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Sec'y and Treat.
Subscribed and sworn before mo this 1st
day of < February , A. D. 1900. '
( Bral ) M. B. m-NOATK.
Notary Public.
Thnt lilly.xanl is n trlllo lute- , but still
up lo Uu > old sUiniliti'd.
Now Hint The llngiii' peace treaty IMS
IJPPII ratilloil by Uio suniito , the nilnilnls-
tratlnn Is In a position to offer mediation
In Kentucky.
NMtire ( always balances its extremes.
While Nebraska Is bll/.zanl-swept people
ple are ilyltitf of heat and sunstroke in
Itueii'i.s Ayres every day.
1'enple down In Missouri think they
are seeing Hying machines again. Thu
wonderful affairs 'are probably only
Komi ; of Champ Clark's tlljrhts of or
atory.
While the movement is on hi favor of
palroul7.iiK ! home industries we nilRht
snpce.st. that a pnrt of the effort be de-
voled to the patronage.of home uews-
papers.
From the recesses of his burrow the
laugh of the groundhog ean be heard as
he snuggles tip to bis basebiirner. His
ability as a weather forecaster has been
vindicated.
The levy ordinance In the hands of
rouncilmon looking for re-election or fur
ther political preferment seems to have
been much like a hot poker wllh the hut
end foremost.
Sliver republicans are encounti > rlng
dllltenlty In Uncling enough members cf
their party to constitute the de-legates to
their city convention. Why not pull-np
stakes and disband ?
Iowa's legislature will try to adjourn
by .March 1. If It succeeds In the at
tempt It will set a new record. Xo Ne
braska legislature , at any rate , has ever
managed to disband before April.
To elucidate the theory of the'council
by which It IncreaKcs the Jim fund levy ,
but. refuses to Increase the police fund
levy , would require a diagram showing
the uiutatloiiH of the comiciliiuint : iniuil.
The InvcBtiigiUioii of the election of
Senator Clark of Montana has ( level-
oped enough political rottenness without
going back to the election of ISO , ' * . The
patient is not strong enough to stand too
heavy a dose at this time.
Some Omaha people have always been
nolcd for public spirit , but the man who
took the school seat-cleaning contract at
a losing figure to prevent the city from
being cheated by the other fellow Is cer
tainly entitled to the medal.
Itryan as a lecturer does not draw
any better in New York than he did
as a candidate. A few such Incidents
should convince him that tint great Km-
plru state has not changed Its mind re
garding bin tlnanclal fallacies.
Now that the school levy Is ilxed the
only nope of the , school board to In
crease Its resources lies In goinj ; nier
sources of revenue hitherto neglected.
No good reason exists why the Income
of the sclnol fund from police court lines
and from miscellaneous licenses could
not be more than doubled this year.
With H\ ! months for organization and
work , the republicans of Nebraska
Hhould be able to get the political situa
tion In Neh/aska HO thoroughly before
the voters that success will hi * assured.
The layer of , disinfectant over the mass
of popocrallc putridity Is not thick
enough to stand any great amount of
excavating.
Applicants for positions as census
enumerators are said to exceed the sup.
ply of places , Ten years ago tint mum ;
situation presented , but when the enu
merators entered upon their work di > & -
ens of them became disgusted and quit
after the Hrst two or three days. The
chances are good that many of the pres
ent applicant * * do not understand what
they are going after or they would not
he so eager to secure- appointment
t
A nif > RHAl , At\'AH \ ti.
The Indications are thnt the llrlllsh
army In South Africa has begun a gen-
i oral forward movement and If such
shall prove lo be the case some exceed
ingly Interesting events are In the near
future. There Is no doubt that Ueneral
Huberts and his chief of staff. Ueneial
Kitchener , have been vigorously prepar
ing for a campaign from which they
expect to achieve decisive results and
having nn available force for an ad
vance of perhaps 100,000 men , most
amply equipped , It would seem that
they should be able to accomplish al
most anything they may undertake.
It appeai-H that while the task of re
lieving I.adysmlth Is not to be ubaii-
i iloned , as It was thought after the Splon-
kop reverse might be done , the plan of
campaign now contemplales a ui"Vc-
mi'iit In force probably toward the
' Orange I'Yoo State , the effect of which
would perhaps be to draw a part of the
ISoer forces Investing I.adysmlth away
and thus lessen the dltllculty of relle'v-
Ing the garrison. This clearly seems
lo be the suggestion of sound strategy ,
but it would be a campaign of great
dllllcultles , for the Iloors have every
line upon which the Ilritlsh must ad
vance strongly defended , ( letieral O.
( i. Howard , whose military Judgment Is
of a high order , has expressed the opin
ion that British success mud. come from
so combining armies as to greatly out
number the enemy on some Important
line and then defeat him In battle all
along that line , as was done by the
union forces In our civil war. In the
Judgment of ( Jeneral Howard , Klmber-
ley should be the Nashville , Kroonstad
the Atlanta , and Johannesburg the Appomattox -
pomattox of the South African war. It
Is not. Improbable that the campaign
planned by General Uoberts is up . , n
"such lines , though no one Would ven
ture to predict for' It the success
achieved by ( JraiH ami Sherman.
The renewal of the attempt to relieve
I.adysmlth N likely to be pushed wllh
even greater vigor than the two pievlons
efforts and will probably he more costly
in life. It Is possible , however , that
a part of the I5oer forces may be drawn
away from the beleaguered garrison t >
meet a lU'itlsh nHvement elsewhere and
thus lUiller be enabled to succeed , but
it is certain that the Boers will light
most desperately to maintain their posi
tion and only very superior numbers
will dislodge them. There is no definite
Information as to whether or not Buller
has been reinforced since his last le-
verse , but the probability Is that he has
been and that he now has a force at
least double that of the Boers. Such
superiority in numbers Is absolutely
necessary to success against ,111 in
trenched army of such lighting ability
as the Boers and It Is not creditable to
the military sagacity of the Brillsb com
manders that they have nol sooner d's-
covered this. If they have linally real
ized It , as is apparently the case , some
thing decisive from their movements
may be expected.
Meanwhile interest , ln the South Af
rican situation "is Intensllie'd by the
latest news , mea'ger'as' ' that'ls ' , and there
will be worldwide concern In the prog
ress of the new campaign which has
been entered upon and the results of
which may determine the outcome of
the war.
ro mi : TREATY.
Opposition to the ITay-Pauneefoto
agreement amendatory of the Clayton-
Bulwer treaty was expeiMcd. but we dn
not think it is likely to prove fo-midable
and for the reason that it Is of a character -
actor that If successful wipuld place the
I'tilted States in ; i wrong position he-
fore the world. The ground of hostility
to the arrangement entered into between
the diplomatic representatives of the
two governments is the clause which
provides that the diked States shall not
fortify an Isthmian canal. Tills Is a
necessary condition to the maintenance
of the neutrality of the proposed water
way. In rellngulshing its claim to
participate In the control of an Isthmian
canal In Central America lireat Britain
required that It should be kept free and
open at. all times , n proposed to give It
the same statUH as that of the Sue/
canal , which Is under British contiol , '
but which cannot be closed to the ships
if any other nation , In peace or In war.
The provisions of the international
convention neutralizing the Sue/ canal
are a guarantee of the Inviolability of
the canal and Its ports , the free pas
sage of the ships of all nations In time
of peace or war and the delimitations of
the porls and territory that shall be In
cluded In the neutral /.one , . The canal
Is not to be subject to blockade , no
right of war shall ho exercised or act of
hostility committed within a radius of
three marine miles from Us ports cf
entry , no fortilleatlons are lo be erecte-l
at either end or on the caiml itself. It IH
proposed that the Nicaragua or other
l.stlimliin canal shall have a like status
to this , Its neutrality being guaranteed
by International agreement.
Those who untagoni/.c this proposition
urge that It would compromise Anu'r-
Ican control of the canal and that In
fact It would not be an American water
way , but one In which every ether na
tion would have equal rights and priv
ileges with the Tnlted States under all
circumstances. These objectors Insist
that If an Isthmian canal Is built by Urn
I'lilted States this country should not
only control 't ' as a commercial highway ,
but that It should also have a military
control over It , so that In the event : of
war to which the I'nlted States was a
party It could shut out the enemy from
the use of the canal. In order to do this
It must have the right t fortify tlut
waterway and maintain for Its protuc-
ti'ii tin armament sliong enough to re
sist any effort on the part of a foreign
power to obtain control of It.
Plausible s this view may appear to
be. wo think It would be a great mistake
for the Tidied States to insist upon lor-
tlfying an Isthmian canal or to ionise to
absolutely neutralize such a waterway.
In the tlrst place. If this should bo douu
we should certainly Incur the displeas
ure of nearly every ether nation and In
the Hocalul place we should put oar-
selves in a | MiNtion | to be denied priv
ileges which otherwise we could fairly
ask of other nations. Another point u
I be considered IH whether if wo InMst
1 upon fortifying the proposed canal we
, can obtain the territory from the Cen-
I tral American countries whli h we re-
j quire. Those countries might reasonably -
' ably regard It as Inexpedient to allow
the Hilled States to maintain a military
force within their territory.
! It remains to he seen whether the
opposition to the new treaty that has
been manifested will prove to be formid 1
able , but we are Inclined to think that
the arrangement will be ratified without
i any Important chance.
T//f ; JMWK
The mountain ha laboted and brought
forth a mouse. After all the hue and
cry about the great assault upon the
ramparts of the railroads Ibe rcfor.n
State Board of Transportation has
capitulated and gone over bag and bag
gage to the enemy.
While the organ of the reformers was
belching forth lire and smoke and Un
diplomatic attorney general was riding
bis charger headed straight for the cor
poration citadel , the while IItip was
hoisted and live masquerade culminated
by rescinding the order Issued two yours
ago directing the railroads to restore and
continue the carload rate on live stock.
True , Secretary of State Porter and Al-
torney ( Sonornl Smyth , the great diplo
mat , had themselves recorded as v > , tlng
against capitulation , but they knew well
enough beforehand that the reform
auditor , treasurer and land commis
sioner had backbone to carry out the
agreement under which the do-nothing
railway commission has been perpetu
ated.
In order lo throw more dus in the
eyes of deluded cattle shippers looking
for relief to the board , the railroads have
been eoininatujed by their servants to
explain through their attorneys why
they should not allow them to make a
reduction of 10 per cent -in the live stock
rate recently advanced. In due time ,
say from one to three months , the oblig
ing railroad attorneys will give the
board convincing reasons why the rates
should remain where they are in fact
they will prove to their satisfaction that
the rales mo too low now and would
really have been raised long ago were It
not for the anxiety of the benevolent
trallle managers to donate part of their
legitimate earnings to the farmers.
In the meantime .Urn Dahlman. , Uh >
Kdgcrton and ( ! il Laws will continue to
draw $0 , ( > 0 ( ) a year .ml of the treasury
to compensate them for relieving the
fusion reform forces from the perplex
ing trouble of tlndlng candidates for the
various state olh'ces and legislative p > ' -
sitions who will not be offensive to the
railroads and other great corporations
whose managers have so generously con
tributed to their comfort.
Senator Depew drove Pettigrew of
South Dakota into a tight place when he
placed the South Dakotan wlieie Ilwasa
question of veracity berween Pettigrew
on one side and Dewey and Schurman
on the other. Aside from the character
of the men , Dewey and Schnrman have
no interest in telling anything but the
truth , while Pettigrew's political future
depends upon discrediting the admin
istration. One trouble with the South
Dakota senator is that he talks so much
ho has no time to ascertain the truth or
falsity of his assertions.
A returned Omaha man who has been
traveling in Cuba gives ( lie warning
that prospective investors should steer
clear of the American colonization com
panies which have sprung up since ( he
war with Spain. This Is good advice
and should be heeded so long as bunco
games are in operation like the coloniza
tion company organized by Paul Van-
dcrvoort to catch suckers among the
members of the ( Jrand Army of the He-
pnbllc.
Republicans have a striking . object
lesson In the democratli ; circles of the
destructive Influence of clubs gotten up
In the interest of particular factious or
leaders for the purpose of enabling
thorn to control primaries , convent Ions
and the party machinery. Sur-li clubs
breed only dissension and internal strife
and do the party no good.
By switching issues on the livestock-
rate question the Suite Board of Trans
portation may Iv able to stave off action
until after oloct'cm ' int t fall. The pee
pie of the state will hardly submit to
any such delay , however. The long
lest taken by the board and Its secre
taries Is a bar to asking for another va
cation at this time.
The fuslonlsts do not propose to let
any chances slip by. Komomberlng what
a potential political machine the Omaha
polled board was under the Herdman
regime , they cannot give up so long as a
chance remains to regain control.
TrliiiiipliH of Skill ,
Globe-Democrat.
The world Is calling for American manu
factures nt the rate of over $1,000,000 a day ,
and this la one of the crops that never fails ,
l.uiiiirlfN ( 'onI Money.
Uoston Globe.
War is Indeed a costly luxury. The total
expenditures by this government during the
wcv with Spain and ap a result of It up to
the present time are estimated at $355,000-
000.
Too Mncli SinoKi- for Comfort.
Washington Post.
An Iowa turkey roosted on the top of a
chimney , cut oiT the escape of the smolto
and gaa and came very near asphyxiating
the occupants of the luiibo. .Mr. Bryan han
been epreadlng his wings over the etacla : of
the New England mills , but the volume of
tiuulio from the furnace fires U too great
to enable him even to approach the perform
ance of the Iowa turkey.
( JOVlM'IIIIU'lIt I'rOlllflllN III AlllHku.
Doston Truiittcrlm.
Not the least tf the problems with
which our government must deal in the near
future U the government of Alaska. Among
the people of the new Capo Nome district
ihoro U a general desire , to have the general -
oral land lawn extended to Alaska , to allow
homestead rights , At Capo Nome a volun
tary government has been formed , but it
has no standing In law. Two thousand num
hnvp respected the rights of one another ,
but It Is feured that when the rush of next
season comes and the district hns a popula
tion of 50,000 a reign of terror and lawless-
nc ? < i will result. Many of the gold deposits
are between high water and l w water
i marks and in law no one has any mlueril
rights thire. The statehood movement la
gaining t.ivrr In Alaska , but It la n terlouH
question bother or not n state could deal
more etnciently with the problem- AlaPka
nt present. As the great Interest Is mining
It would srem that special provision should
bo niado to meet the anomalous conditions In
! this territory.
V Military ( Jrnnl. Kcril tic.
I Chlcnco News.
i There are now , according to the war de-
rmrtmciit'3 report , 10,313,152 American cltl-
zeno eligible for military duty. These flfe-
i urea , coupled with the widespread knowledge -
! edge of Amoilcan prowess diffused during
1 the recent Spanish war , are enough to make
embattled Europe think twice and crawl
Into n cavernous hole before attempting
Eiteh nn undertaking as combat with the
giant of the world ,
: i Vlrloit * Mill.
Imlhimuioll.s News.
A bill was recently Introduced In cnngrecs
the purpose of which la to authorize the re
moval , ot. the charge of desertion from all
soldiers of the civil war who failed to secure
an honorable discharge. The senate com
mittee on military affairs ycatcrday reported
adversely to It. That Is the way to treat
such scandalous bills. It is disgraceful that
It was ever introduced. One of the worst
crimes of a citizen Is to desert from thr
military service of his country In time cf
war. The line cannot bo too sharply drawn
between the faithful soldiers ofvthe republic
and the' deserters , skulkers and bounty
Jumpers.
IinnrovcH mi
St. Louis Olobe-Uemocrat.
Congressman Slbley of Pennsylvania , who
has Just formally come over to the repub
licans. was ono of the ablcft and most
ardent of the Uryanlto chieftains In IS'JG.
He made many speeches for llryan in that
canvass ami has spoken often since then on
the Uryanlto side In congrere. Events , however -
over , , have shown Slbley that he was wrong
and ho has got out of his old companion
ship. One difference between men like Slb
ley and Hourbans like llryan Is that the
Slbleys icarn something from experience ,
while the Urynns do not. Many other Influ
ential Dryanltes will follow Slbley out of
their party before election day.
v > HlMllllMltlt I'llU-HM Itl'KllfNU-ll.
Philadelphia. Ileeord.
I'etltionti lo President McKlnlcy request
ing him lo mediate between the Uocrs and
the British do more credit to the hearts of
the petitioners than to their heads. The
war In South Africa is deplorable and its
Indefinite continuance would be calamitous
to two bravo peoples. Itut President Mc-
Klnloy could not mediate between them or
arbitrate their differences unless ho should
'
bp rcqucHled to do by the contending
governments nnd unless an armistice should
bo formally declared by them for the pur
pose of opening negotiations to that end.
nut neither of the. combatants shows any
desire for an adjudication of the matters at
Issue by a third party.
.M.xf ; OF TIII : SCAI.K.
Kxti-iH of ( In'volution ( In AiiKTlfiiu
! nctHrli'M.
Philadelphia Times.
Twenty years ago the United States im
ported manufactured Iron and steel to the
amount of $63fl5Gsr,3 , and exported less than
one-fourth of that amount or , lo bo exact ,
$15 , 22,874 worth. In the year 1SOH the im
ports had dwindled to $15,700,200 and the
exports of the same materials had swelled to
$103,689,015. These figures , oovcrlng the
two ends of u twenty-year poricd , let a
flood of light upon the industrial revolu
tion that has taken place in this country. We
have not only ceased to depend upon the
rest of the world for lrcn and steel In any
form or consldurabla quantity , but we have
become an exporting nation on a largo scale
in these commodities.
The chief revolution has taken place-in
the last halt of the twtmty-yenr period. In
the calendar year ISflO our exports of iron
and steel were but 127,000.000 , while the im
ports wcro ? 14,54'HO. | The last ten-year
period has seen the imports decrease two-
thirds and Iho exports indreasc four-fold In
value. If this ratio bo maintained during ( he
next ten years the- imports will have fallen
to zero and the exports risen to $100,000,000.
The conditions for phenomenal increase In
cxpoits are much better than in ISSO , for our
resources in this directicn are much greater ,
while our agencies for the sale and ship
ment of Iron and steel abroad are much
moro effective than ever before.
In view of thceo figures , it is not surpris
ing that Iron and steel-producing Industries
across the water regard the prospect of
American competition with apprehension.
Our inexhaustible resources In iron and
steel were well known long ago the world
over. Our ability to successfully compete
for the markets of the world was newer
demonstrated befoie. These highly gratify
ing statistics are certain to stimulate the
American Iroti nnd steel producers to greater
efforts to secure foreign customers , and it
Is well-directed , hopeful effort that counts
In the competition for the world's markets.
v _ _ _ _
TAIIIKK TA.V rt.V WOOD I'UI.l' .
A Convenient .Mtrsk for ( lie Itobliery
Of I'llIlllNlKTKN-
Phlladeblila Times.
There are very conclusive reasons why
the present tariff tax on wood pulp and
printing paper should bo repealed , and there
Is nowefl'son In the interest of American
Industry tint pleads for the continuance of
tliCBO taxes. They are now simply an
olune'nt ' of robbery under color of law , and
they should bo effaced from our statutes.
Thu paper trust Is now taxing the news
paper av.d book publishers of thu country
ninny millions , not because of any sucli
actual increaeo In the cost of producing
paper , but because the trust hastho power
to extort from the purchasers of paper up to
tho. extent that would make tariff-taxed
foreign paper , and pulp cheaper than the
prices demanded here. This trust has played
Its schema of extortion to the uttermost , and
congress tliould at once remove the tax that
prelects no American industry and that has
become only an agent to rob the consumers.
Two-thirds of the wood pulp iihcd In the
manufacture of paper for American consump
tion should como from Canada , but It la
oxcluVU'd by n tariff tax , and wo are now
rushing headlong In the destruction of our
loreets , while Canada , with Its almost limit
less supply of timber , cannot reach our mar-
koto because of the tax Imposed by the
tariff ,
The two conclusive reasons which should
make congress act promptly are Hrst , that
the paper trust should bo at oncp halted In
Its rapid destruction of our American
foreats by the admission of free wood pulp
from Canada ; and , second , that the present
oxtoitlon practiced by the paper trust upcn
publishers of newspapers and books shall
cniEO to have the protejtln of the govern
ment.
The time baa come when any trust that
makes aibltrary profits by tariff dutlcs'must
ctaso to bo protected by the goveinment.
Where American Industry newls protection
It Is reasonable to permit It , but whore
alleged protection la used only for systematic
lobbery , It cnust bo overthrown.
We can now manufacture paper as cheaply
as any country In the world. There la no
excuse whatever .for a tax upon the manu
factured artlcjo. and the law material sluuld
bo free , not only because the genzial
principle is correct , but because If It Khali
not be done promptly our fortfla will bo
practically destroyed within a few years by
tariff tuxes excluding the lumber of Canada
from our markets.
I'aper and pulp must bo made fr.o oC all
taxes , an the pnpor trust has demonstrated
that tlu''io ( axes serve only a single purpose
-that in to Invite r bbtry under nolur of
law.
tri'Mn Mivnows or wvit.
ir * of tlio South Vfrlcnn Kriu'n >
1 nloiiclicit li > tin * I'rnsor.
The round y In nnd around Lad ; m'th ' '
a theater cf hwnan sncrlllco. lo formei
limes , tthfti native i.nTgery held sway. Mir
Infamous Chief Chnka had his kranl ihp'c
n"d It was no uncommon thing to have l.not
of hH slave * slaughtered in B day for liU
nn.ttsemcnt and to satisfy his lust for 'olosd
rivlllzcJ operations there differ from savage
methods In the manner of the killing , nol
lor amusement , but lo appease the appetite
for land.
London Truth Is authority for the follow
ing incident , which recalls the fratcrnlzatlor
tluit often dovekpeid between the blue am' '
the gray In our civil war : "A band of Hoei
ambulance- men met after ono cf the rccenl
engagements In South Africa an Kngllsl1
patrol. Tha Hoot- ? wore ( hitsty and askr. '
the men ot the patrol to give them a little
water. 'With pleasure. ' they replied , 'If yol
Hill drink It to the health of the queen.
The llcers , after consulting together , repllei' '
that they had mo objection to drinking tc
the health of the queen , for whccw they fell
much respect , provided that they mlihl ?
nOd to the toast , 'and to the destruction o !
Cecil Hhodes. ' as they regarded the latter a *
the cauao why men who had no 111-teellnr
toward each ether were lighting. To thlf
the patrol willingly assented , and joined
themselves in the toast thus expounded. "
A correspuidont of the London Chronicle
dutws tills pen picture of a retreat : "Soon
after 1 o'clock up cantered the volunteers-
Imperial Light Horse and Herder Mounted
Infantry and they were sent forward , dis
mounted , to take the main position In fionl
ami occupy a siege hill on our left. To the
front and left they went gaily on , but they
failed.
"At their approach the rocks wo had HO
persistently shelled cracked and hammered
from end to end with rllle lire. The Uoers
had hidden behind the ridge nnd now crept
back again. Perhaps no Infantry could
have taken that position only from the front ,
I watched the volunteers advance upon It
In extended lines across a long green slope ,
studded with ant hills. I could see the puffs
of dust where bullets foil thick around their
fccf. It was an Impcsslblo tnak. Some got
behind a cactus hedge , s > ome lay down and
fired , some hid behind ant-hills or little
banks. Suddenly that moment came when
all Is over but the running. The men be
gan shifting uneasily about. A few turned
round , then more. At lirst they walked and
kept , some sort of lino. Then some began
to run. Soon they were all running , Isolated
or"In groups cf two or three. And nil the
time HIDEO puffp o dust and then a man
would spring inlo the air or spin around
or just lurch forward with arms out
spread , a mere yellowish heap , hardly to be
distinguished from an ant-hill. I could sec
many n poor follow wandering hither and
thither as though lost , an is common In all
retreats. A man would walk sideways , then
run back a little , look uround , fall. An-
u-thcr came by. The first evidently called
out and the other gave him a hand. noMi
stumbled on together , the puffs of dust
splashing round them. Then elown they fell
nnd were quiet. "
Captain Henaicy of the Drltlsh army , writ
ing of the first battle on the Tugola river in
Leslie's Weekly , relates this Incident : " 1
ought to tell you of one magnificent bit of
pluck on the part of the Doers , the most
conspicuous I have seen them show. Ae I
told you , our men were under cover behind
the wall and when they climbed over they
had to cross n space of about fifteen yards
be'foro ' they got under cover of the cliff.
As they came over the wall eight Boers In
waterproofs , which blow about like flags ,
stood up on the oky line , regardless or per
haps in contempt of our rille fire ( remem
bering ' 81) ) and llreU down at our chaps as
ono would at a rabbit bolting down hill.
Five of them went clown almost at once.
Of course ? we had to be cautious for fear of
hitting our own men , but the remaining
three seemed to bear a charmed life ; yet
they , too , went down , shot , in time. "
In no way Is the present stale of feeling
In England more plainly shown lhan by the
attitude of the London comic papers. Hefore
the outbreak of war and during the early
hostilities the humorous papers discarded all
other mailer In favor 'of the jokes on "Oom
Paul's whiskers" and the praying proclivi
ties of the burghers. Now the subject Is
hardly touched upon and the only cartoon
found In last week's papera was one from
London .Judy and the joke seems to be on
the English. U represents President Kru-
ger and his generals pealed around a din
ner table at Ladysmlth. Several seats are
vacant. Kruger Is looking at the door as if
expecting moro arrivals. The cartooji asks :
"When Are the Expected Ouests to Arrive ? "
It would be use'.csw to send out an arm ;
to fight without providing something for the
men lo cat. As much as possible Is always
obtained on the spo't. but In the present
case John null has not depended too much
upon South African supplies. The govern
ment placed an order for 3,000,000 cans of
meat at ono time. American meat packers
reaped the benefit of most of this. Two
hundred tons cf tea , a few dozen tons rf
cocoa , flour , biscuit and many other things
wore also Included In England's first grocery
order. The horses have to be taken Into
consideration , FO fodder , beans and other
necessaries receive attention at the- last mo
ment. Extreme care , lit placing orders for
supplies has to bo exerclacd. To run short
of any of the necessaries In an enemy's
country would bo an easy way to assist the
Doers.
The Doer treatment of war prisoners > i
forcing commendation now even from the
Englifh papors. Here Is an Instancn of their
humanity. Twenty-five wnunded officers and
men capturedt the Nicholson's Nnk dis
aster were handed over unconditionally to
the British medical staff by the Doers. These
men have slnco recovered and are new pro
ceeding to the front again.
SOMRWIIAT IM-JHSO.VAI , .
There Is a suspicion that both nartlfH In
Kentucky would like somebody to help them
let go.
The president of the > paper trust lucidly
explains that print paper is higher because
It costs more.
There la reported to be less demand for
the small treasury notes , but the large ones
are as popular as ever.
Reports from I'orto lllco regarding po
litical riots indicate that the people thcro
tire > no moro fit for solf-govornmoiit than are
Iho Kentucklans.
Heporltt of Munkaesy'K falling health are
denied by hU wife' , who says he ? Is ImprovIng - |
Ing , that he always recognizes her , but that j
ho cannot be rout > ed out of his apathy. |
In n delegation of Carrel ! county .Maryj j
landcis who waited upon Postmaster CJenurul
Smith the other day to illecius the rural free
delivery experiment now bulng made there , '
a Mr. Zlle presented a remoiiBtrnnco signed !
by 2COO persona against tlio new plan on j
iho ground that H gave "general dlasatisfac- j
tlon. " while a Mr. Puss said ho had no |
fault to ibid with It.
Hoprescuiatlvo Vincent Hocrlng Is a resl- ,
jcnt of London , Ky. . and comes to the do- '
rcn ip of the little town , which haw achieved
i doubtful fame since the fahootliiu ol nonbc ) . i
lie eays : "It Is nol the rrsart of assassins.
There has not hexsn an open wloon ncr n |
tiomlclde In thes town for the bint twenty.five '
years. It Is jut en accessible by rail a : <
Krnnkfort. 1 wish likewise to make ; It plain
that London , Ky . Is noi the center of feuds.
: "j h B btfii reporti1 in the newspapers.
The- town IH iho seat of a university , has I
? lgH churches , a national bank and two '
Qcwrnapers , " [
i A TlttrMPII KOIl IIY. .
Springfield Uepubllriui : Secretary lln >
. hn * achieved a decided diplomatic trlunii-l :
li Re-curing from-Urrfll Hrlialn a rellnciuUJi-
nitnt of her rights under the Clayton-Dulve !
irc-ity to Joint control of nn Isthmlrtn can.ii
by way of Lnko Nicaragua.
1 Philadelphia Press : The revision of the
Clryloh-Ilulwer treaty , signed yerterdny nl
Washington , adds another and crownltif
triumph to the scries of diplomatic achieve
ments with which 'Secretary Hay has dlgnl-
; fled and rendered notable * the annals ol
'Viesldemt ' MeKlnlcy's ndmlnlstr.itlon.
I Cleveland Leader : Congress was appsr-
. cntly prepared to go ahMd with the cmct-
ir.cnt of the legislation necessary to Inaugurate -
; rate the work of building the canal , re-
. gnrdloss of what Great Drlfiln might do ,
i but It will be wore , satlsf.ictory to know
that no International complications are
. likely to arise because of such action.
| Philadelphia Ledger : H Is said that the
I recognition of the American contention has
, not boon purchased by any concession lei
j Oreat DrltJln In any other portion ot the
diplomatic field. No such concession an-
! i-cars to have- been proposed by Clro.U
j lliltnln. There , was enough vitality , per-
hops , In the ancient treaty to make It Use
ful to ( Jreat Drltaln In the Canadian boand-
I nry negotlatlonu. That It has not been held
in abeyance for this or any purpose Is cred
itable to drrnt UrUaln , and iho now ircaty
trophy for Mr. Hay.
New York Tribune : The vast majority ol
the people of the United States will , wo im
coi.viuccd , hall the signing and latlllcalloii
| of the now treaty with Joy assuming , ol
course. Its purport to be what there Is every
IICQEOU fur supposing It to be. They will
repaid it as one of those line triumphs
of diplomacy which make for the good ol
both sides and for the humiliation of neither
and as a. distinct forward movement toward
wider commerce , better International rela
tions , advanced civilization , and more ol
sweetness and enlightenment In the nTulrs :
of men.
HHSIMSfT THIS IIAI.l.OT.
1'olit IchiiiN C'oiir < | > Ii-c In Overthrow
Clio Will of tin * People.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Government In the t'nlted States li
founded en the will of the people honestly
leglstcm ! at the polls. All parties tmlwcrlbc
, to this vital principle. No party over or
ganised In this nation has denied it. When
j conspiracies are formed to weaken or de-
i stray this fundamental law ot the republic
they cannot be called partisan In the ordl-
, nary sense of the word. The machinery ol
a parly may be folzcd to further plots
agalnat the ballot , but no avowal of the pur
pose can be found In any platform adopted
throughout our history. Elections are never
perverted by any movement springing from
the people. They will never take such action
until they wish to abillcato their S3verelgnty.
A plea to respect the sncredncsfi of the ballot
is not , therefore , to bo specially directed to
any party as a whole. The majority of all
are for fairness at the polls. Tampering
with the verdict there cuts down the pre
rogative of every American citizen. Only a
few Individuals relatively arn Interested In
oHlce. Hut every American who can vote Is
profoundly concerned In the power and
dignity of this highest of political functions.
When reckless politicians , caring nothing
for the rights of the people , fortify them
selves to such an extent that they can over
ride popular majorities they represent their
own narrow clrclo and not the American
masses. They arc public enemies. Party
feeling may run to such extremes that a
weak and thoughtless element , along with
the venal , may aid the conspirators for : i
time , but the solid body of honest , honor
able , patriotic men is against them. As a
rule , the people of this country await the
true expression of opinion at the polls in
perfect gopd faith. They believe that the
many are wiser than the few and that thorc
is a weight in popular judgment far beyond
that of the Individual. The people can be
trusted. Under their supreme decisions the
right in the end is sure to prevail. Every
safeguard must bo thrown around the ballot
to make It count one , neither less nor more.
Sl > : : SIMIMS
ClnlniM In Their Hi-half Will .Vot Hear
Invi-Kiimitlon.
New York Journal of Commerce.
Tin ; Joiirn.il of Commerce would be glad
to BCD American utodmers traversing every
gea and carrying the greater part of out
own commerce and a good part of the com
merce of ether nations ; It would be glad to
sr.n this upon one proviso , and that Is that
it should bo profitable ; that Ilia business
ohculd earn more than its cost. If It should
earn less than Its cost the country would
lost the difference , whether the loss , fell
upon the shipowners or whether the rest of
the population wore taxed to reimburse
them ; the loss would bo there , no matter
vho paid for it.
This paper docs not believe that It is ,
sound public policy to tnko out of the troas-
111 y tunds raised by taxation and hand them
c\ci to portions engaged In a private- busi
ness to cover their losses. The argument
thai the subsidy Is a logical part of the
protective systotn Is specious. Evidently
the country does not bollovo in It , for while.
It. has maintained the protective system for
many years , It hns only occasionally , and
for brief periods , prepaid subsidies. The
taiifl' law Is a law for providing the govern-
incut with a revenue ; the subsidy law Is .1
law for depriving the government of Its
revenue ; they aru not analogous.
There is another distinction ; the parrying
trade Is in the very nature of the case ox-
pohcd to world-wide competition ; therefore
it presents an entirely different aspect from
a domestic manufacture , The advocates of
subsidies talk about meeting Drltlsh com
petition , but England Is complaining of Nor
wegian competition. The mercantile marlno
of Norway Is growing faster than that of
any ether country. Thu commissioner of
navigation has published comparative stn.
tl tlcs to show the cost of operating ships
ur.dcr different Hags. The coat under the
Dritlsh flag Is ICPH than under the American ,
but It Is atlll less under the Gorman , nnd
Icaet of all under the Norwegian Hag. Krom
the dawn of history seafaring has been the
main pursuit of peoples that had little
chance to Invent their labor and capital on
land. Wo have been on the sea ; we have
loft It for more profitable pursuits , nnd now
If wo are to go back to It. with the hulp or
taxation , nro wo going to meet only Drllloh
competition , or are wo going to fnco the
competition of Norway and offset the wages
uf lascars ? How far are wo prepared to g"
In this dangerous direction ?
There are two jaeo s why wo do not
compete with foreign merchantmen. Our
ahlp cost mcro to 'build and they coat
more to operate. Hut that In largely duo
lo the fact that labor In better paid and
lapltal moro productive lieulhan nbioid. i (
rhoroforc- , there IB leas nccciulty hcie thai j
abroad for taxing people to support thlu In-
Justry ; Americans have dropped It far' '
occupation's that pay better. Dill n country j
that ifl exporting locomotives to every ]
juarUT if the globe will not bo long In
building Htcamcra as cheaply as any other
nation , nnd a country that line demonstrated
In moat forms of production that high v.-a.ci
ire consistent with a low cost of labor will
not bo permanently kept otf the tea by the
fact that peamcn's wages are higher bore
ban abroad. An w are now competing with
ICiuopo In most lints of production we are
jy a natural and wholesome course of
/foiifinils development approaching the Una ;
when > ve fhall bo nblo to compete upon thi *
sea with the rest .f the world.
.Subsidies are wholly Ineffective. We have
Tied Hi cm and abandoned them. Not ovut
I per cent of the UrltUh or German atoam
.cnnoge receive * money from the govern
ment , and In both cn'es the ships probably
ea.-n nil they get by epiovl and frfttt.ncy |
of uAlJinftA. Kia'i'p. which has adopted the
universal bounty pyster.i now pressed upon
rur government , Is complaining of Its
absolute futility nnd Is proposing the second
Inrrcnci ; of rates of bounty In twenty ycatn
because the t'rench mi-ro-intllo marine la
not e\en holding Its o\.p. . No person who
ci.n read our economic M.itory , or who can
reason , fUppoBes that our ; nerchnntessel
ean be supported by the RovtTiimont for
tHrty years and then be In a condition to
meet foreign couvrtlUrti. They will have to
1 ave n constantly IturcnsIrK amount , of as
sistance until the system gels too heavy to
bo borne nnd break. ? down.
AVOMI.im : uv\iisTs oitnnu.
. Ambition * ( ilrln TnUliiK I'rnotU'nl
I li > tiNOiix III nil KnMcrn Seminary.
j Some of the girls in Mount llolyoke col
lege are taking n course In journalism.
under the Instructions of Prof. Stevens , a.
woman professor , who , It Is fair to presume.
has had some experience In actual nows-
pnpor work. As to the system being fol
lowed , we quote from a descriptive article
lately printed hi the Lowell Mall. The
, article goes on to state that , after the
i pupils had enjoyed some work upon
1 Imaginative topics , they were to write an
account of a tire In Rockefeller hull. The
, hall was not on lire , of course , but that
. made no difference. They wrote It up. Of
! the sixteen glils who reported the blaze , nine
' , dragged 1-Jto their story statements about
the "dcvouilng clement. " Several of the
girls paid ninny lives had been lost , but
failed to give the names and addresses of
the victims. One promising reporter de-
Ihctlbed with great glee the dying momenta
i of all the glrht whom she dUllked and whom
' she caused to die the most lingering and
i painful deaths.
11 took at leant three weeks to teach the
pretty reporters how to correctly "write
up" a tire. They were told first of all to
describe the destruction of the building It
self , the slaughter of Its occupants and
the work ot the fire department. After they
bad been thoroughly drilled In thl.t , they
were taught to Investigate the surround
ings with a view to find out It there were
any suspicion of arson.
They were next lnatruted In the delicate
task of getting the chief of the lire depart
ment's istlmato of himself , together wl.h
IH : | criticism of the meanness of the aldor-
mcn in not providing him with sitfllclent
apparatus. Next they were carefully drilled
In the task of getting from republican
politicians signed statements saying that
the fire could r.tily have occurred under a
democratic administration.
After the- lire class the pupil passes Into
the murder department. This consists of a
full course In writing up mysterious as
sassinations. The girls concoct plausible
killings , descilbo them and run down the
perpetrator.
There Is 'also a course In municipal ad
ministration and editorial writing. The glrlf
learn how to write an editorial on the
weather prophecy bask that IP , seeming
to say a lot , while In reality saying nothing.
An Important branch Is that In which they
practice writing sarcastic things about con
temporary newspapers.
"It seems that the girls are not allowed
to enter the course unless they sign a paper
stating that they really desire to become
newspaper women , " comments the Cincin
nati Tribune. "They will be at liberty to
change their minds nftor they rough It
awhile In actual life. They will be dis
appointed , too , for what they learn will not
be of much valno in actual newspaper life ,
Almost every paper and every newspaper
man of authority Is a law unto himself ,
The same matter Is handled In different
ways In different offices , and the competent
workers are those of experience , who know
liow to adapt themselves ) quickly to tiio
circumstances In which they find them
selves placed , nut the girl reporters and
editors will bo welcomed to the field. If
they can stand days of toll and nights ot
waking , in all weathers and under all sorts
of rough surroundings , they will do well.
Hut the bed they are making for them
selves Is not a bed of down. "
i'oiision POINTS.
Indianapolis Journal : "What Is that
dreadful sound ? "
"Oh , It's only that young clergyman next
door. When he get * tired rlttliiK at his
desk he cornea out on the piazza and lets
off his college yell. "
Chicago Tribune : "Social ostracism won't
kill the trustx. "
"I Hhould way not. The fellows who run
them , If left out of society functions , will
put In all their time getting up moro
trusts. "
Somervlllo Journal : Ilirks T am one ot
these men who arc never taken at their
true value.
Wicks No , I should say myself that you
usually got more.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "So you want to
marry one of my daughters ? "
" 1 bcltnvo ono In nil a man with a con
gressional ambition can anplrc to at a time ,
'
Chicago Post : "Tho otllce , " said the the
orist , "should seek the man. "
"Possibly , possibly , " replied the practical
politician , "but it Is my i-xpcrlenco that
ofllcefi do mighty little Kcnrehlng. "
Puck : "It Is reported that ICngland and
Germany uin nenotlatliiK a secret deal. "
"What Is the nature of It ? "
"They say England lias offered to trade
two Islands for a strategist. "
Detroit Journal : Wo both of us full nt
once that she \VIIH a dangorouH woman.
"Sen ! " I exclaimed. "Sho IH half rfhol ! "
"And half powder ! " faltered Plctro , shud
dering.
So w * > shrank iiwny from the adventurous
and avoided her as mud ) as wan nosslhlo
without being positively rude.
WiiHiliiBton Star : "What Is rag-limn
music ? " naked the young woman whoso
taster are covcrnly ulii ,
"lint' time , " said the. young man. "why ,
rag II ino Is the. kind of music In which tlia
melody sopniK to get HO ncrvuus and ex
cited that It begins to Htutler. "
.MY 01,1) KK.\Ti ; < . 'KY IIO.MI3 ,
< Denver Post.
The nun Hhlnes bright on my old KfiHucky
homo ,
The > votciH are bonzv and cny :
The rye In ripe and thu Ilourbon li In Mooin ,
And the shotgun makes muHlu all the d.i\ .
Din stone Jug risen to klsH the walling
mouth ,
And the upturned i-yoH gladly play
On tlio soft 'blmt rh'.utt of the sunny , sunny
south
In my old Kentucky home far away.
Put on n shirt of mall beneath your Sunday
*
t-oat ,
Wear an armor nlato under your vesi.
rhat'H the nafeMl way when thenlggor gem
lo vote > ,
And the white mnn H there to j > rote' i
Oh , ( hero's Bay old times when election
i omen around.
There's mntlP to liven thei day :
I'liet Foxlon'x spade Htalis iho Dink and
liloudy ( irnund ,
in my old Kentucky homo far nway.
I'hu black Ernf'ke ' pours from tliu chimney
of the i > llll.
Ti : ? traytunre of eorn taiuU the lirrrzo ,
t rlH < 'rt im until in > tun I'M of ungclx wplll.
And the man l.i Urn moon has to Hiieeze- .
I'he KM ! JulciBhiUeH 111 the bottln on lh
fe-hclf.
Thu gimlHimist uround U at ulay ,
iVhen your throat e-tH dry pull the rurk
and he > l : > journeilf ,
In my ol.l ( Kentucky home ! far uwny.
I'lic fi'iid mm ) hide1 ! ) til a cnnicr of the
ftnco.
And v.-nltu for it Hhut at liln foe ;
1'hni fi > ilima' * tout KC < > H a-kltlng to the
bunco.
To the land whore- they don't srtiovcl HIIOW !
Die coroiH-r rrmie'K In InveutlKatc tlio death ,
And jajjH u : < umforinbly g.iy ,
ln < l the vcrdl'-l ciyH : that ho cllod from
want of lirwith
In my old Ke-ntuckj lu > me far awu > .
A'cep no more , my lady
\Verp no more today
"or thins * Iiuvo changed in my out Ken
tucky homo ,
In my old Kentucky homo fur away.
