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1'AHTtUS MJAA'IXO FOR THE SUMMUII
I'urllf.s leiivliiK the city for
Ihc NIIIIUIUT can liuic The
Hoc MMit to tin-in ri-K l rly
liy iiotlfyini ? The- Hoc IIHH-
iit-is fillluc in IIITHOII or liy
iiuill. The ncldrcMH will he
UN often nn ilcnlri-il.
Fusion harmony Is UKtUu on tnp. But
It Is the kind that harmonizes the lamb
Inside of the lion.
loth { congressional and state nomi
nees are now all In the Held and the
lines of the battle of Nebraska or 18US
will soon be formed. ' ' ' '
Dave Mercer may read his title clear
for another two years In congress. It
Is only a < iiiostlou whether the majority
shall bo 5,000 or 10,000.
The peace jubilee Is uu undertaking
1)1 ; : enough to absorb the energies of all
our qJUsuus. Let every , man , woman
nntl child in O'malni do his part.
Tlie ( reform police are iifjw trying to
pxchno their Inelllclency by pret'euding
that it is no use catching crooks because
they might secure pardons. First catcu
your crooks. ' ' ? * * 5 >
If Itryan hud only enlisted promptly
nud gone to Manila with the First Ne
braska lu might have seen some light
ing instead of rusticating In the su
burbs of Jacksonville.
i Low rates from long-distance polntH
Is what is needed to bring the eastern
people to the exposition. And the people
Interested in the exposition should not
top till they get them.
The Commercial club might inject a
little frosn impetus into the work of
Omaha's representatives In the railway
passenger associations for rate reduc-
tlcmtTfroin eastern railroads.
More than one nation has gone to
ruin under the burden of militarism ,
yhe great nation of the future Is to be
the nation that excels in Industrial
rather than iu military arts.
The : ' economic gain that n'ould redult
.from tlje dlhbaudment of only one-half
the standing armies of the world is at-
most beyond computation. Such a
prize Is at least worth htrivlug for.
Mexico complains that Guatemala Is
trying to pick a quarrel between the
two countries. That is certainly de
plorable. If Guatemala Is so anxious
to light it wight be accommodated by
Uuclu Sam , if necessary.
The popocralie committee Is publish
ing a book telling of all the retorms the
popoerats have wrought since they se
cured control of the state government.
To tell about the reforms promised by
them but not elfected would lill several
ponderous volumes.
The whole diplomatic corps at Wash
ington is to be Invited to participate In
the Omahu eace jubilee. 1C the repre
sentatives of the different foreign na
tions want to get an adequate apprecia
tion of the size and resources of the
United States they should accept the In
vitation forthwith.
It looks as If It requires as much
bravery to serve In the commissary and
hospital departments as to light iu the
front rank of the skirmish line. The
danger to life and limb may not bo
as great , but the danger ot assaults
fr < ) iu tlii } batteries of the yellow Jour-
JiphV hutlu relir seems to be greater. '
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The attendance at the exposition is
dally Increasing and the receipts are
mounting upward with encouraging
regularity. But that is Just the reason
why the safeguards protecting the in-
teii'sts of the stockholders should be
strengthened rather than relaxed. Because -
cause the money Is tlowlng In In a large
stream should bo the , incentive for more
careful watching nj Vast leaks.
UKTTKIl COUA'T THK COST.
Ill venturing upon any enterprise the
prudent business roan will Ilrst count
the cost.
Just now ( lie unthinking expansionists
who want to IUIIPX as many Islands and
countries as can be covered by the ling
Have their eye on Clilna. They insist
that the only way to extend our mar
kets Is by securing a loothold In China.
They point to the fact that Kngland
exports twice as much to China n < j tln >
United States solely because Knglnnd
occupies several Important seaports on
the Chinese coast.
If this were true It still would not
justify the enormous outlay Involved In
the permanent maintenance of a mili
tary and naval force In Asiatic waters.
The total export of British goods to
China during the past year Is estimated
at $ ; ! j,000,000 , while the United States
has exported In 1507 goods valued at
? 17,000,000. In other words , the mer
chants of England have sold twice as
much to China as our own merchants.
While no reliable estimate can possibly
bo made of the increased cost of mili
tary and naval foices to match those of
England In that part of the world , it Is
safe to say that they would exceed Uy
many millions the difference between
what we are now selling and what wo
might possibly sell.
Everybody conversant with Interna
tional trade and ( he methods by which
England has acquired supremacy over
all other countries , not only in India and
China , but in South America as well as
South Africa , knows that Its ascend
ancy Is chielly duo to its command of
vast capital. England does not control
a foot of soil IntBrnzIl or In Argentine
and yet Its steamship lines monopolize
the trade up the Amazon < jiud Orinoco
as they do on the Ynng-tse. Up to this
time the United States has been a
debtor nation. Its railroads have been
built with foreign capital nud most or
Its ocean-carrying trade has been in
English bottoms , not because Britannia
rules the sea with battleships , but be
cause it dominates the world's com
merce with its uncounted wealth. So
long as American capital remains inade
quate to develop Its own resources , the
acquisition of distant Islands and ports
by conquest or by purchase and the
' " . 'implication of its armament on land
: md Sea will not enable It.to , compete
successfully for the trade now'doutrolled
by nations that have uuliuiitcd capital
to draw on.
Even if such a thing were possible as
taking the Chinese trade away trom
England , as the expansionists imagine ,
the question would we whether all
American goods Unit could be unloaded
.upon- China would equal In value the
cost of keeping 2.-.000 to . ' 50,000' Soldiers
and a dozen war ships In the Philippines -
pines and China.
QOVKIIKINO CUHA.
While the Instructions to the Cuban
military commission have not been
irado public and piobably will not be ,
it is reported from Washington- in
a general way they are the same as
those which were sent to Shatter for
the government of the province of San
tiago and to Merritt regarding the Phil
ippines. These created , a military gov
ernment under liberal conditions , so that
uivilygovernmeut , while subject1 to mlll'i
tary supervision , was not obliterated.
It appears to be the policy of the ad
ministration to make the military
power felt as little as possible in gov
erning Cuba pending the establishment
there of an independent government ,
presumably with a view to affording
the people the largest opportunity tor
demonstrate whether they are lit for
self-government. Whatever doubt may
exist iu the public mind In regard to the
capacity of the Cubans for forming and
maintaining an independent govern
ment , there can be no question as to the
duty and obligation of the United States
to give them every opportunity for a
test of lltness. This country is under
the most sacred pledge to do this , a dis
regard of which would place us Iu a
most unfortunate position before the
world. However strongly some Ameri
cans may feel that an Independent
Cuban government is impossible and
however earnestly certain elements In
Cuba may urge that the United States
should take the Island under permanent
control , such feeling and such desire
cannot be serlciusly considered until we
shall have allowed the Cubans the full
est and fairest opportunity to deter
mine whether or not they can govern
themselves.
The Cuban leaders in this country are
said to regard with 'some apprehension
the feeling here that their people arc
Incapable of governing themselves ,
naturally fearing the olTpct If tills feelIng -
Ing should take possession of those in
authority. Of this there is probably no
great danger , for undoubtedly Presi
dent McKlnley is most fully convinced
of the duty and the moral obligation or
the government toward the Cubans.
Members of the junta In this cpuntry
say that nil the Cubans ask of the
United States is the privilege or holding
an election for the purpose of forming
a representative government and that
they would be perfectly content to run
their government under the supervision
of the United States until they had dem
onstrated their capacity for government
and satisfied the world that peace and
good order were permanently restored.
One of them Is reported as saying : "Of
course If we indicate by our conduct
that we are to be divided by partisan
dissensions and that the stability of our
government can bo questioned , we
would expect the United States to inter
fere and wipe us out of existence. "
Surely the United States cannot honor
ably and justly do less than give the
Ctibans a chance to show by their tiou-
duct whether they understand the true
meaning of self-government and are
qualified to frumo and maintain it. It
may bo admitted that there Is , some , sub
stantial ground for doubting their capa
city to do this. A portion of thorn have
exhibited qualities which have tended to
discourage contldeuce In their Illness for
Independent nationality. But It may be
unfair and unjust to Judge all of them
bv the conduct of apart / At all events ,
the United States has a sacred pledge to
redeem and it la not to be doubted that
so far1 as President McKlnley Is con
cerned It Is Ills purpose that this pledge
shall be faithfully observed and hou-
, estly carried out And this Is the desire
of a very luifge majority of the Ameri
can people.
QOKSTIOX OF VlS.lltMAMKXT.
It was not expected that the proposal
of the czar for a lasting pence would
meet with universal approval , but It has
received quite as general an endorse
ment as Its author probably looked lor.
The chief dllllculty pointed out relates
to disarmament , though objection to the
policy comes mainly from the French ,
who still cherish as fondly as ever the
Idea of some time recovering Alsace
and Lorraine. It Is undoubtedly a de
lusion , but the great majority of French
men tenaciously cling to It and hence
cannot regard with any favor the sug
gestion of the reduction of nu arma
ment which has been built up In prepa
ration for an opportunity io regain the
territory lost In the war with Germany.
All Frenchmen do not feel this way ,
however , ns the remarks of Premier
Brlsson and some of the newspaper
comments show. In Germany the pro
posal was well received , as It was also
la England , but Austrian sentiment
seems not to favor disarmament , the in
ternal dissensions of the empire making
necessary the maintenance of the mili
tary power.
The Indications are that the proposed
conference will be held , but whether It
will result in reducing the armaments 01
the powers Is questionable. Perhaps the
best that can bo hoped from It Is that it
may put a stop to the progressive in
crease of these armaments , in view of
the fact that the policy pursued with the
idea of making peace more secure hay ,
according to the Russian note , failed to
accomplish the desired result.
IX TllK iY.U/B OF UtMAKlTT.
It was Madam Roland who exclaimed
on the scaffold , "Oh , Liberty ! What
crimes are committed Iu thy name ! "
History repeats Itself. 'If Madam
Holuml were still living she would
doubtless exclaim , "Oh , Humanity !
What crimes are committed iu thy
name ! "
It is a matter of current history that
the yellow journals bounded McKlnley
because he would not rush into war
without preparation and In the face of
the deadly tropical season. These same
yellow journals are now howling be
cause of the horrors Incident to war
which every rational person could have
foreseen. Their supremely seliish clamor
for w'ar in order to create a demand
for fake papers is now supplemented
by sensational reports of the horrors
of the hospital and military camp , and
the purpose of tills highly colored and
hysterical outburst for aflllcted hu
manity is identical with the emotional
and exaggerated cries for suffering hu
manity Iu the jungles of Cuba.
To relieve the starving rccouceutrados
the country was forced Into a war that
cut off all possibility of relief for
months and abandoned these wretched
people to their fate when thousands ot
them now dead might have been suc
cored and saved by the humane policy
which McKlnley endeavored to pursue.
Now that the famishing reconceutrndos
no longer afford subjects for sensa
tional yellow journalism , the new cru
sade Is waged In the name of humanity
against the war ollicers , who are held
up as monsters of brutal Iniquity and
stigmatized as ogres who delight in the
torture of brave soldiers and revel over
the miseries engendered by the war.
Horrible outrages had to be discovered
to keep up the demand for the fake war
extras as long as possible after the war
had ended.
Incidentally of course there Is method
hi this concerted assault on the War
and Navy departments. The outburst
of patriotism had for the time being
obliterated party lines by glorifying the
administration of McKlnley , thus threat
ening the utter annihilation of its popp-
cratlc opponents In , the approaching po
litical campaign. To stem the rising
tide of republicanism the popocratle
press , which nearly all. trails Iu the
yellow Journal procession , has taken its
cue and trained Its guns on what they
consider the only opening for breaking
the republican Hues. If they can suc
ceed iu playing upon popular sym
pathy , which naturally goes out to the
men who risked their lives and health
for the flag , they think they can head
oil' the tidal wave of republicanism
which is sweeping the country and
threatens to engulf the Bryanite party
beyond resurrection.
Hon. T. .7. Morgan , ex-commissioner
of Indian affairs , makes some practical
suggestions. In regard to the duty of this
government In Cuba and Porto HIco
which will be generally regarded as
judicious. He urges that there ought to
be Instituted at once for the people of
these islands a comprehensive system of
notiiseetarian schools , modeled after the
American plan. Mr. Morgan thinks that
tlds system of public education , if prop
erly administered , would bring up a new
generation In these Islands which would
be essentially American in language ,
Ideas and aspirations. It would prepare
them In large measure either for self-
government or for citizenship In the re
public. He believes that what has been
done for the Indians can be done for the
occupants of these Islands , with the dif
ference that the system can bo made
from the start self-sustaining and not
become , n burden upon the public treas
ury. Undoubtedly the policy respecting
public education to be put Into ctfect
next month In Santiago will In due time
bo extended to all of Cuba and also to
Porto Uico. , . , .
Another suggestion of Mr. Morgan's Is
that all the people of these islands
should at once enter upon the enjoyment
oC religions liberty. It Is needless to
say that wherever the authority of the
Xjntod | States shall extend there must
be religious liberty. That is a cardinal
principle of our American system that
cannot be Ignored or compromised. It is
well vuderatood by the doit.luant church
| both In Cuba and In Porto Hlco and the
expectation Is that the principle will be
accepted by the authorities of that
church without any serious opposition.
In Porto Hlco , as , a permanent posses
sion of the United Slates , religious lib
erty Is assured for all time and there is
no reason to doubt that It will be perma
nently established In Cuba also , though
It may be found more troublesome to
maintain it there.
In both public education and religious
liberty the freeing of Cuba and Porto
Uico from Spanish rule will bring a now
era for those Islands.
The Agricultural department nt
Washington Is experimenting with
glasses whose cultivation serves to pre
vent the drifting of sandy soils. The
experimenters , however , have not yet
struck anything that piomUes to slop
the shifting of sandbars In the Mis
souri river. When science advances
that far we may have a great water
way up the Big Muddy , with dry docks ,
coaling stations and ports for ocean
vessels all along Its banks.
There seems to bo no Imminent
danger of the peace commission com
mencing Its formal deliberations at
Paris much ahead of the stipulated
limit of time and there Is less danger
still that the senate will have to be con
vened in special session to take up the
peace treaty before the day sot Cor the
regular meeting of congress. December
is only three months off and three
months will roll around very quickly
on the diplomatic calendar.
The popocralie paper that proclaimed
the return and cancellation of all the
free railway passes carried by the pope
cratle state olllcials proves to have been
altogether premature. These passes
are beiug worked harder now than ever
and the popocratie ollicial who lets go
of a pass before the date of expiration
cannot hope to keep his place in the
state hou.se fold.
Vunldlicil Je eln.
Philadelphia Times.
Isabella pawned her Jewels to help
Columbus discover America. The Pearl of
the Antilles was the last to go.
CoiiiiiIliiiuiitH.
Globe-Democrat.
Secretary of the Navy Long congratulates
our fleets on having gone through the 'war
without an error. The compliment is un
usual , but deserved.
An Ol l Truth llrdlHcovcrcil.
Chicago Times-Herald.
After an experience of four years In a
struggle for the union It should not require
a four months' war with Cuba to
demonstrate that a military camp Is not a
health resort.
CoiiinilNNloiiN to Spare.
Cincinnati Tribune.
Let's see. How many commissions are
under way at present ? There's the big
peace commission , the Porto Rlcan , the
Cuban and the Canadian , and maybe others
wo have overlooked. Verily this country
has lots of business
hand , and It seems
to be In good hands. '
Cuban * . ' Khuru , ' in the r.Iory.
Now York Mall and Express ,
General Garcia Insists that the Cuban
soldiers of his command are entitled to a
largo share of credit for the destruction ot
Cervera's ships. As v > e understand It , his
troops patrolled the shore so aa to prevent
any vessels from dashing up the beach and
escaping Inland.
Coming OJt the I'erclu
Buffalo Exprcas
The express companico are seeing the wis
dom of complying with the revenue law.
The Adams Express company will hereafter
place stamps upon money packages and the
Pacific Express company has notified the
officials of Texas that it will accede to the
ruling of the railroad commissioners re
quiring the payment of the tax upon matter
sent to points in the state. I
Xotnhle Cltnnue ot Tune. \
New York Mail and Express.
Now that hostilities have1 ceased the good
archbishop of Manila protests that he has
always loved the dear Americans and that ,
ho was for peace from the very first. It i
would bo In orilcr , therefore , for the dls-
tingulshcd prelate to Institute libel suits
against certain anonymous wretches who
have quoted him as denouncing the Ameri
can soldiers and sailors as monsters fit only
to be slaughtered.
A ( irncloiiN Act.
Indianapolis Journal.
President McKlnley has done another
gracious act. Through the secretary of war
ho has addressed letters to the families of
officers who have died or been killed or
wounded during the war with a view to as-
certalnlui : If there are any sons Iu these
families available for appointment as second
lieutenants. Such families would be en
titled to a pension , but the appointment of
a member as a commissioned officer would
be an additional rccocnltlon.
Cutting I P UaiiKcroiiN Cniu-rn.
Chicago Chronicle.
If anything uould Justify the Imperialist
demand for the annexation of the Philip
pines it la the yelps of the Spanish Journals ,
seconded by the Paris press. Some of these
newspapers , having recovered from the
dazed condition Into which they were thrown
by the casture of Manila , are beginning to
talk ns thoush Spain were the victorious
power and the United States the defeated
one. "Spain will never submit" to this ,
that and the other thing ; "the United States
will not bo allowed" to do so and so such
12 the tone of some Spanish newspapers and
their French contemporaries. This sort of
thing Is exasperating and It will do the
Spaniards no good. Probably a great ma
jority of the American people don't want
the Philippine islands , but it the dons want
to lose the archipelago they can adopt no
surer means of doing it than by cutting up
ugly at this late stage of the proceedings.
Don Hidalgo should sing Tory small Indeed
Just now if he knows what Is good for
htm.
HAM ) UPON TUB HULM.
1'renlili-iit aiclCliilcy'H Sue-emu in
Giildlnu the Ship of Stutr.
Washington Post.
In this hour of rejoicing and relief , while ,
as is right and proper , we visit with accla
mation the men who have led our military
forces with such courage and address , It Is
well to keep always before us the thought
of tllat firm yet gentle hand which from the
first has been upon the helm of state , and
which , with wlso and noble guidance , has
steered us Into port the hand of William
McKlnley , president and patriot , philanthro
pist and warrior.
To his undaunted courage , lofty purpose
and Immovable devotion wo owe not only
the swift and splendid victory wo have won ,
but the glory of having won It as gentle
men and Christians. He U was who , at the
outset , curbed the passionate extravagaucti
of those who had Invoked the Judgment of
the sword. Ha foresaw the calamities which
our first outburst of ardor would have en
tailed upon us ; be stood firm against the
clamor of the unthinking multitude. Ills
wisdom set us In the straight and narrow
path of justice. His quiet strength has held
us there. Wo stand today free of all com
plications , at liberty to carry out our whole
some and beneficent schemes of restoration ,
simply because William McKlnley cast
away the fetters that were offered us by
folly end excess of zeal. We are masters of
the situation , bound to no Ignoble course and
, touched by no discreditable alliances , solely
because he , with clear head and tender
heart and potent hand , has saved us from
ourselves.
We owe nothing to Agulnaldo , the venge
ful mountebank , of the Philippines. Wo are
not involved with the insurgent chiefs of
Cuba and their conspiracies of tyranny and
pillage. To Mr. McKlnley's tranquil previ
sion and statesmanlike conservatism we owe
our present Immunity from those abomina
ble and sinister entanglements. Ho braved
the inscnsato storm , the maudlin clamor ,
the hysterical Importunity , which , three
t
j months or so ago , held possession of the
land and threatened the extinction of Its
self-restraint. Ho It was who held congress
at bay , with its Insane hypothesis ot Cuban
Independence , meaning the regime of the
insurgents. Through all that tragic time
he scorned delights and lived laborious days ,
, that wisdom , righteousness and hallowed
peace might crown oui arms. Kind of
licart , leaning always to gentleness and
mercy , suspected by the callous , and re-
preached by every rude and brutal tongue ,
lie yet displayed a courage which nothing
could appall a determination for the right
which stood like adamant.
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And ho has led us to humanity and
grace , to power and to cleanliness. V. u
take up the work ot emancipation and civili
zation without a shameful or encumbering
embarrassment. We have no objectionable
coadjutors , no distasteful obligations. The
field of rexciicratlon lies before us and wo
enter it without a single clog upon our
iictlon. William McKlnley has led us to
i |
this noble task. His has been the baud
upon the hrlrn.
IIHATIIS IX TI1K CM 11. AVAIL
Havoc Wrought liy DlNOtiNf Infinitely
Greater Tluui by Mullet * * .
New York Sun.
There Is nothing surprising in the ratio
which the deaths from disease In the
present war bear to the deaths from
wounds received In battle. In Colouc
Phlsterer's statistical records of the clvl
war It Is clearly shown that twice as many
union soldiers died of disease as were killed
outright In action or afterward died of
wounds.
In General Pry's report of March 17 , 1866
to the secretary of war , the aggregate o
men killed or dj'lng of their wounds was
put at 96,135 and the number dying o !
disease at 183,287. There were discharged
for disability , according to this report , 224-
30G , and no doubt the deaths of a portion
of thceo might be traced to wounds or to
disease acquired In the service.
The adjutant general's report of Februarj
7 , 1869 , puts the deaths in battle or of
wounds at 78,231 , and the deaths from
disease at 119,013 , with a reserve of D5.297
from "unknown causes. " Hero the relative
proportions , it will bo observed , between
the two grept sources of death remained
about the same as In the provost marshal
general's report.
The estimate of the surgeon general In his
report of November 12 , 1870 , was 35,408
killed in action and 49,205 dying of wounds ,
or an aggregate of 84,613 , against 186,216
dying of disease. There , again , we have the
same result of fully twice as many dying ol
disease as were killed outright or died ol
their wounds. Colonel Phistercr notes that
the many who died while prisoners , or at
home on furlough , are not Included in the
surgeon general's figures , and also that
while that officer is the more likely to be
right as to deaths from wounds or disease ,
on which his subordinates report , the adju
tant general Is the better authority as to
deaths in battle. Ho therefore combines the
two records In an estimate of14,238 killed
In battle and 49,205 dying of wounds , mak
Ing a total ot 33,443 , against 180,216 dying
of disease. He adds 21,18t deaths from un
known causes and C26 from suicide , homi
cide or execution , getting a total of 304,369.
It is noticeable that the War department's
own summary was 303,504. Colonel Phisterer
would allow , however , about 10,000 deaths
for those who were missing and never ac
counted for as prisoners or otherwise , and
who almost certainly had not deserted. This
would swell his total to 313,000 , or "about
11 per cent of the number of men who were
enrolled during the war. "
This great mortality , enormously greater
than that of our conflict with Spain , was
due to the length of the- civil war , which In
eluded a large number of severe battles. In
the total of more than two thousand en-
fragoments and other operations there were
scores where the loss In killed and wounded
on the union side alone ran Into the thou
sands , while in some great battles it ex
ceeded 10,000. Again , many union regi
ments were in the enemy's presence for long
periods , from six months to four years ,
engaged more or less frequently , whereas
only a small portion of our troops In the
present war have been under fire at all , on
account of the brevity of the struggle , and
by far the greater part have never left the
country.
It will , therefore , be seen that an addi
tional reason exists In the present Instance
for a great disparity between the deaths
from disease and those from battle and
wounds. It may bo said with some truth
that , since the vast majority of our troops
not only have never encountered the enemy ,
but have been at homo in camps of our
selecting , Instead of those Imposed by the
enemy's presence , the loss from disease
should bo proportionally less than In the
civil war. But , on the other hand , all the
fighting of the civil war was In our own
country , and no one doubts the deadllncss
of the Cuban climate in midsummer to
those unused to It. We also had to
establish some camps very far south , as at
Tampa , where the best of health conditions
nt this season are not possible.
There were treated In the army hospitals
by medical officers during the civil war
6,049,648 cases , and the- record of deaths
may suggest that campaigning then brought
on very much the same sort of ailments as
now , except that the fear of yellow fever
cut no such figure then as It has this year.
The largest number of deaths among tbo
patients , 33,949 , was from gunshot wounds.
Next came chronic diarrhoea , 30,836 , with
acute diarrhoea adding , 4,291 to the general
class and acute dysentery , C.576. Third
came typhoid fever , 29,336 , with C.3CO
ascribed to typhomalarlal fever , 4,855 to re
mittent , and 4,164 to congestive Intermittent.
Fourth highest were the deaths from In
flammation of the lungs , 19,971 , There
were 7,058 deaths from smallpox and
varloloid and 6,177 from measles.
Dut we could : iot know the total mortal
ity fairly ascrlbable 'to the civil war unless
wo could trace the fate of those who were
discharged for disability. The figures last
spoken of do not Include those who died
while prisoners or whllo on leave of absence ,
or on absence without leave , nor any who
had been discharged. There were 285,215
men discharged for disability , and of these
cases 31,209 were for gunshot wounds , 20-
905 for consumption , 10.4S7 for diarrhoea ,
15,040 for debility , 12,653 for rheumatism ,
and 10,797 for heart disease.
Finally , It appears from the record that
one man out of every 0.3 men of the total
union force furnished to the civil war died ,
not reckoning 'those who may have died
shortly after discharge. Ono man out of
every 13.5 ot the total force died of disease
or of unknown causes. The prisoners suf
fered heavily , one out of every seven dying
while In captivity , and that Is a sort of loss
which we fortunately have not had to
uumrn la the present war. "
( IIIHAT Iir.SIM-7.Sii n'U.VIt.
Splendid Opiiorttinltloii In the A\'rn
mid South.
Boston Transcript ,
In eplto of , rather than because of , tin
wild west's dreams of Imperialism fo
Imperialism means more war and plenty
ot It , and war Is death to legitimate busi
ness , though a favored few may make
fortunes In weeks business must bo gooi
the coining twelvemonth. Nothing tells
this more decisively than the o\cryday cor
respoudcuco of the average business man
I In these epistles the broker speaks In con-
fklcuco to his client , the commission mer
chant to Ills manufacturer and the dcale
to hla wholesale house of the outlook fo
trade In his territory , and with a certainty
that docs not come with the knowlcdg
based upon mere crop reports , the statistic. !
position of tills or that commodity , or the
rates of exchange , balance of trade am
what not. These latter , though useful U
their way , arc seldom up-to-date , but have
to do with figures complied auywhcro fron
three months to a year previously , an
fall , except by Inference , to denote how
the blood couraes through the great com
mcrelal body yesterday or last week , a
docs the letter written with the hand upon
the very pulse of the Interests with whlc ]
the writer deals and In the success o
which ho and his correspondent are In
' tensely Interested.
I Free from politics , partaking as little a
1 possible of the elements of stock jobbing o
speculation , it deals first , last and always
with the legitimate question of trndo pros
P cts and the acquisition ot business by th <
parties mutually concerned.
It is interesting to note from the tone o
such letters ns have been received In this
city within tbo last week or fortnight , to
some of which the Transcilpt has had ac
cess , that the writers find more to cncourag <
them In the present outlook than they have
for a long time past. Extracts from one
batch of these letters , published recently In
thrso columns , from shoe dealers , Jobbers
and manufacturers thiougbout the south am
west , all tell with little variation of the
great opportunities for business which arc
now spread out before thu enterprising
merchants of those sections. In half a hun
dred letters received from the western coun
try hopefulness and confidence Is In cverj
line , and the same story of bountiful hnr-
j i vests , remunerative prices , the ability nni
1 disposition of the buyers to supply their
present and prospective needs , Is told bj
men who are In touch , cither directly * or
through their traveling men , with people
who have money to spend and to whom the
producer must look for his profits and his
trade. This Is only what might reasonably
be expected and is the end to which trade
statistics and business prophecy has polntcc
for a twelvemonth , but it is especially grat
ifying to have such Indisputable- evidence
that we have not been building upon false
hopes , or that the optimistic spirit whlcl
characterizes our people Is not so far aflelc
In the present Instance.
Whllo these letters no more show the
slzo or the contour of the grand , now
commercial structure which Is being built
upon the foundation of three great harvests
In unbroken succession than the builder's
heaps of bricks Indicate the building's
architecture , they do Indicate , both by their
tenor and the standing of their writers ,
Its solidity , that most desirable feature In
all business. With conditions such as they
arc , the outlook could not be different. With
a 600,000,000-bushel wheat crop assured , and
a larger ono possible , it is no wonder that
the west Is hopeful and may be prodigal ,
wltli a cotton crop which , while it may bo
low-priced on account of Its immensity ,
still has been planted and cultivated by the
most modern methods , and , consequently ,
at the lowest cost , the south has also good
cause for the display of a similar spirit , and
which will manifest Itself more and more as
tbo work of harvesting and marketing goes
on. As for 'the cast , It cannot fall to pros
per In common with these other sections.
The commodities produced In her mills , her
factories and her shoe shops will find more
ready sale in the territory so bountifully
blessed ; while tno expansion of her trade
in other directions Is destined to assume
largo proportions the coming year.
L , AX1J OTHKUWISB.
Madrid is still excited over the Philip
pines. Some folks never can take their
medicine quietly.
Rev. Daniel Ilyan , who has Just been
elected commander of the Indiana , depart
ment. Grand Army of the Kcpublic , la widely
known as a pioneer Methodist preacher.
It Is a Maine man this time who has so
far forgotten his manliness as to bring suit
for breach of promise. This Is probably
another of the bad results of a prohibitory
law.
Emperor William's attempt to introduce
"hurrah" as the German cheer instead of
the "hoch" Is perhaps duo to his seeing what
the American cheer has accomplished at
Manila.
It is interesting now to recall the fact
that Anthony Trollope was one of the first
Englishmen to speak in favor of the United
States annexing Cuba. The famous novelist
spoke of it thirty years ago.
During the last few months Oem Paul
Krueger has begun to assume a llttlo more
of the pomp and ceremony of a president ,
and now has seven troopers to escort him
from one government building to another.
The devoted labors of Annie Laurie Early
Wheeler among the sick soldiers of Cuba
has produced such a feeling of gratitude
that a good many , If 'twere necessary , "for
bonnlc Annie Laurie would lay them down
and dee. "
They are talking of reducing the smoke
nuisance in Plttsburg by the erection of
electric power plants where steam Is con
verted Into electricity and so used for dyna
mic purposes. Plttsburg without Its smoUc
would Ixi like the rose without a thorn.
Mrs. Langtry Is a beneficiary by the will
of Prince Paul Estorhazy , who has Just died.
The Lily cauio very near being the Princess
Csterhazy , but because of newspaper talk
which sprang up about that time the prince
broke it off and denied that there had ever
been an engagement.
A most unreasonable correspondent askss
'Now that the war with Spain for 'human
ly' is ended , why should our victorious
leets and armies conio homo while ono of
ho grossest crimes against civilization is
jelng enacted by France in the shameful
.reatment of Dreyfus ? "
During the celebration of the Cmperor
Francis Joseph's jubilee there will bo pio-
duced In Vienna a play and series of tob-
eaux by the Countess Thun , entitled "The
Emperor's Dream. " Francis Joseph and his
entire court will attend the opening per
formance on December 1.
When George Edward Graham , the corre
spondent of the Associated Press on board
he flagship Brooklyn , rcturnrd to his home
n Albany , the other day , all business was
suspended In the different editorial rooms of
he city at 4 p. m. , and the newspaper men
went In a body to welcome him at the depot.
Judge Grooscup of Chicago , who was the
star imperialist at the Saratoga conference ,
said of the war : "It was , In my judgment ,
a providential hand , gloved In the emoke
of battle , that led ua out from these con
fining boundaries to the mountain spur we
now occupy. " That sentiment la distinctly
2hlcagocsquc. Iloundarlcs have no stand-
ng In Chicago.
Charles W. Gould , who has been appointed
pedal assistant 'to the attorney general , to
advise the commissioners to arrange and
superintend the evacuation of the Island of
Cuba , was born In New York City In 1849 ,
was graduated from Yale In 1870 , and was
admitted to the bar In 1872. He has betrn
iracttclng law In Now York ever since. Mr.
Jould Is known to the financial world in
he adjustment of S. V. White's affairs.
iMIOTIIIMl It
Indianapolis Journal : "And did lie fallen
on his knecM wln-n he proponed ? "
"No , but hoIIH so rattled th.it ho
stepped on the cat and fell on his neck
Chicago Tribune : "The world owes mo a
llvln' , " said old Ardrow Stumps , "but I in
such a ilurnetl poor collet-tor that snmc-
tlmcs 1'vo KOI to work like thunder to git
It. "
Detroit Journal : "She managed to enlist
an n Holcller , but It. wn only u short tlmo
until her Bexui dlscoveicd. "
"Yes. "
"Vis , slio was BO mannish , you know. "
Chicago Post : "How can I tell blank
verso ? "
"Uy watching the faces of those who try
to read It. That * Just the kind of an ex
pression you will llnd on them. "
riomervlllo Journal : Mamie Does she
glti with much feeling ?
Ethel Yen , she Is nil the tlmo feeling-
for thu next note.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : " \Vlmt a noble
act It was fur that Viissar girl to ris < uo
three nun from drowning. "
"Uh , I don't know. Were the men un
married ? "
Indianapolis Journal : " 1 already feel aa
If 1 had known him all my l.fe. "
"Hut th.U cannot bo ; you know ho Is at
least three ytars younger tliun you. "
Detroit Journal : "Whom the shoo ( Us , let
him wear It , " cries the world , mercilessly.
Hul woman !
Ilio world laughs.
" \\hoin the Hhoo Is too small for , lot hnr
wear It ! " says the world , and wags on
and on.
Washington Star : "I understand they
lia\o nanifil n coi > et after AUm.ral Di w < .j/ '
"I hadn't heard of It , but 1 am not sur-
And yet it hardly seems appropriate. "
"AppropriateViiy ! , what louUl be moro
uppioprluto than to iminu a corset after a
inn u who was quick to embrace an op-
tiortunltj' ? "
Chlacgo llecord.
M.iud Mullcr on an August day
Knked 111 the meadows sweet with hay ;
blie nikul to catch hay fever , so
Un u like , lung tlip the d havu tu go.
HuiTalo Express.
Lrt go the coin , enjoy the day ;
'Julto summer to lour soul.
Eru long , when ski s uro bleak and gray ,
Tile doll.ir ots for coal.
T1IIJ Oi.U AH.HV HAIIUTACIC.
New York aiall and Express.
How dear to my heart are the war-tlms
mementos ,
1'vo cherished In mein'ry of sorrows and
joys ,
In the days when I tramped through the
dust of Virginia ,
Or splashed through Its mud with the rest
of the boys ;
There's a rusty old saber I never will part
with ,
A faded old cap and a Jacket of blue ,
A battered canteen and a haversack hold
ing
Some squares of the hardtack wo all had
to chew !
'J no Iron-bound hardtack !
The moss-coVercd hardtack !
The old army hardtack wo all had to
chew !
There was hardtack from wars of a past
generation ,
Which remained unconaumed until about
63 ; |
It was rumored that some , which defied
mastication ,
Waa marked "Vcra Cruz" or was lettered
"U C. "
What a triumph was this for the skill of
the baker !
Indestructible product , defying time's
tooth !
Cut It could not resist the assaults of our
grinders ,
The grinders wo had In the days of our
youth.
The Hunker Hill hardtack !
The 1812 hardtack !
The old army hardtack wo ate In our
youth !
O ! youth can make feasts of the coarsest ot
viands ,
And never again shall we veterans feel
Such a zest In our lives UH 'way back In the
COs ,
When hardtack sufficed to create a
"square" meal.
Though now we may dlno at moro sumptu
ous tables ,
Wo'd gladly exchange all the dainties
they yield
For the hearty enjoyment , the youthful dl-
Kestlon ,
That seasoned the hardtack wo ate In the
field.
field.The
The bullet-proof hardtack !
The Iron-clad hardtack !
The old army hardtack wo ate In th
field !
oun DAILY
THE HAGUE , Aug. 31 , 1898. The betroth
al of Wilhelmlna , Queen of Holland , to
Prince Dcrnhard of Saxe-Welmar , Is to bo
proclaimed today , when she becomes of age.
The Holland Society of America celebrates
the event In New York , and President Mo
Kinley and Cabinet have been Invited.
We have been successful in se
curing some more soft comfort
able negligee shirts. The de
mand of late has been greater
than we could supply. Our
arge assortment was reduced to
ess than one dozen. But today ,
hanks to the energy of our New
York buyer of this department ,
we have plenty now to show
you , in all sizes from J4 to 17 ,
and very desirable styles , fine
madras and oxford cl.ths. They
are the celebrated "Star" shirts ,
that have always sold for $1.50.
Close buying has enabled us to
offer these high grade shirts to
you at $1.00 each.
If you want a good shirt ,
come before the patterns have
been picked over.
u. W. Can ISLt , mail Uougm
