n THE ( KMA1IA DAILY JIKK : TlttMlSDAY , JANTAHV US , 15)00. )
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niul i'\-iuem-
The liootllliif , ' nipnilien
bi'is of tlio hi'hool lioanl should move ?
to Monlnnu nnd run for tli
\Vhc-ro Is tinolih'st Inhahltant ? Has
month of .Tammry In
lie uvi > r Kno\\n a
tliuso pints with foes and April mists ?
H might ho Infi-ru'd that the Imnaim
pools Avi-ti' seatti'H'il thickly tluouKliout
South A film fiom tin ? fiueiuoncy with
which KiltMi j-onorals fall down.
H mny 1)0 ) too Into this year to intio-
duce the Ohio Idea In non-paitKan mu
nicipal oleitlons , lint It is a icform that
will * eon make its \\.iy IK-IOSS the con
tinent.
A New Yoik man piopo cs to pnss a
1)111 limiting InlioiltuncoH to the Mini of
$10,000,0 < X > . The moat majority or men
would oortalnly be hatlslied with that
amount. .
Why can't the Coinmciclnl clnb take
up" the cinostlon of snlinrban electiie.il
motor HnosV That would do more to
build up Omahu'H local tiade than any
project In sl lit.
If the telephone whcs had been
croRsed between the olllce of the MH-
vojor of customs and the otHcc of the
new supervisor of census peihaps an hi-
teie.stliiR conveisatlon mlsht have been
overheat d.
KeiitncUlans aie piebshiK the To.\ans
closely on tlie locord for effective nsi' of
the icvolver. Fit teen out of a possible
elfchteon bullHoyrs made In the last ex
hibition shoot In Kentucky is a lecoul
haul to beat.
If the Veiiox.uelan fjovorninont Is point ;
to use the nimy lor the purpose of secur
ing a loan fiom the lunks the hitter
Hliould be in-ovlded with a. navy to on-
foice collection aieonllng to approved
model n methods.
A three million-dollar will contest Is a
windfall for the lawyers who are able
to tnKe a ( \\lst at the last testament ,
but theio Is Hiii'li a thins as overdoing
tlio woik of legal liction and manufac
tured testimony.
If wo mo to have an expansion of the
Investigating business H should not be
conllncil to ( he city hall. Tlicie in a
mate's nest In the ollico of the former
oleilc of the dlstik't < omt which would
yield a paying loiio If the shall were
Mink right.
SovpiMl miles of worn-out wooden
block paving ought to bo loplaeod with
substantial material the coming season.
Ah the IntorM'ctlon paving fund Is lim
ited the propeity owners who come In
Hist with their petitions will have the
right of way.
, lty ) Hm rows was the fat hoi * of the
populist p.iitj In Nebiaska and did all
In his power to bring H up propoily. It
was oiio of thu SOIIOWH of the later
years of his lllo thai tlio on rlng con
ducted It-self so ludly that the father
was compelled to disown it.
Tlio revised salary list adopted by the
county biiaid lor the > oar l'X)0 ) piomlsos
no lollof to the ta\payoi.s. It would lie
Interesting to compare this list with tlio
county p.i.loll of lsH ! ) , when thoio was
nioio work In every olio of tlio county
olllres than thoio Is at present
Chlctlgo has again domonstiatod that
It IK too swift for .St. 1/ouU. While thu
Mlstiouiliuis weio talking aliont an in-
jiinctloii to testialn the Chle.igo.ins
from tin ping the w.ltor In their canal
into thu Pesplalnes i\cr | the ptoplo mi
the hike bioku the dam and turned it In.
Thu unpaid diilms against tlio esposl.
tlun mo to li ) made the basis for a
gian'd graft on the p.ut of the law.\ois
who aio ti > lng to nfllk the cow. The
(
baiikruptcj of the exposition In doplor.i-
bio , but It will hi ; Mill mure deplorable
If lawyers aio Jo appropilate all the pie
of Ha 1lb etb.
/ Mfnr / < - < /i/.h I'tiDJEi 7i
'Ihi'io arttin. . o distinct proprHitlorH
lii'foic , ( 'onjjrp s fir a 1'aelll1 cable ,
one nf thc o provide for a cable to
follow Iho route aliCndy iiirvo.ved by the
ntivy engineer ntitl to ho laid by u < > cl <
and ollh'Ors of tlio navy , In order to 10-
dtli'o" I he rost. When ciMiijilotul tlio
cable Is to lie ; put In charge of the post-
tiuiMlor general to opi'iato. Another
1)111 ) wants the government , through the
pislmaMor Knnoial , to haigaln with n
company to lay u cable , the government
to pay 8luo. < Hio a year for tvvontv yours
as a ( 'otnpcimt'oii for tiansinlttlng of-
lU'lal inoRfagi" ) , the cubic to bo the prop
city of the company and at the expira
tion of tlio twenty yonis government
messages lo ho sent at one-half the r.ito = <
charged pilvato Individuals. A thlid
bill Is a coinpronilHo , proposing a gov-
orninenl commission aiithorl/oil to con-
tiart for InyliiK u cable by the lowest
ri'Mponilblo blddorx , the cable to bo nil-
dor the contiol of the coinintaslon.
It Is unhl that the lltf-t of those Unas-
ures , Introdiit'od by Senator Halo , Is
most favored , the Konouil fooling In con-
Hi oss beliiB thai a rncillu ( ftblo Mioultl
bo a Kovoinment affair. This Is a No
the view of Societal } ' of the Navy I/mp ,
who was bofoio the committee on naval
aflalis Tuesday. A company has boon
orjaiil7cd for the purpose of laying u
cable fiom San I ram-lsco to Guam and
the I'lilllpplnos and It pioposos that the
Kovoinnient give It n subsidy of , ? 100,0)0 )
per annum for twenty jeais during
vvlilob time the company vvlll carrv all
piveiiiinent ino saKes free nnd utter
that poilod will chnrfjo only half com-
tneielal latos. This would maHo a total
payment to the company of $ s)00,000 ( ) ,
or onon 'h to Indomnlfy It pr.ictkally
for tlm entile cost. The Hale bill con
templates an appropriation of ? 10000-
000 , the estimated cost of a cable to tbo
Philippines , and that It shall bo entirely
a gov eminent ontorpilso.
It K quite probable flint this plan will
piovait , though It Is int unlikely that
theio vvlll be some conliovoiby as to thc >
lento , fhoio bolus tidvocatps of a line
from Alaska which they claim would |
cost less than by the pioposed lento
surveyed by the navy nnd would have
other advantages. There Is no doubt
a Pacific cable vvlll bo laid and the
proso.nl Indications aie that It will be
done by the goveinment.
D.IAISIIni \ > T
The arilval In New York of an agent
of the Danish government , said to bo
charged with the sale to the United
States of the West Indian possessions
of Denmaik , appeals to confirm the 10-
poits of negotiations between the two
governments looking to the transfer to
this country of the three Danish Islands
for a consideration of several millions
of dollars. While It has been well im-
deistood that Denmaik deslied to dis
pose of these possessions , which arc ot
not the least benefit to that country ,
there has been doubt respecting the
statement that our go\eminent was se-
ilonsly consldeilng the question of buy
ing them. It now seems , however , that
this was well founded and that negotia
tions have pioceeded so far as to war-
i.int the goveinment of Denmaik In
sending a renieseiitatlve hero with au
thority to make a sale.
A Washington dispatch snys there is
reluctance In ofllclal ijuiuteis thoio to
discuss the subject , because discussion
might piejudice any attempt of the ad-
inlnistiatlon to secuio the assent of
congicss to the acquisition of the Is
lands. It should bo a safe prediction
that congress will not assent to the pur
chase of these islands , however small
the price Denmaik may nsk for them.
The United States does not need them
and there is no doubt they would prove
a bin den lather than a bonellt. The
adminisliation will make a giavo mis
take If It shall commit Itself to such a
tiansactlou.
77JB suii'i'itf ! sunsmr mt.i , .
The suppoiters of the shipping subsidy
bill , Intended to piomoto the building up
of a merchant marlno for the foielgn
canylng trade , express confidence that
It will become law at this session of con-
giess. The senate committee on com-
inoice and the house committee on m r-
chaut mailno aio giving hearings on the
moasmo and these oxpiesslous of
opinion 1mo been for the most pail fa
vorable to the bill. Among ( note who
have appeared before the committees Is
the piesldeut of the National Manufac
turers' association , Mr. Theodore U.
Search of Philadelphia , who has given
to the subject thoughtful and piactieal
consldeiatlon. He uiged the proposed
legislation as of the llrst Impoitanco to
the expansion of our commerce , In ad
dition to which It would stiongthon the
nation's naval and military power and
would enlarge an impoitnnt home In
dustry. Ho pointed out thai but 10
per cent of the foiolgn commoice of the
United States Is now cnriled In Ameri
can vessels , while If a pnpor sliaie of
the shipping trade weio .seemed many
oollatoial Indiistiles would lie benefited
by the luci eased shlp-butldlng , lie
in god that the whole nation Is con-
coined In the pioposcd legislation.
Kvfoimtor IMinnnds made an argu
ment hefoio the house committee In be
half of the bill. Ho said that all who
aio In favor of tlio extension of Ameri
can commoico must admit ( hut some
bioad moasmo of the character of this
bill could best aid In bringing about
the result donliod He declared that
the great and fundamental pilnclplo of
the ineasuio was that It gave no scope
for combinations and syndicates of ship
ownets anil no Held for trusls. as 11s
operations weio open to all alike and
the advantages conferred vvoio as floe
as the iccan Itself Others , piomlnent
In lominorcinl alValis , favoud the bill.
Theio Is , on the other hand , some
stiong opposition to It. Lulior organU'i- '
tlnis have declaied against the moisuio
and at the healing on Tuesday a repre
sentative of the Tanners' .illlanco said
that the fanning oiganluitlons are
opposed to bounties for speed
and capacity. as prop . > ( ( ! , and
want bounties b.isul on the
pioduitH actually c\poited It IN shown
that this policy could not be conllnod to
American ships without the nbrogatl > n
\
of ( on niori lal Inalles wllh n NIOI-O of
countries , jot this fact may rail to
lesson opposition fiom thl miroe. The
fiee ship advocates , c > iubiaclng mo t If
uol all of the donioirals inrotigioss , will
of course vigorously antagonize the
H has not developed , no far Us wo
have obM-rvod , that theio Is ally tepnb
llcnn opposition lo the tneasnio In either
branth if congioss and the proltiblllly
Is that It will locelvo unanimous rcpuii-
llcan suppoit. The country ovpects the
pri"sent coiigiess lo adopt legislation for
building up a moichant mailne for oitr
foreign commerce. The duly of doing
this is Imposed upon the paity in power
by the piomlsi > of Its national platform
and It Is demanded In the Int lost of
Ameilcan trade , ( treat us has been the
fiiowth of that tiado , In spite , f our de
pendence upon foreign ship ownois , it Is
not to bo doubted that It would have
been gieater without such dopendriieo.
Our commercial ilvals ate steadily In-
cieaslng their meivhant marine. They
know the value to their tr.ido of tr.ins-
polling their products to foiolgn mar
kets In their own ships and under their
own Hag. They encourage ship build
ing and they have found It lo bo profitable -
able and advantageous. Can thoio be
a reas liable doubt that the United
States would have a like eNpcilonoe un
der a similar i o ley ?
TIIK MVAHtt'M. r.\Ml'AlnX. \
On the ( ! th day of Mai eh Omaha will
elect a ma.v < r , city tieasuior , comp-
li oiler , clerk , lax commissioner and nine
councilmen. In other vvoids the Im
pending municipal election Involves the
entlio government of the city for the
next tluee .icnis and Intimately alVects
the Intelests of the taxpajois and fututv
giowth and piospeilly of Nobiaska's
molropolls. With such vast Inteie ts in
volved , apait fiom all political bo.nlngs
It would bo naturally expected that
every propel ty owner and every Individ
ual concerned In the progress of Omaha
would take a live Intoiest In the up-
pioachlng municipal contest.
I'rom the business standpoint the city
of Omaha is a corpoiatlon , with the citi
zens as stockholders , the council acting
as HH boa id of dlrectois and ( lie mayor
as Its piosldent and genor.il manager.
With many millions of propeily and
hundieds of employes to supervise and
control , piudencc nnd common sense
would dictate extieme cate and sagacity
In the selection of the olllceis and man
agers ot the coipoiution. Those most
extensively Inteiested In the coiporatlon
the heaviest taxpnjers would be ex
pected moreover to see to It that only
icsponslble , leputablo , honest and com
petent men should be chosen to admin
ister the affairs of the citj. That would
be the Ideal of municipal government.
The leal lu Omaha , as In all other
Ameilcau cities , is in stilklng contiast
with the Ideal. Politics Is n very po
tential factor In the selection of iminicl
pal olllcors , and the Indiffeience of the
gioat majority of taxpaylng clti'/ens to
take an active Intoiest In piimary elec
tions and the icfnsal of the best class of
cltl/.ens to accept positions In the public
service throws our city governments
into the hands of professional politicians
and self-seekers who veiy often could
not make a living otherwise. A major
ity of the. men who oiler themselves as
candidates are not wanted , and those
who are wanted by the public do not
want the ollico.
The piactlc.il man of affaiis must
therefore accept these conditions un
til the community can he roused to
Its own Inteiest and until men of stand
ing and ability can he Induced to make
some s.icilllco tor the public good. HaiH-
ing against political machines and
bosses and denouncing the woik of con
ventions and low chaiactor of political
candidates does no good. Uod helps
those who help themselves. The man
who wants bettor government must help
to make It better , not by prayer or by
eui.sing , but by elliclont < o opeiation.
lie must take an net ho jiait In tlio
ptlmaiy election and back by the ballot
the candidates who are most deserving.
II Is ntloily" linpossible lo have the mu
nicipal machinery opoi.ited on a busi
ness basis so long as business men 10-
fuse to become candidates for municipal
ofllce.
The school boaul seems favoiablo to a
pioposcd change of the commencement
cxoiclses. of the High school whoieby
the giaduatlng class pot formers aio to
lie supplanted by some piomlnent
speaker Invited to deliver an addiess
upon an Instructive educational topic.
After doing away with the essays , orations
tions and declamations a rnlo hairing
the exhibition of lloial fiUnties will be
In older.
The beauties of the Iron fence which
soparales Omaha's two i.illway stations
which face one another and forte pis-
sengois lo take the viaduct ionics to
tiansfor a low tods fiom one to the
other are Impressing themselves upon
travelers and touilsts. A tunnel under
the tiacks should lie piovldod without
making the public wait for It as hng as
It had to wait tor the passenger sta
tions.
.lust when the fioo silver wing of
demociaoy Is congratulating itself that
Its doubles In Now Voik WIMO af an
end the gold democrats piocccd to gain
contiol of the congicsslonal delegation
of the party and oust one of Itr.van's
f jllowois fiom the campaign committee.
The tionhles of the democracy me born
with astonishing tieimincy and lu most
cases aio twins.
Susan H. Anthony and her woman suf
frage committee have been accoidod a
hoailng hofoio the judiciary committee
of ( ho United States senate. Thu com
mittee will give the great champion of
woman's lights a very icspi-otfiil hear
ing this .ve.tr , JtiHt as It has done evoiy
other . \oar within the last qua Her of a
cent my , and that Is all that will come
of the hoailni ; .
The fieo silver lopnblleanH mod n-t
waste tlmo deciding on the date for
holding tholi city convcnthn. Having
been Informed thc.v aio not to bo In
vited to the domociatli- spread their
enl > hope would He with tlio populists.
Should tho.v decide t > c It nlono tile
affair wntild be ns lonesome n e.itlng a
holiday dinner In a stiango land.
One of the llrst lessons of the IKUU
pntiommo movement Instituted by the
Commercial club should bo for homo
iilorehantM and manufactuiers to pa-
tionlzo the advertising columns of honn
iiewspapeis that nro always called on
fo battle without pilco or other toward
for oveiy public onloipilso and every
public Imptovemont.
Theio may bo a bundled men In
Omnha qualltlcd lo select gcod men for
municipal ollico mm who would admin
ister the nll'alis of the city In the Inter
est of the taxpayers. Hut how many
au there who can Insure the election of
suoh men ? A liver never il < os to a level
higher than Its source.
Senator Hlackbmn at a reiont banquet
spoke oil "Kentucky and Its Uolatl ns
to the National Demoi racy. " A huge
and Intluoiillal section of the pally has
filed a ere s.blll to the pel It Ion of pics-
out loadeis for a c iiisolld.illon of Inter
ests and has succeeded In making a
pietty good showing.
All ( InV < ) rlil On.
SI l.otila Republic
When lo\cly woman sloops to folly It's
generally uninspected beforehand , but tlio
wholu world seems to Imvo a tip on the Im
pending fnll of Lad > smith.
AVnrnluu' tii \\Vnl.-KntMMl. .
An Iowa democrnt who wns trjlng to
mount the Chicago platform foil down nnd
was run o\cr by na automobile. This
should bn a warning to all those who feel
disposed to weaken.
A rolltlenl ( iol.l .111 no.
Ohltiipw Tlmcs-Jlerald.
Tno United States senators are to bo
elected by tlio Nebraska legislature next
jiar , and sonio politicians beam , to think
being a. member of the Nebraska legisla
ture will bo Just about as good as owning
n gold mine.
( lie l.lniU.
at Ioul3 lloinibllc.
If Darrctt goes far enough back ho can
blrmo George Washington for the Philippine
Insurrection. It Is certain that If Wash
ington had not fought for American Indo-
penilunco the United States would no\or
have been assailed by the rillplnos.
Awful TniKfdj of Hit * Drop.
* Philadelphia Press
Povv moro terribly dramatic tragedies of
tlio sea ha\o ever bcdn recorded than that
of the steamer that went down In St.
Man'a ! ) > . Newfoundland , last week. In
the midst of n raging sea , but In sight ot
watchers on the headlands , slio struck and
sank No li\lng thing escaped , and e\en
her name Id unknown.
iiHTliniMfor llrKUh OillcerN.
Xuw York Sun.
The British officers are going through an
experience for which their previous service ,
no matter how long and how constant , has
not prepared them , and It is an experience
as new to Hoberts and Kitchener as it waste
to Duller and Melhuon. Their tasks here
tofore were comparatively easy. They ba\o
been through no strain of war which fur-
nlfbed a searching test of their military
abilities. They aip alj now learning the
art of war In an entirely now school , and
they are enduring in the process au ordeal
which will dqtormlno fpr the llrst time it
England was justified In the past In heap
ing on them the honors of Illustrious gen
eralship merely1 because they came back vic
torious over comparatively feeble foes. As
In 1881 , so also in 1900 , South Africa is
ptovlng a grave for British military repu
tations.
Sure l ; n of I'rosprrKj.
Chicago Tribune.
Newspapers In several Iowa towns chron
icle n scarcity ot drossmakeis. rhe women
are spending money In attending and hold
ing dances , receptions nnd sociables , while
their husbands are Riving them money with
which to liaVo clothes , but the scarcity ot
dressmakers IK forcing many women to
make their own gowns Dressmakers find
tbclr services In demand , and their earn
ings and those of the seamstresses have In
creased. Meanwhile It seems that the sup
ply of seamstresses Is not increasing In
nccoidance with tlio demand. Many women
who were forced a jear or two ago to do
sowing In order to Increase the Income of
the family find that It is no longer neces
sary for them to toll with the needle.
Three are the conditions that have brought
about the scarcity of dressmakers. There
Could bo no better indication of prosperity.
CAIIV PIM3H A KICK.
of Some nf ( ho HIKMT I'coplof
ThlN O.nccr Wei'il.
Cleveland Plain Dealer ,
When the Improvements In tlio Canadian
canalb iipprouched completion and n mini
mum depth ot fourteen feet of water In
all thu waterways between the lakes nnd
Monacal was assured there was icjoltl i
In Canada , as H wao bollevivl a Inige pro-
poitlon of tlio export grain of tlio west ml
.northwest would bo diverted from New York
nnd other American ports to tlio St. Law
rence route.
It was , apparently , with the expectation
that this would he the result of the com
pletion of the new Soulanges mnal , the last
llnK In the chain of canals providing tha
deeper waterway paralleling the rnpldw of
the St Lawrence , that the Oomiers syndi
cate organized a system of olovntoin at
Montreal and at 1'nit Colborno and a fleet
of steamers and barges of the enlarge J
canal sl c. The avowed object of the syndi
cate In to build up an linmeiibo transpoi-
tatlon business over tlio St Lawrence route ,
to their oun profit nnd that of the Caindlan
Interests in the canal and along the St.
Lawrence route
Now some of the Canadian papers have
made the wondciful discovery that the
Americans who are n.simclated with Cana
dians in the Hjndlcnlo have for their ob
ject the killing of the St Lawrence trade
Inatead of H development. Tlioy are iep-
rcscntod as putting n largo amount nf
capital In monster elevators nnd n w
Etcamers nnd Inrges , not to carry gr.iln
to Montreal for shipment to Huropc. but to
"throttle" the St Lawrence route nnd
compel the diversion of the tiaalc to New
York and other Ameilcan ports
H wa a marvelous piece of strategy , if
those Canadian papers are to bo believed.
The canals were ready to be opened for
trnfllc. but nobody In Canada seemed par
ticularly anxious to i < o business on them.
The traffic on the St I-awrenco route had
fallen away greatly and the trade of
Montreal was etradlly diminishing Capital
was needed to build up both. The givem
inent had done Its part by deepen lux and
broadening the canalu but private or cor
porate enterprise hung buck American cn-
tcrprUo saw Its opportunity , and American
capital was obtained to take advantage of
It. Some Canadians wore Induced to go Into
the scheme , both from patriotic nnd specu
lative reasons Instead of bulnp welcomed
and applauded , these Americans and Cana
dians are now denounced as enemies of
Canadian Interest ! ) who have concoctel n
plan and put millions In It f r Die sn'e pur
pose of "throttling the Canadian route '
Thla Is H queer world , or tticro are some
> iuci people lo It ,
itiirn > Nimnitrn MI : > r.
nnll h papers resent the n crtlnn Hint
with nn army of Ifionoo mrn In South
Africa the military strength of KngUnd Is
wpll-nlgli exhausted Hut Kngtnnd proper
Is n snnll part of the empire In area nnd
imputation , though exceeding the rest In
wealth. A table printed by the l ndon
Tck rnph shows the war strength of the
empiio Is greater than most people lintglnc
The compilation shows1
Army at homo nnd utiroitil . SVU7J
Mllltla Heserves . . .
Mllltln . ' 'W ' )
Yeomanry . , . VVl
Volunteer * . HO.UUO
Imperial native m my of liulla ( ex
cluding unlive states ) . 1COOOJ
liiircipenn volunteers in Intllil ami
elsevvheto . 30.I * " )
Imperial Service Troops . IW-WM
Cunnitlnn Mllltla . B'.OOO
Cnmullnn Mllllla ISe erVes . iOMKO
Cniie Cidonj Votuiitvortf , Mounted
UIIU-s , He . 7,4rtl
New South \Viilos forets . lOrtO
Vletorlnn forces . . 7,0V
Houlh Avistnillnn force- * . 3M >
Porcos of other Australian colonies. . s.fWi
New' Xenlnnd force * . 7 OiO
Other colonies , cte . li.cm
Aetna ) war strength of the empire Ili , < il7u
A li't of guns In possession of the Uoora
IIIH been published on what Is ald to bo
trustworthy nutborlty. According to this
account , the Doers have eight 7 S cm Krupp
guns , sixteen 7.5 cm , Creusot guns , eight or
nine Maxlm-Nordcnfeldt Held guns , Uventv-
four 3 7 cm automatic Maxim guiiB , eight
12 cm. Held how It/cis four from Krupp nnd
four from Creusot four 3.7 cm. Krupp
mountain guns four 15.5 cm. Crcusot guiiH.
In all , with old guns , the Boers possiss
eighty or ninety pieces ot nrtllleiy. During
recent jenrs the Boers nro said to have
bought SO.OOO Mauser rllles and 36,000,000 ,
cnitrldgts , as well as n largo number of
Martini-Henry rilles.
Tlio Tugeln river , where tlio hottest argu
ment is supposed to bo on at the present
tlmo , is n treacherous htroam. Tugola ,
tianslated , means fear. It is a mountain
stream nnd shows n lively n tendency to
swell up ns doca the Ohio in early pprlng.
It has been known to rise forty feet In n
night nnd fnll with like rapidity. The cur
rent is at all times exceedingly swift , while
n heavy rite > will sweep away nny tempo-
rar > bridge that may be erected. The three
drifts or fords at which tlio British Hanking
.limy Is opeintlng are called Marltzer's ,
I'otgeltor's nnd Triclmrd'fl , about ten , fifteen
and twenty mllcB respectively from Colenso.
A British .statistician , writing about the
South African war , docs not Indulge in the
usual cant about humanity nnd civilization
being boosted by the raid upon tlio twin
republics Ho considers tlio venture as n
cold-blooded commercial transaction , the
benefits of which he measures by the stand
ards of pounds , shillings nnd pence In
fact ho figures that the bloodshed nnd thu
destruction of life nnd pioperty will jield
a handsome return on the investment He
snjs "If It costs 20,000 British lives to
conquer the Transvaal nnd this ex
penditure pioduces nn Increase of $11,000-
000 a > enr In mining dividends , each life will
bo bringing nu annual return of $5uO more
than nn ordinary life of the class from which
most soldiers are drawn Is considered to be
worth in nny civilized community. "
"It sounds grewsomc , " writes Julian Ralph
from Orange river , "to liken the sending out
of nn army to the return of 'dust lo dust , '
and > et if the render could see an army or
any number of Midlers In Kbadi out on the
veldt ho would at ouco think of the simile.
South Africa looks now as If it were the
dust bin of creation. Its vegetation , animals
and Insects are nearly all of different shades
of dust color. Aa I write the men are dis
solving mud in tbclr palls nnd dipping
brushea In It to paint their wjilte etraps mud
color. K\ery pouch and strap and cloth
covered water bottle that would show white
or dark is undergoing this treatment. And
the drummers are doing the eame with their
drums painting tlio white , glistening cords
with mud , muddjlng over tlio golden lions
and unicorns nnd the gaudy regimental
mottoes , so that everything sbill look HKo
the veldt so that wo ehall be as dusty as
the country. "
1'VCIKIO C
ItHiil Projects fur Communication
> % lth tlic Par dint.
Philadelphia LcdL-er
If the several Transpacific cable projects
shall bo pushed to completion we Khali not
lack means of communication with the far
east , which may now moro properly , per-
liT ; < s , be called tbo far west. The proposed
cable line between Vancouver and Australia
Is a British Imperial project , designed to
bring England into closer touch with its
colonies , Canada nnd Australia , an well as
to serve the needs of Increasing trade. The
cost will bo about $20,000,000 nnd It Is said
tbo cable will bo laid within two jcars Then
there Is n proposition to lay a cable from
our Pacific coast to Manila , touching at
Hawaii and Ouamvhlch will be brought
before congress this ecsslon as a necessity
from n military and commercial standpoint ,
and Btlll another project is the revival cf tlio
old plan to lay n cable by way of Bering
stiaits. When Cyrus Ticld and his coid-
julors failed in tbclr first attempts to lay
the Atlantic cable , attention was turned to
the route through Alaska ; but , when Field
finally micceeded , tlio Alaskan project was
abandoned. The Northern Commercial Tele
graph Company of America nnd Canada
hab undei taken to use the old route , now
that theio IK a demand for communication
with Ahla. The line will inn by land from
our northern boundary tlnougli British
Columbia to the Yukon terrllor ) , down tbo
Yukon to Bering Htralta , thence by sub
marine cable across the straits to Siberia.
where n line only about 400 miles will
bo needed to make connection with the Im
perial Hussion line The udvontes of the
Dciltig straits route call attention to I ho
fact that only 120 mileof submarine cable
will have to be laid , that the overland r ills
from the United Ktntcs to Alaska will bo
partl > , at least , belt-supporting , by going
thiough Alnakan and other tonltory that Is
rapidly being settled , nnd tbe > nrguo that
the comparatively low cost of constnutl n
nnd maintenances will permit the new ( Oin-
pany to send mcstagcB to Asia foi fl a
word against ? 3 or Jl which n submarine
Pacific llnp would bo compelled to charge.
H In to bo hoped that the company will
complete the line. If all tbo claims which
tbo advocates nf the straits line make lu to
the commcHlnl need of the line and the low
cost of building it nro true , the prnjeetorn
will cmlnrk their capital In lliu line , and
there will bo no necessity to ask congress
for tbo money.
Till' ) l.lNll'll , Illll lllM'll > 0l.
Now York Tribune
The people of Kansas have $50,000,000 laid
up In their own banks , practically all of It
deposited wlncu tbo republican admliiHtra-
tlon came Into power But tboy have ojiiy
to wait tbo visitation of Ilrjan to bt as-
hured tbat this Is not real prosperlt > If
they want the genuine thing let thorn to
him nnd his wildcat financial tlieorj But
under the circumstances they will not dance
to this tune , let him plpo It melodiously as
ho will.
( Jiiuianil III *
Philadelphia Ilcc-orU
It la doubtful whether then * will be any
future Interpellations of the secretary of
I ho treasury Ho has evidently nothing to
conceal and hno done nothing In contraven
tion rf what ho deemed to bo the public
Interest But hl franluu s lin carried die-
ma ) among some of tbo gentlemen who re-
fiurd politics ne their bualnetg and wbo are
in politics for what they can make out
I of It.
\ iinm wrmm r IMMMJM.
liitrrMntr ( (
Tt-IU of 1'illn II run not ltrineil > .
ClilniRo He 'on1
The Interstate Commerce commission Co'
several jeur.s lins been nsklntt eonprcpt to
confer u nn It iho powers ncecsiivry to en-
nblo 11 to jiiovcni discrimination nnd to o < -
erclso sonic renl control over the railroad
inte situation. Hut congress lias done noth
ing. The cominlfflon , In Us thirteenth an
nual report , Juel Issued , repeats Its recom
mendations rf former jenrs , finding In the
situation additional arguments for earl } con-
gicaslnnal action In the dhectlon Indicate ! .
A railroad company , says the commission ,
can charge for Its emlcea whatever It
[ pit-uses nnd TS much as It pleases , without
nny renl POWCT In this rornniUslon. or an1 ;
other tribunal or court , to limit the amount
of such ehirge for tlio future when com
plaint li mnde > by nn aggrieved shipper.
Shippers generally , It | g also snld. have been
practically unanlmoiip In favor ot n single
rl-xsslllentlon of freights , uniform for nil
, roads nnd nil crttoim of the country , nnd
rcn : onnbls stable when established ( In
competitive traffic between great centers , the
commission points out , iho published tariff
bag been little more than n basin from
which tg calculate concessions nnd discrim
inations , with the result that shippers who
failed to secure these unlawful favors weio
In many eases forcitl to do business nt n
loss nnd In some Instances were driven out
of business. Tlio commission nt the present
tlmo cannot punish theao Infractions of the
law. It desires the power to enable It to do
PO. Hcgardlng the movement toward rail
road consolidation tbo commission has this
to sij
"It Is n matter of common knowledge that
vast schemes of rnlhvaj control are now In
pioceas of consummation and that the com
petition of rival lines Is to bo restrained by
these combinations While this movement
has not jet found full expression In tbo
actual consolidation ot lallruad corporations ,
enough has transpired to disclose n unifica
tion of financial Intercuts which will domi
nate the management nnd hnrmonlro ( ho
operations of lines heretofore Independent
nnd competitive. This la todaj tbo most
noticeable nnd Important feature of ( lie rail
way situation If the plans already fore-
slmdowed are brought to effective results
nnd others of similar scope are carried to
execution there will bo n vast centralisation
of railroad properties , with nil the power
involved in such far-reaching combinations ,
jet uncontrolled by nny public authority
which can be efficiently exerted. The re
straints of competition upon excessive nnd
unjust rates will In this way be avoided
and whatever ovlln mny result will bo
remediless under existing Invvb. "
The case Is none too strongly stated Com
petition ns an effective factor In tlio control
of the railway rate situation Is rapidly dis
appearing. Injurious discriminations nre
common and of course these discriminations
are usually In favor of the largo concern or
trust , at tlio expense of tbo small shipper ,
who therefore finds It difficult to continue In
business Unless congress takes action soon
along the linen recommended by the com
mission tbo people presently will find them
selves subject to n railroad trust that can
fix prices to suit Unclf.
OtT OP TJII3 OHDINAIIY.
Dahla boasts black diamonds.
London has tlie largest Imnk.
China haa women bed carriers
Topcka lias a ile.if mute barber.
'Frisco has n Chinese dally paper.
Indianapolis Fends pumj > s to Russia.
IxDUlsvlllo has a negro baibers' union ,
nnglnnil bas 317 women blacksmiths.
Antwerp has a municipal cub seivlcu
China , lias six smokeless powder m'll '
Washington , D. C , 1ms 1,000 ! pi Inters ,
At Iidj smith vvblnkj costs 5 a bottle.
Hungary lends in glibs jewel production.
Purls ihno the WggtHt Molautf.'i
In Saxony toj-tnukers earn 1 cent fin
hour.
Java furnishes two-thirds of the quinine
used.
Qernnnj1 has twcntj'-thrce boats of o\er
17,000 tons capacity.
lie ] lln , Gernmnv , Is to construct an under
ground railwaj- costing J23,000,000
The Jinn of Stnbl Straub , a Phila
delphia concern tnat failed recently , tliovvcil
liabilities of J1J21,30S and assets of
{ 0,000,000. e
A New- York man has a corkscrew boat
which ho claims Is cap ible of making llftv
miles an hour. But what I" tbo usd of
a ccrKs icvv tJ nt does not EO with the
bchf"Her ?
A San Finnclsco woman has-been In 11
ttance for two jenis and Is now reviving ,
jt Is biipposed that in Home vvaj slio re
ceived tbo Intelligence that her dress was
out of stjle
Girl * working In the match factories of
England bceomo permeated with the
chemicals and minerals used. The sulphur
sometimes eats their jaws In the most
pilnful and disgusting' way , Their wages
avei.uro $1 M a week
John C Mllfs , a el 11/.en of Connecticut ,
felt In fieaklHli mood pome ivvonly-five
venrs ago and named his bnbj- boy Tour
The latter now nppeals to tlie courts foi a
change , holding with some degree of lensou
that Four JIHes Is not the soil of name to
offer a sensible girl in exchange for her
own
ownWhen
When tbn American Mathematical society
got toiralher Inst week Dr. Miller ot
Cornell led off with an pHB.iy "On thu
Groups Which llavu the Same Orouj ) of
Ifomorphobos" Another jirofoshor un
loosened "On Cjcllenl Qunrtlc Surfaces In
Space of 'n' DlmenMont" This was fol
lowed b > a hiimoinup address on the "Proof
of tbo 17xls once of thi > Galois Field of
Order 'pr' for ivory Inter V and Prltnu
Number 'ji' " By thlb tlmo tbo bojs ad
journed for lunch
T1io news comcM from Bowling Green.
Ky , that Undo Hlllle Pom son vvns a few
nights ago picscnted a bouncing babv boy
li > his vtlfi' . who Ih veij inuch jounger
tlinn t'ncle Blllle Mi Pearson , and overj-
bodj knows 1'iu'lp Hlllle , IB now 9 jenrs
of n KC Ho was i eared In tli'n ' couiitrv , and
lived In the Gonben country until lint fall ,
when lie moved to TennesBee JU- was
married when finite n jnung man and his
lh t wife lived with him for slxtv-oni >
yeais. \\ben bo VVUH past M ) juars old Him
( 'led , nnd within a je.u or two lie mnrr'ed
again. By till1 * wcom ! wife be bad two
children Some thrujears IIKO the --cioiiil
wife died Without much luss of time
he nmrrlcd n third vvlf < HilH time choosing
a Pinter of ills M'lond wife , ind b > this
third wife Iwo children have been born , Iho
last one oulv n frw dn\s HBO
( ilCIlt I.II..I' " Tllllllf lllfM'Ilhlll ,
DI3THO1T Mlih , Jan 17 Seventy-live.
mcmbc'rH of the l.nko Cairlors' association
met here In niiniml convention todaj lx- ?
Presldent Thomas Wilson of Cleveland pie-
fcldcd Bneretarj Keep read the annual ro-
iiort ot the board of managers , which
tilmvved an liuinibo In tbu tonnage repre
sented In tlio HHHocliitlon of 75.0CO over ISO ? ,
and 10/0) ) ovi r W. the best previous jonr
The munbeib discussed u gient length the
piopoaid planx of ial 'HK ' the lake Uvela
and iciomniend tint ihc lake ( ntilrrs work
for thi ) appointment of a Jolrtt Ciiiuidliiii-
Ameilran tomfnlssloii to consider tin mat
ter A now channel at Hault Stn Marie
VV.LH diclared a
ondoii of VI I inAVorl.rrn. .
NAPUMS Jan -Tho third die H
of tlio United MineWorlcciN of
Anii'rli'ii lonveiud tinlny with John .MIt. . Hell ,
proildent , In Hie' elm r There WPIO fully
Too ilelc-Kiilos pr < uit ( lialiinnn J' J
Kcenan < > f tbo iriMlentlals I'ommltii'c sub-
iiilltnl his rr.iort Fahi-y of tlio commlltrn
rend Din report Illlnidx madi the hunt
hhovvliiK. with .JjWt mi inbers Sixnt.iry
W 1) llynn of tlu Mate oruanl/Htliia IH
-ilio treasurer of his organization vvbloh
now ban $112WX * < nmh on hand JJuiInt ; 1S6J
lie rained ov r UUXni UK ! inure than } . ' , -
On watt i.ilKnl b > I llnols In 1S56
Sol-Hun vii'ii Ivllli-il lii a 'I'IUIIK-I ,
13AHTON , Pa Jun 17 A m-ctlon IJUIIK of
nine men vvcru run down on the Uilawaro ,
Uifkuvvaiina & VVi-Htern rallwaj tuntioi
near Oxford , N J . lod.iy Two of thu
pnrlry wcie. limtarilly killed and n third
< ll"fl Khortlv nftci bvlnt ; struck The uthei
fix , AH' htrloittil ) hull A toil ir.i'n brnke
In ivvo In th6 tunnel und thi entllne wan
jotumlmr fpr tht * uar end.
l.uinlicr Vli-n nt viliiiifiiiiollN.
MINNKAPPMH Jun l7.A ( the nnnu > 1
noiivciitlon < ) f the NoithwesL Lumber Men *
HbHoi latlon wblih met luiu todaj u nuni-
IJIT of inpors were read IIIIICIIIK them mi\ >
b > John Polo , NcvV Hampton \i \ 'j-jm
Itu till dumber M n s Inmininie asuuil.i-
a im i nncj lUuntd i < ; the r porl ot
- Uwlntc of DCS Molautf.
'i u i. HI : ( nuns MVDK IN 'im.
The nRKrR > ti ImnK iloulnc * , f Hi- \ < t
were $ 'rtmii > ni"0iw nn in < r < i i > "f l f
cent over tbo leinnt nf 1 > < ! iv What i (11 (
liiBiidolisiiluini - of business tbositlgnrcq
We rnlMl nenrly 2Wnli iOiii ( itiflii i f
porn , of vvhldi the nViTiiRe prli o vv i" I
lents iier Imsliel hlslui tluui I , si \ , ir
We nl ed SI7 < W > Oi > il lumholo of who it n d
D.O W'i linlos of eottna
All totumiro hnulliiK lecnids vveri l > r 'V'-n
at Ashtnbula. O , nn April 27 on ihe I ik < -
Slmro riillwnj , when nn envtlmuiul , at
train nf Hlvtv-llvo cnrs , eiiirvlng J.uxi tons
VVus hauled li > one lorotnot lv
The mm lag of lltlrtjfnur mllis f ttiiins
In ohe ilnv over one dlvMun of 'br ' IV m
Mvlvnnla inllrontl Is snld lo lnl.mknii
the worlds reennl In triiln niovltiK nun
wits on the Plttshurg division und I vti ( ati
vvoie moved
I Wo sold and expoited fl JT.J V M M vv itth
of our dninestlr preduits i ml our tnta
i export nnd Impnit trade for tin arm tlmi
oxeieded two blllldtis In tin- total of tin
exports manufactures appeal t ihr vi\hu
of W70.0000V nn Incteaso of Jfli mmt \ \ > , , v i
IS'iS
Nebrnskn luoke Its eorn-prndui Ing n
ord. In Ibis state the corn imp , if IMS
exeeeded the recoid of the l > e l iiievtmn
> onr bv 11,217,210 liusbels , the foniliiKhou
Ing the enurniotiM total of 2ll,12 > nii iiiuboU
Pi ev Ions to isici the uteatest ooln vn un
1W Last Veir's rtnp , however M i i t
onlv the Inigcst , but upon the wlml , ,1 IM
line a tiunlltj ns anv ever raised in thr
state Tin- average v leld to nn mti \\ai
31 ' . btlshi'ls
A'l old record was broken mnl n t i , nt
made bv the Minneapolis lumber mill- . i
jear The total cut for Hie vcar wns * >
0)1.00(1 feet The cut In IV'S ' vvhli h l.r , Ue m
records , was ini.lW.HOO feel , o that ihe irrt ,
retotil wns made lij nn Ineieasto of mimv
lOtMWrt.OHl feet The vvorld'H hirgi st KHVV
mill , that of the C'hlppewa rnlN 1 vunln-t
conialij | , closed diivvn In Novcmbir fm tin
season , with a cut of ( > 0iOOOiH ( ) fi t rins
wns llic > largest reason's cut on record foi
H "Ingle plant
There vveie shipped from the mines 17-
2 , " > 0000 tons of .anthini ltc < coal , the largest
production la our hlstctrj The piodiutl > n
of bltuinlnous coal Is estimated Ml \ > < o .
OM.OiHl tons In n ilosoly tclntid bin mil (
Induxtrv , Iho lion tiade , wo lliul out lion
furnaces tuinlnt ? out ? i&,0tv ) toim , , r piu
Iron a dnv , as against 2l3m > i a vim HRO ,
nnd prices of Iron and stiel aio < ! oibli-
what thev vveie thenV o e\pon fun
times us much Iron and steel as vvc ill i t. n
jenrs ngo and Import one-fourth a mm h
With a novvHpnper tialn uanvlag tin- \ w
York Sundnj papers and cunxlstini , , , r tr.o | ,
b.iRCTRo cms and a loioinottve the i in ku
wanna lallrond , on September IT hint all
records between New York and Itnffal. .
coverltiK the 410 miles In the mtuul nm
nltif , ' time of seven houis and tweatv three
minutes At times on level stun , hes n
sieod | of eighty miles an bout VMIS at-
tnlneil The westbound Htirllngtuii fast
innll beat all pun Ions lecoiils bitvv .11
Chicago and Omaha on Febiuaij Is the
nctunl running time being eight houis 'nl ,
fortv-four niliuiUs for the noj nilli > - Tim
best previous runs were' made on the Bni-
HnKtim In nine hours and tvventvthreo mia
utcH. and on the Noithvvestcrn in nlnn
houis nnd twentv-nlno inlniites ror sev-
ei.il HinntH this lecord-brcnker exceeded 1W
o.irlo . , or
"Not In the least , but when I come to
insMle'ol ' 'u'orVl'e'1 ' ' ° ' " " " " Mlt wlfnl '
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Don't voti
t'nnk ' Mrs Plumper Is lee stout for a rainy
'
B00d llPI" on tha
Chicago IJecord : " 'Dauber sajs he li
wedded to bis nrl.
Ho evidently thinks he Is. or ho wouldn't
inlstrent her so shamefully "
Indianapolis Journal"What Is a his
torian , Undo Phlnons ? "
"A historian Is .1 Jiuin who lives Ions
enough to vvilto things up without gettlns
contrndloted. "
Somorvlllo Journal- When n woman has
Invited a neighbor and his wife to ten slio
ftlvvajs feels hurt and ills ippolnted If the
neighbor's wife doesn't ask her for the re
cipe for that loveljcake. .
Chicago Tlmos-Morald "Have von ever
noticed any blgns of insanltj In him ? "
asked the Invvjnn
"II.uo 1' ' " echoed the witness. "Well
snj' l once saw him call pit hand In a
four-linmled gnmo with a pair of deuces "
CKY OF THI : HOSTESS.
Ilrookljiii Life
Ch , I am vvc.iij' , ihoait and hand ,
And warped and worn nnd stinlnod
i o tlietl of entertaining and
Ot belntr entertained !
So prostrate Is mjwelpbted soul
With dinners , lunc'hi'ons ' , tens ,
I'd build a houM > at the uortlli pole
To get avv.iy from these.
And ivlBh vvli'nt ' joy I'd vvnltz about
In hourly growing glee *
If no one came to sis-k mo out
Or ever called on mi-
Oh , what delight to sit and gaze
Over tbo waste * ? of snow ,
QII'JO Mure no form would cross tlho spic
Klthcr of friend or foe.
Fe.irlnpr no woman , man or c'lIM ,
Nri oven the ncfrtmnn's rhiff
Tbn ( .mis nnd Inx Itatlons nlled
That he Is sure to
Yea , could I pay mjrillsi and see
iMy list ( jnlto clear nRiiln ,
AIj sioro vvljied out , my tablet free ,
My mind at ease * * oh , then ,
I'd nsk of fate , with grateful tears ,
This dealest lilesMng' yftiown
Tor the icinnlnller of nijjearn
Just to bo let nlone
Men's
Shirt
Sale
To reduce our vast assort
ment and make room and pre
pare for our spring and summer
lines , for TWO DAYS we will
give you your choice of our
ONE DOLLAR stiff bosom
Colored Shirts for
The different styles on dis
play in our window on Fifteenth
street.
Two days only this sale lasts
