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ft Tim omaiia Daily Bee. B. nOBKWATKH, HDITOH. PUBLiaitHD KVBIIV MOKNINO. Tt'ltMU Ml.- JMi'jftntirlfiV 13 I ly Ueu (without Sunday), One Yinr..$.W Ttlltlt' It. I U. ......... . dill irtv null OMIIUIir, UIIU leni,,. o.v liiuilrsted Uw, Onu Your..... S.M Sunday Hue, une Your UDhirfimi 1 1 . . . . . 1 "n w. .... ii u j iiiv, ijiiu i eur Twentieth Century Fanner, One Vcar.. UO UF1-IUK8. Otnalin; Tlio Bee Building, bouth Omaha; City Hull Building, Twcn ly-lltth mid M Streets. Council Ulutfss lu Pearl Street. Chicago, iou I'nlty Building. Now 'iorki Temple Court. Washington. Ml Fourteenth Street. CUIUlliSPUNDKNCi:. Pnmtniiiilioiil. . .. torlal nuittcr Khotild be addressed: Umahi -w, iunuritii ucpurimuni. 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Tzschuck, M.cretury of Tho ties r... ,i " ."-""U'iuiy, nciiig umy sworn, 7.2: Lt.1 1,1(3 "utuni number o, nil nn I t!i , copies or The Dully, HIvrnl.iK. t.ven.ie and .Sunday Hco printed during .h month of July, lwi, wua ua follows: I itn.itio i; an, iuo if 18 a,-., mo 3 -.-1,1:70 ia r.,io ui.ium :o 'r,,u-o 6 ti.-.s-jo 21 i!.-i,:itl.1 6 a.-.mio a i:.-.,oo 7 r,tn.-. u r,:i iu b nr.,:i-.ii 24 .-i,:i5n v ur,,utit i .-.,;no io .-,,:-o io; n,o II .-.,7 27 SS,i!!0 12 .-i,-o :s r.,7 id 13 .v:i.-,o is .-,:to 14 j.,r,tr, 15 ar.,)r,t 30 .-.,'-"0 31 U.1,0 is r.,070 Total i.oift I,chh unsold und returned copies.... Net total Kates 77B,oi:i Net dully uvernge 12.1,000 OliO. U. TZSC11UCIC. Subflcrlbcd In my presence nnd sworn to before mo this 31st uuy of July, A. I). 1601. M. 11. I II' NO ATI:, Notary I'ubllc. rAit'i'ius i,i:.viiNi koh slaimi.u rnrtlen lenvlnar the city for tlio mimnici' niu- Imvt The II ec rut to llinu rcKiilnrly lir nitlf)liiu The lire llimlnats otllec, in pemon or hy mull. The nddrvsa lll lie cliniigcil mn often n ileslrril. Oiniilin pllprliim to tlio Klondike hociii to piny more In tmri hick than lu kooiI lm;k. NoltriiHkn It) a good Htate to stick to. A liljtr coiiililniitloii liaH taken In nil tlio shovel ninnufiictorli's lu the country. Hereafter newHpiipcr.s will have the only scoops oiltfclilc the trust. President Schwab of the steel combine denies that he, Is to resign. A man who can connect with a Job with a $1,000,000 salary attached is not of the resigning elass. A new' factory or two and a few more mercantile establishments, wholesale and retail,' would signalize the advent of the Commercial club's fall hustling very ulcely. City Treasurer Ilennlngs Is doing well enough lu collecting In city taxes, but his exhibit only emphasizes the demand for a reduced tax rate at the earliest possible moment. A foot race Is to be one of the attrac tions at the County Democracy picnic. If an otllce were'hung up at the end of the course some record-breaking time could be looked for. The street car company ought to an iiounco In advance when and where these little affairs are to be pulled off on its lines and give the general public an opportunity to cdme In. Hero Is a solution for the problem be nettlug our .lacksonlan friends: Let them charter a special picnic train, put the locomotive- In tho center and give Uryitii and 1 1 111 each a rear platform. If the seiiuence Is to be the same as It was in Omaha. St. J.onls, now that it has settled the situ for the exposition, can begin exercise for Its wrestling match with the director general ipies tlou. Senator llnniia has gone' to his sum mer heme on the lakes for a rest before taking up his work lu the Ohio cam paign. When llanna and Fofnker both get Into action Ohio democracy will take to the tall timber. Tho big light lu the Iowa democratic convention Is over who will be chairman of the slate committee. .Nebraska Is not the only state where the best peniulslte of popocratie politics Is to handle tho campaign fund. What Is the railroad going to do about the detective that sets up train rob berles so lie can uncover them with u press agent on the spot to de scribe his vigilance and heroism? How can a road expect patronage that har bors such employes? Now Is the time for the school board that made so much ado last spring about saving money by lopping off use less teachers to till the places thus va cated with ravorcd applicants lu line. That has been the way of past school board letrenchnient. Crcat Hritaln has found an excuse for retaining Its troops In Peklu a while longer. Willi reports of Husslan ag gression lu Manchuria and Corea on the north John Hull des not propose to be left where he cannot make a grab If the circumstances warrant. So Mr suggestions of candidate's for tho university regents on the republican Mate ticket are decidedly scarce. The position calls for men of liberal culture, coupled with good business ability ami broad-gauge Ideas. Minor places such ns these should not be allowed to go by delimit. OVKHSllOOTtXU Tltr. MAIM. The democratic papers that have taken upon themselves the vindication of Admiral Schley, without waiting for the aid or consent of the naval court of Inipilry, nro wildly overshooting the niai'k. Piuler the guise of refuting the charges against Schley they are endeav orlng to make a political martyr of mm and to force the controversy into politics, when ill Justice to Schley the question nt Issue should be kept entirely outside of tin; Held of politics. While personal rivalry and Jealousy may enter Into the action of the differ ent naval olllcers, who have ranged themselves on one side or the other, the line of cleavncc Is not political. On the contrary, 'both the army and the navy are more completely divorced from poll' tics than any other branches of the na tional government. When democratic papers pretend to draw a parallel between Schley nnd Dreyfus and to make out that their hero Is a victim of persecution begotten of a conspiracy of the entire adminis tration, they overdo their roles. There have been no signs whatever of any ef fort on the purl of the administration to give Schley the worst of it or to with hold from, him a single credit mark that belongs to him or a single right to which he lu entitled. Admiral Schley was allotted his share of the prize money for the destruction of the fer vent fleet, strictly according to tlio rules that prevail Id the distribution of prize money; be was promoted by President McKinley to the rank of admiral lu recognition of services rendered In the war against Spain, and since the close of the war has been given his assign ments without discrimination. The present board of Inquiry has been or dered at his request, and there Is no reason to believe that political consid erations will be allowed In any way to mark or lutltience Its deliberations or lludliigs. All Admiral Schley has asked is that the facts relating to the eventful history made about Santiago be Investigated olliclally without bias. We do not be lieve he Is a party to the plainly appar ent effort to give a political coloring to the case, and that the democratic papers, posing as his self-appointed spokesmen, are lu reality carrying on directly counter to Admiral Schley's wishes. A SKIUOUS UlTUATtUy. The latest advices In regard to the trouble between Colombia and Vene zuela show that the situation Is reallv serious. There Is actual war between the two republics and all the Indica tions point to a lierce conflict, though these South American troubles gener ally threaten to be more serious than they really become. However, tho present dllUculty may prove to be an exception to the rule. The particular Interest of the United States lu the matter relates to the Isthmus of Panama, obstruction to the tralllc of which would be damaging to American Interests. As yet there has been no. Interruption o tralllc and as- suriinces have been! given our govern ment that Colombia will be able- to keep the Isthmus open. There Is some un certainty, however, as to the ability ot the Colombian government to do this ami In order1 to make assurance doubly sure the United States has made provi sion for protecting Its Interests in that quarter. This our government has full authority to do under treaty, which dates as far back as 181(1. That treatv gives to this country the right of guar anteeing the perfect neutrality of tho Isthmus of Panama, to the end that free transit may not be interrupted or embarrassed. Colombia Is bound bv this compact to give to the vessels, goods and passengers of the United States the same Immunities, rights und privileges that are enjoyed by the vessels, troods and passengers of that republic on the Isthmus and In the ports thereof. As noted lu a Washington dispatch printed yesterday, It Is the privilege of the United States to Judge for Itself when any occasion arises for exercising Its authority on the Isthmus under the treaty. This government Is not re- 'lulrod to wait for n request or notice from Colombia. Whenever It thinks there Is need of action to make sure of uninterrupted trrinslt across the Isthmus the treaty gives our government full au thority to act. 'in sending war ships to I'nuanin, therefore, our government Is proceeding strictly within Its treaty rights, though it may think proper to do nothing lurtlier unless the Colombian government shall prqve Itself unable to curry out Its treaty obligations. That Is very liable to be the ease, although the Colombian minister at Washington lias assured our government that Colombia will maintain tree tralllc on the Isthmus. It Is quite possible that tills trouble may become so serious that one or the other of tho parties to It will request the United States to Intervene, but It appears from Washington advices that at present our government lias no Inten tion to go beyond the authority given II by treaty. In view of this the suspicions and conjectures Indulged in by French ami (ierinun papers, respecting designs on the part of the United States, appear utterly preposterous. Hut of course Uuropoan editors ami even statesmen are naturally disposed to Judge the mo tives and Intentions of the United States ny tueir own stanuariis ami conse quently to misjudge this country. Cetuiuu newspapers are greatly ex cited over the report that the United States Is about to object to the sending of Uetnmu war ships to Panama. There is no probability of protest If the ships go there for the protection of Herman commerce, which they have a perfect right to do. Neither liermany nor any other Kuropenn nation would be allowed, however, to meddle with the local, In ternal affairs of the nations of this contlneut. Hrltlsh educators are reported to be evincing signs of disquiet, If nut alarm, over the Increasing Iniportnttpu r American school and college text books. They express - apprehension that If Americans are permitted to Invade their bchool houfes Hrltlsh Individuality may TII33 OMAHA DALLY KKE; NVEDX ESDAV, disappear. Our Hrltlsh cousins should repress their fears. If American text books nre making headway lu Hrltlsh educational circles the only reason l that they are better made, better edited, better Illustrated, better printed and sold cheaper than the Hrltlsh text books. If our Hrltlsh cousins want the best they may as well welcome the American Importation lu text books as they have lu machinery and mechanical devices. AMtfltKIl STlllk't: IMMIXKXT. A strike of textile workers, which may Involve many thousands, is believed to he Imminent, If the manufacturers ad here to their announcement of a redtic tlon lu wages to take effect early next month. This decision to reduce wages wan made by the Fall Itlver cotton manufacturers a couple of weeks ago, for the reason, It Is understood, that the competition of southern mills has be come so sharp that in certain qualities the New lingland mills cannot, with the present price of labor, manufacture at a prollt. Consequently It was deter mined to cut wages to the extent of nearly 15 per cent. lu reference' to this the Philadelphia Ledger says: "A reduction of wages to the extent of a sixth of the wage earn er's Income Is a mutter of grave concern to lil nt nnd the manufacturers will tlud It ililllciilt to persuade the operatives of the Justice of the foreshadowed wage re duction." There Is said to be Involved In the controversy eighty-seven mills with a capital of about ?'J1,(MI,000 and em ploying KO.ooo operatives, but In the event or a strike It may ultimately In volve a great many more mills and oper atives. There appears to be no doubt that the great Increase in cotton spindles in the south and the cheap labor that can be employed there have placed the Fall Hlver manufacturers at ii disadvantage, though perhaps not to the extent that they allege. Sixty per cent of the Increase in the number of spindles in the United States the last year was in the south. The Increase for the year In Massachusetts was less than that reported for South Carolina. The southern competition Is steadily growing and thus the question of self- preservation is being pressed upon the New Fiigland cotton manufacturers with constantly growing urgency. According to the Uoston Transcript, some authorities on cotton and woollen mills hold that we are at the point in our commercial experience where the de scent begins and misfortune may not be very far off. lleeont events, observes that paper, give some ground for this, but the wise manufacturer has learned already to be conservative, and In his dealings with his trade as well as with his labor has come to recognize that the times and circumstances call lor a dif ferent division of the profits than was the rule u few years ago. The manu facturer today knows that his share bears no relation to what would have been considered his right ten or twenty years ago and all his operations are, consequently, based on this generally accepted fact. The Fall Hlver operatives have de cided to resist the proposed reduction of wages and this decision bus been en dorsed by the international Association of Textile Workers and the American Federation of Textile Workers. Should the uianufacturcrs, therefore, adhere to their purpose there will be another for midable industrial contest involving an army of workers larger than that In the steel strike. I. Pierpont Morgan, as the representa tive of American Investors, has pur chased another large Hrltlsh steamship Hue. If Mils thing keeps up the United States will lie in a peculiar position In regard to merchant marine. Its citizens will be the owners of the largest ship ping Interests in the world, yet the majority of the vessels will lly a foreign ting. As a matter of national pride this would be anything but satisfactory, but It would put a stop to the serious financial drain which has been going on for years In the payment of millions of dollars In carrying charges to foreign corporations aud stockholders. If American admirers lind it proper to present Admiral Cervera with a lov ing cup in recognition of the treatment accorded by him to Lieutenant llobson, Spanish friends of Cervera might return the compliment by sending a few cups, mugs, goblets and growlers for the men who were entrusted with the custody of the distinguished Spaniard during the time he was our Involuntary guesc. lltchard Croker and a party of po litical chums have had a conference at Cruiser's lhigllsh home to tlx up the Tammany slate for New York. It Is bad enough to have men of Crokcr's stamp run the politics of the greatest city In the nation, but if New York must stiller from such dominion it would at least be In good taste for the boss to Issue Ids edicts lu Ids own territory. Chancellor Andrews Is evidently try ing to demonstrate to what lengths a lecturer at the Chicago university will have to go to produce an cruptloq from the governing authorities that he can denounce as a despotic interference with the freedom of teaching. A Hrltlsh Columbian navigator has devised a system of notation based on periods of eight instead of ten which lie wants adopted. The average man ll in 1m trouble enough with mathematics at present without attempting to revo lutionize the system, TruiiHiHircui Truitt. Han Francisco Chronicle. Auyoiio with half an eyu can ueu throiiKh the purpose of tho window-glass trust which Is about to be organized In the east. Why Wnldi-rxer Wonder. Iluffahi KxprcsH, It appears to surprise Count von Wal dcrseo that tho public rofiiHes to greet his return from China as that of a conquering hero. I.yri'iimn for the Soldier. New York Herald. It Is a mutter of gcnoral congratulation that the post lyrcums of tho army, which wore dhicoutlnueil during tho war with Spain, uro ty bo rc-isuldUucd. These lycoums did much good for the soldiers wniir mey were in operation nnd doubtless their sphere of utofulncsa can bo expanded. .nturi llentn tlir Scientist, CIiIcuko Post. Dr. Echcnk sticks to his theory regarding the determination of sex, but Nature con tinues to manipulate her facts la the same old way. Nller mill Speech, Washington Star. Some of tho farewells to free Bllver hove been very eloquent, indeed, free silver and eloquenco seem to consort far more closely than silver and wheat. Aimed nt Arbor l.ndRe. Washington Tost. The democrats, free silver republicans and populists of Nebraska are to fuse again. This will haV6 the effect of keeping tho J. Sterling Morton holo plugged. Dnvlil tleniictt'n Animer. Cleveland Lender. Tho melancholy I'ettlgrew stands up to obscrvo that David Bennett Hill has no principles. If David Dennett Hill replies he will simply say: ' I am a democrat." I ml In n Inurnf Mode. llrooklyn Kaglc. India puts a Rhoveltul of silver on tho gravo of Mr. Hryan's hopes, with the remark that since It adopted the gold standard It has been better off than ever before In Its life. And there arc heavy dews on the Nebraska prairies, theso mornings. Crop ll Merle SiilmlilliiB, Louisville Courier-Journal. A gratifying feature of tho current news of tho day Is the Improvement of reports ns to tho corn crop. Tho period of hysteria which would not bo satlslled short of total destruction In some of tho principal corn states now seems to bo passing, though It still kecpn Its grip on tho grain pit whero the speculators have "Btntlstlelam" in their employ precisely ns they did when they de stroyed the 1000 wheat crop. Tho same "statistician" who laid waste tho north west last year has been responsible for tho most extreme utterances during the scaro now passing. Unfortunately thorn Is little hope that tho demonstration of his accuracy will be ns complete with regard to corn as It was to spring wheat, but his ex aggeration Is nianlfcjt. i;All 1II1KTS AM) mtOtJTII. Seeretnry "WIImiii'n Discovery of Sertler to the Filmier. Minneapolis Tribune. Secretary Wilson made tho discovery lu his recent Investigation that the sugar beoc stands tho drouth better than nny other vegetable. Tho reason H that tho long taproot goes deeply into tho earth, draw ing up tho moisture from tho subsoil. For this reason the secretary advises the Ne braska farmers to raise moro sugar beets. Ho says: There Is not a farmer lu Ne braska doing anything as profltablo as tho raising of sugar beets would bo If tho pulp nero fed to dairy cattlo nnd tho sugar sold to factories." This ndvlco Is equally applicable to thu other states of tho west and northwest, but tho raising of sugar beets on nn ex tensive scale cannot be mado profitable unless thoro Is a near market for them. Tho sugar beet factory then must prccedo the raising of beets upon a largo scalo In any neighborhood. Thoro Is no doubt that with tho expan sion of tho beet sugar Industry a new source of wealth will bo opened up to our fanners, . , i A HE AMUICANS TBMPISH ATK f Look llnck ht the Cnronnlni; of Our Forefiitlieral nnil Tnke .ew Hope. Chicago Chronicle. M. Jules Cambon, ambassador of Franco to the United States, has been Interviewed at Paris, where ho Is enjoying his vaca tion. Amoag pleasing things hs said to au in terviewer is tho assertion that "thero may bo some hypocrltos among Americans, but tho vast majority abstain from strong drink to the great advantage of the race, which for a time threatened to lapso Into drunk enness." That there was during tho last quarter of the contury a marked Improvement In soclnl habits In this country Is undeniable. It was most conspicuous In public life. Contemporary annals conclusively show that earlier epochs wcro characterized by orgies corresponding to tho bestiality of Hrltlsh social nnd public life during tho closo of tho revolutionary period, when gambling, drinking and shameless excesses of every naturo wero familiar nmong all grades of society. In this country slavery undoubtedly ag gravated license. In tho north thero was moro necessity for tho whites to work; thero wus less tlmo for carousal. Tho wavo of Father Mathewlsra sent nn eddy over hero; It was not potent, but was ex emplary. It Is within tho memory of tho living that New Year'B day used to bo a pro tracted debauch. Tho most refined homes ppread out temptation for the week nnd tho young nnd sons reeled backward ut tho closo of a day which had begun In sobrloty and good naturo. Abolition of that exotic festival was a material contribu tion to temperance reform throughout tho country. It Is within the memory of tho living that tho most decorous tables were set with tho traditional array of wlno glnsaus and thut old-fashioned matrons deemod their hospitality frigid If tho guest was not Invited several times during an oven- lug call to partlike of wines or freshly brewed punch, rosy fingers making tho odorous brow. As tho century closed there wero uni versal signs of Improvement. It wns duo chiefly to diffusion of correct ideas con cerning tho therapeutic vuluo of alcohol. Inheriting In great mcamire tho false- teach ing from tho Hrltlsh Islands that "spirits" wcro a pnnacea for all Ills and especially for Ills of tho organs of respiration to earlv gr.tveB millions were sent as drunkards who might hnvn lived as Inhabitants of drier climates and observers of hygienic rules of diet. Among women the reform was most ap parent. It became tho o.vcoptlon for re fined women to offer spirituous boverages to men In society. Introduction of tho beer habit lessened tho appetite for more ex citing liquors. As society adopted morj Intellectual pastimes and outdoor sport tippling of every kind grow less. A reaction lias unfortunately sot in. It Is most apparent nmong women. Tlio smnrt set thinks It Jolly to guzzle, to swear nnd to defy conventional restraints based on reasonable, prudence. Among tho Intel ligent and modest proportion of the peopln drinking has steadily declined. Their sons and daughters despise It as vulgar. Tho pernicious hnblt of "trcntlng" Is at Inst coming In for reprobation. Stupid and senseless. It will bo n bright day for youni: Amerlcn when that practice Is obsolete nnd when rational people, will be permitted 'o pay for tholr beverages ns they pay for their clothing nr pay their taxes. Tho "treating" habit Is n tax on Industry for support of Insane asylums, lor alcohol abuse U tho largest contributor to bedlam. Americans aro not as temperate as they ought to be nnd upon women lies lo fcomo degree responsibility for Increasing In temperance. In a climate h stimulating as ours artificial Humiliation Is annocei f.ary for tho robust and Is llablo to be hurtful. AlT.rST 21, 1001. IIAI.M COIt lilt A. W .Veliriiil.ii ot Alone Itciiiiinllilc for the 11 Ih lit of Deinocrnc j . Springfield Republican. It Is seldom In theso days of Mr. rtrynn's political discomfiture, after tho defeat of 1P00, that hh old followers do him even scant Justice. Hence It Is that tho following paragraph In the lfaltlmorc News attracts one's attention: "Some day, perhaps, tho quondam fol lowers of Mr. Ilryan will learn that the In dignities they are now pleased to heap nn him rellect on their own Intelligence even moro severely than on his leadership. Had ho won, had events sustained his theories, probably tho very men who groaned the loudest ut tho mention of his name lu the Llghth Virginia district convention at Norfolk yesterday would have been howl ing louder still for office and proclaiming In stentorian tones the parts they played In contributing to his success." This in aptly said, particularly of those I'.lghth district Virginia democrats. It Is often, Indeed always, assumed that Mr. Hrynn personally was responsible for tho course of tho democratic party nftcr lSn.", Hut that is too great it trlbuto to his powers. The democratic party la itself responsible for sllverlsm being mado a cardinal tenet of party faith. Mr. Vest of Missouri has discarded sliver and Hryan, yet who Is thero to forgot that Mr. Vest was at tho Chicago convention of 1800 nominating ns the democratic candidate for president the celebrated "Silver Dick' IllandV Daniel of Virginia, Morgan of Ala buma and tho rest wero In full cry for frco silver long before the young Ncbruskan wns heard of ns a party leader. Tho responsibility for tho last six years rests upon them and upon the rank nnd file of the democracy. Anyone would think, though, In hearing the tnlk of theso hoary old sllvcrltcs, that they who arc seeking n new rcspeclnblllty wcro innocently led Into tho scrapo by that young fiend of a Hryan. Their cowardly meanness Is rather striking. sTitnviMi tiii: nsiir.itir.s. tireul ViiIIiiiim riiuill)- Pay Attention to nn Ancient Industry. New York Sun. Many facts relating to our fisheries, such us tho great diminution In tho mackerel catch, the decreasing supply, diminished size and enhanced price of the lobster and tho vagaries of tho blutnsh which, last year determined a very poor season, point to the necessity of Increased nttentlon to the study of fisheries. The great ashing na tions of northwest Kurope nro co-operating In this matter. Tho plans they haw formed for thorough scientific study of tho North Sea, Haltlc, North Atlantic nnd Antic fisheries nro the most comprehensive yet devised, and nro likely to result In Informa tion of much value to nil fishing Interests. Theso plans took final shape In the sec ond conference held nt Chrlstlnnla In Mny last, when tho representatives of eight governments, for the moBt pnrt scientific men specially Interested In oceanography and particularly in tho study of cn life, mot to complete the work of tho preliminary session nt Stockholm. It had been an nounced that tho conferenco wbb to bo held to make final arrangements "for tho ex ploration of tho sea," but the proceedings, from beginning to end, wero conducted on tho understanding that tho exploration was to bo carried out strictly with a view to practical results, especially as regards fiah eiles. The field embraces all tho great cod, herring nnd mackerel grounds of northwest Kuropu and tho Inshore fisheries, Including tho oyster beds. Tho biology of food fishes will bo studied, and tho conference urged tho importance of ascertaining tho distribu tion of fish and fish food with sufficient de tail to permit tho drawing of charts, Whllo special areas of research have been nsslgned to each nation, none Is to bo ex cluded from extending Its studies beyond tho allotted territory. Tho allotment of tho sphered ot work wns reported ns follows: "From CS degrees to 62 degrees north, tho Investigations of tho North sea and North Atlantic will bo shared by Oreat Hritaln, Norwny and Denmark, while tho North Atlantic further north and the Arctic sea will bo Investigated by Norwny nnd Husfiia. Tho Skngerrak and Kattegat nto assigned to Norway, Sweden and Denmark; tho western Hultlc to Oermany, Sweden and Denmark; tho southern part ot tho eastern Haltlo to Oermany; tho northern part, In cluding tho Gulfs of Finland and llothnla, to Sweden, Russia and Finland. Orent Britain wdll attend to that part of tho North sea lying south of C8 degrees north, nnd wost of 2 degrees east, whllo Belgium, Hol land, Germany and Denmark will bo re sponsible for tho sea lying off their own shores." Sevornl of tho countries aro building special vessels to carry on their sharo of the researches. The fact that these studies, though purely practical In aim, will bo thoroughly scientific will undoubtedly ndd to their value. All the largo fishing coun tries will await with much interest tho re sults of this international enterprise. PMHSOXAI. AM) OiilKllWISi: Governor Tnft of tho Philippines was ono of tho best all-around nthlotcs at Yalo and wns n genernl favorlto with both professors and students. Tho Milter Is very fond of sculpture. Thero uro thirty-four prominent sculptors In Berlin, and ho knows them nil person ally, visiting their studios frequently, Leslie Stephens, the eminent critic, was up to n few years ago n remarkable pe destrian, nnd when a young man used to walked from Cumbrldgo to London In a day. Tho emperor ot Hussla Is a bard worker and no believer in tho eight-hour theory for himself. He works nil day and Hcldom gets to bed boforo 1 or 2 o'clock In tho morning. Tho borough of Kensington, In London, Is arranging to purchaso tho resldenco of tho lato Lord Lelghton, wlilch, together with tho contents, Is to bo kept open as au art museum. Tho German poet, Gerhart von Amyntor, celebrated his seventieth birthday last July. Ho wns a major In tho Prussian army through two wars. Wounds made him give up tho sword for tho pen. Sidney Cooer, It. A., was rocently prn sented to tho king as tho oldest member of tho Hoyal Academy of Arts, and re ceived from his majesty tho Royal Victor ian Order of tho third class. Governor Ormnn of Colorado Is a nntlvo of Muscatine. In., nnd went to Colorado ns a poor boy in 1S6H. getting work ns n railroad laborer. I la rose In tho business nnd has been connected with It for thirty years. I.cgouve, the oldest of tho French Immor tals, Is !l nnd Is still Industrious, probably In deference to his famous saying: "It is often s.ild that God condemned man to work. TliM Is absurd. God condemned man to live and gave htm work as a mitigating circum stance." M. F. Meeartes of Snn Juan, San Benito county. Cal., says be has Invented a method of making a magnet which will attract gold and sliver. Tho magnet Is a common steel chisel drawn down to a point. To this gold and silver shavings adhere, tena ciously. Ills method Is kept secret. Of the women whom tho Hrltlsh govern ment linn bent out to Investigate the state of tlio rofugeo camps, Miss Lucy llcane, tho woman factory Inspector, Is perhaps tho least well known to tho general public. But sho Is extriimely well known to work people, especially to those !n tho pottery districts, nnd lo those in Jam factories. Miss Dcane's father was killed In the last lioer war by the Boers, iiit.s or vMiiMno i, in:. ,ci llniiilliit fur I lis nn e lu lie llilllt hy the tliM eminent. As toon as sites ran be selected tor the twelve new buildings to be erected on the grounds of the Government Hurpltnl for the Insane work will be begun by the con tractors. The plans for these buildings have been approved nnd the contract let tlio total cost to be nearly 11.000,000. Th next thing to be done Is to determine upon the exact location of the structures, In making an apptopriatlon for these buildings congress merely specified that they should provide for 1,000 patients, and It was left to the beard of visitors nnd Dr 1 tllchardson to determine, whether one or more large buildings or n number of small ones should bo provided. Dr. Klchnrdfon who has made a complete study of tho meat approved plans for grouping patients In In sane asylums, decided that the best results could bo secured by having patients of dlf rcrent classes In different buildings, and general plan was drawn up for fifteen buildings. It whs discovered when bids for their erection were received that tho cost of nil these buildings would exceed tho np proprlallon by J2;.0,0o0, and It was decided to erect twelve ot the buildings, eliminating from the plan tho administration and two other buildings. These twelve buildings nre the most mod em and approved In every respect that could be designed. They contain every up proved nppllanco for the treatment of p.i tlrnts of different classes, nnd when they nro finished the Government Asylum for tho Insnuo In the District of Columbia will bo by far the largest and tho most finely equipped Institution for tho treatment cf tho Insane anywhere lu the world. On June 30, 1;00, there were In the hos pltal 2,0"rt patients of all classes, and they have suffered from crowding, which tho buildings to be constructed will relievo. Of this number SOS are from tho army, 12 from the navy nnd twenty-seven from the marine hospital service; 131 are from tho District of Columbia (transient), 010 from tho District of Columbia (Indigent), sixty six nro United States convicts nnd crlm lnals and two were private patients. This was 13S moro than wero In tho hospital n year previously, and It wns n larger in crenBO than tho Institution had had In nny previous year. Tho Spanish war furnished n considerable Increase In the number ot soldiers cared for by the Institution. Tho lato Frederick Douglas thought highly of tho colored lighter, Peter Jack son, whoso death In Australia was announced yesterday. Douglas spent tho last years of his llfo In dignified retirement at his handpomo homo in Anacostla, a suburb ot Washington. Onu day tho great orator was showing a dlstlngulehcd visitor over his house. Among tho objects of Interest wns a collection of portraits ot men prominent In tho freeing nnd uplifting of tho negroes. Thero wero original nbollttontsts, states men, soldiers, orators and educators In abundance. As Douglas pointed each one out he gave n llttlo statement concerning tho original of the picture. Finally ho pointed to the photograph of a black man and said: "And wo must not forget Peter." "Peter?" exclaimed tho visitor, lnqulr Ingly. "Yes," explained Douglas. Peter Jack son. "Tho prizefighter?" exclaimed the visitor In surprise. "Yes, Peter Jackson, tho prizefighter, You see, Peter has In his own way dono a good deal of missionary work, making white men respect tho colored man," and tho old whlto-halred orator smiled as though ho enjoyed tho recollection of Peter's victories over his whlto antagonists in tho squared circle. Congressman "Joo" Cannon of Illinois Is a man of strong likes and dislikes and nover docs anything by halves. In the list of his likings, so far as the culinary matters are concerned, his fondness for green corn takes first rank nnd on this score ho tells n good story at his own expense. After n long sojourn In Washington he returned homo aud started out to look after his political fences In his district. At a small vlllago hotel, where he stopped for dinner, n scanty pinto of flno roasting ears was placed beforo him as a side dish. Im mcdlntoly he abandoned tho main bill of faro and npplled himself exclusively to tho green corn. When tho pinto wns depleted ho called for mora roasting ears and con tinued his least until he bad mado his entire, meal from tho stable product ot the Illinois prairies. Tho hotel keeper noticed tho array of cobs stacked upon tho plato of tho tall politician, whoso Identity was unknown to him, nud said: "Say, stranger, what In thunder do you want to board at a hotel forf Tho place for you to put tip ut n livery stnble. Don't you know green fodder Is a dum sight cheaper In a barn than In a houso?" During tho remainder of tho campaign Congressman Cannon retailed this story to his constituents and turned It to good nc count nmong tho corn growers. "Did it ever strike you," asked a naval officer on duty at tho department of a Star reporter, "what a queer position Cnptuln Lcmly will hold after tho Schley court of Inquiry convenes? You sec, he Is Judgo advocate of that court and Its findings must como beforo him tho second tlmo In his capacity as judgo advocate general of the nnvy. Thus he may often bo called upon to recommond something to himself. "I can fancy right now," tho ofilcor continued, walking Jauntily along the corridor, ns Is his wont, nnd soliloquizing: 'Perhaps. Captain Lninly, Judgo advocate of the Schley court of Inquiry, It wouldn't be a bad Idea for you to step Into the otllce of Captnln Leinly, Judgo ndvocnto general of tho navy, nnd make a few suggestions lo that most worthy nnd estimable officer.'" Up on Pennsylvania avenue, Just In front of tho northeast gate than opens to tho north grounds of tho Whlto House, tho other day a crowd of men and boys wero collected nnd thero wns every evidence that a fight or something unusually llVely had tnkon place. Very soon a policeman hastened from across Lafayette squaro and brusquely nsked tho trouble. "Well, ills nigger hynr gits right In my way and won t gib mo do right oh way," said the driver of a dumpcart, which was standing there. Further Inquiry revealed tho fact that n ne gro driving nn nshcart had como east on tho south sldo of the nvonue, while a street sweeper was going west on the same side of tho street. Neither would get out of the way for the other nnd thero they were both stopped, obstinately waiting for one or tho other to give In. Their discussion of tho question which had tho right of way led to hot words, nnd finally they were both using strong and threatening language to each other. Somebody went for nn offi cer, who was disgusted when he took lu the situation. "Get on by here," he snld to the street sweeper, "nnd do It fast." "Move along here or I'll pull you," be snld to the driver of tho iishrnrt, nnd the crowd of peoplo passed nwuy as If they had really found satisfaction In witnessing such a potty quarrel. C. O. I,. Cooper, prlvuto Hceirtary to Attorney General Knox, has had a long and varied experience as n shorthand re porter of legal hearings, speeches, etc., and Is ranked as one of the best men In that business In tho country. He has reported legnl arguments of hundreds of prominent men, nmong them Mr f'hoaio. the pr'-Hcm ambassador of the t.'nlled States to rcng Innd. Mr. Cooper was talking the other day about the many changes made by men In their speeches after delivery. "I reported the argument of former. Attorney General Griggs In the Iniulnr cases before the su preme court,'' snld Mr. Cooper, "and I do not believe that Mr, Griggs changed oNcr one hundred words when he revised the nrgumcnt for publication. 1 never saw so few change In n spcrch In my life. Mr. Griggs talked to the court two hours one day and about two hours another, so you see that he spoke many thousands of words. Often In speech a man uses words that bo changes when the remarks are put lu print. Sometimes tho nrgumcnt or speech Is so changed that it would not be recognized by the body before which It w9 delivered. Mr. Griggs, however, Is n man who has a splendid vocabulary and a great command of tho Kngllsh language, it is rare for him to make a change In the words of an argument. WASTIJ OF HI man i.ivr,, tlrninnilii of Modern Cuiiintrree lleen- Inii n Terrible Dentil, Philadelphia Press, The sncrlflco of cloven lives nt a tem porary water works crib two miles off tho Cleveland harbor In Lake Krle last week Is us striking nn Illustration ns has been given recently of the reckless wnato of human lives In modern enterprises. Tho work carried on wns of nn especially dangerous character and should havo sug gested every means posslblo for tho safety of the worklngmen. And yet tho most ordinary precautions wcro neglected nnd when nn accident, which should have been foreseen, occurred thero was nothing to prevent a ruthless sncrltlco of llfo. Men who had entrusted their security to their employer's caro wcro drowned llko rats In a hole. If this thnuglitfulncss of worklngmen nnd employers happened rarely It might not need remark. But It Is of frequent occur rence nnd even tho frequency of such dls nsters does not seem to tench the public tho necessary lesson of care and foresight. This sacrifice of life Is moro common to some employments than others, but none nre wholly free from It. The stenm rail roads nro tho greatest sinners In this re spect and demand tho largest number of lives. Olficlnl reports show that lu the thirteen years ending June 30, 1000, tho railroads of the United States killed Sfi,- 277 people nnd wounded 460.027. It Is doubtful If all the battles fought during tho same period resulted In such a sncrlflco of life. And now that trolleys nnd nutomo- biles aro added the prospect Is that tho holocaust will bo plied still higher. Hut other employments ns well as rail roading nro fruitful of death and Injury. The Bureau of Lnbor Statistics of New- York state mado nn effort ft few years ngn to nscertnln tho Injuries nnd fatalities In factories nnd workshops of that state. A period of three months, covering Aprlt, May and June, In 1899, wne selected nnd Inquiries sent out. Tho Information gained showed 1.S22 accidents to employes, of which twenty-nine wero fatal. This would bo at the rate of 7,288 accidents a year, of which lib would bo fatal, nut ns less than halt tho factories nnd workshops responded to tho Inquiry It is safe to eay that thero Is an annual averago of 15,000 accidents to em ployes In Now York state, of which 2f0 In volve loss of life. This would sum up a largo loss In tlmo nnd money, besides suf fering. Laws havo been passed in mnny stales which havo lessened tho number of theso nccidentn by making It possible to place tho blamo and assess tho damage. A German Investigation mado in 1SS7 showed that out of 15,970 nccldcnts 10.70 por cent were tho fault of tho employer, 25.64 per cent woio tho fault of tho injured, 4.45 per cent wero tho fault of both, 3.28 per cent wcro tho fault of a third party, the blamo for 3.47 per cent could not bo placed, whllo 43.40 per cent of tho accidents were tho Inevitable risk of the work. A similar Investigation In this country would probably give care lessness on the part of employes nnd em ployers as tho cause of 75 per cent Of tho accidents. This waste of human llfo should cease. It Is one ot the blots on Amorlcan civiliza tion and a drnln upon tho vital forcce of tho nation. If tho laws nro not strict nnd comprehensive enough they should bo amended. It Is n great honor to stand ns tho first nation In tho world in manufac tures and commerce. It is a greater honor to preserve tho lives nnd health of the men and women who make up tho nation and without whoso efforts It cannot ba great. SAID IN .112 ST, Phlladelnhla Press: "You pugilists don't seem to havo nearly so much to say ns formerly." "No." nnswercd tlio eminent rr irescimi tlvo of tho prize ring. "To tell tho truth, we got so Interested In listening to theso naval gentlemen that we hind or rorgot our own affulrs." Haltlmore American: Hooks received (not' etl: .. ...... Alone and yet vuivo: or. mo isolation lshmael," by William Jennliiirs Hryan. Coyotes nud Coy Votes," by Theodore Itoosuvelt. .... Ono Htrlko nnd uut. uv iiiconore Shaffer. . . ... , , ... , Dividends and t.ong uivisiuu. uy j. i-. Morgan. lloW to uie l'oor, uv jimnuv. v.u i - netlo. ,. , . AiillStlO in JJIHRUlse, ny annnitm-n ,0"i'inii ileitis Those Who Helo Them selves: nr. Knocks for New York." by ncn- iamln Is. Udeii. Philadelphia itecord: "So mnnv of these eltv heaters mistake us for deer.- snid the Maine woodsman, "inui i am koiiik to wear u cowbell." Hut people will mauo gumu oi you, in terposed Ills wife. ...... Well tbev II lll.iue gamo oi mn it i uon i wear It." Buffalo Courier: First Youth I henr Tom Ih going to see his undo after lie leaves tlio exposition. tl . .Second Youth Lucky If ho doesn't have to see him two or thrpo times before ho leaves. Detroit Free Press: -Milkman Say. you paid me In counterfeit monev. Citizen Well, you've been bringing us counterfeit milk. Catholic Standard nnd Times: norrougbs There'll n fellow who makes moro work nud trouble for his liiends than nnyone Ise I know. Ascuni Who? TytedstV Wliv, I can linrdly believe thut of him. Iloirouuhs You ve never tried to borrow dollar from him, I guess. Yntikers Hlnlpsmnn: f I n 1 1 lil III Ik that a fnct, thut the government lnsued an order to t ho Dostiil nuthoritleH to spell nnmes ending burgh without the final h? Church- Yes: unit h ii fact. (i,, ilium -Well II Keemx Inn much llko iIiik the LngllHli; tbev nlwnvs drop their n, j i it muni . th : iii,i)-rsmoi:n .v.ui:s. Trii winl; in Hnltlinore American. The nld-fiislilnued mum s is llko old-fui-h- Inned rimes Like memories that sort o' cheer n feller when he dozes I'ho new-style names nlu t half so good ns them thut'b simply plain, An' got no funey yprlllu Just like Mnry. Until aud Jane; An' the old-fashioned rose Is a beauty till It clones The old-fushlonf d mimes Is llko old-fash ioned roses. The old-fnshlonecl rose there Is beauty in Its blushes- As meller as tho blrdsong lu the long inld- Hiimmi r hushes. It has no ulis-dl's Jiift Itself an' there's tho purty part An' every slghin' breeze just mints nn' takes It to Its heart, An' whispers till the (lower puis on all Hi graceful poses The old-fiishloned tinnies Is llko obl-f.ish- loned rosts. Tho old.fuKbloucd name brings u tender recollection Of the oIiImi fort o' grnce nnd the olden time urfeetloil, When folks was ns they acted an' their henrls wns good an" true An' happv ti inn memories that comet t- me an yo.t- Thn memories thut Fort o' cheer u follor when he dozes- Th( old-fashioned uumco Is like old-fashioned ru.ca, i