THi: OMAHA PAHA" JIKH: SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1002.
Tiie Omaha Daily Blu
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. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,
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aaya that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
-Evening and Bunday Be printed during
the mouth of July, 14, was aa follow:
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11 2A.510 27 ...29,40
12 2,tu0 ' Si 30.530
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Leas unsold and returned copies'..., f,26
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Met daily average 2W.252
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(lie!.) M, B. KUNOATB,
Notary Publlu.
Tracy ts dead, but we have a few now
'murder mysteries to divert police offi
cers. If Ak-Sar-Ben is wise In time be will
place hie order for carnival weather
early.
When' it comes to playing the host
Council Bluffs has a winning way of Us
own.
T- - , . i.i i , . i . .
i w wobuc 1119 vTvatvucr auait uai
to be consulted, and for sham battles be
Instate on having a part to play, too.
V When American players beat the Eng
lishman out at his own game of tennis
the Scotchman had better limber up his
golf stick.
The Bee has always advocated a mar
ket house of creditable construction and
adequate capacity, but the police board
is hardly the body to provide the
market.
North Dakota has carried away the
head office of the Pythian. But that
la only fair. Nebraska cannot expect to
have all tho good things at one and the
same time.
As if that fatal automobile accident
'nea Evereax were not frsrttg&t frith
serioas enough consequences it prom
ises to precipitate another chapter to
the noted Fair will contest.
Mercer's railroad backers' think they
can force him upon the republicans of
this district for a sixth-term nomination,
though they are themselves doubtful as
to his election If nominated. Mercer's
railroad backers overestimate their
strength. '
The state labor bureau will issue
shortly a circular pamphlet In the na
ture of a handbook for intending liiiiiil
grants to Nebraska. This is not exactly
the function of a labor bureau, but it
is a work that ought to be done, and
If done properly should produce results.
By the way, what became of that
Imaginative boom started by the local
yellow journals that was to lund Gen-
4im1 JcLCvfU1 II. Ctultii at thv trcau Of tlitl
National Society of the Army of the
rhillpp'Dest The session seems to have
been a decided dearth for the political
medicine mixers.
There are railroad democrat as well
as railroad republicans, and the railroad
democrats can always bo found playing
in with the railroad republicans. For
special examples watch the maneuver
ing of Mercerlte democrats In connec
tion with the democratic nomination for
congress la this district.
Dos Moines people are sadly disap
pointed because President Roosevelt can
not Ptop over ou his coming western
trip at tbe Iowa capital longer than two
hour. If the jirt-ni J.-nt satisfied all the
demands for hU presence on this one ex
cursion, a Becuud term would hardly
furnish time to go round.
The International Typographical union
by Its delegates lu cuuveutioa has
turned Us fi.ee at. a lust a propeiedlloa to
launch the organization luto the fra
ternal lusurauee huhluc- The typos
have achieved a wonderful tup-ceoa by
t"ift;u:ig Bliicily to their own business
and evidently piefer to continue In the
fciii.e pathway.
i- .
Muhle-lovlng OuuU ou-Lt to make
ths aut.iKiIly recurring taunlca! festival
each a sneer la polut Loth of attend
ance siul Cuaudal rvwtt'.is that the best
inimical oifjHiiUatleiis will compete each
year for tlie ena:.-i;ie!it This can be
ecus only by ercurdlog tie enteral (!e
luii CorUial aiii'iMii i men is owug tij
eviry public -aplntcd n.eiuber cf the
cnors akd moxnttiTr.
The certainly of liberal harvests and
the Indlcntlons of a domsnd st home and
abrond that will 'nu.tn!n prices at a
highly satisfactory point, grlve aaaursnce
of a continuance of business activity
snd general rropprrlfy. On the bsls of
approximately present prices, the value
of the crops of wheat, corn ami osts
for this year is placed st f 2,.V.2,0'X1,0X,
ag&lnat Il.cst.ow.ooo In 1001, an in
crease of f US 1,000,000. The home de
niand for these cereals Is hot likely to
decline but rather to Increase, but it Is
pooflble that the exporta may be som
what reduced. ' ,
Discussing the situation the New York
Journal of Commerce points out that
last ycar'e wheat exports, including
flour, were 2."5r,000,600 bushel, a par
ticularly bad crcp in Ger,.;ny In part
accounting for this. P In the year
before we exported 21;,,hAO0 bushels
and la 1899 222,000,000, neither of which
years followed any great disaster In
European crops. We have 1ft' crop and
old wheat 85,000,000 bushels less to dis
pose of this year than last. The crops
of six European countries are. estimated
to bo 100,000,000 bushels better than
last year and In addition Russia has an
unusually good crop. Australia has ex
ported no wheat since May and the ex
ports from Argentina since the begin
ning of the year . have been consider
ably less than last year. The last Ind'an
crop was not quite equal to the average
local requirements. . Last year onr ex
ports of corn were 150,000,000 bushels
and of oats 27,000,000 bushels, less than
In the previous year due simply to the
fact that we had not the train to sell.
The Journal of Commerce says: "Euro
pean demands for both these grains may
be expected to be'aa good during the
coming year as. usual. ' Although the
wheat crop Is smaller than last year
and it would not be strange If the price
of corn declined, yet these three cereals
wheat, corn and oats caa hardly fall
to bo worth $ 100,000,000 more than last
year and may easily be worth a good
deal more than $500,000,000 above last
year. The farmers are likely to have
money to spend." . ' ,
If the estimated value of this year's
cereal crops be added to the value of
other products of the farm, on the basis
for the past year, it will be found that
the farmers will have a great deal of
money to spend. Already more pros
perous as a whole than at any previous
time, the rewards of their labor In pros
pect will put them in condition to con
tribute more liberally than ever before
to the general prosperity. The addition
to the wealth of the country frohi'thls
year's agricultural production will prob
ably be larger than in any previous
year, while the contribution to the na
tion's wealth by the manufacturing In
dustries ii not likely to be less than for
several years past. It'ls a situation the
American people can regard with a great
deal of satisfaction.
ova DtaoRDSRur beiobbohs.
Referring to the constant disorder hi
some of the southern countries, the New
York .Mall and Express suggests -that
sooner or later the United States will
find it necessary to put a stop to the
ceaseless brawling at our national doors.
"For the civilization of the western
hemisphere," remarks that paper, ;"the
world holds the United States responsi
ble. The nation has no wish to attack
the rights of any weaker country. It
has no desire to acquire more territory
nor to assume new duties of, supervi
sion. But it will be Impossible to'vade
the task of settling those disorderly
houses of the south In order If the pres
ent Intolerable conditions continue. We
claim the privileges asserted in the. Mon
roe doctrine. We cannot shrink the
duties that are the logical accompani
ment of those privileges."
The danger that such a state of af
fairs as exists in Venezuela and Colom
bia may Involve those countries in
trouble with foreign nations which the
United States would be called upon to
take notice of, will seem to many to war
rant some action on the part of this gov
ernment to bring about and preserve
peace and order In those southern state.
But any step in this direction would bo
regarded as an attack on the rights of
weaker states and as having territorial
acquisition in view, with the result of
creating In that quarter a bitter enmity
toward this country which foreign na
tions might take advantage of for their
own aggrandizement The United States
will therefora continue to let tnose
states settle their Internal affairs in
their own way snd to protect them
against foreign aggression.
A ttt.MtlClAL LAW.
The gold standard act of March, 1000,
has prowed uiost beneficial to the coun
try and especially to the. middle west
and the far wet In supplying these sec
tions with tho banking facilities they
needed. During the two years aud nve
months that this law has beea Irt opera
tion over J, 000 banks have been orns
U,ed aud talicu out national charters, a
laiM majority of tbee being banks
with small capital. These are scattered
all through the agricultural districts in
plaefs where there never would have
been national banks under the old law.
According to the comptroller of tbe cur
rency thee small banks are all well
managed and are prospering.
The benefit to the agricultural dtatrlcta
of the Law Is showu by the locution of
the newly organized bank. About tw
thlr.ls of the whole number have a cap
ital of ?:0,(.kjO or let and are la town
with .a population of less than ti.u-oO
ta.ch. These are chiefly lu the south suJ
west, there being not much field la the
New England and eastern states for
banks of tbe smaller class. Tu spring
ing up of so many new bauktug lnt'JU
tioua has actually increased the vulume
of national butik circulation, although
tbo authority given by congress for
national banks to iocrtaMr their circu
lation tO the ptl Viiilw Of bolivti dt pvd-
Ited with thj government aided sotue-
such circulation.
TU gold standard act was vigorously
epposed by the democrats who of cotirae
predicted thst it would have rttul!s in
jurious to the country. Its operation
has moat cont luplvely demonstrated th
wisdom of the law.
LRT m VB HtMKST WITH ortffLVi5,
In defining bis poI!kn on the market
home General Manderson goes clear out
of his way to levamp the "well-defined
tumors' which' had been exploded by
the recent grand Jury and seks to create
the Impression that tolerated lawless
necs and vice are more rampant In
Omaha than they have ever ben In the
history of this community, going so
far as to demand the strict enforcement
of every law and ordinance on the
statute books, '
Let us be candid and honest with our
selves. Twenty years ago, when Omaha
had not exceeding 85,000 population,
James 13. Boyd was mayor and Churles
F. Manderson was his city attorney.
The town wss a good deal more wldo
open then than It Is now. Tbe social
evil which exists la every city existed
here then as nowonly with this differ
ence, that proportioned to population
there were ten women plying their out
lawed vocation to one at the present
day. There are today no open gambling
houses' In Omaha, although gambling
may be carried on behind closed doors
and by the surreptitious sale of lottery
tickets. Bui where on professional gam
bler operates In this city under cover, ten
gamblers were then flourishing in
Omaha without cover or pretense of dis
guise. There Is no record so far as we
know that the mayor or city attorney
of those days took any etepB to suppress
gambling or prostitution In the courts.
From Boyd to Moores the change la
the suppression of vice and licentious
ness has been for the better rather than
for the worse. Under Broatch tbe burnt
district was allowed to burn, and the
chips, red, white and blue, had free and
unlimited coinage at 13 to 1 of the
present day. The sale of lottery tickets
Louisiana, Havana, Honduras and
Mexico was promiscuously carried on
without let or hindrance and no word of
protest came from people who have only
recently discovered how awfully wicked
Omaha has become. Under Bemis tbe
council, against the protest of The Bee,
passed an ordinance designed to license
open gambling and the sheriff of Doug
las county even furnished safe conduct
for prisoners to the gambling bouses.
In Its effort to break tip the?e corrupt
and lawless practices The Bee received
little encouragement from those people
who now profess to be shocked by ru
mors which Lave not been substantiated.
As a lawyer General Manderson surely
knows that tbe bedrock of Ail these evils
la the s-reed of owners of bulldlnas who
rent their premises. -to the vicious
and lawless classes. ( It Js not for
the .mayorV to prosecute the own
ers, . but ' tor. the county ' prosecutor
and sheriff, yet If these officers
should : try to do their lull duty
there wouUIm aaensation In social high
life as-wtli as In-political .circle.. Men
way up In politics and In" business do
not seenr to hesitate to take the money
of the proscribed element so long aa It
comes In the shape of exorbitant rents.
But If General Manderson Is really In
earnest about the regeneration of
Omaha, the remedy Is within his reach.
A majority of the new Mercer-Broatch
police commission are certainly only too
anxious to follow out his wishes snd
suggestions, and If Omaha shall be
afflicted with any more wickedness
hereafter, the people who desire the sup
preawloa of vicjwa lawlessness will
know where to locate the responsibility.
Former Governor Jamec E. Boyd has an
nounced that ha will aoeept the democratlo
nomination for eongreaa la this district if
the convention that meets on Saturday
should select him. It is also stated la Gov
ernor Boyd's behalf that Victor Rosewster
called on the governor and told him that
It ha should be nominated ths Roiewaters
would give him cordial support. Wcrld
Herald. " .
This statement' la another World
Herald lie made of the whola cloth' so
far as It relntes to alleged negotiations
between cx Ccverncr . Boyd and the
Rosewaters. None of tbe Rosewaters
have called on the governor or had any
conversation with him 1n months. The
Rosewaters have not undertaken to ad
vise tbe democrats as to whom they
should choose as their candidate for con
gress, but have contented themselves
with saying that The Bee would not
support
cr for a a's
tClilir
' A diirtlnsulshed victor In the person
of a member cf the Russian Imperial
family tourlag the United States, wh!U
remarking ou the superior character of
American transportation ' facilities, de
clares that they have Just as good serv
ice ia P.u.-'ls and get it st far less than
the coet here. . And ha cites examples
of the fares charged between principal
points la RuHtsla to support his conclu
sion. It is neeti.efts to J4 that Russian
railroads ere net loade,d down with fixed
charges on millions of watered stocks
aud Inflated bond Issues exchanged at
doublo pur value for stocks of other
rosds absorbed of merged on commun
ity -of interest plans.
No one blames the jt.'ople of Washing
ton for exhibiting anxiety to have Mer
cer kept In cuiigrrBS perpetually. He
lives in Washington and has all of his
Interests there. Ha represents the peo
p:s of the national capital ks If he were
elected by them. But why should the
District of Columbia dictate to the Sec
ond Nebraska district whom it chould
select Ms Its representative lu the lower
houcn of congresa?
A ttcbii le.i otScer of the Netraka
National Guar.t threatens to eajuia the
governor frmu re 'iuljg his commis
sion. It U Jut j i.,s.!Ue tbe ancy and
navy cf the etate of Nebraska may yet
have t-j be fail- J OLt to determine the
question of pi ei r 1. ti'-e betveen execu
tive aud Ju i:.:try.
Our loca! r-' iX'Cratie tfiuteEr-rry
. porta ha If e.'.,i. ' on tbe Subject
"illUh." i.:t.:J cf lLa sti.ae, Low-
ever, proves most disappointing. It Is
a discussion gramiv.nt!' nl snd eptfjram
matlrsL with not a word about tbe
caml'dnte for cn-i'y attorney on tbe
democratic ticket.
thlas Thntthlasr Ura-nr.
PC Ixnl Globe-Uemocrat.
King Edward's head Is not so uocany
as It was before the coronation. A tact
ful woman saved him t annojanc ot
getting- his crown a crooked.
Fnjeylasr the Increment.
Washlnston Star.
What Is this storr that comes out of ths
westr Record-breaklna cora snd wheat
crops T Prospective atrlewltural profits fully
two billion dollars! Where, oh where, l
ths Topullst now? .
ra.aaia., d the lawaalaa.
Spring-field Republican.
The nightmare that afnilcts Canada at
present Is the "Americanization" of ths
Canadian went by immigrant farmers
from this country. Tha Toronto Globe ob
serves that tha toplo continues to be a
"prolific source of discussion." The Ca
nadians have nothing to fear from Ameri
can Immigrants; indeed, they should be
thankful to get any at all. The areat ma
jority of the new comers from this side
of the 11ns will get natnrallisd, and their
children will be good Canadians, for the
same reason that Canadians coming down
here become good Americans.
Midway im S access.
Western Advertiser.
If you toot your little tooter end then
lay aside your horn, there's not a soul la
ten short days will know that yon were
born. The man who gathers pumpkins is
the man who plows all day, and the man
who kaeps It humping Is the one who makes
It pay. Tha man who advertises with a
a short, sudden Jerk Is the one who blames
tha edtltor became it didn't work. The man
who gets ths business is the one who take
a long and steady pull and keeps ths local
paper from year to year quite full. Hs
plans his advertising la a careful, thought
ful way, and'k'eeps forever at it until ha
makes It pay. Hs has faith la all ths fu
ture, can withstand a sudden shock, and
like the mas of Scripture, has his busi
ness oa a rock. 1
Combine lav Farm BIebJaerr
Minneapolis Times.
Northwestern farmers will do well to
take better csre than ever of their harves
terskeep them oiled and in good repair
and keep them protected from the weath
er when not in use. The next ones they
are going to boy are going to cost more
than ever, for ths manufacturers of ag
riculture Implements have formed a gl
gantlo trust called ths International Har
vester company, and , It is. capitalized at
1170,000,000. Ths new eoncsra will endeav
or to control the agricultural Implement
trade of the United State and accomplish
a little more In the way of invading ths
markets of Europe. The Industry has al
ready mad a good start In ths last earned
direction snd, with a compact organization
comprising the principal manufacturers. Its
progress Is likely to becoise more rapid.
A Fir Sa the. Oiataaeat.
Philadelphia Record.
The fly In the Pacific cable ointment is
the government jretpiirement that .there
shall be an independent American line
from Manila to Chinn. This is necessary In
order to secure Jute control ot the
situation from Ws -naton. The company
now applying for a f overnment concession
4ft not deelre b in -this condition, but
to. pass through, 1uh es from --China end
Japan over the cables" of the Eastern Ex
tension company iretween Manila and Hong
Kong. To lay an independent cable would
be to Interfere with the existing division
on the Asiatic coast and the western
Philippine coast In no other way, however,
could ths public ends aimed at in the con
struction of an American transpacific line
be accomplished. An independent .line to
Manila would In nowise answer the public
demand. There mutt be no foreign inter
mediary ia cable cczdmunlcatioa with China
and Japan by the new Paclflo route.
BILLIONS IX THE HARVEST MOO.T.
Re Maensblae Aboat " the Money-
Wart k 10O Cents oa the Dollar.
An expert estimate of the value of tbe
cereal harvest of 1902 to American farmers
places it at 12.000,000,000.
This estimate Is based on the govern
ment's crop report, given to the press the
other day, and which indicated its six in
bushels ss follows!
Com , t.4?i,"(Y,0"0
Wheat 6l (u..)
Oats ,. St,oou,oix)
Total l,M2,0o0.000
If ths government's forecast Is realized
this will be tha largest total production ot
oereals aver recorded In the United States.
It will exceed by morethan 425,000,000 bush
els the aggregate of ths tremendous crops of
corn, wheat and oats In 1900. And In value
on the farm, If the estimate ot $2,000,000,000
ts approximately correct, it will exceed by
st least half a billion dollars the best grain
harvest gathered In any previous year by
American farmers.
It is worth noting, too, that ths $3,000,000,
000, which tb American tanners se
in the harvest moon are every one of them
worth 100 cents ia gold, the standard money
of the commercial world. Does Mr. Bryan
really tfelleve they could be rallied ca a
platform that preposed to make their
$2,0OO,0u0,frH) harvest worth $1,000,000,000
only?
DISTRIBUTION OF FROSPERIT l".
Chicago Tribune.
Co long as ths crop bulletins of thi
Woather bureau ars like that issued this
week proepcrtty will occupy the attention
of tb firmer to ths exclusion of all other
issues. When wheat U good and ost are
plentiful, when the corn yield is to be
eDorraous and the cotton yield heavy, In
stead ot thaakiag beneilcent nature the
cltUra Inclines to ay "this 1 a great coun
try and w ars a great people." Th
farmer doe not bother himself with ths
statistician's figures of domestic and foreign
consumption and per capita profit. lis Is
tatitfled that co&Jltioo la the corn states
of tbe upper Misnhmlppt valley ars favor
able to a gigautic crop Snd that the poorer
slater states ot the south era glorying In
the nics mixture cf rain and drouth which
products tha best quality and the greatest
quantity of cotton.
. The distribution ot rainfall has, on the
whole, been even, though in soma parts of
ths nilddi west, notably about ths lakes. It
ha been heavy enough to injur oat and
retard the harvesting of wheat, whil la
urn other sections mors rain Is needed.
But, while complaints of too much or too
little rain are heard here and there, tb
area f agricultural prosperity I an enor
Uious on this year. Ths farmers ars doing
welt aud the railroad which ar to haul
their crop ts market will do well as a
consequence On the heel of good harvests
will come an active fall and winter trsri.
The trmer wUl bo fres buyers and tbs
iuu'j'arturer bs kept busy. When
ftiu.uiiuu j.utpe-ity is iuitrMa by la
duttrUl prosperity tha couuiry is. Indeed,
In jod AooditioD, aod Its luhautuats ought
ot to t la a fault-Cud. c mood.
Problem of
Chlcaao In
The hard coat trust today undoubtedly
Is giving tha American peopls a most per
nlcloita demonstration ef ths manner la
which even the best of Institutions may
be turned to an evil eae.
Coal is a ready-made product. If the
grains whereby mn live required nelthr
pleating nor cultivation grsw spontan
eously and had merely to be harvested
they would be the same sort ot natural
product aa coal.
The historic argument In favor of private
ownership of such natural products la that
It stimulates enterprise and competition be
tween producers snd thus benefit tbe peo
ple by giving them lower prices, better
service or both.
The historic argument against publlo
ownership of such - products is that by
ellmlaatlng competition, it stifles enter
prise and thus compels the people to ac
cept higher prices, poorer service, or both.
Now, tbe coal trust, having first brought
anthracite coal under private ownership,,
has formed a monopoly, eliminated com
petition, and stifled enterprise, thus de
priving the people ot the benefits prom
ised in return for permitting such private
ownership. It has done more and worse.
It has sbsolutely failed to comply with
the condition upon which private owner
ship of coal is justified, and for months
it has failed to produce any coal at all.
The coal trust has conducted Its busi
ness with the sols purpose ot getting tbe
largest possible profits from the people.
POLITICAL DRIFT. f
There are 2,665 counties In tbs United
States. Texas has the largest number, 246,
and Delaware the smallest number, I.
A New York democrat, realizing the Im
portance of a bar'l la a campaign, wants his
party to nominate Andrew Carnegie for gov
ernor.
For more than alxty years John H. Reagan
has held positions of honor and trust in
Texas and cow he is going to retire. He
will go out of office a poor man. '
During a Joint debate down in Virginia
recently one ot the aspirant for office closed
sn eloquent peroration by jumping from ths
stage and polishing an offensive objector.
Lieutenant Governor Tim Woodruff of New
York deolines another engagement aa second
fiddler on the republican ticket. This will
eliminate tbe ornate Vest ss a campaign
slogan.
John G. McCulIough of Bennington, re
publican candidate for governor of Vermont,
was at the head of the delegation from that
state to the republican national convention
la lftOO which nominated William McKlnley
snd Theodore Roosevelt, '
There have been three national conven
tions la St. Louis, the democratlo In 1878,
the democratic in 1SSS and the republican in
18D8. The Business Men's league ot St.
Louis has been at work since the postpone
ment of the world's fair until 1904 to secure,
it possible, both the democratic snd the re
publican national conventions two years
hence.
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party's prospects will be seriously injured
if congressional candidates carry out the
plan of campaigning by means of the auto
mobile. It Is calculated that every farm
er's horse which kicks the dashboard when
the auto Hies by will lose the candidate a
hunch of votes. Few of tbe eaadidates have
votes te lose. ' .
Representative George H. Fall, who Intro
duced ;nd championed .ths bill -which re
cently passed the 'Massachusetts legislature
making mothers equal guardians of children
with fathers, says that most of the credit
for Ha passags Is due to hi wife, who,
sfter her marriage, took up tbe study of
law. Ehe is a member of the Maiden school
board, snd the mother of five children.
Bids for the erection of the state capltol
of Pennsylvania have been called for. When
the old state house was burned down five
years ago the erection of a building to cost
$600,000 was agreed Upon, but ths commis
sion to which tho Job was assigned "vetoed"
the proposition and ths veto was sustained
by a subicqus-it legislature. The last legis
lature appropriated (4,000,000 for the build
lei. Charley Thayer, mayor of Norwich, Conn.,
thinks the governorship of the state is just
his size and is anxious to corral the demo
cratlo nomination. But h is careful to an
nounce that should the Job come his wsy be
will not' "go Into office ss ons bob on the
tall of a kite held to the wind by a political
string." "If I am sleoted to be governor,"
says Mr. Thayer, "it must bs aa a working
governor; not aa aa ornamental attachment
to a legislature controlled and directed by
agents ot corporations."
'In tbe congressional elections this year,"
ays the New York 8un, "the republicans
have an advantage which has not generally
ben taken into account The gain in new
members under the new apportionment
comes chiefly to states which, if not all
surely republican, were, at least, under con
trol of the republican party at the time the
new division of districts was. made. The
middle snd western states are the chief
gainers under the new apportionment, and
In all of these, without exception, republican
legislatures have fixed the boundaries of tb
districts."
CROP RECORDS AGAIN BROKEN.
Aaother Year of l-apreeeateatea Pros
perity Aasored.
New York World.
Ths greatest crop of cersals ever produced
In this -country is now assured. The result
should be the prolongation by snother year
at least cf the unprecedented prosperity
which the country is enjoying.
The wheat crop It is which most directly
and obviously affects ths railroad market
and ths balance of trade. In the slang st
tha street it la nearly all "moved"; It
travels far and is sold tor Immediate use.
Uance a yield spparently surpassing all
recent records except the phenomenal one of
18J will keep the railroads busy tor month
and provlds ths west with ready cash to pay
for manufactured goods In vast volume.
Cora ts net a traveler. For the most part
it ia fed where It is grown and hene does
not enter so directly Into ths Wall street
man's calculations. Nevertheless it always
surpasses wheat in total value, and this year
It Is what wheat la not crop far beyond
all pat records ot production. If combina
tions of packers did not set at naught tb
law of supply and demand a record corn crop
should mean abundant and cheaper meats.
There are drawbscks to ths peilod cf pros
perity which ws ara enjoying. It foster ex
travagance and ths stock-gambitog spirit in
a way that must ultimately lead to many
dlratters. Unquentiouably, too, th laboring
man and th conaumer are not in every case
ptrmltted to n'oy their fair shar of it
frul'.s in better wages and cheapened goods.
But that I not bountiful nature' fault. To
her all thank. ' '
aa-l, of Royal Tact.
Baltimore American.
King Edward has aa elephant en hi
hands in the snap of Osborne House. He
eidn't want It, couldn't selt it, and bts lib
erality in glvlog It to the people has thrown
ths cation inta a spasm of gratified ad-miration.
the Coal Bin
ter Ocen.
Then, having quarreled with its employes
over the division of the profits. It has
ceaaed to perform tha service upon which
private ownership is conditioned. Half
a dozen men virtually say to aa entire
nation: "It we cannot perform this service
exactly as we please, we shall let it go
unperformed."
Every man who believes private owner
ship beneficial, as every ssn men eoea,
finds the ground cut from under his feet
la the case of ths coal trust. Before the
most fanatical socialist bs tnust, la this
case, be dumb. It he speak ot "competi
tion." of enlerprls," of "enlightened
self-interest," hi antaptonUt points to the
coal trust snd hs is silenced. He has not
sa answer, for tbe coal trust has deprived
him ot any
Upon every economlo theory advanced
since the days of Turgot, the conduct of
the coal trust is Indefensible, ft has done
more thaa all ether agencies combined
to indues the American to look with tol
erance upon dangerous suggestions ot a
eommunlstlo organization of Industry. It
has given the world an object lesson as
Inopportune as It Is perilous.
It Is difficult -to understand how even
the profonndest egotism could have don
wore than the eoal trust managers hava
done to produce a situation as dangerous
to every material interest la the nation
as It ts deplorsble from every viewpoint
of common sense.
OTHER LANDS THAN OIRS.
All the recent accounts of Italian -discontent
hava been reducible to financial
embarrassment snd heavy taxations Period
ef sound and mistaken financial admin
istration have altercated since tb cre
ation ot the nation In 1361. Twice, in
187S and In 189?, th s-ovsrnment had
worked Its wa through a dreary and pain
ful ' series of deficits, and the lessons
learned during those trying periods are
now, (he safeguard against any future, ex
travagance. From 1801 to 1876 was tbe
first period, during which he agricul
tural and. Industrial beginnings of the new
nation was made. After 1876, however, a
time of rash expenditure began, the gov
ernment having overestimated the national
resources and taxpaylng power, until th
surplus finally .disappeared in 1885. Be
tween 1885 snd 1896 tbe deficit was con
stant. Ths expenses ef the Triple Al
liance, the colonial schemes especially
the disastrous Ahyasinisa war, and tho
loose banking administration brought ths
country to ths verge of bankruptcy. But
since 1897, by the utmost economy prac
ticable, there has been a steadily increas
ing surplus of revenue . over expenditure,
which last year reached over $8,000,000.
Tho Italian watchwords now are, "No mere
debts." .
' ee
Emperor William's forthcoming visit to
the Polish provinces of his dominions, for
the purpose of etterfdlns the military man
euvers there, will be characterized by
features which . wUl invest It with the
annarstiea f h ntr nf a letrloii
general lnt a conquered country. For he
has curtly declined any omciai welcome
on the part of the municipal authorities,
who will, therefore b conspicuous by their
absence. ; His receptloa will be exclusively
military and he will ride at the heaa or
his troops into the city of Posen, which
1 the capital of th province, ana wners
the police have received peremptory orders
not t allow any window to remain open or
any balcony t be occupied along the route
which he., traverses.. .. This Is., .of. . course,
a measure of precaution, ss th feeling
among th Polish nationalists cf " high
and. low degree against him is so bitter
that that there is naturally the danger
that some fanatlo or crank might fire a
pistol or a rifle or else hurl a bomb at
him from either - opened window or bal
cony ss he passes by ia the streets below
on horseback. Still, at tbe same time,
the adoption of such precautions does not
suggest much mutual confidence between
the sovereign and his lieges and smacks
of Russian terrorism, or ot Japan in Its
unregenerate daya, when it meant death
tor anyone to gaz at at the mikado from
above; that is to say, from either window
or balcony. . ..
Th duty of ths British colonies la con
tributing to ths defense of ths empire has
been recognixed, theoretically, for a long
while, but it was not until lately that the
sentiment received some practical expres
sion. Australia will be a factor f the
greatet weight in the marine commerce
of the world. It has an immense sea
coast dotted with promising towns snd pop
ulous and wealthy cities. It lies open
to attack at a thousand different points,
and it is therefor right that It should
lead ths way ia sn entirely new scheme
of imperial naval defense. Not long ago
Cape Colony expanded nearly four million
dollars ia presenting the royal navy with a
cruiser of the first class. U was a tlmoly
and a gsneroiis gift and the effect ot It is
still apparent. Australia, emulating th
people of th Cape, is determined to bet
ter the example set before it, and will
once again lead the other colonies la con
tributions to the English navy, as It lately
led them in contributions to the English
army.
Deepite all official surveillance, the Rus
sian people ar being deluged with revo
lutionary literature in th form of novel,
pamphlets or journals printed abroad, like
tho Oswobcthdenla. Just so waa pre-revolu-tlonary
Franco inspired, only that
Beaumarchals and tha other bone esprlts
addressed their audiences through th in
strumentality of the drama, rather than
through th newspapers. It haa been said
that the division of Russian society Into
a ruling caste, on th on hand, and a
mast of peasants dwelling in th darknes of
Ignorance, on th other hand, precludes th
possibility f a popular uprising. Th In
telligent elasaea in Russia to-day, however,
ars proportionately a numerous ss were
th tamo classes in France In 1790. while
th French peasantry of that day was as
degraded In body and soul aa is th Russian
peasantry of th present time. King Louie
XVI had a few excefleut ministers, and so
bus the czar; but, whil M. da Wttte 1 es
tablishing Russian finances on a Solid basis
and laboring to build up industries and
a system ot tntsmat communication,
Gneral Bobrikoff ts stamping out tb lib
erties of Finland and a debased clergy is
moving heaven and earth to prevent a
glimmer of enlightinect front penetrating
tbs popular mind.
When Bismarck retired, 12 years ago.
Germany waa no world power, tb wa a
country, which, Ie a military sense, was
considered pre-smlnant In Europe, and
which, by reason of th tripartita agree
ment between it, Austria and Italy, filled
a leading position, in a political sense, en
tbe continent. But a world power it waa
cot. Ths very word had not then been coined.
It wa before the series ef startling events
that has since transformed th whole
situation in th far east, and ha brought
China n4 JifiZ !!" fi!!f ef i
tlons as potent factors. It waa before tb
epanlsh-Amerlcaa war, which In two hstul-
apneres, projected tho United Ntate Into
th very midst of tb political arena.
There hava seldom been tea year la tb
world's history which hav wrought such
radical charge, changes of' such far
reaching Importance, aa those since 1S3J.
The world at larte baa as yet scarcely
gained th' rlsbt focus for slewing tho
momentous happenlnes. -Next to this coun
try it is Germany thst has most largely
profited from tb sew situation.
OIT OF TUB ORDINARY.
MtV Mars-are McFetbrles, a native of
Scotland, observed her inoth birthday at
f-'prii.grleld last Week. On cf her grent
frmndchlldren Is a school teacher In that
city. - "
A Dutch laborer who found a nine-leafed
shamrock In a flcM wher ha was working
sent It to Queen Wlllielmlna as an augury
of good luck. II was rewarded by a gift
of some $10.50 from the royal purse.
A steam harvester- webbing-100 tons, that
cuts, threshes and bsaw ths grain from 100
acres of land In a day, Is reported st work
In California on a 4.000-acr barley field.
There ar reasons why we red the world.
There was a notable family reunion at
Welland, Ont., last week at which the six
children of the lata JacoH Pound assembled
to celebrate the birthday of ."tha baby ot
th family," who had attained the age of
80 year. . . ,
William Coxa, a pnhUet who bore more
medals than other aoldtprs In the British
army, died at Ms borne la Ballynahlnch,
Ireland, recently. Lord ' Roberts one
wanted to give him a commission, but h
refused It. '
In . th Nw York office of Plerpont
Morgan there I a Junior clerk, th son of
a millionaire, who when not otherwise em
ployed In engaged in slicing the flaps oft
envelopes which hav bean used. The
backs ar preserved In pads for scribbling
paper. Tb mail of such a nous 1 enor
mous snd the saving effected in this Way
is not inconsiderable.. i .
William Lovett bf Peru, Ind., Says he Is
the only man la th Hooslar stat who wa
present In London at th coronation of
Queen Victoria Juno 28. IMS. He walked
lbi miles to . witness London s greatest
spectacular event, and, although now past
90 years old, he can relate much of th
details preceding the coronation ceremonies.
He was seven ears the senior of Victoria.
II served tour years In an Indiana regi
ment during th American civil 'war.
Aissa Ben Khouldl, an Algerian Arab, la
In Paris asking the government to restore
to htm bis wife, whom he bought from her
father six months ago for TS franca On
th invitation of his father-in-law, hs and
his wife paid a vlait to the bride's paternal
home, where she was detained, 'her father
Claiming she was too young to marry. Th
case bas brought th Institution of woman
slavery In Algiers officially before the
French government, and may result In a
change In - th condition of th women
there. . .
LAIGHIKQ GAS..
Chicago Tribune: "What was th blaaest
catch you ever made?" asked his fishing
companion.
"i cauant tne sneakers eve once last
spring," replied the congressmen.
Philadelphia Press: Goodart He seems
to feel great sympathy for any on who
is lib
Newitt Huh! His Idea of symnathv Is
to get some poor Invslid In a corner and
tell him how miserable he's looking.
Vashlnarton Star: "Whenebber a man
fibs me a, whole lot o' advice." said Unci
aiini, i can ( neip s picionln" oat if his
opinions was so valuable he'd be busy
somewna euse countin money.
Detroit Freo Press: Book lArent This
book, sir, will tell you how to keep bugs
from your potatoes, how to rid your barn
of rats '
Unci Eben You sln't got no book that
tell you how to rid a farm uv book agints,
hev yer?
Chfcasro Poet: "H doesn't overtook any
opportunities to act in the front rank.
does he?" -J
"Well, I should say nor. Aner he
painted Tiir back fence Tie tried to 1rtua
the directory man to put bina la, undev the
head of artlgts, so's to get nearer th front
ot the dook. ..
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Waahlngton Starf "Mike," said' Plodding
Pete, "don't you wish you was rich?"
'"Kind o'," answered Meandering- Mike.
"Course I couldn't eat any mora dan I
does, but Pd be saved de trouble o' aaytn'
'much obliged' so often."
Chic-aero Tribune: "Are there anv rood
collection agencies in this neighborhood T"
Inquired ths stranger with tbe long-standing-
account.
Collection asrencieaT exclaimed the sub
urbanite. "Oreat Scott I Haven't you seen
any of our mosquitoes yet?"
TUB ANNUAL, PARODY.
Baltimore American.
Maud Muller (Gentle reader, her
's the parody that comes sacn year.)
Maud Muller, on a summer's eve.
Pinned back her skirt and tucked each
sleeve.
ph gt h hose, upon th lawn 1
And deftly turned the water on,
Ph snrintrted rally on th rrscs.
And amlleil ontbosa who chanced to past.
Th Jud came walking dowa th street,
And spied Mlis Muller, trim and neat, .
IT raised his hat to speak to her; "
His heart with love began to stir;
For Maud was young and fair to see,
Th Judge was rich as rich could be. '
Just wheh he mads his graceful bow ,
Tha water did not twist Somehow;
rt did not smite lilm on the ear;
It did not 11 his soul with fear;
It did not swat him in th vest
And knock bis garments g-alleywest;
tt did not wash htm from th spot
No, gentle reader, it c!d ret.
instead. Maud turned the water off
Juat when bis bat received the doff.
The Jui-- mused softly: "Buch SS she
Is the laebi-wlfe for me.
And Maudle mused: "I'll ehanere my name
li-i splinting this domestic gam.".-
The Judre proposed tbe rest you ruers
Maud Mullur lost no tlm with "Yes."
And often now the Judge wt'I dream
Of how, the setting suns last fleam
Illumined Maudle. with tha hose.
And bow bis ardor swiftly rose.
And Maudi too, dreams of th v
When, with tucked skirt and roiled-un
aiceve,
the utilised her canning tact
Ami eiiLneed the lawa-hos act, .
And posed ther In th twf!!trht dim,' '
And with deft clence landed htm.
Of all true words of tongue cr pen
The truest are; "i'hey fxl th man."
PlfiWirmrf'T
When yon are all tired out.
feel we-aiL sleep do not rest
you, and your appetite is
Ioor,
Horsjford'tf
Acid
Phospkojto
. will revive yoor strength. In
duce natural sleep, improve
appetite, and restore nerve
' power. it st relict bens the
entire system. cur?PiT liis i
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