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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1901.
The omaha Daily Bee
E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR.
PUBLISHED EVEIIY MORNING.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
bally Bee (without Sunday), One Year..$6.M
Dally liee and Sunday. One Year 8.00
Illustrated Bee, One Year 2.00
Sunday lint, One Year Z.bO
SatJrday Bee, One Year 1-Q
Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. l.W
OFFICES.
Omaha. The Bee Building.
South Omaha: City Hnll Building, Twenty-fifth
and M Streets.
Council Bluffs: 10 I'carl Street.
Chicago: 1640 Unity Building.
New York: Temple Court.
Washington: 601 Fourteenth Street
CORRESPONDENCE.
Communication relating to newi and edi
torial matter should be addressed: Omaha
Bee, Editorial Department.
BUSINESS LETTERS.
Business letters and remittances should
be auuressed: The Bee PUbllsning Lorn
jinny, umuna,
REMITTANCES.
Remit by draft, express or postal order,
payable to The Bee Publishing Cnmnanv.
Only 2-cent stamps accented In payment of
mail uccojniH. i'crsonui eneexs, except on
unina or eastern exenanges, not accepted
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Statfj of Nchniskn. DniinlnM fntintv.
George B. Tzschuck, secretary of Thu Bco
j-uuiisiuiiK .company, ueing uuiy sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete cop es of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
Huiiiu ui oune, ii'ji, was as lonows:
1.. XO.OBO
16 20,:au
2 2U,-no
3 !5fl,MIM
2.1,0(10
li.-.DHO
2Jl,88t
7 an.TBo
20,170
2U.40O
10 23,880
11 25,7tlO
12 urxi
13 2r,J0
14 IT., IOO
15 23,4 lO
17 .....20,080
18 20.1UO
19..... 20,040
30 r,,t4
21 2o,U
22 23,010
23 2fl,07B
U 20,000
25 .28,1130
26 23,310
27 23,000
2S 2B.B10
29 23.UOO
30 20,220
Total 7711,048
Less unsold and returned copies.... W.874
Net total sales 700,171
Net dally average 23,072
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In mv nreaenen mid sworn to
Duiorc mo tins sgtn day or June, A. u.. uxu,
M. B. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
PARTIES LEAVING von SU.MMCn.
Parties lenvlitir the city far
the niimnicr may linve The Bee
sent to them regularly by
'KitlfyliiK The lice limine
office, In person or by mull.
The nililrrnpi will lie chaniced
ns often nn desired.
It Is certainly correct to spenk of the
strike of the truck drivers In Han Frnu-
clsco us a tleup.
Olovclunii, MIsh., reports a more than
usually aulet Sunday. Only one negro
was killed and two wounded.
If you are going to strike, now Is the
time to do It It Is easier to strike than
to work this kind of weather.
The most comfortable lodging house
for gentlemen of leisure without vlslblo
means of support Is the city cooler.
Unless St. l'eter leaves the pearly
gates ajnr..tlie,long-dlstauce rain prayers
are liable to evaporate before they reach
their destination.
There Is no hope for Kansas. Water
Is scarce and the Carry Nation smashers
have started In again to destroy the
supply of beer.
Stylo Is all right In Its place, but the
mayor has done the sensible thing In al
lowing the policemen to discard coats
this kind of weather.
The government Is now receiving bids
for winter clothing for the Indians. It
would bo an easy matter now to trade
n fan for a good overcoat.
While the coroner Is reaping a golden
harvest from suicides during this torrid
weather the county judge Is, losing every
day by the slump In the demand for
marrluge certificates.
Arizona ranchmen are, turning their at
teutlon from Rocky mountain sheep to
Angora goats. With the temperature at
112 lu the shade at riioculx, Ariz.,, mo
hair blankets are not liable to be In de
maud for some time.
Bryan has advised the prospective
bolters In Ohio not to do It. A public
letter Is a good refuge to hide behind
sometimes, but Bryan will shed no tears
if his popullstlc following lu that state
should knife the ticket.
The Spanish Parliament has decided
not to Investigate the nuestlon of who
was responsible for the disasters of the
war with the United States. With the
example of the Schley-Sampson contro
versy before them it Is not strange that
tho Spanish shirked the task.
A spurious scientist wants to know
why lightning so often destroys
churches and so rarely destroys saloons.
If the spurious scientist had over studied
the law of electricity he would have
known that lightning strikes tall timber,
but never strikes hazel' brush.
There are Intlmutions in the yellow
press of Kngland that a war between
Kussla and Urent Britain Is among
tho possibilities. To a man up a tree It
would look as though Great Britain had
plenty to engage its attention at present
without taking a twist at tho Bear's
tall.
Our amiable double-header contempo
rary is suffering from another attack of
political JIm-Jams over the preteuded
discovery of horrible plots and counter
plots by the republican county and city
machine. All this because half a dozen
executive committeemen of the county
republican committee held an Informal
conference about the Impending county
campaign.
The cup of sorrow of ex-President
Kruger of the Transvnal Is certainly full
to overllowlng. Hs country is overrun by
n hostile army, himself an exile nnd his
faithful wife dead In tho land which
they can no longer call their country and
whoso funeral he canuot uttend. Kru
ger" Is a sturdy character, but this last
burden Is likely to provo more than be
cuu bear.
VICIOUS A'icn-SMPBR KXTEnPlltSE,
When newspaper enterprise Is directed
to the gathering and publication of cur
rent news In attractive shape It Is com
inendablc, but so-called newspapers
which devote their energies and rack
the brains of their staffs In producing
fantastic llctlon are as pernicious as
they are pestiferous. Instead of enter
Ing to tho healthy appetite of the public
their sole aim Is to stimulate the ab
normal craving for the sensational and
pander to the vicious.
One of the best Illustrations of this Is
found In the Sunday Issue of the Chi
cngo American. A double-paged series
of Illustrations 1b printed, headed "Ols
graceful Scenes at the Omaha Bull
Fight!" It depicts bulls in the act of
tossing unfortunate men Into the air,
charging with untamed fury upon
others nnd winds up with the figure of
a-dead bull, dispatched to satisfy the
craving for gore on the part of the ttr
tlst. To still further humiliate the pco
pic of this state and city the pictures of
the governor and staff are printed In the
attitude of viewing the bloody aud
brutal spectacle.
Such fakes nro utterly Inexcusable.
The paper printing It ennnot truthfully
plead lguorauce. The alleged tight did
not take place In Omaha lu the first
place. In tho second place, no such
scenes as those depicted took place any
where In Nebraska and the publishers
nnd editors of the paper knew It, for it
Is a matter of common notoriety that the
alleged bull fights were n fake and that
the bulls were too tame or too tired to
oven chase the gaily-decked Mexicans
around the ring. These alleged tights
wcro concluded a week before the paper
was printed and the publishers are do
barred from making the plea they were
misled.
Tho reading matter which accompa
nied the Illustrations was no less mis
leading and untruthful than the pic
turcs. The very langunge which the
American quotes, deprecating the bull-
tight feature of tho South Omaha show
and which was credited to the Lincoln
Journal, was taken from The Omuba
Bee, but credited to the other paper to
further falsify nnd mislead as to public
seutlmeut in Omahn. The people of
Omaha, of the state nnd even of South
Omaha, outside of a small clique, did
not approve of the contests, as was
amply evidenced by the fact that specta
tors were few, so few In fact that the
projectors of the "enterprise" lost money
on It. If It was ever their Intention to
give a genuine exhibition of bull light
lug the authorities aud the Humane so
clcty put a quietus upon It early In tho
game. It was n fake, pure and simple,
only excelled In magnitude by the Il
lustrated effort of the Chicago paper.
And this is what passes for "enter
prlso" with n certain class of papers,
chief among which nre the several pub
lications put forth by the .proprietor of
the .sheet In question. With one breath
they preach benevolence and the better
ment of the world and then use up sev
eral telling lies which would have put
the ancient biblical champion fabricator
to tho blush. With a great flourish the
publisher sent n minister out to Omnh'a
with the announcement that he was at
liberty to spend thousands to prevent
the tight nnd then deliberately perpe
trated a lying fake, which could have no
other purpose than to demean nnd humil
iate the people of this state. If such en
terprises are newspapers nnd others are
to fall In and pursue the snme course
humanity had better go back' to the days
when the news of the day was retailed
over the back-yard fence.
1HDUSTH1AL DErntlSSlUX X OlOllMANY.
All advices show that there Is great In
dustrial depression in Germany and tho
siti'allon scums to be growing stendlly
worse. According to the last report to
the State department of the American
consul at Bremen, unfavorable condi
tions exist lu almost every Industrial
occupation lu Germany. He states that
tho monthly reports as to the number
of persons who nro neccssnrlly Idle nnd
fruitlessly seeking employment are
alarming. To aggravate tho situation
Germany Is harvesting poor crops. The
consul notes as elements that constitute
nn Industrial crisis diminishing oppor
tunities for work in the industrial cen
ters, n gloomy outlook for the agrarians
owing to short crops and a fnll in prices
due to overproduction in manufactures.
He expresses apprehension that the
trade of the United States with Ger-
ninny will be seriously affected if tho
crisis Is not relieved.
Such being the situation In Germany It
is somewhat remarkable that there
should still be agitation in that country
In favor of tariff regulations that would
discriminate against the food products
of this country aud thereby render the
conditions yet moro serious for the Ger
man consumers. It Is not dlfllcult to un
derstand that German manufacturers
should favor tariff rates that would pro
tect the'm against American competition,
but In the face of the possible distress
that Is threatened that country by rea
son of the crop failure it Is strange that
there should be any sentiment In favor
of tho agrarian policy of a high tariff
on tho products of agriculture.
Yet It is reported that the new tariff
as drawn contemplates the imposition of
duties on agricultural products that are
up to the limit of what the commercial
treaties with Germany will admit of nnd
these schedules would bo, so fnr as the
Uulted States is concerned, nlmost pro
hibitive us to our agricultural products.
It would seem to be self-evident thnt
Germany caunot stand this kind of pol
icy. To adopt It would mean an amount
of distress to her people which It Is
quite Impossible to foresee and the effect
of which could not fall to bo very dis
turbing socially Hnd politically. A coun
try whose Industries are depressed and
millions of whoso people are Idle can-
uot nfford to adopt a tariff policy thai
would make tho cost of living higher
for her people and of ull the couutrles of
Kuropo Germany Is perhaps the last one
where the adoption of such a policy
could safely be made.
As to tho effect of tho conditions In
Germany upon tho trade with that coun
try of the United States, It is to be ex
pected thut It will bo unfavorable. We
shall probably be uble to sell us much
to Germany of our agricultural prod
nets In the coming year ns we did In
the past year, because she must lmv
them, but we shall export less maun
facturcd products to that country, as
Indeed we nre likely to do to most of the
countries of Europe. It appears prob
able, however, that the aggregate of
our exports to Kurope this year will
not be materially less than during the
past year und If there Is any falling off
it will be In manufactures and not In
agricultural products.
DUVGLAS VOVXTV FtXAXOES.
The official exhibit of Douglas county
finances for tho first six months of tho
present yenr has Just been made pub
lie by the county treasurer.
The receipts from all sources aggro
gate $(40,77-8 and the disbursement
S40.).247.7;i. leaving a balance In tho
hands of the treasurer of $151,524,153.
Out of the ?40rj,247.73 expended, $130,
175.3'J represents the contribution of
Douglas county to the state treasury
Among the Interesting Items of moneys
standing to the credit of various funds
we note the sum of $S,I35.37 In the fee
fund, which represents tho surplus from
all fee offices of the county; $2,705.80
In the road Improvement bond fund
which represents what is left from the
sale of $150,000 of bonds Issued for pav
lug county roads. While tho amount
realized from tho sale of these bonds
was $151,412.55 the amount actually
paid for paving and repairs Is $145,
584, but the rats that have found their
way Into that cheese have nibbled up
about $5,000 of the money realized from
these bonds.
A remarknblo feature of county flunn
clcrlng Is presented lu tho exhibit of
$17,0211.39 of outstanding Interest bear
Ing warrants In the face of a surplus of
over $150,000 In the treasury which is
drawing no Interest.
Another extraordinary Item of this
exhibit is found In the collection of
$11,180.42 for the Douglas addition judg
ment fund and the transfer of $8,000
from this fund to the general fund. Tho
Douglas addition represents the tract
of land formerly pnrt of the poor farm
which had been laid out into town
lots und sold nt auction during
the boom days. This sale was tin
nulled by the courts, bonds wero is
sued, the proceeds thereof, aggregating
$100,710.50, were used to reimburse
the purchasers. In addition to this
bond Issue the county levied a special
tax of 2 7-10 mills In 181)5 and again in
ISO", which yielded considerably more
than was needed for the full settlement
of all claims. The surplus of this ex
cesslve tax, amounting to $23,515.51, has
been thrown Into the county dump,
otherwise known us the general fund, In
ste.nl of being placed In the sinking
fund to be applied to the redemption
of tho bonds.
How the enormous sums which find
their way Into the general fund are
ladled out is not disclosed by tho semi
annual statement of the county treas
urer.
Suffice It to say that nearly $050,000
has been squeezed out of the taxpayers
of Douglas couuty during the last six
months for the maintenance of county
nud state government, live-sixths of
which, or nbout $540,000, hus been con
tributed by the taxpayers of Omaha.
In view of the fact that the city taxes
are this year nenrly three times ns high
as the county taxes, the aggregate con
trlbutlon of Omaha taxpayers for the
maintenance of state, county aud city
government for the last six mouths has
been approximately $2,000,000, exclusive
of special city taxes.
The assistant superintendent of the
salary nnd allowance division of the
Postofflce department Is In Denver look
Ing for suitable locations for sub-postal
stations which arc to be lu running or
der by September 1. In this effort to
improve postal facilities the Washing
ton official Is heartily seconded by tho
postmaster of Denver, who appears anx
lous to secure tho best facilities for the
convenience of the patrons of the office.
This Is In decided contrast with the post
master at Omaha, who has manifested
vigorous opposition to the proposed lo
cation of a sub-station In the vicinity of
Walnut Hill. Tho objection of the
Omaha postmaster to the establishment
of sub-stations Is that they cause trouble
and inconvenience to the main office em
ployes. Surely that ought not to out
weigh the demand for Improved facill
tics In the suburbs for the convenience
of the putrons of the postolllce.
With tho departure of the foreign
troops from portions of China the na
tives arc again causing trouble and the
authorities are unable to control them.
There Is a possibility that the excesses
of foreign troops will bo like tho sewing
of n crop of dragon's teeth. Naturally
superstitious and resentful when they
think they have been wronged, the ef
fects of these outrages are likely to
kindle n tire beside which the former
outbreak will bo child's play. In deal
ing with such people It Is always well
to follow tho policy of General Crook
with the Indlnns fight when It Is neces
sary, but always be Just.
Tho promoters of the St. Louis world's
fair havo started their advertising enm
pulgn with the discovery of a mastodon
graveyard. The bones of any old mega
therium or pterodactyl will do to adver
tise the mammoth fair. It was sleepy
old St. Louis that startled the world
some yenrs ago by the announcement of
the discovery of a mnmmoth cave under
the bed of the Mississippi at tho point
where the engineers were mnklug ex
cnvatlons for the foundation of the
great Eads bridge. The cave was never
heard of again and the suspicion is en
tertained thnt a similar fate will over
take these mastodon remnants.
Tho British House of Lords has re
versed the verdict of the high court of
Justice, which held that It was lawful
for strikers to persuade others uot to
take their places. That a body con
stituted as Is tho House of Lords should
havo the power to overturn thq verdict
of tho highest Judges in the land Is a
strange relic of the past In. British Ju
diciary. There are many bright minds
In the House of Lords, it Is true, but this
or any other hereditary body Is bound
to bo of mediocre ability taken ns a
whole.
The marked decline in railway stocks
nnd Industrials cannot fnll to havo a
very beneficial effect upon Investment
In farm lunds and city property. So
long ns speculative Investments In stocks
offer tempting Inducements to Investors
they preferred to take tho risk Incidental
to stock speculation, but with a down
ward tendency In this clnss of Invest
ment capital will be Invested In realty
in tho long ruu, as It offers the most re
liable security.
Troth Hailed Dunn,
New York Tribune.
Tho best bed now Is a bathtub.
Closer to the Throne,
Globe-Democrat.
Nebraska citizens havo scored a strong
point by praying for rain a week lo ad
vanco of the Missouri date.
Influence of the Dollar.
Philadelphia ledger.
Tho only people In this country who
take tho British side in the South African
war are those who havo mules to sell.
From First to Fourth.
Boston Transcript.
Boston Is put down as the fourth tea
port in tho United States. At the opening
of tho revolution it was tho first, at least
upon ono occasion.
Parity Their Great Hold.
Washington Post.
Wo are glad to know that Agulnaldo's
effort to corrupt the democratic party met
with such an Ignominious failure. It Is
most gratifying to feel that tho gentlemen
who wero In charge of the Bryan campaign
last year would rather be pure than be
pap peddlers.
Mlsplnccd Sympathy.
Kansas City Journal.
This Is tho season of tho year when
tho railroads aro called upon to meet largo
losses. Recently a Topeka paper had an
editorial deeply sympathizing with some
farmers In Ellis county who hnd lost their
entire wheat crop through a flro set by a
train. That sympathy properly belonged
with tho Union Pacific railroad. The rail
roads pay liberally for crops destroyed by
their trains. It probably is the rule that
they pay every tlrao- as much as the crop
Is worth and sometimes thuy pay more.
Malicious Assaults on Schley.
Kansas City Star.
Tho lntempcrato terms in which Mr.
Maclny. has attacked Admiral Schley in his
"History of the United States Navy" will
tend to strengthen that officer's popularity.
No matter what errors Schley may have
made, a virulent nnd prejudiced personal
attack upon him will only react against
his opponents. It Is unfortunato that Sec
retary Long should havo given approval
to any part of a work which contains pas
sages so manifestly unfair as those in this
history referring to tho battle of Santiago.
An hmtorlan who ,, cannot report recent
events accurately ought not to expect cred
ence to bo given his account of happenings
of a century ago.
Cnniniiinlty-of-Interrat Pinna.
New Tork Evening Post.
Tho placing of one, railway property In
tho hands of a commltteo selected by Its
chief competitors hag never, before been
so carefully carried) out, Hero, if any
whore, the "communlty-of-Interest" plan
ought to be fairly tested.. Whatever may
be tho general , result, one thing Is certain
that In each important question of policy
which arises, bearing on the interests of a
rival railway, a representative of the out-
sido road will have a voice. Thcro can at
all events no longer .occur thoso sudden and
secretly .conceived attacks on the business
of competing lines, demoralizing to values
and disturbing to general trade, which
marked the history of these companies In
tho '80s.
A Great Pnnlc-Sninnher.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
J. Plerpont Morgan Is tho great panic
smasher of the age. Two or three con
vulslons have been arranged for Wall
street In tho last two months and Morgan
has headed them off. On tho first and
most serious occasion he was on the other
sldo of tho Atlantic, but the cable kept
him In communication with Wall street
and ho sidetracked tho cataclysm which
threatened on account of the Northern
Pacific fight. Ho has done the same more
than once since he arrived nt home a week
or two ago. Here' Is a function In which
monetary magnates of the older days scl
dom figured. Drew, Commodore Vandor-
bllt, Jay Gould and most of the other
groat financiers precipitated moro flurries
than they averted, though, of course, some
of the wrecks which occurred in their
time came without their intervention and
damaged them pecuniarily. Morgan, how
ever. Is a benevolent plutocrat, who ought
to bo applauded by even William J. Brynn.
ItlfiHTS OF WITNESSES.
Significant ItiillnK by One of New
York' Court.
New York Tribune.
The appcllato division in reversing the
Judgment obtained by Frank D. Mowbray
against Howard Gould makes some deserved
criticism of a practice which has been
steadily growing In our courts. It was
high time that somebody In authority
should come to tho rescuo of witnesses and
limit the abuses of cross-examination. It
was also time that a certain class of law
yers were taught that they could not make
litigation tho excuso for the satisfaction
of grudges, tho ventilation of scandals or
tho levying of blackmail by threats to
spread tto private affairs of their oppo
nents before tho public in the trial of suits
in no way involving those affairs. Tho
opinion of Mr, Justice McLaughlin, to
which there Is no dissent, should bo con
sidered a charter of liberty to the poor
witnesses who have hitherto frequently
been subjected to the Insinuation and abuse
of cross-oxamlncrs for the sole purpose of
making them ridiculous or bringing them
Into disgrace. The Jtistlco says:
It cannot be that because a party re
fuses to submit to a demand made upon
him, and himself goes upon the witness
stand to contradict testimony given by his
adversary, he can by reason of that fact
be compelled to divulge tho secrets of his
life, unless such secrets aro connected with
or have some bearing upon the matter be
ing tried. A party, when he becomes a
witness, is entitled oven on cross-examination
to be protected. Witnesses have
some rights which courts are bound to re.
pect. Attacks of the kind set out In this
record ennnot bo made upon one's private
life under the guise of cross-examination.
Their purpose is elthpr to coerco the party
into a settlement or else to unduly and
unjustly prejudice life Jury against him.
Such examinations tend to bring the admin
istration of the law and a trial of action
into disrepute and to lessen the resncct
which litigants have for the courts."
That is good sense as well as good law.
and if trial courts would heed it we should
have our records filled up with less Irrelo
vant testimony, giving reason for revers
als, and might approach more nearly to
:sew jersey In the promptness and sure-
nets of our Justice
LIGHT AMI SHADE IN GOTHAM.
HtrhltiK of Scenes nnd Events In Ncit
York City.
Tho deep sea hotel eauadron of John Ar
buckle, coffee king, went Into commission
last Thursday. The purpose of tho pro
moter Is to provldo cool sea air for nil who
havo the price. J2.60 per night, which sui
Includes supper nnd breakfast. Thu lleet
consists of the 1,000-ton sailing ship, Jacob
A. Stamler, which sailed for years botwocn
New York and Havre: the yacht Qltnua; the
Hermit, once a pilot-boat, and tho ocean
tug, John Harlln. Tho Stamler Is a three-
master, full rigged, and can accommodate
150 passengers. Tho upper deck, protected
by a watertight awning, is fitted with
bunks nnd bunks surround the dining-room
deck. Thejo bunks are converted Into
scats during the day. The Stamler lies
fifty-four staterooms, each accommodating
from two to tour persons. All of these arc
fitted with withstands and several have
bathtubs.
On tho main deck thcro is a handsome
apartment for women and a smoking room
for men. On this deck nro nlso n pantry
and three largo staterooms. Tho Ultaua
and the Hermit aro tho same size, each
registering nbout 100 tons. Each will ac
comraodato forty persons. Tho Hermit Is
reserved for men, whllo tho others are
for both men and women,
Tho tug John Harlln, which la known as
"the father of the fleet," will take them
each evening out to sea, returning with
them about 6:30 a. m., in time to cnnblo
all aboard to reach their places of business.
Aside from being used as a tug, tho Harlln
will also be used ns a prison. In case
any arrests are made during the night the
prisoners will be put nboard her nnd In
tho morning turned over to the police.
Tho Jacob Stamler Is a temperance hotel
No beer Is sorvod nnd any guest who
smuggles liquor aboard and is caught at
It will be put In the brig and then put
ashoro at the nearest point.
"We havo every re'nson to bellcvo that a
temperance hotel will succeed," said Com
modoro Fields, who Is Mr. Arbuckle's right
hand man afloat and ashore. "There ore
thousands of quiet, temperance folks In
this city who aro not cranks and who can
enjoy a good time, nud who will bo de
lighted to havo a place that Is free from
tho features to them annoying which aro
so characteristic of most of the resorts
around New York. There is to bo no
rowdyism and not the slightest hint of
scandal or immorality."
Mr. Arbucklo desires that tho lodgers
shall form congenial family parties. His
dining room Is arranged with that In view.
The profits will bo "contributed to charity
by Mr. Arbuckle. who bellovcB that these
deep sea trips will become popular.
A new question In Journalistic ethics has
been raised in Hrooklyn. It is this: "If a
physician In a hospital kisses ono of the
nurses much against her will, and declares
that he will do it again should the chanco
bo offered, should this fact appear in pub
lie print?"
Tho president of a hospital board has
declared that such affairs should not so
appear. His associates disagreed with him.
They unanimously declared that such pub
lication would do moro to keep the frisky
young doctors within bounds than a dozen
hospital rules. Tho doctors themselves are
against publicity.
A remarkable scene was enacted in a
New York church last Thursday. Tho
deaf, tho lame, the halt, the blind, gath
ered at tho little church of St. Jean Bap
tlste, in Seventy-sixth street, Just off Lex
ington nvenue. It was the beginning of
the novana, or nlno days' service in honor
of St. Anne, mother of the Blessed Virgin.
and a relic, a piece of tho bone of her fore
arm, sca.ocly three Inches long, was on
view for the afflicted, who went to be cured
of their ills. There was a tremendous
crowd. The church holds hardiv
1,000, sitting and standing. but
fully 3,000 sought entrance, overflow
ing into tho street, whero traffic was
completely blocked. St. Anne's day is
July 25. Thursday's services wero held
to dedicate the new crypt In the bnsemont
of tho church, the gift of Miss Anno Leary
of 3 Fifth nvenue. Miss Leary arrived
early In the morning. Archbishop Corrl
gan was there when tho took her placo
aione in tho front pew. Ho stepped down
from the altar and grasped her by the
hand with woids of congratulation. Miss
Leary knelt down and the archbishop
blessed her. Then tho doors were thrown
open. Half tho crowd wero in some way
afflicted. Thero wero big men who were
paralyzed, llttlo children with their legs
fastened In Iron, pretty girls who wero
deaf and dumb, many blind; babies afflicted
with epilepsy and women with crutches,
all struggling to get close to tho relic.
Charles Franklo had, perhaps, read in
his youth tho story of a boy who played
the part of Robinson Crusoe in New York,
an ingenious youth who discovered a dis
used lumber yard, built himself a houso
therein nnd, as the storlc used to end,
lived happily ever thereafter.
Charles Improved on this program. He
discovered a fine vacant houso near Mount
Morris park and mado it his home. He
gained his first entrnnce through a coal
hole, and then possessed hlmsolf of tho
key to tho basement door. He then went
to work in a scientific Crusoelng manner.
A room on the top floor was selected.
To It he took a table and two chairs that
wero found In tho house. Ho owned nn
old bag and carried it to tho park, where
ho filled It with leaves. Two or three
trips supplied him with enough for n soft
bed. He plied them up In a corner of the
room and Bprcad over them two old lace
curtains of which he had bocomo in some
way possessed.
Ho carried needed wnter from a hydrant
In the park. Newspapers served him for a
tablecloth. A closet in tho room mado a
convenient larder nnd In It were found a
sausago, a loaf of bread and pepper and
salt. He made a collection of wooden
plates and disused fruit cans. A candle
stuck n a bottle gave him light.
After he wns fairly settled ho wrote his
name on a card nnd put it on the outside
doorknob, so that tho postman could leave
bis mall.
Just as he was fairly settled some ono
gave a policeman the tip and Mr. Frankle
gavo up tho fruit of his labors and went
to Jail.
JAPAN'S MONUMENT TO PERRY.
Nntlnnnl Grntltmle for Forcibly
CrrntliiK nn Open Door.
Philadelphia Ledger.
On July 14, 1853, Commodore Perry of the
United States navy landed at Kurlhama,
Japan, on a mission to establish trado
and Intercourse with tho isolated Japaneso
nation, which had previously resisted the
most persistent attempts by various na
tions to break through the barriers main
tained against foreigners and things for
eign, The mission was tomplotoly suc
cessful, and tho formal treaty, which was
afterward signed and ratified by both coun
tries, was tho beginning of modern Japan.
To America belongs the honor of opening
tho way for probably the most rapid and
remarkable chango la any people In his
tory and the American association of
Japan, composed of Intelligent and promi
nent Japanese, decided to erect a monu
ment at the very spot whero Commodore
Perry landed forty-eight years nfter the
event, in order to keep in the "memory
of their posterity" ono of tho most glori
ous days in their history.
The advance of tho Japanese has not
only bten wonderfully rapid, but it has
proceeded In such a thorough and all-
pervading manner as actually to transform
tho people. During the occupation of China
by the allied troops the Japanese soldiers
were thn equals of the best In equipment,
discipline, courage and efficiency. Moro
surprising still, their conduct la the field
w-as absolutely correct. The looting, the
murder and tho cruelty were confined to
tho soldler3 of European nations, whllo
tho Japanese, who have but Just emerged
from a stnto of stagnant, seml-clvtllzatlon,
acted in the field with entire forbearance
and humanity. The civilization which the
Japanese hnvo to quickly acquired seems to
be something more than a thin voneor and
writers who treat of the changes wrought
In Japan are confident that tho wonderful
awnkenlng In the land Is accompanied with
something of the spirit of real civilization.
Of Japan's Industrial advance, In spite of
temporary financial straits, due to the
heavy cost of Its army and navy, there Is
no doubt, and from Its progress the United
States and other nations that trado with
It havo shared the benefit. Commodore
Perry deserves a monument In Japan and
his memory Is nbundantly worthy of high
honor at home. His was a genuine triumph
of civilization, accomplished without blood
shed, resulting In peace and giving a nation
the stimulus to develop In accordance with
Its own genius and by Its own erforts. A
race ovolved by self-help wisely aided Is
likely to provo strong and useful to the
world.
PEItSONAIi NOTES.
According to a New York dispatch "the
hat manufacturers of the country are now
talking combination." Probably their talk
will not bo wholly through the article of
wear In which they aro principally inter
ested. Onco more the balance wavers on the
total-abstinence question. Tolstoi's doctors
attribute his latest rally to his tectotallsm.
But the testimony of any cheerful moderate
drinker of 102 years or more will turn the
scales.
Descendants of Edward Ball of Bradford,
Conn., who nro blood relations of George
Washington, will hold a reunion at Kcuka
Park, N. M August 27, 28 and 29. Wash
ington was a cousin of the Virginia branch
of tho family.
General Fltzhugh Lee has decided that
tho business In which he has determined to
engage upon retiring Into private life near
Richmond, Va., will bo "of an Industrial
character," but beyond this he has refused
to mako any statement for publication.
J. Plorpont Morgan, for all his tremend
ous Importance in financial and other af
fairs, owns a pet name which, however,
none but bis wlfo dares use. Mrs. Morgan
not Infrequently calls him "Ponty," the
name being a relic of sparking days.
David Bennett Hill is growing a trifle
stout not paunchy, but enough to show
that he Is living well. A Chlcagoan who
last week saw the Now York man for the
first time In soveral years says the sena
tor looks to bo In splendid physical condi
tion.
Hugo Jones, the assistant city chemist of
Chicago, whose Invention of a coal consum
Ing battery has attracted attention, Is a
German by birth, a graduate of tho Real
Gymnasium, Uawltsch, Germany; tho Unl
verslty of Breslau and the University of
Chicago, from which he has the degree of
B. S.
The new novel of New York life, by the
author of "Chlmmlc Fndden," Mr. B. W
Townsend, has a character named Mrs. Cas
sidy, an old Irishwoman, who remarks to
tho heroine: "Your ma rauet take up the
burdens of the rich, and, with the candle
burning at both ends, go chasing down thn
corridors of time, as the dear dead poet
Bays, with drums beating to the greater
glory of St. Patrick. ' Beauty, as" the dear
dead poet says, is but skin deep, but Irn
land, says he. Is deeper than a well, and
abides, ho says, forever."
Elaborate preparations are being made
In Milwaukee for tho formal recoptlon In
honor of General MacArthur on his re
turn to his home In that city about Sep
tember 1. It Is proposed by several who
are taking nn Interest in the preliminary
plans to urge business houses to make an
effort to exceed any previous attempt in
tho way of decoration. Tho governor will
probably be asked to send tho entire
National guard to the city and tho United
States government will be asked to have
in the bay on the day of the arrival of
tho general such craft as can be brought
to flro salutes.
No "Work, Nn Grab.
Minneapolis Times.
Tho fact that the government Is gradu
ally doing awny with the distribution of
rations to Indiana Is an encouraging fea
ture. Of the 268,000 Indians now In the
United States only 45,250 draw ratloni
regularly. Another not Inconsiderable
body, about a fourth as many, on the av
erage, are now cared for as netded when
sickness or lack of work demands holp.
Among theso last are most of the Indians
who havo grown old and havo been de
serted by their young relatives. Civiliza
tion has not yet bred Uits trait out of tho
Indian, and this fact will mako It dlfllcult
to abolish the system of rations, though
as now reckoned It will only be about five
years moro before it is practically done.
One Cure for Perjury.
Buffalo Express.
There Is no doubt that perjury Is now
regarded by many persons as a matter of
llttlo Interest except to the parties In a
case. The fact Is that perjury Is an evil
which affects the public at large, as it
ends to diminish respect for the courts.
'requcnt punishment for perjury might not
stop the practice altogether, but it would
greatly reduce It.
"Its Pretty Hot"
And our assortment of u Pretty Iot" weather wear
ables are on the move.
Light serges Seersuckers, Flannels and other light
fabrics are pleasant for these extreme days, besides
a fine assortment of soft shirts thin Underwear
and other details of the Hot Weather costume.
Straw Hats at SSc, 50o and $1.00, only three
prices, and those cool electric fans of ours to do
your trading under, perfect comfort awaits all who
enter here.
Stop and do your shopping before 5:30 P. M. If
possible we close then to give our boys an oppor
tunUy to enjoy these warm evenings the best they
can. Saturday evenings at 0 P. M,
Browning, King & Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
tor Closes Satarday Nlf hU t 0 O'clock, Other Evealaca at 5,30. ,
THE HAPPIE.ST PEOPLE,
,
' Adrnntnsrii American Enjoy Ton.
J -MBe- , K(MV 0()lfr ,, ,
t
I Peonle who have tho larernt llhrrtv mIm
life most. In this respect no clnss of po.jplo
have so large an opportunity for enjoyment
as Americans, except, possibly, tho Swias
peasants. In Switzerland tho peoplo aro
as free as their native air; It is a children's
land; people live for tholr children, nnd out
of omo sr-,000 heads of families 65,000 own
property. Switzerland has mado treaties
of perpetual peace with all nations. She
hM tho referendum, by which lnws enacted
by Its assembly are referred back to the
people of their sanction. It has abolished
capital punishment, educates tho heart,
consclenco and Imagination of the child and
pensions teachers. But tho Slss peasant
in not moro happy than tho American and
does not get more out of life. A contented
people do not emigrate.
To the cyo of the traveler tho French are
tho happiest peoplu In the world. French
peasant life Is a charm and tho social llfo
In tho cities a kind of enchantment. Tho
French love niunlc, art nnd tho festlvo
scene. They nre free and have vivacity
Hut to be happy ono must havo wider hori
- . -. -. - j
zons than n gay life; tho faith of the solid
virtues tho old Huguenots hold In spiritual
things. As a rule, the land of Pascal lacks
this consciousness of soul attainment
which It oncn had. The samo may bo said
of Germany and of Italy.
Americans aro the freest, tho bost paid,
tho'bcit housed and best fed of tho people
of the world. Tliew material things do not
make perfect happiness, but contrlbuto to
ward It. Tho happiest peoplo aro thoso who
have tho lnrgcst soul content.
A free people who live n simple life of
virtue, faith and contentment got tho mod
out of life. In this respect tho America of
tho days of Jefferson was Ideal and tho
rural life of tho states Is so today. Tim
school, tho free church, tho library, tho
club, the opportunity of travel, aro tho
means of that happiness, and In theso agrn
cles no peoplo are so well supplied as
Americans. Tho electric enr Is now making
tho advantngcH of tho city oasy to tho coun
try. To share fine libraries Is n common
privilege. Tho literature of tho world hero
is ns open to tho poor as to tho rich nnd In
tho great parks of tho cities evcryono to
all Intents may own a farm.
Americans, whether they be native or
adopted, do not emigrnt. Tho best of tho
ages s theirs. They are tho happiest peo
plo In the world.
MIDSUMMER SMILES.
nnltlmorp Amerlenn: Clancy Phwat's all
th' thrubblo In th' nlley bcyatit?
Hogan-Some o' th' h'ys fed Casey's go-nl
a Uozen nv these cannon crackers, un' row
muVcheV thrS' 1,1 1 Blt h,m V u,e a box o
"Washington Star: "De man dot nlliu
5ff?f A.";00 V HW rnc,e Ebon. "A "
r.lrV! l?eal 0 credit. Hut ho wants to
luXhfrfccS..tatry.,k ",0' dan nb'
Phlladclnhla Pri.su ? "Who ,ir..,,
ST"Ur-.htt my..&'r remarked the si n "
fPJT.. boarder. "Don't you know you're
"..,.J ,0 1,0 Minstruck?" '
es, I know, hut If I p0 homo with
sTn1 Sh,Rr'urcka.nan,?h,ow?hCS t'""11 &
Dotrolt Free Press;
Library 'Attendant
vnun'l! ?vu nke ?, historical novel?
..."Vn onian-No; I'd like a hy
cr;
hysterical
Pittsburg Chronicle: Mr. BloomfleM Th
dne'n,aSdn7orr,cno?n,.,K VcrMm' t0
Mr. "'''"fiPld-Thls seems to be u tlmo
ft ofVen'ts.0' ,h0 m"1S n(1 t,1B OP
J'.i'l,hlnKt0" stnr! 'ou say thnt vour
LSenWaCto0r Bn hnP8t PC0I"e?''
"Yes," nnswered the young mnn.
m 1 .m'r'inf0. "H? ,o11' b. CtlllsS
h-lJvinir.Vni,iw.rre ""Ish nnd Insisted on
having tho luxury of a clear conscience."
vmYFJ VS!lf rT , c"PleV Ht nf this
sw persons y cnsualtles 's Iut at
Orlmshaw When It comes to celebrating
e?S b'uV,,.1"0 unltc'1 6ta,cs tru"?
Jtluen: Ma dim RVm u ih.i... ... .
r?..f! ! 'ix en,"I"pl scraped off her wheel.
v ' "lie wurj ir sne'd tukrn
a header sho'd havo hnd tho enamel scraped
off her face.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The Command
Ing omcer-Hlr. you have dSBrn?ed ySur
mnrUaTe'd. mUat ho promI"1' ci""t-
The Alleged Culprit-Pardon mo, gencrnl.
ltnJSasR borrow,,,,(, uniform thnt I wore.
-IiV.,nmm"n,llnB OfUcer-Tlip point Is
well taken, nnd the ense Is dismissed.
WATEIIY LINES TO J. PLUVIUS, 1113
LINaUENT. .
Monsieur Pluvlus, s'll vous plnlt,
Can t we have some rain today?
n,o",-!,U8h Bu'' a goutte It bo,
Gratefully accept It wo.
For on earth
Is great dearth
Of Water! Water!! "Water!!!
Jope, old fellow, can't you sco
jve are siifT'rlng horribly.
Just beciiUHo you stnnd nround,
HodYngCbackCP rarchcd 11,0 .
wnat wo lack
Most: Water! Water!! Watcrlll
Hour rnn vai, I, a a .,(... n i .
And let Welsh havo't all his wny
Sans cuticle or en hide,
"While we ncho
Just to take
To "Water! Water!! Water!!!
Ise malestn! vnn win
Thnt so free of rpeccli am I;
i irur inn imnisnment
Worse thnn that which you havo sent
Unprovoked:
Earth unsoaked
Bans Walrr! Wnter!! Water!!!
You'll be sorry, by nnd by,
If vou loncor lieon Mil Ilea Afr
If. Man Dleu! It coiiw too Idt'o.
Mortals won't appreciate
wnai you no:
They'll bo through
With Water! Water!! Water!!!
Omaha, July n$lD "ARSCUNKR.