THE OMAHA DAILY JJEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 1901. The omaha Daily Bee. E. IlOSEWATEIt, EDITOIt. PUDLIHIIED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF BUUSCR1ITION: pally Hce (without Sunday), One Year..$.W Sally Uee and Sunday. Otic Year 8.00 Illustrated Hee, One Year JW tiunday Hec, One Ycnr Haturday Uce, One Year. . J.w Twentieth Century Farmer. One Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED HY CARRIER. Dally lice, without Sunday, per copy 2c Dally Jlee, without Sunday, per wek...Kc pally Uee, Including Sunday, per week.. I.e. Sunday llec, per copy :,,.S Evening Hee, without Sunday, per week..lOo Evening Uee, Includ'g Sunday, per week. 15c Complaint or Irregularities In delivery hould be nddrissed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha: The Uee Hultdlnir. South Omaha: City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Muffs: 10 I'carl Street. Chicago: 1610 Unity Hulldlng. Now York: Temple Court. Washington: 501 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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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 GEO. IJ. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before mo this 30th day of September. A. D. 191- M. IS. Ht'NQATE, Notary Public. 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