Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 18, 1903, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. JUNE 18, 1903 _____—___E.——-———-————————————-—-—-——-—mg THE OMAHA DAILY ?E E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Bee (without Sunday), One Yeor.$4.00 Daily Bee and Sunday, One Year.. 0 Tllustrated Bee, One Year g+ Bunday Ice, One Year. o S0 Eaturday Bee, One Year taideasgesisse 160 Twentleth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER Dally Bee (without Sunday,. per copy.... 2¢ aily Bee (without Sunday), per week...13c ally Bee (Including Sunday), per week..1je Bunday Bee, per copy...... seseccse 36 Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week. 6o Evening Bee (Including Bunday. per week ... 100 Complainis ‘of Irregularities in deiivery lhDuldpbA addressed to City Circulation De- partment. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bullding. Bouth Omana—City Hail Bullding, Twen- ty-ffth and M Streets. Counctl Bluffs—i0 Pear] Street. Chicago—i6#) Unity Bullding. New York—2:28 Park Row Buflding. Washington—501 Fourteenth Street. 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It will take more than an amputation of the topmast to incapacitate Rellance enough to let the cup challenger pass it on the final race. With the permission of the weather man our Jacksonlan and County De- mecreacy might resume preparations for their rival picnic outings. The weekly crop report of the weather bureau complains of the slow growth of corn owing to the low temperature in the corn belt. King Corn's motto this year seems to be “Slow, but sure.” King Peter of Servia s not to be al- lowed to forget to whom Le owes. his royal prerogative. He must not get any false ldefu into his head about the divine right of kings, if he wants to keep his head on his shoulders. The South Omaha Board of Review Is to be commended for its efforts to ad- Just the burden of taxation so that it will be borne by all property in propor- tion to its relative value according to the plain letter of the constitution. People In charge of these polar ex- ploring expeditions always show their wisdom by selecting midsummer as the time of departure. That makes the civ- {lization look so much more attractive when they come back In midwinter. It is reported that 1,000 worshippers in the faith are expected to go to Lin- coln July 4 to help Colonel Bryan cele- brate the day on his farm. We suggest that Colonel Bryan might recoup ex- penses by letting out the privileges to some of our democratic speculative sports. Something strange crops out of the World-Herald's present performance in charging on a candidate for republican nomination favors before the state con- vention has made its selection. The ‘W.-H. usually waits under cover till it is all over but the shouting and then exclaims “I told you so.” Governor Bailey of Kansas Is at last out with a belated proclamation calling the legislature together to take meas- ures of relief for the flood sufferers in that state. If the governor had been alive to the situation and prompt in action the legislature would have met and adjourned by this time. The precinet assessor of East Omaha makes annual returns of several hun- dred Jots on which the Missouri river has foreclosed its mortgage. Would it not be timely and proper for the county surveyor to prepare a new map of the precinet showing the lots that have not been zulped down, so as to save the as- sossor the tronble of returning lots that have disappeared? e———— — There is no difference except in degree between the slot machine gambling de- vice that pays in coin and the device that pays in brass checks exchangeable for goods.” The trade machine excuse is a flimsy prefext. - The only legitimate trade slot ‘machine is the machine that has uo element of chance, but simply delivers, automatically what the cus- tomer purchases. Governor Chatterton of Wyoming de- clares that opposition in that state to the forest reserve policy of thé govern- ment is in no way political. His pre- decessor tried to run a political bluff on this score by threatening to withdraw from Presidént Roosevelt the support of Wyoming in the next republican na- tional -conyention, but the bluff was called altogether too promptly. No wonder the new governor Is taking a uew tack .. . L. e . PROTECTION AGAINST THIS COUNTAY. Advices from Canada are to the effect that the iron and‘steel men of that country are demanding greater protec- tion against American manufacturers of iron and steel. The statement is that representatives ‘of the Domlnion in- dustry have been at the colanial cap- ital urging the government to come to their ald and relleve the situation by sweeping increases in steel and iron du ties. It is said that the impression pre- valls in parllamentary circles at Ottawa that the government will respond to the appeal of the manufacturers in as liberal A manner as is consistent with the gov- ernment’s tariff policy, but whether by customs dutles or by way of bountles is yet to be determined. It is stated that there are many who regard the propo- sition as a cunning expedient of a group of capitalists whe have been severely bitten by the unexpected slump of stocks, the effect of which has been somewhat severely felt In Canadian financial elrcles. There is really, however, nothing espe- clally remarkable in a movement on the part of the iron and steel manufacturers of the Dominion for a greater measure of protection against the competition of the manufacturers of this country. As a matter of fact they have been work- ing for this for some time and have been the chief power behind the element in Canada demanding higher duties on manufactured products, especially those of iron and steel. A fefy months ago a convention of these manufacturers was very pronounced in urging upon the gov- ernment the expediency of increasing the duties on iron and steel, in order to de- velop and build up the industry in that country, for which ‘purpose it was claimed the resources are ample. Res- olutions were adopted at that conven-| tion setting forth that Canada has ad- vantages for the manufacture of iron and steel which ought tq be improved and calling upon the government to take such action as would Ipsure its devel- opment. TFhere is a very considerable element in the Dominion that is favor- able to this, but it is somewhat ques- tionable at present whether it will he able to induce the government to take the proposed action. This because the Dominfon govern- nient is still hopeful of being able to ne- gotiate a reciprocity’ tredty with the United States, which obviously an In- crease of the dutles on iron and steel would be an obstruction to. 8o long as the question of reciprocity, which 1s of first importance to the Canadians, is pending, there is no great probabllity that a proposition to increase duties In behalf of the iron and steel industrics of that country will recelve any very serious consideration from the govern- ment. The protection desired will come, it at all, only when the efforts to secnre reciprocity shall be found hopeless. THE ECONUMIC POINT UF VIEW. The labor contests of the present year have brought into considefation, perhaps more clearly and forcibly than ever be- fore, the economic effects of these struggles, both in the bearing upon labor and capital, and the resuit of such con- clusions as have been derived from an investigation is to show that there has been a great loss on both sides that will not be soon made up and may be permanently injurious to the industrial and commercial interests of the country. What is certainly demonstrated from a fair estimate of the losses of labor and capital throughout the country is the fact that the aggregate of sacrifice has been so great that it will take at least another year of the greatest activity in every branch of trade to make up the loss and it is even doubtful if it can be done in that time. That these conflicts have been a very distinet drawback to the general pros- perity of the country we presume no one will question. They have Involved the loss of wages to workers amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars and a loss of profits to employers amounting to almost or quite an equal amount. This has meant the keeping out of the channels of trade a vast sum of meney, to the embarrassment of commerce gen- erally. Dealers in all lines have cur- tafled their orders, manufacturers have necessarily reduced their output, re- tailers have bought less than usual. Thus there has been a general restric- tion of trade which has operated in every direction, te the injury of the general welfare. No sane man will guestion that all this is chiefly due to the labor troubles of the past year, and whatever may be sald as to the justice of the demands of labor there can be no controversy re- garding the proposition that the general effect of these has not thus far been favorable to the continuance of general prosperity. The most radical exponent of organized labor on the one hand and of organized capital on the other cannot successfully maintain that the issues brought about, however they may have eventuated, have not ally dam- aging to both sides, whilé the general result has been fp the dlsadvantage of the public at large. : Considerations’ of this ind should command the s attention of both labor and ca) They should study the general etonomic comsequences of thelr_difficulties, ‘instead of considering them, as is ordinarily..dene, entirely from their own standpoint. They should understand, whieh a5 & rule they do not, that. they /&ve mutually con- cerned in maintaining and promoting the general welfare and that in order to do this the alm of both should be to pre- tion of cash premium, as the cheapest site now may be the dearest in the long run. What the board, which has this decision to make, must do Is to look ahead at the future of the institution and be guided by considerations not only of expense to the state, present and prospective, but also of expense to the students who are to be educated there, to say nothing of convenience and accessibllity,. The highest bidder plan may be good in theory, but it would hardly work satisfactorily in practice. LOUKING BACKWARD. The abolition of the Union Pacific bridge arbitrary recalls the protracted controversy that had its beginning as a sequence of the enactment of the inter- state commerce law. When the Union Pacific bridge was chartered congress gave that company the right to collect freight and passenger tolls over the bridge. For about twelve years the bridge was treated as a separate link in the Union Pacific system, and the bridge toll was imposed on frelght coming and going at the rate of $10 per carload of ten tons maximum. After the enactment of the interstate commerce law an understand- ing was arrived at between the Union Pacific and all the lines connecting with it at Council Bluffs by which freight rates were to be so adjusted as to pre- vent discrimination in favor of or against Omaha or Council Bluffs in east or westbound traffic. In other words, in all matters of freight transportation they were to be one city as fully and complétely as if there were no river be tween them. This understanding was carried out in all respects except as to local territory Iying between the Missourl river and Mississippl river at common points. Council Bluffs dealers saw that they were to get their own shipments from both directions at the same cost as Omaba; that they were to have Omaha's local territory west of the Missouri thrown open to them without the pay- ment of bridge charges, and they also saw that if they could induce the Iowa roads to break.the agreement by com- pelling the Omaha merchants to pay the bridge arbitrary to reach the local trade in Towa they would have a practical monopoly of that trade as agalnst Omaha while being admitted to the lat- ter's territory west of the Missourl on terms of equality. By bringing political pressure to bear upon the Iowa roads they succeeded finally in this effort In 1803, and have enjoyed that advantage until now in spite of repeated appeals for rellef to the Interstate Commerce commission. ‘While the abolition of the bridge ar- bitrary will enable Omaha jobbers to compete for western Iowa patronage on equal terms with those of Counell Bluffs, no injustice is done to the whole- sale dealers and manufacturers of Coun- cil Bluffs, who have for years had ac- cess to patrons west of the Missouri river on equal terms with Omaha, en- joying a material advantage by reason of the fact that rentals and the cost of living are considerably cheaper at Coun- cil Bluffs than on this side of the river. The abolition of the bridge arbitrary has removed a bone of contention long standing between Omaha jobbers and the Iowa railroads without materially affecting the revenues of the railroads. In the long run the absorption of the bridge arbitrary is charged up to the consumers in the territory tributary to the railroads that converge at Omaha and Council Bluffs, —_— The resolution adopted by the council to replace the dacayed cedar block pave- ments with a layer of macadam 1s a questionable expedient. There is mac- adam and macadam. Limestone mac- adam has not proved a blooming sue- cess in any city east or wést, and granite macadam is if anything more expensive than brick or sandstone paving blocks. The experience of St. Louis, where lime- stone is abundant and cheap, has not Justified the investment. The limestone macadam disintegrates very easily and in dry seasons is blown away by the wind, and the lime dust Is not conducive either to health, cleanliness or broad- cloth suits. Judging by comparative earnings, Ne- braska railroads are very much more valuable than the railroads In lowa. With a mileage of 9,600 miles the net earnings of Iowa railroads for 1902 are computed at $17,134,102.25, or $1,807 per mile. With a mileage of 5,700 miles the net earnings of Nebraska railroads for 1002 exceeded $13,000,000, or $2,208 per mile, which is 25 per cent more than the railroads of Iowa have earned. That difference in the earning ecapaclty of rallroads in Iowa and Nebraska repre- sents precisely the difference between the freight rates of Iowa and the freight rates in Nebrask: — The practice of the school board in re- electing teachers who expect to be mar- ried before the new school year begins and of electing their successors at the same time is liable to get someone into trouble some of these days. There is many a slip ‘twixt cup and lip, and the expected resignation may not always be forthcoming, in which event two teach- ers will be claiming the same place, There is no good reason why any teacher should be placed on the roll for the ensuing year who does not intend to stay there. The Omaha High school cadets could Just as well have been encamped for a week at Fort Omaha and had the ad- serve industrid] peace. e fap— The contest for the location of the new normal school authorized by the last legislature seems to have resolved itself in the eyes of some of the inter- estéd partiés into a mere conipetition as to which town eligible under. the law puts up the most money fo secure the prize. The location of the normal school, bowever, la ‘ap4 ‘aplely & ques- vantage of the beautiful drill grounds for an exhi#it of military training as to have gone into an encampment sixty miles away. But that would have taken away the romance of a railroad excur slon. Former Lieutenant Governor Lee of Missourl declares that he was offered a shousand dollars a month to keep him- self out of reach of the grand jury dur- ing Its investigation of alleged legisla- [ tive bribery. The pecullar part of the story s that just as the grand jury was called Mr. Lee “suddenly took his de- parture from the state and only returned later, which wouid indicate that the par- ties who made the offer failed to make good. pp— After finding that the second assistant in his office is not included in his ap- pointment prerogatives, City Attorney Wright has suddenly discovered that there is no need of a second assistant. If some scheme could be devised by which he could name the man, Mr. Wright would quickly find urgent work for another assistant to perform. Now you see it and now you don’t. Disnster's Wide Reach, St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Though a long way apart, Oregon and South Carolina have run a close race this year in destructive cloudbursts. Troubles to Glve Away. New York World. The powers of Europe have so many troubles of their own that they should be thankful for the Monroe doctrine. What Canada Must Do. Philadelphia Press. Canada will not give products from the United States any preference over similar products from Great Britain, and as long as it holds to that position a reciprocity treaty is out of the question. The Trouble and the Re Indianapoits Journal Many fond parents of young men in col- lege are worrled just now a little as to what shall be done with their sons during the long summer vacation. Their attention 15 respectfully called to the fact that there is usually a great shortage of farm hands for harvesting the crops about this time of year. dy. Peculiarities of Editors. Brooklyn Eagle. A Swiss editor, who was accidentally locked in his office, jumped from a third- story window and broke a leg rather than break an engagement with his wife. A New York editor would have managed It differently. He would have set fire to the building, had hiuself rescued from the third-story window, and got out an extra about it. No Occasfon for Haste. Chicago Chronicle. From Washington comes the announce- ment that the government lands in Mon- tana which have been stolen by the Cattle trust will s0on be reclaimed and opened to settlers. If “soon” in Montana has the same meaning as it had in Nebraska under similar circumstances would-be settlers need be in no haste about buying tickets for the promised land. Any time during the next fifty years will be plenty soon enough. Right Hand and the Left. Boston Herld. One of the precious few gifts whose givers will foréver remain unknown is the 260,000 which a gentleman handed to the late Mr. Hewitt one day, telling him to give it to the Cooper Union and never re- veal the name of the giver. Mr. Hewitt accepted the gift with the conditions at- tached, and he died without revealing the secret. At the annual meeting of the union the other day it came out that none of the present triistees knows or suspects the name of the donor. And they will not try to flad out. - g e SOMETHING NEW IN INSURANCE. Com; ¥y Projected to Insure Against Loss by Strikes. Cleveland Leader. The talk about the possible organization of a company to ipsure employers against loss by strikes suggests a way, perhap: in which the ever-perplexing labor problem may be solved. Of course, an insurance company of that sort would have an interest in preventing strikes, the same as fire insurance compa- nies have in preventing fires. Its purpose would be, In fact, to reduce to the mini- mum the losses it would have to pay. For that reason the company would do its ut- most to bring employers and employes to- gether in a conclliatory way whenever there was a hint or threat of a strike. The company might be in a position to present the advantages of arbitration, and to con- vince employers and employes that it is better to settle all differences by mediation than to fight It out to the bitter end. In- deed, arbitration might be enforced by put- ting into each Insurance policy a clause, relleving the company of lability when there is a refusal to submit to a just de- mand for arbitration. That might check a disposition on the part of unscrupulous employers to let strikes come, and collect the insurance in lieu of the ordinary profits of their business. Agaln, inasmuch as the purpose of a strike sometimes is to cause the employer financlal loss, there would be less disposition on the part of employes to tie up a factory or workshop when they knew thelr employer was insured egainst o The proposed strike insurance company may be wholly imaginary, yet American capital, always venturesome, might seek that field for Investment. PERSONAL NOTES, Thomas E. Watson, templates an ambitious United States. Another Mary MacLane has been dis- covered out in Chicago, and, as usual, the critics are perplexed to know whether it's genlus or liver. The Inhabitants of the western part of the country are so tired of water that they can not be expected to take much interest in the approaching yacht races. John T. Gibbons s quoted as saying that in boyhood his brother, now cardinal and archbishop, delighted in athletic exercises, playing a rattling game of base ball, was a splendid swimmer and withal was very methodical. Massillon, O., has the tallest chief of police in the country in the person of Edward Ertle, who stands six feet two inches In his stockings and welghs 27 pounds. He s exceedingly active and some- thing of an athlete. A Brooklyn man objects to a memorial park in Plymouth square In honor of Henry Ward Beecher for the reason that he was not a man of national reputation. A lot of old subscribers would like to know who it was that made Brooklyn famous. 8ir Frederick Pollock, the famous English lawyer and law writer of London, hai cabled his acceptance of an invitation to read a paper before the annual meeting of the American Bar association, which will be held at Hot Springs, Va. August to 2R A of Georgia, history of con- the John Kendrick Bangs, who is writing the libretto for A musical comedy based on Sheridan’'s “School for Scandal,”” met a friend the other day whom he had not seen for some time. “What sort of thing is this ‘Lady Teazle' you're writing?' in- quired his friend. “Well,” replied the author, a good deal like the battle of Winchester." His friend stared. “Why lfke the battle of Winchester?" he asked “Because,” explained Mr. Bangs, “Sheridan is about twenty miles away.” Kansas Aid Kansas City Star, It I8 quite to be regretted that the very first expedient that should have suggested itsel to Governor Balley of Kansas in dealing with the flood problem—namely, an extra session of the legislature—is re garded by him as the last resort. It Is a serfous mistake that a state as rich and as solvent as Kansas should be advised by its governor to puss the hat and th make a farce of all its boasted indepen dence. It 48 a pity that a man who admires Theodore Roosevelt as much as Governor Bailey does has acted so differently from what the president would have done under the same clrcumstances. Can anybody fancy for a minute that if Mr. Roosevelt were governor of Kansas at this time that he would be afraid to call an extra session of the legislature? Can any per- #on point to a single good reason why this should not be done, not for the pur- pose alone of enabling the people of Wy- andotte county to vote bonds for bridges but to provide all the appropriations necessary to relleve the distress of the flood victims In Kansas? “Kansas has plenty of money,” it is sald, here and there, “to take care of the situation, but how are you golng to get at 17 An adequate appropriation voted by the legislature in extra session would settle that question, and in the only way, too, that it can be settled right. The abundant resources of Kansas make its duty in the present crisis as clear as the noonday sun. It is to help itself and without fear, stint or hesitation. The call for such action devolves on Governor Balley, who ought to know that God has no liking for a coward and that to this extent at least man was created in the image of his Maker. Kansas City Journal. Governor Bafley has issued another ap- peal for outside ald with which to relleve the distresses of the flood sufferers of Kan- sas City. “It Is true,” he says, “that Kan- sas Is prosperous and her people generous and charitable and will meet to the limit of their ability the demand upon thelr charity, but when the limit of Kansas generosity is exhausted the fact will still remain that we will be hundreds of thousands short of having the means to meet the demands of those who have a claim upon our charity.” When Governor Bailey penned the lines which we have just quoted, the total of Kansas contributions to the Kansas rellef fund was less than $50,00. Up to this date the people of Kansas have not contributed to this fund as much as the generous peo- ple of other states. The statement of the newspapers at Topeka is that contributions are coming in slowly. The appearances are for an even slower rate of contribution. And the verdict of a disinterested observer must be that Governor Bafley is gravely in error when he states that the people of Kansas “will meet to *he limit of their abllity the demand made upon their char- ity.” ‘The news sent out of Topeka Sunday was to the effect that Governor Balley was ex- acting from the members of the legislature a pledge that they will not appropriate pub- N funds to the ald of the flood sufferers for Kansas PETER AND HIS THRO Philadelphia Press: Russla sees no rea- son to interfere in the Servian affair, prob a8 the condition upon which he will call the | ably feeling that it couldn’t have made a legislature into special session. ticlans about The poll- be “bad politics” to extend s suffering Kansas people. EIVing jobs to hundreds of useless ple- eaters and ward heelers in the recent ses- slon of the legislature, but they are not in favor of giving a dollar of state funds for | the rellef of starving women and children. | If the Kansas legislature assembles in special sesslon and fails to contribute of the riches of the state to the erying needs | of her water-ruined farmers and working people It ought to be accepted by the world as notice that Kansas prefers to be a beg- gar at the roadside rather than a prideful and generous commonwealth. It has grown to be a custom in all the states of the unfon to extend public ald at times of great mis- fortune. - Kansas pretends to sneer at the civilization of the south, but the politi- clans of Kansas should take note that floods along the Mississippl are always met with generous appropriations by the state legislatures. Kansas has herself been the beneficlary of large sums voted to her re- Met by the legislatures of other common- wealths. And if the politicians of Kansas now In the saddle have no feelings of pity, they ought at least to be moved by the motive of pride. Governor Balley declares that several hundred thousands will be nesded after the generosity of Kansas has been ex- hausted. He proposes to get this by ap- pealing to the generous people of other states. He confesses that Kansas fs rich and prosperous; that her people have some- thing like $50,000,000 fn bank; that they are practically out of debt; that for the most part the industries of the state are flour- ishing—yet he affirms that such a people cannot ralse for charity a few hundreds of thousands! Admitting that Kansas cannot rafse this sum by voluntary contributions, is there any good reason why it should not be raised by compulsory contributions? If the legislature should appropriate $400,000 to the relief of flood sufterers, it would cost the voters in the way of taxes only & little mdre than $1 each. Without the quiver of an eyelash the politicians voted more than vne-third of this sum in order to make “a show' at the 8t. Louls exposi- tlon. Without the quiver of an eyelash they ereated at the last session of the legis- lature useless offices with salaries more than sufficlent to meet the interest pa: ment on such an amount. At the last session of the legislature they increased the expenses of the governor's office alone in a sum sufficlent to pay the interest on 75,000 Yet we are Informed that Kansas | cannot afford to flood sufterers! Kansas will have fo give public ald to her flood sufferers if Governor Balley fs correct in lifs estimates. He says that after the generosity of Kansas has been exhausted several hundreds of thousands will still be lacking. Well, the governor can set it down as reliable that the hun- dreds of thousands will not be contributed by outsiders when it is known that Kansas Tefuses to take the ordinary means to help herself. give public aid to her BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. The Maryland veteran who applied for a pension recently on the ground that he was injured in “ketchin’ a sow hog, as our captain wanted hor for forage," has a companfon in the Ohlo man whose letter telling of his troubles aroused the sympa- thy of Pension Commissioner Ware. His story of domestic infelicity concludes in this fashion: “I got blood poison by beinge hitt with a hens eg wen I cam bak from the frunt. The eg was not good wen you send my penshun I want the Deed made s0s my wife can’t get none of it—shé throde the eg. She war a rebel.” A crazy man from Chicago appeared at the White HoYe one morning last week to urge the president to cause tradesmen, mechanics, merchants and others to adopt a system of naming themselves according to their business. The doorkeepers quickly passed him over to the secret service men, who had him explain in detall his mis. slon. This he did with Interest, belng completely wrapped up in his scheme. Much confusion could be avolded if pro- prietors of dry goods stores were known as Mr. Linen or Mr. Calico or Mr. Silk; every undertaker should be named Coffin, | every tailor Needle, Thread or Button, etc. He was escorted to the gate and liberated with the recommendation that he go home and put his plan in writing. This he prom- ised to do. The vastness of the business done by the government of the United States is beyond comprehension unless brought home to the people through the medium of a tabulated statement. Auditor Willlam E. Andrews of the Treasury department, who has seen the business of the government grow as has no other man who occupled a similar positiony has prepared for a correspondent a state- ment of the number of accounts and amounts involved in the settlements made by the varlous divisions of the auditor's office for eleven months of the present fiscal year. While the figures are approxi- mated, they will not, it is believed, differ very materially when the auditor tomes to make up his accounts at the close of the | present fiscal year, June 3. The follow- ing table shows the enormous extent of the business of the government: Accounts approximated. 10,630 Amount. Customs . Public deb Miscellaneous . Internal revenu Totals 106,231 During the year 192 the number of ac- counts settled by Auditor Andrews was 9,483, the total amount involved being $5,378,110,684.61. The falling off in the total amount of the several accounts is due to the abolition of the war taxes. The num- ber of accounts, however, will far exceed those of any previous year. The War department is in receipt of a communication from the Philippines which glves an amusing account of the ready musical talent of the Filipino people. Upon hearing an air for the first time some of the native performers can reproduce It trequently with little or no flaw or varia- tion. Marches, hymns, operatic selections and rag-time melodies are all eagerly added to thelr repertolre. American tunes, the communication states, are particularly catching, rag-time especially appealing to the lively imagination of the Filipino. Al- though quick to take up our music, they e tar less ready in acquiring the English language. In consequence they have adopted and now render on solemn occa- slons American airs that appeal to them, utterly unconscious that the words are totally at variance with the occasion. At one town the Filipino citizens had assem- bled to honor Governor Taft, and when he walked to the platform the native band, prominence Harry Snyd cent of carbohydrates, or hea!; cent of fat and 126 per cent of water. while undergoing digestion. to the 4.4 per cent of the carbohydrates, spoonful to the great amusement of the governor and his staff, struck up, “Good Morning, Carrle. More incongruous still was the tune Gov- ernor Taft heard in a funeral procession. A Fllipino of standing had passed away and the obsequies were designed to be im- posing. In the cortege behind the hearse ' marched 2 native band. Not a member of it understood English. With dirgelike movement, but with starting fidelity to the American tune, the musiclans played “There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight." The Department of Agriculture gives o the researches of -Prof. of the Minnesota experi- ment station in regard to the nutrition value of beans and the sclentific method of thelr preparation for the use of maa. An account gation has been published by the depart- ment. of Prof. Snyder's Invest The ordinary white navy bean in the dry state contains 205 per cent of protein, or muscle and energy; 59.8 per 18 per Beans are slow of digestion, and put a heavier tax on the intestinal tract than almost any other vegetable food. There exists some prejudice against beans as a staple and regular food, because of their consequent -gaseous characteristics This is due representing the crude fibre which forms the sking of the bean. Prof. Snyder points out that if housewives would, by the use of a small quantity of soda—half a’tea- in two quarts of water—remove their high nitrogen contents and their the skins, the gaseous charcater of the bean would be modified and the process of di- gestion vastly alded. A pound of beans contain one-fifth of a pound of digestible protein, and somewhat less than three-fifths of a pound of ai- gestible carbohydrates, mainly in the form of starch. In the experiments reported over a pound of baked beans was consumed per day by men engaged part of the time in active outdoor work. It is Dbelleved, howeyer, that not more than six ounces of baked beans should be oconsumed !n the dafly ration. Though the amount of protein in beans is large, they cemtain only a small amount of fat, and hence the addition of fat, either by salt pork or butter, in preparing for the table is reasonable. iness Undisturved. Cleveland Leader. The raliroads of the United States never before did so good a business as that of the present year. Thelr stocks may decline in Wall street, but they are getting more patronage than at any other time. the governor have in some way arrived at the conclusion that it would to ald to the | They were will- Ing enough to spend the people’s money in | more complete Job of it itself. Chicago News: Doubtless King Peter Karageorgevitch will sos the advisability of attending personally to the job of locking up the royal palace at bedtime. St. Louls Globe-Democrat: The new king prociaimed in Servia will be called Peter 1. No soothsayer is needed to predict that his relgn will be stormy or that it is best for him to sleep with well-guarded doors. Chicago Post: It may not add to King | Peter's comfort when he reflects that the | same element that so tragically separated | King Alexander from the crown has placed it upon the head of the new monarch. | Kansas City Star: Peter, the new king of | Bervia, is quoted ying that he is “pro- | foundly touched” by the confidence shown him. He s probably also aware that he will be violently touched if that confidence should ever wane. Chicago Record-Herald: Lieutenant La zar Javanovies shot and killed himself be cause his tellow officers did not permit him to help carry out the plot against the late king of Servia. They might at least have permitted him to kick the corpse. Portland Oregonlan: The powers of Ku- rope should insist on punishment with death of the authors and perpetrators of the Servian massacre. All relations with the country should be refused so long as these red-handed murderers are in favor with the Bervian government. Nobody believes the favorite whom thess murderers are placing on the throne when he says he is “shocked" at the massacre, and didn't know it was intended. Chicago Chronicle: That is a pleasant task which the powers have laid upon King Peter of Servia—to hang the men who in vited him to the throne and who thought- fully provided the necessary vacancy for him to fill—men, moreover, who would un doubtedly ‘remove” Peter as quickly they disposed of Alexander if they even suspected that he was mot “toting fair" | with them. As Peter has manifested no | desire to commit sulcide, we may be pretty sure that he will not o Into the hanging business for quite a spell yet. as LINES TO A LAUGH, When a woman says “Oh, Ndfo she sometimes feels the way you do, sir, when you say things that wouid shock a Chris- tlan Endeavor convention.—Somerville Journal. X ey, old man,” began Borroughs, pav- ing the way for a touch, “‘you know that $10 I borrowed of you several months a | ““I'm afrald not, replied Markiey, “‘sup- |Sfluo iy introduce me to it again.”—Phila- elphla Press. ‘Henrfetta,” sald Mr. Meekton, “do you remember the sonnets I used. to write you before we were married?" “‘Certainly not, Leonidas. always been ‘forgive and ington Star. y motto hae ot.’ "'~ Wash- Uncle John—What when you are a man? Erving (the clergyman’s youngest)—Well I shall be a charcoal man or a minister. T've got to holler.—~Town and Country. “Wealth and good looks, Millfe," seled Mr. Hunnifar, husband, ‘of course, essentials. sary ooun ‘‘are desirable In a but they are not the Amiabllity is far more neces than either.” know it, papa,” responded his daugh | ter, “but I never expect to find A husband I can manage as easily as mamma manages you."—Chicago Tribune. Briggs—I see that Van Horne married a | Bosten girt who fn worth & miion. ¢ riggs—That wi cold snap, 2 ? —Detroit Free P b “I reached the point In my career oy M turning GRS *Well, T neglected to turn when I reached it, and that's what made all the trouble."— Chicaso Fost. Arthur—Of eourss, Qeorge, I belong to {08 néle George—Wall, that depend nele rge—Well, epends. What 1s the best soclety? Arthur—Why, the soclety T belong to, of course.—Town and Country. ‘‘Here's a purty come-of! old_man. “What is 17 ““This here letter from Bfll. Says I must dress up to see him graduate. an' mustn't think o' comin’ without & collar on myself an’ the mule!”"—Atlanta Constitution. exclaimed the “That aneroid barometer you ordered the other day has come, sir,”" announced the ;I’I‘mlll'lgd butler, appearing at the door of o _library. “Hang the barometer” axclaimed Mr. Up- John, looking with disgust out of the win- dow at the I!l."dll t{.“g“fl rain. Te) e butler, imperturba- f&cmu:o Tribune. i SUMMER ENOHANTMENT, ‘Washington Star. Oh, de lazy-bird is singin' every evenin' in de tree. I dunno if you hyahs him, but his song is sweot to me. y dat he's a toad, or sumpin’ of de kind, azy-bird's” de name foh him dat sorter sults my riind. KOt & voice dat soun’ like fairies playin’ on de fife He hab a chahm dat some folks can't resist to save deir life. Yoh soul is filled wif comfort an f'um care you heart's free ‘When once yoh hyahs dat lazy-bird a-singin’ in de tree. He sings about de roses dat is blushin’ day y day. He sings about de twilight dat is hangin’ on de bay; He makes you feel 80 happy dat you wants it understood 1t June is much like heaven you is willin’ o be 5 You fohgets about de snow storm, you foh- gets about de frost, You_fohgets de disappointments an' de chances you has lost. Dis world has its discomforts, but it's good enough foh me ‘When once I hyahs dat lazy-bird a-singin’ in de tree. Outing Suits ' If there are any lighter or more desirable hot weather puits in this city than we offer we don’t know where they are. As manufacturers of a 11 the clothing we sell, we are in a position to give you nothing but the very best—not only materials and styles, b labor can produce. Fine homespuns—wool ut the very best that skilled crashes—cheviots—unfinished worsteds—serges—$10.00, $12.50, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00. Serge Coats—Alpaca Coatg—extra Trousers in striped flannel and white duck. Underwear—8Soft Shirts—Belts-—Hosiery and no end of Straw Hats. No Clothing F Rrowning: its Like Ours. King @ R. S. Wilcox, Manager,. ? f R i