Nebraska Newspapers

    18 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUXDAT , SEPTEMBER 25 , 1808.
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WELCOME ) TO TIII3 HUB BUILDING ,
Novliltor to Omnhn and the
exposition Bliould go away
without Inspecting The IJeo
bnllilliiB , the InrKcot iicvm-
pnper building In America ,
anil The Bee ncivi > apcr
plant , ! onccile < l to be the
nncxt between ChlonRo nnd
Han Francisco. A cordial
welcome IN extended to till.
Train robberies arc again becoming all
the rage is southern Missouri.
The dollar head tax on stop-over tick
ets should bo abolished at onco.
The two international storm centers
on the globe are now Pekin and Paris.
General Depression eeeius to bave re
signed his place at the head of the pope
era tic hosts.
Only one more week before the royal
entry of the great Ak-Sar-13cn into the
exposition city.
The battle of the standards which Wll
Ham Jennings Bryan wanted to reopen
has been declared off for 1803.
The man who was so cocksure the ex
position could not bo made a success Is
now cocksure he never said anything or
the kind.
The emperor of China can sympathize
with the infanta of Spain in full reallza
, ( Ion of the dltliculty of holding on to
a'royal flush.
Omaha compares favorably in bank
clearances with cities twice its size. Dur
ing the past week it distanced Detroit ,
Milwaukee and Buffalo.
The war balloon Is a little late In inak
Ing its appearance at the exposition , but
then It had to wait till the war was over
bcforo It could be mustered out of mili
tary service.
Candidate I'oyuter has not yet ex
plained how he came to violate the antl-
raonopoly pledges of the populists by so
liciting and accepting pass bribes while
he was a member of the legislature.
The railroads can well afford to pay
the expenses of their Joint agency in
Omaha. The dollar head tax is not only
obnoxious to tourists but has caused
much 111 feeling toward the exposition.
A new cabinet ofllce is to bo created
for the benefit of the expansionists to
be known as the secretary of the cole
ales. That there will bo no lack or
aspirants for the olllce goes without nay
lug.
Colonel 0. I > \ Humphreys , formerly
chief quartermaster of the Dcpartmon
of the Platte. is among the ottlccrs
starred by the president for meritorious
service in the war with Spain. CJeue
ral Humphreys' friends in this part or
the country will fuel gratlllod at Ills
elevation to u brigadier generalship.
The British-Venezuelan controversy
which came near precipitating a war be
tween the United States and ( Jreat Brit
nln , Is once more projected to the rrou
by the announcement that the arbltra
tlou commission is to meet in Paris
In u few days.
In expressing his thanks for rcnoinl
nation at the republican state conven
tlon last week , Governor Plngreo o
Michigan said :
I'm Just the same old bald-headed Pin
tree that I was two years ago. I'm Jus
the same kind of a republican I believe
that principles should come before party
When wo nominate n man who violate
theio crlnclples I bolleve we are not gooi
republicans unle&s 'wo show htm up. Th
party was made for the common people
That is why I am a republican.
This Is good republican sentiment , no
only for Michigan , but also for .Ne
braska. The promotion of good gov
eminent Is the basic principle of rcpub
licaulsui and the man who betrays a
public trust forfeits nil right to b
classed as a republican.
CAX THE TICKET OR
Self-preservation Is the first law of mi-
ture. It stands to reason , therefore ,
that no political party that desires to
perpetuate Itself can be compelled under
any rules or regulations to commit sui
cide.
The duty ot national , state and county
campaign committees Is to exercise every
power necessary to the successful prose
cution of their campaigns. When a coa-
veutlou makes a blunder that threatens
to prove fatal to the ticket or disastrous
to the party it becomes the Imperative
duty of the committee to apply the rem
edy.
If , for example , a national committee
discovers that In any one of the states
a nominee for presidential elector Is not
n citizen or disqualified for any other
reason , it sets the machinery In motion
to prevent the loss of a , vote In the elec
toral college which as in 1870 may de
termine the presidency. Should an Ineli
gible nominee refuse to retire would not
the committee be justified and expected
to displace him with a qualified elector'/
Would not the committee bo justly held
responsible 1 for criminal negligence U' it
allowed i a presidential election to go by
default ( In this manner ?
|
What applies to the national committee
ppllcs with equal force to state and
ouuty committees. Their first duty Is
o leave no stone unturned to elect the
Icket by the largest possible majority.
The question that forces Itself upon the
epublican county committee Is , Has It
he right to compel the retirement from
he ticket of any candidate whose rctcn-
Ion of a place on the ticket Jeopardizes
he success of the party ?
John L. Webster , an eminent attor-
oy and at the same time a consum-
inato political pettifogger , says , No.
Hut when pinned down by the question
vhethcr the name of a candidate guilty
f n crime or a candidate for any reason
nellglble could be deposed by the com-
nlttec , ho dodges and throws spread-
lo dust Webster has evidently for
gotten or wants to Ignore several de
cisive precedeuts In republican councils.
In 1870 David Butler , republican can
didate for governor , was cited before the
; tate committee to refute charges or
ualfeasauce , and the committee only ab
stained from exercising its authority
ipon his solemn assurance that the
charges were unfounded.
In 1802 the republican nominee for
leutenant governor , J. G. Tate , was
retired from the ticket after it was
illscovercd that he had not yet com
pleted his naturalization as an American
citizen.
In 1803 one of the present candl-
.latcs for the legislature was gently
persuaded to get off the republican ticket
on which ho had been nominated for
lustlce of the pence , because , in the es-
Irnation of the committee , his candidacy
leopardlzed the success of other candi
dates.
In the present campaign the repub
llcan state committee has , In the Inter
est of the party , brought about the re
tlremeut from the ticket of a candidate
for the state sennto In the float district
for Gage and Saline counties to Insure
the party against the loss of that sena
torial district
What has been done before can be
done again. The success of the party
n Douglas county , upon which depends
the election of the stnto ticket and the
United States senator , is imperiled by
Tohn L. Webster's bungling attempt to
foist upon the ticket candidates whose
defeat is inevitable. Should the party
jo sacrificed to John L. Webster's fool
hardy ambition ?
A I'KAOTICAL NEED.
An American consul who has spent
many years in Europe said In a recent
communication to the State department
that the need of the period In the United
States Is a class of competent , well-
trained young men , with good manners ,
a practical command of French , German
nnd Spanish one or all combined wltli
Intimate practical knowledge of a cer
tain class of manufactured goods and
the commercial methods , currencies ,
weights , measures and customs of for
eign countries. He urged that henceforth
It will be necessary that a largely In
creased class of young men shall pre
pare themselves for and accept deli-
uitely , as so many thousands do in Great
Britain and Germany , the career of mer
cantile employes In foreign lands , In
which social sacrifices and the discom
forts and even dangers of alien climates
are balanced by the material advantages
which such a career offers to energy ,
perseverance and trained capacity.
The education of such men requires
certain specialized courses of study
which the commercial schools of Ger
many and , to some extent , of Belgium
and England , furnish , but which those
of the United States , with perhaps some
exceptions , do not The all-round cduca
tlou provided by American colleges and
high schools turns out young men more
or less fairly equipped for successfu
careers at home , but the competition foi
export trade has now become so sharp
as to require the work of experts , which
only specialized education , supplementcc
by practical experience , can provide. In
this matter Germany Is far in the lead
of any other country , but her example
Is being followed by other commercial
nations of Europe , Its practical merit
having been amply demonstrated. The
experiment of night commercial schools
Is about to be made In London and while
the plan proposed docs not go more than
half way In meeting the question of com
mercial education , undoubtedly it will
broaden and develop. The London Cham
ber of Commerce will have a close prac
tical connection with the venture , which
may bo accepted as assurance that it
will expand.
It cannot be long before there will
be. established lu the United States
schools for such specialized studies as
will .tit young men for commercial om
ployuicut In foreign countries. The ex
panding field of American foreign trade
will create a steadily Increasing demand
for trained men to represent our man
ufacturers abroad and will offer splen
did opportunities for this class of men.
Germany has found the plan of special
ized commercial education of great value.
It has played u very Important part la
ho oxtonMon of her trade.
lonably the United States would tlnil
t equally valuable. Indeed , as our con
sul points out. It Is absolutely necessary
o the requirements of the new sltua-
Ion.
EDl'CA TlUXArj 1'HUOHESS.
The annual report of the United
States commissioner of education , Hon.
William T. Harris , presents n record of
ho advance the public school system lias
nndc during the past year and of the
ncrcased Interest manifested In It by
ho people , that Is In the highest degree
gratifying. The commissioner lays stress
ipon the continued prosperity of the
lemcntary schools , the Increased attend-
Alice In which during the school year
of 1SOO-07 amounted to 'Jo",000 pupils
over the previous year. The total num-
ier of pupils enrolled In these element-
try schools amounted to 15-15'J-I'JO. Add-
tig to this the pupils In colleges , univer
sities , high schools and academics nnd
ho total school population Is placed nt
G.-'ou.OOa. As showing the value of the
school system , it is noted that the total
imount of schooling received per indi
vidual on an average for the whole
United States , at the rate of school nt-
cudanco for 1807 , Is nearly flvo years
of 200 days each year. A little more
than one-fifth of the entire population
of the country attended school at some
time during the year.
There Is also a great growth of higher
education. A steady Increase in the
number of students at colleges and uni
versities has been noted for twenty-live
ears. In 1872 only COO persons in the
million wcro enrolled In these Institu
tions , while In 1807 the ratio had risen
to 1,210. , At the same time the stand
ard in these Institutions has constantly
been elevated. In a recent address the
commissioner said that , considering the
amount of work counted as higher edu
cation fifty years or even twenty-live
years ago and now performed by high
schools and academies , It can rightly
be a dinned that the quota receiving
higher education In each million of people
ple Is three times as great as a quarter
of a century ago. Certainly the record
of educational progress In the United
States is cause for congratulation and
encouragement.
WIIEItE CltUl'3 THRIVE.
Vast sums of money are expended
every year by the farmers of the United
States trying to find out whether a par
tlcular cereal , fruit or vegetable will
thrive In localities where it has not been
thoroughly tested. A. largo , per cent or
these experiments result In both a
money loss , waste of time nnd disap
pointment to the farmer. And If the
crop be ouo requiring several years for
its proper test the consequences of fail
ure are all the more damaging.
Climatic influence and uulltucss maybe
bo set down as the first great cause of
failure In these experiments. In regions
where there Is plenty of heat , lack of
moisture may be the obstacle , and vice
versa , or the heat and moisture may not
equalize hi Just proportion or at the
proper season , and thus the conflicting
forces of nature combine to harass and
perplex the farmer until after a fruit
less struggle ho gives up the matter as
a bad job. The Information he needs ,
the facts which would be of great Im
portance and value to him , is a reliable
crop forecast , so to speak ; advice in ad
vauce whether the climatic conditions
on his own farm arc favorable for the
particular crop he desires to raise , and
If not , what other crop lie can produce
with reasonable certainty. Falling this
forecast , the usual result Is , In experi
ments of this nature , that the farmer and
his neighbors unite on one line of crops ,
the market is overloaded nnd values
necessarily reduced.
This immensely Important Information
as to where crops can bo Introduced and
made to prosper has been collected by
Prof. 0. II. Mcrrlnm , chief of the di
vision of biological survey of the De
partment of Agriculture , nnd the book
Is just issued from the government
printing olllce. A map shows the lire
nnd crop zones of the United States ,
and therein many surprises will be
found , for these zones seem at first to
bo very irregular and no good reason
to be assigned for the extreme diversity
shown In certain regions. We cannot
follow In detail the description or the
six zones into which Prof. Merrlum di
vides the whole country , but a few facts
deduced are of paramount Interest
Twenty-five states and territories pro
duce OS per cent of the cotton , 03 per
cent of the corn and barley , 1X5 per cent
of the oats , between SO and 00 per cent
of the wheat , rye , buckwheat , tobacco ,
potatoes and hay produced in the entire
country. Some very curious local varia
tions in price nro noted. In the Dakotas -
kotas , Oregon and Washington in 180-1
the farm price of wheat was from 81
to 40 cents a bushel ; In Georgia , Ala
bama and South Carolina It was wortli
from 70 to 87 cents , and ? 1 in Arizona
The moral of these prices Is that if cer
tain varieties of wheat can be grown in
some southern states less land should
be given to cotton and more to wheat in
those localities where wheat is now un
known ns a native product.
One of the great services of this put )
llcatlou Is the showing made for the 1m
portanco of diversified' agriculture. Call
fornla is a shining example In this re
gard. After the gold excitement luu
calmed down It was regarded ns dls
tluctly a grazing state , and for a long
time hides and wool were Its chief ex
ports. Later on California wheat be-
cumo world-famous and Its staple prod-
duct Still later It was discovered that
fruit growing could be made successful ,
as the climate and soil of many parts
of the state seemed specially adapted
for it. But there have been striking
changes even In this Industry. Fifteen
or twenty years ago California wines
seemed the chief product , and the In
terest centered on wluo grapes ; they
now take second place. Itaislus , olives ,
walnuts and almonds have become im
portant crops , while the output or
oranges and lemons lu 1800 rose to
nearly 4,000,000 boxes. The llrst prunes
were propagated from cuttings brought
from France In 1850 , and this culture
! existed for years on a Tory small scale ;
now they occupy first place In the an-
uinl output of dry fruits , nnd this extort -
tort amounts to 70,000,000 pound * ,
With the nld of Irrigation high grade
cotton can undoubtedly bo raised In
1'iuiy parts of the arid southwest , HUe
southern Arizona , the California desert
and similar regions. Experiments In Its
iroductlou liavo proven remarkably suc
cessful In southern Utah , n section which
alses In abundance the same varieties
of fruits and nuts crown lu California.
THE OrTlMlKTIO VlE\r. \
The optimistic view of what this conn-
ry Is to attain and accomplish under the
lew conditions brought about by the
var Is nt least entertaining. According
o this view the United States will now
go forward by leaps to the attainment
of commercial supremacy , Its flag will
soon bo seen on every sea , the work ot
civilizing semi-civilized peoples will go
on npaco and we shall find ample and
> rotitable markets for all our products ,
or those who do not see any dltlluultics
n the way and do not bother with prac
tical considerations this Is a very cheer-
ng outlook.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Is ouo
of the most optimistic of optimists. Ho
delivered nni address a few days ago nt
the dedication of the biological and
dairy building of the Now York etatc
experiment station at Geneva , in which
10 eloquently portrayed the benefits that
are to flow fro'm territorial acquisition.
Wo will have nil enlarged navy , he de
clared , that will carry our flag to every
sea to protect every American and every
pound of freight our merchant marine
y carry. The products of farm and
factory will seek markets in every
clime. Wo have passed beyond exclu
sive attention to Internal affairs nnd
will henceforth have u foreign policy
that will give us something more than
home matters to think about. The
islands of the Caribbean sea and the
Pacific ocean which have been brought
into closer contact with the United
States will make us Independent of the
world. They complete our latitudes
of production. We shall buy more
freely of their products nnd they
will take more of ours. Wo will teach
the Asiatics better ways of producing
and improve the character of their prod
ucts. Thus we shall forward the work
of civilization. "Our flag floats from
Point Barrow in the Arctic zone , " said
Secretary Wilson , "and over islands
near the equator In the Philippine archipelago
pelage nnd introduces American com
merce to new peoples. That is the scope
of our jurisdiction and it elevates and
expands the mind to contemplate It. "
All this sounds plausible , but what
about the practical considerations ?
There is no doubt that we shall increase
our trade with Cuba and' Porto Rico ,
but if we should secure the entire com
merce of those islands , which wo cannot
reasonably expect to do , It would not
add very greatly to our wealth , desirable
though it certainly is. As to the Philip
pines , while our commerce with them
will undoubtedly Increase , whether we
retain permanent possession of nil ot
them or only such part as may ue neces
sary for a naval station , tuere is no
reason to believe that they will ever
be so great a market as some suppose ,
In order to get the largest com
mercial benefit from them , in the
event of our retaining all of the
Islands , wo should have to apply
to them a policy that would dis
criminate against other commercial tin
tions nnd this might bo disastrous to
our Interests in China , where we need
the "open door" policy. If we should
observe that policy In the Philippines ,
and we would be compelled to do so in
order to have any right to ask it else
where , wo should get only such share
of the trade of those Islands ns wo wcro
able to secure in competition with com
mercial rivals. So It is with Asiatic trade
generally. Admitting that the possession
of territory lu that quarter of the world
would be of some advantage to us in
connection with that trade , it remains
tiue that whatever share of It we may
In future obtain will bo due to superior
enterprise and to our ability to compote
with other commercial nations. Those
who fancy , therefore , that possession of
the Philippines would of itself bring us
a largo share of Asiatic commerce are
nursing a fallacy. We must meet u very
active nnd aggressive competition for
that trade a competition that will bo
stronger In the future than in the past
and if we cannot do that we shall not t
get the trade , whatever territory wo
may have In the Pacific.
That the United States is to realize a
broadening out in its commercial rela
tlous there can bo no doubt , but It la
well to reflect that in the contest for
commercial supremacy wo shall not
have everything on our side , as the ad
vocates of expansion nnd empire seem
to think.
THE PHOSrERlTT CF 1SOS.
Very memorable In American history
will bo the year 1808. Outside of war
nnd consequent problems , the close of
the fiscal year showed the most success
fill twelvemonth the country has ever
known. Mr. Maurice Ixtw , In the Na
tional Review , states that our total ex
portatlous were greater than any prevl
ous year , and for the first time in the
history of the country the exports are
twice ns largo as the imports , and tlio
exports of manufactures are In excess
of the Imports of manufactured articles.
The value of exhortations for the fiscal
,
year 1808 Is more than seven times that
of 1605 and 30,000,000 more than the
great export year of 1807. The balance
of trade in favor of America Is more
than double that of any previous year
and nearly equal to the past flvo years
combined , the figures being 123,000,000 ,
against . " 7,000,000 for last year. Agri
cultural products form a large proportion
of the cxportatlous and yet the per cent-
age has been higher in other years ; 71
per cent were products of the soli , while
in 18SO they constituted more than S < a
per cent of the whole.
These Imprcsslvo figures give some
.
Idea of the enormous expansion of
American trade , and show that at the
present tirno the entire world draws upon
the t United States not nlouo for food
supplies , but also for manufactured
articles. The detail of our commerce'f
gives some wonderful figures. Belgium
took t L',000,000 worth of products In UJ3S
'and ' 0,000,000 In 1SOS , the Netherlands
Increased from 3,000,000 to UI,000,000 ,
France from 8,000,000 to 20,000,000 ,
Japan from 800,000 to 4,200,000 In
the same period. Ill 1S8S the United
Kingdom purchased American goods to
the value of over 72,000,000 ; last
year It bought 108,000,000 worth ot
goods In this country. Ten years ago
we exported 3,500,000 worth of iron
and steel and the Imports were valued
at 10,000,000 ; this year the exports ag
gregated 14,000,000 and the Imports
:2,500,000. : These figures nro nearly an
exact reversal from the state of trade
n 1SSS. The truth Is they show the
United States Is entering upon a career
of unprecedented prosperity. And there
s no fear of a derangement of business
due to tariff agitation.
Figures nro more potent than theories.
'With an enormous balance of trade ,
with a demand for American products
n all parts of the world , with Imports
falling off , and the American market
supplied by American manufacturers as
t never was before , there Is no force
n the argument against protection. " If
justness Is conducted on a conservative
jasls there is no fear for the futuro.
The coming year already promises
several big railroad projects of lin-
lortnuce to this section of the country.
The railroads are rapidly emerging from
the rut into which they were driven by
stress of hard times nnd financial de
gression , and before long the last of the
; rcat railway receiverships precipitated
by the panic of 1803 will bo a thing of
the past With an era of new railroad
construction and general betterment
growing out of the Increased stability
of railroad property , the undeveloped
parts of the country will bo again
brought prominently to the attention or
the public lu a way that will attract the
Investors and home-builders upon whom
depends the upbuilding of the great
west
According to the latest advices from
Washington , Congressman Hull of Iowa ,
chairman of the house military commit
tee , Is drafting a bill , providing for
the Increase of the peace footing of the
regular army to 100,000. It is ques
tionable , however , whether such a
measure , contemplating as It does , the
quadrupling of regular army appropria
tions will meet with the support re
quired to carry It through congress. The
iVmerlcan people have never favored
largo standing armies lu times of peace.
While It is conceded that an army or
25,000 for a nation of 70,000,000 is in
adequate , the present number of 00,000
ought to suffice for garrisoning the posts
of existing American territory.
A Itccord Jlreiiker.
St. Louis Republic.
Omaha has given a most creditable ex
hibition. But the way in which the man
agement made Its Income run several thou
sand dollars ahead of Us expenses Is tbo
most remarkable feature of the show.
The President In the Went.
Qlobe-Democrat.
President McKlnley's coming tour Is ex
pected to embrace quite a number ot west
ern and southern states. Ho will be wel
comed as the president of the whole people
and of national stature in every way.
Belated Itcirardn for Bravery.
Baltimore American.
The proposed substitution of medals and
Increased pay as reward for naval achieve
ments , for the present leap-frog system of
promotion , will bo excellent , if the bill
provides for their bestowal within the came
generation la which the deed occurred.
One Wny to Settle It.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The contest In some regiments between
the commissioned officers , who want to stay
In , and the privates and noncoms , who want
to bo mustered out , is fierce. What a pity
regiments could not be organized on the plan
once suggested by Artemus Ward , with no
man In It lower than brigadier general !
Danger * of the Talking Habit.
Indlanaaolls Journal.
Chaplains do not seem to understand mil
itary law and usages as well as they do
ecclesiastical. Two of them are now under
Investigation for calumnious charges re
garding their superior officers and a third
Is likely to be. The talking habit some
times gets tlioso who are addicted to it into
trouble.
Good Itulc for Other States.
Sprlngfleld Republican.
The Iowa State Board of Control has made
the rule that no sex distinction shall here-
after bo made In salaries paid in any state
institution under Us jurisdiction. Like pay
for like work Is the order and a roost
equitable one It appears to be , but the pub
lic schools , where tbo discrimination Is
most marked , are not under the board's
control.
for Anxiety of Sllnd.
Baltimore American.
A man In Kansas has sued a railroad
for damages for fright Buffered while think
ing a train would strike his wagon. The
train missed htm , but bo thinks himself
entitled to compensation for the nervous
prostration which the fright brought on.
Which shows the strain on the Imagination
which prospective damages can produce on
the high-strung constitutions of the wild and
woolly west.
Solid for the Future.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Queen Wllhelmlna appreciates the good
wishes tendered her by the girls of America
nnd returns her thanks for them. She Is
both courteous and wise In doing BO ; there
Is no telling how much moral , or even ma
terial , support these girls may be able to
glvo her In the future. It is not beyond the
bounds of possibility , considering the pre
carious tenure of European thrones nowadays -
adays , that she may even wish to become an
American girl herself some day.
Grand GIflH of the Year.
Chicago Tribune.
Notwithstanding tbo war with Spain , the
people of this country bave not forgotten
deeds ot generosity and philanthropy , the
latest of which is a gift of property by an
unknown donor to Cornell university for a
medical college and dispensary valued at
51,500,000. Since January 1 last there bare
been donated by gift or bequest. In this
country over JH.000,000 in about the fol
lowing proportions : Charities , } 1,000,000 ;
churcben , $1,500,000 ; colleges , $7,000,000 , and
the remainder to libraries , museums and
galleries. Of these various contributions
three have exceeded $1,000,000 each , two
$500,000 , four $300,000 , ten $200,000 and
twenty $100,000 each. It is a pretty good
world after all.
I.-IIOM n.vM'fl itanx.
j
j i ' The preacher will not r P whent If he
BOWS annd.
j If God gives you a talent , don't wear It
[ for a bangle.
A man may know the time card and yet
mlsa the train.
The dews of morning are angels' ttars for
the deeds of the night.
The smaller n man's heart , the bigger a
dollar looks in his eye * .
The mill-wheel may make the noise , but
the water dors the work.
Too many want to have the victor's crown
without tbo soldier's wounds.
It Is often the heat of anger that Incubates
the chickens that come homo to roost.
Talk about "looking for opportunities of
doing good ! " We may as well talk about
looking for fire-wood in a forest or for
water during a flood. The world is full of
such opportunities.
1'KIISU.\AI < AM )
Chicago's reputation for hospitality Is
menaced. "N'o treat" clubs nro being
formed there.
The efforts of manufacturers to popularize
rugs with Dewey jitctuies proved a conspicu
ous failure. Dcwry is too good a man to bo
walked on.
The American cowcatcher Is gradually
forcing its way on British railroads , which
shows tbo vuluo of the mortising plan lr >
driving ideas home.
The Lincoln man who dislocated his jaw
by yawning was found to have bean reading
the fusion treatise on economy in the man
agement of Btnto affairs.
The prismatic colors of the surface of Chicago
cage river are said to have generated the
right Idea In color photography. The won
der is that the Idea was not suffocated at
birth.
Not the least coothlug of the greo'.lngs
given Admiral Ccrvera wus that of his com
rade in misfortune. "Cory , old boy , " ex
claimed Montcjo , "yours Is not thaonly fleet
on the beach. "
Statistical sharps are now figuring on the
cost to Undo Sam of converting Spanish
war ships Into sieves. Unfortunately for the
treasury they are not required to imt war
stamps on their calculations.
Arizona sends greeting to the nobles of
the Mystic Shrlno and bids them bo of good
cheer. The road may be long and dry and
dusty , but relief Is In sight. Not Zero Zem ,
but camels. Arizona is growing a crop with
saddles on.
Charley Totten is at It again. Ho has
pitched upon March next as the time when
all mankind and woman , too , will unfold
their wings and vanish from earth. Then
will the world cgaso to roll "and chaos come
again. " The disquieting feature of the plan
Is that Totten will go with the crowd.
Kentucky is about to glvo the world a
new sample of the nutritive qualities of
booze. Instead of building bay windows un
der masculine waistband , it la proposed to
ralso pork Intoxicated pork built up and
larded with eour mash. Samples of the
product are pronounced as toothsome as
brandled peaches.
Things are not as warm as reported In the
Transvaal. The Krugersdorf Sentinel has
this to say concerning August weather in
that section of the footstool : "Tho cold
weather has been BO Intense during tbo last
fortnight that with a stinging southeaster
blowing one morning last week bottles of
milk exposed on the market tables were
frozen solid , and eggs were rendered useless
for Incubating purposes. "
One of the flncst compliments ever paid
a public servant was the action ot the con
stituents of General Joe Wheeler of Ala
bama. In the congressional district jtvhlch he
represents men ot all parties united lu voting
ing for htm at the primaries , Insuring bis
return to congress unopposed. Moreover ,
the compliment was well earned. No ofllcer
of the army at Santiago acquitted himself
with greater credit or more honorably sus
tained the reputation of American arms than
Joe Wheeler.
For leacth of consecutive service in con
gress Thomas B. Reed , who has just been
elected for his twelfth term without inter
ruption , has but one compeer. Ha Is Con
gressman Ilanner , who represents one of the
Philadelphia districts and who wad In the
Forty-fifth congress with Mr. Reed and has
been there ever since. Mr. Harmer hnd pre
viously served In the Forty-second and
Forty-third congress , however , so that he
may bo said to bo the father of the house.
OUR SMALL LOSS.
CoiniinrlnonB with the Mortality of
the French a nil German Annie * .
New York Sun.
Wo have been hearing loud outcries from
sensational newspapers about the alleged
mismanagement ot our war with Spain , as
Bhown In the great prevalence of disease In
(
the army. This vituperation proceeds on
no better basts than hearsay and unauthen-
tlcated evidence furnished chiefly by news
paper reporters , It is well to look nt the
Indisputable facts , so far as they are ob
tainable , as to the rate ot mortality com
paratively to that in the Franco-German
war , when two states maintaining great
military establishments were In conflict.
The surgeon general ot our army estimates
the number of deaths from disease up to
this time at about 1,500 , Including the mor
tality from disease in Cuba. Our total force
was about 250,000 , and the deaths therefore
have been only about three-fifths of 1 per
cent. That unquestionable authority , the
"Conversatlons-Lexlkon , " published at
Lelpslc , tella us that the German army
which crossed the French borders In the
Franco-German war numbered about 1,100-
000 men. Of these the average force In the
field was 788,000. The deaths from disease
were 14,004 , or rooro than 1 1-3 per cent of
the total force. The "Conversations-Lex-
ikon" puts the death percentage from dis
ease at eighteen In tbo thousand , or nearly
2 per cent. According to the surgeon gen
eral's estimate of 1,600 deaths out of 250,000
In the war , the mortality from dlscaso was
only six in a thousand , or six-tenths of 1
per cent.
The showing In our favor is the more
remarkable , because the German array in
the war with Franco , represented the high
est standard of military organization of
modern times. The war was fought In a
civilized country , with military roads In
the best state of development and on ground
which had been the scene of battle since the
dawn of European civilization. As com
pared with our war , the transportation of
troops was over short distances only. Every
move had been long considered by Germany
and been carefully prepared for ; the staff
organization was perfect. The arrange
ments for the mobilization of the German
army In view of this exact contingency had
been made In every detail. Everything was
ready , arms , ammunition , accoutrements ,
supplies. Nothing had to bo done on the
spur of the moment , as waa the case with
us. U was a war for which tbo most minute
precautions had been made for many years
by the most completely organized military
nation of modern times ; yet , as we have
shown , the death rate from sickness was
three times ubat It bos been so far in our
war with Spain , The Franco-German war
lasted about seven months , our war up to
the preaent time about flvo months , but the
advantages of tbo Germans , as we have re
lated , go far to neutralize the Inequality
In length.
The French army In the war with Ger
many suffered frightfully from disease. The
Army and Navy Journal , quotingDr. . Chenn ,
a French medical authority , gives the num
ber of "elck and frost bitten , " caused by
the pltUui and miserable equipment of our
soldiers , nnd especially their kits , " at the
enormous total of 339,421.
jurti\u ; .SHOT * AT THIS IM-MMT.
St. Louis Republic : Kiriy-nvo churcU
members were poisoned by rating I'nnnnl
beef at n church supper In Michigan and
now the Uiigcneralo nro advocating u re.
turn to the oldthno oyster supper In whirh
the pumo old oyster illd duty for ahola
season -without poisoning anybody.
Iluffnlo KxprcBS : The Interview of ih
archbishop of the 1'hlllpplntfl with the correspondent -
respondent of the Associated Press is on
of the most Interesting bits of news \\hh-li
have come from Manila , Ho says the re
ligious orders must go , because ( ho wholn
people nro determined to abolish them. A
native priest asserts that the reason tb
archbishop hopes for the oxpulilon of tha
friars Is that they hove grown too powerful
for .htm. . This probably is true , but when
harsh criticisms upon the orders are offered
by both natives and Spanish ofllclals it
seems certain that the day of their author
ity has passed.
Philadelphia Record : Now that Chaplain
Mclntyro of the Oregon is to bo actually
tried by court-martial for defamation of
Admiral Sampson nnd Captain Kvans of tha
Iowa , his bravado lias left him and ha
seems anxious to escape the consequence *
of carrying a loose and slanderous tongue.
When pulpiteers get on the platform or
into politics they usually get into dlm-
culty. But wo think It unwise to court-
martial a chaplain. Mis cloth ought to rx-
cuso his Indiscretion. It would keep Hit
whole country In a turmoil If political jmr-
gons wcro to bo held to account for their
calumnious utterances.
Now York Tribune : The Michigan con-
fcrcuco of the Methodist Episcopal church
met in Lansing on Monday and after n lone
and stormy debate adopted resolutions se
verely censuring clergymen who have voted
for any candidates for public ofllco except
these of the prohibitionist political party
and instructing them Implicitly to vote tha
prohibitionist tickut in the future. Tl us
the Methodist Episcopal church in Michigan
lias entered politics. The power of its ec
clesiastical discipline is turned to : ho reg
ulation of rtho political acts of its minis
ters. The clergyman who asserts the sup
posed American principle of separation of
church and state and exercises his own
judgment as a citizen in the choice of tha
men who are to conduct public affairs nnd
in the settlement of the policies ot the gov
ernment will do eo as a contumacious min
ister'rebelling against ecclesiastical author
ity. If the resolutions mean anything they
embark the church as a church In partlsaq
politics and set up a religious organiza
tion , with its hold on the conscience , tha
loyalty and the fears of Us members , a *
an cnglno of temporal power.
.1
DOMI3STIC TUIFLE9.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Yes , my wlft
and I have separated. "
"Indeed ? What Is the trouble ? "
"Thero Isn't uny , now. "
Philadelphia Record : "Honpeck Is vrry
fond of entertaining , I hear. "Yes , IIU
wife Is nlwnys pleasant when there's com
pany about. "
Chicago Record : "Maria , that clalrvoy
nnt gives ndvice on curing ; bad habits. "
"Well , Henry , don't reel away any
money on her. No power on earth can get
you out or bed before 8 o'clock In the
moraine. "
Cincinnati Enquirer : "Is he really BO
Jealous ? " "Why , he Is even jealous of
himself since someone told him matrimony
had , mudo another man of him. "
Cleveland Leader : Mrs. Enpeck Tha
philosophers tell us that blessings often
como to us in dlsculsc.
Mr. Enpeck ( with a sudden show of
spirit ) Say , Maria , when are you going to
unmusk ?
Chicago Post : "Tha war , " she said re
flectively , "brought about , or ut least hur
ried , a great1 many marriages. "
"True , " ho replied , "but why dwell on
the horrors of war1'
Detroit Free Press "
: "Jynkyns Insists on
keepinghlH other throe wives' portraits In
the nurlor. "
"Yes , and the. present Mrs. Jynkyns ha
covered them , with pink mosquito net. "
Cincinnati Enquirer : He I would K < *
through perdition Itself for you. She Oh ,
yes ; that reminds ma that papa said thut
was what ho was going to tell you to do.
Detroit Journal : The cruel father Iocke4
his daughter In the tower of the castle :
for In these old days It was not yet known
that tha way to thwart true fovo Is to
push it aloncr.
"Deny her every luxury ! " ho commanded
the warder.
"Hu , ha ! " laughed the damsel and at
once Indulged In an attack of the nerves ,
that the baron might know how powerless
ho wan after all.
Chicago Post : "So you'ro engaged ? "
said her dearest friend. "I'd have given
worlds to have seen him propose to you
He's so romantic. It must have made a
pretty scone. . How did ho do it ? "
"By telephone. "
And her dearest friend could only casa
and sav , "Oh ! "
A SOUV12MH.
Somervllle Journal.
I found them In a book lant night ,
These withered violets ,
A token of that carlv love.
That no mnn o'er forgets.
Pressed carefully between the leaves.
Thty keep their color still.
I cannot look nt them today
Without an old-tlmo thrill.
Ah. me ! What tricks docs Memory playf
The passim : years have fled ,
And hopes that lived In vigor once ,
Alas ! have lone been dead.
And this Is all that I can say ,
When all la said nnd done :
Those flowers remind mo of some clrl
I wish I knew which one.
FOUR IIO.YES UI1 > IT.
Itemnrknhlc SIICCCHH of a Ncir I'llO
Cure.
People who have suffered for months of
years from the pain and Inconvenience of
that common disorder , piles , will look with
skepticism upon the claims of the makers of
the now discovery for euro of all forms ot
piles , known under the name of Pyramid
Pile Cure ; nevertheless the extraordinary-
cures performed by this remedy are such as
to warrant the Investigation of any sufferer.
As a case in point the following letter speaka
for Itself.
Mr. Henry Thomas of sub-station No. 3 ,
Hosack Ave. , Columbus , Ohio , writes as fol
lows :
Pyramid Drug Co. :
Gentlemen : I want you to use my nama
If It will bo of any use to you. I was so bid
with the piles that I lost work on that
account. Nothing did mo any good. I
read In Cincinnati ot the many cures of plies
by the Pyramid Pile Cure and I went to a
drug store and asked for It. The drug clerk
told me that ho had something else that ha'
thought was better , but I told him that I
wanted to try the Pyramid llrst.
The flr&t box helped mo so much that 1
tried another and tlen to complete the euro
used two more boxes , making four in all ,
I am now completely cured. Have not a
trace of piles and I had suffered for four
years with the worst form of protruding
piles.
I Buffered death from piles , but I have
found the Pyramid Pile Cure to be just as
represented. I have recommended It to sev
eral of my friends and I am thankful to
bo able to write you what good the remedy
has done for mo. "
Physicians recommend the Pyramid Plla
Cure because It contains no opium , cocaine ,
or mineral poison of any kind , and becnusa
It Is so safe and pleasant to use , being pain
less and applied at night. The patient U
cured In a vurprlslngly short time with no
Inconvenience whatever.
The Pyramid Pile Cure Is sold by drus
gists at CO rents per package , and If there It
any constipation It la well to ueo the Pyrat
mid I'lllu at the same time with the I'll *
Cure , us constipation Is very often tbo causa
of plleu and the pills effectually remov * th
costive condition. Price of pills Is 25 cenU
per package.
Write to Pyramid Drug Co. , Marshall.
Mich , , for little book on cause and euro |
piles ; cent by mall fro * . t