats be ex- cluded from that country let the fact be clearly understood and not resort to the pretext that our cattle are dls- eased and our meat vnsound. To be hounest in the matter, however, would | to vigorousifiiffptest against o poliey which compels them to pay more for this article without giving them a bet- ter quality. Ih@e has been some talk at Washington About adopting retalia- tory mensures against European coun- tries that discriminate against our pro- ducts, It is that we could find ample justifigatign for doing this in the fact that n gieq§ many articles sent to this country” ns§pure are adulterated. A commercial w§r is not to be desired, but the American people cannot be ex- pected to complacently tolerate for an indefinite time an injustice so palpable as that of the discrimination against one of our most important products on the part of Germany and other Bu- ropean countries, It is a situation that is especially gallitg in view of the fact that those countries have been mos materially Dbenefited by pre tarift, our A committee representing the Ameri- can citizens resident in Shanghai has appealed " to the newspapers of the United States to exert their influence in enlisting the sympathy of the people of this country and in stirring up the au- thorities at Washington rding some action looking to the punishment of those who committed outrages upon mis- sionaries in China and also to secure protection for those engaged in mi ary work In the Chinese ecmpire. committee states that the gener: ing among foreigners in China is that the action hitherto taken by western governments in similar cases has been utterly inadequate, and says that those who know China best are convinced that a little prompt and vigorous action would put an end to the recurrence of these troubles. It is urged that the rea- son why such action has not been taken in the past is because proper pressure has not been brought to bear upon the home governments and our officials in China have not been given the discre- tion to adopt adequate measures, It is suggested by the committee that a properly constituted commission is ab- solutely necessary to the conviction and punishment of the guilty parties, who are belleved to be the highest officials of the province. This accords with the view expressed in a recent address by ex-Secretary of State John W. Foster, who represented China in the peace negotintions with Japan. Mr. Foster said that the opinion formed by him, after careful Inquiry and observation, was that the mass of the population in China, particula the common people, are not speciafly hpstile to the mission- 1 and their work. The riots that have taken place have almost invari- ably been triaced) to the literati or prospective officeholders and the rul- ing classes. These are often bigoted sion The feel and conceited to the highest degree, Mr. Foster saps, ahd regard the teach- ings of the missioparies as tending to overthrow thejexisting order of govern- ment and socity, dhich they look upon as a perfect system and sanctified by great antiquity. This makes the situation far more difficult to deal with than would be the case it the counditions were re- versed and the people instead of the officials were hostile to the mission- ar But in any case it would be diffi- cult enough, for it is a serious question how far the western nations may justly o In requiring the Chinese government to afford protection to missionaries as such. As to the interventiom of our own government it is based on the fact that the people in whose Dbehalf it in- tervenes are American citizens, pursu- ing a vocation guaranteed by treaty and permitted by Chinese law and is not made because we are seeking to sup- port a Christian propagandism in China. The American missionary, says Mr. Foster, has the same right to go into all parts of the Chinese empire and preach and teach as the American mer- chant has to carry on his trade with South Amerl or the islands of the and he has the same right to » the protection of his govern- ment when his lawful vocation is un- duly obstructed or his lifa or property put in peril. But while such is the fact it would seem that the missionaries ought to exercise every preeaution against trouble and especially that they should not attempt to prosecute their work in places beyond the treaty ports or in remote regions in a time of dis- order, as the present is in China. Since the Shanghai committee sent out its appeal the Chinese government has shown an earnest desire to punish the perpeteators of the outrages upon mis- slonaries. Nearly a score of these have been condemned to death, more than a hundred are in prison awaiting trial, and the imperial gofernment Is arrang- ing to compensate the missions for all losses of property. It has been well said that in view of this summary ad- ministration of justice by the Chinese authorities we in America should be chary of our condemnation when we recall the many outrages which have been inflicted upon Chinese subjects in the United Statek, e perpetrators of which were never wmluhcd. That was a crual hoax perpetrated upon the populists 'with malice afore- thought. We pefer to the dispatches announcing theoitmninent vacancy In the position of United States senator from Nebraska,by weason of an over- dose of waterniélon and green corn. But Governor HAlcdmb doubtless feels as much rellexed as does Senator Thurston. The gb¥ernor would have been sorely perplexed to fill the senatorial vacaney¥ without a tre- mendous kick . frgifi the friends of every man whe «ailed to secure the appointment. Stiéh Is life, Honolulu has been declared an In- fected port and a guarantine estab- lished agalnst all vessels arriving in this country from the Sandwich islands. Unfortunately the quarantine was not established soon enough to interrupt the lngress into the United States of Colonel Spalding and his begging Hawallan cable project. The American Scheol Board Journal, published in Milwaukee, has it that the members of the Omaha Board of Rdu- c~ation, when on a tour of Inspection of school buildings to determine where “epairs are needed, make use of the v as . s patrol wagon. We do not know where the Jourhal got this lnformation. It may be true, but it Is news to us. Whether true or mnot, however, the patiol wagon would not be a vpry In- appropriate velicle for some of the board members to ride in. Chicago is entertaining a delegation from Atlanta, which has come north in order to invite the co-operation of the World's Tair city In the great southern exposition to be opened this week. 8o cordial was the welcome ex- tended to the visitors from the south that the whole supply of the titles, “colonel” and “judge,” was exhausted within an hour from the time when the excursion train arrived with its load of distinguished passengc The National Burial Casket assocla- tion is said to have just held an in- teresting meeting. Not being able to induee patrons to consume more than one casket aplece, the delegates are supposed to have confined their de- liberations to the question of limiting the supply rather than increasing the demand. The American consul at San Salvador is a vietim to the dread yellow fever Just as his predecessor was before him. The pe n who gets the consulship at San Salvador is pretty sure to get the yellow fever, too. But there will be plenty of applicants for the existing vacaney. Kate Iield is still writing letters for publication under the date line “On the Wing. If Kate can remain on the wing for so long a time it must be taken as indicative of a full grown and well developed flying apparatus. Few women sprout their wings at so early an age. The bicyele in politics s the latest phase of the discussion of the progress of the present wheeling manin. Wonder if there is anything that the bicycle will not get into sooner or later if it is given sufficient time. Herole Trentment. Chicago Tribune, Those barbarous Kurds should have the whey beaten out of them. ottt o Duped by the Dervishe: St. Louls Republic. The negroes of Omaha have been joining the A. P. A. in considerable numbers. They are evidently like some whites in that or- der who cannot understand why liberty can be a good thing to them unless they can deprive somebofly else of enjoylng it. ————— The Coon Came Down. New York Tribune, The New Jersey landlady who besieged the telegraph pole at the top of which a recalcitrant boarder had taken refuge doubt- less felt that she had won a notable vic- tory when the coon came down. But we think she has missed her vocation, all the same. She ought to go into the life insur- ance business, kgl The Two Go Together. Globe-Democrat, Corn exports are rapidly Increasing, and the crop is the largest ever grown and i practically out of danger frcm frost and everything else. This means good times for the farmers. Corn is the most valuable of all the crops, and when, as now, the yield is large and the demand fair, the country iy sure to be prosperou ———e Growth of Temperance. New York World, In this country and in Burope the decrease in drunkenness has been marked during the last hundred years. It is not now thought creditable to a gentleman of any civilized country to be able to drink a pint of brandy or four pints of port at a sitting. The man who makes a habit of anything of the kind Is almost universally regarded now as de- graded and brutal, yet in England in the time of Fielding and Smollett, and In Scot- land as late as the time of Burns, such hab- ite were looked on as characteristics of the ‘‘man of epirit Ll Sl & Qualitics of Bulldings. hiladelphia Record, In view of the increasing number of tall steel skeleton office buildings of problematical fire resisting qualities, much interest will attach to the exhaustive experiments wiich are to be conducted in Brooklyn for the pur- pose of determining the fireproof character of various buiiding materials and of different methods of construction. These investiga- tions, which are to be made under the auspices of the Underwriters' Tariff associa- tion, the Architectural league and the Amer- ican’ Society of Mechanical Engineors, are ex- pected to demonstrate important principles in building construction, and to supply exact data in place of theories by which the erec- tion of huge so-calied fireproof structures are now largely governed. Experience has proved that very few of the buildings which have been supposed to be indestructible by fire really have any margin of safety in the pres- ence of Intense heat and pressure upon the floors, No such exhaustive experiments have ever been undertaken before, and the results cannot fail to be of great practical value to Insurance companies, architects and builders. Al L THE PASSING SHOW, Fire Reslut] Perhaps one of those nautical tacks punc- tured the Duaraven tire. The spanker boom is clearly out of its clement when it deserts the family wood- shed. The report that the Missourl river is dry- Ing up {8 misleading. It is simply going down. It cost a man $2 to laugh at a Chicago po- liceman the other day. The spectacle is worth the price. Lemuel Ely Quigg has doclded to retire from politics, and this give Colonel Allen a monopoly of congressional merrymaking. Political affairs ln Kentucky. are becalmed, but the hands at the helm boldly decline lufing to port. Blue grass loyalty forbids. The monarchial caprices of the czar of Russia will surprise nobody when it is re- membered that Nicholas iy a confirmed cigar- otto fiend. The coffin trust has decided to reduce the output and advance prices. This is one of the few combinations whose lead pipe is a shroud of gloom. The descendants of Davy Crockett are to have a reunfon in Tennesses next week. It they have the weakness of their common an- cestor won't the tales fly! The window Rlass trust is In danger of golng to pleces. Several western manufac- turers outside the combine are panefully pugnacious and armed with rocks. President Cleveland frowns upon the prace ties of carrying concealed weapons. Exper- lence with Hill, Gorman, Brice and others is suMcient to make him exceedingly caus tious. Gall Hamilton has almost recovered from her long and painful iliness, but she still de- nles herselt by her doctor's orders to any but Intimate friends. She is now at her old hame In Hamilton, Mass., her namesake town. In spite of the inronds of hier iliness Miss Dodge is still very attractive, a picture of youth and grace in an elderly woman. On Wednesday last the anniversay of the battle of Brandywine, the cltizens of Che county, Pennsylvania, unveiled baft to General t is ffteen was purchased - tributed by the public school children ot Chester county. It will be located on the highest point of the battlefleld, and on the spot where it Is supposed Ge 8000 when he was wounded 118 years ago. It is near the center of the scene of the battle, and is one of the highest points in the county. The view from the place is superb. To the north is Osborne’s hill, on which Lord Howe and General Cornwallis viewed the battle, and beyond that stan. pires of West Chester. To the west lley of the Brandywine, and off in the blue di tance are the Welsh mountalns, DLASTS FROM NAW'S WORN, A small tres may bear good fruit. History 15 what oharacter has written. What solence says fs man's best guess. Weeds grow fast when a lazy man hoes the corn. An hour spent in bad company can néver be blotted out. Kill off the fools and you will throw the lawyers out of work, Self-assortive men often do a large busi- ness on a small capital. A clvil tongue s a better protection than steel armor an inch thiek. S0 many people are not at home when a golden Gpportunity knocks. There s nothing tho devil makes much more use of in this world than a tattling tongue. The man who can pay his debts do It would steal if he could do belng locked up. AT — SECULAR SHOTS AT THE and won't it without PULPIT. Chicago Post: A London church offers free tobacco to induce attendance. What's the matter with living pictures as a special at- traction? Buffalo Express: A Methodist congrega- tion in Chicago is excited over a report that its pastor has received tho papal blessing. But why? It is undenlable that the pope is a good mau and a sincere Christian, Now York Commercial: The Chicago Meth- odists are disturbed over the pope's blessing couferred on the pastor of a fashionable Methodist congregation. They do not explain how they expect the blessing to injure the pastor or the church. Kansas City Star: The Methodist preachers of Chieago who invited Kelr Hardie to ad- dress their association are red hot because the speaker gave utterance to anarchistic sentiments. Did the reverend gentlemen ex- pect to gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles. Cineinnatl Enquirer: The Bmperor William has regulated the length of the sermons of the chaplain who is supposed to take care of the morals of the royal establishment of Germany. He has named twenty minutes as the limit. He has the power to do this, but perhaps a severe exercise of it 8 not ju- aiclous. The president of the United States cannot stop the mouth of a prolix preacher, but he ecan stay away from church If he doesn’t ltke the sermons. In every way the methods of the republic are the more dig- nified and fair. Brooklyn BEagle: It is announced that Mgr. Satolll will be made a cardinal, and will re- main in this country as a papal representa- tive. Tt seems curlous that he came to this country and the hostile society with the al- phabetic designation sprang into prominence at about the same time, but which was cause and which was effect, who can say? It seems rather in the history of mankind for men who are well off and free to in- dulge in quarrels over the dry husks of re- ligious controversy. The Jupanese states. man who told Colonel Cockerlll, in substance, that civilization and religion do not, neces. sarily, belong together, had about the right idea of the matter. o el YACHTING BREEZES, Washington Star: Lord Dunraven is wel- come to whatever can be offered in hospi- tality, But the lino must be drawn on the cup. Globe-Democrat: The superlority of Amer- tean boat builders is shown as consplcuously In these days of ocean greyhounds and yachts as it was in the old days of clipper ships. It Is something of an honor for a country to stand second to the United States in this field, and England does this. Chicago Chronicle: The English are always boasting of their superiority as ‘‘true sports- men” and depreciating the sportsmanship of other nations. America, in particular, is never “sportsmanlike,” whatever that may be, in the estimation of the British press. Was it “true sportsmanship” for the caplain of Valkyrle fo foul Defenfler and demand the race that was won as against a crip- pled competitor? Denver News: But a few months ago an American boat crew crossed the ocean to row on the Thames with the picked crews of all Britain. There was a well known and long cotablished rule that when the. command “go” was given by &he starter the crews had 1o discretion, but go they must, and roy over the course, and win the race if they could. The Cornell crew observed the rule; even more; noticing that the Leanders did not follow, they looked back at the umpire, when he motloned and commanded them to proceed. Proceed they did, and they won the race in a walkover, if that term may be applied to a rowing match. The howl that went up over all England is yet reverberating. “Unsportsmanlike” was the mildest term ap- plied to Cornell's action, and the crew was hissed and some of them openly insulted by these English souls of sporting honor. “They should not have claimed the race;” “in spite of the umpire's command, they should have returned and taken a new start;” “technically they won the race, but accord- ing to sporting morals they should have re- fused it,” were the exclumations which came thundering over the ocean to hold Cornell up to scorn amid their own friends and in thelr own land. Well, Tuesday Valkyrie fouled Defender at the starting line and set her jib topsail fiylng and seriously strained her topmast. Did Dunraven offer to stay while repairs were made? DIid he, having passed the winning line ahead of a cripple of Valkyrie's making, offer to resail the race, or decline to claim it, won, as it was, under such questionable’ conditions? Not' he. British sporting honor could not make such a sacrifice. DELLIGERENT RIGHTS, Globo Democrat: Tn loss than (hres monthe Aftor the first shot was fired in the American olvil war Spain recognized tho belligerency of the seceding states, though their relation was more latimate than that of Cuba to Spain. As soon as the Cuban insurgents organize & government this couniry, according to the Spanish precedent, may conceds belligerent rights to Cuba, and under these Cuba can buy arms and munitions of war in the United States and enjoy Mberty of trade. Spain set the example in 1861, aud if found awkward now it 18 her own affair, Chicago News: The Cuban generals aro diplomatists as well as good soldiers. Thoy do not care as yet to have thelr rights as belligerents recognized. International laws can be rendered very complicated and ex- tremely uncomfortable for those engaged In a rebellion, no matter how jusd the cause may be, if the country in succosstul revolt is once recognized by two or three Important nations. The Islanders ask and are recelving that abstract but all-important thing, sympathy. They have created a sentiment, in the United States at least, which 1s decidedly in tholr favor. The insurgents have not emulated their enemies in resorting to crueltios and barbarisms. Their method of warfare has been, 8o far, fair, and not needs lessly cruel, Indianapolis Journal: “Emma, the lleutenant kissing you. see that again.” “Certainly, mamma. We shall be more cautions hereafter.” I just saw Don't” let me Harper's Baga best lving,” she sai “But 1 haven't asked you, he retorted, and then she wished he had, and when he did she changed her mind’ and accepted m. liwmfl;h\'\ marry the Brooklyn Eagle: Van Jay--Miss Meeks called me a fool.” Do I look like a fool? Millicent—-No, you do not. I don't think she judged you by your looks. Cincinnatl Enquirer: I do not doubt, brother, that you feel this blow deeply,” sald_tHe good minister to the ‘contractor (ing had fallen down and kil two or three workmen before the roof on. hat's right,” nassented the brother, “I hadn’t drawn a cent of my pay for it yet.” Somerville Journal: The woman ‘who knows exactly how to get along perfectly with a hired girl is usually a womad who never had one, Dotroit Froe Press: “How time goes!™ he_said, as the clock struck eleven. “IUs tho only thing that docs go.. she arswered wearily, and he took whe hint. Erie Messenger: A malden writes: “*Can you tell me how to change the color of my hair, which all the young men telt me is red?"’ Certainly we can. Get rich; they will then call it golden or auburn. Chicago Record: Grocer—George! New Clerk—Yes, sir. Grocer—You needn’t bother to assuro Mrs, Billum of the purity of our goods—she keeps & boarding house! Tammany Times band's last words “He hadn't any, was with him.” ‘What were your hus- sobbed the widow. “T Detroit Tribune: “I thought you were go- Ing to learn to love me,” he sighed. “Have tience,” she returned calmly. “I propose {aking {hat matter up just ns soon as I learn meat pies and pillow shams.” Cincinnatl Enquirer: Mrs.—It Is 80 easy to tell an old maid by her dizsatisfied look, you now. Misi—And a married woman by her dis- appointed one. % e Al Brooklyn Bagle: Hortense—I suppose there is always something in life to spoil a man's happiness. an Jay—Yes: If a man Is poor he can't be hapoy, and 1 he Is rich the chances are he will get married. Chicago Post: “Don’t you think that a remarkably reallstic novel?” asked the caller as she picked up a book from the table. »No" replied the widow bluntly. “On the contrary, I think the author goes to the very extreme of absurd romance, like all rh t] 3 u"lell what I'IKT' ‘‘He makes the hero get on his knees to propose.” % SURPRISED. « ' ./ Life, . Sho sald my love she could not heed, She couldn’t consent to be my mate Until T did some noble deed, Or carried out some project great. And though T spoke my love anew, Sho treated mo but scornfully What greater thing, pray, could I do Than ask the maid to marry me? WHAT MAKES 00’ LOOK SO SAD, Detroit Free Press. She climbs upon my knees and twines Hor fingers in my whiskers gray, And says: I wonders what oo’ finds | Dat makes oo’ look so sad today? 00’ don't have boys to make 00’ tross, No ‘ittle dirls to make oo’ glad; 00’ “hain't_dot servant dirls to boss. I say, what makes oo’ look o s dTJ “00' don’t buy shoes for baby's feet, But oo' buys tandy for me, lots: 0o’ takes me walkin' down de stréet Betause 00' hain't no ‘ittle tots. I dess 1 talks too much—I see A_tear most tomin’; is I bad And naughty ‘tause I is so free? 1 say, what makes oo' look 0 sad? “I know oo's awful dood to me, 1 likes oo’ lots, 0o’ is too tind," And then she gives a kiss so free It leaves a sacred love behind, “Oo’ says 0o’ is alone, but I Wil be oo friend and make oo’ glads So_tiss me now; I must dood-by— 0o’ smiles, and now 0o’ hain't %0 sad. Every lady is urgently every convenience. 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