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THE OMAHA DATLY 3113 Et "WEDNESDAY, MAHCII 11, 11)00.
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the month of February, 190u. was as follows:
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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.
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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.
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