0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATUKDAV, AUGUST .11, 1001 . The umaiia Daily Bee E. IlOSlSWATKH, 13DITOH. J'UIJMSHUD HVKUY MOIIN1NO. THUMB OF SUUHCIUI'TION. Vnly Ilea (without 8undu) ,Ono iear.JG.0) Uully Hoe iiikJ Suwluy, One Yeur y JiiuntraKf lice, One Year jj-J' ;tiunday Uce, One Year. ..if Saturday Uce, Out- Yenr '6J '.Twentieth Century 1'urmer, One Year, l.v) OFFICES. ' . Omaha: Tho lice Building. South Omaha; City Hun liulldlng, Twon-'ty-illth unit M Htrtfctf. Council UlufTHi 10 l'earl Street. Chicago: 16IU Unity Hul.dlng. Hvw York: Tempm Court. Washington: Ml Fourteenth Street. COIUiESI'ONDENCE. Communications relating to newa anl till torlal matter nhonlil be addressed: Omaha fJJcu, EUltorlal Department. UUBINKbS LHTTKHS. IluMncss letters und remittances should be addressed: Tho Hee Publishing Corn puny, Omuha, REMITTANCES. Komlt by draft, express or postal order, payablu to The Dee 1'ubllshlng Company, only 2-cont stamps accepted In puyineat of mall account. Personal checKS, except on Omulm or eastern exchange, not uctepted. THE UEE I'UIJUSUINO COMI'ANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. (State of Nebrnsku, Douglas County, b.: Oeorge It. Tzhciuick, Micretory 01 I'ne IJeo I'ubllmiing Company, being uuly awc.rn, fiuys that the actual number 01 full and complete copies of Thu ualy, Mutiiiiik, Evening and Sunday Dee prlnteu during tne inuiiwi ui JUiy, iwi, wu us ioiiowb l :t.v mo 17 'JA'M 2 li.j,lit. 3 US,S7U 4 lit, (Kill C '....SM.SJU C ua,:i:io I us.uin 8 a.-i,il',l i!.-.,:uo 10 ii.,:uu II i!5,!!70 12 M,!i'2U iz u:,,:ir.v 14 2r.,nir 15 -.-,ot,u 18 ar,i 19 ar,iuo 20 iss,oao 21 y.-.,:nr, 22 25,020 a 23,:mo 24 ar,a.o 25 2.-,: wo 20 25,1.30 27 25,2o at ar.,740 29 25,2:10 30 25,2711 3i 25,220 1C 211,070 Total 784,015 Less unsold and returned copies,... Ji.OUU Net totul sales 775,oia Net dally averoKC 25,(100 OEOHOE B. TZSCHUCJC. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to bctoro nio this uay of July, A. D, U01. M. U. I1UNOATE, Notary l'ubllc. I'AHTIKS I.UAVINO lOil S.L11.UUU 1'artlea lenvliijf tUe cltr 'or tlie aunnner mnjr bniu The Ilea eut to tliem renulnrly br notifying The lie Iiulna oilier, In person or lr mull. The addrraa will be changed as often na desired. Central Labor union boycottn nro be coming altogether too pfoiiilsciiotia. The republican Htnte convention bus effectively onlkcd the popocratlc guns. The weather bureau forecasters accu rately predicted the blowout at the con cIukIoh of their convention. The weather man may consider that lie has a Htandlnjr order for this variety of Ills wares from now until the close of the Ak-Snr-Uen carnival at leust. The newly formed plow combination Is to have a capital stock of ?."0,000,000. If the land Is as -well watered as tills dock there will bu no danger from drouths in the future. Popocrats take little comfort out of the work of tho republican state con vention. That convention had an eye Holely to the Interests of the republican party In Nubrnskn as did no other. Nebraska even In a drouth year holds Its own right at tho top of the list of agricultural states. If you have any doubt about It Just take a look at the display of farm products at tho stnto fair. Police Judge Gordon will resume his normal place ou tho supremo court docket during this coming session. It must be a very cold day when Police Judge fiordon is not before the supreme court as a claimant. Tho Colombian minister to Washing ton, expresses the belief that peace will no preserved In South "America. Un less the press reports are nt fault those Houth Americans have 11 peculiar ideii of what constitutes peace. Consul Stowe of Capetown reports that the American mule is popular in tlint part of tho world. The American mule has n sociable, familiar way about him which Is bound to make an Impres sion wherever he goes. The United States land otlleo dlsnosed of ir,(H12,70d acres of land during tho past year. This Is a fair real estate business for one season, but Undo. Sam still lias a few farms left which he Is willing to dispose of on easy terms. The commander of the tlrst United States war ship to reach the Isthmus of Panoma reports thot everything Is quiet there now. Whenever disturb nnees brenk out In that quorter the ar rival of foreign war ships has a pacify Ing lntluqnce. After all tho people foolish enough to allow themselves to be Inoculated with 'yellow fever serum have died oft' the doctors have, decided the now treat ment Is a failure. They certainly sue ceeded lu giving the patient n case of fover, so the failure must bo on the purt of tho doctors to cure It. Austrian papers are warning IUihsI to keep Its linger out of affairs In the Balkans. Hussla will soon have com pleted Its grab In Manchuria nnd will then bo ready to push forward on Con Htnntlnople If conditions should be nro pltlaus. Warnings have about as much effect on the .Muscovite as water poured on n duck's back. Tho fragments of tho Into silver re publican party have as yet not decided to call a county convention to join with the two-ringed circus that will convene lu Washington hall nnd vicinity ou September 14. This failure to put In nu Hppearuuce may losq them a con stable, which would have been about their proportion at tho fusion pie counter. imSIMMTtKS IX TIIH UIUEXT. IteproHcntntlvc Hull of Iowa, who has been Investigating conditions In the Orient, thinks then; are great possi bilities lit the new American jkimkos slons for men of brains and Industry. He says there is a practically unlim ited Held for commercial enterprise in the Philippines, with their vast mineral, agricultural and timber resources. We do not know how extensive .Mr. Hull's investigations were, but undoubtedly he had access to the best sources of information and besides there is- a great deal of other testimony in sup IKirt of what ho says. Indeed, It Is no longer seriously questioned that the Philippine Islands nro rich In resources, which when developed and utilized will add appreciably to tho world's wealth. There has, perhaps, been a tendency to somewhat exaggerate the value of these resources, but that they are very valu able Is not to be doubted. The fact that hitherto so little 1ms been known regarding them Is easily explained. Under Spanish rule the ma, terlal development of the Islands was not encouraged. It was not the policy of Spain to promote the Industrial nnd commercial growth of the nrchlpelago. That power did little for the advance ment and progress of Its colonial pos sessions. It wrung from their people all It could, but made no greiit effort to Improve their condition. Under American rule n new state of affnlrs will be inaugurated in the Philippines. Itallroads will be built and other means of easy and rapid communication pro vided, the development or the re sources of the Islands will be encour aged and all the methods of our higher civilization will be Introduced. The policy will be to Improve tho country and better the condition of the people. The question Is whether the benellts which the United States will get from the accomplishment of this will compensate for the outlay made In life und treasure to establish and maintain sovereignty over the islands. Ameri can capital will not nlonc develop the Philippines. The American people will not have a monopoly of ludustrlul and commercial privileges In the archipelago. European capital and enterprise will ob tain Its share. In the course of time our trade with tho Islands will, per haps, be larger than that of any other country, but we shall never have all of It. It will be necessary that we give other nations a fair chance In the Philippines in order that wo shall have a fair chance lh other portions of the Orient. We cannot erect barriers against competition with us in the Philippines without having barriers erected against us in the Chinese possessions of other nations. Hence the trade of the Philippines will be divided up nnd its benefits dis tributed among all the commercial na tions. How much our share will be nt any time In the future it is of course Impossible to foresee, but uuder the most favorable circumstances conceiva ble It must be a very long time before it will repay what has already been ex pended lu the Philippines. It cannot be said with ccrtnlnty how soon pacifica tion will be complete In tho Islands, but whenever that is accomplished capital will go there nnd fortunes will be made In developing tho archlpelago'8, re- tources. liV THE iATKHKST of sgiexce. Several lives have been sacrificed In experimentation with the "mosquito theory" nt Havana and It has been de ckled by the medical commission that made the experiments to discontinue them. It has been conclusively demon strated, nccordlng to tho stntement of the chief sanitary officer at Havana, that yellow fever can be conveyed by the mosquito nnd the experiments have further resulted In tho discovery of an Immunity serum, which will be admin istered by the sanitary department to any who desire to undergo the treat ment. As to the claim of Dr. Culdris, the Brazilian expert, It appears to be discredited by tho American medical commission. The persons who guvo up their lives in the Interest of science showed a high order of heroism, but one ennuot rend of such sacrifice without a feeling of regret that some other way wns not fouud to test the theory of mosquito Infection. Especially pathetic In the case of tho trained nurse, Clara Muas, who is described as a beautiful and no complished young woman. She, it seems, Indleved herself to bo Inimuno and feutiessly submitted to bo bitten by two mosqultos, resulting In her death In a short time. The yellow fever experiments ut Havaua will undoubt edly bavo most vnluuble results, but there are many who will think that the sacrifice Is too great. The work done since the American occupation of Cuba toward eliminating yellow fover has ' been so effective that thero Is felt to be little dunger of a recurrence of tho disease lu virulent form. ADMIUAL IIOWISQX EXVIuUXS. The letter of Bear Admiral Howlson, tho third member of the Schley court of Inquiry, lu regard to the statement that ho had publicly expressed opinions on tho conduct of tho naval battlo of San tiago, is so frank and straightforward that It must remove any doubt which may bavo been created by newspaper report as to his ability to Judge Impar tially the matters that will be submitted to tho court. Tho admiral denies hav lug madu certain observations credited to him by the lutervlcw In a Boston pa per which caused objection to bo made to his being a member of the court of Inquiry, and while quite willing to with draw from thu court If tho department should so desire, ho declares ho Is ready to do his duty without partiality. In reply Acting Secretary of the Navy Hackett nssured Admiral Howlson that the department' has no purpose of re lieving him, having Implicit confidence in his sense of Justice nud fair-mindedness. This will doubtless end tho mat ter, as It is not likely that Hear Ad miral Schley will decllno to accept tho explanation nnd assurances given the department by Hear Admiral Howlson, since to do so would be nn Imputation on the lntter that could hordly fnll to t have an lutlucuce upou public oplulou unfavorable to Schley. It Is safe to say, therefore, that no further objection will be maile to Howlsou and his fine record warrants the belief that ho will per form his duty fairly and Impartially. .1 IWXULED flEllll YMAXDEH. In Its call for n primary election and county convention the democratic county committee calls for the nomination of one county commissioner for tho Second commissioner district, comprising the First, Second nnd Third wards. If tills program Is carried out, what district Is Commissioner Ilarte to represent In the board for the next two yenrs? The statute authorizing the redisrict ing of tho counties into commissioner districts declares that "the three com missioners of such county whose terms of otllce will expire after said election (meaning the election following tho re disricting) shall continue to represent tho districts In which they reside after the redisricting of such county until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected." Commissioner Ilarte was elected for a term of three years, beginning Janu ary, 11)01. Ills term will therefore not expire until January, 11)04. His resi dence, at the time of ids election, was In the Second ward, In which he still resides. Under tho -lnw he will repre sent the district In which he resides until his term shall expire. In other words, tho redisricting Is not an edict that compels him to remove to some other district In order to accommodate any candidate who desires to represent tho Second district. If the gerrymander Is legal, as there can be but one commissioner to repre sent any district, It Is manifest that no election can be held legally In the Second district, made up of the First, Second and Third wards, lu tho year 1001. If the gerrymander Is not legal there can ba no new commissioner elected out of the Second ward, because that ward already has a member on the board uuder tho old district bound aries. That fact certainly ought to be clear to everybody. It strikes us that the democratic lawyers who have figured out that an election Is to be held In the district comprising tho First, Second nnd Third wards should have taken some steps to test tho correctness of their theory In the courts before the call was Issued for the election of a commissioner In the gerrymandered Second district nnd lu case the courts should decide that no such election can be had legally they would have been In position to revise their call so as, to provide for the nom ination of commissioners In the districts from which commissioners are to bo elected this fall. Their falluro to take such action will compel the calling of a separate convention for the nomination of commissioners in accordance with law. The Bee intimated some time ago that the fight made by paving contractors to have wornout street pavements patched up under the name of repairs rather thun completely renewed Is owing to the fact that the bids made this year leave only n small margin of profit, while If the work of repining can bo postponed the next year's bids can be raised to make It more profitable. Every move In the controversy goes to confirm this suspicion. It Is Inexplicable, there fore, how any of the property owners who must eventually benr tho expense should want to put off Improving their streets rather than take advantage of bids which the contractors prefer to avoid. It was all very nice for the register of the O'Neill land office, Mr. Weeks, to portray the awful disappointment which tho democrats and populists of Holt county will experience over tho demnnd of the republlcnn stnto conven tion for tho revocation of the Bartley parole. But Mr. Weeks has failed to explain why the solid vote of tho Holt county delegation was cast against the adoption of the republican platform. Nothing could better Indicate tho ab ject poverty of the masses in Itussla than tho famine reports which fol low every failure of the crops In that country. Emancipation to the serf in Russia has meant nothing lu the way of material Improvement, surrounded us ho Is by conditions which must keep him ulmost a perpetual pauper. During tho coming visit of the czur of Itussla to Germany the two rulers will meet behind a high board fence In precaution against anarchists. Tho president of the United States has his troubles with otlleo seekers, but he has the consciousness of being free to circu late among tho people with safety. The National Boot and Shoe nssocl- atlon proposes to limit the number of styles of footwear to be put on the market. If tho association will only cut out a few of tho extraordinary freaks now offered, the publle will for give It for Its arbitrary action. tiumcwhut Sporty Ouraelve. Indlnnupolls News, Nobody will begrudgo Llpton the cup If he wins It, for he Is a trim sportsman, but we aball not let our regard for him per sonally Influence the contest. Wo are truo sportsmen ourselves. HhailniYy 'riwn UnnnuKht. Dnltlmorc American. Sciences otter of a martyr s crown to volunteers for yellow fover experiments Is not being grabbed nt these days. Tho majority of people prefer to tako their chances the natural way, Connltler (he DUtnncc. Indianapolis Journal, When wo realize that the Philippine Islands are scnttored over an nroa as long ns from Maine to Florida and as wide as from rioston to Chicago, we aro able to get an idea of tho difficulties which our offi claU meet in their efforts to establish gov crnment In so vast an expanse without any kind of wagon roads, SiiKnr licet Culture. New York I'ress. The commercial success oKthe beet root plants, the lncreao by hunaV'ls of per com of the beet sugar output, anJ the fact that despite the great growth of fbe popu lation In numbers nnd greater In pVchas lng power since U94 there has bee an actual decline la raw sugar Unportatn from $89,210,773 to SS,794.750 all show th.it sugar will cease to bo nn agricultural Import as soon as the American farmer takes the trouble to mnko of It n lending domestic product. "I'rmtf of the l'nildliiK." Iyoulsvlllo Courier-Journal. Tho Omaha Uee, which has been pub lishing n good deal of encouraging news as to the Improvement In crop conditions, has this suggestivn paragraph' "The Iowa State fair opens with the largest exhibit In Its history. Eastern people frightened by the drouth reports should take lu the circuit of state fairs of Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Missouri. It would open their eyes." Where Fitrmlng la Not Overilone. Portland Oregonlan. Alaska Is a great country great in ex panse, great In scenic splendors, great In tho production of gold. It Is, however, ohort when It comes to agriculture. Ac cording to census reports there nrc twelve farms In the territory having a total area of 159 acres. Of these 104 acres aro de voted to raising hay and vegetables. The smalt remainder Is pasture land. These farms, five of which aro less than three acres in extent, are on tho southern coast. There aro a few small gardens in tho Yukon settlement that aro not taken Into this account. Tho total value of farm products In 1900 was 18.016. Com inn ii I,nvr nnd the Trnata, Chicago Post. It has been said that the common law nlonc, If resolutely applied by tho courts, would freo us from monopolies and trusts. So It would, but It would free us from much clso besides. The common law pro hibited nil combinations for tho control or regulation of prices, for the fixing of wnges or tho reduction of products, tinder It trades unions wcro hold Illegal and strikes punished as crimes against tho state. A little study of early American Industrial llfo would open the eyes of those who glibly talk about Invoking the. common law. We require a new body of law con cerning corporations and It Is being evolved, slowly but surely. Tho old no tions of conspiracy and combinations will not answer. Slie of (he Conl Huron' Rrnft. New York Vi'orld. Coal will bo. advanced 25 cents per ton on September 1, making a total Increase of SO cents since May 1, when tho price was al ready above tho nverage. Last summer's strike of the coul miners was, by tho Influence of tho republican campaign managers, settled by conceding Increased wages to tho men. Theso In creases, varying Bllghtly with circum stances, raleed tho averago, cost of mining coal by about 10 cents a ton. In early spring of tho present year the "general understanding" hitherto prevail ing among coal operators was succeeded by a trust which has three times advanced prices at will. Tho householdor at tidewater will this winter pay nearly a dollar a ton more for coal than the averago price for ten years past. Tho men at the mines will get 10 cents of the Increase. TOWNB AS AX OCTOPUS. Hot Air Pipe of Plain People Coddling with the Plutoerti. Chicago, Inter Ocean. The current advertisement of the Ex port Oil and Pipe Line company of Beau mont, Tex., contains, la addition to other interesting Information, tho following cheerful telegraphic communication from Its peraldent: , "BEAUMONT, Tex., Aug. 16. "Walter Q. Hudson & Co.. 342 Exchanee building, Bostonfj-OIl struck top, of der rick at twelve" "flfon; turned off at once. Will send photograph horizontal gusher soon and of perpondlcular when weather permits. Expert opinion says no bigger or better well on Spindle Top: at least seventy thousand barrels a day. Will place on pipe lino soon as possible. "CHARLES A. TOWNE." Whtlo tho news contained in this dis patch will doubtless be received with great satisfaction by the Investors In the Export OU nnd Pipe Lino company, the interest of tho general public will center upon tho slgnaturo attached to it. Tho average citizen docs not enre particularly, of course, whother oil ntruck tho top of tho derrick at twelvo fifteen or twelve forty-five, or whother It struck the top at at nil. Neither can It bo said that there Is likely to bo any demand from tho masses for photo graphs of tho perpendicular gusher that Mr. Towne proposes to take when tho weather permttB. Nor can It truthfully be said that the plain people are concerned In what tho experts sny of tho relative slzo and quality of the Splndlo Top wells. What tho great American public Is Inter ested in la the fact that the Hon. Cbarlss A. Towno, the whilom champion of William Jennings Bryan, the silver-tongued apostlo of populism, who loss thnn a yenr ngo saw a men&co to the happiness and liberties of tho people in corporations, combines, and trusts tho mnn who wnB wont to hurl fiery epithets nt oil, coal, ateol or any other magnates has developed Into an octopus, and that his tentacles are already reaching out for sustenance toward the hated money power of tho northeast. THAI.MX(i OUH AVAHI1S. Amerlunn Kdaentlonnl Method In Op eration In the Philippines. New York Mail und Express. Conspicuous In tha. report of the superin tendent of public instruction in tho Philip pines appears the enre that Is taken In the selection of the teachers whom our admin istration of tho archipelago Is appointing for tho Instruction of Its youth. Much at tention has been attracted by our sending transports from San Francisco ladon to tholr fullest capacity with young Ameri can men and women, eager to begin tholr chosen task of opening tho minds of Fili pino children to our language and liter ature nnd educating them to take part in their future self-government. It now ap pears that tlioro were inoro than 8,000 applicants for tho 1,000 appointments ns teachers, so thnt thcro was nbundnnt ma terlul for selection. It Is fortunato thnt tho Instruments may thus be carefully choBen for the work of first Importance to which our government has addressed Itself In nil tho territories whero It exercises sov ereignty or temporary authority. We do uot forget there, as wo do not nt home, tho creed of tho fathers that the public school Is tho foundation of tho republic. It Is the public schoolB thnt Amerlcnnlzo nnd nsslmllnto hero the mil llous of children of Immlgrnnts. It is the samo system that will open tho way to higher nnd freer llfo for nil tho pcoplo of our Insular possessions. Tho finely organ ized school system established undor our military administration in Cuba Is strong enough to survive tho shock of a change of government, In Torto Hlco the natives aro so eager for learning that tho chief difficulty Is to find suitable accommodations for the pupils. Hlmllar conditions have arisen in the Philippines. Complaints of overcrowding come from tho interior. Tho natlvo children aro eager to learn English, ns nro tho native teachers. Such progress hns been made that In the schools opened last month English alone Is used, With the estab lishment of civil government In tho prov Inces, money from local taxation will be needed to support these schools, and thus they will help to hasten the framing of a rovenue law for the Philippines, probably upon lines similar to the act that has prayed successful In Porto Hlco. OTHER I.A.MIS THAN OIUS. With n view of providing feeders for their seaports, old nnd new, tho Uelglnns aro so deepening their numerous rnnals thnt oven the Inland city of Brussels is now cnpablo of recolvlng vessels of a consider able size. Tho nlrendy Intricate network of their stenm railways In being more closely woven, nnd supplemented by light railroads nlong their hlghwnys. With nn eyo to tho evolution of n Belgian merchant navy. It is proposed thnt tho state shall subsidize shipping companies, and encour age the establishment of shipbuilding yards, with the help of English or German ship wrights, who mny bo further tempted by tho fnct that tho cost of labor In Belgium Is 33 per cent lower than in England or Germany. While Belgium is now looking forward to becoming an ocean carrier, sho has for sonlo ttmo had tho certainly of fig uring among the colonial powers. On the denth of her present sovereign, If not cnrller, she will formally ncqulro possession of tho Congo Freo State. Belglnn capital Is already employed In the Middle King dom, nnd thero Is no doubt thnt, should China, through Its fnlluro to pny tho prom ised Indemnity or to mnintnln pence nnd order, bo subjected Inter to dismemberment, Belgium would demand a shnrc of tho par titioned senconst. In n word, tho mnrltlmc icblrth of Belgium Is likely to bo ono of tho notnblo phenomena of tho twentieth century. Thnt Is n rcnlly grent schoruo which Aus trln Is devising for tho building up of Its lnternnl commerce. The mensuro adopted Is far-reaching In Importance And In dustrially, ns claimed, It will do more than anything yet enacted by tho Austrian gov ernment for the promotion of Its commer cial growth. The plnn Involves n system of cnnals to be constructed by tho state nt a cost of $150,000,000. It will comprise over 1,000 miles of nnvlgablo wntorwnys which will ndmlt boats up to COO tons burden. Tho lmportnnce of tho enterprise Is readily seen when It Is known that It will not only bring the various provinces Into closer touch, but will also nfford the chenpest freight connections between Austria nnd Its neighbors Germany nnd Itussla and make posslblo tho development of many portions of tho Interior now practlcnlly lnaccesslblo to extensive trnde. It Is possible, too, ns Consul Gcnernl Hurst nt Vlennn suggests, thnt with tho completion of these wnterwnys our Amerlcnn products enn bo more cheaply Introduced Into Austro-Hungary thnu at present. By nn ngreement Just conclude between tho government of tho Gambia, West Africa, and a powerful chief named Mousn Mollnh, who resides In French territory, tho whole of both bnnks of the Onmbla river up to the Anglo-French frontier aro now British, It seems that tho French authorities re cently gave their consent for tho chief to travel to McCarthy's Island In order to meet tho British administrator, nnd, nfter n two dnys' pnlnve'r with Sir Georgo Denton, the agreement was signed. Tho value of tho convention lies In tho ruct that tho British have now, not meroly nominal, but actunl and complete control over tho whole of the rlvor, whereas hith erto tho enormous tract of country belong- lng.to Mousn Mollnh was not under actual British Jurisdiction, the chief having al ways refused to allow this. It also pre cludes all possibility of the establishment of a French post on tho Gambia rlvor. The Bltuatlon in tho Gambia, moreover. Is said to bavo considerably improved as a result of tho recently concluded combined Anglo-French operations, and the natives nil round nrn now believed to renllzo the futility of continuing their efforts to piny off the French against tho British, Anglo French relntlons In thnt pnrt of West Africa nro now better thnn over, there being no evidence, certain popular Paris Journals to the contrary notwithstanding, of the strained relations which have, some times existed In the past. The announcement that the directors ot the Austro-Hungarlan bank have decided to begin the Introduction of gold coin by a small Issue of 20-kronen gold pieces (worth about Jl.O'i each) Indicates the complotlon of a movement thnt hns occupied tho atten tion of Austrian financiers for nbout ten yenrs. Tho first serious preparations for putting tho currency on a specie bnsls were made in 1S92, and wero protrncted untlt 189S. In 1898 tho gold thnt had been acquired by tho stnto wns pnld to tho Austro-Hun- garlan bnnk und a lnrge volumo of stnto notes wns refunded Into bnnk currency, whllo nn lssuo of subsidiary silver was also made. All that then remained was to determine the circumstances und.cr which the coins could bo pushed Into nctunl cir culation, Instead of being held In the vaults. The first Issues now to be mado will bo merely experimental In order to accustom tho population to tno use oi gom. As long ago as I860 It was proposed to pull down the out-of-date fortifications of Paris nnd build on the site. The Franco Prussian war proved tho structures still moro obsolete. Some years later, when tholr demolition was spoken of, It wnB nl- m'ost decided to replace them by a beautiful public park, extending all around tho city. But tho cxpenso of carrying out that project Would have been so enormous that It was abandoned. Negotiations have .lately been entered Into between the Btato and tho city of Paris, with the result that the municipal ity has ngrced to buy the ground occuplod by tho fortlflcntlons from tho stato nnd undertnke nt Us own cont tho piercing of new streets nnd tho circular boulevard, which wilt form the new "colnture" of the city. Every year tho municipality will spend some 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 francs upon tho work, tho total outlay being nbout C0, 000,000 francs. At tho end of ten years it la expected thnt Pnrls will be surrounded by tho finest clrculnr park In tho world, Tho progress of, tho rnllwny which will ono day stretch from ond to end of tho Dark Continent In steady If slow. In tho course of n recent Intorvlow nt Bulnwnyo, Mr, Townsend, tho English rallwoy en gineer, who returned lately from tho Zam besi, stnted that the rnllwny to tho north will not stop nt tho Vlctorln falls, but will go straight on to the rich copper mines 300 miles beyond thnt point. He cstlmntcn that tho coal traffic will amount to from 200,000 to 300,000 tons por annum, which would mnko tho railway pay. The falls, ho says, could bo reached in cloven months if ma terial were obtainable, but ho expects that tho construction will take at lenst two yenrs. Mr. Townnond ndds that thero 1b nu enormous source of power In tho falls, sufficient to run trains for hundreds of miles by electricity, nnd to supply powor for coal mines nnd other works. A MARKED niFFKllH.VOE. Ilrltlnh l.noomotlve C'onipnred with the Amrrlciin Product. Hnrper's Weekly. Nothing pcrhnps better lllustrntes the difference between British nnd American business methods In the present yenr of graco thnn tho satisfaction of the Oroat Northern Itnllwny company of England that ono of their locomotives, built In 1870, has completed 4.000,000 miles. This Is a record, says tho company, n thing to bo proud of, "becnuse It shows that our engines ure mndo to last nnd are not shoddy," But tho American view Is quite different. This rocord, says the superintendent of motive power of one of our great trunk lines, "Is far boyond nnything wo enn show, nnd, 1 mny ndd, is shead of nnything we Intond shill be shown by any of our engines. It we kept an cnglnp In service thirty years we should think we were neglecting our duty to the public. An engine thirty years old Is an antiquated machine. We expect to get as much work ns possible out of our locomotives, knowing thnt when they nro worn our progress will hnvo produced so many Improvements thnt It would bo no economy to continue tho older englno In service, oven If It could bo rebuilt. In England nn engine Is petted, and Its llfo prolonged ns much ns possible." Herein explains In n sentenco why Eng Innd no les! than all tho rest of tho world Is suffering from tho stress of American competition. Tho bet Is none too good for us, whether It bo In locomotives or tho ma chinery to mnko mntches nnd tho best Is tho chenpest In tho end. Tho English are satisfied with a locomotive thirty years old n locomotive which has been patched nnd tinkered with nnd "petted" which is un economlcnl becnuso It wnstcs fuel nnd Is lacking In power. Thirty years ago It was, perhaps, the best machine ot Its class, but machinery, unlike wine, does not Itn provo with age. Tho American rnllwny mnnngcr knows thnt It Is cheaper to build thnn to patch! thnt nfter nn engine hns lived Itn life It Is economy to send it to tho Bcrnp-henp nnd buy. n newer, better nnd moro powerful machine, which consumes less fuel nnd requires fewer repnlrs, Tho Englishman mny know thnt his engine Is not up-to-date, nud growls nt the bad service of his rnllwny emnpnny, ntid, hnvlng growled, nnd probnbly written to the Times nbout It, ho puts up with nil tho short comings. The American does something moro thnn growl; ho demnnds the highest perfection nnd unless It Is furnished to htm ho patronizes a rival. Competition In the United States Is so keen thnt to hold tho trade the best service nnd latest Improve ments nro given to tho public nnd tho British public Is now getting tho benefit of Amerlcnn methods. POMTICAI. OHirT. Four of tho five living ex-confedernto genernls of Virginia were present nt n re publican convention at Koanoko last week. Gumbout Bill Stone of Missouri thinks tho nenntorlnl scat of George Vest Is Just his size. Others Insist thnt Bill must show them. Missouri democrats nro slinking hands with thomBclves over tho announcement that tho last of n Btnte debt of $20,000,000 will bo pnld oft by tho first of January, 1003. Dick Croker of Wnntnge, England, hns kindly consented to cross tho ocenn nnd fix up tho political affnlrs of his province, commonly known ns Grcnter New York. The news Is Joyfully welcomed by his vas sals. "Greater New York" comes high. Tho city budget of tnxntlon for tho coming fls cnl yenr Is $98,090,113. Notwithstanding nn lncrenso of one-third In tho assessed val uation of property, the tax rate has been largely Increased. Pennsylvania republicans wnrmly con demned tho democrnta nnd tho democrats responded In kind. Evidently the' harmoni ous relations established during the session of the legislature hnvc been suspended until the vote Is counted. Galena, III., the formor homo of Ulysses S. Grant, Is a strong republican town In which tho democratic principle of rotation In office, even In the case of a democratic Incumbent, Is not observed. John B, French, who has bceen ro-elccted at the age of 80 to tho office of city clerk, has held It for forty years. His father was city clerk for four years and died while In office. Thero nro nlrendy four cnndldates for tho democratic nomlnntlon for senntor In Ken tucky to succeed Senntor Dcboc, whose term expires on Mnrch 4, 1904. Ono of tlicso can didates Is Congressman Charles K. Wheeler of Paducnh, of which city some years ago ho was corporation counsel. Ho halls from tha part of Kentucky which gives the largest democratic majorities. The Maryland stato constitution contains a peculiar provision as to oaths taken In court proceedings In thnt state. It is ns follows: "Thnt tho manner ot administer ing tho oath or affiliation to any person ought to be such ns those of tho religious persuasion, profession or denomination of which ho Is a member generally esteem tho most effectunl confirmation by the at testations of the Dlvlno Being." Senator Thorans C. Piatt of New York and Whltclaw Held of tho New York Tribune, who have been political opponents for many years, havo shaken hands and burled their hatchets. They nro now work ing In complote hnrmony nnd Mr. Plntt will no longer seek to antagonize any politi cal ambition that Mr. Jtetd mny entertain. Senator Depew Is said to bo Jubilant over this result, which ho Is said to havo brought aboutT Ono of the proposed amendments to the Virginia constitution reduces tho gov ernor's salary. Tho governor of Vlrglnln hns n four-year term and gets $5,000 a year. This Is moro than tho pny of governors In most southern states, tho governor of Georsln receiving $3,000; Alnbnraa, $3,500; South Cnrollnn, $3,000; North Carolina, $3,000; West Virginia, $2,700; MUslsnlppI, $3,500, and Tennessee, $4,000. The governor of Florida receives $3,500; of Delnwnre, $2,000, nnd ot Arkansas, $3,500. )j it ?fts of servicenble boys' clothinir nt vurv Jim it in our exclusive juvenile clothing and furnishings department. Extra fine double breasted TWO PIECE SUITS, blue, black and fancy mixed chevi ots, si.es (5 to 15 years, an ideal school garment, at ?5.00. Hough finished blue serge sailor suits, extra quality and handsomely trimmed, sizes ?, to 10 years, absolutely unbeat able at the price, 5.00. NO CLOTH INC. I'TJ'S L1KK OUK8. Juvenile department second floor. Browning, King & Co. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. 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"I wns n verv sick woman, caused by Change of Life. I suffered with hot flushes, and fainting spells. I wns afraid to go on the street, my head nnd back troubled mo so. I was entirely cured by Lydla K. Plukham's Vegeta ble Compound." Mns. Jknnik Noun, plo Ivcyser St., Gcrinautown. Pa. LINES TO A I. ATOM. Now York Times: "What Is the nnturc of this new-fangled malady which they call the 'golfing splno?' " "That," responded Cynlcus, "Is easy. 'Golfing spine' Is whnt the old mnn used to havo after n hard, day's plowing, but hu culled It tho backache." Clevelnnd I'lnln Dealer: "Jane Is so sus picious." "Whnt hns Jane done nowV" "She thinks tho postmaster Invariably rends nil her letters, so she puts personal nnd prlvuto on ench ono of them." Philadelphia Press: "I don't see why they should stick such nn ugly thing nil yon right In front of me," eomplnlned the roue nt the flower show. "Age before beauty, my denr," replied the century plant galluntly. Washington Star: "Tho duke," snld the European gentleman, "belongs to one of the most eminent and influential families of our time." "Indeed!" responded the Amerlcnn mil llonalro with Interest. "Who Is his father-in-law?" Washington Stur: "If some folks was ns Industrious lookln' fob chances,' wild Uncle Eben, ','as dey is complnlnln' tint dry nln' got no chance, dnr'd be mo' rent work done." Chicago Tribune! "I know many n young mnn," cnsttally obsorvod MIhh Kerfllp, "who used to look reasonably graceful on a bicy cle, who Is sndly disfiguring tho glorious summer lundscape by trying to ride a hard,. trotting: horse." -, , '! , J WHEN FATHER IIOIIE THE rfOAT. Josh Wink In Baltimore Amerlcnn. Tho house Is full of arnica And mystery profound; Wo do not dare to run nbout Or make the slightest ound. Wo leave the big piano shut And do not strlko a note: The doctor's been here seven times Since father rodo the goat. lit. Joined tho lodge n week ago Out In at 4 a. nt. 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