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THE
UEE PUBLISHING CU.WA.N.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btate of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss:
George II, Tzschuck, secretary of The Heo
Publishing company, being duly sworn,
nays that tho actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Uee, printed during
tho month of Juno, 1900, was us follows:.
1...
...o,o:to
16
:o,mn
2.1,0:10
5
2ff,HH(
2(i,nr.
ar.,7.io
17..,
18...
19..
SO..,
20,11 15
,.20,!I70
20,750
20,170
3...
4...
5...
6...
21
22
23
21
27,050
20,o:io
20,000
27,255
20.7S0
27,010
20,800
20,700
20,010
27,250
7 25,t8
8 20,070
9 2i,nno
io ur.,ni)o
11 2S.7I0
12 25,700
13 25.K00
14 20,0 IO
15 20,000
Total
2...
27...
23...
29...
SO...
702,0it5
Lcss unsold and returned copies.... 11,180
Net total sales 781,110
Net dally average 20,0.18
OEOROE RsTZSCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 2d
day of July, 1900. M. B. HUNCIATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
1M11TIUS LK.VVIMi l'OU MUM MBit.
I'nrtlra lenvlrifc ! city for
flio Hiuiimrr limy linvc 'I'lip lire
rut to tlirm rcKiiliirly by
notlfyliiK Thr Urn Ilnslness
onlcc, In pi-rsiin or tiy mull.
Tim address it II I lie c-lmtiRcil
nil nftrn lis ilcMlrt'd,
Nebraska Is not only tho land of
promise, but tho land of performance.
The women suffragists of Nebraska
will now naturally take to tho middle of
the road.
At last reports tho crowds around the
Bryan mnnslon had not been sulllclently
largo to tramp out the grass.
For ways that nro dark nnd tricks
that arc vain the Heathen Chinee hns
the reputation for being peculiar.
Tho best advice that can bo offered
people who wunt to ilnd fortunes as
gold Keekers at Capo Nome Is to stay
away from It.
Tho American who can rend Chinese
and npenk the language can make him
self usoful to his couutry now ns well
ns ornamental.
From the howls which como up from
tho fusion column the marchers must
have been crowded out into the burrs by
the mlddlo-of-tho-ronders.
Application Is being made totho state
supreme court by tho fuslou candidates
upon the state ticket for permission to
take up unredeemed pledges.
It must bo highly gratifying to Presi
dent McKlnloy to know that his policy
in China has tho unqualified endorse
ment of William .ir-iinlngs Hrynn.
A row minutes sullleod those state
houso ambassadors to conclude tho ex
animation of tho Grand Island home
after the mid-road convention adjourned.
It Is nn ill wind that blows nobody
good. The Chtncsefoutbrenk affords nn
excuse to tho money lenders of Great
Ilrltatn to advance the rate of Interest
one per cent.
Shorter hours are being conceded In
vnnous pnris or mo couutry to em
ployes, but the employers are still per
mitted to work from sixteen to eighteen
hours a day, x
Wandcrln' Wllllo Astor hns not been
heard from In several days and It Is fair
to prosumo that his aristocratic seelu
slon has not been disturbed by the In
truslon of any uninvited guests.
Tho treasurer of tho Ilocr relief fund
nnnounces that tho Roers will stay In
Africa nud not como to this country. All
that remains In that relief fund cor
tnlnly would not transport many of
them.
Speculntlon as to who Is toblamo for
tho condition of affairs In China is prollt
less nt present When tho question of
wlint Is to bo dono Is settled It will bo
tlmo enough for solving problems which
arc post
Poyntcr a rain barrel did not catch
much water In tho Grand Island shower
tio nceu nuvo no rear, however, as
Micro Is assurance of plenty In Salt
creek to enable him to get up steam In
November.
A few soiled copies of tho declaration
of Independence may still bo had at ren
Honablo prices by application to the
Bryaulto organs which claim tho oxclu
slvo copyright of that Immortal Instru
ment for tho year IWO.
A Chicago mau applied for a marriage
llccn80 for two years nnd when tho Jus
tlco boforo whom tho ceremony was to
bo performed Informed him that ho mfcst
take a life sentenco ho was dismayed
and wanted to back out
Assurnnco Is given that tho raco
problem In tho south will bo solved nt
no distant (Into by Industrial education
tho immcuinio solution or tho race
problem both north nnd south Is thrift
nnd sobriety. Peoplo black or white who
are willing to work nnd keep sober hav
oo problem to wrestl.wlth,
Tin: ui.uk am) Tin: atuv
Tho wave of patriotism Mint swept
vcr tho country on the otitlircnk of Mio
Into war with Spain has exerted n powe
rful Influence to obliterate sectionalism
In this country. Veterans of tho union
nrmy marched side by side with vet
erans of the confederate nnny nnd tho
now generation of tho south tented and
bivouacked with tho youth of tho north
nd the west lighting tho common
nemy. Tho legions enrolled under the
banner of the union wnre led by generals
ho had commanded opposing armies In
18(11 to 1811." nnd no distinctions were
made as between sections of tho country
or political creeds.
This exhibition of patriotism by tho
people In every section has created a
fill"" Impression nnd stimulated In the
south u deplorable outbreak of glorifi
cation over tho lost cause. Tho utter
ances of General Gordon at tho Atlanta
reunion of the blue and the gray may re
flect the sentiments of the united con
federate vcternns, but they will shock
the sensibilities of the loyal veterans
whose devotion to tho union nnd saerl
IIccm for Its preservation will forever
onstltute a glorious chapter of Atncl-
can history.
General Gordon declared that tho eon-
federates must continue to teach their
children that the cause for which they
fought was as righteous as that for
hleh Grant, Sherman and Sheridan nnd
the great hosts that saved tho union
were battling. To emphasize his posi
tion General Gordon asserts Mint "only
the Judgment day nnd God Himself will
ever decide who wns right," nnd con
eludes: "Let us settle It on the basis of
that lmmnculate truth Mint both sides
wero lighting for the constitution of
their forefathers."
General Gordon
nnd his deluded
war of tho id
misunderstand the
associates In the
bclllon evidently
temper of
nation who
the loyal men of the
hnvo treated those who
sought to llestroy tho union and to build
a slave oligarchy on Its ruins with
renter magnanimity than wns nccorded
tho survivors of a suppressed rebellion
by nny nation, ancient or modem.
It Is not now and never has been n de
batable question who was right In the
war against secession nud disunion. It
has never been a debatable question
whether Abraham Lincoln ranked above
Jefferson Pavis or Ulysses S. Grant
abovo Robert K. I.cc. Tho man who
was educated at West Point or Annap
olis at the expense of the government
nud voluntarily took tho oaths to defend
ud protect the United States against
enemies wlthlu or without, yet In the
face of these sacred and solemn obli
gations raised his sword tp strike down
that government, snouiu not be exaiteu,
but execrated If not dcsplscdx This
should be graven upon the heart of ovojy
child taught In our schools north and
south, however disagreeable or unpnl
ntnblc it may be to the men who wore
the gray.
Admit that both sides in the great
conflict believed they were lighting for a
righteous cause, but one Judgment cau
bo passed on Judgment day as to those
who In violation of their oaths of fealty
deserted tho Hag and levied war upon
the government they were sworn to up
hold. To teach the children of the now
generation that the confederate leaders
wero as gallant nnd noble patriots ns
those who responded to tho cull of Lin
coln to subdue tho rebellion nnd main
tain the union under tho constitution
would not only bo sacrilege, but also
sow Koeds of disloyalty that would like
tho fabled dragon's teeth rise up out of
earth to tear tho natlou to pieces.
In this connection wo venture
to express, what wo believe to
be tho nltnost uulversnl feeling.
both among union veterans ami
also among their descendants, that
mistake was made and n danger
ous example sot by President McKluley
when he gave new commissions to
former graduates of West Point nud An
napolls who bad forfeited all honors nt
the hands of the nation by taking up
arms agalust It In Its period of greatest
stress. It Is n serious question whether
tho precedent established will not have
n demoralizing effect upon the future
commanders of our nrmies and navies
However much Americans everywhere
rejoice over tho obliteration of sectional
differences, tho time will never come
when loynlty and disloyalty will be nllke
revered, or when bravery In a wrong
causo will command ndmirntlou ami
commendation equnlly with courageous
devotion lu the cause of right and jus
tlce. The time will never conic when
right cannot bo discerned from wroug
without a special mossoge from heaven,
nor will It bo necessary to wnit tho
Judgmeut day to ascertain whether or
not tho men who battled for union nud
freo Institutions woro In tho right.
SEXMXQ COAL TO EUllOVE,
Indications are that coal Is to becomo
n very lurgo item li our exports tb
Europe. Largo snipinents nnvo re
cently been made ami tho demand Is
said to bo steadily Increasing. In. most
of tho European markets the demand
for coal exceeds tho supply. Tho
mcrlcau consul general at l)orln re
ports that with nil Mid extruordlnnry of-
forts put forth by tho Gerniau coal
mining syndicates to Increase their out
put und supply the urgent demands of
consumers, coal Is still not only dear,
but scarco and dllllcult to obtain, uml
tho trado Journals which profess, to
treat tuo sunject oxnaustiveiy generally
agree that Germnn consumers must ne
cept tho fact that they will have to pay
high prices for coal and coko for n loug
time to come.
It ! stated that so great Is tho np
prehension regarding tho futuro conl
supply that representatives of n num
ber of Germnn bonrds of trndo recently
urged upon tho coal syndicates to aban
do'w tho export coal trade. Consul
General Masou states that tho symll
cate managers hnvo compiled partially
with this demand nud remarks: "These
concessions nro good so fur as they go,
but they can nt best only servo to mltl
gate tho dlfllculty, which is based upon
tho fundamental und stubborn fact that
tho consumption of coul In Germany
Russia, Austria, Italy and Prance has
outgrown tho normal homo supply of
those countries." Such bclug the case.
there Is every renson to count upon n
stendlly growing Kuropenn demand for
American coal. There has been n
marked Increase In the exports of this
fuel during the last two or three years,
but they are pretty sure to grow In the
future ntti still more rapid rate than in
the past. Another Interesting fact re
ported by our consul Is that contracts
have recently been made by American
llrms to deliver large shipments of Iron
In Hamburg nnd Amsterdam nt prices
somewhut cheaper than German fur
nace men charge to customers at their
cry doors."
cost of Tin: cosfuct.
It Is Impossible to foresee the ulti
mate cost of tho Chinese conflict, but
tlTnt It will Involvo nn enormous expen
diture seems certain and none of tho
powers, with the exception of the
United States, Is In a llnunclal condition
to stand, without serious effect upon Its
domestic Interests, n very great drain
upon Its resources.
ll tho Kuropcnu powers nro more or
less handicapped financially. Russia,
s an example, has already spent more
than ?2."0,000,000 on her Siberian rail
road and it will cost her ns much more
boforo It Is completed. Germany Is In
the throes of nn Industrial crisis. France
Is better off than cither Russia or Ger
many Unnnclaliy, but there arc very
heavy demands upon her resources and
she cannot easily ufford n. vast expendi
ture lu China, such as would be Involved
n sending 65,000 men, ns Is suld to h
contemplated. Great Britain has ex
pended hundreds of millions In the
South African war and the drain goes
on, with tho probability of continuing
for many months yet. Italy is chronic
ally poor, but she is not expected to
contribute very largely to the allied
forces. Jnpan Is far from rich, but has
tho advantage of being near tho scene
of hostilities, so that her participation
will be less expensive than that of the
other powers.
If the outbreak In China should
spread, ns appears probable, the allied
forces will have to be increased to a
ery much larger number than now
proposed. Instead of 150,000 men it
mny be found necessary to place In
China not less than half u million. This
would mean nn enormous financial drain
upon tho powers aud there is no tolling
how long It would continue. If pro
longed, it could not fail to have a bad
effect upon their homo interests, since
the money necessary to carry on the
distant military operations would bo dl-
erted from those practical uses which
promote tho muterlul progress and add
to tho wealth of nations. It Is there
fore quite posslblo'that tho Chinese con
flict will give a more or less decided
check to Industrial nnd commercial pro
gress throughout the world. It has al-
eady been very damaging to trade with
China, but what has been experienced
lu this respect may be insignificant In
comparison with what Is to come.
A Washington dispatch says there Is
no uneasiness nt the trcusury regarding
tho means of equipping n largo force
for China If It becomes necessary. Tho
money on baud or coming In ut tho
present' rate of receipts will not only
pay tho expense involved In transferring
existing regiments to China und carry
ing on operations there, but would bo
suUlclent to provido for u considerable
Increase of tho array, should there bo a
demand for an Increase.
nianmi Lin: z.v Tin: west.
Discussing this subject In the current
number of the Independent Charles M.
Hargcr, a Kausas editor, emphasizes tho
gradual changes being wrought In west
ern communities which are building on
the foundation of substantial prosperity
n superstructure of intellectual activity
that compares most favorably with that
of the more densely settled cast. The
writer deprecates the fact that news
papers too'often lay most stress on the
material sldo of life. Citing examples
he says that tho number of eggs laid
by the hens of Nebraska and the corn
crop of Kansas are treated In the press,
both east nnd west, to the extent of col
umns, while the fact that tho professors
and tutors of tho Kansas State univer
sity havo lu the past eight years pub
Hulled 250 books aud leading magazine
articles of solid worth Is overlooked.
Tho rush for the homes nnd tho opening
of Indian lnnds was-made the theme of
brush nud pencil, while the hundreds of
schools und colleges lu Oklahoma arc
practlenlly unnoticed.
Yet for Mils ho thinks tho west hns
lnrgely Itself to blame. "It hns counted
tho number of Immigrants crossing the
Missouri river bridgo nt Omaha aild go
lng through the Indian depot nt Kansas
City, but has neglected to Inquire
whether or not tho sale of good lltcrn
turo has increased nt the town book
store."
Going on to enumcrato the signs of
growth In hlghor life Indications nro
polutcd out that are decidedly encourag
ing. Wo are told that tho postmasters
everywhere throughout the west can see
tho change In the class of periodicals
subscribed for by the patrons of tho
oftlce and that moro high class mapa
zlnes nnd early edltlous of good books
nro being bought by western people than
ever before. The growth of the town
nnd tho school libraries has been un
precedented and the books aro rend, not
only by tho townspeople, but by thou
sands on tho farm and on the ranch.
The literary club that only a few years
ago was a novelty hns becomo a stable
institution und few communities pos
sesslng a thousand population nro with
out clubs for self-culturo nnd study,
Lecture courses by men nud women who
can spenk on their subjects with nuthor
Ity nro regular annual recurrences pro
moted by these clubs or by spontaneous
co-operation.
Tho wpst has nlwnys prided Itself on
Its schools nud Its churches, and the
western youth us n rule mnkes better
uso of his opportunities for higher edu
cation, realizing tho help It will afford
In his life work, Minn the young people
of Mm enst, who look upon college Hfo
ns n pastime. Western colleges und mil
versltlea compare well with eastern In
stltutions of higher iwirulng, uot only for
tho number of students lu attendance,
but ulso for tuo chancter oljtlieir fucul
ties and the rnngo of their vnrled in
structions.
The tendency Is plainly forwnrd nnd up
ward, and tho conclusion of the writer
s certainly JiMltlod when he says: "The
era of business prosperity In the west
means a succeeding era of Intellectual
activity; It means more attention to the
higher educutlon nnd less to subtreas
uries and flat money; it means more
search for culture and less for ways of
getting wealth without working; It
menus less windy political speeches and
more substantial accomplishments In
original literary work. It means that
tho prairie states, having acquired a
business standing which relieves them
from anxiety, will follow the paths
blazed by the older commouwenlths of
the enst toward recognition of the things
not recorded In tho agricultural reports."
MX'STEUr or the east.
A contributor to tho Boston Transcript
recalls a remark of Lord Beaconslleld
that "there Is more strength In tho slum
ber of tho cast than In all tho activity
of the west," nnd says that It Is this
awful mystery, tho silence of millions,
that has struck him most. There Is
Peklu, a populous aud active city, sur-
rouuded by densely populated provinces
Mint count their Inhabitants by tens of
millions. There was n largo aud Im
portant commercial Interest, whose busi
ness It was to be Informed what tho peo
ple of tho Interior were doing and think
ing. In every treaty port there was the
Imperial customs service, which had po
lice as well as financial duties. In a
thousand places wero missionaries sup
posed to be living in actual touch with
tho people. There was a widespread
and pervasive machinery of common In
terest, which In any other laud would
have responded to nny Impulse given
from without.
It would seem that with such condi
tions It would havo been Impossible to
secretly organize so vast a revolutionary
movement as that of the Boxers, yet
hero was the silence of millions, which
when suddenly broken, disclosing the
terrible plot, appalled the world. The
writer In the Transcript points out that
upon two former occasions this ability
of the east to hold n secret 1ms been
tested. In British India, at the time
of tho Sepoy rebellion, tho native pop
ulation know what was to be dono and
what was expected of every man when
tho slgnnl should be given. The plot
was known throughout great provinces,
with a population of millions, to whom
a small bribe would have been u for
tune nnd brought Independence for the
rest of their lives. Yet no ouc told nud
the few hints given, remembered nfter
the event, were scoffed away as Improb
able. Again in the Soudan and Egyp
tian campaigns It wns noticed not once
but many times that the natives were
possessed of important information be
fore the Kuropenns Icnrned It Not a
movement of troops wns made on cither
sldo without finding that tho peasantry
were prepared for it and hud provided
against damage. The intelligence
bureau of the English nrmy wns in
tutelage for weeks, doing mere amateur
work compared to the exploits of tho
natives, without apparent organization
and without known established means
of communicating Intelligence. In India
aud lu Kgypt tho authorities wero baf
fled In their attempt to discover the
manner of spreading information und
the story Is repeated In China.
The cast, says this writer, "has a
mystery which no westerner has yet
begun to solve. Commerce, that active
solvent of so geueral utility, has pro
duced little effect on Asia. The force
of war may destroy the existing admin
Istrntion, but will beat for years against
the tens of millions who muy be hur
ried to take a part In tho contest When
nil Is done the mystery of tho enst will
remain, uusolvcd nnd Inscrutnble."
They lire Indeed a gtrnngo and remark
nble people with which tho civilized
world Is in coufllct nnd It Is not prob
able that their character will be greatly
changed by the contest, whatever tho
result to their Institutions.
MERIT HYSTE31 AT STAKE.
"From the viewpoint of civil service
reform,' says" tho Philadelphia Ledger,
"tho country has little to expect from
Mr. Bryan. It can hope, however, that
Mr. McKluley will oppose the nttompts
that will surely be made to overthrow
tho entire merit system," The repub
lican national platform commends the
civil service reform policy. The Kan
sas City platform makes no specific
reference to this policy, but In reaffirm
lng the Chicago platform committed the
pdrty to tho establishment of "a ilxcd
tenure of otllco nnd such an adminlstrn
tion of the civil service us will afford
equal opportunities to all citizens of
ascertained lltness." That means
restoration of tho spoils system the
opening of the Held of federal patronage
to Mio politicians for rewarding par
tisans. Four years ngq Mr. Bryan was In full
nccord with this declaration of the Chi
cngo plntfonn. Undoubtedly ho is still
lu accord with It nnd If elected pros
Ident would at ouco make such a mod
lllcatlon of the civil servlco regulations
as would enable him to fill tho public
olllces with his partisans. It Is lu the
power of the president to do this and
even lOlr. Bryan wero not in sympnthy
with such u course the pressure upon
him from, the hungry spoils seekers
would bo sb grent that he could not re
slst It. Gradually tho merit system
would yield to tho persistent assault
upon i ami there 9ml be no doubt that
long before tho closo of his term ns
preslde'nt there would not bo n vestige
of civil servlco rules remaining.
A return to tho spoils system would
mean utter demoralization of tho pub
lie sorvlco. Tho merit system Is the
product of a generation of progress. It
wns Instituted ugalnst a formidable op
position nnd has gone forward steadily
until It now covers nearly the eutlre
public servlco. Its operation hns been
highly satisfactory. It has conduced to
greater elllclency in every department
of the government. The standard, of
olllclal work has heen Improved und
grouter fidelity In tho performance of
duties secured. Peoplo lu the public
service now depend upon their own
merit for the retention of their positions
nnd for advancement and not ns
formerly upon tlio favor of politicians.
They know that If elllclent and faithful
they are secure In their positions', re
gardless of their politics, niul this Is an
Incentive to the exercise of their best
efforts. A return to the spoils system
would change all this aud we should
have tho business of tho government,
now more complex than ever before,
done by the creatures of tho politicians.
Mr. McKluley has always been an ad
vocate of tho policy of civil service re
form and no ono has done inoro to pro
mote It If re-elected he will continue
to maintain that policy. Mr. Bryan's
position regarding It lsv defined In the
Chicago platform and is distinctly un
friendly to tho merit system. The ques
tion whether tho public service shall bo
Isent at Its present high standard of ef
ficiency or becomo tho prey of political
spoilsmen Is oncof tho highest Im
portance.
ropocrnts are hard to please. For
months they have been howling because
tho iidmlnlstraUon had not called a con
stitutional convention In Cuba to start
tho peoplo of the Island 011 the road to
Holf-govermnont. Now Mint It Is an
nounced that 0110 will bo called, to bo
hold In September, they say it Is politics.
It is not strange, however, that a party
which seeks to make political capital
out of every happening should be Inca
pable of thinking others could ever do
anything except Mirpugh partisan mo
tives.
The allied forces In China nro wnltlng
for reinforcement before moving on
Peklu und In the meantime tho whole
world Is waiting breathlessly for relia
ble Information concerning the fate of
the besieged foreign legations. It seems
passing strange, however, that Jules
Verne or some yellow Journalist has not
ventured to suggest the equipment of a
flying machine or balloon to reconnolter
the Chinese metropolis nnd report the
situation.
European nations complain that the
United States follows tho practice of
certain birds In lotting others build a
nest nnd then proceed to deposit Its eggs
therein, even allowing the owner of tho
nest to hntch them out In Asia tho
American merchant Is everywhere
found where tho Europenn him opened
up the country and proceeds to sell
goods. Your Uncle Samuel Is not so
slow as Some have thought
In splto of advancing nge, LI Hung
Chang seems destined to maintain his
place In tho front rank of tho world's
most potential statesmen to tho very
end of his career. In this he differs
radically from Bismarck, Gladstone and
others with whom he has been ranked
who spent their closing years lu com
plete retirement from uctlvc partlclpa
tlou Fii public affairs.
Lord Roberts telegraphs to the British
war office that Geueral Methuen has oc
cunled Hcknort without opposition. The
world has been laboring under tho 1m
presslon that Methuen wns out of his
hend, but since ho has shown common
schbo enough to occupy a place without
opposition there can uo longer be any
question of his sanity.
QnltR n Job on Hand
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Tho report that a Chinese army of 950,000
men haB be'en mobilized makes It clear that
tho powers have a war of no mean propor
tlons on their hands.
Prnlilrisi of rnrnmonntcy.
Washington Post.
With the dcniocruts trying to partmount.
the' antl-imperiallsm Uuo and the repub
llcans striving to make the financial ques
tlon tho chief factor of tho campaign, It
would seem that both parties nre desirous
of avoiding something unpleasant.
Cinch of the Ten Denlera.
Chicago Chronicle.
It's an 111 wind that blows nobody good
With chesrful and patriotic alacrity the tea
dealers have taKon advantage of tho pro
ceedings In China to mark up tho prlco of
the cup that cheers but not inebriates
Man needs but little here below, but moat
of him will take anything in sight.
ComliiK Crop of Corn.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho corn crop of 1000 promises to exceed
tho unprecedented yield of last year. Tbo
area is 1,200,000 acres, moro than last year,
nnd tho condition at tho last report .was
80. 5, compared with S6.5 at the same period
last year. It is the most Important crop
of the country and It Is Increasing In Ira
portanca every year. Oold mines arc found
In every quarter of the world, but thore Is
but one corn belt. '
Uvlilenco of Thrift.
San Krunclsco Chronicle,
The United States lends the world In the
amount of the savings of its people. Olll
clal figures represent that tho Bavlngs
banks contain 0.687,818 depositors whose
total deposits amount to 2,230,366,934.
Franco, Germany and Great Britain havo
each moro depositors, as their peoplo have
learned more thoroughly through tho pinch
of adversity the. value of tho lesson of sav
ing, but no other country approaches this
in the aggrcgato of tho money savcu.
Now, u ml Thrn.
J. Sterling Jlortoii'B Conservative.
In 1896 the chlof orator for Ilryanarchy
declared the money question to overshadow
all othor questions. It was to bo, dlscunod
untl It was -settiea, ana somen ngni
from a 16 to 1 standpoint. The gold stand
ard wat to perpetuato tho bondage of the
plain peoplo and to fill the futuro with
blood crushedjiut of labor by tho diabolical
machinations of plutocracy. The advocates
of tho gold standard f wero denounce'd as
conspirators against human happiness, In
vaders nnd destroyers of the homes of the
plain peoplo of the United States. That
was tho paramount Issuo then, with Dryan
archvJ and 'it remains paramount with
American thinkers today.
Tip Olllulnlly IlrcoKiiUril.
Uoston Globe.
Tho ruling of the controller of tho Treas
ury department nt Wnehlngton that "tips"
to- porters of sleeping cars aro legitimate
expenses and may properly bo charged up
by government employes against the gov
ernment may hnve far-reaching conse
quences. If sleeping car porters may be
lawfully "tipped" at tho government's ex
penso, why not bqotblnckB, waiters, floor
walkers at hotels hnd sundry1 and dlverv
others? Almost Infinite possibilities In the
lino of expenses, "constructive" and Tther-
wise, lohm up as a result of this treasury
ruling. The expense nccountn of persons
In government service may yet yield rich
resources for many a campaign fund, while
giving the "tip" principle official status and
recognition.
im:ii!o. t, ami oTiir.nwisi:.
It fa evident that Minister Conger's dis
patch was not Shanghaied,
Thomas llabblugton McAuley Is making
political history In Kansas City.
Tho Chinese horror factories nt Cho Too
and Shanghai seem to be working overtime.
Tho Into Vice President Itobart nn In
terested In 125 different corporations and
left a corpulent fortuno of $2,028,913.
Lightning struck n piano In New Jersey,
smashing tho keys and melting the wires.
It wasn't Jersey lightning, but tho real
stuff.
Talk about hot weather! Tho tempera-
turo in New York last week caused nsphnlt
to run and set flro alarms a-golng. Chicago
should bestir Itself.
Theodoro Hooscvolt's first ancestor camo
to this country lu 10 10, moro than a cen
tury before tho ancestors of President Mc
Kluley loft tho "ould sod."
Tho prosecution In tho customs fraud cases
(n Havana has closed nnd tho fiscal says the
ovldenco against Arostcqut Is Irrefutable.
Hut who In the world Is Arostcqul?
Six Chicago bankers have been convicted
nnd four of them sent over tho road for
hypothecating tho funds of other people.
Two aro struggling desperately for a new
trial. Notwithstanding tho fact that there
aro 4,000 lawyers in tho city, justice man
ages to scoro occasionally.
Tho contest over tho I-'ayerwoathcr will
In tho Now York courts, started ten years
ago, has arrived at a decision sustaining
tho will. Tho battlo cost $100,000 a year sj
far, and us there nre several millions left,
It Is confidently believed tho eminent attor
neys engaged In tho caso will find means
for prolonging the feast.
Unless Lord Hoberts suspends operations
for a day or two and compiles a history of
tho South African -war, for which he has
been offered J500.000, thcro is dangor that
tho rumpus In China will overshadow his
famo and fortuno and mako hLs history a
backnumbcr. Events nre traveling rapidly
these century closing days.
Tho Irritating activity of tbo Doers, tbo
hot hunt of tho natlvo tribes of Kumassl
and tho pernicious zeal of tho Iloxers do
not niter by a hair breadth court ceremonies
in England. These aro maintained without
tho aid or consent of any other nation on
earth. One of these royal functions Is thus
described by the London World: "Tho
queen hns recently extended to tbo gold
stick In waiting the prlvllego of being net
down at Ducklngham palace at the equerry's
entrance, a favor which had hitherto boen
enjoyed only by tho five white staves. This
entrance Is reached by special tickets, which
aro Issued before any court function by tho
bonrd of green cloth to the officials who are
entitled to them."
COUNTllY VS. CITY UIlEGDIJtCl.
Aflvuntrtfces of rturnl Life In Develop
litlf Jiitellcctual Mreneth.
Boston Herald.
Edwnrd Everett Hale, In a recent address
delivered at tho commencement of the Man
hattan Teachers' college, asserted that tho
men who do tho thinking, who organize,
control and direct affairs, are born and
roared for the post part, not In the cities,
but In tho country, or at least In country
towns and villages. This theory, of course,
Is not a new one. George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Webster, Clay, Calhoun,
Lincoln, Grant, Garfield nnd William Mc-
Klnley hnve been arrayed at ono time or
another as proof of the superior value of
country breeding. But the statistics, after
all, nro not as definite ns they should bo to
supply tho means of a thoroughly satisfac
tory comparison.
Tba settling of this question of tbs early
environment of men who attain prominence
by n special and comprehensive Inquiry
would furnish tables of great general In
terest. If; for instance, the 100 men most
prominent In each of the groat American
cities in business and Intellectual callings
wero put on record 33 to ttielr place of birth
nnd early surroundings, the information
gained would at least be more convincing
than the lists gathered by the writers who
havo a theory to sustain.
Ono very good reason vhy the Country
should supply tho majority of tbo men who
attain prominence Is that the relatlvo rural
population, even In these days of rapid con
centration In cities, Is more than four times
as great as the urban population. For In
stance, it every city In the United States
with upward of 60,000 inhabitants be placed
in a column, their total population will
undoubtedly sum up less than 15,000,000.
Against this there are more than 60,000,000
who llvo in tbo country and rural towns.
This relative ratio botween rural nnd city
populations was much greater In Its diver
gence twenty years ago than it is at the
present tlmo.
But thero aro doubtless facts other than
that of being in the majority which favor
the young hayseed in the race for the prizes.
His unsophisticated ways, which mako him
the butt of the smart town youth, Indicate
the lack of a kind of knowledge that Is
really of little value. Ways of thinking, dom.
inatod by tbo narrow provincialisms of a
city, aro largely a handicap. But thero aro
many city boys who prove to be winners.
Until tho statistics nro moro reliable, com
parisons arc to l'lttlo purpose.
THH WORLD U13TTING HMALLKIt.
IJWect of Ineronnril Speed on Hen nml
I, nud.
. St. Louis GIobo-Domocrnt.
The continents of the world nro grad
ually getting closer and closer to each other.
Tho now Hamburg-American steamer
IJeutschland, which' has Just landed in New
York, made tho passago from Plymouth
across tho Atlantic! In llvo days, fKtoen
hours and forty-six mlnutca. This Is the
fastest tlmo ever made by any steamer In
nn Initial trip acrors the Atlantic. It Is at
the rate of 22.42 knots an hour. When tho
Dcutschland arrived in New York harbor
It was greeted with a chorus of steam
whistles, bell ringings and flag and handker
chief wavlngs which showed that the world
grasped tbo Importanco of the record
breaking which It caused.
V- Is within n single lifetime that ocean
steam navigation began. , The Savannah of
350 tons burden, the first steamer which
over crossed the Atlantic, started from the
Georgia port of that name- on May 24, 1319,
tho day of Queen Victoria's birth, for Liver
pool, nnd renohed tho latter lu twonty-six
days. When tho Orcat Western reduced
tho parsuge tlmo to ten daye, ten hours and
fifteen minutes In 1838- there were greater
rejoicings in the United States nnd England
than tfio Ueutschland's exploit has uroutcd
on either sldo of thn Atlantic. Tbo
Cunardcr Ecrvla cut down the time to six
days, tWcnty-throo hours and fifty minutes
In tho summer of 1877. Tho Inraan steamer
City of New York brought the ocean pas
sage below the six-day mark In the fall of
1890 nnd elnco then the tlmo has been
steadily shortened, tho Immediate object
now being to bring ft below the five-day
line.
When Jiiles Verne's fictitious personage,
a quarter of a century ago, went round the
world In olghty days, It was thought that
this was an Impossible feat. It -was beaten,
however, a fow years ago by actual per
sons. When Itussla'n Siberian railroad Is
completed n ycar or two honce the trip
around tbe globo, by land and ocean travel,
can be mi3i) In thirty-three dnys. It took
Mnge'lun's men threo years to mako the
circuit, and Drake was about the same
length of tlmo on the way. Thus steam Is
making dlstanco obsolete. It Is bridging
oceans and continents, uniting the liol&teJ,
throwing the near and the rumoto Into
Juxtaposition aud bringing tho four corncis
of tbo globe Into speaking distance of ach
oUr. ,
SnCMU.AH SIHIT5 AT TUP. IM'I.IMT.
Boston TrntiK-rlnl- Thern will t,n ntniv
- t'.v...
nf work In bo ilnnn liv Ihnmi u-hn nm nnilorf
to bo missionaries even If China remains
sum to mem ror n century.
Buffalo Kxnrms- Thn lorltnn at it. ...
cent general conference of tho Methodist
church of n negro as chief secretary of the
i recumon s aiu anu southern Education
society has met with disfavor In some quar
ters and one ofllccr of tho nsoclatlon has
refused to servo under him and resigned.
This Is an Interesting display of raco feel
ing,
St. Paul Pioneer Pre: Hev. Hugh Price
Hughes, tho dean of British Wcsloyanlsni,
in nn Interview In London, dcclaied that
"America's splendid Institutions nro In
moral danger from tho hydra-headed com
bination of greed and nutocracy." The Hev.
H. V. II. has probably formed tho ac
quaintance of eotuo friend of Bryan, tem
porarily sojourning in London. 1
Philadelphia North American: The Hov.
Charles M. Sheldon, whose sensational fall
uro as n newspaper editor last spring Is al
ready almost forgoiten, disappointed tho
big Christian Endeavor convention In Lon
don by tho platitudinous character of his
discourse. Tho roverend gentleman, like
many otljer good pcoplc,secme to bo ono
of thoso whoso forte llel In -working and
not in talking nnd nppnrently also It would
add to his good fame, as It certainly would
to the comfort of tho rest of tho world, If
ho would conflno himself to deeds and let
others do tbo talking.
Kansas City Star: Tho word comes from
ttockford, III., that Jacob Schwolnfurth, the
self-styled meselah, has renounced the faith
and will lcavo tho "heaven" at once. This
means, probably, that ho has played the
gatno for all ho can get out of It nnd that
ho can find no moro followers to work.
There havo been, in all ages of tho world,
religious pretenders and Impostors, but nsn
monstrous and Inconcelvablo fraud Schwcln
furth appcarn to tako tho lead. Ills suc
cess makes It absolutely impossible to fix
nny limit to human credulity or to the crim
inal effrontery pf spurious and sclf-anolntcd
prophets.
DOMESTIC PMJASANTIUKP.
Philadelphia. Press: Jlll-Thnt's Miss
Brown. Bho Axpccts to bo married.
Jack Of course. She's a woman.
Detroit Free Tress: "Did you enjoy your
honpymoon7" uslieri the weedy widow.
"Not half ns much ns I did my ullmony,"
replied tho grass widow twice removed.
Chicago Hecord: "Clergymen feel th
hent more than other men."
"How do you know?"
"They are under professional obligations
not to say violent things about It."
Cleveland Plain Denier: "After nil." as
serted tho youthful machine politician. "1
bollevc In 'rlnn' methods."
"Oh, George i" she cried, "this Is so sud
den," Indianapolis Journal: "Penelope, you say
too many cutting things about hu;band
hunting women; you ought to stand by
your Bex."
"Yes. I know; but don't you think the
brotherhod of man a much higher law?"
Chicago Post: "1 suppose you told her
that she was the only girl you ever loved."
"Well, I should say not. What kind of a
fool do you tnke me for. nnywuy? Do you
suppose I wnnt to ruin my reputation for
truth and vcrnclty at the very outset?"
Philadelphia North American: "She has
been divorced three times," said the Hoard
walk gOSBlp.
"But," remonstrated tho Chicago -woman
who had not cnught the drift of the con
versation, "perhaps she did not marry until
lato In life'
Chicago News: "Sir!" she raid, strug
gling Just the least bit, do you consider
It tho part of a gentleman to treat u de
fenseless jilrl thus?" -
"Surol" lie replied, "from tho very fnct
that you wero defenseless It became my
dutv to arm you."
Detroit Journal: "You are such a worth
Iohb fellowl" she faltered, with quivering
lips.
"My darling!" protested tho youth, ve
hemently. "For I am only 17 years old and I lovo
you desperately!" exclaimed Maude, her
eyes filling with hot, blinding tenrs,
Fontor St. Cyr pressed Ills hnnd to his
throbbing temple and wondered If the In
tuition of this mere child had Indeed dis
covered his true character. ,
"AS tVI3 JOHH.M0Y TIlHOUdH LIFE."
Denver Post.
"As wo Journey through life let ua live by
the way,"
Sip the essence of pleasure from overy day,
Glcun the bright golden grains of enjoy
ment ns wo
Travel on the shorn of eternity's sea.
Let the music of laughter, the echoes of
song,
B heard from our lips ns wo Journey
nlonsr:
Let 11a smile In the face of each threaten
Inc cure, . . ,L . .
Each other's enrth sorrows In brotherhood
share.
"As wo Journey through life let us live by
the way,
Never bow to despair when the heavens are
gray,
Fling a laugh to the clouds when thoy
darken our skies,
Light with sunshlno tho teardrops that
spring to our even.
If a brother should falter, extend him ft
hand,
Help tho fallen to rise and the weak ones
to stand.
Breathe n messnge of hope in the ear of
despair, . . .
Plunge tho sword of good cheer In the
bosom of care.
"As we Journey through lffe let us live by
In the gloom 'of the night wait the dawning
Turnu "face lit with smiles to tho beat of
For the sunshine will burst from th
heavens ugnln. ,
Will burst In Its bcuuty and arch In tha
fKIcs
A rnlnbow of rheer fir our wondering eyes;
Will flood every heart with Its silvery light
And rtrlvo all tho vultures df troublo to
flight.
"As wo Journey through life let us live by
For this eurtlily existence Is but for a day
Tomorrow wo'll pass o'er the river that
llowa
'Twlxt the kingdom of care nnd the land of
repone. , ....
Let us sip nt the sweetness of life la wt
Let us"swnllow with courogo the dregs In
tho clnss
In the midst of adversity strive to bo gay
"As we Journey through life 1st us live by
tho way."
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an exactness obtained only by
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