TITE OMAIIA DAILY iVEEt TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1001.
The umaha Daily Bee.
13. UOSEWATKIt, EDlTOIt.
PUBLISHED K,VtHlY MOltKjNq..
TE11MS OF HUHHCIUPTION.
Wfllly live (without Sunday), Ono Year.. $6.00
liiilly Dee and bununy, Onu Year S.W
fduslniteil Hit.: Onn Year 2.U0
Sunday Beef One Ywir.1 -M
Saturday live, One Y-ar 1W
av.fiillt.th Century Kurnier, Una Year.. l.W
OFFICES;- . .
Omaha; The Ueo Building,
South Omahu. City Hull Building, Twen-ty-utth
nnd .M streets,
Couivll Ululls. 10 l'earl Street.
ChltuBu; lbvi t j n 1 1 y Uulldlng,
New i'ork. Temple Court.
W atlilUKton; Mil fourteenth Street.
COUHEHPONDE.N'CE.
Communications relating to news and edl
torlul matter should be addressed; Umaha
lite, iMillurlul Department.
BUSINESS LKTTEllS.
Business letters jnd remittances should
bo addressed; The Bee PUDltshlUK Com
pany, umaha.
REMITTANCES.
Ileinlt by tir.tft, express or postal order,
pa) able to Ttiu lice 1'uuitstilng Company,
Oiny 2-i-c-nt stump-i accepted In payment ol
mull account, l ersonal checks, except on
Umaha or cistern cxch.tnucs, not accepted,
lllJJ litiLi i'LUblSaUvO COMl'AiY.
STATEMENT OF CIltCULATION.
Stale ot Nciuaska. Uouglus County, ss.:
George 11. 'lzschuck, secretary of The Uee
Publlsnliig 'Company. being duly sworn,
ays ttiut the actual nittnlicr ot full and
completu cc,)leH of This Dally, Morning,
Evening, and Sunday Uee printed during
tho mouth nf June, 1W1, was as follows:
I au.o.-.o ifl iiii,:iuo
2 Sill, mo K sjii.oso
s u.vnio is ssu.iuo
i S!.-,,!HM ID SSU.Olo
6 S!.-,,l)MI au SA.OIO
c s:.-.,hm ji a.vno
7 ,,..'M,7RO 22 SHi.tMO
S Sill.lTM 23 SHi.OTB
SSII.IOO 2t an.llltt)
io a.-.,s.-.o 23 2.-.,:io
II i....'J.-,7lll 2G ssri.sio
12 a.-i,r..io 27 a.-t,o
u ssr,i;im 2S i!.-,r.io
14 ;:.-jti 29 s!5.:oo
is , ss.-.no 30 smlsssio
Total 77!M!2!?
Less unsold and returned copies.... i,h.-t
Net total sales 7I,,I''2.J.
Net dally uvcritge "!J,M"-
GEO. U. TZBCUUCK
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before mo this 30th day of June. A. D. l'JUt.
M. li. iiur.iiAiii,
Notary Public.
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PAHTIE.S I.P.AVINO l'Oll StM.MCIl.
I'nrtlo i'inln the (-It; for
tli.,Miniiiii'r iiiny hnte The live
'it tci lliein reicnlnrly r
iKitlf liiH The lire Illinium
ultlc'V. In IK'Ikiiii or hy mull.
The mlilica Mill lie clumped
n often n dralred.
Now' rittshuiK Is the. titorni center.
No phantom rnlu storms for iih. Nc
bniMka wiints t lit gcuulm; urtlclc.
It will tnUi; a kooiI rit'ul of political
glue to make Ohio Umnocrats stick to
sethi.T. It costs $100,000 to convict n catttc
thief fn Wyoming. It only costs 120
cents to haiiK u horse thief In Wyoming.
"Free public baths arc Omaha's cry
ing noeil." So also are free private
baths, with soap and towels thrown In.
In the broiling heat of July home
ownurt shoulil not lose .sight of the fact
thnt precinct assessors are "to be elected
in" the- 'dool days iii' NoveniVier.
It .Is nn 111 wind that blows nobody
good. The tropical season has been n
windfall for Hie street railway com
pany and the dealers In cool drinks.
What Is the Nebraska game warden
doing during this hot spell? Is he
loading his bird gun for grasshoppers or
preparing his cannon cartridges for
quail?
An Omahu man complains to the po
lice that some one stole a couple of
blankets from him. The man -who
would steal n blunkct this kind of
weather Is a natural born thief.
And now It Is annouucpil that wc are
to have a theater trust that will reach
from San l'ranclsco to New York, with
Omaha In the middle. The proposed
trust Is amoug the least harmless of
those tijtt have yet b'eeu projected.
One effect pf, the control of the rail
road sy&n.'niK'Jolr the 'country by New
York llnanclers'ls the securing of spe
cial rates from' all over the country to
attract merchants to the metropolis. The
community of interest .appears to cen
ter In New York.
Minister Conger will sail from San
Fraucfsco ' for Tekln tomorrow en
tirely oblivious of the gubernatorial
boomlct that has been Incubated In his
Interest by political admirers In Iowa.
Minister Conger believes a bird In the
liuud is worth two In the bush.
Carlisle tiraham has succeeded for
the llfth time In going through Niagara
rapids encased In a barrel. Orahain
should be supp'ressed. Ills feat works
no good result, but simply encourages
other rattle-brained people to attempt
the same thing and probably lose their
lives.
Colorado pleasure resorts have a repu
tation of letting no one get away with
out spending all the money they have.
The Kpworth leaguers enroute to Cal
ifornia did not appear Inclined to stay
long enough to spend any considerable
amount, so tho pickpockets ilnished up
the work.
Troubles on the .Mexican division of
the Southern 1'acltlc road illustrato thu
value of a sound currency to the labor
lug man as well as the man of llnanoe.
The trainmen are on a strike for more
wages. They get the same rate of pay as
employes of -the company In this coun
try, who are perfectly satlsiled, but It
Is In Mexican dollars, which menus the
purchasing power of their wages Is cut
In half.
Sunday '.the,. Japanese unveiled a mon
ument to Commodore Perry of the
American navy, This Is probably the
tlrst Instance In the world's history
where one people voluntarily paid such
n tribute to a man who had humbled
them. It was Perry who forced open
tho floors of Japanese pdrts.and made
possible thu development of modern
Japan. Perry was looking to tho in
terest of his own country, hut In so do
lug rendered the- greatest service to
Japun,
TlIK POLITICAL CC.VTRH.
Kverybody recognizes the fact that
this year the' political center is Ohio.
Not only Is that the president's state
nnd the state of the .chairman of the
republican nutlonnl committee, but It Is
peculiarly .the state where the vory worst
sentiments of the Ilryanlzed democracy
have found the strongest supptrt among
the states of the north. Looking over
the Jtlstory of. politics It will lc found
that Ohio for mniiy years has been the
center of certain political doctrines that
have had a great deal to do with form
ing the course and policy of the dem
ocratic party. The cheap money craze
had Its stronghold In Ohio In the "Os and
there Is no state of the north In which
the doctrine of free trade, disguised
under the phrase of n tariff for revenue
only, had a greater support than In the
Uuckeye state, notwithstanding the
fact that It Is one of the greatest manu
facturing states In the union.
The democratic party of Ohio, In the
last two presidential elections, was ab
solutely regular. As we have hereto
fore pointed out nearly the entire dem
ocratic vote of the state was cast for
the platform and candidate of the Kan
sas City convention. How Is It to
day? The platforms and the cundldatc
of ISOti and 1000 have' been renounced
and repudiated, If we except only a
part of the platform relating to so
called imperialism. It was quite Impos
sible that the Ohio democrats should
Ignore everything that wns embraced In
the Kansas City platform, but what
was recognized was not necessarily an
Indorsement of Hryanlsm, as some of
the still blind and foolish supporters of
Mr. Ilryan profess to believe. The sim
ple fact Is that the obvious purpose of
the Ohio democrats was to cut loose ab
solutely from the doctrines o populism
and socialism that had tukuu posses
sion of the party and to get back to the
old standards which In the past had en
abled tiie party to win victories.
How much real honesty and sincerity
there Is In the declarations of the Ohio
democrats remains to Ije seen. Their
Idea seems to be to tight the campaign
chlelly upon locul Issues, but this Is an
old subterfuge which they will not be
able to work to very much advantage.
Uefore the campaign has progressed
half way nothing but nntlonal ques
tions will engifge the public attention.
The fact remains, however, that what
ever the result of the election the re
pudiation of Iiryan and Hryanlsm Is
complete. The democratic party In Ohio
has put Itself absolutely on record In
opposition to the leadership f Urynn
and to the doctrines for which he stands
and It is must significant that In taking
this position It Is receiving democratic
Indorsement In every section of the
country and nowhere with greater en
thusiasm than In the south.
Tin: paS' a mi: it i ca a cusoukss.
According to tho latest advices, the
Pan-American congress, which Is to
meet In the city of Mexico next October,
will have representatives from all the
American' states. There has been some
doubt whether all of the states of South
America would be represented -In the
congress, owing to Issues between cer
tain of them, particularly Chill and
rem, growing out of old differences,
but through the offices of the United
States It now nppears to bo practically
assured that all misunderstandings
have been amicably arranged and that
the congress will Include representa
tives from all the South American coun
tries. According to Washington dispatches
there has been an absolutely perfect
understanding reached by which the
controversy between Chill and Peru, re
lating particularly to the question of
arbitrating their past d'UHeuItles, has
been left entirely out of the program
to be considered by the congress. This
does not mean that the question of ar
bitration will uot be considered, but It
will not be permitted to apply to tho
old controversies between South Amer
ican states and manifestly there Is no
good reason why It shoud be allowed
to apply unless some new conditions
should arise In connection with those
controversies. For example, tho trouble
between Chill and Peru occurred sev
eral years ago and It Is manifestly uot
the business of au International con
gress to take any cognizance of that
dltliculty, though It may be perfectly
legitimate for such a congress to pro
vide for the settlement by arbitration
ot any future controversy between
those countries, as between any other
of tho states of South America.
The importance of the coming Pan
American congress, In the bearing It
will have upon thu future relations of
the Independent states of this hemi
sphere, cannot easily be overestimated,
while so far as the United States Is
concerned It will undoubtedly bo the
most Important congress of tho re
publics of the western hemisphere ever
held. Ono result of It which Is par
ticularly to be desired and expected is
that it will correct the Idea now widely
prevalent In tho countries south of us
that tho United States is uot as friendly
as formerly to the republics of South
and Central America and that we have
designs upon the territory of those
states. Nothing In connection with this
congress will bo more Important than
that of convincing thu southern repre
sentatives that their countries are as
secure today as they have ever been in
the friendship and protection of the
United States.
JtEliltASKA SOTSZUIUVSLY AFFECTU
The torrid temperature that has pre
vailed in nineteen states during the past
three weeks has wrought lucalculablu
damage. Tho Intense heat, which In
many places has broken all records, has
covered an unusually wide range. All
the crops which have uot yet matured,
with few exceptions, have been seri
ously damaged. This Includes nearly
every agricultural product of Importance
except wheat and some of the smaller
fruits. The destruction Is most severe
In tho great corn belt.
In 1000 tho corn crop of tho country
aggregated 2,100.000.000 bushels, which
had an estimated value, on tho farm, of
$75O,OO0s0O0. Sixty days .ago tho corn
crop of 1001 was estimated at fully
?,'-'00,000.000 bushels, at a valuation of
not less than $S00.000,000.
The most extravagant estimate of the
corn crop at this stage does not exceed
HO per cent of the crop of 1000, the
greatest shrinkage being reported from
Kansas and Missouri, where the pro
tracted hot spell has been most severe.
In Nebraska the damage so far Is not
so great as to cause serious alarm; In
fact, the only section of the state that
has been seriously affected Is thnt por
tion lying west of tho 100th meridian,
, ii i.. .i..
ucre a comparatively hiiiuii men. is ue-
voted to com raising. In tho central
and eastern sections the conditions In
dicate a medium crop unless the usual
July rainfall falls to materialize.
At the very worst Nebraska Is In uo
danger of a recurrence of tho distress
caused by the drouth of 1891 aud ISO.".
Nebraska's excellent wheat crop, which
Is already harvested, is estimated ut
$20,000,000. The value of other cereals
and farm products will range from
$10,000,000 to $15,000,000, so that the
gross value of the agricultural product
will exceed $IV per capita, omitting tuu
corn crop, dairy products and the re
ceipts from cattle, sheep and hogs,
which will this season run Into the
millions.
Altogether the prospects for Nebraskn
cannot bo said to bo discouraging, what
ever may bo tho outcome of the torrid
wave.
Tho Chicago Chronlclo pays a left
handed compliment to Omahn when it
states that Its recovery from the oe
presslon due to Its exposition Is evi
denced by an Increase of GOG per cent
In Its building permits during tho past
season over the same period a year ago.
The fact Is well known that the Trims
misslsslppl Imposition did not cause
depression; on tho contrary, tho expo
sition had a decided tendency to lift
Omaha out of the slough of despond fol
lowing the business depression and
stagnation of lb'Xi, which was succeeded
by tho disastrous crop failures of lbOl
and 1805. Omaha did not overbuild
during tho exposition period uud there
fore did not suffer front thu reaction
that was experienced In Chicago and
other exposition cities.
Tho Nebraska farmer laughs and grow3
fat, all because thu populUt policy of mora
money and higher prices has been adopted
by McKlnley. Dig crops and high prices 1
Just think of It! In tho old days of "utm
ost niouey" big crops always meant low
prices. Nebraska Independent.
Here Is populist logic for you! Why
not ask tho Nebraska farmers to ex
plain how It comes that eggs got harder
the longer they are boiled, while all
other substances expand by heating
until they reach a melting point. Would
It not be much more pertinent for the
chief expounder of populism to explain
to Nebraskn farmers why their prod
ucts sell at high prices for gold stand
ard money In spite of the fact that we
have no free coinage and silver Is bought
for tho mluts at the ratio of 30 to 1?
Secretary Wilson should take another
look at crop statistics. He Is' quoted
by a New York paper in discussing tho
corn crop situation as saying that so
far as the total yield of the cereal was
concerned Nebraska and Kansas did uot
cut much of it tlgure, ns the great corn
states wero all east of the Missouri
river. If the secretary will take the
trouble to look It up he will see that
In numerous years Kansas and Ne
braska have led tho country lu corn pro
duction and arc always up nmong the
leaders. The honor of being the great
est corn producer lluctuntes between
IoWa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas nnd
Nebraska.
John 10. Wilkle, chief of the Unlteu
States secret service, will ask tho next
congress to enact laws that will wlpo
out coin counterfeiters. The most ef
fective law that congress could pass
to put a stop to counterfeiting would
bo to make the business uuprolltnblc by
enacting a law calling lu ami recolntng
all tho silver money now lu circulation
and converting It Into honest dollars,
halves, quarters nnd dimes. So long
as the temptation Is offered for making
a profit of 100 per cent by coining silver
the most drastic measures congress
could pass to punish counterfeiting
would not put a stop to It
Kx-Premler Crlspl of Italy Is danger
ously 111 aud with thu burden of years
milled to Infirmity Is not likely to re
cover. With one exceptiou ho Is the
last of a coterie of great statesmen
whoso work In the past generation
shaped the destiny of present day
Kurope. Gladstone, Disraeli, 111s
marck aud Gumbetta arc gone, and of
tho great minds of that period Crlspl
and Pope Leo alone remain, Like Bis
marck, Crlspl's closing days aro under
a shadow, but this does not detract
from his great constructive work for
his country.
franchises aro worth money In Chi
cago. The Chicago Telephone company
pays 3 per cent of its gross earnings to
that city as u royalty for tho privileges
enjoyed. Tho total income of tlto com
pany for the first six months of this
year was Sl.lOO.SiJl and tho royalty re
ceived by the city of Chicago aggregated
$31,821. At the same rate for tho next
six mouths the royalty for the year will
amount to about $70,000. This will pay
the salaries of seventy policemen or
seventy firemen for a year.
The British have captured the wife of
the president of the Transvaal and have
taken her a prisoner to Pretoria. This
Is tho reading of tho dispatch, but It Is
hardly likely that In the ordinary sense
she Is a prisoner. Such treatment as
that would ralso a storm of protests
which even Joseph Chamberlain would
be forced to notice.
A few Irrigation reservoirs In tho semi
nrid region west of the 100th meridian
would bo worth millions to tho people
of tho drouth-stricken region.
II;- CoinpiirUon Wc Slilnp.
Qlobe-Democrut.
In Franco tho Interest chargo on tho pub
lic debt Is J200.000.000 a year, n per capita
of over 15. In the United States the In
terest chargo Is lees than 530,000,000 a year,
J
a per capita of 3d cents. Uncle Sam heads
ths list of great nations fn financial condi
tions and prospects.
Optimism.
Charles A. Dana.
Wo may be happy yet,
You bet.
Opportunity for Pnnie.
Indianapolis News.
Any rainmaker Is welcome to try his
hand.
I.tiriK Time to Oct Sober.
Chicago Chronicle (dem.)
The great democratic drunk Is over with.
13 y rights It should have ended a year ago.
Cnuse mid UfTcct.
Philadelphia Hcoord.
No wonder that the reported partial fail
ure of the corn crop takes tho starch out
ot the markctl
Mo Occii nlon for Grief.
Indianapolis Journal.
However, Mr. bryitu has not lost much
lu Ohio. It will bo recalled that Mr.
Ilrynu never had much lu Ohio to lose.
Trennon, H'tSonli,
Philadelphia Hccord.
Tho vote In the Ohio democratic state
convention on tho proposed resolution to
stand by Bryan and reafurm the Kansas
City platform stood 01 against 6 for ro
alUrmatlon. The Inconstant Huckcyes this
year "have other fish to fry."
Or the Kmhicnt G. C.
Washington Post.
An English tailor says all American
gentlemen wear corsets. Has tho tailor
over seen tho Hon. Thomas Drackctt
Heed, tho Hon. Hilly .Mason, tho Hon.
Stephen Douglas, Jr., tho Hon. Jim Sto
phen Hogg, or General Shaftcr7
llnlm for the Unnst.
New York Sun.
Androw Anderson of Tonawanda. asks us
this rather dllllcult question:
"What la tho best hot-wcathor diet?"
Tho snfo rule Is to take ns little as you
can nnd keep tho machlno going. Prof.
Pcasleo of Cohoes recommends four quarts
of sherbet to bo sipped slowly ns you read
Dr. Kane's "Tho United Slates Grlnncll Ex
pedition." Dr. Reuben Poguo of Pittsburg
ilnds the following bill of faro very condu
cive nnd quieting;
"llrcnkfast: Muskmelon on Ice. Lunch
eon: Ico cream. Dinner: Cold consomme,
cold breast ot spowblrd, Ico cream in musk
melon, maraschino punch."
Corruption ThrniiKh Chiirlttes,
Philadelphia Times.
Ono of tho most subtle nnd dangerous
form3 of corruption by politicians 1b tho
subsidizing of religious nnd benevolent
agencies. Men who could not bo ap
proached with any suggestion of porsonal
benefit will glvo their influence and their
votes lu consideration of some favor to nn
Institution In which they nro Interested and
political opposition may be silenced by a
threat to withhold an nppropratlon. Tho
managers of tho machlno in Pennsylvania
aro well aware of tho power which tho
control of the stato appropriations gives
them nnd they havo used It to tho utter
most. Tho oxtrnvagance of their gifts of
public money is of smnll Importance com
pared with tho debauchery to which It has
been applied.
Where the Air I Cool,
Bostofi Transcript.
The exploration of tho air has been very
actlvo again tills year In Europe, by bal
loons supplied with various Instruments.'
In February one,, balloon reached 41,636
feet, nearly eight miles of height, where
the temperature was 67 degrees below zero.
Another balloon near Berlin found about
this samo cold at an elevation two miles
less. Some years ago when tho thermome
ter In London registered 80 degrees Fah
renheit the air was found, thirty-five min
utes later, at an nltltudo of less than five
miles, to bo 29 degrees below zero.
It Is evident that tho attractive and In
creasing study of the ocean of air, now be
coming International, has gained some im
portant points of knowledge lately. It Is
but reasonable to bellevo that good appli
cations must follow In duo time during
this century. Tho excellent Puritan say
ing is over before us: "Advance by new
knowledge."
DEMOCRATIC IMtOlMlECY.
The S(r-I3jed Ooddenn Connldern
ThliiK" n Century Hence.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
Ono hundred years hence, when these
times como to bo dispassionately reviewed,
tho historian, looking out Into tho garden
ot a mansion In tho American city of
Manila, thoroughly modernized and civil
ized, or it may be writing from a balcony In
tho American port of Hong Kong, given us
by the English for our friendly aid In
that llttlo affair with Hus3la upon the
head waters of Bitter creek In Manchuria,
will tell of how there were Joslah Quincys
and Tim Pickerings In 1901, as there had
been In 1S01, to protest against expansion,
to predict dlro Ills of progress, lrut that
In spite of these tho star ot tho republic
continued to go westward, tho constitution
hand-ln-hand with tho flag, religion ovor
all! Ho will write, mayhap, of many ups
nnd downB, of dangers by flood and field,
ot seasons of famine and seasons ot plenty,
of periods of darkness nnd doubt, of mls-
govornmcnt and maladministration, but
In splto of these tho sturdy moving onward
and upward of the republic In the develop
ment of tho self-governing principles and
tho rights of man. Ho will tell of parties,
loo; not ot ono party in power all these
years, but of the excesses of ono party
making tho opportunity and tho necessity
for a change of parties; yot not a single
halt In tho forward march, not the lowering
of a slnglo national standard, uot tho
abridgement of the dimensions ot tho Hag
by so much as tho thickness of a hair.
Tho future can be measured by no rules
known to tho present. The distance be
tween the Islnnd ot Luzon and tho District
of Columbia will bo scarce noted as tho
world, shut up by the contrallzlng forces
of modern Invention llko a telescope, U
mado faralllnr to manklud In all Its parts
and fit to live In throughout Its length and
breadth; a new world, with an autonomy
of nations undreamed of by tho Iron-bound
philosophy of Greece and Home, even by
tho limited vision of the militant 6agcs
who made the American union. In a word,
we aro but upon tho threshold ot such a
development of rchourccs and Ideas as will
beggar all that preceded it, putting to
blush the short-slghtednebs of thoso who
on the ouo hand would reduco tho constitu
tion to an invoice, tho flag to a bill of
lading and limiting to a party what was
meant for mankind, nnd of those, on tho
other hand, who, making a great pretense
of bolng the party of tho people, but In
reality not trusting tho people, nor truly
believing cither In tho constitution or the
declaration of Independence, would stop all
movement, dam nil progross, for fear thnt
in crossing the ocean some of our Institu
tions may get their feet wet.
As Jefferson did not destroy liberty In
annexing New France, nor Jackson, Tyler
nnd Polk In annexing Texas and Now
Mexico, nor Lincoln In abolishing African
slavery, so shall tho fires of liberty burn
long after tho youngest of us has gone to
his account, nor less brightly on the other
side of tho world than on this, for we aro
a militant as well as a Christian people,
aud God leads the way I
.MAllltlKn WOMHX TIUCIIUHS.
Why School llonnl Discontinue Their
Srrt lori.
School Board Journal.
Tho criticisms bo frequently passed upon
the action of school boards lu excluding
married women teachers from teaching In
the schools usually como from thoso who
havo but a theoretical knowlcdgo of the
subject.
It Is Invariably held that marriage does
not disqualify a woman from teaching and
that n woman who has onco been a mother
Is better qualified to deal with children
than Is an unmarried woman.
This Is all true. No school board mem
ber ever disputes theso arguments. Hut
horo the critics stop. They seldom enter
upon tho practical or, let us say, tho seri
ous phases of tho subject. Let Us set asldo
prudery nnd affectation. Let us bo plain.
When a woman enters upon a marriage It
Is reasonable to say that her new contract
Implies household carca nnd wifely duties.
And moro than that. A woman's marriage
Implies motherhood. Motherhood at times
necessitates seclusion. At least, the school
room Is not tho placo for n married woman
at nil stages of her married life.
Wo know of several Instances where
school bonrds wero placed under tho em
barrassing obligation to suspend married
woman teachers because they failed to bo
as cousldcrato ot tho school room as Its
best Interests would suggest. However,
this point, owing to Its delicacy, need not
be discussed any farther.
Tho reasons which havo actuated school
boards In barring married women from
appointments have usually been based upon
hard, common sense. Hero Is tho woman
teacher who is supporting a lazy husband,
another who simply wants to earn extra
pin money, regardless of tho fnct that sho
neglocts her own children by so doing.
Then there Is tho woman who wants to
help her husband a husband who ought to
help himself. Then wo havo tho avaricious
man and wife, who sacrifice nil tho things
thnt go to establish Christian homo life
and a family. They aro simply a co-partnership
of two breadwinners. Tho woman
has an uble-bodled husband to provldo for
her und yet sho crowds out tho young, un
married woman, whoso parents may have
mado great sacrifices In order to enable hor
to becomo Bclf-sustalnlng.
It Is claimed by tho ethical qulbblcr on
this Bubject, that It Is not tho business
of tho school board to Inquiro whether tho
womnn is married or unmarried; whether,
If married, her husband earns a largo or
small salary, or whether her own children
aro well provided for or neglected,
whether sho performs hor duty as wife
und mother or not? And yet when It Is
considered that social conditions may havo
a bearing upon tho pursuit of a profes
sion, that marriage? Is more frequently a
hlndranco than nn advantage to the woman
teacher It becomes tho school board's
duty to recognize facts and not theories.
Hut Is tho married woman teacher prefer
nblo to tho slnglo woman? Aro not the
cares and duties Incidental to wifehood and
motherhood apt to distract in tho perform
ance of school room Inbors? Is tho woman
who has small children of her own nt home,
constantly nwnltlug her return, fit to teach
other peoplo's children?
School boards which havo passed rules
against tho employment of married woman
teachers havo been "confronted by a con
dition not a theory," and have not flinched
la doing their duty.
LAW.1IAKIKR OVUIinONE.
Abonrdltleit nnd InconnlntrncloH of the
I.eKliiInUve Grlnt.
Saturday Evening Post.
None who gives attention to the matter
will deny that this country would bo freer
nnd happier If thoro wero a lawful check
agntnst laws. Tho lack of any such check
puts on tho people of every state. In
every season, such n mass of restraints
that not the lawyers themselves keep track
of them and confusion Is worso confounded
by tho wrongnoss. Inconsistency nnd mutual
interferonco of the bills that go through
tho annual grist. Legislatures are com
monly political rather than statesmanlike
and they put Into tho permanent form of
law schemes for temporary and party beno
flt. Sometimes tho laws aro not even
so wide ns that, but are mere screws for
extortion. It cannot bo thnt so many
measures aro needed to presorvo tho up
rightness of a country that Is naturally
ns upright ns any In tho world, yet It Is
n fact that over 20,000 pages of laws Issuo
every year from the legislatures of our
states.
Wo live In a riot of lawmaking. It Is
n blessing that most of the measures aro
dead letters from tho day of their enact
ment, yot It Is a danger that any of them
can bo resurrected from tho limbo of tho
forgotten nnd used to enforco an unjust
demand or express a prejudice.
Lacking a nntlonnl check or standard
of law, tho various states nnd tho vnrlous
townships of n stato ran bo widely divided
against one nnother.
Ono could multiply through hundreds of
pages tho nbsurdltlcs nnd Inconsistencies
for which zeal In lawmaking Is responsible,
but It. would not cheek their Increase. That
Is best prrvented by allowing the proplo
to approve or nullify their laws. Initiative
and referendum offer groat possibilities, for
If laws wero submitted for final adoption
to the people themselves, or. If wo could
confino our legislatures to biennial por
formnnees of not more than sixty days
duration, thero would be n surcease of law
nnd tho governing statutes would sift down
to a fow senslhle measures. Wo elect men
to ronke laws, but men who would ncrept
offlco with tho understanding that they
wero to unmnko hundreds now on the books
should bo and possibly would be hurried
Into offlco by tumultuous majorltloi.
r'EHSO.VAIi NOTES.
Down In Newark, N. J., they claim to
have an Infant somnambulist. Elsewhere
It Is tho custom for tho baby to get some
body elso to do Its sleep walking.
Marshall Field, tho Chicago merchant,
has given a public free library to tho town
of Conway, Mass. Tho building Is, now
complete nnd will bo'dedlcnted on Saturday
noxt.
Tho sultnn of Sulu Is n little man with a
no moro striking personality than Is given
him by his costume. When stnndlng ho
hardly comes nbovo tho elbow of the aver
age American.
Prince von Hohenlohe, who died a fow
days ago, Is credited with having mado this
remark about the German emperor: "His
greatest falling Is that bo does not think
thoro aro any limits to his will.
New Orleans thinks of putting forward
claims to be considered tho favorite sum
mer resort of tho country. During the hot
spell through which tho north swoltorod
the Crescent City was very comfortablo and
but one death from heat was reported.
On Thursday last Justice Dooloy of Chi
cago Imposed n fine ot 15 on n Mr.
Losslck because tho latter was charged by
his wlfo with having walked backward
about tho house and with having refused
to havo his hair or beard cut for six
months.
Tho Olympla, Admiral Dewey's flagship
during the battle of Manila bay, has ro-
eolved some decorations of moro than or
dinary significance lately. It baa been un
dergoing some overhauling at tho Charles
ton navy yard and has received now stem
and stern ornaments. The chief of theso Is
tho former. A Winged Victory holds high
above her head an eaglo which she Is about
to launch Into tho nlr. Her wings lie along
the tildes ot the ship's prow.
HOJIA.Nt'R OK A .MIM.tONAIIir.,
(.harm In Viiutig Wlitnir Itciurmherril
In I'lerre l.orlllnrd's Will,
Tho upper crust of Gotham and the lm
mcdlntc friends of the family nre shocked
over tho discovery of a clauso In the will
of tho late l'lerro Lorlllard, tobacco kins
aud multl-mllllonnire, by which a Mrs. Lily
Allien of Now York City sccuros tho
princely Hancocas farm nnd other legaoles
generous enough to keep tho wolf from the
lono widow's door. Hut tho legacies nro to
bo contested nnd the family linen given un
airing lu court .before Mrs. Alllon gets tho
prize.
Twenty years ngo Pierre Lorlllard was
possessed of $15,000,000 or J20.000.000. To
day his rotate has diminished to less than
one-fourth of that sum. On Mrs. Allien
Mr. Lorlllard had Invtshcd wealth as well
aa affection, The gift of ttaneocaa to tho
beautiful woman Is regarded by the friends
ot uotb ns n mere bagatelle. That Mrs.
Allien had received gifts of a much moro
liberal nature In tho past Is not doubted.
Tho beautifully equipped house on Thirty
first streut, In which sho lived, It In under
stood, was a gift to hor outright from Mr.
Lorlllard, It contains works of art, n
library and a collection of antiques that
bring Its vnlue, with its contents, to not
much less than $300,000.
"Who Is Mrs. Allien?" wns a question
on tho lips of hundreds of New York
people. In tho clubs and wherever so
ciety gathered It was the nll-absorblng
quory, reports a correspondent ot tho
Chlcngo Chronicle. Every one knrw of
Plorro Lorlllard's attachment for a certain
mysterious woman of great personal beauty,
but few outsido ot tho Lorlllard family
know her name. It wns known that sho
wns of good birth, a momber of one of tho
oldest families In New York and related
by marriage to a still moro aristocratic
family, but comparatively fow kiow who
sho was savo tho immediate members of
Mr. Lorillnrd's fnmlly. Mrs. Allien Is a
very beautiful woman, statuesque, with an
oval face, dark, twinkling eyes and nn
nbundance of curly hnlr. Sho Is a woman
of many accomplishments, wonderful tact,
nnd Is a most delightful hostess.
Whenever Mr. Lorlllard was In Now York
he made his home at 11 East Thirty-first
street, n house that ho had purchased nnd
fitted up luxuriously for tho accommodation
of Mrs. Allien, hor father and himself.
Wherever ho went ho wns nccompnnlcd by
Mrs. Allien, savo only on thoso occasions
when he went to Tuxedo Park to visit his
children and look after tho big 6,000-acro
estate, dcvoloped by himself Into one of tho
most dclcctablo spots In the United
States.
In society Mr. Lorlllard seldom, If ever,
was accompanied by Mrs. Allien, and thus
It comes to pass thnt thero Is so much
Ignoranco oven In well-informed circles as
to tho Identity of tho woman whom Mr.
Lorlllard befrlonded and who today Is be
hoved to bo in possession of a vory large
sharo of his cstato, Independent ot what
appears in his will.
Tho Thirty-first street houso has long
been a mystery to tho Immediate residents
of that neighborhood. Just off Fifth avo
nuo nnd only a etone's throw from tho
former Lorlllard mansion It stands, un
pretentious, a plain brown stone four-story
nnd basement house. Its marked charac
teristic Is the fact that tho shades ot a
dark bluo huo aro always drawn. No ono
over saw them open. Yet within tho
darkly curtained houso there wero many
scenes of morrlmcnt at such times ns
Plorro Lorlllard gathered together a few
of his Intlmuto and boon companions.
Thero wero sumptuous banquets given In
that houso stored with works of art, costly
furniture, priceless rugs, mosaics and sil
verware. On all thoso occasions Mrs.
Allien noted as the hostess.
Tho halls of tho house nro finished In
ebony and aro hung with trophies ot the
chaso and costly antlquoo. Tho parlor Is
filled with beautiful statuary and curios
picked up In all quarters ot the world.
Tho library, which adjoins It, Is a perfect
haven of delight to tho book lover, filled
with books, many of thorn nlmont priceless
and all of them In sumptuous bindings.
Behind this 1 tho dlntng room, superbly
appointed and with massive paneled walls
and ceilings. Beyond this again Is a cir
cular smoking room, fitted up In oriental
stylo and Illuminated only by stained glass.
In fnct, thero nro but few of tho rear win
dows of tho houso that aro not filled In
with costly painted glass Imported from
Europe.
PIcrro Lorlllard's bedroom on the next
floor Is eald to have been the most elabo
rately. , furnished room of Its character In
tho United Statea. Tho bedstead alono Is
said to havo cost more than $10,000. It
was In this sumptuous homo that Pierre
Lorlllard spent so much of his time whtlo
his wlfo resided at Southampton or In
Washington square, as the season of the
year demanded.
But Lorlllard, notwithstanding his In
fatuation for tho younger and moro beau
tiful womnn, was not forgetful of his wlfo.
Ho mado hor a generous settlement at tho
tlmo of their separation, and was punctili
ous In seeing that her allowance wan
promptly paid. Thero was a comploto
understanding between thU strangely as
sorted couplo that each should go his and
her respectivo way, neither Interfering with
tho other, each maintaining Inviolate tho
secret ot tho estrangement, nnd the wife
agreeing with the husband and busband
agreeing with the wlfo that no matter what
the relations might bo no word should
ho over uttered In public. Thus, while tho
public has gossiped In n qulot way about
tha differences of tho Lorlllards, thorc has
never been a word printed In tho wholo
llfetlmo of tho millionaire tobacconist
about his friendship for Mrs. Allien. Even
now, had it not been for tho fact that Mr.
Lorlllard expressly mentioned her in his
will, It Is doubtful If the story of his friend
"Shedding One's Skin"
And setting round in their bones would be the
proper thing these torrid duya and nights. But as
Ws not practical nor fashionable, we thinh that one
of our extra light weight serges or flannels would be
the caper and we have all hinds of thin coats to go
with odd trousers. Everything for men and boys
that's comfortable and makes life worth living, at
very reasonable prices.
Especially low prices on straw Hats.
Browning, Kin g& Go.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Store Cloars flnturdny Mghta at I) O'clock, Otker ErenlnBa. fi.O
ship for the beautiful woman would ever
havo become public.
Mrs. Lorlllard, by the terms ot nn ngroo
meut made long before her husband's death,
gets n large shnro of his personal effects
nnd all the blooded stock, Including his
J racing stables lu this country nnd L'ng-
innn. rnnt is wnni reduces to a eorinin
degree the valuo nf Mrs. Alllon'n shnro lu
the estate. Did sho Inherit tho stock as
well ns Uancoeas the legacy would repre
sent more than $1,000,000. To his two
grandchildren, Plerro Lorlllard III nnd
Grlswold Lorlllard, tho sons of Plerro
Lorlllard, Jr., Mr. Lorlllard leaves ono-flfth
of his estatn.
Tho Hancocas stock farm, which thus
passes out of the hands of the Lorlllard
family, Is ono of tho most beautiful estab
lishments of the kind In tho country, If not
In tho world. It was Plorro Lorlllard's
pride. Situated within onsy distance of tho
j Monmouth rnclng track. It was tho Ideal
' uuiiiuuu i ui'un. ii is csiimnieii inai
he spent nearly $3,000,000 In developing nnd
equipping tho place as a modol stock farm.
Here It was that he rnlsud and trained his
race horses and It wns from this farm that
went the only American horses thnt ever
won the bluo ribbon of tho Derby. Han
cocas was whero Iroquois was trained under
the personal supervision ot Mr. Lorlllard.
From thero ho wns sent to Europo to
capture tho Derby.
I'KXliniOUS UKmiljATIO.VS.
Pretty Smnll Ilnslnesn for the Nn
tlonnl Government to Indnlpe In.
Harper's Weekly.
Tho American people have, borno their
war taxes cheerfully. This being tho ln
dlsputed fnct, it lll-becomos tho authori
ties to hedgo about with nccdIraH and Irk
somo regulations tho redemption of unused
revenue stnraps, tho chief results of which
will bo to savo a few paltry dollars to tho
treasury and to lncrcaso to nn, nppreclablo
extent tho Irritation ot tho public during
an already ovcr-lrrltatlng season. Tho ro
qutromcnt that stamps shall bo redeem
able, only nt Washington nnd that affi
davits proving ownership must nccompany
each lot sent In for redemption Is utterly
absurd nnd unworthy of u government n
part of whoso duties Is to promoto tho
happiness of tho people. Especially In
tho matter of bank checks aro the require
ments without reason. Tho amounts can
not bo largo and In tho nature ot things
many persons would rather suffer tho loss
of a fow dollars than subject themselves to
tho Inconvenience of tho redemption, but
why any holder of theso stamps should bo
compelled to lose ovon so llttlo as 2 conts
Is not nt all clear. Tho prlnclpln Involved
Is tho samo ns though tho amounts rnu
Into thousands of dollars and Mr. Gage's
subordinates In chargo ot this affair should
bo mado to understand tho fact.
Every national bank In tho country should
be a medium of redemption for thu
government's obligations In this matter
nnd should be required to pay na duo honor
to a gcnulno 2-cent rovenuo stamp ns to a
$1,000 treasury nolo that Is not a counter
feit. IM I NT 13 II HEI'I.ECTIOXS.
Boston Transcript: Welter They say the
world owes every man a living.
Walker That's Just It. How can. It b
expected to pay all its debts?
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "A Vnssar girl
recently Jumped thirteen feet."
"Mouso or coronet?"
Washington Star: "Do man dat hnsn'
nuflln' to do," sold Undo liben, "wouldn'
bo ho objectionable If ho dldn' Insist on
tnkln' some good man away f'um "Is work
to help 'lm loaf."
Detroit Froo Tress: Polly Wisdom Is
generally depleted ns a man with n. long
lowing board
Dolly Yes; but my Idea of wisdom Is a
man who has sense enough to wear
trimmed whiskers or, none at nil.
Puck: "Shoutnyell Is tho most dlsngree
able man to argue with I ever saw."
"That's so! He's so positive that every
one who doesn't ngreo with him is miro
that he ought to bo a clergyman."
Brooklyn Life: Prospective Boarder You
advertise "homelike surroundings?"
Country Farmor Yep; we've got a Janitor
from tho city fer hired man.
Boston Transcript: Hlnton So your son
has graduated from college. What Is he
going to do?
Hnlden Well, for the present ho Is going
to sit 'round and tell tho rest of us nil ho
thinks ho knows.
Phllndelphlu Press: Tcss Sho's got such
nn awful sore throat she can't speak nbovo
a whisper. But sho's Just tickled to death
about It.
Jess The idea!
Tcss Yes, you see that timid young Mil
vims Is to call on her this evening und
ho'll have to sit closo to her on that ac
count. In n Il'nlurnnt.
Chicago Tribune.
I sat alono with my heart
A heart that hud newly died.
'Twns 102 on tho streot
And 112 Inside.
I wns sorry I ordered tho hf.irt
A heart thnt had nowly d.iiil;
And, stirred by a strunge caprice,
I wearily pushed It aside.
Anil I said to tho waiter: "Hero!
It's too hot for heart todny.
Just bring mn a pall of milk
And a biscuit of shredded hny."
MEIIHASICA'.S SUMMER DIIK.H.N.
Tho train Is n needle, tho tracks are thrend,
I Tho ties nro tucks, I giions,
j That trim the gay, green petticoat
Of Nebraska's summer dress.
Her mantle Is the shining dew
That spangles a rnnt of brown,
i And tho fences nro fancy stitches through
i un nriwuH ui iier cinari now gown.
Her headdress Is a lleccy cloud
Beneath a shade of bluo.
The sun Is her lover, fond nnd proud
Of ills lady decked nnew.
Shlno! Shine! Old Sun. when spring Is gono
And summer too, Bhnll pass,
Jnek Frost will lly over dnlo nnd down
With a russet cloak for the lass.
Portland, Ore. i j. n