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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER , 18 , 1898. TIIE OMAIIA SUNDAY K. HOSEWATISU , Editor. I'UULIHHEL ) I3VEUV WOUN1NO. . _ , . THUMB Or 8UUSCIUPTION : Daily Hoe ( Without Sunday ) . Ono Year.J6.00 Daily Ucu und Sunday , Ono Year . 8.00 Six .Months . 4.00 Three Monthu . Z.W Hunday Ucc , Ono Yenr . 2.IW Euturday IJco. Ono Year . 1.50 Weekly IJee , Ono Year . bo OFFICES. Oranhn : The Hc HulUllnc. Houth Omiihn : Slnirer Hlock , Corner N and Twenty-fourth Streets. Council muffs : 10 PonrI Street. Chicago Olllce : 602 Chamber of Com- mfrco. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 501 Fourteenth Street. COIinKSPONDKNCE. AH communications relating to news and nlltorlal matter should bo addressed : To the Editor. Editor.UUSINKSS UUSINKSS LETTERS. AH tnisliir-Hfl letters and remittances rhould ha addressed to The line 1'ubllshlmj Company , Omaha. Drafts. ehrkn , express nnd nostolllco money orders to \ > * made payable to the order of the company. TUB HKi : 1'UnLI.SHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County , ss : George II. Tzscliuck , secretary of The Boo Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening and Sunday Dec , printed during the month of August , 1SOS , was as follows : 1 . s/jio 17 . U7tii : ( 2 . SO.oili ' 18 . HlMiid .3 . . USr 7 19 . U7.170 4 . i.S,7-IO 20 . i7,70.'l 5 . aUO 21 . US.1IMI 0 . 1MO(1O ! ( 22 . llS7i ! 7 . lHOOr 23 . Ult.lldo g . . .27.7OO 21 . 2OHIO fl . 2M,7il : 23 . 2(1,11- ( 10 . 20.7OH 26 . 2 < ! ,7tH : 11 . 20oj5 ; 27 . 2 , : ti2 : 12 . 20irn ( 2S . 2 < i-i r 13 . 2Mtsi : : ID . 2tnti ( : 11 . 2StlO : SO . 2,2Hl ( ( 15 . 2K.O IO 31 . 2,0rt : 1C . 2S,02I - Total . B MN I Lcsn returned and unsold copies. . . . 1or 2 ! ( Net total sales . Hl.tll : Not Daily Average . 27 , 629 GEORGE D. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence this 1st day of September , J89S. N. P. FEIL , Notary Public. WELCOME TO TUB HUB HUILUIXG. > No vlnltofr lo O in nil nnd the rxiiiiNlltoii flhonlil KCI nrvny without. liiKitcctliiK The llco iMillilliiK , the. Inrecnt iitMVn- > Iiiiper linlldlnt ? In America , mill The lire iicivximpcr Iilnnt , eonccdcd to be the tin CM I lirtirceii ChluiiK" mid 81111 l.'rniu'lHOo. A cordlnl > rclroiiie IM extended to all. Brents tend to provethnt tlie early bird hns no cinch ou tlie senatorial worm. Uy tlie end of tills week the exposi tion will be entirely out of debt Stick a pin there. Adminil Dewey Is Htlll on. deck nt Mnnllii. It follows thtit American In terests tire ship-shape. Senatorial booms sprung two years In advance of the election are an Irresisti ble temptation for Jack Frost. General Toral Is having almost as stormy a reception from his compatriots In Spain as he encountered from the American army at Santiago. New York refuses to bo comforted without a parade of the army. Mean time the swollen metropolis makes a show of Itself as a petty grumbler. Outran Insurgents are already prepar ing for a presidential election. Their activity Is another tribute to the elllcacy of the American army ration. The retirement of Paty du Clam Is a piece of good fortune. It removes from paragraphers the menace of brain fag and from readers the ennui of ghastly jokes. Chicago expansionists are about to put Into practice what they preach. Several outlying suburbs are to be swallowed by the city to satisfy the hunger for more territory. No patriot will begrudge the fusionIsts - Ists all the comfort they can extract from the returns from Vermont and Maine , even though they slight the slump In Arkansas. The republican campaign In Douglas county will open tomorrow and from that tlmo on till the polls close the con test will bo waged with all the earnest ness which a great cause Inspires. The cheap wheat candidate has been a hoodoo to the republican party and the sooner he Is given to understand that no hoodoos are wanted this year the better It will be for the party. .Tapan Indicates a desire , according to reports , to participate in tlie prospective division of China. Japan will not be content until the thirst for expansion acquired on the Yellow sea Is satistled. When a republican candidate for the United States senate has to stand In with Robert 12. Leo Herdmau and be closeted with Charley Fanning , the Question naturally recurs , Can such a leader bo trusted ? If the standard of value set up by a New Yorker , who Is suing for 510,000 damages for the loss of his whiskers , Is sustained by court and Jury the popu list party will at ouco achieve a tiuan- clal value far more substantial than Its financial theories. The sultan of Turkey bears up with a royal fortitude against the fusillade or ultimatums with which the powers are treating him. It Is the usual annual di version of the European baud nnd Is as effective as the charge of a peaguu on the lildo of a rhinoceros. A clear uoto of jubilation murks the opening celebration of the eighty-eighth nnnlversay of Mexico's Independence from Spanish rule. The same cause * which led the Mexicans to revolt agalusa Spanish tyranny animated the Unbans Throughout the long night of struggU Mexican sympathy was strongly wltl the Cubans and their triumph naturally gives the Mexican Anniversary celebra tion unusual lutcreA and enthusiast . M MM vi , fv M ntfaf > titrtn * minrmiitiY. I tn QUESTIOX Cf OBhlQATlOX. General Woodford , American minister to Spain , delivered nu address a few days ago In the course of which he said : "Our ting Is In the Philippines. I will not say that wherever our tlag has gone there our flag must stay , but this I will say , that wherever our Hag has gone there the liberty , the humanity and the civilization which that Hag embodies and represents must stay nnd abide for ever. Whatever our nation should dote to fulfill this obligation , that our nation must do. Whatever Island wo should hold to enforce this obligation , that Is land we must hold. " This question of obligation Is somewhat perplexing. The view of It expressed by General Wood- ford Is unquestionably held by a great many of our people and It certainly makes a strong appeal to American sen timent. Hut It may be doubted whether there arc many who apprehend or ap preciate what it Implies. It Is to bo remembered that our Hag Is In the Philippines as an Incident of the war entered upon for the spcclUe and clcnrly-dellned purpose of freeing Cuba from Spanish domination. When It was decided to declare war against Spain there was no thought of captur ing the Philippines or Interfering with the sovereignty of Spain anywhere out side of the West Indies. Admiral Dewey was ordered to ' destroy the Spanish fleet at Manila for the security of our Paclllc coast arid our commerce on the Pacific , but with no Idea of taking and holding territory there. Thnt came as an after thought , perhaps naturally re sulting from the brilliant and decisive victory of Dewey. When that crushing blow to the sea power of Spain was struck probably not a man in the United States felt the slightest Interest in the condition of the people of the Philip pines. Extremely little was known here concerning them or their country. A portion of them were In revolt against Spanish rule , but there had never been any American expression of sympathy with thorn , while our very limited trade with the Islands afforded us little knowl edge of their resources or of their value as a market. Granting that our conquest of Manila Imposes upon us some obligation , what Is Its precise nature and what scope shall be given ItV If It Is our duty , as General Woodford nnd some others think , to give liberty and civilization to all the people of the Philippines , we have indeed a tremendous task before us. In the opinion of those who know something of tlioso people very few or them are lit for liberty as Americans un derstand it It Is very questionable whether moat of the Filipinos who re volted against Spanish rule and are now clamoring for Independence arc capable of self-government Agulnaldo himself confesses complete Ignorance of the principles of self-government nnd talked of "absolute Inde pendence" evidently without hav ing any well-deilned Idea what he means by It. If It is doubtful whether this clement of the Philippine people are capable of governing themselves , what shall bo said of the other millions of mongrel natives , speaking a score of languages , and for the most part un civilized ? How long would It take to prepare them for the enjoyment of lib erty ? Then there are a number of savage tribes , inhabiting vast fever- infected jungles. Shall we assume the task of civilizing these , which have never submitted to Spanish control ? The question of our obligation In the Philippines needs to be considered from the practical rather than from the senti mental point of view. We must deal fairly and Justly with the people of the Philippines , as undoubtedly wo shall do , but wo have assumed no obligation to burden ourselves with n task which would be detrimental to our own Inter ests and welfare. Giving liberty and civilization to all the Philippines we should Hud an undertaking of endless difficulties and full of peril to our peace and security. SPAXISH TREASURES. With a national treasury undeniably empty and no hope of filling It from any of the natural aud recognized re sources of the country , the problem of raising money by the Spanish govern ment will be a serious one. If , In ad dition to her war expenses , Spain should bo asked to pay us Indemnity it is dim- cult to understand where the funds are to bo raised. Among the sources re maining to be drawn upon are private fortunes , church property and art treas ures. It Is possible that wealthy citi zens might aid ; it is probable the church might help , but , falling to realize sum- cleut funds from these two sources , the government might bo forced to consider the almost Inestimable value of the art treasures of Spain. Some months ago a Spanish Journal suggested this as a source of revenue should financial ex tremity be reached. In the Hoyal gallery at Madrid there are over ' ,000 paintings , many of them the most beautiful pictures ever produced. The world's greatest artists are represented In this collection , which Is exclusively the property of the crown , and therefore government prop erty. The Immense value of these pic tures can bo readily understood when a partial list even of the more famous artists Is given. There are ten paint ings by Haphael , forty-six by Murillo , sixty-four by Velasquez , twenty-two by Van Dyck , sixty-two by Hubens , forty-three by Titian , twenty-three by Paul Veronese , nnd ten by Claud Lorraine. To get together such a collection today would be almost Impossible , either In number or artistic excellence. Tlioso who assume to know estimate these U.OOO paintings as worth easily JiMO.OOO.OOO. In the matter of books Spain does not possess the literary treasures held by other nations , The duke of Veragua IMS the correspondence of Columbus , and there are valuable books and mauu- scripts In the Iloynl library nt Madrid , the IMblloteea tie Sail Juan at Uarce- "ona " and the great Library of the Hscurlal. The library containing some of the books of Columbus was left to Hie Cathedral of Seville , but oiily t - any rtimnmnr * uu i u > > MW .V > small part of the 20,000 volumes now remain. There are four volumes which were once the Admlial's , with many annotations made by htm. It Is a curious fact that Spain does not possess a copy of the letters of Columbus. The original folio edition In Spanish was printed at Barcelona In 14tK ! , was kept In private hands there until 1SX ! ) , when It went to France , then to England , and from there to the Lenox library In New York. It Is perhaps not altogether uninter esting to know what we stand a chance for securing In lieu of money In case wo fall In for a good , round Indemnity. Those Raphaels and Murlllos would be a great benefaction for our National gallery , and the books might go to the Congressional library. Hut of course If there Is no Indemnity wo get no pic tures. OtT COM3IEHCIAL ADVAXTAdE. If It bo true , as political economists assert , that the commercial primacy of the world belongs to the country that can protjuce the cheapest pig Iron , then the United States is certain to attain this primacy. A writer of authority in such matters , Mr. John Foord , says that Iron and steel are produced In the least favored localities of the United States as cheaply as In Great Britain ; in the most favored localities they are produced more cheaply. Yet In the very center of American Iron and steel pro duction the ore and the fuel have to bo brought together from points a thousand miles apart , while in Great Britain a hundred miles Is quite an exceptionally wide Interval between the two. American enterprise , however , has overcome this formidable handicap of IKK ) miles of transportation and this has been accomplished by deepening the waters of tlie channels of the great lakes. Mr. Foord states the highly In teresting fact that by every foot that this depth has been Increased the dis tance between Duluth and Cleveland has been virtually shortened by 100 miles , so that In the forty years In which the depth of water on St. Clalr Flats has been doubled and a navigable depth of twenty feet has been established in the St. Mary's Falls canal , the cost of transporting a ton of ore on the lakes has come down from 4 milts to six- tenths of a mill per ton per mile. To practical men , particularly those en gaged In the Iron Industry , the signifi cance of this statement will be obvious. The development of the Superior Iron mines Is due to the water transportation furnished by the great lakes and the rapid advance now being made by the United States toward the Industrial su premacy of the world would have been Impossible without this. The Iron ores of Lake Superior arc among the finest Bessemer ores In the world and the supply Is practically Inexhaustible. There has within a few years been de veloped a system of surface mining whose rapidity and economy of opera tion Is the wonder of the world. Here , then , declares Mr. Foord , Is the very keystone of the rapidly expanding structure of the industrial greatness of the United States. The question of controlling the steel market of the world being primarily one of ore and Great Britain having to im port about a third of Its entire consump tion , the advantage of the United States In possessing a practically Inexhaustible supply of as line Bessemer ore as there Is In the world , with facilities for the cheapest production , Is apparent OUR VISITORS AXD THE WEST. "The president of the United States does not represent a personality , " elo quent Governor Noyes once said , "be cause he Is the expressed will of seventy millions of people. " It Is this loyal feelIng - Ing which will find expression from all citizens toward President McKlnley when he attends tlie Peace Jubilee at the exposition in October. Through him as Its executive the people will do honor to the republic. And this is in entire consonance with the written aud npoken words of the president. This great empire of the west , with Us rapid march of history making events , will claim special study from many or the distinguished guests who for the tirst time visit our borders. The facts and figures concerning tlie progress of the traiismlsslsslppl country fall but lit tle short of the marvelous. Seventy years ago the nation was In the position of a young man who has become aware that he owns a vast estate , but llnds It to be mostly unproductive and unmar ketable. For the first time the inhabi tants of the United States began to find out how large a country they lived In. The advance from the strip of laud on the Atlantic was made by detached em igration , by great single waves of pop ulation sweeping onward. Between ISliO and 1S30 Michigan territory Increased 'GO per cent , Illinois ISO per cent , Ar kansas territory 142 per cent and In diana 133 per cent This indicated steady progress , not a wave , but a tide. The population of the whole nation rose from nearly ten millions in 1SUO to nearly thirteen millions In 18'U ) . The group so well known In our literature , the emigrant family , the wayside lire , the high peaked wagon , the exhausted oxen , this picture recedes steadily lu space as wo come nearer our own time. In 17SS It set off with the first settlers from Massachusetts to seek Ohio , in 170S It was leaving the Hudson to as- ceud the Mohawk river ; lu 1S15 It was at Rochester , N. Y. ; In 1811) ) near De troit ; In 1S21 in Missouri ; lu 1S31 In Tennessee ; In 1813 beyond Chicago ; lu 1850 In Kansas aud Nebraska ; In 1S04 In California , and In ISSii at Puget Sound , beyond which , as It had reached the Paclllc , It could not advance. The center of population In 1SOO was near Baltimore , In 1SSO It was near Cincin nati , and In 1SOO still farther west In 1SOG the traufiiulsslssippl region produced a crop of 1,100,000,000 bush els of corn valued nt ? 2.'K5,000,000 ; WX- ) 000,000 bushels of wheat , worth ? ! : & , 000,000 ; 27,000,000 tons of hay valued at $150,000,000. On this farm of 07,0i ( < ) , . 000 acres the yield of agricultural prod ucts amounts annually to $1,000,000- 000 nnd the value of live .stock reaches the same figure. Gold ami silver mined annually reach ? 100,000,000 ; coal , $ lKv 000,000 ; 200.000 operatives In mills niul factories earn $75,000,000 per year ; tlie value of manufactuied products reaches annually ? 1,400,000,000 , and the personal properly aggregates over ? 0,000,000,000-le8.s than one-fourth of Its actual value. Thirty-eight yearn ago there were less than 2,100 miles of rail way west of the Mississippi and twenty- six aud one-half miles west of the Missouri ; there are 80,000 miles west of the Mississippi today. The trans- uilsslsslppl population was (1,403,1(17 ( ( In 1SGO ; In 1800 It had reached in.170,215 ; in 1SOO it was 20,1(55,200. ( There are 121 colleges and universities , 02,000 school houses and 5,700,000 school chil dren In this traiismlsslsslppl region. The "Great American Desert" has faded from the map lu comparatively recent times ; only thirty years ago largo areas west of the Missouri were desig nated as "di'STt" a region which Is now the undisputed granary of our country. THE FIRST KKQU1HKMEXT. Iii his Interview with the prc.Mdcnt of Chill , Mr. Frank Carpenter , the well known correspondent , asked him to sug gest some ways In which trade between Chill and the United States might be Increased. The reply of the president was that among the best measures to Increase this trade would be the establishment of new steamship lines. There should be , ho said , more frequent steamship communication be tween the two countries. If the corre spondent should extend his Investiga tions in this direction , as lip probably will do , he undoubtedly will Hud the same opinion pretty general among the statesmen and merchants of South American countries. The first requirement for Increasing our trade with the markets south of us Is more American steamship lines and this may be said In regard also to our commerce with Asia. In other words , what this country most needs for the extension of Its trade Is n merchant ma rine adequate to the demands of that trade. Our commercial rivals have a very decided advantage of us In this respect In the trade with South Amer ica and they will have no less of an ad vantage In the trade of the Orient until the United States has such a merchant marine as Its commercial standing de mands. This is one of the most Impor tant questions which the next congress will have to consider and it should be borne In mind that the republican party favors a merchant marine. ItEOIiOAKlZlXO TJlKlfAVr I'EltSOXXEL Reorganization of the personnel of the navy has become an urgent necessity , lu order to put a stop to the conflict be tween the line and the staff of the naval service and put an end to the stagna tion lu the lower grades. It has been shown that wo have a navy which in respect to discipline and efficiency the American people can Justly be proud of , but there are defects In Its organiza tion which It is most Important should be remedied nnd this should be done as soon as the required legislation can be enacted. A bill for this purpose was Introduced In the house last May by Mr. Foss of the committee on naval affairs. This measure was framed by a board of naval ofllcers and It has received tlie commendation of all who have given the matter to which It relates Intelligent consideration. The bill contains three provisions which ought to insure Us be coming law. These are the amalgama tion of the engineer otllcers with the line and the creation of a force of war rant machinists with substantial pay , the organization of a retiring board to Insure the How of promotions and tlio allowance of retirement and pension privileges to the enlisted men or the navy ou the same terms as they are al lowed to those of the army. The last- named provision will certainly en counter 110 opposition , for It Is obvlouMy fair und just There can bo no reason why our sailors should not stand on a perfect equality with our soldiers In respect to retirement and pension privileges and the establishment of such equality will be universally approved. In regard to transferring engineer ofllcers to the line , Us chief purpose Is to cud the frictlou Incident to the present system. For years there has been jealousy nnd more or less conflict be tween line nnd staff. Engineer otllcers of high rank do not like to take orders from a line olllcer of lower rank , as they must do under the existing orgauizatlou. The engineering department of modern ships Is one of growing Importance , which tends to strengthen' the disinclina tion of engineer ofllccrs to take orders from line ofllcers of Inferior rank. The reorganization comprehended In the Foss bill would entirely do away with this feeling and at the same time It would deal justly with a class of otllcers who are entitled to the best considera tion. Tlie bill provides for promotion In an entirely practical way. Under the existing system promotion Is wholly by seniority , so that a mau must outlive a number of his fellows In order to reach the higher grades. The proposed legislation provides for promotion by ex amination before a board , which Is given power to retire the less expert of tlioso examined. Granting that such a board would probably make mistakes , still there can be no doubt that sub stantial benefit to the service would re sult from Us work. It Is perhaps Important to note that this bill Is lu no sense a party measure. It has the support of the naval com mittee of the house and Is approved with equal heartiness by both democrots and republicans. The purpose of the measure Is altogether wise and sound nnd there can be no question that Us effect would be exceedingly beneficial. The United States will continue to In crease Its naval establishment. That Is a policy that Is practically without opposition. It is necessary to promptly remedy existing defects and place Itn organization upon a basis that will In sure the highest etllclency. Our mutual friend Agulnaldo of Luzon zen and adjacent Islands possesses more common sense than his critics admit , lu moving Ills nude battalions from the environs of Manila "for a more health ful location" he showed a grasp of san itary science ami military discretion quite amazing when viewed at long range. American troops must have room to spread and any attempt at restriction by the whistling dictator would Imperil his health. Tributes to the valor of the colored regiments before Santiago come from the olllcers and the rank and Hie as well as from uoncombatauts who witnessed the campaign from start to tlnlsh. It was the colored troops who came to the support of the Hough Riders at ha Guaslmas and helped to rout 2,000 am bushed Spanish regulars. They charged the heights of San Juan sluglng the "Star Spangled Banner" and their tri umphant voices , no less than their un broken lines , stimulated their compan ions to like deeds of matchless' bravery. "The Spaniards called them 'smoked Yankees , ' " said Colonel Roosevelt lu his farewell to the Rough Riders ; "but we found them to bo an excellent breed of Yankees. " In terms of the highest praise he reviewed their record lu the campaign aud his lefcrence to them us "brothers in battle" found a hearty echo lu the cheers of the regiment. These sentiments are among the grat ifying results of the war. Colored men in the army have had to contend with unreasoning prejudice aud Innumerable annoyances. Until Santiago no op portunity came to them to re fute Blights ou their courage and de votion. When the test came they proved themselves the equals of their white comrades and regulars and volunteers alike bear cheerful testimony to their fearlessness and discipline In battle. The reasons given for the reported resignation of General Gomez from command of the Cuban army are consis tent withliis past record. The old war rior Is said to have resigned as a protest against a United States protectorate In Cuba. Before as well as after the United States declared war In behalf of the Cubaus Gomez protested against armed intervention , declaring that all the Cubaus needed to achieve liberty was American guns , ammunition and rations. The old hero of two wars fore saw the Inevitable outcome of Interven tion aud his resignation is a protest agalust playing second fiddle. IVo Doubts Itcmnlii. New York Tribune. There Is no doubt about American sovereignty eignty In some parts of Porto Illco when Spanish officials levy duty ou goods coming from porta garrisoned by our troops as on Imports from the United States. The FntlKUi'H ! ' HclKUt"K. Globe-Democrat. Queen Wllheltnlna's first day on the throne was of such constant fatigue and deep concern that It made lier realize the feelings of a woman who has Just hung out a big week's washing and had the line break. AVlioIenome nnd Healthful. Philadelphia Record. The American Cemetery Superintendents met In convention at the Transmtsslsslppl Exposition last Tuesday. It Is a wholesome sign when the cemetcrlal profession can spare the time to take a few days off. Siivecl ! > > nu Acclilcut. Globe-Democrat. The torpedo boat Terror , the only rem nant afloat of the Cape Verde fleet , Is on the way back to Spain. An accident to the machinery separated It from Cervera and saved it from forming a part of the old iron scattered along the beach near Santiago. Porto Itlvo Alri-uily Full. Sprlnclleld Republican. The chief of the treasury bureau of sta tistics returns from a visit to Porto Hlco with the Information that the Island Is already pretty full and that the people are In danger of exaggerating Us possibilities as a new land of promise to congested spots In the United States. In fact , he finds that it is more densely populated than Massa chusetts , and about ) as likely a country for the United States to exploit and skim over as Holland would be. No Grciit Fortune Awaltn Them. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The early bird catches the worm , and those first on the ground get the first chance at business. That Is the principle on which a largo number of enterprising Americans acted when Hawaii was annexed. Dut a good many enterprising Americans went 1o Hawaii a generation or two ago , and they and their sons have managed to get ) hold of most there Is In the islands worth having. The earliest Hawaiian worm found a resident bird of American origin waiting it's appearance , and the newcoming bird arrived too late for breakfast , no mat ter how soon ho started after annexation had been decided upon. Tlie Krotrth of Saving * . Kansas City Journal. The charge is frequently made that the people of the United States , all classes in- chidcd , have grown ext'ravagant ; that they have lost the simplicity and thrift char acteristic of the early days of the nation. These assertions arc not berne out by the savings bank statistics. In 1820 there were only S.GS'i savings bank depositors in the United States , having on aggregate deposit of $1 ssn.noo. while In 1897 there were G- 203,000 depositors , with deposits aggregating $1,930,000,000. In 1S20 the average deposit was $125 , while that of 1S97 was $37C , which is three times as large as that of 1820 and Is larger t'han that of any European country today. The savings banks of the United States have an aggregate deposit twlco as large as that of Germany , and Germany leads both England and France. It Is prob ably true that people of all classes In the United States spend more money vhan for merly , but it docs not seem to be true that they are more extravagant according to their Incomes. Omaha I.IIirary Klnei. New York Kvenimr Post. Alan Is an lllozlcal animal. When the Omaha public library charged S cents for each day that a book was overdue Its reve nue from this source was much larger than it was after delinquencies were made less expensive by a reduction of the fine to 2 cents for the first two days and 5 cents for each day thereafter. The difference in the income was too largo to be accounted for by the reduction In the charge , and there was other evidence of a decrease In delinquency. Tbo dccrrased penalty appeared to sharpen rather than to dull the memory of the book borrowers. The effect largely wore away , however , in later months. All this , of course , applies to the chronically careless. Library records of fines show that a very large proportion Is paid on the first day a book is overdue. When the delinquency ex tends beyond two days the book U supposed to bo In the bands of the absent-minded erIn In the pouesslon of thoio who regard the dally charge for delinquency as being in the nature of a nominal payment for the privi lege of monopolizing the use of life book. iin.vtiTins or Tim ISXPOSITIOX. "Hiiaoloiix niul Stilciiillit I'lutrnotor of the i : < | illmirnt nail Aoor orle . " Italtlmoro Sun. The Transmlsslsslppl nnd Intcrnatlonl Exposition at Omntm has scarcely received the attention In the eastern states which It nitrite. This has been largely duo , In air probability , to the war , which has oc cupied the chief place tn the public mind during the last few months , and by rea son of Increiifed co.it of living und higher raxes has rendered economy necessary on the part of many who under ordinary clr- cumstancrs might have arranged to visit the exposition. Comparatively few persons In the cast , moreover , have realised the proportions or the character of the great exhibition which wrstvrn enterprise and en ergy have called Into exlFtence. Those who saw the World's fair nt Chicago a few years ago have doubtless been Inclined to consider that at Omaha more or ICES of aocnl \ affair and scarcely likely to offer anything newer or worth white In 50 short a time after the Columbian exposition. Ilu3 In both these suppositions they have been mistaken ami now that the war Is over and the country has the opportunity to civo proper consid eration to the arts and achlcvrrients of peaceful Industry , It is to bo hoped that \irgo \ numbers of perrons from the cast will be among the visitors to Omaha. The exposition does not close until November and the remaining month nnd a half during which It will be open will be the most pleas ant tlmo to visit It. Apart ) from the attrac tions of the exhibition , which contains some entirely new features , the trip to Omaha would of Itself prove Interesting and in- strucfive. The eastern business man could pick up not a few valuable Ideas on such a trip and even the traveler of elegant leis ure , only on pleasure bent , would find his mental horizon considerably enlarged by contact with social and industrial condi tions which ho may perhaps have never considered It worth while to study. Until Americans have made themselves familiar by travel with the different sections of their country they can scarcely bo raid to know It or each other , at frost not as they should know both. One point of especial Interest in the Omaha exposition and ono which will prove a surprise to the eastern visitor who hns not read very much about it , Is the architectural beauty of the buildings and the spacious and splendid character of all the equipment nnd accessories. The structures , fine photographs of which have been taken by the official photographer , Mr. R A. Uelnhart , rival those at the World's fair In artistic effect and Imprcsslvcncss , while the setting In which they are placed of elaborately ornamental grounds and bril liant electric Illumination has excited the admiration of those who arc familiar with the best work that has been done In this direction heretofore. A I.OOIC AT TUB I-'lUtHES. Ilcvleir of the Statistic. ! of Army Mor tality In riiniii mid Hnttlellcld. Washington Post. Suppose wo pause for a moment In the midst of all this Insensate uproar over the alleged maltreatment and even murder of our troops , and take a look nt the figures themselves. Of course , wo know that there have been blunders of haste , of want of proper preparation , of Ignorance and inex perience blunders which from tlmo Imme morial have been Inseparable from an acute national emergency calling for the sudden organization and movement of large bodies of raw military material. So much may bo admitted at the outset , without controversy. It could not have been otherwise under the circumstances , in this or any other country. When It comes to asserting , however , as so ninny reckless and sensational Journals ore now asserting , that the men have been deliberately killed by starvation and neglect , that the hospitals are tombs nnd the camps "pest holes , " it seems high tlmo to look Into the facts of the case and to reach en lightened conclusions. Confining ourselves to round numbers and to general results , we may set out with the premise that our volunteer army , all told , has consisted of not less than 200,000 men. Some have been In the Santiago campaign and the rest In the po-callcd pest-hole camps. The deaths In battle have amounted to exactly 332. The deaths In the various camps , up to last Thursday , were as follows : Wlkoff m. Black n-3 Santiago - ' 3 Jacksonville Other camps Total Thus we have a further compilation : Deaths in battle DeathH in camp Total Making altogether a result of less than five and a half to 1,000. In addition to this , there were about 1.000 wounded at Santiago , and a few others here and there In various skirmishes elsewhere. Suppose , for the purposes of a working esti mate , wo fl * the number of these at 600 , making l.COO wounded In all , nnd suppose again that wo say half of these , or 710 of the injured me , die of their hurts. We shall then have a grand aggregate of killed : In battle , outright 3W Subsequently of wounds In camps and hospitals _ < oi Total S33 Or , in round numbers , 2,000 deaths out of the 200,000 men enlisted during May and Juno and duly mustered In. Thus we have a loss of one man out of every 100 who went Into the army a pro portion little greater than the statistics of our healthiest cities show In times of the profoundest peace. About twenty-six or twenty-seven rer 1,000 annually Is the av erage death rate in American cities. The death rate in our army , calculated on the basis of the figures above given , would amount to forty per 1,000 per annum. And upon -his foundation has been erected the vilest fabric of scandalous exaggeration and abuse of which we retain a recollection ! An army of 200,000 men totally without ex perience of military life , undisciplined , chafing under the restraints of the disci pline which protects them from needless suffering and danger , controlled , or rather uncontrolled , to a very great extent by ofll- ccrs 's green as themselves and habitually dlsregprdlng regulations devised for their own safety this army goes forth , to battle or to camp , as the case may be , and after three months wo find that 1 per cent of them have perished of wounds , exposure and disease. According to the mortuary statistics of the country nearly as many would have died had they stayed at homo with their families and pursued their ordi nary avocations , heave out the number estimated as killed In battle and the death rate compares favorably with that of the healthiest and best cared for city In tba world. Here the facts , against tbo wild and vicious and malign falsehoods circulated by yellow Journalism for purposes of wicked mischief. The president has ordered an Investigation at the Instance of the War de partment and the army authorities gen erally. Good citizens and honest men are glad that it is so. In the nbovo calculations we have pur posely left out the Chlckamauga camp , the mortuary statistics of which are still In question. We accept General Boynton's figures without hesitation , but are willing to await the result of the controversy which some volunteer colonel has teen fit to raise. It will bo observed , however , that we have alto omitted the 60,000 regulars , who contributed very largely to the sum of the casualties at Santiago. When the Chlckamauga matter shall have been set tled , therefore , and . new estimate based upon undisputed facts can bo made it will transpire that the percentage of loss Is even smaller than \vo have given It above. Ill.ASTH rilOM HAM'S IIOIIX. Merry nnn not born until Justice girded on Hi sword. Garments for church wear usually have small i > ockct . Hegrct Is the compound Interest wo have to IMV on hate. Ono fact Is uorth more than n thousand Improved theories. Walking ou the stilts of pride soon lead * to : i fall from cracc. Mounting over present troubles makes us forget P ist blessings. Clofo your eyes to truth , and you tuniblo Into tbo dl'.ch of error. UurnlUR Incense ou the altar of sectarian ism Is \\orHhlpltiK fod. ! Some people lose all Interest In good work as soon as the bills coma In. Some pcoplo are so nnslou * about their I neighbor's rcllclon thnt they neglect their own. own.Tho The pulpit that would pi each heavenly ethlis without a knowledge of earthly eco nomics Is poorly prepared for tln work. DOMKSTIC Indianapolis Journal : "Millie , " raid hei nix-foot husband , "you nro u Jewel. " "Yes. " said Millie , nweetly , "u jewel with n big J. " Puck : She I hope wo will always be able to keep the wolf from the door. IKVrll , if ho ever eomt-H to this lint hu's pretty sure to find the door bells out of order. Detroit Journal : Ills tongue clove to thd roof of bin mouth. " 1 1 that Is , ' ho fnltcrcil , "you " And then lie suddenly caught her to his bosom. "You know what I would say ! " ho cried. Frigidly she disengaged hernelf. "Another mlwflnir word ftiki1 , " she mut tered , pale but cairn. Chicago Tribune : "Lieutenant , how noes your campaign against the fair Miss litil- llon's heart ? " "It's over. She hu surrendered. I went there last evening. Intending merely to mnlco u demonstration. Finding ICSH re sistance than I expected , I moved forward , and und 1 eon htul her HUiTnumli'd. Owlnp to the ruperlorlty of my arms Bhe capitu lated nt once. " Cleveland Plain Dfnler : "I know you are prejudiced regarding my prettlncus , dear , but you must admit my eyc do turn In a "How can they help It , darling ? Each Is so watchfully Jealous of Its beautiful neighbor. " Judge : Ethel Do you remember the cwict date of Angullno's marrlngo ? Penelope Kr no , but it must have been before the war ; there was two columns about It In the newspapers , If you remem ber. Indlannpolla Journal : "They say. " h suggested , just to see how she would tnkn It , "that , disease mny bo communicated by kisses. " "I'm an Immune- , " she replied promptly. Of course her fearlessness was rewarded. Chlcnpo Post : "It's n very solemn thing- , " fho snld , "when n woman entrusts a man with her affections. " "It's a mighty slpht more solemn when she makes him think she has entrusted them to him while they are still locked up In her Jewel box , " ho replied. Then they looked nt each other , nnd each realized that It was time for their summer flirtation to end. TUB WHO MS STOUY. A Cuban war A sunken boat Then Unelp Sam Took off his coat. A "Dewey" morn In month of Mny. The Spanish Meet Goes down to stay. Cervern. next Comes on the list. And soon his tlect Is also missed. Our Shaffer then Assaults the town. The Spanish nap Comes quickly down. At Omaha A Jubilee , The people come The show to see. They're bound to come , They cannot stop. And Omaha Is right "on top. " FRANCIS J. GABLE. OUIl DAILY BULLETIN . WASHINGTON , Sept. IS , 1S9S. President and Mrs. McKlnley leave this city tonight for a month's tour through the west and northwest. The executive schedule Includes all the important cities , BO ithat railroad travel win Cake up a largo part of the timo. A boy * / doesn't Clothes are just clothes to him as long as his father or mother buys them for him , he is likely to be hard on the best of gar ments. But so far as good goods and strong seams can withstand his robust efforts to go through themwe have headed -we him off. We don't believe in putting a boy in a straight jacket either. But we make clothes that are stylish as they are durable and for this season of the year as comfortable as they are stylish. The prices , $3.50 , $4 , $5 and $6 , are as right as the styles. 0. W , Com IttJt maa Dougltm BU. tr
