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THE OMAHA DAILr BEE : SUNDAY , JANUARY II , 1891-STXTEEN PAGES. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. li UOatlWATKK , Kdltor. IMMIUHHKI ) BVBIIV MOBNtNO. TT.tlMS OP SUnsCUIl'TION. . Ittltlinnl Suml.iyJ Ono Ye.-ir . $ R JJJ Dnllr nnil Similar. OnoYi-ur . 1" "J six Months . Tliiw Month * . H X Hiinfi.iy lire , Ono Vi-.ir . ? I'L nnltinfny live Ono Yo.ir . . . . * 5 ; Week IJ-IITO , Ono Viinr . ° 5 OFFICES. . Oninh.r Tim tt < v nullitliir. . . HomliOmnh.i ( 'oniiTN anil Twenty-fourth slroolii. Council UliitlH. 12 tv.irl nip * * ! . rhlenim Onico , 317 ChamlMT nf Commerce. NPW York , ronnm 1:1. : 1 tniid 13. Tribunebulwlne WnnliliiiMuti. Mil KiMirlwiilli HlrocU COKUKSI'ONllKNCB. All ronmiimlrnlloim ri'lnUiw lonow * and < MI- lortal matter should bo nililrwwwl : To the Ldltor. IlUSINBHS LKTTKltS. All IniMficH * Irlli-ift ami rninUtmiccn nhoulit bo mlilrPHwt m Tlio Iloo lMibllhliiifeoiiip.-iny.Omniin. IirnflM. eliri'UH mill PoMoWrh orders to bomniio liayabln to the onlrr of Dm romr'aiiy. TIM : IIKB I'tniMHIIING COMl'ANY. BWOUN BTATKMKNT OF CIUCOLATION. Bind ! of Xi > l > rnHtci : , I County of UoilelilH. ( Ui-onrn II. Txicluich. Bccretnry ol TIIK HKK I'lih- Uniting nnmpany , iliii-n Milctmily owi-ar tliat llio actual ulruiilatlnii of Tin : IMH.r IlitB for tlio week onillnir January III , 1H1II , was an followx : Huml-iy. January 7 . ' ' ' . Si ! ! ? Monday January H . . " -'Si Twwlaj January II . SS.BJ > Wednesday. January 10 . 'J'v2HJ ! Tliurwlnv , January 11 . ' ' ' "Si ! Friday. January 12 . ' - ' ' - ? ! ! ; : Saturday , January 111 . 2.1. 17 J IJEO. 11. Tzsrnirc-K. , * . Sworn to bi-fc.m mi- and BiihHcrltH-iI In [ my tirivtciieo ililn Kith day of January , ' iht i. N. r. FKII. , Notary I'nb'lo. ( 'irniiliitloii for Jl'.UKY Sl.Ml'SON Claims to Ilnil tllO peopled party Htandlng on a platform pledged to tlio principle ofrco trade. Jerry ought to read the platfrom. ANY legitimate business ontcfprlso which will insure work for the unem ployed inoohunhw and laborers of this city will nii-ot public approbation. Tun distress and destitution existing throughout the country do not seem to Imvo Interfered perceptibly with the round of social gayeties participated in by olllclal circles in Washington. Two iii'XT.NT cases of diphtheria uro directly traceable to a stagnant pond on west Dodge street , where a dairyman breaks the ice to water his cows. An inspection by a health olliuor is in order. TT is said that some of the city olllcials claim title to ofllco for two years to come because the mayor failed to name tbolr Hiiccessors at tlio council meeting last Tuesday. These misguided olllcials are sorely in need of sound legal advice. A CllK'ACiO packing house is furnish ing free meat for soup for the unem ployed and destitute of that city. The generous donation is made through the public relief committees. This is prac tical charity with the genuine rintr. Tim committee on ways and means lias decided to raise the internal reve nue tax on whisky to 81 per gallon. The price of whisky by the glass , however , will remain unaltered so long as water is to be had at the present cheap rates. THAT Hawaiian matter must bo a weighty imrdon on President Cleveland's inlnd ; otherwise ho might have been ex pected to withhold his latest message until it eoujd bo communicated at the muno time to'both house and senate on Monday. IN ACCHi'TiNO bids for aupplios the county commissioners have given prefer ence to Nebraska dealers and manufac turers. In this way the money of the taxpayers gets right back into local trade channels , working a twofold beno- ilt to merchants and manufacturers. It always pays to patronize home industries and institutions. 1'OSTMASTKK HKSINO Of Chicago threatens to move out of Ills quarters unless the department takes immediate stops to place them in a safe condition. Tills must not. bo taken to moan that lie intondii to give up his position as post master on that account. Nothing but death or removal can force a democrat out before his term expires. TUB export moat trade of the South Omaha packing houses is assuming mammoth proportions. Thus arc Omaha institutions being advertised all over Europe. Wo are rapidly acquiring a world-wide reputation as a great com mercial center. This city is being lifted up in the llnanoial world to the eminence enjoyed by the leading cities of America. So LONG as the tribes inhabiting In dian Territory do not take kindly to the plan of incorporating them into Okla homa and admitting the latter into the union , congress will dovoll not to force statehood upon them. This is the best evidence that could bo adduced that the territory is not yet ready for etatohood. Lot it remain on probation u while longer. Y SIMPSON'S spoctuetular display of a tattered overcoat on the floor of the house was no doubt inspired by the episode during the Mills bill disoiifsion , when Congressman McKinley Haunted in the face of his. democratic opponents an all wool suit of clothes which ho had bought for $10 in Congressman AloiWs Btoro at Itoston. Simpson is merely Irv ing to turn McKinloy'8 Idea against the McKinley bill. Tin : HKK is in receipt of a number of letters from merchants in.country towns complaining that tlio coal oil jobbers in Omaha are shipping them Inferior oils and will not listen to their protests. Wo advise all such dealers throughout the state to Imvo a competent chemist inspect the oil and make the result of Biioh inspection public. The law 1m- ] > oses a penalty for the sale of inferior or dangerous kerosene. FHKK silver vengeance against Di rector of the Mint Preston fulled to ma terialize when that olllclal's name came up before the senate for confirmation. The old cry that ho is part and parcel wj , Jj ! ho Wall street conspiracy tu down the white metal could not avail ngulast an officer who had been attend ing strictly to hla own business since lie wax installed .In oontrol of the mint. Tha freoallrar aphorta will save their utrength to fljht it out on uomo other lino. A wmux ci/i/t/rr No city In the country found Itself so helpless to capo with thu problem of the unemployed precipitated by the recent depression of trade as Chicago , nnd no city In the country , If reports are to bo believed , has so promptly shouldered the task thrust upon it nnd with such good results. The stories of heartrending destitution which emanated from that source only n few wcekM ago depleted n condition of affairs that was certainly u disgrace to any American city. The number of the unemployed was variously estimated to bo over lf > 0- 000. Thousands wore begging from house to house and repairing to the city hall and police stations for lodgings , whore they wore accommodated with a few square feet of the stone floors cov ered with n reeking tnns.-j of helpless humanity. The free soup houses , opened on the impulse of the moment , were thronged with a' hungry horde. ChtirchcH wore opened to afford shelter to the homeless , who threatened to over tax the available resources of charity. Editor Stead attended public meoMngs nnd heaped-vilo epithets upon the people ple of Chicago for permitting such an exhibition of poverty In their midst reproaches no doubt in many instances well deserved. The first stop required in grappling with any omorgcm-y of this kind is or ganization , and organization has proved to be the key in this particular case. The previously existing charitable so cieties wore all utilized in their own fields , but wore llrst co-ordinated into a harmoniously acting sot of bodies. Tlio newly-formed Central Relief association took charge of the outdoor work with the congested population of the city hall and police static n floors , together with a gom-ral supervision over tlio other organ izations. With the abolition of the free soup houses and the enforcement of the work test the number of applicants for relief quickly melted away by at least a half. The system employed is To give meal antl lodging tickets for labor in cleaning the streets for n prescribed number of hours and to supply necessary articles of clothing in return for extra hours of labor. Under these regulations 2,000 men wore at llr.sl furnished with work that is of considerable value to the city and that at the sumo time avoids competition with other honest laborers. Many-of the men Imvo been able either to return to their homes or to secure morn remunerative employment , until at present less than 1,500 able-bodied men are dependent upon the Central Relief association for support. At tlio same time the work of assisting the unemployed women , the sick and those able only to earn inadequate wage-j is assiduously pursued by'the different so cieties which are devoted to these pur poses and which have had the dflTeront Holds marked oil to them. The lesson of Chicago's experience with poor relief is the lesson of all such experiments. Systematic and organized charities must take the place of sporadic nnd isolated movements. It is abso lutely necessary that each charitable society know what the other is doing if a waste of energy is to bo avoided. For outdoor relief of able-bodied men , particularly of those who are .strangers in the community , Rome kind of a work test is required to prevent the encouragement of voluntary idleness , and this work must bo applied whore it will not drag down other laborers who are still employed. And finally it teaches that obtrusive poverty is not the only poverty. Hidden poverty is often tlio more in need o ( assistance. The unemployed who have homes in the community have greater claims than the passing stranger nnd are too often reluctant to ask for help. This most worthy class of the destitute should not bo overlooked. .rl I'LKA FOll FftKK A HT. The National Free Art league , whoso membership embraces o'ovon ' hundred artists of America , besides hundreds of persons interested in art , has made an appeal to the press of the country to support the free art clause of the now tariff bill. The circular of the league says that American artists think it of importance to the nation that , as in other civilized countries , works of art should bo invited to , and not repelled from , our shores , on account of their educational value for our people in gen eral and especially for our artists and artisans. It is argued that , an our artists desire protection , the only excuse for so unusual a tax as that on works of art lies in their designation as luxuries , but as paintings and sculp tures are not subject to the merely per sonal use and private consumption of their owners , as they furnish example , instruction and inspiration to others than their owners , their taxation as luxuries would bo a .singular error. The league offers six reasons for the abolition of tho-duty on works of art. It is not in the nature of a protective tax , because it 1ms no beneficial effect upon domestic production , nor does U stimulate the sale of domestic works of art. As a revenue tax it is of no con sequence and the small amount derived from it could bo spared without injury to the government. It is not a tax upon luxury , but a tax upon edu cation. Works of art are not consumed by the rloh. They remain as part of the permanent wealth of the country , the best of them becoming In the end the property of public institutions , in this way contributing to the promotion of general artistic culture and develop ment. No other country of equal rank with the United Status in civilization levies suoh a tax upon works of art , such countries , on the contrary , recog nizing art as a factor in public educa tion. Finally , It Is resented by the artists of other countries and places our own artists who are studying auroatl In a diflloult and ungracious position , slnco they enjoy equal privileges with foreign artists in the schools of art and the museums of Europe. Those are cogent reasons which should be conclusive with intelligent and unprejudiced people. This paper has always advocated the abolition of the duty on art. It has con tended that the maintenance of this tax Is a roprcnch to the country. .However defensible it may have been during the war and for a few years after , when the government was compelled to got rove nuo from every possible source , there has boon for the last twenty years , nt least , no oxcuao for retaining it , and th" fact that it 1ms boon retained is duo to the olwtlnacy of the senate. The tariff on works of art was abolished In the original drafts of both the Mills nnd the McKinley bills nnd in both cases the senate was rcsonslblo [ ) for maintaining a duty on art , though it wun reduced by the present tariff law to 15 per cent , half the former duty. As already observed , the revenue from this Bourco is Inconsiderable , It affords no protection to American artists , who are practically unanimous in asking that It be abolished , and , in short , there Is not a single useful purpose served by it , while us American artists themselves point out It places such of them as are studying abroad in the unpleasant posi tion of accepting benefits from foreign artists against whom this government .constantly discriminates. There can be no question that the enlightened senti ment of the country Is In favor of abolishing the duty on art. HUSStAN TIHSTI.K KHIIII.ISKA. According to a bulletin of the agri cultural experiment station , prepared by Prof. Hossoy of the University of Nebraska , the Russian thistle , which is attracting considerable attention from the authorities at Washington , both in congress and out. has already made noteworthy inroads into this state. Originating somewhere In eastern Eu rope or western Asia , it has been known and dreaded for many years In various parts of Russia Its introduction Into the United States dates nt least fifteen years back , when it was discovered to bo growing in South Dakota , having been brought there , it is supposed , in flaxseed - seed that had been imported from Eu rope. The Russian thistle that has made its appearance In Nebraska must have come by way of South Dakota. Of the twenty-four counties from which in formation of its existence has been secured , the greater part of them stretch along the northern boundary of the state , although scattered traces of the weed are to be found as far south as tlio Kansas line , and it has very probably reached other counties from which no returns have boon made. The natural mode of propagation of the Russian thistle is by the winds roll ing it along with its innumerable seeds in all directions. The mature plant Is described as more or less spherical in shape and consisting of many elongated branching twigs , which trrow outward nnd1 upward from the root. At first reddish , it bleaches out as the seed ripens , and finally becomes almost white. The larger specimens are from two to three feet in diameter. Each twig and branch is covered on all sides by hard , stout prickles , sharp and irritating to the touch , tlio prickles being in threes. The seed rests upon the upper side of the base of each throe prickles , about ten in number to the inch , and reaching into the thousands on every well grown plant. The root breaks oil in the early part of the winter and leaves the branches free to roll away , scattering the seeds promiscuously on its path. It seems to have been aided in its spread by securing a footing in stock cars , for it is upon this theory-thai its presence in South Omaha and more southern points upon various railway lines is ex plained. Of course this weed , like other similar weeds , can bo exterminated by destroy ing the plant before the seed has rip ened. Farmers will only bo consulting their own interests in keeping it off of their fields , but it must also be destroyed where it appears along the 'highways or uncultivated lands. The Nebraska statutes as they now stand enjoin it upon the land owner to mow down the Canadian thistle growing upon his premises and adjoining highways , and impose penalties upon those who know ingly suitor it to spread unhindered. The Russian thistle demands at least the same heroic treatment. A general onslaught cannot fail to check the troublesome post. THE LAW IIKGAROING nOKDS. It is the opinion of the chairman of the house judiciary committee , con curred in , it appears , by leading lawyers on the democratic side , that the secre tary of the treasury can issue bonds under the act of 1875 only for the pur pose of redeeming outstanding treasury notes. That is to say , ho could not law fully use any part of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds for meeting the current expenses of the government. This is a view of the question which it would seem had not occurred to Secre tary Carlisle , or ono which ho does not accept , but if it is entertained to the extent - tent indicated by democratic members - bors of congress ult is likely to bo fatal to his proposal for an issue of bonds under an amendment to existing law. It is evident from the report of the secretary of the treasury that he did not see any legal difficulty in the way of an issue of bonds , as authorized by the re sumption act , for the purpose of supply ing deficiencies in the revenues and pro viding for the obligations of the govern ment. He quoted this section of the act of 1875 : "To emiblo the secretary of the treasury to prepare and provide for tlio redemption in this act authorized or required , ho is authorized to use any surplus revenues from time to time In the treasury not otherwise appropri ated , and to issue , sell and dispose of , nt not loss than par in coin , cither of the descriptions of bonds of the United States dooribod in the act of con gress approved July M , 1870 , entitled 'An Act to Authorize the Refunding of the National Debt.1" The bonds do- Burlbcd in the latter act would carry higher rates of interest the least rate being 4 per cent and run for longer periods than Secretary Carlisle believed necessary at the present time in order to bell bonds , and ho recomm'omlod an amendment to the law authorizing him to issue and sell , at not loss than par in coin , bonds to an amount not exceeding $200- 000,000 , bearing a lower rate of interest and having a shorter time to run than those now provided for , "and that he be permitted to use , ' from time to time , such part of the proceeds as may bo necessary to supply any doll- oloiiules in the public revenues that may occur during the fiscal years IS'Jl and 18H5. " It is thititrtbvloMs that the secre tary of the trcnJlU'y- presumably , also , the prosldoTi.nnd other members of the administration regarded exist * Inglawnsglvlnft ample authority for Issuing bonds afi'tf using the proceeds from their sale fos.'othor ' purposes than that of rodoomlti'g'.gutstandlng treasury notes. If the vtawof the chairman of the house judiciary committee and most of his colleagues ) ' is correct the rec ommendation W Secretary Carlisle In the matter"may bo dismissed as valueless ' Hnd in order to provide for an Issue of bonds now losrls- latton will be necessary. At any rate , to avoid controversy , this would seem to bo the wiser course. A bill introduced by Representative Hartcr of Ohio , and referred to the com mittee on ways and meii'iH , uppears to fully answer the requirements of the situation. This gives the secretary of the treasury full power to issue and sell , in such amounts and in such manner as ho deems wise , and at .such prices as ho sees fit , but not below par'whenever ho considers It necessary in order to main tain a proper reserve or to provide funds for the payment of any debt duo or about to become duo and pay able by the United Stales , bonds bearIng - Ing interest at the rate of II per cent per annum , payable somi-annu.illy , nnd which .shall run for the period of thirty years , but each bond shall contain a provision by which it may become due and payable earlier and at any time the United States shall fix after said bond has run for the period of twelve months or more. Such a bond would undoubt edly be readily taken by our own people to the extent of $200,000,000 , the amount which the secretary of the treasury suggested ho be allowed to issue. ALL IK 1Ur Il.lXl > < UP COXU11RS8. With only a few lines of explanation and without n word of comment Presi dent Cleveland yesterday transmitted to congress all the correspondence relating to tlio Hawaiian Imbroglio , except ono dispatch. In this the assurance given to congress in tlu > special message re lating to this subject , that it would bo given all the information received by the executive department of tlio govern ment as soon as possible , has been ful filled and the president has manifested his entire willingness to lot the country know all that has taken place in connection with this troublesome and unfortunate issue. It is obviously the desire of Pi'oftidcnt Cleveland to drop the matter as far as it is practicable for him to do so , and it will bo well and satisfactory to the.1 country if congress shall conclude to at once terminate the controversy. i The most interesting part of this in formation is the reply of the provisional government to the request of the Amer ican minister that' ' it surrender the offices and permit the restoration of the monarchy.- is n courteous and well-written document , in which the provisional - government declines to recognize tlio right of the president of the ] .United States to interfere in the domestic1 , affairs of Hawaii and 'declare' their purpose to maintain their position from a "sense of duty nnd loyalty to / the bravo men whoso commissions wq hold , who have faithfully stood by us in the hour of trial , and whoso will is the only earthly authority wo recognize. " They do not abandon the idea of annexation , but propose to wait patiently for a political change in this country , which they hope will bo moro favorable to their plans. So far as our diplomatic rela tions with Hawaii are concerned there is nothing more to bo done with a view to affecting political affairs thoro. If the provisional govern ment is able to maintain itself , as seems probable , it will bo permitted to do so. What sort of expression may proceed from congress it is impossible to say , but itsliould do no moro than warn for eign governments against any inter ference , and indeed this is all it can do with any effect. BOTH the great mercantile agencies agree that business everywhere through out the country shows an encouraging gain. The Improvement , it is true , is tardy and slow in coming , but it is of a kind upon which hopes of continuous progress may be based. It Is thought that the lowest ebb of depression has been left well behind and that the move ment is one of steady advance. Exports venture to say that if nothing happens to seriously interfere the industry of the country will have returned to a normal condition when spring sots in. All this is certainly well calculated to dispel any dismal forebodings which business men may have been harboring and to encourage an expansion of trade as boon as circumstances will wart ant. Americans never stay in the dumps longer than is absolutely necessary. The weekly reports on the condition of business may bo watched with reason able expectation of further improve ment. AN IMPHKSSION jihas been created among working people that this city should build nnd o\vn the union depot. This is impracticable. Article xii of the constitution of this state provides that "no city or otj o'r subdivision of the state shall over become the owner of stock or any 'portion or interest in any railroad oi'jjrivato corporation or association. " 'IJhis provision could not bo repealed or /modified before the first of January , $ ) , unlosj the legis lature is called in.special session to sub mit the proposition at the next general election , and it canji < U bo repealed 1m- fore 1807 if the goypi'Jior does not call n special session. There is no certainty , moreover , that suoh.a proposition would receive a majority of all the votes cast In the state , oven if it was submitted. GHANOKLT.OK VON C'Ai'iim's opinion that renewed attempts to secure an in ternational agreement for the establish ment of u bimetallic monetary system would for the present bo unsuccessful means that the German government U determined In Its opposition to such a movement. It became clear that noth ing could bo accomplished in this direc' lion at the time of the Brussels confer ence , and notwithstanding the momen tous changes slnco then there Is no rea son to believe that there have boon any conversions among the government * that participated in that conference President Cleveland's ' recommendation that the reconvening of the conference bo indefinitely postponed wns evidently based on a knowledge of the European situation. Tin : long-drawn controversy between State Auditor Moore and World's Fait Commissioner Garneau Is no nearer set tlement than when hostilities first broke out. Their contention has been np pealed to the supreme court for arbitra tion. When the case Is reached it is hoped that the powers of the commis sioner may bo fully defined and that the auditor's course may bo made plain to the end that the whole mutter may be soon adjusted and forgotten. There is little in Nebraska's participation in the great exposition which our people can congratulate themselves upon , nnd the sooner the subject , may be consigned to oblivion the better for all concerned. A.v INDIANA clergyman has remitted $ . ' 100 to the commissioner of pensions at Washington as partial payment in re funding a pension which ho acknowl edges to have been secured for injuries which he in fact never sustained. This suggests ono way in which the treasury difficulty might bo recouped. Should alt who have secured pensions to which they were not fully entitled or of which they are not in any great need become repentant and return the sums taken from the treasury the extent of the prospective deficit might bo materially lessened. TUB Board of Education has increased its secretary's force , thus increasing the salary list of his office , in order that the accounts of the superintendent ol buildings may bo property kept. But it goes on paying the superintendent the old salary , although for less work than formerly demanded of him. This is economy with n vengeance. The super intendent of buildlngrs became an ex pensive luxury long ago. A cheaper man can perform the duties now that they have been shorn Of the arduous task of keeping his accounts straight. MM Clmrltiihlc. JfiiineajHid * Tlmtt. Just how far a man may bo held to bo his brother's'keeper it may bo dlfllcult to de- tcnnlno but mere Is no doubt that every man should be his brother's Keeper to tlio extent ol cncournginK him to keep up his gpod resolutions. Thoughtlessness Is re sponsible for a great ( lent of sin au.l suflcrini : aiut sorrow In this world. I3ittcr , indeed , would bo the reflection of a man if in after years ho should trace back to nn idle Now Year's jolco on good resolutions the moral and physical ruin of one whom ho had culled u friend. . o. Thu llrltUh lliiciihoo. Chtraoo Ilcralil. When American flluustcrcrs wnnt to Rot popular approval of an unconstitutional act they invariably rnisn tlio bugaboo of the British llap. The jingo party threaten that if we do not annex Hawaii England will. They forgot that a Britisti admiral annexed the islands on a well known occasion , and was told by his government to droii them forthwith. England has no moro use than wo for volcanoes , lepers and- the most mixed assortment of humanity ever gathered in any part ot tlio world. Thn IVIrpluiiio Clncli. , WnticiuI ) ( * Journal. The last of the Bell telephone catcnts ex pires January HO , but that is only the re ceiver patent ; the transmitter patents can not bo appropriated by anybody until the Berliner patent question has been decided , nnd there is no telling when that will bo. Dr. Boll will remain master of the situation for sDmo time longer , probably. The not income of the company in 189i ! was § 3,411- 074.7S. and it is estimated that 18Uiwill : show a 0 per cent increase. There's money in tlio 'phone for the Bell company. Coal KvflnurccH of Wyoming. Denver Itcimbltcan. The annual report of the Wyoming inspector specter of coal mines shows that the coal output of that state is a little more than half of Colorado's output. The chief pro ducer is the Union PaeiJio road. Wyoming is riuh in coal und whoa it obtains hotter rail facilities for the shipment of the prod- nut of its mines to market , the output will bo increased no doubt. In this connection it nmy bo said that Wyoming has a great deal of iron also , nnd that the tlmo will come when the production of iron will be a great industry in that state. The abun dance of coal will make it practicable to smelt the iron ore. Adrlcn to .Mlllionulrcs. Jientcr Ttir.e * . The millionaire of today is tlio most for tunate mini on earth. There never has boon a tune in the history of the country when a man with n million could sift so much sun shine in the shadows here below. There never wns a time when a million would go so far and create so much rapture. Try it. It la wood to lay up treasures In tliu realms wlioro they won't ru-it , And to llgiiroon the future ; It. Is good tn put your trust In Him who niailu thu unlvurso. It will not hurt , I know , To sift a llttlo sunshine In the siiadows here bolow. OMAHA'S t'HUSi'KCra JfUIi 18'J-I , Extension public works. Improvements at stock yards. Building of a boot sugar factory. Erection of a publio market house. Completion of work nt Fort Crook. Construction of the Metropolitan Union depot. Work on the federal building to begin enlarge largo sialo. Terminal construction by Interstate nnd Torminul company. l'Olfff.1 OX I'JtUtlllKSS. Tlio world's sugar crop is 0,000,000 tons. At Montreal a telephone costs f (0 ( a year. Americans cat Ifi.UOO.OOO bushels of onions n year. The United States today produces moro thun ono-third of tlio world's supply of coal , iron ere , pig iron and steel. The western hemisphere , Having but 8 par ciint nf the population of the world , has IW.-IS'J miles of railroad , M pot- cent of the niileago of tlio world. Franco is about to issue postal cards in the form of check books , with stubs. The sender can make memoranda of their contents on tlio stub , which may ho stamped at tlio poatofllco , giving a verified record of the correspondence. Ono art that seems to have greatly Im proved within the past twentv-llvo years is that of annealing glass. Tno lamp chlmno.va of today witnstand sudden changes of lorn- neraturo that would have instantly shivered these of three decades ago , The manufactured products of the south last year amounted to tTOO.OOO.oOO. In tnn vuais manufacturing cstabllsHments in creased from ! HOW ) lo m.OOO.and tliolr capital from * ! 8u,000l > 00 to $000,000,000. Last year ! > , 'Jjl now establishments started up. Window u'lass manufaoturors , nt a mootIng - Ing m .Pullman , decided to close down nil factories on Msy 10 , in event of the passage of the Wilson bill , and forjo a reduction of wa os of from M ) to 00 per cent , to corro- apoud with the reduction in the tariff duty. Tlio shoe-pegging machine was Invented m 1H5S. By Its aid it Is estlinat d that the la bor of one man can turn out ! iOO pairs of shoes u day. One factory near Boston makes moro shoos every year than the 82,000 shoemakers of Paris , lu I8SO 3,100 shoo machines wcro at work , producing iW.OOO.ooo p.ilrs of shoes a year. 1'KOl'l.K AX1 > These Dolo-ful sounds from Honolulu nrc not avrcot music for the executive oar. An Inventor has perfected n thermometer capable of registering 110 = bolo\v t.oro , The instrument will fill an aching volet In St. Paul. Edward Atkinson opines thjxl a man can live and wax fat on ? 1 n week. Mko great many doctors , Mr. Atkinson docs not take his own medicine. The understanding and adjoining sections of General ItUAscll A. Aleor's person are being vigorously nroomcd for the senatorial race in Michigan. The common saying thnt "figures won't llo" has had Its popularity severely wrenched. Congressman Uunimlngs pro nounced n Syphor a , liar. Tno wife of the czar of Russia manipulates thu keyboard of n typewriter nnd does her husband's correspondence. Her highness appreciates domestic peace und labors for It. Evangelist Sam Small Is wrestling with wickedness and a newspaper In Oklahoma , Startling ns the combination Is , It is sur passed by his pollci pulverizing the rum power and spouting democracy. It Is clearly evident that Cleveland , In welching the Hawaiian issues , overlooked the Amui-lcnti characterlstlo of clinging to oflleo. The president ought to know from personal experience the tenacity of that grip. IIou. Tom Moonlight , who shed the genial rays of his personality In ICansrv- , some moons ago , Is illuminating Washing ton In search of fodder. Ho Is anxious to transfer his mclbw presence to some fur-off Isle. Why not try Hawaii ? The door smashing prelude to legislative business , which echoed throughtNobrasltn thrr-0 years ngo and In Kansas last year , broke out on the homo stretch of the Jersey capital a few days ago. Legislative Jockey ing is an expanding nuisance. Calusha A. Orovv Is O'J , but there is In hl& niako-tm suflleiont vim and virility to nccuro the enactment of n law banishing the wood cut butchers who have made "beforo and after" woodcuts do duty for his picture. Never was an ancient so shamefully abused. Parties nso nnd fall , revolutions revolute and dynasties totter , but the Emplro state capltol goes on drawing appropriations without hitch or himlr.uico. Twenty mil lions have been spent on the pile , but the end is not in sight. The pull promises to endure while taxation lasts. The Now York Herald asks : ' -Where is heaven ? " Mr. Bennott's por.sistent abai-nco abroad doubtless accounts for 1 is ignorance of the country's geography. For all practi cal needs , present and future , heaven is pivoted on the west bank of the Missouri river , on the eastern edge of Uougln * . county , Nebraska. The streets uro not paved with gold , it is true , our wlso municipal father , fearing to excite the cupidity of Chlcacu , excluded that species of rocks ; but that dojs notdimlnish the celestial advantages of ttio site. Hero the good are welcome , the sorrowing soothed , the wiclced turned from their ways , and the sordid pnrilled. Further particulars may bo had on personal applica tion. sEvur..in MIOTS .IT Tin- : Lewiston Journal : A Brunswick clergy man while in the midst of his sermon last Sunday dislocated his jaw , mid an amazed congregation tiptoed away to their homos while a surgeon repaired damages. St. Paul Glebe : A Chicago clergyman advocates n church in which Christian nnd Pagan , Jew and Gentllo may worship. Such n polyglot church would certainly bo a novelty , but how it could accomplish nn.v good will not bo apparent to the average mortal. Cincinnati Commercial : It remains for Chicago to find a panacea 'for insomnia. A Chicago preacher the other uny put nn auditor to sloop for sixty hours with an ordinary sermon. Voung fathers with sleep less infants ought to bo quick to talco ad vantage of this information. San Francisco Examiner : Under the sonorous ministration of n preacher at Evanston , 111. , a young man foil asleep nnd aid not awaken for sixty hours. This was cioro rest than ho really needed , but the sermon wns over , and ho seemed to bo soothed iinon being apprised of this. St. Paul Glebe : The president of the Unl vorsity of Chicago , nn orthodox Baptist , de clares thnt thcro is neither history nor science in the Mosaic account of the crea tion. This will bo a terrible shock to thou sands of members of the evangelical churches who bellevo in the divine inspira tion of every part of tlio scriptures , and yet the declaration is singularly accurate from a common sense standpoint. Philadelphia Press : The Kov. George Glenn of Hughesvillo has earned the title of "Fighting Parson. " On Saturday night two young men , much the worse for liquor , Insulted the minister as lie walked along the street. lie gently chided them , when ono seized n buggy whip and struck Mr. Glenn a blow , cutting n gash on his check. In an In stant the ministerial coat was oil , and in less than three minutes both young men were lying in the street , having been , in a pugilistic sense , put to sleep. They were thrashed unmercifully. Tlio Hov. Mr. Ulonn then repaired to the oillco of a magis trate and swore out warrants for their nr- rcst. A Uncord llronkcr. /timaa * City Star , The Brazilian revolution is lu ono respect without historical parallel. ! t lias boon running now for six months , but it is a ques tion whether tliero has been an average of a death a month ns n result. Jir..lStS 7-WJ.1I HAM'S /lO/t.V. Tno devil is the fathorof nvory doubt , A drunkard's thro.it 1ms no bottom to It , A lonfcr Is never satullcd with hivnKCs , If you nro not made bolter by Riving double your gift. The man who Imtcs light la always afrnul of tits own shadow. The tnnn goes to bed tlrod who spends tin dny hi looking for an easy plaeo. Some llddlors can piny u tune on ono string , but It never makes anybody want to dnnco. An gola weep on tlio dny that a young innn begins to spend more inonoy than ho can tnako. Many a man whoso prayers were long will bo Uopt out of boa von bec.uno his yardstick was too short. There are people who never hoar any music ttiat suits thorn , except whoa they are play ing first ilddlo. A hypocrlto fools bolter sitlsllcd with . homsolf every tnno he sees iifJOd man m\lco : a misstep. Ono of tlio llrst covenants thai every young man ought to niako with himsutf is Hint ho will never run In debt. Kullronil Iliillillng , M. Awt nintie. Hut 2VIO ( miles of now railway trade wera laid In the United Status tlio past your , the smallest amount recorded since 1877. Thli does not , however , Indli'alo stagnation In railway conslruL'llou , for tliu needs of the country nro less than tlioy have boon In the tuiat. There Is scarcely an organized county in the northern anil western states that U not traversed bv ono or moro railways , and the day Is not far distant when the demand Tor tin-so highways of commerce will bo fully supplied. Atchlsrm ( lloho : An honest mail usually fools compelled to udil 'JO per cent for men who are not. Olon Kails Republican : It Is n singular fuel that. HID "blunt man Is apt tu niaUo tlio moil cutting ruin Plain Dealer : Thcro Is no j.arlly bptwocn thu pose of the nreiiijhei' unit the repose of the bald-beaded men In the curnur scats. Rochester IKMiiocriiiVlfeWlintklmlof : cards do you think nmko the bust calling cards ? Husband ( ubsont-iiilndedly ) Aces. Washington Star : "There's ono good thing about an afternoon tea , " remarked u politi cian's duunhler. "What's that ? " "Thoio's always acpioriiinon hand. " Chicago Korord : The English Hostess I bellow - llow you and your husband are Americans , are you not , .Mrs. Nurlehe ? iMrs. Nurlchn ( with blKh Htiorn ) Oil , doah , no ; wo aluo both from Iloslmi. Milwaukee Journal : It Is singular how sud denly HIM possession of a hnniNonio iniilllur will convince a mini that his throat needs pro tection. Oalveslon News ; "Leaves have tliolr tlmo to fall , " but thu fool has no llniu to come olF. Atlanta Constitution : "Kdltorstruck a snap last , night- " "Wluit.was It ? " "Stopped on the preacher's bear trap that ho had sot for chicken thloves. ICa.to r'leM'.s Washington : Jinks Don't you uallnvo that spirits are nil moonshine ? l-'llkins Oli , no : nome of thorn pay Internal revenue taxes. Huston Transcript : Slnglomnn Do you let your wife have tlio last wont ? HeneOlct Do I lot hur ? ll'm ! It's onsy to tell that you know nothing of married life. Now Vot-'n Press : Hlustor Do you mean lo suy that 1 nin a liar ? ( Ulster 1 hope that I could not do KO iingcn- tlomanly n thing. Hut I sou you catch my Idea. V AN OLI ) THICK. Hanging. lust over my olllce desk , I'alnted , burthhoned and plcturuviuo , rotating tliu future us plain as day , An limocunt calendar holds full sway. It says thatanolhor fair year's beetiii In January thu d.iy.s number Just 111 A good long month for u purreel te.st H will keep tally I do thu rest. Starting In my resolve Is utrunic To bo Inmost , straightforward und noyor ' " wrong Hut lei mv now first lotlor I see ' t i'lio clerfciil lmbllof'03. U fili.LTJtltlf. . Across the glassy surface press The eager , restless company. In furs iindhiitlnsMiiiiu may dress , And Mitno lu .scanty gnrb may bo ; Hut pleasure animates each heart , And makes the high nnd liumblu ono In ihelr enjoyment of the url , That glmims liunrnth the setting sun. Wlillu faint the twang Of clashing .steol 1'rodlets the strife That each nmy fcol When , rich nnd poor , In manhood's | irlmu Glide swiftly down The stream ( if tlmo , Henc.-Uh llin onward sliding feet That with the healthful pastime glow Two different planets seem to moot The sky nhovo , the Hood bulow And there , on the pellucid Khlold That winter o'er thu liiku bus laid , The murry skaters flashed and wheeled Amid thu moonlight nnd the shade. \Vhllu countless throngs Co to und fro With llf above. And death below ; Till old and young , In pain and prime , Have glldud down The stream of tlmo , Tlio larscnt nriH3r4 n-i 1 sillor I of llnuclotliuiun Kirth Your money's worth or your money back. f- Well ! Well ! fI I It is a well known fact by this time 'bout that f : sweeping out sale of ours , and there are many wise ones among the population who are filling their buckets ftfr asffisj \ with the pure , clear ar if : ticles from our well-spring of midwinter prizes. Winter r has been taking a nap , but she is sure to take a crack at you when she wakes up. Those caps of ours will Tr protect you , and we are giving 20 per cent off oh them. Elegant suits that sold in December for $ : o and $12 are now being swept out at $8.50. The $15 ones go at $10. You can't gee a better suit than we will sell you for $16.50. They arc our regular $20 line. The same proportionate cut maintains all over the store. Overcoats , underwear and the like are put down to such low prices that it is no trouble at all to sweep them out. Store open till o'clock Saturday night. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Uiomonoy Will ony thoe.vnrnifoil forfaJwiv. jmoro send S. W. Cor , 15th and Douglas Sts ,