Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1901 — PULSE of the PRESS [ARTICLE]

PULSE of the PRESS

If Jilr. iCariu'gie'Speaks truth When be aajs ;New York, treats her'public men shamefully, it sepnjs tp.be a Jjofse; apiece. News. ! ■ Nirw it is a soap combine, anil a prb-' posed advance ig, the of the essential to cleanliness. This is pretty neatly the limit of toleration.—Pittsburg Dispatch. 'Now that the novelty of Mrs. Nation's crusade lids worn off/’sTie is be’eonfihg generally recognized, as only a nuisance nnd being treated aecordiuglyAKansatf City Journal. Those editors who nre nominating Funston for President ar«j strictly within their rights, of course, b'pt the reasons for su :h imbecility are not apparent.—Montgomery Advertiser. If little Japan goes Bear-baiting she will have the silent sympathy of most of the powers, but that appears to be about the extent of the assistance she may expect. —Baltifrior4 News. 5 • ’ Gen. Garbin's squ! is, siyutller than, Funston’s body. His sneer at the gallant Kansan’s success—"lt is the work of a scout"—was the remark of a cad in uniporin.—Des Moines News. i A feminine real estate denied in York has failed, wjth debts of over 000 and no assets. This looks like carrying mannishness almost too far. —Rochester Democfat-Chrcnicli\

The attention of the new Attorney General is [directed tOfthe fact, that J. Pierpont Morgan is openly forming trusts, in violation of the Sherman law*.— Jlemphis; Commercial Appeal. ~ - ( tt/ Simply justice demands that the, millions of negroes who pay their share for the inppWrt of the army shall Have their among (Officers gq well as among men.—New York Evening Post. The faet thftt there was not a single case of yellow fever on record in. Has ;M)M at the beginning..of ..April affords addi; tional proofs, of the vigilance with which the American sanitary authorities nave, done thei.- work.—Philadelphia Bulletin. It is said-that the Czar wishes to avoid a war with Japan, a misußdersUindim; with the Vnited States and a q.iarrJ) vrhli Eqgland. Xleanwhiie he is (lodging dynahiiA', which, ns a personal jnatter, he is not talking about.—St. Louis Republic. It has finally been decided that Cadet Booz did not die of hazing, but nothing is. said as to the exact effect of Lis diyt ta’basco sauce or the exposure Io wliftm he was subjected. Thus another historic case disappears in whitewash.—Denver, Republican. ’■ In a speech to some of his soldiers, the Kaiser has intimated that he ba>» apprehensions of a revolution in Germany. If he judges from the effects of Ips own goings-on and imperialistic utterances, he probably has reasons for fear. —Richmond (Va.i Dispatch.

| lowa claims to "have about 'in the treasury, and no debt. lowa is an agricultural State. In 1899 its corn crop . was Itirger than that of any other State in the Union. Its oat crop was also the I largest, with the exception of Illinois.—' i NasltviHe American. Japan would better stop and count the. I cost as well as the probable consequences i before going to war with Russia. Not I long ago the powers graciously permitted Greece to go to war with Turkey. The troops of the Sultan dill the rest.—Peoria I Herald-Transcript. The friends of Benjamin Harrison are vise in taking immediate steps toward aisuig a monument to his memory. It .nay lie true that "absence makes the ! heart grow fonder” in life, but hi death the appreciation of public service dims rapidly an I irrevocably.—Chicago t’lircriij ide. In addition to her quarrel with this I country, Venezuela will lx 1 asked to pay ffor the tlestruction of certain British vessels. If she refuse, the Briton will prob- | ably have a free hand this tune in teaching the obstreperous Venezuelans a lesson in international good manners.- Chicago News. ■' , Why doesn’t society take up,polities? ■ Politics offers a field of. unhoun led di- | version for society. The wanl meetings, the primaries, the rallies, the conventions, the torchlight processions, the polls, afford amusement in some form all the year round. Although the offices would only be for the men, the women might | have just as much fun in other ways.— Chicago -Chronicle.