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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATUKDAV, AUGUST .11, 1001 .
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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.
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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.
And sixteen brethren brought him home,
Though ho snys he brought them.
Ills wrist was sprained nnd one big rip
Had rent bis Sunday coat
There must have been a lively time
When fnthcr rode tho goat.
He'n resting on the rouch today
And practicing his signs
Tho hailing slgnnl, working grip
And other lnonkeyshlnes;
Ho mutters passwords 'neath his breuth
And other things ho'll quote
They surely had an evening's work
When father rodo tho goat.
lie has a gorgeous uniform,
All gold nnd red and blue,
A hat with illumes nnd yellow braid
And golden badges, too.
But, somehow, when we mention It,
Ho wears a. look ho grim,
"Wo wonder If ho rodo tho goat,
Or If tho goat rodo hlin.
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