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THE OMAHA SLNDMC HER B. noSEWATEH , Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MOllXIXQ. TERMS OP SUUSCUIPTIOX. Dally Heo ( without Sunday ) , One Yoar..J5.CO Dally Bee and Sunday , One Tfcar f.tn HI * Month * J'XX Three Months Jjjj Kunday Bee , Ono Year ? { Saturday Bee , Ono Year : ' -Si Weekly Bee , Ono Year " OFKICES. Omaha : The Bee Bul'.dlng.- _ . . . South Omaha : City Hall Uulldlne , Twenty- Jifth at.d N Streets. Council Bluffs : 10 1'earl Stieet. Chicago : Stock Exchange Bulldlnc. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 601 fourteenth Street. COIIUESPONDENCE. Communication relatln'z to news and editorial matter fhould be addressed. Editorial Department , The Omaha Bee. BUSINESS LETTEHS. Business letters and remittances should bo addnuscd to The Uco Publishing Com pany , Omaha. Omaha.REMITTANCES. . IlMtill by draft , express or postal order payable to The Heo Publishing Company , Only 2-cert slamr-.TScceptcd In payment or chocks , except ou mall account * Personal Omaha or Kastorn exchanRC , not ncceplcu. THE BCB PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATH.1IU.NT OK ClllCUIiATIOX. State of Nebraska , Douglas County. M.\ \ Oeorce B. Tzschuck. pccretnry ot The Bee PubllsthlnR company , belm ? duly sworn , sajs that the actual number or full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , hvening ana Hunday Bee , printed during His month or June , IS33 , was as follows : i. . . . . . .iM.jtoo 10 arioo 3 i U5 ? * t TO 18 * ( ! i UJ.II70 ID l-,0-t ! > 6. , j- . jio : w C J 1,7111) 21 1 ! 1,1) ) 10 7 i.tsil ! : > 22 8 S5.HOO 23 9 a 1,1) ) II ) II i.v- < > 30 . . . . -jiv u a H' _ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! . " ! ! ! ! ' . ! ! ! ' . = v ( > u a-i,8.-.o 28 "il'.V. ' ! ! . 14 asir o 29 a.iaio j5 aiiiuo so , .a5Q7Q Total 7B8na Let * Unsold and returned copies. . . . ioiU8 Net total sales Net dal.y . Subscrlb'd and sworn to before me this , . . of June. ISM. I.mvliiK tor the 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 be changed ns often as desired. _ _ Superintendent O'Brien of. the state fisheries 1ms given up bis Mierinnu's ring to the new ring that will manage tlic fisheries as it does all other state Institutions. _ Colorado iconic- should imt a guard around the golden girl which they pro pose to send to the Paris exposition. Some Impecunious foreign nobleman Is likely to carry her off. Ten thousand applications have been filed for commissions In the ten new regiments to be organized for the army. What an attraction shoulder straps have for the American born with a thirst for glory. _ The New York Central is suld to be a family railroad. A family that can de pend upon the dividends of a system capitalized for something like itOO,000- ? ; 000 will always be able to keep the wolf from its door. Cablegrams report that several of the women who attended the International woman's congress took tea with the uuecn. Iteports are silent ns to what visiting Americans took coffee with the lu-iuce ot Wales. The Iowa campaign Is beginning to become quite interesting , as well as grotesque. Mrs. Congressman Dolllver and the wives of several other silver- tongued orators are listed to take part in the senatorial races. One of the necessary qualifications for a position at the tall end of the democratic national ticket next year Is a barrel with a bunghole of ample capacity and not too tight. John It. McLean Is being urged as one who lllls nil the requirements. Kx-Viro President Stevenson In a re cent address urged lawyers to take up polities. The advice is a work of supererogation. They are already in politics , and If there Is anything they liavo not taken possession of It Is be cause the object -was beyond their reach or nailed down. Mortgage records of Nebraska coun ties continue to show a rapid decrease lit farm mortgages. If anything , the ratio of cancelled Indebtedness to new mortgages is increasing. With such n record at this time of the year what will happen when the growing crop has been converted Into monoyV According to reports systematically Ulsscmlnatcd from Seattle every pack train and every scow returning from the Klondike is loaded with gold nuggets. If all these stories were true , gold would soon bo as common as brass , These golden-luted visions are , however , the figment of the fertile Imagination of Seattle reporters subsidized to keep up the Klondike excitement. Mr. Hryan condemns the attorney gen. oral of the United States for falling to enforce the federal anti-trust laws , but nobody has over heard Mr. Bryan con demn the attorney general of Nebraska for refusing to enforce the anti-trust laws In his own state. The attorney general of the United States Is a re publican and the attorney general of Ne braska is a popocrat. Ilonee these steers. _ _ The seeond quarter of the year ISO ! ) records fewer business failures than dur ing any similar period for twenty-five years. When thu Increase In numlwt of business concerns over any period back of t3mt time Is taken Into consid eration the percentage ot failures U found to be less than during any sliullnr period in the history of the 1'nlted States. Still there are men who think they are smart enough to bo president of this great country who deny there Is any prosperity In the land , n'nr its r.\nrfn : COJIP.I.M * . liver slneo my withdrawal from the dlfpftory of the Greater America Expo sition I have been subjected to mlsrep resentallou ami abuse. It was first charged that falling to rule the enter prise 1 was bent on its ruin , when HH a matter of fact I bail declined succes- Rlvely every honor or i > osltlon tendered , neludln : ; that of president , director-gen eral and member of the executive com- nlttee. Then 11 was asserted that 1 had taken offense at the selection of Con Gallagher as general huperlnteudent of grounds and buildings and falling to tin- lorse him I had cut the lines and turned my back upon the management with which 1 had been associated In an ad visory capacity. This also Is a fiction scarcely worth contradicting. The motives that Impelled my action were founded ou the conscientious con viction that the men who undertake an enterprise dependent upon public con fidence and public favor must keep faith with the public. When the pro ject of a second exposition was first jronched I was loth to give It coun tenance although it seemed a pity to llsmantlo the white palaces constructed for the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition and to abandon the enchanting lagoon and the picturesque bluR' park , hater on , when I sounded President Mclvlnloy md members of his cabinet and found greater encouragement than could be tutlcipatetl I became convinced that nn exposition , thoroughly tropical In its main features , and devoted to the illus tration of tlie civilization of the new possessions In the West India Islands , rJie Sandwich Islands and the Philip pines would attract popular attention In every section of the country and afford u basis for a more successful expo sition , If such a thing could be , than that of 1898. Imbued with that conviction I fell In with the movement for a colonial expo sition and gave Us promoters not only active support but placed at their dis posal whatever information I possessed jy reason of two years' service in organ- zing and managing the old exposition. At every stage up to the mouth ot February repeated assurances were given by the prime movers that the plan outlined by me for a gorgeously tropical show would bo carried out In every Im portant particular. This plan contem plated (1) ( ) the repair and embellishment of the main buildings with architectural changes to cany out the ideal ; (2) ( ) the rearrangement of the luudscupe on trop ical Hues with an avenue of Cuban or Sandwich island palm trees and other tropical plants ; (3) ( ) the purchase of na tive products of field , orchard and fac tory of Cuba , Porto Illco , Hawaii and the Philippines , Including household ar ticles , Implements of war , vehicles , etc. ; ( 1) ) the purdiaso of live domestic ani mals of those countries and at least 500 cages of tropical birds to be distributed Inside the buildings and throughout the grounds. Lastly , the importation of rep resentative natives of the various races Inhabiting the new possessions In nuf- flclent numbers to make a respectable showing. This program was endorsed by the Board of Directors and appeared to meet the approval of the executive com mittee. Its practicability was assured beyond a doubt providing the necessary funds were forthcoming. The failure ot congress to grant recognition to the ex position made Uio carrying out of this program imperative because even with the most cordial good will of the heads of departments at Washington compara tively little could be added to the volume of exhibits without which no exposition can successfully bid for popular favor. In view of the military occupation of Cuba , Porto Uico and the Philippines and the unsettled condition , oven of Hawaii , It became essential to secure the co-operation of the government ns far ns the law would permit. Inas much as nobody connected with the new exposition was in position to solicit this co-operation I was Induced to make n trip to Washington soon after congress adjourned , accompanied by Dr. Miller , Who was enabled through my interces sion to secure promises of support with out which there would have been no pos sible chance to exhibit anything colonial. On my return from Washington It began to dawn upon me that the execu tive committee had secretly committed itself to an entirely different plan. While ostensibly organizing for a Greater America exhibit , with the colonial fea ture as the chief attraction , they con ceived the Idea of a cheap John expo sition with a cayenne pepper Midway as the drawing card. The turning point was reached at a meeting of the execu tive committee with the advisory board. In submitting a detailed estimate of the outlay for carrying out the original plan , covering original cost of buildings and tholr repair ami adornment , cost of ma terials to bo Imported , advertising and maintenance up to July 3 aggregating ? ' . > 50,000-I met with a cold rebuff that convinced me that there was no Inten tion on the part of the dominant power to do anything more than work up con cessions for the Midway which were to serve as substitutes tor the much vaunted exhibits from the new posses sions. The need of a director general had been repeatedly pointed out , but when venturing to present the name ot General Sumner , then commander of the Department of the Missouri , for this po sition I was asked by Director Kitchen : "What are wo to do ? " To this I retorted - torted : "You'll have enough to do to financier the exposition , make contracts for Improvements and generally .super vise the receipts and disbursements of the exposition , which needs an execu tive head who can devote his entire time and energy to the general super vision of affairs ou the grounds. " "And what am I to do If there Is to be a director general ? " exclaimed Dr , Miller , apparently nettled by the Idea. "As president of the exposition you will liavo enough to do to receive .and enter tain guests , issue commissions , preside at public receptions and do the dignity business generally. " These pointers seemed to congeal the utmospheru all around mo and within the next thirty minutes my decision to sever all relations to the enterprise was reached. The rejection of General Sum. nor was enough to tiliow that I was deal * Ing with men who cither had no con ception of the magnitude of their tanker or no conscientious scruples ns to thIr moral obligations to tlic community In general and patrons of the exposition in particular. 1 regarded the opportunity lo secure the services of a man like Udheral Sumner as most'fortunate for the promotion of the work In hand. He- sides being a man of high executive tblllty the general was Intimately con nected with men ranking : high In army circles and In the departments. In urc- > ng his selection I certainly could not io ) truthfully charged with nu attempt to subserve any personal or political end. My personal acquaintance with General Sumner covered only a few months and I do not know today with what political party he alllllates. The duplicity of the ruling majority of the executive committee was shown when they asked ten directors to wait on me to Induce me to reconsider my resignation and ou the very same day lacked the Hoard of Directors with half i dozen dummies , Including the steward U Mr. Kitchen's kltelien and the chief leer walker at Mr. Hayden's store , and gave as their excuse the fear that Hose- water would exert a controlling Influence n the board. The most sublime piece of audacious faking was the pressure brought upon [ lie republican cabinet and president to come to the rescue of a private specu lative enterprise nr > d to place the gov ernment transports at their disposal free of charge for bringing from Havana , Honolulu and Manila Midway acrobats , higglers and high kickers of the gentler sex under color of exhibits for a great colonial exposition. In this I must con fess I was used as a catspaw primarily with others who believed Unit the man agers of the exposition were acting in good faith. I scarcely need to reiterate that no- jody Inside or outside of Omaha Is more vitally interested in Its future prosperity than 'I ' am and for that reason I cannot afford to be aililiatcd with any specu lative scheme that Is calculated to bring discredit upon the city and has a tend ency to demoralize Its population with out even the redeeming quality of being educational or Instructive. 13. ilOSEWATEK. WOULD UK A JIVltlJKX. The declaration recently made by Mr. John Dillon In the House of Commons , that he believed all the West Indian Islands would soon belong to the United States , as the Inevitable result of the recent war , has' received some approv ing comment in this country. An east ern paper remarks in reference to It that Mr. Dillon may be mistaken as to the nearness of the change in ownership , but ultimately those islands must become ours. "They arc a part of our geographical graphical system and their foreign al legiance Is a source of military weak ness to us. AVhon we engage In war they become neutral and that neutrality amounts practically to co-operation with our enemy. " This simply reflects the expansion spirit , which Is likely , as soon ns the Philippine trouble is ended , to en courage the iieople of the British West Indies in the desire they are manifest ing to be annexed to this country. The United States docs not want these Islands cither for military or any other reasons. They would simply be a bur den upon us as they are upon Great Britain and certainly no rational Ameri can citizen will be willing to add to our responsibilities and burdens. But even If it were desirable that we should an nex these Islands It is by no means cer tain that Great Britain would part with them. That power undoubtedly attaches a military value to them that will In duce it to retain possession of them , even at some additional cost to the na tional treasury. At all events the United States would make a grave mistake in absorbing these Islands and we do not think there Is any clanger of Its doing so at least In the present generation. HUSSLl AND AMKHICA , The solicitude of Russia In regard to a possible alliance between Great Britain and the United States has been strongly manifested. The matter has been freely discussed by Russian statesmen and newspapers , who have urged that the United States could make no graver mis take than to enter Into such an alliance. The "Russian ambassador to this coun try , one of the ablest men In the diplo matic service of 'his government , has In Interviews Indicated One solicitude with which Russia viewed the apparent tend ency toward nn Anglo-American alli ance and sought to persuade Americans that such a course would bo Inimical to the friendly relations of the United States with certain powers and espe cially Russia. There appears In the current number of the North American Review an arti cle by a prominent Russian journalist which Is a forceful pica Tor a Russo- American understanding. Ho urges that now that the United States < has begun Its career as a world-power , "It must cast oil' the Shackles of British tutelage , as was done by the ancestors of the nation when' they sought spiritual liberty , and as was gloriously done a second time In the name of national Independence. Now for a third time the Americans must assert their Independence , If they mean to work out their own salvation and bo ready to release their future states from the grip of the English. " Herein Is seen the animus of the article , disclosing the traditional Russian hostility to England. We nro told that the friendship ex hibited by the English toward Ameri cans during the IIlspano-Amerlcan war "was due to the fact that the English realized the' danger they would run In defying the great American republic , with a hostile Europe at their backs to cmphaslzo their Isolation" a remarkable conclusion In view of the common un derstanding that some of the nations of Europe were disposed to Intervene and were only prevented from doing so by the friendly attitude of England toward the United States. The writer asserts that in the Chinese question England has already outwitted the Americans. "Tho Chinese question , " ho says , "In its aspect at the present moment , resolves Itself into the acknowl edgment or the negation by the great powers of the integrity and the Inde pendence of this great empire of the far cast , " and ho declares that the inde pendence and Integrity of Ohlna Is a fundahienlnl principle of Russian policy I In Asia. If such is the case most of ( hij j civilized world has misjudged Russian | policy , which has seemed to most Intel- llgent people outside of Russia to cou- j template anything but the Independence j and Integrity of the Chinese empire. It Is perhaps true that British diplomacy has aimed at the absorption of China , or Its more valuable portions , by Eng land , but British policy has proposed fair | treatment for all nations In the com merce of the Chinese empire and this cannot truthfully said of Russia. Bttt we fully concur hi the opinion of the Russian writer that there Is no ne cessity for nn Anglo-American alliance and for equally good reasons there Is none for a Russo-American understand ing. The United States wants nothing of the kind with any Euro | > ean power , beyond what may be essential to the maintenance of International amity. Wo desire the good will of all nations and this we seem to now have. There Is greater respect for this country and a better realization of Its power , on the part of European nations , than ever be fore. Our moral Influence Is more po tent than at any other time In our his tory. Wo shall best maintain this posi tion by remaining free from alliances or "understandings" with any European power : Wo shall conserve our peace , security and welfare by steadfastly ad hering , In this respect , to the policy thus far pursued. .1 f'Acrun ix 1'itoai'Knirr. The price of Iron In the United States has about doubled since the beginning of the current year and the visible sup ply Is very small , while the demand Is large. A continued scarcity Is predicted , so that the price ot Iron is likely to go higher. There are few who comprehend how great n factor Iron Is In the prosperity of the country and such will find Inter esting the statements and conclusions of a writer in one of tuts magazines , who It Is to be inferred Is connected with the Iron business and who nt all events has made a. careful study of Its relations to commercial prosperity. This writer refers to the advances In pig Iron In past years and deduces there from the conclusion that the subsequent turn In the tide of prosperity was due to the advances. It was not disturbed finances , he says , or loss of confidence , whk'h turned the tide of prosperity In those years , it was the advance of from 100 to 300 per cent in the price of pig iron. The loss of confidence and dis turbed finances came months afterward and wore the effects of the turn In the tide. However curious this theory may seem , it is supported by very plausible reasoning. In the first place , It is to be observed , the consumption of iron Is en ormous and whatever restricts this con sumption limits , to that extent , the growth of the people In wealth and pros perity. Now while there are many ar ticles produced In which the price of Iron plays a very small part , the duration of prosperity depends upon the con tinued growth of the great enterprises , and In most of thfin the price of iron is the chief factor. "It is the stoppage , ono by one , " says this writer , "of such ns cannot be continued at famine prices for Iron , and the discharge of the workmen employed , which brings a premature end to each of our commercial revivals. This end docs not come suddenly , nor does it come at the time when the price of iron advances ; consequently the general pub lic do not connect the two. Tlic cause and the effect are" separated by several months. It Is when normal price con tracts are exhausted and the people who furnish the capital for these under takings come to face the question of continuing at famine prices for Iron , or suspending work until they can resume at reasonable prices , that the fatal blow to prosperity Is felt. " This may occur when there Is no lack of either money or confidence. Assuming this theory to bo sound , the question presents itself as to how Ions It may be before the advance In the price of iron will bring about a reaction from present prosperity. It is pretty safe to say that such effect will not be experienced this year , but It may come a year hence. Mr. Abram S. Hewitt re cently predicted that the activity in the iron trade would probably last a couple of years and this appears reasonable. At nil events the theory regarding the relation of the price of iron to prosperity is botli curious and Interesting. The death of George W. Julian , ono of Indiana's most famous political leaders , removes almost the hist survivor of that historic band of original abolitionists who Htaked their lives and fortunes in battling against negro slavery when It was entrenched In power and dominated tlie national government. A man of profound - found convictions , honest , courageous and outspoken on nil living issues , George W. Julian always enjoyed the popular respect in highest degree even wihen 'his ' views were radically at varl- anco with popular sentiment. The danger from defective electric wiring is a recognized factor In fire risks. It is also well known that those who should and doubtless do know bet ter nro often the most careless In this regard. An Instance In point Is the de struction by fire of the Electrical expo sition building at Como , Italy , In which were stored home priceless relics of Yolta , the Inventor of the electric bat tery that bears his name. The hotel fire at Lincoln Is attributed to the same cause. The recent succession of cyclones and tornadoes has stimulated a discussion among ministers of various churches on the subject. While n majority of the preachers are positive that cyclones nro a mysterious dispensation of Providence Rev. Joseph Moran of the Episcopal church of Eau Olalre , WIs. , declares that cyclones are the devilish work of an un known power and not the act of God , The question naturally propounds Itself , Who is behind the unknown power ? It Is reported on seeming good an- thorlty that the managers of the trust smelters In Colorado are not worried over the strike and consequent closing down of their big plants In fact , they rather desire It. The reason for this Is ftnmd In the evident desire to bull the price of silver by eurtalllnc production I The raising of tlie price of sliver was j one of the announced purposes of the | combine when It was made , and It ha * enough rcflne < l metal ou hand to more than make up for loss of business If llu1 price can be raised a few cents per ounce. Auditor Cornell thinks that we ought to stop and find out something about the new Insurance law before It Is en forced. Suppose every officer In the state should want to find out something about every other law before It Is en forced , would we ever have any law en forced until after It was passed upon by the supreme court , which under or dinary precedent would be about five years after the new laws had been put on the statute books ? In the meantime one legislature would be almost certain to repeal or amend the laws enacted by Its predecessor and still hung up in the courts. Would not the Inevitable out come be confusion and general disre gard of all law ? AVnrm Knot Tcrncly Int. ChlcaRO Record. Let It bo understood that If Cuban and Philippine weather was annexed It wns done without the consent of the Bovcrncd. llnrd Nut lo Truck , Indianapolis Journal. Horace Orecley once said that "what this country most needs Is n Rood licking. " Few Avlll now agree with Mr. Greeloy ; but , If It were true , who would now undertake the Job ? Menurnt of Modern Vohlulrn. New York Tribune. An open car on a hot day , with at least ono more passenger ou every bench tunn thcro 's ' room for and the cross spaces jammed to the last possible limit , Is Just about the meanest vehicle that the Ingenious selfishness of man has ever devised. Stntulw to AVI u Ktllier AVny. New York Tribune. One rumor resuscitates Filipino General Luna , whom another killed oft not long ago. Concerning both the Judicious will follow Talleyrand's example , when reports that the king of England was mid -was not dead were simultaneously bruited. That Is , they will bellovo neither ot them. It ftllve , the Tagal chieftain has an opportunity of reading a large number of uncomplimentary obituaries of himself , whllo If dead ho Is beyond the sting of their reproaches. Ho thus In a certain sense stands to win In cither event. The O.VNler on tlie lieucli. San Francisco Call. There Is a touch ot humor In the situa tion anent -the Samoan kingship that re minds one of the oyster In the fable. Of that famous bivalve It Is related that It was discovered on a sea beach by two way farers. Ono of thorn stooped and picked It up , ibut the other claimed It by reason of the fact that ho saw It first. The dispute was left to a lawyer who happened to pass that way. Ho calmly opened the bivalve , swallowed the Juicy morsel Inside , and , parting the shells , gave one to each of the disputants. The island kingship is the oyster on the beach , the ownership ot which the three commissioners of the powers have settled by swallowing , giving Malletoa Tanus and "Mataafa a shell each. ClcmillncHH In Bnrbcr Shop * . International Journal of Surgery. Thcro Is not the slightest doubt that the average barber shop Is a means of dissemi nating many affections which a little at tention to asepsis could easily prevent. Many forms of alopecia are duo to para sitic organisms which are probably acquired most frcquen'tly ' through the unclean Inter vention of the barber. Some ready method of disinfecting his tools of trade should bo devised .and its use thoroughly enforced. The towels should Invariably .bo . boiled after uso. Instead of the perfunctory dampening and ironing -which is commonly employed. If such .measures iwero taken nnd Insisted on , under suitable penalty , trlchophytosls and kindred ailments would become ruro indeed , nnd our dermatologists would miss many of the most annoying and persistent affections .which they are now compelled to treat. Hern In Civil Mfc. Chicago Chronicle. That genuine heroism is modest was once moro demonstrated t > y the unknown colored hero of tno Western Paper Stock building fire last Monday. This man , driving an ex press wagon , came along when the frenzied women were preparing to Jump from the windows. Ho quickly climbed a ladder , as sisted a score of , girls to safety nnd then remounted Ills wagon nnd drove off ns If his performance 'Wero an everyday matter. This is the kind of thing that strengthens one's confidence In the Innate worth of hu manity. This unknown colored man wasn't working for applause. Something In him the apark ot the Infinite Impelled him to save these scroamlng women at the risk of his own life. Ho went about it ns a matter of course and then went on his way , Igno rant perhaps that ho had done anything worth talking about. The theosophlcal the ory of the brotherhood of man receives con firmation from such episodes. 3111,1 * PHOUUOTS AUHOAn. Steadily Rrnirlni ? Dciiiiinil for Amer ican Flour unit Meal. Kansas City Star. The exportation of American brcadstuffs to the Orient Is steadily Increasing. In the last fiscal year the United States shipped 1,750,000 barrels of flour to Asia and tlio Oceanlcs , a quantity milllclcut to feed over 1,500,000 people a year at the ordinary Amer ican rate of conmimptlon. 'Most of this Hour ia consumed by white people residing In the east or by natives of the most progres sive sort , who are brought Into contact with Europeans and 'Americans ' In trade and adopt their customs and tastes. Of coumo , us long as the consumption of flour In the cant Is largely limited to mich perKoiiH thcro cannot bo a vast demand for It , 'but ' In the development and moderniza tion ot China tan use of wheat Hour and other American food products will Increase and 'persons whoso Judgment ought to beef of value expect the time to come when the Asiatic demand for this country's staple focl products will reach proportions largo enough to cut an Important figure In the markets , The wldo range of the world'n consump tion of American Hour shown that exporters are inUsin ? no opportunity to ship wher ever there Is n chance to sell the product. South Africa ibought nearly 400,000 barrels of flour from this country In the last twelve- month. South America took over 1.2JO.OOO barrels , the West Indies nearly 1,500.000 barrels , Mexico and Central America 275,000 barrels , British North America 725,000 bar rels , and Europe , Including every country except HuBsIa , nearly 12,500,000 barroh , in the aggregate over $78,000,000 worth of ( lour was exported last year. In addition 12,000- 000 worth of various preparations of wheat Hour for table fcod was shipped to foreign countries , also $800,000 worth of biscuit , $1,700,000 worth ot cornmeal and $1,250,000 , worth of oatmeal. It Is evident that the American inlllcrs are displaying a great deal of enterprise In seeking foreign market ) ) , yet tbero IB a wldo margin for further growth , for more than $100,000,000 worth of wheat went abroad , a largo part of which might be ground In thla country and shipped In the form of flour , If U were not for the dis criminations In railroad rates , which make It cheaper for the foreigners to buy wheat than flour. sTS rnosi n isrs non > . The nofter the boil , the easier It Is to molher In It. A kind honrt nnd a helping hand will re deem a homely faeo. Many men are lit for heaven , but It l their own and not Clod's heaven. The sermon the devil likes best to hear Is that preached for his own funeral. Even the soft tire of a bicycle will cut a deep furrow In the heart when U rides arrows God's law. Yielding to Inclination rather than sub mitting to limitations accounts for the nar rowness of many lives. Solomon eald : "A living dog Is better than n dead Hon. " Of cmnso. that depends altogether on the quality of I ho dog. i.M ) oTiinuwisia. A Pennsylvania man's wife , suing for divorce , charges him with oxlfcvagnnco nn.l a desire to ensnare the hearts tit susceptible damsels because he bad diamonds set In his teeth. Greater New York is doing some queer things , not altogether consistent with the popular Idea of greatness. Her last municipal exploit Is to cut down her llremen to two meals a day. The pioposed figure of an American girl , representing $1,000.000 In gold , which Is to bo n feature of the 1'arls show , Is but a typo of the many gone before , nut the last ono is to return undlmtnlshed In value. Statisticians will doubtless note the fact that the "trolley death rate" has been In creased by the beheading of twenty of the ringleaders ot the mob which smashed and burned BOmo trolley cam In Corea the other day. Admiral Sampson nays that the best trainIng - Ing for a naval life Is "hard work from the very start. " This was his own lot , for his father was a day laborer , who sawed wood Hum UUUBU tu iiuuBu Him liiuujiii , ' > . i and the son began life by splitting and piling the wood his father sawed. Admiral Schley Is gaining n new record as a maker of epigrams. Every speech ho makes has In It some pithy bit of wisdom worth remembering , Thup , whrn a crowd of enthusiastic Rlrls nt Walllngford tried to klsa him he said : "I would bo very glad to kiss you , hut I think too much of you. " The sultan of Morocco is said to have re fused to permit an American comle opera elnger to enter his harem. Perhaps the sul- tnn's taste Is perverted. Possibly the ago of the applicant was visible to the naked eye. The wisdom of his course , Iiowevcr , Is be yond question. The peace of the harem Is preserved. Ex-Governor William J. Stone of iMUsourl had his wrath aroused by a St. Louis re porter who nrcd several pointed questions lit him- Sweet William drew a knife and made a dive at the interior department of the In quisitor , but failed to land. With that ad- mlrablo imperturbability characteristic of his profession the news hunter mvlped the deadly tool and , whittling his pencil , bid the raging Stone goodby. Roderick Dhu Smith , Klondike pilgrim , announces that Arctic weather provokes hair to grow on the baldest pate that ever glistened before the footlights. One winter Insures a crop. Roderick docs not theorize on the subject , leaving bald heads to specu late on cause and effect. Doubtless a tem perature of CO below tempers the heat which barren domes generate and gives the roots n chance to sprout. On to the Klondike , ye hairless ! What Is gold compared with a new crop of vibrant curls ? wonsiiiruus OF TUB CrltlclHiim ot a llrltUlier AVIio Worked the American Public. New York World. 'Returning ' to England with his lean pock ets bulging with American greenbacks , Ian Maclaren attests his British loyalty by de scribing us of the United States as "mer cenary to a repulsive degree. " How sail and yet how true ! Instead of retiring to cultivate the higher Instincts so charmingly illustrated by Ian Maclaren's expression of appreciation , the coarse- minded and mercenary American continues at work , enriching the world with the fruits of his labor , preferring .the useful to the ornamental , the practical to the ideal , rather wearing out than rusting out , and quite unconcerned as to the estimate that may be- passed on him by critics of the limited perceptions of the Scotch story writer. If It is sad that In an Industrial ago the American should prefer to .bo a captain of Industry rather than a critic or a censor of others - whowork , the situation Is not without Its compensations. Whllo the fe verish energy of American endeavor bos Ted the world up to a condition of well-being never known before , our devotion to practi cal pursuits has not harmed or Impeded our progress In higher things. When wo turn from the mercenary though not repulsive aspects of trade , commerce and Industry generally to contemplate the higher Interests of learning , of philan thropy , of culture , wo do not nnd thetso in terests suffering. On the contrary , from all along the line wo hear the same report of growth and gain and progress and rich and ripe results all much helped and furthered by the muninccnco of these mercenary Americans whom our British censor finds "repulsive , " but whoso gifts for education , fpr religion , for art , for charity nnd other public purposes are lavished with a bounty which the history of the world has never known in any former ago or other na tion. If the American people are to bo put on trial as worshipers of the dollar we guess that they will bo able to stand the tost. AIll AH A I' of I > iitthiK It to I'rnc- tlcnl UIK-N. Baltimore American. The posRlbillty nt putting' liquid air to practical uses Is engaging the attention of scientific men at present. Two Inventors in New York claim to liavo worked out the details of manufacture In sucli n way that the cost of the liquid will bo HO low that If the expectations are realized Its application will become general. They ox pod to niako liquid air nt A cost of 2 < , & rents n gallon , which will bo equal In energy lo one nnd a half 'liorso ' power operating for ono hour. An equal amount of steam 'power would ccst l'/4 cents , but there are certain cle- mentfi , ItIs claimed , among which Is portability tability , that will mnlvo liquid air superior to steam for practical purposes. When liquid air was drat mudo tdo cost was over $1,000 a gallon. The problem of the safety of liquid air , ono of 'tho ' most Important connected with it , thu Inventors claim to have Halved. A practical test under rigorous conditions muht of course bo made before It ean hope to bo accepted. This latter objection was formerly made to comprcnscd air , but com- preksed air U now lined surely for various purposes. If the expectations of thcso and other scientific men who are working along the same line are realized , among the most Important applications of liquid ulr for mo tive power will bo for propelling street cars. * ' The'advantage of every car carrying with It power for propulsion would be such that 1U adoption would bo swift. Electricity Is a good agent for this purpose , but as yet storage batteries are too expensive. There U a wide field for the dlfccovcry and u e of a cheap agent In the movement of ve hicles and machinery of all kinds. Gasoline line- , petroleum and ateam are now doing for * automobiles what wan undreamed of a few years ago. The questions of safety and co&t lira the two chief determining dementi In all applications of force to do work. It Is probable that theee questions will be cpeedlly settled one way or the other , * i : < t I.AH SHOTS AT THU Pt'MMT Chicago Tlnifn-Hcrald : A St. Jojeph , Mo. , preacher announce * that Instead of ex changing pulplln with some other preachei thin summer ho In going to give the mem bers of his congregation /auso to rejolc * by remaining with thorn nnd holding nerv Ices as usual. It has not been decided A yet whether he Is a cruel Joker or the vic tim nf n gross misapprehension. IloMon Globe : An acute western par on , neelng his hearers becoming Impatient on a recent hot Sunday , declared that "thli grumbling nnd rage over heat In church largely spring from original sin. As matter of fact , n church , especially If ol brick or stone construction , Is generally the coolest place In town. " The congre gation nodded , but It was not the nod ol consent. Xcw York Tribune : The spirit of Inves tigation so prevalent In the dim-cues today has driven out ot active ministerial llf many clergymen who llnd themselves unablt any longer to accept the popular theology of their denomination. It Is the habit ol come critics of the baser sort to dcnounca these men as Infidels. But. in point of fact , they arc most loyal believers In the funda mentals of Christianity. Tholr only offcnuo Is that they have tried to think out their creed for themselves , rather than accept It blindly nnd Ignorantly as It comes down the stream of tradition. Now , Christian theology Is a complex thing. Involving In numerable questions of historical fact , n to which honest men may nnd do differ. But .the- . pastor of a church generally finds himself In hot water If ho antagonizes In any point the popular theory ot his church. Ho believes that ultimately , the church will como around to hla way of thinking ; but In the meanwhile , to avoid nn unseemly squabble that might break up , the parish , ho quietly 'withdraws. ' This tendency of many clergy to secularize themselves Is ona of the most serious problems of present-day Christianity. IDYI.S. DOMESTIC . . Imllannpolla Journal : Dealer Hero Is a hammock big enough for two. The lyidy lluve you none small enough for two ? Chlraso Hecord : "Look at poor Mrs. Jones draRgliiK' that heavy hose around sprinkling their ynrd. " "Tlwt'K all right. Listen to Jlr. Jones. He's putting- the baby to sleep. " Philadelphia North American : She I wouldn't mnrry you It you were worth your weight In ROld. He Hut suppose I tell you I am at th lie-.ul of n tri.st ? She > My own ! You have conquered mcl Chicago Post : "Ixiiifr before I met you I had heard of your family , " said the count. "V'cH , " replied the beautiful girl coldly. "I bellevo papa Is quoted In Bradstrcet's. " Uetrolt Kree Press : "I know the necrst of your birth , " hissed Reginald .1. Porter , after Miss Clyde rr. Mnglnnls had rejected him. "Indeed you do not. " Phe replied , em phatically. " 1 cut thn birth page out of th family Blblo years ago. " Boston Transcript : Kmma Charley asked mo to mnrry him last evening , and I had to refuse 'him , the dear fellow. ' 13113' Hon- did It happen ? Emma Of course 1 like Charley , but as to marrying him Klla I mean how did It happen that h naked you ? Chicago Tribune : "But what will your Pfople Hay ? " she murmured , w'th ' downcant eyes. "I am not only poor , but my family IH unknown. I haven't even , " she added pensively , "a coat-of-arms , you Itnow. " "But I have stacks of eoats , " whispered thn daring young man. "And as for nrmi well ! " And ho proceeded to use them. WHAT MATTKnS ITT Denver Ncwft. What matters It , If Joy or grief Shoulcl fall Into our portion ? If happiness is only brief. As fleeting is misfortune. ' At any rnto the nelf-samo fat * Stands at the verco before us , 'TIs but a little while to wait. Tils shadow settles o'er us. 'Tin Just as well to wear a. smllft And all life's tempests weather. Untroubled. In a little whlla "We'll all be dead together. What matters It ? A few days more , The chapter may be ended : AcrosH obllvlon'B soundless shorn Our dreams will all be blended. Howe'er we seek to mend our lot , In spite of our endeavor , Wo age , wo die nnd are forgot Forever and forever. 'TIs Just as well to bo content , Nor neek to break the tether That hinds us. When the years are upent. We'll all bo dead together. What matters It ? For when ire go New men will take our places ; And In a million years or so Will oomo new lands and races. And when , within some later time , The earth dies , dropping1 sunward , From out the womb of the sublime New worlds will hasten onward. A moment In eternity , Our life Is but a feather Blown from us. Through the long to-tws , ' We'll n'.I bo dead together. What matters It ? For at the best Soon censes Joy or sorrow ; Wo pass to everlasting1 rest , Or to a brighter morrow. " 11s but the stopping of the breath And ended Is the story ; Wo journey through the Bates of death To dreamless sleep or glory. Bo what's the use of signs and tearsT The fates await u whether We smile or weep , A hundred years We'll all bo dead together. A PUMPKIN HEAD Isn't necessarily a dullard. It may have a sense of humor , which is the saving grace of the human race. * a But the merriest boy is likely to be the hardest on his clothes and it is with regard for his tendency to wear out whatever he puts on that we put especial thought and care into making his clothes so that they will stand the inevitable wear and tear. Don't be misled into the belief that because we make fine and durable garments for the children that our prices are higher than they should be. No better clothing is made than we turn out in our own factory. Nothing more stylish in cut , nothing more reasonable in price.