Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 15, 1901, Page 6

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B, HUNGATE, Notary Publi trinls for murder in progress at once in Nebraska only argues that in this state the course of justice is cortain and swift, Thre The ‘toral votes of the various Ktates have all been delivered in Wash- ington and the republican votes found to be full count Adding new jobbing houses means to add more men to the army of drummers having headquarttrs in Omaha. These nen are missionarles of prosperity. Senator ' Pettigrew has just sixteen days more in which to secure informa- tion at the expense of the government and obstruct the business of cougress. E——— From the nolse which the Spanish populace is making at present one might fmagine that the concert of the powers was giving a performance in that coun- try. If you have any pumpkin vine rail- roads lying around loose now s the time to sell them. In these days of consolldation there is nothing likely to escape. —_— Moves in the rallroad game are still going steadily forward. As The Bee has always insisted, the consolidations now being effected all mean more business for Omaha Kansas is demonstrating that it is &till entitled to be called “Bleeding Kan- gas.” The population of that state could 16 more remain quiet than prairle sand in a wind storm, Omaha's packing house figures have recovered from the apparent slump and show a handsome increase again. The position of third in the pork packing table is not in dang, ——— Georgla’s efforts to make the packing houses of the north and west support the state government may succeed, but the orglans may rvest assured that they will pay the tax if they buy any meat. Theodore Roosevelt is coming out of the mountains Saturday and the corre- spondents who have been telling such wonderful stories about him better take to the brush, even if the snow is deep. —, Another jobbing firm has been added to the list of Omaha's wholesale firms, The growth of the city's interests in this respect since the first of the century has certainly been encouranging. There Is 8till room for others, however, —_— A Chicago woman was presented by her husband with a 800-pound safe in Wwhich to deposit her jewels, And that evening while she was at dinner thieves broke in amd stole the safe. Chicago is trying to live up to its reputation. Cuban legislators propose to put in full time. The new constitution pro- vides for two sesslous each year, There Is no necessity for encouraging that kind of amusement, for when the Cubans get control th CHL Tesume the bull fights and former pastimes. Washington cabinet makers are in a Stew just now. There is but one place to fill in the president's official house- hokl and the correspondents are having the time of their lives in trying to pick an attorney to fit in Attorney General Griggs' shoes. This is very annoying. The Cincinnati courts that contests in which men are expected have decided to knock each other out cannot be classed as hoxing exhibitions, but. that they are prize fights p and simple. It appears strange that intelligent peo- ple would contend otherwise, but they do. — It i= really too bad that a busy rail- road president cannot push aside the business that has accumulated during A fortnight's absence while he discusses various rumors with the yellow journal reporters. But it seems there are presi- dents of Iroads who ure thoughtless enough to prefer attending to the affairs of their position instead of giving out fnterviews, Kl OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. The British Parliament was opened vesterday by King Edward in person, the event being marked by elaborate ceremonies, According to the dispatches London has witnessed no equal display since the late queen opened Parliament in 1861 and it may be doubted whether that event was quite equal to the one of yesterday. Great Britain's sovereign i« showing that he has an adequate ap- preciation of all that belongs to him in the way of pomp and show and cere- mony and doubtless this will be even more fully manifested in the future. The king's speech, in the preparation of which he possibly had some hand, is on the usual order, though a somewhat more extended statement of the affairs of the country than is ordinarily made in the address from the throne. The matter of chief interest In it, of course, relates to the South African war and this gives assurance of the continuance of the poliey of subjugation. There is no hope held out to the Boers of any purpose on the part of the British gov- ernment to modify its polley or to ac- cept anything short of their uncon- ditional surrender. The present session of Parliament promises to be busy and Interesting. The government will be called upon to answer a great many troublesome questions regarding the conduct of the South African war. It is expected that Lord Wolseley, formerly commander-in- chief, will make some revelations as to military administration that will not serve to strengthen the ministry in the confidence of the country. It is sald that the revelations Wolseley is In a position to make bear wholly upon the question as to whether the people should be trusted with the recommendations to ministers made by military and naval experts, Ministerial changes are predicted as likely to take place soon. It is thought to be probable that Lord Sallsbury will rotire at an early day. He is not upon the best of terms with the king, but that may not have much fnfluence and undoubtedly it rests entirely with Salls- bury whether he shall remain in office or hand over the arduous duties of the premiership to another. It bas been reported for some time that he was anxions to retire, but lhas been per- suaded to remain until the African war should be brought to an end. Certain it I8 that no other British statesman has the confidence of the nation in equal degree with Salisbury and his re- tirement at this time would probably have a very bad effect upon the coun try. There is a strong government ma- Jority in Parliament, so that there is no danger to the ministry from adverse action by that body. Parllament will have to vote more money for military and naval require- ments and under existing economic con- ditions in the United Kingdom this is a pretty serious matter. The burden of taxation is already well nigh unbear- able and with industries languishing and commerce declining the limit must soon be reached If the heavy war ex- penditures continue, as they seem likely to for an indefinite time, —— 70 RECLAIM ARID LANDS. Omaha’s Commercial club has taken an advanced position on the matter of irrigation, being among the foremost in advocating the proposition that the gen- eral government assist in the work of reclaiming the arld reglons. Fully a year ago the Commerclal club an- nounced its position on this matter and has since consistently worked along the lines then lald down. Its present effort to secure the adoption of a memorial to congress by the legislature is but an- other step in the direction of the general move, There is no questioning the logic of the Commerclal club's position. The general work of reclaiming the arid lands of the west has proceeded to al- most the limit of private resource or state interest. This is not because the ventures in the way of Irrigation have been found unprofitable, for wherever land has been put under ditch and a water supply has been found available, the return in crops has been amply re- munerative. But certaln questions have arlsen concerning the use of interstate waters which cannot be determined by state legislation, and these must be taken cognizance of by the general gov- ernment. The conservation of the water supply I8 the real key to the situation. Nearly all of the unreclaimed arid re- glon is still public domaln, owned by the people of the United ~ States. As such the Interest of the people lies di- rectly in the course of action proposed by the Commerclal club. Efforts at securing the reclamation of this arid land through legislation de- signed to encourage and stimulate state and Individual action, such as the Carey desert land law, have been only partly successful. Much land has been taken up under that act and similar leglsla- tion, but its development has been ham- pered for lack of means sufficlent to control the conditions surrounding the water supply. Experts who have studied the question deeply are agreed that the desert can only be redeemed through o general and comprehensive plan for the control of the water. As to detalls there is some dispute, which ean only be determined after a thorough investl- gation, One thing is certain. Only the general government can provide the means and exercise the authority needed for the successful establishment and mainte- vance of the general system that will be necessary for the conservation of the water needed to carry on the irrigation of the vast area now lylng idle. It is to secure this government action that the Commercial club I8 now working. Its efforts should have the hearty support not only of the legislature, but of all who bave the real welfare of the west at heart. — Omaha people will get much personal satisfaction from reading the list of con- firmations of army appointments made -‘]lecond Infantry, which w by the president. General Lee is now in command of the Department of the Missourl; General Bates marched away here, and Generals Wheaton, Sumner and Schwan all served in the depart- ment here and have many personal friends in the city. The poestiferons Pettigrew opposed the confirmation of General Bates, because he negotiated the treaty with the sultan of Sulu, but the opposition of the South Dakota im- placable was of no avail. General Bates' record as a soldier will shine long after Pettigrew Is forgotten, A MORE FAVORABLE OUTLOOK There is a more favorable outlook, ac cording to Havana advices, for an amicable understanding between Cuba and the United States respecting their future relations. The constitutional con vention has appointed a committee to draw up a proposition defining the re- lations to exist between the new repub- lie and this country and it is stated that A meoting will probably be arranged be tween Governor General Wood and the committee to consider some proposal that will be acceptable to this govern- ment, This indicates a gratifying change in the*situation. There arve radicals, like General Rivera, who still insist that no special concessions should be made to the United States in the constitution and that the question of future relations should e left for determination after the constitution is adepted. These radi- cals take the view that there will be no Independence left if Cuba allows the United States naval stations and per- mits this government to have a volce in the treaty relations between Cuba and other countrics. But It seems that con- gervative opinlon is in the ascendant, doubtless influenced by the considera- tlon that unless Cuba shall make some reasonable concessions to the United States It cannot expect to establish with this country the close commerclal rela- tlons without which the industrial and commercinl development of the island must be very slow. There Is evidence in this of the influ- ence upon the delegates to the consti- tutional convention of the financlal and business elements, who understand how essentlal it Is to the future welfare and prosperity of Cuba that the new govern ment shall be established on a busis to fnsure stabllity, that it shall offer ample security to life and property, and that it shall maintain toward the United States Intimate political and commercial relations. Only in this way can Cuba attract capital and develop and prosper. It would seem, therefore, that all Cu- bans would see the expediency, from the point of view of self-interest, of effecting such an alliance or understand- ing with the United States as will create universal contidence in the new repub- li¢, draw capital to it and enable it to attain that material prosperity which its resources make possible, There need be and there would be no sacrifice of independence in dolng this. Cuba would not be less free be- cause closely united with and volun- tarily taking counsel as to its foreign relations from the United States. But the island republic would be more se- cure therefor, would more certainly command the respect of other countries and would be better assured of attain- ing prosperity. It is & common thing among a certain class to assert that the great influx of forelgners into this country is respon- sible for a large part of the crime which comes to the attention of the courts, Those who believe this might find some food for reflection in Platte county. Tlere is probably no county in the state having a larger proportion of foreign-born citizens, It is also one of the oldest and most thickly settled countles in the state, but is just now having its first murder trial. That is a pretty good record for any county. Going into voluntary liquidation be- cause the business Is no longer r munerative I8 the way one of Ne braska's oldest and most conservative loan companies answers the charge that the money power has its grip on the farmer. The low rate of interest charged for money nowadays rendered its business unprofitable. There is not much comfort for the calamityites in this situation. —_—— Many people are wondering what Andrew Carnagie can possibly do with all his money when he receives pay- ment for his big steel plant and other properties. P’'ast experience should teach people that the world is full of men who could get rid of all Carnegie's vast fortune in much less time than it took Carnegie to accumulate it, Reports from the Philippines indieate that exceptional progress is being made in the pacification of the islands and the substitution of ecivil for military government. If Spanish habits will pe mit the people to remain quiet long enough to give the new rule a trial the infection will probal.ly spread. The Michigan supreme court has just ruled that a franchise, when associated with tangible property, possesses real value and its assessment for purposes of taxation is valid. This doctrine of law may mean something to the county com- missioners and ald them in deciding on that electric road proposition. A Forceful Remark, Washington Star, There must be some regrets at seeing W. J. Bryan waste his talents on economic generalities when the Nebraska legislature appears to be needing advice so much. Uncle Sam s a Bumper, Philadelphla North American, The worst famine in the history of China is reported from the provinces of Shan Si and Shen 81, and the government 1s 8o crip- pled by the destruction of its resources in Pekin and the loss of treasure stolen by the @llles that it is unable to relleve the dis- tress of the people. To insist upon extra: gant indemnity from a starving people s sheer brutality, and it is to be hoped that the United States will resist to the utmost the demands of the predatory powers that are plotting the disruption of China. The Spooner Amendment. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The impending passage of the Spooner amendment is cause for rejoicing. The from Omaha at the head of the gallant 80 popular measure has ample precedent in the first Louisiana act, and enables the president to extemd home rule in the Philippines | As fast as the natives are fit for it. It strengthens the army by offering the sol- diers a definite field of activity. It strengthens the authority of the govern ment in the fslands by assuring the natives that the United States will keep its prom- Ises and gratity their legitimate aspira tlons toward self-government under the stars and stripes A Few Thin &Ko Inter-Ocean The Cubans represented in the Havana convention seemed (o assume that the United States was in duty bound to make this expenditure ot $400,000,000, to pay the salaries of Cubans who fought against Spain, to feed the starving people of the soveral provinces, and to ask absolutely nothing in return. To the minds of these professional revolutionists the United States Is simply a great eleemosynary in- stitutton which they are free to levy on when they are in trouble and free to as sall when they are out —_— an This Be Troe? Chicago Times-Herald Judge Waterman {s of the opinton that women are usually unrelfable as witnesses in trials involving business matters, It is highly probable that the judge—being a discreet man—would have kept this opinion to himself if it had not been for the fact that he was compelled to set aside a verdict which seemed to rest upon the testimony of two women and which was directly contrary to much written evidence that was adduced on the other side. As the matter on trial was elght years old Judge Waterman had every reason to belleve that the written evidence was mors reliable than the oral testimon: —— Governor Nash Endorsed. Philadelphia Record. Governor Nash of Ohio deserves the hearty thanks of all order-loving people for his refusal to permit a prize fight be- tween the pugilists Jeffries and Ruhlin to take place in Cincinnatl. The real charac- ter of the affair was to be disguised by calling it a boxing match and a half- charitable, half-enterprising atmosphere was to be lent to it by the proposition to use the profits to wipe out the debt in- curred in entertaining the Saengerfest as- soclation In that city. Some may have been misled by these representations, but Governor Nash was not. As soon as the real character of the affalr became clear to him he determined to siop it —_— Transplanting Republicanism. Indianapolls Journal. Representative Brown of Ohlo grew very eloquent in his denunclation of “a colonial policy,” The phrase involves a fallacy. A policy contemplates a steady and per manent line of action, but there s nothing of that kind in our acquisition of the Philfp- pines. The United States has not entered on a policy of colonial expansion. It s simply trying to do the best it ean with territory it has acquired through the for- tune of war and without premeditation. The McKinley plan of holding these new pos- sesstons and planting there the seeds of republican government {s far better than the Brown plan of abandonment. There 1s nothing in a colonfal policy of coward- fce to command admiration The Queen Was Not Br Chicago Tribune. ‘While the late queen was not in any sense & woman of genius, her tastes were schol- arly and her encouragement of everything pertaining to literature and art was con- stant and discriminating. The London Athenaeum says of her: “Never was the queen more sensible, more gracious, more bumap than in her intercourse with the great men of her time marked out by In- tellect.”” She was the first English mon- arch since James I to write books, her “Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands" having appeared in 1868, and “More Leaves” In 1884, The two volumes are pleasant reading, but in one sense dis- appointing, as they do not reflect the queen’s own opinions or predilections. This illustrates one of the disadvantages of being a queen. She may have opinions on outside matters, but she must keep them to herself. Rebuked the Nolsy Danqueters. Chicago Record. The Japanese minister to the United States, visiting New York as a guest at the banquet of the Silk Association of America, did what many another person has felt like doing on other occaslons. While reading his written speech the other guests began to laugh and talk, whereupon Mr. Kogora Takahira flung his manuscript on the floor and refused to proceed. Mr. Takahira had for his subject apan and Its Estimate of America,” which ought to have been exceedingly interesting and profitable. Tt is likely, however, that the next time that subject is assigned to him his expressions will be still more inter- esting, expanded as his estimates will be by the experience in question. What he thinks about our national politeness, as one feature of affairs, should be highly editying. It is unfortunate that on such an oc- caslon the hosts of the evening could not adopt even temporarily the formal courtesy that marks soclal events, great and small, in the Orient, The Lobby of a Public Enemy, 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. It is a fact admitted by fair-minded citi- zens of Missourl, regardless of party, that legislation in this state has long been con- trolled by a lobby, This lobby is a power- ful organization with tentacles reaching into every section of the state. Its term never expires. It begins with a new legis- lature just where it left off with the old one, and puts out its feelers around new state officers to ascertain the extent to which they can be used for lobby purposes. What the lobby seeks is legislation for pri- vate gain. Ita schemes are contrived for the profit of the few at the expense of the many. It sounds like a platitude to assert that the proper object of a legislature is to promote the welfare of all the people of the state. In Missouri, however, the state- ment is an abstraction or a myth rather than a practical trulsm. The lobby in Mis- sourl has been the supreme governing power for many years. It shapes the laws that touch or add to its financlal inter- ests. All citizens are its prey, the com- monwealth {s its quarry. All honest men hold it in abhorrence and would rejoice to see it driven out and destroyed forever. nt. Let Mr. Blair Name the Man, Army and Navy Register We have come into possession of a re- markable document, the preface of which bears the signature of Mr. Frank P. Blair of Chicago, one of the attorneys who rep- resented 0. M. Carter durings the latter's trial by court-martial at Savannah, for al- leged conspiracy against the government while a captain of engineers of the army. There is one sentence, that concluding Mr. Blair says, “The truth in this case will finally come out—no staff department o the army s powerful enough to keep it hid much longer, and when it does its light will smite more than one person with blind- ness We should say that the time for turning on the blinding light will never be more opportune than now. If Mr. Blair possesses ony definite information which will sustain his fnsinuations that any staft department of the army is hiding the truth in the Cirter case, it Is high time that he impart these important facts to those who are anxious to share with him the “inside history” of the prosecution. We imagine that such officers as General John M. Wil- son and Judge Advocate General Lieber will be quite ready to meet anything which Mr. Blair may have to offer. If that gentle- man intends to smite anyone, now Is the time for bim to do it ANME AN Wac wage-earner has at the same time advan; g for a rainy enlarged. With wurplus would much the past. At this point M Eives the wage-carners e what they are saving. spend quite the gross amount of thelr wages, but the present enormous holdings of the wavings banks would scem to d mand a stronger statement than this. large share of the money now. in sich in stitutions represents the savings of wage earners. The totals In the reports of such banks alone would indicate that the em-| ployes on farms, fn factories, on railroads | be constantly frugality his greater than in Wright hardly ugh credit for He says they do not day would | care and be and in industries of all kinds have never| before had so much money lald by for a rainy day But are the wage-earners of the present day as contented as those of fifty years ago? It may be admitted that their real wages are higher than ever in the past, and that they are saving more than before, but this is no indlcation of thelr state of mind As thelr wages have fncreased and their hours have decreased they have developed deaires for more of the comforts and luxur- fes of life. Nobody would expect them to ive as did the workingmen of half a cen- tury ago. As knowledge of and desire for the good things of earth incre lscontent 18 apt to grow. This discontent spans the distance between what a man has and what he wants. Is this gap wider or narrower now than it was fifty years ago? Still an- | other question: Is anybody sure it would be best for them or for the nation if they 10 be made contented—In the sense of having no unfulfilled desires? STATUS OF MRS. NATION, Carrle Hushand Declares the Trip o Be n Mistake. Chicago Inter Ocean. Although he is a comparatively inconse- quentlal person at this time, it is at least | Interesting to learn what the husband of Mrs. Natlon is thinking about her just now. “'She should remain in Kansas, where she can do some good,” ke says in an interview “I do not approve her golng all over the east and making a show of herself, as some people out there only want to make fun of her. I think she is showing to the world that she is losing her nerve. “If ehe starts to raise any row in Chi- cago or other towns I hope they wil put her in jail and make her suffer for it. I took her part and spent several hundred hard-earned dollars while she was fighting saloons in Wichita, but when she goes out of her sphere I will bave nothing more to do with her should she get into trouble.” It is not often that the husband of a woman like Mrs. Nation exhibits such dar- fng. Without any desire to reflect upon him, it {s difficult to refrain from suggest- ing that he might have hesitated to express himself thus freely and boldly had he not been aware at the time that Mrs. Nation, accompanied by her press agent, was al- ready over the Kansas border and speeding toward an expectant east. Removed from her influence, Mr. Natlon, it will be seen, was rather inclined to regret his separation from the several hundred dollars which Mrs. Natlon's campaign in Wichita had cost him. It {s unlikely that, under the spell of her presence, he would bave thought of referring to such a trifle. It was only when he found that she was abandoning her sphere and her hatchet and making for the scoffing cast that he began to regard the Wichita investment as a dead loss. Yet we doubt very much that in the event of Mrs. Nation finding trouble here or clsewhere Mr. Nation will harden his heart against her. It is not reasonable to suppose that he will. The husbands of such women are necessarily long suffering, for- giving and forgetful. The case of Mr. Lease, husband of Mary Elizabeth Lease, Is suffi- clent to establish the fact that the worm will not turn while there is a shred of hope left. Mr. Nation may be inclined to be a little bumptious just now, but in justice let us suspend judgment on the entire sincerity of his declaration unti] Mrs. Nation finds it necessary to telegraph or visit him. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. It is said that the staff of Governor Yates is the most gorgeously appareled aggrega- tion of feather bed warriors ever seen within the borders of Illinols. The staff consists of thirty-two colonels, most of them young men of his own years, and their uniforms cost $273 each. Young Norton B. Plant, who expresses himself as being satisfied with $30,000 a year when he might have $17,000,000, is a good deal more of a philosopher than rich men's sons are likely to be. One hundred dollars a day, not counting Sundays and holidays, wouldn't be cigarette money for some fellows in his position There is a movement on foot In Wash- ington for the erection of a memorial to General Albert Ordway, the organizer and first brigadier general of the District Na- tional guard. Captain C. Fred Cook, finan- clal secretary of the Memorial association, will receive subscriptions until March 1 and if suficient funds shall be raised the monu- ment will be dedleated on May 30 next Mrs. Mary Palmer Banks, widow of Gen- eral N. P. Banks, who died a few days ago, worked in a cotton factory for fifteen years, beginning at the age of 12, and General Banks first met her there, As the wife of General Banks of Massachusetts she danced | with the prince of Wales, now Edward VII, | In 1861. Upon the death of her husband, in 1894, congress bestowed upon Mrs, Banks a pension of $1,200 a year. Senator Jones of Arkansas is a member of a humane soclety He 1s also on oc- casion the reverse of a dandy In his co tume. The other day he stopped on his way to the capitol and began inspecting a team of horses standing near the curb. “What you feeling about that horse's neck for?" demanded the driver. 1 want to see if the collar fits this horse,” sald the senator mildly. “Well,"” said the driver, “it it dont fit no better'n that collar fits you it's a darn bad fit. Git ep.” The Bartenders' association of New York has adopted resolutions approving of Mrs. Carrie Natlon. They say: “We believe our action will show Mrs. Nation in the right light. She is a misunderstood wo- man. Anybody who has ever seen a Kansas saloon will not be surprised that any right- minded person would want to smash It After drinking some of the stuff they sell in them one would want to smash every- thing." The bartenders have invented three new drinks In the smasher's honor, one of Conditton of Workingmen Has Ime proved During Fifty Years, Chicago Tribune. Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor, | delivered an address the other evening be fore the American Statistical assoclation I which he cited figures to show that the | condition of the workingman in the United | States has greatly improved during the last | | hatt century. He proved by foir different sets of atatiatica that the real value wages at present is greater than that of the wages of fifty vears ago. The money | recelved for a day's labor will now buy more In the way of food, clothing and shelter than at any previous time. But the his standard of living. Me wants more[hood. THis slightly rotund form was things than did the mechanie or farmer n(‘l'lnul in a rupulously well-fitting ¢ fifty years ago. He achleves more in a|[AWAY coat, in the lapel of which blos- day's work than his grandfather did, and|®omed a red carnation, and, best of all, he needs better food and clothing to fit|he had the rule-stralght parting of his him for this more productive work dark chestnut hair, The division was Mr. Wright says If the laborer did not | Mathematically over the bridge of his nose advance fn his standard of living his mar-|8nd the curling ends of the bang were | 8topped NGS 0 Scenes and Incldents Aronn of National Polities. | When Senator Kearns of Utah took his |seat in the senate it seemed that there Wi to be a trio of senators who part thelr hair in the middle, even after Senator Wolcott feft, says the Washington Times | The senators in this congress arranging their hair in this way are Senators Ken- ney, Kean and Wolcott. Senator Wolcott has failed to be returned by his state, and it med at first as if the trio was to be reduced to a duet. PBut Senator Kearns |appeared on the scene. When he entered | the ate chamber to take the oath, ft wag ovident in a minute that he was to take Senator Wolcott's place in the brother- brushed back toward the ears. Unfortunately, somebody made mention |of the fact that Mr. Kearns was one of the very few senators who part their hair in the middle. Perhaps it was the bhar- ber, and rumor says it was. Whoever ppened to make the observation de- stroyed all the little edifice of hope that those nterested in preserving to the sen- ate a trlo of members parting their hair in the middle had built up. The next day Senator Kearns appeared with his hair parted over the left eyebrow. Felix Agnus of Baltimore in Washington on his ,way to Cuba, where he has bought an Immense tract of land. He met a party of triends in the senate restaurant and they began telling war storles, says the Washington correspondent of the Milwaukes Wisconsi “In & charge during the Seven Day Fight,” sald General Agnus, “I was shot through the chest and tumbled down on the field. When I came to my senses I found that a young confederate, also badly wounded, was lylog across my legs. We kot all jumbled up in that charge. I looked down at him and saw he was in a General bad way. Blood was pourlng from my wounds and from his. He was very weak and kept calling for water. ‘Water!' he sald, over and over agaln. ‘Water! Water!® 1 had a canteen on my belt full of black coffee. 1 managed to ralse myself up enough to get to the canteen. I pulled the cork with my teeth and handed him the can- teen. I could hear the coffee gurgle down his parched throat. When he had slaked his thirst he pulled himself together and handed the canteen back, saying: nk, here’s your canteen. Thank you, d—n you." “Years afterward,” continued the general, “I met that man in Baltimore. He was a brilliant chap and was working on the old Baltimore Gazette. 1 took bim over to my paper, the American, and he worked there until he dled.” Out of the thousands of words in Senator Townw's speech four of them seem to have fastened themselves upon the senate. ““Whistle down the wind" is the popular phrase. The day after Senator Towne used it, Senator Hoar embodled it in a speech. A day or two later Senator Morgan used f{t, and still more recently Senator Teller sald that the deportation of the Manila editor was not a matter to be whistled WASHINGTON LIFB, A DELICATE SURIECT, Makes No Difference Whether the Bride Be ¢ r You Chicago Times-Herald Mr. Andrew Carnegle, in his new capacity of all-around adviser to mankind, declares that more men should marry women who are older than themselves, If a woman i 0 or 3 years older than her hushand Mr Carnegle thinks their unton is Itkely to be a good thing for all concerned We confess that it {s rather dificult to follow the drift of Mr. Carnegie's argi ment. Tt Is true that we have some notable examples of confugal happiness wherein the oaks aro much younger than the vines that cling to them There I8 the celobrated Harone Coutta and the young m And master (by courtesy), for example We have never heard it even hinted that the baroness and her husband were not as happy as two doves on a tin roof. Yet the baroness Is, it all reporta are true, almost Rurdett n who & her lord old enough to be her hushand's grand mother. But theirs {s an exceptional case and must not be met up as a precedent for the worll at large. It has been rumored that baroness’ young man was not animated by 10ve alons when he called her “baby first time, bat we have no right to draw conclusions from storles that have their orfgin in mere circumatantial combinations Another case on Mr. Carnegle's sido of thi argument fs furnished by Mr. and M George Cornwallis-Weat. Mrs, West, who was formerly Lady Randolph Churchill, might have sent her son's outgrown baby clothes to her futurs husband when ho was learning to say “Ah-Goo" If the Wests had neaded help. We have every reason to belleve that Mr. and Mrs. West are just as happy today as they wers the first time he took her In his arms and sald: “Tell me agaln, sweetle, that you never really loved anybody till you saw me." Coming a lfttle nearer home, we may con slder the case of Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt who fs, we bolleve, nine or ten years younger than his pretty wifs. Altiough #he cost him $40,000,000, his ardor does 1ot seem to have cooled in the least sin thelr marrfage. 1f appearances count f anything he (s still as fomnd of the lady as he was the very first time she ever 1ald her cheek up mnext to his Adam's apple and murmured: “I's oor fttls dirl." S0 we see that In at least thres notabla Instances senfority on the part of ‘the wife has not been a bar to happiness. Btill, it must not be forgotten that against tlhese Admirablo cases there are many of a di rectly opposite nature to be taken into account. It would be tdle to contend that unhappiness must necessarily follow where the wife chances to be one, two or even five years older than her husband. There i 1o reason why the woman should always bo condemned on account of her years. In these strenuous days men frequently suc- cumb more readily than women to the ravages of time and now that the ladies are playing golf and indulging In nearly all the other rational outdoor sports there 18 no reason why the years should not set as lightly on them as on thelr brothe: generally. Why, then, should it be neces- sary to insist that elther the wife or tho husband must be twenty or thirty years older than the other? Mr. Carnegie 18 evidently harking back to the days when he was a schoolboy for his loglc. There is a time In every man's life when it seems to him that he could be truly the the down the wind. The phrase fs old enough, heaven knows, but it seems to have struck the senators as something new and quite expressive. Senators are talking of a very witty re- ply by Charles A. Towne of Minnesota to Senator Chauncey M. Depew of New York. At the conclusion of Mr. Towne's speech the other day he recelved congratulations from many of his assoclates, including Mr. Depew, who had been an {interested listener throughout. “Mr. Towne,” sald Senator Depew, “I congratulate you. Your delivery was fine, your diction elegant, your peroration su- perb and your argument damnable." Mr. Depew,” replled Senator Towne, instantly, “I am delighted to know you approve of the only featuves of it you could comprehend.” Senator Depew laughed as heartily as others who heard it at Mr. Towne's re- tort, Much of the excellence of Allen's storfes are lost when they are paraded in cold print. They lose his unctuous humor, his graphic style, his facial expression, his droll tone. He Is especlally clever in ne- &ro dialect stories, one of which he told the other night when he had assembled his friends for the hog and hominy feast. It was a conversation between two dar- kies on his plantation, says the Post. “Mose," sald one of the negroes to the other, “‘do you know them niggers down on Catfish P'int?" Catfish Point, Mr. Allen explains, is a bend in the river. “‘Sure,’ s Mose, *Do you remember the gal I was paylng my civilities to?" “Sut'nly." “Dey has been tellin’ dat gal that I am the sneakingest nigger dat ever was. “Dey dld tell gal that you was dat kind cf a nigger ked Mose. “Dey sut'nly did. “Well,"” said Mose, “dey has got you lo- cated sho' enuft.” If there was ono thing characteristic of the late Senator Gear of lTowa, it was his frankness. Senator Dolliver recently re- called on finstance in which the exhibi- tion of this trait worked to Mr. Gear's advantage. Gear was a candidate for congress. The prohibition sentiment was running high in his district and the temperance people concluded to put the candidate through an examination. They held a meeting, to which they invited Mr. Gear. He accepted. The chalrman of the meeting was a Quakgr. “We learn,” said the Quaker to Mr. Gear, “that thee dost not belong to any temper- ance soclety, and that thee dost take a drink when it pleases thee?' “That is true,” replied Mr out any hesitation “Thee art very frank,” sald the Quaker, “and thy frankness Is more to be com- mended than thy habits. We do not think thee ought to drink, but If thou hadst lled to us we would not have supported thee. Thee will now receive our votes.' Gear with- And Mr. Gear did get their votes. He never forgot the incident and its moral. Those who have closely observed the conduct of Senator Willam E. Chandler during the last few weeks are wondering what change has come over the spirit of his dream, says the Times. For yvears he has been & thorn in the sides of the re publican members of -the senate, a free lance who was liable to tilt full speed agalnst those whom party afliation marked out as his friends. Of late, however, or more strictly speaking, since something happened up in New Hampshire, he rot been the same Chandler. True, his eye stil flashes the same old fire, but the pep- per sauce seems to have largely disap- peared from his tongue. The bursts of vitriolic eloquence that used to make ad- ministration members writhe in their seats are now reserved for the minority. His open advocacy of the ship subsidy bill is the cause of comment, especially his position was mnot clearly defined until a fow days ngo. There is an appearance of serenity on the republican side of the chamber when he gets up fo speak that which they have named “The Carrle Na- tion Cocktail.* was altogether wanting in the old dayi happy with a woman say fifteen or twenty years old than himself, but he generally gets over that feeling befors it becomes possible for him to obtain a marrlago license. WITH THE Tite: —Mr.. Marmaduke-Jones—Society nowadays scems to bc made up of such & lot of people we don't know. Mrs. Marmaduke-Jones—Oh, don’t put it that way, my dear; say rather that society nowadays {8 made up of such a lot of people who don’t know us, JESTER, Chicago_ Tribunc: By order of Paps Gregory XIII, the astronomers and wice men were at work reforming the calendar. the Julian method of computing the years a;lldvll:'! been declared ausgesplelt and out “What is the use,” demanded a walking dela,ua who dropped In while they wers making thelr calculations, ‘of working gver Hime? You won't get'anything cxtra or it. Cleveland Plain Dealer: ing at their first baby. “'With such a massive head as that," sald the ador man!" “With such massive feet,” sald the mors practical father, “he is pretty sure to be policeman.’ They were look- mother, “he will be a states- Chicago Tribune: Beautiful Girl--Don't Jion sometimes get tired, Mr. Richbatch, of ving all alons fn that great house of yours? Ho (elderly, but well preserved)—Indeed do, Miss "Hunter. That fs why I am §0Ing to ask my (wo old aunts to come and spend the rest of thelr days with me. Youth's Companion: One very eold day Tom, in his first trousers, was walking with his {iny overcoat turned back to its utmont mi sald the father, om. child, “button your coat." But the boy demurred. 1'Look at mine," added his father. “Yes,” sald Tom, ruefully. and obeying under protest, “‘but everybody knows that you wear trousers!” Cleveland Plain _Dealer: “The new king's new title is Edward VII, tsn't 1> {nautred ‘the patron who was walting to o her new walst tried on. Yes,” replied the dressmaker, her mouth full of pins. “His title s cuf V-shaped, with two whalebones set fn at the side." meeting the l‘hlr‘nfio Tribune: The near-sighted oitizen looked helplessly at the plles of drifted @now that lay on the sidewalk in front of his_house. “What would you fake to clean this walk?" he said, addressing the first man who came along. “A shovel, sir," replied Mr. Ruffon Wratts, walking delegate of Jewelers' unfon No. passing on. Kansas City Journal: Barber—Shave, hair cut, shampoo, bath or moustachs trimmed? Hotel Patron (absently)—Halr cut—make it rare. Indianapolls Press: ““You say the play was entirely without a villain?" “Yes—that is, If you choose to omit the author." Chicago Tribune: “When shall it bs, my own?' whispered the enraptured lover “Name the day " “It can't be before next Wednesday." saf the beautiful actress, falteringly. “f Jon't get my divorce, you know, until Tuesday.” Detrolt Journal: Golfer—What a Scotch dfalect you have. DId you not fin it _diMcult to acquire” Other Golfer—Oh! not so very. You see, T was naturally uncertain as to the dis tinction between shall and will, and that gave me a good start His Fond Deluston, Chicago Record The singer awned, when asked to sing, He sometimes dld—to please his friends They “Then give us anything; An anxlous audlence attends.” He warbled with a brassy lung, And, when the song was done, the stihs Fatiguoful, proved she should have sung But to annoy his enem!: SATION, Josn Wink, in Baltimore Amerfcan Fame and Death, upon a day, Met and chatted on the way “Greeting friend.” In kindest tones, Murmured Death, with happy smile, “Let us rest beside the way, Need we hurry all the while?” “I must hurry,”” answered Fame, “Further down the way T haste, Ope abides there whom | must Bid my sweetest fruits to taste,” “Reat you, rest you, brother min Death insisted, graclously, “But an hour ago thal « Answered to a call from me," b Fame and Death, upon a day, Met and chatted on the way. '