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I G HIE O IAITA DATLV B1 JE : IHUDAY , JUNK 0 , ISO ! ) . THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. U nOSRWATCIt , Udltor. nvnnv MOUNIXO. TERMS Or SL'IISCHIPTION. Da 11 Iteo ( without Sunday ) , One Venr.(0 00 Ka'iv ' Uoe anil Sunday , One \ear RW Mix Atonthn 4 no ar-re M iiih < i 20) ) Hunday Hce , One Year 2.00 BHturuay Dec , une Y nr 1 M Weekly Ute , Une Year Ci Ol'I-'ICKS. Omaha : The ! ! > Ilul'dlng. South Omnha. City Hull Hulldlng , Twenty- ntlh AJ.I ! N Streets Council muffs : 10 IVarl Street. t'hlcuco. Htock IJxrhflnso Uulldlng. New York. Temple Coutt , Washington : 501 roiirttcntli Street. CORUiSPONDKNCU. : Communication.- * relating to news ami editorial mutter riioulil he addressed. Editorial Dci'nrttnent ' , The Omnh.a Uee. UUSINISS Mnrnns. Uuslnets letters and remittances should bo addressed to The Uco Publishing Com pany , Umalia. linMtTTANCnS. R mll by draft , express or postnl ordsr ] > a > auo ! to The UPC Pub'lshlng Company , Only 2-cert stamps accepted In payment of limil Recount * . Personal checks , except on Omnha or Hnstern exchange , not accepted. TI1U HUU PUHLISllINO COMPANY. STA.TIJMi : > T 01. ' CIKCLliATlU.V. Stale of Nebraska , Douglas County , s . : Ooorpe 11. Tztchuek , secretary of The IJeo 1'ubmhlni ; company , being duly sworn , sajs that the iirtual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , livenlni ; and Stindnj Hoe , printed during the month of Alnj , 1&93 , vvns as follow * : 1 1:1,110 17 Sl , 70 2 is iMitw : 2S S . Ul , 70 ID ai , ro 4 . ! MiM : > 20 ai,7in c . UI.HO 21 ariin 22 a i,120 23 ai , i o 21 IM.IIIO o 25 21,110 10 25 2lr > 2O 11 27 a 1,710 12 23 ai.nor. 13 2D 21,180 II . 1M.70.- so 2itto : : 15 . 21,170 31 10 . 111,110 Totnl Lens unsold and returned copies. . . . , SO7 Net total sales . .Vni.nsn Net dally average . 2IU28 GCO. n. TZSCHUCK. Suh'rrlbed nnd sworn b'forc mo this 2d da > of June , 1693 F. J. SUTCLIFFK ( Seal. ) Notnry I'ubllc. The rnitoil Hrovvcrs' iHsoclntion ol > - JerK to the flollni'-u-lmrrcl beer tax. That Is perfectly natural. Accord Ing to latest cable advices about the Ill-health of the sultan , the sick man of Europe Is not blmnuulnt ; this time. Sail to wiy , It will not tnko ns many transports to bting the Nebraska boys home fiom Manila , as It took to carry them over. While New Yoik and Wellington arc In-oiling the people of Omaha feel us comfortable as do the tourists at the mountain Hummer resotts. Although the thermometer registers less than 70 degrees In Omaha , County Attorney Shields Is mopping the pro fuse perspiration from his brow as the count of the ballots of Douglas county proceeds. Nebraska educators continue to be In most active demand. Ohio took one of our State university chancellors anO now ilowa wants another. There must be homething In the qirilty ] of Ne braska atmosphere that makes uion great. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Congressman Sherman of New York , recently an aspirant for the speakcr- shlpi has started vve.st to confer with General Henderson. Mr. Sherman evi dently wants to make sure of a. re served beat for himself in the band wagon. Sir Hlchard Webster , as the legal representative of the lUltlsh Interests , threaten ) * to talk sixteen days on the Vene/ucht boundary question before the arbitration commission. And Sir llich- ard never served In the United States senate either. Omaha dealers sold more lumber from January to May , this year , than was bold during a corresponding period for Borurnl years. It Is an eta of recon struction In Nebraska in a material house , with the metropolis In the fore front of the procession. Kansas City Is showing what It can do In the way of entertaining the Modem Woodmen as a marker for its bid for the great national nominating conven tions of 1000. In the competition for the big conventions Kansas City and Us now auditorium may be looked for at the front. Candy makers called as witnesses be fore the pure food Investigators Insist that no adulterants are being used in candy making. This should bo gratify ing consolation for the general public. When we despair of llndlng food nnd drink suitable- for the ordinary diges tive apparatus we can all fall back on candy , Next to raising trouble the cultiva tion of soft snaps appeals to be the principal Industry In Cuba. One of the latest of these to be brought to light is the bpeclnl franking privilege in the Cuban malls onjojod by every petty otllcor. When this Is cut off look out for another wall nlwut the Intolerable oppression of the Americans. Persistent ptoddlng has finally brought from Attorney General Smyth an opinion regarding the money duo the Btato from 1'latte county's defaulting treasurer. The opinion Is to the cffed that the duty of the attorney general IB to continue to do Just what lie ban done lu thu past nothing. Now that I'latto county knows Just how it Is bltunted perhaps the local oHlclals \ \ - \ \ do something , The resignation of Chairman Cald well of the Western Passenger ussocln tlon opens the way for a reorgiuiiza tlon of the passenger association so ns to divorce the Hues west of the Mis Boiirl from the lines east of the river Chairman Caldwell constituted the strongest force that resisted the forma tlon of a trnusmlssourl association and no long as ho * remained at the head of the old organization It scorned Impossl bio to bring about the change which railroad passenger agents this sldo or the river were striving for. l.t.T 1IIEMTItA t r.li TllK STltA Slate Treasurer Hen-lot of lowit Is Just now the center of n small politic nl Monn which threatens to nssume much larger proportions. Practically over since his Induction Into olllcc he has bet-ii out of harmony lu many respects with the other members of the execu tive council. One of the chief sources of dlffeieuce has boon the assessment of railroad property , the trcaHiuer maintaining that It has not only been unequal , ns between the roads thorn- solves but also with reference to the other taxable propetty In the state. The latest difference , and the one which appears to be most acute f-o far as his relations to the other members of the executive council nro concerned , arises from the system o bookkeeping n the various state olllces. On the strength of a teport made by experts io thu effect that the system In me Is loose nnd unsatisfactory , Treasurer lletrlot tit-vised one which ho lias sought In vain to have adopted. As yet lone of the members of the council la.s presented any solution of the dltllculty , or oven admitted that there Is anything which MrloutIy ? , needs rem edying. Without going Into the details of the controversy , The liee cannot lofralu ftom pointing out that If conditions exist as alleged , It Is the duty of those In authority to remedy them. Whllo no charge has been made at picsent that this alleged loose system of keepIng - Ing the iccords of the state has re sulted In seilotis harm , It is said to oiler an opportunity tor fraud too patent to all to need discussion and to leave loopholes which render the successlul [ iiosecutlon of one who Is unfaithful to his trust a virtual impossibility. Nebraska was once just ns reliably republican as Iowa , but lecklesMiess , negligence nnd dishonest practices of state otllclals brought disgrace and disaster upon the party. Iowa icpubllcuns cannot bo too exactIng - Ing In compelling public servants to do their duty. Railroads and other corporations must bo made to bear their share of the burdens of taxation ami , so far ns possible , It must be put beyond the power of olllclals to fall in the way of temptation. The McFailand case Is one -which cannot safely bo re peated. Majorities are never so largo that any party can with impunity court or merit defeat. This Is not alone the concern of Iowa lepubllcans It Is the affair of every man who has the - welfare fare of the party nt heart THK THAXSVAAL THOUIILE. A dispatch of a few days ago stated that the president of the Transvaal re- publfc and the British representative had separated In apparently the most friendly spirit , but later advices Indi cate that > uch was not the case. Ac cording to advices turnlshed the Lon don newspapers the president of the Boer republic was disposed to make some concessions , but he was not willIng - Ing to go as far In this respect as the English representative desiied and con sequently , while there was not a dls- agicement which can bo regarded as nt nil menacing to the peace of the two countries , the hopcd-lor friendly solu tion of the trouble Is still In the future. As a matter of fact , according to the statement of the British colonial secie- tary , the situation Is still a perplexing one and he is a remarkably wise man who can forecast what the outcome will be. The Transvaal government seems disposed to make some concessions , but not to the extent that Is asked by the Ultlanders , and until the demands of the latter are recognized it Is reason ably certain that ) no arrangement can bo effected. It Is an extraordinary state of affairs. The Boers , on the one hand , claim the right to an absolute control of iitttilrs and Insist upon exercising an arbitrary administration In all departments of government The Ultlanders demand that they shall bo given certain rights and privileges by reason of the fact that they have most of the wealth of the country and pay most of the taxes. They have a very plausible position , but if the Boers wore to concede it they would practically give up the control of the country to the Ultlanders and naturally they are not disposed to do this. The Issue is a very serious one and Its future developments will bo awaited with universal Interest , I'HE Senator Allison Is ono of the most con servative men in the country. There Is no question in regard to his absolute adhesion to the gold standard. Among these who have championed that stand ard none has done more worthy service than the Iowa senator. Ills Intimacy with the financial policy of the nation Is as thorough as that of any man. lu the nation and no ono has a clearer undoi standing of what is essential to the permanent establishment of our monetary standard than Senator Alli son. son.Tho The senator Is reported In an inter view as saying that ho does not antici pate any very radical measures by the next congress In regard to the curtency. "Wo want to maintain , " ho Is reported as saying , "our Btamhud and nt the same time give the country a safe and yet a lloxlblo currency. " In regard to the proposition that wo ought to do- claic for the gold standard , the Iowa senator is reported to Imvo said that "wo arc on the gold standard now , " from which It is to bo Inferred that ho thinks there Is no necessity for u dis tinct declaration iu favor of that stand ard. ard.Wo Wo do not think that In this lespect Senator Allison represents the best opinion of the republican party. Our judgment Is that the general sentiment of the party nt this time Is that the na tional convention of 1UOO should make an explicit and unequivocal declaration In favor of the gold standaul and v > o believe that the next congress can do no greater service to the country than to adopt legislation that will fix every ob ligation of the government unmistak ably and unquestionably on the gold basis. Senator Allison Is correct In paying that we are on the gold standard now. It Is u fact that with the exception of the period of pnper currency , from isill to 1STO , uo htue had the gold stnnd.ud for more than sixty years , but this dues not do away with the necessity for n definite declaration In favor of the gold stnndatd , The tepubllcan party Is nb- solutely and unqualliledly committed to that standard and It Is the duty of the party to take such nctlon In the next congress ns will fulfill its obligation nnd meet the expectation of the coun try In this respect. Senator Allison appears to be of the opinion that no further legislation Is necessaiy to establish the gold stand ard. If he Is correctly quoted he thinks that standard Is already llxed. If that Is his view we diller with him. Our judgment is that legislation Is desir able which will dellnltely declare that the obligations of the government me payable in gold nndo think that until there Is such legislation we shall not bo ild of the Issue that has disturbed nnd unsettled financial conditions lor the last half a dozen years. The vindication of the gold standard Is complete. The events of the last two years have refuted all the proposi tions that were advanced In'opposition to that standard nnd justltled every ar gument that was made in its support. Wo know that the gold standard Is not a barrier to Industrial nnd commercial progress ntul prosperity. Wo know that It benefits labor ; we know that In every direction Its influence Is benetlclal. Such being the case the republican party should and wo believe It will un equivocally declare for the gold stand ard and wo do not doubt that if It shall do so it will have the support of a very largo majority of the American people. MATHltlAL rult ASSESSOHS. Ex-Secretary .1. Sterling Morton tolls us In the Conservative that assessors should always bo selected with great care from non-property holders. Mr. Morton's contention Is that the men who own neither real estate nor per sonal property are best qualified always for valuing the property of others. From the theoretical standpoint Mr. Morton may be eminently correct , but from the practical view the Idea of cm- ploying thriftless men who have not saved up a dollar or men who me al ways out of luck because they do the wtong thing at the right time will scarcely commend Itself as furnishing the best material for a competent , con scientious , unpurchasablo assessor. It Is possible that a few rare specimens of persons who own neither real estate nor personal property , yet possessing special qualifications as tax assessors , may be found in and about Nebraska City , but they ate scarcer than lien's teeth in and aboiit Omaha. Any number of people In this city own neither real estate nor personal ptop- crty , but the experiments with this class have proved dismal failures , chiefly because they want to become property owners and are not particular whether they accumulate r < al estate or the much-despised gold standard del lars. At any rate most of our asses sors who have gone wrong arc not the men who undervalue real estate and fall to take note of chattel property because they want to assess their own property way below its maiket value. We fully agtec with Mr. Morton that assessors should bo selected with great care , but the property qualification Is no bar to Integrity. On the contiary , an honest , upright , thrlity man who has something laid by for the rainy season is certainly preferable to the proportylcss man who scorns to work more hours and days than just enough to satisfy the ci.ivlngs of his appetite. The primary element of the honest and elliciont assessor must always bo Integrity. A man who tiles to live up to his oath to the best of his ability and cannot be tampered with , cither by promises of money or by hope of po litical preferment Is the kind of n man that can bo best trusted with perform ing the functions of assessor , whether ho bus property or no property. In view of the glorious termination of the war with Spain , Independence day this - will doubtless ye-ir bo char acterized by noisy demonstrations re calling the celebrations following the close of the civil war. It Is to bo ex pected that mayors of cities will , on or about July a , issue the usual procla mations intended to discourage or slop the use of firearms , cannon crackers , anvils , etc. , in the streets , lo which the people at largo will pay very little at tention. It' n stop Is to be put to this dangerous , patriotic pastime this year the proper thing would bo to stop deal ers from selling cannon crackers find other kinds of dangerous iliewoiks within the city limits and prevent the discharge of firearms the 3d1th and fith. Thcto are many kinds of fire works that nro harmless nnd dealers should bo restricted to their sale. The quality of the fakirs In Cuba does not appear to have deteriorated to any great extent since the Ameilcan occupation. Just , ho is the expert would be dlfllcult to determine. Army ollicors who have made Investigations report the stories of brigandage aim outrages almost universally fictitious. On the other hand newspaper corre spondents pilnt the stories with minute details , which glvo them the appear ance of truth , The facts probably are that olllclals are Inclined to minimize the extent of the disorders , while the correspondents exaggerate thejn. What delightful day dreams must fill the minds of the so-called heirs of Anneko Jansnho moot periodically in Omaha to discuss ways and means for getting possession of pioperty the valno of which runs up Into the millions. This pursuit for fortune must bo quito us exciting as Is participation in the mad rush for the Klondike or the tra ditional KldoradO ; to say nothing of rainbow-chasing. Another of the anomalies of colonial acquisition in presented bj the impor tation Into Hawaii of thousands of Jap anese laborers under contract to work on Hawaiian plantations , when they would bo barred by otatutory icstrlc- tlous from entering any other part of tlui United States under like condi If our Pnc-lhV ocean possessions are to be freely Invaded by otlontal coolies H \ \ \ \ \ not be long before they become the open door for other ob jectionable classes against which we j I have closed the gates on the Atlantic side of the 'country , It Is said that the democrats nnd populists of this judicial district , knowIng - Ing theinsehes to be hopelessly In the minority , are contcmplatlnc a campaign for a non-partisan Judlclaiy. If they do so It will proceed from conMdoin- tlons of expediency. Four years ago when The Bee laboied hatd to retain the non-pnrtlstin Judiciary system their chief organ gave It no support \\oithy of the name and hundreds of demo crats and populists voted for the demo cratic judicial candidates only , thus showing more rank partisanship than did the tepubllcniiHlio voted the ticket straight. The local Clgarinakors' union has ap pealed to the Commercial club to help extend the sale of home made clcais In Omaha nnd tiUnitary tertltory. It is not likely that the appeal \\111 be granted , for the reason that the club Is composed largely of Jobbers who sell eastern made cigars almost exclusively. This Is due to the manufacturers who put out special brands and advertise them constantly from ono cud of the country to the other. An appeal to the retailers would bo much moic effective. It will be noted by the critical ob server of men nnd things that the speeches of Colonel Henderson on the floor of the house In regnal to war , to expansion and to the national policy respecting the Philippines express sen timents not widely at variance with the views of The Boo from the begin ning. The colonel spoke from a deep sense of conviction. He knew the ter rors of war , yet when war was do- elated ho did his part in upholding the arms of the government. Friends of the Nebraska boys nt Manila vlll bo pleased nt the news of their preparations for early sailing on the return voyage. The assurances oi the War department otlicials that the Nebraska regiment would bo among the flist to receive their consldeinllon are being carried out as speedily as possible In iccognltlon of the valuable services tendered at the fiont against both Spaniards and Filipinos. Under the circumstances no more liberal tteat- meut could bo expected. A AVcNtom CliarnctorlNtle. Washlncton Star. Icnva Is to bo congratulated upon Us prominence as a "good western man" pro ducer. The AVay ( DlNnriii. Globe-Democrat. Samoan rebels have given up tholr guns , a peace measure considerably moro advanced than any under consideration nt The Hague. Getting Oil the1'erch. . New York Sun. Meanwhile , wo hear nothing but good wishes for General Henderson from every point of the compass. The sectional issue has disappeared. Massachusetts ended It. llloiit < > f I'oiiullnm. New York Trltmne. Populism came In Hko a stuffed lion , but Is going out llko a lamb. Its perishing bloat already is In the air erewhllo clamo rous with Its roar. It has lived long enough , and nothing In its life became it llko the leaving it. The Scoundrel In the Cnnc. Philadelphia Record. "Thus a liar is punished , " says the Thl- mud ; "ho is not believed when he telfs the truth. " Even when Esterhazy accuses him self and exculpates the Innocent his con fessions are only believed insofar as they are corroborated. Some 'wicked motive Is sought for behind the pretense of Intended reparation. No more contemptible scoundrel over took on the shape of a man. Siii-ci-HH IN the Thing. -\Vashlneton \ Times. Notwithstanding his little Indiscretion in breaking up the corpse of the Mahdl and spreading it all over the Nile , with the ex ception o the head , which was sent to England in an old kerosene can , Lord Kitch ener won his grant of 30,000 from the British House of Commons without dltllculty. When n man wins battles and territory lor John Dull small eriois of judgment do not count for much. Good Country to I-lie In. Chlcauo News. Calamity liowlers and people who Insist that this is not a good country to live in might take a leaf from the book of the 320 Scandinavians who started on a summer ex cursion to their old homes yesterday. The 320 have been in this country from five to forty years ; not a man in the fet has less than $500 in his Inside pocket ; not ono of the number Intends to remain in the old country and every ono of the 320 is planning to bring ono or moro of his relatives back to America with him. TJIICH of IiiipcrlnllNiu. Philadelphia Record. In Manila , the headquarters of a federal army confronting an active enemy , the press censor dictates what news from the United States or from the front shall bo published. At Santiago , where a federal military gov ernor is In temporary control , a press censor lias just been appointed to head off and suppress seditious and inflammatory arti cles in the local journals. The devil Is In the types , sure enough , when military exi gencies run counter to the license of a free press. Out Old DfhtH. Uuffnlo Exoress The amount of debt from -which relief has bocn secured in this country through federal courts since the bankruptcy law went into effect , loss than a year ago , Is estimated at from $57,000,000 to $05,000,000. Undoubtedly this relief has done much toward giving the spirit of enterprise a freer field during the last fiscal > car , Some defects have been found in the law and probably an effort will bo made next winter to remedy them , but legislation on this subject has been found peculiarly dlfllcult to obtain and none may be secured from the coming congress , IJfimusil for llorKi-x. Springfield ( Ma s , ) Republican. The price of horses is rising In the west. Buyers are now paying $15 in the Dakotas , Wisconsin and Minnesota for animals which w'cro considered two or three years ago fit only for the abattoir. The Improvement in the horse market is duo to an increased de mand , particularly from the government , for animals for use in the military service , and to a reduction lu the supply. Under the low prices recently prevailing many horse breeders went out of business , and the abort life of the animal for practical uses speedily stripped the market. U is stated that the demand for fast harness horscis is also improving , indicating that the horseless ago is not as near at hand 03 had been supposed by many people , or.mivs IIIMI. i : iTvri : nnvi , . % Indianapolis Journal The Ucrmnn press la not eo hilarious over Hint PS-cent bargain counter diplomacy ns Hoch der Kaiser nnd his cud,001 have been. The newspaper men there , ns in this country , arc eo Intensely stupid ns to bo unable to sec nny diplomacy in buying n lot of islnmls that other nations didn't want and paying a church bu.iar price for them. Chicago XOVNS : negardless of the fact that the real estate bu Ino s in this coun try Is far from encouraging Spain seems ( to 'be ' doing a very satisfactory amount of trading in that line with Germany ns Us principal customer. However little of value the Ladrone , Caroline nnd 1'clow Islands have In a commercial point oficvv , they form ft very strong naval barrier between this country ami Asia nnd In case ofwar might bo used as a basis from which to attack Hawaii. Washington Star : After the first blush of pride In the acquisition of a lot of Pacific Islands the Germans are beginning ( o take a moro philosophical \lo\v of the cession of the Carolines , Felons nnd Uidronos and nro correspondingly less enthusiastic. Indeed , the truth of the situation seems to have dawned upon the phlegmatic Teutons and the newspapers are now printing references to the purchase of the remnants from Spain's colonial bargain counter In terms of questionable compliment to the German statesmen. Philadelphia llccord. The anxloty of Ger many to get the remaining lsamls of Spain In the Pacific ocean ought to make the people of the United Statis bolter satisfied with the acquisition of the Philippines. Ger many Is destined to become one of our most active competitors for the sale of mnnufac- tuied stuffs In nil neutral markets. Its purchase of the Carolines nnd Lndroncs Is for "tho " purpose of strengthening its foot hold In the struggle for Asian commerce , its interest in which Is Insignificant in com parison with the interest of ourselves , who are building up nil empire facing upon the Pacific. Philadelphia Ledger : The $3,000,000 $ to bo paid by Germany as purchase money for the remains of the Spanish possessions in Asia , though not a largo sum ns national transac tions go , will bo helpful in the restoration of Spanish finances in connection with the $20,000,000 received from the United States. The contraction of the Spanish dominion to the boundaries of the mother country is humiliating to the national pride , but It is a blessing In disguise. Many Spaniards have bettered their fortunes in "tho colonies. " Boundless greed nnd rapacity have been the marked characteristics of the Spanish offi cials who have lorded it over the colonies , but Spain itself has not been enriched thereby. The cost of administration and maladministration has outrun the revenues of the colonial possessions as a whole , and the condition of chronic rebellion arising from the mlsgovernment of its most Import ant possessions has forced Spain to maintain i'argo armies in them for jears , and to in crease enormously its expenditures on cofo- nlal account. The - \ VNt No Longer the Servant of KiiHtcm MOIH-J- emlcrn. Philadelphia. Times. Ono of the most potent reasons for the decline of Dryanism in the agricultural states of the west and the failure of the term goldbug to excite a political riot in a western town is that in a large sense the farming states of the west have become Independent , of the eastern money centers. They have goldbugs of their own In the shape of bankers who are able to furnish the money to buy and move the western crops. Except during the crop season the western banks keep largo balances In the eastern money centers. They simply draw upon their own 'balances ' in New York , Hoston and Philadelphia when the crops are to bo moved Instead of borrowing 'the money from eastern banks , as of old. In oilier ivords , the good crops and fair prices of the past throe years have enabled the 'western agricultural communities to pay off a largo amount of debt and accumu late a surplus of their own large enough to pay for and move their crops after the harvesting season. They are no longer the servants of the eastern money lenders , and as a natural consequence , having money of their own , they want it to bo of the best. The 'thrifty ' farmers of Illinois , Iowa , Ne braska , Kansas and other western states are In small danger of ever being affected again by the craze for cheap dollars. Having dollars of their own they will want them to bo hundred-cent dollars. This revelation is indicative of the in dustrial evolution of tho. west , extending even beyond the abandonment of the free coinage craze. These states are no longer new and partially developed. Although not old states as compared .with the original thirteen , they are no longer dependent upon the stateo from which tlielr population emigrated. They arc of age and have fully set up for themselves. They may take the lead in shaping new political and economic pollcle.3 , but they will not furnish the fa vorite localities In which the advocates of fiat money can carry all before them. These disturbers of sound business conditions will have to seek fresh fields and pastures newer or go out of business. It is to bo regretted that the south has not , by becoming financially independent , also declared its independence of the un stable financial theorists. This section has the natural resources to make itself inde pendent financially of all money centers but its own , but owing to a variety of causes these resources have 'been ' only partially de veloped , and It still requires eastern money to move the cotton and manufacture the lumber , nnd develop the mines and manufac tures of the south. When this money be comes localized , in short , the money of the plant ° rs and manufacturers of that section , the silver and flat money delusions -will ( have lost their Influence a : > completely ns in the great agricultural states of the west. AM ) OTHERWISE. Morgan Huntlngton , who died last week at Del Nortc , Cole , , was best man at the \veddlng \ of President McKlnley , and his wife was one of the bridesmaids. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia has contributed to the records of medical science no less than 135 separate papers and books. ' Ho'also has found tinio to write a number of novels. According to government reports It will not bo so very long before the United States is carrying coals to Newcastle , the United States ranking second to the United King dom in coal production , Andrew Carncgio's gift of $50,000 for an engineering labcratory to Stevens institute was the result of nn interest awakened in thn place by a life-long friendship with the j.rcsent president , Henry Morton. Th marble palace built by the late A , T. Stewart at Fifth avenue nnd Thirty-fourth btrcet , New York , at a cost of $1,000,000 or inoit. Is to bo sold , It la said , by the Stewart heirs for fl.SOO.OOO. The purchaser's name ( jat not > ct been inailo public. Rabbi HlrtiCh , who lias decided to remain in Chicago rather than accept a New York pastorate at $15,000 a year , made his Now York reputation as recently as the 1607 , Lincoln birthday dinner. Ho had to apeak after such men as Chauncey M. Dcpow and Joseph Choate , but vlien ho had concluded Mr. Depovv and Mr. Choato vvcre cheering. William J , Wood , jr. , now in the Insane asylum in Kansas , has been declared the rightful owner of the famous Emma gold mine at Aspen , Cole , valued at $2,000,000. His father discovered tbo mine and died soon after and all the children but Wil liam cold their llfo Interests in the prop erty to tbo Aspen Mining nnd Smelting company. iu nou < < or THE w u . IToMom. ct Mnnll.1 , relates this ImMcnt which ImppencJ on the firm ? line "AJirr General Whcntcn's brlgnde advanced Sunday ftftornoon the writer crowed the inllrcnd bridge and Invaded some of the dwerted trcnchej of the pursued Insurgents. He-c ho mot n plensant-faceii. inlddle-ngcd gentle man , wf-cas features seemed constructed eimnvvtoat on the Girmnn plan. He vvorc a slouched hit nnd ejeglasses nnd vvns keenly Interested In nil around him. They snt down to real bcncnth the shndo of a spreading tree , at which the t'tah bnttery had been throwIng - Ing shrapnel that very morning , ntul tnlkcd some of relics they had picked up In the de serted trcnchco "Ping , shrieked n Mauser bullet and down went the plensant-fneed , midtlle-nRcd gen- tic-man nnd the writer behind n small em bankment nnd then for half nn hour n per fect shower of singing .balls . fanned the air just nbovo their head * find there for half nn hour they cuddled clcscly to dear old mother earth nnd seemc-il only sorry they couldn't get clctxir. One of the two was Jacob Gould Schurman , president of Cornell university nnd member of the commission sent to in vestigate the conditions here , and the other , well , the other -was only mo. " Is It n muster out of ibittlo-scarrcd volun teers or a fnrowcll review of heroes of San Juan , Ponce or iMnnlln' U fimncka of con querors nnd militant glory nnd is worth lis tening to : "Heforo the eun's rays had glided the golden dome of the Btato house the vicinity of the state's capital henrd the roll of the drum nnd the piping of the fife According to time-honored custom reveille roused the officers of the command In the early hours of the morning and the drum tap nnd bugle call were henrd In many nn un usually quiet Btrret nnd neighborhood long before colonels , captains and sergeants were avvaro that dawn was at hand. There was no moro sleep after that Imperative sum mons and olllcers nnd prlvntcs donned bril liant uniforms nnd plumed chnpeaus nnd hied them to the armor } . " What is It ? Ths assembling of Boston's famous group of war riors , known as the Ancient and Honorable Artillery , to celebrate the 201st anniversary of the organization. The command tried to break into the late war In order to add new plumes to Its gorgeous stock , but for some reason the coveted privilege was denied. More in sorrow than in anger , therefore , the Ancients rallied last Monday nnd con tented themselves with a brilliant nnd cf- fcctlvo charge upon a beautiful repast. That the \nllunt vvanlors of the Hub did their duty faithfully nnd well is not to bo doubted. They nro built that way. In leading a charge on the commissary department the Ancients are irresistible and Invincible. The eultnn of Sulu , who was supposed to bo favorably disposed to the United States , Is reported to bo importing arms from Sing apore with the purpose of resisting Ameri cans. There is a growing suspicion that these importations are merely a business speculation nnd that the sultan will sell the arms to our government nt a slight ad vance , in imitation of the Cuban method. Prolwbly the fact Is not generally known that Toxns was nt one time nnd for many jcars called the "Now Philippine ? . " The first settlement in what Is now Texas was made by French emigrants in 16S5. During the next twenty-five years there , was nn Intermittent struggle between the French and Spanish for supremacy , resulting In favor of the latter and In 1814 the name of the New Philippines was given to the coun try. This i\as Its official name In Spnulta records for many years nnd until the namrj of Texas , from a trlbo of Indians , gradually came In vogue. Rev. Dr. James L. Barton , ono of the for eign secretaries of the American Missionary board , docs not agree with some of his brethren In assuming that the policy of imperialism ivlll promote missionary work among alien people and races. He declares c.ha"scd V ° llcy ° f the government MM bo Injurious i to the missionaries. Hith erto American missionaries have been re garded cs unselfish workers in the vineyard Henceforth their motives will bo open to ' art ° " Saya the "ilMlonarlw are fimllng that there Is a growing distrust of tholr sincerity on account of our onera- ln th ° o has a et er from , a missionary l of the board In Mexico written recently to him , fiaylng that the course of the United States tovva"d theMe ° " ' " Mexico with ! suspicion ml"ds of " * ' ' > " regarding the pur pose of our missionaries there that their In fluence was lessened and that It probable that the English missionaries could do more good than the American because it was not suspected that they were In am way connected , Uh a goveinment which might want to conquer them. DROUTH I.V THE EAST. I hirerlB frolll Mcnl "ml I.nck of Ilulii. Sprlngne-d ( Mass. ) Republican. This is weather to sorely try the patience Vow EnTTn. ? " markCt B ner. of - England. The day crop Is a lr M and still the rains , are withheld , and the dry ng process , which is so sadly apparent on the lawns of the city , makes .hart thin Brass In the hayflclds .Oat . Is scarcely worS cutting. Corn , potatoes , pens , beans cucumber - cumber , and other early vegetable grow ths are all checked In the hard , parched earth until New England stands almos as much in need of artificial Irrigation ns the Hocky dens In the , neighborhood ; " ° Garly Vegetab' ' ° e- ' of Boston look m ° st " "Promising , nd the strawberry Plants in Dlghton have been so eerlously affected by the drouth that the g.owors . say ho crop Is ruined. liny , which sold In BOB- ton a ycnr ago at $14 a ton , is now being lield at $20. It Is worth noting that while New Enp and Is In this plight rains t.avo . been plentiful In the vveat. while the middle west has had nenrly Us usual supply of moisture. That Boston Jeremiah who pro- dieted such blasting heat nnd drouth this summer as this section tins not seen In many generations yet has the best of these who scouted his prediction. Advices from Cuno Cod report such n drouth as that section has not seen for half n century nnd already threatening forest Hies are reported. iiIA OK TUIJ.HTH. GI ° be : Tbo nnnouncement that CO.OOO drummers who have been thrown out of employment by the formation of business combinations are going to unite to Hcht the truels will bo interesting to trust mag. nates , The American drummer can pen- orally bo depended on to take hold of any. thing in which ho Is Interested with enter- prlso and energy , Washington Star : The attorney general of Ohio is on the right track. The psople of this country nro tired to death of mere partisan fulmlnatlons against trusts. They uro cheaper than dirt. Doth parties have been Indulging In them until the opposition has degcneiatod into a paradeful content be. tvveen phrascmakers. What really la demanded - manded is action. There are la.vs on the books against trusts nnd there are officers In commission to execute them. Why , therefore , should not these laws bo Invoked ? Portland Oregonlan. Just what The Ore- gonlnn supposed nnd suggested In connection with die Pacific coa.'HCracUer trust turns out 'to ' bo true. It was not a project of consoli dation upon an economic basis , looking to bolter results nt less cost , but a ucherno to make money by floating stocks and bonds on a basis of inflated values. A telegraphic note , reporting the collapse of the tchemo , declares that "a part of the bonds of the combination were floated In the cast , but the western agents met with very little suc cess in disposing of the portion allotted to this coast , " The result Is > that the options secured on cracker plants all along the coaet I have expired , lerwlng the property In tb hnnds of the orlRlnal owners , who , no doubt , ' will go on with their operntlons on the. old bnMi The projectors of tlie trust are snld to bo out to the tune of nbout JSO.OOO. Kansas City Star- Certain recent at tempts nt formiciR big Industrial combina tions linvp proved unsuccessful. The latcjl Instnn c of the kind to be repotted Is tha effort to consolidate the plow fnctorles nnJ the mamifncturcis c& threshers. No reason for this hns been Riven except that the hopes of the promoters have not been real ized. Failures to otfect these coloesnl organ isations have been so tow thnt they merely eervo to emphasize the remarkable success thnt piomotcrs liavo met with In their vnst projects. The cnpltnllzntlon of the trtisu thnt hnvo been organized In the past fc > w mrciths nmounts to About $4.000,000,000 , vvhleh is nlmoBt equal to the agfireRato c.ipl- tallzntlon of all ninntifnctorlcs reported Id the census of 1S90. Thnt , pcrhnps , is tha most effective- comparison thnt cnn bo mnda to show the tremendous growth of the trusts. A few rerent flatrccs nfford no reason to suppose thnt the movement hns jet reached Its ellmnx. The trusts now number nbout 400 , and they embrace such n larpo proportion tion of the manufacturing Industries of the country thnt legislation to prevent tholr organization seems like locking the stivblo nfter the liorso Is stolen. IlltlUIIT AMI IIIUJU7.V. Chlcflfro.Koeord : "Whntvns it happened t0"Shro'felibo5l of the window while trjinut to son who was sitting on her next neigh bor's porch. " Somervillp Journal : Mrs. Jnckson Is Mr * White In peed "oolcty ? iJIrs. Johnson -Mercy , nol Any , she calls her mnld her hired g.rl. Indlnnnpolls Jounml : "What is nil Icono clast' " asked the wiwll boy boarder. "An Iconoclnsl , " Ihe Savage Hacholor cx- plnln 0. "Is a man who delights in destroy. IIIR id nls , llko the fellow who gets married , for Instance. " Indlnnnpolls Journal : "Tho difference be tween man nnd water. " * nld the Cornfcd Philosopher , "Is this : Alan hns lo thaw out to make hlm-e-f solid. " Detroit Free Press ; "And nro they really goliiR to try the pnstor for heresy ? ' "H looks iQiut vvny. Ho will cither hnvo to quit HtlckliiK to the tenets of ths church or stnnd trial. " Cleveland I'lnln Dealer : "Aro you going n-way for the summer ? " "No , thnl's poold-rabh'.oned. We go away for Ihe winter. " "WJicro did you so last -winter ? " "We ihadn't comm ncetl on the new plan then. " Chlr.iKO Poif "This. " said the deiler , "Isili.it wo cnll n rntllesnake melon " "Yes , > esi. of course , " r'plled Ihe resident of a suburKin district. " 1 know nil nbout them. Th'y'ro Illleil ana plugged nnil peddlers sell them In our town In place of straight vvWsky. " Cleveland Lender : Do Wilt Som ono Is murdering music on the plnno In the next Mr De Witt You're mistaken , my dear. It's that Jones family. Thy bought ono of these new instruments thai phus tunes by tloclrlelty , nnd I think thy arc electro cuting the music. "Washington Stnr : "There's no use , " he said , positive ! } , "of my trylnpr to build a house nccordlns to th te plans for n ? oOCO home. " "Vhv nof' Inquired his wife. "Uccauso I couldn't possibly raise more than light or nine thousand. " Detroit Journal : "Mamma , " complained Cupid , "society people are strangers to love. " "It certainly cnn't toe because of your clothes' ' " exclaimed Venus. "Well , they couldn't b chillier If I vvoro overalls nnd a jumper ! " the young god pro tested , sadly TUB O1IU.S AVOItn CALICO. Slunscy's Magazine. There was a tme ! , betiwtx't the days Of llnsey-vv-col ey , tralfht nnd prim. And these when mode , with despot ways , L.'nda woman caiptlvo at its whim , Yet not a hundred > .irs HITO , When g-Irla wore simple calico. " \Vlthln the barn by Inntcrn Ilsht Through ninny a , reel , wIWi llyln/r feet , The bn\s ami ma'tlens danced nt nlghl To tlddle measures , shrilly swuet : And merry revels were they , though. The plrla were gowned In calico. Across the H'orliiK rough nnd priny The gold ct .scattered chaft was spread. And Ions f stoorts of clover liny Thai strmrfflc-d from the loft o'erlieail Swung scented fringes to nnd fro O'er pretty gills In calico. They used to BO n-tMnylng then , Thn blossoms of th JMirlnR t seek In sunny glavlo and .s'lnIt red glen , Unwrlirhed bv fnshion'si latest freak ; iAml IRobln fell In love I knew , "With IHiyllls In .her calico. A tuck , a fr'fl. a Mas fold , A hut curvevl over B > psyvvlv. And 'bends ' if coral mid of ( fold , And ioy rhe Us and merry CJPS , Afndo In slcf ( n thnt long ngo Look cUiarmlns in their calico. The mod rn kn'sht who loves a maid Of sraclous nlr nnd gentle grace Ami finds her oftemtlmes nrrnycd In fchlnlnfr Rllk and pilceli'4-s luce Would love h r just ns well , I know , In pink nnd lllnc caKco Tlin "IIO\S OK Ml It" TII13 HOYS OK 'OS. With praj-hnl-od "liov-H of 'Gl" Stand now th"tooys of "SS. The loyal sire , the lovnl son , Mnde strong tine mnrtlal nrm of stnto. Ilurrnh for the vullar.'t ' "boys In blue ! " Ailetorlons on land nnd sea The nrmj , imrl the navy , too Resistless host of llliertv ! U , F. COCHRAN. in which to purchase our high grade cloth ing for men and boys , at Your own fault 1 If you get left. Come early. < /