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PAJITIB9 LBAVISO TUB CITY.
Parties leas-las the city at
mmr tin may hare The Bee
eat to then raanlarly by
etlfrtasT The Ilea Baslaess
fflee, la person of by mall.
The address will be chanced
aa oftea as desired.
Omaha still keeps close to the head
M the procession among the American
packing house cities.
Nebraska runners are altogether too
busy Just now to bother about politics
before all the corn Is ripe.
It U not yet definitely settled whether
President Loubct will be permitted to
kiss the pope's slipper before he returns
to the French capital.
Omaha is getting a good deal of
favorable advertising out of tho prom
ise of President Ptickney to smash the
embargo on the grain traffic. ,
To insure the election of the repub
lican county ticket this fall only candi
dates who can stand the searchlight of
publicity should be placed In nomlna
tion.
Trirtle Mountain has taken another
lido Jn the direction of Uncle Sam's do-
minions. If Turtle Mountain is bound
to emigrate to 'America no power ou
earth can stop it.
By the time all the Kentucky feudists
fere tried the supply of Juries will rnu
out and the present generation of Ken
tuckians will be decimated down to a
few thousand 'inhabitants.
The problem with Undo Sain Is how
to get the surplus out of the national
treasury. The troublo with all other
countries is how to make up the deficit
In their national treasuries. '
If all the big corporations In these
parts would emulate the example of the
Chicago & Great Western railroad and
Union Stock Yards company the Audi
torium would be opened to the public
before Christmas.
If the International Irou Workers'
union could unload a few selfish and
turbulent leaders of the Parks stripe
their cause and the cause of unloulsm
vould command greater respect and
feupport among the people at large.
The retirement of 120,000,000 high
rate bonds aud the issue of an equal
amount of 2 per cent bonds by tho na
tionai treasury will enable the national
banks to emit an equal amount of na
tionai bank currency, thus imparting
elasticity to the circulating medium that
does not rebound like India rubber
vtaen you atoi tilling.
As might have been expected. Kansas
City has ratified the $2,175,000 public
Improvement bonds proposition by more
than two-thirds majority, thus assuring
the reconstruction of its water works.
the extension and improvement of its
park system, the construction of a met
ropolltau market houso and other mu
nlclpal improvements that will lend 1110
mentuni to (be general growth and pros
tperlty of the city ou the Kaw.
, A well defined rumor in Washington
Las it that the democrats in the henate
will introduce a resolution soon after
congress convenes demanding informa
tlon about the alleged acceptance by
Ireeldent Roosevelt of free transporta.-
tlou in special cars from various rail
roads. If any seuator of the democrat!
persuasion can be found who doea not
carry two pockets full of annual rail
road pasteboards and Pullman car
passes over -all the railroads in the
I'Dlted States, be will t entitled not
only to a big gold medal hut to a monu
meat ia front of the uatiou&l capital.
LOS MO tlfli.T TRAht.
It was expoctr-il that th wtnbl I ali
ment of n republic In Culm would bo
followpti liy nn Increase of commcrcr
with the I'nited State, but nneli lias not
bien the cose no fur, nn cxirts from
thin cotiniry to the Island are concerned.
On the contrary the report of the Ameri
ca, n consul trenernl at Havana shows
that Cuba bought less from the United
States In l'.xrj tliHit in 1MK1, while there
was an Increase In the Imports of the
islnnd from tJermany, Trance and other
European countries. Cuba, however,
sold more to this country last year than
lu JS'.tt), although the percentage of ex-
IMirts from there was somewhat lower,
The fact that the liberation of Cuba
has not resulted in any commercial ad-
vantage thus far to the United States
l cortalnlr (llsaimnlntltur. but the Con-
sul general explains that this is to some
extent due to the failure of American
mmiufai turers to take advantage of the
opportunlties presented there. He states
that Cuban buyers cannot get their or-
ders filled in tho United States and
therefore they naturally turn to foreign
manufacturers, who are anxious to se-
cure their trade and are ready to offer
the most favorable terms for it. In presumption that every voter is ac
vlew of the apparent indifference of I qua in ted with every candidate and,
American manufacturers to this com-
mercc it is a question whether even nn-
der a reciprocity arrangement our ex-1
ports to Cuba would be very greatly in-
creased. The island, the consul Veiiera ' voters in Douglas county less than 10
says. Is making very substantial prog- per cent ever have a personal acquaint
ress in material development, and it is ante with all of the candidates, or are
not easy to understand why that market
is not more carefully cultivated by
American manufacturers.
rttMAClltxn CALAMITY.
The Ohio democrats, faithful to the
Instinct which led them to reaffirm tie-
votiou to tho Kansas City platform, ore
telling the people that the country is
on the verge of a financial and Indus-
trial collapse. Such was the declara-
tlon of the democratic eaudldate for
United States senator, Mr. Clarke, at I
the opening of the party's campaign
and it has been repented since by him.
It is only fair to assume that what he
said has the approval of the candidate
for governor, Mr. Tom Ij. Johnson, and
the men who arc associated with lilm
on the ticket.
Referring to this at the opening of the
republican campaign last Saturday,
Senator Hahna characterized it as criml-
nal. because untrue. "As far as the
financial and Industrial interests of this
country are concerned," said Mr. Hanna,
"they never have been in any better
shape than today. There Is nothing to
interfere with the onward progress of
this development except one thing, and
that one thing Is to shako the confidence
of the people in the principles and poll-
cles exercised bv the party in power."
The democrats of Ohio ore pursuing the
same course as that of the party in
1000, when its leader went about the
country proclaiming that there was no
substantia! foundation to out prosperity
and that financial and industrial col-
Inpno was imminent. Every demo-
cratic spellbinder three years ago, from
the "peerless leader" to the least of
them, declared that thero was no real
prosperity, that hat seemed to be pros-
perous conditions were fictitious, and
that in a short time the country would
experience a radical change thnt would
leave it Jn a worse situation than it had
ever known. We were told in that
campaign that the tariff was certain to
bring disaster to our foreign trade, that
the industrial combinations would ut
teriy destroy competition and that all
Interests would suffer a serious setback
if republican policy should be continued
in operation.
In every respect democratic prophecy
of three years ago has failed. Tho
.iw i f
v ,UJU.
Uicn IS larger now mail in UMi. J lie
omblnations have not destroyed com-
nclition. but on the contrary their infiu-
.. In this direction l.nB ln crontlv
wcnKeneu ami usiay tue power or ine
combinations in our industrial and com -
mercial affairs is far less than It was
throo vonrs nim and a llnir etnadllv
reduced. Every legitimate Interest in
the country is at present in a sound,
healthy and prosperous condition, there
ts an ample supply of mouev for the
demands of business, lalwr is well em-
ployed and there Is general prosperity,
All this Is ho well known to people of
intelligence that 1( Is somewhat aston-
Ishlng to find it anywhere questioned
1
and a seriotis attempt made, as in the
ase of the Ohio democrats, to mish'Hd
he people by asserting that the country
s on the verge of a financial and lu-
dust rial collapse.
ll existing conditions invite confi
dence lu the future. We have abuu-
dant crops, a large foreign commerce
and an unimpaired liome market. The
Mipply of money U ample for all legltl-
mate requirements. There is no Justl-
flcation for preaching calamity and
those who. tell the people that their in-
tercsts and welfare are in peril cannot
be too strongly condemned.
TH FALL IX STKCL STOCKS.
Last Saturday the market price of the
common stock of the t'nlted States Steel
company fell, to $17 per share and the
preferred fell beneath $08. There lias
been a very alight recovery since in
common, but the stocks of tills great
coi porntiou, capitalized at a billion and
a half dollars, continue to show re-
murkr.ble weakness, viewed in the light
of what wus promised for It at its or
ganlzatlmi aud of the generous dlvl
dends it has paid. The decline in mar
ket value of Steel trust stocks from that
of two years ago baa been a little over
$32u,OOO,U0, or nearly oue-Ofth of the!
capitalisation. The decline directly af
fects an army of 64,000 people who own
the fctecl company share. Many thou-
saud chares of the preferred were sold
to the employes of the corporation at
$80 a share. Their loot, provided they
wished to sell It, is $22 a share, but
small owners of stock are not selling
roadily aa the holders of large blocks.
The former own their stork outright,
while tiie hitter generally curry theirs
on a niarfcln, and when the prh-e fulls
tb'-y ore forectl to advance more margin
or be Hold out.
An rnFtern jmprr renin rk that the
Iron and steel trade has nlways been
regarded iim n barometer of prosperity
and If the securities of the trust were
based Hmui real values the slump of the
Inst few months would accurately Indi-
rate disaster, but the stocks are so ab-
solutely divorce" I from values that their
upward or downward course is n matter
of comparative indifference. Still, so
great n decline as has taken place in
the steel stocks is not wholly without
significance, and its obvious lesson
should not go miheedcd
LV THE WliHC FVRCM.
Under the new rules adopted by tho
republican county committee for the
conduct of the primary elections any-
body who has the money may tile his
name as u candidate for any office to
which he aspires, but everybody who
pays the entrance fee is not available
for every otllce. The direct nomination
of the candidates carries with it the
therefore, competent to make his choice
among those who are eligible for norn-
Illation. This presumption is, however,
a delusion. Out of the 14.000 republican
familiar with their records and quail
fications. If, for example, T0 per cent
of the entire republican vote was polled
at the coming primaries only about 700
voters would be in position to express
their preference intelligently by casting
their votes for candidates who are iill
vldually known to them to be best
fitted for the various offices and 6,300
would either shoot in the air or vote
blanks oh a great majority of the post
tlons to be tilled.
In order to enable the rank and file
of republicans to exercise the privilege
of direct nominations intelligently and
lu order, furthermore, that only men
who possess the essential qualifications
of capacity and Integrity shall be pre-
sented for the suffrages of the people
of this county, a full and free discus
sion of the merits and demerits of the
respective candidates before the prl-
mnry election becomes imperative.
To allow the party to drift into the
haphazard nomination of men who have
to be defended, or cannot be defended,
would inevitably result in disaster at
the general election in November, and
so would the nomination of coudidates
who, although honest nnd competent,
are known to be generally unpopular.
With a view to enlightening the re
publican voters of Douglas county con
cernlng the character, capacity and
availability of the condidates presented
for nomination at the coming primary
The Bee will open and keep reserved
several colnmns of space from now tin
til elecflon day-October 0-as a forum
for public discussion of the various
candidates. No contribution to exceed
words, with the nume of the con
tributor attached thereto. These con
trlbutlons to be as free as possible from
personam ies, but not restricted as re
K;mls P",,ll,; records. When' the con
trlbutlons exceed four columns of space
The Bee will necessarily be compelled
to lofor frolu dfly 10 ,1rty communi
rations that exceed the space set apart
for tUc I'rmwr-y Electiou iorum
fMi THK VKBATK, IS CLUSKD.t
Because Judge Sullivan ruled that the
constitution does not bar the blblo from th
public schools of this state. The Bee under
took to stir up prejudice among those who
I believe that the blhle should be barred
from tno PuW, o'8- m order to m
"P th" Prejudice a republican poimeia
, . ... .....lor ,, roiit.Hean o,l
ministration pemed as one deeply concerned
for the religious welfare of the community
n. with The Bees permlsalou and aid
ll,s republican politician presented to me
I nilVlllfi vlrtlllfliVA HMMAItlt 111)1111 JlltllTA Kll
,lvan. Th, dei,ttte was precipitated by this
1 republican politician through the aid nnd
consent of The Bee.
The Bee having printed in Its yesterday'
I . ji.i a i i. i i a., il
becauge he ri)lPd thftt tUe coll.tituyon d
not bar the btbio from the public schools
In Nebraska, The Bee now cheerfully an
nounces that the debato Is closed, in
J'. ' " r. ZZ
desperate effort to stir up prejudice against
Judge Sullivan, it Is now quite willing to
dron tlle DUbII P"rt t,f aftalr and
n'T,T T, .
I fair aamnln of th 'hleh tilnne camnalirii
wh,ch republican editors announce; they
I were anxious to wage. World-Herald
The Hee has taken no part in the
"bible in the schools" or out of the
schools debate. It did not invite John
Push to attack or criticise Judge Sulli
van's opinion. In fact, it has had no
I communication whatever with Mr. Itush
I on tho Judge Sullivan division or candi-
dacy. It has simply given Mr. Hush the
same permission to use its columns as
it gives to any other man who is willing
to express bis own views over his own
name in the public prints.
When challenged by the World Herald
to print Judge Sullivan's full opinion In
the "bible in the schools case," The Bee
! promptly respond"! by giving it
I publicity in its most widely circulated
edition The Sunday Pee. It also pub-
lished T. J. Mahouey's response to Mr.
I Itush in defense of Judge Sullivan.
I That naturally drew out responses from
in eminent Catholic divine, who for
reasons best known to himself pub-
I lished his views over the name of
- "Alpha."
- 1 Having given up so much space to
- this politico-theological discussion, The
I Bee filially reached the conclusion once
I upon a time reached by Judge Sullivan.
that all things must have an end. If
- 1 the candidacy of Judge Sullivan has
been prejudiced by this discussion it i
not the fault of The Bee. but It must
be charged either to the interpretation
I be baa given of the constitution or to
I the luck of capacity on the irt of his
I champions, who allowed themselves to
so I be tripped tip In the theological wrestle,
I In any event Judge Sullivan naa noth
ig to gain by further debate on his
bible in the schools" decision.
If we cannot have the Platte river
canal there still remains the chance for
xtracting electrical energy from the
Pht atmosphere by building an artl-
clal mountain. An expert ele( trical
nirinccr who has Just returned to ('hi-1
ICO after nn Inspection of Pike's Peak
proposes to locate a basic station on i
hat mountain for tapping the clouds to
secure electricity. According to this I
electrical engineer "it is oulv a question
..e i ...i cnLmi i i.-k .m ..iio,l
.i line.- .uivu v vi"""' -"11"" "
with power extracted from the upper
atmosphere through the projection of
magnets thrown from the earth." This
vi,i,.ni- ..r..,.oo.t- ,.,., tlm
tneory mni me ntniospnere inane u.r
louds is the reservoir of electricity, but
some of the most eminent scientists be-
io, l, .f ti.o ..n-tl, u tho rnw.rvnlr nf i
ail electrical energy, gcueruun y me
e;rth in the revolution around Its own
axis, while the atmosphere above the
,.l,.ii,U ia l..tHfl,1 hv olootrlcltv drawn
, ...
iroiii uie tvinn. lusieim a mpping ...r
clouds for electric currents witu wlilcn 1
to propel machinery it may eventually I
r,,-0 ninr. o.,.t nr-notionl to
draw the power directly from the earth.
The Washington dispatches to the St
Louis newspapers announce on the
highest military authority that "the
War department will not consider any
proposition for the creation of a new
military department nt either; St Louis
or Kansas C v as lieadnuarters. or
, .. . , . , . . . . I
to any point." It is also announced that
the overwhelming pressure for the re-1
moval of the army headquarters from
nn,l,; -iil nr.- f..(ll bon,.o Kt I
uuuiH mu jaiisH y,uit uciuB cu-
testants for the prize, the influence or
Missouri would first have to be united
on the city desired. As tjiere Is no pros
pect for St. Louis and Kansas City
drawing straws, no proposition for a
change from Omaha is really being con
sidered by the War department, nor is
wt ..... ""
receiving favorable consideration at the 1
hands of any army officer whose word
Is potential. j
i - .,i,..,it.i t.. -.,i.ia tn
xcu.ci, umuuicu u. mnuvanuu
voters of that city, was rejected by a
majority exceeding 2,000, and the pres-
ent government by the corporations for
the corporations and boodllng contrac-
toin niu cuiiiuiue iui nn jinicuiinc
period. Charges of fraudulent registra-
tlon are being freely made by botli the
, ,.f i, i,
a mu wiituu uicib in mi uiui'u biuwrc u.nc
must ho some nre. inasmuch ns tne
neonlo who favored home rule with
rigid safeguards against misgovern-
it , .. ..... ..
iiieiii uy nuuue yvnii cuiimiuuuub mm
boodle combines have no money to
squander, it stands to reason that the
padding of the' registration lists was
i '.i' .n ..it nt
..lumuLc. m.v yivm
by the defeat ot the charter and not by
those who were actively interested in
securing popular ' self-government for
.
Denver.
Republicans Who desire a Clean and
strong ticket nominated at the prl-
maries should avail themselves of the
Public Forum m which the merits and
i -a. ,..,,... . . ..n
UClllcill ui inimumi lu uc lull,
aiscusscu lurougu uio coiiuuiis oi ine
Bee. '
Spellbinders to the Hear.
fhlcao Chronicle.
n-.l. !..., .,.,- W. nmmnni lnm.1 Wk..
Mr. Balfour actually makes money by the
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BttiU I 'V 1. n i II 'il i ft 11 tiiciaiuiv u,'i 111111 iv n.a
politicians must retire to the extreme rear
and be seated.
Futile Chestnuts.
Denver Republican.
Colonel Bryan has courageously Invested
In a pair of chestnut horses In spite of the
fact that the Bryan chestnuts have not
heretofore carried him very far on the
road toward the Whlto House
Unite a Difference In the Morning;,
Baltimore American.
When a bunch of foreigners are attacked
by a mob in this country the United States
government is under obligations to pay an
Indemnity. But when citizens ot tno United
fetates are attacked by their fellows there
is no redress to the Injured parties except
tho scanty uatlsfactlon or knowing that
perhaps one or two of the offenders may
te puniPiiea in case niey aro apprenendea.
Slickest of Ills Trine.
Philadelphia Tress.
The sultan removed the vail of Beyroot
liecaube the United States and some of the
European powers demanded that should
be clone, but he did not disapprove that
omclul s failure to protect tne lives of
Christians and foreigners, un the contrary,
he removed official was summoned to
Constantinople and promoted by being
made a privy councillor ot the ministry
of the Interior. That Is the true test of the
sultan s reelings towaru foreigners.
VI . . IL. t , . , I
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Indianapolis Journal.
General Fred D. tJrant Is the latest army
officer to declare fogtho restoration of the
canteen feature of the post exchange. In
his annual report to the War department
he discusses the subject at length, conclud-
lug with: "Although a total abstainer my-
self. 1 regard tho abolition of the canteen
as a vital misfortune to the military serv
Ice." Ho bases his opinion on the ground
assigned by so many other officers, that
the canteen was opposed to excess and
conducive . to discipline.
Hemare of the Widows.
Portland Oregonlan.
Commissioner of Pensions Eugene Ware
braves the indignation of a multitude of
young wives of old soldiers by urging
his annual report the enactment of a law
prohibiting the giving of pensions to women
who were married to old soldiers after the
latter bad become pensioners. Mr. Ware's
predecessor, it will' be remembered, brewed
a barrel of trouble for himself by righteous
outbursts against this and other pension
abuses. If the commissioner would be pop-
uliir In a presumably Influential politico
military organization, he must touch
lightly the tender plncea in the hearts
the veterans. Of course, every one knows
and tho untramnielt-d public and press may
declare that It Is a shame and a scandal
for a young woman, born perhaps years
after the fall of Richmond, to marry a de
crepit old soldier so that she may Inherit
bis pension, but the commissioner of pen
clous makes such a statement to the peril
ot bis peace, IX cwt his poailloo.
BITS OK WASIIIMSTOS I.Jt'K.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on (he Spot.
Statistical sharps In Washington rompute
that jour Uncle Sam clears $-.21 a second
after paying all current obligations. The
SeptemU-r statement of tho treasury,
Letting forth Hie ! transactions of an ordinary
business day, shows that the total lcrdpts
,,f ,he government from all sources for that
.,nMM . th . .ux. .r ..,-,,,, ,.
leaving a balance of receipts over expend!
turps In the treasury of Ilw.Mii.K;. In other
words, the government collected nearly
more than it had any Immediate
.J Tk. .!l..l... ..
Rt tno ot tst.3Pl.B2 nn hour for the
twenty - four hours, which means that every
minute there poured Into Its strong boxes
from the rockets of the people or
0n the Fame day tne vnlted States paid
out on an average every hour $7ii.2T.o In
order to keep the wheels of government
K0'nB". Expressed In another way. tho ex
I nonsf-s fnr th pnvpmmpnf fur t Vi n rlnv liv
milltM worp tt rrn tk or a
As the collections for tho came second
were $23.39, it Is shown that the govern
mvnVa profits for the duy were at the rate
--'
Th- Bource of lnrom on th8
particular day was from customs eollec
tlons levied under the tariff act. They to
taled or the day 1,131,8T8.K. This Is at
the rate of $17,167.(10 an hour, or $780.01
a minute, or $13.10 a second. While col
lecting tariff duties at tho rate of $13.10
a second, the government at the same time
was collecting Internal revenue taxes at
the rate of $8.76 a second, the total re
ceipts for the day from that source being
$750,933.72. From miscellaneous sources
there was collected during tho day $132,-
024.24.
I . ... il. ji m . .
"lc o-ii"u"h i"
receipts from all sources were $1,831,440.40,
I with expenses of ll.lfi0.0iO. Collections for
tne corresponding day last year were at
the rato of $15.41 a second and expenditures
averaged for that duy $13.42 a second, the
profits to the Bovcmment on the day's
transactions being only $1.99 a second
against $2.21 a second on September 10,
iw3.
It will probably be news to most Amerl
cans thnt their peaceful government has k
war chest such as novels and some pas
sages of history have taught them Is
maintained by the military powers of
Europe. But such is a fact. The Amerl
but It exists under the guise of tho con
tingent fund.
Briefly defined, a wnr chest Is a handy
sum of ready cash, ever available to the
I.iunu ui lire iiiiiiuiiy authorities, lor the
spending of which they need not account
tnn filnnalv it la ....i. it..
" " ihuch ine eame
principle on which funds voted Into the
hands of directors of private corporations
to be expended to the best advantage
'ff'maioiy are handled.
...in me corporation xnis mvsterlons
sort of an appropriation Is usually sup-
posea to mean that a city council or
legislature requires "seeing-' and working
nround ,nt0 a Kood humor. The con-
tingent fund of the American naval de
partment was used to keep a force of
spies employed In the fortifications and
aocKyards of Spain in 185S. The same
fund ot t,,e Wa" department enabled it to
pta"' f. th! 'at"t plefM! of Freneh
artillery, which the improvements of
yankee officers converted into the new
cylinder recoil rapid-fire gun. No account
of th details of these transactions has
cv Deen 1B ever to b rendered.
"ny more than an account -will ever be
given pf the maimer In which certain sums
of money were used during the Philippine
rebellion and to keep, the Cuban Insurgents
"p l" lne rrPer Pcn when Shutter was
bou.t to lund at Santiago.
T,llt ,h. 4m. ,. .
. . ivn no. llit-eb JB JCHlUUMy
guarded hv tli mlllinrv mor. n,t... ..
vise Its disbursements. They regard it in
the same light as the ammunition for their
weapons and fear Its impairment as much
" t!'ey ouM,,1l'f"J n,e ,urk of reaervo
FUI "u ,OI1"u on ne eve or a war,
Just now the genl.Tal ,. wouI(j
tain a proposition to encroach on this
sacred fund for the purpose of showing
hospitality to foreign military attaches Is
a question. It Is entirely probable that
tne next congress will be asked to guard
""'" I HIHINCIIIS HS 1118
T" " , " "cpu.u.ieni uy
"'" "'" """"
The Investigation Into tho hanging of
Midshipman Richard S. Galloway at An
napous lias given official recognition to
the fact that hazing Is still going on a
the naval academy. The inldHhlpmen
themselves deny strenuously that there 1
any ,10Eln(c w,mteveri but tlmt , B,mp,y
because they have changed the name o
tne practice to running." As a matte
of fact, hazing in an extremely severe
form Is going on, and It has driven severa
fourth-elusB men to the hospital. The pruc
tlce this year consists chirlly In tho use o
Insulting and profane language to the
.under-class men and compelling them, b
threats, to undergo continuous physical ex
erclsea until exhausted. It Is this latte
practice which is sending the bovs
sick quarters. The hazers are. about tlf
teen midshipmen of the upper classes, wh
are deficient In studies and compelled t
forego the regular holiday. So strong is
the academic custom that t he handful n
dull men of the miner cIhkh arn l,vl,i th
1315 youths who compose (ho entering class
I Tho officers are trying to stir t! young
I sters to a iminly rcvlsianco to such an 1m
I position.
The facts In a heretofore .inpubllslie
story regarding Abraham Lincoln's hlul
conception of liis duty as a governmei
officeholder were obtained by a llrookly
ICagle correspondent from the nmnuscrii
of the grandson of George Harrington, who
was the first assistant secretary of tl
treasury In the Lincoln administration nn
I a great nersonal friend of the liiltnr tj.io
I Harrington was United States minister t
I Switzerland. The grandson occupies a po.
I eltlon In the Treasury department und ia
I writing the memoirs of George Harrington.
I Shortly after Lincoln was sworn In he sent
I for Harrington and said to tho latter
"Harrington, I want you to take entire
I charge of my personal flnunces. I will turn
- my salary check over to you every month
I together with what other moneys I may
I receive. You may Invest them as you see
I nt. I don t want to know how you are
I handling the money, whether your Invest
ments are successful or failures. If there
I are any dividends I will sien fnr them from
I time to time and will draw on you for my
- " -
I general household and personal expenses.
President Lincoln's purpose In thus trans
In I ferrtng his private liiiauce to the charge
of another, with Instructions that he be toll
nothing about what waa being done with
tnem. was to insure having his mind free
from Influences of a personal and pecuniary
character In discharging the duties of Ids
omce. if nis money was Invested In a cor
I po ratios that wanted government contracts
1 President Lincoln did not want to know It.
- 1 Aside from avoiding the possible, charge
that he waa promoting the affairs of cor-
of j poratlons In which he was financially In-
I terested he wanted to satisfy his own con
I eclence that none of his official acts was
I Influenced by the prospect of getting large
I dividends.
- I Lincoln had absolute trust and confidence
I m the Integrity of Harrington, o much so
- I that he refused to receive a single receipt
for money turned over to his agent. That
I Harrington was true to his trust is art-
enced by the fart that on the death of
Incolu he turned over to Judge David
avis, tho administrator of the president s
state, the sum ot $ii2.0"0.
William T. Harris. United Ptates rommls-
lone- of education, Is making an Investl-
.itloii of the extent to which educational
ntitutlons that give bogus diplomas are
pet'stlng. He has had a number of cases
r this sort called to liis attention lately,
nd now proposes to go thoroughly Into
he mailer, lie will also make a study or
v ntnte laws on the subject and com
pare them with the laws which prevail in
rmnny for the suppression of fraudulent
nstltutlons of this kind.
Or. Harris has been notified that the'
Germnn authorities have recently broken
tip tho business of persons who are prac
ticing medicine there tinder diplomas Issued
by fraudulent medical colleges of this coun-
ry. Tho German authorities watch mat
ers of malpractice very closely, and Dr.
lariis wants to compare their laws on the
subject with those thnt prevail here.
It Is said that ex-Queen Lilluokalanl ex
pects soon to return to Washington, P. C.
to be present during the extra session of
congress. The ex-queen seems still to be
confident that congress will make nn ap
propriation for her In payment of her
claims for the crown lands and In com
pensation for her loss of the throne. She
Is at present paid an annuity by the terri
tory, as she was previously by the republic
of Hawaii and the provisional government.
but It has always been voted as an act of
courtesy and not as a recognition of any
claim of right to It.
APPEASING THE SWEET TOOTH.
raports of Soarar and Other Tropical
Products to the 1'nlted States.
Chicago Record-Herald.
That the American people have a sweet
tooth is conclusively shown by the statistics
omplled and made public recently by the
Department of Commerce nnd Labor. It is
aid the Americans are the greatest sugar-
eating people In the world, and the figures
bear out the assertion. Last year the United
States Imported more than 6,000,000,000
pounds of tropical sugar, to say nothing of
the domestlo product from cane, beets and
maple trees. In other words, the national
sweet tooth required of Imported sugars
alone about seventy-five pounds for every
man, woman and child In the country last
year. That the consumption of sugar Is In
creasing much faster than the population la
shown by the total Imports of cane sugar
(not Including molasses or beet sugar) In
the following years:
Pounds! Pounds.
1879 UW.iE'iMs'l&fi I,07.S03.049
1S 2,S32,820,8.
The national sugar bill much. exceeds
$100,000,000 a year. The value of the cane
sugar imported In these years was:
1R70 $9.S0C,601 11903 104,tM4,0
1890 82,915,044
Add other sugars, domestic and Imported,
and tho country's sweet tooth costs for the
raw material alone $115,000,000 a year. For
tunately sugar is comparatively cheap. The
averago cost a pound of the sugar brought
into the country In 1870 was about 5 cents,
while tho average cost last year, including
that brought from Hawaii and Porto Rico,
was about 2 cents per pound. The value of
tho sugar of tropical production brought
Into the country in the last year was $104,
006,000, as against $70,000,000 In 1870, but the
number of pounds brought In from the
tropics last year was more than four times
as much aa in 1870.
Ono of the surest signs of the prosperity
of a peopla Is their ability to supply them
selves with the luxuries and necessities pro
duced by foreign countries,
The taste of
the people of the United States for tropical
products seems to bo Increasing at a very
rapid rate. The value of the tropical and
subtropical products brought into the
United States in the past year waa over
$100,000,000. In 1W the value of this class
of merchandise imported was only $300,000,-0U0;-
lu 1R75, $L,00.000,000, and in 1870, $140,
000,000. Thus the value of the tropical
products brought Into the country in the
year Just ended was about three times aa
much as In 1870, twice as much as In 187S
and one-third more than Jn 1895. Kvcn
these figures do not show the real increase,
because of the great reduction In prices of
many of the articles forming this huge
total. The fall in the price of sugar has
already been mentioned.
Tho value of the coffee brought In last
year was $W,000,000, as against $24,000,000 in
1870, yet the quantity last year was 923,-
000,000 pounds, as against 236,000,000 pounds
in 1870.
The 500,000 pounds of ' silk brought ' in
In 1870 was valued at $3,000,000, while the
15,000.000 pounds brought In last year wea
valued at about $50,000,000.
The 63,000,000 pounds of rice brought In
in 1870 was valued at $1,000,000, while four
times thnt quantity brought In last year
was valued at $3,000,000,
The 47,000,000 pounds of tea brought la
In 1870 was valued at nearly $14,000,000,
while the 108,000,000 pounds brought in last
year was valued at less than $16,000,000.
In India rubber, however, conditions are
reversed, the average cost a pound of the
ic.000,000 pounds brought in In 1870 being
about 36 cents a pound, while that of the
55.noo.0n0 pounds brought in last year was
over 55 cents a pound.
Uncle Sam has a few tropical islands of
his own now, and It Is Interesting to learn
that tliey contributed nearly $.V),0O0,OO0
worth of tho tluO.OOO.OOO value of tropical
products brought Into the country last
yoar. Over $26,000,0(10 of this was from
Hawaii, more than $11,000,000 worth from
Porto Itlco and more than $11,000,000 worth
from tlio Philippines. In MM they con
tributed $19,000,000 worth to the tropical re
quirements of the country.
B
rush Up
as much as you like the top coat that haa done
service two or three leasons, it looks It, and the
Bemi shabby costume is apt to destroy a very
amiable disposition. Think the matter over
and of Drowning, King & Co's suits and over
coats. The best made in the world lor the
money, as manufacturers of all the clothing
we bell, we know whereof we epeak. This is
not clothing that is worth more than the price
askedbut worth Just exactly what it's mark,
ed full value. Our clothing stands out
squarely upon its merits and proves our as
sertion to the entire satisfaction of the roost
skeptical
R. S. Wilcox. Manajror.
Stuart Robsen'a personal eetate hits Jut
been appraised, and It is found that th
late actor was worth $.tl,!if,2.
Some $.000,000 coppers have been sent
out from the Philadelphia mint during 1 1 . .
last five years. In this respect the Vhlln-
delpbla mint Is a good second to Ireland.
Prof. Jenks of Cornell will go to China
In thirty days to mnf?r with representa
tives of the Imperial government on a plan
for a new monetary system for the em
CI. I-
pire.
Booker T. Washington will sail fnr Ku
rope In a few dsys and will remain them
several weeks seeking rest. He has not
been well since making a trip to California,
last winter.
Former United States Senator Jam
Kerry Kelly of Oregon has Just died In
Washington at the age of 84. He wan -,
native of Center county, Pennsylvania, an !
graduated at Princeton In the class of
1S39.
The kind of a fellow that the duks or
Itoxburghe Is has been settled. When hn
left for Canada on a shooting trip the other
day lie picked up Miss Ooelet, Ids llun. ee, n
his arms and gave her a good, resounding
kiss In the presence of 400 people, sathorM
on the wharf. The Impression is now tb.it
he will do.
There Is a punster in the Vanderbllt fam
ily. A day or two ago Wllllum K.. Jr.
dashed out of the Grand Central station In
New York, through a pouring rain, Into an
Institution of which he Is a director. "Grent
Jupiter Pluvlus," he exclaimed, "this Is a
deluge. Over there at the station even the
locomotives came In ringing wet."
Lawrence Thurston, who has been sent to
China to found the proposed Christian uni
versity to be established by the Missionary
society of Vale university. Is but IS years of
ngc. He will locate the new Institution In
some Important city. Sons ' of prominent
Chinamen will be secured as students, with
the hope that their conversion may have a
wide Influence. The proposed university
will have a four-years' course and a post
graduate school of Journalism. Mr. Thurs
ton was born In Connecticut and was grad
uated from Yale In 1W. Twelve other mc m
bers ot his class have become foreign mis
sionaries.
POINTED ItEVItRKS.
"I suppose," said the earnest man to the
cold-blooded politician. ,-that If vou hud
your way there would bo no reformers."
"You are mistaken. If I could have my
way I'd have a reformer on the opposition '
ticket every time." Washington Star.
"What's this?" screamed the tank drama
actor. "My pay Is $4 short."
"Eight baths at 50 cents," blandly replied
the manager. "Six nights and two mati
nees." Newark News.
"My boss baa promised to raise my sal
ary on the first of next month," saJd Sly
man. ,
"Sorry, old man," Interrupted Newltt.
"but I've had to borrow some money my
self this week." Chicago Tribune.
"I never saw you In such a becoming hat, I
my dear. Did you get it ready made?" J
"I was Just thinking how unusually pretty r
yours looks. Did you make It yourself?"
Brooklyn Life.
Cousin John (from the clty What In
time do you go to bed so early In the even
ing for?
Farmer Root To save candles, of course.
Cousin John But you havo to burn them
In tho morning; you get up before light,
you know.
Farmer Root Yes: that's what wa sava
'em for. Boston Transcript.
She was city bred, and had the usual fear
of cows.
"Why." ahe asked, when the danger wsi
past "did you take me across thle lot?"
The small country lad chuckled.
"I thought It would be fun," ho said, "to
im vntt - .ill 1 . Ttinn .. ?
another chuckle: "And It waa."-Ch!cago
Post.
The genial candidate goee forth.
When comes the autumn weather;
Today he shakes you by the hand,
And later altogether.
New York Times.
WHEN THE HORN BLOWS.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post.
As you rassle with adversity and plug alon
ine roaa i
Keeps your temper somewhat Jangled oul
o' tune to bear the load,
An' you very of'n wonder If there'll ever
come a day
When your labors will be over an' you'll
have a chance to play.
Keep a Jackln' up your courage, fur the
time will come at last
When your trials an' your troubles '11 be
mem ries o tne past;
There's a better day a comln' when you'll
aump your earl my woes
An' you'll know that you have struck II
when the
last
horn
blows.
Of'ntlmea you feel a swellln' In your guile
when you meet '
With a millionaire a rldin In his csrr!ag4
'long tho street
An' tho Ja villi of envy gives your soul a
stlngln' cut
When you see lilm on the road an' you
a strugglln' in the rut.
Slch a feelin" o' resentment doesn't help
the case a bit.
Doesn't regulate the matter fur te give
your teeth a grit;
Though you haven't got his boodlo nor hii
tailor-fitted clothes
You will be aa rich aa he Is when the
last
horn
blows.
We are only here a waltln,' sort o' klllln'
time, until
We receive the Invitation fur to climb the
golden hill.
An' we hadn't ort to grumble Jes' because
a favored few
Have a knack o' grabbln' fortune that's
denied to ine an you.
Fix your eyes ou the eternity we'll enter
by and by.
Life ou earth nln't half a minute to the
time ye'll epx-nd on high
Try to keep the tears o' trouble from a
tricklln' down your nose.
Fur you'll holler liallelver when the
last
born
blows.