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0 The umaiia Daily Bee. E. HOSKWATKft, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVE11Y MOItNIXO. TEItMS OF HtMJSClUPTION. Dally Bee (without Huniluy), Ono Ycar..$6.00 Uuily iivu anu suiiuay, uno Year b.W Jilustruiud lite, uno Vour , bunimy Ueu, uiid Year 'i.W haUruny Dee, una Year l.oo M wontluth Century Farmer, Ono Year., l.w OFFICES. Omaha. The Beu Dulldlnir. houth omuiia! ct'y null uulldlng, Twcn Council Dluifs; lu Pearl Street. ChlcuKOi low L'nlty Uullnlng. InuW ork; Tern sla Court. Wellington: m Fourteenth Street. eonmjsi'oNDENci'. . Communications rohttltiK to news and cdl icinui mutter sliouiu ou addressed! umuhu uce, i.uiiurini utpurttnent. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should uo uu iresHCUi thu Uvu Publishing Com fa., , VJIIIUHU. REMITTANCES. llcrnlt by drntt, uxpress or postal order, Iiuyuulo to 'tlio lieu 1'ublhililng Company, only j-ecnt slumps accepted In payment of innli uccojmr. iersonai checks, except on tllnritif. ii, ....... ............ .. . . 111k llhh. I'UULldlllrsU COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nubraskn, Douglas County, bs.: uJfi ii 5F hucK, secretary ot Thu Ileo .."P ..'-ompnny, oeing duly sworn, f !. iU.' 1 atuai number of full and i". V'.0 copies or The Dally, Morning, tiVM'.'tnK-n,ifl umlay Ileo printed during the 1 i!u,o.v z 2t,no 3 i'n,(io a,-,,!IIO 6 -Ti.lthO c a.-i.sho 1 iin.rco au,iTo ' 10 StS,bfto 11 SiR,7U0 12 ITi.r.-tO 13 'M,00 u ur.,-ioo 10 i!S,110 - w wunv, juvi, nun us ioiiows; 16... 17... 18... 19... SO... :i... S3.... 24.... (i,:iuo ....yo.ono ....211,1(10 ....yii.olo ,.,.25,010 .... 25,010 .,..25,010 .,..20,075 ,.,.25,000 25 UB.OHO 26,.... 2.1,510 27 an,tn :s .....UB.ruo 29 25,:too 30 Total 770,015 Less unsold and returned copies.... 0.M7-1 Net total sales 700,171 fet dally average 25,07 niiniirm ti Tvanimnr Subscribed In my presenco nnd sworn to uciuru mo mis .win any or June, a. ij iwi At. 11. HIJNOATU, Notary i'ubtlc. I'AltTIKS LEAVING Foil SUMMER. I'nrtles Icnvliifr the oily for the summer tuny hnve The Ileo rut tii them rcRulnrly lr notifying The lire Iltmluesa olllce, In person or by in nit. The nililrrsn Mill lie changed n often na desired. r,i. i . .iiiu iniu census snows still more Avoini'ti tlnm nipii In MnssiicliusettH, 'I ho young women of tlmt statu should toko the ndvlco Horace Greeley years ago K'tve to the young men. The revised coin crop Inures for No. hrnskn do not look so bad after all, es tn 1 1 ...i . ... in'i'iniij wueii comparca with some other states tlmt claim to uphold the prestlgo of the corn belt, Nebraska Is coming out all right. Our amiable popocratle contemporary Is already picking candidates for gov ernor to head the republican ticket In 100-'. The republicans, however, are concerned much moro Just now ns to who is to head the republican ticket In 11)01. No change will be mado In the plans of the new west wing of the Omaha federal building. The architects and contractors have figured out to a. dot where to put every cent of the appro priation and their scales must not be thrown out of balance. Lafo Young will head tho congres sional delegation to tho Iowa state con vention from Cummins' home county. This means that Cummins will have tho most eloquent orator In tho state to plead his causa If Lafo Young can not evoke the applause no one can. Of nil the dry weather stories Kansas comes up with the prize. A gang of threshers, unable to get enough to drink out of five Joints and three town pumps, In a rago destroyed tho inadequate drinking facilities of the place. It is a hard Job to beat out n Kansas man. Philadelphia reports the market at that point being Hooded with live stock from western states, among them Ne braska. If the Nebraska live stock which has found Its way to that market has added much to the flood It certainly does not require much to put the stream out of Its bunks. And now the limit for the consumma tion of the scheme to consolidate Omaha's frauclilsed corporations has been moved up to October. It seems to have been n game with n movablu limit from the start. Consolidation will He a reality when tho concerns nit consolidated and not before. Nebraska seems to have come out with a fair share of prize numbers In the great Oklahoma land lottery. Omaha will never bo satisfied, however, until It sees the name of our old friend George II. Ileus on tho list. Settlors of tho new reservation will need his help to show them how to run their school boards. Tho principal of the Omaha High school has been engaged to conduct the county teachers' Institute, notwithstand ing the fact that his salary as principal was supposed to cover his services dur ing thu entire year. The desire for oc cupying two places and drawing two salaries out of thu public funds should not be encouraged In school circles. The Itrltlsh House of Lords has de elded that a divorced wife Is entitled to retain any titles she might have married, even after divorce. How easy It would be for American, heiresses who have married worthless foreign bus bands to secure a title and unload the eneuinbraiico if other European coun tries would follow this precedent. Although the stamp tuxes havu been reduced to the extent of ? 10,000,000 yeurly, the receipts for .Inly up to date have been more than a million dollars above thu expenditures, which are swelled by interest payments. In dem ocrat lu times every dollar taken from tho revenue menus that much lidded to tlie deficit lu Uie treasury uceoutit. EXChVSlOX OF ASIATICS. There Is promise of nn active move ment on the Pacific eoait. before tin meeting of congress, not only In favo of continuing the law exeltidlns Chinese from the fulled States, but also fo legislation to keep out .fapanese. . short tlmo ago he labor unions of Ha Francisco adopted resolutions urging the exclusion of all Asiatics and partn. Mlarly Japanese, The Snn I'ranelsc Chronicle advocates such legislation saying tlmt "the peril which this see tlou Is In from the Invasion of .lupiinesi Is Indicated In the fact brought out In the census that those people have In creased from y.o.'K) In 1S!)0 to IM.flOO lu 11)00, 2:i,.'io of whom have settled In the Pncllle states and territories." That paper adds that "tho fight for the re enactment of the exclusion net must bu made again by the west, as it was ninde each time thu law was previously be fore congress, for It Is the free white labor of the west that Is Imperiled by Asiatic Invasion." In their petition to congress against the re-enactment of the exclusion act the Chinese point out that the eontlnu mice of that policy may be damaging to our commercial Interests In China "Commerce," says tho petition, "cannot exist without credit and what trust or credit can there bu where brute force or wanton Insult nlu the acknowledged factors on the one side and obstinacy and revenge' on the other? Your moral and commercial codes alike demand thu abolition of the exclusion act." It Is re ported that the Japanese In New York have been considering the question of organizing, In tho event of an active movement for the exclusion of their countrymen, to fight the proposition and they would have no dllllculty lu secur ing thu support of their government. The Japanese consul nt New York, while expressing the belief that con gress will not legislate to exclude the Japanese, said that should such a law be passed Japan would surely resent such a discrimination nnd would pass laws In retaliation which would hurt the trade of the United States In the east. Ho declared that Japan' docs not want to send laborers to tho fniteo States or any other country. "They are needed at home to build roads and ditches and to serve lu the army. It Is hnrd for one of the coolie class to leave Japan today? owing to lnws which the government has passed to keep them" at home." He stated that many of the Japanese who have come here as labor ers nre really students, 1 who have to work their way while learning to do things after tho American fashion. The United States, in common with all other commercial nations, Is seeking to enlarge Its trade with the Asiatic countries. Shall we bo able to accom plish this If we discriminate against thu people of those countries by exclud ing them from our territory? The policy this nation has recently pursued toward China has won tho confidence and friendship of tho Chinese and already we are deriving commercial benefit from It. May we not lose this confi dence and friendship- and Injure our commercial Interests by maintaining the discrimination we now make against thu Chinese? This is a question which It seems to us cannot wisely be Ignored. ,s to the Japanese, there can be no loubt that were we to treat them as wo nre treating the Chlnesu it would be most vigorously resented to thu very material detriment of our trade with Japan and probably with other portions of the east where Japanese Influence s strong. It would be no slight mat er to forfeit the friendship and good will of such a nation as Japan. The question of the re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion law will be de termined at the next session of con gress. Tho probability Is that the law will be continued, perhaps with some modifications, but It Is most unlikely that It will be made to apply to the Japanese. EUHUPE MUST HUT UUK FOODSTUFFS. There Is every Indication that Europe must buy more of American foodstuffs tills year than last. We have hereto fore referred to thu unfavorable crop conditions abroad and tho latest advices do not report any Improvement. In nearly every country of Europe there Is a shortage and those countries that usu ally export cannot do so this year. It Is stated that Russia has suffered more from heat aud drouth than the Missis sippi valley and in the Itiilkau reglou, which Is a fertile part of Europe and a source of Important food supplies, vege tation has suffered greatly from drouth. The latest French crop estimated give a total of something more than 00,000,000 bushels of wheat less than the require ments of home consumption. The con dition Is even worse in Germany. These facts warrant the opinion thm Suropo will need our food products this year In quantities exceeding thu require ments of any previous year. The prln- ipal anxiety of the statisticians, says the New York Times, suenis to bo us to where and how Europe will raise tho money with which to buy tho surplus food supplies of this country. It Is noted that Germany has already begun to market Investment securities, espe- lally Americans, for this purpose, and lu every money center of Europe, re marks the Times, "them is Ill-concealed auxlety In anticipation of thu money rain Involved lu tho purchase ot food supplies for the coming twelve months from a country whose merchandise Im ports show for thu fiscal year ended with Junu a shrlnkagu of over $27,000,- 000 as compared with those of the year immediately preceding and of whoso ex ports the enormous total of !f',2,',,-"JS,00O epresonts food without which the peo ple of JCurope would go hungry. Under such circumstances it Is mani festly foolish to talk of a continental ustoms union against the United States ml equally so for Germany to place higher duties on agricultural products, thereby materially Increasing tho xcost of living, which even without the pro posed duties will be higher than lust ear. It seems hardly possible that the agrarian tariff scheme for nearly dou bling thu duties ou grain and meat will prevail, While this policy Is seriously proposed lu Gcrinuny thu French gov- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; AVKDy EST) AY, JULY 31, 1001. irnnicnt. on the other hand, bus bee considering the expediency of n suspeii sloii of the duties on wheat and It Is by no means Improbable that this will I done. For American farmers tho outlook I very satisfactory. There Is an assure foreign demand for their products dur Ing the next twelve moi.ths at bette prices than (luting the past year am there Is no reason to doubt flint the home consumption will be maintained. An other prosperous year for our ngrlcul turul Interests Is certain, which gives assurance of a good business year fo all Interests. THE CUVXTV COMMISS10XEII Ml MILE, About six weeks ago three of the flv county commissioners passed a resolu tlou declaring Douglas county redls trlcted and defining the boundaries o the nuw commissioner districts Although the law expressly provide that thu district boundaries shall not be changed unless the full board of 11 v members are present at the meeting, the democratic majority has Ignored till provision of the statute, claiming tlm the duty to redlstrlct after every census is mandatory and cannot be legally frustrated bj the willful absence of one or more members of the board. This position Is, however, not In accord with the view expressed by many at torneys, who hold that the action of the board Is void, because a full board was not present when tho nctlon was taken Further confusion has been Injected Into this muddle by the attempted gcrry mnnder and Jugglery In the change of the boundaries and numbers of the ills trlcts. The contention of the demo crats Is that by changing the number of a district the member of the board residing In flie district must either take up a new residence In the new district corresponding to the number of the dls trlct from which he was elected or tlrop out altogether. This contention Is so absurd as to be hardly worthy of serl oils consideration. The law governing the redisricting of the county expressly provides that no member of the board shall be legislated out of office by thu change in district boundaries, but, on the contrary, shall continue to serve until the expiration of the term for which he is elected. Even assuming that the recent nctlon of the democrntle majority Is valid, would It be reasonable to require or expect any member of the board to take up his residence In n different part of the county because thu number of his district had been changed? If so, the majority of the board could de liberately readjust the district numbers so as to drlvu thu city members Into the country or compel the country mem bent to move Into the city. If such ugglery could bo legally practiced by the county board It could equally bo done by tho mayor and republican coun cil, who havu the right to change ward boundaries nnd by mere renumbering could oust tho two democrats from their seats. The only rational construction of the law Is that where thu commissioner dls tricts are legally changed the hold over members of the board become rep resentntivos of thu districts in which they reside and In those districts there can bu no new election until their places become vacant by death, resignation, removal or thu expiration of their terms. Under the redlstrlcted county the First, Second and Third wards con stitute the First district, in which two f the present commissioners', llarto and Connolly, reside. Inasmuch no Commissioner Harte's term does not ex pire for two years, he will continue to epreseut that district until January, 1001, and no election for commissioner can take place lu tlmt district until November, J003. Commissioner Con nolly's term expiring with tho present ear, leaves no vacancy in thu district, but the vacancies will have to be tilled from thu districts comprising the 'otirtli, Seventh and Eighth wards and tho city of South Omaha, which has been cronted u district by Itself. In order, howover, that there be no angle or controversy over the redls- trictlug some action should be taken In advance of the nominating conventions to secure from the courts an adjudica tion that will be respected by all parties. A recent report of Ambassador White discloses the reason for the restrictive legislation In Germany which appears to bo directed especially against this country. Ton years ago the United States ranked fourth in tho list of coun tries shipping goods to Germany. At the present time It outranks all others. During the same time the exports from iermany to the United States have re mained practically stationary, ranking third. The Immense increase in Aincrl- an goods shipped to Germany shows what Inroads the United States has made on local trade, which the German naturally desires to keep for himself as much as possible. What is true of Ger many Is true of almost every other country, thanks to republican policy. Speaking of tho significance of tho Islt of the German squadron to Cadi. tho premier denied it had any connec tion with his country Joining the triple lllaiice. "Spain," lie said, "has noth ing to give as an equivalent for member- hip in the alliance until Its fleet Is re built aud Its army reorganized." Aud this Is what the nation that no longer than 100 years ago was one of thu world's greatest powers has come to ns the result of bourboiiism uud misrule. If the Colombian authorities have of fered indignities to the German flag, lib reported, they havo accumulated a large load of trouble for themselves. Of all nations Germany Is least disposed to overlook such an Incident ami Internal legislation is lu such a condition lu that country that the ministry would wel come an opportunity to strengthen Itself by a little diversion in the field of for eign war. The Missouri Ulver Commission lu Its annual report complains that lack of funds has hampered the work of mak ing the river navigable. Congress was kind, however, lu taking the worry for this oversight off the minds of the com missioners for the future, but the mem bers would probably have been per fectly willing to continue their lamenta tions if the payroll had not been slopped. The Sixteenth street pavement re- linns nine neon iiung up 111 the courts, mil nun suouid not hinder the work or ordinary repairs on other streets. The worst sIi-,.mWu In .,..- ,i., ,l,.r..,..u-. i...; or icpnicciiieins oi street railway tracks. If the street railway company would fix up the holes of Its creating it great Improvement would bo notice able M,.l,,..o ..i.i i. .i . . sr, , in Hmiiuillll-S IIIIIHI- Oil I. U1IU n iiumncr ot mo lililldlllgs there have been noticeably affected by the pro- traded heat through the expansion of the materials ukmI in their construction. um.m, i.i , .1.... i ii... .. . , While nothing of this kind bus been dls closed In Omaha, It would do no harm If the building Inspector kept Ills eye out for similar phenomena here. A stitch in time saves nine. Of the thirty cadets who successfully passed thu physical and mental exami nation for entrance to West Point four were young men who were serving In the ranks when they received their ap pointments to the academy. Such Inci dents as this Illustrate the resourceful- ness of the rank and tile of the Ameri can urmy. We Do Iii I ii llptler Here. Cleveland Ix-ndcr, Thero wns a rebuke for the Ilfltlsh gov. eminent In the refusal of English soldiers to tnko medals presented by tho king, so long nc many of them hnve waited for tholr pay, Nothing of that kind was com plained about In the Spanish-American war. Tho soldiers of the United States are paid promptly and well, Tribute of Ailmlriit Inn, Washington Post. Thoso persons who make n specialty of writing of tho docility of the mule will be compelled to maho occasional exceptions. A New Orleans draymnn toolf too much liberty 'with tho rear platform of ono of tho patient beasts tho other doy and ho breathed his last before they wore ablo to ECt him to tho hospital. 'Tho mule may be patient, hut ho has a wonderful reserve force. Suunr Trust Mclionu-n Philadelphia itccord. As the tlmo approaches when the people of tho united States might reasonably expect to reap commercial and Industrial advantages from free trade with Porto Hlco nnd the Philippines and from tho re clprocal understanding with Cuba tho Sugar rust Is sharpening ls fangs In order, If possible, to make tho now conditions sub- sldlary to tho purposes of monopoly. The proposed Issue of J15.000.000 In new stock n tu..ii-ciii)- .r,wie purpose oi snaping tho Insular sugar trado to the uses of the trust nnd, possibly, to secure legislation ncrraslng tho customs tax on refined sugar. OoliiHT "Mil the Tide. Boston' Transcript. In Lord Salisbury's dolorous account of his stewardship in his speech recently, that wearied veteran remarked: "1'or years pub- nc opinion was in ravor ot a paclhc policy, but now thnt state of opinion has passed ino mm uas lurneu; anu wno am and who nre yo4hat wo should attempt io siuin mo uae; u mo tiuo lias turned ,wo shall 'hsvo to go with It. We are in mo presenco or torces far larger than we can wield. Which reminds us of tho favorite comparison of an eminent Boston merchant of two generations ago in coun- enng nis clerks to do their own thinking and stand for tholr convictions: "It Is only nean nun mat noat with tho tide; it takes llvo fish to go against it." Atuinsiihere for n llorr. Chicago Chronicle. Justice Crano of a New York court has explained tho legal ethics which should control tho protection of n mnn's pockets irom investigation by his wife. "No woman." said tho Jurist, "has a rlcht to go through her husband's pockets nny more than a husband has to go throush his wife's pockets," Ho Issued nn injunc- tlon against tho wife, commanding her unner me penalty or contempt of court to roiram irom "going through" that portion r her husband's garments In which ho mignt carry his private correspondence or otner papers. This general rulo of law would, not tend to promote peace In fami lies. There should be no domestic secrets which honest husbands and wives mav tin explore. Aincrlcnn Itnllrnnd .MniiaKcnieut. London Saturday Itovlow. For a great many years past tho dlretniK of American roads havo consistently, If i.iun-KHiy,. pursuea a policy which they con- ......... . ui.iuiuiniiy minim anij wnicn Is me very reverse of that adopted by roilway directors in this country. After providing tor the intorcst on tho debt th firsi thought of nn Amerlcnn board In of tho road itself and Its oqulpmcnt; their Inst mougnt is of tho shnreholdoi rs. Dnlnnl. essly disregarding the cries of thn inttur ior dividends, ovtry cont of earnings be- yona tho bond interest la put Into tho road nn Ita rolling stock betterments before llvldends is the motto of on Amerlcnn rail- way prcsiucnt. precisely the rovorso. as every ono Knows, Is tho policy of English railway Hoards. Our directors always divide P to tno nut und when thoy want money for the road, or extensions of it. thoy Issuo fresh capital. Which policy Is Justified by wio oenif American railway snares havo risen and will rise. British railway sharea have fallen and will fall. SH.NATOIl JO.VK.H' 1 1) HAH. in- iiiiiiii inn,- stfiteHuuiii nu Demo- emtio llutj. New York World. Th? chairman of the democratic, nntinn.i committee boldly expresses tho belief that "the noxt president will be a democrat." me worm said this, with n "must" in- itau oi a -will," on the first day of Janu. i loj.-, Aim so it was: A that u entures to soy now Is that tho next nresl- ent will not be a populist or any other son oi innatic. Senator Jones delivers himself further nf t ho opinion that "the party might dlsnlay Isttom In selecting somo discreet Jurist or now obscure butlness man whoie record faultless." It Is about three years too early to snv Ith Intelligence Just what the democratic party should do In 1504 further than thl siiould be democratic, with all that this implies nnd requires As to the candidates, n "discreet Jurist" Ight do, If bo wore able and broad and porpendlcular enouah, but tho "obscure butlness man"ls not that Playing It rather low? How would It do. for a chance, to en back to tho wholesome and safe old demo- ratio custom of nominating a statesman ho commands the respect and confidence, ot only of business men, both prominent nd obscure, hut of tho great mass of the PepUT . . 1 Corn and Wheat Crops t't Paul i lie Pioneer Vtnu lias already warned ns readers against lending credenco to the reports of the nearly total failure of the com crop In Kanras, Nebraska nsd Mis- BOUr,r oi tue icarrui ios nnd damage n "ler c,,rn states, for thcro wns every IO uunovc mat tnese reports were exaggerated for speculative purposes, wullo they derived much of their color from tho panic of the farmers, who nro muntlv ills. posed to exngzernte their losses. The nctunl facts nre set forth In a Chi cago telegram to tho Pioneer 1'rcss sum marking the telcgrnphlc reports from 300 pointi; In the largest corn ond whent- I..V..UV,..,, muim, nun wirsu BiioH- mm, as producing Btntes, nud these show thnt, as SUStin.'tPl tho ilmnnn In ,.r although very serious, hns been much ex- nggerntod. Kansas nnd Missouri uro thu w'"r''1 sufferers, but cvsn they will hnve 30 T1,1. nf, l"t year's crop, which was ono of the Inrgoat over known. Nebraska will havo 48 per cent, Illinois CO, Iowa C2 and South Dakotn 71 per cent. Taking tho eight principal corn stntes. uie average yieia win . bo 49 per cent of tho bumper crop of Inst year. In nil ttin states tho corn crop last year was 2,103, 102,516 bushels, This year It wilt be over 1,200,000,000 bushels. I,nst year It com. manded nt tho farm a little over 33 cents n bushel. This year the farmer nt present will get about 4'J cents a bushel. The total lo3s to tho farmers on corn will not bo moro than 1200,000,000, and even this will bo reduced by tho higher prices they will MAX'S .SUM.MUR ATTinK. sunny Old Hoi MnWcn n Contless Man n .rcrstl j-. Chicago News. The problom of the shirtwaist for men Is not to be settled offhand. In tho com I'.u.iwvi! privacy oi nomo or omce n man now has a reasonable assuranco that ho can dispense with coat nnd waistcoat with out violating any of tho canons of good taste. Tho shirtwaist man. or rather tho vuiiuess man, in caurcnes, mentors or other places of public assembly Is nn en tlrely different proposition, Several pus tors In various parts of tho country re cently havu approved tho custom as a re lief in very hot weather. Ono of them, nn UKiiannpolls clergyman who recently np pearcd In tho pulpit without either coat or waistcoat, evidently believes thnt such at tire Is entirely proper, "I seo no reason." ho says, "why a man cannot bo a good Christian nnd wear a shirtwaist at tho snmo time." Thnt there arc other pastors who agree with hlra hns boon shown, but it is not likely that any largo number of men. either nmong the clergy or the laity, will accept tlie argument ns conclusive There Is no apparent reason why a man cannot bo a good Christian nnd wenr his hat In the house or eat with his knife or dispense with collar and necktie. Good Christians havo done nil these things. That does not dlsnrovo tho fnrt thnt h n,i ,.i-i ttons of certain conventions established by society nre and must continue to be of- fenslve to people of certain tastes nnd hab its. Tho eternal fitness of things has to ho considered even in tho matter of clothes and however seemly and becoming a smrtwnist may appear In certain cir cumstances, tho tlmo has not yet come when It seems decorous In public halls of assem bly froquonted by persons of both sexes. To a majority of men ond women tho coatless man In a theater Is violating ono of tho moro dodnlte nnd strict of tho laws governing social usages, nightly or not, ho is Instinctively felt to bo dUrcnardlne ono or tno courtesies duo to tho other sex. In a church, seemingly, this foellne must bo Intensified, and vorv nrmmrlv. On hn whole, It may bo accepted that tho shlrt- walHt. desirable enough in certain condl Hons, will not bo wolcomed In thoso places where a certain formality is unconsciously regarded to bo necessary as a sign of respect. That the sentiment aanlnst It Is rooted In something deopcr than local prejudice is shown by the fact that even in tho tropics, where mon long ago learned to dress for severe heat, tho slnglo upper garment worn by civilized man U designed to look lilto a coat. 1'KItSONAI. JVOTI3S. New York has officially rocognlted the number 13 ns unlucky by abolishing this numerical combination from ihn wnrriR nt th ninehnmrnn hnanitni. Tho Hartford Po wnm. m, vm. that ho "should reservo somo of his vocab ulary for uso in case ho should over decldo to write a history of the weather bureau." Tho sea serpent season has opened hope fully in South Dakota with a specimen "at least seventy-flvo feet In length." It was a prehistoric creaturo and Is now petri fied. The survival of superstitions Inherently Irrational Is ono of tho strangest facts In human nature. Shamrock II did not start for this sldo on Friday "In deferenco to nautical superstition." "General Dewct," says an American ac quaintance of tho Boer soldier, "Is the fluent horseman In South Africa. Ho sits on his horse bb gracefully as a prlnco and sticks on llko n cowboy." Henri Labouchcre eald recently; "I re gard tho whole human race as llttlo animals fussing about tha rind of ono of tho mil lions on millions nf worlds nnd so their artificial distinctions hovo no significance to mo- F. C. Donald, commissioner of tho Ccn- trnl Passenger association, entered railway work In 1883 as Northwestern passenger ana trcignt agent of tho Chicago & Atlantic railroad at St. Paul, Minn. Ho Is an en tmisiastlc sportsman and tho first vlco president or tho Chicago Automobile club. Tho Inst clauso of a will which was filed for probate In Washington, D. C, ono day lost wcok, significantly says: "Tho net sum of $188,000 left by this will Is tho financial result ot a long life of Industry and economy and If used for good and use ful purposes by those to whom It Is now given Is enough. And If not so used is too much." Ono of tho hardest workors nnd most In dustrious olMclalB of tho United States gov ernment Is William C. Sanger, assistant secretary of war. Ho reaches his olhce about 8 o'clock In tho morning nnd keeps at his work with only n short Intermission for luncheon until 6 o'clock and after. Ho finds Jlme to see everybody nnd to talk according to tho merit of the causo. For years Dr. It, Johnson Held of Now York had been preparing nn exhaustive treatise on diseases of the eye, car and nose. The other evening ho completed tho inst. of tho B.r.ss tvnnrittBi, , n,i with a Bigh of satisfaction sat back In his chair to enjoy a cigar. He fell off Into a nap, from which ho awoke to find that tho burning end of his perfesto had Ignited tho cloth of a tablo on which ho had laid the manuscript. Tho pages wore nearly all consumed and lay In a heap of ashes. "Peter Bryant of Holtnn," says the Kansas City Journal, "Is a nephew of the lafo William Culln Ilryant and last week heforn n Ilrvnnt tiiamrirln I miiAllnv lm ,tn. 1 Ivprnl nn Arid n'K nn If I I n nn t Llncmfin m KnrinirniOrf in nu had tho true Kansas swing. Hu said: 'Fifty years of busy llfo Is a long time to tell much about In the short space of half an hour and tho audience will nardon me If as I recollect over this long stretch of ground I touch only the high places.' " Pioneer fre?. gel for the larger uniounts of com they liavo still en hand, Moreover, thu corn crop Is likely to he better than these re ports show, for the scorching drouth has been broken In nil the corn states by heuvy rains. men, ngnin, tno wiieni crop win nn unusitnlly heavy one In Kansas nnd No. brnskn and other corn states, nnd thK will compensate them to some extent for their losses on corn. Coming to the spring wheat states, Mln nesota, North Dakota nnd South Dakota, where wheat Is tho principal crop, nearly nil the conditions up to tho present tlmo hnvo favored the prospect of a lnrger Hum iirei.isii uiuii, Aiiiiiiugn corn i 1101 n Inn.lln.. .Innln ,.f n rl mil I I.. ,1...... states, It hns dono coinpaintively well. Min nesota, which last year produced 31,704,713 bushels, will this year produro 2O.Cfi0,5CO, or 6j per cent, nnd South Dakota will hnvo over 23,000,000 ngnlnat 32,I18,S1!) last year, or 71 per cent. North Dakota produces loo little corn to be taken Into nccount. Hut the corn losses In thrse states will be moru thnn made up to thu farmers by tho "a,lc "P iao larmers uy mo Increase in prices, nnd the abundant wheat crop, which somo of the best nuthorlttos estimate will ho one of tho largest ever known, will also commnnd considerably hUhcr prices than last year, for Kuropo has a short wheat crop this year nnd tho foreign demand Is likely to Insure good prices for all tho whent of Minnesota and tho two Dakotas. This means prosperity for tho farmers of thetc stntes. MCIITM AMI -SIIADl'.S l COTIIAM. Sri-lien nnil Incident In nnd Around Xrw Vnrk City. Dawn was Just breaking when tho night owl trolley car from Jersey City to liny onne turned thu bend under tho Lehigh Vnlioy crossing and ran southward to tho Point. It wns going nt Its highest speed nnd tho motormau clanged thu gong im patiently ns a warning to milkmen on tho shlo streets that tho night owl was on tlmo nnd had the right of way. Tho car was neur Twenty-fifth street. relates the New York Sun, when a woman Jumped between thu tracks and waved n white handkerchief with n frantic flutter. Tho motormau shut off the power nud nn piled tho brakes fib quickly as to send a bicary-eyed laborer who was asleep sprawl Ing to tho bottom of thu car. "For Ood's sake, turn around ond take mo to Dr. Blank's," cried the womnn iho was young, but palo and thin. Sho was hatless nnd wns panting from excite mem nnii terror, in ner nrms sue was hugging a baby, upon whoso face, tho color of chalk, death's mark seemed stnmiied. "My baby boy is dying, nnd I must get mm to mo doctor's," sho urged. "There's n llttlo hope. Oh! for pity's sake, sir, turn around and take mo to Dr. Blank's. Tho baby Is fast going; it's cholera Infan tum. Hurry! hurry!' Dr. Blank's ofllco was ono and n half miles back ond no other car was duo for an hour, without a word tho motorman leaped to tho streot, grabbed tho frantic mother ond her burden In his arms nnd lifted her bodily to a scat. Jerklnir thn controller from Its place ho Jumped to the ground, and running to tho other end of tho car sprang aboard. Meanwhllo tlm enn. ductor had swung round the trolley pole, 1,10 conscience. nnd with a bound tho ear started back in Wo nro repeatedly naked by well-mean-n race with death, 'ng, Intelligent man, business men, Inclinl- Tho mllo and a half was covered in a llttlo loss than two minutes, and when thn doctor's house was reached a dozen hands wero held out to help tha llttlo woman and her babe to the streot. Tho child was scarcely breathing, and tho lids of his half-open eyes wore fluttering ominously, With a cry of thonlts tho woman nlmost fell from tho car in her haste. Then the enr resumed its Journey. Somo of tho passengers felt so much interest In tho caso that thoy mado In quiries about It Inter in tho day. Thcro. tore mo Sun Is able to supply tho seouel T f annma , I. .1 . V. . u . . .... .. ...v W1D ,uulllur urrivnn in time, moral arterrents, newspapers arc as powcr ror oftcr somo hard work baby's llfo was less to reform as nro tho clorgy. saved. Tho mother two hours later, being Then, too, In tho Orient n in tho west. h mil " , ' ca"yinK " bnby But sho didn't mind that, becauso her baby promised to llvo. "Founder" Bradley, tho man who com menced Asbury park In tho woods nnd ennds of New Jersey, hns taken n despcrato stand for tho purpose ot saving himself from greater troubles. . ...... imun 11 hit nnniK Ho has decreed that thero shall bo no prlzo offorcd this year for the prottlest baby in his annual baby show of 1S01. "You can tell which baby is the heaviest uy weigning it," said ono of tho managers, "and tho longest by measuring It, but by what standard can you Bay that this ono is prettier than that?" "On Its looks." "Yes, you might think so if you hadn't been through a half dozen shows nnd grown urn oeiore your tlmo becnuso of It. Sup poso io motnors enter ns many kids for mo neauty prlzo. One carries off a mcdnl and tho otherB mob the commltteo nnd hold bitterness In their hearts for a year. Thero nro uinerent standards of beauty and woman would not bo human who did not think, her child tho Iovollest In creation "To avoid this danger, tho annunl shows mis year win do snort ono of tho most valued prizes," Stories of tho fabulous fees charged by New York's groat surgeons for services to rich patients n'muso everyone except tho patients memseivcs. "I'm poor," said a visitor from tho country to nn Kvenlng Post reporter, "but I'vo got bo I can ap preciate thoso stories of high charges. Whon I cumo to town I noticed a llttlo round swelling on my wrlBt. It bothered me and ono day when I saw a sign, 'Dr. John Doe,' I thought I'd go In and have It looked nt. Well, I wa shown Into a lino room ami In n minute a pleasant looking man on mo In. '"Dr. Doo?' 1 aays and held up my wrlBt. " Ah, a weeping sinew,' Bays ho, as If ho'd been waiting for years for a chanco to study a cbbo llko mine. "I didn't say anything, but kopt my wrist out with tho hand hanging limp while ho took down a book from tho shelf. I expected him to turn over tho pages and look up my trouble under B or W and then prescrlbo something nnd ndvlso mo to eat uo canvasbacks for a few days. Instead, ho gavo me n crack on tho wrist llko a thousand of brick! It was right on tho Bwelllng and hurt llko a cannon ball. I Jumped high In the air and yelled. " 'Your weeping sinew's gone,' says the doctor quietly. "Ilireo dollars.' "I wns too much surprised to say a word and I paid it. But no wonder your city doctors get rich. Three dollars! Any blucksmlth would havo dono that Job for the fun of doing It." Within a few days an Innovation will be introduced lu New York banking circles. "Banking hours" has always been synony mous with getting to business n llttlo be fore the mlddlo of the day and leaving It early In tho afternoon. A new bank pro poses to change all that. Tho ICrnpIre Stnto bank, chartered recently by Superintendent Kllburn, will begin business somntlmo next week In the Arcade of tho Kmplro build Ins, ot Broadway and Itcctor streets, re ports the Tribune. The hours nf this In stitution will bo from ! o'clock in tho morning to C o'clock In the evening. The purpose In to offer to customers advantages In tho way of hanking that ran be obtained at no other slmllnr Institution in the city. It Is probable tlmt B. It. l'liomns. who wns tho joungest bnnk president In the country when hu assumed the position ns hend of the now defunct Seventh National bunk, remaining In olllcu ono day, will lm the president of tho new bank. It Is Mr Thomas' ambition to head nn Instllutlra of the kind while he Is yet young. Thomas ft I'ost are the promoters, nud Orlando V. Thomas, n member of the (Inn, has already iieeii elected to the vice piesldency. 0. 1 Thomas H nUo president of the Knmlro Stnto Heet Sugar company, n director lu tho International Silver company nnd Is Inter ested In tho Oenernl Carriage company It is announced that the Kmnlre Htnt bank will not attempt to do n general banking business In Wall street, but wilt try to do the bulk of Its business with the tennnts of tho bulldlnn In which It Is to bo situated. The Ihnnlro bulldlnc u practically filled with large steel nnd iron companies whoso capitalization runs up Into the millions. They nre mostly new combinations, mndo within tho last few years, nnd have not been In business long enough to make allHIntlons that may i, considered permnnent. two commuters walked on a ferryboat Just In tlmo to jiee n stranger nppronrlate tho Inst two stools, 'if anything mnkes mo not under tho collar." said onu of them. "It Is to Kee n fellow tnke two stools, es pecially lu this hot weather. It Is so un kind to others. I hnto a hog." Just at that moment n fflend called out the sneak. er's name, addlug cheerily, "I kept a chalt for you." As tho Indignant ono sat down, his friend continued' "I hato to seo a follow take only one chair. It looks so lonesome, as If he had not n friend In the world." And tho Indignant one. tclllnc tlm story later, remarked, "Now, I wonder who had the right view of the thing?" lit MA WHMCKft IX THU OlltU.Vl'. Where "Viiuhk Men nud Women, Too," IJo to Perdition nt n ChIIoii. Manila New American. What Is thcro so deleterious in tho rll- mato of thu Philippines that causes young Americans, ond Europeans, too, to degen erate so quickly nad go to tho devil? Thero Is something about the matter that Is In explicable. Once started on tho downward grado bore, young men, nnd women, too. go It to perdition nt a gallop. Tncro saoms to be no staying them. The want of real privacy In homes, hotels and lodging houses, tho nbtencu of regular and varied means of theatrical performances nnd other forms of nmuscments, lack of social en joyments and privileges all tond to throw young men and young women upon their own resources for diversion and cscan from ennui, often a moro serious feeling tnan lllnt cvo"i honieslcknets, resulting in recklessness and desperation, Then's the tlmo to put on the brakes' The young man under thoso conditions Is In grave (longer In such a city. Par from home, nwny from the ordlnnry restraints that elsewhere surround ond safeguard the young, unprotected by a strong moral at- niosphcrc, tho Inexperienced youth Is on dnngorous moral ground in moments of dls- K"sx- ,lrnce unI Then's the tlmo not to look upon the "flllor that Is red In the vnln hope of "drowning trouble," nor to floo to the COI"panlonshlp of n viler and uncleaner and vas,,y moro dangerous character, which too often ruins body and mind, as well as scars ln8 persons engaged in the liquor business. t0 wrlto on this subject to warn young "lon of 1,10 dangers that beset them, to hold olJt n rd danger light, as it were, to warn tl,r,n of tlie tobogganlike slide that lies before thn carelew iind the 'reckless' In (lio tropics. We fear thero Isn't much to hope 'rm nowspoper homilies. When tho tor- rlblo examples of sudden and Untimely deaths, suicides, tho ttalklng about ot wasted and unambitious lives, bodies dis eased and rooking becauso of Indulgence In lust and unclennncss and minds un- Jangled ond out of tune, do not servo as I ... tho old battle of man continues to bo fought out on tho samo old linos of evolution tho fittest will survlvo. Thoso who do not havo enough moral stamina to withstand tempta tion ncr BUlllclcnt strength of mind to de tormlno for themselves as between right nnd wrong would senrccly bo worth Having. This is an ago for men nnd thoy will sur vive for their mlmlon; tho "wrecks" will, wo fear, continue to huvo to tho end. "ino wago of Blu is death," In tho orient, wiioro tho truth was first claimed, as well as elsewhere pro- l'l.ASHKS OK TUN. Washington Star; "Do man dat staht out to git sumpln' foh nullln'," nnld Undo Kbcn. "glnorly winds up by glttln' nuflln' foh sumpln'." Indianapolis Nowh: "Do you suffer much from the heitt at your houHo?" "No; wo keep tho thermometer In tho Icebox. Pittsburg Chronicle: thing thnt t.bnjt tho Bugglns Ciirloua Brooklyn brldso breaking Its susponders owing to thn hot wenwier. Gllcrugglns Huh! It ought to havo worn a belt, Philadelphia Press: "Speaking of strnlnod relations," begnn Mr. Dinwiddle. ' Well, go on," hold Mr. Van liroam, en couragingly. "It doesn't clarify relations much to ftrnln them." Boston Transcript; Orcene Bascom doesn't know anything about politics, but he's an honest man. Orny Don't you think it Is too bad to blnmo him for being honest If ho knows nothing about politics? Pray, what could you expect? Detroit Vrcn ProsH: "Thn necret of hup plnesB is to live lu tho present." "That's Ho. but mv wife Is Ing money for tomorrow nnd bill colleetors, you know, won't hit you forget yesterday." Baltlmoro Amerlcnn: "Tnko that dog off tho streot or I'll run you In," ordered Iho coiiHclontlotis policeman. "But why7" asked tho man with tho dog. "He hns it llcensn on." "That's all right uh fnr as It goes, hut that'H'a spitz dog and w havu strict ordcrn to enforce thu antl-cxpcctorutloii ordi nance." Ohio Stato Journal: "Olmme my money! I'm goln' t' null y'!" Hnanncd thn Mnnhrntin as Hhe chewed her gum viciously. "Why. Dottle, what's tho matter?" queried tho show mnnagur nghust. uon yrr givin- ur star tn calciums nil th' time." said Dottlo In an Injured tnnn. "They've only been turned on mo onco this week!" HOT WKATIIUIl AMHHL'MK.Vr, Some rvlllo Journal. Ob. When tho mercury's nt M Ann tno winii is ui tun west, It'u hard to work, or play, or rend, ur whip, wiui eager wm. All energy seems lacking, And you'll generally find That a very tired feeling Hub posHesslon of mankind. Hut. When tho mercury at 00 And thu wind Is In thn west, It doesn't phazu tho golfer, In his noisy costumn ilrr.n,.ii You may sen him dally foozling inii ii i iiiiiiiuk, Kunming "Fore! While tho healthful perHplratlnu uusi'N uui in uvurj- poru, Well. Jin prutuuds that ho In hniniv, And It may b that ho Is, ' But tho man who seeks hupIi nUniiirc Wen, lm doesn't know his biz. It Is better to do nothing 111 nOXt to lKJtlllnL' ilrrmnH When tho mercury'H at 50 mu me winu is in the west: