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18 THE ( TMAIIA DAILY BEE : SUXIJAY. iriUUKUAHY I. 1000. Tim OMAIIA SLNDAY Ite H. UOSKWATKU. Kditor. I'UHMSHKD KVKHY MOKNMNO. TBH.M8 OF StMlSCIUlTION. Dully Hen ( without Stindny ) , One Ycnr.J6.00 Dally HPO nnd Hunday , Ono Your S.OO Dally , Sunday nnd Illiistnited , One Year S. ! > Ntiminy nnd tllurtnitcd , Ono Yeur 2.2S llluj'triiteil Hco , Ono Yi-ar * * > Sundny UPO , Ono Year s.OO Huturdny , Hoc , Ono Yciir Ww Weekly Hoc. Ono Year W * OI-TICES. Omnha : Thp Oco llulldlng. South Omalin : City Hull Building , Twenty-fifth nnd N streets. I'nunell muffs : 10 1'onrl turret. Chirac * ) : 1010 Unity llulldlng. Now York : Tcmplo Court. Washington : C01 Fourteenth Street. COIUIKHPONDEXCK. Vommunlcntloiifl relating to news nnd odl- toi-lnl matter dionld be mldrciwcd : Omaha. Hoc , Kdltorlnl Dejmrtmcnt. IUTSINUSS L.KTTHKS. HunlncsM letters nnd remittances should l > o addrereod : The Ute I'libllshliic Com- puny , Omaha. j HEM ITTA NOES. 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T2SC11UCIC , Sec'y and TrcnM. Subscribed and sworn before mo this 1st day of February , A. D. 1900. ( Seal ) M. B. mJXGATE. Nqtary Public. The climate of KiiKhiml inny become too warm for able-bodied mon afraid of H draught. General Hcllcf Is scoring morn suc cesses than suiy iitlier Knsllsh ollicer In the war licit at. present. The .TacUsonlan clnb IH trno 1o the It ! to 1 doctrine. H has sixteen silver Unlvos ready for every Kohl < leinocrat who aspires to leadership In the party. The death of Cardinal Jacobin ! will place another red hat at the disposal of the Ituiaau pontiff , but It is doubt ful whether any American prelate will carry off the prl/.e. The temperance saloons have been temporarily reopened by permission of the Iowa supreme court and the oil room lobby at the Iowa legislature feels much relieved. The thing that seems to worry and agitate Kentncklans most in this crisis is whether the warden of the peniten tiary will rocoKiilzo the orders of Tay lors or the orders of the acting Uoebel- ite governor. As a diplomat Attorney General Smyth is a shining success. Nothing less than the appointment ns ambassa dor to the court of St. .Tames will keep his talent , occupied when Bryan be comes president. Colonel llryan's searching expedition In the Arctic regions of Vermont has been eminently successful , as Colonel Hrynn has found two live democrats whom he will doubtless bring to Ne braska for exhibition. The Flour trust has discovered that It requires money as well as water to make such a scheme a winner and is forced to reorganize. Tile public , which invested Its money In Its securi ties , must stand the loss by evapora tion. Governor Taylor has kept the wires hot between Frankfort and Washing ton , but up to the hour of going to press he has not been able to convince the president that a state of war ex ists In Kentucky which would jusllfy the Intervention of regulars. Senator 1'ettlgrew charges the great newspapers with Intentionally sup pressing the facts regarding the Philip pines. At the same time these name newspapers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to obtain the news , and are printing It every day. The United Mine Workers have car ried the day In their demand for In creased wages and the coal dealers may be expected to raise the price of fuel another notch before winter Is over. In the meantime It is well to bear In mind that the consumer always pays the freight. Congressman Sutherland hopes con gress will adjoin ; ! ! In May so he can eomn ( mine and llx his political fences. If Sutherland's party friends , es pecially those In the senate , will cease i wasting time the adjournment could easily bo reached In that time , but they are not likely to forego the pleasure of talking against time. A notorious land swindler has been raptured In Chicago and brought for trial to Marshalltuwn , 'la. ' , where he has operated extensively for the last two years. If all the land swindlers who have operated extensively In Iowa and Nebraska were lassoed the peni tentiaries of the two states would have to bo enlarged. One of Urn best evidences of the tin- prep.m'edncsH of Knghtud for the wnr now being waged Is the statement of olllccrs In the lleld that the most of- lectivu weapon the Boors have is the Maxlin-Nordcnfcldt rapid-lire guns , which are imulo In Euglnml and with which their own army Is not yet sup plied , Oem Paul saw the shower coming and bought the mnhrcllu. | XKKDS or TIIK I The suggest I n of The HIM- for the reinforcement of the supreme bench by calling the Judges of the district court from time to time to render assistance of the same character as that formerly performed by the supreme court com missioners has met with a general ie- spouse from bench and bar , who agree unanimously that some Immediate ie- lief for the overweighted supreme court dicket Is Imperatively necessary. The Judges of the district court who have been' heard from all say they would gladly devote their services to this end so far as It would not .interfere with j | work In their own districts. The prln- | | clpal objections and criticisms arlso . from a misunderstanding of the plan I on the supposition that a legislative i act or constitutional amendment Is pro : ' rcqnlsite to its adoption , In point of fact , the chief merit of The lice's suggestion \ that It can bring Immediate relief to the overbur dened supreme court without further legislation and at mere nominal addi tional expense. There Is nothing what ever In the law or In the constitution to prevent the judges of the supreme court from accepting the volunteered assistance of the district Judges , The latter are not only already drawing sal- arles equal to those of the supreme bench , but are also prohibited from engaging in private practice or accept ing other emoluments , so that they would lose nothing by being fully oc cupied with judicial work instead of as now half the time Idle. Nor would the constitutional status of the district Judges engaged In this work be different from that of the supreme premo court commissioners. The court In passing on the validity of ( lie com mission law declared explicitly that the opinions of the commissioners had no binding effect until approved by and , made the judgment of the court and ] i the same would apply to opinions in eases in which district judges should sit In hearing. On tile other hand , If we are to wait for a. constitutional amendment litiga tion will continue to pile up on the su preme court docket for at least three years , which is the earliest such an amendment could be put into effect , and If we are to wait for a legislative enactment the delay will be at least one year. The suggestion that another supreme court commission be estab lished by law Is still further Illusory , because the bill might be again vet-sod , and even if it ran ( lie gubernatorial j gauntlet would be no more permanent or stable in character than the pro posed advisory commission of district judges. So far as the ability and standing of the district judges are concerned they will on the whole compare favor ably with those of the former supreme court commissioners and with the judges of the supreme court them selves , who have usually been selected from among men who have served on the district bench. All fears therefore that our judiciary would In any way be degraded by such an innovation arc certainly entirely without sound foun dation. While certain objections hold good to every scheme for reinforcing the su preme court that is temporary In char acter , nothing better has yet been sug gested nor any valid reason urged against Its adoption. THE FUTUHE Of CHINA. American Interest In China is chiefly commercial. The Tnited States has no desire for territory in that empire and whatever concern we may have for Die advancement of western civilization there springs mainly from the expec tation that thereby our trade will be enlarged. It , is realized that China Is a great market , which Is certain to grow with the opening up of the em pire to the world's commerce and Its development , tinder the application of western energy and enterprise. Hence recent events in China , thought to have- been Inspired from out side sources , are not without Interest here , since they seem to point to pos sible conditions that might prove inim ical to American Interests. The ruling dynasty , or rather the empress dowager. Is hostile to foreign control and jealous of the Independence nnd Integrity of the empire , yet It Is well understood that she Is more or less imdoir the Influence of Russia , which countenanced her opposition to the in forms sought to be Inaugurated by the young emperor ami his advisers. Willie , therefore , the woman who rules China Is most anxious to maintain the Integrity of the empire , there is good reason to believe that her recent action was encouraged by Russian and French Influence and If such were the case it suggests the danger of those powers obtaining advantages which would not lie to the benellt of other nations , among them the I'nlted Status , having Interests In China. H Is true that Rus sia has Indicated her purpose to ob serve the open door principle , but her adhesion to this may depend a great deal upon whether she shall bo eon. lined to her present territorial posses- slons In China or enabled to materially extend them. There Is no doubt that Russia Is maneuvering to extend her "sphere of Influence" and It Is quite possible that she may have found In the empress dowager a friend to her ambition , under some sort of guaran tees that will materially add to the revenues of that ruler , avarice being one of her controlling characteristics. It Is the opinion of some that th'o latest revolutionary move In China will' 1 tend to hasten the breaking up of the empire and to thwart the plans of those who have hoped to wet Chlid ) on a linn footing , under liberal auspices , with Its ti-.ulo open to all the world on equal conditions. This may be an er , roneous view , but certainly the re actionary course that has been taken cannot be conducive to those condi tions which In the view of western nations are necessary to the progress and development of the Chinese em pire. So far as the United States , is concerned , however , it has only to maintain friendly relations with China , keeping entirely free from the mnolil nations of other jMnvors In ro peet to that empire. We have only our trade Interests there to safeguard and this we shall undoubtedly be able to do , although , as was pointed out a few days ago In an address of the Chinese minister to the Tnlted States befre the American Asiatic association , wo may sooner or later llnd It expedient to adopt a less Illiberal and discrimi native policy toward the Chinese , lie- ferrlng to our success In securing fro n the Kuropeau powers a pledge of the open door In the east , the minister said : "Yon yourselves have shut the door against the Chinese. While 1 do not anticipate retaliatory measures , I greatly fear that In the near future , unless you moderate your Ideas and give to Chinamen the same rights as people froili other nations , there will be a boycott against -.ill American goods. " The warning should receive the attention of those who are seeking the trade of China. IX TIIK INTEltKST W PEACE. Mr. Montagu White , formerly the i I Transvaal consul In London and now I In the lfnlted States , says his mission , here Is wholly In the Interest of peace. j He did not come to this country In an j olliclal character , but with a view to j I acquainting the American people with the Boer side of the contest and promoting meting public sympathy here with his country. It Is an entirely worthy mission and Mr. Wldte has shown a proper appre ciation of It by not pushing himself upon the public attention or attempt ing In any way to embarrass the au thorities at Washington. Ho has de clined to attend meetings called to ex press sympathy with the Boer repub lics and at the national capital , whore he called upon Secretary Hay , he has conducted himself quietly and dis creetly. When opponents of the admin istration in congress were endeavoring to use htm to bring reproach upon the president and secretary of state , he gave no countenance or encouragement to such efforts. Mr. White is familiar , undoubtedly , with the duty and obligation which neutrality Imposes upon this govern ment and knows that it could not with propriety , under existing conditions , offer to mediate In the South African Avar. An opportunity to do so may come in the not remote future. In the meantime whatever Mr. White may be able to do in the Interest of peace will have the hearty support of the Ameri can people. UUTSIDB rut : It Is the opinion of the republican majority of the house ways and means committee that the constitution of the I'nlted States does not apply to the new possessions. It is held that the term "United States , " In the clause'of the constitution relating to duties , im posts and excises , means and Is con- lined to the states that constitute the federal union and does not cover also the territory belonging to the United States , therefore congress has power to govern Porto Rico and the Philip pines "Independent of the limitations of the constitution. " In the case of ter ritories acquired for purposes of state hood , however , congress would be sub ject to the limitations of the constitu tion. The view of the democratic mi nority is that the term "United States" means all the states and territories and consequently that the provisions of the constitution apply to the new territory equally with the old. Pursuant to the opinion of the ma jority a bill has been framed which provides that duties on merchandise coming into the United States from Porto Rico and Into Porto Rico from the United States shall be U5 per cent of the duties on merchandise from for eign countries. If-this shall be adopted , as it probably will be , some relief will be afforded to the trade of Porto Rico , but it will still bo a notification to the people of the Island that they are not citizens of the United States , as they desired and expected to be , that , none of the guarantees of the federal con stitution apply to them and that they are subject entirely to the government of congress , In which they will have no representation. The same principle will , of course , be applied lo the other territory , though in dealing with the Philippines it may not be deemed ex pedient to adopt n similar tariff policy as with Porto Rico , congress being free , according to the view of the repub licans of the ways and means com mittee , to arrange the tariffs for the new possessions as circumstances shall dictate. There may be a special tariff , also , for the Hawaiian Islands , unless it should be determined that they wore Acquired for Hie purpose of statehood , which is not at all likely to be done. The constitutional question involved Is of very great Importance and It will be In controversy until a decision of the supreme court on It can be had , proceedings to secure which have al ready been Instituted by American Im porters of Porto RIcan products , Meanwjille It Is quite possible , that mil itary government will bo maintained In the new possessions. MUCKS t.\ SOUTH AFItlOA. It has been authoritatively stated in the House of Commons that the British forces In South Africa will within a couple of weeks consist of ill.'l , < ) < )0 ) troops , only 18 , < Mm of which number Is yet to arrive. Of this formidable army , said to be the largest that Great Britain has ever put In the lleld , ISty.OOO are regulars , regarded as unsurpassed In lighting qualities and which have cer tainly shown In this war a high degree of courage and tenacity. The esti mates of the Boer forces that can be re garded as trustworthy place the niaxl- mum of their strength at 80,000 , so that the British have now twice and a half as many soldiers In South Africa as the two republics and more are on the way. It wutihl seem that with such an army as Great Britain already has at the s > > at of war the Boers should in a short time , say a few months , bo over whelmed , but occupying ns they do al most Impregnable positions and lighting ' < > n the defensive , the great disparity In forces does Hot give the British aiiv very great advantage. This Is pointed out In the latest dispatch from Mr. Winston Churchill , who says that Muller - ler ought to have : il,0K ( ( men on the lighting line In order to overcome the 10 , < K ! < ) or ll'.fKK ) Boers Intrenched about Lady.omlth. or throe to one. This pro portion will probably be required wher ever the Boors are sir ugly Intrenched and while their position In Natal has been made almost impregnable. It will undoubtedly be found that tlje British must encounter no less formidable dlf- ( llctiltles elsewhere- . I It Is therefore probable that the great army which Kngland has In South Af- j I rlca will have to be still further reinforced - , forced , perhaps until the total reaches , half u million men , and the question I Is whether that can lie done. When one j considers the vast ness of the British empire the tendency Is to at once con clude that , the Imperial government could rapidly place In the Held a mil lion of soldiers , but it would very likely Hud great dllllculty lu doubling the number it now has under arms in SoMlli Africa , unless It should resort to con scription , which would be extremely hazardous. The colonies have not shown a very marked degree of enthusiasm in supporting ( he war , the olliclal state ment showing that Canada nnd Aus tralia have sent only 7,000 troop * to South Africa , while In the United King dom there Is no rush of volunteers , such as took place In the United Stales ) when wnr with- Spain was declared. The British manifest no such patriotic ardor as Americans did and the experience of the British forces In Smith Africa has not tended to quicken the martial spirit of the people. If the government were now to call for a hundred thousand vol unteers , as it is possible it will have to do within the next six months , it Is more than probable that it could not get tliem. But with more than liOO.OOo ' - . in South Africa it will be most remark able if the British do not soon accom plish something that will Improve the situation for them , stimulate the pop ular patriotism and partially restore their very nearly obliterated prestige. " .S VMWKIMl'rtnuil , FIKUJS. The annual report of tlu > United States. . geological survey for the years 181)8just ) ! ) ! ) Issued , contains , among other Interesting material , a review of the petroleum resources of the United States , the reference to Wyoming re inforces what The Hee- has emphasized from time to time that Wyoming con tains oil tields which when fully devel oped will make that state the oil cen ter of the world and equal the record of the great oil discoveries in Pennsyl vania1. To quote from the report : Wyoming has a number of nntural pe troleum springs scattered at Intervals , ex tending from the southwestern corner to the northeastern c'orner. This line Is crossed hy another line of petroleum springs In a general east and" west direction , extending for 100 .miles near the center of the state. At the several localities wells have been drilled that have generally found oil. There are some fifteen distinct pools lu which nnturnl oil springs exist and two lo calities In which wells have been drilled that have produced petroleum. The great Inland valleys and plains , with their ridges nnd mountain chains extending for many miles with synclinal and anticlinal folds , have at numerous points been cut through by streams that have exposed the rocks down to the subcarbonlferous , the trlasslc and the Jurassic , and the Individual members of the great cretaceous formation. There are numerous points at which the rocks ot this cretaceous formation are discharging dark , heavy petroleum until miniature lakes nro formed. At other points they are sat urated with It , where they come to the sur face. At others natural gag Is seen bubbling up In pools of water. All "of these facts seem to Indicate that Wyoming will one day produce a largo amount of petroleum , al though many natural dinicultles will have to be overcome. The table of production shows that the < ill output of Wyoming has In creased from LVXi ! ) barrels In 1S)4 ! ) lo fi,47r > barrels In 1S ! > 8 , or more than doubled lu five years. There Is no question but what the Investment of capital in the Wyoming oil regions of fers more promising prospects than any other oil-producing section because Its vast resources have not yet been In any degree exploited. The natural dlllicul- tles to which the report refers are be ing gradually overcome by the cxten- sioti of railroads into the state , while pipe line facilities from the mountains down the steady declivity toward r Omaha as the logical Missouri river t point for rcllnlng would obviate all the t obstructions arising from lack of rail i roads or high transportation charges. 0 l It is safe to say that the Invitation contained In Wyoming's'oil ' robotirecM cannot remain open much longer with out being accepted by some great syn dicate of capitalists. The development ] of these oil fields would mean much not only for Wyoming , but for Nebraska and all of Its neighboring stales. The recent growth of local Insurance institutions In Omaha and Nebraska points out. another lleld In which local | Interest can be built up by extending the principle at the foundation of the homo patronage movement. NeighborIng - Ing states like Iowa , Missouri and Kan- Has have thus fur outranked Nebraska in establishment of strong western insurance companies , but Nebraska is ' r gradually closing up the gap. 15y supporting - r porting homo Institutions of this kind c all the benellts accruing are kept at theme t home , There Is no good reas'in why I Nebraska Insurance companies should ij not grow as strong and popular as any i j In the country. One thing brought out by the Imjnlr- t ' les of The Bee to the various chairmen of the republican state committee for the last few years on questions of parly | c policy shows u marked distinction between - ! ' twoen the republican party and Its opt ponents. The republicans have In stalled a new man as chairman of the state committee and malinger of the ' . party organization each successive i year , while the democrats have kept t one and the same person at. the head t of their committees almost without ' change since the fusion policy was of- t fecteik If the republicans could Hud the right man to take hold of its or1 1 gaiilzatlou and conduct ( lie mnehlnory of the party solely for ( ho piirly's g md rather limn for the Iteuellt of some par tlcular set of olllce-seekers U might In advisable to have a more permanent tenure of olllce or at least to re-elect him from year to year as long as ho Is doing satisfactory work. Constant change of generals Is detrimental to a political army as well as t-i a military force. Among tile latest prominent eonvoits ! ' to the proposition that a United States senator shall be elected by a direct vote of the people , N Soimtor Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois , but Inasmuch as ho change cannot be effected with out an amendment to the constitution of the United State * , which requires the assent of two-thirds of the members of the United States senate , .Mr. Cullom runs no risk of being compelled to stand for i-o-elcoll-'ii by popular ohoUo. The American House of Lords Is not likely to abdicate Its hereditary prlvl leges. The testimony lu the Montana sena- torshlp Investigation Indicates Clark was elected because he was willing t-i pay more for the place than his op-1 ponenls In his own party would put up to defeat him. The further the In vestigation Is carried the more ap parent it becomes that Nevada has lost the championship belt as the rotten bor ough. Too Slo-.v tit I.euro. Chic niro Tribune. One noticeable thing nboilt the lloers l.i thnt they have never acquired the retreating habit. liiifU lo c.ti Olil Ki-li-ml. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Now that n bible combination has been formed , the Inscription on the American dollar , "In God \\'c Trust , " would seem to be more appropriate than ever. Ti-iiulilfN of nil liiilditliiii Court. Buffalo lS.xiross. Tliq Austrian minister at Washington was unable to Induce the diplomatic corps to boycott the minister from Mexico , but his wlfo haq been able to snub the Mexican representative , and this has stirred up u tempest In the teapot ot the Imitation court. i Clinnin. Huffnlo Express. The present straits of England seem to have had the curious effect of reuniting the ' Irish" Parliamentary party. Every well- I ! j wisher of Ireland will rejoice to see the j I nationalist factions working In harmony . I again , whatever the cause that has healed the , long-open breach. Trial Tt-Ht of IMitlllcKy. Baltimore American. The postal authorities are going to try to fight the green goods men with publicity by posting In postofflccs generally full de scriptions of green goods methods. But It Is difficult to say what appreciable effect this will have. It Is abont ae hard to part j a fool from his folly as It is easy to part him from his money. The swindlers appeal to bis folly and the authorities to his reason , which makes the contest an unequal one. Duty of ( \iilloniil ( ioverniiu-nt. Xew York Sun. Because America's Instinctive sympathy with the Boer grows more Irrepressible as Ac maintains his struggle to defend his home In South Africa , It becomes the duly ot these Intrusted with the management of the government to bold this -country with the greater steadiness to the line ot Im partiality. However high the Transvaal sentiment rises in the United States , an American administration Is bound to sec that nothing bo chargeable against us of favoritism to either of the combatants. What political orators may say on domestic stumps , or even what the mass of the American people may feel upon the Issue of Boer and Briton , cannot , with duo re gard to the national Interests of the United States , bo heard from any source of serious influence upon our International relations. Concerning Xiitlomil Motliem. Buffalo 13xiresH. Prof. J. Lawrence Laughlin said , at the Chicago reception to the German ambassa dor , thnt If Oreat Britain Is the mother of the United States , Germany Is the grand mother. The relationship Is closer than this , and Ambassador Andrew D. White expressed It on July 4 , 1898 , In Leipzig , In what was probably the finest public utterance made 11 In the course of the Spanish war. Though ! we recognize Great llrltnln ns the mother country of the great majority of our people , said Dr. White , wo might well reqgnlze In Germany another mother country ; for "from the high Institutions of learning In Germany , far more than from those of any j other land , have come and are coming the Influences which have whaped and are shap ing advanced education In the United States. " The feeling shown at Chicago proves that the tlo Is a living one. I'rvlnK < > i > My 'M M nil Tciniirr. c Boston Transcript. Io your eyes get tired In rending saoncr than was their wont n few years ago ? You neudn't bo afraid to anwwer In the affirma tive , for It shall not bo taken as uvliknce that old ago hnu anything to do with it ; neither : does It follow thnt you nro In need of the oeullst'H care , No , the trouble Is with the paper whlc.li Is used In most magazines nnd ibooks Just now. The type , to bo sure , Is bettor and clearer than ever before , but haven't you noticed In reading down onu page of a highly glazed periodical that you liuvo to shift the angle of the book nt least thrco times In order to get the light right ? It's n fact , whether you have noticed It or not , nnd It'a ruin /both / to one's eyes and ono's temper to be so put out. While you are reading In the upper left hand corner of a two-column page the light Is striking on the right hand corner and reflecting a trying glow In your right cyo that IH nerve- destroying. iissoisi ; IN CITIKS. A. I'riililrin MiiKy lo | ) | H IINH , lull Iliiril to Sulvf. WnHhliicton Times. In ono city after another the noise prob lem has been tuk.cn up nnd handled with more or Ices oklll according to the enlight enment and public spirit of the Inhabitants. Ono writer on the question has compared the modern city with the modern hotel , nnd points cut the fact that the noUe : which wns unco considered an Incvltabln feature of ho tel life has now largely disappeared. No longer are gongs pouudcd to call the guestd to mc.ils or inako them get up In the morn * IDE ; no longer do bare lloora permit the tlau tc-r of heavily r.lioil feet thiou li the corri dors ; in a hundred ways the sounds insepa rable frtin u larse and clnaely packed colony of human beings have been lessened or dead ened. ' The cltlcH of this country have grown so enormously In oo short a time that we Siavo had forced on us many preblems for which we were not ready ; hence the Immuiuo abuses of power which exist In some munici pal governments and the utter iilm-nre ot beauty , grace and comfort from largo sec tions of other clticii. It U entirely potMllilo that In another generation the pandemonium of today may have disappeared and that all large cities will bo as beautiful , ns comfortable - able und as healthful places of residence us the best of the largo hotels and apartment houseu are now. j > KOIM ) VKI.DT. j The similarity of the desorlplL-ns of "r.ilns ' of lend" Indl.-atra that the war correspond- < iits nre hale fellows. Ilnby christenings In Knglnml nre being defemiJ. pending the ilnvclopmcnt of nome DrltUh hero In South Africa. While dicu 8lng the Transvaal situation , n HoMon barber cut the throat of one of his , customers , nnd the life of the latter wns fnvod only by the prompt action ot phy plclnna. Colonel John Y. lllake , eoiumniider of a i foreign ccntingcnt it the Hoer nriuy. was | krown ns "Olvendam DlnkD" nt West Point , ! owhiK to his fttirlrss riding nnd rocklcwt in aimer. j London newsboys must be careful In cry- | IHR out their warm. One of them haa been j sentenced to penal servitude for yelling "Horrible British Slaughter ! " iilthough the published news justified It. Some pretty raw wnr stories were turned loo'o on American raiders eighteen monthJ | ni ; < - . but iiotiL' of them surpassed a story j I hailing from Moddor nnd attributed to I ! ; Julian llnlph. The assertlcn Is soberly j mndo that , the Doers Bank the bodies of their dead In the- river for the purpose of concealing the number of their casualties , ( real Ilrltalu's poet laureate has broken out again In n wnr poem which he calls ' 'Spartan Mothcm. " It IP n hysterical eom- j petition , atllucnt In pathos , and Its pinch- i hi i-k character Is wrll exhibited In such lines ns these : "Who lights for KiiKland fights for God ; " "Who dies for England rlei-p.i with God. " Never in the history of modern warfnra have artillery guns done such damagena In the fighting In South Africa. The de struction wrought by the guns throwing lyddite nnd other modern explosives IUIA b-cn ( fearful. Correspondents nt the front speak of the hilltops on. which nre both Hiltlsli nnd Boor troops ns "vomiting vol canoes of lire. " A good dc.il of fun IH being poked nt some of the Irregular troops that Great Hiltaln has been sending to South Africa. The London newspapers remark that some of the volunteers from the city nro Including In their army outfits such things ns alr- plllows , cork mattresses , cunvns buckuU , wntcr-nitcrB , boxes and writing portfolios. Imagine American troops hi the Philippines incumhcrcd with such baggage. A Gordon Highlander , writing of Klnnd- shuigtc , says : " 1 got through the rllle lire down to the bayonet charge on the hillside , when I felt n sting In the left arm , nnd , looking down , found I wns shot In the wrist. In changing my position I got shot. I In the center of the forehead. The bullet ! did not go straight through. It glnnced off my nose bone and came out above my right temple. On looking lound I was just In time to sec the blood siiulrtlng from the llrst wound. On changing my position 1 got n bullet In the 'nnpper. ' I wns out of action then , for all was dark. I heard the olllccr I was going to got the bandages from say : 'Poor chap ; he's gone ! ' But no , I am still j kicking. " I'HllSOXAI. AMI OTIIIiUWISK. Public Interest In war news jumped from Luzon to South Africa and then to Ken tucky. Euch locality has struck the pace that klllt * . One thousand versifiers tackled the muse at a. recent compotltlon. With skilled nurs ing the patient may recover consciousness before the century ends. That 1100,000 pledge made by Philadel- uhians to secure the republican national con vention Is now shown to be worth 9 cents on the dollar , and no takers. Jerry Hoot Is In trouble In New Orleans , having attempted to elevate his wife with an Infernal machine. For some days to come .he will hoot In a cage. North Dakota has suspended shipping ice from Michigan. Patronizing homo industry has secured a frceh liold since Medicine Hat blew a hole In the atinosphprc. Iowa proposes taking a fall out of prize fighting In that state. The article usually put up there Is n base Imitation of the vocal art and cannot be suppressed too quickly. The Board of Geographic Names spells It Puerto Hlco and the senate committee In- slsta on Porto Rico. Which Is which Is of little consequence to the hungry natives of the island. SOOTR Bay State people are striving to re voke the edict of banishment Issued against Hoger Williams several centuries ago. They might ' try the edict on George Kred for a year or two. Osman Dlgnn , though a captive , Increases the white man's burden In Egypt. The Brlt- teh do not know what to do with him. Make him mayor of Calgary , a cool dry spot Just over the line. A continuous performance In a refrigerator might reduce his ardor. Prize fighters and their hackers In New York arc getting hack at Governor Uoosn- velt for recommending the ropcal of the prize fight law. They have organized the "Society of Strenuous Endeavor. " The fact that Teddy Is an exponent of strenuous * en deavor makes htm eligible for membership. The newspaper men In the Philippines are tolling a etory of ono of their number , a new arrival , who undertook to explain to nn officer how ho thought u certain attack ought to ho made. The officer listened ho politely for twenty minutes that the coire spondent , on departing , asked his name. "Otis" was the reply. SKIT MII SHOTS \T TIIK IM I.PIT Philadelphia TlmrsA Kmturkv n Irtci bnd to resign bocnuro 1iril < Mi n r | ccrscts. Ills denunciation of muokli c n cards wni approved , but In the other tun:1 : his eloquence wont lo waste. Boslcti Herald : The Washington pn-- . i who thought he saw chninpHKiirimni brought out of Proildcnt McKlnloy' * oill , wtieii they were rcnlly iiilncr.il wntrr ! > tin * , now llns the Impudence to pay thn. h never made men n Btntomcnt , and ihr : has iirvor been disproved. Which l M > much like H.iylns of the dnrkey who , ( caught In Hie act that he never hnrm . the Itottle , nml thnt It was rraokrdh < -n N- borrowed It. The parson Is rvldenth , i- tnlNud ns ho Is mlstnken. Chicago Chronicle : Wo nro ( old ilnu the estate of the Into DwlRht L. Moodv , ,1 , , set ! ! < principally of his library. And \ < thlb man raised during bin long and a. mi- caicer more money than a hundred orilinirv preachers. Ho raised something like $ > " 000 n year for Us , schools nnd bible instiiiro aldiio , nml within the last docndo the turn , patsliiK through his hands munt lu\ . aii'ountcd to several millions ot dollir * . T.u : hi- left no personal cstnto Is probably ihe best tribute ( o his sincerity nnd uiiaoin- - ncsa In his evangelistic and educational work. Minneapolis Tribune : In Philadelphia a hnndsomo young woman of 18 , belonging to n good family nnd a mombrr cf n 1'r. . Irstmit church , became Imbued with IUK slonary zeal nnd offered her services to lit. Chinese mission for the convention of i.he lienthoii. She \viis assigned as a pupil : ( young Chinaman , but ho seems to have o\- ortcd more Influence- upon her than sV upon him , for In n year the young girl wi nn opium Mom ! , nud the other day died under the lulltlcneo of the In house drug a of quc- > tlonablc repute. Missionary zeal Is all right , but It should bo tempered with pru dence. It would Hccm that anybody in charge of a mission should have more sen < : ethan than to expose n young woman to such evil Influences upon any pretext. Detroit Free' Press : Fnniilo If you me so positive Hint Hurry loves you , why , r < n- goodness' sake , don't you accept him ami Bt-t married ? Jane Ho won't nsk me. Chicago Hecord : "Adelaide has surli a line mind. " "She has ? " "Yes ; HIIO can Ut-ep up lior Interest In a man uftor she knows bo's engaged. " Indianapolis Press : .Mrs. Wlckwlre Have you ever road about these automobiles operated by alcohol Y J Mrs. Lushford No , but 1 have married ' one. Philadelphia North American : "And now that you liave made your debut. " said tbr matron , "do you llnd the world at your foci ? " "No , " replied the young debutante. "Most of them are hovering around papa's bank. ' Washington Star : "So , " said the young Klrl's father rnsplrmly ; "be has such .1 v lovely ) disposition , 1ms ho ? " ( "Yes , " she answered. "Ho said that If t will marry him he won't object to living In ' the same house with you , even If you are real cross. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : "A young hus band lu Brooklyn Is xuliiK an aged man fnr alienating' his wife's affections. " "That's funny. " "Not at all. The iiKnd man has money ' Chicago Tribune : "You would laugh , Mr Vccdor , " the young woman wild , "to hoar my little brother try to pronounce your name. He can only pot as far as the 'V. ' " "That IH uulto right , too , Miss Elllp. " answered the yomiK man , edging a llttls lienrer. "lie calls mo 'V , ' I dare say , be cause I conic after 't' . ' " Kvoltillon. Minneapolis Journal. The tide of Time swept o'er her ! . She had reached her twentieth year ! On the old rag doll of childhood She dropped a furtive t < ar As she saw It one day In the attic And patted It.s flaxen poll , For she was now a ftrundma To her baby daughter's doll. TII13 CIIIMU/nSS FIjAT HIS I.OIV. S. M. Klser In the Times-Herald. St. Peter sat Inside the Rate A soul appeared outside. And knocked upon the golden bars : "Pray , let mo In , " he cried. "When you were on that little ball Men call 'the earth. ' " said he , "You lived In what Is called a lint" "Yes , what of that ? " said she. "You lived , " tbn saint went on to sny , "In nulet comfort there ; No nol.se wnH made by night or day To (111 ( you with despair. " " "I'ls as you pay , " the woman said , "And I was free from win : "I went to church IIH Christians should Now , prythee , let-mo In. " ' "You hunted round until you found A Hat , " St. Peter said , "Where children never romped below Nor fc-ciimpered overhead. " "Ah , yes ! they barred the children out , " She answered him , "and that WIIH why I took Hiic'h comfort In My cozy , quiet Hut , "There were no children there to ralijs A Eoul-dlHturhliiK din , And mine , therefore , were happy days Now , prytbee , let me In ! " "Nay , nay , go down below , " he said , And turned bl.s bead and mulled , "There are Kit ninny children here , They'd Hlmi'ly net you wild ! 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