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JAJCIAN SWIFT, I J. S. McLAIN,
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The Crop Outlook.
That the three northweste rn wheat
states will have a wheat acreage
larger than last year has been the ex
pectation ever since wheat in Minne
apolis sold above $1. To-day wheat
Is high, If Judged by prices of last
year, or by average prices of a longer
period. Ye it is as yet an open
proposition as to whether It Is too
high.
A year ago Minneapolis wheat was
arou nd 76c to-day it is in the neigh
borhood of 95 c. A year ago there was
a growing winter wheat area of 84,
000,000 acres, of which the condition
was 97.3, and to-day there is an area
of 32,000,000 acres, the condition of
whic h, the government report of yes
terday said, is 76.6. There is a visible
supply of 31,181,000 bushels against
40,164,000 a year ago, and other minor
strengthening factors.
Whether or not these factors, with
9,000,000 bushels less than last year
in the supply and 2,000,000 acres less
winter wheat 20.8 points lower in con
dition are more than offset by a price
range twenty cents higher, is some
thing everyone may figure for himself.
They are mention ed here only to show
that while speculation and bull man
ipulation put wheat above a dollar
there was really something legitimate
underlying it all. El se would wheat
not have held, as it has in the 90's,
after the speculation subsided.
What the farmer cares abo ut is
whether he will get a go od price for
his wheat when he comes to market
It next fall. There is no reason why
he should not. There is not much
wheat in the country and for several
years Increased production has hardly
kept pace with increased consump
tion. Th is is the year production
ought to catch up but will it do so
W already know that it is unrea
sonable to expect any new record pro
duction in wint er whea t, and the
northwest has a backward start in
spring wheat seeding. Th is is of no
significance relative to the effect upon
the country. With any kind of a good
season there will be abundant crops
and continued prosperity in Minnesota
and the Dakotas, but it is not certain
that there will be more wheat. If
there is a record breaking wheat crop
up here, even then the farmer is likely
to get a profitable return and if there
is not those who have good wheat
yields wijl do well.
One thi ng is certain, no farmer need
hesitate to plant wheat th ru fear that
every other farmer will do the same
and prices will be affected. There is
no danger of this. What the price
will be In the fall is, of course, beyo nd
the ken of any man, but the days of
sixty cent wheat are gone and are not
likely to return very soon.
4 TUESDAY EVENING,
by.Carrie*.
7
A new process for purifying water is
to dope the germs with sulphates and
things That might kill the germs, but
it is desirable to know that the slaughter
would stop there.
Will the Bar Be Heard?
Interest is growing in the move
ment for a better class of supreme
court nomination s. Since the action
of the State Bar association, this phase
of the political situation has been
given wide discussion. Al concedfe
that some change in the present sys
tem of nominating candidates is a
prerequisite to any improvement in
results. Th State Ba association has
reoommended that supreme court
nominations be made first. Th is has
found some favor, but, as The
Journal pointed out at the time,
a mere change in the order of nomi
natio ns wou ld not remove the judges
from the atmosphere of deals and
barters. Jf they are named first, they
will have an advantage when it comes
to a trade, which, It is to be feared,
they would make use of.
The republican state committee is
not likely to make any change in the
traditional call for the convention, and
the convention itself will be too eager
to rea ch a ballot on the governor
ship to dally with any other ideas.
A far as the pasty convention is con
cerned, judgeship candidates will be
on the same plane as candidates for
secretary of state or railroad commis
sioner. There are already well defined
rumors of combinations involving can
didates for the supreme court. Can
didates with due regard for the dig
nity of the bench will not seek to trade
for it, but the temptati on will be be
fore them, and it will be hard to re
sist.
How can the temptation be removed?
The Detroit Record suggests a mass
convention of attorneys. Taking no
tice of the problem as presented in a
rece nt Journal editorial, the editor of
/the Record says:
The lawyers of the state are inter
ns ested as deeply as any other class of
citizens in the elevation of the su
fe preme bench. Would it not be a good
si* plan for them to hold a mass conven-
,'tion at some time prior to the repub
lican gathering, for the purpose of
making recommendations, or preli m-
t? inary nominations. W believe that
such a move, having back of it tho
ablest and acknowledged leaders of
the legal profession, would result in
recommendations that would be fa
vorably considered by the members of
the convention when It convenes later.
It has been said that the lawyers, who
nave importa nt matters pending be
fore the supreme co\irt, do not feel
like entering into a movement that,
falling of success, might place them at
a disadvantage before the judges
elected. This would imply cowardice,
and also the great need of 'strong men
upOn_thej bench. Th_e lawyers thet
sta te know, probably better than any
SSk
iiiiii]i|ili liflfiiiiiiiu I mm* IL^JIAIIU^
Pfl^ pvtp?f^lf
other class of citizens, who among
their number are best qualified to sit
upon the supreme bench. If thru
cowardice pr false modesty they de
cline to point out the best men, is it
to be wondered at that the average
delegate, \who is -not familiar with the
qualifications of the men whose names
are proposed, makes wrong seleotions
of his candidates, or is led to the sup
port of an inferior man thru a politi
cal trade that may be beneficial to him
in other -ways?
There are many obstacles in the
way of such a meeting, but if the at
torne ys of the state were really alive
to the importance of the question, all
difficulties could be surmounted. A
nonpartizan and representative gath
ering of lawyers would not be apt to
go far wrong. They would not need
to dictate, but their decision would
carry great weight with the laymen.
Some think that the bar wants
Judges who will split hairs and fuss
over technicalities, making litigation
more complex and protracted. Th is
is not true. The judges popular with'
attorneys are those who use common
sense as well as legal tradition in their
decisions, who think clearly and act
directly. Lawyers fight their cas es to
win, but if they lose they bear no
malice, so long as Justice is done. Ta lk
with attorneys and you will find nine
out of ten taking this broad view of
the question. The selection of supreme
judges could safely be left to the Min
neso ta bar.
If the matter is left entirely to the
state convention, the intelligent choice
of the attorneys present will be smoth
ered. The bar of the state will have
little voice in the matter
reason to complain of the result, un
less it takes some definite action be
fore the conventi on meets. Will the
bar be heard?
and little
It seems to be reasonably certain that
the democrats will not only repudiate the
Kansas City platform, but that that
"time-honored" principle of democracy,
free trade, or tariff for revenue only, will
be discarded at St Louis and moderate
protection adopted in its stead. The need
of some protection will be conceded, but
it will be declared that the tariff shall*
not be permitted to afford shelter for
trusts. This is a remarkable advance for
the democraoy, but it is unquestionably
good politics, and indicates the arrival of
wiser leadership. It is an advance, too,
which may yet induce the republican
"standpatters" to take a more reasonable
view of the tariff question.
The State and the Merger.
The St. Paul morning papers, at
least one of which is known to be
long to Mr. Hill, are "tickled to
death" over the reversal of the cir
cuit court's action in the state's mer
ger case. That the state should be
embarrass ed in an effort to prevent
a foreign corporation from being
made use of to circumvent the laws
of this state seems to strike our St.
Paul contemporaries as just about the
Jolliest thing that ever happened.
They are so pleased that they can
not conceal their satisfaction over
what might mean the complete tri
umph over the laws of the state, If it
wferef not for the merger decision
handed down in the government's case
a few weeks ago
Whether the state's case was han
dled as well as it could have been.
The Journal does not pretend to
say, but the assertion that the state's
initiative in the prosecution of the
merg er is without result is clearly
prompted by prejudice. I was the
commencement of proceedings against
the Northern Securities company by
the state of Minnesota which opened
up this whole question of railroad con
solidation and directed the attention
of the federal administration to the
matter. The whole country has recog
nized that fact. Whether the federal
government would have commenced
prosecution of the merger if the state
of Minnesota had not commenced its
action is unimportantw know that
it could not refuse to do so after the
brave resistance made by the state of
Minnesota against the nullification of
its laws. The prosecution by the gov
ernment was instituted along differ
ent lines, but it was aimed at the
same result.
Suppose this Harriman suit is only a
bluff Suppose that Mr, Harriman and
Mr Hill are only playing a game to create
sentiment in favor of mergers and fool
somebody. Suppose it is only a sham bat
tle after all.' you see anything in the
action of the principals to establish the
contrary? Is it Inconsistent with the
commencement of this suit to suspect that
Ifr Is intended simply as a means of creat
ing sentiment in favor of mergersa sort
of campaign of education
9 Put those in-
terviews solicited and carefully winnowed
by Mr Hill's paper to show great con
sternation in the northwest over the pros
pect that he might lose control of the
Northern Pacificput them along with
this theory of the case and see how
nicely they fit W do not know any
thing about this case, but "we hae oor
doots
The democrats in congress point to the
narrow margin in favor of the govern
ment in the decision of the supreme court
on the merger case, and argue that one
judge on that court might reverse the
decision. Therefore it is important, they
argue, to have a president who will ap
point judges of the supreme court who
are not in sympathy with the trusts. That
calls attention to some facts. Fourteen
federal judges have now passed upon the
Northern Securities merger. Of th.at
number five owe their appointment to Mr.
Cleveland and nine to republican presi
dents, from*\Hayes down to Roosevelt.
Of the nine appointed by republican pres
idents all but one have declared the mer
ger illegaL Of the five appointed by
Mr. Cleveland all but one have declared
in favor of the merger. The democratic
argument in favor of a democratic ap
pointive power does not seem to work
out as it was intended.
THE STILETTO HATPIN
A a means of defense for women in
case of attack from a ruffian a stiletto
hatpin is about to be placed on the Euro
pean market. It is made of fine steel that
will bend but not break, has a fine, hard
ened^nahit and a handle with which to
grasp it as a weapon,
JPN
AT THE THEATERS
Metropolitan William Fawsham In
"Lord and Lady Al$y'
William Faversham. whoni th Ne
York matinee girl is said to idolize, proves
upon his first stellar visit to Minneapolis
to be not as dazzlingly handsome as one
would expect of the man who has set
the feminine Gotham heart a-flutter. But
he is really very English, and can say
"old chap" stunningly and rattle off the
horsey talk of the English nobility in
famous style. Is a bit" of an actor,
too, which is a consideration of some
weight, don't you know?
The play in which he comes, "Lord and
Lady Algy," is a revival of R. C. Car
ton's success of former daysa comedy
of English high life of rather clever con
struction. The dialogue, tho bright
enough, is so full of insular color as to
be somewhat recondite for "an American
audience Lord Algy, however, turns out
to be a good sort when you get under his
stoical English crustand in the revealing
of the really fine character that hides be
neath are engaged the craft of the play
wright and the art of the actor. The
unsmooth course of misunderstandings
along which runs jthe love of tins Iordling
and his lady is thoroly unconventional,
and the rapprochement of the- odd pair
is accomplished ingeniously. The story
drags, however, and in the costume ball
of the second act degenerates Into sheer
farce comedy For another thing, one
would think Lord Algy would promptly
discharge a valet who had so little sense
as to admit various persons to his flat
so malappropriately. But these rencontres
are, of course, necessary to the develop
ment of the plot, and so the valet must
be forgiven
Foyer Chat.
tlona
i
exce
opera
"The Stain of Guilt," with its thrilling
incidents and its illustrations of the ups
and downs in life, is winning liberal pat
ronage at the Bijou this week
Mr Faversham's comedy is natural and
unforced There is no conscious"striving "ration will be. made #oji latePresidentiae
An attraction that has had groat suc
cesses the dramatization of "David Har-
um," -which will commence a week's en
gagement at the Bijou next Sunday af
ternoon.
after laughter, no direct appeal to the!
audience, and this, of course makes
for dramatic effect. is always thorolv
at his ease and shows himself a charming
if not a great actor. ment W ^o,.Parker,
Miss Julie Opp, who plays the Lady
Algy, is rather disappointing While there
is nothing to offend^in her Impersonation,
neither is there anything to impress
There is no lack of opportunity in the
role but Miss Opp seems content with
a colorless effect. She is tall and English
looking, but lacks the grace of carriage
and charm of expression with which an
American actress might be expected to
invest even an English noblewoman.
Quite the best impersonation offered is
that gi\ en by Percy Lyndal of Algy's elder
brother In unctuous hypocrisy he is a
modern Joseph Surface. One regrets that
the man Is not unmasked in the play, even
if it is the conventional thing to do, but
one cannot fail to enjoy to the utmost
the emollient smoothness of Mr Lyndal's
characterization Mabel Roebuck is ef
fective as the romantic and misguided **e will remain in the state now until after
v.ite, and E Y. Backus as the jealous "*""his
husband is funny but farcical. The other
players are for the most part well cast
and the performance is a finished and
artistic one
There Is a sad lack of realism in the
second act, due to the failure to provide
enough people to make the costume ball
seem fairly -well attended. All the-guests
are supposed to pass thru the corridor in
which the action takes place on their way
to supper, but, all told, there are only a
beggarly few in sight. The same meager
ness is seen in the furnishing of Lord
Algy's bachelor quarters. This is not like
Charles Frohman, who usually sets his
Plays well. _w. Chamberlain.
Scenioally, Puccini's "Tqsca," that
opens the second week of the grantf opera
season at the Metropolitan next Thursday
night, is one of the most elaborate pro
ductions in the Savage repertory, The
opera is condensed into three acts from
the thrilling Sardou drama. While the
play furnishes an absorbing story, it is to
the music of "Tosca" that one looks for
the reason of its greatoPPojtHnitytsingers* vogue. The
A large house greeted the Ferris Stock
company at the Lyceum this afternoon
in their pioduction of "The Merchant of
Venice For the coming week the com
pany will present for Sunday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. Graham's great
western play, '"Way Out West." The
Elks will give their big production, "A
Night in Bohemia," Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Buried, but Not Dead.
Sanitary Housecleanlng.
later
To the Editor of The Journal.
We in the eighth ward kindly ask the
aldermen of this city to have inscribed on
our tombstone, "Buried, but Not Dead
We have it arranged to sound the trum
pet for 5 clock on the morning of each
election day from now on, and we will
rise and put on our working clothes and
see that there is a set of aldermen elected
that stand for the best interests of all
the people of this city, instead of bowing
to the wishes of a great corporation
I do not have a word to say against our
rapid transit company W have got the
best in the United States rt,MlSu opponent james McHal of
not have' W took LJlL 1
were norworth^^'Suar'and give^them E?
everything they asked for without their
paying one cent, and to-day they owe us
six millions of dollars good money, every
dollar with an eagle on it, and, besides,
we ha\e given them enough of, our poor
city water so they can capitalize for
about twenty-six millions Notwithstand
ing all this, they have the gall to ask
our city council for the main arterythe
best and only cross-town driving park
way In the citythe only thorofare lead
ing from St Paul to our great lake re
sorts, and our eighth ward aldermen try
ing to defeat this gigantic outrage were
winked at and brushed aside'
The writer took it upon himself to cir
culate a petition among the varied classes
of the city. The working classes and the
dinner-pail men were almost unanimous
against using Lake street as a street car
line My petition had names from every
ward in the cit embracing lawyers doc
tors, judges and every class of laboring
men, all with equal enthusiasm Please
note that it is not the eighth ward alone
that is interested. The democrats have
been three years finding an issue and
have not succeeded yet, but the voters
of Minneapolis found one in three hours.
S. H. Franklin.
To the Editor of The Journal.
While we are discussing varioua reforms
and the best means of promoting sanita
tion in school, hall or home, let us make
thoro work.
If dry sweeping in public school build
ings is a menace to healthand it cer
tainly Isso are electric fans They stir
up the deadly dust germ. Leave the win
dow open and the electric life currents
from the wide fields of heaven will come
,in.
The house-cleaning season is now upon
us Biddy will take up the carpets and
rugs,' drag them thru hall and stairway
then with a dry broom start the cloud of
dust to rolling.
Have her roll the carpet in a gentle and
gingerly wayfollowing closely with a*Duke"
pail of clean, warm water and wash un
the dust, instead of whisking it into the
air. Scrub brush and suds should come
THE LMnmEAPO^'JOURNAL ^HS.
Musi53*LITICS
Collins Workers In Hennepin Confer and
Exchange Encouraging ReportsFrank
Edq Back Into, the CampaignDunn
Papier Attacks Supreme CourtClear
water County Editor Tells Wh He Is
for CollinsSenator McHale of Shako
pee Mentioned for'"District Judge.
The first meeting of the organized sup
porters of Judge Collins" in Hennepin
county was held last evening at Columbus
hall About 150 were present, and every
precinct In the city Was" heard from, eith
er in person or by letter. Judge Ell Tor
rance, chairman of the committee, pre
sided, and reports as to-* the prospect in
diffeient quarters were made. They were
nearly al lof an encouraging nature, and
satisfied those present that a predomin
ance of sentiment amon$ Hennepin county
republicans favors I Judge Collins. The
task before the judge's friends is to or
ganize this sentiment, and bring the Col
lins men out to the primaries N funds
were distributed at the meeting, and
Judge Tprrance in his Opening remarks
said that work for Judge Collins would
have to be of a'volunteer nature, and
that he believed It would" secure better re
sults than paid support.
Frank Eddy returned yesterday from
a two weeks' rest at French Lick Springs,
and resumed his campaign for the gov
ernorship. says that such a large
share of the republicans of the state are
uncommitted that the race is still open,
and almost anything is likely to happen.
does not think that ?3 deadlock iss pos
sible in the convention, -but thag thne nom-
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than th
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Indianat, Mr. Eddy found that
wa
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hll San
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dea
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a
possibility. founds democratic senti in favorable to
believes Hearst will carry Illinois.
ou
a t,n 0but nt,
Strong claims have been made for Dunn
in Cottonwood county, but S Kiby of
Windom, county treasurer of Cottonwood,
has been visiting lately at Wadena, and
is quoted in the Pioneer Journal as say
ing that sentiment is overwhelmingly for
Collins, who has the support of every
com tv officer believes that a similar
condition exists in the other counties of
the second district From all accounts,
there are just three -counties in the sec
ond where there is1
a show for Dunn
Those are Faribault, Martin and Jackson,
where Judge Quinn has, been laboring
early and late for his- friend and kinsman
Lieutenant Governor ^Jones has returned
from a business trip to Kansas, and savs
the convention, to looltaftei campaign
for the renominatioa,
The Glencoe Register last week made a
most remarkable attack the supreme
court for' failing to decide the Russell
Sage larid grant oases. The Register said
in part
As this oplnibn. it it Is adverse to the settlers,
will render homeless some 1G0 prosperous farm
era who purchased their land in good fai.th,
would seem probable, tram the long delay, that it
is against the settlers and that it Is being held
back, for certain reasons, until after the repub
llcan nomination for governor has beea made it
does not seem possible that the ermine of the
supreme court could be dragged so wantonly thru
the mire of politics but we have witnessed its
recent degradation, to a hitherto entliely un
known extent, and it is Hat improbable that there
are further depthd fo which It may be
brought by Loren ~W. CoUlns and his political
henchmen
The same day the article was published
the decision of the court was handed
down, and it was in tavor of the settlers
It is a rather flew experience for the jus
tices tff the supreme* 'iourt to be dubbed
"political henfchmen'n-*of
Judge Collins
But when men ate tfe'sperate they say
foolish things."
iWf.' JXnihB, Z<Jm #& Mallard Call,
WHO wari the spl^^re^atttaaive of Clear-
waW Wnfct*flF tna^tate? 'convention
March 17, bas
6
Gail.
King Peter of Servia has just had
!&?. SSSSaBBfc*^-fin-
c6me bdt In favbV of Judge
Collins In W eurtOrial In "his last issue
he says thd.t be?or$ attending the- conven-
tion he was inclined to favor Dunn, -but
after noticing the sentiment of the dele
gates decided that he "had not beep
working in harmony with the masses o''
the people."
The St. Peter Frel Press, the Dunn
and Davis organ of Nicollet county, says.
O A Smith has been^vi^ed by his Minneapolis
friends to become a candidate for United States
senator against Moses E Clapp, but he denied
that he has aspliatipns in that direction How
ever, it Is generally believed that Mr Smith
would not be averse to the honor, should it ap
pear to be within reach, and that In a case of
emergency Thomas Lowry would be more than
willing to offer himself,as a sacrifice At any
rate, Minneapolis Is a a Receptive mood for S*n.
ator ClaBP"*& s^at.
If Editor Miller is Interested in Senator
Clapp's successor, he anight score a good
"scoop" by interviewing the senator and
representative from Nicollet county on
their senatorial preference.
Albert Berg of Warroad, for six years
secretary of state ^and member of the
house in 1901, has announced himself a
candidate for house nomination again in
the sixty-third district was defeated
two years ago at the primaries by O
Ekman of Roseau aifd Hans O Hanson of
Stephen. Berg declares for Senator
Clapp's re-election.
Judge Cadwell of Le Sueur, who has
been elected and re-elected judge of the
eighth district on a nonpartizan basis,
may have a
democratiec
as wel as a re-
senatorl, is pro
publican opponents. James McHale of
tat
Sh?kwe
forme
^ocratlc_nom 1 nation
the Shakopee Tribune. P. W Morrison
of Norwood is likely to file for the re
publican nomination, and, as Judge Cad
well is a democrat, he will either have
to go on the primary ballot and seek
the democratic nomination or file by pe
tition as a nonpartizan candidate for re
election.
Representative Luman C. Simons of
Red Lake Falls has announced himself a
candidate for renommation made a
good record in the last house. His dis
trict includes Beltrami and Red Lake
counties. -^Charles B. Cheney.
WHERE LENT IS REALLY OBSERVED
As in the eastern church, Lent extends
for forty-eight days, before Easter, and
the fast is most rigorous, its observance
will entail considerable suffering upon the
Russian soldiers in semi-arctic Manchuria.
All flesh must be abstained from after
Sexagesima Sunday, and from the Monday
in Quinquagesuna until Easter neither
cheese noE eggs may be eaten. An
frlngement is sever^ regarded For the
murder of his. mother a moujik was sent
to Siberia, onth #ky the convict gang
halted at an inn fot-^TQpd. It was Lent,
but the landlord being a-Jew, brought gut
meat. "Dog of a Jew!'* swore the mur
dered, "J have killed niy mother, and I
woujd kill my father afeo rather than eat
meat in Lent."
BRITISH^ COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF
I is rather curious that Lord Roberts,
who lias just retired, was only the eigh
teenth commander-in-chief that the Brit
ish army has had since the office was cre
ated in*2674. This gives *an average tenure
of nearly thirteen years, which is a long
time fdt^any man to-serve after working
his wa up to so lofty a position. But at
times the office has bejfe vacant, and not
all of the incumbents'"-put their feet on
all the rounds- OJC,, the jdder.Ih earlier
times the offic8e-Pwa a perquisite of,thee
8*$- ^Oba*"16
^appointed his son th
of" Monmouth, who was later be
neaaecir was followed Jby the Duke of
Marlborough. -Lord Wellington was the
fifteenth In succession, if reappointments
be counted.
*te23r3ESs -*-*.them rz
Letter boxe ictric beus in
pm*~smum*'**k
THE NONPAREIL MA N
Helen Gougar Flies to the Rescue of the
Reputation of William Randolph Hearst,
Showing That William Has "Done
Things," and That If These Things
Were Done for Advertising Purposes
They Were Fortunately Chosen and
Show Good Advertising Ability.
Helen Gougar has written, for a stipend,
a fingernail sketch of William Randolph
Hearst which shows that Willie has "done
things." A there is no danger of his
nomination for the presidency we may
state that Mr Hearst is 41 years old and
that he has one wife and five daily news
papers. He is an alumnus of Harvard
and yet he knows the printing business
from the first floor to the skylight and di
rects the business management of all his
newspapers. Some people claim that it is
nothing but advertising, but Miss Gougar
shows that when the Gulf of Mexico
wrought ruin at Galveston, Mr. Hearst
sent down three train loads of relief at his
own expense A the breaking out of the
Spanish-American war he converted his
private yacht into a protected cruiser and
sent it to Uncle Sam with his best wishes.
Then he enlisted as a private and got
there in time to participate with Colonel
Roosevelt in the trouble at El Caney.
prevented Ramapo robbers from getting
control of the Ne York waterworks, he
fought the ice trust at a financial loss to
himself of a quarter of a million, and now
he is vigorously at work making Mr.
Baer's coal-trust-by-divine-right wish
that Mr Hearst would quit and mind his
own newspaper businesses The ordinary
man thinks of Willie as a cigarette light
weight, but jet Willie has done things.
With the terrible handicap of wealth,
which we bemoan because it is his and
not ours, Willie has risen above his cir
cumstances, and has been mentioned for
the presidency Say, you who size him up
as pretty small potatoes, were you evei
mentioned for the presidency of anything
say a debating society or what not? W
fear not.
The moral is, either that we misjudge
Mr Hearst or that advertising pays. Take
your choice.
Yet while we are speaking of Mr. Hearst
and his five papers we cannot forbear
quoting a poem written on ello journal
ism by "Andrews No 84105," for the
Ohio Penitentiary News No. 34105 says
"Poison!" "Arson'" "Suicide!"
Thousand Killed in a Big Landslide*"
"Japs Take Port of Cronlcroft'"
"Dowle Hides iu an Organ Loft'"
"Swindle'" "Boodle'" "Holocaust"'
"Railroad Smashup, Ninety Lost'"
"Long Shot Takes the Handicap!"
"Popdle Dies in a Lady's Lap!"
"Murder!" "Typhus!" Black Smallpox!"
"Foraker Calls on George Cox'"
"Strikers Must Work oi Go to Jail!"
"Machen Out on $10,000 Bail!"
"Earthquake'" "Cyclone1"
"Hypnotic Trance!"
"Bulldog Tore the Lover's Pants'"
"Did at Home While They Buried His Wife!"
"Ingersoll on 'A Christian Life!'
t"Duel'" "Mayhem" "Prays for Rain!"
"Italians Fight on Panhandle Train!"
"Kept Marriage Seciet Nearly a Year!"
"Carrie Nation Drunk on Beei'"
"Briber'" "Fakir*" "Man Ate Son!'
"Senator Dick in Washington'"
"Work Is Rushed on Men-of-War'"
"Cut in Two bv a Whirling Saw!"
"Auto Ran intb a Bar'"
"Crushed to Death by Electric CarJ"
"Ex-Convicts Must Leavp the Toi\n'
"Kansas Banker Cant Be Found'
That's the kind of stuff WP read
"Frightful Deluge'" "Awful Deed'"
Let us read something better than
"Strychnine Put in a Milking Can'"
The dynamiters were out after Little
Alphonso of Spain last week When we
remember that he Is Alphonso "XIII" we
feel like advising him to wear boiler-plate
panties.
Kansas Methodist ministers started an
ojl company to put down a well in the
new o'll fields, but it had to disband It
was found that an oil company couldn't
do business without a liar.
There Is one reason the country would
like to see Grover Cleveland run. Of
course It is a bad one. There Is some
anxiety to see how Mr. Bryan would act
under the stimulus of a pounded thumb.
Adelaide Gordon, a woman's writer for
the papers, is writing a series of articles
upon the "Art of Being Agreeable She
finds that a woman can come down to
breakfast with a bright, shiny face, speak
gaily to the servants, be pleasant to her
grumpy husband and have a pretty smile
for the postman, no matter if she has a
corn that hollers fire and bloody muider
every time she steps her foot to the floor.
Perhaps she canbut will she? W some
times fear the worst'
Grover Cleveland again affirms mightily
that^he never broke bread with a negro
If there were just two of us cast away
on a desert island and we were pretty
hungry, we should not feel called on to
kill the negro before eating.
An anonymous writer has recently sung
the song of April In this lyric strain
You are a lyric wonder, old comrade!
iear by year when you touch the strings,
Thf old songs ring to a newer rhythm,
The whole world knows it is April sings.
This Is all very fine but the facts seem
to be slightly different:
Yon surely area wonder, old comrade*
Year bj year when you touch the springs,
Comes out the snowplow man for business
And the whole world says unpleasant things
by King Edward bas had hit, hat copy
righted so that other people will not wear
one like it It would be more to the point
to have his umbrella copyrighted, so that
our friends might not have temporary
lapses of memory In its presence.
Bishop Greer was consecrated recentlv
and Bishop Doane made the address, in
which he touched on the subject so dear
to the heart of every churchman, of "at-
taining unity." And this" in part is what
Bishop Doane said
"When unity is won, it will be, not by
pride in apostolic succession, but by the
humbleness of the apostle spirit, not by
insistence upon catholicity as meaning
merely what it does in part, an unbroken
hold upon the authority of the past, but
meaning still more the universalness of
full sympathy with the age in which we
live, and a larger outlook upon the wide
future of the wide world, not by the de
nial of grace in sacraments not ministered
by men episcopally ordained but by
manifestations of the holiness which the
grace of these sacraments breeds in our
selves
And a lot of people looked at one an
other and sort of felt In some way or
other, they couldn't tell exactly why, that
this was a new and dangerous form of
heresy.
Missouri farmers are being worked by
one of the meanest tricks now out on the
pike. A this shrewd device for separating
the honest toiler from his coin is likelv to
work its way north, the awful details are
given here. Country papers please copy
In the first act of the tragedy a stranger
appears on the road near the farmhouse,
diligently searching for a lost diamond
ring A he does not find it "he offers
$100 reward for its recovery. goes
away without finding the ring and shortly
afterward a tramp picks up a ring The
farmer who is to be the victim offers the
tramp $25 for the ring, expecting to get
the $100 reward. The tramp hesitates,
but finally accepts it and leaves When
the farmer cannot find the stranger he
grows suspicious and has a jeweler exam
ine the ring. It is generally pronounced
to be worth about fifteen cents Then
perhaps you may imagine the regrettable
variety of language employed by the hon
est granger to express his pent-up emo
tion. A J.
Not only have Japanese women adopted
the European costumes, but some even
i wear trousers.
CHAPTER V.Continued.
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She had got into the side street where
Jack Froyle had left her on the day when
he had insisted upon seeing her home,
she was returning home after fulfilling
her errand, and was laden with bulky
spoils, when she caught sight, from under
the spikes of her umbrella, of a figure
whom she felt sure she recognized, and
she hid nerself as much as she could, and
walked on quickly, hoping that she would
not be recognized under ,the dissniise of
her mackintosh
But she was disappointed The unmis
takable voice of Jack Froyle, as he ad
dressed her by name when she was trying
to pass him, betrayed that she was dis
covered. She raised her umbrella grudg
ingly enough, and saw that he was stand
ing before the door of the very house
where she had tried to make believe she
was staying. She blushed deeply, held out
her hand, and saying quickly. "What hor
rid weather' I haven't time to speak to
you," she would ha\e escaped on the pre
text of being in a great hurry. But Jack
kept pace with her as she went, and said,
a tone which she did not like:
"So you have been deceiving us all, I
find. My aunt told me this morning that
she saw you driving with some friends you prefer in asking you down merely In
And he tried to get a look at her face your capacity of governess to .iy dauh
under the umbrella 'While I have 3ust
found by calling at the house you said
you were staying at.that you deceived me,
too. Wh did you? There yas no need,
you know you think I wouldn't have
kept your secret? I don't say it may not
be necessary to be reticent with our dear
aunt But surely you might have known
there was no need with me I'm a scape
grace myself you know
Beatrice started, feeling horribly uncom
fortable She saw at once the dreadful
impression which these discoveries had
made upon the young man, and between
inaignation and contrition she did not
know what to say.
"You both seem to have formed very
mistaken impressions about me,' she said
at last, her voice tre'mbling "Of course,
Miss Froyle, who is not inclined to be
good-natured, would naturally put the
worst construction upon my actions But
I think I'm a little surprised that you
should It's quite true that I didn't wish
vou know my address, I didn't wish to
give it to any one Since my hus
band's relations don't want to have any
thing to do with me, I propose to cut
myself off fiom them entirely, and I've
taken a situation as governess
"But why shouldn't you let me know
where you are I haven expressed a
wish to have nothing to do with you On
the contrary, I'm most anxious to see
more of you, and to do anything I can to
help to console you for the nastiness of
the old fogies Now, what objection can
you have to telling me where you are? I
don't wish to obtrude upon you in anv
way And if you won't tell me, vou mav
be quite sure I shan't rest until I've found
out," he ended, doggedly
Beatrice hesitated They had reached
the square by this time, and she was de
bating with herself whether it would be
of the least use to withhold the Informa
tion he asked any longer After all,
what was the good of piling mysterv upon
mystery? N efforts would suffice to keep
her guilty secret hidden much longer, and
whether the truth were to leak out In
one way or the other, she did ndt much
care
So she suddenly stopped In the middle
of the wet pavement, and, raising her um
brella, looked acioss at the big, gloomy
house that dominated the square, and
said, defiantly
"I'm staying there."
Jack looked at the house and then at
her.
"Do you mean it' he asked, abruptly
"You're staying at Loud Catheririgton's?"
*Tm governess in his famuV' said she,
boldly
He looked at her for a few moments
and then said, drilv. "I didn't know he had
a family
She felt that she had a right to resent
this tone.
"I suppose he doesn't think It neces
sary to take the whole world into his
confidence about his private affairs," she
said, in very frigid tones
"Of course not Butdo vou know any
thing about Lord Catherington' About his
character, I mean'"
As there was still something in the
young man's tone which she did not like,
a half-incredulous air, and an undertone
which suggested more than the words, she
answered in a dis ant and chilling man
ner* "It is not usual for governesses, sec
retaries, servants, dependents of any kind
to ask fdr a character with their em
ployer
"Then you don't know anything about
him
Beatrice's sense of loyalty was roused,
and her incredulity also.
"Oh, yes, I do know a great deal about
him," said she T know that he is not
only kind-hearted' and generous, but in
the highest degree considerate to every
body about him I can quite understand
that his unconventional ways make people
gossip about him, but I can't, and won't
believe that there's any stronger founda
tion for their malice And now I must go
in. I have my duties to attend to. Good-
by."
Rather ashamed at the little hypocrisy
implied in the last words, she mumbled
them with downcast eyes, and then, with
out shaking hands again she bowed and
crossed the road rapidly to the portico
She ran upstairs very quickly and found
Ermyn having her tea She had not long
taken off her bonnet when a message was
brought up to the effect that Lord Cather
mgton would be glad if Mrs Froyle would
bring Mis Ermyn to sit with him while he
dined.
So at 7 o'clock, which was his dinner
hour, Beatrice took the little one down
stairs, and entered the library in a some
what shamefaced manner She was a lit
tle agitated and puzzled a
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to how he
would receive her on this their first meet
ing since the eventful drive The dinner
table had been brought in, but there was
only one place laid
Lord Catherington signed to Green to
place chairs for the ladies by the fire.
This was an unusual piece of formality,
and there was in his whole manner a dif
ference which Beatrice was keen to no
tice was cooler, more abrupt than
usual, he smiled less, he said less After
giving the baby a biscuit, he went on
with his dinner in silence until the butler
left the room, when he turned abruptly
and said "I imagine I am doing what
tei \ou seemed rather to resent a less
conventional sort of treatment"
scarcely e\ en looked at her, but tnis
conduct was not contemptuous, his voic
betiayed that Beatrice replied at once
"You are \erj kind But I'm sorry you
thought I appeared to resent it I have no
right to do so
Her tone was meant to be humble. But
now that she was getting used to her odd
situation, it was inevitable that she should
begin to be less influenced by the sense
of her own wrong doing, and that she
should fall naturally on to a more ordin
ary footing Just as any other woman
would have resented what she considered
a covert sneer, therefore, so she resented
the slight malice in the viscount's words.
She was moreover, still feeling the ef
fects of Jack's warning concerning the
character of this man whose household
she had so rashly entered Wa there
something sinister under this specious
frankness? Some yet unrevealed liber
tinism under his unconventionality?
Quite suddenly Lord Catherington turned
upon her and looked her full in the face
with an unexpectedness which made her
blush and wonder whether he had any
suspicion of the thoughts in her mind.
"You've been out this afternoon?" he
said
Yes
She guessed what was coming then. The
windows of Catherington house com
manded a good view of every part of tha
square
"Come, let us get beyond monosyllables.
You met your 'cousin,' I knowor an
other cousin. At any rate, it was a young
man
Beatiice rose with great stateliness
"If you disapprove of my speaking to
my friends or acquaintances when I meet
them
"Oh, nonsense' Don't get on the high
hoise with me Sit down again. How or
why should I disapprove'"
Without reseating herself, she an
swered "If you had no objection to my
doing such a simple act of courtesy as
exchanging a few words with a relation
of my husband's when I meet him, you
wouldn't speak as if you had any doubt
about the relationship
"I have no doubt, no doubt at all Pray
sit down I don't know why we should
be bickering, I'm sure I was only going
to say that, as my household is now your
home, you are not to stand upon cere
mony, but to invite your friends to see
you when you please
"Thank you I have no friends," said
Beatrice, still on her feet.
"That's not true
A sob came into her throat, and at
last, broken down by a sudden remem
brance that she was ungrateful to say
this, Beatrice sat down again meekly
enough.
"Well, did you tell him where you were
living?"
"Yes
"And what did he say'
Beatrice's answer to this question was
a deep blush She certainly could not
tell him what Jack Froyle had said about
himself
"He didn't approve, of course?" persist
ed Lord Catherington
"Well, no, he didn't
"He expressed considerable astonish
ment, perhaps, and suggested that you
would do well to withdraw from my house
hold Immediately'"
She drew herself up
"No he didn't say that I shouldn't
have let him. He only saidthought
Implied
That I was a very dreadful person,
eh?"
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