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MVH thin tl'o iii'liial number of full and
( ii'mpluln c-ot'les of The Dally , Morning ,
Kvenliw and Humlay Bee , pilnted ilurliiK
tlm month of January , 1900 , wa as follows :
1 "i rir/i 17 S"i,2fiO
2 2l,6Si ) IS 25,110
' 1 ! ) nO.SSO
; ; . ' ; ; ; ; ; ! ; ! ; . 20 M/iKi /
f , 21,710 21 2S.4IO
(1 ( 21.010 22 Bfi4D !
7 2.1,570 i'.l 25,810
S 2I.7CO 21 25,5 0
0 21,710 2- > , 25,71.1
m 2fK' y 25.810
11 2I.7JO 27 25.DSO
12 n..tco 2 ? 2B,5V
IS 2i.7iO " 2fi,220
II 2iJ,7W SO 27.TOO
If 23i : ) 31 26,620
] ( ! 21,030
Total Sai.SS. .
IA-SH unsold and returned copies. . . . ' . . 9.S72
Net total pnlec 731,01 : ;
Net dally nverago 25,613
G. n. Txsr'nrcK.
Sce'y and Trcns.
SubHPrlbed and nwom before ? me thin 1st
diiv of February , A. D. 1VX ! > .
( Seal ) M. U. irKNGATK.
Notary Public.
ii-ciil. Hriliiln nilglil oH'or lo niudlntc
tit'ii tin ; KcnttiL'Uy warriors.
What n st'i'loiis blow K would lif to
1lio Kentucky luOltxiwntH If wlilsky
shnuld bo ( Icc'Iari'd uoiitrnlmnil of war.
Tlio gniund lies l duo today , but It Is
a wist1 K'tMimn who reaps Ills Imrve.'H
without regard to the shadow of the
In lionoriti } ; rcnulslttons for the ro-
ttiril of jiorsous cliarsod wltli eriminal
offenses In other Kittles ( loverisor t'oyn-
tor draws the line at divine healers.
It Is only fair to state that the rn-
imrtcil deproaso In the revenue of the
st-liool board durliiK Hie year IS' ) ! ) bad
no reference to the income of certain
Individual members oE the board.
Iowa proposes to get along hereafter
withan election every two years instead
of every year. This will have the ef
fect of. reducing the record of defeats
on the political stick of Fred White.
So long ns Attorney General Smyth
carries those annual pasteboards there
Is no danger Unit bo will attempt to dis
miss any of the do-nothing secretaries
of the State Board of Transportutlou.
Legislators dowji In Kentucky must be
a queer lot. AVhcn Informed they could
enter the state house if they bad passes
not one was able to produce. Catch
a Nebraska legislator without a pocket
ful of passes.
One of Hie candidates clouted on the
fusion state ticket lust fall has received
an appointment as attorney for Ibe
Union Paelilc. That ought lo enable
him lo ride on a pass without being ac
cused of accepting a bribe.
Senator Pcttigrew Is not adding to bis
prestige when he sets up the word of
Aguinaldo against that of Admiral
Dewey. It will require some one of
better standln-j than 1'ettlgrew to con
vince the American people that It is
Admiral Dewey who has lied.
The necessity of an enlargement of
the police force is not to be longer
evaded. A city of the sine and area of
Omaha cannot have adequate protection
from a mere handful of patrolmen , not
enough In number to form a slnt'le
platoon to head a street parade.
While The Hague peace treaty is un
der consideration In the senate the mem
bers of that body might Individually
subscribe to the terms of the document.
There Is danger unless some of the
pending differences can be arbitrated a
state of open hostilities may t-iistie.
When Mayor Harrison looks down the
list of Hryan's traveling companions on
his New Kngland tour and strikes the
name of Altgeld ho cannot bo expected
to enthuse over the campaign of the
Nebraska man. All the stings of ingratitude -
gratitude were not planted In Nebraska
by any means.
Senator Clark of Montana Is to take
the stand In his own behalf in the sen
atorial Investigation. While the com
mit too has the opportunity to secure the
opinion of nn export on the value of
legislative votes It should Improve it.
Nevada quotations are no longer eon *
sidercd reliable.
In refusing to honor the requisition of
the governor of Iowa for the person of
Divine Healer .lames , fiovuninr 1'oyn
lor raises a very Intricate question
whether the governor of one state has
a right to interpret the duee of another
state , even though it conlllets with his
own conception of Justice.
who have used the Monroe doc
trine tiH a reason for opposing the iul-
mlnl tratlln In the Philippine matter ,
are tlut very ones who are calling most
loudly for the. president tu intervene In
the .South African war. The secret of
both moves I * not love for either tint
] ' 'lllpluoor the Hours , but u set deter
mination to nutimoulzo the administra
tion on every p sslble o < fusion.
JSAttCItt' IX
The situation In Kentucky Is one of
nlinrchy. I'or this state f affairs thn
Uoebel democrat are primarily respon
sible , but the othef sluV Is not wlnlly
blatnolo.ic. At the election last No
vember tlie republican candidate for
governor received n plurality of the
popular vote. This wni so clearly
pllown on the face of the returns that
Hie democratic election board , after a
moHt careful canvass of the vote and
hearing both sides as to allegations of
fraud , gave a certificate of election t < i
William S. Taylor and he was duly
sworn In .mil Installed ns governor.
Tims far the requirements of the consti
tution and laws of the state hud been
fully observed.
The ( Joebelites had brouabt all pos
sible Intltience and pressure to bear
upon the election board to seutire a de
cision In their favor and having failed
It was thought for a time they would
accept the situation. Hut they had no
such Intention , The ( Joebol law afforded
them another elmnce to override the
popular will. They could carry the eon.
lest to ( lie legislature , with Its demv
entile majority , and they proceeded to
do so. The llrst test of the Uoebollto
strength In that body showed that the
conspirators were able to carry out their
purpose of having ( Soobcl declared gov
ernor and the success of the plot to over
throw the popular verdict became as-
Ktiral , oo fur as the legislature was con
cerned.
Thus a most , exasperating and dan
gerous situation was created. The
I'lnergeney called for decisive action on
the part of those In authority to pre
serve peace and order , but in strict ob
servance of the luws. If Governor Tay
lor believed It to be noL-essary , to pre
vent an outbreak of violence , to order
the militia to Frankfort , he hud an nn-
iiuestlonable right to do so. When
trineil citizens were pouring Into the
i.1 ! ! pi till of the state , with the manifest
[ luri'ose of making trouble , It was for
the governor5 to Judge and determine
ivhat should bo done to avert , the dan
ger. Had be confined the use of this
military force to preserving ( lie peace
no reasonable fault could be found with
Ids action , but there can bo no excuse or
justification for his employment of this
I'orce to prevent the assembling of the
legislature. Governor Taylor unques
tionably committed a flagrant usurpa
tion of authority in proclaiming the
eglslatnrc adjourned nnd directing that
it should reassemble elsewhere than at
iht state capita ! . He had no legal right
: . ) do this under the circumstances and
.n using force to carry out this usurpa
tion lie committed the gravest possible
) ffonsc against the law and against re
publican government. We do not think
that any one capable of understanding
lite significance of tills action of Gov-
) rnor Taylor will approve it.
As to the statement signed by mom-
) ors of the legislature declaring that
LJoebel and Beckhum were elected gov-
irnor and lieutenant governor , it will
lardly be questioned that It Is without
egal force. The boards that heard the
ontests did not report to the legislature
n session , as required by law , and the
iiguutnres to the statement were ob
tained when there was no session , so
: hat in no respect were the legal re-
inlrements complied with. ( . 'onse-
Itiently the swearing in of Goebel and
[ leckham clothed them with no au
thority and the orders Issued by the
'ormer are worthless , from a legal point
) C view.
What will be the outcome of the state
) f anarchy in Kentucky cannot , bo fore-
< eon with certainty. It is a very grave
mil dangerous situation , in which the
struggle between reason and passion up.
loars to be In favor of the latter.
THE Jliai Dli'S MKHSAUR
Mayor Moores' annual messages will
-'ompare favorably with similar doctt-
ttents delivered by any and all of his
iredecessors in the mayor's otllce. That
nuch will have to be conceded even by
ihose who may disagree with his
I'ecommcndations ,
The main portion of It Is devoted to a
comprehensive review of the. work of
the different departments of the inu-
ilclpal government during the past yo.tr ,
minting out their strength and weak-
losses and outlining the problems be
fore them. In almost every Instance It
s shown that the authorities have been
lampered by Insutilcleut funds to im-cl
.lie demands made upon them and what
under the circumstances has been ac-
XHiipllK-hcd has been more than credltn-
iile. The mayor rightly insists that had
ils views prevailed a year ago as to the
ax levy , the overlaps and outstanding
Indebtedness today would not require
: he prospective addition i.f li or II mills
to tlie 1000 tax levy.
In defining his position- ( lie quos-
llon of municipal ownership , Mayor
Moores reiterates what he has said in a
irevlous message lo the council In
favor of tlie early acquisition of not
inly the water works , but also the eice-
trle lighting plant , and absorbing all
the franchlsed corporations supplying
the necessities of the city and Its In-
liabltants. In this he Is certainly In
liarmony with the advancing sentiment
) f the community.
THU IXMA.FAIIAK. .
Not the least urgent of the matters
with which the Hrltlsh Parliament haste
to deal Is the famine In India. It U olll-
fl.il.y stated that the famine affects
nearly r. . ( ) . ( > 00KK ( ) of people two-thirds
Hi" population of this lountry nearly
ttalf of them In Hrltlsh territory nn-,1 the
remainder In native st.itos. The head of
the Indian revenue department stat.tt
it a recent meeting of the counill that It
will ittktt from yn.iKKi.ooo -lo.wo.uo'j '
rupees to sustain those upon roller
\vorls \ up to tlu end of March nnd this
Is probably but a small part of what
svlll be required for all who are affected
liy the famine. A London correspondent
nays It Is nonsense lo talk of only such
-amount being needed to sustain thn
people In life and remarks that probably
It means what the government Intends
lo spend on Its ill res-1 subjects , but there
must bit an appalling loss of life In the
uullvii states , In spite of llio efforts of
native princes ttnd others to sustain tlu-
people. If aitl U not jlvou out of the tin
porlul treasury. II N believed that lhi >
government will have to expend at least
HMMXHUKKI rupees upon the famine suf
ferers by the end of March.
Such an additional drain upon Great
Hritaln' . < financial resources at this limn
will be a pretty serious matter , but the
consequences of neglecting the famine-
stricken people of India might be much
more serious. It Is of the llrst Impor
tance that the Hrltlsh government shall
omit nothing necessary io prevent dis
affection among Its Indian subjects and
neglect to make provision for them In
Hie existing emergency w/mhl be very
apt lo Incite In some of them the spirit
of revolt. Hence this demand upon the
Imperial treasury will have to be met.
however severe the strain.
i TtiSIUKTHArK TIIHllliAlj 1HSVK
The attempt of Attorney General
Smyth to sidetrack the main Issue raised
by the complaints against the masterly
Inactivity of the State Hoard of Trans
portation , of which he Is a member , will
hardly deceive anybody who has given
the subject any consideration. Attor
ney General Smyth declares that he has
not been able to bring action against the
railroads that persist , in charging dis
criminating rales between Omaha and
Council Hlufl's because the secretary of
the Commercial club lias refused to file
a complaint with the board. It Is ques
tionable , In reality , whether the attor
ney gcnor.il would have accomplished
anything If he had attempted to force
the Iowa roads to raise their rate from
Council HlulTs to Nebraska points or to
lower their rale from Omaha lo the
same points in order to make up llio
difference between the rates from Coun
cil Hluffs and the Omaha rales. The
Iralllc between Iowa and Nebraska and
vice versa Is Interstate commerce nnd
the Nebraska state board has no au
thority to enforce regulations affecting
Interstate commerce. All that the at
torney general might , have done would
have been to present a complaint before
the Interstate Commerce commission or
make up a case In the federal courts.
It Is doubtful , however , whether relief
could be secured through the federal
courts under existing laws , although Hie
differential In favor of Council muffs
Is manifestly a discrimination against
Omaha. Under the Interstate commerce
act n railroad has no right to charge H
higher rate for a shorter hnul than It
does for a longer one , although it may
charge the same rate for the short haul ,
over the same road , ns It does for the
longer one. The rate from Council
Hluffs to Lincoln , for example , may be
the same as the rate from Omaha to
Lincoln , but the rate from Omaha lo
Lincoln cannot bo greater than the rate
from Council Bluffs to Lincoln.
What the shippers and producers of
this state complain of is that the board
has failed to afford any relief against
tllserlmlnution and extortion in tlie state
of Nebraska , over which territory tlie
board has jurisdiction. H is the mas
terly inactivity of tlie board and Its sec
retaries , In season and out of season ,
that has justly laid the members of the
board open to the suspicion that the
railroad managers exert a potential in
fluence over the members of that board
nnd that they consider their obligations
to the railroad managers paramount lo
their obligations to tlie people.
Of MAA'UfACTUltES.
Tlie upward movement of exports of
American manufactured goods con
tinues to be the most striking feature of
the returns prepared by the chief of the
Bureau of Statistics. During the last
fiscal year the gain over the previous
year in exports of manufactures
iimounted to about $7H,000,000 and the
Indications are that for the current fiscal
year there will bo about as large an in-
uretiKo over the exports of last year.
Examination of the details shows that
the demand for American Iron and steel
products is tlie chief element in tlie in-
L'rcnsod export trade. The total exports
of manufactures of Iron and steel , as
reported by the Bureau of Statistics , in
creased from ? ( W,000X ( 0 In 181)7 ) to
? iur ,000,00 ( ) In IS ! ) ! ) , or more than ( M ) per
[ on ! within two years anil has been
largely In complicated products of
manufacture like machinery , locomo
tives and typewriters. Agricultural Im
plements also make nn Important Item
In the account , the value of the.se bent
ibroad In 1SD1) ) being over $1,000,0 < ) < ) .
The Improvement In the export of colton -
ton cloths was alni''st exclusively In ( be
t'hlnese trade , this amounting In 1M ) ! > t <
iiver $10.KXJO ) ( ( ) , a gain of more than CO
tier cent over the preceding year. There
Is no doubt that this trad- will steadily
H'-uw If our manufacturers will care
fully sludy the needs < , f the Chinese
market , for American gocds are said to
lie preferred wherever they have been
Introduced there.
A few Items of export have declined
- omewhat or remained stationary , but
In general there Is a steady upward
movement In tlie highest class of Amer
ican manufactures and there is every
reason to count upon a continuance o ! '
this. Especially may we expect that
) itr Iron nnd steel products will not only
liohl the markets that have been gained ,
lint , secure access to others , fo.In tho-e
[ iroducts the I'lilted Slates can sacccss-
fully compote with any other country
both as to quality and price. ,
Months jo nu onlinitiiL'o was Intro-
ilweil In tlu > city e'onni'll provlillii for
tinrogiilullon , ctornpo anil pulu eif ex
plosives nnil also nrovldlnj , ' for llu in
spection of stores and warehouses
when1 exploiUves arc KOJII on mile or In
st'H'U. Thn onllnani'i' lind lu-i-n care
fully iiruimreil nfier full ronsnltaliou
with tin ! t-iiy flwtili'liiii , llio bnllillni ;
Insiici'tor anil tla > rhluf of the tire ili > -
imvtniiMil. lint for HOIIU < mysicrluiM
reiiisou It 1ms lieon plKeetuliDled. What
Hu > Intlneiuvs wcro whk'h prcventi-il thi >
iMUU'tiKont eif this onllimiu'u may lie Kiir-
mlsi'il. Sulllrc It to say that our rlt'y.iMin '
remain oxposi'd to thu e'onstant inunaci'
Df ilniDierous chpiulrnlH and exploijivi-s
that nr lielnj ; truimportiMl throiiKli Ihu
streets and are ntored In the various
imrlri of thu city.
At Splnnkop the trunk < f a British
whose head had Just be.'ii car
ried off by a slu-ll. Jumped t'i ' its roi-i n-
though about ( o lire one mole sh t. At
Frankfort. Ky. . the head of the adjutant
general was struck till' by n dying gov
ernor who Is Issuing and signing procla
mations and pronunclamcntos. War !
always glmMly whether It Is In Ken
tucky or in Africa.
lleposits In Nelnnska state banks In
( reused S.'l.-UO.D.'JO.ttS during the past
ju'iir. As the state bunks are almost
exclusively located In the smaller cllle-
aml towns of the state the showing In
dicates the measure of tlie prosperity
which has come to the fanning com
munltles during the year.
No Uitr.lit Aliout Tlint ,
Uostnti Transcript.
Krrosetio oil la costing 30 per cent more
than It did a few weeks ago. Hut then , mi-
sumcrs are sure of getting n Standard
article.
Smooth Politic * .
Kansas City Star.
The disposition of the president to let the
KenttlCklntiB light it out ainons themselves
will not weaken the conviction that he IF
n mighty smooth politician.
hrill fur riiliin.
Inter Ocean.
The Investigation Into thn Montana
senatorial case reveals the fuel that $1,000
bills nro by no means unfamiliar to the
simple-minded people who Inhabit the kor
country adjacent to Helena and Hutte.
Xol Y > t Invented.
Detroit Free 1'rens.
No one cares to deprive Mr. Bryan of
those moments of rapture nnd hopefulness.
The roleof holdover 'presidential candidate
has enough of heaviness nnd depression ;
let the quadronnlnl aspirant enjoy himself
wlille ho may. After the shouting nnd the
tumult dlo It will bo berne In upon him
llko the remembrance of a hideous dream
that Ilicro Is no Invention known to man
for transforming "chcors , " "laughter" and
"loud applause" Into olccloral votes.
Scimtor * by Popular V lo.
I'hlladeliihta Times.
The Bcnato is rapidly becoming the rich
man's club of the nation nud when it is
remembered that It should bo the most in
telligent nnd reliable check upon govern
mental errors ( the chleX purpose of Its
creation is entirely lost' ' sight of by men of
fortune who seek to crawl or climb to the
highest legislative honors of the republic.
The pcoplo nro the sovereign power of state
and nation and they should bo empowered
to cheese their United SKites senators by a
popular vote.
A
1'hllndeljihla Record.
The exports of manufactures in 189 ! ) foot
up to a grand total of $380,000,000. This Is a
magnificent showing. It Is an increase of
25 per cent over the exports of 1S9S. It is
over 11,000,000 a day. In fact , wo are taking
In as much for manufactures exported as wo
uro paying out from day to day for federal
taxation. During ISM there was an Increase
if 33 per cent In the imports of raw material
for manufacturing purposes ; and with this
swelling volume , of foreign trade there can
bo llttlo doubt thai the handicap Imposed
by tariff restriction would be abolished on
the dcrtiand of the manufacturers them
selves.
Dnnaer * of the SnollH
Ilnroer's .Weekly. ,
Puerto Klco's government will probably
bo n model forithointhor colonies nnd there-
tore the plan1 ought to bo prepared with the
utmost care. Upon V > ne-'p.oint only are we
disposed to insist 'lu anticipation of the
report of the committee on Pacific islands
ind Puerto RicoTho' / 6111 that is intro
duced should afford no opportunity for the
Bxpanslon , of the spoils system- . . The gov
ernor nt first must doubtless be a political
appointee and It may be that the office will
iihvays remain political , but this ought not
Lo be 'tho ' case. Thq law should provide for
i colonial service In which governors should
bo trained and from which they should bo
appointed.
OI'PIlliSSIVB TIIUST 1MIIOKS.
IlurileiiH Imposed on Cniiiunii'rn by
VcrloiiH ConililiialloMH.
Minneapolis Times.
The great consumer of lumber In this
northwestern country is the farmer. Ho Is n
consumer likewise of wire , nails , hardware ,
glass , tinware , salt , oil , furniture and agri
cultural implements. His agricultural im
plements have been advanced from 15 to10
per cent. His nails and wire have gene up
100 per cent In the last year and 300 per cent
In the last flvo years. If ho bus timber on
tils farm he has gone back to the ancient
custom of splitting ralJs for fences instead of
buying barb wire , and he is 'buying his nails
by the pound Instead of by the keg. Ho has
put off building the new barn or the now
house In the hope that prices will fall In a
ycnr or so. The cost of building material
lias become cumulatively oppressive.
If lumber or noils or glass or agricultural
Implements or fence wire any ono of these
had been the only commodity to rjso In
price the case would .have been different.
Meanwhile there has been appreciable
InorcaKO In the price of the farmer's prod
ucts. "Wheat Is only Cr > cents In the Minne
apolis market. Farm labor ia Just as high
is ever , perhaps a little dearer. Thus the
farmer's revenue IB no greater and the prices
: ) f his machinery nnd 'building ' material have
? oio up. What Is ho to do ?
MT Dl.SClClt.MDI.K.
Nliort-l.lvi'i ! K.t'iri'MNloiin of ( lie Mnl-
( . 'oiitt'iitH In .Vi'Iiriinkii ,
.1. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
Klfty years ago In Nebraska tlioro were u
tbcusand pairs , of moccasins worn by Ha
.nhabltauta . to one pair of boots. Sixteen tome
mo vius not llio riUlo of Indian to whlta
root. Iub ! the trucls ; made upcn the plains
and nlong the valleys by the aborigines ,
jlthcr bnrcfrotcd or In moccasins , bavo boon
ulTaced and their trails are forever obllter-
Ucd. The plow and 'the rnllioad , the village
ind Hie city , the farms and the homes of
civilization have erased every vestlgo of the
uvr.ges. U la not possible to reproduce the
Imprints Unit barbarians had made upon
these pralrlea prlcr to their settlement by
llio pioneers. Those imprints have been
rubbed out. by the sharp attrition which
igriculturo , commerce nnd manufacture liuvo
lirciifiht to benr upon NebraeKn.
They have been male : forever Illegible
ind those who follow the Indiana nro their
jupcrlors only by so much us they better
liuman conditions nnd environments , 'flu
jest citizens those who do in IB I for theui-
iclves and their famines , within the llmlu
if the public good , that IB , without cucroach-
ng upon the rights of o there will be longest
iL-membcred and icspectcd. They write
itnnanout nnd Indelible autographr upon the
irccrdii of the atale and nro by the Immor
tality of benignant influence ) * forever Interwoven -
woven wh | | the texture of Its mental and
[ unit rial development.
liut the wnlUIng dole-Eaton , the broad-
: ast Howera of discontent , who merely find
fault with whatever is ami declaim In favor
of the Imixuzihle , which can never be , will
soon bo forgotten or on'y remembered an u
scourge , jutu ns famines and pcatllenceti nro
recalled. . Thirty yearn hence and the deedu
ind 'results ' of the malcontents who are now
jndcavorlng to atlr up wrath among the peo-
lilt ; , by nrroyhiR clase ugalnat claws , will be
IE invisible in N'eurarlia a * nro now Die
mst'vatiln trucks of the Indians made fifty
rears ago.
ncMoHs or nt Hv vn.
The alumni of tlie t'nlvMnlty of 1'cnn-
sylvanla has completed arrn Kements foi
the erection of nn Imposing and magnllleenl
metncrlnl gateway to the university to com
memorate the services of university men Ir
the Spanish-American war. The cornerstone
will bo laid In a few weeks with npproprlatt
ceremonies. The gale will be surmounted
by a tower of Rothlc design , In keeping wltV
tlie dormitory building. It will bo fifty fed
SQitaro and seventy feet high and lil con
tain twenty-five Bleeping rooms. On UK
fflce of the lower will be this Inscription
"To ccm-memorate the patriotism of the sons
of I'omisyhanln. " In the center of the arch
on each s-lde , will be placed tablets , on v.lilc-1
will be Inscribed the company , regiment nm
war record of every student or graduate oi
the university who nerved during the wal
This list of names will Include over 300. UK
moHt prominent of which , HO far its mllltarj
position Is concoMied , being that of Colonel
Henry C. Kgbcrt. He fought nt San Juan
where ho wns wounded , and later assigned ti :
1'hlllpplnc service , but was killed. Ho wa ;
ono tt the highest ranking olllcers killed In
the foreign campaign.
Major Putnam Uradley1 Strong , KM of the
ex-mayor of New York , who served with the
gallant Lawton In Luzon , tells of one ex
perience which scared the general con
siderably. On one occasion he wns riding
with his 12-year-old son , Mauley , past I'nco
cemetery at Manila. It seems that a
Montana detail had Just burled n comrade
when n California burying detail came Up.
Somehow they failed to get carttldges and
nRked the MontanaB for some. The latter
lind nothing but ball cartridges.
"Oh , they'll do , " said the California
sergeant.
"Heady , flro ! " came the order a moment
later.
The bullets went \vhlzzlng over the grave
and over the stcnio wall , on the other side of
which was rlJIng General Lawton , his head
only u few Inches below the wall. The bul
lets made a breeze ns they went past. "That
was the only time I can remember being
scared , " said the general later , "but my boy
spoke up nnd said : Tapa , Is this like be
ing under real lire ? H it Is , I like it. ' "
"War with raw recruits lu the beginning
Is apt to lead to ninny amusing experiences , "
said the old nrmy olllccr who saw service in
CulM to a Detroit Kreo 1'ress man. "Now
you couldn't ask for better soldiers than we
had In Cuba , but n large number of them
were now to the business and had much to
learn and much to their credit it can be
said that they soon learned It.
"I had occasion to leave our lines one
night soon after wo arrived lu Cuba and
upon my return It suddenly struck me that
I had forgotten the countersign. I puzzled
over It for some time , but for the life of me
I couldn't recall the word that hail been
given out. While I was thinking it over I
hoard the command :
" 'Haiti ' Who comes there ? '
" 'Friend , ' I answered , thinking that the
countersign would come to me In a moment.
" 'Advance , friend , nnd glvo the counter
sign , ' said .the sentry.
"As the countersign had slipped from me
completely I walked up to him and said
sharply :
" 'Call the corporal cf 'the ' guard ! '
" 'Gosh,1 answered the sentry , 'I know H
was something llko that , but I'm denied if I
hadn't forgotten H ! 'Mosey ' on ! '
"I 'mosled. ' But I took the troubleto
look up the corporal of the guard and have
Uim give the sentry further Instructions re
garding the duties of a sentry. "
Fish and rice are said to be the national
Filipino diet. They nro easily cooked , and
cooked anywhere on the street corner , tu
the courtyard or the corner of a hall , on a
sticks. The
charcoal steve or a bundle of
Fillplnosf are not only nmong the most
skilled fishermen of the world , but they are
catch. They
great consumers of their own
ire particular , too , as 'to ' the condition of
the fish before they are cooked. The fish
must not bo too fresh. That defect is
remedied by n. sun bath and It Is a common
sight to see a row of small , shiny fish laid
out on the ground In the sun , where they
remain till the odor Is offensive , and then
they are ready for the Filipino pot !
WH/V KOKIt SriUHUS.
UrUlNli I'ly Cheerily WiilUn Into tin-
nnrBher ' I'nrlor.
New York Tribune.
When Ono-Eyed Jake , the terror of the
redskins , hod to cross n river with his hardy
band of pioneers , 'ho generally found a ranoc
tir dugout which had apparently drifted to
the bonk just whore ho wanted It. After
lie. hud crossed In this ho suddenly found
alnisclf and party among ambushed Indians ,
and the subsequent carnage was all that
could be desired. At other times the wily
redskins lay In wait at the opposite side of
the only ford the river poasesEcd , and It
Dften happened that the hero , Deadly Dick ,
the demon of the Delaware , was ths only
white man that escaped , The dime novel
literature of early youth fieemert to suggest
: lmt things were open to suspicion when the
pursued by redskinB allowed a river to be
irorsed tco eaally. Two weeks ago the Lady-
unlth eldo of thn Tugela river had been cn-
Lrenched by the HoerH for many miles each
rt'ay , and wherever a crossing waa likely to
become poHslble. Then the Boer plans were
changed. General Duller inarched up the
river rt bit and crossed nt a well known
: ord without difficulty or opposition. An-
athcr gt.nernl marched part of the English
Toopa down stream and found a cable forry-
acnt handily moored in the stream , nnd this
proved most useful In conveying Ills t-oldlerH
Lo the Lodjiinilth aide. It was llnd : of the
Bo2ivj to leave that boat there BO handy anile
o leave the ford above unprotected , but the
iwo Items Bp'smecl ' to bo-partly reproducing
.he literature with which American youth
JOB ambitiously prepared Itself for savage
warfare.
Tl'o question wan , Where was the ambus-
? aile ? Some armchair critics of the long
ango l > po thought that as the Boer army
lecmoil to have disappeared General Bullcr
, \as going to bo allowed to march practically
.inniulcetcd to Ladynnilth , and there Im-
[ irluon himself In the town , which lu sur
rounded by the outside fortifications nud
' .rcnclics of the Boors. At that time it
, % as suggenle.1 that a prize should be offered
o the Diet constant reader who dhould an-
jwcr the niuzlo ijuestlon : "Find the Boer
irmy. " Hut It Is now found that the nbnn-
Icnmcnt of the river bank nnd the loan of
.he ferryboat were not such subtleties ns
, vcro HUgtfcatcd in the old authorities on
Indian warfare , but wore simply part of an
nvltutlou to como on lo another portion of
.he country , In which the Doer * have made
) very hill n fortress.
SKI/.I III ? OI'1 AMnitlCA.V I'l.OI It.
in-ill Ili-llnlii's Tri-nlMK'iit of Hie i
I uilcil SUHi-K nnil ( irrniim ; . !
Haillmuru American. I
Many weeks have passed since Ibe un-
vurraiUoJ seizure of Amerban merchandise
m lho high ecuit by British cruisers. There
vcro three of these cases. They wcro all
illlie , without a single detail lo confuse or
loloy action. The uoods wcro not cannon.
ir ammunition , or sulphur only flour , a j
icaceeiblu and Imrmlcas article , convertible
ntu food , and without danger to women and
hlldren and old men. It is not , per < U' , con-
rabaud of war. The British government
iaa been forced for Ils own preserva'lon
o deilaro this. If flour were conceded to be
ontratinnd of war , and Kngland were to get
nto a war with the continent of 1C u rope , HA
leoplo would bturvo In three months. I
When Kngland , with her whole might , la i
rylng tu eelze the territory of two llulc >
epublk'H , American flour IH declared to hu I
ontrabaud. This ia , in substance , the 1m- '
mdcnt imeesge cent to this country by the
British government. Hut thin flour coul
not possibly be con'rfttnml , because It ws
shlppp.l to a neutral port. It Is n if I'ni
land had shipped flour to St. Thomas or Si (
Domingo during the recent Spanish wa
This Insolent message Is sent to the Unite
States without n word of apology or rcgre
and the fnto of the- flour In left lu doiib
One cargo Is reporjeil to have been release
and a part of It sold , while another curt
was lo rome up yesterday before a prt :
court for the Jailer's action. Meanwhll
American trade vvlih South Africa , whlc
has been rapidly growing In the last thn
or four years , has been destroyed. No or
will ship goods when they can be wanton !
seized on the world's highway by n Brltlfl
cruiser. It wag not so In 1812 , when U
I'nltod States wont to war to protect H
rights.
The behavior of Kngland to this eounlr ;
for which she has preicudod friendship , cot
trasta mrK plngularly with her nttltuil
toward Germany ur.dor similar condition
She seld tlo.'M.i.i sh'p' ' nmiio of which cai
rled cargoes \vhlrh eoulJ be destined to 11
either point than the Transvaal. When ( ! ei
many firmly demanded nn apology nud rr |
nrntlon they were made. The ships wi'i
released , reparation promised and nn asaui
mice given that It would not occur ag.ili
A barkload of sulphur Is now on Its way I
the Transvaal because the British goverr
mcnt feared the wrath of Germany , while
cargo of American flour , uhlppcd to n I'oi
tuguefo port , Is subjected to the vagaries i
.1 prize court. This kind of friendship Is
pciiHli-e , The firm maintenance of right
Insisted on by Germany is productive (
more practical benefit.
I I < : IIHO.\AI < I'oivruns.
That opera bouffo claimant , Don Carlo ;
still appears to think the throne of Spal
Is worth fighting' for.
The controversy between Count Bonl Cap
tcllano and , the renowned editor of Flgar
la carried on by cable.
Alois iBurgsthalcr , who has been hallo
In Germany os , the coming king of tenon
wns but a few years ago n farm boy lu uppe
Bavaria.
Chicago learns that ton Internal rcvcnu
Inspectors have found within Its limits L',07
more liquor saloons than the 2,135 ell
policemen have reported.
President McKlnley sends tn a Clcvclan
shoemaker for every pair of shoes he wean
This shoemaker has been furnishing th
president with footwear for fifteen years.
Representative Roberts of Massachusett
Is playfully knowu among his frlcndB In th
house art "the other Roberts" to dlstingnis
his nnmo from that of the recent clnlman
from Utah.
In Baltimore a rattlesnake bit n profes
Blonnl elocutionist and died. It died b ;
request presented by n shotgun. The elocu
tlonlst drank whisky until ho saw inori
snakes and recovered.
Despite the continued atficnce of Agulnalrt
ind the diligent search that is being mad
tor him , South African war news Is uo\
printed on the first page of the Manila Free
lorn and gets the biggest headlines.
The appointment of General Bornardi
Reyes as minister cf war of Mexico Is gen
erally taken to mean that ho will bo tin
successor , at the end of the next four years
af President Diaz. Diaz has long repose
the utmost confidence In Reyes and will
make the new war minister his personal
representative while ho Is away on his tour
Paderewskl kept an audience in Columbus
3. , waiting forty minutes last Saturdaj
light because bo could not find his cane
ind would not leave the hotel without it ,
Indeed , ho sent word that there would bt
10 performanca , but when he was notified
jy telephone from itho theater that hit
valking stick was there he put In a belated
iwe-arance.
Mme. Nordloa- was on the same train from
cw York to Lakewood last week that
: arrlcdMrs. . George Gould and thn Castel-
anes in the Goulds' private car , and Mrs.
Jould , learning this , sent In an invitation
o the great singer to dlno with her party
it Georgian Court. Mme. Nordlca declined
ho honor and Is said to have remarked
hat the sending of such an Invitation , not
iccompanled by ono asking hbr to Join the
3ould party In their car , was excessively
udc. _ _
POINTED 1'AUAOllArlIS.
Chicago .News . : The meaner the man the
assume n small ob-
nore unwilling he Is to
igatlon.
less he professes
The older a man gets the
o understand the nature of women.
' what they
Some pcoplf who don't know
vnnt complain becauoe they fall to get It.
Many n man resembles ft rooster. He does
ho crowing while his wife does the -work.
The silent watches of the night should bo
late rleers.
eplaced by an alarm clock for
and miss it Is UBS
To marry for money
and miss it.
for love
willful than to marry
back nnd anther
The man with a pain In his
' necessarily trans-
ther In hU stomach Isn't
lurcnt.
Nothing on earth can take the bitterness
nit o life and break the spell of lonell-
ici's like n baby.
the kind of love that
\n old bachelor says
ndures forever is founded upon the rocks
if the girl's father.
The small bay likes maternal sympathy ,
mt he never likes his mother to feel for
ilm with her slipper.
Time may bo money , but It Is n difficult
who Is serving
natter to convince a man
line that finch is the case.
fortunes If
Lots of men might acquire
hey didn't waste so much time In figuring
without wcrk.
money
IDW to make
Nature worlin wonders and the enterprls-
manager gathers them In
dime-museum
ng ml works the public at 10 cents per head.
The woman who thinks HUO Is marrying
novcllBt's hero and the man who thinks
ie is marrying a wingless nngel Invariably
Iscover that marriage Is n failure.
SOMIS IiATIJ IXVKXTIO.NH.
DIJOM inn bo rigidly 'held In any position
el.imp Imvliifi u sprlng-controllr-d
,
new
y a
head
end of which has a
litoi the uppir
which will
wml-L-iroular slut ,
- In -
sor-i-d a
mlm-d or low-
mill t-iu nlHton In cllher a
red position.
An improved tobacco pipe has n ping : Iii-
ertt'd at the front end of > bowl , which
in be roinovrd for denning , with the bot-
om c'f thv bowl formed of Plastic material
o iMkei u : > the nicotine , the lllUmr being
utnuvud " .hen saturaled.
In Wnnhlnslon' n woman bus dcHluneil a
i-jldcr for d HplnylnK coins , oompriHni ? a
tat ( . -iinltonrd ban- , with n vertical lint
ube net on the- card lo carry the coin ,
ho sides of thn Uibo belli ! , ' cut down to
URiiKi ! enl > the rim of thu coin.
HeadH of a cuff bn.ton ure neeurc-ly Jield
ogcther by u new link , formed of u Hlnglo
ili-i'o cf uprlnii wire , oiio end of which Is
lolled lo receives ihe opposite tinl , making
nir.oath interim ! purfucn , wtilc-h prevent *
ho button loo'i ini'.llni ; Itself out.
A westerner bun patented a borcihllrli -
ns device in bf. carried by ho WUKIUI. a
ml ticlne ntluchod in the nxlo neur out'
kneel , with a hook for the l lns. a dnyli-u
n t-o wheel c.iichliiK thtloil and imlllni ;
n the "Inn when t ie horse darlH ui.
' from awulluwInK the
Mri ai'LjirtvenlcJ
ock by a newly pulen.ed nuurd , which lien
araKel wllh the thank und In floitfd nt
ho lower end , to purllully mirraiind the
hunk until the lleii t.iken hold , when It
out nud lorms a stop by engaging
An Imnroved borne c-ollar IIIIH means for
punlng am ) C\O \ .UK It at the top | n limd of
'Ulllng ' It over the animal's head , a 1'-
hnpvJ | IHO being vrwl'lfd ' at ellliur end ,
rllh u yoke uhaped to fit the eridH of ih
ollar. with locking Ocvlccs lo hold iiu
ndK In jilace.
Itooku i an bo nulomulk'ully dlttrlbuted
.irougliout thw Hhelvfii of u library by a
ew iippara'UH , whlrh IIUH the clu'lvi-n nr-
.ui ; ; < 'il lu a eircUi urounil n cttntrul nan.
lit Ijtter MUpportliiK a crane , which IH
Tovldfd wllh a sc-rlej * of jxU'Uetu. whU-h
umn ihrmeclvfH when romlnc In contact
. 1th Uio proper shelves.
I II KIM' AM ) Til Kit P. .
Senator Allen's long distance re.-ord for
talking proves mlKhty hnndy In his present
bunlness. Senator * luow nil nbout It nnd
wisely refrain from doubting It or provoking
a repetition. A few dnys ago , according to
the Washington Tost. Senator Allen believed
ili.it his resolution calling upon Secretary
Gage for copies of the tvu'rcspondeiico be
tween him nnd President Hrpburn of the
National City 'bank ' of Now York would be
oppOHtd. He was primed to meet nil comers
Thrco enormous law books , tilled with de
clslons , were piled upon his desk and he had
newspaper clippings nnd public document *
enough to nil n library. The display was so
conspicuous tlint every senator saw I' and
so significant that Its meaning was easily
' apparent. ' 'You will cither ngreo to this
resolution , " the books and papers seemed
to sny , "or e ! c you must listen to an attai-k
upon the administration In general , nu I
Secretary Gage In particular. "
The sciiato know Its business. The resold
lion was passed without n word of oppo
sition.
The crudest blow of nil has fallen upon
the horso. Man's favorite steed of ot'.n i
ilnyo wan slowly regaining his former pla > <
In public rnteem , mid watching with eir.iini-
emotion the waning popularity of the bleyrli'
when ( he automobile appeared on the track
and sorely Jarred the monarch of the turf
Otic higli-splrltivl animal , the Chicago va
riety , tescntetl the Intrusion of the motor
Vehicle nnd lied from the harrowing spe-tn-
ele. lie * cut n hole as big as a tunnel
through the fog that envelope * ! the bottle
vard. nnd touched n two-mlnnte gall for a
mlle or two. Pedestrians sought to check
his speed In vnlu. Yells nnd "whoas" filled
the air , but the frightened horse paid no
head. Then Wns presented a spcctaclo cal
culnted to provoke n riot In the horse family
The nutomoblle took nftor the runaway , and
nftev n.i pretty a race as wan ever seen on
the lake shore niilmal power micoumbed to
electrical power nnd cnlnily submitted tu
the halter. Hvldcntly the horse Is now up
against a harder proposition than the bike.
The strongest spectacle of this rapid age.
u runaway automobile , was witnessed In
Now York recently. Some of the machinery
and section of the current
got out ofwhack a
rent hurried the driver from hln seat Into thn
street. "Then. " says local account , "tho
machine dashed on. It was now heading
for Keith's Union Square theater , with n
general air of determination -which would
have put to flight even the gorgeously nt-
tlrod gunrdlnns of the doors nt that place.
The peanut vendors along the Kourtcenth
street side of the square gathered up their
wares nndcarts , wheeling confusedly In all
directions. Men In the pursuing mob ex
citedly yelled "Whoa ; " and then stopped to
laugh nt themselves. Hut almost before anyone
ono know It the automobile's wild career
had coma to nu end. The statne of Wash
ington Intervened. With n "whirr" the ma
chine dashed Into the surrounding Iron mils.
There was n crash , and ten feet of the rail
were torn away. Quo of the firmly planted
Iron corner posts wns uprooted. Against the
solid base of the statue , however , the vehicle
came to a , stop. Its heavy wheels still grind
ing nnd gnashing away until the rubber tires
lind disappeared.
The Inallcimblo right of freaks to llfo
and liberty nnd the pursuit of the festive
dollar has been affirmed eloquently by a
Chicago judge. Unfeeling soloiis sought to
restrict those rights' Iby law and draw
certain lines about the kopjes of the Sucker
state whereon culture grazes , beyond which
deformed persons dare not go. They wore
forbidden to exhibit their defects to the
curious. Ossified men and hairy women ,
masticators of glass and nails , wcro denied
the right to show themselves for a prlco or
\aud out a few gold bricks to the multitude
> f jays. Possibly the law wns intended to
safeguard the guys from the wiles of
'bearded ladles" or the Irresistible charms
of MIssourl'B 'giantess. The freaks-Inter
preted the law ns a thrust at liberty and
chased the odious thing Into court and out
ngaln. The result Is a Splonkop triumph for
artists of the deformed school nnd con
clusive evidence that the immortal doclara-
lon IB not a back number.
JVOTlHMtt SKIllOUS.
Indianapolis Press : AVnlts I notice that
is I grow older I don't BCO HO much fun
n Jokes.
Potts Sumo here , but I have learned to
uugH more.
Chicago News : Mm. IIlx I don't take *
my stock In thcao faith cures brought
ibout by tilts laying on of hands.
Mrw. Olx Well. 1 do. I cured my llttlo
joy .of the cigarette habit in that way.
Chicago Post : "I tell you , sir , " said the
man from the provinces , "tho policy o thin
government is all wrong. It is makliiK a
rrlevous mistake. "
"Ah , " returned the city friend , "so you
lldn'fc get the poslTmistershlp of your town
after all. "
Detroit Kree Press : Wife Do you Hnovr
vtmt you remind mo of ?
Husband No ; but J do know what you
remind me of.
Wife What ?
Husband Of every little thing I forgot
o attend to that you ask mo about.
Chicago Tribune : " 1 have often thought , "
nuttered the boarder nt tin * foot of the
able , nt the close of a prolonged but frult-
CBS HtniKKJo with his beefsteak , "that when
ho prophet of old said 'all tlesh Is grass' ho
neant to cuy 'all flesh Is Bristle. ' "
Chicago Tribune : "Where do you sleep
t night ? " asked the temler-hearted woman
vho was Htipplylnif MB wants with a plate
f warm victuals.
"In the roadbed , ma'am , Klner'ly , " ro-
ponded Tuffold Knutl , with his mouth lull.
Detroit Free Prcxs : Small Boy Pupa , do
hey kill mor IIOKS in Chicago than nny-
whcro else In the. United States ?
Papa That's what they say , but It doesn't
eem like it when you ride in the street
urs there.
Boston Transcript : Servant Mtm , th
bonrdo.rn xny that the butter la awful
strong.
Landlady Hereafter , remember to spread
their Umm thinner. One must have Horn *
regard for the tustim of emu's boarders.
TO SI AND I * 11ST.
'Goorgo Crouch in Now York Bun.
Tom-
"Our queen wears a glorious crown and
gorgeous robes of state. "
Plot
"Oom Paul -wears a Hhocklng- bad liat and
garments of ancient date. "
Tom
"Our queen has a golden scopter. On her
empire the sun never Bets. "
Plet-
"Oom Paul has a pipe for a eymbol , Hs
rules whatever ho seia , "
Tom
"Our iiueen 1ms hosts of foot and hers * , tn
Itliukl and rinl and blue. "
Plet
"Oom Paul has an army of farming men , In
mlHc-olluncous hue. "
When Tom HtichH Plet wltti'tilD bay'net , or
Plet plugH Tom with a bull.
Tommy litirr < thH t'cr bin queen and Pleter
ehi-ers for Oem Paul.
Plet heljT -in when he'H wounded , prays
o'er hlr tjruve when he's dead.
W-lien Plet it , itivvn Tom lends a 'hand and
inlnu when hlH ccrvlee is read ,
No ruBn or lia'o 'twlxt Plot und Tom th
mo.-nont the battle. IH done.
Hut sorrowing kin , on either Hide , mourn
father und brother ami son.
l-'lghtlntr Tor empire or fathurlund , neither
guilty of wrong ,
Poor Tom and Pint for slaughter meet.
"How long , O Ix > rd , how
Tom-
"Our queen rnnnnt be blamed for this. Sh
always huted war. "
Plot-
"Oom Paul keit neaw DM | onf ( ns he could.
Jlu never UilrflU-d for gore. ! '
Ton\ and Plet
"Who brought IIH here In buttle" array ?
Who fon'CMi IIH lo mun l . and tay ) ?
. w ° u(1"r ttld " Vit : Jxu hUtorlans tell
, , . ,
Who should get billets on judgment day
t or Quarters in deepest hell ! " '