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(5 ( THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TIUMtSDAY , V13IHUTA Y 1. 11)00. ) TIIE QMAIIA DAILY BEE , U. ItOSEWATKH. Udltor. PUBLISHKD EVBHY MOUSING. THIIMH OF SUBSCIUPT10N. Dally llf > e ( without Sunday ) . One Ycnr.tS. ; Dally * Hce nnil Sunday , One Your . ( Dally , HundRy and Illustrated , One Yctir 8. : Sunday und Illurtrutml , One Yenr 2.5 lllimtratnd Hco , Ono Year z. { Siindny Bee. Ono Year 2. ( Saturday Urn , Ono Year 1-f Weekly lice. Ono Yenr ( OFFICES. Omulin : Tito lieo Hulldlnir. South Omaha : rity Hall Uulldlne Twenty-fifth nml N streets. Council Bluffs : 10 Penrl street. Chicago : 1610 Unity Hulldlng. Now York : Temple Court. Wnshlncton : 601 Fourteenth Street. COHUKSl'ONDENCK. Communications relating to news nnd edl torlal mtitter should ho addressed : Omnhi Hoc , Kdltorlnl Department. HUSINKSS LET-THUS. tlu lliesR letters nnd remlttnncos shouli addrowod : The Bcc Publishing Com l > any , Omaha. Omaha.REMITTANCES. . Ileinlt hy drnft. o'xprons or postal ordot Dayahlo to 'fho Hco PubllMiliiK Company Only 2-cont stamps acrep'.cd In payment o mall account * . Personal checks , except 01 Omaha or Knutern exchanges , not accepted THE UKH 1HJHMSI11NO COMPANY. STATI-3M1JXT OF CIltCIIIiATlO.V. St.itn of Nrhraskn , Doufilns County , ss. : ( ioorfie II. TzHchurk , secretary ot Tiio Be I'ubllphtng Company , liolns duly Kworn ? ays that llio aetuitl tuimher of full ntoi complete copies of 'Hie Dally , Morning KvcnliiR nnd Sunday Hoe , printed dtirlni tlio month of January. 1900 , was as follows Not total sales 791,01 Net dully average 23,01 G. H. TX.SCMUCK. _ , Scc'y and Treas. Subscribed and Kworn before me this Is day of February , A. D. 1WO. ( Seal ) II. H. HUNOATI3. Notary Public. Smyth Is tllploinntif. lie Is also devil Ish sly and cunning. Just wilt till ground hog dny und PCI whether tlic weather man lias llnlshei Ills winter's work or not. The Kentucky melliod of settling election tion disputes will never become populai In any part of the United States. 1 The telephone line between the rail way otlicps and that of Secretary ol State Porter Is evidently grounded. People In Europe should not bo mis led when reading the political new ? from Kentucky into the idea that tin state is In South America. The. framing of a city levy ordinance Is always a ticklish job. but It is more so on the eve ot a city election al which every other member of the cltj council wants to he re-commissioned. It Is reported that General Duller Imf discovered the key to the road to I < mly- smith. The general Inrr-i-sslou was that the key had becu deposited in the bottom of some deep well and the well tilled up. The school board wants a1mlll levy this year , nn Increase of a whole mill , or IK ? 1-IS per cent over last year , If the rest of the tax levy were to grow in this ratio It would not take long to reach the point of confiscation. Smyth Is diplomatic. World-Herald. Yes , indeed , Attorney General Smytli is as diplomatic as Talleyrand , win ; acted upon the principle that language was given to man In order that he-may lip able to conceal his thoughts. As might have been expected , the < l- > - nothing secretaries of the useless State Hoard of Transportation have come oil victorious in the contllct with the de ftincto candidate for r. S. S. , Who hue" Issued an edict through the seeretarj of state to have them beheaded. The proposed Paclllc cable to Mimilii will cost only SIO.OOO.OOO. There shouh be no trouble llndlng men with sucl i trilling amounts as that who would IK willing to lay it , provided , of course the government guarantees big interes on the Investment. The government has started on ! search for ! ? : ! 00,000OiH ) gold coin said t < have disappeared from circulation slnci 1S7 ! > . Plenty of people In the coiuitr.i are perfectly willing to be searched foi any of the missing coin on the percent age plan of salvage. Joe Koutsky , who was one of John L Webster's preferred candidates for tin legislature two years ago , has heei rewarded for kuiUtig the rcpuhlicat ticket by an appointment In the olliei r the democrat 11' clerk of the dlstrie court. This Is another straw for the nil Patriotic league. Milton Park should not address sucl pointed questions to Mr. Hryan regard 1 Ing his attitude toward the populists Ho should know that Hryan is too bus ; talking on other subjects to waste tinii with the middle-of-the-road element , 1 Is all he can do to keep the fusion fac tion of the populist party sutlsllcd. The Illinois aiiti-truKt law luis beei declared unconstitutional , but the No bntska law still stands solidly on tin statute books. Since a popocratle tit toruey general has been the state'i prosecuting ollh-er , however , the lav has not gotten near enough to the puln of enforcement to stand any grea strain. Congressman Mercer will remain a the representative from Nebraska 01 the republican national eongre blona committee. That wa n foregone con elusion. Turn about Is fair play , how ever , and Mr. Mercer may be oxpectei to return the compliment by e.xertini his Influence to have Senator Thnrstoi retained UK Nebraska's representatlvi on the republican national committee. rt/Mvt.v .IA/J rt\K \ TUVSTS. Mr. Hr.van's discussion of trusts do- : not appear in he making a particular ! ; favorable Impression uixin the minds o Intelligent people In the east , If we 111113 Judge from the comments of pome news papers opposed to triisfs. The Phlladel phla Kecord observes that while Mr Ur.vnii "vehemently and vaguely tie nomioes the industrial monopolies , IK has never made one suggestion' of uiij practical utility for restraining tin abuses prneCc. d by tr.irt combinations. That paper , which favors striking tin trusts through the tariff , referring tt Hryan's talk on the combinations In hi. . speech at Ilarrisburg. charadeIzes ! It a : "llapdoodlo" and "meaningless and In sincere rhetorical rigmarole , " and asks "Why does not the anti-trust elmiuplor himself devise some remedy for tlr evils of monopoly which he so mud deplores ? " Having made the trusts * m of the three Jssues In his iiresldentla campaign , yet , says the Kecord , wher he goes before the people he asks then : to think of some remedy for the trust * In his despair of discovering a remedj of hln own. It declares that on this subject he Is all at sea. Another paper that is not friendly tc tile trusts , the Itrooklyn Hagle , says ol Mr. Hr.van's suggestion that then should be a national licensing of trusts "Ho would require all trusts or err poratlons to have a license from the national government , If they would dc business In any state other than ( lit one in which they are Incorporated This Is as simple as the destruction ol free trade between the states , or as th > conversion of the federal government into a stupendous Industrial monopoly stilling competition and interferln ; ; with the rights of labor and of capital at Avlll , under restrictions which could be made more prohibitive than the stlffest tariff of which the stouten protectionist ever dreamed. " With In lluentlal newspapers in the east tliii. ' exposing and puncturing the crudities and absurdities of Mr. Hryan's treat' incut of the trust problem , he Is nol likely to persuade any considerable number of Intelligent people in that sec tion that he Is the man to wisely deal with'this most Important question and that his election to the presidency would mean a speedy dissolution of all the Industrial combinations. The obvious fact is that this problem is much too broad and deep and com plex for the free silver champion. K Involves practical and economic condi tions which as yet he does not compre hend. He Is quite at sea In regard to it , Perhaps in the course of time , with careful study , ho may be able to devise a practical remedy for trust evils , but he has shown that he is not now quail- lied to do so. He can Inveigh against the combinations in endless "rhetorical rigmarole , " but this will not affect them , neither will it enlighten the public as to what is required to obtain relief from trust exactions. What is needed is a practical , attainable remedy something that can be made effective and Mr. Hryan has not yet suggested this. Perhaps he is endeavoring to de vise such.a remedy. It is har.dly con ceivable that h6' Is fully sa'tfstle'd with what he has already proposed , though he may not quite realize how crude and impracticable It is. Hut lie must have an intelligent and practical solution of the trust problem If he expects that to be a vote-getting issue in the coming campaign. The people want something ino-e effective than denunciation of the trusts , however vehement that may be. T//B C/liiK OK/'Ui'rtrO lilCU. In the opinion of the republican mem bers of the house ways and means com mittee the Island of Puerto UIco is not an integral part of the United States and therefore that the provision of the constitution which requires that all du ties , imposts and excises shall be uni form throughout the t'nlted States does not apply to that island. If this view shall be .sustained by congress tariff duties may be levied on imports into this country from Puerto Hico and 0111 exports to that island will pay duties there , the proposition being to make those somewhat less than the existing duties. The president in his annual message recommended that free trade be estab lished between Puerto Hlco and the United States , but the agitation ot American Interests against this , to gether with the fact that it would create a precedent for other possessions thai might , proves embarrassing , produced si change of sentiment the expression ol which is contained In the opinion of lite republicans of the ways and means com mlttee , the chairman of which hud in troduced a bill granting free trade tc Puerto Hlco. It Is probable that the house will sus < tain tills view and the senate may alse concur , though it will meet with opposi tion on the ground that It would lie ccssitato a colonial system , which In the judgment of many cannot be eslab Hulled without disregarding the const ! tutlon. It i > > a question of far-reaching Importance. 'I I JO MUCH K < 1UII'M11ST. The Hrltish force. ) In South Afrlcn appear to bo handicapped by an exres of equipment. Lord Itohcrls Is said tc have pointed out to the government llui Hnller has with him an Immense trans port train , carrying his ammunition am supplies , which Interferes with the mo blllly of his army. This will be understood , at least lij military men , when It Is stated thai each battalion has wllh it fourteci wagons , of which nine require teams ca liable of moving -1,000 pounds In all Therefore as a mere camp equipage General Warren had a train of hctweei 100 and TKMI wagons , added to the reg Intents' wagons , the brigade and stall complement. The supply of commit ; wiry is on the same lavish scale am this expedition , which called for a swlf march , had n train , according to nm dispatch , amounting In all to - ' ! , < ! wagons. Undoubtedly thin Is well lethe < the health and comfort of the army , bin It necessarily require * a saerltlco of mo blllly and most experienced sohllen will probably agree that In war , In tin long run , II Is better to risk dlxeas * than by over-provision to Insure the de lays which lead to the falltlte of a ram palgn. There appears to he no doubt that om of the mistakes of General Huller Inn been over-equlpmcnt. which retarded hi ; advance and Interfered with the mo blllty of his forces , though this by m means explains bis failure. The Hoer have n very decided advantage of tin Hrltish In this respect. Thdr equip men ! Is not cumbrous and does not in terfere with their movements. It Is t < be Inferred from the statement of I/in Hobe'rls that in the campaign whld he Is understood to be organlKlng tin equipment will be only what Is uliso lutely necessary and doubtless Hulli'i will bo required to considerably retluci that of his force > s. This Is not the oiilj lesson which these veterans In wa'Tim against Inferior racis will have t < learn In South Africa. i'iAix TM.Kvnn \ Kver since the election It hn beri current report that the'refus-al of Albyi Frank to abide by the law requiring th : clerk of the district court to account foi the fees of the olilce and pay Into thi treasury all In excess of $ r , tioO a yeai was really Inspired by and In the Inter est of his successor , Mr. Hroadwdl. These reports are now given subslan tlal foundation by the appearance ii : court to contest the law of lawyer. ' known to be political representatives ol Clerk Hroadwell and who can look \ nobody else for their pay. In othei words , 11 Is manifest that the techiilea Haws which Albyn Frank pretends If have discovered in the law are belli ; : trumped up in order to enable Mr Hroadwell to appropriate all the fees ol the olilce , running up Into the tens ol thousands of dollars. The Uee has no tiuarrel with Mr Hroadwell and will have none so lonjj as he lives up to the law and conduct ? his olilce elllclently. Hut It serves no tlce lu the name of the taxpayers thai any attempt on his part to reopen the way for the scandals that have grown out of the fee system In that olilce will be resented and reac | upon whoever Is- responsible. Albyn Frank may claim that he wii * elected for four years , witli the expecta tion of pocketing all the money he could lay his hands on over and above the cost of miming the oliice. He dis tributed thousands of dollars in boodle to prevent two successive legislature.- from changing the law. Hut Mr Itroadwell has no such excuse , because he was elected district court clerli knowing that the income was limited tc $ . " 5,000 a year , and he could not have been elected had anyone even suspected that lie would enter the olilce with the intention of overthrowing the law and grabbing for all he could. Mr. Hroadwell should remember that $5,000 is the highest salary paid to any olllcer in the state ; that it is double the salary paid the governor and double that paid the justices of the supreme court and the district judges. If he Is nol satisliud with $5,000 a year he should resign. If lie persists successfully hi the attempt to nullify the law , the issue will be made for him.in . the coiliinp campaign to put him oil a level with the district judges sit a salary of $ ! ! , r > 00 n year , and every candidate for the legis lature will be put on record in advance to vote for a bill thatxwill have no Haws In it. The taxpayers of Douglas county will not stand for any more $30,000-a-yeai boodle distributing ollices. Attorney General Smyth aunouiue > with a grand nourish of trumpets thai he will at once begin suits for damage.- against the various railroads oneratiap In Nebraska for violation of the order of the State Hoard of Transportation establishing carloads as the standard for freight charges on the shipment ot live stock. This order was Issued two years ago , but was allowed to remain a dead letter by the do-nothing Hoard ol Transportation , of which Smyth Is a member , and the railroad olliclals posi tively deny ever having received olllclal notice Hint such an order had been passed. Of course the diplomatic at torney general knows that his proposed damage suit will come to nothing , but it affords the diplomat an opportunity for a grandstand play while he Is intiik- Ing time and standing up bravely foi the three high-salaried do-nothing sec retaries. If the busliu'ss agent of the Waiters' union has any ir.ore cards up Ids sleeve than the raining of the license on luiicli wagons he ht < d better keep them up hi * sleeve. There Is such a thing as over doing things. The 10-ccnt restaurant- ! : may serve poor meals with cracked dishes and rusty knives. Their lo-cenl meals may cost them 1) ) cents , or for ( hat matter may be gotten up without prollt , but that would not Justify their sup presslon by special taxation. There IK room for cheap restaurants In every town like Omaha because there are pool people In It who cannot atford to pay for napkins and finger-howls. These people are entitled to live withonl begging , and the resorts that feed tlieni an1 as much entitled to exist as those that serve up roast turkey , terrapin anil champagne dinners. Popocratlc plohltors , who had antlcl pated a chance to secure a berth as see retary of the Slate Hoard of Trans IKirtatlon on the strength of Secretary Porter's move to discharge the presem Incumbents , now realize the futility ol banking on that hope. The member ! of the hoard could not discharge tlu secretaries without at the same tlnu passing Judgment on themselves , a > they urn responsible for the acts , or fall tire to act , of their subordinates. Hard-tip Oriental nations , like cm barrasscd Montana legislators , are at easy mark for countries which desln to get them under their thumb. Hussli ! has been trying by all vorts of blandish ments to secure a foothold In Persia but failed until the hitter country wanted a loan while ICngland was tor busy to make it. The ascendancy ol Uussla In Persia Is likely to b" a cnstl bit of diplomacy for the Kiijtllsh. as gives its standing enemy In the east perch on the Persian gulf and up to tl very door of indln. Nebraska democrats will Imhl the slate convention to endorse Hryau f < president March 10. This Is the w'.rllc : convention to be held In the itatlom campaign , because Uryan wants to stai out with his home state as the tram card tigaltist all comeis. MeKlnley dot not have to force Ohio Into the froi line t-i boom his candidacy , because li N practically reiiomlnated already h acclamation and the Philadelphia coi vention Is lo be simply a ratlllcatlo meeting. Uvors- ( Mil Thtmr ( Joea. Washington 1'osl. The lack of nt.Ulllty la democratic Icm cislilp Is disclose. ! by the fact that the pan Is dlspo3cd to hitch onto every old \as\ \ that turns up. AVnr I.'ovc Indlnnnuolls News. Humors about a pornlble conflict betwes Jnpnn and Huasla are becoming mimenn cnoush ( o cause anxiety. People lun learned In rcecnt years that war can happci .ttnrvflimn MIIHni-y 1'hlladeblilu Times. The apparent excuse that llullcr offers ft the abandonment of Splonkop la that r oprltiRS nf water existed atop this mountal of boulders. What Is to be snld or tlie Into ! llscne of a general who expected to lit ! fountains ! in n great heap of loose alones ! Tool * ' . Kin or Cure. Kansas citv Star. American Inventions adopted by forelg armies have Included weapons of dostrnctloi but the British army is to be supplied wit an American apparatus for sterilizing wati and an American style of ventilated hosplti tent used by the United States army medic : department. Our Inventors cure as well n U'l-Hcy rcritctrntcs : : , ! ok < > . New Yorl : Tribune. New Jersey's legislative rawlution ON tending the freedom of the state to llrya was refcircd to the committee on publl health , which his political doctoring was n doubt thought to Imperil. The reference be the outward seeming of a joke , but In No1 Jersey that Is sometimes the case with prc ccdures of the most serious intention. IllllllCllCVNVllNlllllctoil. . Chicago. Tribune. The Navy department Is endeavoring to sc cure the appropriation ot money to build small plant for the manufacture of pon-dci but the Washington correspondent of th Tribune says that It Is not likely to he sue cessful because the powder manufacture ! want to make all flic powder used by th government. Some such reason as this Is al legcd against a good many measures. Th people favor postal savings banks , but , al though uvcry republican postmaster gen cral slnco Creswcll , bas urged congress t graft the plan of the Postonice depurtmen there Is no prospect of its immediate ador tion. The private savings banks are op posed. Again tlio parcels pjst Is urged b Postmaster General Smith. The press of th country Is almost unanimous In favor of 1 The experience of other nations proves It BUCCCSS. But there will be no parcels pea according to the Washington corresponded The secret Is that the express companies or pose. It would seem to be about time thn the people had some Inlluence in Washing ton. And , perhaps , they may have mor than they ore credited with. MotlKtrnAre KnrKOtlcn. Detroit Journal. We read a groa d'enl of late about the for gotten man. Therd la a forgotten woman- the Kngllsh itiotfiei' . Who has given her thought these days when" so many of th best , If not of ' the bravest , of Englls mothers' husbands and sons nro falling 1 South Africa ? Conceive of the slow tortur to which they are subjected. Only slowl comes news from the front. First that battle Iti lost with , says the general com mandlng , "I fear considerable loss. " Late the worst Is confirmed , still without detail to lift the pall of uncertainty. Then , at lasl the names of the killed and wounded , bu with a number of missing to keep alive th dread - that the worst has still not bee : heard. There are thousands of these mothers sisters and sweethearts In England , an amoug the Boers as well. They are sllenl They make their moan in private' , wbll there Is call for 50,000 more , a 100,000 fron England and the colonies , to spread th anguish , to makd more universal the uncer talnty , to bring yet more sorrow into home where as yet they suffer only In sympath with their stricken neighbors. DOG 1\ Till : .MA\UIOIl. C'ltniiiln IinprovoH KH OiiiiiirtiiultlCM t < J.'alk the t'liltc-il SdiU-H. Philadelphia Press , If Canada is to take advantage of Grca Britain's Imperial necessities and In ex change for a handful of troops cnt to Soul Africa la to exact an anti-American pollc fiom the British government it. Is tlmo th fulled States puts Its foot down and llrmlj Wo have stood the dog-ln-the-manger math ods of Canada nJJ too long. Whenever th Ijidtetl States and the imperial British gov eminent were about to como to any agree ment Canadian Intrigue began its evil wor to defeat the high purposes of both coun tries. The amity and comity of 1898 inlgh have been ours and England's years ag were It not that the Canadian politician wa contrary-minded. Even the high commls slon of 1S)9 ! ) was unable to let the now oplrl of 1898 affect Its negotiations , since Canad sol its face agalnet agreement , and won an other barren victory after the narrow fashlo of the pnst. The HoduloiiB cultivation of Ilrltls : prejudices , having yielded such rich retur ; before the Bo r war gave a now twist t the situation , It can bo Imagined how eager ! the Canadian leaders vlow the preson moment ns their hey-day. The new linperlc cnthUGlaEins , the hysteria of Imperial de fcnec ; give them the long-lookcd-for oppor tunlty to have a disturbing and Inlluoncln flngpr In all negotiations with the Unite States , They naturally argue that If the achieved such succres In the past , when th mother country , supreme In Its splendid itfl lation , nskcd far no compensatory favor from Itn colonic , how much the more BUS ceptlblo will bo the government of today Under heavy obligations to the Homlnlor the British ministry , as Ottawa eoes It , wll bond no unwilling ear to the Canadian crj either In the matter of Alaska or the grealr Issue of Nicaragua and the Clayton-Hulwc tleaty. And It can easily bo imagined thn Ottawa believes Its voice today Is final , dc tcrmlnatlve. All this IB very nice , but It Involves th Ignoring of the United States. In Uiee-a la SUCH \\o hava something to say. And It I altogether likely that Oreat Britain wll learn Unit tbo United States will ntand th dog-in-tho-mangcr policy of Canada up to certain point , and then will call for n muz /le. London knows as well as Washlngto dial tlio larger IsaucB that must coma u for settlement between the United State- and Great Britain cannot be discussed u the provincial platform. The United State has nothing to do with the Dominion's phll antjiropy or with Imperial gratitude , sav to 4E-Q that Canada Is not reimbursed nt ou expense. B r w r or no Boer war , Orea Britain mutit bo inada to eco that Tanad cannot bo permitted to Interfere In th friendly negotlatloiiH between Great Brltal and the United HtutM. This policy has bee carried on all too loug. A radical about face IB In order. Till' I.IOX IV AI-'HK \ . IVnlnroK of ( lie llorrVitr OvrrluoKr ! > I IIP Connor. Krports of a fhortnge of provision * r ammunition In the Uor nrmy. frequpntl noted In dispatches from Hrltish wiiirrt mny bo taken with salt. There In nbumlni evidence to show that both the magnr.lm nnd the larders of the republic * are we stocked for the present emergency. Intel vlr-wn with cxptrters of foodstuffs in Xe York City , published In the Kvcnlnu I'os rhow that these firms have shipped to tl Transvaal enormous quantities of eanm meats snd Jerked beef ( blll-tong. ) Durli ISflfl shipments of Hour to Oelagoa buy wei doubled. One tliai shlppr-d 300.000 sacks nt another sent 50,000 sacks n mcnth. Shl | loads of cracked corn determinated whlc under the nnmo of samp becomes a favorli I3oer dish , have been sent from New Yor : Ono exporter declares that the food wan houses of the two republics have bee packed with thousands of tens of atnph drawn from American nnd Australian mai liotfl. In [ securing nn abundance of nmmuu lion the republics displayed similar forcslgh The London Mall states they have n auppl sulllclent for a ten-year war. Much of It wr Hindu In Franco and Germany , some wt secured In England , but most of It v\ns mat at the govorn'ment works near Pretoria. A thcjo prnparatlods were made since tl Jameson raid five years ago. The supply < rlilp ammunition amounts to 3S.flOO.Ci rouuds. dotiblo the amount used lu th Kranto-Prussian war. "The quantity i ammunition stored In the Transvaal , " snj the London Mail , "Is absolutely colossal. Ellgoie Easton , the Kansas City ncws-api ; man whor.e alleged capture by the Hoci caused a mild sensation two months HR lum ii-ache-d Paris on his return. In dfppatih to the- New York Journ.il he says 1 was not captured nt all. He- went Into tr Boor ramp of his own accord , nnd wn treated well. lie was with tlio burghers i the battle of C'olriiso , but could not gel word about It over the British cables. Ui gardlng the campaign , bo says : "It la IK correct to say that the Boers have mat ! merely a defensive campaign ; the Booi have been outiiLinibcred by the English I e'very campaign. At the battle of Beimel tin- British were In a ridiculous majoritj England had the flower of its army fair ! nnd squarely beaten. Ucglmeiit after rcg : ment nt Dundee fled through the ! oj befoi the Boers. The British there deserted tv. tralnloads cf provisions and one of ninmun tion. The. officers loft even their HOIT < documents and plan of campaign. Thcst > have seen , ciid they show that the Englls had been preparing for the war over slut the Jameson raid. I have photographs < these documents. They begin In 18 % : the mention every kopje , every spruit , railwn and pass In the mountains. Everything I carefully outlined ; details of the forts : Johannesburg , Pretoria and Blormfontel are given , with the places where foodstufl are stored und where fresh water Is to 1 : had. " Respecting the spirit of the Dot soldier he says : "They are determined the their country shall bo free. England cannc put enough troops Into South Africa to suV Jugnto them. Why ? Because the Boers ar fighting for everything a man holds deal They are fighting against n machine soldle I have seen General Joubort's wlfo load hi guns for him ; I have seen grandfather , so nnd grandson fight side by side. The. Boc soldier Is lighting for n prize worth winning Tommy Atkins is fighting for a shilling day. Hence the difference. " The master mind directing the Boer caw palgn is said to bo n Frenchman , Coloni George de Villcbola Mai-cull. At least he I recognized by the official paper of th Transvaal government , the Volltsstem , as th winner of the battle of Colcoso and wa publicly thanked for the victory. Mareu is a scion of an ancient Breton family an about 50 years old. As a lieutenant h served through tho. Franco-Prussian war an rose gradually until he wan commander c one of the hugo regiments of the famou Foreign Legion , one of the finest flghtlu bodies belonging to any modern army. 4 couple of years ago , being passed over b Uoneral Billet for his advance-aunt to th grade of general of brigade , he threw up hi commission In a huff. Through Dr. Leyd he was provided with nu agreement undo which on arrival nt Pretoria ho was gazette to thp rank of lieutenant general a grad which , in the French army ( upon whlci the staff of the Transvaal forces ar modeled ) , ranks with that ot general lu th English service. YAMCI3I3 Stundlly AilvnnuliiK' Into ( he Mni-Ueli o ( tlie World. Philadelphia. North American. A great deal is heard about the fliicccs of the English in driving Americans out o competition In the markets of the world and yet when statistics are submitted It I shown that the Yankee is holding his own The last year's records of our exports am Imports Indicate very clearly that we an doing a very extensive and profitable bust ness with the world generally , and If then Is any portion of the world's trudo in whlcl wo do not get our fair share It is lu Soutl America , where political causes have oper ated against us to some extent , nnd thi dltllculty of transportation a great dou more , The discussion of the "open door' In relation to China has shown that In tha quarter of the globe wo are the foremrs dealers. The China trade has been care fully looked after by Americans for a con tury. The New England shipowners founc that a profitable field long ago , and tin foundations of many of the Now Englam fortunes wcro laid by the hardy skipper ; who made the long voyages to the Orion when our country was young , but full o enterprise. Kussla has also been n country where thi exploitation of American productions ha been uniformly successful. A Baltlmon man was the pioneer railroad constructo In Tlussla , nnd over slnco that nation ha : shown n decided preference for America ! artisans and American manufacturers. Ac cording to the statements of United State : Consul Smith of Meacow , American capita to the extent of $ n,000,000 will soon h Invested in Russia for manufacturing pur poses , and the ultimate expenditure In tbl ; direction -will reach $15,000,000. The WestInghouse Inghouso cewipany contemplates the ox pcmllturo of $2,000,000 in St. PetcrBburi within a year , and a pump company wll spend as much moro in the erection of i plant in Moscow , A few years ago a Dela ware pipe manufacturing company uhlppci n largo plant to Russia , nnd also provide * Iho workmen to manage It ; and cvorywhcr In the emplro when the products of Amer lean mills have coimi Into competition will the products of England or Germany the : have Invariably supplanted them. Thcsi whti saw thn French nnd Gorman agrlcul < tural exhibits at the Export exposition a fev months ago need not bo told why this ha occurred. The foreign machinery Is clums ; und unwieldy and In every way Inferior t < the products of the American umnufar turcrp. nnd. although nt the first there wai preference for tlio heavier machinery li the belief that .It was moro durable , thli impression has been removed In actual com petition and the American goods have hui the lead. ' We still liavo something lo learn , how- c\cr. from our competitors In Europe , am tl-at is In tlio HMD of preparing for forcigi Hhlpment. It i lamented by consuls Ir various countries In which efforts are beIng Ing made to Introduce American wares thu our crcatest drawback cornets from care leAsnews in packing and that In consequejici a great many article * that are In demand ar rl\o at their destination In such a damagci condition as to bo practically worthier This rareleeunere or Ignorance may be rnsllj re moiled , and once this Is accomplished American * ) need have notblnc to fear. lit nmor : IM-VSIIIV : . Iunil I nilrr Which \n > ! ' , iirotrnu \ntlon Would StuuuiT. Itoston 1'osl. 1 The ftntetnent sent In lo the Vnllcd S'atf ! senate by Commissioner Evan * In nnawer t ( the Inquiry of Senator Gnlllngcr regnrdlnj the nuwber of pcnslc crs now borne on tin rolls shown nn aggregate of f > 00S2S. Of tlic * < there nro Sfi.OOO fiom the earlier wars of tin ' republic ; nn even 300. nf reprned lust June from thp SpnnUh war. nnd ! i6P(14 : ( from tin ( var of the irbelllon. It Is Interentlpg to compare our ircnslot nrmy with the standing armies of Iho gna' ' military powers of Eutope. There Is not r European nation that maintains a force cqua la number to our nrmy of pensioners , am very fe-w cf them reach Itvhra on n wal . foollnit. IttiEsIa , with Its standing army o | ! H,1$8. ! ) earned the nc-arest ; oven Germnnj j has only CS7.S83. Yet the reason assigned ] by the os-nr for calling the ponce confcrcnci last year wns to seek some incaim of relic : for Industry from what he styled the crush ing burden of European nrninments. When we further consider the comparative cost of our pension nrmy tn that ef tin standing armies of Europe , the contrast li i yet more vivid. Thrrc Is Hot n Europenr | nation whoso army budget rose last year tt the figure of ? 133-IS2,09fi. which the Unlteil States paid out In pensions , with the nddltlot of $3,851.771 for expenses of dlaburaement The might of the American people In carry ing burdens under whl"h r.ny Europcnt nation would stagger could have no flne-i Illustration. And It Is n growing burden Claims on account of the Spanlrh war an already filed that bring the pension rsl nbovo the million tnnrk. nnd these , toKethe ; with the claims from the Philippine wnr have hardly begun to como In yet. There IB another Interesting fealuro D the pension business , and this Is Its perma nence. Thereme today carried on tin rolls eleven pensioners from the revolu tionary wnr nnd Just nbout L',000 from thi wnr ot 1S12. There "a " every reason to ex pect , In view of those- facts , thnt the twenty- first century will sec wldown of veterans o the civil wnr drawing pensions , and tin procession of pensioners of the Phlllpplni wnr stretches cut Into the imlsts of tin future indefinitely. CAPTAIN SIMIAN'S VIUWS. Think * flu * I.'IUIMIof ( ii-cnt Hi-llnli : .lilMt anil Should ! ! < > tphlll. ; . A correspondent at Kearney , Neb. , asks for Information conce.-ning the eorrectnosc of the opinion attributed to Captain A. T Mabun , a retired American naval officer , or the South African war. The letter , whlcl' ai-prared In the New York Times of the 22d lust. , was not wired to the west , but wn cabled to England nnd very eordlallj welcomed by the press of London. Captalr Muhnii criticizes and condemns ns unjust the laws of the Transvaal republic restrict ing thp franchise to natives nnd denying tht outlanders actlvo participation In the gov ernment. He says : "When the population now known ns the Ultlnnders were encouraged by the Boer government to enter the Transvaal and to develop the gold fields the period for natur- nllzntlon , fixed by the law of 1882 , wns five years , but befcro the time came that the new-comers could avail themselves of this right the law wns. In 1890 , changed , the period being extended to fourteen years , with further restrictions of method which made the franchise still more Illusory , Whether this was strictly ex post facto leg islation I nm not lawyer enough to know , but it Is clearly a violation o.f . fair dealing and Is wholly characteristic. "May I suggcat to our citizens generally , and to the Boer sympathizers especially , the InndvlEablllty of public meetings on the ! question. There are very many among us. myself certainly one , who feels ns strongly in favor of Great Britain as others do of its opponents. Let us all be careful not to provoke one another by immoderate ex pressions ot qplnlou. to which , public meet ings tend. These on one side provoke re- tnllatlon on the other ; nay , they may make It necessary , for In tbo problems of the near future good understanding with Great Britain is too Important for us to permit the Impression that wo are nil against It hero nnd wo may find ourselves in the un seemly state of party divisions for nnd against foreign elates , as In the beginning of this century between tbo French and British parties. I avail myBelT of this op portunity to say that , in my judgment , not only Is the cause of Great Brltnln Just , butte to have failed lo uphold It would have been to fall In national honor. " TUUIUTB TO OBXEHAL STAXTOX. I'nyiiiiixtiT Who HUH 1'nnNt-il Aivny Ienv - COIIII < IC N FrH-inlM. W. B. Annln In the Arizona Republican. Announcement of the death of General T. H. Stanton , U. S. A. , retired , Into paymaster general of tbo nimy , will be sorrowful news to many old-tlmo friends in Arizona as well as throughout Uie ontlro country. There are tow living officers of the army who had so many who knew him and ad- mlrred him and few who preceded him to the beyond whoso loss will bo more deeply felt by those who remain. General Stanton entered the army as a private in 'April ' , 1SC1at the first call for volunteers. A year later ho raised n com pany in Iowa nnd Jelned Iho army of the west. In 18C2 he wns appointed a pay master of volunteers , was transferred to the regular establishment lu 18C7 nnd rose by successive promotions to the head of his corps la 1893 , being paymantcr general during the ontlro Spanish-American war and retiring for ago less than a year ago. Throughout the southwest nnd the north west Tharidcus H. Stanton was known as "tho fighting paymaster. " For many years ho was one of General Crook's warmest friends nnd nblost nldea , Ho was with lilm In Arizona in the early ' 70's , In the days of storm and stress when this lorrltory was the "bloody giotiml" cf the frontier. Ho was with him in the northwest during thu campaign against the Sioux nnd Gheycunea , leading the Indian scouts In Iho most des perate engagements of 1870-1877. There was no bolder , bruvcr or abler officer under Crook's command than this big , broad , genial , nxx'.eat staff officer who always lum ted instead of evading duty und \vbnso only nnxlcly was that IIP Mould not be per mitted to do not only his own work , but that of Iwo or three othets In addition. He came to Washington in iS'jf. with th Vrll-earnt-d rank of brljadler genernl. Within less than three ycnrs ho found him self called to root-Rnnlzo the pay corps , to Instruct volunteer appointments nnd to pro- vlito for the payment of 2JO.OOO men In two hemispheres. The efficiency of his depart ment wns marvelous nnd Us bond received the personal thanks of ( he president nnd secretary of wnr for thn re-sulls of his grent experience mid his untiring efforts. Gen e-mi Stnnton left the Wnr department last oprlni : with a ehorus of oillol.il crmpllmcnU following him to his well-earned retire ment. There wns n side of this dead man's char acter not so universally known ns wns his rank. Ho had worked his way nt the print er's e'aso lo nn education before ns n boy he Joined John Brown's little band nt Law rence , Kan. Ho cultivated n keen llttrnry tnsto during the rest of his life. Ilia pri vate library was one of the most carefully selected and studiously road of that of nny officer In thn nrmy. Ho wns n most Inter esting wrlle-r upon political nnd literary topics nml n delightful coavcrsntlonnllsr when among Intimate friends. IMoro limn that , ho wns a sturdy i > alrlot , nn unflinch ing American , n good citizen , nn unswrn Ing ndvocnte of wlmt ho deemed best for tbp preservation of the republic nnd the expansion and development of the great west , n kind and generous bend of a family and n Greatly beloveM friend. Ho will bo much missed by tbofc who knew him bett. A genuine , honorable , hlRh- mlndcd man passes nwny with his transi tion , an honored , experienced and brave of ficer of the nrmy lenves the rolls. But moro than lhal , to hundreds of his friends throughout the west a Ronlnl , generous nnd nffectlonnte heart has censed to liont nnd memory takes forever the place of a never to be forgotten pleasant association 1'KIISOXAI , POINTKHS. Prairie fires nro raging In Chicago. St. Louis Is noxious , repenting the slogan cf Chicago : "Boll It. " Tommy Atkins ha ? acquired considerable respect for loaded kops. Reports from Frankfort cast serious doubt on the ability of Kcntucklnns to govern thenifclves. Bourke Coskran would like to brenk Into the democratic tent. To n man of his build , crawling under the canvas would be un dignified. If not difficult. The pc-ple ef Samoa appcnr to bo still cherishing the nbsurd motion thnt they hnva a right te- life , liberty and the pursuit ot happiness without asking anybody else nbout It. Senator Beverldgo Is most popular with the newspaper men of Washington. Ho is "easy to get at" almost any time , and , un like Bomo of the senators , always sees tbo leportors himself , Instead of trusting to his private secretary. Speaker Henderson has adopted a new form for calling the house to order. The old ones wore : "Gentlemen will please re frain from conversation , " or "Gentlemen will please take Ihelr seals. " Mr. Hender son says : "In order that the public business Kay go forward , " etc. riil'CKKD KOH KI'X. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "General Hul- ler's silence was ominous. " "You mean Oomlnous. " CMcacu Post : " \VJiot wns the date of your marriage ? " asked the friend ot her cblli'.bood diij's. "Which one ? " Inquired tlu ? emotional ac tress. Pblladulnhla North American : "Tbo Hoerpi sec-m to bo getting till the sympathy In that South African affair. " "Yes ; but they ijre giving Iho British all Uio bullets " . . , . _ , . _ Indianapolis Journal : "Krugor quotes Scripture to his soldiers. " "What's thnt forV" "IIo xvants the British to know ho al ready bus u 13rble. " Detroit Journal : "They are rich beyond thn dreams of nvarlee. 1 < un told. " "Barely beyond , and ' ' . 'hat la all. " Chicago Itecord : "Didn't you send any of your chickens to Mm poultry pliow ? " "No ; I've noticed that when n lieu ne-- qulres a taste for society she gets lee stuck up to lay eggs. " Detroit Free Press : "David , what did that palmist say about your cltarncterls- llci-- . " "My cbanielerlstlcM ? When fhe looked at my bund she said H wa n burning shniuei the way you made mo carry eoitl. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Wonder what this Splon kop meaiig In English ? " "Spy-on cop ? niiLbernecklng a policeman , Isn't It ? " Washington Star : "What made you makn Hint long argument before t-ongres-s ? " asked tbo Mend. "Why , " answered the nmn who failed to qualify. "I felt It my duty to do so. So lonir n I drew it congressional salary nil the time I wus In Wiushlnglou I felt Hint 1 ought to Rlvo Hie , public u speech or twofer for Its money. " It.ViJ-TlMK IIIIYJII2S. H Is boiler to give thnn receive. Is a thing you hc-nr people nay ; Hut the question is , If you do nol receive , How can you give things nwny ? A little man ( . 'limbed tip u tree Ami Jumped rlghl from the top. The ground \VIIH waiting there below , And BO he had to atop. Miss Muffet cool , nut on n stool , Eating apples and elder , Shu did not run. But .lust for fun. She jumped und smashed the spider. Up the road , went Jack and Jill For milk ilo v.ro imlno , Hut from thu way they tumbled back , "Wu Imagine- they got wine. HAG. I hail a lltlli * n\K \ doll , Her name It wan Aunt Sue. Her nose witu red , Her eyes were iilnk. Her hair \VIIH very blue. Her leas wore ntlff And would nol band , Her IOOH wcro nil worn out. . ! ! ; feet were fnt Her face was Hut , Hbo wau BO knocked nbout. It. V. The Absolutely Pure Made from Grape Crearn of Tartar. Baking powders made from alum and other harsh caustic acids are lower in price , but inferior in work and injurious to the stomach. ROYA. BAKING POWDER CO. , IEYYORK. .
