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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OCTO1VEK 112 , 18 S . TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BER EVUHY MORNING. TERMS OK SUDSCUIPTIOX Daily lUe ( without 8uncln , One Year J ? ) Dally Uee and Sunday , One Yeir S 00 Wall } , SuiuJn } and Illustrated , One \car * Humlay and Illuslratcd , Ono Year 2 3j JlliKiirited Uee , Ono Year 2 U ° Sunday Ilee , One Year J * > Saturday Hcc , One Year 1-w "Weekly Dte , Ono Ytar orncES Ormha : The Hexj Building. South Omaha City Hall nulldlng , Twenty-fifth and X Streets Council Uluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago lew Unity Hu'ldlng. ' New Vork. Tcmplu Court Wnshlnston. 501 Fourteenth Street. CORHCSl'OXDKNOn Communication * relating to news and cell- torlul mitter should be addressed. Omaha Uee , IMItorial Department UUSlNiSS LKTTHKS. liuslness letters and remittances should be addressed. 'I he Ueo 1'ubllsnlng Company , Omalia , REMITTANCES. Rfmlt hy draft. c\pres * or postal order , paj Uilo to Iho Ute I'lihllnnlnK Company. Onl > 2-cf-nt stamps accepted In pajment of mall account * Personal i heck * , except on Omahi or Eastern uxchangc- not accepted n UIB PUIILISHINU COMPANY. r OF CIKCUI'VI IO.V. nf Nebraska , DougHs County , * i Oeorpo U Tischuck. secretary of The Hoe Publishing compnn > , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and com plete copies of The Uall } Morning , liven ing and Sunday Hee , printed during the month of September , ISM , was as follows. 1 . . . . 1:7,170 16 SSI.OIM ) 2 2.uio : IT sK5tt- " 3 mt.snr. . 13 si.r.r.o 4 1:1,11:1:1 : 19 21si : : ! 6 S < > ,170 20 1:1,7 JO C Uff.SKI II B-1,700 7 B5ntl 22 B5,0 < > 8 ssnnn 23 ai.sio 0 B , BBU 24 B.1 , 1O 10 BS.IIBO 25 SI. SO 11 li.-,7i:0 2G 2J , 7 12 B lll 0 27 1:1,700 13 B 1,11l ( > 23 BISlt 14 Bl,7 0 29 BI.UIO 15 B 1,700 30 BIt BO Total .7.-O.SSO Less unsold and returned copies. . , . HOSB Net total sales 7l7s H Net d.illy average sil Bl > GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK , Subscribed ind sworn before me this 2nd day of October , A. D . U19 M V T1UNGATH. ( Seal ) Notary Public. The Columbia still rciuiilus the gem of tin1 ocean. Upton says lie Is lioutcii fair and squint- . That Is the pioper sphlr. He should have an embossed Invitation to conic later and try onto moie. The Iowa boys wlio fought aiound Ma nila will not land in tlino to set home to p.iitlclpiite In the election , but Iowa will stand by the admlnlhtiaUou just the same. Coin Harvey Is soinp to bring his bat to DoiiRlns county once more. The fu slon faithful arc admonished to save up their pennies and put a few extin ciphers on their paper promises. We are still listening for the name of that census supervisor of the Second dls trick It Is to be hoped telephonic con nection with the census ollice will be In proper bhape at least shortly aftei elec tion. Admital De\\ey has been assigned to special duty at the Navy dep.ntmcnt. lie will pciloun his duty at Washington - ton , we may bo MHO , with the same * energy displayed in executing ouleit. at Manila. The railroad late war Is beginning to strike railroad men as decidedly seiious. As the war , however , affects only a small part of the Height classification the geneial public lt > by no means ex cited over It. Oeneral Miles is on bis way west nnd will \lslt Omaha during his tour. The commanding genei.il of the at my may rely upon enjoying the biime bospitalltj which Omaha extends to all its distin guished guests. Chaplain Mailley is a gieat thorn In the side of the Xebiasl.a fuslonlstb. Ills campaigning seems to be as haul on the enemy iu > his campaigning in the Phil ippines. That is the only Influence to bo drawn from their cries of dlbtiess. The fuslouibts aic btill trjiug to ex- plnln the lemarUable showing made by the icpubllcaiis In the Hist ela.v'.s legis- tratlon. Theie Is , however , but one ex planation : The Irresistible dilft toward the republican party cannot be Kept back. MaUc no mlbtaKe. The jeur ISfM ) has uo resemblance to thoje.tr IbUd. Woi It- Inginen are not weatlng yellow badges and \otlng for silver. On the oontiaiy tliey are pioud to admit that they pie- for lepublliMii ptospetlly to demoer.itlo hard times. No wonder the popociatle managers are alarmed OUT the dNclosuies of the registration list showing thiee to one for the lepublleans In the elty of Omaha Itcpubllcans plainly aio not ashamed to own up that they belong to the p.utj of progress and prosperity. Omaha Is glad to come to the assist ance of Lincoln In Its finest for a com petent lite chief. The Omaha the de paitmcnr. while small as compaied t < these of other cities , has made a lecon under Chief Hedell , so that anyone who has had experience hete should be able to give valuable service In Lincoln , The National Live Stock exchange has been In session at St. Paul , its olllccis repotting the live stock Industry us never In better condition than It Is to day. Prosperity Is general In all lines of business and the piodticer on the farm and the cattle tango Is shailng I Die Biuno as the vvoiknwn in the factory and mill. The appeal of Captain Carter to the federal court to stay Iho enfoicemeii of the penalty of the conrt-maitlal a ulllrmed by President McKInley ha brcn dismissed and the dlsgiaced jirinj ofllcer will Imvo to servo his senteiae The yellow Journals , howc\cr , will no make much ado over this. All the nolb they raised about Cap'taln ' Carter wa pure buncombe in the hope of making political capital against the pre.sldc and his War dcpaitmcut oflicers. HKFOHG T.1K7.VAAI ) At'lRH Tlio old proverb never ny III of the dead , applied lo politics should rend- "Never pay anj tiling good of n politician until after lit * Is de.id " This U trlk- Inglj IlluslraU-d in the caieer of Silas A. lloloml ( ) . sham leform candidate for supreme Judge. In 1S1W and again In 1SDJ The lice said many very compll- neataiy things of SHns A. Ilolcomb. He \as commendefl as an able la\\jer and in upright exponent of law. lie was xtolled us a man of unswei\lng Integ- Ity and moral backbone that would It inly insist all prcMino and tcmpta- Ion. lie was \ourlied for us an tin- llnclilng champion of anti-monopoly iiinclples , who would ledeem to the etter e\ciy pledge made by his paity n Its platfoiins or made by himself on IIP stump. He was presented to the icoplo as the man of all otheis who vould puige Nebiaska of corruption and obbery in the state house and who vould stand for good government tinder nj and all tiienmstances. This was befoie taking. Silas A. Ilokomb has had a fair trial , slth every oppoitunlty to Inaugurate mil execute the lefonns promised bi lls party and by himself befoic he was lected. Duilns ? the four yeniH of his aieer as go elnor he has had ample > ppoitunlty to pio\e what mettle he Is mule of and he has pioved u lamentable allute in every lespect. lie has uxhib- ted a lack of moral stamina nt every stage and sin rendered himself to a otorlc of disieputable politicians for- nelly disowned and discarded by the old mi tics. Instead of exercising ills pte- ogatives falthltilly , fearlessly and Im- mitlally , he has tuiikled to col potato uonopoly aud made icfoiiu a by-word ind loproach. This Is after taking. It Is in accotd with -the etonm ! illness > f things for the champion taklis and sham icloimers to repioduce the com- ) llmentary things said by The Hoc con- cctnlng Silas A. Ilolcomb befoie he had teen tried and found wanting as cie- lentlals of his eminent lltness for the ) osltlon ho now seeks. Hut these polit- c.il cuttletlsh take veiy gieat caie not to epilnt what The ISee has said about Mr. Holcomb since he has become uiown by his acts. It is amazing , ho\\e\cr , that -while quoting The lice's protested voucheis hey keep on denouncing The Bee as si falsifier and enemy of all that is good and true , thus trying to nullify whate\er benefit they might possibly detive by quoting what U said concerning Holcomb bofoie that sham teformer had bctiajcd he conlldente reposed in him. -UV In his speech at Van Wert , O. , Colonel Bryan said that he was not discpuiagcd by the defeat of 180(5 ( , because he felt that if his pnrtj was wioug then It de served to be defeated and if it was light its position would be vindicated by experience. "I believe the last three jcars have vindicated the position taken In 180(5 ( , " he declaied. Can It be possible that Colonel Hryau is sinceie in making this statement ? He knows what has taken place during the last three years. Ho has Uaveled In e\cry section of the country within that pe- ilod aud witnessed the impioved con ditions everywheie. He has seen the evidences of pro petity on all sides wherever he has gone and he has read the pioots of It in the swelling statis tics of lndustii.il and commeicial activity. He knows that financial distrust has given place to conn- dence and that all Intel ests look hopefully to the future as promising uu even laiger measure of piosperlty than they aie now having. In view of all this , what does Colonel Itiyan mean by asserting that the po sition of his party In 180(5 ( has been vin dicated ? Tli.it p.nty prophesied all soils of eII and disaster to the countiy if republican pilnclplcs and policies should ptevall and not a single predic tion has been verified , lln every speech made by Colonel Utyan in the last na tional campaign he told the idle woik- Ingmen Hint they would get no em ployment If the lepubllcan party triumphed and that the wages of Hie omplojed would be i educed. Today the demand for labor in every section of the country is in excess of the supply and wages aie higher than for su\einl jears. He told the farmeis that repub lican success A\ould mean le s rewaid for their toll and Incieased haidshlps Today the agrlcnltmal inteiest Is In better condition than own * before in the hlstoiy of the country. Tens of thou sands of farmers who tlnee jears ntro weio hea\ily In debt sue now fiee fiom Indebtedness or have so far i educed It that It no longer embarrasses them. They weie told that unless wo had the fieo coinage of sliver at It ! to 1 prices of pioducts would further decline , but on the contiaiy prices of sill pioducts advanced. The shibboleth of the popocratlc paity In IS ! ) ! ! was calamity and Its promise ruin aud disaster In the event of repub lican success. Instead there are general piospeilty and iinpiecedented Industrial and commercial activity. The mills and factories sue i mi ning full time and aio deluged with ordeis. Present Indications are that the enormous exports of last year will be exceeded this year. Homo con sumption has been Immensely In- cieased. In all miteilal respects the American people are better off than the people of any other land under the sun. Instead of n vindication of the pope cratlc position , the existing conditions dumoiibtisitc most conclusively and ion- vinclngly the utter fallacy of the finan cial and economic pilnclplcs of that party. The theoiy that them would be no prospeilty under the gold standard has been completely and forever demol ished , > et the declaration of Colonel Bryan Implies that he thinks it not ouly still Bound , but ically stronger for hav ing been disci edited by o\ents. It Is easy to undeistand why ho holds this view , lie Is the embodiment of fieo silver and it Is the question abo\o all otheis upon which his hope of gratify Ing his political ambition tests. Not a single plank of the Chicago platfoim has been \Indicated by the e\ents of the last three jeais. Not a fact In existing conditions justlllcs one doctrine or declaration of that revolu tionary deliverance In the light of ex petleuce olnei * ISIKI It H Aerji much eleaier now than then that poporiiitte success would have brought Immeasur able c\lN to the country fiom which It might not hawreeoveied in a genera tion. JJIK nunts nnsr HATII.K The unexpected M IJ often happens. In the war between the Boers and the Biltlsh the 111 si pitched battle has culmi nated In \lctory for the BtltMi auiiy. The pievalllng Impression among mill- nij men of ail nations , huhiding those of England , was that the aimles of the Hutch ii'piihlics ' which had taken the Ini tiative In the wai would prove vlctoilous In the Hist onslaught by ieni-oii of thc > fact that the British iclnforcemcnts could not teach the seat of war in time to bo of service to the Biitlsh ganisoiis scattered over huge area * , at best veiy dinieult to successfully defend. Accoidlng to the accounts that have leached us thiough Ililtlsh souucs the Hist Imttle- was fought with leckless dash on the part of the Boeus and dogged valor on the part of the Biltlsh. l-'jom the outset the Boors were at gieat dis advantage In attacking n force power fully entienehed and equipped with the best lapld-llie guns and small arms handled by men perfectly ( hilled In their effective use. In this battle It was not meiely superior range of artllleiy but superior men behind the guns that can led the day for the British. The Boers me conceded to have dlsplajed gre.it bravery fiom the opening to the close of the battle and that fact is at tested by the heavy losses Inflicted upon ( he Imperial fences , which weie paitku- laily seveu > in the number of otllceis killed nnd disabled. The eflect ot the Hist battle upon the final outcome of the war cannot be prognosticated at this st.ige. While the loss of one or two icglments Is not likely to be legaided as an iuepatable dis aster by the Boeis , ( he moial eflect can not but hp seriously depiesslng. The battle near Glencoe cannot of couise be compaied to the first battle of Bull Bun , since the conditions of the Ameil- can lepublle aud the two Afilcan re publics aiu so dissimilar. In the Ameil- can war of the rebellion the rnllcd States had : ! 0,000,000 of people and vast resources in men and money to fall back on. The Boots , on the other hand , have a comp.uatively small population and limited lesouicos for can.viug on a pio- tiacted war. Their chances of success were staked upon a short , sbaip and de cisive conflict waged In teriltory with every foot of which they -\veie familiar. The loss of the first battle may be dls- com aging , but it is by no means fatal to the cause for which the Boeis are contending. SOMIS IMl'llKSSlVE FIQU11ES. The Undustilal commission at Wash ington has been fmulshed with statis tics regarding the Ameiican meichant matine which aie decidedly Impressive as showing the low estate this country has icached as a maritime power in re spect to Intel national commerce. The author of the statistics , Mr. r. U Neall of Philadelphia , has evidently made most thoiough and painstaking study and resc.uch and theio can be no ques tion regarding the accuracy of his facts and llginoH. Sir. Neall states that the volume of meichaudise imported aud exported by the United States for the calendar jear 1S ! > S amounted 1o ? lSOu,000,000. The weight of this merchandise was over 37,000,000 gross tons , or more than . ' ? , - 000,000 tons per mouth. In icgaid to the tianspoitatlon of this merchandise , vast in value and bulk , it is shown that out of a total shipping tonnage suitable for tiansoceanic tiallie aggiegatlng li , - (100,000 ( tons , the United States has but 125 vessels , steam aud sail , whh a caiiy- Ing capacity of 29(1,185 ( tons. Think of this for a 111:11 : itimo and commeicial na tion whose shoies aie washed by two oceans , -whose commodities are in woiId- wide demand and whose resomces aie inexhaustible. 'In ' all other icspects In dependent of the icst of the world we aie dependent upon the shipowners of I'uiopc , chiefly those of nnglnnd , for causing our commodities lo foielgn maikets and bilnglng back what wo buy abioad. This dependence Is not only expensive , costing our people , according to the low est estimate , S-lSl'.OOO.OOO annually , but It places this country at a distinct dis advantage In the competition for the woi Id's trade. Whatever may be said of the axiom that "trade follows the flag , " there can be no question that the nation which Is able to send its < om- moditles to foreign maikets In its own ships tinder its own flag has a decided advantage over the nation that cannot do this. Oioat Britain's commeicial su- piemacy Is hugely due to her possession of this advantage , which she still iclles upon to keep her at the head of the woi Id's commeice , while Ocimanj'.s iapld advance In lecent yim as a < om- mercial power has been gieally aided by her meichant mat Inc. The unusual Inteiest that Is being shown In this question of a merchant marine for the ocean canyliig tiado gives promise of practical lesults. Ptesldeut MeKlnley's icfeiemes to it In his lecent tour give ample assurance that he will urge legislation upon con- giess and the general expressions of IP. publican platfoims favorable lo such legislation will undoubtedly Induce con- gtess to act. There Is no time better than the present , as was wild by Mr. McKInley , to build up a merchant ma line and our enlaiged commeicial iela- lions make It moie than ever essential that wo should take up this woik , so vastly Important to commeicial progiess and commeicial Independence. In ie- gaid to the policy that should bo adopted theio will have to bo compio mlse between oxtieme views. Pi OB ships'ate out of the question , The country will not tolerate ti policy for the advantage of Kuiopcan shipbuilder , On the other hand theio Is a very strong public sentiment -against subsidies or bounties Hitch as pioposed In the hill In tiodueed In the last congress and which will bo brought forwaid uaily In the approaching session. A rompioinlse h piactlcahle and will piobably be ef fected. At all events the next itnigiess will undoubtedly legislate upon this verj Impoitant subject in ava > that will conserve the best Intel ests of the ( ountrj. .1 iKMiim.ini AnnM.u/v.vr The petph'xlng Alaskan boundary question has been temporarily adjusted and the danger of serious friction be tween Ameiican and Canadian Interests In Alaska for the time being lemoved. Aecoiding to lepott lioui Washington the agreement temporalll.v defining the boundaiy makes no concession deli I mental to Ameiican Inteiests , while al the same time being osentlallv talr lo Canada. It Is admitted by the repie- sentatlve of the Canadian goveminent In London that the piovlslonal aiuuige- meiit Is fair to l > otli sides and in > otai as it will picvent local friction , satis factory. It is stated that the effect , of the modus is to give the I'nlted StatcM coiitiol of the tidewaters the IliltMi being fifteen miles abo\e ; to maintain the Ameiican conttol to the new anil Impottant Pou-uplnc countiy aud to save the lights of all Ameiican milieu who are now on the Canadian side of the line. This result of the piotiacted negotia tions , which for a time piomlse-d to be futile by leason of Canadian objections and obstiuctlon , will be welcome to all those people In both count lies who de sire that a settlement of all the differ ences between the I'nlted States aud Canada shall be effected with the least possible delaj. Theio is oveiy icason to think that but lor the obstinate com MS of Canada the liiitating bound- aiy question would now be disposed of , opening the way to a Millsfaetoiy ad justment of the oilier mattois in dis pute. When it is undeistocxl that the claims made by Canada In connection with the boundaiy question sue ot 10- cent date , that pi lor to the discoveiy of gold in oonsldciablo quantities the Canadian gov eminent had never sell- ously indicated a deslie to occupy tor- iltoiy It now demands or questioned the boundary Hue ugiecd upon between the Ku slan and Biitish governments in IS'J. , the motive of that government's late persistence in demanding the sur- iciider of Ameilcuyn tenltory in Alaska is obvious and hanlly of a chaiacter to commend Itself to fair-minded men. In leieience to the line agieed upon by Uussla and Ureat 'Britain , Piof. .1. B. Mooie , foiineily assistant secietary of state , says : "Lutll a recent peiiod the line , as it was then understood by both governments , lemalned unquestioned. It appealed on all the maps , including these publlshe.il In Cngland , us the United States now maintains It , follow ing the sinuosities of the coast and i tin ning tiiound the heads of the Inlets , In cluding the L > nn canal , and giving to Russia an unhiokcn strip of the main land up to Mount St. Klias. " The United Suites simply insists upon ad hering to the geneial ptinciples of the boundaiy as settled by the agicement between Russia and Gieat Britain three-qmuteis of a century ago , while Canada on the other hand urges a dif ferent principle for settling the bound ary line and one Involving the saciilice of tcrritoiy in possession of the United States since its purchase of Alsiska. The provisional agieemeiit will doubt less terminate negotiations lor si time , but as both governments sue anxious for a permanent settlement of the question a lesumptlou of negotiations at no very i emote date Is piobable. As to the prospect for si permanent solution a member of the Canadian government who is in Loixlou cxpiessed the opinion that It Is not bright , which may mean that Canada will not accept the tem- poiary adjustment as a basis of final settlement. If the niilroads cannot find cais and engines to move the business offeicd lo them now what do they piopose to do when the big coin ciop begins to move ? Tills pioblem is not only botheiing the shipper , but the railroad men aie AVoik- ing oveitlme tijing to tlgme it out. The geneial agent of one of the leading lall- loads euteilng Omaha Is quoted as say ing thole Is business enough in sight to keep his loud busy for two jeais , with eveiy piospcct that provision must be made tor incieased tialllc. When the lailicuds sue busy It Is certain business in sill lines Is good. Nebiaska and the west aie today moie piospuious than ever before and , what is more , it Is not si fictitious piospeilty. Some lew yeais ago when the loan sigeut was putting vast sums of eastern money Into the west thc'ie weie lively times while the hoi lower was spending It. Today the Imitower Is paying back his loan and still has enough left to keep business at high tide. Iowa produces an enoimous quantity of gold eveiy year , and it Is laigel.v dug fiom the giound , hut lately Is It found embedded deeper than the unnstalk loots. The icpoit of the discovery ot gold-beailng sand at a depth of sixty feet will doubtless soon be put on Ice along with stoiles of dlseovpiles of gold along the Blue liver valley In Nebiaska. Such leporls are said to be the means of laising the price of land with a sudden ness beyond all tompail'-on. The popocratio Wotld Ileiald Is to Ing to iccall examples wheie employes ! tlue.itened to dlsehaige omplojes In 1MU If they did not vote ace 01 fling to dliec- tlons. Tlio Bee still has in Its poises- slon lettc'is of the Woild Heiahl dis charging some of Its Nobiaska ( one- spcmdcntH because they failed to follow that paper In 1th Hup fiom denouncing 1(1 ( to 1 free coinage as i obbery to the ar dent suppoit of the silver bulllonalres1 cause. The southsidois aio peifectly justified In insisting upon piompt woik in the construction of the Sixteenth stieet via duct. They have alivady been dopiivcd of the use of Sixteenth stieet altogether and cut oft' fiom shoot rallvvav seivke lee long. The lullumds , too , should see to It that a gteat pottlon of the inhabi tants ot tlie city aio not Inconvenienced longer than Is absolutely necessary. The piactlcal dlsiippeaiance of silver tcpuhllcans us shown h.v the tegbfia- tlou icumls is sought to be explained on the ground Hint thej do not wish to uncover their stiength. The silver ie publican partj was never anj thing more than a tletlon roneixted to h ld up the fusion demooiats and lopulNts tor place nnd patHiiiage The silver lopnbllcaiH see HIP maik 11)1011 ) the wall. The men who built up the populist paity In this vlclnlt.v do not take kindly to the Bi\vanile edict of "oiib one mote > our of tusloii , " sifter which the l'oti- | ) lists me to be swallowed bv the demo- ciats , if the swallowing piocrss Is on the tioauls Ihe.v vvsint an end put to lit- ' ion at once bofoio the paitj Is oiilliely destiojctl. lu > < ( ( ! ( if Sxi St 1'uil Oilobe How trulj and ; mthettcall > mifortumto Is thc'sranll republic with a huge Rold rultiot Dunne-roil * \Vaslilncton 1'ott The phjfllolnn who do-larcs that one cause of ImldiirsH Is Intellrrtmillt } make * n vicious stab at the business of the linlr tunic man ufacturers. MKH of ( lu * SI-HHCMI. 1'lillaclelph a Time- ' All Iho olcl-fashloncM weather SKIH ! arc Buhl to Indicate n mild winter , but nic.ui- vthllo llicro's no harm In hunting up the one \Nhlch liaa "Shut the Dooi ! " on U. S mutcini of Reform. Globe-Democrat A surprlHbiK chaiiRo has conic over the sultan of TurUej Uo linn not only com- mutol the clc.ith rcnnltj In twenty-four caaes , but agrees to let the Armunlans 10- build their school houses V Choice of i\IU. Minneapolis Journal How many men nrc willing to ailmlt that they have been all there Is to sec ? Only ono on record up to date lie's ono of the bojs nnd ho dropped In on his doctor the other clnj nnd complained of his e > es. Ills doctor mndo an examination and decreed tint the patient must stop drinking or lobe his Bight It was nn awful blow , but the patient rallied , "Well , I guess , doctor , " ho replied , slowly , "I've seen about all there Is to see. " IIHIAN CIIVMl'IO.VS I'll VtUl. \V hu ( Corlit'tlum Stnniln for In the HimCiriiNH Sfntc. Buffalo Cxprfs Mr Hrjan may or may not help Mr Ooebel by taking the stump In the Kcntuckj cim- palgn. At all events ho Is not Improving his own reputation. The issue with which Mi. llrjan has identified himself by taking part lu this campilgn Is not sllvcrlsm. The eln- tcio slherltes who have been Dr > an's steacl- fa&t friends In Kentucky ha\o belted Kocbcl ind are supporting an Independent ticket. U Is uncertain whether Goebcl himself sup- poiteil Urjan in 1S36 and It is certain that many of his present influential partisans did not. Neither la the Issue one of Imperialism. The leading Ooebel newspaper organ , tbo Loulsvillo Courier-Journal , Is strongly im pel lallst , as arc most other representative Kentucky democrats of the Ooebel faction. In talking Imperialism on his present tour Mr. Bryan Is but answering the aiguinents of these who speak for the candidate he Is supporting. The Issue In Kentucky la simply and solely that of honest elections , and th democratic candidate stands for legalized fraud at the polls and deceit , trickery and dishonesty at the prlmarlee. Speaking publicly at Mc- Henry , Ky. , last week , Mr. Goobcl said : "Tbo other fellows can do all the voting they want. Wo democrats will do the counting. " The basis of this shameless boa t Is the Goebel election law , drawn by the present democratic candidate and forced through the last legislature. The law creates board of throe state commissioners , who arc cm- powered to appoint subordinate boards of three members In each county. The local boards are to name all the judges and clerks of election , and no provision Is made for minority party representation In any of the boards. That law was designed to enable , not the democratic party merely , but that portion of the domacratlo party which is under the direct personal control of Mr. Qoebel , to count votes , without regard to bow they wore cast , and thereby to gain and hold power la defiance of the popular majority. That law aad the personality of the man who drew ft constitute the solo- issue In Ken tucky this fall. It represents a cjnical dis honesty which finds Its only parallel In this country in the history of William M. Tweed. And William J. Bryan has deliberately placed himself before the country as Its champion. niUTYI.VS MIMTAIIV I'OWUK. Put to the nirnONt Tent Since the Crtiiiraii AVur. Philadelphia Record. The Immensity of the task of the British admiralty In transporting to Bouth Africa the reinforcements needed for the war with the Boers , and of the army service corps ( corresponding to our commissary depart ment ) In providing sustenance for such an aggregation of troops in a country generally speaking destitute of the nccettsaries of life , will bo appreciated In the- United States In Vlow ot our recent and still continuing ex perience with the dllllcultles of earning on military operations at a 12,000-mllo range. The distance from Southampton to Capo Town is somewhat greater than that be tween San Francisco nnd Manila , and whereas the problem confronting our army transport service Is the carriage of about 30,000 man and their equipments to the Philippines In the space of about three months , the British authorities are wrestling with the far more hcrlous ono of transportIng - Ing an army nearly twice ns litrge In as many wceko The dispatch ot 15.000 sol diers from Ungliml to Hgypt in 18S2 within throe weeks wai considered a great feat nt the tlmo nnd was said to have elicited words of pi also oven from the taciturn Von Moltke. The present undertaking exceeds the latter In magnitude having regard for the greater length of the -\ojago and the number of men can led-in the ratio of four to one. night } steamships ha\o been drawn into the service ot the British government and the corverelon of liners Into transports la proceeding with feverish haste at every ahlpyard on the Brltlfh eoist Beginning with I'rlday next six troop ships will leave Southrmptou dally , which means tint over .10.000 troops will be dispatched In six days Such a tahk would bo beyond the power of an > other European nation , for none has , i fleet of merchantmen to draw on com- pnrablo In tonnage or numbers with thu British merchant marine. The ami } about to bo BWit out from Knglaml will bo by far the InrgCBt land force that haa ever left her shores for a campaign beyond the scao , It will bo twice thn sUe of the British con tingent in the Crimean war and greatly superior In number to the British army under Wellington at Waterloo By the re suit of her present efforts the strength of Orcat Britain as a inllllnrj power will be gauged The ellUienc } of her army will bs put to the tefat for the first tlmo In several generations in a conflict with white men. According to so excellent a professional mili tary authoilty as the Berlin Mllltar-Wochcn- blatt the strength of the Boor forces Is 00,000 well equipped nun , BO that the oppos ing armies will bo numerically pretty ovenl } matched , with the odds very slightly In favor nf the British The smillncsH of the two armies compared with the massive organizations engaged In the great ISuropean ward of modern Union will ho compeiifcatcd for by the despcratenesa of the Boers , the Immensity of the KCCIIO of operations ( tbo Transvaal alone being tm largo au Trance ) and the distance of the British from their ultimate baho of supplier In every nenwi , therefore , the pending conflict will put the mllltaiy pOAcr of tbo British empire to the t > rtcrc t trial to which it has hitherto been subjected. Ill , VMS PHO1I H\M'S IIOIIN. Principle file * no flajc of truce. Pen Ice Is greiter than sovereignty \Vhcn money Ij king inl'cr ) Is auccn. Circumstances are less potonl than A good pnr.tor U nn Inclination ot the Hood Shepherd Grasp the Irksome duty tight , U shall turn to sweet delight. Many a RoologUt haa jet stumbled mid fallen over a etone. The preacher who starves his head can not feed his people's hearts. Wiikco } our Imta bj starving them before - fore } ou wrcstlo with them. If the heirtstrlnRs are il hlly moved , the ptirsestrlngs will sure ! } bo loosened. Wo can beir cue rii ° ther bunions withvit being hu-bodies In cich other's luislnoM "Innsinuc-h as > e did It not" will ring In the cars of some of the lost through all eternity. Thero's many n slip 'Ivvlxl AmericYs cup and Upton If Sir Thoim > ! fends over a blew of hU tea flam Ceylon s Isle all will bo foiglven Yacht critics lire now dlllgentl } explain ing some rcmarkB the } made Iho day before. Autoblau Is the latest nnmo for horseless vehicles It comes from Stockholm , It might have boon Improved before landing. The real secret of Columbia's won derful fpred has loakcd out The goat and parrot vscro unloaded after the Eeve < ith fluke. Lieutenant Brumb } ot the. Qlympla Is said to bo the greatest smoker In hie navy K\- cept when on dut } , he alwa8 has a cigar close at hand. The cllbcovcry of niarlnn monsters near Chicago a few d.is ago shows thr > danger of cNperlmentlni ; with water immediately after a fall festival War correspondents on the Boer side of the argument can have all the privileges they need They are permitted to accom- pan } the firing line and can go Into the thick of the fray If tholr sand holds out. The sinpathy of the dental profession Is not going out to the Boers , not by a jugful. Not long ago President Kruger had a hot jumping tooth , but Instead of calling In a professlonnl he gouged it out with a clasp- knife. During a Simpson revival in New York City last week , pledges to the amount of $156,000 were received in one da } . Ono pledge for $100,000 was received. The Joy of the congregation wne restrained until the financial standing of the pledger was ex amined. UMrOllMITY OP SOU , . The nriiulitc " ! < niiniui IIelf nt the Middle AV 'N ( . J. Sterling Morton's Conservative. There Is a remarkable uniformity In the soil of northwestern Missouri , southwestern Iowa and southeastern Nebraska. In the Iowa countlcn of Mllla , Fremont , Page and Montgomery , the Missouri counties of Atclil- son , Holt , Andrew and Nodaway and In the Nebraska counties of Cas , Otoe , Nemaha and Richardson the same soli covers all the fields. It Is a rich , black loam. It Is llko the loess formation along the Rhino and therefore phenomenally fertile and pro ductive. During the last fitly } ears the Nebraska counties have only been opened to settlement since 1851 there has never been a total failure of crops In any one of the counties named In cither state. Their average crops of corn have been , no eloubt , during a half century the largest per acre In the United States. There are more well-fixed farmers in the counties pamed and fewer farms under mort gage than in a similar area anywhere in this republic. There are very few mortgages representing anything besides deferred pay ments of the money agreed to be given for the lands In Fremont county , Iowa , and Atchlson county , Missouri , are two of the largest cornfields In the world ; In the former la the Pay no com patch of 8.000 acres ; and Atchison county , .Missouri , rejoices In the Dave Raukln cornfield of eleven thousand acres , the same being ono of the fields ill a farm of thirty thousand acres. And in all these counties the season "of 1S99 has been propitious and bountiful. Calamity howlers are nghast ! In the presence of the matured corn crop , fat cattle , fat hogs and high prices for boot and pork oven Bryanaichlsts are tonguetled. There is nothing upon which to base discontent. The people are prosper ous The honest , temperate and Industrious are happy. HACIAIi lliCOVVTIU'C I'lOtf. Slavonic KIIPP Uc'nUnrd to I'reiioiiilcr- nt < * In Kurupr. London Spectator The Slavonic race In Its various branches Is increasing more rapidly than any civi lized rnco known In history , and wo must accept the fact of this growth In Huropo as something , for the present at least , final , and not to be argued with or gainsaid. The Russian empire now numbers 130,000- 000 and , though the numbers Include Ger mans in the extreme west and Mongols In the extreme cast , jet the mass are pure Slavs , presenting thus a homogeneity rare in history. But , In addition to Russia , we have Slavonic offshoots over a large European area which render the future of much moro than half Cuiopo ceitainly Slavonic. The tumbles In Aiibtila have reminded us of the Slav kingdom of Bohemia , but it Is not In Bohemia on ! } that Iho German In face to face with the Slav , he is so lu Oallcla , In Carlntlila and Carnlola , while the Magar Is mu rounded hj an e\cr-lncreaaliiK Slav population in the land of his birth. In the Balkan peninsula U l > > a case of whether Slav or Greek shall Inherit the liimln made desolate by the Turk nnd few who have studied the question In the light of recent hlstoiy can doubt that It will be the Slav. Wo need not cjuoto tint hackneyc-d sayIng - Ing of Napole-on "Cossack or republican" It Is moro to the point to say that , what ever the future ) polltlc.il forms of IJuropo may be , her actual population will be largely ( If not predominantly ) Shvonle , and that this fact may mean n different Hurope" from that known in bMory. For whnro , from the point of view of numbers , In thu countoi- balnnclng element to the Slav lo bo found ? Franco 1s otatlonar ) , and very ncarl } so are Bpaln nnd Portugal Germany Ib full , and can only maintain herself In comfort b } reason of the Anitrlcon outlet for her surplus Austila la actually a ground for Slav as against Germun , lncrca < n. Italy , llko Germany , tends her mrplus ovur the AtUntlr The grail future of KnglUh- spe-aklng people ) Is not in Kuropo , but In America and the southern teas The Norse people are hemmed In by barren lands untl are piobably Increasing faster In the north west of the United State-R than at home. Now , If wo f 't against these facts the actual growth of RtiBfda herself , the Increase of Slavs In central llurope , and the probab'o future of the Slavs In the Balkan peninsula , we cannot fall lo tea that , within a mra iir- ahlei period , the Slav idle clement In ICu- ropcvm society will preponderate In th bal ance. ance.What What effect will this racial reconstruction of Kuiopo exert on mankind ? It will bo a long tine before wo shall rcull/u that If wo want to find the great wats of the historic pe < opk'H of Kuropo wo shall have to look bo- } end Kuiope , to Tcutonic North AmcrUu , to I itln Pouth America , to Teutonic Auetra- Jortla Yet thu will. t > o far as ono tan BUO , certainly bo the ia c within another century , assuming the crctciH Kencral drift ot things to continue. i.irr/s in ; vitnis. : ' * . utiil lulliKMU'i i < -r V ! Itidelrdiln Times The new sparer Rpuerall } < > vrves us n lopl for discussion at e'ver } ehur-h conference and wordn are sometlnu s spoken bv scn.ia- tlonal ministers thu would v.ound the feel- Inra of a sensitive press. llov. 1'r 'V Orcer of N'evv Yorl , . at the rrecnt Mlnnc- nprlis gathering ef o'clc Ii ties. Invclgho1. against vvliat he doscilbol as "the nowspnper habit" mennlng the reading of dally Jour- niM Minor than serious books on philosophy or religion 1'oeslbly he > also Intended a re- btiko to people who preferred to enjoy n * Bprlghtl } newspaper rather than listening1 < to n dull sermon , but he eircfully refrained from Rolns Into details Of eourso , he said "tht > newspaper must necessarily be BCIIS.I- llonnl" bccnuso ho defined news to bo "tho uncommon thins * of life" That Is not n bid definition , but the New York World points out that many ' uncommon things of life" nro recorded In Holy \\rlt and casually cites 'Joshuas lommand to the sun and moon to stand still ( which the sun and mcon are' Raid to have obcjcd ) the storv of Jonah , the tiailsl.ulon of Elijah and much else of llko Kind " Then the World asks : "All thet.o InoIdcnU wore 'uncommon' and therefore sens.illon.il. ' but nro we to shun them on thai account ? ' Wo must not understood as Intlmitlng that Hev. lr Orcer condemned the news papers Par from It. Ho probably had read reports of several Krcit public libraries In this eountrv which show that the cir culation of books therefrom decreased from 10 to 25 per cent during a laro ; part of lint } enr. The people of this coun try wcio then stud } Ing hlhtory s It was made , dnyjiy day , nnd had no time for Gib bon , Macaulay or hlstoilcal novels. Another war his Just begun and though It will bo waged In far oft South Africa the morning newspnpor will bring the dally progress of ovcnU to jour breakfast table , ISTIC iM.n \.vriuns. . Indianapolis Join mil : "How do you llko jour new ghl ? ' "Oh , that U ciulte-i Immnterlil The Im portant iiueitlon Is , Mow does .she llko im ? ' ChlciRO Rccoid Smith 'Mv congratula tions , old man 1 hear } ouITO another Inercato Jn your family Son or eliushter ? Jones ( sadly ) Wet se , n tvm-ln-lnvv. Detroit Ttc'0 Prc-ss "Julia , 1 think I'll Klvel } ou furniture for } our birthday pieo- civt " "How loveh , Ilniiv I'll tuke n piano , n sowing : niac'hlno and < i lad's vvrltliiK desk. " Jewelers' AVcekly : Ucturned Volunteer- Whit's an appropriate ! plft from a soldict to hl-4 .swcHheirt1' Jeweler I sliould think a powder bo about tJio rliiht tlilnu Harpei'q naznr : Mrs Van Svvnmp "Wil liam , dear. 5ii vou Inuo ntiothor chill com. Ing on , v\lll } "r u klndlv hold the bab'n rattle tlo In } o r hand ? It amusus the sweet precious so much. Baltimore News : "Ho Is not In , " aald 3Irs Shortly to the collector. "Madame , T know lie IM not tin. " said tlia collector. "What I want to know , has ha an } ? " Detroit Free Press : She There Is noth- IIIR I like ) In a plav so much ns love nnd patriotism AVhat Is your taste , TreddV He I have always thought well of the soubretto. Chicago Record : "Nan , how does my hat coinpiro Ith Kitty's9" "Yours looks more HkfJ a , hearse coming around the corner than 1ic.rs docs. " OJiloapo Post : "If you think lie wanta to nnrrv you for } our inonc'y whv don't you tell Mm that } our father h.iH failed and thiet you are consequently penniless ? " "I'm afraid I'd lo e him. ' Somervllle Journal : Many n man grum bles alxiut the cost of his wife's dressmak ing and mlll'nery hills -who , If he should llpurel up clevely , would llnd that lila own lints nnd clothes coht moro than hers do. Chicago News : He This v\ar in South Afrcn. will inako diamonds denrcr She I suppose so , but any girl -who re-illy loves a man would t > willing 4o wear n rln of pearls and opaJs until the trouble it over. PlttfiburK Chronicle : "Talk nuout } our olnbontp weddings , " exclaimed Mr. gg , "one tihnt Is to take place ) In Cleve land next \ \ eck vv 111 lie simply out of slpht " "Tell mo about It ! " cxcln lined Mrs , SmtffRS , eagerly. "Tlio bride , the Broom , the best imn , tin minister , the musicians and the lllty ln vltcd guests arc all blind. " Harlem Ufo : Kthel Do you llko Mr. Dimes , mnmma ? Mamma ( a joung- widow ) Why , yes , darling. Kthol And 3Ir. Webster ? Mamma Yes. dear. ithel And Mr. Fish and Mr. Dlxon nnd Mr Sheldon ? Mamma I llko them all , pot. Kthc-1 Which ono are you going lo marry , then * ' Mamma The ono wlio proposes first , darling. In the Rtm-ciown'd vault of heaven Majestically wall tlhe ulsters ppvcn : Moored In a star-lit. Jeweled sea A fea of vvondrous mystei } . O\er the bounding deepq below , The picclous barks may proudly pro. Naught Shall the nklpper'u peace dtHtroy This longed-for sign hath brought him Joy. Faithful and tiutJ whllo mortals sleep , These "virgins seven" tihelr vigils keep : llithed In a Hood where moonbeams play The sllveiy tide of the Milky Wav. FRANK B THOMAS. It is a question with every man at the changing of seasons as to what to wear. We shall be very glad of a chance to advise him. Besides the select patterns in striped worsteds of which we have an exceptional line at $12.50 , $15 , $ J8 , $20 and $25 there are fancy cheviots in stripss , checks and plaids , at $8 , $10 , $12.50 , etc. , and if your taste is for serge , we have them in round and square cut of all desirable grades , f' ' r