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'Hie umaiia Daily Bee.
E. IlOSEWATEn, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Georgo B. Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Bee
I'ubllshini Company, being duly sworn,
says that tho actual number of full una
complete copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Beo printed during
the month of May, 1901, was as follows :
1.,., ar.-ir.o 16 u7,o:io
3 liT.IiOO 17 27,140
8 27,!IU 18 SIT.OUO
U7,X'!0 19 U7.1US
I S7.U15 20 JMJ,740
8 a7,31 21 SJ7,o:iU
T siu.nao 22 aojao
8 iU.USO 23 0,T40
..'. !i7,070 24 BU.4UO
10.... liU.OUO 26 20,5:10
11 ii7,0. 26 27,000
12 117,475 27 BM.fttMJ
13 27,0:t0 28 iid.UlO
14 l!7,G:iO 29 20,180
16 27,250 30 25,010
31 20,070
Total Hia.OOB
Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,187
Net totni sulo-i 8112,818
Not dally average 20.H05
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 31st day of May, A. D. 1901.
M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public,
PAUT1ES LEAVING KOIl SUMMER.
Parties IrnvlriK the city for
tli suiutiirr limy lmve Tho Hoc
acnt tn them regularly liy
notifying The Deo Business
office. In pemun or liy innll.
The address will lie cliniiRcil
oten nil desired.
The shli'twnlHt letter carrier Is upon
us, but he still delivers the mall In
wrappers.
A little more of tills hot weather and
Omnha's traction companies will be
fused even before they are consolidated.
Speaker Henderson has had an In
terview with 'King Edward. The
speaker seems to. have found one king
to count for more In England than four
of them In Washington.
A large number of Nebraska sheriffs
aro In Chicago attending n sheriffs' con
vention. A few years ago they were so
busy foreclosing mortgages they hud no
time to attend conventions.
A Now York man has been sued -for
522",000 and snys he does not know
what the trouble Is .all about. Accord
ing to his statement ho would be a com
petent Juryman to sit on trial of the
case.
Nebraska's penitentiary has gotten
along without a lire for three or four
days. What Is tho matter? Are there
no more prisoners in the pen who want
to earn a. .pardon by turning in a lire
alarm? '
Hall has destroyed tho crop on tho
farm of Emperor William. The dis
patches do not state whether he had
any hail Insurance, but the neighbors
who were more fortunate will probably
help hlra out.
The campaign for an equitable tax
assessment is tho most popular cam
paign that has been waged in these
parts for somo time. Every taxpaylng
citizen is directly affected by the eva
sion of taxes by the great favored cor
porations. Wo noto that even tho popocratic
statesmen ennnot forego the temptation
to tiro off their annual Fourth of July
oratory notwithstanding their Insist
ence that tho Declaration of independ
ence has been abrogated. Tho repub
lic still lives.
,Des Moines wants to seeuro the next
sovereign grand lodge meeting of tho
Odd Fellows' order. Nebraska delegates
ought to take hold with their Iowa
neighbors and help the movement along.
Reciprocity between Iowa and Nebraska
would bo u good thing on such occa
sions. Reports of United States consular
agents In Spam show .that country is
waking up and slowly but surely be
coming more prosperous. If tho spunk
ing administered by Uncle Sam pro
duces' such a result the Spaniard should
bo thankful Instead of nursing his wrutli
to keep it warm.
If the park board contemplates ar
ranging for music In tho parks this year
now Is tho time to start the band
R-playlng. We aro sutlslled tho street
railway compuny and tho proprietors of
tho park privileges would get their
money back If they agreed to defray all
or most of tho expenses.
St. L'ouls proposes to make tho first
start toward making a presentahlo np
pcurnnca as a world's fair city by tho
creation of tho otllce of smoke Inspector.
It remains to be seen, however, whether
inspection of smokestacks will do uway
with the smoko nuisance. Inspection
does not always Inspect.
Tho Commercial club Is expected to
do more for Omaha than merely to ar
range for picnics and excursions. In
other cities commercial organizations
aro taking a stand to prevent au Increase-
In freight rates by threatened
reclassification. Omaha should stand
up for its rights as well as Its com
A CONCILIATORY POLICY.
Hoth Judge Taft and General Muc
Arthur are In favor of a conciliatory
policy toward the Filipino leaders who
have been In Insurrection against the
United States and It Is understood that
their view Is approved at Washington.
Many of the Filipino generals who were
charged with violations of the laws of
war are now In the hands of tho
Americans, having surrendered or been
captured, but none of them has been
even tried for their alleged offenses.
Among them Is Saudlco, said to have
been the author of the proclamation
calling for the massacre of the foreign
ers In Manila, tho responsibility for
which was placed upon Agulnaldo.
Calllcs, who surrendered u few days
ago, had made a worse record for
violating the rules of civilized war
fare than any other of the Filipino
leaders, yet when ho gave up his
sword It wns returned to him by Gen
eral Sumner and It Is said that he Is
now rendcrlug every assistance to the
Americans. Agulnaldo, while still held
In captivity, Is receiving considerate
treatment. A few of the captured lead
ers who continued to aid the insur
gents whenever opportunity offered,
were deported to Guam, but If this can
be regarded as punishment there was
nothing of severity about It Mablui
and the others are doubtless faring as
well lu Guam as they would have done
at Maulla aud they urc uuablc to do any
mischief. Those who have taken the
oath of ulleglunco to the United States
and arc showing good faith are not
likely to be called upon to answer for
the offenses they have committed.
Two things are pointed out as In the
way of the summary punishment of the
Insurgeut lenders who have been ac
cused of violating the rules of civilized
warfare. One Is that most of the
charges of Inhuman conduct arc hard to
prove and generally turn out, when
proved, to be the work of Irresponsi
ble subordinates and not of the ac
cused generals. Tho other Is that these
leaders are men whose Influence with
the. people Is so great that their sum
mary punishment would retard the
work of pacification. It Is1 suggested,
however, that the latter reas.Qii would
not weigh In the end If It were not sup
ported by tho first. It Is not to be
doubted that the leniency which has
been shown by the American military
authorities has been promotive of pa
cification and it has not Involved any
sacrifice on the part of this government.
Such being tho case, there is every
reason why tho conciliatory policy
should be continued and undoubtedly It
is the Intention to continue it. This
docs not necessarily mcau that flagrant
abuses and outrages, of which tho evi
dence Is clear, should be allowed to go
unpunished. It simply means that iu
the case of insurgents who surrender
and agulnst whom there aro charges
which It would be difficult to prove, It
la expedient to exercise a spirit of
leniency. It is true there is a possi
bility that some of these leaders will
prove recreant and take au unfair ud
vantage of American generosity and
magnanimity, but this should riot Inter
fere with a policy whose general Effect
Is shown to be beneficial.
HENDERSON HIGHLY HONORED.
Speaker Heudcrson has visited King
Edwnrd and he found the British sovor,
clgu frank and agreeable. Mr. Hender
son learned that the king looks for more
cordial relntlous between the English
speaking nations and the speaker of tho
Uiiited States house of representatives
came from the Interview Impressed with
the belief that this country has uo bet
ter friend In tho world than Edward
VII. Mr. Henderson says that "Eng
land may bo depended ou In any ordi
nary controversy which may arise be
tween the United States and tho rest'
of tho world."
It has, never becu doubted thnt the
United States has a good friend In the
present British sovereign. He has al
ways shown a cordial feeling toward,
America aud Amerlcaus. But In the
event of this country wanting the aid
and support of England In a Controversy
with the rest of the world, It is not tho
klirg who would determine whether pr
not support should be given. He would
exert a Influence, unquestionably, aud
therefore hls friendship Is to be desired,
but the sovereign does not make British
policy. As to closer relations bt'tweqU
England and the United States, that will
depend upon British Interests. At pres
ent those, interests require that tho re
lations between the two countries shall
be as Intimate as pos&lble, but no one
can confidently say that this condltlou
will continue Indefinitely. Tho finan
cial and commercial bonds between the
countries are of a nature that prom
ises this, but there may be important
changes within a generation.
The assurance which Speaker Hender
son gives will certainly bo well received
lu tlio United States.' Americans are
glut? of the friendship of all nations.
They understand, however, that there
is a measure of selfishness In such ex
pressions, even when comlug from Eug
laud. SAMPLE OF 'CAX-SHIIIKING JUGGLERY.
The East Omaha brldgo Is assessed In
Iowa at $17,000 on tho presumption that
tho actual value of tho Iowa end of the
brldgo Is $70,000. The example of Iowa
Is cited as an excuse for a still lower
valuation In Nebraska under pretext
that the more expensive section of the
brldgo Is on tho Iowa sldo of the river.
As a matter of fact this bridge could
not be duplicated for $500,000 and tho
Iowa assessment was juggled by the
same style of persuasion that convinced
tho East Omaha precinct assessor that
the Nebraska end was returnable at
$4,000. Tho amazing thing Is that tho
representatives of the Eust Omaha
brldgo should have the face to protest
against uu assessment of $17,000 In No
brasku, when It should by rights be not
less than one-sixth of $250,000, or ut
least $40,000.
Another feature not to bo overlooked
Is the thinly veiled attempt to tako more
than $1,000,000 worth of property as
sessable lu this county out of the as
sessment roll and convert It luto mileage
under state appraisement on pretext
that It Is part of n railroad. Why should
the county commissioners countenance
such an Imposition when the law ex
pressly provides that the state board has
power to assess only such roads as ex
tend through two or more counties?
AN INTERNATIONAL TRUST.
There Is projected nn International
trust to control the salt of the world.
On first thought this would seem to be
nn utterly Impracticable scheme, yet It
Is stated that ho National Suit com
pany, which has Its headquarters lu
New York, hns been working ou a
plan to combine with the Canadian Salt
company and tho Salt Union of England
ami that the matter Is now practically
ready for closing. The proposed Inter
national combination, If the scheme suc
ceeds, will have n capital stock of at
least $.'0,000,000 and a total production
of C.000,000 to (i.000,000 tons of salt an
nually. It Is stated that outsjde of the
savage countries and Russia It will sup
ply the entire world with salt. Not
only will tho combination's markets,
says the 'New York Sun, Include tho
countries of the western hemisphere,
but they will also Include continental
Eurppc, Africa aud Japan, China and
other Asiatic countries.
That such a plan can bo successfully
carried out may well be doubted,
though lu this day of combinations al
most anything Is possible and u trust to
control the world's supply of salt may
prove to be not Impossible.
SIMPLIFY THE COURSE.
The Rev. John Williams Is fond of
taking a tilt with Tho Bee over Imagi
nary differences ou Issues that should
be discussed from the broad standpoint
of public welfare and public utility
rather than from the personal point of
view. The public schools will always
be a proper subject for discussion aud
will always afford a field for suggestion
and speculation for Improvement. There
can bo honest differences as to methods
of Instruction and the effect upon pub
lic school pupils. In the main, wo con
cur with the opinion of Mr. Williams
that our graded schools are not up to tho
full standard In the elementary branches
of education. We realize that the High
school Is a sort of educational hothouse
lu which flowers and fruits are forced
beyond the natural growth. But the
fact that the boys who aro destined for
mechanical work and business life drop
out before they graduate affords proof
that the law of the survivul of the fit
test operates with equal force In all de
partments of human endeavor. The
drawbacks of our top-heavy system can
be overcome only by more thorough
teaching In the graded schools aud sim
plifying the course of Instruction in the
High school through omission of studies
that are purely ornamental or superfi
cial. J. Plerpont Morgan has given $1,000,
000 to Harvard nnd the president of
Yale announces the subscription of a
totnl of $2,000,000 to the bl-centennlal
fund. This Is truly the age of great
gifts for 'education. The , public,
through taxation, Is furnishing millions
upon millions for education of? the
musses In the public schools, while men
of means are donating It to the cause
of higher educntlou In a manner un
precedented. If the coming generations
are Ignorant it will certainly not be the
fault of the present one, which Is pro
viding for the future.
Among the potent factors upon which
Chicago real estate brokers rely for a
marked Improvement of real estate val
ues aro clean asphalt paved streets,
stone or cement sidewalks, an addition
of small parks, Improved street car serv
ice, the abatement of the smoke nui
sance aud reduced cost of fuel for manu
facturing purposes. All these factors
for the improvement of real estnto val
ues lu Chicago may be depended on to
raise real estate values In Omaha. Last,
but not least essential, Is a reduction of
tax burdens.
Packing house statistics show that
Omaha, Kuusas City and St. Joseph
have each Increased their killings of
hogs this year as compured with last,
while almost without exception the big
centers of the Industry further east
show a decrease. This Is not only en
couraging to the packers whose faith
In the west has Induced them .to put
their nibuey lu here, but It demonstrates
that tho country tributary to tho Mis
souri river is to bo the new seat of
the kingdom of hog nnd homluy.
Tho proposition to substitute a tax on
business sales for the present personal
property tax would require careful
study before It could bo Intelligently
acted upon. The question is whether
the volume of business constitutes a just
basis of taxation, wheu It Is known that
some Institutions with small sales make
largo profits ami other Institutions with
large sales make small profits.
Kansas sends word that It needs, no
New York meu to help harvest the crop,
hut If the metropolis has n few hired
girls to spare they will be cheerfully
received. Tho Kansas men can handle
the wheat all right, but they want somo
ono to make It luto bread while the
flower of Kansas femininity Is busy on
the lecture platform.
The Chicago papers announce with ap
parent satisfaction that the "pull" for
favored school teachers Is to be abol
ished In the near future by tho Chicago
Bchool board. The "near future" In
Chicago probably means the same dim
and distant period that It meuus In
Omaha when Gabriel blows his trum
pet in the morning.
The freight agents convention Is fa
vorably considering the proposal of
adopting the "Omaha method" of com
puting tho cost of handling freight.
This system shows a higher cost than
the oues now In general uso and has
proven handy wherever the roads have
been forced to meet demands for a
decrease lu rates.
While naval officers are discussing
the pro and con of a system which will
allow promotions from among tho
"Men behind the guns" to the quarter
deck they might examine the record of
General Chaffee, He Is from the ranks
and from private up has been a credit
to himself, his profession and his coun
try. On tho border In trying times of
Indian uprisings, In Ouba and In China,
where he operated beside the best sol
diers of Europe, there has never been
occasion to make excuses for him.
The activity of the Commercial club
In any direction that teuds to promote
the growth of Omaha Is commendable,
but nothing the Commercial club has
done or could do Would help Omaha
more In the eyes of Investors than the
reduction of the tux .rate by stopping
tax evasions and compelling large cor
porate concerns to bear their proportion
of the tux burdens.
All except two of the volunteer regi
ments are now home from the Philip
pines nnd these two are enroute. The
volunteers are not only home ns prom
ised, but their places In the Islands have
been tilled by regulars without any fuss
or straining. This Is a source of grati
fication to the country, but a disappoint
ment to the opposition politicians.
Now Will You lie Goodf
New York World.
A manufacturer of cigarettes Is quoted tn
the west as saying that 100,000 'New York
women are smokers. If ho is quoted cor
rectly as least one cigarette-maker Is a liar.
The Offensive Grafter.
Kansas City Star.
About tho only way to make the doctrine
of expansion offensive to the people would
be to glvo tho American "grafter" freo
rein In hogging grants and concessions In
the new Insular possession of the United
States.
A Political Divorce.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho straight-out democrats of Kansas
havo refused an Invitation from tho popu
lists to combine and form a new fusion
party under a distinct name. They prob
ably argue that they havo fused with tho
populists in tho past under both the old
titles and gained nothing by it, so there Is
little to bo expected from the old game
under a new name.
Battle lloynl In Prospect.
Chicago Post.
Western merchants arc preparing to show
to tho members of the Interstate Commcrco
commission that, through combinations of
different railways, freight rates havo been
advanced by unauthorized manipulation of
the various classifications of commodities.
Thus tho necessity for tho commission Is
demonstrated annually, and also the neces
sity for additional transportation laws.
Good Old Low In nnnlnenn.
Detroit Freo Press.
Even the genius of speculation cannot get
the best of the good old, law of' supply and
demand. There was a slump In wheat as
soon as it was known from the government
reports that the prospective crop was to be
a big one, and what helps keep the prices
down Is the fact that tho foreign harvests
promise to be rich, thus cutting off tho
prospect of wealth because of their misfor
tune. .
Sunie Olil.Slory.
Chicago ''Chronicle.
It should not be (forgotten that the
Fourth of July, will ,swep down upon us
this year as formerlyfand And us Just as
unprepared ns we always have been to .do
the things we Insisted on the day following
the last Fourth of July should be done be
foro the next Fourth of July came around.
In, other words, the coming Fourth of July
will find our foresight, as usual, hanging on
tho coat-tails of our hindsight.
Simre V the Peerless.
Now York Sun.
State Senator Wright of Nebraska, a
Lincoln man and bank president, tells a
Kansas City Journal reporter that "today
Bryan is worth $150,000, and Is rapidly
adding to the pile. He made $.10,000 last
year lecturing and with his pen." We
must decline to accept these figures. Even
if they arc true, Colonel Bryan will never
put the dollar above the man. But fond
faith clings to him. Surely1 there must bo
one Bryanlte leader who has not taken a
freo pass and jumped aboard tho Jugger
naut of Capital. Joe Bailey is gone.
Towne and Hogg aro gone. Pettlgrew la
gone. Jim Jones ts a director of the
American Cotton company. But Bryan,
tho tribune of the poor, the harpoon of the
octopus, tho Brutus of tho money power
please don't tako htm away! Will inso
lent wealth spare nobody?
Pension Shirr Us Turned Down.
Philadelphia Press.
The refusal of President McKlnloy to re
move Pension Commissioner Evans, despite
tho tremendous pressuro brought to bear
against the commissioner by tho shyster
pension attorneys not the reputable men
engaged In that business Is one of the most
creditable acts of the administration. A
great deal of money hns been spent by tho
attorneys is working up opposition nnd
they havo even geno bo far ns to dcclaro
that the national committee promises to
have Evans removed, but that proves to be,
like so many of their rejected claims, a
"fake." Tho soldiers never had a better
friend In the pension office than Is Com
missioner Evans, himself a soldier, and nil
stories about his being In the slightest de
grees inimical to the truo Interests of the
veterans nro bosh. Commissioner Evans
has proved the right man In tho right place,
despite what certain ''professional soldiers"
may say to the contrary..
SEW RECORD IN EXPORTS.
Remarkable Increase tn Forolmi
Trade In Five Vcnra.
New York World.
Tho fiscal year (1001) closes with the cur
rent week. It will make, as tho ndvanco
reports of the Treasury department show, a
now and remarkable record in tho coun
try's foreign trade.
Our total exports for the year will ex
ceed $1,500,000,000. lu value. This will beat
tho export iccord of the last preceding
fiscal year (1900) by about $110,000,000.
The meaning of these hlgh-wator-raark
figures Is that since 1807 or say within five
years our exports havo Increased In value
almost exactly one-half. Since 1880 they
havo doubled.
Well worth noting Is the distribution of
this unexampled Increase in our ealc3 of
merchandise to foreign countries. Europe
and North America (which means Canada)
take almost the entire Increase of the fiscal
year Just ending. Europe alone has taken
$115,000,000 worth more of our exports than
it did In the previous year.
To Asia the much-talked-of Orient, with
Its "magnificent markets" and Its enchant
ing "open doors" Is the only serious de
crease In our exports recorded. Asia
bought $16,000,000 worth less of us last year
than the year before, .
Is not the lesson of theso , figures so plain
that ho who runs may read? Reciprocity
treaties with European countries, already
our best customers, will evidently pay us
better than policy of adventure in Asia,
Talk About
New York
This Is tho tlmo of year when everybody
"talks nbout the weather" and Its probablo
oltect on the crops the farmers who aro
raising them, tho railway managers who
are to transport them, the Investors lu mil
way securities whoso Incomes Intgely do
pend on them, the bankers who advance
money to move them and the speculators
who gamblo In them.
In fact, every person In tho United States
Is directly affected by the success, or failure
of the harvest, for, notwithstanding recent
expansion of manufactures, this Is still in
the main an agricultural country, and the
prosperity of all other classes largely de
pends upon the purchasing power of those
who till the soil.
Until tho recent boom In exports of man
ufactures occurred 75 per cent In value
of our exports was furnished by agri
cultural products, and they still represent
more than 65 per cent of the total, with
a tendency toward a higher ratio with
the dscoraslng volume of tho last few
months In manufactures. Beforo comment
ing upon the outlook for tho growing har
vest It will bo Interesting to glance nt tho
appended statement of tho vnlucs on tho
farm of the principal products raised last
year:
Corn $ 7SI.J20.034 I 9.03
Hny 445,53Ji,S70 11.37
fTntfrtn 111 ei?c.?o ,t m
Wheat 323,525.171 7.61
Oats 20S.0lW.233 7.K1
Potatoes P0.M1.1G7 34.78
Tobacco (about) 3O.00O.ii0O -11.10
unney 24,0.5,271 8.32
Buckwheat 6,341,113 $.37
Total value $2,214,029,027
Many persons will be surprised to note
tho relatively great money valuo of tho
grass crop. Owing to the military demands
from South Africa and the Philippines wo
exported last year $1,000,000 worth of hay.
Ordinarily It does not cut much of a figure
In tho exports under Its proper namo, al
though a large quantity of it Is exported
In tho thirty-odd million dollars' worth
of live cattle we ship yearly, In the
thirty millions of beef products and In tho
six millions of butter and cheese.
Just now tho winter sown wheat Is being
harvested, tho ripening lino extending
northwnrd day by dny, and tho yield Is
expected to be brilliant. The latest report
DISASTERS IN GROUPS.
Effects of Solnr AKltiitlou Manifested
an the Enrtli.
Minneapolis Journal.
Tho first year of tho now century has
been characterized by nn unusual uumber
of physical dlsastors aud this month of
June, especially, has not been ono of calm
beauty llko that of the fair goddess from
whom It Is named. Cloudbursts, floods,
tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, deadly
lightning strokes, earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions and other cataclysms aro ro
portcd. Tho Abbo Moreaux, a great French as
tronomer, last month detected a mass of
sunspots on the eastern limb of tho sun's
disc, tho wholo group being about 50,000
miles across and showing symptoms of
violent agitation; in other words, It was
a big solar storm area, tho first develop
ment of such form of solar energy slnco
tho minimum sunspot period ended last
February. For the next four or Ave years
wo shall havo the period of sunspot fre
quency and It Is not surprising, there
fore, that our entrance upon that maxi
mum period ts signalized by visible anil
tangible manifestations of the effects of
solar agitation. Science has shown that
the period of maximum frequency to mini
mum and through minimum back to maxi
mum Is from nine to a little over eleven
years. In tho maximum period tho mag
netic needlo reveals tho colncldenco be
tween great solar storms and magnetic
disturbances on tho earth. At tho moment
of tho development of a solar cyclono the
magnotlc Instruments In every observatory
aro simultaneously thrilled with magnetic
vibrations. Thus the physical forces, being
correlated and convertible, If one of them
Is In abnormal ngltatton tho others are
likely to be Involved also. Hence we may
look for magnetic disturbances on our
earth of an extraordinary character, breed
ing cloudbursts, violent storms and tor
nadoes and other forms of disturbance far
moro frequently than In the minimum sun
spot period.
From records of observation kept with
caro running through a number of years,
It is known that thoro is a periodicity of
sunspot appearance and thnt tho enrth's
atmosphere 1b distinctly affected by the
spots In tho maximum period Old Onllleo
himself woro out his eyesight by his as
siduous gazing at these spots.
We can charge to J.ho sun much of our
discomfort and tribulation, but ho visits
tho earth with such abundant and whole
some benflcenco that wo err In complain
ing of what may Becm to us hla malevo
lence, but which Is really a necessary
process for tho sanitary good of tho world
nt largo. Tho most effective medicine is
often tho most dlsngreeablo to take.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Ex-Mayor Daniel D. Whitney of Brooklyn,
now In his 83d year, 'is president of an In
surance company, director of a bank and
proprietor of a wholesale grocery store.
Crodltors of tho duke, of Manchester who
hnvo been obliged to compromise their
claims evidently think they bavo been bun
coed In tho matter of tho American father-in-law.
,
In a church at West Kensington, London,
a notice was lately posted announcing the
salo of five pews. Ono of tho "advantages"
of theso pows, ran tho notice, was that ''the
contribution box 13 not paraed to them."
Colorado is getting frightened over tho
prevalence of consumption In tho state.
Tho Colorado Medical socloty has been In
vestigating and finds that the disease waa
not formerly ludlgenous there, but haa be
come so through infection from imported
cases.
James E. Campboll, formerly governor of
Ohio, sold his home In Hamilton, that state,
and will go to live In New York, where he
will practice law. Mr. Hoadlcy, his prede
cessor as chief executive of tho Cuckeyo
fctate, Is already established there as a
lawyer.
Cardinal Martlnelll has excellent com
mand of tho English lauguago, but, curi
ously enough, speaks It with a etrong Irish
accent. This nrlses from tho fact that ho
was taught English by a priest who until
he took up his nbodo In Itomo bod lived all
hlB life In Galway.
Frank Eddy of Minnesota, who prides
himself on being tho homeliest man in
congress, has had a brand of cigars named
after him and some patent medicine man
wants bis picture as a recommendation for
uses in advertisements. The congressman
now thinks he Is eligible for n placo in the
New York Hall of Fame.
"Hardly more than a year ago," says thu
Minneapolis (Kan.) Messenger, "this pnper
contained whole columns of biography,
poetry and condolences dealing with the
death of a minister's wlfo In this county.
The preacher was married again the other
day, whereupon we regret all that pootry."
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, who somo
years ago bought Iledemptlon Itock in
Princeton, Mass., where Mrs. Itawllnson was
ransomed from the Indians by John Hoar
(the first of tho namo In this country) In
1676, has presented the property to John
Hoar, son of the late Sherman Hoar of
Concord.
the Crops
Herald.
Issued by the government stated the area
Planted at 28,000,000 ncrcs, an Increase of
2,000,000 ns compnrcd with last year, aud
the avorage condition as S7.S per cent, as
ngalnst S2.7 pet- cent ono year ago. Tho
spring sown wheat will not bo out of dan
ger from Insect nnd weather perils for six
or Beven weeks yet. Last year this crop
met with bad weather, which knocked about
CO.OCO.COO bushels off tho anticipated yield
Probably ns n result of this the area
sown this spring wns but 15,000,000 acres,
a decrease of 1,250,000, while, as noted,
about 2,000,000 acres more of winter wheat
wns sown. The condition of spring wheat
nt tho time of tho government report wbb
most promising, being 92 per cent, us
against 87.3 per cent a year ago. While
thu government makes no forecasts as to
probablo yield, experts, taking tho official
data as a basis, figure out n totnl harvest-
barring nccldcnts rnnglng from 600,000,000
bushels to 700,000,000, as against an actual
yield of 522,000,000 last year.
Corn ts still being planted in some parts
of the country, and the government's
monthly report Issued July 10 Is the
earliest In which statistics of acreago and
condition of this cereal nro reported. Ths
growth throughout tho great corn bolt has
been retarded by unusually cool and wet
weather this season, but tho rccont higher
temperatures have doubtless Improved Its
growth, and accepting current estimates of
area planted and given favorable conditions
during tho next threo months the yield
should be ns large as last year's, which
was 2,100,000,000 bushels, which was tho
third largest ever harvested.
Corn now commands about the same prlco
as n year ago. Our exports of this cereal
havo been growing, and last year were
nearly $90,000,000, but as a very
great part of the crop is converted Into
pork It Is safe to say that It figures for
nearly another $90,000,000 In tho hog prod
ucts shipped abroad. Wheat is about 0
cents a bushel lower than the price cur
rent a year ago, and this Is accepted as
foreshadowing a bountiful crop. Prices for
this universal staff of life, however, are not
fixed by domestic supply and demand, but
by tho worlds needs, and tho Indications
thus tar point to a good foreign demand
for our surplus.
LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Etching nf Men nnd Events In the
Thounnnd Island.
Prof. Fred Atkinson, superintendent of
Manila schools, has returned to Manila
from a tour of tho 'larger islands made to
determine tho educational needs of tho
people. In an Interview in tho Manila New
American Prof. Atkinson reports ho found
tho natives anxious for schools and for
learning the English language and believes
ho could profitably employ 1,000 teachers
In addition to tho number already engaged.
What struck him moro forcibly than any
other characteristic was the local prldo of
tho people In thelt own communities. The
smallest barrio was tho only spot on earth
to its own poople and when tho subjoct of
schools enmo up overy barrio wanted to
havo tho best school. He stated that this
feeling was not confined to tho better claBS,
but permeated all classes. They havo been
advised that they will be expected to do
their little part In' providing an education
for their children. While tho government
will supply school books and English teach
ers freo, the .municipality will be called
upon to supply furniture and to pay the
salaries of the native teachers.
Many school buildings' in the provinces
aro now-occupied" by the troops. This" will
bo adjusted In time and other buildings
will bo p'rovlded where there has never
been a school.
In Jolo there Is a fine school In opera
tion under the direction of a 'Moro teacher
who speaks English- fluently. Among the
pupils aro Moros, Chinese, Tagalogs and
Vlscayans, and the Institution is in a
flourishing condition. The members of tho
ruling clatB aro the only ones who attend
school. They havo strong objections to
their sujects receiving a liberal education
and this condition will retard the Introduc
tion of the public school system among tho
Moros.
In the Vlscayan districts on Mindanao
It will bo necessary for native teachers to
be educated In English and sent to thoso
localities In tho Interior as It will not be
very seeuro for American teachers for
somo time.
It Is properly understood among army
teamstors that the only ways to start a
mule are to build a flro under him or to
swear until the atmosphere ts blue. Mulo
drivers, like poets, aro born, not made.
On tho whole, Missouri men aro supposed
to handle a mule a little better than any
body elso. When General Otis was in
command in tho Philippines, relates 'tho
Washington Star, a raw Missouri recruit
wns set to driving a refractory mulo team.
His appointment wn unfortunate, because
ho had "hitched ou to the Baptists" Jutt
beforo Joining tho army. Tho roads were
nlmost Impassable, nnd tho rest of the
tenmsters woro literally bombarding their
charges with oaths. The MIssourlan held
his peace, albeit In Impotent rage. At last
ono of tho wheel mules balked and refused
to advance a step. The driver used every
endeavor to urge tho beast along, but to no
purpose. At least he roared out solemnly,
"O Lord, you know where this miile ought
to bo as well as anybody. The whole army
knows where he oucht to be. Ho knows
where he ought to be. I know where he
ought to be, O Lord, and If he doesn't move
in a minuto I Intend to say so, by gum!"
"One of the curious customs among tho
social uppertendom of the Spanish at Ma
nila," says Harry K. Montgomery, a recent
arrival from Luzon's capital, "Is their
method of courtship. When tho young
Spanish grandee wants to do the thing
about right he dons a faultless suit of
clothes, gets out a light bamboo cano and
wnxos his mustache. Without the latter
his case would bo hopeless, He goos to
the homo of his lady love and takes his
station on the walk whero she can see him
from, her window. Ho struts up and down
for her Inspection, twisting his idolized
mustncho, twirling his cano nnd going
through gestures calculated to set off the
offering to the best advantage. The lady
may not even deign to look nt him. In
fact, he hardly expects her to until he
has gone through his monkey shines a num
ber of times to provo his sincerity. It
may bo months beforo ho receives the en
couragement of a smile, but when It does
como his raptured heart repays him for his
labor. After n while, say six months, the
scnora may drop n rose, a fan or her per
fumed laco handkerchief. He seizes tho
prize with tho avidity that a half-starvcd
miner reaches for a golden nugget where he
expected none. Dut the bird Is not yet within
the sujtor's grasp. Not by a long ways.
At this point the dutiful parents of the
young lady appreciate the fact that mat
ters may become serious some time In the
future nnd they begin looking up the young
mon's pedigree and bank account. They
never think of Inviting him to see their
daughter until these facts are ascertained
with n fidelity that would do credit to a
mercantile agency. His standing having
been nscertnlned, the bulldogs are tied up
and the warders sheath their swords.
"Tho coast Is now clear and the lover
may fetch out his mandolin or guitar and
end, sweet melpdy lpng with the, moon
light lato tho bedchamber of his sweet
heart. At the end of tho year or twclvo
months it he still remains faithful nnd
refrains from prosecuting his sur with
unduo hnsto he may approach the Mrl
pnrcnts and plead for n personal nil il
with her. This Is getting to closo qua.ui
nnd a fnvornblc nnswer mentis thnt
girt has mudo tho sntno plea to her .
cuts. Tho young people uio permitted
meet In tho parlor, but not alone. 'Hi
parent or guardian is always on hand t
sco thnt the proprieties are thorough ..
respected nnd this sort of vlgllnnco Is neve
relaxed until they hnvo plighted their
troth. The lover cannot take his sweet
heart to church, theater or even to tho
refined, elevating Spanish sport known ns
the bult fight until his matrimonial In
tentions are spiked down nnd welded. A
person would think the rigorous custom
would deter aspirants, but It doesn't. They
accept tho conditions cngcrly nnd fnca them
like martyrs.
"It Is considered quite tho propdr thing
indeed, ns an cvldenco of good tnsto, for
well-dressed young men to stand in tho
parks and along the resldcnco districts for
tho purposo of looking nt tbo women n
they pass by. If they audibly express their
opinions about the gayly dressed butterflies,
so much the bettor; the butterflies expect
it and would feel that thero wns somothlng
tncklng tn their makeup if thoy failed to
excite remarks. No ono dreams of resent
ing It as an Impcrtlncuce. The flirtation,
however, extends no further, and if thu
youth becomes enamored with any of the
specimens a pretty day brings forth tho
only way ho can call ono of them Jbls own
Is by pursuing tho tedious course I hnvo
Just described."
MAnitlAGE AND TEACHING-
A Protest Against Artlflclnl Discrim
ination. Chicago necord-IIerald.
Tho school management commltlco of tho
Board of Education has followed tho ex
amplo set by Omaha nnd other educational
centers aa far as It dare and recommended
a partial proscription ngainn. married
women teachers. The married teachers al
ready In the schools are not to be affected,
but It Is proposed that tf any of. tlio un
married women enter tho stnto of matri
mony their connection with tho schools
shall ceaso by that act. -
A report of tho committee's meeting sug
gests an explanation of Its policy is fol
lows: "Tho dropping of teachers who net
marrlod would leavo places vacant for tho
cadets who nro coming out of tho normal
schools In hundreds and for whom positions
cannot bo found at tho preocnt time." But
If such reasoning had anything to do with
the decision of tho committee its logic Is in
need of repairs. For If thero Is an 'obliga
tion to tnko care of tho cadets nnd It
teachers must bo discharged to fulfill It,
thoro can bo no stopping with the married
teachers. Wo must inaugurate n system of
fixed short terms and rotntlon in .office ns n
substltuto for tho present system, with Its
lndoflnlto tonuro conditioned on capnclty
and good behavior.
Of course, however, tho cadet has no
such claim as wo havo imagined, nnd is
more a public debtor than a public cred
itor, while tho proper attitude, to assume,
toward the married tnachcr mny bo de
termined by a very simplo principle of
olementary Justice. Thu ono essential fact
to consider Is that she has earned the right
to tench, and that her title Is In nowlsa
affected by her marriage. Probably in n
great majority of cases the young women
who get married expect to give' up -their
places, but thoso who wish to keep ttteiu
for -prudential reasons should certainly be
allowed to do so. Their' motives may bo
highly laudatory, they cannot bo. discredit
able nnd they He wholly outaldo the
provinco of 'the board and', Its committees.
The marrlago, In fact, isvas lljtlc'tho. busi
ness of the board as the marriage of: any
young man is the business of his employer.
It it counts against women It should count
against men. Thero can be no .Justflabla
discrimination in such a matter.
Tho teacher has an Indefensible' claim in
her fitness which ts already recognized by
her previous employment. Sho may bo
exceptionally well adapted to hor work, tho
kind of teacher whose loss would bo seri
ously felt. In that case It would certainty
be good public policy to retain her, nnd in
any event thero can bo no reasonable as
sumption that mnrrlngTj must disqunlify
her. If subsequently family cares Interfere
with her efficiency, Inofflcloncy may then
become the ground of her dlschnrge, but
that is n very different thing from making
marriage Itself n cause of forfeiture. ,
LIGHT AND nil I GUT.
nhlr.na'o Tribune: "Can I buy Insurance
here?" asked tho visitor to the great llro
Insurance office and tho gay young clerk
told only tho truth when he answered,
"Not on your life."
nrnnklvn Life: "Did you ever n'otlco
what a supercilious expression Upnoso
has?"
"Yes. Ho looks llko a ChlcnKO man visit
ing the Buffalo exposition."
Washington Star: "Do you think tho
position assumed by your friend Is cor
rect?" Bald ono lawyer.
"I don't know." answered tho other iib
sentmlndedly. "He' In one of tho best fiol
players In our club and while hn mny look
n 'little awkwnrd sometimes, I would!) t
undertake to criticise mm." ,
Chlcaco Tribune: "Thirteen dollara' nnd
a half seems a high price for such a. com
paratively snort trip, sam ino man wun
the traveling bag In his hand.
"We thought people would rather pay
that than 113." runlled tha acont of the
steamer line with on explanatory and apol
ogetic cough.
Philadelphia Press: Doctor You .must
get your mina on your Dusiness ror a wiuie
Why not take a rest In tho country.
Mr. wmistreet mat wouwn t- do me nnv
irnnrl. When tho summer breezes bl w
around tho farm I'd be sure, to see tlu
wheat rising ana railing.
Chlcaco Post: "Kind Indy. kin yer clve
a poro dcservln' man a bite to eat?"
"Hero's a good piece, o" cherry .pie for
you;' sit right down' on the doorstep nn'd
enioy u.
"Oh. lndv: yer means well, but erftln'
cherry pie with th' stones In ain't no pleas
ureIt's work, downright work." v
Puck: Little Elmer (who lias nn InniHr.
ing mind) Papa, what Is firmness? - v
Prof, iiroaunena -tne exercise or will
power, my son.
Little Elmer Well sir. what Is oh-
stlnncy?
Prof. Hronuminu ino exercise of won't
power, my son.
Washington Star: "I understand th'iii
Milton got only n few pounds for 'Paradise
Lost,' " said the llternry friend.
"Well," nnBwcred Senator Sorghum, se
riously, "I don't see what he could oxpect.
I have glnnced throuitli 'Paradise Lohi.'
There Is no way in which It could possibly
Influence, votes."
...v.VV. V..- UUIII Willi 11
package In his hand and exclaimed:
"f'vn cnt ArimMthtncr h.,r. tnr- t.A .,MMr,n t
love, better than all tbo world."
jonn, sne sniu, snuiy, " non't object
to extravngance ordlnnrlly, but I do object
cook.
T:t than, vnti ion ut. u.. v,
appetite, not his heart.
THE LESSON.
Frank L. Stanton In Atlanta Constitution,
Once Sorrow came, with eyes of wondrous
light,
And timed with mo( the drenry strokes ot
II.
And. dreaming not of any perfect rest,
I laid my weeping faco on her sad breast,
But when the Mornlng'llt the world again
A world It seemed where hot' ,tenri ,fdl
i mo rain. . . . ,
IV.
Chastened nnd strong, I felt my sqiiI's
I cicunv.
And so with Sorrow passed to perfect