0 THIS OMAHA DAILY HEJ3: TIintSDAV, AlGUST L li)00. i 1 The Omaha Daily Bee. E. HOBRWATKH, Editor. HUHUSIICD BVEItY MOHNINO. TEItMH OF SCnHCnil'TION. Daily Hco (without Kundny), One Year J)ally Heo and Sunday. One Year 8.X Illustrate. Hee. Ono Year 2.0 Hunday Hee, One Year 2. Haturday Ilec, One Year l.S Weekly Uee, Ono Year fa OFFICES; Omaha: The Ueo Hullillng. . Houth Omaha: City Hall Hulldlng, Twenty-fifth nnd N Streets. Council Muffs: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago: l&W Unity Hulldlng. New York: Tomole Court. Washington! 601 Fourteenth Street. Hloux City: 611 Park Street. COHIlESt'ONDENCE. Communications relating to news and tdltorlal matter should he addressed: Omaha Dee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTEIIB. Uuslness letters and remittances should he addressed: Tho lieu Publishing Com pany, Omaha. HLWllTTANCES. nemlt by draft, express or postal order, payable to Tho Hco Publishing Company Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not nccptwt THE UEE Pl'BMSHINQ COMPANY. STATEMENT OK CIHCITLATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: Ueorgo II, Tzschuck,. secretary of Thfi Uee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete conies of Tho Dally, Morning, Evening nnd Sunday Hce, printed during tho month of July, 1900, was as follows: 1 .' UT.SII.I 17 !i7,ll7 2 U7.S10 IS 27,3U0 3 U7,:iUI 19 17,780 4 IMI.OIO 10 27,tH 6...- ;...7,:iiiii 21 a7,im a'....., .v-.niio 22 U7,it).i 7 i:7,IHO , 23 U7,7U 8 U'lJIM) 31 27,700 9 a7,:wio ur,n.io 10 a7,r,ao 26 U7,r.7o 11 27,0110 27 27,r.l0 '2 27.S10 2S 27,00 13 27..V50 29 27.010 H 27,r.20 30 ,27,:il0 15 2,7:ir 31 (.27,61)0 16 27.IJ20 Total sno.or..-. Less unsold und returned copies.. (. 12,278 Net total sales .8117,777 Net dally average , 27,025 a... J . OEO. P.. TZSCHUCK. subscribed nnd sworn to before mo this 31st duy of July, 1W0. M. n. HUNQATE, Notary Public. PAIITIES LUAVINtJ KOIt SUMMBIt. I'nrllrn tenting the city for Hip niiiiiinrr nuiy Iinve Tlip Ilp sent to tlmm rcK'ilnrly liy "otlfylnK Tin- llc Ilimliirsn ottlcr, In imtsoii or hy nmll. Tlir mlilri'SM will be vlituiKed ns often ns desired. Annrchtsts who linppi'ii to reside In European cnpitnls will do well to lny low for Home time to come. A nomination on the republican fitntc ticket In Iown continues to lie practically fls good ns n certlllcttte of election. Stock In Chinese veracity lias Rone up several notches during the past week, though there is still room for Improve nient. The new king of Italy bears tin illus trious nnmo and will have to set a good pneo to sustain the credit of tho original Victor Emanuel. To State Troauurcr Meserve: rieasc (111 out nnd forward tho enclosed blank: Tho $200,000 of Idle school money Is deposited in bank. The Kansas City platform Is so clear cut and self-assertive that Bryan Is Holng to devote his entire notitlcatlon speech to elucidating Just one of its numerous plunks. Nebraska fuslonlsts talk glibly nbout tho danger of overconlldence. Men whoso knees are knocking together from fright are not In any great danger from the source mentioned. This Is the dull season In real estate circles, but a number of notable trans actions have been effected by Omaha dealers In tho last few weeks. Uargalns In Nebraska lands will never be so plen 1 1 fill again. No urtlllclal refrigeration is necessary when tho rival democratic committers meet to discuss harmony, because the conversation closely resembles the first practice night of a newly organized amateur bund. Tho declaration of a semi-annual dlvl (lend of 1! per cent on the common stock of the Uulon I'acllle is another straw pointing the prosperity wind In No brnslui and the western states from which that road draws tho bulk of Its business. It luckily turns out that Mr. Conger nnd the other foreign embassies at Pokl: nre alive and safe. A revision of snv eral speeches on the Chinese question perpetrated on the public during the Inst few weeks may be necessitated by this Joyful news. Governor Shaw announces that under no conditions will he make an annolut nient to tho senatorial vacancy created by the death of Senator Gear before the HItli day of August. That means twe weeks' more time for Iowa political as trologors to cast senatorial horoscopes Tho eonseusus of opinion of the fusion candidates nnd committeemen who have been in seyslou'at Lincoln Is that the fuslonlsts have u walkaway In No brasku. At the same time, however they havo decided upon a desperate cam palgn to keep contol of the state. Note tho difference between practice aud pro fesslou! Mr, Towne asserts anew that his ono object Is to further tho election of Mr, Uryan aud that his courso with refer enco to withdrawing from or remain Ing on the ticket will be shaped to tha end. In talking this way Sir. Towne Is glvlug state's evidence of tho grand bunco game played on tho populists at Sioux Falls. Congressman ltoblusou of tho Third Nebraska district Is held up us a great political forecaster. Ho Is quoted as giving assurance that Bryan will carry New York. This Is tho sumo Mr. Bob lnson that two yours ago gave equally positive assurance that Senator Allen would carry tho legislature, but thore Rtifys proved these predictions were not particularly rellublc. DKUOMACr AM) TIIVSTS. The record of the democratic parly In regard to trusts Is not such as to Invite conlldeiifo In Its present promises. The record of the democratic candidate for president during his four years In con gress does not warrant uinuestlnnlng faith in the sincerity of the declarations he now makes ngalnst trusts. When the democracy had an opportunity, as has been repeatedly shown, to strike at the Industrial combinations the party failed to'lmprovo It. Mr. Ilrynn was nt that time In congress, but Uio record docs not show that he concerned himself about the trusts. In a speech In the house of representa tives on the proponed constitutional amendment enlarging the power of con fess to deal with trusts, monopolies and combinations, Mr. Llttlelleld of Maine called attention to the record of tho democracy on this question. In 18SS that party had charge of congress and the committee on manufactures was In structed to Investigate and report recom mendations In relation to trusts. That committee went on investigating from January U5 to July 'J2 of that year and submitted a partial report saying that the names of various combinations and trusts had been furnished the committee md that the number of such combina tions was very large. The Investigation was continued after this report. The Standard Oil trust, the Sugar trust, the Cotton Hag trust and the Whisky. trust were Investigated. The work went on until September, 1SSS, and In March, 1801), the committee made n report to congress, nut it proposed no remedy for the combinations. After deliberat ing for months the committee said that 'owing to present differences of opinion between the numbers of the committee they limit this report to submitting to the careful consideration of subsequent congresses the facts shown by the testi mony taken before the committee." Die succeeding congress was repub lican and the llrst bill Introduced by the senate was Introduced by John Sherman of Ohio. Tills was the anti-trust act of July , 1800. It was opposed by democratic sen ators on the grotiud tlfut It was uu- onstitutioual. When the bill came be fore the house of representatives the democrats, not during to vote directly against it, undertook to sidetrack It In the Interest of n silver bill. Democratic senators and representatives made a letermlned effort to defeat this meas ure and Infer a democratic attorney general of the t United States pro nounced the law defective and Inade quate and made no attempt to enforce It. The democrats were In control of congress at the beginning of the sec ond Cleveland administration, yet the only thing they did in regard to 'the trusts was u provision upon the tall of the Wilson bill which was Ignored by the democratic administration. Mr. llryan was a member of that congress. It will not bo out of place here to note tflut tho Wllson-Uorman tariff law, which Mr. Uryan, as a member of the house committee on ways and menus, was very Instrumental . in preparing, was very considerate of the Sugar trust. In the light of the democratic ree ord regarding trusts, only the most credulous van have any confidence In Its present promises. It has never had u practicable plan of dealing with the Industrial combinations and none Is to be expected of It. sournms democrats dissext. That the opposition of the southern delegations to tho principal features of the Kansas City platform which won foisted on them by the votes of Hawaii and the territories that can contribute nothing to the election of the ticket was a true rellectlou of southern sentiment Is becoming moro aud more apparent Heports from the south nre to tho effect not only that neither candidates nor ph 'form arouse visible enthusiasm, but that the undercurrent, especially among the business Interests, Is decidedly an tagonistic to the pretensions of Bryan Ism. While the electoral votes below Muson and Dixou's line are not likely to bo turned to the republican candidates, owing to the well kuown local consider ations, never before has opposition been so outspoken In that quarter to the plat form and ticket of the party to which blind allegiance Is usually offered. As Illustrative of the character of this expression, attention has been called to the action of the Manufacturers' Hecord, published at Baltimore and devoted to the business and Industrial growth of the south. Tills publication, of wide clr dilution and Influence, declared prompt and emphntle dissent from tho latest ut terunce of Bryanlsm. It has taken tho ground that "the Kansas City deeluru tlon of policy represents nothing which appeals to -the majority of the business men of the south, men who have never known what It Is to be other than demo cratlc In their alllllutlons." it says these. men "realize the time has come to show the world the courage of their couvlc Hons." Sustaining Its contention that the real Issue of the campaign is "between pov erty aud prosperity," the Manufacturers' llecord has begun the printing of letters from representative democrats In the south who share this feellug. Some of them are pointedly pertinent. A leading cotton manufacturer, for example, writes that events have shown thnt tho free sllyor advocates four years ago were "clearly' wrong," and adds: "As to the 'paramount Issue,' Imperialism clear-headed business men regard this as simply quixotic. Of courso nobody wants Imperialism aud there Is not the remotest possibility of an emperor being crowned In this country. Why, then break n luucc on such u windmill?" A ltichmond capitalist expresses himself "Tho outlook of the south and all her groat and high hopes and enterprises call for every citizen to place himself upou the side of peace nnd sound prln clples, 'growth uud progress, against pro vintiullsm aud sectionalism uud shivery to traditions from dead leaders aud van Ished conditions." Similar sentiments are echoed from all parts of the south from Texas aud Virginia, Alabama Georgia and Tennessee. The southern states have been tustlng the fruits of unexampled business pros perlty under beneficent policies enforced by the McKlnlcy administration, nnd they would suffer the most by their over throw before Hryanlsm. If they thought there were any real danger of Ilryanlte success It Is doubtful if even the In herited Idea that self-preservation rests on partisan adherence to democracy would keep the south solid In the next lectorul college. Al.ASh'AX HOVXDAHT QVKST1UX. There Is a misapprehension, according o Washington advices, ns to the pro visional urrungement made between the governments of the United Slates and trcnt Britain In regard to the Alaskan boundary question. This designates n temporary boundary line which It ap pears Is not satisfactory to the Ameri can miners, who have Joined in a pro- est to the government against the ar rangement, under the Impression that It Involves n surrender of American ter ritory. This, say olllclals of the State department, Is not tho case. It Is as serted, on tho contrary, that no Ameri can miner will have his clnlui or tenure unfavorably affected by the boundary lino agreed upon between the govern ments, since It Is only provisional. It Is further stated that Instead of the United States having ceded territory, Great Britain temporarily yielded to this country nlneteen-tweutleths of the territory In dispute nnd suffered her shipping to be kept ten miles from the boundary lino at the nearest point, not withstanding the Cauudiuu ambition to get a part of the Lynn canal. If this Is a correct statement tho American miners manifestly have no casonable ground of complaint. It was necessary, of course, In order to reach any understanding respecting this per plexing Issue that concessions be made by both sides nnd It appears that In this Great Britain bus made by far the greater concessions. It Is well known that the Cunudlans were very much dissatisfied with the urrungement, coin- plaining thnt their lights hud been Ig nored und the Interests of the Dominion sacrificed by England In order to come to an amicable understuudlug with the United States. No one would approve of the surrender of un inch of American territory and we do not believe the State department bus 'made any conces sion involving a surrender of territory. moxkv i.Y rut: south and wkst. Voxir yenrs ago there was-ihueh com plaint In the south and In portions of the west of a lack of money and of high Interest rates. No such complaint Is heard now. There may be Isolated regions where there Is still a lack of currency, but they arc for the most part sections where money cannot be profit ably employed. The general prosperity of the last, three yenrs bus caused a more widespread distribution of money thnn over before iund necessarily rates of Interest have declined. The currency bill passed by the pres ent congress will contribute still further to the supplying of money where ll Is needed. It provides for tho orgunlzu tlon of national bunks with, u minimum capital of $23,000 nnd already many such bunks have been established. The republican national pint form promises still further legislation along this line. It says: . "We recognize that Interest rates arc a potent factor In production and business activity und for the pur pose of further equalizing and of further lowering the rates of Interest, we favor such monetury leglslutlon as will enublo the varying needs of the seasons uud of ull sections to be promptly met, In order that trade may be evenly sustrtlued, labor steadily em ployed and commerce enlarged." This means that having established the gold standard and Insured the muluteuanco of sound currency throughout tho country, the republican party If re tained In power will do its utmost to furnish a liberal supply of such cur rency for all sections of the country at reasonable rates of Interest. The standing presidential candidate, who llrst obtained notoriety ns the champion of British free trade and Is now calling loudly for the introduction of the British income tax, professes hor ror becauso tho United States Is co operating with the European powers In China, Including Great Britain, for the liberation of tho imprisoned legations. An alllauco with Great Britain for the purpose of promoting free trade and stilling American industry would Just suit the Bryunltes, but co-operation for the protection of Americans menaced by the Chinese Boxers is an unpardonable sin. This is about as consistent, how ever, ns the Bryan followers have been on any question. Another effort Is' to be made to enforce the game laws, but the fact cannot be eoncoHled that the most flagrant viola tors of these laws can bo counted among the most noisy agitators for game law enforcement. The law should unques tionably be put Into effective applica tion, but to do so it will be necessary llrst to make n few examples, not of the fanners who bring down a few birds out of season, but of the professlonnl sports who make regular expeditions out of Oinaha for the slaughter of the Innocents. South Dakota reports a shortage of harvest hands. Generally men come from Nebraska aud Kansas, after the harvest In those states, to help out the people of Dakota, but this year they are so well employed at home that they had no time to lend to their neighbors. Democrats should hasten to assure the people of South Dakota that no such condition would prevail If democracy was In power In the nation. Democrats must movo their predictions Into another field. An election has been culled for a, constitutional convention in Cuba aud the time of fulfillment Is too near for democracy to assert the ad ministration never had any Intention of allowing the Cubans a voice In their government. "When It comes to predict ing, democracy always Indulges In the long futures. New Orleans pollco officers are to 1 held to account on charges of cowurdl In falling to do their duty In the rcce gro riots In thnt city. This Is evl ntly an effort to find some one to serve i a scapegoat for the outbreak of vio lence which has not only disgraced Unit Ity, but proved that the embers of race i n tied are still smouldering thriAighout the south, liable to blaze forth at any tl me. According to the World-Herald "the republican organs of Nebraska denounce the State Board of Transportation as a useless luxury because the State Board of Transportation happens to be In con trol of the fusion force Just now." What a Joke! Since when did the State Board of Transportation get out of con trol of the corporations that created It and dictated Its membership? State house employes tiro registering ti protest against being assessed for cam paign purposes tills year. There Is a growing belief that the premium rate on popocratic otliceholdlng Is too high and that the assessments come wjth too great frequency, and, In view of 'the slim prospect of retulnlng places after Jumlury 1, the present holders are not llkqly to pay up promptly. The effect of government Hat on cir culating medium Is being illustrated In tho Transvaal, where many burghers who had supposed themselves rich have been ruined by accepting paper money, now of questionable redemption. Trans vaal gold, however, continues to' pass current at the same value it did before the disaster to the arms of the South iVfrlcan republic. Tho Douglas County Democracy pro poses to ratify the national aud state nominations. A suspicion is abroad, however, that the endorsement of the state ticket Is pro forma aud made with a large mental reservation. Time for the .Millennium. Wnshlncton Post. When tho United Stntes scnato votes to havo Its members elided by tho direct votes of tho people, everybody should choose a pattner for tho millennium. .Never Will tSet IlneU. 1..0S Amides Times. A Missouri hound Is said to have found his way back home, 600 miles, from a ranch In Kansas, but the democratic party has wandered so far afield that It nevor will get back. Soup limine n m nn Kniltlein, St. Louis Olobe-Dcmocrut. In some of the states tho democrats aro In trouhlo about nn cmblom to head tnoir tickets, in a ccneral wav tho nle- turo of a soup house would be uncqualcd for tho purpose. An Odd Country. Bultlmoro American. Servla must bo an odd country. The min istry has resigned on account of tho young king's engagement and he Is unable to find men to fill their places. Ofllces going beg ging In that manner Is a phenomenon In comprehensible) to men In this country. So Is such strenuous opposition to a pretty woman's powers of fascination. Ilrynu'it Ansoclnten. Chicago Tribune. The New Yorlc Evening Post turns "the tables neatly upon ono of its correspond ents, who Is unublo to undorstand why It docs not support llryan since his sincerity as a reformer Is not questioned. The Post, conceding for tho sake of the argument that llryan Is blncerc, replies that It Is unablo to seo what reform ho could be expected to nceompllsh when his most trusted lieutenants nro such men as Alt- geld, "who would not lift a finger to sup press tho frightful rioting at Chicago, hut foamed at tho mouth when President Cleveland put down the anarchy which had corao to threaten the peace of tho whole country;" Crokcr, who ''has made tho democratic party In New York a stench In tho nostrils of the community," and Clnrk of Montana, who has given of his mllllous to help Dryan's cause. II I K Aipltt Crop Kxpeetvd, Philadelphia Inquirer. According to estimates based on reports from all parts of the United States, the apple crop this fall will bo ono of unusual site. Unless somo unforeseen accident oc curs, tho crop will amount to nbout 100, 000.000 barrels. This Is about three times the crop of last year, which was considered n pretty heavy crop, compared with the average of former years. Dut this Is not tho only wonderful thing about tho year 1900 as far as this fruit Is concerned. Heretofore a heavy crop in tho eastern states was always accompanied by a failure of th'o crop in tho west, and vice versa. This year, "however, the crop will Tie heavy both cast and west. Europe also is looking forward to a heavy crop, and It will not be surprising to see a big slump tin tho price of this fruit. Twenty years ago Now York state sup plied tho whole market of this country and partly tho markets of Europe with apples, but today tho output of New York btnto would not bo nearly sufficient to supply tho demand. A largo part of tho applo crop goes to supply tho tables of tho occun liners, but thq largest purchasers In tho market, out side of tho npple-eatlug public, nro tho largo pie factories. The best prices for apples aro obtained in tho months of De cembcr, March, April and May. In the tumrnor there la little demand for this fruit, as berries and melons monopolize tho market. WHAT .IAPAX HAS DOM-2. Hh Trnde mill Credit llnve (iroiTii Since Adoption of Cold SliiiulurU. Now York World. In 1S97 Japan adopted tho golri standard in lieu of what was nominally bimetallism, but In reality a silver regime. Count Mat sukata, tho Japanose minister of finance, has Jimt published n book telling why nnd how tho chaugo was made and how It was worked, Japan was ambitious to extend her for eign trado and to bring herself In lino with tho great civilized and commercial nations Her statesmen, therefore, decided, "without waiting for tho consent of any other na tlon," to provide a stable currency based upon tho world's standard. Iho Chinese, war Indemnity of about $60,000,000 was adroitly arranged to be paid In gold through the Dank of England and-this sum was sot npart as a reserve to sustain tho change to a gold basis. The plan worked admirably. Foreign ex chango has heon steady. "Tho Industrial classes are no longer under constant nppre henslon of a disastrous fall In tho value of money," as was perpetually tho case under tho fictitious bimetallism that Im posed a sliver standard on tho country. The trade of Japan with tho great commercial nations has been vastly facilitated, and the reports, after long ranking far below tho Imports, have at last expanded till the bal ance of trade Is on the right side. The government credit Ib of course much Im proved, so that when loans aroneided a low Interest rate Is secured. The Japanese aro called "thot Yankees of the east." They are at least sharp enough to put a fact abovo a fallacy, 'I'll AI'I'S OK Kl.Vd III .MUCH'!'. King Humbert's career was full of the efforts of n man whoso courage was better fitted to meet war than pence, snys n writer In Ihe Chicago Tribune. It Is said the para mount sorrow of his life was his conscious ness thnt ho was to become a mere consti tutional monarch. Tho keynote of his char acter Is cited by General Nino Dlxlo. 'When 22 years old Humbert, then heir apparent to tho throne, followed tho Italian army to the battle of Custozza. His father, King Victor Emanuel, protested. Hut tho young prince following tho dictates of his courage, In sisted on going, and in the lieafof the battle threw himself against the bayonet linos of the enemy. Ho wns In peril of being stabbel by a hos'tllo bayonet when rescued by nlds of General lllxlo. "General," said Humbert, I will never forgive you for not having al lowed me to fight my owil, way out of this difficulty." Humbert kept his word; ho nevor spoko to lllxlo again. A story well authenticated Is told in Italy of how Humbert refused to dyo his hair. Tho Instanco is said to havo been tho only disagreement tho king ever had with his wlfo, Margherlta, When on his 43th birth day tho king's hair began to turn gray, tho queen urged him to dyo It.l She urged so persistently that Humbert finally tired of it. Tho qtiuen ut that time hud a pet dog with long, silky whlto hair. Ono day, In tho pres- oncosof the queen, he took the dog to his apartment and dyed 11b hair tho deepest black. "How nwfull bow ridiculous!" exclaimed tho qucuu. "Yes, ridiculous," retorted Humbert, "but not halt so ridiculous, my dear, ns for me to follow your advice and dyo my hair." He liked to repeat tho Inscription on the Iron Crown of Lombard): "Cod has given it to me; woo to him who touches HI" In ,hls speeches he frequently quoted tho epigram of Gregory tho Great on the crown: "No ono opposed to tho doctrines- of tho Roman Catholic church may gnze on tho Iron Crown tand live." Humbert loved the exigencies of military life. It Is related of htm that on the morn ing of bis coronation he wnlked to the bar racks nnd naked of a private soldier, who did not know hlnu "My man, how much do you get for your services to tho king?" "Three lire n.day, sir," replied the private. "My man," said Humbert, ",l would rather bo it soldier thnn a king." Considering tho devotion nf tlio wine- tnr his wife, it always was a matter of wonder In Homo why he never accompanied her during a drive.. Tho king and queen were inrauinr ngurcs on tlio Corso, but they ul ways drove separately, ho Invariably In n victoria nnd sho in a landa 11. On nnit nr. caslon Humbert asked tho queen's secretary what he thought sho would like for rhrii. mas. The secretary Informed tho king, nnd incidentally called attention to some mil liners' nnd dressmakers' bills which re mained unpaid. The king took tho bills. On Christmas mornlnc tlm nuppn fm mil n bundle of receipted bills under her break- lasi piate. -mere was no other present. It s sam me queen thereafter was less extrav agant. Humbert's boyhood lovo for th nrrlfn. meat incident to the responding of tho lire department to alarms remained with him when he became king. Ily tho firemen of Home ho was looked unon ns a wnerl.il na. tron. They called him tho "grand pompier," or great nreman. It Is said that durinc Humbert's reign there never was n flrn nf canscquonce In Rome of which, day or night. ,. .11.1 . . .. m.u nui iirucnu juuiupi reports. Evidences of King Humbert' charity were not Infrequont. Ho often sent subscriptions to newly hospitals and In several instances If, became known that aid received by Im poverished families In Rome came from the .king himself. The king eclobrated his llvcr wedding on April 22, 1S93. Several dare before the celebration ho learned that a citizens' committee was forming a sub scription with which to mako a demonstra tion In honor of the event. Hearing this, the king sent out the announcement of his dlspleasuro and asked that the demonstra tlon bo carried on within certain hospltala. "Tho king wilt bo pleaied to vlult these hcepltalB and see tho demonstration on the faces of the Inmates," said the announce ment. Often the king petnonally dlroctcd his charity. In tho summer of 1S84 the cholera waa epidemic In Naples. Hundreds of peo ple were dying dally. At the tlmo Humbert was at Venlco and was on his way to attend tho annual sports of tho cavalry officers nt Pordenone. News of tho increasing death rate at Naples reached the king as he was preparing to leave. Stopping his Tetlnue, ho wrote nnd ordered this dispatch to bo sent to the scat of tho plague-stricken dis trict: "At Pordenpno Is morry making; at Na ples Is death. I will go to Naples." Humbert's month's work among the vic tims of tho plague brought him pralso from nil Europe. King Humbert had American tastes In three respects; ho liked Ico water, smoked Virginia tobacco and loved American insti tutions. Ice wnter never had been popular in Italy and tho king's taste for It was ac quired through his entertainment of Amer ican ministers. Cigars made of Virginia to bacco wore hold In higher esteem by tho king than tho Italian stoga. Ho smokod to oxcees until seven years ago, when, on the advice of phyolclans, ho stopped. Ills vow Is frequently referred to. It was, "Upon my kingly honor I'll never smoke again." Humbert's esteem for America Is evinced by tho position in the palaco given the memo rial presented by the American residents of Homo on tho death of King Victor. Tho ad dress was Blgned by ISO Americans and since Its reception In tho palaco In 1S78 H has been kept draped with the stars and stripes. Efforts to dissipate sentiment against him self, prevalent among tho people, arc said to have been tho motive of King Humbert's address delivered to bis Parliament In 1SS9. Tha speech rang with personal pronouns, and at tho tlmo was taken by the people as an assertion of the king's intention to maintain royal leadership. Somo of bl statements were: "My father gave Inde pendence to Italy, and I, with your co operation, have been enabled to givo equality to all citizens." "I make the glory of my reign to consist above all things In tho well being of tho humbler classes." "Peace seems to bo moro assured to Europe today than ever, thanks to the cqunsels of the great powers, which was my work and that of my allies." "I Intend, together with my government and you, to make all Italy blessed." Two miles from tho cathedral at Monza aro the stables built by Humbert. At these stables tho king kept the horses and dogs wiich ho used for hunting, Humbert 1 said to navo uciignteu in mingling witn nis stablemen. Ono time the king heard of the Invention of a new horseshoe to prevent bones from slipping. Liking tho Idea ho or dered nil his horses reshod with tho new shoe within 'twenty-four hourB. All bin life King Humbert maintained a at) let economy of time by dividing tho duties and pleasures of his dnys according to a set program. In summer ho arose ut i a. m. anil in winter at C. His program for a week day was: Six to 8 a. m., correspond ence; at 10, receive ministers; at 11, lunch eon; from 1 to 3 pj m., receive visitors; at (, a urive; ai iu, retire. HITS OK ( IIIM-.SU OOSSIP. Tho great wnll of China, portions of which nro still In evidence, was completed 211 before Christ. Two of tho greatest literary productions of the Chlneso aro n dictionary In 6,020 volumes and nn encyclopedia In 22,937 vol umes. lllack dogs and black cats are the fa vorites In China In tho lino of food, be cause when eaten In midsummer they will , .. i t.t. . . . . . . niBiiru ncniin nuu sirengui. Twenty-soven Jupnneso nnd seventeen Chlneso officers nro attached to tho Ger man army for Instruction, besides repre sentatives of other foreign armies. Monslgnor Kavlcr, tho Roman Cath olic bishop of Peklu, holds, by virtue of n decroo of tho emperor, the local rank of mandarin of tho grade equal to that of tho governor of n province. No greater crtmo Is known In China than that of desecrating a grnveynrd. llocauso graves nro found overywhexo In Chlnn, the first railroad built thero lil to follow n very circuitous routo In order to avoid them, Prlnco Chlng, tho Chlneso general, who has been so friendly to foreigners, wan for some time lord chamberlain of tho court and wns president of tho tsung II ynmcn In 1S98, when Lord Charles Bcrcs- ford visited It. Long before tho Chinese era tho Chinese were making porcelain nnd had Innumerable. styles of decoration. This wns hard paste, or natural porcelain. Soft paste, or arti ficial porcelain, is made of various sub stances and Is almost translucent. Admiral Sir Edward Seymour, who Is In command of tho Ilrltlsh forco In, China aud of tho allied forces which attempted tho relief of Pukln, Is an Irishman, whoso fam ily has contributed many distinguished men to the Ilrltlsh navy. His grandfather wub an admiral, an was his uncle. Sir Edwnrd's father, however, was in the church.. Tho Roman Cathol'lc Interests in China nro very large. There nro 759 European priests, 409 Chlneso priests, 3930 churches nnd chapels, 49 semlnnrlcs nnd 2,915 schools nnd over 500,000 converts under the caro nt tho Vatican. Tho two Jesuit congregations of Pekln nnd Nankin num ber over 15.,000, forming Itho largest Christian congregation In China. The Chlneso nro remarkable as n nation for their carefully preserved historical an nnls, oven from tho most rcmoto period of antiquity. Tho llrst mention of pot tery Is found In tho reign of Emperor Honngti, In 2698, beforo tho Christian era. Porcelain wns made under tho Han dynasty eighteen years beforo Christ, at least 1,600 years beforo It was known to tho western countries of th'o globe. Tho garments of the Oriental women nro not subject to chango of fashion tho shape ulways the samo from generation to gen eration and for this reason their ward robes nro very extensive. It Is claimed that in somo respects that of Countess LI Is unequaled In modern limes. It includes 500 robes, or outgarmcnts, made from tho finest selected skins procurable and in Jength reaching her feet. In addition to these are coats and trouserottcs fnshloned from heavily wrought brocades nnd tho richest silks nnd satins, counting Into hun dreds In number. Missionary effort was first formally rec ognized by tho Chlneso government In 1814, In n treaty with France. This con vention extended Imperial protection to tho French missionaries, who wero all representatives of tho Catholic church. Although Its provisions did not oxtend to others than tho French, the right of nil mUslonarles to labor In China and to mako converts has been tacitly recog nized since that. tlmo, whllo occasional Imperial decrees navo been Issued, com manding tho viceroys to extend protec tion to all missionaries within their prov inces. As an cxamplo of tho fickleness of the Chinese character, tho London Dally Mall says an ndmlrablo mission may have been carried on In a city for twenty years. Its hospital may have relieved thousands incurable by nntlvo doctors. Its agents may havo built up a successful church. And yot somo day a florco nntl-foreign patriarch comes nlong and whispers his stories In greedy ears. A great mob gathers, the houses of the converts nre sacked, the mission station is stormed and those not lucky enough to slip off are tortured and cut In 100 pieces. Next day tho mob Is very sorry for what It has dono nnd perhaps turns on tho in stigator. TIIK D13MOCHACY Ol' ADI.AI. Ills Ilrntul Denounced nn n Slinily Imi tation of the llenl Thin?. Harper's "Weekly. It is really pathetic to read tho expres sions of delight from certain democratic sources over tho nomination of Adlal E. Stevenson for tho vlco presidency. There is nt least one sterling democrat on the ticket, theso unhappy persona say; and then they shako their heads In great satisfaction and flntte'r IhemseVcs, thnt tho grand old party Is coming Into Its own once more, forgetting that tho selection of Mr. StovenBOn ns a rep resentative of tho old-tlmo democracy shows nil tho moro emphatically into what pur-lous-estato.tho party has fallen, Mr. Steven son was never n representative, of anything In domocrncy which waB worthy of admira tion. In matters where strength of pur pose, conviction, principle, were required Mr. Stevenson, from first to last, has been wenk and colorless, tho tool of others, a crcaturo so devoid of positive conviction that his personal Influence In public lite was actually nil, On tbo other hand, ns a representative of the things which the best elements of his party held In reprobation, Mr. Stevenson waa a tower of strength. 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Omaha's Only Exclusive Clothier (or Mcu aud Uoy. !n strong momory to recall tho dn of "Ad- lal's nxe," thd memorable weapon with wnlch this eminent statesman chopped faithful government servants out of office nnd placed ' In contempt nil hla party's protestations ol loyalty to the cause of civil ser.vlro roforni. Later, when Mr. Stovctuon managed to creep Into the vlco presidency under the cloak of Mr. Cleveland's respectability, ho for four yenrs devoted hlmsolt to aiding the wreckers of tho ndmlnlstrntlon to Ihwnrt th efforts of the president. In the bitter nnd prolouged light on tho sllvor questtou lu the Into days of the Cleveland administration Mr. Stevenson wns worso than useless to the men who stood steadfast for tho integrity of tho country nnd tho honor nf'tho democratic party. Ho was tho nlly In tho senate of tho blatherskite orators who tried to talk the country Into bankruptcy, nnd tho mnn who wns honored by tho people with thn second highest olllco In the land, Instead of standing by his chief In a conflict requiring tho most unremitting loyalty, was a de serter, n skulker and a coward. If Adlal E. Stcvensou Is n type of what Is left of tho deuiocrntlo party, tho salvage on tho derelict Is not worth a tenth part of a Ilryanlzed cent. WHAT TUB WITS SAY. . Philadelphia North American: "Our cor respondent Is n llttlo mixed In his atmos phere," said tho news editor. "Ho sHys the allies In China hnvo taken another kopje." "Alnko It a nntlvo laundry," said the chief. Harpers Unznr: "Did you have anv words with your mistress which caused you to It-uvo your lust nlnco?" "Nlver u wor-rd. Shuro nn' Ol locked her In tho bnthroom nn' ttik nil mo things nn' shllpped out ns quiet ns yez plnse." 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