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STATHMIJVP ( IF CIHCUI.ATHIX.
Stnto nf Nebraska , Douglas County , sf. :
Ceorgo 1 > . Tw-ohuol * . secretary of The Bee
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sa.v that tbe actual numltor ot full and
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See'y and Trea-i.
Subscribed and sworn before mi1 this 1st
il.iv or February , A. D. 1900 *
( Soul ) M. H. mTNOATE.
Notary Public.
II is n wise Kentucky li-ulsliitor who
knows where the Klnto cnitital is.
Uniii 1'nul'n picture luis no norosilc
nroijiul the ort p , Init il expresses tliu
wiitiiiioiit just us well.
Down in Kentucky they sire observing
the rules of warfare in tleulariiif ; a truce :
for HID burial of tliu ( load.
I'll to date the World-Herald lias not
called on the State Hoard of Transpor
tation to reduce its telephone tolls.
How much.longer will county deposits
lie allowed to remain In the banks with
out drawing any interest for unlax -
payers' . '
The city receives U per eout Interest , on
its current bank deposits. Tlio county
is not receiving a penny In interest.
Why not ?
Why cannot the Hoard of Kdncatlon
do something that will bring numvtlmn
$ : iil ( a year Into its treasury from police
court linesV
If I'aderewski is not careful about ex
posing Ids hair while in the vicinity of
the Nebraska state house lie will run : i
terrible risk of being taken for a full-
Hedged populist.
The lack of authentic news from
South Africa is not without its beiieiits.
It gives the London strategists an op
portunity to tight a few more buttles In
their imagination.
If the Slate Hoard of Transportation
succeeds in lowering the grain freight
rate In Nebraska , it may be able to re
deem itself. But the- people are tired
of grandstand plays.
It is currently reported that in case
County Attorney Shields desires to add
t.i his collection.of slot machines ho can
do so by raiding the new crop which
has sprung up in South Omaha since
the recent raid.
From $1M,00 ( ) a year the police court
Hues look a slump to $ l'l,000 , a year and
from ! ? ii : , < KK ) to : ? itil ! for the year 18W.
Tlie next thing the city will have to pay
a li'iniiH to lawbreakers for allowing
themselves to be arrested.
When a man who has made a failure
of his own business projects himself
into the press with a demand that the
aITalrs of the city be managed "as a suc
cessful man runs his private business"
he merely means that they should not
be run the way he would run them.
Olio of the Montana senatorial lobby
ists test Hied that Ids business was prin
cipally t < ) drink whisky and have a good
lime with the "boys. " When such In
ducements are added to the money con
siderations of senatorial campaigns the
lobbyist's Kdcn must have been found
In Helena.
What excuse has the council for Intuit
ing the general fund : it the expense of
the police fiiudV Uist year's levy crip
pled the police force so that It Is a mere
skeleton and people residing In outlying
districts have been compelled to hire pri
vate patrolmen for the protection of life
and properly.
A Lincoln paper referring to the
Omaha auditorium project says that
Omaha ought to donate $100,000 for
Mich a purpose as easily as Lincoln
( otild raise .fJtMXX ) . That makes the
ratio of Oinalm to Lincoln as 5 to 1 , and
i < imlng from .a Lincoln'source should be
accepted us authoritative.
It Is In accord with the eternal illness
of things for men who were paid to
lobby against | h charier amendments
laht year to express resentment over the
overlap of 1SW. Had the charter bill
gone through promptly us originally
framed with provisions placing the prup-
erty of railroads on the same footing for
city luxation as all other property there
\\ould have been no overlap.
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One of the problems with which con
gress must grapple during the present
esslou Is the establishment of tele
graphic communications with our new
Itossesslons In the 1'aclllc. There are
two projects to connect NVrtli America
with Asia by means of cable. The promoters
meters of one cable promise to connect
San Francisco with the Philippines by
way of Hawaii with a repealing station
at Guam. The other route Is to extend
from 1'tiget Sound to Alaska and from
Alaska to the Philippine Islands by way
of .lapan.
The Alaskan coast route from Capo
Flattery , via Dutch Harbor , Is by far
the shortest and therefore least expen
sive and most desirable. The shortest
distance to the Philippines , by way of
Hawaii to Ouam , Is 7)5 ( ) ! ) nautical miles.
The shortest distance via Alaska to
the Japanese wires Is 'l.OSr. miles.
The total cable reaulred by Alaskan
coast to connect the United States with
Siberia , .Japan and Manila Is , " > 0 nau
tical miles. The total cable , required
by way of Hawaii and ( Siiam to connect
with Manila and Japan Is 0li ! ) ) nautical
miles. This means a gain In favor -if
the Alaskan route of 'I.I'.SiJ nautical
miles.
Still other considerations would make
the Alaskan route by far the most avail
able and desirable. The longest link in
the cable by the Alaskan route will be
S5S nautical miles. The longest link In
the cable by way of Hawaii will be
! . ' , < > : ! ! ) miles. The average maximum sea
depth of the Alaskan route Is from
D.OOO to llt.UOO feet , while the average
maximum sea depth of the Hawaiian
mute is lo.COO to 'J'.VIOO ' feet. It goes
without saying that the shorter circuit
affords nearly double the capacity of
speed of transmission that would bo isf-
forded by the longer circuit.
The difference In the original cost be
tween cable lines at a maximum depth
of ii,000 : feet and a maximum depth of
1111,000 feet Is more than 100 per cent.
The estimated cost for the Alaskan line
of ri,7i > o miles Is from $ . " . .000.000 to . . " . , -
000,000. The cost of the Hawaiian lines ,
aggregating nearly 10,000 miles , would
be from $15,000,000 to iflS.OOH.OOO , or a
manifest saving of tfl'-.OOO.OOO to $ ! , -
000,000 in the Alaskan route project.
Whatever route congress may deem
most advantageous Is , however , of sec
ondary consideration compared with the
main question at Issue , namely , whether
the Pacltle cables are to be owned by
private corporations and subsidized by
the government , or whether the govern
ment should own and operate the cable.
We are gratilled to note that the con
sensus of opinion among military and
naval experts , as well as among the
heads of the departments , favors gov
ernment ownership.
It is a matter of history that the lirst
cable Hues on the coast of the United
States were owned nnd operated by the
United States government during the
civil war. The first of these cables con
nected Wilmington , Del. , with Fortress
Monroe and was laid in IStiti , four years
before the Atlantic cable had been suc
cessfully laid by Cyrus W. Field , and
in the same year the cable was extended
from Fortress Monroe to UOanoko
Island , X. C. At the close of the war
the United States government owned
nearly l-.OOO miles of ocean cable , besides -
sides 35.000 miles of land lines which. '
had been constructed for the use of the
army and navy during the civil war
and operated by the United States mili
tary telegraph corps.
There are many cogent reasons why
the United States should own and oper
ate the projected cable lines between
San Francisco and Manila. They should
be owned by the government lirst and
foremost as a matter of military neces
sity , as well as for diplomatic reasons.
In the next place because the govern
ment could command the necessary cap
ital at a much lower rate of interest
than any corporation ; and lastly be
cause the government can lay the cables
at a smaller outlay with its own trans
ports and war ships sind marines than
could any private corporation. The
United States can borrow an unlimited
amount of. money at L' % per cent , while
a' private corporation could not borrow
for less than -1 per cent. With an In
vestment of $10,000,000 the government
would have an interest charge of $1250-
000 a year to meet , while the subsidy
asked by the promoters of the Hawaiian :
and .Manila Cable company is i-lOOOl)0 ) a '
year. The difference between the sub
sidy and the llxod charge would leave a
sinking fund of $ l'0ooo per aiiiium and
whatever surplus there may be in the
earnings of the cables over and above
maintenance and operating expenses.
Should congress give preference to the
shorter route by way of Alaska and
Japan the maximum cost will scarcely
exceed ! ? r > ,000,000 , with tixed charges of
$ li,000 ! , leaving a margin of $ ° .7. > , i0i ; i
per annum , as between the Interest
charge and the subsidy asked for by the I
cable company , and this margin would j j j
pay for the lirst cost of the cable in 1
eighteen years. From every point of
view , therefore , the government owner
ship of the Pacific cable Is most desir
able.
swimiuitx iNnimTiii.ij. ACTIVITY.
The retrospective review in the New
York Journal of Commerce , of the ac
tivity In adding to the spindles of the
south's quota of cotton mills during tha
last year gives the best evidence that
could be desired that all sections of tliu
country are sharing hi the prosperity
which has been brought under the re
publican admlnist ration.
According to this authority It looks
as If the south Intends this year to
eclipse all previous efforts in mill build
ing and during the month Just clo.scd
the number of new spindles announced
made a total of L'OI.SK ! , the largest num
ber ever reported for any one month
with the exception of last May , when
the aggregate reached -100,000. As the
capacity of the cotton machine build
ers of he United states Is limited to
about .ViOOjHM ) spindles annually it Is
readily seen that the demand to supply
the south will keep the entire ImliiMry
humming If the present stimulus con
Unties. The Journal of Commerce go-s
on to devote more than two column * to
the enumeration of the enlar.ci'iuents
and improvements in cotton mill pro
jects In southern states , of which South
Carolina Is the leader. The mills of
South Carolina are consuming alone
\ 500,000 bales f cotton a year , which
Is nearly two-thirds of the entire
output of cotton of the state , so
that before very lung South Carolina
will be working up all the raw material
It can produce and cease to contribute
to the general supply of raw cotton.
This movement indicates that the
south Is taking full advantage of the
extraordinary conditions that present
for building up the manufacturing In
dustry In which It was up ( > recent
years most dcllcient. The new south Is
not contented to raise cotton to keep
the New England mills busy but Is now
Insisting on sending the llulshed product
Into the markets. As a consequence
we have the peculiar situation that the
free trade sentiment In the democratic
party Is stronger in the north than
among the southern followers , whereas
the reverse was true until the Indus
trial regeneration of the south set in.
In former years It was the south that
forced upon the democratic parly the
free trade Issue as opposed to the re
publican iMilley of protection. With po
sitions reversed the southern leaders
may be depended upon from now on
to see that free trade Is kept In the
background In the democratic platforms.
JVS'C lltlFOHK TAKISt ! .
The Herdman junta of the Jacksoiilau
club has put forth a manifesto to dem
ocratic voters that reads very smoothly
and commends itself to all classes of
voters.
The Jacksoulans declare lirst , that
they believe in the right of the voters to
say who shall be delegates and candi
dates and want it understood that bossIsm -
Ism Is no part of their creed.
They furthermore say :
We have no demands to make except that
I the nominees be honest , upright , clean and
, capable men , who arc Identified with the
Krowth and development of the city of
Omaha and who arc interested In Its ma
terial advancement.
Wo inwlst that only those bo nominated
who are free from corporation control and
i who will KCO that the laws are enforced alike
i for all without favoritism or partiality ; that
I the burdens of taxation bo made as light as
possible and madeto rest on all In propor-
. tlon to their financial ability and property
interests.
This Is just before taking. It will Inj
another thing \\hen the reform candi
dates are hatched by the machine and i
foiced upon the convention with cor
poration strings attached and brewery
lauds on the bottle.
Among the imperative demands em
bodied in the manifesto of the Jaek-
souians are the following :
We demand that our democratic candi
dates bo tried and true democrats , thosu
whose loyalty has been demonstrated and
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who have been true to our candidates and
our principles In past campaigns. Those
who have refused support to our dandidatvs
In former campaigns have- but small claims
I on the party for Its favors at this time.
I While demanding that only those who are
i true to the principles advocated by W. J.
Bryan be honored with nominations for olllco
wo also insist that the party management
be not turned over to those who have In re
cent years sought to wreck the party and
defeat the election of Its candidates.
j These planks commend themselves for
i thoughtful consideration to the tin-Pa
triotic leaguers. Insert in place of the
word "democratic" the word "repub-
i llcan" and in place of the name "William
J. Hryan" that of "William McKinley' '
and see how pat the shoe would lit sev
eral would-be candidates for city oltices
on the republican ticket.
The railroads would doubtless be will
ing to help out their friends , the mem
bers of the State Hoard of Transporta- i
tlon , by reducing the grain rates between - :
tween points within the state in consid
eration that the old live stock rates are
left undisturbed. The domestic shipments - '
ments of grain are but a trifle , while the
live stock shipments to the Soulh |
Omaha stock yards are one of the prin
cipal sources of revenue. No one would
think for a minute , however , that the
railroads suggested this as a handy way
to let the board out of a very tight
place.
Porto Hlco Is making a bad start by
following the lead of Kentucky in po
litical matters. People should learn to
see a parade of the opposition pass by
with more equanimity , especially when
it Is far easier to counteract the In-
lliience of such demonstrations by cir
culating stories that It was made up of
boys and hired torch-bearers than to
throw stones at the paraders.
The road to fusion on the national
ticket appears to be In bad repair at
present. The opponents of thai policy
have been busy erecting barricades and
the opinion Is growing that In case the
position Is carried It must be by a flank
movement. All the heavy guns , how-
ever , will be in action at the coming
populist committee conference and
lively work Is promised.
Hryan's late running mate on the
democratic ticket has abandoned him on
the Philippine question , As Tom AVat-
son , his other companion In defeat , took
a different lack long ago , ihero Is no p is-
slblllty of the old ticket this year. There
arealso other reasons than these
divergent views on policy. .Sewall and
Watson both know when they have had
enough. _
.Moii < iH > ll/.inK IliiHorn. .
Philadelphia Times.
H may bo that Bryan , thinking he's the
only one In the band wagon , feels It Incum
bent on him to do ull the blowing.
VU-llniN iif ( In * llooniIliihll ,
Ikiston Transcript.
The only one of Daniel Iloone's strong
qualities yet conspicuous among ilia people
of the statu which ho founded Is the nbl.lty
to hit what they shoot at.
Tai-tlcnl Thin from I InIlllilr. .
Philadelphia Times.
If the Doers are as Ignorant and unin
formed as their opponents assert , they may j
be credited with having Invented their reported - !
ported plan of damming the Klip river , beI I
lo\v I.sidysniitli , In such a way as to flood the
besieged tov.n and drive the sol-Hern ami '
j other Inhabitants out of the
caatlo Into the raised placvs of the op-1 ! ! '
-where i they maj be shelled at I'-laun But
biure Qom I'aul and bis people are pretty
i
bible students they may havt got
the hint for their Idea from the reverse
process -of Cynis the Great , the IVr.Mnn
monarch , who ehut off the river flowing
through ( lahylon and marched his army
Into the city through the dry bed of the
stream.
M a n ti far I u rr * In Hie W - < 1.
New Yoj-k Tribune.
The west Is coming energetically to the
front In manufactures , nnd In many
branches of domestic production notably In
woodenware articles for household IMC , ,
farm Implements and appliances for trans- ]
portatlon commands the western mid sue- ' .
ccsafully Invn-les the eastern markets , ;
where It bids fair to bo heard from with In- |
crcnslng enterprise as the years go on.
"tiNliiOKN of tinlovr
Olwbe'Deirocrat.
The calendar year liiOO opens favorably
for the government. Its receipts for Janu
ary were greater and Its expenditures less
than for the same month In 18i. ! ) ! The gain
In receipts came from each of the grc.it j
Items customs , internal revenue nnj mis
cellaneous. The aggregate Income of the i
government In the month was $18.012 , C3I , |
and the outgo was $3fllStl,036 , leaving a
surplus of $ SS23B3S for the first month of
1DOO.
IIIUTISII HIX'Ul'ITI\S ( IN AMP.HICA.
Shr < Mi < l MclluulN r.mployiMl tu
Fl-lilliii ; .lien.
Haltlinori' American.
A dispatch from Capetown gives the In-
fin inatlon that IfiO American scouts , who
arrhed there as muleteers , have been en- '
llHtc\l In the British 'force * . This Is only one |
of a number or batches which have brcn i
recruited for the British army by tills '
transparent llctlon , and there are others getting - |
ting ready to sail , cither as muleteers or '
hoftlers , horses being just now the principal
need of the British which can bo supplied
by the United States. This Is all done by ,
commissioned ofilcr-rs of the British army , i
They make known the number of men they
vlsh to go with a certain stcnmcr , and
specify the qualifications required , among
these being service In the army In Cuba
or expni'lenco no scouts on the plains. Th
device , of course , docs not deceive any one ,
and the-y probably do not expect It to do HO.
Their object la , If possible , to graze the
neutrality laws without violating them. But
they do not succeed. This British oiUclal
ictrultlng for Americans to fight their bat' .
tics In South Africa Is a palpable- violation
of the neutrality laws. For less Mr. Cramp- |
ton , the British minister In Washington
during the Crimean war , was given his pase- !
ports , and years passed before there was ]
another Interchange ) of ministers 'between
the two countries. Cramplon trlrd evasion ,
but the United States would not hear of It , 1
and he went back 1o Kngland with a very I
low opinion of this country. At that lima '
the relations between the two countries
wore of the most cordial character , but the
'
United States government refused to allow
this friendship to bo made a cloak for the
violation of the neutrality laws , especially
when the purpose of such violations was to ]
Injure a country which was quite as friendly i
to America as Kngland. '
The effect of the incident was Immediate
and lasting. Kngland Imagined that the
United States -would not dare do such a
thing , and a common expression among
English public men was that It would bo a
long time before Washington would bo again
honored by a minister from the court of St. I
James. The United States managed to
worry along under the deprivation , and the
tone of England and the English toward this
country changed from depreciation and .
covert sneers to respect , and has never since |
reverted to- what It was. When England '
dit-covered that thq American people had not
\\lltcd under the absence of a minister , s.ho
gent over I.ord Lyons , a gentleman who
fully understodd the propriety of attending
to diplomacy , and leaving the Internal af
fairs of this country severely alone. It has
not developed that the British embassy'
knows anything officially of the recruiting
going on here , but'the commissioned officers i
engaged In It muEt ; have been detailed by
Great Britain for the purpose. The British
are In sere need of soldiers who will light ,
but , as the Bo'ers cannot recruit here , fair !
play requires that their f : es should not be '
allowed to do so.
uisTiiss : : i'iti\ciuits.
ri M'u.-yiin-ii Who Cry X rv 'l y and l , 't
I.OO.HR All KlIlltllNll'M.
Philadelphia. Press.
The rather blatant announcement of an
Oakland ( Col. ) pastor that he Intends leaving '
the pulpit because as a minister he cannot ,
do as he pleases , following on the antics of ,
the Michigan clergyman who fought prize |
lights with saloonkeepers , and forerunning ,
the promised Quixotic experiment of Rev. I
Charles M. Sheldon of Topeka , Kan. , calls .
sharp attention to a certain restlessness '
In the. clergy which leads someof them ,
into all sorts of Ill-ndvlsod ventures. The '
militant Michigan parson and the Call- \
fornian who sighs for the lleshpots of Egypt
nnd the cocktails of the land of the free |
and easy areof course. In a very different
class from that occupied by the author of
"In His Steps. " Their clatter as to per-
scnal rights and liberties simply proves
they arc out of place in the pulpit , just
ad they would ho out of place In any dig
nified profession where high alms and liJciils ,
rule , and If they leave the church It Is well
rid of them , and they should be wished
Godspeed.
The case of llev. Mr. Shuldon Is very
different. He , so far from having any de
sire to Imitate the ways of the world , is
bent on forcing on this worlc-a-day life of
oitrr th < literal ethics of the"Sermon on the
Mount. " The fact that he Intends running
n dally secular newspaper according1 to his
own Interpretation of the gospel Ideals Is
a mere episode , and Involves no more ladl-
c-il change than would bt the case wore tliu
author-pastor to manage In his peculiar way
any10110 of a largo number ot well known
religious periodicals. The newspaper scheme
'
In n d'otaII In his generous problem of regu
lating all the doings of the Industrial , com-
rr.t'iclal , fioolal , and Intellectual circles after
the manner of things mapped out In hla
novel , "In His Stops. "
Tlio first error Ilov. Mr. Sheldon labors
Under , nnd it la a vital one , Is In taking
for granted that his Interpretation of what
the founder of Christianity would do In the
face of modern civilization Is the only cor
rect rule of llfo. Neither as an Intellectual
nor as a spiritual force doci : the KanU3
pastor compare with the great leaders of
the church today , and they are by no means
of his opinion , not because they arc morn
Bophlsllcatcd" , but be can HO thUr spiritual
Insight Is a little keener. Another error ,
ulsu vital , made by Hev. Mr. Sheldon Is In
tiiklng It for cranted that In h ! effort to
get society to Imitate the Xsuareiie ho Is
entirely unique. It Is as to certain uiethodfi.
but when the Intent la divested of extravagance
ganceIt U clear he Is doing exactly tliu name
work that all Christian churches , nil Chris
tian sects are engaged In. Thousands , mil
lions of Christians , despite- formalism , dc-
fiplto the te-ndency for llfo and belief to have
little In common , are engaged In doing what
Mr. Sheldon Inculcates , but not In his way.
And It IB the Qulxollmn of the way that
ralat-a the ( iutttion of Its utility. Chris-
tlanlty ijalns Its greatest results as it
quickens the conscience of the Individual
nnd &o stlrc the conscience of ilie com
munity and makes for moral and spiritual
progress. This If allowed perfect ioaikn ,
would unquestionably change nioJeru society i
'
In many particulars , but not npceasarlly as
Mr. Sheldon sees It. In his restlessness
anO as a llborallst , he Is In ( Linger of mnk-
1114 FUblimo truths ridiculous. In iho enl.
ihtreforc. he may become cs great a ttum-
tluig blor-k as the other rtstleea clergy who
cry "novelty" and let looao all fantasies.
ic : : : OUM oiot uv \it.
The national muwum nt WnshltiRton has
aliendy received a largo and varied ooller-
tlon of curio * nnd relics gathered by the
army In the Philippines. A circular wns
iFSUed to army officers several months ago
requesting them to procure suitable articles
Illustrating nnllvii lite and characteristics
and the response was prompt and unique.
Among the articles received at the museum
nro n number of the gas pipe and bamboo
ennnon wrapped with telegraph wire which
the Filipinos undertook to use In north
Luzon. There are also a great many old
documents , various kinds of weapons , a
curious n'sortmottt nf native clothing , the
vntloiu lingo of the Filipinos , copies of the
insurgents' newspapers , proclamations signed
by Agttlunldo nnd n sront variety of Spanish
and Klllplno curiosities which will attract a
great deal of Interest.
A correspondent ot the Now York Tribune
details the dllllcultlos Americans encounter
In striving to decipher nonio of the many
languages mid dialects heard In and around
'Manila. The odlclal language of the courts ,
the only medium , Indeed , of communication ,
Is the Spanish language. The American , and
Tngalo , to transact buslines , must use a
tongue foreign to both. A few Interpreter. !
of English and Tagalo nro to bo found , but
until the people of the country learn English
there U to be much misunderstanding and
misinterpretation. .lust now there are mu
tual struggling to get forward. The schools
nro beginning Instruction In English , but
some years will bo necessary before this
knowledge Is practically available. j
Your soldier man , however , doesn't worry !
much about thedllllculty of the- language I
question. Ho leans easily and familiarly
on the counter of the little booth or simp ,
nnd attempts to bargain In a Jargon of
English , American slang , Tngalo and Span
ish. There results a "pigeon" of queerest
type. The vendor says : "You c.ue egg
cook. Pretty goo' 11' cents ? " Ami thu
soldle.r man retorts : "Aw , g'long. ' Muy
heap. No Mnbootoy. Give you ten cents
per trcis. Sab'e ? Ten cents three. Sabo ,
three ? " But the lady sitting tallorwlee on
her counter answers : "Yo1 no onticmlo.
EER cook. Pretty goo' ft' cents. Qulore ? "
Still they make a trade. Unfortunately ,
next week may see him In llocos or Pam-
panga , perhaps another province , and If he
knew Tagalo perfectly It would not avail
him one lota. The many dialects will make
It a matter of years before there can bo
certainty of any understanding. It is surely
a great problem that Is to be solved.
The Manila Freedom of I uember 2t
gives the following account of the death of
General Lawton : "At the time the rebel
bullet came General Lawton was standing
near the center and sixty feet In the rear
of Hawthorno'i ! battalion. Lieutenant Ful
ler was standing near the general at the
time. A short time before he had been
paw-Jug up and down the line , talking to
the men and joking about what would hap
pen to the. enemy when the hoys got at
thorn. Ho had ben viewing the battlefield
from the position he was standing In when
killed and admiring the manner In which
Celouel Sargcant had planned and carried
out the attack. 'Sargcant , ' said he , 'is
making ono ofthe most beautiful attacks
I have cvor seen. ' A moment afterward ho
was heard to exclaim : 'Gee , I'm shot ! "
'Where , sir1 asked Lieutenant Fuller. 'In
the lungs , I think , ' was his reply , and they
were the last words he uttered. As ho
staggered the officers caught him and in
three minutes ho breathed his last. " .
"Of all the problems that confront us in
the tcconstrnctlon of the Philippines , " says
Leslie's Weekly , "tho gravest and wicked
est is one of our own importation. The Ma
nila saloons , taken collectively , are , thj
uorst possible kind of a blot on Uncle
Sam's fair name. The city's air reeks with
the odors ot the worst of English liquors.
And nil this has come to pass since the
13th of August , 1808 !
"With the vanguard of American troops
entering Manila rode the newly-appointed
Philippine agent of a concern that had
shiploads of drink on the wajr. Ho secured
cilices , warehouses , options on desirable
locations for saloons and opened business.
Some of the proudest nnd best youth of our
land marched Into Manila to proclaim the
dr.wn of a new era of honesty , liberty and
light. It was a day of rare Import to the
downtrodden cast. But the saloonkeeper
sneaked In under the folds of old glory.
"Almost by the time the American soldier
had stacked arms in the city a score of
American saloons were open. Swiftly other
Ecores were added to them. The number
grow and grew. At the outbreak of the In
surrection there were hundreds of American
saloons in Manila. There not being at that
time enough American civilians , so dis
posed , to take up all the licenses * natives
\\ore- debauched Into the tralllc. Spaniards
cngngf.l In the business , perhaps with an
iionlc purpose of hastening the corruption
of both American and Filipino.
"Today there Is no thoroughfare of length
In Manila that has not Its long line of sa
loons. The street cars carry Haunting ad
vertisements of this brand of whlefky and
ihat kind of gin. The local papers derive
their main revenue from the displayed ad
vertisements of firms and companies eager
for their share of Manila's drinking money.
The city presents to the newcomer a sat
urnalia of alcoholism. "
IM'I-I. ' AM ) IIOKH.
The siege of Ladysmlth began November
2 , ninetyfivedays ago.
If experience has any value II Is safe to
bet that Duller will dodge the Kops this
time.
In falling to go to the rescue of Lady-
smith , Harrlsmlth proves the most ungal-
lunt cues that ever trekked the veldt ,
Colonel Esterhazy , the notorious nrch-
censplrntor of the Dreyfus case , Is said to
be an olllcer In the Boer army at Madder
rh er.
The duke of York has been peisuaded
to stay at home. British army movements
are Bulllclently encumbered now with
hereditary titles.
Volunteering is not as enthusiastic In
England as It was two months ago. Leas
than 3,000 of the 10,000 mounted volunteers
called for have been secured.
Veteran British soldiers , writing homo
fiom South Africa , complain of an over-
surply of boy officers , and attribute much
of their losses to thctie amateurs
\Var Conoaponilcnt WHshnm cays th ; veldt
l.s nn Ideal field for campaigning , though U
affords some discomforts , such n dark-
brown water , clouds of locusts and dust
storms. After a rainstorm the air Is cool
and bracing.
General Sir Frederick Carrington , whoa
\a \ tc lead'an Irregular force of mounte , !
men , pporla the longest arid ino t luxurious
moustache In the British service. If the
liners succeed in putting their curling Irons
on It. mediation will be welcome- .
Feeding and caring for an army is n
mighty task nowadays. Among iho t > up-
jillch sent to the British army In South
African are 1,000,000 pins and millions of
yinls of lint bandagcj , thousands at Han.i-
bkgti , 500 pairs of hydraulic jacks , portable
forges and tools , tons of bridge-building
Uolb. thousands of gallons of oil and vuso-
lllH' .
An aitllleryman , writing to the New York
Sun , says the effect of lyddltu Phclls Is
greatly exaggerated. They are Intended for
naval UBO and arranged to explode u-'ter
penetrating armor. They will not cxplod.
by impact unless they mrlko a ror-k Al'ior
the brtttle of Splcnkop the Boerh reported >
an unusually large number of thu shell *
la.led to explode ,
( OI.ONY Oil TI'SHHITOH\
Philadelphia llecord : If the protectionists
Insist KMI Porto Ulco shall remnln outside
of the United States and that lt Inhabit
ants shall be governed as outsiders they will
begin buslnoft on jhe basis of n failed ex
periment. Tlu < appeal Is to the supreme
court.
Springfield llenubllcnn > It Is something
to be proud of. Isn't It , refusing free trade
to the small , poverty-stricken Island of
Porto Hlco ? In thla matter the English
are a century nhead of u * . When they ex
pand they have the decency to give the new
subjects of the qurcn the bonelH of free ac
cess to the English markets.
New York Sun : If some sort of tariff must
be between the United States nml Porto
Hlco let us have It at once. " Porto Hlco
remains Industrially prostrate because the
American tariff which stands against the
rest of the world still stands against Porto
Hlco , although she Is under American sov
ereignty. She in today an adopted child ,
whcso old mother la dead to her nnd whose
now mother refuses to give her a home.
Minneapolis Times : Isn't It just a bit
ridiculous that this great country must rise
In arms , as It were , to protect Its Ihfant
sugar , tob.icco nnd fruit Industries against
Its own llttlu Porto Hleo n country about
100 miles long and averaging something
like thirty-five miles In width ? If Porto
Hlco Is such .a menace to our commercial
prosperity , why did we take It from Spain
ami make II n part of our territory ? The
Porto Hlcans nro claiming with justice that
they \\ero better olT commercially under
Spanish rule.
SI. Paul Pioneer Press : The territorial
term of government for those portions of
the American republic not yet fitted , cither
In the number or character of their popu
lation , tor the dignity cf statehood , has these
advantages ever nil others yet suggested :
It has boon tried , It Is "republican , " it lias
been found safe , advantageous and generally
satltfactcry to the people governed. It can
bo applied with universal stiffago ! or with
a suffrage based on educational and prop
erty qualifications. It leaves a largo share
of power In the hands of congress , which
may be. exercised as occasion requires.
St. Louis Republic : The new policy treats
the Islands as If their Inhabitants were bag
gage designed for the enrichment nnd mag
nification of the Cecil Hhodescs ot the
United States. The people of the United
States will not consent to occupy such n
position. An administration may place them
In that position , but It can keep them there
only until the people at the polls have a
chance to repudiate the policy. Such a
policy will never hold n place among the
traditions ot the United States while Its
people retain an abiding love for principles
for which their forefathers bled less than a
century and a half ago.
Chicago Times-Herald : In their ex
haustive and thoroughly studied report the
Philippine commissioners confess that thiv
are unable to find any means of assimilating
the tariff of the islands with that of the
United States , anrt they recommend that no
attempt bo made for the present to read
just It to our basis. Congressional com
mittees are less careful and considerate , as
the Porto Hlco case shows. The latter
would legislate not primarily for this coun
try or for Porto Hlco , but for certain special
Interests , and to accomplish this they arc
willing to Involve themselves In a curious
muddle. Porto Hlco wanted free trade. H
gets a horizontal reduction , made without
regard for local conditions , both upoc Its
Imports from thla country and its exports
to this country. Then as a bribe for Its good
will It is allowed to keep the collections ,
minus costs , at its own ports for Its o\v\
expenditures , nnd to add to thcim for thu
same purpose the gross collections on Its
products at American ports.
1MIAYIXO SOI.DIIillS.
'I'll < 1 1- I , Urn ( ( . TIilr
Country , Tln-lr Sonln < i > ( Jiid.
St. Loiils Globe-Democrat.
Before a recent battle In Natal the Boers
are reported to .have stood on their kopjes
with bared heads singing the hymns that
all - in the Transvaal know from earliest
childhood. These religious songs , handed
down for generations , nre ruggedly strong
and simple. Beyond almost any other
branch of the white race , the South African
burghers are openly devout. Their prayer *
are not secret nor their psalms chanted
apart from their dally vocations. An
English writer refers to them as "saturated
with the bible. " Their remarkable old
president Is endeared to them because he
often goes Into the pulpit to deliver a ser
mon , nnd ono replete with living Interest , as
were the discourses of Spurgeon. In the
scenes of war , as at home , the Boers are a
praying people , sturdily nnd sternly pious ,
no matter If some would call them narrow.
They are temperate , truthful and not un
kindly. Have the British people fully esti
mated the military strength of GO.OOO or 80-
000 men of this moral fiber , lighting with
their homes at their backs ? If not , then a
glance ever the history of what soldiers
of the religious type have done will clear
away seine of the Illusions as' to the serious
ness of iho task ,
In the sacred book with which the Bo.-rs
are said to be extraordinarily familiar the
p , plo In the foreground are u praying and
fighting race , a people who passed through
every phaseof -battle- , siege , enslaved cap
tivity and migration for the sake of opin
ion. Bven the women had the warlike
spirit and , like Miriam , sang the fervent
songs of triumph and deliverance. Time
has proved that such a strain of blood ,
founded on stable religious ground , cannot
bs exterminated , but holds Its place In the
aftnirB of the world. While not a nation
It la a part of all nations , and Its theology
and moral code tinge the moat advanced
civilization. The crusades of the middle
ages turned Europe' Into a religious camp
tind the prodigious marches and battles
01 that era were marked by constant prayer
and religious song. Modern records present
the same phenomena. The pruying soldier
IK n mighty man In the earth's annuls.
Cromwell's roundheads could not bo shaken
In defense nor resisted In attack. They ,
too , sang hymns on the battlefield and were
brought up on ucrlpturc. Ncw England's
pilgrims carried hymn book In ono hand and
itllo in the other. Penn was n man of
peace physically , but with n militant spirit
In the ethics that must not bo disparaged
In the government and development of man
kind.
Gustavim Adolphus was a religious monitor
as wt'll as a croat and victorious general.
Ills soldiers prayed openly an they fought
their way through a third of Europe. Our
own age has produced military leaders Hlco
Ilavelock and Stonewall Jackson , Imbued
with religious zeal and yet soldiers of the
ablest type. Nor must the animating pur-
pcea of fighting Oriental races he forgotten
when this Hiibject IB reckoned with. The
hosts of Mohammed were checked at last rn i
the plains of France. Not many yearn ago
Iho dervlshce , armed with knives and lutu'ts.
Hung themselves on Ilrltifh squares and re
peating rifles. No antagonist Is nioro nml > -
liorn or rceltlMs of I'anj/.er than the Turk of
today. Before his rollglouu chants the Grei-k
irmy recently me-Ued away In panic , defeated
pven before the battle was joined. With 'he
OrlentaJn rclltflon may bo a fatalistic fanat
icism. but with the Beers It lo a profound
moral principle. IIo accepts It an an ele
ment to be frankly declared In his every
day actions , In the army ai well ad In his
ijulet community anil home. Ho Is no ordi
nary foomnn. To vanquish 00,000 suuh men ,
In their own rocky faatncfaea , U an under
taking of unknown maijnltude.
Where AVrvlrrlxm Fnlli'il ,
Plilludi l"lila Lodger
The Cuban CCIIMIB returns make Weyler
i candlduto for a H lamsh court-mnrtla' ' Ho
illd not kill 10 per rent of the peoplu hu
set out to exterminate.
' . ) 01' TIIAVSI'IIHTATIOX S ( ItI * .
i MlndtMl Unfcfttc : The bluff tif ? pcrrfnrv
Porter In ronrd to the State Board of
Transportation wns very emphatically sat
down on by the bnlnncc of the board. As a
grand stand art'st Porter's work u
prrlty coaro ; ns to the balance of the boarj
they do not work nt all.
Albion ArRtis : Between Porter , Mcsono
and the Board of Transportation n merry
scrap has been stirred up. Well , go in.
and mnybo the dour people will learn some
thing. For our part we have wondered for
a long tlmo what we were getting for tt-c
Jfi.OOO wo were paying this board. If It i
j worth Its salary all right , If not then
abolish the thing.
I Kearney Hub : The surmise that Secretary
1 Porter Is making a grandstand play with
reference to tbo Suite Board of Trnnspoi-
tatlon dooa not niter the fact that he is
| living up to populist party pledges. 1'ortor
may bo a candidate for chairman of the
state committee or for conRrtw , or both ,
and still the main fact remains that his en-
patriots nro already In default on their
pledges.
Beatrice Express : The Omnhn World-
Herald Is credited with opening the fight
against the useless Board of Transportation.
This Is giving the World-Herald a distinc
tion that U docs not deserve. Seveial Nc-
hraskn newspapers hnvo for months IKIMI
protectingngalnst the existence of the
hoard , with Its string of soft snap srrn > -
tarles. However , It doesn't make much dif
ference who started the agitation , so that It
accomplishes something In the end.
Beaver Oily Times : Governor Poyntcr Is
quoted ns mylng that there was nn under
standing among the fusion members of the
last legislature that there would bo n
ehango In the personnel of the secretaries
to the Hoard of Transportation in case the
appropriation was made for the support of
the board. The governor H correct. U was
generally understood that If the legislature
would stand by the law that there would be
new blood Introduced among the secretaries.
Falls City Journal : Secretary of Sta'e '
Porter has taken up the fight against the
secretaries of the Board of Transportation
and demands their re-slgnntlcn. Mr. Porter ,
we believe , Is a member of the Board ot
Tiansportatloii. and It Hcenirt a llttlo strange
that ho had not discovered before this that
the serrotarlca were not doing their duty.
Mr. Porter Is equally guilty with them , nnd
If they are called npon to get out he should
sot the example by handing In his resig
nation first , then he would be In a position to
cry "Stop thief ! "
M.VKS TO A I.AlMill.
Brooklyn Llfo : Hlanehe I lor former
foot ball ( rulnlnir didn't prove of any use
to her.
May How's that ?
"Why , nlio let n millionaire slip through
her llnzers. .
Cleveland I'lntn Dealer : "You nsk for a
divorce on the ground of Incompatibility , I
believe ? "
"Yos , with a Htrong accent on the 'In
' "
come.
Hnrpor'B Unssar : "Mrs. Tricked Is very
111 , " snid Mr . IlnjnU to Mrs. Tomdtk.
"What nils her ? "
"Shu bus been living on health f ods for
several months. "
Detroit Journal : "What would you say It
you discovered n. IOIIB hntr on your hus
band's shoulder ? "
"It would depend on the color of the
Washington Star : "Don't hide yoh light
umliih n bushel. " said Undo Khon. "an * ut
de xninn time don't go roun' sposln * ( bit
you In de whole electric power house an *
( lat do town 'ml be dnhk if you wus tor
quit. "
Indianapolis Press : "Whnn n man luis
been married n little while he begins I"
wonder If his wife's love will ever grow
oold , " wild the Coniff'd Philosopher , 'and
after ho has been married u little whllo
longer-ho puts In more tlmei wondering
whether she 1ms let thu .soup grow oold.
Chicago 1'o.st : "The salary of the czar
of Russia amounts to about $1,0JO an
hour. "
"Woll , I'd bate to have u job of that
kind. "
"Why ? " i
"It would break my heart to hnvo to lay
off sin hour or two some day nnd perhaps
trot docked. "
Indianapolis Journal : "It's a good thing , "
said the man who was looking over his
scrtui book.
"What's a { rood thing ? "
"The fact that people don't ordinarily
live to be more than a hundred years old.
It's a guarantee that nobody will havu
to go through a lieglnnlng-af-thn-cciitury
argument more than once In a life time. "
TIII : WO.IIA.V IIKIII.M ) TIIIM.N. .
I've been a rendln * these months past
"Bout u. man behind n hoe.
An' n man behind a grip-suck
With lots o' snap an' go !
Then , the man behind the engine ,
An' u man behind thu ball ,
J3ut one .soul halnt been mentioned
That you bet can beat 'cm all.
Right a gettln' down to bedrock ,
If It Imdn't been fer Kve
All the booing Adam ever'd done
You could put straight up your slecys
An' I guess that poor old Nonh
Wouldn't thought It very line
To line around his grapes all day
An' mosey out to dine.
An' then a coming right on down
To Ibis 'ore time o' ours ,
You'd llml the men a sorry lot
Without their right-hand bowers ! '
Who Is It nets up with the lark
An' eooks an' scrubs tin' cleans , .
While way out 'neath a Fprcadln' c < ik
Her man rests on his .leans ?
His work can wait , but bor's cannot ,
And -while he hoes the corn ,
She docs a hundred different things
AiV at 12 she blows the horn.
An' when at night the noon' 's dona
An' ho layH down to rest ,
Who Is 't , tired and weary-worn ,
Lulls the baby on her lireastV
Thou sews , a talkln' low to Tom
How he must sleep , an' grow-
To bo n lilg , strong boy right soon ,
So ho tan help paw hoe.
An' If perchance Ills country wills ,
The man drops his boo to go ,
Who I It then picks up the tool
An' finishes out the low ?
An' when , ( ill battle-scarred and maimed ,
Ho ( omen back , ono arm gone ,
Who Is It hopes mi' sings an1 pray.s ,
A hoelnc right nlonu ?
Ah ! talk about youriboys an' men
An' pralfio 'em 4ill yer can ,
But reineinboi. tl man's behind ( lie hoe ,
An' the xvoman'b behind ihis mini !
ANMOLLA H. OILJIOHK.
indicates insufficient nourish
ment. It leads to nervousness ,
sleeplessness , general debil
ity , and predisposes to Con
sumption and other prevail
ing diseases. To guard
against these take
the Standard remedy for
all wasting diseases in younger
or old. It improves diges
tion , gives flesh , strength ,
vigor and resistive power
ioc. and 5i oo. all drgrgliti ,
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