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REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only J-cent stamps accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLJ8HINQ COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County ss.: ueorge a, Tzschuck, secretary oi Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Pally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of June. lldij, wo as loiiow". 1 80,020 1J 31.1XV 17 80,1)70 ig ao,07o i ao.wo jo ao.oso 21 27.7UO 22 80,(130 a 3o,uo 14 80.UMO 8O.030 2C 31,210 27 81,310 28 87,200 28 80,000 30 ,...80,030 t 8O.070 .....ao.oso 4 8O,H0O B 3M10 84MMO T 27.1X10 8 80,720 t 30,510 10 81,000 11 30,830 U 80,840 U h-30,730 14 .ST.MIO IS 8O.770 ToUl 912,050 Less unsold and returned copies 0,7941 Net total sales 002,204 Net average sales 80.07S GEORGE B. TZSCHL'CK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this SOih day of June, A. D. 1303. M. B. HUNGATE. (Seal) Notary Public. '. r PARTIES LEAVING FOR SIMMER. Parties leaving the city (or the summer mar have The) Baa sent to them regularly tT notifying The Bee Business office, la person or by matt. The address vrlll he changed as often as desired. Now If they will only call In a few more doctors to attend the pope. When it comes to keeping up bis end of the international . amenities, King Edward takes no back scat Give the corporations the courts and they will not care who has the mayors, councils, county boards and sheriffs. With so many shining marks In the Vatican, death stalking there (s appar ently not satisfied with a single, victim It this la the kind of weather that fol lows the editors, it Is reasonable to sup pose they are having all of their hot time on this earth. This Is said to be good growing weather for beets as well as for corn. Employes at Nebraska's sugar factories may prepare to work overtime as soon as the season reaches its height The position of Imperial potentate of the Mystic Shrine passes from the roll lng prairies of Nebraska to the burning sands of . Texas. This time the star of empire goes southward to the Lone Star state. The petition of American Jews to the Russian government is ready for trans mittal. Advices from St Petersburg, however, are to the effect that It would be the part of wisdom to enclose return postage with the document That Jersey man who has Just waked up after a five years' Bleep ought to shake hands with himself. He has missed reading about enough great catastrophes, from Pelee's eruption down to little' shipwrecks, to make him stand aghast when be scans the back files. It is gratifying to read among the list of guests at the royal banquet In London the name of Chauncey Depew. .We Will now be impatient awaiting the return of the eminent story teller with a new supply of freshly imported jokes smuggled through tho customs of flee. By the way, what is being done to-1 ward taking up the offer of General Mauderson to help procure the neces sary petition of abutting property own ers to permit of the repavlng of North Sixteenth street in the regular way? That offer should uot be allowed to get cold. An Omaha minister of the gospel ven tures a few free suggestions to the members of the pending editorial con vention on what they should do to im prove their newspapers. The editors will please send In marked copies of the papers containing their articles telling - him what to do to improve his pulpit. It Germany or Kngland or France, Or any of the friendly nations of Europe want to send a naval squadron over to visit at American ports they may be ussured thut the ottlcers and men will be tneated right. We might even In vite thera to an exhibition of the nu ; ticruil ,tuua on some convenient bas ban Aluuiond. From all accounts the Omaha Jobbers are making a decided hit with " their trado excursion through Iowa and northern Missouri towns. Those plucei ought to feel highly honored by a visit carried out under such untoward cir cumstances, which only goes to 'show the push, pluck aud persistence of Omaha business men more strikingly. AS TO CCHRKACT LtOISLA TlOlt. A numiKT of republican members of the next congress have given their views in jcogard to proponed currency legisla tion and there is a quite general agree ment that something should be done to increase the circulation and render it more elastic. In a communication to the New York Commercial, Representa tive 1'nyiie of that slate, who will prob ably be continued as chalnnoj) of the ways and means committee, expresses the opinion that there ought to be leg Ulatlon by the Fifty-eighth congress in reference to tho currency, but he does not favor any radical measure of cur rent y reform. He thinks that whatever is done oupht to be done gradually, with the least derangement of business. Mr. Payne stated that he should not favor any proposition to enlarge the powers of the secretary of the treasury in dealing with currency matters, so thnt he might act in a financial emer gency. He thinks the secretary has all the power in that direction now that is healthy for the best interests of busi ness and that to grant him further powers would result in increased spec ulation, trusting to the government to aid in case disaster should result. "Bus iness men ought to conform themselves to the law," said Mr. Tayne, "and every power given an administrative officer to change the existing state of things at his pleasure is a menace to one sldo or tho other of almost every business en terprlse." There is no doubt that this reflects the very general view of those who have given the subject Intelligent consideration. It is manifestly not de sirable that the head of the Treasury department should possess powers which would, enable ilm to adopt an arbitrary Volley in relation to the money market aiding or withholding aid at his pleasure. Ills authority should be clearly defined, so that there can be no question in regard to it, and it Is to be presumed that this will receive consider atlon from the subcommittee of the sen' ate committee on finance which is to formulate a bill for introduction in the next congress. The course pursued by Secretary Shaw, while doubtless Just! fled by the circumstances, met with a great deal of disapproval and it would certainly not be wise to perpetuate It The Aldiich bill provided a remedy and in this respect that measure was ac ceptable. It is very likely that this pro vision will be Incorporated in the bill to be submitted to the Fifty-eighth con gress. , As to whether there will be any cur rency legislation by that congress is at present uncertain, though the Indies tlons are, Judging from the expressions of republican members, that there will be. The report that Mr. Gannon would as speaker of the house of represents. rives use his power to prevent such leg islation was erroneous. He has had no such Intention and as we said when th report was given out If It shall be found that a majority of republicans in congress are favorable to new currency legislation there will be no obstruction on the part of Mr. Cannon. . SUWG TK7ST PROMOTMM. No little interest will bo felt in trust circles in the suit against the promoters of the Asphalt trust of America ordered by the Judge of the United States dis trict court at Trenton, N. J. A receiver of this trust was appointed a short time ago and the order for the suit is based upon charges in his report of fraud In volving many millions of dollars. The report states that only 20 per cent was paid in upon the 600,000 $50 shares and thut $24,000,000 Is still due. It Is fur ther charged that the promoters ac quired the stocks of the constituent companies a fid turned them over to the consolidated corporation at a heavy profit to themselves. The method pursued in forming the Asphalt corporation Is thus stated: The promoters organized a company. They brought into the parent company stock of the subsidiary companies necessary to form the trust But instead of turning these stocks over at the market rates, Instead of making an honest combine. tlon, they charged the Asphalt company of America vast profits, which accrued to them individually. Thus It Is shown by the report of the receiver in the single Instance of the United Asphalt company that in the transfer of the stock to the Asphalt Company of Amer ica something approaching $3,000,000 was made. The trust was formed with a view to an almost absolute monopoly In supply lug asphalt for paving in the cities -of this country, with the expectation of exacting prices which would pay a large profit on the expended capital. The company was to control the supply of Trinidad asphalt and, as the promoters believed, the available supply of other varieties that could be successfully used in paving. It has been charged with having municipal contracts so framed that no kind could be used except those of which It had a monopoly, thereby making it the only possible bidder. It is said that that part of the work of the trust which related to the asphalt busi ness was profitable, but the chief men in the company loaded it up with other properties at enormous prices, thus mak lug millions for themselves. The man agement of the trust was of a character, as disclosed by the Investigation of the receiver, to show very conclusively that it was not organized for an honest pur pose, that it was created for individual profits without any regard to the future and to the confiding people who were drawn Into It by the unscrupulous pro moters. A number of men prominent In flnan clal and commercial affairs are Involved In the suit some of whom have already suffered uot a little In the sacrifice of hopes or expectations and loss of pres tige. Whatever the consequences for the promoters or their victims, remarks the New York Journal of Commerce. there Is likely to be an Instructive dls closure of the affairs of a trust that THE OMAHA DAIL.Y TIEE: SATURDAY, failed because it found that competition. which had been scotched, could not be killed. It would seem that the dayof the trust promoter has psssed. TAX SH1RKIMJ PAR CXCCf.LtrCg. When it comes to tax shirking the Pullman Palace Car company and the Pullman Tourist Car company take no back seat as may be noted by the fol lowing figures: The pro rata valuation of the Pullman cars running on the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy system in Omaha are assessed at $11.30; on the Omaha & St Louis or Wabash, $7.26; Illinois Central, $22.23; Kansas City & St. Joseph, $02.65; Chi cago & Northwestern. $13.91. The Tull- man tourist cars are assessed as run ning over the Chicago, Bock Island & Pacific for $20.70; over the Chicago & Northwestern at 61 cents; over the Kan sas City & St. Joseph at C2 cents, and over the Illinois Central at 65 cents. i What a heavy burden the rullman palace cars will have to carry In Doug las county! With a 16-mlll tax, those on the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy would have to pay 18 cents, on the Wabash 11 cents, on the Illinois Central 35 cents, and the 'Fullman tourist cars would tax the Chicago & Northwestern road and the Kansas City & St Joseph each three-fourths of 1 cent and the Illi nois Central five-eighths of 1 cent WViat a heavy burden! Whether these corporations will be able to stand that burden Is doubtful. CUMPARATl VK RAILROAD ASSKSSMKKT. In 1886, when the assessment of all property in Douglas county aggregated $15,638,474.65, the assessed valuation of the railroads was $539,405.55. At that time the Union Pacific, the Omaha & Republican Valley, the Omaha & South western and the Chicago, St. Paul, Min neapolis & Omaha had the same mileage in Omaha as they now have. . With a total assessed valuation of $25,524,467.25 for Douglas county in 1003 the same roads are assessed for $431,387, or a shrinkage of $108,108.55 at the mileage rate established by the state board. In other words, while the assessment of all property In Douglas county has in creased by over $10,000,000 since 1880, or more than 60 per cent the assessment of the principal railroads that center In Omaha and Douglas county shows shrinkage of over $100,000 since 1886, or fully 20 per cent' In 1800 the assessment of railroads In Douglas county, and no one would con tend that there Is less railroad property here now than then, nor that it is less valuable to its owners, with the 1903 figures side by side, is as follows: 1890. 1908. Assessed Assessed Name of Road. Miles. Val't'n. Val't'n Union Pacific S3.S2 $381,180 SO 1331.452 Om. A Rep. Valley.., 2.21 11.060 00 7,735 Ora. & B. W. (Bur.).. 4.82 81,812 00 81,690 Om. 4a N. PI. (Bur.).. t.SA 60,840 00 46.850 F., E. ft M. V 28.88 144.400 00 105.412 C, St P., M. St O.... 11.00 63,360 00 60.610 Mo. Pae (Belt Line). .16.64 83,451 00 166,400 C. R. I. A P .... . 6,580 Total $776,083 80 $763,629 Coming down to a period nearer to our own, or only three years ago (1900), we find that the assessment of all property ln Douglas county aggregated $21,626,- 213.60, while the property of the rail roads in Douglas county was assessed for $094,704.70, as follows: 1900. Assessed Nam of Road. Miles. Val't'n. Omaha & No. Platte (Bar.).. t.lT f 60.063.60 Omaha A 8. W. (Bar.) 4.86 81.930.20 Union Paclflo 83.82 326.536.00 Omaha A Republican Valley. 8.21 7,736.00 Frenmont A Elkhorn 28.88 103,968.00 C, 8t. P., M. A 0 11.02 67,304.00 Mo. Paclflo (Belt Line) 16.64 102,548.00 C, R. I. A P .77 4,620.00 Total $691,704.70 While all classes of property in Omaha have increased 19 per cent in their assessed valuation, the property of the railroads, which more than any other class has enormously risen ln Its market value. within the last five years. has only increased 8Vi per cent in its assessed value by the state board, and this entire Increase ln the assessment of Douglas county is in the assessment of the Missouri Pacific (Belt Line), which has been raised from $93,451 ln 1890 to $102,548 in 1900. The most Impressive lesson in these comparative figures Is the fact that the railroad terminals in Omaha alone are worth ft least $25,000,000 and a very considerable Increase of their value is represented In the improvements made within the past six years. If, as has been asserted by the railway tax bureaus, the value of the terminals has been distributed on a mileage basis along the lines of these various roads, Douglas county surely ought to bave Its full share of the distribution. In other words, the valuation of the railroad property in Douglas county ought to have materially Increased within the past six years instead of showing marked decrease. The people are not called upon to fill any. more important office than that of judge of the district court These judges bave plenary power to Issue writs commanding action or Inaction on the part of all the other officers of gov ernment They can invalidate legisla tion enacted by the law makers on the ground of constitutionality and they havo almost unlimited power of punish ment for contempt The Importance of selecting men for judges who are not only qualified for the bench by legal training and ripe experience, but also free from the corrupting influence of private interests must not be underesti mated. The grand total of the county assess ment for the year 1903 is about $150,000 greater than the grand total for 1902, the increase being found chiefly ln Bouth Omaha, there being a difference of only $3,500 between the two years' figures for Omaha, while in the coun try precincts a shrinkage of $40,000 is exhibited. All this, of course, on the basis of one-sixth valuation would mean that the country precincts bad lost la value of taxable property a quarter of a million dollars since last yesf: The absurdity of this proposition Is so ap parent from Its very statement that comment is superfluous.' Superintendent Pearse of the Omaha publlo schools and his brother, A. 8. Pearse of the High school, , entertained the Na tional Educational association yesterday down In Boston, by reading papers. Su perintendent Pearse discussed the labor problem by reading a criticism of other's papers on manual training In the schools. A. S. Pearse, who Is teaoher of biology In the High- school, was to talk on that line of work. World-Herald. Men are generally Judged by what they do and not by w,Uat they say. A man may rtfart a beautiful and instruc tive essay on manual training and abso lutely lack the qualifications of a su perintendent for schools for a city of Omaha's population nnd educational re qulrements. A man may be a splendid drill master for High school cadets and a mighty poor biologist or he may be a very poor drill master and , a good or poor biologist Feople . who have watched the evolution of the Omaha schools have been greatly -puzzled by the dexterity of the Omaha school board to fill square holes with round pegs. The National Manufacturers' associa tion proposes to go forth with a war chest of $1,500,000 to do battle with the forces of organized labor. The money would be better invested nnd bring better returns If devoted to the nronacation of eonciliatorv measures pavliig the way to the general adoption of some rational scheme of arbitration for all serious contentions between labor and capital..- The South Omaha council is burning midnight oil trying to figure out how to , vi act-y iuc uiuuiuini ui iejr uunu ueww 10 mills. The example set in Omaha with its 8.75-mlll levy will make South Omaha suffer by comparison unless it ., . . , keeps the rate down there also. South Omaha cannot help sharing ln the bene- fit of the campaign for tax reform I waged here ln Omaha. Things Are Different Now, Indianapolis Journal. Truly, times change, and we wltk thera. Tk. V, ,K. tr... V, B. v, cheered and feted In London would hardly have been thought of ln Bonaparte and Wellington. the days of I No Bin flan ln Indiana. Chicago News. One gratifying feature of the situation Is that the next time Governor Durbln gives an order to put down a mob the would-be mobbers will not make' the mistake of sup posing that the order Is a bluff. Vnhealthy Brantl of Diplomacy. . Philadelphia North American. Now Casslnl 'has followed In the wake of Sackvllle-Weat, De X.ome and Von Hoi leben. Washington has ' an unhealthy climate for a certain kind of European ...... . ... diplomacy; Writing Little In Much. Cleveland S'tia-Dealer! Was there ever such a carefully disingen uous writer as Orovpir-fW-vftlanrt ? As evi dence ln a court of Justice his letters would be fully aS valuable aslhe paper on which they are written. -He lr the great exera- pllfler of the art pf; writing little ln much, Bow Times Have Changed t St. Louis Republic- 1. England naval o moors are outdoing them selves In entertaining, the officers of the American squadron now lying ln Ports- mouth Harbor, and It's "hands across the sea" and "blood Is -.thicxer than wnr till you can't rest. Which Is all right, and hosts and auesta like each other tnm.nH. ously, as they sbould-but how different it wati when the lonely and audacious John Paul Jones was sailing along that same coast looking for Englishmen to entertain him. . -.1 . ' - Representatives ot a Great Industry, Springfield Republican. The, convention of th educators In Bos- ton brings together a great body of ape. ciallsts who represent' xne of our leading national industries, for education on a systematized scale assumes In this country mammoth proportions. The, billion-dollar steel trust Is not of so much consequepoe as our educational plant, considered as a business, although education nowhere can be resolved Into a question of preferred stock and first mortgage bonds ' yielding so much per cent per year. If the schools make men, they are Justified ln their exist- ence; and who can put a price on a good, capable man? ost oi Holitng stoclc. New York Tribune. There are fully 600,000 locomotives In this country. The Pennsylvania road builds 100 locomotives a year. There are nrohablv 200.000 passenger, baggage, express, parlor, sleeping and mall ears. The cost of a standard" freight car Is 8750 with wooden underwork and 81,000 ' with steel under- frame. The standard car la X feet innar 8xSH inside measure, the capacity Is from so oon to too 000 nnun.t Th lif. . - ten to twelve years. . The cost of a stand- ard locomotive Is 810.000 to 812.000; weight on wheels. 170,000 pounds; tank capacity, 6,000 gallons, and coal bin ten to twenty tons capacity. Haana as Campaign Manager, Philadelphia Press. Senator Lodge states In a published in terview that "Senator Hanna will remain chairman of the republican national com mittee, and that to him will be left the management of the comlna comDalin." A better man could not be found for the nlace. Hanna's exDerlence In nrevlous campaigns will be of great service to him ln managing another one. The national committee to be chosen at the next na tional convention will elect the chairman, but it has always, with a few exceptions, taken the man designated by the nominee for president According to Mr. Lodge's statement President Roosevelt wants Mr. Hanna to continue at the head of the com mittee, a very wise choice. Vanity of Uniforms. Philadelphia Press. President Loubet. of. France and M. Delcosse, the foreign secretary, who are making an official visit ln London, wear no uniform of any kind, but dress In to permit them to buy for the various de plain evening clothea Surrounded as partments should know what the mar they hve been by gorgeous uniforms worn by all of the British officials, their plain dress has won respect for them - selves and the republio of France. Amerl, cans who represent the United States In diplomatic offices may feel consoled may because they have no uniforms, though unfortunately many of them wear a uni form, such as that of a mllltla officer, if excuse can be found, and - some get up uniforms of their own. The French am bassadors and ministers to foreign coun tries all wear uniforms. It Is a vanity of which few governments deprive their rep resentatlves. JULY 11, 1003. OTHER LANDS THAU OCRS. Japan's military ambition has crippled her financially. It Is maintaining a standing army of 157,828 officers and men, or double that of the United Statea, and It holds In the reserves and In the mllltla 445.2CT addi tional, making a grand total of 603,11 offi cers and men In active service and subject to call. Then, again, although Its commerce la small, It has been striving to build up a powerful navy without apparently count ing the cost of Its creation and support These military establishments have been organised on the presumption that It Is to be attacked by some other power or that It will have'to take the Initiative In the field and on the sea itself. It has talked war for several years and has been preparing for It on a scale entirely out of proportion with Its resources. It Is evidently begin ning to face the financial difficulties which are the natural outcome of such a course. Possibly it will now dawn on the Intelli gence of Its statesmen that the safer policy for the nation's prosperity Is to husband the country's resources for the exclusive development of the arts of peace nd to vo,d trouble with Its neighbors which is name to involve it In war. Financial difficulties will doubtless prove as good a preserver of the peace in Japan as they have In other countries. The situation In Macedonia is bad enough no doubt but of all the reports In circula tion it Is Impossible to decide which are true and which false. A correspondent of the London Times has been wandering In the region around Strumites, the district where Miss Stone, the American mission ary, was captured, and which Is said to have been tha scene of many recent en counters between revolutionary bands and Turkish troops and outrages by the latter, At place called Smerdash, It appears, a Dana 01 fuglUva- villagers were mistaken for revolutionists by a Turkish detachment, not long ago, and annihilated. Turkish Irregulars In search of revolutionists are not apt to be particular In the matter of Identification. But the correspondent failed to discover here, or In the neighborhood of lBtlb whlch n visited, any extended ul w",cn ,s up! Posed to prevail everywhere. Poverty and squalor prevailed on all sides, and there was a marked disinclination on the part of the natives to have anything to do with a for- "1f1ner' but 0,9 ,nh";bltant of many of the villages were working tranquilly enough ln thelr fleldll. ln town of strutnlt only twenty-three suspects had been ar reated, and all of them except two were re- leased after a fortnight's imprisonment. ine Victorian (Australian) government has Just won a victory over a railroad union that Is likely to have far-reaching conaeouences. On Mnv a .n th .h - I ' - ..--..v. nremen employed on the state lines, 1.800 )n gii 8truck work t ,,,,., , them leaving their emrlnes ni oil npt, t dangerous points on the road. They ex pected that all traffic would be paralysed and that all demands would be granted to them, as masters of the situation. Thev were encouraged In their view by tho fact that. In Western Australia and In New South Wales similar strikes had ended In the complete defeat and surrender of the authorities. But ln Victoria the premier. Mr. Irvine, proved himself Just the man for the crisis. Summoning Parliament, he declared that the strikers, as paid servants of the state, were In practical revolt against the state, and he asked to be endowed with anfflnlamt aiilkAiilt.i a . . JIT"' " . k !v w . mX drastic measures to bring the rehels tn thair senses. The temper of the house was such that he certainly would have secured all the powers he asked for, but before any action coum De taken the unionists, aiarmea at me position In whtrh h. roun1 themselves, promptly surrendered I and hurried "back to w6rk. Meanwhile a temporary service of tramway cars wagons and automobiles had been organized for the necessary distribution or provisions, while most of the men who used to ride to business on the railroads took to their bicycles. - MS '- It Is not generally known that the cult! vatlon of cotton has Increased to such an extent during the last few years ln West Africa that It Is now considered by the urilisn government one oi me greatest ana most Profitable industries of that portion of "a possessions. Bampies or west Amcan cotton ave recently been received by the British Cotton Growing association which show that the quality is superior to any grown In other sections. An expert on cot ton growing writes as follows in the West African Mall: "So far as West Africa Is concerned, It can with perfect accuracy be stated that sufficient evidence Is at hand I today to prove to the hilt that many parts I of West Africa can produce a cotton grown I from Indigenous seed, under primitive con dltlons, not only equal to, but a .long way ahead of, the class of cotton which Is most extensively required by Lancashire, and I for the supplies of which Lancashire 1 virtually dependent upon the United States." This main fact having been established beyond dispute, the task of organising what i Is destined to become. If worked on prac I ttcal, scientific) lines, a great export trade in raw cotton from West Africa will have t0 take,, energetically In hand. It-Is pre. I dieted by the enthusiastic ones that a de I cade hence West Africa's cotton producing capabilities will astonish the world. u ta ta"1""" tne K,d ""'ne" of the Ran1 alBlncl ,n oou,n A,rH; ,on "m l re cover rrom tne enects oi tne war, ana pre diction from expert sources Is not wanting that they never will fully recover. The Pnt "on'hly output Is about 250,000 ounces, which compares with over 400.000 ounces for the month prior to the outbreak of tne war' Production continues to gain grounu piuwijr, uui uiu muui (iiuuiem mean time becomes more and more difficult to meet. Under these circumstances. If It ha taken over a year of peace to raise the mines up to little more than .half their former productivity, the time of reaching full productivity must still be a year or more dtstant, if It Is ever reached. There Is this degree of satisfaction to be gotten out ot the fact the mine owners who brought on the war will never be able to make good to themselves the losses they 1 hsve suffered from It. Plain Flgnres for Selling Price, The Drygoodsman We strongly advocate plain figures for the selling price of merchandise. The one price business of today, as we see It, is the only I true way of doing business and to have I the price of the article marked ln plain - figures Inspires tne connaenee or tne cus I tomer. Have the cost price of goods marked so that It is bard ror an outsider to work 1 out the key, and keep this price mark I secret. I We do not favor the practice of permit I ting all the clerks to know the cost of the goods, only those wno are trusted enough chandlae costs. If by the use of ready cash or taking advantage or a turn in the 1 market a merchant Is able to purchase goods under the market price ne is entitled to more than his usual per cent of profit. Ifrrve Tonle Saparnaana. Pittsburg Dispatch. The joke that the postal officials took Payne's salary compound for the nerves has the foundation In fact that they were disposed to take everything that was neither red-hot nor Immovable. But the - I Idea of strengthening their nerves seems superfluous. A1UE Wl AMBFUCAHSf . Or Mast We Be DUtlagnlsked as CMI ens af the lalted stalest Washington Tost. Secretary Hay contends for the word 'American" to denote a resident ot tne nlted States. When he was ambassador Great Britain he placed over the door his residence the words "American mbassy." This caused some complaint among the representatives of the govern ment to the south of us, and even Canadians entered a protest at the Brit ish foreign office, but It made no differ ence to Mr. Hay. He could put up any Ign he pleased. The Canadians had no embassy, and even If they had no one would have known them as Americans. Ths same Is true of the South American re publics. As for Mexicans, they nearly all prefer that title to Americans. Secretary Hay tried to persuade other embassies nd legations to adopt the same design ation. Some others have done so. but whether It Is now the designation genernlly used no one can say, but some of those who attempted It abandoned the Idea when they heard a protest had been made. Gen. Porter would have adopted the name, but all France there has been a designation for the United States which has become so well known that any other designation would not do. To the French we are the Etats Unls," and have been for more than a century. Secretary Hay contends that .we are entitled to the designation, for the United States really created America. It was this country that cut loose from the old world with an Independent government, It was our people that made the growth of America possible, and It was especially the United States that made It possible for other portions of the contlent to become Independent and self-governing. By Its position. Its population. Its power, and Its omlnatlon of the western world the United States Is entitled to the name American If It chooses to use It. Another reason why Secretary Hay thinks It would be a good thing to adopt or confiscate and use the word American because In the alphabetical list of the nations America would precede all others. Austria now heads the list, while our country Is down near the foot. This ad vantage would be especially valuable at The Hague tribunal, where the countries are called In alphabetical order and where. consequently. In presenting a case most other countries would have the first show. Just how In a legal tribunal llko The Hague court we could come In as America little doubtful, but perhaps If a law should be passed declaring that ln all International affairs our country should be designated "America" foreign countries would recognise the title. But what a howl would go up from other countries on this continent If this should be done! Of course, they .cannot prevent all countries, as they ' do now. using "America" when they mean the United States and calling our cltlsens Americans. In all foreign coun tries we are known as Americans and only few complaints are made. To the north are the Canadians, and such they will re main until they are annexed to the United States and even then the title will stick. To the south are the Mexicans, the Cu bans, the Venesuelans, the Bolivians, the Brazilians, the Argentines, the Chilians, the Peruvians and others. To call any one of them Americans would be a mis nomer. We occasionally hear of a South American, but that Is Indefinite. Tour American" Is a cltlren of the United States, the Stars and B tripes are the American" flag; the big vessels of our fleet are ''American" warships. Our troops In, -China and the Philippines belong to the American" army. The time we were ln Cuba was the "American occupation." So, as the world .goes, the United States Is America and Its cltlsens are Americans. . i.. .. :. n J .-.,.'. POLITICAL DRIFT. ' ' ' The Ohio man has another hoot coming. For the first time since the Civil War the state is out of debt. Irt his Fourth of July letter to Tammany Mr. Cleveland referred to the "glorious tradition." - Mr. Cleveland doubtless thought of the society's traditions of the Chicago Wigwam, but his thought would not look so well ln print. Ex-Senator William E. Chandler quotes from a resolution passed September 17, 1902, to substantiate his statement that New Hampshire was the first state formally to advocate the nomination of President Roosevelt for re-election ln 1904. In one of the congress districts under the new apportionment ln Texas there are flfty-flve countries. Ths entire vote of the district, however, Is only 22,000, an Incon siderable figure when compared with the vote of some New Tork City assembly districts. At the Iowa republican convention counting machines were used for the first time ln the state to record the votes. The result of a ballot known Instantly as soon as .the last county was announced. Instead or detaining the convention until the columns could be added. The result was highly satisfactory. . H. A. Taylor, assistant secretary of the treasury department, was once a oountry editor. Away back in 1867 he started the River Falls Journal In Wisconsin, which is still published. Some years after he went to Hudson and published a paper which was under his management a power. ful factor In republican politics of the state. Mr. Taylor Is still a prominent man In his party, and for years has been closely Identified with John C. Spooner. In fact. it was Taylor who brought Spooner Into public view and groomed him for the high place he now occupies. He saw possibilities In Spooner even before 8pooner himself realised them. Genuine To a certain extent our lines of merchandise like summer flowers are perishable. If kept too long, they wilt or are unsea sonable. From now until September 1st is supposed to be the dull time in clothing. We rather expect that the reduced prices at which we are offering portions of the real B., K. & Co. clothing and other articles for hot weather comfort, will suggest to you that the proper time has come for some genuine bargains. But' prices won't convey half as much as a look $ at the goods. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE, OURS. ' R. S. Wilcox, Manager. TEACHING THB .WORM! TO D1R Fares the Grim Reaper With tie Cold Serenity af Philosophers. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Tooe Leo, In his seventy years' service to his church, has been an example to priest and layman. By deed and precept he has taught the world how to live. Now he Is teaching the world how to dls. At 93, with the work of lite well done, he faces death with more than the cold serenity of philosophers. He faces It aiih the simple trust of the Christian. It Is a t If the poet had forseea his deathbed when penning the lines: So live that when thy summons onies to Join ... The Innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take . , His chamber In the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry-slave at nlsli.. Scourged to his dungeon, but. suMai.it-u and soothed ... By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of hii couch . . . About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. . Every Incident In the death chamber at Rome, every word spoken by the pope to his people or about his people, suggests this Image of the man ready to die. When Grant squared his shoulders nnd bowed his head to meet the end on Mount McGregor the world was the better fur it. When McKinley, knowing that death wi at hand, faced the supreme fact with serene Christian faith, the world was the better for 11 And today again the world Is the better for watching at the bedside where death has been robbed of Its sting and tho grave shall have no victory. POINTED PLEASANTRIES. Willie Littleboy What's a hero, any how? Hob Thlckneck A ' hero Is a feller that dust to tie a tin can to a bulldog's tall Smart Set. Poet I asked the editor to give me his opinion of my manuscript, but lie never even looked at It. AMCum Wouldn't even give it a cursory glance, ehT Poet-'-CursoryT That word suggests his words rather than his glance. Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Brownovlch I understand your hus band Is seriously 111. ' Mrs. Smlthlnsky Yes; he's too ill to do anything except make good resolutions. Cincinnati Emiulrer. "Commercially, wo from you right along, lean. are taking money asserted tle Amor- well, as long as you use It to buy tltl.-.i we don't mind," returned the Englishman. -Chicago Post. "Do you believe In reincarnation t" said the man with dark glasses. "I don't know," answered Mr. Cumrox uneitsily; "you see, when we give a party mother and the girls always look after the floral decorations." Washington Star. "Any objection to my smoking here?" asked the offensively cheerful man as tha vessel gave another disquieting lurch. "None," replied the pale chap In the steamer chair, "here or hereafter!" Cin cinnati Tribune. ... Burglar Bill These gypsies don't know anything. One of 'cm told Gory Gus that he'd die on tho gallnws. Dynamite Dan Well, didn't he? Burglar Bill Naw. He died of old age while woltin' for a new trial. New Tork Weekly. "That temperance lecturer spoke most effectively," she commented. "He was full of his subject." "What was his subject?" he asked. "Rum," she replied. And even then she couldn't understand why he laughed. Chicago Post. Smlthklns There's old Buffklns. I don't care to meet him. Let's turn this way. Last summer I requested a loan of S20 from him. Tlffklns--Well. he ought to. have obliged you; he's rich enough. . . Smlthklns The trouble Is he did. Ban Francisco Wasp. "How did you come out with your law suit?" " "I won It." "Get damages?" "Sure. I got almost enough to pay my lawyer." Cleveland Plain Dealer. J Cltlman You re expecting something out at your house, aren t you? Subbubs Yes. and we're hoping and pray ing It'll be a girl. Cltlman That so? " Subbubs Yes, the servant girl says she doesn't like boy babies. Philadelphia Press. THB VINE ON THE SPOVT. Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Deep In the heart of the city, She washee and Irons all day; Her tired old hands are shaky and thin, And her hair, once yellow, Is gray. She stiuida near a window to labor. . And Bvcrv few moments looks out And murmurs, "You're mine," to the smal sickly vine That's climbing tha old water spout She' waters it well in the twilight, . , And tenderly touches the leaves As they nod ln the sephyrs that sometimes get lost So far from the grass and the trees. She knows every tendril It carries, Koch bud Is a care, without doubt, For she loves with a love that Is sent from vine on the old water spout. She Is wrinkled and ragged and tired, Her children have left her, I know, To fight the battle of life once again She fought It for them long ago. ; Frlendlees, alone, uncherlshed. Her mother-love will not die out Bo she croons an old tune, all the long afternoon, ' To the vine on the old wator spout It may be the world doesn't need her. It may be tht world doesn't care For the old lonely soul whose eyes are so Whose volce Is as thin as her hair. It may be the world has forgotten And yet I haven't a doubt God planted that seed for he saw there . was need For tho vino on the old water spout! Glearance 2 S 4 1 i