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THE OMAHA DATLV BFJE: WEDNESDAY, AVOITST 1, 1000. The Omaha Daily Bee. E. KOHHWATEH, Editor. PUUUSIIED EVEIlY MOHNNO. TERMS 01' SUnSC'RlITION'. Dally Hpo without Kuiuliiy). Ope Year J.W Dally lice iiml Huntlny, ono enr 8.W llluiitratcd Her, Onn Year t-O fiundny lid', Onn Year J.W Bntunfny Hep, Onn Your Weekly Bee, One Year ' OFFICES: Omnlin: Thr Hpc Hulldlnp. Houth Omiihfi: City Hull UulIdlnR, Twen-ty-tlflli iind N Street. Council Uluffn; 10 1'enrl Street. Chicago: W) t'nlty Hulldlns. New York: 'female Court. Washington; Ml Fourteenth Street. Sioux City: ull J'urk Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! rolntliiB to newii nnd editorial mutter should lie nddreuaed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Derartment. BUSINESS LETTERS, Buslnegd letters and rcmlttnticeH should bo addreBiied: The Bco I'ulillslilntf Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, express or postal order, paynhlo to The Bee I'uIiIIhIiIuk Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. 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Hulnorlbcd and sworn to beforo mo this 31st day of July, 10(V. M. B. II UNO ATE. Notary Public. PARTIES I,i:.VVI.(i I'Oll MILMMER. PnrtU'N Icnvliiu tln !! for Hip Ntiiiiini-r imiy biive Tin Ilri sent In tlifiii rcKtilnrly hy imtlfyliiK The lire lliislncsa oilier, In piTNim air by mull. Tin- mlilrPNM lll lie rliiuiKed ns often us ilenlrril. Xo KniKH Iiiih lieon growing under the feet of d'ciiornl CliiifTee ulna; lie arrived In the Orient. The tweiitlHlinfentunnsTiot starting off In a milliner very encouraging to the head that wears tho crown. The pistol used hy the assassin of King Humbert Is described as a superior weapon. It nlso bears the Im print of American manufacture. Another Imaginative correspondent Is nliroad in the state trying to Hud evi dence that prosperity Is a sham and a fraud. Interviews with nameless fann ers promise to be his stock In trade Colonel Hryan Is not giving out his precise Itinerary to Indianapolis. He wants to Invest It with as much secrecy ns possible, apparently with the Idea that mystery will draw bigger crowds than publicity. The election In Culm to choose mem bers of the constitutional convention Is to be held on tho third Saturduy lu Sep tember. This Is another departure from tho traditional Tuesday election day, for which an explanation may be de manded. The withdrawal of candidates on the fusion ticket of Lancaster county does not ludlcate any contldence In the boast that fusion will triumph lu Hryan's home district. Candidates do not as a rule pull off when there is even a fair clinnco of success. CJcneral Chaffee is entitled to several credit murks for reporting to the gov ernment at Washington early, often and in detail. He has undoubtedly the mnk Ing of a llrst-elass war correspondent In addition to the qualifications of an energetic military commander. Mr. Hryan should hasten to re-employ the man with the multiplication table eyes who acconnmnled him durimr hi last campaign and who can. conjure up greater crowds with one tureen of lead pencil than all the oratory of silver-tongued presidential candidate. Not being able to attack tho record of President MeKlnley the opposition press Is trying to make faces at Senator Hanna. Anyone would Imagluo from rending the popocratlc organs that Senator Ilanua was u cundldatc for crery olllce within the gift of the people. The supreme court will take up the ease which involves the validity of the law creating the State Board of Trans portatlon at a special sitting the llrst of September. In the meanwhile tho do-nothing railway commissioners w continue to draw their salaries and work politics. Just how tho fusion state olllelals w HI manage It to exclude the populist ticket nominated at Grand Island from the official ballot anil ilnd a place for th free sliver repubjlcans Is a pu.zl ;lei hen It comes to turning a sharp c nor In politics, howerer, tho members cor of the stato house crowd are adepts. It is really too bad that the chairman of the democratic stato ooinmltteo Is not nble to devote all his time to politics Instead of checking banks. Chairman Hall Is entirely too thin skinned lu do siring to keep tip the appearance of earning his money. He should take a Ipssoii from the secretaries of tho Statt Hoard of Transportation. City Treasurer Hennlngs hns won n victory In another personal tax ease In which ho had issued a distress warrant to compel tho collection of delinquent taxes. A few more olllelals like Mr Hennlngs lu city aud county otllces which have to do with the collection of taxes would work a vast Improvement la the administration ofpubllc affairs, THK l'KKIX EXl'HftlTlOX I'ho announcement In tho House of Commons that the commander of the British forces in China contemplated an unnedlute advance on 1'ekln, together with the dispatch from (leneral Chaffee noting a report that the allied forces had decided to move at once, give strong assurance that there Is to be no further delay of the expedition lor the ellef of the foreigners In the Chinese capital. There Is still doubt, however, as to all the allied forces co-operating, as shown In the dispatch of the lSrltlsh commander. He was not certain of co operation. It may lie, therefore, that the American ami British forces will act together, leaving the others to carry on Independent operations If they think best to do so. Such a course would very likely prove to be unfortu nnte, but better any sort of demonstra tion than keeping the forces at Tien '1'nln and prolonging anxiety In regard to the ministers and others in Uekiu. f it Is Impossible to agree upon a coin- mander-in-chlef for the. allied forces it may be practicable to arrange a plan of campaign In which the force of each power would take a clearly dellned in it and while actually Independent would practically co-operate with the others. So far as the United States force Is concerned, It appears that General Chaffee has been Instructed to proceed as he shall deem best after acquaint ing himself with the situation. If he shall think proper to act Independ ently he Is at liberty to do so, but with his relatively small force it is hardly likely that lie will decide on that course, so that ii union of American and Brit ish forces, In tho event of failure to ef fect general co-operation, Is probable. The advance on I'eklti, under whatever circumstances made, will be watched with Intense interest, for it Is every where realized that It must hare con sequences of great Import to the world. Tin: xuxt cunsx auxnuxs. The next elections in Cuba will be for delegates to u convention which will frame u constitution for an Independent government, Those will be held In the latter part of September and the con vention will meet early In November. It Is presumed that the same suffrage quallllcatlons will apply to the coming lections as lu those for municipal olll- cers that were held last June. In order to bo qualllled to vote a man must be a native Cuban or a sou of a native male Cuban, born while his parents were temporarily living abrond; or a Spaniard living in Cuba nt the time of the treaty of I'arls, who has not made declaration of his decision to preserve his allegiance to the crown of Spain. lie must be '-'1 years old or upwards on the day preceding the election, lie must possess, In addition to the fore going, one or more of the following luallllcatlons-nblllty to read aud write, ownership of real or personal property to the value of $250, American gold, service In the Cubau army prior to July 18, 3808, and honorable discharge there from, whether u native Cuban or not. dispatch from Havana a few days ago stated that the decree calling the constitutional convention met with al most universal approval and was es pecially pleasing to those who wont independence. Some of the people are apprehensive of trouble and dilllculty resulting from placing large responsl- duties In Inexperienced hands, but the Cuban must learn self-government and It Is not to be expected that lu doing this they will escape dlillcultles. They have their party divisions and their self ish and unscrupulous politicians, but there ai'o capable and worthy men among them whose efforts will bo di rected to giving the Island good govern ment aud placing It politically on a stable basis. So far as the United States Is concerned It will have done Its duty and If the Cuban people shall show themselves unlltted for Independ ence It will not be because of uny neg lect or dereliction on the part of this gorerumeut. WHAT DOES IT MKAXt There Is diversity of opinion ns to the truo Intent aud meaning of the plan! lu the Kansas City platform relating to the Philippines. By gome "anti-lm perlallsts" It Is held to mean the sur render of the archipelago, while others contend that such Is not, necessarily Its meanlug. The Now York Evening Post tukes the latter view, as does the At lantn Constitution, the latter declaring that the platform "affords a foothold for both Mr. Ilryau and Senator Mor gan" the Georgia senator being one of tho most ardent of expansionists and uncompromisingly opposed to granting Independence to the Philippines. Tho Atlanta Constitution says: "It will be observed that the declaration Is very conservative lu Its nature and per fectly clear In Its terms. Every possl bio duty and responsibility Is recognized and provided for. A stable form of government Is to be given tho Plllplnos, not by their own agencies, but by the agency of this republic. Then Is not li lug haphazard In tho business. This country Is not only to give the Filipinos n stable form of government, but It Is to bo the Judge of Its stability. Who can say how long a time will be re quired to trltln the Islanders In the ways aud methods of republican government V The whole scheme Is In tho nature of an experiment nnd yet It Is an expert nient which providence has forced upon us," Upon which the New York Even lug Post remarks that If the I'MllpIuo government must be not only stable, but also republican, "this requirement will Increase the dlillcultles of deciding when we shall evacuate the Islands on tin democratic plau and will postpone that event.! Senator Jones, chairman of t lie demo era tic national committee, presents a different view from that of the Atlanta Constitution. Ho says If the demo ciats are successful lu this campaign the policy of the United States government lu dealing with the Philippines will be the same us it was announced our policy would bo toward Cuba to glvi the natives their freedom and permit them to establish their Own government Asked If the Americuu troops should be withdrawn from the archipelago Mr. Jones replied: "Well, we sent the troops there In ships. 1 guess we euu bring them nway lu ships. We had no moral Ight to go there lu tho llrst place. We had no more right to send soldiers there than we liare to send them to tight against any government in Europe. The war with Spain has been over for some time and American troops have no right now lu the Philippines. The 'lllpliios are a free and Independent peo ple, or at least they ought to be." It is asy enough to understand from this low the chairman of the democratic mi- ioiial committee Interprets the Philip- ilue plank of the Kansas City platform. le regards It as meaning that the United States should Immediately withdraw Its troops from the Islands aud it should be borne In mind that Senator Jones probably understands Mr. Bryan's position on the subject as well ns any man in the country. But we shall soon have from Mr. Bryan himself an authoritative detlnl- ton of the true Intent and meaning of that plank of the platform. One week hence he will be formally untitled of his nomination ami It Is prom ised that he will devote most of his speech on that occasion to "Imperial- hid," It Is quite possible that what he will say will not please all who are anxiously awaiting his statement of his position. WlWnE MIAMI STOOD FOVll YUAllS AGO. Congressman Champ Clark Is to be admired for the courage of his convic tions. In u speech delivered at tho Texas-Colorado Chautauqua held in Denver last week he made the follow ing declaration: Vo stand today on tho money question precisely where wo stood four ycarB ago. Truth docs not change to falsehood In four short ycurs. Consequently, at Kansus City wo rcadoptcd, not merely realllrmed, but ro- ndopted the financial plank of the Chicago platform, in all Its Integrity ami all Its force, In uplto of nil Its cajollngs, nil thrent enlngB and all tcraptntlons to do otherwise. rom tho bottom of my heart I rejoice that wo did so, for If we wero right then wc are right now. Champ Clark forcibly cxemplllles the adage that the Bourbons never forget anything and never lenrn anything. The doughty Mlssourlan stands today just where he stood four years ngo nnd he would Just as readily sUmd where Buchanan stood forty years ago. Eor him and the Bourbons who make up tho Bryanlte party the world does not move and experience counts for noth ing. When lie nsserts that truth does not linage to falsehood In four short years. Chnmp Clark Is eminently correct. The trouble with him Is that ho does not re alize, or want to realize, that the theo ries on the money question adranced In support of Bl to 1 free coinage have been exploded and east to the winds by the practical demonstration of their fal lacy. Pour yenrs ago Coin Harvey nnd his disciples from Bryan to Clark declared that the attempt to maintain the gold standard was a conspiracy on the part of the money power to make money dearer and the products of the farm and factory cheaper. Pour yenrs ngo these false prophetb predicted freely that the election of MeKlnley and tho continu ance of his llnanclal policy would cause a greater prostration of commerce and the general Impoverishment and en slavement of the producers. Pour years of general prosperity have thoroughly dissipated these delusions. Money Is more plentiful and Interest rates lower, while wages and the prices of all products are higher. It may be brave for Champ Clark to stand up against the stubborn facts that have knocked his fluaucial fallacies into smithereens, but the people cannot be fooled by them more than once. Even the people of Colorado aro-uo longer to be duped. Champ Clark may continue to stand on the llnanclal plank of the democratic platform where he stood four years ago, but the decayed old plank will not bear his weight nnd he should not be surprised If he drops with a thud beforo the campaign is half over. Kour years ngo wo were told that If Ne braska went "for Bryan and populism" capital would bo driven from the state. Nebrnsku went for Bryan, and has bad a full set of fusion officers over since, Now listen whllo the g. o. p. organs talk about tho wonderful prosperity of Nebraska. World-Herald. True, Nebraska gave Bryan Its elei toral vote four years ago, but Bryan was not elected president. Hnd Bryan car ried the country in 181)0 there would have been a llnanclal smash-up more disastrous than that of 1S!3 aud It would have taken years of time for the people to adjust themselves to Bryan's free coinage policy. Nebraska of course would have been In the same boat with the other states, Just as Nebraska has been sharing with Its sister si ales the general prosperity that followed t lit election of MeKlnley and tho restoration of eontideuee. Nevertheless, it Is true that the fact thnt Bryan carried Ne liraska four years ago has to u consid erable extent discredited the state with the Investors of the east and caused the withdrawal of some Institutions and concerns that would otherwise have continued to do business lu Nebraska. This Is notably true of life Insurance companies that had helped to develop this city and state In making building loans on reasonable terms. The news Item about the scarcity of farm labor in the great northwest, which has forced tho owners of tho Da kotu wheat Holds to appeal to the rail road companies for help lu obtaining men to harvest the crop, Is another blow at the calamity candidates who liavi been preaching that present prosperity was purely fictitious, Pour years ago when the threat of free coinage was paralyzing the Industries, the farmers had no dlflletilty lu securing all the hands they needed. The welcome news comes from China that the Americans and English propose to push on at ouco for Peklu to relieve tho Imprisoned ministers, whether they hare the co-operation of the other powers or not.' There Is reason to be Here that the Chinese are not united and thut lu uddltlou the lighting ut Tien Tslu has somewhat disheartened them, If that Is the case an energetic dash for the capital might be successful. Our amiable popocratlc contemporary Intimates that the Chicago Hecord will have to enlarge Its dally Issues if it undertakes to print all. the communica tions correcting misstatements of Wil liam E, Curtis in his letters bearing on the political aud industrial situation In Nebraska. We presume this refers particularly to the bouquets Mr. Curtis threw at the publisher of the hyphenated sheet lu his aspirations for U. S. S. Protest has been tiled with the sec retary of state against placing the words 'silver republican" on the ticket opposite the names of fusion candidates. The reasons alleged are Identical with those which are Included In the popo.cratlc protest against tho certificate of the mid-road populists. It ought not to be hard, however, for the state house machine to discover a distinction with out a difference. l'he Iowa bank deposits lu 181)d were fW.OOO.OOO. At the last reports In 11)00 they were fOl.OOO.UOO. These figures are for the banks operating upder state charters only aud the national banks show u similar Increase, With this sum to their credit for four years of re publican administration Iowa people may be relied on to rote for four years more of the same kind. Mr. Towne will not attend the In dianapolis liotltlcatlon meeting. . It would not look well to have both talis to the Bryan kite exposed to the public view at one and the same time and place. Advice for Doit Dnjs. Boston Globe. Advlco for dog days: Don't whine! I'rrprtunl Revolution, New York Tribune. Boxers may como and "Bobs" may go, but tho Colombian revolution goes on for ever. I'mllrMN Chain 1'i-iiec Proposal". Baltimore American. Tho emperor of China evidently intended starting an endless chain system of pcaco proposals. Title for it Xrw llooU. St. l'nul Dispatch. Mr. Bryan may ns well begin, making arrangements with his publishers for "The Second 'Defeat," or "How It Happened to Happen Again." Ill Cmiulit lli'tvrcen llnses, Washington Post. LI Hung Chang will not ucsltnto to re sort to nil of the subterfuges of tho ball player who Is caught between bases. Tr.it for I ml I ii n .Stump Sponker. Troy (N. Y.) Republican. An Indian has been engaged to mako stump speeches for Bryan. Probably he will bo expected to cnlargo upon the dan gers involved In government without the consent of the governed. A Query for llrymi. New York Tribune. Will Mr. Brvnn nlenne toll nn hnw hn la going to lot tbp.KJIJplnos establish their own government' under n protectorate, If the constitution, as ho says, extends to all territory of the United States? Xo Time for 1'olltlca. Chicago Inter Ocean. Tho farmers of Iowa, Nebraska and Knn- sas nro so busy thoy are making It known to democratic canvassers that It will bo Impossible for thorn to give any more time to politics this fall than may be required for their attendance nt republican rallies nnd at tho polls, where they Intend to vote tbo republican ticket. Value of Krce Rural Deliver-. Boston Transcript. It Is estimated that free rural mall de livery Is Increasing the vnluo of land In Colorado, where It Is In operation, 5 nn ncro. The poatofftco haa long been looked to ns an Instrumentality of social advance second to none, only It has uot begun to bo utlll7cd ns yet In this country up to plnln possibilities, ns shown In other countries. Tin: l'Kiirr von tub iiousi:. IleiMililleniis Should lleeil the AVnrn. Iiik of Cliiilrniuii Ilulieouk. Snn Frunclsco Cull. Chairman Babcock of tho republican con gresslonal campaign committee has once raoro given warnlug to tho party of tho danger that the various elements of opposi tion to tho ndmlnlstratlon may carry so many congressional districts as to give them control of the house of representatives Such success on tho pnrt of the malcoii' tcnts'would prevent tho enactment of many Important measures that are expected of tho next congress, nnd thereby seriously In terfcro with the progressive welfare of tho country. In describing tho situation Mr. Babcock, after pointing out that in the southern states tho Bryanltes havo 120 congressmen sure, nnd that almost every state that gives its electoral vote for Bryan will send n solid Bryan delegation to tho house, went on to eay; "For our part, tho states which will c've their electoral votes to thu republicans will at tbo samo time havo JO per cent of their congressional delegations doniocrntic. Just look at tho dcmocrntlo representation In this congress from New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other btrongholda of republicanism on national issues. Tho election of republican electors from tho state of New York Is not going to pull through tho republican reprosentu tlves from Now York City districts. West of tho Missouri river wc will havo to light to hold what wo already have. In tho northwest there nro somo districts which aro too close In their pluraltles to be com fortable. That will push us Into Now York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts to mako gains to offset almost certain Iocs In some middle west districts. Tbo light will come to a point where every voto will count." Theso statements must not be looked upon as n moro campaign exaggeration do signed to rouse political ardor. They are fully Justified by tho facts. The Cull tins onco or twlco had occasion to direct atton tlon to a movement among gold democratic papers In tho east to support democratic candidates for congress while opposing Bryan. It Is therefore certain that lu many congressional districts tbo voto for the Brynnlte candldnto for representative will bo larger than the voto for Bryan himself. The old dyed-ln-the-wool free trailers have accepted tho presidency of MeKlnley solely because they had no other recourse agalnsi Bryaulsm, but they will be very willing to handicap his uumlnlstratlon by tbo election of a democratic house, und doubtless a good ninny of them will seek to do so, lu uc cordnnco with tho counsel of their eastern organs. In the faco of Biich nn emergency a gravn responsibility rests upon tho republicans of every stuto whore Ihcro Is n single con gresslonal district In doubt. The margin of republican control In tho present con grcss Is so small that tbo Bryanltes will have to gain vory fow seats to overthrow It There Is thorcforo not a district In which the party can afford to tuko chances, WAR IX SOLTII Al'RIt'A. "Since my last meeting with Mr. Kruger two years ago he has become more venerable fn appearance nnd seems to have lost In physical vigor," says Allen Sangreo In Alns- lee's, "HH hair Is now snow wblto nnd sparse; his complexion ashy pale and his massive features, as a good burgher put It to me. remind one of a hlppopotnmus, His eyeti give him trouble nnd over them he wears at nil times smoke-colored specta cles, with gauze sldcsi Two little gold rings In his cars, that wero put In when he was n youngster, show plainly against the white hair. Ho siuokrH lesi than formerly, drinks more coffeo and whllo talking spits In n nervous, Jerky manner. "Tho wnr has proved a terrible strain on tho old Transvaal patriot's nervous vitality For the llrst time In his llfo he has been compelled to forego the habits of n lifetime and I'rctorlans tell with wonderment how they hnvo seen him working nt 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning with hln secretaries. 'So exhausted has ho been on several oc casions that ho mounted with great diffi culty Into tho ancient Dutch bod which came out from Holland with the first Jacob Kruger. This bed Is live feet from the floor nnd Is reached by a stairway. It is n pon derous affair, shaped like n pyramid, broad below nnd narrow nt tho top. A wide strip on ono hIJo prevents his honor from fulling overboard. It has been Mr. Krugcr's cus tom to retire to this couch at 7 In the even ing and nrlso at I. But with the arrival of telegrams aud couriers from tho front, his rest Is constantly Interrupted, "Not so with his working regime. Though haggard lu countenance, he Is never one eccoud late In arriving nt tho Rnad House at 9 u. m. So punctual Is bo that when the clock shows exactly sixty minutes past 11 ho breaks off abruptly, sometimes In the middle of a word, aud stalks from tho room. No porilblo contingency, apparently, would keep him after that moment. At 2 o'clock he ii again nt his pool nnd remains there until 1." 'Speaking of tho conduct of the war, I nsked Mr. Kruger If ho was discouraged. " 'Discouraged!' he answered, 'No. Wo have a vory difficult Job on hand, but Prov Idenco has been with us from the start and thereforo wo have prevailed. Our numbers am always less and the casualties ten to one In our favor.' " 'How many have you lost thus far?' " 'There havo been 120 burghers killed In battlo and about 4,000 either wounded or captured.' ' 'How many do you think tho English havo lost?' " 'Sixty thousand.' " 'They clulm n much smaller loss,' I re marked. ' 'But you cannot bcllovo them,' the presi dent unswered. 'At Splon kop they put the number of killed nt 200. We counted 000.' ' 'How many burghers havo you In the Held?' " 'Thirty or forty thousand from both stntes In tho most wc have ever had actually under arms. Now the number Is less. 1 mako It n rulo to havo 10 per cent of the army always on leave of absence, becnuao our people aro only few, and I must take care of them. At tho Tugela river they lost because they were so sleepy from constant watching that thoy tumbled from their horses. This weakens tho commandos. Then besides I must keep a good many burghers to guard tho railroads, the magazines, the prlfioncrs and watch the natives.' " 'Do you consldc,- tho English soldier a bravo man?' I Inquired. " 'Yes,' was tho reply; 'but he is only an nnimnl. He doea not know what be is fight ing for. It Is n shame to send these poor fellows out to be killed and I pity thorn. They do what their offlccra tell them and that Is why they get killed. Very few of them can shoot straight. They usually aim over our heads. The English soldier does not know how to take care of his horse, cither, nnd without n horso In this country the soldier l nothing.' "If Kruger Insists on any one thing In this campaign It Is careful handling of horses. It Is certainly an unusual thing to hear tho president of tho stato exhorting his troopfl about such small details as to caution them against allowing the saddle to rub the horse's back. But this seemed to be tho principal themo of an address which I heard Kruger deliver to some raw recruits start ing off to the front. " 'Watch tho burghers,' ho said, 'how they hobblo their ponies nnd then do likewise. You must nil remember never to give the horso a feed of mealies and then water him afterwnrd, for ho will surely die. No more rldo him to water nnd then gallop nwny. Rive him a blanket at night, too, nnd at nil times treat him as you would yourself, for If wo win It must be with tho aid of this animal.' "The greatest lmportanco la attached to this feature of Boer equipment, nnd the burghers do not believe England can ever procure horses that will stand the climate. The South African pony Is tho result of one hundred years' experimenting. Ho originated In Bnsutoland, where tho best quality Is now procured. At first a pony would not llvo thoro, nnd It has been only by persistent Interbreeding nnd Inuring to the conditions that a serviceable horso has at last been produced. The Boer pony Is about the slzo of un Indian mustang and so tough and wiry thut ho will travel all day if handled care, fully. " 'How long will this war Inst?' I inquired of President Kruger, after he hnd nsked me to affirm In his namo that ho had never coii. templatcd blowing up tho mlues, nor would such action be taken even In the last ex tremity. " 'I have no Iden us to the duration,' was his reply. 'So long ns I and ray followers llvo.' " "1 wish to correct tho Impression that generally prevails as to the presenco hero of foreign experts. No greater mistake Is current than this. Tho TrnnsvnnI artil lery, which Is supposed to bo managed by Russian nnd German gunnars, Is really in tho hands of young Boers nnd tho engineer ing feats thnt hnvo been accomplished must, bo credited to the TrniiBvaal farmer. Ho It Is who builds pontoons out of railroad ties, hauls a iwelvn-ton cannon up n moun tain und executes damage with artillery. To belong to tho latter ono must bo n burgher nnd ncurly every gun today In tho Boor fon:es Is sighted by lads between 17 nnd 21 years old. Tho foreign nttnehes will nil testify to this, nnd, furthermore, bear mo out lu saying that better marksmanship with big guns Is not to bo seen thnu behind tho Boer parapets. "In bidding good-by to Mr. Kruger I nsked him If ho und his people would ac cept nn asylum In America, to which he ro- plied thut It was Impossible 'wo nro a pecullnr people,' ho Buld, 'and If Ood wills that wo lose our Independence than It Is better that wo should nil puss away. Wherever a Boor would llvo ho must ovor brood over his thoughts. Tho women will never foigot that their husbands died at tho English hands; the children will grow up to hnte the conqueror and wherever Ii such bitterness thoro could no happiness be. No. It Is better that wo dlo, for tlnn eueh burgher ran say to himself, "I have fought thn good fight, I havo finished tho course. 1 havo kopt tho faith. Henceforth thero Is laid up for mo n crown of right eousness. Summer (ilrl'H Troubled, Baltlmoro American. The summer girl Is having a hard time theso days keeping ut tho top notch o public attention und tho government la Mill further increasing her troubles by or deriug eligible young men scarce enough In tho most halcyon times of pcaco ou for elgn duty. KA.VSAS IIKAItl) I'llllll ONti: .MORI1. Stiiinourr Slnlr t'lnmurlnn; for l'f to .Mote II Crop, Philadelphia Inquirer. Kansas never docs things by halves. It either has too much or too little of every thing. As n result It is always asking the rest of the country to help It out. When the drouths como nlong nnd spoil Its har vest It cheerfully or sorrowfully, ns tho case may be, borrows nil tho money thnt It enn find and blanheta Its farms with mort gages at all kinds of Interest. Then It howls calnmtty and organizes the farmers' alli ance. Then come good crops nnd good prices, there Is plenty of water nnd no cy clones. In a few months It raises nil Its mortgages nnd blossoms out ns tho finest kind of a prosperity state. At tho present Kansas wants cars to move Its crop. It is such n buster thnt tho provisions made by the railroads fall far short of tho actual need aud so tho word goes forth east and west nnd north nnd south: "Kansas wants cars." Cars it must hnvo nnd It will Kct them If It hns to breok Into tho other stntes nnd stenl them. And when It gets through with sending Its wheat to tho market It will onco moro raise tho cry for cars to move Its corn crop, which promises to be the Inrgcst In many years. Well, let It havo tho cars nnd stop Its bawling. This much nt least' wo have to bo thankful for. Kansas pcoplo are too busy getting in their crops to cry calamity nnd thcro nro few alllanco men left In the stntc. l l.ASIUvS ()!' WIT, Tndlnnapom Journal ; "The great Knnsns wheat crop this year will pny off many mortgages on Kansas farms," "H m: we've heard an awful lot nbout thoso Kansns mortgages. There must hnvo been about a thousand mortgages to every farm In Kunsus." Clevelund Plain Dealer: "The bear broke the trap, you say? Was It n big bear?" "Not so very big. But It was mad clenr through," "What angered It?" "Why, It had been shot at twlco nnd then that little sawed off BlllliiKsby oamo up with his camera nnd planted It nnd took aim at tho beur, and well, the bear Just couldn t stand ttl He gave n snort nnd n roar and broke tho trap-unit KUcss BUI Ingsby Is running yet!" Philadelphia PreRs: "Oh. well!" e. claimed Adam philosophically after the eviction, "If wo have to wear clothes wc have to, aud that's ull thcro Is about it "No; that Isn't all," snapped Kvo dis No Clothing Fits Like Ours. THE BEST SALE OF ALL THE BEST CLOTHING OF ALL Bears the name of Browning, King & Co., good clothing can be had at a number of stores, but the kind that "fits" and wears, and', keeps its shape and color, and doesn't rip and that you cannot tell from the high priced cus tom tailors, is made in OUR FACTORY and retailed by our own stores. OTHER STORES CANNOT BUY it. nor can they copy it, try as they will, every stitch is warranted; it is absolutely perfect. Our store rooms are packed full of this kind of clothing for the fall and winter use, and it is arriving every day. Never before have we realized the vastness of our business nor been so cramped for the necessary space to trans act it. We must have the room; therefore commencing Thursday, August 2d, we place our entire stock of men's, boys' and children's suits (except black clays) on sale at 25 PER CENT DISCOUNT This sale includes all -kinds of suits, light weight, medium weight and heavy weight understand all of our winter goods that were left over go in this sale. This applies to our entire stock of suits, 4 None Reserved from the cheapest to the highest, this special discount goes. We lay the chance before you. Will you accept it? NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS ANOTHER SPECIAL ALSO Any of oui' $l.r() Nc;li,Mo SIiIHh will bo sold for $1.00 each. The host bniiuls nro roprcsonl od Star, .Manhattan, ac. Sonif with collars ami cuffs to match, Homo with cuffs attached and detached see window. Browning, King & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Omnhn'g Oaly Exclusive Clothier (or .Men nud ttaya contentedly, "there's the mending nnd th Inylnit nwny lu camphor balls for me to attend to." Denver News: "Isnbel, I swenr to love you to my Inst breath." "Well, Charles', the kind of liquor you vn had tonight Is strong enough to make your breath last iiIwhs. That,, menus that 1 luuo un eternal love clnch. Harper's B.ixari Farmer Hornbenk What V vour city nephew's business? Farmer dupp Why, he plays golf most of thn time. , .... , . , ,. Farmer Hornbeak-IIuh! That aln t a business It's n disease. Indianapolis Journal: Denioerat-t would like Bryan's picture on n rural background of some kind. , , ,,, Bepubllcati-Yes; sny, a windmill. Washington Post: "If I had It to do over ngaln," remarked the tired looking woninn In the grocery store, "I think I d mnrry a chef." , "Aro you so grent un epicure? "No, tint It would be n comfort to do the complaining myself nbout the marketing nnd tho management of the kitchen. Til 13 DUIIUTAXTB, Wllllnm Hnmllton Hayne, Leslie's Monthly. Who has nn nrch und mirthful nlr, Yet when her chnperone Is near Seems llko un ungel unnwnre? The debutante. Who loves to bo extolled and fanned, Yet blushes when you hold Iter hand As If sho didn't understand? The debutante. Who hns n partner In advance For every gerinnn, piny and danee, And slHys u benrt with overy Blunc7 Tho debutante. Who leaves n ball nnd gcrman late, And loves an nleoved tete-n-tote, And sees no serious side to Knte? Tho debutante. Who nt tho tnblo takes her seat In nemo grand banquet ball complete, Yet Is too delicate to eat? Tho debutante. Who welcomes with n rippling laugh The many flattering tonstn you quaff. And llnds In them more wheat than chaff? Tho debutante. Who listens with n coy content To words of love from wnrm hearts sent, Yet tells you they were nover meant? Tho debutante. Who Is It makes tho veteran sage. Lagging "superil'jntis on tho stngo" Of social life, forget his age? Tho debutante, Who Is It has unbounded fun And ulreps not till tho rising sun. With nil of Cunld's work well done? The debutante. No Clothing Fits Like Ours.