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STATEMENT OF ClUCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss:
Oeorge B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
Pirbllshlns company, being duly sworn,
snys that the actual number, of full and
complete copies ot Tho Dally. Morning,
Evenlnjr and Sunday Bee, printed during the
monin oi .May, ivw, was a iuuuwo.
1.
,a,;ro
17,,, ,..,20,470
IS 311,000
2
3
4
,,27,r.B
..as,:t(io
., 1:7,180
i 7,:uo
10 20,770
2i ao.no
2 30,400
E.,,,
...20,880
6 Ull, 840
7 27.HOO
8.. aojuo
9 37,110
10 a7,iio
11 UM.tKtO
12 27,rio
13 ,'M,UHS
14 ao.iiio
is uo.mo
23...
24...
26...
26...
27...
28...
29...
20,2:10
UO.iMO
2i,oio
30,300
,.,30,300
35,800
30,310
30.
,.30,080
81 30,350
16 uu.a-ju .
Total 8!i.27H
Less unsold and returned copies,... 11,21-
Net total sale eJIS.o.TI
Net dally average 30,:H8
OEOHOE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 1st
dar of June, 1!W0. M. B. HUNGATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
FAHTIKS LEAVING VOll SUMMER.
Pnrttes ImvlnK Oi city for
ihc sniiuner mny ltuve Tlie Ilee
sent to tin-m rcKiilnrly Iy
notifying The Hee Business
office, In jirraon or Ity mnll.
The nildress will be cunnged
an often ni desired.
Tho republican nntlounl platform Is n
p.icuu of prosperity.
Governor Itoosovclt should have taken
his storm cellar with him to Philadel
phia. Tho Orientals -will realize before Ions
that tho "foreign devils" are very much
plural.
It Is to bo hoped a skyrocket war In
Chlnii will -not bo reflected In the laun
dry prices In America.
McKlnley brought tho country pros
perity. By keeping McKlnley the coun
try -will keep prosperity.
rhlladelphla evidently -wnnts to Ret
Its full money's -worth by keeping that
convention as long us It cau.
A unanimous renomlnntlon Is foiuc
thins that has. .been enjoyed by few
presidents of the United States.
Dos Moines Is entertaining the Na
tional Music Teachers' association and
of course harmony pervades the entire
section within heating distance of tho
Iowa capital.
Another strike of Nebraska coal Is
chronicled in northeastern Nebraska. A
gold discovery ou tho banks of tho Bluo
1b In order to even up things for tho
South Platte.
VThat Is tho county board going to do
about the proposed raid on the county
treasury In the, gulso of n fake county
fair? Will It stand nud deliver without
even an attempt ut self-defense 7
All three of tho Nebraska boys In
cluded lu the last Installment of West
Point appointments havo made success
ful entrance Into tho Institution. The
Nebraska boy will hold his own any.
where.
A resolution has passed the council
authorizing tho expendlturo of $tW0
realized from tho dog tax for feeding
tho city prisoners. Is this u case of
maklug the guests nt the city jail live
on dogs?
Too World-Herald heads up an artlclo
on tho local census under tho caption,
"Criminal foolishness combined with In-
competence." Theso are 6crlous charges.
To -whom aro tlioy directed?
JIallroad men aro agnln puzzling their
brains to evolve some plan by which
rates can bo maintained, Tho simple
ono of living up to agreements might
work If tho railroads could be Induced
to try It.
Having redeemed nil this pledges mado
for It In IStMJ. the renubllcan nurtv is in
position to make new promises with
perfect confidence of Its ability to ennv
them out If retained in control of the
national government.
There is no politics in our courts-thnt
Is conceded. Rut some peoplo cannot
help wonder why both of tho referees
nppolnted to take testimony lu the suits
brougl'it by Attorney General Smyth
should bo democrats ot decided political
activity.
Tho International column which Is bo-
Ing collected to go to tho relief of Pekln
will probnbly bo tho most cosmopolitan
military forco ever assembled for netlvo
service aud tho commanding olllcer
could uso to ndvantago the talents of
an Ellhu Burrltt
Omaha people; nro paying their cltv
taxes so fast that tho prospects are good
for tho rettrcmont of nearly ull tho out
standing Ititeiost-uenrlug warrauts early
lu July. In that event the city will bo
nearer n cash basis than It has been In
years. Vet some near-sighted popocrats
still Insist that prosperity has nothing
io no with tax payments.
THE HKPVntAGAil ri.ATFOlXM.
"While exceeding the usual limits of
polltttitl platforms, .the . declaration of
principles by tho Philadelphia conven
tion contains no superlltious or unnoccH
wiry utterance. It forcefully nfc'tH forth
the salient facts In flic record of tile
present administration and In unam
biguous terms deilucs tep'ubljcan policy
nud purpose.
A just tribute is paid to the states
manship and patriotism of President
McKlnley, whose administration, It de
clared, has distinctly clovntcd and ex
tended the Influence of the American
nation. It proclaims renewed nlleglanco
to the ald stnndard and to the policy
of protection, botlt necessary to our ma
terial progress and prosperity. In re
gard to trusts, thpro Is unqunlined con
demnation of conspiracies and combina
tions Intended to restrict business, to
create monopolies, to limit production
or to control prices, and legislation Is
favored that will restrain and prevent
such abuses, protect- nud promote com
petition nud secure tho rights or pro
ducers, laborer and all who are en
gaged In Industry aud commerce. This
Js In lino with the previous utterances
of tho party, which has attested Its sin
cerity by placing nn anti-trust Jaw on
tho stntuto books and by tin effort in
tho present congress to Increase tho
power of congress to deal with trusts
and monopolistic combinations.
In regard to the now possessions, It Is
declared thnt "tho largest measure of
self-government consistent with their
welfare uud our duties shall be secured
to thorn by law." Among tho policies
favored are- reciprocity, moro effective
restriction of tho Immigration of chenp
labor, merchant mnrluo legislation, Im
provement of public roads, nntlounl leg
islation for reclaiming the arid lands
and tho application of civil service reg
ulations to appointments for the Insular
possessions. An Isthmian canal, con
structed, owned, controlled nnd pro
tected by the United States, Is favored,
without specifying any route. Reduction
of war taxes Is declared to be the policy
of tho party. An Important statement
s that the pledge of independence nnd
self-government to Cuba shall be per
formed to tho letter.
Tho platform will be approved by all
republicans and no one who rends Its
plain nud unequivocal declarations can
havo nny doubt regarding the principles
nud policies of tho republican party.
CHINA'S ORE AT STATESMAN.
Tho announcement thnt JA Hung
Chang, China's most eminent statesman,
has been summoned to Pekln, is re
garded as promising a chango in the sit
uation. According to the Chinese min
ister in Washington LI Hung Chang hns
tho confidence of the dowager empress
and his going to tho capital Is thought
to foreshadow her submission to the
dictates of tho powers. The veteran
statesman Is moro familiar than per
haps any other of his countrymen with
the world outside of China nnd he Is a
man of conservative tendencies, who
might be expected to do n)l possible to
avert tho calamity of a war between
China aud a combination of European
powers. He is especially friendly to tho
United States nnd American Interests
will bo protected If It Is In his power
to do so.
It Is stated that when LI Hung Chang
was last In Kuropc he frequently talked
or tho missionary question, which he
said must sooner or later cause serious
trouble. Ho stated that the average
missionary Invariably Jarred on the
nerves of the most tolerant Chinaman
nnd his idea was thnt the European
powers should arrive at an agreement
to forbid missionaries to go to China.
or that tho missionary work be coullued
to uatlves, if It must be carried ou.
which of course he did not admit.
Tho situation continues very serious
and whether even 1,1 Hung Chang will
bo nblo to restrain tho uprising Is n
question, although his Influence Is doubt
less greater than that of any other per
son In China except tho dowager em
press. If ho has gone to Pekln nnd
shnll succeed In restoring peace It will
be tho most Important work of his
eventful life.
1XVES2IUAT10S IS CUttA.
Governor General Wood proposes that
there shall bo a thorough Investigation
of tho charges that have been made of
wrongdoiug lu tho military administra
tion Jn Cuba and for this purpose will
appoint a special commission consisting
of an otllcer of tho army and two Cuban
civilians, authorized to hear testimony
offered by any who wish to mako spc-
clllc chnrges of malfeasance In olllco or
of olllclal extravagance. General Wood
thinks tho time has como when the per
sistent accusations against men holding
olllco should bo faced. "Let us havo
these charges threshed out," he says,
"and see If them be anything in them;
my desire Is to keep otliclaldom In Cuba
as clean as possible."
Accusations have been made In borh
Cuban nud American papers nnd also lu
congress, though those making them
havo offered nothing In tho way of
proof, tho allegations havo como to bo
widely accepted as probably truo and
thercforo the only way to ascertain
whether or not thoy havo a substantial
foundation Is to prosecute a rigid In
vestigation aud give those who make
tho charges an opportunity to testify.
It is duo ullke to the Cuban people and
to tho American people that this be
done. Tho postal frauds havo nnturally
Induced many people to think that there
has been n carnival of corruption and
extravagance In Cuba nnd nothing will
remove this Impression but a thorough
Investigation, by n commission that will
command coulldenco both there and
here. No fair-minded person will doubt
for n moment tho Integrity of General
Wood, but It Is possible that wrongs
havo been committed In spite of his
euro and vigilance.
It is needless to say that the Wash
lugton authorities will approve whut
over tho governor mny do lit tho matter
of uu Investigation, for tho ndmlulstra
tlon must suffer f the accusations are
Ignored. Its opponents will make all
tho uso they can of the postal frauds and
If tho allegations of other wrongdoing
aro uot met tbey too will be uindo uso of
In tho campaign. General Wood Is a
man of action and having decided to
make au Investigation It Is to lm ex
pected that ho will proceed promptly
and spare uo effort to make It thorough.
1XTKIIKST .V AA'llOXAh POLITICS.
Although the Identity of the opposing
presidential nominees hns been prac
tically flxed for months nnd the work of
the great nominating conventions con
lined to matters of comparative unim
portance, the public Interest In their pro
ceedings Is more active everywhere than
In most previous presidential campaigns.
Tho general position of the different
political parties on tho various questions
prominent In the public mind has been
defined by tho policy of their leaders In
congress, yet the precise formulation of
the platform has been nwalted with In
tense expectancy. The choice of vice
presidential candidates, which ordinarily
Is of secondary moment, has been pro
jected to tho front so as to occupy the
prominent position In the convention
preliminaries.
Four years ago It was said that nearly
every man In the country constituted
himself a street corner statesman to
solve tho great financial problems press
ing upon the nntlou. Tho unusual ex
citement over tho money question ut
that time was explained largely by the
fact that so tunny workmen had been
left without employment by the stress
of llnnnclnl depression. This year, on
the other hand, every able-bodied me
chanic and artisan Is steadily employed
nt better wages than ever before, but
his Interest in continuing the present
prosperous conditions Is vital nnd direct.
Wo believe, therefore, that It Is a good
sign to see tho people so generally
awake to the mngnltude nnd Import of
tlie Impending political contest that Is
to determine the control nnd policy of
the national government for nnothor
four years. If the peoplo were listless
and Indifferent to the proceedings of tho
national conventions there would be
good cause for apprehension that the
Interest they owe ns citizens were being
deadeued when Its constnnt activity Is
necessary to the circulation of the life
blood of the nation.
Much ns we may deplore tho disturb
ing forco of each recurring presidential
election, this pronounced Interest In na
tional politics Is the best guaranty of
the success of our system of popular
government.
Tho South Omaha tempest over the
enactment by tho city council of nn ordi
nance declnrlug corporations disqualified
to hold liquor licenses has becu allayed
by tho repeal of the ordinance, though,
as si matter of fact, how tho interests
concerned could bo affected by this pleco
of municipal legislation is not clear. Tho
stntuto prescribes explicitly who Is and
who Is not qualified to take out a liquor
license and whatever the council might
attempt to do to add to or take away
from theso requirements would have no
binding effect. Tho obnoxious ordi
nance, however, has served to keep
South Omaha stirred up for several
weeka ns If It were one of the most
weighty public measures ever before the
people.
"Moores scores a victory" Is the way
tho outcome of the disputed claim for off
sot by the county against Mayor Moores,
as clerk of tho district court, Is chron
icled In tho organ which has been so
virulent lu Its attacks upon the mayor.
It falls to state, however, that this de
termination of tho controversy takes
awny every vestigo of foundation for
most of the malicious accusations with
which It hns been filling Its columns
from time to time and fully supports tho
contention of tho mayor that the unset
tled balimce was due to him Instead of
from him.
The weekly crop bulletin refers to the
recent rainfall in Nebraska as excessive,
Inflicting considerable damage, but adds
that the heavy rains of tho week wose
very timely and proved of grent benefit
to the small grain crop, especially In tho
central ami southwestern sections, where
considerable damoge had already been
done by the dry weather of the preced
ing weeks. This means that tho re
ported damage to growing crops has
been considerably exaggerated and that
Nebraska will bo blessed with most
abundant harvests, barring, of course,
still further climatic obstructions.
Tho promised context over tho Douglas
county delegation for the democratic
convention seems to bo slmmerlug down
to u very tame affair. After sizing up
tlie situation tho leaders appear to havo
arrived at the conclusion thnt thcro Is
nothing worth fighting about, nusmuch
ns carrying any fusion ticket in Doug
las county this full Is out of tho ques
tion. There never was nny great probability
that tho fusionlsts would attempt to
mako campaign capital out of the man
agement of tho state auditor's olllco, but
the latest developments regarding Insur
ance fees muko It still moro unlikely.
The fusionlsts will be forced to return
to promises, which nro their long suit.
Nebrasknns who look over tho weekly
crop report of Oils state cannot sup
press a smile, which becomes broader
as they see the price of wheat mounting
upward. Nebraska Is prepared to pass
when it comes time to serve calamity.
.Montana democrats have congratu
lated ox-Senator Clark on tho clean cam
paign he had made to secure the office.
The political olfactories of Montana dem
ocrats cannot be acute or they would
have detected the odor before this.
If tho flood of nominating oratory Is
kept Iwttled up much longer In Phila
delphia, there Is likely to bo an explosion
which will wako up tho city. It Is dan
gerous to build u big tiro nnd then spike
down tho safety valve.
Other Nebraska cities besides Omaha
aro complalulug that the ISM census
otiumerators with binocular eyes have
placed them In a bad light when com
parisons nro made with the present enu
meration. riot u Slum On, Simon.
Washington Post.
General Simon Bolivar Buckner declares
be stands Just wbtre he did in 1896, If this
bo true tho political pollseman should or
der him to move on. Several Important
things have happened since that time.
IliillitlitK If ii Kront.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Expansion Is popular In Cuba, which
bought 1600,000 worth of beer from us tho
poet ten months.
Short "Siiell" of Wnr.
Chicago Record,
Chinese towns should bo much easier to
capture than Boer or Filipino cities, as
hardly any of them are words of more than
two syllables.
"A Knot There Win," Etc.
Jllnnunpolls Journal.
A lightweight who runi tho Soldiers'
homo In Nebraska was so annoyed by the
birds that ho had tho trees at tho home nil
cut down and now the soldiers complain
that there Isn't a particle of shado on the
grounds.
In
t II en noii ii tile IleKiiliitlini f
New York Tribune.
Germany propones to establish a rigorous
system of examination of all meat food proJ
ucts of domestic origin nnd to require
similar treatment of all such products im
ported from whatever country. In that she
Is impartial and not unreasonable.
lliiniim mill llnmiitloti,
Chicago Chronicle.
Viewing tho field through Caucasian
spectacles, the Shanghai correspondent ot
tho London Express declnres that tho Chi
nese situation la another "Indian mutiny."
When a yellow-skinned person bumps Into
a. white man it i always "mutiny," even
though the affair takes place on tho yellow
man's premises. Let us not forget this,
brethren.
Eleetlon In Cnbii,
Indlunapolls Journal
Tho reports regarding tho municipal elec
tions In Cuba agreo that they wero fairly
conducted and that tbey did not cause any
excitement. Tho Indirect supervision of
American officials may havo had a restrain
In inlluencc, but tho fact that the voting
was orderly and the electlona fairly con
ducted affords reason to believe that the
day Is far distant when tho people ot Cuba
can maintain a stable government based
upon the popular will.
"Most tlrliived nnd I.iiflHcNt."
Detroit Eree Press (dem.).
Some mighty magle or strange conjura
tion han shielded him (President McKlnley)
from the first suggestion ot the storm of
nssallmcnt and Imputation that was nwlrled
about tho heads of other presidents In times
of passion and excitement. It han been a
period of stress and storm of great ques
tions and grave departures, of swelling ex
penditures and oppressive taxation, but
nothing that has come to pass has abated
by ono Jot or tittle tho popularity of William
McKlnley with his party. Ho goes forward
to the unchallenged reception of the highest
honor at Us disposal. Ho Is the "most bo
loved" and the luckiest of living states
men. NO HALT IX (lE.M51t.VI, ACTIVITV.
Slice ulntl ve I'luoluu t linm
no Not
Check l'rosiiorlty.
Chicago Post.
Tho fluctuations In Iron nnd steel prices,
the closing of somo mills nnd the reduced
demand for their output have been re
garded in certain quarters as signs of a
halt In the prosperity nnd business activity.
Out a study ot the Industrial situation by
men competent to form a sound opinion and
acquainted with tho various factors of the
situation decs not confirm this pessimistic
view. Whllo the Iron and stool trade
Proverbially a barometer of Industry has
been rather dull for some time, that con
dition has been tho result of temporary and
artificial causes, '
In discussing the subject with a New
York reporter President Cowen of the Balti
more & Ohio railroad expressed tho convic
tion that the consumption of iron and steel,
wblcb has boon checked by tho extraordinary
rlso In prices, will rise to normal proportions
again In tho fall. The next sixty or ninety
days will bo spent In .readjusting values and
prices, but when a proper economic lovol Is
found again a revival in all clauses of busi
ness Is certain to occur.
That prices were too abnormal to attract
considerable orders Mr. Cowen illustrates
by soveral concreto specifications. Ono of
the largest pig iron makers in Pennsylvania
has admitted that be had been realizing a
profit of $8 a ton. In point of fact. $2 a
ton would be a fair If not largo profit. The
extraordinary scale, however, had been
maintained throughout tho different kinds
and grades of products, from raw material
tip. Those excessive prices could not foil
to cause a reaction. For Instance, no rail
road would now even consider tho placing of
Immediate orders for steel cars. Tho use of
wire nails has been curtailed and the dis
carded cut nail brought into service again.
The evil ot artificial inflation thus tonds to
correct itsolf.
After the flurry has patned the country
will bo as substantially prosperous us It
has been. President (lary of tho Fedoral
Steel company announces that the rail mills
at Jollot nnd other claewhoro will reopen
today. Ho takes the same view as Mr.
Cowen that thero is uo occasion for dis
couragement and that prosperity has not
suffered a real and serious betback.
JIOXI3STY IS TUB III45T I'lllilll,
U'cnnltlcn of 1X1)0 Cciinii MiiIIIiik I onic
llucu on the lti'H)ioiiHlhlc IIciiiIn.
Denver Times.
Omaha people nro much chagrlnsd cv.r
I tho preliminary report from Washington
. that tho census returns will show that city
to havo fallon off somo 20,000 In popula
J tlon sluco 1690. An effort will be mado to
havo a recount and a great doal of fusi
will be kicked up over tho affair, but, coma
what may, Omaha will bo greatly dumaged
by tho report. In this matter Omaha U
j paying the penalty for tho rerjurks com
! rolttcd In that city In tho taking of the cen
1 sua In 1800. Tho boom wus ou then, ro il
rstato shurks wero selling farm lands out
, neur Waterloo at fancy prlcos and th3
tboomers thought tho city would have a
i population ot n half million souls In a fow
i years. A cheap political fakir (rom Lln-
coin was appointed superintendent of tho
i census for tho state. There was no limit
' to tho padding of names. Editor noso
j water ot Tho Omaha Beo and other men
! who saw tho results that would follow
such recklessness protested and demnmUd
a fair and honest census. Their demands
wore Ignored and there was great Jub la-
tlon oyer tho returns, which showed that
Omaha had a population of 1-12,000.
It Is announced that the present census
will credit Omaha with a population cf
120,000, or about that. This is probab'y n
conservative estimate of tho population of
j tho city nt this time. If the truth had boon
i told ten years Ago Omaha would have noth
ing to regret now. Tho city thon hal
a population of about 100,000. She Ins
gained about 20,000 In the ten years and
Is moro prosperous today than nt any time
In her history, but she must pay the pen
alty of being listed with the c't'oi that
have shown n decrease In papulation wlt'iln
tho .decade.
An effort was mado In Denver ten years
ago to have tho census returns padded
Just as thoy wero In Omaha. Heal oUU)
boomers offered many Inducements, finan
cial and otherwise, to havo Hon, G oruo
Soprls, tho census superintendent, allow thi
lists to be swelled' to show tho city with a
population of 150,000. Mr. Soprls Ins'sted
upon an honest count of tho residents of
tho city. Tho result Is that this year Den
ver will get all tho credit of the Increnso.)
population she has gained In tho last ten
years, a percentage of Increaso greater than
that ot any city in the country, It payj
to be honest.
v.iui:n mews ox
Indianapolis News: Now, If the reports "The foiinti-j ITo-mcrnii. ivllli n Tns
are tiuo that foreign embasiles have been, ',,Tr'r"r0 ,i." "T?.'Y
burned nnd ambassadors been killed, the) ,, N ork, "M (,n;1' tem) . no
beginning of the end lu China of tho present "UuBtlon of tho country today Is rw
regime has come. The civilized world will I ') Prfl tt0 four "n, nR0 a Ilgllt "?
bo forced to act In some radical way. It JrknoM. The country is prosperous with
Is not improbable that tho result in a fowl" prosporlty here ofore unknown. l'rouc
years will bo a virtual partition of tho '" ln every field has been unpreccden ed.
f.i,i,. ,i, i Our commodities of every sort havo found
Chinese empire. I ond ntaWo Balo at homo nml
San Iranclsco Call:1 Tho report that tho abrond 0ur cx,,0rts have outrun our Im
empress of China U on the side of tho , port8 ,0 lh cxtcllt of two blnon8 of ,j0.
Boxoro may mean nothing more than that larsa sl)m 60 cnormoU3 tmU it would
tho Boxers nro having tho beat of it Justfour year8 gIK0 haVP convoyed jij moro
now. By the time the allied forces crush , jennl0 impreMton to tho ordinary mini
tho rebels and establish law It will probably ( tun lho figures of tho distance of tho
bo found that tho wily old woman has been pinncts. And nmong tho mest reasonable
on their side all along and was only flirting mcn t0 connection between tho settl-
with the other fellows.
Kansas City Star: Tho present movement
against China rray bo said to bo owing to
tho old cause tho everlasting hostility of
tho Chinese government nnd peoplo to
foreigners and the movement haa been be- doned tho purposes which wero felt to ho
gun ln tho usual manner ,tho taking of the ' fatal four years ago, the majority are no
Tifku forts. Hut tho present war is to ba moro likely to trust to them the admlnls
made temarkablo by tho larger number of . trntlon of the government than they aro
powers taking part, nnd especially by tho
promlneuco at the United States
Chicago Tribune: The native Christians
havo been wont to regard themselves ns
under tho protection of the foreign powere,
nnd havo often resided the petty tyrannies
of the Chinese officials. The Imperial gov
ernment saw In tho Boxer crusade n chanco
to wlpo out the Chinese Christians on the
Armenian massacre plan nnd at the same
tlmo deal a deadly blow to the missionaries
without giving actual cause for foreign
Intervention. But In giving the Boxers leave
to go abend the cmpreo has let loose moro
than Eho bargained for.
Minneapolis Journal: The Chinese market
Is tho greatest pr.6pctlve foreign markt 'n
sight. Tho Philippines havo given us close
propinquity to It. Our wholo Pacific coiit
by fitcnm and cable will ere long bo bro'ight
la close business connection with It. Tho
United State Is tho greatest power with a
Pacific ocean frontage in tho world. Within
two years wo havo pushed our frontage
within three or four days' steaming of tho
Clilnc-o cocst. That po3ltlon carries with
it Influence which, when asserted, must bo
respected when our rights are jeopardized.
Portland Orcgonlan: When missionaries
go far away from tho aea coasts and tho fow
treaty port Into tho Interior of China,
among a hostile population, they cannot ex
pect that our government will bo able to
afford them Immediate protection ln their
various and distant fields of labor. Their
only guarantee) ot safety ln troubled times
Is to return to the capital or to tho coast,
where tho homo government can afford
them somo diplomatic or military protection.
No government has arms long enough and
strong enough to protect tho lives and prop
erty of missionaries at all times, wherever
they may go. It is the height of abaurdtty
for thorn to place themselves In any bar
barous country beyond the pale of protection
of their government.
IIHITOX AXI) UOBH.
San Francisco Call: Oom Paul's state
ment, "Wherever I am thero Is tho capital
of the Transvaal," may be taken as a
pi oof ho Is carrying the treasury with him.
St. Louis Star: The latest news from
the Transvaal would seem to Indicate that
Oom Paul Is doing better work fiom a
parlor car than he did from tho capital ut
Pretoria.
San Francltico Chronicle: Because the
capital of the Transvaal la installed in a
railroad palace car is no reason for assum
ing that the Boer administration is domi
nated by a railroad corporation.
Philadelphia North American: If the
Boers can keep up their fight until Eng
land gets thoroughly entangled In tho
Chinese Imbroglio, General Roborts may
find It expedient to modify his demand for
unconditional surrender nnd consent to
negotiate terms of peace. To maintain her
position In China, If all the powers take
a hand ln tho light and proceed to divide
tho spoils, England will need n large part
ot the urmy now ln South Africa.
Chicago Chronicle: In spite of tho fact
that Lord Methuen "completely routs" him
every day, tho man Do Wet turns up tho
next morning moro Impudent than ever,
occasionally snaking off a battalion or so
ot his lordship's bombardiers, grenadiers
or fusiliers as a guaranty of gocd faith.
It Is evident that some means will havo to
bo devised to mako Do Wet stay routod.
Just as General MacArtbur will have to
provide against tho u.osmly stubbornneis
of Senor Agulnnldo In refusing to stay
killed.
St. Louis Globo-Doruocrat: Ths Boers
have produced no mnn of military genius,
but they are showing much skill In makiDg
use ot tho physical advantages which their
country gives them. Roberts' thin red lino
In his rear gets cut evory fow days in wme
place or another nnd tho cutters, or most
of them, usually manago to escape with all
their arms. This sort of fighting does not
call for Bonaparte3, Sheridans or even
Mosbys, but tho Boers havo a few leaders
who appear to measure up toward tho
Marlon or Mosby level. Tho end of tho
South African war Is evidently not quits
so close at hand as everybody a week cr
two ago supposed.
I'KIISOX.U, POIXTKHS.
If you wish to be up to date, study the map
ot China,
South Africa and Philippine nows will havo
to bo content with n placo on tho InMdo
pages. China and Philadelphia monopolize
the front.
Sunday Is a great day for warllko events.
Tho llrat shot In tho Chinese row was firod
from tho Tnku forts on Sunday morning,
Dowey and Schley, it will bo remembered,
did some tall shooting on Sabbath mornings.
Henry Chang, son of Chang Yin Tang,
Chinese minister at Mudrld, is to bo eJu
cated In Philadelphia. Henry is 13 years
old, and during tho last year ho attended
school at a preparatory Institution In Vir
ginia. David Block, a wealthy citizen of St.
Louis, celebrated his "2d birthday nn
nlvertary a few daya ago by giving each of
his ten children J5.000 In United States
bonds. That is tho kind ot a father to have
and to eherlsh.
Mrs, Ilulz, wife of Dr. Itlcardo Huh,
tho American killed by the Spaniards In
Cubn In 1897, will shortly receive $3,000
from tho United Stntes government, which,
on signing tho peace treaty, took over all
tho claims against Spain.
wongreBsinun neicnum oi .ew iu k, who
has Just been renominated for tho sixteen h
lime, Is a little deaf. Tho other day son e
ono suggested thnt this must bo a draw
back. "Young man," lopllod Goneral
Kottham, "I hear a great deal more than
I want to,
Thn cltv of Cambrldae. Mass.. Is maklnc
preparations to celebrato elaborately on the , refreshing to como across a radical clianga
3d ot July the ono hundredth nnnlversaiy of , "f W developed upon tho broezy plains of
tho day on which Washington tcok com-1 Kansas. A young woman In ono of tho odu
mand of tho continental army t,jere, rational Institutiors of that state was told
whether he did It under the long-famous ' 1 wr to upon tho o d ato8k theme "Beyond
old olm or elsewhere on tho square. Tho the Alps Lies I taly," and she astonished her
olllclal exercises aro to bo held at the elm,
anyhow.
A lecture manager has offered John Allon
of Mississippi $10,000 a year for n le.-tur-Ing
tour, which may account for Mr. Allon'3
statement that bo will not again be a can
didate for congress. It Is conceded In
Mississippi that thoro Is no man In Allen s
district who could beat him for cong.ess,
but the United States senate eems to Le
out of his reach. A friend of the humorous
congressman says of Mr. Allen: "He al-
ways draws well for everything except
tbo benate."
( llMii:s IX I'Ot ft YEAH.
ment of tho issue of 1S86 and our present
prosperity Is so plain that the election ot
this year Is thereby made certain. Since
tho opposition party has failed to adapt
itself to tho Inevitable nnd has not nbin-
, likely to prefer disaster to prosperity.
Tho change thus made In tho popular feel
ing is one of the most striking ot tho
changes of four years to which we havo ic
forred. Another change, not so obvious, but
even moro Important, which has taken
place Is In what wo may call the sensa
of national vitality. This Is duo lu part to
the nmazlng development of our resources
as a nation and to our entrnnco on compe
tition, and successful competition, with tho
wholo -world In commerco and Industry.
Whcro four years ago thoro was ono Ameri
can dovoting himself to trade with tho
world In nnythlng but food products, thcro
aro now scores and hundreds. The mlnda
of kern and oggresslvo mcn aro turning
confidently toward every point ln tho vast
field of International enterprise. Just ns
wo aro no longer borrowers from the old
world, but Its creditors, nud nro seeking
not capital, but investments for capital
abroad, bo wo aro thinking of the Invasion
of foreign markets and havo ceased to think
of tho control of our own. Our faces nro
turned toward tho future, and It Is faith,
not fear, that they express.
In part also this Increased sense of na
tional vltnllty is duo to tho war with Spain
and tho consequences of it. Wo feel that,
as a nation, we havo mot a sudden and ex
tremely trying crisis, not certainly without
some blundering, but on tho wholo with a
greater degreo of success and wisdom than
could possibly havo been foreseen. Wo havo
had a self-revelatlon, not entirely flatter
ing, and conveying somo warning, but ln
tho main satisfactory and evon Inspiring.
As we face the world In business with
confldenco, so wo feel that wo may face lho
political trials it may havo for us without
shrinking, not rashly or valnglorlously, but
with reasonable certainty that we shall not
be so weak or unworthy., Theso aro the
experiences that, ln tho llfo of a nation as
In that of an individual, build character.
Those Aniorlcans aro to bo pitied who do
not feel today that tho national character
has stood fairly well tho test of the recent
years and that wo may await tho coming
years with courage.
OUTPUT OP JIIVUKAI.S.
Hrmnrknblc Increase In he Unnntlty
Mined nnd Sold.
Philadelphia Inquirer,
This being a time when summaries of the
various products of the United States are of
more than general lnterekt, the tabic pub
lished by the Engineering and Mining
Journal, setting forth tho full metal and
mineral production for tho year 18?0, will
command immediate attention. The total
value of this output at tho mines or places
ot production was last year $1,211,361,801, an
pmount unexampled In tho history of tho
United States, or, Indeed In tho history of
any other country, according to tho Journal.
Allowlnc S92.5S1.031 for duplications, wnicn,
' according to tho compilers of this table, It
Is impossible to avoid, we have a net produc
tion of $1,118,780,830. which, compared with
tho not production for tbo year 1898, ST'J'.',
518,033, shows a net Increase of $319,262,797,
or 39.9 per cent.
This Is an amazing Increase for a single
year, and though n part of It may be Bet
down to a rlso in tho values of the metals,
there was nevertheless a vast Increase ln
the quantities mined and sold. Moreover, ln
coal, salt, Iron, copper, silver and lead this
country produced more than any other In
tho world, nnd in many of tbo minor metals
and minerals wo lead nil other countries
Ani1 11 mU6t1 be. romcmb.erd,,.iu,, alone
rcs, based Z "it m Z
"n 1 .IT1 'L f
facturcd from them. The rallroaa nna
electrical supplies, machinery of various
kinds, tho refined chemicals and drugs, tbo
bricks and terra cotta and glass, and tho
rest of tho articles which go to make up
part of our manufacturing schedules nre not
shown In these tables nt all. It is the crude
material, tho unrefined mineral and the
product ns It Is taken from the earth that
Is here represented.
Tho extent of our production Is shown
by tho figures, which include 252,115,387 short
tons of coal, 13,100,735 long tons ot pig iron,
581,319,091 pounds of copper, 217,085 tons
of lead, 129,675 tons of zinc, 57,126,831 ounces
of silver and $70,096,021 In gold. It will do
rather surprising to most peoplo to learn
that tho production of coal leads all the
others In value, being 26.4 per cent of tho
total. Iron comcB next with 20.9 per cent,
and copper third with 8.3 per cent. Theso
three form more than one-half ot tho entire
mlncrnl and metal output, and If we add
the value of the clay production, which Is
6.1 per cent ot the total, we havo threo
flfths embraced In these four divisions.
Gold ranks fifth on tho list with .1.8. per
cent of the total, petroleum sixth with 5.3
per cent, stono seventh with 3.5 per cent,
silver eighth with 2.8 per cent, lead l.C per
cent, cement 1.3 per cent, zinc 1.2 per cent
and natural gaa 1 per cent. Thrto figures
nro vouched for by tho Journal as accurate
nnd they may well fccrvo as the basis for
any calculations. It will ho noticed that
In the two departments, fuel and construc
tion material, the great bulk of our produc
tion Hcb. Tho things to build housea aud
engines and tho things to keep them wnrm
and creato tho steam required to mako them
living are those most in demand. In ad
dltlou to those facts It must bo recalled that
iron and coal stocks at tho beginning cf tho
now year were not as great as usual, show
ing that the output was Instantly consumed
and former stocks drawn on. Contracts
were entered on for the present year, which
that tho lncreaso In mlnerols and
metals Is stable and that wo will be ablo for
twelve months at least to bold our loan
ovci tho rest of tho world.
TUB HB.W, VS. TUB I II IS A I..
I'lt'liircMiiuc OliNcrviillonii of n Kim
miN CoIIckc (rniliiiitc.
Minneapolis Tribune.
In theso days of graduating essays con
structed upon tbo approved order of ombody-
ing wlso saws and trite moral prompts, It Is
precoptors and tho audience nllko by comlin
down to the center of tho rostrum and read
ing the following:
"I do not care a cent whether Italy Ucj
boyond the Alps, or ovon In Missouri. I do
not expect to set tho river on flro with my
future career, I am glad I havo a good,
very good, education, but I am not going to
mini,n it hv wrltlnc nootry or essays about
the future woman. It will rnnblo mo to
correct tho grammar of any lover I may
havo, should be speak of 'dorgs' ln my pres.
ence. or say ho had went somewhere. It
will lo como handy when I want to figure I
out how aiapy pounds ot soap a woman cau 1
get for thrrp dozen eggs nt the grocery. So
I do not bestrudgn tho tlmo I spent In nc
quiring It. But my ambitions do uot II y so
high. I Just want to marry a man who van
'lick' anybody of his weight In tho township,
who can run an clghty-acie farm and who
hns uo female relatives to come around and
try to boss tho ranch. And I will agree to
cook good dinners for hint that won't send
him to an early grave, nud lavish upon him
n wholo lot of wholoKime affection, and see
that his razor hasn't been used to cut broom
wire when he wants to shave. In view ot nil
this. I don't enro if 1 do get it little rusty
on tho rulo of thrco nnd fjndrcd things as
tho years go by."
It would seem cither that this young
woman must bo of nn Intensely practical na
ture, or tho Institution nt which she wn
educated must bo rarely successful In Im
pressing, upon tho youthful mind tho useful
rather than tho visionary view of life. It
Id Just pcsslblu, however, that the graduate
lu question hns n largo splro of humor In
her composition, and that she ndopted this
method of ridiculing the prim sisterhood
who choso to trend tho beaten path. Tho
chnnces nre that she will not marry a man
who uses bad grammar, and that whoovor
sho marries she will make n good wife, be-c.-iuec
rite 1.4 as bright as u dollar nnd will
know how to adapt horself cheerfully to her
environment.
The tendency of tho age towards the prac
tical, or what Governor Itoosovelt would call
"tho strenuous life," is also demonstrated
by tho action of tho grnduatlng class at
Concordia, Mo., ln ndoptlng for Its class
motto tho following legend, Instead of fol
lowing the usual practice of selecting a
Latin phraso from tho back end of tho dic
tionary: "Beyond this He tho washtub and
tho sawhiick." Wo fear that theso breezy
western students nro Inclined to poke fun
at their more staid eastern brothers and
sisters.
I'OirVTBI) IIKMAHICM.
Indianapolis Journal: Brown You don't
scorn at nil exclusive In your social tastes
Jones Yes I am; I don't want to know
anr snobs.
Pittsburg Chronicle: Mr. Perm Kruger Is
tho liveliest capital mover of them all.
Mr. Pitt Do you refer to his funds or to
tho scat of covornmont?
Cleveland Plain Dcnlor: "Anatomy must
bo nn Interesting study."
"Wry."
"There's something I wanted tn nsk you.
Is the humorous vein close to the funny
bone?"
Chicago Times-Hernid: "In KiiRlnnd thoy
say a man stands' for olllco. In this coun
try wo say a tnnn 'runs' for olllce. liy li
''"Well, the principal reason Is 1 lint
If a man 'stood' for olllco over here he a
never net one."
Wa i no-inn star: "lie seems a wonder
fully modest nmn."
.iiimrsu ii.-juiiii.-h ui i --, -
-word doesn't begin to express it. Why, Ha
doesn t oven ncuevii mm '' ."".",'
show of ccttlng a vice presidential iionilnn-
tlon It ho should euro to mnko n tight for
It."
noirnli .Tnurnal: "What Is a metropolis,
U"APnS?ropolls is a town where n man can
wear new vellow shoes without hearing
them referred to uisrespuDimnj.
. . r.a. "TVImf the rensui
man nsk you. Larkl'n?" said Bunting.
"Ho nsked me If I had n match about my
clothes."
Chicago Tribune: "The first board of cd il
eal on I presume." observed the profeHor
"was really a shingle, nml when ne.nW
for educational purposes w"llprMSun,,sr
wielded, I dare say, by the mother.
"lUGHTSIAN'S CUI11-."
Tlnnvpr Poat.
Wo have wanbled old Durham lrletchle's
In sonnets and several other ways.
How she stood ut her window In Fredrrlck-
And f?oze tho "rebs" with a patriot frown!
How shi- raised "Old Olory" In i loyal way
And told Its foes It was there to stay!
ii.. 1T..r-l..if n finfr -ATMi flirl
MUt nOn IIH IJ1U imi imni ."" ' , i t ii
And tell the story of "nightman's girl."
In lhr Afrlc skies
A lit pun ,- "
Like a llery boll of unusual size,
And sprinkled heat o'er tho shimmering
That would blister nn elephant's four.-ply
clt.
The British troops on their conquering
To homes of foemen applied tho torch;
Burned out the nests where the Bocrmon
Came to change their linen nnd get u shave,
And tho nightman ranch wero the trooperi
To burn, but the burning thoy didn't did!
For thero in the door of tho old form placn
Stood a plump Dutch girl with a pretty
mce.
.- .... .1 , 1 . 'oflnnt Ar
iner cypp wen- nm .t, ... ... ,
And her lo!om heaved with expansive Ire!
To the nrebug "Tommies" she fearless said:
"Yust pull your freight und gone off nhean.
"Dese hnus was left mlt my sharge, you
Und you don'd vould bum It already yet!
"Viimi- nnss n motion and ovlck adjourn,
Pecauso ve don'd got some houses to burn I
TTn rodo Lord Kitchener, grand nnd great,
With bis frown and his dignity 'bath on
sirui-m.
node tin In his mnjesty. but the elrl
Just gave her lip nn additional curl.
-i i -..a t. Vm ntnii1 arA il -n ft n it I f :i nr
JMUl Jl KtlU I" lr -.in- wv. ...... v .vv,
And noted her atnipli-. uncultured grucr.
nil I1UI1 Ill'tll I, ,iit-n-M u....j "
To Jelly, and gono was his warllko frown,
. i . t - it l. . n,Au.il 1 1 ( n 1 1 1 . Hnnjn
nd ho said to his troopers: "Who dares to
Herman ,
On tho bulge of his khaki trousers a match
"Will catch a boot In the placo which he
lias used for tho scratching purpose, seo?
And then to tho maiden: "My gentle fawn,
I weaken." And then to his troops: "March
onl"
And thoro sho stood as tho troops marched
And oft at herself winked the other eye!
Stood thero ln dellance until lho last
Of the bloomln' British had by her puhsed,
And said, ns they faded from nut her sight:
"Dcrc ncen no hot times mlt din old ranch
tonight.
"Dose standoff vork mighty slick. I dinks,
Und dau vos 1st los mlt mc, by ylnka,"
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