THE OMAHA DAILY 13 13 E: THURSDAY, MAY 'J 1 , 1000.
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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 '
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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
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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
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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.
