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PAIIT1BS I.UAVINO Foil aUSIMUIl!
Purlieu lculnK u,P ol,r for
Hie nummer tuny lu.v,. The Ilro
sent (o (inn r,.RllnP,. ,
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' I'Prsou or Ur rmill.
Hip iiddresH mil l,o chniiite,!
n often un tlpNlrvil.
The season of the mllllon-dollur ruins
is about over.
V.HIUUIUIU is allowable on tlio fact
Hint llio proliibltfon oamlldnte for presl-
J In Mr- -11 .1 1
.-.... hi. own stairs mid broke
shoulder.
his
llio latest Is that Hryan Is delivering
his speeches to the ilionoKrnih. Is tlint
not tnkliiff it moan nrtviuitiiBoV The
phonograph cannot get away.
It Is nothing strange that the only
news from tlio front In China comes
from Cleneral ClinfTco. Ho Is up where
the news is being manufactured.
Prices of real estate In Oninhn and
farm lands In Nebraska nro going stead
ily upward, With big crops Assured
prices may bo expected to advance still
further.
Hostilities linvo again broken out at
tho Hen trice asylum and unless the
troublo Is settled soon It liiay interfere
with tho encampment ot the guardsmen
ut Hastings.
Tho roniarknblo freedom of Oinalia
from large' llres is another cause for
congratulation. The lire Insurance com
panies are certainly not losing money
on their Omaha risks.
The War department at Washington
having already bought 0,000,000 pounds
of Nebraska oats, wants :i,00l),()00
pounds more. The department knows a
Cooil thing when It sees It.
Not fully convinced that he Is running
for tho presidency, Mr. Hryan must re
celvo two more notlllcations. His
doubts Will be sllll greater after the
votes uro counted In November.
It Is greatly to bo feared that In
cipient train robbers are not getting
much encouragement or Inspiration from
lhos results of experiments In their call
ing during the last few weeks.
Omaha Ih furnishing St. Paul, Minn.,
with a superintendent of schools.
Oninlia has the material with which to
ltpnor the requisitions of other cities for
leadors In almost any branch of public
activity.
Klght cnrllmilH of small arms ammu
nition liavo been sent to China, lly the
time It Is all planted the average weight
of the Inhabitants of tho Chinese em
pire Is likely to have been considerably
iucrenBod.
Labor day Is not far off. If hibor ever
had good reason to celebrate Labor day
It Is this year, when the wage-workers
of all classes havo been enjoying con
stant employment and better wages and
shorter hours than ever.
Oeneral Ohuffec's messages are short
and .to tho point. His marches are
long, but Just as pointed. His energy,
nbly seconded by other ollicers and the
mon of his command, Is Justifying the
contldenco which led to bis appoint
ment to command In China.
Chairman Hutler appeals to hnvo es
caped from tho spell of "I'or Ilryan's
nke." Mr. Butler's aspirations to' sue
ceed himself In tho United States sen
ate wero smothered under democratic
votes In the North Carolina election mid
It Is not strango that ho should lose
faith in the genuineness of democratic
sympathy for populism.
Kven tho carping critics of the ml
mllilBtratlon of President McKInley are
compelled to ndmlt that tho relief force
navancng upon tho capital or China has
been making "astonishing progress."
Only a few days ago these same critics
wero complaining about tho slowness
of tho column. It Is safe to say that
tho progross mado Is still more nston
lihlns to the Chinese.
ro.vr ;. inn tuk t.AHOHtXU .V.l.v,
I our years ago Mr. Itryan was greatly
concerned about the laboring num. Hi
was the chief sufferer from the cold
standard. It was tho "brow of labor'
upon which was being pressed the
"crown of thorns." H was the laboring
man who was the principal victim of
tho money power. Throughout tlx
campaign Hryan appealed to the wage
earners to rise In their might and over
throw the cold stnnthtrd, which was
crushing them, mid restore the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, which would
be a blessing to them. Well, most of
the laboring men did not heed his nd
vice and we venture to think that none
of them who voted for opening the
mills rather than tho mints nro now
sorry for having done so. They have
hail constant employment at fair wages
for the last three years and they know
that what Mr. Prynu told thorn four
years ago was nil wrong.
Now Mr. llryan, having pushed aside
free silver, sees a menace to tho Inter
ests of the laboring man In "Imperial
Ism." He said lu his notification ad
dress: "The laboring iiluli will bo first
to suffer If Oriental subjects seek work
lu the United Stales; tho first to suffer
If American capital leaves our shores
to employ Oriental labor In the Philip
pines to supply the trade of China and
Japan." Wo do not believe that any
considerable number of intelligent Work-
Ingineii will bo Influenced by this.
There Is no danger of Filipinos coming
hero lu large numbers to seek work.
They arc not a migratory people, they
nre contented In their own country,
where they can subsist without doing
much work, and they arc not suited to
the climate of this country. Possibly a
few thousand might come hero lu the
course of yenrs, but It Is manifestly ab
surd to suppose that American labor
would suffer from this. As to Ameri
can capital going to the Philippines mid
employing the labor there to supply the
trade of Chiun and Japan, perhaps this
Will bo done to some extent, but If so It
will "supply so small a sharo of that
trade as not to affect American labor In
the slightest degree. There Is a nils
conception as to tho amount of labor
available lu the Philippines and. ulso as
to tho character of Filipino labor. It
Is unreliable, Inelllclent and conse
quently unprofitable. The Filipino
does not like work and will do only so
much as Is necessary to more subsist
ence. Tho Chinese, who are numerous
in n part of tho archipelago, nro good
workers, but what their labor could
produce would do little more than sup
ply tho demand lu the Islands and as
wo have not had this trade American
labor would not be nffected.
The proposition of those who support
the Philippine policy of tho adminis
tration Is that It will give the United
Htatcs a position In the far east that
will enable It to enormously Increase Its
trade with that quarter of the world,
thereby benefiting American labor.
Considerable as our commerce now Is
with China and Japan, it Is but a frac
tion of what It Is likely to be lu the
future, particularly with China. With
the opening up of that empire to the
world's trade which may proceed rap
idly after the existing disturbance Is
ended It Is believed tho United
States will havo a distinct advantage
by reason of Its position in the Orient.
Mr. Bryan's present solicitude for the
laboring man Is prompted by the snmc
motive that actuated him four years
ago. Ho wants tho laboring man's
vote. Then It was the gold standard
that was crushing labor a demon
strated fallacy. Now he urges that the
Interests of labor nro menaced by "im
perialism" which Is an obvious absurd
ity. Intelligent men in the ranks of
American labor will not allow them
selves to be frightened by tho bugaboo
of Oriental competition.
A1DIM3 TUK KAK.If I".
Advices from Manila report Increased
activity among the Insurgents mid the
explanation of this Is found Hi tho fol
lowing: "Newspapers containing the
national democratic platform havo ar
rived. The reference therein to Phil
ippine Independence nnd to a protecto
rate tends to strengthen tho extreme
antl-Ainerlcau element In Its Increasing
attitude of delay and obstruction. It
is believed that radical steps for n set
tlement here will bo Impossible before
tho election."
This undoubtedly states the simple
truth. The Philippine plank of the
Kansas City platform offers encourage
ment to the Filipino Insurgents to con
tinue hostilities. It tells them In effect
to hold on, to keep up the contest, mid If
(he democratic party Is successful next
November they will bo given their In
dependence. Hence tho greater activity
of tho Filipino Insurgents, which will
doubtless bo still further stimulated
when they get Mr. Urynn's notlllcatlon
address and learn what he proposes
to do for them. Is It possible for a
patriotic man not to hold In reprobation
a political party capable of taking such
a position?
.1 VEKPl.KXIM) rnuiiLKM.
Our county board Is called upon peri
odically to meet demands for transport
ing public charges who havo been un
loaded upon this city by neighboring
communities, An example lu point
which has Just presented itself Is that
of a man who really belongs In St.
I.ouls, but who luis been sent hero by
the authorities at Kansas City with the
expectation that ho would be helped on
from this point to his destination ut
San Frauclsco.
That this Is an Imposition on Omaha
taxpayers is so palpable that It requires
no explanation, and that wo would be
perpotratlug a. similar outrago 'upon
some other community by sending him
on Is equally plain. Yet at the same
time what to do with these charges
under circumstances where there Is no
co-operation between tho various com
munities thus Imposed upon Is a most
dllllcult question to answer. If the
prime deslro were to stop this pernicious
practice the most effective way would
be to send tho party back to the last
point from which he hulls. At the same
tlmo It would cost no uioro to speed him
TlfE OMAHA DAILY HKK WEDNESDAY,
on his way without running the risk of
having him reappear.
So far as the abuse Is only between
communities of the same state lt,oucht
to be possible to reach It by state legis
lation Imposing penalties upon ofllclals
Mtfemptlng to get rid of public charges
In this way. So far as It Is an Interstate
practice congress alone could ileal with
It by llxlng the responsibility upon the
railroads which knowingly transport
such helpless people.
It seems that the abuse Is growing
from year to year and unless checked
win call for radical measures of self
protection on the part of cities nnd
counties that are made the victims.
.1 MATTUll II H 117,, AVOID.
Tho Uostoii Herald expresses the hope
that someone who can speak with suf
llclent authority nnd vigor will force
from llryan some expression of opinion
about tho nullification of tho coustltu
tlon In certain stntes of the south.
Hiat Is a subject which Mr. llryan,
It can bo confidently predicted, will
studiously avoid. Ho wilt go on talking
about the violation of the "consent of
tho governed" principle In the case of
tho Filipinos, but will utter not a word
In regard to Its violation mid also the
nullification of the constitution In the
case of colored AmerlcHU citizens In the
south. We will not sny that Mr. llryan
approves of negro disfranchisement
Possibly ho Is not In sympathy with It
Hut In any event he will say nothing
that might not be ngreeable to the Till
mans and other promoters of ills
franchlseinent and the "red shirt" demo
crnts of North Carolina, while to ap
prove their course could hardly fall to
lie damaging to him. Therefore ho will
be silent.
Yet the subject Is certainly of suf
llclent lmportaneo to merit the attcn
tlon of n candidate for the presidency
who professes such profound respect
for tho constitution nnd the Heclara
tlon of Independence. It Is a subject
that relates to the rights of hundreds
of thousands of American citizens nnd
should be considered as at least of equal
lmportaneo with tho rights of a people
thousands of miles nway who are re
sisting American authority mid killing
American soldiers. Mr. lirynu ought to
say something on this subjjoet, but he
will not do so. Violation of tho Decla
ration of Independence and nullifica
tion of the constitution by democrats
of the south do not trouble him.
nmnoniCAh iuiavsodies.
If rhetorical rhapsody and shrieks
for "liberty," borrowed for tho uses of
a pcrsonnl ambition which amounts to
mnducss for place and power, could
pass for statesmanship, and self-assertion
could be accepted for wisdom, Mr.
Hryan would be tho next president of
the United States by an unlimited ma
jority.
.Of course, such a result would neces
sarily prc-supposo the existence of ap
palling emergencies of peril to n great,
enlni, Independent nation of people, who
tund as "a rock of ages" for order and
good government for theniuclvcs nnd
their posterity forever. In the perfect
knowledge that no such emergencies or
peril exist In our country, or nre even
remotely threatened, rhetorical rhap
sodies about "liberty" will soon make
the shouting blatherskites who deal In
them resemble tho scarecrows of the
cornfield, suspended so as to bo blown
by tho wind, which never deceives the
discerning crows for any great length
of time without a radical change of
costume.
It Is In tho ready memory of multi
tudes of living men that an armed citi
zen soldiery, composed of millions of
men, engaged In n bloody civil war In
this country which continued for four
yenrs. liuniireus or tiiousanus or tnoni
emerged from It ns loyal to civil order
and as truo to high Ideals of popular
freedom as Inspired them to light In
their defense. Thousands of these men
survive and the nation contains no
guardians who nre more patriotic or de
voted to the Institutions of freedom
which are tho boast of our country and
tho light of tho world. It Is simply
nn Insult to American manhood for men
to stand up with attempts to Impeach
the patriotism of the gallant olticcrs
and men who nre luylng down their
lives lu defense of the flag in the Phil
ippines, whose purchase Mr. Hryan him
self dictated lu the senate when he car
ried the ratification of the treaty of
Paris.
The veterans of the war who fought
In tho Philippines nro organizing nn as
sociation after the model of the (irnnd
Army of tho Republic. The bond of
comradeship lighting for the stars and
stripes will always bo as strong with
the new veterans as It has been with
the old. The association can accom
plish much good If It Is kept from de
generating Into n combination for per
sonal nggrauillzement. Whnt has given
the (irnnd Army of the Ite.publlc the
Influence It wields has been the firm
stand It has taken for liberal recogni
tion of Its members, yet against frauds
of all descriptions.
It Is now officially announced that the
democrats will claim the seat of Sena
tor Thurston and the six-year term In
case of a fusion majority In the coming
legislature, while the populists will
have to be content with the four-year
term. In view of tho fact that the
populists nre expected to contribute
nbout four-fifths of the members of the
legislature and nlne fenths of the voles
lo elect them, this generous proposition
must strike the average populist as a
piece of sublimated selfishness.
The chairman of tho democratic state
committee pretends that ho expects
good results for his candidates from the
coming visit of Colonel Roosevelt to
Nebraska. This Is whistling to keep
up courage. Nothing would please the
democrats better than to hear that Gov
ernor Roosevelt had changed his plans
and was not coming to Nebraska.
The veterans encamped for their an
nual reunion at Lincoln will hardly ap
preciate the discourtesy of the fusion
governor and lieutenant governor In
falling to keep appointments to wcl-
come fhein at their opening session
Ilolh of these ofllclals are candidates
for re-election and under ordinary clr
cuinstauces might have been expected
to have been glad to avail themselves of
tho opportunity. Hut It Is plain that
the heroes of the war are not lu blgl
favor In fusion circles. The old soldiers
will have a chaiu e to reciprocate when
election day cotnes around.
The iionularlly ot rural free de
livery Is being emnhaslzed by the de
mand for new routes lu all parts of the
country, but more particularly In the
west. No people lu the world make
such general uso of postal facilities as
those of the United States, because the
American people stand hluhcst in the
point of literacy.
Oninlia business men's excursions to
neighboring cities so far have been di
rected exclusively to Nebraska points,
whereas this city has equal Incentive to
cultivate the territory in western Iowa
A few expeditions to tho prosperous
Iowa towns anxious to keep close rela
tions with Omaha would produce good
results.
Tsl An should not be In such n hurry
to move on the approach of the allied
army. The white soldier may not take
much time to make a formal entry, but
the celestial empress will find him a
handy fellow to have itroiilid If her sub
jects should take a notion to bo unruly,
Although nine presidential candidal
are already In the Held, two conventions
are lu session ot Indianapolis whosi
members do not appear to bo satlsllei
with present nominees or the platforms
They think the political bill of rare thif
year needs still further expansion.
Tho Omnhn Hrynnlte organ Is much
distressed over the color of the paper
on which republican editors are asked
to recelnt for subscriptions to the
bureau of publicity. Red Is evidently
very offensive to the popocratlo bull.
PsrlrsM Wuslo of llrenlu.
St. Paul Pioneer Preijs.
Chinese edicts nowadays carry nbout as
much Weight na a populist appeal for votes.
I.csn nml Miirp of I(.
Urooklyn Bugle.
Hatlcss girls, horstdess carrfnjres, coat-
less men, what next? Less seems to be
getting more.
Old Tunes Abandoned.
Globe-Democrat.
Onco Dryan's great issuo was free trade;
then frco silver, nnd now ho makes a long
notification speech without a word about
either.
Where 1.1 Would Hi- til Home.
WashliiRton Post.
Ll Hung Cbang has a fortune of $200,000,-
nflft. Thn old bpnthen tnicht come to this
Christian country and acqulro a staA of
white chips In tho Mont aim ncnntorlal game.
Abdul's Turn Next.
Washington Star.
tVhpn wo cot tbroiich In China our old
friend, Abdul Hamlrt, may have to respond
to tho cry of "next" la tho tnternatlonul
Imrhnr shnn. 11a needs a chfive. a hair
cut and a singe,- particularly the latter.
Mutunt Prosperity.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Tho banks ot Nebraska show n large In
crease In deposits for the quarter ending
June 30 over tho corresponding period dur
ing 1S96, thero being nearly two and one
half times as much money on hand. One
gratifying feature of this showing U the
fnet that Mr. Dryan's Increased wealth dur
ing the last four years of his untiring In
dustry helps to st, ell tho encouraging
total.
Philips of Hip Injunction llnlill.
Chicago Chronicle.
One of tho beauties of the Injunction
system Is manifest in tho case of the tele
graph company which Is cnjolucd by ono
court to ceasu serving grain quotations
nnd 1j enjoined by another court to keep
on serving them. The company's ofllclals
Rio likely to get Into Jnll whichever court
tbey obey. This, taken In connection with
tho fact that anyono with a (5 bill can
securo an Injunction against anybody doing
anything, Is calculated to mako pcoplo
tblnk that there may be something In tho
talk of "government by injunction" after
all.
PHUrtHATION OX IlltO(i.X.S.
lrreslM(llilc Aiitirnl (o l'ud-loln
l.y
Welmtor Ilnvln.
Wnsnlngton Post.
Ribaldry nnd Jesting from along tho po
litical trail of the Hon. Webster Davis In
bygone dayB havo cnused us somo surprise,
both In persistence nnd versatility. Al
though a month Iiiib passed slnuo tho en
trancing picture of conversion nt Kansas
City, hooting nnd derlslvo antics tire still
mingled with tho Joyous oeclnlm. Wo hnvo
felt convinced that theso unseemly demon
strations did not come from men among
whom his words fell with power In 1SP0
nnd 1S9S. but rnthcr from scoffers nnd
Idlers by nature, such ns would remain out
side tho meeting tent and Indulgo In
levities. Hut even this consolation prom
ises to bo taken away, as wo read a
treatise on Mr. Davis from tho editor of
tho Jackson Sun, an Ohio publication. Ho
says ho heard the now apostle of ilrynnUm
at Oak Hill In 1500 nnd that In Mr. Davis'
peroration, which surpassed In eloqueneo
any Bpeech over heard nt Oak Hill within
tho memory of tho oldest Inhabitants, thero
occurred n paHsago something as follows:
"Aye. my breth-e-rrn, when the tlmo
comes that I must dopart from these scenes
of mundnno strlfo nnd vexation when tho
sorrows of tho woild shall gather nbout
me when night nppronches and tho sun
goes down when tho clouds open nbovo
mo nnd I am lifted Into heavon, llko nillnh
ot old then, my hrcth-n-ren, the vanishing
earth shall behold, written In letters of
flro, nuross tho soles ot my shoes, 'Voto
tho republican ticket!'"
First It wbb tho Story of Mr. Davis" hat,
which was punctured by a bullet In u Kan
sas City nlley, nnd now It Is his hoots.
Aro tho wngs and tho critli'R going to pick
tho convert literally to pieces nnd thus
hold him Up to the public gate? Or Is It
posslblo that tho Jackson editor has for
gotten that ho did not hear tho speech In
person, but look nn account which was
brought to him by somo cross-roads mimic?
Wo think so.
Hut If this kind of rlntler Is kept up
ovcrywhore. It may seriously tmpodo tho
good work that Mr. Davis t.im been counted
on to do. What of nil his eloqueneo If the
wags and thn Jesters nnd tho mimics turn
out to llll the benches Instead of pcoplo
hungry for tho now dispensation? Can
sympathy for the Poers Mini lodgment It.
'ho hearts of an sudlenoo when over) body
Ik wondering whether' tho orator has
changed the political Inscription on his
brogans?
Aftor all, theso things may bo only evi
dences ot a deop-lald plan by hlB republican
roe to thwart tho usefulness of Hon.
Webster Davis. At Hny rute, wo nro con
fident that right will prevail and that no
machinations will long eclipse so promis
ing a political Intellect.
AT OUST 15, 1900
I'lllil Tl( VI, SXAPMIOTS.
Washington Post: "Come, yo DIks Hi
lled," Is tho burden of Mr. Ilryan's song.
Iirooklyn Kngle: Whether the "para
mount Issuo" In 1000 be freo BlUer or lin
iierlAllsni, before lflOl the 'par.im.Min'
lsue" should bo how to bring the organiza
tion which calls Itself democratic buik to
democratic principles.
Philadelphia Ledger: Mr. llryan as a
word Juggler Is n great success, but his
performance Incks variety. The circus
performer nmnzes un by Juggling with
nrlous articles, a cigar, a hat. a lighted
lamp, nil nt tho snmo time. Mr. Uryau
h:u been Juggling only with Imperialism.
Ho should nil el 16 to 1, tho Income tax nud-l
nunruhy In order to exhibit his .(kilt and
tun use tlu Lpcctators.
Minneapolis Tribune: Kx-Senator Leo
Mitutlo of Montana has ngnln cast hit
lot with tho republicans, Inking his stand
on tho proposition that frco silver In nn
cxplodud fallacy nnd that tho prosperity
nnd growth ot the country will bo bettor
assured by tho rc-clcctlon ot President Mc
KInley. It would not bo the greatest sur
prise of campaign results If Montana wore
to swing back to its early republican moor
ings next fall.
Philadelphia North American: Mr.
I)t) nn's coy avoidance of 1G to 1, which ns
ovcry good republican knows, Is tho para
mount issue In this campaign, recalls tho
story of the Highlander who stole snoop
In tho good old days when tho Inlrd had
power of llfo nnd death over tho clansmen.
Donald know what awaited him and bar
ricaded himself In his hut. Ho refused to
open when Laird McKInley clattered up,
with his rctlnuo nnd rope, und beat upon
the door with his sword hilt. "Donald,"
pleaded tho wife, ns tho uproar outside
grew more Insistent, "Donald," she said,
laying her hand persunslvoly upon his
shoulder while he Bat brooding over the
pent lire, "gang oot llko a glide man an'
be hang't, nn' dlnna nngcr t' laird." But
Donald llryan stirred not.
PIlltSOXAI. XOTl'.S.
Kentucky Is now learning something nbout
expert evidence. It will learn something
more when tho experts' bills come In.
A seat on tho New York Slock exchange
wns sold Inst week for $33,000. This Is a
falling off ot JC000 from Inst year's record.
That Italian Inventor who tried to show
nn Infernal machine to tho president had a
hard tlmo In making It plain thnl ho was on
a peace footing.
If Ll Hung Chang has been appointed
plenipotentiary to tho civilized world, ho
onjoys tho largest dlplomntlc honor ever
conferred upon an Individual.
The Mulr glacier In Alaska wns not de
stroyed by tho recent narthquake, but
mado moro beautiful than ever. Now Is
tho tlmo to purchaso excursion tickets.
Former Congressman Jerry Simpson has
sot a new pace for Kansas populists. At tho
county convention nt Wichita last week he
appeared In nn up-to-dato shirt waist. Ho
mado several speeches whllo wearing It.
Tho Ninth regiment, which Is fighting In
China, has on Its roster ono who Is probably
the richest officer In tho army. Second
lieutenant Robert S. Clarke, formerly of
New York City. Mr. Clarke Is a grandson
and one of tho principal heirs of the late
Alfred Corning Clarke and his wealth Is
estimated at bevcral millions.
The navy recruiting offlco in Chicago last
week sent forty-llvo apprentices to Muro
Island. Cal., and forty landsmen to the
Brooklyn navy yard. The recruits aro boys,
nenrly nil of whom camo from west of tho
Mississippi. Evidently It Is tho snlrlt of
adventure, as well ns patriotism, that allures
thcra from the prairies and mountains to the
tcc.
President McKInley received tho other
it.
day a box of a now kind of carnations from
tno Uttlo daughter of a Louisville, Ky.,
florist, with tho note: "Dear Sir I read
that your favorite flower was the carnation.
eo I send you these new kind to see how
you win llko them nnd to nhow you that
inero nro plenty of republicans left In this
statu."
Governor Itoosevelt was taken hold of hv
a golf enthusiast tho other day and wns
much annoyed by the man's long exposition
of tho virtues of tho game. "There Is one
good point nbout It which you havo for
gotten to mention," he said finally. "What's
thnt?" asked his persecutor. "One doesn't
havo to play It if ono doesn't want to,"
replied the governor.
The novel question whether counsel, In nn
argument to tho Jury, has a right to shed
ears, lias been decided by tho supreme
court of Tennessee In the case of Ferguson
against Moon, tho court holding thnt If tho
ears nro available it Is not oulr tironer. but
tho duty of counsel to shed them on tho
appropriate occasion. Tho weeping was done
n a nrcacn of promlso case by the counsel
for tho plaintiff.
At Hnlstcad, Kon nn Interesting serli
of experiments In wheat growing Is being
conducted. Last fall nbout 150 vnrlctlcs
of wheat, selected from nil over the world,
wero seeded nnd about eighty of theso
wero in good condition during tho spring.
i is iicsirca not only to detormlno which
of theso foreign wheats will do well In
Kansna nnd similar climates In this coun
try, hut un effort will bo mado to Improve
encn vnrioiy by ingrafting nnd cross-fertilization,
New varieties will he produced
having tho hotter qualities ot both parents,
t win rcquiro several years of propaga
tion In tho samo soil to determine whether
tho product Is valunblo or otherwise.
t.X(.l,12 HAM'S I.IIIHKALITV.
Morul Di'nivn from Hie rii-ni-rous Pen.
Mon SjKtc.iii or (lie I'lilleil Sliil.-n.
Huston Transcript.
It Is not at all strango that tho liber
ality of tho American pension systom
hould be tho wonder of the world. Whllo
hero aro fewer classes to recelvo pensions
here thnn In somo other countries, tho vet
erans of tho civil war have, nevertheless,
been paid In tho last fiscal yeor 21 por
cent, or nenrly a quarter of tho total rev
enue of tho United States. Between July
, isc.i, and Juno uo, lvOO, tboro has been
xponded In this way $2,013, aj'J.COO, or an
averogo of moro thnn $71,000,000 annually.
t Is moro than thlrty-Avo years since tho
pension system was orgnnlzcd and devel
oped. That Ib something over a genera-
Ion nnd It is naturally supposahlo that a
constant und rapid reduction would ho
noticeable; yet thero nro now on tho pen
sion rolls P93.G29 names, or an Increase In
tho year of over 2,000.
This Inrreaso Is Hodiowhat of a surprise.
Dut Ing tho year 10,015 original applications
wero granted nnd 4,1109 names wero ro-
stured, while 3.", ROD wero erased on ac-
ount of death, U09 because of remarriages
nnd , 013 for other causes. Thero nro still
pending In tho pemilon bureau ocr 137,000
claims and tho sums paid out last yenr
upon tho nnuy nnd navy pension rolls
amounted to $133,412,172. or nearly twicn
as much as tho overngo for tho last thlrty-
flvn yenrs. Tho high wnter mnrk was
reached under President Harrison's nd
mlnlstratlon, when nearly $157,000,000 was
paid out In a single year.
Theso exhlbllB, with public landn and
soldiers' homes In various parts of tho
ountry, show what colossal expenditure
has been Involved In tho aftermath of our
great civil struggle. Of couruo this can
not bo an Indefinite tax unless It Is mado
so by wars to comp. It Is an over recurring
object lesson with rospect to tho drain
which war makes upon national resources,
not only during Its continuance but for
ong years afterward, and tho moral Is thnt
a resort to the sword should never he re
solved on until all other means of adjust
ing dltucultus have been exhausted,
( m ami Tin: ( iiimish.
I'm'! About llir I iiunlrj nnd People,
mill (lie I 1 1 1 ttu .llillltltiilf.
Tho first Installment of mall advices fiom
the American corrcjpondciits hurried to
China at the outbreak of tho lloxcr tcbclllon
furnish some Information overlooked by the
romanticists of Shanghai, London nnd New I
York. Probably It wns not considered worth
tho price of $1.65 a word to put on the wire,
Yet the news concerns the nchlavomi nts ol
n wonder In the Orient, nn Ainerl -an b;
birth nnd an officeholder by profession. "The
first thing we Americans did when we got
ashore," writes ono correspondent, "was to
get up to the consulate as quickly ns w
could, nnd thero we met, In the person of th
consul, ono of the most remnrkablc men you
will find In much travel nbout tho Orient
Ho Is a cheerful, engaging fellow und h
told us In less thnn flvo minutes of several
of his engagements, ll Is one of his proud
boasts thnt ho has been la China for eleven
yenrs nnd never lost n missionary. It is an
other thnt he Is the best man In the con
sular servlco In tho far east. It Is another
that ho has foreecon nnd predicted nil this
present trouble for months nnd months.
"When a Chicago newspaper mnn strmej
by Che Foo last summer, the consul says, ho
did his best to persuade him to stay over for
this war and get the greatest scoop In tho
worm s history, it Is another proud boas'
that ho has reported nil this trouble to the
Stato department long ago ns sure to occur,
It Is another bonBt thnt ho Is now ronort
Ing It for a Now York yellow Journal. It Is
another boast that ho gets a guinea a tele
gram for this work and It Is yet nnother
boast mat lie means to chargu 3 guinea
a message. It Is a special boast that he
has held official dispatches In one caso be
mentioned twenty-four hours ns tho tlmo
ho held a dlsputch In order to glvo this
yellow journal n scoop,
These nro only somo of tho boasts of
this remnrkablo mnn, If you hnvc time
to hang around for half n day until tho
first pressure has been relloved you may
be able to switch him off that lino and got
in a word or two about business. No
wonder they say In Cho Foo that tho
American consulate is lu tho Ilurbllng Well
roan.
It has been said repeatedly In biog
raphies that Countess von Wnldoisee, wlfo
of the rierman field marshal who Is to bo
commander-in-chief of tho allies In China,
waB tho morganatic wlfo of tho lato Prince
Frederick of Schleswlg-Holsteln. The Now
lork Sun pronounces this statement an
error. According to tho Sun the facts nro:
"Prlnco Frederick fell lu love with Miss
.Mary Lee, an Amcricnn, and found him
scit confronted with these conditions: If
no retained his royal rank ho could not
marry Miss Leo, except raorganatically,
and morganatic marriage Miss Leo would
not accept. Jto thereupon put royalty
aside nnd bernme Prlnco Frederick von
Nocr, nnd an such ho married Miss Lee
with full ceremony. Prlnco Frederick von
Noor died tho next year. As tho widowed
Princess von Noer tho former New York
girl wns wooed by Count von Wnldersco
In 1874 nnd Is now tils wife."
(lenornl Chaffee. commander of the
American forces In China, has a brusquo
way about him. Ho was onco stationed In
Mississippi, nnd whllo at Oxford was
qulto popular. Going to Jackson while the
yellow fever was raging thero, ho was
stricken with tho plague. Ho and his
friends thought tho disease would havo a
fatal termination. An Episcopal minister.
Kov. Mr. Carnnhan, wns sent for to make
tho dying soldlcr'B pcaco with the world.
Tho minister read several scriptural
passages and then knelt hcsldo the Rick
ofllccr's cot In prayer. At that Juncturo
several soldiers outside tho tent engaged
In a quarrel nnd becamo so boisterous that
tho minister's Invocation wis Interrupted
Tho supposedly dying soldier raised him
self on ono elbow and, ripping out an cm
pliatlc oath, demanded of ono of tho subal
terns In waiting that he maintain quiet
while tho parson was praying. Rev. Mr,
Carnahan had been scarcely as much as
tonished by tho noise outsldo ns he wns
by tho robustness of Chnffco's oath. Tho
minister finished his prayer and, rccelv
Ing tho thanks of Chaffee, left him, ap
parcntly dying.
Dut tho gallant officer did not die. Ho
regained his health and made n host of
friends among tho best citizens nf Missis
olppt by tho Justleo nnd fairness of his
course.
Thero aro said to ho no lawyers In China.
yot Hong Fu Ling, who was killed during
tho fighting at Tien Tsln, was a close
Imitation of one. Hong Fu Ling gained a
wide reputation among tho foreigners nt
tho Chlncso city nnd wbb chosen to repre
sent tholr Interests In tho courts when
ever occasion required. Ho proved him
self capable and faithful and his death
cast a gloom over tho foreign colony.
Although Hong Fu Ling was called a law
yer, ho was not really one, for thero are,
strictly npeaklng, no lawyers In tho vast
domain of tho kingdom of tho sun. There
aro licensed notaries, who pay tho
mandarin n certain amount for tho privi
lege of drawing -up tho complaints and
statements of tho pcoplo who may havo
business In tho court over which tho
mandarin presides. They extort heavy
fees from Hioho whom they servo and uho
tholr Influcnco with thn mandarin. By a
concession on tho part of tho government
tho Catholic priests havo n rank which
gives them tho right to plead n case bcfnro
a mandarin. It has been said that this
right was abused to Buuh an extent that
tho pooplo revolted.
"If a mnn did nnythlng for which he
could bo held," said n writer on the sub
ject, "ho would go to a Catholic missionary
and ho converted. In return the missionary
would plead his enso, uso his Influcnco
and monoy with fho mandarin and the
criminal would go free, ny (hat means
tho number of converts hos grown rapidly
nnd tho natural hatred of tho Chlncso to
ward the forelgnern has been Intensified."
PHOSPIIIIITV OF TIIH I'KOPl.n.
Irrefulnlile Kvlilcuce of Mlilesprenil
ImliiHlry mill Thrift,
Philadelphia Ledger.
The real prosperity of tho country Is
not represented by tho great forluneB nf tho
fnw, but by tho modest fortunes nf the
many. Thorn nro many Blgns to Indicate,
ninny facts to give nssurnnre, that If
It bo true, ns no doubt It Is. that tho
rhdi aro growing richer, It Is not trim that
tho poor aro growing poorer. To the
contrary, tho poor nro growing less poor.
tho evidence sustninlng this assumption
being Indisputable.
Tho Now York Sun has published n com
prehensive nnalysls of tho Infest yenrlv
report of tho condition nf tho savings
banks of that slnte. This report should be
carefully and thoughtfully examined by
Ihoso pessimistic prophets who asm-ii nt
socialistic and anarchistic gatherings thnt
wliiln thn rich nro growing richer the poor
nro growing poorer, or by thoso patriots
and statesmen who contend thnt our na
tional flnnniinl system, so far as It Ir
founded upon tho gold standard and n dol
lar nf the vnluo of 100 rents is nil wrong.
nnd thnt the way to right this wrong Is to
base our financial system open freo silver
nnd n fiO-cont dollar, of which syslem
Presldnntlnl fandldnto Bryan Is tho ac
cepted nnd honored exponent.
Tho Sun's abstract of tho report, to
which the Ledger Invites the nttentlon
of Its renders nnd which Is an oflltial ex
hlhlt In brief of the condition nf the
savings banks of Now York for the fiscal
year ending July 1. 1900, Is as follows
There ate 129 savings bunks pn-tty evcnlj
distributed In thirty-two of (lit alxty-onc
' I
rountl.s. with 2,o.!C,ni7 open nrerumts on
July I of hls year. That Is, there Is on
account for every three persona lu the
st iite.
During the twelve mouths covered by thn
report tin- number of open accounts In
creased from I.Wo.SIO lu IStt lo 2.ns(t,ni7 this
jfnr. The number of nci-onnts closed was
los,.!fi7. but the number of new uoCounfK
opened wns llfi.STO, nn excess of new over
closed ncco.mts of 107.003.
Tile umoiint withdrawn iturlni- the venr
wns J.'.II.D'S.tM', while that deposited was
$:'0I.'?.203, and the total amount dun de
piiKltors on the 1st of .ttilv reached th
sum of J!i.'J,il,&9H, nn Itu reuse of moro
than grift, umi.ono over the total amount due
them In the preceding yenr, while the re
soutccs of thi banks were Increased by
The total rcs'uers of the stnte's sav
ing bunks are repotted by Httperlntenilent
Kllb'irn ut $l,n.'17,Si!.lG0; of this groat sum,
Sliri.liSi.RT.' roprcnenti tho sutptus of tho
banks over nnd above nil indebtedness.
During the year covered by tho I'oport tho
surplus Increased by nearly tlvo nnd a
quarter millions of dollar.". The Interest
paid was griNiter by nenrly two million dol
lars than thnt paid In the year ending
.lane 30, ISflO, and reached tho large sum ot
$X3.ss,27l.
When the depositors of theso enormous
turns withdraw their deposits they will
receive under the financial system which
Bryan nnd his supporters denounce ns n
crime ngalnst tho worklngman 100 cents,
with Interest added, for each and every dol
lar deposited nnd withdrawn. Kach and
every dollar repaid them will ho of equal
value to tho dollar of gold a dollar
which passes current at Its full face valuo
In every part of tho world. It Is a dollar
which has no discount upon It; which Is
of equal value at nil places and nt all
times. Mr. Bryan's silver dollar Is unllko
the gold dollar In that It Is not recognized
ns a standard of monetary vnluo nnywhero
or nt nny time: that In ono country It Is ot
ono vnluo nnd qulto a different valuft
In another. If It goes no further from
homo than Mexico Its vnluo Is nbout SO
cents, ono Amerlcnu dollnr being equnl In
valuo to two Mexican dollars. If, there
fore, Mr. Bryan's financial system should
bocomo that of tho country, tho 2.036.017
depositors In tho savings banks of thn
Kmplro stnto would tecolvo for their $922.-
081.59(5. upon withdrawal, nbout one-half
that great sum. If tho Intelligent Industri
ous, frugal nnd thrifty worklngmcn und
women who so wisely put tholr' savings In
tho savings banks will consldor this matter
thoughtfully they will ascertain for them
selves that the worst thing which could
befall them pecuniarily would bo tho
triumph of Bryan nnd Bryanlsm.
Tho exhibits throughout tho United
Stntes present tho same proofs of the
prosperity of tho representatives of labor.
On tho last ot July. 1893. which was prior
to tho flnnnclnl crash of that year, there
wero 4.S30.000 depositors lu tho saing3
banks of tho country. On July 1, 1900,
Hiolr number hnd Increased to fi,8G7,000.
From 1S97 to 1900 nlono tho Increaso was
680,000.
Among nil theso millions of frmral folk
who put Into tho savings banks their hard
earned savings, It Is unllkoly thero will be,
many who will voto for Bryanlsm at tho
risk of having a half of their donosits rnn-
fiscatcd. "Frco silver means a r.n.rnn
dollar nnd that spells ruin to labor not less
man to capitnl.
LAV or TIIK MVKI.V.
,J.,.1st.on.Trn"?.,,r,n,: Maudc-t'nclo George,
costumes? r,ll'cra wear such bright
Uncln Gcorge-Sn's to distinguish them
thonilnkH. BrC0" BlUff th" Bows on
vL,,.'hB0 nreo.n,! "po you consider eon
vernation a lost art?
, mere s too much talking done by
lvkAUvi' I100"1 nl,"' ,0 mtle talking dons
by people who don't tnlk."
Indinnnnolls Journal: "M
S.W .i' ca"t " IT. .neighborhood watched
everything sHo did."
;;Weii?"
,"'MVl Mr"' Jones move1. away becaus
Bho didn't get nttentlon enough." '
Cleveland Plain Dcalpr
"Pop, -what's a.
paramount Imhup?"
J'.:'.? Vie sort of Issue, my boy. thn
thnt you
i.w.-,i.i-i.v uixiNi. mat i iic otiur party mum
uuiiiunu juu can ngni it t lie best
Wnshllictnn Slur: '
yoh talents 'pends on how ynu uses 'em."
niri L ".u;l." i 0.1""."'. "'!"' time a man's
plf s o tnlkln' doesn' 'compllsh not bin'
1 iiihho i an a ot o yulliuh
ncn folks late fob supper."
CntllOlle Kt'lllll.-inl- Tim llml.l ...I.
finally stated his case. ,"m
"H-lll-ni!" 1PI-!1II IllO I-lrl'a fiiM.ni- U.l.h,-
2onMMm Bt;rnI,v,- ,.,"you'K man, can 'yo
support a family'"
(..rent Heavens!" cried tho young man,
havo you lost your Job?"
Wnshllictnn Slur: "V,. .u-
who Is Impecunious, but amiable, "I'm
working llko u Turk now."
"i.iao n Turk?"
"Yes. Thn miltau nf TnrL-Av
About the. only exercise I get is dodging
creditors."
Chicago Tribune: "Yon'vo .rut vnnr i n..
o collpRo. I hoar," remarked the neighbor.
Well. I bono lin will nrniilt iii,uni ,. nt.
credit."
"Ho WOll't Tin.Ml In. lmr-nutt I" unl.l M ..
Caswell, somewhat Irritated. "I'm able' t-J
supply him with the cash right straight
lllOHB.
Phllndelnhlii Prpsu- "r
rpHHful clay shopping-." mild Mrs. Woodhy.
boastfully. "I muimged to secute n very
coitly and elegant vaws."
"Indeed I" replied Mrs. Pepprey. who I.e.
lleves In calling it vuso n viinc, " supposn
you'll keep It lu a glass caws."
4
Detroit Free 1iph: "I mIiipm i- iha
personllleiitlnn tit time In tho gulsn ot
man." said Tenhpot.
"Why?" asked Whiffet t.
,.'.?.n.""".'iro',rl"tc- 11 should be a wnmnu."
"Why?"
"Ynu kllOW the old IllOVCrh kiivki Tlnin
will tell.' "
Oilmen Ncwk: Tlln nni-tnln n-rtitl ,tn...r
nn the Mccnnd act of ''Uncle Tom's rnblii."
"i.emiuuinc!" snouted thn boy with tho
pall.
The woman in the end sent plnnced dnwn.
"Are you sure that lemnnnde Is rnol?"
(ert! Hnon ns 'I.lzn was nrrox I went
lack and got all tho Ice on the iier."
A MIIIMdllT ( Ai AS I'ltOI'lli;.
Deliver Post.
A tomcat sat on u moonlit shed and wnr-
bled n sonn to the nlaht,
A gray old singer or plebeian birth, but
tint hero of many n tlnht.
And n sinful nmn In whoso wcked soul
nn love for liurmmiy dwell
lTom his bed arose (n Ills red nlcht clothes.
Hiving volco to tho rupn ho felt!
He a bootjiick selr.eii In his vengeful hand
nun MiiiM'u ii om uho since,
And a smile peeped out throinjh the dry war
ni.iin ill inn VIMIWlin lOmi'iH H IIICC
Never touched mol" he cried In triumphant
KlCP. and II lllllrtn nf ilnrlilnn mnniinjn,ll
And the miid-miin swore till tho stnrs wcilt
oui huh win moon inn lis raco in n cloud I
Again did tho tomi'iit rnlso Its voice in a
SOUC tO llH HUTl'l Mllt'lo
Anil the echoes iiulvercd llkn current Jell In
iic iiii iii ui iiit- mi'ioiire,
And thn man In tho window n shntcnu
Hel'.Olt 1111(1 11 hf1nhnl frirlh r, ruin nf Inurl
And the tumciit sank In the llirnen nf death
mi ino roor oi me nm woodsneil!
With a grunt of triumph llm murderer
M sought the embrace of his couch ngnln,
And thn Inhli'iit raised up Its shot-plcrced
head nnd from It shook oil the pnln,
And tmld: "I've been slaughtered lust four
limes iinw' I've had trouble to bent thn
1,'IIMl!
But. though slightly disfigured. I'm still In
the r ns and 1'vo live more IIvch on
hand
Dears th ? lha Kid You Havo Alway&Jlough,
Bl87ro (Zu
OASTOIIKA.
,,r, tho M KwJ You Have Always Btuhl
O J. & C" C2 3Ti. X z
fleirl tho ) m flinl '0J H3 '"aT3 BOUJW
or
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