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1'nrtlrn l.rnvliiw for the Summer.
Parties leaving the city for the
glimmer may have The Doe sent to
them regularly by notifying The
Dee business office , In person or by
mall.
The address win be changed as
often as desired.
Insurance rates have sono up sky
high In the Transvaal , which indicates
clearly tluit the British Insurance trust
always keeps an eye to the windward
for business.
The new French cabinet Is provided
with Ktorin windows and a shower of
political hailstones will have no more
effect upon It than si volley of bird shot
on the back of a rhinoceros.
It they only keep on catching train
robbers and tuniing them loose in Wyo
ming that flourishing state will soon
have a population capable of establish
ing a thriving road agent industry.
Should it transpire that Omaha job
bers arc to derive any advantage over
competing cities by reason of reduced
freight rates for Atlantic seaboard
points there will be genuine cause for a
celebration.
The German meat lnsi > cctlon bill was
killed during the closing hours of the
lleichstag , but that fact should not lull
American meat inspectors to a relaxa
tion of their vigilance In the discharge
of their duty.
General 1' . Wat Hardin , having boon
left at the post by the report of the
credentials committee of the Kentucky
democratic convention , gracefully with
drew to the grandstand to watch the
other contestants finish.
If the great problems of state pressing
upon the nation have not been com
pletely solved after all these school and
college graduation exercises It Is cer
tainly not the fault of ambitious and
aspiring Young America.
The British Columbian Indians appear
to have advanced a step further in
civilization than most of their race.
They have arrived at the point In re
ligious training when they can get up a
first-class light over differences In
creed.
Census Director Merrlam has ar
ranged to hold examinations for appli
cants for census positions in a number
of cities , Including Omaha. AVe feel
conlldent he may rely on having a full
house when the show Is pulled off , In
this city.
The Jury which tried the rioters who
fought for possession of the silver party
convention hall In Colorado last year
has decided that no one killed Charles
Harris , found dead after the affray.
At last accounts , however , Harris was
still dead.
A compulsory vaccination order has
been Issued by the United States au
thorities In Havana which it is esti
mated will affect 175,000 people. Now
for another outcry all along the line
from members of the antl-vaeclnatlon
organizations.
The Porto Ulcan money changers
have been Informed that all money
which bears the stamp of Uncle Sam Is
equally good and that it must not be
discounted. The paper currency Is n
promise to pay , but It is not a Spanish
promise , Therein lies the difference.
Colonel Itoospvelt may think from
his reception that he has a preemption
tion on the west , hut Just wait until
the gallant sons of the prairies return
from Manila and there will be no ques
tion who lias the first mortgage on the
affections of the people In this section.
Governor Poynter evidently know
Just what ho was going to miss when
ho went on n visit before the fusion
I wirepullers caino to Lincoln to decide
on convention dates. The man who
got mixed up with a corn xlicllor would
have been a beauty besldo what the
governor would look like after all the
clan hud a \ vu at him.
KTiti.\t. \ rn ; lt TIOX
The uhipipotitli ' ( ninry fm < < wlliirwcl
more iiinnn > iitnii4 rhiing < > In the nrirum
/.iitlon of Industry than have taken
place In the r > . < MMI years of previously
recorded history of mankind. The In
ventions of labor-saving machinery.
operated by steam and electricity , have
completely revolutionized production
and displaced handicraft from its
sphere of Individual competition. One
by one all the trades which for cen
turies hud offered an Incentive to me
chanical skill and ingenuity have been
forced to give way to the machine. And
the man operating the machine has be
come more and more a mereautomaton. .
The forces that brought about this
revolution In the mechanical arts have
also called Into existence the concen
tration of capital essential for carrying
on production under the new condi
tions. The corporate form of capitalis
tic enterprise has gradually supplanted
Individual effort , Just as the automatic
machine has supplanted the mechanic.
These tendencies toward centralization
and combination have become Irresist
ible and manifest themselves In every
branch of Industry and commerce.
The department store Is the natural
outgrowth of modern demands and con
ditions as much as Is the skyscraper
ollice building , the rapid transit street
railways and the modern beef butcher
ing and meat-packing house. Industrial
evolution Is no respecter of persons or
places. With resistless force It crushes
the weak and builds up the strong ; re
juvenates and invigorates enterprises
adapted to the new conditions and pros
trates and paralyzes the mlsllts that
stand In the way of progress.
Tlie manifest duly of Intelligent men
Is to accept the inevitable and battle
manfully for the betterment of their
own condition and the advancement of
the human race. Intelligent bread
winners , whether earning a livelihood
In the inlll , factory , business ollice or
store , should not allow themselves to
be hoodwinked or humbugged by polit
ical rainmakers who seek to Impose
upon their credulity by ascribing the
marvelous changes constantly taking
place In the Industrial world to causes
that have not the remotest relation
thereto.
These political mountebanks arc
about as unreasoning as was the
blacksmith who Introduced a resolution
last week at a Chicago labor meeting
to prohibit the use of the streets and
public highways to horseless carriages
and vehicles. "What js to become of
the horscshocrs and harness-makers , "
exclaimed this mechanic , "If horses are
done away withV" This query was
promptly answered by another me
chanic who called attention to the fact
that the demonetization of the horse
and the mule would open employment
for builders of electrical carriages and
electrical machinery and In the end en
large the circle of employment ru better
wages. In other words the attempt to
obstruct the introduction and use of
the automobile is no different from an
attempt to obstruct the advent of the
locomotive fifty years ago or the intro
duction of the electric motors In pla"e
of the horsecars.
The trend of the times is in the direc
tion of condensed production and en
larged consumption. The machine-made
goods crowd out the hand-made goods
because they are cheaper and the
cheaper they are the more people will
use them , thus increasing the demand
and compelling the enlargement of the
factories and mills. There is an old
adage that revolutions never go back
wards. For the same reason the tide of
industrial evolution cannot be stemmed.
All that can lie done and all that should
be done Is to check its aggressive force
wherever it becomes detrimental to any
class and wherever it is used for the
enrichment of the few and the im
poverishment of the many.
T7/f ; .V.inV QVKSTIUX.
The czar's Invitation to the nations
to join In a peace conference at lirst
contemplated as the chief object a re
duction of armaments. It soon be
coming apparent that this was an ut
terly Impracticable proposition , It was
modltled to a proposal for an agreement
among the powers not to Increase arm
aments for a term of years beyond
what hail already been provided for.
The Russian representatives In the con
ference have submitted their proposals
looking to the arrest of armaments ,
moving that the powers enter Into an
understanding , for a term of say live
years , not to Increase the effectiveness
of the peace footing of their forces ,
with the exception of the colonial
troops , and not to Increase the amount
of their military budgets beyond the
present figure.
Discussion of this will begin tomor
row tiiul the result will lit awaited with
even greater Interest by the nations
chiefly concerned than has been taken
In the consideration of the arbitration
proposals. It may confidently be pre
dicted that the Itussian proposal will
meet with strong opposition , notwith
standing the tact that It contains a
provision making an exception of the
colonial troops. It Is very doubtful
whether Great Britain will assent to
It , because the military men of that
country have been urging a consider
able increase In the army , now far In
ferior In numbers to the armies of the
other great powers , and they are not
likely to abandon the view that the
British standing army should be ma
terially increased , Nor is it probable
that Germany will outer Into an agree
ment not to add to her military forces
for a period of live years , for that
would be wholly contrary to the policy
which Hmpw > r William has steadily
pursued. His plan has been not
merely to maintain the military estab
lishment , but to gradually strengthen
it and it Is unlikely that It has yet
readied the point where ho thinks he
can halt this policy , As to France ,
much will depend upon the attitude of
Germany. The relations of France
with Itussla might reasonably be sup
posed to Incline her to support the Itus-
sian proposal , but if Germany declines
to accept It the French government will
ilmost certainly refuse its assent. The
I'nlted States will of course take no
part in ( lie consideration of th arum-
uiciH question and as to tliu ICSHT
power < < represpntod In the
their position will have little Influence
In determining the question. It It
really a conference Of the leading
powers and all questions will be de-
elded by them with little regard for
the opinions of the representatives of
the smaller nations.
The question of arresting naval arm-
n men t Is to be brought forward later ,
and whether It Is presciiled at all perhaps -
haps depends upon the attitude of the
powers toward the proposal already
submitted. If this should be rejected
It would manifestly be useless to pro
pose a halt In naval armament. In
deed there would seem to be less prob
ability of the success of the latter than
of the former. Germany Is far more
anxious to build up its navy than to In
crease Its army and the same Is true
of France. liven Itussla Is not satis-
lied with her present naval power.
Great * Britain Is not yet prepared to halt
In this direction , although her navy
Is now equal to or greater than that of
any other two powers. The question ,
therefore , of arresting naval armament.
If It should come before the conven
tion , will very likely lie decided in the
negative.
The subject which Hussla undoubt
edly regards as of first Importance Is
before the conference and If the pro
posals of that government In regard to
armaments fall the result will not
necessarily reduce the probabilities
Hint peace will be maintained , but It
will defeat the commendable desire of
tile czar to curtail the enormous burden
of taxation for military and naval
establishments.
nouiinoxs.
That a bourbon never learns anything
and never forgets anything Is pro
verbial. But of all the bourbons the
Kentucky bourbon learns the least and
forgets the most.
This fact is again attested by the
stupid utterances of the platform
adopted by the Kentucky bourbons In
their distracted and protracted state
convention. After reatllrmlng every
word and syllable of the Chicago plat
form the Kentucky bourbons proclaim
their faith in bimetallism and declare
that it Is vindicated by events. They
furthermore assert that the present
legal ratio of It ! to 1 is the only ratio at
which bimetallism can be restored and
pledge themselves to secure its restora
tion without the aid or consent of any
other nation.
How anybody endowed with commonsense -
sense and reasoning power can make
himself or any one else believe that
events have vindicated the free coinage
fallacy passes comprehension. The free
coinage advocates asserted three years
ago that the country was ruined by the
maintenance of the gold standard and
that commercial and financial distress
would be 'multiplied ' unless the mints
were at once thrown open to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver. Events
have not vindicated these gloomy pre
dictions. The gold standard is still in
effect and the country more prosperous
than over.
The free silver agitators asserted thai
wheat anil silver were inseparably
linked and that a bushel of wheat and
an ounce of silver would always ex
change everywhere and anywhere.
Have events vindicated that prophecy ?
lias wheat not been up over a dollar ,
while silver was down below 00 cents
an ounce ? As a matter of fact wheat
and silver parted company long ago and
have been going up and down the price
ladder regardless of each other's move
ments.
The free coinage advocates declared
positively that there was not gold
enough In the world to do its business
on the gold standard. How have events
vindicated that forecast ? Everybody
out of Kentucky and in Kentucky
knows that more business is being
transacted in America and in all the
world than ever Iwfore and that it is
being done on the gold standard basis
and without the slightest dearth of gold
coin. Quito to the contrary , gold is
almost a drug on the money market and
the bankers pay It out to customers in
preference to paper money.
Equally absurd with the assertion
that events have vindicated the free
coinage prophecies is the claim that 1(5 (
to 1 is the only ratio at which the two
metals can be kept at parity. "Where
Is the basis for such a conclusion ? I
1 ( ! to 1 a sacred formula ? Were not
gold and silver coined by the United
States at the ratio of 15 to 1 up to 18. ? !
for more than thirty years ? Is not true
bimetallism the coinage of two metals
at their commercial exchange value ?
If so why have not the Japanese struck
the right ratio In { ( : to 1 , by which they
are enabled to exchange their gold and
silver coins without nrtlilclal Inflation
of either ?
A lllll'llKUKX'J'ATirK AMEHWAX.
The popular consideration shown
Governor Itoosevelt is In recognition of
his attested patriotism and of his
courageous and manly conduct In every
public relation. He Is a man who not
only talks well but acts well. In civil
positions ho had made himself pretty
well known to the country before the
Spanish-American war and that gave
him the opportunity to show what he
could be as n soldier. The record Is
familiar to all. With Dr. ( now major
general ) Leonard Wood he organized
the regiment of Hough HIders , became
Its lieutenant colonel and then Its
colonel , and won distinction for Intre
pidity and gallantry at Santiago , It
was an example of patriotism which
the whole American people appreciate
and it has given Governor Hoosevelt a
high place In the public esteem.
The address of Governor Hoosevelt at
the reunion of his regiment Is char
acteristic of the man. It is patriotic , It
enunciates sound principles , It Is the ex
pression of sincere conviction. A few
sentences are worthy of reproduction
here. "In administering tills great
country , " said Governor Hoosovelt , "wo
must know no north , south , cast nor
west ; we must pay no heed to a man's
creed ; we must be Indifferent as to
whether he Is rich or poor , provided
only ho is Indeed a good man , a good
cltlr.cn , a good American , " This Is
sound counsel , which every fair-minded
man will accept , The clay of sectional
ism has gone by. War against a fur
elgll foe. to ulilrli all pnrtltins of mil'
' country contributed , has destroyed see-
tlonnl feeling and obliterated old aid-
i niosltleH. ' in all the land the flag Is
i honored and loved. Governor Boose-
j j veil said further : "The problems thai
| j rise from year to year differ widely ami
j j must be met In widely different ways ,
i i and not one of them can be properly
] , solved unless we approach It with rigid
j j fearlessness and with a sincere purpose
j to do Justice to nil men , exacting It
' from others mill exacting It no less
from ourselves. " Herein Is reflected the
principle that has uniformly guided It *
author In his public career and has
given him a claim to public conlidciico
such as few men In political life enjoy.
Theodore Roosevelt Is In respect to
his patriotism and his fearlessness a
repres'etitatlve American , who has
achieved distinction without resort to
meretricious devices , lie Is worthy of
all the consideration which his country
men show him.
It appears to he the policy of the new
French ministry to administer affairs
with reference to the Interests and wel
fare of the nation rather than the ad
vantage of any party. If this course
shall be pursued with strict fidelity and
sincerity the present cabinet may have
a long lease of power , for It will be a
departure from the usual policy that
cannot fall to command the respect of
the country when it shall come to a
right understanding of It. 11 Is obvious ,
however , that the task will be a dim-
cult one , for In Ignoring all parties then-
will be the danger of uniting them all
In opposition to the government.
The policy , however , certainly makes
a strong appeal to popular patriotism
and if it shall find approval at the
hands of the people It Is possible that
party leaders will be slow to oppose It.
France undoubtedly needs just such a
departure from the traditional course.
From the beginning of the present re
public it has been the rule to place
party before country and hence the nu
merous ministerial crises , the machina
tions of royalists and revolutionists and
the frequent peril in which republican
institutions have been placed. For a
ministry that will honestly and fear
lessly consider the welfare of France
regardless of parties there is a possi
bility of great achievements.
It is not so much a yearning In be
half of humanity that prompts the
army of promoters to enlist for this
war and the next In the Philippines as
it is a desire to secure concessions and
franchises from the government for en
terprises that promise enormous re
turns. This spirit of patriotic enter
prise Is not confined to civilians , but
applies to army ofllccrs now serv
ing under General Otis. Applications
have already been received by the AVar
department for permission to construct
a railroad from one end of the island
of Luzon to the other and franchises
for electric street railways , lighting
plants , water works and other public
improvements are said to be in de
mand for volunteer olilccrs who expect
to return to the Philippines to make
their fortunes after the cruel war Is
over. Whether franchises and conces
sions granted under existing conditions
In the new possessions will stand the
test of future litigation and legislation
is problematic.
Nebraska republicans will hold their
state convention tills year considerably
later than usual , but that docs not
mean that less effective campaign
work will be prosecuted. The conven
tion date this year is September 1 > 1.
Last year the state ticket was nomi
nated August 10 , In 3807 it was nomi
nated August 2 ( , in 1800 it was nomi
nated July 3 , which was particularly
early on account of the presidential
contest then under way. Active cam
paign work has seldom been inaugu
rated in oft years before the latter part-
of September , so that a short and sharp
political contest should satisfy every
demand.
The czar evidently believes half n
loaf is better than no bread. No one
has ever been optimistic enough to be
lieve that the Peace conference would
result in complete disarmament or even
In any long step In that direction ,
There Is every indication , however ,
that Htissln earnestly desires an inter
national agreement that the powers
will not Increase their standing armle.i
or naval armaments.
The newest child of the republic ,
Porto Hico , proposes to celebrate the.
national holiday in proper style with
fireworks and eagle screaming. Over
In the Philippines the majority has
taken an appeal from the decree of
foreclosure and proper arrangements
have not been made to celebrate the
declaration that "All governments de
rive their just powers from the consent
of the governed. "
According to a London cablegram th
British mugwumps are discovering that
the country will not stand for any halfhearted -
hearted expression of opinion on the
Irrepressible conflict Impending In
South Africa between the embattled
Boers and British fortune hunters. This
Is the first time the fact has been
disclosed that London Is Infested by
mugwumps.
Southern democrats are beginning to
hold their state conventions , but none
of them are heard to offer anything In
favor of fusion with the populists. The
only places democrats countenance fu
sion are In these states where they can
use the iwpullsts to rake in democratic
chestnuts.
A laundry trust is about to be organ
ized by all the laiindrymcn In Chicago ,
but It Is doubtful whether the heathen
Chinee Is sufficiently enlightened about
modern Industrial evolution to take any
chances on a white man's washee-
washeo trust.
Governor Hoosevclt has given utter
ance to many tritely put truths , but
never anything liettcr or truer than
when he told the graduating class of
Cornell that "The. world can get along
very wvll without any men worth lull-
lions , but II ( niinot prosper wilh'Mil men
of edui'iited brains. " That uuedm-ateil
men can amass a fortune while the ciil-
; tured man often falls In that endeavor
Is too evident to need discussion , but
I there Is also just as little room for dls-
1 cusslon as to which of the two has beni
j elltcd the world the most when their
, life's labors are over. All success In
j life Is not measured by dollars and
J cents-In fact , of the great benefactors
of the human race only a small propnr-
tlon ar < > called upon to leave large for
Mini's behind them when they maki
their physical exit from the world.
| Chicago Is confronted by a large area
I of Egyptian darkness. The gas com-
j pany has served notice upon the clt.\
council that the lighting fund will hi
exhausted by the 1st day of August
and Inasmuch as that body had passed
an order forbidding the city to confess
any more judgments In favor of the
gas company the municipal gasholdei
will be a vacuum on that date.
So Sa > - Well ,
Haltlmore American.
Good luck to all the graduates ! May the
world treat thorn us kindly as their teach
ers have done !
i\ cry I , Illlc Ill-Ill * .
I'lilladrlphla l.oilRpr.
It appears from their ossa > H and orations
Hint this year's Rraduatcu arc Rolng to 1m-
ptovo the world along much the Bninc Ihies
that tliclr predecessors did.
mill ISIToot.
Springfield llcpubllcnn.
KxporU from the United States to the
Philippine * durhiR thu last ten monllis have
bi-cu about three times as large as ever
bcforu within an equal time , but the number
of American consumers In the Islands Is
some 10,000 times larger than It ever was
before.
I.lift ? Spirit of l''orulvrni-K * .
Springfield Republican.
The wife of Captain Dreyfus has n better
splill than his Christian persecutors It
might be called the Christian spirit If she
were not a Jew. Certainly It Is the spirit
of Christ who was a Jew. She says : "I
ftiall forgive every one when my husband
Is liberated. Enough have suffered already
In this terrible business. It has left Us
mark ou so many hearts , s.o many homes ,
that there shall be oblivion so far as I am
concerned. "
A S uli JIT I for ( he Kiilurc.
Philadelphia J-edger.
The subject of annexation to the United
States Is being vigorously discussed In Cuba.
It is not 'being ' dlscUssed here. This Is as
It should ibe. Any proposition for annexa
tion should come from Cuba , and It should
not come until It has been fully considered
there. In order that it may be certain that
n majority of the people understand and
desire the proposed action. After that It
will be In order for us to discuss the matter
and decide whether or not Cuba shall be
admitted.
I3xiiiii | > le for Tax
Philadelphia Pres ? .
The example of Airs. Emmons Blalno in
making special effort to have an exact sched
ule of her personal property listed for tax
ation Is ono that , If followed , would mean
a large increase In revenue for all states.
The swearing off process willed is carried
to so great an extent In New York , for In
stance , Is a. great public scandal , and makes
the Incidence of taxation most unequally
distributed. Mrs. Blalno has the courage of
her Bex and a sense of honesty that Is
somewhat above the average standard In
public life.
"Working * I'licliSum. .
New York Criterion.
The war tax of $5 on every first cabin
steamship ticket to Europe 'Is etill In force ,
but some clever people have discovered a
way In which this Tnirden may be lessened.
The law says "five dollars on every ticket. "
In sporting parlance , "that goes , " 'but ' It does
not prevent any number of persons from
traveling on the same ticket. A man with a
family of ten making a trip Is furnished -with
ono ticket for all passages , and one $5
revenue stamp on Its face satisfies every
one , Uncle Sam included. On the same prin
ciple there is nothing whatever to prevent
two passengers , total strangers to each
other , meeting for the first time In the
steamship company's office , taking a ticket
In partnership at double the price of one
and splitting the tax. That saves $2.50
apiece. And If two , why not four , or six , or
any number ? The company's officials are
obliging In this regard , and don't care how
few tickets are made out , so long as they get
their money. Only they can't very well keep
a directory of persons Intending to sail , In
order to oblige the lone passenger who wants
to halve his tax. It's a game of chance , and
only the regular travelers have so far
learned to profit by it.
TIIKKT OK TII13 HOLY CAIll'HT.
.Snurlli'KloiiN iranilM Laid 1'iion tin-
Saurcil Itcllr of ( lie l'roilip ( .
New York Sun.
Dispatches from Cairo report that the
"holy carpet , " once the property of Mo
hammed , and long guarded with pious care
in the Egyptian capital , has fallen into the
hands of Bedouins who attacked a caravan
of Egyptian pilgrims whllo on the desert
march between Mecca and Medina. The car
pet IB usually carried to Medina every year
on the great annual pilgrimage from Egypt
and is then restored to its keepers. It is
ono of the mcHt famous relics of the
prophet , and the sacrilegious act of the
desert nomads will nrouso much feeling ,
particularly In North Africa.
Mecca attracts the faithful from the entire -
tire Mohammedan world , but by f.ir the
larger part of the pilgrims who visit Medina
are natives of Africa. The reason Is because
Medina is second in sanctity to Mecca , ami
a visit to the tomb of the prophet at Medina ,
whllo highly meritorious , confers no honor
nor blessing which Is not equalled or sur
passed by the holy fruils of the pilgrimage
to Mecca ; and few non-African devotees have
the Incentive to Incur the sufferings and
dangers of the 200-mllo inarch across the
sand waste between Mecca and Medina. Of
the four orthodox wectH of Islam the Mail-
kites are very numerous In North Africa ,
and n largo part of tbo pilgrims to .Medina
go there not only to venerate the tomb of
: ho prophet , 'but also the tomb of the Imari
Malek-lbn-Ansa , the founder of the Mallklto
sect.
sect.The
The bones of thousands of these pilgrims
whiten the route across the Arabian sand
waste , where they have succumbed to heat
ind fatigue or to the attacks of Ilcdouln
robbeiw. This Journey has always been
imong the most trying experiences of the
pilgrim bands. Some of the Mecoans have
wuUi fortuncH supplying cnmela and food for
the desert journey to and from the northern
city. Thirteen years ago a Kronen steam
ship company spread the nowa far and wide
that thenceforth the perils of the desert j
march might bo avoided. The pilgrims were
advised to return from Mecca to Jlddah on
liu roam , where steamers would a alt to
carry them 200 miles north to Jambo , whence
: hey might make an easy and comfortable
Journey to ( Medina. In recent years several
thousand pilgrims have employed this easier
and cheaper route , but the majority have
clung to the old way. The lledoulns who
have committed the latest act of sacrilege
are nominally ' .Mohammedans , but they
neither pray nor give thanks to Allah.
They may bo trusted to place the Rightist
commercial value upon any wacred relic
Into their hands.
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III.AM-S i-iton .
Affections arc iho rootn of life.
I/USP doom * wlnR on very small hinges.
A niMi who IA full of faith Is ahvnys fnllh-
. fill.
| ' It l not the length. , but ttif depth of a
i i life Hint tells.
The srare of sympathy Is purchased at the
erst of suffering.
Slow progress on the mountain uhle may
Indicate rapid ancrnl. .
The devil fans the flnnies of paselon and
warms hlmBolf at the fire.
Ho who drift. * to ruin will cot there Just
as surely as ho who drives.
The work of thlw world l done by men
who have faith In another world.
lie who Is coldly Indifferent to the weal
of this world is likely to be warmly Inter
ested In the woo of the next.
PiilNO.\l. AM ) OTIIKKU'lSi : .
If the Philippine rebellion should suddenly
subside Clay county , Kentucky , would keep
us supplied wllti excitement for a while.
While enjoying these rare June day * ' pru
dence suggests that Old Sol be not pro
voked by the remark , "Oh , . ou'ro not so
warm ! "
The fact that a train robber hns been
convicted In Missouri Is nmple excuse for
the laudatory comments of the press of
the state.
Electric vehicles have been barred from
one of the parks of Chicago. The authors
of the edict foolishly Imagine they can
check the current.
It is a shocking waste of good money for
Americana to go abroad In search of rcllrs
of feudal days while Kentucky's crop Is suffi
cient for all present needs.
"Shirt waist dances" are a popular fad In
Virginia towns. Of course there is much
charm and animation In the waists , else
there would be no satisfaction In mussing
them.
The new governor of South Carolina , M. B.
McSwceney by name , .began life In Charles
ton as a printer's boy. He has succeeded to
the office of governor by the recent death of
Mr. Ellcrbe.
According to Chicago court decision
people crossing street car tracks have no
rights which motormen are bound to re
spect. H Is now In order to abolish grade
crossings on street railways.
"The hardest thing I had to learn as an
editor , " says the retiring editor of the
Chautauquan , "was to say 'No' In a kind ,
whole-hearted , firm way. " His typewriter
must have been a .back . number.
George Kred Williams Intimates that ex-
Senator Gorman "hasn't the ghost of a
show" for the democratic nomination.
George forgets that Gorman is as smooth
and shifty and far more crafty than any
galvanized reminiscence of ' 9C.
Sonio men love to bo spectacular , even In
death. Thomas Osmund Summers , a prom
inent citizen of St. Louis , arrayed himself
In tbo uniform of a major of the United
Slates medical corps , posed before o. skel
eton in the lecture' room of a medical college -
lego and sent a. 'bullet through his brain.
The miniature railroad , locomotive and
cars which delighted young and old at the
exposition last year Is now delighting the
juvenile population of Gotham at Central
park. The road Is four blocks in length ,
double track , and was opened for business
last Sunday , carrying 7,000 passengers that
day.
day.A
A new wrinkle in tornado stories comes
from New 'Richmond ' , Wls. It Is an affidavit
properly signed and certified assuring doubt
ers that seven storm windows securely boxed
by W. iMcShane were unboxed by the tor
nado , "turned around endwise and stacked
up evenly on top of each other. Not a pane
of glass was cracked. " To all of which
McShano gleefully swears.
Our late neighbor and pugnacious friend ,
Blanco , is still working his voice for war.
The ox-governor general of Cuba is what
Artemus Ward would call "an amoosin'
warrior. " About this time last year his
thirst for gore was so great that he ordered
Cervera to his doom , forced a useless sacrl-
Ice of life at Santiago and boldly ran away
from Havana before the end came. Evi
dently ho has not yet sacrificed all bis mll-
tary enemies.
imiMC I3VII , ( JIIOWI.VG LESS.
of mi IiivrnllKntlnii Covering
n IVrlnd of Five Yeiim.
Philadelphia Press.
A strong committee of fifty men , headed
by President Seth Low , with abundant
means , about five years ago set about the
systematic study of the liquor traffic in this
country , and a volume just published by
horn on the "Economic Aspects of the
jiquor Problem" contains the cheering dec-
aratlon that "If we look at the consump-
ion of liquor for a series of years wo find
a marked decline in the more alcoholic va
rieties. "
Drinking spirits is decreasing. "Our
progress has been in the direction of moder
ation. " Since 1S < 0 malt liquors have been
substituted for spirits. Where each person
once used , on the average , 2.52 gallons of
( spirits a year In this country , now the average -
ago is only 1. This means that 70,000,000
icoplo today drink only 30,000,000 more gal-
ons of spirits than were drunk by 17,000-
000 in 1840.
"Powerful economic forces , " says this
authoritative report , "almost compel mod
eration in modern industry. " The Provl-
lence to which our ancestors used to rely
as watching over drunken men iln days
of simpler tools has to be supplemented
low by personal sobriety in men face to face
vith modern machinery. Out of B.7D6 em
ployers , mostly corporations , to whom the
question was 'put , f > ,303 looked up the driuk-
ng habits of their employes , and three-
quarters , or all but 1,794 , prohibited drlnk-
r.g. Kvcry year sees this Industrial prcs-
uro for temperance grow.
The drink bill Is 'big ' here , but not as 'big '
s elsewhere. The total product of all
tlnds of liquors in 1S90 was $287,775,639 , of
vhlch nS2,77C , : ! 9 was malt , $101,197,869 dU-
Illed and $2,816,148 vinous. The United
Clngdom In 1890 consumed of spirits 38-
00,000 gallonn , or exactly the ono gallon
> er head per year as In this country ; but
ho consumption Is not decreasing there ,
'ho consumption of beer In England , how-
ver , was thirty gallons per head. Hero It
Is but fifteen. On the other hand , our con
sumption of beer has doubled In twenty
years ; Great Britain's ' has slightly fallen.
Today , with twice the population , our yearly
draught of beer Is almost exactly equal
to England's , each person here drinking
half wtuit Is drunk there. So the United
Kingdom has Its drinking place to every
230 people. Here there Is one to every
360. But the number Is largo enough
hero. In all , the liquor traffic keeps 361-
000 persons busy and supports 1,800,000 per
sons.
sons.But
But the investigation made on bchaH
of the committee by Mr. John Koren , and
noxv published , han its chief Interest from
the light It throws on the effect of liquor
in causing pauperism. Of flouting vagrants
and persons accidentally needing aid , such
as are helped 'by the charity organization
societies , u quarter come from drink and
37 per cent , three out of eight , of those in
the poorhouse. Of the male paupers half
walk to the poorhouse through the saloon
door , and of the women but a sixth. Tak
ing 33,102 convicts , half reach for the key
of their prlnon cells by first reaching for a
drink.
If the drink evil grows l , g It la still
large enough to call for every effort to re
press It , and this report points out that
this can only bo done 'by providing In the
coffee house the soclM wants met by the
saloon. Tbl and hlbh llcenne will make
the American a sober ppoplc , and we novr
yearly crow more sober.
| . r.ll.\lt ( .SHOT * AT TIIIJ IMII'll
Hrooklyu KaRle- When a Iloxon r , . , \
ironies out In fnvor of Sunday golf < , ,
1 hope Is there that Sunday bnse Km , . , 'l ' , -
i be refrnlned from by youiiK men who * . , * *
not parsons.
i Chicago Times-Herald : Hev. Mr .1 , rrrs
'father ' of the champion prizefighter M. ,
the Ivord was on his son's side diirine , ,
Intlcr's recent encounter with KltzAlm-n -
As for the younger Jeffries , he oprnh t
elares that his teconda and 'bottle ' h > M- . =
did the business for him ,
j I'loneer Press : A Doston clergyman in ,
Just denounced Christian Science In h .
pulpit In the most unmeasured terms M.-
Hays . "Kddylsm" Is "fifty parts Ignorm .
twenty parts blasphemy , twenty parts KU- ,
ness nnd ten parts mysticism. " Tim
strong language , but It Is being pravti.irv , ,
echoed by n steadily growing chorus from
many directions.
Chicago Post : In the case of the Mn-hl-
gan pastor who preached a funeral ROI m > n
for a live man In order to gratify the in-
tor's curlcelty It would bo Interesting M
know the course of rcasonliiK/ that led him
to lend himself to such n spectacular IIP- .
formance. H would hardly seem to be th
province of n , clergyman to make a bur
lesque of Mich a solemn function , and vet
It Is dlfllcult to regard It ns anything o ] r
Iloston Herald : The religious colony of
Mcnnonltes In Pennsylvania have their own
way of InterpcrtlnK the will of the Al
mighty. The general conference under
whone authority they exist recently Imrr-
dieted the growing of tobacco or Hit * u i >
of the same In any form. Still the farmers
of the colony keep right on planting to
bacco. Haying that Jf their Industry It dis
pleasing to the Lord the tobucco will not
grow , and the outlook Is for n bountiful
crop ,
Springfield Republican : ( Men ars but
children of larger growth , to bo sure. On
of the oUtsldo correspondents or historians
of President 'McKlnley's ' Holyoke visit dem
onstrates to his own satisfaction that thf
Methodists are not nltogether pleased with
William Wilting for taking the distin
guished guest to his own place of worship ,
the Congregational church. The president
should have been taken to his own , the
Methodist house of worship. Hut one e (
the brethren rose to the occasion and l
thus quoted : "We'vo got n joke on the other
church that shall never bo forgotten In
Jlolyoke. They have * requested people to
stand ns the president enters. So it shall
ever be said that the Congregatlonallsts rls
In liomage when n Methodist enters their
church. " That is good Yankee wit and
philosophy.
DOMESTIC IDYLS.
Indianapolis Journal : "They say she wears
suspender.- ) , just like a man. "
"i ihope not. I've only got one , ana ( hat'
an Inch too short. "
Chicago Record : "Doesn't your mothfr-ln-
' iw take any Interest in your domestic af-
' "Oli , yes : she backs up my wife and the
cook when I find fault with the dinner. '
Detroit Free'Press ' : "Clarn , you must dress
better. "
"Well , Hnrold , you told mo to econo
mize. "
"Yes , hut I was mistaken : plncc you havn
been polnpf shabby five men have refused
to lend me money. "
Philadelphia Record : Miss Mlllyuns-Oh ,
yes : you may call on me , but let me warn
you that papa. Insists on having : the light
out at 10 o'clock.
Dedbroke All right. You can look for m
at 10:15. :
Chlcnpo News : "They say that Perkins
loved Jils neighbor ns lie did himself. "
"He did more than that. Tie loved lili
neighbor's wife nnd got a horsewhipping.
Detroit Journal : "You once said you would
die for me. Jonas , xind now you refuse to
cut the crass. "
"That's perfectly logical. Jllnerva. If 1
died.for you I'd be done with it , but If I
mow the grass once you'll make me do It
every two weeks. "
Somervlllo Journal : 'Browne ' Thetroubln
with a woman Is .that she never has any
reason for what she docs.
Robinson On the contrary , < the ; trouble
with my wife 1s that she has too many rea
sons for everything- does.
THE WEST AVIXn.
J. A. Cell In Midland Mngazlnf.
Blow winds ? , blow out of the 'wllderlng
west
The west of the settliiRT sun.
Th cup that ban caught the pinking- light
Of all the days that nrc done.
Blow winds , blow out of the clouded wake
Of the sunbeams tired of play
The beams that lean on. the edge of eve
And slip in the dark away.
Blow over the cheelc of panting- hope ,
At ist In. his goalless climb ;
Como back from toll that doubles nge
And teach us the younger time.
Chasten the Up of the bitter cup
I stained with a sin of yore ,
And brim ? It back till I taste again
Of the sweets 1 left before.
Glvo birth to Joy in my heart , grown old
In the history of Its grief.
And death to pain wbHe his fangs are null ,
The stlns of their poison , brief. f
Blow winds , blow out of the grave of Usht ;
C'onin up from tlm 'tomb ' of < ) uy.
And lend nil the spirit lovers back
From the dreams I dreamed away.
Blow winds , but leave the sun of tlm cast
Not lontr may I llmld him suesl
For 1m will turn with the tide of noon ,
While I sink Into .tho west.
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"From Now Till
July 1st , "
We shall have a variety of bar
gains to offer you on July J ,
we shall take stock , and mean
time there are lots of odds and
ends in men's and child
ren's suits that we would like
to sell When lines of goods
are broken , some sizes missing ,
and sometimes when garments
don't go off as they were ex
pected to do , we find , as every
other trustworthy house finds ,
that it pays to cut off a big
slice , say one-third or one-half /
of the price , and close them out rt
quickly.
For the remaining days of
this month , therefore , you may
find just what you want , for ,
less than the usual price , -r
.