Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 7, 1902, Page 6

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B, TZ8ChUCK, rescnce and sworn to ay of May, A D. 100l NGATE, Noury Publle, The close of the South African war has made the mule camp'a dead Issue. —re——— The warring statesmen of Dodge may have agreed to a truce, but not to dis- armament. — It the Young Men's McKinley club would put thelr confidende In Father Time, he would ralse the age limit soon enough, Bubscribed 1 before me thl,slll (8eal.) Cuba has enjoyed the proud privilege of hbeing the baby republic for two woeks—and no sign yet of either croup or measles, EEEe—— The Indlana demoecratic convention was all harmony, though not the kind of harmony the Bryan wing of the party prefers, e——————— It President Roosevelt puts Omaha on his visiting list for his western tour, King Ak-Sar-Ben will be glad to abdl- cate for & day. By the way, what has become of the Yelser boom for governor that blossoms in the populist posy garden regularly every two years? —— Mark Twaln announces that he will make no more public speeches. The publie, however, will be willing to let him change his mind and call it a joke. ‘When Senator Hanna leads the sing- ing with his toplcal song, “Keep On Let- ting Well Enough Alone,” the western farmer will be found joining in the chorus. — It's the County Democracy’s turn to get up “an Interesting meeting.” If there are no more resolutions of censure in the refrigerator, the plano might be glven a birthday celebratien, m——— A resolution has already been intro- duced into congress providing for ad- Journment June 28. The design, doubt- less, 1s to give ample notice to windy orators to turn off the hot alr. e The annual election of school teachers 1s not what it used to be before the per- mapent list was established. And strangely enough there is no yearning among the teachers for a return to the good old tinx er— ' It turns out that the majority scored by the democratic candidate for gov- ‘ernor in the Oregon election is less than 400, This margin may be enough to land the gubernatorial chair, but hardly enough to make it comfortable. pmm——— Senator Hanna boldly admits that he has changed his mind to the relative atility of the two routes for an isthmian canal and has concluded that Panamd offers the most feasible solution. Sen- ator Fanna preférs to be practical -rather than consistent. eTmme—— Congress 1s said to be much disturbed over the lack of adeguate fire protection for lq caplitol, in which its sessions are heM. Th' view the succession of heated discussions that have broken out ‘recently in both ends of the building there is good reason for apprehension. No one can tell wut damage a spark g Dlnatnr of (ha )qm' Ruberu. report- ing on Lis Mnu.n durlng a recent NEBRASKA IN CONGRESS. Two years ago at least four congres- sfonal districts in Nebraska were de- batable. Two of these districts, the Third and Sixth, were lost to the repub- licans by only a few hundred votes chiefly because Congressman Mercer dis- courdged the national congressional committee from making an effort to carry them by representing that they were hopelessly popocratic. The decisive majority by which the state was carried for McKinley and Roosevelt two years ago and agaln last year affords reasonable assurance that Nebraska will be represented by a solid republican delegation in the Fifty-eighth congress providing ne mistake is made in the selection of the candidates. The very fact that the majorities In the four debatable districts range from only 200 to 600 foreshadows close contests in the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth districts, in each of which the persoual character and ability of the candidate will deter- wine the outcoine. In all these districts the repub- licans will within the npext ten days make their nominations for con- gress. It behooves delegates to these congressional conventions fo bear in mind the conditions that confront them and to subordinate personal preferences to the requirements of party success. Above all they must not delnde them- selves with the idea that mediocrity can win out in the race through the favor of some corporation or by the lavish ex- penditure of money. What is needed in each district is a candidate who not only has the integrity and capacity, but who luspires confidence in. the people that he will represent thelr interests taithfully and efficiently. If these conventions will take ad- vantage of the rare opportunity pre- sented to them, Nebraska will be the banner state for republican gains in the next congress. — TAFT'S MISSION T0 ROME, The mission of Governor Taft to Rome appears to have had entirely satisfac- tory results so far as the relations of the vatican to conditions in the Phil- ippines are concerned. To his assur- ances that the Roman Catholic church has nothing to fear from the extension of American authority over the islands the pontiff responded by expressing pride in the church in this country and saying that he earnestly desired to help the American administration of the Phil- ipplnes in every possible way, also assuring Governor Taft that the vatican would approach all questions rafsed in the broadest and most conciliatory spirit: One of the most difficult matters con- fronting the government in the Philip- pines is in relation to the interests of the Roman Catholic church there and undoubtedly the vatican can give wost valuable assistance in bringing about an amicable and satisfactory settlement of the questions to be determined. A very large majority of the Filipinos are Ro- man Catholies and although there is much hostility to the friars thé natives are loyal to the church and will readily obey the behests of its responsible rep- resentatives. The cordlally friendly feeling toward the United States ex- pressed by Pope Leo gives ample assur- ance that his great influence will be ex- erted to aid our government in the Phil- ippines, he having intimated no objec- tion to the policy made necessary by our constitution in respect to the sep- aration of church and state. The visit of Governor Taft to Rome was most Judicious and may counfidently be ex- pected to have most beneficial results. Sitepet—— MAXIMUM AND MINIMOM TARIFF, The recent conference of the presi- dent and republican leaders in congress, at which the question of tariff revision was discussed, appears to have devel- oped considerable sentiment in favor of a4 maximum and minimum tariff, such as France, Germany and other countries now have in operation. It is urged that the United States is suffering in its foreign trade because of the lack of such a tariff. For instance, France im- poses Its maximum rates of tariff against this country, although France is as favorably treated in our markets as any other nation. Now if the United States had a waximum and minimum tariff it would simply treat France as that country treats this by applying the maximum rates to French products and there s no doubt that such a course would secure for American goods going to Frahce favorable tariff rates as are given the products of any other country. As it is, there is no remedy for the discrimination against us. It is poluted out that the maximum rates could glso be used against Germany and other countries that have been discrim- ipating against the United States and there would be ne ground of complaint on their part if our government followed the same course as 18 followed by those governments against the United States. It is said that with such a law there would be no more friction about reci- procity treaties and this country would be able to secure advantages of which It 18 now deprived. The Philadelphia Press eal tly ad- vocates & maximum and mibimum tarif. It says that all Buropean. countries en- gaged In the warfare. of trade have found thefr weapon" In “such a -tarift and the United Statés needs this weapon in commercial warfare, for without it this couutry is at a disadvantage in the struggle for trade. *“The minimum tarift,” says that paper, “‘can'be wade high enough to cover all the protection that I¢ needed. No rate can go below its rates. The maximum tariff gives the punitive tarif which can be levied when ofcasion demand«. Such a plap makes a tarllr flexible. It parts with no pro- tection. It provides reprisals. It meets new steps taken by other countries. Such a tariff would be a forward step in the custows policy of the United States. General tarlff agitation s not wanted. Revision would unsettle trade, The adoption of the maximum and mini- mum principle bx which additions could be made as needelj to the nosmal rate would give the U States what it THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JUNE 7, needs and lacks, of maximum rates. There will be nothing done with the tariff at the present session of congress, but it is quite possible that at least some of the schedules will be changed at the next session. In the meantime there will be opportunity for diseussing the proposition to adopt the maximum and minimum plan and ascertain publie opinion to the expediency of making such a departure in our tariff policy. It may be urged that having made re- markable industrial and commercial progress under the existing system there is no necessity for changing It, but it must be borne in mind that con- ditions have changed and that the strug- gle for trade is now more eager and strenuous than ever before. a fighting schedule WILL IMPRUVE CONDITIONS. Greatly lmproved conditions in South Africa are expected to come speedily from British rule. The former Amer- fean consul at Capetown, Colonel Stowe, thinks that when responsible govern- ment is given the new colonies they, like Cape Colony and Natal, will become more progressive than heretofore and elvilization will be advanced among the Boer population more than it ever would have been under their former government, which indeed was never particularly active or aggressive In pro- moting civilization. Still there are some even in England who believe that the work of reconstruction is likely to meet with more or less serious difficulties which will greatly retard it. Such a pessimistic view may be well founded, but the probability is that British states- manship will be found quite equal to the demands of the situation. What is of chief interest to Americans is the promise of an enlarged trade in that quarter of the world. Colonel Stowe says that to rehabilitate the Boer farms, to restock the shops whose stocks have been exhausted and provide for the new ones that must be opened and the railroads, telegraphs, water, gas and electric plants that are already planned, will require American goods. There is no doubt of this and therefore the course of reconstruction in South Africa will be watched with great interest here. Attention is called to the fact that the condition of the asphalt pavement on North Sixteenth street is again almost as bad as it was a year ago. This is a complete vindication of the position taken by The Bee at that time that what was wanted was not repairing but repaving. No good reason exists why the owners of the property abutting on that thoroughfare ghould not pay for a new pavement instead of trying to sad- dle upon the taxpayers at large the ex- pense of repeated patching. S The demand for tax reform will not stop with the revision of railroad assess- ments and the assessment of franchised corporations. It will stop short of noth- ing less than a complete and equitable readjystment of property valuations to conform with the letter and spirit of the state constitution, that requires the pub- lic revenues to be raised so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property and franchises. Sep—— The officlal organ of populism pub- lished at Lincoln is still laboring hard to prove that there is no such thing as republican prosperity. The persistency and tenacity with which populist lead- ers keep on preaching calamity has a flavor of consistency, but is about as sensible as the scientific sermon of a famous colored preacher, which insists that the earth is flat as a pancake and the sun do move. e Speaking of the Union Pacific bridge, no one has yet explained on what ground of right the conductor can take out double mileage for each passenger, while for taxation purposes the bridge and approaches are listed the same as the same mileage of the cheapest part of the line over the flat prairie. —e Cherishing Vain Hopes. §t. Louls Globe-Democrat. The democratic issue seems to be a wait for republicans to quarrel among them- selves. B Seeking Good Company. Philadelphia Press. If the Japs are the Yankees of the Orient, the Siamese must be the Germans of the Orlent. They are gending Prince Maha to visit this country after the manper of Heary, . Good Thing to Hang Hope On. Philadelphia Record. There is one feature of the industrial situ- ation which glves hope to mankind and strength to stocks. The farmers have planted great breadths of land to corn—and the corn is growing. Will Willie Stand for It? Cleveland Leader. The talk of making Bryan the demo- cratic nominee for governor of Nebraska is galning headway. That would be a good way in which to discover whether the “peerless leader” is still peerless. A Popular Medicine Chest. ‘Washington Post. If that resolution abolishing the sale of llquor in the capitol should happen to break the record and stick, the new medi- cine chest of the house of representative will become as popular as a South Carolina blind tiger. A Chicago Inter Ocean. Dr. Conan Doyle and Michael Davitt have both made bad guess: The former as- more than a year ago, that the , while the latter has Jjust announced, also in book form, that it is going to continue Indefinitely. Educational Festivities in Iowa. Boston Transcript. The two leading educational institutions if Iowa, the State University at lowa City and lowa College at Grinnell, only thirty miles apart, to bave riches in their commencement feasts next week. Profes- sor Joslah Royce of Harvard University is to give the Phi Beta Kappa oration at lowa QCity and the commencement address at Grinpell, while the commencement address at Iowa City is to be delivered by Booker T. Washington. lowa College is also to in- augurate its new president, Dan R. Brad- Joy. (This is the lustitution which is at- 1902. tempting to secure Andover Seminary, by the way.) Altogether the Hawkeye state collegedom is to enjoy a remarkable week. Youth and Ame in Battle. Minneapolis Tribune. It came out in the House of Commons, on Wednesday, that among the Boer pris- oners In British hands were 753 boys under 16 years of age, and 1025 men over 60. Thus the needs of defense of the fatherland literally robbed the cradle and the grave. No Danger of a Relapse. Chicago Inter Ocean. If the Nebraska fusionists should nomi- nate Willlam Jennings Bryan for the gov- ernorship, and Willlam Jennings Bryan should accept the mnomination, Nebraska would have the chance it has been pining for to show that there is no danger what- Chicago Chronicle. Trains for Canada and for Mexico con- tinue to be filled with gentlemen wearing bushy whiekers, blue spectacles and furtive expressions who start visibly at the sight of a policeman and who scan the news- papers eagerly for news items dated St. Louls. The grand jury has almost depopu- lated the Missouri metropolis of its promi- nent citizen; on of Good Times. Louisville Courier-Journal. The prosperity of an agricultural natfon like this is always greatest with large erops, it being better to have the gemeral distribution of the proceeds rather than that a limited yleld should bring high prices to few. The south and west appear likely to be favored with the blessings of abundant harvests and a resulting con- tinuation of the good times already being enjoyed. Cont SHALLOW CRY OF “MILITARISM.” Significance of the Order Reducing the Army. Chicago Tribune. A general order {ssued last year fixed the permanent strength of the army at 77,287. An order {ssued last week by the secretary of war by direction of the president reduces the maximum strength of the army to 66,- 497. By cutting off 10,000 men there will be a saving of $10,000,000 a year for pay, clothing, food and transportation. The withdrawal of the soldlers from Cuba and the improvement in conditions in the Philip- pines warrant the reduction In the strength of the army. The number of men in the coast artillery is left unchanged. Each infantry company will have ffty-seven privates instead of eighty-one and each cavalry troop weventy-five men instead of eighty-five, The act of congress of February 2, 1901, fixed the maximum enlisted strength of the army at 85,000. At the time the law was enacted several congressmen expressed grave doubts as to the permanency of Amer- fcan free institutions. They announced that €0 large an army was asked for by the administration in order that liberty might be overthrown and a despotism established. It must be a relief to the prophets of evil to witness successive reductions in the strength of the army. Their fears that an American Cromwell would send a squad of soldiers to throw them out of the capitol have been allayed. Of late the men who are nervous on the subject of & ‘“standing army—composed of American ecitizens—have had nothing to say about the army as an instrument for the destruction of American liberties, but they have not ceased their ,attacks upon the army. They have denounced it, or that part of it in'the Philippines, without meas. ure or discrimination. Now that peace is being established in the islands the profes- sional epemies of the army will have less to say about its behavior in the Philippines and will fall back on the old ground of the army being ‘‘a menace to American institutions.” It is to have a strength of only 66,497, but the ecry of ‘“militarism" will be renewed when no other cry s con- venient. POLITICAL DRIFT. It seems to be the purpose of Indiana democrats to adorn the back benches with swaybacks, Fred K. and Charles B. Landls, brothers, bave been nominated for congress by the republicans of two districts in Indiana. Somebody appears to have made away with $800,000 of Tammany money. It Is recalled that Mr. Croker consistently re- fused to answer the question, “Where did you get 1t?" Grover Cleveland is billed for a speech at the forthcoming banquet of the Tilden democracy in New York City. It is ex- pected the eminent disciple of Izaak Walton will work off a few thrilling fish stories. The limit of the session of the Louisiana legislature which met on May 12 is sixty days and this unusual selection of a day of meeting recalls the fact that there are now only five ather gislatures which do not begin their sessions in January. ‘The house of representatives to be elected this year will be chosen under the new apportionment made since the federal census of 1000. There are twenty-nint additional districts, bringing up the total membership of the next house to 356. In New Hampshire delegates to a consti- tutional comvention are to be elected in November, 1902, and the convention will meet in December. The act for the election of delegates provides that amendments de- termined on by the convention shall be submitted to the people for ratification. The present constitution of New Hampshire was adopted in 1792. South Carolina has a state election this year. State officers, members of the legls- lature and members of congress will be voted for in November, but the actuak eléc- tion will be in August when the democratic primaries will take place. The delegates chosen then make all the nominations and nominstion to elective office by democratic conventions in South Carolina is equivalent to election. The new jury law of New York requires that in making lists of jurymen preference should be given to men who had registered but failed to vote. The idea was to im- pose jury service on men who had neg- lected their first civie duty. Politiclans who have observed the operation of the law are convinced that it will materially increase the republican and independent vote, as these clesses contain nearly all the stay-at-home vote. Congressman Lever of South Carolina, the “baby of the house,” sald the other day that as the labor question is a live one In his district he proposed to seek admission to some union. ““Why, you are just out of college,” sald one of his hearers, “and never did a day's work In your life.” “Haven't, eh?" said the young member fn- the way I've toiled to pub- membership in a score of labor unlon: The Atchison Globe remarks, for the benefit of marriageable girls, that ‘“the most eligible man in Kansas today is Wil- llam J. Balley, late of Nemaha county, but who will go to housekeeping in January in the gubernatorial maosion 1o Topeka. Handsome, rich, only 40, well educated, agreeable, and coming to the top more rapidly than any other man in the e. We advise you to see him early. After he has once located in Topeka there will ba Bo getting within & mile of him, owiag to the hungry Topeks giris." Mr. Harriman’s Plea A Mistaken Assumption. Springfield (Mass.) Republican Mr. Harriman finds or thinks he finds a less antagonistic attitude on the part of the public toward the roads, and seems to be- leve that popular opinion s drifting to the point of leaving the roads free from publie regulation. But in this he is greatly mistaken. The supposition that government will with- draw its restraining hand as the roads draw toward a more and more effective monopoly through combinations and con- solidations, is based upon the wish and upon nothing else. The time of the Inter- state Commerce commiselon may have passed, but if so the time of a stronger and more effective public control through other agencies of government has arrived. The power of transportation monopoly Is too great to be left to the unregulated con- duct of private capital, and it is simply preposterous 'to suppose that it will be so left. Government purchase and operation of the road ls far more probable than the abandonment of government regulation. Chunks of Wisdom. Detroit Free Press. E. H. Harriman, president of the South- ern Pacific, has generously tendered to the country a chunk of wisdom in the form of a statement that rallroad commissions are a thing of the past and the “rallroads ought not to be governed by men who know nothing ebout the business.” In other words, the government should let the rallroads alone, because the government knows nothing about the rallroad business. Following this line of reasoning, congress should let the navy department alone, be- cause congress is not a sailor. Congres should let the army alone, because con gress is not a soldler. Congress should let the Indians alone, because congress is not an Indian. Congress should let the trusts alone, because congress is not J. Plerpont Morgan, and, can know nothing about the business of the trusts. Congress should let the tariff alone, because congress knows little about all the industries of the coun- try, and the business of these Industries is affected by tariff legislation. Indeed, following Mr. Harriman's mode of reason- Ing, the government ought to get out of the busipess of government, because a great majority of the men who make up the government know very little about the science of government. Mr. Harriman is a profound thinker, and it is not y to understand how the country managed to toddle along before he began to volunteer advice. Excusing Over-Capitalisation. New York World. E. H. Harriman, the head of the Union Pacific system, in his manifesto pleading for a better understanding between rail- roads and the public, attempts to excuse over-capitalization by analogy with the farmer whose land has risen in value from §5 an acre to $75 or $100. “Why,” he asks “should the people who put their time and their money in the rallroads be asked to do any more than the people who have been benefited by the facilities given by the rail- road companies?’ Naturally Mr. ¥ man does not belleve in federal superv of raillroads, and as to the Interstate Com- merce commission he says “I do not think transportation companies should have to submit to dictation or con- trol by bodies who do mot know anything about transportation.” No analogy can be drawn between a 100- acre farm and an 18,000-mile raliroad sys- tem like Mr. Harriman's, The latter is within its territory an absolute monopoly, made by the combination of formerly com- peting lines.’ It all the farms of the we were combinéd in one enormous “merger’ for the purpose of charging for wheat “what the trafic would bear,” that plainly would be against public policy. So it is against public policy when rallroad combinations, capitalized at three, four or five times the value of their plants and properties, ex- tract dividends upon these enormous sums from communities wholly at their mercy. It is yet to be tested whether the Inter. state Commerce commission has power tu enforce justice against monopoly, but the people are not likely to throw down any weapon already in their grasp until it is bent or broken. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. Spain, says a correspondent, Is seen at its best and at its worst in solemn visaged Toledo. At its best, for not only old tile, but all the Spains, may be sampled in this museum of the antfque and the picturesque. At its worst, for conservatism here has become retrogressive, and recov- ery and progress seem hopeless. In In- dustrial, workaday Barcelona; in gay, im- aginative Seville, and even in gossipping, pleasure loving Madrid, the optimist may balance causes and effects and forecast hopefully a trend of future progress; but not in this ruined stronghold of Spanish power. There are no signs of reanimation in this city of lost causes and spent forces. The famous Toledo blades will never. bs forged anew. Swarms of chattering beg- gars in rags make up the remnant of a city of imperial might and grandeur. Herds of goats are pasturing among the rocks and thickets of prickly pear. Somnolent donkeys with water jars shiver as they pass one another on the sharp cobblestones of the narrow lanes, so unaccustomed are they to @ counter movement in traffic. The famous town is in the last stages of de- cadence, with a thriftless, unemployed pop- ulation dependent upon the charities of Corpus Christi and clamoring for doles from tourists. Reform cannot come like another conquering Cid to bring redemp- tion to worn and embattled Toledo. Ii the home of Cervantes national regenera- tion seems as ironical as the comic ad- ventures of Don Quixote. . The new naval program of the Japa: government provides for the building of twenty-five new war ships. Five of thes are to be first-class battleships, two first- class crulsers, eight second-class crulsers and ten destroyers. These represent a total tonnage of 139,900 tons and will give the Japanese mavy a total tonnage of 393,102 tons, including the ships now in commls- sion and undergoing construction. The Japanese government is evidently endeavor- ing to raise the standard of its navy so as to counterbalance the combined fleets of Russia and France in Oriental waters. In doing so It is unquestionably embarking upon a perilous financial career which may plunge the country into serious difficulttes. The credit of Japan is by no means good. Increasing the mavy on such broad lines will strain it possibly to the breaking point. The program of the Japanese aims at securing naval supremacy in Oriental waters. To carry this out successtully they must continue to multiply the number of their ships to at least equal the combined fleets of rival western powers encroachments are what Japan fear the treaty of offense and defemse entered into between Russia and France makes it necessary for her to keep abreast of the two. It appears that the only reason why Ru did not go to the assistance of France in the Fashoda affair was tbat she percelved, by a remakable exercise of po- ltical intuition, that she could do France more good and England much more barm by remaining quiescent. M. Witte has juet | explained all this to a correspondent of the Echo de Parls. The, Fashoda affair, he says, was for France only an affair of| our propre. There was nothing to be made out of it by fighting. So Russia ad- vised France to yleld. Thie left England | at liberty to fight the Boers, which she pever would have done if she had been en- gaged in a conflict with France. In South Africa she has lost money, men and pres- tige, has been weakened in every way and, moreover, has incurred the il will of all the civilized powers by her policy. All of which is distinctly to the advantage of France, who has been growing in strength and prosperity, while her great rival has been exhausting herself. This would not bave been the case if Russia had been so improvident as to back up her French ally in Fashods, and France, therefore, ought to be very grateful instead of intimating, as some Frenchmen bave, that she was left in the lurch. Very little trustworthy news of Portugal comes direct to the news centers of Europe from Lisbon. Advices, however, that ar- rive In Madrid from the west are sent over Europe without any interference on the part of the Spanish censor. A cable dis- patch from this source recently contalned the information that great excitement had been caused by the passage of a bill caleu- lated to convert the foreign debt, and thi in consequence 200 naval officers who peti- tloned King Carlos against the convention had refused to withdraw the protest. It now seems that the movement against the government measure is general, particularly in the university centres. At Colmbra the university has been closed and the stu. dents have been expelled from the town. The puplls at the Polytechaic school in Lisbon have been parading the town shout- “Long Mve our country!" “Down with the convenr tions with the foreign bondholders!” . Up to a certain point in all the cor ceremonies it appears that it is to be “t majesties,” but when it comes to pass nm this royal pair shall be seated on the p‘ll of thrones {n Westminster Abbey, that of lnn Queen Alexandra will be found ranged two steps below the chair known as St. Ed- ward's which is to be occupied by King Edward. From this on the vast audience will be given to understand that it is “‘his majesty” first, if it pleases the lords and ladles. By the these same lords and ladies who will, thelr fellow spectators be in their éeats some time before their majesties appear, will have an opportunity to observe as beautiful an interior as could be imagined. The governing principle of 1t all will be a maximum of architecture and a minimum of drapery, for the abbey itselt as It stands has more splendor than any decorations could give it, so no hangings are to be employed except to conceal some of the temporary wooden erections. And yet yellow and blue velvet will be the fab- rlc used to the exclusion of almost every- f thing else except a few rare Indian rugs. There seem to be galleries apportioned for every class, white sheep and black sheep, | but no provision is made for the camera artists, o King Vietor Emmanuel has once in given evidence of his breadth of mind and freedom from prejudice by appointing General Ottolenghl, minister of war, in the place of General Ponza di S8an Martino, Gen- eral Ottolenghi is not only of Hebrew birth, but also of Jewish creed, and, so far as known it is the first occasion of a member of this particular faith being ap- pointed by %a great power ot Europe to one of the leading cabinet offices. Even PARTITION OF AFRICA, Mow the Natlons of Burope Are Siiolng the Territory. Chicago Record-Herald By the surrender of the Boers England gets an undisputed title to 167,465 square miles of new territory, the area being 11,000 square miles greater than that of the state of Callfornia. This, however, is only a small part of the British South African possessions, which now contain perhaps 900,000 square miles, but the tract is one of the most valuable on the continent, and Its acquisition does away with a dividing barrier that might prove a formidable ob- stacle jn some gréat political emergency Throughout Africa the English holdings and “spheres” now aggregate more than 3,000,000 square miles and exceed the con- tinuous continental territory of the United | States. Of the other European nations France has claims about as vast, but some 2,000,000 square miles of her African terri- tory are In the desert of Sahara, and her sovereignty over the sandy waste is poorly established. Germany and Portugal have each about 900,000 square miles, and so has Belgium, it the Congo Free State be marked off to that country. Spanish Africa consists of some ,000 square miles, Itallan Africa of 88,000, Tripoli, whi¢h is tributary to Tur- key, comes near 400,000 square miles. England has an advantage not only in the size of her possession, but in their char- acter. She has more territory than any other nation tbat is habitable for white men, and controls what are now the great- est diamond and gold regions in the world. She has also a more direct control over the districts credited to her than have most of the other countries over their districts. But on all the clalms there are large num- bers of natives who have still to be reck- oned with. The partition has been exclu- sively a European affair. PASSING PLEASANTRIES, Chicago Tribune: “If you think, madam,"* sald the Disagreeable Boarder, “that by keeping your aining room so dark in the morning 'you can induce us to eat a light breakfast you are making a serious mis- take. Ohlo State Journal: Floorwalker—Any- thing I can show you, eir? Dazed Individual—The door, please, it you will be so kind; I've been hunting it or two hours. Cleveland Plain Dealer: linery bill came today." g, of course.’ Of course.” Make the usual kick?" poNo.” I'had just bought a0 Panama at. “My wife's mil- Tess—I suppose she'll LX) the mountains this summer, as usual, Oh! no, Bhe has become quite plump .na hu“del\leloped a good figure. Philadelphia Pres: Toumw ell, course. she'll go to the seulhnre, ot Washington Star: ““What's the trouble out there in the laundry?" asked one palace officlal. ““The help ladles are having a quarrel over a question of precedence,’ answered the other. ‘“The lady in washing claims so- clal superiority over the lady in ironing.” Chicago Post: “Do you think a is ever really gained by litigation? es, " indeed. The lawyer gains, o5 ything "'Oh, doesn’t Detroit Free Press: Young Doctor—Now, vou will take my advice— ghe—Well, 1 don't mind taking your ad- vice. What 1 object to taking 1s your medicine. 1t Baltimore American: ‘“Never.” sald the person of good advice to the delicately nur- tured Boston youth, “never say ‘I can't.’ " “‘Indeed. sir,” responded the Intellectual lad. “I trust that my dictum is not so open to criticism. If you will but be attentive to my convi -nnuon you will observe that I say ‘T cawn't. Chicago . Tribune: s Birdle,” mered the young man, *“I~1 feel that 1 ¢ no longer dlsguise the sentiments that I. you must have noticed my preference for in France, where political prejudice against close association with one or another of the Christian denominations is 80 strong that a minister risks his seat in the cabinet every time that he sets foot inside a church, no professing Jew has as yet been entrusted with a portfolio, and those members of the Hebrew race who have until now held cabinet office in Burope have been Iike the late Lord Bea- consfield in ¢England and Baron Sonino In Italy, converts to Christianity. The new Itallan minister of war is one of the most distinguished fleld officers of the Italian army, and has commanded in turn the milt- tary district of Turin, the military district of Genoa and that of Palermo, besides baving been recently designated by the king to command one of the groups of army corps in the event of war. Herolsm In the Cause of Sclence. Philadelphia Ledger. If the act of Richmond P. Hobson in take ing a ship to the entrance of Santiago har- bor and sinking it across the channel under a tremendous fire from the Spanish bat- teries, was enough to immortalize him, why should not Prof. Hellprin's ascent of Mount Pelee under circumstances quite as hazardous as those which attended Hob- son's feat, do as much for him? Hellprin aid not go under cover of darkness, for he bad ho chance of escaping detection, nor was his work done In a few minutes, after which he might escape to comparative safe- ty; he was under the deadly fire of the volcano for hours, breathing an atmosphere only to be compared with the suffocating fumes of lyddite shells, with a rain of |missiles constantly falling about him, and lable. at any moment, to be overwhelmed {by an outrush of volcanic matter. A man |that can stand for hours, as he did, calmly oursulng sclentific obcervations under such circumstances, is at least as much a hero |as he who risks his life under the fire of an ememy to secure a military advantage. your soclety—and—have I sald too much, iss Birdie?" “Not yet, Mr. Bashful,” replied Miss Flyppe, encouragingly. Philadelphia Press: -1 should like a de- scription of your gown,” said the reporter, h! Merey, no,” protested the bright oung woman. “It's sufficient to say that {am elothed fn my right mind.’ “In that ease, replied the gallant re- porter, “I ghall haye to say you were mag- nificently gowned.” MIXTURE TO MAKE GOOD CROPS. Lutheran World. 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