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PAIITICS I.I.AVI.VO FOH SUMMER.
I'nrtlrn irnrliii; Hie city for
li niiiiiiiirr mi) linte Tlir llec
rut ( Hi ''in rriculnrly tir
notifying The Her llunluea
oilier, In lirmon or lir nintl,
Tbe addfr-aa trill lie cuaniced
often nm dralreit.
Tho paving contractors still hiiyu u
fctrong -mil on the council,
Keep your right eye on the prayer
gauge and your left eye on the ther
mometer. The new mayor of Hastings has been
Inaugurated with an invitation to the
soda water stand.
A few more deputy ga.me wardens can
be commlbr-loned without pay if appli
cation Is made at the fe'ovemor's office
within the next three davs.
Brad .Slaughter has been ordered to
the Philippines and Colonel Mostly has
been ordered to Nebraska. What is
this country coming to, anyway?
The Alabamii constitutional cohven
tlon has decided that n session of the
legislature every four years Is all the
state, can stand. The Ahtbnmlan Is
wise In reducing life's troubles to the
minimum.
it Is estimated that the steer strike Is
costing the companies and the men
$.'10,000 each day of Its continuance.
Wisdom would seem to dictate, that such
it waste should be stopped by renson
nble concessions on both sides.
Jules fitierln has been banished from
France. This is a severe punishment
for him. Outside of France no one
would pay any attention to his ravings
and wild antics and tq deprive him of
this pleasure Is rellned cruelty.
Next to the grave, hot weather Is the
greatest leycl(ri The heated term In
Londoti has been'V ever' tlit the
Judges' have- actually discarded their Ulg
wigs, much to thfli disgust Of the older
people, wh6 nro wedded to fho anclcjit
ciisloni. v
fining the first ttfiiush Into the now
lauds In Oklahoma will he thq printer
with his army press. Llko'tho noutul
of the gong to the old lire horse is the
hint of the land otllcu notice ty the pub
lisher who has ever had n taste of this
"easy money."
Mnyor Moores has nuulo no mistake
In his veto of the $15,000 street repair
ing resolution. All the taxpayers In
Omaha except those directly Interested
nre u unit against the methods by which
North Sixteenth street Is to be repaved
tit the expense of the whole city.
Preparations en the most extensive
pcalo are being made by the citizens of
Kouth Atlhurn and Nemaha county for
the reception of Consul Church Howe,
who I si expected from Furope with a
largo Invoice of .Sicilian whispers and
Shellleld scissors. Fverybody In Ne
braska Invited.
Indian instructors are having a con
Teutlon at l.uffalo. They might start in
tiy teaching tfie exposition oillclals a
little Indian history and correcting tlio
exposition advertising matter where It
classes (lorontmo as a Sioux and states
Sitting Hull was killed at Wounded
Knee.
Much has been said of late on the
progress of forestry, but, unfortunately,
while there has been some progress in
forestry it has by no means kept pace
with the destruction of the timber re
BourceH of the country. The United
States has been most prodigal with its
timber, as with everything else.
The committee of the Chli-tigo Hoard
of Trade which has been Investigating
the recent corn corner has exonerated
King Phillips. The committee states
thu complaints wept nrndti by parties
who did not understand the operations
of the Hoard of Trade. They!' should
know by this time that the II rut'. rule Is
to smile iiuil look pleasant -when you
nro skinned no one but ti professional
trader hau a right to complain.
STtl.L lUUUMXU AT VEKIX.
No nni'iiii'iit Iiiim jet liocn roncliod
roKonlliiK it plnn for (ho imyiiicnt of
tin; ClilncNo liKlfiniilty mid iircorrilng
to tin1 Intcst inlvkcH then; It lit t Ics proH
licet of nil curly tiiiilcrstniKlliig liolng
urrlvcd nL It iipiiciiref Hint the oh
HtritftfonlHtA. fire (irciitlitltiiln nnd Km
hIm, which art not nut felled with tlvu nr
niiifft'iiicnt Miibinlttud by the mlnlritcrw,
.Hid former on the ground tlmt It did not
iidcijtnituly protoct her corninorcifil Inter
cstn. Pending the tetllcinent of thlti mat
tcr nugotlutloiiH nre at n Htatidhtlll,
though It n Kiild they could he con
eluded In a very brief time If the In
demnity iniuKtlon were dlHpoHcd of.
.Meanwhile the l'hlnee government,
through Its ilcnlotchtliirlc, is urging
a K'ttleniont. It aiinimiiceM ItH readiness
to coniily with any reimoimlile demand
and the evidence of this Is In the fact
that It agreed without hesitation to pay
the Indemnity n.ikcd. Ah hoou as the
''heathen Chinee" was Informed hh to
what the powers wanted there wns ac
iulescence and It wn left to the en
lightened governments to pay how pay
ment should he provided for They have
heeu haggling over thin for weeks and
seem to he ns far from a settlement of
the matter as at the beginning. Kach
of course legards the question from
a-purely hellish standpoint and there Is
no disposition shown to make any con
cessions. Perhaps they may yet have
to allow China to determine how puy
nient shall be made.
At all events the situation Is not cred
itable to the powers, which nfter having
shown their greed in the amount of In
demnity demanded are uow unable to
agree upon a plan for Its collection.
They are all willing to pluck China, but
each Is mot solicitous lcht the other
shall get some sort of advantage In
the plucking. And while this haggling
goes on the work of rehabilitation In
(.'111 n a halts and the trade of all the
powers with that empire suffers.
.1 CUUttTKUt.'S CAMPAlGS.
The Ohio campaign promises to be en
tirely courteous and amiable, so far as
the republican and democratic candi
dates for governor are concerned. Gov
ernor -Nash and Colonel Kllboume nre
warm friends and each speaks In the
highest terms of the other. Nosh says
that he and his democratic opponent
always agreed In everything but poli
ties and declares that he has always en
tertained for him the highest respect
and personal regard. There will be
none of what they call "personalities"
In the campaign, says Governor Nash.
Colonel Kilbourne Is not less cordial in
his expressions of friendship for the re
publican candidate. "I regard (Jovernor
Nash ns a man of the highest character,"
he Mild, "with an honest purpose In both
olllclal and private life. Whatever he
does Is always In the belief that he Is
right. Neither the campaign nor the
election can In any degree modify the
personal attitude we have always main
tained towaril one another."
.This Is as it should be. Political cam
paigns in Ohio In recent years have not
been characterized by the personalities
which were common at an earlier time,
so that the one of this year will not in
this respect be a departure, yet It Is
pleasing to know tlmt the candidates for
chief executive of that state will dis
cuss each other's claims to the conll
deuce and support of tho people In a
thoroughly friendly spirit. It will be a
wholesome example.
While political zeal is not lees ardent
now tlmn In former years, there is not
so much of asperity and bitterness In
our political contests, and there Is no
question that the change Is for the bet
ter. The parties In Ohio will not be less
active and aggressive because the can
didates are good friends whose respect
for each other's character will not per
mit them to Indulge In depreciatory per
sonalities. wu.h cnvi: vouto lco viiusrKitiTi.
There Is no doubt that when free
trade shall have been established be
tween Porto Klco anil the United States,
as It soon will be, the effect will be to
materially promote the Island's prosper
ity, as has been the case with Hawaii.
Tho treasury bureau of statistics re
cently made public the llgures of trado
between the United States nn,d the Ha
waiian islands, showing that since, the
reciprocity treaty ndmltting tho sugar
of the Islands free to tho American
market Hawaii has made steady prog
ress. It Is shown that the sugar produc
tion of the Islands has Increased enor
mously, while thu other cane sugar pro
ducing Islands and countries have, dur
ing that time, sulTered great depression
and In many cases heavy losses.
Prior to the reciprocity treaty, which
was negotiated in 1870, the average pro
duction of sugar In the Hawaiian is
lands was but -.'.".OOO.OOO pounds per
annum, whereas lu 181! It was over
,riin,ooO,000 pounds. The negotiation of
tho treaty was iiIko followed by an In
crease of the exports from the United
States to the Islands, the value of
which last year was $11,000,000 and It
Is estimated will this year reach $-0,-000,000.
The fact that this great In
crease lu production and commerce of
the Hawaiian Islands has followed free
dom of trade with the United States
suggests Hint the Porto Klcans are cer
tain to beuellt by the miuid close trade
relations which they will have under the
new law which It Is' expected will go Into
operation within tho next week.
Not only will the sugar of Porto Klco
come Into our market free, but also Its
coll'ee ami tobacco, giving the Island a
very great advantage over the other
Islands of the West Indies, and the
present production of Porto Klco can
bo materially Increased.
The question suggests Itself whether,
In order to promote to the fullest ex
lent the development anil prosperity of
our Insular possession In the West in
dies, we shall not be compelled to re
fuse any material concessions to com
peting products' lu that quarter. Cer
tainly tho P.orto Klc.'tus. will Insist upon
this and they will have pretty utrong
support here. It wili be urged that we
cannot show- any favor to Cuban sugar
and to)acco without detriment to
Porto' Klco, while there will be decided
opposltlou o reciprocity .ngrgtunents
THE OMAHA
with the West Indian possessions of I2u
ropean nations. It Is obvious that lu
order to properly take care of the In
terests of Porto Itleo we cannot be
Very liberal toward the competing prod
ucts of other Islands.
OMAHA AS A MttATAHY STA 7'fO.V.
The army hill passed by congress at
Its last session empowered the secretary
of war to establish four permanent
camps of the army at locations best
adapted for military maneuvers and
most conveniently located for the con
centration and redistribution of troops
The selection of these military camps
Is the main purpose of Secretary of
War Koot's present Inspection tour.
It Is a foregone conclusion that one of
the four great military camps will be
west of the Missouri and It is doubt
ful whether any locality possesses
such exceptional advantages and facili
ties for the maintenance and distribu
tion of troops as Omahn,
For more than thirty years Omahn has
been the headquarters of an Important
military department and every general
of the army, Including Grunt, Sherman,
Sheridan, Schodeld and .Miles, has pro
nounced Omaha the most Important
strategic point in military operations
west of the Mississippi. Its railroad
facilities for the rapid distribution of
troops at any point within the region
between the Missouri river and the Pa
clllc coast aa1 unsurpassed. Its loca
tion In the heart of the corn belt will
enable the government to feed an army
at the least expense, while the military
posts at Fort Omaha und Fort Crook af
ford ample drill grounds and facilities
for the training of large bodies of men
In the tactics of war.
The I5ee has for years advocated the
establishment of a military school at
Fort Omaha and with this end In view-
has urged the rehabilitation of Fort
Omaha with modern structures and
equipment specially designed for that
purpose.
When- General Miles visited Omalia
two years ago lie declared himself In
favor of the reoccupatlon of Fort Omaha
at an early day and congress would
doubtless have made provision for this
purpose hud It uot been for the great
pressure exerted In favor of the estab
llshment of a military post at Lies
Moines, which, from a military stand
point, had no greater claim than
Uutilngton, Davenport, Dubuque or
Sioux City. Hut Dcs Moines had a
trump card In Congressman Hull, chair
man of the committee on military af
fairs, whose commanding position civ
abled lilin to dictate the establishment
of a military post nt the capital city of
Iowa.
The contest for a western army camp
will uot, however, come between Omaha
and Des Moines, but between Omnha
nnd Fort Leavenworth, unless, Indeed,
Secretary Koot should decide to locate
two great military camps In the west.
With two military reservations In Its
vicinity Omaha should be In position to
Impress upon Secretary Koot Its superior
claims and advantages from every point
of view.
Government by injunction has reached
a very extraordinary stage In this coun
try. Down lu New Jersey orders for
commitment In the cases of the Pater
son strikers who were adjudged guilty
of contempt of court lu having violated
an Injunction restraining them from
serenading non-union workers were Is
sued Mqudny with all the gravity and
decorum that pertains to a great Judi
cial tribunal. The papers call for the
commitment of eight persons two men
and six girls who have so far forgotten
themselves as to sing union songs under
the windows of a non-union- shop.
Pretty soon people will be enjoined
from thinking without a special permit
from some court.
The governments Interested lu Chi
nese affairs are still at loggerheads re
garding the method of payment of tho
Chinese Indemnity, with no prospect of
an Immediate settlement. The trouble
with the powers Is they want the China
man to do all the hurrying. They can
quarrel among themselves, but the min
ute they come to an agreement want tho
celestial to say yes without any hesita
tion. Nothing in recent years has so
set out thu mutual Jealousies of the
great nations and demonstrated that all
the talk of amity and good will Is simply
lip service like tho trouble In China.
The Chicago board of equalization,
which has been In session for the past
ten days, has Increased the assessment
of the Consolidated Traction companies
by $.'1,000,000 and the Chicago City Hall
way company by $3,000,000. The as
sessment of the People's Gaslight com
pany has been placed at $11,000,000 and
the total Increase made by the board of
equalization on personal property as
sessments will exceed $30,000,000. In
Chicago equalization means something.
Iowa democrats have taken heart from
tho action of their brothers In Ohio and
there Is considerable talk of throwing
olT the Incubus of populism. Kepnu
Ucans have no particular Interest In the
welfare ol democracy, but they would
llkfi to see the party In Iowa rejuvenated
enough to make the contest Interesting.
Illuming a bye each year Is becoming
monotonous to republican candidates.
When the contractors for public works
put on their high pressure the members
of the city council enn see no obstacle
to voting an overlap, but when ordinary
taxiiayers ask for Improvements coun
cHineii have a mortal dread of the re
sponsibility that will rest on them by
reason of a possible overlap. Now you
see It and now you cannot see It.
If the Hngllsh liberals desire any sym
pathy front quarters able to appreciate
the situation Its leaders should write to
the democrats in this country. Neither
party has a lender who Is competent to
set out Just what the party believes or
stands for, lioth parties are rudderless
and no material Is at hand to tlx up
even u Jury rig.
Jlt-r' of frnwf Truck,
Chicago News.
If "Pat" Crowo Is reully In South Africa
tbe detectives who bod him located at
DAILY liEiS: TIiri.SDAV,
points eomewhoni In the utates adjaci lit to
Illinois wcro not nftor all io for wron-t
as they might hnva been Them are locall
tlr firthcr away. than Booth Afrlcu.
Where u Doom Ciinir. In,
QloheI)enloerat.
Onu thing, at leant, is boomed by th
drouth, and tlmt Is tho subject of Irrigation
Comfort .So utile- llic Kli'Ucr.
Philadelphia Ledger.
When a hot wave prediction proves false
there is not much disposition to abuse th
weather prophet,
An I in pi ii en li I e I'm'.
New York Tribune.
floneral Humidity In one of tho direst fee-.
of suffering humanity, and a resistless con
queror ns wen. no ninstcr or strategy, no
Alexander or Hannibal, no Cnoaar or Napo
lcou can dovlso a campaign which will put
him to night, Ills .armies nro Invincible.
Ilrv-rliiic .More Irritation.
Denver Post,
A magnzlno writer has made a cnlcula
tlon to show that In tho year 2230 tho
ttorld will bo so thickly populatod there
will bo 1,000 people to every square mile ot
surface. This startling announcement may
create a reeling of uneasiness outside the
screno atmosphere of the "Don't Worrv
clubs.
nHt) .Mioulil Hi-Kin nt llonir.
Chicago Chronicle.
Ono of Gotham's millionaire. J. J. Van
Alen, Is to receive a decoration from tho
king of Dngland for bounty to tho IlrlMnh
soldiers In South Africa. Humanity Is to
bo commended wherever practiced. Hun.
orcd of human bellies huvn neHaiuM i,
mo nome or nn Alen for ack nf hmmtv
irum Homo sourco to givo them help ngalns
mo onset of summer h"at. The struggle
ociwccn uotnarn heat and Gotham poor Is a
deadly ono every summer. There would bo
no royai nattery for humanity under such
circumstances. Yet humanity., it will hi
tnougnt, ought, like charity, to bruin nt
home. Van Alcn's treasure goes where his
neart is.
Inrnali nf IiiinilKrnn tn.
Sprlni-nehl Hepubllcan.
immigration continues very heavy and
tor tho last fiscal year will prove to have
been larger than for any provlous year
muie iBVi. i or trie cloven mouths end
lng with Stay tho arrivals number -13,319
ana tno Juno figures yet to bo nuhliMiP.i
will assuredly raise tho year's total con
siderably nbovo 500,00c. The Immigration
of tho fiscal year 1800 numbered 418.672
in isvn 311,715, and In 1898 229,233 tho low
est point touched since 1879. Of the nr
rivals for the eleven months of the last
fiscal year 101,510 came from Austria
Hungary and 119,544 from Italy these two
countries contributing over one-half of the
wnoio number. Hussla comes next with a
contribution of 75,627 and Ireland next with
27,713.
Thr Tonic nf 1'ronprrl ty.
August Success.
The cxerclso ot tho highest faculties of
the mind Is not only stimulating, but creates
tho highest character. Perhaps there le
nothing else which has such a magical effect
uron tho brain, tho nervous rystem. tho
whole man, In fact, ns the consciousness of
achieving that on which hl heart Is set.
There Is a wonderful uplift In feeling that
tnings wmch we take hold of still move.
Achievement acts llko a tonic on the whole
system, It quickens tho circulation, stimu
lates the digestion and enlarges hope. Peo
pie who haye been Invalids for years, whom
no medicine of physician could help, havo
frequently been entirely restored to health
by uddenly hearing some good news or un
expectedly coming Into some good fortune
This shows that tho mind Is master, that
tho body and lu-functlons are good serv
ants and that the thoughts aro reflected In
tno physical man.
Cnrporntlona Ilrnticht In Time.
New York World.
The law taxing trust companies, nassed
at the Instance of Governor Odell, will
yield the state treasury Jl.400.000 net this
year, which is larger than the estimated
revenue. These companies enjoy the more
valuable privileges of banks and are free
from many of the restrictions Imposed
upon me latter, it Is right that they
should pay the stato something for their
cnartercd privileges, and Governor Odell
Is entitled to the credit of making them
do It. Tho old corporation tax laws have
yielded about J2.600.000 to the statp treas
ury. Tho lawg which Governor Odell rec
ommended and put through tho legislature
add 2,200,000 to this, bringing the total
up to $3,000,000. This will give some re
lief to overburdened real estate owners.
Now, if the governor can devlso somo plan
for making Individual owners of large for
tunes In personal property pay their Just
share In tho expenses of government ho
will go Into history as a great tax re
former. '
THU ANONYMOUS WIUTISn.
Cimiirtlft Who Stub In the flnrk Milli
he 1'i-n.
Philadelphia Times.
Another Now Jersey village Is suffering
from the work of somo ono who Is send
ing anonymous letters to worthy people.
Somn time ago a town of that stato was
raado mleorablo throughout hy the work
of this kind. A woman who wah after
ward placed under restrictions spent her
time In writing communications full of
scandal and Innuendo to Innocent per-ons.
Not a word sho wrote was true, Many
of tho rumors sho named were Impossible.
And yet tho letters were hid, brooded over
and kept. Thu result wns Inevitable.
Happy homes were niado miserable, friends
woro pnrted, husbands and wives became
suspicious, until there wns more unhappl
ness to the cubic ft in that place than
In any other part of tho world.
Finally the femalo fiend Font n lettor to
a very sensible man. He did not mako a
secret or mystory of It, but placed It In the
hands of tho proper authorities. Action
was taken and the woman was arrested.
At onco the comfort of tho .own Increased
several hundred per cent. Men and women
rather shpplskly brought forth letters
from their locked drawers nnd saw In a
moment what fools thoy had born for
Blvlng a moment's heed to tho contents.
It was a severe lesion, which they will
not soon forgot.
Kvcry day tho anonymous letter goes
upon Its mission of evil. In these times
assassination Is, apt to ho dangerous, so
the cowards who want to stab In tho dark
use tho pen. It ought to stand to reason
that anyone doing a thing of this sort
would rnlhor llo than tell the truth and
that a letter which had not the honesty of
a signature is not worthy of credence, in
this matter people ought to lenin from
their newspapers, which long ago found
out the unreliability of unsigned communi
cations nnd which consign them promptly to
wio waste basket.
Pools who write anonymous letters sel
dom stop to think that they are playing
with troublo. if they have tin Idcn that
they can use tho malls with Impunity nltn
ply beeauso they try to disguise their
handwriting and avoid signing their own
names, they aro vastly mistaken. They
have escaped sometime simply because
tho pcoplo who received tho iPttera took no
action. AVe aro glad tq seo that In Vine
land, where tho raso to whlrh we havo
referred occurred this week, the estimable
young woman who received the letter
placed it at onco in the hands of tho postal
authorities. That Is the proper way to
treat every anonymous letter to discourage
the anonymous letter writer.
JULY 18, 15)01.
oiiiu roi.vrN 'run w.v.
Iteninerney mill I'iiihiIImii III, iirei-d
Ni-iv I mi on mill Jriv l.ruitern.
"Ohio democruts havo set tho pace for
tho demotrats of tho country, llrynn and
tho few faithful which still remain true
to lil m from the old democratic gunrd will
havo to seek a party of their own. It is
sure to bo tho populist party, with Its
ranks made up of the old-line farmers'
alliance folks, tho socialists and nn cle
ment of dlssatlslled laboring people."
This wus the way a prominent southern
republican, who has Just returned to Wash
ington from Ohio, Kentucky nnd Tennes
see, sized up the action of the democratic
stato convention to a correspondent of tho
St. Louis (IobcI)emocrat. Tho gentleman
quoted has had much oxporloncu In thu
south and has campaigned through a num
ber of tho oldest democratic states.
"It is only n question of time," hu con
tinued, "until llrynn comes out squarely ns
a populist, denounces his former allies In
tho democratic party and he mis u third
party movement. Kverythlng points In this
direction. Until two weeks ago every one
who know anything about politics at all
counted Scnntor Daniel of Virginia ns ono
of tho staunchest nf the Bryan supporters.
Ho wns prominent In both conventions
which nominated Ilryun, Within the week
ho has nliowcd himself to bo quoted In a
virtual declaration that free silver und nil
Issues nre dead, and that the democratic
party Is looking for another Issue. His ex
prasslons nre a plain statement that th
party U looking for nn Issue on which it
can win. His statement is nn admission that
what tho democratic party hag declared rc
peatcdly ns cardinal and lasting Issues wero
but campaign cries, and now It Is scurchlng
for something along a different lino to ox
perlment with.
"If dtmocracy could keep tho Ilryan peo
pie with them In trumping up a new Issu
thoy might havo a chance of presenting a
formidable front at the next election, but
this seems hopeless now. llrynn has read
everyone out of tho party who does not
subscribe to tho plnnks of tho Kansas City
platform. Twice has he been the nominee
of tho populist party, and ho Is today as
regularly in that party as In the demo
rr.tic party. The democrats believe that
they would have done well to let him ro
main In that party.
"His personal following, nlout which sa
much was nald, Is dwindling to a corporal's
guard. I nm told that at St. Louis the
other day ho addressed an asoclatlon of
editors of tho state of Missouri nnd his
address attracted llttlo or no attention
This shows the drift of sentiment In
state which tho democrats havo long
counted on as solidly democratic. In Ken
tucky a short time ago he was at now I
Ing Green, and where ho had been eagerly
sought by thoupanda a year ago ho was
hardly accorded nn nudlcnco of sufllclcnt
size to pay his expenses to the state. Hp
delivered a pay lecture. In splto of theso
things, he will retain for some years a
following from tho dissatisfied element of
all parties. It will Include the remnant
ot free silver republicans, all the old-line
pops nnd the socialistic element of tho
country, which hardly had party amilatlon
until Bryan began his peculiar propa
conda.
"While In the west I was told that Dryan
would bo deserted by Jones, the chairman
of the democratic committee. William J.
Stono of Missouri Is another of those who
I nm told has tired of the old Idol, although
ho will bo slow to admit It publicly.
"There Is every indication that the new
democratic party, which will be evolved
from tho ruin which tho old party now pro
scnts will be controlled by the Cleveland
democrats. I hardly think Cleveland will
himself be a factor In this reorganization.
but tho men who clung to him and his con.
servatlve Ideas will. Senator Daniel of Vlr
glnla, Carlisle, Lindsay, Francl?, Herbert
and many of tho old-line democrats who
were men of Influence and "recognized abil
ity will bo Identified with tho new move
mcnt. The element of democracy which so
cured control ot tho city of St. Louis at the
last election will bo Identified with the new
regime. It may not be a formal reorganiza
tion, as the democrats seem bent on avoid
ing anything ot this kind, but In effect tho
result will be the tame."
IJnnAN AND ntlRAIi GIIOWTII.
Checking the Drift nf Popnln Hon from
Country to Cltlca.
New York Tribune.
Some interesting, if not unexpected, con
elusions aro suggested In the elaborate
study of urban growth during the last do-
cado Just issued by tho federal census bu
reau. For many preceding censuses no ten
dency In our national growth had been
moro marked than the steady drift of coun
try population toward towns and cities.
It was only natural, therefore, to assume
that this movement toward the centers of
Industry and commerce would continue un
checked during the decade Just ended, If,
Indeed, It did not gain an accelerated force
from tho enormous strides which the nation
was seen to have made In Industrial energy
and Industrial progress. Curiously enough,
this a priori assumption finds only a quali
fied support In the exhibits ot relative rural
and urban growth from 1890 to 1900. Tho
cities and towns of tho United States have,
of course, claimed much more than an
equal sbaro In the general Increase In pop
ulation. Hut they have not made tho rela
tive gain they did In the decade preccd-
ng, nor do thoy seem destined at their
present rnto of progress to wrest from tho
rural districts an absolute supremacy In
numbers for several censuses to come.
The rate of IncrcaHo In population for tho
country at largo from 1890 to 1900 was
bout 21 por cent. Tho rate of urban In
rease was 37 per cent. But In tho decado
from 1SS0 to 1S90 tho urban population had
grown nt a rate slightly over 60 por cent.
Tho percentage of tho population living In
towns of 4,000 Inhabitants or over wns In
S90 nbout 33 per cent, ns compared with
per cent In 18S0, But In 1900 tho ratio
had risen to only 37,3 per cent, leaving to
tho country the still formidable fraction of
7. It Is Interesting to note also that
ho ratio of growth for the greater cities
Is slightly lower than that for tho growth
f towns and cities as a whole. Whllo
rban population proper Increased frpm
890 to 1900 by 37 per cent, the population
f the 1C0 cities which havo 25,000 Inhab
itants or over showed a gain of only 32.5
per cent, and theso same 1G0 cities from
1S90 to 1900 actually gained 90.000 Inhah-
rants less than they did between 1SS0 and
1S90.
Tho greatest dluproportlon botween urban
nd rural growth Is shown In the northern
rentrnl division of states, where an enor
mous expnnslon In manufacturing Indus
trios has turned the drift of population
trongly cityward. The western, southern
Atlantic and northern Atlantic states, In
which Industrial conditions have undergone.
ess violent change, show n moro ovenly
balanced development, though In five states
f the, last division Hhodo Island, Massa-
husptts. Connecticut. New York and New
Jersoy tho urban now outnumbors the
rural population, in tins statp, ithnde
slnnd nnd Massachusetts the urban pre
ponderance Is now moro thnn two to one.
Such a preponderance Is Inevitable In
ensely populated arpns whero mnnufac-
urlng nnd commerce establish fixed ren
prs of attraction. Hut for tho country as
whole, ns yet but thinly and sparsely
populated, no such congestion Is now re
motcly Imaginable. Certainly the results
f last year's census do llttlo to encourage
the belief that the rlty Is to overwhelm
ho country In numbers within our genera
tion, or that within that time a new bal-
nee of power social, political and moral-
will have to be struck between theto two
ontcndlng Influences In our national life
1,1(1 IIT AM MIA DM I.N (lOTlt.V.M.
1 1 1 1 I r - In thr Current of 1,1ft: In Now
York CH.
Men of wealth contemplating n public
benefaction of nny kind should study well
tho warning words of tho phrase, "Neve
put off until tomorrow what you can d
today." A striking Instance of tho foil
of delay comes to light In tho caso
Jacob a. Hovers of raterson, N, J., wh
left tho hulk ot hU fortune to tho Metro
polltnu Museum of Art In Central park
As n builder of locomotives Mr. Rogers
nnnio Is familiar to tho nillrond world
llo amassed n fortune, gave liberally to
his relatives and left a Inrgo bequest for
tho museum. Hut his heirs nro not satis
iimi wun the division nnd will attempt to
nreaa tntf win in court. What points th
moral In tho caso Is tho fact that a fow
wcoks neiorn no died Mr, Itogcrs had
drafted n lettor by which ho offered hi
fortune to the museum by direct gift. Thl
fact was mndo public by William O. Mc
uoweii, a .New York nttorncy. lint Mr.
Ilogers delayed signing tho letter, so tha
his neglect defers if It docs not annul hi
good intentions,
Fresh nlr funds nnd fresh air picnics nro
n icaturo or summer Ilfo In New York.
woman ndvocuto of fresh nlr camps visited
one or mom recently nnd tells her ex
pcrlenco. She came across two small boys
or ami sitting on n fence a halt mile
from the camp. Kach bad his hat on the
back of his head, with a lighted cigarette
in his mouth. Ono of them held a lot of
crap bonis, or dice, in a grimy hand.
uni tho exclaimed as she saw them
you aro tho 'fresh air' children?"
Tho eldest looked down at her for a mo
ment, took his cigarette from his mouth
and said:
"Well, wo ain't so blankctyblank fresh
ns wo might be."
One of tho striking features of Luther
Kountzo s beautiful country place at Mor-
trl ....... .
iimunu, j., aro mo cannon tnat were
brought here from Morro castlo at the clos-,
of the Spanish-American war, lought by
;r. Kountzo nnd taken out to his Morris-
town home. There nre thirteen of them.
immenfo bronze pieces of the time of Philip
of Spain. An embnnkment Is to be built
cspcclnlly for them and they will then bo
properly mounted, their present nrrnngo
mcnt being n temporary one. Mr. Kountze
also has a number of old Spanish mortars
and other Interesting relics of tho war on
his chnriiilng grounds.
Tho surprising poverty of rich men and
millionaires revealed In personal property
tnx lists Is strikingly Illustrated in tho
recent returns made by tho tax board In
Now York City.
Plerpont Morgan, who Is supposed to
hayo niado millions out of his recent oper
ations, not to mention tho wealth he had
been proviously suspected of having, has
sworn that he has only $400,000 for taxing
purposes. Tho great trust organizer evi
dently did not make anything worth talking
about when he projected tho bllllon-dollar
steel trust. No ono haft accused him of
being too modest to make a boast of being
rich.
Russell Sage, who is credited with having
about as much loose change as any man
in wail street, was deeply hurt when tho
tax collector charged him with having per
sonal property worth 11,000,000. Ho sol
emnly sworo that he had only $400,000.
Senator Dcpew, with his customary re
tiring disposition, refused to stagger under
tho burden of owning 325,000 worth of
property and stocks nnd std all he could
call his own was $25,000. He has fled to
Europe to cscapo tho soft Impeachment of
tho tax assessors and of society report
ers.
Beth Low was under suspicion for a while
of owning property worth half a million,
but ho said he did not own a cent's worth
and so ho was wiped off the lists.
Helen Gould and Frank Gould are In tho
same Impoverished condition as regards
personal property. Owing to Bradley-Mar
tin s expatriation his personal property
fortune, placed at $200,000 by tho assessors,
has been used up entirely In courting
royalty.
John D. Rockefeller was satisfied not to
bo accused of owning more than $1,000,000
and let that flguro stand on the tax books
Morris K. Jcssup, who helped to dazzle
the London merchants when tho American
millionaires overran England recently,
sworo off $100,000 of tho $500,000 ot stocks
and bonds tho tax man thought ho owned.
Founding libraries bns been a heavy
drain on Carnegie, and his munificent gift
of $3,000,000 or moro to New York put the
assereors In a kind mood toward tho gencr
ous Scotchman and they let him off with
a $1,000,000 record.
James Stlllman, the Standard Oil bank
president, doesn't save much of his salary.
and when ho was charged with being half
a millionaire he prpved that he had only
$50,000, In tho usual way.
Judging from the personnl property as
sessments tno vnndermit family has a
corner on that kind of wealth In New York.
Between them tho various descendants of
tho old ferryman havo enred well for the
money ho left. Frederick W, and George
V. admit they both havo $2,000,000 worth
of personal property. W. K. pleads gutlty
to owning $1,000,000 nnd tho others to
about tho same amount between thorn.
Though thero have been numerous
'swear-offs" In the personnl tax valuations
this year, nearly $3,000,000 in valuations
hnvo been Increased nnd ovor $69,000,000
ndded to tho rcnl estate. Tho total real nnd
personal valuations In Now York amount to
$3,787,970,873, according to thn report made
by tho tnx board. Owing to heavy Improve
mcnts undertaken during the year tho tax
rate promises to be Increased from $2,24 to
2.35 per $100.
rr.iisoN.w, NOTKS.
Governor Orman of Colorado, though he
has nlways been connected with tho rail
oad business, has nlBo tried his hand at
mining nnd has mado a largo forluno.
John W. Gates, the stool wlro mngnate.
Is probably ono of tho best amateur bll-
laril players In tho country. Ho Is vorv
fond of tho game nnd .days It nearly every
evening.
Chcltlb noy, tho new Turkish minister
o this country, has nirlvcd. nccomnanled
by his mothor, daughter and two tons. Ho
Is said to ho n keen-going sportsman and
n extensive hrocdor of thorouchtrod
horses, In which ho takes n great Interest.
President Eliot of Harvard waB nc-usoJ
by Henry Austin Adams ut the Catholic
summer school, nt Dotrolt, tho other day
ot Doing "an avowed agnostic." Inter-
lowed on Saturday whllo on his way to
his summer homo on Mount Desert, I'resl-
ont .-.not rpplled to Mr. Adams' stito-
nient by saying: "Thero Is no truth In
that whatever."
Major Harrison of Chicago has been
wlco distinguished In two recent davs.
''rldny he bocamo nn ofllclal shirtwaist
man. Saturday lie wns summoned to ex-
plain to tho Board of Review a J2.0(M
falling off In his personal property schedule,
ow no says "a man who is honest nnd
does not dcslro tho mnyoralty for his own
purposes Is n fool to seek to be mayor of
Chicago."
Henry Slenklewlcz's translator. Jeremiah
Curtln, has Just rcturnod from a visit to
tho novelist at his summer homo In the
Carpathians, Slcnklowlcz Is at work on a
novel of tho life of John Sobloikl, a king
of Poland. Ho Intends to later wrlto a
terlea of historical novels on the career
.Napoleon I anil then a novel treating
of tho career of Kosciusko and the down
fall of Poland. '
AWAY WITH WlllUS.
Hcceiit .SneerKNe of WlrHen
Teleu-
rnplij- n( Sen,
Iioston Transcript.
Last Friday the l.ucnnla picked up
broken slgnnls from tho wireless telegraph
stntlon at Crookhaven, Ireland. Twenty
five minutes later thoy became coherent and
mensages began to pas between tho ship
and th shore, between forty and fifty miles
distant Thus what but yesterday, so to
spenk. was a selentlfle toy Is todny of prac
tical utility. Moro than thirty of Dng
land's great war ship have been provided
with wireless plants, and virtually all
llRhlshlps and delnehed lighthouses nre
lifted out with thl new signalling np
paratus. MBny 7P!, Rn, mUcU propcrly
havo beon saved by its use. The Ilorkum
lightship, belonging to tho German govern
ment, reports 5C5 i-ommrrrlal messages re
ceived from Oetohcr to May, of which 51S
cams from ships at sen.
No electrical Idea of tide decade or even
of this century was fraught wtth such
boundless possibilities ns was tho propo
sltlon to transmit signals through spaco
without tho aid of wires. And, strange to
say, most of tho predictions have been
realized. At first It wag thought that tho
sending of messages through space would
bo so limited as to make tho practice of
little more than scientific Interest, except
In a few special Instances where tho con
ditions were Just right. Hut Marconi and
a dozen other alert minds have been at
work upon the problem, and now the wire
less system of transmitting meisagfg baa
becomo of actual commercial value.
Apparatus of a year ngo is entirolv out
of date, A year ago, while It was posnl
ble to send messages a considerable dis
tance, there was liable to b refusion
where moro than one Instrument . i, work
ing In tho saino zone. Also i.tA.cy of
messages was Impossible, as nny receiver
could Intercept and road tho signals sent.
Now tho transmitter and recelvor aro
"tuned" to each other and no other re
ceiver can take up the message and ac
curately repent It. Great Improvement
also has been mado In the distance that
can bo covered. The record we believe,
waB mado last spring, when n message wai
send from tho Lizard, Cornwall, to St
Catherine's, Isle of Wight, 186 miles dis
tant. It would seem but n step from this nc
compllshmcnt to the doing away with all
overhead wires. Then blow high or blow
low, communication with the different
cities or tactions would not bo Interrupted
Apparently, too, such n system would be
less expensivo In ovcry way. Of course,
tho now system is not at present elastic
enough to take up tho enormous buslne-n
of tho country, but thero does nnt seem to
bo any Insuperable bar to Its eventually
doing so. Meanwhile wo shall continue
to depend upon the old-fashioned wires and
to go without quick news when a blizzard
or a summer windstorm sees fit to throw
them down.
LINKS TO A I.AUfill.
Boston Transcrlnt: Hanks Dumlcleh Is
not such a dunce as they make him out.
In gets off a good thing onco In a while.
Hill But It Isn't original.
Banks-Still It's bright In him to re
member It.
Clevclnnd Plain Dealer: "I notice that
some Greek letter girls recently met In
New York nnd enjoyed a banquet."
uia iney tiia licia 1'ir
"Oh, Phi!"
Washington Star: "Wn hail thirteen no-
ple at our porch party last night."
"Any bad luck?''
yes: everybody -wanted ice cream twice
and It gave out."
Baltimore American: Dcnpon Krroutfe
No, parson. I don't rightly think we ought
to give you a vacation. You know, tho
evil never takes one.
l'arson HnfippeiRh-Mie would, deacon, If
you didn't keep mm so busy.
Brooklyn Uncle: The Par win il-anliir
over tho fence, shocked) Makln' garden on
Sunday, brother! I In pained beyon'
measunh. Brother Johnson!
Hastus Johnson (flustered) Deed I ain't
makln' garden, nanaon! l'ze onlv illscln'
bait to go nshln'I
Chicago Record-Herald: "Our office boy
hasn't returned from his fresh-air vaca
tion." "Haven't you heard from him?"
"Oh, yea; ho. wrote that ho didn't like the
country very much, but If we'd let his pay
go on he'd stny two weeks longer."
Ohio State Journal: Brother Jack It's
no use! That's the third time I've fallod
to pabs my yenrly exams.
Slater Sue There. Jock, don't worry;
you're captain of the foot ball team, first
baseman of the collcgo nine and tho best
oar In tho yacht club; thnt's better than
a sheepskin.
Chicago Post: "He was a philanthropist,
they say," suggested tho casual caller,
speaking of a man who had recently died.
" ell, ho may havo done pood with his
money In his lifetime." replied the legal
luminary bitterly, "but he has demon
titrated that he waa no friend of the
lawyers."
"In what way?"
"Ho left no will."
Ilnnl Molt.
Philadelphia Press.
Th.0., !"odest jnntden on a rainy day
While walking on the damp and
muddy St,
May raise her skirt. The proper height,
they say.
Is Just ft llttlo bit above 2 ft.
11ANC1I (JIlllS kiust i:xi'i.hikxci:.
James Barton Adams In Denver Tost.
I used to Imagine the fust time I got
A beau I'd bo nkeered half to death!
One mlnuto feel chilly, another feel hot,
An' set there an' ketch at mv hrenth.
An' thought that tho feller that sparked
mod no
Plum full o' nice, sucarv words.
An" lire his sweet extrnct o' honey nt
mo
As oft as tho slngln' o' birds.
By Gosh!
As soft as tho slngln' o' birds.
I'd rend It In stories how fellerx M 1r
When bunched with their Indies so fair,
Tho klsHcs they'd alius bo snatchtn' from
you,
Their fingers n combln' ycr hair.
An' I was plum certain nn' sure whon
It come
My turn to be treated that way
I'd set there embarassed nn' skocry on'
dumb
As If I wns mado outen clay,
By sosh!
As If I wns mndo outcn clay.
When Jack come around with a notion
to court
He wasn't ns bold ns I feared;
Ho didn't cut loose like the stories re
port, An' 1 wasn't rattled nor skeered
We sot for awhile with our fiu-es .in red
A if ihev',1 hln mirhMlrd nr nkinnen.
Jest set there as silent as If we w.n dead,
An looKeii at encli oilier nn grinned
By gosh'
Jest looked at each other an' grinned.
r'linrlnn. Pon't lb wtnr I
hVin i m ' rmi't't Kitrmc-t. Hie- ntt-n
-outtlil ' wixxl itl'iihul" wlilcli Irrllitti I ho
c.lu nnd. in-" ot;rn-llr,lu4lrpnlioii. M
j (iriuilii" l'onit'f Itxtmrt rtn lie oh
fi ttlf'J on If in -1601011 liutllci encloitd la