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Express offlce, 90 Strand 1 PARISJournal on file at Eagle bureau, 53 Hue Cambon DENMARKJournal on file at U. S Legation. SI. PAUL OFFICE420 Endlcott building. Tele phone, N. W Main 230. i EAST SIDE OFFICECentral at-enue ana Sec ond street. Telephone, Main No. 9. TELEPHONEJournal has private switchboard for both lines Call No 9 on either line and cal1 for department you wish to speak to. The President on Rate Regulation. The president stuck manfully to hischarity text at Philadelphia and at the con elusion it was evident that there is neither variableness nor shadow of I turning in his position on the railroad 'rate problem. "The details," he said, "must rest with the lawmakers of the two houses /of congress, but about the principle fthere can be no doubt. There must be I lodged in some tribunal the power over rates and especially over rebates, wheth er secured bv means of private cars or private tracks, in the form of damages, or commissions, or in any other nian- 'ner." And again: "In some such body as the interstate commeice commission there must be lodged in effective shape the power to see that every shipper who uses the railroads and eveiy man who owns or manages a lailroad shall on the one hand be given justice and on thewith other hand be required to do justice." The president might have been con veying a hint to some folks when he said: "This supervision should not take the form of violent or ill advised interference and assiuedly there is danger lest it take such form if the business leadeis of the business com munity confine themselves to trying to thwart the effort at regulation instead of guiding it aright." The president's lemarks at Philadel- phia will prove reassuring^ to the busi ness community which has pinned its faith to his firmness and consistency. The president stands for effective regu lation by the interstate commerce com mission. By effective regulation he no doubt means regulations that go into effect at once and not the kind that go into effect only after every court in the country has decided against the rail road. There is still a chance for the con gress to toe mark the president's tracks,'' but if so it will not be because the president has changed the length of liis stride or sidestepped on the railroad rate question. Labor Commissioner Williams reveals a queer state of affans his department. Every subordinate makes out his own pay voucher and draws his money without lefeience to the head of the department, oi to whether he has perfoimed any ser vice Here is a chance for a refoim which is neither democratic noi republican, but business We Shall See. The supreme tomt has sustained the lower fedeial couit in enjoining the beef tru^t fiom combining against both the producer and the consumei. The combination between the great packers Iry which they have been able to de stroy competition and beat down the price of beef cattle and othei animals produced for consumption, while, on the other hand, controlling the prices at which the manufactured product shall be sold to the consumer, is deelaied by the supreme couit to be in violation of the interstate commerce law. Mr. Moodv expresses satisfaction with the ruling of the court and points out that his contentions have been sustained in every paiticular. So, now we know that the beef com bination is illegal. The packers must not make agreements with each other which artificially depreciate prices of raw material and artificially advance the prices of the manufactured prod uct. I does not appear, however, that any penalty is likely to be imposed for the years of transgression of the law. The injustices, the wrongs and the out rages perpetrated by this greedy com bination in the past are not to be pun ished. All we get out of this decision is the determination by the court that Buch acts are illegal and forbidden by law. There will be no consequences until the evidence can be obtained .jof violation of this law in the future. 11 Just how much this decision is to be worth to the public remains to be seen. \f I fit is to be of any advantage, that ^advantage will be derived only thru extreme watchfulness" on the part' of the government and the collection of evidence upon which the violators of the law may be made to pay its penalty.,. It isn't enough to say that certain things have been done Which are -wrong what the public wants' is protection against the repetition of them and the full penalty of the law if repetition is attempted. The test of the value of the decision will be a good deal Jike the" test of the pudding. John D. Rockefeller is contributing lib erally to the Baptist churches of Brook lyn and Long Island. It Is announced that he^ has given. $25,000 to, th,e Baptist Church Tuesday Evening, upon that society raising $76,000 more This is a movement to getBaptistjat churches free from mortgagee, anid planned to extend it over the whole Coun try. In a crusade like this, Mr. Rocke feller yrlll certainly prove a toweror, perhaps, we should say a tanklineof strength. A Contrast and a Lesson..? A remarkable dinner was recently giv en at the Hotel St. Kegis in New York. It was a "feed" to the rich where noth ing but gold was good enough to hold the food. The "favors" were gold clocks four inches high to the women and gold boutonniere vases for the men. The reported cost of the dinner is $50,- 000, or about fourteen hundred dollars a stomach. To complement this story of vulgar wantonness comes yesterday's report that 70,000 New York school children are unable to go thru their lessons be cause they come to school without breakfast. The board is planning to set tables in the school basements, and it calculates that it can offer breakfast to those who can pay at 6 cents and free to those who cannot. Gold clocks and 6-cent break fasts! Epicures too stuffed to feel and children too pinched to think! Surely painful contrasts are not wanting in the land of liberty. As repugnant to our ideas as it may seem, it -will probably come to it that the school board of New York will fur nish the meals as well as the schooling. It has been done in Paris for years. I is being done in London, and tomorrow it will be done in New York. The free meals were begun as a London, but already economists have seen in them the sav ing of the nation. England is deteri orating fast physically and school meals appear to afford the first point at which the downward trend has been stopped. The Boer war brought out the facts. The school meals have suggested the remedy. All experts are agreed that the cause is the underfeeding and in ferior housing of children. The discov ery of these facts has already resulted in the extension of the free meal sys tem from London to other large cities. America would, of course, rather re main in a position where the homes of the country would furnish food and fresh air for the children, but large American cities are not different from London or Paris. Congestion -will pro duce its attendant evils and half a cen tury from now we shall be struggling the London or the Paris problem. It is view of such certain facts that the St. Eegis dinner appears so idiotic. If New York does not wish a French revolution let her people abolish their French court. Cause and effect have not lost their potency. Are RojestvensKy the ocean? co mako respectable salaries and crew in or onExchange. Legislators and "Tips." The state of Minnesota puts its mem bers of the legislature in the same class with the sleeping-car porter. The sleep lng-car companies give their porters about enough money to pay their board, and the poiteis are obliged to work the pat rons of the companies for tips in order The state of Minnesota pays its mem beis of the legislature about enough money to settle their board bills during the session, and if the members get any thing for their services, or even enough to pay their legitimate campaign expenses, they are obliged to imitate the sleeping car porter, and work those who are in terested in legislation for tips. The por ter, however, is better used than the legis lator, because his employer approves of the tip system, while the legislator's em ployer the state calls him a boodler, and threatens to send him to the penitentiary, and even goes so far as to take steps to compel him to give up his railroad passes. Warroad Plalndealer. The analogy drawn by the Plain dealer is rather unfortunate. There is a great difference between the moral ity of the tips. The porter is tipped by the traveling public to do services which do not conflict with his duty to his employers. The tip given to the member of the legislature has a motive that is hostile to the interests of his employers, the people. Hisfirstand only duty, is to the state, and in ac cepting a tip, whatever it is, he is re stricting his usefulness. Whether it isielt money, a railroad pass, or a tele graph frank, it is given to influence his action. The Plaindealer is correct in saying that the legislators ought to be paid for their services. They are not paid sufficiently, but as the law now stands, thev accept the office knowing the con ditions, and if they cannot serve for what the state pays they should let it alone. The whole system should be corrected. The state should cut off all passes, and then make up the loss to its lawmakers by increasing their compensation. A member's salary need not be magnifi cent, for he is supposed to be paid in part by the honor conferred, but it ought not be necessary for any member to inocel his moral code after that of the sleeping-ear porter. The beef trust seems to have caught it just between the horns Our Trade With China. The extent of our business with China, and possibilities for its expan sion, are considerations sure to work more to the front the field oi for eign trade, now that the new trans Pacific service is to be inaugurated by the sailing of the great steamer Min nesota from Puget sound today. That wear going after the China trade in a manner to insure success seems certain. There is room for the greatest increase in its volume, an a good gains should be shown in the next year or two, unless war or internal dis ruption in China shall prevent.. In 1894 we sold China merchandise amounting only to $4,406,000. Eight years later, orb 1903, this had risen to $20,090,000. The next year it fell off sharply to $13,311,000. Last year it rose again to $20,557,000, the record figures. We have always bought more from China than -we sold to ker and in 1894, while sending her the $4,406,000 worth, we imported goods to the value of $15,- 357,000. Our exports have grown* steadily upon our imports until, last was the smallest yet shown, the exports $20,557,000 showing again relatively* 4t iM ^against imports, the lughesa,re crcl,ed, oi &.-->$23,993,000.- '"VfeA & The bad export year, 1903, when the figures fell'off by^about seven million dollars, did not affect imports at all, which even gained $1,000,000 that year. Out loss was due principally to unset tled conditions in "our own textile in dustry, following extremely high prices for cotton, and in some degree, tho in no such great part, tf troubles in, China. We sell China enormous quantities of cotton cloths, the business in September last running to 44,247,000 yards, and in October to 43,343,000 yards. Eaw silk and tea are among principal items of import. Today we are* in better shape than ever to go after the China trade. There is a great awakening coming some time, that will turn north China into a producing country. W ought to sell millions of dollars' worth of machinery, and to furnish the materials for mills and railroads, and electrical improve ments, and the numerous other things that will be needed. In ladling the Wisconsin patronage will the president use one Spooner two? Appendix Not Necessarily Erra tum. Sir William McEwen, eminent Eng lish surgeon, has made an important ad dition, to xne-dieal literature, taking the ground that the appendix vermiformis, instead of being a useless organ and a mystery in the human anatomy, has a very important function in assisting di gestion. Dr Babaghati, also an au thority, writes that a structure so rich in lymphoid, elements has probably a useful part to play in the economy, and it would be far more useful to poor and suffering humanity, tho possibly less im mediately beneficial to the prophets, to advise how to keep the appendix, vermi- formis and other parts sound and healthy than to proceed to remove them in the way that is now freely proposed and carried out." With the authorities disagreeing in this way the sufferer is more likely than ever to hesitate in parting with this small section of him self. One night during the last campaign Governor Htnley addressed a meeting from a hall which faced the building where Hanley used to work as a plum ber's helper, but the facts came out too late to affect the result. Frank Croker, who was killed in the automobile accident in Florida, left an estate of over $400,000. He has been in business for five or six years and made his money without the aid of his father. It runs in the family. The well-known gambler, Richard Can field, has made $2,000,000 on the Stock It is difficult to see why a man should run any chances on Illegal gambling, when the Stock Exchange is open quite regularly. A bill is pending in the Nebraska legis- lature which makes football a felony. It is Indirectly a home indorsement of the Nebraska team, which has generally* placed the game on the principles of homi-1 cide. -fii. i The president is asking for data on di vorce. It seems that the account has not been balanced since 1886 People who have not fitted themselves should hasten. Roosevelt is after you. "Independent," who voted for McClellan, wants McAdoo removed. Many an inde pendent votes for a candidate merely to have a voice in the early removal of his chief of police. The piling up armaments of Japan are a notice to the world that she does not propose this time to have the powers an nex the spoils of her successful' effort. The "business manager of the United States," as Senator Aldrich has been called, seems to be earning his salary in keeping things as they are. Says the Kansas City Star: "Senator Stewart dresses about as Senator Stone talks Stone's talk usually amount to nothing. Emperor William and President Roose are arranging- to swap professors The kaiser can have his pick, except Don ovan. Judging by the newspaper pictures of the Grand Duke Vladimir, he must be this multiple personality they talk about. And the supreme court refused to do"is, anything for Machen & Co. but fit them for* nice, comfortable cells How chilly. Delaware is the only state that has a whipping post and Delaware can barely keep Addicks out of the senate. The poet Swinburne has written a few lines in which he cusses the czar in a frightful manner. The impression grows that the house grade is too steep for the Hepburn bill. LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE Petersburgskaya Gazeta. Since the time of the battles of Liao yang and Sha-ho we have received such heavy reinforcements that we now can dispose of an army more numerous than the combined armies of Marshal Oyama, and the strategical importance of Port Arthur may be said to have, to a great extent, at least, vanished. DEEDS ALWAYS BETTER WORDS THAN Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier. General Stoessel is a hero and he has done exactly what he should have done some time ago. but it is a pity that he made that "Port Arthur my tomb" speech of his. In time of war military gentle men should confine their oratory td gener al orders any way. SWAP 'EM Baltimore American. In darkest Russia governors are devis ing means to attain a free press. In darkest Pennsylvania the governir is In Venting machinery for a free suppress. AND'AS A POLITICIAN BY W. J. B. ^Washington Star.o^ H^:i Tom Johnson has-been entirelyleclipspd as a, millionaire anti-capitalist by Tom Lawson. LAW ISiHELPLESS. '-t do J?* the wepnaZ whoj^lj. Sniitnas T^WIan mate WtiieaM sal ca wha Extension society of Brooklyn, conditioned jrear, ths excess of purchases over sales "smells smoke?" ^mM^^M"^ sSs~ jJr.Mamwiiie. NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD THE UNEASY CHAIR "The Philosophy of Americanism" as Seen Thru a German's Eyes The prayer for the gift to see ourselves as others see us is sometimes answered. For the American it has been answered in a book that must for the most part give every American reader a very deep sense of satisfaction This booK is The Americans, by Hugo Munsterberg, professor of psy chology at Harvard university. "The Americans" is a study of "the American man and his inner tendencies It was originally written for Germansto show them the good thmgs, and some of the bad things, in American life. I that respect it is just the opposite of "American Traits," a book written for Americans, criticising some of their tendencies as measured by German ideals. Professor Munsterberg sees four great motives at work in American lifein politics there is the spirit of self-direc tion in economics, the spirit of self-in itiative in the intellectual life, the spirit of self-protection in social life, the spirit of self-assertion. The chaDters on 'these motives contain the pith of the book for American readers thea others are largely illustrative ana explanatory. "The yearning of the American heart after self-direction," &avs 4he- professor, has been the shading, influence in the na tion from the banning? and it is Still the guiding 'force 'In^ffUT1'political affairs of the people. He sees it at work In the efforts of'the people to overcome munici pal corruption, for example, and he tells the German critics of American municipal affairs that the case Is" not so bad as they would make it out to be. He says: "Even municipal politics are much bet ter than they are painted. The easiest way1 of overcoming every evil would be to re move the public service from popular and party influences, but this is, of course, not feasible since it would endanger the most cherished prerogative of individual ism. Besides, the American is comforted about his situation because he knows that just this direct efficiency of the people's will is the surest means of thoroly un rooting the evil as soon as it becomes pr indifferent too long, but if he is once aroused he finds in his system a strong and ready instrument for suddenly over turning an administration and putting an other in its stead. Moreover, if corrup tion becomes too unblushing, an 'educa tional campaign' Is always in order." A trouble, which Professor Munsterberg fails to point at, is that a corrupt admin istration, once put out(by an aroused peo ple, doesn't often "stay,,put." The aroused fly-wheel" of America, the Harvard professor says, is self-initiative"the pressure to be up and doing" He asserts that in "this the American Is not a gross materialist, as Europeans so often charge, but an idealist, who "hi life acts because he believes in the value Of the deed "The central point of this whole activity," continues the professor, therefore, not greed, nor th^ thought of money, but the spirit of self-initiative." This does not however elinvnate the spirit of pecuniary self-interest, not the spirit of miserly gain, but that of love McClure, Phillips & Co New "STork $2.50. THE MIRROR'S PHILOSOPHY. A mirror met by chance a window-pane,, "Good friend," the latter begged, "can you ex plain Why xmr good mistress lavishes on you Such loving care and such devotion true, -.J While I, tho ever eager for a chance To serve, am seldom favored with a glance?" "The reason, gossip, Is ndt far to seek," -i. Replied th Mse to really threatening. may be patient I clever lines, which ought to be irresistibly public goes to sleep again, and corrup tion creeps back into office. The mainspring which has set in motion the "tremendous economic of the wherewithal to supply himself and his family with the comforts and pleasures of life. Yet the professor does not men tion this. Surely it seems important enough, as a propelling force in Ameri can economic affairs, to rank alongside of self-initiative. %his exception to the position of Pro fessor Munsterberg only serves to show that the psychology of a people is not an exact science, that national motives are rather too complicated to be so simply formulated. Beyond question, the desire to be everlastingly at it is characteristic of Americans. Yet it is possible to see how a German might mistake the fact of ceaseless activity, as seen on the surface of the everyday life of Americans, for evidence of an innate desire to be "on the jump," when, in reality, another mo tive lies deeper. Self-perfection and the intellectual life, and self-assertion and the social life are subtler things, but the chapters dealing therewith are not less absorbingly inter esting than those dealing With the polit ical and ecohqmic life of the nation. Altogether our German critic has done a tremendously good Work, both for hisvacity own people and for Americans, in thus at once putting the American under the microscope for the German and holding the mirror up to the American for a study of himself. After all, as the pro fessor says, democratic America, with its unofficial aristocratic leanings, and Ger many, with its inner workings of true democracy, are not so far apart, and mu tual study must prove profitable, espe cially when it is made as attractive as it is in "The Americans.*' hierFebruarspeaLippincott'se "ThrForsyte youhmirror each da, he neighbors charms ar shown, I,vwiser, tell of nothing-t butcher own." Caleb Powers' Own Story.The man convicted of the murder of Governor Goe bel of Kentucky five years ago Is telling his own story in The Reader Magazine, having given the preliminary chapters in the February number. These preliminary chapters tell of the political condition* preceding and at the time of the election of Goebel. They tell their story in a very clear and forceful style. The life of Powers since the murder of Goebel has in itself little but the tragic He was the candidate for secretary of state on the republican ticket in the campaign that ended in Goebel's death. Almost imme diately Powers was arrested. He has been in jail ever since. Three times he has been tried, three times convicted. He now awaits a new hearing His case has be come one of national importance. The lines for and against him have been as sharply drawn and as bitterly as they were in France over the celebrated Drey fus case. Much has been written about this Kentucky tragedy and about Powers' alleged connection with it, but this is the first time that the most conspicuous and dramatic figure in it has put into print his own story. AT THE THEATERS Metropolitan"A Chinese Honeymoon." There was a moral, rather tenuous, to be gleaned from "A Chinese 'Honeymoon" last night, which could be taken away by the audience Never allow any one to snap your picture "when you are stealing a kiss. The moral was also the motif and if the audience did not care particu larly for the idea, there was little else to take away, except a memory of tuneful music, which has proved its popularity Minneapolis on several other occasions. The scenery is bright, gorgeous and pleasing, being a series of imaginative glimpses of pagodas, temples and broad rivers that may possibly exist somewhere in the flowery kingdom. Time has some what dimmed the costumes, which may or may not he mandarin robes Realism, however, has little to do with comic opera. But pretty faces, graceful dances and well-trained voices have, and these essen tials were almost entirely lacking. The funny, too often fall flat and the actors seem to take it as a matter of course that they should. The dances, instead of be ing executed with a dash that makes a house hold its breath, resemble side-step exercises, which must be completed in a given time. Soo-Soo, the Emperor Hang Chow's niece, pleased every one when she sang, but was very reluctant about -sing ing The other voices were hardly more than mediocre. Joseph E. Miller, as Chippee Chop, the lord chancellor, was a hit, and when there was nothing else, to look at, his wonderful makeup sufficed. George Broderiek, the emperor, is large in person, hut rather diminutive in voice, but makes a distin guished-looklng ruler. Fi Fi, the wait ress, really evokes several hearty laughs. Lucian Kirtland. OrpheumVaudeville. Another stiong bill is presented this week at the Orpheum. It has wide diver sitv, and while it does not have the dash and go of last week's bill, it is pitched in a. different and. yet satisfactory icey The show opens with the Van Alstyne-Henry team. Van Alstyne Is a ragtime virtuoso who performs wondrous stunts on the piano. The drolleries of Louise Henry as "Sal Skinner" are of the "button-busting" variety. "Driftwood," a sequel to "Skinny's Finish," is given by Eva Williams and Jac Tucker. The murmured comments of the audience at its close showed a diversity of opinion as to its merit. Some thought it superior to the old sketch, while others declared it inferior. It was given With the same 'spirit that made a success of its predecessor. Billy'Link is the same old Billy Link in his new blackface monolog. He giyes his favorite doses of despondency dope curative quantities and tells of society do ings in Steubenville, Ohio, with tne se riousness that has given him a firm hold on the strongbox of the .vaudeville mag nates. The colossal head of Pierrot, with its cleverly manipulated face, running the gamut of the emotions, is a novelty that held, the audience breathless It is a French production and one of the mast amazing features shown in vaudeville in the last ten years. Mabel McKinley's graeiousness and vi gained for her a speedy popularity. She has a voice of great flexibility and sweetness and sings with an animation that wins the immediate friendship of her hearers. Of her four selections given, three were of her own composition. WeT den and Gladdish appear in illustrated songs and the last turn is furnished by Captain Webb's well-known performing seals land sealions The thrilling adven tures of Kit Carson of Pawchuket, N. J., furnish the food upon which the picture machine is fed. J. H. Ritchie. t* UniqueVaudeville, i t" A vaudeville entertainment of wide range and replete with neW, attractive spe cialties is presented at the Unique this week. There Is not a lagging moment in the whole performance and many of the turns are well above the average. The leading attraction is the monolog Work of Bonnie Gaylord. She is a come dian of rare attainments and has a pleas ing soprano voice. Master Bocco fVOccof^te ^Osr^Mrt^toneLi makes a ^eiue8 hTttlis'does' Mls8 bers with him. Miss Jamison has several new song hits that take well. Signor Maceo has some well-trained cats and dogs that enact a little skit by themselves. Nellie Daly Moran, in her imitation of Maggie Cline in Irish dialect, is a decided hit. Her brogue is as broad as her face. She is assisted by Guy Wil son, a blackface comedian. William Windom, altho unable to appear at the opening performance, will be pres ent at all the others with his monolog turn. The moving pictures, showing several scenes In St. Petersburg, where so many of the czar's subjects were shot down, close the program Foyer Chat. "The Girl from Kay's," with the nre pressibly funny man, Sam Bernard, and the comedienne, Hattie Williams, is said to be so intensely humorous, while of a high order, that it appeals to all classes. It will be seen at the Metropolitan com mencing Thursday evening. The production of "Girls Will Be Girls," to be given at the Metropolitan next week, with Al Leech and the Three Rosebuds as the stellar attraction, is said to be up to date in every particular. At the Lyceum theater this week the Ferris Stock company, -with Zic Ferris and Florence Stone both in the cast, presenting "Soldiers of Fortune," Rich ard Harding Davis* virile and thrilling story, dramatized by Augustus Thomas This is the first production of the play in the northwest. Wednesday's matinee at the Bilou, "The Heart of Maryland," promises tofillthe house to the doors An excellent, company of singing come dians and a galaxy of pretty gins will be seen at the Bijou next week in "Fritz & Snitz," the new musical comedy in which Mason & Mason have been making such a hit in the east. THE WORM TURNS Gallatin (111 Democrat Don't it make you weary to read the rot of those rattle-brained idiots of the Chicago press who are repeatedly ridicul ing the country papers on their locals? These two-by-four lunch-counter fiends think it awfuUy funny when some country newspaper says: "Hiram Slocum has sold his Holstein cow to Ed Childress." But of course, it is just the proper caper when they say: "Mrs. Franklin Oliver Lowden has just returned from the Epson Lori mer Kennels Oh. that's great' That bull pup would bring about 30 cents in the dog-pound, while Slocum's cow would sell for $50 in the dark. Because Gussie Davis was over at Guards Point Sunday to see his best girJ they throw a shoe, but if William Henry Harrison Pook, the society leader, was in Milwau kee last Saturday to see Miss Gertie Pabst, they would slobber over hall a col umn and have three pictures of Gertie and William Henry' on the front page. HIS WHISKERS A man who looks like Dowie takes you briskly by the hand, He greets you with effusion and a smile serene ana bland He asks you haw you flpd yourself and how you're "skimmln' up," Inquires of all the family from wifey to the pup. You look at il In wonder for a minute, maybe more, Declaring that you never saw his countenance before. Then with a wellknown name he greets your comprehending ear You'd know him when Bmooth shaven'tis the whiskers time of year. Another thap whose portieres are like a raveled rope, Comes grinning like a Cheshire cat and hands you out a hope That all your folks are doing well, that things are right with you You ogle at him dully, wondering when he left Bayvlew. And then you note a twinkle In his eye that you recall It Is the dapper bank cashier you knew away last fall. His face was then immaculate no wonder be looks queer With all that growth of spinach'tis the whiskers time of year Baltimore Amerie-m. v m%, %&* 4&? W, Lorin a Jamison, soprano, who sings several num- "Czar! Louis XVI.! Adsit Omen! Now, sheltered scarce by Murder 's loyal bands Good Seed Wheat. To the Editor of The Journal. In The Journal of Jan. 27 ther appeared a statement from the Jewell Nursery company, Lake City, which es sentially advocates the use of rusted wheat for seed. Under the circumstances, the results of the germination tests as set forth in the article are apt to mis leading, without some provisional com ment. There Is no reason to doubt the truth of tho statement and accuracy of the test, but it should be remembered that the conditions under which the test was conducted were probably tho most favor able to plant growth, and under such fa vorable conditions, the rusted wheat would probablv equal in appearance that from good seed. The natural conditions of field culture, however, would be less favorable in the early part of the grow ing season, and the plants would be lesa likely to be equal in appearance to those from strong, plump, fully-matured seed. On the other hand, the shrunken wheat, having had its vitality impaired by the ravages of rust, could not be expected (only under the most favorable conditions) to produce a reasonably good crop. But it is not at all probable that conditions will be entirely favorable, hence, an In ferior crop is sure to result. Again, it was stated in the report that the "good" seed, with, which the rusted seed was oompared, was obtained from the local flounnlll, and that the wheat was shipped in Under sueh circumstances, it is hardly probable that the wheat was a truly good seed. The treatment which this wheat received during transit may have impaired its germinating power, or binning the grain while green may have had an ill effect upon the viability of the seed. The low germination indi cates that some adversity had been at work and had killed the germ in many of the kernels and had affected the others. On this account, the test seems hardly a fair one The Minnesota experiment station has been making some tests relative to value of poor seed, as compared with good seed, and thus far the results from poor seed have been "inferior to those of good seed. Sterilized sand has been used to demon strate the fact that the shrunken, rusted wheat 'could not produce a plant equal to one from good, plump, fully-matured seed There were three classes of seed used: The common lot, the selected lot and a high-grade lot Lot 1Kernels were plant ed from the rusted wheat just as they came in the bulk grain Lot 2For this lot the seeds were carefully selected and graded by the fanningmill, saving for lot No 2 only the heaviest, largest and plumpest kernels from the bulk. Lot i The seed for this lot was taken from the St. Louis world's championship wheat, Minnesota No 169, -which -was grown bv Mr Solem, Norman county, Minnesota. There was little difference in the germina tion of the three lots, but a very appar ent difference in the strength of growth between lets Nos. 1 and 8, and a percepti ble difference between Jots Nos. 1 and ~2, lot No. 1 each case being spindling and generally weaker-looking. Other experi ments carried on by the writer at the Illi nois experiment station, under similar conditions, showed a marked difference in favor of the good seed. In the aven^N growth per plant Actual tests with the sowing of shrunken grain have invariably shown that an inferior yield and poorer quality result from the use of poor seed It will" be folly to use the shrunken, rusted wheat for seed this spring, for it is onlv under the most favorable conditions that it will produce a crop, and those fa\ orable conditions we are not likely to experi ence The experiment stations are strongly urging the use of good seedespecially well-bred seed, such as Minnesota No 163, and Minnesota No 169. Farmer* should save only the plumoest and heavi est grains for planting, even tho it may be as little as 5 per cent of the bulk grain. This can, be secured by the use of any good fanningmill, and will give them a fairly good quality of seed, of a varletj that is adapted to their local conditions, and seed that has a higher average vitality than the unselected stock. C. P. Bull, Division of Agriculture, Minnesota Exper iment Station. nMmMMiMiniMimimmnnniM'"'''""" i London, Jan. 27.The following poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, entitled "Czar! Louis XVI.! Adsit Omen!" appeared today in the Pall Mall Gazette: Peace on his lying lips, and on his hands Blood, smiled and cowered the tyrant, seeing afar His bondslaves perish and acclaim their czar. 7^ Clothed on with slaughter, naked else he stands He flies and stands. Not now the blood-red star That marks the face of midnight. As a scar Tyranny trembles on the brow it brands, And shudders toward the pit where deathless death Leaves no life more for liars and slayers to live, Ply, coward, and cower while there is time to fly. Cherish awhile thy terror-shortened breath. gjc~u Not as thy- grandsire daed, if Justice give ^ii "Jer^ip fgl&gljr Judgment, but slain by Judgment thou sha'lt die. Mi.