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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SrSDA-W JULY 21, 1901.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATfON.
Statu of Nebraska, Douglas County, us.:
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nyB that the actual number of full and
complete copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Kvcnlng and Bunduy Doo printed during the
month of June, 1901, was us follows:
l uj,onu is uu,aua
JIM(SO 17 ttfl.OHO
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i lUi,UOO 19 !IU,M40
6 ,....ar.,08o 20 u.-,i4o
an.HHi) 21 2n,uiu
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ao.ioo 24 as.ooo
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it an,T 26 a.-,5io
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14 25,400 29 25,UtM
is 2a,4io so 20,220
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PARTIES LHAVIXH l'Oll St'M.MISll.
Partirn IrnvliiKT Hip t-lly for
tlio Hummer may hnvp Tlip Hro
cut to tli rut rejrnlariy liy
notifying The llee l)ulneii-i
office, In iicmon or liy mnll.
Tlic mlili-ei will tie chnuueil
often nil ile.ilrril.
Isn't this temperature luml cu the
Walking tlclORMtO?
The fttoel strike hns reached a critical
stage. So hat the buu strike.
Tho sailors on Llpton'a yacht are on a
strike. They probably want pay for
overtime on account of the slowness of
tho boat
Instead of praying for rain It might
not be a had Idea to start a cumpmeet
lug. If that will not bring a shower peo
ple might as well give up.
The national democratic headquarters
In Chicago have been closed up and the
records moved to "Washington. Tho re
' turns did not warrant the trouble and
expense.
Robert E. Leo Ilerdmnu Insists on
drawing a salary. An office without a
salary is oh tantalizing to a democrat as
a lake of wntcr JUHt out of reach of a
thirsty man.
Another party of revenue officers has
been ambushed nnd shot by Tennessee
moonshiners. limiting moonshiners Is
about as dangerous business as pursuing
tho Hocrs the trouble commences when
you llnd what you are looking for.
Cecil Rhodes and Dr. Jnmeson declined
to be Interviewed on their return to
Englund, saying they were out of poll
tics. They have pushed their friend,
Joseph Chamberlain, in up to his neck
and should bu willing to help him out.
Historian Maclay says he did not
realize his language was Immoderate at
tho time he wrote his history. Maclay
probably had his literary training on
Brunn's Iconoclast or some other sheet
where asbestos copy paper was a ne
cessity. When you see tho Impression of your
heel In the asphalt pavement and the
rosin bubbling up from the wooden side
wolks and your Bhirtwnist is clinging to
your athletic form it may be Justllluble
to make the retort discourteous to tho
Idiotic Individual who Inquires "Is it
b enough for you?"
The State Hoard of Equalization lias:
completed tho tax levy for the year.
Douglas county will pay one-seventh of
tho taxes of the state, which would in
dicate pretty thoroughly that this county
Is not the only one where tnxshlrklng
and undervaluation fof property have
been reduced to a lino art.
Developments Judicata that practically
all of the ilnanclal groups which are In
terested In railroads will have ropre
Bontatlves on tho board of directors of
all tho leading lines. The railroad fami
lies are thoroughly broken up and an
era of tralllc free love appears to have
been ushered In. A touch of adversity
Is likely, however, to cause a break In
tho circle.
Denver wants to make the Trans
mlbslsslppl congress permanent, with
headquarters in that city. To this prop
osition Omaha has no objections. If the
Transmlsslsslppl congress has no other
mission thuu an auuual outing for states
men out of a Job overloaded with un
marketable Ideas, nobody will Intcrposu
an objection to Denver enjoying a
monopoly of the scatterbralus.
Five hundred Chicago school marm
cadets have been subjected to tho health
test by the medical department of the
school board and the examining doctors
certify that the physical standard Is ex
ceptionally high. In view of the fact
that tho examinations were much the
enme as thoso of applicants for llfo In
surance, It Is apparent that the average
school teacher cadet cau stand a good
deal of thumping.
coMMtwirr of interests.
The combination of all the transcon
tinental railroads under u community-of-lnterest
control is an accomplished
fact. Every Important artery of com
merce between the lakes, the Mississippi
and the Pacific const !t now In the hands
of n group of financiers: whose avowed
purpos-e Is the management of the prop
erties of this transcontinental Hues us
permanent investments nnd not as stock
Jobbing ventures to be used as a foot
ball by speculators on the stock ex
change. It docs not require a railroad expert to
foresee that tho future of this vust net
work of railways depends upon tho pros
perity of the region traversed by and
tributary to it. That which promotes
the growth and development of tho re
sources of the west contributes Its full
share to the earnings of the community-of-lnterest
railroads; that which retards
and cripples the prosperity of the trans
mlsslsslppl region must necessarily re
tard and cripple the railroads traversing
the samo territory ami reduce their dividend-earning
power.
Manifestly, there Is n community of
Interests between tlte people who have
staked their fortunes In the greater west
and the owners of the trunk lines across
tho contlueut who are vitally concerned
In tho futuro development of tho re
sources of the most proline region on the
globe.
This vast area of country Is compara
tively utipeopled and la scarcely awak
ened to a consciousness of the magnitude
of Its natural resources and its capabili
ties for wealth production.
The PacIHc coast alone Is an empire
capable of feeding and clothing -10,000,-000
people and supplying from within Its
limits ulniofct every product required by
man under our present stnndard of civi
lization. It possesses Incalculable min
eral wealth, vast forests of giant timber,
countless herds of sheep and cattle and
Is rich lu farm and pasture lands,
orchards and vineyards. The entire Pa
cific coast boasts of only a fraction over
.',000,000 people, while It could easily
support ten times that number.
With a population of 20,000,000 people
on tho Pacific coast the transcontinental
railroads would see an enormous In
crease In earnings, and the entire coun
try between the Mississippi nnd the
Sierras would feel the impulse In an in
creased demand for Its products and lu
an enlargement of tho territory for its
manufacturing Industries.
What Is true of the Pacific coast ap
plies with equal, If not greater, force to
the country west of the Missouri, 'i'fie
marvelous natural resources of Ne
braska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, tho
Dakotas, Montana and Idaho uro yet
comparatively undeveloped. Millions of
acres In that region con bo reclaimed by
irrigation uud made ns fertile as the best
lauds of tho Missouri valley.
The mining section west of the Rock
ies has only been tapped In Its richest
portions. Iron, that most vuluablu of
minerals, which at no distant day is to
play such an Important part In the de
velopment of the west, Is not yet util
ized, neither are the oil fields, tho as
phultum beds or the granite quarries.
In fact the country west of the Rockies
is still almost a wilderness so far as
population and industrial nnd agricul
tural development are concerned. In
other words, fully two-thirds of the area
between tho Missouri uud the Sierras
Is lu a primitive state awaiting the wave
Of mlgrutlou that will reclaim tho desert,
draw wealth from the rocky recesses of
tho mountains, turn the wheels of in
dustry and create new cities uud towns
whose commerce will enrich the country
uud contribute nu endless chain of
products for the transcontinental rail
roads. That this great transformation Is sure
to como within the twentieth century no
intelligent observer conversunt with ex
isting conditions will gu'lnsny.
If tho men in control of the commu-nlty-of-luterest
railways grasp the possi
bilities within their reach It lieu within
their power to expedite the settlement
nnd development of the western half of
the continent, whose commerce Is tribu
tary to them. Doubtless the originators
of the consolidation had this evolution
in view when they projected tho combi
nation, liut In any event some plan
looking to that end should guide them
lu whatever future program Is laid.
In this great work the people of tho
entire region west of the Mississippi, re
gardless of preconceived opinions or po
litical views, can be depended upou to
heartily co-operute with all their provcr
bial public spirit and enterprise.
FIXANOIAI, ASPECTS OF THE STRIKE,
Tho strike of steel workers has been In
progress six days and It Is not too soon
to consider the financial aspect of tho
contest, for the cost to both tho manu
facturers and the workmen has already
been large. According to the computa
tion of a Pittsburg paper the strike Is
costing the three companies Involved
$210,000 dally nnd the workmen .?ir0,000.
If these figures be correct the total loss
for the past week Is ?2,10O,00Othe loss
In profits to the manufacturers nnd the
loss in wages to tho men out of work
being projmbly nearly equal. Nor aro
losses confined to these. The canning
companies which nre unable to secure
their material, the gas stove mnnufne
turers and the other industries whoso
business Is crippled by tho shutting oft
of supplies are necessarily suffering
loss and sooner or later, If the strike
shall lie protracted, tho employes In
these Industries must be layed off and
suffer loss.
It should be observed thnt while the
loss of the companies Is not dual, while
they can lu time recover It, the wages
Which the worklugmeu lose Is gone for
good. Even though they wiu In tho
contest they cannot recover what It will
cost them. How long they will bo dis
posed to stand the sacrifice Is a question
that cannot now be determined. The
Amalgamated association Is said to have
a fund of $1200,000 with which to keep
the strike going, but this will last only
a very short time, with 50,000 men to
draw upon It. Tho association men are
promised aid from other labor organiza
tions and will undoubtedly receive some,
but tills Is a rather uncertain reliance, as
experience lias abuuduutly shown. It
Is noted that at the beginning of tho
Homestead trouble. In 1802, the Amalga
mated association had a fund of flOO.OOO
and thnt exciting conflict brought It
liberal contributions, the treasurer of
the association having paid out during
tho struggle more than $1, 100,000. Pos
sibly the contributions will be ns liberal
now as then, though the conditions nre
different. Assuming, however, that a
million dollnrs should be contributed to
the association men It would menu sub
sistence for only n few weeks.
On the other hand, while tho loss of
the companies Involved lu tho contest Is
not final, will they be disposed to pro
long the struggle at tho risk of bringing
the entire Steel trust Into It nnd thereby
completely demoralizing the whole In
dustry, with damaging consequences to
other nnd dependent Industries? As yet
there Is nothing to indicate that the com
panies ngalnst which the strike Is Im
mediately directed have any intention
other than to go on with the tight. Re
ported utterances of men who speak
with nuthorlty offer no encouragement
for hope of an enrly settlement, so far
as the companies aro concerned.
A change is possible nt any time In
the situation, but as It now looks the
conflict promises to be protracted and
enormously costly to nil concerned.
' FIHST llATTLR OF IWLh IWX.
July 21, 1801 forty years ngo today
the first battle of Hull Run wns fought,
Though In no respect a grent battle,
when compared with mnny others of
the civil war, ns the first trial of
strength between the north and the
south It will bo ever momornblo In our
history. As one hlstorlnn has anld,
"Its Inception nnd Issuo wore pregnnnt
with grave consequences to the future
of a struggle In which the two com
bntauts were yet hesitating to engage."
This first pitched bnttle between forces
of the union and the confederacy wna
fought by raw volunteers, none of whom
hud been in a soldier's garb more thnn
two or three months and at least half
of whom on the union side wero en
listed only for n term of three months,
then just about expiring. For an of
fensive campaign neither army wns
well prepared, but the conditions were
such that the union army was com
pelled to take the ofTennlve.
General McDowell, the union com
mander, had carefully planned his cam
paign, but his plans were nlmost ns
fully known to the confederates as to
himself. General Beauregard, who com
manded the confederate forces, In his
account of tho buttle, said that he re
ceived constant information from con
federate sympathizers In Washington ns
to whnt wns golug on, being advised In
advance by one of his agents nt the
national capital of the time when the
union army was to march. This 'was
art advantage to tho confederates which
thev fully Improved,
There were soldiers on both sides In
tho battle who wero educated at West
Tolnt nnd tho contest wns character
ized by skillful tactics. There was also
some scycre fighting in which both sides
showed great gallantry for undisciplined
men. There was not much disparity in
tho forces as to numbers. But the
union forces had made- a long march,
many were exhausted by fatigue, want
of water and food nnd when after hours
of fighting under the July sun tho con
federates wero reinforced, the union
fprces became demoralized and were
beaten and routed. Every effort, ac
cording to the statement of General Mc
Dowell, was made to rally them, oveu
beyond tho 'reach of the enemy's fire,
but in vain. They ptrented to Wash
ington in complete disorder. Tho con
federates, however, had been tuught
some respect for tho fighting qualities
of tho northern soldier.
Those whose memory goes back to
that time will recall tho profound dis
appointment and tho intense anxiety
that the result of the first Bull Run
bnttle produced throughout tho north.
Its other effect, however, was to stimu
late the popular patriotism and t$ fix
more firmly the determination to pre
serve the union.
liEFOHM tX THE POSTAL SERVICE.
The Transmlsslsslppl Commercial con
gress adopted a resolution endorsing the
action of the postmaster general of tho
United States regarding second-class
mall matter and urging tho adoption of
a 1-cent ruto of letter postage. The or
dprs issued a few days ngo from the
Postotllco department provide that pub
lications, the subscriptions to which aro
not founded on their value ns news or
literary Journals, uud which by the gen
eral use of premiums or other consid
erations In the form of chances to vn
prizes, etc., to Induce subscription, In
effect circulate at apparently a nominal
ruto, will bo excluded from the second
class. Publications which have the
characteristics of books are to bo ex
cluded from tho second class.
This Is a matter that hns been dis
cussed for a number of yours. Every
postmaster general lu the last four or
llvo administrations lias recommended
rofonn In the direction which the de
partment hns now taken and bills huve
been Introduced lu congress for this pur
pose. It has been repeatedly pointed out
that the proposed reform would result lu
putting tho postal service on a paying
basis, that it would enable the govern
ment to reduce letter postage to 1 cent
and that it would work no Injury to le
gitimate publications. But not until
now has any decisive action been tukeu
to inaugurate tho reform. In referring
to It the Detroit Tree Press suys:
"There few people lu tho country who
are not in coustant receipt of papers ad
vertising nothing but prizes, cheup Jew
elry, questionable Investments or some
otlier jug-haudled method of imposing
upon tho gullibility of human nature.
They nre not subscribed for by those
receiving them and It Is the rnre excep
tion when u bill Is presented. Tho fuk
irs ure simply advertising themselves ut
tho oxpvnse of the mail service by per
vertlug it to a selfish and frequently
fraudulent purpose that was never con
templntcd by the government. Millions
of tons of this kind of trash have been
circulated, burdening the malls nnd nd
ding enormously to the expense of dis
tribution. Tho new rule remove this
Jiulsnncc unlpss the fakirs choose to pay
the higher price. If they do tho postal
f-ervlce will become self-sustaining and
may soon be able to adopt the cheaper
rate suggested. If they do not there
will be nn Immense saving in the ex
penses of tho department. In either
event the government Is assured of a
gain."
Postmnster General Smith Is to be
commended for his action In this matter
nnd It- Is not to be doubted that It will,
when properly understood, be approved
by the general public. But the postmas
ter general will encounter a fierce nu
tngon:sm from those who will lie affected
by tlie new regulation, who will bring
nil the pressure at their command nnd
It is somewhat formidable upon con
gress to secure u reversal of the regula
tion. If Its operation In the meanwhile,
however, should demonstrate, as tltere
Is every reason to expect will be tho
case, that It Is In the public Interest, It
Is safe to predict that efforts to over
throw It will not be successful.'
Tho nttorney general of Texas hns de
termined thnt the Pacific Express com
pany shall not only be driven out of the
state, but that It shall ulso be denied the
privilege of resuming business lu Texns.
In addition to filing a petition to restrnln
the company from continuing to do bus
iness In Texas, on the ground that Its
permit for such authority had expired,
the nttorney general has filed a written
protest against the Issuance of n permit
authorizing thnt company to transact
business becnuse It hns failed to comply
with the law thnt requires express com
panies to submit nnnunl statements of
their Indebtedness, receipts nnd expendi
tures, under onth of their presidents nnd
secretaries. The nttorney general Insists
that a corporation that Is not willing to
comply with the Inws of a state ought
not to be allowed to transact bus
iness In the state. There seems
to bo u good denl of forco to
this view. It Is doubtful. how
ever, whether the Puclflc Express com
pany will allow itself to be driven out of
Texns. At any rate, It is safe to predict
thut It will exhaust ull the remedies of
tho federal courts before it will nllow
Itself to be forced out of business In the
Lone Stat State. The outcome of the
Texas controversy will be watched with
interest not only by the people of that
state, but by those of nearly every west
cm state where slmilur laws have been
enacted uud Ignored.
A Chlcngo doctor has been denied per
mission by the health officers of that city
to bury u man alive to demonstrate that
there is a- point so nearly resembling
death thnt medical scientists pronounce
lite extinct while the subject Is still liv
ing. This Is not the first experiment of
this kind that has been attempted lu
Chlcngo. Less than three mouths ago a
Chicago doctor was tried and sentenced
to a long term in the penitentiary for
burying n young woman who had con
sented to feign denth to eunblo him to
secure the payment of a life Insurance
policy. Instead of a comedy, us the
young woman Intended, tho piny lu
thnt iustnuce turned out to be a tragedy,
the experiment being designed not so
much to promote the Interests of science
ns to promote tho financial Interests of
tlie medical swindler.
Somo time ngo the stutlstlcs which
showed n decline of the birth rate lu
France were attracting attention as in
dicating the approach of a time when
that country would ceaie to be a lnrge
factor In European affairs. A little
deeper delving Into statistics has shown
that every thickly populated portion of
Europe jthows a similar decline, except
where Immigration is holding back the
Increase in density of population. It Is
deduced therefrom that highly organized
civilized communities luvarlably present
this condition when the population ap
proaches the maximum which the land
can sustain. Here may bo the answer
to the fears of some scientists who pre
dict tho world at a comparatively near
period will be overpopulated.
p
The death of Consul Horatio J.
Sprague, who had represented the
United States at Gibraltar since May
12, 1843, Is reported by cable, coupled
with the announcement thnt tho State
department hns decided to appoint Ills
sou to fill the vacancy. The Snmguu
family nppear to huve consular blood In
their veins. They hall from Mnssnchu
setts and have held the GJbraltar con
sulship since 18;i2, when Andrew Jack
son appointed tho father of the deceased
consul. This affords a striking Illustra
tion of the tendency of tho rock-rooted
New England democrat to hold on to an
office wheu he once has It. Of this class
of patriots it may truthfully be said that
none resign nnd few die.
A Kansas City Dogberry, who prides
himself on the relutroductlon of the
whipping post, seuteuced a 12-year-old
uegro girl, charged with tho theft of ?.'J,
to twenty lashes, to bo administered In
tho public courtroom by the girl's
mother, because parents may chastise a
child without Incurring tho penalty of
the law. We make bold to assert that
this Missouri Judge would not have
dared to exhibit such cold-blooded
cruelty had the culprit been a white girl.
What a pity this judicial martinet did
not administer Justice In slavery days,
when a whipping could bo administered
to a black woman without fracturing
tho laws of Missouri.
When the postmnster general has sup
pressed the snide ndvertlslug circulars
that have enjoyed second-class mall
privileges by the ton ho will find n very
prolific field lu unloading the volumi
nous publications thnt nro now shipped
by the carload out of Washington under
cover of tho franking privilege and flood
tho malls, only to be used for wrapping
paper nnd pnntrr shelving.
Some of tho democratic papers com
plain that the American soldier costs
more per capita than those of any other
country. The American soldier Is the
best fed, the best clothed and tho 1k?hI
cared for of any soldier In the world,
nnd he Is the best soldier this on the au
thority of what ho bus accomplished nnd
the word of General Wolseley. Good
things always come high, but hu Is worth
the money. Another difference which
the critics do not mention Is thnt the
ntlded expense Is on nccount of the prl
vnte uud not the officer.
St. I.otils Is wrestling with tho gnrbnge
contractor. It Is not, as In Ouiuhn, n
question of extending free privileges to
"people who want to earn nu honest liv
ing" by hauling and dumping refuse and
manure promiscuously, but simply a
question whether the garbage contract
Is to be extended for three years or
seven years.
Krtt'1-tn of AV liter on Stock.
Detroit Journul.
Haiti In tho cum belt Is not the only form
In which water affects the stock market.
Ilnnueruus to l'nol With.
Kansar City Journal.
Along lu May there was much complaint
that the cool, wet weather wns retarding
tho corn crop. Perhaps somebody prayed
for a warm, dry season and put too much
unction Into the effort. We must bo care
ful how wo meddle with thn elements.
M'hr CnllfornlmiN Mm lie,
Ban Francisco Coll.
The funny thing about tho grent hot spell
tn the cast is that many at tho leading pa
pers In tho big cities over there are clam
oring for tho removal of tho chief of the
weather bureau becnuse his predictions did
not suit them while they woro sweltering.
Art Where Art In Art.
Louisville Courlcr-Journnl,
The Itnllnti havo raised the duty on
American plows aa worlto of art, And tho
ltnlluns aro ntqipeacd to know something
about art. Certainly tho nvrrsgo American
plow, freshly painted, j, n more plowing
work of art thnn many of tho Italian "old
masters."
rirnt lu Alt Thtimn,
Ncwfpnpor Mnker,
An edltrcns of a nov.-apr.ucr In Nebrrttifca
has adopted tho stylo of placing women's
names first tn tho marriage notleo.i, Why
not? Meek nntl lowly man never locks at
tho marrlngo or deaths In a pnpor, while
woman plays thorn r.M Koeond cholco to bar
gain counter sales, Tho Idea desorvos en
courasomont. Auothor "Vt'rcntli In I'lnon.
Now York TrJbuno.
The head of tho insurance dopartment of
Massachusettn aaya in h!n annual report
thnt so thorough lu thn system of super
vision that no llfo insurance company ever
Incorporated under tho Inws of thai state
has gone Into bankruptcy. Put ancthor
sprig of laurol on the classic brow of the
commonwealth of the 1'urltan and tho Tll
grlm. Army of Hutlvrny I'mploycii.
Hnltlmore Bun.
Tho last report of the Intorstato Com
merce commission shows that a largo army
of employes Is In tho service of the rail
ways of the United States, the number In
1000 having been 1,017,503, or 029 em
ployes per 100 miles of line. The larger
business of tho year wob reflected In an
lncrcuso of 88,729 In tho number em
ployed, or thirty-four per 100 miles of lino.
As many bb 450,003 woro employed on the
trains. Compensation of railway craployen
absorbed $577,264,841, or CO per cent of
operating expenses and 39 por cent of
Gross earnings. If a reduction of rates
meant a roductlon of wages there would
bo doubtless a loud outcry against such a
procedure.
Orotrnquc Proposition.
Indlunapulls Journal.
A memorial proposed by St. Louis rep
resenting the jflual transfer of the Terri
tory to tho United States would properly
Include Napoleon I as tho signer of the
treaty, but to erect a statuu to him In
token of American gratltudo for his con
nection with the affnlr would be a perver
sion of the truth of history nnd offensive to
the moral sense of tho American people.
Tho suggestion Is nbout as grotesque as If
tho mnnagerd of the Philadelphia Centennial
lu 1870 had proposed to erect a statuo to
George III In grateful commemoration of
hits granting tho colonies Independence.
The kindest treatment that can be accorded
to tho memory of Napoleon I Is not to re
vive It.
I'UBMC 13ULCATIO.V.
Tenchera 1'nHlilnar It Hejond HrnHOii
nlile BoundH,
IndlanapollH News.
Tho National Educational aisoclatlon,
which hns boen In session at Detroit,
adopted a declaration of principles that
contains much of interest. Among other
things it (aid:
"Our system of education will not be
wholly free until evory grade of school,
from tho kindergarten to and Including
tho unlveHity, shall be open to every boy
and girl of our country."
Of course, thnt depnds on whnt wo
mean by education, from tho point of view
of tho public. In n senso wo have free
education now, for schools are provided
for all children of tho country. And while
it may bo said that a child leaving tho
High school Is not educated, It may also bo
said that tho young man leaving the unl
vorsity h not educated, for much of his
training, both in professional school nnd
lu life, Is still to be had.
It seems to us that education is reason
ably free in this country at tho present
time. And we doubt whether it Is the
bounden duty of the stnto to do more than
to furnish a common school education.
Of courso, It Is done, and tho results of
freo higher education nro no doubt good,
nut when we arguo that the state Is not
doing Its duty In the matter of free cduca
tion unless It provide university training
free of cost, we forget, ns it seems to us,
the true basis for the theory that the state
should give froo education at all. That
basis, as we think, la that it is for the
interest of tho state Itself. It has been
found that an educatml citizenship is bet
ter than nn Ignorant one and much more
capablo of performing Us duties, So tho
stato educates its children, not so much
because It owes them a duty, an because
It owes Itself a duty. In other words, freo
schools aro to bo defended becnuse they
pay.
Can university education bo dofended on
this ground? Probably it ran be, ns de
sirable, but hardly as essential. The grad
uate of a high school knows all 'hut ho
absolutely needB to know to enablo him to
perform bis duties an a citizen with In
telligence. And ho Is not "entitled" to any
thing beyond this. No one Is disposed to
quarrel with the state universities, and It
may be that the tendency to extond the
scope of free education cannot nnd ought
not to be arrested. Yet there nre thoso
who think that wo aro going too far. And
It certainly seems as though wo were get
ting on the wrong ground when we talk so
much of the duty of the state to Its youth
ful cltlzetiB, So we have many demands
made on It. It must furnish, not simply n
common school education, but a university
education; It must provide tree text books,
and there has even been tho suggestion
that perhaps It would bo woll for It to
provide free clothes to tho chlldron of those
who cannot afford to buy them. On tho
whole, we are running Into state socialism
pretty fast along educational linns. We
think, therefore, that the Educational asso
ciation went beyond the mark In the reso
lution wo havo quoted.
1ft 'MAX MF12 i.uxor.n.
nntlonnl I.IvIiik Incrcnnlnn thr .Num
ber of Years We I.tvc.
Philadelphia Hccord.
Tho opinion of American life Insurance
men that the average length of human lite
is Increasing has been sustained by tho re
sults of olght years' wurk by the actuaries
of Knglaud aud Scotland, These actuaries
have Just completed nu exnmltmtluu of the
records of morn than CUU.000 persons, and
they nnlrtn that the Increase Is both notable
and sternly. This Is tho natural and inev
itable effect of several causes, the chief of
which, perhaps, Is the birth and deelop
rocnt of sanitary science, by which tho
spread of diseases has been chocked. It is
beyond all doubt, too, that people pay morn
attention than formerly to tho laws of per
sonal hygiene. In every way they regulnte
their lives hiorc rationally, owing to the
wider extension of education and the mure
exact knowledge of tho effects of neglect.
Labor-saving machinery has relieved men
of tho hardest toll, nnd children and women
are prevented by lnw from working an ex
cessive number of hours In factories. That
Intcmpernnce has greatly diminished Is ob
vious, nnd people aro better fed, clothed
and housed than nt any other time In the
history of the race.
Tho lengthening of humnn llfo by the ad
dition of a few years at tho end tho pro
longation of tho helplessness and pntns of
mindless old age could hardly be re
garded as a blessing, The Increnje In the
average length of life means something bet
ter than this. Old age as woll ns death
has boon pushed farther away. Youth
lasts longer than formerly. As recently ns
u century ngo it was common for girls of
16 to becomo wives, whllo the young woman
of 25 who wns still unmarried was re
garded as well within the borders of con
firmed splnstorhood. It is probablo that
now more young women nre married at 25
than at 0. Men aro now in tho zenith
of tholr powers between 40 and 50, nnd a
man of CO is no longer old. Tho propor
tion who pass tho limit of llfo fixed by the
psalmist in good health nnd with no ap
parent decline of intellectual vigor, is
greater than ever. It Is true that this as
sertion Is contrary to certain records which
havo come down to us from the sixteenth
and sovonteenth centuries, nnd which affirm
that persons wero known to havo lived ns
long ns 175 years and lu one Instnnec 200
years. Tho anclont records, however, are
Dot treated with any show of respect by
men nf science. The most thorough Inves
tigations have rovcalcd that In no case
had there been any evldcnco thnt a single
person had over lived to be 110 years old.
ncsldcs having tho period of physical
and mental vigor prolonged, tho people
of this ngo arc able to employ agencies
which diminish tho time required to do
things nnd tho distance which It has
been necessary to travel In order to enjoy
certain experiences. On the whole, wo
have every reason to feel that wo have un
precedented opportunity to make life full
and profitable.
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HUMAN KIIUAKS IX DEMAND.
A ClilcnKo Professor SpcUIhk Illimtrn
IIoiik of Involution.
Chlcngo Hecord-IIernld.
If you havo an Ingrowing foot or an extra
finger or toe you will promote tho Inter
ests of science and gladden the cyo of an
anthropologist by sending It by tho next
mall to Prof. Frederick Starr ut tho Uni
versity of Chicago.
A person with a dozen or more fingers or
toos should be willing to spare one of them
for tho cause of science, If ho Is unwilling
to part with them, however, a plaster of
parts cast or pen and ink sketch will do.
A snap-shot motion picture will answer
In fact, anything that gives the professor a
ground plan to work upon in classifying
this particular abnormal development.
The professor has some theories of hie
own as to why somo people have more than
their share of fingers or toes. Ho takes
no stock in tho two theories generally ad
vanced by scientists. Ono of thceo assumes
that we originally had many raoro fingers
and toes than wa now havo, but thnt In our
evolution from tho reptiles we gradually
dropped all but ten. The person who has
eleven or twelve toes, according to this
theory, has not "evolutcd" qulto as far as
his fellows. His extra tors represent "the
recurrenco of a lost trait."
It Is to bo hoped that the efforts of Prof.
Starr to demolish this theory will not bo
hampered by any lack of "human Ulustrn
Hons." Send along your extra Angers and
toes.
CANDIDACY OP II. II. DAI.DItinil.
LAW OFFICE OF MLLINOSLEY &
GREEN, LINCOLN, July 19. Mr. B. Rose
water, Editor "Hee:" I notice in tho
"Amoricnn Legal News," a very ably edited
and popular legal magazluo published at
Detroit, tho following:
"It may not bo known to many that
Mr. II. H. Cnldrlgo of Omaha, prominent
In tho Commercial Law League of America,
was one of the prominent candidates for
the United States senate before the legis
lature In hU stato in the recent contest.
Our surprise arises from the fact that ho
did not get there."
I also notice your allusion to this article
in an editorial in The I3ce Sundny of July
14. This has occasioned some discussion
as to whether or not Mr. Daldrlgo was In
tact a candidate. I understood that he
was elected to the legislature upon the
promise to support you for tho United
States senate and that he accepted the
nomination and was elected to tho legisla
ture on that promise. I also understood
that ho promised to support D, K. Thomp
son, who was a candidate before tho legis
lature. Now It Is claimed that lie wns a
prominent candidate himself for the posi
tion. Will you kindly publish the facts.
L. W. DILLINOSLEY.
Tho American Legal News has evi
dently been misinformed concerning the
position occupied by Mr. Haldtige lu
tho late senatorial contest. Ualdtige
was nominated to tlie state senate tin
tho pledge that lie would loyally sup
port my candidacy. Every republican
representative from this county was
elected on thnt Issue and so Instructed
by more than 10,000 voters who ex
pressed their choice for senator on the
official ballot.
Had Ualdrlge been suspected of per
sonal aspiration to the senate he cer
tainly would not have been nominated
uud could not possibly havo been elected.
During nearly ten weeks of the legisla
tive session Mr. Ualdrlge wns nbseut
on nccount of serious Illness nnd ho re
sumed Ills seat ouiy nine days before
the legislature adjourned. His ambi
tion to become senator did not manifest
Itself until the very last stage of thu
contest and received no favorable re
sponse from n single member of the
Omaha delegation. Thu two or three
votes cast for him Just before tho closo
were notoriously given to create a di
version that was designed to break the
Omnhii delegation, but tho attempt,
proved nbortlvo nnd lie was the only
member from this county that wavered.
I know nothing concerning the relations
of Mr. Ualdrlge to I). E. Thompson bu-
yond tho fact thnt ho voted for him
two or three times before he wns taken
sick and after his return he voted for
Currle. E. IIOSEWATEU.
Itli.iSTS FHOM ItAM'S HOIIX.
Ho who slnndcrn nnothcr smuts himself.
Courage Is tho only essential uniform ot
tho soldier.
Oreat men toll for their work and not for
their wages.
A trulu of thought wastes time If It car
ties no freight.
Clothes do not crento charncter, though
they often reveal it.
A man's eternal estate does not depend
o.j his temporal real estste.
If you pray for the removal ot mountain
you muat pick up tho pebbles yourself.
The seats In heaven will not bo assigned
on the basis of tho biographies of earth.
If men wero taxed for their follies thej
would become poor before they would b9
wise.
Tho scandal monger is often a llnr, tha
thief of another's reputation and tho mur
dorcr of his happiness.
l'lHtSO.N Al, AND OTIIUIIWISK.
A fortune awaits the genius who will can
nnd preserve our surplus hot air for winter
distribution.
Tho great moral town of Detroit Is dolnj
considerable business selling anonymous
babies at from $5 to $25 each.
From Montana's ptne-clnd mountains to
Kansas' blistering sand tho great almighty
sunspot docs business to bent the band.
The esteemed Philadelphia Lodger corner
tho hot weather record by working off
seutenco of 875 words. It ought to be three
months.
Tho Idea of making Fort IUlcy n military
school of Instruction is prompted by a de
sire to keep tho troops near thn lino of
summer fire.
In times like the present tho oldsst In
habitant Is rendered speechlrss. With com
mendable discretion ho keeps in the shade
and ngltntcs a fan.
Windsor pnlnco has a quaint collection of
writing pens hallowed by associations.
There Is a Olndstono nib, a Drowning nib,
a Hardy nib and occasionally "His Nibs."
Tho esteemed Pat Crowo can draw any
old sum from thu niittsh secret service
fund if ho will kidnap General Dewet and
bring him to Capetown. No questions
tiskcd.
Sol Uerllner, tho consul to Tencrlffo,
Canary Islands, who Is In this country on a
sixty-day leave of absence, has filed a pe
tition in bankruptcy. Tho liabilities aro
ploccd nt $51,353; no nsscts.
A remarkable exhibition of strenuous life
Is presented by n Jersoynmn 70 years old.
who Is charged with bigamy, desertion,
non-support and obtaining money under
falsu pretense. And yet he wts about to
take a ninth wife.
Miss Hello Hyman of Chicago, who
has been appointed trustee of tho Illlnolj
Industrial home, has been blind Blnoo tha
ago of 4 years, but Is an accomplished
musician nnd linguist nnd Is well known
for her efforts for tho relief of the blind.
Tom Johnson's wny of doing things tickles
Cleveland. The tnxnblo valuation of local
street railways has been pushed up from
J503.000 to $6,000,000. Interested companies
aro not kicking very loudly, realizing on
tho quiet thut they wero let off nt n low
figure.
St. Louis fair commissioners think tho
show of 1903 can get along without u Mid
way. H is simply a think. Later on tho
persuasive power of chink will decide in
tho affirmative. Besides the show would
not be a great moral show without tho
MIdwoy.
A captious critic who sheds his talent
onco a week In n sodhouse publication
breezily refers to the discussion of tho
married state conducted by a maiden ludy
of 80 years or more. "Sho reminds us," he
remarks, "of n young woman who went up
nnd down tho state organizing mother
clubs. Finally sho married and gavo up
the club business. Now she Is busy getting
somo practical experience along tho mother
lino herself. So far as the dlscourslve
spinster Is concerned we fear tho saving
graco of a day that Is past will never comu
back to her."
DO.MUSTIC lM.ICASANTHIP.S.
Detroit Journal: "Mv wife l n wnmnn
of Htrong will power," wild Uoldthorpt:
"My wifo Is n woman of grent won't
power," added Dickers.
Somorvlllo Journnl: Watson Whv don't
you get mnrrled7 Two can live ch np
thun one, you know.
Wilson tti ; but how about four?
Chicago Itocord-IIernld: "You snM that
I wns tho first girl you ever courted."
"YeH. dearest."
"Well, what made you look under tho
sofa before we sat down?"
Catholic Stnndard: Stnud When ure they
to be innrrled?
Kthcl-Nuver.
Maud Never? And why sn?
Ethel Sho will not marry him until ho
hns paid his debts, nnd ho cannot pay h
debts until xhu marries him.
Washington Stnr: "So," snld tho young
rann who was disposed to linger, "wo mu-t
part forever!"
"Oh, no," nnswered tho fair girl, with a
cold look In her eye; "not forever, Wu m III
part now once for all, and havo It ov-r
with."
Philadelphia TrriiTi Mrs. Ulugo o Dut
they ure very fashionable, nro they not?
Mrs. Swrllman Fnshlonnble? Moat ' s
miredly not. Why. they permit the nr
of their children to Interfere with th I
social obligations.
Harlem Life: "Charley." said the af
fectionate llttlo wife, "didn't 'you tell me
those blue chips cost a dollar apiece?"
"Yf-H."
"Well. here'B n whnlo box full nf n'!
color thnt I bought at tho bnrgntn count r
for 75 cents."
Detroit Freo Press: "When von fee n lrl
ostentatiously removing n flee1' rf c'ust
from a young man's coat," said the n -Hi-rvnnt
man. "you may rf st nrstirod O a'
Flit- Is hi nnd sho wants every one ti
know It."
"Yes, nnd nfter mnrrlnge," rnmnrkrd the
benedict, "she removes the 'dust' from hi
clothes unostentatiously to prove thnt hi-.
Is hers."
Nifsirr .louitXKY or a hivkii.
Wllllnm Cullon IJryant
O Itlvrr, gentle IMvrr! gliding rn
In fllenco underneath the static sky!
Thine Is u ministry thnt never rets
Even while the living slumber. For a time
The meddler, mnn, hath left the elements
In penco
Thou pnuncrt not In thine allotted tnsv,
0 darkling River! Through the night I
hear
Thy wavelets rlppllni; on thn pebb'y bench.
1 hear thy current stir tho rustllm? ed
That skirts thy bed; thou Intermlttoi not
Thlno everlasting Journey, drawing nn
A silvery train lrom many ti woodland
fprlm:
And mountain brook. The dwollcr by thy
side
Who moored h!s llttlo bont upon thy honrh,
Though nil the wntors that uplior: It then
If.'jvo slid away o'er night, shall rind at
morn
Thy channel filled with waters freshly
drawn
From distant cliff., nnd IioUowh where th
rill
Comes up amid the wntcr flags. All night
Thnu glvest moisture to the thirsty roots
Of tho lithe willow nnd o'crhanglng plnne,
And cherlshect thn herhnga of thy bank.
Spotted with llttlo flowers, and aendeat uu
Pcrpetunlly the vapors from thy face,
id ieei wiu inn wuii now, or uarhen
hen vn
With drifting clouds, that trail tho !hndnwy
O River! darkling River! what a voice
is thnt thnn interest while all elso Is ttlll
The undent vnlco that, centurion ngn.
Sounded between, thy hills, while Rome was
A weedy solitude by Tiber's stream!
Mow many, at this hour, along thy cnuw,
Slumber to thlno eternal murmuring, v
That mlnglo with tho utterance r.f 'h r Ti
dreamt 1
At night the child nwn'en nd
Thy soft, familiar dashing, nnd Ik toothed.
And sleeps ngnln. An airy multitude
.V.'.6 PCno""i ' 1 unhenrrt bv dnv.
J,t.1sLfp7l!l..,m mo"l"K. nftT thee,
Tho story of thine, endless goings forth
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