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Btatt- of Nelirnsku, Douglas County, as.:
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suys thni the actual number of full mid
i"tS?J?.5tu .C?IJPS ,ot .Th" Daly. Morning,
1'vc"liil Sunday Uee printed during the
month of June, 1W1, was us follows:
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13 20,010
20 ar,,tto
21 2B,II0
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Less unsold 'nnd ' returned copies! 1!m74
Net total sales 700,171
Not dally averngo 2.1,072
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Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
.before, mo this 30th day of Juno. A. ., 1001.
M. B. HUNUATIJ.
Notary 1'ublio.
rAHTMCf) I.HAVING FOIl flt'MMKH.
Pnrtlr IrnvliiK Ihr city for
thi suinmrr tuny linve The Ilco
ent lu th em ri'icularly hy
notifying The Iter Iluxlneon
oinec, In person or hy mull.
Thr nddrCMN will lie olinnRcd
n nflrn a tlrnlrcd.
Tho next nppllcnut for Immortnl fnmo
will have to devise souio garment cooler
than tbo shirtwaist.
Tho first year of the twentieth century
will go down Into history ns n record
breaker In more things than ono.
Straw hats for horses are nil tho go
In eastern cities. Here 1h a chance for
the Humane society to revive Its ac
tivity. If It should happen to rain beforo Fri
daywhich we fervently wish It may
what will become of the governor's
prayer proclamation?
A new bank has been started In this
state called the Alfalfa bank. Alfalfa
has certnlnly proved a good thing to
bank on In this state.
Denver peoplo ore complaining be
cause tho thermometer went up to 00
degrees for a few days. Tho Denver
man must be n natural born kicker.
Unless the controversy ends soon the
American public will bo Justified In se
curing a restraining order to prevent
further eruptions of tho Snmpson-Scliiey
volcano.
Ono hundred and llfty thousand dol
lars of county money Is In tho banks
drawing no Interest and ?17,000 county
warrants nro outstanding nud drawing
Interest
Nearly every fatality from heat pros
tration reported hereabouts exhibits
some connection with alcoholism. Hot
weather Is n good time to bo careful
about what you drink.
Moro than l.IWO.OOO votes were cast In
Tho Uee girl vacation contest; which
goes to show that these free excursions
are eagerly sought after from year to
year and that the Nebraska girl enjoys
a summer outing.
Don't you wish you were among the
winners of The Bee's prize vacation con
test? A summer excursion trip will
como mighty handy to the progressive
working girls whoso popularity has been
proved by this test.
Tho Oermau government Is buying
cavalry horses In Arizona. If the agents
happen to get hold of a few good
eumples "Of the Arizona kicker, tho Ger
man army will have more fun than It
has und In a generation.
Tho ministers of the powers have
llually agreed upon tho method of pay
lug tho Chinese Indemnity. Any ng
gregntlou of busluess men not bound
by diplomatic red tape would easily
have settled the matter lu a week.
Governor Savage has Issued n rnln
prayer proclamation, but unless ralu
'comes beforo the date set by tho gov
ernor for prayer Nebraska crops will
derive llttlo beuellt from n favorable ro-
,epouso to tho supplications of Its people.
It's bad enougli to have to bear u
mountain of taxes to support state In
stitutions, but It Is worse to puy taxes
nnd got little or nothing In return. Yet
that seems to be tho situation with ref
erence to tho state taxes paid by Doug
Ins comity property owners.
Washington news fakirs persist In re
viving tho rumor that Kansas City Is
mnklng a desperate effort to procure
tho removal of tho urmy headquarters
from Omahu to that city, but tho secre
tary of, war had not heard of any such
rumor when he wns In Omaha last Sat
urday. Tho municipal tax at Lincoln for tho
coming year will bo 10 mills. At South
Omuha tho municipal tax for the coming
year will be -1(1 mills. Somo (inference,
Isn't there? This comes of having a
charter providing for n government ade
quato for a city of 100,000 peoplo In
stead of 25,000.
DOVULAR CUV STY AX D TUB STATU.
Dontrlns eountv lint one.KPVrntli of the
tionulatlon of the state nnd has less than
one-eleventh of the representation In the
legislature: Its mathemntlcnl rate of ni)
tioifloiiiuciit Would !) plL'htifn nnd nfie-
half members, while in fact It has but
twelve.
The nggrpgntc levy of taxes for the
state Is $1, ',', 122.00, of which Douglas
county has to pay $105,005.71; In other
words, the proportion paid by Douglas
county towards state taxes is 13.1 per
cent.
Nebraska has nil lu nil llfteen state
rofnrinntfirlcM. benevolent, educational
and penal Institutions, of which Douglas
county boasts Just one, and that n minor
Institution tho School for the Deaf and
Dumb. While Douglus county pays
682,500 a year towards the inalntennuce
of tin state Institutions, the Institution
located In Douglas county costs the state
for mnlntcunncc only $;i:i..'loO.
The relative contributions of Douglas
comity, lu money and Inmates,, to the
various statu Institutions are shown lu
the following exhibit:
I'HNAL. AND HKKOHM INSTITUTIONS.
Hoys' Reform school nt Kearney:
Total Inmates 125
Number from Douglas county 13
Cost of maintenance 138,000
Olrla' He form uchool at Geneva:
Total Inmates 42
Number from Douglaa county 4
Cost of maintenance f 15,900
Industrial Home it Mllford:
Total Inmates '. 60
Number from Douglas county nnno
Cost of malntrnanco $ 9,000
Slain I'onltentlary at Lincoln:
Total Inmates 325
Number from Douglas county r9
Cost of malntcnanco $17,500
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
State University at Lincoln:
Total fltudonts 2,250
Number from Douglas county 120
Cost of maintenance $130,000
Peru Normal school (estimated):
Total students 6C0
Number from Douglas county 60
Cost of maintenance t 40,000
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
Asylum for Insane at Lincoln:
Total Inmates 42a
Number from Douglas eountv ?t
Cost of matntenanco $ 61,500
Aeylum for Insane at Hastings:
Total Inmates 694
Number from Douglas county 101
Cojt of maintenance $ 00,800
Asylum for Insano nt Norfolk:
Total Inmates t 2S!
Number from Doiil'I.'lh muntv
Cost of maintenance 1 52,000
Instltuto for Feebleminded at ttenLrlpo.
Total Inmates 2R0
Number from Douglas county 31
Cost of maintenance , t sg coo
Instltuto for Blind at Nebrankn nuv;
Total Inmates 59
Number from Douglas county 10
Cost of raalntonanco $25,200
ocnooi ror Deaf and Dumb at Omaha:
Total students , 177
Number from Douglas county 34
Cost of malntcnanco $33,300
Soldiers' Home at drand Island:
Total Inmates 377
Number from Douglas county r7
Cost of malntcnanco $44,860
Soldiers' Homo at Mllford (estimated):
Total Inmates 90
Number from Douglas county 13
Cost of Malntcnanco $12,600
Memo for Friendless at Lincoln:
Total Inmates 71
Numbar from Douglas county 2
Cost of maintenance $7,000
RECAPITULATION.
Penal and Ileform Institutions:
Total Inmates ' 555
Number from Douglas county 73
Cost of maintenance $31,000
Educational institutions:
Totnl lnmntcs 2,800
Number from Douglas county 179
Cost of malutenanco , $179,000
Benevolent Institutions:
Total Inmates 2,430
Number from Douglas county 319
Cost of malntcnanco $301,060
Orand total for all state Institutions:
Total Inmates 5,794
Number from Douglos county B71
Cost of malntcnanco $C21,OC0
A careful computation of the expense
of state government, Including salaries
of state officers, supremo and district
courts and cost of maintaining the Ju
dicial and executive departments of tho
state and Incidentals, aggregates .flSS,
000, of which Douglas county contrib
utes S21.0S0.
Of the S-100,000 per annum expended
for public buildings, enlargement and
repair of old structures and national
guard expenses, Douglas county pays
$53,000 per annum. In twenty years,
excluding national guard expenses, this
would amount to nearly $1,000,000, but
tho state has expended less thnn 100,
000 in thnt period lu the city of Omaha,
which Is practically Douglas county.
These facts and figures are suggestive
and will Impress themselves upon the
minds of taxpaylng citizens of the state
who have been systematically drilled
Into tho belief that Douglas county has
done less than Its sharo towards upbuild
ing the stato uud maintaining Its Institu
tions. MUY UOVKliNOR Of PORTO RICO.
Governor Allen of lorto Ulco will not
return to the Island and It Is nnnouueed,
apparently with authority, that ho will
bo succeeded by the present secretary of
Porto Itlco, Mr. William II. nunt. The
appointment of Mr. Hunt would be a
proper recognition of able and elllclent
service and would assure tho continu
ance of tho wlso conduct of nffalrs
which hus marked tho administration of
Governor Allen, to the great benellt of
the Island nnd the satisfaction of Its
peoplo. Mr. Hunt has had much to do
with that administration, he has tm.
confidence of tho I'orto Hlcans nnd ou
every account his selection for tho of
fice of governor Is Judicious.
It Is Interesting to note that Mr. Hunt
comes of a family of Insular colonial
dignitaries. Thomas Huut, his great
grandfather, was uu Kugllshman and
noting governor of the IJermudns on
several occasions by vlrtuo of his posl
tlou as a member of tho upper council
of .that colony for n number of years,
beginning with 1700. A son of Thomas
Hunt held various ofUces In the Ba
hamas, being acting governor on two oc
casions. Tho present colonial repre
sentative of tho family began, like the
Hunts of tho earlier generations, with
an office below tho highest uud has
served as noting governor during the
absenco of his chief, but when he holds
tho president's commission as governor
he will have eclipsed them In actual
rank.
Governor Allen Las made a most ex-
THJE OMAHA DAILY UEE; WEDNESDAY,
celleut record In his administration of
nffalrs In I'orto Itlco nud It Is not to
be doubted that Mr. Hunt will be no
less successful.
AO COMl'RUillSI..
The British government will consider
no compioinWu of the situation In South
Africa. This was again plainly stated
by Lord M liner, governor of Cape Col
ony, on, being presented with the free
dom of the city of Loudon. He said
that compromise 71s not to be thought
of and he advocated drastic treatment
of those British subjects who have en
tered the Boer ranks. "There must be
n distinction made," he declared, "be
tween the stout-hearted old burghers
and the roving ruillnns who harassed
their fellow British subjects." The men
of Cnpe Colony who ore lighting under
the flags of the former republics need
expect no consideration from the Brit
ish. They will be treated as traitors
and the apprehension of this, It Is not
to be doubted, has somo effect In stimu
lating the Boer determination to con
tluue the guerrilla warfare.
All recent developments conclusively
show that the British government will
pursue to the end tho policy It has
declared and lu this It has the support
of thi! country. The utterance of Lord
. Itosebery, formerly leader of the liberal
pnrty, condemning thnt element In the
pnrty which Is opposed to the govern
merit's policy In South Africa, has been
very generally approved ond those who
do not approve It constitute so small
a minority as to exert little Influence.
Itosebery declared that the liberal party,
In crossing tho national Instinct and
opposing tho national purpose, had ab
dlcated Its function as a constitutional
nnd patriotic party and can only oppose
a weak government with a still weaker
opposition. Itosebery represents thou
sands of Englishmen who do not favor
the general principles and policies of
the Itosebery government, but who feel
thnt patriotism requires that they shall
sustain tho government lu the war.
There will be no compromise with the
Boers unless Great Britain should be
come Involved In some other trouble
so serious as to compel a withdrawal
of troops from South Africa nnd of thut
there seems to be no present dnnger.
Till: CUIIAS TARIFF.
It Is announced that rapid progress is
being made In framing a tariff for Cuba
aud the Urst draft Is expected to be re
ceived in Washington within a few
weeks, where It will be given careful
consideration. It Is said there Is a
strong dlsposltlou at tho War depart
ment to leave as much freedom as pos
sible to the Cuban commission In fram
ing tho new tariff, but the American
officials will take care that there shall
bo no discrimination against tho goods
of this Country. It seems hardly possi
ble that the Cubans would make a mis
take of this kind, In view of the fact
that thoy will ask tariff concessions
from tho United States for their sugar
and tobacco, but it seems to be appre
hended by Amerlcon exporters that tho
Spanish merchants In Cuba may be able
to Inlluence the rates and classifications
so as to favor Spanish goods aud handi
cap American goods. Of course noth
ing of this kind will be permitted aud
It Is safe; to assume will not be at
tempted.
A Washington dispatch to the New
York Journal of Commerce states that
In the event of the Cuban tariff requir
ing revision tho aim will be to prevent
plain discrimination lu favor of Spanish
and I'reuch exporters rather than to
establish discriminations lu favor of
Americans. In other words, the pur
pose of our government will simply be
to have the Cuban tariff treat all coun
tries fulrly, without clalmlug any speclul
favor or privileges for tho United States,
There are very cogent reasons why we
might properly ask special consideration
for our products, but It Is not expedient
to have this In a general tariff law and
It may be secured through a reciprocity
agreement and thereby complaint from
other countries be avoided.
It would seem not to be a very diffi
cult matter to frame a tariff for Cuba
that will yield the needed revenue, yet
It will not bo surprising If before tho
work Is completed It will bo found some
what perplexing and troublesome. So
fur as tho question of revenue Is con
cerned It Is obvious that tho urst tariff
law must be more or less of nn experi
ment. It will bo quite impossible to de
termine at the outset what tho sched
ules will yield aud the original tariff
will undoubtedly have to undergo nu
merous revisions before Its operation Is
entirely satisfactory. Meanwhile the
matter of first Importance to tho Cubuns
that upon which development and
prosperity depend Is to tecum tho clos
est possible commercial relations with
the United States. How far our govern
ment will bo disposed to go In this di
rection Is nt preseut problematical,
though tho expressions of some of the
prominent republican leaders In con
gress appear to warrant the opinion that
Cuba will receive considerate treatment.
Secretary Wilson laments the loss of
tho macaroni wheat crop, but does not
appear to think it would make much
difference whether tho corn crops of
Kansas and Nebraska are ruined or not.
He still persists lu leaving these two
states out of the reckoning as great
com producers, while ho Includes Ohio
nnd Wisconsin In the list. Both of these
states combined do not produce what
would be nn average yield for either
Kansas or Nebraska, which has each
led the union in com production several
times and seldom fall below llfth or
sixth. The secretory should ceaso
mourning about his macaroni wheat ex
periment long enough to balauce up tho
crop statistics (sailed by his qwn depart
ment.
For several years scientists have been
frightening people by telling thoin that
about everything they ate or drank, to
say nothing of the air thoy breathed,
was full of harmful germs. Now comes
Prof. Koch, one of the foremost men of
science, and shntters some of these Ideas
by telling us that many of the most
dreaded diseases which nflllct tho nnl-
mal kingdom cannot bo communicated
to humanity. While some of the line
spun theories of the germ scientists are
probnbly correct, the experience of
people who pay no attention to rules of
eating and drinking appears to bear out
the conclusion that tho dangers nre
much overrnted,
The suggestion that heaven be bom
barded with shotguns, revolvers, tire
crnckers nnd dynamite cartridges In
order to bring down refreshing show,
ers Is based on scientific grounds,
Heavy discharges of nrtlllery are usip
ally succeeded by rnlnstonns. But the
trouble Is that there Is not ammunition
111 .eurasKn stilllelent to cover one-
tenth or one-hundredth part of the
state. At best It would afford relief to
sweltering humanity In spots, without
materially benefiting the crops.
In spite of reports thnt thousands
nre on the grounds more thnn enn so
cure clnlms In the Innd to be opened to
settlement In Oklahoma, prospective set
tlers are (muring In by the trnlnload.
That section Is bound to harvest the
largest collection of disappointments
ever gathered at one point. A majority
of the people left behind them better
chances than they will ever llnd In the
new country, but the fever for free
lands Is one that can never be cooled
lu tho western blood.
Military officials are evidencing their
faith In the paclllciltlou of the Philip
pines by arranging to reduce lu the near
future the force in the Islands by al
most one half. General Chaffee's record
Is that of a man who does not act from
uninformed linpul.se, but knows what
he Is about. That he considers It safe to
reduce the force, already small com
pared with the population of the Islands,
Is most encouraging.
Tho persistence of Kansas City Is to
be commended. In spite of rebuffs its
citizens are making another effort to
secure the removal of tho headquarters
of the Department of tho Missouri from
Omaha to that city. Omaha has all the
natural advantages for the headquarters
and tho town down below will also dis
cover that Its people are not Inclined to
go to sleep while the heituquurters are
moved.
More Trennon on Tnp.
Detroit Free Press.
Shades of Ben Butlorl Tho democracy of
Massachusetts hats swung Into line with thu
Ohio platform.
Wrfttirnrd (lip Mar nf Kmpli-c.
Brooklyn Eagle.
More than 100,000 people havo booked
claims for free homesteads In Oklahoma.
Meantime there Is a lot of good land to bo
hud In New England for $10 an acre, and
you don't have to carry guns up thero.
One nf the W'rutern Myntrrlea.
Denver Post.
When a man wearing long hair and a
sombrero nppcaru upon the streets of a
western town there are many guesses
whether ho le. fulfilling an election vow, Is
c. real live poet or Is a skilled surgeon who
plucks the painful corn from Its nest on
tho parent' toe.-,
Strnlluif. In I'ubllc Olllce.
Vvjuthlngton Post.
The governor ot Nebraska has placed a
premium on olflclal rascality by pardoning
the state treasurer who mado way with
$100,000 of the state's funds. He was sen
tenced for a term of twenty years, and
bad servod about one-fifth of the time.
Moral: If you must steal, go Into politics
and ofilco.
I.ortK- of Tittup "lllntory."
Chicago News, I
Tho ofllcers of Cervera's fleet should
watch tho proceedings In Admiral Schley's
enso against Mr. Maclay not only with In
terest but with, high hopes, If Mr. Maclay's
theory that the admiral Is a "coward" and
n "caitiff" Is to be upheld. It Is evident that
tho admiral could not have led tho fleet In
Ita assault on tho Spanish ships. Cowards
nnd caitiffs dp not do such things. Per
haps It may lie shown that, all reports to
tho contrary notwithstanding, It was the
Spanish fleet which won tho battle and de
stroyed the ships commanded by Admiral
Schloy.
riSTlSONAL A.D OTIIKIIWISE.
Ice floes Impede navigation nround Labra
dor.
Pobtmaster Coyne of Chicago has divided
$60,000 allowed him for tho Increase ot
salaries by adding $100 to tho yearly pay
of tho employes In the $600 and $700
classes.
Oliver Hopklnson, son of tho author of
Hall Columbia!" will bo S9 years
old next Wednesday, He lo tbo oldest living
graduate of the University ot Pennsylvania,
After all, this Is not so young a nation.
Edgar Stanton Maclay, called by tho New
York Sun "tho mot distinguished living
American historian," draws $2.4S a day as
a clork In tho Brooklyn navy ynrd. Maclay
was the writer of tho Sun's antl-Schley edi
torials, Tho fluid that "made Milwaukee famous"
Is lauded by the Milwaukee Sentinel ns the
most soothing and cooling nectar over
browod for tho comfort of parched human
ity. It follows that tho Mllwaukeo brand Is
tho superior article.
Doubtless for fear that brooding over the
big steel strike might Inspire Borne crunk
to a desperato deed the pollco department
In Now York Is taking unusual precautions
to guard President Schwab of the Steel
trust. Tho samu Is truo of J, Plerpont Mor
gan, to guard whom four detectives ore re
ported to havo been assigned,
For the next ten years Cincinnati has
contracted with tho oldest gas nnd electrlo
company lu tho city for public electric
lighting at $72 per lamp per year for tho
underground district and $60 per lamp per
year for the overhead district. Tho old
prtce was $34.90 per lamp In both districts
and the contract will save tho city $125,060
a year.
Frodorlck Holbrook, the govornor ot Ver
mont, who Is 88 years old and an active
man of business, says: "I read a great
deal of the poets and Imaginative writers
as they holp to keep me a young old man."
The late Barou Faber, the pencil manu
facturer, once said of the article that has
made him rich: "It has done moro ex
ecution since It came Into uso than the
sword, whllo who can enumerato tho UbeU
It has written?"
Tho Industrial art edition of the stato,
published at Columbia, 8. C, Is a notably
complete epitome of tho progress and pros
perity of South Carolina. The Illustrations,
typography, prrsswork and paper aro In
keeping with tho subtitle of the number
and are a splendid tribute to the literary
and mechanical equipment of tho atate,
where all parts of the work were done. It
is gratifying evidence of the Industrial up
building of the south and tho great abun
dance ot business announcements substan
tially reflects the liberal, up-to-dateness
ot merchant and manufacturer.
JULY 21, 1901.
Western Stock Ranges
Han Francisco Call
Mr, Lusk nf California, president of the. that ninnis
American Cattle Growers' association, re
cently attended the slated meeting of tbo
board of control of that organization at
Denver.
The association was found to bo Increas
ing to such an extent that the board de
rided to omit the annual assessment per
head of stock represented and to recom
mend Its entire abolition by the next con
vention, relying upon membership fees for
what funds It requires.
The meeting discussed the leasing of tho
ranges on the public domain In tho arid
region. Ou this subject Mr. Lusk said:
"Thero has been a complete change as to
the leasing nticstlon In the last year. A
year ago many opposed leasing, but stock
men generally now reallte that frco grass
means' no grass at nit. Stockmen are will
ing to pay for what thoy get. They realize
that the open range Is a bygone thing and
now tho only question Is the detail of tho
new law. Tho sheepmen, too, aro swing
ing Into line with tho cattlemen on tho
proposition and I think whon the bill Is
presented wo shall find tho stockmen of the
west united solidly In demanding Its en
actment Into law. Sheepmen and cattle
men now aro struggling for possession of
tho llttlo grnss that Is left, whllo If tho
lands wero properly protected thero would
bo plenty for all and some left over."
No truer nnd tersor statement can be
mado. Frco grass means no grass. No
grass means disappearance of tho most
economical production of live stock and
WASHINGTON :ossn
Mocnra unit Incldrntn Otmcriril nt the
ntlonnl Capital.
In a quaint llttlo workshop almost under
the shadow of the capltol at Wnshlncton
thoro tolls all day, and usually far Into the
night nn well, a man who handles even-
day In the year moro money than pases
through the hands of any bank official In
tho country. Indeed this Industrious artisan
claims to have had In his care moro of
Uncln Sam's greenbacks than have been en
trusted to any other person, with tho nos-
slblo exception of a few officials In the
Treasury department. Finally this money
manipulator who rankB as ono of tho "char-
actors" of Wauhlngton has nn absolutely
unlquo occupation Is possibly the only man
In the United States who has during nearly
a scoro of years preserved his field of labor
secure from Invasion by any other man,
His craft Is tho molding of macerated
money, which, being Interpreted, mean
that ho takes the government's worn-out
currency after It has been torn and ground
into nn unrccognlzablo moss and fashions
It Into busts and medallions of prominent
persons much as a sculptor might coot a
flguro In bronze. These queer llttlo statu
ettes, whlah rcsemblo nothing else on earth,
constitute tho most novel curios to be
found In tho shops of what might Justly be
termed tho City of Souvenirs. Tho designs
in pulverized money have never had any 1
sale In other cities, nlthough tho expcrl-'
ment has been tried, for the reason that'
people refused to believe that tho material
was actually money, or, In some cases, were
even incredulous that tho government ever
destroyed so much money, but nine out of
every ten visitors to Washington who go to
the bowels of the treasury building nnd sco
tons ot worn-out money chewed up by tho
mechanical gormand kopt thero for thnt
purpose straightway pay over tholr new
money for tho old money dealt In by tho
vendors of these mementos.
Thls moldcr of concentrated wealth,
Henry Martin, Is a strange soldier of I
fortune, who has bad a career almost as
extraordinary ae tho occupation In which
he Is now engaged. In his boyhood he was
a sailor before the mast, In various Eng
lish shtp3, A picture of the battle between
the Monitor and tho Merrlmac fired him with
n desire to enter the American navy. Early
In tho '60s ho worked his way to
America and falling to get In the navy,
Joined tho array, and wound up with a
slego In tho hospital that cost him a limb.
He helped In tho rebuilding ot Chicago
that followed the great lire, spent three
years In tho saddle among the cow punch
ers of tho west and then drifted to Wash
ington ond served as watchman In tho
treasury building until n turn of tho
political wheel of fortune throw him out.
It was In his term ot service as ono
of tho watchdogs of Uncle Sam's big money
chests that Martin conceived tho Idea of
turning tho supposedly worthless macerated
money to account In hla own peculiar way.
The stimulant for his Inventive genius was
tho sight, ono dny, of a clerk who was
possessed ot some artistic ability molding
by hand a crudo design for ono of the
treasury officials who doslred to preserve a
wad of the dilapidated currency In this
form. The quick wltted watchman secured
a key to the room In which tho churntiiga of
the muccrator wero stored, and night nftor
night ho pursued his solt-lnstructlon In
sculpturo until be was master of his strango
medium.
Important repairs are being made In
tho supremo court room, but, strango to say,
ono of the conditions of the contract Is that
the Improvements shall ho absolutely un
noticeable. The decorations of tho court
chamber nro as fine as monoy could buy at
the time they wore put In. Bosldes, It Is
tbo deslra of the court that the room bo
preserved to tho most minute detail exactly
as It was on tho day when the suprome
court held Its Urst session there. Hence
tho queer clauso In the contract. Tho roof,
which was supported by wooden rafters,
Is being roplaccd by a strong steel affnlr
which will be fireproof. The heavy beams
aro being put In without disturbing tho
decorations, but should any harm como to
them tho contractors will bo forced to
duplicate exactly whatever Is broken.
Tho fourth series of new silver certifi
cates, comprising $10 bills, aro about to bo
Issued and aro already christened tho "Buf
falo bill," because It has an ongravlng of a'
gigantic buffalo. On the noto tho buffalo ts
headed westward, his shaggy head well
down for a charge, his tall In pugnacious
attitude and hlB' matted mnne sweeping tho
ground. To obtain thu sketch for this noto
tho artist visited the National museum,
whero thero aro several stuffed specimens
of the bison spocles, Tho finest was selected
and the drawing mado from him.
On the ruverao of the noto will bo an
archway of artistic design. In this note, as
In tho othors of tho series, It Is Intended to
leave as much open work as possible, with
a handsomo design, the silk threads In the
paper forming ono of the greatest safe
guards acalnst counterfeiting. In many of
tho older notes the threads were obscured
almost entlroly by tho scroll work.
Admiral Dowey and the Duko d'Arcos, the
Spanish mlnlstor, aro the best of friends.
The other day they woro climbing tho high
steps of the State, War and Navy building
when tho attention of the duke was arrested
by two cannon mounted there, which were
captured In the naval fight at Manila,
"Thsse will always keop fresh In your
mind tho great victory which you achieved
over my country," remarked the duke, with
a touch of bitterness.
"On tho contrary," replied the admiral,
as he stopped and laid his hand on the min
ister's shoulder, "they simply sharpen my'
recollection of as valorous a foe
oallorman could wish to meet."
any
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a progressive rise In prlco o
nil live stock products, to the Injury of th
consumer.
It Is renssurlng, too, to read the dectara
tlou that stockmen are willing to pay for
what they get. It menns a better under
standing between that great Interest nm'
the public, who arc the owners of the pub
lie domain,
Tho Call pioneered for the leasing policy
against the opposition of the stockmen
and wo, will freely criticise the leasing
measure to the end that It shall conserve
all Interests nnd Injure none. W'e have
heretofore estimated that It will yield
about $10,000,0.00 a year for devotion
10 irrigation, wo nave recently scon
a statement by a cattleman In Ne
braska that leasing will yield $25,
000,000 annually, which wo regard as execs
Hive, at least In the Initial stages of tho
policy. The revemtu may, however, ap
proxlmato that as the beneficent and con
servative results appear In the Increased
moisture, forage nnd capacity of the ranges
Tho prospect to the Irrigator Is alluring,
Tho revenue of the leases, devoted to Irrl
gallon, will cvcntunlly moro than double
the production and population of tho west
It will make fertile every tillable aero that
stored nnd distributed water can reach. I
win increase tho taxable property and
wealth of all those slates, enhance tho
commercial Importance of their towns
make necessary tho building of moro rail
roads to carry tho Increased tonnago to
market and will multiply the power of tho
west In tho national government.
Tllli IT,SION OUTLOOK.
Itevlrvr of the Work of tho Durrnn for
the Pimt Yrnr.
New York Tribune,
Although the nnnual report of the com
missioner of pensions Is yet to be signed
ana suinnittca to tho secretary of tho In
tenor, enough is already known of tho
nurcau a work for tho fiscal year Just
ended to Justify the conclusion already
urawn irom previous reports that pension
cxpenuuures aro soon to absorb n ma
tcrlally diminishing share of tho govern
mcnt's annual lucomo. In spite of n gen
crous and open-handed extension by con
gress of the exemptions and waivers of
tho present system, disbursements of pen
sions havo romalncd practically stationary
for thrco years past, while a vast ar
rearage of business hus been disposed of
and tho way cleared for a gradual and per
manent retrenchment In the ponslon roll.
According to preliminary estimates made
by Commissioner Evans, tho sum spent for
pensions during tho year ending Juno 30,
1901, was $138,531,000 an Increase of only
$69,000 over the total for 1899-1900. Moan
whlle 41,861 original pensions were granted,
4,751 names wero restored to tho roll and
rerntlngs wero allowed In over 60,000 cases.
To balance the year's notablo gain lu new
pensions tho list was reduced by more
than tho averago sharo of losses. Moro
than 38,000 pensioners died and 7,215 other
names wero stricken from the roll for
various causes. The net total of pen
sioners fell, therefore, still a few thousands
Bhort of tho million mark th nt (nnr,i
which It has boon slowly mounting for the
Ust ten years. On Juno 30 It mood nt nn? .
M4, against 99o,G61 last year and 966,012
eight years ago. That the pension roll will
pass the million mnrk within tho next two
years la not Improbable. But with an In
creasing annual death rate and a steadily
shrinking surplus of unadjusted claims
thero Is little prospect that this maximum
can bo long maintained. In the last four
years, Indeed, Commissioner Evans has re-
duced tho number of outstanding claims 011
"'o from 635,000 to 415,000, while cutting the
average nnnual expenditure for pensions
from $144,600,000 to $138,500,000, nnd with
tho first slackening of this pressuro to rid
Itself of the other 60 per cent of these
retarded cases tho bureau may reasonably
expect to sco Its annual disbursements fall
to $135,000,000 or oven to $130,000,000.
The war with Spain has doubtless acted ns
a partial check to diminished pension ex
penditures. Nearly 48,000 claims originat
ing In the brief contest havo been filed, and
over 7,000 havo nlready been granted. But
for these additions tho pension roll would
have shown a slight decroaso for tho year.
Yet so slight n counter current can scarcely
tlAlltHAll.. 11 . .
,"ul"" "10 general drift toward lowor
pension charges which normnl condltlops
Justify and which tho operations of tho
Bureau of Pensions for tho last four or
flvo years plainly disclose.
VIXTHCATION OK CI.KVKI.A.MI.
Tlrmocrnvr Painfully Weary of Ilnln
Immv Chnalna-.
"Washington Post.
Docs tho democratic party realize the
logical soquonco of Its effort to get away
from tho freo colnago of silver? It Is the
Justification of Grovor Cleveland.
Long before tho mcmorablo convention
of 1896, which resulted In tho nomination
of Bryan, tho rift in the democratic
party was obsorvablo. As tho time for
tho election of delegates approached thu
opening becamo a chasm. On tho one
sldo was Qrovcr Cloveland, throwing all
tho weight of his position and. his per
sonality against tho proposition that tho
mints should be opened to the freo coin
ago of silver. Opposed to him woro tho
Bouth and west, tho two sections which
wero always attracted by financial here
sles. There Is no need to recall the bit
terness of tho contest between tho freo
sllvorltcs and tholr opponents. Tho for
mer won and Cleveland retired to prlvato
llfo with curses on his head, His firm,
unrelenting stand ngnlust what ho deemed
to bo tho prostitution of American cur
rency nngored tho rank and file of his
party to a degree almost unknown beforo.
somo years havo passod. What Is tho
present situation? Tho democratic party,
led twlco to defeat under a false banner
and n discredited general, at last begins to
realize that It wandered from tho straight
path when It followed tho wlll-o'-tho-wlsp
of stiver. It la ready now or, at least,
Its wiso nnd conservative memburs aro
ready to discard all endorsement of freo
colnngo of silver,
Tho trond of demo
cratic thought Is entirely In this dlrocthn
today. "Let us get rid of silver" Is tho
cry. Thero Is no question of tho wisdom of
this now position. Tho democratic party
can nover win ns long as It ties Itself to
the unsafe, Impractical and twlco repudi
ated doctrlno of tho free coinage of sil
ver. But who said all this when tho silver
rainbow first dazzled the democratic oyes?
Who but Orover Cleveland? And when tho
democratic party In Its next national con
vention omits all reference to sliver, as It
will, Mr. Cloveland can well afford to
rmltc, The day ot his Justification Is near
at hand.
l.onl Pniinccfiitr'a .Smooth
Tall.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ambassador Pauuccfoto must bo credited
with being a keen analyst of national char
acteristics when ho saya: "Tho Americans
nro thn most genial people on tho face of
the earth, At the first grip of the hand
they lake you to their hearts, So long aa
you do not deal In an underhanded way;
and so long as you do not assume superior
nlrs, they treat you as ono of their own,
and no. ono could say mare than this." It
will bo noticed that tho Pauncefote esti
mate differs materially from those of tho
scribbling Englishmen who dodge over here
on one steamer and then dodge back on the
next, and forthwith proceed
to wrlto us
down. But perhaps the ambassador
prejudiced by loo long a stay.
Our Working
Girls.
Life to the most favored is not always
full of sunshine, but to the nverage
American girl or woman who Is obliged
to work for hr living, and, perhaps
to help others nt home, llfo Is often a
heavy drag In consequence of illness.
Women who work, cspeclnlly those,
who nro constantly on their feet, nro
peculiarly Hnblo to the development
of organic troubles, nnd should par
ticularly heed tho first manifestations,
such ns baeknche, pains In the lower
limbs and lower pnrt of tho storusch,
irregular nud painful monthly periods,
Hiss Ella IIrkkkcb, E. RocnxsTen, Onto.
faintness, weakness, loss of appctlto
mid sleep.
Tho young lndy whose portrait wo
publish herewith hnd all these symp
toms, and In addition lcucorrhoea,
aud wns cured by Lydln E, Plnkham's
Vegetable Compound. First, 6ho
wrote n letter to Mr6. Pinkhnm's lab
oratory nt Lynn, Mass., describing her
trouble, received In reply nceurntc In
structions what to do to get well, nud
now wishes her unmet used to convince
others that they may be cured nn sho
wns.
The same helping hand, freo of
charge or obligation, is extended, to
every ailing woman In America. If
you are sick- you nre foolish not to get
this valuable advice, it costs you noth
ing, cd she Is sure to help you. Don't
wait until it Is tei lite w-'ti 'n-dnw
I.AIlOlt AM) IMltlSTIlY.
Tho MMInnd Ttnllwnv rnmtwinv. In ISn-
land. Ih nxlng 60 nu tho ago limit of Its
staff In most cases: at 63 nil. with very
few executions, must retire.
The convention nf tho Nnttnn.il Metal
Trades' nxMoclntlnn rit New York on the
12 1 II decided to rulsi tin; mtm nf ICOO.tXO
by assessment to light machinists.
Tlin Plttsliurir. Pa., rlvrr mine imp rn tors
have hnd nnu of tho greatest shipping sea
sons ever known. Sine. Int November nver
70,000,000 btiFhels of coal have been shipped
10 tno Cincinnati nnd southern markets.
The new law to be enforced In the stnto
of Washington prohibits the employment ot
any female clerk or assistant more than
ten hours. The samo applies to hotels, res
taurants, stores and laundries, and will
necessitate closing stores at 6 or 7 p. m.
A Boston Inventor Ik mild to hnve ncr-
fected a camera which will completely
revolutionize the whole system of llthn-
granliy. and which Is said to bo enpnble of
abolishing many of tho nnnoylng techni
calities with which the trade hnH to con
tend, particularly In tho preservation of tho
atmospheric effects so necessary to a pic
ture mado from nature.
Millionaire Tilt, n prominent manufac
turer of Chicago, has become deeply In-
lorcsicu 111 industrial problems, lie 11ns,
therefore, decided to leava his big mansion
and live among his workers. To this end
ho proposes to tnko n modest tenement
house nnd dwell with his "hunds."
The first Labor day Japan ever knew wm
observed In Toklo on April 3 last. The
rclubrntlon wns proposed and managed by
tho Nlroku Shlnpo, a newspnper, "a friend
of the luborlng man." Scarcely ten days
had passed after tho first announcement
of the Nlroku's undertaking when moro
than 60,000 laborers eagerly socured tholr
tickets of admittance to tho picnic.
The number of new labor unions renort-
lng to the New York State Labor depart
ment In the Urst quarter of 1901 was eighty
nine. In the samo period twenty-five
unions wero dissolved or amalgamated,
lenvlntr a net Increase of sixty-four orKnnl-
zntlons for the quarter, nnd nn aggregate of
1,71.1 organizations nt the ond ot Murcn,
Thu guln In membership was 2,131.
A nrolect has taken nli.1110 In Indlnnnnoll
which, unlei'B the plann go awry, will re
sult In tho establishment of a manufactur
ing I'topla, nn Ideal Industrial city In which
ino mooring classes win nave every com
fort that the rich enjoy, nnd at a cost pro
portioned to their earnings. The schema
hns been Inaugurated by tho purchase of
10 acres of land which lies n llttlo north
east and within four miles of Indianapolis,
and here manufacturing sites nre to he
laid out, light, heat and power plants es
tablished, and the ground plotted for an
Ideal Industrial city, Sites of twontv-flve
acres or more, If required, are to be offered
to capitalists without cost provided they
erect factory buildings.
WIIITTLKD TO A POINT.
Detroit Freo Press: "Genius," remarks!
the mnn In the patent medicine advertising
line, "la the Infinite capacity fur suggesting
pains!"
Pittsburg Chronicle:
lie paid he'd drown
1
tils sorrows 111 uriim.
"Well, drowning men clutch at straws.
1
saw mm nOHoruing a mint juicp."
Somcrvllle Journal: Tho man who cuts
out poetry from the newspapers and pastes
It In n scmpbook Ih pretty biiro never to bo
a millionaire.
Philadelphia Press; "Ho borrowed the
money from a chattel mortgage Nhark, 1
presume?"
"No, even In his ndvcrslty the fellow
has absolutely no notion f economizing!
He borrowed it of n friend!"
Washington Star! "Don't bo nshame o'
yon Ign'uncc, sonny," said Uncle ISbun, "us
long as you U doln' yoh bos' to git over It.
Kf dar wasn't some lings you didn't know,
dnr wouldn' be no mo' uso In Ilbbln'."
Indlnnnpolls Newel "Brown, what's the
matter with you? You look hullow-oye.l
nnd all run down."
"Oh, I'm all right. Haven't been sleeping
at night lately. 1 sit up to watch the antics
of n fool thermometer my wife has hanging
on the sldo porch."
Tho Smart Bet: Hnmlln (standing before
tho Tattooed Mnn In the dlmo museum) -Heavens!
how that fellow must suffer If
he ever gets tho Jlmjams!
Philadelphia Times: "Hn wns a victim
of his pipe dreaniH 10 the last. '
"What happened?" , ...
"Ho dreamt ho could smoko a plpo whllo
emptying keg of power."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Did ymi annoy
my predecessor on tho bench nn much us
you havo annoyed in"?" Inquired tho Judge
of tho frequent offender. .
"No, Judge," snld llm tough one. ' I al
ways thought ho much of you that just
as soon as I hoard you wns elected I mado
up my mind to glvo you nil my legal bus -lies
nnd I've done It."
PlIAYt.NK Kim II A IN'.
Baltimore American.
When all was fair und all wns good,
Man viewed his waving fields with pride,
And boasted how hr iindi-rstood,
And how his wuy should bo tho gulas.
Ills systems ho declared wero wise,
And worked In union and accord.
Ho nover, whllo he held tho prize,
Took tlmo to say: "I thnnk Thee, Lord."
Th mill, the mart, tho countryside,
Tho fruits of toll from sea to line,
Ho gazed upon with swelling pride,
Ami cried aloud; "Thin work Is mine!"
Ho thojght not of the Primal Cuiibc,
All higher helpings ho eschewed,
And never thought It well to pauso
Ami bow his head In gratitude.
But now ho swelters In tho heat,
And sees the changes of tho scone,
And oft will gaspingly repeat!
"1 wonder what the Lord can mean',"
Hn nhudders nt his vhrluklng purse,
Bewails his dying llelds of grain,
Chokes back the svcr-rlslng rurse
And prays tho Lord to send him ruin.
"God send us rnln!" he suppllcutes,
"The thirsting of the land to slake.
The crop for moisture waits und waits
And rain Is something I can't make!"
And God must smile at such a tlmo
And pity, too, tho feoblo folk.
In every land and every ollmo
Vain man Is such u sorry Joko.