Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 3, 1902, Page 6

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HUNGATE, Notary Publle, e —— Wanted—Some of those April showers that were withheld by the weather man, D. Omaha still has a few remnants of the wooden pavement era that should be eradicated as soon as possible, After all, the safest way to vote-and Insure having the vote counted is to see in advance that your name is on the registration lists, | A pertinent question: Is it necessary to have annual Dewey day banquets to prevent us from forgetting the fa- mous exploit at Manila? Where was the Omaha Woman's club when the councilmen pledged to help regulate the billboards voted to repeal the ordinance enacted at the instance of the club women? Those American naval officers who have been luvestigating the inside of the jail at Venice, have been released on the assurance that it was all a mis- take, but with the advice not to do it again. Ep— If those meat packers are really in no combine, as they all insist, they should have no objection to the courts enjoining them from entering into a combination to control the prices and output. The Sugar trust king has ventured to assure congress that his interest in Cuban sugar is exceedingly small. Why he should maintain such an expensive lobby at Washington out of pure sym- pathy with Cuba passes comprehension, Of course, there is to be no politics in the scramble for official honors at the convention of the federated club women at Los Angeles. But the wires will be kept pretty hot until the vote is counted and the result declared. The woods are full of republican can- didates for governor, congressman and every other office in sight. It was not so two years ago, when. aspirants to office were afraid to take the risk of falllng by the wayside on the political race track. | Tearing down fences set out beyond the street line by private property own- ers hardly comports with the erection of more man-killing billboards by a bill- posting monopoly. Let the illegal bill- boards come down with the illegal fences. e —— The first formal step for the post- ponement of the Louisiana Purchase exposition has been taken, This should afford grateful rellef to the Nebraska commission from the onerous duty of trylng to raise an exposition fund by private subscription. S No question but what a properly lo- cated market house constructed on mod- ern iines and wanaged as & business proposition would pay back to the city & fair return on the outlay in addition sky parlor market place, however, will come up to to rupning expenses. No this description. E————— It I8 very funny that the city council could not find time to pass a resolution directing the city attorney to enforce the rights of the city in Its contract with the Unlon Pacific railroad. But it had no trouble in finding time for convening itself In special session to pass the new billboard ordinance. T The police court « ses growing out of the street car pistol play of Senator Money of Mississipp! have been post- poned on the plea of sickness entered by the sepator's attorneys. The Mis- sissippl fire-eater might as well give OWNERSHIP OF CUBAN SUGAR. The testimony given by the president of the Bugar trust before the senate committee prosecuting an Inquiry as to the present holding of Cuban sugar and sugar lands was to the effect that his company has bought only a very small proportion of this year's crop. He sald that the trust does not control any sugar in Cuba other than the amount he stated to have been purchased, has no options on sugar in the island and no interest in it, direct or indirect, be- yond the amount purchased. If these statements are true the trust has been much misrepresented, but why has it been so eager to secure tariff conces- slons on Cuban sugar If its ownership of that product is o small as repre- sented? Was its motlve solely to de- stroy the American beet sugar industry and thereby secure the absolute mo- nopoly of the home market which it desires? Is it probable that the Ameri- can Sugar Refining company had no other object than this in urging free trade for Cuban sugar? It would perhaps be unfair to question the statements of Mr. Hevemeyer, but it is concelvable that there may be avail- able to the trust a much larger quan- tity of Cuban sugar than it has directly purchased, through an understanding with brokers who have made advances on sugar. According to the president of ‘the trust he made his purchases through Cuban brokers and how easy it would have been to have made a pro- visional arrangement with these brok- ers under which they could get an op- tion subject to the order of the trust. Then as to sugar lands in Cuba, Mr. Havemeyer sald that his company, as such, did not hold lands, but he had himself made some purchases there which he did not think a legitimate sub- Ject of inquiry. It is easy to belleve that the lands purchased by the presi- dent of the trust will become a part of its property whenever It is expedient for the corporation to take control of them. The shrewd managers of the trust understand that it would not be good policy pow to hold Cuban sugar lands in its name and results will be quite as satisfactory if the lands are ostensibly the property of its individual members. It is not probable that the senate com- mittee will get very much enlighten- ment on the subject of its inquiry from the Sugar trust managers. Whatever they have done in Cuba has been so shrewdly managed and well guarded that nothing worth while knowing is likely to be revealed, at least by them. Some desirable information might pos- sibly be secured in Cuba, but the com- mittee will bardly go there to seek it. In spite of the statement of the presi- dent of the American Sugar Refining company the general conviction that the trust controls ‘a large part of the Cuban sugar crop will remain and also the belief that large purchases of sugar lands in the island have been made in the interest of the trust. it ——— MEN AS WELL AS SHIPS. In building up our navy too little attention has been given to the matter of manning the ships. President Roose- velt said in his annual message that “there is something we need even more than additional ships and this is addi- tional officers and men. To provide battleships and cruisers and then lay them up, with the expectation of leav- ing them unmanned until they are needed in actual war, would be worse than folly; it would be a crime against the nation.” He stated that 4,000 addi- tional seamen and 1,000 additional ma- rines should be provided and an In- crease in the officers should be provided by making a large addition to the classes at Annapolis. Speaking yesterday to the graduates of the United States Naval academy at Annapolis, the president said that it should be an object of prime lmportance for every patriotic American to see that the navy is constantly built up and, above all, that it is kept to the highest point of efficiency, both in wa- terfal and in personnel. 1t is 'inex- plicable that congress has pald so little attention to the appeals that have been made to it, ever since the country entered upon the construction of & modern navy, to make better provision for manning our ships of war. Even the present naval bill Is lacking in this respect, notwithstanding the fact-that in his last report the secretary of the pavy particularly called attention to this matter and earnestly pointed out the necessity for legislation. It is a noteworthy fact that while there 1s no difficulty in enlisting all the men needed for the army it is hard to get men for the navy, and the explanation is to be found partly in the inferior In- ducements offered for enlistment in the eagily remedied. At all events, congress should con- sider this very important matter in having when they are ready for service. p———— THE BILLBUARD ORDINANCE. the danger from fires. An elght or ten-foot billboard is just navy. This, it would seem, should be connection with legislation for increas- ing the navy, for it is manifestly worse than folly to go on building warships and make no adequate provision for them officered and manned Up to the hour of going to press no- body in these parts has been able to ex- plain why the city council was convened in a speclal session to enact the new bill- board ordinance, or why this measure should have been thus rushed through. It was presumed that last week's de- structive hurricane had served warning on the ecity authorities that billboards were a menace to life and imb. A gen- eral conflagration some day will also prove that billboards materially increase The construction of frame structures of any description is prohibited within the fire limits for the general protection of the community against contlagrations. llable to carry a fire from block to block 8 & firetrap shanty. Acting under or- wherever they are erected beyond the lot line, but eight, ten and even twelve- foot tight board fences may be erected along the public thoroughfares so long as they serve the purpose of a billboard. The question that naturally suggests itself Is, What Influence was behind the billboard ordinance? Who had the pull and why did they have the pull? The bonding of speculators who make a liv- ing out of planting billboards on public thoroughfares is a farce, as will be dis- covered at no distant day whenever Judgment is rendered against the city by parties who sustain injuries through falling billboards. At the same time the bonding scheme is simply a device for creating a billboard monopoly. Nobody who desires to use the billboard for tem- porary advertising purposes would be willing to go to the trouble of procuring a bond. They would rather lease the advertising space of the billboard monopoly. The hundred-dollar tax imposed upon billboard owners is a sham as well as a farce. One hundred dollars a year for all of the billboards to be erected in Omaha is a ridiculously low compensa- tion for the unsightliness and standing menace to public security. Money alone will not compensate people permanently malmed, nor will the city be able to make good the losses that might be en- tailed by a general conflagration pro- moted with burning billboards that would carry fire and destruction in their wake. Eesa—x—_ __J A GRACIOUS AU The action of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy in pardoning the otficers of the cruiser Chicago who were arrested and imprisoned at Venice was most gra- clous and will certainly be warmly ap- preciated by our government and peo- ple. The officers bad, of course, In- demnified those who suffered from their conduct and there was no disposition to further punish them, but none the less the prompt response of the king to the appeal of the American ambassa- dor for the release of the officers was an act of courtesy which gives Victor Emmanuel a rather more than ordinary claim to our good will. The offense of Chicago's officers has probably been somewhat exagger- ated, but in any event it was a very unfortunate occurrence. One of the officers states that the report of their having been intoxicated was not true, that on the contrary all of them were perfectly sober, that they acted in self- defense against a large and hostile crowd and that misunderstanding of the two languages probably had some- thing to do with the trouble. Whether an explanation of this kind will be sat- Isfactory to the naval authorities at Washington remalns to be seen, but it is more than likely that the officers will be disciplined. The republicans of Lincoln have turned down the proposition to-extend the system of direct primaries in vogue in thefr city nominations to the nomina- tion of county officers and selection of delegates to the congressional and state conventions. This would indicate either that thelr experience with the direct primary has not been as satisfactory as reported or that there are difficulties in the way of securing proper apportion- ment of representation in the nomina- tion of candidates for the legislature and county offices. Governor Stanley of Kansas, eulogiz- ing the prohibition law, asserts that thousands of young men in Kansas never saw @ saloon and will,.therefore, avoid it. We fear Governor Stanley's confidence in the lack of curlosity char- acferizing the Kansas youth would not withstand the shock of exposure. They do not call them saloons in Kansas and the Kansas young man might be tempted to find out what the real thing looks like when he gets an op- portunity. | The inbabitants of the island over which Nebraska and Missouri are dis- puting jurisdiction have prayerfully ap- pealed to the state attorney general to keep them out of Missourl. As that would be a punishment entirely unwar- ranted by law and forbidden by the constitution cruel and unusual, they certainly should have the relief they are looking for, even If the supreme court has to stretch a polnt to give it to them. e In the will of the late J. Sterling Morton the old rule of primogeniture has received a twentleth century en- dorsement by the bequest of the home- stead to the eldest son, with the un- derstanding that It is to be passed along through the male line indefinitely. This Is another proof that the late Mr. Morton was a man of firm convictions and courage to proclalm them. — The World-Herald has designated its preferred candidate for governor on the republican ticket. It will now be in or- der for it to designate Its preferred candidate for all the other offices, city and county, and incidentally to name toe candidates to the various nominating conventions. That would relieve repub- leans from all further turmoil and trouble. E— Perlls of te: Philadelphia Press. The water treatment has been applied to the stock of some of the trusts with quite as disastrous results as alleged in the Philippines. Provoking National Insomnia. Baltimore American. John Bull seems to be thoroughly con- vinced and quite as thoroughly frightened that Mr. J. P. Morgan is his Old Man of the Sea. An ocean trust is too big a thing for calm contemplation over there. Perils of Submarine Philadelphia Record. The explosion on the submarine torpedc boat Fulton furnishes a new and disastrous proot of the exceeding danger accompanying the use of gasoline. The gaseous quality of this liquid and its extreme inflammability make it more dangerous in the handling than gunpowder. It runs meet the iling. Live Nebraska Towns What Inducements can Grand Island and Hall county offer to people who might lo- cate with us? Dwelling upon the oppor- tunities at hand for men with little or no capital, but who are willing to work amd determined, given such opportunity, to succeed. The certainty recently estab- lished that the beet sugar factory will operate next fall and in succeeding years puts the forty-aere farm, leased or pur- chased, in the range of very llkely suc- cesses to men of strenuous industry and sturdy thrift. For the idler will find beet culture, as he would any other farmimg, extensive or intensive, unprofitable. If he cannot mix up with the soil a fair quality of brain and a liberal quantity of brawn he doesn't want to tackle the job. Good land for such a farm, with a little dairy- ing and poyltry raising, can easily be reated at reasonable rates and that such land be located near the factory which Is to consume his main product isn't neces- sary. As to Inducements to men of capital: With cheap electric power now obtainable to the average industrial enterprise, such undertakings as pickling works, canning tactories, sand-brick works, a brewery— any manufacturing establishment consum- ing cheap raw materials that can be lald down at the door, ought to win out, even though In eome cases individual power plants were necessary. A straw paper mill or starch factory ought to find a re- munerative location. An experienced can- ner with enough capital to buy a crop and hold it for a season and to pay the laber of a season’s run ought to be able to se- cure the present vacant two-story brick building on his own terms. The “day laborer” field is quite well oc- cupled. There are here mo special induce- ments, though a $100,000 courthouse and Jail is now building and there are con- tracts for several business houses and large private residences. Nor has the re- tall mercantile field any particularly va- Grand Island—A Place for Workers. cant spots. On the whole, this fleld s also quite well filled with active competi- tion and well established and well-stocked stores. It is not long these limes that Grand Island can hold out inducements with permanent benefits to itself or the In- tending investor or newcomer in view. Moro intensive farming, a greater number of farmers and the industrial enterprises which could profitably work up the prod- ucts of the farmers into finished products are the things which ought to be profitable to all, either directly or Indirectly. Grand Island has an electric light, and cold-storage plant, an electric light and gas plant, Union Pacific car shops and roundhouse, the first beet sugar factory in the state, to which additional machinery to the extent of $20,000 to $30,000 will be added this year; a brickyard, broom fac- tory, a large steam laundry, a hide house and rendering establishment, a woven-wire fence factory, a creamery, foundry, soda water factory, flour mills, stock yards, two poultry packing establishments, ete. It is the best distributing point in the central portion of the state, being on two trans- continental lines of rallroad and having two branch lines. Its hotel facilities are neteworthy. The financial condition of the city s greatly improvisg and that of the county is exceptional. The county has not at the moment a cent of indebtedness and the bonds for the new courthouse, upon which work has just begun, which bonds are about ready for sale, carry only 3% per cent, being optlonal after two years. Its educational facilities are such as to have attracted many familles from other in- terfor portions of the state. It has two colleges. Its public schools rank very highly. There are fourteen churches, rep- resenting twelve denominations. It has one state institution, the Soldiers’ home, with over 400 members, not including officers and employes. It is progressive. Its citi- zenship is imbued with the spirit of or- derly liberty. It is a good place to tie up to. A. F. BUECHLER. fee onco ignited, flercely burns {itselt out. ‘Wherever and whenever it 1s used as a fuel there is a continuous peril, Byron s Not Prophetic. New York Tribune. Byron wrote that man's control of the ocean stops with the shore. In his most poetic vision he never foresaw a community of interests in steamship lines. Unreasonable Fears Banished. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Fears of extensive crop damage in the west from dry weather and unseasonable heat have been dissipated by cooler tem- peratures and soaking rains which visited a large part of the winter wheat belt the other day. The effect upon the grain mar- kets has been immediate and injurious to a large speculation committ to the bull side because of the hitherto dublous out- look for wheat. Admonition to Factory Owners. Kansas City Star. The panic among the girls employed in a Philadelphia tobacco factory conveys an ad- monition of the importance of ample and convenlent exits in buildings where many persons are employed. The girls were panic stricken by a false alarm of fire and In their wild rush me packed In the nar- row stairs tn 4§ terrible crush. While doubtless theréfavould have been many in- jured_in the jam even it the staircase had been “wide, the situation would not bave been 80 bad if roomy exits had existed. It is a curious thing that staire only large enough to allow a small fraction of the people in the building to pass out at a time are tolerated. There are just such death traps In Kansas City which ought to be abolished or reconstructed. No man has a right to maintain a bullding which te a menace to human life. — POLITICAL DRIFT, Des Moines clalms to have the biggest mayor in the world. He tips the beam at 352 pounds. The revenue for the running expenses of Kansas City last year was $1,125,000, of which $20,000 remalns unexpended. Mr. Bryan's criticism of the Beef trust is somewhat chastened by the fact that his blooded heifer still gambols on the neigh- boring green. The reform administration of New York City has made one substantial cut in mu- nicipal expenses. The price of asphalt paving has been cut in two. A Brooklyn aspirant for judicial honors admits having offered $12,000 for a nomina- T magistrate. The sum is about one alary of an eight-year job. The St. Louls system of municipal finan- clering casts a doubt on the pre-eminence of Philadelphia. Strenuous St. Louls coun- cllmen have saved $25,000 a year on & salary of $300. St. Paul sorrowfully admits that it has a bunch of boodlers who are working over- time at the city crib. Their activity is re- flected in a municipal debt larger per capita than that of any other city in the United States. There were by the last printed annual report 1,191 retall liguor dealers in Maine, & prohibition state, fifteen wholesale deal- ers, two rectifiers, five brewerles, 200 re- tall dealers and twenty-nine wholesale dealers in malt liquor. In the Tenth Kentucky district May Burkhart is a candidate for congress on the prohibition ticket. Miss Burkhart is & resident of Wolfe county, which is in the mountaln district of eastern Kentucky, and she is making her canvass on horseback. The custom in Massachusetts of advanc- ing the lleutenant governor to the govern- orship after the chief executive has had three terms makes it certain that the re- publicans will name Lieutenant Gevernor Bates for the higher office at the conven- tion #ix wonths hence. The retirement of James K. Jones as senator from the state of Arkansas will reduce by one the number of democratic veterans In service In the upper branch of congress. Ex-Governor James P. Clarke, who succeeds him, was governor of Ar- kansas from 1895 to 1897. A pew candidate for the democratic nomination for governor of Pennsylvania bas appeared this year in George W. Guthrie, chairman of the democratic city committee of Pittsburg, the leader of the successful fusion fight. In the fight in February the vote in Pittsburg was the largest ever polled, the total belng 53,124. Larkin, fusion for comptroller, had a ma- jority of 8,260 over the republican organi- zatlon candidate. Heretofore Pittsburg has been considered the strongest republican city in the country. George B. Cox, the republican boss of Cincionatl, was in Washington & few days 480 and was taken to the White House to be presented to the president. Congressman Shattuc had him in tow, and sald, when they were lu Roosevelt's presence: “Mr. President, I wish to introduce George B. Cox, a Cioclnpati republican of whom yeu ha heard, of course.” Mr. Roosevelt looked hard at the two men for & moment and them sald, rapidly: “Ab, how-de-do, Mr. Cox. Delighted, I'm sure. Good day.” And almost before his visitors knew what | Bpriaed Gy weis @i, - | OTHER LANDS THAN OURS, The coming coronation of the boy king of Spain, on May 17, will be but a faint fore- shadowing of the glories of the British function in June. Though in good health, Alfonso XTIT s credited with little physical and mental strength. The world knows him as an amiable and delicate boy tenderly tralned by a devoted mother in all that goes toward the education of a legitimate monarch. It would seem if the re- gency, so well conducted, might have lald the foundation of a happy, peaceful and prosperous reign for Alfonso. If such should prove the case, due meed of honor should be given to the queen mother, whose tactfulness, devotion and courage during the past sixteen years have been beyond praise. It may be accepted as a fact that it is entirely owing to her charm and fortitude that the present dynasty has been maintained in Spaln. Her domestic virtues and strength of character have won respect; her thoughtfulness for the poor and needy has enshrined her in the love of her son's subjects. Her sweet charity has been diffused continuously, it appears. The queen, it Is stated, is a leader in all good works in Spain; and her sympathy for the distressed has become proverblal. Her pri- vate purse is open to all calls upon ft, whether for the rellef of misery or as sev- eral years ago, when the state was in dan- ger. Naturally it s the wish of ‘all in- terested thoughtful students of the world progress and the advancement of that par- ticularly fascinating part of it at the south- west corner of Burope that the youthful king may at least prove worthy of his mother. It is suggested in some Europeon dis- patches that the efforts of Russia to culti- vate more Intimate trade relations with England are due to the somewhat strained trade relations between Russia and Ger- many. The determination of the agrarians of the latter country to secure much higher dutles on grains threatens the principal ex- port of Rus The government of the latter has eaid without any diplomatic cir- qumlocution that it would not submit to any such dutles as the agrarians Insist upon without active retallation. Besides that, there is the eo-called Wreschen incident. This was the flogging of a lot of Polish children by a Prussian school inspector because they would not recite the cate- chism in German, but replied that they aid not wish to know anything about the German religion. The parents stormed the schoolhouse and many of them were sent to prison, some of them for terms of years. One of the Polish mothers testified in court that as the Saviour of mankind was a Jew he undoubtedly spoke Polish and it was a manifest outrage to teach his religion in German. Of course this incident has created intense bitterness among the Poles, in Rus- slan as well as In Austrian and Prussian Poland, against Germany, and while the Ruesian government has been an oppressive master of the Poles, it is at present conell- iating them and they are reclprocating with some warmth of loyalty. The Poles are boycotting German trade, and if the Russian government could divert trade from Germany to England it would im- mensely popularize itself with its Polish subjects. Last week it was announced that the French government, ip response to repre- sentations made. by the Spanish embassy in Paris, had suppressed El Pals, the organ of the Spanish republicans, printed France. A deputation of Spanish repub- licans, headed by Senor Leroux, deputy for Barcelona, two deputies representing Vi lencla and Senor Sorlano, whose election for Tarragona was annulled, is now in Paris for the purpose of having the order of sup- pression withdrawn. Senor Fuente, the ed- itor of the suppressed print, has also joined the party. At first it was supposed that the delegates would have been arrested, or at e stopped at the frontler. Senor Sorlano states that the French police bave recelved speclal instruction 8 it Is feared that a carlist and republican rising will take place simultaneously about the time of the young king's coronation. He main- tains that the influence of the queen regent is used in uncomstitutional fashion. Her secret negotiations with Austria and the vatican are known. The application of the vote by the cortes on the religlous orders has been delayed. The delegation consid- ers that the French republican government ought not to forget that the Spanish repub- ntly opposed the German pol- it s its efforts, stated that El Pais will be published in Loadon by Rulz Zorilla during his exile, It was founded It was far easler for the czar to decree the abolition of the constitution of Finland and the extension to that former grand duchy of the Russian laws of conscription than it s to carry out the autocratic or- der. Even the czardom is coastrained to employ legal forms in the execution of its edicts. The method of drawing conscripts for the Russian army requires the appoint- ment of local conscription boards by the various communes, but the Finnish magis- trates with one accord prefer to resign rather than make the appointments. In addition to the breakdown of the machin- sry of comscription the Russian reerultivg Dr. Price’s Baking Powder supplies a pure, wholesom: e leavening agent, which makes the biscuit and cake of highest healthfulness at medium cost and protects the food from alum, which isthe greatest dietary danger of the day. The foremost baking powder in all the world. Notr.—~Alum baking powders are low ‘Priced, PRIOE BAKING POWDER OO OMICAGO. lum costs but two cents a pound ; but alum is & corrosive poison and it ders the bakin powder dangerous 1o uee in to-‘ officers are obliged to fight an infuriated people, who assall their minlons sacalding water and vitriol. The czar may yet find that instead of increasing his power by the suppression of the Finnish consti- tution, which he had sworn to maintain, he has merely added another Poland to his domaine and stamped himself a perjurer. DR 1t looks as if Switzerland would be first to substitute electric tractien for steam on its railways, an application having been made to the federal government for a con- cession for a line twelve miles in length of electric standard gauge railway for ex- perimental purposes. The Idea has been, it appears, the subject of much recent in- vestigation by experts. The problem ap- peals with insistent force to Switzerland, a country which is dependent on and at the mercy of other countries for its coal supply. The fact that the mountain repub- lic possesses a great extensive unem- ployed water power capable of providing sufficlent motive power to run all the rail- ways in the country has, It seems, given rise to many propositions tending to pro- mote the country’s independence in traffio and industry. MOTIVE OF THE WAR. Former Postmaster General Corrects Philadelphia Press. The Press admires Secretary Shaw'g robust vigor, likes his direct and incisive way of putting things and has heartily a plauded much of his good word and work. But it dissents decidedly from one thing he #ald In his Pittsburg speech Saturday night. Referring to the Spanish-American war he sald: “Disgulse it as we will, deny it we may, the element of self-interest was a factor in the equation in 1898. We were masters of our own markets and were reaching out for new omes. Yes, com- merclalism, if you please, had touched us and so it was that our self-interest as well as our unselfishness was appealed to."” We beg leave to deny this proposition. It would not, indeed, have been strange if it had been true. It would only have illustrated the motive on which nations generally act. But as a matter of fact the commercial element was not “‘a factor in the equation.” If It wi tell us where. Not with reference to Cuba, for congress went out of its way to pledge her inde- pendence and our abstention from her con- quest. Not with reference to Porto Rico, for it was too small to be taken into account. Not with reference to the Philip- pines, for not one man in a million before the war was declared stopped to look half way around the globe and think we should acquire them or what we should do with them if we did. Self-interest became a factor, but not till after the course of the war showed us where it wis involved. Commercialism touched us, but not till our success de- veloped unpremeditated opportunities. It was the atrocity fn Cuba that spurred this country on; it was the destruction of the Maine that nerved the final blow; the en- trance upon the war was a matter of senti- ment and of a conviction of right and duty. But we bullded better than we knew. The war opened up & great commercial opportunity and we made the most of it. It was not till 1898 tbat for the first time our exports of manufactures exceeded our imports and demonstrated both the need from | every window and housetop with stones, | and the abllity of this country to go into the markets of the world. And just that was made plaln the achievements ot the war opened the gates of the Orient. That is where the commercialism of the war came In—not in its inspiration or in its Inception. Let us keep to the truth ot history. POINTED REFLEOTIONS. Philadelphia Pres: T ses you have a new fountain pen. Just made of hard rub- ber and gold, isn't 1t? ““This pen is made up of rubber, gold, ink and profanity—mostly the latte “‘Bigab; Cleveland = Plain Dealer: y 15 & worshiper of notorfety. What do you ‘spose he did yesterday?" “Give it up." “Took off his hat to a roast of beef in a butcher's window." harley, dear,” sald young Mrs.. T 1 did just what you told me to.” “You mean about economiatng “Yes. Instead of buying sirloin steak I bought a porterhouse. It fsn't nearly so large, you know." Philadelphia Press: *It seems to me that we ought to be acquainted with each other,” 'sald one measure In congress to another. What do you mean? “We've been introduce Chicago Tribune: ** got 80 now,"” be- gan the sour-looking man with the basket, “that the infernal Beef trust—'" this You won't find any beef trust blandly. shop,” Interposed the butcher, “My terms are cash.” Washington Star: It menerally takes three to make an ahgument dat amounts to anything,” sald Uncle Eben. “De man dat listens an' lets de yuther folks git mad an’' spread deir opinions is de one dat's I'ble to git de mos’ benefi iy =1 Chicago News: Diggs—Say, T mm1m you always claimed to be a man of intelligence? Biggs—You have sald it. Diggs—Then how do you explain the fact that you were called to serve on & jury it week? WHEN JE J. A. McCaffery in New York Times, A light foot fiits adown the stair, A Wt 6f Jaughter trills the air; 8he comes; her merry music swells Like carol’ from deéep wildwood dells, Or chime from dreamland’s airy bells, When Jennle laughs, In sunlight at my study door Her slender shadow flecks the floor; An instant, tip-toe poised, she bid: To scan if aught her presence chid She nods—and laughs! Her white arms round my neck she slips 8he prints a warm kiss on my What sweet persuasive art she ngs As, nestling to my heart she clin Ana, softly as a linnet sings, She pleads—and laughs! 1 try to frown heer pretense! 1 auote wise saws—a fraud prepense To keep my lovely captive there! But frown, l;nlub scruple, mll'xlm fair~ ‘en rules of logic—mel al b ‘When Jennie laughs! ‘Who could resist that pleading face? Who daunt that timid, winsome srace? Long ere her pretty pi Lo:! :rfi my l::roll-rl y mood be gone, Bhe knows I'l‘hl well her cause is won— And so—she laughs! The gracious charm, the witching wile, TS el bower of tear and smile: The spells that sway the hearts of men All blend their potent magic, when— Her mother's living self again!— My Jennle laughs! God bless the child! As off she goes, Her gleeful soul in song olflflowlj The old house—yes, the old world, too~ T, e ter hue thikos o & And e en Jennte Taughs. What’s the Use Paying from $35 to §50 for a summer suit—made to order “—~when you can buy one of our make that is just as good $15 to $20 They last just as long, look just as well and you couldn’t for be fitted better by anyone. And then, the bother and in- convenience of having to try on half a dozen times—is done away with here. In five minutes, we can fit you, and suit you to your perfect satisfaction, and at the same time you save fifteen or twenty dollars, and that might be an item on your vacation fund. All styles of hats, from $2.00 up. No Clothing Fits Like Ours. ing-|fng & @ Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers, R. 8. 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