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I'AHTIHS LEAVINU Foil SOIHUU
Fftrtlca Icavluit (ha city for
(he summer may have The Oca
cut to theni regularly br
uotlfrlntf The lice lliinliievs
olflce, In iiersnu or by uinll.
The nddrrsa Mill be eliunifetl
aa often na desired.
All roads for republicans lead to Lin
coln just now.
The mayor of South Omaha has
finally Issued his Labor day proclama
tion. Now .let the celebration proceed.
The Nebraska National CSuard will
fu-cept Omaha's hospitality for Its an
nual eurampment this year. The sol
dier boys arc entitled to the best.
An Indian chief will be the principal
speaker at the Dakota county old set
tlers' picnic. No one will be able to dis
pute his claim to being the oldest In
habitant. Only two montfis remain that can be
depended on to favor outdoor work.
I'ubllc and private Improvements should
bo hurried along to get In under the
frost wlro.
His royal highness, King Ak-Sar-nen,
never falls to arrive on schedule time
and he never falls to make good every
promise of entertainment for guests at
his court functions.
Douglas county farmers liavu been
notified to cut the weeds along tho roads,
under penalty of the state law. The
drouth evidently neglected to get Its
work In ou tho weed crop.
A system' of drawing Jurors that pulls
out the names of women with every
batch must be defective somewhere.
The seat of trouble should bo located
and tho correction applied.
If tho committees of heavy property
owners who are so much In evidence
when tho city tax levy Is about to be
inodo will direct their attention to tho
court house they will, easily discover
several leaks that could be stopped up.
After sacrificing several lives by Imv
log people bitten by mosquitoes Infected
with yellow fever, the doctors profess
to believe they have proved their theory.
This may bo comforting to tho doctors,
but tho victims are not In a position to
rcallre ou the value of the discovery.
Lord Mllncr, ou nrrlvlng In South
a men, nnnounces there will Ito no
cliauge In Ilrltlsh policy In that portion
of tho globe. Thcro Is every Indication
that until there Is a change It will not
bo safe for his lordship to go rabbit
hunting without a bodyguard of at least
u regiment.
Tho St. Louis exposition officials have
called for a substantial payment on the
stock subscriptions. The preliminary
(stngo of the fair has dragged so long
mac it it is to do a success tnc money
must 1m paid In promptly and actual
work commonced. Omaha knows from
expcrlcnco that It takes something be
sides talk to make nn exposltlou a sue
cess,
Tho governor of Indiana has decided
to bring Impeachment proceedings
Against sheriffs who fail to enforce the
law against prize fighting. If he fol
lows up hlu program tho sheriffs of that
state will be likely to take official notice
of such violations of law. TrUe fighting
would have been broken up long ago
but for thu fact that officers of the law
wink at the violations.
Official reports from China tend to
take some of the conceit out of scientists
from Europe nnd the United States. In
treating tho plague tho better class o
native doctors have succeeded In saving
from 30 to t!0 per cent of their patients
while European doctors havo only been
nblo to savo '-'5 per cent. Evidently the
heathen Chinee sometimes knows
thing or two, and perhaps three.
HKVUIIIjWAXS CAXXOT UKMA .V 81LEXT.
Tho eyus of the whole state nre upon
the republican convention about, to us
soluble at the Htntc. capital.
Tor the llrst time since the jjlorlous
victory of 1100 the representatives of
the party will meet to formulate the
party's policy on which It will appeal
to tho voters of Nebraska for a renewal
of confidence.
The demand of the hour from the
rank and tllo of republicans Is for a
frank and unequivocal expression on the
exercise of executive clemency to em
bezzlers of public funds.
Whatever may be the coiidltldns under
which a parole has been jjlveu, the patty
cannot justly be held responsible unless
It assumes the responsibility by tacit
assent. In other words, while the 1,1100
delegates representing the party are not
called on to arraign the executive or
Impugn Ids motives, they cannot shirk
the duty devolving upon them to dls
lalm for the party any sympathy with
custodlnns of public moneys who have
betrayed their trust and brought dis
grace, humiliation and disaster upon the
party which bad honored them.
AO I'IjATFOHM Of 1'IjATITUDKS.
The tepubllcans of Nebraska have
been restoied to power on probation.
'heir lease of power will continue only
so long as they administer the trust they
have assumed on behalf of the people
with fidelity nnd Integrity of purpose.
Not only must the caudldiites nomi
nated by them be clean and capable, but
the declarations embodied In their plat
form must have the right ring.
This Is an off year and the campaign
Is sure to turn on state as well as on
national Issues. The ruslou reformers
must not be given the monopoly of
battling for reforms favored by meii of
all parties.
While It Is proper for the republican
state convention to point to the match
less achievements of the, past and the
substantial prosperity of the present, it
can not put off the Issues of the hour
either by glltterliig generalities, equtvo-
nl platitudes, or studied silence.
THE IXSULKXCtl or OTUK.
Who would bear the whips and scorns of
lme, tho oppressor's wrong, the proud
man's contumely, the pangs of desplBed
ove, tho law's delay, tho Insolence of ofllco
and thu spurns that patient merit of tho
unworthy takes.
The soliloquy of Hamlet Is as appli
cable today as It was In the time of
Queen Hess, -(H) years ago.
The climax of the Insolence of ofllco
has Just leon exhibited by the outgoing
receiver of the land office at O'Neill.
According to the World-Herald, the
recognized organ of the Holt county
ring, strong resolutions of censure dJ-
ected to the national administration,
Senators Dietrich and Millard, and K.
Hosewater, were Introduced in tho re
publican convention of Holt county by
It. H. Jenness und his friends and ad
mirers because 1). Clem Denver has
been appointed to supersede him. One
would Imagine that .Tciiucss had at some
time done something to distinguish him
self nnd place the republican party un
der extraordinary obligations because
of his Invaluable service.
Up to 1SUI the political history of Jen
ness was a blank. In that year ho was
earning about $18 a week as a typeset
ter In the World-Herald office. During
tho fall campaign of that year he pro
jected himself as a labor champion and
was nominated and elected to tile legis
lature as the special representatlvo of
labor. He bad not warmed the sent In
tho stnte house three days before ho
turned his back on the worklugmeu and
allied himself with the corporate lobby
and the jobbers that Infest the capital.
Incidentally, he formed a warm attach
ment for Joe Hartley mid worked hard
for Hartley's pet bill to repeal the de
posltory law which required treasurers
to account for the Interest on public
money.
After the session had closed Jenness
became Impressed with tho Idea that It
would not be agreeable for lilm to face
his constituency by resuming his rcsl
deuce In Omahn. He preferred to take
up his future residence in Hartley's
home town of Atkinson, where he was
Installed as editor and proprietor of n
print shop reputed to have been the
property of the treasury wrecker. In
due time thu services of Jcuuess In the
senatorial election were substantially
recognized by Senator Thurston In his
appointment iib receiver of tho O'Neill
laud otllce,
Although his four-years' term expired
In June, Jcuuess was allowed to hold
the ofllco three mouths longer. With
no claim for reappointment, Is It uot
sublime cheek ou the part of Jenuess
and his admirers to pretend to bu Indlg
mint and outraged by tho appoluttuenl
of his successor? Is It uot an exhlbl
Hon of Impudeucu as well as Insolence
for them to try to cast slurs upon Presl
dent McKlulcy and the Nebraska sena
tors because they relieved Jenuess from
further ollleial usefulness to the Holt
county ring?
THU ilKXAL'K TO UKBTSVUA) lXnUSTIl 1
Tho fact Is now very generally recog
uized that the policy and purpose of the
Sugar trust are to destroy the American
beet sugar Industry. That Is what the
proposition to admit Cuban raw sugar
freo and retnln the duty on refined
means. It Is a proposition that con
templates the abandonment of bee
sugnr production In this country and
the surrender of tho American market
to the control of tho trust. "It Is well
understood," suys the Cleveland Lender,
"that without any protection on raw
sugar the 'farmers of the United States
could not or would not try to campet
with the chenp lnlor and easy tillage o
the sugar cane Islands of the West In
dies. Thu moment they stopped the grow
lug ot sugar beets in sufficient quantities
to Insure steady supplies for tho beet
sugar works tho domestic sugar Indus
try of the American republic would be
crippled nnd the Sugar trust would be
flic master of the whole field which It
has so ably and mercilessly exploited."
That paper adds that the natural peril
of the trust Is the American farmer who
grows beets for sugar and who cannot
be syndicated und absorbed.
The Leader thinks It quite probable
that the next session of congress will
witness a struggle for life by the beet
sugar Interest against the mncblnntlons
of the Sugar trust and says It Is do-
Irable that all neutral classes should
understand In advance what the agents
of the trust will mean when they pro
pose the removal of duties on raw sugar
and the retention of protection for re
finers. "They may talk of cheaper
sugur, but they will be aiming to smash
nnd wipe out of existence the only force
which now keeps down the price of
sugar and forces the American Sugnr
Helinlng company to lower Its market
notations at the beginning season."
In conclusion our Cleveland couteinpo-
ary declares that "If the American
people can be deluded by the special
pleading of such an organization as the
Sugar trust they will deserve no sym
pathy. Its true purpose Is too uppar-
nt. It stands too clearly for monopoly
and the extortion which Is the child of
complete control of great Industries."
It Is gratifying to know that this sub-
cct is beginning to command public at
tention and discussion, for thu more
arefully It is considered tho stronger
will become tho opposition to thu mani
fest scheme of the Sugar trust In Its
advocacy of free raw sugar from Cuba.
Wo do not believe that congress will
do anything that might be fatal to the
American beet sugar industry. We do
not doubt that the administration would
disapprove any legislation of that na
ture. Hut the trust will spare no effort
to carry out Its purpose and the friends
f the American sugar Industry must be
alert and active. The power that 1ms
In effect declared war on that Industry
cannot safely bu treated with indiffer
ence. iiui'ixo t'oit ixrt:itt'Kiu:xcE.
The latest advices regarding the dis
turbance in Colombia Indicate that the
government of that republic Is hoping
for the Interference of tho United States
In the event of serious trouble on the
Isthmus of 1'anama. An American
gunboat is now at Colon and another Is
on Its way to the raclfiu sldo of the
Isthmus, but this does not contemplate
any Interference on tho part of our gov-
mment beyond, what may be necessary
to maintain free transit across tho Isth
mus, which our government Is under
treaty obligation to do. If the Insur
gents attempt to stop transit across this,
commercial highway It will be the duty
of the United States to interpose, but
this would not be done lu the Interest
of the government of Colombia, except
so far as thu isthmus Is concerned.
That Is to say, the United States has
nothing to do with the Internal or ex
ternal troubles of Colombia beyond
carrylug out the stipulation to preserve
the neutrality of the Isthmus of Pana
ma and secure the freedom of transit
across it. The Insurrection lu that re
public, which lias been going on for two
years, concerns our government only to
tho extent that It may endanger the
free course of tralllu across thu Isthmus.
l'hls applies, also, to any Invasion of
Colombia from neighboring republics.
In short, all that the United States Is
concerned about and respecting which It
could rightly Interfere. Is thu keeping
open of tho Isthmus ami It can confi
dently be predicted that our government
will attempt no Interference beyond
this. It may not be necessary for the
United States to use force lu order to
carry out Its treaty obligation, but If It
should lecome uecessary there Is no
doubt that forcu will bu employed.
Thu situation 1ms a rather serious as
pect for the Colombian governmeut. It
Is lu an extremely bad condition llnan
chilly, the Insurrection appears to be
growing and thu country Is surrounded
by foes. The overthrow of the govern
ment seems highly probable. Hut at all
events It Is tho policy of the United
States not to Interfere u these South
American conflicts and this policy will
be studiously observed In the present
case.
Tho Philippine revenues show an In
crease of over ?1, 000,000 during the
past six months, as compared with the
previous period. This Increase liiul
cates largely the progress made In pad
llcatlon of the Islands and the resump
tlou of normal conditions. pot one
penny of these receipts Is sent to thu
United States, but all Is expended tor
the benefit of thu Islands and their peo
pie. This fact alone should be a powerful
argument with the natives of the bene
fits of American rule. During the Span
ish regime millions were extorted In
taxes to pay Interest on debts and other
millions seut to the Spanish treasury.
All thu United States will ever ask of
the Filipinos will be to sustain them
selves. Many southern communities nre busily
engaged at present In driving the
negroes out. The southerner will dis
cover In tlmo If he pursues his present
tactics that after the negro Is gone he
will bo compelled to get down to work
on his own account. The negro Is thu
burden bearer of the south and that
section needs the colored mnn as much
as the colored man needs tho south.
Kx-dovernor Stone of Missouri con
tinues to Insist that silver Is still an
Issue. Some of his friends should take u
day off and wake the ex-governor up.
1 1 II lit II no, by Co ii trust.
Washington Star,
Exile, nrson, confiscation and starvation
are offered the Boers In exchange for the
terras they gave the Jameson raiders. The
more wo think ot our treatment of Spain the
better satisfied we are with the work of the
gentlemen who represented us t Paris.
l.ncklnK (he Htnhle Door.
Minneapolis Tribune.
What Is left of tho nubile domain should
hn reserved in far as nosslbloVfor actual
settlers wherever the land Is desirable for
homes. The balance otigbt lo be voted
to forestry under somo arrangeme that
would Insure the preservation of ihKtrees
already growing and the planting of tnftear
tea nnd the reforesting of tho denuded
areas. It Is tlmo to call a halt upon reck
less profligacy In disposing of land belong
ing to the United States.
Amendment n n lluiirli.
Chicago Itecord-llcrald.
It a constitutional amendment Is required
to chango tho (Into ot Inauguration day and
tho assembling of & new congress within a
reasonable time after Us clectlou, the agi
tation might na well be dropped now. Such
amendments nro well nigh Impossible, lie
sides, wo need one providing for the elec
tion of senators by direct vote of tho people
more than either ot these other changes.
MlinriotTN on llrlitht Promises.
Ilrooklyn Eagle.
Wp have the promise that as automobiles
Increase flh will decrease, for flics bre.d
In street and road filth, which automobiles
do not create. Files carry matarln and
typhoid fever and ophthalmia and cholera.
Hut then, automobiles carry nervous pros
tration and explosions and create autcmo
bllltls. it Isn't a perfect world, however
you look nt It.
I'lnyliiK In Ilnril Lurk.
Itnttlmore American.
Mr. Bryan Is having unusually hard luck
this year. The state conventions aro treat
ing him most cruelly In declining to In
dorse his free sliver vlewu. Tho blow la
Ohio was particularly severe. The Virgin
ians let him down with more politeness, but
they used language sufficiently firm not to
bo misunderstood. The course of events Is
such that more of this opposition may be
expected, especially In tho south, where
many of tho people are norry for tho voto
they cast In 1896. Mr. Bryan's friends tn
Iowa made n desperate effort on We(lnfsilay
to keep him from being offended, and after
n struggle the Kansas City platform was In
dorsed. Iowa being hopelessly republican,
tho Nebraska man can take what comfort he
can find out of ,thc transactions of tho con
vention In that state.
QI'AnitE.NMAI, .SESSIONS.
Alnhnnin Essnya u Nct Ilccord Ile-
M'eetliiK Km Legislature.
Chicago Tribune.
The Alabama constitutional convention
has made provision In Its draft of a now
organic law for quadrennial sessions of tho
legislature, the govornor to have authority
to call special sessions when necessary.
Thero Is a good deal to bo said in favor of
this proposition In states whero so ample
a measure of solf-govcrnmont Is granted
to local communities that thoy do not have
to be constantly running to tho legislature
for new laws. Some states where thcro
used to be nnnual sessions of the legisla
ture, but where sessions nro biennial now,
woro a little doubtful as to the wisdom
of the chango when made, it did not tako
them long to discover that tho chango
was for the better. Few' laws were en
acted, but tho community was tho gainer
thereby. If leglelnturcs did not meet so
often there would not be tho Incessant
demand for new laws, thcro Is now. Tho
people, awnre that oxlstlng laws could
not be changed speedily, would accommo
date themselves to them nnd manage to
get along quite comfortably. If legislatures
met quadrennially thero would be a bet
ter opportunity than there Is now for the
thorough public, discussion of proposed
legislation. Tho Inutility of many sug
gested "reforms' would becomo appar
ent before the legislature was called on
to tako action concerning thorn. There Is
a law-making cnuo. In, this country and It
rages with the greatest violence whore law
making bodies meet the. o'ftenest. If tho
Illinois legislature were to meet anually
tho conacquenee-would be sad Indeed. t
It wore to mtct (only onco every four or
six years It Would he all tho better for tho
state and, Its people.
FOOD AIlII,TEUATfON.
Steed of (irrnter Publicity for the Pro
Icetlon ol Co ii Nil in em.
Now york Tribune.
The Department of Agriculture has at
the Pan-American exposition an exceed
ingly Interesting dlsplny of pure and adul
terated food products. Except for one
thing It might be said to be extremely val
uable. The exhibit serves to awaken curi
osity, distrust and, .even alarm by showing
the public specimens of dyes, impurities
and even poisons found in alimentary ar
ticles purchased ,in the open market. But
It docs not enable .any person to avoid such
adulterated foods. The labels are removed
from the products subjected to analysis, so,
urni iiu munuiaciurer s reelings aro hurt
by the exposure of hU dishonesty and no
consumer Is warned what not to purcbaso
If ho would avoid eating deleterious sub
stances. It Is said that putting the labols alongside
tho results of analysis would give manu
facturers of adulterated foods not ana
lyzed for tho exhibit an advantage over
those whose Impure goods were shown to
tho public In their Impurity. It Is difficult
to sympathize with tho plea that some
men Bhould be protected In wrong-doing
because some others doing the same thing
cannot bo punished at the same time. On
that theory very .few criminals would over
bo sent to prison. Whatever justification
thoro may be for froelng this exhibition of
the scientific work of the Agricultural de
partment from complications and avoiding
making tho Pan-American showcases a pil
lory for manufacturers who aro perchance
exhibitors on tho 'same grounds, thert, Is
uo reason why fhe department should be
tender of food adulterators In general. It
Is of little use to a1 man o be told that
out of ten samples ot canned fruit seven
wuro loaded with salicylic acid. The In
formation may make htm miserable, but It
will not give him protection or help him to
protect himself. Iteports show that high
priced goods are ns likely to be drugged ob
cheap ones and the consumer Is at the
mercy ot the manufacturer unless some
one comes to his rescue. If the govern
ment undertakes to analyze foods for the
protection of the- public It should spread
broadcast with Its analyses the names of
tho makers of the articles examined. The
truth Is no libel and It a poison is found
In a cortaln brand of food It is right to
say exictly In what It was found so that
pcoplo can avoid It. Perhups they might
In Ignoranco turn for a time to foods
equally adulterated, but with an active
department those, too, would be exposed
and at the same tlmo the government an
alyses ot articles honestly fabricated would
direct consumers In the right path as well
as warn them from tho wrong.
Thero ought to be some way to make this
knowledgo of what to buy and what to
leavo alone general, Too frequently, Just.
as at Buffalo, those who learn that vitriol
Is put In some of the canned vegetables
which they buy are not told Just which of
them are -so treated and such Information
as Is embodied In reports as to factories
and brands docs not clrculato widely among
those who aro the principal consumers ot
the goods and no attempt Is made to ren
der popularly available the fact that i
certain brand of peaches contains for
roaldehyde as there Is to toll people that
they ar In danger from a counterfeit $5
bill which happens to be afloat. The
money counterfeiter does no more harm
than the food counterfeiter. They are both
frauds and the government officials who
detect them should advertise them as such
so that no Innocent person will be wronged
The food adulterator Is entitled to no pro
tectlon. Every brand found not true to Its
represented character should be ruthlrsely
exposed. If that course hurls anybody's
trade it will be because their trade 1
dishonest and ought to be hurt.
1WCT.S IHM'lini) IN 1'Klt ltES.
Trnile, SIiIIiIiik, I'lre I, (' unit Dif
fused lulelllHf iter.
The fire losses In the United States lu
1900, according to the Now York Chronicle
Are tnblcs, were $101,000,000, ns ngalust
$133,000,000 for ISM'.
The most disastrous year for lire In
this country was lS'Jil, when the losses
amounted to more than l'i",500,000. Of
tho 1011,000 buildings burned last year
nearly half or, to bu more exact, 50,4 17
were dwelling houses. Then 2,107 hotels,
(4ubs nnd restaurants were burned, with
838 theaters and hall', G7S churches, C47
colleges, schools nnd convents, 241 public
buildings nnd 1G1 hospitals nnd asylums.
Tho total toss by fire In the United
States for twenty-six yenrs ending Decem
ber 31, 1900, was $2,899,714,021. Tho num
ber of Arcs In New York state last year
was 12,107 and tho loss $21,737,785. Penn
sylvania hail 8,08 fires with a total loss of
$16,497,025. In Nevada there were but fifty
eight fires nnd the loss arising from them
was only $183,000.
Ono thousand three hundred nnd forty
fires wnio caused In 1900 by spontaneous
combustion, two by tho sun's rnys on milk
cans, one by tho sua's rays on a tin roof
and three by the sun's rays through win
dow glass.
The Frankfurter Zeltung of Frankfurter,
KOormnny, furnishes the following table of
the largest steamship companlc. of the
world, their tonnngo nnd the average of
their vessels.
Company nnd Flag. Tons. AV. Age.
ltnmburg-Atncrlcan line,
dermnn 615,000 4.4 yenrs
North Ocrman Lloyd, Ger
man 510,050 D.S yea's
British India Steamship
Navigation company, Enc
ash 3S0.000 12.7 years
Elder Dempster. Ltd.. Enc
llsh 375.O0O
Leylnnd (now Morgnn), U. S.325,000
1'enlnsula & Oriental, "Eng
lish 313.m 9.2 years
Union Cable, EnKllsh 243.000 5.5 years
Messngerles Murltlmes.
French 245,000 11.5 yenrs
Following is tho tonnage of the lnrgest
steamship lines ot other countries:
Company and Flng. Tons, nbout.
Nippon Yusan Kalschii, Japan! 1P5.W)
Nnvlgazlonu Genomic, ltalv 1W.0UO
Itusslan Steamship und Commercial
coinimnv, HllSHla lfij.OOO
Austrian Lloyd. Austria 155,000
Forenede Darnpfklbs. Denmark 130,000
A Frankfort letter to th'e Chicago Tribune
says: According to the statistical tnbtes of
the Metnllgcscllschaft of Frankfort-on-tho
Main, tho production ot aluminium In 1900
was 17,035,082 pounds, against 29,242 pounds
In 1885.
In this total oj production the following
works participated viz.:
The Aluminium Industry works at Neu
hausen, Switzerland; nhclnfelden, Germany,
and Lond-Oasteln, Austria, with 5,500,000
pounds; England, with 1,100,000 pounds;
France, 3,300,000 pounds; United States,
7,135,081 pounds,
Ono kilogram of aluminium 2 1-5 pounds
In 1855 had a valuo of 1,000 marks (1
murk equal to 23.8 cents); lu 1856, 300
marks; 1857, 210 marks; 1838 to 1886, 100
marks; 1886, 70 marks; 1888, 47.50 marks;
February, 1890, 27.60 marks; September,
1890, 15.20 marks; February, 1891, 12 marks;
July, 1891, 8 ma'rks; November, 1891, 5
marks; 1S95, .1 marks; 1898-'09, 2.20 marks;
1900, 2 marks.
Recently the prlco has declined farther,
and it Is believed that tho demand hns not
qulto equaled the supply. Germany Imported
In 1900 2,075,480 pounds and exported 500,
700 pounds.
Nearly 28,000,000 pounds of printed mat
ter, deelgncd for general dissemination, was
hipped In ono month ,last year, reports tho
New -York Sun, by. publishers at the rato of
cent a pound at the hundred largest post-
offices In tho United Stato3, ranging from
New. York at tho top to Fort Worth, Tex.,
t tho foot, the total amount of such ship
ments having risen' from 296,000,000 pounds
In 1896 to 450,000,000 In 1900. These ship
ments of printed matter, collected and
transmitted by tho Postoftlco department,
constltuto a very fair gauge of tho dis
tributing points of news and literature In
the United States, nnd the relation which
they bear to each other is peculiar and has
little reference to population.
New York stands at the hcod with moro
than 25 per cent of tho whplo shipments
ot the country. Chicago follows with nbout
two-thirds of tho shipments of New York.
Then follow St. Louis, Philadelphia and
Boston, In tho order named, Uoston'B ship
ments seeming unduly low, and then Kan
sas City, Cincinnati and Augusta, Mo., tho
hipmonts of Augusta seeming unduly hlrh,
Minneapolis, San Francisco, Pittsburg, Do-
trolt, St. Paul, Cleveland and Mllwaukeo
follow all of them minor but populous
cities nnd then come Springfield, 0 and
Elgin. III., two small places, Springfield be
ing notable on account ot Its output of
agricultural machinery, and Elgin on ac
count of Its manufacture of watches and IU
shipments of condensed milk.
Baltimore comes next, then uenvor,
Omaha, Des Moines, Atlanta, Lincoln,
Nashville, Louisville, Indianapolis end
Washington. Bangor, Me., exceeds Buffalo;
Dallas, Tex., exceeds New Orleans, Brook
lyn has two shipments little larger than
those of Watcrvllle, Me., and Rochester, N.
Y., Wllllamsport, Tex., and Memphis, Tenn.,
have about the came shipments. Albany,
N. Y and Providence, R. I., are far down
on tho list. Newark, N. J., is still further
down nnd Charleston, S. C, ranks below
Racine, Wis. It would tako 25,000 poital
cars, It Is estimated, to carry these second
class mall matter shipments.
Activity of German manufacturers anil
exporters Is Illustrated by some figures
regarding tho imports ot pig Iron into
uormnny ana the exports ot iron and steel
manufactures, which havo Just reached tho
bureau of statistics, Washington. They
show tho importation of pig Iron increased
from 462,000 tons in 1897 to 830,000 tons In
1900, and those of rough Ironware from
43,000 tons to 73,000 tons, while the exports
of Iron nnd lronwaro Increased during tho
samo period from $82,000,000 to $118,000,000,
machines from $30,000,000 to $45,000,000,
rolling stopjk and Bhlps (not wood) from
$3,000,000 to $9,000,000, making the total
Increase in Iron and Ironware, machines
and rolling st,ock and shjps from $114,000,
000 to $172,000,000 In a period of three
years.
Exportation! ot machines, chiefly ot cast
iron, Increased from 118,100 tons In 1S97 to
167,000 tons In 1900, those of wrought iron
from 22,000 to 38,500 tons, boilers from 4,400
to 5,400 tons, carding machines nnd their
clothing from 270 to 500 tons, while locomo
(Ives and locomobiles fell from 13,200 to
12,300 tons.
On the other hand, Imports hnvc also
grown, those of Iron and Ironware Increased
from $17,000,000 In 1897 to $30,000,000 In 1900,
machines from $10,000,000 to $19,000,000;
machines, chiefly of cast , Iron, Increased
from 51,500 tons to 69,400 tons, wrought
dron from 6,600 tons to 15,300, wood from
3,900 to 4,500 tons, whole locomotives and
locomobiles Increased from 3,040 to 4,300
tons, and sowing machines from 3,030 to
4,200 tons. The Importation of pig Iron
was chiefly from the United Kingdom, the
figures being In 1899 670,000 tons nnd 30,
900 from the United States. The growth
from 1897 to 1899 was chiefly In that Ira
ported from tho United Kingdom, the in
crease from that country being 140,000 tons
while from the Untied State it was only
a llttln more than 1,000 tons.
Koree of lluhll.
Minneapolis Journal,
The Iowa democrats are as devoid of
hope as lost souls, hut nn power on earth
can prevent them from going through the
motions every election.
I'ltOMl'EHITV AMI roilEHJN TIIAIIE.
, nierlen'x l.enp to n I'rliuiiry I'lnee n
tln World' Storehouse.
Baltimore American.
The marvelous development of the coun
try's prosperity during the past five years
has been contemporaneous with tho equally
marvelous development of our foreign com
merce. It Is natural to conclude, there
fore, that the one Is largely dependent upon
the other. Our leap from a secondary to a
primary place hns been so sudden that llttlo
thought has been given to anything except
the results as we find them. We know that
we nre prosperous, and we glory In It with
out examining causes. Tho exultation of
our recently attained supremacy ha") so
elated us 'that the tlmo Is spent more In
eelf-fellcltatlons than In preparations to
perpetuate it.
It is well to understand thnt prosperity Is
not ours by divine right. It comes to us
through divine beneficence ns a rewnrd for
our energy nnd enterprise. It is our ng
gresslvo tolling at home nnd our bold un
derselling abroad which have boon tho
sources of our present nourishing condition.
It Is, therefore, Imperative that wo protect
them both if we wish to remain ns supremo
ns we now nppcnr to be. An Injury to
either source will be n direct blow nt the
heart of prosperity itself. A severe nsfault
on both would cnuso prosperity to languish
in gloom.
England Is bewailing her loss of foreign
commcrco because It Is nlrcady lessening
her prosperity. Murmurs nro henrd all
through the empire, nnd they Incrcnso In
Intensity with each recurring report of do-
creases in exports. Her. monnlngs should bo
a warning to us. Wo can HI afford to ttop
our nggresslvo tolling nt homo or to lose
our ability to undersell competitors In for
eign markets. Our endeavors should bo bent
toward nn extension rnthcr than to a con
traction of our foreign trade. If we lose
tho leadership we hnvo now attained It will
bo difficult lo recover It. It should be
conscientiously guarded. Our Industrial
equilibrium at homo should bo kept per
fectly balanced, so that tho necessary ag
gressive tolling can continue without Inter
ruption. Frictions nnd contentions should
bo nvolded. There Is loo much Involved to
How smnll matters to Interfcro with tho
smooth movements of tho wheels of busi
ness. Tho moro obstacles there nro In tho
pathway of progrcse, tho hardor It Is for
prosperity to mako nny ndvnnce. It diffi
culties nt homo nre hung nbout prosperity's
neck she will soon forsake our shores and
ncstlo down In other lands. Our pcoplo
would stand nghnst If such n sequel should
follow. And yet, It Is possible. Unlcsi wo
court her with tho blandishments she likes
sho will desert us for nnother. It Is nggrrs-
Ivo tolling nt home nnd underselling
abroad which wins her smiles.
ri'KSONAI. NOTKS.
'Divine Healer" Schlatter has been
ent to "tho Island" for thrco months by a
Now York police magistrate, charged with
being drunk and disorderly.
General Harris C. Hobart, who, after a
service of twenty-live years, has resigned
from tho Milwaukee Public Library board,
waa one of the federal prisoners who tun
neled tholr way out ot Llbby prison. Ho
is now in his S9th year.
The town of Pittsburg Is .happy In lis
belief that Mr. H. C. Frlck Ib about to
build thcro a magnificent fireproof hotel
covering a plot ot ground 240 feet equnre
nd having not less than 1,000 rooms nd
an auditorium lnr?o enough for national
convention purposes.
President James B. Anccll of the Uni
versity of Michigan says that the entire
expense of his four years' courso nt Brown
ollego (now university) .was but $60ft.
Nowadays a student who can keep his ex
penses, down, to $1,00,0 for tho course is
thought to be very economical.
Ono of the proud boasts ot New Hamp
shire in the celebration of Old Home week
was that Its town of Peterborough was the
first In the world to havo n public library,
and that tho Granlto stato was tho first
state In tho union to pass a law author
izing towns to establish free public libra
ries. Colonel Krag Is now chief of ordnance
In the Norwegian army. Jorgenscn was
foreman of the government gun factory
whon the colonel was superintendent there.
Between them thoy got up the Krag-Jorgen-
sen rifle. Tho foreman Invented It; tho
colonel supplied tho ciinh and put it on
the market.
In a recent conversation with a friend
Count Tolstoi referred to the effect of ago
in freeing the mind from Its dependence
on tho body. As a young man, he said,
any bodily illness depressed his mind nlso,
whereas In his present Illness the mind
has retained all its freshness and power of
lucid thinking.
Washington officials who superintended
the recent opening of tho Indian rojerva
tlons In Oklahoma estimate that the re
ceipts from tho sale of townstto property
nt tho three principal towns will rench
nealy $1,000,000, all of which will be ex
pended for public Improvements and thu
payment of tho first year's snlarles of
county offlccra.
Even aerial navigation has its cabals.
The success of M. SantoB-Dumont, ths
Brazilian, has nettled French cllqulahncss
nnd there are symptoms of unfair opposi
tion to his further attempts for tho Deutscb
prize. Santos-Dumont Is tho son of the
"coffee king" of Brazil, who employn 6,000
laborers on his plantation. Tho aeronaut
Is the youngest of ton children nnd waj
born In Rio do Janeiro In 1873.
Trouble In Hnlvmlor,
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.-The steamer
San Jose, from Central America. leports
that ut Acnlutln It wat. snicl nnntner ruvo-
lutlon for the purnoso of overthrowing the
government of Salvador was Imminent.
though no outbreaK nnu yet WKcn piaco.
School
"No ClothitiR Fits Like Ours."
Browning, King & Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
tor Closes Saturday Mulili nt O'clock, Other Eronlnus at 5.30,
Why a Woman
Ablo to Holp Slok Woman
When Doctor Fmll.
How gladlv would men fly to wo
man's aid did they but understand a
woman's feelings, trials, sensibilities,
and peculiar organic disturbances.
Those things are known only to
women, and the old n mnu would ghs
1b not at Ids command.
To treat a ease properly It Is neces
sary to know all about It, nnd full
Information, many times, ennnot bo
given by n woman to her family phy
sician. She ennnot bring herself to
tell everything, and tho physician U
'
Mns. G. n. CiiArrcLi.
at a constant disadvantage. This U
why, for the past twenty-five years,
thousands of women have been con
fiding their troubles to us, and our
ndvlco has brought happiness nnd
health to countless women In the U.S.
Mrs. Chappcll, of Grant Parle, I1L.
whoso portrait we publish, advises fcll
suffering women to use Lydla E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, as It
cured her of inflammation of the ovaries
and womb ; she, therefore, speakb Irons
knowledge, nnd her experience oilgh
to give others confidence. Address Mra,
I'lnkham's Laboratory, Lynn, MM
MIHTIIIMT, Itl'MAHKS,
New York Weekly; Tramp Please, mum,
I haven't a friend or n relative. In tlin
world.
Housekeeper Well, I'm glad them's nn
olio to worry over you In euso you gel
hurt. Here, Tlgo!
Philadelphia Press: Wlllle-P.i. what nro
fulso eyes made of?
rn-aiarn.
Wtllte-llut what kind of glass?
I'll Ol er InoklnKRlass. 1 BUliprtse. Now
run oft to bed.
Denver Post: "Yes." snld the dent st.
nfler lie hud finished the Job, "you have a
woimeniii amount or nerve, sir, 1 must
nny." " ell, you might to Know, ilurn
ye. You found nil of It."
Philadelphia necord: Noll t supposo
vliu'K long and lanky, Just thu snme ns
ever.
Hello Not nt all. You know. hIio recently
camo Into n fortune. She's "divinely tnll"
now.
Washington fitur: "Home folks,", snld
Uncle Ebon, "nln't appreciated foh de toa
snn tint (lev huciuIh so miirli 1 1 nip wnii-
derln why cloy ain't appreciated dat dey
doesn
hi tt(.' i.c.ifc in li 1:11,1111.1 , K'v UJI
do sinnjilti' to bo appreciated for."
nn
Brooklyn ljfo: Buoklln-Dld. Throball
mnko n homo run today? Iintz No; un
fortunately foi himself and his poor, watt
ing wife, he got no further than tho llrst
saloon.
ChlcnBO Tribune: While thn elmreh wan
locked up for tho summer It was occupied
an a sleeping plnco by trnmps, nnd on re
opening thu building It was decided by
tho trustees that It must bo fumigated.
"lluvii you got miy brimstone?" naked
tho man who had come to do tho Job.
"No, Hlr," stltlly replied tllo sexton. "This
Is a Univcrrallst church,"
TIIAMCS.
Wo
who have reason thank tho happy
(.IlilllCO
That sent tho rnln to quench our craving
thirst;
Wo cunnot grow sn narrow ns to dream
That we, from all tho world, wcro set
apart
By Him Who mnrks the sparrow whon it
falls.
To bo the objects of Ills special enre.
Wo know that our deserts nro not so great
As aro the righteous needs of those who
wait,
With parching lips nnd wide, despairing
eyes,
For this that has revived and succored us.
Wo ennnot be so Hellish u to think
That CJod'H curse falls on these who aro no
frnll
(Tho bruised reed how can His anger
break?)
And that His blessings rest whero strength
Is greut.
Nuturc Is cruel und the plan of which
Our life Is but 11 part Is very largo;
Too ast for ojr weak ml nil 3 to compre
hend, Wo cannot niter or direct this plan.
Hut each must tnke his own atomic place,
And, finally, compelled to leave tho cnrtli,
As, nt the start, thrust through tho gates
of birth,
do on, through death, to what wo know
not of,
God Is not mocked nnd neither la He
moved '
By human supplication, for If so
Then, surely, He had heard His Own pur a
Hon.
When, In the garden of Gcthscmene,
He prayed Hint the dread cup might pas.i
from I i 1 111. ,
Arid we must drain the dregs of bitterness,
The wormwood nnd the gall, But when a
drink
Of sweeter vintage comes to us we taste
Of It In glndnesH, while oar hearts nre full
Of tlinnkfuliicHH for gruce, mid wo aro sura
This did not come because wo asked for It,
BELLE WILLEY CIUE,
Wlnsiie, Neb.
Clothes
for All the Boys.
From tho kindorgartnor ab
school for tho first timo to tho
Higli School cadet radiant in
his regimentfils-
Wo aro showing this eeuson
tho vory latost pattorns and tho
most dopondablo and sorvicoahlo
school suits ovor shown in this
city.
Prices rango from $3. 1)0 to
$6.50 and romombor
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