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1'i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JTNE 18 , 1800. THE OMAILY SUNDAY D. ROSEWATEU , Editor. PUOL13HED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Bco ( without Sunday ) , One Year.45.00 Dally Bee and Sunday , One Year 8.0) ) Klx .Months 4.W 5'toreo Months . . . 2.0) Kunday Bte , Ono Year 2,00 Saturday Uce , Ono Yenr l.W Weekly Bee , Ono Year Co OFFICES. Omaha : The Heo Bul'.dlng. South Omaha : City Hall Building , Twenty- fifth nt.d N Streets. Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : Stock Exchange Building. New York : Temple Court. Washington : E01 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication. * relating to news nnd editorial matter should bo addressed ; Editorial Decnrtmcnt , The Omaha Bee. BUSINESS LETTERS. Buslnetu letters and remittances should be nddrcBsed to The Bee Publishing Com pany , Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft , express or postal ord r payable to The Boo Punishing Company. Only 2-cei-t stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks , except on Omaha or Eastern exchnnso , not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STA.ris.Mi2.vr or CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : Ucorgo B. TzsL-huck. secretary of The Bee .Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full nnd complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening and Bunday Bee , printed during the month of liny , 189i ) , was as follows : LcnvliiK for ( lie Summer. Parties leaving the city for the summer may have The Bee sent to them regularly by notifying The Bee business office , In person or by mall. The address win bo changed as often as desired. The storm UliiK 1ms earned : i vacation nml should Iny off now for a good lonj ; rest. Chicago Is already trying to fly n. 2,000,000 population banner. Why not give the federal census taker a. chance. The peace conference Is not expected to adjourn before the middle of July. By that time It Is hoped the delegates will have warmed up to the subject. The peopla of Cleveland would doubtless - loss nmirodate the beauties of even a niuic-drawa bob-tall car after their ex perience with the tie passes along the electric trolley lines. The Kansas men are reported to be worrying ns to what will become of the brewery when they come home from Manila , but they should lose no sleep , as It will make a Hue canteen for the regu lars. In the race for new viaducts riders were ordered up sometime ago , but the tedious and repeated scorings for a start are becoming tiresome. There are Indications , however , that the llag will fall soon. The attention of ambitious but beard less youths Is called to the report that nearly all the Nebraska volunteers In the Philippines have raised luxuriant beards. Now watch for a boom In army enlistments for Philippine service. Senator Allison is quoted as saying : "I believe we should renomlnate McKln- ley and Ilobart and elect them. " Sena tor Allison should not have to be as- Burcd that If the republican convention raises the ticket of 1800 again In 1000 the people will do the rest. Transcontinental railroads are still reaping a harvest from the transporta tion of troops gathered In from widely scattered army .posts for dispatch to the Philippines. The railroads have no spe cial fault to (1ml ( with the protraction of the hostilities In the east. Give the widow of the late Itlchard P. Bland a big credit mark for entering her protest against the proposed proces sion of congressional eulogies at the funeral services of the dead congress man. The eulogies are bad enough on the iloor of the house and senate. If the peace conference will only wait n little while the Venezuelan arbitration commission will show the members what a good plan It has for settling troublesome questions. There will bo a world of talk , It Is true , but talk IB cheap compared with thlrtecn-lnch shells. Llpton , Iho English yachtsman , who Is also a tea dealer , has boon lined for ballasting his packages with lead and , as the raotnl Is cheaper than tea , making a nice pro lit by the transaction. Hut titled who InIOO then sports Indulge ? - , - 000 plnytLlngs llko challenge yachts must make a little money In some man ner. The single tax proposition missed leg islative endorsement In Michigan by but a single vote. The single tuxers will now tell how close they came to success In the Peninsular state , hut they forget that the bill would have had to secure the governor's approval before It could become a law. The executive veto counts for more than a single vote. Minister Storcr's Induction into ofllce nt Madrid WAS not accompanied by so much red fire as the exit of his prede cessor. There was only a very simple ceremony and the procession to the pal ace was not marked by any demonstra tion , either friendly or hostile. In time the Spanish are likely to como to the conclusion that the United States has actually done them a favor by helping thoui to let go of their costly ana troublesome colonies. | | f . t * * -j * * . THUSTS , rtlOTKCTKD When Henry O. Havempyer , head of the Stiftnr trust , expressed the convic tion that the levy of protective duties Is the progenitor of nil trusts , ho suc ceeded In creating a profound sensation. The American sugar king Is not reputed to be a fool , whatever else ho may be. Politicians and financiers realize that ho would not have ventured to throw rocks In the glass house ho occupies un less he had an ulterior object In view. Whether the Inspiring motive Is to create a diversion for the war against the Sugar trust , or a desire to throw a sup to the democracy , which naturally would accept his utterance ns gospel truth , confirming Hryan's prophesies , Is a matter of conjecture. In any event Mr. Iluvemeyor knows enough to know that the evolution of the trust Is no more duo to one slnglo agency or policy than was the crash of 1S03 the Inevita ble consequence of the so-called crime of 1873. Industrial monopoly has not been germinated by any single cause but Is rather the result of changed Industrial conditions. Combinations of capital Invested In Industrial concerns nour ished In free trade England long before they were thought of In the United States. The most colossal of American trusts the Standard Oil octopus has been built up and grown to Its enormous proportions without protective duties on cither Its raw or finished products. Next to the Standard Oil the various gas trusts control capital aggregating over one hundred millions. The United States Flour Milling company Is bonded and stocked for $115,000,000. The Fer tilizer trust , known as the American Agricultural company , capltall/ed for $ 10,000,000 ; the American Hlcycle trust , § 80,000,000 ; the Cottonseed Oil trust , ? ari,000,000 ; Ice Trust of Maine , ? 00- 000,000 ; National Biscuit trust , $15,000- 000 ; Baking Powder trust , ? ' _ ' 0,000,000 ; Typewriter trust , $18,000,000 ; Chewing Gum trust , § 0,000,000. None of the concerns named have been created by protective duties nor could their organl/.atlon have been frustrated by free trade. Granting , however , that a majority of American trusts control products that enjoy the benefit of pro tective ditties , would that fact justify the repeal of these duties for the .sake of crippling the trusts ? Would It not bo much llko sprinkling Paris green on the Colorado potato plants infested with the potato bug , which was. sure to kill the potato bug and the potato plants at the same time ? If , for example , free trade in plate glass would close the factories of the Plato Glass trust by cheapening imported plate glass below the cost of production with better paid American labor , would America be Justified in giv ing up Its plate glass industry for the sake of killing that particular trust ? Does not the demand of American labor for higher wages make the protective policy almost compulsory If America Is to control Its best market , which Is the chief source of Its prosperity. Had the Sugar trust king been dis posed to take the American people Into his confidence Instead of 'trying to befog them he would have pointed out the true germ and chief incentive of Amer ican trusts , namely the facility offered by trusts for colossal stock-Jobbing by capitalizing the mills and factories of combined concerns at a fictitious valua tion ? Take for Instance the American Sugar trust , Havenieycr's own. The original organization comprised twenty sugar refineries. Each of these was pur chased with trust certificates represent ing about four times the actual value of the plant which was capitalized at § 50,000,000. iln January , 1802 , the cap ital was increased by § 29,000,000 for the purpose of acquiring the Philadelphia refineries and a controlling Interest In the Baltimore refinery. In 1SOS the reor ganized company paid 7 per cent a year on § 30,008,000 of preferred stock and an average of 12 per cent on the same amount of outstanding common stock. Manifestly the owners of plants that combined with Ilavemeyer In merging their refineries In 'the trust were not driven Into this deal either by ruinous competition or by the prospect of eco nomic saving through combined capital , but by the enormous price paid for tholr plants and the prospect of enriching themselves through stock-watering. The same Is equally true of the original Whisky trust or Illinois Cattle Feeding company , which collapsed not because of a reduction of duties , but because of In flated capitalization. The United States Flour Milling com pany , otherwise known as the Flour trust , which represents an unprotected Industry , Is stocked for § -10,000,000 and bonded for § 7r,000,000. The bonds evi dently represent more than the actual money Invested In Us plants and the § 10,000,000 of stock are pure Mississippi water. Was the trust organized merely to reduce operating expenses and break up competition or was not the prime incentive the deslro to put two or .thrco . dollars Into the pockets of mill owners for every dollar of actual value In their separate plants ? A moro recent example Is the TinPlate Plato trust which capitalized for § 50- 000,000 tin plato mills and plants worth not exceeding § 12,000,000. It goes with out saying that there would have been no tin plate factories In America In 18'JS except for the McKlnloy tariff of 1800 , but the fact that $12,000,000 of money were actually Invested by IbOS In an In dustry discredited by William J. Bryan on the floor of congress fully Justifies the policy that has enabled America to manufacture Its own tin plato and cir culate § 20,000,000 for material and labor at home that would otherwise have been absorbed by English tin plate mills. The vulnerable spot of the American trust is not repeal of protective duties , but the prohibition of stock-watering and fraudulent issues of securities that do not represent actual value. How this can bo brought about most effectively without confiscation is the problem that appeals for solution to American states men. The demand for lands in the west Is unabated , the sales of one railroad during May being 110,000 , acres , and It is estimated they will average 100,000 per month. A largo proportion of this hind Is bought for grazing purposes , but the demand for agricultural lauds Is no lusii marked. Every newspaper In the rural districts contains weekly the notices of sales of farm lands and or new settlers coming In. The develop ment of the agricultural sections of Ne braska and other western states Is moro marked this year than any other since the rush for public land absorbed nil that was to bo found In the eastern half of the state. TV AXXKXATIOX. In his testimony before the Industrial commission the representative of the Mollenhauer Sugar company said that free sugar from Cuba would wipe out American raw sugar , both beet and cane , In the next five years. There Is not the least doubt that If Cuban sugar should be admitted free into the Amer ican market the sugar Industry here would be destroyed in probably less than five years. This fact will exert a very decided Influence hero against Cuban annexation. The sugar growers of Cuba are probably to a man In favor of annexation , which would give them a free American market for their prod uct. They realize that the restoration of the Industry In the Island will be slow If sugar is not given free access to this market , while Increasing sugar production In the United States must In time prove disastrous to the Cuban sugar Interest. Their hope , therefore , is In annexation , which they and the interests that arc naturally in sympathy with them are now urging. A very largo portion oC the American people , however , will not view with favor a proposition Involving the de struction of a homo Industry which Is making rapid progress and promises to supply the home demand for sugar within a dozen years or less time. Ac cording to a statement of the secretary of agriculture the production of beet sugar In the country this year will show a largo Increase. The development ot the industry is going forward vigor- ously. Many farmers are growing sugar beets tills year Tor the first time and there will bo a considerable addi tion to the number of factories. A year ago the secretary of agriculture wild : ' 'Germany produces about as much sugar as the United States Imported In ISO" . It was grown on a llttlo over a million acres. 1C the sugar wo now purchase abroad were produced In tills country , four hundred factories wouli ! be required to work up the necessary amount of sugar beets. This would afford capitalists a Held , as safe and permanent ns any now offered , for the investment of § 200,000,000 and would reduce to a very largo extent the vast sum we annually pay for agricultural products that might bo grown within the United States. " The importance of developing this valuable industry Is obvious and in order to do this It must continue to have adequate protection. The Amer ican people desire the improvement of Industrial conditions In Cuba. They are very greatly Interested In the future progress and prosperity of that Island. But they cannot promote this at the expense of a domestic industry that promises to be , in the not far future , one of the most valuable of our agri cultural industries. As annexation wornl inevitably destroy tills Industry It will bo opposed by the funning Inter est generally and by all who are In sympathy with that great Interest EFFECT OX EXPORTS. Much attention Is being given abroad , particularly in England , to the probable effect upon the export trade of the United States of the growth of trusts and their methods. One of the leading English trade journals says that per haps the best agent working In favor of that country Is the trust mania. It Is a fact , observes that paper , that every one of the trusts Is grossly over-capitalized and it Is a fact also that , instead of be ing content to make more money by eco nomics In management and the other legitimate means within their reach , they have elected to get there by the device of raising prices against the consumer. The view of the English journal , which doubtless expresses that of its trade constituency , Is that the arbitrary methods of the trusts and the advance In prices in order to pay dividends on inflated capitalization , must Inevitably be Injurious to the American export trade and correspondingly beneficial to British trade. This would seem to be a sound view , though In advancing prices the trusts probably figure on get ting their prollts out of the American rather than the foreign consumers. At all events the suggestion of the English Journals merits serious consid eration. If it shall be shown and us yet there Is no evidence on tiie point- that the trusts are inimical to the expert - port trade that will be a strong addi tional reason for condemning them. It will bo possible to ascertain in the near future whether this Is the case , or whether on the other hand the trusts that export are selling to foreign con sumers nt prices materially below what they exact from homo consumers. The Industrial commission , In session In Washington , is getting Information In regard to trust methods which may dis close something in regard to the effect on the export trade , though the surest Information will bo obtained from the future statistics of that trade. OVERHEAD AKD VNDKKUHOUSD TROLLRYS , Chicago is about to revolutionize its street rallwuy system by the substitu tion of the underground electric trolley for the cables now operated on Its prin cipal business thoroughfares. The aboli tion of the cable as a motlvo power was foreordained when the electric motor with the underground trolley proved It self to be equally practicable and moro economical. In Omaha , where cable lines have long slnco been discarded , the overhead trol ley must sooner or later also give way to the underground system , at least In the business center , where the overhead trolley Is not merely unsightly , but dan gerous. It disfigures tlio streets and en dangers the lives of firemen and occu pants of buildings as well In case of storm or conflagration. The changing of the overhead trolley on tracks originally constructed for ta ble Hues to an underground system would be comparatively Inexpensive. Such changes have been made In sev eral of the largo cities , notably In Now York , where the underground trolley has proved Itself a success. On other streets the change might Involve a considerable outlay , but public convenience demands for Omaha what Is now being done for other cities In the way of improved street railway service. In any event thn overhead trolley wire nuisance should bo abated nt an early day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THK 1'RACK COM'KltK.\CE. Little progress has boon made in a practical direction by the peace confer ence at The Hague. The question of ar bitration continue ! * the one of para mount interest and according to the lat est Information the chief dlllloulty con sists In reconciling a scheme of the other powers with that of Germany. It Is said that even if no agreement should bo reached an arbitration organization will nevertheless be arranged and will remain open to such of the powers as are not able to sign now. Meantime every effort will bo made to meet the German view , though the prospect of an agreement la not regarded ns eucotir- iiglng. Wo arc Inclined to concur In the view of the Now York Times , that "tho na tions will never agree to an effective plan of arbitration until the most pow erful of them reach the conclusion that war is the greatest evil and that It Is worth while to make serious sacrifices to be rid of It. So long as they feel Unit the loss of national dignity or freedom of action Is worse than war the arbitra tion question will retain an academic tinge. " The time for this , If It shall ever come , is very remote and there Is no doubt that at present the principal European nations are really in sym pathy with the altitude of Germany. One of the German delegates to the con gress , Dr. X.oni. stated that his govern ment opposed the establishment of a permanent tribunal of arbitration as "derogatory to his monarch's sovereignty eignty and the nation's Independence. " Ho said the emperor would not pledge himself to accept as binding the deci sions of judges not appointed by him upon questions that have not yet arisen. Herein is seen the great obstacle to the proposed tribunal of arbitration rulers are not disposed to em-render an attri bute of sovereignty , as would bo re quired by any plan of compulsory arbi tration and no plan not compulsory at least ns to certain questions would beef of much value. Prof. Woolsey , the eminent authority on international law , objects to the tVincricuii plan submitted to the confer ence because It docs not make arbitra tion compulsory. He says : "The first defect , and a very serious one it Is , in this plan , viewed as a substitute for war , Is that no question between Uie signatories need bo submitted. The best feature of a permanent system of arbi tration Is or should be that all questions of certain kinds must be referred. Whore two peoples know that certain kinds of disputes must be submitted to arbitration there will bo no disturbance in business. Where submission is en tirely uncertain , a matter of individual caprice , of party politics , of bullying or binding , the great advantage of public consciousness that there can be no Im mediate war because there will be im mediate arbitration is quite lost. " It is perfectly obvious that little reliance could be placed on such a plan as a means of averting war. It would bo premature to assert that the conference will accomplish nothing , that there will be no practical results In the interest of peace among the na tions from its deliberations , but it is quite certain that It will not accomplish what has been hoped for by the friends of peace. At all events it will exert a measure of moral Influence that must do good. A Husslan general has projected him self to the forefront of International dis cussion by advocating the restoration of the kingdom of Poland , as it was be fore the fall of Koseiusko. The Incen tive for tills proposal Is the establish ment of a neutral zone between Austria , Germany vind Itussln that would enable those powers to decrease the armament on their respective frontiers and do away with a great deal of revolution ary agitation. The trouble with this suggestion Is that It takes three emper ors to make such a bargain and when they have agreed It would still be a problem how long the neutral zone would remain neutral. The appointment of Wilbur F. Bryant to the position of state Insurance com missioner will commend Itself as one of the best made by Governor Poyntcr , Mr. Bryant ranks high among the pioneers neers of Nebraska and enjoys an excellent - cellent reputation for Integrity. While not an expert In insurance business , his experience In connection with fraternal insurance and his legal training should enable him to administer the now insur ance department cUiclently and accepta bly. Politically Mr. Bryant Is a pro nounced ndvocato of populism , but he may bo counted on to divorce politics from the performance of his olltclnl du ties. The Spanish government Is asking foreign bondholders to scale down their Interest claims. Home creditors must submit to a reduction , whether willing or not. With all sources of revenue worked to full capacity and n deficit re sulting , no other alternative appears for those who have been rash enough to extend credit to the government. In the financial regeneration of Spain its statesmen have a task to tax the wisest. Another evidence of Increased pros perity and business activity In Nebraska , Iowa and South Dakota is found in the larger salaries of postmasters , the read justment at Iho close of the fiscal year showing a longer list than over before. Tht'so salaries are bused on the revenues - nuos of the ollli'O and It requires a ma terial Increase In business to bc-curo an advance of § 100 In salary. The Mazet Investigating committee has started in to look up tax-shlrki-rs In Now Itork. When It undertook to un cover Tammany political abuses In the great city it was supposed it had a bl ; ; J b on Its bandit. It was no trouble to find corruption , but to locate nil of it seemed a hopeless task. The latest Held of research , however , is oven moro pro- HHc than the first one. If the committee - too can only secure a just assessment of the Wealth of New York the munici pal treasury of the metropolis will be overflowing , though Tammany assessor may not bo so richly rewarded as a present for being property blind. The farmers' bank of Suffolk , Vn. was dedicated with prayer last weel and llev. W. W. Staley blessed the struc turc and Its future occupants In the fol lowing words : "May its ledger never be marred by falsehood and may tin character of Its ofllclals never be low cred or stained by wrong. May the In stltutlon cultivate such ethics and com morclnl honor as to strengthen the com munlty In business safety and future growth. " Did the Virginia minister have In his mind's eye any thrifty llnan clcr In these parts whoso palms have in itching for ledger-tampering ? If testimony before the Industrla commission Is to bo believed it Is small wonder that the Standard Oil companj has grown rich and powerful. Accord Ing to witnesses , while Independent re liners wore charged § 1.00 per barre freight by the railroads , the nomlua rate to the Standard was 00 cents and rebates brought this down to 33 cents per barrel. With a difference In trans portatlon charges of § 1.55 per barrel small wonder Independent refiners can not do business. The anti-foreigner riots In the Chinese provinces are again breaking out with the customary disastrous results to mis sionaries who have pushed their pres ence into communities that do not ap preciate their kindly Intentions. If these riots wore not forthcoming people might begin to suspect that the mission aries had given up their war of proselyt ing. Shotguns in a state of active eruption promise to settle the Baker-Howard feud in Kentucky by removing an aver age of one a day of the participants. When the lighting force Is thus reduced to one the courts may take a hand and allow the controversy to go into liquida tion. Ulvliiif Them 11 HluMV. Philadelphia Times. It's all right to put captured Spanish guns on exhibition In the parks over the country. Itiey had no show during the war. A Foiimliti ; llocoril. Chicago Tlmea-llcrald. The ? 1,000,000,000 capital of the proposed brewery trust contains mor water than beer and more froth than cither. It is the biggest bead on record. JIuyrrN Kvcr Welcome. Springfield Republican. Not only Russia , but Spain , Is looking to ward the American market for guns and war material. The advertisement which draws Spain hero was a special one of some ciDenso. but none the less taking. Floirliitr Fount * < if "Wisdom. Indianapolis News. If our national authorities are beading what the graduates of high schools and colleges nro saying they are learning a great deal about expansion and the proper way of dealing with the mauy now problems before us. Xon-1'lirtlnnn I Chicago Post. 'Ex-'Sonator ' ' Allen's Indignant assertion In reply to a request for a non-partisan address made by a Nebraska college that ho Is the Judge as to what he will say when ho makes a speech merely demonstrates the wisdom of the college authorities in putting in the "non-partisan" proviso. EiitprnrlNu In Minneapolis Tribune. The height of advertising Ingenuity has been reached by a well known firm , ttblch arranged to have one of Its excellent instruments caught up In the Klrksvllle , Mo. , cyclone , carried 1,000 feet and set down In the front room of a partially wrecked houao uninjured and all ready for the In evitable snap-shot. Stonily ( iriMvtli of Exports. Sprlnglleld Republican. Exports of agricultural staples and min eral oils last month aggregated $50,345,679 , as compared with $73,122,571 in May of last year. The comparison , however , is with a month of very heavy grain exports attending the manipulation of the Lelter corner. Con trasted with month before lut , when these exports aggregated about $1 ,000,000 , the May returns are moro favorable. JOJ-H of IVnd'riut'loii Time. St. Louis Republic. Healthy and slniplo souls will not attempt to conceal their Joy at slgtit of the water melon of 1S99. There is no reason for con cealment , llko a worm 'n th' bud , to feed on their damask cheeks. Their attachment Is honest and their Intentions are honora- blo. The only blush necessary to them now Is that incarnadined stain which comes as first they dip tholr faces Into the ambrosial Juice of the biggest watermelon they have been able to lay hands on. COST OF AHMii > I'ISACE. EJiiormniiH Sunm Spi-nl In Foreign .1111- Hnry KftdilillnliiuoiitH , St. Louis Globe-Democrat. While any < Uop toward disarmament In Europe is Improbable at this time , a power Tut presentation might be mada at The Hague conference of the financial sldo of the case. Moot of the nations of Europe are adding largely to their public debts , and dis armament for eomo of them may become a necessity. Annual deficits are quite the usual thing throughout the continent. Franco rurin behind annually about $100,000,000 , Austria $60,000,000 , Russia $50,000,000 , and Italy $30,000,000. Minor nations , llko Spain , Turkey , Portuual and Greece , are not many removes from bankruptcy. Thp prcwure for financial relief from excessive armaments rows heavier constantly , and must In time , If continued , take the form of cmbarrars- ment. Great Britain kept nearly even last year , and , but for a foreign war , the United States would bo paying off Its public debt , tint the position of this country and England In revenue la exceptional. Perhaps no delegate at The Hague feels llko touching on the financial aspect of arma ment on the present scale , except in the most general way , No representative ! will bpcak of the deficit or poverty of his nation , if It exists. Hut settling day comes for nations , ns well as Individuals. It woudl bo well to give moro thought to practical meas ures ot disarmament than U yet apparent at the congress. Steps may be taken to avert war , and may succeed , yet the money strain will go on. bringing an Inevitable emergency of some kind. A peace guarded by millions of soldiers osrving with the colors U almost an expensive as war. When It Is taken for granted that the conference will do nothing practical toward disarmament , the main point Is dropped out. Nation.il debts will j accumulate as fast as ever. Nt-itUer arbitra tion nor humane codes can stave off the final financial crlels of an exbauetlng armed ccace. . * I SHCVI\U SltOT.o AT TII13 IM'MMT. ' Chicago Pogt : A woman preacher has asked the marriage license clerk to send hrr a coupleto marry. Some people llko to rasko trouble. Drooklyn Kagle : A clergyman recently preached n oermon la this borough th.it , he had given fourteen times in other places Rlnca la.it fall. He gets $50 and expenses every time ho does It. Balttmoro American : A New Jersey min ister docs not approve of the movement de manding that women should remove tholr hats and bonnets In church. Ho rays It is recording to scrlpturo that onion should worship with covered heads and quotm the ungnllnnt St. I'nul as authority , nut he adds that n woman should not -wcnr n Mg hat. When a minister Is unwlso enough to toll women that they must wear head cover- It'g In church and that they must not wear the particular kind they please , only ono result Is to bo expected. His church will Immediately Join these practicing the Inno vation. Hoston Transcript : A atory comes from Oklahoma which shows that a clcrgvmtin may have a pretty wit nnd yet bo lacking In tact. In the course of his sermon Ilov. : Mr. Nowby , now pastor of the Christian church nt Outhrle , Interjected the quest Ion : "How many ot you have read the blblo ? " Kitty hands went up. "flood , " said the preacher. "Now , how many of you have rend the occ- end chapter of Judo ? " Twenty-five hands were raised. A wan smllo overspread the minister's face. "That's go fl ; but when you go homo read that chapter again and you will doubtless learn something to your In terest. " Of course they found that thcro 1s no second chapter of Judo , and of course , 110 matter how they may attempt to laugh It off , the victims of the clcrlcnl pleasantry nro not likely to love their pastor any the moro because of the "rise" ho took out of them. PKHSO.VAl * AXU OTIII5HWISK. If It Is true that Agulnaido has proclaimed himself dictator , It follows that the reigning season Is now on In Luzon. Jnmes Edwin Cooke , once famous ns the champion nnd tcn-horso rider of the world , Is living In an abandoned street car In Long Island. A Kansas genius clearly defines the line between his duty as n public olllcor and his duty to himself ns a taxpayer. Accordingly , ho has enjoined himself aa county treasurer from levying on his own chattels ito pay n sidewalk tax. Every tax-slilrkor in the county regards him as the biggest sunflower In the patch. Alexander Dewltt. who has lived In Poughkoop&le- . Y. , for the last forty years , practically on the bounty of his friends , Is now dead and It Is found he line left n fortune of $40.000. Of this ho has beq'ueathed $39,000 to n nephew , who once sent him $15. and who Is the only relative that ever manifested any Interest In his welfare. The town of Three Oaks , Mich. , has en tered Iho race for the prize of Spanish can non offered to the town making the largest ( contribution to the Dewey homo fund. So great Is the confidence of capturing the prlzo that the boomers of Thrco Oaks have sent out maps showing iho town < o 'be ono of the four great cities of the country. Such nerve , properly mounted , would bo as great a curi osity as captured cannon from Manila. "Buy Killarney's Lalccs nnd Rills" Is the revised version of the famous song now In vogue In Now York City. The property Is going under forced sale and $150,000 will buy it. A movement has 'been ' , started among Irlsh-'Amerlcans In Now York City nnd vicin ity to ralso the money , "purchase " the nron- erty and present it .to the Irish people as n public park. One-third of the euni has been pledged and there is good prospect that th entire amount will bo raised. Boston is sorely perplexed these rare Juno days. The Anglican sparrow and the gyp y moth continue defiant and multiplying , amen on top of these trial's conies the terredo ant the grlbblo , which are diligently chowlng the piling of the harbor wharfs. Fully 25 pe cent.of the wharflng Is said to have been ruined by the salt water pests. Affairs arc coming to a crisis at the iHub , and there Is llttlo hope of relief unless the Ancient nnd Honorable Artillery company can bo per suaded to save the town. Slugger Jeffries declines to cievato the stage , like bis predecessors , In which ho shows the shrewdness of a smooth politician , It Is far mare profitable to stick to the ring , General Wheeler recently wrote to the composer of a sonnet In his honor , thanking the author for his charming compliment "Llttlo Old Fighting Joe" was much amusei to receive a refreshingly frank reply , In which the writer said : "Of course the poem was Inspired by your bravery , but that was really not the chief'reason of Its composition [ wrote it because It was so easy to make things rhyme with 'Joe. ' " OK TIIU AVAIL Philadelphia Times : There Is urgent need In the Philippines for a. larger a nuch larger army than wo now have there ; nnd this need ought to bo satisfied oven at the cost of a call for moro volunteers. Chicago Record : The essential thing is that the war bo stopped , nnd the only sure and spcody way to stop it is to send a argo additional force to the Philippines and to place the military operations under .ho control of General Miles. Minneapolis Journal : It is war and It may bo magnificent , but wo can give Mr. McKlnloy a private tip that if ho doesn't ; lvo those exhausted and overworked boya n thu rtilllpplnes some help pretty soon there will bo the largest roar let out In this ccuntry that ho ever heard. Indianapolis News : Thcro is no danger : hat wo shall have too largo a force In the slands. Hut there ie danger that , unless bp" present army is reinforced , wo shall mvo too small n forco. In every buttlo hat Is fought Bomo Amnrlcnns nre killed or voundcd. Many of them have been pros- rated by the heat. There is certain to jo much sickness. Therefore , reinforce ments will bo needed to keey the army up o Its present strength. Cleveland Plain Dealer : The net result s Uiat wo coutrol Just the small amount of errltory on which our troops stand , nnd esterday a severe engagement by our mill- ury and naval forces was brought on by an Insurgent "threatened attack In strong crco on Manila. " The facts are unpleus- nf but It Is wiser to face them boldly * ndttwpo future action accordingly than to jo lulled Into a false security by optlmls- lo and "edited" ntllclal dispatches , Springfield Republican : This region , not withstanding Its close relation to Manila nd the harbor , has never before been swept iy American troops. General Lawton's ex- edition to the southern ehoro of Laguna delay lay WHS carried by boats nrrnsa that lake , nd thus ho avoided any contest with the orccs which ho has fought since Saturday. f one pauses to think ubnut the matter , the ucntlon arises why General Otis neglected .o sweep this hostile region between the harbor and the bay , and oven farther south , before the dry season had ended. Globe-Democrat : In the severe fighting along the Zapoto river the American army has shown Its usual daring and tenacious courage. The work was moro trying than was anticipated , but that made no difference. If the advance was temporarily Impeded the men returned to the work again and again , driving the enemy steadily. Several regular regiments were heavily engaged tor the first time slnco arriving at Manila. They are largely composed of recruits , but all appear to Jmvo fought llko veterans. The enemy rremed to have had a superstitious faith In the Maputo position. It was 'thoro they de feated a strong Spanish column , and no doubt eince th n have added to the formldublenen ot the works. They nre dealing with a larger nnd moro determined army now , Their nppetlto for war will bo thoroughly satisfied , Dllllcultlcs stimulate nn American army , n tart ther nro probably beginning to understand. Wnslilnston Star : H la but reasonable to suppose , however , < hnt General Otis would apply for moro men if ho really stood In need of them , and that < ho president would promptly honor his draft. The ono Is on the ground nnd knoua his necessities , nnd the other Is hero nnd has the power to meet any requisition the other may maka Both nro anxious for success nt the earliest day ponl- bio for Its achievement. Kor these reasons II Is 'but fair to assume that progress is being made nnd that at no very distant day we shall receive aoino altogether satisfactory announcements. DOMIi.STlC PMJASAVnilUS. Life : Old Bachelor Do you ex- prot to marry or do you expect to keep your liberty.Miss Vnn Sand ? Miss Van Sand -What n. ifunny question. I Intend to < 1o both. fionitrvllle. Journal : When a man SPWK n button on bl trousers ho gcneralls1 does It KO thoroughly that It never comes off again. Ho docsn t want to sow It on ( but once nnd thread Is cheap. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "And you think IM better ask your father now ? "Yes. It will bo a little mild practice for you. Then come back nnd ask nml Indianapolis Journal : "Tho woman. " said the C'ornfed Philosopher , "who comes nearest 1o marrying Jier Ideal Is the woman who does not marry nt all. Chicago Tribune : "You remind me ? o much of my llrst husband , " paid the nngry wlfo. as the family quarrel grew tlerner. "Ho I ? " sneered the angry husband. "Yes. You've ) got so many of his Ixiil qualities nnd so few of his good ones ! " Somervlllo Journal : ( Ho ( bitterly ) If. I were rich you would Jove mo more. Kho ( musingly ) No , I don't bcllcvo I would , lut I might marry you. St. Louis Republic. YP old-mnld men and bachelor girls , With llvis ot solo tune , aiow lonely nro ye these bright days , The marrying days of June ! The weddingmaivh tfrom I/ohengrln Its working clothes has otii l-"or n dally race with Tannhauscr Or clsb with iMendcJssohnl Conse. cease their strains , ye organists , These spinster people cry , Ami haste the flight ot kindly tlmo The mating * season liyl " " ' ' ( But no"tiib"'Jangurous'jil'r ! of Juno V j Still throbs with nuptial din ' . \ J From Tannhiuser or iMcndclssohn , Or eke from ! /ohengrinl TIII3 AV13DIMNG OIKT. A farmer seated In Ills glff , ono day drove Into town , And with him came ( his better half , dressed in n glnchajn gown. Near where J stood > ho stopped to tie Ills unshod , shaggy 'bay , And as his good wlfo clam'berod out , I heard the farmer say , "Wall. Nancy , Is yer mind made up 'bout what yor goln to git ? " "No , Cyrus , " his goodwlfo replied , "It nln't exactly ylt. "Yer see , if we could only know what other folks would taring , W3iy then we'd have no .txtther of selcctln' JlBt thor thing. " Then ! Nancy mentioned several things Uiat would be nice1 to buy , And every tlmo she paused ifor breath , Cyrus made thla reply , "That's Jlst the thing wo oughtcr git , that'3 Jlst the thing , my dear , " And they continued In this strain 'til I could no moro hear. I saw them next within a store , a change had taken place. Instead of smiles , dejectlvenesa was pic tured on each face. "It can't ilie this , er can't lo that , cr nothln' else I eee , " Game from the farmer's iwlfe. iNancy , in voice most dolefully. il clsa we won't git homo In tlmo to do the mllkln' , fur ther night ( has almost come. " Again I saw upon the street the undecided twnln , Cy. had given up In dlspalr , nor would lie look ngnln. "I beg your pardon , friend , " said I. "I would a word with you. Tell me why you nre thus disturbed , I may know what to do. " They both were silent for awhile , nnd with averted 'head rrhel old man wiped away a tear , then turned to mo and said : "Well , neighbor , ns yer'vo asked so kind , hero's nvhiit thor trouble Is. A w ddln' gift we've tried to buy fur our young daughter Liz. She's nrjroln' ter marry Tom , that's old Smlth'fl oldest boy : But blani'd If wo know what to buy that would to tooth give Joy. " I smiled tit this and then T asked , "How much fliave you to spend ? Tell me , " I urged. "I may , perhaps set you aright , ray friend. " "Well , sir , to tell tha "truth , " mid lie , "our / " pile ain't very big , / * Ter raise ther llttlo that we've got wo Jm sold er cow an" pig. " T "My poor advice you're' welcome to , though ipoor , It Is my best : Buy nothing with -tho money , but go home tonight and rest , And on the eve of that great day , the day that they are tied. Present them cneh wHh half of It , with blessings and with pride. "They will appreciate It more to spend It as they llko , And never can they cast a slur , nor ntyour Judgment strike. " "God ibless yor , " said he , "that's what we'll go an' do ! An' long as me nn' Nancy Jives we'll always - ways think of you. " I saw them climb Into their gig and when they left the town Cy's arm iwns round his better half , dresssd In her gingham gown. w. AILLRN OIIALT.JS. > er Materials Unless proper mater ials are used a blue serge suit may be a very shabby and valueless purchase. Made of trust worthy , fast-color serge , there is nothing that holds a higher place in popular favor for sum mer wear. These SPECIAL L E A D E R S we are advertising at are of exceptional valuss and are really worth about $12.50. / We have better ones/ at more money , say $15 , $18 and $20 , that will stand comparison with the high priced suits of the custom tailors.