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TUESDAY. MARCH 24. 1?0S.
BETTER CONSULAR SERVICE FOR
THIS COUNTRY.
Conditions in Americas consular
service arc steadily Improving. The
mou who roprosenl iho government
abroad are Increasingly of a higher
order of character and efficiency. The
scandals connected with this branch'
of tho service are yearly fewer, an t
fewer, und for nil this, broadly Inter?
ested Oltlinens have reason to lejoloe.
wj> arc headed In the right direction,1
but we still hnvo a long way to ti->.
C?jigvess Id now dealing wllih the
subject of consular reform and It Is
proposed that certain expensive or
liei: , especially in Europe, win re the
volume of American Irado and travel
Is slight, bo nltogether abollsheil, and
now consulates created In the cities
In the Par East nud South America,
which uro steadily assuming a larger
commercial Importance. Trailo ex-:
pAnslon lius south of us and to the
East, and ordinary prudence dictates
tho placing of consulates where they
nvo inoat needed.
An International competition in va?
rious linos grows keener, I lie demand
for n trained consular service become
moro Insistent. Possession of "pull,'
of a good record of partisan political
activity in some provincial district,
cannot be regarded much longer as a
?sufficient qualification for tho del!
eat-- nud Important mission of a for
olgn representative. A few "student
Interpreters" arc now in the service
of tho government; and certain |
schools aro giving special courses it,
diplomacy und international law, etc.,
calculated to train men to enter the
consular service. In this- direction
lle.5 the hope of a remodeled corps of
foreign representatives, and the con?
sequent enhancement of American |
prestige abroad.
THE UNITED STATES AND ITS
FOOD.
Soino statistician has figured o:
that by l!':!0 the United States will I
iiavo nt least one hundred and thirl)
millions or people, who will rcquiri
for tlielr subsistence eviry bus!.el of|
wheat grow n on American soil. Hence,
it in argued, the uxpports of wheat
atld flour which have proved such
POtcitt factor In draw ing money froni |
Europa in payment will cease entire!)
willun the next quarter of a century.
This prediction in varying forms- baa
been mado before, and It has inspired
certain rather pessimistic views re?
garding like national outlook in thh
rospect. Rut a brief examination ofl
tho facts as they have Is en set forth |
in n brochure Issued by the interior de?
partment, should he enou;;li to show:
tli.it in considering it several iuipoil-|
Ein I elements have Iven lefl out.
In the first place, it Is virtually ,-is
flUfed that beforo two decadcy have
passed, the grain growing area will
have been largely increased by the
addition of some ten millions of acres
..f permanently fertile soil through
the operation of the vast irrigating
Kystoms now making promising head?
way. In the second Iben- is no doubt
;? t!i*t an equal or penhnps even greate,
region may bo redeemed for food pro
5 '.Suction purposes tli.oispli the drain
of thousands of square miles of
nnplnndo, which nro now unpro
! iiiictivc. bill wiblch uro (airly siir?-- t?i
bo drained ami brought under ctilil
'. vat Ion w hen the demand for more
crops will render Ihla process profit?
able. There are already some slims
that financial aid from ihe govern?
ment will be rurhlahod on a largo
seale for this purpose, when the Irri ?
gation schemes have been further
pin-hod along and have begun lo sup
ply si cad v revenues. Finally, there
Is lo be rcuiombored tho llkollbood
thai more Intelligent and scientific
running will signally Increase the
yield of grain on (b ids where i.he pro?
duct might he expanded at least Bfty
per eent.. If not actually doubled by
the most approved methods of cul-'
lure.
Thin iloes- not neeensarlly mean thai
the Un I tod sta-tea will alwaya occupy |
Mio role or chief feeder of Ihe world.
No doubt?though it Is Impossible to:
fix. even approximately, the dato?
the population within our uoundnrlea
will hnvo multiplied lo such an ex?
tent Mint we shnll need to oat near
1} all the food raised. Hut Ihe as?
sumption that ibis time Is compara?
tively near ni hand has no valuable
data lo support II. There Is little,
fear lihiil the country will be "crowd-i
cd" In the twentieth century, oven
though the volume of Immigrath m i
till nil be resumed In Its former pro?
portions.
Practically one-third of the
American people now live in cities,
towns and villages. Yet Including
these, the average niiiubur of Inhabi?
tants fur each Squnro mile by the cen?
sus of 1900 was fewer than twenty
six. When Hie great array of urban
dwellers Is subducted from Ulis, Ihe
amount of available space for ttioso
who live in lite country, appears all
the more striking, Texas alone could
support a hundred million people and
be leas thickly populated than
Krn nee.
New York papers tell us that ft'
home for aged and Infirm animals has
been established near that city, whore
superannuated liorsd3, dogs. caU>, etc,
are eared for and provided with prop, j
lor burial after death. These same pa..
I pers loll of many homeless men nll'l
wi.n wandering the Htroots of tic
great City, foodless, kIu H?rles-.. mid
a certainty of the potter's field as
I heir last rOstlllg plnee. Somehow or
other the two Items do lud barm ?also.
Looks as though the limes or some
tiling else were out of joint where
brutes are thus- tenderly cared for, and
men and women turned out to die of
starvation nnd exposure.
With a flourish of trumpets we lire
told that Stephen Blklna may heroine
Hie grandfather of tho King of Italy,
Shucks! What does that amount to
for n man who has a cinch on a seat
In the United States Senate and is
worth $-10,000,000,
A Philadelphia man of wealth Is
dead, and Ills friends are ailiaxcd to
learn that he wao married seven years
ago. That Is quite a long time for
news lo get circulated, even in Phil?
adelphia .
An employee of n matrimonial bu?
reau In Chicago testified on the stand
that only in photographs of men and
women out of 10.000 are of sufficient
merit to attract. Yes. of the kind
that patronize matrimonial bureaus.
It Is believed that Secretary of
Navy Mctcalf will resign. If he does,
it Is lo he hoped that the President
will not appoint another lawyer who
does not know a battleship from a
cruiser.
More proof of the march of civili?
zation and the progres-s'lt Id making
in the land of Pharaohs. A racing au?
tomobile kiiled one man ami hurl sev?
eral others in Cairo, Egypt.
cs indignant because street railway
employes tell patrons- to step lively.
Why fuss about It? We never saw
anybody pay any attention to the
command.
That auto wheel chains spread con
sumption germs, is the latest move
ngalnsl the modern vehicle. Next lo
come will Uo a law lo compel owners
I to perfume the gasoline
When you read an BdVQrtlKemoilV
thai a coal business is for sale, ''.
dors lonk as if spring was really here.
A writer in a New York paper wax- I
Judging from cany reports from ihe
South', the Washington hasehall leaje.
is again to perform its mission on till a
earth?he last in the pennant race.
rtcgliid to look as if the submarine
Investigation will make Li lie y a fade I
flower before it Is over.
It Is a long time dime such a truo
benefactor of mankind has appeared
on the scent, as the ?Chinaman who
has produced the odorless oulun.
BOEJg
wmi
The Young Doctor.
Mow ha lodged Iii have some whlskera us
!?<? buna lila f>i<inKi<- ?in.
Itut tho hair upon Ins tealurea It was
neither ?lick nor stoull
/.omuls, ho ?nlli.l Ion? tor pot tont?, out,
no btialiiosii i'suit- his way.
Then ?t last ho aald: 'fl'll n-i 'em If 1 .
shave four Minis u dayt"
So lid sot uliont lln> ?luivifll With n razor i
and n strop.
Tqaslns f??'- ""'l nap ami whiskers Into.
niittc ii growing crop.
Ah Hi- sldobll'rna spread In lexluro so
his business grew apace
An-l tho populace applaudsd as inalurcrj
grew IiIm face!
lint his wasn't much to braia of ?nd oho
?litv iho mayor said!
"Don't \-?n iliinu 'twould be aoine better.
if yim il nml ii wlfo and wed?"
So he llUSlh'O In III* parlora nn?l nl hial j
Ik- fntiMil ii intas
Who was Juki i lie oik- lie wanted, and ho .
sealed It with a kiss!
Now llu- business grew hiMuilli-r und bo
almost made n k?.
Vol. ho lisd lo hall admit it that bis
practlcu ?IUI was slow.
Then a unli t hunch Boss?ia??t btm and
ha bought an aulo, too?
Now this foxy ilbctor follow he lias morn
than In- um do!
o o o
Just Before Fixing the Furnace.
II?W much there Is to learn and bow
slant the time!
ft ft ft
How busy avoiding It Is the man
who will not work. i
ft ft
A feather In the hand moans a
plucked bird In tho air. I
ft ft ft
Who ever heard of any one rosily
putting a flea In a friend's ear? |
v> ft ft 1
The Hps which Kiss the tears away
are the sweetest lips we ever feel, j
. ft ft ft 1
How sadly a good story depreciates
In the language of ono who tells It
poorly.
ft ft ft i|
Every man must wear the pinching
shoe that IiIb own wrongdoing has
made.
it -it -a
A little wind kiudlci Ihr fire, but
II (loos not ralso the dust to pay the
coal man.
Ah. how many victories we win dur?
ing the Interim between drowsiness
and sleep!
ft ft ft
Kindness Is a sort of wlsdum that
comes lo us increasingly with the do
purling years.
ft vr t; I
Every man should have a chance to
enru his food rather than have' It
given to tilnt when lie be^s.
v> ft ft I
There are always little tasks for
leisure momenta thai, when done,
ease the turmoil of a busy day.
v> ft ft
The man who strings great words
together In perfect unison and ills |
plays great knowledge will have been
forgotten for centuries before the
fame of the one who sings the slmplp
heart-throbs of the common people
has waned.
o o o ,
The Reason.
Ho rams lo woo hor every night.
ai last, with light turned dim,
Flir told him yes. she'd tie bis wife
To Just gel rid of Mm I
The'alimony now In? pays
Would wo,-Uly l>uy n fur ?
He'd si\.- ii lot. I'm softly told.
Tu just got rid of tier!
o o o
The Flitting Domestic.
We believe It was L-ytton, in "Lll
rille," who Insists that while man cnt,
live without literature, art and books
"clvl\l*ed man caunot live without
'cnpk'ti." Hence man must have cooks
How to get one nnd keep her Is a
problem Intricate and puzzling. A
cook la advertising In the newspapers
"for a home In a family where there
are no children, no washing nnd good
wnges."
This reminds us of the experience
of a friend. A bit of a girl, weight
eight pounds, arrived nt bis house and
lie needed help. Tho Ideal maid he had
boasted of quit (0 Rel ninrrled Just
before the baby came. It Is surpris?
ing how many chances to marry do?
mestics get along about the lime for
(lie stork's arrival In the family.
"But anyway," an the Irishman says
in the farce comedy, the friend adver?
tised for?a maid and a nurse. He ad?
vertised again nnd attain. At last a
young woman answered, but left in
alarm upon learning liiere was a baby
In the house nnd no nurse ns yet se?
cured to take the trained nurse's
plaee.
By this time the liusbnnd and fa?
ther was progressing rapidly in house?
hold affairs and had learned to wash
dishes as neatly as anybody. Then,
one blight, cheerful day. lie got a girl.
She looked strong and willing?hut
ho soon learned to his consternation
thai she was too frail to wash, too
clumsy lo care for the baby, couldn't
took the simplest dishes, and. worst
of all, could not speak English. He
asked for coffee and got a boiled po?
tato.
Ills wife grew a hit strong and did
most of the work tint!I or-- day the
friend told the new girl ? lie wouldn't
do. The discharged r!r-.>estlc put an
advertisement In the paper one time
and got 47 answers. Next day tho
maiden went away, and ns sir left
she called back over hor shoulder in
the Swedish language:
"What are the wild waves saying?"
Now what do you think of that?
Easter
Is Nearly Here
And It's about Ihne you were
ninklng your selection in n
Spring Shit,
*1U Easy"
from tho Styles we are show?
ing this Spring In tho New
Stripe Effects in Olive, Brown
Modes, etc.
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WITH THE PARAGPAPHER3.
Tho early bird Is all right, but tho j
early worm is a fool.?Charleston
News and Courier.
Tho depression hasn't in the loa .si
affected the automobile accident in?
dustry.?Cleveland Leader.
It looks as if the motto would go
back on tho coins. Next struggle is.
In get tile coin.:.?New York World.
It would be a pity for any of the
churches to bo unsafe. Mob Hud
enough excuses now for not going.?
Chicago News.
With millionaires- Belling their
yachts, looks like tho country is no!
so much at sea, after all.?Allauta
Constitution.
A Houston wife says she delights to '
hear her husband praise the beauty
and sweetness of other women. Other I
wise she is a woman of unquestioned I
veracity.?-Houston Post.
China is going to establish a mod-;
ei n university,; and anybody can !
guess then- will he something doing
when the college yell in Chines: \
bVcaks out.? Philadelphia Press. /
The submarine scandal in the
House of Representatives will make]
progress only over the prostrate form j
Of one Joseph (!. Cannon.?St, Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Oklahoma for Taft. The other day
it was for hotel bed sheets nine root
long, it will have to order them four1
yards wide now.?Atlanta Constillt-I
Mon.
A mercenary, nioncy-gruhhiug land?
lord of our acquaintance caya ho will
nol be happy until somebody Invents
pay-as-you-ohter flats.?New Vcrk
Mull.
The President has enlisted in the
war against cigarettes. Now, here's
something worth while,?Philadelphia
Ledger.
We suspect that John F. Stevens'
opinion of the Panama canal Is mu?
tual.? Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The man who falls seldom gets any
sympathy from the man who never
tried.?Washington Post.
Cain's Wife.
"I never discuss inarrlage." said
the hue (lencrai Fltxhugh Lee. "with?
out thinking of an old colored preach?
er in my state who' was addressing
his- dark-skinned congregation, when a
white man arose in the back of the
building.
"'Mr. Preacher.' said the white
man, 'you are lalMiifi about Cain, and
you say he got married in I lie land
of Nod. after he killed Abel. Rut the
Hilde mentions only Adam and Eve ns
being- on earth at that lime. Wim,
then, did Cain marry?'
"Tlx1 colored preacher SllOrfcd Wltli
unfeigned Contempt. ?Huh!" he said,
'von hear dai. Iired?ren an' sisters?
Yon hear dal fool question I am nv-ii'1
Cain, he went to de land o" Nod Just
as do Coed Hook tells' us. an' In do
land o' Nod Cain gits so laxy an' s,,
ihiflcss ilal he up an' marries a gal
o' one o' dem no 'count pore white
trash llttln' to mention in <te Holy
Word." "?Everybody's Magazine.
BE PATIENT.
Never mind de inUty chill dal hovers
rotin' <|e do.!
We's lind a heap o' Juno-llmo an" wo'd
gwiiitor hub some \ao\
Violets Will tell you 'bout de summe;
skies so blue?
Re a little patient, chile! Dat's all
you got td do!
?Washington Star.
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