Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 89, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1904 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1904.

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"When the Czar hears of a Russian suc cess he orders a Te Deum. This will shat ter the American Idea that vodka is the national Russian drink. One of Hearst's papers speaks of its owner as "that sterling Democrat." The barrel, then. Is an outward and visible sign of an Inward and spiritual grace. "While Hearst is out gunning for delegates, Cleveland is after ducks In Mary land. The only difference Is that Grover is usually successful in bagging his game. The Vladivostok fleet, reports SL Petersburg, is preparing to make a dash. Can't see how it can possibly be done when fcaere Is nothing but land on the side oppo site the Japanese. The country does not want Parker," as serts Mr. Bryan, "because it does not know where he stands on national Issues." And it does not want Bryan because it does know where he stands. Senator Burton says he took that money as a lawyer and not as a senator. This JekylMlyde business comes In very conveniently sometimes, if one can keep the two characters separated. Tha Cecil Rhodes scholarships are now available, but there will probably be no bargain-counter rush to obtain them. Scholar ships are plenty in this country, and educa tion is modern and practical. It Is difficult to see what the Democrats rv going to get out of the anti-trust issue. Cleveland did nothing to enforce the anti-trust law, while Attorney General Olney declared it unconstitutional. A comparison with Roosevelt and Knox Is somewhat significant. Nearly 50 per cent, of the Protestant and Hebrew ministers in Rhode Island have promised to perform no marriage ceremony where one of the parties has been divorced. When the other DO per cent, are gathered In, divorced people will continue to remar ry; but not in the churches. The new Issue of postage stamps for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition will contain portraits of all the men who had anything to do with the purchase. That Is, all except Napoleon. The department is evidently vexed with him because he forced this fiovernment to buy the great West against Its will. The flood now subsiding was by far the most destructive that has ever visited this city and county. If it was ever equaled In Tolume and force of water it was at some remote period when the city was so small and the county so sparrely settled that the opportunities for damage were compara tively limited. It is too soon yet to estimate Intelligently the property loss by this flood. but it will certainly aggregate several nun dred thousand dollars, perhaps more than million. Th? private losses will fall heav fly on individuals, while those of bridges. culverts and public improvements will have to be borne by the city and county. The authorities of both should take prompt ac tion toward meeting the emergency. The water company Is not responsible for the freshet, but it Is In a degree responsi ble for f.ie failure of inadequate flood de fenses, and for not having long ago adopted measures to furnish the city an adequate upply of pure water above the possibility of contamination or of being entirely cut People who pay In advance for water arc supposed to contract for water that trill not bo discolored by every heavy rain, and which. In a flood period, will not be half mud or cut off entirely. It will be many weeks before the pipes will be free from the sediment now being deposited ic them and the water restored even to It :rmer purity. The water company owcj

to the community to restore its defenses stronger than ever; to make its power houses proof against flood, and to furnish its patrons with an unfailing supply of water that will not change color with every hard rain. TIII2 IWUKUIl IIOOM. The Parker boom is making some headway notwithstanding he is so little known outside of New York. The campaign has to be partly one of education in telling Western Democrats who he it, why he Is considered an available candidate, etc. He comes pretty near being the logical candidate of the party because it is obliged to bid for the vote of New York, and he Is New York's candidate. Aside from that he has no particular elements of strength. A circumstance In his favor is the necessity of uniting speedily on some person to head off the Hearst boom. Former Senator Hill, however, expresses great contempt for the Hearst boom. He says Hearst has about as much chance of being nomi

nated as an old woman would have on a platform declaring for the free distribu tion of yellow pills and blue trading stamps. Mr. Hill seems to have been fairly suc cessful In working up the Parker boom In New York. He says Parker will have fifty-eight of the sixty-one county conven tions that meet in April, and that he will ; control the state convention by a large majority. Up to the present time twenty-three Assembly district conventions have been held and the sixty-nine delegates . chosen are said to be all for Parker. But he is not having everything his own way in New York, and some Democrats think David B. Hill's advocacy and management of his boom handicaps him. The Buffalo Courier (Democratic) styles Hill "our notorious Mephistophellan professor of practical politics," and says: "An instructed delegation from this State unquestionably would be viewed at St. Louis as repre senting David B. Hill rather than the freo sentiment of the party here; the presentation of Judge Parker's name would be regarded as coming from Hill individually rather than from the Democracy of New York." "William J. Bryan seems not to have made up his mind yet whether Judge Parker will do or not. When he was asked In New Yortc on Saturday what he thought of the Parker movement he said he had not reached a decision yet. "I have endeavored to find out exactly where he stands," said . the peerless and twice defeated one. "I have read in the newspapers that Judge Parker's position on the bench precludes the expression of opinions on his part, but it is my idea that a man who has been so prominently spoken of as a presidential candidate should be able to give his opinions publicly." Probably when Mr.. Bryan makes up his mind whether Judge Parker will do or not he will let the party know. By the way, his present uncertainty on the subject does not har monize with Mr. Kern's statement that Judge Parker voted for Bryan in 1SD6 and 1900. Perhaps Mr. Kern spoke without authority from Bryan. The South seems willing to unite on Parker, as it would on any person ac ceptable to New York, but leading Southern Democrats say if New York does not stop quarreling over a candidate the South will put forward a Southern man. There are Democrats in the South as lit to be President as any Northern Democrat, and there would be some justice in the claim that the section which has furnished nearly all the Democratic electoral votes since the war Bhould at last furnish a candidate. However, this is not likely to happen, and if Judge Parker secures the New York delegation he will be acceptable to the South. The New York Sun says: The great majority of Democrats outside of New York want to know more about Judge Parker. This has been their attitude ever since hir name was first men tioned. They are perfectly ready to ac cept the New York estimate of him as a man of irreproachable character and respectable ability, who, during a career of more than a quarter of a century as surrogate and Judge has, neither made manl iest nis ntness ror the most important executive office In the world nor done anything to demonstrate his unfitness. Of his aptitude for administrative duties and re sponsibilities, of his opinions on the great questions which will enter into the cam paign, they know little almost nothing. ir the demand from the country outside of New York for Judge Parker's nomination should become intelligent and enthusiastic, if his now somewhat colorless and rotund personality should suddenly as sume a new aspect or vividness and angularity, it is possible that his cause might defy even the destructive powers of me lion, uavia is. inn. A QIBER PROPOSITION FROM Ill'SSIA That was a curious dispatch from St. Petersburg in yesterday's Journal regard ing an alleged attempt by Great Britain. through French mediation, to bring about a better understanding with Russia. The dispatch said the matter was a subject of much discussion in diplomatic and of ficial circles at the Russian capital. The Novosti, the leading paper of St. Petersburg, was said to favor the idea. 'The dispatch continued: The Novosti goes further in pronosinsr a European coalition under the auspices of Russia, France and Great Britain, to com bat "the yellow danger," and says: "We have always maintained that a new trlnle alliance would assure the balance of power not oniy in Europe, Dut throughout the world." The Novosti gives Emperor William cred it for a prophetic realization of "the yellow peril, ana says: "lie nrst understood the impending necessity for union of all the white races against the yellows as shown by his symbolic painting. His prophecy was realized sooner than he expected, and the yellow peril nas overtaken Europe, when fortunately, no longer troubled bv dreams of conquest or revenge, it will be able to assure peace and devote Its united energies to cope with the threatening danger in the far East." The article concludes by urging the powers to settle the Asiatic problem once and for all by apportioning territory. "If they hesitate now," says the article, "they will have to do so sooner or later. Another opportunity will not occur for a quarter of a century, but then they will have to cope with the united strength of barbarians with vast armies trained in war. The old triple alliance is tottering and the yellow peril gives it a death blow. A new triple alliance becomes a logical necessity." y . The appearance of such an article in the leading Russian paper Indicates that it was virtually inspired, or at least authorized to be thrown out as a feeler. The government censorship, which was recently reopened as to foreign dispatches, still continues as to domestic news and editorials. The publication of this article shows that it was approved. There is no reason to believe that Great Britain is making any such overtures as those Imputed to her. There has been no Intimation of anything of the kind from any other quarter. The article is significant In more than one respect. The suggestion of a new triple alliance. Including Great Britain, shows that Russia is ready to bury the hatchet and make friends with a traditional enemy who has thwarted her aggressive plans more than once and whose policy in the far East is unalterably opposed to that of Russia. How long or bow

loyally Russia would observe a new triple alliance of this kind is another question. The fact that she is willing to make it at all Is significant. The article gives new prominence to "the yellow peril," a bugaboo that Russia has been using ever since the war began to scare the European powers and evoke sympathy. It gives Emporor William credit for having discerned the peril before anybody else, and congratulates Europe on having awakened to "the threatening danger In the far East" before it was too late. Finally, the article boldly notifies the European powers, including Great Britain, that now is the time for them "to settle the Asiatic problem once and for all by apportioning territory." This means the partition of the Chinese Empire, giving Great Britain, France and Germany their shares, giving Russia Manchuria and Korea, recognizing Great Britain's claims in the farther East, and leaving the question of ultimate domination in Asia for further settlement. The proposition takes no account of Japan, which, under this arrangement and division of spoils, would virtually fall to Russia. The proposition is surprising for its boldness and its tacit confession on Russia's part of inability to carry out her plans unaided. If she felt that she could whip

Japan, hold Manchuria and grab Korea unaided she would not propose a new al liance of powers, including Great Britain, to settle the Asiatic problem by apportioning territory. Singularly enough, the suggestion comes Just when it appears almost certain that China will join with Ja pan against Russia. It looks very much as if Russia was trying to find a way out. Somebody once asked Sir Edwin Arnold how he could be a poet and c journalist at the same time. He answered that Fleet street London's newspaper row was the most poetical place he knew. The news of the world is a mighty epic; the happenings in the streets and courts ore crowded with the heart-interest of drama, lyric and song. The German poet Heine once said: "Send a philosopher to "Fleet street, but, for God's sake, don't send a poet there." But Heine was a dyspeptic who said bitter things even of his native town. MINOR TOPICS. Dr. M. M. Henry, of Carthage, read in "Minor Topics" the other day the account of a Bordeaux chemist who declares kissing dangerous. Dr. Henry was thereby moved to song, and sends the Journal the following clever limerick: "A chemist who lives in Bordeaux Gives kissing- a vigorous bleaux, And the girls, in alarm At the possible harm, Geaux seaux sleaux there's neaux sheaux for the beaux!" ' Quite seaux. A Methodist church in Pennsylvania protests against the pastor assigned to it because he quotes Shakspeare too much, and smokes. Quoting Shakspeare is indeed a heinous sin, but as for smoking there is "much to be said. Bulwer Lytton says, "The man who smokes thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan." What more could be askd of a pastor? The new freshman dormitories at Princeton will cost $50,000 nnd they will only accommodate fifty students. This may seem high, but the authorities probably think they will save money in the long run by keeping the boys at home o' nights. Dr. G. Stanley Hall, president of Clarke University, says that "dancing brings a man as near to Taradise as he is likely to get." Many good people still believe, however, that Paradise and the Serpent are closely associated. A German scientist has discovered that a current of electricity in the ground will send all the earthworms to the surface. So will a small boy with a spade; and that reminds us that they ought to bo biting now. A Philadelphia surgeon says that life may be restored by vigorously massaging the heart after it has ceased to beat. That explains what Hamlet meant when he said: "To die, to sleep aye, there's the rub!" A Colorado man has discovered a process of tanning which will make fine leather out of an Indian's skin. Now we shall have revenge for all those early years of scalping. The Japanese Diet has adopted a vote of thanks to Vice Admiral Togo and the entire navy. It is not recorded that the Democratic minority opposed the vote. There are 60,000 students in twenty-one of the larger American colleges. Some of these, however, will hot push chairs at the St. Louis exposition. v Professor Trlggs denies that he was discharged from Chicago University. They stopped his salary, and he became naturally indignant and quit. In London, the other day, $0,722.50 was paid for a snuff box of ancient Spanish make. Such little trinkets, it seems, are not to be sneezed at. "In spite of tradition and appearance," remarks Carnegie; "the owl Is quite the reverse of a wise bird." Hoot, mon! THE HUMORISTS. Just a Hint. "What music most appeals to you?" he asked. "A wedding march," she replied, blushing. Chicago Tost. - Xo Hope There. Mistress (thinking about dessert)-rVhat kind of pies are you most familiar with? New Girl Baker's pies, mum. New York Weekly. Looked the Part. "There goes Mrs. Gander-Beach. They say she fights continually with her husband." "Well, she has a happy, contented look, as if she thoroughly enjoyed herself." April Smart Set. aturnlly. Figment I saw you at the art exhibition last evening. I suppose you are very fond of paintings? Gamboge Oh, dear, no. I hate them. I'm an art critic, you know. Boston T. an script. Enough of Thmt. "Tell me a story. Grandpa, About the long ago!" "About the old time winters V "Oh. goodness gracious, no!" New York Sun.

Hi Lofty Flight. "You might state In the obituary." said the Plllvllle citizen to the editor, "that Ms death was caused by the kick of a mule, an' that he's safe In heaven." "Think he went there do you?" "Well." replied the cltlien. "he shore went that high." Atlanta Constitution. Of Course. "I hear th' widdy O'Flynn has married Martin Mahoney at lasht." said Mr. O'Tunder. "Tis," replied Mr. O'Toole. "They wo? married lasht Choosday." "An thwere are they cow?" "Shure. Katie told m t&is mar&la th t they

away for their Mahoney-moon." SCIENCE AND INVENTION. What Microbes Are. . Since Tasteur demonstrated the fact that many human diseases are due to minute living things which grow and multiply In our bodies, there has been a tendency to call all microscopic organisms, whether harmful or not, "germs" or "microbes" or "bacteria" Indiscriminately. This confusion may be cleared by the statement that portozoa are the lowest known forms of animals and that bacteria are the lowest known forms of plants, while "germ3" and "microbes" may apply to the disease-causing forms in either group. April Century'. How Odors Move from Place to Place. That odors move with the air. or diffus through it like gases and do not pass through it in waves, as sound do, or in swiftly-moving particles like the radium emanations, seems to be conclusively shown by recent experiments on the propagation of scents through small tubes. In such tubes there can be no general motion of the a!r, and the rate of travel of an odor Is extremely slow. That of ammonia took over two hours to pet through a tube a yard and a half long. The presence of the ammonia could be detected chemically at about the same time that Its smell was noticed. It seemed to make little difference in the speed whether tha tube was held horizontally er vertically, or whether the odor moved up or down Success. To Talk with the Stars. PYofessor Albert C. Alberson. of CJhlcago. Ulan electrical engineer, has invented an instrument which he believes is the keynote to the ultimate communication between planets. He has been working with the apparatus for several years, and he says that at last It has given the results he has so long hoped for. Light rays have been the media for bringing this power of communication into Professor Alvertson's hands. The rays of light strike on a number of small cylinders, polished very highly, which vibrate freely, and which are inClosed in a box. The entire box Is made part of an electric circuit, in which circuit is contained the microphone or telephonic ear-piece, by which means the sounds received are made audible. According to Professor Albertson, his invention extracts orig'nal melodies and harmonies from the stars. The sounds and music transmitted tell different stories from the various planets, some being unearthly, of a weird and nerve-racking disharmony, while others are melodious, soft and lingering. Professor Albertson says the brighter the star the less pure and clear the tones. When the instrument is played upon by the brilliant sunlight a million noises are heard, duo to reflected light from this and other planets, which makes any music Indistinguishable. Thea sounds, noises and tones will have to be classified and traced to their respective sources before a comprehensive Interpretation of the phenomenon can be had. New York Globe. Science Brevities. In the course of some digging operations In a garden at Haslemere, England, a gardener unearthed a number of ancient vessels of peculiar shape, together with a quantity of calcined human bones, at a depth of about two feet below the surface. The British Museum authorities, who have examined the discovery, pronounce the vessels to belong to the late Celtic age, about B. C. 150. Only three or four vessels were found In a perfect condition. He computed that twenty-two urns and pots were orlgnally Interred at the spot. Henri de Parvllle. in an article in the Journal des Debats. calls attention to the experiments of a Dr. Clement, of Lyons, who has been Investigating the alleged properties of formic acid, a secretion of ants. Eight or ten drops of the acid taken three or four times a day had a marked effect in stimulating muscular activity which, according to Dr. Clement, might be continued for a long time without resultant fatigue. "That tired feeling" also disappears under the influence of the acid. It is not stated whether the after effects of the acid are good, bad or negative. Bright colors assumed by maples, sumacs and ampe'opsls during the autumn months are the result of the oxidizing of the color compounds, or color generators, of the leaf cells. Lon-protracted cool weather is most favorable to the production of autumn tints and slight frosts that are not severe enough to kill the cells hasten the display of beauty by producing an enzyme that brings forth the bright purples, oranges and reds. Leaves containing much tannic acid never give bright autumn tints, while those containing sugar give the very prettiest. Geologists and others who have made a study of subterranean conditions of the Texas coast country, especially that portion bordering on the gulf, lying between the Sabine pass and Galveston island, are of the opinion It Is underlaid by- a vast stratum of asphaltum. This opinion has been confirmed. The United States dredge boat General Comstock. which has been dredging on the outri bar at the mouth of the Jetties during the pa st week, at a dopth of twenty-eight feet belew the surface cut into a stratum of almost pure asphaltum a smooth, hard, brittle substance, which breaks with a polish. An Italian scientist claims to have established that electric tramways are great mediums In the disinfection of towns. He points out that the electric spark, which Is so frequent an occurrence to the overhead trolley. and the emission of light from the car wheel when the rail Is used for the return current transform the oxygen of the air Into ozone which has a purifying and disinfecting Influence. The high discharges, he says, are frequent enough to influence greatly the atmospheric constituents, especially r.here the line passes through narrow thoroughfares. They become antiseptic agents. Consul General Richard Guenther. at Frankfort, Germany, reports that notwithstanding the difficulty In Its production (many tons of ore being required to produce one gram) a radium Industry has already developed in Germany and France, and although one gram is sold at a little less than $2.000. the manufacturers are said to have orders for severeal hundred grams. The demand for medical purposes exceeds the supply. Radium possesses all the Important qualities of the Roentgen rays. In addition to the Invaluable property of being ready for use at any time and furnishing Its rays without ths employment of apparatus. Cannon's Aids. Speaker Cannon does not lean on the old war horses In the House for support as completely as Speaker Henderson did. He Is rather Inclined to look to some of the younger men for light and leading. Dalzell and Grosvenor are still with him, the majority of the members of the committee on rules, .nnd. of course, they are influential both with the speaker and with the House, while Chairman Payne, of the ways and means committee, is the recognlxed Republican leader on the floor. But It Is noticed that when the speaker has any Important legislative problem In hand he Is very apt to call In for consultation two of the younger Republicans, Hemenway, the chairman of the appropriations committee, and Tawney, of Minnesota, neither of whom was on the "inside" under the earlier regime. Hemenway has long been one of Cannon's favorites and while Cannon was chairman of the appropriations committee Hemenway was his principal lieutenant after the withdrawal of! Moody to become secretary of the navy. Tawney happens to be chairman of rhe committee on Industrial expositions, and thus has had a good deal to do with the one big extraordinary appropriation of this Congress the St. Louis fair loan. He is also a member of the ways and means committee. In the Henderson regime Tawney was known as a kicker. He made more trouble for the speaker and his lieutenants than any other man In the House. Washington Letter. Mormon Reform Inev!tnt!e. Every time the chronic scandals of tie Mormon Church are brought to tne public eye we hear of a reform movement among the younger Mormons to get rid of polygamy and the political abuses of the church and put It on a purely religious basis. Such a movement is said to be stirring the younger Mormons In Utah now. There is talk of a secret organization, pledged to leave the church at the conference next month unless the leaders agree to give up polygamous marriages and polygamou cohabitation and

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keep the church out of politics. This is an entirety natural consequence of the Influence upon tha Mormon Church of the American life and ideals by which it Is now surrounded. The result is sure to follow soon or late. Probably the Mormon leaders know, this as well as any one and are trying only to preserve their peculiar institutions during their own lives. Minneapolis Journal. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.

He, Too, Had a Title for a Sermon. There was a well-known divine up In the oil country who Is given to the sensational In sermons once In a while. This Is esueclally true of the titles, which he announces In advance, so as to work up Interest, lie Is a Baptist, and on one occasion gave It out that the subject for the following Sunday woild be "Sitting Mary." This rather aroused curiosity, and so a newspaper man who had to get up the sermons went to a noted Presbyterian divine, who is also something of a wag. The reporter told him the subject the Baptist was to hold forth on and then asked what hl3 title would be. Quick as a flash the minister said: "Standing Pat." Pittsburg Dispatch. His Little All. It is a pity to spoil a good moral, but It Is sometimes done when a story is excavated to its foundations. This story from the London Outlook is, however, good enough to stand on Its own feet: - "When I came to town, twenty years ago," said a prosperous man of ample welstcoat, "all my earthly possessions were wrapped i up In a red bandanna handkerchief." "And now you own three hundred acres of land and that factory on the edge of town?" "Yes." "May I ask you what you carried In the red bandanna handkerchief?" "Six thousand pounds in cash and bonds." Youth's Companion. Warn He Game? A young curate in England -was once asked to take a class of girls of about fifteen or sixteen, which had formerly been taken by a lady. After a time the young clergyman consented, but Insisted upon being properly Introduced to the class. Accordingly the next Sunday tne superintendent took him to the girls for this purpose, and, addressing them, said:' "Young ladies, I wish to introduce to you the Rev. Mr. Chirp, who will In future be your teacher. I should like you to tell him what your former teacher did, so that he can go on in the same way." Immediately a demure young miss of sixteen rose and said: "The first thing teacher did was to kiss us all round." Christian Endeavor World. He Head About Solomon. The defect of the average synonym Is that It Is not always exactly synonymous, which Is why this story happened. One of my friends has an unusually pious little daughter, who has lately begun to read the Bible. She lifted her eyes from the page she was reading about Solomon one day, to ask: "Mother, what is a concubine?" Mother thought for a moment or two, and then replied, with great presence of mind. "Why, a concubine why. a concubine Is a second wife." Then mother drew a deep breath of relief. A few days later Mr. Brown, on his return from his second wedding journey, came to call with Mrs. Brown. The pious child was seated in the front window as they came up the walk, and she promptly Imparted the news of their arrival to the family and two visitors who were present. "Oh. mother!" said she. "Here comes Mr. Brown, and his concubine." Washington Post. On the Street In Japan. When one's work is done, there is left the mild excitement of walking up the great alimentary canal In Nlkko. All that is doing in Nikko may be seen. On the veranda of a house madam Is having her bath, her head sticking above the steaming water. The youngsters in their original suits are hailing you, "SInko san, ohtyo!" "Mr. Stranger, good day." An array of great gilt lotus flowers and leaves on long stems shown that a member of the family within Is dead. In the front nnm, unprotected from the street, one cees the square kagollke box in which, with' knees against the breast, the last Journey Is taken. A bevy of gaily dressed geisha girls, with attendants tarrying kotos and samlsens, are bound for somo dinner or entertainment, their hair black and shiny and filled with bright ornaments, their faces and necks white with rice powder and their lower Hps bright with scarlet paste. They are chattering In the shrill, penektratlng voices which are peculiar to them! The merchant steps out from his shop to tell you he has some new Kakemona or carving to show, antiques from 300 years old to those so recent that the lacquer Is hardly dry. "Step In, sir." cries a young man waving his hand In the air an he paints with an imaginary brush an imaginary picture, "and see how Japanese artist using his brush." He hands yon his card and you are pleased to read the motto of his house is "Earnest is the best policy." "I was waiting for you." says a pretty girl, smiling, "will you please come in my shop? I have brack racker and red racker trays. Yes, very pretty." She spends all her time in front of her shop between the two bridges. If she sees one crows either bridge she is already waiting when he has crossed. No one escapes. Charles Hovey Pepper, In the World To-Day. What Sincerity Is. Love contains no complete and lasting happiness save In the transparent atmosphere of perfect sincerity. To the ioInt of this sincerity love is but an experiment; we live in expectation, and our words and kisses are only provisional. But sincerity is not possible except between lofty and trained consciences. Moreover, it Is not enough that these consciences should be such. This Is requisite, besides, if sincerity Is to become natural and essential that the consciences shall be almost equal, of the same extent, the same quality, and that the love that unites them shall be deep laid. And thus It Is that the lives of so many men glide away who never meet the soul with which they could have been sincere. But it Is Impossible to be sincere with others before learning to be sincere toward one's self. Sincerity is only the consciousness and analysis of the motives of all life's actions. It Is the expression of this consciousness that one is able later to lay before the eyes of the being with whom he Is seeking the happiness of sincerity. Maurice MaeterHnek. in the Century. At Palm Bench. "One of the funny sights of Palm Beach," said Dr. John P. Lombard, of Boston, "is to watch the arrival of Northern guests. To see them getting off the train wearing furs and heavy overcoats is somewhat ludicrous In view of the fact that the thermometer at the beach records S3 In the shade, and that from a little distance can be heard the Joyous racket of men and women who are disporting themselves in old ocean's waves. But the very next day our newly-landed pilgrims get themselves up In white duck, straw hats and neglige shirts and then they Join the crowd which looks with glee on a fresh batch of arrivals arrayed In their zero toggery." Washington P03t. Limiting; Immigration. William R. Grace might have been th SO.OOlst person who tried to get into the United States In 1846, and In that case he would have been deported if the Immigration scheme which Mr. Adams is trying to get enacted had been the law. Andrew Carnegie might not have had the good luck to get into the first eighty thousand In the year he arrived from Scotland. But immigration was far more of a menace to the country fifty years ago than it is now, because the stream of immigrants was greater in proportion to the residents of the country, and the problem of assimilation was proportionately more difficult. Philadelphia Record. SBBBBSSMsnBBSSSSBBBSBBBBBBBHBBSVMMBBBBBlSBSSSSBB Japan's Caster Lilies. Our Easter lily, called the "Bermuda" Illy, Is in reality a native of Japan aad China. In 1ST9 Japan sent us only $2.000 worth of bulbs for growing them; but In 135 the exports Jumped to $40.000; by 1S93 they reached $120,000, and they have been climbing steadily ever since, while the output from Bermuda is supposed to be a quarter less than It was a decade ago. In spite of heavy freights, the Japanese bulbs could often be delivered here for half the price of ths Bermuda product. Country Lite in America.

PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF ARUXGTOX CEMETERY

Plans That Will Dcstrov Historic Beautv of This Famous Place. the Washington Letter in Chicago Tost. The Chicago pilgrim was standing under a huge oak that must have been old in co lonial days. The grass beyond was just turning green, and was literally covered with robins and slate-colored snowbirds. A road wound round at the right and disappeared behind a patch of1 natural woodland. The stranger approached and said: "Watching the birds and admiring the beauty of the pl.-tce, I suppose?" The Chicagoan assented. "Well," said the stranger, "you come here after a while and you won't find cither birds or beauty. The birds will clear out from sheer motives of self-respect. They won't come to such a place." "What's going to happen?" "Well. I'll tell you what's going to happen. I'm In one of the departments: I've seen the plans and ! know what I'm talking about. Somo man over In New York is going to try his hand -at improving this spot that Qod Almightv alreadv has made the most beautiful on ills footstool. Man has done somt thing here, but he hasn't hurt it much. Where he put in roads he ! made them follow the curved line of beauty, and he left the rcs-t pretty much to Cod and nature. "Now the government, unless it wakes up some morning with a little sense in its head, is going to let a New York 'nature artist,' who was brought up in a planing mill, where everything goes on straight lines, take a hand at improving Arlington by making a checker board out of it. I tell you I've seen the plans, and there's nothing but right llne and ninety-degree angles in 'em. If one of the lines hits this oak tree, that the Indians swapped tomahawks under three hundred years ago, down the tree will come. It's sacrilege?, vandalism and brutality to beauty all in one. "You don't live in Washington, do you? Chicago? Well, I didn't think you knew much about beauty out there in the West, but I got over that idea the other day when a man named Burnham came down here and helped save our Mall. Daniel is his first name, I think, and I wish he'd be a Daniel come to Judgment again and come down here and save Arlington from this New Yorker." "Are they going to do anything else to the old place?" "Are they! Listen to this. When the G. A. R. wants a thing done it's going to be done. Congress is afraid of the old fellows and will continue to be afraid of 'em until they're dead and can't vote. You've seen that beautiful amphitheater near the house with the white columns and the clambering wistaria making a perfect bower of beauty of it? Well, the G. A. II. says that isn't fancy enough. Think of that, will you? Isn't fancy enough! Why, there isn't anything more simply and impressively beautiful on the continent! Those columns are to be knocked down, the wistaria Is to be uprooted and a gingerbread palace is to be stuck up somewhere else. "If there's a single true artist comrade of these living G. A. R. men lying at rest under these trees here he'll get up and shake his skeleton fist at 'em while they're dedicating their fancy work monstrously. If his old Springfield's buried with him he'll shoot. I would quick. Excuse me, but this thing makes me mad." "Any other troubles in store for Arling ton?" "Well, yes: what you might call a minor trouble, perhaps, and woman is going to have a hand in it. Kither the Daughters of the Revolution or the Colonial Dames I forget which are going to put a marble abomination of some kind in the drawing room of the old Custis mansion on the hill. Why can't they leave the place alone? Everybody knows what the house is. and it's a memorial enough as it stands. The ladies will have a great powwow, I suppose?, when they dedicate the thing. They'll have to walk from the cars to the house, and I hope it rains pitchforks and spoils their bonnets." Then the stranger walked away and left the Chicago visitor thoughtful and depressed. An attache of the War Department told him later that plans were being made for the "beautifjing" of Arlington by making the roads and the paths Ftralght and doing some other things Just what, he did not know. Why Is It that man, and woman, too, can't let the well enough in nature alone? DR. LORENZ IS COMING BACK FOR A DEGREE Great Surgeon Will Make Journey to Receive Honor from Jeffer- - son College. Philadelphia Press. Dr. Adolph Lorenz, the great Vienna surgeon, whose skill in the bloodless operation that bears his name won the admiration of the American medical profession during his visit to this country more than a year ego, will journey from Austria to this city to receive the honorary degree of doctor of laws from the Jefferson Medical College at its commencement exercises, on May 27. The memory of the wonderful ability of the tall Viennese is still fresh In the memory of the surgeons of this city, and in coming to the Jefferson to receive the degree of that Institution Dr. Lorenz is returning to the scene 'of one of his most notable triumphs. For it was in this city, while returning to Europe from Chicago, where he had operated on Lolita Armour, that he achieved probably the greatest triumph of a Journey that was almost a procession or triumph. Here, in the Jefferson Hospital amphitheater, surrounded by the most conservative and critical body of medical men in America, he demonstrated successfully and beyond all doubt the value of the bloodless operation for the reduction of congenital dislocation of'the hip Joint. With no aid of instrument, but Just with his own great strong hands, he kneaded the muscles and etretched the slrkews and put in place the bones of four crippled tots. During the coming visit Dr. Lorenz will take' part In a still more imtortant and interesting clinic which will be held at the Jefferson Hospital on June 6. For to this clinic will also come Dr. Albert Hoffa, of the University of Berlin, the surgeon whose cutting operation for the rendition of hip Joint dislocation first was followed then modified and finally abandoned by Lorenz for the bloodless method. Dr. Hoffa, in 1SJ, while professor of children s surgical diseases at urzburg, first drew the attention of the world to his "open" or cutting operation for hip disloca tlon. Dr. Lorenz studied the operation, which entailed a large incision nbove the posterior part of the joint, and finally adopted a modification Involving a smaller anterior Incision. This latter was knosvn as the Hoffa-Lorenz operation. In however, the Vienna surgeon gave up the cutting altogether in the cases of children under eight years where the tissues were plastic enough, nnd proceeded to reduce cases of dislocation by means of forcible manipulation only. Dr. Hoffa, who is now a professor at the University of Hcrlin, will arrive In this city on June 1. Doth he and Dr. Irenz will be the guests of Dr. H. Augustus Wilson, professor of orthopedics at Jefferson. They will spend the time at Dr. Wilson's home in this city and at his cottage at Atlantic City. The presence of these two distinguished surgeons will do much to clear up the slight differences of opinion existing between surgeons on the relative value of the two methods at various ages of the jwitient. For it Is now conceded that the bloodless method is the better when It is possible, but It Is only poplble In cases of a certain age. Rarely hsve children over nine years possessed sufficient softness of the tissues to permit of It. It is proposed that at the clinic next June different cases will be taken up and that Dr. Hoffa will operate on at least one patient upon whom the Lprenz method was not successful. It is expected that the prominent English orthopedic surgeons. Dr. Noble Smith, of London, and Dr. Robert Jones, of Liverpool, will also attend the clinic. Knew Him Well. Chicago Record-Herald. "Say, Fat, have you ever read any of Macaulay'a poems?" "I have." "Have you read 'Ivry'r "Yls; ivery wan. Mac was a folne lad. I used to know him, whin I was wurrkln' on the Rock Island. He was wr-ritin' th r-railroad items f'r th' Ookyloosky Dirna-cr-raL'

FARMERS GO TO CITY TO HIRE FARM HANDS

Labor Bureau in New York Citv Supplies Workmen of All Kinds. New York Evening Tost. It may not be generally known that th9 demand in New York city for farm hands Is grratt-r than the supply, and that farmers come to town regularly In search of s-trong. abl-bodied men. who will receive good wages if they will only cor.s-ent to work at the plow. The medium through whicU these farmers seek to obtain help Is thtj free employment bureau of the State Department of Labor, No. 107 East Thirty-iir-t street. The bureau Ls lre to bot.'i employer and employe, and to it thousand of applicants come yearly. TIu bureau was organized about eight years ago, and i. th only one of Its klu-1 conducted by th State. Generally speaking, the bureau Is practically unknown to thf majority of citutns li.ing intelligence oifkvs, though it numbers amonr, Us patrons hotels, hospitals and public Institutions and numvious private families. It la utilized by lvarby and up-State farmers, and last year the wheat farmers of Kansaa applied to it for harvesters. ihe many complaints against the methods of inieinger.ee unices ana tne nelv sur plied by them haw aided the bureau In its work. Though employment is not guaranteed, an effort is mac to li in a place for every applicant, providing the applicant can produce KOod rtlertnctrs as to character and ability. In aduition to reftrrneus the person seeking employment must flit out a blank stating nationality, age, number of children, number of dependent thildien, occuaption, kind of work desired, rata of wages rttrived from last employer and length of time employed. It Is also nec essary for tne applicant to give tue causa and length of idleness, and to state his willingness to work outside the city. , The application blanks may apin-ar for midable to many applicants, but the doubtless serve the purpose of protecting tne employer against incum;eictit or dishonest employes, as every effort is made to verify the latter's statements. The bureau being a state organization, and iequiring no fee. it differs from the average employment oflice in that it lacks the incentive to foist worthless help upon th helpless employer, ror this reason, and for the reason that its applicants are usually intelligent and deserving, the bureau is growing in favor and is becoming a utility just In proportion as Its work is known to the public. Iast year C,.4 applicants for work wer registered at the bureau, Z.'$ bing nun and 3,01$ women. Only two of the former were unable to read or write, while lüJ women were illiterate. At the same time the latter iossessed a good deal of informa tion associated with their various avocations. There were 4.717 applications for hela during HKXi, and the percentage of applicants securing employment was seventyone. A marked feature of the work is the year. ly increase in the number of men employed through the bureau, and it is interesting to note that innumerable calls for help are received from farmers, who not only makn application by mall, but come in person tu the bureau to iook at likely hands. Good wages and a good home are- offered bv nearly all the farmers, yet they have diffi culty In obtaining help. The bureau also receives many out-of-town orders from hotel keepers. The demand for help, especially for general houseworkers, is rar in excess - of the sunrlv though the bureau last year found work for 3,594 women. By comparing the bureau s report for lmi with that of 1S7, one will find that conditions have changed very much for the bet ter In seven years, rewer persons nowadays give "no work" as the cause of their idleness, and it may be noted that only a small percentage of the applicants are skilled mechanics. This latter fact may Imj ciue to tne action or tne trades unions lu caring for their members when strikes or lockouts are called. While a desire to change their calling often brings applicants to the bureau, it is a great help to many poor and needy persons, particularly wo men, wno are reaay to work ir they can obtain employment. HOME VIEW OF HEARST And His Candidacy for the Demo cratic Nomination. Fan Francisco Star. William Randolph Hearst is a self-made man of great ability and achievement. Although a Harvard graduate, he has been the champion of labor from his youth, and by his devotion to the cause of ths plain rwople has endeatel himself to millions. Ills Democracy Is of th modern school, which believes In doing things, and if elected President, he would prove himself one of America's, statesman. Extract from Hearst write-up. The truth, in brief, as to William Randolph Hearst Is as follows: W. R. Hearst as he was always known In California, for he did not become William R. Hearst until he went to New York, . nor William Randolph Hearst until he got Into politics W. R. Hearst is the eon cf a man who was worth $30,000,000. H never did a day's hard work In his life, and never earned a dollar In his life, unless hi has made money by the use of his father's money. His father was George Hearst, a miner and California pioneer, who was at one time a United States senator. W. R, Hearst received his education from a private tutor. He never went to the public schools, and never graduated from Harvard College. He never even wa admitted to that collej;e, though he tried Jor a year to qualify. Rut his manner of living was such, while a boy at Cambridge, that President Ullot would not admit him. He was given the Ban Francisco Kx amined by his father, and on his father' death got enough millions from the estat to make his debut as a newspaper proprietor in New York. As a newspaper man he has been a success; not as Raymond or Greeley were. a great editors; ror as Dennett is, as a newsgatherer. Rut as a panderer to the passing vice or passion or policy of the reopl he has no superior. He knows how to please the people, and to change with them, lie never has been a champion of anything that It did not pay to charojdon. No on ever heard of his friendship for labor until the labor unions became strong and Hearst himself got into politics. Personally he has no use whatever for a laboring man. His Democracy is nothing but demagogy. He supported llryan in 18T because It was his chance to steal the circulation of ths Democratic papers that bolted Rryan, aivl also, because he owns silver mines in Utah. He bitterly, persistently and malignantly fought the foremost Democrat Callforitis has produced since the day of Rroderick. the late United States Senator Stephen il. White. He attempted to prevent the nomination of Franklin K. Ime. for Governor In by editorially announcing that Jane would not be supported by him. nnd later bolted the nomination and labored for his defeat. He created the Union Iibor party in 8aa Francisco for the purpose of defeating th Democratic ticket, and Is seeking now to extend that party throughout this State and other States in the hope of blackmailing the Democracy into naming him for ths presidency. He thinks that the Demccratlo party is to hard up that It will take tip with anybody who can show some following and promises 8 liberal campaign fund. He abused Rryan, after Bryan's second defeat, as he did Cleveland after h downfall; and he has taken up every line of Republican policy, from the conquest of ths Philippines, which he advocated, to ths capture of Panama, which he Indorsed. He Is for a Llg army and a big navVt and would be for polygamy if he lived In Ftah, and for killing the Jews if he lived In Russia. As a congressman he has been a total and laughable failure. Thus far he has not cast a single vote In the House, nor made a speech, nor made a point of order, nor moved to adjourn. He never made a ten-minute political speech In all his life. He never has written ten lines on a political question in nil his life. lie declines all Invitations to sp-ak. and sends out letters lu reply, written Ly his cl vor hired men, but signed "Wilnam Randolph Hearst." He talks of himself In his papers, but cannot talk for himself anywhere. Hearst doe.- not exist, except on paper. He Is a creation of the paid write-up. Hs Is talked of because he is never seen. Brlns; him into the open, and force him to scrap with the world, and he would go down and out in half a round. His chief distinction since boyhood has b-en his open and brazen public association with degraded women, whose Influence upon him has been siij'crlor to that even of his ambition. And lu the Whits House he would present such a epectttele of indeevney as would cause the nations of the earth to je r. When e'allfornla 1 to have a President, let him bo a man one whose whole biography m y be publisher! without too giosly violating the laws concerning the disemination of obsceue literature.