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THE OMAHA DAILY 13 13 E: THURSDAY, MAY 'J 1 , 1000. Tin; Omaha Daily Bee. 13. UOSIiWATLlt, LMltor. l'UBLISHKD LVDKY MuKN'l.NU. TERMS OK SUIISCHIPTION. Dally Ilio (without Sunday), One Vear.JC.tO Dally lite und Sun lay, one ear 8.0u Illustrated Hee. One Uar 2XU Hunday He One Vear..... fW Saturday Hee, One Year ! Weekly Hoc, One Year OFFICES. Omaha: The Um Hulldlng. ., . Booth Otnahn: City Hall Uulldln?, Twen-ty-flfth and N streets. Council Ulurts: 10 I'earl Street. Chicago: 1610 I'nlty Building. New York: Temple Court. Washington: 501 fourteenth Street. tiloux City: 611 Park Htrcet. COIIHKHI'UNDKNCE. Communications relating to news ana edi torial matter should hr addressed: Omaha Dec, Kdltorlal Department. HUHINEH3 DETTEItS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed; Tho Hee I'ubllahlng Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, express or postal order, payable to Tho hee Publishing Company. Only 2-rcnt stamps accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern ox hanges, not accepted. THE DEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. State of Nebraska, Douelas County, ss : George H. Tzschuck, secretary Iho Deo Publishing Company, being nuly sworn, saya that the actual number of full and completo copies of Tho Dally, Morning, Evening anil Sunday Hee, printed during tno month or April, lv.'h was as imiuws 1 , 7,7 li r is us.-Jtiu 2 i , 4 6 7 , S 9 , 10 , 11 12 , 13 It IS ...1:7,010 ...i!M,18fl ...I'SU'-O ...ar.nni ...iiT.S'-'ll ...ii7,SH() ...im.sor, ...i!7,tllO . . .ns.nno ...u.:t7o ,..'J!7,IIUO ...S7,Ha) ...i!7,ll20 ...us.oan 17 7,SO 18 U7.HSO 19 i!7,s:i) 1:7,7(10 21 US.OO ..' u7,iiM) vi i!7,tlK) o US, 000 25... 1:7,000 26 ur.nuo 27 -7,1."; 29 U7.7U) 20 S7, 30 a7,20 Total I.rss unsold and returned copies.. .x:tr, 1 55 . 10,071 Net total sales HU.VtHl Net dally average JT.nwa CHOUGH H. TZSCIIL'CK. Subscribed nnd sworn beforo ma this 1st day of May, 1D0O. STOCKTON IIETir. (SeaU Notary Public. A micros ill futhor.s -would not be ni'iirly so exciting. What business had a nativity man in a concross of inotliors anyway? Thoso Hoor envoys should know that International law is as hlndlng on tin? United States as on any oilier nation. Over $2.(Hio.ooo In deposits In tho right national banks In Omaha and the iiKKrofznto si 111 prowlnc Not a bad showing. If Undo Sam keeps after tho Turk ho may make up his mind that It Is cheaper to pay the bill than waste time dodging u persistent collector. Up to tho present none of the nu merous church congresses In session havo been occupied with heresy trials. Can It bo possible a new record Is to be ruailo this year? Tho railroads have been given an ex tension of time until .Inly 15 to complete tho Sixteenth street viaduct. It is to bo hoped they will understand that the dato set Is not a movable feast. Tho deposits In Umalia's national banks havo again overtopped the record for tho first time since IS'.K. And yet tho Hryanltes persist In asserting there 1 no real prosperity in Ihe land. The public must revlso another ono of Its old similes or seeuro a substitute. It will not do In tho future to say that a man moves as often as a Methodist preacher since tho conforenco has re moved the time limit on pastorates. The census ollleials are this year ex ercising every precaution to prevent census Inflation or padding for the ben efit of any city. That Is the only fair way. No city gains anything In the long run by population exaggeration. If Udgar Howard passes up that con gressional nomination only to tind that his hopes of tho auditorship are still more evanescent, another editorial sting of Ingratitude may be expected to un looso Itself In big letters and black type. Kansas City hotel keepers are said to ho erecting toll gates at every turn of tho corridor. The next time a national convention Is located tho contract might with propriety Include a few stipulations for tho benelit of delegates und spec tators. And now It is Intimated that it may bo necessary to Invoke the aid of tho mayor and council against tho Omaha Ico trust under a vague charter pro vision giving power to regulate "such kind of business as the public good may require." is It possible tho reform at torney general admits himself powerless before making a more? llecord-breaJving deposits in Omaha banks Indicate that a goodly portion of tho current prosperity has found a homo In Nebraska. Tho size of the balances of country banks also Indicates tho country has fully its share of the good things. The ligures aie of a char acter to take all tho sling out of ca lamity speeches this fall. "Uthlcs of Our Kuslnesh" Is a neat little pamphlet just Issued by an Omaha firm to advertise its establishment. We Miggost, however, that legal advice be secured before It Is distributed broad cast. Tho publishers should not over look tho fact that tho editor of Tho Hee has been cited by the supreme court for contempt because of an article on tho "Ethics of Justice." An Interview of a Sioux City man In tho local press on his return from the 1'arls exposition tells a tale of disap pointment and says that the Paris show, although much larger, Is but little su perior to the Transmlsslsslppl Exposi tion at Omaha In 1S0S. Tho people who visited thu Omaha exposition are real izing more and more as they look back uhhi it what a lino exhibit they enjoyed, architectural, artlutlcal and educational. THE Muxt IMt'OUTAilT QVKS1IUN. 'J lie question of a continuance of the I ro(perous conditions that have pie vailed during Ihe last three years Is the Hunt Important one before the Amor Iran people. Every man who Intelli gently consider his own Interests un derstands this. All desire that Indus trial activity shall be maintained, that our foreign commerce shall Increase, that labor shall continue to Hud em ployment at fair wages and that Ilium clal conlldence shall not bo disturbed. All classes of the people are now en Joying a fair degree of prosperity. Ac tivity prevails In every department of manufacturing, there Is not much Idle labor and there is a good homo and foreign market for the products of agri culture. The bank deposits bear evi dence to the prollls of buslne-s. while tho savings of the people steadily grow." There Is more money In circulation than ever before. Exports continue large, the balance of trade In favor of this country Is Increasing and we. are loaning to Europe. Four years ago all was different. We had a democratic administration which will lopg be remembered as a period of great Industrial and business depres sion. The history of that time Is fa miliar to everybody, for no interest and no class of the people escaped a share In the hard experience that marked It. "I know of no way of Judging the fu ture," said a great statesman, "but by the past." Tho American people have never been prosperous, have never made any great material progress, under dem ocratic policies. The democracy of today Is more reactionary than at any other time in our history. It has to a largo extent adopted tho doctrines of pop ulism. Indeed, some of tho populist lead ers loast that their party has given the present-day democracy Its principles und there Is warrant (or tho boast. There are people who think that dem ocratic success (his year would have no ill effect upon financial conlldence and business. It Is a mistaken view. To place a party in power which stands for a dangerous llnauclal heresy and which proposes all orts of radical changes In our political system, would be such evidence of a popular revolution- try tendency as could not fall to create general apprehension nnd distrust of tho future, thereby putting a check upon enterprlso and Impairing tho conditions that now make for prosperity. It would challenge the permanence of the stand ard of value, though It could not imme diately interfere with It. It would Im peril, if we may Judge from the attitude of most of tho democratic leaders, our peaceable relations with foreign govern ments, than which nothing could be nioro Injurious to our welfare. It would menace the Interests of both capital and labor by encouraging hostility between them. Tho success of the democratic party, with Its popullstlo nnd socialistic allies, would be a threat of revolutionary changes which would alarm every sub stantial Interest and do enormous in Jury to business at home and abroad. The democratic party under. tho lead ership of Cleveland did iullnito harm, but tho disastrous effects of that regime would undoubtedly be greatly exceeded were Jiryanism Installed in power. nr.ainxvAr: riiniu uiiliuatioxs. The Iloer envoys, It appears, recog nize their obligations as visitors to tho United States and do not Intend to abuse American hospitality by cajcrlng to nny party. As intelligent men they have discerned tho effort of certain pol iticians to derive partisan advantage from their mission and they have said that they are anxious to avoid even the semblance of taking any part In Ameri can politics. Whether so Intended or not, this Is In effect a rebuke to such demagogues as Sulzer and should be a warning to others like him who may seek to use the envoys and their cause for a political end. It Is tho Intention of tho Iloer dele gates to visit u number of American cities and tell the people their side of the conflict being waged in South Africa. They will go nowhere that they will not receive a cordial welcome aud the heart iest expression of sympathy. Nor Ik there tho slightest danger of any Inter ference with their purpose to make a straightforward statement of tho Boor cause. They aro not here, It appears, as diplomatic representatives, and con sequently they will enjoy the same priv ilege that any other foreign visitors would havo to speak freely to our peo ple. The suggestion that Ihe adminis tration might object to their appeal to American sympathy Is utterly nbsunl. The envoys have so far acted with good judgment and shown a proper under standing nnd appreciation of the situa tion. There Is no reason to doubt that they will do so to the end of their stay. .1 SKAtlCIIIXG f.U fv'.S7(.'.i;70.V. The Instructions of Postmaster Oeu eral Smith to Mr. Brlstow, fourth as sistant postmaster general, who has gone to Cuba to take charge of tho postal department there, direct him to prosecute an investigation of the most thorough and searching character. "The Investigation," say tho Instructions, "must be comprehensive and minute, covering every brunch of the service and all classes of ollleials. Its prose cutlon must bo governed solely by the purpose of ascertaining tho truth and the whole truth, und It must bo uncom promising and unsparing." The administration has shown In this most deplorable matter a determination to go to the very bottom and to bring to justice everybody found to be In volved, to whatever extent, In the frauds. As soon us t he peculations were disclosed an Investigation was Insti tuted and steps taken to apprehend those Inculpated. Neely, who Is charged with being the chief culprit, escaped from Cuba, but the others aro now In prison there aud Neely Is under arrest In Now York. It Is a question whether ho can bo returned to Cuba for trial, but in any event ho will be tried and undoubtedly receive the punishment he deserves. All fair-minded people must thorofoie admit, whatever may be thought of the character of these ap pointments and the opportunity that was afforded tho guilty otlk'lulsi to com I nilt fraud, that tho administration is I doing Its duty In the Investigation and ! In the purpose It manifests to punish the ' t- .Mr. Brlstow, it Is said, can be de pended iis)ii to carry out his Instruc tions to the letter. He Is a thoroughly capable man and relentless toward those who betray their trusts. His Instruc tions give lilm ample authority for pros ecuting the Investigation and It Is safe to say that no guilty man will escape. rut: Hfts'i it . t v uvi. The Board ,of Education has In structed Us attorney to take steps to bring about Ihe removal of Police .ludge Gordon for alleged misdemeanors In olllce. This proceeding Is, however, not likely to produce the desired result un less the effort of the board Is seconded by thu mayor and council. The city charter makes provision for the Im peachment and removal of municipal ollleers In section KKt, which reads as follows; Whenever tho mayor or any three council mwi shall mako and fllo with tho clerk of tho district court the pioper chargm nnd specifications aRalust any offlecr mentioned In this net, alleging anir-shoAlng that he Is guilty of malfeasance or mhfeasanco In such olllce, or that he is Incompetent or neglects nn of his duties, or that for any othor Rood and sufficient cause stated he should bo re mocd from his office, the, Judge of nuch court may IssfiO tho proper writ requiring such oflleer to appear beforo blm on a day therein named not more than ten days 'After tho eervlco of such writ, together with a copy of such charges nnd Aperificatlcns upon such ofllcor, to enow causo why ho shoul 1 not bo removed from hU office. The pro ceeding la such case, shall tako precedence of all civil caustu and be conducted accoid Ing to tho rule of such court In such cass3 jnado nnd provided, and such officer may be suspended from tho duties of his olflco dur ing tho pendency of such proceedings by tho order of such crtirt. Durlns tho time nny officer Is suspended the mayor nnd coune I may appoint any competent person to per form the duties of the officer suspended nnd provide for his compensation. Manifestly the procedure coulem Dinted by the charter is that tho Initia tive for the removal of any city olllcer be taken by the mayor, or at least three members of the council. The Board of Education can at best only tile charges against Police .ludge Gordon with the mayor aud council and furnish the evl denco upon which It relies to sustain them. This course need not necessarily be tedious, nor will the notion of the court be dilatory, as the statute makes it mandatory on the district court to give the case right of way, and, If tho showing Is strong, to order the suspen sion of the olllcer pending tho hearing. Without attempting to prejudge the case, The Bee believes that the course outlined in the charter offers the best way to disposo of the complaints that have been hanging over the head of Judge Gordon so long. If the complaints against his method of administering the court are frivolous, they will be dis missed. If well founded, the court will give the desired relief. In either event, the public will haw relief from the con tention. Tho intention of tho administration to push tho investigation of tho postal frauds In Cuba to the end and punish the guilty parties Is made evident by tho instructions of the postmaster general and also by the character of the man who has been sent there to carry out the instructions. General Hrlstow has the reputation of being re lentless In his pursuit of wrongdoers and lias started In as though he In tended to keep up his record. On high grounds of public morality public plunderers should be prosecuted to the limit nnd parly discipline also urges that the men who betray Iho trust reposed In them should be pun ished rather than shielded. In prose cuting these men the administration Is living up to tho best standard of gov ernment. The amount of money credited to in terest on state warrants held by the school fund, contained in tho last ap portionment, does not indicate that the Investment Is of abnormal proportions. If the Sl'tXUXH) which has been lying Idle nnd uninvested ln the banks had been thus Invested the report would show several times the .,S-I7.1.S which Is now credited to this source of rev enue. The largo amount of money which the treasurer Is enabled to dis tribute', as shown by his own statement, Is not duo to any good management on the part of himself or other state offi cers, but to the fact that bettor times have enabled those who lease or have purchased school hinds to pay what they owe. Douglas county Is still paying I. cents a day for feeding prisoners ln the county Jail, while the city of (imaha pays only liii'-H cents for feeding pris oners In tho city jail. This disparity Is so striking as to deserve more than passing notice on the part of the county commissioners. We now know why Attorney General Smyth was frozen off that Douglas county delegation to the state conven tion. It was to enable blm to devote his whole time to his great tight against tho Ico trust, with contempt proceed I a as on tho side. .Muxt Spout or Hunt. Philadelphia Times. Bryan la Just now publishing no moro books, though his volumes of speech come out with tho usual regularity. The I'rlc,. nf Ail in llin. Hrooklyn Kaglc. Tho senate of tbeuo United Htatca is ad mitted to be tho choicest club In tho coun try, but mcmberphlp, as In other clubj, seems likely to be confined to people who have been elestcd. (icttluu Their lliinil In. Chicago Post. Tho circumstance that a masked man has "held up" the guests of a Kansas City hotel suggests that ihe proprietor of the etab llshment may be having a little praetbo preliminary to the democratic national con vention. I'rnnprrlt for the 1'iiriiiers, Cincinnati Tribune. Crop authorities i;i Kuropo report n very probable shortage in the grain pmductn of Kngland and France. Tho ndvetse condi tions affecting grata In theso countries nre likely to extend to other countries as well, Hence, American brendbtuffs are to be this year mere largely drawn on than for many years previous. With a large European de- manrt for American stain and flour and an Abundant crop in Amcrlia Ittclf, siu h as that now In sight, prosperity Is assured to our fnrmcis Thu Is not. however, surpris ing. Prosperity is ever in close touch with republican supremacy In Aoicrlcan politics. ol ii Cent rnr Dm IHIN. Springfield Republican. The sultan has not paid the mlsiMon.uy In demnity of J'.ifl.DOO to the United Slates gov ernment, jet he has Just ordered from the Kruprn sixteen batteries of r.ipld-flro puns at ,i ccst rf five Umt JSti.000. He W a poverty-stricken potentate. DNtiimliiK of the Nil i-pl nn. Philadelphia Times. Some of the surplus revenues of the ' tTnllA.I Utn,& ...... . t. - ....... t i . ..... cr . nannea Z, 'Z. .V" 1 --fVVtuv V m- IIUIVUILUIIVilD. 1 IIIO 13 111V only proper thing to do with surplus rev enuc after it has been collected. The other thing that might be done Is to t educe the revenue by cutting oft some of the super fluous taxes. I'nliifnl Truth i: v t mlfil. lialtlmore Anita lean. There Is food for thought, more wholC6omo than asreeahle. In thn .lirrrll nf Ihn Clilnn.n minister at the commencement of a womin'a n.edlcnl school, in which hi. nnri...l (W ! women would find more welcome Into the , medical profession In benighted China than I In our own free, callghtnied land. Cafor - innately, even the constitution has proved powerless to abolish the slavery of preju- dire, but It Is rather humiliating to have this fact show Itself so plainly to the ob servation of a foreigner, and an Oriental ono at that. lleoiiilfiit Simr of Hi-yiinlsin. Springfield Republican. To Illustrate how generally Coloiado re- publicans who left tho pattySo is?.; are 1 returning. Senator Wolcott r.ais tfnit of tho i.. .1... fifteen delegates from his hoinfo countv to the recent state republican convention, I twelve voed for Hryan. They are now ready I to stand on n int.i nl,i i,m,in,,i ni,.ifnrm And there Is no one state In all tho country where the sliver question should bo moro nllvo than In Colorado. It Is to keep faith . . w in Lnn snvrr rnnnnnr.iiiH wnn urn rn nr. back, apparently, which most Induces Hryan to keep that question to tho front out x.vtiox.w. Finn loss. Iliinriiiniin Annual Dent met Inn Property hy Fire. nf New York World. The value of tho property lost by fires last year, many of them willfully set and nearly all of them preventable, was $153,597,830. This Is the heaviest fire lose ever recorded In the United States In one year. And tho year 1S99 was ono of prosperity, when the usual motlvo for Incendiarism was below the average. To appreciate what this hugo total of property burned In ono year ir.cans it may bo said that It was moro than double the total annual expenditures of tho United States navy, including tho cost of tho now war ships. Tho total value of last year's wheat crop was $319,545,259. Fire destroyed property equivalent in value to half of that great crop, Kvcry two years wo aro burn ing up property equal ln value to c-ne year's wholo cotton crop. It Is a mistake to suppose that this loss Is made any less to tho country by Insurnnce. Insuranco compensates Individuals, but the loss of wealth to tho nation Is absolute. Thcro aro many smaller problems In na tional economy than tho reduction of this appalling annual fire loss. a :iiowi.; xatiox. I'en IMcture nf Aiiirrli-mi Prngrrim mill llr-ttcrmciit. Dr. Lyman Abbott In the Outlook. I suppo?o somo of you, nt least, may smllo If I suggest that our politics afford some very encouraging Indications of upward ten dencies ln American life. It is truo thut If wo were to trust the party press wo should believe that tho nation Is divided Into two parties nearly equally matched and equally bad; tho republican papers aro sure that the democrats aro fools or knaves and the democratic papers nre sure that the re- publlcans aro fools or knaves. Neverthe- less, what a splendid educational effect a I great political campaign produces! There " iiuiiuicim m wioueamis 01 men wno scarcely knew what the word "currency" meant ten years ago who know moro about bimetallism today than somo bankers knew ten years ago. Tho very fact that this question, whether wo should havo gold or silver or gold and silver, was thrown upon tho country nnd made a subject on which thn country must Itself paiM Its own Judg- mcnt compelled us to study. All through tho ' west thcro were night schools organized by I uoin parties; not very scientlllo, 1 grant you, not very wisely organized, not very well taught. Nevertheless, tho way to develop Judgmont In to exercise judgment and men who had not much financial Judgment, by the exerclr.lng of It, grew in wisdom. Let us not think that tho American people are to bo measured by tho careless or the .1 . i t m! L h'8tf,rlcal "ttorances , .u,i.u n.i, nun men uiu imuwn um. i no ' not think we really do mako that mistake. Wo tako our paper and we read on ono page somo man affirming that the "little Nn poleon" who Is ln tho presidential chair Is undertaking to wreck tho American republic nnd rear upon it the ruins of a Koman em piro and then we turn to tho next column and we find another man accusing tho hon ored senator of this state of treason be cause he docs not hold tho opinions of his young censor; and wo shrug our shoulders, partly with amusement, partly with Indigna tion, at his hysteria, which Is not one of tho encouraging signs of American life, nnd turn over to read something better worth read ing. For, gentlemen, these nre not the utterances that nppeal to the conscience or to tho Intelligence cr to tho thought of America. Thousands of A-mcrleans havo hecn looking Into the constitution and Into tho Declaration of Independence nnd Into the history of tho past and have been re learnlng tho principles of America and havn been relenrnlng how' to apply these prlncl-! Pics In tho future course of this nation w weary of the perpetual recurrence of theso i problems; we sometimes long for n peaceful I and quiet time. but. nentlemen. vou In vnnc profession do for your pupils what Ord docs for us when your boy does n sum and gets It right, you rub it out and gho him harder ono to do next time. I do not see how nnv man can look baclc over the history nf the last hundred years nnd not sou that this nation not only has mndo progress, but has made progress eib- solutely without parallel, oxcept possibly It bo In tho h'story of Oreat Ilrltaln, which was given by a cltlen of Worcester. It Is well nigh ns democratic ns we uro. Thoro was originally n part of tho tree In flosco Is still corruption, still dishonor, still many I bel In which Charles I hid when pursued a shameful deed, but. none the lets, look ' by Cromwell's men. nt tho history! Havo wo made no progress ! In a letter sent by the chiefs nf Tutulla in civil scrvlco reform since tho days of ' to tho acting American governor of the Abraham Lincoln? No progress In public 1 Island Commander Tllley Is referred to as education within tho last quarter century? '"Your Pusugii," and President McKlnley as Have we solved no problems? Wo havo ' "Ills Afloga." As far ss anybody knows broken tho shackles of the slave and theso terms nro not unrompllmcntary or yet preserved our constitution unbroken. disrespectful. Wo have widened our nation until It ex- j John Singer Fargont, the American tends from ocean to ocean and now already painter whoso portrait group nt the Royal our flag flics over distant lands, tn carry, I academy In London Is pronounced to bo tho If wo nro true tn our American principles, I best picture on the walls. Is tho son of Dr. our American traditions and our American ' Fltz Hugh Sargent of llostnn. Ills mother llfo tho liberty whl-h that flag has cnrrlvl was Miss Newbold of Philadelphia, n clever wherevor it has gone. We lire not a do- . water tolorlst. Mr Sargent was horn In n.l. n...lnn . A .. ll..l,. ..n.l ......... I ,Ol& nn.l It n a lli.nrl nl.... UI. vuj uih iuiii"ii. t, ,7 arc u iitinti tiini piuii- Ing nntlon. Compare America with Kng- land, with normally, with France, with Austria, with Italy, and tell mo what nt- tloa has produced a greater tonstellntlon of statesmen than this country, with Wash- Ington and Jefferson and Hamilton and Madison and Webster and Clay and Lincoln and Sumner and Seward and Chase I will noo como down to the present time lebt 1 might arouag partisan feelings, ai.o.nu Tin: rutl.Mi mm;. 1 -s' nml Incidents or the ttnr In smith Wrii-ii. One of the Iloer commissioners now In this country was the bearer of a reiunrkable i letter from tho late General Joubert to n ' friend In New York. The letter Is dated I Pretoria, March 11, 1900, eight days before the death of tho distinguished commander i of the republican army. It It in part n' letter of Introduction, but reveals the hope ' entertained by the commissioners that In i bomo wny the fnlted States might Intervene ' to stop not only tho ravages of war, but the j annihilation of the South African tcpublics. I The letter says: "Driven to war, nnd I may well say to a ruinous war, by the pre sumptuous and overpowering Dngllsh gov- -mall number of fighting men. with tew guns and little ammunition, did wonders with Clod's help against a vastly greater force, but Ihe superiority of England by which that power can furnish against our two, three or four cannon, twenty, forty or even more, nnd thousands of men against our 100 or 200, Is such that auy one can already foretell, according to human nature, what tho result must and will be, after thousands of brave English soldiers al"' '"'"'beds of valiant Kngllsh officers have 1)61,11 KHIed by "a or taken prisoners, that ' we ,yut 111 he end will be compelled to yield , b'fn,ro H, 'm;co of ls0'000 sol,llf,r8 wllh m,r , J' , ' ' , . . t ! And now, our God, who rules heaven and Anrlll linn ti iii a iiiiimi n i Inn. " "'"" ' "u" (earth; among llieso Is the great American republic, tho Unltcil States of America. All these powels are great. They naturally have no necessity to yield to Kngland "The onlv small Christian xtt.. unnn earth aro the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, and they will now not only be checked la their development, but will lie ! Sttent from 1110 worl(l aml annihilated by inn cngiisn overpowering lorce. if it 1 1,10 English overpowering force, ! '0'1 11 w111, 1,0,1 tu'8 "n,K'r lh'' 'ca of tllu i ?Irt"t n""0118 nd without their sjmpathy. I . ".'i I " "y ls 11 'Ufn that our Cod gave power f"'1 ,Im ,nl" ,to ,h,cso Krcnt nation? And j h?' ?1,u" iMv 1rule' nMer ,n tM0 ' ?f, 3u,,Bln(!"t 10 lhc A'mKh,y Governor and i Dlsnenser In rcciinl it ihnlr ruin nf Dm mi. - - - - " - - j Hons? Where stnndt the great American republie ln this matter? Shall It be tho means In Ood's hand for nccurlng the con tinuance and promotion of both these states la South Africa, or Is its motto 'Might is Right?' We expect something better. "Thereforo our envoy, tho bearer of this, is now sent to your picsldent nnd states, and It will bo a plcabiiro to mo to become; awaro that thcro envoys have met with j through the country calling for popular :ie succcbs, and (hat your government shall j lion. He Issued commissions for privateers uso this opportunity to mukc Itself highly worthy of Its vocation to become a glory nnd n blessing In tho hands of our Almighty Clod and Heavenly Father, In bringing peace, rest nnd prosperity not only to tho great state of America, but also to its lit- tlo sisters In South Africa, whoso eyes are looking out and always havo been looking out toward the examplo of their elder brother In America, whoso helping hand they now ask and wish to see outstretched, nnd for whoso welfare they always thall pray to iho (,od of peace.' A good story on (Jencral Duller if to the effect that ho cabled some Iondon wlno merchants to send him fifty cases of cham- I pagno marked "castor oil." Then he notified ! tho officer in charge at Durban that ho was ( expecting fifty cases of castor oil and , wished them forwarded without delay. Tho tho fifty cases bad not arrived, but ho hal I managed to collect about twenty casos f castor oil ln Durban, which ho had forwaided to Dadysmlth, and he hoped that would an- ' swer for tho present emergency. If flullrr i gets n peorago out of this war, what tlt'e could bo moro appropriate than "Lord of Castor Oil." , A resident nf Klmbcrley vouches for the following story of Cecil Hhoiies. During the siego ho strolled Into the club and sat down at ono of the tables, when the walt?r brought him a plate of ham nnd eggs, "Hello! what's this?" asked Mr. rth6ies. "Your luncheon, sir." "firing me another plate and napkin." "Yes, sir." Mr. Ilhodes then oarefullv tind un thn tnoihsnmn fnnd j ln tn napkin, and, turning to the waiter, said: "Now bring me tho usual ,in y ration." A few minutes later Mr. Rhodes ,n -arrvw ihn rirte,i fnn.i in ih hrplLal. where ho delighted the heart of ono of tho convalescent patients. Of all the stories told by correspondents ( (Joncral Kitchener, this Is considered tho best- "Whllo Lord Kitchener was engag d ln suppressing tho Prelska rebellion hei or- dorprt tn0 destruction of a cerUIn farmhouse, i . , .Mil scvhik any bihiib ui ma uriierti uciiik car- riexl out, ho rodo over with his staff an 1 found an interesting situation. In tho doorwny of the doomed farm stcoj a pretty young Dutch girl, her hands clasping the door posts and her eyes flashing fire from beneath her dainty sunjjonnot. I Hu illOU Ill IUU1KU VII 1IIU llJIljr of ll0(itnl(,tlon wils valnly endeavoring to Tho Irish sergeant In chargo of the party i... .v,,,. f .a,, . .Liim.i iwi.u persuade her to let them pass in, but to all inn iiiiiii.iip.n.iv..... ...n now, nrushla,' etc., tho maiden turned a deaf ear and a deadlock prevailed. "Kitchener's sharp 'What's this?' put a climax to tho scene. Tho girl evidently guessed that this was tho dreaded chief of staff, and her lips trembled In spite of her- Blf Kitchener gazed sourly at her. standing bravnly, though tearfully thcro, and turned to his military secretary. 'Put down,' ho growled, 'that the commander's orders with reference to the destruction of nightman's farm could not be carried out owing to un expected opposition. Forward, gentlemen.' " IMlllSOWL I'OIXTMHS. flnvernor Smith of Montana Is himself prominent enough to ho making named for vice president. Again the government finds Itself com polle'1 to free reluctant creditors to ac CCI'1 payment of its debts. General Crosvennr denies that ho bpRUn nl" campaign calculations, as ported. Somebody has been steullng hn re- hla , 'bunder. ! A New York model says that C. D. Olh son Is Ihe easiest nf all the nrtUts In that city to pose for. Ho novor allows a model to stand for more than ten minutes with out a rest, Is most considerate and very inpld In his work. Queen Victoria has a walking stick which oneo belonged to Charles II. to whom it mil) 111 loon iui nun ii, tiui.'a.i mint; uid i 1 childhood. , i ,l Hayman. tho theatrical manager, has 'offered to subscribe $10,000 for an aged nnfl Infirm actors home In New York If $50,ono moro can bo raised ln Iho profession. In twenty-four hours after this offer was made public $13 300 was M.hs .rlbcd voluntarily hy nine or ten thrairl. ,il people who hoard of j tho movement and there seems to be no 1 doubt that the plan will buccesJ, 1 n OUR SENSITIVE COURTS Lincoln Journal. Without undertaking a a layman to discuss the profound legal qites tlons Involved in Ihe scrap Mr. llosewator Is soon to have with the stiDteine court. Ihe .lourual will re mark, "en passant." as a returned visitor from Ihe Paris exposition would say, that It does not remem ber that any court In Ihe l ulled States ever gathered much satis faction or glory by replying to news paper criticism by way of contempt proceedings. No ,.0urt has been ever more freely criticised by the press than the supreme court of the S I'.il,...! l . . i inn-ii inii-!-, mm since me lamuus day of the alien and sedition laws no court on earth ever seemed to be less sensitive to criticism. In mat ters of opinion that court seems to be willing to live and let live. i'iti:c'iiii:vr i on uor.u msitoiis. Clinptrr of Vnii-rlcnn lllslm-y vtllh u I'reniMit-Dny Application. Chicago Chronlelo (dem ) Our Hocr guests should study that chap ter In American history la which Citizen i'euel H Involved lie was a mlnlsler from ho Irs t French icpubl c to iho fnlted S tales i ln 1 whllo Washington was president I a1"1 JolTemn was sewretaiy of state. He ) wanlel tno United States to aislst Franco 111 ll iignlcM Kngland. I 1 " cl" " u ' " ,,v;" uu,url" lliul" nnn-m. experiment like our own. Franco Had aided us in the war for Independence. Without Its help we might yet havo been colonies of Kngland. All fhes.i eoiiMderntlons weto powerful In re-enforcing the demand of the French bald that the most faxclnntlng of all lltera lulnlsler that, as the ally of France, wo lure for Americans In these days ought to should dccluro war against Kngland. Wash ington nnd Jelferson declared that, it was ' Impossible- for this country to tako a pan In Kuropeaa wars, especially against Kng land, with which we then were at peace Washington had issued u proclamation of neutrality. Thereupon (lenot, who was a brilliant man and a ttcry orator, prucerilrd to ap peal from thn government to tho peopln of tho United States. Ho went on a tour to prey on Knglish commerce. He planned military expeditions against Knglish tolnnies. HIb incendiary efforts finally attracted the atfentlon of the government. As long as his ronduct was merely Imprudent be was unnoticed officially. Hut ho exceeded the limits of his mission, violating our laws and position of neutrality. Washington nsknl Franco to recall him. An order to that effect was Issued. It wes the, action of the United States government establishing a precedent In all similar eases. The sympathies of our peoplei with a'l nations struggling for freedom and Inde pendence aro natural. The cxpreuslon of our sympathy Is not to be repressed. Hut there our mission nnd duty end. Our Doer guests should take notice. They nillfll vlntttln I.ii'b nt I, nil... , "XT I'Z ''L, ' ' 'ul tered. sTnnv Fun -rni: millions. Xlnrel of Aim rlciui rrnnprrlly K- lillillnl In I'lKiirra, New York Tribune. To many renders It senilis only an old and weary story that the United States has again broken Its record with larger exports than In tne fi,mn montih of any previous year. And , 'L,t there nrn h0 man5' million"- of families . thlU nnvc morp hpnlthy and happy homes, j better dinners, wear nicer clothing i nml nr0 ab,p to 'm,k forward to a klndir 1 ,uture for tne m" ono8 because the ie?ord ' ''pl"K broken every month. 'Ihe kind- nearieu nnn ino painouc meri.-ans may wnn equal warmth wclcomo changes which mean ,0 noln,' any harm and to cveryl n.ly so much gladness. It Is a little over nln-year.) 1 slncc thls flrK "cnme "billion dollar 1 country." with exports actually exceeding ?100.000.000 In tho month of October to January Inclusive, tho McKlnlr-y tariff of LS90 and the foreign need of brendatuffs cou spiring to mako tine best time the country cvpr knovsn' nut hero wo are In 1900 w"n import" $1,000,000 less than they were j Anr"' m- Wlt wi,h "Ports $43,000,000 greater. Then about $1.17 for each Inhabl- 'lant went In and about $1.16 went nut In ( , . , ' , Anr"- Now- wlUl a ktcMct population by over 10,000,000, wo have about $1 coming In and $1.57 going out In the same month. Then wo e-xportod over $7,000,000 ln gold In April to pay balances duo abroad, but this year Imporln of gold exceeded evxports by $1,393,535, though wo havo been lending somo to Kuropo In May. If this wero an exceptional -month the comparison would havo less meaning. Hut , . . ,. ,,,. , ,,i., ,, lb IQ nub una timiT ,u., us VAiiituiiiiiini j nun raro conditions abrond that shipments arc to large. Tho world has required from us a third less breadntuffB than ln 1S98 and $50. 000,000 less than ln 1899, with relatively j 'alw ri;crcso In cattle and provisions, Th xnorlB hnv hppn .man(.r ,n i nnnnHtv Vviifi lartrfp In vnltirt hnfiiiwt nf mhcr prlcft lhan ,n 0)Cr r(cont yea,.Si Rn(1 yet this gain, though of great Importance to the people of tho cotton-growing region, has only added from $7,000,000 to $30,000,000 to tho value compared with recent years. Oil has been bringing good prices also. But the exports of all great staplew in ten months ending with April havo been only $30,000,000 larger lhan last year and $20,000,000 smaller than in 189S, Not from changes like these has it come to pass that the value of ex- Our Kind. Our kind of clothing is something with which we have to acquaint the people. It is different from the ordinary sorts of ready-made clothing. It is made to fit. Men's fine worsted suitsf in exclusive pat terns, $15 and $25. Men's fine serge suits, 5I0 to $25. Extra trousers for from $3 to $8, and every thing in bicycling and outing clothes, that any man can desire. Browning, King & Co, R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Qniuha'n Only exclusive ports, Instead of M.000.000,000 In UeHa months. h.ie been $t.3t5'.'.!t7?.l.vj In t!i tweho months ending with April, in eveiv month except the llrst three exceeding JI0i -000,000. the amount considered wonderful when it Ui at appeared la ono of ihe great fall months nine years ago. To make the story simpler tho months may all bo reckoned on the basis of the population neatly two years ago, when It was 7i.000.000. Instead of about l a mouth for each Inhabitant the exports within the Inst year havo been $1.40 to l hi In August nnd September, f I. CI to $1 6(1 in October-December Inclusive, $l.fi(5 and tl :' la Januar and February, $1.79 In March and $1..'i7 In April. About half more In value Is now marketed abroad, and th, difference Is mainly In manufactured prod ucts. Inclusive of the great staples wo have exported $519,000,000 worth of products In only ten months, ending with April, against $..07,000.000 In the whole previous year, $337,000,000 In the fiscal year 1S!)8 aud $10:,.000.000 In the fiscal year 1SH7. Hack In April. 1S!2, when exports were about $75,000,000. those not of tho great staples were In value only about $20,000,000. An army of 763,000 people out of work would bo a sight to stir all generous and patriotic hearts. Hut moro than that number aro now engaged the year round In producing tho manufactured articles which were sent abroad In e.xres of those no marketed In 1S92. then the most prosperous! year tha country had ever known. Does this seem extravagant? Taking men and women, factory bands and me chanics, wages paid nversgo loss than $50J ,,clovv ,l50 ln 1S90 ,ml , hRhcr' a year, la manufactures iho average wat now Reckoning two hands to every $1,000 yearly the Increase of exports not of tho grc.v staples, $32,000,000 In April, or $3SI.OO0.O(' i yearly, would require 70S.0OO hands nnd Uu exports of such products In tha ten mnntlH ending with April, being nt the rato of $1321,000,000 yearly, represent the labor ot 1,223,000 hands for tho entire year. When one considers how much these official re turns mean to tho American workers, their families nnd their homes It may well hn bo tho reports of the nation's foreign com merce. riinnit v ciiatthh. ('Iilciign llecord: "Senator Lodge says sXCiiiiuiUKj in a nore. "Oh, no: Agitlnaldn runs: bores are al ways routed to the spot." IndlanannllH Journal: "What do ynu llilnk of tho conflict between science and religion?" "There Isn't any conflict between selencn and tellglnn; the eonlllet theso days Is be tween athletics und religion." Cleveland Plain Denier: "I'm so glad that thn poor fellows at .MafcUIng have been re lieved." "Yes. Why so?" "Hecausn now we'll find oat what they think of the starvation cure." Chicago News: "Will sniiin one plcnM chn.so the cow down this way?" said tho funny boarder, who wanted some milk for his oatmeal. "Mere. Jane," said the landlady In a touo that was meant to bo crushing, "take the cow down there where tho calf Is liawllng.T Philadelphia North American: "f repeat, gentlemen." said the orator, "the lullucnr nf the nrens has departed give wny. there, you fellows In front, and stop crowding thn reporters: how can they do their work under such conditions?" Washington Star: "I never quarrel with a man because of his politics," said tho broad-rnlndeil citizen. "Neither tin 1." answered Senator finr chum. "There's no uso o' making enemies. If you've got the ri;ht llnauclal hacking, sometimes you can get votes from both parties." Detroit Frcn l'ress: "What n happy tlma wo hail on Fourths of July when wo were children together, ' said .Mr. OKlbeau to .Miss Frflile, "with torpedoes and fire crackers and things popping about." "I wouldn't mind hearing soim'thing pop now," added Miss Frlsble, demurely, Chicago News: He- 1 always take pains tn deny the statement that women can't throw Hlralcht. She That Is noble of you, my dear. lie -Yes; I have to remember with what nccunite and effecttvo aim you threw yourself nt me. Philadelphia l'ress: "You're next, sir. Don't go! ' the boss barber cried. "First tell me," replied tho customer pausing on the threshold, "do ynu s?rvn your shaves heie with or without?" "With or without what?" "Onions'" Somervllln JnuriiHl: The nuin who quits his work and goes llshliig once In a whlln accompllwlicF, mnie in the lung run than thn man who keeps his nose to tho grlndstnnn all the time. Chicago Post: The British general wns humming to himself ns he walked along. "Wot's that 'e's slngln'?" asked Tommy Atkins. Thn correspondent shook his head. "I don't recognize it." he snld, "but very likelv It's 'There's pte morn river to cross.' " . hhiiiviscuxci:. Washington Htnr. Tho sun hotly lilazed on tho long, dusty street That le.uls to tho hurrying mart; And thn wearisomn spell of tho languorous heat Seemed to penetrate e'en to the heart. And yet like a memory, distant and dim, Thero came through thn foliage dense A perfume It banished tho frowning so Bilm of lilnt'K from over the fence. Tho wayfarer paused, and there came to his mind Tho nld-fashloneil pluce of his birth; Illumed by a face that wns gentle und kind, Thn gentlest nnd kindest mi earth; Tho big, rambling garden, the nool; where a boy Dreamed on of a future Immense; Whern the sunbeams would linger In laziest Joy. And tho lllncs hung over tho fence. Again to the journey. Again to the slrlle, And yet, 'mid the tell nf the day, A faint, subtle odor, with memories rife. Full oft through flic air seemed to slnn The smllo had a meaning which no ono could learn, That lightened his features sn tento, As tho perfunio in finny would sweetly return Of lilacs from over the r n. e Clothiers (or Men uml Uoy.