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THE DAILY BEJ13 E. HOSKWATKK , Editor. PUBLISHED EVKKY MOUNINO. TKUMB Ol' BUIlSt'IUITION. pnlly Tire ( without Rundny ) Ono Year. . I fl 00 llalir and Bunduy , Ono Year 1000 HixHtoniiu. . . . . . . . rno Thren Moritin , . gCO Hunday Jlee , Otio Year ? Oy Pnturduy Ilee , Ono Year } J > Wc kly Hoc , Ono Year 1 ° 0 OI'THJES. Offinlm , Thn Itoo Ilulldlng. Pouth Omaha , corner N and 2Cth Streets. Council IllutTs , 12 I'l-arlSln-ot. C'hlcaito onion. 317 Chamber of Cointnorro. Now York , Kooma 13. 14 and 10 , Tribune HulldliiK. Wushlngton , G13 FoiirtPentb Street. COKHK.SI'ONDKNCK. A11 communications relating to nnws and editorial matter should bo addressed to the Kdltorlal Department. HUSINT.S8 LETTERS. All business letters and remittances should bo addressed to Thu Heo Publishing Company , Omaha. Drafts , cheek * and pnstofllcn orders to be made payable to thu older of the com pany. TllK BEK PUBLISHING COMPANY. 8WORN STATEMENT OK CIRCULATION Htato of Nebraska , I fount } ' of Douglas. I Oeop"115. Tzsclmck , secretary of Tun lire I'tibll.slilng company , does solemnly swear that linarluarelrculatfoiiof TUB DAILY llur. for the week ending Kolmmry 4 , 1B'J3 , was as follows : Bnmlay , January 20 20,0-15 Monday , January 30 23,775 Tuesday. January 31 23.H32 Wednesday , I'obruary 1 23.7H9 Thursday ; Kubruary V 23,825 Friday. February 3 23.H80 tiutuulay , 1'e.brnary-1 24,203 UEORUE II. TXSCHUCK. Sworn to before mo an.1 subscribed In my presence this 4tb day uf I'obruary , 1H03. [ Seal ] N. I' . KEIL , Notary Public. Circulation lor llccrmlicr , B l.il ! ) THOSE two democratic votes cant for Boyd are the biggest club Tobo Castor over licld in his hand. ONK HWiillow does not iimlco summer. The killing on Pine Ridge uyoncy may not bo the forerunner of serious trouble. THE Hull telephone patents will ex pire next month , but the hands of mo nopolists will not bo removed from the business for many years to como. THICHK ia no daiiprer of u war in Europe at present. The Investigation of gigantic public scandals is absorbing the attention of most of the fighting powers _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PiVK big democratic Indians perched on the fence , in spite of the alluring in vitation from Gorman , Carlisle and Brlco to come down and vote for a popu list candidate. SKVKHAL deaths from starvation occur dally in London thin winter , and doubt less many others are to bo attributed to the privations which the poor in that metropolis are sullcring. A GliiiAT war is being waged against the policy shops of Kansas City. There is not a place in the country whore this domorall/.ing business is carried on so boldly and extensively as in the city by the Kaw. MAYHI : the Nebraska state militia will have to undergo another bloodless bronx.o medal campaign on our northern border tills winter. Lot the boys polish up the bayonets ami scabbards and keep their powder dry. IP Junan ALI.KN had been elected to the senate ho would-have attracted Rome attention as a splendid specimen of man hood from the wild and woolly west. Ho measures about six feet two in his stock ings and weighs 225 pounds. THE superintendent of buildings is not the only man who predicts a big building boom in Omaha this year. The archi tects talk the same way and outward in dications point to it. Tills is bound to bo a prosperous year in Omaha. THE time was when Boston was the literary hub of this country , but it is BO no longer. Most of the great book pub lishing houses are no\v in Now York and nearly all of tlto great magazines are published there. The greater portion of the eminent writers of America are also residents of Now York. THKUK is a wide difference of opinion in this country as to the advisability of annexing the Hawaiian islands , but it is pleasant to observe that American senti ment is unanimously opposed to allow ing that important outpost of the Pacific to pass into the hands , of Great Britain or any other European power. TUB scandal connected with the down fall of the Bank of Koine has already in volved the names of several prominent Italian statesmen. The prices at which ' they sold their honor wore considerably 'smaller than these paid to the Panama boodlors of Franco , but that does not help tholr reputations at all. A LONDON correspondent says : "I am sure there is not half so much excite ment in Aiuorica over the possibility that warm weather may bring cholera as is raging hero over the statement that the hoopskirt is coming this way. But if the hoopskirt gets a way.in Europe its spread "to our shores is cer tain. Nothing spreads like the hoop skirt. DURING the Pinkerton trial at Pitts- burg the other day the presiding judge Tofiisjod to allow a question tending U , ( how that the Pinkerton men wore tres passers ut Homestead. However sound this may have been in law , it will bo im possible to convince the great mass of the American people that the mcrco- narles wore within the hounds of law when they came to Homestead to per form police duty without being doputlxeil by the shorllT of Allegheny county. THE soundness of the decision of the state superintendent of public instrue tlon that money In the common schoo .fund cannot be applied toward maintain Ing a .normal w training school has boon questioned by parties Intorestei in maintaining the tralnliigjgohool It In now proposed to bring thi. question before the courts for Una adjudication , In order to put tin oiul-'t the wrangle it may IKJ advisable for th olllcors of the Kchool board to take sucl action as will unable the parties who favor the continuance of the training Echool to appeal the case to the courts "N. ' .OUtl STJtKXUTll IN TllK PACIFIC. The nvnltnblo naval force of the lulled States in the Pacific ocean is not ormtdahlo , owing to the withdrawal of our of the largest ships in the navy to take part in the naval review on the Ulatitlo coast next spring namely , the San Francisco , Baltimore , Charleston and Yorktown. The Boston , now at lonolulit , Is the only American war hip of modern construction in the Pa- lilie ocean , and she has a complement if twenty-six oflicers and 209 men. > ho la not an armored ves- el , or oven a protected cruiser , o-called , her only protection being a tccl deck onu and one-half inches thick , vhich extends but four feet below the vater line and is intended merely as a ii'otcction to the machinery and nmga- .Ines. Her armament consists in two 8-lnch and six 0-inch brccchloadlng Hies with rapid fire and secondary latteries. The other available vessels in the 'aclflc are the Mohican , Ranger and \dams , old-fashioned wooden cruisers vhich the secretary of the navy In his nnual report for 1891 referred to is third-rate ships , whoso days jf service wcro numbered. Any it these cruisers would bo wholly use- ess against modern men of war. An other vessel on the Pacific coast is the lontcrey , which Is a double turreted coast defense ship not designed for ex- ondcd service at sea. She is a heavily irmorcd ship , with 12-inch and 10-inch 'Una , and would bo a tremendous oppo- icnt for almost any ship of war alloat. lor striking power is enormous , but she ms little agility. The naval force of Great Britain in the iiclllo is' much superior to that ) f the United States. The for- ner power has at least seven uodorn war ships on the Pacific coast , all of thorn superior to thn Ameri can vessels , and doubtless there are others near Australia , within calling listniice. All of tliom are steel ships hat can fight at a moment's notice. It vill thus bo seen that the United States vould bo at a very great disadvantage , indor present circumstances , in a naval onllict with Great Britian In the Pacific , it if the assurance given by a member ) f the British government in a state- nont to parliament , bo accepted in unreserved expression of the ntentions of that government , the Jnited States does not need any greater 'orce in the Pacific than it now lias. Manifestly , however , if it should bo the lecislon of this government to assume .ho control of the Hawaiian islands , .hereby securing a territorial possession n the Pacific , wo should find it neces sary to maintain in that ocean a much argor naval force than lias over been necessary up to this timo. Doubt less in any event this country will hereafter fool called upon ; o make a moro extensive naval display n the Pacific , for the growing impor- ; unco of our interests in that direction ivill render this necessary. The country is beginning to understand that it is quite as necessary to provide for the pro tection of the western seacoast as for the eastern , and undoubtedly this feeling will grow moro rapidly in the future than in the past. The development of commercial power in the years to como must bo in the extension of our trade re- ' lationswith the countries from which wo are separated by tho'Pacific ocean , and us this development goes on the demand will grow for an increase of our naval strength in the waters that wash our western boundary. For the present there appears to bo no menace to our Interests in that quarter. The only nation from which wo had any reason to apprehend trouble seems disposed not to make any. But in the event that wo assume now obligations in the Pacific wo shall bo compelled to make addi tional provision for their retention and protection. A SAFK AXD VAULT OOTOI'US. Whenever a now trust is formed the announcement of its organization is al ways coupled with a statement that its prime object is to reduce expenses. This is true of the very latest combine among the manufacturers of fire and burg lar proof vaults and safes. Less than a year ago three of the oldest vault and safe manufacturing concerns formed a trust with a capital of $3,800,000 , , which was swelled to a round figure of $1) 000- 000. The eleven remaining safe manu facturing concerns of the first and second end magnitude have just formed a trust with 50,000 sharps of stock , capitalized at another $5,000,000. A confidential prospectus to capitalists has boon issued by the now octopus which contains the following suggestive information. The expenses of several years past have been heavy. Competition has been extreme , and the cutting of prices , with rebates and commissions , has been enormous. Through the formation of this company expenses will bo greatly reduced by uniting cloven estab lishments under ona management ; compel ! tion , hitherto so Injurious as to bo almost destructive , will bo brought within reason able limits , and cuts In prices and excessive rebates will bo done away with altogether. The intrinsic merit of this business need not bo dwelt upon. It Is not n protected indus try and cannot bo unfavorably affected by changes In tlio tariff. The business of man ufacturing llro and burglar proof vaults and safes Is ono of the most sound and sterling of all branches. of commerce. It Is free from any speculative or uncertain feature and is as steady and reliable as any business In existence. Controlling , with one other company with which It has harmonious rola tlons , substantially the whole s.tfo business In this country the company will have ox coptloiml advantages. The great benefits to the stockholders of the new trust , from the combination to which only the Initiated have the key , is pointed out to bo the saving of expenses that will almost insure 20 per cent divi dends on the stock , which will bo swelled materially by an advance Ir prices of vaults and safes. It has been generally believed that the trusts and combinationsamung manufacturers were the natural outgrowth of the system o protection. The now vault and safe trust gives the lie direct to that assumption. Hero wo have a powerful manufacturers trust that boasts of its Independence from all tariff legislation. It is a cDiicontration of capital to crush out competition and raise prices The question presents itself whether anti-trust laws , state and national are u dead letter whenever the law is sot nl doflnnco by powerful corporations mul vast aggregations ot capital. A DVTV'KLL \ \ DOXK. The State Banking Hoard mndo short vork of the applications of foreign loan anil building' ' associations for authority , o do business In Nebraska during the mrrent yoar. An examination of the nws under which the applicants wcro noorporatod confirmed what TllK DUE ms repeatedly shown , that Nebraska nvostors In foreign associations arc vlthout legal means to enforce their Jghts. That Important fact being clearly shown , the board promptly re- looted the applications. v The action of the board Is not only In ac cord with public sentiment In this state ; It s In harmony with the demand for rigid nspectlon and regulation In moat of the lorthorn states. At a meeting of the State Bar association of Illinois recently ho committee on law reform strongly .irged the legislature to enact laws plac ing these Institutions under such safe guards as will check reckless manage- nent and protect Investors. It was shown that the existing law was on- -iroly inadequate. The necessity for state inspection mid regulation was forci bly illustrated in the statement that in Shicngo alone over $110,000,000 was in vested in building associations , and this rast sum , largely the savings of wage earners , had no protection other than .ho honesty and competency of associa tion managers. There are higher considerations than mere local olTcct which call for strict ollloial supervision of building associa tions. The amount of money invested in this country in both classes of loan .mil building associations exceeds the public debt of the United States. The greater part of it is sub ject to state regulation , and is invested locally. Within a few years , however , a class of associations iiavo sprung up whoso operations are not confined to state boundaries. They spread over surrounding states , and by means of well paid , hustling agents se cure a vast amount of business in the aggregate. While differing somewhat as to methods , they are a unit , promising great profits tp investors , and an extremely low interest rate to borrowers. Up to tills time there is nothing to show that these promises have in any instance been fulfilled. On the contrary , there is Incontestiblo evidence that patrons Iiavo been fleeced , that exorbitant sums : ire taken by the olllcors for expenses , and that in not a few eases cited by state olllcors the total earnings and as high as 10 per cent of the principal paid in have been pocketed by the managers. A day of settlement must como. If permitted to go on unchecked by law wo will have in this country a repetition of the frauds committed by London asso ciations. The moment public con fidence is shaken the honest and solvent association will suitor with the dishonest , and years would pass before legitimate corporative asso ciations would roach the present plane of usefulness. The banking board clearly sees the importance of strictly enforcing the law. By adhering closely to its terms , coupled with rigid examination by com petent olllcors , the dishonest must seek other fields of operation , while associ ations incorporated in the state may ba- placed on so fli'm a foundation that the collapse of financial bubbles will not shako them in public confidence. SUSPEXSilON OF 1MM10HATI A. Senator Ilansbrough of North Dakota presents in the current number of the JYbr//t / / Amcriciin Itcview some cogent reasons why immigration should not bo suspended. Ho discusses the matter from a wholly practical standpoint , and his conclusions are well worthy of seri ous consideration. His first proposition is that a seaboard quarantine along the Atlantic coast will not stand as a bar to the entrance of contagious or infectious diseases over the Canadian or Mexican borders. Nor will a complete sus pension of international commerce keep out International plagues unless wo have the co-operation of all the governments in the western hemisphere. Wo may say to the intending emigrant that he shall not como to this country through the ports within our jurisdiction , but ho will easily find a convenient entrance through the Gulf of St. Lawrence , and thence by way of lake and rail to western points In the Dominion , whence ho may enter the United States by as many ililTer- ont cross roads as there are iron posts to mark the miles of the boundary lino. Indeed , ho may como in with equal ease from Montreal or Toronto. In the opinion of Senator Hansbrough , it is unreasonable to suppose that the vessels now engaged In carrying immi grants would go out of business In case of the passage of a suspension act. ' 'Tho companies owning them , " ho says , 'would continue to seek dividends upon their investments , and many of their ships would carry ii.imigrants to the ports north of us. These companies , which are said to bo making rich profits , would not tie up their vessels for a year so long as they could land imml grants in the depots of a great railway company whoso lines , for a distance of D.OOO miles , skirt the borders of the very country in which Europe's millions are seeking homos. " The Canadian Pacific would not refuse to carry Immigrants to western points in order to koopcholora out of Chicago , so that cholera may como into this country by way of Winni peg or the great lake ports desplto the fact of a suspension of immigration by act of congress ; These considerations give force to the argument that a federal quarantine ) sys tem Is necessary to the general protec tion. As Senator Hunsbpough states it , It is unjust to the taxpayers of Now York , Pennsylvania or Maryland to say that they shall pay the expenses of keep ing the cholera out of Chicago , or that the people of Louisiana or Texas shall bo assessed to prevent the spread of yellow fever to the adjoining state o Arkansas. ' 'Those are matters , " says the senator , ' 'that concern the people of the entire country , and the burdci : should bo borne by the general govern ment. " In the opinion of Senator Hans brough , and ho voices a nearly unlvorsa' sentiment , congress should not hesitate to grunt the secretary of the treasury al nccosnary authority to negotiate with the states owning thorn for the control and use of such 'rtttijrantlno ' Institutions and paraphernalia As might bo necessary ' .o cope with an outbreak of any serious jpldemlo thi'cnlttilTf'g the good health of the people nmjf tjio stability of the country's comtuurcq. With a law upon the statute book.8 authorizing u thorough system of national .quarantine , and with ho'power vested in the president to emporarlly suspend Immigration from my foreign porfwhero cholera or any other dangerous HllWcaso might be rag- tig , a law uuthdMalhg a .total suspension of Immigration Ipr ! any length of time vhatovor woulq'ba wholly unnecessary and unwarranted 1 STtlOXO AXTl-MUXOl'Obl' MKASUllK. The most Interesting and Important of recent contributions to the litcra- .uro . pertaining to trusts and combines s the report of the senate committee of .ho Now York legislature In relation to .ho great anthracite coal monopoly. The committee reafllrms the view expressed n previous reports that the Reading Himbinc is contrary to public policy and langcrous to the interests of the state and the welfare of Its people. Putting aside what is said of the need of a vigor- ma and effective enforcement of the Sherman anti-trust law , Ills worth while to consider what is proposed by the com- nittec as a measure for the protection of the people of the Hinplro state against .ho extortionate demands of the coal jarons. The report sots forth that while the evil complained of may bo In part re strained under existing laws , by pro- ceilings either to set aside the leases ere ; o annul the charters of those corpora- : ions of the state which are involved in ; ho combinations , yet by reason of the rnct that the chief parties to the com bination are fordgn corporations , out side of the jurisdiction of the state courts , no adequate remedy against this or similar mischievous combinations can jo had except under federal law and through the courts of the United States. fo this end it is believed that ample pro- islon is made by the anti-trust law of 1890. But for the further protection of the people of the state of New York it is proposed that a law bo enacted prohibit ing any such combination , a substantial monopoly of any article of general neces sity , or the power to control the price thereof. It is urged that a proper ro- traint of such combinations would lie in the extension of the power and authority of the railroad commission of the state , by which that commission would have such jurisdiction , as would enable it to proscribe and enforce conditions in re spect to the price of' coal which would bo equally fair to'thojproducors and the public. ' i The chief points of the bill proposed by the committee'may bo briefly stated. It provides that it shall bo unlawful for any person not having a coal carrier's license to transpprt 'anthracite coal in tended for consumption within the state on any railroad or 'navigable waters ; that it shall bo uhlawful for any person not having a coal'doaler's ' license to sell coal within the state' which is intended for consumption .within the state ; that the licenses of the carriers and dealers shall prescribe the maximum prices to bo charged by them respectively , and that the holder of a seller's license shall deliver the coal sold by him to pur chasers thereof without charge for such delivery. Licenses are to bo issued to carriers and dealers only upon the ap proval of the railroad commission and must bo posted conspicuously in the olllco of the licensee. Any violation of the terms of the license is to bo considered sufficient cause for its revocation by the committee. The maximum price of coal is to bo adjusted by the commission , based upon investi gations of the conditions affecting such prices , which shall bo "fixed so as to af ford only reasonable compensation. Various powers are vested in the rail road commission which provide ample safeguards against evasion of the law , and suitable * penalties are provided for its violation. It is provided that this law shall take effect on September 1 , 18015. The bill has been ordered to a third reading and there is some ground for the belief that it will pass. If it got # through the leg islature there is no doubt that It will bo promptly approved by Governor Flower , who has distinctly put himself on record in favor of a radical measure for the sup pression of the coal monopoly. It may be asked what good such a law in Now York would do in Nebraska and other states not directly affected by it. In the first place it will have a tendency to check the operations of the combine , which are very extensive in the Empire state. In the second place it will sot an example that may bo followed else where. If federal laws provo inade quate , or their enforcement is neglected , the states may enact and enforce laws for their own protection. The fate ol the bill before the Now York legislature - turo will bo awaited with interest all over the country. WHKN the seventh judgeship was cre ated for this district it was anticipated that the dockets of thjs county would bo cleared up and that litigants would not bo compelled to submit to interminable delays in the trial ( ft cases. But the docket which baa just been completed contains 2,327 liases,1 about the same number reported at the beginning of the term last May. There will bo five juries at work during thp February term and the judges hope tf > be ? able to reduce the number of cases con.sidorably during the year. In their cffortjs they will have the support of tho.couimunlty. , TUB trouble at Pin * Rldgo will bo used as an argliuioflt against the ap pointment of army olllcors as Indian agents. But it is not conclusive. No body knows that an outbreak would not have occurred months ago under the old regime. It is also highly probable that Captain Brown , the agent , will bo ublo to qulot matters without further loss of life. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IT IS highly Improbable that the stock shipper and the meat consumer can over agree on the matter of stock yards In spection. The owners of stock do not look with favor upon any official who has power to condemn a steer or a hog adjudged by him to bo diseased. They contend that mich authority vested in any one man IB bound soon to bo abused by him , On the other hand , the general public demands the protection that only in honest Inspect ir can give , and must Iiavo It. The Inspection ysU m Is all [ Ight If honest Inspectors are appointed. The complaint that the Inspector * em ployed to inspect cuttle at Sjutli Omaha ire itUMm | > otent seems to demand inves tigation In order that the ovll may be orrectcd If it really exists. It Is natural , of cour-o , that dealers should criticise any system of Inspection that imposes restrictions upon their trade , but the consumers of American bjof at liome and abroad are entitled to the pro tection which the law contemplates. OXC thing the legislature should do by all means , whatever else It may leave undone , It should pass a law that will prohibit the holding of more than one office federal , state , county or municipal. WYnvrrlmu ( Imperiled. CltlMt/ii Inter vecitn , It Hawaii Is annexed the United States will possess n live volc'iuo , with a crater of enormous capacity , anil General Weaver will have a formidable rival in the calamity spouting business. Women In Politico. IMrittt Free 1'rcnn. The woinon voters of Wyoming Iiavo In dorsed a saloonkeeper for United States mnrslml , iuul seine of the male politicians over the country are talking very sarcas- tieally about the matter. In deference to consistency they had bolter go a littlu slow. Colliipno 'nf u .Monopoly. l'lilttiileli > liU lleeiml. combination having for Us object the control of the products jof brain work would naturally bo antagonized by the keenest work of brains ; with results easily foreseen. The failure1 of the ambitions attempt to organize the business of book publication Into a hugo trust , known as the united States Hook com pany , is not without Its lessons to audacious llnanelcrs and promoters whoso god is monopoly. An liiiporliint i.vonl. iV change of much greater importance than the outward manifestation will occur when , on February SB , the steamship City of Now York sails for Southampton , as the Now York of tbo American line , and under the American Hag. In a short time thereafter , probably within two years , tbo Cramps will , add llvo American built steamships to the licet , two of thorn larger than the Paris and Now York and the others only slightly smaller. Then a bl-weokly service will bo established of the fastest ships In the world. Not the least important feature of the im provement thus brought about is the addi tion of all these fast vessels to the reserve force of the United States navv. The Xmr American Merchant Ship , Xew York Tribune. Not only Is the country to bo congratulated upon a marked advance In American ship ping interests , but also upon the creation of an auxiliary navy of the highest speed and efileicnoy. This lleot of seven or moro twenty- knot steamers of the largest dimensions and the greatest coal endurance will bo available for government service in an emergency. That will bo the most formidable addition to the naval resources of the nation. Everyone ono of the groyjhouuds of peace times can bo transformed into a bloodhound of war. Every ono of these merchant liners sailing under the blue caglo on a white Hag can swoop down upon the commerce of the seas with the promise of the potency of twenty Ala- bamas. From this point of view the ocean mail subsidies can be Justified as a most economical method of creating and maintain ing an auxiliary navy. Kopeul the Shurnmn Act. lion , aeorge F , inUhinu In the February Forum. The time has como for the business com munity to load a contest , regardless of poll- tics , against the spirit of recklessness or In- difl'erenco in which politicians nro dealing with our monetary system. Those who Imvo been making the light in Washington for honest money have made it substantially without co-operation or assistance from the great Interests involved in their contest. Appeals for this co-operation Imvo been met oven to the present day with the statement that if the moneyed interests take an active part in the agitation of public sentiment the cry of "gold bug and moneyed aristoc racy" will bo raised in Washington and will lend strength to the hands of inflation and class prejudice. It is high time that this error gave place to truth. Such a plan of lighting insures defeat. The attack should bo made uot only upon the existing evils in our currency system , but to prevent the rei > - ctltion of compromises which have in the last twenty years only substituted ono ovll for another. The silver law of February 28. 1878 , was a compromise with the greenback and silver inflation sentiment of that time and the silver purchase act of July 14 , 1890 , as a political compromise with the silver interests of the west. SKCULAK SHOTS .IT TllK 1'VU'tT. Washington Post : The jxipo will probably rest easier now that Ur. McGlynn has con sented to say a good word in his behalf. Chicago Mad : The Wisconsin clergymen who object to marrying eloping couples should remember that divorce courts are plentiful and comparatively cheap. Philadelphia Times : liar. Carlos Martyn of Chicago says that the devil sometimes lurks In an editor's inkstand. He probably refers to the inkstand of the man who had to edit the reports of the Briggs trial. St. Paul Pioneor-Prcss : llov Sam Small has challenged Colonel H. U. Ingersoll to a Jawbone contest , presumably for the good of religion and the gate receipts. Hero ought to bo fun enough for a nation , and the ring should not exceed twenty-four feet extreme dimensions. San Francisco Examiner : An Ogden preacher attended a prizefight and then swore out warrants for such of the other spectatorsms ho could recognize. Ho was guilty , in this laudable effort to clovnta the pugilist , of ono grave error. Ho swore out no warrant for his own arrest. St. Paul Pionc6r-Prcss : Judging by the prayers put up by the rival chaplains of the rival legislative bodies In Kansas , a special providence may bo looked for in that locality before long If it is nothing moro than Mor- eutlo's remark. "A plague o' both your houses. " Both of thorn took occasion to make extended arguments In their introduc tory petitions setting forth the merits ol their respective causes and clients. Anaconda Standard : It seems that Mon tana is not the only place where Providence has been Invoked to settle legislative dis putes. The rival chaplains of the rlvsl leg islatures In Kansas took occasion In their prayers the other day to make extended ar guments lor their respective sides. It will bo a source of deepest regret to sincere Christian people everywhere that clergymen can bo found who will demean themselves and tholr profession for ? ! per prayer. Now York Sun : The Kov. Dr. Abbott ol Plymouth church makes the declaration thai though ho has sometimes been applauded while preaching , It Is not the habit of his Hock to cheer these passages of his sermons which they like. Wo still maintain , how ever , that if cheering is to bo permitted in church at nil , it must bo brought under knowing leadership and Indulged in with moderation , ft must not bo boisterous or exciting or exhausting , and anything llko a eat call must bo prohibited under penalty of extrusion. San Francisco Examiner : Dean Hart of Denver is at the head of a movement for the closing of Sunday theaters. Thus far the results Imvo consisted of n riot and manj broven heads , the dean escaping by the back door. Any movement steered by Uov. Hart is bound to find trouble. Ho has lived In this country several years , but refuses to become n citizen and boasts of this circum stance. Ho ulso rofuscs to read American papers , awaiting the arrival of the London Times to ascertain the result ol presldejTlal elections in the United States. Without re gard to the merits of the cause , which the dean will continue to represent as soon as the mob permits him to return. It may bo said that ho is not Just the leader about whom American citizens will cluster with enough enthusiasm to bo uudiblo to the naked car. i'ioriK o I'tulcrmvukl claims that ho 1ms frequently npont tin hour over ono bar. No wonder ho lid not Imvo time to get his hair cut. Governor Unveiling of Kansna , llko Oar- leld , found the towpath , ono that led to for- lunu. There appear * to bo no other jwlnt of lartlcular resemblance between them , how- nvr. lr W. W. Alley , who died nt Moravia , N. . , n ivl IU years , was the oldest liomeo- iit : hie physician In the country. Ho had been m continuous practice for sixty-six years. Unw Partner IJIssoll of Huffalo , mentioned is possible attorney general , appears to lave nil the generous avoirdupois generally associated with the highest typo of demo cratic statesmanship. Lieutenant Tolten tound that his army duties Intcrfcrred with his bringing the world to an end. Helms therefore thrown up his commission , and will give his time ex clusively to wrecking the universe. PetTer will not feel so very eompanlonle.is when he catches sight of the board of Sen. itor Mitchell of Wisconsin. They are also alike in the fact that their heads are bettor suited to the growth of hair than Ideas. State Senator Frank M. McC.owan of the California legislature , will not accept his salary for time spent elsewhere than at the state capital , and said , when urged to have Ills brother appointed to n position on the legislative pay roll : "Not while I am a sen itor. " American Hoar and Eagle Elk , two Sioux Indians , who were taken to Sydney , N. S. W. , as part of a sort of wild west show , are In the hands of the | iollco at that place. They broke their contract , then went broke themselves , and soon Joined the profession of tramps. Bishop Brooks was ono of the fastest talkers In the country. In the pulpit or on the rostrum his delivery would average over -00 words a minute. There were verv few shorthand men who could take him at all. Not many of his sermons , therefore , who re ported verbatim In the newspapers. Christopher Benson , "the pioneer engine driver of the United States , " as ho Is called , is an inmate of the Philadelphia hospital. Although a servant of the railroads for llfty- iilno years , he is now dependent on charity. Ho Is eighty years of age , and still enjoys fair health. Ho held the throttle of the first engine ever brought into this country the " .lolm Bull. " That was on May ! ! 7 , IS'.ti , and over the Albany & Schenectady railroad. The late Justice Lirnnr , until a year or so ago. had a mostiremarkablo memory. Ho could repent won ! for word the speeches of the great orators which he had road and passages from authors unknown to others than students like himself. Ho rarely erred In a quotation and ono might have 'said of him. as Lord Melbourne Is credited with having said of Macaulay , " 1 wish 1 were as cock-sure of any ono thing as ho Is of o very- thing. " //.sr.s ! j-Vfo.w H.I.iis j/oit.v. All lies are great travelers. Tim riches that run to us soon Hy away. The greatest of all duties is the present ono. ono.A A bad man hates the things that can do him good. When we try to please everybody wo shall pica so nobody. No wound can hurt so badly as the ono In- HIetcd by a friend. A Ho turns palo whenever U finds out that truth is on its track. Beware of the man whoso wife Is always saying ho has no faults. It is easier to backslide nt camp meeting than it Is in a shipwreck. There are too many people who nro only pious when things go right. The world Is full of heroes whoso names will never bo known In this lifo Seine people will sell tholr souls very cheaply4or the promise of spot cash. No man 1ms over yet been able to climb Into heaven on n ladder of his own make. If you stop to debate any questionable matter with the devil ho will outwit you. The kind of rollgion that warms and cheers is the kind that is full of sunshine. , If stinginess Is a discaso there are n good many people in the church who are not healthy. It Is moro than likely that in going to the marriage the live foolish virgins were at the head of the procession. onus Axn nyns. The obituary editor has been overworked during January. Mrs. Lease has declined to Join Mr. Peffcr in the United States Benatebut she'll always bo a sister to him. A stranger at Bnttc , Mont. , shot down two actors without apparent provocation. They had probably been singing "On the Bowery. " Since the recent visit of the editor of the New York Sun to Palestine the old biblical quotation has been slightly modincd in this country , and is now "From Dana to Bcer- sheba. " GovcrnoriPennoyer of Oregon won't allow the state's cannon to bo 11 red in celebration of the inauguration. The people of Oregon had hotter wait philosophically until the end of Pcnnoyor's term and then lire him. War and glory have been costly things to Franco. Between Hfti and 1815 she sacri ficed one-half of the 4,500.000 soldiers whom she sent to flght her battles. War has cost her iu this century not far from 0,000,000 lives. A town In southern Georgia claims to Iiavo the meanest man in the country. Ho recently gave a load of wood to a poor widow , then hired n colored man to steal It and return it to him , and then had the colored man ar rested for theft and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. ' SftOV T.IXH3. To Undo Samt Hawaii Ktmlwrtdi : ) " " . " . ' . ' "oflor.'Vild the modlral Militant , "N a blind man apt to bo an Idiot 1" " \ \ hy , no , What makm you ask that } " "I w adage says ; 'Out of Right , out of IndlannpolU.Tournali Knelled Small Hey Oh , Mr. Ollloer , the barbnr 'round thocornor Jnit now swallowed Ms rarorl onioerMctlobli If yet. xriill swear to that , 1 II run him In t'r concealed wocplni. New Orleans t'loayuriui A discarded oniel.il standing about It out ot place. Iloston Couriers Tbo man who Is gro.T- Ing In weight generally "makes light of It. " Philadelphia Tiniest Whatever may bo said of a sweetheart she can't bo too good to bo true. lloMon Transcript : Hicks N that yotirdon ? I suppose you cou-ddur him Allcks -Oh , no ; ho Is K'J. Atchlson ( llnbn : Kvery uninarrlod woman says she wouldn't stand n , and every mar- rlcil woniandocsHtand It. SlftliiKs : "It must have boon droadfullr hard to wear ilioto old .mills of armor , " "YoS. they Iiavo the appearance of Mug hardware.1 riillaiU < lpbla Iteennl : "Aro these etuari stroiiK'usked tbo man of the eltfnr ileiuor , "Are they1/ " replied the bit lor "well , yon just try to pull on onu and you'll xeo If they ai-o. " Harper's Ilar.ar : "I can't understand It , " said Mr. ( Ittwumr al the gas otlli-c "Last month my bill was f 10 , and this month It N Jil. : ) 1 haven't burned a bit morn gas t bU month than 1 did last. Now , how In tliu natuu of honesty do yon account for that ? "You dldu t pay last month's bill , " said lliu clei k. Philadelphia Itecord : "That will dn for the present , " us the young man remarked as h paid fora box of cheap candy for his sweet heart's birthday gift. Truth : Klr.st Wife-Well. Mrs. llrown Unowj wheru her husband Is every mlnuto in the day. Second Wife That's the kind of a husband I would like to have. How does she manage Itf 1'lr.si Wife She had him sent to Sing sMug for bigamy. llAl'll ) TltANSIT 1IIVI , . iYcic li rk Itreimltr. "Move up , " the fierce condui'tor crlos , And thu man. In fear , obeys ; lliu the woman fashionably garbed Ueposes nowadays. And the man will hardly blame her However much he grieves 1'or she needs a couple of seats at least , Ui she will spoil her sleeves. TICO lil.\XKHS. ur the SnnilniIlee. . A couple of .sinners , either white , l.ny In thu gnlter one .stormy night , I'or the spirit of ovll. Impartial t sin Had opened their stomachs anil Uunlilcd In. Hut money makes ovll a quick Mooting franco And the uoll loaded sinner llshed down In hit pantH , When to ! At the twlnk of a jacl.rabbit's eye The star laden olllcer let him go by. Hilt poverty , fished with a tnekle of hope , And niiii'Kled bis chops In a hard prison dope , On ditches and crossings ho .iluivulcd and picked \Vhllo money rolled over in luxury tricked. Then poverty tumbled from evil to rot , And everyone called him a misshapen "sol " Hut iiionny , though doing precisely the same , ! ? omohow or other evaded the name. And nionoy.when poverty pleaded for hlro , 1'uered Into his face with a hell given llru. Cast from humanity , womlorlng why Poverty had but onu mission to dlo. Nobody know him ; nobody wept , Stealthily under the roso.s bo crept. Neither a sprig nor a stonu at his head , Heaven his destiny ; nature bU bed. Monry In mohlorhig scattered a mile , KollXwod hy carriages , chanted by .stylo , I'ol with corruption , opulence masked , Still , In the pulpit his virtues are basked. Weighted with marble from * vormlnor mousa , Money lies rotting In money's own huuso. 1'latterlng eulogies , clerical lies , t'arved by the mason , whom opulence buys. Money ! Oh money ! Tbo devil's own tooll With thvo , a slnnur ! without thue , a drowll U. V. l-'HAiir. A 111XT If HUM I'AHIS. European Edition A'eie rurlt tfemld. A WAI.KI.NO TOILET. Black felt hat. trimmed with red ribbons ) cloak of terra cotta vigogne with an ompleco ment of Jet passementerie , edged with won- sol fur , from which falls an eflllo of Jot. A weasel fur collar. ca Largest Manufacturer ! un'l UoUllorj ufOlotulnslu tuoYorlO. . V Speaking of Fires , I'm right in line on that question and the weather doesn't bother me a little bit. My establishment is run regardless of expense. Cost cuts no figure. " Same way with B , K. & Co. in the great remodeling sale. No attention is paid to cast. The one desire is to get rid of as much of the stock as possible before the workman take possession of the store. Our own m'ake , all wool men's suits are now $8.50 ; other gradesat same relative prices. Boys' suits , $2,00 and up. Pants , $1.50 , all fine , modern , this season's goods. Look us over this week BROWNING , KING & CO. , bPaPturdayrirtmTonln3 " " ! SCOF , 15tll dllll DOUgldSSt