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if Tiie Omaha Daily Bee. i;. UOSEWATElt, EDITOR, lMHLlHIILD EVERY MOHN1NO. TERMH OV HtBSCIUPTlON: Dally Hoc (without Sunday), Onn Yenr.JC.OO Dally Hee and Sunday, umi Year. .() jiiusiniicti i mm, uno ciir. .. 2.CO Sunday Bee. One Your WD Bntiircluy lift'. one Vciir l.w Twentieth Century farmer, Otio Year, l.w OK KICKS. Omaha: The Bee Building. Bojth Omaha- City Hall Building, Twcn ty-flfth ami M Streets. Council Bluffs; 10 J'eurl Street. Chicago: 1010 Cnlty Building. New York: Temple i.'ourt. Washington: Jul Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edl- tonal matter mould he nuuresseti: umana lice, Editorial Department, BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should ho addressed: Tiie lice l'uniisning Company, umana. REMITTANCES. Itemlt hy draft, express or postal order, payable to The lice Ptthllshlni.' Cointianv. Unly 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of man ncco.inis i-trsontu cnecKs, except on uinnuit or ensiern e.xciinugc.'i, 1101 accepted Mil'. III'.!'. I'U ISI.IMllliNU LUMrAAX, STATEMENT OK CIRCULATION. fetnto of Nebraska, .Douglas County, us.! C.enrge H. Tzsehiick, secretary of The Hco Publishing Conipuny, helm; duly sworn, fcays that tho nctual number of full and complete i-rinlrr. of The Dally. Morning, livening and Sunday lleo printed during the month of August, I'M, was as follows: 1.. ..u.i,:i(mi 17.... 18.... 15.... 20.... 21.... o 23.... 21.... i.'to .'..V.,IIIO ...y.-.(ti(ll .. ".",10 ...T,,'JI(( ...i:r.,:tiu ...y.-.jio . . .-,r.,:i.-,o ...u.-.,:in ...'.'n.iiiti ...li.-.tfiO ...i!.-.,IIM ...-.-..o.-.o i to ...t:r,:iti(i ...ar.,."iiir. r.ito ...U.",IOO ,..n,:tio ...jr., too ,..ii.'.,S70 3... . 4. ... 6... . 6 7 8 9 10 11 1Z 13 14 15.. .. IB....; a ur.sr.i w 'M,WM yn.r.io 2? ur.uiu 29 UT.IIIO 30 irO.OMO 31 Ur.'.'MI Totnl .7HWM Less unsold and returned copies.... 7,h.. Net total sales 7HM,otir. Net dally average 'J.'., 1-1 cinoiiau D. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence anil sworn to before mo this 31st day of August, A. D. 1S01. .M. li. 1 1 UNGATE. Notary l'uhllc. rrcsldcnt .McICInlcy drew tlio bntinor crowd to t lie Buffalo exposition. As n drawing card .Mi-Kluluy lias iicvit been uttrpasscd lu this country- Announcement Is made that Coin maiido liitH rctlted from tin turf. This refers to a rare, horso and Is no part of the South Afrlean war news. The coliuiKe of the United States mints ajn'OKated nearly !jlO(tK)0,KH) In the month of August without the aid or consent of any other tuition on earth. It Is said designers of Hying maehlnes contemplate forming a pool of their patents. The next thing after that will prohahly he a llyer on the stock, mar ket. According to General .MacArthur the Philippines must he an Ideal country for tramps. He asserts that It Is Im possible for white men to work In that climate. Teachers who went to tin;-Philippines complain that living' expenses there are too high. They could hear the same complaint If they were back In their old homes. Kx-tiovernor Hogg of Texas Is or ganizing a if",U(l(),000 syndicate to ex ploit his oil properties. The majority of the antl-corporatlon stars are eclipsed at present. The duke of Cornwall and York, heir to the Mrltlsh throne, has decided not to ylsjt the Pulled States when he conies to Canada. The duke will be missing an opportunity of It lifetime. County Treasurer Klsnsser has an nounced that he Is willing to take the taxpayers of Douglas county Into his conlldcneo as to the whereabouts of the county funds lu his custody. This Is gratifying news. It Is singular that It did not occur to the demo-pop sham reform organ to call on .Joe Hartley for monthly statements of the disposition of the money belong ing to the state or upon Meserve when lie. was In olllcc. Tho monthly record of mortgages Hied and released continues to show a net decrease In Indebtedness on Nebraska farms. This does nof lend much sup port to the calamity stories printed lu eastern papers. For the (second time we venture to propound the question, Why Is It that the county salary list Is .fltl.Soo higher this year than It was live years ago, .when there was morn business to trans act all along the Hue? In the great steel strike both sides etlll claim to be satlslled with the sit uation, but to the disinterested spec tutor It looks very much as though the parties to the contest were becoming .weary of .the struggle. The nieh accredited with making the $250,0110 bet on the results the yacht race enter a denial. The luxury of the poker games on shipboard going back anil forth' to Kurojm Is about all the average high rolling sport can stand. Hmperor William plainly Intimates tlint while the apology for the murder of Von Ketleler Is all right, China must lie good in the future or another visit from Walilersco may be expected, in the face of such a contingency China will do well to keep quiet. According to tho stateup.',f.glven to tho press the state tvie U enjoying greater patronage thajj over and the at tendance figures are way above the average. When the, financial exhibit Is made of the gate rilpts, however, vu limy expect the usbi story. Wonder why ti. popocrats never thought of Inserting n phink lu their state platform doniyidltig that state and county treasiuohkiubllsli monthly statements of the illsposni u of public funds In their custody during tho pelod they were lu control of the state ftuiNv as well as the funds of two thirds of tho counties lu the state I - Tiro STHOXO I'LAXKS. The republican stato convention In serted two strong planks In its plat form. The llrst plnnk turns the search light of publicity on the custodians of public funds In the following unequivo cal terms: Tho practice of depositing public funds on private account and tho loaning of public funds for private gain Is a fl,ii?rnnt violation of public trust. As a matter of public safety wo demand that the state treasurer and every county, city, village and school district treasurer shall keep the taxpayer fully Informed concerning the condition and disposition of the moneys entrusted to his safekeeping by the publication of monthly financial statements showing the amount of money on hand, the name of each bank In which it Is deposited, with the amounts on deposit In each. This plank hns struck the popocrntlc sham reformers so favorably that their chief organ has kept it standing In one form or another ever since It was In corporated by the convention. The second plank Is equally suggest ive and specllie und rends as follows: The constitution of Nebraska requires all taxes to be levied "so that every person and corporation shall pay in proportion to the vnluo of his, her or Its property nnd fran chises." We demand tho more strict ob servance and enforcement of this provision by a more conscientious nnd impartial as sessment of property and the abolition of all favoritism, false returns and undervalua tions by which the property and franchises of great corporations and wealthy Individ uals havo escaped their Just share of the public burdens. A strict enforcement of the tlrst plnnk would prevent private speculation In public, funds n practice which has been at the root of defalcations In almost every Instance, while a reasonable ob servance of the provisions of the second plank would go far toward putting an end to the abuses and frauds growing out of the dishonest assessment of prop erty and legalized evasion of tax bur dens Imposed upon franciilscd corpora tions and wealthy Individuals who cover up their personal property, under vari ous false pretexts, when the ast-essor is around. With an Impartial assessment of property and an honest accounting for every dollar of public money the people of Nebraska would enjoy the blessings of good government. MKsinvfiT M'Kixr.Kv at nm't'At.u. The address of President McKlnlev at the Buffalo exposition Is most Inter esting as a whole, but the feature-) which will receive most attention "are those relating to reciprocity and thu need of more American steamship lines in the foreign trade. What the nresl- dent said regarding reciprocity Is lu accord with former utterances and gives assurance that the lntlueiiee of the administration is '.o be exerted upon congress in behalf of that policy. The president declared that the problem of more markets requites Immediate at tention and that only a broad cud en lightened policy will keep what we have. We shall extend the outlets for our Increasing surplus, he said, by sen sible trade arrangements which will not interrupt homo production, lu order to continue to sell to other countries we must buy of them. "Hcclproclty," said .Mr. McKluloy, "is ' the natural out growth of our wonderful Industrial de velopment under the domestic policy now lirmly established." He dcelnml that the period of excltislveness is pas:, that the expansion of our trade and commerce Is thu pressing problem, thai commercial wars are uuprolitnblc, that reciprocity treaties are in harmony with the spirit of the times, measures of re taliation are not. A significant sen tence Is this: "If perchance uome ot our tariffs are no longer needed for revenue or to encourage and protect our industries at home, why should they not lie employed to extend and promote our markets abroad" .Mr. .McKlnley mnde It nlalu that lit is most enruestly In favor of bulldhiz up an American merchant marine lor our foreign commerce. He urged that there should be direct commercial Hues from our vast fields of production to the Holds ut consumption that we havo but barely touched. ".Next lu advan tage to having tho thing to sell," ho said, "Is to havo the convenience to carry It to tho buyer. Wo must en courage our merchant marine. Wo must have more ships. They must, be under tho American Hag, built and manned ami owned by Americans. These will nut only bo protltable lit a commercial sense; they will be messen gers of peace and amity wherever they go- The Inllueiice of the administration will be earncbtly directed to the attain ment of these requirements for the In- crease and extension of tho couutry's lorelgu commerce. The president be lieves that commercial peace Is to be secured through equitable reciprocity agreements and our trade at the same tlnio beneilted. ills Idea Is that we should sell tiverywhoro we can and buy wlierever the buying will enlarge, our sales and production, thereby making a greater demand for home labor. Thei'.i Is no doubt that this view Is galnlug among those who give the subject In telligent consideration. The representa tive manufacturers ol the country are lu accord witli It, as was shown at their last national .convention. United States senators who were opposed to, reci procity at tho last session of congress have Since changed their attitude. The question, It Is safe to say, will not bo ignored lu the coming congress. Tlu advocates of an American mer chant marine are Hopeful of legislation bv thu Plftv-suventh congress that will .promote that policy, but It cannot be contldently predicted that the measure proposed w imss. The house will probably pass It, but It Is to be expected will meet with a most determined op position In the senate, which mar not be conduct! to tho democrats. Unon the general proposition stated by President .McKlnley, liowevei, that we should havo an American merchant marine un der the American Hag, It would seem there can be no controversy. Die exhibit of the prohibition state committee, must certainly be gratifying to the members of that party. The treasurer of the state committee re port that the receipts of the commit tee during thu last year were $1,U20,UC THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 10oi. and the expenditures $1.020.:t5, leav ing a balance of one cent In the treas tiry. This Is a better showing than most party committees are able to make. They generally have a dellelt at the end of a campaign. With u copper In the treasury to start the campaign for J001 the prohibitionists are In condition to resist the pressure from tho leg pullers. OVtt DUTY TUH'Altt) VUHA, That portion of the report of (Jeuernl Wood on Cuba which denls with the commercial relations of the island In regarded as particularly slgnlllcnut bo cause It Is assumed to reflect the posi tion of the Washington administration. He says that Cuba's prosperity and ad vaiiceiiieut depend absolutely upon her obtaining low tariff rates In the United Stales for her sugar and tobacco. He also points out that the sugar, tobacco and coffee lands of the Island have hardly been touched. The Washington Post says It Is gen erally understood that President .Mc Klnley Is lu favor of a liberal policy In our trade relations with the Cuban people. "Ho Is believed to share the general desire for the prosperity of the Island, as well as the widely prevalent belief that annexation to tho United States, at no very distant day, Is her manifest destiny." The Post thlnkft It evident that (Jeiieral Wood shares this feeling. Commenting on the decluratlo'n of the New York Press that economic ally the United States and Cuba "are the most Intense enemies and diamet rical antagonists," the Post says: "This republic cannot and will not give Inde pendence to the Cubans. Will the re publican party venture to declare thu we shall give them no preference lu trade over Kuropoan countries? Pound as we are to control their foreign rela tions and to see that they establish and maintain a stable and orderly govern ment, must wo treat them ns hated competitors lu tradoV" Wo do not believe that the repub lican party will treat the Cubans as "hated competitors." We do not doubt that when the question of commercial relations between the United States and Cuba comes to lit; determined by coiiitess and th" administration the disposition will be to deal fairly and liberally with Cuban Interests. We know of 110 one prominent In the coum oils of tho republican party who Is not in favor of a policy regarding Cuba that will promote her development and give her people prosperity. Senator Lodge voiced the general republican sentiment when he said that wo must do something to secure to Cuba economic prosperity and urged that she be given a preferential duty on her staple products. How far we can go hi making concessions to Cuban In-, diistrlcs, without saerlllclng domestic interests. Is the perplexing question. We have a sugar Industry that has been steadily growing and which It Is be lieved can be developed In a few years fo as to nearly or quite supply the i'oine demand. No one questions that to admit Cuban sugar free would de stroy that Industry. How much can we lower the duty In favor of Cuban Mtjrar without serious Injury to the domestic Industry? The question ap I ','cti also to tobacco. There Is a general desire, unquestion ably. Unit Cuba shall develop and pros po. but we are not called upon by nry duty or obligation to better t lie condition of the Cubans at the expense of our own people. The American laruier who cultivates sugar beets and the American capitalist who has In vested lu sugar mills are entitled to consideration and. in our judgment, to Ht-st consideration. If the United States au In time produce the sugar eon Kt'iued by Its people, as experts say 'i can. It would lie monumental folly to destroy the sugar Industry nnd a very great wrong, as well, to those who havo engaged lu It believing that it was to lie protected until its possibilities wore fully determined. The republican pnrty will deal fairly and Justly with Cuba, but It will not lose sight of the duty of tho govern ment to our own people. should sot uvtnmo it. There Is a tendency to raise tun prices of all commodities needed for tho maintenance of tho home that Is liable to drive away peoplo who are disposed to settle lu Omaha. Tliero has recently been a very mate rial Increase In the price of coal, meat, provisions, vegetables, as well ns in rentals, which Imposes a hardship upon wageworkers with limited Incomes. While this advance In prices all along tho lino Is largely due to the higher price of tho raw products of tho farm, or chard nnd garden, the attempt to exact excessive prices for the necessaries of life Is lu many cases entirely unwar ranted. The motto of nil should be to live nnd let live; and the retail dealers should hear lu mind that there Is a limit to thu Incomes of their customers. .Men who own their own houses and havo large Incomes can stand tho raise uncom plainingly; but day laborers, mechanics, and men having sniall salaries and largo families are being hard pressed to meet the continuing Increase lu the cost of living. These conditions should bo taken Into consideration by tho various organiza tions and combinations that control and regulate prices. The Salvation army at St. Joseph Is more practical thau are the members of that order lu Omalia. In St. Joseph the army proposes to start a broom fac tory at Its quarters, wherein many of Its members will bo able to earu wages at manual labor. In Omaha the army is content with beating cymbals and castanets ami holding open air prayer meet lugs. It should bo gratifying to repub licans who participated In our recent stato convention to dial the Philadel phia Press saying that they "took the light course" In repudiating all respon sibility for the leniency shown tho de faulting stato treasurer. The Press, edited as It Is, by Postmaster Uenoral Kniory Smith, comes us ucur voicing. the sentiments of the lending spirits of tho uatlouul administration its any newspaper spokesman and Its view can be taken as that of the best Judgment of dispassionate observers at long range, Its commendatory acknowledgment of ttovernor Savage's prompt response to tho action of the convention Is along tho same lino. Flvo years ago, when the sheriff of Douglas county had nn average of seventy prisoners to gunrd and care for in tho county Jail, ho managed to pre serve order In that institution with three keepers, iK an expense of $2,H10 per year. During the present year, with an average of only forty-four nrls oners, live keepers arc employed, nt a cost of S4.200. to maintain discipline In other words, although the number of prisoners has been reduced nearly one half, tho expenses for gunrds have almost doubled. Is It any wonder that tho general fund of tho county Is run nlng low? When the now High school building Is completed the Hoard of liducatlon will have to wrestle with the problem of dls posing of the old High school building. It will have to decide whether the II ret rap shall lie reconstructed or pulled down. It will cost nearly as much to remove the' tower and the mansard roof nnd reconstruct the rcninlnlng four stories of the bulldlug ns It will to add a wing to the now High school. At best tho reconstructed old building would still be a Hretrup and would con tlnue to bo a menace to those occupy' Ing It and to tho new building sur rounding It. Tho hog Is doing his share toward furthering the prosperity of the west. Up to date almost a million more hogs have been marketed than during tho same months last year, while the price lias been all that tho most fastidious hog could ask. Spain proposes to compel the sultan of .Morocco to atone for the misdeeds of some of his robber subjects. If Spain is lu doubt about how to accomplish the result It might look up the precedent set by some American sailors many years ago. A Itrmliilocpiier. Indianapolis News. There Is no relation between prices and silver this year, cither. I.ooUImk TtiroiiKli Ulnied (;iimnci. Philadelphia Hecord. Senator Vest says that silver shnnM ho shelved nnd Colonel Uryan sent to tho United States senate. Seeing that silver has been shelved and that Nebraska has repudiated its gifted citizen, there Is a curious lack of perspective In this sugges tion. Tho unliable Mlssourlan should havo his spectacles readjusted. Ail m I nil SnmiiNon' Health. Minneapolis Tilhune. Tho public will be relolccd to learn thnt Admiral Sampson is much better In health and that there Is every probability that he will be able to attend the. Schley court of inquiry. What thin public hones for as the outcome of. this Inquiry' Js a thorough prob ing ana a acllnlto verdict, w th no ta to it In the shape of endless controversy aft erward. Clni-h of the Ciinl Itoiiiln. nuffulo l-Jxpress. Ono of tho Imnortant funinra Mini 1 no lo the hlch nrice for iinthranltn said to be the maintenance of railroad rates by common agreement. In view of tho earnings of the coal roads, which were recently made public, thero rould be a general reduction In freight charges and still leave tho roads a large surplus. A reduction of this character would benefit tho public. Hot Hun (or the Cup. New York Tribune. With a steel mast 159 feet high, with a boom 117 feet loug, with a spread of sail never surpassed by nny single master among tho competitors for the America's cup, the second Shamrock will give Yan kee jnchtsraanshlp a thorough tost. This is prohahly the fleetest rhallenger that over crossed tho sea. So ranch greater, then, the glory If this country koeps tho cup. Hut Sir Thomas is heartily welcome to It If ho can lift It. The Country In Autumn. Baltimore American. ' The season Is at hand wnon nature may bo enjoyed at her best In the rountry. In this latitude tho transition from summer to autumn and from autumn to winter Is so gradual that the seasons merge Impercepti bly Into each other. From now until nearly Christmas good weather may bo expected. .More rain has fallen this year since May than is usual, but of all seasons the an- tumn Is tho most constant. The days aro bright, pleasantly warm In September and October, followed by cool nights, Insuring good rest. Hiding, driving and walking in the country aro most enjoyable In tho au tumn. Tho season for hot, sticky days and sudden thunderstorms Is past, tho air Is cool and bracing and man and beast take delight In living. The changing colors of flowers and leaves, the fine sunsets and beautiful moonlight nights in the country, where the eyo can sweep for miles witli no rows of dwelling houres or tali sky scrapers to arrest vision: the quiet that attends life In plar.es remote from tho noise of the city these and other condi tions, which the dwellers In crowded cen ters can only feehly appreciate, mako liv ing In tho country a posltlvo pleasure. No .llrnt Sold on Siimlny. Chicago Tribune. At Its last session tho Now York legis lature passed an amendment to tho Sunday closing law, forbidding the salo of all un cooked meats on Sunday. Tho law became operative last Sunday and caused a lively conflict of Interests. Hundreds of families, especially In the east end, had to go with out meat for their Sunday dinners. Tho poorer peoplo and wago-earnors object to the new law because they have no ice boxes and canuot keep fresh meat over night In hot weather. They say thoy will havo to go without their usual Sunday meals and will be reduced to a diet of vegetable!! and salt meats on that day. Hitherto they have been able to get fresh mcatB during the morning hours of Sun day. On the other hand, tbe Journeyman butchers of New York City aro united In their determination to have the law en forced. They object to working seven days In the week. Tho law was passed at their request and is supported by the wholesale and retail dealers, as well as by the em ployes. An army of 2,000 Journeyman butchers has resolved itself into that num ber of private detectives to see that the law is enforced. The array of Indignant con sumers Is much larger, hut not so well or ganized and thus far tho butchers have victory and tho law on their side. It Is a case of the Inevitable clash between con tending Interests in largo communities. The Needs Chlcnco Tribune. Many of tho men who mado speeches on be swept away. Improved machinery and Labor day In this city and elsewhere dilated Improved methods of production should be on the supremo Importance of tho more welcomed. Every effort should be made perfect organization of labor. They pointed to tncreaso output nnd thus Increase the to tho more perfect organization of capital rewnnunf labor. Tho "unionism" Hlshop and production which Is going on In thU Potter speaks of, "which would put down and other countries and urged their hearer all workers to a dead level of skill and to protect their Interests by following tho effort," should be abandoned. Tho best samo policy. This is good advice, Thu men should no longer bo kept down, moro perfect tho organization, whether it Tho new condltlous which obtain in the bo of capital or of labor, the greater the manufacturing industries of this country propects of success. havo developed new Industrial leaders of Of recent years combination on the part marked ability. If tho labor organizations of the workers has not kept paco with that uhlch have to ileal with these modern ag on the part of tho employers-.- The latter gregatlons of capital aro to hold their own have adopted new methods. The former they must have better trained and better have not Imitated them. They have not educated leaders than they have had In endeavored to adapt their organizations to tho past, It the Amalgamated association the new conditions of Industry. There tiro could have ns Its president such a man as two things which tho labor organizations Chirles M. Schwab It would have a model of the present day are In groat need of. president. He can look at questions from Ono Is tho modernizing of many of tholr the side of the worker, for ho has been rules nnd regulations. Tho other Is leaders a worker. Ho knows tho situation from whoso knowledge Is not limited to tho do- the side of tho employer. He Is not lg tails ot work in mill or factory, but who nornnt of financial miestlonn. Ho would have the samo general acquaintance with not have made the blunder President Shnf an Industry that tho employers have. fer mado of nssumtng thnt he could win n Take, for instance, tho Amalgamated as- soclatton. It has working rules which per haps wero well enough In tho day of small Industries. Thoy may have answered u useful purpose when there wero a multitude of potty. Independent mills working with old-fashioned machinery. That machinery has been discarded. Tho small concerns have been consolidated. Everything has changed In tho iron and steel business ox- cept tho provisions In the rules of the Amal- gamatod association adopted for the purpose of limiting production nnd making It dim- cult for the more Intelligent worker so to utilize his Bklll ns to earn better wages. All theso restrictive regulations should A OHIJAT TIUUMPII. Hucce of Ainerlenn Snultnry Ito- fornm In Culm. Atlanta Journal. United States array surgeons have added to their nlready very high reputation by their great success In dealing with dlscnso In Cuba. Though thoy have been at work there only about thrco years they havo worked wonders. It seems rcrtaln that thoy will soon succeed In extlrpntlng yel low fever from an island which It has cursed for generations and from which It has spread with disastrous results to ninny regions of the United Stntes. Tho reports for July show what a Banltary revolution these skilled and devoted men of science havo worked In Havana. During that month thero were In Havana and Its suburbs only four caf-es ot yellow fever and but ono death from that disease. During tho same month In ISO within these samo bounds nearly 1,000 cases of yellow fever developed nnd the number of deaths from thnt causa was sixty-eight. Tho surgeons bellevo thnt all local centers of contagion have been eliminated. There has been a phenomenal improvement of general health conditions In Cuba slnco our surgeons Tnt to work there. Havana Is now a clean city and this could never have been suld of It slnco Its foundation until the last few months. Our soldiers aro heroes In battle with urmed men nnd have deservedly won tho admira tion of tho world. Hut no less heroic nro our nrmy surgeons, who fight disease so fearlessly and with such splendid effect. Thoy have ronferred an Inestimable boon not on Cuba alone, but upon tholr own country ns well by the mnnnor In which they havo battled with nnd overcome tho sources of Infection- In that island. IMM.ITICAI. INKMIKXCK ON SAI.K. IlrMUh Pnrtle Siiserptlltle to (lie In- fliiruri of Current folii. Philadelphia Press. Encllshmen havo cherished nnd Americans have uecopted the comforting view that English elcctlor expenses had no inliuencs on Enidlsh party policy. Thero might ho n connection here, Americans sadly confessed, but In England a "ruling class whoso sons marry variety actresses and get con victed for bigamy arranged things hotter. Each English election costs each party full J5.000.000. but a bulkhead compartment, warranted to stand nny political strain, In exorably separated tho party conscience nnd principles from tho pnrty exchequer. The curtain has lifted occasionally. I.orn Rosebery mado a banker o peer for hi contributions to tho liberal party chest, nnd English public opinion accepted with tepid dlwregard this salo of n hereditary legisla tive seat. Hero when Mr. Van Alen was rewarded for $30,000 paid to the dcmoerntlo party treasury by a foreign mission public opinion forced him to stiy nt home. Tho London Spectator has lifted the cur tain ngaln. Mr. Charles noyd, n Ixmilon Journalist who Is In Mr. Rhodes' confi dence, charges in Its columns that In 1S92 tho South African arch-filibuster paid $2.",- 000 to Mr. Schnadhorst, tho liberal party manager, or, as wo ehould call him, chair man of tho liberal national executlvn cora mltteo, on condition that tho liberals would agree, If they enmo in, not to lcavo Egypt. Tha 'War department Is accumulating n valuable collection of photographs, which will form a pictorial appendix to the his tory of the campaign In the Philippines. Most of them como from Manila, where officers hnvo been engaged In n systematic effort to malntnln a photographic record of Important events and current happenings In tho Philippines. The volunteer enlisted men engaged on the work In Manila have been retained as civilian photographers, Tho work done hns consisted more In tak ing general views of work performed hy the troops nnd of landscapes. In addition, nt tho request of various officers, photo graphs havo been taken of different Insur gent chiefs, copied from photographs nnd distributed In large number to tho dlfforent officers In the field, so ns to nsslst them In the capture of the Insurgents, rKIISONAI. .NOTI2S. Sir Henry .Johnson, who has returned to London from Ungnndn, has brought with him what Is said to he tho finest collection of photographs ever obtained In Africa. General Oarcla Volez, Inspector general of prisons nt Hnvunn, who Is a son of th? famous (Jenernl Oarcla, Is In Pniton ex amlnlng tho various methods of prison gov ernment. Senator Hoar of Massachusetts spends his vacation in resting. Ho rises early, but Is In bed overy night by 9 o'clock nnd during tho day takes long walks and dot's n good deal of light rending. William C. Whitney will not allow his great park In the Adlrondncks to be "lum bered" In the ordinary way. Instead he cuts trees of over ten Inches In diameter, leaving the smaller ones to grow, and thus always has n hnndsomo forest. Lord Salisbury said recently that in his opinion tho art of public spoaklng was merely a question of training. "Anyone," ho added, "who knows his language, Is a good observer, has u fair memory and hai something to say can Eny It in public and win applause." Lieutenant Tllley, United Slates navy, governor of tho province of Ttitulln. says that ho has excluded Intoxicants from tho country under his charge, because he found tho nntlves so greatly debased by their uo that tho tioll, really phenomenally pro ductive, was yielding scarcely anything of what was due from it. . ( of Labor strike against the United States Steel cor- poration in Wail street The man at the head of a great labor union should be about as familiar with tho rights and tho re sources of the employer as with those of tho employe. If labor organizations will modernize their Ideas; If they will get leaders who nro in tclloctually better equipped nnd can look on both sides of a question, nnd If they will show the progressive spirit which those with whom they have to deal aro show lng, there will not be so many lohor wars ns thoro nro now, and when thero Is such n war labor will bo far more likely to be tho victor than it is now. ItOl'.Ml AnOL'T M1W YOIIK. Etching of Seme nnd Hi rut of Minor Ooimriiiiencr. Tho promised revolution In modern life through tho medium of liquid air will not bo fulfilled for some time to come. Trlplcr nnd his liquid air plant havo encountered a financial frost, which has brought tho much-heralded revolution to a standstill. As If to cap tho climax of unkind fato the plant was seized for debt, and a receiver is sitting on the remains. Tho Trlplcr liquid air plnnt was Instnllcd last spring in a building onco famous as Hilly McGlory's dance hall, but tho romance and legends' of human kicks, knocks and revolutions clustered there did not lend Inspiration to tho Inventor of the modern wonder. Hut tho rent went oli Just tho samo and when It reached 11,495 the un feeling landlord smote the plant and bagged all the cold air In sight. It was a hot day, too. The attorney for tho company says: "Cor porations of tho most undoubted solidity uro frequent I)' exposed to similar treatment when some dispute over monoy owed or alleged to be owed arises. I want this placed before tho public In tho right light, because there Is no reason why the stock holders should be alarmed. Whenever a corporation has been drngged before the public, with or without cause, undue Im portance Is certnln to be attached to occur rences of this kind," "With its plant In the hands of the sheriff and stockholders clamoring for light on the company's affairs, says the New York Sun, "It would seem ns though there was need of tho immediate return from tho west of Stephen Dorscy nnd Senator John P. Jones, who nro looked upon ns prime factors In the concern. Manager Owynn said that notlco had been sent to all the directors nsklng them to lay aside all other business in order thnt a quorum might bo got next week nnd n meeting hold. Meanwhile, he said, tho secretary, as authorized by President Trlplcr, had already begun an In vestigation of tho books and would report tho result of tho meeting." About 200,000 shares of stock havo been Issued by the company. Ono of tho oddest building experiments over attempted Is now under way In New York City in tl reconstruction of tho old Morse built. ig In Nassau street. Eight stories of the present structure aro being sandwiched between a now story at tho bottom and six now stories at tho top. It Is practically the first time In the history of tho skyscraper that any such engineering feat hns been nttcmpted, and thus fnr the experiment has proven a success. And what adds to tho striking character of tho undertaking is that not onco since tho work was begun have thj building's elevators ceased to run, whllo tenants of the old structures have con tinued tx tlo business exactly as If nothing woro happening. Tho Morse building was constructed In 1879, with ground floor walls of extraordinary thickness, tho tight henvy stories of tho building nt that tlnio making foundation walls of the kind absolutely nec essary. Thcao walls aro now being moved by tho contractors to bo replacod by spo- daily mado steel beams. The roof of tho building also has been removed nnd In tho piaco of It !s being erected thn "balloon top" six-story addition. Around the top wall on which tho roof rested has been placed a cap of thlrty-slx Inch boamB, made of ship plates and angles and weighing nDout -mo pounds to the foot. Regulur beams nro run down from this to the floor and walls below, thus giving solid support to tho six stories to bo "anchored" to tho cap. t It will require several months to complete tho changes. . Tho business of Insuring Individuals and firms against losses from bad debts above h certain amount is ono which has grown and extended rapidly in this city within two or three years, reports tho Evening Post. The companies engaged In It have gradually made up a scries of "experience tables" on which calculations are based Just as life Insurance Is governed by mor tality tables, So, when a newly established house or ono not previously Insured applies for a policy, there Is soma check on his statement as to how much ho expects to loso by bad debts In the coming year. If n wholesaler, for instance, says that ho will loso only one-eighth of 1 per cent, it Is known both from thn commercial agencies and tho experlenco of hundreds of othor merchants that ho Is greatly underestimat ing tho amount. Tho credit Insurance com panies denl only with manufacturers and wholesalers, ns the retailors who aro their customers have commercial ratings, whllo those of a retailer aro much moro uncer tain. An unpaid bill fnr this purpose Is accounted a "loss" only when the debtor has actually gone Into bankruptcy! Tho rato of premium depends on the nature of the statement of tho policy holder as to his "bad debt" losses In previous years. Tho rato charged Is highest for the liquor dealers, an the saloons, which are tbe wholesalers' customers, nro likely to fall. Drawing room street cars are. ono of the latest novelties in tho metropolis. Eah car carries twenty-five persons at a fare of 25 cents each, and has n porter in attend ance to look after tho comfort of the pas sengers, Unfortunately for the great mass of Now Yorkers, however, but to tho undy ing satisfaction of the citizens of the "Comctery borough," to ride In the cars It is necessary to make a trip to the Borough of Drooklyn, Desplto thn fact that the residents nf Manhattan have been petition ing tho Metropolitan Street railway to in troduce parlor street cars on its lines, It remains for the Drooklyn Rapid Transit company to humiliate Manhattan by putting them on itu line between Brooklyn bridge and Prighton notch. All the summer long they have been running with pleasure to the passengers and profit to the company, and now It Is announced that they arc to do the same thing for theater-goers after October J. The cars Mill bo clean nnd well heated nnd, as they hnvo dono during the summer will continue agreeably to supplant tho crowded strap-hanging trolleji for thosn to whom such means of trans portation nre Intolerable. New Yorkers may now be expected to make thcmoeles heard on the subject of drawing room street enra tor Manhattan, for great as the Inducement Is, no Manhattanltc could long put up with the rusticity of Brooklyn oven for thu privilege of riding on Its cars. MILLIONS FOIl THU CHOPS. Money Sent Went to Assist In MovIiir Thrm. Italtlmore American., Nearly J8.000.000 was sent In August to the United Stntes subtreasurlcs, chiefly those nt Nov Orlenns, Chicago and St Iiouls, for tho purpose of moving tho crops, This is much the largest amount that hai ever been transferred In any August tor this purposo nnd in some measure furnishes n basis upon which to estimate the size nnd value of tho crops. The tbimngo done by the drouth In certain parts of the west an 1 southwest hns probably been overestimated, for tho reason that tho rains rime tho drouth wns broken will mnko up a lurgi oart of the loss If warm weather prevaiH In September and early in October, so that tho late corn can mature, nut In the fa en ot the drouth In part nf the corn region and in Texas tho grain and cotton crops will bo largo. An estimate has already been mado of what will bo needed In Europe nnd it is almost certain that the surplus broadstuf(.n In this country for export will command good prices, Tho use of JS.OOO.OOO for moving crops means a great deal even lu a rlchr largo country such ns this. Tho railways will recelvo a Inrgo part In freight rates and nt deep water on the Atlnntlc and Oulf ports tho steamship lines will got tholr share. Tho banks In tho small towns, will also bo benefited. Under tho lato uct. by which national banks enn bo established with a capital as small ns $2,"., 000, a largo number of theso Institutions havo gono Into business, and reports show they nro doing well, especially in tho south. In tho south, mlddlo west nnd southwest will be used most of tho money available for moving tho crops. Although wo nro fast going to tho front ns tho leading manufacturing nation of tho world tho farmer Is tho real bncl bono of the country. Our agricultural sec tions aro not yot as productive ns they will becorao with a greater diversity in crops nnd n better Hystem of Intensive farming. Tho south now produced 10,000,000 bales of cotton and cotton Is by no moans n drug In tho murkot. A balance of trndo in our favor from for-, clgners of about JS50,000,000 is an enormous gain. Ever)' dollar of this comes to us In gold In exchange for our products nnd will go to swell tho cnpltnl of tho country, which will bo applied for purposes of fur ther development. Tho ngrlculttirlst Is get ting his shnro of this great gain, which means next year an Increaso in products nnd perhaps a larger" sftrplus from his cro s ApnnllliiK Cost of CompieM. Philadelphia Press. Tho cost to tho llrltlsh government of tho war In South Africa, as given by tho Lon don StntlEt from official documents,' has been 1816.980.000. Of thnt nmottnt only $157,190,000 hns como out of tho government revenues, the remainder representing loans' nnd $15,033,000 takon from the sinking funds. And still tho end of tho war Is not In sight. It is probable the -most un profitable war England qver had anything to do with. A IIUMCII OF SMI LICS. IVnflhliiBtnn Slnr; "t .1 fill," said Eve, "to have nothing to wenr bu ftp leaves!" ... :VCI1, my 1("r." said Adam, consolingly, lets make believe tlmt wn'rn In lili.li n. clety nnd thnt this Is a vegetable party." Chicago Tribune: 'Aceil Ileau WUIInmn nro my eyebrows on straight and my enrs properly crimped? Vnlct Yes, sir, but your left shoulder has slipped down n little. There, sir. You nrn quire correct. Detroit Tree Press: MlnUter (renlimnHI.-t The congregation was wretchedly small i inn inuriiinsi jmh, or course, tnc Lord wns there I Ills W If (bravo vl Anil. Ir I'm ni greatly mistaken, two reporters! Detroit Pren I'resn- "Slnrn llin man bus been ranking love to tho fut girl lie Is harder than ever." "Well, hasn't he lieen miiltlm- solid?" rhllndelnbla Press: "Vnn rinn'i much about scientific llclitinr- h., said the bulldog, with u superior nlr. "No. renlled the nnnnnhin .Mutt If care to mix It up with mo l' think I could glvo you a fow points." Ohio Ktiitn .Iniirnut- r-1l..,.lTj.. right are you keenlnc thnt IVO1V1 ;inm.iirej ynu recovered for mn? Lll WVIT lMilll't villi toll l h l... . place that nil you wanted was satisfac tion? Pittsburg Chronicle: "American hno stores hnvo been opened in Vienna," re marked the Observant Hoarder. "That puts American shoes on a satis factory (noting In Austrln," was jhe Cross Eyed Hoarder's comment. Philadelphia Record: "Whv Is n woman such a poor shot?" queried the Stmplu Mug, "Cilvo It up," snld the Wise Ouy. "Because she nlms at Mrs." Chicago Post: "lln seems to lie very much opposed to thn good road movement. "Of course." "Why do you say that?" "Ho has n blcycln and wagon shop.nejU to a madhouse nt n point where the Hoi ' Is particularly bad," Philadelphia Press: Trent-I saw Unit lit tle boy of yours at my house today. Beate Did ynu? Think Iio'h like me? Trent Well, he's like you, nnd then ugalu he's unllkn you, Hente In what way? Treat Iln asked me for n drink of -water Brooklyn Eagle: Rnstus Johnson (after shooting affray, weakly) Oh, bois, I'so dono fo", fo' Hunh! Doctor HawboneH Nonsense1 I can t find a scratch nn you anywhere' Rnstus Johnson (deHpenitelvl-lo enn't! Oh, Lordy, Lordy! Uen I'se shot Internally : Chicago Tribune: "Dnt wuz nn awful whopper you guv de lady 'bout not hnvln' had a clg in yer motif fur " whole week." said Mtiggsy. " 'Twasn't, nuther, Indignantly answered Swlpesy de bootblack. "1 hain't. I use a clg bolder." Cleveland 1'laln Denier: "I neo that'll Pnrls physician has decided to inouulato hlmseit with bovine tuberculosis In order in test the Koch theory." . Mil bet he'll prove that Koch Ih right." "Yes, but supposing be should get-tin) mooing hnhlt tlxed on him and begin it, chew the cud (i ml want to honk things' Wouldn't that be Hlmost hs bad?" JIINOINO Ol' (lOOD TIMI5H. Frank L. Htunton In AJInntn Constitution, Let us sing about the good times In tho valleys on thn hills. Tho music of tho mocking blrds-the Joy hf nil inn nun; Let us sing lu hII tho winters, where the snow lies chill and deep, . Tho soil Unit yearns to blossom wheroithu (lowers aro sa(o Iq sleep. Let us sing nbout the good thnnnithfyaro bright on plain und slope, -f And nil the world Is ringing .with tho sl- ... very hells of Hope Tho blur skies bond above us tho grass i:i gren and sweet, And thn violets spread a carpet for thn falling "f Love's fert. Let us slug about tho good times; thoy nro coming right along, And nil the world Is sweeter for their hallelujah song: And ho' for Lovn and living for no bless. lng Love denies, And life's a sweet thanksgiving to the Blad und miBwcrlns BklcsJ