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THE OMAHA DAILY UEE; WEDNESDAY, AL'ItIL 21, 1001.
The omaha Daily Bee.
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says th.it thu uottiai number of full und
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GEO. 1J. TZSC1IUCK,
Subscribed In my presence und sworn to
before mo this 1st duy of April, A. t). 1001.
M. IS. It UNGATE,
Notary Public.
That JL'.OOO brick tdiould linve it npo
fin I Riianl detailed to watch It or Put
Urowo may got It.
Hoverul rurti aru to tho ground In
NehriiMkn, llNtonliitf fur t lie tlnul of plums
dropping In Washington.
Several other jmoplo In this vicinity
would like tho nsHlHtancu of tlio audi
torium auctioneer! to dlapoHe of n few
vngonloiidn of old brick on their hands.
I. Ktorling Morton as the Arbor day
progenitor lias more monuments erected
to li 1 ut than any other man living or
(lend. And what Is better, the monu
ments' aid for the most part, also living
and growing.
Kuukuh City Is again trying to stir up
trouble by sending a delegation to
Washington to take tho headtpiurtora of
the military department away from
Omaha. Kansas City ought to know
enough by this time to let well enough
nlone.
Tho effort to secure a jury to try the
Omaha kidnaping suspect will without
doubt produce the usual number of lu
telllgent men and women living, right
hero In Omaha who have never heard
nor read of either Mr. Cudaliy or l'at
Crowe.
Tli Woman's club has been discuss
ing public baths as ono of tho urgent
needs of Omaha. There Is no question
but what tho community could enjoy
public baths with advantage, but sev
eral other public Improvements have
the llrst call.
South Omaha's councllmanlc vacan
cies have developed a deadlock of tho
senatorial variety which may require
something desperato to break. In. tho
meanwhile, however, tho four council
men do not seem to bo overburdened
with tho work of tho six.
Tho man vlio sets out a prairie tiro on
a windy duy Just to burn off n llttlo
'dead grass, Is now getting In his work.
Heavy spring rains havo handicapped
him somewhat in his efforts to burn
out his neighbors' .houses, but ho can
not bo entirely suppressed.
Murk Twain has consented to address
a meeting In Detroit In connection with
the coming gathering of reformers nnd
political economists. Mark's latest ef
fort, lu which ho nttompted to bo
serious, leaves people In doubt ns to
how to consider him. Ills efforts to bo
serious are not so spontaneous as his
humor and tho doubt always lingers
whether ho means It that way or not.
Tho populist rank and illo Is not in
dulglng lu any wild rush to reach the
cashier's window with money to llqtil
dato tho debt of tho state committee, be
queathod from tho last campaign. Tho
bowers of wood nnd drawers of water
havo evidently concluded to let tho men
who havo partaken of tho loaves and
tishes of fusion rule nnd those who have
ambitions for the future pay campaign
bills.
.Half tho now English loan offered In
the United 8tates, amounting to $M0,.
000,000, was snapped up In short order
This Is tho second tlmo since the war
started In South Africa that the investors
of this country havo taken largo blocks
of an English government loan. Not
so many years ago tho reverso was tho
rule. Tho United States was tho bor
rower and English Uuanclers were
callud upon in order to float tho loan.
lu splto of tho severe competition
Omahn Is steadily enlarging the tcrrl
tory tributary to Its wholesale trade. In
this way Jobbers nro discovering that
tho acquisition of new Jobbing houses
does not hurt, but on tho contrary helps
tho fobbing houses here. The country
merchant dealing In various lines can
come to Omaha and make all his pur
cIiukcs on a single trip. As a result
Omaha is not only holding Its old ens
tomerB, but gaining now trade. A few
moro Jobbing houses strengthening lines
that tiro yet weak would do much to
promoto this movement still further,
.lum; OK A(1UIALDU.
Agulnaldo has given renewed afsur
nncc of his desire for penco nnd of his
full acceptance of American sovereignty.
He Is now Inclined to believe that tho
rule of the United .States In thu Philip
pines will be butter for tho people than
indepeiideuco and therefore lie is urging
his countrymen to surrender anil swear
allegiance to this government, which ho
thinks they will do as soon as they come
to undenstand tho nature of the am
nesty offered.
This Is another slap In the face for
the opponents of thu American policy
toward tho Philippines. Tho mnn whom
they have lauded ns an Ideal patriot
can sou nothing In that policy to con
demn, but heartily accepts It ns best
for his country. Xor Is this all. Some
of 'the nntl-lmperlallsts have referred to
Aguluuldo's manifesto as simply a
strong appeal against Irreslstlblo force,
conveying a doubt as to Its sincerity
or as n reduction of his real sentiments.
He disposed of this by declaring that
every word of the address "came from
his heart and he Imped tho; American
people would believe lu the sincerity
of his efforts to -SecUro' pefteer The
American admirers of Agulnaldo cannot
decline to nccept this assurance unless
they aru prepared to stultify them
selves by repudiating all they have said
In praise of his character as a hero and
a patriot.
Agulnaldo's nclhm. has ueen taken
without any force1 6r''pressuru on the
part of thu American authorities. Ho
reached thu decision to uceoptt.Auiortcnti
sovereignty upon tho advice of his own
countrymen and after he had learned,
very much to his" surprise, that i ma
jority of thu people preferred that sov
ereignty to independence. Tho effect or
the latest utterance of thu former In
surgent lender ought to be to forever
slleneo thosu AmerlcauH who have been
deploring and deprecating the adminis
tration's Philippine policy, since they
cannot, consistently demand Independ
ence for tho Filipinos when a majority
of those peoplo do hot desire it.
.411.1! I' OFUHVKXTV TIIOUSAXD.
The probability Is that the army will
not bo recruited to the maximum of
11(0.000 authorized by congress ! tin"
president's discretion, lint will ho limited
to 70,000. Tho situation In the Philip
pines has so greatly Imptoved and the
prospect of an early complete suspen
sion of hostilities, through tlio suneii
dcr of thu relatively few Insurgents
still In the Held, Is so favorable, that
the Washington authorities are consid
ering tho question of limiting army In
crease and It Is said tho disposition is
manifested to begin military retrench
ment immediately. There Is no doubt
that this can be safely done.
Lieutenant (Jeneral Miles favors mak
ing the strength of tho army ono sol
dier to every 1,000 population, namely,
70,000, but It Is .tho opinion that not
more than .'10,000 active men will bo
needed In tho Philippines next fall,
when civil government will bu In full
operation, and that with tho recruits
under orders for tho Department of the
Pncltlc nnd men hoinownrd bound for
Manila, not to exceed 10,000, altogether
will be needed for forolgn servleo and
not moro than .'I0,p00 for. homo stations,
Including Alaska, Porto Hlt-o and the
tepiporary forco lu Cuba. As to the
latter It Is quite possible that it can
bo withdrawn before the close of the
present year and employed In homo
garrisons.
Of course President McKluley has no
desire to recruit the army beyond what
Is doomed to bo absolutely necessary.
Ho Is not In favor of it large military
forco In time of pence- and undoubtedly
ho wishes to reduce the expense of that
department of the government as rap-
Idly nnd ns much as practicable. It
was- persistently declared by the oppo
nents of the administration In the last
presidential campaign that It sought to
build up a great army, In order to carry
out an Imperialistic policy and also to
ovorawe American citizens In any effort
they might maktt to Improve labor con
ditions. The worklnginen were told that
it was the Intention of tho administra
tion to havo fortlllcallons constructed
and garrisoned near all tho largo cities,
with a view to suppresshift movements
in tho Interest ot labor. Now tho ad
ministration Is considering tho expe
diency of llmltlug tho. 'army to ao.OOO
less than the president Is authorized
by tho law to make It.
There Is every Indication that an army
of 70,000 will b'if rtmplu for every re
quirement, and ts. limitation, to that
strength will bo Viighly satisfactory to
the country.
A TltADE TO HE VVLTl VATKD.
China's minister to the United States
Is a man of practical Ideas. He is en
deavoring to arouse southom interest In
the business of exporting cottons to
China. In an address n fow days ago
ho stated that this country sells China
but one-sixth oC,lts imports of cotton
goods, tho value of such goods exported
to China last year being but $.",000,000,
a declluo of GO per cent from the pre
vious year. Of course tho disturbances
explain tho reduced demaud for our
cotton goods, nil t ratio with China hav
ing suffered a heavy loss last year, and
as soon as u settlement Is reached be
tween the powers' and China there will
bo a trade' reeoyery, .wjilch In a short
tlmo will reach former proportions,
Hut American cotton exporters should
make greater efforts lu tho future than
they have done lu the past to cultivate
trade with China. Minister Wu polutod
out that with the advantage possessed
by this country in having tho raw ma
teiiul ut hand and with the ability to
lucrease the output almost Indeilultely,
American cotton spinners should secure
u substantial portion of tho other the
sixths of China's import trade In cotton
goods. One essential requirement is
that our manufacturers study tho wants
of tho ChluoHO 'people. A former con
sular representative of the United .States
snys American merchants and mnuu
fncturers must give more attention to
the Chinese character. Tho cousumers
over there are conservative nnd stick to
ancient brands and trade. A Chinaman
Is likely to .bjiy, goods of a certain brand
because he has always dune so, oven If
he can getrn better quality nt a cheaper
rate done tip In a package with which
ho Is unfamiliar. Another requirement
Is that we shall be better represented
by toniniorclnl ngMits In China. In this
respect both England and Oermnny nro
far ahead of the United States. An
other thing Is that we must be able to
compete with European goods In prices
and quality. There Is no doubt that
the Chinese are most favorably disposed
toward this country and all things being
equal will prefer to patronize America,
but the sentiment Is not strong enough
to Justify the belief that they will pay
exorbitant prices for goods made In
this country. They arc shrewd traders
and understand n bargain ns well as any
people.
It Is a very encouraging promise that
Minister Wu holds out to American
producers and It Inrgely depends upon
themselves whether It shall bo realized.
They must meet a formidable competi
tion from the producers of other coun
tries who are' inure familiar with
Oriental character ami requirements,
but undoubtedly American energy and
enterprise will bo equal to every tie-
iiiand. With the proper cultivation of
thti Chinese commercial Held there Is
every reason to expect that a trade will
be developed of great proportions, not
alone In cotton goods which, Imwcver,
will perhaps be thu most Important part
of the Asiatic commerce--but lu numer
ous other kinds of merchandise,
FA1IMS OI'tiltATtil) III 7W.V.4.VT.S.
The increasing number of farms op
erated by tenants has been pointed out
as a sign that the former owners were
rapidly sinking Into a statu of tenancy
through the foreclosure of mortgages.
This, however, has been shown not to
be the case by L. 0. Powers, thu chief
statistician of the ill vision of agricul
ture of the census bureau, According
to the new census ltgures the total num
ber of farms In tho United States has
Increased from 1,500,000 lu 1.S00 to
fi.700,000 lu 1000, ami those operated by
tenants havo Increased between 10 nnd
15 per cent, while those tilled by their
owners havo Increased between 15 and
18 per cent. lloth classes have In
creased more rapidly than tho agricul
tural' population, which fact tllspioves
the assertion that the owners are being
degraded Into tenants.
Mr. Powers states that it docs not In
dicate the degradation of the rural pop
ulation, but an uplifting that has raised
not less than 100,000 families from the
position of wage-earners to that of
lessees of small or largo tracts of till
able land. When a wage-earner, ho
states, lu n rural community guts a
llttlo capital ahead hu often begins to
look for a farm to rent and operate.
Those owners of farms who huve laid
by it goodly-slzetl "nest-egg" are often
willing to lease their lands und retire to
the city, to live on their Income. Tho
result is an increase In tenant farms,
but It is an economic Improvement for
all conctjnied. If the tenant bu suc
cessful he may be able to buy the farm
lu a few years.
.4.v AUiuruitiuM pointer.
While the auditorium promoters are
on the .outset of their brick-distribution
plan of raising money, perhaps they
will realize that in Justlcu to Omaha
people the bricks should bo unloaded
as much as possible on outside con
tributors, lu selling bricks to our own
citizens the money raised romcs out of
the same pockets that contrlbuto con
stantly to all the other Hellenics for nils
lug funds through public entertain
ments. . If It Is possible to secure a small part
of the necessary cost of the auditorium
from peoplo within a near radius of
Omaha who will benefit from It at least
lu a proportionate degree, this source
should not bo overlooked. Theie are
probably in the neighborhood of a thou
sand traveling men going out of Omaha
who could, If they would, dispose of
from ten to twenty bricks apiece and
In this way relievo the pressure upon
those who are contributing lu other
forms.
Wo believe this suggestion Is well
worth the attention of the auditorium
promoters and that If acted upon will
bring them a revenue entirely otitsldo
of tht! sources previously contemplated.
On May '10 will be dedicated at Sioux
City it monument which will bo commem
orative of one of the most momentous
enterprises lu the history of this section
of the United States. While tlio Lewis
the Clark expedition, which was largely
Instrumental In retaining for the United
States the great northwest territory,
was passing up the Missouri valley.
Sergeant Floyd died ami was burled
near Sioux City. Tho monument stands
over his grave as a reminder of the
hardihood of the little hand which peuo
trated the then wilderness and laid a
portion of the foundation of tho claim
of this government to tho land. What
a revelation It would bo to the mem
bers of tho party If they could return
and witness what has sprung out of
that trackless wilderness,
Thu boundary lino between the United
States and Canada Is to be resurveyed,
as the old marks have been obliterated
lu many cases nud are uncertain lu oth
ers. The orlgluul survey kicked up a
large-sized row, but there Is every tea
sou to believe that the present one will
be ouly u formal affair. Should the Can
adians, however, udopt the Irreconcil
able laud-grabbing attitude which has
characterized some of their dealings,
they will llnd Uncle Sam toeing the
scratch.
A debate between tho students of
Crelghtou uulvcrslty and the Statu uni
versity has been declared off because
neither city was willing to take tho neg
ative of tho proposition "that tho state
has a right to tax for public education."
If any of these students are expecting
to enter Into tho law they will have
missed their vocation if they cannot
support any side of a contention.
Under the proposed rule for a list of
pcrmaueut public school Janitors, made
up only of those who have been lu the
service five consecutive yenrs, twenty
ouc, or moro than half, of the present
Janitor forco would be eligible. This
Is it remarkably large percentage. From
thu noise made nt the nnnual election of
Janitors one would easily get the Im
pression that all the Incumbents were
changed every year.
We have not yet hoard whether Hit'
University ot Nebraska has Its lines
out for Pror. t'hrl small, late notoriety
seeker of thu Kansas State Normal fac
ulty. The fnslonlsts lu control of the
management of this institution should
wake up to the chance they are missing.
tilve (he I'll III rr it MIiiiw.
Baltimore American.
A mothers' congress Is to meet next
month In Cleevland. As the fathers of this
Brent and happy land nrc never collectively
henrd from, It is to be assumed that the
mothers have them in good training.
I'lltllllK II (III (III- ('ill.
Hun Francisco Cull.
It Is well known to all Americans that
our troops took no' part In the looting of
China and now the rirltlsli, Herman, French
nnd Japs deny that their troops had any
hand lu It. Evidently It was the cat.
Tin- Retort CoiirltMiim.
Washington Post.
The democratic press In rcferrhiK to the
president's trip Is making considerable fuss
over whnt It Is (iluasud to term "govern
ment on wheels. Yet this Is much better
than government by gcntlemeti with wheels.
Ktery 1,1111,- llrlpn.
New York llcruld.
This Is the season when you can mako
your hack yard patch ngrceablu to tho eyes
nnd feallngH of your neighbors. It will be
a small charm of green and color, It is true,
but every little helps to soften tho dreary
rcpcllant barrenness of city outlooks.
Illttlim 'Em In (he Itllia.
New York Sun.
Thu makers of umbrella ribs have formed
n trust. What do high-minded meu think
ot this new outrago? No good Rrynnltc
will he guilty ot buying umbrellas any
more. Rather let the rains of heaven fall
on the unbending head. Itutlier filch or
borrow somo plutocrat's umbrella. This Is
not n question of moro umbrella ribs, hut
a question of principle.
A I'IuiisIiik I5iiprl-ner.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The president of the French republic, who
ban Just taken a trip In a submarine boat,
cxpresso hlmsolf us being greatly pleased
With the experience. It Is said that one
of the most delightful sensations tin ordi
nary human being la capable ot feeling Is
that whloh comes upon hlm when ho l
satvly out of a submarine boat. Rut it
cannot be much more delightful than the
sensation of safely stepping nut of the
basket aftor the balloon ascension.
Tin-: ii iii.it; ami Tin: noinoiis.
,V Dlsriitirar tin lleillenl IvIUIch Silerl
Itli Comiiieiil.
Philadelphia. Press.
Tho duty of the public toward the medi
cal profession was tho toplo discussed by
tho members of the New York Medical
society the other evening, and, amid much
thnt was not conclusive, the most practical
note was struck by Ur. Andrew II. Spears,
who drew attention to a certain scientific
duty the doctors owed the public, which
duty, however, those most concerned do not
seem to realize.
To thoso who arc Interested in tho ad
vance of sound sanitation, true Rclcnce
and tho protection of the Individuals In
tho community from cranks und quacks
tho extraordinary vigor with which quack
cry in one form or another flourishes these
days is somewhat disheartening. Under
the gutso of a religion a deniul ot all the
physical facts of life Is curried on In ccr
tain sets ns a cult) which, If Its devotees
over were In tho mulorlty, would mean tho
abandonment of all the protective Inllucuces
that now restricts disease and limit Its
public ravages.
In other words, avowedly unskilled
scientific, medically Ignorant men
women aro permitted to prey on
credulity of the community nt tho
tlmo efforts are being made to raise
, nn
and tho
very
tho
standard of medical and intellectual quail
ligations which shall admit tho bona fide
doctors to legal practice. tuU jg
amazing a paradox that It Is not to be
wondered at that it exercises tho minds of
leading medical experts, In Now York
stuto the proposal of rational legislation
In tho Uno of limiting quackery Is prac
tically held up by tho humbugs, who have
so befuddled tho minds of tho legislators
that thoy sre some Inrldlous nt i on
religion nnd private rights in a law that
merely applies tho logic of existing laws
to n grave situation.
In discussing this Btato of things, which
Is disgraceful and ominous and unfor
tunately is Just as trim of other .states as
It Is true of New York, Dr. Speara lia3
gotten at one factor In thu situation thnt is
too often forgotten. And this is tho dispo
sition ot the scientific physician, the stu
dent of public medicine, through an absurd
theory of ethics, to draw aloof from tho
laity nnd to keep his science to himself. As
Dr. Spears points out, public Ignorance
exists, In matters of public medicine easily
cleared up, becauso scientific medicine has
failed to make Itself felt properly by the
public ut large. As ft Set-off, Dr. Spears
advocates greater publicity In tho matter
of progress In medical discoveries nnd the
publication of lectures and papers from
competent medical men, stripped of their
technical terms, for he believos tho world
should know what is doing In medical
science and that it Is the duty of tho pro
fession to give such information.
In taking this position, Dr. Spears has
put his finger on a sore spot, for If greater
publicity means anything It means an In
telligent use of tho newspapers, and yet If
thero Is ono thing a certuln typo of medical
men agree on It Is tho refusal to aid the
public In any way through the only medium
by which It can bo reached, save when thev
have axes to grind. Tho profession Is
derelict, and It cannot be surprised If, de
spite Its private efforts, tho public scorns
for the nonpo ready to support nny Idiotic
vagary that comes along, nnd tho average
loglnlator disinclined to give tho public
and the profession the protection both de
serve. fillOWTH OK ADVintTISl.VG.
l'nrt II l'ln nil Out- of tlio I'nrcc of
ClvllUnlioii.
New York Tribune.
In the last quarterly publication of tho
American Statistical association Sidney
A. Sherman gives an Instructive sketch
of tho grout growth of modern advertising
and tho Important part It has come to
play ns ono of tho forces of civilization.
Kitty year3 ngo thero was llttlo advertis
ing In the dally or periodical publications,
and as n rulo advertisements were Inartis
tic and unattractlvo Jn form and crude
In conception. Today It Is estimated that
advertising Influences sales to tho amount
of 110,000,000, and that on tho basis ot C
per cent as an average this represents an
unnual outgo for advertising of $500,000,
000. The largost advertiser In the world Is
said to be a sewing machine company,
though It reckons Its payments to can
vassers 'as advertising. One soap manu
facturing concern spends about ? 1,000, 000 a
year in advertising, and an appropriation
of from $300,000 to $300,000 a year for ad
vertising is by no means uncommon In the
business world. Mr. Sherman thinks that
up to a certain point the so-called trust
Diffusion
toulsvlllc C
One of tho most significant features of
the day nnd one conclusively demonstrating
the more general distribution of wealth Is
the fact that the note brokerage houses of
New York havo opened brnnch olllccs In
Chicago nnd other western cities. They
have discovered that the commercial paper
which formerly enmo to Now York without
solicitation Is now being absorbed by the
hanks of the west and south, and that If
they are to retnln the large business they
have so long carried on they must seek It
In tho plnces where It originates. The vol
ume of the commercial paper illssottuted
In Now York, It Is statod on good author
ity, amounts to betweon $500,000,000 nnd
$000,000,000 annually. As the metropolitan
banks have been taking this paper at A nnd
4 Va per rent for six months, while Interior
banks charged nil the way from 6 to 10
per cent, good bills were sent to New York
without question. Now, howeer, so much
money lias ncct'mulatcd In the Interior nnd
tho banks have such large deposits that
they have greatly lowortd their discount
rates and sought out the business that for
merly went east. The situation Is thus ex
plained by one of the foremost New York
authorities on commercial paper to a repre
sentative ot the Joumnl of Commerce:
"During thu past two years mercantile
latorests have mado a very large amount
of money, and examination of their
statements shows thnt they have refrained
from going Into outside mutters to any
grout extent, but have kept their money
lu their business. 1 mean by outside mat
ters thnt thoy havo not mndo Investments
of a character which would luck up
their capital. Tho financial statements ot
Jobbers generally show pretty heavy
merchandise accounts and they have been
liquidating these accounts, and conse
quently havo not been large borrowers of
monoy.
"The plethora of money in the Interior
cities and the enormous lines of deposits
which the banks of these cities hold hnvo
prevented large lines ot pnper which for
merly canio to New York for discount nt
low rates from coming to this market, ho
causo the banks In tho Interior havo come
down in their rates to meet the New York
method of doing business Is Inimical to ad
vertising, as it tends to eliminate compe
tition. Hut the facts hardly Justify this
view, because many of tho business con
cerns, as, for instance, Iron mills, that be
come consolidated, never advertise any
way, und others apparently can only re
main monopolists, as against an army
of rivals who want to become monopolists
themselves, by liberal and constant ap
peal to the public through the advertising
columns of the dally press.
The progress of advertising has been
great In the United States during the lat
few years nnd thero Is comparatively little
of the offenslvo advertising that n rakes the
railway stations nnd omnibuses In Kngluud
so hldi-ous. Moreover, tho newspaper .ad
vertising In tho Kngllsh papers Is, on the
whole, less iittractlvo than tho advertising
In American papers. Tho Kngllsh adver
tisements uro too bald, too prosy and too
mechanical In their makeup. Tho art of
writing nnd displaying advertisements has
made great progress In this country. Ad
vertising, in fact, has been put In tho hands
of specialists, who have made an exhaustive
study of the subject. Hut, great as has been
tho progress of advertising, it 1b by no
means as gouernl as It ought to be. Nearly
two-thirds of tho large general advertisers
nro to be found In tho New England states,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Delaware. About a third of them aro In
New York 3tate. Outside of this state Mas
sachusetts and Illinois lead all the other
states In advertising. It may bo added that
a little morn than I'.'i per cent of till tho gen
eral udvcrtlsers of the country ccntor their
business In this city. Dut nn appreciation
of tho importance, or ruther tho necessity,
ot advertising Is growing In other parts of
the country and has been especially notable
since the present era of business expansion
set In. Prosperity not only stimulates old
wants, but creates new ones. And those
who nro In keen competition to meet thoso
wants find that ouly by constant advertising
can they hopo to succeed.
liii.vvi'.sT aim: tiik thmihiikmt.
Inelilenl SIiomIiik How Ihr I'nRnlon
of Ivll Will- Huve Hutixiilnl.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tho funeral of Mnurlco Thompson, the
naturalist and author, nt Crnwfordsvlllc,
Ind., was characterized by a knightly Inci
dent. The dead man was a confederate
soldier nnd though ho did not dlo among
tho comrades with whom ho fought full
military honors were paid his memory. Mc
I'hcrson post, Grand Army of the Itepubllc,
of Crawfordsvllle turned out in uniform ami
escorted the body of their former foe to
the gravo with nil tho mourning cere
monies of their organization, the sumo as
though ho had been one of their members.
This tribute to tho dead has called out a
touching letter from tho poet's brother,
now u resident of Senttle, Wash,, to Cap
tain II. II. Talbot, who read It nt a full
meeting of tho post:
"Your letter of March 21 eamo to me as
the kindest and best expression from the
heart of ono good friend to another in tlmo
of great distress. It was Just llko you erd
your old fellow veterans to do tho noblo
deed that you did when you burled Maurleo
with all tho honors of u soldier. It Is Im
possible for me to think of him us dead.
The many, many times thnt you and I have
strolled through tho woods with him and
fished with him along the strenms will keep
In my memory while life lasts. You no
doubt recall tho last time that wo went out
together In tho woods north of Crawfords
vllle, a year and a half ngo when I was
back thorc, nnd tho lovely time we had, but
all theso things are over now. You und he,
as well as ho and I, havo touched hands for
tho last tlmo nnd wo will wait our !lt:lo
day and then go llko hlm upon tho mine
and Journey. If I could feel that 1 was go.
ng out of llfo as aweotly and calmly us bo
did and leave behind mu a memory as re
vered and honored ns his, and could know
that I huvo dono for tho people of tho
world as much as ho has done, death would
seem much less dreary to me than It docs
seem from my standpoint. I thnnk you and
tho old members of tho CJrand Army of tho
Hopubllc, who could thus disrobe them
selves ot the thought that in the far-gono
days he was their enemy and armed in
bnttlo against you and them, and could go
to his gravo and drop into It tho sprigs of
green, which, if they could feel the love
they typify, would take root and grow to
great trees. Ilcmcmbcr mo to nil who
loved hlm nud especially each moraber of
the Grand Army of tho Ilopubllo that gath
ered about him at tho last. Evor your old
friend, WILL H. THOMPSON."
This Incldont fortunatoly Is one of many
that are constantly occurlng to demon
strate the complcto reunion of the country.
The passlous arousod by tho civil war hnvo
been subsiding for a third of a century and
every now and then thero comes out such
a flash of foellng as this, which reconciles
us to all that has gone before, It Is such a
demonstration of the divinity that waits
deop In our poor humanity, but ready for
tlio supremo inoinont for tho one touch of
uature that makes tho whole world kin.
The part that Captain Talbot and his com.
rades of tho Grand Army have pluyed In
this demonstration that the wounds of thu
war havo healed will bo greatly appreciated
In tho south, fiom which Muurice Thomp
son eamo and for which he bravely fought.
The bravest ure the tenderest,
The levins aro the during.
of Wealth
otirler-Journnl.
tales and are purchasing paper direct la
their own territory at New York rates,
notably so In cities like Chicago. St. Louis,
Kansas City, Omahn, Denver, Detroit, St.
Paul and Minneapolis. This dearth of paper
has naturallr made all of the note brokers
n'ore nctlve than ever. And the demand
In the west being so eicai a number of
brokers have opened offices In Chicago nnd
me selling the far western country banks
from that city. The dearth of paper h.u
nlso hud another effect; It has caused the
note broken to go to the smaller clnss of
concerns throughout the country, soliciting
their business nt lower rates than they have
been In tho habit of paying to .their local
Institutions. This In turn has taken away
a great deal of Investment from tho local
lustltutlons and thrown them Into tho se
curity market. The wholo situation in thu
banking fraternity Is that high deposits
and the dlttlculty of luvcstmcut on the
part of the banks have had their natural
effect of creating an investment demand In
tho stock market and lu tho market for In
vestment securities In New York. Hunks
that uro not buyers of commercial paper
nnd are not In the position to buy com
mercial paper have been compelled to seek
tho security market, where n large volume
of securities has naturally been absorbed
In this way. The southern hunks have
been exceedingly prosperous, showing enor
mous Increases In deposits, The south Is
In n very prosperous condition generally
acreage lands In certnln sections liuvln,;
nearly doubled In vnluo during the last
three vears, notnbly so In the state ot
Trxns."
The conditions noted In New York are
gradually being duplicated hero nnd in tho
west. Interest rates In the interior of Ken
tucky thnt were formerly 8 to 10 per cent
are now down to B nnd 6 per cent and local
hanks hove difficulty In keeping their mony
employed, In consequenco they have Joined
the city banks In the purchase ot bonds
and choice Investment stocks which have n
stablo Investment value. No wonder local
securities and securities of nil kinds keep
so high under these circumstances And no
wonder the south nnd west aro ahowitiR
such rapid expansion in their Industries.
I'KHSOXAl, AM) OTHliUWISE.
According to on old saw, "A cold April
tho barn will fill."
Don Emlllo Agulnaldo comes off with fly
ing colors In his tussle with the dictionary.
Cecil rthodes is an Inveterate smoker.
Ho hits a strong cigar between his lips nil
the tltnc he Is Indoors durlug the day.
' 7e reddest nose In a Kansas town be
longs o a man named Sprlngwatcr nnd the
local paper says ho never drinks a drop.
It Is to Charles M. Schwab's credit that
ho Is bo very human that be Is still called
"Charllo" by tho men among whom he
worked when n boy.
Tho New York senato last Friday passed
1y a largo majority tho bill to stop the
killing and maiming of live pigeons to mako i
n marksman's holiday.
A Pennsylvania mull carrier who walked
ten miles every day nnd roeclvod tho
muntftcint sum ot 20 cents its hln compen
sation has resigned his position. .
Tho now French embassy building at
Washington will bo built on tho estate
which was onco the homo of Joel Harlow,
tho Hasty Pudding laureate of America.
Slnco tho first of January n Wllkcsbarrt
(Va.) nldcrman has properly "licked"
twenty men who havo been brought be
fore him on tho chnrgo of beating their
wives.
The sultan of Morocco has becomo so In
terested In Scotch music as played for him
by n piper ft short time, ago that ho has
commissioned a Glasgow firm to make hlm
a set ot pipes for his own use.
Probably Germany will add to Its In
demnity demands upon China the value of
tho palace of tho empross nt Pekln, which
bus been occupied by Count von Waldcr
seo and his staff, but was destroyed by fire.
James S. Hogg, formerly governor of
Texas, has beon bitten by tho oil craze now
prevalent In that state, and with tho view
of sinking a number of wells has purchased
40,000 acres of land in tho Denumont oil
district.
Dr. Koch intends, in conjunction with tho
German colonial office, to organize various
expeditions Into German Afrlrn for the pur
pose of carrying on Investigation Into tho
origin of malaria. He will dlroct the work
from Ucrlln.
Henry Millard, Jr., president of tho
Kronen Benevolent society of New York
and of tho French hospital of that city, has
been made a knight of tho Liglnn of Franco
In recognition of his services to Fronchmon
In New York.
Mr. FItzaimmons, tho nrenlc favorite,
whoso homo lite has been held up as u
model for all to admire, Indignantly denies
tho story that ho recently lll-trcnted his
wife, He naively snys: "In a domestic
squnhblo a door accidentally swung and
bruised my wife's face slightly."
Don A. Henderson, a son ot Speaker
Henderson of tho national bnuso of repre
sentatives, Is working as a day laborer
In San Pedro, Cal,, earning $2 u day. Ho
and bis father "don't hitch," Tho dis
tinguished Iowan is willing to aid his eon
In any way, but tho young mail prcfeis
to mako his own living.
Tint little village of Tyrlngham, Mass.,
whoro ox-I'resldont Cleveland Is to spend
the summer, Is six miles from the nearest
railroad station, surrounded by thu famous
Berkshire hills. The Cleveland bouse Is HO
yoars old and beside Its ancient fireplace '
tho former president hopoa to draw suf-'
flclent inspiration to compose a $6 prize
contribution for a Nebraska odltor.
Your Spring Suit
is renly when you are. The weather is ready also it's
come to stay now and there need be no more doubt in
throwing aside the winter clothes and budding forth in
spring attire. Home of the finest suits you ever saw for
.?0, JJ15, $18, .?20 and $2fi. made of the new worsteds and
cheviots, in tho new military style fit ami quality guar
anteed. The only difference between the II. Iv. it (Jo.
clothing and the custom tailors' is the price.
ATo clothing fits lileo oars.
Browning, King & Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
.warn:'. .i.iti: to tiii: ri.Aii.
Minneapolis Joumnl llnd Agulnaldo dl.i
coTered his mistake some tlmo ago tho
Filipinos would have been saved from much
tribulation,
lndlnuapolls News: "Glorious sovereign
banner of the Putted States" Is pretty
strong Inngungo for ono in Aguluuldo's po
sition, but perhaps his remarks are to bo
taken In nn Oriental sense.
Chicago Post: The Wnr department I
represented as certain that field opcrationi
will soon cease and that the Agulnaldo
manifesto will hasten pacification und
reconciliation. The former Insurgent chief
may be given nn opportunity to assist thu
Tnft commission lu the work of establish
ing civil government. There Is llttlo rea
son to quostlon the genuineness of his "un
reserved" acknowledgment of American
sovereignty. The goal should bo substan
tial Philippine Independence, nnd hearty,
loyal co-operntlon between thu Intelligent
natives and Americans will accelerate the
rate of progress lu that direction.
Kansas City Star. Agulnaldo's address
should do much toward the speedy settle
ment of the military situation In thu Philip
pines. The Importance attached to this not
by Gencrul MncArthur Is shown by his re
lease ot 1,000 prisoners. Doubtless ero
long the military occupation of the Isiunds
will bo reduced to garrison establishments
and the mnjor portion of the nrmy will bo
sent home. This ond is much to bo de
sired, not only became of tho hardships and
expenditures of wnr, but nlso for the benefit
of tho Filipinos generally and the remoal
of wnr speculations from tho reach of per
nicious political ngltntors In this country.
Detroit Journal: Tho complcto" termina
tion of hostilities is desirable, however, hr
tho great tribune ot tho people now admits.
It Is a pity that ho could not sco it with
the same Information at hand when he
was hidden away In the mountnlns, nny
tlmo during the Inst year or more. Per
haps It wns because ho lacked n lexicon.
Anyway, tho Filipino wnr Is over, whether
Agulnaldo Is still believed in by his old
tlmo followers or not. Thoy can get olt
the grass without shooting any moro ar
rows, or they can bo taken ono by one. Wo
have accomplished In two years what Spain
could not In 200 years, nnd In the history
of the futiiro tho part of Agulnaldo lending
up to his florid mcssngo will be reckoned
as thnt of n shallow ndvonturor rather than
as n sincere nnd nhlo leader of hln rnco.
New York World: Tho grandiloquent, bill
abject address of tho captive Filipino
lender goes fur to confirm tho low opinion
of his character hitherto expressed by his
enemies. His rhapsody about tho "glorious
sovereign banner of the United States" docs
not comport well with tho proclamations
for "liberty or death" heretofore Issued In
his name. However, If his word can stop
the devastating wnrfnro that hns so long
desolated his country nnd distressed our
people, ho will have rendered a grout serv
ice to humanity. In other lands nnd other
times prudeneo nnd common senso huvo
not governed tho action of men fighting for
freedom and Independence; but Agulnnldo's
ndvlco to his countrymen to yield to "an
Irresistible force" Is prudent und sensible.
Tho strugglo is hopeless tor such u peoplo
nnd against such odds, v
TAUT AMI TICKLISH.
Detroit Journal: Soinn skeptics at Ilk,
the near-sighted man who skates right up
to the danger sign to see whnt It snys.
Chicago Trlbuuo: Maud How do you
llko our new clergyman?
Mnliel He's splendid. haven't heard,
hlm preach yet, but bu golfs beautifully!
Philadelphia I'ress: "I didn't know Drags
was a publisher."
"A publisher? Who told you ho was?"
"He did. He said lie wus 'a disseminator
of light literature' "
"Huh! He's ti bill clerk In tho employ of
tho ruh company."
Iloston Transcript: Mrs. I'euk Oh. dear,
I'm so tired! I'vo been hotisn-liuntlug nil
day.
Mrs, tJrecuo Why, you'ro not going to
move, nro you?
Mrs. J'eak Mercy! nn. Mrs. I'royo and t
huvo only been around seeing how folka
who moved out left their houses.
Detroit Free Press: "That's mean."
'What's the mutter?"
"Miivnie's going in bo married nnd I
haven t paid for hrr graduating present
yet."
Washington Star; "It's tho only tolma
on earth," said Mr. Dnlaii, who was strug
gling with u bulky horse, "that 1 wlsht
for an otlymoblle."
"Would yez sell tho horse."
"No, sir. I'd never give In llko that. I'd
hitch the animal up In front to the ma
chine, an' then I'd sco whether ho'il go or
not."
"Washington Star: "Ono er d blgge.V
damages deso hyiin trusts Is ll'bl to do."
said l.'nclo Rben, "Is tcmplln' folks to Ins.j
tlmo fum dcro reg'Iur business, hollerin
ngln whut dey can't help."
I'ltlsbiirK Chronicle: "Have you rend thfl
now base ball rules?" asked thu Observant
Hoarder.
"No," replied the CrosH-Kycd Hoarder;
"how many umpires nr4 we allowed to ns
snHHlmito ut each game?"
I'hllndelphlu Press: "f lmvo Just engaged
In llternry purmilts,"Hald thu wealthy stock
broker, us he entered hH club Inst night.
"Tell us about It," repllod ft fellow mem-
"i chased n poet nwnj' from tho housn
who wanted to mako lovu to my daughter."
IX THU lll.OSbll.MM.
Frank L. Htuuton, in Atlunta Constitution,
i
Trtnu it huu troubles, und tlmo It Ima tears
Morrow's ami sigiuugn a-maoy,
Hut what do I euro?
it's tho spring o' the your,
And I'm out In tho blossoms with Jcnnyl
tl.
Knrth Is nil beautiful sunshine, nnd seems
Fairest and dearest of any;
Hose-wreaths to wear!
It's the Hprlng n' the your.
And I'm out In tho blossoms with Jennyl
III.
Leuii to her, lilies, and violets blue
Daisies so deep nud to tnHiiy!
Llfo In so dour ' '
In the spring o; tho year
Out In thu blossoms with Jenny!