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THE OMAHA DAILY BICE: TUT BSD AY, 31 AY 10, 1901. The umaiia Daily Bee. B. HOSI3WATEU, KD1TOK. PUBLISHED BVBHY MOHNINO. TBItMS OK Sl.'HSCIUPTlON. Dally Heo (without Sunday), One Ycar.t6.00 Ually Uec and Sunday, uno Yuur. a.W Illustrated lice, uno Year 3.W Sunday lite, Uno Year ') Saturday lice, uno Venr l-w 'iwcntlcih century Farmer, Ono Year., l.tw OFFICES: Omnha: Tho lice llulldihg. HojUi Omaha; City Hull ttullillns Twcn-ty-mth an.i M strints, Council liluitsi lu Pearl Street. Chicago. Mi) Unity Uulloing. New iTork; Temple Court. Washington; 5W Fourteenth Street. COUUBBl'UNUBNCB. Comtniinlcittlonii ruin tint; lo news and edi torial matter should he ndJresscd: Uliiaha Uie, Euitorml Uciiurtment. , ncsiNrirts M;rn;ns. , ,, Business letters and remlttunci'ii should be DUUreSBeJi Thu lice Publishing Com pany, umalia. IIBM1TTANCKS. Hemlt by draft, express or postal order, payaoio lo 'ihu lieu Publishing Company, only 2-cctil stumps aceupteil In payment of ni.nl account, I'crsonui checks, excupt on UmaliQ or eastern exutmngea, not eccep'.cd. THlJ liliti PU1ILIH1I1NU CUMl'ANi. STATEMENT Of CUtCULATlON. Slate of Nebraska, Douglas County, n.: UeorKe II. Tzschuck, necretury of The Ileo PunilsnliiK Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Ually. Morning, livening und Sunday lice printed during the .iiumii 01 April, ivji, was us ioiiows I Ifli.uiio 2 Ut(,7(( 3 lH(,r.l) 4 at,r.io 6 aii.-MO i no.oiiii 7 stti.ao H Ull.lllt) 0 H7.HIIO 10 UU.iUO II fiH.lhO 12 :io,r,:to 13 ax, ono it xs.oir. is u.auu Total .IMS. M'h'lXtjHYS IM.XESS, The serious Illness of .Mrs. MeKlnley. which has compelled the president to discontinue his trip, Is ciuise for pro found regret mid the tuition's sympathy foreign control, hut ns the otllelnl points out, while foreign control of the customs at the few ports that are allowed to lie opened was readily necmpllshed, for eign tax gatherers In every village would unit tmlli.tll'litn u-ltl I'M nut in Hie chief he another mutter. Obviously It Is not liiinrlstrnte and his suffering wife, practicable. Still It Is not inipossinn coupled with the earnest hope for her that a way may lie found to Increase the sneedv recovery. .Mrs. MeKlnley has revenue from Internal taxation wiinoui long Itoon an Invalid mid though when adding to the tux burden. Aiiotuer sug she left Washington for this Journey she gestlon for meeting the Indemnity Is to was minarentlv In hotter health than grant lucrative mining and Industrial usual the strain upon her vital forces concessions to foreigners, lint the Chinese were too great and the consenuence will hardly lie disposed to thus itariei Is prostration that renders her condition their Independence and lay up endless extremely critical. trouble for themselves Especially will the people of the sec- Assuming that the powers will not re Hon of the country yet to have been vis ited by President .MoKlnloy deeply re gret tho misfortune that necessitates the . - . .. ... ... i i... .i i. cede trout ineir liuiemiiiij ueimum", un question of arranging tho conditions of the payment of the vast stun and nitiK abandonment of the journey. Great as lug provision theretor is prettj sine to tii.i imiininr iivntlnn iicconlod be iiernlexlinr and troublesome, ilium him, attesting In an unexampled degree will be. required to give n guaranty the public respect for his great otllco Where will she obtain It nni gowin- nnd the esteem in w-hloh ho Is personally incut will give her aid in so gieai n held, there awaited him equal or greater transaction V The appeal ol China for manifestations of the people's regard, leniency should not be In vain, yet tlier The northwest would have shown him s little probability (hat a majority of that he has nowhere a stronger hold the powers will heed It. upon popular respect and confidence than In this section, whose progress and prosperity during the last four years place the whole responsibility for tasting forbidden fruit upon Kve men have sought to make women the scapegoats u-lii'iiover tliev have fallen from irrace or t 7 tr,u Iv""p.v lH au example ol devotion with ,.ommtttcd some reprehensible act. The 4!"!"""!!a7)7M w"' t,1(; world Is familiar. In this I recent smnshup on Wall street affords a 25 a7.ioo hour of roar nun anxiety nothing couiu tr.lur cxnintile of this tendency. Ac draw the president from the bedside of . ...ii..,, t() UlL, N-uw Yorlt papers tho his wife save an Imperative call of duty ()f tue atod; K,Unhler.s Is chloily. if to the country. It is most earnestly to I)()t wliolly, due to the female speculators tie hoped that later advices will an- ...llo i,R.t,,,i n,,, to hold out and f4.-s7.Hio ""w 'i ehange for the better and the faC(1 (() ,,rotll,t their margins on col- while It is gall and wormwood to an Ohio man lo be second or third, even to another Ohio man, it seams to be a case that can't be helped. Sldr Vlfu of tlir (Initio, Chlcaso News. Iowa senators act as If they would like to use Conger to kill off some of the as piring politicians of the state. Who Wilt nie till- Dosef WnshltiRton Star That delinquent Porto Hlcan official was srnt to prison for thirty-two years tor stealing $2,000. tf Mr. Neely should re ceive a proportionate dose, several gene rations of the family would he required to appease tho law. ChnlTrn' Metitnl lti"i'r ntlini, Milwaukee Journal. General Chalteo Is a positive man and who n he said that American and British soldiers would never agnln face each other on the battlefield he only said In a posl- Ive manner what he thought. Hut it's en to one ho had In his mind a pro- so that if they ever did tho Yankee sol ers would always be "fnce-on." lti ar.ti.-.o prosperity during the last tour years " i!7.7oo ),,. magnificent testimony to the wis- jjj "701(0 ll0111 r 1110 VoIMvh of his admlnlstra- tnr IH.AMK n'oMASi Since the day that Adam attempted to 20.... 21.... 22. 23 2fl... 27... 28... 2D,.. 30... .010 ...ax, a io .U7,r. to .UT.fillO ,i:,s,r7 .U7.IUO ,U7,;tso Hon. Tho domestic life of .Mr. mid .Mrs. .Me. CIlH'll of the Itruuln i'httudclphla Record. Out of tweniy-ono candidates for sec- td lieutenancies anions volunteer olllcers returned from the Philippines, nineteen ero recently rejected by the examining board at San Francisco. When veteran regulars hold tho keys It is not so easy for qutsldcrs to break into the permanent rmy. However, there will be higher brevet rnnk for the volunteer olllcers to be muftcrcd out, and this may make things even. Leru unsold and returned copies.... la.aoi promise of early recovery Not total sales 84B,BlKl Net dally average N,IH5 , , OEO. 11. TZSCHUCK. HuliKcrlbed In my presence and .sworn to rcforo mo this 1st day of May. A. U. 1!01. M. 1J. H UNO ATE, Notary 1'ubllc. lateral left with brokers. Coinmentlng upon this gambling craze that has be come so fashionable In the American metropolis the New York Outlook has this to say: Tho gambling mania is as old as human The Long I'lne tramp who took it beat- Herman government was contemplating "rlaln fn8lo!"bale'rmn lug rather than take n drink Is evidently the acquisition of an Island on the coast c ,,urlng ! tno wlntcr DUNlAl.S FROM OKttMAtiY Gorman government olllclals have re cently felt culled upon to deny state ments published In this country regard lug alleged plans of Germany inimical to 1(y lt ls cit uy nn cin8ses, but especially H.v all ineiitm hnv n iirii.k i...f Amorlcnu Interests. A short time ago It bv nconlc of leisure. Durlns tho past two throw one. was stated, as information derived from ears thero has been an oumrcaK 01 ofliolal sources nt Washington, that the summing o very ser.ous bkb 11. IlllUllHKluii n ormon preached in this Atti. .Ittfln.- ttm u'lntnp rnllpd nttpntlnn to piaymg for an engagcnieiit among the of Veue.uela. with a view to establishing n evil Iho existence of which has been (lime museum freaks. i-onllm: station. The German ambus- recognized by sober-minded women in sndor-to tho United States obtained from fashionable circles, who have striven to uinaiiit jobbers are cult vatlnc a clad i,i ,,,,.,-,,..,....1 .,imllili.ll donlnl of stem the two ny inuivmuai caori anu some hand with towns and cities within their ., ,Pnort and our State denartment an- 'lml3..b.y .or?Jial. ...Nolu'!s, ', trade territory. This is a good crop to 0unced that It had no ground for the SVm x a ion than a woman turned belief that Germany sought to acquire gambler, buying her wardrobe, or gaining tho lslnnd In (ltiostlon. an additional sum for personal expenses Now there conies from Herlln, on the by her winnings at cams; anu yei mis .,,.v f ,rnv,.rnmnnt olllelnls. n do- Precisely tno way in wmcn some ...... ,..,..... ..j r" - nlal of the report that negotiations were going on between Germany and Austria for a' European commercial league iisialnst the United States. Interviews with the American ambassador and con sul general nt Herlln elicited the Infor matlon that they had heard nothing of , th d absoluto disintegration of the the league referred to and the dlspatcii moral nature. savs that the Idea Is regarded as Imprac- This view finds a reflex In the mind of After buying au nudltorlum brick buy tlcable, owing to the diversities of race the editor of the St. Louis Republic, who a fow thousand of the old-fashioned and Interests. This ought to no appar- exclaims stylo and put them into substantial lm- eut to anybody who will give the matter if anybody on earth is made unfit by tirfivamnntu flint mnlrn l.n r.Mn..Mn I tvitnlltirmif i.nnuti Wnflnn. There is no Ood nnd nature for the business of I'.v..... ,,.., muni; iiiu IJIVICOO I "MLVIll(,.". . -- . nnd nrosnerltv nf ntn..l. nnoKtlnn ns to there bolnc a.consldernblo gambling in tho stock market It Is v I ' - - l' I ..... .. ii...n)lnn.l I m mt lu la tmrnienn commercial hostility to the UnKwl -cnriy iuu nppncniions arc on tile for States in Europe mm mis may souuer Btrlrkpl. as Bheen tney are tno most cer ndmlsslou to practice at the bar of the or later Hud expression In discriminating la an(i inevitable prey of the cold and cultivate. If the Stnte Hoard of Public Lands and Utilidlugs keeps in the market for a state fair site long enough It may have tho whole of Lincoln on Its bnrgalu Hat. Mrs. Nation made an effort to con vince u Kansas Jury that she was in sane, but failed. Her conduct may ap pear normal to u Kansas Jury, but out siders must be shown. ionable women havo been making money during the last few years. This means not only loss of character, but loss of youth and of beauty; It means nervous exhaus Hon and kindred physical Ills; for tho gambling mania, when once lt has seized Its victim, is like tho opium habit ex tremely difficult to shake off, and Involving Nebraska courts. As a business stimu lator tliat new supreme court commis sion must be a hummer. Tho next oil fever will have its center of gravitation In Wyoming. Wyoming's duties on American products on the part of some of tho continental coun tries, as has already been done by Rus sia. Hut anything in the nature of a commercial alliance or league between wily sharks that do business on Wall street. Their very virtues render them incompetent for this sort of thing. While there may be a great deal more truth than poetry in this arraignment, it oil resources only awnlt development, states is elenrly impracticable and lt Is wnen tnoy will equal thoso of the most surprising that It should find serious ad .1 la ii f itiwitl1n tie tvtie ihii nTontio nfTnrod European nations against the united - - - - 11 IHU 11191 I1IUII. Women are doubtless more easily proliUe oil fields of the world. After helping tho foolish London spec ulators out of the hole Mr. Morgan has resumed ills vacation trip. Londoners should learn after awliilo not to bite on nn American game. vocacy from Intelligent men. So far as the German government Is concerned there ls no question of Its carried off their feet In the excitement of a stock exchange crash, but It Is unreasonable and silly to hold them re Their share I " .... ...,v.,.. ,i i,. Ar.na- ,lr,a!t.ft in tnnlTlfnlll thf mnSI niiuttntun. -.. i .villi tho TTnltlwl l'ie BCriuilllllKU u iiiiii: uiui 111 iuc The edict has gone forth that for four hours each day St. Louis must go dry Tho authorities probably considered It necessary that people must have some excuse to sleep a little. friendly relations States. It may uot think well of the Monroe doctrine, but It will continue to recognize and respect lt, while as to com mercial affulrs Germany cannot nfford ocean. Tlieir part or tne piny was irom behind the screen of the bucket shop nud the broker's back parlor. They doubtless screeched and screamed and swooned i . ii i, .ohiu,. ii,t very mucii tne same as tne men, oui to adopt a policy of hostility that mlglit provoke retaliation from this country. South Omaha seems to bo on tho eve of n small sized real estate and building boom. South Omaha has the foundation for a substantial future nud Judicious investments there are sure to bring returns. iriW, PAY THE INDEMNITY. China will pay the Indemnity de mauded by the powers. She realizes that this must bo done If the empire Is to bo snved from dismemberment. But she says the country ls Impoverished and mighty whirlpool that swallowed up ?(iOO,000,000 in one day. Tammany wires must bo grounded somewhere. Richard Croker had not In tended to come to the United States until after the great English Derby had been run, but he has changed Ids plans nnd will come over this month. Tho mills of the courts sometimes move slowly, but they move. The fed oral district judgo In New York has de elded that the men accused of com iilieitv in the steals for which Cantai asks the powers not to press too hard Curtol. l8 uow sc,.viiig sentence must go for payment, ir permitted to increase ( (. , ,0 tnml trlli There ore two Well Duiii', 1'nlttifiil Krrtntit. Now York Tribune. When tho lcglslaturo adjourned It left bulky package of bills tor Governor Odcll to deal with, It ls the general sentiment f citizens sincerely devoted to the public eal that the governor has dealt wisely with tho heavy burden thrust upon him. Vow chief executives at Albnny have shown moro discretion, more public spirit and loyalty to the best Interests of the people. And (lovernor Odcll has never been lacking In tho saving graco of common senso. Tnn Nlilcx li ii I'olnt. Kansas City Star. Charles M. Schwab, tho metallic-faced gentleman who is president of the United Slates Steel corporation, makes tho point, In support of hs argument against tho de- Irabllity of higher educntlon, that, out of forty men who are great loaders In tho uslncus worldthat Is, trust magnates- he knows only two who are college grad ates. To many persons this of Itself would constitute a strong reason for the main tenance and extension of universities and colleges. Industrial Peace Chicago Inter Ocean The policy of conciliation advocated at the New York Chamber of Commerce meet ing last Tuesday bids fair to supersede all other Ideas ns a means of bringing about and maintaining a permanent good under standing between labor and capital. In dustrial peace Is an nbo?lute requisite to the welfare of employe and employer, to the progress of tho nation In all the arts nnd to the general prosperity of the people. nnd it can bo secured easily by reasonable nnd honorable concessions on both sides. It Is encouraging to llnd such men as Samuel Compers, president of the Ameri can Federation of L,aoor; jonn .uucncn, . resident of the United Mine Workers of America; Charles It. Flint, president of the American Rubber company; Daniel J. Keefe. of the Illinois Hoard of Arbitration; William H. Snyward, of the National Asso ciation of Builders. James O'Oonnell, pres ident of tho International Association of Machinists, und Herman Justl, commis sioner of the lllinols-Coal Operators' asso ciation, nil voicing a common sentiment nnd nil favoring the attainment of the ut most Industrial harmony. President Rompers' prrsentntlon of tho workers' side of the qurstlon was n man ful statement of the case. In expressing the belief that the plan of conciliation would be nlded by every man who was against strife nnd for peaco, hn opeuod the way for an Interchange of liberal opinions and gavo those who followed him an opportunity to express sentiments cred itable In the highest senso to American citizenship. Iilsnop Potter recognized tho growth of Intelligence nnd open-minded-ncsa among workmen, nnd said upon It lould ho built tho highest hopes for the future He also reeognl.tcd the other Im portant facts, that n greater Interest Is being manifested on tho part of employers In the lives nnd conditions of their meu. John Mitchell expressed his sympathy with pence. As one who knows from ex perience the full meaning of Industrial war. he was peculiarly qualified to speak for harmony. However, he realized that neither patronage nor sentiment would bring about the desired result. "Peace Is better for both." he said, "and t am for peace If we can have nn honorable peace. I believe thero never would be strikes If the employers nnd employes could meet In fair conference. If we could have got a hearing last ycur the great coal Mrlko would havo been avoided." He hoped that the Chamber of Commerce of New York would lend ltn mighty aid to tho conciliation plan. All tho speakers, re presentatives of Inbor and capital alike, expressed practically tho same views nnd sentiments. The times nro ripe for nn understanding hetwen labor and capital The old-time antagonism of the laborer toward tho cap italist ls wearing rapidly nway. Tho nld- timo disregard of tho capitalist for the welfare of tho laborer is disappearing, -rhnre is nothing to hinder the growth of a common sympathy between all honest and hnnnrnhin men. whether they toll witn their muscles or with their brains. What is Ovaritim ? A dull, throbbing pain, accompanied by n, sense of tenderness nnd heat low down in the side, with nn occasional shooting pain, Indicates inflni.tinntlon. On examination It will be found that the region of pain shows some swell ing. Tills Is the first stnge of ovaritis, Inflammation of the ovary. If the roof of your house leaks, my sister, you havo It fixed at once ; why not pay the same respect to your own body ? You need not, you ought not to let yourself go, when one of your own sex til I' l. Till: IMIIMIMMMIS. Absurd Kirn of IIIII'm Homily. Chlcnj;o Chronicle. James J. Hill of tho Great Northern Itallroad company reads his fellow rail road magnates a moral homily on the late Northern Pacific corner nnd the resulting Wall street crash. Mr. Hill says that the tactics of his opponents, the Hnrrlman crowd, nro inero modern feudalism and that no men or sot of men should have such power as they attempted to wield with their gorged money bags. Mr. Hill's essay on tho ethics of railroad reorgani zations and corners makes very Interest ing rending. Perhaps its influence would bo greater if its author had not been him self one of the gladiators in tho financial prlzo ring that bnd such gory accessories last Thursday. If Mr. Hill's crowd had been triumphant in that sanguinary conflict we might have hceu spared tho essay. IWMI.MS-STIUCKKX CHIA. customs duties nnd maintain internal taxes, China can pay off tho Indemnity In thirty years, without Interest. What view will the powers tnke of thts? It Is stated that some of the for eign ministers are unwilling to accept It and It Is to be expected their govern nients will support them. According to Wnshlngton advices our own govern ment hns not abandoned Its efforts to have the total indemnity reduced, but It Tho machinists threaten to stop the wheels from going round next wook unless their demands are met by their employers. Before nrosnerlty was re stored by the election -of McKlnloy the Is approheuded that they will not lm wheels had stoimcd of their own accord, successful. Tho other powers, thero ls lio doubt, nave douniieiy uccuieu wini Tho designer of the new cup challen- their demands arc justllled and It Is Iter will change the outlines of Its hull i Improbable mat tney win icccue before It sails another race. Posslblv from them. Will they insist upon China Mr. Watson will not be afraid to tell the Pyl"S ! time than her envoys sa Dubllo the wonderful soerot of its eon- win require ami u-so winu mens Btructlon slnco the boat fulled to make 'l-,tl win no nuopteu tor raising tne eood. money The Chinese suggestion is mat tne Montana is showing tho eostern conn- foreign customs be luerensed one-third, try that It can bo as good as the best of the receipts to go to the support of the them If It wants to. Under orders of the government, lt la the opinion of some attorney general every gambling house that it would bo expedient to double the In the state has been closed. Montana tariff duties, uut on tne otner naiid u oil" 'nls should not get mad Just because It urged that to Increase customs dues thoi bet on the wrong card. would bo very like paying tne foreigners out of their own pockets, so During tho orn of depression there that it Is douiittui ir tne powers win ,!, IliXiie.milu nf iiim-ok nf ul.,,n i...i ni'reo to llllV material IIIOU'IISO III CUb higher courts to which they can appeal and by tho time they get n hearing tho captain may have served his term nnd congratulate himself that military courts are moro expeditious, for his troubles will bo over. A good Illustration of how American trade ls forcing Itself Into Europe Is found In Switzerland. The Germans have monopolized the coal trade of that country, but havo raised the price. Tho Swiss manufacturers Immediately con tracted with United States producers for their supply at the old price. This coun try Is not overlooking any opportunities at present. In this stnte. for which there was no de mand. Now practically all of It Is under lease. 'Taking ndvnntago of the demand tho commissioner of public lands and buildings has been active In tho effort to make the land productive of revenue and has succeedo'd beyond expectations. The western trip of the president nud his party has been sadly marred by sick ness and ho will return to Washington from San Francisco. This will be a sore disappointment to the sections of tho country which ho had intended visiting, but they will cheerfully acquiesce In his decision that under tho circumstances tho return home Is the proper thing to do. The Iowa Insurance men hnve com bined for the announced purpose of securing the repeal by the next legis lature of tho anti-compact law and the prevention of tho passage of a valued policy law. Tho Insurance men are liable to regret challenging attention to thoso measures In so open a manlier. Peoplo will begin to Investigate and tho result Is likely to be the opposite from that luteoded. , toms, even tor mo support oi uiu Chinese government. As to Internal tax ation It is already as heavy as tho peasantry can bear. It s believed, how ever, that tills taxation can bo made to yield a great deal more than It now does to the Imperial treasury if the sys tem of collection were reformed. In a comtnunlcatton to the State department an American olllclal at Poklu said: "Everyone agrees that If the taxes col lected from the peasantry were really paid Into the Imperial trensury, less the lawfully regulated charges, the revenues would bo nmple for nil purposes, Includ ing tho Indemnity." The trouble Is to Inaugurate tho required reform, which perhaps would necessitate placing tho eollectlou of the internal revalue under Tho stockmen In session at Alliance are having an enthusiastic meeting. One would not think from appearances that they had lost cattle by tho thou sands this spring as reported In tho oast orn papers. Tho stockman figures differ ently and sees a good protlt ahead of hlin on the year's operations. For fear that ho might be forgotten lu tho rush of other matters young Mr. Phillips pushed the price of corn up to (id cents. There Is not much chance that the voung man will fall to receive the amount of attention that ls duo him dur lug the remainder of the month tf he pof slsts In his present course. Too Much llrft on Our Spol. Portland Oregonlan, When Ohio has n president, a governor and a congressional outfit all touring the same circuit, each one can't bo first; and Specter nf Stur" atloii CaHtn Hn Slmdon- Ovrr CI vllliat Ioii'm Ucniuiius. Portland Oregonlan It ls doubtless true that the sufferings now being endured through famine in cer tain distrlctts of China nro totally beyond the conception of the average American. Hopeless wretchedness of a degree appall ing to tho Imagination of tho lowliest and most abject poor In this country is the com mon lot of tho common peoplo In China. Dulled by hopelessness, unused to plenty oven In the best of times ana under tno most favorable conditions they hove ever known these people are accustomed to deitl tutlon nnd endure It with stolid patience. That which to moro enlightened minds would bo abject penury Is to them n degree of comfort. Nothing short of absolute starvation appalls them, and oven to this they submit as part of the program that llfo haB to offer them. Misery as well as happiness is a rela tive term. It is thus that some porsons abide In smiling content conditions that would be unendurable to others of different mold, while many who aro designated as "having everything to make them happy' not Infrequently "repine and groan and wither from tho earth," their lives utterly devoid of comfort. Philanthropy, In seek ing to relievo human suffering, hns fre quently made the mistake of applying or seeking to apply ono standard of "comfort" to tho conditions of all people. The wast ngo that has resulted from this estimate of individual needs has been enormous. To furnish persons of rertnln habits of thought and life with the "comforts of life" accord ing to tho standard of those of different habltB nnd modes of thought is not only to waste the substance of benevolence, but to beget an Ignoblo spirit of discontent in Its beneficiaries which is more than likely to bear fruitage in envy, acrimony and socialism. Conditions of famine, however, such ns are described by Minister Conger as pre vailing In populous districts in China ap peal to' tho pity of tho civilized world, with out the slightest danger that such relief as may follow will conduce to discontent among these people. It ls simply with them a question of enough to keep base life afoot until the present stress Is relieved. Our peoplo nro accustomed to the plea of famine-stricken hosts, and they havo never yet heard It without making suitable, oven If inadequate response. Their ships, corn- laden, wheat-laden, flour-laden, havo sailed at difforent times to the ports of Ireland, of Russia, of India. Whether tho antag onism against China nnd the Chinese de veloped by the Boxer troubles last summer will cause Americans to "hear and not hear" the wall of famine in that country, and its plea for relief as voiced by Minis ter Conger, remains to be seen. Fronv the present outlook It Is not likely to meet with a generous response, though tho re ports that como from the famine-stricken districts of the empire mny cnuso tho pitiful to shudder nnd tho philanthropist to turn uneasily in his sleep. To hear that vast numbers of Chinese are hungry iirousos little concern, slnco this Is their chronlo condition, to relievo which is Impossible'; to bo told that mul tltudes n China border upon actual starva tion, having exhausted even the root, weed and fornco eiinnlv that Is fit only for beasts, In to arouse a languid wonder ns to what now will become of them; but when It Is said that they nro driven by tho dire extremes of hunger to eat ono an othor. their horrlblo plight appeals slgnlfl cantly to our surplus food supply, albeit the more practical or stoical among us may question boldly whether It is, after all humano to turn nsido from those miserable starvelings death, which Is their only refugo from suffering. Perhaps, ns Bomo believe, nature ereks by this means to undo tho mistake of her own fecundity, as wit nessscd In the surplus millilons of Chinese and, first blunting their sensibilities to pain, sho allows them to return by natural processes to the silence from whence they earns. Scciiri mill Itiolilcnt Sketvlieil hy Ai-tUt mi tin- Snt. A bunch of soldier boys with "rich red sporting blood" coursing through their nr terles have been convinced nt consider able cost to themselves that American high living does not promote tho fighting quali ties of native game cocks. A .soldier at ono of the camps at Hollo tells this pathetic talc: "In order to conform to tho custom of the country some of the men In bar racks put nsldo their principles so far as to become spectators at these cock fights. Thoy tell mournfully now of a bird for which a soldier paid 2 pesos. It had lost its tall, Its comb mlsllttcd nnd there was not enough flesh on It to boll. Tho next Sun day, on facing the town favorlt'.', it led him such a sprint by flying over him nt every rush nnd striking downward as lt flew that before the spectators could realize It the favorite lay dead and the soldier's bird wus champion. This performance so Ingratiated the bird with the soldiers that they took It into mess and let lt have nil It could ent of Iloston beans, bacon, bis cuit, prunes and the other viands of garrison life. When a challenger ap peared the paymaster had been around and the garrison fund testified to tho af fection nnd regnrd in which the soldiers held the bird. nut the luxuries on which he had fattened spoiled him as a flier, and when his antagcnlst rushed, his tactics failed him, and ho fell a victim of mls tnken kindness. Natives who attended the contest on tho last day that the com missioners were In town declare it fell nowise behind In tho high quality of other entertainment with which tho official visit had been regaled." i A comparison of tho annual death rate per- thousand Inhabitants of Manila with that of somo 'of the largo tropical cities and somo of tho populous centers of the United States has been prepared by tho War department at Washington. Tho an nual death rato per thousand of Manila for 1900 was 34.47; Hong Kong, 23.83; Bom bay, 61.36; Rio Janeiro, 31.11; New ork, 20.53; Philadelphia, 19.58. A comparison of tho respective causes of death shows that there is practically no cause for alarm In tho plague figures, but tho number of deaths attributed to other causes ls In somo cases rather high. For Instance, Manila's vital statistics for the month of December recorded 108 deaths from pulmon ary tuberculosis nnd 189 from Infantile dis eases, the next highest on tho list. Pul monary tuberculosis Is common all over these Islands, duo to the climate nnd tho peculiar susceptibility of the native con stitution to the disease. It would seem that thero Is more to fear from an Increase of this complaint than from an epidemic of plague. into his face exactly as ho had been gazing at her. nirk!" snld tho nretty girl. It would tako too many columns to tell all she said In the word, but before It was quite out she wns sitting bcsldo him nnd liml iho hand with the ring on It. inn rest nf thn nnsfioncors didn't seem to count. "Trnnsnort. San Francisco, last week. Tried to surprise. Hospital at Cavltc, bul- lnf In I hit rlinut nnd aide. No sense, In frightening the family." "Dick!" said the pretty girl. Sho mo- iinnpil to the conductor nnd seized the scarecrow's bag. "Only two years nnd you had forgotten. You said" "Dick!" And the car went on and left them stand ing on the crossing. Mm. Anha Astox. holds out the helping hand to you, and will ndvise you without money ana without price. Mrs. Pinlcham's labora tory is at Lynn, Mass. Write a letter there telling all your symptoms imd get the. benefit of the greatest experi ence in treatlug female ills. " I was suflerlug to sunn nn oxicdi from ovarian trouble that my physi cian thought nn operation would bo necessary. "Lydla E. I'inUham's Vegetnblo Com pound having been recommended to me, I decided to try it. After using several bottles 1 found that I wns cured. My entire system wns toned tip, And I "suffered no more, with my ovaries." Mits. An.va Asio-t.Troy, Mo. A SHLK-COWICTKD TIIUST. YorU'n Ice l.'oiiililno l-'coli tne I'lncli of Competition. Haltlmore American, llv Its own figures has the American Ice company the worst und most brutal of all mrdlcnl man bnd rubbed his ears tho wrong the trusts now been eonvicteu oi inoao way whlle shampooing bis serene vnstness I'HItll.S OK A ItOAAI. HO TOII. 'nlnl Operulliin nt n I'liynlclnn In the Mil I till! H HlMINI-llUlll. Hrooklyn Kagle. A report from Constantinople, that If un- truo will bo denied, and If true will lie denied moro strenuously, ls to tho effect that the sultan shot his physlclnn In n twinge of pain and temper, because tho charges of extortion nnd public robbery which wero brought against It last summer. It has recently made arrangements to fur nish Ice to the city buildings of New York at the rato of 144 cents a 100 pounds, while It Is selling Ice at retail at from 25 to SO cents a 100 pounds. Aftor making this announcement, thu New York Journal, which led the fight against the Ice trust a vear aco. says: "Last summer the trust said that It could not afford to selt ice at less than fiO' cents at retail, or 23 to 25 cents at wholesnle. Its expenses aro Just as high now as they wero then. Evidently it Is conducting Its business purely ub a r,i.iinnthrnnlr. onternrlse. There is no for earache. A chamberlain, running in to seo what tho shooting was about, also had the honor to receive n bullet from tho hand of majesty, and his feelings are hurt. The physician Is dend. This sort of con duct ls not likely to secure tho best of medical attendance for the sultnn In fu ture, unless the physician stipulates that majesty shall go to his oftlco and leave his gun nt the door. Yet lt will make tho successors to the late M. 1). particu larly cautious, and possibly there will bo prompter cures. In China a family physi cian is paid by the month, so long ns his pntlcnts nro well and thoro ls no need for him, but as soon ns ono of the family escape from that conclusion, for the only fag m Dis stipend ceases and ho must alternative would bo tho Incredible anu c,lre thn ease, or bo cast out from favor, Imposstblo assumption that last year Its pors no Work, then, ns1f he felt an ln oftlcers lied." terest? Yes, usually. Wo might adopt The Baicasm of these words Is delightful, tno Chinese fashion here. It would bo but there is no getting nway from tho alter- popular among tho medical fraternity, be nnttve, and under It the olllcers oi me cnuso tnPy would receive an Income with trust nre nroven guilty of prevarication, ou, working. Hut tho sultan's method Is Just as last year they were proven guilty open to objections, especially on tho part of giving nway the watered stock of the 0f tho physicians. But, then, perhaps tho truBt for the purpose of gaining a political guitnn hadn't any method. Maybe he does pull which they hoped would give them a not hold a pistol in his hand while he Is complote monopoly or tno ice uusiness m having bis ears ruUbcd New York. They soon discovered, nowevcr, Tho Army and Navy Journal relates that First Sergeant Duckctt of Company A, Forty-ninth volunteer infantry, stationed at Cordon, Northern Luzon, was wnlking down tho main street when he ennio face to fuco with a boa constrictor that had Just made a meal of a young pig and was casting vora cious glances at a Juvenile Filipino. Ser geant Duckott's Krag clipped off the boa's head, to the great delight of tho natives. The Aparrl News says that tho constrictor was "young." If tho baby boas out there enjoy a pig for breakfast, probably those full grown can get nlong on nothing bettor than a rotund porker, or even a private, U, S. A., uniform, ammunition belt and all. Probably this may account for the dlsap penranco of native guides sent out ahead of American columns, that never como DacK once they get Into the brush, A pretty hit of romnnce, extending from tho Philippines to a crowded thoroughfare In New York City Is revealed by the fol lowing, sketched by the New York Sun: A sallow, emaciated young man wno looked ns If ho had Just got up from a severe fit of lllncas boarded a Madison nvenue car In Forty-second street the other afternoon and Rat down opposlto a pretty girl. He carried n bag thnt seemed a big load for him nnd ho npparcntly didn't notice the girl until ho had leaned back In his scat nfter arranging tho bag under his legs. Then swlftlv ho sat upright- again and looked a little alarmed, llko a man who Is not sure of himself after tho visions of fever. In a moment, however, tho alarm wns gone and ho stared nt her In a way that reminded you of a thirsty man drink ing wafer. Tho girl couldn't help but feel his gazo nnd turned her eyes to him coldly and then looked coldly away. A mere ghost of color showed In tho young man's cheek. Then he smiled foolishly and continued to slnro nt tho young woman with ho much fervor that sho finally turned her face toward him ngnln, with n little flirt of nnnoynnco. Tho young man, appnrcntly. was quite shameless. Ho met her eyes squarely, bno lowered them nnd began to look him over with dlsdnln. He Inughed again, foaitsnij. that the people would not nllow themsolves to be robbed, and, according to yesterday's New York Tribune, the trust Is now feel Inn tho effects of the competition of Its young rival, the People's Co-Operatlvo Ico company. It is this young, out poworiui rival that hns compelled the vicious trust to cut its prlcos in a single year from 25 cents to lt',4 cents wnolesnlo and from CO cents to 30 cents at retail. Thoso flcurcs give somo idea of tho wholesnlo character of the extortion the inn friiflt wna nraetlclnc until tho news- I.I.VKS TO A NMII.i:. PhllnilelnliliL llutlctln: "MiiEKle says she's u daughter of Hie revolution." run sue iirove it : 'Sure. Iter fntlier runs a merry-go- round." Catholic Stnndnrd: Hicks Poor Jones looked llko u goner tho last tlmo I saw him. Wicks Oi! lies sure to live lor iour yenrs at lcnst. The president has Just ap pointed him to an office. In tho Hi nirv wliprn vnn l!v. Slmnmm? SVr. d thVpubllc took a hand, called ! . XXX it tn account and exposed Its methods. These methods wero simply Inhuman, be cnuso the chief sufferers from tho high bnndefl robbery were the poor and the sick, tho chlldreh and tho Infants. In all the records of trusts there has never been such brutality as this, nnd the plea mado by tho trtiPt officers that they could uot sell at lower rates Is now proven false by their own offer to soil at Just about ono tmlf the nrlco they charged Inst year. Such a trust should bo wiped off the earth PKIISO.VAI. NOTKN. Chaffee's pen proves to bo as sharp as his sword Anton Dvorak, tho Bohemian composer has been made a member of the Austrian House of Lords, W. F. Draper, the Lowell mill-owner, will livn in itnlv. to which country ho was formerly the American ambassador. Mavor Tom Johnson has discovered n way to keep himself In tho public eyo for tho next three years. Ho has begun a fight with the rnllronds. U. S. Grant. Jr.. Is tho latest convert to the orange-growing fad. He has recently r,nriinit din largest oranKe grove In San Diego County, California. Tho city of Mantua, the birthplace of Virgil, has raised a sum of J20.000 toward a monument to the Latin poet and has opened a competition for plans for the statue. Mavnr Carter II. Harrison says that ex perlcnco In Chicago, nt least, has shown asphnlt or brick to be tho Ideal pavement fnr residence streets and dressed granlto block for heavy traffic streets. Franco as a whole is convinced that tho nntion has never had a moro worthy man In i),f nresldential chair than M. Loubct, There fs no oppresilvo dignity In his face, but there Is much of good humor, which manifests Itself In a constant twinkle of tho kindly eye. fipormi F. McCulloch, a millionaire of Munrlo. Ind.. hns offered thut rlty eighty seven acres of land for a public park and porch to henr what I hnve to tell.' Phlnncn Post: "Do VOU think that novel can bo made Into u successful play?" "Certainly. You enn mnae a successiiu play or nny novel If you only loavu enough of It out." r-ini-Miinil t'lnln HpiiIit "I see that so ciety women now havr their hair laundered Instrau or sniimpoorn. 'Does the liuir inunory wagon can un it?" iuiiin.i..iiiliin rifrnrd: Stubb -I hear that Falcon ls going In slup writing poetry. Penn Yes; the position In which thn puper brought out his sonnet discouraged lilm. .... .uiu Stubb Did iney run ii " "in tmiuii:ii.i It appeared In Nearby passengers showed that thoy shared j $2,600 In cash for Its Improvement on con iho vnnni- wnman's IndlcnatlnU 111 mis time, but he was such a scarecrow of a man that their wonder wns perhaps stronger than their anger. Tho young woman's eyes traveled wlth eringly from his head to his feet and then started on tho return Journey. There Is nn treatment more blighting to a mashor than this. Tho scarecrow fidgeted under the gaze and laid his hand nervously on his knees. On one of tho fingers nf tho left hand was a curiously chnsed gold ring, It was so loose that It looked ns of It would surely fall off were the young nrnn tn bold Ills nngors downward. Tho ring raught tho girl's eyps In passing, and the eyes wid ened suddenly. Ihen flashed from tho ring to the young man's face and back again. Tho scarecrow smiled once more, fool ishly, but there was n curious mist In his eyes. The pretty girl gazed tor an Instant n. iff. ? Penn Worse than Hint. the puzzle department. i.'.,ui,i,iiinn stnr: "Actlnc lr. not what It used to bo,' snld the inun who likes to af fect a contempt for tho modern. rliat s tr.lV answumi oun iiuiih.wii n.,.,.,a "H'h i irrorent. iNOwaonya a. anixi iirtnr who lo willing to work gets paid In real money." iiiitnililnli1ii Press: "It's odd the notion .t,.., .r...,riiiii nrnviillH iimnntr thu nonror people of Uuropo that money enn be plck'd up In tlu very streets of this country. 'Jluy no tne impression boi um mm m coppers lielng imimi at inmost every mi ner. .IiiiIl-o: "Do you over have the nlght- inaru?" asked Cilmsn. . "N'o." answered Cnwkor; "my dreams nru nil of the horseless variety." A MCKIII.'S AVOUTII OF SPIll.Vfi. Haltlmore American. Tell you what is worth your whlie- A nickel's worth of spring. Oo where you see the blossoms blow, Ami lu'nr ine mums sihk. On seo thn new-found beauty nr Tho npplo ami tne riuiin--u. And revel In the ilulntv way Spring coaxes nm uiu n"". Nn painter ever swept h's brush Tlirougn uiu minimi, . That held the richness Hun) Is in A nickel's worth nf hilling There Is no green llko nod's own grans, v.. it ilk., I'hnrry hPiom: Nn artist ever rinsed Ills brush 111 nines ruir i'vi i i.inw. AH round the town, with lavish hand And wondrous garnishing You'll llnd til" trolley given In yuu A nickel's worth of spring. And when you've dreamed nn hour away Wltn nionrus unci rnuni-i dltlnn the citizens subscrlbo a like sum Ho has also offered land for a boulevard Yol.j, y tllt f,., with all lis faults, to extend for olgni miles along me is worm wnim. nuer an river. The British War office hns decided lo ap- nnlnl Lieutenant Colonel 0. F. It Hender son as tho compiler nnd editor of the olllclal history of tho Doer war. Tho work, as now nlinnnil will Include six inosslbly seven! volumes, each nf nbout 450 pnges. It will tako th form of tactical and strategical dis cussion. Faults nnd weaknesses will not bo directly Imputed, but the reader will bo furnished with sufficient data from which to draw his own conclusions. How Snil I Hie I'nrlliiK. liilcagn News. The troops are to leave Pnkln not because t hne An n't t fi in it nlniiL'. for they nro taking 1 P" nvrrvihinir ahout lt that they happen to .1 ' ll want 1 1U Unveiipnrt St. GOLDEN ROD OIL COMPANY Producer of l'nrl Oil In (.iillfornlii. Omiut -.01111 Aeri'n nf Oil l.iimU. Nolo the timely cautions In lute Issues of this p"ip"i BKBlnst fnfco nil coinnnnlef. W tnn say, beware of the counterfoils. oi'H PltOHPKCTl'S with maps and full rtlciilars, will lie ti ni yuu mi mv ., ,()KTI'I.VOL Pres. OiiinliH, fieli. 1