Nebraska Newspapers

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Omaha. Drafts , checks , express nnd ixjjtolllce
money orders to be made payable to the order
of the company.
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STATKMKNT OV ClHCtn.ATION.
etritn of Nebtarkri , Ua'JKla : County , ss :
Ocorgo II. Tzfccliiick , Secretary of The IJec I'uti.
IhhlliR company , liclng duly sworn , rays that th
actual niimlicr of full nnd complete copies of The
Dally Morning , Kvcnlng nnd Sunday Itee printed
durlnc the month of June , 1W7 , was as follows :
, Z0.23S 16 " 19,025
zn.107 17. . . . . l .K4t
19.81 : 18 13.571
19 1 ! > .70
JO 20.022
21. . . . 19.B92
22 20,121
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Total r.95.112
J.ffi drcluctlons for unsold and tf-
turnoil copli-s 9.217
Total net fales M.193
Net daily nvprattc 19.5(0
mrmoi : : 11. rsssiftturK.
Sworn lo before nu > nnd fubaerHuM In my pres-
enca this 3d day of July , 1VJ7.
Notary I'ublic.
TIIH HUH O.TH UXS.
All rnllriinil neivNlioj-s nre
nupplleil wllll enniiKli llccH
to nee onun nil nle every IIIIK-
HeiiKer ivlm ivnulM to fenil n
1IIMV. | IIIIT. IllslHt llpllll llilV-
Inu ; Tlit Her If yon cannot
tret a llee oil it ( ruin from tlie
iit'WN iment , plenste report
tin * fuel , xlnUnu the trnlti anil
rnllroiiil , to the Clreulntlnii
' ' . The
Department of 'I'lie llee.
llee IK for snlr on nil ( mill * .
INSIST OX HAVING THE HUE.
I'AIITIES LEAVING KOU THE .SUMMlSIl
1'iirHc.i lonvliiir I lie < ! ( > for
'tin ; Niimitior on ii Imve The
HIMnetit to tin-in re riinrly
liy notifying Tin- lire liiiHl-
IIOHS oflloo In ] iernoii or liy
mull. The nililroNN will be
oil IIH often 111 de.slrcil.
Nebraska lii'atliinark'rs in Europe will
lo locfitiul lit I'ali'nno for tlio next four
years. '
What a handy excuse liny fi'ver Is for
tliose who want to have an outing at the
eenahoro or mountains.
If it hail used hotter paste , the bill
posters' convention Unit broke up in a
row might , have stuck together.
If silver keeps on Its downward course
It will not be long before no self-respect
ing family can afford to do without u
complulc silver service.
The state convention of the Nebraska
fuslonlsts will be three times the usual
fii/.e and the railroads will be touched
for three times the usual number of
passes.
How the people of Mexico would wel
come an opportunity to unload their -ir > -
cent silver dollars on the United States
In exchange for goods or payment of
debts on the 100-ceut basis.
D'Artagnan's "One for all and all for
one" might not be a bad motto for the
tripartite combination that is scheduled
to put u triangulated state ticket In the
field In Nebraska In September.
The arrival of the king of Slam In England -
land was balled with a royal salute by
a whole squadron of lirltlsh war vessels.
Wonder wjiat John Hull would do if In-
had'a visit from the king of the Canni
bal Islands.
Midsummer months are proverbially
the dullest on the business man's cal
endar , .so that ( hey can be pretty dull
and still marl ; an Improvement from the
business standpoint over the correspond
ing period of last year.
The olllel'il ' .statement of the Weather
Imreau descriptive of the climatic con
ditions of Alaska and the Klondyke gold
llelds was doubtless specially Issued for
midsummer reading within the borders
of the United States proper.
The first edition of the new tariff law
Is to be r 0.0X ( ) copies and every one of
theih will be In heavy demand. As a
popular literary production the tariff law
will hold Itn own with some of the best
\vorks of llctlon on the market.
Thi ) foreclosure sale of the Union Pa
cific will be free to all. If you have any
little sum like $100,000,000 slowed away
in your stocking there Is no reason what ,
ever wliy you should not put In n bid
and have the road knocked down to yon.
Qni'on Vlt'tnrlii has mm n message of
thanks to nil hi-r snlijccls anil former
subjects who ct'Icbratt'il lu r Jubilee In
this conntry. Kvery onu who celebrated
Is' c.\i ecteil to assume to himself that
fiharu of the thanks which he thinks
hla iiartlL'liatlon | deserves.
Our free sliver friends outfit to do
soiuothliiK to roiiHti thu nionuy power ,
Which they say Is Interested In miikln : ;
Bold scarce , to the necessity of tloliiK
soiuuthliiK to liead oft' thu threatunetl
avalanchu of sold. The money power
evidently must have gone to Bleep.
Kx-Seerotary John W. Koster , who Is
traveling In Kurope as special diplomatic
representative of the Lliltcd States , re
ports that the European governments
arc not-opposed to American annexation
of Hawaii. IHit why should they beV
Every one of those governments Is en
gaged In the land-grabbing business , and
if they could forestall protests by the
United States against their own terri
torial aggressions with a sop like Hawaii ,
wliy should they uot Jump ut the oppor
tunity ?
I'.it.KSTlXK AND TIIK JWTTS ,
The announcement cablet ! from Kurope
that the executors of the estate ot Huron
Hlrsch nro nbout to call n conference of
representative Jews with a view to the
purchase of Palestine and the re-c.stnb-
llHlimonl of a Jewish kingdom affords
material for speculation. The widely
( sntertalned belief that the Jews scat
tered fill over the globe desire nothing
so much as an opportunity to take up
thnlr homes In Palestine will doubtless
make the proposed inoccupation of the
Holy Land by the descendants of the
chosen people appear to be among the
possibilities of the twentieth century.
The c who nre familiar with existing
conditions , however , must be convinced
that such a scheme is wholly visionary
and Impracticable.
First and foremost , the great body of
the Jews of today have no yearn ings fern
n return to Palestine. They may , while
offering up prayers , turn their faces to
ward Jerusalem , but they would turn
their backs upon King David's ancient
capital before they hail become accll
mated If they were exiled to that barren
ami desolate land from the countries
they now Inhabit. The modern Jew has
no nsplrtidon looking toward u Jewish
state. ' While cherishing the traditions
of the biblical period and revering the
memory of the patriarchs , prophets ,
priests and warriors who figure in
sacred history , he has long since Identl-
lled himself permanently with the people
ple among whom he has been born or
reared.
Independent of the disinclination of
the Jews of the present era to abandon
the homes which they now have are the
Insurmountable obstacles presented by
physical conditions. Three thousand
years ago Palestine was a land of milk
and honey. Today Palestine Is a land of
thorns and thistles. To make It sufferable -
able and capable of sustaining even a
population of 1,000,000 civilized people
would requirean enormous outlay of
money and labor. The present Jewish
population of the world Is estimated at
from 7,000,000 to 8,000,000. Palestine
In Its palmiest days never supported
one-Ilfth of that number.
The creation of a Jewish kingdom out
of a conglomeration of men from all
iiuarters of the earth who have almost
nothing In common except their creed is
as Impracticable anil preposterous as
would be the proposition to corral all
the Indians in the world onto one reser
vation. The first Jewish government
was a model commune , in which all the
laud was owned In common and wealth
In land was redistributed every fifty
years. The Jews of today would be
more likely to form a republic than to
set up a king. They have no royal fam
ily anil no royal tribes. The selection
of ti king would be the last thing they
could agree upon and the smashing of
the kingdom would be the first thing
they would achieve. The whole scheme
Is so chimerical that It can never pro
gress beyond the paper stage.
A VKJilTKK'FIAllY
Under the new constitution of New
York convicts sentenced to any state
penal Institution are prohibited from
being employed at any productive In
dustry unless the state or some of Its
political subdivisions should buy the
goods produced. The law enacted under
this constitutional provision went into
eifect on January 1 of the present year ,
but the demand for convict-made articles
has not been sutiiclent to keep more than
i:00 : out of the 700 convicts in the Kings
county penitentiary at work. The en
forced Idleness of the unemployed con
victs has caused seven of them to go
insane and several others are begin
ning to show signs of mental derange
ment.
The prison authorities are confronted
with a serious problehi. The question
presents itself whether the state which
has the right to take a man's life for the
commission of capital crime has the right
to take his reason. In other words has
the slate the right to destroy the mental
fatalities of convicts by compulsory idle
ness ? If the state must provide employ
ment for men and women serving out
prison sentences what shall the employ
ment be ff the products of convict labor
( jiinnot be sold ? If their sale Is to be
absolutely prohibited they can be dis
posed of In one of two ways they can
be either destroyed or given away to the
poor. The trouble with the latter method
would be that the poor can use only a
limited class of articles and even tlm
giving nway of these articles must de
prive free labor of the employment that
their manufacture would afford.
The main contention of the trades
unions , however , has been not so much
against the stile of convict made goods
as against the underselling of the prod
ucts of free labor by those of convict
labor. It Is the unequal competition be
tween men who are working for a living
and men who are housed , fed and clothed
by the state. While the problem that
confronts the New York penitentiary
management Is perplexing for the time
being , because the constitution forbids
the sale of convict made goods and the
supply for state Institutions Is greater
than the demand , the matter will adjust
Itself sooner or later by such changes
as will be found essential for the protec
tion of the lives and health of the con
victs.
ACVKl'TiS AltniTll.l'flON.
The controversy between Japan and
Hawaii , relating principally to the ques
tion of admitting Japanese Immigrants
Into the latter country , Is to bo settled
by arbitration. This result of the ne
gotiations between the two governments
was reported some days ago to be prob
able and our government has now bj'en
officially Informed of It , It Is n conces
sion on the part of Japan and It carrlrs
with It the assurance of that power's
acceptance of the principle of arbitra
tion. There Is an Importance and sig
nificance In this which should not escape - "
cape attention. It means that there Is
no ground for the assumption In some
quarters of a warlike disposition on the
part of Japan. The Idea has prevailed
to a considerable extent In England and
perhaps elsewhere that the easy victory
of Japan over China had imbued the
Japanese with an ambition to further
demonstrate their prowess. That conn-
try liaa doue nothing to Justify this view ,
Its nttltudo In reference to annexation
having disclosed no feeling or sentiment
that could be rationally construed as Im
plying a hostile disposition. Certainly
If the Japanese government were so dis
posed the controversy with Hawaii
offered a most favorable opportunity for
Its manifestation , but Instead that gov
ernment accepts the enlightened princi
ple of arbitration , thus placing Itself In
this respect on a plane with the most
clvlib.ed nations.
This ought to sweep away all doubt
regarding the peaceful purposes of
Japan In the Pacific , even If the declara
tions of the Japanese minister at Wash
ington to otir government mill the semi-
ollHal utterances of Marquis Ito , ex-
prime minister , were not suillcient to
dissipate any doubt on this point. The
Japanese minister has unequivocally
sfated that his country has no Intention
to disturb existing conditions In the Pa
cific , while Marquis.Ito , speaking for his
emperor nnd his government , In a re
cent Interview declared that Japan en
tertained no unfriendly feeling towartl
the 1'nltetl States , that she sought only
to safeguard her rights nnd interests and
those of her people , which she Is justified
In doing. Indeed 'she would not be
worthy the respect of the world If she
did not do so.
Japan has developed a wise and sa
gacious statesmanship which Is In full
nccord with the spirit of the time. Her
statesmen have been careful students of
affairs throughout the world and they
know that the welfare of their country
Is not to be advanced by conflicts with
other nations , but by cultivating friendly
relations everywhere. The conquest
they seek Is commercial ; the glory they
tleslro to achieve Is that which comes
from material progress. Japan has
made it plain to the world that she Is a
nation of peace and while prepared to
maintain her rights seeking no trouble
with other nations and willing to settle
controversies by amicable methods.
Tills Oriental empire merits much of the
world's respect.
MAl'Ult A1W I'OIACK.
When the last legislature restored the
mayor to the position which he formerly
held as member of the police board it
emphasized the demand for responsible
city government. As the chief execu
tive of the- city the mayor Is the con
servator of the peace and In the suppres
sion of riots , tumultuous . disturbances
and breaches of the peace lie has abso
lute control of the chief of police. Inci
dentally the mayor in conjunction with
the police commission Is charged with
the supervision and control of the police
force In the ordinary discharge of Its
functions.
In the faccvbf the law which makes
the mayor Jointly responsible for the ef
ficiency and discipline of the police de
partment the World-Herald Insists that
In the selection of a chief of police
Mayor Moores shall have no voice. Tins
only reason advanced in support of this
proposition Is that Mayor Moores Is a
republican , while the other members of
the board are not republicans. If Wil
liam J. Uroatch were "still mayor of
Omaha would that paper Insist that he
should be barred out from participation
in the board's action with reference to a
new chief ? Is there anything In the law
that says that no republican shall have
a vote as member of the police board ?
The board is supposed to be a strictly
nonpartisan body and every member is
responsible for his olllcial action indi
vidually and not as member of any po
litical party or combination of political
parties. Mayor Moores has the same
right to have a voice In the naming of
a chief of police that his opponent on
thi fusion ticket would have had had
he been elected -instead of defeated.
The fear is expressed that should
Mayor Moores be accorded his unques
tionable right to a voice In the making of
a chief his vote might decide the election
of the only competent and experienced
candidate for the position and the re
publican inoinhpr of the board take the
credit' for the result. Hut Is It the
mayor's fault that other members re
fuse to live up to their promises to give
the people of Omaha police reform ? If
the appointive members of the board
want credit for the reorganization of
the police department why do they not
co-operate with the mayor rather than
by1 , refusing to do so take upon them
selves all the discredit ?
Mayor Moores has an Indefeasible
right under the charter to take part in
every ollicial act of the police board
and he may be depended on not only to
vote in the selection of a chief of police
according to his best judgment , but also
to do his duty fearlessly and without
political bias.
Olllt UHKATNST U'AftT.
With , the tariff law giving adequate
protection to American industries and
our financial system on a sound basis ;
with a currency supply equal to every
legitimate demand and a steadily grow
ing domestic and foreign commerce , the
United States must go steadily forward
in the development of its material re
sources. Hut our progress would be
more rapid If one great want wore sup-
piled a merchant marine equal to the
demands of our commerce. This Is now
our greatest requirement , It Is the point
in which we are weakest in competition
with the commercial nations of the
world. And until this want Is supplied
this country will not be able to achieve
that commercial supremacy which It
ought lo have.
A special London correspondent of the
Philadelphia Lodger , writing In regard
to methods for promoting the export
trade of the United States , lays particu
lar stress upon this matter of n mer
chant marine. A thoroughly capable
service of marine , he says , Is nn abso
lute necessity , and adds : "Why It is
absurd that last year only 12 per cent of
your Imports and exports were carried
In American ships. The roundabout way
of bringing American manufactures to
Liverpool and thence sending them to
South America Is perfectly ridiculous
and adds Immensely to the disadvantage
under which you suffer In catering for
the South American trade. Not only
have your goods to come to England
before they can get to South America ,
but passengers lave also to suffer the
same. InconveiBrifBr. " This has been tin
situation for n third of n century or
longer , only It has grown steadily worse
from year to year , until nearly the whole
of our foreign commerce Is now carrlei
In ships ownelf libfontl.
So much has"bp"en said and written 01
this subject fffnl''Jlt ' ought to be thor
oughly fninllliu1' lo every Intelllgen
Aineilcan citizen'yet It may be doublet
whether a imljori'fy of them really np
predate Its BHinTtiandlng Importance
The represeutfYtlvvs of commercial Inter
csts In South America who were recently
In this country' ' bought to Impress tin
necessity of a merchant marine upon tin
public attention nnd measurably sue
iH-cded , but their success was not com
iiieusurate with the magnitude of the
question , t reaches to every Inteivs
nnd has ihe most direct relation to boll
the commercial expansion and the com
merclal independence of the nation. 1
iH'iiches to the welfare of our agrlcul
turnl producers us well as to that of out
manufacturing Industries. The consld
orations Involved are far-reaching and o
the highest significance. They are botl
practical and patriotic , coinpreliondln } ,
alike the commercial and the polltlca
power of the United States among tin.
nations of the earth.
This is one of the questions which tlit
present congress nnd administration wil
be called upon to most earnestly eon
sltler. The republican party Is com
milled to the building up of n commer
clal marine and there Is reason to e-xpec
that It will find a practical solution of
the problem ami start the nation on the
road to tlie attainment of what is at
present its greatest want.
A TiturninsoMK ynRA rr.
Some days ago the question was asked
In the House of Commons whether tin
Clayton-Itulwer treaty was considered
by Great Hrltnln.nnd the United Sink's
as bearing upon the annexation of the
Sandwich Islands by this country. The
reply of the under secretary for forelgi
affairs was that the treaty contained no
agreement recognized by either powei
as affecting Hawaii. The statement
was correct.
Of all the treaties ever entered Info
by the United States perhaps the mos
vexatious and troublesome has been tin.
convention negotiated by John M. Clay
ton , secretary of state In the adminlstra
tlon of President Taylor , and Sir Ilenr.\
Hulwor. representing the P.ritlsh govern
meiit. This treaty was ratified Aprl
19 , 1S. > 0 ( andjiilmpst from the day 1
went Into effect it has been n source of
more or less controversy and Irritntloi
from time to time1. The treaty refers
entirely to thy regions of the" United
States and Great Britain to Centra
America , the first article , declaring that
neither the one nor the other of these
governments Will ever occupy , or fortify
or colonize , or assume or exercise anj
dominion over. Nicaragua , Costa UIca
the Mosquito coast , , or any part of Ccn
tral America. Each , country agreed not
to acquire or hold 'any rights or advan
tages in regard to commerce or navlga
tlon thrpiigh the' Intel-oceanic canal thoii
projected which shall not be offered 01
the same terms to'the citizens or sub
jects of the other. The United States
has faithfully observed the obligations of
the treaty , but England has not been so
scrupulous , and It has long been con
tended by a number of American states
men that the conduct of Great Britain
affecting the Mosquito coast was a di
rect violation of the treaty and justified
its abrogation by the United States.
Nearly forty years ago President Bu
chanan recommended that congress take
steps for abrogating the convention and
In 1SSO congress passed a joint resolu
tiou requesting the president to provide
for the immediate abrogation of the
treaty. A correspondence was opened
with Great Britain on the subject which
was without result , though a very strong
ca.vi was presented on the part of the
United States.
This treaty has figured more or less
prominently In the Nicaragua canal de
bates of recent years and Its abrogation
has been earnestly urged. There Is no
question that It stands In the way of the
control of the canal by the United States
if Ihe British government should insist
upon its observance. At the late session
of the senate a resolution was adopted
providing fen nn Inquiry into the status
of the treaty and the duty of doing this
was assigned to a sub-committee of the
committee on foreign relations , consistIng -
Ing of Senators Morgan , Ciillom nnd
Lodge , with Instructions to report on
the reassembling of congress in Decem
ber. Tlie reason for the Inquiry Is that
there Is some question as fo whether the
treaty Is now in full force and effect. It
is pretty safe to predict that the report
of this sub-committee will not bt < favor
able to continuing the treaty ami If so
congress will be very likely to sustain
that view of the matter. Whether or
not any complication would result from
our government taking this position Is
entirely problemntjcaj.
Soon will be npo'ii'us ' ' the days of the
genuine old-fashioned populist picnic.
Other cominiinlt's | ( ' ihay enjoy the pleas
ures of the claujbajse , the flslifry and the
barbecue , but it. Is * not vouchsafed to
everybody to ilHnk nt the fountain of
( <
knowledge and/i umto.of the oratorical
food which the ttnnu'ally recurring popu
list picnic regnlfjl jf/Jrlngrt / ' "to evidence.
At these pIciiltjH-itliBi remedies are sug
gested for all the llls tlmt human society
and earthly governments are heir to , and
It Is only the fault-of the people who
will not recognlji' * tVlr salvation that
they havenot'lpugi slnco brought the
millennium. Wl'Ilo ' the noble Institution
of the populist plcjiijisurvives , refreshing
both the Inner man and the thirst for
learning at the same time , the future
of the republic may be said to bo safe.
Senator Mason of Illinois has an
nounced bis Intei.tlon to devote his prin.
clpiil efforts In the next session of con
gress to the furtherance of a scheme for
the establishment of a postal savings
bank system In this country. The sena
tor would model .the , ty-stem upon the
postal savings banks as operated by the
Itiitlsli government , but would leave all
the details to be worked out anil applied
l > y the postmaster general rather than
lumber up the luw with hard and fast
rules. Senator Mason's design Is n laud
nblo one nnd should enlist the supper
and co-opprntloii of his associates In th
somite. A iwstnl savings bnnk systeu
properly conducted would contrlbut
more than any one thing toward th
final solution of our currency problems
Among the reasons urged by Uepre
seutaflvo Yelser for the reduction o
telephone tolls by order of the Stat
Hoard of Transportation Is that such
reduction would Increase the company'
patrons and revenues abd render i > Mrlj
the same enormous profits as at present
Mr. Yelser says the telephone monopol.
Is reaping er.cesslve profits nnd at th
same time wants those excessive profit
continued. Mr. Yelser will have to b
more careful or some of his friends wl
think he has gone over to the side o
the soulless corporations.
Moses P. Handy , the newly appolntct
special commissioner for the Uultet
States at the Paris exposition , Is take
out of the working ranks of the news
p.iper men. The newspapers did a grca
deal lo place President McKlnley In th
white house , and the president Is sho\\
Ing that he realizes his obligations I
this direction.
The terms of thirty United States sena
tors will expire In 1800 and thirty me
will have to be elected to till the places
This Is more than the total number o
senators In the first senate , In which th
original thirteen states were representei
Wtlli forty-five stales , each with tw
senators , that body Is likely lo becom
unwieldy.
President McKlnley has proved to th
satisfaction of the most doubtful tlia
the civil service plank In the republleai
national platform Is to be observed , ant
Is something more than a meanlngles
platitude Intended only to catch vote
and then be relegated to oblivion till th
next presidential election.
The fall campaign ought soon to hnv
approached near enough to wart ant tha
legislative Investigating committee b
shaking another political card or tw
out of Its sleeve. The committee ough
to give some Indication that It is doinn
something besides eat up the $10,000 np
proprlation for expenses.
England Is about to enlarge Its navj
by the ndlTItlon of four new nrmorc
cruisers of the most modern conslructioi
and equipment. England evidently stil
believes thai Its supremacy among th
powers of Europe depends upon main
tnining the superiority of its nava
forces.
The brewers who trampled on one an
other's heels to get a chance to lay In !
stock of beer stamps at 7'/j per cent dls
count before the new tariff went hit
effect are. ' not so sure under the ruling
of the Treasury department whethe
they struck a bargain or not.
In some parts of , Nebraska it Is salt
that where the land has been sown to
wiieat the netproceeds of the crop figure
greater than the value of the land 01
which it is grown. And still the qtics
tlon is propounded whether farming ii
Nebraska pays.
Sliiy mill ICnJoy I'roHperlty lit Home
* Philadelphia Press.
You"g men who arc hurrying to the Yukon
will miss the opportunity ot participating n
the great revival of prosperity which , is now
headed this way. ,
Tills IN I'riilne linleeil.
ChlcaKO Chronicle ( dcm. )
Secretary Gagu Is a good man for the
Tnasury depaitment Just at this time , be
cause he is one ot the hopeful nnd perdisien
kind who never eay die and because lie IIEJ
faith in , the power of a soft answer to turn
away wrath. _
lint litCan't I' I lid It.
Jndlnnapolla Jouinal.
The new wheat crop has begun to move In
Nebraska , and there is a scramble among
the railroads for all the cars they can Ret
A telegram from Omaha says : "In all rail
reid shops In the state the employes are
working day and night. " And William Jen
nings Uryau Is traveling around hunting for
calamity. _ _ _
. \ U nn I iiMy One.
New York Evenlnj ; Journnl.
Japan , Instead o being warlike , Is
diplomatic , polite and amiably dignified
She has no chip on her shoulder and does
not care a rapareo for Spain. All she wants
Is that the treaty rights of the Japanese
shall be preserved In Hawaii. Very good
but just how annexation , which annuls all
former treaties , is going to preserve them ,
neither Japan nor Secretary Sherman at
this moment can explain.
A Very Costly Honor.
St. Louis flnl ! > e-Democrut.
England's enlargement of her navy , which
la startling some people In that country and
many people out of It , Is really only a nat
ural business proceeding. England's world-
empire compels her to have a navy as strong
flu any other two or three nations combined ,
and this necessity forces her to build many
new war vessels every year. It is a great
honor to be a country which , In Webster's
words "has dotted over the surface of the
whole globe with her nosseeHlons and mili
tary posts , whcae morning drum beat , fol
lowing the sun and keeping company with
the hours , circles the earth with one con
tinuous and unbroken strain" of her "mar
tial airs , " but tlmt honor coats a good deal
of money.
AVIIson's Timely
New York Moll nnd lIx
Secretary Wilson's suggestion that an ag
ricultural experiment elation bo established
In Alaska Is characteristic of hla progrowlve
Mirposo and method. The possibilities of
agriculture In Alaska nro yet to bo ascer-
alned by practical tests. If In addition to
ta colnsfiil wealth In minerals , timber and
Ishcrlcs , the territory can bo made to yield
he whoio or even a part of its food supplies
he demonstration of that fact will add Ini-
nensely to the already rapid material de
velopment of the country. The establish-
ng of an experiment station , such as Mr.
Wilson proposes , Is- the direct nnd sensible
vay of finding out to what extent agriculture
: an bo successfully carried on In the terrl-
ory , and It would be In thorough accord with
ho buslnraailkt ) policy with which the admln-
stratlon Is treating the advancing condl-
lens of our Alaskan possessions.
Cruelty of the tMieek-Ilelii.
Indlunapollg Xewn ,
Nothing could bo more cruel , especially In
: ho hot weather , than the overhead checkrein -
rein with which so many horses on our
streets are tortured. U is torture , unnecca-
airy nnd wicked , because It Is Inflicted on
suffering animals for no reason but n per
verted tosto on the part of the owners. The
auit Is moru prevalent among tbo drivers
of flno vehicles and expensive , well-bred
: io.'se than It U among poorer classes , but It
la pretty general all over the city. The
: hock-reln may be a necessity , but there IB
never a need of Its being drawn o tight
hat the animal's head Is pulled back Into
i strained end UI 111 cult position , hU nose
slicking out like a Jeer's , hla eyes turned
upward for the sun to burn and blind. Lethe
ho owner of a homo that is checked In this
vay try It himself ; let him tie hU head back
111 Ills face is turned to the heavens and
vnlk around In the BUD. A merciful man
a merciful to his beojiU
SKCl'tiAU SHOTS AT TIIK I'VI.IMT.
lUiffalo Rxprcss ! There hnn Iwn upllt In
a church In Milwaukee berMis o the pastor
married a Muck man to a white woman ,
Wo didn't know this was forbidden In the
bible.
Iluffalo Evening Times : Ily n Btr.tiiRo ami
mysterious process of reasoning Dwlfiht
Moody declares that the three srent tempta
tions availing young men today nre the bl >
cycle , trolley cnr and Sunday newspaper.
Alns poor DwlRht.
KansiiB City Times : While- praying In a
Chicago Jail the other day a preacher was
deeply touched. One of the prisoners , who
thought the good man came there merely
to pass his time , took hl watch. Had the
preacher been nble to which and pray both
at the aamo time , things might have been
different.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune : The meth
od adopted by the stewards ot the
Methodist church at Albertsvllle , Ala. , to
replenish n depleted church treasury Is as
unique as effective. It Is a levy of $10 on
each tobacco user In the congregation. In a
choleo between his church , his chow or his
cash the good brother shells out the cash.
Urooklyn Eagle : And so the archbishop
of Canterbury "wanted to bo recognized as
primate of the Epltttopal church In the
United States and n round the world , n. well
n in Great Britain ! " Very properly the
American bishops "kicked , " though almost
any of thorn would faint. If lie was accupcd
ot doing that thing In that word. We don't
have Episcopal bishops or archbishops
"primate" In this country ,
Atlanta Constitution : What will Hcv.
Lyinaii Abbott do with Ills critic ? ? lie Is
somewhat llko the country minister who had
expressed statiRO views on lu'll and the
deluge. Defore services the following Sunday
a deacon approached and said : "Well ,
llrothcr Jones , whar'bouts air you at tills
mornln' ? " "I don't linow exactly , " replied
the minister , "but I'm somewhere betwixt
hell an' high water ! " "An" what air you a-
goltv' ter do nbout 11 ? " u.skcd the deacon.
The minister leaned toward him and whis
pered : "I'm a-goln' in ewlmmln'l"
I'KllSOX.Ui AX1) OTHHIIWISIS.
A few weeks ago Elsa Esclielsfinlm was ap
pointed professor of civil law at the
University of Upsala. She la the first
woman to receive nn appointment as a
university' professor In Sweden.
The widow of Charles Dickens the younger
has been granted a > 3inall civil list pension ,
being In very straitened circumstances. A
noteworthy coincidence Is that the same list
Includca Anthony Trollope's widow.
Chief liabbl Adler and Sir S. Montngu
have sent n circular letter to all London
tailors asking them to give out work early
In the week and appoint Friday mornings as
pay day to Jewish employer , fie as to secure
Saturday rest ,
\Va.-hlngton Corrlngton , an old and wealthy
resident of 1'eorla , 111. , will leave hla entile
c-state , estimated ) to be worth between $500-
000 and $1,000,000. for the endowment of a
college. lie sets aside , In his will , n tract ot
forty acres of land for the campus.
There Is u man living in Thomaston , 'Me. ,
who never rode on steam cars or on electric
cnra ; was never out ot Knnx county farther
than Waldoboro ; never uses rum or tobacco ,
although on the Fourth of July Indulge ? In a
cigar. Ills only pet. Is o. horae , to which ho
gives the best of care.
Hev. II. S. Snndgrass Is a minister , wlmo
homo Is at Monterey , Cal. , anil who finds a
profitable business In performing marriages
at sea. 'Ho ' bos always ready a bo.it In
which he can take couples beyond the three-
mile line , where they can be married without
license or restriction of law.
II. Hldor Haggard , the novelist , was a pupil
In Ipswich school , and la described as a tall ,
lank youth , with a thick crop of unkempt
hair , sharp features , prominent nose.and eyes
which had rather a wild look about thorn.
In his classes ho never took a high place ,
and both his schoolmates and his masters
looked on him as a rather stupid boy.
The librarian of the public library at Kan
sas City fays that for a year there lias been
a greater call for works on Alaska than for
books on any other country or section of this
globe. She has supplied the library , she says ,
with everything trustworthy she could pro
cure on the country during this time , wonder
ing all the while what had aroused so much
Interest In that country In Kansas City.
Headers , she says , have studied writings on
the habllr of the people In Alaska , read the
government reports on the territory , and
given especial attention to routes to the
Yukon country.
IMIOS1M2H1TY 1'OIXTISIIS.
Indianapolis Journal : The Indiana farm
ers are now going to get good prices for
their wheat , paid in as good money as there
Is In the world. Yet no steps have been
taken looking to tie "remonetlzation" of sil
ver , and no ono is proposing to do anything
to arrest the wicked "appreciation" of gold.
New York Tribune : Railroad earnings
have already begun to show a healthy In
crease , but the heavy crops of the west have
hardly begun to move an yet , and their full
effect will not be felt for six weeks or two
months to come. And by that time the coun
try will be ready to handle the large cotton
crop which the south is getting ready for
market.
Philadelphia Record : A dispatch , from
Omaha says that all foreign cars In that state
"havo been seized by the Nebraska line , to
bo utlllzej for the grain carrying trade , In
many cases In direct violation of contracts
with other lines. " The officials of the com
pany think the urgency of the occasion lus-
tlfies the proceeding. There are doubtless
two sides to this question ; but the equltlra
will doubtless adjust themselves after the
rush shall have abated , and In the meantime
the western country may rejoice In an "em
barrassment of riches" almost without par
allel in its history.
Chicago Inter Ocean : Wheat , oats and flour
are going ; out of Chicago , mostly for Europe ,
at the rate of about fifteen shiploads a day ,
not to mention the tens of thousands of
bushels sent by rail. This means prosperity.
When wheat goes up everything eise follows
suit In duo time. Railways undergo exten
sion and Improvement , shipbuilding flour
ishes , Iron and coal are In demand , lumber
and canvas arc needed , the workmen throng
the stores and the stores call on the fac-
: orles for more goods ; finally labor of all
tludci comes Into demand. Then wages" go
up. This Is prosperity.
New York Times : In vain the
spyglass of the shallow pessimist
Bweepa the financial horizon in qurtU of
n portent of disaster. ' Everywhere gou.l
auguries swim Into , hi/3 ken. There axe no
: > ad cigns. The sunburst from the distant
Klondyke radiates a golden glory that deep
ens as It traverses our immense fields of
blowing wheat. The rolling wheel and the
laden car give a pleasing nnd unwonted as-
icet to returns nnd of railroad earnings.
Money Is flowing Into the pockets of Ihe
[ icoplu , who put It out to pay off debts and
nako purchases long deferred by hard timed.
St. Paul Globe ; Prosperity , that was to
como Into the country from the east , making
ts debut In Washington , Is now coming In
ram the harvest fleld of the great west.
The commercial papers dllato upon the crop
mispects and proclaim the dawn of real
irospcrlty should no disaster overtake the
inrvrst before the reapers garner It. Re-
mbllcnn papers grasp the Idea eagerly and
mil the return of the wanderer. And for
Jiico they ere right. Prosperity la coming
n the only possible way through the In-
lustry , the economy , the frugality of the
leoplu who toll and produce. U can never
: omo through positive legl latlon , the foster-
ng of Industry by taxation drawn from the
iroilucers. Such legislation merely Interfere
vltli the distribution ot wealth ; It never
creates It.
Philadelphia Times : It wca not only be
cause of the tariff tinkering that business
agged while congress was In se&ilon , There
ivere other uncertainties attacks on Hie
Monetary standard , attacks on property ,
hrcals of war. Thrao perils are escaped
vlth the adjournment , Tor the rest of this
. 'car , at least , the country will be at peace
ml the standard of values will be main-
allied , Witt * large crops in demand at good
rlcea , with an ample abundance In the treaB.
iry and with popular attention particularly
Irectcd to an Increasing supply of gold , the
liver agltatora are not Immediately to be
readed. There Is , therefore , no cause for
renewal of the panic that has cost us HO
everely , and we look for a prosperous sea-
on In spite of a blundering tariff.
Now York World : It la not wise to ex
cel a "boom" at once , but the Improve-
lent in business is already Important In Ita
roportlons and the outlook Is very en-
oiiraKliig. Congress has adjourned , and
ut means much. Jt has passed a very
ad tariff law , but at any rate it does not
nteud to reopen tariff agitation for three
ypsra to come. We havr a period of rest In
pro pcct. The Incrcaneil purchase * of farm
ers enriched by higher prices benefit not
only the momifncturer * from whom they
bur nd the railroad * that transport their
goods , nnd the local mercnnntn who hamltn
them , but also a great army of other peoplu
freight handlers' truckmen , clerks and the
like , ami all the little butchers and grocers
and. market gardeners and the rest who
feed and clothe these persons at a profit.
Hcalon Herald : Every now nnd then we
have bail the condition presented of good
crops l i almost All competing grain-growing
countries , A moro than fair chance ot n
similar fortunate coincidence Is presented nt
the present time.Vhllo the grain crop of
this country may not be abnormal In quan
tity , U appears at the present writing to be
quite up to the average , while the crop In
the Argentine Republic Is certainly far below
the normal. The same may be said of the
wheat yield of eastern Europe , while In India
It Is probable that nearly all the grain grown
there will bo required this year for homo
consumption. Wo thus hnvo the possibility
presented of having a largo demand at high
prices for every bushel of surplus grain ( hat
we can send abroad. The effect of this upon
the business Interests of the country cannot
fall to bo salutary In the extreme.
SAllll.V'Ill SMII.US.
Indlnnnpolls Journal : "Paw. " nskej
Tommy , \\lio Imtl been rending headlines ,
"what does 'eluiriTOH of bad faith' mean ? "
"Oh cr 1 ilimnu , " answered Mr. KISK nli-
si'iitly. "Another one of those heresy trials ,
I guess. "
Journnl : "They have moved out
choir to the other eiul of the ohureli. "
"What's that for ? "
"Uur cIiM-gymim Is Oelli-ate , and he said
ho couldn't piuml to have twelve girls fan
ning1 his bald spot nil ut once. "
i'ost : A shooting affray In a
church conference l < inthcr unusual , oven In
Al.ibami ! . When ono coloied tnemhvr wan
struck In Ilio faeo ho bethought him of
the nerlptural Injunction , "U'lio-never shall
smlto tlu-e on tin ) tight eheek , shoot him
In the head. "
Household Words : Old Job \vn taught to
read by the minister's \\lfe , and proved u
very apt scholar. lUMurnlng home from a
prolonged absence , the lady met her old
pupil mid iiKlsotl him how ho was Rotting
along : . "I suppose jou ean read your blblo
now eonifoilably , Job ? "
"Lor1 liliM.i you , ma'am ! " cried Job , " 1'vo
been out of the bible and Into the news
paper this long while. "
i AiT.omuit : An old uosro who wanted a
Christmas dinner prayed night after
night , "Lord , pU'iiso send a tuiliey to tbli
' lUnlu-y. " Hul Mono came to him. Initially
ho prayed : "Oh , Lord , plenno send thl.i
, darkey to a turkey. " And he got one tlio
same night ,
Konm-boc Journal : , A Portland clergyman
has lost his old-time conlldencc In mankliul ,
Tin re came to him the other day a man
who said he hml not had a equaro meal
In a week. The minister gave him a note
to a hotel keeper , raiyliiK the man could
hnvo what lie wanted , and that he , the
minister , would pay the bill. Friday tha
minister started out to pay the bill.
"How much do I .owe for that poor fol-
low's1 menl ? " ho asked.
"Sixty-live cents , " said the hotel man.
"What did ho have that enat so much ? "
asked the unsu.xpectlm ; minister.
" Manhattan cocktail. "
"Five beers and a
I iiiri-ssio\Aij.
Hihlyant Klpllliir.
God of our fathers , known of old-
Lord of our far-1limu battle line
lleneutli Whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine
Lord God of Hosts , bo with UH yet ,
Lest we forget lost > wo forget !
The tumult and the phoutlng dies
The captains anj the kings depart ;
Still stands" Thlno ancient Sacrlllce.
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts , be with us yet ,
Lest we forget lust , we forget !
Far-cal'ed our navies melt away
On dune and headland sinks the fire
lyj. all our i > omj > of yesterday
Is one with Nlmveh and Tyre !
Judge of the Nations , spare us yet ,
Lest wo forget lest we forget !
If , drunk with sight of power , we IOOPO
Wild tongues that have not Thou In awc-r
Such boasting as the Gentiles ute
Or lesser breeds without the Luw
Lord God of HoFls , be with us yet ,
Lest we forget lest we forget ! '
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In recking1 tube and Iron shard-
All valiant dust nnd builds on dust ,
And guarding cal'.s not Thee to guard
For frantic Iwapt and foolish word ,
Thy .Mercy on Thy 1'oi.ple , Lord !
Amen.
VIRGO
A O
There
Left over in August
here and there a suit
of a size or a pattern
of which we have no
complete line. Such
odd garments are an
inevitable remainder
when one comes to
take an account of
stock , and there is only
one thing to do with
them and that is what
we have done.
Here they are , as it
were , in a bunch , bar
gains for the man or
the boy who will fit
one of them , No mat
ter what the former
prices were , they are
joing now for a good
deal less ,
Ota