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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, APHTIj 18, 1901. The dmaha Daily Bee. K. IlOSEWATEIt, EDITOlt. I'UIILIBHED EVEIIY M0KNIN0. TEItMS OV flUUSCIUPTION. Dally Ucu iwllhuut Sunduy)( One Year. .16.00 Dally Ueo unu aunuuy. uuu Year s.iw ltlUstruted Heo, Una Xeur uunuuy uav, unu year f w buturuuy iiee, unu Ycur J'"' Twentieth Century l'urmcr, Ono Year... l.w OFFICES: Omuhai Tho lieu UuliUlnv. Uauth umunu: City uuu ilulldlnB, Twen-ty-uttii unu M Striuus. Council uluita: lu l'carl Street. CtilcuKu; ltii'J Unity ilullulntf. Isuw lork: Temple Court Wushinglou; tvi Fourteenth Street. COHUESl'ONDENCE. Communications rulutliiK to nuws and cdl torml mutter bIioiikJ bo uudrt'aeu: umunu lxk, Euuuriul Department. Ut;Sif.UaS LETTEKH. Uunlnesa luituiu unit remittances should Lu uuuretiHeu: The Ueu iuuiwning Coin puny, uniuliu. REMITTANCES. ltemtl by uratt, express ur postal order, puuuiu to 'Alio ileu 1'uollshlnK company, uniy i-euiu stiimpa uecepieu lu puymoiii 01 limn accounts, i-ernonai ciiccks, uxcepi on Uliubu or r.ustern exchanges, not uec.ileu. 'I'llJ-J llEl!. I'UUI.lOllli'.U UUMfA" '' STATEMENT OF ClltCULATION. Statu ot Nublusku. Uougias County, as.: Ueorga 11. TzucliucK, secrutary of 'ino iJ-e I'utiii.nniK company, being duly swum, says thai thu uctual number ot lull unu cuinpluiu copies uf Thu Dully, Moinliis, livening unu ounduy lieu printed duting t" month or jiarcli, Ml, was us roilows; 1 au.tiio 17 ao.aso 2 au.auo 18 ao.tioo 3 i!7,&ito in au.aao 4 a,uo so ao.aao r au.sso 21 ao.iwo 6 au.uio 'a a,;uo 7 as.u-io 23 ao.aau 8 7,!10O 21 ao.iMu a7,r.io 23 au.iao 10 as.aun 2 aw.oao n ar.oao 27 au.aao 12 a7,uuu 28 aa,44o 13 a7.tmo 23 aojaw 14 37,050 30 30,140 is 2H,ino 31 ao.oao 16 SH.iao Total 807,575 Less unsold and returned copies.... ia,M07 Not total sales 881,078 Net dully uvuruga aH,BU4 GEO. II. TZSCIIUCK, Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to beforo mo this 1st duy of April, A. O. 1901. M. H. I1UNOATE. Notury l'ubllc. When it comes to fearless oxcrelso of the veto power Mayor Mooros ami Gov ernor Dietrich nrc two of n kind. Tho first look which the supremo court commissioners took nt the flics con vinced them there would bo no difficulty nhout keeping busy for n couple of years nt least. It Is to be hoped the machinists nnd their employers will get together. Omaha would like to go through the year with a clean record as to labor dltllcultlcH nnd strikes. Tho now democratic mayor of Cleve land favors a 3-cont fare on the street cars, but is willing to make transporta tion free In his political wagon, which he has headed for the senate. Denver authorities tire to mako war on the rats. At the last election the voters cleaned out n corrupt democratic city government, und they propose to clean out oil the -pests while lu tho business. Mrs. Nation told tho Kansas City po lice Judge that goods shipped from Kan sas City wore tho cause of all tho trouble in Kansas, and tho police Judge forth with ordered Carrlo shipped to tho same destination. .fames J. Hill of tho Great Northern modestly admits that he has secured n substantial interest lu tho liurllugton system. This ought to settle all specu lation its to whether the deal has really gone through. The federal officials are again after Crazy Snake, who is fomenting trouble lu the Indian Territory. If ho Is not careful Crazy Snake will be sorry that he made so strenuous an effort to keep his record up to his name. Thnt J.cinnrs (la.) absconding bank official should bo more explicit In record to his present nddress. He left a note saying that he was going "God knows where." Tho police am not supposed to bo In touch with this source of in foruintlon. President Sclmrmnirs views on Insular affairs and conditions do not .suit the opposition press. Tho principal troublo Is that Schurman has bceu there nud studied the question nnd knows what ho is talking about, aud tho popocratle editors do not. Tho Nntlonnl Good Roads association has started out from Chicago to show people how it is done. If the experts can nuiko good roads In that section of I ho country at this season of the year no excuse will exist for the rest of the world wallowing In the mire. HussIr nud Japan, niter u season of growllug nud snapping at each other, aro beginning to quiet down, and tho war dogs will be soon lying as (inlet as evi War tulk Is as cheap as ever, but actual war Is decidedly expensive when tho stako Is not worth tho cost to elth icr ono of them. Tho Hoo has no disposition to Indulge In personalities over tho late senatorial tmupnlgu, but wo may lie pardoned In remarking that tho contortions of tho Lincoln Journal forcibly Illustrate tho fact that gnawing a tile Is not a healthy amusement even for people who wear false teeth. Chnncellor Kllsha Henjninln Andrew has been appointed ns one of tho dele gates from Nebraska to thu national conference of charities and corrections. Tho chancellor ought to bo nblo to tell tho conference how to transform a stato university Into nn nsyluin for professors dislodged from other educational Instb tutlons. Tho French government Is tho latest to send official representatives to this couutry to study both fanning nud man ufacturlng methods, it took Europe some tlmu to comprehend thnt tho old world must change Its posltlou from that of teacher to pupil, and It is ac cepting tlio situation gracefully now that the truth has dawned upon It. IV IXUSEWATEIl llASAXl'TlltSU TO SAV. Tho pcoplo who think that Dietrich Is going to bullhead and pursuo a course that will split tho republican party In this stato wldo open nro bound to bo disappointed. If ltosewater has anything to say about It tho appointments will all be mado to punish the fellows who were not with him this win ter, but It Is safe to guess that Senators Dietrich and Millard wilt lmvo more sense thnn to stir up a row that way. Lincoln Journal. Nothing would suit the organ of de feated factlonlsts better than to precip itate it disagreement between Ne braska's two newly elected republican senators that would prevent them from uniting on any appointments. The election of two republicans to rep resent Nebraska In the United Stntes sennte was such a disappointment to the Journal and those whose sentiments It voices that It finds Itself nt a loss to ascertain Its bearings and naturally turns upon ltosewater as the object upon which to vent Its Ill-temper. Having maintained all along that ltosewater would play tlog-ln-the-inanger and block the election of anyone unless he were the choice, Its great fear now Is that the new senntors may listen to advice. That no misapprehension may exist, it may be Just as well to say a few plain words right at this juncture. If ltosewater has anything to say about It, the federal appointments will be made with a view to building up In stead of tearing down tho party. If ltosewater has anything to say about It. the distribution of federal patronage will have as its first object, outsldo of the efficiency of the public service, the maintenance of tho repub lican supremacy In Nebraska gained at surh great expenditure of labor and en ergy. If ltosewater has anything to say about It, party service will be consid ered above personal favoritism. If ltosewater has anything to say nbout it, men who jeopardized the elec tion of two republican senators by sup porting fusion legislative candidates will be barred from recognition. If ltosewater has anything to say nbout it, officeholders who exerted them selves at homo aud nt Lincoln to per- petuato the deadlock lu order to keep the sonatorshlps vacant, will bo nccorded no consideration. If ltosewater has anything to say about it, no mnn who has enjoyed four years of federal salary will lie conceded an Indefensible title to four years more, but his claim to eoutlnuanco In olllec will bo made to rest on the service ren dered nnd to bo rendered to the party. If ltosewater has anything to say about it, no one will be punished except for dlshouesty, disloyalty or scandal brought upon the party and no one re warded except for merit. And these principles The Hen will ad vocate whether ltosewater has anything to say about it or not. Al'PUECIATE AMEMCAX FOLIC I'. A native of China who Is n llrltlsh ofllclnl at Hong Kong has just arrived In this eouutry and in an interview stuted that the feeling of tho ruling classes of China toward the United States Is extremely cordial. Ho said thnt the moderation and consideration shown by the government at Washing ton in making demands on the empire have already borne good fruit and will lw of advantage to America for years to come. Ho expressed tho opinion that this couutry will be tho favored nation for yenrs to come when China Is re stored to peace not tho favored nation In the sense thnt laws will bo made to that end, but even now China looks to America ns an excellent market and tho possibilities of enlarging trade nre prac tically limitless. There Is no doubt thnt the feeling of tho statesmen of China toward the United States Is more frleudly than ever before nnd for the reason that our gov ernment, from tho beginning of the trouble, has shown n disposition and purpose to treat China fairly and Justly. When at tho outset of the disturbance some of tho governments were treating tho Chlneso diplomats accredited to them with scant courtesy and In some eases almost with insult, it was the American seeruary of stato who kept always before their niluds thu fact that u state of war did not exist lii China and by his maintenance of friendly re lations with tho Chinese minister at Washington, set tho pace for tho foreign chancellories. It was this wise course which enabled tlio world to assure Itself of tho survival of the legation peoplo after th most alarming reports of their fate had come from various quarters. When tho Imperial authorities ot China sought n settlement with the western world, they did not look first to the European powers, but to this republic. The response of our government, In tho famous note of July ; to tho powers, established tho lines to bu followed by all the nations in their negotiations thenceforward. It dellued a policy so fair and Just and reasonable that the powers could not reject It. When It camo to announcing the terms on which tho governments would treat with China there were many propositions, somo of them most exacting In their chnracter. Our government Invoked tho spirit of moderation, with results now approved by the civilized world. The United States opposed success fully the bloodthirsty policy of some of the powers In tho matter of punishing those Identified with the anti-foreign up rising und uo ono will now coutend that It was not right lu doing this. It took a posltlou against any power forcibly or by secret treaty acquiring Chlneso terri tory and tho territorial Integrity of the empire has been preserved. Our govern ment has urged that tho claims of the powers ror indemnity should bo reason nbto and not beyond the ability of China to pay. lu other words, that they should not amount to robbery and spoil atlon. Tho latest information Is that the powers aro concurring In this view and reducing their claims. In with drawing Its troops from Chluii the United States has set au exumple which doubtless will in due tlnio bo followed by tho other nations. It would bo strange lmleed If this fair and honorablo treatmeut of China were not appreciated by tho ruling clusses of that country and we are certainly war ranted lu expecting that Chinese friend ship for tho United States lu tho future will be even more cordial than in tho past. THE VII A V US AT MA A' I LA, The secretary of war lias called upon General MacArthur for additional In formation concerning the alleged frauds at Mniillit'. It Is somewhat singular that .MacArthur has as yet given the govern ment no definite statement regarding the frauds said to have been committed lu the couunlssnry department, but it Is perhaps to be explained by tho fact that the investigation has not proceeded far enough to permit of a definite state ment. When th matter was first devel oped General MacArthur reported thnt the charges were exaggerated, thnt nothing of so serious a nature as was alleged had taken place. I'osslbly sub sequent Investigation has disclosed a worse condition of affairs than had been supposed and .MacArthur has deemed it Judicious to wait for further results of the Inquiry being prosecuted before coniiuunlcntlng with the War depart ment. It Is u quite natural Inference from his silence that this Is the case. It should be understood that this is strictly an nriny affair. Whatever frauds have been committed are against the government and do not Involve any Injury to tho Filipinos. There is this difference between this matter and the postal frauds in Cuba. A thorough In vestigation will be mado of the alleged frauds at Manila and it Is needless to say that If they arc proved those guilty of them .will be adequately punished. Tho fullest confidence can be felt that General MacArthur will spare no effort to probe the matter to the bottom nnd that so far as his authority goes he will allow no guilty man to escape. had von the suldwhs. The abolition of the sale of boor nnd wine In army canteens Is proving, ns was predicted would be tho case, bad for the soldiers. There Is a return to the conditions at army posts which pre vailed before the canteen was estab lished. It is stated that information received nt the War department from every part of the country where troops are stationed is to the effect thnt in toxication and riotous conduct among private soldiers have been alarmingly Increased by tho operation of the law abolishing the sale of beer and light wines In the post canteens. Evidence of this Is furnished ut the nntlonnl capi tal, a Washington dispatch stating that several new saloons have opened and aro doing a nourishing business near. Fort Myer, while in the village of l'hoebus, Va., adjoining tlio military reservation, there has been a decided In crease In tho number of saloons. The same thing Is noted of the neighborhood of the 1'resldlo, San Francisco. The soldiers who visit the saloons do not confine themselves to beer nnd wines, such as were sold In the can teens, but drink cheap whisky and other heavy liquors, and they are led Into gambling games and other forms of vlco which could not exist within the "limits of a military post. It was clearly pointed out when the canteen was under discussion lu congress that this would inevitably be the result of yielding to tho demand of tho radical temperance people. All experienced army officers agreed in regard to it. The testimony to the merit of the ennteens as a protec tion ngalint Intemperance In thu army was overwhelming. It Is now receiving vindication, and with such force ns should convince any rational advocate of tcmperaueo that tho anti-canteen leg islation was a mistake, rerhaps the next congress will take this view of It and restore the canteen to what It was before the enactment of thu present law The position Mayor Moores has taken on thu billboard ordinance should com mend Itself to the, general public. The mayor has como to tho conclusion that the surest way to secure billboard regu latlon Is by signing tho ordinance passed by tho council nud asking tho council to modify Its severest provisions. Had the mayor Interposed a veto the city would lmvo been without any ordinance for tho preseut aud uo one would be able to tell how soon the council would act on the recommendations for a new ordinance along less radical lines. The council should be given to understand that uu less the proposed modifications are made within a reasonable time tho mayor will have the preseut ordinance enforced. According to our yellow Journal con temporary, the "two little boys" who were compelled to spend Easter In jail for violating tho garbage ordinance put tho whole police forcu to filght In an en counter at arms ten days later. If it were not known that these two little boys were grown men with wives and children, onu would Imagine they were Infant prodigies of tho Samson variety, Tho popocrats aro welcome to begin canvassing for available material for candidates on their next stato ticket, but when they undertake to suggest tho men to bo considered by the republicans they nro going outside of their Jurlsdle ttou. Republicans will bu quite able to pick their own candidates without wait lug toi thu aid or consent of any other political party. The promoters of that Emporia nlr line seem to bo more anxious nbout a subsidy for locating the terminus at Omaha than about getting down to bus iness on tho work of organization aud construction. They might as well ns sure themselves lu advance that no sub sidy will bo forthcoming uutll after the road is built, If at all. It will bo noted that the annual ad Justiiient of salaries of postal clerks Is all in tho direction of increased pay aud promotions and that a number of local postal employes are among tho bene llclarles. Undo Sinn's postofllco estab llshment offers tho most striking exam plo of business expansion that tho coun try possesses. Ak-Snr-Hen Is suffering one of tho pen altles of success. The fact that 'Its street fair last fall uot ouly covered ex peases, but loft n surplus In the treas ury, Is noting as a damper on tho nn mini contributions from business men. The business Interests should remember that Ak-Sar-llen Is u public Institution nnd thnt tho extent nnd character of Its festivities must depend upon the support received front them. The transfers of real estate In prepara tion for tho erection of new buildings to accommodate our Inrgo retail establish ments lndlcntc that eastern Investors nre ready to put money into Omaha property when the conditions Insure u reasonable return. With tlio way opened by these transactions other Investments our.lit to follow. Good buildings nt de sirable locntious will not stand empty long in Omaha. Minister Loomls hastens to deny the nccurncy of the Interview with him pub lished lu the San Juau papers. The in terview could be nccepted us true only on the theory that Luoinls was devoid of seuso or was at least temporarily de ranged. Men who have served ns long ns he in the diplomatic service urc not likely to talk lu that manner, nt lenst uot for publication. Some Other Ycnr, New York Tribune. Tom L. Johnson will not bo a presidential candidate this year. He will watt at least until the noxt presidential campaign. There Are the Condition. Urouklyn Eagle. This republic sent to Cuba its ultimatum. Cuba's notion that it was a penultlmatum or au ante-penulttmatum may or may not abate. Tho republic can stand tbo condition or tho consequences as long as Cuba can. Lnbor I'lnclied liy the 1'rnnt. Hoston Globe. Somo forty mills In Fall Illver, nearly tho entire number In tho syndicate agreement, will Btop their machinery this week, which will decreaso production by 200,000 pieces, and means a loss la wages ot about $100, 000. Contraction ot labor Is only another namo for tho taxation ot labor. A Illflerenec of Opinion. Indianapolis News. Senator Piatt says this country Is pledged to ecu that a republican form ot govern ment is established and maintained In Cuba. It Is pledged to nothing of tho kind. This country is pledged to grant the Cu bans independence, which means that the kind of government they aro to establish Is their business. Wlmt MIkIii Have Ilccn. Philadelphia Itecord. Statements from Manila lndlcato that Agulnaldo Is treated with tho utmost con sideration by tho American authorities. This Is becoming to tho humanity of a great government. But It Is a pity that the samo wlso diplomacy was not shown toward Agulnaldo and his natlvo followers In the beginning. What blood and treas ure and domestic sorrow U would have spared! An Improvement an Venrsneln. Chlcugo Tribune. In an Independent Cuba there will be aspiring military chieftains as well as reck less civilian demagogues, who will look on tho property owners as their natural' prey. To protect tho latter from tho former and to nssuro to Cuba a government republican in substanco).an well as in form the United States must havo the admitted right to Intcrvcno under certain contin gencies which It dooa-nol possess as re gards Venezuela, "v l (rent Problem to Solve. SprlngtleldUeiiubllcuti.' The great moral question ot fixing the damages China Is to pay seems to have becomo an anxious guessing match as to how much money China bus got. It is a problem that blackmailers and extortioners often aro obliged (o solve. In England tho view seems to prevail that trado priv ileges should bo taken in lieu of cash. This Is a singular mistake for a great power which has had so much expcrlcnco as Eng land In tho civilizing business. Cash first, territory afterward that Is tho gumo. xew i' i is M) for nnuMMims. Atnerlcnu Iluliies ItnMlera Working In IorelKii l.uudn. Chicago Tribune. When tho trust movement was nt Its height thcro was much despondent talk about tbo pasting of the commercial trav eler. The consolidation ot rival companies In some cases was avowedly made with a vlnw to reducing the number of traveling salesmen, and hundreds have undoubtedly been taken off tho road In tho United States In tho last tow years, nut the American commercial traveler has recently reap peared In a now and larger field. Uo is busily nt work In England, France, Ger many, South Africa, South America, Asia and other foreign markets. Apparently tho consolidation ot American Industries, In stead of throwing tho traveling salesman out of employment, has given him a wider and more lucrative field In many depart ments ot trade. European correspondents report com plaints from all quarters regarding tho en ergy with which American agents nro hustling about on that side of the Atlantic and selling our manufactures In competi tion with those ot European make. Tho ad vent ot these Yankeo salesmen Is resented by the leisurely rivals whoso markets they are Invading, but consumers aro buying the American goods whenover these aro better or cUeapcr. American cntcrpriso Is making itself felt In Europe as novor beforo. Hardly a day passes in London without tho ap pearance, ot n new group of engineers nnd mercantile agents from tho United States. These salesmen aro skilled In their business nnd receive good salaries. Young men Intending to enter commercial Itfo will do well to realize, tho significance of this change. Heretofore tho market for our manufactures has been chiefly domestic, and tho commercial salesmen hud to deal only with Amerlcuns. Now our Industries havo taken possession ot many foreign mar kets, and manufacturers will pay liberal salaries to ugents who can help to hold nnd enlarge this now field. To bo a successful salesman In a foreign country requires a knowledge of the language and customs of tho peoplo. To sell goods in continental Europe an agent should be able to talk French, German, Itusslnn, Norwegian or Italian, according to tho country in which ho Is to work. Thero will bo nn Increasing demand for good salesmen with a knowl edge of Spanish, who can push American trado in South America and In our new Island possessions. Modern languages will be moro useful than beforo to practical Amertcans. nut a mere knowledgo of a foreign lan guage is not enough to Insuro success abroad, even for those who havo been good salcsmon at home. Americans will have to learn to adapt themselves to the customs and business methods ot other nations. In Latin countries, for Instance, they must pay more attention to politeness and be less abrupt and hasty In their methods. Our consuls frequently complain of the unwill ingness of Araerlc2 manufacturers and aalesmen to try to please torjiitn customers an small but essential points. When our :oratnorclal travolers shall have fitted them selves thoroughly for their new Held they ire likely to beVomo still more Important members of tho trade world than they wer? under the old order of things. i.i'.ts i.otisK tiii: imhis or avail Itcrunrkft on the llenuly of Sulfide nn n Polllleiil Policy. Now York World. Now that Holla Wells, n gold-standard man and the regular democratic nominee, has boen elected mayor ot St. Louis, Mr. Ilryan denounces tho democratic triumph ns "a disastrous victory for tho democracy of St. Louis, Missouri and tho nation," and proclaims a civil war within tho party against "corporato element which calla Itself democratic," but "gives Its pecuniary" and political nupport to tho republican party" and "Is plotting to rcpubllcaulzo tho democratic organization." What docs ho mean by "rcpubllcanlzo tho democratic organization!" His solo objection to Mr. Wells nnd tha Wells kind of democrats is that they, Ilka tho overwhelming majority of tho American people, llko an overwhelming majority of the delegates to the democratic natlounl convention nt Kansas City In l'JOO, nro op posed to the Ilryan, popullstlc, nntl-dcmo-cratlc freo sliver lunncy which, thankR chiefly to Mr. Drynn's leadership, has caused tho democrnllc party to receive a, scries ot rebukes from tbo people unprece dented In number nnd In severity. Yet tor tho sako of this unprincipled principle, of freo sliver, C0-ceut dollars, Mr. Uryan do ctarcs war nnd cnlls for a "struggle." Hn announces his fixed determination at nny cost to continue tho democratic party In Its position of folly and hopeless minority. And ho carries his frenzy to tho point of assailing regular democratic candidates and ot going Into mourning for democratic vic tories. After all, is It not strictly logical that tbo man who has bo long advocated suicide, as a political policy for his party should now bo Inviting a doso of his own medtclno? KKCI.AI.MIM1 AIIII) I.A.MIS. Cnn StockKrovrern ArToril to l'nr for Their Hcrieniptloii, Salt Lake Tribune. The San Francisco Call makes tho sug gestion, which somo of tho eastern press Is approving, that tho arid ranges owned by tbo government bo leased and tho rental ap plied to tho distribution of available water, and one learned Journal says "tho stock grazer can well afloVd to pay for tho use of tho public property on which his herds aro pastured free of expense, tho moro espe cially ns ho comes Into direct competition with stockgrowcrs who own Innd nnd who nro heavily tnxed on their Investment for tho support of the government." Most of tho lands nro already leased, but It takes from sixteen to thirty acres of this arid land to support a big steer through tho1 summer, ho taking his chances of dying of exposure nnd starvation in tho winter. How much do our eastern friends think the stock growers could afford to pay per ncro on a Ieas9 of that kind, nnd how many acres would It tnko to get money enough to turn a stream or build a reservoir? If tho gov ernment would turn tho streams and build tho reservoirs, then It might ask a rental for land that would pny something. It seems impossible for our enstcrn friends to rcallzo that lands In the arid west nrc not Just ns vnluablc as wero tho bottom lnnds in Illinois. Those were given away or sold to the- settlers for $1.23 nn acre; but our economical friends In tho cast nre awfully afraid that tho government will not realize from $3 to $12.50 for its desert. At tho samo tlmo they insist that for the govern ment to spend a million dollars on a stream In the cast that would not float a swan Is entirely legitimate, but to use water to con vert tho desert Into fruitful fields Is simply a wholesalo robbery of tho chtlro cast. When it comes to generosity our eastern friends nre ready to repeat tho words of tho great novelist, "We is all poor critters." Tin: COMMON .SAII.OIt. Iten-nrilecl for llrmery Despite. Snoli- IiIhIi Olijeelloim. Chicago Chronicle. Sampson Is not thu only snob In the navy of tho 'United States. Admiral Crownln sbleld is to bo paired with Sampson In snobbishness. Captain Rockwell of the flagship Chicago recommended ono J. II. Helms as worthy n medal for saving the llfo of a man who had fallen over board. Tho man was only of tho crew a cook. Admiral Schley Indorsed tho rec ommendation, Crownlnshleld thought tho deed not "brave enough." How much braver It could bo ho docs not Intimate. Hud tho sinking man beon himself Instead of a common sailor It Is qulto likely tbo de gree of bravery would appear adequate. "Greater lovo hath no man than this, that n man lay down his llfo for his friends," Is affirmed by the scripture. Greater brnv ory hath no man than to risk his own life to Fae another's. The incldpnt nccentuates a fact too gen erally forgotten by tbo unobscrvlng that your common sailor 1b n man ot uncom mon bravery. Thero is no hour of duy or night throughout tho year that muy not summon him to that supremo tent. Hl.t moral sense has bcon shown by his habitual rising to tho test to bo far above tho average, for tho average man, howevor, bravo on rnro occasion, is not subject to tho sailor's vicissitudes. Stories of ship wreck aro rare In which cowurdlco or treachery Is displayed by this category of heroic fellows, who, in proportion to their deserts, aro tho least appreciated nnd tho worst rewarded of all bravo men. Notonly tho oceans, but tho rivers nnd lakes nro witnesses to their modesty, their courngo and their unselfishness. Helms got his medal and may ho wear it long after tho snobs of tho navy shall bo extirpated. BKTTKIl TIMES AHEAP. German Emperor Dock n Turn with llnckulient Cnlim, I'hlludelphlu Times. His Imperial mnjesty of Germany wants to eat tho American buckwheat enke, the toothsome, flapjack, tha seductive, Welsh rarebit and other dainties dear to tho pal ates of a majority ot tho peoplo of the United States. To tho end of gratifying a gastronomic taste, quickened by an ex perience on board nn American steamship, which ho prolonged with tho express pur pose ot rovcllng In tho wondrous dollghts of Its grill room, tho kaiser has sent his chief cook over to this country to take lessons, Thero nro thoso who have hinted, and moro than hinted, that William II was beginning to show symptoms ot nn abso lute and arbitrary disdain of the rights of men, and to hold himself ns so far abovo and boyond tho sphero of ordinary mortals that direful consequences to his empire nnd IiIb peoplo wero In store. No one who believes thnt tho stomach Is thu point through which the best impulses of our common humanity may bo best reached will bo Inclined to accept these Innuendoes of n deteriorated mental and moral conception. Tho monarch who craves such democratic simples ns hom iny pancakes may bo fairly expected to hold a decent respect for tho opinions und prerogatives of his follow-mon, and every opportunity should bo accorded to the Imperial chef for tho acquirement of knowledgo of thoso secrets of cookery upon which tho great republic of tho west has thrived. "Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed that bo is srown so great?" will not be the petulant query of tho sturdy Teuton after his sovereign has had a diet indi cated by his partiality for dishes set be foro htm by the cooks of tho American ves sel and which have moved his bettor na ture. Spoed the day when William Hnhcn zollorn learns thu dellrluun pleasure ot Philadelphia scrapple, schnltz and knepp, and tho comprchenulvo bash. i.ii'n i.v tiii: I'lm.ii'i'i.Mis. llnppenlimn ntnl Incident of Note In the l.ntiil of the llrntvn Mnn. Ever since Senator llevcrldge of Indiana flashed n gold nugget In tho setiato chamber ns proof of tho mlnornl wealth of tho Phil llpplnrs, considerable quiet prospecting hns been carried on In tho limited district here tofore patrolled by United States soldiers. With the rebellion practically at an end aud tbo natives pacified, a thorough search of the Islands will bo pronccutcd soon, nnd tho extent of their mineral recources dem onstrated. Ur. George I Heckor of tho United States Geological Survey reports that pan mining for gold was ono of tho nuclent In dustries of Luzon, and yellow motal was ono of tho chief products ot tho Island. Dr. Heckor says tho moro Important known gold fields nro tbrro In number. Tho most northerly of them lies about Mount Data. In tho country of tho Igorrotes. Tho sec ond nnd best known district Is that of Camarlnes Norte, easily accessible by sea, nnd nbout 115 miles to the southeast of Manila. Tho only other hopeful region Is the northeastern portion of Mindanao nnd tho adjacent Islands. Tho Igorrotcs nro extraordinarily reti cent nbout tholr gold mining. An English man of long residenco In northern Luzon, who had handled much Igorrotc gold com mercially, Informed mo thnt no outsiders of any raco wero permitted to visit the quartz mines or even to prospect for quartz, Tho Igorrotcs aro not nfrald to tacklo solid rock, and I presume that their quartz mining, though rude, Is tolerably effective, perhaps approaching Mexican work. la tho gold district of Camarlnes Norto thero nro numerous plncer mines, nnd beach sands nro nlso washed. Of this re gion Hernando Itlquel wrote, In 1574: "Thero nro many mines of gold which havo been seen by Spaniards, and tho natives work them ns they work nllvcr mines In New Spain. Tho mineral presents Itself so plentifully that I do not write nbout It, lest thoy should suspect mo of exagger ation; but It Is sufllclent to suy that I swear, ns a Christian, that thcro Is moro gold In this Island than there Is iron In lllscny.' Though this writer was drawing freely upon his Imagination, thero Is no reason to doubt thnt tho placers wero originally very rich. At tho present tlmo, however, tho output does not amount to much." Tho mystery of tho unknown still hangs about tho Island ot Mindanao, aud thero Is a widespread Impression that It Is nn El Dorado. Copper deposits lu the province of Lc panto, near Mount Dnta, havo been worked by tho Igorrotcs since beforo tbo Spanish discovery of tho archipelago. "I saw n most singular sight In this town yesterday," writes n Kansas soldier boy from Vlgan, Luzon Island. "'I snw 1,000 Fil ipinos tako tbo oath ot allcglanco to tho United Stntes. And It Is nn oath that will stick, for it was taken beforo tho nrmy oftlccrs nnd n priest In tho church, nnd tho Filipino Is faithful to anything about his religion. Tho Filipinos camo to town early In tho morning nnd lined up In the church, which will hold C.000 people. They mnrched to tho altar nud thero placed ono hand on tho bible nnd also kissed tho crucifix when tho oath was taken. This rebellion Is busted beyond any doubt, nnd tho body of tho Philippine peoplo nre mighty glnd of It." In order to be ablo to feed tho soldiers In tho Philippines as they aro fed It Is neces sary to keep a kind of procession of 'sup ply ships on tho waterways from New York to Manila by wny of tbo Suez canal anil across tho Pacific from San Frnnclsco. It will not do to storn Immense volumes of supplies in Manila, for that is n tropical cllmnto and all food Is moro or less perish able in bo hot a temperature. Therefore ships aro going nil the time. In an appreciative article nbout Judge W. H. Taft, tho president ot tho Philippine commission and governor general of the islands, tho Washington correspondent of tho Pittsburg Dispatch says: "So many times has ho severed tho tlo that bound him to tho public pay roll thnt It would havo been economy had ho provided him self with printed blanks for that purposn. His office-holding career began In his na tive city, Cincinnati, tho dethroned Queen City of tho West, soon after ho attained his majority. The good pcoplo of that city choso him to bo their solicitor. Then thoy compelled him to give that up by electing him to tho bench of tho superior court, a tribunal half way between tbo circuit nnd common pleas courts. Ho was about 20 when tho lato llenjamln Harrison beckoned tho young man to take tho very responsible position of solicitor general for tho United States. No man probably ever held that ofllco whllo us young ns 'Hilly' Tnft, tho son of Judgo Alphonso Tnft, cabinet officer and minister to Russia. Just beforo Harri son went out of office Taft was made a cir cuit Judgo of tho United States, and for seven years this young man sat on tbo bench with men old enough to be his father at least. This life place, so honorablo und satisfying to a member of tho legal fra ternity, Taft gavo up to becomo president of tho Philipplno commission to lenvo his comfortablo homo nt Cincinnati and dwull In tho hot and Beml-civlllzcd Islands, ot which ho Is soon to becomo tbo governor general. It tho cllmato docs not kill him his resignation of the governor general ship will be to accept n placo on tho bench of tho supremo court of tho United States." Where the Slrnln Tell. Kansas City Btnr. Tho Boers nro not wholly without tholr victories so long ns tbo South African war Is costing Great Britain $7,000,000 a week. For Young Men Stylo iH the young man's first requisite in Clothing. He'll find it to his heart's delight in our new Top Conts nnd Suits for Spring. $10 to $25 Broad Shoulders, Collars that, fit ns they should, and the military waist are features of this season's styles as we make them. Cheviots in dark colors nnd unfinished worsteds are the materials. "No Clothing Fits Like Ours." Browning, King & Co. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Mn. Fraxk CAnTKH, 8 Merrill Street, Amesbury, Mm. Thin lottov should aarry Faith andOonvlotlnn in tlwHoarta of all Slot YJonton. " I suffered with inll.itnnintlon nnd falling of tbo womb and other dis agreeable female weaknesses. I had bad spells every two weeks that, would last from eight to ten days nnd would lmvo to go to bed. I also bad bead ncho nnd backache most of the tlmo nnd such boariug down pains I could linrdlv wnlk across tho room nt times. I doctored nearly all tho tlmo for about two yenrs and seemed to grow worse all the time until labt September I was obliged to take my bed, and tho doctors thought nn operation was tho only thing that would help mo, but this I refused to havo done. "Then a friend advised me to try tbo Pinkbam medicine, which I did, nnd after using the first bottlo I began to Improve. I took in nil five bottles of Lydla E. Tinkbam's lllood l'tirlfler, four boxes of Lydla E. l'lukham's Dry Form Compound, three boxes of Liver Pills and used three packages of Snna tive Wash, and I am ns well now as I ever was. I am more than thankful every day for my cure." Mas. Fiia-nk Cahtkh. 3 Merrill St., Ainesbury, Mnss itKOhh "'" Paid If thla tmmtlmo- LfiJlm . Plnkhmm Mmtllclna Co. fi..siii:s oi' Ai'itiL st .vsuixn. Chicago Tribune: "l'nclo," said tho ronrt, reform missionary, "how do you stand on tho good roads question?" "Samo us I always hov." snld Farmer Hnycraft, belligerently. "Knee deop," Tho missionary saw It was of no uso nnd passed on. Puck: "Ah! Ornlshy, howdy? I want to tell you how Christian Sclcnca cured mo ot tho grip." 'All right, old mini! When you got through 1 want to tell yon how tho grip cured mo of Christian Science." Cnthollc Standard: "Will tho flno gcntlo mnn let me tell his fortune?" asked tho Hwnrthy young woman. "Sure," promptly replied Mr. Ilnrduppo. "Suppose, you tell It to hurry nloug and do its proverbial one-tlmo-only stunt ut inv door. I've been waiting for It nit my life.1' Philadelphia Press: "ft seems to mo you're a trllle familiar." tho humorist said, when tho footpads held him up. "So? Well, hero's something thnt will lr moro familiar," replied ono of them, stuff ing a handkerchief Into tho victim's mouth. "It's an old gag." Urooklyn Llfo: Mrs. Hllklns (Hwcetly Do havo unother plcco of cake, Cousin .Inllfl. Cousin John Why. really. I'vo nlrcadv had two: but it's so good I bcllovo I will linvc another. I.lttlo Joliunlo (excitedly) Mil's a win ner! Mu'h a winner! Him mild sJic'd bot you'd mako u pig of yourself! Till: NEW COOKEIIY. Hulllmoro American. Since; Llzzlo goes to rookln' school, thl houso don t seem tbo samo; Most everything wo get to eat has got a fancy name, An' none of It Is what wo like, but what'.i tho use to kick? I reckon It's all right so long us It don't make us sick. But, somehow, well, I'm glttln' tired ot this hero "consommuy," An' salads that's as spiritless ns last year's crop o' hay. Slnco l.lzzlo goes to cookln' school sho don't cook like her ma. Sho has to havo a apron on tlio best you ever saw. It's frilled an' puckered hero nn' thero, an' trimmed irouud with lace. I reckon l.lzzlu'll bo all right when sho haa struck the pnec. Hut, somehow, well, It seems to mo I can't Just got tho hung Of, when I'm eatlu' custard pie, to call It a "nierrang." Slnco Llzzlu goes to cookln' school, wo don't got no more mush. An' when 1 say I'd llko some greens, tdin says, "Now, pa. you hush I" Sho holds a fool Ihe'mnmeler on every thing sho cooks, An' scolds becaasu I ho cook stovo won't run Yurdlu' t tho hooks. Hut, somehow, well, the things don't serin good after they are enrved. Slnco Ltzxln goes to eookln' sehool why, say, I'm blamed near slnrved. When Eyeglasses Begin to shake, rattle, turn nbout on tho screws, bother you to death, try a pnlr with LENS-LOCK SCREWS, These enn't shnko, will bo stiff, strong, und u comfort. FITTED TO YOUR RIMLESS GLASSES, f0 CENTS (NICKEL MOUNTINGS). Try them; they nro over so much better. J. C. Huteson roiiNitlf Iiik OtillelfiiiK, I.V-'O lloilKllIK St.