Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 8, 1903, Page 4

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Those postoffice investigators seem to be proceeding on the idea of setting off their fireworks on the installment plan. —— e In fixing the district judicial conven- tion for July the committee seems to be determined to have a hot time, if not one way, then in another. To a man up a tree it looks as if the visible supply of injunctions and counter injunctions had about run out in the seven courts of this district. = The agitation for a municipal coal yard in front of the approaching dog days may be somewhat premature, but no harm can come from pounding away at the Coal trust. ‘With the glorious Fourth less than four weeks distant, it is high time to spread the Independence day oratory ont to dry, to make sure that it is quite ready to set off at the appointed time. X E—————t— 4 ‘What other country besides the United States could go through the storm and stness of business we have been encountering without impeding the onward march of prosperity more seri- ously? i 1t is recorded that Adlal rode in the carrlage with the guest of honor when President Roosevelt visited Blooming- ton last week. Adlal may yet get into the running for the democratic nomina- tion in 1904, eE—————— With the bridge arbitrary raised, the floods subsided and labor differences grgdually adjusting themselves, a brisk campaign by Omaha business houses should be in order, with promise of fruitful results. Smmteee——— The effect of the flood is most con- spicuously shown by the clearing house returns of Des Moines, which have fallen 54 per cent during the first week in June as compared with the clearings during the same perlod last year, —_— According to present program the populists will refuse to fuse in Ne- braska with the democrats this year, but they will nominate a democrat to head the populist ticket and then per- mit the democrats to nominate the same men. E————— Tt is to be noted that Charles M. Bchwab's promised resignation from the $1,000,000 presidency of the Steel trust has not been forthcoming. It will take a compulsory retirement act to pull a trusty trust magnate out of such a com- fortable berth. The state auditor's summary of legis- lative appropriations is out, but it is too much to expect the sesslon laws and legislative journals to make their ap- pearance this Soon notwithstanding the provisions in our Nebraska constitution fixing the time for their publication. This constitutional mandate has been ignored so regularly that it is classed along with the other deadwood in the statute books. * —_— The Platte river power canal opposite to Fremont has been projected to the front once wore with the assurance that. the capital to float the project has all been secured and that within eighteen months Omaha, South Omaha and Coun- cll Bluffs are to be supplied with cheap motive power, If not with cheaper light. This is cheering news, providing it proves true. Cheap power and light have been Omaba’s long felt want these many years and we are not particular where it comes from. But this com- munity has become awfully incredulous, especially in rlrw of the fact that the latest report about the Fremont canal emanates from Thomson-Houston hefd- quarters by way of Lincoln and South Omaha. Trregularities in deiivery | country STICKING TO A BAD PRECEDENT. In making the apportionment of dele- gates to the republican state and judicial district cqnventions the committees have made an arbitrary division of repre- sentation which cannot be defended or explained away except on the ground of established bad precedent and ex- pediency. The representation of Doug- las county in state convention, as ap- portioned by the committee, will give the 10,500 republicans of Omaha 54 dele- gates, the 1,800 voters of South Omaha 11 delegates and the 1,200 voters In the precinets 27 delegates. Reduced to gxact proportions, this means that the republicans in the city of Omaha will have one delegate for every 194 voters, South Omaha one delegate for every 163 voters and the country précincts one dele- gate for every 44 voters. In other words, 176 republicans in the country precincts will be represented in the state conven- tion by four delegates, where 194 repub- leans in Omaha or 163 republicans in South Omaha will be represented by only one delegate. In the judicial convention the relative disproportion of city and country pre- cinct representation is even more In- equitable. In the judicial convention the 10,500 voters in Omaha are to be repre- sented by 81 delegates, or one delegate for every 120 republican voters. The 1,800 republican voters of South Omaha are to be represented by 18 delegates, or one for every 100 voters, while 1,200 republicans in the country precincts are to be represented by 40 delegates, or one delegate for every 30 voters. Based on the ratio given to the country precincts, South Omaha would be entitled to 60 delegates in the judicial convention in- stead of 18 and Omaha would be en- titled to 350 delegates instead of 81, Why one republican voter in Dundee, Benson, Florence, Elkhorn or Irvington should count for nearly five republican voters living in the eity of Omaha is past comprehension on any rational theory of popular representation. E—— MAY BE SETTLED THIS MONTH. Two weeks hence the Colombian con- gress will meet in extra session for the consideration of the Panama canal treaty. There continues to be uncer- tainty in regard to the result, though late advices received at Washingtan state that the friends of the treaty ex- pect it to be ratified without amend- ment, though its opponents will make a very determined effort to have it amended, hoping thereby to secure its rejection by the United States. It is not improbable that the matter may be settled by the end of the present month, as there will undoubtedly be a prompt alignment of the friends and opponents of the treaty when the Colom- bian congress meets. If the former are in the majority they will doubtless be disposed to reach a vote on ratification with as little delay-as possible, while the opposition, if in the majority, will be no less inclined to have the question determined as quickly as practicable, It is a very disturbing subject in Co- lombia and however disposed of may cause no little. trouble in that country. It was stated in a Washington dispatch ‘|a few days ago that should revolution result, which is thought to be not un- likely, it would perhaps lead to the oc- cupation of the canal strip by American troops. In the event of an uprising having the avowed purpose of imperil- ling the interests of this country on the isthmus, our government would of course be justified in taking steps to safeguard those interests, but it would be neces- sary to confine our action strictly to this one object. Any fction on the part of the United States that savored of aggression could not fail to make an unfavorable impression not only upon European powers, but also upon the countries of South America, the effect of which would be far more damaging to us than would losing the canal. Our government cannot afford to adopt an aggresaive policy in connection with this matter and it is safe to say will not do 80 under any circumstances. Epm— THE OCOLONISS DIVIDED, ‘While sentiment in Australia ap- pears to be very strongly in favor of Mr. Obamberlain's imperial zollverein proposals, it is said that in Canada the plan is not generally approved and its unpopularity is increasing. When first announced by the British colonial sec- retary the proposed fiscal policy was cordially received by the Canadians, but discussion and more deliberate consid- eration of it has produced a reaction and the indications are, according to advices from the Dominion capital, that Mr. Chamberlain is not likely to get any very strong or ardent support for his scheme from Canada. It 18 pointed out that the French Canadians, who comprise fully one-third of the Dominion electorate, have with Great Britain relations as intimate as they wish for. They would prefer more to less independence, but are quite well satisfied” with tbe existing situation, which secures them in their language, laws and peculiar institutions, and they fear their safe position might be im- perilled by the realization of any project for binding them more closely to what 18 not their mother country. It is stated that Scotch, Irish and German Cana- dians are, no more than the French, in love with the scheme. They are apprehensive that there is more under than on the surface of the scheme and feel that it would be safer to let condi- tions remain as they are. The mari- time provinces do not look toward Eng- land when they think of the advantages to be derived from preferential trade. Their interests would be best served by free trade with this country. The hamberlain proposal is not relished by Canadian manufacturers, who generally dislike the existing preference of 831 per cent to British-goods, which would be increased under the proposed plan. Conscious that a further pgeference to England would probably be at their expense, the Canadian manufacturers THE OMAHA DAILY are naturally not enthused by the Cham- berlain scheme. A correspondent at Ottawa of the Bos- ton Transcript says: “Canadians are ex- tremely prosperous now and they are ex- tremely jealous of their political and economic freedom. This makes of them essentlally a nation, heterogeneously con- stituted and nominally dependent though it be. That they will not abate a jot of their liberty for commercial annexa- tion to England seems as sure as that they will not yield any of it for polit- fcal annexation to the United States. Mr. Chamberisin, it he does succeed in converting England to imperial prefer- ential trade, is likely to find when he tries to put his thumb on the colonies that they are no more there than was the Irishman's flea.” Some Ainerican newspapers are urging that now is the opportunity to negotiate a reciprocity treaty with the Dominion, assertiny that by so doing we not only could do a good stroke of business for the people on both sides the border, but should be able to bring the whole idea of inter- colonial preferential tariffs to the ground, for the reason that we can offer Canada more than England can. It is by no means certain, however, that conditions are as favsrable now for negotiating a fair and equitable reciprocity treaty with the Dominlon as before the Chamberlain policy was broached. It is quite probable that Canadian statesmen would be found less disposed to make satisfactory con- cessions than before the announcement of the colonial secretary’s project. At all events, our government is not called upon to take the initiative in the mat- ter, as it is being urged to do. 4 BURDENSOME INSTITUTION. When Nebraska abandoned the sys- tem of leasing the penitentiary it was assumed that the state prison would be made approximately self-supporting, if managed directly by the state. The penitentiaries of many other states have not only been self-supporting, but in some Instances yiélded a small revenue above the expense of maintenance. The report of Warden Beemer just made public fails to justify the expecta- tions of the advocates of the state man- agement of the penitentiary. Taking the exhibit of operations for the last six months as a basis, we find that the ex- pense of maintenance and salarles of officers and guards of the penitentiary aggregate $30,576, while the receipts from convict labor net but $12,047, leav- ing a deficit of $18,520 for the six months, which is equivalent to a deficit of $37,000 for the year, or over $3,000 per month and more than $100 per day for every day of the year. ‘While the number of convicts is 8 per cent less than the average of fifteen or sixteen years ago, the cost of officers and guards exceeds one-third of the en- tire expense of the institution and the ~ost of feeding the prisoners is fully double the contract price for feeding the prisoners in the city jail at Omaha. On a rough estimate the state is paying from 30 to 34 cents per day for feeding penitentiary convicts, while the city of Omaba pays only 16 2-3 cents. ‘Why there should be such a great dis- crepancy between the cost of living in a prison at Omaha or Lincoln is incom- prehensible. The contractor at Omaha supplies his own cooking apparatus, his own help and pays for his fuel, while at Lincoln the state owns the kitchen utensils, has the meals prepared by the convicts whose labor costs them no more than the feeding and clothing. Manifestly, there is room for reform. There must be higher grade living or wastefulness somewhere in the state boarding school for involuntary servants, There is"also a serious problem con- cerning the employment of able-bodied convicts in mechanical tasks in the fabrication of commodities that do not conflict seriously with the products of free Tnbor. It certainly is rather singu- lar, to use a mild phrase, that peniten- tlaries in other states have been self- supporting institutions, while the Ne- braska penitentiary continues to be a very heavy burden to the taxpayers. E— The charge so often made and as often denied that the trades unions not only countenance violence, but@lso pro- tect lawbreakers in offenses committed in the interest of the unions finds pecu- llar refutation in the following account of a murder trial printed in Saturday’s issue of the Chicago Chronicle, a paper outspoken both in its subserviency to capitalistic combines and in its antag- onism to organized labor: Abraham Covert, a union teamster, was found guilty of manslaughter yesterday afternoon by a jury In Judge McEwen's court. Covert killed Samuel Gates, & South Water street commission merchant, at the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- road freight depot. Unlon troubles caused Gates to drive to the depot to receive a shipment of produce. This brought on a quarrel in which Covert struck and killed Gates. Prosecutor Frank Crowe accepted on the jury five union men, They were the first to vote for a verdict of gylity, “Such men are a detriment to the labor unions,” sald one of the union jurors, This case must certainly have been an extreme one, but it affords striking proof that as a whole American trades unionists are law respecting and de- termined that their unions shall not be- come a cloak or an excuse for lawless- ness no matter what the incentive. —_———— In selecting a lawyer to represent the city in the rallroad tax cases care must be taken to get a man without railroad strings upon him. All the railroads have a community of interest in taxshirking and all the railroad lawyers will hang together. If such a thing is possible, the fttorney who represents the city should have property interests of his own that would give bhim almost the same in- centive to a winning fight as if he were conducting the case for himself. Having created an overlap of §70,000 by disregarding the lmits of its charter, South Omaba is now asked to vote an- other mortgage ou its taxable property BEE: MONDAY., in the shape of twenty-year bonds on the assurance that the additional burden will be so light that it would scarcely be poticeable. We are told that away off in Arabla once upon a time an over- loaded camel's back was broken by an additional straw. —— It is very easy to figure out how a new city hall in South- Omaha could be built at a lower cost in interest than the town is now paying In the shape of rent, but the enthusiastic figurers of the twin city don't figure that the build- ing of a city hall will promote jobbery and overlaps, besides entailing a greater expense for maintenance in the shape of all-around supernumeraries than the whole rent comes to now. For some unexplained reason Tom L. Johneon is not exhibiting any irrepres- sible eagerness to go up against Colonel Herrick as his democratic opponent for the governorship ef Ohlo. Mr. John- son’s circus tent may, however, be called into requisition to entertain the public before the campaign is ended. E———— Floods In the west and drouth in the east are doing some damage, but this is t00 big & country to have its prosperity seriously impaired by even such djsasters. emly Levity. Baltimore American. The man who prays “Lead us not into temptation” and then goes on to ask the Lord to help him get a fat government office must be a great joke to the Creator. P of the Buasine Philadelphia North American. No doubt Ambassador McCormick is sin- cere in absolving Russia of blame for the Kishineff massacre. But it should be re- membered that if he said anything else he wouldn't be ambassador. Plaint of the Thirsty. Boston Transeript. Into each life some rain must fall. But in the month of May, with only a third of an Inch for the whole of us, the indi- vidual allotment must have'been something less than a drop and but Ilittle more than a trace. D R — Looking Out for No. Buffalo Express. The discovery that the late Thomas B. Reed left a fortune valued at more than 600,00 indicates that a man may be a shrewd philosopher and unquestioned pa- triot dnd at the same time retain an eye to the main chance, b W Wish Prompta the Thos Philadelphia Récord (dem.). Ex-Governor Poynter of Nebraska de- clares that the populists will never again enter into a fusion with the democratic party. Assuming that there still remains a party of populism in the land, this would relieve the democratic party of Mr. Bryan. _— ‘ No Hard Times Ahead. Philadelphia Press. The raflroad companies see no hard times ahead, which must mean that they see no prospect of democratic success. Orders for cars and locomotives are increasing, Lelgh Best, secretary of the American Locomo- tive company of New Jersey, says that his company has orders to keep them busy until July, 1904 The railroad companies cheertully pay for locomotives delivered three months ahead of. time. The only danger to future sticcess is said to be the iabor troubles. —— Every Inch a Judge. New York World. As the month of June came in Assoclate Justice Harlan of the United States su- preme court completed his seventieth year, He has served twenty-six years on the bench. Under the law he may, 1f he chooses, retire on full pay. Writing a decision on this subject, with the full court of his finely preserved faculties concurring, he chooses not to do so. At 70 Judge Harlan walks from Washington to the Chevy Chase club, a good seven miles, to play his frequent game of golf. He seldom rides to or from the sessions of the court. There are neither kinks in his muscles nor cob- webs in his understanding. Justice Harlan 1s the Grand Old Man of the supreme court and a grand exemplar of what sane living will do for the joints and the judgment. REMARKABLE DRY SPELL, Extent and Duration of the Drouth in . the Eastern States. Philadelphia Press. ‘The drouth is not yet wholly over in this vicinity, although on four days of last week rain fell. But as the total precipitation was only a little more than half an inch and was quickly drunk up by the thirsty soil the result was far from satisfactory. Much more rain is needed before the drouth- stricken states will have had the moisture required. It is probable, howeyer, that the dry spell which marked the spring of 1908 has been broken. This period can be dated from April 17 and Itmited by May 27, both inclu- sive. Previous to the first date about 15.19 inches of rain had fallen since January 1, or more than one-third the average annual precipitation in this nelghborhood. The ex- cess of rainfall up to that time was about 8.50-inches for the first 106 days of the year. Then the dry spell began, and from April 17 to May 27, both inclusive, a period of forty-one days, only a lttle over half an inch of rain fell. The average rainfall during that perlod Is about 4:60 inches. Bo the deficlency during the dry spell was nearly four inches, a serious loss at this time of the year. If the month of May alone be considered it is found to be one of the three driest on record. The government reports of rain- fall for that month begin with 1872 and in- cluding 1903. give a record of thirty-two years. The average annual precipitation for May during this period is 3.19 inches. The total rainfall of the month ranges from 054 of an inch in 18%, the lowest on record, to 9.46 inches In 1804, the highest on record. The three years in which the pre- cipitation for May fell below an‘inch were 1880, when 054 of an inch fell; 1887, when 0.62 of an iInch fell, and 198, when 0.98 of an inch fell. Last month is therefore not the driest May this nelghborhood has seen. And the dry May of 1880 was followed by & moderately wet June and a very wet July, and the dry May of 1887 was followed by a very wet June and July. If it were possible to reason from analogy then it might be predicted that the first two months of the present summer will see heavy rainfalls, more than ample enough to make up for the deficiency during May. But the law of compensations does not al- ways govern In meteorology, and wet months do not always follow dry months or dry months wet ones. The only thing certain now is that May, 1903, will go into meteorological records as a remarkably dry month, not only in Philadeiphia, but in all the mortheastern states. Much of New York state and nearly al! New England have been even drier than in this vieinity, large districts having had less than one- fourth of an inch of rain during the mouth. The only reliefs in the situation are the the early s to prevent as yet any noticeable shrinkage in rivers, facts that the rains during months of the year were so plentiful creeks and JUNE 8, 1903. TALK OF THE STATE PFRESS, Wood River Interests: Governor Mickey has doubtiess discovered by this time that ft is not all fun belng governor of Ne- braska. There are embarrassing and un pleasant situations in all walks of life from top to bottom. Kearney Hub: The removal of the bridge toll at Omah ferred. The Omaha bridge toll has stood for years without justification, a &pecles of extortion on everything golng out or coming in; or, in other words, a “stand and deliver.” Stanton Pieket: point. have sald or left unsald can materially af- fect the reputation of Mr. Savage, and it is not Mickey's fault, Plainview Republican: It is rumored that the combined railroads of the B. & M. and Unlon Pacific systems will try to prevent the indorsement of Roosevelt at the next state convention. They might as well try to stop a cyclone {n the midst of its career. Roosevelt will be indorsed Messrs. Rall- roads. Norfolk News: The sun smiled on the republican convention of Lancaster county, and the delegates indorsed Judge J. B. Barnes of this city for supreme judge. The combination is a gcod omen and the re- publicans of the state as well as the vot. ers will undoubtedly improve the first op- portunity of following the lead of the Lan- caster convention. . Fremont Tribune: The first gun of the season for the position of judge of the su- preme court has been firéd by the Lancas- ter county republican convention and in favor of Judge J. B. Barnes of Norfolk. This is a pretty substantial answer to the declaration of the South Sioux City Record that Mr. Barnes wguld have to look out for breakers in that section because of some connection with a bridge bond suit. Howells Journal: The Free Lance ad- vocates doing away with the office of county attorney and return to the old sys- tem of district attorneys. This would be a great saving to the tax-payers and the several counties would be as well served as at present. While we agree with Sprecher in this matter we do not for a moment be- lieve the desired change can be made. Politiclans of all political parties are clamoring for more offices and it will not be an easy task to induce a Nebraska legis- lature to 4o away with any of the official snaps now in sight. Schuyler Free Lance: Pditor Rosewater of The Bee never quits In nis work along the railroad tax question. At the recent meeting of the State Board of Equalization he was on hand with facts and figures to show why the corporations of the state ould be placed on the assessment rolls at a higher figure, but it did no good, as he was talking to a board which the rall- roads of Nebraska own. However, failure never affects the little editor. He will be on hand next year just the same. We ad- mire and respect Editor Rosewater. He and his newspaper are a great credit 0 the state. Sidney Telegraph: We have seen him. ‘We have heard him. We have studied him. ‘We have noted his intense earnestness—his sincerity--his strenuousness—his honesty of purpose—his pure and unaffected democ- racy. Born, raised and educated among the rich and cultured, he recognizes, among the poor and lowly, the highest types of 18fty and exalted manhood and the best examples of pure and ‘noble womanhood. He believes in and preaches the brother- hood of man. He lays un.lcul-.r tress on “Do as you would be done by.” He has no sympathy for or with the glant octopus in the shape of a trust that uses its power to crush and absorb its eompetitors and then wring from the consumers their hard earned dollars. In the never-ending strife between capital and labor he believes in arbitration and compromise, and gave the best- exhibition on record of skill, courage and diplomacy in the successful termination of the anthracite coal strike. He belleves in himself implicitly, and a: result all things come to him—'bull luck,” he some- times calls it. He jests when he says so, and none know it better than he himself. He is too good a general, too able as a diplomat, too shrewd as a politician, to have things co: by “bull luck.” No, they come in response to the touch of the mas- ter hand on the keyboard of the greatest nation on earth. His speech here was In part an euloglum on the work of the Grand Army. This is In line with his self-ap- pointed task of keeping alive the fire of patriotism. He realizes that we must be ever ready-ready to protect the weak, ready to resist the strong—and that this readiness is the surest guarantee of a long continuation of the blessings of peace. Beatrice Times: There is nothing in it, There is no evidence that the trust mag- nates are working to prevent Roosevelt's nomination for the presidency. The rail- road interests of the country are not labor- ing for his defeat at the national conven- tion. The alarm sounded by the Express of this city as to the president’s political future has no basis. The masses of the republican party do not have to refuse to g0 to bed in order to see Roosevelt win. The all-sufficient proof of the position of the Times in this matter is the fact that nothing has been done by the trust mag- nates or the raflroads to accomplish his de- feat. When potential agencies like these have political work to do they do not wait to begin until they have lost. It might be suggested to the alarmists of the Ex- press order that it is not yet too late for them to get another graft. They might, now that they have fallen down and been run over as far as the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt goes, raise the cry that the trust magnates and the raliroads have concluded to postpone their fight upon him until after his nomination. There would be (some plausibility in this kind of a claim, for the reason that these people care more for results than for politics. It makes them entirely better than they are to hold that they would work for Roosevelt's defeat, and then accept the decision of the convention as satisfactory if he were to be the can- didate. The Times takes the view that Roosevelt's nomination is as good as made, with the possible exception that he may not be lving when the time to name him ar- rives. It believes that the president's atti- tude against trusts is so reasonable that the magnates cannot find serious fault with it, even though he has filled them with econ- sternation in causing the prosecution and conviction of the railroad mergers. The magnates will try to have the supreme court undo the work of the lower court, but they recognize in this effort a much easier task than securing a reversal of the court of public opinion, whose decision is in favor of the president. ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. les on the Current of Life in the Metropolis. A newspaper woman tells this story of the chivalry of a gang of New York tough She left the office at midnight and took & Third avenue train at City Hall station. She was no sooner seated than a pro- nounced specimen of the genus masher of the East Side family branch entered the car. There was a wide array of vacant seats inviting ocoupancy. But he was true to his instincts and education. BSeeing a more than attractive young woman in one of the side seats upos hom he might force his attentions, he made for her and sat down. All the way up town he annoyed her in small ways, secking to attract her atten- is an act of justice long de- The coal oll conference between Governor Mickey and Accident Savage very nearly reached the explosive Many of the people are of the opinion that nothing Governor Mickey may tion, but keeping just within the line where she would have felt justified in calling the guard. She kept her patience. When her staton was called she was out on the platfornrin a flash, but he was as quick for once as even a newspaper woman and as she went down the stairs he was close be- hind her. A long and then quiet block of houses lay between her and her home. She crossed the avenue rapidly, rapid as her's Afraid to venture upon the long walk, she looked for a policeman. None was in But in front of a saloon on the ave- nue were a dozen young men; she knew enough of New York to know that they were ‘‘de tough gang” of that nelghbor- hood. She also knew the East §ide idea of ehivalr; Bhe walked up to them. “Gentleme: she sald, “this fellow has been annoying me on the train and is now following me. I appeal to you for protection.” Gee, whiz, as the gang would have said. No sooner had she spoken than the masher turned white, wheeled about and ran down the avenue as though satan was after him. He knew the breed. Four of them were af- ter him like a shot. I don’t know what became of him,” the young lady says, “but it they did get hold of him may the Lord have mercy on his shiny hat and his soul.” “Yes, loidy,"” sald the leader, as he step- ped to the front. “We see youse is a loidy and we'll see you home. And they did. He walked beside her & respectful dis- tance and the other five brought up the rear. They tramped an avenue and a half, & vallant and respectful bodyguard, and sald never a word. As she started up the steps of her father's residence she turned to them and sald, “Gentlemen, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I never met nobler kindness before.” The six took off their hats and bowed. “Yes, ‘am,” sald the leader, “‘we know youse was a loidy.” Then they turned about and marched down the street as proudly as the mailed knights of old. [ The officlal weather sharp of Gotham, peering through the enveloping smoke of forest fires, declares that the present spring drouth is the wost on record in that locality. Less than a third of an inch of rain fell in the city during May and there was hardly a sprinkle during the Jast half of April. Thousands of gardens which supply the city with vegetables are in a half baked condition and the labor of the gar- deners blighted. In good restaurants a dish ot asparagus costs 60 conts, and the prices of other vegetables are in proportion, Hor- ticulturalists are among those who will sut- fer heavy financlal losses from the long dry spell. Many modern millionair include a camp in the Adirondacks among their possessions, says the New York Tribune, and find more pleasure in a log cabin near one of the picturesque lakes than in a mar- ble house in Bellevue avenue. J. Plerpont Morgan set the pace & decade ago, building a comfortable but plain house well away from civilization. John Jacob Astor's dwelling at St. Regls Is far more than a camp. Spencer Trask is arranging for a home in the mountains. Of the younger set, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt has a finely equipped lodge near Paul Smith's, and Reginald, his brother, probably will go and do lkewise. Miss Mary Harriman, whose father, E. H. Harriman, is one of Paul Smith's colony, prefers their rugged mountain home to their Tuxedo mansion, and entertains lively house parties there. Almost any morning last suramer Miss Harriman could be seen paddling a canoe, at which she is as clever as at riding a fractious cob. Willlam Rockefeller's chain of log cabins adjoins the Harriman camp. The tattooing CL s on again. The other night at a reception in Clinton avenue Brooklyn, a beautiful young woman creat- ed a mild sensation by exhibiting shoulders most exquisitely marked in pink and tan. The men slyly crowded around to admire and inspect, while, as for the women—well, they were shocked. The bodice was none too high, and Hebe herself could not have beaten the-form. It was evident that an artist had done the tattoolng, for it was the most delicate tracery, resembling the lace that proud familles hold as helrloom: It finally developed that the young woma had placed a bit of grandmother's preclous Argentan over her and lald out in the sun for a few hours. The result was a pink and tan print, and not tattoo at all. A red-haired girl with sartorial ideas of her dwn attracted considerable attention on Fifth avenue. Her hair was ornately arranged In the form of a turban, and sup- erimposed on the glittering mass was a mil. Unery dream in old gold, unrelieved by a touch of any other color. She wore a pale fawn-colored sult and stockings and shoes of exactly the same shade. It was a two- color effect, 8o stunning as not to be reduc- ed to linguistic terms. e was entirely free from such impediments as dogs, hand- bags, or monocles. She made her way like a streak of light past the Holland House, and, turning into Thirty-fourth street, she entered a well-known photogra- pher's studio. Then it dawned upon curi- ous gazers that she was in costume for a special purpose, TIPS FOR FISHERMEN. Be Patient, Truthfal and ¥ 1f Fish Dow't Bite. Grover Cleveland in N. Y. Independent. Thoses of us who fish In a fair, well bred and reasonable way, for the purpose of re- creation and as a means of increasing the table pleasures of ourselves or our friends, may well regret the apparently unal- terable degree which gives to all who fish, under the spur of any motive—good, bad or indifferent—the name of fisherman. We certainly have nothing in common with those who fish for a livelihood, unless it be a desire to catch fish. We have, In point of fact, no closer relationship than this with the murderously inclined, whose only motive in fishing is to make large catches, and whose sole pleasure in the pursuit is the gratification of a greedy propensity. Nevertheless we, and those with whom we have so little sympathy, are by a sort of unavoldable law of gravitation classed but his galt was as | together in the same fraternity, and called fishermen. Occasionally weak attempts have been made to classify the best of this fraternity under the name of anglers, or| some title of that kind, but such efforts have always falled. Even Izaak Walton could not change the current of human thought by calling his immortal book ‘““The Complete Angler.” 8o it seems, however much those who fish Waltham The best pocket | may differ tn social standing, in dlsposttion and ocharacter, in motive and ambition, and even In mode of operation, all must abide, to the end of the chaptoer, In the con- templation of the outside world, within the brotherhood called “Fishermen.' Happlly, however, this grouping of- in- congruous elements under & common name does not prevent those of us who properly appreciate the importance of upholding the respectabllity of decent fishing from com- ing to an agreement concerning certain causes of congratulation and certain rules of conduct. At this season, when the aoctivities of genteel fishing usually begin, it s ftting that a word should be spoken that may not only redound to our comfort and sat- isfaction, but may guard us against temp- tations that easily beset even the best of fishermen. We who claim to represent the highest fishing aspirations are sometimes inclined to complain on days when the fish refuse to bite. There can be no worse exhibition than this of an entire misconception of a wise arrangement for our benefit. We should always remember that we have about us on every side thousands of those who claim membership in the fishing fra- ternity, because, In a way, they love to fish when the fish bite—and only then. These are contented only when capture is constant, and their only conception of the pleasures of fishing rests upon unin- terrupted slaughter. It we reflect for a moment upen the consequences of turning an army of fisher men like these Joose upon fish that would bite every dwy and every hour, we shall See how nicely the viclssitudes of fishing have been adjusted and how precisely and usefully the fatal attack of discouraging bad luck selects its victims. If on days when we catch few or no fish we feel symptoms of disappointment, these should immediately give way to satisfaction wien We remember how many npurll}h and dis- couraged fishermen are apending tifMr time in hammocks or under trees or on golf flelds instead of with fishing outfits, solely on account of just such unfavorable days We have no assurance that if fish could be easily taken at all times the fishing waters within our reach would not be de- populated, a horrible thing to contemplate Let it not be sald that such considerations as these savor of uncharitableness and selfishness on our part. Wi only recog- nizing the doctrine of the survival of the fittest as applied to fishermen, and claim- ing that these “fittest” should have the best chance. ‘What has been sald naturally leads to the suggestion that consistency requires those of us who are right-minded fisher- men to reasonably limit ourselves as to the number of fish we should take on favorable days. On no account should edible fish be caught In such quantities as to be wasted. By restraining ourselves in this manner we discourage in our own na- tures the growth of greed, we prevent wicked waste, we make it easier for us to bear the fall between what we may de- termine upon as decent good luck and bad luck or no luck, and we make ourselves at all points better men and better fishermen. ‘We ought not to forget these things ns we enter upon the pleasures of our um- mer's fishing. But in any event let us take with us when we go out good tackle, good bait and plenty of patience. If the wind is in the south or west, so much the better, but let's go, wherever the wind may be. If we catch fish we shall add zest to our recreation. If we catch none, wo shall still have the outing and the recreation—more healthful and more en- Joyable than can be gained in any other way. —_— SMILING LINES, ““What do you ::n! with no| many ther- momoter: ‘‘Well, suh,” replied Bmth.r Dickey, “it's glfltlln' too hot ter preach now. eo I des ngs ‘em lroun w ar de sinners kin see ‘em good!"—Atl Constitution, “Go in and tell the editor 1 &m out here with a horsewhip,” cried the irate cit'zen. miie'll be very glad to hear it," replied the office bay. +Hell fust take 1€ you and sell it d an here ‘Jast ‘Week and sold a dos ““Well, 1 _got rid of that lllo insuranc Jenl in short order,” savagely remarl r Higgsworthy. P e insult him, did you?” asked “Iiault him? No, T gave him my appli- cation for a policy, blame him."—Chicago Tribune. v “Wh g do you sigh for sreat, nch L ““Wel answered the mild nered man, "I don't value money for™itaown sake, but I'd kind o' like to be in a posi- tion where the subord amphyu of large enterprises will morning, 00d sir" instead of ‘ste) Hvel '~Washington Btar. 4 v " “No, I cannot marry you, Mr. Spoona more, - the pretty girl said,’ with tears of sity in her eyes; ‘* but yo i—yov will not rash, Vllll i St Siss Yardios. Il not o uy{inn hall do sogeth ng © coli! y “Tnma cal, 1 vily and_marry your —Pmlldolghln ‘Press. T hall insure my life dearest friend. Its an elght hour duy for about avery- body now, fan't “Oh, R0t {0 the employérs.” Ant "why Mot for them Bocause it they had Ween content an eight-hour day they wouldn't haye suc: goeded in becoming employers.” 0B “Rash ! rash. “Then again,” said m‘ nonmusical friend, ‘who was in one of his ylparcflllrll moods, “what is ‘chamber music? "' ““That pro duced by the baby," plied conclulh’tly. for we were not to treat his JQuerelousnass serious! troit Free Pre Ethel—I think she is making up her mind to_be an old nlll ude—Wh: Ethel8he 1 1o laarnm.- to play solitaire.— Somerville Journal THE SHIRT WAIST MAN. New York Herald. O Shirt Walist Man, you're here once more, hat's why we weep; You dot the mountain, plain and shore, ‘ou scare the sheep.. When you appear the cows stampede, The horses snort and paw the ineas Like other things in nightmare geen, You're red and blue and pink and green— You cause the flesh to creep. © Shirt Waist Man, your trousers bag knees, And ln lh. And do not please. Your belt is cutting yrm in two, And yet, it hardly seems to do, For now and then you take u Aud hitch yous trousers just Il You're not et all at’ ease. t they seem to sag, ) slack, Jack— O Shirt Walst Man, In colors gay, That fairly stun, “mrlo think You've. come to etay, ‘Watches. timekeepers made. * The Perfected American Watch,” an illustrated book ,of inferesting information about waiches, will be sent " free wpon request. American Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass.