TIIE OMAHA DA1L.V BEEt TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1901.
The umaha Daily Bee.
K. ItOSHWATIilt, EDITOR.
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Nuiury I'uoiic.
I'AltTlUSt LUAYltiU IOH iL.UllKIt
I'nrtlen leaving the city for
the urutuer mu y uuvc The Uee
cut to them rcvularly by
notifying The He Uuluea
oIUl-c, In person or by ninll.
The iiddresN will be chuutfed
as ofleu n desired.
Ouco more we propound the question:
How much did It cost Hartley to get the world is passing is due to a revolu
tho World-Herald to Justify his libera- Hon in the material conditions, o the
Hon from prison? annihilation of time and space by steam
Dogs are to be carried as buggago in
the future by western railroads. It
will be superlluous to attach "Handle
with care" cards to fully developed bull
pups.
The only way loft for the Jacksonluns
to outshine the County Democracy Is to
get higher . percentages Xro.m the, fra
ternity for the "(irlvlli'gts" uf the
picnic.
(Hons are that the police court
lie month of August .will take
as compared '.with the
.dnitorJaiKSillas Judge Cordon suf-
cn" ti no tller.relai)se V
ivn.
ro")Dhjlas County Democracy
IcarnefrjF '
faanv wl without remonstrance
sold
Sunday
fannv wl WithOUt ICIllOllSt IMIK-C trolll
&lhes'! Power ou County Attorney
tihlelpd or the bonus reform organ.
No wonder arjny. surgeons object to
the proposal to employ chiropodists In
the army., Up to the present time the
soldiers have been nble. to whittle their
own corns and have made Uo complaint.
The republican state convention
Wednesday will have the largest mem
bership lu the history of the party in
tho state. Hut then there are more re
publicans In Nebraska today than ever
before in the state's history.
Ttuffalo's, exposition lias passed the
million mark at the gate register.. It
will have to pass . the i)"& per cent
dividend uiaru, However, to . pass
Omaha's Trausmlsslsslppl exposition as
a business proposition.
Whenever the czar of Ilusslu goes
visiting to either France or Cerinuny
It Is as ticklish a task as making a
present to twins. Unless exact equality
bo maintained, the. delicate halaucu of
European politics will bo disturbed.
Tt.n tT!ln,l ,. ,.,Hv ....ll..,l
the demand for school teachers In the
Philippines, but It will take considerable
time 'to furnish all' the school houses
necessary. In Spanish countries cilcli
hilltop Is not adorned with educational
Institutions. ' '"
The steel combine lias given notice
that tho price of pipes will be Ineretisied
on account of the utrlke. Popocriitlc
nine dreams, however, will ho finals heil
iu the future as In the past with alfthu
highest art lu coloring, without money
uud without price.
George Westlnghouso llnds much
prejudice In London agalust the con-
structlon by Americans of the new rapid
transit system. Englishmen should uot
complain If others do for them what
tho record shows they have been tumble
to do for themselves.
Tho makers of shirtwaists lu
York threaten to uo ou a strike.
New
With
tho season of cool weather approaching
tho wearers of these garments can look
ou with composure, but a shirtwaist
tttrlku a couple, of months ago would
huvo been the last struw on sulToiiug
Immunity.
The revolution in Colombia has been
progressing for two years. Tho factions
have worn out the typewriters, ex-
huusted the supply of whito pnlicrand
for lack of other methods of pursuing
hostilities liavo commenced t light,
Unless new supplies arrive to enablo
them to renew tho proclamation stage
there are hopes tho trouble may sosu bo
cuded.
MLSTl'ICK TUK HEST MAS.
AKIioukIi Hilf Ih wlint Is couiuionly
ctilk'd nil oft jenr In Nbninkii iiolltifs,
tliu rcinihllciniH who nro nbont to iiiwt
In Htuto convention must not untk'rcstl
nuito tin; liniiotitnnce of iircKciithiK
tk'kot mittlc ui of fiindldittox who will
coniniiiiid tlx full coiilldcncc of t lie
voters without its well iih within the
imrty.
The poHltloti of Biipretnc Judc Is one
In which nil the people ure vltully con
cerned. The supremo court i thu Html
arbiter of the multitudinous lltlpttlon
.with which our lower courts have to
do and our constant aim should lx to
elevate the standard of our Judiciary
and maintain It on the highest plane of
ability and capacity, because thu people
may be relied on to keep Jealous BUitrtl
over the bench. The position of su
preme Judjje In Nebraska carries with
It a term of six years, the lonpest ac
corded' any elective oillcer by our con
stitution I'raincrs, the object belli? to
jilve the court a decree of Indepeiidenco
yet without Inviting It to become arbi
trary or tyrannical. The Judge who Is
elected this year will sit on the bench
until 1008 Irrespective of re-election
usually accorded faithful service.
Fortunately thu convention charged
wl(h selecting the republican candi
dnte will have for Its choice nu ample
number of aspirants who come well up
to the severe' tests that should be up
plied. Yet among them, its . llrst con
sideration should be to determine which
Is best qualified by legal training,
Judiclul experience and general reputa
tion for conscientious devotion to public
duty to bear the honor an election will
bring.
The character of the candidate will
have much to do with determining the
character of the campaign. Nebraska
is once more in the republican column.
The people of. Nebraska prefer to ad
here to republican rule, which has en
trenched them behind ptosperlty, and
the party in convention should en
courage this manifest disposition.
I'UIC AMBMCAX TUADK MEA'AVB,
A good deal of attention has been
given to a recent declaration by thu
eminent Austrian economist, Prof.
Sucss, in favor of u movement for the
common defense of the central Euro
pean states against the American trusts,
which he says "are moving to conquer
the foreign markets more surely than
they could by battleships." Prof.
Sucss concludes that the Industrial and
commercial revolution through which
and electricity una to the opening or
the whole world as the market for all
its products. He points out that the,
United States possesses nn iullulte va
rlcty of resources, being In that respect-
utterly unlike any or all' of the states
of central Europe, thut; this country Is
capable 'of almost' boundless develop
ment, and that unless the Luropeun
countries not having Mich favorablo
conditions adopt.Vtoinc policy" to protect'
themselves agalnstithe. Increasing Amer
lean competition, which promises'
greater aggressiveness through Indus
trial combinations with vast capital, it
Is but a question of time when the In
dustries of those countries' must give
way before overwhelming American
competition. In the Judgment of the
Austrian economist, the adoption by the
United States of a policy of commercial
expansion makes this country the power
for Europe to dreud uud to combine
ugulust at this time.
No doubt Prof. . Sucss voices a
European sentlment-cer-
j. ,t ,H ,n h,s oWn
talnly it largely pr
country but his advice would perhaps
have more weight If he had shown how
an allluuce of the states of central Eu
rope could be perfected and how It could
be controlled. We have heretofore noted
the opinions of intelligent Americans,
who have carefully studied conditions
abroad, on this subject and they con
cur lu saying that there is no practlca
blc way of organizing and maintaining
a defensive alliance agalust the United
States. They also state thut the abler
opinion lu central Europe is that an al
liance of that kind, even If It could be
perfected, would 'ultimately do greater
damage to thu commercial business of
Europe than any that American aggrcs
slon could possibly do. The leading
French economist, M. Heaulleu, who
was tmu of the first to suggest an nil!
ance, now regards it as unpracticauie
and urges that American competition be
combated by each country through
such tarllY action as it shall deuiu best
. coorM; lie umu June i.nieiieuuj
SW I I.I 1 ?..(.... 11..
ItlUlUlvc , duties ou American products,
or such of them as aro not absolutely
uectssary to Europe
We thluk it may be couudently as
surned that liiicu an alliance as
Prof. Sucss urges Is utterly itupractlca
bio but separate tariffs .directed against
American competition aru not impos
flhle. -What should this-country do to
avert that danger. If It cau be averted?
That Is II question which American
Mtttesmen are, called upon to very care
fully and carnestlr consider. We uot
only vwint to noui tnu loreign trade
we have, nut to increase it. The policy
that shall accomplish this will assure to
the United States domiuatiou or the
world'a markets ami mauy more years
or prosperity
kdvcatiux LV Tilt; VJtluln.ES.
llM worK ot establishing American
hchools lu the Philippines is making
progrchs, as shown by the report of
P'of- Atkinson, superintendent of In
truction for the Islands, and thero is
reason to expect that from now ou the
advance will be comparatively rapid
No dllllculty has been found In hecur
lng teachers, either from thu United
States or at Manila, the home supply
being very largely in excess of the pies
out requirements. Thero Is a lack of
Kchool buildings, however, which re
tains tun progress or enucauonai won
though this drawbuck It should not be
very dllllcult to remedy. A gratifying
fact noted lu the report Is the ready
acceptance of new conditions by tho
1-lllplno teachers uuil thu seal they
manifest In. tho work. Tlie require
I incut thut they shall learu tho Eug
llsti language, with the understand
ing that Spanish as a medium of In
struction will soon be abandoned, has
been geuerully accepted by the native
teachers and they are eagerly devot
ing themselves to the 'study of Eng
lish. 'Hie report says that "almost
without exception our teachers are be
coming appreciably more loyal to their
work and more conscientious In Its dis
charge." It thus appears thut the Philippine
educational problem Is belug worked out
In a- most satisfactory way, so fur as
the Island of Luzon Is concerned, but'
this 1s not thu most dllllcult part of
the problem. The Manila correspondent
of the New York Evening Post says:
"To realize the peculiar dllllcultles In
educating the little Elllpluos It is nec
essary to sweep from the mlud every
American idea of schools, of convey
ance, of communication and of language.
Then imagine an area as long as from
.Maluu to Florida, as broad as from
Iloston to Chicago. Over this expanse
ure scattered 150 inhabited islands,
with over a thousand smaller ones.
There Is but one railroad In the whole
urchlpelago and that a poor third-rate
line from Manila to Dagupnu, a dis
tance as far as from Washington to
Philadelphia. The remainder of the
islands have no railroad, no public
conveyance, like stage coaches, no ex
press compuules and very few wagon
roads. The greut majority of travel is
over trails, which lead here uud there
from village to village, often over steep
mountains and through large streams."
Necest-urlly such conditions are un
favorable to educational growth and
until they are removed, which will be
,a matter of years, the work of educa
tion In the archipelago, outside of a
portion of Euzou, must be slow.
Another drawback pointed out by the
Post's correspondent Is the fact that
thu schools, under Spanish rule, had
been conducted as brandies of the
church, thu whole idea belug to pre
vent the natives, except u selected few,
from gaining an adequate education.
Consequently there was no basis ou
which to build, uo organization, uo
uniformity In anything. Other dllllcul
tles and disadvantages are pointed
out, showing that the task of establish
ing an Americuu educational system In
the Philippines Is herculean uud calls
for thu exercise of the highest Judg
ment and knowledge In work of this
kind uud also of the greatest care und
patience.
There is much encouragement In the
fact thut the natives thus fur dealt with
show an eager desire to learn and a
good degree of aptitude. These, how
ever, constitute the better element of
the population. There are other mil
lions, "half devil uud hulf child," who
are likely to be, found fur less tract
able. That we shall ultimately, suc
ceed, however, In extending an Ameri
can educational system throughout the
archipelago is not to be doubted.
The "Fremont Tribune goes out of Its
way to advise -its. readers not to attend
1he Ak-Sur-Ben festivities at Omaha on
the pretense that Fremont never gets
any reciprocity from the metropolis.
Its insincerity Is shown by the fact that
It litters not a word of warning, how
ever, agalust Fremont people going to
tho state fair at Lincoln, although the
eclproclty from the capital Is still less.
This "knocking" arises simply from
the long-harbored habit of antagonizing
overy enterprise promoted by Omaha,
but happily It does not extend beyond
the small boru newspaper writers. The
people of Fremont, as well as thoso of
other Nebraska towns, appreciate the
pectacle brought within their reach by
Ak-Sar-Heu and will be glad to avail
themselves of opportunities which other
wise they would have to make long
Journeys to distant cities to Hud
Wo believe, too, that tho disposition
to antagonize Omaha, often noticeable
among the Ninaller cities and towns, Is
becoming less munlfest except In a few
places where It Is fanned by persons
who Imagine they have a grievance,
J. Sterling Mortou linds fault with
present methods of nominating candi
dates for supreme Judge and calls upon
the lawyers to make a choice to be pre
seated to tho people for their support.
As If the lawyers were the only ones
Interested lu having able Judges ou the
bench. Hut, then, It Is notorious that
Mr. Morton does not believe lu letting
the people have anything to say about'
who shall wear the Judicial ermine. If
lie hud his way all the Judges would
have life tenures . by appointment.
Happily the peoplu of Nebraska still
Insist upon an elective Judiciary that
an be held responsible periodically.
Over three-fourths of the Iron and
steef products Imported Into' Cuba dur
ing tho past year came from the United
States, an Increase of M per cent. Other
lines of trade make almost as good a
sjiowlng and It is evident that with a
friendly government lu the Island this
country will supply practically all Its
wants. What has been done In Cuba
can be done lu a large measure with
all the countries of this continent If
proper steps are taken to promote the
trade and good relations are mnlntalued
with the people of thoso countries.
Tho price of two square meals lu the
county Jail Is still !.r cents, whllo the
price of two squuru meals In the city
Jail is only HI cents. Sheriff Power
claims that the spread set out to the
county prisoners is more elaborate am
appetizing than that furnished city
prisoners, but notwithstanding this fact
we have not heard of any city prisoner
who has mado application for a trans
fer to thu county bast lie.
Chicago bakers have raised the price
of pies to correspond with tho Increased
cost of ilour, fruit, lard and other In
gredlents. This will only have tho ef
feet of whetting the appetltlcs of tho
men who hover around tho political pie
counters.
Tho Industrial revolution busmanl
fested Itself most strikingly lu theprcnt
establishments orlglually designed fnr
the storage of live stock products. 'Jibe
enormous Increase in cold storage facili
ties has made It profitable to store
perishable commodities of every de
scription, such as eggs, fruit, potatoes
ami other products of the farm, orchard
and dairy, and at uo distant day they
will not only control and equalize the
market price of live stock, hut also that
of all other perishable products.
The grand Jury lias no power to bring
Indictments not possessed by the county
attorney. Any one who can go before
n grand Jury can get the same redress
from thu county attorney. If a grand
Jury is needed "to clean the ntmos
pliere" It means then that the county
attorney has not been doing Ids whole
duty.
Tho sultan of Turkey has promised
to pay the French claims. If the
French nmbassador remains at home
until the remittance Is received his va
cation is likely to be a long one.
Wlmt About tbr I'lirsef
Baturday Evening Post.
Thero is nothing more pathetic than the
return coupon of tho summer vacation
ticket.
Depend on the 1'olnt of View.
Chlcngo Hccord-Herald.
Some Iowa democrats 'seem to look upon
their platform as a Joke, while others re
gard it as a tragedy.
Jarrliitc the Old World.
Baltimore- American.
Italian sardines aro canned In Maine,
French peas In Indiana, Chlncso lanterns
are made In Now York, Spanish onions aro
bottled In Philadelphia. We are a world
powor, really.
CoiiiunrUnii In Odloua.
Springfield Hcpubltcan.
Inquiry at tho leading hotels ot Ixindon
respecting tho color Una In connection with
the International Methodist church council
brings out tho uniform reply: "Wo abso
lutely will not discriminate against negroes.
All respectable Americans, black and whito.
ure the same to us." Dut In tho "land of
tho froo" tho situation Is somewhat differ
ent. Abundance und Diversity.
Philadelphia Record.
It is the diversity of American production
that gives us the commanding position
which we bold in International trading.
When corn falls us we make good the short
age In our exports with wheat or cotton,
and if foreigners do not need our bread -Bluffs
we still havo to sell our cheap manu
factured products and oil and coal and cop
per, while, adding to the world's storo ot
gold and silver.
Unprofitable Gold nrickR.
Philadelphia Lodger.
California Justice is sometimes equal to
that of New Jersey. Tho man who gained
notoriety a couple of weeks ago by his
ngenlous theft of gold bullion from a
smelter has already been tried, convicted
and sentenced to fifteen years' Imprison
ment. It was thought that, since he con
fessed and enabled the owners of the gold
to recover tho whole amount, ho would
escape with a light sentence, but It seems
he Is to be punished just as if ho had
kept all hlu loot. This makes his crime one
ot the most unprofitable on record.
' Ti '
Heroic .Heinedlea.
New Yok, Tribune.
A man In the west who suffered iorturcs
from rheumatism says that he cured him
self after the doctors had failed to give
him relief by fasting for tnlrty-one days.
A man In the cast who had been treated by
many physicians in vain was struck by
lightning and his rheumatism Instantly left
htm and has not returned. Few sufferers
from this baffling malady, which the medi
cal profession calls "protean," will hivo
patience to fast for weeks or will expose
themselves recklessly to elctrlc bolts. Those
methods of euro are certainly heroic beyond
tho endurance of the majority of the vic
tims ot this tormenting disease. But drugs
In great numbers of caBes are wholly futile
FOR UMKOHM DIVORCE LAWS,
Stnte Enactment Not I.lkely to Bring
Abont the Deiilred Renulta.
New York Herald.
Tho state commissioners for the promo
tion of uniform legislation, who have Just
held their annual session at Denver, are
taking the only course which Is likely to
lead to the needed reform of the divorce
ovll In the near futurr.
The abuses aimed ( t are notorious and
result from the tact that Instead of one
uniform law for the entire country there
aro forty-flvo statutes, many ot which are
loose and conflicting. The result Is that
dlvorco is easily obtained In one or more
states where the law Is lax by citizens ot
another who go thero and acquire a tem
porary residence solely for that purpose.
This would be deplorable enough If the va
lidity of tho dlvprco obtained were after
ward universally .recognized, but, as Is well
known. It is often assailed and sometimes
defeated, with the most serious marital
complications and consequences,
Tho truo remedy for tho evil Is a uniform
national law enacted by congress. Out
this is impossible without a constitutional
amendment, and there Is little hopo for tho
adoption of such amendment. The next
best thing to It is to secure uniformity In
the existing laws by the action of the sev
eral state legislatures. This Is tho work
that tho commissioners above referred to
have undertaken nnd which Is deserving ot
all encouragement and support.
GHOWI TOO IIBALTHYf
SlKiilllriucc nf the llenlth Stntlatlcs
Compiled by the Cenana Bureau.
New York World.
There seems to bo a large amount ot
Impetuous and Ill-considered jubilation
over tho surprising announcement of the
census bureau that our country U a'l the
time growing more healthy to live In.
Dctween 1890 and 1900 thero was, so the
bureau reports, a drop of 2.4 per 1,000 In
the death rate of these United States. Any
one can sit down with n pencil and figure
exactly how long It will be, If this rate of
reduction continues, before there Is no'
death rate at all. If we take the round
figure of 2 per 1,000 reduction every ten
years as the bunls of calculation, It !
evident that the 18.6 death rato ot 1910
will be wholly wiped out in ten decades,
In that case tho year 2000'wlll find the
American pcoplo living forever, except for
the comparatively few of them who die
by vlolcnco or as a matter of personal
preference.
At first sight, this news that the death rate
Is being surely extinguished by decennial
decreases of 2.4 per cent seems most grati
fying. Out Is thero not another side to It
May we not bo growing too healthy fr our
own ultimate happinesn? What are the
doctors and tho undertakers going to do
when the death rate touches zero and van
Ishes altogether? What Is to become of tho
poor heirs waiting for a chance to live on
other peoples money when tfs'atcr rm'
to die and wills never reach !! rr-bste
court? Moreover, If the birth s ill
hold up after the droth rJto hat com
pletely petered out, shall -.c not bs scon
as overcrowded all over the country as we
are now on the Brooklyn bridge? Shades
of Mai thus I whither aro we drifting?
OI.I ORCHARD.
.wltciiirut nt llftluliitm Hevltnl und
Km I.okIi'iiI Otitcoinr.
Brooklyn KukIc.
Old Orchard beach Is undergoing Its reg
ar summer excitement, tnr .
ul
known as tho Christian alliance, is ox.
hortlng the populace to give give give
and tho popftlace, wrought to hysterics,
peels oft Its bracelets and rings nnd watch
chains and empties Its pockets nnd shouts
hallelujah and then, when It reaches Its
boarding house and cools off, It utters
long whistles of Introspection and retro
spection and wonders how it Is to pay Its
bill nnd get back to the city. The Sunday
"offerings," ns these partly-unconscious
sacrifices, nro called, are nlleged to havo
been worth H0.00O. No receipts are given
for this money, no public accounting Is
made, no boards or committees nro under
obligations to tell tho givers of the ways
of expenditure, but money enough, accord
ing to report, Is given at every meeting to
build a church or to stock a Chinese town
with trouble nnd missionaries.
But Is thero so much nionev In tho lint
after Mr. Simpson has exhorted and begged
nnu uemanncu and worked his listeners into
insanity? Who Is to find out? As nobody
looks Into the hat we aro to accept mere
report. Of course ono sees the rincs and
Jewelry and greenbacks nnd checks fall In,
but aro tho rings nil gold? Are tho dia
monds alt of the first or second wntcr?
Aro tho bills all centuries? Aro tho
checks nil for $1,000? If so, how docs It
happen thnt we are not falllnir over Chris.
tlan alliance missionaries at every corner?
That missionaries are not fllllnc tho cabins
of overy steamer that, sets off for Pago Pago,
ana fcrromango, nnd Kllwa Klvlnjo, and
St. Petersburg? That Christian alliance
literature is not choking tho malls? That
a vast Increaso In the sect of Christian
alllancers has not occurred? Is It posslblo
mni tne eye or faith sees doublo nnd that
collections of two dimes look like 40 cents?
Professional reformers well know tho
vnluo of ostensible support. It en
courages practical support. There was
onco a clergyman who fulminated against
tho theater. Ho was gloriously, tri
umphantly ignorant of his subject nnd
mado so many kinds of spectacles of him
self? that his nudlencos fell nway after
tho first sermon. Ho saw that by tho tlmo
he had reached tho Inst in tho series ho
would bo preaching only to renortors. So
he engaged fourteen of his deacons nnd
friends In a little moral scheme. He bought
a quantity of theater tickets, did not use
tnem unless ho gave them to tramps, but
tore off tho coupons and scattered them
about the seats of his churrh. Thon, with
tno nelp of his confederates ho caused
theso coupons to be found, placed on tho
contribution plates and passed up to the
pulpit as tokens that tho peoplo who had
ostensibly used them during tho previous
wecK naa been overcomo by knowledge of
their orror nnd had In this act nroved
their resolution to sin no more. And tho
audlcnco was stirred and It wept rejoicingly
tor mis Dctoxened n gtat moral survival
of tho apostolic times when Christians got
along without theaters (most of them being
in jail tor their faith) and it was declared
that the sermons against the nlavhousn
had. bo'rno fruit in righteousness. Then
the deacons went into tho basement nnd
sat with their chins In tholr hands and
thought and thought.
So, It may bo for tho success of future
collecting tours of tho nhrlstlnn nlllnnpn
that large' results shall bo reported In nd-
vance. Tho collector will bo nlong this
way In a few weeks, no doubt, and with
tho record of vast winnings from Maine
and other places ho may expect n repeti
tion of his success. If anyone wishes to
nttend the meetings and enjoy the' luxury
or being moved by tho spirit,' nobody
would begrudge that privilege to him. It
oftenest comes to thoso. who are apart,
who stand on mountain' tops and lonely
rocks that are .beaten by tho seas. It may
come In tho silence of the night, under
tho stars, and In tho shadows of
cathedrals. Tho reality of that which
comes In response to screaming and ex
cltoments and beseechments Is to bo
doubted. It may provo to bo not piety,
but nerves. A good preparation for at
tendance on tho meeting of tho alliance
Is to leave one's watch at homo and con
fldo enough of ono's. money to a friend to
pay tho gTocer next Saturday.
PGRNOXAI. NOTISS.
'AH respectable Americans, black and
white, nro the samo to us," say tho London
hotel keepers. Evidently all Americans
look alike to them.
Hubbard B. McDonald, tho Journal clerk
ot the United States scnato, is the third
of his family to hold the place, his father
and grandfather preceding him In It.
General Miles was asked the other day
what It was that, In his opinion, most made
for popularity In an army officer. His reply
was: "Never to omit to return a salute."
John W. Gates, tho steel wire magnate.
1b something of a musiclnn. He amuses
himself a great deal by playing the violin
and has composed a number of llttlo songs
without words for that Instrument.
A letter received In Boston by friends of
John E. Redmond, M. P., says that tho
Parncll memorial monument will be mado
by Augustus St. Gaudcns. It will cost
$40,000 and must bo dono in flvo years.
John Farmer, the English musician
whoso recent death aroused keen regret In
London, was not always a musician. Ltko
many other men who have achieved fame
ho began life In his father's lace factory.
During tho dismantling of an old court
house at Trenton, N. J., a bottlo of brnndy
was found that was 113 years old and It
was tapped by the board of chosen free
holders certainly n most appropriate ro
ccptaclo.
Dr. Carter, tho retiring president of Wll
llnms college, held that post for twenty
years, during which tlmo eight now build
lngs havo been added to tho college, most
of the old ones renovated, a largo amount
of land acquired and the library doubled.
Some of the Russian newspapers nro dis
pleased with tho monument to Blsmar'k
recently unveiled In Moscow. They think It
strange that a rorelgnor snouiu nave necn
thus honored, while Alexander HI, Gogol,
Asakoff and mnny others nro neglected.
When the mammoth Iron doors of the
Agricultural hall In London swung open
upon what purported to be an exhibition ot
tho Ironmongery nnd hnruwaro trades of
Great Britain, the ubiquitous Yankee, with
his unfailing manufactures, was found to
have occupied tho majority of tho strategic
positions.
Landgravine Dowager Anna of Hesse, the
Bister of the ".Red" Prlnco Prledrlch Karl
of Trussla, has become a Roman Catholic
and taken her first communion In Kulda.
Tho conversion has made a sensation on
account of tho strong Protestantism of
both tho Hohenz6llern nnd Hcsso families
since tho tlmo of tho reformation.
C. Barber, president of tho Diamond
Match company, proposen to devote a large
part of his fortune for the benefit of Bar
berton, O., founded by him ten ysara ago,
Ho Wll expend about $100,000 In beautifying
n public park of 200 acres and adjoining
this, In an estate of 150 acres, ho Is to build
a $250,000 dwelling, which nt his death
Is to become a public hospital.
Dr. Krldtjof Nansen, the arctic explorer,
Is a litigant In a Chicago court. Dr. Nan
sen was in a fair way to receive tho for-
tuno left by Mathlas Blessing, a wealthy
Scandinavian, who died In Chicago two
years ago, an the other heirs, It is said,
had waived their claims In his favor. The
petition, however, Is filed by Mrs. Cunning-
horn of Chattanooga, Tenn., who says she
Is the daughter of the decedent's brother
IIYSTI2IUCH A'l
WASIIIMJTO.V HOSMP.
.nnip Mnttora of Xote Observed nt the
.Nntlimnl Cnoltnl.
Secretary Hoot has taken preliminary
steps In the direction of establishing an
army collego In Washington. In accordance
with tho Instructions ot congress a board
of army officers was appointed several
months ago and the report of thnt board
has been received by the secretary. Tho
report strongly recommends tho project and
It Is expected tho secretory will endorse It
to congress. It la believed that n collego
ot this kind established In Washington will
be most conveniently situated.
Tho vast amount of Information accumu
lated by the military Information division
will be accessible to student officers, who
will nlso bo nblo to consult the library of
congress. The details of such collego have
not yet been perfected, but Secretary Boot
nnB taken a keen Interest In the proposed
Institution and has given n good deal of
tlmo and thought to the organization of thn
college.
Ono of the results of Secretary Root's
western trip Is a decision In favor of nn
army school at Port Leavenworth. The sec
retory recognizes Leavenworth as best
adapted for an advanced school which
should bo open to officers of tho Natlonnl
Guard. It la Intended thnt Invitations shall
bo tendcrod to tho different states, which
will be allowed to send picked officers of
tho mllltla to Leavenworth for Instruction.
Tho Infantry nnd cavalry school Is now to
cated at Leavenworth and tho scopo of that
institution win be greatly enlarged, princi
pally by the assignment to the post of a
battalion of flold artillery, an engineer bat
talion nnd n slgna.1 corps command. These
officers, In addition to tho Infantry nnd cav-
nlry, will make the placo a field school for
officers.
Tho officers of tho Treasury department
had a strango experience tho other day.
few months ago, In making a selection
from ono of tho eligible registers of book
keepers nt tho civil service commission,
their attention was attracted by tho most
excellent papers of a young man from At-
anta, ua., nnd, as they were bo buslness-
lltco and presented such a neat, clerical
appearance, ho was selected and tendered
position at $660 a year. In duo course
of time tho department received n com
munication stating that at that time ho
was so busily cngnged that ho very re
luctantly declined tho position. A few
months afterward his namo was again cer
tified and ho was again selected and ten
dered a position nt the samo salary. He
again In a very courteous and buslness-IIko
Iettor declined tho position tor business
reasons.
Ho appeared at tho department Inter and
called on tho proper officers, and. after
pnylng rospects and thanking them for
their selection, ho stated that tho reason
ho did not take tho position at the times
tendered was that ho had a business posi
tion that was now paying him $50,000 a
year.
Tho veterans in the secretary's office
speak of this case as the most unlquo that
over camo under tbelr observation.
Washington Is afflicted with an epidemic
of fleas. Countless myrlnds of tho nests
hayo distributed themselves over the Dis
trict of Columbia, biting and stinging all
they can light upon without regard to rank
or color. They havo invaded every house
In tho district nnd taken possession of beds
and cots and hammocks. Like the cele
brated sandflea of California, thoy also ex
hibit a fondness for nestling and breeding
In underwear and traversing the human
body In a manner thnt causes one to stop
and Investigate himself to determine what
is happening. Washington did not under
stand tho flea Invasion until n scientific
attache of the Department of Agriculture
camo forward nnd told all about it. The
drug stores cannot supply the local demand
for insect powder nnd tanglefoot paper.
The fleas have got Into the departments,
whero they pester and annoy tho officials
and clerks of tho government while they
aro at work. They havo even forced an
cntranco Into the White House
"Frederick Harrison's admiration for
tho capltol as an architectural work and
tho central object of tho Washington land
scape," says a correspondent of the New
York Evening Post, "Is shared by so many
that ono can always send a thrill ot pained
surprise through a part of .every group of
visitors by a reminder that only Its two
wings nro built ot marhlo and that for
tho whiteness of Its main body wo must
thank coplqus and oft-renewed appltca
Hons of white paint. But quite bb much
astonishment is likely to bo felt by most
rerons nt tho discovery that the great
dome, which has been, the delight of all
beholders,, Is not precisely in the axis ot
tho central portico, but about six feet out
of place. Yet such Is the case It has
been necessary to resort to some trickery
to decelvo tho eye In taking In the wholo
effect of the edifice, but the cheat ha been
accomplished bo cleverly that it may bo
forgiven.
"Anothor fact, llttlo known to the pub
lic, 1h that tho exquisite proportions ot tho
domo are tho result of accident, not do
sign. The present lines do not follow the
architectural drawings, because when the
baso of tho domo propel was measured
preparatory to lowering It Into the collar
which was already In placo for It, It was
found to be too large. Tho collar could
not then bo changed to fit, bo the original
baso wns cut off at the point where tho
diminishing diameter would slip Into tho
collar. Tho result ' was most gratifying.
If, as many experts assert, tho present
domo ns first designed would have been Im
perfect, nnd If It had been used, one of
tho most satisfactory public edifices In
tho world would havo Inckcd a large part of
Its present ennrm.
FARMKHS W1M. OUT AI.ONO,
Wt-Ntrrn Tillers nf the Moll In No
Dnnprr nf I'lnnnclnl Drouth.
Hocky Mountain News.
Readers of market reports and tho vast
majority of business men nnd women read
market reports havo noticed for .several
days that the quotations on whent, corn
and oats In Chlcngo arc either statlounry
or lower as compared with tho "hot wove"
period. Indeed, the visible supply, ns pub
llshed each week by severnl agenclni, may
bo cited to show that America will havo
grain for export. Some twenty French
vessels, sailing under thn bounty law, aro
at present enrouto for Pacific coatt ports
to bo loaded with wheat for Europe, and
thero will he cargoes and to spare for all
of them.
It Is a year of compensations for farmers
What ho loses In one direction ho morn
than makes up lu another. While prcsen
Indications go to show that thero will be
only two-thirds of a corn crop, It Is reason
ably certain that tho wheat crop will ag
gregate Inrger than ever beforu In tho
history of American agriculture. Tho
drouth struck tho west Just as the winter
wheat crop was being harvested and while
It worked disaster to tho corn crop It
nevththeless brought ideal conditions for
whent harvetlng. Throughout tho drouth
stricken teriltory practically the entire
erop of winter whpat has been gathered In
almost perfect condition. Threning ro
ports provo tho quality better than ever
before.
Reliable authorities, whoso business It Is
to bo thoroughly posted, declare that Kan
san has harvested n crop of 100,000,000
bushols of winter wheat, by far the larg
est cron ever grown, Missouri and Ne
braska come forward with 22,000.000 nnd
40.000,000 bushels respectively, Oklahoma
will show a total of 25.000,000 bushols a
pretty good showing for a territory which
was never tilled prior to 1890. The total
winter wheat crop of the country will
amount to 425,000,000 bushels. To this must
bo added tho spring whrnt yield. Reports
from Minnesota nnd North D.tkoln, tho
two great spring wheat stales, go to show
that tho harvest will equal tho best records
yet made. Tho estimates of the spring
wheat crop, the harvest of which Is soon
to begin, Indicate n totnl of ."00,000,000
bushels. It the results nro ns expected
the wheat crop for the present year will
reach 725,000,000 bushels. Tho highest
previous record thnt for 1SUS -was 075,
000,000. Thoro will bo no resort this year to mort
gages on tho fnrms and (ho losses In feed
ing stock will not bo severe, as recent
rains havo enabled farmers to plant lain
fodder. The high prjco ot potatoes means
a financial lift for farmers who have them,
as tho chango from this vegetable to bread,
cornpones or any other substitutes will
not be mado In a hurry.
TRUSTS AXD PROTECTION.
Capitalistic Combination Do Nut De
pend on Tariff for Niieem.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal (dcm.)
Trof. J. W. Jenks reports to tho Indus
trial commission that thero Is little belief
In Europo that protcctlvo tariffs nro re
sponsible tor tho existence ot trusts. Ho
also says thero Is relatively llttlo opposi
tion In Kuropo to combinations, but
rather an opinion thnt thoy are necessary
to moet Industrial combinations. This I
as good an argument for trusts ns for pro
tection and will Impress tho olass ot pco
plo who bcllovo In both.
Conditions In Europo and America aro
somewhat different. In Great Brtaln thoro
Is a tariff for rovenuo only, but on tho con
tinent strenuous protectvo laws aro tho
rule. But In Germany, for example, pro
tection Is not primarily for tho benefit of
manufacturers, but of agriculture. Ger
many produces many manufactured
articles more cheaply Hum other countries.
So far as wages affect tho labor
cost thoy aro much lower thero than in
England. Tho tariff Is Invoked to keep out
foodstuffs and provisions. Manufacturing
docs not need protection oxcept In a tew
Industries when tho greater Ingenuity of
other countries gives them nn advantage.
Now It Is In manufacturing industries
thnt combinations play their principal part.
In a country Hko tho United Stntes it Is
impossible to form a combination thet cau
control the production of tho groat staples
of agriculture, such as cotton, wheat or
corn. As to somo ot tho minor crops tho
attempt might bo moro hopeful. But, on
tho other hand, our, great staples need no
protection and get none,1 though thoy nro
put on tho tariff schedule. It Is Impossible
for a tariff to prevent foreign com
petition In nn article which nobody, wishes
to import and many export. This condition
applies In the United States to tho princi
pal products of agriculture; In Gormnny to
most manufactured articles, but not to all.
It Is hardly posslblo to lay down any hard
and faat rule that will apply to every com
modity that might bo named. Thero aro
nearly always exceptions, not important,
perhaps, but 'sufficient to provo tho rulo.
Still It may bo laid down as a general rulo
that Germany oxports manufactured prod
ucts nnd tho United States agricultural
products and most of theso aro lncnpablo
of protection from a tariff, becauso thoy
aro, produced moro cheaply In tho exporting
country than clsowhere. Tho samo prin
ciple prevails as to other European coun
tries, at least as far as trade with us la
concerned. Tho distinction is very Im
portant. Wo Import agricultural products
that aro not produced at homo or pro
duced in Insufficient quantity, but this does
not affect tho general principle.
Trusts may exist without a protcctlvo
tariff, becauso somo lines of production
aro not affected by Imports. Tho cnae Is
different with n trust which produces nr.
tides on which thoro Is a heavy protective
tariff. Tho trust Is simply to keep down
domestic competition. Tho tariff Is to pre
vent foreign competition. Where foreign
competition can reduce prices a trust Is n
vain rcllanco to put them up. As soon ns
prices reach tho point whero Imports nro
posslblo tho rlso Is nt onco chocked by tho
introduction of foreign goods, Tho trusts
understand this If tho pcoplo do not.
Though somo of them aro largo exportors,
thoy nro unwilling to surronder tho protec
tion which enables thorn to got better
prices at home than thoy obtain abroad.
If Europeans are moro friendly to trusts
than Americans It 1b becnuso they havo not
suffered so much from their exactions.
CHKr.HV CHAW
ti.i,i.. Vnirlr.. Mlnlxtrr frearilnir wed-
uiuuniui . ... m . . . ...... ... ,
rtinff Rprvlee) And you. Hans, tnkc Jill
woman for better, for worse?
Hans Frankfurter (consclentlouslyl-bor
better, sir! She hnf $40-1 cot nettings!
Tinatnn Times; Bovnton Hnrdlng fells mo
he is Buffering from nn operation.
Sawyer I naun t nearu oi u. nuium", i
courso? . . ., , ,
Uynton No. tins wns a unaiicmi un.i.
tlon. Gibbons borrowed $10 of him yester
day.
T-Baiio'u iv'epklv: Mr. Ansler (opening
basket) Yes, dear, I hnd excellent luck
today. I'll show them- Why-why, they ro
sail mncKeren .... ,. , ... ,
I told the grocer to mind mackerel tho next
tlmo for n rhnnge-you'vo cuimht eo many
trcHii uan luieiy, you uu.
ntcumer rnn Into n school of whnlcs oft
the Jower wunnrnin
was u school of oratory."
"Why so?"
"They wero nil Bpoutlng."
.1. ...t.i. , nAuu. "Vm Vin'u filtvnVH
hannv when he's hunting for work. '
"What a cheerful disposition! And Is ho
never dlscournged. never Fad?"
' umy wncn no nniin u.
Hrnnklvn Life! UrlKKH SpudklllH lllis
ncrvo. hasn't he? , ,
Qrlggs Nerve: wny no norruwrii my
dress suit to go to n weddlnz. had It alti-r-l
to fit htm. then told the tailor to send it
homo with tho bill C O. D.
Detroit Freo Press: Mjimma-O.'i, Harris
the tmby Is lieclnnliiB to tnko notice,
Papa Ib thnt bo? Well, It struck me no
hadn't been taking notice for nonin tlmo
past: tint when 1 wanted to sleep wns just
tho time ho wanted to rnlse namlilll.
Boston Transcript: Mrs. Mann-Whiit a
rmin you nro. Joseph. You always tnkc i tho
girl's Bldo every tlmo I huvo trmibln with
hMr. Mnnn-Well. why shouldn't 1? Doesn't
she sympnthlzo with :m whn you nnd I
havo words?
Chicago Tribune: "WIvrro lire i nil tho
people?" lied the drummer, noticing tho
deserted niincnrnnec nt the Btreols.
They're Bone to the town nark to pray
for rnlii." answered tho wetUern Missouri
merchant. .
"Uo you recKim u, T '
"I don't bellevo It will," said the mer
chant, gloomily. "1 hnven't sold a single.
umberelia."
WATCHING THU HAHVUMTHIIS.
Baltimore American.
Thn wheat slows Hko a golden sen,
Whose blllowH fnll and rise.
And glenm In yellow loveliness
Beneath tho summer skies.
Afnr across tho waves of gold
Tho reapers Bleer their way:
Their scytheB they ply like shining oara
Amid tho spurkllng spray.
Tho sighing winds enine crooning down
And ripples softly creep '
Acrsi the sun-klsse. sen of irrnln
Where wiivelots hide and peep.
The renpers shape with brawny skill
Tho roiirses they wish to take
ml leave behind their flnshlnir prow
An evcr-wldenlng wake.
The renperri. w ? snld before.
Hteer, as a shin thnt files.
Across the golden sea to whero , i
The Iiib of cider lies. .
And I in fancy I can hear
Thn when ten billows rnnr
For I am loafing lu the shade "
Way out upon tho shore.
David. ,
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