G THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: 6A T UK DAT, AUGUST 10, 1901. The oniaiia Daily Bee. V. I109UWATKH, tiDlTOR. Pt'ULISHEDEVEHY MOHNINO. TKKM3 OK SUIISCHIPTION. Dally Dec (without Sunday), One Year,. J Dally Dee and Sunday, One Ytar ! Illustrated Dee, Ono Year - Sunday llee, One Year Saturday lice, One Year ' Twentieth Century farmer, One ienr.. l.W OFFICK8. Omaha! The Ilee Dulldlng. . South Omaha: City Hall Dulldlng, Twen-ty-llfth and M Streets. Council Uluffs; 10 I'enrl Street. Chicago; 1S10 I'nlty Dulldlng. New York; Temple Court. Washington! M Fourteenth Street. COUUKSPONDKNCK. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should lie addressed: Omani Bee, Kdltorlat Department. 1JCS1NES3 .LETTERS. Business letters and remittances shjull be addressed: The Dee Publishing Com pany, Omaha, REMITTANCES, Remit by dralt, express or poitnl ord r, payable to The lice Publishing Cornpuny Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepteu. THE UEE FUDLI8HINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: George II. Tztchuck, m-cretary of The Dee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, rays that the actual number of fu 1 i,n I tompletc coplcsi of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Ilee printed during III month of July, 1W1, was as follows. 1 U.l,ll)U 17 'M.t'M 2 M.X'i-i 18 sb.ioo 3 -!,-, U70 19 MS, I'M 4 lil.lglU 20 U.l.O-O & 'm,h'm 21 ar.1:ii)5 6 '.'.i,:i:io 22 u.,,ouo 7 J.-.IM.I 23 IW.JHO 8 a,i,:ir,o 2i i!,-,:t,-.o 3 y.-.,aio 2S ii.-,:iio i') i:r.,:iuo isfi.ano n a.-,:j7o 2 an.HM) 11 jr,,o 2S ur.,7io 12 u,-,:i.-,o 23 us,i::i) u .-.or. 30 u.i.uro 15 ar.,(ino 31 an.aao it iir.,o7o Total 7X4,013 Less unsold and returned copies.... II.ink: Net total sales 7.,oi:t Net dally average 2.",tmo GEO. H. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st day of July, A. D. 1W1. M. II. HL'NOATE, Notary Public. 1'aiities i,i:.vvi.(i Foil si;m.iii:u. 1'artlra lrnvliiK (he elty tar tlir uiiimer limy hnve The Ilro en! to them rralnrl- hy imllf) Inir The lire llnwlness nltlcc, In iirrann or by mull. The ntlilren will lie chiuiKcd ni often to ileilrod. Tlmt (Iriimcrntlv gerrymander resolu tion Iimh boon passed by the. county board twice. Tlucc times anil out. In nomliiiitliiB A. II. CiimuiliiH for governor tlie Iowu convention decided to go back to the A. It, C of repub licanism. The leeinen will have to defer tltelr nniuinl picnic to the exigencies of the temperature and the fjivor of the wentlicr-inaker. Topekn peoplt! should lie more patient. Tliey have arrested and lined the man ager of the local Ice trust for selling an inferior article, at a superior price. Such a complaining spirit Is ruprehensl ble. Wo bet; to remind sonic of the Wall street magnates that the formation of a circus trust would offer a boundless Held for llnanclnl acrobatics and stock Jobbing contortions, to say nothing of curbstone sideshows. The foreign generals have all left Uhlnn or are on the point of departing. Neither glory nor loot goes with garri son duty with only a small command, and home, therefore, now has more charms for them thau the Orient. Senor l'alma expresses the opinion that the llrst president of Cuba will not occupy a couch of thornless roses Judging from the experience of the United States In dealing with the varl ous factions In Cuba, Senor l'nlma knows what he Is talking about (icnoial Kitchener has Issued a proc lamation In which he declares that the Iioers who continue to tight will be dt ported and not allowed to return to their natlvo land. Kitchener should remember the formula for cooklug a rub bit "Do fust ting aiu to kotch do rab bit." Prof. Trlggs has taken a shot at an other batch of popular poetic Idols. Instead of being so flee with his crltl clams the professor might try his hand at writing something himself. Long fellow nud Holmes will be read and re inombcrcd long uftcr the world has for gotten the mime of Trlggs The death of Peter Jaeksou, the pugll 1st, serves again to call to public at tcutlou the baneful effect of the alleged upon upon all conuected therewith Not only does it brutalize the spectator, but In nine cases out of ten It makes wrecks nt an early age of as lino sped incus of physical humanity as thero arc in the world Pugilism, from 11 rat to last, can point to no good accomplished for cither participant or patron. When they started out on tho high road to populism the so-called sliver re publicans Insisted that they were at variance with their old party on thu tiuestlou of t'reo coinage alone. The nil ver republicans who kept up tho mas (juerado to tho end now discover that they uo longer have auything In com moil with republican ptiuclplcs. The question Is, Were they foollug them selves In 1MMJ or are they trying to fool tho public now? Tho ruling of JiuVjte, Kstcllo that mouey cannot bo diverted from the gen oral fuud to other funds, simply becauso tho charter limit prevetits tho Increase of the latter, ought to put a ipilctus on several schemes for expenditures In excess of tho available resources. The city council Is expressly prohibited from anticipating revenues that are not yet created. This was done In or der to keep tho expenses of tho city government within tho resources on hand, and thu council should take due uotlce. COtS 11AHVE"3 LATEST SCHOOL. Coin Harvey, who played such a con spicuous part In the 10 to 1 campaign of IMMJ as the John the Haptlst of free silver, has modlllcd his views on the paramount Issue. When asked what, In his Judgment, was to be the futuio of silver, ho Is quoted as saying: I see little or no prospect for silver re gaining Its old position, When the gov ernment is restored to the hands of states men domestic money will be understood as distinguished from International money and It may all be mado of paper. Interna tional money must of necessity be some thing of Intrinsic value and trade between the nations would be benefited by restoring sliver. Rut 1 see no prospect for It In the present trend of affairs. Coin Harvey has simply relapsed Into greeiibacklsm, from which he originally started. If this eminent linanclcr, who Is reputed to have Invested his sur plus before the election of 1KM5 In gold coin, had his way our financial sys tem would be constituted of Irredeem able paper currency and metallic money, coined on an International standard, which means that tho silver coins would be equal In metallic value to their face value; In other words, that n sliver dollar would contain a dollar's worth of silver, measured by gold. This Is precisely the opposite of what Coin Harvey's school of llunnce sought to teach In the Hryau cam paigns. Their silver dollar was to be coined nt the arbitrary ratio of lti lo 1, whatever tho market ratio of silver to gold might be. Inasmuch as even Coin Harvey has dropped tho sliver fallacy, Its further discussion In school or out of school will bo surperlluouH. rut: latest tntmsn movk. The latest Hritlsh move In South Africa Is a drastic order outlawing all Doers who shall not surrender before the middle of September. 'Hie procla mation of (Jeneral Kitchener states that burghers who continue in hostility nfter that time will be permanently banished from South Africa and the cost of main taining their families will be charged against their property. A number of reasons for adopting this course are given, the most important of which arc that most of the burghers are prisoners or have submitted to the Dritlsh gov ernment, that few ant still In arms and these poorly supplied with munitions of war and that the present warfare Is not organized resistance, but Is of the guer rilla order. What effect this will have upon the Doers still In the Held remains to be seen, but as ono London paper suggests, most of the lighting burghers, arc al ready completely ruined and nothing distrains them owing to the devasta tion of the country. Possibly a few of the men still have some property, to save which they may accept the British conditions, but the number of such Is doubtless very small. It Is also pos sible that thu threat of permanent ban ishment may Induce a few to surrender, yet It Is probable that not many of them will care to remain as British subjects after the brave struggle they have made for Independence. This latest move Is merely additional evidence of tho determination of tho Dritlsh government to employ every re source, however severe, to tho end of subjugating the Doers, if the procla nation Just Issued should not prove ef fective some more drastic plan will bo devised. It is idlo to talk of peace over turea now, unless the burghers nro pre pared to submit unconditionally. cusDirtoss is Titt: rmuvrtsKs. The report of General MacArthur upon conditions in tho Philippines at the time ho rellqulshed military command contains nothing discouraging to the advocates of retaining tho islands, though he has not full faith in the nn tlve. conservative forces which have been working In tho interest of Anieti can rulo as "constant factors tho friendly operation of which can be re lied upon Irrespective of external In lliiences." General MacArthur believes that tho Filipino people will become at tached to the United States by a sense of gratitude "if benollccut republican Institutions are permitted to operate with full force," but In tho mcnntlmo it will be necessary to maintain there a well organized army and navy as a "molding force." He evidently does not concur In tho view of General Corbln that a considerable reduction can be mado In tho Philippine military and naval forces, for the report says that anything In the Immediate future cal culated to Impede the activity or reduce the efllclency of these Instruments will not ouly be a menace to the present, but put In Jeopardy tho entire future of American possibilities In the archl pelago." The Judgment of General MacArthur In this matter, based as It Is upon cx tended experience and Intelligent ob servatlou, must be preferred to that of General Corbln or General Chaffee. It means the maintenance In tho Philip pines for an ludetlulte time of the pros ent military and naval forces, for there appears to be still a disposition among the natives to regard as evidence of weakness any leniency on the part of the United States. They are quite generally ready to respect authority which Is sup ported by ample power to enforce It, but any material lessening of that power they are liable to take advantage of, It Is of course a reasonable expectation that as civil government Is extended and tho benellts of American policy, In Improved industrial and social coudl tlous, are realized, tho popular tendency uoted will disappear, but tills will re quire much time and until conciliation Is complete our military power In thu Philippines cannot safely be reduced. General MacArthur earnestly believes that the United States should remain In the Philippines. Ho thinks that under normal conditions American trade with tho archipelago will Increase with tho growth of American Ideas and lutein genco and expresses the opinion that the power that holds the Islands must of necessity exert an active and potential Influence upon Asiatic affairs. This view will havo weight for the reason that General MacArthur Is free from the Influence of political cr commercial Interests nnd therefore nble to give a disinterested and dispassionate opinion. Still there are many who will question whotlu'r the possible gains will ever offset the cost and whether the Influence acquired -In the affairs of Asia by pos session of the Philippines will not be a source of endless trouble. Yet there scorns no reason to doubt that a very large majority of the American people favor holding the Islands. TllHVATKSM) CUAI. STMtiK. There Is again dissatisfaction In the anthracite coal region and talk of an other strike. According to reports con ditions have multiplied fast recently, showing an antagonism on thu'purt of tho mining superintendents toward the miners' organization and tho executive boards have decided to bring the Issue to a culmination, it Is claimed on the part of the miners that the operators are trying to force trouble on them and If they will not live up to the promises they made and treat the men decently there will be trouble. It may be that the operators desire another conlllct with the men, with a view to getting lid of some of the con ditions obtained by the miners In the strike of last year, but this might prove an extremely troublesome and danger ous iM)(lcy. It would certainly be most unfortunate so far as the public Is con cerned, for there Is already assurance that tin.' price of anthracite coal will be unusually high the coming winter. Four times since the beginning of April the trust has advanced the price of coal and It Is announced that on September 1 (here will be another advance, making In all rU cents Increase since April 1. It Is the understanding that the price at the beginning of September will stand all winter, but a strike would give the operators a plausible excuse for a further advance and It Is possible that this Is what they are seeking. At all events re ports show a strong feeling of resent ment on the part of the miners at what they regard as unfair treatmentand It appears not improbable that serious trouble will ensue. Tilt: llKSf.l'IClAltlKti SHOULD t'A V. Now that tho court has enjoined the proposed expenditure of $15,000 for pavement repairs, when there Is loss than half that amount at the disposal of the council. It Is to be hoped that the council will desist from any further at tempt to repair the worn-out pavement on Sixteenth street at the expense of all the taxpayers of the city. Such a precedent would not only work great Injustice, but tend to block the much needed paving of other streets. If the property owners on North Six teenth street, who have hud the benellt of twelve years of repairing at the ex pense of the city, can evade the tax for repavlng under the pretext of street re pairs, the property owners on other streets that have been less' favored will surely avail themselves of the same privilege by refusing to sign petitions for repavlng. Let it be understood once and for nil time thnt nsphalt pavement laid with a ten-year guaranty Mill be repaired at the general expenso of the city for live years after the expiration of tho guaranty and no longer, and we will In sure uniform repavlng of asphalt paved streets once every fifteen years. And, what Is true of asphalt paving can be applied also to all other pavements since the wooden block pavement has been discarded. It certainly Is not nit Imposition on the owners of property adjacent to North Sixteenth street to expect them to pay for the repavlng of that thoroughfare. No other street In the city yields n higher percentage on the capital In vested and no other street has received more generous treatment at the hands of tho municipal government. If the property owners on North Six teenth street persist In refusing to slgu petitions for the repavlng of the street they can only have themselves to blame If that part of the street which Is most dangerous for travel Is fenced out by the city authorities to prevent accidents for which the city would become liable. The Agricultural department has taken up u worthy work in the matter of Increasing the market for American fruit in foreign lunds. In addition to tho prejudice ngnlnst Imported fruits when they come Into competition with the domestic product there Is the neces slty of preparing It properly for the market. Local customs and prejudices must be met and satisfied and methods of accomplishing this can be learned better through tho consular olliccrs than through private enterprise. The fruit producing capacity of the United States Is practically unlimited and embraces everything from the semi-tropics to the temperate zone. Kvery section of the country Is Interested in widening the market for the surplus. The lute Henry M. James, whoso death is announced, did more to raise the standard of Omuha's public schools than any other man whu ollkiutcd over them as superintendent. Superintend ent Jnmes took charge of our school system Just at Its formative period and brought to It an experience gained in the larger Held of the Cleveland schools. He was the only superintend ent Omaha has had, with the exception possibly of Superintendent Marble, who had previously had anything to do with the schools of a city of Omaha's size and requirements. A collegeigradu ate of bioad culture, he extended the educational horizon and Omaha reaped the fruits of tho best years of his activity. Announcement Is made that the Douglas County Democracy Is against fusion, but will support a fusion ticket If nominated, Just the same. To be more precise, the Douglas County Do mocracy wants It distinctly understood In advance that It will go uo farther than making faces at the populist lo alii a nee. Fx-Presldent Kruger has announced ho will visit the Tutted States. The people of the United States uduiiro the sturdy character of the man nnd sym pathize with mm in ms nmictious, uut beyond this his mission to this country Is likely to be as fruitless as that to Kuropo. No attempt by this country or any other to Interfere In the conlllct In Africa Is to bo expected unless ac ceptable to all parties to It. The Germans have killed another batch of cannibals In the South Sea Islands for mnklnc a meal off a nart.v of scientists. Such Incidents would tils- conruge less persistent people, but up to dnte It has not Increased the popular ity of vegetarian diet In that portion of the globe. Wnlt t'n 1 1 1 the CninpnlK" Open. Washington Star. Tho damage to the corn crop has not yet caused popullstlc oratory to arise and charge the administration with Iniquity. An OtiTuorUed Function. Washington Post. Tho governor of Mississippi has been trying to attend all the lynchlngs that take place In that stnte, but owing to the warm weather nnd frequency he has been compelled to abandon his Intentions. I. inula on 111 l'eel. Cleveland leader. The venerable nnd eloquent Stewart. senator from Nevada, has announced that he favors Mr. Hanna for president In 11)04. From Dryan to Hanna Is a long Jump, but Stewart has mado It and has landed on his feet with bis whiskers straight down. No Annol In Sltflil. Denver Times. Tim rnmmprHnl nllil flnnllrl.il tinllcles Of fli.i rAnnhllnan narlv nrn mnr flrtlllv ln- trenched today than ever before. Tho demo cratic party has been forced to retreat on eacn issue ana is now casting a com iur a new Issue on which to go before the people. L'nii't ImiirtMP on II. Indianapolis Journal. In hi snorch at tho bcdioom convention In Coltimhus Chairman Groot denied that tlirt nnnnlrv In nrimnnrnns. "If this con dition prevail," ho mild, "then why try to push tho republican party out ot place and power, for has not that party furnished this condition?" Jones fnntlnir llnrnHCiipra. Washington Star. Senator Jones of Arkansas has broken his unprecedented allcnco of three days by tell ing the world what Is to happen. Ho says the next president will be a democrat. Sena tor Jones has had long expcrlenco In pre paring political forecasts and everybody perhaps has an accurate estlmato of these prophecies. Ho has, ns already Indicated, mado prophecies before. It Is said by his friends that his vigor Is bo great, his health so sound and bis hope so strong that he In tends to continue his prophecies until he gets ono right. With tho senator predic tion la a pnsslon, It not an exact science. Ho says that some day It may bo said of him that ho gavo to tho world advance In formation of a political result. Tho un expected sometimes happens. Cliunicc of Tune ,ln the South. Tortland Orcgonlan. Tillman declares nil men are not created equal, and therefore the white race In the south very properly keeps tho negro in subjection. Subjection of tho negro Is very old practice, but very new political philosophy. Not long ago -the people of tho south, In democratic party represented, asserted themselves In favor of "consent ot the governed" In the, Philippines, although on that point at homo they were discreetly silent. They even went back to tho founder of their political faith, who hurled nt the tyrant George III: "Wo hold these truths to bo self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they nro endowed by their Creator with certain lnalleunblo rights, that among theso nro life, liberty nnd the pur suit of happiness." The declaration of Tillman's Is good ami welcome. It shows that tho south Is throwing aside a venerable false doctrine that has ceased to servo Its use. That all men are not crcat6d equal, is timely. That tho Tagals are not equal to the Americans Is In placo to admit That tho southern poople, tho superior dominant race, will rule as superiors, has long been awaited. Rut It would be better for national ethics If tho admission were not so much younger than the practice. SCAnCITY OV YOUXO MEN. Wclril Talp nf Woe from the Summer Itraort. Saturday Evening Post. There Is the usual ory of a scarcity of young men at many of the summer resorts. Complaint Is mado that they aro going off on cruises, camping In tho wilderness, tak ing lpng trips on railroads and doing al most everything but sitting nround hotels and paying tho neceaary attention to the summor girls. From this situation a few critics havo concluded that tho modern young man lacks tho gallantry and the dovotlon to the femalo sex so characteristic of his forefathers. The young man has not n word to say In His defenso and Is going his own way with a philosophic Indiffer ence that Is exasperating, A word In his defense thercforo may not be unjust. To the aerago man. lolling around a summer boarding house Is not rest. Jt Is simply a test ot patlenco and a strain on tho nerves. He knows that a real vacation Is not a mere cessation from routine work. A chango of scene, a differ ent experience and someihtng In tho way ot recreation that brings novelty snrt ex ercise do more to put his body and mind In good condition than a wholo summer of simple loafing, That broadens him, puts now muscles Into play and swoops out tho cobwobs from his brain. It gives new toll to his body and makes each meal a delight. Then, too, he does not have to bother about tho question of dress. Ho can be com fortable and even In the discomforts of his vacation he can find pleasure. When pcoplo go away for their health tho doc tors at the best hotels often restrict their eating or feed them with tonics. Tho young man who penetrates the wilderness or wades tho trout streams or sails down rivers or along tho coast gets tho ozone Into his body, which Is better than any medicine, and ho acquires an appetite which solves the question of diet better than nil medical skill. He cannot bo blamed for the manner In which ho spends his few weeks away from his regular oc cupation. The wise girl profits by his example. The same exorcise, the same abundance of fresh air and plain food are ns good for her as they aro for him, and when they happon to be together they both profit. Lovo can find happiness In a nook under tho friendly shade of tho trees. It can climb mountains and take long walks through flowered valleys. It can get more satisfaction In tho freedom ot a camp than In the conventionalities of the hotel and the girls begin to appreciate tho Joy of living more than thoy do the pleasures of drssslng. In this way wh are returning to the simpler llfo and the benefits aro Incalculable. There la no Bcnrclty of young men; In reality there are moro of them than there ever were. They are taking longer vaca tions. The woods are full of them, In fact, and the wise girls Know where to find them. OTHER I, A MIS THAN 1)1 US. French naval experts are now beginning to sum up the results of the recent lleet maneuvers, which uere conducted upon n much larger scale this year than usual. Tho following was the plnn outlined by the admiralty authorities; "The French squad ron In the Mediterranean must prevent a hostile squadron coming from Gibraltar from Joining n squadron allied to It, nnd remaining in the cast; It must then unite with the French northern squadron, which has traversed the Straits of Gibraltar be hind tho enemy." According to the French critics, the French squadrons succeeded In this double mission. Hostilities began on July 3 and that very night the cruisers of tho hostile fleet were destroyed, while on tho morrow the main battle Heel was forced to accept action In the Hay of Alicante. During tho night ot the 5th to the 6th the two French forces Joined nt Mors el Kcblr. About eighty vessels In nil, Including torpedo boats, were engaged. The special significance of tho maneuvers was that they were conducted upon tho lines of on offcnslvo strategy Instead of a defensive one, as heretofore, and the com-mander-ln-chtef, Admiral Gcrvals, Is being congratulated on nil sides for his boldness In adopting the theory that the true mis sion of the French licet Is not to wait for assault, but to attack the 'enemy and de feat him. There nppears to be less disposi tion now than heretofore to attach over Importance to the achievements of the sub marine Gustavo Zcde. It is announced from Derlln that on the lnvltntlon of Prince Loewensteln 110 rep resentatives of the German nobility, for he most part the heads of old Homan Cnthollc families, have signed a declara tion against dueling. The declaration sets forth that the usage, although it receives a passlvo encourngemeut, purely as a means ot maintaining the military spirit, from the heads of tho army, Is clearly contrary to Intelligence, religion, culture and law, and to social and state order. Tho signatories bind themselves to work for Its abolition, stating that It Is false and unjust to qualify a man as a coward who refuses to fight, and they regard any man ns worthy of all respect who, by con scientious scruples, Ignores a challenge. In consideration of tho present state of things thoy reserve the right to demand satis faction according to the old usage If honor Is at stake, but at the same time nsk that tribunals of honor be created, which would give a much moro real satisfaction than that obtained on tho so-called field of honor. Tho great powers havo asked Prince George of Orceco to remain In office as high commissioner of the Island of Crete after tho expiration of his present three years' term, and the prlnco has kindly con sented. As there seems now to bo no tlmo limit on his Incumbency, the request prnc tlcally amounts to the annexation of the Island to Greece. No trouble will arise In the eventual actual transfer of the sovereignty to Grecco If the Greeks them selves aro able to restrain their Impatience. There has been talk about their tending a fleet to complete tho cession, but If they had this Intention they havo evidently been restrained. Creto la wholly a Greek Island, though about a quarter of tho In habitants, speaking tho Greek tongue, arc Mussulmans. Tho island was practically given to Grecco by the powers three years ago as compensation for tho loss of tho Thcesallan territory takon by tho Turks as tho result of the war ot 1897. Turkey has shown signs lately of bocoming a worse sick man than ever. Italy hankers for a part of Albania, and Austria and Mon tenegro hanker for tho rest, while Ilul garla menaces Turkish Macedonia, and the Greeks, In Bplto of their proved helpless ness compared with tho moribund but very military Turks, aro again expecting tho cession of Thessaly and Eplrus. This pro longation of the status quo In Creto Is favorable to the Greeks, and they will cer tainly do well to restrain their ardor. Tho remarkable legislative revolution re cently brought about In Holland through tho extraordinary union of Protestants and Catholics against the HberaU has been fol lowed by a complication of circumstances which tho allies had no suspicion would arise, at least, not until Dr. Kuyper, chief of tho antl-revolutlonary party, who has been Intrusted by Queen Wllhelmlna with tho formation of a cabinet, should show what could bo dono with a coalescent cabi net. Dut, now nearly two months after tho defeat of the liberals the portfolios havo not yet been permanently awarded. No sooner were the liberals turned out than the Catholics and nntt-rovolutlonlsts be came sharply divided on questions of vital Importance to a new cablnot, such as tho Introduction of a protective policy and tho question of social reform. Dr. Kuyper, who, It is said, has strong anti-French as well as pro-Drltlsh views, would bo moro cor rectly described ns a moderate; at tho same tlmo he Is anti-Catholic on goncral principles, and the Catholic demand that three portfolios bo given them docs not please him. In the mcantlmo the situa tion is being tnken ndvantngo of by tho liberals to win over to their side the antl Cathollcs among the antl-revolutlonlsts. Well-Informed circles In The Hague do not oxpect the united parties to accomplish much, oven If Dr. Kuyper should succeed In forming a cabinet satisfactory to them, as their points of division aro fundamental and would become visible In almost any policy which a coaleBCimt cabinet might adopt. Tho comprohenslvo education act, do Elgned to bring about educational uniformity In tho elementary schools throughout Prus sia, decrees that n child must attend school from six until fourteen years of ago, Kx ccptlonu may bo made, but blind nnd deaf and dumb children are subject to this, rulo wherover special arrangements have been made for tholr Instruction. Children at tending other public schools or receiving in struction from privato teachers, correspond ing, at least, to that of the public schools, aro not obliged to attend the latter. Chil dren who continually neglect school without sufficient excuse can be compelled to attend. Parents or guardians who neglect to keep their children at school will bo subject to fines or Imprisonment varying from throe hours to two days. Instead at Imprison ment work for tho community may be im posed. Kmployers who keep, children from school will bo fined not less than 1F0 marks. Parents and guardians are obliged to pro vide material for ncedlowork and other means of Instruction for girls. Otherwise the school board has the right to obtain theso things by compulsion. According to the district physicians act of April 1 all public and privato schools aro. In hygienic matters, under tho control of an official physician, who must, at certain Intervals, winter and summer, visit every school In his district and examine tho buildings as well as Inquire concerning the health of the pu pils and tho schoolmaster. Mny Prove to He Apt SMioln rn, Philadelphia Hullctln. Tho Chinese lioxers are threatening to go on the rampago ngaln. Possibly theso gen try feol that they have learned some new wrinkles In looting and devastation from ob serving tho feats of "civilized" European troops In this direction. (iulil llrlekn In llurii, Baltimore American. Train robberies palo Into insignificance In comparison with that haul nf $2SO,000 worth of gold bricks at San Francisco. It is very raro that any concern Is robbed of so largo a sum except from the Inside. I'OI.ITIC.U, IIII I FT. llos Croker Intends returning from Eng land In time to manage tho campaign fund. Mayor Ames of Minneapolis thinks he ha grown sufficiently to hold down a seat In congress. Mayor Ames Is a man of weight. Senator Stewart of Nevada has broken his Relf-lmposed silence nnd prophesies that Senator Hanna will ho the republican nomi nee for president In 1904. Tho Comstock senator poC!cs tho outward symbol of a prophet In his luxuriant whiskers. Among the questions to be submitted tn the voters of Pennsylvania at this year's election Is tho constitutional provision au thorizing tho list? of voting machines in that state. At the present time the consti tution authorizes the use of ballotA only. James Kllbourne, democratic candidate for governor of Ohio, says he will not spend a dollar In the campaign. As he Is reputed to be a millionaire the boys in the trenches wil) rejoke tn learn that h? Is above such a petty trifle as a dollar. Double eagles are about his size. Tom Taggart positively declines to stand for n fourth term as mayor of Indlanipolls and tho democrats are searching for new tlmbor. Taggart was elected In 1S95 by a scant plurality of 300. his opponent being Charles M. Ilookwalter, whom tho repub licans have already nominated for the of fice this year. The controversy which has taken place In the constitutional convention of Virginia over the retention or omission of tho word "Christian" In the constitution of that state recalls the fact that section S of the con stitution of the neighboring stnte of North Carolina explicitly exclude from the right of suffrage thero "all persons who shall deny the being of Almighty God." Dr. Washington Gladden. noted Con gregational clergyman of Columbus. O.. was elected an alderman of that city Inst fall with a view of giving effect to some needed reforms. The doctor was a referendum en thusiast. Hut he Is wiser now. The first test of that policy last month Involved the construction of municipal water works nnd newer Improvements requiring a large out lay of $3,000,000. Out of 33.000 registered otors only 6,000 took the tlmo to vote. "Nebraska, which has been enjoying a largo share of tho general prosperity tlnce 1S97," says the New York Sun, "h.13 no bonded Indebtedness. During the Jnst two years what remained of the bonded debt was paid off nnd asldo from the warrant In debtedness, tho levy nnd tho collection of taxco state indebtedness does not exist. Nineteen of the ninety counties of Ne braska canceled wholly or In part their out standing bonded Indebtedness last yenr." An Ideal prohibition city Is Hoopcstan, III., a town of 4,000 Inhabitants which has never had n saloon. The mayor receives a salary of fiO cents a year; tho remuneration of each of tho councilman Is one-half that amount and no fees aro accepted. Hoopes ton has paved streets, electric llghtu, a system of water works, n well organized flro department and moro and better tide walks than nny other city of Its size In Illinois and the boast of Its eitlzcns Is thnt liquor does not contribute $1 of license money to theso Improvements. PACIFICATION' nV AIIISD.V. Converting South Afrlcn Into n I)eu. lnlr Wililei-iie. Chicago Tribune. Under tho title, "Pacification by Arson," an anonymous writer In the Forum protests against the Ilrltlsh government's policy ofi burning tho farm houses of tho Iioers. An official report presented In Parliament ad mits tho burning of 634 In eight months , and the number actually destroyed appears to bo considerably greater. The Forum writer suggests a direct connection between this record ot arson nnd the fact that there oro now more Capo" Dutch fighting tho Dritlsh forces than at any previous period. "Tho war wbb over last Septem ber: it Is over still," says tho writer, sar castically. "If facts are Inconsistent with this theory, so much tho worso for tho facts." Yet tho loss of Dritlsh troops In Juno exceeded tho avcrago loss since tho beginning of the cnmpalgn nnd the bill of expenses continues to mount up at tho rato of moro than $50,000 an hour. . England docs not appear to good advan tage In tho house-burning business. In the conference at Tho Hague that country signed an agreement declaring that privato property In nn enemy's country must bo respected. Tho burning of people's homes Is no longer considered Justified In civil ized warfare unless the buildings arc be ing used by tho enemy for purposes of war. Hy the admission ot tho Dritlsh army of ficials scores, It not hundreds, of houses In South Africa havo been burned simply be cause the owner was "on commando." De stroying tho homes of the women and chil dren bscause the man of tho house Is away fighting for his country Is not a defensi ble act. This writer Is not far amiss when he says the success of this policy ot pacifica tion has been as brilliant and Immediate) as was that of Lord Cornwallls when, by his burning of American homesteads, ho revived tho warlike spirit of the Ameri cans In the southern colonies nnd rallied thorn to arms by thousands. Tho nrltlsh aro In a trying predicament in South Af rica, but the farm-burning policy Is not the best way out of the difficulty. It U making trreconcllablcs of the men It Is meant to subdue. It Is arousing tho sym pathies of tho Capo Dutch for their Trans vaal and Orange Itlver kinsmen and un doubtedly is causing the commandos of Dowet and Dotha to be recruited from Dritlsh territory. It Is fanning the con- I tlagratlon of revolt and Is sowing seeds of hatred that will produco many a costly crop even nfter armed resistance shall havo ceased. As a mere matter of practical good sense the burning of Doer farms should bo stopped. Suit Sale 25 Per Cent Discount. All of our sprint ami summer medium and lif7it weight suits in faneu and plain cheviots, cassimeres, worsted? and serges, everithing, in fact, except black clay worsteds and skeleton coats, can be had now at this special discount of 25 per cent. $10.00 suits at $7.50 $15.00 suits at $1J. 25 ' $:d0. 00 suits at $15.00 $i5.00 suits at $1S.75 Now is your opportunity. No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Browning, King & Co. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. More Closes Saturday MuhU at 0 O'clock, Other EvrnlnB mi 5.BO. 15 IIHVA.MSM HNDIMIf I'rrsrul CiiiiillHnna Inellnr I" n Nriin lle .tinner, St. LouH Oiobe-Democrnt. Aro the Ingenuous gentlemen, democrats and republicans, who are saying that Dryan Ism Is dead, absolutely sure of their ground ' Ohio recently rejected Dryan personally by refusing to endorse him or his platforms of lStiO and 1900. but It adopted a platform which In man) particulars was equally as bad as anything which ho ever favored. Several other states In their democratic conventions are expected to deny recogni tion to the Ncbraskan. There are great , whoops of Joy from the dcmoi'MtU' reorgan I Izers all over the country at what they are calling the death of Ilryanlsm, but are they sane or sincere In nil this? j Thero Is a strong probability that In the states west of tho Mississippi thero Is a ' powerful sentiment still In favor of Dryan. Missouri has many Dryanltes. Probably the i Drynnlte section of the democracy In this ! state, In Kansas, la Nebraska and In most ! of the other commonwealths between hero and the. Pacific Is dominant In that party. Thero are reorganizes In the democratlo ' party In Missouri, but they are confined to St. Louis. Kansas City and St. Joseph. In the ru-al districts they cannot bo found, j Omaha may havo many of them among its democratic clement, but In the rest of that otnte they nr6 llkoly to bo scarce. Tho I same 1h true ns regards tho cities and tlw 1 farming regions of the rest of the trans j mlsslsslppl states. Then, too, If tho democracy rejects Dryan ' In 1904, as It probably will, It will still bn i under the necessity ot framing a radical platform. It cannot mako a conservative deliverance, fo." that would be an Imitation ot the republican creed and tho people do not like Imitations In politics. The democ racy will be forced to combat tho republican party on many lines and this necessity will compel It to put forwnrd many follies and absurdities which will be as bad as Ilryan lsm, and some of them probably will havo to be taken from tho Dryan platforms. Moreover, Drynn himself Is going to stny In politics, ns ho has frequently Informed tho country, nnd he still has n spell over tho minds of many of the 6,ri00.000 of men who voted for him In two successive canvasses. The time to wrlto tho obituary of Dryanlsm will not, nt tho earliest, como beforo tho evening of November 8, 1901. IIIIICIIT AM) IIKUK.Y. New York Press: "Your flnncco Is a Iloston girl, I believe?" "Yes." "Then I supposo she Is fnmlllnr with Drowning." , , . "I beg pardon. Tho true Iloston girl Is never familiar with anybody." Chicago Tribune: Miss Quickstep r do clnre, I'm almost ashnmod to bo soon In company with Mabel llnrkalong those days! Miss Flyppo So am I. She docs such outlandish things. Look at her now, blush ing llko n great, big, bashful boy! Philadelphia Hecord: "tt's peculiar what makes most people busy," remarked Mrs. Kostlquo "Whnfs thnt?" nuked tho lnqulsltlvo Mrs. Naybor. "Idlo curiosity." Drooklvn Llfo: "Sny. nop, I've cot to wrlto a composition on Hope. What Is Hone, anyway7" "Hope, my boy. Is tho Joyous expecta tion of being able to dodgo our Just deserts." Philadelphia Press: "That young Widow Oldkaidi seems to bo a very estimable woman." "She must bo absolutely perfect. Why. oven tho women of the neighborhood nro forced to admit that she did everything possible to save her late husband's life." Detroit Froo Press: Dr. Sniffles Hen pock's got It In for mo since I doctored his wlfo for tho grip. Bnuincs w nat me matter; mu you kiu her? Dr. Hnllllcs No; pulled her through.' Drooklyn Kngle: Mrs. Newlywed I I'm sorry, lovo, but the cakes did got Just a little bit burned this morning. Newlywed (reassuringly) Nover mind, my donr; I nssure you they taato Just llko those my mother used to burn. Cnthollc Standard: Tower If Crabbe ever comes nround your place borrowing any thing don't let him have It. Dower You've spoken too late. Ho was around yesterday. Tower You'ro easy. What was he bor rowlns? Dower Trouble. He's In the hospital to day. Cleveland Plain Denier: "In Mickey tn condition?" "He's ns flno ns silk. Ah. Mickey's a great boy. He's got something up his ideove that'll astonish nil thlm other duffers." "What Is It, Mister Doolnn." "It's his ar-r-rm." A MINTS AIIOIIT AUGUST. Wnthlngton Stnr. Along about August, whun tho hreeze It gettln' lazy, With hardly Inergy enough to stir tho clover fields, I get to feeling satisfied nn' recklesH as a daisy, A-carln; nothln' "tall nbojt tho fruits that labor yields. I have had my share o' sorrow; I havo felt mlsfortunc'B touch, Hut nlong about August Nothln' ceems to matter much. I try to Htlr myself a bit a-tryln' after money. Hut what's the difference with wnrmth nn" sky nn' (lowers free? I 'sposo 1 ought to Imltato the bees n-gettln' honey. Dut, honest truth. I'm mighty glad I wasn't born a bee. You can sing about your May time An' your merry Christmas tree, Dut nlong about August Seems tho tlttonest fur me. I've never ylt been called on to assume a lofty station, Hut I'm purts proud nn' haughtv, ns I nuo as well confess I'm proud to bo a dweller on nn rrth whoso fascination So bountifully tloiomi. even In tba wilderness. 1 know that 1 11 rcgrvt it I know It s wrong to nhlrl. Dut along about A.ikum 1 got mon' too prvuui to work.