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    THIS OMAHA DAILY BEE; TJltMtSDAY, MARCH 21, 1001.
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STATEMENT OF C1HCULATION.
Ktnto of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss,:
Ucorge 11. Tzsohiiek, secretary of The lien
Publishing company. being duly sworn,
bu'h that the actual number of full ami
complete copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening nnd Sunday lieu printed during tho
mouth of February, 1W1, was as follows:
l imi.uio n -.i.i.iir.o
2 im.iwo ic UU.OliO
3 Ull.lini) 17 i!U,5 1(1
4 UI,1..0 18 U.-,I)7II
0 an.sio 19 as, in ii
6 SMI.01O 20 113,870
7 Ull.iTTO 21 US.HIO
8 ar.,7r,o 22 1:5,770
9 au.ano 23 1:0,110
10 im.oir. 24 mi,iir
11...., u.,7(iit 23, nu,:i:io
12 ; i!S,IIO 2C UtJ.IUO
13 U?5,770 27 im.aoo
11 a.-i,7Co 23 r,a(i,rHo
Total .Tai.lUO
Less unsolil and returned copies.... l-.l-l
Net total sales 71U.OU0
Net dally average un,U7U
GEO. H. TZSCIIUCK,
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before mo this 1th day of March, A. D. 1901.
(Seal.) M, ij. llUNOATK.
Notary Public.
Tho concert of tho powers In China
iii'cilH 11 new timer.
The March lion has unuiilmntis con
pent to go out of business from now
on.
Knct.s are stubborn things, nnd tho
fakirs must face facta every once In a
whllo.
Tho men who own May pork are likely
to realize more proilt than tho senatorial
combine did out of Its speculation In
tho cloning days of congress.
Nebrnskiins can well afford to undergo
tho discomforts and inconvenience oc
casioned by tho storm, looking forward
to tho effects on the harvest time.
Tho weather man Is urgently re
quested to sctlio down to business now.
lit; has tried several systems lately ami
ought by this time to bo able to make
a choice.
It was hardly necessary for .1. ,T. Hill
to deny tho story that ho had bought tho
Hurlliigton. That system Is u very fair
business proposition for 0110 mau to
handle by Itself.
Up worth league members mny go to
California next summer, but they will
not enjoy a picnic' at the expense of tho
railroads. "Community of Interest" Is
now having its effect In tho west.
Itettiriis from tho national banks In
Nebraska outside of Omaha and Lin
coln show that tho deposits aro steadily
on the increase. Tho state banks show
u similar condition. Tho rural com
munities are keeping tip with tho pros
perity procession.
No 0110 can longer doubt that tho
lighting In the Philippines Is about over.
Tho lloward-Whlte-Haker factions
which have kept the mountain region
of Kentucky In a ferment for years
have decided to pilt killing each other
and enlist In tho army.
An astuto New York coroner has ex
onerated tho poor dog who was accused
of biting Its mistress' throat and cutting
her Jugular vein while she lay in an
epileptic lit. The coroner has the knife
which cut tho veins and Is looking for
tho hand that wielded It.
Indian Commissioner Jonus has a very
correct notion of how to deal with the
troubles on the reservation. He told the
agent at Itosebud to either stop the com
plaints of the Sioux there or to got out
and let a man who could take charge of
the agency. The complaluts have ceased.
The governor has signed tho bill pro
vldlug lor nine supremo court commis
sioners. The last heard of the members
of tho supremo court tlley were headed
for the storm cellar and a card 011 the
olllco door Indicates thcyovlll not be In
sight until the appointments are made
and the storm blows over.
The upward lllght of mess pork Is a
little hard on those who were "short,"
but the signs of the times are that the
market on all hog products will go
higher. It Is the nntnrul outcome of sup
ply nnd demand. The great American
hog Ih not present as numerously as he
should be to meet the requirements of
the public.
Tho Agricultural department Is pre
paring to demonstrate to tho Hawallans
the value of the lion, the cow uml the
pig to the small laud owner. As soon
as tho Filipino concludes that lie is
ready to go to work the government
proposes to teach him how to farm and
demonstrate to him that the chicken
has a value aside from the ability of
tho male jiortlon of tho species as a
lighting animal.
Hlack Hills people are preparing for
tho celebration of 11 quarter of a century
of white settlement of that region.' The
prospectus gives us some notion of the
scope 6( the affair, but It seems dltllcult
to appropriately commemorate in a festi
val the value of the llhick Hills to the
western country. One thing Is certain!
Nebraskans settled the country very
largely, nnd their friends are ready to
assist In any Jubilation that may be held.
the question ok ixnr.MxiTt'.
That the question of Indemnity would
be the most troublesome and perplexing
0110 In the negotiations between the
powers nnd Chlnn has been nppnront
from the outset, Advices received by
the State department from the Ameri
can special commissioner nt I'ekln, .Mr.
Itockhlll, are said to be of so discourag
ing n nature ns to indemnities that It is
feared tho greed of some of the powers
may cause tho failure of negotiations.
According to a Washington dispatch tho
ministers cannot agree upon any uni
form basis of Indemnity, f-oinc of the
powers deniandlng enormous sums. It
Is nlso said that In most cases the
powers contend for the right of 11 slug
their own Indemnity.
rpon this question, as upon all others
connected with the Chinese trouble, the
United States has tnken a conservative
position. President McKlnley said In
his nuniitil message: "The matter of
Indemnity for our wronged citizens Is
it question of grave concern. Measured
In money nloiie, 11 sulllclcut reparation
may prove to lie beyond the ability of
China to meet. All the powers eou
cur in emphatic disclaimers of nny pur
pose of aggrandizement through the dis
memberment .of the empire. I am dis
posed to think Hint due compensation
may be made lu part by increased
guaranties of security for foreign
rights and Immunities, and, most Im
portant of all, by the opening of China
to tho equal commerce of all the world.
These views have been and will be
earnestly advocated by our representa
tives." It would seem from tho latest
advices, however, that they have had
little Inlluence with some of tho pow
ers, who show a disposition to demand
Indemnity which they must know' China
cannot pay. They seem determined to
utterly bankrupt the empire and It is
not unreasonably conjectured that the
aim of these powers Is the ultimate
partition of China, lu spite of the
protestations they have made to the contrary-
AVhilo the powers that nre disposed to
make excessive exactions aro not men
tioned lu the reports as made public, it
Is well understood that Germany Is
chief among them. Some time ugo It
was stilted that (Icriuaiiy would not
only ask 11 very heavy Indemnity, but
would demand that it be paid lu cash
at once, a condition which China could
not possibly comply with. (Jerniany
has taken every means to swell her
claims and no doubt she will insist
upon fixing her own Indemnity and de
cline to penult the other powers to huvo
anything to say In 11. lug the amount of
it. It Is likely that Ilussla will also
want a large sum, though she will per
haps be less exacting than Ciermauy,
while (Ircat Hrituln will doubtless want
all that she can tlud any excuse for ask
ing. There appears to bo nothing more for
the United States to do beyond what it
has already done In urging tho expedi
ency of treating Chluu lu this matter
with reasonable moderation. Our gov
ernment, It may confidently" bo assumed,
will continue to refuse to be iV parly to
any scheme of pluuder and robbery.
Hotter sacrifice all chance of obtaining
indemnity than Join lu 11 program of
spoliation that would bankrupt the Chi
nese empire and possibly result lu Its
dismemberment.
STATUS OF A11X1STE11 LOUMIS.
The government of Venezuela has not
asked for the recall of Minister Loomls,
us had been reported, but such a re
quest, may be made at any time, since
there Is no doubt that the minister has
become unpopular with the Venezuelan
authorities. Should a demand for his
recall be made It would undoubtedly
meet with compliance, but In view of
the fact that ho has acted lu accordance
with Instructions from the State de
partment it Is not likely that he will be
made to suffer for obeying those in
structions, but will remain lu tho diplo
matic service anil Venezuela will simply
not have a United States minister at
her capital.
The chances are, however, that the
Venezuelan government, when it shall
bo Informed, if It Is not already, that
Loomls simply acted as he was directed
to do from Washington, will not ask
ills recall, since that would bo an attack
not on the minister personally, but on
the government at AVashlngton, which
assumes full responsibility for every
thing Its diplomat lo representative has
done. That there . Is a quite strong
feeling of resentment on the part of
tho government of Venezuela is not to
bo doubted, but It Is safe to say that
it will not enrry this to the extent of
making any serious rellectlon upon the
authorities at Washington that might
put an end to diplomatic Intercourse,
KXdhAXirS KIXAXCIAh VliUltLKM.
Tho problem of raising more money
Is now taxing the Ingenuity of tho Ilrlt
Ish chancellor of the exchequer, who
will shortly present his budget to Par
liament. The question that Is upper
most lu the minds of most Hugllshmeu
Is, how does- the government mean to
raise the .fSO.OOO.ooo or thereabouts
which, even allowing for a further war
loan of ?ir0,000.000, will have to come
from additional taxation? Direct taxa
tion has been heavily Increased during
the last twenty years and the Income
tax Is already at u war level. It is
thought that tho government will not
veuturu to materially Increase the latter,
for fear of affronting the great middle
class, upon whom the Income tax falls
most heavily. Direct taxatluu of real
ized wealth in one form or another has
been extended in peace and lu war
until It bears heavily upon the limited
class with Ilxed Incomes and operates
as a burden upon capital, becoming
thereby detrimental to the lutoreslrf of
working people.
Those who feel this burden are urg
ing recourse to Indirect taxation, al
though that would be a departure from
the long-established Hrltlsh policy. A
Htnall duty on Imported sugar Is advised
and also a duty on Imported wheat. Hut
Sir Michael Illcks-Heneh, chancellor of
the exchequer, has In the past been one
of tho most radical opponents of sugges
tions of this kind and it Is not thought
probable that he cun now be induced
to adopt them. There nre grave po
litical considerations to be taken Into
account, for, as one London corre
spondent says, the chancellor will, un
less the ministry means to ruin the
chances of torylsin for the next deende,
look anywhere else than to Imported
food for ineuns to meet his colossal de
ficit. But will not such nil Increase In
direct tnxntlon as Is necessary to meet
this dellclt lie equally dangerous to
torylsin V
It Is stated that the government de
ficit for the two years ending lu March,
1(10-,1 promises to be at least ?r00,000,
(XX), and If war be prolonged will lie
?7.V),00O,(XX). The prospect Is that the
Avar will bo prolonged, for the lloer
coinniander has rejected the Urltlsli
terms. It is 11 situation that may well
puzzle Ungllsh statesmen and It will be
exceedingly Interesting to learn their
plan of meeting it.
HONKS AM) fOHKCIAJSUUKS.
Heal estate men point now to n feature
of Omaha's development which Is bound
to attract more attention for the next
few years than ever. This Is a desire
on the part of people who are now occu
pying premises ns tenants to become
owners. One dealer recounts his ex
perience along this line, nnd uses It as
a basis for 11 modification of the fore
closure laws, suggesting that changes be
made to permit of mote speedy proced
ure 011 part of the money lender lu
taking over tho property In default. It
Is hardly likely that any such alterations
In the law would greatly Increase the
poor man's ambition to own a home.
Omaha has long been noted for tho
thrift of Its citizens In this respect, es
pecially tho worklngiiien of the city.
Wlillc exact figures are not obtainable, It
Is asserted by those who claim to have
information 011 the point that the per
centage of worklngiiien who own their
homes Is greater lu Omaha than in any
other city. This fact Is a tribute to tho
thrift ami persistence of the men. Their
example is being followed by others and
tho number of home owners Is steadily
Increasing Much of the city's welfare
Is wrapped up In this, ami it should be
the aim of all to encourage rather than
hamper the poor man or wage-earner In
his efforts to secure a home of his own.
It must not be forgotten Unit tho man
who owns the money has some rights to
bo protected. In extending a loan or
selling 11 piece of property on credit, the
capitalist has taken a degree of risk
based on his own estimate of the de
sirability of the transaction. He has
accommodated a man without mentis
other than his earning capacity, but he
has done It with his eyes open and with
u full knowledge of tho legal and com
mercial aspects of the transaction. His
own Judgment is tho basis of the deal,
rather than the advantage that might
come to him through the operations of
tho law. The development of the city
to Its present stage has been under the
existing law. Capitalists have found it
prolitiible to loan money lu Nebraska
under tho conditions that surround fore
closure, and there docs not appear to bo
any good reason why it should bo made
easier to conclude the proceedings lu
court than at,present.
Present prospects aro that the anthra
cite coal minora of Pennsylvania will
strike April 1. The difference Is not
so much a question of wages as of
recognition. Tho meu demand, through
tho representatives of their union, a
conference with the operators which the
operators refuse to grant, if a strike Is
precipitated over such a difference It
would be nothing blunt of criminal ou
the part of both operators and men.
Uvery strike of the miners is accom
panied by more or less violence and
common sense would dictate a coin
promise. Hoth sides can well afford to
yield something. After losing tho con
test last year tho operators aro evi
dently scheming to bring about trouble,
If It should come, In such a manner ns
to throw the odium upon tho workmen,
and they should be cautious about walk
ing Into such a trap.
Heports from Chlua show to what ex
tent the disturbances there have In
jured trade, and this country lias suf
fered more than any other for tho rea
son that north China Is the center of
most of tho American commercial ac
tivity. These same reports also Indicate
that when peace Is restored It Is essen
tial that this section of China shall not
fall Into hands which will close the
door to our commerce. So far the ef
forts of the State department In that
direction have been successful ami there
Is every reason to believe that no power
will make a grab lu tho face of tho
protest of this country, backed up by
other commercial nations.
Two hundred sheep have been sacri
ficed In the latest armed outbreak be
tween the cowboy and the shepherd.
These affairs aro but added arguments
in favor of government control of tho
open range, interests of stock owners
of all sorts demnnd a better adjustment
of the grazing rights, which aro sup
posed to be frre to nil, but which nre
the subject of continual and frequently
bloody debate.
Two (irndf'N f I'titrlntN.
Portland Oregotilun.
The dlfferenco between thu Iioers and
tho nrltUh Is that the former are dying
for their country and the latter for peace.
CIiiihIIkIiik' IIh- Kids,
Chicago Post.
Is our nnvy to bo turned Into n birch
Bad for tho punishment of plcayuno na
tions that do not know how to bo civil ?
Yesterday It was Vcneiuela, and today
Morocco la making faces. .
lllMT IW-NiiltM lit Small foul.
Huffalo Kxpress.
The surgeon general's statement that
there were more casualties In tho navy dur
liu; the tinuble In China than In tho wholo
of the Spanish v.'ar Is not surprising, Tho
war with Spain yielded greater results at
less cost, than nny other naval war ever
fought. It does not offer a fair standard of
comparison.
MimnniilntiiiiN Mr. I)epc,
New York Pres.
Senator Dcpew's dntermlnatlon, on second
thought, to lot the president live, and in
cidentally to appoint Colonel Sanger, Is
pralseworthlly magnanimous. Yet tt has
polled the finest scene In the comedy of the
quarrel since Mr. Jefferson wti at bis best
In Hob Acres, Jt would have been moro
than pretty uuarrel ns It stood when
William tho benign nnd Cliatincey tho
ucninl stripped for tho fray. And In pur
sitance of tho "double bill" Idea Messrs.
l'latt nnd Itoot would Imvo made an excel
lent pair of Sir Lucius OTrlggers.
MenttiliiK the I'oc ketliooU,
Hnltlmore American.
dlct for 3,000 damages ngalnst nnothcr rcd-
aniu ior alienating tno nucciions 01 ins
squaw. The simple child ot the wilderness
Is discovering', from association with civ
lllitatlon, that tho pocket of a man Is u
surer spot to touch for roengo nnd satis
faction than oven his scalp.
A Credit o Hie Ciitinns.
Springfield (Jlnss.) Republican,
In calmly deciding to ccntlnuo in session
and give respectful consideration to the
new demands of the Unltod States govern
ment the Cuban constitutional convention
displays excellent Judgment and poise under
irritating conditions. Tho convention In
every stage thus far has been n credit to
tho Cuban people and has given cvldenco ot
tho inherent capacity of that people for
self-government.
KvlU (if niyoroc.
Indlnnupolls Press,
Apropos of tho growing frequency of
divorce, tho Chicago Chronicle sanely re
marks: "Polygamy may be consecutive or
simultaneous." This Is a moral truth, put
In very pungent words. It used to bo that
tho divorce court was tho place of last
resort when wedded Hfo was no longer
tolerable, and even when sought under
such conditions divorced persons felt some
delicacy about their domestic Infelicities
and forbore for a period to parndo them
selves In society, Now, however, thcro is
no longer any suggestion ot moral 111 In
tho breaking of sacred vows of wedlock,
and divorce has corno to bo bo common an
occurronco that tho Institution of marriage
moro nnd moro takes ou tho appearance of
a probationary contract.
Ad vnm-lim- Viilne of I, unit.
Philadelphia. Uucord.
Ornzlng lands in Indian Territory which
formerly yielded it rental of 10 cents per
aero aro now In sharp demand at from 30
to to cents per ncre, with tho cattlemen
cagorly competing for them at tho ad
vanced rate, bids for tho leasing ot 70,000
acres of pasture lands belonging to tho Knw
Indians wero opened in Washington tho
other day, tho aggregate offers of successful
bidders being $26,000 per annum as against
$0,000 for tho same ncreago under former
contracts. Tho prlco of beef on tho hoof
In tho western cattle markets Is thus sub
jected to n new clement of Increase, which
in due courso of tlmo will bo rcllccted In
centers of domestic trudo and In Inter
national trafllft In llvo cattlo.
Crltletniii from 11 lleiitlieu.
Now York Kvcnlng Post.
It Is n llttlo bard on tho Christian na
tions to bo reminded of their Christian
duties by a moro Japanese editor. Tho
Nlroku Shlnpo. a popular Journal of Toklo,
feels tho awkwardness of Its position In
appealing, for tho sako o'f common hu
manity, ngalnst the outrage of tho allies In
China. To this courso It finds Itself ton
strained, slnco tho reports of tho pillage and
nameless outrages Indicted upon Chinese
noncombatants hnvo reached tho western
nations only In niltlguted form. It has
waited In vain for tho protests of western
journals, nnd how speaks awkwardly, but
with tho eloquence of emotion. It Is, of
course, no longer news that peaceful Chinese
havo been wantonly slain, and women and
girls of tender years outraged by tho rep
resentatives of western civilization, whllo
possibly tho 'form of tho Nlroku Shlnpo'n
appeal, courteously addressed ns It Is to
"ladles and pfentleracn," will provoke n
smile. And, yje.t, tho appeal of tho newest
of tho world's .powers cannot but be Im
pressive. When a Japancso editor pleads
In tho noma xif Uurko and of Lincoln for
"tho principle of tho sacredncss of human
ity" Is It not well that 'this country, with
Japan, has had llttlo part, and no heart
In that policy of savago reprisals which
has seemed good to our Christian allies?
llltlCIIT Oim.OOIC I'OH IiAWYKIlfl.
I.CKlHliiliircn IMIIiik t'l Illinium for
the I.cffnl Prof ckrIoii.
Chlcnco Tribune.
Tho statistician Is tireless, and It fre
quently happens that ho Is entertaining, too.
Some, ono with a liking for figures has been
looking up tho work of our statesmen, and
finds that last year tho legislatures ot
thirteen states wero In session from 19C da'ya
(the longest) to flfty-threo days (tho short
est). In these states 0,772 new laws wero
enacted. In Now York, which contains what
Is regarded ns tho worst governed city In
tho world, 770 new laws wero mado, Mary
land followed with 747, Ohio with CSS, Mns.
sachusctts with 19S and Georgia with 222.
This year It Is predicted that fully 10,000
now laws will be enacted.
And what Is tho result ot all this law
making? Last year's D.772 and this year's
10,000 new laws will glvo the lawyers Just
that many additional opportunities for find
ing (laws, for twisting tho letters so that
they will conflict with tho spirits of meas
ures mado nnd provided and for befuddling
tho public generally.
Every now law means new business for
tho lawyers. Laws aro made by legislatures
to bo found unconstitutional In tho courts or
to bo rando meaningless by astute at
torneys. Occnsldnally, of course, somo
law Is so well constructed that It serves
tho purposo for which It was Intended, but
out of tho moro than 13,000 new laws of
last year and this year It Is hardly possible
that 1,500 aro necessary or can over be
enforced.
It Isu't tho good law that makes business
for tho lawyer. Tho laws that can bo
overthrown constitute his meat, hence the
figures presented should fill him with hope.
There Is plenty ahead for him to do.
llOOMINt; It.VII.HDAll STOCKS,
Itriiinrl.-iililc Advance In Sixty of the
Mont Active Sfciirltli-n.
New York Tribune.
For tho first time slnco these records
wero compiled on tho present basis, about
twenty years ago, tho sixty most active
railroad securities havo risen above ?90 a
sbnrc.
It Is dltllcult to comprehend tho marvel
ous advance of the last few years. On
August 8, 1S96, the average of sixty stocks
was $10,71. The lowest point In 1897 was
$15.01; In 1S98 It was $32.55; In 1S99, $07.28;
In 1900, $08.48, and In 1901, thus far. $84.30.
Tho present nvorngo Is $90.03, or 121.2 per
cent above tho low record, This phenom
enal Increase In value of railway shares has
not boon accomplished by manipulation. It
Is tho natural result of steadily expanding
traffic and hotter methods, which reduced
oxpenscs In many ways. Destructive) com
petition nnd rata cutting havo been abol
ished through wlso consolidation. Few
shares wero paying any dividends llvo years
ago; now It Is tho exception whore a divi
dend period Is passed, Trafflo returns show
that an enormous freight business lu done,
many sections of tho country surferlng
congestion through lack of transporting
facilities. Each week's statement of' rail
way earnings shows n good gain over tho
corresponding week In previous years and
thero Is every prospect that bucIi conditions
will continue, slnco general business Is nt
tho point of greatest activity and oxpundlng.
An Item of Importance Is tho phenomoual
position of the Iron and fcteel Industry,
which taxes tho capacity of railroads, nnd
In coke regions the output surpasses all
records, which means unprecedented ton
nage for tho carriers In that vicinity, Em
ployes receive such satisfactory compensa-,
tlon that labor controversies are almost unknown,
(Ill.MtS AMI Tim I'ATH.Vr okimci:
Stnlllle of liMenllte Skill III All
IMrlilo of Vctltlty,
New York Hun.
Tho Inventive genius ot tho pcoplo ot tho
Inlted States Is not only greater than that
of tho pcoplo of any other country; It Is, In
respect to mechanical patents, nearly m
productive us that of nil other nations com
blned. Thero arc, 011 the average, from
8,500 to 9,000 patents granted In (Ircat
Urltnln each year, Tho number granted la
Germany nnd franco Is about 7,000 In each
case, and these countries, with Helglum and
Canada, constitute tho regions In which tho
Inventive faculty Is most extensively shown
Tho United States grants, on an average,
23,000 patents every ycnr, exclusive of tho
patents reissued. Tho number ot applica
tions mado for patents In Washington In n
year Is about 10,000; about 15,000 of these
arc rejected as not being "original," ns
conflicting with or encroaching upon exist
ing patents, or as being Inventions for
which, for somo reason or nnothcr, tho
government declines to protect tho claim?
of tho applicant.
Originally tho patent oince, which Is
now a branch of tho Interior department,
was n bureau of the Department of State.
In 1S36, tho first year of Its operation, tho
patents applied for numbered 745. Prior to
tho Mexican war tho nvorago number
granted was C01; until tho beginning of tho
civil war It Increased steadily to 1,800. , Tho
first effect of the civil war was to diminish
considerably the number of patents applied
for; tho ultimate effect was to stlmulato
Invention beyond all previous records.
In 1S04 thcic wero 7,000 patents applied
for; In 1Si5, 10,000; lu 1SCC, 15,000, and 111
1867, a notnblo year lu icspect to patents,
20,400. There wns n diminution of Invcn
ttons during tho hard times following 187.1;
n revival In 1880, when tho number of pat
ents applied for reached 23,000, In 1889 It
vm 40,000 nnd It continued thereabouts
until tho flunnclal depression of 1S93, which
brought the figures below 10,000.
A curious effect ot tho recent unprece
dented development of American manu
facturing Interests' and farming activity,
Into which patented appliances enter very
largely, Is tho fact thnt tho number of
patents actually issued as compared with
patents applied for is much larger than for
morly. Thero Is moro prnctlcal Ingenuity
ond less theorizing. Thcro nro moro gen
uine nnd feasible new Inventions, clnlmlng
government protection ns original, and
fewer Impracticable designs.
American Inventive genius Is shown In
nil lines of Invention, but most notably,
perhaps, In respect to machinery for pur
poses of muuufneturo and of transporta
tion, farming Implements, electrical de
vices and tlme-savlug appliances.
r.lMICATlOX I'OM.OWN THU l'l.AO.
i:lilence n f t'nolp Shiii'm (iiiiitlwlll
Timiuil tin- I'lllpliMiK.
Kauris City Star.
Schools follow tho Hag. whatever tho con
stitution may do. Tho Phlllpplno commit-
ston proposes to cstnbllsh a school In
every town In tho nrchipclogo. English Is
to bo tho basis ot Instruction nnd 1,000
teachcrB aro to bo employed from tho
Unltod States.
In tho Philippines, as In all tho Spanish
Insular possessions, thcro Is great need of
education. Tho Madrid government an
propriated $10,000 annually for tho support
of the provincial schools of tho archipelago.
but .nrt or this amount was embezzled by
tho oIllelalK. Tho teachers were miserably
paid and their work was poor. Although
tho law provides for tho teaching of Span
ish, tho friars, who acted as school In
spectors, prevented Us enforcement. Ma
nila was tho seat ot several good tnstitu
tlons under control of tho religious orders
during tho Spanish regime, but tho rest of
tho colony wns allowed to remain nructl
cally In Ignorance. Tho American com-
mlssslon begins Ub work with an appro
prlatlon flftocn times as largo as tho Madrid
government was accustomed to allow. Tho
change In tho characters of tho schools
will bo oven moro pronounced than the
difference In provision.
Tho United States la only repeating In
tho Philippines what It has done in Cuba
and Porto Illco. Under Spanish rulo nearly
60 por cent of tho pcoplo of Cuba nbovo tho
ago of 10 years could neither read nor
write. About 30,000 children received
rcgulnr Instruction. General Wood hod 3,000
schools established last year and ho esti
mated that nearly 250,000 children would bo
in nttendanco beforo tho coming summer
vacation. Porto Itlco presented nu even
harder problem than Cuba. Only 20 por
ccut of Its people can read or write. Hut
an ofllclnl report of lust December said
that 38,000 children wero enrolled in tho
schools. It Is expected that this number
will soon bo largely Increased.
Despotisms are not in tho habit of en
couraging education among tho pcoplo nt
large. Enlightenment nnd absolutism aro
not friendly. Tho establishment of Bchools
on 11 llbornl scalo In tho West Indies and
tho Philippines Is the best possible, guaranty
to tho islanders thnt tho United States
Is not trylnij to destroy their liberties.
It Is an evldonco of good faith on tho part
of this government. It Is another proof
that tho republic derives Its character
from tho spirit of Its citizens rather than
from tho formal dictates of the constitu
tion.
l'intSO.NAI, ,OTUS.
Thero aro 7,000 applications for second
lieutenancies In the army and only 610 coin
miBslous of that grade, to glvo out.
Illchard !'. George, a son of tho late
lleury George, Is u very promising sculptor
and Ib now ut work on n bust of his father.
Thero may ho no necessary connection,
but tho adjournment of congress wil fol
lowed by a rapid accumulation ot gold In
tho treasury.
Tho Ilrltluh House of Commons might
tnko n lesson from tho United States senate,
which only laughs when its secret sessions
nro roportod In full In next day's papers,
A buffalo hend Is to flguro on tho now
$10 government bank note This will re
mind some people of the amount of money
they expended to become an 11-ccut Huffalo.
Chris Mngoo of Pittsburg, the political
boss thero who lately died, "left between
$4,000,000 and $3,000,000." Why? because
he could not tnko ono cent of It with him,
Marvin Hughltt, president of tho North
western system ot railroads, has been In
tho railroading business for forty-seven
years. This began when ho been mo tele
graph operator at tho ago of 17.
Mrs. J. P. Newman, widow of tho Methn
Alst Episcopal bishop, sailed on Saturday
for Palestine, where she is to meet Mr,
beland Stanford. Tho two well known
wcnion will travel together through the east
until next fall.
Tho only American Indian lu the United
Stntes navy Is Chnpman Schcnandonh, nil
Oneida, 29 years old, who Is on tho cruiser
Atlanta. Ho served through tho wnr with
Spain on tho San Francisco and tho Now
Yoik. Tho dusky sailor, who Ik a fuvorltn
among his shipmates, Is 11 graduato of
Hampton Institute,.
Governor Odell of New York wns an editor
once upon a time, Ho awued tho Nuwhurg
bulletin, n weekly publication, which was
devoted to driving from town 11 man who
had libeled the Odell family. Tho victim
fled after beuring up for six months against
tho steady "roast," Then ho departed and
the bulletin went out of business.
In sending to George Ilaucroft n speci
men of the pork raised on his farm In
Vermont, Mr. Evarts wrotu this character.
Istlc note, which was found preserved among
the historian's papers after his death!
"Dear Ilancroft I send you two products
of my pen today my usual half barrel of
pork and my eulogy on Chief Justice
Chase."
MI'll IN Tim I'HIMI'I'I.M'.S.
Mernrn 11 ml Inelilcnts Otmcrvrtl In Our
Oriental t'omu-Kloii.
A correspondent of tho boston Transcript
throws n few sidelights oil our colonial ex
perlcnces in tho Philippines. To the un
initiated It seems as If It would be
simple enough matter for the commis
sary general's office In Washington to send
Its foodstuffs to our army In tho Philippines
by ordering crackers and canned goods,
mncaronl and prunes, nnd tho like, in the
quantities required, and letting It go nt
that, but tho bulk quantities tell only halt
1 no story.
Tho orders have to be given In this way:
"Two thousand pounds ot Smith's soda
crackers, put up la rive-pound tins, six
tins to the package." Or It may be: "Fit
teen hundred pounds of Jones' mncaronl,
put up In twelve nnd one-half-pound cases,
four to tho package." This specifics, In one
Instance, thirty pounds as thu total weight
of a package, and In tho other fifty pounds
Tho reason that these light weights nro
named is that tho stevedore business nt
the port of Manila Is entirely In tho hands
of the llttlo brown men, nnd fifty pourids
Is nbout all thnt ono ot them can tug
ashore from tho ship.
Another novel feature In the commis
sary orders Is wheat Hour In tins Instead
of in barrels or bags because In tho cltmalo
of Manila vermin get Into anything thnt
Is not encased in mettil, with soldered
scams. .
Tho first Industrial and manual training
school over opened in tho Philippines has
Just begun operations lu tho city of Duni-
angucte, in tho Island of Negros, with a
Princeton man la charge. Ho Is ltov.
Leon C. Hills, n graduate of Princeton
Theological seminary, and tho school wan
established through the munltlcciico of II.
U. Slllmuii of New York City, who gave
$10,000 for tho purpose.
A two-story ochool building Is now be
ing built, tho first story of stonn and tho
second ot somo kind of hard wood, nnd not
bamboo, which the natives use for almost
every sort of building, Tho roof Is to bo
of molal. Ilesldcs tho school building thero
will bo n small chnpcl (Presbyterian) nnd
n manual training school building, whero
llttlo Filipinos nro to be taught carpenter
ing, Iron working, etc. A hundred ncres of
land havo been purchased on which to tench
tho youngsters ngrlcultitre. Tho city of
Dumnngucto wns selected becauso of tho
friendly nttltudo of tho natives toward tho
Americans.
Fears thnt the occupation of tho Philip
pines may introducn n new endemic and
epidemic dtsenso to tho United States havo
been worrying tho medical profession, re
ports tho Chlcnuo Tribune. Kakko Is tho
designation that has been given it and tho
vlrulcncy ot It Is such as to mako Its In
troduction Into this country of serious mo
ment. United Stntes soldiers In tho Philip
pines havo been iittackcd by It and the
long-lived germ may bo brought to tho
Pacific coast In transports. It Is considered
to be as serious as Is leprosy.
In bcrlbcrl a patlnet Is palo and haggard.
Kakko, as It has developed In tho Philip
pines, has n directly opposite effect on tho
patient, leaving hlin flushed, but often with
no fever.
Knkke attacks nny ono between the ago
of 20 and 10, Irrespective of physical con
ditions, Just ns measles and smnllpux, and
Indifferently persons ot all constitutions and
temperaments.
Kakko docn not originate spontaneously;
it can bo acquired only In localities whero
it exists habitually. It Is a common disease
in prisons, asylums, schools nnd among sol
diers In tho nrmy and is known to break
out on vessels nmong tho crews who sail
from or touch at a kakko port.
Tho symptoms nro varied and complex.
Few diseases present so many different
features;' therefore it Is difficult to innko a
diagnosis, especially by physicians who
never saw such a malady. Tho prlncipnl
symptoms aro preceded by a feeling of sad
ness, chills and headaches, prcsentlmeutn,
Inability to work, shortness of breath, in
somnia, bad dreams nnd ulghtmnres when
tho pntlont does sloop, nnd palpitations.
Now nnd then for a few days tho patient
may feol qulto well, but ugnln relapses and
may keep on getting better and worse for
somo tlmo beforo tho more characteristic,
symptoms of tho dlscaso appear.
Major O. J. Sweet, Twenty-ninth Infantry,
who is governor ot tho provlnco of Stilu,
has tho honor of being nppolnted "father"
of a Mohammedan prince. In his mall re
cently wns this letter from a natlvo source,
Tho text of tho letter was, translated, as
follows:
"This letter comes from your sister, tho
Sultana Inchy Pamela to my brother. -Ma
jor Sweet, tho governor of Plange,
"This Is to Inform you that I am going
to Mmann to follow up your son, Attlck. to
cnablo him to sec his flnncee. It Is nccos
sary thnt I bo thcro beforo ho Is allowed to
seo her. I am letting you know this, ns It
Is posslblo that I may not bo nblo to return
soon. Tho ceremony of asking a girl In
marriage generally takes a long time, ns It
Is never certain whether tho party will bo
accoptcd or not. I beg j-ou to watch over
your son, tho sultan, and over your grand
children and mine.
"Don't listen to nny ill reports that you
may hear, but first Inqttlro of mo or tho
sultan whether they bo true .or not.
Peoplo nowadays delight in making mis
chief and in creating enmity between the
higher peoplo, as well ns tho lower classes;
theroforo It Is ulways bcBt to mako In
quiries on both sides as to tho truth of
these reports. I bog you do this. Greet
ings nnd best wishes to you.
"Elovonth day of Uajah, 1318."
Thero Is a situation hack of this letter
which should not bo lost In tho Wnr de
partment archives. Tho writer of tho
letter Is tho sultona-mothcr and n grout
friend of Major Sweet, to whom sho Is ot
material asslstoiice in his administration
of Mohammedan nffnlrs, principally through
tno good will sho has for tho American
governor and tho lnllunnco sho hns with
her subjects, nlmost all ot whom ostoem
hor counsel. Sho calls Mujor Sweot
"fothcr" and "brother," acordlug to the
transient Inspiration.
Tho son, Attlck, Is 20 years of ago and
tho Roeond holr to tho sultanato. "Attlck"
Is n nlcknniiio which Ih not relished by
Its bearer, whose real name Is Datto Mn-
hnmitd Aururnl Umrak. Ho early ovlncod
a fondness fur Major Sweet, whom In turn
ho Impressed by his natural brightness and
nmlnblo dlnpnsltioii.
I'lellmi'le Condition Treiixnrj .
Philadelphia Record.
Exrrss of federal revenue Is embodied nt
ho present tlmo In tho enormously ex
panded stock of gold colli nnd bullion lu tho
renHiiry vniills. The government now baa
on hand nearly $483,000,000 in gold, und
within three or four months thnt Is, be
fore tho beginning of tho next flscul year-
he h.ilf-hlllloa mark will havo been passed,
I) nc 1 Sam Is uniting away tho people's
money nt Iho into of over $3,000,000 a
month, with no way of preventing tho ac
rid Ion of Idlo cash, war revenuo rcduc
Ion after July 1 next will reduce tho sur
plus revenuo by nbout $3,000,000 por month;
but oven this relief would bo Insulllclcnt If
ho current rate of revenuo, receipts should
bo maintained.
Move In IIIhIiI Dlreellnn.
Philadelphia Ledger. ,
Chaffee's orders to withdraw from riiinn
all his troops, snvo only enough for a lega
tion guard, must Bcttlo tho Intention of tho
United Stntes government wlili roi-nr.i m
Chlnn. It will not oven try to enforce tho
open door ' policy nt thin tlmiv hm win
do what It can to restore tranquillity by
acting on tho aiiaumntlou that innnntliiiv
1 already restored.
The Change of
Life
l the most Important period In a vro
man'r existence. Owing' to modern
methods of living, not one woinnn In
r thousand approaches this perfectly
natural change without experiencing'
n train of very annoying und fome
times painful symptoms.
Those dreadful hot flashes, sendlnjr
the blood surging to the. he.irt until it
seems ready to burst, nnd the faint
feeling that, follows, sometimes with
chills, ns If the heart .were going to
top for good, arc symptoms of a dau
Mr. J, Jkk.vic N'onrji.
frerous, nervous trouble. Those hot
flashes nre just so many calls from
nature for help. The uerves are cry
ing out for assistance. The cry should
be heeded lu Mm. Lydla fj. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compo'utid was pre
pared to meet the. needs of woman's
system at this trying period of her life.
it builds up the weakened nervous
system, and enables n woman to pass
that grand change triumphantly.
" I was a Torv slok woman, caused
by Change of Mfc. I suffered with hot
flushes, and fainting spells. I was
afraid to go on the street, my head nnd
back troubled mo so. I wns entirely
cured by Lydia K. PlnUhnm's Vegeta
ble Compound." Mas. .Ikn.nii: Noulb,
5010 ICoyscrSt., Uerniautown, Pa.
M'H'HfcSITV I'OH TACT.
A l'nenlly "Uneti .Veeded In Denlliigr
Midi "(lilt- Clllllllll'N."
Chicago llccord.
Tho nation's present experiences In Cuba
nnd Porto Hlco will nut have been entirely
in vain If they bring tho government of
ficials to 11 realization of tho practical vutuo
of tho quality known iib tact. According to
tho latest advices from Porto Hlco, tho
people of that Island hnvo been milled con
siderably by the American governor's ad
ministration of tho taxation lnws and his
abrupt coursu lu following policies nnd
making appointments regardless of the pop
ular sentiment. In Cuba, whero tho United
States aeems destined to sccuro all that It
needs In tho way of supervision of for
eign relations, thero Is similar needless
friction. It is declnrtd on good authority
thnt tho Cubans, If approached properly.
would have been willing to grant tho United
States BUbstantlally nil that It desired. As
It Is, they nro Inclined to resent tho man
ner In which theso terms were forced upon
them.
So far as tho phrase "shlrt-sleevo diplo
macy" applies to the policy of direct and
Htralghtforwnrd dealing, It hns been used
with excellent results In recent Interna
tional negotiations. Hut shirt-sleeve diplo
macy need not bo Wd-mnnnored 'diplomacy;
nnd In negotiating with tho dependent
Islanders the government has nindu difficul
ties for Itself simply by a failure to exer
cise a llttlo tact, lu dealing with a weaker
people, who ran bo forced to accept a policy
If they should happen to refuse to accept
It, It would seem to bo eminently wise to
win their acceptance, rather than to compel
It. It Is tho lark ot a sympathetic regard
for tho inlanders' sentiments and posslblo
prejudices that has hampered much of the
government's recent work nnd Is likely to
obstruct It still more In tho future.
back of tact In tho Philippines, In Cuba
nnd In Porto Hlco has been responslblo for
no small part of tho nation's recent em
barrassment. LIGHTLY IMI'I
Cleveland Plain Denier: "My face Is my
fortune, sir," sho said.
"That's very plain," said he.
Indlannpnlls Press: Penelope That was
a tlno mnHquerndo ball, wnsn t It?
I'erdttn WnHti't It? 1 never saw you look
so well In my life.
Detroit Journnl: Sclenco has discovered
that genius Is a dlscaso of the nerves. All
wo need now is a moons of curing this
disease which 11 man's wife may put la
his coffeo without him knowing tt.
Philadelphia lteeord: "Is tho weather
man In?" asked tho hustling stranger.
"No; he's uwny on" to Alnskn," replied,
the aHslslaiit.
"I know ho was nwny off snmewhore,"
said tho stranger us ho bustled out.
Chicago Itecnrd:. "Stubbs In translating
Omar Khayyam for tho masses."
"What Is thu special featuru of his trans
lation?" "Wherever tho I'orslnn poet refers to wllio
ho changes It to beer."
Philadelphia Press: Mr. Klrmlnghum
It Is a wonderful instinct which tenches
animals to seek 11 safu retreat, when duuger
ls nigh.
Mr. Mnnchesk'i' 1 myself huvo often seen
u cowhide.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Now," paid lie. "do
you really think tho theater 1111 educational
Institution?"
"I know It Is," said she. "Somo of tho
loveliest fashions ever neeu originated on
tho stnue."
Washington Star: "You wouldn't hesl
tnto to put yourself nt tho bond of public
nffalr.H lu this country?"
"Not for n moment," answered the ambi
tious politician.
"How do you think tho government ought
to 1 10 conducted?"
"It ought to bo personally conducted."
Chlcngo Tribune: Ostensible Head or tho
Family Maria, thero was n book agent
around today who wnnted to sell me a work
011 ctlquot und good behavior. Tenches It
lu six lessons. 1 told him I'd nsk you If you
thought wo wnnted It.
Heal Head It's 11 hlimbut:. John. It can't
do iiiugiit in six lessons, rvo neon iryuiR
io taught In six lessons. Pvo been trying
lo Uiich It to you for sixteen yearB, iimi
Haven't succeeded yet."
10
hnv
A MllltMNt; imUA.M.
William Clcoghcgnu.
I, fnr removed from meadows green,
1" roii 1 tranquil shade or woodland lawns,
I.ln In my attle, nil alone,
And dream the whllo thu mornlnK dawn,
About my brain thero tilt. Illco birds,
Thoughts (,r a past surpassing fair;
l hear old uuforgotten words,
Iteiueinhered footsteps on thn stair.
Old odors, olden songs, perhaps
Sleep seems to melt thorn Into one
Come lijicl:, and nil tho long elapso
Of tlmo rolls bark lo days long gono.
I know I'm dreaming; If I wako
I Hhall descend to narrow dny-H
And petty cares, which grudgo und taka
Tho tlmo I'd spend In other ways.
My dally labor, hard ond stern,
(lives in" so llttlo, takes so much,
Gives inn such wages as 1 earn,
Hut chills my life with Icy touch,
Thero's nothing left. Vainly, 1 think
In duty ilnntt to Und content;
Each dawning day waken mo to shrink
Krom life, irom which tho soul scorns tn
Oh, weary light! that tomes tn glad
A hundred hcurtu, 110 smlln you bring
To me, whoso heart, though now no buU,
Was oucti ns light ns swallow's wing.
Ob, fields! whero never moro my foot
Will tread, nu In thn long ugo,
In dreams I smell your fragranco sweet,
And see thu corn (lowers sway and blow,