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ST II minis T nV CIUCUI..ATION.
Btato of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss :
George 11 Tzsclnick , secretary of The 15ee
Publishing comiiunj , being duly sworn , s lys
that the actual number of full and com-
plele copies of TinDaily. . Morning. i\en-
Ing and Sundaj Bee- , printed during the
month oC September , l&W , was ns follows.
1 . a-i7o 15 . ai.ooi )
2 . JiS.WIO 17 . B5 , SO
3 . uit.unn is . HI.BBO
C . 2 , i7 < ) 20 . ai,7i < >
6 . i5SIO 21 . a 1,700
7 . asr : u 22 . aroio
8 . a.1 , lltt 23 . 81,810
. a , aao 21 . as.oio
10 . a.,0 23 . l , 80
11 . an,7ao 25 . ai.nro
12 . Ulm , > 0 27 . 81,700
13 . a 1,11 lo 23 . at.r.io
14 . ! M,7 0 20 . SI , MO
15 . a 1,700 31) . , .ai , ao
Total . 750,880
Less unsold and returned copies. . . . 0,0815
Net total sales . 717M S
Net dull ) average . Bl , a
GKOKr.r n TSSSCIHICK ,
Suhsn Ihed and sworn before mo this 2nd
day ot October , A. D . 1S99.
M. B. IIUXOATn ,
( Seal ) Notary Public ,
That cup lias proved a little lee heavy
for Slmimoi'k to "lift. "
The fliHt day's legislation Is 2 to 1 in
favor oC republicans. ljt every repub
lican attend to It and make the vote on
election day 1 ! to 1.
Now the Ilijan organ iNes up to ic-
mind the fricntlH oC Uiovcr Cleveland
that their votes are not jet wanted for
democi.itlc candidates.
Nearly 5,000 lepiihlicans In Douglas
county the ihht < l.iy of registration and
twice that many more jet to be togls-
teied. Keep up the good work.
Th.it beet sugar factoiy for Omaha
should nuteilali7c this jear. The Com
mercial club can make the project a
IE it vvill only keep ateudily at It.
The Pullman Sleeping Car company
has nbsothed the Wagner company.
Now th.it competition is icmovod vlll
the porter be moic dillicult than e\er
lo pacify ?
Not a vvoul iu the popocratic organ
about Hanington'B inspired letter pio-
clalmlng only one mote year of fusion ,
after vvltloh tlie demoeiatb will have
swallowed the populists.
The republican judicial ticket com
mends Itfeolf not only to lepublic.uis ,
but also to uou-parti8.in voteif who re-
gat d fitness and ability nt , the sole
passpoits to positions on the bench.
The New York Yacht club might give
Sir Thomas Lipton a photograph of the
famous cup to take home with him. It
lias been on this side so long the people
o\er la England are likely to forget
what H looks like.
When Silas A. Ilolcomb inn for judge
of the supreme court in 1S1U theOmaha. .
"Woild-IIeiald advised every one who
wanted nn Impartial judge lo vote
against him. Those \\lio want an im
partial judge now will have to vote
against him.
The columns of the local popociatic
organ ure ghen over to the advance
ment of only two nominees on Ihe pop
ociatic county ticket. The plan to wtc-
rltlco all other popocratle candidates for
these two fa-voiltes Is too
to focd anyone.
The free slhei champions coinplalu
because the lepiiblicans wish to bury
the silver nuestion. Uut they fall to
gho any good teaM > n why the corpse of
the deceased should be allowed above
giound | o endanger the llniinclal iH-alth
of the community.
Hryan says that if there was one
reason why people should have \oted
the democratic ticket In INK ! theic wcic
sixteen now. The trouble Is the rea
sons are all Inelovaiit. Immaterial and
not response to the ( ) uestlons now be
fore the A met lean people.
The executive council of the Pcdern-
tlon of Labor has condemned the pr.ic
tlco of employes wmkiiig o\ertlme. One
Btuo way to lemedy the tiouble Is to
> oto the democratic jmity buck Into
power. The laborer may liin c illlllculty
Bccurlng employment , but lic > will not
be asked took oveithno.
The farmer \\lio raises a good crop
and then fails to gather it would not
bo counted a wlso man. The onimtr.v
has mined up the finest crop of pros
perlty under lepublfc.tu admiiilbtiatlun
over known , and It docs not piopose to
let It go to waste just to accommodate ,
n lot of demociats seeking otilcos ,
No better argument could possibly bo
aduiuccd for the lnipio\emcnt of the
Interior wateiwii > s of the unintiy thai
the advance of ftelght uiti bj
the tallioads which occuis cveiy joai
ns the close of navigation on the giea
hikes mil canals draws near. While
the closing 11- still some tlinu oil ho.it- *
have contmcted all the freight they cai
move between now and the close of the
season. Italhuiy freights to and lion
the scabounf aiu cou ciiuciuly sliltened
11 Is about na illfllcult to revive dead
Issues as It Is to lestirrcct political
corpse * . Prohibition , in Nebraska , has
been a dead Issue neatly ten yeais nnd
the attempt to make the piohlhltlou
ghost stalk about in order to save the
popoeiatlc cause fioin the Impending
laudslldo affords striking proof of the
desponito sti.ilts In which the sham te-
'ormcrs lliul thc'inbehes on the eve ot
lection.
The decision icndcicil by the supieme
ouit back In 18SD as lo the constltu-
tonality of the prohibition nmondmonl
ideted for submission to popular vote
s tiumphed up as a lionlble de-
liKiueiicy on the part of Judge
teese and as a pioof that he was
i piglilbltlonlst. Inasmuch as cveiy
nember of the siipiome court , Inclini
ng Judges Maxwell and C'obh , agteed
vlth Judge Hcese , and the opinion on
he appeal attacking the amendment
vas wiltten by Maxwell , ulioui the
lopocints elected to congress only thiee
cars agu , It would seem that the Indict-
neiitof Judge Heese is very fai-fetehed
ndeed. Uut suppose Judge Heese ac-
ually had been as pronounced In favor
of piohlbitlon as weie Silas A. llol-
omb , Hryan and Poynter at that time ,
low would that fact disqualify him for
he supreme judgeshlp In the year HMOV
low could piohlbltlou ever come up as
n Ih Ing Issue before the aiupieuie couit
inlexs the legislature should enact pio-
libltion laws by and with the apptoval
) f the goveinor , or over his AetoV
Manifestly this piohlbitlon scaiecrow
las been fabtlcated expressly for the
impose of prejudicing the loiolgn-boin
oter < : , who have an Inheient a'veislon to
nohibition , against Judge HOCHO , by
naklug them believe that he Is a lank
uohililtlonist. We nppreheml , however ,
hat the a\eiage foielgn-boin otcr Is
neither so Ignorant nor gullible as to
illow himself to be humbugged by such
lanspareilt impostuie. The gioat ma-
oiltj of clti/.enfa of foreign bitth are as
ntelligent as any other class of dtl/sens
mil when they come to choosing bc-
weeu Ilolcomb and Heese they will de
cide -who of the two has pio\ed him-
elf the 11101 e worthy and faithful iu the
of an ollicial trust.
A ( MAl/MMA Ton OMAHA
Omaha must consider and dispose of
esetal binning questions before its
lopulation can touch the liOO.OOO peg ,
o-wlt :
This city must lime vailioad rates and
tain bei\lce into northwest Iowa , South
Jakota , Wyoming and all tilbutaiy ter-
itory ns low or lower and as direct and
iiompt as the facilities accorded to any
other dish Unitingcenter. .
This city must make It possible for
nanufactureis to secme , the jear lound ,
fuel or iwwer at u cost as low as ptices
enjojed by our commeiclal liv.ils.
This city must encourage every ef
fort to secure good loads and tiamw.iys
e.ullng to its submits and the villages
aid towns within a radius of tifty miles.
This city must not permit the pioject
for a giant canal power plant to be dc-
a > cd. Cheap power alone would make
Omaha one of the gieatest mauufactur-
ng cities west of Chicago.
This city must not fail to appreciate
the Impoitance of the fcdcial census
nnd the bearing it will have upon our
futme giowth. l\ery } possible aid
should bo extended to the enumeiatois.
This city must pay heed to the impor
tant matter of local taxation. A low
ax i ate is a standing Invitation to In
vestors.
The election will soon be a thing of
the past and then our clti/ens can take
ip the campaign for Omaha and light
t out on that line If it Uikes all winter.
'CHE SUJVDHV IIEB.
The coming issue of The Heo Sunday
bo the best paper printed in this
section of the west.
1'or news it will be unsmpassed , with
special cable letters dealing with the
South Afilcau situation nnd its eflect
upon nuiopean nations , and a domestic
telegraphic sen ice covering all the up
permost topics of the time. In the local
ield The Kee's news Is most compio
henslve , accurate -and readable.
The Illustiated Bee pieseuts pictorial
mil liteiary featmcs to please all
[ astes.
The frontispiece is .1 handsome por-
tialt ot the lit. Hev. George Worthing-
tou , bishop of Nebraska , about to rethe
floin active chinch woik by calling to
Ills assistance the bishop-coadjutor In
stalled with piofound cciemonles this
w eek.
The tiouble between the Hrlton anil
the Im ? > r gives occasion for an aitlcle
upon the Uiltlsh leorultslth half-tone
engilivings of tjplcal exanijtles of Hilt-
Ish holdleiH. Among these me the South
Australian cavahy , the Highland
mounted Infantry and the fniuotin Jacob
hoise legiment.
The low a State School for the Deaf
at Council IHull's Is the subject , of an
Inteiestlng aitlcle. set forth with
Illiistiatlons of the buildings nnd
giounds and the poitialt of the super
intendent. The people of Iowa , and
especially of Council IHuffs , are Justly
pioud of this Institution.
The foot ball season tomes In for n
number of plctuies to delight foot ball
enthusiasts. A gtoup photograph of the
Omaha High school team Is accurately
reproduced. The Nebiaska State mil-
veislty team Is shown by snap shots at
practice plajs und the team's new
coach Is Intioiluced by his poitialt.
Among the miscellaneous subjects nro
the portialt of General ( jny V. Ileniy ,
just detailed as commander of tho'Dc
paitment of the Mlssouil , with head-
quartets at Omaha ; a plctme of Mi * .
Silence Dales , a talented \ oungiollnlst
of Lincoln ; the p.ulsh holisu of St ,
Agnes' dimih at South Omaha , nearlng
completion , and another portait ! of ( in
Omaha debutante.
Caipenti'r's letter this week deals
with A HUM kan fanning In the tropics ,
with c-haiacleilsllc photogiaphs taken
by Mr. Carpenter dining his recent dip
The fashion pictures show the latest In
seasonable gaiments and novelties for
woman's wear.
In addition to all this , the iiMial Sun
day departments devoted to social , inn
slcal , dramatic , fiaterual and athletic
events will gUe readers the best and
the latest in all thos-p Holds.
Head The Sunday Heo. Insist upon
having It from yonr newsboy or news
dealer.
AMEIllCA KKhf * 'JUK CIT.
A mot leu will keep the cup which iop-
resents the supiemacy ot Its > nclit-
bulldeis and jachtxmen until some
moil' successful challenuer than Sluim-
lock puts In an appeaianei * .
The tacos between Columbia and
Shamrock lime each nnd cveiy one of
them shown the unmistakable superloi-
It } of the American \ossol , which has
come out iletoiloiH 111 each siicte sve |
tilul. lly winning three sttnlght laces
Columbia has sustained the Ameilcan
picstlge without falling behind any ot
Its piedeccssois. The Ililtlsh challenger
must jleld the palm with the full
knowledge that he has been beaten In
a fait lace in which he was accoided
e\eiy pi h liege demanded by true
spoi tsnien's etiquette.
That satisfaction in the icsult will be
geneial throughout tills country goes
without saying , although that icsult Is
what all competent observers lime ex
pected and pieillcted. The Uiltish chal
lenger will retuin homo without the
cup , but with the well wishes of all
the Ameilcan people A\ho lune admlreit
the qualities dlsplajed by him in the
fi loudly contest.
Whenever Gieat Hiltaln pioduces a
yacht which It thinks able to icclcem
the cup tiophy America will be icatly
to defend the title nnd ask no favors.
The new Omaha , Council IMuffs iV :
JInnawa motor line w 111 make use of the
ttacks of the Omaha Stieet Hallway
company cm Sixteenth nnd rifteonth
stieets for n loop between Locust and
Howard sheets. The old biidge Hue
has long enlojed the use of tiacks on
Fourteenth and Twelfth streets , adm t
ting It to the trallic of this cltj. Neither
company will do loinl business. It is
Inteiestlng to note that the Omaha loni-
pany Is acting in an impartial manner
as between ihal bridge companies bid
ding for the tialllc of this cit.thine .
being no good reason to bi4io\ the lo al
company is intciestod In the now enter-
piise. The new ioid may not bo a gioat
necessity to Omn.hu , jot its projectois
aio spending a gieat deal of money in
this vicinity and its opeintlon can have
none other than beneficial effect upon
the stieet cur service. The ultimate-
plans of the company not being dis
closed , it is ditllunlt 1o ptedict Uic out
come of the tontine.
A still , small laihoad voice pipes up
the tune of aiblttate in lefcneuce to the
squabble between the Bmlington load
and the boj coding shippers of Kansas
Cltj. It is proposed that Omaha name
one arbiter , the railroad one and Kan
sas City a thhd one. In our opinion it
is not the piovince of Omaha to take
the inltiathe in a movement fet atbltru-
iion in tills case , and this citj' could
expect to liguie in the arbitiatiou only
upon Invitation of the contestants. To
u man up u tree it would seem that
Omaha has not jet won u place In the
light , which can be settled at any time
to our lujuiy If the contestants should
agree upon a compiomise. Omaha has
done u whole lot of talking about the
matter , but has not made itself felt to
any gieat extent. The IJuilington road
is entitled to Omaha's acthe suppoit in
this contest , but tlieio seems to bo no
one competent to lead the light.
liming been cornered and foiced to
fish or cut bait , Candidate William
Neville finally conies out and admits
that he himself and not his biother ,
James , wiote the letter to the Nebiaska
Independent advocating the leteiulon
of the Philippines , lie seeks to explain
by sajing that In so doing he did not
commit himself to u colonial policy and
tiles to establish consistency between
his declaiatlon last December and his
rampant aiitl expansion siicoohos dining
the piesent campaign. Judge Ne\Illo
confesses to c\eiything with which he
Is chained. The question is simply
whether the people of the Sixth district
want to be lepicsented in cougtoss by
a man who must be confronted with Ills
own hamlwilting beloro he will admit
the sentiments he has publicly ex-
pi ossed and who changes his mind every
time the wind shllts.
Not to mince matters. It may be as
serted as a poslthe fact , susceptible of
proof , that Geoigo Shields doe * not pos
sess legal abllitj to a degice lilting him
for a place on the dlstilct bench. No
public pioscciitor In le ent times has
made as many stupid hlnndcrh in the
trials of criminals as has Shields In
oilier wouls , if Shields hasn't got sense
enough to be an etllclent piosouutor
how much less is ho lilted for a place
on the distrh t henchV
Picsldent Andrade of Venezuela 1ms
concluded to get out of otllco and take
u vacation in some foielgn countiy. It
Is noteworthy that micro of South
Amoiican lopublicH gcnoially manage to
accumulate enough In u teim of olllco
to enable them to ll\o In luxiiiy the
lomalnder of theli lives. In milking
the public tioasmy they can gho even
popociatic olllclals some pointers.
Khe Insurance managers say that In
seasons of business depression the moral
hazaid of ilsks is far greater than In
etas of prospeiity. Dining hard times
liisinanco tates go up with a thump.
Dining prosperous times , the lisks beIng
Ing nominal , pumlum tales should be
leduced. ! . < > t us ha\o the fullest pos
sible benotlts of the unexampled pios-
peiity which abounds.
"Huigoo , " the dish lined to bring the
enthusiasm ol Kentucky democi.icy up
to the leqnlied pltdi , is a nut of houp
nude fiom beef , highly seasoned with
poppci , to which a llbeuil quantity of
whlskj has been added , ( ihen a sutll-
dent quantity of "buigoo" n Kentiukj
demociat can bo made desperate enough
to jell for Hijaii or any ono who may
ionic along.
The llrst day's loglstiatlon Indicates
the woods are full of lepuhllcans In
tlio-e paits The U'iy atmosphoie
broods them. Theie Is not one hlngln
sound icnsou why u man should vote
the fusion ticket fiom a sense of prin
ciple , for the oonfu'-loiilsts huvo aban
doned patty pilnclples In the stnmpodo
for olllce.
The slUor icpubllcan putty appears to
have RiiffCiod n bad ca o of contraction
If local loglstiatlon returns aio the
ciltorlon. Thoio are not enough of them
to hold .ill the ollkes that thej luuo
laid claim to as a pait of the fusion
spoils In ease of the success of the ill-
pattlte combination.
Coiuitrr r.
Indianapolis New"
The land li Mt fatter than It was a year
as" . Wo are srowlng richer all the time.
People are IlMns bettor This Is she n by
an Increase cf ? 22,000,000 north ot imports
of metvhamlleo during September , ns com-
pircd with September a > ear aso At the
same tlmo our own manufacturers sold more
goods than o\er at home-
'Ion I n u \ rr im Stixon ,
Cleveland I'luln Dealer.
U will be noticed la the dispatches that
the Uoer army apcara to l > e libelallj sup
plied ttlth acrman gunners and ( Jerman of-
fleers. This will he calculated to not only
harass the lirltl.ihuUatice. . but It ma > ha\e
the effect of putting a s-\\\ 'edge en the en
tente cordlnle between the British omprc a
and her grandson , the flerman cmpctoi.
Tlu-ft of tin- Diamond IMeliln.
Cleveland Leader
England took the Klmberley fields from
the Ornnge Free State by ono of the worst
tricks In all the tangled hlstoiy of Hrltlsh
diplomacy and foicc It would bo poetic
justice if the Hocrs could capture Klmberloj
now nnd miike the mlnos pay a rich ransom
The great UoBeers company Is n seml-po-
lltlcal institution , with Cecil Uhodes at Its
head. Ho la the great marplot of South
Africa.
.Not In ( hut OniN.
J Sterling Morton's Conservative.
Lord Uacon wisclj said. "Judges ought
to be more learned than wlttj , more rever
ent than plausible and more advised than
confident. Above all things Integrity Is
thplr portion and "
proper virtue" IIou c
Kent Holcomb should quote that In everj
speech Any president of a mutual nro In
surance company , i mining for a membership
of the supreme couit , should ponder this
wisdom.
TriiNtN CluHhiK lltr I'liuitn.
rtoston Advertiser
The complaints of the leather men at
Woburn because of the action of the- trusts
In closing down ceitaln factories and shops
have attracted public notice , but months ago
comment was made In theco columns on the
fact that quite a number of manufacturing
establishments were being closed everj
month In .MassicbusctU ) and that the total
nurriber of persons thrown oJt ot emploj-
raent must be fir larger than the public had
come to understand. Mcst of the shutdowns
so far , however , hue bten in places much
smaller than Wobuin In little , almost Iso
lated communities , whence news rarely gets
to metropolitan journals. In such cares the
cessation of work implies a blow to the
whole community.
Permanent V l > rrdslnur.
Philadelphia Uecord.
A high authority makes the wise sug
gestion that "advertising should be planned
on the presumption that it is going to be
permanent. " In other vvprds , it ( should be
considered as a diotiuctlvo and sjstematlc
part of the merchant's business. Sporadic
trade announcements 'cannqf ! be continu
ously beneficial It is trjie that they often
bring about a spurt of sales ; but when they
have run thelrbrleL course they and the
wares described in them arc forgotten bj
the public. On the other hand , the contin
ued publication of business announcements
n a newspaper whfch , because of its re-
iablllty and excellence , has become popti-
ar and influential with the public in general -
oral will produce constant and satisfactory
financial returns.
Siiininliiir IP the
Globe-Democrat.
The president's remark at the iron foun
dries In Milwaukee that the "employer Is
now looking for the laborer and not the la
borer for the employer" sums up the indus
trial situation tersely and truthfully. The
democratic conditions of 1893-7 have gone
out and the republican conditions have come
in. It is the mill owners and the gicat
employers in general who nre doing the hus
tling In these days Kveobody who wants
work can get it. Many workers have more
work than they can attend to. Contracts
n the Iron and eteel Industries have been
canceled In many places in the past three
months , according to reports , because of the
ack of mon to perform them. These nro
the conditions which are going to make the
republican party sweep the country In 1900.
\ATUII\II niruvsns or Tim iionus.
IiiNtriiutlic Information oil < luI.ny of
h ( > Imill In Wnriloni.
Philadelphia Times.
Wherever the Transvaal frontier touches
British territory on the aouth nature has
raised a barrier difficult to cross. Tlie
Doers thus have a signal advantage In
position for the conduct of a defensive
campaign. The plateau on which their big
farms and gold mines llo is } , .r > 00 to 5)09 !
foot above the sea and slopes quite abruptly
to the coast plain. The mountains rlalns
from this low plain have given to a part
of Natal nnd adjoining districts In Cape
Colony the name of "the Switzerland of
South Africa , " though their tops scarcely
rise abo\o the summit of the plateau.
Through defiles among these mountains and
up the slope of the plntcau front rise the
two or three roads by which the lofty plains
are reached. The historic defeats the Boers
have Indicted upon the British arms have
occurred , In cvory case , when the British
were tiylng to pans these gateways and
reach the top of the Transvaal plateau.
Wo hear of thousands of Krugcr's cltlzwi
soldlrry now grouped around the narrow
outlet from the plateau to the low plain nt
Lalng's Nek. This Is the pans between the
Transvaal nnd Natal , where on a memorable
day the Boers lay behind nearly every
boulder along the narrow road and pom ed
a murderous fire Into the long , otr.iggllng
line of British soldiers who \alnly tried to
roach tlip aumrnlt A little further west is
Van Hcenen's Pass , wheie thousands of
Ornngo Tree State burghers are now
massed It IB the gateway between that
republic nnd Natal , nnd before the railroad
wns built through It the slow ox wagons
carried about 50.000 tons of freight n yeai
up anl down tlie pars
It Is reported that in event of wni the
British hope , through I'oitugal's friendli
ness , to advance also from the eist along
the line of the Uclagoa Bay railroad , but
here again the Transvaal frontier is n nat
ural fortification The plateau summit Is
reached only after n toilsome npcent of the
narrow defllo of KorantI Poort , and It would
bo no cui > y matter to rcicli the top In the
face of sturdy opposition
Strongly marked topographic fpj'uios '
will thic > direct the opening moves in tills
garan of war If It is to bo playrd The
plan of botli the Boc-r republics Is to com-
mind the passes In the southeast tint give
access to their high plains nnd to destroy
the rail road a In the southwest and west that
would facilitate the arrival of troops from
tlie south or volunteorn from Rhodesia In
the north This Is the reason why Doer
forces nre also concentrated at lioaliof , near
Klmberley and v. I thin a short distance of
Mafcklng , where Jamesons raiders creese I
Ihe border on their fulllc raid into the
Transvaal ,
\ I'VT Hi : I'll AVII. .
( if "IllKlitKnlnnt Crerit , or
the I > M- lt1i < ! io 'Mnnj. "
Cleveland Leader.
N'o mind open to generous impulpos and
emotions eati consider untouched the pa
thetic nature of the war now beginning In
South Africa. It Is something more than a
struggle of the * weak igalivst the strong , of
right agilast greed of the few with the
ninny.
All of these elements of tragedy are pres
ent , but they do not tell the whole story.
That must bo found In the history nnd
characteristics of the- Boers , their surround
ing ? , tholr faith and their obvious doom
* The Dutch part of South Africa Is
a lonely Hud The nlna 11 scanty nnd the
water urodoil for llocKa nnd herds Is scarce
Orcat nrcis must tie useJ to sustain the live
stock of ono farm Grain and other crops nre
grown with dllllculty So It happens that the
llttlo nations in the Transvaal nnd the
Qrango Trco State arc spu-ad over n very
largo territory. The BOOM nro few nnd their
liomca are scattered far and wldo >
Whin the whole adult male population 13
summoned to meet the professional fighting
men of England and make a desperate strug
gle against overw helming numbers , only
the women nnd children , with the \cr\ old
men and n few v\ho are sick and crippled ,
nro loft nt homo to U'ep up the llfo of the
nation. They have lo tend the Hooka and
liords. maintain the households sprlnklevl
Ihiough the wide plains and guird against
plllago nnd possible massacre by the black
iiopulatlon , which far outnumbers the -whites
In all parts of South Aft lea ,
Imnglno the position of these families of
humble country folk , loft without the nntu-
ral protectors nnd masters of the farms
\Vl\et > know that they hnvo none to look to
for help except their llttlo boys , their trusty
rifles und Inch' God Whatever happoiiE ,
Lho country Is stripped or IU strong men.
They are on the frontier , slngin ? the psalms
which comforted their fathers In the des
perate loneliness and peril of the days when
Dutch South Africa was won from savage
beasts nnd more savngo men. They stand
no a thin little line of defendCM of their
natl\o Innd against the nrmlcs of a mighty
empire. They aio to do bittle against the
murderous dum-dum bullets and Lyddite
shrapnel shells of the richest and largest
realm that the world ever saw.
In such a situation the faith of the Boors
In the Oed they worship become-3 extremely
touching The men in the campa and the
wcmea and children In the scattered farm
houses are relying on the favor of heaven
to offset the vast preponderance of the
enemy s forces Xo people equally calm and
Fenslblo would over have found courage for
such a tcirlbly one-sided war If they had
been less sincere and simple-minded In thcli
faith
If these conditions in South Africa leave
anything wanting to make a complete picture -
turo of ono of the most pathetic w irs in all
history -\e do not know whit it i' . A brave ,
devoted and honwt people , only a few thou
sand families in all , stand nt Tny In the In
terior of South Africa. They are cut off from
the eca and fiom outsldo help They have
staked their whole hope of preserving thc > ii
independence upon their self-devotion and
tl.clr faith In God. The good wishes of the
world go out to thorn. But the hard lessons of
the past teach that they must go down In
ruin and death 'before ' the tiemcndous hii-
perlorlty oC their foe In numbers nnd mu
nitions of war
Ono cf the darkest nnd saddest tragedies
In the long story of our race has begun.
I'OLITH'AI ,
Colored republicans of New Jersey profess
to be dissatisfied with national .affairs.
More than So per cent of the republicans
of Now York county did not vote at the Sep
tember primaries.
In Massachusetts the democratic party
swallowed the populists In the west the
populists reciprocate.
New York papers talk very seriously about
election frauds In Philadelphia. This re
calls the pertinent remark of the pot to the
kettle.
Mrs John R McLean is aiding the canvass
of her husband for governor of Ohio by
traveling over the state In a private car
with a party of handsome young women.
Burgoo and oratory are flowing copiously
at Kentucky baibecu.cs The former is more
Impressive than the latter and furnishes In
spiration for knockout arguments usually
omitted from the bills.
General J. B. Weaver is cavorting around
Iowa talking loud and long for White and
fusion. The money power and 1C to 1 are
no longer the burden of his tale of woe
Weaver weeps copiously for the Filipinos.
The teim of the present governor of
Florida expires in January , 1901 , and of the
four candidates now named to succeed him
not one. It is said , Is nn out-and-out silver
democrat , In a state overwhelmingly com
mitted to silver. The salary of the governor
of rlorida Is ? 3,500 a year.
The populisU ) of Pennsylvania have re
vived sufficiently to put In nomination a
state ticket with Juhtlce Wntklns of Tioga
for treasurer. Tloga Is ono of the northern
tier counties of Pennsylvania on the New
York state line and Is overwhelmingly re
publican , though It Includes a considerable
number of disaffected voters.
I'KHSO.NAIM
Ottmar Mergenthaler , the Inventor of the
linotype , who has been in poor health for
come tlmo , Is seriously 111 at his homo In
Baltimore.
Dr. Arthur C. Duffy , a son of Dr. Duffy ,
provident of the Royal College of Surgeons
In Ireland , is In this country making a etudy
of cancer and tuberculosis.
The gift to Admiral Dewey while In Bos
ton of the Massachusetts Daughtcis of the
Revolution was an Immense bouquet of 150
American Beauty roses standing five and
ono-half feet high.
On behalf of the Sons of the Revolution
In the Btato of New York , Rear Admiral
John O , Walker the other day presented to
Admiral Dewey , who Is a member , the gold
Insignia of the fcoclety , The admiral made a
giatoful reply accepting the gift.
As nn offset to England's purchase of
mules In this country for the Transvaal cam
paign , Colonel Sumpter military attache of
the United States embaEjy In I-ondoii , has
been arranging for the purchase there of two
batteiles of Mn\lm guns for use In the Phil
ippines They will bo shipped next month
Baron Nordtnskjold , the Swedish natural
ist and explorer , who was financially ruined
last spring by becoming Involved In the fail
ure of his publlbhers , Intends to emulate Sir
Walter Scott and Mark Twain Iu the paying
off of his debts To this labor alone , ho says ,
ho will devote the leinalnder of his life
The State Charities Aid association of New
Voik has received a report from a special
committee saying that the number of chil
dren placed In Institutions at public expanBe
as dcbtlluto has ilscn far beyond the normal
ratio , and the ovll is thought to bo growing
rapidly , duo to iho Increasing tendency of
people who do not need public charity to
avail themselves of It
lloscoc W Davis of the Thirty-third
L'nllcd States volunteers i the wealthiest
private soldier belonging to thin country
His home IB Mnrfa , Tex , where ho owm a
eplendld ranch , with hundreds of thousands
of cattle There Is no doubt he could have
obtained a commission had he applied , but
he preferR to earn promotion from the ranks
Tim regiment was organUed at San Antonb
UlNll HlllllHK IIOIIOI-N ,
San rranclsco Call
Win or IOKP It Btcm to be the fashion the
world over to give nav.il olflcera something
that will Indicate the estimation in which
they are held by their country In the
United States they get tworde , In Spain
they give them the ax.
f 01 unit I.\MIS'i u \ > 01 its ,
Some consternation has boon rroatrd
among the London papers bytlio publication
there of translations of a scrlw of an ides
written by n Russian In Kgjnt , which orlp
Inally appeared In the St Pctorsburgsklta
Vlcdomoato It Is admitted that If Ihe slite'-
inents of the Russian be correct they disclose
a really serious state of affaire In the
Soudan
Ho de lares that the celebration of the nn-
nlversaiy cf the battle cf Omdurm.an only
withdrew for the moment the attention of
the population and of the troops from the
[ state ot famine which now prevails Already
soldiers are complaining loudlv ot tlio
scarcity ot provisions , and they a sort that
t
i In the bread supplied to them there Is more
' dust than flour.
) The harvest. In fact , ho declare' , has IOPH
I a total failure , and nil supplies como from
, I'gy pt , whence the merchants have taken
I care to se'tid the worst stores which they
lind in stock The condition of the Interior
Is slniply detestable , and It Is generally fcl'
that all the Instructions Issued by the gov-
u nine nt are powciless to relieve the suffer
ings of the people.
* * *
Prosecutions for losemnjcsti' seem to be
Increasing In frequency In ( U-rmany One ot
the latest of them has been begun against
llorr Kdmund Klapper , the editor ot the
Deutbclipgrnr Korrespondenz , and an of
ficial of the Agrarian league The offense
was contained In an article which declared
that It was the emperor , not his advisers ,
with whom the conservatives had to deal
The article flirt tin remarked tint under the
present sovereign ministers nro needed with
sulllclcnt courage to oppose the emperor's
vlcnvs nnd force him to adopt theirs An
other case hns resulted In the imprisonment
of two socialists , ono of whom Is a member
of the Reichstag. Herr Muller , the respon
sible editor of a Magdeburg npv\hpaiei | , was
sentenced recently to four ycirs' Imprison
ment on account of nn article coplel fiom a
foiclgn join nil , although he produced evi
dence to piovo tint the article In question
was Inserted dining hit , nbt-cnce nnd with
out hln knowledge Heir Schmidt , a mem
ber ot the Reichstag , who VVUM on the staff
of the Magdeburg newspaper , de-flared him
self retipoiiHlblo for the publication and vol
untarily divested himself of the Immunity he
enjoyed as a member of the Reichstag so
that proceedings could bo taken apaliibt
him. Ho hns now been bcntcnced to three-
years' Imprisonment , but , at I iteul accounts ,
the government had hawn no signs of 10-
leaslng Heir Mullei from his Imprisonment
Dining the last nine months there hive
been 24ii convictions for Icse mnjcste , and
the punishments inflicted amount to a total
of clghty-threo yens' Imprisonment In nl-
dltlon to various terms of confinement in a
foitress.
Slowly but surely the. . conviction of the
absolute Innocence of Captain Alfred Diey-
fns is spreading In nance and appearing
in remote places In every Pietich cltv ,
oven at Rennes , whcio nntl-Semltlclsin Is
btlll rampant , there are many people open-
minded enough to publicly declare their be
lief In his Innocence , but particularly In
the Industrial centers of the northern prov -
Inces and In the Important commercial
towns of the south , such an Lyons nnd Mar
seilles , the Dreyfusard party is in the ma
jority.
The manufacturing town of Ledlgmn Ina
given peculiar emphasis to its position In
the party of justice. Every member of the
city government Is a strong Drey fusard , and
with the mayor , Dr. Dumas , at their head ,
they have set about publishing the fact of
their belief In an Interesting way. The
principal streets of the town have been
named Rue Emilc Zola , Place Picquart , Rue
Alfred Dreyfus , while the most suggestive
of all the titles has been given a lane In
the most disreputable quarter of the town ,
which Is called Impa so de 1'ntnt Major ,
which may be freely translated ns the "No-
thoroughfaio" of the General Staff.
ttf
Some tlmo ago It was announced that
Eugene Wolff , British vlco consul at Wl-
borg , rinland , had been removed from his
post upon the- complaint of the Russian gov
ernment for his participation in the agita
tion which followed the Imperial manifesto
abrogating many of the old constitutional
rights or the country. It appears that Mr.
Wolff , In answer to a dispatch from the
British foreign omce charging him with hav
ing taKcn part in a political agitation , wrote
a reply , in which he said : "I beg humbly
to state that there is no political agitation
going on In this country , and I , therefore ,
categorically deny having taken part In a
movement not tulstlng. H is true that there
is all over the country In every range of
the people a feeling of disquiet and sorrow
caiibcd by the Imperial manifesto of Febru
ary 3 (15) ( ) last , depriving a people , used
since centuries to partake in the making ot
Us lawfi , of this right. But this feeling IB
not the lesult of any agitation There Is no
need for such nn agitation , whore everybody
Is conscious of his rights nnd freedom , and
where every man , even the humblest , under
stands that the manifesto
Is equal to a
stroke drawn acrcss the Inherited constitu
tion. But , if these unanimous sentiments
of a whole people nnd its earnest dally re
peated protest against the violation of IU
constitution , 'tho veiy cornerstone of its
social structure , ' mean political agitation ,
then every man nnd woman In thl country
is an ngltator , and will remain so until the
manifesto , which la the cause of the trouble ,
Is recalled.1 Ho then went on to say that
ho did not relinquish his rights and privi
leges an a citl/en in assuming the position
of a British vlco conbiil nnd that if the ono
was Incompatible with the other he vva
quite willing to resign Ills personal part
In the agitation , he added , wns confined to
his having been elected n member of n depu
tation to the- czar , without his previous con
sent nnd during l.Is absence. This honor he
had not declined ,
Two of the largest shipbuilding firm * * nt
Bremen nro now constructing eight steam
boats after the pattern of the Mississippi
river craft , to be operated on their own ac
count on the Yaugtse-Klang , between Han
kow 770 miles from the mouth of the river ,
nnd Chung-King , tt city of 50,000 InhabltantB ,
1,710 miles from the coast The bo its will
also carry the German mnlln Hitherto the
terminal for all river navigation was Han
kow and it was bellevod that by reason of
rapids and nhoals that great waterway was
not navigable above Hankow Through the
recent exploration of Kather Chevalier the
contrary has been shown. Difncultlus exist
in school ? Then you have
often heard them complain
of headache ; have frequently
noticed how they go ahout
in a listless , indifferent way ,
haven't you ?
does grand things for such
children. It bringsa healthy
color to their cheeks ,
strengthens their nerves , and
gives them the vigor that belongs -
, longs to youth. All delicate
i children should take it.
| oe > nd ft oo , ill drutglsti ,
SCOTT& DOWNE , ChemUu , New York.
7
Bakiog Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum *
Alum bafetne powders arc the prcalest
mcnaccrs to Health of the present day.
ROYAL DAHINO rowocn co , new YORK.
at only throe places and these can bo over
come by the aid of wire ropes The lowest
water Is nowhere below twelve feet.
iiir.Ti : > si3 V-TU n.
ItrMin'M Siiirrlor | Mr * CoutniNloil
with lllx lU'iH'li for ( InUolliifN ,
J Stalling Morton > c'on orvatlvc
The publication of the letter of Mr. Bryan
in which ho said he wanted a public office for
the moiuy then- was In H seems to hnvo
angered Bryan and Ills friends The con
trast between iho sontlment expressed by
lion T B. Reed In legnid to holding tin
olllce and that nentlmrnt of Colonel Bryan
is not satisfy Ini ; to the latter and his fol
lowers
But if Mr. Ill j an had been less abusive
of his fellow citizens who have , by atten
tion to business ncqulieMl money , let-fi ve
hement In denoiii ting ai "gree'd" nil legltl-
mite attempts to secuio u competency in
commorclnl or piottsslonnl life , his letter
would not appear to such disadvantage. It
Is only In continvt with Biy.an'a assumption
of supeilni puillv nnd a standard of pa
triotism higher than that of any other
American cltbcn HS to his love of the poor
plain people , that the > phrase , "I assure you
It Is tlio money that is In the olllco and not
the honor th.U attract me " looks so para
doxical and mis onccpthe of the higher
motives which ihould prompt all good < ltl-
zens to wish to solve and help the com
monwealth
'I IIOIHMITS.
ChleiiKO Heennl "Jlmniv ami ou
prcacln i collided on their wheels"
"Is Jimmy hurl ? " V
"Vcs , lie hoard vvlmt tlio preacher said
Detroit I-'rr-o Press : "Getting ready foi
w Intel , old mini' ' '
" \L | > It cmi't ( onip too soon for me. I'\u
u'lit In mv appllcultun tor a patent on an
autobiiovvbllc '
Washington star : "Unsland persists In
th > ) contention that its motives uro en-
tiioh phllanthtnplc. "
"Well , answeied Oem Paul , f-overolv ,
"HO lire mine 1 want to see if I can't net
up a Kood Rhodes movement in South
Afilca "
Chicago Pos-t : "You flatter me , " nho
said
"Impossible1" he exclaimed.
And lie Is "till unceitnln as to whether
bho was insulted or ilattercd. It Is some
times hard to decide.
Chicago Tribune : "Is It going to rain
today , Brooks. ' '
"No , It never rains when I brlnp ; my
umbrella down town , and 1 In ought It
thlH mornine "
"Then you won't need It. Lend it to mo
for two or three hours , for fear ot acci
dents "
"I don't dare elo that , Illvcrs. It al
ways rains when I lend It. "
Indianapolis Journal : "You think jou
know a lot about oui country , " said tlio
American traveling abroad , "and you
ro.illv don't know n thlnp What Is tlio
principal prodw t of the United States' ' "
"Holic'-ses , " nn-ivverod the titled for-
elirnci , "and Hint Is also jour principal
export "
Washington Stni : "Lot's have an honest
election " h.ild the reformer earnestly
"That's what 1 say , " replied the practi
cal politician "Let's have H all fair timl
, straight nnd Let's '
square un down don't
oxppct nnv votes we don't pav for , and
don't p ly for any vvo don't Got. "
Detroit Journal- The pllftrlm did not
Loncml the compassion IIP fe'lt.
"How , " he pxclulmc'd , "do > ou narmKO
to wiliifr ii IlvltiK from .such a poor son'/ "
"Ob , our neil makes nn excellent sand-
ling' ' " protested tlio dark , slnlstoi Inhab
itant , regaiding the other narrowly.
S\MU 01.11 STOKY.
Somervllle Journal.
Cupid with his bow and arrows
Wandeied through the world ono day ,
Looking1 for uncoil1 Ions victims ,
Their reprwe to take away
All nt once IIP spied a mifdcn.
Who was fumed for beauty rare
But who always coldly listened
To each lovci's ardent prayer.
Swiftly Cupid Hliot the arrows.
Vainly shot them one bv one
Tor his darts all missed the maiden ,
As his daitH had always done
Then he winked sly little fellow
And lili next shot surely told ,
Tor the last dart In Ills nnlvei
Was an arrow tipped with gold !
What Will
Mamma Say ?
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misfortune with ordinary .makes
of clothes , and then a boy can't
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the terrors of torn clothes are
greatly relieved by buying ,
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and that's the suit we offer
you now at
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8 to 16 years. This is a Bar
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ing and avoid the afternoon
rush. You can get much better
service ,