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T)pn't fall to register today.
Handshaking at public receptions will
fcctabooed froni now on.
General Malvnr, has been appointed
puccessot'' to Aguinahlo. Punston will
get him If he doesn't watch out.
"It's nu 111 wind thnt. blows nobody
good." Omaha can easily stand the re
opening of' the Hammond plant.
Chief. Salter does not Indulge In pro-
fnnlty at fres, but he manages to get as
much efficient work out of the flrp force
ns any'of his predecessors. ,
1 1
A New York woman reports that she
lias been' robbed of fin.OOM worth of
jowclry.'",It hits' not been shi ted Whet he'r
she Is golug-ou-tlM-tttHgc.orwHI write a
book! ' '
st ' :r: . X :
fco'utri OntahaWjlf 'con alid io,ie& tkJ
assessors' for county purposes. xiti olio
,vnrlttoo, the nscssorshlp-wffi, cjfijtlnue
to bn rated ns tlid iriost important ,6tlcc
on the ticket. , '
In ,tju? county cp.injnlsslqner caso tho
mipreme c.ourt has . decided thnt two
political pegs enn occupy the inmc hole
nt the same time whether they arc
sijunre or round. , .
An Oninlia woman lias applied for a
divorce on the ground that her htisbaud"
math?" 4iu unsuccessful attempt at suicide.-
The husband should have been
more considerate.
Insurance Agent Funkhouscr's lutlmn
tlon Unit" the? Nebraska Insurance ngents
have boon prevented from reducing
rates by the anti-compact law will be a
revelation to the merchants 6f Omaha.
Wjjl Uet'oriner Punkhouser explain the
difference, between members of the
school board who hold up school touch
ers or 'fife lustiranco anil members who
work the taxpayers for lire Insurance?
During the past year Iowa received
$100,4111 in' state revenue from thu col
lateral Inheritance tax. If Nebraska
had that revenue, derived as It Is from a
clflsW'whlMi (all Well afford ttt pay, Its
treasury would ho considerably relieved.
Just about the Jinx; the railroad mag
nates think they have thc t?oniinunlty-of-Interest
Idea dove.oHMl tm point where
troubhi,ls.at nuenjl.l Is-dlscpvered that
some spoke hasVififi : 'o'uiHtod from the
wheel jand ft a. necessary to .buy up. an
other railroad to llxJ ltip.
A Woman who-recovered fctl.bOO from
. . . ' . . .
n (ojprndh millionaire In ..a breatii.-or
promise suit 'is said to have one hundred
offers', from men who wish to' marry her.
She should Hud it-Just as easy to get rid
of tho moitVy l,n tju; iiiatiiinonlal maikei
as it was tlj acqulro'lt.
Tho (.'oloiublan government has Issued
nn order that hereafter 'oflh'-ers In thu
army of that wcoilntry must he honest
1,1.1 tint tii.ii tluili iiiiwUlmi 4-.il i nil-ii ii ul
.'. ..wi. iii iiii . .i..-.i t .nil ii.i i, r-uini,
.'.rr-'- t .r.'.v , '.
gain" If this rule Is enforced soldiering
In that country will lose much of Its
charm, where pay Is always so uncer
tain. ColonoJ .William .lennliusltryan has
comnien'ce'dlijs political reconnoitre of
Nebraskn.. M Indications pre that ho lias
taken h.R's.)u-eia juultlplex-eyed reorter
with llm.' aiid "the ..crowds that will
greet llmnt. 'crossroad stations, will bo
llmttcdtonl.YJy the horizon of tfio bound
less pritiiil's.- -J j
I
The Vominandaut nt West. Point, In
his tinnuaj reportr.sn.vs thai hazing has
been entirely nnoiisiieu in mo. acnueiny.
It took a long tlhie' ttt 'convince the
cadets that such practices were not
a necessary part of a military educa
tion, but public opinion, when thor
oughly aroused, as It was In this matter,
U a wonderfully potent educator,
THIS YE AWS ELECTIONS.
Political Interest In stnto elections Is
nowhere, very nctlve this year, a ustinl
cxprrloncc In the year following a presi
dential election. Tho cninpalKtis opened
late, owing to the national bereavement,
anil the people generally appear to bo
thinking more of their business affairs
than of politics. Pew states choose gov
ernors or other Important slnto olllcers
this year nnd few legislatures arc
elected which will bo called upon to
llll vacancies In tho United States
somite.
Of the more Important elections, In
their general political bearing, perhaps
that of Olilo occupies llrsf place. That
state will elect a governor and other
state officers nnd choose n legislature
which will elect tt successor to Senator
'Fo'rakor. " The campaign has only Just
opened and while In the short time be
fore' tho day of election It will be vigor
ously pushed by both parties, there Is no
expectation ot arousing tho popular In
terest whjch commonly marks cam
paigns In. tile Huckcyo state. Tho re
publicans are making their light mainly
on national Issues, while tho democrat,
as shown at their opening meeting, will
discuss statu questions principally. The
chances are favorablo to republican suc
cess, but tho democrats appear to be
united nnd harmonious, bo that the elec
tion may' bo close. The election In Now
Jersey, where a governor Is to be chosen.
Is also Important for the. general effect
It will have. The present Indications
promise a republican victory, but the
democrats have a strong candidate nnd
It would not be at nil-surprising If they
should be successful.
No little Interest Is tnken In tho result
of the .Maryland election, where the
democrats have made the cry of "negro
domination" the chief Issue and are
working It for all It Is worth. Former
United States Senator Gormnn,. who
wants to go back to tip senate, Ih labor
ing with all his 'welt known skill mid
If'clrpltncss to seeiiru a democratic legis
lature, but trustworthy reports say that
his Influence Is not as strong as for
merly. The republicans "have a thor
ough organization and the leaders de
clare that unless unfair methods arc
used nnd the statu Is literally stolon
their opponents cannot win. On elec
tion day tlui republicans propose to es
tablish schools of instruction for illiter
ates at every polling place In tho state
and they have already been working to
(:allfy the negroes so that they can
vote under tho now election law, night
schools for this purpose having been
for weeks past In operation in each dis
trict, while men have been engaged In
moulding this rnw material Into voting
intelligence even when at labbr In the
fields. Should the republicans succeed
by these methods the, object lesson will
he a most significant one and It may
luiv(, ft vory riicttcal bearing upon the
cevatlon of the colored race all through
the south. In Virginia the republican
candidate for governor Is making a
lively campaign, hut with little prospect
of success, while the election of a demo
crntlc legislature In Kentucky Is prob
nble. .
A (pilot campaign, -is in progress in
iMiiwsnchitsutts," where the democrats
ohiy hope to lie utile to reduce the 'usual
republican . mnjorltyf Pennsylvania
iw.ut pr course go repuoiican anu in town
'the republican lenders arc pxpectlug an
;lncreased majority. All Indications are
favorable to the success of the repub
lican ticket In Nebraska by at least as
largo a majority as that of last year.'
SHOUTS IGllTED INSURANCE AGENTS,
The recent decision of Judge McPher-
son of the federal court declaring 'the
nnti-compact law of Nebraska uncon
stitutional was received with silent sat
isfaction by Nebraska flro Insurance
agents. No representative of the In
surance comblno was" Indiscreet enough,
however, to .venture a public expression,
for manifold reasons. If.rcmalned for
Insurance Agent l!ee FuukoiiBer to tin-
iinsftin iiimRoii rnneorninir inn tiecimou
to tilts', Washington Post,-wliU'h quotes
him us saying:
I was very glad to see tho decision of
Judge Smith McPhorson to tho effect that
tho antl-compnct law of Nebraska Is un
constitutional. For several years tho In
surance people of Nebraska have been tin-
factory manner on account of that Statute.
abie;,to connuci tneir misincss in a nnuo
and I now look for nn improvement which
will be bcncflclnl to the companies as wen
as to tho Insured. The lnw was so sween
lug that a, lltcra construction , mado It Im
Dosslble for throe or: four adjostors" of ns
many companies to sign an agreement to
adjust losses, oven If tho settlement was
entirely satisfactory to. tho policy holder.
Under that measure agents of companies
could not havo entore d. Iqto an, . agreement
to reduce flro Insurance rates. ot to men
tion nn agreement to ralso them, which the
law Is Intended directly to prevent.
Mr. Punkhouser ventures (lie prpdlcy
tlon also that the. federal courts will
knock out the' valued policy law on
trivial technical grounds, which have
been raised' by the attorneys- of the in
snrance trust. If Mr. Punkhouser s
predletldn Is verltledi uobody in these
. ... ... i. .j i '
parts will be surprised. Judge Mc
Pherson's recent decision in the. Council
Hlnd's-Unlon PneltU;.brldge, case affords
abundant proof of the leanings of that
eminent Jurist and his lopsided, ideas of
eiiuity and Justice. A Judge -who bases
his derisions on the. obsolete theory that
luiinlcliiai taxes .cannot be levied upon
property not directly Pencilled by polleo
protection, water supply- nud illuiplua
I llim i.im lin ilolwiniliill llnnll tfl tlllll HOllK
can be deixnuled upon to 11 ml some
itut. x-i.i. .i. . " ..,
I ,.,.iii..r.,n' .itcmo,!
etext ror nullifying iuws designee, to
elect the people, against combinations
destroy competition.
in
to destroy competltl
How "far Nebraska prosecuting officers
are bound by the erratic decisions of
federnl courts nullifying state laws Is
a' serious iplestloil. Our supreme court
has declnred that the test of tho valid
IJy of slate laws rest's solely with tho
state .supremo court. if tne reuerai
cuur'ts can annul'the nntl-coinpaet law
and the valued policy law of Nebraska
they can annul all other legislation reg
ullitlug the maiiagcnlciit of insurance
companies and their right to transact
business In' thu state,
In Ohio anil sev
eral other state's the valued policy law
has never been successfully attacked
before any federal Judge, although the
underwriters would doubtless feel great
satisfaction In Jiavlnirit sot aside.
The assertion that the nntl-compact
luw'of Nebraska lima lutciffercd yvltli the
operations of tho Insurance combination
Is a brazen piece of Imposture. It Is
an open secret that for years before and
after the passage of that law .the
companies within the combination dele
gated all powers of adjustment and rate
llxlng to the late Chris llarttnan, and It
Is a notorious fact that Mr. Hurtmaii
continued to exercise that exclusive
function until his death, and tho same
functions havo been exercised by his
successor without Interruption, in do
flanco of tho statute.
Hut curses, like chickens, conic homo
tofoost. Mr. Punkhouser nnd all other
agents who now rejoice over the defeat
of tho will of thu people, expressed by
the legislature, will some day discover
that there arc two sides to the trust
question. If the fire Insurance com
panies are free to enter Into compacts
nnd combinations, they will In tho near
future, as -a matter of economy, con
solidate their agencies In every city, Just
as the steel trust and other combina
tions have economized by consolidat
ing branch concerns. Such consolida
tions would not merely be in the interest
of tho Insurance trust, hut could also be
made profitable for the policy holders.
If tho Insurance companies can be re
lieved from tho payment of tho millions
annually expended In commissions they
will bo In position to reduce rntcs ma
terially and still declare larger divi
dends than ever.
Tho anti-compact law, if enforced,
mnnlfcstiy would operate ns much for
the protection of the agents as It would
for the protection of the policy holder,
nnd the ngents who now reJolcewlll not
feel particularly hilarious when the trust
screws are turned and they find them
selves being pressed out of the sorylce.
FVTUHK OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
The future of the Pnclflc const com
merclally wns the subject of an address
at the recent convention of the associn
tlon of bankers, In which It was urged
that In order thnt thu United State
shall nttalu the preeminence in thu
commercial world for which It seems
destined It must enter tho Held of com
inerclal activity through the Pad tic
coast. The author, a delegate from
Tncomn, declared that with Hawaii the
key to thu commerce of the Pacific, and
tins Philippines the gateway to the
Orient, both In our hands "fate or a
kind Providence has given us two most
Important and valuable aids for the at
talnment of this glorious goal."
It was pointed out that tho assured
development of our Oriental commerce
will seu a most remarkable enlargement
of the bunks nnd biyiklng fnellltles'ef
the Paclllc coast and thu author urged
that thu most important step thnt should
be taken by congress, to enable the
United States to attain all the advan
tages arising out of a constantly expand
ing commerce, is to enact the necessary
legislation authorizing the establishment
of international banks, with lieaurpiur;
ters In New York and branches In all
the lending commercial titles of the
globe. A measure for this purpose, he
thought, should bo especially deserving
of the support -of copgresimea jiud sen;
ators of, the Atlantic nnd PncJIlc .sua
'board states, .when tho volume of our
(trade with the South American states
and the Orient is considered, for Its
passage wouiu in. om-u hikuiij- mi "
Intended no longer to be dependent upon
European banks for our IntcniiitloihU
monetary transactions.
This Is by no means a new suggestion,
propositions for the establishment of In
ternational banks having been Intro
duced In congress, but it is Interesting
to Hud a representative of thu Paclllc
coast, which has not hitherto concerned
Itself about .this matter, advocating it in
a national convention of bankers. 'It
shows that In that section there Is an
awakening of interest In such practical
matters and a broadening of view re
garding the commercial future, which
cannot fnll to havo good results. While It
is (niite possible to exaggerate the trade
this country may havo with tho Orient-
nnd wo think most writers on the sub
ject do exaggerate Its possibilities yet
there can bo no reasonable doubt that
It will grow and mny in the near future,
say within the next twenty years,
amount to several times what It Is at
nresent. In this growth the Pacltlc
coast should enjoy a largo share and
undoubtedly will do so If it shall mani
fest tho necessary energy and enterprise.
This there Is every reason to expect will
be done. Capital Is going Into the coast
states nnd will undoubtedly bo attracted
there more largely In the next, few
years. Par-seeing Unnnclers are plan-
nhig large, project In connection with
the trade of tho Orient which promise
to greatly stimulate the development of
Pacltlc const resources. Tho outlook lor
progress In that section was never .more
favorable than it is at tnis tune.
This is evidently understood by the
peoplo of those states and to promote
their progress and prosperity they
should support thoso commercial policies
which changed conditions show to be
nccessnry. As to what theso are. there
Is no better stntement than that con
tnlued In the last public utterauce of the
lato President McKlnley
Our nmlable popocratle contemporary
grnclously calls attention to what. It
terms tho marked difference between
tho manner In which the nomination
came to the fusion candidate for county
in, , .1
tollman and "tho shrewd political inetn
juuk .
ods" nccessnry to bring about tho
nomination of Ills republican opponent.
'Shrewd political methods" Is good.
Knse treachery and downright lying, the
betrayal of constituents by attempting
io dlsfrnnchlso them for all futuro time,
tho repudiation of every principle of
right and Just representation In tho
party organization do these constitute
'shrewd political methods.'
A blir Iron company in Pittsburg lias
closed down because tho mines and the
railroads cannot keep It supplied with
coal, one being tumble to get out enough
fuel to supply the demand and tho other
not having facilities to transport all that
Is offered. It Is not nn unusual vthlng
during the rush of grain to market for
roads to be short of cars for that pur-
pose, but It Is rnro In tho Industrial
world for the coal traffic to swamp tho
railroads. And still a man can occa
sionally bo found who Insists there Is no
prosperity In the land.
Henry Watterson objects to having
other people tell what his plans are In
relation to the Kentucky governorship
and curtly states that he Is able to speak
for himself. Mr. Watterson Is undoubt
edly a fluent talker, but he has been so
busy advising other people what to do
that his friends were led to believe that
he was short of words to make his own
desires known.
All this popocratle prattle about tho
'machlno" Is decidedly confusing. A
little while ago we were Informed that
thu machine had been smashed to
smithereens, and now appeals are made
to rebuke tho machlno by defeating tho
candidates credited with smashing the
machine. The "machine" Is a great
Morgan.
South Slders are plnnnlug to eelebrnte
thu completion of the new Twenty-
fourth street viaduct. The completion
of the viaduct system Is of nlmost as
much .Importance to people in all sec-
tluiis of the city as It Is to thu South
Slders. The days of the deadly grade
crossing will soon he over.
A Feeling1 of Thniikf-alnesa.
Portland OrcRonlan.
J. Plerpont Morgan came and went.
But
air and water are Just a cheap ns ever.
Carving tho Melon.
Chicago Trlbuns.
President 11111 requests tho company to
remain seated. He Is about to cut the.
Burlington melon.
Counts for Much.
Washington Post.
In addition to being' present at tho battle,
Admiral Schley had tho admiration of all
his men. That counts considerably In a
fight.
A I.over of I'ulr IMny.
Philadelphia Hecord.
Kvery day thnt tho Schley court of' In'
qulry has been sitting Admiral Dewey has
grown a llttlo tailor In tho public estima
tion. There Is nothing the American peoplo
do so love as fair piny.
Hooting tit the Top Shelf.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho American hog 'has reached tho dig
tlilctlon of furnishing tho largest single
,ltem of exports In our foreign trade, tho
exports of hog products during lost year
having exceeded thoso ot Iron and steel
manufactures by J2.000.000.
rroniotliitr Civil Service.
New York Tribune.
In nominating William Dudloy Foulke. ot
Indiana to bo a member ot tho Board of
Civil Scrvlco Commissioners President
Hoosovclt gives unmistakable evidences of
his purposo to broaden tho ecopo and
heighten tho lnftucnco of tho Civil Scrvlco
commission's work.
Cleveland nnd (he Color Line,
Now Y'grk World.
It Is recalled that President Cleveland
during his first administration invited
Frederick Douglass to a White Houso ro-.
ceptlon. Ho was repordcr of deeds for tho
District of Columbia at tho. tlmo and was
Included wlthuall Uj'whlto officials of the
district In the Invitation sent out, Doug
lass went, too, nidi Cleveland treated hltn.
as. courteously, aaip dldtho rest.
KlmlnesV lr Ursrees.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho military authorities In Samar have
learned .wisdom by experience and, are now
watching .for treachery among tho ."paci
fied" natives at all times. Samar. la teach
ing thorn a lesson .which they did not learn
In Luzon, that a hostile community Is not
to be mado friendly all at onco by a dis
play of kindness. The Filipinos can be con
quered by kindness, no doubt, but It must
be by degrees, arid the friendly hand must
wear an Iron glove for a tlmo, at least.
Lincoln null the Color Line.
Springfield 'Itepublldnn.
It Is now recalled that Abraham Lincoln.
when president, once had Frederick Doug'
lass nt Iho White House to tea. But that
whs In wnr time. Douglass' Ideas on elo
vatlng the race might bo profitably studied
Just now. The best way to keep a man
out of the mud, ho said, was to black his
SUOes. In other words, to make a man a
man, givo him somo sell-respect and
chance In tho world. And that applies all
around, to tho white men, the brown men
and the black men.
IN THK LAST IlITCIf.
i
CfforU of "the Peerlesn" to Itrcnntnrc
, , ehrnnkn.
Kunsns City Journal
The dispatches, -announce that Mr. Bryan
is preparing to mnke an unprecedented
campaign In Nebraska this fall, realizing
thnt his homo stuto Is the battleground
whero the supremo test of his continued
leadership Is to be made. If he loses that
state tho logic of politics will discredit
htm as tho nuthorltattvo head of democ
racy, ills claims in this direction nro Deing
bo fiercely assailed from one end of the
country to the other that the Nebraska
campaign will bo In tho nature of a last
Btand. So lively Is tho evident apprehension
of Mr. Bryan on this score that he has
temporarily rellqulshed control of his paper
and will mnke a school houso campaign
throughout the state in a determined effort
to rescue Nebraska from tho republicans.
There Is little to fight for but the moral
effect of success. Tho highest ofllce to-be
filled Is that of supremo Judge. The
eenatorshlp Is sottled for a long tlmo to
como nnd no governor Is to be elected this
year. Mr. Bryan's personal popularity Is
not to bo gainsaid. He has still an en
thuslastlo and loyal following In the rank
and file. It Is chiefly tho far-seeing leaders
who recognlzo the utter impossibility of re
tainlng silver and tho Issues which are
comprehended In Brynnlsm ns the slogans
ot tbo next campaign. U is possible that
If Mr. Bryan should acceptvthe situation In
a statesmanlike renunciation of exploded
Isms ho might retain tho supremacy which
-ployed for eight years. Klght years
h ha r t it;tin(u ot
tBparty, str0nger leaders than Mr.
Bryan have been unablo to no mat. nut
tho Nebraska statesman will make no sucn
renunciation.
Mr. Bryan's supremacy has been lucrative
from a business point of view. He can still
command good prices for speeches at county
fairs and ho has prospered financially in
other ways. But his power In the national
councils of his party Is all but hroKen,
(Jood statesmanship Is not to be expected
ot him. Ho will be fatuous to the end and
when Nebraska has gono republican again
he will rail at tho monoy power and say
tbo corporations subsidized the votors and
coercod their employes. And when no is
relegated to the rear nnd the democracy
coes before the country with a platform
from which all the, frayed scuffings of
Bryanlsm have been planed away, he will
read the rest of the democracy out of tho
party and there, will bo, nobody left but
Mr. Bryan and nothing nut mo aecsyeu
planks of Brjanlsin on which he may stand,
The World
London
Somo Interesting statistical tablos. com
piled by the Board ot Trade to show tho
production nnd consumption ot alcohollo
liquors In the principal countries of tho
world, have Just been issued by that de
partment. Although the latest Informa
tion available with regard to many of tho
countries Included In the tables relates to
the year 1899 only, or even earlier years,
particularly with r.ard to tho United
Kingdom, Prance and Germany rclato for
tho most carl to 1900.
The Importance to national financiers ot
alcoholic beverages as n means of taxation
Is shown In tho following table:
Net Ilov. Propor. to
from Tax Tot. Nnt'l
nu Drink. Hcvonue,
t'nlted Kingdom JI7.S7O.P0O !W per cent.
Franco 22.03-1,010 19 per cent.
Germany ..... 13,717,000 18 per cent.
United States Ki.scs.ow roper cant.
It will be seen that of tbo four coun
tries denlt with the United Kingdom do-
rlvcs tho largest proportion of Its revenue
fiom tho taxation ot drink. Tho figures
for that country are for tho year ending
March 31. 1P00. In view of subequcnt
changes In taxation It Is probiblo that tbo
revenue from alcoholic beverages now
bears a lets proportion to tho total rcv
cnuo.
Another tablo shows the pcrcentago pro
portion of wine, beer and spirits con
sumed In tho United Kingdom, France,
Germany arid the United Statos, distinguish
ing the proportion Imported from that man
ufactured at home. It Is only In tho
United Kingdom where there Is any nppre
clablo' consumption of alcohollo beverages
Imported from abroad.' No wine whatever
is manufactured In that country, but on tho
other hand, it makes 99.9 per cct of tho
beer tt consumes.
Tho consumption of wno In tho coun
tries named is shown as follows:
Total
Consump. Per lid.
Dnllons. Oallons.
United Kingdom
Franco ,...ys.i,lWi,uu'J
Germany i'Ji
United states iiwji jw-i
It will bo seen that In tho United King
dom morn wlno per head Is consumed than
In the United States, though less than in
Germany. The consumption in an tnreo
countries" Is. however, Insignificant when
compared with Franco, -which is the prlncl
pal wine-consuming country in nurone.
Of other countries Portugal averages
nbout twenty gallons per head, Spain nine
teen gallons, Italy eighteen gallons ami
Switzerland fifteen gallons. Tho consump
WASH1NHTON fiOSSIP.
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Illpplca on he Cnrrent of Mfe.nt the
ntlonnl Cnntlnl.
n. W. Brccklnrldgo ot Omaha was in
Washington a few days ngo nnd tniKeu
about homo affairs to a Post reporter.
"Eastern capital seems to bo gradually ab
sorbing nil of our big Industries In Ne
braska," ho said. "Eastern peoplo nre buy
ing our railroads, .our packing houses nro
largely controlled by capitalists to tho cost
of Omaha, and just now In Omaha there Is
talk of tho consolidation or tne Btrcct rau-
... til 1 ..llU
way ana eicctrio ugnitng piuiua, wnu
which project Is linked that of digging n
canal from tho Platto river, rorty mues
west of Omaha, and bringing water .all that
distance to furnish power for lighting and
,forrunulng tho street cars,, Such -n enter
prise has been discussed in. times gone by,
but thcro now appears to no somo pros
pects of Its going through. Tho plans con
template n fall of 160 feet for tho water
when It reaches Omaha,
fit Is . very difficult for an Iowa man to
sco.,anythng goad in Nebraskapr Kansas,
an,d for that reason wo are naviun umioiu
erablo fun nt. the expense of Secretary ot
Agriculture Wllpon. He predicted somo
weeks ago that Kansas and Ncbrnska would
bo turned up by trie drouth nnt that thero
would bo no, cropji for tho' farmers. I know
nothing about Kansas," tut as far ns Ne
braska Js concerned, I know that the fnrm-
ers will, get moro monoy this year out or
their crops than for any previous year,
during a long period at least. Tho corn
crop, to bo sure, Is a failure, but thnt
affects only some sections. Tho smnll grain
crop Is one of tho finest and largest tor
years, nnd tho Income from that will bo
splendid."
"It Is nulte the fashion out In our coun
try to have a chain of banks," said Mr.
George D. Wood or Colfax, la., prcsiucni oi
two banks nnd cashier of another, to tho
Washington Post gosslper. "When ono
bank falls, then all of them go up, nui
lown banks seldom fall. At .Colfax wo nro
In the heart-of. tha cattlo iccciing counirj.
It Is nothing out of the ordinary among us
to have farmers worth J10.000 or xou.uuu.
Our cattlemen go down to Knnsas City nnd
buy soveral carloads of cattlo, which they
consign to me and draw checks on our
bank. We take a mortgage on tho Rtock,
which Is fed till the time comes to send it
back to market., Then tbo cattlomen pny
us. They da, business In an, easy way, but
In twenty years I hnve never. lost a cepi
from them. Tho profits this year from
cattlo nnd hogs hnvo been excellent. Ono
nf our citizens had 1,800 swine for tho
market and from them nnd his cnttlo ho has
mado a net profit of $3;000.
'Our campaign is very one-sided,- re
sumed Mr. Wood, who Is accorapnnlcd by
Mr. D. C. Fryt, a-bonlfaco of Iowa, "and
there is no doubt whatever regarding the
result. Mr: Cummins will hove, an enor
mous majority. The democrats havo been
unfortunate In the selection of their can
dldato and his personality, In my opinion,
will nlono lose him thousands of votes."
Hon. John N, Baldwin, the general so
licitor of the Union rsclflo railroad, with
headquarters at Council Bluffs, Is also In
Washington. Begnrdlng bustnees among
tho western railroads he said to a Post
reporter:
"While the drouth nnd heat ot tne paRi
summer nave materially anmageu crups in
most sections or me west, nun mo run
roads nro' very busy hauling. Tho Union
rnclflc, I believe. Is getting Its share of tne
business. No, wo are not planning anything
particular In order to get the seaboard
trade that Is, we are following no- omor
course than that we havo always followed
The passenger business to tho west the
past s'limmer nnd fall has been unusually
large. This Is accounted for by the general
prosperity, wo nave mm
years of plentiful money.
holding a good Job, nnd the
prosperity. Wo have had two or three
with everybody
result Is tha
people who havo been saving up for tho
purposo of traveling are heglnnlng to tako
trips. The extreme west of courso has
always been attractive and Is more so now
than ever before. Council Bluffs'ls a thriv
ing little town of 26,000 people, with good
prospects of becoming quite a motropoii
In time."
An expression of public sentiment of
moro than ordinary significance found volco
last Friday nlEht at the Columbia theater,
Washington! when Rear Admiral Wlntleld
Bcott Schley. In pushing through tho res
aisle on his way from the box ho occupied
to speak with some friends on the opposit
sldo of the playhouse, was cheered to th
echo by an enthusiastic gathering of repre
sentatlve Washlngtonlans.
The Incident occurred Just afler the close
of the third act. Admiral Schley, accom
panled by his wife,' occupied a box in tn
-lower tier. As the curtain nesccnaeo
s Drink Bill.
Standard.
tion In Austria-Hungary Is a llttlo over
tbrco gallons per head, In Belgium loss
than n gallon nnd In Holland nbout tho
soma as In tho United Kingdom.
Beer Is tho staple drink in tho Uulted
Kingdom, Germany and tho United States,
ns witness the following:
Totiil
Consump. Per Hd.
Onllons. Uiillons,
1 'nltcd Kingdom (190O)...l,2Is,7Dtf,iO 31.7
Franco (Wl sas.ini.ooo t,2
Uormnuy (lSMl 1.527.S7S.O") 27.5
United States (1KW 931,210,000 13.3
Tho consumption per head In Iho t'nlted
States, tt will bo scon, is only half Unit ot
Germany, which Is llsolf less than that of
the United Kingdom. In onch of tho threo
southern states of Germany, however,
Bavaria, Wurtnmborg and Baden, tho con
sumption per head Is grentcr than In tho
United Kingdom. Of other countries not
Included here. Belgium Is easily first, with
a consumption In iSOO.of nearly forty-seven
gallons per head, which, however, falls
short of tho Bavarian consumption of fifty-
four gallons per head. Nearly nil these
figures show eldenr.o ut n tendency to In
crease In recent years.
In Iho United Kingdom tho nvcrago con
sumption wns, roughly, twenty-seven gal
lons per head from 1S85 to 1888, nnd In tlui
next two. years roso to thirty gallons per
head, remaining" nt or near this point up to
1895.
Spirits, of courso, cannot compete with
beer In popularity. Hero Is tho caso for
tho costliest beverage:
Consump. Per Hd.
OnlloiiM. Gallons.
United Kingdom (1900).. .W J "
Franco (1900) ; 7S.452.00O 2.02
Germany (1900) 107.son,o0 1.91
"United States (1S99). Sl.ai8.0C) M
The following statement shows tho ap
proximate taxation In each country now In
forco:
Per Gnllon.
United Kingdom lis. (JJ.'S)
Francn 4s. ( .00)
United -States Cs, fl. ( 1.3,)
Tho nbovo rato given for Franco Is that
which came Into forco on January 1, 1901.
Provlotis to that dato tho duty wns equiva
lent to 2s lUd per gallon of spirits nt 00
per cent of alcohol.
In tho enso of Germany -no exact flguro
can bti given, as taxes ot varying magni
tudes nro levied. Tho total tnxntlon on
spirits of native production amounted In tho
year ended September 30, 1900, to about Is
fid per imperial gallon of spirits nt 00 per
cent, '
bowed ncross tho theater to his friends,
whom ho had' noticed, nnd then nroso nnd
started to mako bis wny to whero tho latter
wero seated. As tho fonilllar flguro passed
through tho foyor ho was seen and recog
nized. Tho npplnuso started ns ho quitted the
box nnd continued with Increased fervor.
By tho tlmo ho reached his destination Ad
miral Sohloy wns being wildly choorcd. Tho
outburst of feeling continued until ho re
turned to his sent, which ho did In tho
midst of ono ot tho most spontaneous nnd
genuine expressions of tbo kind over mado
at tho capital. Admiral Schley finally nroso
nnd bowed his acknowledgments to tho au
dience. Attendants nt tho White Houso say that.
resident Booscvelt cannot transact busi
ness with tho samo dispatch ns did Presi
dent MCKInley. The latter was n marvel in
this rcepect. Ho mndo every movo count.
Ho had a thorough nnd detailed knowledge
of tho work of every department and of
every public question which came up for
his consideration. Ho had gained tins Mur
ing' his long years of scrvlco asm congress
man. His information wns of immense
valuo to him' and becnuso of It ho wns nblo
to work nt n tremendous speed. Besides,
whs" very systematic. Ho had a tlmo
nnd place for everything and ho allowed
nothing to Interfere with his work.
President Roosevelt, It Is snld, Is just a
Industrious as wns' Mr. McKlnley, but ho
lacks tho faculty of making no falso mo
tions nrid Is not nearly bo nyRtcmntlc. Ho
realizes, however, tho vnluo of Mr. MeKln-
ley'B careful hnblts and Is said to lie seek
ing to acqulro Blmllnr ones.
In furthernnco of this effort ho nns re
arranged the clerical forco of tho White
Houso. Secretary Cortolyou, who is ru
mlllar with tho dead president's systrni to
tho most minute detail, hns had his desk
moved to tho exccutlvo Chamber, whero thu
president moots his visitors. When Mr.
Roosevelt appears to bo working to no pur
poso Mr. Cortelyou points out tho wny In
hlch Mr. McKlnley used to keep tilings
moving tinder slmllnr conditions. By this
meann tho president hopes to bo able to
got" through with tho duties of his omce
nd still havo n little tlmo left for recrea
tion. But ho has dismissed tho idea thut
ho can talk to ovcryono who calls.
I'roBrenn of the Colored People.
Atlnnta Constitution.
Let tho truth bo known" that the negroes
are going' forward! It will tho better stir
us up to our own work. In Georgia tne
assessed vnluo of property held by negroes
Is placed nt $10,000,000, representing n real
market value of $30,000,000. Of this sum
$1,000,000, of nsBesgmcnt. or '$2,000,000, mar
ket value', wns added In Ihe year Just closed.
Tho wealth of tho negroes of tho wouthorn
states Is not less than $400,000,000. Tho
building up of wealth follows n sharpening
ot tho Intellect. If tlio untutored colored
men of tho post quarter of a century could
nma'ss' almost $500,000,000, why not tho edu
cated negro during tho next quarter ot a
century .quadruple tho nmount?
A
Good
Friend
Don't take
Ayer's Sarsa
parilja if you
are well. Don't
take it simply
because you
are sick. Take it for what
the doctors recommend it
and you will like it, be
come fond it, for it gives
health, strength, vigor.
u t c(fn,., irrrthiv far iwii vMrs.
turning to water, I then tried Ayer's Sarsanarilla, and soon my health was fully
restored." Mr. J. W. Fjala, Hadlymc, Conn.
tt.M. Alltruttttti.
rnrtsoNAtJ otks.
Scnntor Hanna's secretary says that lnc
lSl'tJ f'00 children havo boon named aitor tho
senator
Cornelius Vnnderbllt hnsslhco last July,
received three pntcnts for Inventions of
his, all having to do wlUi railway cars.
Tho czar of Russia Is a confirmed cigar
ette smoker. Ho rolls his own cigarettes
from tobacco especially Imported fqr hint
from Syria.
William H. Baldwin ot Boston, who cele
brated his 76th birthday last Monday, snya
that ho has kept his youth by associating
with young men.
Tho e.xnmplo Bet by Adjutant General Cor
bln since his return from L'lilna and tho
Philippines of wertrlng his uniform whllo
on duly nt tho War department lq being
gradually followed by other army ofueorn
on duty at.that department,
Tho monument to tho memory of Richard
P. Bland, to lo erected in Lebanon, Mo., by
the citizens ot that place, will consist of a
base of whlto bronzo, surrounded by a
frlezo mndn ns If from silver dollars. Tho
baso will bo Biirmouulcd by n lifo-slzo flg
uro of Mr. Blond In bronze,
John F. Carroll, the Tamnisny lender, sel
dom commits himself to tho extent of mak
ing n positive statement, even regarding-tho
most trivial matter. A friend met him On
Fifth nvenuo recently and remarked; "It's
a flno day, Carroll." Tho politician an
swered, "Is It?" nnd walked on.
Tho czar Is much interested In nil Im
provements lu (.hips nud ho hns n. collection
of models of thn most famous vcmoIr of nil
kinds which ho likes to show to hla' vlsttors.
His mnrino museum contnlun nt present
about thirty of Ihoso models, In copper,
steel nnd wood. Somo cost hs much nd
112,000 each.
Minister King, nt Bangkok, bus advised
tho Slnto department thut the Slaiucsn
minister to tho United Stntrs left there
September I for Washington. Ho will stop
for somo tlmo In lnilou nnd expects In
reach Now York In tho ntrly part of No
vember. Tho minister's nnme Is Phya Ak
haroj Oradharn (pronounced Peon Akharat)
Major General Illldyard, who Is gazetted
for appointment as deputy mljutmit at the
Wnr oflU'o In Imlm, began hls career by
nerving five years In tho navy. Since eh
tcrlng tho nrmy he has RCtm much service
lu tho Kgyptlnn euinpnlgn. Ii the South
African war ho gullied -distinction, espe
cially ot Kstcourt, during tho uidunuu ad
vance to lidysmlth. He comes of old
stock, which goes as far back ns Rnbhln of
Roddlsdnle, who fought for Iho hoiiho df
Iancastcr In tho warn of thu roses.
lilGIIT AM) I.IVHI.V.
Brooklyn Kagln: Mr. I.ydocker-My Inst
butler was too good n Judge or wlilsuy.
New Butler-Well, oi'in not so particular.
All whisky Is good wJuVkv to inu, sir!
Park: First Snvugo-My! Yotl seem to
bo advancing In civilization!
Second HaviiRO-Woll. I'voaot far flimual
nhcuil to tell tho difference between n gond
cigar nnd n bad one.
Philadelphia Press:
'That doctor .oti
,.,.,.., .,,!,., I in inn." Hald MV. UIU"'i
"urems to Imuglno bo's a humorist, doesn't
11 "Not Ht all. AVIiy?" . , , ,
"llu asked mo If I felt heavy, .when I
got up in the morning."
Clovclnml Plain Dealers "Se hcto, 1
found two pebbles In tlio nilllt. bowl oht
,C"l''ni'not .surprised, mn'ani. Tho water Is
very low Just now 111 the brook wlicro tho
cows drink."
Chicago Post: "Dentil, you know," ex
plained tha doctor. c.oiiBollngly. "Is like u
ililrly-day nolo. When it fails due. why
thnt'H the end of It."
"Hut, doctor," protonted Ihe IuhIiip.h ninn
faintly. "1 nin paying you l pet mi. iiii
extension cf tlmo nnd 1 e.'peot you to
lo 1L" .' - v.'-' ui'ni'A
Plilliiilplnllhl.
Presu:
Mrs.
tlm
Wootlliy
imoiinifully)-Ah. yes. t Ho lire . wns mpsi
yen.
disastrous. All our family heirlooms weio
utterly destroyed an Irtf pnralilo Mobs, lu
'".Mrs. Pcpprey The Idea! And didn't jrnu
Imvo them Insured nt nil? ,
Chicago Tribune: lie-On - what -ground
do you rxplolu tho fuel that u gtciit man:
moro men than women uro born 'into tlio
WHho--I don't try to explsln It- Naturo
probably knows what It Is about. J nin
told that the ninlo nto.iqultoo outnumber
tho femalcH lu about thu same rhtlo.
Washington StarrCnn you truthfully
uiiy that you went Into oltlco Willi nil
absolutely ''lonr conscience?' Inuulrod tho
verv fanilllar but unworldly .friend.
Of courso I enn." .answered Senator
Sorchuin. In a tonn of slight Irritation: I
never yet fulled to pay1 every cant 1-promised
for u vote." i
Tin: shaso.vs kuuit.
Good Housekeeping.
"Fruits lu their season," itald the bill of
Tliut"gnu:ed tlio S-oept In hip d'hoto.
And 1 so Innocent nnd debonair
HuppoHcd I'd havo the- fruits on which
'Twos eaily spring; the mnrkot stnlls wero
AVIlli'strnv.'berrlcs fiom tlio sunny south
ern dunes, . . ,
I ordered hoiiio; tbo glii expressed regret
"T chef snyn ho ain't put tn no berries
vet
Jin kuvh It ain't in sqnson for "om hero.
But I can give you fruit." Hho brought
nio prunes.
'Twns summer, nnd tho melons cut In
twiilu , . ,.
Mado my mouth water ns I passed- tin
booth, . . ,
Hut when, with watermelon on thn br.iln,
1 tiKked nt (able, what got I lorsooth;
negrnts and prunes.!- Ho IIowIm. In tin
When'penrfl wero rlpo nud luscious one
wero boons;
And winter, when sweet oranges I SQ-ight.
Was only prunes, till this in grlot i
wroiiKiit . ... , ...
Beneath tho "Fruits In senpnn" legend on
"Thou linst nil seasons for thlno own,
O Prunes."
The doctors said my blood was aU
J. C. AYHR CO., Lowell, Mas
