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0 tiji: omah.v iail it i: 1:: "ri:i hsdav, Arcrsr 2J, i!oo. The Omaha Daily Beb. i; hcjskwatkh, i;Jit-ir. punt.isiucD kvkiiv mohnmnh. TKH.M3 OF SI HSCIUI'TION Dully Use (without Sunday), one Year t.J Dally Ilrf and Sunday, one ear 8p illustrated Ie. One Year Sunday llee, Ono Year "' Saturday Urn, Olio Year ' Weekly Iloo, Ono Year OFFICH8: Omaha: The lire Building. . South Omaha: City Mull Hulldlng. Twon-ty-llftl) ami N Streets. Council Waffs: 10 IVarl Street. Chicago: lsto fnlty Hulldlng. New York: Temvlo Court. Washington: 501 Fourtoe nth Street. Bloiix Vlt" Park Street. COimESPONDHNCH. Communications relating to ni-ws ami fdliorlnl matter should If addressed: Omaha life, tentorial Department. hcsini:ss i.nTTuns. Business letters ami remittances should he addressed: The Hco Publishing Com pany, Omaha. IlIJMITTANf'KS. Ttemlt by draft, express or postal order, MuviiI.Ia li, TU linn I lllillahln B f'omMtlV. Only 2-eent stamps accepted In payment of man accounts. I'ersonni cuecss, except un Omaha or litiMern exchanges, not nccppteu. Tim pcnusiiiNa company. BTATKMKNT OF CIIICCI-ATION. State of Nebraska. Douclns County. ss: Oporgo H. Tzschuek. secretary of The Iloo Publishing compuny. uelng duly nworn, says thut the actual number of full and i ompletc entiles of Tho Dally. Morning, livening and Sunday Hec, printed during inn morun or July, vjhu, won as ioiiowhi 1 a-,Kir. 17 2 UT.Slo 18 s ht.ji'.'o 10 4 su.oin w 6 ur.iuio 21 6 ur.riiio 2j 7 i!7, INO 23 8 Ull.TOO 21 0 U7,:tllll 25 10 U7,nuo 2 11 U7,(HH 27 12 7.M1I 2.S. 13 ".T.oT.O 29 14. ,t a7,r.i!l) 30 15 uii,7:r, si 16 ".T.auo Total Less unsold and returned copies.. !7,tl7( ..i!7,r.:n) ,..l!7,7fiO ...U7,r. in ... 127,(1110 ...v.7,it.-. ...J7.:70 ,..".7,700 ...U7,nri0 ...B7..-.7II ...U7,r.t)0 ...a7,t0 ...U7.01I) ...u7,:uo ...v.7,r.no .Hno.onr. . ia.::7H Net total sales H,'17,777 Net dally average 1:7,02 nnn. ti r's.antinnte. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this jisi uuy oi July, law. M. U. HCNOATE, Notury Public PAItTins I.KAVIMO FOIt SUMMER. Purlieu leiivlnu Hie city for (hr nu in in rr mnj- linvr The lire neiit lo I In-in rrnulnrly liy notifying; Thri lire IIiisIiicsi oilier. In prrnon ur liy mall, Thr iiililrcHx it III l)L. cliniiacil nu often nu ilcnirctl. Tho war correspondents have not yet concluded tlii'lr careers of usefulness in th(! Orient. Covernor Poyntcr's Labor day proda niatlon Ih llnally out seven days before i he event probably on (lie theory that it Is never too late. If desertions continue at the present rate the popocratle ranks In Nebraska must bo contracted or the Hue will bo too thin to hold by elect Ion day. The llrst week In October Is the dato finally selected for lloosevelfs tour of Nebraska. Tills gives the popoerats who aro not already provided ample time to cons'truct storm cellors. How natural for the local Hryan or pan to extend the aid of its columns to dlssonslonlsts In the republican party. '1 ho Hryanlte organ has always been the refuge of this class of republicans. Kx-Cundidato Towne has started In to nnswor Hoosevelt. Mr. Towne will have plenty to do If he persists In his pur poso and have no time to worry over tho disappointment of being yanked off the presidential ticket. No popocratle organ will be properly equipped for the fray that does not re ceive mo dos .Moines (iioiiulo every time It Is Issued. And the popocratle newspapers will form the principal part of Its shadowy circulation. A visit to the railroad stations at tho hour for the departure and arrival of the principal trains will convince any one that prosperity Is the basis of the Increased passenger travel. Those who ride nowadays travel on llrst-class tickets. Johnson county populists when asked to contribute $'JI to the state campaign fund sent $l'J.t)0. As this was in good republican money they doubtless figured that It would amount to a little more than the sum asked would bo worth In popocratle currency. Chairman Hutler of the fusion popu list committee wanted to leave the place of vice president on tho ticket blank In view of Mr. Towne's resignation. That was a good idea. It might as well have remained blank as to be tilled with the name of Stevenson. Present occupants of the state house nro putting In full time tills season tlshiug and hunting In the mountains nf tin west. They evidently reall.e that with the passing of the year they will bo forced to stay at homo or take these trips entirely at their own expense. (lovernor Poyntor's expert declares tho ox-superintendent at tho Heatiice nsylum Is Irregular In his accounts to tho extent of $1,000. This Is the same superintendent who was whitewashed by tiovornor Poynter after a personal investigation of affairs at the Institu tion. The local popocratle organ now admits that Its hue ami cry about that terrible outrage upon the fraternal insurance so- lictlcs Is nothing but a tempest In a tea poU There has never been any decision requiring them to pay the tax Imposed on regular Insurance policies. Thus nu other bugalsu) was sprung too early. In refusing to adopt stringent mens ures to prevent 1.1 Hung Chang from communicating with his government, Admiral Iteiuoy has followed the wise nrecedont set by Admiral Kemnlf. In this he Is sustained by his government. The United States Is by word and act showing tho powers It will not bo a party to any unreasonable demands upon China anil that Its mission In that country Is solely to protect Americans nnd preserve order. MM'xv.sif Tin: nr. At, tssvi. Tin New ov lAeiniu l'off lakes the same view as to the real Issue of the rnmpalxn that L'aptaln Kngllsh of Indiana expressed. It Is Itryanlsm. That paper, which Is 'aiitl linperliillst," says: "It Is already clear tliat llryan's speech acccptliiu' tin- populist nomina tion unlit result In convincing the coun try that the real Issue of Ids caiupaUMi Is llryanlsin as a whole, and not any one question, new or old, which he may seek to make prominent." II pics on to say that a man with a reputation for sturdy convictions and unfettered by any record on other Issues might have untered the Held this year as an opponent of the administration on the solo question of Imperialism and forced a division of the voters between himself and MeKlnley on those lines, "but this Is Impossible to one whose record Is that of a shifty politician In tho past and whose attitude at the present time Is that of n man anxious to show himself enough of a populist to prevent the de sertion of his allies In that party, and yet trying to make, sound money men be lieve that lie really does not take so much stock In llnanclal quackery as he pretends to do. H Is the composite now so well recognized as Hryanlsm which Is the real issue of the demo crat Ic-popullst-sllver republican cam paign." This Is a view that Is certain to grow among Intelligent voters as the cam paign progresses. The mask of "Impe rialism" will not be permitted to hide from public nttetitlon those things which are fundamental In Hryanlsm the free coinage of silver, free trade, hostility to the courts, opposition to tho merit sys tein In the civil service, war uimui estab llshed Institutions and the fostering of class prejudice. tSradually but surely the intelligent thought of the country will be directed to the consideration of Hryanlsm as a whole Its menace to llnanclal and business security, Its teaching of disrespect for law, Its so ulallstle tendencies and Its mischievous pandering to popular passions and preju dices. Kvcn among the "autl-lmpc rlallsts," outside the democratic ranks, there are many who regard Hryanlsm as a much greater danger to the conn try than so-called Imiwrlallsm, while the declared policy of .Mr. Hryan In re gard to the Philippines Is pronounced by one prominent auti-lmpurlallst to be the longest stride, the most reckless plunge that we were ever Invited to take In the direction of foreign complications. The efforts of the Ilryanlte party to keep public attention from Its true char- actor and purposes by the false cry of Impcrlnllsm will not bo successful. In- deed, they have already failed, intelli gent and open-minded voters are now giving consideration to Hryanlsm as a whole and carefully weighing its dan gers against those which the Hryanlte party urge are involved In "Imperial ism." They are asking themselves whether the Interests and welfare of the American people will be more Imperiled by putting down insurrection In the Philippines and establishing good gov ernment there under American authority than they would be by debasing our cur rency, destroying the public credit, now- higher than that of any other nation, and putting a check upon our Industrial and commercial progress and prosperity. The dangers involved In Hryanlsm It Is hardly possible to overestimate. M'OVU) DHSTIKIV VAltUKSt The able tluunciul writer of the New- York Sun, "Matthew Marshall," has an article In a late Issue of tiiat paper show ing the effect that tho free and unlimited coinage of the silver dollar would have upon values. Ho points out that tin government bonds alone which would be payable in sliver amount to !7tK),- 000,000; the bonds of railroad companies to 1,000,000,000; the bonds secured by mortgages on real estate to $4,000,000, 000; the notes held by banks to $3,000. 000,000- besides book debts and things of that kind to an unknown extent. Above all, the S'J.riOO.OOO.OOO of deposits In sav ings banks due to 5,000,000 depositor would be reduced more than one-half, sweeping away the savings of years and causing Immeasurable privation and suf ferin The unlimited coinage of the silver dollar would, therefore," says tills writer, "bonctlt no ono but those who happened to owe money when It began and even these, as soon as their debts were paid, would be In the same coudl tion us the rest of the community, ('red iters and wage earners would, on the other hand, be robbed of millions and never get them back. While the change too, from gold to sliver was going on business would be In confusion, there would be no end of quarrels between debtors and creditors, and we might even have a tlnanclal panic worse than any which the country has heretofore experienced." Such Is the condition of affairs which the success of the Hryanlte parly would threaten the country with and which a Hryan administration would do every thing possible to produce. There oannoi bo a reasonable doubt, at least with those who believe In the sincerity of Mr. Hryan, that as president he would direct bis secretary of the treasury to pay In silver whatever obligations of the government nro payable In that coin, as far as It should bo available It Is truu that the amount of silver dol lars now In the treasury that could be thus used Is not very largo, but What ever the sum the fact of tho national treasury adopting the policy of paying government obligations in silver, at the option of the government, would Inevlt ably have a deuioralb'.Iug eilect. It would create distrust, unsettle llnanclal ii flairs ami be most damaging to busi ness. Kverybody would see In It tin assurance of legislation overthrowing tho gold standard and providing for tin free and unlimited coinage of silver at HI to 1 In tho event of both branches of longrchs being In political accord with the administration. Hut, say some. Mr. Hryan would faithfully carry out the gold standard law. while the fact that the senate Is In republican control affords abundant security lor at least two years and perhaps four against free sliver legisla tion. Mr. Hryan would carry out the gold standard law as rar as compelled to and no farther and there can lie no certainty. In the event of his election. Hint there would not be a silver congress In both branches during his term. In any event, the success of the Hryanlte party would undoubtedly produce a serious llnanclal and business disturb ance and give a most decided check to prosperity. That Is u proposition which we think few men of practical affairs will question. srtu H's. t'erialn Hryanlte organs have been amusing themselves by printing what they call "straws" intended to give en couragement of the waning hoies of democrats. They parade the names of a few people who supported MeKlnley four years ago and who for one reason or another have been persuaded to Join the opposition. Of course one reading the Hryanlte organs would never know that any of the former supporters of Hryan had become convinced of their error and lined up for MeKlnley and prosperity, because such Information can hardly conform to the plan of deception on which ihe Hryan campaign Is laid out. Krom all over the country, how ever, come straws pointing the wind blowing toward the triumphant re-election of President MeKlnley through an unprecedented endorsement at the polls In November. Tho Chicago Tribune of Sunday printed a list of sixty-three names rep resenting men of more than ordinary prominence who had withdrawn their support from Mr. Hryan and regard his success as a menace to the country's progress. This list Includes gold demo crats and sliver democrats, populists and silver republicans, all of whom have be come disgusted with tho Kansas City platform ami the attitude of Hryan on the Issues of the day. Among the silver republicans who have announced themselves back in the re publican ranks are: t'nlted States Sen ator William M. Stewart of Nevada, px-rnltftl'Ktutes Senator l.ce Mantle of Montana, A. M. Stevenson of Colorado, until lately chairman of the state com mlttee for that state; V. S. Stratton of Colorado, one of Hryan's largest cam palgn contributors In lisitti. Among the prominent populists are: Kx-Unlted States Senator W. A. IVffer of Kansas, Kinory Wyman, populist member of tho Nebraska legislature; How H. F. .lones, a prominent Kansas minister; John Hehrlg, formerly populist member of the Kansas legislature; ( V. Mayne, a former Judge In Kansas; P. J. Hamble, chairman of the local popu- list committee In Kansas, and a number of others. Among the prominent democrats are: Kx-Congressman Conn of Indiana, Lloyd Jackson, one of the Hryan managers In Haltlmorc; James Donovan, chairman of the local democratic committee in Kan sas; tioneral Hosser of Utah, ex-Cou-grcssman Kugllsh of Indiana, Kdwurd Abend, one of the Hryan electors of !&!)(! in Indiana, and so on down the list. The Tribune also prints u list of eight een newspapers of lntlucncc which sup ported Hryan In ii'M, but which are sup porting MeKlnley in 11100. In every community there are numbers of men, particularly in the states that went for Hryan four years ago, who voted the democratic ticket secretly be cause of the stress of hard times, with out announcing their Intentions, but sec their mistake and will not repeat it. Others who privately admit that pros perity is hero in spite of the dire predic tions of Hryan and that the only way to keep It hero Is by continuing republican ascendency do not want themselves ad vertised as changing their political views simply In order to avoid the pulling and hauling of former political associates who would try to dissuade them from their purpose. The straws that point tho political wind point to four more years for Me Klnley In the White House. Colonel Hryan's letter declining to at tend the lirand Army encampment at Chicago because press of public business keeps President MeKlnley away Is an other grandstand play for the galleries. Mr. Hryan bus figured It out that he can gain more by posing as the political gal lant, refusing to take advantage of the accidental detention of his competitor, than by making bis appearance among the old soldiers, on whom he would ex ercise a doubtful Inlluonce nt best. He- cause one guest has been compelled to disappoint the reunion is no reason why another should stay away except for the purpose of niiinufuctuiing political capital. Nebraska populists have a chance to see "where tliey are at. Mr. Towne s withdrawal under the provisions of the third contingency of the Sioux Falls Instructions has given the place to a democrat. The fusion leaders In the populist party have traded the birth right for a mess of pottage which will be so badly scorched on election day as to bo valueless. The discrepancy ill the accounts of the popocratle superintendent of the state institution at Heatiice Is of course only a debt which lie still owes to the stato, but. similar discrepancies on the part of republican olllclals at the time the fu- sionlsts came into power were heralded as shortages In the nature of embezzle ments. Possibly M. C. Harrington did not know what ho was talking about last year when ho wrote "There will lie only one more year oi lusion anil then again possibly he did. With no na tional ticket In the Held except that of the nilddlo-of-tlio-roaders, the fusion populists are left without a homo. Omaha must not stand still or go backward In the matter of public Im provements. If It Is necessary to voto new paving bonds this year the proposi tion should be formulated and presented L,, tin taxpayers at the coining election and, if reasonable, will have the popular endorsement. The fusion populist national commit tee, as was to have been expected, has substituted the name of Adlal Stoveusou for that of t harles A Towne, who was nominated by the Sioux l ulls coiixeu tion Had Stevenson's iiiiiue been pre sented at Sioux Falls It would have been turned down with a thud. Hut by this "cheme of shullle card the democratic nominees have been landed on the popu list slate. The destruction of the party as n national organization could not be better promoted. , King Ak-Sar-Hen has been Introduced to the game of golf and Invested It with all the splendor of royalty. When Ak- Sar-Hen appears on the streets during carnival week we may expect to see him clad In half hose and knee pants, w ith a golf stick over his shoulder and a caddy at his heels. Wlsi-st TIiIiik In Do, Philadelphia Times. Regarding that open door In China, about as wise a thing as tho United States could do now Is to make u bolt for It. Ilrnr nml Driiiton Ml-l'i. San Kranclsco Cull. Tho Husslan bear, It appears. Is trying to play a quiet engagement with the Chinese drngon. Tho International men agerie, which Is being exhibited In China, ought to view the Incident with that sat isfaction which ono ulwuys has when he doesn't care who Is whipped. Itriiil' for Trouble. Chicago Chronicle. The proposition of Mr. Wu Ting Kang that tho nllled powers should "treat di rectly with her imperial majesty the em press for satisfactory conditions" Is, of coarse, well meant. The trouble Is that It Involves the necessnry prerequisite, first catch your empress. Pending that desirable consummation the foreign devils are likely to Insure satisfactory condi tions by n8slmllntlng morn or less benev olently any "boxer" gentlemen who start out hunting trouble. Our Policy In CIiIhii. Cleveland Lender. One thing certnln Is that this govern ment will not permit Itself to be Invotved In any struggle for tho subjugation of China or the destruction of the territorial entity of the Chinese empire. The presi dent htin defined his position clearly on that point and he may tie trusted to hold tho position he has taken. It conditions arise requiring the withdrawal of tho American troops, as is Indicated by den oral ChalTep, such action will be taken. If it is felt to be advisable to leavo tho troops there they will icmaln. Chunk of Tciir Snrcnnni, Detroit Journal. "Wouldn't that Jar you?" Thero has been a public meeting In Texas Texas, mind you to protest against the uncivil ized conduct of "our sister stato of Ohio," and to admonish her citizens in Akron of I "the pernicious example thus displayed In setting the laws of tho land at defiance In this ngo of civilization and land of Christ lanlty." It is safe to say that Ohio feets tho Jar and that the Jolt Is enough to start seiches on Iako Brio that shall dash the whlto foam over tho wharvoH of the City of the Straits. If, In the not very distant past, citizens of Ohio had undertaken to hold public meetings and condemu every antl-Chrlstlan net dono In Texas, It Is cer tain the Ohloans would huvo had left little time for ordinary affairs. Hut It Is some times sweet to say "You'ro another!" particularly If It can bo said In tho name of morality nud regardless of past records Ilrynn'x Forlorn Ilopr. New York livening I'osj. In 1896 Ilryan secured ono of 'the elec toral votes from California, and would havo had all nlno If about 900 mon who cust ballots for MeKlnley had gono the other way; ho secured tho four from Washington by about 12,500 plurality; he won Wyoming's three by about bOO plu rallty: ho carried Nevada's three by more than four to one, nnd ho had every other one of tho small states In that part of tho union. No Drynnlto of any sonso thinks his candidato will get even one electoral volo this year from California which went republican in 1S9S by over 19.000 plurality; or the four from Washington which gavo tho republicans over 7,500 plu rality two years ago. Tho chances nro also against Dryan In Wyoming, which went republican by a fair plurality In 189J. If Stewart can "swing" tho silver republican vote In Novada, that state may also go for MeKlnley this year, the regular republicans having doubled their voto between 1S06 and 1898, whllo tho silver republicans polled 3,570 of tho 10.U1 In all. Tho certain loss of one electoral vote In California and four In Washington, the possible loss of three In Wyoming, and tho possibility that Nevada's three may also go for MeKlnley will require the gain by Ilryan of more states cast of tho Rockies than aro gen erally thought necessary by thoso who tako his total electoral voto In 1896 and flguro out how many more ho will need In order to havo a majority this year. FOUMAI.nKII VIH-J IV MII.K. A I'rcarnnlUc Tlinl Imperil llir I, It cm of Clillilrrn. Medical and Surgical Monitor. It beems to be an established fuel that the adulteration of milk by formaldehyde has In many known Instances proved In furious to the consumer. It Is also safo to iissiimo that in many Instances untoward consequences have been produced and the true cause has not been known. Milk con tamlnatcd with formaldehyde has been given to animals In order to ascertain what would bo tho result, and In such cases tho end has frequently been fatal. Physicians havo frequently been at a loss to under stand why a given course of treatment was unsuccessful among children that subsisted on cow's milk. In given cases nn analysis has shown that It contained formaldehyde a change In the diet was ordered, and the case responded to treatment. Has thero not been sutllclent cvldenco thus far that formaldehyde mokes milk a dangerous food? Is there not some way to stop dealers from using this, or any other mini terant that is Injurious to tho publl health? An Indianapolis physician rocontly ro ported throe cases which threatened a fatal termination, nnd he could not assign a sat Isfactory causo until he found tho milk which had been used contained formalde hyde. A pure quality of milk was obtained nnd recovery was tho result In each In stance. Tha physician In charge of one of tho orphan asylums of Indianapolis ro ported throe deaths In ono day and stated that ho believed formaldehyde given to tho children In the milk was tho causo. An analysis of the milk that the Institution had been using shoved It to contain this adulterant. It was further Intimated that other deaths during the year at tho name Institution might perhaps be attributed to tho same cause. Theao nro only a few Instances, but are thoy not enough? It Is time to ml I n halt. A penalty sovero In Its nature should be applied. A dealer may havo sour mill. If It Is not kopt In a low temperature, and he may meet with a loss, but if ho has not tho fni'llitles for keeping his product In a condition that It Is Ml for food, ho Is not worthy of contldcnce. Milk may bo kept sweet for a reasonablo length of time by the adoption of proper methods. A few paltry dollars may bo lnht, but less lives will bo sacrificed, and paltry dollars will not replace the Joyous prattling infant whoso death from an adulterant bua dark cned a family circle Business Comparisons New Y irk Tribune Coniuicntinc tmon the presidential nut- look, the Nation makes comparisons with business conditions during the prpi-edliu cnmpalgn and nnionR other absurdities this statement appears "Yet this sum liter Is duller than tho corresponding period of 1SD6." As the actual facts have sonii. bcarlnK upon the political situation, tt may be of Interest to ghiucc over a few figures comparing the present mid-summer dullness with that of four years ago. There Is no better way of measuring tho volume of business than by tho bank ex changes of the various clearing houses. Aside from the extent to which specula- tion sometimes swells these figures, they reflect conditions accurately and while there was much activity at the New York Stock exchange In 1S9G, tho dally average clearings at tho thirteen principal cities during July were only $153,75S.O00 against $228,432,000 this year and In August to dato $130,506,000, ngalnst $20O.7uS,0O0 In 1000. Not a small or uncertain Increase by any means and far from indicating decreased sales of goods. Hallway earnings In July were $S0.2S2.- 244, against $30,593,518 by the same roads In 1S06 and partial returns for August show still heavier gain. Iron Is often held up as tho thermometer of business. Vigor- mon or working people. The great Improve ous health In this Industry Is considered ment In feeling, howocr. Is noticed ln.,Viill nssuratico of soundness elsewhere. The street ns well, for tho average of sixty rail- production of pig Iron on August 1 was at tho rate of 214,126 tons weekly and this was after n severe decrease from 283,413 tons on July 1. Yet on August 1, 1806, the out- sn.v.vToii noi.i. ivr.ii. Cincinnati Tribune: Dolllver will not only bo a good senator, but n good-looking one as well. Philadelphia Ledger: The consensus of opinion Is that tbe office which found Dolll ver was looking for a good man. New York Sun: Mr. Dolllver will be ono of the noted orators of the senate and the fault!) of exuberant youth and a too fncllo larynx will probably fade ns oxporl ence nnd character mellows In tho sena torial atmosphere. Portland Oregonlan Dolllver has his re ward for withdrawing from the vice presi dential race. And he Is bettor off. A senator Is a prince among vlco presidents. The new senator, moreover, will strengthen the senate where It Is weakejt. lie can say something. Philadelphia Press: Tho appointment of Congressman Dolllver to be t'nlted States senator from Iowa seems to be legitimately tho next step In his career. lie Is a fa vorite with tho people of his congressional district, ns Is Bhown by six successive elec tions, with ever Increasing majorities; ho Is fo popular with the people of his fctato that he was strongly mentioned as their choice for vice presldont, nnd ho has filled Im portant positions In the lower house of con gicps. In his new position be bids fair to be n nntlonnl leader. Khusiis City Journal: Mr. Dolllver has not only achieved distinction In tho house, but he has been conspicuously Identified with big national questions. At this tlmo he Is prominent In the national campaign, not only as nn orator, but iu an adviser. Ills endorsement for the vice presidency by the republicans of his stato was an evidence of popularity that doubtless Influenced tho gov cruor somewhat In making this selection. Mr. Dolllver will probably be a. fixture In tho fcenatc for some time to come, for whllo his appointment Is only until March I, 1901, ho will no doubt be reappointed, pending the election of a senator for tbe full term by the legislature, which will not meet In regular session until 1902, nor Is there any present reason to doubt that tho legislature will elect him for the new torm. IMUISOWI. MOTHS. Women In a prominent Atlanta hotol signed a petition to allow the shirt waist men to eat in comfort In the public dining room and secured the desired relief for the porspirlng masculines. Connecticut's secretary of the State Hoard of Health reports that nearly all the -100 Infants who died In that stato In July wore tho victims nf unwholesome milk and other unsultablo food. Christian Dcwct, tho famous leader of tho boors, according to tho St. James' OazcttP, was n wrangler nt Cambridge and Is said to have gained gulden opinions from all during his university career. Clenernl John Hewston, who died the other dny in Alameda county, California, built tho first government mint In San Francisco, nnd ho was one of tho actlvo members of tho vigilance committee, Presldont Krugor onco determined that tho people of Johannesburg should havo at least two days' rest In each week. He issued a decreo that no piano playing should occur on Friday or Saturday. Korgora Takahlra, the new Japanese min ister at Washington, has been In diplomatic sorvlco for twenty-five years. Ho Is a graduato of Toklo university and has been a minister to both Kngland and Italy. Tho late Charles Morton Stewart, tho Baltimore philanthropist who died al Old Point, Va., tho other day, Is said by a friend to havo given awny to charity fully half of his annual Income during tho last half dozen years of his llfo. Tho proposal not to observe "Sedan day" in Berlin this year, hecause It might offend tho French, may be put down as ono bright mark for tho war of Chrlstianlt) and extermination now being waged In China by Franco and (lermauy anil some others. (lovernor Roosevelt, while at Harvard, was associated with the Natural History society, the Art club, tho Finance club, tho Rifle corps and tho O. K. society. Ilo was an assoclato member of tho Cleo club nnd steward of tho Hurvard Athletic as sociation. At his graduation ho served on the class day commit toe. To lite "armies" of tho country has been added "Tho National Association of the Army of the Philippines." Next wo sup pose will conio "The Army of (iiina lo link the military present with tho mlli tary past which Is represented by tho so cietles of the unities of the Potomac, the Cumberland anil the Tennessee. Henry C. Shnttcuklrk, who attempted fculcldo because of tbe disgrace he felt that bis son was a New York policeman, Is thought in be crazy, and It Is likely enough, but at the same litno If all the papers are saying about tho actions nf the police force In the riot of last week is truo Mr. Hhat tenklrk's feeling of fchanie Ih reasonable enough. When the proprietor of a dancing pavilion at Hm kaway beach. N. Y . barred tho shirt waist man from appearing on the floor theio was fo much protest that he decided In tesi the mailer by a vote of the women patrons of the plare. Six hundred ballots were cnu and &!:! were In favor of letting the mon go without their coats. I'riiiiinlliiu MlfcMiurl'M lul.riNl, 1 iilciigo Tlmes-1 lorulil. Ilry.in wants lo give the Filipinos a sta ble lorm nf government. This ought 10 give him tho solid voto of tho Missouri mnln raisers. It I u It t Mnn fur l'inerKeiiele. St I.nuls (ilnbe-I)i.por-at. The I'nlted States never had a heller president than MeKlnley to lundlo unex pected emergencies. put was only IM.76S tons, after a deereafe from 1 SO.;.,? J tons on July 1 Turnip to the wool market, which has been considered particularly dull of late, we And sales at the three chief eastern cities durum tue last three weeks 1R.030.65I pounds. aRnlnst only 7,670.100 pounds In the same part of isns. a cnlu of nearly 100 icr cent, while the comparison In July was equally re markable. In foreign trade the same enormous In creaco appears. Kxports In July were val ued at $100,413,501. against $7.717.7S9 In 1896. while Imports were $63,536.25:!, against $53. 674.750 four years ago. During the llrst half of August exports at New York alone were $22,138, tMi. against M3.&OS.SS4 and lm- ports $lS.Otil.83t, against $15,007,347 in lSOb. Strikes aro Insignificant now compared .with the numerous wage disputes going on in all branches of manufacturing In the summer of 1S96 and worklngmen us a wholo have been so prosperous during the last few years that there Is little suffering among thoso who are now laid off temporarily, Throughout tho whole range of legitimate business It is almost impossible to find the least support for the statement quoted, al- though in speculative opeiatlons nt tho New York stock exchange thero has actually boon less activity, which Is no injury to business way securities declined from $17.17 on July 1, 1806, to $45.75 on August 22. whllo this year the average advanced from $69.18 to $71.26 during tho tame "dull period." 111:11 1 : ami Tiiinti: i.v nix . Men, Mrllioiln mill Incident" In the I, nml of tlir DriiKon. Not the least of tho troubles which western civilization Is up against In China Is a con fusion of tongues. The empire Is a mod ern llabel of dialects. A different language for every day In tho year Is the way the philological situation there Is summed up by nn Oriental traveler. There aro not. na a matter of course. 365 languages oxlstent in the empire. Dialects would bo the more plausible manner of phrasing. Still dia lect, ns we usually understand thu term. Is indicative of tho manner of speech of the Inferior class nml not of thu peoplo ot any given locality as a whole. The division between tho superior and the Inferior classes, the former speaking a language and the latter a dialect. Is nut known In China. Tho mnln body nml staple of tho spoken langungo of tho most refined and learned classes Is the sainu ah that of tho coolies, laborers and boat men. A section of n province, often a locality cot much greater In area than an ordinary township with us, has Its own vernacular, which everybody speaks, and to uso any other means of oral communica tion would simply be as attempting tt with a mero self-Invented gibberish. Prnctl cally every man, woman and child In tho place knows nothing else thnn the one lingo to which they are born. Drop ono of them down In another village twenty miles distant and nlno times In ten he could not more comprehend speech than If suddenly transported to Ilerlln, Paris 01 Now York. Some words la ono place and possibly parts of sentences might have a familiar sound In the other, but while tho Chinnman Is of all human creatures the most Indirect ho Is at tho same time the hardest Individual Imaginable to at tempt to muko understand anything by inference. He Ii.ib to be npproached with overy regard for directness of expression and will misconceive a meaning upon the slightest pretense. This, truo of him In his intercourse with foreigners, is equally so as to his own kind. A Chinnman, no matter what his standing and accomplish ments, who could travel 100 miles In his own country and be ablo to hold converse with tho peoplo In tho various villages through which bo passed would be a rata avis surely. Frederick Palmer, American correspond ent with tho allies In China, discredits the general Impression that Chinamen as a rule aro low-sized people. "Nothing that witnessed surprised mo so much," he writes from Tien Tsln to Collier's Weekly, "as tho flno appearance a Chinese of the tall northern typo makes when ho Is In a whlto man's uniform. I expected that ho would be rather amusing, If not ridic ulous. Ho Is the contrary, though nobody icslsta a smllo when a sentry calls: 'Who go lere? Fiend! Allell.' Tholr ofllccrs tell mo that they could get all tho Chinese recruits thoy want at Wol-hal-Wel and that they rejected nlno out of ten appli cants. Out of the tenth 'Sergeant What's-hls-namo' has made a wonderful trans formation. The pigtail Is rolled up under n regulation British blue Jacket's hat, with the brim turned up all round. Ho has khaki skirt and khaki breeches with puttee leggings of the Ilrltlsh type. Apparently tho Uritlsh had morn contldcnce In their 'pidgin' Tomralet than the Germans In theirs, for tho Germans havo brought up none of the native companies which thoy have been drilling nt Klao-Chou. Scepti cism Is wasted, If tho Rrltlsh-Chlneso lire any test, for In tho little action which they saw In the relief of Tien Tsln they seemed to enjoy fighting their country men. Tho reason why dates In dispatches from China aro confusing Is because the Chinese calendar differs from tho Grego rian. A wise monnich named Yno snmc time about 23U0 11. C. revised tho calendar in uso before that dato to Ihe form In which tt Is found at present. A volume would be needed to explain all Its perul larltles. but now that dispatches are men tinning Chinese dales it Is as well to have some idea as to wherein thn Celestial cal endar differs from the Gregorian. The Chinese year is lunar Hnd therefore consists of 3,il days, ilofnrn the time of Van tradition has It that the year consisted of JbO days and that confusion had resulted That ruler decreed that time should be measured by tho moon nnd that every nine teen years should contain seven addition il months almost nno extra month esery three years. This reckoning Is excellent. It varies only about nn hour every nineteen jears from the trim time. Although the ypar Is lunar its beginning is regulated by tho sun. Thus the new year comes between January 2 and Feb ruary 6, unlike tho Mohammedan now year, which Is regulated entirely by the moon and comes at any time, winter or summer Thn year Is divided Into twelve lunar months, cnlled by numbers, as first, sec end and so on. The extra month that conies about every three years Is not ndded at the oiid, as ono would suppose, but Ih Inserted anywhere, probably according to some system too subtle for western minds 1 no months are subdivided into three parts which are not again subdivided, bo that a Chinnmnn may speak of an event without mentioning the exact time within ton dayH Tho days are also numbered, so that exact ness may he secured If a Chinaman should ever nappen to want such thing. There Is no week hut foreigners are gradual!) icaening ine meaning or such a division 1 ne i ninese nour is 120 minutes long, but in inis instance again the foreigner in making some Impression on Ihe ancient custom and the Chinese In nnd near the treaty ports are familiar with the western method. It may bo added, Incidentally tnat resin is just about twelve hours ahead of Now nrk in pnlnt of lime Tho Chineso gather the years together Into eyelet., as Occidentals do, but fur some xtr u t-lmnry reason the ode ton slst of -rar- This cycle Is very am lent m I : ''kiMv has something to do with uld iistrolngtt al superstition Aiuithtr method of numbering years Is by the reigns of the emperors. The present ear is ttv thirty-sixth year of Ihe spventy-slxth i-. ir. or the year tsaS since the adoption of tho present chronology. 1'OHM AT 'I'll I. ! It ! IIOV. The llnjiil Ccrenl Mcnillly (JrouliiK In I'ntiir Alirnnil. Detroit Free Pi-pi!. Perhaps the most Important of t nele Sam's exhibits at the Paris exposition takes the humble form of a com kit, hen Here corn Is served In something like tlfn different styles, from the hunihle "pone made by a genuine southern "uumm. ur It Is not easy to realize the wlde-ren.h lug consequences Hint may follow this an I similar endeavors. At present, outside of Italy, where It Is eaten to some extent b the laboring classes lu the form of niu.' or "polenta.'' corn Is almost an unknow article of diet in Kurope. When we consider that the prodtutic in this country averages about 2.O00.00O bushels It Is easy to see what vast couik quences may follow from tho opening up of a now market of hundreds of millions of civilized people. If the market price wete raised but 1 ctnt. sy from 10 to .0 rents. It would mean nn Increase of $2" 000.000 to tho corn producers of the coun try. It would tako only a very slight In crcaso of domand extending over the con tlncnt of Kurope to send up the prices say 5 cents a bushel. Involving nn Increase of $100,000,000 In the receipts of farmers and grain dealers. Hut the matter goes much farther than that. Statistics tell us tli.it we aro ftp proachlng tho limit of cultivable wheat lands, whllo tho consumption of wheat in creases by leaps and bounds. Something can be dono by Increasing tho output of the present area by belter cul tivation, but comparatively III tic. A dl version of some kind must be created If the present rise In tho standard of living Is to tie maintained. Cum seems to bo the very thing to sat Isfy tho demand If only a taste for It cm be created. It has about tne same food vnlue ns wheat and Is sold nt about two-thirds the price. To a great extent It can take' the place of wheat and rye as a breadstuff, more, perhaps, than wo our selves realize, and besides that II can bo used In a great vurlety of ways as a veg etable, both groen and mature, for which wheat Is not adapted. The cultivation of a tnste nf com among tho nations of Kuropn may be of vast benefit, not only lo us. but to them. To bring the Joys of green corn. Mlccotnsh and fried hnsty pudding to Ig norant millions Is no small boon. It 'fl by uo moans un easy thing to do, but the exposition authorities arc going at It in the rlglil way. rncy nre not pusning u as the poor man's fond that would damn" It at once but thoy nre trying to show Its palatableness and the variety of Its adaptations for people of nil classes People may be trusted to Hnd out Its cheapness afterward. The Introduction of Indian corn Into l-.u- ropo may yet rival the Introdhctlon of the potato In Importance and with still greater conscquonccs for this country since Its production must Inrgely be carried mi here. I.KillT A VII MVKI.V. tiuliiimuinllft Jniirnal: "How do you llkfl the looks of the iipw neighbors, Clara?" "Oh. Clarence, they lako twice as big a piece of Ico us wc do." riileiicn rtecnril: "How do you feel on thn subject nf Imperialism?" I Hon I tlllllK women hurui m i" lowed to boss us men around the way tlipy do." TMiltuilelnhln l'ress: "She's determined tho ynuiiK men shall consider lirr the sweetest girl they ever kissed," said the llrst summer lrl- . .... lleany ! queried un- inner. "Yes. She uses powdered sugar Instead of tulclim." Chicago Post: "Marrluge," said Hip old bachelor. "Is too much of a lottery. When make a lm l'Kii III 1 into to sen wniu 1 in getting." Whv not do your courting at the sea shore, 'then?" asked the sweet young thing Detroit Journal: Now at hist they wcxn iiiuii 11 ml wife. Ah iIicn swept down the. aisle from tho altar, he whispered softly to r. 'You are nil the. wnrld to mo!" he said 'Oh, I'm tin) whole chceso lo everybody today." she answered. "Hut tomorrow'' Tnere was a loucn or sniincsn 111 nn ini!. Wnxlilnulrm Htar: "Aren't vnu afraid peoplo will laugh at vnur mode nf dress"" n, unHwereil me Blllli-MUim iiiuii Anvbodv who Is willing to muko himself warm laiichlin.' this kind of weather hasn t Judgment enough lo make Ills opinion worth considering. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I spp that Mr Towne Is to fnllnw elnse nil Teddy's trail ' " Yus." "Saw wouldn't It bp unrnii rloiialy funii.- if Teddy should iinoxppctrdly retrace his fooUleus?" Philuilelnhla Press: Asclim- Why arn t you enjoying a vacation In the country these hot days" llennepcck-I am Asellin Veil seeill to he here all the time 1 leniienrck Ves. I'm enjoying herp thn vacation my wife Is taking In the rounm Chicago Post: The old gentleman thought It was time to llud out the young mans intentions, "Mr. dayboy, ne sum 111 ills niiirr, iionriv way. "you'vii been burning 11 good drnl of my ens of late." The small brother Interrupted with a scnruful laugh. "I iriiess Mill never loosed Into the narlor. dad." ha said. Tin-: i:mi'iii:ss now .(;i:h. S.iii Francisco News l,cttrr In the turbulent land of the .lasamlne. Of Hip nueiip nnd the almond pJ'p. A lady uiles (and you bet she rules) And nume It Is Just Tsu Tsl. Though sho Isn't the hub of a woman s club. New woman and all that game. She's an unadorned feminine autocrat. And sho gets there, (you bet) Just (hi hame. When she wants a thing dono 111 her Iihpi realm. He It murder or war or Joss, She never lacks friends lo aueompll-h ' r ends, And It's easy lo ice wim's boss; Though slip's milch like thn queen l thousand years back Ruled thn roost as Imprilal dnmr. She can give cards am) up-n!c t " up-to-date maids, And she gets there (you bPl) J 1 ' same. Hie isn't hi much on the platform pi On liallnl-bnx talks and all thai Nnr does she appe.ir in u mculin- v In trousers and brother' Miff ha' She loo much engross, d tth fii' -her own, (Some neat little tricks I emiW n.i'ii- To worry or vex with the won of n Ilul she getii there (ou bet' J"-i 1 sainn. She Isn't cmamiiiateil al all I.lkn dames of our civilized . hme What she dnesiri know .ibout U" s Nordaii Would till Nnrdau's lmn: mnnv tl She's "downtrodden, shackled, the tvi of man, Oppressed with her heritage. liinr Hut In spile of her fain I'm eon-irumej lelali, She frets llieio lynii brtl Jut Hi x.imc She clnesni talk much nn tin natural rmi ' Hut she'll slaiiil for .1 row to Pekl'i And her wink 011 Un i'iic U good f. r a tint Among the rllf-riff nf 'lien iMn. And many a noble who wears tlir bin- plume . , , Turns pule al the hoiiii I nf her nam And sadly lelleetii that. In split of In i v. She gets there (ul.is!.i Just tho snmc For kh- !. a telle .if ear pone In lli-furn women were vr "new," Win n laill' M like Nat" in Slavmila -.iti tilitatlng what I'eir-r Hhould do. Or thui nuuahlUr Kute of H,. M. -In i iine drought nations in gloiv or 1 b.imo And rulrd by the wile of a t out or a smil. And tot there (you bcO Just the ia.m. 1