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STOCKTON TIKTII.
(Seali) Notary Public.
Straw bonds are the Htrnws tlmt point
tlio wind In tho police court.
Tim campaign for Omaha nhould bo
made 11 continuous iierforniiincc.
York Is making an effort to compete
with Hastings and Kearney In the way
f sensations.
The mau who puts his money Into
Omaha real estate and Nebraska lands
has tho most substantial foundation for
his Investments to.bo found anywhere.
, Tho man wbo makes two blades of
grass grow whero but ono bladp grew
beforo Is a public benefactor. A little
grass seed In tho front yard will do It.
Colonel Ilrynu feels sure that he holds
tho Illinois delegation to tho democratic
national convention safely stowed away
In his pocket. This accounts for him
leaving Dewey a free field In Chicago.
If tho popocrats ever had any doubt
that tho republican party was alive aud
prepared to mnko a campaign In Ne
braska which will win, tho largo gather
ing at the state convention will clear up
their vision.
All tho rattlo lu tho popocratlc organ
over alleged police abuses Is readily
explained by tho pendency of the case
In tho supremo court by which tho
fusion pretenders hop6 to catch onto tho
pollco commission.
Nearly every popocratlc county ofllclal
has more deputies and assistants than
his republican predecessor. Douglas
county taxpayers evidently aro not sav
ing anything by turning tho court house
over to the fusloulsts.
Efforts of disappointed office seekers
to get oven with tho mayor-will bo dis
counted by tho peoplo Irrespective of
party. Mayor Moores has been elected
to act as chief executive of tho city for
a second term and ho will bo supported
In overy move calculated for tho public
good.
Omaha would bo more than pleased
to havo tho contractors and striking
carpenters get together and scttlo their
differences on a basis equitable to all
parties. There Is plenty of work In
sight and tho public would like to see
It being done with profit to both the
laborer and contractor.
Tho united christian party, which
would run politics and government "as
Jesus would run them," Is holding a
national convention In Itoclc Island, 111.
If tho Kansas nowspaper venture along
that lino Is any criterion of tho measure
of success of the political party the
greater portion of tho people of tho
country will not bo optimistic of Its
success.
There will bo a degreo of cheerfulness
about tho Iowa democratic convention,
which moots at Des Moines Thursday,
which-comes to thorn only onco lu four
years. 'On all other occasions thero Is a
vision of a personal funeral for somo of
them beforo tho eyes of tho delegates,
tout this tlmo It Is only making tho ar
rangemcuts fortho political burial of an
obtsldett
Boutli Omaha liquor dealers are get
ting their licenses this year for $.100 for
tho last time. It Is ns certain as tho
star4 thnt tho coming census will estab
lish South Omaha ns tho third city In
tho ytnto and put It under tho legal
classification of cities whero $1,000 is the
minimum license fee that enn bo ex
ncted. When tho time comes for taking
out liquor licenses for the year 1001 tho
$500 feo will bo a thing of tho past.
Thirty Jobs as census enumerators
aro going begging In this city. In lSOtl,
during democratic times, If such an an
nouncement had been mado It would
havo required tho services of tho pollco
to keep tho sidewalk clear In front of
the Btipervlsor's otllco. In these repub
Ilcan times peoplo who want to work
have steady positions and do not care
to give them up for a temporary one,
even If It does pay well wlillo It lasts.
271 B TJl.K Or' WAUS.
Traditional national and racial hatreds
aro year by year playing a less con
Hoiiiiontliil part In the iifTnlrM of the
world. Kor centuries the Frenchman
ami tho Kugllshman havo boon enemies
and many and bloody have been tho
conlllcls between these two peoples.
Tho Teuton and (laul have been no less
traditional foes and when the Inst war
between these two countries resulted In
tho separation of two rich province
from tho French territory rasli would
have been tho limn who at that time
predicted thirty years would pass away
without another conflict between these
two countries. Thirty years havo al
most passed since the close of .that war,
and, though both countries havo kept
up and oven added to their armaments,
there Is no present sign of wur between
tho two; In fact their relntlons are more
nearly cordial Oian at auy time within
fifty years.
As an Individual tho Frenchman thinks
no better of his neighbors across tho
channel nnd tho Ilhlnc than' ho ever
did and they aro no moro enamored of
the Frenchman. Tlmo and again within
the last generation events have hap
pened, not only between these powers,
but with others, which u century ago
would have precipitated a conflict. The
Fashodn Incident and tho Irritation
growing out of tho Dreyfuri case are ex
amples of these. There aro reasons for
nations withholding tho mailed hand lu
cases of dllllcultles which the student of
events does not have to go far to llnd.
Tho most Important of these Is that
governments, like Individuals, tinder
modern methods of business nnd rapid
transportation nro not Isolated as for
merly. Tho commerce of the world Ii
of so complex a nature that rulers aud
statesmen hesitate a long time before
they dare disturb them by plunging
their country Into war. Another potent
reason Is tho expense which attends
modern warfare. The nations of Europe
aro already carrying heavy burdens of
debt, tho legacy of past struggles and
tho cost of preparation for those to
come. Tho Immense cost of tho lato war
with Spain, short though It was, gave
tho people of this country an Insight
Into the expcnslvcnesB of tho machinery
of modern warfare. A better Illustra
tion, from the European point of view.
Is tho struggle between England and
the Hoer republics. Tho original ap
propriation by tho English Parliament
wns i.10,000,000 and this was licked up
In a trlco nnd other sums1 of equal mag
nltudc havo followed, yet tho end of
tho war Is not In sight. What the cost
would bo should two or moro of the
great powers of the world lock In n
strugglo for supremacy no man can toll.
When to the expense of lubricating the
mighty enginery of war aro lidded the In
dividual losses lu the business world
tho financial problems of a war are
something which may well appall the
men responsible for tho direction of tho
affairs of a nation.
Tho moral sentiment nnd tho growth
of opinion antagonistic to war which
havo their Incentive lu tho moral idea
urb of course responsible lu a measure
for some of the reluctance to engage In
national conflicts. The purely human
nnd selllsh motive, however, Is the far
moro potent one. When nations havo
found It profitable to go to war In tho
past tho ambitious spirits which rule
them have always cast aside any moral
scruples. Modern Invention, In making
war moro costly as well as more ter
rible, has rendered humanity a service
in rendering It less frequent.
Tho press Is constantly full of rumors
of wars that aro almost certain to occur
and tho correspondents almost have the
hosts assembled for the fray. Yesterday
It was England nnd France. Today
It Is Kiissln and Japan. Tomorrow It
will bo others, but In calculating the
probability of tho reports being based
on fact, the public should remember the
dead and burled rumors of tho past, told
with just as great circumstantiality and
with as much plausibility. No nation Is
likely to plungo Idly into a war, and,
while Europe Is a powder magazine, all
the powers nro exerclslug great care
that sparks which nro llkoly to cause an
explosion aro excluded. Tho prospects
of any of them engaging In war for any
stake now In sight are remote Indeed.
UXUSUAL CHIMES i.V yiSBttASKA,
Students of criminology may tlnd ma
terial for speculation In a series of un
usual crimes perpetrated In this state
within the hist year. A notable feature
of these cases Is tho part Which women
took In their perpetration.
Newspaper readers are familiar with
tho particulars of the IIorlocker-Morey
candy poisoning case at Hastings. So
far as tho testimony adduced went to
show tho conclusion wns reached that
Miss Horlocker, a young woman, was
aloue responsible for tho commission
of a deed which contemplated the mur
der of her employer's wife. There may
have been a love affair between Miss
Horlocker nnd her employer, but thero
wns no evidence 'and no suspicion that
ho was in tho remotest degreo account
able for tho wicked Intent of his olllco
employe. It seemed to bo a crime con
ceived and carried out by a young- wo
man whoso former life gave every In
dication of a good conscience and an
upright character.
Tho Dlnsmoro-l.auo case at Odessa
was another crime which blackened tho
page of Nebraska's criminal history. In
this case a man conceived the pjot to
murder his own wife together with tho
husband of Mrs. Lnue, who had knowl
edge of tho intrigue nnd of the time set
for tho perpetration of tho deed, yet she
mado no outcry nor did she seem averse
to tho consummation of tho murder.
A moro recent enso Is thut which Is
now stirring tho community at York
from center to circumference. Viewed
lu tho light of the testimony brought out
beforo tho coroner's lnqnest there seems
to be ground for tho statement that an
other murder linn boon committed
by a womnn. "Whether or not the
Inspiration for this crime was duo to u
man or men remains yet to bo proved,
but a Jury of citizens pf thnt town hns
authorized tho tiling of a complaint
which Inculpates the wlfo of Charles
Frost In his sudden tnklug off through
tho use of poison. It Is possible, to be
Buivt that poison may have becu taken
by the deceased with suicidal Intent, but
there aro many circumstanced proved by
trustworthy, disinterested witnesses
tending to establish tho fact that another
murder has been attempted by a wo
man. Wo mention those rare Instances as
exceptions lu tho criminal history of this
state. A like number of murders com
mitted by men would have been ac
cepted by the peoplo as most deplorable,
but In a measure expected under the
general average which tho statisticians
put down ns a state's quota of crime,
but the fact that lu throe notable cases
within the year women having borne
good characters were prominently con
nected with the perpetration of terrible
crimes will, as stated above, afford ma
terial for much speculation upon the
part of those who give careful attention
to the study of crimes, their perpetrators
nnd tho motives actuating them.
In the consideration of enses of this
kind it is slgnillcnut to note that Juries
mado up of Nebraska men hnvo been
uniformly lenient with women on trial
for crime. These Juries by their ver
dicts stand as representatives of the
sentiment of the vast majority of No
braskaus which If not sound uniBt be
admitted to bo chivalrous, denoting a
regard for womanhood not surpassed lu
any other state.
hxi'unrs ok aot,D.
A movement of gold to Europe has
begun and some eastern bankers arc of
the opinion that It will continue until
$15,000,000 or .$10,000,000 are exported.
In view of tho fact that the trade bal
ance Is heavily In favor of this country
tho outflow of gold Is somewhat re
markable and the most experienced
llnanclers nro puzzled for au explana
tion. t A lending New York banker Is
(ptoted ns saying that tho problem Is
very complex nnd mysterious and It Is
Impossible to point to any one thing nud
declare with certainty that It Is the
cause of tho sending of gold to Europe.
Tho movement Is reported to have
caused some nnxlety In tho east, chiefly
among speculators, though why any
body should bo troubled at the prospect
of a few millions of dollars going
abroad, when It Is remembered that
this country has an enormous supply of
gold, It Is not easy to understand. A
lato estimate places the stock of gold
In the United States at. $1,000,000,000,
more by at least $200,000,000 than any
other nation possesses, so that a loss
of $20,000,000 would hardly bo felt and
certainly could havo no Injurious effect
upon tho money market. Perhaps tho
most plausible explanation of tho situa
tion Is In the fact that money Is worth
more In Europe than hero and that con
sequently European bankers are offer-
lnc some Inducements to draw gold
from this country. If this Is tho case
tho movement Is entirely legitimate and
healthful and furnishes a very striking
Illustration of tho strong financial posi
tion of the United States. It will In
crease our ulready large credits abroad,
which Is not a matter to Justify anxiety
and apprehension. Wo arc no longer
pleaders and beggars Importuning fa
vors, as an eastern banker expressed
It, but wo stand firm In our own
strength, cnpablo of grunting extraordi
nary favors and even of financing to n
certain extent the great Hank of Eng
land, as wo did last winter.
The fact that gold has been flowing to
this country lu largo volume for tho
last two years and that the trade bal
ance Is still heavily on our side make it
natural that a counter movement should
cause somo astonishment, but there ap
pears to bo no sound reason for any
anxiety In regard to tho present outgo
of gold, which Is not at all likely to
reach proportions that will unfavorably
affect tho money market.
The outcome of the challenge which
Samuel GomiKjrs of tho Federation of
Labor has thrown down to a New York
court will bo watched with Interest.
Tho court Issued an Injunction restrain
ing labor unions from contributing
money for tho sustenance of the strik
ing clgarmakers. Oompers made a con
tribution In such a way that It cannot
avoid being brought to tho attention of
tho court. So long as the money con
tributed Is not used for tho further
ance of an unlawful act It would seem
that tho court hns gono too far In this
case, oven if injunctions as a strike
weapon are ever justifiable. If the
court nnd tho men who secured the In
junction are wise they will not force tho
Issue by causing the nrrest of (iompers
for tho violation of tho order.
Tho present congress can, when it ad
journs, point to a record of Importnnt
legislation consummated which will
compare favorably with any of Its
predecessors, oven If nothing moro Is
done. Thero are several other impor
tant measures pending which aro cer
tain to bo acted on and when republican
congressmen como homo to face their
constituents they will have no occasion
to apologlzo for their party.
Tho sliver republicans will bo forced
to make a draft on their allies, the
democrats and populists, If they secure
a full representation at the state con
vention. Iu many of tho counties thero
aro not as many members of tho party
as thero should ho delegates lu tho con
vention. Nebraska wheat says to Nebraska
corn Just give mo a llttlo moro of this
kind of weather to start mo off, then
you can havo tho track with the hot
brand nnd between us wo will give tho
calamltyltes a knockout blow this com
lus fall.
Why Tills SliynoANf
Philadelphia Ledger.
Quito a number of centua enumerators
havo dlscovorod already that their Jobs look
auspiciously llko work.
Stt-miK Hint liy Picture.
St. Louts ktepubllc.
It might loosen thp purse-strings of the
Sultan of Turkey a trlllo to send him photo
K raphe of tho Spanish fleet after the bat
tles of Santiago and Manila.
Yell of tliu Unreconstructed,
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho dlatrlbo which Governor Candler of
Georgia delivered to the confederate veter
ans on their Memorial day will not be re
sented .by ,the "republican fanatics," at
whom It was directed. They became accm-
lomed to thnt sort of thing Ion ngo and
rendlly recognize In Oovernor Candler one
of tho few survivors of tho "utmvon-
j structed" faction with which the f 011th was
J filled after the war.
Thc'ltolorl Coiirli-ons.
Chicago Times-Herald,
Philadelphia una now raited all but $5,000
of the Republican convention fund and New
York has ceased sneering at tho Quaker
City. Tho Dewey arch fund Is still pcvcrnl
hundred thousand dollars short.
A (;roii nf lloM'f iiIn.
New York World.
Quay la reported os( feeling confident of
re-election by tho next legislature. Clark
of Montana expects to como hack "vindi
cated. David U. Hill Is raid to have his eyo
on the White House for 1904. And Dewey
nnnounccs that ho has no Idea of withdraw
ing. "Hope springs eternal In the human
breast."
Trmlr Delation with Spnln.
Buffalo Express.
For tho first nlno mouths of the present
fiscal year both exports to Spain nnd Im
ports from that country havo Increased
noticeably over tho record of the preceding
year. At tho samo time the balanco of
trado is decidedly In favor of tho United
States. Tho resumption of commercial ro
latloiiH between tho two countries has como
as quickly as could be p.xpoctcd.
)lvli'i on Two Point.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
President McKlnlcy will be renominated.
Tho strength of tho republican ticket this
yenr will be tho record of tho McKlnley ad
ministration, If tho republican party rannot
win upon that record, and that record alone,
It cannot win at all. But all signs arc that
It can and It will win on that record.
Why, then, persist In tho effort to sacrifice
Governor Rbosovclt? Why not 'turn to the
west for a vlco firco'.dcntlal candidate rather
than seek to serye tho purposes of thoso
Now' York politicians who wlah to get rid of
Roooevclt for all time by forcing him Into a
complimentary olllco which suits neither his
temperament, his ability nor his ambition?
PrnUi- Where Prnlsp IW-Ioiik.
Tho National (N. Y.) Advertiser.
It Is no straining of language to say that
tho Easter number of Tho Omaha Illustrated
Bee was moro beautiful ond moro Inter
esting than nlno pretentious picture papers
out of ten. Tho subjects for Illustration
wero selected with admirable taste, tho half
tone themselves co carefully and skillfully
executed, and tho advertising patronage of
such variety, that the New York Commer
cial Advertiser nnd the Mall and Express
might lenrn a prolltablo lesson in the con'
duct of their weekly Illustrated supplements,
Tho Easter cover has evoked praise not
alono from nowspnpor critics but from all
lovers of art In the wldo field In tvhlch
The Bee circulates.
AffriintlKK I.Iiu'oIii'm Memory.
New York Journal of Commerce.
Although there 1b no law limiting tho
privilege of political parties In naming them
selves, the right of tho silver republicans
to call themselves Lincoln republicans may
well be challenged. The greenbackers
might have bad some excuse .for Invoking
the name of the war president, though there
1b no reason to eupposo that Mr. Lincoln
believed for a moment .In fiat money, or
approved of tho Issue of promissory notes
by the government except as nn absolute
necessity, as his secretary of tho treasury
and many other persona nt the. time be
lieved. But to attach hl namo to the re
publican sllverltes at this late day Is to
affront his memory without a trace of Jus-,
tlflcatlon.
SliookltiR- AerUlviit In Culm.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Aside from the shock of horror which al
ways attends the.. news of such a catastrophe,
the acoldont Which caused the death of Mrs.
General Wllopn,. In Havana, has an Inter
national Importance., General Wilson Is the
military governor of two provinces In Cuba
and bis position makes him and his family
persons of distinction both in Cuba and at
home. Ills wifo's sudden and painful death,
therefore, draws sympathy both on tho Is
land and at home, and tho ono bright ray
which relieves the sorrow that must be felt
In both countries is that tho mutual touch of
sympathy must draw them moro closely to
gether. Tho accident, though unusual, was
a perfectly natural one. Matches aro fre
quently dropped whero they may be. trodden
on. In this coso a blazo followed, which
quickly caught tho thin oummer dress,
adapted to the climate of Cuba, and a fatal
result was Inevitable. Goncral Wilson's grief
must bo sacred, but tho hearts of the peo
ple go out to htm In his affliction.
WOISS OK A TRUST.
Sudden Collapse of ilie Windy Steel
nnil AVIrc Combine.
Baltimore Sun.
Tho inevltablo fate of over-capitalized
trusts is Illustrated in tho calamities of
tho Steel and Wire trust. What was sup
posed to bo tho strongest of tho monopolies
has cdmo to grief in a way that marks tho
road others must travel. "If two weeks
ago," says tho Iron Age, "the best informed
members of tho Iron nnd steel trades hail
been thoroughly canvassed for an expression
of opinion as to tho branch In which a
severe break in prices was most likely to
occur, tho chances aro that but a small
minority would have designated wire." It
seemoil to havo the trade wholly in Its
hands nnd Us control of prices seemed to
bo absolute. Prices had been put so high
that profits wero enormous or would havo
been if the public hnd continued to buy nt
the inflated prices fixed by tho trust. But
peoplo stopped buying beyond their Im-
' niedlato necessities. Farmers, for exaraplo,
i quit getting barb wlro for fencing, finding
It too oxponslve, So of plain wlro nnd wiro
nails. The result, was over-production an
accumulation of wlro and nails In tho hands
of tho trust. Tho trust wns accordingly
obliged first to close a largo number of Its
mills nnd to refuse to recolvo further de
liveries of steel due them on contracts. At
first this action was supposed by many to
havo been taken for stock-Jobbing purposes.
But it had a genuine causo in the distressed
condition of the trust. On Friday last tho
board of directors further startled tho public
, by authorizing heavy reductions of prices,
tho trado being notified of a reduction or i
per keg on wlro nails, U per 100 pounds on
barbed wlro, and 90 cents per 100 poundB on
plain annealed wlro. It was desired to work
off accumulated stocks by conceding reasona-
bio prices. Tho Incident has a moral. "This
untoward development In tho wiru trado."
tho Ago observes, "should not without Its
lesson In other branches of the Iron and
stcol trades. It high prices in somo other
lines controlled by great consolidations aro
so high as to curtail consumption, tho warn
ing should bo taken In time. Mills should
not bo run at high prcssuro and stocks of
manufactured products accumulated, In tho
hopo that tho public will eventually get ac
customed to high prices nnd again purchase
freely. It is now plainly shown that an
elomcnt of danger enters into such calcula
tions. Prices that aro cxcesslvoly hUh
should bo reduced, but it can possibly bo
dono gradually If done In tlmo and thus causo
no serious shock to business. Home lellec
tlons of a different character nro Inspired
by theso developments. Ono Is that tho ex
port outlot cannot bo wholly relied upon to
enable tho homo market to bo sustained."
Economic cause will ultimately, it Is be
lieved, thoroughly teat all tho recent con
solidations and weed out such ns aro not
conservatively capitalized and such as uso
their position to plunder the public. Tho
public has a sovereign remedy against nil
tbo evils apprehended from trusts, namely,
to lessen purchases, and this remedy Is un
jutomatlo one.
o.v icoi' AM) 1:1, n r.
icene mill Incident Alonu the FlrliiK
I. lnc In .South Vfrlcn.
General Lord Roberts frequently hurl a
typewritten broadside nt the Doers for al
leged ilotatlon of tho white Hag nnd mis
treatment of prlf oners. A few necks ngo
ho iMited an Indignant protect agnlnst tho
mistreatment of British prisoners nt Pre
toria, but was careful not to utter a word
about tho treatment of British wounded lu
tho Bloemfonteln hospitals beforo and nt tho
time tho town wns occupied by the British.
A letter from a toldler published In the
Loudon N'cwa gives wmo facts which thu
commanding officer ncglectod to Include In
his tlradra agalnBt Boer "Inhumanity."
"For a day and a half," says this eoldlcr, "I
lay nt that laager while our wounded men
were brought In, and hero I should like to
sny a word 10 the peoplo of England, Our
men, when wounded, are treated by the
Boers with manly gentleness nnd kindly
consideration, When we left tho laagor In
nn 'open trolley, we, somo half-dozen Aus
trallano, and about its many Boer.", all
wounded, were driven for omo hours to n
small hospital, 'tho name of which I do not
know. It was simply a farmhouse turned
Into a placo for tho wounded. On tho road
thither wo called at many farms, and at
every ono men, women nnd children enmo
out to seo lis. Not one taunting word was
uttered In our hearing, not ono braggart
sentoncc parsed their llpa. Men brought
us cooling drinks or moved us Into mnrc
conifortablo positions on the trolley. Women,
with gentle fingers, shifted bandages, or
washed wounds, or gave us llttlo dalntleo
that como so pleasant nt ouch a time; while
tho llttlo children crowded around 11s with
team running down their cheeks ns they
looked upon tha bloodstained khaki clothing
of the wounded British. Lot no man or
woman In nil tho British empire, whom con
or husband lies wounded in the hands of
tho Boers fear for his welfare, for It Is a foul
slander to ray that tho Boers do not treat
their wounded well. England dons not treat
her own men better than the Boers treat
the wounded British, and I am writing that
which I havo fleen and know beyond the
shadow of a doubt."
Thero Is something extremely English In
tho story of Sir Charles Warren "doing
trlmblcs," as Bouncer expressed It, in tha
open air on tho battlefield of Vaal Kranz.
Sir Charles, under no circumstances, inter
mits hid morning bath. On tho occasion of
Buller's last effort to relievo Lndysmltb, Sir
Charles found It Impossible to leave his pest,
so when day broke on the battlefield he
ordered his servant to bring hU bath with
sponge and towel, and then and there, In tho
open air. Sir Charles Warren, commanding
tho Fifth division, proceeded to tako his
bath, sublimely Indifferent to the firo of tho
cnomy. Tho enemy were, perhaps, too much
.astonished nt the British eccentricity of
bathing at all, much moro of bathing in
tills extremely public fashion, to attempt any
violent Interruption.
A story cccnes from South Africa which
speaks well for the constancy of the British
soldier. Among tho wounded brought In one
dny from Potgletcr's drift was a man of
scanty clothing who held something in his
closed hand. He bad kept his treasure In his
hand for some eight hours. Ho showed It
to tho sister at the hospital. It was a ring.
In explanation ho said: "My girl gave mo
this ring, and when I, was hit I made up my
mind tho Boers should never get it, so I
kept it In my hand ready to swallow It If
I was taken beforo the stretchers could reach
me."
Tho veldt, whero the campaign is now
progressing, Is pronounced by soldiers tho
thirstiest corner of tho earth. "Ono can
scarcely remember," writes a British sol
dier, "the day when water was not regarded
with rovorenco nnd Jealous envy, when it
could bo made to run clear, continuous nnd
unvalued by a turn of tho finger. Here,
where ono knows by tired limbs the weight
of what ono drinks, tho thought of water
flowing through pipes seems a drean of
paradise. And such water! Water through
which ono could see, which left no cnud at
tho bottom of the mug, and did not stain
what It was spilled on. Tho water we drink
here is ofton too thick oven 1o filter.
"At Hamdara thero was a big pound what
was left of molsturo In tho dam. Ono bathed
In It only under tho most compressing com
pulsion of cleanliness. Tho water was very
shallow, but tho mud was black and deep.
Ono sank to tho knees If ono tried to walk,
and so sat gently half in mud and half in
brown syrup, and thanked God for water.
One rose from It with tho green leeches
hanging from ono's body like bits of sea
weed, nnd with a sprinkling of other less
known Insects.
"Horses looked nsknnco at that pool, but
tho men drnnk of It greedily, and drank of
It, whero alono they could reach It, whero
tho horses' hoofs had churned it into 11
blackish-green liquor thick as soup.
"Lot every ono who turns today a water
tap In England glvo a thought to thoso who
aro dipping buckets In South Africa, and
be grateful for an exceeding privilege."
Through acquaintances In Milwaukee,
whero ho is well known, it Is learned that
tho American who led tho battle against the
British In South Africa, capturing several
RunB, was Otto Lossbach of Milwaukee.
Lossbach was somo years a lieutenant in
tho German nrmy. but is now, or was a year
ago, a full-flodged American citizen. At the
' close of tho Spanlab-American war no wmn.
t to Cuba and Porto Rico to represent a aiu
J wnukeo brewery, afterward going to South
Africa. Lossbach is a nephew of Moritz von
Baumbach of Milwaukee, former consul of
' Germany, nnd Is related to other well known
(ierinan-AmerituuB ui '.. V i.
military appearance and Is said to bo a
soldier with a good record. Tho Von Baum
bach family, whilo knowing about the plans
of his alleged leadership of tho Boers, say
that they know of no other people In this
country bearing tho same name.
PHHSOVAL A NO OTIIISIIWISB.
Mrs James 0. Blalno Is collecting her
husband's letters for publication In a bi
ography. Tho mayor of Jersey City is inconsolable.
Ho has quartered all his sons In city of
fices, but hasn't enough sons to fill all the
o (11 cc in sight.
Spellbinders preparing for the fall cam
paign, if they -would bo up-to-date, must
Includa In their list this pair of knockers:
"Inclrcumscrlptibleness" nnd "nonlntercora
munlcablllty." Elthur ono will paralyze an
audience,
Senator Baker of Kansas eays he started
his son, E. Burgoyno Baker, in nowspaper
work bocauso ho believes Journalism is the
best of training for any young man, no mat
ter Whether ho Intends to keep It up or to
go Into somo other profession.
Dcsplto tho fact that ho has beon renomi
nated by acclamation it is nn open secret
that Mr. Boutcllo of Maluo will nevor again
sit In rongrcts, Tho most eminent neurolo
gists In New England have told his family
that ho, will never bo hlnwolf again.
r;,t.rn.n iniin! nf 1 ti (1 Inn a . ns bead of tho
i Nancy Hfinka Mctr))rlal arsoclatlon, han
purchased 'tho old Lincoln farm near ,vcns
vlllo, Ind., on which Is tho grave of Nancy
Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln. A
monumont will bo erected thero nnd tho
slxtocn-acre farm converted Into a public
park.
Tho old Stanford home in Sacramento, Cal
which Mrs. Stanford has given, with $75,000,
for an orphanago to tho Catholic church, M
thn one In which her husband lived twenty
years and whoro her son, for whom the uni
versity was named, died. Tho room In which
young Stanford died Is to bo elaborately
fitted out u an Infirmary by his mother,
PA It Iff, I'll. (HU MS AM) PIIK i:.1.
(niootti Pimm In llelleve Visitor of
Their .Surplus ('null.
New York Tribune.
Tho soul of tho tourist Is in commotion
nnd his knees havo turned to water, for ho
i Is going to tho exposition this summer, nnd
thero In every Indication that Paris has
islnster Intentions touching tho llttlo mnttnr
of his purse. This has recently been shown
by our correspondent. He reports a move
ment on thu part ot tho Parisian landlord
1 nnd restaurant keeper, to say nothing of
tradesmen In general, which boiles 111 for
I tho foreign visitor. It Is a curious "move
1 mcnt." Thoso who began it are now sitting
, still ns mice or spiders, Calm In tho con
( vlctlon that the world and his wlfo are bound
to como their way, they have buslod them-
selves with n llttlo refurbishing of their
.premises; but today they wnlt In deadly re-
poso for tho tourist. Ho will como to bar-
' gain. He will stnv tn nrnv. rttit nrnvup. nn
tney say, will avail him naught. Tho Paris
I lans will have a "nrlx fixe." a nrlco Immo
inuio as rate except when It flics upward
nnd tho tourist, poor thlngl will pay It or
snip nimscif out of tho city ns promptly ns
ho may. That Is to say, ho will do cither of
these things If ho Is Inexperienced, or timid,
or ignorant of tho French language, or
otnorwiso unprepared for conflict. Wo hope
that our countrymen at least will school
themselves for n moro valiant course. Let
tneni meet extortion with high courago nnd
tho onset of truo men. Let thorn bring all
their natlvo wit, nudaclty nnd skill to bear
upon 'tbo light. Let them rather retreat to
a police station, and there, In some peace
ful cell, wait for a happy Issue, than yield
to tho outrageous demands which will be
mado for a room nnd three meals a day.
Tho American need not be discouraged.
Sooner or later tho obstinacy ot tho land
lord will disappear. The hauteur ot the
restaurant keeper will melt. Tho trades
man will beg for trade. Tho tourist will
get things nt a rational price.
Tho Parisian bourgeois is remarkable for
nothing so much as far his common sense.
To say that ho knows on which sldo his
bread is buttered is to put it mildly indeed.
If ho Is hungry ho will not wnlt for tho
butter. In plainer terms, he will swnllow
tho tourist at the tourist's own price, with
possibly a slight premium such as no right
minded tourist could object to pnylng. It Is
Important to remember this when ruminat
ing on tho trip to Paris, on a modest bank
account, and on tho forecasts of Parisian ra
pacity. Thousands will spend Infinitely
moro than they ought to be asked to spend,
of course, and In many cases will doubtless
enjoy tho experience Other thousands, by
using patience, Judgment and an unbend
ing will, may easily sen tho exposition and
stay solvent. Let It bo remembered also
that Paris is ono of thb hugest cities In tho
world, possessing lodging houses, hotels and
miscellaneous shelters In such abundance
that It really resembles a colossal rabbit
warren with a sign out "To let." In Paris
one may live cheerfully and oven proudly
In neighborhoods which would bo Impossible
elsewhere. In Paris one may cat horse
flesh and never know It, so great Is tho
transforming magic of tho Parisian cook. It
Is needless to worry. Paris may bo expecting
to mako npocalyptlc millions out ot ncr
guests this summer. But if somo of the
latter will pluck up courago nnd persevere
they will keep tho figures down. Tho last
thing la tho world to do Is to reach the
city in a complaisant or timorous frame ot
find nnd pay whatever ono Is asked.
COPPICR YIELD IN tl.MTRD STATUS.
Enormous Increase In the Ontput unit
Dcmnnil.
Chtcaco Post,
One illustration of tho remarkable devel
opment of Industrial enterprises in this
country has Just been furnished by for
olgners. Tho 'bureau of statistics of tho
Treasury department has promulgated a
enmnltntlnn nf fleures bv German statis
ticians, 'showing the enlargement of the
world's copper supplies throughout tne
nlnotumth century. These figures show a
marvelons srowth in tho production of this
metal during tho century, and particularly
during tho latter half of It. In tho first ten
years of tho period covered tho total produc-
Hnn nt pnniwr amounted to DUt 'Jl.UUV tons.
in tho last decade this had grown to 3,613,- i
000 tons, of which 1,063,000 tons wore tne
product ot North American mines, nnd by
fnr the larger part of this was from the
minrH of tho United States. Tho record
referred to shows that previous to 1S41 North
Amorloa produced practically no copper, so
that tho wonderful growth Indicated has all
in ha ero.iited tn a neiiad of sixty years.
r.rnat na has been tho Increase in pro-1
riurtlnn. .the increaso In tho consuniptivo (
demand has moro than kapt pace with it. I
Tho rapid development of tho clactrical in-
dustry in mo iniior nan ui ujo vuuuij u
rrenied a voracious market for copper wlro,
so that in tho last year or two tho produc
tion has beon barely sufficient to meet u.
Prions it in true, aro now considerably lower
for tho niotal than they -were 100 years ago,
but this Is duo more to the cheapening nnu
Improvement in tha means of production
tbnn ta anv aiut In the market. For tho
first ten years of tho century thei average
price of copper was 1533.50 a ton. During
thoJast decade it has been $232.75 a ton;
that la, he production increased six-fold,
whllo the price declined only one-half,
whiin hn outDUt here has increased at a
phenomenal rate, so also havo tho shipments.
Exports of, copper from the United States in
1890 amounted to 20,237,409 pounds. In 1S9D
they had Increased to 234, 987, 164 pounds.
These figures Include only copper shipped
In Ingots, bars and plates, and exclude ore.
Tho value of three oxports In 1890 was
$2,349,392 and in 1899 $33,083,529. Tho re
turns show that nearly one-half tho entire
yfcld was consumed In four countries North
America. England, Germany and France.
Tho consumption of theso in 1899 wns 409,683
tons, against 268,417 tons in 1693, an Increaso
ot about BO per cent In seven yearn. In
North America alone, bowover, during those
seven years tho consumption increased from
77,433 tons to 162,000 tons in 1899.
At 10 o'clock Thursday morning, May 3rd,
we are going to sell our $1.50 Manhattan
and Star stiff bosom colored shirts for
$1.00 Each.
Not a poor pattern in the lot. Manhattan
shirts have one pair of cuffs Star shirts
have two pairs.
Sizes 14 to 164.
SEE FIFTEENTH STREET WINDOW.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha's Only Exclusive Clothiers (or Alcu and Uoy. '
I.HT MIOMDAS CAM, Tllli MOLL.
Tribute In llio I'rencli Soldier nf 1'nr
Innp Who l'oiittlit for Freedom.
Phlladctiihla Time..
Ghastly n.t Is modern ivarfare. Its senti
mental phaies are constantly recurring, Tho
recent death of tho French engineer who
had so long and so successfully directed the
strategic movements of tho Boer forces
caused n thrill In every human heart, Gen
eral Do Vlllebols Mareiill died In the thick
I of the fight, and the British, who found his
body on tho field, burled It with military
honors nt Bcshof, Bravery commands the
universal homage of brave men. The English
codo has changed slnco tho d.tye ot Jeanne
d'Arc and Marshal Key.
General Mareull wbb tho latest typo of the
military adventurer, who loved war for war's
sake. Ho was undoubtedly tx believer In
human liberty, though the British people
Justly thought his enthusiasm misdirected.
Ho was not a hired merconnry, such ns the
American peoplo nssoclnto with tho Hessians
sent hero to destroy tho colonists. Money
hnd llttlo consideration with blu. We have
known two examples of this typo of man.
Ono was acnernl Tchernayeff, who espoused
the Servian causo, and by his masterly con
duct in tho unequal strugglo made by the
llttlo state against tbo might of the Turk
won tho admiration of all Europe. The other
was General Ityan, who was captured on tho
Vlrglnlus nnd shot nt Santiago. Ho was nn
Irishman, but ho hnd servod on tho federal
side In tho civil wnr, had assisted in the
overthrow of Maximilian and his henrt re
sponded to tho cry of down-trodden Cuba.
Ho couldn't keep out of a wnr In which his
sympathies wero enlisted,
But In thoso days knighthood has not been
In flower. A sdsplclon of self-interest has
too often obscured truo motives and generous
purpose.
Ah! but thero was a time when the
soldier of fortune wns the popular Idol. Bard
and troubadour extolled his deeds; Frols
sort, Scolt nnd Dumas embalmed him in
history. Throughout alt tho wars of me
diaeval Franco and tho long feud of Guelph
and Gblbcllne, ho boro ft gallant part. Often
tho friend of today was his foo of tomorrow
Cabals nnd conspiracies that occurred around
him mado him tbo natural victim of any man
who could draw nnd thrust before ho could
get on guard. Ills sword was tho only pro
tector ho knew. Though his feudal lord or
his king might show him favor, he was tho
guardian ot tho body of his royal master.
not tho king ot his.
SAID IN KUN.
Somervllla Journal: B,ed hair Is said to
bo a. Blgn of genius. If a red-haired man
quotes this to you It will bo prudent to
iicreo with him.
Philadelphia North Amorlcan: "What do
you think of my play?" asked tho-author.
"Play!" grunted tho leading1 man. "Play
nothing! It'o hard work."
Yonkera Statesman: "What was the dls
position of thoso lemons I saw here yes
terday?" asked tho frrocer of his, clerk.
"The disposition, did you say, sir? Sour,
sir."
Indianapolis Journal: "An automobile has
more sense than somo political orators."
"How's that?"
"Whr, when an automobile srets out of
gitsollna It fltops! when somo political
orators run out of ideas they don't even
know It."
Brooklyn Life: "Mr. Heavyweight." said
mo' HCW IllllllCilC'l , ir ntim ... .r,ujv., . .-l.
$10,000 for a. new church, provided we can
get otner suuscnpwous iiiukuik m, mo oumn
amount." .....
"Yet you seem disappointed," aald hla
"Yes, I wna In hopes ho would contribute
$100 in cash." I
Philadelphia. Press: Fudge I suppose you
would call Pilgarllo nn honest man7
'Riniirft rh. ves. I sunnoso so. It s either
honesty or hick of Intellect that makes
him such an unfortunato business man.
Chicago Tribune: "Tho complainine wit
ness says you started tho quarrel by telling
him you would hato to bo found dead with
such a shirt on ns ho wan wearing."
"8o I vould, your honor. I'd hnto to b
found dcadinny, way you could tlx It."
Thltadelphla Tress: "Wife Whaffl tho
matter?
lliwband Tho baby a swallowed that $3
troldolece,
Wife Oh, mercy! That's terrible.
Husband Of course It Is. If we call In
Dr. Brown to get It out, we'll havo to pay
it to him on account of ths.. old bill of his.
Philadelphia Press: "You need a change."
said tho doctor. "1 think you should take
n trip to Europe."
"Well, doctor." said the man with n. largo
nnd expenslvo family, "you need a change,
too. I'm thinking."
"Really 7"
"Yes. You want to change your mind."
Dotrolt Journal: 'No, tho trlllinnalrn
would not litigate. Sooner would he endure
an Invasion of his rights.
"Wero I to litigate." lie protested, "I
should nlmost certainly bo tho cause of
numbers of Innocent lawyers dying rich."
This charming" anecdote shows conclu
sively that tho possession of great wealth
does not necessarily soar tho finer sensibili
ties nor deaden the springs ot noblo Im
pulse TIII1 SULTAN AND HIS BILL.
Cleveland Tiain Dealer.
"Commander of tho Faithful," eslfl the
Vizier to his chief,
"What think you of Unc' (Samuel's pressing
claim for quick relief?"
Then tho Sultan, darkly scowling, stamped
his brightly blackened boot.
"I Intend," he fiercely murmured, "at his
claim to hoarsely hoot:
I will stun htm with an lrade, I will make
a flrmln, too."
Then again tho wlso old Vizier ralMd Ms
mild and tender bleat:
"Don't forgot, oh, mighty master, that you
haven't any fleet!"
"Uncle Samuel," said the Vlrler, with a
twinkle In. hla eye,
Has commanders like to Dewey, and to
Sampson, and to fichloy:
If they thunder with their war shlp at the
city's sacred gates
They will knock tho holy plaster all a-
tumbling round our patcH;
They will smash tho Mosque of Omar, they
will crush each minaret;
They will pile In ragged ruins every ara
besque and frett"
"I shudder," said tho Sultan, "at your login
and Its proof
For I'd grieve to see the harem skipping
'round without a roofl
If I have to I will pay It though I hate to
own I'm beat."
"Which moans," remarked the Vizier, "you
remember you'vo no fleet."