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Btate of Nebraska, Douglaa County, ss.:
Georgo B. Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Bee
Publishing Compnny, being duly sworn,
says thut tho actual number of full nnd
comploto copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Kvcnlng nnd Sunday Bco, printed during
tho month of April, 1000, was as follows:
I 2T,7jr. in as.soo
2 a7,io n 7,uau
3 SH.IHO 18 S7,!J20
4 as,aao 19 7,s:io
5 27,01 20 27,700
6 27.H20 21 28,020
7 27,HOO 22 27,000
8 28,805 23 ...IHVIIIO
0 , 27,010 21 28,000
10 28,000 25 27,000
H 28,070 26 27,000
j2 27,020 27 27,00:5
13'. 27,8:10 28, 27,710
II H7.020 23 27,000
15 28,0a0 30 ..27,200
Total B:in,iiw
Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,071
Net total sales 8BB,os I
Not dally average va.SI:!'"
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn beforo mo this 1st
flay of May. im 8TOCKTON nn
(Eeali) Notary Public.
In tho lnnffUiiKO of tho street, it Is now
up to tho republican Btate convention.
Dewey captured CIiIcuro nl) rlsht, but
Mayor Htirrlson took good cnro thnt tho
political machine was bid away where
tho admiral could not ilnd It.
Colonel Bryan feels sure that ho holds
the- Illinois delcsatlon to tho democratic
national convention wifely stowed away
in his pocket. This accounts for hltn
leaving Dewey a frco Held In Chicago.
Another public improvement which
should be scheduled for the not Jistant
future Is tho removal of the comity Jail
from Its conspicuous position on tho
court house square.
If TJnColn wero only alive ho would
bo sorely tempted to apply for an in
junction to prevent tho assistant dem
ocrats taking tho name "Lincoln repub
licans" as an 'insult to his. memory.
Nebraska republicans will bc in line
for McKlnley by an unequivocal declara
tion endorsing ills' administration. Mc
Klnley and prosperity for another four
years will suit tho republicans of this
etate.
Omaha club women liavo been giving
local poets a chance as if the ndvcht of
spring were not a sufllclent stimulus for
tho muse. With the women ,to applaud,
tho poetical meter may expect to work
overtlmo from now on.
Tho taxpayers want to liavo as many
Btrcots cleaned as posslblo for tho least
nmount of money and if tho council can
dovlso somo plan for making tho same
nmount of money cover more ground
thero will bo no causo for complaint
It Is to bo hoped tho pending difficul
ties between tho carpenters and their
employers may bo brought to a speedy
settlement. Omaha has too many build
ing improvements in sight to relish any
protracted differences among tho build
ers. Tho Nebraska silver republicans tic
cllno to follow tho lead of Minnesota
and adopt a now nnme. Ono nnme will
answer as well as another to securo a
place In the popocrntic trinity nnd fur
nish plo for tho few who pay allegiance
to tho combination.
Tho first of May brings tho usual
number of strikes and labor difficulties.
Ono thing Is noticeable, however. In
democratic times the strikes nrc almost
invariably to retain the rato of wages
previously In force while in republican
times they aro to gain a larger share
of tho current prosperity.
Tho restoration of tho fecdlng-ln-transit
rates is quite a concession to the
cattlo shippers ou tho part of tho trans
missouri railroads. It probably means,
however, that tho experiment Inaugu
rated by abolishing tho rate has not
como up to thq expectations of tho rail
road managers. "With railroads, as with
other institutions, It pays to consult tho
iwlshes of pntrons.
Tho railroads havo at last yielded to
tho pressuro.nnd restored tho feedlng-ln-transit
rato on llvo stock. While tho
season's business Is all done, if tho roads
will, stick to their present rato until
fall it will bo of vast benellt to the
state. Tho abolition of tho rato without
doubt has taken a couplo of cents from
tho selling prlco of tho corn in the feed
lug districts during tho Inst whiter. It
Is fortunato tho roads have seen their
mistake.
Tho opponents of, tho administration
aro neglecting no opportunity to force It
Into au embarrassing position. Tho
offering of tho resolution of sympathy
for tho Boers Jn tho senato was for no
other purpose, Public meetings and prl
rato Individuals may express those views
with perfect propriety If they wish, but
such a resolution passed by congress Is
nlmost a declaration of war and not ono
of tho meu who ndvocated or voted for
tho resolution would do so if they be
lieved it had a ghost of a ehauco of
passing, lit is simply a llttlo cheap
buueombo.
I TUB FIRST COXHIUERATIOX.
Tho first consideration that should
guide tho republicans of Nebraska in
their stale convention Is iu success of
the' party in the Impending national
campaign. At no time since Nebraska's
electoral vote wns given to Bryan in
IStHJ has tho outlook for the redemption
of tho State been more promising. While
this is ndtnlttcd on all hands, at the
same time th6 strength nnd entrenched
position of the enemy aro not to bo un
derestimated. The only way their lines
can bo carried, is by massing tho repub
lican forces under staunch and trust
worthy standard-bearers in well organ
ized columns directed by leaders of
ability nnd experience.
Only by keeping success In view as
the flrst consideration can the rank nnd
fllo of the party bo mobilized nnd In
spired with the enthusiasm and confi
dence that lead to victory. The causo
of McKlnley nnd prosperity carries Its
own Justification, but it must neither bo
weighted down with unavailable candi
dates or incompetent managers nor be
discredited by actions that would rcllcct
Insincerity upon tho platform declara
tions.
The responsibility that rests upon tho
dclegntes assembled In stato convention
cannot bo evaded. It must bo met
llrmly nnd courageously uuiL tho party
will then move forward to tho coveted
goal tho redemption of Nebraska by Its
restoration to tho republican column.
I FA VOR OF RECIPROCITY
There wns considerable opposition In
tho convention of tho Natlonnl Associa
tion of Manufacturers to tho pending
reciprocity treaty with France, prin
cipally on tho part of the manufacturers
of cotton hosiery nnd print goods, but
tho convention adopted a resolution
recommending tho ratification of the
treaty. A resolution was also adopted
asking the president and congress td en
deavor as speedily 11s may be "to have
prepared and rntllled a reciprocal trade
treaty between Canada and tho United
States, which, by means of mutual con
cessions in duties, will give to tho Ameri
can manufacturers an opportunity to
hold and extend their trade In .the Do
minion of Canada, under thrift conditions
quite as favorable as those accorded to
any other nation."
In view of the fact that tho Canadian
government is reported to contemplate
increasing the preferential tat Iff rato.
now 25 per cent, in favor of British
goods, this expression of American
manufacturers in favor of reciprocity
with Canada is timely. It is possible
that it will havo, tho effect to delay tho
proposed action of tho Canadian govern
ment nt least until it can ascertain
whether such declaration Is likely to
havo any influence at Washington. It
Is very doubtful, however, if it will have,
at all events until Cannda manifests a
better disposition than has yet been
shown to make fair and equitable con
cessions. There would bo little difficulty,
probably, In arranging a reciprocity
treaty between Canada nnd the United
States if tho former wero willing to
rhako tariff condltlbns as 'favorable to
this country as those accorded, to Eng
land, but Canada has never been dis
posed to do this and is less likely now
than ever before to bo Induced to do It.
Canada might now have trade reciproc
ity with this country had she sought it
on an equitable basis; but this she has
not done and her present attitude does
not promise that sho will do so.
RESlttAtiT OF TUB NATIONAL ESTATE.
The domain still owned by tho fcdernl
government, outsldo of Alaska, consists
of about riCiO.OOO.OOO acres, most of it in
tiio arid bolt. A largo part of this na
tional estate Is barren mountain nnd
desert, but there is a considerable por
tion of It that is fcrtilo soli, easily sus
ceptible of reclamation. A writer in
ono of tho current magazines says that
probably 100,000,000 acres could bo Irri
gated at onco without extraordinary
cxponso nnd millions of acres more could
bo brought into use as thq system of ir
rigation becomes developed and im
proved. This writer counsels a different policy
in regard to what remains of tho public
domain from thnt which has been pur
sued lu disposing of tho government
lands. He remarks that in all tho dis
cussion of this subject it seems to be
taken for granted that tho government
has no Interest lu the laud except to
get rid of It at tho earliest possible mo
ment. It has been tho theory of our land
laws that every American citizen Is en
titled to a share of tho public domain
and this theory has been carried out by
tho artless method of allowing every
.citizen to take his .chances in a general
crab. What ho urges is that tho re
malnlng hinds belqnglng to tho govern
ment shall continue to be held by tho
government and leased. Ho says:
"Even tho romnnnt of our national
estato Is a noble inheritance. Shnll wo
throw it away as wo hove thrown awny
all the rest? At tho present time the
revenues annually drawn by private
Individuals from lnnds practically given
away by tho government would not
only meet all our 'public expenses na
tlonifl, state and local rind leavo us free
of all taxation, but wo should havo left
a surplus for such useful enterprises as
no government has yet felt rich enouch
to undertake. Instead of applying this
stream of wealth to such purposes, we
have burdoned Industry with double
taxes, ono for tho supiwrt of tho gov
eminent nnd tho other, and vastly
heavier tax, to pay tho speculator for
permission to use tho land tho govern
ment foolishly gave away." The policy
ho suggests Is the Immediate and abso
lute repeal of all laws authorizing the
permanent alienation of any portlou of
tho remaining government lnnds; the
appointment of a commission to classify
theso lands according to tho purposes for
which they aro best adapted; tho substi
tution of leases for patents lu all grants
to Individuals or corporations, tho condi
tions of tho lease to bo regulated by tho
character and situation of tho land;
tho opening of tho entire, public domain
to actual settlers, with assured posses
sion during compllanco with tho terms
of occupancy, all lauds below a certain
margin of cultivation to be frco from
rent until such time us tho progress of
TILE OIWATTA DAILY BEEs WBDXESDAT,
nettlemcnt makes them substantially
valuable.
I'udouhtcdly flip policy of the gov
ernment In disposing of the public do
main has been attended with some
abuses, but It Is very questionable
whether tho development of the country
would havo gone forward as rapidly as
It has under a different policy. The
course pursued attracted millions of
people to the United States who prob
ably would not otherwise have come
nnd while It Is true thnt ninny specula
tors have prollted by that policy. It
operated to the general welfare. It Is
not probable that any tfhauge will bo
made In regard to the remaining public
domain and certainly the suggestion
thnt tho government lease these lands
Is not likely to commend Itself to gen
eral approval.
MAINTAINING TUB MONROH D0V1RINK.
Secretary Boot, in his speech at tho
dinner of the Grant Monument associa
tion last week, said that "no man who
carefully watches the signs of the times
can fall to see that tho American people
will within n few years have to either
abandon the Monroe doctrine or light for
It, and we aro not going to abandon It."
Ho declared that "If necessary wo will
light for It, but unless thero Is a greater
diligence In legislation in the future than
In tho past, whon tho time comes It may
find us unprepared." This enunciation
of a member of the administration nr
resls attention and suggests the inquiry
whether tho government has knowledge
of a purposo on the part of any European
government mennciug to tho Monroe
doctrine.
Wlint basis had tho secretary of war
for declaring that within a few years
tho American people will have to
abandon tho doctrine onnouueed by
President Monroe seventy-seven years
ago or light for it? What aro tho "signs
of tho times" thnt point to this? They
aro not apparent to tho ordinary ob
server. On the surface of affairs there
is no indication thnt any European
power desires to selzo territory In this
hemisphere, or to plnnt its political in
stitutions here, or in any wise to chal
lenge tho doctrluc under which the
United States guarantees to the Inde
pendent American states protection
against European aggression. Grent
Britain certainly has no such design, but
on tho contrary would probably bo found
ready, should occasion -arise, to support
the United Slates in maintaining the
Mouroe doctrine. Neither Bussla nor
Franco wants any American territory.
There has been some talk of Germany
seeking to acquire territory In South
America, but there was probably not
tho least foundation for It. Where, then,
shall wo look for tho sign showing that
tho Monroe doctrine is in danger?
Of course tho American pcoplo would
fight for that doctrine if necessary and
it is tho knowledge of this thnt will keep
European powers from assailing it No
ono country would attempt to con-
traveno this doctrine with tho certainty
of having to light tho United States,
backed by all tho countries of South
nnd Central America and by Mexico,
and a combination of Europeair powers
for such a purpose must bo. regarded as
impossible. Wo need, therefore, no more
preparation than wo already havo for
tho defense and maintenance of the
Monroo doctrine, so long as its applica
tion is conllned to this hemisphere and
it is most improbable that we shall ever
attempt to carry it beyond. To do that
would indeed bo dangerous. Wo as
serted and enforced tho Monroo doctrine
when wo were much less nblo to fight
for it than wo now are and respect for
our power Is greater at present thau ever
before.
Wo shall go on, however, increasing
our naval strength, not because there
is any reason to apprehend European ag
gression In this hemisphere, but because
the new conditions nnd the enlarged re
lations require tho strengthening of our
sea power. .Having greater and more ex
tended Interests to safeguard than In the
past wo must bo prepared to fully pro
tect them. No great military establish
ment Is needed, but we must maintain
a posltiou on the sea that will command
tho respect of nil nations. With that
done wo need not trouble ourselves re
garding the security of tho Monroo doc
trine. If the sennto will take up and
promptly pnss tho bird bill sent over
from tho house it will do tho country n
great service. In tho flrst place It will
put a stop to tho pot hunter, who kills
game for the market and ships It to tho
big cities out of season and then takes
refuge from tho local law on tho score
that tho game was not killed lu the
state. Tho most Important feature both
from a sentlmontnl and n practical point
of view Is tho protection of the song and
other birds slaughtered to decorate wo
men's hats. Tho extermination of these
birds not only robs tho country of ono
of Its chief charms, but removes a great
barrier to tho Increase of harmful In
sect life. The birds aro the worst
enemies of tho Insect world and any
thing which diminishes tho number of
birds robs tho farmer of a portion of his
crops.
All local Grand Army posts have com
menced their preliminary arrangements
for tho annual Memorial day celebra
tion. Tho people of Omaha and Ne
braska havo always been true to the
fallen heroes of the war and should re
spond liberally to tho requests of tho
committees In charge of the celebration.
No l'nsif, No Show.
Chlcaso Record.
As tho Boors hold all of the passes tho
nritlsh will probably be obliged to pay If
they want to got In to see tho show.
Million 011 11 I.lfe.
Sprlngllcld Republican.
No ono rejoiced more heartily In tho cs
capo of tho prlnco of Wulca from Slpldo's
bullet than tho Ilfo Insurauco companies,
which stand to loso $10,000,000 by hb death.
It Is said that enormous sumo havo been
placed on tho prlnco's llfo by strangers.
IMillONOiiliy of Ailvci-tlnl'iiK,
Philadelphia Record.
Tho saying of Abraham Lincoln that "you
may decelyo all the pcoplo part of tho time
and part of tho people all tho time, but not
nil the pcoplo all tho time," Is nppllrablo to
business as well nj to political affairs. You
can got a little custom without advortlslng
by selling the beat commodities; you can get
some custom by advertising, though your
goods bo bad. Hut you can get much custom
by advertising persistently, selling only tho
best goods' and treating tho public we I.
CiiniPKlo's Trust A rKiimriit. .
Indlanapiills Journal.
Mr. Carnegie's argument In favor of trusts
Is Inconclusive. Uecause great aggregations
of capital aro a natural result of high com
mercial conditions and ought not to be who ly
prevented is no reason why those which are
vicious and hurtful In their operations
should not be restricted.
V nl ii of Cnnlliloner.
Globe-Democrat.
Slnco tho past-age of tho new law over 600
national hanks with small capital havo been
established, about half of which were for
merly stats banks. Tho notes they Issuo
will bo absolutely tafe, a great contrast with
tho paper money In circulation before the
republican party camo to tho front.
Silence for Tiio Whole Months!
Philadelphia Record.
Probably Mr. William Jennings Bryan
never spoke a wiser word than ho emitted at
Lincoln, Neb., on April 26, when he told a
New York correspondent that after May T
ho wouldn't do any public speaking for tho
next two months. Refore ho had that talk
with tho correspondent ho enust havo con
sulted his wlfo. Solomon could not havo bet
ter advised him.
No Quitter In (he Crowd.
Indlniiaaolls Journal.
It appears from a letter of an army pay
master that tho soldiers In Panay and Ne
gros Islands have deposited $200,000 of tholr
pay cs savings during tho lust six months.
Ho says hundreds of the men Intend to re
main In tho Philippines when their terms of
enlistment expire and engage In business
nnd aro hoarding their pay as capital. Theso
men do not seem to tako Into consideration
any flag-furling proposition.
IMIOSPKHOUS KAIIMKKS.
RfTcct of Itcnulillcnii AiImlnlNtrntlon
on I' 11 mi Values.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
A country that can nnlnt to n. nrnsnornti
yeomanry Is rich beyond cavil. Thn nolltl-
cal party which gives riches and contentment
10 mo uiiore or tho nation's soil Is trust
worthy beyond doubt. Our American farm
ers aro today well off, contented, enjoying
tho present and looklnc with confldnnrn tn
tho future. They have paid their debts, thoy
uni iiuiuuviuK huu Dcauiuying moir nomes,
they aro placing every avallablo opportunity
of education and culture at the disposal of
their sons and daughters. To our 'honeat,
happy, thrifty nnd Industrious country homes
America owes Its present uncqunlod nnd un
aiuallnblo greatness. These homeo have
given us tho statesmen that guldo us,
the orators that Insplro us, tho Journalists
that lead uo. tho business and nmfmxlnnnl
men that aro of every American community
mo priuo ann mainstay. It Is tho American
Tanner's ballot that In overv elpptl
for -honc8t ndmlnlstratlvo methods, for Iriin
American development, by means of a con
stitution maintained nnd a national purposo
unimpaired. The American farmer's ballot
Is tho roward of tho honest, tho terror of tho
evil-doing bolltlclan. From mir hr.ilthfui
countryslden jushod tho bravo men who, In
the revolutionary war, won Independence;
In 1812 maintained It, and in tho civil war
made tho stars and stripes typify forever
tho equality of man In tho brotherhood of
humanity.
Our farmers are. In tho main, rnnnhllpfino.
They read, they think; thoy act as patriotism
dlctatos, as prudence counsels; they know
what tho ascendency of tho republican party
mcane to tho American farmer. Thwo aro
ngurea at hand thnt arnical on this hpnA tn
the sound common sen so of tho acrlmiltnr.
Ists of America. Tho farm valuo of live
stock In this country In 1891 was, for In
stance, iz,3Z9,787,770. Ia 1S93, under the
Harrison republican administration, thnm
flgureB wont up to,i2,4S3,606,681. Then came
urovor uioveianu 8' rour years of Industrial
gloom and agricultural disaster, until, In
1897, -when tho republicans, lmnerallvelv rn-
called iby tho country to take chargo of Its
government, returned to office, tho farm
valuo of live stock had gone down to $1,665,
414,612. Theso four venrs of dr morirnlln r..
presslon brought forth populism, coclallsm
ana xne neroraea and disfigured democracy
known as Dryanlsm. It Is now threo years
since President McKlnley took office and the
valuo of llvo stock has In that tlmo risen
again by $557,000,000. Populism, socialism
nnd nryanlsm will, in tho llchtof thcun ner-
uros, cut In 1900 a nighty narrow swath In
our agricultural districts.
"PllOGHESSIVB POPULISTS."
The I!nrker-I)anuclly I'acllnn Ite(a (Jo
n. Few Solemn Ilciiuirks.
New York Sun.
The Missouri middlo-of-the-road populists
held a convention lu Kansas City Inst week,
and wero much choercd by tho presenco of
their national ticket, tho Hon. Whurton
Batker of Philadelphia, Ta., and tho Hon,
Ignatius Donnelly of Nlnlnger, Minn. Un
fortunateJy tho delegates wero ashamed or
voary of tho cxpresstvo and stralght-eplncd
narao which their party has hitherto borne.
After much nnxloua deliberation they de
cided to call their organization tha Progres
sive Populbt party. Now, It Is not any raoro
progressive than tho Dead sea. Tho dele
gatus "solemnly reamracd their nllcRlaf :o
to tho Immortal principles sot' forth In tho
Omaha platform." Theso Immortal princi
ples may bo correctly summarized ns tho
proposition that everything is going to tho
worst In tbo worst of posslblo worlds a
theory that may havo had Its attractloca
for noma persons when tho countTy'n liver
was a llttlo out or order, but Is essontlally
ccralo In theso happier days, Yet thla
noble, continuous contempt of facts Is a
characteristic of tho mlddle-of-tho-roador,i
nnd will not be lest by them In their
progreEstvo porlod.
Tho Hon. W. C. Alldrldge of Cnllfornla.
Mo,, wns the unanimous cholco of tho con
vention for governor, but ho wavoj tha
honor awny, Ho snld his health wns bad.
His languago was vigorous enough. "Skin
ning democrats Is my forto," ho crledt "I
can skin a democrat quicker than shcol can
scorch a flea," Tho delegates Implored him
to begin to flay. Thoy said that thoy would
do his farm work for him, but hu was abso
luto In rofusal. So tho Hon. J. II. mills,
who promised that ho would help tho good
causo to the extent of $200, $300, or even
$500, was nominated.
Tho platform Is long nnd hot. It whacks
tho republicans and dcmiocrnts with unspar
ing rod. It seems that ovorybody la cor
rupt, Kxccpt thu progressive populists, but
with the aid of tho Initiative, referendum,
Imporatlvo mftndato aiijl proportional repre
sentation "tho great moral, soclnl nnd eco
nomic questions of tho ago" can bo settled.
AU official salnrlcs ought to bo reduced "to
as to conform to tho reduction thnt has
tnkon placo In tho prlea of products," n
favorlto scheme of populists of all shades
until they gdt Info office, whoa thoy for
get It.
Hero Is tho particular Jowel of the plat
form: "Tho Issuance of licenses to trusts, thereby
making trusts legitimate, nnd permanently
fastening them upon tho nation, under tho
plan now being ndvocntcd by Mr. William
J. Rryan and by Mr. John D. Rockefeller
of tho Standard Oil Trust, wo denounce ai
a designing schema to enable corrupt and
decaying political parties, by the lovy of
political blackmail upon the trusts, to extort
onormous sums, under tbo name of cam
palgn funds, for uso In tho corruption of
state and national elections,"
So David Is only "putting up" a sham
fight with Goliath! Such la thn bitter Judg
ment passed by tho progrefBlvo populists ou
the populist leader of 1S96.
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Words Nobly Spokon.
Open letter to the Public Signed by
John M. Thurston, Dated Omaha,
March 24, ISM.
"I propose In the senate of the
United Stated to deal fairly and
Justly wltb every Interest in Ne
braska, corporate or otherwise.
I will do what is right by all cor
porations, not because they liavo
any rlpht to demand anything of
me. but because 1 shall feci it a
duty. Hut I have never forgotten,
I shall never forget, that I am
born of the plain people; I am the
lineal descendant of eight genera
tions of American farmers. 1 was
born to humble conditions and
brought tip to a life of toll. I be
lieve I know the thoughts nnd hopes
and aspirations and desires of the
common people of this country. I
believe that I lustlnctlvely turn to
them In all great matters affectlnir
the public welfare and I tako thla
occasion to say openly nnd publicly
in tho face of the world thnt If it
conies nt any time to an issue be
tween the corporations and the peo
ple, If I am compelled to choose be
tween the corporate demand on one
side nud the wishes of the plain
people on the other, then, regardless
of consequences, without thought of
results, for weal or woe, I cast my
lot with the people."
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KCHOKS Ol' OUIl WAlt.
In his speech at tho opening of tho
ecumenical council In New York City, the
other, day, Former Prcsldont Harrison re
ferred to tho liquor tratllc with soml
clvlllzed races In tho tropics and declared
that "feeble races wither before the breath
of tho white man's vices," Tho clear cut
epigram applies with equal force to tho
destructive vices contracted by whlto men
In tho tropics. Tho effect of the so-called
American saloon on tho Filipino is not near
ns bad ns the effect of Filipino liquor on
American soldiers. In fact, tho former is
distinctly superior to tho latter, slnco
American liquors do not produce madness or
creato nn immediate nppetlto Tor more.
Ocorgo Hobart, a regular army man, -who
has Just returned from Manila to his
homo at Indianapolis, says of tho Filipino
boozo: "It Is not heat that Is driving the
soldiers crazy. It's Just simply ',beno.'
Absinthe Is not In tho same class. It looks
like water and tastes like licorice," he says,
and when tho boys can't get 'beer or whisky
they buy 'beno from tho natives. It takes
a pint of It to make a drinking man drunk.
The third or fourth consccutivo drunk
makes a 'blooming idiot out of tbo victim.
Tho Eoldlers crave It after they have onco
tasted It. Out on the lines tbo boys never
get beer or whisky, and when tho natives
sneak this 'beno into camp tho fellows
buy it.
"In tho southern Islands, where tho de
mand Is not so great, the natives sell it for
3 cents a cantccnfull, but around Manila tho
demand is so groat that tho price has been
raised to CO cents. After a man drinks about
a pint of tho stuff ho begins to get silly,
but ho recovers In a day or two. Then ho
will want moro of It, and if he can't get it
ho will go mnd. Then tho officers have to
shacklo him, and ho Is sent to tho hospital
for tho lnsano nt Wnshlngton. They tell
mo that tho poor fellows who havo been
taken there will never get, well."
Hobart reports that in tho southern Isles
of tho Phlllpplno group "beno" is known as
"tuba," and it is mado out of cocoanut palm
sap. The coconnut trco Is tnpped near the
top nnd the natives put an empty cocoanut
shell near tho hols to catch tho drippings.
Hobart says: "Not long beforo I left "Manila
my company was sent to the firing line.
Ono of tbo boys saw a cocoanut shell full
of tho sap in tho top of a near-by treo and
ho mado a dash for It. Beforo any ono could
stop him ho was in tho top of that treo and
had emptlod tho shell. Tho liquid took effect
on bis brain boforo ho wns ready to climb
down and we had a great tlmo trying to get
him out of tho treo without letting hlra
fall."
Hobart reports that tho natives drink It
only In moderation, nnd as a rule let it
alono. Ho also says that when the govern
ment discovered the naturo of tho drink its
salo was prohibited, and thereafter the
soldiers were compelled to buy it secretly, ns
It was subject to confiscation.
Tho plant which Is being erected in
Manila by, tho United Stntes government for
refrigerating ' and Ice making is an enor
mous affair, with n capacity for cooling at one
time no less loan 5,000 beef carcasses, 7,500
sheep, 100 tons of salted meats, as well as for
the storage of Immense quantities of eggs,
vegetables, butter and other nrtlcles, enough
to supply tho array Jn tho Philippines .for
months at a time. In addition It will be ca
pable of produclug fifty tons of lco per day
and 6,000 gallons of distilled water. The
ice will bo manufactured by tho ammonia
process. Tho building will bo nearly 300
feet square and nbout fifty feet in height.
Captain Stephen O'Connor, Twenty-tblid
Infantry, has been placed on tho retired list.
Captain O'Connor cnllstad In the army as a
private In tho Eighth Infantry in 1660,
becoming second lieutenant December 2S,
I860. Ho bocamo first lieutenant January I,
1869, and was assigned to tho Twenty-third
Infantry January 1, 1871. Ho left the sorv
Ico twice, between March 6, 1877, and Feb
ruary 11, 1878, when he was again appointed
a second lieutenant. Under this ap
pointment ho became captain In 1897. He
had only recently returned from tho Philip
pines, which ho was ono of the first army
oftlccrs to reach. Tha Now York Kvenlng
Post has seveml times urged his appointment
as major nnd paymaster, that ho might retlro
with a higher rank at the end of his forty
years of sorvlce, but being nothing but a
gallant soldier who had spent his llfo In the
service of his country Captain O'Connor was
neglected In order to tako paymasters from
civil life.
Ono of tho most thrilling stories of Lieu
tenant Olllmore's advontureo with the Fili
pinos rolates to a flag. Tho sailors during
their Imprisonment picked up several odd
pieces of cloth and being skillful wltb the
needlo, ns all "Jackles" are, thoy made a
United States flag of thorn. Of course It
had to bo done In secret, and when finished
It had to ho concealed with great caution,
because the Filipinos would have been to
provokod by finding It that they undoubtedly
would havo shot tho whole party,
Thn sailor boys took turns In carrying the
flag, each being exposed to the same danger
In turn for stated period.?, Just llko tho
watches they keep on shipboard, although
they considered It a glory and honor, and
nono of them would have yielded his right
for a momont. It was remarkable that they
wero able to conceal It so long, because th--y
had no baggage or trappings, fow of them
hats or shoes and tholr clothing was in tat
ters, When tho prisoners wero sure they
wero safo and unseen thoy would take out
the flag and talk about it. A rude piece of
work It was, mado of strips of cheap cotton
sowed together In an awkward fashion, but
It represented Old Olory, and under the cir
cumstances anything that resembled it was
enough for them.
Performance.
Practice is Different.
Talrbury Enterprise (rep.)
The idea of our senior sena
tor appearing beforo our su
preme court In behalf of the
worst trust and monopoly In
the country! The republicans
will havo to stand the brunt of
this nnd they can't help them
selves at this time, but It wltl
not always be thus. Thero Is a
good time coming. The senator,
however, has the hard earned
reputation of standing by his
friends through thick and thin,
and as tho Standard Oil com
pnny is one of his friends, he Is
simply following out his well
established rule. Whllo wo do
not approro of everything he
docs, we will say frankly that
wo admire Senntor Thurston
for his frankness and faithful
adherence to his promises.
This is something thnt all poli
ticians could emulate with the
utmost satisfaction to their
friends and constituents. They
should, howevor, not make
promises promiscuously with no
Intention of fulfilling them.
The latter is what causes tht
eruptions nnd sore spots.
ON 1COP AND VEI.UT.
Chicago Post: Tho English appear to be
having troublo getting tho Boers to stay
whero they can be readily whipped.
Doston Transcript: It President Kruger's
belief that the earth is flat were correct,
tho British would have been in Pretoria by
this tlmo.
San Francisco Call: So successful have
tho Boers been ia cutting Lord ltobcrts'
communications that Oom Paul may soon
have tho privilege of acting as censor for
tho British dispatches.
Milwaukee Sentinel: If the Boer army is
in such a demoralized condition as the
London dispatches set forth, it is most re
markable that Oencral Bobs does not movo
to establish headquarters et Pretoria with
out such elaborato plans tor delay.
Philadelphia Record: The first muttcrlngs
of criticism against Lord Roberts are heard.
A popular hero can do anything ho pleases,
except fall. Want of success is tho un
pardonablo crime. It it Is his misfortune, it
makes no dlffcrcnco whatever to the un
reasoning multitude that it is not also his
fault.
Buffalo Express: Const!! Hay has trans
mitted six and a half tons of gifts to the
British prisoners. Tho Transvaal admitted
the articles duty frao. The consul reports
that tho treatment of the prisoners is satis
factory. Has not Lord Roberts overreached
himself in protesting against tho treatment
of prisoners by tho Boers 7
Philadelphia North American: Lord Rob
erts' official roast of Lord Methuen, tho blun
derer of Alcddcr river, has not been mado
public and Methuen is still in command of
his troops. Methuen not only lias great
"drawing-room" influence in England, but
ho holds 3,000 shares In the Chartered British
South Africa company and is one of tho
Rhodes gang. He may go on blundering to
the end of the campaign and nothing will
bo said by tho War office. t
Chicago Chronicle: Tho Boer military
leaders seem to havo taken a loaf-from tho
book of military tactics of which one Emlllo
Agulnaldo is the author. Lord Roberts'
troops are cultivating tbo art of sprinting
and tbo wily Boers generally manago to
elude their pursuers. The capital of the
Orange Freo Stato now appears to be on
wheels and Is set up for business wherever
the fortunes of war give it temporary lodg
ment. It remains to bo seen whether the
British army can bo demoralized by tho
guerrilla tactics that have kept the American
troops at bay in the Philippines. Thero Is
at least a certainty that it will be 'many
months before the British armies are at tha
gates of Pretoria.
PBIISONAIj POINTERS.
Tho sultan still seems to regard tha mat
ter as ono of tho best Jokes he has heard
for a long tlmo.
Thaba N'Chu Is a new one. It is pro
nounced like the two parts of a sneezo the
preparation and tho explosion.
America Is sending honso meat to Den
mark, nnd If present prosperity keeps up
will soon be sending cat meat to England.
Lord Wolse'oy's tenure of offlco as. com-mnnder-ln-chlef
expires In November next.
It seems quite certain that his successor will
bo Lord Roberts.
It is snld that the Chinese minister mado
a Chinese laundryman laugh by telling him
a Dopew story. Tho report may be true, but
tha literature of China Is thousands ot years
old.
General Daniel Buttcrflcld, who baa been
Invalided for more than a year. Is recover
ing his health slowly and expects to bo able
to attend tbo Grand Army encampment In
September.
Senator Piatt of New York has already
taken possession of the soat occupied for so
many years by Mr. Quay. Last year, when
the caucus at Harrlsburg refused to Indorse
tho Pennsylvanlan boss for election, Mr.
Piatt apparently thought Quay was doomed,
for ho thereupon filed an application for tho
coveted seat, ono of the best In tbo senate
chamber.
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Just across the noble channel from De
troit slecp.i n llttlo Cnnuck town called
Windsor. It lies there ns Idle ns a painted
town upon a painted river. As dead m
Windsor Is n Detroit proverb.
But this lllp-Van-Wlnkllih hamUt Is not
as sleepy as It looks. Just now It is
actually pulsating with auger. And all
because certain school children of Phila
delphia and New York have sent a messen
ger boy with n note of sympathy to Oom
Paul Kruger. Windsor is not only mad
over this so-called Insult to tho Hon, but
sho proposes to get oven by sending two
messengers to Agulnaldo bearing assurances
of tho warmest sympathy that llttlo
Windsor can express on soulless parch'
racnt. It has all been nrranged in Wind
sor's Board of Education, subscriptions hav
ing been asked for, and the two messen
gers nro to start on tho queen's birthday,
May 24.
But It llttlo Windsor Imagines this dread
ful form of reprisal will worry Undo Sam's
subjects or rouso in them a feeling of re
morse, or oven of plain, every day regret, It
Is very much mistaken. Tho only senti
ment that can possibly bo drawn out on
this sldo of tho .border lino -wilt bo one of
profound sollcttudo for the Canuck nies'
sengers. Carrying a message to Garcia
was child's piny compared to their task.
If they don't fall asleep long before they find
tho trail of tho eminent Filipino runner It
will bo becauso tbo soporlllo Influenco of
life in Windsor has been greatly belled.
TAUT THIKLKS.
Indianapolis Journal: "Well, Tommy,
how do you like your blp brother's wife?"
"Aw. sho's pretty, but sho nln't no othor
account; sho can't muko candy."
Brooklyn Life: Qrlggs Ollsnap told, me
tho other day that after ten years of mar
ried llfo ho and his wlfo at last understood
caoh other.
Grleirs Yes. I hear they aro trying to
get a divorce.
Chicago Post: "You say they are excel,
lent nclchbor7"
"Yes."
"Well, that's somewhat Indefinite. Do
you mean that they never borrow or that
they ure willing to lend?"
Pittsburg Chronicle: " 'Ail tho world
loves a lover,'" quoted Mr. Homeward.
"There Is ono notnblo exception," ob
jected Mr. Wllklnsbcrc.
"Indeed?"
"Yes; the girl's father's big bulldog."
Washlnston Star: "Tho men's wear Is
vory loud this spring," said tho salesman,
soothingly.
"I should say so. A man can't sot a
neoktle or a colored shirt anv moro that
doosn't look as If his wlfo had bourht it
tfor him."
Cleveland Tlaln Dealer: "I see that the
British oUVcots under Lord Robsrts aro
dialing at tho delay."
"That's easily explalne,d."
"What do you mean?"
"Why tho duko of Marlboroutrh has
reached Bloemfonteln with his chafing dish
outnt."
Denver IPost: An old maids' club of'Mass
achusetts debated tho question: "Are Bach
elors Human?" and the unanimous verdict
of the Judges won that thoy were blind, un
appreciative brutes, -whom it mould be base
flattery to deslgnato as stupid Jackasses.
New York Rvenlnc; fc'un: "Ah, ye nlvcr
saw Jier lift a finger Tn tha way o" wurruk,"
said tho cook, "filch a iwfeck lady, enure,
as ann furrst imlfttrcss was. Nlver fussln
'round a kitchen nor foilowln' the girl up
after sho'd cleaned the parlor, nor tollln'
yo what nor what not yo ought ter do an'
how yo ought ter do it. Faith, an' she
didn't know how to do it nor what there
was lo too done. No tolmo had sho to
bothor her head about my wurruk, for she
was too busy doln' nothln'. Ah,7' with a
deep sigh In which tho housemaid joined,
"my furrst mistress, sho was a pacfeck lady
she was." And tho present mistress, who
chanced to overhear tho conversation,
pondered upon the .way It -toro to tatters
thosn cherished theories that ln order ta
command tho respect of iher servants a
house wlfomust know all nnd .more, too.
wmi uiey pusni .110 Know ana oe UD1 to
teach It to them.
Detroit Journal: Wo wero vastly Inter
ested In this great work of education.
"And you finish a young woman. In' threo
vears?" wo exclaimed. In amazement.
"Oh, not invariably," tho preceptress has-
flit, rrtntln,! t , I ) t , . . i
upon what the dcflctcncics of home tralntng-
J Mvv.. ,ut iiimtuiuu, nuiuu KirjH CURIO
here with a digestion almost entirely un
ruined. Of course, wo can't be expected to
teach tablo manners to theso in three
years."
SUNSHINE AND SHOWKTl.
It's raining while tho sun shines;
Tho tears thnt dim your eyes
Are llko tho shining raindrops
That veil tho sunny skies.
When, sadly, you're traversing
Tho misty afslcs of pnln
You'll see tho sun of gladness!
aicnm out beyond tho rain.
A bow of prnmlso never
Wns stretched across llfo's sky,
Till clouds nnd grief und longing
Had brought Its glory nigh.
Look pnst your present sorrow; ;
No misery wns meant
To only sear and torture
Tho soul to which 'twas sent.
It's mining while tho sun shines;
There's rest behind your fears,
And anxious days aro followed
By pence and useful years.
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