< > THIS OMAHA DA1LV .113313 : TUESDAY , JAXLTAKY 23 , 11)00. ) THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. Ii. ROSKWATKH , Editor. _ PUBLISHED HVEKY MOIININO. TEIIMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Be < j ( xvtthojt Sunday ) . Ono Year. . 16.03 UBlly ice nnd Sunday , One Year. . . . . . . . f.OO Uftily. Sunday and Illustrated. Ono \car 8.2o Mummy nnd illustrated , One Year . Z. & lliUHtruled Bee , One Year . z.OO Sundny UVP. one. Yt.tr . . J-JJ Saturday lice , One Year . l2 Weekly Hoe , Ono Year . Gj OFFJCKS. Omaha : Tlio Boo Building. . . . . South Omaha : City Hall Bulldlnff , Twenti'-llfth and N streets. Council Bluffs : 10 1'cnrl Rtreet. Oiki . iwo Unity Building- Now \ rk : Temple court. Washington : 301 Fourteenth Street , COUItESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should bo addressed : Omaha Bee , Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTEUS. nuslncss letters nnd remittances ho addressed : The Ueo Publishing Corn- puny , Omaha. Omaha.11BMITTANCES. . 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BI.-IBO Total . , Less unsold and returned copies. Net total sales . .7 < lttU , B Subscribed and sworn before me this isl day of January , A. D. VxGATB. ( Seal. ) Notary Public. Complvolk-r NVusUu-rj ; 1ms the olty tux levy nil Hum-oil out already , liut the innyor anil connd ! will huvo the last sny. Senator AUoiiTvldontly saved tlio niruli' at tlu > Hpr-pc'h ln was to h-ivo Oinnhn pro-Hnor nii'i'tliiB for delivery at Washington Kuiuhiy. Whenever public- man IH honest and eom-iiRPoiiH PHoush to expose corrupt Ion : ind frand he Is sure to bo maligned and abused by the enemies he has made. The latent In runaway episodes coinos in the form of truant seho" ! boys start ing' for ( lie Hoer war. Who says youim America is not 'keeping paw with the aiK'estors' trlehsV Tlie llrst duty and interest of Omaha taxpayers is to lop off surplus tax-eaters nnd pic-biters. The next is to plug up all the leaks in the court house , city hall and school board. A fiood many political eorks are try ing to swim into otlice on top of the vvnter works settling basins , hut they may find themselves at the bottom of , like other Missouri river tail ings. _ The politicians arc now bombarding the kopje on which the fusion members of the supreme court are entrenched. If no relief column heaves in si ht , the only alternative will be to surrender the su preme court clerkship. Anna Gould's husband denies that lie has lost his wife's money in speculation or gambling. This is doubtless good news to the Rroceryman and the tailor who have been In some doubts about Illllng the last orders. As was to liavo been expected , the al leged retrenchment by the democratic majority of ( lie county board was only for the purpose of clcanlug away repub lican underbrush to make room for pop- ocratle favorites at the crib. Several envious cities which are castIng - Ing opprobrious eyes at Omaha on ac count of Its school board bribery scan dals might prolit by the employment of a few detectives to get on the Inside of the deals nf their own public serv ants. Colonel Hryan says It is Immaterial to him whether the issues are silver , trusts j and Imperialism or Imperialism , trusts and silver. What Is worrying llryan i is thai no amount of transposition prom ises to restore the conlldence of the country In the democratic party. Chicago Is agitating the proposition to establish small parks lu the residence portion of the city. Such parks are needed greatly In every town that has a largo mixed population. Tlio trouble with Omaha parks Is that they are out of reach of the people who most ueeil them. The galaxy of congressional orators nt the Itoor meeting at Washington re minded us I hat nobody lias heard of nny member < .f . congress offering tlio Hours anything more than noisy advice. AH star attractions at sympathy meet ings , however , their services and voices are freely to bo commanded. What do the people who go from Ne braska to winter resorts want better limn those who remain at home huvo liotm enjoylngV If It were not for the fact that Nebraska has so many attrac tions for prospective settlers It might qnter Into competition with countries which huvo nothing else but weather to recommend them. Shipper * who object to the raise In rates through the rearrangement of clas sifications should not bo so unkind as to quote the reports of railroad olliclals on earnings nnder the old tarltr. They should understand that these reports were mudo for consumption on the stock p.vclmnge and It Is reully unfair to use them usulust the roads. AS ro TitAXsVAAi , The former consul of the Transvaal republic at London , himself an Kn.clMi- nmii , Is In Washington. It Is said with the Intention of asking recognition from our government ns the diplomatic rep resentative of that republic. It lias been stated that the secretary of slate had declined to recognize nil American cltlr.cn iipixiliilcd by the South African republic to represent It at Washington. It Is understood on the ground of his citizenship , and the senate n few days ngo adopted , \ resolution calling upon the president for Information as to this. In anticipation of the coming to Wash ington of Mr. Montague White , it has been stated that he would doubtless be given an audience by Secretary Hay , but probably would not be recognized by tlio president ns a diplomatic represent ative. . Thu iticHtinn of giving diplomatic rec ognition to the Transvaal republic under existing conditions appears to be a somewhat delicate one and there Is ap parent , n disposition on the.part of the opposition to the administration to make political capital out of it. This was shown In the debate In the senate on the Allen resolution and In some of the talk nt the mass meeting In Washing ton Sunday night. If the president shall refuse to recognize an accredited diplomatic representative of the South African republic there Is nothing more certain than that the opposition to the administration will construe the refusal as evidence that tlio president is in sym pathy with Omit IJritnln. An appeal would be persistently made to all who sympathize with tlio Boers to rebuke the administration and It is quite possi ble Hint such mi nppeal Would have con siderable effect. The South African republic has never had a diplomatic representative in the t'nlted States. It lias had a consul here and the 1'nlted States Is repre sented by n consul at the Transvaal capital , but these odlclnls have no tllpl-j- malic ehnrnctor or powers. They arc simply commercial agents. The leason why the Transvaal government lias not had a diplomatic representative here Is the fact that in respect to its foreign af fairs it was not Independent. It could make no treaty and enter Into relations with no other country , except the Orange Free State , without the assent of (5runt Britain. That was a treaty ar rangement which Hie Boer government , so far as we are aware , never dis avowed. Consequently that government had no use for a diplomatic representa tive here. Now Hint it Is at war , how ever , It appears to desire to establish diplomatic relations with the United States. It has not been noted thai It Is seeking (0 ( do tills with any other country , although such relations with France and Germany and Uussla would seem to be quite as desirable as with the United States. It is the right of the president to de termine whether or not the accredited representative of a foreign government shall bo recognized and It Is a question whether congress can interfere with this prerogative , although in tlio case of : i refusal of recognition perhaps congress muy properly ask for the reason. That is a question , however , which we be- Hove has never arisen until now. There is no doubt that ( lie president will promptly respond to the senate resolu tion anil it Is also not to be doubted that lie will act in this matter of recognizing a diplomatic representative of the South African republic according to hH convictions of right and duty. I'HEACHIXO T1IK nitOSG DUCTHIXB. The school board Investigation discloses seine Interesting phases of human depravity. Mr. Hayward , a member of the minority on the board , hires a skilled detective to entrap Mr. Cowie , the leading spirit of the majority ot the board. This detective cells himself about bis Intended victim , poses as a salesman from Chicago houses and becomes the bosom friend of the man lie Is paid to ruin. He oven visits him In nla homo a day or two before ho springs hia trap nnd Is introduced to Mr. Cowie's wife. Ho gains the entire , perfect confidence of Ills victim and , when satisfied that he has done his worst , comes out In his true char acter as a well-known detective. Now , wo do not pretend to say that the exposure of Iniquity on the part of the members of the school board Is not all right. It Is well that the public should know all the facts , and we hope that the good work will go until every guilty man Is caught and punished , but the method pur sued In this cnso Is not commendable. And hero Is where the "Interesting phase of hu man depravity comes lu. " Mr. Hayward In a Mason. So is Mr. Cowie. These men were sworn to stand by and defend each other nnd warn each other of Impending danger. According to this pledge It was Mr. Hay- ward's sworn duty to take his young brother abide the moment ho suspected anything was wrong and advise him against his false course. A friend would htve > taken that course. A brother should have done so. Instead of this , ho deliberately plans his ruin. Wlille ( hero Is no doubt of Mr. Cowle'd guilt , It la an open question as to tlin guilt of tlu men who deliberately tempted him to evil. Uev. T. J. Mucltay In Church and Home. Coming from a clergyman , who Is pre sumed to stand for the highest stand ard of public morality nnd good govern ment , this Is a most extraordinary ser mon. mon.When When n postmaster desires to test tlie honesty of a suspected employe it becomes ills duty to notify a special agent or government detective , whoso method Is to make the test with decoy letters containing marked bank notes. Would It bo the duty of the postmaster , if he belonged to the same church or the same benevolent order , to warn the suspect ? Would It not be criminal col lusion If ho were to do so ? Tlie same course Is pursued in tlio United States revenue department , and In fact in every establishment whose ofllccrs and employes are liable to go wrong. Tlie course pursued by Mr. Hayward and his associates was , therefore , biiecd on tlie only plan that could have brought to light the crookedness of Hie combine of which Mr. Cowio was Hie leading spirit. It was not a contest between - tween a helpless minority nnd a dom inant majority , but an effort to put an end to systematic swindling and Job bery. The idea that Mr. Cowie Is tlie vlcllni of a conspiracy would sound well com ing from the attorney retained for hire to defend him anil the other men lui- I plicated with him , but honest men are n-l victimized In that way. No sane ! man believes that the exposure made by Hie detectives covers all the crooked I deals perpetrated by the offenders. , They had simply been able to cover their trucks until this trap was sprung. l It Is not the linlilt of brlbo-glvers or , bribe-lakers to furnish evidence for i their own conviction. On the contrary , j tlie only way in trace and track them i Is through detectives. I Surely the Itev. Mr. Mackny does not contend that tlie .Masonic order Imposes ! an obligation on its members to shield j criminals and to warn them of Impend ing discovery of their crimes. The j worst enemies of the Masonic order 1 have never Imputed to It Hie Inculcation 1 of doctrine so subversive to public mor als and good government. No order up holding such practices could exist In any country. Instead of denouncing Mr. Hayward nnd holding him up to public scorn It Is the duty of every good citizen to ap plaud his course and congratulnte him for his fearless discharge of duly. THE ADVAXVR UX h.ll Thp reports through British olniimeK carefully censored , Indicate tlint the Hrltisli forms nro making progress to ward Ladysmlth. though the advance Is HOW. ! The thinking movement under tlio command of ( Jeiioral Warren lias boon tlio most Htiorossftil , llio operations unilinthu lininodlato direction of Bulhr showing no very linportnnl results , but tbofo appears to bo good reason lo bo- llovo thai tlio Hrltlsli are securely over HIP Ttigelu rlvor and can bold tlio gnnmd tboy bavo taUun. It lias boon sug gested ( lint llio Boors are perhaps draw ing their onoiny Into a trap and Ibis may provo to bo the ease , but It must lo ) assumo.d that the Hrltlsli I'Oinmtindcr , who should hnvo loarncd a good deal by this tlmo about Boer taollos , Is fully on his guard. Wlillo , however , Iho British have iiuulo seine progress and have paid heavily for it , the advices do not show that ( hey have yet reaeliod a position of stioli advantage as to promise the at tainment of their immediate object tin ; relief of Ladysmith with the fovoo they now have under Buller. The piob- ability is ( lint this force is eonfiontoil by an army equally strong in all re spects , occupying formidable positions and lighting on the defensive. Even If the Hoer army is considerably Io. < s nnniorous than tlio British , Its advan tage in posit ion more than offsets the dllTorenco. A tho'usand good soldiers , well intrenched , are equal to an attack ing force of several times their num ber , which lias been demonstrated more than Once in this war. The Boer tactics being wholly de fensive they have prepared for this In the most complete manner possible and they sire not likely to bo driven from their position by a force less than double tliolr number. An oftlcer in our civil war , in a communication to an eastern paper , says that the defensive strategy of the Boers , together with the posses sion of the passes of Natal and tlie line of tlio Orange and the Caledon , fully doubles their resisting force and Field Marshal Hoberts Htinulrl have under his command l.'O.OOO men to insure - sure superiority upon the theater of war. This number will bo inadequate if the Boer strength , as generally estimated , is from 80,000 to 100,000. Assuming it to be the smaller number Great Britain will undoubtedly ilnd it necessary to send to South Africa at least 1100,000 soldiers in order to conquer tlio Boers. There appear to bo some people In England who still entertain the idon that the war will not be protracted and talk of the Boers being completed within six months. Such people can certainly have very little coin-option of the sit uation and of tlie dlflicultlcH to bo over come. They probably think that the relief ot Lnilysinlth would be the be ginning of the end of the conflict. That , however , would bo but ( ho llrst , step In the great task the British have before thorn. When they have driven the Boors from British territory nnd begin the Invasion of the Transvaal they will encounter dllliculties quite ns great if not moro formidable than they have yet mot dlllieultics that will not be over come without an enormous loss of life. Tlio wnr is as yet lu its llrst stage and It has cost Kngland 10,000 soldiers , though no really great battle lias been fought. It Is more likely to continue a year than to bo ended In a shorter time , unless there should be Intervention , ot which ( hero is now no prospect. The man who wrote "All men are llurs" must linvo had In mind the people of the Philippine Islands. Some time. ago n local government was formed In Hie Island of Nogros where the people and particularly the olliclnls selected to govern the Island professed the greatest loyalty to the United States and an In- Unite amount of pleasure at being the Instruments of carrying out Its wishes. It now appears that tlie rebellion which stnrted in tlie ihlnnd within n week erse so nfterward was engineered by these same oIllclnlB. It has always been a dlllicult task to stop the leaks In a skimmer. The men attempting to turn the populist party over to the Bryan ( loin ernvy are having all kinds of trouble keeping the voters In. .1. II. ICdmlsten lifted his thumb from one of the holes when he wrote to the member of the national com mittee from Missouri and Hie result was a leak , Men with opinions based on principle 4iro not lamely led around by the otllccficcklng brigade. A Kansas preacher who has attained fame us a book writer is arranging to try Hie experiment of running n dally newspaper for a week as ho thinks Christ might run it. Ho proposes , how ever , to take two months tlmu to gel ready for the task. Give the every day editor two days to get ready for each edition of his paper and he might work some Improvements himself , even If not ordained of the cloth. The popocratlc press of Nebraska Is beginning to discuss the question of can didates for the coming campaign. As u ' harmless diversion this may afford tin editors some satisfaction. When th' time comes to nominate tlie candidate ; the ring which coiitivls the ttlpnrtitt party will sellle ( he question of wha the candidates are to be , In collective eli i newspapers or conventions. If some obstinate American mule should take a notion to run away witli Hie duke of Mnrlborouglrs rollivtlon o ( feather beds , nlr-plllows. jellies nnd Jams the dear duke might lie forced tn sleep on the ground and eat sail horse and hardtack. such rough riders m > the duke hud better conllne their efforts to following the hounds. lU-al Ai-Uoii lit 1'roHiMvl. l.oulsvlllo Courier-Journal , it mny safely be predicted that the war news Is going to be livelier when the work of vaccinating those American mules be- Bine. Ait ! : > tor ( lie I'lililliVnl. . Olobe-Domocrat. Cuba's secretary of ugrlctiltuie , n native of the Island , Is taking ster to protect the forests of the public domain. He cannot go far In this direction without presenting a valuable example to the United States. A nut her Ili-iif lien \nvliiillatfil. Chlciiso News. Osman Dlgna , the mahdl's most myste rious chlcftuln , has at bat been raptured , after eluding his pursuers In a fashion flint might aptly entitle him to the name of "tho Willie Taseott of the Soudan. " People who in'ht ' be led to hope for the arrest of sundry les.i distinguished fugitives must re member , however , that Osman was only n pcor benighted heathen. H MV < > Strike- TruM. 1'hllndolphln accord. It would take congress only nn hour or two to pass the following resolution , which would operate manifestly in the public In terest , but the power of monopoly Is too great for the resistance of the men who were elected to legislate for the people : Resolved , That the duties on printing pa per , which shelter a gigantic trust monopoly In the work of spoliation , and which are a tax on popular education and knowledge , be and the satno are hereby repealed. Varied If X i VcrnuliiiiN. Chlcnso Post. The extent of the losses In the Transvaal engagements nil depends on the source of Information. Heretofore we have had nothing hut British reports and they have been to the effect that the Boers have lost several hundred men every time they had met the English , hut nbw the Boers have got a few words through the lines and the statement Is confidently made that they have lost only about 200 men , while the British have lost something like 6,000. If the Boers only had a chance to do their t'hare of the talking we would have a nice little newspaper controversy. CnrneurlfVs Vlc\v * on ClinrHy. Philadelphia. Ledger. In nn address to young men. In New York , on Thursday nlghf. Andrew Carnegie made the startling assertion that " $ f(50 ( out of every $1,000 spent in charity had hotter bo thrown Into the " " ' sea , adding , "Don't help the submerged tenth ; help the strug gling tenth. " His meaning was that the proper perrons to help are those who are willing to help themselves , and there Is a great deal of force In that position. Un fortunately , charity is as blind ns justice nnd gives to the hand that Is stretched out , regardless of the man who , though he may need assistance more than his lazy brother , has other uses , for his hands than to stretch them out In supplication for alms. of fill * " . White MIIII'N Iliirtlcn. New Vork World. The latest reports of the famine in India show that the conditions arc worse than had been previously supposed. The famine area has expanded until now about 20.000,000 are affected in British territory and about 27- 000,000 in the native states. The scarcity of cattle , water and food is terrible. Sonic 3,250,000 people are now receiving relief nnd the cost of this relief up to the end of March will bo not less than $20,000,000. The gov ernment of India will have the sympathy of this country In the hard problem with which It has to deal. In our Puerto nice one- fourth of the Inhabitants are dependent for existence upon public charity , and wo are working hard to assimilate 10,000,000 Fil ipinos whoso chronic condition It but little better than that of the famine-stricken people - plo of India. A MATTISIl OP IIOTIIICIIIIOOI ) . I'crtlm-nt ( ItifHUoiiM Put io UelcKntoH to ( ho Co in I nuCoiiKrcMN. . Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. It has long been a favorite pastime with the irreverent perpetrators of pertinent and pungent paragraphs to poke fun at thp In consistency of maiden members of the Mothers' congress. It Is probable that the Impudent paragraphers meant no harm , but they have precipitated revolution. It is given out In nil seriousness that the National Mothers' congress Is about lo tnko radical steps looking to proper Identification of each and every member , not nlono ns to social standing nnd fnmlly tree , but more especially as to credentials of membership by divine right of real motherhood. To this end each present member , it Is understood , fans boon furnished with a list of questions , fcorncthlng after the manner of civil service , census or taxtakers' blanks , well calculated to reveal under the calcium light of Inquisi torial Investigation all the hidden mysteries of maidenhood masquerading under the flimsy mask of national motherhood. First In the list of questions Is the direct interrogatory , "Aro you a mother ? " Thin Is not intended to elicit Information nu to membership In the congrefn , but to develop the domestic standing of the witness not are you a national mother , but are you a plain , everyday mother of family , having the maternal prerogative of slippers nnd slaps , That Is a leading question , and upon Its answer It would seem might bo rested safely nnd finally the matter of eligibility. But not so. The Inquisition proceeds. Second on the roster of research comes the rather Invidious Inquiry , "Do you know your own mother ? " Now , Isn't that Im pudence ? Tim third Interrogatory Is direct and searching : "Huvo you had charge of young children ? " Of course , the natural Infer ence Is that a mother always has charge of her young children. But many natural In ferences are decidedly wide of the murk , nnd this la one of the widest. There are mothers so called because of the fact of maternity who have less to do with their young children than have any of their neighbors. Possibly In that fact M eomo justification for question No. 2 : "Da you know your own mother ? " But these steps In Inquiry are as mere forerunners of the fourth and finishing touch In this development of domestic relations of Mothers' congress members. To the lay mind the examination , as Introduced by the Initial question , could proceed upon but ono basle , the presupposition of marriage. But tn the esoteric underntandlng of the Initi ated something moro xubstautlal than mere presumption is essential to the establish ment of complete eligibility- Hence the startling finality U put with a suddenness that leaves no loophole of escape or margin for evasion : "Are you married ? " The first question eeenis sufficient for the determining of all points In eligibility In a rongrew ) of motherhood. If it Is deemed In sufficient. the fourth certainly definitely de termines the matter , the two being con sidered relatively. I DOWN IV SOt Till'HI' . - \ . ! l.lulif * mill Sluulinv * < if tlir Wnr Hf tMiMMt Hf'iiulilli'R niul Kin litre. 1 While the forces of Oencrnl Duller were retreating from the Tugcln river four weeks ngo the American military nitncho lo nnid to have remnrked , "Is there no way I nrountl ? " That remark embodies the whole | campaign for the relief of l.sdy.imlth now In progress. Oenornl Buller IB socking Iho [ way around. U Is quite evident that Brlt- Ith generals nrn teaming something from their experience with n while foe. The snc- i fifteen ninilo to demonstrate the folly of j ttylng to rush entrenchments occupied by i determined soldiers were needless. Had I they studied the tactics of union generals In the Civil war they might have spared ninny n life on the Tugela nnd Modder riv ers. Oencrni Sheridan once described his cumpnlgn methods ns follows : "I never allowed myself to light n battle , It I could help It , where I did not feel satisfied Hint my men at least had nn equnl chance with the enemy and I strove by every means In my power to secure the advantage In the situation before I Jolm-d battle. I never tualicd my men up blindly ngnlnst an In- ttcnchod line without knowing In advance , If possible , what I hod to mcrt. 1 ma neuvered for the 'weather gauge' of battle for forty days agnlnst Karly before I do- j elded to strike nnd then 1 struck h.ird and with success. Why did the fugitives from Cedar Crcrk that I met nt Mlddlotown promptly face about at my order and advance against the victorious enemy1 ? They had rttreated because they had been surprised nnd caught In n formation from which their high colillrrly Intolllgenco taught them It was hopeless to expect lo deliver a success ful fight ; that It would 'not pay to slay , ' but they had learned to feel confidence In mo that I would not have ordered them back unless 1 had a fair chance lo win n victory. " Senator Hoar , the grand old man of Mas sachusetts , Is an uncompromising foe of conquest In South Africa , as well ns In the Philippines. Writing to a Boer sympathy meeting In Boston last week , ho said : "I cannot properly leave my duties here , even to accept your most attractive- Invitation to speak In Kaneull hall and to meet the men who arc to express their sympathy with the gallant people a republic of 1,000,000 against an empire or 400,000,000 who arc makliiR the best fight since Thermopylae * for a caiiRO as holy as that for which Leonldas and his Spartans gave their lives. " Biltlsh faith Is firmly pinned to Lord Roberts , now In command of the army at the front. "A gentleman told mo the ether day , " writes T. P. O'Connor In Mostly About People , "that when he felt depressed by the reversed of the hour , ho went home , took down the autobiography ot Lord Roberta , read again the story ot the mutiny and Its disastrous opening and Its triumphant close , and then was consoled. 1 have also gene back tn Lord Roberts' book and hnvo turned nt once to the pages In which ho describes the events which led to his get ting the V. C. Roberts was then merely a young lieutenant and the mutiny was nt Its worst moment. January 2 , 1858 , was Lord Roberts' day of days , for twice on that day ho did deeds cither of which would have won him the V. C. Following up the retreat of a body of mutineers , he saw- two sepoys entering a village. Small In Bl/.e , almost fragile In figure , but wiry , fearless and quick as lightning In his move ments , the little lieutenant dashed after. The sepoys turned around and both pre sented their muskets ; ono of them had actu ally got the length of pulling the trigger , but the cap snapped , and before the sepoy could again fire he was cut In twain by the sword of the little officer who was pursu ing him. " An Kngllsh correspondent who went through the 1881 campaign wrote at that time ot the fighting qualities of the Boers ; "Wo never are able to see the enemy. Except before the fight at Majuba hill I never saw tut a handful of them at any time. And when they thought we noticed them they and their horses disappeared as If swallowed up by the earth. I think we oil feel that they can shoot. Our losses at Ilatloy and Latng's nek showed that. We were very much In the open , but not a blessed Boer was to be seen. But cvory once in a while there was the crack of a rifle and then one of our poor boys would go over , the line would close up and we would begin chasing again for the enemy we could ne\er find. I was. taken prisoner Just after General Colley was killed and I can say that I could not have been treated better by any people. They were kind to our wounded , did not molest the dead nor Insult us of the living. I think they are a very brave people and , as for fighting , they seem to know Just as much about It as we do. " War In South Africa has greatly Increased the manufacture of khaki cloth , over 15,000 persons now being engaged In making the cloth for British soldiers. The word "khaki" Is of Hindoo origin and means dust or clay- colored. The cloth Is made entirely of cot ton and Is exceedingly durable. It was probably first used by Kngllsh soldiers In India and was also used by them In their Egyptian campaigns. The color Is not nt- tructlve , but the cloth makes the best gar ments for wear In a hot country. PKIISO.VAI. POI.VI'S. When Ocnoral Wheeler reaches home he will find his future program all mapped out for him. Now York Is figuring up Its profit and loss on account of the Mazet commission. The latest cellmate is : Debit , ? 50,000 ; as sets , nothing. The fireplace In the dining room of Cap tain Slgsbeo'ti Washington house Is decor ated with carved wood from the wreck of the battleship Maine. The poet's right to wear long hair has been affronted by a recent ntlack on Hin hirsute adornment of Frank L. Stanton of the Atlantic Constitution. The statement that Lord Roberts Is mor tally afraid of cats Is n pleco of unceiiBored war news that the Boers will doubtless be quick to take ndvnntaKO of , The twentieth century controversy must cleilo" with the year , but that over the Identity of Barbara Frletchle threatens to continue for another century at least. Senator Simon of OrcKon , although not a subscriber to a clipping bureau , has an utmost' complete collection , filling several ! scrap bcoks. of all newspaper comments ' upon him. He la an omnivorous reader of i newspapers. Speaker Henderson made an apt reply to ! a remark that the Bpcakcr's duties were already shockingly aging him. "Well , " re plied Mr. Henderson. "I am not so young na I was , but I am not by twenty yearn ao old as I hope to be at the proper time. " 1 Out In San Francisco the chorus girls arc 1 petitioning the city council for permits to | carry 'revolvers to protect themselves I agultut "mashers. " If the girls can only demonstrate their ability lo hit what they 'clioot ' at they should be permitted to carry 1 the biggest firearms obtainable. | John B. McDonald , with whom New I York's rapid transit commlExloners are glad to make a (35,000,000 ( contract for a sub way , was born In Ireland and IB a democrat , but he Is a tunnel maker rather than a poll- tlclan , although he U a close friend of I Richard Crcker. Ho IB u tireless worker , 1 and Now York U ready to believe him when I he says that In three years from today New York's underground railway will be la full operation , Mvlllt AMf A POMTICAIi POTPOt Kill. ! Hastings Tribune ( rep. ) : The Tribune i believes that the best thing tlio republican . state central committee can do. when It meets nt Lincoln on Wednesday , February T , Is to fix the convention for electing dele gates to the tmtloii.il convention nud the convention for nominating the state ticket for onennd the snmo time. This would en- r.ble the rrpiibllcnns to get Into the cnm- pnlgn curly , and besides would give hotter sntlsfnrtlon nil around. Superior Sim ( pop. ) : Populists , stand by your colors nnd If we go down , let's go down with colors Hying at the masthead. Wo arc not ready tj bo swallowed as yet nud especially nfter having yielded on various o.-cnsloim to prevent disruption. A schcaio Is on foot to force us Into the rapacious maw of n rlv.il party , but , as Congressman Greene said , U will be n peculiar looking nilmnl after It has swallowed the entire populist pally of Xuckolls county : n smuller nnlmnl can hardly swallow a milch larger one. i Bonvcr City Tribune ( rop.l : The su- I prcmo court clerkship IA the chief plum In | sight now , nnd the democrats nnd populists nre fighting for It. R. 13. L. llerdmnn of 1 Omnhn Is being pushed by the democrats nnd J. 11. KdmlstPti Is being pushed by the- pops. If there Is anything In precedent Kdmlsten will get It nnd the democrats will have to be content \\lth the knowledge that a member of the "allied reform forces" has born made happy. Nebraska democrats are called upon to make many sacrifices for "reform" these days. Central City Nonpareil ( rep. ) : Whenever there Is a fat appointment to be made It Immediately precipitates n riot In the fusion ranks. The clerkship of the supreme court Is now the bono of eolltenllon. Those sainted prophets of popoeracy , Herdnmn nnd ICd- mlnten , nre each begging for the posi tion , and there are n great many "aluo rans" In the list of aspirants. The heat en gendered by the conflict has affected the ntmosplwo and wo are having summer weather In the nnlddlc of winter. If you want to sen a real warm time Just throw nn appointment Into the expectant i\nka \ of reformers , iml watch the scramble that will ensue. O'Neill Independent ( pop. ) : The fusion pa pers which nre ndvocatlng HIP deputyshlp ns n llrst step to a utnto office should put their ear to the ground nnd get the sentiment of the rank nnd file ot the voters. That the fuslonlsls of Nebraska could select n dozen sots of stnlo officers nnd deputies that would average na competent and render thp state as good service as tliosi > wo now have , none will dray , and In saying this the Independent desires to express Us utmost confidence In Uio personnel of'our 6fficers and tholr efficient assistants. A reform party's strength lies In Its sagacity In developing new material , which means that the people and not the politicians shall dictate the party policy. Seward Reporter ( rpp. ) : The republican state committee has been called to meet at Lincoln on February 7 , for the purpose of calling n convention to elect delegates to the national convention. In the letter sent by Chairman Tefft to the members of the- com mittee ho suggests that they ascertain the bontlmcnt of republicans In regard to nomi nating n state ticket. The convention will probably be held during the month of May , and doubtless many people will think that is too early to put a state ticket In the field , yet many reasons could be cited in favor of such action. The fuslonlsta cam paign nil the time , nnd one trouble with the republicans of Nebraska has been that they hnvo tried to counteract In a few weeks what the opposition has been doing for a year. Besides , this Is a presidential year nnd tha campaign Is sure to be on early. It cannot be avoided by a late convention and a late convention would bo a decided disad vantage to the party. The Reporter is In clined to think that nomination of n state' ticket In May might be the best kind of politics , ami to defer the nominations longer than July would certainly , wo think , bo n mistake. In Ihls presidential year , with more to fight for than there over was before In Nebraska , we strongly favor early nomi nations and an active , aggressive campaign from start to finish. Howell Journal ( dcm. ) : When the next fusion state convention is held an entirely different division of offices will have to bo made. While the two reform parties are working for the same resulls an economical nnd honest state government each organi zation should be given Its Just proportion of honors , In the form of offices. This has not been done so far as Nebraska Is concerned. To use n common expression , the pops have been hogging things from the start. There has got to bo a change of program , and not a few of the poplllsts are conceding that the democrats nro entitled to an equal division of the state offices. When that division Is made It should bo borne In mind that with out the aid of such democratic counties as Ciimlng , Butler , Platte , Snrpy and Colfax there Is not a ghost of a show for fusion success In Nebraska In the years when the republicans carried the stnto by ma jorities ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 these counties remained true to democracy. They are truly the old guards , and are entitled tea a liberal reward when n division of loaves and fishes Is made. No county In the lot has a better democratic history than our own. Wo do not know that Colfax county -will have a candidate before the next state convention , but If It should we want our fellow democrats to treat It with that liberality which It merits as a reward for Its long and faithful bcrvlcc. The other counties named have similar claims for recognition and should not bo overlooked. HO.1113 t'KVrt'llV IVOMinitS. IiivriitloiiM mill Hlm'iivrrlrN Hull llnvv ItfvoliitlnnlxiMl I InIVnrlil , Leslie's Weekly. An enumeration of the great Inventions of tlio century and the discoveries made In thu sciences of medicine , surgery , chemistry , astronomy , biology and archaeology would bo sufficient to show that In these hundred years ( ho horizon of human thought and knowledge has widened out so that the cir cle which hounded them before Booms al most Insignificant In the comparison. Take , for example , the marvelous changes mudo In methods of travel on land and water by tbo HBO of steam , and electric motors. Up to the present century nil the wit and Ingenuity of men exercised through all the ages past had evolved nothing better for the purpcees of travel than the Hailing ves sel by sea and the vehicle propelled by ! horso-power on land. No great Improve- j inent had been made In these things In ' thousands of years. But this century has ' witnessed the Invention , the swift develop ment and the general Introduction of motive agcnlK whlch'havo a I mo.it annihilated tlmo and space and wrought chaiiKea of incon- ( cclvnblo magnitude In society , Industry , commerce and national life. liqually far-reaching and revolutionary have been the applications nf electrical science , as seen In the telegraphic systems j knitting all Iho world together , the telephone - | phone , electric lighting , and. In these * lut < vit j dayH , wireless telegraphy. To this century also must be credited a vast extension of lubor-savlng machinery , of which the sewIng - , Ing machine , the reaper and the typewriter , are prominent examples. | Perhaps the meat Kratlfylng feature of It all Is that the advance In c.ery department of science and knuwledgo has Inured HO largely to the benefit and comfort of thu ' ' people at large. Take , an one simple Instance - stance , the Invention of the common match , now In such universal use. and what an Im mense stride It was from the old steel , Mint i and Under box , UK- failure of which often | necestdtatcd an early morning call on our I neighbor to borrow a live coal , to he taken ' home In antics In the hand to start afresh the family fire , which had during the night burned ci.tlrtily outU was but u lltllo thing , but what a world of comfort and con- f venlcnce was wrapped up In It. We could not do without It now nud wonder how our fnthrrs managed lo llvo under such priva tion. tion.So In n thousand other things the comfort of the world has been greatly advanced nnd toilny there In to bo found In the homes ol the great mass of thp people comforts nnd conveniences , nnd even luxuries , Iho thought of which never entered thp minds of our forefnthriB. And who will not say that for nil this ihe world Ims been vastly Improved { nnd the condition of Its people Infinitely bet- ! lerpd ? THOT OIT POPOril.VTIC ( 'AMHDATKS. Ponder Republic ( rep. ) : Nick Fritz la br ing mentioned by some of his friends ns n candidate for commissioner of public laniU and buildings lo adorn the fusion ticket this fnll. Mndlson Star ( pop. ) : Kdgar Howard , editor nf the Pnplllloii Times , la being pushed by his friends for the nomination for state auditor. WP want to say right hero that wp nre for Howard , first , Innt nnd all thp time , lip Is a democrat of the true Joffersonlan class. Stanton Rpglstpr ( rep. ) : We would not kirk on Oldham fqr attorney general , but think there Is n better man for the position nnd this year Iho best Is none too gooil. Wo fhall st.pport M. F. Harrington of O'Neill for attorney general , If ho Is a candidate , nud honestly think that an nn official In that place he Is the right man for the place. Superior Journal ( rpp. ) : The report Is current among the Fifth district ncwspapcrd that A. Shallcnberger of Alma thinks that there Is n chance for him to secure the pop congressional nomination this year. W. II. Thompson of Ornnd Island will not try for It , nnd the Alma man figures that between himself nnd Sutherland there Is a chance ot knocking out the Nuckolls county nonentity. Wayne Herald ( rep. ) : Senator Hnlo ot Mndlson will undoubtedly bo n candidate for the nomination for state nudltor on the fusion ticket , and Nick Frltr. of Ponder for land commlsslonur. This will somewhat conflict with Phil Kohl's calculations , who is n candidate for state auditor , and who domlnntcH Iho fusion forces ot Wayne county. The fight promises to be nn Inter esting one , ns Mr. Fritz says Phillip will bo remembered for the course ho took In the campaign In this county last fnll , and there are n host of populists In this county who nro of the sumo opinion. 1V1UTTI.13U TO A POINT. " do poison your- Chicago News : "Why you svlf with tlmt vile stuff ? " askexl the rro- lilbltlonlat of a seedy Individual who wus trying to extract some consolation from a black bottle. , , "Ilerhuse t can't afford to blow myoclt for fhampiiBiio cocktallH. " replied the other , ns ho smacked his lips. Harlem Life : Wife I wish I could Ret Hoim'thlnff to keep the. ruts from comlnc into the house. Husband Why don't you do your own COOklllK ? Indliinapollx Press : The Optimist Amor- lea and KiiKlniul must over stand sldo by slilc. shoulder to. shoulder. The Pessimist Shouldn't wonder. Neither ono would trust tlio other out of sight. Dotrolt Krep Press : Miss Polkadot My llunco Is so generous. There. IB nothliiK ho likes l > etter than spending money on Summit You ought to mnko lilm very happy. _ Clovehuid Plain Dealer : "Franco lias tnknn forcible , possession of Kwong-Chau- Wnn bay. " , "This mny ho ono of those cases wbero who'll find ho'H trying to Chau AVun moro than she can swallow. " Washington Stnr : "I sec , " twtld the man with u ptccp oC newspaper , "that New lork Is going to jxiss a law > to prevent people from being' hurled alive. " "Yes , " answered the anarchist who had been dozing ; "and yet they call this a free country ! " _ \VHKX TUB I2AST IS WON. Philadelphia "North American. When the glorious work In the oust Is done , And the savage to civilization won , May wo venture to hope that 'the good and Work will go on In the Blue Grass State ? From the wilds oC Frankfort cornea a tale A place , sis you know , beyond the pale Of civilization , order , law They sleep In their boots , and drink It raw ; There comes a tain , as I writ before , Of two of tlio nutlvcw. craving gore , Who , crossing trails t . wayside Inn , Drew guns and started a merry din. It Isn't clear what started the row ; It's only a detail , why or how. Mere , the facts , from thfi hospital list : Three killed , four wounded , and many mlswed By only a 'hair ; oh , sport was line , Down In Kcnttirk. on the firing line ! Blast It , they bagged nw many at least As fall In a light in the unclaimed cast ! It's good to know that the slnln died gamp. Still , as for that , 'twould have been the same Had cowards marred the charm of the .shoot : But , best dlo ihero tlr.in die galoot. At leant , down there , where the morals run To ixilltlcs , and the flapk and gun- Where tlio natives toll to shape a fate That will crown with , honor the Blue Grata State , But , the uplifting work In the far ICost done , And the savage tn civilization won , Mny wo venture to hope that the good nnd treat Work will bo spread In the Blue Gr.isa State ? Opportunity It's possible that any man double or single may lose his best opportunity through indif ference to dress. You say you look as well as you care to or your pocketbook will permit mit- Granted , But your coat COULD fit your trousers COULD be cut properly your vest COULD be right and so COULD the rest of your outfit , A.nd for the same money you pay for ill-fitting outfits. This is house cleaning season v/ith us and we have applied the broom with vigor in many places , and if you are interested in clothes , we have some sweep ing values to offer at $ JO , $15 , 518 and $20 , y Exclusive and Reliable Clothiers