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st. Louis Side of House.

st. Louis is the only large city in the United
States which is not part OF county. The
municipality is self governing; the county of ST.
Louis has no jurisdiction in the city William
J. Courtney. clerk in the o.fice of the clerk of
the federal courts, recently attained his majority
and, owing to the peculiar location Of the house
in which he lives. he has been puzzled over the
question Of whether he should register to vote in
the city in St Louis county. From latest
maps Mr. Courtney finds that the imaginary
line dividing the city from the county passes
diagonaly through the house in which he lives
The house is the north side of Gambleton
avenue. and. therefore. if the information be
correct. lies half in the city and half in the
county. Mr. Courtney says that under the best
advice he has got ON the question a man should
vote in the precinct in which he sleeps He
therefore decides to sleep in the St Louis side
of the house and vote in the city.-Chicago
Chronicle.
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Hardly Yet, Perhaps.

The passing of card-playing is predicted by
people who watching social tendencies in
this country. Pastimes invented in the dark
ages a substitute for talk and benehcent
action are doomed, they say, in the course of
evolution gradually to disappear. Each year
dancing becomes to greater extent the amuse-
ment Of the very young in the select
social circles. and of the immature OF all ages
in the less select. A similar condition is be-
falling the card games. Connecticut judge
has just started a campaign against the giving
Of prizes at whist parties. on the ground that
the practice is contrary to old law; but the
matter like that of drinking. Is In reality likely
settle itself gradually through the upgrowtfi
OF new type of public opinion No blue laws,
outbursts of Puritanism. need to be evoked.
There is an increasing Discrimination the part
of people of well-ordered lives to waste much
time or energy in petty gambling or any other
form Of shallow dissipation.-Boston Transcript
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Mob law is bad enough at the best, without
any addition to its usual horrors The people or
Springfield, o., have gone step in advance or
Others and it is to be hoped that they will find
imitators.-LousvilIe Courier-Journal.
When the ringeaders in these murderous riots
sent to the penitentiary lynchings will cease
in that jurisdiction. Until such examples are
made there is little hope that the spread Of the
lawless mania will be checked.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The blacks used to flee from the South to the
North which they looked upon as the land OF
freedom and of peace. Have conditions changed
so greatly that the inoffensive, industrious black
man must go South to get out of the way OF
mobs ?-Chicago Tribune.
The citizen who by word or act encourages the
feeling that the negro no matter what his char
acter or behavior is not fully entitled to abso-
lutely equal treatment before and under the law
with the white citizen helps to make such out
RACES possible.-New York Times.
The mob was guilty of crime higher than the
crime of Dickerson and there must not be the
slightest hating in the work of bringing his
murderers to justice and TO deserved punishment.
Unless that is accomplished the disgrace will be
to the entire State.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Inc very men WHO luSllSdle NlOieuSS anu Nicoh>
vengeance now without law may find the demon
they have trained and let loose. grown more i'm
patient of restraint. easily provoked and
more uncontrollabie. turn and rend them for
some trifing infraction OF its will. The spirit OF
the mob is as irrational it is cruel.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer
The law thu was enacted TO restrain lynching
by holding the citizens of a county financially
as well as morally responsible has terror for
the loafer and the adventurer who assume TO act
for the public on such occasions To be effective.
the Ohio law must reach the nontaxpaying, IT.
responsible element that is always ready to re-
sort to outlawry.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Leaving the South to its own troubles and Its
own sins, il can be said, without fear Of con-
tradiction that the duty of the cities and States
of the North is now and at once TO take them
selves in hand with that self-control which is
| only another name for civilization and solve
| this mixed problem of race and crime and lynch
| ing with forethought and wisdom instead OF
with violence and outrage.-Chicago Record
Herald.
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PUSHING THE PANAMA CANAL.

Recent rumors of a hitch in the Panama
canal negotiations at the Paris end OF the
line are denied by cablegram from that
city. The rumors said there were legal
obstacles TO the transfer of the Panama
Company's property to the United States.
NJ. Bo. president of the company, assures
Ambassador Porter that there is no truth
whatever in the rumor. and that he is only
waiting the arrival in Paris Of the repre-
sentative of this government to complete
the transfer.
William ~. Cromwell the attorney Of the
Panama Company in this country, will sail
for Paris tomorrow, and Charles w. Rus
sell, the special assistant attorney general
of the Department of Justice. will follow
very soon. Both will be in Paris some time
before April %, the date set for the trans
fer of the property.
Meanwhile the United States is going
ahead on the assumption that the property
will be acquired free from all membranes
and from the claim of Colombia which. by
the way, is now being argued in court at
Paris 1t is evident the government does
not intend to lose any time in beginning
| operations. The commissioners recently ap-
pointed by the President will sail for Pan
anna on the 18th inst, and when they reach
there will proceed as if the franchise had
already passed into the hands of the nited
States. as it will do on the 18th of April.
The treaty with Panama gives the United
States the right to exercise authority over
the canal strip, and that will be assumed
| at once.
Admiral Walker, chairman of the com
mission. says it's first work will be the san
! itation of the two termini of the canal,
Colon on the Atlantic side, and Panama on
the Pacific. The sanitary condition of both
places is about as bad as it is possible to
conceive, and it is not thought advisable
to begin actual work on the canal until
both places have been made habitable and
healthy. The country will observe that the
administration is not losing any time. and
that the party which has a reputation for
doing things Is keeping up its record.
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Russians. The demand was evidently based
on racial sympathy and belief that a
jury composed of Russians would be more
favorably inclined toward Russian SYM
pathizer than toward native japanese.
The demand raised two or three points for
the decision of the court.
Scene opens with the case in the hands
of the court. The court took judicial notice
Of the scarcity OF Russians in this COM
munity and held that it would be difficult
to find twelve Russians within the jurssdic-
ton of the court of sufficient intelligence.
integrity and knowledge Of English to rem
der an impartial verdict in case between
japanese plaintiff end an Irish-American
defendant. But, waving this point, the
court found more serious objection TO
the defendants request in the fact that
TO summon jury composed exclusively of
one nationality, and that of foreign
birth would be contrary to law. Possibly
if the parties had agreed upon a special
jury the court might have ordered one
composed Of Russians and Japanese. half
of each, but even that would have been
of doubtful legality. The law only provides
one way of impaneling a jury, and it does
not recognize racial distinctions. For these
reasons the court denied the request OF
the defendant for jury of Russians and
ordered the sheriff to impanel one of Amer
leans.
This was a wise solution of a difficult
question. Trial by jury is a sacred insti-
| tuition, and its sanctity should not be in
| vaded by the introduction of political or
racial considerations, either in time of
peace or of war. If the principle embodied
| in the demand of the defendant in this
| case should be recognized we might soon
have htigants demanding juries of their
| own nationality. An American jury is
| good enough for anybody, .pro-Russian OF
pro-Japanese. The free course Of justice
in this country must not be hindered by
the introduction of international questions
We do not want the passions of the far
Eastern war to intrude in our jury boxes
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Stickler for Accuracy.

President Pro TEN. Frye. although Of
mien and imperturbable III the heat of debate
on the floor of the Senate. nevertheless has
strong vein of humor in his personal side lie
does not often show II. but when he does his
colleagues always enjoy IL greatly
In the recent consideration by the Senate OF
the bin 10 appropriate than s.. 600. coo for
the Lewis and Clarke Exposition of 1905 at Port
land, ore. amendment offered TO close
the grounds Sunday This adopted by a
vote of . 10 IL. and senator's seemed unwilling
to go through such a formality every amend
ment Consequently, when the next amend
ment came up a roll call ordered. and
in its stead the presiding officer merely called for
the ayes and nays.
..Those in favor OF the amendment will say
aye &" announced President Pro Tenn Frye.
There was a eead silence for an instant. and
then the sonorous voice Of the sponsor OF the
bill. Senator Mitchell. OF Oregon, resounded
throughout the chamber. Aye he said.
Those opposed. No. -" continued the Chair.
No one responded.
The aye has IT," grimly proclaimed Mr.. Frye.
and senators and galleries laughed.
Mr.. Mitchell was evidently pleased that the
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Panama speeches had occupied the attention
OF the Senate and temporarily at an end
Both Mr.. Cullom and Mr.. Fairbanks addressed
the Chair. The latter was recognized and ex-
pressed his wish TO call up the Senate bill TO au-
thorize new building for the OF the de-
partments of State. Justice and Commerce and
Labor.
Mr. Cullom interposed TO suggest an executive
session. and Mr. Teller to go with the cal
endar.
but would like TO say. your Honor" broke
in Mr.. Fairbanks. His colleagues laughed
laughed heartily, but the Indiana senator kept
on thoroughly unaware that ne had addressed
the Chair in a judicial manner as IL addressing
court of justice. instead of saying, Mr.. Pres-
dent Washington Times.
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while for the News to make this text
for a thesis on the difference between a
pure democracy and representative re-
public. That distinction is well understood
Perhaps the impression might have been
made little more exact, yet the terms
democratic government and republican gov
eminent are Synonymous in common usage.
Webster defines a democracy as a repub-
lie. and the Century Dictionary as: Gov
eminent by the people; system of gov
eminent in which the sovereign power OF
the state is vested in the people as a whole.
and is exercised directly by them or their
elected agents" When De Tocqueville
wrote his great work on government in this
country he did not call it Republican Gov
eminent in America" but Democracy in
America" When Abraham Lincoln spoke
OF government of the people. by the peo-
pie, for the people," he used phrase that
fits a republic as well as a democracy A
newspaper need not try to be more exact in
the use of language than Abraham Lincoln.
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RUSSIA AND THE DARDANELLES.

Recent dispatches indicate that Russia
has been trying to effect an arrangement
with Turkey to permit Russian warships
to pass the Dardanelles. the object, of
course. being to concentrate what fighting
ships she has left in Eastern waters.
One of the most surprising things of the
war is that Russia, the most aggressive of
powers and confronted by plain prospect of
war, should have been caught at the be-
ginning of hostilities with her navy divided
between the Baltic, the Black and the
Japan seas and the latter divided between
three harbors, Port Arthur. Vladivostok and
Chemulpo. 1t does not require much
knowledge of naval strategy to see that she
would have been in a much better position
if all her available warships had been con-
centrated in the waters that are destined
to be the scene of naval operations. That
they should have been so widely scattered
at critical juncture seems TO indicate
lack of foresight or bad management.
Permission for some of Russia's war
ships now or soon to be on their way East
to pass through the Dardanelles would be
of great advantage to her, but 1t will not
be easily obtained. Turkey holds the key
to that situation, and she will not open
the Dardanelles for Russian warships ex-
cept at big price. AS far back as 1S41
treaty concluded between the five great
powers and Turkey arranged that no ship
of war belonging to any nation save Tur-
key should pass the DardanelIes without
the consent of Turkey, and all merchant
ships were required to show their papers
to the Ottoman authorities. These pro-
visions were confirmed at London in 1871
and at Berlin in 1878. In 1891, by an agree
ment with the Porte, Russia secured for
her volunteer feet the right to passage
through the Dardanelles, but no stretch of
passage of warships.
1t is said that in response to Russia's re-
quest for the coveted permission the Porte
has named conditions wholly unacceptable
| to Russia. One of these conditions is that
Russia shall give Turkey a free hand to
settle the controversy in the Balkans In
her own way. Russia guaranteeing Turkey
| against outside interference in the matter.
| Russia would never consent to that condi-
| ton, and unless Turkey offers better terms
| the Dardanelles will remain closed To
| allow Russian warships TO pass in time OF
war on any conditions would probably be
construed by the other powers as a breach
| of neutrality on Turkeys part and might
| lead to serious complications
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one OF the young men Of Washington, who
will in all probability get to see something of
the Russo-Japanese az close range is Earl
shaw the Of Secretary OF the Treasury
Shaw The young man. who as inherited much
of his distinguished fathers energy ard activity
LEFT San Francisco for the far East a number OF
weeks ago He sailed the steamer Celtic
and had time TO reach the scene OF the opera
lions before begun. lie is barely out
of his teens. but his friends expect he will gain
an experience in which many older man
would give much to share.-New York Telegram.
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The Presidents executive order respect
ing the observance of neutrality in the
Russo-Japanese war is supplemental TO his
formal proclamation issued few weeks
ago. The order is addressed to all Off
Gals of the government, civil. military and
naval. and reminds them of the Importance
of maintaining strict neutrality and avoid
ing giving cause of offense to either of the
combatants. Besides laying down a cor
rect rule of action for all government Off
Gals the order is a clear statement of the
position of the government itself. 1t should
put an end TO the foolish talk in Russia
about the insincere attitude of the United
States.
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signing for spring I'm the Country.

II yesterday that she was greening the
graves in old Trinity and to-day while the
avenue. I noticed that the trees In the park are
longer a purple cloud on the horizon but a
soft. green mist. on. yes. spring Is here; but
encompassed. environod dominated by the town.
But my heart signs for spring I'm the real
Countrywide broad. careless. unconscious cOun-
try. l do not want 20 cherish my little patch
OF blue sky. and find my sole type % the resur-
rection in the unfolding leaves OF the trees
without my window. Ny eyes ache 20 lose
themselves in wastes OF uafathomed blue. and
TO sink into the Geeps and dceps-exhaustless
deeps-of green. Let those who viii find pleasure
IN watching q spray Of peach buds struggling To
unfold in a patch OF garden. i want C gloat
over the rosy bloom Of wide orchards From
Confessions OF a Wall-street Private Sccro-
tary." IN Metropolitan Magazine
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STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.
One on Indiana.

I'm ancient times, that is some fifty years
ago." says Representative Robinson, of Indiana,
shortly after the Statehouse at Indianapolis
was completed 1t was proposed by one of the
legislators to buy a Thermometer the hall at
an expense not exceeding $3.50.
1.-The motion brought the distinguished repre-
sentative from - county to his feet, who elo-
quently inveighed against spending the hard
arnngs OF the people in this way and he
added. Mr.. Speaker. eff bought that Their
momicon 1 don't believe there's one man here
who knows how to wind the cussed thing up -
Washington Times.
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Edward f. Jones. Of Binghamton. ex-Lieuten-
ant Governor OF New York--"Jones. he pays
the freight '-yesterday sent his card TO Senator
Frye, president pro tenn. OF the Senate He wrote
on the card: lone Of your predecessors would
be pleased to see you
himself.
81 am Jones. OF Binghamton." he said
Il am glad to see YOU, Mr.. Jones. OF Bing-
hamton." Senator Frye replied. but l do not
understand the message on your card. Were YOU
ever Vice President of the United States?
''Oh. no.
Were you ever president pro tenn of the Sen
ate?'
NO" said Jones' but 1 occupied your chair
just the same. 1 was colonel OF the Sixth Massa
chusetts. and on the night of April Is. 1851 Wa
arrived in Washington and bivouacked in the
Senate chamber. Ny men slept on the floor bu
1 slept in the Vice Presidents chair
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Go Together.

The woman was doing her shopping The
counter jumper handed her a package and she
slowly turned away.
''Do need anything ese?'' she absent-mind-
eddy asked.
You have just bought some lawn" ventured
the clerk. Don't you think you will need some
hose ?"-Princeton Tiger.
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1T think said the meditative boy, that
wasp would be all right II it didn't get tired"
''Eh?' replied his father. Where did you
get that idea?"
why, one day got a wasp on my hand and
while he walking around he was all right.
He didn't hurt till he stopped to sit down."
Philadelphia Press.
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Solved.

AZ believe Cumso has solved the problem of
aerial navigation"
What makes you think so? Has he made
flying machine and tested it under all condi-
tons?'
Hes made the machine all right. but he
hasn't tried Il yet
Then how do you know it will work.?
Hes made the wings out of five-dollar bills
and everybody knows that money fiies."-The
Commcner.
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Easy to stop Ticket sca,pfng.

The general passenger agent OF big system
of which New York Is the Eastern terminus
said to me: we could stop scalpipg IL we
wanted 10. Nothing could be easier But we
don't want to- for the very simple and satisfac-
tory reason that the travelling public don't want
rs TO- IL is our business to cater TO the public
So long as a passenger can buy SIS ticket for
sll he's going to patronize the scalDer. and IL
We prevent him from doing so he becomes our
enemy New York Press
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While the far East resounds with the
that six years ago to-day we began to get
I'm shape for little war of our own. The
War Department began the mobilization
OF the army for service against Spain on
March IL 1893
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Truth Is beautiful thing. Theoretically
as a matter OF fact. however. the truth
about the Mornons Is about as ugly as any
thing that has been dug up in this country
for some time. The only wonder is that it
has been crushed to earth so long without
making any attempt to rise.
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THE Japs are all right on the sea-" We
were assured at the beginning of the war.
''but wait until there is land fight-then
there will be a different tale to tell" But
somehow the latest reports bear a strange
similarity TO all the others-the Japanese
fight as well in the dry as in the wet. Per-
maps the Russians could beat in a balloon
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Nothing for Him.

poor mani exclaimed the Soulful Young
Thing What are you locked in here for?'
''Cussin' the judge" answered the man be-
hind the bars, who had been sent to Jail for
contempt of court.
Shrinking from him with repugnance. she car
ried her flowers to the murderer in the next cell.
Chicago Tribune.
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Reorganization shouts Mr.. Bryan.
means Clevelandism." And disorganiza-
ton. he might have added. means Bryan
isni. The fact that Cleveland won twice
where Bryan lost the same number of times
might also be used in riposte by any Demo-
crat who felt so disposed.
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The action OF the Rhode Island Demo-
cratic state convention In electing a
Hearst delegation to the national con-
vention is surprising. 1t has not been
thought that Hearst was strong In the
East. and least OF all in one OF the
most conservative New England States.
There can be only one explanation of his
capture of the Rhode Island delegation. and
that is that the convention was bought up.
II stamps the Rhode Island Democracy as
venal and the State. as far as that party
Is concerned. as rotten borough.
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vote he had cast represented unanimous vote
OF the United States Senate. But. lest history
should srecord time when the dignity OF the
Senate was not always fully observed. no men
ton of the occurrence appeared in the Congress
sional Observation-Disclosures Times
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Some people are worrying because the
latest japanese bombardment cost more
than a half million. They should remem-
Der that these expenses are Offset by the
fact that japanese soldiers only get 20 cents
month
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q month.

The Ohio papers evince much distress over
polygamy in Utah. Incidentally the Utah
papers are consumed with grief about the
prevalence of mob law in Ohio. Kentucky
throws stones cheerfully in both directions
and the battle of the notes and beams goes
merrflv on
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MINOR TOPICS.

A blind man started in to wreck restau-
rant in Leavenworth CKan.) the other day
and succeeded in smashing about every
thing in sight before he was arrested. The
judge refused TO release him his own
recognizance, holding that such a thing
was impossible. 1t is thought that term
in jail will bring him to see the error OF
his ways.
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Colonel Watterson has many warm friends IN
the Republican party. and should he finally de-
eide TO become better man the right hand Of
fellowship viii be extended TO him.-Chicago
Inter Ocean