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THE OMAHA DAILY MUJ2: SAT UH HAY, NO VJCM U.15U 0, 1901.
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Btnte of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Georgu U. Tzschuck, secretary of Tlio Uee
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says thai tho nctuiil number ot full and
complete, copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday lko printed during
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lows; l 2I,10I 17 iw.r.tto
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14 as.iino so :io,iio
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, ,
Tlint rppulilli'nn ninjorlty In NVIirnskii
grows upon us.
, Fred Whlto mid Tom Phlllipt mlulit
form nn Iowa lininrh of the sot-loty of
fllo-rntiH.
As nn expert In tlio effort Ivc list of
promises the siiltnu of Turkey Is on
tltleil to first, prize.
Kuclld Mnrtlti Is reported nn repelling
tlii! Inslntiiitloii Unit lie Ik iiinliltloiis to
nit In the niuyor's chnlr. Kuelld .Martin
In a wily politician.
Tho result In Xelirawka only jrlvrs
ndded proof to the fact, that raliunlty
talk will not make votes ninonj: people
reveling in prosperity.
The county commissioner muddle
rooms to have been thickened Instead of
clarllled by the appeal for a popular
verdict at the ballot box.
The man who takes the most satis;
faction out of tho election of the I'earse
candidates for the Hoard of F.ducatlon
Is the western agent of the school book
trust.
In view of the outbreak at the Fort
Leavenworth prison cautious people are
warned to beware of extending too
warm hospitality to strangers halllug
from Kansas,
Colonel Itryan ntinnuuces in the Com
moner that he will take another week
to frame up an explanation that will
still hold out some hope to the Nebraska
faithful.
When it Shorthorn cow brings $.",000
on the market the argument that It
pays stock breeders to raise high grade
cattle receives an Incontrovertible
clincher.
l If LI Htiug Chang's long life is to be
credited to his practice of carrying a
coftln around with him the habit of
being measured for a cotHu long In ad
vance of the death call may yet become
popular.
Kxcltislve circles .that possess secrets
of the supreme court, yet uro a news
paper to give those secrets publicity,
rlther are not so exclusive or the secrets
of the court originate ouUlde of the
court room.
The two referees appointed by I he su
pipnio court in the Standard Oil case arc
'to have $1,-00 each for their services,
It Is needless to say that these little
favors have been reserved exclusively
for fusion attorneys active in party poll-tics.
, The well-dellned rumors committee of
the school board does not seem to be
In any rush to break into the grand
Jury room, I, Ike the buliy nnd he toy,
tho clnmof for the grand Jury was loud
est only while It was supposed It could
lint bo bud.
"Never before lu the history of No
braska have the "citizens of this state
had more cause to be thankful for
worldly blessing than at present" be-
gins Ooycrnor Savage's Thanksgiving
proclamation. This puts the whole situ
ntlon Id a nutshell.
The railroads are again Indulging' in
fpced competition for the privilege of
boasting the fastest passenger trains
Competition for the privilege of giving
patrons the lowest rates, however, Is
lonrefully subjected to restriction on tho
communlty-oMnterest plan.
Those Washington correspondents an
.cortnlnly overlooking unnreeedented on
portunltles. Not one of them has yet
Klven us a complete advaucu copy ol
President Hoosevelt's forthcoming mes
8Bko to congress, How can the presl
dent vrrlto his message without thh
assistance tuna the Journalistic mind
rentier j
mu. vavsv xo change.
.Mr. Itoekhlll, formerly Aincrlean toni
nilsslouor to China, has expressed the
opinion, which N shared at Wiishlnn
ton, that the death of 1,1 Hiiiik (.'Iiiiiii:
will cnumi no rhiinco In the relations of
China to foreign power reeenlly
created. It Is not expected to have any
effect jipon the oltlluHtlont which the
(Jhlnoso government has accepted as the
result of negotiation with the powers.
So far lis the I'nlted States Is concerned,
It Is pointed out that Ita Jiitorcsts will
not be Involved directly, since all that
remains to be done at I'ekln In which
our government Is Interested Is the
preparation of trade and coinmerclnl
treaties, the lines, of which have been
so clearly marked out that the work to
lie done Is almost mechanical.
It Is not at all probable that the Im
perial government, which readily as
sented to nil that was agreed to by Its
peaco plenipotentiaries, will now, be
cause of the death of one of them, at
tempt to reopen any question tflat has
been adjusted or venture to reject any
understanding that 'has been reached.
It understands the grave danger that
would result from such a course and It
Is too anxious for peace and the com.
ploto rehabilitation of the government
to take any furthor'rlsks. The agree
ments made by the dead statesman
with the foreign ministers were tin
(lualltledly approved by the Imperial au
thorities and they will stand. China
will faithfully carry them out, knowing
that failure to do so would certainly
result to her disaster.
Httsslnii Interests and nlms In China,
especially regarding .Manchuria, may be
unfavorably nffected by the death of
1,1 Hung Chang, whoso pro-Uussliiii sym
pathies were well known. It Is thought
that a change In the .Manchtirlau sltim
Hon Is now probable which would allow
that rich province to be opened up to
the commerce of tho world, a matter In
which the United States Is particularly
Interested. It Is said that the ltusHlan
minister at I'ekln earnestly endeavored
on the day Karl 1,1 died to r.ecure his
M'ul to the .Manehurlan convention,
which If a fact showed how greatly
Russia relied upon him. It Is quite
possible, however, that had he lived he
would have been nimble to aid Itussia
In her designs, owing to the opposition
of other powers, particularly .lapan,
(I rent Hrltaln and the United States.
China, It Is snfo to assume, will take
no backward step and attempt no eva
sion of the obligations Imposed upon It
by the powers. It hns had a lesson
that Its rulers will long retnimiber. I'er
hnps there will be Internal disturbance?,
but the Imperial government will keep
faith with foreign powers, since upon
that depend lis existence and the
preservation of the empire. The re
nunciation of any obligation which
China has entered Into would be the
signal for a movement against her tlio
end of. which would be dismemberment
and the partition of her territory among
western powers.
A MAX WHO Wlhl, alt.
Next in Importance to the election of
Selh Low mayor of New York City was
the choice of .lustlco Jerome to bo dis
trict attorney. Indeed it was absolutely
essential to the couipleto carrying out
of tho work of reform which the new
government will have to do, for Ihe ex
ecutive without a district attorney in
sympathy with him might be seriously
hindered ami obstructed lu his efforts
for reform, .lerome Is quite as ardent
and determined a reformer as -Mr. Low,
so that It may be expected that they
will work together amicably and ear'
nestly.
.1 UN tier .lerome was a leading ligurc
In the campaign and did most effective
service for the fusion ticket. He was
tireless and no one showed iqi more
fully or denouncecK more vigorously the
vices and the corruption of Tammany.
Ah district attorney Jerome will very
likely Hud a way to visit the law upon
some of those Tnmmnnyltes who have
been for years profiting by vice and cor
ruption and criminal practices. It must
be that some of the men now lu the city
government are amenablo to prosecution
and If so Jerome Is evidently the man
to limit them out and deal with them
(is they deserve. .Mr. Croker will nn
doublcdly be back In Kngland before
.leronio goes Into olllce and will perhnps
remain there several years, but some
of his political associates cannot do this.
These may tlnd New York City an un
safe place of residence.
UVHA 1. VKLl VEHY VXTKXSIuy.
President Itoosevelt Is favorable
to
continuing the extension of Hie rural
free delivery system. At u recent con
ferenco with the postmaster general hu
Is said to have, expressed himself ear
uestly lu favor of the development of the
service to the Ideal that the frleuds ol
the system have had In mind for years
It Is understood that In his annual re
port the postmaster general will recom
nuuid an appropriation of ?(t,oo0,000 for
1 1)0 maintenance and extension of fre
delivery routes during the next ilsca
year and it Is expected that congresr
will do this-. It Is said to be In conteni
idatlon to place this under the clvl
service rules, so that the carriers wll
be protected and retained lu employ
inent on the merit plan and without re
gard to political Influences.
.Mr. A. W .Maehen, who has luu
cliarge of the rural delivery system
since It started, predicts that lu a very
lew-years, every farmer In the land will
have his mall delivered at his door. Tins
spread or the service, he said, has
demonstrated that It will ultimately
have the most Important effect on the
business opportunities of the fanner and
It will brlilg the tradesmen of the cities
lu such luttmatu relations with tlio
farming community- that gradually wo
shall see some remarkable results In
our domestic commercial world. He de
clared that. It would bo Impossible now
to deprive thos-o parts of the country
that have become habituated lb the
free rural delivery system of Its advan
tages, The outcry against any attempt
to do away with It would sOon become
a political IsMie that would have to be
reckoned with promptly,
There Is no doubt that the system Is
permanent, uor Is there any question as
to Its great bencllt. At present nearly
IJHIO.Ooo people arc enjoying Its advajv
tastes and within live, years the number
will doubtless be several times that, If
the appropriations are sutllclenl to ena
ble the department to promptly meet
the applications for routes. As an edu
cational Influence alone the value of
ruftil free delivery cannot be overesti
mated. .4 Sl)tTlO."X(r .4 TIIKOItV.
The lecture on taxation by 1'rof. Itos?
before the IJconomle league should for
cibly lmprc. the taxpayers that they
are confronted by a condition and not a
theory. Wealth cannot be created by
law, neither can Ideals of taxation be
coined Into effective revenue legislation
under existing conditions. The whole
structure of our tax system stands on
a sandy foundation. So long as.assess
ors con stretch their consciences and
appraise property at llgures out of all
proportion to Its market value, so long
us boards of equalization contluue to
discriminate In favor of the big cor
porations and against small property
owners, and so long as men with money
and chattels can successfully cover up
their holdings or return them at ridicu
lously low llgures, equitable taxation Is
".in Iridescent dream."
What Is wanted first and foremost
Is an awakening of tho public con
science i'iilnst wholesale perjury on
tin- part ot, assessors ami tax shirkers.
That sentlnnnt can only be created by
a selilsh rcnli'.atlon of the Inequality
and injustice V the present mode of
assessment and oviallzatlon. Effective
tax reform will couionly after thu ap
praisement of taxable pUnorty Is mndo
uniform and und'ei M'"ntlo.i by otllcers
Is punished and concealment by prop
erty owners entails severe penalties.
The conclusions of Prof, ltoss regard
ing the vlclonsnesH of the present tax
system are eminently sound, but his
recommendations caunot be Inaugurated
In Nebraskn without first changing the
constitutional provisions relative to
revenue and taxation.
Prof, ltoss would have the state gov
ernment maintained exclusively by
taxes Imposed on corporations and In
heritances, leaving tho county, city and
school governments to be supported by
taxes on really, lloth of these proposi
tions might work very well In Pennsyl
vania, New York, New Jersey or Massa
chusetts, where corporate property
runs Into the billions and the estates of
millionaires and nuiltl-mlllloiiHlres are
common. In those states a light tax
on corporations and Inheritance would
meet all the demands of state govern
ment, while lu an agricultural state like
Nebraska such taxes, unless extremely
high, would be Inadequate to the sup
port of the State government. In great
cities like New York, Philadelphia and
ltoston, with their enormous realty
values, no dltlleulty would be encoun
tered lu meeting the cost of city, county
and school government from a realty
tax coupled with license and franchise
taxation. Hut In Nebraska such a
policy would be unfair. The exemption
of all personal properly would operate
as a hardship on home owners and citi
zens who have Invested lu fnctorles,
business blocks, etc., whoso burdens
are heavy enough now and whose reve
nues could not be Increased by higher
rentals.
The tax problem must be met In Ne
braska with a view to existing condi
tions and constitutional limitations.
A few years ago American students
who wanted the best Instruction In
scientific branches crossed the Atlantic
to enroll themselves lu European uni
versities. Now European students are
heading for America to learn the ad
vances made In sclentlllc work entering
into American Industrial activity. Noth
ing could illustrate belter the progress
made lu recent years by America In
science and Industry.
One of the railroads wants to gobble
up another piece of Omaha's streets. Of
course the street is of no valuo what
ever. If the city, however, lu laying
out new streets wanted to occupy land
belonging to the railroad the price of
realty would take u sudden shoot up;
ward.
Mualu of the llnnU.
Chlcauo Tribune.
No fault can bo found with the esteemed
Omaha lleo if It continues to emit a loud
buzz for several days.
Van II t,.
Washlustoa Post.
Tlin Incomplete returns from Rhode
Island Indicate that tho presidential
Thanksgiving turkey will bo forthcomlliK as
usual.
Ili'iinn- of Hnniiirt Loop.
ChlcuKo Hecord-Hcrnld.
If Schley accepts nil tlio invitations lie
may yet succeed in petting a caso of dys
pepsia that will blanket Sampson's com
pletely. In the Sinne Clm.
Detroit Free Press,
There are 2,328,293 Illiterates of voting
8e In the United States and several mil
lion others that habitually vote tho ticket
straight.
Ileliiu a World I'nner Ciiinrx llluli.
Philadelphia Itecord,
According to tho program perfected by
the naval board of construction, tlm modest
proposal Is to bo made to congress to pro
vide tho ways and means for building thirty
two now wnr ships for the navy, to cost
something llko S55,O0O,00U. being a world
power Is inlchty expensive, and nations
hnvlng ambitions that way must expect to
pay for the privilege.
CllllllllllIK lllMTX III W llllllllK.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The project of establishing a colony of
boers In Wyoming may be an excellent one,
though the change from the hot climate
of South Africa to that ot tho northern
United States will be violent; but this w
accommodate, only a small percentage of
the Doers, Still, it will probably bo suffi
cient for all who are willing to come. Most
of them do not yet seem to have abandoned
hope ot ultimately settling down In peace
fill poisesslou of their own land.
(tOOll 'I'll I UK III Stllllj.
Minneapolis Times,
The Nebraska bureau of labor and Indus
trial statistics has Issued a township map
of tho state, accompanied by a compilation
of facts relating to Nebraska's material
progresti. .Surrounding the map will be
found statistics of railroad nud governmcui
lands, grain and live stock sales, with the
range of prices for the year, the selbug
price of farm landi, banks, libraries, publii
schools, thtirebes In fact tabulated Infor
mation of every kind necesiaty to a correct
understanding or the commonwealth's im
portance.
I'riM lilr for the Itnlii) Un.
Sprlnglleld ltepubllcan.
Tilts flMn niint'Pmn r.tirl tiiju nVarlU.n.M
the teachers' pension law by which Instruc
tors In tVb public schools of the larger
cities are assessed 1 per cent of their an
nual salaries to cieate a fund for the ben
efit of those retiring by age from service
It la held to be "special legislation," what
ever inai may mean in suen a ease ni this,
tf public school teachers are not forehanded
enough to provide for Ihe rainy day them
selves, what Is to be said of the claims of
the masses of the people for slate control
in the matter?
Till- A 111 IT I H II III t II Kill II.
Philadelphia Prc.s.
The consternation of the Kngllsh over tha
American Invasion Increases day by day.
Somo effort has been mode to stem the tldo
by tho Imitation of American prodticis, but
so far It has failed of success. I'or ex
ample, nn Nngllshmnn attempted to Imitate
the American daylight hank robber. Ho
entered tho most promising hanking house,
reviver In hand, and cnlled on tho clerks
to hold up their hands. Ho shot the cnshlrr
dead, but on being tackled hy a clerk he
turned his revolver ou himself and cheated
tho gallows. Tho Idea was bold, but because
ho lacked Amerlcnn skill the Imitator failed,
as most Imitators must, The Germans have
been no more successful with their Imita
tions of American sewing machines, bicycles
and somo other at tides.
A I'HHSISTKXT SL'II IM.I s.
Prompt Itriliu-lloii of 'I n n I Ion he
Trui ItrniPily.
Indianapolis News.
With a surplus piling up In iho trcasurv
at tho tato of JJ.nno.000 a month Secretary
Oage hns ngala been driven to tho purchase
or bonds at a figure somewhat In excess of
tho market price. Two thlngn are now evi
dent which nppnrently did not occur to
those who enacted the levcniic reduction
bill. Ono la that continued presperlty and
largo business operations have had n tend
ency to keep up revenue and the other Is
that expenditures have greatly fallen off.
lor, though receipts have, slightly de
creased, expenditures have decreased In a
very marked degree. Jjist month, for In
stance, shows n falling off of only J2.000.000
in tho rccelptH as compared with October
of 1900, while the disbursements have fallen
off by $7,300,000. Customs receipts actually
show an Increase of almost $3,000,000.
! or tho four months of the present fiscal
year the total rccc'lpts wero $101,9S0,S41,
which Is only $5,100,000 less than for the
corresponding four months of 1900. Even If
disbursements had continued as they wero
last year thero would still have been n sur
plus under tho new law. Put the disburse
ments have fallen off heavily, being $27.-
000,000 less than they wero for the same
month of 1900. Trom which It will bo seen
that tho outgo Is decrenslng much more
rapidly than tho Income, and this, of
course, means a growing surplus. As the
surplus was $7",000,000 last year It will br
seen that at tho present rate of Increano It
Is likely to reach somuthlng over $t20,000,-
000. So it Is not surprising thnt Secrctnrv
Gago should do what he can to keep the
money in circulation.
Of course, thero are two ways of cheek
ing tho surplup. We can reduce taxation or
increase expenditures. We can leave the
money where tt'otight to be, In the pock
ets of the people, or wo can embark on a
career of extravagance, keep taxes up to
the highest notch and have a "good time"
with our Income. Thero will bo many ap
peals to the generosity of congress, based
on tho fact that tho country Is rich nnd
powerful. We shall he asked for largo ap
propriations for tho navy, subsldlos for our
merchant marine, money for the Isthmian
canal, rivers nnd harbors, public buildings
without limit, pensions for everybody who
ever wore a uniform, and so on. The
temptation will be great and It will take
somo strength of character to resist It.
Yet It will be well for the president and
congress to remember that good times can
not continue Indefinitely, that taxation Is
burdensome, even though the people do not
greatly feel It In prosperous days, nnd that
extravagance and waste do drain the re
sources of a nation nnd make It difficult
for It to endure the stress of hard times
when they come. I'lalnl, the thins to do
Is to reduce taxation and to do It heroically.
AXO.M.VI.OI S
AMOX l'K.t ItlCS.
Knlillem if llir I, nut Wnr Ser-Ullii:
I ik'Ic Siiiii'm llo ii ii I, ,
Chicago Post,
'flu annual report of the commissioner
of pensions makes comparison between
certain results of tho civil and the Span
ish-American wars that must strike tho
average penon us surprising, to put It
mildly.
Te begin with, the veteiau of the short
conflict of 1898 has much more liberal pen
sion allowances than the veteran of 18G5.
In 1805 tho minimum pension was estab
lished at $fi a mouth. Nearly 100,000 ol
dlera of tho civil war received from $1 to $1
a month from lSCj to 189,". A civil war
votcrun got $8 n month for tho loss of nn
arm or leg, the veteran of today receives
$15 a mouth for u like loss.
Hut there me still more surprising
things In this roport. The elvll war lasted
four years and tho casualties were enor
mous; tho Spanish-American war was over
In four months and the casualties were
comparatively few. Yet three years after
tho latter conflict claims for pensions
nmouutlng to 20 per rent of the number of
soldiers engaged In that war had been filed,
while In 1872, or seven years after the close
of the civil war, only about 6 per cent or
tho soldiers engaged lu that war had Hied
claims.
Itccognlzlng the natural Inference to he
drawn from such a comparison, the com
missioner says that he is' not prepared to
bellevo that those who engaged In tho war
with Spain, mnny of thorn sons of veterans
of the civil war, wero less patriotic or moro
covetous than their nncestors. In his
opinion. It Is the fault of the system of
pensioning, with Its active army of attor
neys, solicitors and drummers, who are
practically licensed by the government with
tlm promise of $25 for each claim allowed.
It does not seem credible that nut of
every five men that enlisted for the Spanish-American
war one Is entitled fo n life
bounty from Undo Sam. The United States
Is most generous to Its soldiers, but does
It not look qg though advantage were being
taken of this generosity? Tho pension law
Is designed to benefit those who have re
ceived Injury fighting In their country's
wars, but, according to Mr. Evans' report,
ft also makes beneficiaries of a great many
who nro not entitled to permanent support.
Thore Is no good reason why a "veteran"
of ths Spanish-American war or tho Phil
ippine Insurrection should receive n much
more liberal pension than that first given
to a veteran of the civil war. Thero Is
something anomalous In the fact that the
percentage of claims from "veterans" of
1898 should be neurly four times that made
by the veterans of 1503. Most 'clearly our
pension laws sadly need revising, and it Is
to bo hoped that congress will soon muster
courage enough to undertake the work.
o rit i : it i,.mis ru ot tt5.
The new title cho.cu by King IMward ha
the merit of novelty and comparative
brevity. On his Recession to the throne It
was seriously proposed by some of the most
Intense Imperialists that a catalogue ot the
subject colonies should be Included In the
title, special emphasis being In lit on the
latest acquisition In South Africa. King
Edwnrd's choice of a royal designation Is
safer, however, for It necessitates no
change whether the Urltbli possessions rise
or fall la number. King "ot the Drltlsh Do
minions beyond the Sea" Is clastic enough
to meet all changes of circumstances for
many years, whether favorable or unfavor
able to tho crown. It admits of a policy of
Indefinite annexation nnd also forestalls the
porHlblllty ot humiliating amendment lu
case England should lose some of her col
onies. It ,1s remarkable that In Germany, where
absolutism still prevails to a largo degree
la government, Judicial opinion regarding
the right of picketing In strikes nhould bo
developing In a way exactly opposite from
that In America and England. Attention
has frequently been called tho past few
months to tho decisions of English and
American courts against picketing. A few
years ago the Prussian Diet, pasted it law
prohibiting tho practice, but In n, recent
decision tho supreme court of tho German
empire, upon an appeal from a labor or
ganization In the city of 1ibcck, decided
that the law was unconstitutional In that
It restricted the. liberty ot tho citizen.
Strikers, therefore, can now use argument
and moral suasion all they plcaso with
other workmen In German labor conflicts,
but cannot, of course, seek to Influenco
them through methods ot violence. The
Iuwb nnd constitutions of Kngland and
America nro not tho sanio as Germany's,
et It Is a strange fact that tho German
courts, rather than tho English and Ameri
can, h.iva decided this question so as not to
curtail Individual liberty.
Some particulars concerning the way In
which tlm lloer prisoners aro treated In
India and Ceylon are given by tho Indian
correspondent of tho Clvllta Cattollca, n
periodical published In Home. They nt
present number nbout 10,000 nnd nro dis
tributed In six camps, namely, at Dlyatnl
nwn In Ceylon, Ahmednngar In llombay.
Ilellary lu Madras and Trlchlnopoly In
southern India. Each prisoner Is provided
with a sun helmet, canvas shoes, slippers,
light flannel Jacket, shirt, drawers, stock
ings and pocket handkerchiefs. Each has
a cninp bedstead and mattress with pillow
and two coverlets. As regards food, they
recelvo the same allowance ns Is mado to
the soldiers who guard them, whllo tho
Hoer officers nro provided for In the same
way rs Drltlsh officers serving In the field.
The camp consists of long rows of mud
cabins, thatched with straw llko thoso of
tho natives, arranged In wide, clean streets,
lit up at night by tho electric light. In
each cnbln there are from ten to twelve
prisoners In chargo of ono of tho noers,
who Is elected by his fellow-prlsonerB nnd
styled captain. Around all tho cabins
thero Is a barrier of barbed wire, outside
ot which nro tho cabln3 of tho Engljsh sol
diers who keep guard. The prisoners get
up at 6 o'clock In tho morning nnd go
to bed at 9:30 o'clock nt night. Twlco a
week they nro taken out for excrclso, ac
companied by Drltlsh soldiers. Except nt
appointed times no Doer Is allowed to pass
the barrier which surrounds tho cabins un
der pain of death, but tho officers aro per
mitted under parolo to go wherever they
like. Tho military authorities hnvn pro
lded nmuscments for the prisoners nnd
often the soldiers on guard Join them In a
friendly game'nt cricket or foot ball,
Money from friends must be handed over
to nn official, who will restore It when
they are Bet at liberty.
Apropos of certain articles which have
appeared In tho Paris press on Trench
territory In Germany, namely, the spots
of ground on which Mand tho monumcntR
ot Turcnne and Marceau, It Is recalled that
there exists near Fraukfort, In Frledrlchs
hof, n colony of worklugmen, 2,000 In num
ber, who are thu descendants of French
Protestants who emigrated after tha rcvo
cntlon of tho edict of Nantes. These pcoplo
have kept to the customs of their ances
tors, as also to their language, which thoy
aro said to speak with perfect purity, with
all the "cachet" of phrasing of the grand
slecle. Only French is spoken among
themselves and no marriages aro made with
the German families surrounding them.
According to private advices based upon
ltallau official forecasts anil personal ob
servations tho present Italian vintage Is
suld to surpass any for several years back.
Especially In Tuscany, In the neighborhood
of Florence, nnd Cnrnilgnano the yield of
grapes has been far In excess of the most
sanguine expectations on the part of the
growers. The quality, too, Is reported to
bo excellent, an, from tho nbsenco of dlseaBo
nud the frequency of rain, which Is often
so much neoded In the early days to de
velop the fruit, the vines have had every
chance, so that the yield of such well-known
Italian wines as Chlantl, I.agrlma, Crlstl,
Dnrolo. Harbcra and Capri will be both
abundant and of unusual flavor. Similar re
ports come from tho south from Calabria,
Sicily, and tho wlne-gi owing districts In
the vicinity of Naples, which produce a
pccullarly-lluvored grapo of their own and
although the vineyards 'situated ou tho
plains havo suffered some from mildew nnd
severo hailstorms yet theso retardlug ele
ments have been compensated for by tho
almost entire absence of that dreaded
enemy, the "peranospern," which, altliough
It has mado Its appearance hero nnd there,
has not caused any serious damage and has
been easily overcomo by the UBiial remedies.
IMM.ITICAI, IHIIIT.
There Is no objection to Mr. Croker tak
ing his bar'l and doing the Niagara cnt
aract. Henceforth, whatever offices the fuslon
(Hts pick up In Nebraska may be classed ns
"pure velvet."
The dawn of better things politically In
Buffalo follows Ihe election of Knight to the
office of mayor.
Mayor Seth Low of New York Is a splen
did typo of the scholar In politics. May
his trlbo Increase.
If tho reformers keep hammering away,
Philadelphia may eventually yield. The
century Is young yet.
Several of the big corporations In New
York City played to win, as usual, In the
city election by contributing like sums to
both campaign funds.
Advices from Wolfort's Itoost Indicate
that the neighboring polltlcnl storm dd not
disturb the repose of David Dennett Hill.
Ukc D'rer Itnbblt, ho lay low.
Tho breezy Wnshlngton Post remurks
tbat Mark Hannn proved himself the cruiser
Brooklyn of the Ohio sltUJtlon. Ho drew
all the flru of the enemy and beached the
wholo fleet.
Secretary Walsh of the democratic na
tional committee thinks Missouri should
furnish the democratic candidate for presl
(I iit In 1901. Oumshoo Dill Stone Is look
ing up.
Mayor Selh Low will have a say In plac
ing names on n payroll aggregating $23,000,
000 a year. New York's pie counter Is sec
ond only to that of the national government
In quality and quantity of nutriment.
Practically all tho newspapers of Greater
New York supported the reform ticket and
von out Nearly all the newspaper of
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Philadelphia supported tho local reform
ticket nnd lost. Tf allowance Is given for
the tough material Quaker City newspa
pers had to work on the result fairly meas
ures tho Influenco ot the press.
There must bo considerable walling and
gnashing of teeth In tho staid old Kngllsh
village of Wantage. Klchard of today Is not
tho Illchnrd ot yesterday, and his dimin
ished fncomo next year will seriously em
barrass projected Improvements In tho vil
lage and check tho export of gold from
New York.
VIinillCT OF NKIItlASKA.
Minneapolis Journal: Even Nebraska In
creases Its republican majority. Mr. Ilrynn
did his best to prevent It, but republican
prosperity Is running things In Nebraska
nowadays.
Chicago Tribune: Tho Intimation to Mr.
Bryan Is unmistakable, lie Is admonished
to place himself a considerable distance In
tho rear and comply with tho customary re
quirements. Milwaukee Sentlnol: Tho defeat of the
fusion ticket In Nebraska will bo a severs
uiuw iu n. ,i. ury&u. inrouga ins insiru-
mentality tho democratic and populist par
tle in that state wero once more brought
Into perfect accord and every effort was
made to win back tho Btatc. Without Kan
sas and Nebraska both In his column of
sure states Mr. Uryan will have no excuse
for going Into the next democratlo national
convention and presenting his Chicago and
Kansas City platforms for endorsement, let
alone asking for n third nomination at tho
hands of the party. Tho reorganizes of
the party cnu well afford to turn a deaf car
to his pleadings If he does not succeed tn
holding his own state lu line.
Chicago Chronicle: Tho defeat of the
IlrVau fuslou popullstlo and democratlo
ticket lu Nebraska eliminates Mr. Bryan
from all consideration ot democrats lu tho
future ns to their platform nnd national
candidate. As his last hold on the national
democracy ho announced hla Intention to
"redeem" Nebraska from the republicans,
who cnrrled It agalnut him In 1900. Ne
braska was not "redeemed;" It gave &
greater republican majority than It gavo a
year ago. There aro no unkind feelings
toward Mr. Bryan; his future ts before htm,
not behind him, as ts the case with many
defeated leaders. Ho may fill n career of
political usefulness which never would have
been possible In a national administration
and policy founded on tho unsafe, Imprac
ticable basis of tho Chicago and Kansas
City platforms. Tho democracy must look
to the future, not to the past, Its vision
must bo toward tho rising Issues, not that
of retrospection over abandoned and barren
fields of conflicts which ended In defeat.
Tho triumphs nt the republican party -will
not be perennial. They will not be many
In the future unless democratic blunders In
the adoption ot principles and of policies
shall always conttnua along tho path of un
paralleled obstinacy and folly. The course
Is plain before us. It la visible to the eye
of wisdom. lt lines are palpable to the
touch of common tense.
That arc
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nary jiritcs of Children's Clothing, it in true enouglj of our
suits.
You'll find more stylish and more serviceable iur
ments for hoys here than elsewhere, and you won't pay
more than for the very much inferior "dry goods stuff"
stuff,
Child's Doublc-Ilreasled 2-Piece Knits, in plnin blue,
black and fancy mixed cheviots, sizes 8 to I I years
$5.00
Hoys' single and double-breasted brilliant finish blaok
cheviot Long Pants Suits, ages in to 18 years
$10.00
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Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
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their astringent and cauter
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dangerous element to food.
100 WILLIAM 8T..NCWVORK.
FliAMIKsl OP KIW.
rittsburK Chronicle: Mrs. Snaggs-AVlij
nr canards so railed?
Mr. Hnnggs Ttecatiso usually they ar
things that a fellow cnnardly believe.
Philadelphia. Presi: "I hear your club Is
g-olnsr to bIvo an entertainment. Do you
think It will bo a success?"
"8uro to be. Wvn arranged It o that
every member is chairman of at least nn
committee."
Tlrooklyn I.lfo: Novelist desperately!
Unless my book succeeds nt onco I snnli
atHrvo to death!
Publisher (cordially) My dear sir, 1 com
mend your resolution. Nothing you could
do would better ndvertlso your wonk, I
think.
Clovolnnd Plain Denier: Fnt Mnn My
dear boy, do you know tlint one of th
boat of ndiiRes Is "Thero Is always room
abovo?"
Tho Hoy It may bo ns you say, kind
f ontlcmnn. Hut If you think you nre going
o work mo for my lower berth you nre
very much nilstooken.
Chicago Tribune: "What nro you doing
theso days?" nsked tho friend.
"I am InveHtlRatlnR- snails," snld the
amateur naturalist.
"Snails? I thought ornithology whs your
hobby."
"Well, It ured to be, but I found that
birds wero a little too cr swift for me."
TIIK !IOHi:il. SCHOOL TUACIIEn.
Chicago Tribune,
"l'wns Baturdny night and n teacher sat
Alone, her tnBk pursuing;
8ho avernged this nnd sho averaged that,
Of nil that her class wan doing.
Sho reckoned percentage so many boys,
And so mnny glrlx all counted,
And marked all the tnrdy absentees,
And to what nil the nbsenco amounted.
Nnmes and residences wrote In full,
Over many coHiuiiih and pages;
Canadian, Teutonic, African, Celt,
And nvernced all their nges.
Tho date of ndmlsslon of every one,
And coses of tIiiKcll.it Ion.
And prepared u list of graduates
Tor tho county examination,
Her weary head sank low on her book,
And her weary heart Mill lower:
For somo of the pupils had little brains,
And she could not furnish morn.
Sho slept, she dreamed. It seemed Hhn died,
And hor spirit went to Hades,
And they met her there with n question
fair,
"Statu what the per cent of your grarti
Is!"
Apes but slowly rolled away,
l-onvliu: but partlnl traces.
And tho teacher's nplrlt walked one day
Jn the old fnmlllnr placen.
A mound of fossilized school reports
Attracted lier observation,
As high ns tho stnto house dome, and a
wide
Ah lloston since annexation.
She dime to tho spot where they hurled
her bones.
And tho ground was well built over;
nut laborers digging- threw a skull
Onco planted beneath the elnver.
A dlsclplo of Allien, wandering by,
Paused to look nt tho diggers.
And plucking the skull up, look'd through
tho eye
And naw It was lined with figures,
"Just as I thought," snld tho young M, D,
"How easy It 1b to kill 'em!
Statistics ossltlcd every fold
Of cerebrum and cerebellum,"
"It's n great curiosity, Hiiro." said Pat,
"Hy tile lioneH you ran tell the creature!"
"Oh, nothing strange," said the. doctor,
"that
Was a nineteenth-century teacher,"
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