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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"
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