Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 27, 1901, Page 6

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Sem—— | I8 it not stretehing it a lttle to make the proposed traction consolidation walt | for the power canal to furnish the water? Horses are returned at from $1 to $5 | a head by the assessor of West Omaha, | If wishes were horses in West Omaha even beggars could not ride, The well-attended horse sales that are befug held at different points through- out this western country afford new evi- dence that the demonetization of the horse has not been a glittering success. —— "rm German emperor s so well pleased with his American-built yacht that he has ordered another. Willlam 1% never content without having the best and he has at last discovered where to secure it. — It is up to the people who collect the rents for North Sixteenth street prop- erty whetber the street shall have a new | pavement that will retain for it its pres- tige of being the principal retall thor- oughfare of the cit King Edward of England has recently beld a public auctlon of a large quantity of old wine. The dispatches do not state whether his royal highness has sworn offt or whether he had despaired of drinking up his entire stock during his remaining years. maha bridge is not the only bridge in this district that Is under- valued on the tax lst. None of the bridges that span the Missouri at this point are in any immediate danger of sinking under the welght of tax burdens, Sr— Permission has been granted to cut the dead timber In the Black Hills forest reserve. There can be no legitimate ob- Jection to this, but in the past timber cutters have not been any too careful to pick out the dead trees. All timber looks alike to the forest poachers. The first commercial fruits of the in- vasion of China and the capture of Pekin are apparent. A German firm has secured the contract for lighting the city with electricity. The first time a China- man takes hold of a live wire the dis- trust of the “foreign devils” Is likely to break out afresh, Se—— The plan to ship unemployed from New York to Kansas to help harvest the crop might be worse, but if to be of apy benefit the New York aldermen must push the scheme through as rapidly as they-do a franchise ordinance ‘when the ways have been carefully and thoroughly greased. ————— South Omaha's bull fight promoters assure the Humane society officers that if anyone is hurt in the arena, elther man or beast, it will be the result of pure accident. If the bull chooses to TAX REFORM--OHIO AND NEBRASKA. One of the planks of the platform adopted by the republicans of Ohio reads as follows: + We favor such revision of the tax laws of the state a8 will require all classes of prop- erty to bear their equal and just share of taxation, and we recommend the creation of such machinery for fixing and equallzing valuations as will be adequate at all times to correct error and take notice of changes in value. The crying need of tax reform I8 greater in Nebraska than it is in Ohio. There is some semblance of equity and falr distribution of tax burdens in Oblo, but there is not even a shadow of equity in Nebraska. This applies with equal force to eity assessments, county assessments and state assessments, The so-called equall- | zatlon of taxes, whether by republican boards or popocratic boards, has been a sham and a fraud. | The fault is not with the constitution of Nebraska, which expressly requires a fair division of all the tax bhurdens upon the property of individuals aud the property of corporations and their franchises. It Is not the fauit even of the statutes enacted under the consti- tution, but is due chiefly to the misin- terpretation of the revenue laws and the tampering with assessors and the undue influence and pressure brought upon the equalizing bonrds, Whenever flagrant favoritism and rank discrimination are pointed out, the attorneys of corporate taxshirkers are on hand to bulldoze and browheat the public officlals charged with the re- vision of the tax lists and every possible influence Is centered to prevent the cor- rection of these abuses, while the rank and file of taxpayers are not represented elther directly or by proxy. The crylng need of tax reform Is admitted, but no reform can be expected until the tax- paying voters of all parties rise in their might and force their assessors and the men charged with revision of tax re- turns to perform thelr duties without fear or favor. Incidentally it may become hnperative to revise the revenue laws so that no looplioles will remain for tax evasion or failure to enforce the law. PAYING THE PUBLIC DEBT. One policy of the present administra- tion which has received less attention than it merits is that of paying off the public debt and thereby reducing the burden Imposed upon the taxpayers Ly the annual interest charges. In the spring of 1809 the bonded debt of the government, including the lssue of bonds for carrying on the Spanish war, was §1,046,048,750. Since then redue- tlons have been made amounting to about $58,000,000, but still greater re- ductions in proportion have been made In the annual interest.charge for debt, the latter amounting to nearly $11,000,- 000. - . It has been .the policy of Secretary Gage to apply the large surplus to the purchase and redemption of the debt where it could be done without waste- ful extravagance in the: prices: pald for unmatured ‘bonds. I pursuing this Judicious polley the finamelal skill of the secretary of the treasury has been par- ticularly shown fn the matter of re- ducipg the interest charge, In which he has of course been favored by the ex- ceptional condition of the money market. It is an Interesting fact that the gov- ernment 18 now getting the use of mouney for about half the rate of a generation ago and Is getting twice as much in proportion at the present time as could have been obtained by a given | expenditure In interest in 1870, The change is largely due to the refunding law and is a notable justification of | the wisdom of that legislation, which | had the hearty support of the admin- | Istration. The policy of reducing the public debt will undoubtedly be ad- hered to so long as there is a surplus avallable for this purpose. Whether or not the cutting off of revenue which goes into effect at the beginning of the | next fiscal year, July 1, will do away | with the surplus is a question that can- not now be determined. Emg—— IN FAVOR OF RECIPROCITY., The Ohlo republican platform reat- firms all declarations heretofore made by the republican party in favor of reciprocity. This Is to be regarded as an endorsement of the position of Presi- dent McKinley in respect to this policy ad commits the Ohlo republican sena- tors and representatives In congress to its support. The most explicit declaration of the republican party in regard to reciprocity was made In the platform of 1806. It was as follows: “We belleve the repeal of the reclprocity arrangements negoti- ated by the - last republican administra- tion was a national calamity and we de- mand thelr renewal and extension on such terms as will equalize our trade with other nations, remove the restric- tions which now obstruct thb sale of Ameriecan products in the ports of other countries and secure enlarged markets for the products of our farms, foress and factorfes. Protection and reciprocity are twin measures of republican policy and go hand in hand. Democratie rule has recklessly struck down both and both must Dbe re-established.”” This declaration was endorsed by the coun- try in the election of Willlam McKinley commit suicide against the wishes of , the bull baiters that certalnly eould not come within the domain of the Humane | soctety. Agoncillo still insists that the war in the Philippines 1s not yet over. He has | been having a uice time in Europe, while bis friends at howe have been chasing through the brush to escape belng killed and protection was re-established, but | while the administration took steps to carry out the other demand of the party the United States senate falled to do its part, notwithstanding the fact that the national platform of 1000 also declared for reciprocity. The republicans of President McKin- ley's state having reatfirmed these decla- or captured. But If he insists on fight- ing when he gets back to the Islands he 1 Wil find General Chaftee ready to ac- | commodate him, E— A protest has been filed agalnst Min- ister Wu of Chlna belng the orator of the day at the Fourth of July celebra- tion Iun Philadelpnia. The Philadel- *phians should take a look beyond thelr own narrow limits. Mr. Wu has dem- onstrated that he 1s one of the broad- minded men of the day, from whom even a Philadelphian can learn some- thing rations, it Is highly probable that the republican conventions of other states will follow their example, In that event, with the administration fully committed to reciprocity, it would seem that the republicans of the United States senate would be compelled to give this question serious consideration, In- stead of Ignoring it, as was done at the last two sessions. The reasons that were given in behalf of commercial reci- progity In 1806 are equally sound and applicable now. It is desirable as a means of removing restrictions which THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY in the ports of other countries and of securing enlarged markets for the prod- nets of our farms, forests and factories. Mr. McKinley has said that reciprocity Is necessary to the expanston of our for- eign commerce and this view Is very largely held by Awmerican manufactur- ers, as was shown in thelr annual con- vention a few weeks ago. Doubtless no reclprocity arrangement can be devised that will not meet objec- tion from some interests, but the ques tion should be determined with refer- ence to the general welfare, We are seeking to extend our forelgn trade. We want larger markets abroad for our sur- plus production. There is belng mani- fested a disposition to make it more dif- ficult for us to enter some of these markets. To avert this we shall doubt- less have to make some concessions. Commercial reciprocity is one way to do this. From a trade polnt of view there is no subject of greater 1m- portance, CHINESE EXCLUSION LAW, The Chinese exclusion law will ex- pire next year and the question of its continuance will be determined at the next session of congress, Already Rep resentative Kahn of California has pre- pared a bill providing for the extension of the Genry aect and the leglslatures of the Pacific const states have passed resolutions favoring a continuance of the present policy of Chinese exclusion. Meanwhile the Chinese residents of the United States have movement, in which the Chinese min- fster and consuls to this country are enlisted, to exert what influence they can against an extension of the law. A memorfal will be presented to con- gress urging that the law Is unjust in discriminatfng against the Chinese, that a8 a people they are unusually free from crime and pauperism aud that they are capable, economical and cheap workers in the field of labor. In an article In one of the magazines some thne ago the Chinese minister to the United States discussed the pollcy of this country toward the Chinese and with much force polnted out what he concelved to be the wrong and injustice done his countrymen by that policy. The matter has also been most intelll- gently discussed by the Chinese consul general at New York. What these rep- resentatives of China chiefly object to s the discrimination, the singling out of thelr countrymen for exclusion from the United States. But as the Portland Oregonlan re- marks, while in equity the Chinese have a good - case, thelr movement against the exclusion act will not suc- ceed. “Neither of the great political parties,” says that paper, “dares open this country to an unrestricted influx of cheap Chinese labor. The Pacific const would be a unit against it and the whole working class would oppose it.” Tt is pertinent in this connection to note that the Ohlo republican platform declares In favor of extending the ex- clusion law. One New England bank has already succumbed to Its falth in trusts. It bought the bonds of the writing paper combine only to learn when too late that they were comparatively worthless. The overcapitalised organisations are sure to prove the ruln of investors who blindly put their money in them. The capltalization of too many of these or- ganizations is pure water and some way should be provided of reaching pro- moters who Impose on the credulity of the public. Some of them constitute as much a confidence game as that worked by the man who pretends to put a §5 bill In a box of soap and sells the pack- age for $1. emmme— Information comes from South Omaha that the corporation managers appear to be resigned to the situation and will enter no serlous kick against the action of the Board of Review Increasing thelr clty nssessments $125,000. One would think they would be cheerfully resigned to the action of the Board of Review which still leaves them with a compara- tively nominal assessment. If they have no reason to complain against the ralse by the South Omaha city authori- ties they will have no more reason to complain against the county equalizing board if it moves their returns up to somewhere near where they belong. The railroad magnates are not to have everything their own way when they have brought about the community of Interest and directly or Indirectly raised frelght rates. Heavy shippers are preparing to meet combination with combination to demand relief from the Interstate Commerce commission and ultimately from congress. With legitl- mate economies of operation and methods of Increasing net revenues the public has no quarrel, but the magnates will undoubtedly dlscover that the pub- lic will find a way, ultimately, to pro- tect itself from arbitrary exaction, —— The wreck of the steamer Lusitania shows what thorough discipline, coupled with the nobler traits of manhood, can accomplish. Although frightened pas- sengers made a rush for the boats, ignoring the motto of the sea, “Women and children first,” the officers and crew stood up manfully and succeeded, not only In giving the more helpless the first chance for life, but in enabling all to reach land in safety. Such incldents as these, repeated time and time again, demonstrate the superiority of the true heroism over the false, The council has a pecullar practice of adopting resolutions for new fire hy- drants or street lamps in response to requests of outlying residents and then of promptly sustaining the mayor in vetolng the resolutions because they call for an overdraft of the water or lighting funds. Would it not be a much better idea for the council to find out in ad- vance whether the proposed expendi- ture will be legal and save the mayor the necessity of penning all these vetoes? Puts Aside the Tempter. Detroit Free Press. Senator Allison almost comvinces the peo- Ple of the country that he might make a obstruct the sale of American products Ko0d president, after all. [t is the excep- organized a | tional man who will put aside such an am- bitlon upon his own motion and explain that hoe i8 t00 old for the undertaking. John Chinaman's Horse 8t. Louls Republic, All doubté of Chinese shrewdness should be djsptlled by the fact that they prefer American cotton goods to British. Tendency to a Spiil, Detroit Journal Eventually, presumably, the enemles of the Anglo-Saxon will be made his footstool, as promised, but just now those Boers act more like one of your old-fashioned rock- Ing chairs, ———— Schools Follow the Flag. Boston Globe. The number of public schools in Cuba bas increased more than ten times in two years. The achool follows the flag and the flag follows the school. 8o much, at least, for Amerioan occupation the Cubans may well be thankful nae. Shakes Home and David, Minneapolis Journal David Natfon has issued a statement to the public saying that Mrs. Nation, having left her home {n Medicine Lodge, Kan, never to return, according to her own declaration, he will hereafter make his home with his daughter at Iberia, O. Mrs. Natlon's hatchet seems to have done more permanent execution In her own home than anywhere els, Go to Sea and Settle It Minneapolis Tribune, As former . enator Chandler of New Hampshire is just now not very busy, belug a member of the Spanish claims commisston, and as Admiral Bob Evaos has no naval war on his hands, the two might take a boat somewhere out Into the ocean and settle thelr differences. The country {s not particularly intercsted in the dispute. Deluge of Dividends. 8t. Paul Ploneer Press, The payments of dividends and interest due July 1 in New York City alone will, according to reliable estimates, amount to between $120,000,000 and $126,000,000. Ada to this the amounts which will be similarly disbursed in other cities, and the magni- tude of the “distribution of wealth” which is to take place nine days hence {s some- thing not only beyond all precedent, but amazing to not easily astonished Ameri- cal However, the Pactollan flood will be s0 controlled that mo bridges will be swept away or lives lost. Waits on Hard Work, Chicago Chronicle. Mr. Rockefeller's convocation address at the University of Chicago was happy in many respects, but particularly in his advice to the students who were about (0 enter upoh the activities of 1if On a subject that has been greatly discussed of late he said: “The chances of succe better today than ever befors. Success is attained by perseverance and pluck, coup- led with any amount of hard work, and you need not expect to achieve it in any other way.” The {dea that obtains In eome qua ters that it may be gained by sitting around and swearing at the milllonalres is one of Suce JUNE 27 Millions get them out of the soil. Neither the Chi- cago Board of Trade nor the free cofna of 50-cent dollars will make him rich. The hocus-pocus politictans cannot add a bushel to the productiveuess of his land, nor can the “kings" of the corn pit add Anything permanently to the value of his crops. Having accepted these obvious trulsms the farmer will be interested in the scien- tific experiments now betng conducted by the Department of Agriculture, with a view to increasing the corn crop of this country without additional expense or labor. The sclentists have found that by cross- breeding the nitrogen contents of the corn are increasel and the number of ears to a stalk are increased. Experiments made in growing 10,000 specimens of these hybrids have already demonstrated that it is pos- sible to double the yield of corn from a glven number of plants. In addition to conductiug these experl- ments the department Is sending out some valuable advise to farmers in the matter in Corn Chicago Chronicle, ) If the farmer s to get riches ho must of selecting seod for planting. This advice | tNIFtY-nine years of military service. When 18 to go through the field and select corn from the largest stalks for seed purposes Not one farier in 10,000 ever thought ot doing such a thing. The uniform praotice of farmers is o select the largest ears from the erib for seed Thero's more money in corn than in the promises of politiclans. The bible holds up for emulation the man who makes two blades grow where only one grew before. How to do this Is what Secretary Wilson Is trylng to show the farmers. In meantime the products from corn, such as oll, glucose, rubber, cellulose, paper and flour are being multiplied and their value increased The time 1s coming when there will be millfons in corn. It Colonoi Sellers were on earth today there is little doubt that he would begin planting corm on a large scale. The valte of the corn crop of the United States In 1860 was $629,210,110, or more than double the gold output of the whole world, BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE, Scenes and Incidents Obxerved at the Natfonal Capital, At the urgent request of Rear Admiral Schley the opposition of his *admirers to the deslgn for a medal commemorating the deeds of the West Indian fleet in the war of 1895 has been withdrawn and the profile of Rear Admiral Sampson, commander of the fleet, will appear upon them. The de- 1gns approved by Secretary Long are re- garded ns exceedingly artistic and striking. The West Indian medal contains on the obverse alde n profile likeness of Rear Ad- miral Sampson, surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves, and has the Inscription in plain lettering, ““United States Naval Cam- palgn in the West Indies, 1808-—Willlam Thomas Sampson, Commander-in-Chiet.” On the reverse {8 a representation of “the man behind the gun.” It shows the deck of a naval vessel and a group, consisting of a seaman atripped to the walat, a beard- less young naval officer and a marine in his shirt sleeves holding a rifle, all standing in the rear of a small-caliber rapid-fire gun. In the background are the outlines of an armored vessel of the conventional type. partly concealed in the smoke of battle. Just below the group will be the inscrip- tlon commemorating the principal battle in which the reciplent participated. The de- signer gives the following example of the tnscription: “‘Santiago, July 3, 1898.~John Smith, Sea- man, U. S. 8. Texns, The medal will be held to the pin-bar by a crimson and blue ribbon, white being eliminated because it soils so quickly. For every other engagement In which a re- ciplent of the medal participated there will be a bar containing the proper inscription. The meritorious service medal conslsts of a wreath of laurel leaves, holding a five- pointed star, each point being: attached to the inner rim of the wreath, and the space between the points being open. The star has an anchor in the center, while the points bear the Inscription: the things which the American youth who expects to got on In the world will have to avold. —_— Good ice Reward: Baltimore American. ‘The promotion of General Chaffee to be military govermor-of the Philippines is & deseérved Nohor:> Chaftes is one of the best ‘represontatives of' the American soldi There is noievMence that he has at any time intrigued at Washington or elsewhere for advancemens, a Statement that cannot be made of some - army officers, and wherever he has been sent he hi 1ways done his duty, .Before the war with Spaln his service was chiefly in the. west, where he worked quietly, but effectively. In Cuba, in 1898, he did just what was to be expected by those who knew him best, and in China, in a trying situation, Chaffes’ 8004 sense, fairness and his self-restraint under conditions that would naturally pro- voke irritation, to use no stronger term, has accomplished for the United States as important results as could probably have been achieved by any officer in the service. BOTH SIDES BRAVE. Observations of an American Officer in South Africa. New’ York Tribune. Of all which has been written about the actual conduct of the South African war— and it has been much—nothing seems more deserving of serious attention than the report of Captain Slocum, U. 8. A. That offcer was detalled to accompany the Brit- ish headquarters staft and from the van- tage ground thus afforded observed the conduct o} the war with the eye of an Im- partial expert. His chronicles and com- ments are now published by the War de- partment, with only the omission of cer- taln passages in which certaln operations are discussed in & way valuable to the military service, but so frank and critical da to seem undesirable for general publica ton. This report contains much which was already well known, and also much which may be too-technical to command popular interest. It contalns, however, much that is ot popular interest and which cannot easily be too often repeated or be too well kept in mind by those who would form a| Just estimate -of that unhappy struggle and its participants. In this latter cate- gory we must place conspicuously Captain Slocum's judgments of the respective char- acters, from a military point of view, of the Boers and the British. Some of his statements, while not to be disputed, set forth facts which must ever be cause for regret; such, for example, as his confirma- tion of the sad tales of violation of flags of truce and use of explosive bullets by the Boers. But most of what he says I8 caleulated to send a thrill of pride through every sympathetic reader. Thus of the Boers, especlally of General Cronje and his comrad he says “Words fall me to express adequately my admiration for their tenacious and brave defense.” That 1s what we might have expected a just ob- server to say of the descendants of the detenders of Rochelle and Leyden. And of the British he deciares: “If ever a people or a natlon exemplified the phrase ‘brave to & fault,’ it is the British. * * * For Indomitable courage, uncomplaining forti- tude and implicit obedience they are beyond criticism.”” That, too, was to be expected as a true tribute to the sons of those who fought at Londonderry and Lucknow. Both brave. That |Is this American soldier's verdict upon both Boer and Hrit- ish. It is that which the discriminating and judiclous world has already and long ago passed upon them, but it s none the less pleasant to have It impartially and officlally repeated. Three races are there at war. They are the three In which Now York has the greatest historic Interest, te- cause they are the three which were the founders of this city. In the days of that founding they were all three renowned the world over for their valor, It Is wels come to know that they have not deg T ated, but that the opening of the twen- tieth cenfury finds them every whit &s herolc as did the opening of the seven- teenth. Both—or rather all three—brave; French, Dutch and British. But what & thousand pitles that thelr valor should %0 long continue to be spent in & wasteful and fruitless sirife! ‘“‘Navy of the United States in the War with Spain.” At the bottom of the wreath are the words: ‘“Meritorfous Service." The name of the recipient will be en- graved on the reverse. The medal is at- tached to a broad crimson and blue rib- bon, which forms a background for it. All the medals will be of bronze. Uncle Sam, it is said, is to coin a new 3-cent. piece, The new coln Is to Be of nickel and its radical difference from.all other colns with Uncle Sam's mint mark on them lles in the fact that it will bave a hole in the center. It is the supposition that this hole in the middle will enable the hurried handler of the coln to detect lts value by the sense of feeling. Some such feguard idered necessary for the reason that it is to be about the size and welght of the present nickel G-cent plece. ‘The size of the center hole In the proposed coln will be large enough to make it merely a ring of m his hole being about one- half the dlameter of the coln. It will pre- vent one of the difMculties which handlers of small silver coins were troubled with when the metal money began to circulate after the era of paper money. The small coins, which got inte the hands of children and some classes in the remote districts, method was to punch & hole In them and tie them on a string. This destroyed the circu- lation value of the coins and dealers who subsequently took them in had to stand the fixed ‘scale being finally arranged for deduction for punched dimes, nickels or other pleces. The mew plece can be strung without Injuring it. Kentucky republicans are giving a pretty exhibition of blue grass gallantry In Wash- ington. A number of them are antagoniz- ing the reappointment of Mrs. Gertrude Saunders, postmistr it Newcastle, Ky. Mrs. Saunders is & comely widow, who bhas many strong friends at home. But Semator Deboe and In- ternal Revenue Collector Cureton wanted tho place for a male worker and went so far as to request President Mc- Kinley to displace the widow. All this| came to the attention of Mrs. Saunders and she went to Washington to plead her own ca On reaching the capital went at once to the Raleigh, whero she saw both the senator and collector &nd upbraided them for trylng to displace her. Shu‘ talked somewhat excitedly and did not hesi- | tate to arralgn the gentlemen for what she | characterized a8 thelr attempt to deprive her and her children of a livelihood. She kept excellent control of herself until she bhad foished her arralgnment and then womanlike she sat down in one of the easy chairs of the lobby and cried convulsively. ““The Clvil Service commission bas had in operation for over three years a serles of what are known ai In the service of the government,” ex- plained an official of the commission to a Washington Star reporter, “and It has beeu found to work very eatisfactorily, althougn be may be unable to sign his name to his application. Throughout the south there are thousands of colored mechanics who are unable to write, but under the rule the ap- plication s just as good when signed by a cross as It signed in full. The commission has established local boards of examiners in hundreds of citles whose dutles are to classify and grade applicants. The classi- fleations are made on age, character as a workman, experience and physical condi- tion, though In the latter no physician's certificate s necessary. The highest grade for age is glven those between 26 and 45 years. The character of the workman is graded fn quality, ability and industry, This has to be established by vouchers signed by three former employers, From this infor- mation registers of eligibles are made up on which officials draw when they need the service of workmen. Every kind of a tradesman is registered, including pllots and divers. There are hundreds of cooka employed by the goverament, but after repeated effort it 18 found absolutely im- practicable to classify or grade them, and flaally cooks were excluded from the classi- fled service altogether. It was impossible to decide upon & qualification for u good cook, for what one sectlon or state would call & good cook another would consider a very poor ome. The wages paid copky ' ‘practical examinations’ | for the trades or mon-educational positions | ¥requisite belng by the War department in its different branches ran all the way from $25 to $00 per month, which, of course, includes board and lodging. Throughout Alabama, Missis- sippl and Loulsiana, in connection with the gangs of men at work on river and laves work, it has been found better to board the workmen, so that they can be kept together and worked to a better advantage. It Is an easy task o securo stewards and board- iDg masters, the men who purchase the supplies, but when It comes to getting cooks the whole system seemed Iikely to 0 to plecen. The Civil Service commission having declded that appointees of the reg- tstered clags have the same rights as those of the educational class—that is, that they cannot be removed without being furnished with written charges, which they are to be nish cooks with written charges to get them out of the service. Often one-half of & party would consider a man a good cook, while the other halt would be sure he was a thoroughly bad one. It tangled up mat- | ters 8o that cooks were excluded from the claseified service, and now can be hired by officers in charge of parties or by stew- | ards or boarding masters for as loug or as short a time as is desired, the only | that thelr cooking shall please those who have to eat it."* PROMOTION IN THE NAVY, Why the Man Behind the Gun Should Be Encouraged. | Rear Admiral Schiey In Success. | I am unalterably In favor of glving the | men of the navy every opporiunity for Eaining commissions. Upon this subject I recorded my opinions in an official report | published in 1888 or 1887, while chief of the bureau of equipment. The man behind the gun in the navy ought to have the samo privilege ds his comrade in the army to gAln a commission. I am in favor of| granting to him, after galning his promo- | tion, the opportunity of a course of say, two years at the academy, that he may| acquire sufMiclent knowledge of mathematics and other sclences and not be at a dis: vantage with the graduate of the naval academy fn matters of professiomal tech- nique. 1 do not pretend to discues the detalls of the plan that should be adopted, for they ‘may be lett 1y to the authorities, | but I have thought for many years that the men of the navy who are so Intelligent, so ‘¢apable and s6 ftrue ‘ought ‘tb have the' me chance of reaching its highest grades would be open to them in business or professional lite in civil employment on' shore. A man or a boy who undertakes a maval career ought to be able, through industry, meritorious performance of duty and skill in his profession to reach a com- mission and, by application to his Wutles, Kood conduct, sobriety or herolc perform- ance of service to be advanced afterward from grade to grade to the highest. Once establish the fact that the way 1is open from the forecastle to the quarter deck and the detalls of promotion will soon adjust themselves, and I feel sure that the men of the navy will not be found wanting in ability to reach the highest place by improving every opportunity for dis- tinction. I think, further, the result would: be good In bringing the navy closer to the people of our country. But, over and above all else, no man who enters the navy should for that reason lose any of the chances of rising to the higher places, as he could do under similar circumstances in civil employment. This 1s more fn har- mony with the true spirit of our institu- tions, which offer to every man oppor- tunities for rising to any position in our land through talent, industry and worthi- ness. PERSONAL NOTES. Senator Burrows of Michigan gets an LL. D. trom Kalamazoo colley Vice President Roosevelt and Mark Twaln have been Invited to deliver addresses in Kaneas City at the celebration on Auguet 10 of the eightieth anniversary of Missou: admission to the union. Mother Parlington has a few disciples left. “Mighty hot day,” remarked a per- spiring individual to the elevator man. ““No wonder,” responded the I T, “the atmosphere s full of humanity.” It seems to be settled that Rear Admiral Schley will remain on waiting orders untfl the date of his retirement for age, which Is October 9. Some of the friends of Ad- miral Schley have urged that he be de- talled to prominent shore duty to round the | allowed to answer—{t was necessary to fur- | | out his career; but the Navy department has |'mo place to which he could be assigued and he is likely to fill In his perfod of active rervice on walting orders. | General MacArthur will «oon complete he is relleved of his command in the Philip pines he expects to vielt South Africa and Europe before returning to the United States. | A retiring Harvard profeseor said at the tarewell dinner in his honor the other even ing: “When I was 20 I thought I was 40, | when 1 was 30 I thought I was 50, when | | wae 40 I thought I was 25, and when I was 50 1 wondered it they wera going to bring in the high chalr at the table and give me the bottle." Harrison W. Gourley, who was appointed by Abraham Lincoln to a minor clerkship | In the New York custom bouse, bas just completed forty years of service in that in stitution, having risen meantime to the post of speclal deputy naval officer and con | troller. Mr. Gourley s & native of Spring fleld, M CHEERY CHAFF. | mroc 1 dd—Are you renting a rl\llnr at the seashore this summer?’” |, Todd—No; I couldn’t afford it I'm buy | ng one. | Detroit Free Preass; I want you to com around and tuke a look at that horse you sold me the other day." “3ood heavens, is that animal still alive Chicago Record-Herald: John, dldn’t you earn any distinction whatever at college” | “Yes, they say 1 ate more than any two | other men at our ciass spreads. | - | _Boston Transeript: Hargett—Wa | Your #on L saw you with last evening? | Tisson—I have always suppossd 80, until | within a fow yes Now [ am uncerta: a8 to whether he is not my father or least my employer. Washington Star: triend of yours | young manin . | © "1 don't know,” answered Senator Bor- ! ghum, “unless he thinks that some of the older fellows are getting too wary and hard 10 handle. “What makes that lamoring for tho ithoa?' Puck: = 8arah Prymm (virtuously)—Lips | that touh liquor shall never touch mi: Hiram iKnipper (In an Injured air)—Wal Iy asked ye to treat! I didn't eve: know ‘that ye kept liquor In the house! Walter {suavelytoYeor that's the exact amount of your bill; but SieF h'mi-you have forgotten the walter, sir. Guest (savagely)—Well, 1 didn't eat the walter, did 17 —_—— CONSIDER TH CNIC. Detroit Journal Baltimore Amerfcan, Consider now the pienic and the man who goes there, Likewise the ‘lady plenicker with garlands in her hair; And let us turn our minds upon the way in_which they tofl To dodge the festive woodtick and other things that spoil The day for them that would enjoy th pure, untettered ‘fun Of plckirlg bugs and spiinters from newly buttered bun. Consider first the lady: lo, she worketh day and night and cooketh pi». and chicken, too, and with the cook dnth fight; empileth her felly jara and b keth frosted cake, and yet she voweth to her friends that she hath naugh to the the take. spendeth many shekels f r a fimey sort of dress, and garbeth all ner children fn a way that means distress; hustleth round " upon the .mori—the day the plcnic's eet; and then hr husband axketh her: '“Say, ain't you 02" ready yot? He also sweareth lustily that it is sure to rain, ‘and then they do the rapid sprint that they may catch the train, i lusty arma, and gabbleth on unceas lnfly about Dame Nature's charms. He telleth all within his reach about his wooderaft lore, And maketh of himself a large and talky f25¢ of, bore, The Tlady ‘telléth ofher dames about her children's aches and ' how she hop:s they will not encounter any snakes; And all ‘the other ladies talk away to beat the band, until the wonder of it is how each can understand The things they all are saying, but it worryeth them not, for women always have been thus since times that are forgot. Behold, when they at Iast arrive upon the pienle place. the sun retireth in a cloud and showeth not his face, Or if he shineth once at all he sizzleth with a gleam that maketh every one of them think he will turn to steam And first, of all the children dear inquire in accents sweet; “Say, maw! Oh, maw! Please tell us if it isn’t time to eat?" Yet very soon, the table's spread beneath the bending trees, all the crowd attempts to sit and eat from off its nees; The wicked boy—he gamboleth with joytul shout and cry, He walketh through the butter plate and sitteth on the ple; The ant and all his family for generations ) Appeareth in the marmalade and leaveth there his track; The spider hiketh to the sceéne and layeth in the wreck, And maketh much e: climbeth some one's neck The cunning little chigger goeth walking on the spine, And other points of all the folks who are about to dine; And then somebody sputtereth that som one 18 at fault, because the lemonade hath been composed with nasty salt! Oh, hearken to me, now my son, whe ever anyone Suggenteth going plenicking, you just get up and run, And shun &he deadly picnle it lifteth up 1ts head, unless yi eat some beetles and some leaves upon your bread, For it s better that you live in beaneries, and such, than that you let the plenic day hold 'you within its elutch It meaneth naught but sundry bites—about the same, to-wit: you do not do the 1t motting, E:J’l‘h)"::u are ‘tl:u one that's bit, 1 n on the - ganoth sunbur nose, and ran And other things xcitement when he when u'd ul, that Il the purs one {mpressive hole. PSS with 80 eat thy ple and sandwiohes within thy diningroom, where no outside ingredi. ents can Al the same with gloom fcnic, verily, my Ghild, It n & direful ake, ‘composed of worn-out pickles Tn thi,8 bargain counter cake. s this not true, just as we have co it not true, 4y have considered Yea, verily, it is & fact, as el sure as you are The —8erge and Flannel seersucker and alpaca coats. —Light weight stockings—~! flannel trousers. Soft, cool cotton handkerchiefs—Cool s roll collars- suits--Madras pajamas—Indi Feather weight straw hats. as the men. Exclusive Clothiers R. S. Wilcox, Manager. COOL SUGGESTIONS FOR HOT WEATHER THAT ARE REASONABLE, suits-—crash—linen—pongee—- Serge—Ilinen-—duck and 1ik, linen and mercerized shirts—Zephyr underwear uspenders and belts—Soft Wash ties of various materials—Bathing a mull night robes—and These are for boys as well We can make hot weather a pleasure NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. Browning, King & Co. and Furnishers.