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THIS OMAHA DAILY UJ2.I5: WEDNESDAY, 31 ARCH 27, 1001.
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(Seal.) .M. II. HUNGAT1J,
Notury l'ubilo.
"I mil sou your llnlsli" says .March
to tlio legislature.
For wliut purpose wore (ill those trips
made to Lincoln If the bills nro to (lie
of legislative InanltlonV
The tornado Is starting In early to
make a record. Nebraska will not feel
hurt If Its share Is left.oiit.
Very noon Omaha people can use
homemade' matches for all purposes.
.lust hear this In mind when you want
to strike a lljrlit.
Another factory has located here, but
there Is still plenty of room for others,
Factories make pay rolls, and pay rolls
build tip communities.
Milwaukee wasn't the only Wisconsin
town that had to take water. The
sprltiK freshet and the Ice gorge are
playing no favorites up there this
season.
Nebraska Jobbers are bent on renpjnsj
the advantage of having an Indian sup
ply depot located In Omaha. They see
n hitherto closed avenue of trade
opened to them.
It Is too bad that the reapportionment
bills should be put In Jeopardy by the
wild desire to adjourn early. Douglas
county would have secured Its Just rep
resentatlou In the legislature under the
proposed law.
The clerk ot the supremo court has
no complaint to make on account of the
adjournment of the legislature. lit
can afford to smile as he thinks of the
Snt fees which will roll Into his lap In
tho next two years.
The ministers of the powers have Ug
tired out that China can settle the In
deiuulty claim In twenty years. At
that rate the present generation will
spend the remainder of Its life paying
for tho fun it has had in the last year
A Virginia man who has Just tiled
left $1,00) to a sleeping car porter who
once ministered to Ids comfort while
traveling. The trip was taken several
years ago ami the amount Is no mort
than reasonable Interest on a deferred
tip.
There Is scarcely any limit to the
pleasures of being the czar of Russia
A mine has been discovered tinder the
palace of the present ruler, which Its
projectors Intended should send him
higher up Into the air than auy of his
predecessors.
Two big checks have lately been
bunded the auditorium committee, but
some good names are still missing from
tho list of contributors. Po not be
afraid to get In on this. Omaha needs
the building ami all the people will
share In the benellts.
Iowa tax dodgers are now proposing
to combat In court tho result of tho
"tnx ferret's" researches. The chances
aro that the tax dodger will have to
pay both court costs and taxes. In
the loug run It pays to bo honest, even
In tho matter of taxes.
Republican editors throughout Ne
braska will feel greatly encouraged to
enter vigorously Into the campaign
next fnll on contemplating the action of
Iho house, which has refused to pay
bills contracted four years ago under
the order of tho legislature.
Nothing Is more natural than that the
Fake-Factory should do all lu Its power
to make thu solution of the senatorial
question dlllicult for tho republicans.
Tho only wonder Is that there are re
publicans who will listen to the siren
soug of so malignant an enemy of tho
party and all that It stands for.
Governor Dietrich has done all ho
could to cut off the graft of tho fusion
clerk of tho supremo court and turn
tho golden stream of fees Into tho
public coffers whero It belongs. That
Hcrdinan will get rich out of public
otllco is duo to legislative stupidity and
not to nuy question of right or lack of
lufoi'iuutlou ou the tvplc.
THE IMt'ENDINO EASTEIIN CIVtlfi.
There appears to be no doubt that
Japan will make armed 'resistance to
Knsslnn occupation of Manchuria under
the terms of the secret treaties neiro
tlated with China it eeeiits to be
equally certain that lttisln Is de
termined to obtain jiossosslon of that
territory at whatever risk. Thus a
rlsls of the gravel nature Is Impend
ing, with every promise of war between
lapan and Russia unless other powers
Intervene to avert hostilltle. which at
present seems Improbable, though It l
IKtsxIhle that soiiiu of them will unite
In a protest to Russia.
The sentiment of .lapnn is undoubt
edly accurately expressed In the state
ment made by the llrst secretary of the
lapanexe legation ill London, lie said:
The (iiiestlon Is whether we are to
light Russia now or to light her later.
She has no right to Manchuria and if
shu secures Manchuria she will be on
the way to securing Coreii:" Japan
cannot, permit auy encroachment by
Russia oil Corea. Should Russia ac
Hire a political predominance In Corea
which would virtually convert the
peninsula Into a Russian dependency It
would be a deadly menace to the safety
of Japan. A writer on this subject
says there can ha no disguising the fact
that to make Manchuria a part of the
Rilssslan empire would be to drive a
wedge Into the heart of ('hum and
ultimately to reduce Japan to the1 con
dition of a vassal state of the czar. The
lower Unit holds Manchuria has Corea
at Its mercy and with Corea In Russian
hands the Independence of Japan would
be merely a name.
Against such a possibility Japan will
light with all the energy and vigor she
possesses. A writer of that country
says: "The Japanese are a contented,
asy-golng people so long as they feel
secure in their own neiovcu iiinii,
which they believe to be the llnest In
the whole world, and which they love
with passionate devotion. Rut, once let
them feel Insecure In their own adored
ountry, nnd this easy-going nation be
onies even as a lion attacked In his
lair. Then they would light to the
death. The historical tradition exer
cises a potent Intlucnce upon the spirit
of our people. These Islands, In their
long history of two millenniums and a
half, have never submitted to a foreign
yo!;o for even a single day." Japan
does not desire war, but ns was said
by the llrst secretary of her legation In
London she has no reason to bo afraid
as to the result. Japan is quite able
to cope with Russia on the sea and she
would have some advantage on the
laud should war break out between
them at once.
All the powers have a more or less
vital Interest In this issue. The Man-4
chuilan program of Russia threatens
the Integrity of the Chinesu empire nnd
is therefore n menace to the trade of
all other countries with China, for there
Is no assurance that the opeu door pol
icy will prevail where Russia obtains a
linn foothold. Hence the sympathy ot
all the comnuM-chil nations should lie
with Japan in this crisis, but it is as
yet doubtful If any of them will do
more than give her moral support. She
will require no other aid, however, In a
contllct with Russia nlone.
THE milTISll ItEASUXS.
The publication of the reasons of the
Rrltlsh government for declining to ac
cept the amendments to tho Hay
I'auncefote treaty sheds no new light
of Importance oa the matter. Those
who take the trouble to read the ar
guments of Lord Lanstlowne will ad
mlt, we think, that they are not with
out force and that their spirit Is nl
together friendly and unobjectionable
Perhaps the strongest point made by
the Rrltlsh minister of foreign affairs
Is that In which he urges that the
third amendment, striking out the pro
vision Inviting the adherence of other
powers, placed Great Urltaln in a po
sltlon of marked disadvantage, in view
of her possessions on the American
continent as well as her Interests else
where.
The Rrltlsh government regards the
Clayton-Rulwor treaty ns a contract of
unquestionable validity, which ought
not to be abrogated or modified save
with the consent of both the parties to
the contract, but while It Is stated that
the government prefers, as mutters
stand at present, to retain uumodllled
tho provisions of the Clayton-Uulwer
treaty, there Is no Intimation bf an
unwillingness for further negotiations.
Indeed, the declaration that his majes
ty's government would sincerely regret
a failure to come to an amicable un
derstanding in regard to this important
subject clearly Implies an expectation
of further negotiations.
Fllll'MMi CHINA'S liESOUllCES.
The special committee' of the foreign
ministers to consider the resources of
China to meet Indemnity claims have
already llgurcd that they can bo matlo
to yield nearly twice and a half tho
amount of revenue the government now
gets, which Is Mated to be ifil.-.OOO.OOO
annually. It Is suggested that addi
tional revenue can be derived chletly
from heavily Increasing Internal taxa
tion, although this Is already burden
some and to add to It would simply
mean the greater Impoverishment of
tho people. To double or treble cer
tain taxes would unquestionably work
a great hardship to a very large ma
jority of the people of China, while It
would certainly retard the development
of the country, which It should be the
aim of the powers to promote. It will
surely not be good policy, from the
commercial point of view, to so oppress
China with taxation for tho payment
of Indemnities that she cannot make
material progress and therefore enuuot
develop tho trade with tho outside
world which under favorable conditions
would bo duvelopod,
Rtil the representatives of the pow
ers, or bomo of them, have set their
Indemnity tlgures at a high point and
it is purely a question with them of
securing their claims, so that consltlera
tlott ai( to the future of China does
not eutl'r Into their calculations. Their
view l narrowed to the simple prop
osition, of bqueezlug Mil they cuu out
of Chltif., wgurdle- of the effect of
such a policy tipoii the future of that
empire. Tim ptirisise of most of them
Is spollnt'xia. Were the suggestion
that hint jSrcn made by the t'nlted
States government to bo accepted there
Is no doubt that China could pay the
amount In say twenty years without
very greatly adding to the burden of
taxation, but some of the powers want
an Indemnity nearly as large a the
amount our government has suggested
as the maximum for all their claims.
Anil It Is highly probable that they
will Insist tdi demanding all they think
China can be lleeccd for.
.IS TO SEXATUltS.
Many people have been misled
through a faked Washington telegram
published In the local popocratle organ
Into a belief that In case the Nebraska
legislature adjourus without electing
two senators that Governor Dietrich
will have the right to till the vacancies
by appointment. This Is Incorrect.
Only one senatorial vacancy exist,
that left Ijy the expiration of the term
of Senator Thurston on the llh of
March. William V. Allen is tilling the
vacancy caused by the death of Sena
tor llayward, and will hold until his
successor Is elected. The senate has
decided on more than one occasion that
when a legislature adjourns without
electing a senator, the action Is to be
taken as Indicating a desire on the
part of the people of that state to allow
the vacancy to stand, and the senate
will not Interfere with the desire so
expressed.
Should the present legislature fall to
choose two senators, the state of Ne
braska will be represented In tho sen
ate during the next two years at least
only by Senator Allen.
hunEs run rouxuuNU cuiwuitA Ttobs
My adopting laws which are called
"liberal" toward corporations, New Jer
sey has managed to collect enough
money from fees to practically pay the
expenses of the state government
These laws aro liberal In the wrong di
rection. They place taxes upon the cor
porations which fatten the treasury of
the state, but absolve the creature from
all control which would be a protection
to the public. Tho result Is that pro
motor of corporate enterprises all over
the country have been willing to pay
this Initial fee for the sake of freedom
lu operation. It Is only natural that
other states, seeing the llnnneial results,
should offer a similar bid. West Vir
ginia was the llrst to make it. A law
recently going into effect in that state
Is broader and more "liberal" than the
New Jersey statute. It Imposes ubso
lutely no restraint upon the corporations
which It charters and gives them tho
right to prey upon the rest of tho world
without let or hindrance, upon the solo
condition that the state treasury shall
be fattened upon the tiling fee nnd the
annual tax.
The pernicious effect of such a policy
Is so appareut that It has no defense to
(iffer, but exists upon tho poor excuse
of local revenue. With no restrictions
us to tho amount of water that may be
Injected Into the stock, with no cxaml
nations Into the business methods of the
corporations to safeguard tho interests
of tlie public aud the Investors, these
creatures of West Virginia law aro In a
position to prey upon the public and In a
measure defy the law and sentiment In
states where they actually transact
business. There Is no necessity to offer
such terms to corporations whose busl
ness Is within the state. They are
matlo to Induce outsiders to como In
and pay the fee Into West Virginia's
treasury and in return aro licensed to
prey upon the world.
There Is not a state In tho union
whoso laws aro not liberal enough for
tho purposes of a corporation which
proposes to transact an honest busl
ness aud be fair with tho public with
which it deals nnd true to tho Investors
who put their money Into It. To a
corporation which proposes to transact
business upon these lines It Is more
convenient to Incorporate In the sfate
whero Its principal place of busluess Is
located, aud the fact that It Is willing
to subject Itself to laws which provide
for honest regulation anil honest ex
amlnatlons of its methods of doln
business should recommend It to lu
vestors and to the public. The lu
vestor who puts Ills money Into a cor
poration which runs away from home
to tile Its articles lu a corporatloi:
foundling asylum Is not wise. Tho
fact that It seeks privileges and lin
niunltles which honest business moth
oils tlo not demand or require, stamps
It as being of a class which Is Intended
to skin tho public through extortionate
methods of doing business or tlccclng
the unsuspecting Investor for the bono
lit of the consclousless promoter and
stock manipulator.
Tho moral turpitude of states which
will bid for this class of revenue to en
able its citizens to escape from payln
for the expenses of their own govern
meiit Is as great as that of the stocl
Jobber anil schemer who Intends to
skin tho public. While honest legls
lators aro struggling to maintain the
good that Inures to the public and in
vestors from reasonable grants of cor
porn to rights, those of these states are
throwing down the bars and leaving i
clear Held for tho dishonest schemer
and forms of corporate existence which
have no equitable or moral right to
exist.
Prospective congressional candidate
lu Nebraska can now resume the worl
of ilgurltig on their probable chances
The bill which was luteniled to retlls
met the state has failed of passage
and all calculations must bo based on
tho old arrangement. The fusloiilst
certainly have no complaint to make of
the present arrangement of the districts
which gives them four out of tho six
congressmen when tin.' state goes re
pulrllcan.
Secretary Root has Issued an order
that in mustering out the volunteer
the examining surgeon shall maku par
titular note and a record of the phys
leal condition of each soldier. Till
will serve a double purmse, both of
which arc to bo couuuuuu'cd. it will
defeat fraudulent immiIoii claims In
the future nnd make a record back of
which the irovcrnnieiit can mi in the
ease of those whose physical condition
entitles them to a pension. With such
a record It will not be dlllicult for
those who deiervc It to make good their
claim for pension, but the ehilms manu
factured bv iieiilon clerks will run
against a stumbling block at their In
ception.
There l scarcely a town In Nebraska
which does not report unusual activity
In the building line. The complaint Is
almost universal that dwelling houses
are Insulllcleiit In number to accommo
date the people and school facilities are
also taxed. No better evidence than
this could be offered that Nebraska Is
growing.
Word havlni' been sent out that the
sultan of Turkey was hard up, one of
the principal chiefs In Arabia has re
volted. When the trouble Is all over
the leaders of the rebels will probably
realize that the sultan Is never too busy
or too hard up to Indulge In the pastime
of cutting off a few heads.
The huve number of feeder cattle
which are going to the country from
the stock yards Indicates thaj. the rail
roads are not to haul the remainder of
Nebraska's surplus corn to market. In
spite of the high price of com farmers
liud It more prolltablo to ship It In the
form of meat.
Rryan's offer of -fit to ex-Presldcnt
Cleveland for a definition of democracy
Is not likely to be accepted. At space
rates It would come to more than that.
The ex-president has not attempted to
conceal the opinion that he does not
consider that Rryan lllls the bill.
'I' In- r-i-rl- Dlt'laliii'.
Chicago Chronicle.
Mr. Bryan, who has Just been denouncing
Mr. Cleveland as a dictator, Is now doing a
little dictating himself to tho fualonlsto lu
tho Nebraska legislature.
Ilitrren ItcKret.
Louisville Courler-Jo'.irnnl.
Tuero aro probubly two nations which
aro sorry that tho Tln Tain Incident did
not result In war between KiiKland and
Itussla France, who would like to see
somebody whip IOngland; and Japan, who
would like to see somebody whip Russia,
aud help somebody do It.
WuIich at thr lllue Tub.
New York Tribune.
Bomo ot tho nations demanding Indemnity
ot China dlBplay the greed of hungry Si
berian wolves, their monstrous rapacity
threatening tho falluro of pending negotia
tions. The Influence of tho United States,
nnd probably of Kngland, may bo counted
on In favor of moderation and equity. For
tho rest it seems unsafe to offer any pre
dictions till "nil tho returns aro in" and
tho extent of their demands is made known.
ItAKtirn flellrclnl on the .Singe.
Uostoti Transcript.
It is queer that so many persons nro
swindled by bunko-stecrcrs and confidence
men. Kverybody knows who ever goes to
tho theater that the bunko-steercr in
variably slinks around with his elbows
thrust out, his shoulders elevated and his
chin aspiring, w'hilo tho conflilenco man Is
distinguishable by his predilection for
cigarettes and plug hatH, and his penchant
for evening dress In the early forenoon.
Ilnrrlnon'n Tiv Fortniie.
Chicago News.
It is not generally known that on ac
count of tho opposition of his children to
his second marriage an opposition he ac
knowledged to havo some justice In It
ex-I'rosident Harrison distributed all li a
fortune among his children, retaining only
his houso nnd lot in Indianapolis. Ho then
started out to make n second fortuno and
made ono larger than his first, which ho
has now left solely to bis second wifa nnd
child. The action was characteristic ot tho
man nnd Illustrates the stern stuff of which
ho was made.
Flt-Ht Ciilch Your 1 1 arc.
Philadelphia Record.
First catch your hare Is an injunction
that should he "remembered by tho Drltlsh
cooks, who aro discussing among thorn
selves tho kind ot sauce in which the fleet
Dewet is to bo served. It has been kindly
suggested that (ho mako his escape from
Africa to savo his eventual British captors
from tho depressing necessity of shooting
him for murder. The Hoer chieftain is
much kinder to tho Drltish than they nrc
to him, for, If It'ho true thut "there is moro
pleasure-In pursuit than In possession," Dc
wet is giving his enemies heaps of fun.
SliOt'iiiidi of I'otlllrnl Xerto,
St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
The astuteness of the Quay machine Is
again Illustrated In the judicial proceedings
commenced to "test" tho validity of tho
law Just passed hy tho Pennsylvania legls
latum repealing tho charters of tho cities
of Pittsburg, Allegheny and Scranton and
placing them under tho government of
"recorders" appointed by the governoh
Tho Quay men, anticipating opposition to
the measure In tho courts, themselves be
gan tho proceedings before a Judge of their
own selection, one Archibald, and mean
while, with an angelic Indifference (!) to Its
effect upon his decision, Senators Quay and
Penroso formally prcsonted Archibald's
name to President McKlnlcy for appoint
mcnt to the Judgeship In a newly created
United States district court!
"WnlUinir lllntiiiiec" llumr.
Chicago Tribune.
Tho English woman sometimes "ad
mires" American boots, but professes lu
convenience In wearing them. Her own
footgear, however, is qi'lto apt to Justify
Itself In tho color of her cheeks. In our
cities women, nnd men. too. would walk
more and to their advantage If their ills
tar.ces from downtown were less. In goln.
io and fro, however, they must "lake a
cur." nnd so It Is all up with walking.
Thousands of people who spend from a
hall' hour to an hour and a half each day
In crowded, sniffy cars, nnd reach cm
ployment In tho morning or homo at nlghl
not exhilarated, but depressed, Irritated or
exhausted by this thoroughly unpleasant
experience, must often long for an nbode
within walking distance of their dally en
gagements.
I! I men In uf .Vii (IihimI StrriiKth.
I.oulsvlllu Courlpr-Journal.
If Spain shall succeed In cultivating coffee
In the mother country. It will not bo tho
first Illustration of the fact that tho loss
of colonies or superfluous territory Is not
an unmixed evil. France found her Ameri
can colonies a draft upon her exchequer
Instead of a sourco of strength, anil the
same may bo said of tho other colonies
which passed from her control by the
treaty ot 1703. It enabled her to glvo her
attention to the development of tho mother
country until, desplto tho ravages of tho
French revolution, she Is moro powerful In
oil the real elements of wealth than under
Louis XV, when her territorial area was
greatest. The same In truo of Mexico
which, slnco tho curtailment of her boun
darlcs hy the Mexican war, has rlt.cn from
n country of periodical revolutions to a
republic of wealth anil progress, Nations
as well an men may become Und-poor.
imh MTiiiAi, rn.vTi m:.
SlKtiltleniit Mmn uf the Thiti- l'ure
ftlitidoM Inu li SetliiieU.
United States Investor.
How much longer are the good limes
through which the country has been paslng
during tho last few years going to last?
This perhaps Is n question which no otic
can nnswer with satisfaction to himclt or
to others, but It If! n question, neverthelr,
which certain events now occurring are
doubtlens raining In a great many minds.
Take, for instance, tho cotton situation.
It uas not long ago that tho rotten mills
of the t'nlted States appeared to be In r bet
ter condition than over before, ami It was
only ery recently Indeed that the raw ma
terial was booming at n great rate. To
day, however, tho cotton market Is charac
terized by great weakness. In January
spot cotton was quoted nt 12?i cents on the
'squeeze," and the ordinary quotation
during that month was perhaps 10 cents;
since then the prlco has declined to Si
cents, tho present figure. Tho drop Is In
sympathy with tho futures market, which
Is based very largely on the probable tak
ings by the mills. The situation In domi
nated by conditions In the Liverpool market
and tho only conclusion which seems Insti
lled hy the facts now In sight Is ' mt tho
demand for manufacturing purposes, both
nt homo nnd abroad, Is going to bu light
for somo time to come.
Turning now specifically to the cotton
manufacturing situation we Und, on tho
whole, n rather discouraging Btato of
affairs. Print rloths have dropped below
3 cents and the rolling committee of tho
all Itlver manufacturers hay voted to a file
the mills to muko a lengthy curtailment lu
their production. Tho necessity of such
action will per hups be apparent when it Is
stated that tho weekly production of tho
mills Is 250,000 pieces and that last week
the salca amounted to only CO.000 pieces.
Tho long nnd short of tho matter appears
to bo that tho prosperity which overlook
the cotton mills In 1893 has resulted In the
usual way, viz., in overproduction, the
economic consequences of which arc, of
course, curtailment and reduction ot wages.
Wool Is another Industry that has suf
fered a reaction. The market for this com
modity is lu a depressed condition, and
thcro Is no conclusive rfason to believe
that nny material advanco In prices Is to
bo looked for lu the immediate future. Tho
stock of wool In this country nnd In the
markets of the world Is Inrge, and tho de
mand for manufacturing purposes Is, on the
whole, very much reduced. Tho stock In
tho United States will soon be greatly aug
mented by n new domestic clip, but, while
tho demand for the manufactured product
may linprovo as time goes on quite a little
over tho very slow opening of tho present
goods season, It may be questioned if therfl
will ho an Increaso sutllclcntly largo to
admit of tho expectation thut quotations on
tho raw material will bo favorably affected
In tho near future. In short, tho entire
wool Industry, from tho grower to the
manufacturer, is in a condition which com
pares very unfavorably with that witnessed
in recent years,
A glanco nt tho steel aud Iron Industry
Is not without its Instruction. Tho in
jection of an appalling amount ot water
Into the capitalization of tho new steel
combine would, on Its face, raise tho pre
sumption mat very largo profits nro looked
for in this Industry in tho next few years,
Hut of far greater significance than this
fact, It seems to us, is tho fact that tho
new steel combine was considered an Im
perative necessity. A few weeks ago It
appeared quite, obvious that the big steel
companies had begun to reallzo that they
had nt last entered a period of declining
profits, and on top of this came the threat
ot new competition on a gigantic scale.
Artificial measures havo been taken to
ward off disaster, and It remains to be seen
how cffectlvo these measures arc going to
be. Perhaps for a time they will succeed
In making tho steel and iron industry wear
tho appearance of great prosperity, but ad
mitting tho likelihood of this, It Is never
theless Important to bear In mlud this fnct,
viz., that on searching analysis tho steel
and Iron sltuattuu gives evidence of far
less inherent strength than formerly.
Having touched on threo of the greatest
Industries of this country, and shown what
we believe to bo their true condition, wo
may leavo It to tho reader to frame his own
view regarding tho general situation. Every
period of activity and rising prices must
come to nn end somo time. According to
tho Inw of averages wo should consider
the present rnthor early to look for' n set
back to general business of any great mag
nitude. Hut theso nre highly exceptional
times, governed as they nre by bo many
factors of which tho past knew practically
nothing, consequently the law of averages
may Just nt this particular Juncture not bo
so safe n guide ns formerly.
I'KHSONAI, .MtTKH.
Governor HIM of Maine has appointed
Thursday, April 25, ns tho annual fast day
In his state. Governor Jordan of New
Hampshire has named Thursday, April 18.
A combination of sixty members of the
Tennesseo house of both parties has gono
earnestly to work to cut off all sinecures
and to pruno unnecessarily large salaries.
E. H. Conger, tho American minister to
China, has been Invited to ho tho guest of
tho Hamilton club of Chicago, on April 0,
which Is celebrated by that club ns Ap
pomattox day.
Boston Intends to spend $0,000,000 tills
year In streot building and repairing, but
It Is not likely to attempt to msko its
crooked paths straight. That were n hope
less undertaking.
Canadians aro discussing tho advisability
of Increasing tho salary of the premier of
tho Dominion. Sir Wilfrid Laurler now re
ceives $8,000 nnnunlly. Many people think
that he should havo two or three times that
sum.
Frank P. Hill, who has been chosen librar
ian of the Brooklyn public library, won at
tention by his successful organization of
library systems In Newark and Putcrson,
N. J. There were forty other candidates
for tho Brooklyn plnco.
Sir William Van Home, thn head of tho
Canadian Pacific rallwuy system, Is n notlve
of Illinois, where ho was born fifty-eight
years ago, nnd In which state ho began life
as ti telegraph operator in the service of tho
Illinois Central railroad.
Ten years ago Senator Thomas C. Piatt
of New York was qulto a robust mull nnd
seldom experienced a day's illness. Ho has
aged wonderfully In the pat few years and
espetinlly kIiico tho recent death of Mrs.
Piatt. Ills term as senator will expire In
10'3, nt which time ho will bo "0 year3 old.
Slnco the election of Thomas Kenrns nn
United States senator Thomas Fitch, the
popular orator, whom the Salt Lake Herald
now styles "the great silver-tongued ud
vmato of tho gold standard," has udver-
tlfctl his house lu Salt Lako City for sale
and has gone to California. The Herald
believes his departure from Utah Is for
good. Ho bus property Interests, It Is said,
la California, Nevada nnd ArUona.
Whllo tho federal supreme court has
taken threo months to consider the letter
nnd spirit of the national constitution, n
Pennsylvania Judge Interpreted the consti
tution of that state utter twenty-four houru
deliberation. The cHsq Involved tho right
of cities to elect their own officers. It
was argued and submitted on Thursday, and
on Saturday tho Judgo delivered an opinion
of 6,000 words, adverse to the homo rule
principle. This Is considered the swiftest
constitutional pare on record. Somo cap
tlous critics assert the court's gait was
acreleratd by reason of tho fact that the
political porters of the statu tlated the
presiding Judge for promotion But politics
toiild not base a Pennuylvanlu Ji'hq-not
cn ;our life.
n.osnn aioiy vrm:.
An A rm llllleer I'll Ml lli"ieot In
Iho W. C. '1'. I .
In n letter to (he New York Sun nn
army olllcer pays his respects to the
Women's Christian Temperance union as
follows:
"By the efforts of your organization, ns
slstetl by many well meaning persons nnd
by saloon keepers, post exchanges nre now
forbidden to sell beer lo the enlisted men
of tho army. This was ordered by congress
In spite of the practically unanimous pro
test of the offlecr.1 of the army who, In
response to directions from tho War depart
ment, wroto from stations In the tropics
and Alaska, as welt as those In tho United
States, giving their opinions In favor of
the canteen as promoting temperance, ills
clpllne and efilclency. Tho surgeon general
of the army so testified, notwithstanding
his earlier prejudice against the Institution,
us did General Otis and many others,
nbstemlous men themselves. Theso men
were actuated by no personal feeling, but
only by a desire to promote tho mllltnry
efficiency of their commands, tor which
they arc held responsible by higher au
thority.
"Tho flat has gone forth, however, nnd
your organization may rest assured It will
be faithfully carried out.
"Tho effect of the order has so far been
as predicted hy those opposed to It. Tho
enlisted man, llko his civilian brother, will
drink If he wants to, and, lacking a glass of
beer at Ills post, will and does go elsewhere
for It, nnd, onco there, under no 'restraint,
docs not limit himself to beer. Every in
fluence In thu Mtloon Is to Increase the
amount ho drinks; In tho canteen every ln-
fluenco was to limit It. As a direct nnd un
nilstokablo instance of this my best cor
poral, a man whose conduct has hitherto
been most exemplary, has Just returned
from a prolonged debauch, absent without
leave, an offense ho hns nuvcr before com
mitted, nnd other good men In the command
aro doing the same.
'What docs tho Women's Christian Tem
perance union propose doing to help us?
You have, In your agitation, proceeded on
the assumption that tho soldier does not
know what ho wants or what 1b good for
him, and, having succeeded, you now sit by
nud let him tlo ns ho pleases. Has he sud
denly so matured that ho can bo left to his
own desires? Do you caro to have a tem
perate ormy, or Is it that having stopped
tho canteen, with Its profits giving the sol
dier his Improved food nnd his pleasant
and attractive club for his leisure hours,
you aro now Indifferent to what becomes of
him or thu servico to which ho belongs.
For somo twelve years desertion and drunk
enness havo steadily decreased lu the army
and wo who know attribute It to tho can
teen. You have killed that and you should
glvo us ns strong a factor for temperance
in its place.
'The exchange Is still here with Its rend
ing room, billiards, lunch room, etc., and
somo of tho good men frequent It, but tho
other men, tho men we were reclaiming
from evil resorts, go elsewhere where they
find the Barac attractions nnd with them
beer, aud worse.
'Wo nro reaping the crop you sowed
and then deserted."
Tim WIIISTI.Ell MUST iO.
Auodier Mint: fur Iho Belief if the
Oppri-Bfieil Km Drum.
Baltimore American.
The man who whistles In public should
havo us n proper Held for the display of
his accomplishments a hundred-acre lot.
It possible, remote from habitation, nnd ho
should stand In tho middle of It. A crowded
car Is not the placo for that kind of ar
tist. There have been people possibly
there nre today whistlers who have given
pleasure to the public nnd put money lu
their purses by their skillful use of the
muscles of their mouths In emitting nlr.
Miss Shaw was one of these. It was n
delight to hear her. Sho had an ear as
well aB n mouth for music, and when she
puckered her lips melody waa bound to
flow. Unfortunately, the good whistlers do
not travel on tho city street cars, or, If
they do, they reserve their music for their
friends or the open r .
The man who whistles has about as mu''?
Idea of musl-j as a barn door whose hinges
have not been greased slnco It was hung.
Sometimes he reaches for a tuno as though
at somo timo In the remote past ho had
really had It. but it had gotten away from
him, nbver to return. His efforts nro con
fined principally to tho ponular airs, whlrh
havo already been worn threndbare by the
barrel organ or tho street piano, and what
the latter may havo dono Indifferently well
when they wero in tune ho does wretchedly
nnd by snatches. Not the least remarkable
featuro of tho man who whistles Is his total
Indlffcrenco to the rest of tho passengers.
Ho does not appear to whistle for their
pleasure, and seems to bo oblivious of their
presence. When their Indignant faces are
turned In hli direction ho casts his eyes
to the colling of tbo car or tho top row
of advertisements nnd continues his exer
tions ns though ho was In n wilderness
communing with nature It nature could
tolerate such n nuisance.
Ths man who whistles evidently has no
shame nnd no remorse. Tho agonized ex
pressions of the passengers would squeeze
sympathy from a stone. Youth and ago
are alike his victims. The tenderest buds
have been observed to wilt under the gim-let-borlug
Influence of his shrill whistle.
Ho appears to think that ho Is In some
mysterious way contributing , his Bharc to
tho science of music, but tho bray of nn
Arizona mocking bird, the howl of the
coyote or tho combined vocallsm of a dozen
cats on a back shed Is nn angelic strain In
comparison with his gratuitous solos. Not
tho leust exasperating featuro of tho situa
tion Is the Inability to check the man who
wiilBtles. If a man smokes or swears or ex
pectorates ho can bo arrested and fined, but
tho man who whistles provokes dozen of
men every day to swear and yet nothing
can bo dono to abate the nuisance.
si:i,i,im; .uniti: tii.w m v.
llotv (lie Triule llnliiiieo In I'nvor ot
tho United Stiilen Ik I'lllim I n,
Minneapolis Tribune.
From tlmo to time during tho Inst few-
years wo havo noted tho steady Increaso
In the export trade of the United Stntis
ond a corresponding diminution In our Im
ports n movement which has Increased
tho favorable trado hnlnnrn of the United
States to large froportlono nnd converted
this from a debtor Into a creditor nutlon.
It seeinB that this movement 1b by no means
ended. In fnct, our exports show n con
tinuing increase and the outlook Is that the
present year of l!i01 will break nil records
In building up a favorable trade balance.
Tho following table, compiled from offi
cial figures, showing the Imports nnd ex
ports for February of each year from 18f6
to 1901, and for the eight months of each
jear ending February, reveals tho situa
tion nt a glanco.
Years. Imports. Exports
tSM 'K.47S,ltr, J77.70l,:"ll
IK'JT 69,237.377 9.S21,n8C
WjH Kl.07l.iiin II.9I7.4M
ISM M,2M.4S2 9.U.17.151
1!M0 fiS.S33.0tt ll,42ti,'.iS5
1901 Kl,927,2fi5 112.9I7.SC1
Eight months ending February
ISM M1.lfll.fcX! M2.li,S'3
Ml , l22.ti1.VWI 731,f!iS,'.T3
IfcHS 393.e91.l79 M3.2M.Mu
WJ9 427.201.S33 KI3.433.ifi
1! r,5W53.r.74 919,173,471
1901 J2,CH,:ni 1.0ir.,lS3,374
AVhllo tho exportH for the last February
are slightly under those for tho preceding
February, the exports for tho eight months
ending la February of this year nro con
siderably larger than those for the pre
ceding eight months, ami In fnct, largi'r
than tho total for any other eight monthti
In our history The steady average de
.crease In Imports Is also uhown.
tit shim: r.niTOit.
tlepiii-tiitliiii friuii .Mn n 1 1 H of llf
feniHo editorial Critic.
Washington Star.
The War department decides that Gen
eral MucArthur acted within tho scope of
his authority us military governor In de
porting Editor Illce, since he had been
given tho specific power to remove from
the Philippines all percons who menaced
the pence and good order of the Island"
This decision, however, fallH completely to
meet the only question In this connection
which Is troubling Amcrkan public opinion.
Tho power to deport enptured enemies of
tho United States who have openly or
secretly, directly or indirectly, allied tho
Insurgents, and thus menaced tho peace and
good order of the Philippines, I properly
exercised hy the military governor, lu
many cases deportation U a more adequate
and moro effective punishment than execu
tion or imprisonment lu tho Philippines.
The deportation of Mahtnl ami his associ
ates has been universally applauded, Anil
this treatment could doubtless lit applied
with advantage to tho treacherous foes of
tho United States lu Manila whose secret
nld to the Insurgents Is now being exposed.
But the doubt that has existed nnd still ex
ists Is whether General Mat Arthur din
played his usual sound Judgment In classi
fying among the deportable public enemlei.
menacing the peace of the Islands, an eili
lorl.il critic wiio voiced the opinion of somo
Manila merchants in persistently nnd ob
stinately attacking the Manila port charges
as illegally excessive. The open, respon
sible, printed discussion of specific accusa
tions of inl.gnvernmcnt Is wholesome and
tends to develop good government. This
truth Is ns applicable In Manila iih In any
other city within American Jurisdiction. If
srch accusations nre false, there falsity ap
pears, scandal l silenced, anil the llboler
may he punished. If the accusations nro
true, corrupt tendencies and perhnps cor
tuption Itself meet exposure, nnd the public
profits through the remedies that nre Im
mediately devised and applied. A N'eely
Is n greater "menace to peace nud good
order" thnn n Bice, und It Is wiser to coun
tenance the Bices than to so shape condi
tions ns to protect from criticism and tho
chance of exposure any possible Neely's l.i
the Philippines.
The first mllltnry censorship In the Philip
pines was arbitrary, foolish, Impolitic, mi
Amerlcnn. In the absence of evidence that
Editor Bice menaced the pence of Luzon
otherwise than by InslBiIng that the port
charges of Manila wero Illegally excessive,
his deportation as a public enemy like
Mnbinl or the traitors In Manila who have
furnished ammunition and supplies to the
Insurgents suggests tho possibility of u re
turn hy tho Philippines government to tho
original unwise policy of harrying ns Ir
reclaimable hostlles the representatives" of
the press In Manila.
LIGHT AM) IIHIGIIT.
Chicago Tribune: "I Hiippoo," said
Adam, ns ho lieguii the task of cataloguing
the niilmalH, "1 ought to put myself down
as exhibit A."
Tho Smart Set: Brooks I wish you'd
pay me that $10 you owe me, old fellow.
Horrowit I couldn't think of It, Brooks.
"But I'm hero to remind you of It."
Detroit Journal: "Poker! Why Is it called
poker, 1 wonder?"
"Well, It seems to be n device for playing
with lire, for oun thing."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Do you think that
to tile rich Is to die disgraced?" asked Mr.
Beeehwood
"Not necessarily," replied Mr. Wllklns
burg; "but to tile poor Is no special dis
tinction." Detroit Free Press: "How did you como
out nt the enrd party?" asked Miss Frocks
of Miss Klttlsh.
"Blanche and I cut for the llrst prize, nnd
she won If." v M '
"That wus the unklndest cut of nil.
"Washington Star: "Some folkH," said
Uncle Kben, "Is like sonic chickens. Dey Is
allowed to strut nroun' nn' take It easy
cti'fe dey's loo tough an no uccount to bo
wuf notltin' "
Indianapolis Press: "Whnt mndo that
mnn go out mad?" asked the proprietor.
' I cannot tell n lie." answered the clerk.
' "Never mlud the rest of It," answered tho
proprietor. "Go to the tlesk und draw your
pay."
Chicago Tribune: "I suppose It's truo
enough." moralized Undo Allen Sparks,
"as the preachers and other wise men tell
us, that life Is a bubble. I have noticed In
the course of the years that people are In
clined to 'low themselves and that takes a
good ileal of soap."
Philadelphia Press: Mr. Ascum I hear
your old minister has gono In for ritualism.
Mr. Lochurch (dlsgUBtcdly) Yes, he's
gone wrong, completely. ' ,
Mr. ABcum How can you euy that? He's
all rite now.
I.N Till". I'lllMIMMXES.
O. 1). Hotlney In Philadelphia Press.
Tho transport's slowly takln' on her lum
ber, From tho line o enscoes drlftln out to
sen,
Tho 'tween deck's full, she's got her rating
number. , , ,
Shu's homeward bound, und ylt she s
leavln' me.
I got the very pipeclay In my mnrrow,
I llko the heft 1 lovo tho fed o' men;
I got no use for smooth-down ways nor
narrow
I llko the life nn so I'll 'list again.
An' see each morula' when the mists are
rlsln',
Clouilllko on palm, in jungle, an' nn
bench,
The work o men, broad-shouldered, enter
prlsln', The kind o' men who get what they can
reach.
The men who know n rllle from n measure.
Who work an' llvo nn' fight an' die llko
men;
Hero's yer happy home nt lust, go seek yer
treasure,
An' If you fnll go try It un again.
An' It's three rounds blank! An' mnrk thn
place you He
Three rounds blank! An' thcrn nln't a
chaplain nli'li;
Escort turn! Oh. keep your touch lu
murchln.
An" the dust clouds rlnln' llko a devil In
the liroeze;
Eyes filled with tlust nn' tho moutn umt
throat n-piirehln'.
An' they load you on thn transport for
yer llanl trip o'er t-cas.
Homo's but a name to us who're lu tho
service,
Lovo an' ease an' fame tho gonls wo ran
lint reach,
Hut we're 11 (tilt' up the flag, nn' we've that
at least to nerve ub,
As wo stand an" watch the transport
while she's failla' from tho bench.
STRENGTHENS
SYSTEM
BODY
BRAIN
and NERVE
i
WORLD FAMOUS MAR I AN I TONIC
Gives Appetite,
Produces Relreshing Sleep,
A Safeguard Against Mental
Disease.
pose. A sraill vlno-jlai ful) thre
times u day.
Sold by all Drur(ists. Refuse Substitutes.