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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

With thy wise, gay-hearted prose.
Books were merry. goodness knows!
When BetSinda held the Rose.
The author, may be sure. never dreamed
of any comparison being made between 1.-The
Dragon of Wantley" and THE Rose and the
Ring" Nevertheless, his book. in it's modest
way. falls very acceptably into place somewhere
on the same shelf with Thackeray's Incompatible
little masterpiece.
A new edition of Mr.. Kenneth Grahame's
Dream Days is not in itself needed boon.
That vastly overrated book is very far from
being one of the old friends we rejoice to wei
come in a new form every season. But upon
the present occasion, we are very glad that the
publisher has fit to reprint the volume, for
his excuse happens to be the reproduction for it
of some eight or ten drawings by Mr.. Maxfield
Parrish, including a frOntspiece. a fascinating
title page, the most romantic of end papers, and
a picturesque design for the cover. MIR. Parrish Is
one of the most original and effective draughts-
men we have and in this series of illustrations
he is at his best He is at his best whether he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16
THE GATE OF HEAVEN.
BY +. w. BOURpIILON.

BY T. W. BOURDIIL4ON.
Whittier leads the gateway
That stands at the top OF the hin.
With bars against the sky?
a child. i dreamed thereby
To enter Heaven Straightway.
i am old. but I know still
That the edge of the world is there,
And beyond is Paradise,
The land that is more fair
Than the wisdom of the wise.
i know il: for did I climb
In my beggar-clOuts OF sin.
And gross with this worlds grtmA
i could not enter in,
Though i waited times and time
No sight of glory nor sound
or rapture should reach me theres
Only the common ground.
Only the old DESPAIR
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

is delincating the most gorgeous OF castles, or
the quaintest of dragons or the sprucest OF
clowns in modern dress His method is amaZ-
ingIy precise. and yet not even the broadcast of
styles could communicate more atmosphere to
his drawings than he has given them. a more
exquisitely decorated Christmas book than this
it has not been our fortune to see.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

1.-THE New America as observed by a Cana
dian will commend itself to the reader
Mr.. Beckles Wilson, the author. has spent a
he understands the conditions and tendencies
which are noE affecting our commerce, society
and literature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

Wbv are not collections of short stories NOR :
generally popular in England? II is asserted
that one reason is the unreasOnaDie PI!e ~ ~
manded for them; and it is added tnat sucL ~
collections were published at half the cost Oh
the ordinary novel the public would reaohS 'hNe
to them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

Mr. HoweIIs declares Gin 1.-THE North Ameri-
can Review'O that lola conceived or reanIS
noeticaIIv land always saw his human dOcu-
ments as he began early to call them. ranged
in the form of an epic poem He fell below the
greatest of the Russians, to whom alone he
was inferior I'm imagining that the affairs Of
men group themselves strongly about central
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

complete translation into Welsh Oh D ,'tio,, .
''Diyina Commedia'' is in course OF preparation
Only fragments of the work have existed SO lar
in Welsh The book is to be Illustrated Dy q
Welsh artist. Mr. Edwards, who mas oeeh 'iSi'-
ing Florence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16
LITERARY NOTES.

.1rba Ewes of Youth. and other Tales" Is the
title of a Forthcoming volume of hitherto un-
published stories by the late william Dia'A'
novelist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

y fine copy of the "COsmOgraphie IntrOductio."
1JO9-wheTein is to be found the earliest pro-
pOsal to give the name of America to the newly
discovered wOrld-waS sold in London the other
day for S130. At the same sale the numbers
from to of Disraelfs Tigidly suppressed star
Chamber brought So.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

Jack London. the chrOnicler Of far North
western adventure and emotion. is sturdy per-
son with sailors roll in his gait His mental
and physical nlakeupS express force and energy
He has worked his way before the mast, has
tramped many month through the toughest
West. and has packed his own thousand
pounds over the ChilcoOt Pass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

With thy wise, gay-hearted prose.
Books were merry. goodness knOwsi
When BetSinda held the Rose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

siana,'' tells us) the nickname of Brandy Nan
The Thames Waterman used TO call their queen
ssI3outique d'Esau-de-vie." So says Cesar de
Saussure; and he gives US to understand that
they shouted 1t out to her own royal face. 1T
is the CUSTOM" he declares, "fOr any one on the
water to call out whatever he pleases to other
occupants of boats, even were ~ TO the King
himself, and no one has right TO be shocked
There is said to be a large and valuable cor
respOndence interesting to musical people among
the papers of the late Sir Arthur Sullivan
This will be used in an authorized life OF the
musician which is to be undertaken by Mr.
Vernon Blackburn. the musical critic OF the
'tPaIl Mall Gazette"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

In a deeply interesting article in The At
Iantic'' on literature in the tenements. Eliza
beth McCracken tells many suggestive anec-
does. one concerns Vanity Fair and its effect
upon tenement girl She was asked which Of
the people she liked best Becky" said the
girl: she had the most to her. OF course,
Amelia was good and Becky waSn't-bUt I
sorter think Amelia Just happened to be good:
she didn't decide to be. Becky would er been
hundred times better than Amelia If she'd been
brought up difrent"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

number Of hitherto unpublished letters writ
ten by Fanny Burney. the author Of that quaint.
charming old book, "EVelina,' are TO make their
appearance in George PASSIONS new volume,
"SideIights on the Georgian Period" The vOl-
ume is to be made up of a group of short studies
of certain phases and characteristics Of that
time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

There is to be curious edition-a complete
editiOn-Of ByrOn'S pOetical works. The house
of his old publisher, Murray, is bringing IL out
There are TO be seven hundred pages in the vOI-
ume-and il will cost only shilling copy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

Baroness BOnde was Irish lady who mar
ried a Dutchnan residing in official position
in Paris in the revolutionary days OF 1S4S. She
set down in her journal many intimate revela-
tiOns of the period and it's celebrated persOnages
and this journal is now TO be published
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-04
IsrERsrArE Law AMENDMENT.

Two measures for amending the inter
state commerce act are pending in con-
gress. One is known as the Elkins bill
Ito enlarge the jurisdiction Of the Inter
state Commerce commission" and rep
resents the more advanced pro-railroad
sentiment-that is, 1t is assumed to mark
the outer limit of concession which may
be expected for the present from any
of the carrying companies. The other
is the Corliss bill and is supposed to
have behind 1t the mercantile shipping
interests. :
In some respects these measures are
similar. In the authority conferred upon
the commission to make an order for
future rates to take the place of rates
which have been condemned as unlawful,
the two bills are to all intents the same;
SO they are, also. in making cumulative
the penalties for d%isregarding an order
of the commission, so that the offending
company will be forced, in self-defense,
to take the initiative in any appeal to
the courts. They diverge at the point
where they provide for the interval be-
tween such appeal and the decision of
the tribunal of last resort on the merits
of the controversy, The COrllss bill pro
vides that during that period the new
rate prescribed by the commission shall
govern; the Elkins bill provides that II
shall be suspended. AS to this detail, the
question is simply whether the order
shall be Immediately obeyed. at the risk
of loss to the carrier, or temporarily set
aside at the risk of loss to the public.
II is not to be doubted that public
opinion will favor the provision of the
Corliss bill.
The most radical and important diner
ence between these measures is the
absence from the Corliss bill of any
concession 10 the railroads from the
present anti-poollng and antitrust laws
while the Elkins bill contains a pro.
vision specifically, authorizing common
carriers ito arrange among themselves
for the establishment or maintenance OF
rates. As this has been the cause OF
most OF the d~issensions between the
shipping and the carrying interests IL
the legislative arena of late years, the
fate of the two measures, when they
come TO a direct clash, may turn upon it
II is reasonably certain that the pres
ent congress viii not enact a law per
hitting pooling, while OF course the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-04
nwA AND MUNICIPAL UTILITIES

The recent decision Of the supreme
court of Iowa, so constituting the consti-
tuition as to give free hand to cities and
towns to own and operate public utili-
ties, Notwithstanding the 8 per cent linn
itation on municipal Indebtedness, has
beer quickly followed by an equally i'm
portant decision giving cities competent
control over the service charges where
public utilities are operated under fran
chlses by corporations. The decision
~sweepingly sustains the action of the
city council Of Cedar Rapids in cutting
down by 20 per cent the rates sought to
be enforced by the water company. hold
ing the municipal rate TO be reasonable.
The court grounds its decision broadly
on considerations of public policy. 1t
therein takes a position that is not only
~impregnable from alegal standpoint. but
also in line with the progressive thought
and the practical necessities of the age.
Both the subject mater and the method
of supply of water, light, heat etc, are
IL their very essence of public concern.
Their value absolutely depends upon
density of urban population; the corpora
lions which distribute them are the
creatures of the public, their franchises
are public grants and the public welfare
is vitality dependent upon them. But
these corporations have systematically
abused their functions by suppressing
competition. by speculative manipula-
ton, by over-capitalization and by ex'
tortionate charges, and too often they
have been abetted In these wrongs by
courts of all degrees.
The supreme court OF Iowa is to be
commended for opening wide the door
for relief to all the municipalities OF the
state in a series of consistent and thor
ough-going decisions. They may now
freely establish their own plants or take
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-04
MANIPULATING RAILROAD FINANCES.
Process of Converting stocks Into
Mortgages and Bonds.
New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post.
Some Of the figures, in the summary OF
railroad operations in 1901 just published
by Poor's Manual, are rather noteworthy.
During that year the aggregate capital OF
this country's railways, including both
stock and bonds, increased some S451 ,0OO,-
900. To appreciate exactly what this means,
II should be added that increase in the
same accounts during the three-year period
ending in 1900. was only S425, 900, 900. Dur
ing this same three-year period. increase
in capital stock alone was 1901, 1872, 600, and
in bonded debt 1924 100, 900; the two
branches of liabilities fairly keeping pace
with one another. During 1901, on the
other hand, the s451, 600, 900 increase in
capital comprised expansion in stock OF
only $174.449,OOO. whereas bonded debt in
creased no less than 1915, S77, 900. This
showing is quite in accordance with the
events OF the twelvemonth in railway
finance. That year will always stand forth
conspicuous in railway history as a period
when the raising Of capital on the basis Of
stock issues was suspended by the floating
OF mortgage bonds. Similarly, 1909 will be
remembered as a time when the process
was extended further. and outright con-
version Of shares into bonds was the order
Of the day.
The upshot of the process, so far as
concerns division of railway capital into
stocks and bonds, lis that in 1901, for the
first time since 1895, bonded debt Of Ameri-
can railways exceeded their share capital.
AS against this somewhat striking fact,
however, It should be noticed that last
years actual interest payment on this in
creased debt though greater by nearly
one million than in 1900, and by Sc, 200, 900
than in 1899, was with those exceptions the
smallest Of any year since 1888. The SEEM
ing paradox is explained, Of course, by the
fall Of interest rate and consequent possi-
bility OF turning 6 and Z per cent bonds
into 4 per cents. When the other side OF
the general balance sheet is examined, to
find what assets stand against the $451 ,000,.
600 increase in last year S railway capital,
It will be seen. from the Poor's Manual
figures, that only 1898 900. 900 is accounted
for by cost Of railway and equipment. It
is in that extremely suggestive entry known
as other Investments that the secret must
be looked for. Expansion in hat account,
during 1901, was no less than 1910, 000, 900.
How much OF that increase was made up
of stocks Of other railways, bought at the
prices of a Wall street BOOM people
familiar with the history Of the year may
guess. Last years increase in such assets
appears to have been twice as large as
that of any year since 1890.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-04
Personal NOTES.

A New York policeman is to be tried
for selling himself for so cents. And
probably he was dear at that.
For a young man destined to become an
absolute monarch, the crown prince of Siam
takes very kindly to democratic ideas. and
institutions.
Count Victor C~zaykowski, known as
Mouzaffer Pasha, and a Catholic, has been
made governor general of the holy land
by the sultan.
Prof. Michael l.. Pupin of Columbia uni
~versity, inventor of the ocean telephone,
began his career in America as an attend
ant in a Turkish bath parlor in Brooklyn.
The villa of Tommaso Salvini, the dis
~tinguished tragedian. has been entered by
thieves, who stole medals, gold crowns and
many other precious souvenirs Of Salvlni's
career.
Should the dictum Of the Missouri valley
homeopaths become the rule of action ihe
ears OF w~omankind will hear these saddest
Of sad words: Farewell, a long farewell
to all your sweetness
The British forces in South Africa gave
the Missouri mule a good advertisement
in that country, as the Beers now propose
to employ him in the pursuits OF peace.
They respect his obstinacy.
Under the rules laid down by the car for
the government of newspapers in Russia
the Job of featuring "a scoop" is a ~perilous
one. The prospect of a free pass to Siberia
tends to chasten the Joy OF the head builder.
The name OF Jessie Benton Fremont, the
aged widow OF the Pathfinder" was the
first to be entered on the new register of
the Fremont hotel, recently opened In
Los Angeles and named in honor of her
husband.
When Mr.. Tseng. the new Chinese con-
sui, arrived at his post in New York there
was considerable surprise that his wife,
instead Of being a small-footed little ORR
entail woman is a fair-haired, pink-cheeked,
broad-shouldered young English woman.
She and her husband met when he was
attached to the Chinese legation in Lon
don. They were married three years ago
and have one child, a boy Of 2 years.
Mrs. Fanny J. Clary is a prohibitionist
candidate for the Legislature from the First
Hampshire district of Massachusetts,, the
first woman to be nominated for a state
office in Massachusetts Her husband, also
an enthusiastic prohib'tionist, is a pros
porous farmer. So strong are the temper
ance principles OF the Clary family that a
cider mill which was on the farm when
they bought 1t a few years ago was dis
mantled, though 1t had been a source Of
considerable income to the previous owner.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-04
LABOR IN THE PHILIPPINES.

In his report to the War department
regarding conditions in the Philippines,
the special commissioner. Mr.. jerks, rec
Ommends that employers of labor be
permitted to introduce Chinese laborers
into the islands under contract for a
period Of not over three years in each
individual instance. The labor question
in the Philippines is not less pressing
than the currency question, since it has
been conclusively shown hat native
labor canno be depended upon for the
Industrial and commercial development
of the archipelago. What is needed
there is skilled labor and the Chinese
and Japanese are the only races in the
far east furnishing such labor. Besides.
the Filipino will work only as his neces-
stiles require and these are small.
The Chinaman, ON the other hand, is
a steady, patient, trustworthy worker.
In the Philippines he has taught the
native to do nearly all that he now
does successfully, while he is superior In
other respects to the average Filipino.
This is the testimony of all intelligent
observers, among them several of our
consuls in the Orient. The question is
one to be considered from the practical
point of view. The most radical advo-
cate of excluding Chinese labor from the
United States may consistently favor
admitting it to the Philippines, since the
conditions and circumstances are wholly
different. That labor is not needed here
for developing our resources, but in the
Philippines it is absolutely essential to
industrial and commercial growth. 1t
seems evident that congress will have
to allow Chinese labor in the archipelago
upon some such plan as suggested by
Mr.. jerks, If any progress is to be made
in developing the islands.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-04
IN A NAME.
10 the Names Given children Inhu-
ence Their C~areersf
Kansa City Star.

Kansas City Star.
Judge wonord. who has earned a rep
utstion for quaint philosophy in Kansas
City. asked the name of one OF the girls
OF his probationary school. Marie" she
said. "Humphl No wonder you stole
returned the Judge. You should have
been named Mary or Jane. A girl with
such a name as Marie hasn't a fair show"
The Judge only stated in his emphatic
way a curious fact which others have OBJ
~served-that names OF children do infu-
ence their careers. Parents should be
very careful what names they give their
offspring, especially their boys. The par
ticular instance Of Marie may appear
to be far-fetched, but It illustrated one
phase OF the general rule, which is that
not many names will bear transplanting.
To limit the discussion TO boys; Oscar
or Adolph does very well In Sweden or
Germany, but neither will fuse very ac-
ceptably with English ideas. Occasionally
an Oscar or Adolph in America becomes a
leading citizen, but then there are white
crows. Generally speaking a boy should
have a one-syllable name or one that
can be readily "nicked." A Reginald or
Clarence hasn't near the chances for the
presidency that a Tom or Bill has. There,
again, there may be exceptions, though It
must be admitted that a boy who wins
under that handicap should be given espe-
cial credit.
Bpt perhaps the greatest offense that
misguided parents commit against defense
less infants is in loading them with
the names Of great men, particularly the
names Of poets. II is difficult to imagine
anything less poetical than a baby at
christening time, and whether IL is sup
posed that the poets name will do to con-
jure with for the divine %aflatus, or that
1t is only in keeping with the seraphic
character of the infant. the fancy is alike
misled. II the child could have the bliss
to die.
Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade.
there would be little harm done. Homer
and Milton and Dante look well in mar
BILE. But for the flesh. no; they are too
well, too unfleshy. The child that bears
such a name becomes impressed, II he
bility. 1t weighs upon him. He seems to
be under a perpetual injunction to sing
and the very fact makes the notes stick
in his throat. 1t is no cause for sur
prise that all Of the successors of Milton
have been mute and inglorius." Who
ever heard of more than one tuneful Ho-
mer? To the thoughtless observer it
might occur that Dante Gabriel Rossetti
disproved the sweeping dictum. But he
didn't. He was not even an exception
to the rule. His case may be accounted for
by the singular combination of nomen-
clature-a sort of bi-nomial thecrem work.
ing along the lines OF a double negative. II
may be asserted with confidence that Dante
Rossetti would have sold bananas in the
streets Of London. Gabriel Rossetti would
have peddled macaroni. But Dante Gabriel
was too much for silence. Any boy OF nerve
would have redeemed that name or done
something desperate.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-04
DEVELOPING ALASKA.

1t is understood that President Roose-
welt will in his annual message urge
upon congress the necessity of extending
the land laws and the system of public
surveys to the district of Alaska. in
order that the of that vast
region may be adequately developed. 1t
would seem that such a recommendation
should meet with no opposition, for
there appears to be no valid reason
why Alaska should not receive this CON
sideration and whatever more may be
necessary TO the development of its re-
sources. 1t is a valuable region. that
has repaid many times what it cost and
every effort should be made to render it
still more valuable.
The common impression has been that
Alaska is wholly without agricultural
resoUl ces, but this is erroneous, the fact
being that there is a considerable portion
Of the region in which agriculture can be
successfully carried on. 1t is believed
that If the land laws were extended
lneTe the usElCuiIuIal pOilioh "Vuiu NC
rapidly populated and developed. There
Is no reason to doubt that such would
be the result and this being so 1t is
plainly the duty of congress not to with
hold the means necessary to the upbulld-
ing Of Alaska and to the improvement
of conditions there. Whatever reasons
there NAV have been heretofore for neg
lecting that part of our possessions.
there certainly are lone at present, and
it is safe to predict that any recon-
mendation which the president shall
make to congress respecting Alaska will
be complied with.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-04

Gurley couldn't answer those pertinent
questions ~propounded to him because he
is no mind reader, land Mercer has not
made any attemptoto answer them. The
people know, therefore, that they cannot
be satisfactorily answered nor the dis
creditable transactions in MERGERS rec
ord explained away. If Mercer won't
take his constituents into his confidence,
why should they place any confidence
in him?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-04

Few political campaigns in recent his
tory have caused less interference with
business than the campaign just closing.
Trade and commerce has gone on almost
the same as If no election were in sight.
The reason for this doubtless is that the
business interests place full confidence in
President Roosevelt and know that what
ever the outcome of the election the re-
publican policies that produced the pres
ent prosperity will continue uninter-
rupted.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-04
Up Against the Real Thing.
INDIANAPOLIS News.

The fact that the members OF the coal
strike arbitration commission are getting
dirty, dusty and tired examining coal mines
getting up against the real thing" in
faet-will not prejudice them against the
claims OF the miners-not by a good deal.
From the way the commission has begun it's
investigation IL looks as II a good deal OF
light might be thrown on the coal mining
evils OF the Pennsylvania anthracite neid.
Even by this time the coal roads are no
doubt bracing themselves to answer some
very embarrassing questions