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STATUS ! H.NT OF ClltCUIi.VTIO.X.
State of NMmiskn , Douglas County , us. :
George 11. Tzschuck. secretary of The Hoc
Publishing rnmpnny , lining duly sworn , says
* hat the actual number of full and complete
copies of The Dally , .Morning , Evening and
fiunday Hep , printed during tin month of
June , 1SDD , wan as follows :
l iMioo : ic an , i oo
2 a 1,700 17 anmm
n an , 170 is ar , 1-10
4 ai , 7o ID anoio :
B anaio : 20 an.ooo
6 a i,7i o 21 ai.tno
7 ansio : 22 an.ino
8 a.-.mio 23 a I.DIIO
9 a i , to 21 an.aoo
30 atian : 25 a7oHO
jl a inun 2 ani7o
32 antoo : 2 ; anaan
33 ai.sno 2S an.ioo
34 an , i no : o ana 10
35 ai.Diio so ano7o
Total 7.-.Nna
Less unsold und returned copies. . . . lOt-JS :
Nd total sales 7-INl7H
Net dally average 1M , ! IU
OEO. H. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn to .before nip this
30th dny of June , 1S09. I.K. "OYM5.
( Si > ; il ) Notary Public.
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Piirtlcn I.CMIVIIIK f r < ho Siiiiiincr.
Parties leaving the city for the
mitncr may have The Bee sent to
1 > m regularly by notifying The
lice business olDcc , In person or by
mall.
The nddrcss win bo changed as
often ns desired.
Nearly thirty-live yours n o .Tohnny
came inarching homo. This your .lohtmy
comes Hitllliif ; home.
The Orcuter Ainork'ii KximsHlon has
lioon opened on Kchotlulo time. It re
mains for the people to do the rest.
As the most popular newspaper In
Omaha , The Ueo iH-oscnls Its t'oinpll-
inputs to the most popular working girl
In Omaha.
If proelanmtlons of governors and
mayors can make their weleoinu any
warmer , the First Nebraska may count
on : i hot time when thi'lr hoine-comlng
rmiterlullzc * .
Saluries In Samoa evidently need re-
ndjiistiun. The native king only draws
? 'K ) a montli , while the mayor of Apia ,
a foreigner , Rets .f.'i.OOO a year. No
wonder the peoph * go out on a strike.
The United Slates enforce * the high
est physical test for enlistment in the
American army. That Is another rea
son why the stars and stripes lire re
spected more and more the world over.
The wiseacres that predicted HO freely
that Dreyfus would never again set foot
nllve on the soil of France can now
busy themselves guessing whether he
will ever again set foot on Devil's Island.
KneouragiiiB reports of Increasing
sales of American-made shoes
- are coming
ing- from Scotland. Nothing Is said ,
however , about any lengthening de
mand for stockings to go with the High
lander's 'costume.
What a joke It would he If the de
portment of medicine which one school
of physicians is demanding as an addi
tion to our cabinet ollices should mater
ialise with a Christian Scientist or an
ostcopathlst at Its head.
The minister to Turkey having not- !
tied our government that the prohibition
on the exportation of Arabian horses
1ms been removed , American horse deal
ers should feel free to stock up In antici
pation of the advent of the automobile.
The new Nebraska law making dogs
personal properly in tlds state declares
that oven dogs Imvo some rights whluh
white men are bound to respect. Hut
this law must not be construed to ex
tend any special privilege to the dog In
the mant'or.
When an agreement among railroads
to maintain rates Is broken It is as illlll-
cult lo ascertain which road , was the
original olVender as to loeato the boy
who threw a stone through a window.
Hither It Is always the other fellow or
It just broke Itself.
A woman has been unearthed In the
suburbs of Hennes who Is said to have
asked the iiuoxtlon , "Who Is Dreyfus ?
I have never heard of him. " Shu should
bo matched lo the American , If there
Is any In the United Stutes , who would
nsk , "Who Is Dewey ? What has ho
done ? "
King liporgo of the Tonga Islands has
been married at last. .Some time ago
when the dale for the ceremony arrived
It was postponed because the royal
treasurer had absconded with the $1.75
in the treasury. The report does not
say whether the bondsmen made good
the tlollclt or the preacher waived hU
claim to n wedding fee.
The government , wo are told , has
been recruiting 2,000 men a week for
military service in the Philippines since
the now army law has boon In opera
tion. That certainly shows activity ,
but tl > " recruiting business is not usually
a profitable Held. White the people
will continue to respond to'every call
for trooiKJ , they would nu"h | prefer to
hare no culls to respond to ,
rut ; timciM erA
A her more than four years of exile and
Imprisonment captain Alfred Dreyfus
has linen returned to France to be re
tried by court-martial on the charge o. "
treason. The history of the remarkable
' persecution of which this man has been
the victim Is familiar and nothing In the
affairs of France during the last few
years caused more Intense popular feel
ing or came fo near to producing a revolution
elution as the Dreyfus ease. It has
been from the outset a continuous source
of contention , Irritation and menace to
the pence of the nation. Un the one hand
the army and those In sympathy with h
have persistently maintained that Drey
fus wits justly convicted : on the other
hand a large and Iniluentlal element In
sisted that a great wrong had been done
which must be remedied ; that an out
rage to justice had been committed
which could not bo allowed to stand.
The Interest of the civilized world was
nronsed and the nearly universal sym
pathy was with the prisoner on Devil's
Island. The friends of Dreyfus and the
people who demanded a retrial In the
Interest of Justice were indefatigable.
They boldly denounced the conduct of
the court-martial which convicted Drey
fus and despite the powerful military In-
lltieiice , backed by nearly everybody
In ollk'lal authority , they were llnnlly
successful In getting the question of re
vision before the court of cassation , the
highest judicial tribunal of the republic.
In the meanwhile facts hail been
brought to light which strongly Intl- !
catcd that Dreyfus had been made the
victim of a most villainous conspiracy
and step by step testimony was accumu
lated showing the probable Innocence of
the prisoner. The enemies of Dreyfus
spared no effort to Inllnence the court
of cassation , but that tribunal decided
in favor of a retrial and at once a war
ship was sent to convey the victim of
nice malice back to his native land.
The court-martial that Is to retry him
has been appointed , composed entirely of
otlicors of artillery , to which branch or
the army Dreyfus belonged. It Is a safe
prediction that ho will bo acquitted , but
It will bo hardly possible for Franco to
make adequate reparation for the great
wrong that has been done him.
mjtiK or TIIK runr.iG LIHRAIIY.
The report of the librarian of the
Omaha Public library for the library
year just closed gives some Interesting
Information about this useful Institu
tion and the educational work It Is do
ing. "While the statistics of circulation ,
reading room visitors , books added and
so forth afford data for Instructive com
parison , the slgnillenneo of the report
lies In Us review of certain now devel
opments of the library and Its adminis
tration.
During tlio past year the Omaha Pub
lic library has been extending its inllii-
once in two directions lirst , to the chil
dren In the public schools , In whom it
alms to instill the reading habit , ana
second , to literary and scientific socie
ties , to whom it offers inducements to
make the library the nucleus of their
work. The lirst Is being accomplished
through the upbuilding of u special juve
nile department and through n cooperative
tive arrangement by which certain out
lying public schools arc made distribut
ing stations for the circulation of books
to the children attending in their rooms.
To promote the second object , the li
brary places its lecture room at the dis
posal of educational organizations for
their meetings and gives special privi
leges to members pursuing particular
lines of study or research.
Another out-branching of which the
people of Omaha should take notice In
the beginning of a. municipal museum.
AVhile the valuable Byron Heed collec
tion of coins , paper money , autographs
and newspapers has been u feature of
the public library ever sluce Its housing
In Its new building , the Transinlssis-
sippi K\-sitlon | afforded the opportu
nity to lay the groundwork for n more
varied and pretentious museum which ,
In the absence of action by other bodies ,
the library authorities have seized , with
the result that Omaha has the begin
ning oC what in time should prove u
most attractive and Interesting perma
nent display of curios , historical relics
and works of art.
While the Omaha Public library is
used dally by a large number of ap
preciative patrons , the mass of taxpayIng -
Ing citizens who contribute to its sup
port ought to acquaint themselves more
fully with its contents , management and
operations.
RDUUATIOA' IX TIIK SOUTH.
The educational conference recently
held at Capon Springs , West Virginia ,
presented facts regarding the educa
tional conditions In the south wfclch are
of general Interest. The statistics of
the lust census before the civil war , that
of 18(10 ( , show that the south was In ad
vance of the north In the iiumlwr of col
leges and universities , the former having
L'I2 ( of these Institutions and the latter
l0.At ! that time the northern states
had n population of 10,000,000 and the
southern states a population of 8,000,000.
From the devastating eftVcts of war ed
ucation In the south suffered In common
with everything else and while there
has been notable progress since the
south Is now very far behind the north
In educational facilities. The northern
colleges and universities have n pro.
ductlvo fund of over $102,000,000 , while
the southern colleges have n productive
fund of only about ? 10,000,000. t'nder
such conditions , snhl one of the speak
ers at the conference , it Is no wonder
that the south finds herself utterly nn-
nble to keep up with the rapid progress
of the northern statt > s. Yet in the last
thirty years there has been spent In edu
cational work In the south $ , * > 00,00HXl ( ) ( ,
one-fifth of which went for the negroes.
Ciood systems of public schools have
been established In every southern state ,
the progress made In this direction being
Justly characterized as "tho grandest
work ever accomplished by any people
in so short a time after so great a dls-
aster. "
Among the resolutions adopted by the
conference Is one declaring Hint "the
education of the white race In the sonlh
Is the pressing and Imperative need. "
Doubtless all southern educators rccog-
tiizu this ns being the vital problem confronting -
fronting the .south , but It would seem
to bo no less ( wntlnl lo the pence and
welfare of that section that the o.luca
tlonof the negro shall be well cared for
Certainly the surest way to the mint Inn
of the grave ntclal problem will be
found In the education of both whites
and negroes and It would wcem to be
alike wls ; > and expedient that In thU
re pect the ( wo races should enjoy equal
opportunity. It is a fact that tlio col
ored schools of the south have been
more liberally patronized than the white
schools , so that It really appears to be
necessary to Instill Into the whites mor * '
Interest In education.
It Is an encouraging fact for the fu
ture of education In the south that the
educators of that section appear to be
agreed upon three things ns equally
necessary and essential Industrial edu
cation , co-education and non-soctarlan
education. The first of these appears
to be regarded as the most Important
and there Is no doubt that Industrial
education would l > o of great advantage
to the south , as It has been to the north.
The other conditions should also be In
sisted upon and In urging thein tlu > edu
cational conference was working In tha
direction of true and substantial prog
ress.
Industrially the south Is steadily ad
vancing. The material prosperity of
that section Is growing as rapidly as
that of any other portion of the coun
try. Its educational and moral prog
ress , however , has not been on a corresponding
spending scale and It Is well that Its
educators have seriously undertaken the
work of Improvement In this direction.
JUltOK HAlim SON'S
The announcement of Chief Justice
Harrison that he will not be u candidate
for re-election will occasion much sur
prise not only among his many personal
friends , but also among republicans
generally.
During his career on the bench Judge
Harrison has been a conscientious ,
painstaking judge. "While , In the opin
ion of The Bee , Judge Harrison might
have boon an eligible candidate , we be
lieve his decision springs entirely from
unselfish motives and that his self-
sacrificing action Is prompted solely by
n realization that sentiment Is divided
as to his availability as the republican
standard bearer of 380 ! ) .
The announcement of Judge Harrison
will throw the Hold open for the untrammeled -
trammeled choice by the rank and lilo
of the republican party of a candidate
who will harmonize all factions and
draw back to Its support the wavering
populists who left It In years gone by ,
only to find that their hopes of reform
have been disappointed by the fusion
machine.
ADVAKCE IX JURISPRUDENCE.
Hon. John "W. Griggs , attorney gen
eral of the United States , delivered the
numml address to the graduating class
of the Yale law school the past week
and the most Important feature of what
he said related to the advance that has
been made In Jurisprudence during the
present century. Mr. Griggs deprecated
the spirit of pessimism , which complains
of existing conditions because all evils ,
all suffering and all wrongs arc not ex
terminated , saying that whoever will go
back for even one generation and com
pare social and economical conditions
at that time with those that prevail now
cannot fail to Hud that in innumerable
ways the general prosperity and comfort
of the people have been Immeasurably
Increased.
AVoudorful as have been the accom
plishments of science , of invention nnd
of discovery , the advance of jurispru
dence has kept pace wltn the general
progress of civilized society. "While the
old system of the English law Is still
potent , notable changes have taken place
both In the principles of the law and the
mode of procedure which , to employ the
language of Mr. Griggs , reflect the high
est credit upon our Jurisprudence and
speak most eloquently of the merciful
tendency of our nineteenth century civili
zation. All the old elements of cruelty ,
excessive rigor and judicial oppression
that formerly characterized the execu
tion of the law have been removed In
the Interest of u broader nnd a more
humane justice , which refuses to Inflict
undeserved or cruel suffering upon
cither the criminal or the unfortunate
debtor. Mr. Griggs said : "One can
hardly point to-a slnglo modification
made either in substantive law or in
judicial procedure during the century
that has not been In Hue with the hu
mane spirit and more generous instincts
that characterize the upward trend of
society and social life. There has been , "
continued Mr. Griggs , "a vast accelera
tion of legal process that is in keeping
with the more rapid business require
ments of the times. " The refinements
and complications of practice which
formerly prolonged to unreasonable
lengths the pursuit of justice nnd made
It more prudent for many to bear the
ills they had than to fly to others that
they knew not of , have given way to
more direct , more simple nnd expedi
tious courses of procedure whereby Jus
tice has been made not only more cer
tain , but more speedy , thus Increasing
gonernl confidence In the courts and
lidding immensely to the respect and
authority Inspired by n system of just
and equal laws efliclently administered. "
Most students of history will concur
In this and yet there Is reasonable
ground for complaint that our Jurispru
dence Is still defective In some very Im
portant respects and that thure are
today oven more barriers and obstruc
tions to tlio administration of justice
than In former times. Admitting that
there has been an advance In jurispru
dence In the direction of a broader and
more humane justice , it Is still to bo
/aid that there have been Innovations
which are not conducive to an unques
tioning confidence In judicial procedure.
Populist olllclals In their youthful days
evidently not only played "Hold fast to
nil I give yon , " but Jiavo allowed tin-
habit to follow them Into later life.
Auditor Cornell has been noted for
hanging onto everything within ren h.
It was not to bo expected that ho would
willingly reli-oRo so good a thing as the
control of the Insurance business , which
bus gpcclvd attractions for Ucliluc Pului.i.
.t.VI ; ttKUKF II OKA
Take heed that ye do not your nlms be-
fere men , to be seen of them , otherwise
yo have no reward of jour father lilch Is
In hoavcn Therefore , whfn thou do'st thine
alms do not sound a trumpet before thec as
the hypocrites do In the synagogues and In
the streets that they may tiave glory of
men. Verily I say unto you , tliey have their
rewaifl. "Christ's Sermon on the Mount. "
During n career of more thnii n ifunr-
ter of u century of netlve Journalism t
have never found It necessary for tin-
promotion of the business Interests nt'
'Tin' Omaha Itee. or for the griitllli-utloii
of pi-rsoiml ambition for popularity , to
' make capital out of acts of benevolence.
That role has been left to a would be
rival who seems to delight In moeU am- :
lion charity that flaunts the red cross
flag with an advertisement of bis paper
while dispensing other people's gifts.
These pevlodle outbursts of spontane
ous self-laudation over Its unselfish relief
*
lief work forcibly recall to mind UK-
circus chariot that not many years ago
rolled Into Omaha with a magic healer
of the female persuasion who relieved
hundreds of dupes of sound ami unsound
teeth without pay or pain while the
brass band played and the relief agents
relieved other dupes of half dollars for
magic cure-all nostrums.
During my absence from the city a lew
days ago the World-Herald published
i what purports to be an address to the
( public by the people of Herman extoll
ing its work for the tornado sufferers ,
scoring The Hoe In scathing terms and
pledging a transfer of patronage to the
World-Herald. I'pon Inquiry I Und that
this portion of the precious document Is
a downright forgery. The paper , when
signed by the citizens of Herman , con
tained no reference to The 15oo , but was
personally solicited by a World-Herald
reporter as an expression of apprecia
tion of what the World-Herald hud done
and a special compliment to himself.
On the heels of this Infamous attempt
to foment a boycott for Its own benefit
the World-Herald published a bombastic
review of Its matchless record of alms-
soliciting , coupled with the most wanton
and baseless attack upon myself , reiter
ating substantially Its cruel and vindic
tive assertion of some weeks ago that
I was devoid of all human sympathy and
had never been known to raise my hand
or voice to alleviate human distress. The
exact language In the latest of Its de
famatory screeds Is this :
In every ono atd In all of the good works
in which the World-Herald has been en
gaged Tdo Dee has sought to make those
works non-effective. No plan has been so
mean , no schema BO vllo that that sheet
has not resorted to it in the hope of de
stroying fho good purpose of this newspa
per. During nil Tlio Bee's existence H has
never sought to relieve fiuraan distress.
It is not my purpose here or elsewhere
to point to the numberless contributions
made by myself to public and private
charities or cite individual instances or
alleviation of distress either in money
or employment where I had more help
than 1 needed. I confess , however , that
never in my life have 1 purchased relief
supplies with other people's money and
I never have solicited contributions for
charitable objects without paying a fair
share myself.
The history of The Boo and its files
afford the most effective contradiction
of the assertion tlmt it has never sought
to relieve human distress or that any
other paper published in this section has
outdone It In genuine charity work. Two
instances will suffice the Nebraska
blizzard of 1S8S and cyclone of 1S90 that
destroyed a greater part of the town of
Bradshaw. I make bold to assert that
more money was raised by The Bpe for
the sufferers by those two calamities
than has boon raised by the World-
Herald In all Its existence.
Hlght here lot me recall my experience ,
which may throw some light upon the
brutal treatment to which I have been
subjected at the hands of men who dis
grace journalism and show themselves
unlit for any reputable calling : The
bll/.zard of 1SSS was made historic by tliu
sublime heroism of three Nebraska
school teachers who , at the risk of their
own , saved the lives of a score of chil
dren. In recognition of their service
and for their relief The Boo called for
contributions , which , at the end of thirty
days , aggregated over $15,000. Of this
amount Miss Freeman , who escaped
Without Injury , received u fraction over
$11,000. Miss Shattuck was fatally frozen
and the relief fund amounting to about
$5,000 wns given to her father , resid
ing in Seward county. The third teacher ,
Miss Itoyce of Plainvlew , suffered the
loss of botli feet and remained an In
valid for several months. About $1,800
of the amount collected for her was
forwarded to her home and the balance
held for Investment at the urgent re
quest of her townspeople , who feared
the 'money ' would bo dissipated by rela
tives.
To make sure of an absolutely safe
endowment for Miss Itoyce 1 made ap
plication to several life insurance com
panies. Among those was the New York
Life , for which Dr. Miller was then
general agent. Through him an offer-
was secured from his company of it
life annuity of $ : tO per month. Deem
ing that propostlon most advan
tageous , I made a trip to Plnlnviow and
induced Miss Itoyce and her parents to
accept the offer. A few days later they
recalled their consent and asked that
the money be loaned out at a higher rate
of Interest than Insurance companies
were disposed to pay. 'then came ap
plications from a country banker who
could not furnish security approved by
anyof the leading banks of this city.
This application was followed by a de
mand from an irresponsible attorney ,
who Insisted upon the privilege of In
vesting the money for Miss Hoyce. Rec
ognizing my responsibility as the trustee
of the fund , I declined to turn It over
unless a first-class mortgage or bond se
curity could bo given. In the meantime
Miss Itoyco , who was supplied with
abundant means for all immediate
wants , had gone to California on a
visit , and finally turned up in Michigan ,
whence she advised mo of her Intention
to go to Iowa.
During the Interval the doorbell at my
residence was rung at 2 o'clock ono
morning. > i dressed hurriedly and , upon
opening the door , was accosted by a re
porter of the World-Herald In substan
tially -these words : "A dispatch has
becu ecm out from Lincoln by the
1 nlted Press charging yon with embe/
zllng over S.YWO from Miss Hoyce. the
blizzard xulTorer. The World Herald
i wants to know what yon have to say
for yourself. "
Could anybody imagine anything more
villainous ? After concocting the story
of an embezzlement ami circulating it
broadcast , the scoundrels had the Inso
lence to Invade my home at an unseemly
hour lo Insult me.
The day following Mr. George
Tzschuck. the treasurer of The lire
Publishing company , was directed lo
forward to Miss Itoyce a draft for
the full balance on hand with S per
coin Interest for the time he had held
the money as soon as he could ascertain
her whereabouts. Does anybody wonder
that after such an experience I am not
predisposed to organize relief bureaus
or handle relief funds through The Bee ?
'I'he grateful appreciation of VHP serv
ice rendered by The Bee was volun
tarily expressed In the following letter :
WKST HAY CMTY , Mich. , June 1C. 1SSG.
Mr. U. Hosewuter , Oninlui. Nob. Dear Sir :
An article on "Tho HosewnttTs niul The
Ilcc" In the current number of the Hcvlcw
of Reviews recalls to mind an old and valued
friend ono whose kindness In a time of
trouble was of great assistance , to mo.
I am happy to bo able to add my best
wlulies to the many others wdlch you will
doubtless receive on the occasion of The
llc < fr' twenty-fifth anniversary.
1 trust The Ueo will continue under the
present management for years to come and
am sure It will continue a powerful factor
for good In Its city and state.
Trusting you have not forgotten your
friend , hole Hoyce of Plnlnviow , Neb. , 1 am ,
yours sincerely , L.OIB HOYOI3 THOMAS.
All these facts wore known to the spec
imen of malignant mediocrity t.hat has
tried to build up a reputation as a great
philanthropist at other people's expense ,
but I do not expect him to exhibit the
manhood that would dictate a retraction
and apology. 10. UOSHAVATHK.
The most favorable commentary on
American rule In Cuba is the announce
ment that there is now no yellow fever
In Havana , the few cases developing
heretofore being sporadic and the spread
of the disease having been checked.
Even sit Santiago , which Is the breeding
place of the disease and whore it previ
ously flourished the year round , only a
few cases have been reported nnd these
entirely among the inmccllmnlod people.
Such a condition was never known un
der Spanish administration and Is con
clusive evidence that the American
theory regarding the disease is correct.
All that is needed to make the cities of
Cuba and other tropical countries com
paratively free from disease Is more soap
nnd loss filth , more money expended for
drainage and less on ofliclul palaces. If
the Cubans never learn anything else
than public cleanliness from the Ameri
can interregnum it will be Avoll worth
the wait for a. government of their own.
The most capable republican couhl
hardly have delivered such an artistic
roast of the fusion olliclnls as contained
In the resolutions adopted by the popu
list gathering at Kearney. And most of
the men who framed and voted for those
resolutions have been close enough to
the Inner circle of the fusion council to
know whereof they speak.
Houston has already sturtcd out to
boom the session of the Trausmisslssippl
Commercial congress Hint Is to convene
in that Texas town in April , 1000. This
Is evidently on the theory that the early
bird catches the worm , and Houston Is
not going to let any of its hustling ability
got rusty.
Mr. James Jeffries , pugilist , should
stand for election the Italian Chnm-
l > er. He could get a match there almost
any day without the long and tiresome
preliminaries. Anyone less sturdy than
the big boiler-maker would be foolish to
risk himself in the tumult.
TlioiiKlit.
Washington Post.
The latest addition to the czar's family Is
another girl. Ho can only console himself
with the thought that It might have been
twins.
Wlint Dcwry eiln.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
If Admiral Dewcy Is to pick up little
souvenlro'like silver caskets all the way
along , oven before ho strikes his native
fchores , It will bo in order for his own people -
plo to give 'him ' a museum Instead of merely
a housu to live In.
-Vriv 4\iiiloiinl 1'nrlf.
Globe-Democrat.
A national military park -will be estab
lished on the 'battlefields ' around Fredericksburg -
burg , Vn. If it takes in the Wilderness ,
Chancellorsvlllo and Spottsylvonln the scene
of the deadliest fighting of modern times
will bo marked and preserved ,
Oil , Contrary Woiimii !
Boston Traveler.
Women nro BO disappointing. A Cam
bridge girl Invited socloty to her wedding
last evening , and then did not appear , and
n New Bedford woman made preparations
to dieat 7:15 : last night , Invited her friends
to witness the event , and then kept on living ,
IVhrrc I In- llnwliAVI 11 Nrrenm.
Philadelphia Hccord.
Probably there will bo no more ardent or
awkward Fourth of July celebration any
where In the United States tills year than
In the Island of Puerto Itlco. There will bo
big tnlk , and fireworks , and a flaunting of
the flag. The expectant Islanders , llko
Juliet , flnJ their waiting tedious
As Is the night before some fcxtlval
To an Impatient child , that hath new rcben
And may not wear them.
.An Old I'lfii In .Vi-iv Drt-HH.
Plttsburg Dispatch.
One gentleman , who has appeared as an
authority on Iho sort of government that
Hawaii needs , ppeclflcs that there must bo
nn exception made of the Islands from our
contract labor laws , because , unless that Is
done , our lawn will "kill the sugar indus
try. " It Is nn encouraging sign that oven
among organs of the annexation typo there
is dlMHmt to this proposition. Wo heard
exactly the same < plen In this county with
regard to slavery.
Co M trite I l.nlior In lln\viill.
HoHton Globe.
ncsldra the shameful Importation of Japa
nese cheap labor Into thu Sandwich Ulamls ,
the Hawaiian * have lasileil permits to the
planters to bring something over 1,000 Italian
laborers from the northern part of Italy.
In addition to granting the permits the
government glvrn a eubsldy of $100 $ for
every woman , the wife or other relative of
laborers Imported , who Is brought at the
gnmo time , not to exceed fifty women for
every 100 men. What in Uncle Sam's status
whuru such contract labor proceeding * are
going on ? If It were about national elec
tion time we hould probably have clearer
Idea * on that mbjccfc
I MI.AST.S FHOM ItM'S IIOUV.
I
Candor with self creates charity to others
Poverty may be necessary to starve our
passion ! ! .
Itellglous waxtc of money Is ns tlnful AS
any other.
The eyes of llopp give the \\IIIRR of Hap-
plneds to the feet of Faith.
It Is not the house that Is painted bright
est that holds the most Joy.
No man ever gave of his best without
thereby losing some of his worst.
The mnn who climbs without lifting will
soon be lost because of his loneliness.
Ho guards \\ell his wealth \vno ungrudg
ingly uses It for the weal of the worM.
It is a good thing lo be a man of one
Idea , providing HIP Idea Is big enough.
The modern priest buries his nose In a
sermon and passcw by on the otl.wr side.
The value of repentance Is not In the
depths of Its feelings , but In the perma
nency of Ha fruits.
The power of our talent may be hindered
by the discourtesy of our manners. Grace
should make us peaceful in word and act.
i , AX OTimtwisi ; .
Those persons who decry the value of a
lighted lamp at night must surely have
wheels.
Stories of riches In the Klondike are now
of a size with the returns mighty short
nnd far between.
Kentucky's political museum Is approachIng -
Ing national proportions by the addition of
n genuine feathered frog , allvo and croak-
Ing.
Ing.Tho
The Colonial Dames of New York are
fighting so warmly for the exclusive right
to the name that curling Irons are no longer
a necessity.
A distinguished professor has made his
peace with lloatoa by declaring in a maga
zine article that pork and lieans make a
mitrltlouc combination.
The chartering of a $250,000,000 Isthmian
canal company In New Jersey In not BO
much a dig at the neck of the continent as
a clip at the wool of stray lambs.
The universal commendation of n Chicago
woman who scheduled her entire fortune for
assessment Is a. tip to rich people on the
quickest means of acquiring fame and popu
larity.
The attempt of an Kngllsh syndicate to
corner the cattle business of Texas is not
likely to succeed. A steering committee of
tcnderfect Is too easily stampeded In a Louo
Star deal.
The latest cure for snoring put in opera
tion by a New York woman was a pro
nounced success. The snorcr is dead. His
beloved better half did the business deftly
with a razor.
The average landlubber will never know
what Inspiring Joy Is unless ho witnesses
the October race of the Columbia and Sham
rock and hears a trained chorus elng "White
Wings" at the finish.
Stockholders in Jurnegan's sea water gold
company have received 35 per cent on their
investment. In other words , 65 percent of
their contributions went to pay for having
their eye-teeth operated on.
The need of volunteers In the Philippines
IN not half as pressing as at the summer
resorts. True patriots could not do a greater
service for their country than by respond
ing .to Iho cry for help that smites tlie arch
ing heavens.
"Why , colonel , " said ono of the Hough
Ulders at Las Vegas to Hoosovelt , "the other
day I met a duffer up In Colorado who said
something about you I didn't like nnd I
biffed him in the eye on the spot' . " "Give
us your paw , " Bald the colonel.
The .famous verdict of a Montana coroner's
jury on the sudden death of a man who
could not draw quick enough Is thrown In
the shade by this outburst of six wise men
In { Mississippi , who viewed the remains of
a lynching bee : "We , the Jury , find that
deceased came to his death by climbing a
tree , venturing too tar out on a limb , and ,
falling , broke his neck. "
THE M2W SUMMER GIIU , .
Ontllne Sketch of the Clinrtner nt Her
Fnvnrlic Ilniiiiln.
Philadelphia Press.
The summer girl has visibly changed. She
has not all changed and she bas not changed
altogether. The girl who is anxious , aim
less and Ice creamy , > who never leaves the
hotel piazza , and bathes by promenading the
beach Instead of t > y entering the surf , who
cumbers the corridor with her row of trunks
and has an engagement a week , each goDd
for this summer only , is ntlll to bo seen
and shunned.
But she Is passing. Her successor is here
and ibeforo long will have driven her Into
retirement or matrimony , which for the old
summer girl Is exactly the same thing. The
newspaper Jokes tell all about the new ar
rival. She golfs. She bicycli-fl. She- has an
arm llko a blacksmith and she can ) walk llko
Wcston. The surf has no fears for her nnd
a scat on the moonlit piazza no charms. She
lias got past the point at which she imitates
men and their clothes. She has learned bet
ter. She has her own athletic costumes ,
always prettier than bis and generally more
sensible.
She Is out of the woods In many senses.
She Is simple and direct. She has caught
the now Idea among women that a woman's
word must bo kept as carefully as a man's.
Her view of a flirtation is a. comradery with
possibilities ; 'but ' she nsks no odds In the
; amo and no concessions. She expects to
keep a man as a friend when eho has ru-
looted him as a lover , and she has no dispo-
< ltlon to lose him as a friend because she
has accepted him ns a lover. She hears so
few compliments from the young man of
the day that she shies at them llko un un
broken colt , and the early and artificial
stages of the old approach to the possibili
ties of a now relation strike her as a bore.
The open air , exercise , the familiar contact
of athletic sports have made these slow
steps unnecpHsary. A girl who can drive ft
golf ball clean past a man's stroke or fco
: ho fresher at the end of a century does not
thank him for a neat reference .to her com
plexion , which IB , to tell the truth , bolter
.ban was her mother's at the same ago. A
girl who wears her shoes to walk In them
ias ceased to bo anxious about her ankles
and either worried or plcaned because her
) lcyclo skirt shows them and something
nore ,
The new summer girl knows more than
jcr predecessor. She Is better educated.
She has calmly dissected too many creeping
hlngs In her school laboratory tu bo scared
ija mouse or startled by a spider. She IK
not to be put off by iilry masculine explana-
lens , and her knowledge of the world and
( H ways Is precise enough to make many
masculine excuses eeem us dlaphunous to her
as the thlnnret chiffon she folds and ties.
She Is Inclined to look on earning her own
living as far wiser than a foolish marrlaga
and she Inwardly challenges the young mun
' Blio meets to provo that ho can be suffi
ciently agrecahlo to make up for her liberty
land freedom of action. As for being un old
maid , she hasn't the slightest dread cf the
life , and thereby does her own unconscious
share to Improve the breed by making her
winning the harder mid the winning man
\\orl ; the harder and ho the better and the
i xtronger so as to win her.
| Won she IB , for marriage grows visibly
wiser and more even-paced In Its aolcctlon
and choice under these new conditions of
camaraderie and exercise , of fresh air and
health , of knowledge , experience and open-
eoulcd candor. A quarter of a century of I
athletics ban plainly raised the American !
level and no one can today nriko the oprlng
round of a score of our schools for hoya and
girls without seeing that the American loj-
and girl of today are bigger , stronger ,
healthier and more \Uiulcuoiuo ttiau ever
before.
PIJl'l li.\ll SHOTS AT Tilt : Ptl.l'IT.
Chl < MRo Pokt An eastern clergyman sayi
Btlff collars and religion do not go together.
He has gone so far. however , ns to Insist
that virtue does not extol In a shirt wnlM
Cleveland Plain Dealer : U appears that
the Connecticut pastor who officiated nt the
Ilohnont-Sloanc wedding received a $500 fee .
for his services. H must be remembered ,
however , for the honor of the cloth , that
ho sent It back again.
St. Paul Pioneer Press : The minister who
married Perry Uclmont and iMrs. Sloanc hft
'
pxprcssed his regret nt being'an Instrument
In so Irregular a irrocredlng , but his penl-
tonoe Is tempered with the consoling thought
that the affair drove the wolf $ .100 further
from his door. " * '
PIltsmirR Dispatch : Without doslrlng to
point the linger of scorn , it must be , * d-
mltRd , that the pastor who bas to glvo up
a JC > 00 wedding fro for marrying divorced
people nnd bo censured by his clerical breth
ren nt the same time Is Justified In regarding
the present ns an era of hard luck.
Minneapolis Tribune : The sort of criti
cism which Archbishop Ireland hns stirred
up In Huropo Is highly crcdltablo to hlx
character as a thoroughly representative
American. A prclato of whom the rcacllon-
ary clement of Franco approves would be
open to suspicion among all progressive
people.
Chicago Times-Herald : Pennsylvania
Mennonltcs are proceeding to solve the to
bacco problem In a. way that may settle ths
question once nnd for all. It was recently
decided by their general conference that
the growing of tobacco must bo stopped.
Some of Iho farmers belonging to th
church objected to the dccreo and announced
that they wcro going to carry the matter
straight to the Ixird. They would plant
their tobacco ns usual , and if it were sin
ful to raise the weed they wcro confident
that God would bring the fact to their no-
Ueo by deslroylng the crop. At last ac
counts the tobacco was growing beautifully
nnd the Pennsylvania Mcrunonltcs were dis
posed to look upon the leaders In their
church as men who had sought to take un
warranted liberties with the affairs of those
who were fully capabFe of attending to their
own business.
DOMESTIC II1YI.S.
Chicago Record : " \\'a.s Jtr. Podger really
cruel to his wife , ? "
"Cruel ? Why , ho treated her nil the tlm
ns If slio wcro Ills partner at whist. "
Detroit Free Press : Mrs. Von Bhmicr I
don't think there 13 anything- worse than to
ask ono's husband for money , do you ?
Mrs. Wltherby Oh , yen , there is. To hfcro
ilm rcfuso It.
Cleveland Plain , Dealer : "A Jersey City
liusband wants a dlvorco because his wife
eats cold pie every night. '
"Probably she Insisted upon tolling about
all tlio horrid things attcr who fell asleep. "
Tllcliniond Dispatch : Mrs. Youngwlfe
You are awful dear to mo , Harry.
Harry Yes , but your hnblt of telllns
others about It makes mo feel very cheap.
Chicago Tribune : "Did you notlcet , my
dear , " asked the rising young legislator ,
"what a sensation It made In the house
when I Introduced my hill imposing a C-mlll
tax on nil Incomes , largo nnd small ? "
"Yes. I did , " sighed his ambitious -wife ,
" .and It recalled to mind a prediction my
father used 'to make. He always nad ! I
would marry some two-for-a-ccnt states
man ! "
Cleveland Plain. Dealer : "No , " h Bald ,
refloctlvely , "this Isn't llko mother's pie. "
"And why not ? " Bho wasptshly nsked.
"Because , " ho mildly explained , "mother'a
plo always had ants In It. "
Somcrvlllo Journal : Father T don't llk
that yoiiiifr Freslilclirh that comes to ne
you so much lately , Mildred. I want you to
be careful not to give him. the least en
couragement.
Daughter Kncour.igemcnl ! r cuess you
don't know George Freshlelgh , pa.
One Orcnt Cnrc.
Chicago Record.
She doesn't care for operas , the drama , or
the play ,
She doesn't care for housework she isn't
built that way :
She doesn't care for dancing- , for flowers or
for books ,
She doesn't eare for bloomers she doesn't
llko their looks :
She doesn't care for picnics , they frccklo h > r
and tan
The only thing she docs care for Is a mar
riageable man.
A MOIIM.NG 1VAI.K.
All , nee ! tlio outer world invites us
Sen how the morning" Bccncry glows
With dewey freshness that delights us ,
Revived , llko us , by night's repose !
Now le-t us take- our proffered parts
In this enchanting prairie picture.
And view with grateful , happy hearts
God's wondrous , beauteous architecture.
Upon this undulating1 floor
Of radiant earth Br > far outspread
Wovalk and pass the morning hour
Without a thought of tiresome tread.
How sweet the sun bath on the hills !
How grateful Is this Sabbath calm !
( The sun rayn chase away the chills
And Nature breathes a Joyful psalm.
All bright around us lien the land ,
Celestial grandeur roofs It o'er :
From out the iiztiro deep so grand
What radiance floods thl earthly shore !
O God oC llfo and health and beauty ,
May we not see In Thy great plan
Some pleasurn Joined to every duty
Of man to Thee , of mnn to man ?
B. F. COCHRAM.
, *
There'll ' bea'hot time in the
old town the 4th ,
We are going to celebrate
with the rest and are going
to be closed up tight all day
long , and shoot off a few crackers
and also shoot
ers off our
mouth today about this hot
weather , and those cool skeleton
coats of serge , cheviot , alpaca
and crash or those light cotton
coats at 50c.
Whatever it is you want , this
is the place of all places to find
it , and find it just right.