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The caball.stle loiters X. N. G. have
transformed Into U. S. V.
Pnlil-for police protection for Rumbling
resorts docs nut always protect.
Ono tlilnj ? wo limy depend on the new
military illllos will outlast the war for
eerurnl
Among otlii'r popular things of 1SOS
the Oinnhn exposition postage stamps
urc going to take high rank.
Hi war like elioss it Is tinunusual
rarity when the losing opponent does
not occasionally rupture a stray pawn.
Dewey has uren thanked by congress ,
but who is there toillmnk the poets wlio 1
have made free with his mime In his 1
absence ?
The minority party iin congress gives
signs every day of being almost ns
badly diviiled as the majority party in
the Cortw.
w that , the cuBf < TtO Manila Is again
In working order thj special dispatches
to the yellow fakirs under the Manila
date line will not be so numerous.
Credit to whom cmKt Is due. The
prompt return of n verdict of guilty
In the gamblers' 'trial shows how skill
fully County Attorney Buldrlge handled
this dlflicult case.
Mayor Moores has dssnert a call for
rthe peopje of Omaha to celebrate Satur
day , May 21 , as Hag day. Patriotic citi
zens Irrespective of class , creed or poli
ties will respond In n belltt'rng manner.
The army surgeons who are examin
ing recruits are not given to preaching
sermons on the baneful effects of nar
cotics and stimulants , lint they are mak
ing records that count for more than
sermons.
Heeent new * from Italy Indicates Unit
Slgnor Oispl was on the right 'track
when he stated a short 4lme ago that for
Spain to go to war with 'the ' United
States endangered other European gov
ernments.
Omaha is making grat Improvement
In the condition of its sidewalks and
the good work Hhould go on without In
terruption. Visitors will take note of
the sidewalks If 'they do not notlco an
other thing.
Last year It was the drouth in India
that brought about u temporary separa
* lon between the price of wheat and tin
jtrlee of silver. This year it must be the
drouth In California iUmt lias resulted in
divorce without alimony.
In Madrid the San Juan encounter I ;
placarded ns a great Spanish victory
I't ' will bo remembered that according tc
original Madrid minonnccmcnts the bat
tie of Manila was merely a skirmish ir
which the Americans got slightly the
bolter of It.
\Vldle every day Is a ( lag day nhlt
year , it Is well to have ituys special ! )
designated for display of the Hags li
recognition of the fact that the defend
ers of the stars and stripes are addinj
to the reputation of that emblen
throughout the world.
Tiie redoubtable Charley Fanning ha
admitted that he cannot qualify on i
bond in the d * trK't court In a sum mor
than $1,500. The same Charley Fan
iilug , however , was accepted on a bom
for $5 , < XN ) by ( Jovernor Holcomb's bogu
police board reformers.
The people of Omaha and Nebrask :
lire glad to hear of the merited promt
t. iirt of the army olllcers who have b > e
familiarly Klentllied with the regiment
HtntloiH-d at Nebraska uonts and the dv
jmrtiiu'iit headquarters at Omaha. The
are aU friends of this city and state.
The Yankee HCII cuptalmi are engage
In making ulnory ! , tind there la nom
lilory-mnking : l > eing done by tli
Ynnkeo lal iwii In congress at tli
nm' > time. Mistaken made on Jhe so
inny lw nvtlflwl In a day or two , but 1li
that lira nmde In congress mu
future
TIIK CO.V/AV7 ffAVALJJATTLK. .
An now Indicated , the next battle be >
tween Spanish and Amcrktiu IIeels will
be In the Caribbean sea. Admiral Samp
son's . * Mundron ] and flic Spanish squad
ron repon'tnl to bo off Martinique should
meet within the next forty-eight hours
If the latter Intends to give battle mid
In any event It nmy be forced to tight ,
since It Is not apparent how It can
uvuilj Hnmpson.
The exact strength of the Spanish
squadron is not known to our naval au
thorities , but it is a formidable fleet ,
containing SOIIHI of the most powerful
ships In Spain's navy and 4s expected
to do effective lighting. There is no
doubt , of course , in regard ; to the ability
of tli2 American squadron to defeat and
destroy the enemy , but we must not ex
pect so onu-slded a battle as that at
Man < Ila , It Is by no means Improbable
tlnit.ln the coming fight we shall lose
one or more of our ships and we must
( ( Hint upon a considerable loss of life.
Tlie Impending battle will be a far bet
ter ttst of modern fighting ships than
was that at Manila and will probably
also bettor , determine the relative skill
of Sxinlsh | and American seamen.
The result of the hiocrlng of these
lleets may bo decisive of the war , so
far us Spain Is concerned. If her squad
ron b beaten and destroyed her cause
will bo utterly hopeless. On the other
hand , if the American squadron should
suiter a reverse the effect would bo to
glvo a new impulse to Siutln's Avar op
erations and strengthen thn sentiment
in favor of lighting < o the b'.tter onil.
The question whether the war is to be
protracted or of short duration will per
haps be st-ttlcd by the result of the com
lug naval battle.
TIIK ATTACK ON SAN JUAN.
The bombardment of the fortifications
at San .luan do 1'orto lllco , by a par
lion of Hear Admiral Sampson's squad
rou , was without decisive result. The
Spanish batteries were damaged , but
whether very seriously or not does not
appear from Sampson's report of the
engagement. According , to Spanish re
port no material Injury was done by the
American guns , but a different state
ment was not to be expected from that
source. The Spanish gunnery appears
to have been as poor ns usual und our
hhlps were uninjured.
There Is nothing especially Instructive
In this Incident. Tlwre seems to be no
reason to doubt that hud all of the
American squadron been engaged the
Spanish fortifications could have beoji
reduced In a fv'W hours mid this sug
gests that the tu.sk at Havana , If otn
fleet shall ever be called' upon to bom
bard the fortifications there , will not
prove to l > 2 very dllflcult , although the
defenses nf Havana arc considerably
stronger than nt the I'orto Hlco port.
We should engage the former , however ,
with a much more powerful force than
the entire .squadron under Sampson , as
sinning , of course , the destruction be
forehand of ithu Spanish tleet a work
which .the American squadron will , It Is
hoped and expected , accomplish wlth i
the next f > w 'days. ' That Is the task of
lirst nml greatest Importance , for with
that lleetdisposed of what would re
main to be done , should Spain not sue
for a "termination of hostilitres , would
not be' very dllllcult or require much
time. We should l > e able to deliver a
decisive blow In Cuba at once' and carry
out promptly whatever other operations
.should be deemed necessary to the com
pletion of our triumph.
IMPKXD1XO CRISIS IN SPAIN.
All Spain Js under martial law. The
strong arm of military power Is every
where present , ready to be mercilessly
used in repressing ai' > teinpts"nt popular
demonstration's of discontent and dis
satisfaction. Throughout the kingdom
the press has boon muzzled and any
newspaper that shall dare to say any-
thlng offens've to the government will
take the risk of being confiscated and of-
having the offending editor transported'
to a penal colony.
Ths cabinet Is falling to pieces , In
sp'.tc of .the earnest efforts- Sagasta
to hold It together. The resignation of
several of Its members Is reported and
there Is likely to be difficulty found In
replacing 'them ' , for public men are not
disposed to assume the responsibilities
imposed by existing conditions and run
the risk of destroying whatever popu
larity they have as statesmen. The dis
trust of the government must neces
sarily be shared by any one who enters
its service and how great that distrust
Is has been shown by the debates In the
Cortes. Factional divisions are strongly
drawn. Carllsm and republicanism ure
vigorously asserting themselves. The
manifesto of Don Carlos , In which he
referred to Sagasta as "the apostle of
expediency" and said Of the queen re
gent that she U unfit to cop * with the
problems of state which confront her ,
was received by his adherents with en
thusiasm. There seems to be no d&ubt
that Carlos , who must be presumed to
bo thoroughly Informed ns to the sltua-
1Ion In Spain , Is getting ready to again
assort h's right iio the throne , thus Indi
cating that he fully expects the over
throw of the reigning dynasty. The re
publicans In the Cortcw ure demonstra
tive In demanding a change of govern
ment , their loader urging that this
should be accomplished even tit the. sac-
rlllce of colonial possessions In order to
save 'the nation from complete ruin.
If he luis been correctly quoted , Sa
gasta himself takes a most gloomy view
is : of the situation. lie Is reported to have
n said : "The future is In the hands of
.0 fSoil ; none can foresee It" There Is n
. sugge.stlon of hopelessness In this which
ul was not present in the utterances of
is Sagnstn and other Spanisli
beforj , the destruction of their tleot at
Mnn'la. On the contrary they wert
u boastful and confident , but the people
have been undi > iu > lv tl and will not be
again deluded by biuve promises. II
ts may be that the government Is stll
e- clinging to the hope of Kuropenn Intervention -
vention ; still trusting that the powers
may be Iwl to take n hand before tin
ruin of Spain Is nn accomplished fact
Perhaps It may find some encourage
ne nient in itlie assurance of French aiu
he Austrian sympathy. If so It Is doomei
ho 'to d.sappolntment. There will be in
ea "convert of Kuropu" to dictate what tin
he United States shall do m this war
uy Spain must pay the full penalty of tin
couUlct , whatever of wicrlUce and hu
initiation It shall bring her. Thene niny
be niliiliiilrod if Spain does not persist
In protracting hostilities. The world
realizes the hopelosmieM of her struggle.
Let the nations that are In sympathy
with her Induce her to abandon It and
she can save some of her possec.dons
and avert the ruin that Is otherwise
Inevitable.
VO H7DK 0//V / ; TOH'JV.
Many business mon who occupy promi
nent positions In the community and arc
In good standing In society openly favor
the reopening of public gambling houses
during the exposition. Those people
delude themselves Into the belief that
gambling houses are essential 1o busi
ness prosperity because they make
money circulate.
The Invariable experience of town *
that have tolerated the opun gambling
den contradicts 1hls assumption. In
stead of helping business , gambling demoralizes -
moralizes business and wrecks business
men.
Those who advocate n wide open town
forget that the money so circulated Is
money stolen from wage workers , farm
ers , and other wealth-producers decoyed
by hired stool-pigeons into places where
they arc fleeced and plundered. They
forgot 'that ' the money won by gamblers
would circulate just the rfaiae In iJie
legitimate channels of trade which "tip-
ply the wants of the families of the vic
tims of the card table and faro bank.
They forgot also that public gambling
Is the source of embezzlement , defalca
tion and suicide among men who , with
out tills temptation , would lead honest
and frugal lives. They forgot that
every treasurer convicted In this city
and state can ascribe his downfall to
gambling.
Not only this , but most every scheme
of corruption and bribery of our public
officials can bo traced directly to Hie
gamblers'gang who have operated upon
the venal and vulnerable. They have
time and again sought to bribe legisla
tures Into legalizing gambling. Tlicy
have notoriously bought police commis
sions and police chiefs and police offl
cers and -thus made efficient law en
forcement Impossible. They have
reached not only down to the low level
of cheap politicians , but way up to the
chief executive of Nebraska , from whom
they have procured by their influence
Ilia reappointment of their notorious
tool , Itobert K. I.ee Hcrdmuu , as mem
bcr of the police board of this city.
13uslnc-ss men who favor th& wide
open towli seem -to forget that every
public gambling house is recognized as
a house of refuge for criminals , who
always find there.congenlal spirits ready
to conceal their booty , to advance them
money , to go ithclr ball when arrested
and to bring Influenvo 1o bear upon
prosecutors and courts to get them out
of the clutches of the law. These facts
are attested by the records of courts and
the oxiHH'ieuce of prosecuting attorneys ,
Onve entrenched in power tiic
gamblers usually have no difficulty
in destroying the memory of po
liccmen , spiriting away wltncssc' '
and tampering with juries. Nearly
every case of jury fixing can be
traced directly to members of the pro
fcsslonwho , not coretcnt with taking
care of their own affairs , bring their cor
rupting : machinery to the aid of confcd
orates and sympathizers In other lines
of crooked business.
Under .Hie statutes of Nebraska the
keeping of a gambling house Is n felony
The law recognizes no difference be
tween the professional gambler and the
professional robber. When those who
engage In this lawless business are
made to understand that ithey take the
same risk as the burglar and the foot
pad , there will be an end to all the
schemes for n wide open town.
Although -there will , of course , always
bo more or less card playing for money
for amusement in club rooms , hotels or
private houses , gambling Is not a neces
sary evil. So long as those who Indulge
' in It aa private pastime do not prey
upon credulous dupes , do not decoy and
rob strangers , .they will not subject
themselves io the penalties of the antl-
gambling law.
The American farmers do not pretend
to know all that 'there is to know about
corn growing. At a recent agricultural
show In Paris a novelty exhibited was
a variety of maize , said to have been
imported from China , and Improved by
cul-.lvntlon in France , which grows to
maturity In seven weeks. The ears of
tile corn are small and the cob slender ,
tints making It an excellent variety for
fodder. It is proposed that 'this ' variety
of corn be introduced Into England ,
Denmark , Sweden ami otlur countries
where the American corn cannot be
grown. If It Is successful there it will
also bo found of great value Ju the
northern part of the United States In
the strictly hard wheat country.
Representatives of < rwo American uni
versities last week debated the question
of restrictions on Immigration and de
cided that the present restrictions Im
posed by the United States government
are iiiMimVUnt. Yet immlgiuuts are
coming from Europe every week by the
thousands and they are of the class tha
make the best citizens. There is room
for millions more , and even the colleges
and universities would bo bettjr off for
their coming.
I
And what are those good reform po
lice commissioners going to do about the
liquor license of the man convicted of
turning his saloon into a gambling re
sort ? Isthe pull of the gang on Com
missioner Peabody as strong as ever ?
la Commissioner Gregory still hypno
tized ? From Hcrdmuu nothing , of
course , Is longer expected by reputable
and law-abiding citizens.
Ill the Name of Mercy.
Chicago Chronicle.
"We shall bo only just to ourselves and
merciful to Spain's colonial forces If wo
hasten the inevitable by every means at
our command.
Here I.UBB Itoom Needed.
Indianapolis Journal.
Judging from tbe number of volunteers
who have recently been rejected by medical
examiners for failure In chest expansion ,
the common school ! ot tbo country can dc
a national service by Instructing the
generation In that operation. It U , by th *
way , very beneficial to tbe general health
and. Uwell worth practicing aside from any
military connldcratlona. Comparatively few
peronn know how 4n tine the chest and
lungs aa nature ' "frflfrthem to bo used.
4\rf ( he People ,
KnnanMMty Time * .
Preparations forlho Omaha exposition KO
right ahead , which shows that the American
people can have war. have fun and attend
to business at thoWBie time.
Tlint W r.
Kansas City Star.
The United Statotf Ulpolnn to Imvo some
thing to say hereafter about who and what
Its neighbors nro to be. And , by the way ,
It Is not going tothe - trouble and expense
of driving Spain out pf Cuba to permit a
"
government In that "island that Is not en
tirely friendly to this country.
'Pint Money In Hpuln.
Philadelphia Record.
U now takes two dollars in Spanish paper
money to buy one dollar In gold. It Is
seriously proponed by the flatlsts In congress
to Imltnto the financial expedients ot Spain.
It would bo so easy to pay our soldiers and
sailors with a paper promise Instead of n
dollar that would buy a dollar's worth.
PntrlotlMin ConllntMl < o the Mouth.
Chlcaco Chronicle.
Whatever may bo the valor of the Insur
gents under Gomez and Garcia , It is cvl- ,
dent that the Cubans in Florida prefer to
devote their energies to the manufacture of
cigars rather than seek glory In the tented
field. From the 10,000 Cubans In Florida
one monger regiment has been recruited ,
nd the members of that organization show
io burning desire to be placed In the ad-
anco guard. It is becoming more evident
very day thnt we shall hnvo to capture
uba single handed. The "patriots" arc
trong only In pronunclamcntos , and at that
nmo the Spaniards have the advantage
rising from several hundred years' of con
tant practice.
Gonier. mill HIM McB. ,
Huston Transcript.
If Gomez has with him , under his immo
late personal commuud , 3,500 Insurgents ,
o has not a small force , but an oxcepilon-
lly largo ono for a Cuban leader. An a
ulo the insurgents have operated In small
ands , very often not more than 300
r 400 being present' under one leader ,
'ho ' most careful estimate we have
card from an American observer long set-
led in Cuba placed the total am oil utrcn ih
f the insurgents at about 35,000 men. The
ibserver had , up to a year ago , never seen
* nero than 2,500 Insurgents in ono body , end
uch a strength was exceptional. Tims cor
respondents who think Gomez Is weaken
ng because he has 3,500 men with him nro
mistaken. Ho Is concentrating and drawing
Is scattered bands to his headquarters. Go
mez Is also ono of the men who Know howe
o "make a little army go a long way. "
I.OSSIQS IX NAVAL BATTLES.
loilvrit SlilpN LVN DmiKeroiiN to Life
tlinii the ( Mil AVooilcn Ci-ulncm.
Philadelphia Press.
The difference between the American and
Spanish losses in the-naval battle fought
n the harbor of Manila Is probably the
greatest known in an engagement of Its
izo and importance. The Spanish loss will
never be known accurately. The defentct
Ido rarely or never ascertains and pub-
Ishes the number of it's dead and wounded
t is left in a great degree to conjecture
Dut at Manila tlfp Spanish loss will un
doubtedly reach 700 , and It may go to 1,000
which compared with the six wounded anc
none killed on the American side is a dis
parity not equaled In recorded history.
There Is , however almost always n wide
Ifference between tlie losses of the
Ictors and the vanquished , and
especially in naval battles. This is
rue of modern as woli as of ancient
Imcs. The most modern instance before
Manila was the battle of the Yalu be
tween the Japanese and the Chinese. The
reported loss of the former was ninety
killed and 204 wounded. The Chinese clalmec
only thirty-six killed and elghty-elgh
wounded , but it In knovn that there were
from COO to 700 Chinese drowned. Goln )
back to tbe war of 1812 It U found tha
there was a considerable difference in al
the well' known contests on the water be-
.wcen the Americans and the British. In
ho battle between the American frigate
Constitution and the British ship Guerrlerc
only seven men were killed on the former
while the latter had fifteen killed and slxty-
.hree wounded. The difference in casualties
in this Instance was not so great as a little
ater when the American frigate , the United
States , met and vanquished the British ahl
Macedonian , the former having five men
killed and seven wounded , while the latte
had thirty-six killed and elxtjr-elgh
wounded.
Another naval duel in the same war was
between tbo Constitution and the British
ship Java , resulting in an American loss o
thirty-four killed and wounded , and a Brit
Ish loss of 161 killed and wounded , or nearly
five to one. In a third engagement th
same frigate Constitution captured the Brit
Ish ships Cyane and Levant with a loss o
only four killed and ten wounded , while th
two British ships had .thirty-five killed and
forty-two wounded. In the three naval bat
ties fought by Constitution she had in
all only sixty-two men killed and woundec
while the four ships she fought with bad
total of 316 killed and wounded , or ovc
five to one. The record of other naval en
gagements of the war of 1812 shows a
great- disparity in the number of killed
and wounded and Invariably in favor of the
American side. The two successive Ameri
can ships known as the Wasp had three
noted engagements with British ships , and
the total loss on the American side was
thirty-eight killed and wounded , while the
total British loss was 171 killed and
wounded. Tbo Hornet and the Boxer also
had engagements with British ships In
which the difference In losses was as great
and always against the latter.
The superior character of American sea
manship and gunnery became BO apparent
In the war of 1812 that even the English
themselves had to admit It. The London
Times of October K , 1813 , in commenting
r.yon oneof these % ea fights , said : "The
feet seems to be but tbo clearly established
that the Americans have some superior
mode of firing an'd-i\vo cannot be too
anxiously employed' ' In ( discovering to what
circumstance that"/ superiority Is owing. "
The British admiralty , also acknowledged
American superiority1 'by ordering British
ships to cruise in company and never to
engage an American'ship ' single handed. In
the eighty-five years that havn passed since
the close of the war < jf 1812 the American
navy has had no fatr ! opportunity , before
the battle of Manila , to'show ' that It is made
of the tame stuff andis animated by the
same Invincible spirit that Inspired it In tbe
early years of the cdntury.
A comparison between the losses In naval
battles fought In the' old wooden ships and
the modern Ironclads is greatly in favor of
the latter. At the battle ot tbe Nile tbe
French are estimated to have lost 5,225
while the total British loss was 895. At the
battle of Trafalgar tbe allied French and
Spanish loss wa reported to be between
6.000 and 7,000. The British lou was said to
be 1,587. In other naval engagements in tbe
old wooden battleships tbe loss wa proportionally
tionally as largo. So tbe modern Ironclad la
doubtless a life-saver am well as a destroyer ,
and the Ionic range , rapid fire gun , by ending
a battle quicker , resullg in fewer fatalities.
But in tbe old wooden ship or In the new
Ironclad American uperlorlty on tbe BM
ftr
la equally evident from tbe much smaller
number of louea on 1U id .
OTIIK.lt I.A.XDS THA * ODHS.
Italy has been going down hill In n poltt-
cal sense for years. The high hopci ot
lavour and tbo patriots ot the time of
lurllmlcll appear not to have been realized
by the plain people of the country. Civic
Irtuc docs not seem to nourish In the Hal-
an atmosphere. The Parliament has been
orrupt almost from the beginning ot United
taty. Ministers have been obliged to bo
orrupt and corrupters to retain power. As
eng OB foreign loans could bo placed money
was borrowed to spend on log-rolling
chcmcs ot deputies. Much has been spent
n n navy , much on the army , much on the
\byeslnlan colony , but it Is all but a trnc-
lon ot , what has stuck to the hands ot ccr-
upt dcptitlcs and corrupt officials. 1'ailla
ment the source ot all power being thus
otten , taxes have become unendurable ,
"here ts , It seems , no hope of relief , because
ho people will not elect n better class of
men. All are self-seeking , trying each to
prey on someone clso under the fornu of
aw. The people , as usual , blame everybody
else but themselves. One holds the King
responsible for the bard times , another the
nobility , n third the government , lluvolu-
lon Is preached openly and the liizy as n-oll
as the hungry are Invited by agitators to
sclzu on everything In sight. Spain , It mny
> e added , is in much the same condition
and for like reasons. Corrupt , unlntelllgpnt
leputles , served by corrupt officials , II.T.VO
exhausted the resources of the government
and arc powerless to meet emergencies.
Spain's position Is even woreo than that ot
tuly , since Italy has no war on its bands
and may pull through.
The payment of the flnal Installment of
he Chinese indemnity to Japan , amounting
to $60,000,000 , ought to put the Japanese
government In good shupo for carrying out
ts plan of adopting the gold standard of
value. It has this large gold fund In the
Dank of England to draw upon. Probably
no other government In the world has been
of late years making heavier drnfto upon
the resources of its people than the Japan
ese government. Its expenditures have been
In excess of 20 per cent of the whole an
nual Income of the population. With n ces
sation of the extraordinary expenditures
growing out of the expansion of the anny
and navy , which did not stop with the end
ing of the war with China , It may be pos
sible for Japan to keep the place It has so
suddenly acquired as a force to be reckoned
with In the determination of Asiatic affairs ;
but it is very doubtful. The pace has been
too rapid. We should not expect any other
power than Japan to succeed. It uau , how
ever , done so much In the last thirty years
and has so far outrun expectation that it
may continue to be the surprise of the cen
tury.
* *
It Is Incredible that the German people
should continue the efforts of the Agrarians
Io restrict the franchise , and It Is most un
likely that any such attempt will meet with
popular favor. The empire has progressed
under universal franchise , and but for the
staggering load of militarism would bo , to
day , highly prosperous from the energy and
drift of the population. The emperor wisely
refrains from Interfering In the verbal
warfare over the suffrage which agitates all
classes of his subjects. No matter how hot
the disputes may be In the llelchstag nor how
revolutionary may be the sentiments of the
socialists , they arc , so far , outwardly loyal
and urge no reforms unless by constltutlona
means. Universal suffrage ts not only the
safeguard of German institutions ; It is
likewise a safety valve for discontent. Muz
zle the people by denying them popular rep
resentatlon , and the criticism of the govern
ment , which expends Itself harmlessly in the
Reichstag , will become a destructive agent
finding vent only In open revolution itself
With characteristic Bourbonlsm , the reac
tlonarles either fall to perceive this or else
thoyjgnprp it , but the War Lord recognizes
it , and' , much as he detests socialism , re
fuses to become an"actlve agent in the un
wise and even dangerous policy which the
agrarians advocate.
Outwardly , the maneuvers of the rival
European powers in China are at pause
From Odessa and Vladlvostock the Russians
are sending troops , engineers , ships , artll
lery and munitions of war generally In
numbers and quantities to Port Arthur. As
rapidly as Russian energy and resources can
accomplish the task , it will become a strong
naval and military station , practically
closed to all men but the subjects of the
czar. There are shrewd suspicions , espec
ially In London , that the neighboring Ta-
llen-wan , In spite of Russian assurances ,
will in the end much more resemble Per
Arthur than a port open to the commerce o
the world. The German zeal for the devel
opment of the commercial and mining possl
billtles of the district behind Klao-Chou is
almost enthusiastic , and there is no sign ye
of any abating of the promise of full free
dom of trade. France sought Its concessions
more to keep pace with the other powers
than to make real use of them , and they are
likely to bring little advantage or dlsadvan
tago to trade.
The result of tbe French parllamentar ;
elections Sunday means the continuance lu
power of Premier Mellne for some time
longer , barring unexpected upheavals. Ho
has already held office two years and a few
more months will make his ministry the
longest in the history of the third republic
M. Mellno stands for conservatism , oppor
tunlsm and mediocrity In home affairs. Hi
supported the army in the Dreyfus and
( Zola cases and thus kept on the popular sld
of the anti-Semetle question. At the sam
time , he caters to the farming class by hi
bimetallism and to the wealth of France by
opposing the income tax program of th
more moderate radicals. Socialism , o
course , he repudiates entirely. In foreign
affairs the foreign minister , M. Hanotaux
has full rein , and ho has succeeded , appar
ently , in winning popular confidence In
Franco more than any foreign minister o
his time.
England holds sway over a territory fifty
three times as great as the area of France
fifty-two times as large as Germany , three
and a half times as largo as tbeUnltcc _
States and three tmes | as largo as the
whole of Europe. Its population is more
than three times as great as that of all Rus
sla's possessions , British territory embrace-
more than 11,000,000 square miles , occuple
one-fifth of the whole globe and contain
3SO.OOO.OOO souls , one-fifth of the world'
population. England's possessions are scat
tercd over four continents , embrace 10,00
islands , 2,000 rivers and 500 promontories
With all this territory and this enormou
Tbe Royal U tb highest grade twkiag powder
fcmwa. Actual testa bow it goes MO-
Uilrd further than any other brud.
HOVM. tuna rowe eo. , ntwvex.
lopuUtlon , with itt vast .wealth and tinllm-
tcd credit , with Its historic pluck and In-
otnparabty the greatest navy In the world ,
t Is not strange that tbo other nations nro
cry polite to England.
111 nil ml Mniiiiixiin'o Miiiinilron nnil the
S iitnl h Arnmiln.
Having definitely located the Spanish fleet
hlch untied from Capo Vcrdo , April 9 , the
econd naval battle ot the war will be
ought In a few days. The Spanish fleet IB
t Martinique , distant COO miles from Porto
: lco , where the American licet has been at
\ork the last two days. Admiral Sampson
vas sent southward to find the Spanish ( ! " > ' .
nd test Its metal , and ns he is out for
iiislncss and anxious for the fray n trial of
trcngth will be had Just as soon ns tliu
American fleet gets within range.
Speculation on the outcome ot the battle
s not permissible. To entertain it doubt
of American success Is to discredit history.
.caving seamanship and gunnery out of the
question , the American fleet Is superior to
the Spanish In number of ships , touting. ; ,
guns and men. To this must be added the
unequalled marksmanship of American gun
ners , which ts half the victory , The Aniol'- '
cnn fleet consists of eight ships , as follows :
\rmorcd cruiser Now York , battleships Iowa
and Indiana , monitors Puritan , Terror and
Amphltrltc , cruiser Montgomery and the
auxiliary torpedo gunboat Mayflower. The
combined tonnage of the Meet Is 47.S27 tons
against 36,000 tons of the Spanlnh Meet. The
\mcrlcan fleet Is armed with 160 guns , cnpa-
ilo of throwing 23,247 pounds of metal tone
ono discharge. It has a complement of
,601 men and carries nineteen torpedo tubes.
On the Spanish licet nro 140 guns , capable
f discharging 10,582 pounds of metal In one
round. It Is manned by 2,467 men and has
.wenty-clght torpedo tubes. The advantage
n favor of the American fleet Is still de
cided In the heavier armor of thu battle
ships and the low freeboard of the battle
ships and monitors , particularly so In the
alter. On the other hand the Spanish
cruisers stand high above water , furnishing
an excellent target for gunners. There Is
some doubt as to the Puritan being with
.he fleet , some dispatches locating It at
Mantnnzes. The probabilities arc that It Is
with the fleet , because It Is rated as a better
sea going vessel than Its twin ship *
The navy expert of the New York Sun ,
discussing the possibility of the Oregon and
; ts consort withstanding nn attack by the
combined fleet , points out the great strength
of the so-called Armada ns follows : "These
tour fast war ships have so often been re
ferred to in press dispatches ns "cruisers' '
that the Impression has gone abroad that
they ore ships like our protected cruiser
Olympla , or , at the best , our armored cruis
ers New York and Brooklyn.
"The Oquendo , Maria Teresa and Vlzcnya
are sister ships of a class not found In tht
American navy cruising battleships. The >
carry battleship armor , 12-Inch side belts
and 10-Inch gun protecting armor. The
armor Is much Inferior In quality to the
Oregon's , ( sister ship of the Iowa and the
Indiana ) , but it Is sufficiently heavy to
keep out nil but the heaviest shells. The
armament of these ships Is much superior
to that of our cruisers , but Inferior to the
Oregon's. Each ship mounts a pair of 11-
Inch guns , ten 5.5-Inch gnus ( the Vlzcaya's
being rapid-fire ) , In addition to sixteen
small guns , similar to those on the Oregon
The Colon Is a less formidable ship , but she
too , Is a fighting cruiser. She carries 6-lncl
armor and her heavy guns are a pair of
9.8-lnch rifles. She Is remarkably strong In
rapid-fire guns , mounting ten 6-Inch and six
4.7-lnch guns of this type. She has been
built but a short time and is .regarded as
one of the finest cruisers afloat.
"No mention has been made of the fight
ing qualities of the destroyers Furor , Plu-
ton and Terror. The uncertain clement of
modern naval warfare is the torpedo : Naval
authorities are very clearly unanimous in
the belief that rapid-fire guns have con
quered the torpedo boat as an clement In
fleet action. Our ships at Manila , with
their Inadequate armaments of rapid-fire
guns , had no difficulty in driving off the
hrco Spanish torpedo boats which attempt * !
to got within firing range , Th Spanish
officers of these mi armored and practically
inarmed crnft exhibited lKnM heroism la
running directly into the dendly fire of tbe
rnpld-fire guns , until one of the boats wai
ilown In two by an explosive hpll , * ai ?
ho other two were riddled by shot. "
AIHY NOTIMMIS.
IndfunatKills Journal : "You don't nocm
much occupied , " unld the rural visitor In
the "imlatlnl rafo. "
"No. " unit ! the bouncer , "nil I Imvo to do
U to till rimh orders. "
Detroit Journal : "One wnllov doesn't
make n Hummer , " remarked the observer of
men nml things , "but she makes u danger-
OUB Imitation. "
Judge : Mrs. Shaekolford-Tlipy nay that
n MlMlnct monn romrn from Nluffimi.
Mr. Slmckelfonl- xuppimp thai Is bo-
cnumj Magura Is plui-cit in n falls position.
Oilcns < r Tribune : "M this the man we
nro to Initiate tonlfhtV" asked thu Illus
trious Conductor.
"It 1st. " replied the Outside Guard. ,
Thi ; Illtistrlotm Condui'tor walked nrouml
the KO-pouml ciuiilliliUe , Inspected him care
fully uiul turned tu his nK l tunt.
" 1'ut the coat back , " hu walil , "anil bring
mo n mulul'
Huston TrntiHcrlpl ! Fudd.v Let's go und
hear Mat cow ; ho U Rotting oft somu of hl
be t jokes to thiiHu KtiBllshmen.
Duildy How do you know ? You can't
hear what hu Is tiilklnc about.
Fuddy Ilut 1 can see how solemn the
inull ! lniieii look.
Detroit Free Press : "What do you find
the most common tldliblon amonK your i > u-
UrntH. doctor ? "
"That wu physicians care nothing about
hill-Ing our bills paid. "
t
Chicago News : "Darling , do you think
your father Is reconciled to our engage
ment ? "
"Yes , Arthur ; ho asked mo last night
what your naino won. "
Detroit 1'reo Press : "I thought your
American gentlemen prided themselves on
standing up for the weaker sox , " laughed
the pietty girl from HlasKOW , as she
swayed from a strap I" the street car.
In thu twinkling of an cyu there wure a
dozen seats at HIT disposal.
Washington Star : "You see , " said the
man with n theory , "alcohol Is harmful be
cause It ih'coinpoMes thu water in thu human
system "
"Which , " Interrupted Colonel Sttlwcll
gravely ; "proves the correctness of my
alignment that a gentleman ought not til
put wntah Into his system In thu tirst
place.
Judge : Mediator HU'J bin goln' on llko
dat for a week , He don't Kit no sleep , but
keeps moniitn1 an' mentlonln' yer natnu.
l.lzzle Does he refuse lilo wit ties ?
Mediator Oh , no !
Lizzie Dun It Isn't love wot's a-wcvryln *
him. Wet ho wants Is exercise.
Mtixlfiit Muliol.
Soniervllle Journal.
When Mabel plays , the neighbors cloio
Thulr windows tlKht. and curl their toes ,
And softly swear , If they arc men.
And Krlt their teeth , and wonder when
She'll stop. Oh , they aru doleful day ) ,
When Mabel plays !
Hut when she plays and sings ! Ah , mot
That Is thu height of misery !
Her discords throiiKh thu night air wall ,
And women faint , und men Krow pale !
Such biiflerliiK her imtslu brings ,
When Mabel slims !
IMIli : YE TO TIIE FIGHT.
Frank L. Stanton In Atlanta Constitution.
Our ships have put to sea.
And to windward and to lee
The old fhiK Is ilylnir , llyintf , Hying ;
And It ripples Its red bars
And the glory of Its stars
Where the spirits of the stormy deep ar
crying :
"On to the fight
Let the stars ot Freedom light
The land beneath th tyrant's banner gory ;
Till every tyrant lias
Is n torn and trampled rag ,
And alone. In the sunlight waves 'Old
Glory ! ' "
Our ships have put to sea ,
And thu llsht ot Liberty
Dawns o'er a people sad and dying ;
Tlie chains of thrnlldom break.
And the thrones of tyrants ulmko
While the spirits of the stormy deep ar
crying :
"Faro yc to the Unlit !
Let the stars of Freedom light
The land beneath the tyrant's banner gory ;
Till every tyrant llaK
In a torn and trampled rag ,
And alonu In the Junllght waves 'Old
Glory ! ' "
"If men wish to be
held in esteem , .
they must associate with
those only
who are estimable. " . .
Likewise , if they wish to be well dressed
they must buy clothing only that is estimable
Good clothes depend just as much for their charac
ter on the character of the makers , as do goods of
any other sort. We have been making clothing
for a great many years , and are always ready to
stand back of any garment with a guarantee that
insures perfect satisfaction of the purchaser.
Just now we are selling clothing of our well
known standard of excellence at lower prices than
we ever quoted before for instance , blue and black
cheviot sack suits for men at $6 , fancy cheviot at
$7.50 , blue serge at $9 and $ JOand a genuine Eng
lish clay worsted cutaway suit at $10 that can't
be duplicated in the city for less than $ J8. There
are any quantity of good values here now , and you
remember the old proverb , "The early bird catches
the worm. "
6 * W. Cor. lOth and Douglmm at * . ;