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TITE OMAHA DAILY HEE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 190.1. The Omaha Daily "Bee K. ROBKWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. rllr Bee (without Sunday). On Tear..W m) Ially Bee and Sunday. One Year J-M Illustrated 13 e. One Tear W Bunriav Rm. On Tear Saturday Be, One i'esr J-M Twentieth Century Farmer. One Tear.. 1.00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Faily Be (without Sunday), per copy.. So inlly Bee (without Sunday), per week..12o rallv Bee (Including Sunday), per week..liO Sunday Bee. per copy J Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week 60 Evening Be (Including Bunday), per week 1. ...... .Wo Complaint of Irregularities ,ln delivery bould be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha Cltv Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluff-10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1640 ITnlty Building. New York 2T8 Park Bow Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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Ttschuck secretary f The Bee Publishing Company being duly sworn, ays thai the actual numoer t full and complete coplea of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during th month of July, 10. was aa follows: 1 SO.ftMO 17 8,3(M S 80.4WO It 30,680 S Sl,l4 II 2T.8O0 4 HW.030 20 33.810 ST.84S II ,IM SO.TnO '3 30,250 7 BO.MO 23 80,070 SO.ONO 24 8O.8O0 1 80,000 26 80,520 10 80,760 26 27.140 11 80,770 27 80.170 12 87,010 28 30.S60 13 aO.AOO 29 30,310 14 30,040 SO 80,720 is ao.aao si. ao,oio 14 30,200 ToUl .. 033,315 Lass unsold and returned copies.... , Net total aalea 023,007 Nat averse sales 2U.7US GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me tola Slut day of July, A. D. M. iJ. HUNUATE. SeaD Notary Public. PARTIHB LEAVING FOB ICatMER, Parti leaving; th elty for sat t thm reajalarly hy notifying Th D Business fflee, in parson as by snail. Th address will he ehaaged as nften a desired. President Roosevelt has a way of put ting homely truths so that they strike home. King Ak-Sar-Ben has his eye on the 1,500 mark on his registration book. Push it along. If Champion Jeffries will only keep off the stage now there may be some disposition to forgive him. The sick man of Europe will hare to be careful or he will be laid up with an ' International summer complaint. ' v Kansas City Is getting a postscript to its flood experience. It will take some- uudk stronger man water, nowever, to down Kansas City. ' As the tailenders of the league, the Omaha base ball bunch may feel free to play with perfect abandon the re mainder of the season. If the new pope repeats bis distribu tion of $20,000 Jo the poor of Rome very few weeks his popularity in the Yiclnlty of the Vatican will be assured. Some South Omaha people want to stir their Commercial club into more active life. After the Job is done they might move down to Omaha and repeat the performance. It is certainly wonderful what in genious stories are concocted to explain the disappearance of the money brought from home by rural visitors Intent on seeing the city sights. If James J. Hill has taken the con tract to put Governor Van Sant out of politics, the chances are he will find it a bigger Job than forcing the merger through the anti-trust laws. Nebraska republicans through their State convention today will record themselves for President Itoosevelt for 1904 with a unanimity that will leave no doubt that they really mean it In loyalty to Omaha, the proper thing for Edward Dickinson to do Is to take advantage of Judge Mungers open bridge decision and bring his Mexico & Orient road right iuto this city. Justice Brewer leaves no one in doubt as to where he stands on the lynching question and every law-rcspeqtlng citi seu will have to take the same stand If the mob spirit is to be eradicated. If the contractors keep see-sawing for exclusive rights over Omaha's street paving much longer tha people will con clude that the only thing left for tlictn la to eliminate the contractors alto gether. Now that the electric light company Is anxious to secure a contract for light ing the whole city for the next ten years, why can't the gas company make proposals covering the whole city for a like or a shorter period? With the prospect that there will be at least f 10,000 less mouey at the dls posal of the school board treasury by reason of decreased revenues the hoard has raised salaries aud created new positions that will increase the school expenses for the coming year by sev eral .thousand dollars, apparently Indif ferent as to the material increase In the tax. levy of 1904, which is sure to ex ceed this year"4 tax levy by from 2 to 3 mills, or from fiOO.000 to $300,000, PASaMA CAKAL THBATT RfJECTAD. The announcement of the rejection of the Panama canal treaty by the Co lombian congress is not altogether sur prising, though certainly disappointing. There have been contradictory reirts almost dally in regard to the prospects for the treaty ever since it was laid before the congress at Bogota. One day It would be reported, apparently upon good authority, that the chances of the treaty being ratified were good and the day following it would bo stated that the opposition to the treaty was firmly holding Its ground and might succeed in having it rejected. Only a few days ago the attorney for the Panama Canal company called at the State department in Washington and stated that his agents at the Colombian capital bad ad vised him that tho lower branch of the congress was by an avowed and open majority strongly in favor of ratifying the treaty and that the upper house, which at the outset of the canal dis cussion was almost unanimously op posed to ratification, stood nearly one third in favor of ratifying the treaty without amendment. The Colombian diplomatic representative at Washington was reported as late as last Saturday to be hopeful of favorable action vn the treaty, though admitting that the pros pect was not altogether encouraging. It has been well known that consider able anxiety existed at Washington and It is probably a fact, that rejection of the treaty was expected by the officials of the State department The only sub stantial ground for the hope of favornble action at Bogota was the attitude of the people of tho state of Panama, who with practical unanimity desired ratification. It has been reported that so eager were they for this that there was danger of a revolt in the event of the treaty being rejected and the feeling there is so strong that it would not be surprising if a strong uprising In protest against the rejection of the treaty should take place. The construction of the canal would mean such an upbuilding for Panama that the people there are not likely to complac ently accept tho action of the Colombian congress, dictated as It undoubtedly has been by mercenary and selfish politi cians. Petitions were sent to the con gress from the municipalities of Panama urging ratification and the fact that these were disregarded, or exerted little if any influence, can hardly fail to prove very exasperating to the people most Intimately and deeply concerned In the construction of the canal. The rejection of the treaty makes It incumbent upon President Itoosevelt, under what is known as the Spooner act to enter Into negotiations with Nicaragua and Costa Rica and It Is to be presumed that this will promptly be done. Terhaps Colombia will propose the negotiation of another treaty, but It would seem that the law rormlroa tha president to proceed at onco to acquire territory and other concessions foir the construction of a canal on the Nica ragua route. The action of the Colom bian congress, prompted aa it evidently was by a grasping spirit la likely to cause a decided change n public opinion in this country and revive the zeal of the advocates of the Nicaragua route. ' BO QAIS FUR THE TAXPAYERS. A prominent real estate owner, who has been identified with the movement for tax reform and reduction of mu nicipal expenses, propounds these ques tions to The Bee: 1. When will the contracts for public lighting with the gas company and tha electrlo lighting company expire? I. Is there any necessity for a long tin contract with the electrlo lighting com pany or gas company? 8. How much in dollars and cents would the taxpayers of Omaha gain by discon tinuing all th gas lights and lighting all of our streets with electrlo aro lamps? Responding to this inquiry, The Bee would say that the contract with the Omaha Gas compauy for lighting cer tain streets with Welsbach incandescent lamps will expire December 31, 1903. Under this contract the city has been and is still paying $30 for each lamp. The ordinary gas lights under former contracts have been $25 a year. The contract with the New Omaha Thom-son-Houston company, recently trans ferred to the Omaha Electric Lighting company, will expire December 8t, 1905. The price per lamp under the ex isting contract is $1)4.50 a year. , There is no apparent necessity Cor long time contracts with either the gas company or the electric lighting com pany, nor is there any good reason so far advanced why the contract of the electric lighting company should bo ex tended until December 31, 1913, in view of the well known and overwhelming public sentiment In Omaha in favor of municipal ownership of electric lights and other public utilities as soon as the opportunity Is afforded. The proposi tion to substitute electric lights for gas lamps does not contemplate any reduc tion in taxes. It is simply nn effort to monopolize the entire lighting of the city of Omaha under the plea that the general public would derive considera ble advantage from the unification of street lamps, and that the proposed re duction of $24.50 a year in the price of arc lights would enable the city to pro cure a proportionately larger number of electric lamps than it now has, although the total number of electric lamps would be only , about 1,320 as against over 1,000 gas lamps, about 500 arc lamps and 200 to 300 gasoline lamps. It is claimed on the part of the elec tric lighting company that the substitu tion of electric lampi for gaa lamps would require an outlay of about $90,000 in addition to the present plant but even if this estimate Is correct It does not warrant that either the con' sumers of electric light or the general taxpayer will derive any benefit In dol lars and cents. In a nutshell, the pro posed monopolization of public lighting by the eleotrlc lighting company does not purport to offer any relief to the taxpayers. The Increase In the number of electric lamps la carefully figured to .cover and absorb all tha funds now paid to the gas company and no reduc tion in the future levy for pnblle llpht Ing could be possible during the con tinuance of the ten year contract. the traxsmississippi vuxqkrsh. The fourteenth session of the Trans mlsHlsslppl Commercial congress will be gin today st Seattle and conclude on Friday. The object of the congress is to consider subjects of special interest and Importance to the western section of the country, with a view to sugges ting and influencing national legislation for the promotion of western interests. It has in the past been a very represent ative body and it is expected that the congress which meets today will fully maintain this character, the promise be ing that it will be largely attended. Besides, the commerlcal relations of the west with the Orient, which Is likely to be tho most prominent subject in the deliberations of the present congress, the official call enumerates us topics for consideration that of irrigation, railroad rates, Improvement of harbors and waterways, a government department of mines and mining, good roads, com mercial relations with the southern re publics, the beet sugar Industry, en couragement of borne manufactures, statehood for the territories, legislation for Alaska, the merchant marine, con sular service, preservation of forests. etc. It will be seen that this program furnishes ample material for the con sideration of the congress and all the subjects embraced In it are of vital In terest to the west The whole couutry, of course, is concerned in these ques tions, but as to some of them the west Is particularly so and therefore western people will regard with especial inter est the deliberations and conclusions of the congress. This body has exerted no little Influence in promoting the pro gress of the west and will undoubtedly continue to do so. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS. The Balkan situation la assuming a very grave aspect and while it is be lieved that war will be averted the con ditions are such as to make a conflict quite possible, If not Inevitable. The memorandum addressed to the powers by the Bulgarian government is an ex ceedingly strong arraignment of Turk ish policy, clearly showing that the course of Turkey in Macedonia has been such as to Incite and justify the revolu tionary movement It Is a statement of outrages and cruel persecution on the part of the Turks, based upon Informa tion officially obtained and said to be entirely authoritative, which ought to make a profound Impression upon the powers and arouse a feeling among Christian peoples the world over which will compel the nations to enforce a change of policy on the part of the Turk ish government Meanwhile Turkey is preparing to crush the Macedonian revolt but in her effort to do this there is danger that Bulgaria may become involved. This Russia and Austria, with the assent of the other powers, will endeavor to avert and probably will. succeed in doing so, since a conflict between Bulgaria and Turkey would endanger the general peace of Europe. ' It is thus manifestly a perilous situation, requiring the most careful treatment on the part of all tho European governments. There is evi dently a vast amount of combustible material in the Balkans ready to burst into a conflagration that would have far reaching results. Well defined rumors regarding the pending merger of the Chicago Great Western railroad with the Chicago, Mil waukee & St Paul and the Chicago '& Northwestern have been in the air for many weeks, but up to the hour of go ing to press nobody connected with the projected merger appears disposed either to affirm or deny them. While the impression prevails In railroad cir cles that the victory achieved by the Great Western in forcing an entrance Into Omaha over the Union Pacific bridge has precipitated the alleged ab sorption. President Stlckney, who Is now at St. Paul, expresses surprise nt the report, but refuses to make a state ment either in confirmation or denial of the report, and President Earllng of the St Paul road also refuses to deny or confirm. This is by no means sur prising or even significant Whenever a big politician or a big railroad man is cornered he most always manages to evade a positive assertion by refusing to either affirm or deny well-defined rumors. Bryan's projected flight to Europe is puzzling the democratic reorganlzers. It Is given out that the primary object of Mr. Bryan's Journey to Europe is the study at first hand of the social am economic conditions of the leading countries of the old world. Bryan's personal enemies, however, intimate that his primary object is to stay out of the country until after the November election simply to avoid the embarrass ment of taking part, or refusing to tuko part in the political campaign in Iowa and other states that have gone back on the Kansas City platform. To fuse or not to fuse Is the question that is again disturbing the populists and democrats throughout the different Nebraska counties. But it is the same old question and the answer depends on the complexion of the returns of the last election. In counties which are either democratic or populist by fair majorities, or are hopelessly repub lican, the Incentive to fuse is entirely destroyed, while In counties where there is a hope of winning from the republicans with combined forces the fusion sentiment has been kept alive. Commerce between the United States and Canada has grown at a rapid rate in fact t a rate more rapid than commerce between Canada aud Great Britain. Our northern neighbor really has more in common with us than with its British cousins. The recent Im migration into Canada is largely from the United States, which also serves to strengthen the ties thst bind the two countries, and it is inevitable that their commercial relations will continue to become more and more intimate. What Mr. Gorman Forgets. Atlanta Journal. Doesn't Mr. Gorman know that official honesty as an Isssue for tha democrats will drive most of tho politicians to tha opposi tion party? A Pablle Benefactor. Chicago Tribune. In order to furnish th publlo mind some thing with which to occupy Itself during the Interval between th Corbett-Jeffrle fight snd the yacht race a kind soul comes forward with another contribution to the Bacon-Shakeepear controversy. Raassnled or Repealed. Chicago Record-Herald. The Northwestern Millers' association has advanced the price of flour 10 per cent Th public will fork out the difference, wonder ing, as usual, what has become of that old law of supply- and demand. Harh Noise, UtUe Work. Philadelphia Press. Th people of this country will soon com to th conclusion that we could dig a eanal across th continent from Philadelphia to San Francisco with less fuss than we are having with that Panama affair. Meanest la the Class. New York Tribune. Wher could b found a more contemptl blo rascal than the thief who, under the cloak of piety, stole the funds of a New England organization for th aid of aged and impoverished clergymen? The total of the principal of this fund was less than $100,000, and only a few dollars could there fore be doled out every year to each of th unfortunate ministers who sorely needed help. Perverted High Schools. Chicago Chronicle. Discussion of the high school question at the Northwestern university failed to bring out one fundamental fact. It is that the high school as now directed is perverted from Its original purpose. The high school was no part of the original common school system. Stealthily It was tacked on to that. but the real purpose of the tackera was to qualify Its students better for bread-win ning In commercial occupations. From that purpose It has been perverted Into a feeder for universities. Soma day th taxpayers will set tha high school back where it be longs and will tell th universities to feed themselves at their own expense. Where Is Colonel Mossy f Portland Oregontan. Again and again, and yet again, the edict that the range fences must com down has gono forth from the Department of the In terior, and still the wealthy ranchmen's barbed wire fences encircle wide areas of our publlo domain. This edict, though ful minated from high place, has come to be regarded as about as effective as the stern orders of a politically handicapped chief of police to his nominal subordinates, enjoin ing upon them strict attention to duty. If the fences must com down, as the publlo has been assured time and again that they really must, why are they not taken down? Authority is Impeached and respect for tt weakened by every order Issued by Its agents that is Ignored. Trades for Women. Boston Transcript According to all th statistics which are issued from time to - time, there are no unsuitable trades for women. At least there ar very few with which they ar not Identified, and this fact rather makes the question of suitability an Idle on if anyone wants to offer It. General con firmation of this fact will be found In th report of the statistics of manufacture which the commonwealth of Massachu setts Issued recently. And particularly convincing of woman's adaptability to trades of all kinds or of their suitability for her will be found In the information that the handling of lumber and th man ufacture of bricks and of drain pip ar among her accomplishments. Adding this bit of news to that which says tha per cent of Increase In female employes was greater the paat year than was that of male employes sets on to wondering what revelations will be forthcoming In similar Statistics a decade hence. We think that the time la approaching when statistics will not ba th dry and uninteresting things they have been called In th paat A WORD IJf MR. BRTAN'S BAR. Friendly and Gratnltons Advic from an Admirer. Washington Post. It is. of course, Mr. Bryan' t right to make himself ridiculous, and to alienate such respectful consideration aa may still linger In tha minds of thoughtful men. Nor can any one prevent his selection of a lot of noisy blatherskites to swell his retinue and multiply its Idiotic uproar. Nevertheless, there are many thousands of honest American citizens who one admired Mr. Bryan and will now regret th neces sity for replacing that sentiment with one of sorrow and disgust. Ills speech at Urbana, O., on Wednes day last was silly enough in Itself. There waa no need to affront and grlev those who would like to think well of htm by an Intemperate and undignified personal attack on Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Bryan Is in no position to denounce bolters, for he has made It very plain that he Intends to bolt himself, should the democratio platform of 1904 Ignore the platforms of IBM and 1900. Jle forgets that th platform upon which he was nominated, seven years ago, prac tically repudiated all preceding declara tions by the party and launched an en tirely novel propaganda. If. therefore, Mr. Cleveland had no right to withdraw in 1896, Mr. Bryan will be equally at fault should ha withdraw next year. For him to say that his Is the only pure and authoritative democratio proclamation ever Issued by the party is th most childish and absurd Impertinence. There wer great demo crats before he waa born, and there will be great onea long after he shall have van ished from this perishable earth. It Is not what Mr. Bryan thinks, but what th democracy In convention assembled thinks, that makes the party's law. He Is a leader only so long aa tha great mass of th organization wants him In that plaoe, and the verdict that seta htm and his doctrines aside in 1904 will be quit aa valid and authoritative as that which. In 1896 and 1900, promoted him over th tried and experienced carlalns of that day. We have as little admiration for bolters as Mr. Bryan professes to have. In our philosophy, the man who thinks himself better, and greater, and more virtuous than his party Is a tiresome prig, and when th man happens to b a beneficiary of the party he Is aa ingrat to boot. But th spectacle of Mr. Bryan, with an entourage of mouthing mountebanks, proclaiming himself the only tru prophet and de nouncing all who disagree with him aa renegades Is a little too much for our patience and composure. He will do well to remember that he has already been twice overwhelmingly defeated, and to consider that modesty will become him somewhat better than this fantastlo arrogance. ROl 3D ABOl'T HEW YORK. Ripples on th torrent of 1.1 fe In the Metropolis. Th New Tork Central company has let tha contract for enlarging Its trackage facilities In New Tork City. Tracks are to bo lowered and doubled by placing one set of tracks beneath the other, and elec tric motors will be substituted for steam within the city limits. The depression of the main tracks Is to be about twenty feet below the present level, and twenty-five feet below that will be another set of tracks, so as to obviate the present crowd ing at the existing terminal. The work Is to be completed in thirty months. The con tract price Is In the neighborhood of 15,000, 000. The present tracks running to Fifty-sixth street where' the existing tunnel begins, will reach th terminal through an open cut That line, four tracks wide, will nc commodat th main Una traffic, while about thirty feet below a tunnel ten tracks wide will accommodate tha suburban trains. Tha underground tunnel tracks will reach th surface at about Fiftieth street by a 1 per cent grade, and will reach the four track tunnel now existing northward be tweeen Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh streets. Th main station, that is th terminal for th main Una traffic, will b depressed ten feet lower than it is at present, and will extend from Forty-second to Forty fifth street The suburban station below will extend from Forty-thrrd to Forty-fifth street Th low level tunnel will extend three blocks below Fiftieth street and th space and tracks there will be utilised aa storage yards for cars and electric motors. The suburban station, thirty feet under ground, will b about 200 feet wide. At the sal of th diamonds smuggled Into this country by Michael Lelnkram, Joseph Goldman of Memphis, Tenn., waa the successful bidder, paying $24,000 for th lot. Tha diamonds, several thousand in number, and weighing from about a fourth of a carat to about four carats each, war appraised by the government experts at $24,900, not Including th duty of 10 per cent. Michael Lelnkram when leaving the Kronprins Wllhelm had the stones hidden In a flannel abdominal bandage. He was convicted and sentenced to two years' im prisonment in Elmlra and to pay a An of $6,000. William Ooldwasaer, an expert diamond merchant, put in a claim for th goods, saying that ha had let a customer take th stones, presumably to show them to a Berlin jeweler, and that instead th customer had given them to Lelnkram and with tha latter' aid had attempted to smuggle them into the United States. For making the seizure tha treasury agent will receive $8,000, or one-third of tha price for which tho goods wer auctioned. If plans submitted to the sinking fund commission be oarrled out New Tork will have the most magnificent police head quarters in the world. They contemplate a flve-tory, seml-eteel, skeleton frame structure, covering the area bounded by Grand, Center and Broom streets and Center Market place. The walls up to tha third story will be of buff Indiana lime stone and beyond that brick. Th who) will be surmounted by three domes, th central and chief dome being 176 feet above th street level. On the fifth floor there will be separata prisons for men and women. The cells are to be of steel. Th estimated cost is $500,000. Jos Bluehorae, 8 years old, a fullblooded Sioux Indian, died Monday of last week at Orange, N. J. He was with a traveling show and took part in the street parade in th morning, although then suffering from pneumonia. During the4 afternoon his parents piled him with" all the reme dies available, and finally soma of th show officials notified Dr. E. G. West hut the little lad had gone to the happy hunting grounds before he reached th tepee. Frederick R. Markwlth of the Orange morgue was sent for the body. He found twelve Indian men and squaws with it. They demurred when Markwlth sought to take charge of the body, until one of their number had the matter explained to him. Then the mother got out Jose's ' most handsome parade dress. With tiny beaded moccasins, and dressed the little form. Markwlth took the body to the morgue. A tall Indian visited the morgue In the evening. He explained the proprietors of the show would not let the parents of the dead child attend to its burial and that he, as the lad's cousin, had been delegated to arrange the details. He asked to see th body, and Markwlth led him to the room where It lay. "Will It be burled with prayer r asked the red man. Markwlth told him it would not be unless the parents or ha remained for the burial. The Indian took a crucifix from his neck. He placed the cross In the tiny clasped hands. Taking from under tho, heavy red blanket he wore a fancy Indian rug he spread It on tha table and laid the body on it. Then he placed a handsome Indian scarf about th faoe. . After all this the Indian seemed to miss something and he told Markwlth that he must hay some feathers. A new feather duster was brought, and half a dozen of the best feathers were taken out and placed In the child's mocassins and hair. Then th Indian told Markham he must leave th room, as he wished to say a prayer. Markwlth did so and soon he heard the high pitched voice of tha Indian Intoning a etcange cant. After that the Indian could be heard talking as If In prayer, and In a few moments he opened tha door and walked out Ther are 17,000 barbers In New Tork City, and befor September 1 they must all dis play signs in their shops containing the new regulations fixed upon by the health department Under these rules sponges and stick astringents like alum ar barred, and the provision Is made that every cus tomer must have a fresh towel. Razors must be sterilised after each attack. Cus tomers are advised that It Is best to have their own cups, brushes and razors to minimis th dangers of cutaneous dis eases. The rules provide that all barbers practicing th trad In th city must b registered, at th Board of Health offices. "With all that is published about com fort for tha feet and Improvements, mad by men in the regular trade," said a shoe manufacturer in Brooklyn, quoted by the New York Times, "nothing has been said about men who make a specialty of exten sion shoes for cripples and deformed per sons. It is not so long ago that it waa al most an Impossibility for a man with a deformed foot or a short leg to hid his misfortune. We all, remember the heavy, thick-soled blocks with high heels, that mad a man feel almost as uncomfortable as though he had a wooden leg. Tou see very few of them now. Manufacturers have been improving on th extension shoe, as It is called In th trade, by the us of springs and other contrivances, until they can make a deformed foot look very much like any other foot, unless It la a very bad case. A man with one leg two or three inchea shorter than th other can have a pair of boots made ao that nobody need know It but his shoemaker. Cus tomers In our particular line have aa many pairs of shoes as other men. In calf, tan, and patent leather, and In all th fashion able shapes, too. They have to pay about three times as much for them as men with both ft alike do; that's all th dlffer- A CI1EERISU OUTLOOK. Prosperity Hot Dependent on tho Ti garles of Speculators. Philadelphia Tubllo Ledger. Happily th prosperity of tha nation does not depend upon th vagarlee and uncer tainties of th stock market and tl.e ex plosion of financial bubbles does not por tend the collapse of Industry, blight to crops and manufacture and a oaua In commercial activity. Ther may b lower ing and cyclonlo weather In Wall street but beyond It the sun of prosperity Is se renely shining, and the man "who hopeth all things" can find 'abundant Justification for hia comfortable optimism. The noise of the escaping water and wind from certain exploitations Is not a fore warning note of national disaster, unless tha accredited Indications of national thrift have suddenly become misleading. Th In ternal commerce of th country maintains tha encouraging activity reported in 1901 Trafflo on th railroads, lakes, rivers and canals Is Increasing. Th latest govern ment report on Inland commerce la exceed ingly optimistic On of th great commer cial agnncles, whose business it Is to pre sent reliable exhibits of th commercial situation, reports that railway earnings In July showed an Increase of 14 per cent over those of July a year ago, and tha figures for July, 1902, wer th moat encouraging ever returned for that month. Another eommerolal authority declares that th dis tribution of commodities is already taxing railway transportation facilities. Th Iron Age regards It as significant that th traf flo officials of tb most Important lines cen tering at Chicago believe that notwith standing th provisions mad for Increased rolling stock and power, ther Is reason to expect that facilities will be Inadequate to move th merchandise that will be offered for transportation during th fall: Indeed, a larger volume of transportation than ever before Is anticipated, and much annoyance and loss may be again Incurred by delaya In transportation. This Journal says that although the west bound movement of merchandise waa never greater than now at this season, few empty cars ar coming east. Governor Odell of New York, Just returned from th west, says that he has never seen such buoyant contentment and such overwhelming proofs of prosperity as ho has witnessed there. The advance In cotton has added millions to the wealth of th south, for cotton growers can realli upon their crops at present prices by sale or mortgage. Des pite th strikes, which have temporarily affected operations In certain industries, and th flurry In Wall street th outlook for our substantial enterprises Is full of promise, and will remain promising for a long time to come. Americans are hop ful. They readily rebound from real na tional misfortunes, and are not disposed to magnify small obstacles In the path of progress and prosperity. PERSONAL, KOTES. If General Miles can resist the aeductiv offer of the magazine editors he may com out of it very peaceably after all. England has sent a team of golf placers on a tour of th United States. What have wo done to deserve this, and what can we do to frustrate it? The mooting of Senator Hanna and ex President Cleveland on th same platform will ba the greatest event of th year in the heavyweight class. The work of placing the statue of General Sherman on its pedestal on the south side of tha treasury building, Washington, has been begun and will bo completed in a few days. The sultan of Sulu, who is a pensioner of this government, paid a visit to Singapore and became so enamored with the delights of tha place that he wants to liv there. Singapore has a tenderloin nearly as bad aa New Tork's. The Massachusetts statistical bureau finds that the men engaged In th liquor business average higher returns than the employes of any other Industry in th Stat. It is generally supposed that a saloon keeper is not In tha bulsness for th purpose of cul ture. Alfred H. Smith, now general manager of th New York Central & Hudson River rail road, began his successful career twenty five years ago as a railroad man In th office of the Lake Shore In Cleveland. Then he Joined a gang of laborers and received $1.60 a day, ' George Wyndham, chief secretary for Ire land, who now figures prominently in th publlo eye in connection with the Irish land bill, Is sometimes spoken of aa "th knight errant of English politics," because of his Instinctive love for forlorn causes. Mr. Wyndham has written soma pretty verses and rumor credits him with being th au thor of a clever novel. When Emperor William of Germany waa staying with Lord Lonsdale, a fellow-guest talking to another across the table, quoted a Una from Shakespeare, adding th words "as th divine William said." Th em peror heard the quotation and, turning to hla hoat, said, with a pussled look: "Curi ously enough, I do not remember that my sainted grandfather ever said that" Great Art of Legislation. Philadelphia Pre. There Is no question but that tho session of th British Parliament which has Just been prorogued will pass Into history as on of the most Important ever held. Unless the nationalist leaders be greatly mistaken the Irish land purchase act (for it Is now a law) will restore Ireland to the Irish and end the agrarian conflict which lias per sisted in one form or another since tha first English conquerors dispossessed the native clansmen and Inclosed their common lands. The new land law may properly be enum erated among th great acta of legislation like Magna Charts and th Bill of Rights. Brush Up As much as suit it looks If you are lucky enough to find your ; size among the broken lines of suits we have left you can look like a new man for as little as ? 5.00, $7.50, $10.00 or ?12.50 ' i They are just half price at these figures. There's only a few of these left and If your size Is here lt' an unusual bargain when you consider our kind of clothing. All summer Btuffs fixed with moving prices. R. S. Wilcox. Manager. TUB PtOIMST-i ftnWARD. Wast of Energy and Money In a Tasaiplag Match. Chicago Tribune. Ten thousand peopl paid $3,900 to sea a man of M knocked out by a man of IS by a blow In the pit of th stomach. Tha blow had th usual effect. Tb man who re ceived It clapped his hand wher he was hurt and "squirmed around." There were a large numbsr of people in San Francisco on Friday who had queer ideas as to what Is interesting or entertaining, and who were willing to pay a bls"h prloe for Instruction or amusement Th drawing power of two prize fighters Is superior to that of tho most popular prima donna or actors, but allow ances must b mad for tha fact that the gladiators seldom give performances. A weekly series of entertainments would not bring in $03,000 apiece. There would be no such demand aa ther is now for reserved seats. It Is said that $23,000 of th proceeds went to Jeffries. That is $3,300 a round. Corbett is to get $1U000 to -oonsole him for his defeat and for th blow which laid Mm low. In th old days th winner did not mak so much as he does now, and tha loser got nothing except when the generous viotor shoved a sovereign or two into tho heel of his fist It may b necessary in this' calculating and mercenary age to giv th loser enough to cover all training expenses, whloh must be large, and leave him a fair amount of net earning. Otherwise It' might be difficult to find many men who I would go Into a fight when they had to par out a good deal' to fit themselves for it when th odds war against them, as they wer against Corbett Th lust for glory and tha champion's belt is not th Incentlv It was once. It Is not likely that tha large sum which j Jeffries Is to pocket as the reward of a few minutes' hard work and weeks of prepara tion will tempt many to take up tho flstlo art as a means of earning a living. It has tempting rewards for but a few. The prize fighter usually Is In his prime for only a short time, unless he can resist the allure ments of liquor to which so many men who have been mighty with their fists havo yielded. Looking at the matter purely from th standpoint of dollars and cents, the prize fighting business does rot pay. From an economlo point of view it is to ba regretted that th fore which is exerted by prize- j fighters In dealing sounding thumps to on another's bodies could not be utilized in boiler making, blacksmithlng, or some other useful occupation which calls for strength, and skill, and that th 163.000 nald out . at San Francisco could not ba v been nn Into a manufacturing plant in that city to give employment to labor. JESTS AKD JINGLES. Nell She has an automobile tonga. Bell What do you mean? Neil Oh. she's always running other peo ple down. Philadelphia Record. "It 'pears dat de opportunities of dls Ufa." said unule Kban, "is a heap like llsh. li s, alius de blgges' ones dal gits away."' Washington 6 tar. They saw him emerge from a shop with me inree-nn.il sign over tne ooor. "What were you doing In there?'" they asked. "Merely passing time away," he replied, aa hla hand Instinctively sought his empty watch pocket. Chicago Post. "So you're a veteran of th rebellion." said the young man, admiringly. "Tho war clouds were thick about you when you wer a youth, weren't they?" "Yes," replied the veteran, as he en dorsed th pension voucher he wished to have cashed, "but they all had their silver lining." Philadelphia Record. "When he proposed to me I was delighted, of course," confessed Miss Ann Teek, "but I tried not to let my faco show him what my answer would be." "And did you succeed?" asked Miss Pep prey. "No, he found his answer there." "Ah! read between th lines, I suppose." Chicago Tribune. "Lead pencils!" cried the peddler, sticking his head In at tha door; "want to buy some lead panolls?" "No," replied the busy man. "I've stopped buying pencils; everybody steals 'am from me." "Well, these ain't good enough to steal." Philadelphia Ledger. "Tes," said young Mrs. Torklns, "Charley sometimes plays cards, but not for money. "Indeed?" said the caller, suspiciously. "Yes. They buy red, white and blue ivory souvenirs and use them for prizes. It Isn't so very different from progressive euchre." Washington Star. "Say," whispered th arranger-In church, "what's this collection for?" "This offering,' replied the man with th collection plate, "Is for foreign missions." "That's all right, then," said th stranger, froduclng a dollar. "I was goln' to say It , t's fur the choir It ain't worth It." Phlla- . dclphla Press. ABOV T. L1PTOH. Wm. E. Kirk in Milwaukee Sentinel. Abou T. Llpton (may his tribe Increase I) Awoke on night from a deep droiun of peace v And saw an angel with a fountain pen Scribbling upon a sheet of foolscap. TMB Regaining his composure, Tom sat up And asked th anjtelio on to have u cup Of his best tea. The angel shook his head, "I'm on the water wagon now." he aald. Abou T. Llpton waved hla hand: "I aee. But by the way, what writest thou?" said Th heavenly vision answered, "Well, I , HareTm this little sheet. In black and white. Tha man whosa boat will get the needed place Th winner in th coming yachting race." Th gallant Llpton brightened up. "l'ra ray fell." Ha queried, "does the name begin with L?" "I'm sorry, said his guest, "It is a shame. But aa things stand, I cannot writ your name." , . . T. Llpton mad reply. "Would I wer It, But put me down as one who never quit! The angel wrote and vanished. The next He called1 on Tom again, but not to write. Bald he, "I have, on this large, handnoma chart . (A fine example of tha engraver s art). Th name of aom true sportsmen Just th best." And lo, T. Llpton' name led all the rest! you like the old it. '1