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THE OMAHA DAILY I n3. THUD AT. JULY 0. 18J)7. TIIK OMAHA DAILY K. HO.SUWATEII , Editor. J'LIIUSIIID MOP.NINO. I'Uli.MS OP SUUSCUIt-TlON. Dfti'y l e ( Without Sumlny ) , On < ! Ve r. . . . 5 M ] ) . , y II. c nml Sund.iy. One V ar . SW Hix M..ntlis . * J2 Thru. Month . 4 . J JJJ HunUny llio. One > nr . 8n.iur.lay IStc , one Ytnr * \Sn-hly lice. Olio Vcar . On. lm. The lice lIullJInR. Bmitli oimiha : Sincer lllk , ' .or N and 24lh PI * . Council Ilium : 10 I'euil SlrMt. CIIII K. . ) uilkc : 317 Oiaii'Ul of Commerce. NYork : Jl'iunu 13 II nnJ 15 , Trlbun * 111J . \\nsilliRluli : Ml fourteenth Street. A'i . mni.r.tratl'-tis reliittn * to ntw and i < l | . loilnl mutter s'lould be nddresniwl To ths kdllor. A't i''Miii ' * ' " * icitm ma1 r"mlit. ' " ' * nhouM l > ii t. , - ' . ! t < Thu li e I'l.MisliInK Conu > ny. On-.I. . t > rnftn. , > cX . i > pr i nd lioilofflce m ! i or Irra lo lit in&J * | i.inblr to Iho onler of tlio 11 'iii.n [ > . . . . TII3 ! 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All i-nlli-iiml inNliojM nro .ni'lilli'il IIIi rmiiiivli llce ti -tiiii7ii < iili < - IM cry i n - Ki'liKrr niio iiiintfl ( < > rc.li > " iu * Niiiiir. | III.HN | | upon lnv- lu 'I'll. ' llco. If you cniitiot Ui'l it HIM- oil a trnlii friini tin ; npn'ii iiKi'iil. I | 'IIK - roinn-t I Infuel. . NlnlliiK1 UKIriil" I"1 rnllroitil , ( o the ( .Ireiilntlnil li-iiirliiii-nl | iif TinIli'i' . The Hoc IH fur null * oil nil trulnn. INSIST OX IIAVIX1S TIIK IIKI iAitTii < : s IIA\ \ < ; i-ou TIII : SUMM I'lirlli * * IIMIVIIIK th < - clly fnr Ihr HIIIIIIIIIT ttnii Iiiivv The lire Hi-nl to IliviM ri-Kiilnrly h > iKilir.i IIIK 'I'hillfo liunl- ! ! < < < ollliMIn iii'r.Moii or liy mall. Th < > nililri'NN vlll hu ( 'hniiKril us ollcH IIK ilt-Nlrril. You cull SIMJ Uic corn bri.ski. ; ; Mayor Moori-.s slxi'il Worlil-Hcriilil up just rlKlit wlii-n lie li-stificil lltuL Hint Is "thoroughly uiiri-lluhli' . " Tllond hpat tt'iiiiii'r.'itiiro Is very tryhiir , but we can stand It so IOIIK as it in.suivs n yTiO.dfiO.OOO-Iiiislu'l corn crop for Ne braska. * CiitviTiior Ilolconili's non-iiiiriisan po lice coiilinissloiicrs sccni lo he the most partisan body thai has ever had control of Omaha's police affairs. The conns may he depended on to adjudicate ihe questions involved In the wit brought to oust Mayor Moores anil reinstate Ills predecessor In ( hi : otlice AVItli the first exposition building con tract let and more to follow , local work- inxincn on hl soon to reall/.e MOIDC of the bi'iielits wliicli this ( rre.it enterprise is briiiKin tliein. One consoling feature about the coal miners' strike is that no one is freezing to death Just at Ihis moment because the work of getting out tin ; coal supply IIIIK been stopped. Why not organize a business men's ex cursion over the new road to Qnlncy as noon : w it is openedV Omaha jobbers and manufacturers should push their trade eastward as well as westward. A most gratifying evidence of ( he im pending revival of prosperity in Omaha will be seen in the number and eharaclcj- of new dwellings , residences and busi ness blocks now under construction. The architects of the country are to have an opportunity to compete for the work of designing and superintending new federal buildings , ruder such a system we presume each bidder will be tin' architect of Ills own fortune. The Hilts will take their annual con vention to New Orleans next year , but there is no reason why they should not also come lo Omaha for an iinolllclal gathering that will make Kilts' day at the exposition a memorable one In the IS'IS calendar. Senator IVtilgrew Is sure. .Inpan has made a great mistake in dividing to re organize Its monetary system on the gold standard. Japan ought by all means to have consulted with Mr. I'oiti- grew before taking any step so vital to its standing among the nations of the world. From the annual message of the presi dent of the Christian Kudcavor society ennnu'ratlng all ( lie places In America. Knrope , Asia and Africa which he visited in the line of oillclal duly during the year Just past , the | H > sition must be the greatest iiri/.e which any one who tie- lights In traveling could draw. Our free coinage friends seem to have neglected a most promising opportunity when they failed to set out promptly to make < imverts In ( irittv. Any scheme intended to enable the Creeks to pay that Turkish war Indemnity Inliiccn't Kllver dollars would unquestionably rw. ft-Ive a warm welcome In that country. Cuttlefish tactics don't obsruro those Indelible Hjiots on the political fence. No amount of Ink-shcumng about repub lican rascals who have been exjMxsed In The lieu and defended In the \Voriu- Ilerald will deceive the people who are mill waiting patiently to know why Itolln nml Hartley were so munificent in plac ing public fnndM ill the disposal of ( lie cliU-f owner of \Vorld-lJuraltL A L rnnvxvv un.M.\nssrox. It nppenrs that I'resldrnl McKlnley lins fully doclded to recommend to con gress Hie creation of n currency commis sion , but it Is uncertain whether lie will do so during the present session or put tin ; matter off nnlll the meeting of the regular session next December. The dltllculty In the way of any present movement for a commission is that It might cause delay lo action on the tnriff bill In the senate and therefore the uiessag" which the president had prepared to send to congress lias been withheld at tin1 suggestion of republican leaders in both brain-lies of congress. Mr. McKlnley made known In his In augural address that he was favorable to a commission to Investigate the ciir- iciicy question fully and report a plan of reform , but it had recently been Inti mated that he hnd concluded to have a plan framed by the administration , as sisted by practical Jlnanclt-rs. for sub mission to congress at the regular ses sion , and It was reported that the secre tary of the treasury hud Invited a num ber of Hnnnclers to advise with him In formulating a plan of currency reorgani zation. At all events It may now be re garded as assured that the administra tion will recommend a currency commis sion , bill It Is not so certain that con gress will comply. understanding Is ll > nt Mn sentiment In that body fav orable to n commission Is not very strong and while It is possible that most of the | republicans In the house may lie dls- I pned to acquiesce In the wisli of tile nd- j minUration in the matter , there will lie | aery determined opposition to a cur rency eoinmK'Mon in the .senate. The free s-ilver advoealvs will certainly an tagonize II selidly. If Ih'-re k to be a commission It is of no great consequence whether It Is appointed at once or six months later , so far a < any practical result Is con cerned. Its cication would gratify the currency reformers and silence their charge that the administration Is indiffer ent to the queMion. but anybody who seriously expects that any real good would come of it Is pretty sure to be disappointed. .1 , v.ir.u , oKF/cMf.s / wfr. ; It is the common impression that the otllcers of the I'nltcd States navy are unanimous in the opinion that this coun try ought to annex the Hawaiian islands , hut this is not correct , though unques tionably a very large majority of them sue of that way of thinking. At any rate there Is one who does not favor auncNation and lie is an otlicer of the cruiser Hdladelphia. now in Hawaiian waters , who lias had an opportunity to investigate the matter. Tills olllcer formerly favored annexa tion , but he has concluded from observa tion that it would not benefit the United State-- , lie says its only advantage would be in supplying a midoeean naval station , but this is offset by the burden we should assume in taking on our shomlers tile debt of the islands , their lepitr settlement and their motley "popu lation , lie thinks the islands would have to be strongly fortified and a naval station cstahlishiHl there , which would re quire a sum of nuiiny that could be used to more advantage in fortifying our sea port cities. Tills is a common sense view and il is worth the opinion of a score of naval of ficers who have never ween the Hawaiian islands and who have not considered ( lie question of our acquiring them from any practical point of view , but with noth ing in mind but the idea of a naval sta tion. TIIK ani.n sr.txit.iitn.Y..IM.V. / . The adoption of the gold standard by Japan has caused no little worry to the free silver advocates of this country. The material development of the Orien tal empire with the .silver standard had been freely referred to by the silverite.s of the United Stales as substantial evi dence of the soundness of their position and it exerted no inconsiderable influ ence.Vo were told that the .lapan--se were a remarkably shrewd "people In maintaining the silver standard , that II gave them a very great advantage in their commercial relations witli the gold- standard countries and that tin * United Slates would inevitably discover that If it adhered to the gold standard it would have a formidable competitor in Japan for tlie world's trade. American manu facturers were warned ihai they were in danger of suffering from this competi tion even In their home market , which il was saiil was liable u > be invaded by > ll- viM'-standard Japan lo an extern , that would be extremely damaging lo our domestic Industries , it \\as declared that with our lilglfer wages on a gold standard we/nvould be compelled lo sur render som.1" " ng to the new power in tlie commercial world having the silver standard. This was said only a year ago , since which time Jnpan < has divided ID aban don tlie silver standard and adopt the standard of all the great commercial na tions of the world. .Now the American free sliverltes n.io endeavoring to explain this change In the financial system of Japan so a.s to rob li of its true signifi cance and it is needless to say tn. , . > y make n very had job of It. A short time ago Senator Teller sought to explain away the Japanese adoption of the gold standard by saying thai the standard remained unchanged and the Japanese had merely cut their yen In two. The fact Is , however , that it Is simply tlie unit that remains unchanged the Japan ese having changed their standard from the silver yen to the gold yen because the former was a declining value , therein repudiating tlie whole monelaiy doctrine of our free Kllveriles , .Senator I'ettlgro.w has anoihur view of the elniiigu. lie lias concluded from reading tlie statement of the Japanese minister of liiniiict' . at the- time of the introduc tion of the gold standard bill in tlie Diet , that the departure from tlie silver stand ard was made wholly in the interest of tlie creditor class. It was done for the purpose , according to Mr. 1'ettlgritw , of preventing a further decline In Ihe pur chasing1 power of their credits. The ut ter absurdity of this could ho easily shown , but it will lo siilllclenl to say that there is not a word In thu speech of the Japanese minister of finance , which Is printed In full In thu Juno num ber of the consular reports , to Justify the vluwr of the South Dakota Beuutor. The minister plainly pointed out that the change was made In the Interest of both the government and the commerce of the country ? lie showed most conclusively that substitution of the gold stiindaid for the silver standard was absolutely neces sary to continued prosperity. He urged that even If there should Inan Inter national bimetallic system Japan would experience no harm by adopting a gold standard now. He declared that n bi metallic system Is impracticable without - out all powers combining a truth which American free sllverlles would do well to ponder on- and he pointed out In clear terms the advantages and ln-nellls of .1 gold standard , saying among other things : "In spite of objections raised by bliuetalllsts and others , practically theit' is m > room for doubt as to the merits of n gold standard. " lie further declared that bimetallism cannot be car ried out by nny single country Independ ently of olhe.11 countries. It Is not surprising that the free sll- veiites deprecate the action of Japan , for It Is a serious blow to their cause , but they cannot destroy its significance. I'o/Jr/cs / J.v ; ; ; / ; t'ni.iri- Do the appointive members of the lire and police commissinn understand the law under which they are acting ? Uo they remember ( lie oath of olliee each has taken and do thcy consider this oatli binding or merely a matter of form , to be disregarded at pleasure' , ' The law expressly provides for a nonpartisan - partisan board of live persons to govern the tire and police department. Kour of the members are appointed by the governor , presumably as representatives of at least two different political parlies , while the tifth is elected by the people. 1'nder the spirit and letter of the law the board has no right to shape the affairs of either the lire or police de partment on imlltieal lines. It has * no right to conduct it.s business tliroimh political caucuses any more than It has the right to prostitute the machinery of tlie lire and police forces to political ends. Yet in spite of the plain Intent and letter of the law the appointive ineinb.-rs of tlie commission have ever since their appointment conducted the business of tlit ; board by political caucus , from which the elective member has been rigidly excluded. The manifest Impro priety , to call it by a mild name , of tlil method of procedure was strik ingly exhibited at the last meet ing of the board. A letter signed by James ( ' . Dahluian was pre sented , declining to accept tlie apivoint- meiit of chief of police of Omaha. It Is presumable that all ( lie legitimate business of the lioari ! Is transacted at regular or special meetings of the com mission duly called. At what meet ing was any position on the Omaha police force tendered to James ( ! . Dahlinnn ? Tlie records of tlie boa.nl do not show that Dahlman's name was ever even mentioned yt any meeting of the board , llow , then , can the hoaid explain its own record , which shows cither that Dnhlman labored under an hallucination when he wrote Ills' letter of declination or I hat tlie offer was made by an iin- ! lawful political caucus pretending to ai-t as tlie Hoard of Kire and I'olice Com- missioneis. In one view of the ease , the chairman of the democratic state com mittee is paced in a ridiculous light in declining a position never offered by . . .e only body authorized to depose or ap point police ollieer.s and in ( lie other view the board is placed In the light of dis regarding the law. The International gold mining conven tion at Denver tin us out to be greater than the most sanguine had expected. Uepresenting twenty stales of the union and several foreign countries. 11 is an object lesson of the colossal dimensions which the gold-producing industry of this continent lias reached , lint the 1li to 1 free silver maniacs will go right on be wailing the growing scarcity of gold when they know the ligur > s show a greater animal output of the yellow metal than ever before in the world's history. The defunct r.roalch-Koster-Vander- vnort police lion I'd seemed to he imbued with one Idea only , and that was to re instate every police otlicer who had been dismissed for cause by its predecessor. The present reform police boaid seems to be Imbued witli the iiica that its mis sion Is lo keep In the service all the dis reputables anil incompetents which tli. ' Itroalch-Kosler-Vnndervoorl board had foisted into ihe service. This is reform with a vengeance. Senator Allen says It was not his fault that the populist legislature twice re pealed the sugar bounty law passed by republicans to stimulate sugar beet cul ture in Nebraska. Hut Senator .HI'ii did not prevent his fellow populists from sulking tin' blow at this most promising home indiisliy. Tlie sugar bounty re- ' . - law is a populist measure for which the populists of Nebraska cannot evade the. responsibility. France has gone Into the business of voting subsidies for Hie relief of flood victims within its territory. II Is safe , however , to predict that no such proportion tion of ihe money appropriated by the French rarllament for this purpose will be turned back into Hie ticasmy as was restored recently from the congres- s'omil ' relief fund voted for Hie b"iicllt of the Mississippi flood sufferers in this country. ICx-I're.sident C.lcvcland still Insists that he is a democrat and that he is a follower of the principles of true de mocracy. Kx-Si'imtor Hill. ox-Congre.-s- maii itryan and ex-President Cleveland might furnish III subjects for an arbitra tion i realy were It not certain that uiey could never be brought to tint point of agreeing on what constitutes true de mocracy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The South American republic of Columbia ought to hold out special in ducements to the men who have been exhibiting to UK their abilities in build ing up trusts and trade combinations. The government of Columbia Is about to let out a twenty-five-year monopoly of the matches industry on specified term.s and conditions. If it Is disposed to farm out this lucrative source of revenue' it I mljrlit lie IntrUffft tn fin-Ill "tit other IIKHiopiilles foftjf > inodlletlon ( if lliillse- | hold noce.ssarfi's. The Held of operations 1 nt all events imficars In he almost llin- n' * " i itll'SS. il ' . Then * nre ( Ulj' ) . tAvo ways for ( lint legis lative lnvcsllj.jii'j ; ) ; ceintnlttee to complete - , plete lt work.of exhaustlm , ' the Slo.otX ) ! il > iutiprliitlon'fir.e.\petises ( early. ( Hit1 i I Is to hlro innrct cTiiployes nnd the other ! Is to raise their'iiwnr.y. ' \ \ . It may lie ; 1 necessary torcanrl tohiith these methods 1 liefoiv the cunnnljtoe concludes that ll.i ' Held of useful ne < s has been exploited. \ iiiinil in tin.tnii < ii < > Itun.initimlta .Tnurnnl. The manufacturers of playlns cards nre doubtless mistaken In tlilnklnK Hint a tax on their product will 1(111 tholr Industry. Industries. Hle onrd-playlllK. "ro tlot s" va * ' llv killed. DtirltiK the war every pack of plnytni ; cards was taxed from 1 to 2 renls. itcoordiiiK tn quality , yet cnrd playing tripped nloiiR quite cheerfully. Ili'Vi'loiiiiii'iit of tililf Trnilo. SprlliKtlrM iMn ! < 4. ) Itcinilillran. Kast week trains bpsan riiniilnK over tlio new road connoclliiR tlio Missouri river ro Klon with thfl Ktilf of Mc.vlco. This Is the Kansas City. I'ltmiiiirR ft Gulf , which runs to I'ort Arthur on tlio Siiulne rlvor , where a harbor Is licitiu ihiR nnt nnd a Kreat port for Kraln nnd cotton shipment , ? cdtablljlu-d tn rival Oalvcstnn. Thua more and inoro of the transmlsjourl export trade U likely to sock tlio point of ocean tlfparturo on the Kiilf coasl Instead of ns formerly passing through rhlcaiso to New York , lloston and other Atlantic ports. It Is a development calculated tfi limit somewhat tlio ratine ( if tribute which ChloaKo and New York have helotoforo been able to Impri-e * on traiMeon- tlncntal and Intcninlloinl tr.itllc. A nll-'l ru t l.i'uNlntloli. ( 'lili-iiKo Tillnino. Tlio repulillcnna of tlie tenate have de cided not to add an anti-trust provision lethe the tariff bill. Tlie provision prepared origi nally as an amendment has bsen Introduced n a eeparatu bill. The reason Riven for adopting this course Is thai anti-trust legis lation Is not relevant to a revenue meanirc. Tills objection would liavo inoro welKlit If then * were any certainty of the spi'idy eii.ict- inent ot any anti-trust IcKl.-O itlon lu a ecp- araio form. When tlie tariff bill has been cnt to tbp precldeiit eotiRncd will adjourn. When It rcnraenibUa In December the friends of the trusts will H-O to It thai no antl- inonopoly meanirc will receive prompt con sideration. So an anti-trust measure put In tlie tariff bill will KO into effect this monlh. If not put In tlie bill it la Impofiolble to toll when It will bo acted on. ( il'lll'xlM Of I'llpllllNIII. New Ynilc Cninnierclal. A JuilKo In Mticoln , Neb. . Is ) credited with tlie remark thai tlie elite would never have fallen under Hie domination of the populists but for throe sucr-eralvc bad crops. Tliero la a great deal of truth In the wyliiR. I'opu- llsiin Is peculiarly the offspring of hard times. When crop.3 are bad nnd price , ? low the we.it- 01 u farmer , unntilo to realize that people In other portions'of ' the cntmtry may be snlTer- hiK can illy with hlni , Is ( Unpaged lo Ilk-ton to the aKltator.s who rave about the "money power" nnd tin * "eastern ShylockH. " As > Ihe populUtH promise t < 5 set everything ilglit if they can only1 Rel'votfs enough , they are sure to command support from credulous and uninformed p < pple I'll ' periods' of business de pression , lint'with1 the return of normal lu- dtia-rlal condfUoiis1 the populls-tlo craze Is certain to dwliullo , The typical fanner of tlie west Is tqo shrewd a person to permit hlmcelf to bo permanently humbugged. Alini'l. ' Sl.fCIITS THU COM'HIIT. Chicago Post : The announcement that the sublime Porte' It' rrtjstlnato should occasion no surprise. If there Is anything that the subllmo Porte1 enu do better than mnlio trouble It is Biifo < to say that the great nattnns'iif ' .Kuronu'have.not yet illscoyerod it. I'lo'neer Press : Turkey's apparent contu macy is exasperating to the powers , but it mav he the only means by which the European atmosphere can be cloired. If Turkey U only ugly long enough Kurope will have to whip her , which would be a anectaclo worth waltlni : for. Kansas C'itv Star : The latest report is tlut Turkey is Inclined to be stubborn and Insist on Its own terms ot settlement with Orecce. Ill view of this disposition Lord Salisbury has made a speech in which he luthiiaUd thai Turkey has been forced to vleld before and may yield again. Much more important , however , than any utterance of Lord Salisbury Is that of the Hussian olliclal organ , which calls on Turkey to abandon further subterfuges or expect trouble with tlio powers. Turkey may listen to Russia unless encouraged to do otherwise by Germany. In the meantlmo Lord Salisbury can but say : "If Ili.-miarek were only here ! " Chicago Tribune : The Turks have decided to relieve the monotony of the peace negotia tion with Hreeco by indulging In a few mauacrc at convenient points In Thessaly. Their fln > t demonstration along this HUD ap pears to have made the powers real angry again , and It la reported that In cori eouenco , "the ambassadors at Constantinople haw bcin Instructed to Inform the Porte that the powers are determined to terminate 111" in- -"ipportablo situation. " Thij familiar dec laration on the part of the powers has be come positively humorous. About one"1 ( very two weeks it Id reiterated with a great nhow of foimal dignity and In every Instance Iho sulton pi > 3 not thu fHghtrat real attention to it. The spectacle is almost as grimly ludicrous c.s that presented by the United Stated governmi'iil , which canno' eo any war In Cuba. TKItSOVM. AMI OTIII lt\VI.SK. Prosperity rarely misses those who hustle for it. The increpficd tax on playing cards gives t'nelo Sam a proprietary interest in the Jack pot. Observe Ihe policeman in closely-buttoned regalia. Kiijjgestlvo of a copper boiler or a boiled copper. It must admitted ( hat old Sol lo play ing a hot game. Perhaps it Is tilled with the Idea that It has people to burn. The inlddle-of-lhe-road convention fu-- nUlu'il evidence of industrial activity. It ran wide open 11 mint for the frcu coinage of epithets. Ala. * and alack ! Whither nro wo drifting ? Merit Is a Duffalo paper npeaklng of one "Ceorgo O'llrlan , a Pole. " Kitis of rovolu- tlon have blazed'-for Ie& < limit th4. ! There Is no advantage In achieving per- snlrallon bv Investlgallng the thermometer. A more i > rolltalll irLil soothing job Is to rn- lliet on the sfJvnoi itHtfnlnchs of the snow "jhovel In the cellar. Twin City papers.print pictures of the vis iting ICIlisWth uhugti horns on their cniums. : Thee Hums are the ornamental v.iKarles of c.iTloiliilsts. The true Klk re serves horns Wr interior decoration. Kx-ltear Adjnlral Drown , who lias been talked of for ma } or of Indianapolis , says ho will accept lf"thTlieople ( ) will como to his tprms a unanlinriim nomination , JJO.OOO a year walary umi'.eleVen months' annual holi day. Mr. Hrowrtdof. | | n't , want the earth. Senator Uaii'suroiigh wore recently the mo. . ! icinarkaWtr salt ever Keen In the e.- ' ale chamber. At llr.st glanca It looked liiut thu chc-apojt Japaniuo silk. It Is straw color , with u broad , dark sMpo running round and round the inalcrUl like the strlpiu of a zebra. . .titii'l Thu refined feuhlvo ( } car of Alidul Ilamld U cruelly Jarred oy tlio distords of the con cert. He ntcds repose from Iho cares of sialo and longs once more for purling brooks nnd running ( Irt-eks on plain and mountain side. Thctisaly IH his favored sum mer resort. Florence Nightingale received her Chrlutlan name from the town In which ( ilie waii born Florence. Italy. l' r name la not Nlghtln- gale , but Shore , her fatbfr being a Nottingham ham tanker who Inuotlted thu rtitattti of Pet-r ( Nightingale on condition that lie lu- riiinio the name. The cen'al ' Chulajonglforn , king of Slam , at his recent vlalt to the Swiss Parliament lu Derne. took an album lo all the members , la which bo askfd them to draw a pig wJili their eyes thut and nlgn their efforts with thuir autographs. The king , as have many American youths and nutiitrns , gained imr li amusement from the regularity with which thu statesmen failed to connect the tall with the body uuJ put tlie eye la the of the barn. \\IT1I TI1IJ M'.U HOOKS. fnimn l > iyli. ' < latest completed fiction one hastens to apply the adjective , and does to with a certain misgiving , being mindful of Hr. Doyle's rapid rale of composition "I'nclo llerime , " hn * teen conMderably am- pi I ( led since its .ii'pe.UAtico ' hi serial form , and now nuke * n volume of at Inut average - age size. It cannot be said to be In the au thor's best manner , and Is no ; likely to add materially to his fame ; but U Is a story which one " 111 not unwillingly rcllnn.ul li. having once begun It , until the end Is reached. The narrative concerns .1 youth of noble French ancestry who , having been brought to England by his father , H refugee from t lie- Terror In France , receive * , sometime after the death of Ills parent , a letter of Invlta- IIHi from an u > tck > In hta native laud. Ho inoro than doubts the motives of till1 ! rela tive , whom be has reason to suspect of be- Ing In an underhand way the outhoi ot his family's misfortunes. And to add to bis uncertainty , there Is written In a feml- nine band , In KiiRlIsh , on the- outside of the letter , the words "Don't come. " He goes , nevertheless : and after a series of moving accidents succeeds In thwarting his uncle's mlffhlevous M-hemc * and In attaining a place of hnnor at Napoleon's court , with restora tion of all his hereditary possessions. Cloth , $1.50. D. Appleton & Co. . N. Y. Although Andrew Lang has described F. Marlon Crawford a "the most versatile and various of modern novelists. " It may be seriously doubted whether his most recently published ( -lory , "A lto < e of Yesterday , " con sidered apart from his earlier works , would entitle Mr. Crawford lo claim the pos ef lon of other attrlbutitt of n great writer of tlc- tlnn. The familiar deft touch Is not wantIng - Ing , nor the skillful development of the plot , nor the power of graphic description ; but the central incident Is not worthy of a master's hand , and delicate touch and line description nlo wasted. "A Hose of Yes terday" leininds one of llnwelU ) , although them Is an essay of some H.OUO word * on divorce dragged in bodily and taking up a full chaotcr. which Mr. Ilowells would not have been likely lo write. It Is a perpetual soutco of wonderment to Mr. Crawford's friends th.it , writing to murlii he should write so unlfoimly well ; It Is beginning t" bo generally conceded tluit if lie wrote lcs . ho would write oven better. The striking cover dr.olgn of Ibis volume i by ( ? eoge Wliurtim Kdwards. Cloth , ? I. , " > . Macmtllan Co. , N. Y. "Wives In Kxlle , " Is a bright little story from the pen of William Sharp , whose " ( ! ypsy Christ" brought him merited fame a few years ago. It describes the adventures of two charming young married women , who , suspecting that a concerted trip of their hus bands to London was not to be devoted nliooltitol.v to the pursuit of business , con ceived a lid put Into effect the plan ot char tering a yacht , providing her with a crew composed entirely of feminine marines , and voyaging to the Hebrides without the aid or consent of any man on earth. They lead their husbands a merry chase before they allow themselves to be caught , and reconciliations and mutual promises of amendment ensue. It Is a slender enough theme , as will he apparent , nml to make it tolerable , requires Just the delimit * handling which Mr. Sharp has bestowed. He has succeeded , moreover. In making each of the minor nnd subordinate people the cook , the stewardess , the cabin-girl nnd the members if the crew an excellent and diverting character sketch. "Wives In Hxllo" will be found very pleasant reading , Indeed. Cloth , J1.-5. Lnmson , Wolff e & Co. , Huston. In "At the Queen's Mercy , " Mrs. Mubcl Fuller Hlodgett makes a slender attempt at a formidable task , having apparently under taken to disprove the report tbat the Hud- yards have ceaoed from Kipling and tin- Haggards rldo no more. Why she should mnko her stalwart , revolver-shooting hero tell his story In the style of John Kidd Is not nltocether clear , unless she wishes lo Imply other points of resemblance to that hero. Wo are told so Miry often In the first few chapters that the narrator Is but "a ulaln man. " that we come to believe it Imnllcitlj' , In course of time , and to wonder that further protestation IH deemed neces sary. There is a Thing In this story with a caoital T wliich is warranted to please those who like that sort of Thing ; and there is n queen railed Lib. and witches , and good etoro of buried treasure , and an abound ing facility in getting out of scrapes by the simple and clllcaclnus means of getting into worse ones. Altogether a tale for cooler days. Cloth , ? 1.23. Lamson , Wolffe it Co. , Iloston. Gilbert Parker's ndmlrablo long story , "The Pomp of the Lavllettes , " and Charles O. 1) . Roberts' enunlly admirable romance of old Canada. "The Forge In the Forest. " have gone each into a second edition. Lam- son , Wolffe it Co. , Hoston. Another story of thrilling adventure is "JStileka. " by Clinton Koss , a young writer In the style which IKW achieved renewed popu larity In the hands of Anthony Hope. Mr. HOGS , like Mrs. Hlodgett , sends his hero to Africa 1n search of his fortune ; again , like Mrs. Hlodgett , ho names lhat hero Derlng ; and tberu is a fabulous' treasure , such as all obscure African tribes are well known to prjEfitss , which affords a third parallel. Hut "At the Queen's Mercy" has nothing between its two covers so touching as the steadfast and in trusive admiration of 'Mr. ' Hens' Daring for Jim Knleen , "of the fighting I'Jnleens. " One cannot wholly share that admiration , although one is not disposed to question the outhor'H ( or Derlng's ) statement that "you never ad dress any one else If you are a stranger and Knleen is In thu room. " There IB olliclal cor ruption , piracy , abduction , burled treasure , battle , murder anil midden death enough In this story to make It soothing summer read ing ; and above all , there Is Jim ICnleen of the lighting ICnlcens. who was always cool enough to lower any temperature with which bu might come In contact. Cloth , $ l.r.O. Lam- sou , Wolffe & Co. , Iloston , Headers of periodical literature during the past three or four years have noticed with pleasure the publication from time to time In various magazines of certain tihort stories of the country round about 1'nget Sound , elgncd to the name of Klla Hlg- glnsnii. Among the best of tin's- are remembered "Tho Takhi' In of Old Mis' Lane" and "A Point ol Knuckling Down. " Thcso Htorlos were col- lecled into a volume some time since and put forth tinder Iho tltlu of "Tho Flower That Onnv on the Sand ; " and now , with the addition of two new stories they make a very pretty volume called "From the Land of the Snow Pearls , " which It Is worth any orw'ti while to have and read. Cloth , $150. Mac- millaii Co. , Now York. l'Mmond'8 Ahout'N "Lo Hoi de Montagues" Is a rather 'low mo.liig. old-fashioned tale of Greek brigands and travelers held for ran som. There are typical Kngllxhwomcn In It , and American men. as known to French literature , and the ihricrlptlon of the col- luiilon between the outlaws and the klng'a troops Is Informel with tlie cKsenco of Gallic humor. The utojy has been forcibly , If not forcefully , Kngltahed by Mrs. C. A. Kings- bury , and 1 published by Hand , McNally & Co , "Malka and Kotlk , a Tale of the M ! t Islands. " 1st a fanciful and pretty story of seal life , by President David Starr Jordan of Stanford university. It Is profusely Illus trated with photographic rcpr < ! ucllorirt of ac tual scenes in the Prlbllov Islands , and with pen skelchcH from photographic originals. Clolh , $1.50. Whltaker & Hay Co. , San Frun- clsco. Hev. S. Daring Gould hat ) made the field of mediaeval Hrltltm cimtoms , Folk-lore and supemtltton < > ( > peciillmly hl own In llclloii that Iheie IH none niu-cd tully to dlsputf the supremacy with him. In " ( juavaw the Tinner , " he ( lenerlbw with admirable clear- ncti the uiisociallons \ < ho worked , four cen- tnrliti ago , the mines of Cornwall and Devon. The quulnl custom of "gin-eating" appear * In this story , which i one of love , revenge and a fortune wreuled from an abandoned mine. Paper. 50 cents. J. H. Llpplncott Co. , Phila delphia. Other bookH received are "Mita Traou- merel , " by Albert Morris Hagby. Cloth. $1.60. Lanifon , Wolffo & Co. . Iloston. "In Iho Old Chateau , ' by Richard Henry Savage. Paper , 2.1 cents. Hand. McNally & Co. "Tie Philonopbcr of Orlftwood , " by Mrs. JCIHICM Miller. ClotlT. Jl.OO. Washington. D. C. "The Great Atnbercit Myfclery. " by Walter Hiibbfll. Paper. 25 cents. American Pub lishers' Co. . New York. .SM1XS OP IMIMIOVIM1 TM1KS. Den Molncs Capital : Time * are RrowltiR better. Look at the excursion train * that have pout * to California ! People would not bo gpMiillriR money like tlwt If they were > H / hnr.1 up as the Tlllman and \Vlilta men say j they are. The fltiling workers of AtneritM f , scarcely know what hard tlmoc. nrc * . Olobn-Demotrnt : The number of business fillureH f.it the fltM tiMf of th ? oalen lar 1 year I.W nnd the amount of H.iblllUos In- ! vnlrctl are below Ihrw of the saim period In IS.Ui. This Is the tfptlinony of the commer- cl.il .igenelen' tables. Here l an encouragIng - ! Ing indication. The hank ' Icarai-irs mid I railroad earnings show that the volume ol i general trade throughout t'e * country Is , on the Increase , while Iho figures 'if ' com- ; ' , iuerc-i.il mortality Indicate that trale Is on I I a solltler basin than It ni la t year. When I the normal conditions In the buiiiii-ss world j i are completely restored a long period of llnaii"l l prosperity ma > reasonably be I i i looked for. | i Detroit Free PressTo the encourip.lng reports of tlie city's inanufni tarlngii'd mer cantile Institutions an to.he present tj'uto of trude and the outlook for the fill tire inny be added the Improved sunning In clearing house transactions , a gratifying peicentiigt * of Increase being reported by the commer cial agencies for the Ural time In many months. Tlicac local signs of a lifting up In buwlurss correspond with the cluviful pre dictions of authorities whose survey covers tin ? whole country , nnd there . .mmhe some thing In all this talk of n better feeling and strengthening hopes. The couiuiy's re- tourccri are lee vasl and varied and lift ie- serve power too great for It to remain long .in . invalid. New York Mall and Kxpress. Strange echoes come Irom dMant Kunsa * echiien of the voices of farmeiH crying for help tn harvest tl'clr nmrvelou.i crops , echoes of reaping machliiiii atork In tin1 praln Holds from dawn until night , aim of the laughter of thousands uf women and chlldicn who have temporarily left their homes to aid tn gathering tin1 most mngnhleont yield of wheat with which tin * stiUe has ever been bletwed. These an * clicerlng voices to come from any state , but they are doubly awning when they como from Kansas. They drown the gloomy forebodings of the demagogue and the grumbler. They confound the evil pioplu-eleK of tlie calamity howler , and they sent ! forth In the world the Inspiring nuti- sngn that KnusaH Is all right , In spile of her whlners and croakers. Phlladiilphla Inqultcr : There have bcn moments when Ihe Inquirer feared that it had perhaps erred In declaring that times must be Improving In Pennsylvania , and who can blame it ? The mllla were opening one after another , the furnaeis wen ? rapid y beii'g blown In. the- railways , under the stimulus of Increased earnings , were laying new limiter or Improving old ones ; the men on quarter time were being put on halt time , those on half time were forced to work full time. some were even obliged to toll i-Ntra hours. but what do these things Indicate except that "bunliu'K.1 depression is dally growing greater ? " If iho mills had closed and Ihe soup bouses bad opened wo would lune known that the "good old democratic tlnii'H" were with u ( .till. Hill how could anybody he certain when every county gave evidence of renewed activity ? I'llH XH\V STA11I' ACT. I'ViitiirrN of tinTav < in Sloi-U nml Iliinil TriiiiNiu-lliiiiN. Inillaniii | ) > lls Journal. As tlie action of the senate placing a tax on stock and bond transactions will doubt less be concurred in by the house. It maybe bo regarded as a fixed facl. As a necessity exists more for revenue that can well bo raised by custom dntlc , especially since the excessive Importations during the last few mouths under the low rate of duties , Internal revenue taxes offer the best means of raising it. The Journal has urged an Increase - crease of the tax on beer , and still believes that would have been the best way to ralou tlio additional revenue needed , but con gress could not or would not &ee the matter in that light. Tlie taxation of bond and stock transactions Is uti legitimate as any other tax and will probably be popular with all except those who huvo to pay U which , by the way , is measurably true of all taxes. The Imposition of the tax will revive a form of taxation which has not been used in the .United States for many yours. During tlio war and some time afterward a stamp tax was 'imposed on bank checks , drafts and bills of exchange , on promissory notes , bills of lading , deeds , mortgages , ( ontracts , bonds , probated wills and other papers of this cla.-s. The which were required to be used embraced eight dilTcient classes or sizes and thirty- two denominations , varying from 1 cent to $100. It was a very useful lax to the goveinment because It was cosily nnd cheaply collected , and the stamps , being carefully engraved , were not counterfeited. The experience with this law showed that the largest revenue came from the smallest taxes universally diffused. In 1805 one-third of the entire stamp revenue was derived from bank check stamps of i cents each umi the match stamps of 1 cent. Most of thfso stamp taxes were repealed soon after the close of the war , but tboso on bank checks and drafts continued several years longer. The now law will tax : all bonds , deben tures or stock certificated Issued after Sep tember 1C , 181)7 ) , by any company or corpora tion S cents on each $11X1 , and every sale anil transfer of stock 2 cents on each $100. The tax will apply to the stock of all In corporating companies and to all bonds ex cept government , state , county and mu nicipal , and Iho stocks or bonds of building and loan associations. U also applies to Htock or bonds Irauod ( n Ihe reorganization of a corporation the same as on original organization , and to private sales of Mocker or bonds tlio Fame ns If inado on a stock board. Whether It will reach speculative transactions made on margin , in which no stock change * bauds and no transfer Is made , is doubtful. If It does not a vi ry largo class of transactions will escape tin- tax. A > ioiiit"HOOK : I.-.MIMIOII , " Sleiulll.r lirimlnu' Vnlui * of I In * le- luirlini'iit iif AKrlenll nrr. Now York Tritium * Only a gent-ration ago men who tried to apply scientific methods to agriculture were generally described and derided In ihoir re spective neighborhoods as "Hook Farmers. " Hut timed have changed , and now m-uriy every man who till. ; the hoil or makes mai- kct of what It produces shows au Intelligent intercut In the j-tmults of "Hook Fanning , " or , what is much better , experimental fann ing. This is one of the reacoim why , in retool yeirs the Department of Agriculture at Washington hus attracted more geneial and favorable attention.s a mere tic'd bureau It was a illsappolntnulit. except i n few small politicians , but It ceased to lie u mere seed bureau M-vcral your * ago , and iho 'omr.'if that It has rendered to American Agrlcnl'iire. ' boh : dlrt'Ctly and indirectly , a-i well as to commerce , art- generally jecupte' . It hus como to l > i ) undt'iiitood tlut ihu nec- iclary of agrlcuUiiru i-nli-rn Into closur leiu- iloes with tlm forclgb export trade of ihe United States , an well as with Its productive capacity , than any other otlicer of ( he gov ernment. When General Husk wan appointed to iho ottlce , ( dght ycais ago , hu was iint | k tu reallzo thus fact , and with liU practical. ImMnuku cciiijo ho did much to elcvatu tin- work of ( be department to the plane which 11 now occupies. Without golnt ; Into any de tails ai. to what happened during the four yt-urti of thu last administration , It may h ? bultlcknt to any that Secrt-ury Wilson , not by proclamations , or otherwise , hut blmply by whai ho hai < already done , has justified thu belief that more will be accomplished during theo'lliu. Ii would be tbu iln-l to say that ih'h his tlun under any previous administration of wotlJ not bo practicable unlcas liU prede- ussoi'i bad done * > o much had pointed the way toward what wiu dcnlrablo ua well as what It was dttdrablu to avoid. Kim. ai.il ( nut ot all In tiomo nu > pccl , Mr. Wilson Ui a practical farmer a nun who haj held the plough talU and shucked corn In bis time. Scvond , and debt of all In many other ri < i < ei-ts. bu is an educated farmer , who htudliM and takt-3 advantage ol everything that nature glvca him. Thhd. and bust In all rtiipti tu , perhaps , bo look- forward to sro whcro his crop Is to find a market after It U raited. It nct-dml IID tocr to foretell that a domestic demand wan calling for every pound of sugar that could Ix ) produced lu the United Slates , mid yet it wan riwervt-d for Secretary Wilson tu bcilu the preliminary work of R "beet BiipAr tielt" nnd bringing ; toRciher the producers , manufacturers and consum er * . There Is no doubt tbat Secretary \ \ II- KOII I * an cntluisl.ut. nor Is there nui'h ' reason to doubt ( bat his entlunl.iMn Is Ictn- peroil by common senao and bis Scotch birthright. When he ys Hint be w , ! ) try to make the thirty odd division * nf h < * ' department "sevicenlile to the farmer who works In the Held hi liM shirt ! cov " M' Wilson means what he sa > s. For PX.IIPI ' ' . | It was nnt A small thing fnr KnulMi t > ir IT ' experts to acknowledge , an they did In tins ] rlty n week ago nflcr a competitive ; am ' pllng , that a MlnncwoU cu-.imery buile1 WRS equal to the best Drlttany rolls nti'l j perlor to the Danish cieamery or an > > ln-r butter ot ICttrope. We- are litfornn 1 ' ' ' ! tint llrlttany sample cott In ilic 1. ' > ' -i matkcl 2 or : ! cents a pound umiv ib > o ] ' the other sample * . The practical sii'c c' I ibis Is Iliot KtiRll'h buyers linvr rffopi-l I cent rt pound more for butter i-ipial 10 llu > | \llune. on ! sample than they will pas fi-r i.v j other butter now found in the New \.M-k market. Thl Is n dlnvt and strong iiicciiirM- tlie inakltiK of good butter , not nnl > fer ev port , but for domestic consumption \\lnn 1 get through with thin butler bnsinc I will pay attention to cheese. " sajs Mr. Wilson. .Tintg * * : "Five dollnrs ! " e.cl.ilnu-d nn Ii illminut tmtn whit bud ti-ed the Imiis ilNlntu phone for HH ninny mlmitoM ; "nml > i-l ni n.ty 'Inlk Is cheap.1 " C-leVolnnd 1'biln Iienler : "We bnvo i I lie n vomit to settle with Turkey , " -aid 1'iiin. Constntitlne. qilinly. i "Ye- ' . " Mild King Oeorro witli n l alii xnille. "nnd It's n running account at th.it ' Huston T rnnsciipt : Kudtly U * a11\ . now I Mippo-K * the iiverngintnnleur INIn'rin in l tlie prince of Hiil- < . " DuddyIVrlmiw so. but then ti. ! r. . ' - ili iiiiui with it Hiitarl b.iby tn the lion- . . lhle.lto Tillies-Herald : Vol. UK Fn'i.r 1s It n bey or n git I ? Doctor ( a oyellMt ) No. It'.s n-tin.'in' | I'hll.idclphla North AniPi'lcnn : I'r.i. t' i I-'nt herI'M * given you n goud I'ldli'm- < lu cation ; wlmt mole do you wont' . ' Son You Imv.'ii't yet supplied me will the nieany to live 'ip lo It. n Hccord : I low much Insanity develops In hot weiithei ! " "Yft > ; people le i their inlmlMb . | i lli.lt Ice bills i-ome In. " IndlniiapidlM Jniirnnl : "Harklnc' 1"K ° . " ! = ; ilil the oi'iiculnr bonrder , "ni'Ver lutr " "It's quei'r. tixi. when you eomr tn Untie ( if II , " said tin.Cheoiful Idiot , "l.'nr wlmt good Is a bark without any xelKe ? " Waxhlimton St.ii : "Y.-s , " said Sir Corn- I lo el proiidlv , "my boy , Jnslnr. Is dnlu' line ; lie was tlie best In Ills elm's nt rnlb-gi' " I "Hid bo tell you which class ? " Inquired I the summt-r boarder. "Yes. 'Twis : what they call the midillo- i | welfibt elas. . " j I WHAT TIIK SfN SMI ) . llninklyn l.lfp. The summer sou uliiml ilcrcclv .1. ; vn t'pon the jfMnImn * gnv. And wiitebed tin * maidens as they pr.incccj In Neptune's * lirlny spray. "Humph ! " said the orb. ns up lit r" e And look aiiotber turn. " "I'ls Irnc tluit men are larking here. Hut there ar < Klrls to burn ! " A SIMM ! Kit HAY. SoimTVllli , . .Iniirnat. ( I'octle. View. ) The air Is fragrant with the scent of iiiinvii bay. The full-blown roses. " Ill the breezes sullj sway. sway.The ( 'iaildcnlns stin Puts life nnd vigor Into every fjrowtni tlllllK , Flying from tree to tree , the robins gull ] . Till day Is done. ( Practical View. ) Was ever the air bolter than It l.s today The festive rose-bug through the lilo-ssnim eats bis way. Tb < ; scorching .son fs hot enough lo make a granite Icd t perfplre , Ami still llio soaring mercury would i-llml up hlglicr , Kill day is done. Have You Heard iiie If not , let us tell you , AVe lire KoliiK to | illl 10 dozen on snlo nl this price lomor rnvslx.t1) ) ! II to 11 yours They are nil hluh cnide < | iiill ; ties nml pxiil hl.vlt'S. Thi. Is nil excellent ehiinee In | iruv iile I'nr the eniiiliiu hut days And to K with Ihealsin We Hri' pillIK to iifl'er W U . light widslil nil \vonl ehevlnt Trousers In tan , ifiny iui'1 diiiI ; eiilnrs til .Mie n jniir ; r < v nliir .SiOUiililles. | ( | They me niiidi1 with | iilenl ! liiinilH and lined clear up llu- front , and hip | > orlelHl.es ; r > to HI years. TheKinre hono.st l nr'alni ! and you actually snve " . 'ir on olio and ! Vlc ( in the ntli.-i. ( 'nine in tli. * cool of the morn \i\K \ \ ami lie conioriahlehue lookiiiK them over. Straw Hats , 25c and tip. KINO & DO , a.V. . Cor. 18th