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Notary Public,
'It looks as If tho seasons have as
much bearing on active military opera- the agrarian posltiou. It is said tho requires publication to be In tlio news
Hons In South Africa as in the l'lilllp- emperor advanced strong arguments for P"Pcr having the largest bona tide clr
nliips. more liberality In regard to the mo- dilution In the county and The Hoe's
March is overworking tho lion bust-
ncss during the fore part of the month been making some very pointed and Bllll(!l- Frauds have been perpetrated
nml is likely to run out of the off brand earnest representations to Germany and bJ' Hostile police boards, but only In vio
Df weather before It closes. apparently thev uro liavlmr an effect If lutlon of the law and reckless disregard
Tho play of "Kapho" has been stopped
In Xew York. Cutler Mayor Moores1
rdlct, then. Omaha will be prevented
from seeing it In Its local theaters.
In tlio lutorval tho l'orto Itlcans
themselves do not appear to be par-
tleularly interested whether they are
iiiskio or outsiuo the constitution or
whether their tariff includes or excludes
U10 United States.
Of course it was only accidental that
the registration books that were carried
Dff out of the Third ward should turn
up In the hands of a democratic member
of the registration board. That is to be
taken for granted.
If the school board Is again going Into
tho seiool site business tho taxpayers
(Will Insist that everything connected
With land purchases, be eondueted
openly and .above board. No more
jchool site Jobs aro wanted.
Congressman Hurket, the now mem
her from the First Nebraska district, has
imri his llrst bill passed by the house of
representatives. The llrst bill of the
new popocratle member from the Sixth
district has npt yet been heard of In tlio
senate.
The new order in the High school
Mocking the promotion of cadet olllcers
unless they havo secured satisfactory
Btandlug lu their studies will meet gen-
oral approval. Military drill In tho
Bchool should not Interfere with the
regular educational work.
I'ho farmers need not lie unduly
alarmed about the widely heralded re
ductlons lu grain rates. The railroads
linvpt' 1omi 11 chiinco to blow their own I
trumpet when rates go down, but they
uro migiity quiet wneu tney put tiiem
up Just before grain shipments really
liegln.
It Is In accord with tlio eternal lltness
Df things that two fusion Judges of the
tjuprcmo court should remove the su
pronto court clerk whoso appointment
iWUH luuuillt. II MH llilll t;.-.l llllu .illl.x-
well, who is still supposed to be one of
tho leading members of the fusion
.wis procured for him by cx-.Iudge Max
party.
Congressman Neville's
statement
that in case tho fuslonlsts control the
next legislature Allen would be re
turned and the democrats given the
ether senator, who would come from
tho South l'latto country, Is likely to
provoke another eruption of. the sting
if ingratitude.
Ioo llerdnian's appointment as clerk
of the supreme court may require him
to be at Lincoln to attend to his duties,
but we may bo sure It will not ctlt off
tho annual which will bring him up to
Omaha on every occasion when his po
litical handiwork may be nceiled for the
democratic machine.
It will bo noticed that In discussing
possible candidates for state olllces on
tho republican ticket during the coming
campaign the press of the state Is not
wasting time or energy booming square
pegs for round holes. Hepubllcans are
content to give the popocrats the mo-
nopoly of tho apologizing business this
year, and they will have plenty of It to
keep them busy.
If tho Kansas Clfy hotel men follow up
their outlined policy train robbers will
do well to hold up the Incoming trains
during tho democratic national conven-
tion there If they expect to got any-
thing. Under ordluary circumstances
Kansas City does not Intend that vis-
ltors shall get away with enough to
make extra rich picking, but tho pro
posed schedule of prices will render u
earch of tho guests unnecessary.
THE CAPE COLOX1' DVTC11.
It Is probable tlmt the rising of the
Dutch in u portion of Cape Colony will i
not prove to he particularly serious. It
Is very likely that the proclamation
of martial law In the four districts
where Hrltisli subjects, sympathizing
with, their brethren of the Transvaal
"'I Oranjio Tree State, have taken up j
riI1H wm jmvo l0 desired effect of
dlHcouraKliiK farmeiM still at their
homes from Joining any hostile move-
ment. rndoubtedly the Cape Colony I
Dutch are practically unanimous In
sympathizing with the lloers, but It Is
not probable that any considerable
number of them are disposed to make
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tin; Hiicrlllco rotuilroil 1)J acme assist
aiice of the lloers. The relatively few
...in .1,. .... ,,.iii ,. nn vnrv L'rent
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ntltlltloti to tile JJoer strcngin.
Tin. nit imtloti. however. sUL'L'estS that
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avi,.. .hi ..t ..ml th thn ennmiest
i,,,.iw,.. nf tli Tniiwvnnl and
of the burghers of the irnnswiai aim
0rnn,,0 Vvi2t) state. If the Dutch
Jf b
I1I1V. fill! im " - - i I-
ibjects
ony, who enjoy a .liberal measure oi
freedom and the samu rights and prlvl-
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leges tinder the law as Jngitsnmou,
rise against her at the tlr.it opportunity,
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what must Oreat Hritalii expect from
the people she Is endeavoring to sub-
iiM'nii.? l'von tln lliiL-D. tintlev of (Us-
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arming them will not prevent re'volts
against Hrltlsh rule whenever clrcuni-
stances shall favor
jj1L,m
DAXOEH UFA
TAIllFF UAll.
Herlln dispatch a few days ago
reported United .States Ambassador
Vhlto as saying: "I am keeping the
German government fully Informed re-
gardlng the elTect the moat inspection
,IW W()11,(l mve
tlons between the two countries and
Germany Is fully aware that a tariff
war would result." A later report states
that lhnperor -William has been fully
Informed by his minister for foreign
affairs regarding the situation and that
ho had also received a statement of
1 - 1
posed legislation.
It Is evident that our government has
It bo a fact that Emperor William has
been Induced to see tho wisdom and
expediency of 11 less Illiberal iol!ey than
Is contemplated In the meat bill,
Whether, however, ho will earnestly
endeavor to have the agrarian demands
modllled. at the risk of incurring the
displeasure of that element, remains to
be seen. In order to carry out his naval
policy lie may need some assistance
from the agrarian representatives and
It Is possible that this will deter him
from Interforlnir with tliclr demands.
0u the othcr lmml tllcre l8 d0ubt
lie realizes that a tariff war between
Germany nml the United States would
in. 11 vorv KiMlons mutter. Ho Is anxious
to extend German trade and a con-
tllet that would shut it out of tho
American market or very materially gambling laws and has never counte
,..,.i,... it iw.,. ivmiiii lm iiimintriiiir. nanced professional or slot-machine
It l to In. honed that nothing of this
kind will lnmnon. Ne t ier country can
afford to engage in a tariff war, yet
the United States cannot reasonably
be expected to forever submit to a pal-
Diible Inlustlce. Wn think a way will
lw. found to avert the danger to the
trade relations of the two countries
that seems to lmyend.
THE CAXAI, THE ATI'.
There Is some uncertainty regarding
the ratlllcatlon of tho Isthmian canal
treaty at the present session of con-
Kie.ss. It appears to be tho understand-
injj that the administration will not
urKU ratltlentlon, particularly as there
H nut likely to be any canal legislation
.,t this session, ltcpubllean senators,
also, may deem It expedient to wait,
since there Is no necessity for hurrying
the matter. It can very well be allowed
to receive more thorough public con-
8!deratloii and discussion.
. i'...,i.t.,..i,. ,iiu.m(,.li aliilnu tlmt
' niulents of both Nicaragua and
Costll Kicn ,m, entirely satlslled with
the terms or tho treaty. It laid been
reported that there was objection to
the proposed neutralization of tho canal,
but the minister of each country do
elated uuquullllodly that no such objec
Hon had been made by either govern
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saying that there was absolutely no
foundation for the report that cither
IIU'IIL llilll .V.l-It. j ,
Nicaragua or Costa Hlca had made any
nrotest against neutrallzlnj tho pro
jected Nlcaraguan canal. There had
been no evidence of dlssatisiaeiion on
the part or those governments, but on
11,,. .wmH-ni-v nil the nssurances which
have reached the State department
testllled to tlio lmquniuiou i'i'." "M
tho convention by the parties In In-
terest. There Is no reason to doubt tills,
for manifestly the policy of neutraiiza-
tion is 111 tlio Interest of theso Central
American republics. It Is easy to nn-
derstand that they do not want fortlllca-
tlons garrisoned by soldiers or ti e
1T..I1...1 ll..l,u 111 l,AYllllHt to t llilll
uiiuu'i m.u. ...
territory, Mr however strong may no
their conlldenco in the purpose or tins
country to treat them under all clrcum-
stances fairly and justly, tneir surest
security Is In avoiding conditions tlmt
-.ii.-iit innvn ilaiiL'orons. Therefore It
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is easy to nnucmu... men ..iji-mm... ul
the proposed neutralization of tho pro-
jted Nlenmguan canal.
A verv Instructive contribution to the
discussion of this subject is made by
ITof. Moore of Columbia university.
lie reviews tho negotiations which con-
eluded wnu tne uiayiun-iJiuwei- iranj-
and refer to thfc position of various
publlo men III regard theroto, with the
result of showing that the engagement
of neutralization embodied In tho Hay
l'auncefoto treaty Is amply supported
by precedent and by principle. Ho finds
that tho policy of a neutralized canal
is tho historic policy of the United
States and that If the Clayton-Hulwer
treaty wero abrogated tho situation
would uot bo radically altered, sltieo
the neutralization of tho canal U
hniarantfort by various other treaties.
In roirard to the assertion that the new;
treaty would he an Infringement of the
Monroe doctrine, 1'rof. .Moore holds that
on the contrary It would ho a fulfillment
of that doctrine. since It does not stlnu-
late for a Joint guarantee, but permits
the t'nltetl .States alone, subject only
to the eupiKcment of neutralization, to
construct, manage and protect the canal.
Without enteritis Into the military urn-
tloii, with which the argument nptlnst
neutralization Is for all practical pur-
poses exclusively concerned, l'rof.
Moore quotes the statement of Admiral
Dewey In opposition to fortltlcatlons,
which hu evidently regards as conclu
sive and which certainly carries great
weight.
A FEW SPECIFIC CUHllECTMbS.
Now that the campaign of defamation
and mendacity lias closed, It may not
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Itnv corrections or misstatements ciren-
Hited to mislead the people bj campniMi
ar.
. . . , .
.First. Tho water works company has
no lease for the rooms It occupies In
Tho lleo building nml does not pay
?0,0OO a year In rent. Its lease expired
October 1 last and Its rental Is .fo.OOO A
year for quarters In The lleo building
and for two other buildings occupied by
1. ,... . , . i.
u" ,U,B I, C,UK "8" f
ventoenth and Eighteenth. 'J his
reuiai is less pro rnta inaii is paui uy
Tiie Moo lor its quariers to une nee
iMiiKiing company, u corporation on
tlrely separate from the newspaper
Second. Tlio position or 'ine nee on
tho water works bonds Is based on
"0HmI "uslness principles in the Interest
r tho taxpayers regardless of the fact
tlmt tljL. COIlllmny.s 0iUces arc in The
liw building,
Third. Tho Hee lias 110 Interest in the
Police commission beyond tlmt of every
other taxpayer. The commission has no
newspaper patronage to place. All it
can do Is to enforce tho law regarding
publication of license notices. T lie law
position as tne paper 01 largest circiua-
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tion has never been successtully as-
or r,lctH-
Fourth. The Hee has no patronage
fr01 ho city council. The rates tor
city advertising are llxed In tho charter,
which also practically determines the
medium for publication.
Mtih. The charge that the mayor Is
responsible for the slump in police court
llles Is absolutely false. The amount
or lines imposed in uie ponce com 1 iuia
entirely with the police Judge, who Is
an elective olllcer and not accountable
to the mayor.
Sixth. There is no connection of any
kind between The Hee and any gambler
or set of gamblers. The Hee has for
years been outspokenly opposed to open
gambling lu every form. It has several
times frustrated the repeal of tne ami
Bumbling.
I r . rnl f l....it. ...l.An.
sevenui. anere is no uuiu mi.uuu.
that the saloon keepers contributed ?200
apiece or any other sum to tne repuo-
ltenn campaign fund or raised anj enm
palgn fund lor .Mayor .uoore.
J nis suouui uispose ol u iuw m
palgn lies
If the New York authorities succeed
In punishing the men who so manipu
lated tho Hapld Transit company of
that city as to wreck It and render it
comparatively valueless they will have
accomplished a good work. Tlio ex
ploiting of corporations for tlio benellt
of a few, leaving the Investing stock
holders to pocket their loss, has been
reduced to 11 tine art, but .there Is no
logical reason why such men should
not suffer the same penalty as the com
mon thief. Managers of big corpora
tions are no less liable to the stock
holders than the managers of banks to
tho depositors, and If unfaithful to
thulr trust should bo punished.
Italy announces Its willingness to me
diate between Kuglnnd aud tho Trans
vaal when the time Is propitious. When
It comes to mediating the nations of
I'Jurope are lu the same position us the
United States perfectly willing to do
anything In reason to stop tho war, but
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IIIVJ 111. wt ivli .t.iu.i .... lu niniv ,
Uiuh. Jiwu1h wh(a 1)l.k.kbals ro ttylUi;
HO t)l,L.k Mediation Is some-
times like Interfering In a quarrel be
tween husband and wife tho peace
maker only gets nipped from both sides
for his pains.
Tlio rural free delivery which has
hwu m,t )uto Opt,..ati0I, uouglas
w,uuty is exciting so much favorable
.ltUnit0U that the citizens of IMielps
(,)im( . ,lown ,u congressman Suther-
laU(,.H u,Htl.,ut( want lo lmvu a ,.outo
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lU,,mrt,lieilt wlu ,mvo liamUj fu
nQW m q (Ummi(l8
fop nmll (olm.y ,olItt.,s i,ut .NVbruska
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Biiouid not no ert without ts s hare
KUf.cno Debs proposes to run for tlio
presidency as tho candidate of his
,1(!vly
organized social democratic
,mity
Debs need not waste anv tlmu
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,ip what lie will say In his Inaugural
addross and ho Is perfectly safe In
making any kind of a promlso to bo
riwliminnil llftm In. tl llltlmrnt ntiwl
The governor of Kansas Is quarantin
ing cattle from Nebraska aud several
outer states ior aiiegen tunercuiosis. lr
there Is danger enough In reported cases
to requlro action by tho Kansas gov-
ernor, perhaps It would bo well for Ne
braska to take steps, for the protection
of Its cattlo4 Interests.
Whatever the outcome of tho election
may be, tho peoplo of Omaha who de
sire to elevate the moral standard of
tho city will dlsoover that the campaign
for pretended reform was a inero mas
querade conducted by democratic poll-
tlclans for the sole purpose of control
ling the machinery of government In
the Interest of the most rotten and dis
reputable political gang that has ever
Infested any city hi the country. The
Hee says this with due deliberation and
Without expectation that It will alTect
the political fortunes of any candidate
or party.
Our experience with telegraph wires
during the sleet storm suggests that
one of the llrst problems that the new
city council should take Up is that of
putting tho wires underground. There
Is no good reason why the telephone
wires should he put lu conduits nml the
telegraph polos and wires left to ob
struct tho streets.
Itli'liuril of 42 1111 11).
Washington I'ost.
How would Hon. Itlchard P. Lcnry of
Guam do for a vlco presidential candidate?
llaokliiK L'P.
Philadelphia Times.
That tho Uoera arc climbing up tho moun
tains to occupy them Is another proof they
aro not hacking down.
On tlir AVronir Trull.
llaltlmoro American.
As a shining example of tho folly of fol
lowing tho wrong trail, It is stated that Mr.
Ilryan has traveled 03,000 miles in his ef
forts to reach tho Wlilto House.
An Hvldt'iipt- of llnvj-.
New York JInll and Express.
Ono of tho London weeklies calls tho
United States "DolIaropolU," and tho torn
In rather pat, too. Hut a two billion-dollar
congress doesn't mind being called
names by her envious slstors.
Hnrc AVnmliTH by tin- Km v.
Kansas Clti- Star.
Another renaon for holding the demo
cratlo national convention In Kansas City
was to glvo tho delegates nml visitors a
cbanco to rco tho only town in tho universe
Avhero tho peoplo go downstairs to take tho
cars on an olevated street railway.
DemoiTiipj 'm AiiiiinIiik Stvent.
Mlnnennolls Tribune.
Democratic editors and politicians aro
positively sweating great drops of agony In
tholr solicitude for tho republicans, who they
fenr havo made a grievous blunder In Porto
Itlcan legislation. Perhaps when tho situa
tion clears It will bo seen that a great dral
of tho present clamor has been inspired by
tho exigencies of a campaign cnr.
CliLMip l.iihor In l'orto Illco.
Philadelphia Ledger.
It would bo Interesting to learn what tho
republican leaders In and out of congress
think of tho contractors of tho government,
who are constructing military railroads, pay
ing a wago of S cents an hour, or 30 cents
for tho labor of a ten-hour day, to their
Porto Illco employe!. It might be similarly
Interesting to learn what our worklngmen
hero nt home think of their government
making all the money It can out of tho Porto
Hlcan workmen by levying unconstitutional
taxes upon them, upon tho ono hand, while
on tho other it pays thorn 30 cents a day on
which to pay tho taxes and BUstaln life.
Anicrlfiiii Armor 'l'liitr.
Portland Oreconlnn.
Tho armor plato for tho Russian battle
ship Rctvlzan, now being built In this coun
try, was tested at tho Indlau Head trial
grounds recently. it ' showed a power of
resistance which practically defied projoctllrn
and demonstrated tho superiority of armor
of tho Krupp form made In America over
any former product. Five-Inch projectiles
with a striking velocity of moro than 2,000
feet por second, failed ,to penetrate mort
than two Inches In. a. flve-mch nlate: tho
projectiles woro broken to pieces, whtlo the
plato wns not cracked. Armor, as It ap
pears from this test, ecems to 'bo gettlng
tho better of guns In tho endless contest
that is being waged between tho two and
American armor-plato heads the list.
India it Siiui'ccil I.pmon,
Chicago Chronicle.
India has been so drained of its vitality by
Hrltlsh bleeding that It is In danger of suc
cumbing entirely to the twin calamities of
plague nnd famine, which aro now ravaging
its territory. Tho fact that 4,000,000 people
nro In receipt of tho pitiful dolo known n
"govornment relief" does not glvo an Idea
of tho situation, for while 4,000,000 people
aru In receipt of relief, it may bo sot down
as certain that many times Hint number
recelvo no succor at all and nro conse
quently doomed to death by starvation.
Tho trouble Is not with tho Indian govern
ment, which has not the vast sums of money
which would bo required to supply food for
millions of people, but with tho system
which has, ever elnco dive's time, extorted
thn lost posslblo rupee from tho wretched
natives, leaving them reaourceloss In
emergencies llko the presont. Tho fato ot
millions of Hindoos who. In the last 150
years, havo starved to death as tho direct
result of Hrltlsh greed constitutes tho moat
tremendous indictment for murder that the
world has over known.
KIVI3 YBAItS AtiO AM) .NOW.
C1111 IllHlnry Show 11 Mori 'itnii!itc
ltcvcr-uil of riiiiinelnl CniulltloiiN f
Chlcnco Inter Ocean.
Tho announcement that Kngland may soon
Issuo a war loan of $250,000,000, and that a
considerable part of this gold will bo drawn
from tho United States, Is received by flnan
clal exports nnd tho general public with nn
equanimity that brlng3 forcibly to mind
the difference In this nation's condition llvo
years ago and now.
t-ive yoars ngo tho United Slates had to
borrow gold, not to light a war, but to pro
tect its credit from public folly and gov
ernmental mismanagement. Congress, after
a weary struggle, had been forced to repeal
tno buerman silver purchase act. Tho
tinkering with tho currency nnd tho In
c.uutiiiiK uiuniur or tne uuverites had bo
shaken publlo confidence, nnd tho Wilson
bill had so prostrated Industry that both
publlo and prlvato credit was well-nigh
wrockod. Tho government had to anneal
to cortaln gentlemen in Now York and their
! frlondi 1 In Kuropo iiot only to lend it money,
; "5 Sato S
j sons to Insure Its creditors that It would
not repudiate its debts by degrading its
currency. Between tho partisan obstinacy
of tho democratic majority ot congress nnd
the uncertainty of tho future, tho task was
n risky ono, nnd tho underwriters had to bo
Pa'(l a prlco that becamo a national scandal
lcia"ml tho ,Hnllc'1 stntcs bccn ln 80
humiliating a position.
A mtl0 moro than threo ,earB tno
people spoko at tho polls for honesty nnd
sound money. They also dcolared for laws
that would fotor Industry and glvo adoquato
revenue to the government. Conftdenco was
restored, Industry revived and prosperity
roturncd. Two years ngo tho nation had to
fight a foreign foo, Seven times tho gold
required was offered by pooplo nt tho lowest
rato of intorest that a war loan has ever
ffiJZVZ ftiaZu.
toua adventurers inado war fipon tho nation.
nnd havo Just been roduccd to submission
But so llttlo did tho conflicts nf theso two
years tax tho nation's strength, so rapidly
did Its Industry and commerce grow, that
during theso conflicts it achieved financial
Independence nnd passed over to tho rank
of creditor nations. And .today tho wealth
lest nation In Europe, in looking about for a
possible war loan, regards this country as
tho best source of supply, Can history show
n moro complete reversal ot conditions
within 10 short a tiuiot
llltlTO.V AMI UOKIt.
Sldellttlil 1111 tin. South .frlemi Wnr
t iiilliiuiii'il ! (In ('I'lunir.
Tho natural barriers which tho Hrltlsh
forces encountered In pushing to tho relief
of Klmberley and LadysmltU do not exist
on tho western route to niocrafoutcln, capi
tal of the Orango Krco State. The city
ntnml.s 011 a dry and unfertile plain or veldt,
about -1,000 feet abovo the sea level. Stones
thickly strew the plain nud clumps of grass
and low brushes somewhat relieve the level
monotony. A correspondent of tho New York
Sua says: "Hows of shado trees pnrtly hldo
from Wow nicst of tho low, whtto build
ings, forming tho larger part of tho city.
Tho ofllclal residence of tho president Is a
line building, but It Is only two stories lu
height, with room enough above, tinder its
hip roof, for nn expansive nttlc. No gun
ner outside tho town can make It his spe
cial target. Tho capltol, on the contrary,
has an Imposing tower and this building,
with two or three schools and othcr struc
tues similarly adorned, aro the only edifices
that attract attention ns tho city la ap
proached from tho direction whenco the
Hrltlsh forces nro coming.
"A llttlo stream, nt times almost water
less, flows through the city on Its wny to
tho Moddcr river. Tho atrectH aro laid out
with much regularity and tho town covers
quite a lnrgo area considering that Its popu
lation Is Ices than -1,000.
"Though tho town Is naturally wide open
on tho sldo which tho Hrltlsh nro approach
ing, It Is overlooked on tho cast nnd north-
cast by n long rldgo 200 or 300 feet above
tho lovol of the plain. This rldgo Is ono
to ono and u halt niUco from tho outskirts 1
of tho cltv. nml a Ilttln hevnnd the north- 1
era end of tho rldgo rises a kopje, a little
lower In altitude. From theso points of
,varrtngo tho only good view of tho town
may bo obtained; and on theso eicvatlono
wero reared tho fortifications which tho
burghers of tho Freo Stnto constructed, long
ngo, during the period of their serious dif
ferences with tho Hrltlsh government.
"Wo havo only recently heard that tho
Doers havo built an claborato eyetom of
earthworks for tho defense of their town,
but very little Information 0.1 this matter
has come to hand. Thcro Is every reason to
sUpposo that tho old fortifications on tho
rldgo and tho kopje havo been placed In tho
most cffcctlvo condition possible. If the
Uoors of tho Freo Stnto Intend to make a
hard struggle to keep their capital, the guna
on the rldgo may 'bo used most advanta
geously to keep the Hrltlsh from closely np
proachlng the town; but with guns of equal
range tho Hrltlsh may easily throw shells
Into tho town and bo out of reach of tho
cannon on tho rldgo behind It. In brief, the
lino of defense around niocmfontoln must
,bo mainly a system of earthworks mich
as thoso that kept tho Boers out of Klm
borley during a siege of nearly four months."
A Hrltlsh medical corps officer, writing
homo from Ladysmlth In January, described
a scciio In 'which iv party of Hoers, under tho
Hed CrosH flag, helped to bury tho British
dead. "There was ono very touching In
cident," ho wrote. "After our major had
read tho burial service ono of the lloers
stepped out nnd said a short prayer, hop
ing tho war would soon end, and whllo wo
stood with heads uncovered, they sang n
hymn In Dutch. It cut our fellows up very
much, indeed; In fact, wo could hardly
speak for somo time."
Ono heroic Incident hnppencd nt the bat
tlo of Colenso. Tho English artillerymen
hnd been ordered to abandon their guns, yet
for an hour they remained at their posts
amid a perfect hall of bullets and shell
fir c. Ono gun In particular was served by
Its men with rcmarkablo precision. The
gunners fell right and left until two nlono
remained. They fired their last reserve
ammunition, nnd nftcr the last shot etood
bravely at, "attention" until they fell dead
on tho veldt.
No one who has not seen a kopje, says
a South African, can easily realize It. It Is
not a hill so much ns tho stump of a hill
what Is left of It after ages of denuda
tion; but the special featuro of It Is that
It In almost Invariably covered with a
breastwork of boulders. Tropical torrents
hnvo washed away tho earth and all tho
solublo components of the rock, and what
s left consists of heaps and lines of de
tached musses of naudstone, Ironstone or
granlto. Tho kopjes aro tho Boer's forti
fications, and he una any number of them.
Canada's second contingent ot volunteers,
now on Its way to South Africa, Is com
posed ot some of the most plctureoqun light
ers In tho world, nnd ln many respects, re-
Bcmblcs tho celebrated "Rough Hlder" regi
ment. Two of the squadrons, composed of
350 men, aro picked scouts that have dono
duty In tho Northwest Territory. The Cana
dian Mounted Hlfleo, which also accompnny
the troops, Is mado up chiefly ot Northwest
Mounted police, cowboys, plainsmen nnd
western scouts. A moro remarkable com
bination of veteran flghtors could not be
gnthered together by tho British empire.
The losses of tho British during tho South
African war will bo comprehended better by
comparing them with tho lesscs tho United
States has sustained thus far during the ex
tended period of warfare ln the Philippines.
Tho total British casualties aggregate over
12,631. Slnco August 0, 180S, tho total losses
of our troops In tho Philippines aggregate
only about one-fourth of tho British losses,
or, to bo exact, 3,368. Of theso only 601
were killed or died ot wounds. Still the
British can nlmost bo said to bo only at
the beginning of their campaign In South
Africa.
I'HIl.SONAI, l'OlXTHIlS.
A '.Massachusetts judge has decided that
Hawaii Is part of tho United Stntcs.
In splto of their rovorscs, tho Hoors seem
to havo tho faculty ot sticking to their big
guns.
Thoro are sixteen Yalo men In tho present
congress. Flvo of theso nro senators, U. O.
Wolcott, W. M. Stownrt, T. C. IUatt, C. M'.
Depow and O. P. Wotmore.
Dr. Loyds, tho Boer representative In Ku
ropo, Is something of a vcrsomnkcr and has
roccntly written sovcrul pntrlotlc songs for
tho uso of tho Boor soldier.
Tho New York Morning Telegraph tells n
circumstantial story of tho alleged loss In
a Washington poker gnmo of $10,800 by
"Charllo" Clark, son of tho contesting Mon
tana senator.
Tho clay modol for tho bust of tho late
Joseph (Medlll, editor of tho Chicago Trl-
buno, has been In somo way badly damaged
In tho studio of Jllchnrd II. Park of Chicago,
nnd tho sculptor will have to reproduco It
from momory.
David Bennett Hill Is credited with a do
slro to bo a dclegato-nt-largo from New York
state to tho democratic nntlonal convention,
lie has nn Influential promoter of that ambi
tion ln Klllot Hanfnrth, chairman of tho
Now York stato democrath; committee.
iSousa, tho musician, says ono hears moro
musle whistled on tho Btrcets of our cities
ithaa In any other country ln tho world. Ho
cites tho fact as a causo for congratulation,
but tho proposition Is soinowhat doubtful,
oven though much ot tbo whistled music Is
Snusn's own.
Senator Perkins nf California has Intro
duced a Joint resolution In congress provid
ing for tho acquisition by itho government
ot certain lauds In California which Includn
tho big trees of Cnlavcras county. The Idea
Is to preservo tho trees from vandalism;
but, Judging from past experience, mak
ing a government rcsorvo of the ground on
which they stand Is no certain way of ac
complishing this object. . a
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' HAIMtOADX IN A MHV HOMJ.
Itemnrknlilo CIimiikc In tlio Attitude
of tlic (.'nriinrnf ton.
Chlcuco Tribune.
In many western agricultural states there
has been recently a most rcmarkablo chaugo
la tho nttltudo of tho peoplo toward tho
railroad corporations. This chango has been
l..n..l.. !... l.l.. II l,n. .Ii.m.l
r VJ.."'. " h
escaped notice. Tho fact remains, however,
that many farmers who a few years ago
regarded nil such corporations ns enemies
of tho people, nml -wore doing whnt they '
.... , . . .
could to harass the... by the pas age , of
adverse legislation, aro now convln ed that ,
under present methods of management, the
luuruau uiu .a.mer u ,
conclusion Is not tho rest, t ot tho
argument that tho railroad offers tho hus
bandman a quick nnd profltn&lo mnrkct for
his crops. It has been reached ns tho result
of tho Intelligent application on tho pint
of tho railroads of tho axiom that tho pros
perity of a transportation company ls en
tirely dependent upon tho prosperity of tho
peoplo living along Its Hue.
Tho great work dono by many railroads
of recent years In fostering nnd dlroJtly In
creasing tho prosperity of tho territory
through which tho tracks run Is by no means
so widely known as It should be. Sovcral
roads, for Instance, omploy scientific spo
clallsts who aro experts In tho mntter of
soil, drnlnnge, fertilizing nnd other factors
lu modern agriculture. It is tho duty of
theao men to travel along tho lino of tho
road which employs them, making n careful
study of tho coll nnd other natural condi
tions. If they find, for Instance, that tho
soil lu a particular section Is best adapted to
tho raising ot sugar beets they visit the
farmers ln tho neighborhood nud Invite them
to attend a lecture, held perhaps at tho dis
trict school house. Hero tho m.bject of beet
culture Is carefully explained, tho natural
advantages which tho surrounding territory
po&scsscs for raising bcots nro go no into.
and on behalf of tho railroad company tho
expert urgeo tho fanners to undertake the
business, perhnps pledging tho company to
find a market for tho product. If n certain
district Is best fitted tor tho dairy business,
tho expert holds n slmllnr meeting aud en
deavors to Interest tho farmers in tho es
tablishment of a co-opcrntlvo creamery. In
somo Instances the railroad furnishes free ot
chnrgo tho services of an expert to superin
tend tho building of n creamery aud to mnn-
ago It for tho first month, or until n regular
manager can bo secured. In many othcr
slmllnr ways tho railroads are now doing
their part In putting agriculture on a scien
tific basis.
That the work has passed far beyond tho
status of an experiment Is shown by tho
fact that ono railroad ln Missouri has 03
tnbllshcd 1.0 less than fifteen co-operative
creameries along its lines, ln not ono of
'which does tho railroad company have any
other interest than lu tho additional reve
nues thus secured for Its freight depart
ment. In each case, It should also bo
stated, tho railroad also guarantees a mnr
ket for tho product of theso new enter
prises. This It Is able to do by tho aid ot
Its ngnnts ln the large cities.
But the railroads ln their now work do not
stop with tho farmer. A single Instance
may sufflco to show how they also are lend
Ing aid and comfort to tho manufacturers
nloug tho lines. Tho commercial agents ot a
western road went to tho proprietor of n
flour mill In a small town nnd asked htm
how many barrels ot flour ho was making
dally. Ho was told that tho output every
twenty-four hours waa fifty barrels, hut that
tho capacity of the mill was double that
amount. Tho mill was not worked to its
full capacity because of tho lack of a certain
market. The railroad agent, after getting
tho miller's lowest price, found a firm In
Brooklyn, N. Y., that was ready to buy the
extra fifty barrels for a term of months.
Thus nt ono stroko ho benefited tho miller
and added fifty barrels of flour to tho dally
receipts of his road.
It is worthy of tho attention of sociolo
gists nnd ministers allko that this new de
velopment ln corporation management Is
along tho lines ot that golden rulo which In
tbo Inst analysis lies at tho foundation of
national and corporato as well ns of lndl
vldual prosperity.
IIIUTAI.VS HAHOHST PHUlll.KM.
Dlllleulty of TruiiHiiortlnu; Supplied 1111
tin .March to l'retorln.
St. I'nul rioncer Press.
Shorman mado his "march to the sea,"
from Atlanta to Savnnnah, over a route
something llko 300 miles long. For the
larger portion ot tho suutenanco of his army
of about C0.000 men, ho planned to draw, and
did draw, upon tho resources of tho region
through which he marched. Yet; with the
provisions and camp paraphernalia of his
forco cut down to the lowc3t limits, he re
quired, for tho transportation thereof and of
hi ammunition, 2,500 wugons, besides COO
nmbulnnccs for tho sick nnd wounded. The
animals necessary for these, added to thoso
ot his 6,000 cavalrymen nnd sixty-five' pieces
of artillery, mado a total of over 20,000. Of
courso tho forago for these was nlso gathered
from the country and all animals loot were
roplaced whenever necessary by seizures
mado from tho Inhabitants. Tho murch
made under such circumstances, oven though
mado through a fertile country teeming with
supplies, was regarded as a marvelous per
formanee.
But beforo Lords Roberts and Kitchener,
In South Africa, lies what would appear
to bo an Infinitely harder task. Tho army
now under their Immcdlato command In
tho Orango Freo Stato Is probably about
equal In numbers to that of Shorman; tho
rest of tho 200,000 British troops In South
Africa being at present engaged ln Natal
and In other quarters, nn immonso forco
being required to keep open communlca
tlons meroly, nnd Instead of passing through
a rich, fertllo and populous country, llko
Oeorgla, thcilr march toward Dloomfontoln
and thence townrd Pretoria lies over n re
glon at this season of tho year llttlo bet
ter than a parched desert, whero tho Boors
hum tho "veldt" beforo them, thus com
peiiuig irausporiuuon ni almost every
pound of sustennnco for men nnd nnlmnls
from Capo Colony.
It Is true that thoro Is a railroad run
nlng from Naauwport, ln Cape Colon;'
(wnoro it connects with lines reaching Cape
town and Port Kllzabcth), northeasterly via
Colceberg, Hloemfonteln and Kroonstadt to
Pretoria. But so wns there a railroad run
ning from Atlanta to Savannah at tho tlmo
when Sherman went "marching through
flcorgla," It had, however, been rendered
entirely useless through Its donudntlnii by
the conrcnoraie3 ot nil its rolling stock
the destruction of bridges, culverts, etc,
so that It was far easier to march than to
attempt utilizing tho railroad, Tho line
from Nnauwpoort to Pretoria will probably
be found similarly disabled by tho Boers,
Its reconstruction aud ro-cqulpment (to
which Kitchener will no "doubt, In vlow of
his Soudanese experience, nt onco address
hlmsolf ns fast as ho can get control of the
route) will bo a matter of much tlmo and
difficulty. Meanwhllo ho must depoml on
wagon transportation to maintain his army
where it now is ana on any Immcdlato nd
vnnces. Tho railroad to Klmberley Is open
now, but oven with tho present necessary
rcllnnco on wagon transportation cut down
to tho stretch nt less than 100 miles be
tween Klmberley and Roberts' last known
most advanced position, reports nro cable
that his army Is being "only partially fed"
showing tho transportation to bo Inadequate,
Supposing It shnll bo determined not to
wait for thn reconstruction nnd cqiilpmcn
of tho railroad from Hloemfonteln to Pretoria
but to prcts on nt once, how many vehicles
and anlmalH must Roberts requlro for
northward march about equal In length to
that of Sherman from Atlanta to Savannah
Sherman declared that to bavo delivered
tho amount of food nd fprngo needed by
his army (Including the force necessary to
guard his communications), had ho not
adopted tho plan ho did of cutting loose from
his base and living on the country, .would
havo rcnolrcd 3ti,800 wagons of lx mules
each a total of 220.SOO mules for his supply
train alone! And the adequacy of even this
fnnA .1.I..AH.I...I n. , U rtl.1111.. nf .nt
uMw.iui.ii m. iuu uu..i., u. ...v.. iv.u
two tons twenty miles each day,
a simple Impossibility on roads such as
then existed In Hint region."
It Is not likely that Ilobcrtt nnd Kitchener,
can operate In South Africa with a smaller
"'tin HI DUUIU JMIllil. Willi Dllirtltvi
,
lulcC8Sllr). , aeorgla under slm-
conditions to hose facing tho Hrltlsh
commanders. The getting together of such
n traln wollI(, m bo nn lmpoSlblllty :
American mulo dealers nnd wngonn.nkers
would cheerfully tacklo the Job. But It
would probably tako as much tlmo as th
rebuilding of tho railroad. Ilioico It looks
as though from tho dllllcultlcH of tho trans
portation problem nlono tho march toward
Pretoria must be exceedingly slow. Kitch
ener has so far handled that problem with
marvelous ability. As Its illtllct.lt len In
crease ho will no doubt face then, with tl.i
samo vigor nnd tho same fertility ot
soiirco ns wero seen from tho moment fw
took chargo of It In South Africa nnd whlcs
ho had previously shown In the Soud
Ono ot tho chief rellnnces of tho Bocia v,
n their belief that tho British army cannot
bo maintained In a hostile country, so far
away from Its base, subject to unfamiliar
climatic conditions and with Its communi
cations constantly llablo to interruption.
If Kitchener shall shatter Hint belief ho
will tako his plnco ln tho foremost rank
of tho world's famous orgnnlzors and com
manders. If ho shall fall, readere may
havo to look back to Napoleon's retreat
from .Moscow to find a parallel to the dis
aster. SAID IX
Indlnnnnolls I'ross: The Home-Seeker Is
this a country for raising pears?
The Karlv Settler Well, my friend. I
wouldn't advise of doln' It on liiis than
threes and a gun.
Detroit Journal: Sonor of Salvador So
his revolution proved not to be popular?
Scnor of Honduras Not nt all popular.
Ho employed nonunion revolutionists nnd
thnt lost him the sympathy of tho labor cle
ment, Collier's Weeklv: Penelone Well, after
all, I bollevu the less ono knows tho hap
pier one is.
ucnovicve That s a comfortable phi
losophy. You must bo very linppy.
Chlcneo llecord! Jlattle I'm Invited to
tho Unnerten's ball next week, but I renllv
don't know whnt to wear. What would
you wear it you hail my complexion?
ji,iia mho tnicKest veil 1 couiu unu.
CPuck: Minister Whnt do von think of
that, Jane? That couplo gavo me a dollar
fjr marrying1 the.nl
Wife Well. 1 knew the moment thev camn
In they had both ibeen married before!
Wnshflicton Stnr: "Whnt cits me." said
Uncle Kben, "Is do way some people kin
Iln' time to sympathize wld natln.iH 'way on
yonder when dar Is so many po' folks right
uroun' do corner who Is llghtln' temptation
on tin empty stomach."
Chlcniro Tribune! "A iltrmton lnvenlnr lm
discovered 11 process for tempering copper
so ns to make It tough and hard."
1 ncre a misniy lew or our coppors thnt
need that kind ot tempering."
Indiana-noils Journal Ttrnwn Tlnw tin vnn
fopt about tho Porto Illco tarlft7
Jones It s a mighty mean stepmother
that tries to miako n small child nay his
board beforo he Is old enough to work.
Cleveland Plnln Dealer: "It 1m idnlinivl
that the munlo has 'been discovered whtch
was played when Cornwallla marched out to
surrender nt Yorktown."
yuicKstep, 1 mpnoso?"
"Why a quickstep?1'
"Bccauso It's hustling- to do-fect!"
MAN AV1TII A TO I IX HIS HEAD.
Denver Post.
Whenever, a new and rcmarkablo schema
On tho world by Its author Is suruuir,
Ave stamp It a? only a lunatic's dream
And nHHU.il It with tipn mill with tnm-im.
Tha brain nf tho schemer wo loudly declare
By tho plpe-hlttlng- method is fed,
And laugh ut tho castles ho builds ln tho
air,
And say ho's a top ln his head.
1
When Morso threw his wondrous Invention
in s.gnt
And said ho could talk over wire.
Tho peoplo flew high tho dlsrrelltlng' klta
And thought him a king among- liars.
Thn idea seemed so ridiculous they,
With a sneer nt tho vagary, said
That tho man who would talk In such
crazy-brnlneu way
Had a big spinning top In his head.
Who., first It was said that tho voice could
bo heard
Low spoken for hundreds of mile.
Wo treated a claim so dcmnltlon absurd
With only contemptuous -unllcs.
And Bald 'twas a fool who wns ventur-
Ins m
Whero wise men wero lenrv to tread.
And suckers would treat with a lllp of tho
tin
Tho cronk with a top ln his head.
Tho genius who hinted nt lighting thn
world
With a wondrous electric device
Wus swumped with tho sneers that toward
him wero hurled
A lion assaulted bv mien.
lie ought to bo shut In n lunatic pen
And mentullv trented Instead
Of running at largo among sonslblo men,
f or no nad a oig top m 111s nciui.
And so wo're observing It yenr after year,
When genius dares venture to stride
Ahead of tho moving procession wo hear
'l ho skeptic uartn vcltl,, "is moo.
This earth wo Inhabit would lazily swirl,
To advancement bo sleeping or dead,
If It didn't produce ln Its annual whirl
Homo cuss with a top ln Ills head.
THIS STARVATION PLAN.
Of Tri'iitlim DyNipMln mill Stoiiini'H
Troulilt'H Ih Undo. mill IIiiNi'lciillftc.
Tho moot certain failure of tho starvation
euro for dyspepsia has been proven tlmo and
again, but oven now a courso of dieting Is
generally the llrst thing recommended for a
cuso of Indigestion or any stomach trouble.
Many people with weak digestion, us well
as somo physicians, conoidcr tho first step to
tako ln attempting to euro Indigestion Is to
restrict tho diet, cither by selecting certain
foods nnd rejecting others, or to cut dowu
tho amount of food eaten to barely enough
to keep soul and body together, In other
words tho starvation plan la by :nnny sup
posed to bo tho first csBontial,
All this Is radically wrong. It is foolish
and unsclontlflo to recommend dieting to a
man already Buffering from starvation bc
causo indigestion Itself starves every organ,
nervo and ltbro la tho body,
What peoplo with poor digestion most
nc-jd Is abundant nutrition, plenty of good,
wholcramc, properly cooked food, nud some
thing to assist tho weak stomach to digest
It.
This Is exactly the purposo for which
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets aro adapted and
tho truo reason why they euro tho 'worst
casro of stomach trouble,
Hat a sufficient amount of wholesome food
nnd after each meal take ono or two of Stu
ort's Dyspepsia Tablets to promptly digest
It.
In this way tbo system Is nourished and
tho overworked stomach rested, hecauso tho
tablets will digest tho food whether tho
stomach works or not, one;' (train of tho ac
tlvo dlgcatlvu principle lu Stuart's Dpspep
sla Tablets being sufficient to digest .1,000
grains of meat, eggs or other albumlnoua
food.
Dr. Harlnndson and Hi, ncdwoll recom
mend theso tablets In all cubcb of defective
digestion because tho pepulu and diastase In
them nro absolutely free from animal matter
nnd othor Impurities nnd being pleasant- to
tho taste, aro as safe and harfnless for tho
child as for tho adult.
All drug stores sell this excellent prepara
tion and tho dally use of them after meals
will bo great benefit, not only as an lm
medlato relief, but to permanently build up
and Invigorate tbo dlgcstlvo organs,
