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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.
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