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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.
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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.