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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. .
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