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18 THE OMAHA DAILY 13EB : SUNDAY , AtTGUST 21 , 1898. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE I ! . UOUEWATHK , Editor. PUBLISHED KVnHY MUIiNINO. TERMS OF SUBRC.HIPTION : Dally Uoe ( Without Sunday ) . On * Yenr.SS.M Dallr Bw and Sunday , One Year 8.0 } ftlx Months . . . .t 4.W rhre * Months 2.W HundtT lit , One Year Z.W Baturday Dec , Ona Year 1-6 ? .Weekly Bee , One Year W OFFICES. Omaha : The Ueo Hulldlne. Buutli Omaha : Singer Block , Corner N nrt Twenty-fourth Streets. Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago Ofllce : 602 Chamber of Com- InTCO. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 501 Fourteenth Street. COKUESPONDDXCE. All communications relating to news and editorial matter should bo addressed : To the editor. editor.BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittances should bo nddrfssed to The Bee Publishing Company , Omaha. Drafts , checks , express find pOBtofflcc money orders to bo maao payafitn to the order of the company. TUB BEE PUBLISHING ! COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , sa. : OeorRo B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , nays that the actual number of full nnd complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening and Sunday Bee , printed during the month of July , 1S5S , was ns follows : 1 : tl,2RO 2 n , i7t IS 211,705 3 a .r,20 19 28,7:10 : 4 -I .2ST B fj.iinu 6 -l.'J.OIl 52 ! us , r ti 23 SS.7B1 21 2S.7UU ! " " ! ! ! " ! ! : , < - 23 7-iaS 10 : nano 20 UIitU : 11 : tM-i 27 H2H . - . 23 2S.RSM ! ! " " ! ! ! ! ! ! : " . > i < > 2D 2S.170 14 ! H , 2I 30 2-IIMI 31 2SH25 10 au.sio Total U 5.iai : Xess returns and unsold copies. . . . . ttl > HV7 Net total sales W74.HI4 Net daily average 81,425 GEORC-n B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed Ir. my tor serco this 31st day of July , 1S93. ( Seal. ) N. P. FEIL , Notary Public. pAUTlKS LEAVING rOB TUB SUMMER Purlieu leaving the city for the Hummer can linve The Bee sent to them resulnrly by notifying Tlic Ilco l n l- ncN * ofllee In IICFMOII or 1 F innll. The ndilremi Mill l > e chniiRPil n often OH deiilrcd. Another Industry nenrly crowded put l > y the return of prosperity Is the pov erty potato patch culture. The American people realized long HBO that they live In n. billion-dollar country , and now everybody else real izes It also. No complaint lias been heard about nny unuealthfulucss of the camps In which the Spanish prisoners of war are being detained. The Omaha exposition Is gaining dally In popular favor. Never has nny great exposition been held anywhere that has BO generally exceeded every expecta tion. A number of Chicago brewers have formed a trust under the laws of New Jersey. While annexation Is in favor why not bring New Jersey Into the union V The boom In business In Santiago and Havana sure to follow the announce' nient of peace .should not Interfere In the least with the boom in the United States. 1C there are to be any new organiza tions growing out of the war Just con eluded , It would be proper to organize u Grand Army of Volunteer Strategists nnd put the biggest kicker of them all Ut the head. The superintendent of the Sun Fran- tlsco mint does not agree with the boomers about the total output of the -Klondike gold placers this year. He only figures up about ? 0,000.000 worth Of the dust. The burning of the bodies of the dead In Cuba Is not barbarous , however much the Incident may appear to be a relic of barbarism. Cremation Is growing In favor throughout the world , nnd the treason for It rises out of the question of bealth. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The roundup of war ships at Fort Monroe will be the biggest thing ever indulged In by the United States in 'that line. The American navy has been growing as rapidly as the Spanish navy IMS been declining , and It is now larger than it ever was before. The returned Kloudlkera declare that the Yukon district Is no place for a poor man , and travelers say that Uawnll Is not a good place to locate wlthou money. Does anybody know any coun try besides the United States that Is the place for a poor man ? If reports arc to be believed nenrly al the unemployed men of the United States have been collected at Dawson City and Dawson City Is outside , of the United States. The unemployed inei of the United 'States are all too busy to make known their whereabouts. The Indian congress at the Transmit ; Blsslppl Exposition is not only the tlrs congregation of all the representative Indian tribes In one place at one time imt It Is practically certain to bo the last occasion when such an ethuologlca exhibition can be studied. The man iwomau or child who neglects an oppor tunlty to take In this unexampled feature turo of the exposition will regret It fo B. lifetime. The man who wrote the introduction to the now ejjttlon of the revised ordi nances of Kansas City took up some o the slack in that city's pride by reveal Ing the fact that It came very near no being Kansas City at all. It was to have been named Port Fonda , after ui early settler , Abraham Fonda , but he bad a quarrel with the other promluen resident of the town , and they com promised on Kansas ? City. \ r IJ7/.1T PKAOE 3IBAXS. Unless nil lutelllgcnt Judgment Is nt 'nult ' , the restoration of peace mentis or the material Interests of the 1'nltcil States a fruition of benellts that will rcatly augment the wealth and com mercial power of tue untlon. In a re- ent Interview Mr. Dtngley said that he ookeil to see n larjic and prosperous flntiss growing out of the relations between this country and Cuba nnd orto Itlco and the consensus of opinion among commercial meti Is that we shall realize a steady nnd perhaps rapid growth In our Asiatic trade. The lead- ug financial Journal of the country said u Its last Issue that peace "means a ; old standard now and for nil time. It means a greatly enlarged Intercourse vlth the world of nations. It means 'orelgn commerce way beyond all for mer records.It means n development f our Industries never before realized. " The war has advertised our rnunbllltics ind resources to the ends of the earth iml out of this we shall In time gather n very many new customers. Such cheering views from sources en- itlcd to most respectful consideration ought to exert a wholesome Influence ipon the energy and. enterprise of the jountry. It ought to stimulate the In- estmeut of capital In new Industries ind Infuse fresh energy Into those al ready established. The tlmo to prepare 'or additional markets , for enlarged fields of trade , would seem to be at land. We must meet n. sharp and vigor ous competition. Other industrial and commercial nations are not Idle. Even vlth our great advantage In position ve cannot reasonably expect to monop olize trade with Cuba. We shall not conquer a large share of the commerce if Asia without a struggle. The prestige vo have acquired , the wider and better knowledge of our resources that has ob- alncd , will be helpful , but we must be ready to meet our commercial rivals at every point. It may very well bo that wo shall see a repetition of the consequences quences which followed the discovery of : old In California. The activity im parted by that new stimulus to the busi- less of the country rescued us from the eng depression which followed the col- apse of 1&J7 nnd the same experience nay be repeated now. The need of wider markets for our nauufacturcd products Is unquestioned. Our productive capacity is far in ex cess of the requirements of the home market and is steadily Increasing. The exports of manufacturers have been rowing during the last few years at a gratifying rate , but If these were loubled the amount would not equal ho excess over domestic consumption which our Industries , In their present stngo of development , nre capable- producing. And the country is yet far from the end of possible Industrial de velopment farther than It is from the Imlt of Its agricultural resources. JJe- tween. 1SSO nnd 1800 the production of nanufacturlng Industries In the United States Increased 7C per cent It la be leved that an equal If not a greater in crease has taken place since 181)0. ) Jt : ias certainly been many times greater : han the Increase of population. The most superficial knowledge of our In dustrial position impresses the necessity for wider markets. How these shall be secured is the commanding problem. The assertion that peace means n gold standard now and for nil time cannot le too strougly emphasized. In extend ing the scope of its commercial relations there will bo greater necessity than ever for the United States to adhere to the monetary standard of the leading commercial nations of the world , for only by doing this can it successfully compete with them. A TECHNICAL QUESTION. The capture of Manila after the sign Ing of the peace protocol , but before Dewey and Merrltt had been ndvlsed of that action the protocol was signed on Friday , August 12 , and Manila was eur rendered on the following day has raised an interesting question for the consideration nnd decision of the peace commission. The protocol provide : "That the United States will occupy and hold the city , bay and harbor ot Manila , pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace , which shall determine the control and disposition of the Philippine - pine islands. " This contemplated tne peaceful transfer of the city to Araerl can occupation and control , to continue , together with the occupation pf the bay and harbor , subject to the terms ot the treaty of pence. But the occupation of Manila having been accomplished by force , It Is regarded at Washington n conquered territory , which the United States may fairly claim the right to : tnln ns territory over which Its Hag has been raised and for securing which lives were lost. Spain , howevi'r , ns ap pears from Madrid reports , will contend that the surrender of Manila , ha * . Ing taken place after the protocol was signed , cannot possibly modify the Inter national situation agreed to by both high contracting parties. It is said that the Spanish government will enter upon negotiations at Paris exactly us If Ma nila had been handed over on the ex ecutlou of the protocol negotiations. Obviously there is presented In this an Issue which may somewhat complicate the work of the commission and the de termination of which will establish a precedent. In regard to treaties of peace Professor Woolney says : "In the Interval between ratification and knowl edge of the peace by military officers or by cruisers , injuries must be made good by the country to which the party com mlttiug the Injury belongs. Captures made after a peace , but without knowl edge of It , have been held to subject the capturing olllcer to civil damages. " We do not undertake to say whether or no these rules of International law respect lug treaties of peace are applicable In the case of a protocol which simply sets forth the terms or basis of peace ncgo tlous , yet It must be admitted that the protocol between the United States and Spain appears to bo regarded by both as having all the significance of a treaty o peace. As wo have heretofore said however , In reference to this question the posltou { taken by , Ihe United States ' j _ . _ vlll undoubtedly prevail. It affords nn importunity to Spain to complicate nogo- latlons If that government U disposed o do FO , but It l safe to predict that It vlll not avail anything. If the Tutted States shall decide that Manila Is con quered territory and may rightfully bo icld ns such it has the enormous nd- iiutagc of possession anil the power to lold it. T1IK 1'I.ACE FOR THE JUB1LKE. While there may be more than one peace demonstration In different parts tt the country in celebration of the con- lusloti of the war with Spain nnd the return of the volunteer soldiers to In dustrial pursuits , the peace Jubilee pro- ected In conjunction with the Trans- ntastsslppl Exposition at Omaha In Oc- ober will be the great national Jubilee * ouunctnoratliig the restoration of peace after war. The reception to the returning war .hips bearing their distinguished otticers ind crews must necessarily be tendered at some seaport town and ihe reviews of the different army corps no longer needed previous to dlsbaudment at the lolnts of their encampment. But Omaha vlth Its exposition offers the plnce for he popular glorification of the victory for the national peace demonstration lartlclpated In by all the people as a ribute to the heroes high mid low vho have enlisted In the cause of hu- nanlty and successfully vindicated the country's honors. With the people of the whole country already looking toward the exposition uul the general movement of travel leading In this direction , Omaha be comes the natural center for the great est peace celebration In the annals of he nation. Perfectly organized and 'ully equipped for the accommodation of thousands of guests , central In geographical graphical position , with unequnlcd railroad facilities reaching out to every loint in the compass , the exposition city stands unrivaled for the promotion of the projected Jubilee. At no other place could the Jubilee bo undo to teach so powerful nnd wide spread n lesson of patriotism to the world. At no other place could the achievements of peace represented by he exposition be so forcibly presented for contrast with the destruction nnd lesohitlon wrought by war. In a word , no city in the United States can give such assurance of success for a na tional peace Jubilee as Omaha , the ex position city. WORK ASD CHIME. The nssumption that a majority of criminals would reform if they could but secure honorable employment forms the basis for a now movement in the Interest of ex-convicts. While there is no doubt many can be thus reached , it is certain that all of them cannot. Sta tistics show that criminals are generally young persons , much younger than pau pers who are driven to dependence upon charity. It has been ascertained that the average ago of 82,320 criminals in tVinerlcan penal Institutions was under 81 , nearly one-half under 80 , about a third under 25 , and nearly one-eighth under 20. The average age of American paupers , on the other hand , Is about 07. The fact that professional criminals are as a rule young persons shows that many of them are bred to crime , and since young persons find It easier to secure employment than older ones It is fair to infer that but few of them are driven to crime by hard times , in fact , professional crime does not in crease much on account of hard times nnd periods of depression , but pauper ism does increase. Some criminals would reform If they but had a chance at honest labor , and these can be led to better lives by associations looking after the ex-convicts while others can be dealt with only In a severe way. But manual training in reformatories Is a valuable Influence. Men nre often driven to crime , not because there Is t'o work for them to do , but because they are not fitted to do any kind cf work. They have not had the training to fit them for life. Where the reform ntories teach the convicts the use of the luuuls and utilization of the senses and this Is followed by kindly .and helpful treatment by others reformation will bo accomplished In many cases. But the criminal's too ready excuse for his crime that he could find no honest employ , incut of his hands or his brains is eel dom true. EXTEXT Of LUU1SIASA. The revival of nn old controversy re garding the western boundary of the Louisiana territory purchased by the United States from France bids fair to result in some confusion on historical geography. Already a revision of the United States official maps has been or dered and when this Is done _ vlll be In order to revise nearly all the encyclo pedias , geographies and historical works In use lu the United States , and even that will not end the controversy. Jt appears that this disagreement ns to the western boundary of Louisiana territory first attained Importance at the time of the settlement of the Oregon question with Great Britain. The claim of the United States to Oregon was based on the discovery of the Columbia river by Gray , the Louisiana purchase , the Lewis and Clark exploration , the settlement of Astoria and a subsequent treaty with Spain. Since the Columbia river discovery brought no results nnd the Lewis nnd Clnrk explora tion nud settlement of Astoria were due to the Louisiana puiclmse , the United States was forced to fall back upon the latter as the chief support of the claim to Oregon nnd upon this re lluuce u compromise was effected. No\\ It Is decided by the map makers at Washington that Oregon was not In fact a part of Louisiana , as Miown bj the language of treaties relating to thi , territory. The matter Is ot Just enough Importance tanco to merit investigation and n final decision , but a decision cannot be reiv dercd Justly on the evidence presented The controversy gives added force to the suggestion that nil original documents on Louisiana In European archives be hunted upland coplca secfccd for the t'ulted States to the end that we have a proper foundation for the history ot Louisiana and the states carved out of t. Then we might know certainly the extent of the Louisiana purchase. XECESSAllV TU TllADK EXI'AXSIOX. A correspondent of the New York Tribune , referring to tne prospective xpanslon of the trade of the Unltrd states , says that to gain access to the Icrfrnble markets opening to us wo mist compete with all the powerful and wealthy nations of Europe , who will make the most strenuous efforts to ceep us out of our fair share ot the arge nnd ever-Increasing commerce. At : he outset , he observe. * , we are handi capped by not having a merchant maj j rlne of our own of any considerable : onnage. For over tlmty years , says ; hls correspondent , we have been nl-j [ i , nest wholly dependent upon tlrcat Liritaln for the transportation of our mports nnd exports. She has built housands of vessels to do this business "or us nnd now controls over fiO per cent of the entire merchant tonnage of the world nnd Is our most formidable rival In manufactures. ilt Is gratifying to find this question of an American merchant marine gain- ng in public attention. There Is none , of greater Importance In connection with the question of commercial expan sion. The fact that we have made progress in our foreign trade while de pendent upon foreign snip owners for : ue transportation of our commodities s no argument for continuing that con dition of dependence. There Is no rea sonable doubt that had the United States possessed an adequate merchant narino during the past thirty years the foreign commerce of the country would be much greater than It Is. Unques tionably it would have helped most ma terially In building up trade with South America. Moreover , the country would be richer to nearly the amount which has been paid for freight charges to foreign ships by our manufacturers , merchants nud producers a sum which would construct a merchant marine equal to every demand of our commerce. The new commercial conditions that are opening to this country make nn Im perative demand that we shall ns soon as possible become Independent of for eign ship owners for the transportation of our products to the world's markets. The projected peace jubilee in connec tion with the exposition Is already at tracting attention In every part of the United States nud Is certain to bo at tended by people from every section of the country. Everywhere the appro priateness Is recognized of holding the great peace demonstration of the nation at Omaha , where the Trnusmtsslssippl Exposition is In progress , ns a monumental mental illustration of what peace has achieved for the material development and industrial , social and educational advancement of the western half of the American continent. Callforuiaus uro complaining about the naming of war ships. There was built ( u California the queen of the American navy , the battleship Oregon ; the queen of the protected cruisers , the flagship Olympia ; the handsomest ves sel In the service , the cruiser San Fran cisco , and the only two monitors that ever crossed the Pacific , the Monterey and the Monndnock , and the swiftest torpedo boats are now being built there yet the state has not been honored by having Its name given a battleship. It Is reported that Senator Butler , chairman of the national populist com mittee , has become a mlddle-of-the- reader nnd promises to be loynl hence forth to the principles of the people's party ns expressed in party platforms. Those who know something of the in tense populist desire for office can ap prcclnte what a sacrifice the chalrmni of the national committee is thus inak Ing. Nebraska gold democrats say they are in a state of suspense , awaiting the re appearance of the real democratic party. Waiting for the spurious democrats to discontinue their alliance with populism is a bad job. The republican party is the only hope for dethroning popocracy from Nebraska and the gold democrats will be welcomed In its ranks. Some of the distinguished popocratlc leaders who some months ngo were speaking loudly and confidently on what policy ought to be pursued by the United States toward the island colonies nies of Spain are now engaged In Im pressing upon their friends that they are In the attitude ot reserving their opln ions. The "Murphy bread , " which the Ger mans have learned to like within recent years , is made from partly corn meal and partly wheat or rye llour. The Germans now say it Is the best cheap food obtainable and they are not ask Ing that it be stamped out of existence ns a delusion and a fraud. No Let Up on Licking. Chicago Times-Herald. It took only three months to lick Spain , but Is probably will take a year or two to finish licking the , revenue stamps. Effective nrli > - I'remure. Cincinnati Tribune. General Blanco says that Spain yielded to the pressure ot Europe , but we have an Impression that Uncle Sam was doing a little squeezing at the same time. Experience Somewhat L'neful. Washington Star. There is no doubt that some of the com paratively inexperienced men made splendid oRicers. Dut on tbo whole , the proposition that experience is unnecessary cannot be regarded as ( ully demonstrated. Crrdlt for One hpnnlnrd. Globe-Democrat. Admiral Cprvcra comes out of the war with more credit than any other man on the Spanish side. Ho rescued an American who led a forlorn hope , and then went blmielf Into an undertaking almost as risky. Stamp * Likely to Mick. Philadelphia Preua. The stamp duties and other new taxes are being paid without hardship. They fall , as taxes should , on luxuries , property and cap ital , rather than on labor and articles of ne- ceultjr , od the rctura of these tuet bat brought the entire expenditure of the gov ernment to a sound nnd stable basis , \\lilch puts the currency beyond challenge or peril. Chicago IntiT Ocean. President McKlnley is receiving congratu lations from nil parts of the world , The fact ' that ho did everything In his power to prevent a war and that he did every thing In his power to make it short , sharp and dccl'lvc when once It had to be com menced Is remembered by all those who send In their greetings. ltlnii n Ocm-rt IIIK y Sioux City Journal. Now that peace has come the Transmlssls- slppl Exposition at Omaha looms larger , The 1r 1 eastern papers arc giving It attention 1t and advising the people of that section not to t neglect tt. It la a show which deserves the attendance of western people for Its epcctacular merits , ns well as becaujo ot the service It renders this region In the Illustration j of Its resources. It Is to be hoped that the great peace Jubilee will be not only a national affair , but an occasion for rejoicing on the part of the exposition management over a patronage In proportion to the deserts of the exhibition. CoinliliintloiiH Multiplying Springfield Republican. All of the companies save one engaged In furnishing electric light within the city of Chicago have been consolidated under the title of the Chicago Edison Electric Light company. The big steel companies of the northwest , Including the Illinois Steel com pany and the 'Minnesota ' Iron company , along with ono or'two Pennsylvania con cerns , are said to have been amalgamated and will compete with tbo Immense Car negie interests for supremacy in steel pro duction. The breweries in and about Chicago cage have lately citasolldatcd , but the per son who undertakes to keep up with the record of trust-making will weary his hear ers if not himself. John Hiill'N Liint < ! rub < New York Tribune. The Santa Cruz islands , which Great Britain is reported to have seized , have for some years been under a British protec- torate , though claimed at one time by the Trench. They Ho near the Solomon Islands , * which are British , and about nn equal dls- .nnce from the New-Hebrides , which nre un- : lcr the control of a mixed French and Brit ish commission. They comprise a dozen volcanic islands and numerous more rocky Islets too small for habitation. Their total area is 360 square miles and their popula- tlon about 5,000 mixed Melaneslans and Polynesians of uncommonly Inhospitable dis position. The islands are of no strategic and of little other value , and the raising of the Union Jack upon them will not percep tibly alter the Inclination of the Ecliptic. THK PEACE Jt'UlLKB. Exposition Ground * the Proper Plnce to Celebrate the End of War. Philadelphia Record. With the ushering in of peace there should now come a new era of prosperity for the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition at Omaha , the enterprising management of which has already announced a grand peace jubilee to be held on its grounds during the week of October 10 next. The war has seriously.affected the fortunes of this mam moth fair , at the inception of which great expectations were indulged in by its pro- meters and the public at large. The west has even been led to believe that the east Is lukewarm with respect to that region and indifferent to the success of the most Important exhibition ever held beyond the Father of Waters. Easterners will now have ample leisure and opportunity to dis abuse the western mind of this idea and the return of peace should stimulate eastern manufacturers to make a more representa tive and adequate showing at the Nebraska capital. It la to be hoped the middle west will at once begin preparations to make the approaching preaching peace jubilee day at the exposi tion as memorable an event In its annals as was Chicago day in the record of the Columbian exposition. As for the rest of us , we ought to do all that is possible to boom the peace Jublleo so that it may be come what it deserves to become a national affair. There are many ways that will easily suggest themselves by which those who cannot attend the exposition In person may make their influence felt In the spirit by some form of contribution to the event. THE REGULAR ARMY. Backbone of the FlyrlitlnK Force * of the United State * . Philadelphia Ledger. The regular army has not received the credit it deserves for the part it played in the war with Spain. Nearly all the re ports received gave glowing nnd deserved accounts of the bravery , dash and efficiency of the volunteers , but almost wholly neg lected the performances of the regulars. Yet a careful study of the campaign will how Indisputably that It was mainly through the discipline and steadiness of the regulars that the volunteers were able to give such an heroic account of themselves , and that a threatened disaster was turned Into a glorious victory. Few yet realize the splendid and Invaluable character ot the work performed by the regulars In the San tiago campaign , but when all is known these brave men should and will receive the full credit due them and their true worth will be appreciated. It is natural perhaps under the circum stances that at the outset the volunteers should receive the greatest attention from the public and there Is not the slightest rea son to suppose that there was or is any intention to glorify them at the expense of the regulars. The latter are the prldo of the nation always excepting the practical politician , who can see no personal profit In their existence hut It was almost , purely sentimental considerations that gnvo tliu most enthuslastls pralso to the voluntcrx. In a sense the volunteers nro donor to the mass of the citizens. Every regiment nlmont Is composed of fathers , brother * , huHbandn , neighbors and friends of the people of n certain locality , while the inomberH of a regiment of regulars are recruited from all parts of the country. AM much wim not expected from the volunteers IIH from the regulars , for they had not the * am < > training in the art of war. Thono well vernvd In such matters publicly Malted their opinion that , until well broken In , tholr efficiency would bo greatly Inferior to that of the regulars. It In not surprising , therefore , that the news of the bravery und dash 'of tbo volunteers when under IIro should set the populace wild und temporarily obscure the undoubtedly more cffvctlvo work of the regulars. Without detracting In the least from the courage und valor of the volunteer forces It is becoming evident that both we.ro strengthened and sustained by the coolness , the magnificent discipline and long mill- tary training of the regulars. U IB gener ally admitted that It was the clear-headed cool conduct of the refiiil.irs that gnvo strength and' ' fresh confidence to the 11 ouch Illders , when even they were dl po i l for a moment to' waver during the terrlblo and bloody charge up Sun Jimii hill ( n vplcn- did victory. It U Impossible that the volunteer nhnuM bo the equal In vnicluiiry of the regular at the outset. Ono louvis hist usual uvo- cation at the call of his country to t > erva it In an emergency , the other Ndopu the army as his profession. They occupy to wards each other the position of amateur and protrusions ! , nud , while there Is no difference In the matter of patriotism , there must bo a great difference In value In favor of the regulars , until training , discipline and battle h VA made of the voluutCAra eemi-profeulooat loldleri. . \ SHOTS AT TIII : PU.PIT. Chicago Times-Herald ! That Iowa preacher who engaged himself to marry seventeen clrls probably was the first man who ever devised ft feasible \vnv to ke i n church choir together during the summer. Philadelphia Ledger : A Baptist colored brother In Jersey City preaches so loud that the householders In the vicinity of his mectlng-house have had to take legal steps to Induce him not to preach so loud. Not far nway , too , Is a large nnd fashionable congregation which can't hear Its own preacher when the colored brother really gets going. Ho al ways promises not to preach so loud , but his fervor sots his stentorian voice thunderIng - Ing ' ' down the street before he knows It. Now that he Is threatened with prosecution for disturbing the peace , It Is hoped that he will modify his methods. Boston Transcript : Here Is another clergy man who has overloaded his gun , nnd who In consequence Is not HUcly to do much ex ecution. Hcv. Dr. Charles St. John of Kan sas says that "not since the days when the first Eden was robbed of its Joys has a greater foe arisen than the foul physical , mental and moral destroyer , the cigarette. Alcohol has done and Is now doing great destruction to mankind ns n beverage , but In my opinion tobacco , especially the pois onous clrgarctte , leads more effectually In destroying the American manhood nnd es pecially the youth of our land. " He goes on In this style to the extent of ft column. Doubtless he means well , but ho never will banish the cigarette by going nt it in a ham- mer-and-tongs manner. There Is much that may bo salU against the smoking of ciga rettes , especially by young boys , but It will only help the sale of the cigarette to try to make It u thousand times worse than it Is. PERSONAL AXIJ OTHERWISE. Commodore Dewey was in nt the start and Admiral Dewey closed the performance. After nil , the change from Day to Hay disturbs only one-twenty-fourth of the alphabet. The rich man who Is wise In his day gives free rein to his philanthropic Im pulses during life and enjoys the fruits thereof without a contest. Adolph Sutro of San Francisco planned'groat things for the public during life and executed them In his will. That document Is to bo contested nnd his projects nro Indefinitely postponed. A Philadelphia coroner's jury solemnly deliberated over the cause of the killing of two men crushed by the caving of a trench. The circumstances looked dubious for the contractors. Dutthe jury discov ered that ono of the men was an alien nnd forthwith adjourned the inquiry into the cause of death until some satisfactory rea son for the employment of an alien on city work was given. The jury intimated that n public contractor IB more to bo censured for hiring nn alien than for killing him. A few blasts of Australian breath struck a section of the state of Washington last week and sent the mercury bubbling up to the 113 notch in the shade. That smacks of the Florida scorch of which nn Omaha man writes from an army camp. "We have reliable evidence that the sun hero Is only a mile high nnd the earth's crust only twenty feet thick. A real old-fashioned chill is regarded as a luxury and a man on the shady sideof 40 Is an object of envy. Of all places on the footstool this Is the spot where women with cold feet might marry well. " Light-weight remarks are frequently seen in the newspapers to the effect that Rus sia is not an advance agent of civilization and should therefore be excluded from the prospective partition of China. The fact that the czar does not announce his plans with a brass baud is not conclusive proof of an overgrowth of moss on his back. Tbo Siberian railroad Is a pet national highway and It it to be operated on a scale of lux ury calculated to draw travel. Trains are equipped not only with parlor and sleeping cars , but "with cars having gymnasium and bath rooms , a dark room for photographers and a stationary bicycle on which the trav eler may pedal away the weary hours from the Oshkotch to the Baltic. These railroad luxuries put Russia in the lead of the pro cession. DAXUER TO COLOMAb GAIIBISO.\S. Plight of Some of the Jlngopm Who Covet the Earth. Springfield ( Mass , ) Republican. The south is furiously protesting against the dispatch of so-called immune regiments to Santiago to do post duty there. These regiments were recruited in the south under a special act of congress , and for the very purpose to which they are now to be do- voted. This was understood in the south and by the men who enlisted , and those only were wanted by the government who had hod the yellow fever or were less liable to climatic fevers In Cuba than troops from more northerly regions. Now it is said that the so-called Immune regiments are no more Immune than the northern state volunteers. One of the reg iments ordered to Santiago Is the Third United States volunteers , recruited in Geor gia. And Georgia is making a terrible noise about it. The parents and wives and other relatives of the men nre Inundating the de partments at Washington with their clam ors that not our boys , but somebody else's boys be sent to brave the fevers. Augusta furnished eighty-live men for this regiment , and will protest as a municipality. Macon will protest. Two captains , both of At lanta , have resigned , and presumably In fear of facing the Santiago climate. Senator Ba con has vigorously assailed the War depart ment with hot protests. It la a crlmo to send thcfiu men to Santiago , cries the Macon Evening News. The regiment is not im mune , says the Augusta Chronicle , and the War department knows it , and : "It is no answer to say that they enlisted under false pretenses , and now , iftheir hand is called , should not squeal. It Is not the volunteers who nre protesting , but the wives , mothers and sisters of the men who arc about to be sacrificed in this reckless way by the War department. These men's lives are us valuable to the country as the lives of the men who are clamoring to be removed from Santiago , and It Is just as proper that the regular army should bo sub jected to this disease risk as the men who have volunteered In their country's service. " Inconsiderate , cruel , criminal are the terms applied to the order of the War de partment from all Mho know or care any thing about the young men of the Third regiment of United States \olunteers. And the feeling at Atlanta la especially dcop Atlanta , whcro the Constitution Is calling for the annexation of all the tropical col onies In sight. Oh , Jingo ! Is this the flabby stuff he Is mndo o(7 ( Ho wants colonies and then pales nnd protests at the efforts to garrison them , The louth la climatically best adapted to the \\ork in hand , but the south objects The wives , mothers and sisters do not want the mm " acrlflced in this reckle s way. " They prefer that the husbands and sons nnd brothers of the north should brave the fever * , hut the so alio object anj demand most justly that they be removed ft out Hio rltk of "dying like rotten sheep , " to quote Colonel Roosevelt. And while the north nnd south nro reunited in the unanimous view that somebody eUe should do the gnrrUon- IUK of our precious conquests , tbo jingo shrieks all the more loudly for largo adddl- tlons to the country of permanent ork of this kind. Why not recruit A regimen from among these congressmen and editors and clergymen to do duty at Santiago ? This Is not a fanciful situation. The new Imperialism comprehends the annexation of climate * to which the men of northern latitude * are unused and which lliay rannoi .live la without greater risks to bealth I tun arc faced at home. It Is not mo-cly th yellow fever of Cuba which endangers. It u the climatic diseases , the malarial fp\n- of all tropical countries , nnd of 1'orio Ki.-o . and the Philippines no less tlimi of Cut , \ which menace the people from hlghct Ian tudcs , and which will make of f/cry sol dlers' garrison In the provinces wi' arn now nskcd to annex a upot for the dentU rate < o rise to disturbing figures. We may hi n : 1 < ultimately to stamp out the yellow fo\er in Cuba , but there remains , there nnd In tin Phlltoplnes , malaria which , as Dr. Koch tf Berlin has said , is the most fornildahl. . enemy which the northern races have to en counter In their attempts to colonize tlio tropics. And our bravo Imperialism grows pale In the face and demands that somebody else d sons and husbands nnd brothers be. led out to face this unconsldcred feature oC Its am bitious projects. Its attitude la worth too closer notice of the people who are to b sacrificed. DOMESTIC I'MJASA.Vniins. Chicago Record : "lo what I woufd , 1 couldn't get him to propone. " "He must bu ono ot those Immune ? w < read about. " Jndlannpolh Journal : She I don't know whether to lot you btcome engaged to rn or not. You would not have asked mo II Jennlo had not refused. He Dut you know second thoughts ar always the wiser. Boston Globe : Jones For awhllo John was clean out of his mind about that girl. Smlth-And now ? Jones Oh , now the girl Is clean out ol his mind , Brooklyn Life : The father of ten daugh ters listened silently to the solemn words that ] united his elile t to u millionaire. "There ! " ho murmured , as the tying n { the knot was successfully concluded , "that's 10 per cent olt for cash. " Cleveland Lender : " 2s"o , " she nald , "you are not such 11 man us 1 would hu\o thought of choosing for my husband. " "That may be , " he replied , "but I thought , seeing you had got beyond the point where choosing was possible , that you might con sent to " But ho never finished. Chicago Post : "I do not love him , " fho said , "but , " she added when Bho heard about his enormous Income , "very likely l could learn to love him. I have alwa > a been an apt student. " "Especially good in mathematics , " sug gested her dearest friend , but , then , In uflalrs of the heart It Is well known tluit there Is no friendship between women. Indianapolis Journal : "A man who will leave his property to his wife only on condition of her not marrying again , " salt ! the Sweet Young Thing , "Is as mean as ho can be. " "Oh , I don't know , " said the Savagti Bachelor. "Perhaps ho is a friend to man kind. " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE HETtatN OF PEACE. Make way for Peace , whlto robed anil crowned with flowers , Returned again to bless this land of ours , By blackbrowed War from hill and valley driven , She has prevailed , nnd anchors in our haven. The forgo fires gleamed , the yacht rocked on the billow ; The workman slept upon his dreamless pillow ; The fruit and grain In ripened splendor waited , With wlno nnd oil her votaries were sated , The goddess roamed with emerald mantle trailing ; She watched her flocks , her white-winged vessels , sailing ; Nor dreamed o rocs till ono came out to battle , And frightened her with sound ot death's grim rattle. The skies prew dark , save whcro the steel was flashing ; There was no sound of Joy , but thunders crashing Woke , sen. and shore , and made the heart to tremble , The tears to fall and warriors to assemble , With swords and knives nnd weapons brightly shining , The warriors came , o'er waving flelda aligning. Appalled the queen , who fled o'er vale and mountain , Leaving the pitcher broken at the fountain , She comes ! she conies ! her banishment la over And red-robed War himself must bo tha rover. By pruning hook , the bayonet Is conquered , And white-robed Peace upon our shore Is anchored. ISABEL RICHEY. OUH DAILY HULLKT1N , SANTIAGO , Aug. 21 , 1S9S Captain Charles Nelson , commanding the tugs William K. Chapman and Plymouth of the Merrltt Com pany , with sixty-foot pontoons and the barga P. R. Sharp in tow , will arrive hero today. The work of raising the Cristobal Colou will be begun at once. In either serges or cheviots , we have some very dressy , light weight suits , and in the fur nishings department there is an almost bewildering array of fancy colored shirts and gossa mer underwear. For the wheelman there are bicycle suits , nagligee shirts , light underwear , and sweaters , besides golf hose , belts , caps and handkerchiefs. The right sizes and the right styles are here , and ai the right prices. It isn't worth while to go shopping to save a few cents , when you know that whatever you get here is right or your money back.