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(Heal.) Notary Public.
Tile overhead wlroH slioilld go under
ground. Tho niln fitllH ly luetics In NobrnRka
nnd tho corn ohootK up by foot.
I'nslon pontillstH nro becoming alarmed
for fonr the inlddle-of-the-rond will be
bo thoroughly occupied an to leave no
room for them to pass.
Anothor full In out for tho meeting of
c democratic county committee. Mem
bers nro earnestly requested to leitvo
their knives In tho nnto-rooni.
Tho next guess on tho local census Is
duo to come from Washington and It Is
violating no confidence to say that the
man who makes It will speak by the
card.
Croker says 80 per cent of the people
of this country are ruled by 20 per cent.
In this calculation he leaves out Now
York City, which Is ruled by Richard
Croker.
A shower of calamltylto tears followed
the xonklng rain of Sunday. It Is no
use trying to conduct tt calamity cam
paign In Nebraska this year unless the
weather man lets up.
The popocratlc organ makes a frantic
nppenl for tho democrats to get to
gether for n love feast. How can they
hnve a love feast when they harbor
only hatred for ono another?
Democratic leaders are profuse In their
promises to llryon of the electoral vote
of different states. Most of tho prom
ises require some substantial endorser
to render them of any market value.
Popoeratlo organs ask why. If the
Bllvcr Issue Is dead, the republicans
make so much fuss about 1(1 to 1. That
Is easy, try a harder one. They simply
object to such an unseemly parading of
tho corpse.
An Iowa town reports n rnlufnll of
twelve Inches Sunday. Tho report of
hailstones as big ns foot balls knocked
out nil competitors In that lino early In
tho Hpnson and rivalry has necessarily
turned to other Holds.
It was only coincidence that President
McKlnley hastened to make an exit
from Canton when tho news of tho
rokln massncro was eonnrmod. The
president was tarrying nt Cauton, O..
nnd not nt Canton, Uhlna.
Porno people don't know when to lot
welt enough alone. Former School
Hoard Member Hess, who Is demnndlng
ftVM) alleged to bo duo him for services
never performed as truant olllcer, Is one
of them.
When It comes to dividing the chances
for olllco tho populists place no rollanco
on democratic promises. They tako all
they can get at convention tlmo and then
fight for the remainder. Democratic
promises am seldom margined for
enough to provldo against a slump.
Now that tt has been olllelnlly di
clared ono of the Plggs Is Insane th
Insanity board of our neighboring conn
ity
might with propriety investigate tin
mental condltloirof a few of tho fanat
lea who not long ago Indulged In tin
tar nnd feather episode upon tho Klgg
lto victim.
Tho question Is now presented whether
tho two democratic orgaulzattouH In
this- county prefer to fuse with ono an
other or with the shell that Is left of
tho populist organization. The best
way out of the dilemma would bo for
nil of them to abdicate In favor of the
BO-cnlled silver republicans.
So far as tho popocratlc politicians
tro coucerned, no matter wlmt the presf
dent may do with reference to th
Chinese crisis, they are sure to tint!
fault with lil ii i and to attempt to mnk
political capita out of his action. Tho
chances are, however, they will havo n
hard, tlmo convincing tho people that
President McKlnley Is not alive to
American Interests and fully determined
to protect them by every menus within
Ills commuud.
IWTV Or TIIK AUHlllCAX rlTIZKS.
It Is n very plain and simple (mention
that Is presented to the American peo
ple today as to their duty. There oiiiiht
t
o bo tio dllllciilly on-tlic part of any
Ulzen In deciding what ho should do If
tt what ho s
ttt'iied YlAv
ho takes an enlightened View of his own
Interests and of the welfare of his fol-
ow citizens. .
Trtday this nation Is the greatest In
tho world so far as Industrial and (inan-
Inl conditions pro concet;ncd. Our do
mestic commerce, which means our
home market, Is the most magnlllcenl In
the world. Kstlmntlng our population at
S.000.000, we are potentially as con
sumers two or three times that mini-
or its compared with any other nation.
As consumers In every walk of life
there are no people on earth that com
pare with tin American people in the
average of constimptloif. Why? No-
iiiim the average earnings of the people
f this country arc greater than those
of any other nation. Take any line of
rude or business In tho United States
and compare It with tho same line In
Jnglaud, or (Jermany, or l'rnnce, and It
will be seen that the American wage-
amor has the advantage.
What is the explanation of this? Sim-
ily the republican policy of safeguard
ing American labor. Tor more than
forty years the constant policy of the
republican party has boon to take care
f American labor and that Is tho policy
of the party today. Is It necessary to
point out the magulllceut results of this
policy? Can nny rational citizen need
o be told what the benellcent results of
this republican course have been to the
upbuilding of our country? Wo think
not. Wo assume as an absolute cer
tainty that every citizen, of ordinary In
telligence understands that these fortu
nate conditions have come about as tho
result of republican policy, that tlu'j are
he direct outcomu of a llscal system
which has created and cultivated a great
home market for the American pro
ducer, both agricultural and Industrial.
What, then, Is tho obvious duty of
very American citizen? To mipport the
party that has maintained the credit of
the government and kept alive a policy
under which the Industries and labor of
the country have grown and prospered.
Wo know what tho bitter experience
was under democratic policy. Wo also
know what has been attained under re
publican policy. Can any rational man
doubt what his self-interest, to put It
on no higher plane, demands of him?
TlilUMl'll OF AMKMCAX LOCOMOTIVW
Tho Interesting statistics relating to
tho progress of tho American locomo
tlvo brought out by Joseph U. McCon-
nell of this city at the meeting of the
Master Mechanics' Association of Amor-
ca, held at Saratoga, deserve more than
passing notice.
According to the figures produced, tho
United States constructed 2,10(1 locomo-
Ives during tho year IS!)!), costing in
tho neighborhood of $2r,000,000. Of
these 180 were shipped to foreign coun
tries, 70 per cent of the foreign orders
coming from Europe, Asia nud Africa
and ISO per cent from Mexico nnd Can
ada, South America nnd tho West Iu
dies. Of the entire output of American
locomotives, 21.4 per cent were foreign
orders.
To irovo that the American locomo
tive !s making hendway throughout tho
world, attention is further called to tho
fact that In Franco the American model
has been accepted with few modifica
tions and tho American stylo of ma
chinery is finding more nnd more favor.
The advance of the Americou locomo
tive over tho rails of foreign railroads
Is particularly gratifying, because It
confirms the American manufacturer In
the supremacy which ho has long main
tained In mechanical construction. No
largo piece of machinery requires the
nicety of workmanship that Is de
manded from the locomotive builder,
and the successful American competi
tion nbrond shows that wo arc keeping
In the van of American progress.
Equally significant, although not at
tracting so much attention, Is tho fact
that no American railroad has under
taken to Import forelgn-bullt locomo
tives. This may be due to the peculiar
ondltlons which must bo met on this
side with reference to the weights of
trains and lengths of run, but wo may
bo sure that If tho foreign built locomo
tive showed superiority In any way
some enterprising Airierlcan railroad
would experiment with a foreign equip
ment. If the track Is only cleared the Amer
ican locomotive will soon push Its way
around tho world. ,
vut me wwks uxmuuuuiuyu
Tho recent unfortunate accident by
which a human lire was blotted out In
Omaha by contact with a live electric
wire broken during a heavy storm em
phasizes tho necessity for the burying
of dangerous wires which nro strung
In such profusion through our streets
nnd nllcys. With commendable prompt!-
tudo Mayor Moores says that he will
coll tho attention of tho city council
once more to the situation and endeavor
to havo legislation enacted that will re
quire tho electric companion to transfer
their wires from poles to conduits.
As a mattorjof fiit't, tho .wires should
have been underground In Omaha long
ngo, as they havo been In most of tho
largo cities. Whllo tho first cost to
tho electrical and telegrnph companies
might bo cotisjderuble, It would save
money In tho long, run and avoid In
terruptions to their service which fol
low every bad storm. Hut even If It
wero a positive oxpenso to bury the
wires without any compensating tlnan
clal benefits, protection to life nud
property demands tho removal of over
head wires. Tho constant menace of lire
from vagrant electricity and thu menace
to lives of firemen In tho porformanco of
their duties should huye first consldera
tlou. It Is safe to say that owing to
tho Interference of tho wires In the
down town district tho annual loss by
tiro Is augmeuted many thousands of
dollars. As. long as tho wires are al
lowed to remain as they uow are wo
may look for a repetition of fright fill
accidents at nny tlmo.
When It comes to burylug the wires a
new problem arises, whether tho con
ilults ulivuW he built hj the electric com
panics or by the city. This Is the old
question of municipal ownership In n
now form and the same arguments will
a')pty pro and con as In other lines of
public utility. Omaha has made a start
In leaving the construction of telephone
wire conduits to the telephone com
panies, but whether the same plan should
bo pursued with reference to the electric
light wires and telegraph wires should
be determined by the mayor and council
after full consideration of the subjects
Involved,
No differences of opinion, however, ns
to the minor details should prevent Im
mediate steps being taken to respond to
the general demand for burying tho
wires.
KXOCKtXU 1H)VX A STHA 11 MAX.
In a carefully prepared statement
given out for general publication Wil
liam Jennings Itryan puis up a straw
man to knock down In the shape of an
Inquiry whether the antl-Iinpcrlallst vote
would bo seriously affected by the oppo
sition of some of the so-called anti-Imperialists
to the silver plank In the
Hryan platform. Answering this self
propounded question Colonel Hryan
says: "If any opponent of Im
perialism refuses to support tho dem
ocratic ticket because of the silver plank
It must bo because ho considers the
money question more Important than
the Philippine question; that Is, ho pre
fers a gold standard empire to a bime
tallic republic."
Tills Is a palpable and willful distor
tion of facts, because no one Is com
pelled to choose between "a gold-standard
empire and n bimetallic republic."
The bogle of Imperialism which
Is set up iu the democratic
platform as the paramount Issue
cannot frighten Intelligent men,
because they know that the republic has
no truer or stauncher friends than Pres
ident McKlnley and tho republican
party, who havo protected It when It
was in actual danger.
Tho Idea of "a bimetallic republic" Is
equally fallacious because tho enact
ment of 10 to 1 free coinage
legislation would not mean bi
metallism, but simply a reduc
tion of the country's currency to a sil
ver standard. Mr. Hryan and every ad
vocate of 10 to 1 know that no stable
system of bimetallism could bo main
tained except at a ratio closely approx
imating tho exchange vnlue of tho two
metals on tho market and that the pro
posed overthrow of tho gold standard
would mean merely the substitution of
tho silver standnrd.
When Mr. Hryan, therefore, pretends
that the Issue Is between a gold-stand
ard empire and a bimetallic republic he
Is simply trying to throw dust Into tho
yes of people who do not look deeply
Into the subject. Hut the people cannot
bo fooled by such sophistry. They havo
shown their distrust of 10 to 1 by repu
diating the Hryan ticket four yenrs ago
nnd they hnve found no reason In tho
prosperity that has ensued for changing
their minds and returning to tho era of
Idleness nud depression.
The Issue of free coinage proved to bo
ii 'false Issue In IStXl and tho issue of
imperialism will prove to be equally
false In 1000.
We thought It was tho delegate from
Hawaii who saved tho day for 10 to 1
iu the resolutions committee at. Kansas
City aud made it possible for Hryan to
accept the nomination and stand on tho
platform. But now wo are told that It
was Honorable Cato Sells, who, Ilka
Atlas, holding tho earth aloft, without
a sign of wavering stood firm for free
silver. The doniocrats of Iowa, how
ever, do not appreciate the fine work of
Cato. The democratic platform seems
to have been made by men representing
districts like Iowa and Hawaii that
never contribute to tho democratic col
umu.
People In this country regret the great
loss sustained by the Ninth Infantry, but
they cannot refrain from expressing a
feeling of pride In tho gallant regiment
which, after losing 25 per cent of Its
numbers In killed and wounded, Includ
Ing Its colonel nnd two majors, still held
Its ground and was In at tho finish of
the fight at Tien Tsin. On that bloody
plain is tho American answer to all the
carping criticism of tho United States
army by European military experts.
Tho grent fear overhanging the men
who have been trying to make fun of
Colonel Hoosovelt 1b that tho Chinese
Imbroglio may give him an opportunity
to rnlso another regiment or rougu
riders for the defense of the Hag.
I.lnircrlnir on tltr
""ffuliilde.
Philadelphia Times,
In eplto of open amnesty and tho rainy
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season Aguinniao ami siay um. u
doesn't know enough to como In out of the
wet.
A Ilntif liifriiiKieii
Washtncton Post.
The Chinese havo ono regiment of men
mado up of tigerB, who aro to terrify tho
enemy by howling. This 13 a baso in
frlngement upon the populist mode of cam
palgnlng.
ili- the .Iniin tlio Joli.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
If Japnn hnnkoro for that Chlua Job, by
all means let It havo its nil of thi unsavory
feast. Though, of couree, the btate depart
mont will scarcoly put its approval In Just
this form.
IJnele Snm CoukIih Up.
New York World.
Tho United States Treasury department
has omeially ruled that tips to sleeping car
porters aro lawful aud can bo coueciea dsck
from tho uovcrnment in a Dill oi expeusm,
Custom long ago nettled It that tho sleeping
car porter shows no quarter where no
quarter is Bhowu to blm.
Xo AttructlK" Cnlumlty.
Now York Times.
To n nooclo who nro at work and prosper
ous, who havo paid nil their debts, or aro
paying them on, mere is Doming nuracuvo
In tho untried propositions of Bryanlam.
The Nebrakan had hl best chance la the
hard times of four years ago. This year the
peoplo have no more uso for him than a
healthy man uas tor au unuonanrr.
Tim Tide of liunilRrntiou.
Philadelphia Itecord.
Immigration Into the United States In
creased nearly BO per cent In the year ended
June 30 last over that of tho previous year
and was nearly double that of 1897-189S,
which showed tho smallest total In twenty
yearB. Tho figures for the twelve month
ended June. 30. 1898, 1899 and 1900 respec
, lively wero 222,223,311.715 and 418,551. Tho
(treat Influx of Japancso (11,077) dtirlnn the
lost quarter of the fiscal yer Just ended has
ceased as suddenly as It beftan In conse
quence of the enforcement of Japanese iaAs
against expatriation. The Increase of Im
migration Is a phenomenon easy of explana
tion', It corresponds with tho Increase of op
portunity for profltablo employment due
to the progressive expansion of lndustrini
operations within the last two years.
llnrveat of the Dendl) Toy Pistol.
New York Sua.
A lone harvest of wounds and death, most
of them In the horrible form of lockjaw, Is
now being reaped from tho uso of the toy
pistol on tho Kouth of July. Many of those
wounds wero from pistols meant for tno
uso of blank cartridges, while others wore
from tho toy pistol, puro nnd simple. The
U3C of theso pistols on tho Fourth, or nt
any other time, Is prohibited In soma of
ho cltleo of our country. Tho prohibition
ought to bo general. Tho toy pistol Is a
deadly toy. It ought to bo suppressed here
and clsowhore.
From IJri-iumT to tllotntor.
Hrooklyn Kngle (demj
In 1S90 Mr. llryan wns regnrded ns n
dreamer nnd a dcclalmor. In 1900 ho IB
seen to bo a dictator. In 1890 his following
wns regnrded ns ono that had temporarily
yielded to nn emotional delusion. In 1900
his following Is seen to comprise thoso who
nro collectively ns chronically Insane, on
certain Important nubile subjects, ns n
solitary inmato of nn asylum 1b Individually
crazy on some pcrBonal matter. Mr. Hryan is
now a dangor. That which follows him nnd
which calls itself tlio democracy la now tho
concreto embodiment of tho dangerous ten
dencies In American life. In 1S96 the
American pooplo supposed they were fight
ing a wind storm. In 1900 they rcallzo that
they aro fighting a compact union of all the
errant nnd vicious forces .that enn bo mar
shaled under tho banner of n domngoguc
and thnt can raako politics their pretext,
whllo they really havo revolution ns their
object. There has been no more thorough
educational work done In this land, In long
years past, than that which has been done
in tho short tlmo slnco tho Knnsas City
convention adjourned, With that educa
tional work, bo swiftly effected, tho exhibi
tion which Mr. Hryan and his following havo
made of themselves Bhould bo credited.
WHAI.TII Ull'l TO INVH.vriONS.
Iiilliiriirf- of (lie I'ntcnt I.nvrn In Mtlm-
iltnllnic Inventive Skill.
Chlcaco Tribune.
Patents on Inventions are sometimes ob
jected to as tending to croato monopolies.
but there can be llttlo doubt that the Ameri
can patent system has had a remarkable
Influence In stimulating tho Inventive faculty
of the peoplo and In giving the nation its
present supremacy In the Industrial world.
writer In the July number of Catsler's
Magazlno brings together some Interesting
statistics on this subject. He shows that
our Inventions and our manufactures have
Increased on parallel lines, and thut labor
and capital havo allko shared In the vast
wealth produced by Improved machinery.
In tho third decade of the present cen
tury American manufactured products
amounted to only $SO,000,000 a year, nnd
In 1S3G Ices than 10,000 patents had been
Issued. In 18S0 tho manufactures had In
creased to $1,015,000,009 nnd from 183G to 1S50
46,333 patents were usued. In every de
endo slnco then American manufactures
havo nearly doubled, until In 1S90 they rep
resented about ?9(2.'0,000,000, while tho total
number of patents Ireued slnco 1830 had In
creased to 418,603. Tho nation Is now ablo
to export a lorgp proportion of Us manu
factures, thus annually Increasing the total
wealth of tho poodle by many millions of
dollars. During 1S99 tho exports of manu-
. 1 . . 1 V .... ,.OA mot CA1 . 1 1 ..
laciures umuumuu iu tov,io(,oii, nunc iu
tho fiscal year of IsOO, which will end with
this month, the total of manufactured ex
ports will exceed 1400,000,000, which Is onc-
flfth of tho grand' total of nil our exporls
and Imports combined. It Is not strange
that Europe Is becoming alarmed over tho
American invasion of Its markets.
Tho full significance of the Improvement
In machinery for tho Individual American
Is seen in tho fact that between 1830 and
1890 tho hours of labor wero reduced 25 per
cent, tho product per hand had Increased 40
per cent and tho wages hod Increased 48 per
cent, or, If measured by the purchasing
power of tho dollar, 08 per cent. 'What la
It that enabled the operative, In three
fourths of tho tlmo, to produce one and a
half times ns much as the workman of forty
yoars ngo? Simply tho uso of new Inven
ttons embodied In Improved tools and ma
chines. Ten years ogo our Imports of manu
factures wero double tho cxportu; now tho
exports aro double the Imports. All that
tho nation ncods to continue Us career nt
Increasing wealth Is tho pesscesion of foreign
markets for lta surplus manufactures.
Tlin DOLLAR AMI TIIK MAN.
ItevleTr of One of the I'rt l'lnt ltiidfn
of the Kiinlon CniiilMnte.
Phllndelahla Press.
"The dollar nbovo tho man" la ono of tho
pet platitudes of Mr. William J. Bryan. Ho
never tires of reiterating It In ono form or
another. In nn address recently to a visit
Ing delegation ho used tho opportunity to
lntroduco his favorite phraso In the follow
ing way. Said he: "There Is ono great
prlnclplo to bo fought for In tho coming
campaign and that Is whether or not tno
dollar shall bo placed nbovo tho man. Whon
over man and tho dollar como In conflict tho
republican party Btanda for the dollar first,
tho democrats stand for tho mnn,
Tho natural Inference to be drawn from
Mr. Bryan's frequent nnd contemptuous ro
feronco to tho dollnr 1b that ho despises
money and believes Its accumulation a wrong
both to the possessor and to the man who
Ib bo unfortunato ns to havo made no money.
Hut an examination of tho tax rolls of tho
ward In Lincoln, Neb., In which Mr. Bryan
resides does not bear out this Inference. It
shows that Mr. Bryan docs not desplso
money and that for a man without any
particular profession ho is a successful nc
cumulator of dollars.
Kor eight years past Mr. Bryan has been
n resident of tho fifth ward of Ltncoln nnd
has returned to tho assessor his taxnblo
possessions as follows:
Venr. Occupation.
1R91 CongreBBman.
1894 Congressman.
U;: Lawyer
lSVt! Uiwyer
1R07 Politic!)
Property
$ ISO
2O0
310
270
1.4S5
1893 Politics 2,930
1899 Politics 2.9M)
1900 Politics 4,500
This Is a credltablo showing for Mr. Ilrynn
nnd oven bis political opponents will bo
glad to know thnt ho Is thrifty enough to
be adding to his worldly possessions. It Is
also ovldnnt that ho Is enjoying his sharo
of tho great prosperity now so evident nil
over the country, for tho four yenrs
provlous to the Inauguration of McKlnley
tho avorago yearly taxnblo possessions o
Mr. Bryan wero $272,00, but under tho four
years of republican administration thoy
havo Increased to a yearly average of
12.998.75, or moro thnn ten tlmos ns much
In 1900, according to his own statement, he
Is worth moro thnn sixteen times as much
as he was In 1893; or, to put It in other
words, whero he had t seven yearB ngo ho
has $16 now, n very comfortublo ratio of
16 to 1.
This Is creditable to Mr. Bryan's thrift
but It is difficult to ceo how It accords with
his frequent and contemptuous references
to money. It does not show that Mr. Bryan
places tho man abovo tho dollar In his own
cote, or that he, as a democrat, is any less
anxious to Improve his money-maklng
onnortunltles than his republican con
temporaries. The publlo will bo pleased with
tho evidence of Mr. Bryan's prosperity, but
It will bo apt to think of this same prosperity
when he makes his contemptuouo ding at the
dollar In bis campaign speeches.
iiimiim: or Tin: ca.miwmj.n.
.Mimic, Money nml .Mlrlli .Mlieil I i In
the Overture.
It Is stated as a rude fact that Jerry Simp-
ton, the sago of Medicine U)dgc, dropped In
on tho fusion multitude at Kp.ns.iB City. He
came not ns a spectator, nor as a dclcgatt,
but having his political grave clothes in
order aud a carload of cattle to sell, he Jusl
rolled In "accidentally, on purpose." Al
though Jerry haa a few plunks left oer
from his cnngrcsrlonal salury, ho did not
how himself once at the hotels vshcro the
politicians congregated. Tho experience ho
had nt Sioux Kails during tho populist con
vention waB enough for a year, hence thu
Kansas City hotel men will not buy dia
monds with Jerry's wealth. Vhcn Simpson
arrived at Sioux Knlls he followed th;
crowd to A prominent hotel, put Ms auto
graph on tho book and said to tho clerk;
"I want to get my dinner; what will It
cost?"
"Scvcnty-flvo cents, .Mr. Simpson," replied
tlio clerk.
"Holy Mosea!" exclaimed Simpson. "What
will It cost mo to tako my numo oft the
rcglitcr?"
"Kitty cents," nald tho clork without cvor
cracking a smile, nnd tho "luckless" one
throw down u halt-dollar nud went out of
tho hotel.
Corrcepondent Curtis of the Chicago Rec
ord, who recently mixed with tho fusion
leaders at Lincoln, got hold of a fow tips
on tho manner In which tho Bryan cam
paign fund Is to bo raised. "I was wonder
ing tho other day," ho writes, "where the
democrats were going to get the money
to pay tho oxpeuses of tho presidential
cnmpalgn, because tho silver miners refuse
to repeat their liberal subscription! of 1896,
saying that there Is nothing In It for them.
I learned nt Lincoln tho other day that ex
HeprcKcntntlvo 'Duck' Hlnrlchscn of Illi
nois has been employed by tho national
committee to canvass tho western slates tor
subscriptions to the campaign fund, and is
now directing the efforts of scvernl hundred
canvassers who are working all towns of
moro than 10,000 Inhabitants, on a commis
sion of 20 per cent. They obtain lists o'
democrats from local committees and go
from olllco to olllco 'and from house to house
llko book agents, accepting sums as low a
"DO cents. Hlnrlchscn hna already collected
moro than $100,000 in Iowa by this pro
ceeding. The local democrats are beginning
to object, because peoplo who havo con
tributed to his canvassers rcfuso to give
anything In nld of tho local ticket, and
pome of the stnto committees liave served
notice on tho national committee that they
must have n sharo of thesu collections or
they will advlso the democrats not to pay
their political contributions In that way."
Tho Chicago Tribune reports that the Jolly
songs and vnudevlllo specialties which char
acterize the dashing campaign methods of
William Lorliner, tho blond boss of Cook
county, nro to be made a feature of tho re
publican campaign lu Illinois this year.
Joint cluba of men and women nre being or
ganized In Chicago nnd throughout tho stato
which will trnln gleo clubs, soloists nnd elo
cutionists, to supplement the work of the
spellbinder In bagging votes. The activity
of tho women Is duo to tho nomination of
Mrs. Carrlo Alexander for university trustee,
and their energies will be directed toward
her election. The character of tho cam
paign 6ongs may be Judged by the following,
composed for Mtb. Alexander's benefit:
When party hoses pay their court
You do their bidding blindly. '
So when fair women nslt uuport
Wo hope you'll give It kindly.
A women's candidate we'vo got.
And we nro bound to land her,
Kor all the handsome men will vote
Kor Carrie Alexander.
Although we're new to politics.
The world, you know, Is moving:
Already we have learned tomo tricks
And all tho tlmo Improving.
She'll give your sons nnd daughters fair
The higher education
That makes them worthy to compare
With uny In the nation.
She will not stnnd for party "pull,"
Aud all the Ills nttendant;
Kor why, sho owns no boss' rule,
Sho's frco and Independent.
Her nomination's no mlstnke,
I lor very rivals own it:
SIio'h busincssliko nnd wide-awake,
Her own affairs have shown It.
And If you men of common sense
Your manly votes accord her,
She'll Justify your conlldonce,
And keep the men in order.
TUB T11AOHI1Y OK l'KICIX.
St. Louis Republic: It China has per
mitted tho massacro of the foreign lega
tions In Pekln it has dealt Its opponents
tho winning hand In tho biggest gamo of
grab known to the world's history.
Ualtlnioro American: Upon China severo
punishment will bo Inflicted, but, If thin be
dono In the spirit of vengeance, another
awful blunder will 'bo added to tho hlotory
of foreign Interference In tho affairs of tho
Orient.
Cleveland Leader: Regardless of what
politicians' may say or do this government
should take its full part with the other
nations in the bumbling of China along tho
lines laid down by tho secretary of state
In his noto to our representatives abroad.
Cincinnati Commercial: There must he
concert of action, and that speedily, for this
tasto of blood will not end when the for
eigners are dostroyed. It will go on, Mil
lions, perhaps, of tho natives will be
slaughtered becauso of tho sympathy they
havo shown for law and order and tho land
be delugod with blood. Tho picture Is hor
rible to contemplate, but tho sooner tho se
riousness of tho situation is realized the
better for tho world.
Now York Sun: The tragedy of Pekln
may bo tho most terrible thnt ever befelt
civilization. For the murder of all the
foreign ambassadors In ono of tho most
Important capitals In tho world, their fam
lllcs, their friends, tho mlralonarles and
merchants of their various countries, there
Is nothing like a parallel. To humanity It
Ib appalling nnd to International politics
It la bewildering. American sentiment
must sustain the executive In any act that
alms to succor Americano In peril and to
restore In China tho reign of lnw that en
ables foreigners to llvo there in tho Be
curity guaranteed by treaties.
Now York Herald: Quito aside from tho
possibility of a Chlncso-JnpancBo union a
possibility far from remote tho white races
may well afford to feel apprehenslvo as to
tho yellow peril bound up in tho Chinese
cmplro itself. To all who havo observed
the vast resources of China It Is apparent
that this Is no imaginary danger. It has
been aptly remarked that In all but ono
essential the Cblncso empire Is the greatest
in tho uorld. With a population estimated
at from 350,000,000 to 450,000,000, an area
of 4,200,000 square miles, nnd a possible
military strength of 40,000,000 men, China
appears on paper a no mean antagonist for
any power or combination of powers.
Philadelphia Press: Tho duty of tho
United States Is clear and unmistakable
As the civilized world enters not on war,
but on tho restoration of peace, not on
vengeance, but on juatlce, tho United States
must provldo Its sharo of the force needed
to vindicate tho protection of Us own envoy
and Its citizens, to punish thoso responsible
for their massacre and to preserve In China
the administration, autonomy nnd commor
clal rights now guaranteed by treaty, and
for tho bent Interests of all concerned. No
higher duly has ever devolved on tho
United States in its foreign relations and
none will be more unflinchingly performed
by lta government, IU soldiers and It
sallsrs.
U'llCltr, TltOt 111,11 AIIOl'MIS.
.Nolr About the Kmplrc ovf t'oni
iiinntllnic Mir World' .WtriHlon,
A writer In the London Tclegrnph de
scribes the climate of I'ckln nnd surround
ing country ns corresponding to that of
New York City. Both nre In nlmest the same
attitude. It the Hudson were smaller the
sltuntlon of Albany with the relation to
tho coast nnd the rest of the country would
correspond quite closely to that of Pckln.
Of tho climate In the I'el-llo valley the
writer says further that from the middle
of November to the beginning of March it
Is extremely cold, tho thermometer sink
ing In December, January nnd Kebrunr
as low as five degrees Kahrcnhelt. The
legion Is visited by frequent storms, the
sand nnd dust of tho plains rlee In grent
clouds and It Is extremely trying to trav
elers. Communication by sea Is interrupted
for three months, from December to March.
Spring opens suddenly and In Mny tho
thermometer rises to nlnoty-flvo degrees
Pahrcnhelt. June Is cooler nnd In July the
rainy neajon eots In nnd Insts until the be
ginning of September. Tho rainfalls nre
of different duration nnd force, but the
hent. In spite of them, Is very Intense and
frequently exceeds 100 degrees Kahrenhelt.
Tho writer continues:
"Hemote, unfriended, melancholy, slow,
Is tho H-glon between Taku (at tho mouth
of the sinuous l'cl-Ho) and the far-famed
capital of tho celestial empire, for tho
first twenty-seven miles It Is particularly
depressing, consisting, ns It does, from
tho coast to Tien Tsin one vast mud flat,
unrelieved by tree or hillock, From tho
grent treaty port of the north of China to
Pckln Itself, n distance of eighty miles, tho
land is fairly well cultivated, but tho only
objects on tho landscnpc between the vari
ous villages nro the krnal-ahapc-d tombs of
the Chinese, who bury their dond In meadow
or garden, quite tegardless of locality. In
tho pro-railway days thero woro thrco
methods of traveling from the coast to
tho capital the first by boat, tho second by
cart and the third on horseback. Usually
tho first part of the Journey, as far ns Tien
Tsin, could bo performed by water, pro
vided the vessel drew no moro than eleven
feet of wator. nut oven vessels of small
tonnage, under the best pilotage, would
get hopelessly stuck In the mud. Some
plucky passenger would then rldo to Tien
Tsin, purchasing a stralght-ncckcd. badly
broken-In pony In tho nearest village nnd
having run tho gnunlct of curious eyes in
the towns curoute, would send down flat
bottomed craft to relievo the vessel of her
cargo and so enable her to float again.
"In tho old days a fairly reliable service
of sprlnglcss carts could bo obtained be
tween Tien Tsin and Pekln, but no traveler
with nny regard for his bones would ever
tempt providence by riding In them. With
ovory revolution of tho wheels thoy threat
oned to dislocate every bono In the body
nnd had they been known to Inquisition
days thoy would havo furnished tho grand
Inquisitor with a matchless Instrument of
torture. Drawn by two mules those carta
reached Pckln In two days. After passing
Ynug-Tsun, which Is sixty 11, or about
twenty miles from Tien Tsin, tho road
nnd tho present railway part company, the
former trending to the east of Nan-hal-dsy,
the emperor's great hunting ground,
nnd the railway to tho west. Tho only
towns in which tho traveler by road could
hope to obtain refreshment for man and
beast wero Yang-Tsun, Ho-tsl-wu (forty
miles from Tien T?ln) and Ma-ton (about
fifty-three miles from Tien Tsin).
"From tho latter village to Pekln Is a
distance of twenty-seven miles, the direct
road running through tho village of Ilsln-
ho, nn almost Impassable route In somo sea
sons, awing to heavy inundations. These
occur in the autumn, and then it is neces
sary to tako a mora circuitous routo through
tho village of Chang-Chlft-Wau, a place
which is of especial interest at the present
moment, In consequence of Its having beon
the spot where the last stand was mado by
tho Cblncso nrmy prior to tho entry of
tho allied troops Into the capital In I860.
The old order, much to the- disgust of tho
more conservative native, has latterly given
way to tho now. The vigorous railway pol
icy Inaugurated by LI Hung Chang bus ren
dered the Journey now one of comparative
caso. From Tangku, a village eituatert
about a mile from the forls which wero de
stroyed last week, a single track line runB
to Tien Teln, with two stations on tho way.
From thore to tho capital It Is a double,
line.
"1,-rnm T intr.Fnrif In thu CAnltal. n dls-
fnrtv milnq there nro no thickly
congested districts, the country bolng dottod
with small fannB, while from the stations
lying to the west of Nan-hnl-dsy Park tho
western hills or pe-ctu-ii are piainiy viai
hrminif iim nml break in the land-
scape from tho coast. Tho terminus of the
line, Mla-kla-pu, is near tne soumcrn nnu
principal cntranco to Pckln, known as tho
Yung-tlng-mon gate. A hugo pagoda sur
mounts the wall nt this point, the embra
surcn of which aro filled In with panels
painted to represent cannon, whllo In the
chambers of tho pagoda are several old field
pieces In a hopelessly rusty condition. In
tho bands of modern troops tno cuy woum
I !...,, ImnrnnnnMn Tlin WflllS. Which
uu minuet c
have a stono foundation, aro fifty feet thick
at tho baso and about forty feet high. They
are defended by raasslvo buttresses at Inter
vals of 300 ynrds ana more aro nino uiu
ways, of enormous size, leading Into the city.
Each gnto has nn tho outsldo a square en
ceinte, In which a somewhat smaller tower
ninn,i. nnnmiin in the cato tower. The total
circumference of Pekln Is twenty and thrco-
quarters miles and tho area nooui iweniy
flve square miles,"
I'KnSOXAI. POINTI3HS.
Ex-Prcsldcnt nnd Mrs. Hnrrison have gone
with their daughter to the Adlrondacks,
whero they will remain until October 1.
Senator Chaffcry's unvarying summer outfit
consists of a BUlt of linen homespun, a Pan
ama hat and a great grecn-ltnod umbrella.
r-rmiln amuses himself at St.
Helona with games of golf with other Boer
prisoners. As the time oi me piayers n
unlimited they frequently spend whole days
on tho links.
Travel even on progressive American roads
ia f.,ii nt unnnvanees. Hero Is a Boston
woman who, on a short Journey, hna lost a
handbag containing tne nsnes oi nor oo
ceased husband.
Dr. Charles H. Latimer of St. Ellznbeth'B
asylum, Washington, has been commissioned
by the government to go to the Philippines
to study and report upon tho rumored effect
of tho ollraato of thoso Islands upon the occi
dental brain.
Corporal E. Mahey of tho Second Somersol
regiment was thoroughly "shot up" In tho
South African war. but still lives to tell of
it i.. ih. i.nttlA nf Colenso ha had n bullet
In' each arm, two In tho head, another
through ono of bis thumbs nnd a sixth In the
leg. Ho lay four wroks in tne noHpuni nnu
then wont to the front again.
Baron Mutnm von Schwarzensteln, the now
(Jorman minuter to China, married on Amer
ican, as did his predecessor, the murdered
Von Kotteler. Tho baroness, wiougu uorn in
t nn.inn in ttip daughter of u. New Yorker.
Mr. Le Vinson, a cousin of Governor Uooio
vclt. Her husband was formerly connected
with the flerman embassy nt watnington.
The Chinese residents of San Frunclsco are
going to sue the city mr damages amounting
In total to $2,000,000, alleged to have been
sustained by them by reason of loss of busi
ness and otbor hurt caused by tho roccnt
qunrautlne of Chinatown Instituted by the
health authorities as a precaution against
the plagoe. Perhaps the suits will be brought
against the federal government. (
I'OMTK'Ali SNAPSHOTS.
Philadelphia Itecord: Tho populists in
Nebraska nnd South Dakota, havlug swal
lowed tho democratic parly, nro altogether
logical In refusing to divide the ofTlccs. Tho
luigago goes with tho corpus.
New York Mall nnd Express; As yot
Uncle Horace Boles of Iown has not decided
between ratifying tho Kansas City ticket or
striking out for tho tall timber. Thero is
a pleasuro In the pathless woods nowadays
for n statesman who doesn't care for a hos
tile encounter with destiny.
IiOUlsvlllo Courier-Journal: Originally,
Croker was n genteel tough. He had his
uses. Then he grow rich, the devil knons
how, nnd set tip for n vulgar swell. Now
he Is tho merest flash sport of the la-da-dah
variety, nil shirt front nnd shiners, and
qulto bereft of brains. In the long run
what Hill will do to him will be a plenty.
Olobo-Dcmocrnt: Tho best Hill could say
at Knnsas City for tho platform was: "If
there are somo Issues democrats do not de
sire to present iu strong as others they can
at least talk nbout iiamcthlng In this plat
form that Is worthy of their approval." If
tho feast is a fnlluro tho mustard and tho
toothpicks aro recommended us not half bud.
Brooklyn Haglo: Tho vaudcvlllo trust la
complete. Tho three managers who stood
out have como In and all nro In now. Tilt
this trust breaks tho vaudcvltlcnns will havo
to content thcmsclvrs with lower salaries or
no ensagenients. Unhappily, tho usual re
course of trust victims to Mr. Brynn will
not help them, for ho Is tho one vaudeville
performer who Is nrtlst, manager, agent,
pcrjonal representative, In short, tho whole
show, himself.
New York Sun: Tbo populists of South
Dakota and Nobraskn havo a neat Idea of
fUFlon. In their view It means that popu
lists shall hnvo about all tho nominations,
but the democrats nro wolcomo to furnish
votes. Perhaps such a division, or want of
division, Is substantially Just. The demo
crats have prigged their principles
from the populists, It is only fair that tho
latter should havo tho lion's share of thu
ofllcefl or chance of office.
CHIJUI.TV TO A CAXOIOATK.
Ilrynn', Morn of Worldly ttoodn In.
errimcil L'ndrr Maitinlcy.
Brooklyn Kaglo (dem.)
McKlnley prosperity falls like tho rnln
upon tho Just nnd unjust. It Is oven moro
pervasive than tho rnln. It seems that a
man Is not able to keep It off by carrying
nn umbrolln. That is the only explanation
of the head line in a Brynnlto Journnl,
"Farmer Bryan (Jets In His Wheat." A few
years ngo Mr. Bryan was an Inconspicuous
editor upon nn Omahn pnper, nt n salary
which is sain to nave been J 15 n week. He
wns prenent nt tho first convention which
nomlnnted Wllllnm McKlnley for president
ns n correspondent In tho nowspaper scats.
nn uecn n congressman, but he certainly
was not wealthy then. When he wan noml
nnted and refused to rldo In special cars
thero was somo curiosity as to whether ho
could nfford car fares. His honorablo and
very distinguished povorty among candidates
was ono of his chief recommendations to a
largo class of voters, who believed that at
last they had found a candidate who knew
what It was to be a poor man nnd who could
feel for their condition with his heart nnd
not merely with his mouth. Ho was nn Im
provement upon that old-fashioned figure.
the American who had risen from the ranks.
He was nn American still absolutely In the
ranks and honorably ambitious to rise. That
Is the Ideal of American civilization. How
came Mr. Bryan to surrender that great ad
vantage for tho position of a modest capi
talist, with a farm yielding crops of wheat.
oats, red clover nnd alfalfa, ready for mar
ket? Since his defeat ho has been a lecturer
and has earned his living by honorable toil
upon the platform. But lecturers under or
dinary conditions do not acquire farms in
four yenrs: nt least not In this part of tho
country. Tho farm must bo the product of
McKlnley prosperity, which seems to havs
bit Mr. Bryan In his tenderest spot, his
nvntlnblltty.
It Is only tnlr to record, however, that
prosperity has not struck Mr. Bryan any
such solar plexus blow nB It recently dealt
out to that other statesman, Mr. Bailey of
Texas. Mr. Ilnlley has come into a stock
farm worth $250,000 nnd ho hna his wholo
llfo long to pay for It In It he likes. By
tho side of that swelling prairie Mr. Bryan's
five acres of wheat ready for the reaper ore
a very modost evidence. Still his farm puts
the candidate In that class of capitalists de
nunciation of whom Is a chief weapon In his
arsennl. After ho has been there lone
enough to get familiar with the country he
won t think the capitalist such a droadful
follow after all. And that would take half
the wind out of the Bryan campaign.
MUIITLV SAID.
Indianapolis Journnl: When thn mercury
is flying nigh nnd breezes nlsent be, comes
some thick-skinned brnggnrt. crying, "Hal
this weather Just suits me!"
Philadelphia North Amcrlcnn: Orent Ac
torI proposo making n farewell tour of
tho provinces. What play would you ad
vise? Crltlc-"Much Adieu About Nothing."
Cleveland Plnln Denier: "Another Chines
outrncel" shouted Hobbs.
"Where?"
"Right hero! The blamed Chink laundry
man has burned my shirt."
Detroit free Pretis: "Ho was nlways
confident, I um told, thnt he would ono day
bo reckoned a great poet."
"Confident I Why," he wrote his posthum
ous letters beforo he wan 10 years old!"
Philadelphia Press: Sho stood In thn door
way nnd her glnncn swept tbo remotest
corners of tho room, Tho lady in the
wicker rocker watched hor over her book
until sho turned nnd went back throtich
"Ah."' murmured tho lady then. "Would
thnt her clanco wero a broom!"
Kor she had found it harder than usual
to get this particular maid to do any ma
terial Birceplnz.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "The Chinese Impe
rial troops nre sldlnjr with the Boxers,"
said Mr. Hlland.
"It seeniB to bn tho case," added Mr.
Halket, "that even If the troops did no
boxlnir themselves, they acted us seconds."
Cleveland Plain Denier: "They're golnr
to run tho now hotol on the Kuroaenn
clan."
"Heavens! I hopo the plan doesn t In
cludo tips!"
Philadelphia Press: "In tho science of
teaching, remarked the old pedagogue,
"thero was one point I alwuys found It
worth whllo to Investigate."
"And that was?" . , .,
"Tho ono appertaining to a bent pin."
Washington Stnr: "It must be conceded
that modern warfare Is far less Inhuman
than tho fights our ancestors used to
have."
"Yes," nnswered Oom Pnul: "I don't bo
Hnvo the proudoBt warriors of Greece or
Rome ever enjoyed the luxury of retreat
ing in a prlvntn car."
GYPHYINfJ.
Clinton Bcollard In New ICnglnnd Magazine.
I havo cast off the gyves thnt make
Of every man smug Custom s slave;
Tho sky. thn wood, tho upland brake,
Aro all the company I crave.
Or hnnlv one who holds with me
That man should not be fahlon-hound;
Who loves to rove Ood's forest free.
And breatho the sweetness of the ground
Unfettered comrades, we shall find
Our own where hillside rlllots run,
The brothers of the mlnstrol wind,
The children of the vital sun.
Our yearned-fnr goal will be revealed,
Somewhere In blue, thrush-hnuntsd air:
And tbi-re our spirits will bo healed
Of the attrition wrought by care.
from hnrrowlnir rumors of rPd strife,
From vaunting and nil vexlnir din,
From the contentious swirl of llfn,
A dreamful respite wo ulinll win.
And when, from gypsy wayfarings.
Wo breast attain the human flow,
The solace of sweet wtldinc thing
Will cllnc about us as vvo go, ,
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