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The umaiia Daily Bee.
E. HOSKWATKft, EDITOR.
PUBLISHED EVE11Y MOItNIXO.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nubraskn, Douglas County, bs.:
uJfi ii 5F hucK, secretary ot Thu Ileo
.."P ..'-ompnny, oeing duly sworn,
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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:
