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Communication relating to new and edi torial manor should he addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit bv draft, express or posts? order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, Only 2-cent stamps accented In payment of mat) account. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not "ccepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPAM. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Biala e KahraaliA. DnuirllLa County. 8S. George B. Tr.sc.huck. secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, saya that the actual number of full and i.z.tiI.1 nf Th Daily Morning, Evening and Sunday pea printed during the month ol June, waa mm iuuuw. 1 80,030 t 8O.0TO I 80.WIO 4 BO, WOO t ...i.aoio' soao 7..... ..87,UU ao.TJto I ao.eio 10 81,OOU n ...ao.sao 12 ao.tno U UO,7SO It 27,e)lt U BO.T70 U n,u 17 8O.0TO 18 JH0.B7O tf SO.OttO SO SO.U30 . JIT.TOO 28 3O,:t0 22 80,600 24 80,eH as ao.uau 3H 81.S10 27 31.U10 28 STMM) 29 at,oo (0 SO,tl30 Total 12,0o0 Lesa unsold and returned copies 8,7t0 Not total sales BOiMMW Net average sales 80,075 OEORGE B. TZSCHUUK Subscribed In my presence and sworn to belore me this nn uuy or june, a. u. M. B. H UNGATE, (Seal) Notary Public. PARTIES LEAVING , FOR SUMMER, Parties leaving; tbe city foe the saaanier mar have The Baa sent to them regularly by notifying The Bee Baslness afllce, la person or by mall. The address will be changed mm often aa desired. The soothsayers made no capital out of their predictions of the pope's death, Rome will now witness the most im posing funeral that is known to Christen doin. Leo the Lamented will go down in history as the greatest successor of St, Peter in twenty centuries of the church's work. ..... ' -Ak-Saf-Ben takes no summer vacation Tie fctayg tight at home' "ready.'&t" ail time to extend the hand of royal weir come to new subjects.i . Pope Leo XIII recognized the existence of virtue outside of the Romanist faith That Is why the people of all religious denominations pity tribute to the virtues of the dead pontiff. , . The fight between the state library commission and the pure food commls Ion may be termed a battle for the supremacy between demands of the brain and of the stomach. The Chicago Great Western Is knock lng for admission to Omaha, but the other railroads object to opening the door. The door will be eventually opened, however count on that. The busiest politician in the state of Nebraska right at this moment is the Hon. Robert E. Lee Uerdman, clerk of the supreme court. The most lucrative Job In the state depends on the success of hU activity. If laziness is duo to a germ it must have come over from Europe in the first boats with Christopher Columbus and bis crew and to have found conditions In the new world quite as favorable for propagation as in the old. Wyoming seems to be making desper ate efforts to break into the class occu pied by those southern states where people have lynching bees at more or less regular intervals. Wyoming ought to be willing to go without that kind of notoriety. The changes worked by the whirligig of time are again Illustrated by the ap pearance of Governor Mickey as one of the speakers before the Epworth league's international convention at Detroit. Im agine Governor Mickey's Immediate predecessor In this role. In following its work up from the county equalizing board to the state equalizing board the Real Estate ex change tax committee is on the right track. Every step in the tax system from making the assessment to fixing the levy must be watched In the tax payer's Interest The little squabble orer tne paving repair contract ought not to obstruct the work of paving streets that require an entire new surface or have never before been paved. There are several rem nants of the era of experimental cheap pavements In Omaha that should be speedily eradicated. Because they received no bids for sup plying coal, the county commissioners down in Otoe county have au iukllng that there is a combine on between the roal dealers lu that vicinity. The bids received for supplying coal to public Institutions In this city and county give grounds for the . suspicion that some thing of the same kind is on between coal dealers up here. lit At H t)F POM LKV. The world wag prepnrod for the dentil of Popo Leo. universally rstwtnofl the greatest of lloninn pontiff a, l"t every where there will tx profound regret nt lio pausing sway of Hits renin rkable ni.in, whoso wisdom, piety a n J cxtrnor dtnn ry adinlnlntratlvc ability gnve him unequalled Influence In the Christian world. Tribute" to the 'character and the attainments of Leo have been as freely rendered by .rrotoatHuts .s by Catholics, aud With no lens affection and sincerity. It Is reeounlgod by nil that while he labored Incessantly for the advancement of the; church of which he was the head, Ms work 'contributed to the general promotion ,-of Christi anity. As Justly said by Archbishop Ireland: "All humanity has been bene fited by him. He never hesitated to reach out leyond the formal confines of the church to serve huiMniry, to serve nations and men, who were not of the fold of the church." Ho was a broad minded man who kept In' touch with the spirit of the age and encouraged the attainment of its best Ideals. He was a conservator of peace. hd"fiHi if most sagacious statesmanship" "made the church e powerful Influence In behalf of peace and civilization. i The record made by Leo unquestion ably places him In the very front rank, If not at the head, of the lint, of Roman pontiffs. In the college of cardinals from which a successor will be chosen there are men of learning and ability, profoundly devoted to the church but it may bo doubted if there is one who in all respects measures up to the standard of tip dead pontiff, who, with no less learning, piety and devotion possesses also the diplomatic and statesmanlike qualities that distinguished Leo. CALL FUH RK0ROAVIZATI0H. There is a very plain call for reorgan ization of some of the business methods of the Postofflce department and It Is more than likely that in other depart ments there Is need of change. It is stated that the discovery has been made that there are serious defects In the auditing system of the government. It appears that no two departments ob serve the same rules or standards, and that In some Instances there is practi cally no auditing at all. The methods In vogue in the Postofflce department are said to be the worst In the government servlce--and It Is alleged that much of the rottenness developed In the postal service was made possible by the ease with which crooked accounta could be passed through the Treasury depart ment The fault Is not .so much with the treasury officials as with the audit ing system Itself, there being no provi sion for detecting and throwing out overcharges on the part of contractors. An Investigation of the1 auditing sys tems in the several departments is now being made ana a reorganization will undoubtedly folloW. ' " "' "' 'u Such disclosures suggest that' congress may find it expedient to institute an In quiry" of a generar character,.. 1ft regard to the business- methods"-of ;tb' execu tive departments of the government?. It is quite possible that these can be much Improved and in any event a general In vestigation of them could do no harm. THE COM.VAIfDiNQ QVtSTlOtf. In financial circles the' question of commanding interest la that of currency legislation aud there Is diversity of opin ion in regard to It some prominent finan ciers Insisting that no legislation re lating to the currency Is either necessary or expedient at' this time and that it would be much better It congress would await a more convenient, season before undertaking to modify the banking and currency laws. The announcement of the great Interest felt, in this question by President Roosevelt and of his in tention to urge It upon the considera tion of congress at the extra session to be called in November, has led to an earnest discussion of the subject In financial circles, as well as among those who. consider the matter from the po litical point of view.' According to, what appears to be au thentic statements respecting the opin ions of eastern bankers they quite gen erally do not look with any favor upon legislation that wonld In any important manner modify the banking and cur rency laws, excepting so far as would permit the issuing of an'emergency cur rency, to be taxed, to an extent that would compel, the retirement of that cir culation whenever the emergency had passed. It Is said that these bankers are not disposed at present to urge legis lation of that kind, but they would not oppose it and might even give It luke warm approval. A New -York report says that some prominent bankers, such Mr. Hepburn, formerly comptroller of the currency, and Mr. Fairchlld, ex secretary of the treasury,- will be heard In protest against any plan based upon what Is called asset decured currency, while on the other band' there is a con slderable group which fa vort the Cana dlnn system of provldtng au elastic cur rency. v Such diversity of. views among prac tical financiers, who give, constant con slderatlon to the currency qnestlon, shows the difficulty of arranging a plan or currency reform that will have gen eral approval, as the subcommittee of Ihe senate finance committee will en- den vor to do. Senator AJdrlch and his colleagues have already ."conferred with leading bnnkers and financiers aud the understanding Is that they differ widely as to what legislation la desirable. It Is therefore thought to be quite prol able that the subcommittee mar not have a Vlll ready for Introduction at the extra session of congress and that if any financial measure ts then presented it will come from - the administration. There continues to be expressions of ap prehension regarding currency ooudl tions in the fall, but while there Is tin doubtedly some reason for this feeling It see ins safe to assume that the bauks wlU make the beat preparation they can for meeting the demands of that season and Unit the situation Is iut likely to prove so troublesome ns some nw fear. At all events there nn be no help o the money market this year from legisla tion, since the strain upon the market will be over when congress meets in November. the vimmiiath: machix. In view of the constant effort of our friends, the enemy, to decry republican politics in Omaha and Douglas county as machine made, it would hardly be proper to let pass without notice the ex hibition which the local democratic ma chine Is Just now making of Us self acting and self perpetuating perfection. Under the call for a democratic state convention., the usual quota of delegates has been apportioned to Douglas county aud It has become necessary for the democrats of this district to be repre sented In that gathering. Incidentally, a democratic Judicial convention, author ized to attach the democratic label to the republican lawyers named by the bar association coterie as candidates for the district bench, will also be called In due course of time and delegates from this county may be essential to its pro ceedings. To vindicate the democracy of the democratic party In Douglas county the democratic county committee in a har monious ' meeting has decided that all these delegates shall be duly chosen by a democratic county convention the source of all popular political power. To make sure, however, that the convention does not get away from the machine the members will all receive their ap pointment from the different committee men for their respective wards aud pre cincts Instead of from the rank and file of the party registering their will at a primary election. In other words, the machine will appoint an appointing com mittee which wiil appoint itself to rep resent the democratsof Douglas county in state and Judicial conventions. The machine Itinerary has already been maiped out by the engineers at the throttle with nothing left to chance that woulfl allow the cogs to slip at any point, and the ordinary democrat who fondly imagined he had a voice In-the councils of the party can only wonder where he Is at. The excuse for this piece of machine rough riding is given as the unnecessary expense of conducting a primary elec tion. This pretense will hold good at any time the democratic machine fears the security of Its grip. Primary elec tions are altogether too expensive lux uries for Douglas county democrats. They are altogether unnecessary so long as the experts now in control are on deck. . The democratic machine in this county is the "real thing." Republicans should take their hats off to It Members of the Water board, are Just begjinulng to realize the crudeness of the law passed by the last legislature under which they are . operating. The Bee pointed out the defects la the water bill at the time It was pending and urged that it be corrected to meet the existing conditions, but the Real Estate exchange and Commercial club reformers follow ing the lead of their bell-wethers clam ored for its enactment without change of capitalization or punctuation. If the law is ever to be made workable it will have to undergo a thorough overhauling by the next legislature. Colonel Bryan has been put in an awkward predicament by the Illinois Chautauqua association, which has de clared that under Its percentage con tract for an address he will either have to relinquish his engagement or rescind his promise to speak to a democratic county convention on the same day and place. Mr. Bryan will have to choose between bis party enthusiasm and the box office receipts a choice that no patriotic citzen should be compelled to make. Just to show that It Is an absolutely unbiased, impartial and nonpartisan body of reformers the South Omaha po lice commission threatens to make ex amples of the councilmen who happen to be saloon proprietors and who have had the audacity to obstruct In the council some of the pet plans of the police board, That Is the way the governor-appointed police commission takes the police out of politics. Senator Piatt of New Tork Is said to favor Senator Aldrlch of Rhode Island for the position on the republican ticket as the running mate with President Roosevelt. Rhode Island Is pretty close to New York and has but three votes In the electoral college which are Bafe for the republican ticket anyway. Senator Plutt must be simply throwing bouquets at hla colleague from Rhode Island. The congressman from the Third Ne braska district baa started In ahead of the actual taking of his seat at Wash ington to demonstrate his - fealty to President Roosevelt's- doctrines by tak ing a wife unto himself. The people who invested him with a congressional mantle, however, have grounds for a grievance that be ahould go outside of his constituency for a better half. The Chicago Chronicle Is exhibiting great glee over the fact that Mr. Bryan in his speech before the picnic party there last Saturday thought It of suf ficient Importance to tell how little be thought of that, paper aud to accuse It of masquerading under the name of democracy. The Chronicle will not stop crowing over this feat for a fortnight I . r In his message expressing our sense of loss sustained by the death of the pope. Secretary Hay refers to Leo's in cumbency aa head of the church as his "reign." This will invite a controversy aa to whether, since the temporal power of the church came to an end, the pope really reigns. Sports Aeeld. Cincinnati Enquirer. Will It he the fisherman against the hun ter lit the next presidential campaign? Fate of the Sarred Ratio. Philadelphia Inquirer. It Is safe to predict that east of Kansas City nobody but the coroner will take any Interest In the IS to 1 Issue next year. f haare for conservatism. Detroit Free Press. If Wall street was as conservative In financial operations as It ts In politics, the stock market would be In better condition than It Is. Place for Oar Dave. Washington Post Colonel "Pete" Hepburn's son-ln-Iaw has formally refused a life position In the gov- rnrnent service at $7,000 a year, but It Is believed that "Dave" Mercer may be In duced to accept It. .. Mystery of Kmotlea. New York World. Down In Kentucky they have just lynched a white murderer who was already In prison for. life. Why Is It so hard to get twelve Americans to vote in- a Jury room for hang ing a prisoner by law and so easy te get a thousand to pull on the rope that bangs him against the lawt A Business necessity. New Tork Mall and Express. Currency reform Is a business necessity. Its accomplishment is 'for the benefit of no section or class. It is for the convenience and aid of the farmer, the tradesman and the local banks of the west, as well as (or the eaay adjustment of rates of Interest to legitimate demands of business in the larger financial centers. Prompted by Memory. Philadelphia Record. When ever a candidate for vice president Is mentioned In the frequent conferences at Oyster Bay President Roosevelt promptly stops all discussion by declaring that this must be left to the delegates in the re publican national convention. It Is evident from this that he still retains a lively recol lection of the way In which his own nom ination for vice president was made. May Be a "Serloas Joke." Philadelphia North American. The movement to make Orover Cleveland the democratic candidate for president strikes Mr. Bryan as a Joke, but he admits that the humorous aspect of the matter would not survive the capture of the con vention by the Cleveland democrats. The nomination of Cleveland, says the great defeated lugubriously, would be a "tragedy." Probably he means that it would be the end of Bryanlsm and the stl ver delusion, but that came long ago; the convention would merely conduct a belated funeral. ' Graft f tee Graaera. ." Philadelphia Press. A dispatch from.-; Guthrie, Okl., saya that -a bill will be presented in congress to throw open to settlement the great pasture reserve li ; Comanche county, southwestern Oklahoma. Bills of that kind are very numerous at each session of con gress. The Introduction of such measures Indicates nothing more, as a rale, than the greed of men who. want to grab land for speculative purpose. 2 But ' the rights of me inaians ana various umer miwiucc atlons have to be weighed by congress. At the same time'' there Is no particular need of reserving land fof Indians- who do not make use of It.- v Mo Race In Meanaesa. . Indianapolis News. Colored ministers, of Evansvllle hve united In resolutions condemning the idle and vicious negroes, of that town, and call lng on the police to enforce .the law and close up . the .. dens., of vice. They honor themselves and the name of good cltUen- ship by the act. The same thing has been done In this town. Law-abiding, Indus trious colored people here have protested against the Idle and vicious negro and have declared that an Indiana avenue of vice unrestrained is Just as obnoxious to law-abiding colored people as It Is to white people; and they have asked what they have a right to ask, the enforcement of the law against the lawless,. There Is no color la lawlessness. Idleness and Industry are not divided by race lines. JUDGES AND EDITORS. Pnnlsbraent for , "Coatemot" that Smacks of Tyraaay.' - Detroit Free Press. Two editors In Missouri recently took exception to the action of the supreme court In reversing a decision which awarded damages to a cltlsen against a powerful railroad corporation. The criticism of the highest tribunal was sharp and severe, corruption being charged as one .of its tranrgresslons. Aa the supreme court has ordered the editors to appear before It and show cause why they should not be pun ished for contempt. It Is nresumed that there Is some principle of common or statu tory law which the court can urge In Justification of Its action. Tet the case suggests that there Is a dangerous exercise of Judical power and query arises aa to what limitations are to be put upon It. It ts clear that when a Judge upon the bench Is treated with open contempt by any one present in the court room, he has the right to Inflict summary punishment for reasons that are obvious. But there is certainly a question as to the right and propriety of Judges to try their own cases when taking umbrage at outside criticism, In this Instance there was no Interference with the work of the court; nothing to em barrass It In the conduct of the case In hand. After the decision was handed down the editors told what they thought of It if honest and within the facts they had the right to tell the truth. The president, senators, representatives, governors, legis lators. In fact all public officials are frankly criticised. It Is difficult to conceive why Judges should enjoy' Immunity, for there are unanswerable reasons why they should be upheld when worthy and exposed when unworthy. Their calling Is no more sacred than that of those who make and execute the laws under which we live. If these editorial critics wronged the members of the supreme court the Judg have ample redress under the libel laws ef the state. They ran Inflict penal punish ment and at the same time get damages. But If they Insist upon the contempt pro ceedings, conduct the trial of the men, ren der the verdict and Indict the punishment. they violate the very fundamental principle of our Judicial system. There Is no chance to preserve the purity of the bench If this sort of gag law la tot erated. It Is not supposable that the au preme court of Missouri will find as ths result of these arbitrary contempt proceed ings that It or any part of Itself Is cor rupt. Self-preservation demands that It take this farcical procedure with a prede termlned finding that is self-vindicatory But public opinion cannot accept such a de clslon so reached. The only acceptable way la to give the accused a trial and a fair chance before a disinterested tribunal. If they be found guilty the supreme court would have . a vindication worth aoma- thlnaV . FOR NEBRASKA DEMOCRAT. Edgar Reward Telia What the Plat form Woald gay If He Wrote It. Columbus Telegram. The editors of the leading eastern news papers are becoming Interested In the prob able action ef the Nebraska democratic state convention In the making of a plat form. Inquiries have been sent to many Nebraska democrats asking for their views as to the probable course of the convention In dealing with national Issues. The editor of the Telegram received such a request and It Is not difficult to answer. We can not know Just what the state convention will do, but we can make a good guess. We can safely guess that It will not follow the cowardly course of our democratic brethren In Iowa. If the editor of the Telegram bad the writing of the platform we should not deal largely with national Issues, since the campaign In Nebraska will be peculiarly a state campaign, the only officers to be elected being a. Justice of the supreme court and two regents of the uni versity. These officials have no dealings with national affairs and therefore we be lieve the campaign should be made wholly upon state Issues. However, we believe It will be the duty of our convention to speak In very plain language regarding natlon.il matters. If the Telegram should be as- Signed the task of writing the platform we should make the plank touching national politics read as follows: The democracy of Nebraska heartn n. dorses and renews allegiance to the princi ples proclaimed by the last national demo crats convention. Such a plank would show to the world that the democracy of Nebraska Is still oc cupying fighting ground, with no thought of following the Iowa democracy Into the swamp of cowardice. It is not long, but It Is long enough. Such a plank ought to be satisfactory to the most ardent bimetallism It could not be misunderstood by any man. We do not believe democrats are called upon at this time to make specific declarations as to the money question for the good reason that that question Is not and cannot be made a live Issue In the state campaign this year. nor In the national campaign next year. But whatever course the convention may take, we hope It will speak In crisp, plain language, leaving no man In honest doubt regarding the attitude of the democracy of a state which of late years has been In the good habit of leading, rather than follow lng, In democratic conclaves. THE POPE AS A POET. Strlklag iBrtaace of mn Intellect Cre atively Active at BO. Boston Herald. Lo XIII Is a genuine poet. It Is seldom that the intellect remains creatively active at the age of 90 years, as attested by the pope s ode In welcome to the twentieth century, called "A Prayer to Jesus Christ for the Coming Century." As translated by Andrew Lang, It begins: Renowed In letters, famed In art. The are recedes: of mn n v a hin Won for man's good from nature's heart Who will may sing. He goes on to mourn the glqrles of the iaaea years, together with the deeds ill done, the wrong, the tears, of the age Out worn, the wars, the rending of scepters, the loss of temperal sovereignty for the papacy, tne time of godless laws. He also deplores the scientific tendencies whereby Drute nature, with the world for slaves. Is God alone," and whereby man Is no longer held as made in God's own image. qui sprung wun Drute from one same ceii However , erroneous much of the world's best thought may regard the views of the venerable pontiff as to the tendencloa of science for true knowledge of natural law and the probing of the secrets of the universe to the uttermost depths that the human mind can explore can result only beneficently all right-minded men must at keart agree with the aeplratlons of the good pope that there inay.be sown the seeds of happy peace, and the rage and lumuit cease of hateful war. There is noble pathos In the closing words: - MZ.cour la run; long ninety years r . y are m'ne; Thy grace retain: Let not Thy servant's prayers and tears Be poured In vain. PERSONAL AUD GENERAL. London's lord mayor declares that he llkaa all Americans. But he hasn't seen all of mem. The Filipino officer who Is coming over to stuay war has not decided whether he will locate la Kentucky or Indiana. Dr. Douglas H. Campbell. Drofessor af botany in Stanford university, is on vacation trip to New Zealand and Aus tralia. Prof. Erich Narcks, the biographer of Em peror William I, has been asked by Prince Herbert Bismarck to write a life of his lather. In reviewing the Santiago veterans at De troit General Shatter discarded his ham mock and used an automobile of the dachs hund type. -v A monument to Queen Victoria, a nrean ui ueorge nanger. nas just been unveiled by his daughter at Newbury, England. Alvin C. Dinkey, superintendent of tha Homestead mills, It Is said, will soon he elected president of the Carnegie Steel com pany. Chan Tin Sin of San' Francisco, who re- turned to China with hla family, was one of San Francisco's Interesting characters. He landed before the days of the exclusion act. a big raw-boned coolie. He leaves now with his white wife and half-caste boy, with II ,000,000 in American gold and securi ties. He has been a miner, cook, gambler and merchant and was successful In every thing he undertook. Senator Hoar of Massachusetts uttered the following admonition at the Worcester summer school: "Constitutions and states. congresses and laws, police and elections, all break down and come to grief unlets behind them and underneath them there be human character. You may have all these things, but there will oome a time when you must depend upon some In dividual to do right." As the letter to "the great Loving and Exalted In Ms position of Splendor and Glory. First amongst the Great and Noble, the President of the Great American Na tion. The Mirror of its Greatness, possessor of Its Highest Position. THEODORE ROOSEVELT," shows, when the sultan of Morocco takes his typewriter In hand, the author of the "Complete Letter Writer" might as w-Ml go away back and lie down. General John Beatty, who has Just re tired from active business, once played a prominent part In Ohio politics. He waa a congressman, a candidate for governor and held many offices of public trust. His career In congress opened In 1868. He was the political enemy of Foraker and Mo Kinley and has gone through more political fights than many men who have more ex perience In polltloa than he. He created a sensation when. In 1878, he opposed the endorsement of the Hayes administration. When Tolstoi was working on his novel, "Resurrection," he made several visits to the criminal ooujrts of Moscow and St. Petersburg to watch methods of procedure and incidents ot interest, une oay in a Moscow court a man waa arraigned before the Judge for having married seven women within three years. He entered no defense and the Judge with some curiosity de manded to know what In the world had Induced bint to marry so often. "Oh," re siled the prisoner, seriously, "to nnd a good true, If that should prove possible. BITS OF WASHINGTON MFK. Matters that RlppJe the Correats tt the Natloa'a Capital. Dr. I O. Howard, the government ento mologist, says that the ravages ef ths mos quitoes this year along the Atlantic coast. particularly In the neighborhood of Orange, N. J., Coney Island. Slteepenead Ray and Boston, were attributable to the enormous quantity of rain that has fallen this spring and summer. "On account of this heavy precipitation," he end. "there are 100 breed- ng places today for every one that existed ist year. There are surface pools every where, and as It takes only ten or twelve days to breed a generation of mosquitoes, the unusual number of that Insect now In evidence Is natural." Dr. Howard talked freely about the out look for the extermination of the pest. He says that Dr. Stiles, who was reported to have discovered an Insect whose enmity to the mosquito would solve that troublesome question, made no claim to the practical value of his discovery. That discovery. Dr. Howard explained, was a parasitic germ which was found In the body of a salt water marsh mosquito. Only one species was found, and that was In Immature form. 'We know," continued the entomoloatst. "that the , mosquito has several natural enemies, but not one has yet been discov ered that can bo practically used for the extermination of the mono til to. Vor in stance, the dragon fly kills the mosquito. Many other aquatic Insects that destroy mosquito larvae are known. Every little pool of stagnant water furnishes a snlen- aia illustration of the ferocity of the strua gie ror existence between the mosaultoes ana other Insects. "The larvae of one water beetle will eat up 300 mosquito larvae In a day. Some times one species of mosquito will kill other kinds, and there are cannibalistic species among mem. The mosquitoes have a num ber of pafasltes, Internal and external There are two or three species of fungi mat Kin adult mosquitoes. We must rely primarily on the aboli tion of the breeding places and secondly on ine Kerosene treatment of the breeding piaces mat cannot be abolished." The commerce of the United States with Its non-contiguous territory will amount to nearly 1100.000,000 In the fiscal year Just ended. Of this grand total more than one third Is merchandise shipped to that terri tory, or the grand total of $86,681,026 In the eleven months ending with May, 133,080,77 was merchandise shipped to Porto Rico. Hawaiian Islands, Philippines, Guam, Tu- tuna ana Alaska. in me same period 153,000.000 waa received from the non-contiguous territory. The principal articles received from that terrl tory during the eleven months, for which the detailed figures are given, are as fol lows: From the Hawaiian islands, sugar amounted to 121,000,000 In value, coffee $225,- va. nides and skins $rt9.m and fruits and nuts $67,510. From Port Rico, sugar, $6,- w.M'i tobacco and manufactures thereof. $1,813,642 (of which $1,681,608 is clgars: coffeiL uAssu. ana rruits and nuts, $281,842. From me Philippine islands, manlla henm. 110.668. 667; sugar, $270,729; tobacco and cigars. $56.- 732. From Alaska the principal shipments were cannea salmon. $8,401,124: other flah $758,412: furs snd Mr skins, $395,798; whale- one, iii&,&94. and copper, $100,558. The shipments to the territory In ouaatton Include a much wider range of articles. To me Hawaiian Islands the total for the eleven months amounted to over $10,000,000. of which $1,361,306 was breadstuffs, a little over i,uuo,ooo manufactures of iron and steal other $1,000,000 manufactures of cotton, $775, sOO manufactures of wood, tsoo.ono neL visions, nearly another $500,000 mineral oils ana a like value. In fertilisers. To Porto Rico the principal shipment were cotton manufactures, about $2,000,000; manufactures or iron and steel over $1,260,000, provisions over $1,250,000, breadstuffs over $1,000,000, mmiuiacmres or wood over $600,000. To the Philippines the principal Items of exports were Iron and steel manufactures over $600, 000, spirits, wines and malt liquors over ,wo, cotton manufactures over $300,000, mineral oils nearly $300,000 and breadstuffs aoou jbo,ooo. To Alaska the largest Item o ii uu ana eieei manufactures, nearly $2,000,000; provisions nearly $1,000,000, bread stuffs nearly $500,000. manufactures of tin nearly $500,000. manufactures of wool over $250,000, vegetables over $250,000 and tohce and manufactures thereof nearly $250 000 To Guam and Tutulla the total shipments for me eleven months were $96,812, of which $J0,579 was manufactures of wood, $18,067 mnnuiaciures or iron and steel, tanu e.k $9,308 manufactures of cotton and bread- Although It la less than six months since jjr. cnaries warden Stllee, chief of the dl vision of soology of the public health and marine hospital service, officially announced the discovery of the hookworn, or "germ of laziness," preparations were already under way in several of the southern states to utilize the discovery In combating the dls ease. The 8ta4e Board of Health of North Carolina, through Its secretary. Dr. Lewis of Raleigh, has taken the lead In the work, and It is expected by scientists In Wash lngton that the health officials of that state soon will make an Important announcement as the result of the experiments they are now conducting. For obvious reasons the expertmmte are being carefully guarded from publicity by the officials both In Wash lngton and North Carolina. The dtseaae which result from the rav ages of the hookworm la called uncinariasis, Apparently It Is mainly confined to warm climates, for It is there that the hookworm abounds. Dr. Stiles thinks It quite probable that the Egyptians 3,500 years ago were ac quainted with the parasite. The disease appears to have attained Its most virulent form among the Egyptians of that period and was much more damaging to its victims that It Is now. A study of conditions In the most widely infected regions of the south, especially In Florida, appears to show that the parasite attacks children In the rural sections at a very early age. Those who go barefooted or who are permitted to loll around freely on the ground In summer time are the special victims. When the 'parasite thus gets lodgement It arrests the development of certain parts of the body and delays the age of maturity to a noticeable extent. When full growth finally Is attained the victim la sll through life Indolent and shift less. In a severe case the face is bloated the shoulders droop, the abdomen Is en larged and the arms and legs are thin. Dr. Stiles declares that nearly every case of the disease found during his trip through the south was either living In a sandy dls trlct or had llvad In such a district a few years before. Paved streets and grass lawns do not favor ths development of the hookworm. The pest is more active In sum mer than In winter. The symptoms begin to increase In the spring and decrease In the early winter. One of the most Interest lng features of Dr. Stiles' observation that uncinariasis occurs In both blond and brunettes and In both the white aiid negro races, but It Is severe, or at leas more noticeable. In blondee than In bru nettes and much more severe as a ru'.e In the white than In the negro. Interest In the monetary commission now rambling around Europe has been awakened by the refusal of the German government to listen to Its plana, and It Is whispered that the scheme to bring about an Interna tional agreement la simply to enhance the value of silver and make the great mining properties that are controlled by Interested capitalists nf much greater value than at present. ' The commlssloa assarts, In statement cabled from Berlin, that the Ger man government will not listen to Its plans. As a matter of fact, the Instruction origi nally Issued to the commission strictly for bade It to make any proposition or put for ward any plan, but to content Itself with making Inquiries. The commission ji originally appointed by Mexico, then come to Washington and waa compelled to resign nd was reappointed by this government. The commission consists of H. H. Hanna of Indiana, Charles A. t'onant of New Tork nd Prof. J. V,". Jenks of Cornell university. Mr. Hanna haa led the movement In this country for currency reform. Mr. Conant the treasurer of the Morton Trust com pany, and this company la said to be Inter ested In the Smelting trust. The opinion was expressed today In well Informed clrA, cles that the trust, through the Trust com pany, was the real force behind the move ment to get an International agreement aa to the use of sliver. Mr. Brush, the secre tary of the trust. Is now In Europe, travel lng with the commission. l.KtDKR OF LABOR. Seerrt of the Cireatness of the Late P. M. Arthar. Philadelphia Inquirer. The sudden death of P. M. Arthur, arand chief engineer of the Brotherhood Of Loco motive Engineers, removes from the ranks of organised labor one who has held power for many years. Kjid has always wielded It conservatively and to the good of the or ganization of which he was the head. Mr. Arthur has never believed In forcing strikes. He has held steadily to the opinion mat reforms can be best brought about by showing In a quiet way to those In au thority any Injustice that the men are laboring under. He has gone to extremes sometimes to avoid strikes, and his success In securing concessions hns been marked. It Is the policy of the ruling political partv In this country to build tip business Inter ests through a protective tariff, the Idea being that employes should benefit by gen eral prosperity. In a very large degree this proposition has been resllzed. Ameri can worklngmen are paid better than their brethren In any other country. Gradually the position of the laborer la being bettered, and It waa the policy of Mr. Arthur to accomplish this betterment with out strikes. Strikes, with the eonaeouant oases, not only to the employer and the employe, but to the Innocent public, should come only as the very last resort. The cool head and the conservative atti tude of the chief of the brotherhood have wrought many reforms and hsva steered clear of many of the rocks and rapid of strife. SIMMER SMILES, She Who rocks the crania n,). k. world remember that. . . e Then ah vou come in an4 mi, world. I'm tired. Strav Stories Mother (Indignantly) The Idea of vnnr permitting such a thlnr' Whv riMn't vn call me when be attempted to kiss you? ijnugnier innocently ) w ny, mamma, I drdn t know you wanted to be kissed! Chicago News. tVlB-fflnaVnil Irrnn- Annm , V. - T ... .1 J my home a heaven on earth. Mrs. WlKKlns Tes: I've nnHeeit that nan. pie who are sure of going to heaven are never In any hurry to get there. Boston Transcript. Caller So the doctor brought you a little sister the other night, eh? Tommy yen: I guess it was the doctor done It. Anyway, I heard him tellln' pa some time ago 'at If pa didn't pay his old bill he'd make trouble fur him. Philadel phia Inquirer. . ... Mr. SllmDUrse But why do you Insist that your daughter ahould marry a man whom she doe not like?- , You married- tar love, didn't you? Mrs. Slimpurse Tes, but that ts no rea son why I should let your daughter make the same. Dlunder.-r.ew 1 or weekly. ' Miss Ethel Is a long time coming down." said tha youth to the servant, after waiting some time for the young lady's appearance. "Perhans." he added, with a laugh, "per haps she Is making up her mind whether to see me or jnoir "No," said the servant, wun sn icy smite. It Is not her mind she is making up." Tit 'Bits. Old Lady It looks like a very nice par rot, but does it swear? Dealer Well r no, ma'am, but It won t take you no time to teach him. Philadel phia Press. EARLY RISING. John G. Baza 'God bless the man. who first Invented a S'o?hn Panza said, and so say L And bleas him, also, that ha didn't keep His great discovery to himself, nor try To make It, as the lucky fellow might A close monopoly oy paieni rignu Tes, bless the man who first Invented sleep (I really can't avoia me iteration;. But blast the man with curse loud and deep, Whateer the rascal's name, or age, or atatlnn. Who first Invented, and went round sdvls That artificial cut-off Early Rlaing. Rise with the lark, and with the lark to Observes some solemn, sentimental owl; Maxims like these are very cheaply said. But, ere you make yourself a fool or fowl. Pray Just Inquire about his rise and fall. And whether larks have any beds at all! The time for honest folks to be abed Is In the morning, ir l reason nim nd he who cannot keep his orecloui Upon the pillow till It s fairly ligni, upon me puiow uu n a an.j .. -And so enloy his forty morning wlnkl Is up to knavery, or elae he drinks. Thomson, who sang about the seasons, said It wus a glorious thing to rise In season. But then he said it lying in his bed, 11 in n'elnck a. m. the very reason He wrote so charmingly. The simple fact la His preaching wasn't sanctioned by his practice. 'TIs, doubtless, well to be sometimes awske Awake to duty, and awake to truth But when, alas! a nice review we take Of our best deeds and days, we find. In annLh. The hours that leave the slightest cause to weep Are those we passed In childhood or asleep! 'Tis beautiful to leave the world awhile For the soft visions of the gentle night And free at last from mortal core or guile. To live as only In the angels' sight. In sleep's sweet realm so cosily shut In, Where, at the worst, we only dream of sin! Bt let us sleep, and give the Maker praise. I like the lad, who, when his father thought To clip his morning nap by hackneyed phrase Of vagrant worm by early songster caught, caiiRnt, Cried, "Hervrd him right! It s not at all surprising; The worm was punished, sir, ror early ris ing!" Ayers Hair Vigor Probably you know how it always re stores color to gray hair, stops falling. and makes the hair grow. Then tell your friends. . . O. Ayeec., J r J ) V
