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0 THE OMAHA DATLY 3113 Et "WEDNESDAY, MAHCII 11, 11)00. Tim Omaha Daily Bee. 13. ROSliWATKH, Kdltor. I't'IIMSIIKD KVHUY MOItNlNO. TKIIMS OK at-UdCIUI'TiO.V. Dally H (without Sunday), Ona Year.Jfl.OO Dudy Hee and .Sunday, one Year S.00 Illustrated Hee, One Your 2.W Hunday ilo, Un Year 2.0) Saturday Hoe, Oho Yeur l.M Weekly Hee, one Year CJ omens. Omahn: The Hee Ilutldlng. Homh Omaha: City Hull liulldlng, Twen-ty-flf ili ami N streets. Council MutTs. 10 Pearl street. Chicago: lOtu fnlty liulldlng. Now York: Temple Court. Washington: 6"1 Fourti nth street. COimESl'ONlJUNCK. Communications minting to news anil edi torial mntler should be addressed; Omaha lipo, KdltorlHl Department. IJt'.SINKSS LETTKRH. Ilushir-M letter and remittances should he addressed: The I!'o Publishing t-otn-pan v. Otnului. REMITTANCES. Remit hv draft. express r postal order, payable to Tho Uco Publishing Company. Only 2-t-etit clamps accepted In pnymont of mall ticcounts. Per.4cmul checks, except on Otnahn or Kantim exchniiKes, not accepted. THE HKE PL'UMSllINC. COMPANY. STATIJMi:.Vr IIP ClllCL'I.ATItl.V. Blatn or Nebraska. Douglas County, ss.: Oeorgi) II. 'IV.rchuck, secretary of Tho Hco Publishing Company. IjcIiik duly sworn, s.ut that th actual number of full and complete coplcn of The Dallv. Morning, Evening and .Sunday Hee. printed during the month of February, 190u. was as follows: .... -Jd-no an,7ti .BII.H to iw.k.so !;....aii,iti (1, 7110 'jo.rut ao.sio Itll.TXO . .. UO.HIIO . . :iii.:io. .. . 1:0.710 1:7.11:0 ao,i7o Total Less unsold and returned copies. rr.s.r.or. 10,000 Net total miles 7 IS.r.NI. Nut dully average lfil,7:i."t cucorce n. tzsciu'ck. Hoc'y and Treits. Subcrlhed and sworn to before me this Mh day of February. A D. 1!V. tSenl) M. I! IICN'OATE. Notary Public. The "Devil's Auction" wants to keep , away from Topekti durlne Sheldon week or something Is liable lo happen. Is It possible that Congressman Mer cer Is afraid he inlpht not carry the pri maries In Douglas county If conducted In the usual way'.' The annual contest of "wet or dry" will soon be on In Nebraska towns. When It comes to stirring up a lively campaign no Issue Is equal to this. Speculators are worried over a short age of corn. If they will only make their wants known In time Nebraska will raise enough more tills year to make good any delleleney. If detectives continue to bring charges against men suspected of having some thing to do with the killing of Coebel It will not be long before there are not enough good men left in the statu to servo as Jurymen. The hearing of the complaint against Superintendent Lang or the Iteatrlce asylum will be held behind closed d ors. This will be tough on those compelled to Inhale lis odors, but tho public will lie spared an n'Mlctlon. The demand for western lauds inci dent to tho better times Is expected to put .?:i,(H)(),(HM) into tlie permanent school fund of South Dakota during tho pres ent year, (.ieneratlons to come tire liono lltcd by republican ascendancy. New York has been taken wili a sud den spasm of virtue that proposes to abolish vice of all kinds. If the crusade Is entered lulo in earnest the census taker may Ilnd a vast decrease in popu lation when he makes his rounds of (iotham In .lime. Tho pnpocrats seem to be weeping briny tears because Frank ltansont Is not eligible to be a delegate to the re publican national convention this year, lint why should they weepV Why not take li 1 111 to their hosoni and niiike him 11 good democrat with the label blown in the bottle? The democratic managers do not take kindly to the suggestion that tho Fourth of .Inly and a democratic, national con vention are more hilarity than Kansas City can .stand In one day. llctween an oratorical tornado and tlrecrackers tho cily down the river Is likely to be swept away. Congressman Robinson's county has instructed Its delegates to tho congies sloniil convention for him. Statu house otllclalH will all pleaso take to their bomb proofs, for Secretary rotter is likely to tire another round, tho echo of which is expected to roach over Into the Third district. Word conies from South Omaha that ono of tho democratic candidates for mayor was touched Sunday for a dia mond stud and $00. South Omaha thieves evidently know their business. If they had waited until after the demo cratic primaries they would uot have made any such haul. Tho corporations havo tho usual evi dence of tho approach of a political cam paign by the eruptions of the legal and political departments of the reform state government. Hut they are not ex hlbltlng as much alarm over the nilalr as tho uninitiated might expect, since they appear to understand thoroughly what It Is all about and just what it amounts to. Nebraska. Is adding another celebrity to tho gallery of national tlgures, If ail we hear about the achievements of Henry T. Oxnard In Washington is true. According to somo of tho popocratle or gans ono would Imagine that Oxnard sat upou a high throuo robed as the beet sugar king, while the president, senators anil congressmen make obeisance before him and ask his pleasure that they might fulfill his wishes before the souud dies from his voice. 1 an, ir.o 15. 2 un.tiMo 16. 3 i:o,o.,o J7. 1 ar. in.". is. f 1:7,00 19. fi 1:0,11110 !0. 7 i:0,7IO 21. S '-MI.T'.'O 22. ' i:0,0IO 2.1 i ao.noo :t.. 11 Ii7.lt.- 2f... ao.r.oo 2rt . IS 'JO.s-.'O 27, n ao.r.ao s. run oVRMVHES ton 1'KAir.. Ill trntiMinllttiiK to the ISrltlsh rovphi input the lioor overtures for peace, inado tluotigh the American consul at Pre lorln, our tfoveruinent does not neeos- ; jiro to pnforcc the piovlsluiis of the No sarlly propose ineillatlon. The fact of it j liraska Htatute roiiulrInK railroads to Kovernmcnt iietlng as an Intermediary ' have their cars equipped with automatic. In a mutter of this kind does not In It- M'lf Imply a proffer of Intervention, even when, 11s In this case, a willingness to exert Its good olllces In the Interest of 1 tea co Is expressed. Therefore the ac tion of our government tloes not commit It to anything more than the expression of a disposition to assist, If Its assistance should bo desired by both belligerents, In bringing about a cessation of hos tilities. There has been no proffer of any kind, if the reports from both London and Washington are accurate, so that the British government Is really not called upon, save as a mnttpr of cour tesy, to take any notice of the action ol tills government. It Is stated, how ever, that It will bo formally acknowl edged by the British government, doubt less with such assurances of friendly appreciation as the very amicable rela tions between the two countries suggest The Moors themselves, nor their sympa thizers hero and elsewhere, could not reasonably expect tho I'nlted States to do more than it has done in this most grave and Important matter. As a neu tral power, having no direct concern In the South African war, our government has done Its duly toward both belliger ents, and It occupies a position where, If it should be desired by both, It could net as mediator with the certainty of commanding the confidence of each of the belligerents. t treat Britain, however, tloes not do sire mediation and as now indicated nothing short of the unconditional sur render of the Boers will give peace to South Afrlea. (ierniany lias declined to Interfere, on the ground that she Is In no way concerned In the conflict, no proposal of mediation or Intervention from France would receive the least consideration. Russia has manifested 110 disposition to meddle In the matter and with these powers standing aloof the smaller nations can exert no Influence. Tlie attitude of Mngland Is notice lo the world that she proposes to settle with tlie South African republics 011 her own terms and that she Intends to prosecute the war until they arc beaten into torn plelo subjection. Fverytliing points to the absorption Into the British empire of the Transvaal republic, If not the Orange Free state. The predominating voice of Fngland and Scotland at this moment undoubtedly calls for uncondi tional surrender and annexation. It Is said by 1ondon correspondents that a careful canvass of opinion, even on tlie opposition side of the House of Com mons, reveals an emphatic majority there In favor of the same decisive policy, not because of any vindictive feeling to ward tho Boers, but because of the con viction that a peaceful co-operation of Dutch and British In South Africa on the basis .of perfect equality is impossi ble so long as the Boer element, now In authority remains In power. The policy of milking tho two republic's of South Africa British colonies Is at this time unquestionably favored by a large ma jority of the people of the Fulled King dom and perhaps tho most formidable opposition to it will come from many of those very outlanders In whose be half, ostensibly at least, Kngland went to war. Meanwhile the British forces arc pressing forward and the conditions ap pear to grow dally more desperate for the Boers, while reported dissension among them adds to their dllllcultlcs and makes the outlook more gloomy. Axuintut (iitAM)STAxn pi.a y. Tlie stilt brought by Attorney General Smyth against three Nebraska railroads to recover penalties for alleged viola tions of the maximum rate law, extend ing over a protracted period and aggre gating nearly $U,r0O,(HX), Is simply an other grandstand play for political effect upou the Impending campaign. The great reform attorney general pretends to have suddenly discovered that three roads operating In this state were not parties to the suit in the United States court which enjoined the enforce ment of tho maximum into law and that they are therefore subject to the penalty clauses. .Mr. Smyth forgets to explain, however, why he has been In olllco nearly four, years without having mado this discovery. The famous maximum rate case was started in 1SIM and tho final adjudication upon roargument was had In 1SD7, alter Mr. Smyth had en tered upon the duties of his otllco In time to represent the stato In tho final stages of the litigation. If Mr. Smyth Is such a vigilant attorney for the people as ho would havo them believe It Is pass ing strange that he should not havu In formed himself on tho parties to the suit nt tho time ho wns arguing It. Why has ho waited three years to look up tho tiles and discover that the state still had rights against the roads? As n matter of fact, tho reform at torney general knows that his suit Is tho purest buncombe and that If a law Is knocked out or held up by reason of Its unconstitutionality upon the suit of some ono of tho parties affected by It that It Is knocked out as to all of them. As well might the governor at this time appoint a new insurance commissioner under tlie law declared unconstitutional as relating to his last appointee and claim that the decision would not apply to a newly appointed olllcor, or try to set up another municipal court in the city of Omaha after the supreme court has declared that the law under which that court was created Is null and void. If Mr. Smyth were really In earnest In his npparent effort to secure enforce ment of the maximum rate law he would "apply to the United States court for a new Investigation Into the reasonable ness of the charges therein established under that section of the supreme court opinion which declares that the rates might become reasonable with more prosperous conditions than those which existed In IWIt when the Injunction suit was started Mr. Smyth might have I jtlom this long nco, Itut lie Is ri'ipnrontly nfrnlil that lie mlirlit iieeoinillh ?onio thln If la wont at It In that way. Or lu mitrlit have umlortiikon thriM' months couplings not later than .lanuary 1. IPtM). , But he will do no such thing, lie pre 1 fers much to hit the railroads with the soft end of a feather duster in the hope ! of raising enough dust to blind the pco- pie who have been so long fooled by re , form state olllccrs pledged to guard j their Interests as against those of the great corporations. FliAMI. is intMAU. It Is stated that the French govern ment Is willing to extend the time for the ratification of the reciprocity treaty If asked to do so by our government. and It appears probable that this will bo done. As wo have heretofore noted, the opposition to the treaty In the sen ate Is so strong that If It should be pressed now It would very likely fall ami It Is realized that failure might have 111 consequences to our trade with France, besides Impairing, If not de stroying, the chances of making reci procity agreements with other coun tries. Special Commissioner Kasson, in a letter 11 short time ago to the Boston Merchants' association, pointed out that of .fl 17,000,000 worth of manufactured products annually Imported by France the United States supplies less than 4 per cent, owing to the fact that our products nre overweighted by the French maximum tariff. Tho reciprocity treaty would give American manufac tures, with it few exceptions, the min imum tariff and Mr. Kasson said would open to hundreds of American Indus tries "a new market of -tO.ooo.OOO of the most active and Intelligent people or the world. It should mean to American Industries of the soil and factory an an nual increase of $".0,000,000 to !:10,000, 000 In our export trade." This Is a possible gain which should certainly re ceive the earnest consideration of the statesmen at Washington. Perhaps, how ever, 110 great harm will come from postponing ratlllcatlon, unless It be In preventing American exhibitors at Paris from obtaining trade they might other wise secure. TIIK IXH.ATIOX MKXAVK. The question as to wjiether the pro posed refunding of a considerable por tion of the public debt will result in a large lullatloti of the national bank cur rency continues to interest eastern finan cial circles. There is consensus of opin ion that a very material Increase in the bank circulation will ensue, but many financiers believe that intuition will not ne carjieii to such an extent as to dan gerously stimulate speculation, or se riously disturb and unsettle values. In other words, they expect that the banks generally will observe a conservative policy. The United Slates Investor, which vig orously condemns the refunding pro vision, expresses the opinion that the danger of Inllatlou Is not so groat as some apprehend. It says that In tho first place It Is not by any means sure that the bulk of the debt will be re funded, and In the second place there Is a strong likelihood that the banks may not lie able to buy a sufficient amount of bonds to Increase their circulation very materially beyond what their pres ent holdings admit of. In the third place, says the Investor, it Is quite prob able that only a few of the banks will lose their heads sulllclently to buy bonds for the purpose of increasing their out standing notes. It adds that even If the banks become as insane over the re funding measure as some predict it is '..! ttf .1 11. .111 1 ... t h"ul llllinni-D, tun, lilujr niii ft I'lllM'! Ill (lotibtlttl if the result will be what is'....... , .. .. .u . antlclpated. A very heavy increase in tho bank circulation would result in tho notes of every bank being returned for redemption Just the moment there was no use for them In tho channels of Industry, and the Investor thinks that for much of the time there would be no employment for tho Increased cir culation except It were found In loans on "wild-cat" securities, which most or tho banks will hardly be disposed to encourage. Therefore that Journal concludes that the banks ns a whole will act conserva tively lu taking out new circulation. This has been our view and we have no doubt tho result will show it to be correct. Still It would have been wiser uot to offer tho Inducement to Inllatlou that Is contained In the refunding prop osition. All game Nebraska sports will cer tainly be plf-ased to road that Oovernor Poynter, us the chief executive of the state, has been lending his Influence fo tho encouragement of legitimate pastime by participating in a Juckrabbit hunt at Kearney with the co-operation of olllccrs of tho Kearney Industrial school. Pop plug one Juckrabbit at a time would of course be too dull entertainment for a great huntsman, so wo are told tho rab bits were beaten up by means of a wire cable over 1,000 feet long drawn by two teams of horses, with the result that llfty rabbits were killed, .lust how many were brought down by the gov ernor himself Is not stated, but wo feel sure that those who accompanied him held Ids high olllco lu too' great respect to take any Juckrabbit out from uiidr the gubernatorial gun. Wo noto that the president of tlie State Barbers' F.x umluliig board formed one of the gov ernor's retinue and presume that by this time the slaughtered rabbits have been reduced to the acme of tonsorlal art. Discharged policemen and democratic ward heelers have been dealing out on street corners and In the saloons of Omaha for weeks past nn advance topy of a pretended decision of the supreme court of Nebraska, purporting to reopen the police commission ruse and reverse the Judgment that ousted the malodor ous police commission appointed by tiovernor Holcomb, now one of the Judges. We are not yet prepared lo lie- llevo that these street corner loafers are duly accredited spokesmen for .fudge Holcomb and Sullivan or that those Judge would undertake to hand down a court decision prior to the submission of the case. Tlie organs of the state house crowd admit that tlie present state otllelals have made some "mistakes," but ex cuse them on the gtotind that even a popocratle ofllclal Is human. This Is considerable of a come-down. When they were running for olllco the people were Informed that these men were ab solutely free from guile and entirely above the corrupting Inlltieiice of olllco. liver since the first experience the dis count on popocratle promises has been growing larger until at present they nre not worth much more than confederate paper money. The gross receipts of the Omaha post olllco for the month of February, l!oo, were nearly j?.'!,ooO greater than for the same month last year. This unquestion ably menus the tran-aeilon of more busi ness in Omaha this year than last, al though we must uot omit from the com parison the fact that several primary elections took place In February, I'.NIO, with no counterpart the previous year. It Is evident that the postolllce Is be coming a great factor in election ma chinery. The anti-saloon league Is manifesting renewed activity throughout Nebraska towns which tire soon to hold spring elections, on which hinges the choice of excise boards committed to the granting or withholding of liquor license. If the league meets as good success elsewhere as It did In Its effort to bolster up the democratic candidate for mayor In Omaha It will not have many notches to cut on Its record stick. I'dllor Sheldon says he Is going to print Ills political news from a non partisan standpoint. If he wants a model lie can look to an evening sheet in Omaha which prates about its non partlsanshlp, yet in the recent city cam paign took off its coat and rolled up its shirt sleeves to do what It could to help the democratic candidate, who was dually burled under an avalanche of votes. What a commentary on religious Jour nalism that the man who aspires to edit a paper In Topeka as Christ might have done should get his Omaha news out of the ofllco of a paper that has wallowed in slime and filth during tlie past month to such 1111 extent that it has made Itself nauseating to all decent readers. The populists of Douglas county are going to hold u primary election for the purpose of selecting their delegates to tho populist state convention, while the democrats propose to appoint their dele gates through a committee. Douglas county iMipullsts are more democratic than Douglas county democrats. lliiKle Call for the ClinrRe. Cincinnati Commercial, Thero was a distinct republican victory In Omaha that can wifely bo taken an n straw, as Omalui, It next door to Hryun'a front yard. 1t A Spectacle In l'rospoet. Philadelphia Times. Queen Victoria may bo vociferously wel comed In .Ireland. It will bo Interesting to noto tho natives throwing their brogues, as It were, after her for good luck. Ami Do a rnkr Walk. Ualtlniore American. Mr. Hryan need not necessarily stand on tho different platforms 011 which he will ho nominated. Thero will bo enough of thorn for him to tako an occasional promenade. I,o, (lie liiiml Imllnn. Buffalo Express. "Indians," says Judgo Shlras of the United Statco dlfitrict court of northern Iowa, "make ,.n.t ...lt.w.,....u tt..... Utl..l. 1.. , ItlLlN lllilll 1WI11U 1IUUMI. I) U1U KUII1U token, why wouldn't, they make good Jury- men? There's a Job would suit the reserva tion brother. A Wllililnir Cti ill III iiii( toll. Globe-Democrat. A paper lh MassachusettK which usually oppoCH republican politics remarks that President McKlnley has "a genius for pleas ing." It Is n neat compliment. When this gift is coupled with a genius for bringing prosperity, tho combination Is ono to bo highly prized. liiiliroviiiu' the Coiinuliir Service. Chicago Chronicle. A hill for reorganizing tho consular serv Icu Is being urged upon congreMi by tho house foreign affairs commltteo and will be probably passed. It in easy enough to clto proofs that the growing foreign relations of tho United States demand more and better representatives in the consular service. Of course tho politicians aro nioro concerned with tho pro3)icct of creating more consular Jobs nnd raising tho pay of those already ex isting. Hut it o happens that almost any change in tho consular service will ho for tho better. An soon as a few score notorious InconipetentH and political hangers-on uro rooted out of tho service the way will he paved for equipping the consular pot with representatives of real Americanism. 11011, 111) Tit A IV H(IIlIli:itS. rnrl Conaplriic, AumIiinC .MInnoiii-I'n I.oiik ami Short II1111U. St. l.ouls Republic. According to tho Hallway nnd Engineering Kovlow thero Is bllstorlng troublo In stoio for thoso train robbers who, not keeping up with tho developments In their profession, try to rob .1 train with tho tfme-honored preliminaries of boarding tho blind bag gage, climbing over tho tender nnd covering engineer and fireman with revolvers or Win chesters. "Tho new engines of tho Denver & Hlo Orande railway have Iron pipes extending along tho roof of tho cab connecting with tho boiler." It sayB. "Through this pipe, without making a perceptible motion, cither tho engineer or tho fireman can send, under 20ft pounds pressure, a Jot of steam nnd boll Ing wator that would effectually cook any thing living that happened to ho on tho tender or tho front end of the baggage car. Tho blow-off cock thU3 arranged Is e.vpectod to prcvet.t train tobbers from climbing ocr tho tender." Such 11 plun would go far toward rele gating to uselessness tho cnoat popular prac tlco of train robbers. Tho substitution of tho cow catcher for tho blind haggago. with a hazardous climb over the running board of tho flying engine, in tho faco of tho en gineer and fireman Instead of at their bad., would hardly bo practicable. So long, how ever, ns a red flag or a rod lantern, together with a fow well-placed track torpedoes, can stop a train, tho roported innovation of tho Denver (c Hlo (Jrando will not be a para mount agency In the prevention of train robberies. iiitnov ami iiDint. I .It'll I nun of Life A hunt On' 1'lrliiK Lines In South VVrlea. t opics of a remarkable report made by mapinin Collins to (leiieral Warren, com mntidlnn n division of llencral Puller's army conrcrnuiR his nieetln with the Iloer com mnnders on the battlenold of Splonkop, have heen sent homo by correspondents from Chlovcley. Chaplain Collins nml members of the MrttMi medical corps spent three days (January 25-15-7) on the kop after the rctre.it of tho llrltlsh. attending to tlie womiJed and burying the dead lie had a cnnvera.i tlon with (leneral Hatha, commander of the Hocr forces, and with several minor ot'.lcers. (leneral Hotlia complained of lll-trentmcut of Hocr wounded and cited numerous Instance of nllcRcd violation of tlie images of war by tho llrltlsh. Chaplain Collins gives the Eeii- eral s exact words, as follows: "Now. take this message to your general. Tell him wo want to light out this quarrel In a Chilstlan way; that It should he clearly understood between us what Is to be done after a fight (echlacht), and during the war (krleg). Hut there must .bo reciprocity there must be reciprocity. Ask him to send me a list of thoso of our people who nre in his hands Their relations and friends want to know whether they are alive or dead. 1 myself will give nt all (lines the fullest Information of thoso we have belonging to you. That he may count upon. As I give up your wounded, he nhould give up ours. You can now carry away the wounded and bury the dead. There are also six wounded who nre prlsonerB in tny hospital down there. They can nlso bo tnken away, or I will give tin order that one of our ambulances convey them to any placo decided on by your tnedl cnl authorities. There Is with us In hospital a wounded superior officer, lie Is not to bo removed. I will decide about him later on." In concluding his report to (leneral War ron, Chaplain Collins gives his Impressing of tho Hoers ho met on the famous battle Held. "I venture to think It a matter of considerable Importance," he says, "to draw attention to the attitude of the Hoers whom wo met during tho carrying out of our duties on theso throo days. After collecting all tho Identification papers, letters nnd per sonal property of tho fallen, and whilst waiting for tho graves to be dug, we chap lalns wero unoccupied, anil, therefore, had Idonty of tlmo to talk to tho Hoers around us. For my part I confess that the deepest Impression has been made on me by theso conversations, and by the manly bearing and tho straightforward, outspoken wny In which wo wero met. There were two things particularly noted. Thero was no effont mado to Impress us by what wns said. They spoke with transparent honesty nnd natural slni pliclty, and In nenrly all cases tho conversa Hons wero begun by us. So there was -a total absence of anything like exultation over what they must consider a military success. Not a word, not a look, not a gesturo or Hlgn, that could by tho most sensitive of persons be construed as a display of their superiority. "Far from It; there wns u nadncss, almost anguish, In tho way In which they re-ferred to our fallen eoldlero. I can best convey the truth of this statement nnd show that there l no attempt nt exaggeiatlon In using tho word 'anguish' by repeating expressions used, not once, but again and aguln, by great numbers of them as they Inspected tho ghastly piles of our dead. 'My flod! What a eight!' 'I wish politicians could sco their handiwork." 'What can Ood in heaven think of this sight?' 'What a cursed war that brings these poor fellows to such an end!' 'We hate this war. This war is ac cursed. Kvery day on our knees wo all pray that flod will bring this war to an end.' 'It 1 not our war; It In a war of tho millionaires. What enmity have we with theso poor fellows?' 'Would that Chamberlain, Rhodes and tho millionaires could seo theso trenches and graves!' 'When will this unjust war end?' 'Wo hate all war. Wo aro men of peace. Wo want to go back to our homes and farms, to sow our ecfd and reap our fields, and not to mako war. Good God! When will it end?' "Thero wero many like expressions of grief used, but theso were the most frc quont, and aro thoso that remain Indelibly Imprinted on my memory, together with the Incxprcaslble porrow stamped on every face. At tho burl.M servlco all stood reverently bareheaded, and all who could ppcak Kng llsh Joined In the words of the 'Our Father.' "It Is Important for me lo ptate that what I havo written does not refer to ono small party of the Hoers. Tho Splon plateau was not in tho occupation, ns might havo been supposed, c f one contingent or commando. Large parties, with now and then a field cornet In their mldht, came streaming over the ground all day long; none remained for nn hour. o that I do not remember seeing n single individual a second time after an hour's Interval, with tho exception of four or flvo doctors, who camo up from tho Boer hospital bolow Splonkop on Thurs day and Friday. "I do not hesitate to say that in the three days I epoko with somo hundreds standing nround us lu groups of from ten to twenty. Apart from soveral foreigners, chiefly SwIrs and Italians, the Hoers seemed to me to belong to tho farmer class, somo dresed llko English gentleman farmers, and others, who formed tho majority, less well dreffied, hut with no signs of rnggednoss about them nnd with scarcely any evi dences of tho wear and tear of the cam paign. I think I have written enough to convey to the mllltnry authorities an idea . .... .i.... .,(.. 1 . . .. 1 , 111 wiu iiiuiiuij turn I'uurieuuB licit! lllK ni tho Hoers toward tho chaplains, and of their sympathetic and respectful nttltude toward our fallen comrades during our visit to Splonkop In dlachargo of our duties." rmtsovAi, iMti vrwis. Peter Jnckson Is going back to Australia. Kvery iittlo thing llko that helps America. Laureato Austin has kindly refrained from easting tho faintest poctlrnl shadow on the Kngllsh rejoicing. It Is California that has the distinction of furnishing tho Mescs for the Philippine com mission nnd a lawgiver for our new posses sions. Kansas City having secured tho demo cratic natlonnl convention, tho supremo court of Missouri promptly knocked out tho beer inspection law. Snlvlnl, tho famous Italian tragedian, now years old, Is acting In St. Petersburg, his first appearance there for twenty years. Ho Is said to havo created great enthusiasm To prevont possible injury to pedestrians I mi.: 111. limuvilt, lhn tn,nnn..., n,.... n,.l, In Now York tho nrmo of ono of the tlgures on it havo been amputated. Tho arch is rapidly going to pieces. Gllcfl F. Flllcy, who recently died In St. I.nuls, gavo up his fortune of $1,500,000 to meet tho notes of a friend whlih ho had mid.irscd, although he might havo had tho advantage of the banking luws. Sir William McCormac, the chlof consult ing surgeon to tho Hrltlth forrco In South Afrlcn, receives n salary of .1,000 n year. l)r. A. Conan Doyle, who volunteered to go as registrar to the Iingmau field hos pital, receives no pay. Chaiicw Major, who less than two years ago wns a struggling lawyer ut tho Shelby couqty ("jullana) bar. nml who was made wealthy by his book. "When Knighthood Was In Flower," has Just paid $17,000 for .1 farm near Slielbyvlllo. That eccentric comedian nnd manager, "Alvin Joslln," Charles L. Davis, In whoso madness thero was always method, whoso Hashing diamonds were worth many times their vnliin in tho advertising they brought him. loft nn estate valued nt JMO.OOO. with tho strong probability that It will be fiercely wnmeled over in the couru. tiUMJit 11, i nr,m,i:if.s mitiii.vs, A I'neltle Ciinul Vleiv of the Philip pine I'rlre I'licUnm'. !'. Francisco Call (re.i 1 General Wheeler, who has Just returned from the Philippines with n military Mini mission and a certificate of election to con Kress among the honors that lilunh upun him, has presented Ills plan for tho govern incut cf the Philippines. I.Ike many other expansionists, he looks upon the l.'lands as old-fashioned beekeepers used to look upon the hive, ns full of honey and easy to rob Be talks about American push In a climate where thero Is no push nnd 110 productive labor except that of Chinese coolies, and he wants the islands, Including Hie domdn of Ids friend, the sultan of Sulu. admitted ns a territory and set In the path that leads to statehood. This Is undoubtedly to be the plan on "men the Hryan democracy will compro' tnlse. The people should never nsscnt to It .Nuiie of theso treplrnl Islands should ever he put in line to be states. It will be hotter to sell them as torrid Junk In the second- nnti'i markets of the world than to incur si'-h .1 peril. Put them up at n national rag rnir, make an International St. Audrey auction, get rid of them In any way. rather than permit thorn to cherish any hope of American Btntehood. JUFt how much tho people are going to stand In tho line or expansion nnd Insular tionneiiMi and folly none can tell now. Wo arc jutting n tniilf of lii tier cent on I'orto uicnn products nnd nre to hand the whole proceeds, a tax levied on the Amorknn Peo ple, back to the I'orto Rlcnm! It Is com pelling Americans to pay I'orto means n houtity of 15 per cent on their products! Aa the capitalists of I'orto Ulco hire labor nt 0 rents a day. cheap wages at homo and an Ameilcau bounty of lii per cent ousht to make them quite comfortable. i look Into the maze of contr.iJIctlons. plans, propositions ami schemes thnt hovers over this question Is like looking Into the grimacing faces at the windows of a mad house. A southern democratic senator Is shouting, "Hold the Philippines; magnificent market for southern cotton," when tho Islands can produce nil the cotton nnd gar ment fabrics they can consume. Another breaks Into a smallpox of enthusiasm over the opportunity to establish, manufactures In Manila to compete with the home manu factures, while n third Is assuring the home manufacturer of n great market among the Tagals, Pnmpangos and Negritos. While the merry madness goes nn C.10 people of tho paradise of the West Indies are reported to be starving to death on account of their surplus production of the necessaries of life! General Wheeler adds his recipe to the list of nostrums already on file, and will soon appear In congress to add to the demo cratic situation his vaBt store of unwisdom on tho subject. " itr.vKit i:m pii.itisi;i:," Nimt lliiitlanil'M IXIimite nf Topekn'M .Sensational I'reneher. Sprlnglleld (Mass.) Republican. Of all forms of self-conceit perhaps tho most monstrous Is that of trying to put onc'h self In tho place of Christ, and to decide off hand for the world Just what his Infinite goodness and wisdom would dlctato in nil tho affairs of modern life. Itev. C. M. Shel don, author of "In Ills Steps," who Is now trying his hand nt conducting a newspaper ns Jesus would conduct It, seems to havo his hands moro than full at the very outset of his enterprise. A recent newspaper dis patch from Topeka, tho scene of his experi ment, says that ho spent the previous day in passing Judgment on tho advertisements submitted. Ho Is to havo supreme au thority during tho coming week, nnd nil contracts for advertising contain tho proviso that tho advertisement must he nccepted toy him. The statement of tho lines drawn by his censorship suggests thnt omniscience must bo added to godliness to accomplish what he has set out to do. Some limitations ho frankly recognizes nnd admits. Alt adver tisements of patent incdiclues ho has can celed, not because they aro all bad, but be cause ho lias not tho tlmo to sift out the bad from tho good. And, Indeed, if nn editor personally tested all such wares his experl ment In npplied Christianity would brought to a sad and sudden ending. Hut how about tbo vendors of worthy specifics? Have they no reason to feci that they aro being punished unjustly for the sins of others? Mr. Sheldon also rejects all adver tisements of corsets, because he disapproves of that nrtlcio of attire. If ho wero a Jaegerlte, ho would doubtless feel con strained also to keep out nil ndvertlsementa of non3anltnry underwear. All advertisements of alcoholic drinks and tobacco nre, of course, tabooed, becauso Hev. Mr. Sheldon disapproves of theso articles. Whether ho Includes tea and coffeo in Ills diet Is not stuted. They nro probably nt least as Injurious as corsets. Hut tho re former goes further than to reject advertise- ments of articles which seem to him ob jectionable. He will npt ndvertlso a maga zlno which contains ndvcrtlsemcnts nf liquor or tobacco, or which dlsplnys advertising pictures of which ho disapproves. It will bo seen thut this branch of censorship U enough to occupy ono man's tlmo, without tho Inildentnl trifle of editing a newspaper. Mr. Sheldon, for Instnnre, disapproves of tlie theater. How can ho mention tho namo of a magazlno which ventures to publish an ar ticle on tho Btage, perhaps illustrated (horri ble supposition) with pictures of pretty actresses? Tho editor's program oven tran scends tho Held of miornls. Ho refuses, for Instance, to accept advertisements from Kan sas City retail houses, becauso ho thinks it Is tho duty of a newspaper to stand by homo merchants. With equal Justlco ho might de cline to receive advertisements from depart ment stores, becauso of the detrimental offect theso havo upon the smaller dealers. In fact, when a man has tho colessal ego tism to make himself Christ's mouthpiece on subjects concerning which Christ wns si lent, there Is no limit to the absurdities In volved. Tho spectacle Is lioth ridiculous and J renulslve. To prostitute tho great truths of Christianity to a wook's flamboyant self-advertising Is a degradation of religion. KIH tilRI'S mi'lSMHXti III.OW. I'rolinlile Destruction nf .InlianneN liiiru anil Its Mines. Cleveland Leader. If tho Hoers Intend to blow up Johannes burg nnd destroy nil the mines that thoy can wreck, when it shall become evident that llrltlsh will enter the mining metropolis of I tho Trnnsvnal, they 'will nt least mako the tuemory of the war a nightmare to not a few 1 in iUBll KlliluiliiiiB. ninu -nil ,u vc Hill, llrltlsh capitalists. Thero will bo weeping nnd walling among the owners of mining stocks who formed tho backbone of tho Jingo eli ment In London when tho war might still havo been prevented by a llttlo moro toleration on the part of Grent Hrltaln. Moreover, such n dramatic and desperate blow will tend to rendor more protmblo tho ultlmnte loss nf South Africa to the llrltlsh ompira. It will Inspire a feeling of ptid'i and hatred atntng tho Dutch, all through that part of the world, which will not din out In centuries of llrltlsh rule, and when tho Dutch populutlon shall have increase d to ten times what It Is now, and Kngland Is deeply engaged In some great war, tho tlmo will probably bo seized for a successful : volt. Thnt Is the end of the wholo matter forecasted by some very nblo men, Including James Hrycc. tho Ilrltlbh member of Parlla rrent, who Is famous na n historian nnd student of governmental probleirs, before tho prevent war begni,. So the! Hoers, In their despair and wra-h, may strike a lust blow which will go far toward winning Independence for tholr iK scondanU. As for the effect upon their own generation, that Ib quite another qurctlnn. It may mean martyrdom for tho leaders of the Boers of this day. Daisy Queen 31 fragrant pcrtmut, rich In tht sweetness of Held and hrest. Velleate yet lasting. snerman Lltlyer Sherman IllcCcnnell Drug Co., rsfDIIIon nritQ Co., Kubn ,f Co. ltf.,l()l( IMi X .MtltlHir.S VICTOHV. Sprltigllold Monitor (dtun.): Mayor Moorei and the balance of the republican ticket, with one or two exceptions, was elected in Omaha Tuesday by majorities ranging from JOO to 1,000. The result can he accounted fot on tho ground that the republicans sltnplj outvoted the fuslonlsts. Crawford Tribune (rep.)- They didn't ,U a thing to Popplcton In Omaha Inst Tuesday, "for Bryan's sake'." but Just elected Moorn mayor by four times the ninjorlty ho wai elected by the first time. The republican! nlso elected the entire eiiy ticket, with 0111 exception, and scvimi out of the nine couti cllmen. Superior Journal (rep.): Kven the pop! cannot Juggle the results of Tuesday's elec tion In Omaha so as to take comfort from them. Tho clean sweep of the republican ticket, and especially after the bitter and unprincipled attacks made upon the hend ol It, Is Imllratlvo of what the future has in store for tho fusion forces the state over. Central City Nonpareil (rep.): Moores was ro-clected mayor of O-maha by about 1,000 majority and the union of the republican ticket also carried by good majorities, sava perhaps one. tax rnmmlssloner. Tho re publicans elected nil Hie members of tha council hut two. It Is n clear renubllcan letory and the blow almost killed th World-Herald. Grand Island Jolirnnl dep.): In the titi election at Omaha tho republican ticket wai successful, notwithstanding (llt! hardest op position ever made had lo bo met. Tho fad thai there wns a complete fusion of all the elements against the republican nnmlnoM rehired tho light lo two tickets, the repub licans on one sld and everything elso on the other. Tho roault proves conclusively that tho metropolis of Nebraska Is safely re publican nnd tlie effect upon the situation this fall will bo advantageous to tho parly. It seemed that there was nothing too low for the opposition to do In tho hope of defeating tho republican nominees. Kearney Huh (rep.)' Tlie rc-elcctlon of Frank 12. Moores as mayor of the city of Omaha Is u most signal triumph for tho re publicans of tlie Nebraska metropolis. A personal light such ns has nover before been witnessed In tho stato was waged ugalnst Moores by tho World-Herald. Moores wns handicapped by an otllrlal record as district clerk that was undoubtedly against him. Ho hnd apparently let the city run pretty "loose," but this wus a part of the "wide open" policy attending the two years of cxiosltloti. Still ho was personally popular and withal had mado a good olllcial. Re publicans mndo n direct appeal for votes on partisan grounds, and this appeal doubtless held the republican vote pretty well to gether and brought about an unequivocal party victory. TIIOI'tillTS 'I'll AT TH;itl,U. Detroit Journal: Now that the vell.iw newspapers are aware of their capacity to run two wars at onre unit not luilf irj universal peine would poem to be more of a pipe urea m man ever. Chicago Tllbune: "What Is vonr nntrr. sir?" asked the waiter. Ilrlnc mo 11 nucrter house steak." nn. swered tho government employe-. I'hlladelphlu Tlme-s: Much depends on harmony of mrrouudlnuH. A irlrl mav Im j MU ugly frame of mind Itrnllvr nu lnhn-. ,tti,l iml ,,,, I....1. .....II 1.. Indianapolis Journal: "Daughter, your hair looks tangled; can't you brush It a llttlo?" "Hrush It! la, you're mi old-fashioned ; If I ever brushed my hair It would jipoll my artistic appearance entirely." Chlrntro News: Palmist X can tell bv your hand that lu tho past you have been an Inebriate. Reformed Robert Dnt'e funny! livery body else told by me nose. Detroit Free I'resn: "Did you rent that woman a desk telephone?" "No; she said ulie wanted ono fixed up with awfully long wires ho she could rim around the neighborhood with It." Indianapolis 1'resn: She Oh, dear! U found a L'niy hair In my head this morn In. Iter You ought to be glad of It. If your hair t'li mi Id turn gray li would soften tho effect qf all those wrinkles you uro get tint;. Youth's Compnulon: "I wonder," snld the uliHcnt-mlnded profesMir, "what I did with that postage stamp!" "You had It nt your tongue's end n mo ment ago," replied his wife. Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Watts-That man who sat next us In church put In a dollar and you pul In only u dime. Watts Yes, and he goes only onro In about three yours and you make me go every Sunday. If you haven't forKotten your arithmetic Just llguro out the propor tion, will you? .NICIIII.VAIIK TO SPHINC. Chicago News. "Do fits' spring frog blow do mud film hi 9 eyes, Kn peep fum do dald leaf tnol'; lie stretch his legs en squat crosswise, Kn croak: 'Full de Ian', ain't It col'!' 'Full do lull', ain't It col'!' croak dti peu green frog, Kn he stuhts, en sneeze, en sneeze; Kn he hop two feet to dn cypren log Kn croak: 'Ahil hop or freeze!' "Do fun' spring cricket wuk his loug-lalK saw. Kn mi fro' de coocoon pill; Hn sun hlsself on a las' ycuh's straw, Kn squeak: 'Full de Ian', what a chill!' 'Full do Ian', what a chill!' do brown cricket squeak, Kn ho henli tnlstah frogs' deep chune; Kn togcddali (ley squut on do moss Ion bleak, Kn pine full do href of June. "Do fits' spring snnko keck do roof fum his hole. Kn up fum de erf ho sneak; Ilo twine hlsself 'renin do swamp fencn pole, Kn hiss: 'Full de Ian', ain't It bleak!' 'Fuh ! inn', ain't it bleak?' hiss do bal- naiu snake, ln lu, llpuli (1,, rrl,-Uf.t ni f rrt ,; ho stalit a wny wid 11 wrlgglo en 11 shake, .... uvy. v ..(,. "So do cricket en dn frog en do bal'-hald snake. Stuht up 11 suhatiudo wall; Do snake ciuln't sing, so lie start In tl shake. Kn bent de time wld his tall. Kn de frog cum In wid his bazoo deep, Kn de cricket's tdiuhp notes ring; Kn dey wake up de meddah en vale fum sleep, Will a Hiilinnado to spring." Goes Farthest In the Kitchen LIEBI6 COMPANY'S EXTRACT OK JIKEK ilili nouritliuif nt ami flirnr lu kuui, ttvl ami iltll. cnln ttiitrr-Ht mitt itrnTldts a lUlmyrilnnar ma of 111 tirlala which would other- wias b iuupltlauiitiMUii. I 1