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I'AUTIIIS LUAVINU. TUll SL31MUU
I'artlcB leuvliiH' the city for
Otu niiiiiuer may linvc The lice
eut to them rt-KUlnrly by
nutifyliiK The lice lliMhieia
ulllcc, In person or by mull.
The addrean trill lie chnnsed
often ii dcHlreil.
TliciVj'nto no "K'IxIps" lu tho suck
put ofTlfor tlic postal dorks' convention.
Don't forgot Nelirnsku corn Ims u
habit of tunkliig up lost timo on the
lioino Htrctcli.
Kenntor Millard Is making n stir in
Washington. Lint two sofuitors can
make more of n stir than one.
Kansas City's fall festival has irono tin
In smoke', nothing being left of It except
the annual carnival -hall. Let Ak-Sar-
Bcn make the niost-of It.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Is
now denounced ns "u back number."
lie manages, however, to got in several
numbers ahead of his critics every time,
If Oinalia is to lay any new pavements
this year the work will have to be com
menced soon and pushed to an early
completion to got ahead of the cold
weather.
The steel strike is drugging along
without apparent advantage to either of
the contending forces. The public Is
becoming anxious for a sight at 'the
"holu enrd."
Sun Kranclsco people are utilizing old
uncut cars as dwellings. Omaha, has
enough of them to create a good-sized
suburb If they could only bo turned to
that account.
I'osiiu receipts lor Omaha were
nearly $:t,000 greater in tho month of
July just closed than for tho'sanie
month of last year. This Is a sign of
tho limes, worth noting.
A party of scientists ls tjcarehhig Ne
liraskti for skeletons to bo deposited lu
n eastern museum. Ily far the richest
Held in this state Is tho fusion closet,
but this is strictly guarded.
A brilliant eastern genius has con
celved an Idea by which lie proposes to
lucrease the beauty of Niagara falls.
His neighbors better take in their
lilies or this wonder will bo painting
them.
Tho lots on which It Is proposed to
build tho town of Lawton sold for
JfoOO.oOt). After the buildings have been
erected on them It will bother tho aver
age assessor to llnd half that value In
them.
When a man Is said to "bo holding
tlib sack" It Is supposed that ho is a
loser by tho deal, but such was not the
case with the mall clerk who acted In
that capacity for the Indian Territory
train robbers.
Iowa democracy Is searching Industri
ously for a peg to hang Its hones on.
Tim hopes are not large mid do not
require n strong peg, but not even a
little one has been thus far found will
ing to serve.
Train robberies planned by detectives
employed by railroad companies and ex
pedited by reportorlal sleuths should
HUbJoet tho detectives and their en
workers to more s-oVcro punlshnieut
man ineir catspaws.
It Is true the city council cannot jail
members of the school board who re
fuso to come before It as witnesses, but
If such refusal is mado a misdemeanor
they will bo subject to arrest the same
iih any other persons who violate city
It looks as if tho supervising arehl
tect of tho treasury had llually come
down off his high horse to tho extent of
listening to tho demand for a revision
of his plans for the west wing of tho
Omaha federal building. Not even
architects are Infallible.
COMIIISATIUX
TWM1LE.
IMVUAV-
Senator Ilepew a fow days ago said
In regard to Ills observation of the
movement lu Kuropo against Amcrlcitu
competition, that while the Kuropeiin
governments view with alarm (ho In
creasing Inroads of American products
It Is Impossible that they should suc
cessfully combine against them. Mr.
Frederick W. Holls, who was one of
the representatives of the United States
at The Hague peace conference, takes
a similar view of the proiosltlon for a
I'ttropean combination -against this
country. He has been traveling ex
tensively In Utirope and characterizes
the talk about a combination as fanciful
and Impracticable. He snys the Kuro
pean powers have greater causes for
rmurrelH among themselves than any
of them has against the United States.
He expressed tho opinion that all talk
to the contrary In parliament and lu
the press Is merely a cover for it ti In
crease in tarnrs ny tne particular
powers. "Of tills we certainly cannot
complain," said Mr. Holls, "it vindicates
our own policy of protection. More
over, It Is it question whether It Is not
even desirable for us, fdr It will compel
us to adopt a policy of reciprocity which
ought to be a permanent betiellt to the
country."
There Is good reason for the view
that the real motive of the talk about
commercial alliance against tho
United States Is Increase In tnrlu's by
the particular powers. One of the most
zealous of the advocates of a Knropoan
combination has boon the eminent
French economist, M. Iteaulleu, but ho
said lu a recent Interview that a formal
alliance of the powers to light Amerlcali
competition Is not Indispensable, lie
declared that It Is only necessary for
each government to go ahead for Itself
lu Its own way, according to its peculiar
Interests. "It Is not necessary," said M.
Hoaulleti, "that one should combine, or
agree, or arrange any comprehensive
plan to which all Huropcau nations unu
agree. It is only needful that France
and Uormuny and Italy and Austria
Hungary and Kussla shall makes Its
own war, put up the tariffs to suit the
needs and conditions of its people."
This Is the policy, It is not ' to be
doubted, which some of the govern
ments have lu view. They know that
a continental alliance cannot be effected,
for tho reason given by Mr. Holls, that
the powers have greater causes of com
morclal quarrel among themselves than
any of them has against the United
States. Tho peculiar interests of each
will not permit them to unite lu n war
against America. But they unu sepa
rately arrange their tariffs so as to
strike American competition perhaps
almost If not quite as effectively as
could bo done by combination.
It appears to be the opinion of Mr,
Holls 'that our defense against this
policy will bo found lu reciprocity agree
ments, which he thinks should prove u
permanent benollt to the country. This
Is a method of adjusting trade" relations
which promises to grow in public atteu
tlon. President Mclvinley Is, under
stood to be very strongly lu favor of It
and It Is expected that he will state his
position fully and dearly lu his next
annual message. Meanwhile we can
look for uo abatement of European com
merclal hostility to the United States.
EXl'USISU TAMMAXV COIWUI'TIOX '
(Jood work Is being done lu exposing
Tammany corruption. The most recent
development Is in regard to an organ
Ized system of paid protection of pool
rooms and gambling resorts In New
York. An agent of the poolroom keep
ers was arrested n few days ago
charged with an attempt at bribery
nnd made disclosures showing that the
poolrooms have regularly paid to the
police and others for immunity nearly
$1,000 a week. Some men prominent in
the police department are implicated
and criminal proceedings against them
are contemplated. It Is stated that tho
exposure has caused a split In Tarn
many, the wiser element being ills
gusted with the mess in which the
friends of the poolroom keepers and
gambllug resorts had plunged the. or
gaulzatlou.
It would seem that quite enough has
already been disclosed to make cer
tain the overthrow of Tammany a
tho fall election, but it remains to be
seen whether the opposition Is sulll
clcntly well united to accomplish that
most desirable result. It is announced
that within the next throe weeks llldi-
aid Uroker will return from England to
name the democratic candidate for
mayor and direct tho municipal cam
pal,.'u. With the arrival of Croker tho
serious political work will begin and
there Is no present Indication that his
Inlluonce with Tanunany Is not as
strong as It has ever been. At all
events, ho can be depended upon for
shrewd and sklll(ul tactics and unless
tho elements In opposition shall be
tlrmly united, under wise and sagacious
leadership. Tammany will bo likely to
score another victory. The situation at
this time seems favorabje to the over
throw of that organization, but a
change Is possible before the campaign
Is ended. ,
Ihh-l'OUSnKD SUSl'lOlOX
It Is perhaps quite natural thnt
Frenchmen should regard with some
suspicion any intervention on tho part
of the United States In tho trouble be
tween Colombia and Venezuela. The
Panama canal Is a French enterprise
that represents a very largo investment
of the money of Frenchmen and there
fore they have a very substantial in
terest lu that quarter. The United
States Intends to have an luteroceanle
canal and It Is not very dllllcult for
Frenchmen to Imagine circumstances lu
which this country might seize terri
tory in Colombia with a view to getting
possession of tho Panama canal.
Hut any such suspicion Is ill-founded
Our government does not contemplate
any action In connection with this
South American troublo except what
may bo found proper and expedient In
order to restore peace. There has, as
yet, beeu uo Intervention proposed and
nothing doii beyond precautionary
measures for tho protection of Auieri-
FOHKHiX
THE OJbHA DAILY KEE: THURSDAY,
nn Interests lu Colombia. We have a
treaty which gives the United States
authority to keep open transit In the
Isthmus of Un mi inn and naval vessels
have been ordered to the Atlantic and
Paelllc ends of the Isthmus for this
purpose. This Is essential to the sate-
guarding of our Interests there.
As to the Panama canal, the general
Kitnttlimnr Min.niif mir nciiiili" is not
- .i
favorable to neonlrlnir It and would
ertalnlv not nm.rove any aggressive
measures to that end. rue t nueii
States desires to be on terms of amity
with all the southern countries. It
wants to see them live at peace among
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themselves and make progress. If there
should be Intervention by the United
States between Colombia and Venezuela
It would be with a view solely to the
promotion of the welfare or those re
publics. COUXCItj aXD SCIIUUL nuAIll).
a r. ,ivh nro tho ludlclary com-
mlttee of the city council, which Is con-
iiiixtim mi Invi.stlcatlon Into the so-
culled "well-dotlned rumors" relative to
tm .m,mn .... ' ' --C-
the alleged blackmail of the keepers of
disorderly resorts, Invited the Hoard of
Education to furnish tho Information
upon which it based its complaints.
The Invitation to the board was re
spectful and common courtesy would
have dictated an equally respectful re
sponse. Hut the dominant faction of
the "school bonrd, acting through Sec
retary Hurgess, arrogated to Itself the
power to speak for the whole board,
The letter signed by Secretary Hurgess
lu the name of the Hoard of Education
us a reply to the invitation of the city
council Is Insulting, Impertinent and
unwarranted.
The Hoard of Education is a public
body and can act only in a formal
manner. No Individual member or em
ploye has a right to speak In Its name
except by -its direction given ut a regu
lar or special meeting which all mem
hers have an opportunity to attend
u no secretary tiociares unu ins iciiui
was framed at the instance or certain
members whose names, however, ho re
fuses to disclose, although claiming that
a sulUclont number to mnke a majority
of the board were Induced to give a
written endorsement of his action after
the letter had been drnftcd.
The spirit that runs through the re
spouse to the council In the name of
the Hoard of Education is not only a
denial of the authority of the couucll
to Investigate charges against city of-
fleers, but an Imputation on Its In
tegrlty and an arraignment for Its fall-
uro to accept as established facts mere
unsupported rumors, circulated lu the
Interest of politicians who are seeking
to nave their way to the mayoralty. It
Is claimed for tne senooi nonra uj unu
Its members had no notice of the meet-
Inu of the Judiciary committee to In-
quire into the rumored blackmail last
snrlntr: CJ. that the council having dls-
missed the .charges of irregularity or
alleged bribery at that time, the Invest!
kgatlon was terminated and cannot now
be reopened by the council; (3) that the
Hoard of Education has not asked the
ouncll to reopen the Investigation and
does not ask it; (4) thnt having accepted
the former investigation, tne noaru tie- some other, ungallanf, states have been do
cllucs to appear before the Judiciary ing, for tho s'lraplOj, reason thnt Maryland
committee of the council to testify lu
i ,m.,w.n. ho m.i.i..
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tit US request; 0) mill iuiihuuiu u
board has since thou asked that n grnud
Jury be convened to Investigate tne very
matters lu controversy, such request is
, ... i... .i... i J
niipiUJILT. Ill UllUIUBIWI v L.V..IU, w i
..!,.. Itu cn,.lnrV om-vntl nnllm nn tlll
council that the board does not wish
to nullify its last action "by endeavor-
ing to pick up the forgotten threads of
the city council."
In tho language of the courts, these
excuses for refusing to furnish to the
, . ; , , ., . , ,
council at least a clue to the pretended
corrupt practices promiscuously charged
against city otliclals Is incompetent, lr-
relevant and Immaterial. The Hoard of
Educatiou has uo right even to Insinu
ate corruption ln the city government
unless It has reasonable grounds based
ou knowledge and not ou gossip or
rumors, uororo tne uoaru passou us
grand jury rosolutlou It should hnvu robber of tho Selby Smelting works In Cal
beeu In possession of tangible evidence. Ifornla was no exception to tho rule. He
Having hcou lit to make a public rec-
ord of charges which if true would de-
millUI U10 impciicmnuiu imu luiuuwu
the unlet ot ponce ana every omciai mi-
plicated, the board has forced the coun-
ell to Insist ou snecllle Information. Tho
mere fact that tho council last spring,
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after, waiting In vain for any of the
rumor-vendors to appear, dropped the In-
vestigatlon, nttorus no justincanou tor
the board or Its members to decline to
H1.1...UI- now with whatever Information
' n.,,,,,!,,.. ,.,,,.u
lliey iiiuj Hint-, m m-uii;. .... w.n
which Inspired their demand for a grand
Jury are false or true, the authority and
duty of the council, to take action
promptly Is Imperative. Had charges
affecting tho Integrity of members or
ollicors of the school board emanated
from the couucll, the duty of tho board
to Institute an inquiry and require tho
testimony of the persons making the
charges would bo equally Imperative,
. V, . .. ,,: . .. .
wneilior W.ey v. ere ummciiinu.i, eiiy oi-
tlclals or employes. Tho board has no
more right to Impugn tho motives of the
council than the council would have to
iimunrn Mu. nintlvnn if tin. Iw.-u-.l.
1 CI
Those who have beeu Inclined
criticise the administration for Its
course in the Philippines ln refusing to
upset ancient customs will learn some-
thlmr b.v observing tho condition of af-
fairs lu tho island of Malta. Malta has
. in,,. i t i ii ui i
run..,,. i
ior generations aim too people nve tnor-
mighty civilized, yet the tlrst attempts
to Interfere with the established social
customs of the neonlo have nrodueed dls-
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dealing witn sucu promems tne snortest
and the best wny Is the slow process of
evolution.
Frederick V. ITolls. tho American
mnmlmp ..f Hip llitnriintlniifil nei num.
mission, expresses the opinion that the
experience of England lu South Africa
and the great cost of tho Spanish-
American and Chinese dltlicultles will
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nnin in nn; mum-. 1 umiuij nun
true of wars which might be waged for
the sake of territorial or other material
gain, but nothing In the developments
or recent yenrs would indicate that any
nation on eartli Is less willing than for
nierly to light for matters of principle
On the contrary, they seem to be becoin
nig mure sensitive witu eacn year, wnuo
the most trivial things are discussed as
likely to produce a coulllct
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i no TToncn are greatly worried tor
tour tne cnitcu Mates win taue mi
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wuimu m mu imwin uuhiiuii m
Colombia and seize the Isthmus of
Panama, together with the canal, if
the French really think the canal so
valuable they should go ahead and com
piote it. i hey nave been working on it
long enough to dig two canals
The enterprising detective who Is
charged with putting up a train rob
bory In Iowa recently has boon sot at
large ou a .?:i00 ball. If the man had
coucoeti'd a scheme to rob it hen roost
ne prowamy eouio. noi nave uuen oaneu
out ior
(.'timer's ContlntK-tl I, tick,
i
Denver Republican.
Mr. Cnmralns' easy thing In Iowa will
thnt hlg escnpe from tho ,,ekln ,cgatlou
was not his only piece ot Rood luck,
Hope fur (icnrriil .Allien.
Washington Post.
A Tarls physician claims to have discovered
a euro for tho St. Vitus dance. Some day
some humanitarian may savo us from the
horrors of tho hoochcc-coochoc dance.
I'ontilhlc ChnnKP of'I'ollc)-.
Indianapolis Journal.
It seems possible that tho storing of water
to use for Irrigation of tho eoll may sup
plant tho congressional Industry ot making
river beds when there la no water to till
them.
Perninnently l.oeiileil.
Chlcano Tribune.
It turns out that tho Hon. Jerry Simpson
has no Idea of leaving Kansas. Ho might
Ini'n If tnr Wnctilnnf nn. nnilpr rnrtnln rlr.
cumstnnces. perhaps, but those clrcum.
Btanccs are not likely to confront him.
IlcMtlny'N Ailvnncp Agent.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Tho Missouri mule Is tho modern globo
trotter, moving In the van of civilization
and taking his humble, but Indispensable,
part In tho triumphs ot war and peace.
Statu of Hit- Situation
San Francisco Call.
The democratic statesman who said,
"There Is no political situation this year,"
was slightly mistaken. There Is situation
enough, but there Is no democracy In It. or
even near enough to It to see It
Wine Too (inotl o Wamte
Chicago Chronicle,
Flowers or water will be used Instead of
rhamnnnn in "hnnllilniV thn now rrnlip
Cleveland noxt month. An excellent idea
a bottlo of .good champagne could be put
to better uso In the.caso of an Invalid and
rual will moEe perfectly suggest
hai ci '' bc'"Jj t0ecr"biLVwh'c.h
Is first flower of- tho army and first gem
of the sea.
nnltlniorc'N, Honul
Baltimore .'American.
Other places scent to bo surprised at
1" L?.0J? iV,
up n ,oud w , f. ovcr tho 8Urp,ug( flB
cntvairy nqver can noyo too mucn or tno
fairer portion of humanity. Moreover, such
marital raids are ronde upon tho pretty
mM nf rtnltlmnrri hv nthnr 1ph fnvnrrt
states that a reserve home force must be
kept on hand for fear of a deficit,
- T ;
Proof of Pojinlnrlly
.
UIUCBSO ClirOIllCIP,
mechanlcs and other cInBRea , South'
.Chicago over the failure of the etrlko In
that section Is proof that strikes are not
popular among tho masses of tho people
ln 11,0 localities whero they oocur. They
u f otfr, busl"csa and Indmtry. shut
off the circulation of, money and frequently
lefld t vlo,rnn destruction of nronertv and
i0S8 of j(fe. Tho community where theso
evils are averted ,1s fortunate.
Crime nnd Stupidity.
Philadelphia Public ledger.
It Is snld that a man who commits
great crime always leaves traces of his
movements,, which enable detectives to fol
low nn(i convIct him nnd tho self-confossed
women aione, according to nis own story,
n. l"u.a nvoiue" fnn "anK"
Btn,l thlnirq. Onn wR thnt h left
his cap In the tunnel through which ho car
rled out the gold and this gavo tho first clud
to mm. Articles used In digging tho tun-
nf nna orenKing into tne goici vault wore
also left lying about his lodgings, whero
. ' ,,,,,,. ,,,;lm ,,
In th mflnnor(tho detectives wcro able to
pu0 up so much proof against him tha
when confronted with It ho broke down and
confessed. It was a very Ingenious crime
but It carried Its own detection with It.
.11,'IHiMBNT ON THH tfOOX .SOXfl.
Sew
York JurlHt Piimkpi nn Opinion
on IlnRllnie.
Now York Times.
Mr. Justice Hlscbotf, In a case of oxeep
tloual interest to tho musical world, hao
produced an epigram in which a great truth
" crystallised. It Is this: "The coon son?
f n n uvm-jaiuy o own wn.cn
lltsrates tho personality of genius." We
..j . ... . onl..,on ollrBeIves. r
mo8t 0f the coon songs which it has been
our mlsfortuno to hear the personality of
gonlus is so effectually obliterated as to be
wholly indistinguishable,
I Ad.. line t, r, Annnl.iunn nt 1 , . ,1 .... III. V. ,.
In tn th iffnpt that "ivhlln ffinn cntwu intii,
. . " ... VI.VV MMV V...... w...iria ... J
tralnlllK not an incident to nn enduring
no compoeu in spito ot musical training, mo
success." Wo should havo derived more
pleasure from this than it affords in if
another ndjectlve had been used to qualify
SUCCP8S- 10 in'nK, 01 "'"P" -T
I coon BOnB ns enduring Is difficult which la
fortunnt0( ns Sllch a concept would bo most
painful
The learned Judge from whose opinion wo
have quoted must havo felt keenly tho
limitations of Judicial authority lu dealing
w"h U'ls case. Ho had before him a man
charged with being tho founder of tho
Bchool" of music known as ragtime. Under
a simpler system of Jurisprudence that, for
example, in which tho cadi la tho wholo
thing, except tho culprit this lndnstrlou.4
disturber nf tho public peaco might have
nccn ln a 8acK lln(1 "roppeu uuo uio
tlnknliniiB ak nlnAK unnennliill f U'fl f f W 11 V
An ..., ,-,,. of thl. kin,i WOul!
tend to discourage munition along the lines
'of syncopation. Judge Hlschoff, however,
found himself under tho extremely com-
monplaco obllgntlon to treat the case beforo
. I . ,.l...l.,n
I "iw B livu Bull mm nut ua iiiunuui
,, ,i t ri,i0 th., . nmnlnlnl. ttlvlllza
tj0n bat Its disadvantages.
.AUGUST 15, 1001.
m:.YTit or citisri.
St. Louis Hepubllc: Crlspl's death re
moves the last of Huropc'a group of "grand
old mon," whosa masterfulness o largely
shaped the world's nineteenth century his
tory.
Hoston (Hobo: Whatever may ho the
Judgment of posterity upon Francesco
Crisp!, the Italian leader who passed away
Sunday at Naples, nono can deny his
forcefulness or his varied ability.
Philadelphia Press: The death of Crlspl
removes the last great figure in Italian
affairs. None but small men are left. Hn
did n great work for Italy, great In his
youth, when he aided In Its liberation, ami
great In his old age, when he pushed tho
development of ltn resources. A heavy
price was paid tor nil this, but much also
was gained and history will bo kinder to
Crlapl than were the lesser men who at
tacked him.
Ualtlmore American: Tho personal life
of Crlspl was a romance. No modern ca
reer appeals more strongly to the Imagina
tion than that of this young revolutionist
and agitator, fulminating and conspiring
against the old order, undergoing imprls
onmont nnd b.uilhhmeut, marrying his
prison laundress nnd through all emerging
as prime- minister of the united country
he lf.i'l striven for, becoming tho mainstay
of Its monarchy and Its guiding genius dur
ing tho most difficult period of Its struggle
for existence.
Kansas City Star: Although fond of
theatrical display, Inclined to disregard the
popular effect of some new stand nnd nl no
timo thoroughly secure In his position, one
cannot but bollevo that Crlspl would havo
lived in odlctal power to tho end of his
days had ho not compromised his public
usefulness by his private derelictions. Ills
final overthrow wns directly due to the
trying exactions of his wife, a woman whom
tho queen would recognize only under tho
compulsion of court usages and for whom
Crlspl abandoned nnother wife much be
loved by tho queen. Still another wife
the first of nil had been abandoned In
Malta years before.
Philadelphia Kecord: Francesco Crlspl,
who died at Naples yesterday, was probably
the last survivor of the group of states
men and soldiers who collectively created
modern Italy. It would require a great
stretch of the Imagination, however, to find
Justification for the Inconsiderate bcstownl
upon him of tho titles "Ornnd Old Man of
Italy" and "tho Italian llismarck." Theso
belong to the great Cavour, who wps tho
regenerator of his country nnd who, nt tho
timo of his death, ln 18C1, left tho work
ot Italian unification practically completed.
Slgnor Crlspl's part In the transformation
of tho petty principalities of tho Apennlne
peninsula Into one of tho powers of Europe
was a subordinate one, though at undeni
able Importance.
St. Paul Dispatch: Temperamentally,
Crlspl was one of the greatest men of his
time. Art admirer and nn ally of Hln-
marck, forcing Italy into alllanco with Ger
many when all tradition and his personal
relations would have dictated Franco, ho
was not unlike the Iron .Chancellor. Had
thcro been a Hohcnzollcrn Instead ot tho
Savoy on tho Italian throne, Italy today
would havo beeu more than a ncgllglbln
quantity In European politics. Tho com
placency of Humbert annulled Crlspl's abil
ity. It is possible that the fables and
prejudices ngalnst Crlspl may fade, away In
tho truth of history. The church may
learn that Its temporal power Is gone,
whether Crlspl willed It or no. Tha state
may learn that It must utilize Its groat men
when It has them. It may bo long before
Italy recognizes tho greatness of Crlspl, but
It will be longer before it produces a states
man as great as Crlspl.
Springfield Republican: With his im
mense activity and unsparing ugliness ho
framed and led tho opposition against all
moderate administrations; hd drew Italy
away from Franco and was tho chief factor
in forming tho triple alliance with Ger
many and Austria after tho Franco-Gorman
war. In 187G ho was president ot tho Cham
her of Deputies; tho next year he Joined
tho cabinet of Dcpretls, whom he had been
violently opposing, and becamo secretary
of tho Interior. It is nn interesting Incl
dent that shortly after his assumption ot
this post ho took occasion ln tho chamber
to assure tho deputies and tho country that
his excitable temper was not a menaco of
trouble, in a famous comparison between
himself and Mount Etna, for while his In
ternal trdor might consumo him, llko tho
subterranean fires of the volcano, his In
tellect lay always cold and clear above tho
tumolt, like tho snow lying undisturbed
upon thn volcano's summit. He did not
carry tho comparison too far.
PKtlSONAIt AND OTHHIIWISK.
Louise Chandler Moulton was a school
mate ot Whistler. Sho has a number of tho
painter's earliest pictures-
Apropos of tho fact that the Whlto House
has Just been painted again It Is stated that
tho mansion has never Ucen scraped and
that far underneath tho additions of a cen
tury thero is the original coat of pnlnt.
Americans do not monopolize tho prac
tlco of kocplng tho courts busy. It is pub
lished that in 1899 there wero moro than
1,125,000 actions sturted In England, mak
ing litigants of over 4 per cent of the popu
lation.
German surgeons say that tho dollcato
membrane which covers tho contents of an
eggshell will answer ns well as bits nf skin
from a human being to start tho healing
of open wounds. Tho discovery has al
ready been successfully tested.
Home has the distinction of possessing
the first woman lawyer of Italy In the per
son of Slgnorlnn Teresa Labrlola. She haa
passed her examination with honors and Is
now a full-fledged lawyer, but haa not In
scribed horsolf among tho advocates, as she
docs not dct I re to champion tho "now
woman," but to devote herself to tho phil
osophy of law.
Mrs. Skene, widow of the lato Dr. A. J.
C. Skeno, the well known llrooklyn physi
cian, received a letter a fow days ago from
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie offering to glvo $5,.
000 for 'a building for tho library which Dr.
Skene presented about ten years ago to
Griffin's CornerB, N. Y. The. only condition
attached to tho gift of Mrs. Carncglo Is that
tho library "shall continue to bear the
honored name of Dr. Skene, whom wo shall
ever hold In grateful remembrance."
John Foo ot Mllltown, N. J., lost his
arms thirty-two years ago, but ho can do
most things that othor meu accomplish by
the aid of those members. Says ho: "Any
body can got along without his nrms If
ho has to. Every time I row, fish, hunt or
plow I find a better way to do It and it
continually grows easier to got along," The
armless wonder Is not now. Montnlgno do.
scribed an exhibiting ono of the sixteenth
ccntuy In words that would fit a modern
press notice.
Miss Ume Tsuda, nn alumna of Ilryn
Mawr college, Is now carrying on a board
ing school for girls in Tokto, tho first
started under solely Japanese auspices nnd
the first to glvo women opportunity to pro
paro for tho teachers' examinations ln Eng
lish held annually by the government nnd
so to make themsolvos eligible for gov
ernment positions. Miss Tsuda was brought
over here In tho '70s, when sho was 7 years
old, one of flvit little girls sent to bo edu
cnted In America. She found n home ln tho
family of Charles I .an man of Washington
nnd after" ton years returned to Japan,
whero sho had to relearn her uatlvo tongue
'and get acquainted with all the customs
of her people. Then sho tamo back, en
tered Hryn .Mawr and studied with the pur-
I pose of teaching her countrywomen.
HITS OP WASHINGTON l.ll'H.
Nmv Mlntilcr frtini Aruciilliut Ii '
liciiriicil Sim nut.
The new minister from Argentina, Scnor
Dr. Don Martin Garcia Merou, Is no
stinnger In this country, having beta sent'
first In !$?, to represent his government
here. Ho was recalled after two or three
years' service, to hetomo secretary cf ag-,
rlculturo in his own country tor awh lo, expert clerks, As ndvnuco Information as
because thcro was some very Important to crop conditions would bp used by spoctt
work to bo accomplished In that depart-1 intora great care is taken "to prevent such
ment, for tho development of which tho , tads leaking out nnd no sluslo clerk can
doctor's scientific knowledge was needed. I
Tho work done, ho returns, and It Is con-1
ceded that he Is one of the brightest men'
of tho diplomatic corps. Ho is a multl-
lltcratus, and one long shelf of his library
is tinea wttn ms own wonts: i-tsays on
economic questloui, literature, art, nnd
authors; with biography, travel, fiction audi
poetry.
A stranger to tho customs of Argentina
might wonder why a political worker 1
would devote so much time to authorship,
but one of the requirements thero of a
man who desires 'to figure In public life
Is that ho must begin by showing that he
Is capable of winning distinction In It, and
it Is held that the b?st way to do that
Is to prove his literary ability by writ
lug ou some topic of interest, delivering a
speech, or something nf that nort to thow
wha ho knows of books. Thus It la that
by many tho path of literature Is ttoddcu
only to reach tho political aronn, which
Is always open to those who havo distin
guished themselves through their writ-
lugs. It Is not enough to be a clever ward
politician, for thnt doci not cut any figure
whntuvcr ln Argentina.
"In Argentina diplomacy Is a study,
said he. "A man cannot become a, consul
or a minister In any country, In any hap
hazard fashion, almost ln the unturo ot an
experiment. Ho must bo fitted tor It; he
Is prepared, examined, and promoted ac
cording to merit."
Dr. Merou must havo pas3id his own
examinations most successfully, for he has
been scut ns a diplomatic representative of
his country euccostlvely to Madrid, Paris,
Paraguay, Peru, llrazll and the United
States. Ho Is a member of tho executive
committee of the Bureau of American He-
publics, nnd also of several royal academlcn.
Ho possesses many decorations, and the
king of Portugal granted him that of
Santiago, dedicated to eminent scientific,
artistic, and literary merit. And yet he Is
only 38 years old.
Dr. Merotl has a most Interesting family.
His wife, Mine. Delia Hcrrcra do Garcia
Merou, Is a lovely woman, with a stately
form and dignified bearing, n fair, sweet
face, and motherly look, and Is devoted to
her family, not being much of n society
woman. She was born In Buenos Ayrcs nnd
educated ln a convent there. They hnvo
three little daughters, aged, respectively,
13, 11 andv S years, who mastered our
language when they first enmo to our coun
try about four years ago In less than a year,
epcaklng It much belter than either of their
parents.
"You know great peoplo cannot learn a
now languago so readily as munll people,"
sold tho doctor, apologetically. Put his
own pronunciation Is very good; In fact,
I. I. .1 ..
.I'" " ... "V:
IIIUU IU HUIVII M VJ 11.111 Ml.t V I O IKlliJ OUI
prising.
Each monthly crop report .Issued by tho
Department of Agriculture represents tho
co-operation of nn nrmy of 250,000 men,
scattered through all the farming commun
ities of tho United States. This Is largely
a .volunteer nrmy. Only a few of tho field
officers receive pay, the rank and file serv
ing for tho lovo of tho cause and tor tho
sako ot having their names on tho .mailing
list of tlio Agricultural Department for Its
publications.
Under tho general direction of tho secre
tary o! agriculture, tho commandor-in-chlef
ot the forco Is John Hyde, statistician of
the department, who Is at present ou his
'way home from Europe, whero ho has been
arranging for tho Interchange, of crop sta
tistics between tho United States and
European countrlos. Victor Olmstend Is at
present in charge as acting statistician.
Tho correspondents who gnther Informa
tion as to tho state of the crops throughout
tho United States are divided Into threo
classes. Thcro aro In tho cntlro country
2,750 counties of agricultural Importance.
In each the department has a county corre
spondent. These are the noncommissioned
officers of tho statistical army and are se
lected with great care and with special ref
erence to their qualifications. Each county
correspondent has threo assistants, who
cover specified districts In the county. It
Is tho duty ot each assistant to acquaint
himself with tho acreago under culti
vation of tho crops In his territory. Ho
makes monthly returns to tho county cor
respondent on blank forms. Tho county
correspondent consolidates theso returns,
which ho supplements with tho results of
his own observation and forwards his re
port to the statistician In Washington.
Tho second corps of tho nrmy Is mado up
of township correspondents, of whom thora
aro from six to fifteen In each county, tho
numbor depending on tho alzo ot the county
and Its Importance in production. Each
township correspondent reports direct to
tho statistician. In addition to those two
corps tho department has In each state a
salaried statistical general, whose duty It is
to report on agricultural conditions for his
state. Each of theso agents has a special
list of correspondents throughout tho atnto,
numbering as many as COO In tho larger
states. The stato agent receives reports
from his correspondents, which nro supple
mented by his own observations nnd nro
summnrlzed and forwarded to Washington
so as to rcarh tho department on tha
Bovonth of each month. From states west
of tho Mississippi theso reports of stato
agents are telegraphed In cfphcr.
Outside of this great body oi correspouu-
Continued
That special discount of
on men's spring and summer suits,
Don't let this money saving opx
portunity escape you.
No clothing fits like ours,
Browning, King&Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Store Clone Snturduy Nliflitu ut t) O'clock, Oilier Evrulnua nt n.30
cnts the department has several travollng
field agents, who systematically traverse
the agricultural regions, procuring all pos
sible data. Theso men give particular at
tention to regions in which abnormal condi
tions prevail and from which it Is desired to
.have cspcchlly nccurate Information.
- .
Hcports are thus received from live dls-
tlnct sources and tho returns as fast us ro
celved nt the department are tabulated by
tell from tho returns that ho handles what
the general Condition of tho crop may ho In
Rn. considerable territory,
Finally on tho 10th ot each mouth tho
fragmentary returns nro turned In to tho
Htntlstlclan. who comnllos the monthly re-
rorti WMlch ls, Kvcn out nt 1 o'clock In tho
ftcrnoon of that day.
Tn0 rroll rCnnrt shows the acreage, com-
nnr,i wilh i... nn.i .1,., nVcraco con-
,tlon .... the nr, o .ll0 month for which
tho report Is made. Iloth of theso are ex
pressed In percentages. Under the. head of
acreage tho area planted tho previous yoar
Is taken ns tho basts ot comparison nnd If
tha area In any stnte is the name this year
as last It la represented by 100 per cent;
If It Is more tho figure Is above 100; If It
Is less tho figure Is below 100. In reporting
conditions 100 'per cent represents what
would bo n good crop under normally favor
able conditions. As there Is generally some
unfavorablo condition It Is seldom that ti
condition of 100 Is reported and only at
rare, Intervals, when all tho conditions have
been obnonnaly favorable In sonio locality,
Is the averngo condition reported above 100.
SI.At (illTlIH II V UAH..
Tribute 11 f l,tf. 11 ml l.hnti I'nltl (o the
InUri'md All not 11 nr.
Washington Post.
It Is not to be expected that there will
evr.r be nn end, hut there ought to bo a
groat diminution of slaughter and mangling
by rail. True, there has already been a
considerable decrease of these accidents
since congress passed the act requiring
railway corporation:! to ndopt safety appli
ances for coupling cars, hut a much greater
reduction of the startling total Is possible.
In tha month of June, 1001, tho Inst month
for which figures nro available, sixty-seven
persons wero killed and 241 received injuries
of a moro or less serious character some of
them far uorse than lustnutnneous death,
for death clthur has como or will ensuo
after a period of terrible suffering. Tho
linliroad Gazette furnishes stntlsttcs which
show that 44 of the killed were railroad
servants nnd 10 were passengers; 4 wcro
neither. Of tho Injured 126 wcro railroad
servnnts nnd 111 wcro iiassengcrs; 4 were
neither. Collisions wero responsible for
25 denths nnd 110 Injuries; derailments for
38 deaths and 12!) Injuries. That leaves but
4 deaths and 2 Injuries to bo accounted for
by other kinds ot nccldonts. Going moro
Into detail, the Gazette shows that 4 per
sons woro Injured nnd nono killed by "de
fects of roads;" 6 were killed and 14 Injured
by "defects of "equipment;" 29 were killed
nnd 130 Injured by "negllgcnco In operat
ing;" 18 wero hilled and 42 Injured by "un-
tnrnmn nh.lrnnl Int. a nn,l mnllnlmif nnii ' 1
I """ uunn ..u.. ...... .v. ... u v .
Ten cases of death and 47 of Injury are set
1 J ,
down ns "unexplained." Tho Oazette
makes n note of fourteen trolley car nc.
cldents In Juno, ln which six persons wero
killed nnd forty-eight received Injuries.
NOTHING SICHIOI'S.
Philadelphia Press: 'I wonder," remarked
Mrs. Qlddlo. tentatively, "if there will be
much change In fall millinery."
"I guess not," replied her husband, sig
nificantly, "for there. Isn't much In meifd
pockets these days."
Yonkcrs Statesman: lip As you eam
into tho room, dear; you 'reminded me of
the very night I proposed ltn ynu. '
Bhe Well, why shouldn't I? You'r mak
ing mu wear the same old dress I woro
then, six yenrs ngo!
Leslie's Weekly: Maud-AIabcl Is trying
to catch tho new minister, Isn't she?
Irene Desperately, She thinks he would
have proposed tho other evening If he hnd
como prepared, but thnt ho was afraid to
undertake It extemporaneously.
Chicago Tribune; Shykes You are stilt
devoted to vegetarianism, I suppose?
Gllzzard-I'm still preaching It. but I'm
not practicing it Just now. Mcnt Is cheaper.
New York Evening Sun: Hy Strionlcus
Hello. Geraldlno, who's the dizzy blonde?
Geralrtlne Why, that's Marmalade.
Hy Strionlcus Bah Jove, you don't tell
me! Marmalade! How remarkably well
she preserves,
. ,
"Washington Star: "It Is sad to see this
mercenary spirit so flagrantly manifested
In politics," said the earnest citizen.
"Yes." answered Senator Sorghum. "I
have fought ngalnst It nil I could, but It's
no use. 1 can't got people to vote my wny
without pnyln' 'em."
IlIinilHTS.
Grace Qoodalo In Scrlbncr's.
You did know I loved you
That last night.
Why did you not kiss mo?
Ah, you might!
Just nun kiss to Inst mo
All mv life.
Just one kiss to help mo
Still tho strife
I could not mlatnko you,
You had showed,
Clear and straight before me,
The long rod.
I must travel lonely,
Without you.
Should I blnmo you? What else
Could you do?
Hut your task was finished; 1
I could see
Nowhere ln your naturo
Need of me. ,
All my foolish day-dreams
Were qulto gone.
Only I, who drcumcd them,
Must live on;
Llvo with hopeless future,
Empty past.
Then why not have kissed mo
At tho last?
O.
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