Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 20, 1901, Page 6

U e N P e I v THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY APRIL 20, 1901 OMAHA DAILY BEE. THE E. ROBEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. RMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily Bee (without Sunday), One Daily Bee and Sunday, One Year.. Tiiustrated Bee, One Year........ Bunday Bee, Une Year . $aturday Bre, One Yeat...' i fwentieth Century Farmeér, One Yea OFFICES: The Bee Buliding. " South Omaha: City Hall Bullding, Twen- 4 -Bith wnd M Strceis. Council Bluffs: 10 Pear] Street, Chicago: "16% Unity Bullding. New York: Temple Court Washington: 1 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Kee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addressca: The Bee Publishing com- pany, Umaha. 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B, HUNGATE, Notary Public, —_— It would be a hard thing to work up & railroad combination these days that did not include at least one road that enters Omaba, Advertisements are out for bids for excavating for the new building to be erected on South Sixteenth street, This looks like husiness, —_—_— Omaha's churches were never in bet- ter condition financially than they are today. Church prosperity is a pretty good sign of general prosperity. Officials in Luzon report that the Fili- pinos pay their taxes promptly and without complaint. No further evidence is needed to prove that they are not up to the modern stundard of civilization, C——— Prince Krapotkin, the Russian nihilist, severely criticises the Amerlean system of education. Our educational system Is far from perfect, but Americans are not likely to seck its Improvement by the introduction of Krapotkin's ideas. ST—— The latest emanation of the deadlock habit is to be found iu South Omaba, where the mayor and council are at log- gerheads over the identity of the new councilmen to be selected to fill two va- cancles. Here is another chance for the deadlock smasher. The Real Estate exchange is listening to un instructive serles of addresses on the subject of “How to Build Up Omala.” An equally instructive serles could be had on the subject, “How Not to Bulld Up Owaha,” without going far away for striking illustrations, Nebraska and Kansas want to be just as friendly as possible and to encourage any railronds that will bind them closer together. The two states were linked together when they became territories under the famous Kausas-Nebraska act and they have ever since had much in common. Em————— Cable reports indicate that after hear- ing the report of the English chancellor of the exchequer J. Pierpont Morgan suggested a merger with the United Btates as a means of securing the neces- sary revenue. Times are so prosperous over here Uncle Sam could easily help Brother John out. —_— President McKinley is to push the but- ton that is to start the machinery at the Buffulo exposition. The president has bad experience in opening expositions at Nashville and Omaha and will have still another chance at 8t. Louis, Re- fore he gets through he may be entitled to be called the exposition preside The British financial secretary uncon- sciously, perhaps, hit the British soldier a hard rap. He explained the heavy de crease in revenue from the spirits tax to the absence of 5o many consumers in the army in South Africa, It would appear that the British soldier is expected not only to conquer South Africa for his country, but then, come home and pay his own expense bill through the me- dinm of the beer tap, President Sehwab of the big steel com- biue has justified the faith of the men behiud him by his fiest public act. He Is credited with settling the trouble which threatened to tie up all the plants of the great company. Neither labor nor the company could afford to force the issue to a general strike when so little for either was involved. The men have shown no less god sense in meeting the steel wagnate half way Omaba is about to entertuin a confer- ence of the Mormou chureh to discuss plans for advancing Mormon interests in Nebraska, Omaba, or rather Floy- ence, was the seat of the great Mormon general conferenve held immediately after the emigration from Nauvoo and was for yemrs the camping ground for the Mormon ploneers on their journey across the continent to the Salt Lake valley before the rallroads were built, A visit to the early Mormon soat at Florence would be the most appropriate entertalnment that could be offered Omaba's coming visitors, ' FAVOR A NEUTRAL CANAL lie purpose of the admipistration to provide for the neutrality of the isth- mian canal lag the approval of naval officers who have disc e the matter, Captain Sigshee, chief intelligence offi- is quoted as saying that from an absteact point of view every Americ would naturally want the United States to fortify and absolutely control the canal, but from a practical standpoint this fs fmpossible, “The evils to arise from fortitications would be greater than those of neutrality,” said Captain Sigs bee. “Fortiffcations are expensive and could with difficulty be maintained at such a distance from the United States. If our fleet is destroyed, the canal, in case we build it under our sole protec- tion, will be taken away from us and becoino the possession of our enemy, Agaln, if o canal be built without the establishment of general neutrality, nation whose territory or com + 18 expunding will be interested In wovement to overcome us which bring about a free canal. IHe best interests of the United States demand the observance of the principle of neutrality. It s stated that Rear Admiral Evans, president of the hoard of inspection and survey, and Commander Hemphill, member of the board, are opposed to fortitications. In the opinion of these officers the advantages in favor of neu- teality ave greater than could be derived from fortitications. Naval men gener- ally concur in this view; indeed, we do not know of one who advocates fortify- ing an istbmian canal. The judgment of these men, who consider the question from a practical rather than a senti- ntal point of view, should have great ght. Those who oppose the neutrali- any may thought the W zation of a canal are actuated chiefly by sentiment or prejudice. They are un- able or will not see that the policy they advocate involves any danger or disad- vantages, The idea of absolute Ameri- can control so completely absorbs their minds that they ecanuot comprehend such a proposition as that of Captain Nigshy that a capal buflt under the conditions they demand would pass out of our possession if our flect for its de tense should be destroyed and the enemy would turn against us the fortitications we had constructed. In the case of a neutral canal, on the other hand, no nation would be permitted to selze it and an enemy of the United States could use it only after having destroyed the naval force we should send against him. As the Philadelphia Inquirer r marks: “In time of peace the canal will be open ‘to all the world. In time of war we shall control It against the enemy by means of our navy and if our, sen power is insutlicient to enable us to do that any fortifications we might have cted would be useless. They would keep the enemy from using the canal perhaps, but the enemy wouldn't want to use it anyway. It would be too dan- gerous and there would not be enough Inducement. In any case the control of the canal will depend upon sea power."” It may not be possible to convince some of our statesmen of the soundness of the oplnions expressed by American naval officers in favor of neutralizing an isthmian Ganal, but the great commer- cial interests that are concerned in this matter will recognize the wisdom of those opinions and ought to give them earnest support. BRITAIN'S HEAVY BURDEN. The declaration of Sir William Ver- non Harcourt, formerly the liberal leader, that the British government can- not go on in the course it has been pursuing for the last year or two with- out Involving the country In ruln, was none too strong. Such increase in ex- penditures as shown in the statement of the chancellor of the exchequer, necessitating additional taxation, must have a more or less damaging effect upon the material interests of the coun- try, though of course England is yet a long way from financial ruin, Adding to the burden of taxation will not pro- mote the industries and commel of the nation and these need stimulating a8 never before, because of the sharper competition that confronts them. Yet it is not easy to see how expenditures could now be reduced to any great ex- tent. The war in South Africa will go on, the heavy outlay for the navy must be continued and the organization of a force for home defense must be com- pleted. There is apparently no chance for economy as to any of these de- mands upon that national exchequer, Meanwhile the effect of the just an- nounced fiscal policy of the government 18 not altogether satistactory. T'he coal- exporting Interest appears to be the most seriously affected, while the masses of the people are made to realize the new burden in the advance of the price of sugar and all its products, The situa- tion would improve if the South African war were to close, but there seems to be no prospect of that in the near future, —_— DEFENDING AMERICAN SOLDIERS. The chavge of looting by American soldiers in China is indignantly resented in a letter to the New York Sun, the writer of which says that in almost a dozen letters received by members of his family from an Awerican army officer of Pekin the statement is repeat edly made that neither the American officers nor soldiers have done auy loot- ing whatever, These letters further- wore say that the United States troops alone have vespected the code of inter- national warfi and refrained from theft, both public and private. The fol- lowing is cited as showing the sort of stulf - General Chaffee is made of: “When a rich American in Pekin hinted to neral Chaffee that he would gladly bear the expense of transporting two magniticent temple bronzes to New York as a gift to the Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art if the general would over- 0ok the removal Chaffee voared until hig voice falrly shook the walls of the lnner eity: “Ihe American canght loot- ing or raping will be shot on the spot.’ The strongest testimony to the good conduct of the American troops in China is in the request of Li Hung Chung that they be allowed to remain in Pekin to guard a portion of that city, That distinguished Chluese statesman T « sald to have repeatedly complimented the American officers upon the generally esemplary behavior of the troops. Other observers have borne like testi- mony. General Chaffee is not the man to tolerate looting or any other lawless- ness on the part of his soldiers and the record made by the American troops in China is in the highest degree credita- ble to officers and men, ——— IRY ELECTIO. SERVICE. The novel feature of Nebraska's new election law that is not found in other states is that which undertakes to make service on election boards compulsory. he originator of this innovation is said 10 have secured his inspiration from the system applied to jury panels and to Lave adapted it to election boards with the expectation that it would raise the stundard of the men entrusted with the important work of handling and count- iug the ballots on which the result of COMPU L BOARD tion may often turn, argument advanced for this strange proceeding Is that by imposing a penalty for refusal to serve, the most intelligent, trustworthy and competent men in the community can be forced to put in election day inside the voting booth at the munificent remuneration fixed by law, taking his chief pay out in the consclousness that he had performed his full duty as a citizen, 1t Is added further that with a better class of clec- tion officials the mistakes in the couut and the possibilities of fraud would not be 80 great, It will be interesting to watch whether this experiment will come up in any measure to the promise held out for it. It Is well known that every man I8 sub- jeet to compulsory jury duty, but the busy business man usually manages to squeeze out of attendance in one way or another, although it Is not to be de- nied that the level of our juries has been perceptibly raised by the elimination of the professional juror. The loophole from compulsory elec- tion board service, however, will be found in the power vested in the various party organizations to suggest the names from which the election officlals are to be chosen. No campalgn committee is going to run the risk of presenting men for these respousible places unless it knows in advance that their action is agreenble to the persons concerned. To attempt to force ser upon an unwill- ing partisan who would regarg it as an unwarranted imposition would do more to allenate his support than any other thing. The campaign committees therefore, at least in the cities, will continue to make up their lists of eligibilities for election board duty p dolug and the compulsory character of the service arlsing from the penalties attached to neglect or refusal to quality will v« no more felt than if it had neve been inserted into the statutes. The elerk of the distriet court gives it out that the decision of the supreme cotitt upholding thalaw requiring’ him to turn all surplus fees into the county treasury will not prove of any benefit to the taxpayers because there will be no surplus to turn in, If the clerk w running his office under the old law there would be no question about the surplus, because he would see that the payroll for clerical assistance was kept within bounds by lopping off unneces- sary supernumeraries and paying those employed only what they could get for similar work in private establishments, It the county board undertakes to coun- teuance the distribution of the entire in- come of the office to a retinue of clerks the taxpayers will not get much out of it. On the other hand, if the district court clerk does his duty by the public as he would by himself there will be a substantial sum credited up to the tax- payers of the county — The deal by which the Hill interests gain control of the Burlington road places in the control of one man 16,867 miles of rallway, which embraces prac- tically three transcontinental lines, This i& more miles of railway than there were all told in the country at the commence- ment of the caveers of many men now active in the railrond world. The growth of railroad mileage was the wonder of the past two decades, but the immense concentration of management is a no less startling development of the pres- ent one, The burning of the palace of the em- press of China is unfortunate in many respects, Many relies of historical inte est were consumed and they caunot be replaced. The most unfortunate feature about it is that the palace was occupled at the time by the commander allied forces. This occupane; | avoused the animosity of the Chine who consider 1t a profanation, and the destrnetion of the palace while thus oc- cupled cannot fail to create still greater The ground has just been broken in the city of Atlanta for a new ten-stor tiveproof hotel designed on most modern lines which, when completed, s ex- pected to be one of the finest In the en- tire south, Aflanta is not so much in advance of Omaha so far as demands for hotel facilities a concerned. 1f capital can be induced to put up a hotel of this character and magnificence In Atlanta it ought to be open to induce- ments from Owaha An organization of New York demo- crats I8 being formed for the purpose of tsely as they have been | | ously disturb some social fighting Tammay New York democ- racy takes & moral spasm e once in awhile and starts in to exterminate Tanumany, but when an important eles tion rolls around it depends upon Tuu many Jjust the sume as its only hope of carrying the Emplre state, uglish shipbuilders bave placed or- ders for 780,000 worth of steel plates in this country within the past few days. If the present trend keeps up much longer British shipbuilders will be forced to follow the lead of several other in- dustries and wove their plants over to this side, or at least establish branches in the United States. S——— That Would Be n Spectacie, St. Louls Republic. What a pity 1t Is that some one of his size can't oblige General von Waldersee with a fight and thus stop his bullying of China, —_— Can't Fease the Mule. Loutsyille Courler-Journ “Government by injunction” has gone pretty for, but it has been demonstrated that it went too far when it attempted to injunct the American mule —_— Republics in Name Only, Cleveland Leader, One need not be suspected of the slight- est leuning toward any form of hereditary government it he admits freely that many momarchies are far better governed than most of the republics of South America. The conditions which are chronic in countries like Venezuela and the United States of Colombia are a reproach to the name of de- mocracy. They burlesque free institutions. Boom in Ra ad Stocks, Springfield Republican, The common stock of the Northern Pa- cific railroad yesterday crossed par and at the cloge of the exchange stood at nearly $4 above par. This road was bankrupt only about five years ago and only three years ago the common stock was kicking around the murket at about $20 a share. We gol some idea of the extent of the present rail- road beom in this particular case, which is by Do means an uncommon one. DIVORC New York Tribune: The decision of the United States supreme court In certain divorce cases is to be regarded with sin- cere satlsfaction as a step toward a much- needed reform. Baltimore Sul The supreme court's de- cision will act as a much-needed check upon this Industfy and it will be cordially approved by all who desire to preserve the sancity of marriage. Chicago Record-Herald: The decislon merits the approbation of all right-minded people. The granting of divorces on such filmsy pretexts as are trumped up in the courts of the Dakotas, when neither party Ils a legal resident of the state, and when one party seldom has a chance to be heard is a scanda] to the nation and a reproach to our civilization, Philadelphia Times: The vital point of the decision given by the supreme court is that a divorce obtained In Dakota by oue of the married parties leaving his or her matrimonial residence, going to Dakota, establishing legal citizenship and obtaining a divorce, is not valid In any other part of the country than the state in which the divorce was granted. Washington Star: The supreme court de- clares that a divorce obtained outside of the state of legal residence of both husband and wife is illegal. This leads to the as- sumption that the second marriage of one of the parties to such a divorce is likewlse illegal and vold. The decision, viewed in this light, warrants a broad inquiry into the valldity of hundreds of divorces secured in foreign jurisdictions. Such a general overhauling of marital titles might seri- circles, but it would probably point to the absolute ne- cessity of a revision in the direction of uni- formity of the maftlage and divorce laws of the republic. 3 Philadelphia deciston of the States seems cle ceedings cannot except in the staf The effeet of the ‘oino court of the United to be that divorce pro- (Buccessfully’ completed eré both husband and wife have a legalBwidence, or in the state whre the couple ed"when the cause for such action occurred. A severe blow has thus been struck at the pernicious, loose divorce laws In some of the states. Th» decision will go far toward discouraging people dissatisfied with their matrimonial relations from sttempting to sever them by proceedings taken in a state by one of them taking up a temporary residence there, It may also hasten uniform divorce laws in all the states, an end for which many thoughtful citizens have been working for some years past. POLITICAL DRIF Ohio democrats are talking of running Tom Johnson for governor on a 3-cent plat- form. The attack of D. B. Hill on trusts and combinations of all kinds discredits the ssumption that he approves the acquisi- tiveness of his namesake, Jim Hill. There will be state elections this year in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohlo, Pennsylvania and Virginla. A governor will be chosen In all of these states except Maryland. The Indianapolis Journal Is a trifle pre- mature in congratulating Nebraska on the passage of a reform primary law. The sentiments of good will are accepted on trust, however, Hon. John A. Kaseon, trealy commls- sloner at a salary of $10,000 a year, de- clines to accept pay for work which the | senate falled to act on. There are precious few Kassons in the government hill, Symptoms of opposition to the amiable prophet of Arkansas, Senator Jim Jones, are developing in his political bailiwi The republicuns cannot afford to lose Mr. Jones at this or any other stage of the game, The mayor of Homestead, Pa., is too much of a reformer to escape the notice of Senator Quay. He has issued an order to the effect that ‘‘women out shopping on Saturday night will not be allowed to stop and gossip on the streets.”” Homestead needs a ripper bill Llewellyn Powers, ex-governor of Maine, who has been elected 1o congress fn place of Charles A. Boutelle, is 62 years of age and bas been active in political life since 1864, when he was clected county attorney at Houlton. Mr. Powers Is a lumber King, owning 175,000 acres of timber land. A son of the late Calvin Brice of Ohio, who s doing a stunt as alderman in New York City, spurned the order of a local court and got thirty days In Jail. His aldermanic associates rallied to his sup- port and created a “jail" in Brice's resi- dence, where he is serving his sentence as happily as possible. One feature of the Toledo municipal elec- tion at which Samucl Lightning Rod Jones was re-elected mayor was the election by a larger majority than Jones had of Police Judge Wachenheimer, democrat, who gained come political distinction a while ago by deciding, in a case brought before him, that drunkenness was a disease and not a crime, The Unfon Reform party of the United States, which bases all its expectations of | political improvement on its cherished panace of a referendum, 100k its rise some years ago in Ohio and ran a presidential ticket for the first time last November Its success was not remarkable. The Unifon Reform candidate polled 4,284 votes in Ohlo, 1,141 in Illinols, 341 in Arkansas, 252 in Indlana and 147 in Maryland—less than 6,500 votes in the whole country. Representative Smith declared that the Texas legislature would go down in history as the worst free pass violator of party demand since reconstruction days. When asked by resolution to withdraw this pub- lished statement he stood by every word of it “I want it understood,”” he sald, *that senting the petition it would be necessary OTHER LANDS THAN oI R The German Reichstag has adopted a resolution requesting the jmperial chan- cellor to lay a bill before (he house placing various restrictions on (he rights of slave-owners in the German-African colonles, with the rider that the sense of the resolution should be at once sub- mitted to the colonial governors. It is belicved in Berlin that this is the first step toward the complete abolition of slavery on German territory. The resolution in question was the re- sult of a measure introduced by the o clalist leader, Herr Bebel, requesting the chancellor to bring in a bill providing that children born in German territory of parents who were in the position of do- mestic slaves should be recognized as free. Herr Grober of the center, or clerical party, opposed the motion of the socialist leader on the ground that the slave trade had been abolished in 1895, while Herr Bebel's resolution implied that it was still continued; on the other hand, he con- tended that it was impossible to abolish by a stroke of the pen such ancient insti- tutions as polygamy and slavery originating in debt, The consequences of such a step would be to bring about an insurrection in which the slaves would not take the side of their liberators. No one in the Reichstag desired the maintenance of do- mestic slavery, but the first step was to render conditions inimical to it. He then Introduced the resolution which was ulti- mately adopted. In the meantime Dr. Stubel, the director of the colonial department of the forelgn office, stated that in conformity with a resolution of the Relchstag passed in 1805 the department had collected a large amount of fuformation bearing on the question of slavery in the German colonies and that this Information would be lald before the colonlal council at its next meeting. what steps the government would take in the matter, he waid, would depend upon the attitude of the council. He poitited out that great differences ex- isted among the German colonies In regard to slavery. In German Southwest Africa, for example, the institution was un- known. It was not o in German East Africa. For the last few years the principal business of the Austrian Parllament has seemed to be to throw inkpots and make thirteen-hour speeches. There have, how- ever, been other governmental agencies at work keeping the country reasonably well up with the march of progress, and at the present time there is about to begin in the Cisleithan realm one of the greatest systems of public works ever planned. The scheme is to cover Austria with a network of railroads and canals. Nearly $100,000,000 will be spent in the next five years for rallroads and a considerably larger sum will be used in the course of a dozen years for canals. The railroads will comprise a great trunk line running from the northern provinces across the Tauern Alps to Trieste, with branches and connections which will make it a highway of traffic not only for Bohemia, Moravia and upper and lower Austria to the coast, but also for Bavaria and Saxony; thus, it is hoped, enormously augmenting the importance and prosperity of Trieste as a center of com- merce. As to the canals, one is to con- nect the Elbe with the Danube, and an- other is to connect that with the Oder, the Vistula and all the Galician rivers, thus opening a waterway clear across Europe, from both the North Sea and the Baltic to the Black Sea. . The stories recently sent out from St. Petersburg to the effect that signs were becoming evident that the people in the Grand Dychy were divided among them- selves om the question of Russianization have been in a measure ~onfirmed by the Finland Bulletin, a brochure published in London for the purpose of circulating in- formation relating to Finland and its peo- ple. Its current number records an inci- dent which it says is significant of the ef- fect which Russian encroachments on the constitutional rights and privileges of the Finnish population have already produced. A deputation of thirty farmers from dif- ferent parts of the country arrived recently In Helsingfors for the purpose of present- ing to the Finnish senate an address ex- pressing their disapproval of the senate's policy of promulgating all ordinances re- celved from St. Petersburg without regard to their legality or to the unconstitutional methods by which they may have been brought into existence. The address had particular reference to the new army pro- posals and the scheme for (he introduc- tion of the Russian customs tariff. When, however, the spokesman of the deputation waited privately on the vice president of the senate he was told that it he persisted in his intention of pre- to communicate with the governor general, who was then In St. Petersburg, and that there was no doubt that he would treat the address as a revolutionary act. After this rebuff fourteen senators were inters viewed individually and only three Indi- cated their intention of taking up a firm attitude when the questions relating to the promulgation of illegal ordinances arose. ““The suspicion has been aroused the Finland Bulletin adds, “that the seaators are out of touch with the people.” e A leakage of French foreign office ad- vices dispatched from Oran in Algerla to Paris has enabled a Marseilles paper to publish some information concerning what France has been doing for the last few months in the hinterland between Algeria and Morocco. The information also reveals the fact that the Spanish and French press in Tangier are practically under the con- trol of the French foreign office, and that press censorship in Algiers is most righl. Since the payment last fall of certain indemnities by the sultan of Morocco to the United States and Germany, all news concerning the operations of the French in the hinterland has ceased. It is now Jearned that two French columns are at present operating—one in the north and the other in the south of the eastern boundaries of Morocco, commanded, re- spectively, by Generals Risbourg and Ser- viere, who hetween them have 15,000 me: composed of regular troops, Algerian levies and natives. It is said that the columns have alreedy invaded the territory of the | sultan, and bave defeated bis subjects in battle. General Risbourg has established | rench anuthority to the south of Figing, in the country of the Doni Menia mhp..l through whose territory the French rail- way designed to counect St. Louls in} Senegal and Timbuctoo with Oran in Al- geria—is being pushed forward. | The sultan, it is said, who has only re- | contly become alive to the actual situation, | essed a cireular note to the United eat Britain and Germany through of these powers in add States, the representatives Tanglier, asking for support, and pointing GOIL.DEN ROD OIL COMPANY 1 in Calif w ot 011 ducers of Fuel ( Owners of 2,000 A OUR PROSPECTLS I welgh 130 pounds and own all the ground 1 can stand on, and I am able to take care of myselt on this floor or on the street.” This clgsed the incident, with maps and full particulars, sent you for the asking. JOHN G. CORTELYOU, Pres, 1011 Dayveoport $t, = O New. | will be out how the equilibrium in the Mediter- rancan would be destroyed should France be permitted to occupy Morocco. N The strong anti-English Germany for the last twenty years is a thing which has been growing, and it must be reckoned with in German politics. There is no other people on earth that the aver- age German hates with such a thorough hatred as the English, no matter whether the feeilng be justified by the facts or not, and the kaiser's unpopularity is in large measure due to his complete disre- gard of this feeling. How general this anti British sentiment really is in Germany, and how widespread and intense the unpopu larity of the kaiser is, because of his not «haring it, few persons outside of Germany have any conception. In Berlin, for ex ample, during this last winter, it was diffi- cult for a guest at any of the hundreds of soclal gatherings, in the highest as well as the middle circles, not to be en- gaged in a conversation whereln one was expected to join in the chorus of condemna- tion heaped on the English and the kaiser. White ¥Flags Outlawed. Chicago Chronicle The British War ofice has issued an order which says that “any officer or soldier who, when in the presence of the encmy, dis plays a white flag or other token of sur- render will be tried by general court. martial.”” This has been rendered necessary by the frequency with which British troops have surrendered to the Boers. To tell the truth, the British soldier is as tired of the war as the Boer is, and either sido | must needs give up sometimes from sheer exhaustion. This order, however, _seems caleulated to act as a goad. 1f the British must ask no quarter, then it must give none. 1Is this “clvilized war?" TRITE TRIFLES. Detroit Journal: Professor — Mr. Jones, what i= the highest form of the vertebrate? Mr. Jones—The celibate in-Amer- “The Rain- Cleveland Plain Dealer: “The fean managers call their show bow City."’ “No doubt there'll be chasers.” lots of rainbow ndlanapolis Press: My dear,” sald Mrs Lomhlorth. “are you aware that ah excel tent remedy for thirst is to place a small pebble in one's mouth?' The gentleman's face brightened. an,” his wife hastened to de- clare, “that any fye ghould be mingled with the rock in question.” Roston Transcript: _Carrle~There goes Nell with her flan They say he fell in fove with her at first sight Bessie—That's fust lke him. He alwave was a_funny fellow. . They say he liked olives the first time he ever tasted them. Press: De Kanter—Doctor Philadelphia wanted to stop drinking between meals Soakley—And are you going to do it? De K —Well,” 1 offered to compro- mise. Told him I'd be willing to =top drinking between drinks. Det the time?” it Free Press: “How do you pass inquired the city visitor of the friend who had moved to the country “1 don't pass it,;” replied the lady could always find something to do, passes me.’ who “it PittsburgChronicle: “Is Mrs. Mulliga- tawney in?’ asked the caller, presenting her card to the doormald. No, ma'am.” When will she be in can't tell, ma‘am.” She told you not to, 1 suppose.” Washington St You say that took an advantage of you in a commercial transaction.” Yes, sir, answered the acute person He has accomplished something that hasn't been done before in years. He caught me napping. | am undecided whether to take legal action against him try to purchase a partnership in his bu SAFEST SAFETY WHEEL, Joe Kerr In New York Herald. Life, my boy, Is a bicyele path, ‘And work {8 the wheel you should ride I you would mount to the crest of the hill. And coast down the other side. Jugt ofl the machine with cheerfulness And see that the parts are in trim Then straddle the saddle and pedal on With a ready, steady vim. Don't start with & rush up the hill of life— Just pedal n medium galt; d Remember that those who “scorch” at first Are likely to finish late Grasp the handlebars of the wheel of work With a firm hold—not too tight Then sit up stralght, like a man and push— Push for the road that's right! You may wabble a bit, and puncturcs, t0o, May ciuse vou to dismount. 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