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PARTIES L12AVINO KOll SUMMER
Partlea leaving the city for
the summer mar hare The Ilea
ant to them regularly hj
notlfrlnR The Ilea Ilnslnes
oilier, In person or by mnll.
The addreaa mill be channel!
aa often aa desired.
Texas oil spouters nro becoming quite
eominoti.
All reports ai?reo tlint com linn made
.wonderful Improvement In tlio hist week
or two, and the estimates of yield nro
being raised accordingly.
We hone our Gullible popocratlc con
temporary will not feel offended if tho
republicans of Nebraska decline to take
tho ndvlce It Ih bo freely giving them.
The campaign for the physical better
ment of the Pacific rallroiids Is still In
progress. Omaha will soon be head
quarters of tho Uncut system of rail
roads ou earth. ,
Tho Alton Jublleo closed with merry
ninklng and confetti. The Omaha Ak-Sar-len
carnival could close with
merry-making without confetti with
just ns 'much fun.
Sixteenth street paving may be
putcbed up agnln, but -this will only
postpone the Inevitable. The street
should be repaved arid" the property
owners should bear the expense.' '
Thq unsettled condition of tho wtlaUier
Aw' .1.... J, 4La .1.... it. - .
larly ordained forecasters nro Jnjfconv'eti
tion at Milwaukee, leavlnfc their as,Hlsti
ants to run thu iuachlne.,at home. r
, , , X
Tratilc Director. Stubns' plan for ban-
' dllng,the business of tho totujs In his
j.'Lt . ... m .....w i
.r yainu un e mr ruhiijicu in increasing
tho Importance of tho Omaha local pillce,
BtuuDs plainly uuucrstnnuH ins uusiuess,
Tho owners of the oil well nt Heajv
mout Which refuses to be controlled
should send forhe 8t,andarl,. magnates
mere is noiuiug in tne, suupe of on
which they have failed to control here
toforc.
TJie court has refuRed to carry out
tho terms of the will of the man who
ordered his money buriied. Sfany a rich
man did not Incorporate this condition
In his will, but the heirs proceeded to
burn It.
Knrl Hussell, who Is. serving n term
In nn Kiigllsh prison for bigamy, has
"been ousted from ottlce as a. magistrate,
It would have been a little. Inconvenient
for his honor to try criminal canes while.
himself a prisoner.
The chief of the AVeathcr bureau nd
mis that great progress resulted from
the llrst couveutlou hchi.Mn. this city,
It they will only give the country as
good a quality of weather as they found
hero that season they will receive no
kicks.
Ships of the United States navy will
In future have target practice fire ns
nearly as possible under the same con
tlltlons ns lu actual battle. If the gun
ners keep up tho navy record there will
be some badly demoralized targets for
sale at a discount.
Governor Murphy of Arizona hits
served notice upon nil whom It may
concern that lie does not Intend to re
sign his otllcc, but prefers to die In
tho harness. The governor's notice
would seem to make all comment or
speculation superfluous,
Nebraska's now game law Is coming
In for Its share of attention from east
crn sportsmen Just now. Tho features
most commented on are those which
place restrictions ou tho hunter am
afford rval protection to tho birds. It
Is believed by those who have the In
terent of tfuo sport at heart that tho No
braska law Will be. found one of jthe
wisest ever ?ramed for tho preservation
p wild gam.
An To rAjugF nbylsios.
It Intfict expected thatthcrc will bo
n gencra'liyevlslo'n of the tariff by the
llfty-soventh corigfess, but there Is.
proinjec .0"? nn effort will be made 'to
niodl'fytw liarllT'law on .the line sug
gested "by Hepresentatlve Uabcock of
WUconslu and It may have considerable
rti)ubllcan' support.
Meanwhile numerous expressions from
repttblfcrtn tongrassnion on tho subject
are to bo expected, ns tho matter Is
pretty certain to command iucrenslng
public attention with the approach of
the meeting of congress. In a Just pub
lished Interview hepresentatlve Oros
venor'Of Dhlo.tnkcs.u very decided posi
tion 7ilgaust the policy urged by Sir.
Habeock. ' lie says that seriously to In-,
produce such a measure ns tho one pro
posed by Mr. Unbcock would, If there
was any danger that It would have any
possible chance of even being consid
ered In congress, check the tide of pros
perity duo nearly altogether to tho re
demption of our pledges made In the
platform of 18i)t) and so promptly re
deemed by the Dlngley, law. "It would,
Ustract and disturb business," said, Mr
UroHveiior, 'ami check the mnrch of
enterprise. This result, so sure to come,
would encomnge the free traders to
Inaugurate a campaign based upon the
claim Unit our good times- arc. only a
temporary spurt of business reaction,
anL such .a claim would add to the
seriousness of conditions."
Ihcre is no doubt that this expresses
the view of a majority of the repub
lican .members of congress. f Meii like
Mr. Pnyiie of tfow York, who was
ehajnnaii of thu wnys and moons com
mittee of tho last house, nufl Mr. Dal-
zell of Pennsylvania, have similarly ex
pressed themselves, while several re
publican senators havq In more or less
decided terms declared their opinion
to be that there should be no-tinker-lug
of the tariff by tho coming congress.
It Is probably entirely safe, therefore,
to assume thai the Uabcock proposi
tion will not receive serious considera
tion lu congress, that If Introduced', as
there appears to be nd doubt It Svlll be,
It will not get beyond the ways nnd
means committee oi the house; let
all republicans are not opposed to tariff
changes. The Iowa republican platform
says:' "We stand by tho histdrlc' policy
of the Vcpubllenn party m givjng pro
tection to home Industries nud polut
for Its ample vindication to the extrnor-.
dluary rapidity with which our national
resources liave bee'n developed ahd- our
industrial and llnaiiclnl Independence
se.ciredT 'u favor such, changes; ltf the'
taniT from time to time ns iecomc ad
visable' through tho progress of our ,lu-
duHtrl'cri and their changing relations to
,tUe,.j6mmerce of the worid. Ve 'en
dorse the policy of reciprocity as the
natural complement of .protection and
urge Its development as necessary to
the realization of our highest commer
cial possibilities."
The second sentence of tills declara
tion Is especially slgultlcnut. It shows
that the republicans of lown aro not
opposed to tariff changes whenever the
progress of our industries will warrant
chunges. It Is reasonable to suppose
that there aro 'republicans' in other
"Ktntcs who hold this view and who be
lieve that tho Industries controlled by
great corporations nre in a position to
stand tariff changes. It Is Impossible
to say how extensive this view may bo
among republicans, Jmt that there are
many who entertain it Is not to be
doubted. Still It Is most Improbnble
that the llfty-scventh congress will
inako any chnnges lu tho tariff and os
Mrprpsvir'nor ,Hays tlic HUbejt iuay,
not even be conswereiK, yf
1 3-V V W
v '(SeiierAl 'Kitchener's outlawing (proc-
ainntI6u; had no terror for; the' Boers
and they, liayo niisw'erod. Jt with ar (lecla-
tratiou of thor. purpose, Jta light, on., The
Urltlsli commander iroports receiving let-,
ters to this effect from' Steyn; Hotim.and
ljtiw.c):, and also that Delarey had Issued
(i .counter, proclamation .umring mat,
they will continue tho'strugglo. Kru'ger
characterized thu Uritlsh proclnniatlon
as the blackest crime committed against
thevrltbcrs, it view", which most of ' the
civilized .world doubtless will concur In,
and in saying mat ine proeinmaiiou
could have biii the ono effecj; to (-nibitter
and intensify resistance Mr. Kruger
sUpwntl hov weJl"lHv"'knowC the spirit
and temper of his people. There was. In
the utterances of ttho former president of
the, Transvaal up thought orsuggcstloW
of yielding. Peace, ho said,- Is possible
only on the basis of. indepcudcirvc nnd
free pardon tji colonial Afrlqandrs.
Tho complete failure of thu proclama
tion of outlawry to produce, tho effect
hoped for must bo somewhat' discourag
ing to tho Ilrltlsh cabinet and especially
so to ,Mr. Chamberlain, avIio Inspired It
The supporters of tho government were
all conlldeut that the burghers would
flock 'In' to' surrender nnd settle down , to
peaceful agricultural pursuits by tho
.middle' pf September an( It must be n
very severe disappointment, to t.hoin to
Hud that tho effect of thu proclamation
has rather been to strengthen the, de
termination of the lloers to continue bos
Mlltles. However,, there will be no
change of policy. Tho proclamation will
stand nud Its terms will bo carried out.
The opposition lu England to the South
Afrlcnn progrnm of the government Is
utterly futile nnd In no direction Is there
promise of anything to iiitrrrare with Its
being fully executed.
VARIXO A1 THE KURCJm.
The American. Forestry association, In
session at Deliver, mny bo expected to
make soine practical suggestions In re
4,'ard to caring for the forests on the
public' domalni tyuV ft Is by no means
;i8s,ure'd, Unt any recommendations the
.nssqelution slial make will" be effective
In bringing about legislation for reme
dying existing abuses and Improving
forest conditions. It has been found ex
tromely difficult (o get congress to give
to this matter the attention Its Impne
tance merits. There Is a mass of, luws
on the subject, but as the seOrenry of
the Interior iwlnted out In his' hist nn-
nunl report, most of them, were undc
slrablo'and to a great extfnt conflicting,
yet. repented , appeal to. eou,gn-.to
enact prowr- laws, especially In regaril
to public forests 'on unreserved lauds.
THjEj OMAHA DAILY BEE: TfttJBSDAY,
hfifiM fnlletl to accomplish all that Is
necessnry for the proper and ndequntc
care of the public forests.
, Referring, to the fact that one tnan
recently tiled scrip on 2,000 acres of tine
timber at the' Sacramento land Office',
tho San Francisco Call says that the
federal government should withdraw all
forest land still on the public doninln
from entry nnd prlvnte ownership. It
tleclnrcs thnt enough has pnssed noW
by patent to materially deplete the 'tim
bered nrea of the country "nud not
another acre should pass out of gov
ernment control until tho law regulates
Its use so as to preserve It as forest land
and forfeit the patent for violation of.
the regulations." The Cnll urges thnt
henceforth, every mnti who buys timber
land should be subject to official aud
expert oversight In harvesting the mer
chantable timber. That paper notes the
destructive forest fires In California this
summer ns showing the dire need of
doing something to preserve, protect and
care for the timber that is left.
This Is one phase of the mntter and
perhaps tho more Important one, but
there nre other nbuscs thnt need cor
rection aud to which It Is presumed the,
iVmerlcnu I orestry association will give
its attention. The conservation of tiie
national forests aud the protection of
timber on the reserved as well as the
unreserved lands is much more effect
ively done now than formerly nud with
such further modifications In forestry
legislation as has been demonstrated, by
experience to be necessary our. public
timber lauds can he as well cared for as
are those of Kuropenu countries whose
governments give constant and most
careful attention to forest preservation.
The progress to the attainment of. tho
existing policy lu this matter has been
slow nnd more remnlns to be done be
fore we shall have a thorough and ade
quate system, but there is no doubt that
it will, come lu time.
Wli'Rpl'ED. VltUV COXDiTlOXS.
Tho latest government crop report Is
n vindication of what The Hoc has con
sistently maintained all' along, that
there 'was ho occasion 'for tlii alarm
wJiU'li u- shprt time ago appeared to
have seized the dealers' in grain cen
ters nnd which wub nceentunted by re
ports. In 'the enstern press. Though it
continues dry In practically all of flic
great corn belt states, with tho advent
of occasional showers nud cooler
weather the crop is steadily improving
and tire yield will be many million
bushels greater lu the' aggregate than
Was, generally expected u month ago.
That corn has been damaged would be
Idle to deny, but those who carefully
studied. , the t conditions and t compared
ilium .with previous years pt shortage
have all alung seen a great difference.
The alarmists pointed to thu fnct that
ouly once In fifteen years has corn
shown an Improvement during August.
They fall to take Into consideration that
owing to the backward spring the Au
gust conditions of this yeur were In
reality those of July In most years.
They also failed to take Into account
the fact thnt when the alarmist rumors
were.at their height the ground lu most
of,the.,coru belt, was aof,,partlculnrly
dry, hut tthe. pbuit .vas suffering from
Intense heat and the recuperative power
of corn from heat effects,, is great
unless frost siiouw come early there
Is every reason to believe that all pre
vious estimates of the corn crop lu Ne
braska and Iowa must be greatly In
creased ami that the quality of the
gralu will be better than had been ex
pected,
With Its immense crop of small grain
tiud good prices Nebraska and tin.'
other -tutcs lu the corn belt, tire all
right amU there Is. no prospect of a
diminution of trade or-any difficulties In
collections.
PltOrr.VTlON FROM KXPLOH1VKS.
t Chicago' newspapers nnd tire lnsur-
nutM agencies nre waging a campaign
against the indiscriminate storage of
explosives,. It is charged thnt lax eu
force(neut of thu inadequate and nu
tlquated' ordinance governing the stor
age of explosives Is subjecting thou
sands of Chifrtgoans to the risk of mu
tilation nud .death from the possible
explosion ;of chemicals and volatile oils.
There are buildings In Chicago housing
hundreds of people and holding enough
explosives ,'to wreck the entire struc
ture. What applies to Chicago applies also
lu a treat measure to Omaha. .For
some inexpllcnblo renBou every attempt
to protect the community agalust stored
explosives has failed.
The Chicago Tribune recalls some of
the' recent accidents' duo to explosives,
among which It cites the disaster in
the Torrcs . wholesale drug store lu
New York City, when a score of largo
buildings, some, of them hundreds of
feet away, were leveled by the explo
slon of chlorate of potash and other
chemicals, and the moro recent ex
plosion of gasoline in Philadelphia,
which wrecked an entire block of build
Riga and killed and Injured a number
of people.
A table published by the Chicago
underwriters shows that within ten
years 3,170 tires originated from gaso
line accidents, and the .total number of
persons Injured 417, of whom 110 were
killed outright nnd Hill proved fatal
Most of these tires weru In the homes
of the ioorer people, where gasoline
Is more often used than lu the homes
of the rich. Tho lire chief of Chicago,
who has given the subject of nccldentnl
and spontaneous explosions thorough
study, recommends that tho revised ordl
nance should limit strictly the amount
of explosives that can be kept In a
building, and that the places where ex
plosives are used should he )lsted so
that the city authorities can sec that
the restrictions are obeyed. In order
to make the ordluanco effective, how
ever, thu chief of the tire department
recommends thu creation of n depart
.wieiit for thu Inspection of oxploslves,
with a chemist at It a head, and the
license nnd reglstrntlou ot nil users of
explosives.
This Is practically what The Bee
urged upon the council for Omaha two
years ngo.
After a struggle of over L1x weeks
some practical efforts are ueing mnuc
for n settlement of the steel strike.
When the. strike Is nil over (he public,
which purchases the product will con
tinue for a long time to pay the 1)111 In
the shape of an advanced price for steel
nnd everything mndc therefrom. Aside
from the dcmornllzntlon of business, In
which the public la Interested, this fea
til re gives those not actually etignged
In the struggle on either Side n right to
demand that nn end shall be put to
such needless waste. The public's In
terest Is ns direct nud vltnl ns thnt of
the actual participants, but unfortu
nately It has nothing more potent than
moral power to exercise in forcing both
parties to do what Is right In the controversy.
A representative of tho Russian gov
ernment has been examining the Ne
braska methods of collecting crop nnd
Industrial statistics. After he has com
pleted his work there Is no danger of
his recommending that Russia copy the
laws of this state on that subject. Kvery
legislature has been appealed to lu nn
effort to socure legislation which would
enable the head of that department to
gather' accurate reports of the crops nud
resources of the state, but the appeal
has been In vain. To a state which Is
seeking Immlgratlou, accurate statistics
of this kind, which would hnvc the
stamp pf official approval, would be
worth many times their cost, besides
being of value to the producer.'
Telegrams announce that the sultan
of Turkey will tight rather than yield to
France. The Turk has so many troubles
that even war might prove a recreation
to lilm and serve as a stay of execution
on tho numerous claims which other na
tions are pressing upon hlin. War Is
expensive, but, like .men who nre al
ways engaged lu a lawsuit, money can
always be raised for such purposes
when It could not be produced to pi)y
debtB.
The German emperor insists that
when Prince Chun comes to apologize
for tho killing of the Ucrmnu ambassa
dor to Ohiiia that the prince shall bow
three times Jind the othdr members of
the party shall buiup their heads ou the
floor nine times. The prince admits that
the Chinese Is considerable of a
knocker, but expresses the opinion Uils
Is pressing the limit.
Census bureau figures show that Ne
braska hoM. Its position nt the head of
the list In educational mutters. Ne
braska has many things to be proud of,
but uuiie greater than the fact thnt It
lias u lower percentage of Illiterates
than any state in the union.
' i i I,
Tho emperor of China has decreed that
no display shall be Indulged lu when
Uie court returns to Pcklu. Like many
another man before him, he prefers to
let himself In quietly by the aid of his
latchkey so ns not to attract the atten
tion of thu neighbors.
Human lerverlljr.
'' ''''.
. . BornervlJlu Journal.
Why do people read the weatUor-,prdlc
tlon.e.Y.cry.dsy.Z.jniir , always say that they
doa'l .taa, the, imtejt ptock la them.
Short nud (o'tlie i'o'liW.
4 r L Paul Pioneer-Pres. , A ,
Tho hopeless iwraugles of democratic
leaders still remind us that white the ic
publlcan party remains the 'party of divi
dends, tho democratic party Is the party ot
divisions.
I'roflta of Irrigation.
St. Iyotils Globc-Democrut.
An investment of 14,773,984 In Irrigation
In. Nebraska 'provides water for 2,000,000
acres 'and hB ' Increased the value of -thj
land, $17,000,000. All history has taugbt
that irrigation is highly prontapic..
Later Day Jtedlcnl fada.'
Indianapolis Journal.
'After reading alt the. scientific' screeds on
tho mosquito question, the 'wonder is that
so many of us who have fought witn ana
been bitten, by. raoBqultoc every .summer
ot our lives remain to tell tho tale.
IllKtory nepenta ltaejf.
Washington Post.
Why should, the. Jlryanltea question Mr,
McLaurin's flRht to1 advocate a new de-
parturiT for'itho. democratic party? Mr,
Bryan put such a plan into execution 'at
Chicago jn 1896. and Insisted upon giving
tho experiment anothor trial in 1900. Why
make an Idql ofVMr. Bryan and a renegade
of Mr, McLaurin?
Sticking in the rant.
Ph'ltadclphUi Ledger.
The middle-of-the-road populists of Iowa
have hold a convention and rcafllrmcd their
allegiance the Omaha platform, but tbe
other parties are not seriously alarmed at
their attitude! In 1000. the Iowa, populists
ran about "9,000-: votes behind the Iowa
prohlbltlont&tfi, and the' prohibitionists wore
never witnjn sight or the-leadcrs.
.MiiuiitlaK the. Plain 1,'cople.
Minneapolis' tribune.
Kx-Congressman Lcntt of Ohio, who made
so much noUo In congress with the declara
tion that' "the man is above the dollar,"
recently appeared In court as 'the. attorney
for' organized wealth, seeking to' enjoin
strikers from picketing the premises ot
"soulless corporations.' Lentt has evi
dently gone out ot tho advertising business
Inherent WeaUfeesa of'Tat.
Philadelphia, Record.
In the Industrial world the truBts keep
coming and going, one dropping out almost
as fast as another rises., One of tbe latest
to appear, with a largo volume ot watered
stock, is the Shovel trust. But as Cover
nor Odell of, New York truly says, tho'splrlt
of competition and the tendencies of 'In
dividualism will In the long run prove more
than a match for enormous and unwieldy
combinations to control tho markets. It Is
a great mistake to imaglno that tho trusts
constitute tho final phase of Industrial de
velopment.
Het-fillet-llona of the Season.
Baltimore American. ,
i Tho foolUh scare and the Idiotic argu
ments advanced in 1896 In favor iof free
silver seem now, at ar distance of five
years and In tho. light of the events of
today, to be one of tho most curious things
that has ever happened in politics in tnis
country. We smllo at some of the odd is
sues of fifty or sixty )ears ago, but thpse
who are to conio niter us win see mm mo
sliver scare of 1896 was one of the silliest
that over excited a people characteristic
for being, In the majority of things, tho
most level-headed in the world. $ucli
things, however, tako their place in tbe
great chain of cause and effect, littt they
should serve as solemn warnings to
posterity.
AtJGTJST 29, 1901.
In This Land, of Plenty
Doston
Somo philosophers seem to bo very much
scared already over tho poor crop outlook,
and are advising people to preparo to be
poor the coming year. "Tho poor arc facing
a crisis which may alter their mode of life
and forco them to adopt substitutes for such
vegetables w cabbago and beans," dolefully
remarks Etholbcrt Stewart of tbe Kconoml-
cal 'Pood bureau of Chicago. Others aro
hinting that tho poor may yet bo obliged
to glvo up cooking for themselves nnd rely
wholly ou manufactured foods In the In-
tercst of economy.
v ..v .ii w ...
one basket. If she gives us less corn sho
generally makes up by giving us more
wheat. If sho Is less bountiful with peaches
., U ...linllv mnr Tonornll with nnnl-i.
Tho climatic conditions nro such thnt n
scarcity in one crop means a plentiful har-
Is deadly for some vegetables causes others
to thrive. Taking all sections of the coun-
-it.., r,..ir.i , ,.
has never yet been seen, nnd probably never
' J kwovMV., '" " . v.u,a
oe.
It is truo that-thc Injury to the corn crop
nearly reaches tho proportions of n national
....m... ' Huvi-iu.uoiii luiintm ui me
condition of affairs on August 1 show an
estimated decrease of 662,000,000 bushels
"llrJin . J"! ,e narvcst ,,own 10
i,imwu,uuu ousnois, wnicn is nearly equal
to tho "sorn failure year" 1894, when we
had an actual production of 1,212,000,000
bushels. All Indications point to as low a
yield mb 1,103,000,000 bushels, which would
be the smallest crop harvested in twenty-
five years.
But man Ilvoth not by corn alone. Though
corn exports, which ,in recent years havo
risen abovo $800,000,000, nre woefully reduced
tnis year, wo havo before us tho prospect
of the greatest wheat hnrvest the country
has over known. This signifies that Kansas
and Nebraska may, have so much wheat that
tho shortage of corn will bo more than made
up, while Some other states will find them-
selves pauch better off than they were last
A ii mi A k in 1'iik er.oims.
Invra'a It! ft In the Gloom Unveloplnc
. the Peerle.
New York Tribune,
Tho victory Just won In Iowa by the out-
and-out supporters of tho Kansas Cltyj plat-
torrn is pretty certain to create n furoro of
enthusiasm in tho neighborhood ot Lincoln,
Neb. It ls the. ono ray of light which has
recently penetrated an atmosphero charged
all too hcavJly with political gloom. It la
the first cheering message to the great
leader who still upholds, through the col
umns of tho Commoner, tho Intogrjty, of
democratic faith. Other, democratic con
ventions In Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland,,
Virginia may havo stooped to Bncrlflce,
party convictions to party .expediency. . But
Colonel Bryan can, find encouragement In tho
assurance that In, Iowa, at least, devotion
to principle Is not wholly .quenched; that
some spirit of patty loyalty remains to light.
a wicked and inconstant world.
Nq ono ls likely to grudge tbe Nebraska
statesman tbe comfort he la Justified In ex
tracting from tbe triumph scored In the lies
Moines convention by his distinctive friends
and partisans. Yet his satisfaction must bo
marred somewhat by the reflection that tbe
price of party virtue ls eternal vigilance and
effort; for it wns only by tbe most desperate
exertions that the Iowa democracy was kept
from lapsing into the paths of heresy
trodden in other states. It was the plan of
the democratic managers, apparently, to
drift with 'thow tide of "reactionary" senti
ment within tho' party already disclosed In
Ohio, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania,
and under their manipulation a committee
on resolutions was chosen; which sought to
dodge tho Issue Of loyalty, or disloyalty to:
tho party's present creed. Tho platform
committee bya, majority vote presented a
report wnicn ignored completely me aec-
laratlons' of the KansaB City convention.
nut a minority insisted on putting, mo dele
gates on record by offering a substitute
which explicitly reaffirmed the national
platform ot 1900, and this substitute re
ceived vqtos, against 550 Vi In favor of
the committee's original program ot evasion
nnd silence. Having forced an unwilling
confession of fidelity to Bryanlsm, the re
bellious elements ln tbe convention allowed
tho managers to havo their own way with
tho rest of the platform, which appears to
be; in the main, a colorless' presentation of
purely local issues'. But the general temper
of tho gathering was unaouDicaiy radical,
and the undiluted extravagance of Its judg
ments was, no doubt, aptly reflected In he'
surprising announcement by Its presiding
officer that "we face 'today conditions that
are momentous, destructive tb out Indus-'
tries, our commerce and the welfare of our
people" sentiment which may sound
strangely In tho ears! or the many demo
cratic statesmen! reputed to,, have made
fortunes within the last, year or two by
"striking oil."
It Is. rnther unfortunate for Colonel Bryan
that his first decisive political success in
many months should have been won ln a
stato so hopelessly republican as Iowa. The
state .ticket nominated at' Des Moines .on
Wednesday has not the remotest prospect
of election, nor coutd.nny party hope to. win
n Iowa, under present conditions, on a plat
form explicitly reviving the demand for free
stiver cplnQge nt tbo ratio ot 16 to 1. The
Iowa democracy's action will scarcely stem
'the tide now running so strongly toward, a
revision pf democratic "principles" nnd a
recasting of democratic, leadership. It la In
teresting, however, as a recrudescence of
putworn doctrines in a rather .unexpected
party quarter, and It will servo the humane
and neighborly purpose of pouring oil into
some of bolonel Bryan's recent and still
gaping polUJcal wounds. .
1111,1. IK) A HI) IllSriUI.ATIO.V.
Important DecUlon .Itenderrd By a
riilcnRO Court.
Washtnuton Star.
A court decision Just rendered in Chi
cago alarms tho ordinance recently promulgated-by
tho city government for the
restriction of bill boards. The ordlnanco
limited the boards to a size of 100 squaro
fect'.and required that they be located not
nearer the lot line than twenty-five feet
and erected to a height ot not more than
ten feet above the level of the adjoining
street or nearer each other than 'flvo feet.
The purpose of theso regulations was to
prevent tho elevation ot the signs high In
tho air In order to attract attention and to
break up the monotony of great expanses
of pasting surface. By setting them bac,U
from the lot line their obtruslveness Is
diminished. Tho court held that the reg
ulation restricting the size wns reasonable
In that a board ot unlimited dimensions
afforded dangerous opportunities for dis
aster from fire and wind. ,
Such regulations, giving a basis for per
haps further bill board restrictions, should
be copied- In every other city In the coun
try. The. nulsanco has grown beyond tol
erance. Knormous spares are covered with
glaring lithographs which offend the eye
and often tho senso of decency. The land
scape effects aro spoiled ln many of the
handsonuat quarters of the city, The com
mercial spirit forces itself upon the con
sideration In places where the tired mind
desires most of all to rest from such
thoughts. Fantastically shaped and painted
signs bespatter the suburban beauties. The
chief nulsaucc Is within the city limits,
whore, etery vacant space is seized upon
eagerly to convey, a proclamation of a
liquor, a cigar, a ny or a. nostrum, re
gardless of whether thn public wants to be
Informed ot these commodities or not.
Globe.
year and their profits from agriculture
largely cqualltcd. The shipment of wheat
for the first two months of tho fiscal year
nas aireauy teen enormous.
Thero is a marked distinction between
eorn and wheat. Corn is largely fed to
nogs anu cattle, and mucn oi u is consumed
on tn farm and never moved. Wheat, on
the olhcr nnnJ. ' nrtlclq of human diet,
therefore keeps commerce humming and
chango active. When wheat is plenty the
railroads arc kept, busy and money Is kept
moving. Great Britain, Prance nnd the
Netherlands will need 248,000,000 bushels.
nl, (""ninny nnd Hungary have short
..cri;8' n,m,we not ho,w n'uch
(a,nlH,! W ln lu"ln ma Increase the dc-
,,,aniJ' heat ls lway B great Commerce
Inspiring nnd money circulating factor In
the world.
But the pessimist Is invited to look still
S"'., "ep"1" ,rom ,h(L ftp"1( KrowlnR
L"h" " " V" V Ti . rnft if u
Thl aPP'c crP hi 1900 w 638,000,000 bush-
h7. " S,' V. 2' ." ""'71
els. We sometimes forget thnt at 2 a barrel
!. nnn nnn nn. . ..n.. ..i....
wh ' , ',,. . ..i a ami iai
rcU of npplc, ftbro, cvy ',, ,hcre
, ncrcnns foreign demand constantly,
Thn rmn in Mi....t.ri .ti nn, !,,. ......
u jmrncllso ths year, nnd many farmers
In the west and south nro beginning to cul-
tlvato this fruit scientifically, ilth the most
nromlsln rn.ulis.
'0 might furthermore speak of the cotton
crop as shbWInir that the falluro of no one
crop can- "down" the American farmer. Wo
havo never seen a year yet when all crops
failed. When wo do we may well complain.
but that Is not Nature's way. Tho poornesi
of ono. crop Is nlwavs mado good by tho
surplus In nnother, and the average pros-
pcrlty of the country is thus maintained,
Let nd one listen, therefore, to 'doleful
tales of tho curtailment of the American
bread basket. Thero Is enough aud to spare
for nil, and the crib is still bunting with
plenty,
lllTS'OF WASIII.VflTON' LIKU.
Scene ,nnl InrlilnitN OtiNervrd nt the
.ntlonnI Cnpltnl.
Former President Cleveland holds as a
souvenir of his- career nt Wnihlngton a
check for 1 cent, one' of tho tmialle.it In
amount ever Issued by the United States
Treosury department. 1
The president gets 'his salary' once a
month' III order "thnt ho shall not got
more than tho J60.000 each year tb which hu
Is entitled. tho"checks or warrants nro so
rande out, according to a table In the treas
ury, thftt ln u quarter he shall 'got two
checks for '14,166.61 rfn'd fftr ono month a
cheek for $4:ie.6.' Tlfnt 'arrangement
would bring nim nut All right If adhered to..
wnen Mr. Cleveland was president cno
of the clerks In tlio department of ,hoqk-
Keeping ahd warrants forgot that he had
Bent two checks 'for"$f,lG6.6C and tande out
the third ono for tho same nmouht.' Whin
the discovery was iria'do It was too" lftto to
withdraw thb wrong check and substitute n
new one. In order that the president Bhould
be fully paid a new check, or warrant, fcr
1 cent wns mado out nnd duly sent to tho
White House.
Nobody in the treasury knows what be
came of that' checK after It reached the
prcHldcnt. It has never como to tho treas
ury. Mr. Cleveland's cent has remntned In the
general fund, to be used for such purposps
as the government needs cash to expend. It
will accumulate no interest while In tbe
treasury.
Tho new gunshop of the navy yard,
whrro the sessions of the Schley court of
Inquiry win be held' ls being put In or
der for tho famous Inquiry. Lieutenant
Commander Prank E. Bcatty has charge
of the arrangement. Commander Beatty
had to begin with a finely finished loft,
with plastered walls, hard finished, nnd a
lofty gabled root' supported by trusses, the
entire colling being painted In a delicate
shade of sage greon. Tho floor was a thing
of special pride to Commander Beatty, be
ing laid with riarrdw planks solectcd with
reference to the perfection ot tho whole,
tho freedom from Imperfections being re
markable. The loft measures about 200 by sixty
feet, says a New York Times letter. That
is believed to' bo moro than ample space
for the necommodatlon ot the court and
the' m'embors of- the press' 'and spectators
who Will bo attracted to the' Investigation.
indeed, It 'was found that,' nftcr allotting
nn ample spacb' for the'eourt so' that, it
.should not' have its scpse of dignity en,-.
croacnea- upon, mere wns xoom.ior quuo
a body of newspaper men and ample space
fdrfho run of spectators. At one" end, of
the' great 'hall n.robra Is to bo provided by
erecting a eljKMf partition and Into , this
room It ls expected that the court will ad
journ for consultation, Instead of .requiring
tho nudlenco to retire, as s customary with
such .tribunals? Then nnother partl.tlon ls
erected at tho west end of the hall,, be
hind which telegraph' Instruments' and .fa
cilities fqr thlrt handling 6f ri'ews will be
provided; ' i
At a table ln tbe center of a squaro space
will sit the court Admiral George! Dewey
"and Rear Admirals A. E. K. Bcnham and
Henry L. Howlson, retired, unless for rea
sons nqw being urged there should bo a
change in tho composition of the court.
Admiral Bowey, will face tho nudlenco from
the cast end of tho table, with Judge Ad
vocate acneral Lemly nt tho opposite end
and tho rear ndmirnls on tho right and
left sides of tho presiding officer. Oh three
sides of the court will Bit the members
of the "press, for whom excellent plans havo
been mado at tho navy yard. Reservation
of seats near' tho court will ttlBo bo made
for offlcern of the navy and the army who
may dcslro to attend the hearings.
On Soptcmbcr 1 the brewers of tho United
States wl)l bo expected to cancel all stamps
attached to original packages of their goods
by the perforation of tho initials of the firm
or Individual paying tbe tnx, and also the
date of cancellation. This Is tho conclusion
reached by Commissioner ,of Intornal Hove
nue Yerkes, and ho. will InsUt upon It being
carried out,, reports1 a Washington' letter.
The changes in tho ax on boor bocame
effectlvo July 1 and the regulation of 'the
department ns to .stamps wero framed bo
faro that dato. In splto of that fact, none
of tho brew'eries are ready with the nocos
snry cancelling machines, and instead of
complying with the regulation requested
more time. Tho commissioner granted
thirty days, and at tho expiration of that
tlmo granted fifteen days more, and finally
announced that bo would not Insist upon tho
cancellation until September 1. Lnst week
the chairman of the committee on legisla
tion of tho United States Browers' associa
tion called nt tho bureau with the request
for moro tlmo. Ho wns received courteously,
but Informed that the commissioner felt that
ho had been as lenient as could well bo
expected, ot iilra, nnd no further extension
would bo granted.
The correspondence between Mr. lerkes
and tho brewers develops tho fact that there
Is but one concern In the United Stntes
which manufactures perforating machines
which can be used to cancel the stamps as
required by tho bureau. The owner, of tho
potent does his own manufacturing, nnd it
tbe stories of tho brewers are to be believed,
ho has secured- orders from nearly every
brewerln tho United States, and Is proceed
ing most leisurely In filing them.
Tbestatcmeqt made aa Saturday by tbe
Internal revenue bureau of the Treasury
deoartiaent shows that tho aggregate collec
tions of Internal revenue during tho month
of July wero $29,343,896. Tills was a decrease
from July, 1900, of 77,l9t. Bureau officials
havo been much, surprised at the small de
crease, says h iflspatch to the St. Louis
O!obetomocrnt, ns It was expected the war
revenuo reduction made by tho last eongross
would effect i total reduction of $40,000,000
a year. This would mean a reduction ot
over $3,000,000 a month. Treasury depart
ment olucjala, sny tho small decrease of July
can only bo.nccounted for by the phenpme
nal prosperity throughout tho country and
Its resultant Incre-tse In tho volume of busi
ness, nnd henco of tho revenues of govern
ment. Somo of tho Items Included in tho state
ment prepared Saturday show the unusual
sources from which revenue Is derived by
tho government. Tho report shows that
the barrel tax on beer yielded during the
month $9,343,626, which was an Increase over
July. 1900, of $1,289,382. The reductions
in the tax on tobacco nro mndo npparent,
as tho returns from thnt source were $1,384,.
420, a decrease over July, 1900, of $1,114,606.
Tho returns from tho tnx on snuff show a
'decrease of $13,170, tho collections for July,
1901, being $69,340. Somo of the other
sources of Income usually lost sight of In
the consideration of Internal taxation were;
Billiard rooms, $170,139, an Increase of $33,
635;. pawn brokers, $19,627, en Incrense of
$4,602; bowling olleys, $24,312, Increase.
IK.r.OA- elriMlae it AlCl Inrr. TO-.. t....
ters and music halls. $11,26(5, increase $3,120;
piaying enras, $i'.",6fi3, increase $2,032.
no.T nn .iriiAin or avoiik.
Xo I'lner for Ilrnnea In the I'rrsent
IniliiMrliil Selirinr.
Success.
One thing tint keeps young men down Ii
their four of work. They aim to find
genteel occupations, so they can dress well
nnd not soil their clothes, and handle things
with the tips of their fingers. They do not
like to' get their shoulders under the wheel,
nnd they prefer to give orders to others, or
figure ns masters nnd let some ono else do
the drudgery. Thero Is no doubt that Indo
lence nnd laziness arc thn chief obstacles U
success.
When we see ft boy, who has Just secured
n position, take hold of everything with
both hands and "Jump right into his work,"
ns If' ho meant to succeed, we havo con
fidence that he will prosper. But; If he
stands around, and asks questions, when
told to do nnythlngj It lie tells you that this,
or that, belongs to some other boy to do,
for U Is not his work; If he does not try
to carry out his orders In the correct way;
If he wnnts a thousand explanations when
asked to run nn errand, and makes his em
ployer think thnt he could havo dono tht
whole thing himself one feels llfto dls
charging such n 'boy on the spot, for he Ii
convinced that ho was not cut but for sue
cess. That ' boy will be cursed will
mediocrity, or will be a failure. t There it
no fpljic'e In this century for the laz'y man.
Ho will be pushed to the wall.
runSONAlTHOTES.
1 I
Tim tnAtnnttnnm Hrn lYiut 'If Shamf-nAlf wlnf
, ,V ,i.l..V..fc,W..O n . " v . . J",-- - - -
thu run 11 will tnke homo n full load oi
American' money. ) 1
I'nrlN Iiar nlwavs nald 113.500. a year to tht
detectives who guard ,the president ol
France, but has Just refused to do so longer,
and tho .national government has assumed
the task. Twelve detectives vare hired foi
the purpose.
Tinnal.l CI MHnhnll Hie Marvel!, of thl
class of '41, Yale, will deliver tho nddrosi
at the dedication of Woodbrldgo hall, tilt
new administration building, at the time o;
ih Vain hlenntnnnls.1 celebration. Mr.
Mitchell Is the historian of the Woodbrldgt
family.
Thn nnnniinnnrnunt nt thn death of "th'J
most beautiful woman in the world" will
not unconvlnco a great many men that tne
most beautlfdl woman In the worm is sun
alive. TlniJbeauty of .woman Isjn no small
measure 'In, the eyes or the man who looks
upon her.
Miss TheTese Schwarze has succeeded
after many attempts In persuading cx
l'rcsldcnt Kruger to sit for his portrait,
and has painted him reading a Bible. The
pose ls her own suggestion. "Oom" Taul
afterward accepted the Blblo as a present.
Tho portrnlt was painted at Utrecht.
Acting Secretary of State Adeo has a vivid
and picturesque vocabulary, which ho, oc
casionally temploys even in discussing
nffalrs of state. 'Te other day ho was
asked whether the Colombla-Venezuolh
affair was really only a couple of revolutions
or was going to become a war botweon tho
two nations. "I don't know, yst,". "replied
the dctlntr 'secretary 'of State. "There Is
something going on down there, but. I have
not yot blown down the barrels to see It
they are loaded ' '
. l',OIKTKU PJjBABAIiTIUEH.,
Chicago Trlbunei "OriseldnA' Said tho
vlsltlnB-rolnUve. "you. ought not to try to
sine when you nre shaking with the chilis.
"l hdven't got the 'chill?. aUntlo," replied
the church choir soprano. "1 dm practicing
on my tremolo."
'Bomervllle' Journal! -Jt miiehlrtc i tc . sew on
buttons would be a great blessin toM ache
lore. The only one that tboy can, get now
moat of them think Is. too, exuctmlvc.
Boston Transcript: rant-I don't know
what to make out of Dumlelgh. Jle has a
w of bftrtlnR everything jrljht out.
Wll8on-"Chirdren and fools always tell
,hdr-n&ynow!,fcumIelh Is no child.
'1'hllarielnhla Press: All unconscious of
danger the llltie Belgian hare was sport-
Woft'lS me." hissed a snake, sud
denly appearing nenrby. "I'm an adder!
"Huhl whlit's that?" rotprted the hare,
scornfully. "I guess you'.vo never heard
how our folks multiply.1'
Wnshlngton Star: "Did vou know," said
tho newly arrived shade, "that a number of
people are.dlsousslng your career'durlng the
deluge with some skepticism; '
"Well," answered Noah, "I suppose that
Is to bo expected. A man can't expect to
mix In Jiaval nffalrs nnd not have books
written about him,"
Pucki "An' 20 cents for lemonnde "
"Twenty cental It Isn't worth It!"
"Well, I don't t'lnk mesol thnt any soft
drink Is worth as much ns four beersbut
dat's do price, mister."
Pittsburg Chronlchti "This ancient um
brella;" remarked Hqulldlg. "belonged to my
Br"Ah!Uoiior'of the shades of your ances
tors," added McBwllllKen.
Brooklyn KaglofMrs. Ononlnetyelght
Hcnry. what does "P. p. Q." mean?
MrOnenlnetyelght-WclT, when you havt
tilings sent home from the department
stores C. O. U. they come P. D. Q.
SMII.KS.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Smile a little, smile a little,
As you go nlong.
Not alone when life Is pleasant,
Hut when things go wrong,
yarn delights to see you frowning,
Loves to hear you sigh! t
Turn n smiling faco upon her,
quick the 'dame will fly.
Smllo a little, smile a little,
All along tho rond;
Kvery life must have Its burden,
Hvery, heart Its lond. ,
Why sit down ln gloom nnd darkness,
With your grief to sup?
As you drink Fate's bitter tonic,
Hmllo across the cup.
Smile upon the troubled pilgrims
Whom yoa pnsS and meet;
Frowns nre thorns, und smiles are blos
soms , .
Oft for weary feet.
Do not uiHke the. wsy seem harder
By a sullen face. '
Hmllo n little. r,m'lciil"tl!e'
Brighten up tho place.
Smile uport your undone labor;
Not for ont who grieves
O'er hi task waits wealth or glory;
Ifo who smiles ochloves.
Thoush you meet with loss and sorrow
In the passing years,
Smile a little, smile a little,
Kven through your tears.
