THE OMAHA DAIIT BEE: TUESDAY, AUGUST G, 1901.
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STATEMENT OK CIUCULATION.
Statu of Nebrusku, Douglas County, ss.:
Uorgo H. Tzscnuck, secretary of Tho Hoe
Publlsnlng Compiuiy, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full unu
complete copies of The Dully, MurnlliK,
Kveulng und Sunday lleo, printed during tlie
month ol July, umi, wan us follows;
1 ar,,nto 17 M.itto
2 'M.-l'l'i Is sr., 1110
3 .v-7 19 as.iiio
4 Sl.dllO IV "M.U'20
6 i!r,NH 21 vt.-.,aiti
c sr,,:inu 22 :j.-.,oho
7 sn.riin zz it.-.,:Mo
8 ur.,:ir,l 24 ari.ano
0 un.aio 23 .-.,:iio
10 m.umi 26 un,sr.u
11 sr.,:i7 ,27 sn.Sho
12 'm.vm '28 U.1,740
13 sr.,:i.-i 23 sn.auo
14 sn.nnr. so un,i!7o
is s:r,oro 31 a.v-iao
18 25,070
Total 784,015
J-cJs unsold and returned copies.... ,ooi:
Net total sales 77.',, ((lit
Net dully average... SR.ooo
GEO. U. T.SCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
oeforo mo this 31st day of July, A. fJ. 1001.
M. U. Hl'NOATi:.
Notary Public.
PAHTIUS LKAVINO Foil SUMMI2II.
I'artlc lcnvtiiK the city for
the summer niny linrc The lice
sent (o thrm rrKiilnrly "X
notlfylnir The lice Illiniums
office, In person or ly mall.
The nddreaii trill lie chniiRed
alien nil desired.
Odnr Itaplds Is now tho center of
political gravity for Iowa politicians.
It Is no longer a question of hot
wlntlH In August, but nnrly frost lu
September.
Just wait until those new game war
dens enn set In their work nutl listen to
tho howl that goes up from the out-of-sonson
poachers.
There Is nn abundance of bills and
claims before the .South Omaha coun
cil, but u very slim prospect of raising
tho money to pay them.
h'rom the number of early shoots It
does not look as If any drouth; had In
terfered with tho annual crop of candi
dates for the local ofllces lu Douglas
county.
Kudyard Kipling Is ndvlslng the
British politicians how to run their coun
try. Tlie politicians arc afraid to tell
Kipling how he might write poetry for
fear they .will start another eruption.
While the two-minute, trotter may
kick up tlie dust, the demnud in all
parts of the globe for tlie good old
American mule keeps him well In the
front In tlie race for eipilne supremacy.
Democratic and populist lawyers are
not falling over each other In pursuit
of the nomination for supreme Judge.
Tho appetite for olilce Is as strong as
ever, but few care to play a long shot
for a winner.
All of the questions Involved In tho
bcliley Inquiry are being exhaustively
discussed and passed upon by the press
of tho country. The court of innulrv
will meet September 11!, merely for the
discharge of a perfunctory duty.
No one can complain of snap Judgment
In the republican county nominations
this year, since the committee has made
the call for the primaries a full eight
weeks in advance. As tlie primary
election law requires ouly twenty days
notice, this Is certainly glvlug full
measure.
Foreigners In Pekln are becoming
alarmed over the hostile attitude of tlie
Chinese, emboldened by the departure
or the foreign troops. The foreign rest
dents should not stampede. After the
experience tliey have gone through the
Chinese are not likely to Invite nnothu
visit from the nllied army.
Ux-ttovernor Stone of Missouri Is. out
ns a candidate for tlie democratic nom
nation for the presidency In 1P01. Tho
Deo has Deen buzzing In the bonnet of
the ex-governor for several years, but
up to the present It never madu enoii
of a disturbance to attract the attention
of the men who direct tho affairs of tho
party.
It is doubtless necessary for the
engineers representing the Interested
capitalists to Inspect tho route of tho
proposed power canal that is to fur
nish electrical energy for Omaha manu
facturlug Institutions, but the people
of Omaha would prefer by far an assur
anco that they may Inspect the llnlshcd
plant within a reasonable time. Tho
power plant will look better In oper
atlon than It docs on paper.
It is Impossible to agree with Senator
Tillman lu many of his views, but it is
equally Impossible not to admlro his
frankness, lie boldly defends lynching
and nlso announces that the white
people of his state, though lu the mi
nority, propose to rule the state,como
what may. While other southern demo
crats are llndlng excuses for laws do
nlgneil to disfranchise tho blacks and
deify such Is their purpose, Tillman has
tiie hardihood to say so.
THE TAHIFF QUESTION.
The commanding question, without
any doubt, before the next congress,
will bo that of the tariff. This Is plainly
Indicated by every expression of leading
republicans and particularly by those
who are nearest the administration.
The best evidence of this Is furnished
In the recent Interview with Senator
Oullom of Illinois, a man whose In
llucnce lu the senate Is very great and
who Is something of a power with the
administration.
Senator Cullom was a recent visitor
to Canton, O., where he held nn Inter
view with President McKlnlcy. Accord
ing to the Associated Press report Mr.
Cullom found the president favorable to
some modlllcatlons of the tariff and
particularly Interested In a policy of
reciprocity, which means necessarily a
change In the tariff schedules In the In
terests of freer trade. In regard to
this the secretary of agriculture Is re
ported to have said that be hnd no doubt
that the senate at Its next session would
ratify some of tho treaties which baVe
been negotiated and would fnvor others
that are In process of negotiation.
In reference to this the secretary of
agriculture Is reported as saying that
he had no doubt that congress would en
dorse some of the reciprocity arrange
ments nlroady negotiated and that it
would endorse others yet to be ar
ranged. Ho did not anticipate any
general tearing up of the tariff, but only
such changes ns nre necessary, without
opening up the whole question and with
out tho disturbance to business that
would attend a general revision. In
other words. Senator Cullom, In com
mon with republicans generally, does
not think that It Is necessary to make
a general revision of the tariff, though
it may be expedient to modify It In cer
tain respects, ns for Instance the Iron
and steel schedules, which In the
general Judgment do not now need pro
tection. The particular slgnlllcance of the ut
terances of Senator Cullom Is due to the
fact that they were made Immediately
after his conference with President Mo-
Klnley. There have been Intimations,
more or less authoritative, that the
president Is In favor of some departure
from the radical policy of protection and
there seems to be no doubt that he Is
disposed to favor a reciprocity system
that will abate certain protective
principles In the Interest of a closer
commercial arrangement with other
countries. There has been no direct Inti
mation from President McKlnlcy that lie
holds this position, but there Is very
good reason to believe that he Is pre
pared to favor an economic policy that
will bring the United States Into closer
commercial relations with other coun
tries. Senator Cullom Is pretty close
to the president In this matter and his
views lu regard to It may be regarded as
reflecting pretty accurately the position
of the administration. From this point
of view It seems pretty safe to predict
that the intluence of the administration
will be exerted In behalf of the. reci
procity treaties already negotiated, or
such of tlieui as pronilsoVto benefit our
export trade.
LIMITS OF HAIWAY CUMUINATIUK.
The current Review of Kevlows has
nn article contributed by II. T. New
comb, editor of the Hallway World, on
"the recent great railway combinations"
that throws some interesting light on
the question how far the centralizing
tendency can go or. rather, Is likely to
go In the near future. Uy grouping the
different Hues subject to common con
trol If not common ownership, the au
thor gives a graphic Illustration of the
extent to which consolidation has al
ready been effected. The systems and
mileage covering more than .r,(XRi miles
of trackage are enumerated as follows:
Vamicrbllt system 19,453 miles
Pennsylvania nytcm 13,772 miles
Morgan system 11.7J& miles
Morgan-Hill system 20,458 miles
Harrlmun system 18,800 miles
Gould system 13,705 miles
The more Important separate lines,
some of them under the Inllueuce of the
larger systems, foot up In addition some
thing over 40,000 mllos. After review
ing the history of the deals by which
this result has been brought about Mr.
Newcomb ventures this slgnlllcant
opinion:
It is not certain that the current move
ment has not, In somo Instanced, nrtvanced
further than tho present economic situation
Justifies, that the method of effecting somo
of tho recent combinations has not been
extravneant, nor that some of tho opera
tions have not been inspired by tho wish
to securo speculative prontB. Tho oppor
tunity to do so bas been great and, ns most
notablb Industrial movements attach to
themselves parasitic operations, It Is quite
probable that the ultimate analyses will
show that somo railway properties have
been combined by extravagant Issues of se
curities which have largely passed out of
the hands of thoso who effected tho com
binations. Such combinations will eventu
ally have to bo reorganized under lower
capitalization or may even fall to pieces of
their own weight.
While this Judgment coincides with
that already expressed by The Uee, tho
author quoted goes further to express
tho conviction that for the present rail
way consolidation must proceed nlong
the lines now mapped on tho group
system. Absolute unification of nil tho
roads In the country he declares to be
far In the future If at all conceivable.
Not- many decades, be says, will proba
bly elapse before the lines south of the
Potomnc and Ohio and enst of the Mis
slsslppl nre combined; another combina
tion will Include tho east and, west lines
north of these rivers from the Atlantic
to the grain-producing regions; another
probable line of concentration will nf
fect the lines connecting tho Mississippi
and the Paclllc coast, one north nntl
ono south of tho Iowa-Mlssourl bound
ary. "The most spectacular of all proposl
tlons and that most frequently an
nounced Is least likely. There will be
no lino under ono management from
the Atlantic to tho Paclllc coast. Such
a combination would Introduce thu very
competition that It Is the purpose of the
leaders of the railway world to pre
vent." If this survey of tljc Held Is based on
sound reason, and It Is made by an ex-
pert lu railway matters, the limits of
railway consolidation linve nlroady
nboitt overtaken the Industrial condi
tions that warrant them and further
absorption will come slower, dependent
upon trade expansion. After all it Is
the tralllc of the country traversed
upon which the railroads must sub
sist and the railroad cannot advance
far In advance of the development of
the resources of the territory It covers.
VIIOSI'XCTIVE 11EA1, ESTATE VALVES.
Kxperience has demonstrated that In
periods of business depression real es
tate Is the llrst thing to go down and
In periods of business prosperity real
estate Is the last thing to go up. This
fact doubtless accounts for the slow ap
preciation lu real estate values since
the advent of general prosperity. It Is
quite natural that farming lands should
feel the Impulse of business Improve
ment before town lots and city prop
erty. This applies especially to real
estate In the far western states. An
explanation of the comparatively light
demand for city real estate may be
found lu the absorption of the loanable
surplus of the country In Industrials, or
stocks nnd bonds Issued by the syndi
cates' and trusts controlling the vast
Industrial combinations. In Omahn the
potential factors In repressing real es
tate speculation have been the process
of foreclosure that has followed the col
lapse of tho boom in city property and
excessive taxation. In other cities the
drawbacks are gradually disappearing.
A marked revival In activity In real es
tate Is reported In New York, Chicago,
St, Louis and nearly all of the large
cities of the country. The general and
pronounced depreciation lu railway se
curities has directed attention to the
greater stability of Investments In renl
estate, especially the Investment of trust
funds.
A prominent Chicago llnancler, dis
cussing this matter In a recent number
of the Commercial West, says:
No better Investment has or could be
nitulo In this country than that well made
upon real estate security, and It Is almost
Invariably true that It pays a rate of Inter
est 1 per cent higher. It pays this rate,
not becauso It Is not equally secure, or will
not year In and year out compare favora
bly with any other high grade Investment,
but for tho single reason that It Is not
quoted ou exchanges and Is, therefore,
subject to Individual burgaln nnd sale when
realized on, a feature which should not bo
used against It by trustees to the disad
vantage of benotlciarles where the estate
under consideration has no necessity of a
security which can be disposed of in tho
open market. The only objection that
car. he rnbed and not satisfactorily met is
that they are not readily negotiable lu the
open market.
The only serious obstacle In the way
of marked real estate improvement Is
excessive taxation. The burdens Im
posed upon real estate for the mainte
nance of city, county and stnte govern
ment have had a great deal to do with
the depreciation of real estate values.
Kxcesslve taxation has had a damaging
effect upon Omaha real estate and has
had more to do with depreciating values
than the steady stream of mortgage
foreclosures. So loug as It Is cheaper
to pay rent than to own storehouses
and dwellings business men will not in
vest In city property. Omaha must
emulate the example of other cities by
compelling a more equitable assessment
of property and by enforcing greater
economy In the administration of city,
county ami state affairs.
The Chicago board or equalization,
which has been in session for upwhrds
of a month, will close Its labors with the
revision of tlie assessment of railroad
property on the tax rolls. It is charged
that a very large portion of the $l!00.
000,000 of railroad real estate within
the city limits of Chicago has escaped
taxation. Tho attention, of the board
has recently been called to the fact
that railroad real estate which has
been entered as trackage Is being leased
by the roads for business purposes.
For example, the Santa Fe owns TA'l
acres of land lu Cook county, of which
moro than ninety acres is located
near Clark street between Twelfth and
Sixteenth. This property is estimated
to be worth at least ?."0,000,000. The
grenter part of It Is leased to business
concerns and large monthly rentals are
collected for Its use, yet this goes in as
trackage, and the entire valuation of
this property for 1000 was returned to
the city at 270,0.1:1. The Chicago &
Western Indiana railroad has leased
eight lots near Polk and Dearborn
streets at 97,100, while tho assessors
place the value of these lots at
(150. This systematic evasion of local
taxes on the part of the great railways
Is by no menu conllncd to Chicago
and the action which Chicago will take
In the revision of the ridiculously low
assessment will blaze the way for other
cities similarly allllcted.
The east, whenever the question of
irrigation enterprises has been up In
congress, has always fought favorable
nctlon. The representatives of that se
tlon havo always held that If tho west
wanted to Irrigate It should not look
to tlie government for any assistance
It wns all the government could do to
Improve eastern harbors. The pro
tracted drouth In certain sections this
year has opened the eyes of the east
to the fact that the raising of a crop
In the west Is of ns much conse
quence to the east as to the west. It Is
to be hoped the lesson may be effective
In rendering eastern congressmen more
reasonable lu the future.
Hussla wants .Tnpan to waive claims
on Corea and take a slice of the main
land of China Instead. Russian gener
osity with the property of others Is re
freshing. With the United States and
England absolutely committed against
the partition of China such a scheme Is
likely to bo blocked. The trade of
both countries lu China Is worth too
much to bo sacrificed to Uussla without
an effort to preservo It.
Lately compiled statistics shatter
some Ideas that have been almost' uni
versally held. India Is generally looked
upon as n country densely populated, np
compared with others. In this respect
It Is outranked by Englnnd and Wales,
Uelglum, llollaud, Austria, Switzerland,
Germany nnd France In Europe nnd by
Japan lu the Orient. The great density
of population has often been cited ns a
reason why India could not Improve
greatly lu nn ludustrlnl way, but the
countries which exceed It are those
which arc most highly developed along
these Hues. Some other explanation of
the stagnation of that country must be
looked for.
The east pretends to believe that the
west docs not amount to much and that
the people of the east constitute all
there Is of consequence of the United
States. When It Is repotted, however,
that the corn or wheat crop of the west
Is likely to be a failure the east sud
denly remembers that such a condition
will largely cut off their income. Tlie
west has heretofore given eastern pro
vlnclnllstu some severe Jolts and Is
likely to deliver nunc. The west Is
coming and must have a clear track.
The cool weather and the rains have
enabled Nebraskaus to take a calm sur
vey of the situation and the result Is
the opinion that the state is not nearly
so hard hit as had becu thought. It
conies out of the ordeal on the whole
In as good shape If not better than any
other state In the union. With a
bumper crop of wheat, plenty of hay
and from half u crop to better of corn
there Is nothing the matter with Ne
braska. Secretary Wilson advises Nebraska
farmers to raise canalgre, a plant used
In tanning hides. The soli of the state
Is suited to It and when tlie plant Is
raised some enterprising men should
proceed to use It on the hides from
South Omaha's packing houses. There
Is no reason why this should not be one
of the largest tanning centers lu the
world.
The eastern papers of tho country
which two weeks ago were announcing
the absolute ruin of the Nebraska
fanner should have the decency to cor
rect the false reports they scattered.
The Nebraska farmer will have no
trouble In taking care of his own.
To MnUc ItiiiipliirfM Ciiiuplt-te.
New York World.
Tho Canned Salmon trust is the newest.
A Prune trust ouly is needed now to mako
boarding house keepers thoroughly un
happy. WorUliiK n Cinuli.
Chicago News.
The Coal trust needs smnshlng; It has
put up coal 10 cents a ton with no excuse
except that it could. It did not oven need
tho money.
lieuecill)- Kind, You Kiioit,
Washington Post.
It Is deuccdly nlco In the Hrltlsh consul
nt Manila to worry over our responsibili
ties In the Philippines. It shows such a
nice, neighborly spirit, you know.
Ilnlniirlntc the Account.
St. Pnul Pioneer Press,
"Tho loss to tho farmers," wo were told
during the late drouth, "Is reaching up Into
the hundreds of millions of dollars." "The
rece.nt rains," wo nro now told by-tho same
senders of .dispatcher "have been worth
hundred of millions of- dollars to the farm
ers." Then, It seems, rthc farmers have no
balance to collect of Nature.
KnrliiK Hie I-'titun-.
,,.
T.oulsvllle Courier-Journal.
Maryland democrat follow thoso of Ohio
In Ignoring Mr. Oryan-nnd tho platforms ot
1S0G and JOOO. nut Maryland democrats
follow Ohio only because their convention
was held subsequently to that of- Ohio.
They have long been .known to be In favor
of letting the dead past bury Its dead and
of turning their faces to tho future. And
Maryland and Ohio arc but the beginning In
this forward march.
Anic-rlruii nriinmn mid Munclr.
New Y'ork Tribune.
American brooms sweep clean. They
havo sept Havana entirely clear of yellow
fever and the Cubans have learned such les
sons In scrubbing and in sanitary precau
tions of all kinds from the Yankees tint
this pestilential malady Is likely to bo extir
pated In the West Indies nnd to exist no
longer us n menaco to the health and pros
perity of the ports of our southern states.
Spain was never sufficiently energetic In Its
efforts to Etamp out disease. A thoroughly
cleansed Cuba will bo almost an earthly
paradise.
Crliuliinln Turned I.oonp,
Buffalo Kxprcss.
Trial by Jury is not tho law In Hawaii,
but It Is required by the constitution of tho
United States. Accordingly, Federal Judge
Clear of Hawaii has released on habeas cor
pus petition all prisoners sentenced oftor
the resolution ot annexation was signed by
the president, on tho ground that they did
not hove a legal Jury trial. Tho oddest
feature of this la that it Is based on the
Porto IUcan decisions of the United States
supreme court. It Is ono nf tho queer
complications which havo resulted from th
apparent compromise of opinions in th
supremo court's decision.
iiilnK Alirond for Home .Venn.
Philadelphia Times.
One looks In vuln In tho nowspapers of
Missouri, Kansas, Ncbrnsl'a and other
drouth-Inflicted statca for confirmation of
tho stories sent out last week from tho
corn pits of the Chicago and New York ex
changes that corn was burned down to the
ground, streams dried up, cattlo dying by
the thousands and other similar calamity
bowlings, heading newspapers In Kansas
and Missouri did not even make llrst puge
features of the drouth and there does not
appear to be oven one editor who agrees
with tho lightning calculators In Chicago
and New York that tho losses havo been so
enormous. Weetern farmers no longer de
pend upon a Blnslo crop nnd even tho
absolute fnlluro of the rorn crop would bo
but a temporary check to the prosperity of
the Kansas and Nebraska farmer.
.u vIkiiIIiik tlie Mlftnuurl.
St. Pnul Pioneer I'rcfs.
The editor of The Omaha lleo lives where
ho has a good view of the Missouri river, lu
nil its brown, turbulent beauty, the whole
year round. So It Is to he presumed thnt
ho speaks with a knowledge born of long, If
not loving, Intimacy when he says speaking
of the recent report of the Missouri rlvor
commission to the effect that "no commerco
of any consequenco can be expected until
the river is put in navigable condition nnd
opened to Its mouth:" "That will happen
when Gabriel blows his horn In tho morn
ing, ft would cost more money to mako
the Missouri navigable than to dig n canal
na capacious as tho Erie. It would be still
cheaper to build a double track freight rond
from Fort Denton to the mouth of the
Missouri at St. Louis and havo It operated
at actual cost for tho benefit of tho popula
tion In the Missouri valley. Such a road
would bo navigable winter and summer,
whllo tho river could bo operated Its cntlto
length only six mouths of tho year."
A Year
Iloston Transcript
Tho Agricultural department, under Its
present direction, Is certainly something
more and better than n mere perfunctory
and ornamental branch of national ad
ministration. It hns 10.000 agents
In tho field in touch with tho crop develop
ment and li employing all the resources nt
Its command to summarize the situation
as speedily as possible for the benefit of all
concerned. Not content to rely entirely
upon what his agents are doing Secretary
Wilson has stnrted on a personal tour of
tho corn belt, to steady his conclusions
from his own observations. Ills Investiga
tions will take ten dnys or two weeks and
wo may rely upon his reports ns trust
worthy. Activity of this kind Is rather
discouraging to tho market manipulators.
They did mnmago to get la a little line
work for a week or two nnd represent the
country ns enroute at express speed for
tho "dcmnltlon bow wows," but wo do not
think they havo done much hnrm, nnd
with tho clear cold light of fact turned on
tho situation their occupation Is nt least
temporarily gone.
Tho recent rains have been of Incalcu
lable value. They were too late for early
corn, but havo been of tho greatest benefit
to that more lately planted, nnd ns there
has teen more late than early corn this
year that means n grent deal. Secretary
Wilson reccommends Improving opportunity
whllo tho rain falls, ns well ns when the
sun shines, nnd ho tells farmers that even
where their crops hnvo been totally de
stroyed n second crop may be planted, which
will yield rich stores of fodder for catllo
and go n long way toward fending off dls-
tTCM in tho winter that Is approaching.
SUcctilcnt cornstalks arc not exactly the
HOT AVKATIIHIl IHM'.SS IllII'OltM,
Move lo TnUr llic Mnreli Out uf Ui
lllltli Collar.
Philadelphia Prcsx.
Tho past few years have seen n number
of senslblo reforms In tho manner ot dret
Ing In hot weather. This reform has af
fected the npparel of men nnd women alike.
It hns brought In the shlrtwnlst for both
sexes and encouraged the wearing of Ioojc
nttlng nnd cool, light garments. The ad
dition to the comfort nnd peace of mind of
tho wrnrer has been great, and ns n conse
quence good health and good temper have
been promoted.
Thoro 1b one more chnnge, however, that
needs to be Introduced boforo the reform In
hot weather dress can be considered com
plete. And that Is n chnnge from tho high,
stnrched collar which conventionality re
quires every man to wear, to some more ac
ceptable method of dressing the neck. There
Is no part of the body more susceptible to
tho heat that tho neck. The blood-vessels
pass near Its surface nnd If tho neck U
confined In n stiff linen collar the hent of
tho system cannot bo thrown off. It Is
retained in the blood nnd carried to th?
brain or back to tho heart, Increasing the
temperature nnd adding to tho general dis
comfort. Usually under these conditions the neck
rebels nnd throws out n profuse perspira
tion which wilts the collnr but docs not
mitigate tho dlsagrcenblc situation. In
fact, It adds to It, becauso tho wearer
knows that in nddltlou to his own discom
fort ho Is adding to the nnnoyani-e' of others
by his untidy und evidently heated condi
tion. The wear nnd tenr on tho nerveus
system which such a situation imposes les
sons tho vitality nnd reduces tho resisting
power of cveryono subjected to tho strnln.
It Is n useless draft on the physical pow
ers nnd It comes nt a time, too, when a
man needs his reserve force to' carry him
safely over a -period of high temperature.
If the facta were known It would doubtless
bo shown that the high stnrched collnr hns
In thousands of cases exhausted that re
serve of nervous vitality which constituted
tho margin between health and sickness.
Why should tho high collar be retained,
then? Tho starched shirt bosom hni bten
discarded. AVhy should not the starched
collar go also? There Is Just as little scns.
In retaining the latter as tho former. Seme
slmplo dressing for tho neck can be de
vised which will bo cool and graceful
and which will snvo tho temper without
harming tho nppenrance of tho wenrcr. The
mon who can make two blades of grass to
grow where one grew before Is called a
benefactor to humanity. How much moro of
a benefactor will tho man be who will In
vent and Introduce somo sensible style of
hot weather neckwear which will conduce
to tho health and good temper of perspiring
humanity.
I'KH.SOXAI, XOTU.N.
Count Donl do Castellano's mission In life
appears to be to keep tho (Sould fortune
within reasonable limits.
Mr. Prick, who, now controls 'four-fifths
of the roko production In Pennsylvania,
bids fair to rival old King Coal.
Cnrrlo Nation hns decided to take her
medlclno and pay for It on tho Installment
plan, nt tho rnto of n month for thirty
mouths.
Ex-Speaker Reed nnd Secretary Long will
bo the principal speakers nt the Old Homo
week celebration of Fortland, Me., ou
August 15.
A friend of Pasteur's In Paris says that
the man who was to revolutionize chemistry
stood fouiteenth In n list of twenty-two
boys In his High school nt DIJon nnd wna
marked "wenk" in chomlstry.
Prof. George C. Tllden, tho expert
mlnnrnlnglst of Denver, who was recently
reported to have gone Insane In San Fran
cisco on his return from Salvador, Is a
nephew of ths late Snmuel J. Tllden.
Tho festive young man Is such u scarce
article at eastern summer resorts that hotel
proprietors will give n linndBomo youth
with a dress suit case wny down rates to
stay over Sunday nnd ogle tho summer girl.
Oovernor Taft of tho Philippine com
mission when at Ynle, It Is snld, was uni
formly successful In athletic nnd clasj
room competitions and was of such a lik
able disposition ns to be a general
favorite.
Tho Milwaukee WIsconFln says of the late
Ocorgo II. Yenowlno of that city: "Ho wns
tho orlslnator of Illustrated Journalism In
tho west, and did for years what others
had often attempted nnd failed In made a
literary publication pay In Milwaukee.
John Morley rarely "takes his walks
abroad" without one or more of his pot
dogs, to which ho Is devotedly attached. In
his old Journalistic days his favorite dog al
ways accompantod him to his office, 'wait
ing patiently for him until tho day's work
was over nnd it was time for tho homo
wnrd Journey.
Perry Dclmont hns organized his servants
at Newport Into a life-saving corps, with
tho gardener ns chief. Tho station which
ho has established Is supplied with a life
boat, buoys and all tho latest appurtenances
for getting people out of tho water In a
nurry. The crew Is bolng drilled dally by
an Instructor,
Although Isben Is best known In Knglnnd
nnd ihH United States ns a dramatist, tho
j Norwegians lovo htm nlso ns a poot. IMward
Orfeg has sot somo of his most bcnutirut
music to Isben's lyrics, nnd "Poor flynt"
Is full of the romance nnd ardor of the
singer. Ibsen used to take an eccentric
delight In wearing the pink of fashion.
His ties, his coat, his shoes anil his hat
havo always been Irreproachable
of Plenty
samo thing as tho "full corn In the car,"
but they aro r. great deal better than noth
ing, If wo cannot get beefsteak wo can
nt least live on good bread and butter.
Thus the corn crop Is comparatively en
couraging nnd the wheat crop Is positively
Inspiring. Up to three years ngo Nohraska
never grew nny winter wheat at nil, hut
this yenr she will make a return of nbout
40,000,000 bushels. The present cstlmnto of
production from the whent belt, Is 125,000.
000 bushels of winter whent nr.d probably
over 300,000.000 of spring wheat, or a total
of more thnti 72.,000.000 bushels. This ex
ceeds the highest previous record, which
wns mndo In 1MS, by over 50,000,000 bushels.
What Is moro, tho hot, dry wenther has
been nlniost Ideal for harvesting tho grain
In good condition nnd It will nltuost nil
prove to be exceptionally clean, plump and
sweet lu the kernel.
There hns been und will bo plenty of
help available this yenr to moot the needs
of the farmers, nnd the trnnsportatlon
companies were ncwr before in ns good
hnpo to handle the output promptly. It
Is nn opinion widely held throughout tho
west that the wheat crop Is the test fac
tor in the prosperity problem, as It deter
mines our telatlons to foreign markets even
better than tho corn crop. If this theory
la correct then wo must pronounce this, la
pplte of nil the panicky predictions that
havo been sent Hbroad, n yenr of unpre
cedented bounty and blessing. On tho whole,
tested by tho gnugo of results, the Almighty
seems to nrrnngo conditions for us better
thnn they could be shaped by legislation or
public opinion. Cronkers arc rarely good
counselors.
I.Kill'I'S AMI SHADES l. OOTIIA.M.
tillniiisi'N of Mtrriuioun l.tfr In (Irentor
! YorW.
When a new police enpmin Is nppolnted
In Ilrooklyn saloon keepers nlong the line
prepares to dig up. Tho captain must have
n "token ot esteem," usually a gold,
diamond-tipped stnr, costing from $1,500 to
$2,000. "A captain," says tho Ilrooklyn
Kngle." Is appointed nnd assigned to the
command of n precinct which, In most
enses. he haB never been Into before and
In which he Is not known to anybody. Yet
In less than two weeks usually he wins
the lovei and esteem of the 'business men'
there and they He nwake nights thinking
out a wu'y to show him how very dear he
Is to them. Then n hall Is hired, n banquet
served nnd nt the end of It the 'honored
giieif of tho 'business men" of the precinct,
who have left their bartenders In charge
of their warehouses nnd banks and fac
tories while they attend, Is presented with
n diamond badge.
An Interesting little story Is told of one
of the recently made captains In Ilrooklyn
In this connection. It seems that after this
mnn was nppolnted ho was hard pressed for
money. Thu word wns passed around
among the 'business men' ot tho precinct
that the 'token of esteem was about duo
and they wore starting In to subscrlbo for
tho fund when the captain called a halt.
He didn't want any diamond badge or any
thing In that line; what he needed most
was rendy money. If It was all tho same
to tho 'business men" they could present
him with $1,500 nnd never mind nbout th'
bndgc. It was realized, however, that this
might lead to a lot of unpleasant talk and
maybe cause trouble. Hut one of the ward
men of the precinct, who as a committee ot
ono represented the 'bunlness men,' hnd a
happy Idea which resulted In smoothing out
the situation. He was a close friend of
another cnptaln, who had been presented
w.lth a. diamond badge only a short time, be
foro. The ward man wcut to this captalt.
nnd secured the loan of hla badge. The
'business men' of tho precinct were then
told to go ahead 'subscribing' to tho futu
nnd when It hnd been 'raised tho hnll wns
hired nnd tho banquet was held. Then thr
captain was presented with tho dlnmoii'1
badge nnd everybody wns happy. The nexi
dny the ward mnn took the badgo back to
tho other captain, whllo the first cnptnln
went off to tho bank to mnko a fat deposit."
"Tha banks of New York City that are
members ot th clearing house," says a cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Press, "wen
carrying nt the tlmo of tho latest state
ment, that of July 27, almost exactly $043.
000,000 In deposits, and If to this aggregate
be added tho deposits In tho bnnks that
aro not members of tho clearing house, the
total amount in deposits In the New York
banks is almost cxartly $1,000,000,000. Ii
addition to that the trust companies o
New York are carrying $800,000,000 of de
posits, although ten years ago they had cnl;
$200,000,000. Therefore, not Including tin
savings banks or Insuranco companies
thcie are on deposit In New York flnancla'
Institutions $1,800,000,000. nnd nt tho rnl
of growth It will not be long before th
figures representing the total currency It
circulation In tho United States and tin
total deposits lu Now York financial Instl
tutlons will bo practically the snmo. Mucl
of this growth hns taken place slnco 189C
nnd represents tho vast Increase in sur
plus capital thnt wns occasioned by th'.
era of prosperity that begun live yean
ago.
An Important decision relating to suit
for llbd hns been handed, down In th'
supreme court by Justlco McAiInm, whos
long experience on the benrh nnd thorougl
knowledge of tho law add Importance t
tho decision. The court sots forth clearb
that It Is not enough for n plaintiff to nl
lege- libel and then go to trial expecting t
prove that some part of the article In qucs
tlon hn-3 Injured him when the whnlo artlc'
Is of necessity set forth In tho complaint.
The decision is mado in the case of Sara
Jane Flaherty ngalnst a New York ncwspsi
per. She wns Janltress of an apartmcn
house and tho article complained of wn
published on April S, 1S90 The at'ornoj
tor the defendant naked for a hill of par
tlculart!, contending that tho plaintiff milt
set forth clearly what sho complained c
nnd whnt It wns thnt Injured her. With th'i
view Justice McAdnm concurs. Ho says:
"Tho defendant Is entitled to a bill o
particulars setting forth what portions i
tho article mentioned In the complaint ap
alleged to bo libelous, or In lieu there-1
Bhu may sot up that every word or state
ment In tho article Is falso and untrue."
The World reports that J. Plerpont Mor
gan has formed a $300,000,000 pool to sup
port thn steel stocks during tho long figh
which he expects to hnvo with the Amalgu
mated association. Tho operations of thlK
pool explain tho comparative steadiness nl
United States Stool shares In tho stock
market during tho grpat declines which
have taken place. In tho last fortnight
Tho pool hns taken every share of stock
offered below tho murket price. This moans
I that the pool has bought this week In the
open market nearly 200,000 uhares of the
stock.
With $40,000,000 cash 30 per cent of the
! pool's resources It expects to ha able to
sustain thn market, nn matter whnt bad
news or industrial uuprcnmun may come
during the summer.
Whllo tho composition of Mr. Morgan's
pool cannot ho ascertained definitely, It
Is said to Include, J. P. Morgan & Co.,
Kuhn, Iieb Co,, tho Hank of Commerce,
tho Morton Trust company, Thomas V
Ityan, P. A. 11. Wldener, Moore & Ecbley,
tho Chase National bank, Hell ft Co. nnd
A. A. Houseman & Co.
tt Is said thnt Mr. Morgan sent out tn
vltatlons to the Interests which have taken
part In the pool, when, after a e-oiisul'nUi i
with President Schwub, a definite polity
toward thu strikers was decided upon
Mr. Morgnn hns still a large quantity of
steel securities which havo not be n mar
keted, Nearly $100,000,000 of Uk- stock Is
still supposed to be In the hands of tho un
derwriting syndicate. The total Isstio t
$r."0,000,000 of common stock nnd le.io.eion,.
000 of preferred. Of this there hns betn
Issued of tho common stock ?r.06. 17.1. too. nnd
of tho preferred stock $S0S.4Sti,300.
"STAMMMl I I' TO 111! COl .TUtl."
Prrlliiilnnry nii of 1trnuHr lu
Hie Ihu-Ucjc Stiiti-.
Chicago Chronicle (item t
When It wns nnnounced a few weeks ngo
that the particular friends of Mr. Ilrynn
Including tho populist faction, would hnM
a state convention In Ohio to nomln.ite n
state ticket In opposition to the rogul.ir
democratic ticket the Chronicle tie. hired
that It was the best thing they could u i.
They wcro Invited to stand tip and lo
counted.
It wns n matter ot Interest lo ascertain
how tunny thnt Is, whnt proportion of tho
ilemocrntlc party In Ohio were opposed
to the action of tho democratic contention
In repudiating the Kansas City platform
nnd what Is popularly known ns "Hrvnn
Ism." This fact could he determined only
by nn Independent movement through a
stnte convention to nominate n Ilryanlio-sllvcrlto-popullst
stnto ticket.
Tho nttendunee nt such a convention
would begin to indicate the strength of
that element in Ohio politics ns opposed
to the regular ilemoerucy. Tho next In
dication would bo the number of voten
which the candidates of the bolting faction
might receive nt tho polls next November.
The convention hns been held. As nn
Indication of the strength of tho demo
cratic opposition to tho regular democratic,
ticket It filled nil sensible expectation.
Tho "convention" met In a hotel bedroom
of the usual proportions. Most of thn
delegates stood up or occupied seats nn
the bed. Tho newspaper reporters wcro
more numerous than tho members of tho
"convention."
The voto for the ticket nominated on
this occasion will be much less In propor
tion to tho full democratic vote thnn tho
numbers In this "fnko" assembly bear to
the number of the delogntes In tho demo,
erntlc stnte convention. It Is ensy to get
n sninll number of cnthuslnsts nnd ernnks
Into a convention which represents but nn
Inflnltcslmnlly smaller pnrt of the voters.
It Is probable thnt If nn open .onventlon
should he culled In Chlcngo to Indorse tho
resolutions ndnptcd nt "Dob" Durko's plcnlo
tho other dny It would hnvn nbout ns mnny
responsible nttendnnts (not Including city
hull employes) ns were present nt thn Ohio
boiling convention.
There Is nothing ns Instructive In poll
tics ns "standing up to be counted."
POI.V-i:il Kll.MAIUCS.
Detroit Freo Press: "Several xnerif.
nns. Mrs. Sassafras, nre trvlng to nn I
board"0"'' Vl0-" u'mar '''e ""mmer
wi'fcVI, l08t "7 nskMl ,hn umo"1 fnntier'.s
i.nVM,k:ii'I,;,i'BP7.f'110 J"s.t V" nrnnnd tho
i.?i i?".Jnp u.,n" ,,n' n(,vpr hlnks of
going In the tviiter.
Marjorle-I don't blame her. Sho wonrn
one ot those bnthless bnthlng suits.
Pittsburg Chronicle: Mr. Hlland-Thcro
hns been n great change. In the weather.
Mr Htilket-oh, yes; nil things como to
him who waits,
t r
Chlengn Tribune: "Yes. T come Mnmo
near losln my hired man last week. Hat
tlennko bit him,"
"Wd yoj try tho Pasteur treatment on
hlmv
"I think wn rlf .1. but I'm not sure. Ia
that l-ntln for whisky?"
Olet eland Plain neater. "The Younger
brothers aro traveling for a tombstonn
factory.
"Well, sny. I hopo they nre not going
to push their business nlong by .startlmr
cemeteries. '
Denver Times: City Kdltor .Tack. T wnnt
you to go up In u linltonn, touch llro to
the gas ling when 3,000 feet In. thn nlr and
write up the experience of falling tn enrtli.
Ileporter Hut. sir. I er 1 that IS
City IMItor-Oh. that's nil right; I'll rnlso
vour salary when you come back.
Tim oi.n RAd.
Huston Transcript.
Friday, when tho circus comes,
With Its chariots nnd drums.
Then we'll seo the tnll giraffe
And the clown that makes us InugtJ,
For you know ho always can,
He Is such n funny man.
Then we'll seo tho great pnrnda.
Then we'll buy some lemonade.
And the kind they always drink
Is so beautifully pink
I should really like to know
How unit why they mnko It so.
Father says ho used to go
To the circus yenrs ngo;
Doesn't enre about It now;
Onlv goes to snvo n row.
Nothing there hu wants to seo;
eioes because It 'pleases me.
Mother, she dislikes It, too;
Only gnei becauso I do.
Uncle John will go with us
(Seems to me It's curious);
Kays he's gnlnK for my sako;
Sure he cannot keep awake.
Aunt June says shn 11 como nlong.
Though perhaps It may bo wrong;
Hut she thinks I ought to seo
Things In natural history.
Uncle Jnmes will go alone;
Doesn't like to chupcrcme.
Says he simply means tn go
Itr.nim lie wants In see the show
ECZEMA.
That torturing and disfiguring diseaso
lias its cause in an impure condition of
the blood, The Impure condition of tho
blood often arises from a diseased condi-
ition of the stomach
and allied organs of
digestion and nutri
tion, wiicn inges
tion is imperfect, tho
nutrition of the body
lis inadequate to its
needs. The blood be
comes thin, poisons
accumulate in it, and
these poisons often
manifest themselves
in some eruptive
disease.
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical Dis
covery cures diseases
of thu stomach and
other organs of di
gestion und nutri-
v. 1! ! .
lion, ii ejiuunuics
poisonous substances
irom me oiexni, puri
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richness. Tlie " Dis
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fectlv diseases of tho
blooel and other diseases which eiriginuto
in a diseased condition of the stoumch.
The " Discovery " is absolutely a nou
alcoholic nnd non - narcotic medicine.
There is nothing "just as good."
"I'or tbrtf yeM I have milfered with thnt
drctded dlat. rcemu," writes Mr J. Kocpp,
of IlerniHii, eirrtrou "I wn tuld to py Dr,
I'terce'n Golden Mrdlcnl Mscovcry, which I did,
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atopiml taking your medicine und It lun utrver
appeared ilnce. I think your medicine n won.
derail cure ami hope othera kufleriim at I did
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Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets nro
powerful aids to the cleansing of the
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medicine.
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