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0 rri.Ti,'! atja iuit.v tip. v.. WKiivrBiiAY. .rn.v 17 torn. TlIE OMAHA DAILY BEE. H. I108KWATKK. EDITOlt. PUBLISHED UVEHY MOHN1NO. THUMB OK SUIJSCHIPTION. Dully lleo (without Sunday j, Otic Year.. $6.00 Daliy Hco hiiJ aumliiy, Utio Year h.Vj Illustrated lite, one Year.. s.Uu Sunday Bee, One Year J.w butuuiJ) Dee, (JIiu Year l.W '.twentieth Century Farmer, Una Year.. l.W OFFICES: Omaha! The Bee Building. Booth Omaha, City Hull Building, Twen tyiltth ami M streets. Council llluifa; 10 Pearl Street. Chicago; HHu Unity liulliling. Isew lurk; Temple Court. Washington: but Fourteenth Street, COHHESPONDENCH. Communications relating to news und edi torial matter should lie addressed. Omaha liee, Luilurlul Ueliurtliif III. HUSINHSS LM'TEUS, Business letters and remittances should to addresNed; 'ihu Bco Publishing com pany, Omaha. HKMITTANCES. 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Net total snlcs 7(W,i71 Net dally nverago ar,7a CJKO. II, TZSCHUC1C. SuHcrlbcd In my presence nnd sworn to before ino this 30th day of June, A. D. 11)01. M. 11. I1UNGATH, Notary Public. VAIITIES IA3AVINO roil SUSI.MUII. 1'nrllen leftvliiR the clly fur the mi in in or mil)' luive 'Die lien cut to tliem rcRiilnrly lir notifying- The Hep lltmliic ulllre, In iicmun or liy iuiiII. The nitdrrsn vlf 1 be clinuireil urn often nit desired. Nebraska corn In holding its -own In 'splendid shape. There should he no dlillculty In having Rome hot races at the Council lUulTs re gatta. The weather prophet Is as timid this Biiinmcr as a young man itbput to veil turu on his llrst proposal. That most thrilling romance entitled 'Moo Hartley's 'Martyrdom a Sequel to the Hidden Treasure" has been copy righted by the Omaha World-IIerafd It was not to have been expected that William Jennings Bryan would take kindly to the Ohio Idea. The convention that promulgated thu Ohio ldoa did not tajtc klndly.,.to Mr. Uryun. , . , Hy the time the governor of Missouri gets out IiIh prayer proclamation Mis Hourians will be anxious to get out of the wet. They have already had enough rain at Jopllu to flood the mines. Unless Secretary Hoot will spend more than ten minutes In Omaha on his In spection tour thu commandant of the Salvation Army at the fresh air camp at Fort Oniithu will feel very much slighted. Another French cabinet minister has been xhot at by it dissatlslled constitu cut. If the practice was as prevalent in this country as In France members of the cabinet would have to wear steel corsets and shirts of mail. Although thu Ohio democrats were uou-commltUtl In their platform as to thu sliver question they ure still stand ing for a double standard, and they pro pose to cuter the campaign tills fall witli the gold democrats In thu front and the silver democrats In thu rear. It Ih a little too early to talk about arbitration between thu Steel trust and Its striking employes, but the contllct In progress suggests forcibly thu hypoc risy of our pretensions. We are al ways Milling to arbitrate past troubles and future troubles, but insist on tight Ing when it comes to present troubles. London bankers cannot bo blamed for declining to make loans on Steel trust stock and similar securities until it ha been demonstrated the companies ar able permanently to earn dividends on thu water which the promoters have In Jected into .them. It Is simply a busl ness proposition In which sentiment cuti no figure. Democratic and populist leaders talked glibly for a time this summer about go ing It alone this yea'r. Thu approach of convention time is causing a change In thu tune. Principles aru no longer tils cussed, but thu question before the housu Is whethur or not fusion affords the better opportunity ot securing thu llesli pots. Although It has not assumed thu tm portancu of a well dellned rumor, a Hiisplclon Is entertained that thu "Spec ter Bridegroom" has taken charge of tlio editorial columns of the World-Herald 'The essence of its recent effusions might bo Bummed up In thu words of the mid summer poet: "All tlesh Is grass all grass Is hay wo aro gono tomorrow and hero today." Tlio proposition to excludo foreign oarsmen from the Henley regatta in thu future does not meet with general approval from the legitimate sportsmen of England. Though sometimes a Intra loner it must he admitted that thu sportsmen of Orent Britain have never been narrow In this sense. They real ho that' for any country to shut out competition 'horn abroad Is a confession of Inferiority, w'hlch the Hilton Is not likely to muke. . . - - THE STATU ASSES&MKXT. The grind assessment roll for nil tnx nbli property In the statu of Nebraska n rettiriifd to the State Board of Equal ization for the your 11)01 aggregates $17l,i:r',870, mi approximate Increase of W.OSo.OOO over the ntfxeaacd valuation of the previous year. At a ratio of ten to one this would repreeent an Incrcnse In the actual wealth of the statu of $'J0 WO.uoo for the past year. While It Is ltnpoKslble to make n cor rect computation, the iigKrejinte Increase Iji wealth for thu past year will not fall far short from that tlgure. Estimated at the same ratio, the actual value of taxable property, real and personal, In this state would be $l,7-H,a2S,70U, but hat lltrtiru is really far from the marls. I'he true valuation of Nebraska prop- ;rty would, If assessed on the basis of market value, exceed JU.OOO.OOO.OOU. Nothing has retarded the growth of the state and prevented Investment of money In Nebraska so much as the reck less undervaluation of Its taxable prop- rty. This system of undervaluation by atsOHhors has grown from year to year. Hack In the 'feOs the grand assessment roll of the state had renchod flSD.lKK),- 000, and, while there has been some rthrlnkngc In the market vahlu ot lauds In the'seml-arld section of the state, the great body of laud In the state has In- reased from 10 to 100 per Cent In value within the past twenty .yeurs. The ridiculously luw valuation of llvu stock has furnished a Justification for the undervaluation of railway property by the State Hoard of Equalization, (he practical exemption of many corpora tions from any tax and the exemption from tax of a wealthy class of money oaners who make no return whatever on bonds, mortgages and stocks. The unfavorable Impression made by the low valuation of Nebraska upon the Investor Is intensified when counmrliion is made with the assessments or other states. The system of undervaluation of taxable property is also In a great measure re sponsible for the Insignificant tax col lected from owners of personal prop erty and the excessive burden Imposed upon the owners of real estate In town as well as wi the farm. No material reform can be looked for u;iless a radical change is effected through a revision of our revenue laws and a crusade all along the Hue iu favor of an honest and fair appraisement of property and an equitable distribution of tux burdens among the taxpayers. AMKltlCAN ATTITUDE VINDICATED. 'The position taken by our government In regard to punishing persons alleged to have been engaged In the Chinese Boxer movement, which was against the wholesale execution urged by sonic of thu powers, tiermany especially, has been vindicated by the result of lnvestl gatlon. The Department of State has received reports from China showing that but for the attitude of this govern meut thu lives of a number of Innocent persons would have been sacrificed, careful Inquiry having developed the fact that somu of thu Chlue.su otllcluls supposed to have been connected with the Bqxer outragus, whose capital pun lshmeut was demanded by some of the foreign ministers, have been proved to be entirely Innocent of the charges made agalust them, while In many other cases it lias been shown that the offenses with which thu Cliinesu olltcials were charged were not nearly so grave as was sup posed at llrst by tlio foreign representa tives at Peklu. It wus perhups most natural that the (ieruiau government, deeply Incensed by the cold-blooded murder of Its min ister, should have been moved by the spirit of vengeance to demand thu exe cution of all who were thought to be in any degree responsible for the out rage, but it Is safe to assume that even Emperor William, who Inspired the pol icy of revenge, now sees that to have carried out that policy would have put an Ineffaceable blot upon western civi lization. The demand of Germany was n shock to the sentiment of humanity and Justlco everywhere ami It was promptly met by the refusal of our government to be a party to It. We had declared for the punishment of tlioso known to be guilty, but beyond tills our government would not go. This fact In connection with the Chinese trouble Is not the least creditable part of tho American policy In dealing with the dltUcult problem. PROMISED CVllREXCV kEaiSLATtOX. It Is uenrly live months beforo the Fifty-seventh congress will meet, but nlready there is talk of currency legis lation. It Is announced that Secretary Ongo will renew his previous recommen dations for giving elasticity to the monetary system. Tho Washington cor respondent of the New York Journal of Commerce says It Is probable that the secretary will go much farther iu the direction of detail than In his last an nual report and will present a modified draft of the plan presented in his re port of 18D7, which contemplated al lowing the nntlonal banks to issue cur rency, under specified restrictions, upon their capital, with a view to giving greater elasticity to tho circulation. This plan was Incorporated in one of tlio currency bills Introduced In the last congress, but It did not secure general popular approval and It may be doubted If It would do so now. Indeed tho national bankers themselves were by no means unanimous In approving It. Thu fact Is there Is at present less neces sity for such legislation than existed a few years ago, or when It was urged by Secretary (!ago In his llrst nnininl re port, Inasmuch as the banks generally have more money thnu they cau llnd legltlninto usn for. Another matter likely to bo considered by the next congress is that of niaklug the gold standard unassailable. It docs not appear that the standard Is likely to ho seriously assailed In tho near future, yet no hurui cau bo douu by taking steps to establish It so Ilrmly that whatever attack may In future be made upon It will cause no apprehension to the nnau clal and business Interests of thu coun try. It has been most conclusively demonstrated In two national elections that a very large: majority . of thu American people urc iu fuVor of tile gold standard, but there Is still a large political element opposed to It and it will be well to so fortify It that It will be absolutely secure. This should have been done by the last congrcfs, but whatever the excuse then for not doing It (hero Is nntio time, kii Hint there should be no hesitation on the part of the Mfty-seventh congress In enacting whatever legislation may be necessary to render the gold standard secure and unassailable. Our eurri'iiev svKtein can unouestlou- ably be Improved. No one pretends that It Is a perfect system. hatever legis lation shall be deemed necessary to Its Improvement can be adopted without any disturbance to the financial or the business affairs of the country. xo rnnsHXT vamp, run alaiim. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson does not think thu corn crop has as yet been so seriously damaged as to give cause for genuine alarm, lie regards the re ports of Injury to the crop as jouiewhut exaggerated and says that throughout the area of thu great corn crop tho drouth has not been severe enough to nctiously affect that crop. lie points out that high temperature at this sea son Is one of the requisites of com de velopment and lie suggests Hint It Is not yet time to assume that the corn Is ruined. "For myself," Secretary Wil son is quoted as saying, "1 think that we shall have plenty of corn In this country. The reports from Kansas and Nebraska are, of course, discouraging, but the crop In those states is not great, except in thu eastern portions. The great corn belt of this country Is east of the Missouri river and west of Ohio. I have not yet seen anything to indi cate that there has been a large amount of damage In this area of country. I am going to wait, therefore, until I hear whether the drouth lias been dis astrous In Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Indi ana, Michigan and Wisconsin before I become really alarmed." l'osslbly the secretary of agriculture Is correct In assumlm; that the reports of damage to corn have been exagger ated, except us to two or three states, but there Is no doubt the Injury has been considerable, though wu are In clined to think with Secretary Wilson that as yet there Is no cause for genuine alarm. What can be confi dently predicted Is that the corn crop tills yeat will bo materially less than last year's crop, though It may not fall so far short as some estimate. Exagger ation regarding crop conditions, for speculative purposes, Is by no means uncommon. Such reports were sent out last year and It would be easy to show that they aru of practically annual oc currence. Tho fact Is, as Secretary Wil son states, the general outlook for corn, at thu beglnnlug of this month, was bet ter than a year ago and In most of the corn belt it Is now nearly or quite us good as last, year at this time. While, therefore, a reduction from the largo crop of last year is certain, there is still reason to hope that thu yield of corn In 1001 will be up to the average oj! the lust four or Hvc years and sutll- clent for tlio wants of tho country. The dream of a faction In Austria of organizing a customs league to combat the encroachments of Aniericau trade has met with a decided frost. The French government has been sounded and replied that the scheme was en tirely Impracticable. In addition to the fact that most European countries are dependent upon tho United States for ft portion of their food supply a glance over the Held convinces them that the United States is a purchaser for a large amount of their own produce which can bo disposed of nowhere else. The United Stntes cau raiso all, or prac tically all, its necessities and It can get nlong, If put to tho test, without the luxuries now bought from Europe. Another sensation In fruternals. This time It is the Modern Brotherhood of America, which has Its principal Held of operation In the state of Iowa. It Is announced that the supremo secretary has charged the board of directors and other head otllcers, Including the presi dent, with extrnvuganco aud tho usur pation of powers that have caused a deficiency approximating $10,000. Com pared with the slump In the treasury of the Knights of Pythias this Is a very luslguiftcuut affair, but it Is suggestive of troubles that are liable to overtake other fraternal orders whose olllcers have acquired habits of extravagance. The contest between thu workers and tho steel combine Is scorcely com menced, yet theru is much talk of a settlement. Its magnitude Is such that oven should it not spread to any other branches of the Industry tho entire bus iness of the country Is bound to be af fected by a continuance, while to the participants It must be disastrous. Al reudy the stocks of the steel combina tion have fallen millions In value aud every day Idle means lnrgo sums In wages to the workers. If tho parties to the contest will bond their necks and use a little common sense the trouble could soon be adjusted. Mr. Bryan assures tho American people that the money question is not yot out of politics, because congress will-have to deal with it more or less nt every session. That Is true. The money question never will lie out ot politics auy more than the prohibition or the woman suffrage question and many other questions that bob up beforo con gress at every session. But tho money question, as a paramount issue In thu national campaigns of the future, Is about as dead as the questions of polyg amy or the abolition of slavery. City council meetings at South Omaha aru becoming quite Interesting If not entertaining. At the meeting of Mou day night Councilman Martin presented n resolution asking that the Ited Light theater bo closed lifasuiuch as It was a harbor of licentiousness and a breeder of Immorality. Tho resolution was promptly tabled. Councilman Martin should have known better than Intro tluce such an Incendiary request. The attempt to put out the red lights might provt) morn dangerous than shaking a red ro'U a Mexican hull. This Is an age of consolidation and concentration. It Is confidently pre dicted that this spirit, Infused Into our educational system, will result In con solidation of country school districts, with free transportation and free lunches at the public expense, coupled with free text books, free stationery and, eventually, free overshoes and mackintoshes for children whose par ents are unable or unwilling to provide the necessary long distance travel equip ment for their offspring. Denver ministers have taken the lead In the formation of n society which has for Its object the ending of the al leged rule of thugs In that city. With the advent of the tourist season It would not seem to be necessary for the talent to continue holding up the resi dent population, for everyone takes a hand in picking the tourist. Thu powers are debating the advisa bility of Interfering in the uprising in one of the Coroun Islands, i'he preseut Idea appears to be that thu powers aru called upon to regulate the alfalrs of thu universe. While they are busy with the troubles of others there aru some at home which could prolltably engage their attention. Moni:- t'liiuiui'i'H In the Temple. Knnsua City Journal. It appears that Nebraska banks have loaned more than a million dollars to New York. Alas, the "commercial spirit" Is In vading the luticriuotft courts ot the reform temple. l'ro voi'iitluii for Heat. Washington fo'1 Mr. Peter Damm wants $10,000 damages from tho infuriated llostdn husband who shot at Mm. Just think of the damages the innocent public will sustain by rcadon ot tho puns on the Incident. Diiivii In I'lulitliiu Trim. New York Tribune. And now the sword, tho lance and the bayonet nro to bo discarded as weapons by an edict ot tho British war oalce. What Is to become, It this process of elimina tion continues, ot the traditional splendors of the military service, of the pomp and panoply of glorious war? Slyle In Time of l'euee. Chicago News. General Cliaft'co urges American army ofllcers to employ goud tailors on tbolr uniforms so as to pet a useful example la dressiness to the privates. The fact that the American army captured Santiago and Manila in Its shirt sleeves and without Its boots blacked must bo lived down It pos sible. I'niiler-Miielic Hemes. Hartford Times. Secretary Lout's skillful war of com pletely flattening out a "cocky" subordinate. without seaming to censuro him nt all, is displayed in tho dispatch concerning tho authorship ot the orders to ucwey to cap ture Manila, near Admiral Crownlnshlcld sent out a statement, tn which he attempted to leave tho secrotary wholly out ot the business. The result-Is that the admiral Is on tho 30-ccnt cpuutcr and we guess that Is where he will stay. Yankee Xotlonn Alirunil. Philadelphia Ledger. Sovoral cnterprlilng Americans aro now preparing or projecting largo hotels In Lon don, to be managed on the American plau and with all conveniences to which Ameri cans aro accustomed at home, but which they cannot And at English hotels. This movement amounts to a declaration that tho number of Americans In Cngland Is ex pected to bo largo at all times. Apparently our social conquest of thut country Is to proceed equally with our commercial vic tories. American Sloney lit HiiKlnnri. London Chronicle. Another sign of tho American conquest. A frulteror In tho West Lnd Is marking his goods in United States coinage straw berries, for lnstanco nt 10 cents a basket. This Is a trifle superfluous, for most Americans who come over here know per fectly well tho value of English money and of English goods, too. Yet, after all, tho fruiterer Is perhaps only fore shadowing tho Inevitable. Wo arc having a new coinage, and wo might as well accopt tho situation call our sovereigns $5 pieces, our shillings "quarters," our sixpences "dimes" and our halfpennies "cents." Pointed Shaft of Irony. Philadelphia Record. In the natural and Inevitable reaction against the disastrous policy Into which Mr. Bryan led tho democratic party any attempt to humiliate- tho ornclo and his followers should bo sternly suppressed. Tho democrats who protested against this policy and who wcro ostracized by Mr. Bryan and his followors for ndherlng to principle should bo tho last to Imttato n bad examples. Wo must have pcaco la tho democratic party if we havo to fight for It. The democrats who voted for Mr. Bryan In two presidential campaigns are too numerous and respectable to bo treated otherwise than with great consideration. I.nnilN Not for the Sivlfl. Indianapolis News. Tho president's proclamation opening tho Indian binds In Oklahoma to settlement has been made and It is noted with satis faction that tho process Is by allotment Instead of rush. Thero Is a process of reg istration at tho land ofllces with a showing that those registered nro duly qualified to make a homestead entry. No one will bo allowed to make a settlement In advance of the opening provided for and the order of applications is" to bo determined by lot. Of course, thero Is likely to he moro appli cations than there aro estatas ami quite possibly In a transaction so largo thero may bo deception, but the method is tho best ono thus far; it has been used tn other countries and Is Infinitely better than tho scramblo that was formerly allowed. Educators Needlely 1I tt'enneil. Chtcajo Chronicle. Some of our educators In session In De troit aro much distressed lest parochial schools mar our "uniform system of froe school education." Ono of them deplores tho fact that thn Itoman Catholic authori ties havo expended J25.000.00Q on private schools nnd declares that wo must obtervo such facts with "solicitude." 'It would not bo desirable, even If it were possible, to cast all minds In tho larao school matrix. Fortunately It Is not possible. Our public schools, good In many respects, bad In others, aro ns unlike ns thoy aro Imper fect, and there Is every reason to believe thoy always will be, If churches see fit to maintain their own schools and bestow special attention upon tho moral side of education tho fact Is not to bo greatly de plored. A purely Intellectual education will never make good citizens, nnd such Intellectual education as the young get In somo of our pnbllc school will not mako them even Intelligent cltuens. Away with Populism ChluiRo chronicln (dpm.) "I do not object to having It distinct! understood," wld Mr. tlrynn In St. Louis the other day, "that 1 Intend to tight to th -bitter end every effort to force tho aban donment of tho Chicago and Katas City platforms." This was bravely said by a gentleman who has an unbounded right to fight as long and as bitterly ns he pleases for any political Idea whatever that may occur to him. The platforms referred to wcro made for and by him and there Is n certain fit ness In his unwavering loyalty to them. It It not customary for men responsible for great errors and disasters to acknowledge their mistakes and we may expect no de viation from the rulo In tho case of Mr. Bryan. Knowing the uncompromising attitude of the lato democratic candldatn In this mat ter, democrats generally will understand very clearly the nature of the Issue with which they are confronted. Tho repudia tion of tho Chicago and Kansas City plat forms will Include of necessity the repudia tion of Mr. Bryan. In Ohio last week tho democratic state convention so understood the matter and It acted accordingly. The continued resumption by Mr. Bryan of tho right to dlctnto tho policy of the democracy is of Interest nnd Importance nt this time chiefly as a warning to genuine democrats that thero should bo no half way measures In the reconstruction of tho party organization. In Ohio the conven tion mndo a clean Job of It. Not a trace of populism or socialism was left. The snmo thoroughness should bo applied else where. It Is to bo remembered that populism con cerns Itself laturally with many things miTir.s or Monr.it.v miihaiuaxs. Syn(eiiiull(! Colleellon mill Arrange ment of HooWn, Chicago News. Not quite fifty years have elapsed since the first free public library was estab lished In an American city. It Is In the light of this fact nnd In view of enormous growth of libraries everywhere In the past quarter of n century thnt It Is pos sible to get an ldcu of the nature of the task to which tho custodians of public libraries aro now addressing themselves, In the sceslons of tho convention which tho librarians of tho country have been holding nt Waukesha thero has been abundant discussion of practical details of library work and of Improved methods of collecting, arranging and Indexing the Immense mass ot literature now available, but far more noteworthy was tho evident recognition of the Increased scopo and Im portance of the modern librarian's duties. As ono ot tho speakers said, tho librarian who was content to bo n mere custodian of books has passed from the stage for ever. In his stead there Is an official who holds an Important trusteeship for his com munity, who must not only collect books, but must select with n vlow to special needs, who must try to promote Intelli gent Interest In tho educational agencies at his disposal and who has n moral duty to perform In stimulating a taste for tho best and repressing ns far ns possible the demand for the cheap and tho trashy. The production of books In tho nineteenth century was so vast and tho advances In science so rapid that It may bo questioned whether a big part of the Intellectual work of tho present century will not consist lu systematic collection and nrrangement of. work already done, with a view to sifting out all but the Important and bringing It under a scientific classification. It Is In this work that tho librarians may bo ex pected to play a leading part, not alono hy their Individual efforts, but through co operation and organization. It remains for them, acting In concert, for Instance, to determine what should bo tho composi tion of tho library acquired by a small town and how tho library In a manufactur ing district of Pennsylvania should differ from ono In nn agricultural community in Iowa. It la for them to perfect a classi fication of tho amazing contributions to sclenco nnd to hit upon some plan for winnowing out from tho Immense and dis orderly array of books of fiction those which havo neither "sweetness" nor "light," nnd whoso perusal Is a mere dis sipation of time and mental force. Mr. Carnegie's gifts latoly gave a distinct stimulus to tho library-founding movemont and tho tlmo may not bo far distant when every considerable community In the coun try will have Its freo library, Just as It has Its churches and schools. When that time comes tho Importance ot the Influence which librarians must exercise, by acting In intelligent co-operation, can hardly be overestimated. PKHSONAI, NOTES. The death, In his savonty-slxth year, of Ocorgo Elmer, tho founder of German Jour nalism In Australia, is announced from Adelaide. Elmer's paper, Die Australlscho Zeltung, Is still published. Tho New York Judges who draw $17,500 per annum' and Indulge in vacations ot throe months' duration when their dockets are two years In arrears ure making tho people rather warm. The Stewart raarblo mansion In New York ! City has vnnlshod from tho faco of the earth, It was a wonder In Its day, hut old Now York and New Yorkers have been distanced, long since, In the race. As a condensation ot tho rules of Dr. Flake's life and philosophy nothing stands which bettor represents them than tho , motto which he chose for his pet fireplace; , "Live as if you expect to die tomorrow; ! learu as If you expect to llvo forever." Dr. Joseph Joachim, the famous violinist, has Just celebrated his seventieth birthday. Despite his advanced years, his skill Ih but little abated. No musician Is more popu lar In Berlin than ho and all tho newspapers congratulate htm on attaining this rlpo ago, Tho firemen of Chicago are about to pre-1 sont to Donls J. Swonle, who was until re-1 eently flro marshal of their city, a gold badge bearing a big diamond and to cost $1,200. He was connected with tho llro de partment of tho city from 1S49 uutll the present year. A correspondent of a New York paper thinks ho hns made an Important discovery hy finding that tho soldiers of Burgoyno's army cooked rattlesnakes nnd nte them. Tho correspondent need not go back to Bur goyno's tlmo to find soldiers eating cooked rattlesnakes, Our troopers on the plains learned from the Indians that rattlesnakes wore edible. A youth In Denver, Colo., whom his par ents afflicted with the somewhat unwiuldly name of George Washington Abraham Lin coln Wellington Campbell, has run nway from Lis home bocause thoy refused to por mil him to abbreviate It In the way hla heart was set upon. Nobody among the neighbors seems disposed to blame him, but he had to tako his entlro name with him. President Barrows of Oberlln bolloves that the "rage" for athlotlcs will be over ruled for good; that we'll form the out door habit and be the healthier for It. "If I had the car of the leading business men of America," he says, "I would whisper In It the wisest counsel I know to men over CO years of age, 'Golf first and business after ward,' This means longer lived, moro suc cessful, happier and better American cltl i zens, which do violence to democratic doctrine. A debased currency Is only one of these contentions. Not much will bo gained for political Intelligence and good morals If ns toon ns one popullstlc error Is exploded and abandoned another Is to bo adopted In Its placo Mr. Bryan's command that the plaforms of lSflfl and 1M0 be kept nt tho front Is not to be accepted so much ns Indicating his perpetual adhesion to those fulmlna Hons as It Is as evidence of his deslr to maintain in plnccs of party responsibility the men who made thoo platforms and who are capable of setting up others qullo as objectlonnblo on other lines. Expcrtptico has shown that the demon strated error of populism Is no embarrass ment to Its adherents. They cheerfully "Indorso" all past follies and move lightly on to tho embrace of now ones equally absurd and equally undemocratic. To guard against this sort of thing It Is nec essary that democrats, while olwayn wel coming with characteristic liberality all who aro disposed to co-operate with them In the promotion of democratic principles, should nt all times be very certain that those- principles ore not modified In any manner by nn admixture of populism. Thus understanding each other thero Is no reason why the democints and the popu lists nnd Mr. Bryan, too, should not fight this thing out not to "tho bitter end," but to a logical and satisfactory conclusion. With "democracy for democrats" as the In spiration of the democratic organization a gootl innny worthy people will be surprised to sec how naturally sonic of the most con spicuous of recent democratic leaders will tnko their places with tho populists. a chi.m:si: joki:. Illll (or DiitiuifieN CiiiimmI liy White, lloxers. Buffalo Express. Consciously or unconsciously, the Chlncso aro humorists of n rather grim sort, It Is true, but humorists none the less. Until very recently the whole world, or the so-called civilized portion of It at least, has been on their backs demanding In demnity, more Indemnity, as if tho Celes tial emplro were made of money. As soon ns thoy had partially stilled tho universal din by virtue of certain I. O. U.'s which, by tho way, were Issued with moro appar ent cheerfulness than will perhaps bo mani fested In their redemption, It occurred to them to see how other nations would en Joy tho samo process, only reversed. Ilo calling our supposed national fondness for the Anglo-Saxon maxim that "Sauca for tho gooso Is sauce for tho gander," they for tho nonce transformed themselves Into Mlssourlnnn and demnnded to be shown whether or not we would enjoy paying them the trifling sum of $300,000 on account of the outrageous treatment Inflicted on cer tain Chltu-Ho out In Butte, Mont., nway back In 18S6, to whom enlightened Ameri cans applied Boxer methods some tlmo bo foro tho Boxers themselves existed as such. Tho Joko is a very good one, as practical Jokes go, and wo sincerely trust tho Chi nese will get all tho fun out of It that their sense of humor will nllow them to assimilate convonlentty, for that Is rroh ably all they ever will get. Undo Sam Is a very nice, genial old gentleman and has been remarkably Indulgent to the Chlncso In their recent troubles, but If from this circumstance they havo con ceived tho Idea that ho Is an easy mark, thoy will llnd that thoy wero nover moro mistaken in tholr benighted lives. When It comes to paying out a dollar, Uncle Sam Is a Mlspourlan aleo nnd ono has "got to show" him n mighty good and tiufnclcnt renson therefor a much bettor reason, In fact, than China In her pres ent crippled condition can produce. IMlOfJHKSS IX I'OHHSTItY. A Movement of Xntloiinl Importance Steadily RroM'liiK. Philadelphia Ledger. One of tho encouraging slgna of tho times Is tho wonderful growth of popular Interest In forestry and tho Influence whlcli tho wider knowlcdgo of tho lmportnnco of tho subject is having upon tho movement to preserve tho great natural forest weulth of the country against tho inroads of waste, ciroK'ssncsa nnd wanton destruction. When President Clevelnnd issued his order ex tending the area of tho national forest re serves tho protest made by cattlemen, min ing Interests and lumbermen, who wero wasting tho forests of tho national domain, was so strong that It seemed likely to stay the progress of forest preservation. In tho mcantlnio information about forestry has been diligently nnd persistently spread abroad, aud tho people tn the districts from which formerly the strongest protests camo against preserving forest lands are now said to bo among tho most eager to get bills through congreBS extending tho area of parks nnd reserves. The change Is also apparent In congress. Thoopular demand for safeguarding tho national forest wealth Is so strong that senators who wero for merly Inclined to tako tho view of the min ing camps, cattle kings and voracious lum bermen, do not And It expedient to oppose the popular opinion. With tho beginning of tho present flscnl year, July 1, 1901, the forestry bureau of tho Department of Ag rlculturo went Into operation for tho first tlmo, and will hereafter do tho work pre viously confided to a division. Year before last tho congressional appropriation for for estry was 2S,520; last ynnr it was $SS,520, aud for tho new fiscal year tho sum Is JIS5,. 4t0. Threo years ogo tho working forco In thu forestry division was eleven, while the forestry bureau now hns 125 employes. There are now about 47,000,000 acros In for est preserves, and the work of extending tho domain will undoubtedly go forward with rapidity. The annual consumption of lumber In tho United States amounts In value to nbout $800,000,000, or as much as tho total mlnernl production of the country. Tho object of tho forestry bureau Is not only to preserve certain tracts of forest land, but to tench the Importance of Intel ligently safeguarding tho forest wealth. Within recent years 20 per cent of tho mer chantable timber of tho state of Washing ton has been burned. As It is estimated that 111,000,000,000 feet are standing, enough has been wusted through rarolessness to supply tho wholo United States for two years. STATU TO OWN I'TII.ITf KS. (.'Hindu. 1'roiionfN to Control Telenrnpli nml Telephone Conipniilea, The Chnutnuqunn. According to nuthorltatlve announcements tho govurnmont ot Canada has decided to nationalize tho telegraphs and tho tele phones of tlio Dominion. Tho business clo inenta are said to bo nearly unanimous In support of this reform. Thn government counts on an annual surplus of somo $7,000, 000 and Its Income la Increasing under tho unusual prosperity of thn country. It hns, thoroforo, become possible to take the step contemplated for years but heretofore pre cluded by lack of available, funds. The gov ornment already operates some small tel egraph lines and not unsuccessfully. The telephones, If taken over nt the samo tlmo ns tho telegraph, will bo placod In the hands of tho respective municipalities to bo managed by them, It Is hnrdly neces sary to add that tho employes of tho com panies are uuxlous to bucomo tho servants of tho state, knowing as they do that from tho government they would secure bettor terms nnd gre.iter consideration. Cannda has only followed Hie example nf Great Britain Iu this respect The telo graph was nationalized In England about thirty years ago and while there have been coiMplalnts, of Inefficiency, red tape nnd lack of progressive spirit on the part of the Postofllco department, which controls It, thTe In no ngltntlon In favor of a re. turn to operation by private companies Aiimti, pays Tim nii.i,. I'nele fniit Srurra llnnillly n n 1111! Collector. Kansas City Slur. Turkey's payment of the Indemnity claims Is a triumph for American diplo macy. The amount Involved was not large, but a falluro to collect It would have been humiliating to the United States. The sullnn of Turkey, while au Ignorant man and an arrant personal coward, Is ono of tho most astute diplomat In the world. Ho Is particularly skillful ih the art of procrastination nnd In playing off one na tion's Jealousy against another's. By such means ho prevented any action by tho powers while tho Armenian massacres wero In progress. Foreign diplomats hnd predicted thnt the United States would never collect Its claims. Tho Justlco of the demand for damag's was unquettioned. Turkish soldiers had led the mobs which pillaged nnd burned tho American mission nnd school buildings at Mnrash nnd Hnrpoot in November, 1S9P. Tho property destroyed wns worth two or three times tho amount named In the ne gotiations, but It was cut down to $nri,000 on tho promise of speedy payment utid to avoid ntly appearance of extortion. Tho term of Minister Terrell wns nbout to ex pire, and tho claims wcro not pushed until thn McKlnley administration sent out Min ister Angell In 1837. But tho Spanish war was approaching, the sultnn knew that tho United States could not back up Its envoy with force, nnd tho minister was treated with scant courtesy. He could get no sat isfaction whatever on tho subject of tho Indemnity. At the end of the year he re signed nnd Oscar S. Straus of Now York, who had made a good record as minister to Constantinople under Mr. Cleveland's first administration, was sent out. It Is n curious fuet that tho Turks pre fer to dcnl with Jews rnthor than with Chrlstlnns. They regard belief In tho Trinity ns n worship of many gods. Tho religious faith of tho Jews they look upon as truly monotheistic, nnd, therefore, far preferable to Christianity. It Is dlfflcult for an Occidental to understand tho work ings of tho Turkish mind. But It Is well known throughout the empire that the Jews seem to havu an Instinctive appreciation of tho Oriental standpoint. They nra proverbially moro successful In dealing with the Turks than aro tho other Euro peans. Mr. Straus proved no exception. Ho nlso had tho prestige ot tho Spanish war behind him. The sultan sent his own carriage for tho minister nnd his BUlto when they ar rived In Constantinople. Ho showered at tentions upon Mr. Straus. Ho granted numerous small favors that tho American ministers had sought In vain before, and ho promised to pay the Indemnity. Even nftor his word was pledged he put off ful filling It. Other powers Insisted that their elnlms be tntlsfled at the same time nnd Mr. Straus was obliged to withdraw to tho United States in protest. After an Interval Minister Lelshtnan was transferred to Constantinople from Berno and the pay ment was made. Just what Influence caused the sultan to yield after his stubborn fight has not been mado public. Tho Inside history of the negotiations would doubtlces mako Inter esting reading. imiU7.' HUMAHKS. Clevelnnd Plain Dealer: Whewi hnw fluently Bodkin does curse the mosquitoes. "Yes. Ho got nil thnt proficiency pluyltiK on our first golf links." Brooklyn Life: "Your hushand loved you very much, did he nut?" ..... "Yes, Indeed. Ho even Insisted upon le mulnlng In tho house when 1 practiced my vocal exorcises!" San Frnnclsco know himself. Babbs That's so, Cull: Bibbs No mnn Ho would loso his host friend If he did. Baltimore American: Dr. Curem Hut I don't fee why you will not pay my bill. You said I hnd mado a nuw man out of Sir. Oooph-Tlmfs lust It, doctor. It was tho old man who ordered the work done, and he ought to pay for It. Buffalo News: Tom Mary, did 1 under stand you that your attack of rheumat sm was cured by Chrlntlan Science, so cal led? Mary No. sir. Tho attack of Christian science was cured by an attack of rheuma tism Puck: "DM little Jim enjoy that chll- '""guess'so, Ho wasn't hungry until tho next afternoon nt 4 o'clock.' Brooklyn Life: She You don't think n. girl Ih wlso to marry u man In order to rc- f0jrimWell, I think she Is apt to have tho luck of tho nvorqgo reformer. Cleveland Plain Denier: "The papers any that Pugilist Sullivan Ih training lor an other prize light " "Mnybo that has something to do wltu cutting down this year's .Kentucky output of bourbon to 25,ni)0,00ii gallons." Indianapolis News: An Iiidlunnpnll. woman called up her grocer by tclephon the othei morning nnd after she had sufll clently scolded the man who responded id in said- "Ami whnt'H more, the next order you get from mo will bo the last I'll ever give "'l't probably will, madnme," said the voice at tho other end of tho wlr "you nrc tnlklnc to an undertaker " AMBITION. Hocky Mountain NAws. A fever in the blood that burns By day and night! A henrt unsatisfied thut turns Toward tho height! An eiiplo In tho soul that yearns For boundless flight! An Inner self that sees a star Abovo you glow, Then shown how pour a thing you ar And bids you grow; That points you to u goal nfar And bids you go! A hnnd that ever points thn wny To glories new! Abovo the Future's hills, a ray Thnt shines for you! A volcn that ever secmB to say: "Arlfo and do!" From Prophecy, thnt looks before. A magic word, , By which your very spirit core Ih thrilled and stirred, And by whoso power evermore Your will Is spurred! A fount of hopo with ullvery chime, That ever springs Within you nml a song sublime Forever sings, And like It bids you ever climb To higher things! This Is the Inner world I seo With light aglcnm; And yet u pawn of Destiny I nfmost seem. What means the Impulse unto mo7 I only dream. Within tho Hinllo of CJod seams bright. Hut things without Look bntrni. us thero wero a blight On nil about. My humnn heart In torn tonight With hurt and doubt. About the world men mudly run, By greed made blind. There Is so much that might bo done. For humankind; So much, O Ood, thnt I for ono My part would find. This word from somewhere romcs to ml Hull not at fate. Those who obtiiln self-mnxtcry Alone are greut; For they hhnll master Destiny, titrlve on and wutu" 1