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    'Hie dmaha Daily Bee.
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Htale of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
(leorgc II. Tzscluck, secretary of The Iis
Publishing Company, belli)? duly swjrn,
cays that Iho actual number of full anU
I'ompleio copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Kvenlng and Sunday Hen printed during th
month of March, 1901, was as follows:
1 ao.iMo i? :io,:mo
2 uh,h'm is ii,:irto
3 S7.SIMI 19 ai,5!i
4 ao.HiMi so ao,:i:io
6 SU.NtJO 21 UO.lOO
6 UII.1HO 22 2,U10
7 118,010 23 20,280
8 27,300 24 .10,180
f 7,540 23 20.4.1O
10 21,211. 2S 20,r,:to
11 27,020 27 2l,:i.JO
12 27,000 23 .'12,440
13 27,000 23 30,720
14 27.0R0 SO 20,110
15 24.1M0 SI .10,020
10 28,120
Total 8tl7.7ri
I..es unsold and returned copies.... 12,807
Net total sales BH4.07H
Net dally average 28,fs;U
C-HOKOK B. TZHCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to
before mo this 1st day of April, A. D. M01.
M. B. 1 1 UNGATE,
Notary Public.
Slml;ospp(iro wrote, "Oh, for n stone
bow to lilt lilin In tho eye." Note
For "stonolxnv" rond "nudltorlum brlcli."
If Fiithcr-ln-law Crounso had only
liiiided tho RPtuilorshlp vncaney, what it
different luno Soii-ln-Iiiw Hitchcock
Mould ho singing.
Tho Mnhonlnt; river In Ohio Is higher
than ever known before. It must bo
trying to keep pace in the water lino
with somo of the recently formed cor
poration combines.
Nebraska comes In for n fair share of
the army appointments under tho now
army law. When It conies to furnishing
lighters for tho ling the variety devel
oped by the Klrst Nebraska Is not to be
outmatched.
As a writer of short stories General
Harry Is not a shining success. It re
quires 1,471) printed pages for him to
tell what ho knows about the Nebraska
National Guard. And tho taxpayers
have to foot tho bill.
Nebraska railroads are looklug for
heavy passenger traffic, especially of the
homeseeker class, for which, they are ac
customed to running special excursions.
Tho homeseeker who makes Nebraska
his destination will not have made his
Journey lu vain.
Nebraska is asked to send thirty dole
gates to an international mining con
gress to be held out In Idnho next July.
Just to make ready for the event It
will be In order for some one to ills
cover once inoto a few yellow globules
on tho batiks of the Blue.
President Stlckncy of tho Great West
ern nnnounces that he will certainly
build his road Into Omaha this year. If
Stlckncy sticks to his promise Omnha
will extend a cordial welcome to both
Mr. Stlckncy and his railroad. It Is
n good thing and so is Omaha.
Tho Kronen official who has Jimi ar
rlved In this country to Investigate and
report on tho great Industries and the
progress they have made was In this
country last In 1801. If he renorts all
tho progress ho can seo by keeping his
eyes wklo open tho document will bo a
voluminous one.
Sad Is the fate of Iowa democracy
Tho central committee Is soon to meet
for Uio purpose of tlxlng the tlmo nnd
placo for holding the state convention
nnd not a plnce lu the state has invited
tho democrats to make It tho convention
city. Has the rcninaut couutor lost It
attraction In Iowa?
Cousin Hen Kolsoro endorses what Tho
Heo hns been snylng as to tho need of
Omaha for a new, first-class fireproof
hotel. If Cousin Hen wants to build a
monument to himself and at tho same
tlmo Improve some of tho property that
formerly mado up tho Folsom estate,
hero Is his opportunity.
How kind In tho popocratlc organ
voluutecr to select tho candidates
to
for
tho republican ticket, at tho samo
time pledging to do all. it cnu to beat
them. If tho republicans undertook to
furnish candidates for the consolidated
poK)craw, now rar does any ono Im
Hgluo their suggestions would reach?
A New York lawyer says the rightful
king of Scrvla Is living ou a farm In
Kansas and that his title to tho throne
cannot bo disputed. Ho will probably
find that It can nnd will bo disputed
when ho attempts to set up his clulm
Tho man now working at the roynl Jol
has given no sign that ho Intends to
quit.
Tho Itusslan fluimclal agent denies
that country Is about to float a loan, but
on tho contrary Insists tho ordinary
revenues are In excess of tho actual
re
qulrenionts of tho government. From
financial standpoint this statement Is
good one If true. It would appear, how
ever, that under such conditions tho gov
eminent might lighten tho burdens c
lis people, which tiro exccptlonull
heavy.
tV4AT UKUVCKU itl'TlEH.
X member of tho Cuban commission
said in an Interview: "We should not
desire free trade with the L'nlted States
If the independence of our country were
stnbllshed. We should require revenues
to support our government and we
would llud It necessary to raise them by
ustonis duties. What wo would wish,
though, would be a specially devised
system of tariff duties between the two
countries, making rates as low as practi
cable and to the mutual advantage of
loth countries." It Is stated that the
otnmlsslon will urge a reduction of the
duties on Cuban sugar nnd tobacco,
which of course cannot be done by the
administration and must await the do-
ornilniitlot'i of congress.
Undoubtedly the administration and
ongress will bo disposed to bo liberal
town nl Cuba In the matter of com
mercial relations. There are mutual
Interests between the United States and
Cuba which must be conserved. The
Vmcrlcan people desire the development
nnd prosperity of that Island, which Is
capable of supporting several times Its
present population ami should become a
great market for many of our products.
The question Is how fur It will be prae-
leable to go In promoting Cuba's de
velopment and prosperity without dolug
njury to some of our homo Interests.
How far can we go In allowing special
ariff rotes on the sugar anil tobacco of
Cuba without Imperilling those Indus
tries In tho United .States and also lu
I'orto lUeo? Tills Is a question which Is
yet to receive serious consideration nnd
when the time shall come for Its earnest
discussion It Is safe to predict that
American sugar and tobacco Interests
will vigorously oppose any such conces
sions as would bo satisfactory to the
Cubans.
What some of tho Cuban leaders seem
unable to comprehend is that future
commercial relations between their
country and this may depend very
iirgely upon the character ol the politi
cal relations. If they refuse to enter
Into that close political alliance con
templated in the American conditions
anil Intended to secure for Cuba a stable
government, they will doubtless Hud It
extremely hard to obtain any commer
cial concessions. This Is a view of the
case which It Is to be presumed will be
Impressed upon tho niluds of the mem
bers of the Cuban commission. They
are likely to be told that If Cuba will
have no special political relations with
the United States she cannot reasonably
ask for special commercial favor, but
must e.ect to be treated as are other
countries with which the United States
has no extraordinary political Intimacy.
The commercial feature of the situation
Is at least of as much importance to the
Cuban people as to the people of the
United States. Cuba cannot develop
and prosper without access under tho
most favorable conditions to the Ameri
can market. The way to secure such
conditions 4 to establish between, the
Island nnd the United States such In
timate political relations as the terms
proposed by this government provide
for.
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GERMAN EXCESSES iiV CHIA'A.
riio excesses of the German soldiers
In Chlua have done more to perpetuate
and Intensify the anti-foreign feeling
there, thun anything else. Their conduct
In looting and other more serious law
lessness has been a reproach to their
country and there can be no doubt as to
the credibility of the report from I'ckln
stating that there Is Intense feeling
throughout tho province against for
elgners, largely because of the harsh
treatment the Chinese have received
from the Germans. It is also stated
that the needless expeditions of the Ger
mans ngalnst perfectly quiet coniuiuul-
tics have caused many Chinese, who
have lost all, to Join roving bauds of
robbers.
In common with the troops of other
powers, tho German soldiers were seut
to China to restore peace and order,
but tho course that has been pursued
has tended to keep nllvo the autl-for-
clgn feeling and give the Chinese tho
most unfavorable lmpressou of western
civilization. The so-called puultlve ex
pedltlons of the Germans have been for
the most part, according to trustworthy
testimony, simply looting expeditions,
which have been marked by the most
serious offenses. Indignation nt their
conduct Is not coullned to the natives,
but Is shared by foreigners, some of
whom have suffered from It.
Altogether the record made by the
Gorman soldiers lu Clilua Is anything
but creditable and their cominauder-ln
chief cannot escape a measure of the
responsibility. It may also be re
marked as strange thnt the German
government hns paid no attention to
the conduct of Its troops, for it must be
presumed to be aware of It. If a new
outbreak should occur lu China tho Ger
mnus will be chiefly responsible for It,
THE UttlTlSH COAh TAX.
Tho Hrltlsh government's proposed
export tax of 25 cents per ton. on coal
Is the ono featuro of the budget that Is
encountering vigorous opposition, lit
tlo being said concerning the Increase
In tho Income tax or tho duties ou
sugar. It appears that there was soim
dissension In the cabinet in regard to
tho coal tax, but It having been decided
upon the chancellor of tho exchequer,
Sir Mlchnel Hlcks-Heach, has announced
that It will not bo abandoned, though
IKisslbly n concession will bo made to
tho opposition by exempting existing
contracts from tho tax. Otherwise its
operation will bo a quite serious matter
to the coal exporters, who aro united In
protesting against tho tax.
There is more or less speculation as to
what tho effect will bo upon the ex
ports of coal from tho United States,
tho general Impression being that it will
result in materially Increasing our for
elgn coal trade. This hns been steadily
growing for some years. The statistics
show thnt since 181)0 exports i fro in this
country have Increased more than three
fold and Indications point to a total cx
portatlon for tho current fiscal year of
about 8,000,000 tons, Avlilch will bo an
Increase over last year of nearly 1,000,
000 tons. The United States uow stands
third among coal exporting countries
THE OMAHA DAILY HEKt IttllT)AY, A
and there seems very good reason to
believe that the export tax upon English
coal will enable us rapidly to gain upon
Great Hrltaln and Germany In this
trade. It Is pointed out that In percent-
aire of mill for tho past ten years we
are far ahead of both those countries.
According to eastern coal men, a luck
of vessels would be the only thing that
would stand lu the way of an Imme
diate vast export to the West Indies,
South America and Mexico. As It Is,
American coal bus within the last few
weeks been shipped to Japan, although
tho freight cost nearly four times as
much as the coal itself.
The United States Is first lu produc
tion of coal and the production could bo
easily Increased If there should be a de
mand for It. In the opinion of some the
proposed export tax ou Kugllsh coal Is
of far more consequence to the United
States than would be an allotment to
this country of one-half the new Hrltlsh
loan.
UL'lt I'UULW I'AUKS.
Omaha's public park system rep
resents an Investment of no small pro
portions ou which the people will get re
turns In the ratio that they make use
of their park facilities. The season Is
at hand when the benefits of our parks
ami parkways come within reach of the
greater number of our people uud they
ought not to have to be urged to make
the most of them.
While grave mistakes were committed
In the original plotting of our park sys
tem which have cost the taxpayers
thousands upon thousands of dollars,
the policy of the later park boards to
confine their work to tho development
of the Inside and accessible park tracts
rather than the outlying areas has gone
a great way to counterbalance the dis
torted vision that a dozeu years ago
pictured parks out of Hat farmlands far
beyond the city limits. Hy continuing
to pursue this policy, the funds availa
ble for park purposes can be made to
produce Immediate results that will
make Oinalia compare favorably for
public parks with the other cities of Its
class lu this section.
What gives the park question more
Importance to Omaha than usual Is the
distance of the city from attractive sum
mer resorts, cuttlug off the great mass
of our people from recreation excursions
to mountain, lake or wood, by reason of
the time and money cost. The summer
vacation habit, It Is true, is rapidly
spreading, but at best the vacation can
last but u tew weeks and the parks de
pended ou by city folks for outdoor
recreation during all tho rest of the
wanner season. Especially for the
women and children tho park system
offers a boon that should bring welcome
relief even though lu the west the de
tached dwelling and commodious yard
present an effectual bar to overcrowd
ing common to the eastern cities.
Tho best way for Omaha people to
show their appreciation of a public park
system which Is a distinct credit to the
city Is to utilize the parks and boule
vards by frequenting them at every
favorable opportunity.
The narration under oath on the wit
ness stand of the circumstances sur
rounding the Cudaliy kidnaping, bearing
out all the details of the story as given
to the public at the time, should remove
any lingering doubt as to the actual ab
duction of the boy nnd the payment of
$J5,000 lu gold as ransom for his return
to his parents. It must be understood
that so Incredible did the story of the
kidnaping appear that the first impulse
in nine people out of ten was to charge
It up to the lurid Imagination of yellow
Jourual sensationalists. Nothing but the
character and reputation of the men who
vouched for the statements warranted
a serious consideration of the remnrka
ble tale. It goes without saying that
The Heo would not from the first have
opened its columns to the kidnaping
episode hail It not been satisfied that
what It printed was substantially the
exact truth. Tho verification of the
whole affair ou tho witness stnnd is a
direct testimonial to the discrimination
with which The Hue presents news to
Its readers.
Evidently all Is not pence and harniouy
In the Hrltlsh cabinet. The startling
revelations of the budget statement
seem to have made such an impression
upon the country that Joseph Chamber
lain, the shifty colonial secretary, would
like to get out from under. Sir Michael
Hlcks-Heach turns a deaf ear to the pro
-posal of taxlug the South African col
onies for the cost of the war. As u tern
porary political makeshift to stay tho
storm raised by British taxpayers this
would probably answer, but the llnan
cial secretary appreciates the fact that
the war-devastated colonies could not
raise the tax short of confiscation. As
the real Issue must be faced sooner or
later, he prefers to face It now. In this
perhaps he Is showing himself more of a
statesman and less of a politician.
Tho local medical schools aro begin
iilug to hold their auuual commence
incuts, launching1 out on the sea of prnc
tlco their graduating classes of physl
clans. The progress mado lu medical
education In the last few yours Is richly
exemplified lu the prcpiiratlou of these
young men for their professions, starting
out as they do with an equipment
formerly achieved ouly after years of
practice. Tho ranks of tho medical meu
aro always crowded, but there Is also
always room at the top which Is sure to
bo occupied sooner or later by the ener
getic, Intelligent and persistent new
comer lu tho field.
Nebraska, democracy thinks It. wants
no fusion In tha coming campaign. Tho
campaign Is several months in tho fu
ture und there Is likely to bo some ovo
lutlon In tho thinking beforo the time
for selecting candidates arrives. The
wise democrat who wants an office Is
not nuxlous to put the party In a posl
tlon whero It will disclose how llttlo Is
left of democracy In Nebraska.
Historic Kiloil Hecullcil.
Hoston Globe,
The approaching resumption of diplomatic
relations between Aiutrla and Mexico
which have been suspended since Maxlmtl
lan'a "taking oft" in 1507, will awaken many
memories of tho fiasco of Napoleon III In
his attempt to set up Kuropcan monarchical
power on the soil of America.
Sane AVnrnliiK L'nliceileil.
Philadelphia Hccord.
Huskcll Sage utters a warning to the Wall
street men, who, ho says, "arc drunk with
speculation nnd don't know what they are
doing." Who ever heard of drunken men
taking warnlng7
Seven Wilms in the I'nrk.
New York World.
The fact that seven men are in control
of tho 100,000 miles of the principal rail
way systems has as a corollary tho fact
that tho necessity for earning Interest nnd
dividends makes those mighty railways tho
arbitrary masters of the seven men.
'l'ii-iich Credit.
New York World.
Hrltlsh credit seems to be still good, not
withstanding the huge war expenditures In
,urica. The $50,000,000 offered In this coun
try Is said to ho already as good as over
subscribed and In London tho new bonds
aro selling at a premium on the Issuo price.
Club Itntrn fur I.nwmnkrrn.
loulsvlllc Courlcr-Journnl.
The Arkansas senate has passed a bill re
quiring that it person who drinks Intoxi
cating liquors shall take out a license, for
which he must pay $3 a year. Would It
not bo fair to amend the bill so ns to pro-
vtdo thnt an Arkansan who wishes both
to drink and IcgUlnte may club his licenses
nt a cost of, say, 17.50 a year? It Is under
stood that tho drinker and the legislator
Is a popular combination In Arkansas.
Ambitions ut n Slur Hoarder.
1'hlladclphla Hccord.
Agulnaldo has been Interviewed by a
fully authorized American newspaper man
and says ho should llko to visit tho United
States. It Is likely that Agulnaldo doesn't
know a good thing. At present ho Is a star
boarder with General MacArthur, but if ho
comc3 to America ho will find himself
sharing public curiosity with Carrlo Nation
and other creat persons. If Agulnaldo will
tnko a tip, ho will stay at Manila. Dlstanco
lends enchantment to tho view and wc
should bo sorry to loso tho Idea that ho
is a hero.
C'lvlllxntlntt nnd nnrlinrlnm.
Washington Post.
What astounds us Is that the allies go
fatuously along upon their brutal path with
out onco suspecting or rooming to suspect
that tho Chinese have sensibilities as keen
ns theirs and Intellects perhaps mote keen;
that they stolidly persist lu acts which
they under llko circumstances would rather
dlo than yield to; that they pcattcr In
dignity and torture as they go nnd yet
imagine themselves tho pioneers of right
eousness and civilization; that they start
and growl nt tho faintest murmur of re
sentment, tho smallest ovcrturo of re
prisal.
SerkliiK unnn In Aiuerlrn.
IndlnnapnllR Journal.
London's traditional prestige as tho
money center of the world receives qulto a
Jar by the placing of $50,000,000 of the new
Hrltlsh loan In New York. Kor Ameri
cans to bo loaning money to tho Hrltlsh
government verifies the old adago of send
ing coals to Newcastle, but it Is scarcely
mom remarknblo than nomo of the In
roads wo aro making on Hrltlsh manu
facturing and trade. No doubt the whole
loan could easily have been placed In Eng
land two or thrco times over, and the
motive for placing any part of It In this
country Is not apparent.
WATIilllXfJ COnPOHATB STOCK.
Period of Kmottnnnl Insanity Thronich
Which Ilualncaa l PnnnltiK.
New York Times.
To thoso whoso knowledge of tho fa-its
entitles their views to respectful consid
eration tho new steel merger Is much more
Interesting than formidable. Tho more it
Is studied tho moro evident It Is that It Is
by no means Invulnerable; thnt In Its cap
italization of $1,154,000,000 wc havo an ex
ample of tho "tumultuous bombast of 'ho
clouds" rather than of somothlng as tangl
bio ns it Is massive, nnd that the problems
of Its management are less those con
nected with the monopoly of tho world's
principal metallurgical Industries than of
how to meet with profit tho competition of
companies less burdened with fixed charge's
and having smaller demand In Interest and
prcferenco dividends to meet. In the pleas-
nnt fnblo of Gulliver and tho Lilliputians vo
see how tho pigmies brought the giant to
terms. It may be so with tho steel com
panies. To find In a Journal so conserva
tive and so representative as the Iron Ago
the following expression of editorial opinion
is extremely significant:
'Tho bigger the sum representing Iron Is,
tho worso for thoso connected with It as In
vestors. Thero is something very childish
In this rolling over tho tonguo of thousands
of millions with the Idea of Impressing tho
crowds. Tho United States Steel corpora
tion Is an aggregate of largo consolidations,
each liberally dosed at the tlmo It wns
formed with aqua pura. Additional quan
tities of water were sprinkled In to cement
the amalgamation. If the new corporation
possesses one olement of weakness, it Is In
tho dilution of tho capital upon which tho
management will strive to pay a dividend."
In the economy of nature water nas many
functions. Those of chief importance aro
as carrier, dllutant and solvent. Water In
corporate finance has these same fuuctlons.
Two of them are useful, tho third Is de
structive of values to an extent not yet ap
preciated by Investors. It Is probably no
exaggeration to say that 50 por cent of tho
capital of the merger represents nothing
which has the worth of a dollar as con
tributing to earning power. Kach of tho
consolidations now brought together was
capitalized for all It would carry, and per
haps moro, and further dilution for pur
poses of combination swells tho aggregate
liabilities to the magnlBcent proportions of
whnt Is miscalled the "capital" of the mer
ger. Perhaps tho public will be wiser than
It Is In such matters when a new word Is
added to our business vocabulary to desig
nate issued obligations, nnd when it Is
hotter understood than it now appears to
be that It Is qulto posslblo for an enterprise
without a dollar of capital to bo capitalized
for a great sum. ThU Is not the situation
of the steel merger, but If its capitalization
was reduced to the standard of Its capital,
as represented In tangible assets, money for
operating expenses, cash surplus, undivided
earnings, etc., It would show such a shrink
age as to astonish the world more than It
was astonished by the announcement of its
financial scheme.
It may bo true that without water In
largo quantities the great enterprises which
now challenge attention nnd excite more or
less nervous apprehension could not be
floated. It should not be forgotten by the
Investor, however, that water comes nearer
than anything else to the standard of the
universal solvent and that when more of It
Is present than can be taken up In crystal
lization or held In chemical combination it
Is not Inert, but displays ceaseless Industry
In wearing away and pulling to pieces
whatever It comes In contact with. In
water we floin explanation of the alluvial
strata of dead enterprises upon which In
dustrial progress builds Its more or less
substantial foundations. Just now we are
passing through a period of emotional In
sanity which renders us temporarily Inca
pable of appreciating the basic truth In
corporate finance that water not only does
not represent actual or potential value, but
that It Is a solvent of values, and that the
more we have of It the less permanent Is
that Into which It enters as a component
part.
PHIL 20, 1901.
MFU IN TIIIJ I'llll.IIM'I.NDS.
!ceticft nnd Incident Sketched 1
ArtlntN on flic Spot,
Tho Manila Times of March 8 prints n
letter from a correspondent In the north
ern part of the province of Data. in, Luzon
isianu, wncro Captain Culver of Mllford,
Neb., Is stationed, containing tho follow
ing rcferenco to tho Ncbrnska olllcer:
"Captain Culver of the Thlrty-secpnd at
this post, who Is a veteran of tho civil war,
recently made n laid on the barrio l.ovacnn,
on the Colo river, and captured Ignaclo
Moncal, a trusty official of Clenernl Mus
cardlo; Lieutenant Abrecho Hueson and
two privates surrendered to the captain
with two Remingtons. Many hikes Into the
foothills of tho mountains during the wee
small hours of night hnvo been made with
varying results. Captain Culver wns se
verely Injured by being thrown from n
pony while scouting in tho vicinity of
Mexico, Pampanga province, a year ago last
December. While still suffering somo from
his fractured hip, ho finds time in addition
to his company duties, command of mid
night expeditions nnd provost marshal to
superintend the Dlnnlupljan schools.
During ono of his expeditions In the
Philippines tho'lato General Lawton came
across the trail of .a party of Filipinos,
which ho followed for several days with a
small body of troops. One day ho nnd
his staff reached tho top of n small
eminence and saw n river stretching below
them but a short distance ahead. "Lieu
tenant, rldo nhead nnd seo If that river
Is fordablc." The lieutenant put spurs to
his horso and soon entered thn river. A
few feet from tho shoro the bottom shelved
off suddenly and the horse wns soon
floundering in tho deep water. Tho lieu
tenant disengaged himself and swam to tho
shore, which tho horso also reached In a
short time. After ii brief chase, to the
amusement of tho general and tho staff, tho
horso was recaptured, nnd, mounting him,
tho lieutenant rode back. His khaki uni
form wns soaked nnd bedraggled and tho
water spurted from tho tops of his mili
tary boots nt every Jump of hU horse.
Hiding up to tho general, ho gravely
saluted nnd said: "I havo tho honor to
report, sir, that the river Is not fordablc."
Lawton looked at hlni n moment, trying to
maintain tho dignity of his position, but
the situation was too much for him. Ho
burst Into a hearty lnugh, In which tho
stnff Joined at tho expense of tho young
lieutenant, who, however, tells tho story
ou himself.
The homc-longlng among tho soldiers nt
Manila Is not materially decreased by the
many attractions which tho Philippines are
said to possess. Once tho novelty of cli
mate, peoplo nnd surroundings wear off
tho deslro to return dominates all else
and makes soldiers impatient for the date
of discharge. "Thero was almost n panic
among tho soldiers at tho water front yes
terday," reports tho Manila Times. "They
had been furnished with transportation to
tho States on tho transport A. T.
Logan, but when they arrived on tho beach
to take passage they wcro Informed that It
would bo necessary for a largo number of
them to wait over for tho next transport, as
thero was no room for them on board, tho
vessel having more than It could nccoinmo
dato. There were nbout seventy left be
hind, many of whom scorned to think that
If they did not get away on tho Logan It
would be their last chnncc. Thero wns
'hurrying to and fro,' somo Investigating
tho reasons why, some digging out their
baggago from tho mass plied on the bench,
but tho more sensible ones Just stood still
nnd sworo nnd kept ono eyo on their bag
gagc while dclng bo.
"Tho men did considerable grumbling, but
nil of no avail, as enough wns enough nnd
no more could be taken aboard. Tho men
will be obliged to wait until tho next
transport leaves before they can shako
Manila dust off their feot."
A volunteer soldier, writing to tho Boston
Transcript, says all tho machine shops in
the Philippines "havo been enlarged, In
creased In numbers nnd much new und
modern machinery introduced during the
past several months. In fact new metal
working machinery has been arriving at
these ports on every steamer. Tho gov
ernment has also sent In soiuo machinery
for machine repair work. It Is now pos
slblo to get machine work dono and It can
bo relied upon as being right. As to tho
Iron works, theso nro thriving, so to speak.
Their lino of work Is limited and thero are
not many in tho country. Good iron work
men nro Bcarce. However, on passing
through some of the iron works I observed
that they wcro fitted with crucibles for
melting tho metals and that tho molds were
formed In sand In flasks and tho metal
poured through gates to runners to tho pat
tern molds, nearly in the same order as
that employed In tho American Iron
foundry. Iron has always been scarco In
the Philippines and a really good Iron
foundry In such places ns Manila and Hollo
would pay well.
"The success of tho oil mill at Isadro hns
Induced many of tho capitalists of the
country to Invest money In other oil works.
"Such oil works as I visited seemed to
bo prosperous, but very short of modern
machinery. In thcBe oil works they hundlo
tho natural oils of tho wells, for Illuminat
ing purposes, nnd also purchase copra from
the cocoanut people, and by pressing this
copra, or cocoanut meat, secure tho rich
cocoanut oils of tho country which nro
sold for lighting purposes nnd for lubricat
ing bearings of vehicles and mnchlnery."
I'ICIISONAI, NOTHS.
Henry James has become a great tea
drinker and while writing drinks ono cup
oi tea after another.
Attorney General Knox Is a lover of
horsos und an enthuslnsllc road driver. Last
year he bought a Chicago horso for $9,600.
Kasblon authorities dcclaro that tho mas
culine shirtwaist will be good form for
tho coming season, and also that It Is Im
possible. Mr. Sage's Wall street chicken triiHt
turned out to be simply tho purchnso on his
part of a coop containing twenty hens for
his model poultry farm. It was a perfectly
Innocent shell game.
General Grcnvlllo M. Dodgo has been
chosen orator and Miss Leonora I'eolc of
Burlington, N. J., poet for tho annual re
union of the Society of tho Army of Poto
mac, to bo held May S3 and 21.
Bunker Hill Chapter nf the Daughters of
the American Revolution has decided to
mark the spot from which Paul Revere
started on Ills historic midnight ride to
warn tho Inhabitants of tho towns between
Boston and Concord of tho approach of the
British.
Schlatter, tho bogus Messiah and dlvlno
healer, now registers at n Sioux Kails hotel
as Dr. Charles McLean. Ho formerly pro
fessed to work miraculous cures without
compensation; now ho claims to havo drawn
a $15,000 fee from Richard Crokor, the
Tammany leader.
Tho kaiser's collection of boots and shoos
of the famous, now Includes tho slippers
reputed to havo been worn by Mahomet,
the boots of Wallensteln, Gustavus Adol
phus, J'eter the Great and Napoleon Bona
parte, as well as specimens of tho footgear
worn by Frederick tho Great and others of
his ancestors.
A tablet baa beon placed upon the house
In Richmond, Va In which General Robert
E. Lee's family lived during tho war. The
building la a plain three-story and base
ment red brick houso on Franklin street,
near Seventh, nnd has been occupied by
the Virginia Historical society for some
time past. The tablet readBt "Tho resi
dence of General Robert E. Lee from 1861
, to 1863."
TOO .MI CH OKI'U IA1, I'HAIfi:.
Common llptnnrir In Army LUc Glori
fied In Otllclnl Hi-port.
Army and Navy Register.
The disposition to praise the work of
others a.nd to give credit where it is deemed
of merit nro qualities which probably
should bo commended as a gcncrnl Im
pulse, but under somo circumstances this
glorification lu unstinted ludlscrlmlnntlon
Is hazardous and apt to lead to results
which aro not the most beneficial. Tho re
ports which arc being received nt the adju
tant general's olllco flora army ofTtcera in
tho Held are laden with acknowledgments
of Individual merit nnd with recommenda
tions of olllclal reward of olllcers nnd men.
It Is well thnt every officer or soldier who
docs his duty bo given full credit for his
worthy service nnd It Is equally proper that
olllcers and meu who distinguish themselves
by conspicuous acts of unusual gallantry
receive tho Just reward tor their daring.
It may bo considered that there nro many
such in the nrmy sent to tho Philippine
Islands, nnd In the nrmy which fought to
foro Santiago, but there Is a danger that
this liberal pralso will bo without the dis
tinction giving It a real value. If alt thoso
who do their duty aro mentioned In leports
nnd dispatches wo may expect that tha
documents and messages will lip of great
length and will contain lists of name prac
tically without limit, for when It comes to
a question of doing their duty, there will be
few exceptions among tho officers and men
of the army, navy nnd marine corps. Tho
commanding general who exercises n dis
crimination In naming those who have dis
tinguished themselves will f'.vo greater
valuo to his encomiums than the officer
who mentions everybody with whom ho
comes In contact or who has had the chanco
of serving ou his staff or lu his command.
Tho vnltio of a brevet or a medal of honor
or an honorary mention Is In proportion
to Its rarity nnd If a large number re
ceive tho highest recognition thero will be
little In tho way of reward to stand for
extraordinary service. It will cheapen n
brevet In tho American army to the tradi
tional level of the Legion of Honor, the
decoration of which and death somebody
luiB said wcro tho two things In llfo no
Frenchman could csenpo.
Tho British nrmy seems to bo suffering
from this same generosity of praise. Tho
London Gazette n few weeks ago contained
copies of dispatches reporting tho opera
tions of the uuvnl brigado in South Afrl.-a,
and there has Just appeared from th Brit
ish War olTlce a batch of military dis
patches describing minor actions In tho
Boer unmpalgn. In all theso dispatches
thero are long lists of names of thoo who
nro regarded by their commanders as en
titled to this special reference. Tho serv
ices recorded In most Instances aro of
most general character, such as "cour
age." "coolness under fire," nnd "untiring
zeal," qualities which ono would naturally
expect from soldiers and sailors under any
circumstances In tho presence of nn enemy
nnd where thero was military and naval
campaigning. An amusing luatanco Is thnt
of tho exceptional commendation of Com
mander Llnipua, who Is mentioned with
much cordiality by Captain Jones, com
manding tho naval brigade, for his servlco
In the operations leading up to the relief
of Lndysmtth. Commander Limpus' special
achievement, which gained for him otllclnl
advertisement, was that ho "walked a long
dlHtnnco when greatly fatigued," nnd "he
also kept his eyo glued to a telescope ns
usual during tho hottest flro when many
shells passed within n few yards of him."
If official commendation Is to mean any
thing it must stand for something un
usual, not for merely walking when tired
or tho protracted use of a telescope. The
older officers who saw service through our
civil war must regard such occasions as
paltry and absurd. It Is well to bo fair
and Impartial and generous, but it Is dis
astrous to ho lavish nnd Indiscriminate.
A It MY AT I'ULI, STIlENfiTH.
Improved Condition JiiMtlfy a Re
duction from the Limit.
Kansas City Star.
Tho decision not to recruit the regular
army to Its full strength shows that tho
government Is convinced that tho fighting
In tho Philippines is practically ut an end.
Tho nrmy reorganization bill provided n
minimum force of 6S.00O men, which could
bo increased by 40,000, at tho discretion ',f
tho president, to a war footing of noarly
100,000. The large power given tho chief
cxecutlvo was one of tho grounds ou which
tho measuro was criticised. This discre
tionary provision hns now proved useful tu
provcntlng needless expenditure for the
support of tho nrmy at Its maximum.
When tho bill was passed it was expected
that tho full force would bo required. Con
ditions havo changed rapidly for the better
Inco February 1, until It 1b now believed
that from 65,000 to 75,000 will be all i lie
soldiers necessary for service at homo and
abroad. It Is thought best not to kcop tha
men in tho tropics moro than two years at
u tlmo. For this reason about a third of
tho whole Infantry and cavalry force will
probably bu retained in tho United States.
Fresh troops muy thus bo sont out as oc
casion requires to replace thoso which It Is
desired to send home. Almost tho entire
artillery contingent of l'j.000 men will ,-c-maln
In this country. Undor these plans
the field force in the Philippines would bo
reduced to 40,000 men within a year.
Tho nrmy which It will ho necessary to
keep in tho Islands will bo chiefly used
as a police force to protect llfo nnd prop
erty. Before tho Insurrection Spain main
tained only 11,000 soldiers there. Hut the
Spanish government did not undertnko to
kcop order throughout so large a terrltoiy
us tho United States will police. Condi
tions which existed under tho rulo of Spain
would not bo tolerated by tho American
people Tho army will bo needed, too, ns
the instructor In tho nrt of govornmont Cor
tho outlying districts. Tho officers arc
now acting as Justices of tho peaco, town
treasurers and othor civil functionaries.
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From 3 years up.
We begin to dross children at 3 years, and the pret
tiest garments for that age are tho dainty sailor Hiiits.
Wo have them for boys up to 1 1 years.
They come in many shades of brown, red, royal blue
and navy blue serges and are trimmed with fanciful
combinations of braids.
And the prices, like tho sizes, begin at a very small
figure.
Browning, King & Co.
Exclusive Clothiers aHd Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox. Manager.
Afmr the Inlands have been put under civil
rulo the soldier will still need to look after
things nnd givo ndvlco nnd instruction.
itn win tnkn t in nlncc. to n certain e.-
..,, ,.MM, tin. friar lined tu hold as n
..Miniivn nf the Manila government.
Tho force which will bo kept In tho Philip
pines from this time on win ue n civiuzuib
ngent, rnther than n lighting mnchluo.
lllM'I'CIt GO SLOW.
.Initnu'n Aitlcl.v for h How ."" "ned
on ii I'lill Trcinnry.
Philadelphia Record.
Tho statement that Jupnn Is on tho vorgo
of a panic, made In n recent report from
Consul General Bellows, at Yokohama,
comes ns a startling surprise. We have be
coino so accustomed to associating progrcsa
nnd prosperity with the Island Umpire since
It hns adopted our ways of civilization that
the thought of flnnminl disaster overtaking
It ha novcr occurred to the observer not on
the spot. Yet when one examines Into tho
conditions which present themselves tho
wonder arises that a llnnmial crash has
not already occurred.
The fact seems to bo that Japan, with
thn enthusiasm which usually attends n
convert, has sought to provldo herself with
the nccompntilments of western civilization
moro rapidly than her means havo per
mitted, und tho natural' result of an ex
travagance not based upon siifllcleut re
sources has begun to show Itself. With de
creased exports, ilue to n variety of caiihcs,
thn stringency Is, of course, accentuated.
This country nlono bought from Japan last
year $8,000,000 worth loss than It did during
the year before, while thn Increase In thn
valuo of our exports to Japan amounted to
about $0,000,000.
It Is likely, however, thnt Jnpan will bn
ablo to withstand the present depression
without, any material checking of her prog
ress. Tho iintura of her peoplo nnd her
cllmnto Is such that life Is not so strenu
ous or exacting as It Is In the Occident,
while, on the other hand, tho object lesson
ns to thn ndvltnbllliy of making tin's tn
slowly will net bo thrown away. It Is not
so very long slnco this country was taught
the samo lesson and tho results have been
distinctly bcncllclal. Japan will doubtless
Dud It equally valuable.
rOI.M'KI! ItnilAltKS.
Somrrvlllo Journal: Mrs. HJnckson-.Shn
Is foolishly In love with lilni.
Miss Oldmnydo-Isn't "foolishly in lovo"
tautology?
Detroit Journal: "Serlhberv promises
that his forthcoming; novel will be Intensely
American."
"Well, It ought to be. He lias spent two
whole years In Kuropo studying dialects."
Catholic Standard: Willie Pu, H there
nuy difference between n violin p.ud a fid
dle? Pa Yes, Indeed, my sou. If you hoar
It nt a concert nr opera It's a violin, lint
when your next-door neighbor plays It It's
a fiddle.
Homervllle Journal: j-:tbel. -I think that
vase Is awful homely, don't you?
Mnudc Yes. I huvc dropped it nn tho
Iloor thrco times, but It won't break.
Philadelphia I'ress: "There's one char
acteristic lu men I profoundly admire."
"What Is It, Becky?"
"They can bn so raging mad ut each
other and not show It."
Detroit Freo Press: "Peekhnin's wifo
doesn t chatter as much as she used to."
.No; Pockham cured hor. Ho told her
that when her Hps were close together
they formed a perfect Cupid's bow."
Detroit Journal: "Tho story Is mado up
out of whole cloth!"
"Undoubtedly, but It's ns lino ns silk!"
l MX WHO Nil I FT Till: SCIXVKS.
Indluiiupolls News.
Yo cruel men who nhlft tho scenes.
Dooa mercy play no part
In your hard lives, have yo no means
Of grace, no soul, no heart?
in wink at crime uud mock at woe.
And laugh ut shamoful wrongH; .
Kneedeep In blood your ways yo go.
And whlstlu ragtimo songs!
Beneath the dread oppressor's feet
Hie leading man doth lie.
AY,1 vainly for his llfo entreat,
Idle you stand Idly by.
Should you but rush upon tho stago
And boldly Intervene,
Tho Itnavo would bellow forth his rago
And vanish from the scene.
Tho heroine, most fair to see,
Is In tho villain's power.
But do you comn to net her freo
In this most trying hour'.'
Not you. Devoid of chivalry,
ou see her bathed In tears.
J' or il l your help, that girl would bo
In that man's grip for years.
You seu a man. on murder bent,
Sneak up behind his friend,
louro well nwnro of IiIh intent;
A word from you would hcikI
Thc smooth detective on his trnok,
And laud hint snfo In Jail
loii only smile and turn your back.
Nor grow so much as pale,
When tyrants light tho brlivo nnd true,
Ah you hnvo seen them oft,
l'rom your commanding point of view-
In yonder rigging loft,
i 'J lot the craven army go, ,
"When you Uh t,io might stem
By simply stooping down to throw
A super down on them.
Stngo villntns of tho deepoHt dyo
Ar-o 'round you all about.
And you ne'er with a hand to try
lo put tho rascals out.
You look like honest farmers In
Your Jumpers and blue Jean.
But ah! I know you're men of sin,
o rogues who shift tho scenes.
Optical
Truths
It Isn't always the most glittering prom
Ihoh that develop Into tho best nttliifc
glasses.
Investigation Ih n searchlight that oftort
shows up Hhiiin.
Wo would llko to havo you Investigate
our methods. Wo hnvo mado u record In
this stato for Intelligent lilting of glasses
and wo uro proud of It,
J. C. Huteson & Co.
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