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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1001. 1: :1 t. he UMAHA Daily Bee. E. HOSBWATEK, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORN1NO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, pally Bee (without Sunday), Ono Ycnr.JS.OO Dally Bee and Hundiiy, una Year S.W Illustrated Hoe, unu Year 2.00 fcunuuy ucv, unu Year 2.W Uaturuay lies, Unc t'eur l.to '.twentieth century lnrmcr, Una Yiur.. l.uu OFFICES: Omaha: 'Hie Iko Building. Bojtli umuliu; City null Building Twon-ty-nttn ana M streets. Council liliifiH. iu Pearl Street. Chicago: low Unity Building. ew r'ork. Tcniplu Court. wusliuutou: M Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to nous and edi torial matter h lion Id t addressed: Omaha Hie, iouonul Department. liOSl.NiSaS LETTERS. Business letters uud remlltunccs should Lb addressed: The lico Publishing Com pany, umuha. REMITTANCES. Itemlt by drult, express or postal order, payunie to 'me Ilea Publishing Cotnpuny. Unly J.eent Hiuinp.4 accepted in payment of man ticcounls. Personal checks, except on Umuha or eastern exchanges, not cccepted. Tilt; HKtl PUBLISHING CUMPANf. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Statb of Nebuirfku, Douglas County, ss.i George II. Tzschuck, secretary of The Ueo 'ubilsnliiK company, ueli.ir duly sworn. Jvn that thu acuul number of full and mplulu copies of The Dally. Morning, ciilnt; and Sunday Boo printed during thu mtli of April, Iimi, wu as follows: .... .'!, (ItMl ....ati.r.iio ....m,.-:i( ,.,.:ii,iui ...,itt,:i:io ,...ut,ii( ....itT.DIIO 16 aT,!3( 17 1:7,700 18 U7,H 10 10 27,1100 20 U7.IUO 21 IM.iltO 22 a7,IOO 23 i!7,U.-.0 24 U7.7SO 23 27.100 2tS Ii7,r.t0 27 27,000 28 S!H,37ti 2D 27,'I20 20 ,27,:t80 2... SB U M.unt 'til -M.n n as,M NO 10 too 14. M.uir. li. Totftl 857.W0O Vera unsold and returned' copies.... 12,20 1 Not total sales 845,r.H0 Net dally average 2S.183 , OEO. 13. TZSCHUCIC. Subscribed In my prcsrnco and sworn to before mo thin 1st day of May, A. D. 1W1. M. 11. IIUNaATE, Notary Public. TllO local llUSt) 1)1)11 Hl'USOll Is 011 again with diamonds ns trumps. When Oovornor Nnsli comes to Omnhn ho can havo unythlnt; In sl,ht except tlio office of police Judge. There Is n prior lien on that. As usual. Omaha leads. It had Its ma chinists' strike, nettled the differences nnd sot down to work again before other places started the game. Oinnh;i is now on a sound footing and the nlin of Its buslines men should he to promote a gradual and substantial l growth ratlier than levcrish and tin '. natural booms. The time for building nlr castles hns passel. 1 The congress of mothers Is soon to ' meet at Columbus, O. The members , i iii iiutu riiiiuii.'ii limy enjoy 1 lit; nni ..!.,. 1 1.lf.t I .1... - ceedlngs, but their pleasure will bo 1 nothing compared with the high old time the little ones will have at home. There should certainly bo no dlscrlnil nation In tho, proposed, enennipmo'mfex curslon of the High school cadets. If the ciirampmctit Is u good thing for the uniformed companies It should be Just ns good for the ununlfornied squad. Kuglish tluauclers are humiliated be cause compelled to appeal to Americans to prevent a panic on the London Stock exchange. They should rather bo thank ful that their American friends were both wllllug and capable of performing the task. With half a dozen large retail linns eager for uptown locations, the move ment of Omaha's business center Is still In progress. Tho man with capital to Invest In store buildings properly located can count on Immediate tenants and direct returns. The Hrltlsh have declined to partici pate In further punltivo expeditions In China. Tho way to stop the fighting In China Is to stop lighting. Tho sooner tho other powers come to the position taken by tho United States the- sqoner will pcaco be restored. One of the supreme court commission ers gives It as his opinion that the docket could not. be cleared within two years,' even If 110 more cases canio up to the court In that time. Litigants who have been hopeful of having their troubles promptly sottled can go back nnd take another nap. The demand of the machinists for a nine-hour day without reduction of wages does not appear to bo unreason ablo In view of the concessions mndo to other trades during' the past ten years lu the building trades all mechanics aro now working an eight-hour day at wages higher than were formerly pnld for ten hours. Tho policy of The Hee has nlwnys been to keep tlnj public Informed about every Important event and every sub Btnntlal Improvement nlTcctlng tho growth or welfare of this city, and it lins carefully avoided the premature nn uouueetnent of prospective enterprises which are liable to slip a cog before they materialize. Kvery franchise for public utilities has a vuluo. The light of way for an elec trie tramway from Omaha to Fremont must be worth many thousands of dol Inrs. If the county enters Into n cou tract with a responsible company for tho construction of such a line It shouh exact somo recompense, either a bonus or n royalty proportioned to the value o tho franchise or the Incoino of tho on terprlse. Russia intlulntes that It does not In teud to leave tho railroad In Manchuria to the. mercy of "savugo hordes." In other words. Hussln. means to use the railroad ns a pretext to retain control of that vast part of tho Chinese empire In pplto of the protestation that It had no territorial design's,. I" ' K "' not be nnuexed, but any one who has studied Russian methods knows that Russian protection of the railroad lino means Russian eomrol or 1110 country SENSELESS tttVAUir. The cool reception of Omaha Jobbers by the local merchants of several No braska towns Is commented on with ap parent satisfaction by the newspapers of Lincoln. It Is Incomprehensible why anybody In Lincoln or In any other Ne braska town should encouragu hostility to Ouiahiu What benellt does Lincoln derive from the preference given by the merchants of Hastings, Grand Islnnd or Howard to the wholesale dealers of Kan sas City or St. Joseph over the whole sale dealers of Omaha? If these towns in Missouri are built up nt the expense of Omaha, how does It help any citizen of Nebraska? Omaha pays one-eighth of the entire tax of the state; It pays nearly $200,000 a year for the maintenance of state In stitutions. How much does Knnsas City pay to support the state Institutions of Nebraska? How much docs St. Joseph contribute' toward the enlargement of the Nebraska State university or the maintenance of other state Institutions located at Lincoln? Is not every taxpayer In Nebraska vitally concerned In the growth and prosperity of Oinnha? Would It not lighten their burdens and Improve their property values if Omaha were to be come as large a city as Cleveland, Iluf falo or Detroit? Is not this spirit of envy and foolish rivalry displayed by certain narrow-minded newspapers on every occasion a positive Injury to the whole state? Lincoln and Omaha have long since ceased to be competitors either In manu factures or in wholesale Jobbing. Lin coln Jobbers have their Held, but they have nothing to gain by helping the Jobbers of Missouri. The Interests of Lincoln and Omaha may not bti Identi cal In nil things, but each city Is Inter ested In building up Nebraska Industries and In patronizing Nebraska dealers In preference to those located In other states. LV FAVUll OF AUUUUAT10X. Hon. John W. Foster, former secre tary of state, Is in favor of abrogating the Clayton-Hulwer treaty. He said in n lecture a few days ago that the time has come for this and that changed con ditions are nlwnys sufficient cause to abrogate n treaty. When the Clayton- Hulwer convention wns negotiated, said Mr. Foster, the country had a population of L'lM KK).000. Now the population has Increased to over "(1.000,000 nnd our ter ritory has more than doubled. He de clared that the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine demands that this treaty bo abrogated. "This country must have complete control over the Isthmian canal and no other course will ever be contemplated by this country. Great Britain could not com plain If we abrogated the treaty. We have delayed doing this In the hope that England would accept the nmended Hay-Pauncefote treaty. That hope gone, wo must abrogate the old treaty and bo done with this affair." While there Is probably no doubt In re gard to the right of tho United States to abrogate tho Clffyton-Ilulwer conven tion, notwithstanding the fact that It contains no specific provision for thus terminating It, It mny bo well to con sider what effect such n course might have upon the public opinion of the world In respect to our good faith. It Isn't altogether what Great Britain might think of such action. We can perhaps afford to be Indifferent ns to Unit nation's opinion, lint we should not be unconcerned respecting tho opinion of other nations, In n matter In which the honor nnd good faith of this govern ment arc Involved. It Is unfortunate that the Clayton-Uuhver treaty exists, but we have admitted that It Is In full force nnd effect and can we creditably, having found It to be Inconvenient, now proceed arbitrarily to nbrogato It? There will probably be an earnest effort In congress to do this, unless In the meantime n new treaty shall be framed that will be satisfactory to the senate. It ly understood that there will bo negotiations for n new treaty nnd nlso that a number of senators have changed their view sluce tho last session upon the vltnl point of a neutral lsth nilan canal and arc now prepared to support that principle. It Is improbable however, that no treaty which should allow Great Britain any voice In regard to 11 canal could commnnd the two- thirds majority In the senate necessary for ratification. THE TWO (WHAN ItEFUllTS. Whether tho Cuban constitutional con ventlon shall adopt tho majority or the minority report of the relations commit tee regnrdlng tho American, terms will make no chnuge In tho situation. Each report proposes modifications of the Piatt amendment which the Washington administration hns no authority to nc cept, so that If either Is adopted by tho Cuban convention the situation will ro main us It Is until congress hns an op portunlty to say whether the Cuban modlilcntlons nro acceptable to this gov ernment. Tho nddltlons proposed by tho 11m Jorlty report to be mndo to several clauses of tho Piatt amendment do not seem to bo unreasonable or objection nble. The addition to the third clause, relating to Intervention, Is understood to bo In consonance with the Interpretn tlon of that clause by tho president and Secretary Root lu tho conferences with the Cuban commissioners. It defines explicitly the significance and scope of tho .proposed Intervention nnd unques tlonably the Cubans may properly ask this. t It suggests, perhaps, a llttlo dis trust of the United States, but that Is of no consequence. The addition to the seventh clause, regarding coaling or naval stations, Is also understood to reflect what the Cuban commission wn told at Washington was our govern incut's Interpretation of that clause. It merely makes clearer nnd more fully defines this proposition of tho Piatt amendment, without In the least chaug lug Its character. The Piatt amend inent says that coaling or naval stntlon nro desired by tho Utilted States to eualile It to maintain the In dependence of Cuba and to protect the peoplo thereof, us well ns for Its own defense. The addition proposed by the relations committee provides that It shall be understood that naval stations do not give the t'nlted States the right to Interfere with the interior govern ment. There can be no reasonable ob jection to this In view of the fact that It lias been repeatedly declared not to be the Intention of the United States to Interfere with the local government of Culm. The addition of tho final clause of the Piatt amendment seems entirely unnecessary, since the Cubans have been amply assured that ns soon as they have established a government the United States will consider the question of commercial relatlous. There Is no doubt that tho promise given by the president In this matter will be kept, though of course no ono can now say what the nature of the commercial re lations between Cuba and this country will be. It Is unnecessary to consider the minority report, which reflects the feel ing of tho radical element, for there Is hardly a possibility of Its adoption by the constitutional convention. Perhaps upon further deliberation the conven tion will reject both reports and con clude to accept the Piatt amendment without any additions, though this does not at present appear probable. It Is the only course, however, to secure the early establishment of an Independent government In Cuba. Tho Washington ndmlnstratlou can accept nothing less than the full conditions submitted by congress. If the Cuban constitutional convention will not accept these as they are American occupation of Cuba must be maintained until congress sholl other wise order. TUB STllIKE OF METAL, WOHKF.KS. Tlio Indications are that tho strike of machinists nnd other metal workers will be far less serious than had been appre hended. Ten days ago It was thought probable that 150,000 machinists would bo directly Involved nnd Indirectly .100,000 men In lr ml-worklng trades, but In the meantime a great many em ployers have conceded the demand of the workers, so that the number en gaged In the strike perhaps does not exceed one-third the whole number of machinists and metal workers. Tho probability Is, therefore, that the strike will be of brief duration nnd that the metal Industries will not bo seriously disturbed by it. The demands of the men nro for a working day of nine -hours, with tlio same pay as for a day of ten hours, Somo time ago the National Metal Trades' association agreed to a nine hour tiny for employes, but nothing wns done at that time In regard to wages, Subsequently this question wns taken up by the International Association of Machinists and the usual steps taken to present the matter to employers. Mny :0 wns decided uion as the time when the nine-hour tiny should go Into effect nd It was ordered that If the demands were not conceded a genernl Ptrlkc should be Inaugurated on that date There was no precipitate action taken and there Is every reason to expect that tho strike will be conducted peaceably, It Is to bo hoped It will bo of short duration. A famous British phrenologist, who dnlms to have examined the bumps of Plerpont Morgan, gives It out that morally and socially Morgan Is a most commonplace man and ns a whole his faculties are not above tho ordlnnry, This only demonstrates that phrenology or bumpology Is a humbug. Men nro Judged by what they accomplish and not by the elevations or depressions of the skull. Morgan may be lacking lu moral stamina, but no one cnu deny him the possession of llnnnclerlng nullity of a high order. If his bumps fall to show that fnct It Is because they nro not a good criterion In estimating brain power and the natural gifts of innn. The Cubnns mny well wish to be pro tccted from their fool friends. But for the encouragement which n few ngl tators In the Islnnd received from meu In this country there would have been no differences to delay the formation of au Independent government In Cuba. Politicians, whoso only object was to embarrass the administration, have con- vlnced them that they could nnd should secure n modification of tho Plntt amendment. They have listened to poll tlclans nnd the result will only be delay In securing what they desire complete Independence. Tho opposition press has never censed to harp on tho story that the soldiers In the Philippines were mistreated and were hostile to the administration. A complete nnswer to the charge was given by the members of two of tho voluiiteer regiments who happened to bo steaming Into San Francisco harbor Just ns tho tug with tho president aboard was passing to attend the launching of tlio Ohio. Tho cheer which those returning soldiers sent up com pletely drowned the wall of discord at home. Tho Cubnns nro still sorely exorcised over tho Piatt nnieiidment. They are willing to have the United States spend treasure and blood to protect them from foreign foes, but they nro not willing that the United States shall protect It self against outbreaks of Cuban an archy. Tho truth Is tho Cubans do not uppenr to bo ablo to govern themselves and do not want nnybody else to gov ern them. They are fernlnst govern ment first, last and all the time. Between the Amerlcnns who go t Europe and create sensations nnd the Europeans who come over to this side on tho same mission the cable com panics manago to keep tho wires busy Tho time Is npproachlng when tho American who can go abroad and not do nnythlng which will attract attention will bo too commonplaco to bo noted oven at home. Turkey has promised to npologlze to tho powers for tho Innguago used In the controversy over the foreign postofllee Tho apology will doubtless be tendered and the Incident ended, as an apology costs nothing nnd the Turkish treasury has 11 good stock of apologies and prom ises on hand. The meat packing Industry Is the backbone of South Omaha and must be depended on for Its further expansion. Institutions that will work up Into tin- Ished articles the by-products of the slaughtered live stock are the establish ments that will pay best at this particu lar point. Dolnir the Other Fellow. New York Mall nnd Express. China does not seem to caro greatly how argo a figure her Indemnity Is placed at so long as It Is understood that tho western powers shall lend her money to pay It. Within the Bench of All. Globe-Democrat. Among other things that liquid air Is good for Is mosquitoes, Every one should remember this next summer. Liquid air only costs $9 an ounce. Apply ono ounco to each mosquito. Wrm Any I'linlnnUtN Sheared f Now York Tribune. Colonel Bryan vehemently denounces re cent operations In Wall street. Yet it Is somewhat more thnn suspected that somo f his ardent supporters have had n more than passing Interest in them. Hnltmile. Annoyance. Globe-Democrat. The sultan h s barred out typewriting machines from Turkey because the per son operating them cannot be Identified by the matter written. Next to a col lector the sultan hates anything In the nature of a printing press. nirlliK tUr 1'nrHKtirr Ihe Hrncflf. Indianapolis News. Mr. Scliwnb of the steel trust admits that It sells goods abroad for leas than It sells them nt home, but he says that this discrimination is necessary because of tho cheap labor abroad. Hut docs not tho steel trust soil at a good profit abroad? If It does not why does It want foreign mar kets? ItnrKnln liny In Trnniapnrtii. Portland Orcgonlun. Tho transports that have been used by tho government botween New York and tho West Indies will be sold at auction n July. Tho net proceeds realized from this sale will enable Uncle Sam to deter rulno tho exact amount of puro metal there was In some of the marine gold bricks which wero palmed off on hlra when he was In the market for transport steamers. I.ct lliimnnlty Itpjnlcc. Knnsas Ctty 'Stur. Tho Now Jersey mosquito Is being at tacked by tho government in tho Hucken sack meadows. Dr. Howard, entomologist of tho Department of Agriculture, is leading tho crusade. Tho Standard Oil company Is donating tho oil In the Interests of hu manity. Thero would seem to bo somo chance for humanity when the Standard Oil trust becomes enlisted In Its behalf. Overriding tlio Cnntcrn ItncUrt. Chicago Chronicle. It ought to bo (.uPJclcntly obvious by this tlnio that whether tho army canteon Is wise and necessary or not tho army will havo Its own way about it. For It will always bo wtthtn tho power of tho officers and men of a post to producoisuch a sceno of drunk enness and disorder on pay day that com pared with It tho canteon will look llko n heaven-sent clvlllzcr. It does not reflect much credit on tho officers, however, for thorn to confess that .(hey cannot, prevent a universal drunk once a month. There havo been officers In tho army who would pro- vent It, canteen orr"no canteen. PluKKinir for Pensioner. Detroit Freo Press. Tho true character of some pension at torneys, animated by the eamo motive as actuates the shyster "In general practice, Is being raado very plain slnco the arrival In San Francisco of troops from tho Philip pines. Runners for theso business seekors become so thick nnd persistent that a special guard had to be provided to keep them out of camp nnd tho hospitals. Thoy drummed llko the old-time hotel pluggcrs at tho central depot and mado representa tions that there vnn no possibility of ful filling. The Washington ngencles heard of how their harvest was being gleaned and hastened representatives across tho con tinent to take a hand In tho garnering pro cess. And yet wo wonder that the pension roll cannot bo made a roll of honor. Looking Alicnil for Trnnbtr, Minneapolis Times. Tho scientists who are worrying because the world's supply of heat may glvo out in some distant eon, when wo have all grown so great thr6ugh evolution that wo shall bo nblo to swing ourselves Into u new planet, may tako comfort from tho Dartmouth professor's recent discovery of tho appreciable amount of heat which wo get from the stnrs. It has always been this way. Tho grumbling pessimists who see only misery nnd ruin ahead should take fresh heart of graco from facts like this. No sooner Is one thing likely to play out than another takes Its place. It n candle can send a heat wave which affects a delicate Instrument a mllo away, as Prof Nichols has proved by his recent heat measurements, the future scientist may bo able to provide for us, not only ways of finding out old caloric, but ways for mak ing new. Great Is science. XOT A CIIHEItFUL CIVE1I. Caiiatlc Comment on Mr. ItocWrfellrr'a Method of Ileatinvlnur ii f. Detroit Journal. Mr. Rockcfcllor mado a speech recently In which ho said that his greatest Joy was In making others give who Just wished to hang on to what they had. Tho publlo would have some of tho same Joy If tho Standard Oil man could be Induced to give up somo of his tremendous pro s tho gift to bo In the form of lower prices for articles of universal consumption nnd not nlono to colleges and churches, When he says a university can havo $100,000 of his If It will Induco other men to give a llko sum ho has an advantage over tho public which cannot bring any Influenco to bear on him to give where he would not think of doing so without solicitation that Is to say, In tho shapo of lower prices for oil and tho by-productn of tho crude petroleum. Tho mllllonalro confesses that ho does not glvo for tho pure Joy of giving, but for tho intlsfnctlon of seeing tho purse strings of othors loosened. He likes to piny tho part of a compress by squeezing mouey from men roluctant to give. He can pay out n few hundred thousand with out a sacrlflco of nn atom of personal com fort nnd without disturbing his business plans In tho least. Hut he decllnos to do even this unless he compels charity on tho part of others. We read thnt tho Lord loves a cheerful 'giver, not that a man Is lovable whose galoty comes froth the fact that ho makes othors give. Mr. Rockefeller also pointed out thnt he had "given steady labor" to thousands of men for years, In wages the amount of perhaps $700,000,000. The fact Is tho men gavo their steady labor to him and that lie, one roan, is now In possession, by com mon report, of nearly ns many millions as the thousands of employes during n gen eration received; so that he appears to have retained tho lion's share and not to be fitted tb pose as one dividing on fair terms tho wealth labor and his own talents have earned for him. The Harriman Coup Sprlnglleld (Mass.) Ilepubllcnn. Tho Union Pacific railroad Interest Is a distinct victor In tho controversy which preclpltntcd last week's panic. This fnct is established by tho ntsuranco conveyed from tho other party that It "will be taken care of" In tho conclusion of the Hurling- ton consolidation, no matter who holds a majority of tho Northern I'aclllc stock. Thus tho Morgan-Hill crowd havo had tholr fight absolutely for nothing, for It wns to securo recognition In the pending consoli dation that the Union Pacific party sot out to enpturo Northern Pacific control. Another question remains to be nnswered. The Northern Pacific nnd tho Great North ern roads form two transcontinental lines running across tho far northwest close to gether. They havo for some timo been operated under nn ownership largely com mon to both. The Union Pacific Is a com peting lino on transcontinental traffic, nnd tho Chlcogo, Ilurllngton & Qulney railroad spreads all over tho rich Mltslsslppl valley region In which both these transcontinental systems have their eastern termini. Hut, whllo tho Burlington system only narrowly reaches up Into connection with tho north ern roads, tho great body of Its mlleago Is concentrated In tho region lying between Omaha nnd Knnsas City (Union Pacific termini) on tho ono hand nnd Chicago nnd tho east on the other, whllo n considerable Durllngton mileage Invades Union Pnclflc territory west of tho Missouri river. Thus a hontllo control of the Ilurllngton would much moro vitally nffect tho Union Puclflc than Its competitors on tho north, nnd much nonn i. sttiAit. Moat Imiinrtnnf .Supporter of Mnilrrn Mreniioufi l.lfr. New York Sun. Tho consumption of sugar hns Increased tremendously: It has doubled for tho world In fifteen years and In Great Urltaln ft Is three times ns great per capita as It was forty years ago. Great Hrltnln consumes elghty-slx pounds of sugar per head of population a year nnd tho United States slxty-flvo pounds; tho two countries easily lead all others In sugnr cntlng. This Is Interesting, but that It Is not simply owing to tho sweet tooth nppears pretty clearly from buch demonstration of tho dietetic value of sugar ns that by Dr. II. Wllloughby Gardnor In tho Hrltlsh Modicnl Journal. Dr. Gardner first shows that many In jurious qualities formerly ascribed to sugnr havo no exlstenco; ho then points out Its merits ns a food. "It is easily digested nnd absorbed; It Is rcndlly stored up as glycogen, forming a reservo of force-producing material; It Is in this form readily nvnllable when required; It becomes com pletely oxidized without any waste nnd leaves no residue." That It creates energy nnd maintains strength hns been proved by laboratory experiments nnd by the ex perience of mountain climbers, of explor ers nnd nthletes, and of Gcrmnn soldiers who havo been kopt on a diet containing n great deal of sugar. It Is shown also by the fine condition of tho dnte-eating Arabs and of tho negroes who eat Rugar ca'nn. Fromjtheso facts Dr. Gardner concludes that the lncrcnsed height and weight nnd tho Improved health 'of the English people In tho last half century aro due largely to the lncrcnsed consumption of sugar. The Inference Is plain that nn Important factor In Anglo-Saxon superiority, in tho greater energy and push of tho rnce. Is tho habit of eating more sugar than other nations do. It will bo Interesting to note tho effect of tho rehabilitation of a sugar diet upon those who love It best. Will the nttacks on the Jam closet and the cooky box be redoubled, and greater capacity for cara mels and bonbons be mndo manifest In ethereal creatures, supported now by medi cal authority? Or will sweets, no longer forbidden, pall, and will sugar, proscribed by tho physician, share tho odium of cod llver oil and blue pills? Tho old Puritan Idea that what Is pleas ant must necessarily bo bad gots many a hard knock from modern science. I'UHSONAI, XOTUS. Looks ns If President Schwab might have to earn his $1,000,000 enlary by a constant fight against competition. Clnus Spreckels ban contributed $10,000 to tho American navy mounment fund of Son Francisco and John V. Mackey and Mayor Joseph D. Pholan $5,000 ench. A poem by General "Stonewall" Jackson has been discovered among some old papers in Loxlngton, Vn. Jackson wrote It whllo a young lieutenant In tho regular army. It has been suggested that the old houso In Raleigh, K. C, which was the birth place and homo of President Andrew John ston bo acquired by tho city nnd mado n museum. Sara Bernhardt, In an Interview on Amorlca and Americans, says that the only thing sho hns really to complain of concerning this country Is Its wenthor. Sho mot, she said, moro storms during her last trip hero than she hnB known abroad In years. Frederick W. Holls, one of tho delegates to tho peace conference, whom the czar has Just nsked for a conferenco nt St. Petersburg, was tho son of a Lutheran minister. Ho was born In Pennsylvania In 1857 nnd graduated cum laudo from Colum bia collego In 18S0. Tho glories of Montnna as a gamblers' paradise havo vanished. A dozen years ago tho tiger flourished on tho ground lioor. Later tho nnlmnl was driven to tho upper stories. Now It Is banished from sight and hearing. Tho landmarks of frontier life are few nnd far between In tho Copper state. Sir Mlchaol Hlcks-Hcach, nrltlsh chan cellor of tho exchequer, is not a brllllnnt orator, but ho has n faculty for presenting his financial stnteraent In most Interesting form. It surprises not n few that ho should exert himself to commit to mem ory nil tho minutiae of detail with which his budget speeches nro stored. Admiral Cervcrn remains n prime favor ite with tho American people. At Gibral tar tho othor day some tourists from this country on board tho Furst UlsmarcK greeted him with great cordiality bb ho camo alongside on a tender, nnd It Is said that thoy all Insisted upon grasping his hand, giving him a most kindly welcome. Illiterate whlto Inhabitants In southern nnd bordor states nro most numerous among tho mountnlns. Kentucky has 16 per cent, Tennessee IS, South Carolina 18 ami Alabama 18 per cent of Illiterate whites. Hut tho percentage of whlto Ulltorncy In Mississippi, with an nlmost overwhelming negro population, Is only 11. In Arkansas It Is 16. It Is related In London that nn Inqulsl tlve ecclesiastic asked Mr. Morgan bluntly how much he had paid for Gainsborough's "Duchess of Devonshire," and tho head of tho so-called American "steel octopus" wriggled ns ho replied: "Nobody will ovor know, If tho truth enmo out I might bo considered a candldato for a lunatic asylum." Not many policemen aro millionaires, oven. In New York, whero tho perquisites of men In blue nro said to be of tho richest. Officer Clarence Houth of New Orleans is worth moro than tho amount named. Ho owned 100 acres of land In tho Texas oil region and has refused an offer of $1,1100, 000 for It. bollevlng it to bo worth $2,000,- 000. He calmly patrols his beat, waiting I for a satisfactory oner. such a hoetllo control has now, it would ap pear, been averted. Hut tho two northern roads have planned to tuko over tho Ilurllngton nt what would seem to bo an extravagant price, Indicat ing a purpose on tho part of those roads to mako tho fullest nnd most exclusive uso of the latter for their own profit and ad vantage. Tho llarrtmnu coup In tho stock market has now destroyed any such golden expectations, nnd yet it Is apparent that tho consolidation scheme Is to be concluded on the terms offered by the northern roads. That all tho risks of the purchase aro to be borne by tho northern roads nnd that tho Union Pacific nt the same ttmo Is to be admitted to a share in Ilurllngton trnfflc for transcontinental points is hardly sup posablo nnd the Joint purchase of tho Dur llngton by all three transcontinental lines must thus apparently bo In contemplation. llcnco tho possibility of a much greater railway consolidation thnn was contem plated nt tho outset. Tho Union Pacific al ready controls the Southern Pacific, nnd In the 'carrying out of this revised plan tho two southern transcontinental lines would bo brought Into n moro or less close rela tionship with tho two northern. This would leavo only tho Atchison uncarcd for among all tho Pacific ronds. A scheme of har monious railway union so stupendous as this may bo practlcablo at tho presonl time and may bo effected, but an Important factor In currying It out 1b an eager and snngulno Investment publlo which the panto has done much to destroy. HITS OF WASIII.OTO. LIFK. HnppenliiR of Minor Interest at (he .Vntliinnl Cnnltnl. Whllo tho Navy department Insists on up-to-dnto equipment, there Is one branch of tho service from which modorn Innova tions nro rigorously excluded nnd tradition revered. Thnt Is, the form of the commis sion Issued to naval officers. Tho steel en graved plato from which they havo been printed for fifty or sixty years Is worn out nnd must bo replaced. It hns been noticed for some years that the commissions printed from this plate were becoming less clear cut, and when Captain Slgsbno received his last commission his comment on tho sub ject to Secretary Long Induced that offlclnl to tako up again tho matter for considera tion. After lengthy discussion Secretary Long scat for tho officials of tho bureau of en graving nnd Instructed them to tako a copy of tho old pinto as nearly as the rules of that bureau In reference to counterfeiting would permit. Tho engravers wished to chango tho plato by putting new and Im proved guns in plnco of tho old "Long Tom" In voguo In 1830-40, and the now war ships for tho old sailing vessels, but to this neither Secretary Long nor his assistants would agree. Thoy wished to preserve tho stylo of engraving of tho porlod In which It was made nnd retain nil tho old ear marks of that date. As tho matter now stands, tho now plato will bo nn exact reproduction, save for soma slight changes of shading and so on. The old plato was mado by the American Bank iNote company In New York In 1830 or 1840 and Is considered one of the finest nnd most artistic pieces of engraving be' longing to tho government. Having seen service for tho heroes of both the civil and Spanish-American wars, ns well as other men of long nnd fnlthful service, It Is ro garded with rovorenco by tho Navy depart' ment. The eagle at tho top of the commission has a lean and hungry look, aud not tho appcaranco of being n near relative evon of the well-fed, pompous-looking bird thnt adorns tho banknotes and government doc uments of today. The flags, guns, boats and other nnval equipments aro all 'typical of tho period of tho navy sixty years ago, while the figures of Neptune and Nereid, plowing the waves with tholr star horses, beautifully conceived and executed, mako It one of tho most elaborate and Imposing documents of tho government. A correspondent of tho Now York Time relates that somo months beforo Rear Ad miral Hlchborn wns retired from the serv ice ho had exhibited In his room nt the Navy department n painting representing tho battle at Santiago on July 3, 1898, the Bccno showing tho positions of the United States and Spanish fleets at 10:30 o'clock, according to the chart prepared by tho Sampson board Just nftcr tho battle and printed In tho appendix to tho report of Renr Admiral Crownlnshleld for that year. Great caro was observed to have tho rela tive positions of tho ships faithfully given, ns thero Is much sensitiveness among the captains of tho fleet touching that matter. Before It was shown to the public somo corrections wero made. Tho Indiana's po sition wns slightly Improved, and tho guns of the Colon were represented as emitting only flashes Instead of smoke, that vessel alono using smokeless powder. Splashes wero added to the neighboring sea to lndl cate hotter the frequency with which pro Joctllcs were dropped nbout the leading American ships. In order to get as many of the fighting ships In tho plcturno ns posslblo It became necessary to put tho Brooklyn In tho fore ground. And that will cnuse tho trouble thnt Is threatened. Tho Oregon's people think that tho picture of the battlo that will be most admlrnblo will make aa much of tho Oregon as any other vessel engaged Captain Evans Is said to havo uttered an unfavorable opinion of a plcturo that so vaguely sets forth tho presence of the Iowa, Rear Admiral Bowles, proud of tho work he has performod for tho new navy, suggest tho desirability of having a picture of the fight that testifies to tho presence of tho Texas, which ho built. Officers who havo served on all the vesels of tho fleet that wero really, nnd not by legnl construction, in tho fight, want pictures that make each of tho vcbspIb most prominent. It Is ob vious that tho only way to gratify every body will be to havo as many pictures of the Santiago battlo as thoro wero ships engaged and then supplementary plcturos to show whoro tho Now York and Masachusetts wero when tho other shlpB wero fighting. One envious officer suggests thai, as thlB la likoly to be a bad summor for flies Rear Admiral Bowles shall tako down tho picture and put It away to save It from ftyspecks and criticism. About nlnvtenths of tho cranks who nro allowod to enter tho city of Washington sooner or later make their way to tho Treasury department. They seem to havo a spite against tho placo because there Is an Immense quantity of money within tho walla of the great white marblo building, Secrotary Gnge has becomo bo expert In hnnqilng them that ho would mako a first rate warden of nn lnsnno asylum when he lets go of his placo in tho cablnot. The other day ono of these cranks secured an audience with the secretary, after telling an Impresslvo story to tho clerk In tho outer office "Mr. Secretary," ho said briskly, as ho approached Mr. Gage's desk, "I won't detain you but a mlnuto. Just pleaso sign your namo to this." "What Is It?" asked Mr. Gago, reaching far the pleco of paper, which tho crank bad taken from his pocket. "A check for $135,000," nnswered tho crank. "Tho government does not allow me to sign personal checks during offlco hours," replied tho secretary. "Come after 4 o'clock." "Thank you, sir," answered the crank, as ho reached for his hat. Ho did not know that after that hour ho would be compelled to state bis business at tho outsldo door of tho treasury building. Tho United States treasury hns a very snug sum piled nway In tho vaults rep resenting tho accumulations from unpaid money orders. Tho fund now amounts to ovor $2,500,000, and has been piling up for thirty-five years. With each Individual order tho government hns made n Bpcclnl effort to effect payment to tho payee or re store tho amount to the remitter, and, fall ing, can do naught but keep tho amount. Tho fact thnt 60,000 duplicate orders nro annually issued would appear to I lull cat o that tho American people nro extremely careless lit tho handling of theso mpney vouchers. Whero tho originals go or how they nro disposed of would fill a volume. Tho government hns Issued $4,000,000,000 In money orders nnd has pad every cent of this Rreat sum except tho $2,500,000 men tioned. A single order mny bo issued up to $100 in amount and the average Is .about $7.50, the smaller offices Issuing tho great bulk of orders and tho larger offices cash ing 85 per cent of them. Traveling men, actors, circus men, rail road employes nnd others, whoso business requires them to movo from plnco to place, nro very fond of buying orders pnynblo to thomselves. They ennnot spend nn order ns a bill nnd as no ono but themselves or the Indorsees mny securo tho amount of the orders they nro Just that much nhcad when they get Into tho next town, making themselves their own bankers with tho gov ernment as n depository. Sometimes nn actor or a circus man will present a ilozun orders nt the closo of tho season which ho has bought from time to timo nnd their amount represents savings which othorwlso would have been spent. Money orders dfsnppenr In various ways. Some aro burned up or torn up Instead of tho receipts and this Is particularly trno of International money orders whoro tho receipts nro of tho same slzo of the' orddr, only whlto In color. Somo nro sent In 'let ters which aro not addressed nt nil, or aro Incorrectly nddrosscd, nnd theso, together with thousands of othor orders, find tholr way to tho dead letter ofllco. Ultimately most of theso lettors find their way back to tho remitters or duplicates aro npplled for. SPKCULATIOJi ANT GAMnMNO. Difference Iletivcen Shell-tinmen, Gold Hrlckm nnd Other Varieties. Chicago Chronicle Denunciation of speculation ns gambling Is too indiscriminate. Somo speculation Is moro hotting mcro staking money on n futuro event, such as tho stnto of tho weather n month hence. Othor speculation Is gnmbling with loadod dice, as whero persons who control a property and can lncrcaso or decreasa Its earning power or otherwlso chango tho valuo of Its shnres, "work" tho market up and down, raking off winnings in both di rections. This Is gambling of tho shell-gnmo va riety mere swindling. But thoso who practlco it pass for eminently respectable people, whllo tho shcll-gamo operator, who Is no better, getB behind tho bara If cnught. Still other speculation Is not only en tirely Innocent, but entirely laudable. It Is, Indeed, an element In every enterprise. It Is buying, selling, investing with n reas onable prospect of gain. A man buys wheat to hold for a higher prlco becnuso ho has reason to bellevo thoro will bo scarcity or more urgent demnnd. Ho buys to sell ngaln In tho future at n profit. That Is proclsoly what every merchant docs. He risks some thing on future markets futuro supply and demnnd. So docs the man who builds a business block or establishes n manufactur ing plant. Ho takes a risk In every enso an generally renders n service. Tho samo Is true of tho man who buys and sells produce or stocks on thu ex changes on his Judgment of tho fit turn state of tho market. Tho ono of "theeo men Is as much a gambler ns tho othor: he Is Just ns good or bad as tho other nnd no moro so. Let us bo discriminating when wo mor alize upon tho different pursuits tri llfn and the different aspects of what may scoin to be tho samo pursuit. MAYTIMK MIJHHIMI'NT. Yonkers Statesman; Mrs. Crlmsonbeak Don't you think you find better stop nt thnt employment bureau on your way home nnd sen nbout a girl?" Mr. Crlmsonbeak What's tho uso? All bureaus aro alike you can nover Ilnd nny thlng you want la them. Chicago Tribune: Mr. Hummer Ah. thero Is Miss Nail. I'll mako n hit In that quar ter." Miss Nail There's that horrid Hammer. Ho gives mo a headache. Help! Help! Philadelphia Times: "What! Etigngo a young doctor who has Just grndunted?" "Certainly. Ho can say what few older physicians can't, lie's never yot lost a patient." Detroit Fri'i- Tress: "Hero's a distin guished scientist who says that after all there la nothing in germs." "Nothing In germs? Nonsense! Why look how much the doctors have mndo out of them." Pittsburg Chronicle: Objector But doesn't your system tend to elevnto tho dollnr abovo tho man? Political Economist Certainly. Ynu wouldn't havo a mini stoop to earn a dol lar, would you? Chicago Tribune: "Mnrln, what's tho matter with this coffee? It's beastly." "I made It out of thnt substltutn for to bacco you're nllowcd to Ho about tho houso bo long. I wanted to llnd out If It wasn't good for Bomothlng." ' Philadelphia Press: "Somo men are like wlno. They Improve with ago." "Yes, but tho likeness must bo pcrfoct, though." "How do you mean? "Well, no wlno can Improve with ago that has ovor been drunk." Detroit Journal: As we chained the wretch to the stake nnd piled the faggots about him, his cringing terror moved us to scorn. "You haven't much fortitude!" wo sneered, "Well, I haven't fortitude to burn, for a fact!" confessed ho. Washington Star: "Aren't you afraid that Filipino prisoner of yours will escape?" "Certainly not," nnswered tho American soldier. "Don't you se how close tho poor fellow kecpn to us! He's scared half to death for fenr we will lose him nnd so pre vent his getting to enmp In timo for din ner." PASSIPfO OP IIAGTIMR. W. J. Lampton fn New York Sun.' Sit still. Oh, throbbing heart, Oh, surging soul I Oh, gentlo Art That makes the whole World gathor to Its breast Tho dearest and tho tenderestj Sit still, Oh, all nf you, sit still. The whllo tho cruel hand, That ennnot understand, Lops off Tho mensure And tho melody, Tho rnpturo 1 And tho rhnpsody That stirred The millions Ah tho deep-ohrsted winds Btlr oceans to their doptha And roll tho bursting billows Upon tho sanded shorn In cadences that cry their pain, Sit still And coldly, calmly wait Tho crushing blow of fnto; Or, If you can't sit still, And will Raise a row nnd a rucus Jump right up In a hurry, Trot out the Rngtlmo band, And let her go For a rngtlmo Bhow In n nne-tlmu ragtime land; Turn on the coons and the kickers, The baby Loos nnd the lot, And mako of The InHt-tlme rugtlme, A ruKtlrno time, ' And not. I. J L