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THE OMAHA HAILY 14.13 12: SUNDAY, JULY 1, 1000. 14 Tiie Omaha Slniuy Be& L ItOSISWATKH, Editor. rUBLISIIKD KVCUV MOKNINO. THUMB OF 8UBSCH1PTION: Dally Bee (without Sunday). One Yenr.M.M Dally Bee nml Sundav, Ono car S.w Illustrated Bee, One Year Hunday Ilea, One Year Haturday Bee. Ono Year 'y Weekly Be One Year w OFFICES: Omaha: The Bee liulldlng. South Omahai City Hall Building. Twcn-ty-flfth and N strectB. Council Bluffs: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago: leu Unity Building. New York: Temple Court, Washington. D01 Fourteenth Street. BlouxCity: fill Park Street. COHHESPONDENCK. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should ho addressed: Omana Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTEP.3. Huslness letters nnd remittances should bo drlre.ir-cd: The Beo Publlsnlng Company, Omaha. khmittances. Itemlt by draft, express or postal order, payablo to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps ucret.teil In payment of mail accounts. 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Notary Public. iwiiTiiCh i.n.wi.x. i-'nn si hmuii, Tnrlles IoiivIiik Hi city for (lie Niiiiiiiii-r limy have The lire went (11 them rrKulurly ly tiiitlf)ltiK The IIr ljuslnrss onicp. In person or liy 11111II. Tin- nihl res --lit lie cliniiitcil ns often 11 desired. Discordant Omnliii (loinocracj pports more clubs than a olf player. Tlio vlllano of Three OakH Is now en titled to a plnco on the map by right of discovery. Ex-CongresKinau J. Hamilton Lewis Is evidently anxious to be the Timothy Woodruff of the Kansas City conven tion. Tho allied forces that have captured the Ohlnese arsenal at Tien Tsln should remember that shooting llrecrackers Is strictly prohibited until the evening of July a. M. C. Harrington of North Platte favors tho nomination of Towno by the democrats. Ho evidently desires to go the full length in the "One year more of fusion." When Sid Kent goes to Europe he flhould bo Induced to leavo behind him tho carefully prepared popoeratlc statis tics to provo that farmlug In Ne braska docs not pay. The Chicago building trades strike Is practically ended. No great number of capitalists or laborers can afford to forego their share of prevailing prosper ity any groat length of time. That popular publication known as Bulletins of the Census may be expected to resume publication before very long nl'ter a period of suspended animation extending over nearly ten years. Plngreo Is not running on any ticket in Michigan this year, but he will doubt less be 11 factor In tho campulgn just the same. Plngreo is one of those irrepres sibles who never take a bnck seat. Kour hundred million people are sup posed to muko up the population of Cldna. What a Job this will offer for a concession to take tho census! At least ton yenrs continuous service would be assured. Tho coy politicians reported to be nsplrants for the democratic nomination for the vice presidency each nnd all deny tho allegation, but In such mild terms as to create tho suspicion they would not stand much urging. Tho fusion hired men aro expected to stay nt home instead of attending the Kansas City convention and see that tho popoeratlc roachlno is well oiled for tho state performance to be given little later In the month in the triangular nomluatlug circus at Lincoln. Mr. Harrington of O'Neill Is mistaken If ho thinks tho public will not observe the railroad subserviency of tho popo eratlc governor simply because ho ad vises party associates not to call atten tlon to It. Plenty of other people will perform that service and charge 110 inoro for It than they do for free want nds In the down-street paper. Itnllrond freight men have boeu In structed to quote no rates except the regular tariff. These railroad edicts are much like the ono issued by tho Chinese government against tho lloxers, simply Inteuded for public consumption, while tho agents have side tips to wink the other eyo and get tho business of big shippers any way they can, even if they have to shade It a little. Tho wounding of Captain McCnlla In tho tlghtlug in China will cause regret nil over tho land. Tho bluff old cup tain wus not in much fuvor provlou to tho war with Spain, owing to his reputation for harshness, but In Win) Btrtlgglo ho won general udmirawon and wns Idolized by his crow. He le tho typical "sea dc" who f nove;; much at homo lu tho drawing room but over ready to lino up when there U a fight nn: chixese vrohlem. While the latest advices from China do not show any Important change In the situation, there Is nothing to Indi cate that the government Is making any very serious efforts to suppress tho dis turbance or even to check Its advance. It Is the opinion In some quarters that on the contrary the government Is play ing a double game, that while Issuing edicts against the nntl-foreign move ment It at the same time sends secret orders to viceroys to disregard the orders to suppress the outbreak. While this Is Improbable, such u course on the part of the Chinese government would be consistent with Its corrupt char acter and proverbial habit of duplicity. A few days ago It was reported that the foreign legations hntl loft TcUIn un der escort and were believed to be safe, though there was no Intimation ns to where they hud gone. Tho later dis patches state that they are still at the Chinese capital and uro being protected. If l he hitter should prove to be truo it would tend to relievo the Chinese gov ernment of the suspicion of being In sympathy with tho lloxer movemeut. to which all the circumstances thus far strongly point. The dlfllcultles of the problem con fronting the powers have not lessened and the reported dissatisfaction, par ticularly on the part of Hussia uud Ja pan, threatens to Increase them. Iioth of these powers are sending troops as rapidly as possible to the scene of trouble and there Is obvious danger of a clash between them over tho question as to tho number of troops each shall have In China. If that should come It would add to the perplexities of the problem. .Meanwhile the American of ficers are pursuing a careful course and It Is Interesting to note that the re fusal of the American naval commander to Join with the others In tiring on the forts at Taku, then thought even at Washington to hnve been a mistake, Is now commended as eminently judicious, Ut't'tltlXUti Of FOUElUy UOXDS. A few days ago n New York paper called attention to an advertisement in its columns announcing by it brokerage house that It had for sale bonds to a considerable amount issued by the Im perial government of Germany, by the grand duchy of Hesseu, Germany, by the city of Mannheim, Germany, and by the city of Zurich, Switzerland. The paper said in reference to this that It showed slguitlcaut changes In the lluun clal life of the country uud changes of which wc have by no means scon the end. It Is stated that the Husslan govern ment is proposing to put bonds on the American market, perhaps to the amount of $30,000,000, a representative of a leading Uusslan linunclal Institu tion being now In New York -with this in view. Russia needs money to cou tinue her great railway enterprises and she Is looking to tho United States to provide It. Four years ago nobody would have thought this possible and It is perhaps needless to say that such a fact could not now be chronicled If the free silver party had been success ful four years ago. The offering of foreign bonds In the iVmerlcan market evidences tho coull- deuce of European Unuuclers In this country. That would not be tho case If the party of free sliver had been vic torious four years ago nnd this confi dence would bo badly Impaired, If not destroyed, were that party to be success ful this year. OUR RKLAT10XS WITH GERMAXY. A former American consul nt Bruus wick, Germuny. Mr. William C. Fox, discusses our relations with Germany In n. spirit which wo think Is in har mony with tho Intelligent Judgment of our people. Ho does not favor the policy of commercial retaliation which some advocate, but u reciprocity nr- augoment that will be mutually help ful and beneficial. He points out that Germany having become a huge Indus trial state sho Is in need of foreign mar kets, to which end her Internal and ex ternal policy tends. The policy of the United Stutes being pre-eminently one of protection to homo Industries does not permit us to find fault with a like policy ou the part of Germany. What wo must ob'ct to, snys Mr. Fox, Is tho wnnton and unjust decrying of our products lu tho world's market either as a subterfuge or for purposes of rivalry. Tho controversy on this subject with Germuny he thinks futile, for the reason that tho American hog will bo desirable thero only when It Is coated with German sugar here. Since there Is small probability of this coun try making any concession to Germany e sugar industry, which could bo done only at the sncrltlco of our own, there nppears to bo little hope of accomplish lug nnythlng in tho Interest of our ports nroducts in Germany. As to the meat Inspection bill, Mr. Fox does uot regard it as a retaliatory measure, saying that an analysis of the vote ou tho bill shows that it wub opposed by tho radical nnu social democratic parties, because of the fear that tho absolute prohibition o tho Importation of sausages and tinned meats and tho restrictions which aro placed on other kind nf meat, would seriously raise tne cost of living among thu poorer classes llo suggests that if this bo so the mens uro has a marked element of weakues and any lutcrest which it Is possibly Intended to Injure may rest easy In the linn belief that tho burden which It carries will eventually break It down This Is very likely to bo tho experience though before It Is realized considerable Injury may bo douo to tho Amerlcau meat Interest. Mr. Fox Is quite right lu the opinion that honest Gorman exporters should not complain of, but rather bo grateful for, tho safeguards which havo been adopted to prevent undervaluation and ho equally correct lu observing that then Is no reasonable causo for III feeling lie tweeu two great countries nt tho ef forts of the ono to compete In foreign markets with tho other. If thero Is uny 111 feeling In Germany toward the United States by reason of our compe tltlou thero Is certainly no such feeling here due to German competition lu for clgn marketP. Tho marked Industrial and commercial progress of Germany, achieved under an economic policy sim ilar to our own, excites no Jealousy or ill feeling here. On the contrary Ameri cans are glad to see the material ad vancement which the great German peo ple are making, knowing that the broader their commercial relations the better will the cause of civilization bo promoted. The American complulnt Is that our products arc unfairly and un justly treated and that there Is no war rant for the discrimination against one of our most Important industries. Yet there Is no general disposition here to resort to a policy of retaliation, nor will there bo unless Germany shall carry her policy of discrimination much farther than at present. Meanwhile there is the possibility of a reciprocity arrangement by which countervailing duties and port shall be satisfactorily regulated and fair concessions secured to food products. There are dlfllcultles In the way of this, but It Is believed they are uot Insurmountable. A FIELD FOR TRADE UXPAXS10X. The candidate for president of the middle-of-the-road populists, Mr. Whar ton Ilarker, says in his paper, The American, that wo ought to concern ourselves less with the Chinese trade and pay more attention to tho trade of the countries to tho south of us. Mr. Barker reasons that thoso countries have something to give us for our pro ducts that we have not, or cannot pro duce so economically ns they, lie says there Is tho Held for n mutual Inter change of products, for the building up of a trade that would be enriching idl round. There Is unquestionably a line Held In South America for commercial en deavor and no effort should be spared to cultivate it, but this can be done without disregarding the great commer cial possibilities In China. Mr. Barker thinks we should snap our lingers In the faces of those who threaten us with the closing of the Chinese door to trade and retaliate by using our com mercial power to have tho open door to trade with the countries to the south of us closed to them. He says that as we furnish the chief market for tho pro ducts of the southern countries we should insist ou reciprocity, giving n free market for only the products of such southern countries as will give our roduets a preference In their markets. It Is very much to bo doubted whether such a coercive policy would succeed nd certainly one effect of experiment- ng with it would be to increase the feeling of hostility to this country which already exists in Latin America. Tho fact appears to be that there Is little chance of overcoming the great udvnntugo which Europeaus havo ob tained in tho southern markets and se curing a larger share of this trade until our manufacturers and merchants are prepared to deal with tho southern peo ple on ns liberal terms as tho Europenus. This American business men are not disposed to do, or havo not been lu the past. We certainly ought to have more of this southern trade, us Mr. Burker says, but we cannot force It, and we can make all legitimate efforts to secure southern trade without disregarding or neglecting that of the far cast. PROSPERITY IX THE LUMBER TRADE. Tho story of restored prosperity In the lumber trudo In this section Is told lu another column, graphically Illustrated with figures that servo as 11 barometer of the business. As n distributing point for lumber Omaha has always occupied a high place nnd It Is holding its own In recent yenrs, whllo other Interior points have fallen back, owing to direct competition with mills lu the lumber districts. From this review It Is seen that the high water murk lu tho lumber trade lu this city, which was reached in 1802 nnd 1803, has almost been regained by the steady progress of four years of pros perity under a republican administra tion of national affairs. Two points with referenco to Improved conditions In the lumber trade deserve speclul at ten tlon: Ono is that the bulk of the business out of Omaha goes to tho agricultural states of Nebraska and its ndjncent nelKhbors. The effective demand for lumber cornea from tho farmers who nro building new farm houses, burns, corn cribs nnd cattle shed to accommo date tho pressure of profitable produc tion. During hard times tho farmers were compelled to get along as best they could with what Improvements they al ready had, because they did not see their way clear to paying for additional buildings. Since tho tide has turned for them they In turn havo resumed a policy of constant Improvement, which has marked agricultural progress In this rich corn belt. The other slgnltlcant feature Is tho ex tension of tho lumber sales In Colorado Wyoming nnd other mountain states that four years ago thought they could never recover lost ground so long as tho gold standard was maintained. But the gold standard hus been maintained and strengthened and yet Colorado has beeu buying moro lumber than ever from Omaha jobbers In tho last two years. The story of prosperity mirrored in tho lumber trade Is therefore llko that In other brauches-dopdidlug directly upon better times that have been brought to tho fanners u'nd producers who constitute- tho great mass of tho people, and who have the ultimate dc termination of tho question whether the reign of prosperity shall continue. One of the Boer envoys Just leaving thu country boasts that his people superior to those of the United State in their ability to speak other Ian guages than their own. "Our citizens, suys he, "speak several languages Eng Huh. French, Gorman and our own. We find few such persons hero who speal their own language and speak any other." Ability to converse in foreign languages Is certainly uu accompllsl meut to bo cultivated, but at the same timo tho United States has mudo much progress In the direction of bringing all Its citizens to spcuk Eugllsh. A country populated by the Inllux of so many for eign nationalities can assimilate the ele ments rapidly only through tho medium nf (nliitunti Rtwiili. The rnmtllnltltS fro- queut u few years ago that large bodies' of American citizens were unnuio to ilk- thn liiiiiriiiiirn of till' (illtltl'V luiVC spe pi actlcally ceased because tho ground for r them no longer exists to any great 'gree. That Is something for which de the Boers should give us credit. HE DIVERSIOX of church requests. In the editorial comment of the cur- out number of the Outlook attention Is ailed to the decided tendency of late years of the bequests to the various boards of foreign tnlsslous to decrease. 'lie opinion is volunteered that this tendency will not easily bo stopped and that thero Is no hope for reaction, the xplanatlon being that It Is duo partly to the fact that men are uow more In- lined to give while living than they once were and particularly to the fact that other causes claim successfully the large bequests from the dying, which formerly went exclusively Into church work. When we come to look about us we find that tills diversion of bequeathed prop erty from the church Is moro marked than would ordinarily be noticed by mere casual observance. Tho closing ears of tho nineteenth century con trasted with a period a few decades back show that a large number of other Institutions are now factors In the lines of educational and chantauie activity, which originally were conducted ulmost xcluslvely through the church. In the nlddle ages and tqi to this century the churches alone, In most countries, main tained the schools and universities, kept up the asylums and homes of refuge for the defective classes, took the lirst part In charitable relief of the poor, managed the hospitals for the sick and coustltuted the most nctlve ugeucy In all philanthropic movements. 'The work of the foreign missions when started was largely an extension of these functions, currying uot only re ligion Into foreign lauds, but also the en tire church organization for educational and charitable work. Tho modern ten dency, however, Is to separate largely theso functions and to place tho work of education and charity upon a founda tion only loosely counocted with the re ligious propaganda. lu this differentia tion tho benevolently iucllned must use their own judgment as to which Held they would prefer to favor lu the distribution of their charity or endow ments. The great increase in the gifts of bequests to schools and colleges, li braries nnd hospitals must be borne con stantly in mind when the decrease lu bequests to missionary societies Is cited. Whether this change Is to bo be moaned as a step backward or approved as sign of progress will depend largely upon the point of view. It cannot, however, be regarded u any light ns Indicating a drying up of the spirit of practical be uevolenco or a lack of appreciation of what the church has done through these allied institutions. 1 All Impartial observers nt the repub lican national convention seem to have marked the extremes to which tho cari caturists have gone in distorting the per sonal appearance of Chairman Iluuiia. A writer who contributes a review of tho convention to a current magazine nnd confesses that ho Is a democrat by faith says that "his face was so much better than his familiar caricatures that to see him produced a distinct revulsion of feeling in his favor and ngalnst the caricaturist whoso drawings are really studies in distortion rather than carica tures." Ho adds that "tho senator's face was that of a business man in whoso honesty nnybody would confide and tho face of a politician whose meth ods would nt lenst be direct; his eye had none of thnt furtlveness which generally characterizes those of the political trick ster." But tho popoeratlc yellow Jour nals will keep right ou holding Senator llanna up as a hideous monster In order to muko political capital against the ticket whose campaign he Is managing, It would probably be the same no mut ter who were put In charge of the re publican organization, ulthough these attacks have never before been carried on with greater or moro malicious vin dlctiveness. If Senator llanna would appear lu person before the people to whom ho has been maligned tho result would Impress them us ho did the demo cratlc observer quoted above and com pletely counteract the poison with which the opposition press has been Instilling the public mind against him. Everything nt tho Kansas City con vontlon is expected to be subordinated to a general scheme for spectacular ef feet. Tho convention was called for July 4 with a view to taking advantage of tho popular sontlment Inseparable from the holiday. Tho lust untional con ventiou held on Independence day was that which met at Omulin In ISO'. and put In nomination the first populist uu tloual ticket. At that gathering a slin liar Idea dominated the program. The delegates iuslsted that the applause In response to the nomination of their standard bearer should last longer than that recorded at uny previous conven tlon. and the outbreak of nolso was oill dally timed by tho watch so that no dispute might arise over tho result. Th Kansas City plan Is plainly borrowed from tho populists and their Omuha con ventlon, so that to break tho recori an nilvanco must be made over what was done In this city eight years ago, Latest advices from China show that Admiral Kempff, In command of the American forces In China, was pos sessed of the one cool head In that quar ter when tho Taku forts were bom barded. llo refused to participate and was severely criticised by many In this country. It now appears that tho bom bardment was tho Immediate cause 0 tho Imperial Chinese troops opposing the murch of Admiral Seymour to tho rolle of Pektu uud that It ulso set the torch to the ulready superheated Chinese tem per. As u consequence tho admiral buve now decided to muko uo more demonstrations nt points where It is not Imperatively necessary. Nebraska's great trust-smashing attor ney general expresses himself ns satis fied with the decision In the leu com bine case. He certainly should be, for he has learned something--that he backed Into court with his proceeding when lie should have cotur lu the other way. Speaker David B. Henderson has beeu renominated for congress for a tenth term. If all congressmen were as clll- lent nnd earnest lu devotion to duty ns Colonel Henderson they would bo ou titled to continuous reuomlnatlous and re-elections. (,'oinpresseil Air. Sntutdny Evening Post. Remember, please, the best Fourth of July speech ever uiada was Ices than tea minutes long. Gunpowder 11s n t'lvllUc-r. PhlludcLilila Record. lAftor all, tho safest placo for a missionary to plead with tho heathen Is on board a gunboat. Tho meut successful Christian- zing and civilizing agency Is gunpowder. Th! will not '-be admitted by churchmen, but it is nevertheless a historical fact, Sonic TIiIiikh Courts t'nnnot Do. Baltimore American. A western judgo wants tho length of women's Bklrtn regulated by law. Tho law can do u great deal, hut when It undertakes to uiaku Iteelf supremo above fashion thlng3 will becomo lively enough oven to suit tho extrcmo western tasto for rapid movement. A "Vihiiir .Mini's" Aro. St. Louis llcpubllc. Thl.i has been called "tho young man's age." Tho promlnenco of comparatively young mon In great enterpriser and achieve ments hnct been frequently pointed out. It Is not yet time, however, to pans tho old men by. "Fighting Joo" Wheeler l no longer young. Indeed, ho will bo retired be- causo of his ngo In less than four months. But notwithstanding all this his service to the confederacy thirty years ago, his work l'n Cuba and away ncrotu the Pacific to thu other sldo of the earth in tho Philippine ho Is offering to fight on Chlneso soil for the stars and stripes. Ho deserves his name. American manhood 1h Immensely valuable oven In old age, and "Fighting Joo" Wheeler proves It. (Jhlnii 11 n Human Hive. Chicago Chronicle. China Is bo vast au empire that Its cir cumference may bo Bhelled and lt8 center bo unconscious of tho concuaslon. There has never been an enumeration of the Chi nese. Gstlmutes of tho population nave varied from moro than 400,000,000 to less than 300,000,000. Klghtecn years ago thero was an approximate census within the eighteen provinces. Tho slnglo province of Shantung was found to contain nearly as many people a tho united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Tho only trustworthy estimate of the foreigners In tho omplro was that of 189S, whoa tho total waa only 13,421. With loyal and skilled generals, It is certain that, ablo now to manufacture arms and ammunition, China, by numbers alono, can prolong u war of dofenso Into practically unllmltod time. Such a war might proceed along the frontiers for a generation and bo unheard of In tho Interior. China Is an incxbaustlblo human Live. ECHOUS OF OUIl WAIt. l'lilllpplne Soldier's Ciiunlle llelinko for tho (ioveriiinoiit's crlticn. A letter from Lieutenant L. A. Dorrlngton of the Thirty-fourth Infantry, published in tho Alliance (Neb.) Times, supplies some Information about the part played by Ameri can politics In tho Phlllpplno disturbance. Lieutenant Dorrlngton Is stationed at Jlac abeblc, headquartors of tho Machaboblo scouts in Luzon, and his letter Is dated May 1. "Tho United States," says tho lieutenant, "made no mistake on tho Philippines. I at ono tlmo slnco arriving hero was In doubt, hut whllo entertaining that doubt I had seen nothing hardly but swamps, war and trouble. Slnco thon I havo seen the better part of tho Philippines and many of Its people and I am no longer In doubt, nnd If the people of tho United States will keep their politics out of this Phlllpplno question and use every effort In harmony with our great and good Dresldent and his subordinates to ond tho troublo here, thoy will then havo done their whole duty ns Americans and support tho nrmy, nnd tho army will do tho rest. Thero never was a more humane nrmy, nor nu mano officers, organized under any flag in tho world. "Thnrp In nn nolltlcs In this Question and hr.rn la nn imn in niivnnfi trylnc to make a political question out of it. Our nation needs theso Islands for theso great questions that aro now rising across tno water in unina, 10 glvo us a homo for our boats and soldiers, nnd why not show our loyalty to tho peoplo nnd to the world by keeping them and main taining a good government among them tho enmn thnt pnvorns us nil. and no more, and should be no less, nnd something they nover havo had. "Tkn.o n-lin hnvn Tint bad tho chnnco of soelng for themselves, as I and many thou sands of others havo seen ami are seeing, should at least bo vllllng to accept tho atatomontn nf thnnn v.1 tin aro here and are absolutely In good faith, when speaking or writing notno concerning inu 'iiiinjpiii.-. urn ono among mnny that aro hero, and havo been from ono ond of Luzon to the other. I havo met and talked with thousands of peo plo of tho different classes nnu 1 arnvo ni but one conclusion, and that is that tho po- It on of President Mciuniey is correct irom overy standpoint. "i think tho PhlllDnlnes. as I have said, of Immeasurable valuo to tho United Statos, nni nniv nn nc.cniint of their location and untold wealth, but for tlio splendid markots they will open to us In almost every branch of American Industry, and it cannot do pos sible that tho American pcopio aro going 10 this crand onnortunlty. which you might nay has all but been presented to us ns a present. I pray not. inero uro tnn mnnv eood Americans now hero, and even If our frionds at homo should forget us, wo will mako ourselves folt and tncb tbeso people how to run a government on American plnns nnd Amorlcan principles unrt An tinnnr In tho nation. "It cannot ho posslblo In this century that such a country as ours, witn sucn a great people, with It prosperity, stability uno nn.trMl hv that nf unv nation of tho earth Is going to make such a gravo nj'atako tia to withdraw IIh support nnd its army from hero. No, God forbid. A man to roally ap nrpp.la t hla country In Its entirety has only to mako tho trip bore and seo what I am seeing. "There Is ono saylug that rings In ray ears, whether In the mountains or In tho swamps, along the battlo lino, or away from it, 'Our country, may ehe be always right, but right or wrong, our country.' "A holdlcr's henrt Is not mado glad whoa ho reads In tho paporn from homo that ho U a cutthroat and fighting a peoplo who a 0 lighting for their liberty. That Is a lie! Tho pooplo hero want our liberty, our (la? as their flag and our laws to govern them H Is a hand of highwaymen and cutthroats who poso In no placo as patriots oxcopt lu tho papers and minds of romo of their frionds in tho Unltel States that wo nrs fighting, and when their friend trrro aro once silenced you will hear of and sen thJ begtnning nf the end of all this trouble In the Philippine UUnds." si:ct i,.n shots at run pcmmt. Indianapolis News: Tho Kuntlsh hUhoPs havo a sense of humor. Thlj Is shown by the fact that they took nn timbrasa at Lord Salisbury's ndvu-o to tho missionaries not to got themselves martyred, or, If they did so, to ue martyred ns quietly as possible. Buffalo Express: Kev. Charles M. Shel don says that during tho thrco ecks ho has been in London ho has seen mote drunken mon than In twcho years' resldeirg la To pekn, "where prohibition Is well enforced." Lot h sec: London town has a population of 4,210.000. nnd how many hus Topeka? Minneapolis Journal: Bov. Sam Jonc. himself 11 democrat, his takou part In tho parly councils In Georgia with a burst of truth tolling that Is ery annoying to tho old guard. He told them that thv ,-wero a lot of damnable red-nosed rascals," end tno remark has llred tho Georgian heart. Ladles' Homo Journal: no v. Cyrus Town- send Brady, In narrating tho experiences of "A Mlislouury In tho Great West," recalls his visit to u town which had been moro or less abandoued for twelve years, "1 could not," he says, "find a Blncle member of tho church loft, except ono old lady, who had been bedridden tor n number of years, 'Yi e.' sho nald in answer to my Inquiry. 'I run ellll u member of tho Kplscopnl church, I reckon. o did havo about a dozen members once. Thero was ,' nnd h!ic called over u uuni- bcr of namos. I Interrupted her In cash taso by asking what had become of them, 'Sho'H Joined tho Latter-Day Saints.' was tho an swer when tho object of my question had neither removed nor died. 'It ncoms to 1110 everybody has Jolnod tho Lattor-Day Saints,' I commented. 'Yes.' sho roplled, 'most every one. They had a revival horo mJ uot them all except me.' 'Why didn't they got you?' I asked. 'I reckon becnuso I was bed ridden and they could not cot nt me,' bhe said frankly." I'EHSOXAI. AMI OTIIKIlAVISia. Prof. Iluhlln halls from Ohio. You rnn't lose 'cm. Senator Tom Piatt Is slowly recovering from tho effects of that blow In his chits. Tho original Uoosevclt man Is bobbing up' In various state. But Thcodoro Is original enough for all present needs. Tho learned supremo court of Massachu setts opines that a bicycle Is not n car riage, but concedes that It is a vehicle. Four thousand nttorucys uro btruggllng for Jobs In Chicago. Litigants cau got uuy grade of law they aro willing to pay for. When that tender of 1,000,000 prohibition votes reaches Kansas City and Jostles with tho Tammanyltes of Now York nnd Omaha It will look llko thirty cents. Although street cars aro running again tho taxpayers of St. Louis will do the walk ing for some tlmo to come. Ono bill of strlko expenso uuiounts to $155,000. Tho price of gas In New York City has been boosted up from 60 cents to $1.03, but tho average Gothamlte who blowa It out soon becomes unconscious of tho rise. Tho weather clerk is not as bad as ho Is painted. If he dishes up debilitating soda cocktails for a day or two, ho manages to worn in a row ciiecry hours of champagne tonics. THE IMMOKTAL DECLARATION. Why Kraiiklln Did Ant Write It-In- UicinleiiLe Hull. "It has alwnys been a curloua nuzzlo why Franklin, the man of rlpo age. of command ing distinction and of approved literary sKiu, was not selected to -writo this declara tion, instead of Thomas Jefferson, then only tnirty-inrco years old and comparatively unknown," eays John Gilmer Speed in the Saturday Evening Post. "It could not he that Franklin wa passed by becauso he had done everything In hla power to avert tho war and reconcllo tho differences be tween tho colonics and tho mother country, for all wlso men In tho colonies did all that honor permitted In that direction until tho dlo was cast. No, It was not a fear of Franklin's earnestness in tho causo of tho colonies it was probably tho fear of Frank lin's humor. "He was not only tho greatest man of hla time, but ho was ono of the greatest humorists of any time. And so his asso ciates were possibly afraid that ho would put a Joko In tho declaration nnd passed him by and aolccted the lank young Vir ginian with the freckled faco. "Ah it was, Franklin did havo his Joko, for when tho members of congress were about to sign the declaration, Hancock, whoso earnestness is expressed In the bold signature which camcs first, said, in hla own earnest way: 'Wo must bo unanimous; there must bo no pulling different ways; wo must all banc together.' ' 'Yes,' replied Franklin, wo must hang together or we shall be pretty suro to hang separately.' " A visit was paid the other day to tho old Ikricpondeuco hall, Philadelphia, whero you may see tho portraits of tho signers, the chairs in which they sat, tho inkstand that thoy used and a lot of other things, chief of which, of course, Is tho Liberty Bell with its Immortal crack. It was a hot Bummer day, but tho old place that has been mndo as new was cool so cool that even the fat policeman who guards tbo medals that aro for sale and tho registry book -wherein vis itors inscribe their names looked as com fortable aa tho proverbial cucumber. "How many visitors do you have in the coumo of tho day?" was asked. "Oh, thoy aro ccmlng and going nil the tlmo they'll averngo about 300 a day, I suess." "And on tho Fourth of July?" "It's about tho same as at other places quite a number in tho morning, but hnrdly anybody tho rest of the day. So far ns that goes, wo bad Just as well shut up nftor 12 on tho Fourth." So hero It la In tho very home of the Day. Then look at the book! Visitors from every part of tho world, from every state in tho union, from country and city, a wide area of land and humanity! "'RfcW.i.caic Our Store will be closed Wednesday, July 4, All Day. And during the months of July and and August we will close Saturn days at 9 p m, and other evenings at 530 p, m ''Don't forget to make purchases before that time' Browning, King & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Omaha's Only Exclusive Clotbicri for Mcq and Uoj. BLASTS l-'llOM HAM'S HOIt. God uses tho chaff to protect tho wheat. Tho falling leaves enrich tho living plant. What wo can is tho measure of what we ought. Thu plea of consistency ofton means cow ardice. A competent pilot may be a sad wreck In himself. Thero Is no harm In the tongue when work keeps pneo with word. Mix till ynur grief with gratitude and It will taste of tho latter. Lvcry man deceives hlmsrtf more success fully than ho deceives others. Tho blblo In the head will suffocate a ru&n unless It Is In tho heart, too. Tho man who gets on In life Is the ono who knows when to stand fnst. Tho hlusterlngs of tho lnfldcl aro the winds of n tempest-tosued heart. L Is ulways enslor to weep over the wan derer than to keep him at home. Holy Joys uro current coin In hcavee, hut they will not pay church expanses on earth. Tho church that Is frozen at heart Is uoit likely to depend on tho ico cream bocl.il for Its support. IKIJIIlSTIO PLIJANAYriUES IiidlanapollH Journal; "I thought you ai-d lteheceii were tin mnir iiRf." '.,yu.w"r,: 1,111 "1,r eenis to have receded while I ve been going 011." Detroit Free. Piexs: "Do you think J. , -, tnke after his father?" .iske.l the nia "No," icplled JolufB younger t.i',r pn.iniitly. "Ue takes after a h bndo gin who lives iiiroHS tho street." M t'hleaso lletord: "So 1011 are t0 ho mar. rled noNt week, Ml. Bunk?" "Yes, Mr. Tlmklns." m7nV",1U:raU""t0 you' ls ,, PPy "Why. Mr. Tlmklnr. I'm mirpileed 1 1., Lets S,y yct- "u wo"'1 1,0 iwy till l!u inL-,otmSctl!fn'g.W,,,kJl'uo for mfiS mouM1.aPI'Cari''1 1,0 11 t0'U.Uk in l"r hnn'r"1n.P,H,' 1 ,,m,ttcr,'11 hoping ngnliiht t'i ; n llV" y 11 !-,K'"','"--. "Her all " r.Li 1 il! tho b7,t "ocloty. of t-ouiH-, whK h Gcraldlno and I wcrn members of. mi'ill!'.li3l',,,lla,1'.';t'!"i:. "x wl"'1 ' would ml l,S It DrcHrrlptloii Dr. Swellmiin left for my wltiV' nald tho wealthy man. I guess thin wiw meant for you." thn slS!7 Kald' bmlll"f' HS ho read the "ph, no. it'M for my wife." i..1 .,mJanAl'a f0F 'ou 10 u reads sim ply, 'ltx. Ono trip to Europe' " THIS AVOIIM) AMI Till! NEXT. Denver Post. Here, you discontented mortal, got the curl out of your lip! Don t you mako such monkey faces at tho cup you buve to nip! Ceaso your grumbling and complaining, .. look upon tho gold of life! Hit the big gas-bag of troublo with deter mination's knife! Lvery cloud Is lined with silver, overy Iann must have 11 turn; rake whnt comes If fatp denies you every- thins for which you yearn Though vou'ro dally with annoyances and calllui; troubles vexed, You may think thin world u heaven when you re wlzlnir up tho next. Fit youwelf to ynur surroundings, be they rood or bo they hud, Never crouch and whine for mercy when you feel misfortune's gad; Selzo tho cruel hand thnt wields It, break its power if you can Bo not as a cringing cowurd In tho strug gle; ho a man! If you crumble at existence, ciitho tho world In gloomy way, 1011 will nover mako advancement, never mako a wlnnlnrr play! If you preach u.doleful sermon with Calam ity for text, You may think thl world wns heaven when you'ro sizing tip tho next. In tho world's great Held of battle cvorV man should stand anil fight W Ith a fearless heart ns long aa there's an enemy In sight; Nover let your courage weaken, never let your spirits droop. Or you're bound to Jiavo a struggle In the tlguratlvo noup. Life on earth la what you mako It; If you Idly stand and swear At tho troubles that confront you, at tha cross you havo to bear, Though the darken t clouds may lower ard your soul bo sorely vexed, Y'ou mar think thin world n heaven when you'ro sizing up tho next. ON MONDAY ONLY 'WE WILL SELL, nog. Price. Our Price. CCo Uastman Dry Plates 38c 60c Seeds Dry Plates 45c $10.00 Folding Cyclone Q Developing and printing for tho am ateur. Glvo us a trial. J.C.Huteson&Co. AUNUPACTURINO OPTICIANS. 1520 DOUGLAS STREET. Ittl