THE OMAHA DAILY JJEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER
1901.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Rtita-of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Oeorge D. Txschuck, secretary of The Hee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Deo printed during
the month of September, 1001, was as fol
lows: 1 ....2(1,045 1 28,7110
2 27,4.10 17 ai,0tO
3...,,,, 27,270 IS 20,:tM0
4 27, 1 HO 19 2H.O0O
6 27, HO 20 20,20
8 41,100 21 27,070
7,....'- 17,710 22 28,1100
S V .14,7711 23 28,770
ilH.OltO 24 2H,tlHO
10 ;....2H,ir0 25 2M,BM
11 28,1 HO ZS 2H,niO
12 27,800 27 28.04O
13 10,210 28 28,700
H .4B.730 l'j 28,0:iO
IB i... ..12,100 ' 30 28,870
Total .- 0.11,710
Less unsold and returned cople 12,:I7
Net total sales , OIO,:t011
Not dally average .'10,040
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Linton -would llko to trade crews.
Hettcr trade yacht.
Did you notice the marked superiority
of The Sunday Heo over would-be com
petitors? Compare them for yourself.
Sir ThomnH Llptou enn connole him
self with the knowledge that that cup
wos never built to drink out of, nuyway.
Nobody In Omnha has yet ventured to
defend the disfranchisement of Omaha
republicans In future nominating con
ventions and governing committee.
The Island of Samar has now achieved
a place on tho map familiar to Amer
icans. The lesson In geography Is ex
pensive, but none the less effective.
Krom tho Mercer-nary standpoint, as
expounded by Congressman Mercer'H er
rand boy masquerading as a stalwart,
downright deception and treachery aro
legitimate weapons In politics.
Of course It Js quite accidental that
no one even suspected any serious In
firmity threatening the health of King
ICdward until after the death of bis
royal mother had promoted him up to
the top notch.
The republican state ticket has been
In the Held more than a month, but the
opposition has not been able to bring out
a single thing rellectlng on the character
of tho candidates on It. A pretty good
sign that they are proper men for the
places.
Our amiable contemporary finds In
teresting reading matter In Tho Uee
so lnterestlnghat It reprints It for tho
benefit of Its readers. Unfortunately,
the rule cannot bo reversed. Interest
ing reading of Its own make Is too
scarce.
King Leopold of. Ilelglum is talking of
a visit to thu United States. Let tho
lielglan king come right aloug. He will
bo assured of the most hospitable enter
tainment ho could wish ami an oppor
tunity to Inspect tho most marvelous
country In the world.
President Roosevelt Is said to bo bar
boring views of his own about army
reorganization. President Koosovelt
climbed up the bill of San Juan himself
and thoreforo knows something about
the military business outside of what
ho may have read In book.
The managers of tho Ak-Sar-Hen car
nival Insist that tho criticisms against
street fair abuses do not apply to their
recent enterprise. Tho street fair is nil
right when kept within strict limits.
It Is the danger of overstepping tho
limits that must bo guarded against.
Tho comity clerk Is having difficulty
finding available room for polling places
at tho coming election. Tho trouble is
that all tho buildings aro fully occupied
and tho occupants do not wish to va
cate, even for a day. It wos different
before republican prosperity set lu.
Omaha Is dally welcoming tho return
of Omaha tourists who havo been
spending tho summer nt a dlstanc
either at. homo or abroad, each one
bringing with him suggestions for im
prov'ements In our local conditions. Ai
exnerlenco. meeting of returned tourlsti
might be of advantogo to all concerned.
The supremo court of Iowa has af
firmed tho old rule of foot-front nppor
tionment of special assessments for pav
Ing. This rule has run the gauntlet of
tho courts Mn nearly every state lu the
union and It. Is surprising that It should
be attacked by any well versed lawyer,
If It wore upset at tills time It would
knock out nine-tenths of tho special as
BCBStnents for street Improvements In
every city lu tho country,
I'RESWEXT A .YD PA TROXAQE.
No one doubts that In regard to the
civil service President Hoosevclt will
continue as faithful to tho merit system
as he has been since ho first became
identified, as a member of the civil serv
ice commission, with that reform. In
this period the merit system has had n
no more earnest and zealous supporter
than Mr. Hoosevclt and the character
of tho president gives ample assurance
that he will maintain thin position. It
Is sold that ho will embrace every oppor
tunity to strengthen the personnel and
encourage the work of tho civil service
commission, that complaint by the com
mission of the violations of tho law and
rules lu the executive departments will
be made the subject of. direct Inquiry
by the president, that tho member of the
cabinet Involved will be asked to set
forth the department's side of the case
and then -the matter will' be settled by
the president dn Its merits. This is
what Is reasonably to be expected from
Mr. Hoosevclt respecting the civil serv
ice law and It lu also to be expected that
no otllclal, whatever his position, who
willfully violates or disregards thu law
will escape the oxecutlvo attention In
such way as will be likely to prove most
effective In preventing violations of the
law. Thcro la to be, It can confidently
be assorted, an honest, faithful and
straightforward observance of the civil
service law during this administration.
Regarding appointments to the public
service which do not come under the
civil service law there Is no doubt the
president will exorcise the utmost care
to appoint mon of approved capability
and character. He will necessarily have
to consult senators ami representatives
In congress concerning the qualifications
of possible nppolutees lu their respective
states and districts, but It Is believed
that ho will not surrender the executive
privilege and duty of making a thorough
Inquiry as to thu fitness of applicants
for public ofllce., The. Washington cor
respondent of the NewyYqrk Post says
that If tho president already knows, or
later learns, that a man who has re
ceived tho commendations of 11 dozen
senators and representatives is unfit for
the place to which ho aspires, tho ap
pointment will not bo made, no matter
what pressure may bo brought to bear
in his behalf. A bard and fast Hue
will be drawn between the fit and unfit
and within tho category of the fit the
best selection practicable will be made.
"Upon every member consulted," says
tho correspondent, "the president will
Impress the fact that It will bo worse
than useless for anyone to urge upon
him a bad or weak man, or even know
ingly to let blm make a mistake lu his
choice, since not only will the appointee
be pitched out as soon as his shortcom
ings aro discovered, but ft heavy dis
count will bo made thereafter from
every statement which comes to the
president from tho same source."
A faithful and straightforward ad
herence to this policy may cause some
friction between the president and con
gressmen, but he will have the assur
ance of public approbation and support
and any senator pr representative who
should antagonize the president because
of bis efforts to keep unlit men out of
the public servlco would Invito for him
self political disaster. Mr. Hoosevclt has
said that he wishes to measure up to
tho standard of a good president. Noth
ing is more essential to the attainment
of this than to give the country an hon
est, capable and efficient public service.
AKOTllEH HOT Alii TRAMWAY.
You cannot teach nn old dog new
tricks. That proverb seems to bo ex
emplified again lu the attempt of certain
promoters to smugglo through the
county board n franchise for electric
tramways through Douglas county on
practically the same conditions thnt
were rejected by the board some weeks
ago.
Tho only material variation from the
lilackburn speculative schemo to auc
tion off a blanket franchise Is a proposed
bond for S'JS.OOO to protect tho county
from suits for damages that may arise
from the construction of the road. What
practical value such a guaranty would
have Is something' no one could grasp
at this time.
As u whole the proposition Is a Jug
handled affair which the taxpayers of
Douglas county will scarcely regard
with favor. The franchise asked for Is
to cover the right-of-way over six dif
ferent routes, three running north nijfl
south and three running east and west.
The promoters aro to be given two years
to liud somebody to buy them out and
the purchaser of tho franchise Is to
build five miles of road each year until
all aro completed. If by the end of two
years no capitalist can bo caught by
the bait the whole scheme falls through.
In the meanwhile, however, everyone
else is blocked out for at least two years
fronif, building any suburban electric
tramways over tho only routes that
carry any traffic In or out of Omaha.
The only concession which the promo
ters have generously accorded tho county
Is tho privilege of buying buck tho pro
posed railroad and the rights It has
given away at the end of thirty years.
This i not so attractive an otter as
should tempt the county board to waste
much time on its discussion.
FAClAO THE t'UTUKE.
Tho democrats of Massachusetts are
looking to 'the future. The. platform
adopted by tho. state convention last
week contains no reaffirmation. It has
no reference1 to the last two national
platforms of tho democracy. It makes
no mention of the democratic standard
bearer lu the last two national cam
paigns. It heartily endorses "the broad
statesmanship" of President McKluley's
speech at Buffalo. It favors genuine
reciprocity and liberal commercial rela
tions with Cuba. It does not assail the
Industrial combinations In the usual
terms of democratic platforms, but
urges federal regulation aud publicity,
which republicans as well as democrats
demand.
Tho convention sat down hard upon
the aspiration of Mr. Gamaliel Bradford,
the virulent nutl-lmpcriullst, to bo a
candidate for governor, and it relegated
to tho rear tho uuteachabjo free silver
Ite, Mr. Oeorge Krod Williams. Mr.
Joslah Quluey was nominated for gov
ernor, who said, in accepting the nom
ination: "It Is a platform of the recent
and the future, not of the past. Wisely
affirming our confidence In the sound
ness of the essential principles of de
mocracy, it makes no attempt to bind
all democrats to the specific planks el
even to the policies of any past plat
form." Although the democratic party
of .Massachusetts Is more harmonious
than for several years, of course there Is
no prospect of its winning In this year's
election, yet It hos set an example t&
democrats In other states which If fol
lowed could not fall to Improve the
chances for the rehabilitation of the
party throughout the country. But dem
ocrats generally do not learn so readily
the lessons of experience as do those
of Massachusetts,
THE SCHOOL HOARD.
Tho Hoard of Education should by
rights bo a strictly non-partisan body
and the management of the public
schools should be on broad non-partisan
and non-sectarian Hues. That Is the
Intent aud spirit of the constitution of
Nebraska and was the design of the
trainers of thu law that established our
present system of school government.
. For many years, however, the selec
tion of candidates for the board has
been niado by party conventions. Tho
great preponderance of republicans In
the cty of Omaha naturally gives tho
republicans control of the board and
makes that party responsible for the
efficiency of the school system and hon
est disbursement of the school funds.
While members of the Hoard of Edu
cation serve without pay, there has
never been any difficulty In finding men
willing to serve thu public hi that ca
pacity. Some of these members are en
tirely disinterested and always try to do
right to the best of their ability, but
others have sought the' honor for the
purpose of foisting relatives on the
school pay roll and promoting private
Interests lu various- ways. To accom
plish their objects, combines have been
repeatedly organized and the public
Interests sacrificed to private interests
to nn extent that has scarcely been real
ized. Incidentally the school board
combines have enabled designing sal
aried employes to control the entire ma
chinery of the public school system by
using well-intentioned board members
to pull their chestnuts out of the fire.
At the coming election one-third of the
present membership retires and It re
mains for the friends of the public
schools to see to it that men of char
acter and business capacity who have
the nerve to assert themselves are se
lected. Down In Missouri ex-Oovemor Stone
and Congressman Champ Clark have
started out together on the hustings to
work tip support for their respective
candidacies for the United States sen
ate. According to their declarations
they propose to lot the people of Mis
souri choose between them lis to which
Is preferable to serve them In tho upper
house of congress. While It Is not clear
In Just what way the popular voice Is
to be made effective, the nearer they can
come to the popular election of senators
the more will they be lu accord with
public sentiment. A similar perform
ance Is going on fn Arkansas, where the
seat occupied by Senator Jones Is being
contested on the stump. The demand
for direct choice of senators by the
people Is becoming more and more wide
spread and will have to be met sooner
or later with constitutional amendments
thnt will remove the present legal obsta
cles In the way.
Chairman Hlncklmrn of tho Mercer con
gressional commlttco used the name 'of Mer
cer aB ono to conjure with In putting up
tho combination that downed tho machine.
Lincoln Journal.
lie did nothing of the sort. In Omaha
the names that wore used to conjure
with were those of Judge Vlnsonhnler
and Tom Dennlson; In South Omnha
and the county It Was anything to
down Omnha. But why should the
chairman of n republican congressional
committee parade himself as chairman
of a Mercer committee? Is that com
mittee" organized to represent tho con
gressman or his republican constituents?
The Bee has been constantly urging
the Commercial club ro tuko a more
nctlvo hand In securing for Omnha the
location of conventions of national or
ganizations. Detroit has made Itself
an enviable reputation as a convention
city by the effective work of the local
organization which devotes Itself to
nothing else. Omnha gained no little
prestige ns a host of the many national
conventions thnt met here during tho
Transmlsslssippl exposition, and It
should not let down on Its record.
Tho delinquent tnx lists which are Just
now occupying a considerable space In
Nebraska papers may not be very edify
ing rending, but when compared with the
lists published a fuw years ago they
form telling tribute to tho prosperity
that has come over the land, Tho les
sening number, of delinquents means
that people have tho money to pay their
taxes, whereas In the days of calamity
and distress tnx payments had to defer
to the purchase of tho absolute ueces
sltlos of life.
Hume I'rlrd Louse,
Minneapolis Journal.
Some of the ships' logs seemed to havo
barnacles on them.
MlMonrl Strike a Cult.
rtaltlmoro American.
Out in Missouri they refer to the new
president ns "Tbeo" Instead of "Teddy."
Westward the star of culture takos her
way.
When the llent Regan.
Chicago News.
According to the testimony of Lieutenant
Doyle, Admiral Schley was cool during tho
fight. It was only after his enemies rubbed
ft In through magazine and newspaper arti
cles and school histories that be got hot.
Trlnle of Strenuous l.lfe.
Detroit Free Press,
It used to be In the good old days that
when the frost was on the pumpkin and
the corn was In the shock our people would
settle down for a period of' social and
literary enjoyment. Now thcro are stocks,
scandals, the beet sugar conundrum, the
divorce problem, tho necessity of placating
the servant girt and tho final extinguish
ment of good temper by tho follow who Is
always calling tho wrong telephone num
ber. We don't know about the lightning
modcrnlrlng process we are going through
us the man with his eyes shut "loops tho
loops."
lloir IrrlKotcd Farnilnst Pays.
Gothenburg Independent.
That farming by irrigation pays In west
era Nebraska has been demonstrated time
and again. The results attained by Irri
gation lu Dawson county are no greater
than In Lincoln county, tho requisites for
success helncr thnrnuehnesfl of cultivation
and tho application of average Intelligence
in tho conduct of tho farming Business.
The farmer referred to by tho Lexington
Pioneer la A, It, Merrltt, who owns a sec
tion of land under a ditch six miles north
of Lexington, nnd the Pioneer thus de
scribes his success: Ho raised tho pres
ent year 100 acres of winter wheat that
yielded about 2,900 bushols. Ho has 100
acres In potatoes that glvo promise of
yielding considerably more than 100 bushels
per acre and potatoes arc worth some
thing over $1 per bushel, He has already
sold a part of his alfalfa hay, receiving
therefrom $2,000 in cash; he has several
acres In onions, which promise good re
turns, and, tnkon altogether, tho revenues
ho will df.rlvo from this year's crop will
foot up to between $16,000 and $18,000.
noon ;iioiJ.i ion alarm.
American Inroads Into 4hn Trade of
Great ftrllatn.
Philadelphia Itecord.
Evidence continues to accumulate that
the llrltlsb, alarmed at American success
In foreign markets, aro beginning to awaken
to tho seriousness of tho situation. Thoy
aro recognizing, too, tho reasons why tho
manufacturers of this country can Invado
markets which British producers fondly
fancied their own. For example, tho Urlt
ish consul at ntlbao, Spain, Informs his
govornmcnt that Amerlcnn goods nro com
ing Into Spain In Increasingly largo quan
tities at tho expense of articles of English
manufacture Ho states that thrco facts
stand forth prominently In this Invasion
of Spanish markets by American railway
supplies:
(1) The orders wero nil offered to Ilrlt
Ish manufacturers in tho first instance.
(2) The orders went finally to America
on tho question of date of delivery.
13) Tho American tender was in every
caso lower than tho Urltlsh.
Certainly therp could hardly be a more
potent nrgument In favor of American
goods (equality If not superiority In quality
being conceded) than lower prices nnd
prompter delivery. The consul then plain
tively asks why, with so' much trado going
a-begging, Urltlsh manufacturers cannot
keep It when Americans can. "If it bo
replied that our manufacturers nro full of
orders nnd can take no more," ho says,
"they aro to be congratulated on the fact.
Dut It would appear to an outsider that,
however full of orders they may be, thcro
Is room for an Increaso of plant and pro
ductive power. Trado once lost Is difficult
to recover; nnd this applies with double
force In tho caso of American machinery,
which, being nil made to standard pattern,
ran bn so easily duplicated In whole or In
part by telegraph."
Another danger confronting British trade
In Spain, with which American exporters
seeking to enter that market must also
reckon, la pointed out by tho samo official
when he says:
"It nppears to bo generally thought that,
for tho present, German competition Is not
to bo feared. 'Facts, at any ratoln these
provinces, polKt tho other way. The dis
trict Is being losverrun with Gorman travel
ers and floodnl with German catalogues.
Tho German iron works, I am told, are
being rapidly brought tip to date with
the most modern machinery and machine
tools, nnd ere long, unless I am misin
formed, orders placed In Germany will bo
delivered In ns. short a time as tho Amer
icans demand, nnd tho competition to be
faced will bo n doublo one."
Two deductions will bo drawn by wide
awako American manufacturers from theso
observations. Tho first is that, renewed
activity, founded upon more modern meth
ods, may be expected on the part of Urltlsh
competitors, nnd tho second Is thnt If the
foothold already secured abroad by tho
enterprising huslncss men of this country
Is to bo maintained they must canvass de
sirable foreign markets as thoroughly as
their German competitors are canvassing
Spain.
is he A nor.us initio?
Part Played hy Parker In (he TlnfTalo
Trnnredy.
Early accounts of the shooting of Presi
dent McKlnley gave much credit to a man
named Parker for having Instantly grap
pled with tho nssassln, preventing hlra
from firing a third shot. Tarker became a
hero of tho tragedy Immediately. Con
gratulations and favors wore showered
upon him. Souvenir fiends demanded tho
buttons of fils clothes, nnd othor enthusi
asts purchased his shoes and hat. For n
week or two he was the greatest attrac
tion on tho midway. Emotional yellow
Journals started funds for tho hero, nnd
museum managers, with nn eye to the main
chance, struggled to secure him as a head
liner for their shows.
For n brief period the hero Parker en
Joyed tho affuslvo favors of the multitude
and qulto a pile of money poured Into his
pocketB. Then cnmo the trial of the as
sassin, nt which testimony was given by
every person who witnessed tho crime.
Out Parker was not called to testify. The
reason why he was not called In as a wit
ness Is explained by a Buffalo paper as
follows;
"The first time Parker was seen In the
scuffle over Czolgosz was when a hnlf dozen
officers were trying to prevent the crowd
from beating Czolgosz to death, and Parker
forced his arm around one of theso officers,
Secret Servlco Operative Gallagher, to
drag him away so that he could strike tho
prisoner. A most careful canvass of the
people who wore Immediately about tho
spot falls to show that ho did anything
else.
"This negro has been given national
prominence by making claims of bravery
which on the spur of the moment seemed
genuine, but have since been shown to be
entirely false,
"He appeared In Rochester Sunday and
was billed as tho 'Giant Colored Man
Parker, who struck tho gun from the hand
of President McKlnley's nssassln,'
"The receipts' of the lecture go toward
'The Parker Fund.'
"The truth of the matter Is Parker was
standing some distance away, according to
the statement of II, J, Close of the Pan
American treasurer's ofllce, who has known
him for some time and was beside him at
the time of the shooting. When the shots
were fired Parker sprang forward, as did
everybody else, and entered vigorously,
as his enormous size allowed him to do.
Into the effort to beat the prisoner Czol
gosz, Secret Service Operative Oallahcr
was In tho way of the blows which Parker
sought to bestow on the helpless, bleeding
man nnd Parker thrust his arm around
Gallagher In an effort to drag him back.
Only tho Interference of an exposition guard
prevented Parker from striking Gallagher,
It Is said.
"An effort may be made by the authori
ties who have been handling the case to
prevent further numbuery on the part of
.Parker." -f-
World's Bread Supplies
Kansas
Ten years ago a lively Interest was
aroused In somo elaborate compilations
which seemed to show that the world's
population was growing more rapidly than
tho avallablo food supply and tho predic
tion wns mado that beforo tho end of tho
century demnnd would so far exceed sup
ply as to make high prices for foodstuffs
nnd bring tho poorer classes of the bread
eating races face to face with starvation.
It Is Interesting to recall theso predic
tions at the present time because of the
fact that the world has this year pro
duced tho largest crop of wheat on record,
with ono exception, Tho average crop for
the four years ending 1890 was 2,211,000,000
bushels. Tho total world's yield of wheal
this year, as estimated by Ueerbohm, a
recognized European authority, Is 2,711,
000,000 bushels, and three years ngo tha
world's crop was 200,000,000 bushels larger
than the above figures. Indeed, the crop
this year Is Just about equal to tho nvcrago
of tho last four years, Including 1001.
Here, then, Is nn increase In ten years of
almost 23 per cent In tho world's wheat
supply, and In this period of ton years
wheat has been plentiful enough to sell nt
one time lower than It ever sold beforo In
many years.
Another prediction made ten years ago
by a careful statistician and theorist was
that beforo the end of tho Nineteenth
century the United States would bo under
the necessity of Importing food for part of
Its great population. Tbo prediction, as
IN M3DIIASKV8 POLITICAL KIKI.t).
Alma Journal (rep.): Tho pops aro try
ing to mako a campaign on the lssuo that
It Is wrong to rldo on frco transportation.
They put up this story every year, not
withstanding tho fact that their ofllclals
aro notorious paes-grabbcre. Tho voter de
luded by theso schemers on that kind of
platform Is certainly compotcnt to vote with
them.
Dluo Springs Sentinel (rep.): It begins
to look as though wo needed a board of
regents nt our Stnto university who know
tho dlffcrcnco between politics and tho
needs of n great Institution of this charac
ter. It nocds innnngcrs who will ecu to
It that tho honorablo position It hns at
tained will bo maintained unsullied. Such
men the republicans havo nominated nnd to
elect them is no experiment.
Ord Quiz (rep.): Almost any populist,
who Is really n populist, will scout tho Idea
that ho Is a democrat. But when he Is tit)
against the ofllclal ballo't this fall ho will
find a bard proposition to face. It will look
llko a mighty little populism and n heap
sight of democracy. Supremo Judge and
district Judge, tho two ndlccs most denr to
any populist's heart, are gobbled by tho
democrats. It looks as though the cholco
which a populist will have to mako will bo
between republicans and democrats.
Albion News (rep.): Did tho pop state
convention denounco cx-Sccrotary of Stnto
Porter for falling to turn In nbout $1,000
of fees belonging to tho state? Nlxeyl
Theso fees wero Just In tho samo class
as thoso 'Oeno Mooro stole. There are '
some thieves among republicans, but they
don't get tho sympathy or protection of
tho party. Republican papers universally
denounced 'Geno Moore, but very few pop
papers have ever said anything nbout Por
ter for doing exactly the samo thing.
Central City Nonpareil (rep.): Thcro Is
a splendid outlook this fall for the elec
tion of tbo entire republican ticket. The
character of the men nominated Is beyond
criticism and tho growing tendency of re
publicanism, with tho disposition to again
hew straight to tho lino locally as well ns
nationally, gives tho ticket n decided ad
vantage. It g merely a question of getting
out the vote and every republican shoidd
decide at this early date to be on hand nt
tho polls early nnd put In a good day's work.
Falls City Journal (rep.): Tho repub
lican state ticket commends Itself nt once
to tho voters. It is headed by ono of tho
most ablo Jurists In tho state. Tho placing
of Judgo Sedgwick on tho supremo bench
will not only bo a tribute to his own honest
worth, but will ho for tho welfnro of every
man who may havo to bo a party to lltlgj
tlon beforo the supremo court. His clean
record recommends him to tho suffrage of
the people and the people of Nobraskn de
mand that Just such a man bo chosen this
rail to fill tho highest Judicial position
within their gift.
Gretna Ilreczo (dom.): Several of the
populist leaders aro going back to the re
publican party on nccount, as they say, of
an overdoso of democracy In tho populist
ranks. Thoy will not bo missed very much,
as tho democratic party was ablo to look
after Itself long beforo these backsliders
ever affiliated with It. and Is still nhlo to
paddle Its own canoe. Tho truth of tho
matter Is that wherever thcro has been
fusion between tho two parties the populists
got all tho offices. An overdoso of democ
racy never hurt nnyono and In times past
It haB cured this nation of a good many Ills,
rmiNONAL, JCOTES.
Among tho papers of the lnte president
Secretary Cortelyou has found R.000 requests
for Mr. McKlnley's autograph, the accumula
tion of tho summer.
Ex-Queen Lllluokalanl of Hawaii has Just
celebrated her 82d birthday by giving n
series of entertainments nt which hundreds
of natives nnd a fow whites wore present.
At ono of these 300 covers wero laid.
Jutaro Komura, former minister from
Japnn to Pekln nnd later to Washington,
has been formally Installed as foreign min
ister of tho imperial cabinet of Japan. Ho
Is a graduato of Harvard law school.
Tc Henhen, tho Maori chief who wns pre
sented to tho duke and duchess of Cornwall
In New Zenland, gnvo to that colony the
splendid nutlonal pnrk which includes tho
volcanoes of Ngnrahoe and Uuapehu. Ho Is
tbo grandson of a notorious cannibal chief.
Joseph II. tihoato Is planning n brief hol
iday trip to the United States, which ho has
not vtulted since he assumed, moro than
two yearn ago, tho duties of ambassador to
the court of St. James, and ho la expected
to sail for New York on Saturday of this
week.
Tho four sons of Charles Dnrwln have
all mado their mark as scientists. I'rof,
Geargo Darwin Is n famous mathematician,
Horace Darwin is an authority on phyulcs,
Major Leonard Darwin Is honorary secre
tary of Uu Royal Geographical society oud
Francis Darwin Is n distinguished liota'nlat,
"How unrenl!" tald the caminl critics of
the drama when an Interrupted marrlago
scene In a church was featured In a recent
stage success. "How dtamatlc!" cried
everybody when tho papers told tho story
of a real wife who stopped tho remarriage
of her husband at the very altar in a Now
York church.
Mine. Sarah nernhBrdt goes to her ro
mantic castle to escape civilization. She
only sees two or three Intlmato friends
there and spends her tlmo yachting, boat
ing, fishing and, generally speaking, lives as
much on or In 'ho sea as possible. One of
her pet Hobbles Is collecting curious marine
plants. Of these she has Borne remarkable
specimens which sho has used as motives
for decoration In leathor and motn) work.
This year Mmo. Sarah Bernhardt went In
for yachting a treat deal. ,
City Star,
everybody knows, has not come true, On
tho contrary, tho United States will this
year export more wheat out of this year's
great crop than In any former year, and
In 1900 the exports of com were more
than doublo thoso of ISOO, while for tho
four years ending Juno 30, 1900, tho coin
exports were more than three times tho
exports for four years ending with 1S90.
These facts are presented merely to show
whnt n marvelous growth has been made
In the agricultural Industry of tho United
Stntes In tho last ten yenrs. Instead of
having reached the limit of expansion In
the production of food products ten years
ago, tho United States has been ablo not
only to keep Its Increaso In food supplies
up to tho needs of tho piople, but has
also produced Increased quantities to send
to countries which do not produco enough
for their homo needs,
Yet thcro was a germ of truth In those
ten-year-old theories as to tho relatively
greater Increaso In population than In tho
prediction of foodstuffs, Europe hns
been able to make very little Increase
In Its home supply of grain. Tho wheat
crop of Europe this year Is less than 4
per rent larger than In 1892, nnd the
steadily Increasing European requirements
of Imported wheat, togother with tho
rapid growth of this country's require
ments, make It certain that tho farmers of
tho United States will never again be
compelled to accept unrcmunerattvo prices
for their products.
ruu'.vn AIIOIIT SEW VOllK,
Some I'cntnre of Strennnita Life In
the Metropolis,
Tho Astor estate Is running strongly to
hugo hotels. Notwithstanding the largo
number of modern structures for the ac
commodation of transients and regulars,
another $2,000,000 structure Is to be added
and there Is room for moro. In normal
times theso huge hives nro well occupied
but when an unusual event draws a crowd
to town accommodations aro quickly ex
hausted. To Illustrate tho slzo of the
modem New York hotel a writer In Alns
lee's mngnzlnc observes that If one of them
could be whisked to the country and spread
out In village fornintlon "tho result would
bo n model proprietary town of nbout 3,000
Inhabitants. One-half of theso Inhabitants
would work In relays, night nnd day, for
the comfort and entertainment of tho other
half, whoo obligation would be tho pny
mcnt of the bills, which In the nggregato
would represent, lu addition to tho running
expenses and perhaps $200,000 a year Bet
aside for the proprietor's profits, the In
terest on $15,000,000 Invested In land, build
ings nnd fiirultililngs.
"Many cities cannot muster a tnx list of
$15,000,000, so that this town would bo con
spicuous nhovo nil others for wealth aud
111 COmnlcteness of thn dntnlls Mint mnlm
tho material sldo of life a Joy It would be
unrivaled. Somo of Its houses Would be
constructed for ono family exclusively and
others would bo arranged In slnglo rooms
and In suites. All would bo furnished In
tho most luxurious fashion. In tho rcn
tral warehouse of tho town's stewnrd would
bo found a greater assortment of supplies
-for tho culslno than In any public market
In tho world. Thoro would be a row of
cook shops, each devoted to tho prepara
tion of n special course, ranging from the
soups and entrees nnd roasts to tho pas
trios nnd coffee. There would bo half a
dozen big banquet rooms and ball rooms,
fiovcral music rooms and a well nppolnlcd
theater or two. Tho town would have, of
course, n telegraph office, n complete tele
phono Nystem and somo means of rapid
transit to every house. Enormous hollers
would supply tho heat and an electric light
plant would furnish Iho Illumination. There
would be nn Ico plant largo enough to man
ufacture fifty tons n day. There would
bo sllvorsmlth, blacksmith nnd tin
smith shops, electrical repair and machine
shops florists, hair-dressing rooms for
men nnd women, Turkish baths, upholstery
nnd furniture shops, decorntors nnd scam
stresses, a steam laundry, a messenger
service, a printing office, a wine, collar
with $500,000 worth of cholco vintages and
a clubhouse, with billiard and rending
rooms nnd enfes. The town would be po
liced day nnd night by n dozen prlvnte de
terltvcs nnd It would have a well trained
tiro department. There would be n bank,
over whose counters would pass millions
of dollars each year, nnd a central ex
ecutive office, with scores of clerks nnd
bookkeepers ond nudltors. Te proprietor
of this towp would nsBiimo all tho house
keoplng cares of his 1.500 tenants nnd of
many of his 1,500 employes. Ho would pro.
vldo amusements and act ns tho court of
last resort. It would Recm as If tho man
who was MBh enough to attempt tho man
agement of such a town, staking his for
tuno on thn Issue, must necessarily fall,
but ns a fair Illustration It Is not over
drawn. Its parallel Is found In a com
pact form, rith no feurcs missing and
mnny added In the modern big hotel thnt
has reached tho hlnh est llpvnlnnmnnl I
Now York,
"Neither tho hlgness nor the complete
noes of n big hotel la appreciated hy the
patron who finds his Intercut satisfied with
tho, accommodations which It furnishes. He
knows In n general way that It may bo n
dozen stories high and several cellars
deep ond that tho 1,000 or morn guests are
attended by servants on every hand nnd
when he pays his bill ho holloves that tho
olmrgcH nro exorbitant. One of these ho
tels, which differs from tho others chiefly
In degreo, represents nn Investment of
$15,000,000. Tho 1,400 bedrooms nnd 7,-0
bathrooms In It are ho constructed by a
series or Inner courts thnt each opens to
tho outer nlr. It has several concert halls
and theaters,, three grent ballrooms nnd,
In addition to Its public dining room,
where, during hnrse-Hhow week, for In
stanco, 10,000 peoplo aro served dally, it
has a series of rrlvato dining rooms, which
nro arranged for from ten to 1.000 persons.
In tho largest ballroom In this hotel was
given ono night last winter tho charity
ball, attended by 3,500 people, to whom
supper was nerved, and on the same even
ing In other parts of tho hotel were In
progress two concerts, n dinner of an as
sociation of 300 men nnd a dozen smaller
dinner parties in prlvnte dining rooms,
each Isolated so completely that no ono of
tho 1,500 regular guests need know- of It.
Statistics uro not very entertaining, but
thero are some Btorles of hotels that they
alone can tell nnd thnt of tho supplies Is
opo of them. For Instance, during thn
year 1900 opo of these big hotels spent
for meats $200,000; for poultry, $113,000;
for vegetables, $80,000; for fruit, $42,000;
for eggs, $12,000; for butter, $57,000, nnd
for the flowers used In decorations nnd
thero are flowers on the lahles overy day
$30,000. Tho Inltlnl Investment In silver
ware was $250,000 nnd with thn losses that
charitably aro credited to tho souvenir
cnizo and tho genernl wear and tear on
(able service about $10,000 a year Is spent
In keeping this supply up to the hotel's
standard. One Now York hotel that suf
fered from the souvenir spoon and salt
cellar mania ndopted several years ago
the plan of notifying guests that each
waiter was responsible Individually for all
articles on his table nnd would have to
make good any Jobs. This reduced the
taking of spoono to a robbery of tho waiter
Instead of the hotel and even the so ,n
hunter hns some conscience nbout r
theft. In the biggest of New York "
$60,000 a year Is spent In replenish g t
linen ami looms lu Belfast nre tin- t .
year round for it. The expenses of t
other hotels for repairs are proportlonir
as large, for In tho llerco business rl y
of the times nono of them ran afford to tc
Bhnbb.-."
Tho "Only William" thnt far-fnmed mix
ologist who has ministered to several g. u
orations of thirsty Now Yorkers an
nounccs n new drink Shamrock punch. ;
Is n tribute to Sir Thomas Llpton, wh-
once visited the "Only William" and r . j
pletely won the hcurt of that eminent ari .t
Sir Tboniue has been duly notified of
new punch. A sample bottlo wns forwarjr 1
to htm recently by special luesseng r,
coupled with n graceful Invitation from "in
"Only William" to "cotuo nnd havo sor e
more." Tho punch calls for a wcll-lrcl
blending of tho following Ingredients Ju ,
of ono lemon, half pound of loaf sugar
three cups of Llpton tea (strong), oue qu.u'
of Llpton scotch whisky, one qu.trt f
American champagne, one whisky glass '
Mnrarchluo, one of Curiicea. ono of grc.
cliarteretise. one pint of brnndy, one plnf
of sherry. .Mix In sliced hnnnmi. pincapp'
nnd orange. Srve In small sherry glassrn
If this will not make you successful i,i
anything yon undcrtnko William docs c
know what will.
A VODNG MAX'S COlt.VritY.
American Oninrtiinltle t'liecninled
In the Worlil.
Baltimore American.
A correspondent of n Loudon paper eb
serves that, in contrast to tho custom In
England, a large number of young men am
found In the United Slntes In positions
trust and responsibility. On this side hi
snys, he has seen men familiar with
details of a largo business, so young "
lu England they would be still In tho t s
Hon of apprentices. Tho United St.iti i
emphatically n young man's) country Tir
opportunities here for advancement for t'Ms
class nre greater than can bo found any
where In the world. There Is such n thins
ns going loo fast, even In education. bt
efficiency Is tho real test. Young men
would not be employed In this country ns
they nre If they wore not quick inl
capable. Capitalists, innmigers, uperi
tcudents, men generally In nuthoritv i
concerns where large nmounts of money "
employed, will not hnvo men of nuv nc
unless they nre efficient. 7t Is truo that in
somo callings It takes a long tlmo to a -quire
tho ncccBsnry experience that in
sures Biiccess, but education In any buslnrm
depends lnrgely upon Industry nnd tV
proper use of opportunities. Tlmo of Itsrtf
does not solve nil problems.
It often happens that whe.l rcsponslblll t
Is put upon n young man It brings nut hli
Intent power, sobers him nnd opens n,
beforo his vision n career which he sees h,t
can mnko for himself nt nn ngo when hn
powers nre strong. The men who have
be Bhoved nlong nil tho tlmo tr do their
work will never become lenders, no ma'
ter how much tlmo Is given to ncqulro ex
perience. They allow thoniBclvcn to fall
Into a rut nnd soon drift Into the position
of followers employes who nlwnyn wait
for some order to ho given beforo thev
can do anything. Butting n young man upon
his mettle, giving him nn opportunity t
show- what, he can do. Is nn exrellent wav
to determine what sort of man ho la llkelv
to become when tho serious work of llfo
begins to crowd upon him. If men In tho
United States succeed earlier than thoso In
other countries It Is hecnuso they nro In a
land whero energy and efficiency count ff r
much and where every man Is estimated
for what ho himself can do rather than wlut
hlR nncestors accomplished. Sclf-rellatir
Independeiiro nnd Rureoss. nro closely u'
lnted In tho United States.
.MIHTIIKI'I, HKMAItlCS.
Buck: "Why, thnt buy's mother thinks
he may bernmo president nf the l'lute 1
States!1'
"Yes? Hns ho nny other backing for tho
position?"
iilciigo Record-lfornld: "Do vou thlim
colonel," she risked, "thnt there Is n v
lunger of our losing freo speech In tlm
country?"
"Not n bit," hn replied, "ns long ns thero
Is n Kaunas' woman left."
Chicago Tribune: Prudent Mnmmn Ethel
I want you to treat young Mr Tlllgset wf"i
n little more consideration. He Is well t...
do nnd of the highest respeetnbllltv !
know, of eoiirsn, Im'H n bit fleshy. Inn "
Olrl In tho Pink Shirt waist-Flrs ,
mamma? He's he's stomachy!
,!,-, , Mtiii!i; in in- mjr(., pin,
the kindly minister to the mnti who I ,d
ln 1 I.. ,1 - - , .
txni. tFi(i in n ll-Kt 111 II iiuiwity jicciir II ,
"you hnvo been seriously In lured, but n
miiHt bo grateful thnt your life Is spare i '
"VlM." Kfl 111 till Mil ff ,nt. ,.,l,,v Irtl,
cheerful, "I enn't kick,"
Chicago Pout: "Oh, If woninn could oivv
propoNo!" cried tho clrl who wiih rnrelvln'
attentions from a timid and bnnhful yoir g
num.
"If Mio could nnd did." replied her pmc
tlcnl friend, "more thnn half tho pleasura
ble excitement of foinlnlno llfo would bo
loaf to her. '
" Philadelphia Press: ABcum-So you're m
gnged to be mnrrloil to Miss Strong, eli"
How did It happen? You told mo yen at
mniiiui Wlirn yl worO nil'llf
with n girl that you couldn't Hiinnk.
n-l.,!,,,!,!. Ttu.t'u lt,u, , 1t'.n.. r .u..-.
answer her (mention nho hiiIiI: "Sllcma
gives consent," and that settled It.
IN .MUMOHIAM.
Loudon Truth.
As a great wave that, checked In Its ad
vance, IlecollH nwhlle beyond the breakers' roar,
And then, tho mightier for Its Hint mis
chance. In ampler volume suges on tho shoio.
So with our grief It Is: Tho wnvo of woe
That rose and swelled, nnd then rcsought
Itx Hource,
Returns ngnln with a restleBs flow
In deeper, fuller, more o'erwhelmlng
force.
In that the clouded sky had grown moro
bright
A Mope diffused ItH over-welcome ray.
So much the blacker Im the midden night
That, Hwlftly fulling, Iuib eclipsed the day.
We'd reiiBo to think Hbout the foo with
dread
Hud not the Hcntrles paused the wont
"All's well!"
Yet, eie the echo of their shout had sped,
Death'H ling Ib flying o'er the citadel'
Tho blow U crushing; words urn hard to
Unci.
From tha true mourner halting phrases
come
Which aptly vohe the anguish of the mind;
Sorrow Is never deeper than when dumb.
Yet weak and feeble though our dlrgo may
be
Compared with thni-n Imblttorcd team w
shed,
We miiBt nssuro our kinsmen o'er tho sen
JIow wo unite with them to mourn their
lead.
For In their stricken president wo halt '
No alien ruler, but a steadfast friend;
One dowered by Niituri) on a generous bciIo
With thoBo good gifts wo EngilHh most
commend.
Honest, determined, level-headed, just,
He lived his nubile, llfo through streHs nnd
Htriiln;
He broke no promlec, he betrayed no trusti
HIb private llfo woh Hiillled by po Btnln.
HIh country's; happiness ho ever Bought;
Her greatness-lhat was his abldl'irt
crown
Hh.?..w"H, n,fl Ho1''1 ,1H nll-PorvBHlvn thought,
illl tho iiBBouHln'H bullet brought him
down.
And he Im dead; but dying ho hns left
A bright exnmplo Ihut will ever last.
And though IiIh people nro of him borcfr.
'TIs only what was mortal that ban paiw l.
Rn while they weep for lilin ho lately gone
rh.V;1 mi'. "lo b"'l."t ,,,"t h'" llfo "''"' l,
r y b i1.'" ,",,rve thmv.vcH to carry or
'Iho nf. work of the jnenldciit titcy'vu