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THE OMAHA DAILYBEE: TIIUltSDAY, MAJICH 28, 1 001.
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STATEMENT OK CIHCt'LATION.
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rubllsnlng company. being duly sworn,
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GEO. 11. TZSCHUCIC,
Subscribed In tny presence and sworn to
boforo mo thla 1th day of March. A t. ViA,
(Heal.) M. U. 111'NGATU,
Notary l'ubllc.
Some mutches may he ttuitlt; in heaven,
but Oiiiuliu proposes to make it lew of
them.
Tlio hill which fulled to puss will Ite
the most numerous tiling at Lincoln
after today.
.Inst why the wcntlier man should fet!l
no gloomy doesn't appear on the surface.
Kvcr.vlioily else Is ready to rejoice, If he
will only furnish a llttlu sunshine.
Isn't It a little lilt queer that I'ncle
Sam can't llml cavalry horses In this
country, while John Hull doesn't si i
to encounter any dltlleulty In securing
all lie wants?
Dead cattle nlona; the railroad tracks
look liltf to the eyes of passengers, but
past experience has shown that they cut
hut little limine In comparison to the
number not dead.
After his Interview with .Mrs. Nation
the mayor of Cincinnati Is In doubt
whether ho would prefer to have It re
lented or no through another session
with the prize lighters.
The Auditorium fair managers made a
serious mistake in olferlng the prize
pipe to a policeman. No one on earth
could use It lo so good advantage as the
correspondents at Lincoln.
The ball player who cannot get a
place in the telegraph columns Is small
fry, Indeed. The signing of a star
player lliese days Is almost as Import
ant as a change In the cabinet.
While the United States Is not making
any noise about the treaties and rumors
of treaties being made In China, It rises
to remark that In any contingency It ex
pects the door to be left open for 'Ameri
can trade.
Tho announcement that the Union Pa
cific Is not looking for any more small
roads to gobble may be taken as based
on facts. Rehabilitating Its recent ac
quisitions and bringing them up to
standard Is task enough for the Union
l'acllic at present.
'After a long and painful struggle, In
which he has tried everything from
president down, (ionernl Weaver has
been elected to another olllee. He will
be mayor of Colfax during the next
term, unless ho decides to move into
sonic other district to run for congress.
With the assurance that II ducated
woman will marry, the world can move
on, confident that the good old custqnis
of the past are not In danger of being
extinguished by the progress wo are
making. "The ringing grooves of
change" do not have much effect on hu
man nature after all.
The stagnation In the llugllsh iron
trade and the cutting of prices necessary
to meet American competition has
forced the Kngllsh Iron masters to make
a reduction of per cent in wages.
Hrother Jonathan Is coming at a rate
which threatens to leave all competitors
behind the distance Hag.
That Schuyler man who wrote a
threatening letter to Senator Kearns of
Utah is finding out that Uncle Sam's
conception of a Joke Is of the grimmest.
ly the time he gets out of his present
legal dilllculties he will be willing to
contribute solely to the comic sections
of the Sunday yellow papers.
According to dispatches from' London,
tho European reds are extending their
line of operations and American finan
cial kings are to hereafter be objects of
felicitous attentions at the hands of the
anarchists. America U still the only
country where a man may safely poke
his head above the dead level of medi
ocrity. Over '-'.OOO Kut-slau students have been
forced to enter the army as a punish
nient for participating In the recent dis
turbances in that country. This may
be a good method of punishment, but
one regiment of men who go Into the
army of their own free will Is worth
more for service than a corps of such
oIUUts us. u tithtlnn,force,
The Insincerity of the alleged fusion re
formers In the present legislature was
plainly oxkmm1 In the attack on the bill
lilt roth H-d at the request of the gov
ernor, providing for the reconstruction
of the penitentiary and the Installation
of a central state-owned lighting plant
at the University of Nebraska. When u
republican asked that this bill be put
forward In order that It might be passed
without danger of technical question nt
tho present session of the legislature, tho
fusion members of the house voted
ngalnst the action, and received enough
republican support to defeat the motion
to advance.
It Is ndmhted that the. penitentiary
must bo rebuilt. Money must be ap
propriated for the purpose. Folly could
go no further than to put the statu In a
position where the convicts can not be
properly housed and cared for. Gov
ernor Dietrich's recommendation for the
rebuilding of the prison on tho old situ
was made as a matter of expediency,
lie foresaw tlio llnanelal dlllleulty con
fronting an effort to secure more com
modious grounds for the uses of ihe pen
itentiary, and so made Ihe best of a bad
bargain by urging an appropriation for
the erection of a new prison along mod
ern lines. This recommendation was In
corporated in the bill the fuslotil.sls in
the house opposed.
"Municipal ownership and control of
public utilities" has been one of the
baits held out by the popocrats lo catch
votes since the birth of the hybrid
party. In Governor Dietrich's message
was contained a detailed .statement of
the present cost of unsatisfactory serv
ice furnished the slafo by private con
cerns which have the contract for light
ing the buildings used by the stab at
Lincoln. I'lalu ligurcs, based on actual
experience, set forth the saving that
could be effected If the state should own
and control Its own lighting plant.
Aside from the question of actual saving
of money, were the added advantages
of Increased elllclency of service and the
valuable adjunct to the educational fa
cilities of the great state university af
forded by the existence of a well
equipped modern electric installation.
This Is directly In line with the theory
of public ownership. Kvcry possible ar
gument favored the governor's position.
One would naturally think that the pop
ocrats would rejoice that a republican
governor was doing what he could to
give life and vitality to what they claim
as a cardinal principle of their organiza
tion. Ollis Jr. of Valley, a fuslonlst and a
farmer, who has been a champion of re
form, and over the fate of Whose live
stock rate bill headed off In the senate
by Hansom, another fusion reformer
the popocrats have shed buckets of
crocodile tears, objected to Ihe expendi
ture for the state central lighting plant,
and on his motion the provision was
stricken from the bill by fusion votes.
No clearer exposition of tho Insincerity
of the alleged desire forrcforin could bo
afforded. The only possible' beneilelar
les of Ihe Ollls Jr. motion are tho cor
porations he and his confreres profess to
hate, and against which they raise tin;
hue and cry at all times except when
there Is a possibility of action that will
actually affect one or another of the
monopolies.
That the bill was recommended for
passage as firiutcd Is not the fault of the
sham reformers. It is too late lo secure
its passage in the senate, and so they
can afford to let It go through the house.
Hut the next time the popocrats take the
htuinp In Nebraska they will slug the
same old song about municipal owner
ship and control.
THE AMKltlCAX I'USITIUX.
The publication of the Instructions
sent by the Department of State to Un
diplomatic representatives of the United
States to foreign governments makes
clear the position ot this government in
regard to the preservation of the in
tegrity of Chinese territory. These
Instructions were communicated as soon
as it was learned that secret negotia
tions were in progress between China
and Russia and they very distinctly
disapprove of any arrangement or un
derstanding of a private nature between
China and any of the powers as unwise
and dangerous for China. Our govern
ment expressed Its sense of "the Impro
priety, Inexpediency and oven extreme
danger to the Interests of China of con
sidering any private territorial or llnan
elal arrangements, at least without tho
full knowledge and approval of all the
powers now engaged In negotiation,"
urging that It was evidently advantage
ous to China lo continue the Interna
tional understanding in respect to the
preservation of the territorial Integrity
of that empire.
Hut while Uussla was a party to that
understanding the statement of the posi
tion ol the I idled Slates apparently
had no Influence with the Russian gov
ernment. It continued the secret ne
gotiations In regard to Manchuria, as to
which a crisis Is Impending between
Japan and Russia. It seems perfectly
obvious that In this matter the Russian
government has not acted in good faith
and lids being so no confidence can be
felt in any of Its promises or profes
sions. A Washington dispatch says
that as Tar as written pledges can com
mit a power. Russia stands pledged to
accord to the United States the open
door if she lakes control of Manchuria,
either directly by annexation or Indi
rectly. How much faith can lie given
this pledge, however, in view of the
fact that In entering Into a secret agree
ment' wltli China Russia violated the
splilt If not the letter of the understand
ing to which she with Ihe others powers
KUhscrllted; Having broken one prom
ise she will not hesitate lo break any
other If she shall deem It to her Interest
or advantage to do so. Honeo If Russia
secures control of Manchuria there Is no
assurance that she will observe tho
open door policy as to that province.
This government, however, will make
no effort beyond what has already been
made to Interfere with the designs of
Russia. It still desires, as earnestly as
ever, the preservation of the Integrity of
Chinese lerrl'tory, but It will do no more
than use Its moral iullueiice to this end,
U Is to be upprehcuded that this will
not be particularly effective, at least so
far as Russia Is concerned, and If that
power Is successful In Its schemes other
powers will be very likely to try their
hand at the acquisition of Chinese ter
ritory. Thus the consummation of
what Russia Is seeking in Manchuria
might be the beginning of the partition
of China, with all the powers except the
United States In a scramble for terri
tory. In such an event how long would
the open door policy be maintained?
Probably only Great Hrltaln would ad
here to that policy. It Is this that gives
the United States a very vital Interest
In the Russian policy toward China and
will create a universal sentiment In this
country In support of any efforts Japan
may make to thwart and defeat Russia's
scheme for acquiring Manchuria.
7.oir I'liuaiiKSS or tiShisrMUSTS.
The enlistment of men for the new
army Is progressing slowly and at the
present rate the number of soldiers
called for by the army bill passed by
the last congress eannol be obtained
In le.-s than a year and probably a
longer time will lie required. The mar
tial order that flamed so vigorously
when the call was made for soldiers to
light Spain and kept up through the
period when the volunteer army was
raised for service In Ihe Philippines has
evidently subsided, the best record of
enlistments In any week since the army
bill went into effect being less than
Noo. Kow native Americans are going
Into the army and, according to olllclals
of thi. War department, one of the
largest elements of support this year for
the army is the enlistment of young
Swedes and Germans who come over as
Immigrants and choose to begin life here
In the military service, where they have
opportunity to acquire the language and
to study a little In the easy life of the
garrison.
It. seems probable, however, that It
will be unnecessary to enlist the number
of men authorized by the army bill, as
conditions are steadily Improving In the
Philippines, giving promise that so large
a military force as Is now there will not
be much longer required. It Is thought,
therefore, that the government Is not
likely to be In the least umbarrassed by
reason of the slow progress of enlist
ments. XI:K1 AMKltllAS MUAT.
It appears that the people of Germany
are beginning to realize that the exclu
sion of American canned meats under
the Inspection law which went Into ef
fect last year was a mistake and that
there Is a growing feeling against the
law among consumers. This Is the re
port of the American consul at Hrcmcn
to the State department, who also notes
the fact that In a recent convention of
physicians Dr. Urnnkol, professor of hy
giene in the university at Halle, an au
thority on all questions bearing on pub
lic health, gave utterance to a very seven-
criticism of the Inspection law, go
ing even so far as to say that the law
was nothing more than a cloak hung
over the agrarian Idol. He said that
while the government had declared that
the passage of the law was required In
the interest of public health, nothing
suffered more from It than the public
health of the nation, for the prevailing
high prices of meat necessarily lessened
Its consumption, while, the health of the
nation demanded an increase.
Other testimony in favor of American
meats Is furnished In the annual report
of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce,
which slates that experience has shown
that meats from this country are not
In the least dangerous and that the gov
ernment Itself must share the same opin
ion in view of the fact that it has
bought American canned meats for the
navy and for Its troops in ICast Africa
and China. As everybody at all fa
miliar with the matter knows, no evi
dence has ever been produced to prove
that American canned meats exported
are dangerous to health, tho claim that
they are being purely a pretext. The in
spection law was passed to satisfy the
demand of the agrarians and possibly
they have been somewhat beuelltcd
thereby In the higher prices of meat lu
Germany, but the great body of con
sumers have suffered and It seems they
are now manifesting a disposition to
seek relief. They feel that canned
meats which are good enough for Ger
man soldiers and sailors can safely be
used by the people at home. Whether
the popular demand for American meats
will be effective is a question, for, of
course, the agrarians will light hard to
retain their advantage.
The women's clubs of Nebraska are
felicitating themselves on the passage
of the Hrown bill, providing for the
creation of a statu library commission
and tho establishment of a traveling
library system. Willie the amount ap
propriated Is not sulllcicnt. to provide for
a very extensive Institution, It will be
enough for a start, and tho growth of
the Idea Is sure to follow on a showing
of Its practical utility. Communities
which now have no public libraries can
under the new law be supplied very
cheaply with the best of books, and all
tho advantages of the best public
libraries of the state will be nt their
disposal. The bill Is one of the few acts
passed by the present legislature from
which the whole people will derive a
benefit.
Latest Information from the Transvaal
Indicates that the policy of General
Kitchener for pnelllcatlou of the country
has proven a failure and that the troops
are so woruout that not only relief must
be sent, but the character of the work
Is such that the process of relief must
be kept up Indefinitely. In the face of
this confession it Is not strange that
Kugluud Is backward about becoming
unnecessarily tangled up In China.
Douglas county isn't at all popular sis
a member of a congressional district.
The action of the senate makes the sit
tint lii rather rough on some aspirants
In the other districts, but doesn't sorl-ou-ly
affect the conditions so far as
Douglas county Is concerned. It was
this county tljat clotted the present re
publican slate olllicrs, and It Is Douglas
county that has tent a republican to
congress every time since the state was
retllstrlcted for congressional purposes
lu Iflll. Those facts should be borne In
mind by coino of the aspiring statesmen
who persist In putting personal ahead
of party Interests, and who fight Doug
las county because It Is the most popu
lous and wealthy county In Nebraska.
The opposition press has constantly be
wailed the fact that the administration
allowed the armor plate makers to
swindle the government by charging uu
extortionate price for armor for the
ships of the navy. A German firm has
Just offered to erect a plant In that
country to produce armor plate and sell
It at the same price that this govern
ment pays, provided It can secure the
government contract, which Is now
given to Krupp at a much higher rate.
The United States Is securing armor
cheaper than any country lu the world.
Japanese military olllccrs are hurry
ing home under orders, In the belief that
war with Russia Is Impending. Japan
was robbed of the beiicllts of Its victory
over China and denied the privilege of
annexing Manchuria. It Is not likely lo
sit Idly by and see the province gobbled
up by the power which stayed the
Japanese hand on a previous occasion.
Activity in Omaha real estate as in
dicated by the record of transfers Is
due solely to the fact that attractive In
vestments are afforded lu this city.
Most of the sales are made to people
who Intend to build homes, but some
large transactions are noted, based en
tirely on a desire lo put Idle money
where It will bring good returns.
An ( iiurnlctul Clillil,
Indianapolis News.
Tho tla cau manufacturers have formed a
trust, and after wo had been nurturing
them so carefully, too!
L'liti-liliiK Oh to Our Mjlc.
Portland Oregonlan.
Tho most promlshiK Indication that the
Cubans ,uu able to tako caro of themselves
Is the formation of a- big sugar trust on tho
island.
In (lie I, mill of tilt; DnkoliiN.
.Minneapolis Tribune.
Surprise Is expressed In South Dakota
over tho discovery of a farmer who Is worth
half a million, but with tho wonderful re
sources of that soil the marvel Is thcro are
not more like him.
Win-re I.iiiikiiiK I'n 111 Miort.
New York Journal.
Hear Admiral Sampson will get nearly
$3,000 more prlzo niouey for letting Schley
destroy ono Spanish fleet at Santiago than
Dewey got for destroying another at .Ma
nila. This Is not a case for language
merely for silent thought.
Terrier mid .Mil Ml ft.
Indianapolis Journal.
If Japan should so far dispense with its
Judgment as to attempt to make war upon
Russia tho powers should Intervene to save
that ambitious and courageous little na
tion. The story ot David and Goliath Is
an Inspiring one, but there Is only ono
lnstanco on record la modern times In
which David got tho best of It.
I'orclini lili'A Worth Adopt Iuk,
New k Tribune.
The placard nnd signboard nuisance has
broken out of Into .years on the lthlno und
now tho l'nmluUjDk't adopts a resolution
calling ou Urngovernment to preparo a bill
Interdicting,. the practice. Tho whole world
is Interested In preserving from vulgariza
tion nnd defacement the beauty ot that
historic river, celebrated In song and story
in many tongues since tho days of Julius
Caesar and Ariovfstus. It will probably bo
better protected by the steps about to be
taken than tho Hudson has so far been by
its statutory defenses, or is soon likely
to bo.
Culm on (lie l'morcil MM.
Philadelphia Hecord.
Cuba has been added to Canada and
Mexico In the select list of countries
favored by the United States with do
mestic postal rates, After April 1 next
tho interchange of letters with tho island
will he regulated ontlrcly by tho domestic
scheduio of rates. Hitherto tho lower
rato has applied only lo mall addressed
to persons In Cuba engaged In tho service
of tho United States. Tho Island is thus
put on an oven postago piano with the re
cently acquired Insular possessions of tho
republic aud tho 2-cent stamp that will
carry a lottor to Manila will also send one
to Havana.
A .Sliort-I.Urd "Seiinillon."
Springfield Republican.
Tho latest "sensation'' In tho ordnance
bureau of the army is promptly riddled by
Secretary Hoot. Tho complaint that Gen
eral Uufrington, much to the disadvantage
of tho government, hud turned tho Krauk
ford arsenal over to a prlvnte arms and am
munition company was evidently a clear
ploco of exaggeration. No ono acquainted
with tho old Itoman honor of General
Hufllugtou, who has given all of bin Inven
tions to tho government without asking
compensation, could believe that anything
was wrong with his proceedings. Secretary
Hoot shows that tho arsenal was properly
turned over to the Drlggs-Seabury company
to enable them tho moro quickly to fill
government contracts for war supplies, ami
that tho company mentioned hod noted
honorably in tho matter.
Trmlr I'll rill; red liy Wnr.
Indianapolis News.
Thcro was a time when the Iagollke
reasoning prevailed in this country as to a
war among Kuropean powers that, whlch
ovor killed tho other, either way made our
gain. Hut destruction anywhere in the
world Ib bound to be felt throughout tho
world. Tho loss cannot always bo traceil,
but It Is as certain as tlio law of gravita
tion. A pertinent Illustration has Just conic
In the report of our consul, .Mr. Fowler, at
Cheo Koo concerning tho elfects ot tho
"Hoxer" trouble on our trade. Tho Im
ports of Amcilcan merchandise at Choo
Poo for tlio quarter ending with June, 1000,
as compared with the samo quarter of 1809,
allowed an enormous Increase. After Juno
l.'i tho Imports ceased. Chop Poo saw no
armed hordes nor military movement, and,
compared with other ports, was peaceful.
Hut there were riots In tho province around
about.
'liiimc ficiii-riiiiN I'i'iii'i- Term,
Chicago Chronicle.
The Honrs might as well tight to a finish
as be finished by tho ilrltlsh terms of peace.
These Include giving tho seml-savago Kainr.n
tho samo rlghtu In tlio republic an the
whites, whom they eadly outnumber. The
Kalllrs 'ould bo tho ready tools of the
Ilrltlsh la politics and civil war. At
Johannesburg tho Kaffirs outnumbered
Dutch and Ilrltlsh together. They air.
not permitted to bear arms for the republic,
which lias had umplo reason to dlbtrust
and fear them. To promise peace In an
American frontier town with tho Apaches
outnumbering the whites three lo ono
would bo a match for tho Hiitlsh terms
of peace to the Hours, They may as well
light tho Ilrltlsh as submit their homes
and fiirmn to the depredations of the
hdtllrH. Hefusal to Include tho colonials
lu Ibo amnesty only aggravated an other
wise. Impossible proposal of peace which
could not briny pcute.
mill SMItVICP. IN IMIII.IIM'IMIS.
Xiillii' I'refi-rrnee tinier Mi-rlt SyMrni
Ileeeullv Kiincti'il.
llostuti Transcript.
The practical worth of civil service re
form as a peace-making agency in our
new possessions is being illustrated In the
Philippines. The merit system is a new
Idea to the natives. Their sole experience
of government from beyond the sea has
been formed on their experience with the
Spanish administration and Its uncivil
service. A bad Spanish governor plundered
by wholesale: a better Spanish governor
plundered by tetall. aud that was nbout the
only difference In the administrations that
the Filipinos were ablo to detect and de
fine. The Spanish officials were carpet
baggers In haste to get rich and go home.
Filipinos were neither Invited to hold any
desirable places nor tolerated In them.
Our plan is to be different. Wo nro In
viting Filipinos to enter our civil service
In tho Island. To all who are willing to
take the oath of allegiance and who during
hostilities have done no acts lu violation
of tho laws ? war we extend the benellts
of an act of oblivion. On fulfilling these iC'
qulrements they arc eligible for examina
tion for the classified - service, with the
assurance that their promotion flepends
solely on proving Illness for It. For n time
tho Filipinos hesitated. Such a scheme
seemed to them too ideal to be sincere.
Hal. having at last become convinced ot
its sincerity, they are showing marked In
terest In It. Many of them arc coming for
ward for examination, and among others n
distinguished Insurgent officer whose rec
ord Is frco from any charge of violation ot
tho laws of war. Tho readiness of this
latter -gentleman to bo forgiven and em
ployed may bo open to suspicion, but It Is
certainly slgnlllcant ot the value of the
merit system In disarming resistance.
The Filipinos once convinced, an they now
promise to he, that our ndmlnlstrntlou
means clemency for tho past contingent
on loyalty for tho future, honest handling
of tho public funds In which tho children
of the soil will participate, and moro than
half of the struggle Is over. Wo havo van
quished tho Insurgents In war, nnd wo
can win them In peace by sticking to the
merit (system nnd give them a more honest
governmcut than they havu ever known
heretofore.
MAN WITH AN IDIM
Wliootor fit Do Sonii'tliluu; lln n
IliMvnnl CoiiiIuk.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Thoso men whoso business takes them
about railway freight yards must have
noticed of late a new kind of car, built
ontlrcly of steel platos, bent Into shape.
Four years ago cars of this kind did not
exist. Now 0,000 of them nro in use, their
number Is increasing by ISO every day, and
tho shops that make them nro $17,000,000
behind orders.
Tho pressed steel car weighs less, lasta
longer nnd earns more than nny other.
How came It to exist? In tho answer lies
ono of tho romances of American Industry.
Charles T. Schoen Is tho maker of tho
steel car. Ills father was a cooper near
Wilmington, Del., aud nt U tho son was
working nt his father's trade and attend
ing n night school. At 20 ho had $300.
Ho married and opened his own shop In
1'hlludelphia, and failed. After several
years' work at whatever ho could find to
do ho thought himself lucky to get work
as manager of a spring works at $12 a
week. In n year he conspnted to remain
for $1,500 a yeor and one-fifth interest In
the business.
Then Mr. Schoen went Into a railroad
yard ono day and had an Idea. He
crawled over and under some freight cars
and thought tbnt tho uso of pressed steel
for certain parts would give grt'ater dura
bility with loss weight. In 18S8 ho opened
n shop to mako stnke pockets. Ills forco
consisted of "himself, his son, his nephew
and ono other man. Within a year ho
moved to Pittsburg, to bo nearer tho iron
market. Meanwhile ho nnd designed an
entire car of pressed steel, but for nearly
tea years could get no one to order It.
In ISO" tho Cnrncglo company came into
control of a railroad. On tho chanco of
Schoen's Invention affording a larger mar
ket for Its own products the Carnegie
company ordered thirty of his cars. He
fore tho drawings were made tho order was
Increased to 200 nnd then to 00. Neither
plant nor tools for making the cars ex
isted. In nine months not only had tho
cars been built, but a plant costing $.ri00,000
had been erected over the heads of tho
men making them.
Then came tho task of convincing the
olllclals of railways not directly Interested
In tho steel business of tho new car's
merits. This was an uphill task, but at
last an order for 200, then nnothcr for COO,
and then ubout all the railways In tho
country began to clamor for Schoen's cars.
Now tho Pressed Steel Car company hns
a capital of $25,000,000, omployH 10,000 men,
uses 1,000 tons of stcnl a month, and would
use 1.H00 tonB If it could bo obtained. It
will build $12,000,000 worth of cars this
year nnd Is shipping them to all parts of
tho world. All this Is tho result of ono
man's hnvlng eyes in his head, a hraln to
conceive nnd the pluck to persevere.
Aud yet wo hear that tho young man
has no 'chance!
I'l'.llSONAl. NOTHS.
Prince Rul Who, second son of the em
peror of Corea, has entered Honnoko col
lege. Virginia.
Joaquin Miller, tho poet, has removed
from Son Francisco to his new home, a
farm In Nures county, Texas, where, he
says, ho will pass tho remainder of his
dnys.
Dr. John Grant I.ymnn ot New York re
cently sold his seat In tho Stock exchange
for $.12,000. Mr. I.yman bought his seat only
n llttlo moro thnn two months ago, having
paid $30,000 foi It.
Haltlmorc Is talking about n monument
to William Patterson, father of lletsy
Patterson Honapnrto and the original Hilly
Patterson who was struck. Ho was a prom
inent citizen In his day.
James J. Hill, the railroad mngnalo,
works hard for tea hours every dny. Ho
gets up at 7:3(1 and goes over his cor
respondence and Is rarely through his work
until 5:30 in tho evening.
Henjamln Hnrrison lived tlio same num
ber of years as Washington, sixty-seven,
and died from tho samo cause, piieunjnnln.
None ot the other presidents died at that
age or from that disease.
Ooernor Panfanl of Alabama sent In
thirteen vetoes In ono day recently and
there nre papers In tho state that say ho
would havo had to work moro vigorously
than that If he willed to kill all tho vicious
bills of tho late leglhlntun-.
Dlfccusslng the habits of other greut men
he has shaved, the president's harbor Hay:
"Mr. Ilooscvelt was always chatty, He dli
cuseed anything that happened to be the
subject of public attraction politics, prio
fights, bports. -religion or anything that
peoplo were talking ami thinking nbout."
Hy the will of tho lute Franklin II. Hishop
of Kusscll, Mass., the state of Massachu
setts la made Ills residuary legatee. Tlio
executor says that when tho estat Is
sottled tho .commonwealth will recolvo
about $7,000. Mr. Hishop was u prominent
citizen of Hussell and nn ardent admirer
of Ids state.
J. I'lerpont Morgan is a very busy man
and his time Is. ot course, enormously valu
able, but he always manages to attend tlio
llplhtopal general convention and has not
missed one for many yean. This year th
convention will be held noxt October In San
Francisco The splendid (Yorker mansion
there has been pliccd at the disposal of
Mr. MorErtD for use during the convtaUon.
W.lt HIM'Olt I T.ltS IN ACTION.
Sample-, of tlie W'rlril Storlm Wired
from ottt It Afrlcn.
Washington Post.
Our esteemed contemporary, the London
Truth, gives us in a few words one of tho
most accurate nnd compact pictures of the
South African situation that has jet ap
peared In print. We refer, of course, to the
situation as described by the censored press
reports, via London:
"The telegrams In regard to Dewct art
an lnstanco of the Invent lie r.e.il of South
African correspondents. They told us that
ho was cornered, that, deserted by his
followers, aud with ,i few horses unable to
move owing to fatigue, his capture was a
mere question of hourj. Ono correspondent
varied this by an account of his having
escaped It, a boat across the Orange river,
another announced that he passed his nights
weeping. All this wns dispelled by the
crucial announcement that he nnd his forces,
re-enforced by those of llertzog. had crossed
the Orange river, after an engagement In
which ho had captured sixty of our soldiers
nnd wounded or killed thirty. Heuter's
correspondent now telegraphs to us tho
consolatory Information that Mr. Steyn, who
Is with Dew el. looks 'thoroughly miser
able.' "
Naturally, these Interesting little pecu
liarities have long ago caught the attention
of all careful students of this kind ot
literature. It is now expected that tho
Ilrltlsh reports of events lu South Africa
will, first of all, he ridiculously false. That
much can be depended on. If we hear of
the canard again we do so always through
tho medium ot nn unintentional but wholly
ttnmlstnkablo contradiction. Commandos
that had been, home flays before, destroyed
by tho Hiitlsh forces Invariably reappear
In uu entirely different part of tho country
not forlorn, decimated and In rags, but, on
tho contrary, brisk, unterrlllcd and usually
loaded down with Ilrltlsh property. It Is a
very old story, Indeed. Nobody believes tho
transparent mendacities telegraphed to our
newspapers through lhigllsh sources, We
hear about tho obliteration of Hoer com
mandos, tho capture of untold thousands of
horses, cattle, etc., but we believe nothing
except tho devastation of floor farms, tho
persecution ot Hoer women and children
for tho evidence on this point Is furnished
by Kngllsh oftlcors and gentlemen and we
calmly nnd confidently nwnlt tlio announce
ment that tho Hoers have not been wiped oft
tho face of tho earth. In this wo havo
never yot been disappointed and If our
prayers avail wo never shall be.
Tho siniplo truth of tho matter Is that
20,000 lighting Uocrs are baflllng, bewilder
ing, wearing out aud gradually killing 260,
000 Ilrltlsh soldiers. From tho very Ilrst
the Hoers hnvo outwitted, outfought and out
mancuvercd their bovlno enemies. Man to
man, they would havo extinguished tho
Hrltish army moro than a year ago. Uvea
now, were tho Hrltish not moro than five to
one, thoy would drive them Into tho sea
within two months. They aro tho bravest,
most efllcleat ami most devoted men that
over fought against n brutal tyranny und
If there bo Justlco In heaven they will yet
win.
MUST HliSPl'.CT I'NCI.H SAM.
Nlltlilliiil I'IkiuIcn lo He TnilKlit II
NVdeil l.i'ttMiii,
ll.iltlmoro American.
It will tako but a very short time for the
young sultan of Morocco to rench the con
clusion that tho best thing ho can do Is
pay that llttlo claim which tho United
States has against him and to make a
formal npology for tho very Impolitic way
ho has treated the consul general of this
country. This Is not tho first timo that
Undo Sain has had trouble lu collecting
llttlo bills duo him by tho government of
Morocco, for, ns Is tho rule of the sultan
of Turkey, settlement ot nil sucli claims is
put off until tho time limit Is reached and
furthor procrastination liable to bo fol
lowed by very disastrous results. The
truth Is, both of these sultans aro always
hard up, ami tho ruler of Morocco, particu
larly, rarely finds any surplus money In his
treasury. Ho Is constantly surrounded by
a hordo of dishonest olllclals, nono of whom
will allow any money that comes Into their
hands to reach the sultan If they can help
It, nnd it the ruler gets enough to pay the
expenses of his largo and extravagant
household he con consider himself a very
lucky man.
Undo Sam Is not going around with a
chip on Ills shoulder looking for trouble.
He Is a man of peace, and nothing suits
him better thnn to be on terms of friend
ship with tho whole world. Well does ho
know from his own past experiences, and
from those of other nations, that Interna
tional enmities are very expensive. His
determination to get out of tho muddlo In
China Just as soon as ho can Is proof that
ho has no desire to ho mixed up In the
squabbles of Kuropean powers, nnd his am
bition will never lead him to adopt the
Hrltish policy of faking possession of nny
land or country ho thinks valuable, no mat
ter whether Its owners like It or not. He
has now on his hands tho remnant of a
llttlo struggle with misguided men in tho
Orient! hut ho Is making every effort In his
power to wind that up, nnd then to de
clare that he Is nt pence with all the world.
In splto of those poaceful Inclinations,
however, nnd In splto of fits proverbial good
nature, Uncle Sam cannot bo trilled with
when it mines to a matter of business, or
when promises nnd treaty obligations are
broken. Agreements mndo with him must
bo kept, whother the parties to them are
sultans of Morocco or Turkey or kings or
emperors or governments of tho greater
powers. He' always stands ready to carry
out promptly and honestly his part of such
an agreement, nnd so must they. In these
dnys Undo Sam has ono of tho finest navies
In the world, and, while ho hates to mako
nny of Ills splendid war ships go Into com
mission as hill collectors, still when ho Is
forced to such nn extreme he means busi
ness, and the best thing tho debtor can do la
to walk right up to tho captain's olllee nnd
settle.
Quantity
the Price
No other Iioiiko in tlio business of making find retailing
line clothing : makes and sells as much as we tlo in our four
teen retail stores. That means low prices to tlio consumer
for tine goods.
Our retail business is practically done on a wholesale ba
sis, directly with the purchaser.
Dollar for dollar, aud quality for quality, there is no
belter ami no cheaper ready-to-wear clothing than we make
in our factory.
Hoys' suits .?U.r0 to $iri.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
soitiiui:st ihm:h i.viii ami nncoi.ts hvukkm,
Omaha's Exclusive ClothU'ia for Men and Hoys-
AMi:itir'S (Klt.lt M I'I'I.Y.
l.niueM llmiril of rlloiv Mrlnl lu lie
('utiiilrj ' MIMnrj,
Kansas City Star
The t'nited Slates treasury now contain!
almost $300,000,000 In gold and over $li0,000,
000 In silver ntakliig an aggregate only
llttlo snort of an even $1,000,000,000 of the.
precious metuls, which Is by fur tho largest
treasure ever accumulated nnywhero In tho
world In oneplnro. Tho greater part of thli
wealth of coin Is niorojy held la trust nnd
actually belongs to the people who happen
to possess certain outstanding demand obli
gations of tho government. There were lu
circulation on the first day of this month
$237,000,000 of gold cortlllcates, $ I22.000.00C
of silver certlllcatcs and $30,000,000 of treas
ury notes of 1MU), and of tho treasury gold
$150,000,000 Is set aside as n reserve to be
used only lu the redemption of United
States notes, so that of tho aggregate coin
lu possession of tho treasury, $SS7,000,00o,
ato there to constitute n Arm foundation for
the paper curnney In the hands of the peo
ple, leaving about $100,000,000 which Is a
port of the general cash balance available
for tho expenses of the government.
The aggregate amount of gold money In
tho country on March 1 was $1,117,000,000,
and it has almost doubled lu the last Ave
years. The United Stales, hy reason of tho
marveluus growth of Its c.xort trade, has
been able to hold nearly all tho surplus
product of tlio world's gold during that
period. The command which America now
holds mor tho finances of the world by
reason of this development will soon makn
London a secondary hanking center as, In
deed, it lias already, in some respects anil
Now York tho monetary capital of tho
world.
I'l.AMIT.S or TI N.
Detroit Journal: "Tho tlrst time I drank
whisky," said Colnnel Tiinkes, "1 suppose t
matin n wry face, but after u while It grow
on me."
"The ryo fucc?" replied the other.
"Ah! cs."
Chicago Tribune: "What makes Weather
wnx twist his face Into such ipieer shapes?"
"It's his new teeth, llo hasn't got them
entirely pacllled ct."
Yonkers Statesman: She- You say girls
me always In n hurry to get married."
He Yes; that's precisely what I say,"
She -And yet you claim they nrn ulvas
late when It comes to the wedding.
Catholic Standnrd: Wlllle-Pn. what do
this spell: P-h-e-n-o-m-o-n-o-nV
Pa Phenomenon.
Wlllle-Well. what Is that?
Pa That, tny sou. Is what you would bo
If you never disturbed your father with
questions.
Indlannpnlls Press: "Yes," sho sneered
during the customary exhibition of her tem
per, "I'm disappointed. 1 married you for
pity, and now
"You don't get any." he interrupted, "for
nil our friends lavish It on mo."
Washington Star: "Do you like dialect'.'
asked the literary young woman.
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum; "If
I bad my way I'd have It used altogether.
It would save us busy men u heap of look
ing In tho dictionary.
Philadelphia Press: Mr. Krank No. I
won't take that horrible stuff.
Mrs. Krunk Hut the doctor has ordered
It.
Mr. ICrank I don't care. Why that sturt
would kill a mule.
Mrs. Krank If you really think so, John,
don't tako It.
Chicago Tribune: Kmployor I am sorry
to note, William, that you aro about to
leave us.
Startled Salesman Whnt! I don't under
stand. I nbout to leave you?
Kmployor Yes; you nro noting as If you
thought It would bo Impossible for us ever
to UU your place.
thi: iitn hah, riCNct:.
James Uarton Adams In Denver Post.
In tho merry days of bijyhqod ,whcn wn
never knew' a care
Orcnter than the munipS or' measles or a
mother's cut of hair,
When a sore too was n treasure nnd n
stonebrulso ou the heel
Filled the other boys with envy which they
tried not to conceal,
There were many treasured objects on tho
farm wo held most dear.
Orchard, Melds, the creek we swam In, nnd
tho old spring cold and clear;
Over there the woods of hlck'ry and of oak
so deep nnd dense,
Looming up behind the outlines of tho
old
rail
fence.
On Its lulls the quail would whlstlo In the
early summer morn,
Calling to their hiding fellows In tho Held
of waving corn.
And the ineadow- larks and robins on tho
stakes would sit nnd sing
Till the forest- shades behind them with
their melody would ring.
There the catbird aud the Jaybird sat nnd
called each other names.
And the squirrels anil the chipmunks played
their chase-aud-ciitch-me games,
And the garter snako was often In un
pleasant evidence
In the grasses la tho corners of tho
old
rail
fencn.
As wi giew to early manhood when wi
thought tho country girls
In the diadem of beauty were the very
fairest pearls
Oft from spcllln' school or meetln' or tho
Jolly shuckln' beo
Down the old lano we would wonder with
a merry llttlo "she."
On tho plea of being tired, (Just tho coun
try lover lie)
On a grassy seat we'd linger In the moon
light, sho and I,
And we'd pulnt n future picture touched
with colors most Intense
As wo sut thero la tho corner of this
old
rail
fence.
Thero ono night In happy dreaming- w
were sitting hand In hand,
Up wo near tho gates of heaven wa could
utmost hear tho baud,
When she heard a declaration whispered
In her lls'nlug ear
Ono she often since has told mo she was
mighty glad In hear.
On my head there's now a desert fringed
with foliage of gray.
And them's many a thread of silver In her
dear old head today.
Yet tho llame of love Is burning In our
bosnme ns Intense
As It burned them In tho corner of that
old
rail
fence.
Makes
-Men's suits JjflO to $27).
