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THE OMAHA 3 > AILY BEE : SUTSTDAT , OOTOBEIl 3 , 18D7.
THE OMAIIA SUNDAY Bias. .
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All communications rclntlne to news nnrt edlto-
rUl nimter sliuuKl be ncldrenBdl : To the bdltor.
11UHIN13SS LBTTUHS.
. Ail bulnp IrltetH nnd remittances should be
iMrrsiced , t The lite 1'uljllnlilns Company ,
Oinalin , DrntU. checks , express nnd postolllce
nionioideris tu be inntle payable to the oruer
of ilia company. . . .
TIIK iinn ruiiLisuiNO COMPAN\ .
STAYKMKNT OP CIHCUI.ATION.
filntn of Nebrankn , DoualflR County , M. !
Qcnnie U. Tzfchuck , secretary of The Hoc Pub.
llililne rompnny , l > eliiR iluly. iwom , nays that the
nctual number uf full and complete copies of The
JjHlly. MornlHR , KvenhiR nml Sumlay llec prlnteil
rturlng tlie month of September , 1M7 , was nn fol-
Iowa :
10 10.721
iD.ra 17 la.ski ;
3 13,910 18. . . . IIS91 !
4 19,917 13 15,750
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C I5.WJ 21 S0.43I
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13 ) If)79 ! ! ) 2S 19.711
14 ; IIU33 23 M.B57
15. . . . , 13 , CSC 30 19.CI4
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I CBH returned and unsold copies 0,41"
Totnl : iet sales HS.1,374
Net aally average 13.00 ! )
oiconon a TZSCHUCK.
HvvniTt to lioforc me nnd nuuncrllieU In my prcs-
nco this 1st day of October , IS97.
( Seal ) X. I1. FEIU Notary Public.
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INSIST OX 1IAVIXO TUK 1IKH.
Boston tnki's the huso ball pennant
this year in addition lo the bonus and
the bakery.
It looks ns If there will be several
bones for the Chicago experts to pick ,
even nftor the huotgurt trial shnll linve
ended.
Senator .GnlllnKor . nnd Carl Sehur/
should hie themselves to some quiet nook
and fight it out free from the public
gaze.
Mr. Urynn will have a chance to choose
between principles nnd spoils in deciding
upon which Greater Xow York municipal
ticket shall have the prestige of his en
couragement. , *
And the anti-cigarette law has been
knockud out , this time in Tennessee , nnd
the festive cigarette will resume Its pre
rogative of knocking out thu susceptible
youth of that state.
If Greece really itceepted that peace
'proposition simply to prevent Germany
from withdrawing from the concert it
may Hurt Inter that the prize wns hardly
worth the waeiillce.
China is trying to lloat n. loan to pay
off the hist of its .Tnpane.se Indemnity
debt. China does not seem to have yet
contracted the civilized habit of never
paying debts until compelled to do so.
If providence alone Is to be credited
Ity tlie popocrals with the rise In wheat
prices why do they persist in ascribing
the fall In silver to silver demonetization
ami malicious conspiracies of the money
power ?
What can have happened to thnt prom
ised report of the deputy stnte labor
commissioner on whether farming In Ne-
, brnska pays ? Has the commissioner
reully waked up to tlie fact that he
started his inquiry at the wrong time ?
Everyone tanos it. for granted that the
members of the United States monetary
commission have been enjoying them-
eclvus during their . .sojourn In Hnrope ,
otherwise they would have by this time
evinced some disposition to return home.
Over 5,000,000 , ixmiuls less of oloomar-
garliu ) were produced in thu Unlteu
I-'c States this year than last year. The
manufacture of artificial butter lias moru
to fear of the competition of tlie natural
product than it has from restrictive leg
islation.
If railroad business continues to In
crease as it lias in tlie past few months ,
necessitating the addition of new trains
and the employment or new men , the
army of American railroad employes
will < oou regain its old time numerical
strength.
. The press report of the convention of
master brewers at Detroit notes that
' Iho attendance shorn * that although the
FA' 'breweries ' may have been gobbled up by
American and English syndicates , the
Germans still make the beer. ' On Ihe
question who drinks thu beer the nation
ality line seems to have almost entirely
disappeared.
Constitutional amendments have n
hard row to hoe In this country. Tlie
propositions Just submitted to tlie people
ref New Jersey for engrafting on their
fundamental law have failed to secure
tlio requisite number of votes. The
people of the United States appear to
bo-constitutionally opposed Mo constitu
tional aniuiidments.
A Nebraska corn carnival Is announced
for the city of Ueatrlce , when all tlio
l > lg and little < > ars of low and high do-
gruo will bo druised In their best Sunday
clothes and exhibited to the gaze of an
admiring public. Never before dirt Nebraska -
braska have such corn to show to tlio
people , ami therefore the corn carnival
ought to be a success from the ground
up-to the tusscla.
MilNCIl'LKS AKD
"When parties cc se to represent certain
principles , the supreme prorcgatlvci of
the ballot becomes prostituted to a contest
between organizations ( or the spoils of of-
flco and the enjoyment of success. To this
prostitution of the ballot may be ascribed
ovary chapter of shame and corruption ! n
the history ot American municipal govern
ment. It U better to have a government by
the republican party responsible to Its ilecli-
rations than govoinmcnt by "rtemocrntlc par
tisans without responsibility to democratic
principles.
This Is the doctrine enunciated by Wil
liam Jennings Uryan In n letter to rojj-
rosenlntlvo New York democrats who
desired nn expression as to his views ?
on the Impending Qrcntor New York
campaign. If the.se views are sound
they nitiHt npply with equal force to Ne
braska as they do to New York. If the
triumph of spoils must be subordinated
to the triumph of principles In the elec
tion of the ; mayor of Greater New York ,
why should the triumph of spoils be the
supreme factor In the selection of a
Judge of the supreme court In Nebraska ?
If the contest between organizations
for tin ; spoils of olllco and enjoyment
of mtccess Is nothing but prostitution
of the ballot , why did Mr. I'.ryan labor
In coiijnnctloii with the state house
spoilsmen to get the Nebraska demo
cratic , populist and free silver repub
lican state conventions to sacrifice prin
ciple for the spoils of ofllce nnd tin- en
joyment of success ? If It Is better In
New York to have government by the
republican party responsible to its
declarations than government by demo
cratic partisans without responsibility
to democratic principles , why is it not
also better In Nebraska to have gov
ernment by tile republican party respon
sible to Us declarations than government
by u democratic partisan who has noth
ing in ( . ' 0111111011 with the principles cither
of the democratic party or of the i opu-
lists , by whose support the spoils ma
chine expects to elect him ? How can
Mr. Itrynn reconcile his denuncia
tion of the corruption-breeding agencies
that subordinate principles to spoils with
the nomination of Judge Sullivan on a
platform of free silver and antimonopoly -
monopoly ?
The record of .Tudge Sullivan as an
eleventh-hour convert to the silver cause
Is too well known to be Ignored. Judge
Sullivan has always been Identified with
the democratic faction opposed on tin-
money question to the piinciples for
which Mr. Itryan Is the recognized cham
pion. Ills closest political associates
have been pronounced gold standard
democrats and corporation republicans.
Ills career In the legislature was that
of a. railroad representative and his voice
and vote were always at the command
of the monopolist lobby.
It is not pretended that Judge Sul
livan has espoused any of the principles
dear to the populists , but populists are
asked to abandon principles and cast
their votes for him for the sake of spoils
and the enjoyment of success. The free
silver republicans who pretend that the
republican party lias deserted them by
going over lo the existing gold standard
arc asked now to vote for a silver-gal-
vaulted gold democrat for supreme judge
in preference to a republican responsible
and responsive to the declarations of the
republican party. How can Mr. Bryan
in conscience ask silver republicans to
cast principles to the dogs in order that
the democratic spoils machine may
triumph by the shameless prostitution
of the ballot ?
'mi ; sviiA
The secretary of agriculture takes a
most hopeful view of the future of the
sugar industry in this country , for the
promotion of which ho is doing all that
is possible. In a recent Interview Secre
tary Wilson made the prophecy that
within ten years the United States will
be exporting sugar , saying that he felt
confident of this notwithstanding the
fact that we are now importing about
§ 100,000,000 worth of sugar each year
and that we must manufacture that
amount for home consumption , In addi
tion to what we already make , before
we can export at a profit ,
hast spring the Agricultural depart
ment sent sugar beet seeds to 2l',000
farmers in twenty-seven states and the
department Is now receiving beets from
these farmers for analysis. It is stated
Hint the secretary now has at hand what
he believes to be 'snlllcicnt facts to war
rant the above prediction. Secretary
Wilson is of the opinion that the culti
vation of the sugar beet will bo an im
mensely profitable business In all states
from the Gulf of Mexico north to the
Canadian border. At one time there was
an Impression that sugar beets could
bo grown only north of the Ohio river ,
but this Is entirely dispelled by the facts
at hand nnd If the reports yet to come
In nre as satisfactory as those already
received , Secretary Wilson thinks there
s no reason why the whole country can
not go Into the beet sugar business to a
greater or less extent. "With our
Yankee pluck , our great country and our
Yankee ingeirjily , " said the .secretary of
agriculture , "there is no reason why we
should bo Importing 100,000,000 worth
of sugar every year. As we go along
in this tiling and experiment with It ,
our Ingenuity will find ways for lesson
ing the ccwt. "
There is no doubt that the secretary of
agriculture is correct in Ills view of the
future of the American beet sugar in
dustry and ho Is to be heartily com
mended for the interest ho is taking In
Its promotion. Had the preceding ad
ministration of the Agricultural depart
ment been equally zealous In encourag-
jig this Industry It would now be sup-
ilylng n considerable proportion of the
lome consumption of sugar and we
should bo several years nearer the time
when tlie entire domestic demand will
ID supplied by domestic production.
When that time comes the sugar Indus-
; ry will be one of the most Important
ind valuable to our people of all the In-
lustrles wo have. The ? 100,000,000
which the American people now pay out
innnally for foreign , sugar will be dn- !
rlbuted nmonj ; our own producers and
to the labor and capital employed In
refining sugar. At the same time the
development of the Industry will
cheapen the cost of sugar to the consum
ers.
Uepubllcau policy ha within a few
[ years built up the tin Industry In the
I United States so that It Is now almost
equal to supplying the home demand
and Is furnishing a hotter quality of tin
at a lower price than prevailed when a
tariff to encourage this Industry went
Into effect , seven years ago. Hepub-
Mean policy will do the same for the
sugar Industry , with equal or greater
bfiirflt to-the American people.
/MTBAT VUXflDKXVK .S/M/HV *
III his efforts to stamp out fraud among
the attorneys practicing In his depart
ment Commissioner of Patents lluttcr-
worth will have the support of all Un
people who want the business of the
government honestly and elllclently con
ducted. Men who to Impose upon credu
lous dupes try to use the machinery of
the patent olllco for deception and ex
tortion have no right to claim privileges
accorded for the purpose of assisting In
ventors to secure patents on their inven
tions. Permanent disbarment Is the
penalty that should be pronounced In all
cases where fraud Is manifest , and noth
ing should avail to have the ban removed
from the swindlers to enable them to
resume their fraudulent operations.
The disbarment Just announced from
Washington of a linn of patent solici
tors doing business under the name of
John Wedderburn & Co. will create no
surprise among those who were familiar
with the dishonest methods by which
that concern hud succeeded in filching
money from gullible .Inventors through
decoy advertisements. The flrm of Wed-
darbnrn & Co. , which within the past
two or three years had pushed to the
front as one of the great patent claims
agencies of America , was not much bet
ter than a gift enterprise swindle In
which the promoters draw all the prize. ? ,
lly working the country press into ac
cepting worthless stock in a bogus press
claims bureau Wedderhiirn managed IP
amass n small fortune , which enabled
him to enlarge his sphere of operations
through the leading magazines , periodi
cals and metropolitan dallies , In which
his portrait appeared as u Napoleon of
patent solicitors and benefactor of man
kind. The unmasking of this fraud and
his disbarment from the patent office
should be followed by exclusion from the
United States mails of the literature
which under various names lias been
circulated broadcast to advertise his
swindling schemes. ,
A'KllltASKA .IT
Grout preparations are being made by
the. managers of the Tennessee Centen
nial exposition for the reception and en
tertainment of representative Nebras-
leans next Friday , which has been des
ignated Nebraska day. Among the well
known Nebraskans who will .grace the
occasion are William Jennings Bryan ,
Senator William V. Allen , Governor Silas
A. llolcomb , 1'rusldent G. W. Wattles of
the Transmississippi Exposition and
William V. Cody. The governor will
lie accompanied by his staff and the
Transmississippi Exposition will be rep
resented by n number of directors in ad
dition to its president.
In view of the fact that the railroads
leading to Nashville are offering reduced
rates for this event it is to be hoped that
Nebraskans will avail themselves of the
generous invitation extended to them by
the Tennessee exposition management.
That Nebraska day "will be a red letter
day at Nashville is already an assured
fact , and it should be made memorable
as well as impressive by the presence of
as many Nebraska people as can pos
sibly arrange to be in attendance. The
fear entertained by .some that visitors to
the Tennessee Centennial exposition cx-
l > ese themselves to the yellow fever is
baseless , as Nashville has never been in
fected with the disease and is remote
from the fever-stricken district.
ADMIttAfj IIKAKDSLBE'S V/BirS.
Admiral Beardslee , commanding the
Pacific station , has , it appears , been in
vestigating the situation In Hawaii and
will informally report to the authorities
at Washington his views and opinions.
The admiral is reported as saying that
the opposition in the islands to annexa
tion amounts to little , that the substan
tial interests , with few exceptions , favor
annexation and that while some opposi
tion may ho worked up among the na
tives nothing of any consequence can
come of it. lie found that the interest
of some people in annexation Is apathetic ,
but they accept it as the best horn of a
dilemma.
Admiral Beardslee is unquestionably
good authority nnd notwithstanding the
fact that his statements do not wholly
agree with other recent Information re
garding-the .situation in Hawaii , their
sincerity Avill not be questioned. But it
may fairly be doubted whether the ad
miral's investigation was as thorough as
could bo desired in order to ascertain
popular sentiment In the Islands respectIng -
Ing annexation. Ills association , it must
bi > presumed , was chiefly or wholly with
the class who control the substantial In
terests of Hawaii and who are annexa-
tionlsls because those Interests would bo
very greatly benefited by attaching the
islands to the United States. It Is
hardly to bo supposed that Admiral
Bi'ardsH'o extended his Inquiries very
far , if at all , among the common people
the people who are natives of Hawaii
and who have a right to ask to bo con
sulted in regard to whether they wish to
come Into the American union or remain
an independent people. But assume
that Admiral Beardslee did extend his
Investigation among the people , with the
result of finding Unit the opposition to
annexation amounts to little , the ques
tion Is , Imvo these people been given a
fair opportunity to express their senti
ments ? Certainly the Dole government
has never encouraged them to do so , but
on the contrary , there Is every reason to
believe , has employed every device , short
of forcible repression , to discourage and
prevent the free expression of public
opinion on the question of annexation.
There Is no doubt Unit in Honolulu the
dominant sentiment is for annexation ,
because the "substantial Interests" arc
centered there and arc In control of the
govornnment , but these Interests repre
sent a very small minority of the people.
Shall tills republican nation accept ter
ritory from a government representing
only a tiiuull fraction of the people of
thnt tcrrltorynvlthout nny effort to ac
curately ascertain ( he will of ! the major
ity , at least of the native population ?
AYould It iio consistent with American
principles td'dWthls ? It seems to us that
Vefore nnythltig more Is done looking to
nnnexatlon.jiur government should en
deavor to obtain n full and d\\v \ expres
sion on the question from the people in
Hawaii who exercise the right of suf
frage. ttO.l
It Is said that the cabinet received tin.
statement \Jf \ Admiral Beardslee will
evident satf.4Vn'etlo'ii , which may be taket
to Imply n-Mrong annexation feeling In
that quarter , This fact , however , should
not discourage the opposition to the ab
sorption of tills remote territory.
AMKUIt AX UlHX JX AWHO/'K. /
There has been , In the last year or two
an Increased demand for American corn
The increasi1 has not hpcu very great
but It has been siiflleient to encourage
the belief that with n continuance ol
effort Europeans may ho Induced to take
more of this cereal for human food. It
Is true that the results of past efforts
were rather disappointing , but this fact
.should not wholly discourage furthei
effort.
The New York Times makes a tlniolj
suggestion that there should bt
n corn exhibit at the Paris ex
position of 1000 on such a scali
as could not fail to command at
tention. It points out that corn Is om
most Important cereal and that If we
could only create for It an effective de
mand abroad It would become our most
important "money crop" nnd the chlof
article in our commerce , as it is al
ready the chief cereal In our agriculture.
At piesent the European demand foi
corn is confined to the Latin countries.
There is no demand for it for human
food in western and middle Europe1.
What is needed Is n literal "exposition"
of Its desirableness as food anil the Paris
exposition will supply the opportunity
for such u showing.
"It is by no means beneath the dignity
of the Department of Agriculture , " says
the Times , "to undertake at Paris such
an exposition of the edible qualities ol
our most abundant crop. No private per
son or association has siillieient .induce
ment to undertake such a work. It is a
matter for the government. " It is to he
hoped tills excellent suggestion will get
to the notice mf the secretary of agricul
ture , who would undoubtedly regard it
with favor , since it may safely bo as
sumed that no one feels a greater Inter
est than he ii tlie matter of promoting
a foreign demand for corn. The sug
gestion should also command the atten
tion of tlie. commercial bodies in the
great corn helt , > which might very prop
erly take notion'favorable to an adequate
corn exhibit atParis three years hence.
Congress should be asked to make a
special appropriation for this purpose ,
to be expended under the direction of the
secretary of agriculture and it should
be liberal enoiigh to make the exhibit
complete and as attractive as possible.
There is little .reason . to doubt that if
the matter should be properly presented
to congress the' ' necessary appropriation
could be secured and them can be no
doubt that 'such an exhibit would repay
the cost. It is not too early for those
interested in promoting the foreign de
mand for our corn to seriously consider
the suggestion of the Times.
OMAHA TU TUK
The weekly report of banking transac
tions in the different clearing house cities
of the country for the past week refii > cts
gratifying progress for Omaha as com
pared with commercial rivals. Omaha's
clearings for last week aggregated
$ r > , 8-l,000 , or over S ? ! > 00,000 a day , being
an increase of nearly 77 per cent over
tlie clearings of the corresponding week
of last year. For tlie week Omaha stands
fourteenth on tlie list of American cities
In tlie order of the volume of banking
tinsinoss , having moved up a notch since
last week's roiKirt. i When the clearing
house report .blanks were made up
Omaha was occupying eighteenth place
and for that reason remains tlie
eighteenth name in the table a.s given
out for publication , although it has for
some time been entitled to a better rank.
Another way of indicating Omaha's
progress by reference to the clearings
reports Is by comparison of correspond
ing pet'iods for several years back. In
1S)5 ! ) the aggregate clearings for the
month of September were $15,000,000.
In 1S)0 ! they were $ i,000,000. : { The month
of September , 18)7 ! ) , just closed recorded
aggregate clearings for Omaha of $2- !
( X > 0,000. This improved showing is of
course due to tlie Increased business of
our merchants , manufacturers and rail
roads , springing from bountiful crops ,
renewed demand ( for goods and strength
ened credit. What Is more encouraging
still , the prospect is good that Omaha
will maintain these gu'lns ' and reap a
full quota of itho prosperity that has ac
companied the re-establishment of in
dustrial and financial confidence.
A bicycle census of France shows thai
during the past year : t29,8i8 bicycles
wore registered. The only.bicycle regis
tration in tjils. country is that of tlie
tax asse.ssor , who Is supposed to list
wheels tho's'anio as other personal prop
erty , , An inspection of the assessment
rolls , however , would disclose a la
mentable lack oi' bicycles In this country.
In fact , if file wheels that are taxed
were the only ones In use each wheel
would have t6 do service for half u
hundred or more bicyclists.
Now York. ' complains that It Is not
' '
getting its 'full'.share . of the export busi
ness of thovountry , its percentage of the
total showing a gradual diminution.
New York must not Imagine It lias a
monopoly on any kind of Amorlca.ii
trade. There are other American sea
ports , both north and south , that art *
ready to take all the export business
they can get and Imvo advantages of
being nearer to the point of production ,
And now the family mileage book law
enacted by the Michigan legislature has
been upheld as constitutional. The In
troduction of Interchangeable mileage
good on different roads and mileage for
the same road Interchangeable between
members of the saane family mark
distinct steps la the evolution of railroad
tickets. The complications bound to
ensue , however , nro sure to bring stll
more innovations. The changes arc al
In the direction of greater llborallty to
the passenger ami It will not be surprls
Ing If they terminate In a Hat mileage
rate to every one who applies for It wltl
special concessions to none.
The United States senators and rep
reseiitatlvos who have betaken them
selves to Hawaii for the * ostensible pnr
pose of Investigating the advantages am
disadvantages of aiiiiexatlon are bolnj.
royally entertained and banqueted , I
the press reports nre not overdrawn
Tlu > Hawaiian * arc evidently llrm be
Hovers In the doctrine that the shortes
way to a man's heart Is through his
stomach. ,
The question of women Jurors Is beiiif ,
precipitated again in Kansas town * ,
where the women , not content wltl
municipal suffrage and eligibility U
municipal ollieo , yearn for still inert
worlds to conquer. A few nights' Inear
coratlon In a jury room In companj
with tlie men usually drawn for jurj
duty may lie relied on to cure tlie mos
severe case of feminine Jury hankering
Governor llolcomb seems to havi
given It up as a bad job to justify hi :
appointment of a man to tlie superin
tendency of the State Institute for tin
Deaf and Dumb who never had a day's '
experience In connection with any schoo
for deaf mute Instruction. Theie im
some things that got worse instead o
improve with repeated explanations.
Any one with something like Si'iO ,
000,000 that he does not know how U
plant might amuse himself with making
It Interesting for the reorganization com
mlttee of the Union Pacific when tha
road is put upon the block under the
Judicial auction hammer.
I ( ! on Ilrforr n Fall.
Imllnnapnllit News.
The trouble with Spain Is that she canno
swallow her pride.
li'iiuil fur Hie World.
Globe-Democrat.
This year's com crop Is estimated nt 1,750-
000,000 bushels. While not the lurRcst 01
record H will serve to dispel thi ! fear o
famlnu In a number of foreign countries.
.lust for 'IViiiM-S ' .Sake.
Washington Blur.
England's drairo to bo friendly with this
country Is so great that she Insists on doing
what she can to hasten the day when then ,
will bo no seals for anybody la quarrel over
nillllllllltf.V DclllllMl.
SI. I ouls Iteiuilille.
Gladstone defines the 'Kuropean ' concert
as "the mutual hatred nnd distrust of tin
powers. " A now dictionary of dlplomacj
by the grand old man would crown his labors
and delight the world.
.Ian-Inn the Ilrif iNliiTN.
Springfield Hrpulillcan.
The London newspaper that has been drop
ping the letter "u" in words like labor and
color and spelling "program" without the
"me , " is now overwhelmed with protests
from readers against this surrender to a
demoralizing Americanism In spelling. Such
butchery of the English tongue , they nrgue ,
should never bo condoned
Crcj hiiiiiuls uf HitOrran. .
.
Some great enterprises , like some great
reformers , fail only because they are ahead
of their times. The steamship Great East
ern was n nuKntncent and costly failure ,
.and her fate led marine authorities to say
that such unwieldy sea monsters could
nuvrr ue oi any practical use. Yet the new
German steamer Kaiser U'ilhelm tier Gnaso
which has just made the quickest voyage
from Southampton across the Atlantic on
record , and of whose commrrclal success
there is no doubt whatever , Is only a trifle
smaller than the Great Eastern , while the
Oceanic , now building , will bo even larger.
The time is ripe no-.v for these bit ; vessels ,
but the Great Easte/n u no longer in exist
ence.
AVIilcm-N 0:1 ( InJViiHfon Iloll.
Vlillailclphla Press.
It is a sad result of the worse side of
human nature 'that ' the older and the more
decrepit a veteran with a pension may be ,
the more likely , in many cases , is some
young woman to bo found willing to marry
him in order to establish a claim to a
widow's pension , The revolutionary widow
has only Just left us. Judging by her
perennial vitality , the country may be
paying pensions to widows of the last war
In 1387. Sixty or seventy years ago the
shameless marriage of revolutionary vet-
cians by women with an eye to a widow's
pension was a public scandal. It should be
prevented betimes for the last war.
Commissioner Evans has proposed a
most important reform , and congress will
have the support and approval of the country
in putting it Into prompt execution.
Liberty of SM > < > ci. ,
Inillaimpolls Juurmil ,
A recent decision of the supreme court of
Wisconsin reversing the notion of the lower
court in imposing a penalty upon the edilor
of a newspaper for contempt of court In
commenting on the ofllcial acts of a Judge ,
has caused considerable dUcuBslon. The
supieme court took the bnud ground that
llncrty of speech and of tne prcs.5 Is moro
Important than the fccKiigs of any Judge
oi the dignity of any court , and the de
cision went far toward doing away with
contempt proceedings entirely. Some
Judges nnd lawyers v/ftr ) nre disposed to
stand by the preced nt.s Ihlnk the supreme
court went too far. but these who bellovo
that when a court cannot find a precedent
For a righteous decision It should make oim ,
fully approve the decision. The whole doc
trine of contempt of court savors of almo-
lutl m. It la used as a mc-ins uf 1'idlclal
revenge oftcnur than It is to promote thu
onda of Justice.
AX I.V ; < : AI.IA.\T < J'AIIAXT.
Chicago Chronicle : An Iowa Jury has do-
clded la favor of a young lady whose theater
ticket drew a prl/.o In the form of a bicycle ,
ler escort , who purchased the ticket , claimed
the bicycle , but thu law awarded it to hla
[ mrtner. Young women who accept Invlta-
tlcejs to the theater will please take notice
that the sterner sox gives a quitclaim to
souvenir spoons , photographs , bicycles and
other emoluments when it .forks over the
necessary cash for the fcmlnlna half of the
evening's entertainment.
Minneapolis Tribune : A very mean young
man lives In a email Iowa town. IIu
: ook a young lady to an entertainment where
a blcydo was offered to the lucky holder ot
a certain ticket. Her ticket drew the wheel
and she returned home greatly pleased over
: icr good fortune. To her surprise , however ,
her escort nude a demand for the wheel ,
probably In the Interest ot seine other girl ,
ind when slid refused to give U up ho sued
for It , Justice , however , was gallant and
awarded the wheel to the young woman with
costs on the mean young man.
Chicago Post : The victory of Mlas Kramer
of Atlantic , la. , IB a victory for the new
woman. Miss Kramer .accepted an Invita-
: Irn to go to a theatrical entertainment and
.hen sued her escort for the bicycle that the
number of her ticket drew. Of course If
we had the escort we would exhibit him
under a mlscroscope , but that has nothing
o do with the case of Miss Kramer. She
las secured a cheap bicycle , a lot of cheip
lotorloty and has demonstrated that aho
s made of different stuff from the woman
we all used to know and admire , the woman
who would have looked upon the man ID the
case as beneath her contempt arid would have
BO treated him. If the show had been par-
Icularly had wo are Inclined to the belief
hat Mite Kramer would have sued her escort
'or ' damage * .
Ii AM ) OTIIKHAVISB.
The Conadbin MPA of protecting the seal
Is to Uko the till with the hide.
The crown prince of Slsm knows & KO-
thing when he sees It. He has ordered i
n9ortment of American typowrltera flttei
with Siamese hieroglyphics ,
A new euro for consumption 13 aimnuncoi
by I'rof. Uinderor of Stuttgart. Ho hm
Iro.itoil aver 400 patients with n aoluhln sal
of clr.u.imlc add and reports them pcrma
uently cured.
It was fortunate that the cupola of Dos
ton's golden dome was removed before Iho
pennant wns clnohed. Without a capacious
vent thn surcharged air might have sluit-
tcred the n f.
Not jealous of Ucnjamln Harrison , but
with a proper pridp In a fellow townsman
a Portland hatter dlsplnjs In his show win
dow a hat worthy to rank with Tlpprcanoe'i
nnd tuvirlng nnge \ \ card giving the name o
the 1'ortl.uider to whoso grandfather's father
It brlviiged.
The street railway companies at Clove
Kind , who'o franchises arc about to expire
are anxious for an extonjlon , and have of
fered to sell six tickets for 25 cents , glvt
universal transfers and pay n percentagt
of the grosa receipts Into the public trcag
ury In consideration of a renewal. The
concessions are due to aroused public sen
timent.
Clark Genre of JlarUiisvllle , Ind. , .a soldier
of the late , war , has astonished the Hooslcrs
and the pension olllcc by returning to the
KovHiiment a back pension amounting to
$ . " . . )0. Mr. Goaro accepted a pension whllt
Jiiffurlns from rheumniism contracted In tin
war , but having recovered he will hustle
for himself without .assltmnco from the gov
ernment.
A strange scene was rnactod nt Forest
Hills cemetery , lloston. n few days ago , whel
the mortal remains of the late Charles Fair
banks were reduced to ashca by cremation
and these ashes were ncuttcred to the winds
nccorJIng to the stipulations of the will o !
the deceased. Mr. Fairbanks had been a
Mason and an Odd Kellow , and these no-
cletlcs were represented In largo numbers.
The equestrian statue of Major Genera :
.Win R Ilnrtranft will bo unveiled In fiont
of the now capltol , In Hnrrlsburg , I'a. ,
about tlin middle nf October. It Is to be
ot bronze , one and one-half life slzn , upon
a largo brnnro pedestal. On the front ol
the monument will bo the following In
scription : "John Frederic Hartranft. The
hero of Fort Steadman. Horn December 16 ,
_ 180. : ! Died October 17. 1SSD. "
A pathetic.lesult of the train wreck at
Colehour during the World's fair. In which
fifteen lives wore lost , was found In the
funeral of Fred O'Connor at Valparaiso ,
Ind. , a few days ago. O'Connor was n. dis
patcher at Port Wayne and was responsible
for the disaster. Immediately after Its oc
currence he luft his ofllce and was not again
heard of until his death was announced
from New Mexico a week ago. Ho died of
: i broken heart.
THU SL'UAll ' IIHHT IMJUSTIIY.
\rl > riiMliiii ! ISxniiiiilr HeooiiiineiuU'il lo
Other State * .
Mllwnukco S-entlncl.
ThoH ) Wisconsin farmers who hope dur
ing the next few years to engage In the
cultivation of n beet cro i to supply tin
sugar factories , one of which is alrealj
built and at least one other Is projected
will be Interested In the treatment nccorduc
to farmers In Nebraska , where the beet sugar
Industry Is well established. According tea
a recent dispatch from Grand Island , one of
the principal points in Nebraska for ths sugai
industry , 10,000 acroj have this year been
given up to the cultivation of sugar beets
the total product being estimated at aboil !
100,000 tons , which would be at the rate of
ten tons per acre. The beets have been pur
chased on the following schedule : For beets
averaging 11 ! per cent sugar and SO per cent
purity or better , delivered at factory , per ton.
$4 ; averaging 11 per cent sugar and 7 ! > pel
cent-purity , $3.2f > ; aveiuglng lOper cent pugar
and 70 per cent purity , $2.50. The expert
larmcrs. and It Is probable that nearly all
of them become expert after a little experi
ence , are able to secure$4 per ton for nearly
Uiolr entire -crcp. The effect upon tliu value
< if land ot the Introduction at this profitable
crop is quite noticeable In Nebraska , ham ]
near Ihe beef sugar factories which could
be bought for $20 an aero In 1S90 is now
quoted at $100 per acre.
Evidently the beet sugar Industry has
proved of benefit to everyone concerned In
Nebiuska , though its development lias been
of a gradual nature. Tlie factory at Grand
Island will have an output of 10.000,000
pounds of standard granulated sugar this
year , and that at Norfolk will produce even
more. With a production of this size the
enterprise cannot fall 'to yield a fair return
on the Investment , and the outlook for the
'uture is oven more promising on account
of the protection afforded to sugar produc
ers by tlie Dlngley law. Thereis abundant
encouragement to the extension ot tlie beet
sugar industry in the experience of Ne
braska. Wh-it Is required Is the cr.tabllsli-
ng of large factories In the Immediate vlcin-
ty of a large territory suitable to the culti
vation of good sugar beets. The enterprise If
conducted with ordinary fousluess sagacity
can hardly fall to be attended with satlfi-
'actory results , to judge by what has been
lone In Nebraska.
COUPOltATIONS.
I'lilliulelplilii Kipei'liiK-lit In Mimlcl-
liiil O\riierHlii ! > .
Ni-w Yurie llentlil.
A political clique In Philadelphia has mls-
uanagcd the Illuminating gas works owned
jy that city ; hence any municipal ownership
of franchises Is a blunder. This Is the pith
of the "argument" advanced by the mouopo-
Ists and their press organs.
If wo are- not very much mistaken the
entire machinery of local government In the
Juakcr city has at times been deranged and
icrverted , to the Injury of nil decent citizens
and to the personal profit of a gang of
unscrupulous and dishonest politicians. Is
Bucli a state of affairs an argument for the
ibolltlon of all municipal government , or Is
t an Incitement to "turn the rascals out"
and put honest and competent men In their
ilaces ?
To concede that It Is Impossible to secure
; oed men and true In public service would
in to declare our entire system of represent ,
itlvo government a failure. The success of
he postolllce , although it IH far from per-
ect. is conspicuous evidence that a great
administrative service can bo performed
without the Intervention of corporations
and monopolists. If the lirooklyn bridge
YC.TC owned by a Joint stock company or by
a cntcrlo of millionaires Its footway would
not be frco to the people of the two cities
oday. Toll would bo exacted of every
) cdcstrian. The
largo percentage of ear
nings from car tratllc recently snout in lm.
iroving the terminal facilities would not
have been expended for 'the public good , but
vould have gene Into the pockets of the
iroprlotors.
With the growth of population In a city
the oost oil rent and other necessaries Is In
evitably enhanced. Hut the crowding of a
ast mass of consumers Into a small aroi
nevitably cheapens the coat per capita of
H her things , and since the people must pay
hu cost which their massing together has
iddcd to ono set of necessaries they are
surely entitled to get the buieflt of tha
cheapening Influence which the growth of
ho community exerts upon others , and the
irivllcge of supplying these things even at
air prices Is very valuable. Facilities for
> rovldlng the people with water and as and
o-al : transportation , Elnco they involve the
ise of the strorts , are naturally monapo-
Istle , and wo know from oad experience
hat the corporations who secure these mo
nopolies are not willing to share with the
icoplo the profits that accrue from Increased
iso or consumption or from the cheapening
of protean. As bad service as can be 1m-
> osed without open rebellion and as high
charges as can bo exacted are the Invariable
ule.
ule.After
After the first day of January next no
nero public franchises In perpetuity can hu
old or given away In the Greater New York ;
he people have limited their lcjne to
wcnty-flve years , This Is a good deal like
ocklnt : the stable door after the most
'aluable horses have been given away
but still It Is a. long step In the right dl-
ectlon , and meanwhile there U some
power left to regulate the use of franchises
ilroady disposed of. At any rate , the pub-
lo mind is made up on this subject , and
he private owners of public franchises
night as well cease to hold up Philadelphia ,
r Kalamazoo as evidence that the proper
hlng to do Is to place oureelvcs entirely
rid permanently In the hands of personal
remote and corporation * .
SKPI I.AIl SHOTS AT TUB 1MII/IMT4
Chicago News : It U rather Inconsistent fol
ft minuter to Admonish his hearers to watch
nad pi fly and then proceed to preach thtni
to sleep.
Indl.mnpolls Now * ! Ths cmpliAtlc nnd
wholesale denunciation of what nro known ns
popular amusements by the Methodist con
ference In this city Is somewhat surprising !
Ity "popular amusements" Is meant dancing ,
card playing , theater-going and the like.
Just what the Intrinsic harm In these Is It
Is hard fur most people nowadays to eo.
Dy ruling out what they call "popular amuio.
menus' ministers rule out much that la nat
ural , healthful and bcxiutlful.
Chicago Tilburiol The movement lu the
Methodist Uplscop. l church characterized" by
A leading Methodist paper ns "the uprising
of the laymen" Is spreading with great rap
idity. The object of the movcmc.it Is to secure -
cure greater power for the Inlty In thi
administration of the church. The Hint de
mand Is fpual representation with the min
isters lu the general conference , but repre
sentation In the annual conferences nnd the
election of ofllcial im-mbers by the member
ship of the church instead of by the quarterly
conference on the nomination of the pastor
< ire also desired. Tlio recent rejection by
the ministers of a proposed change lu tha
law of the church which would have given
laymen equal representation In the general
conference Is the occasion of the present
stir.
Minneapolis Journal : At a recent Meth
odist conferenceat Marlnelto , WIs. , tin
first report of the committee on tempernnco
denounced the pictures on the new paper
currency as obscene , debasing nnd sensual
to nil who handle the currency. The report
was written anid delivered to llov. Matt
Kvans , who inndo n speech , dramatically
flourishing two of the late Issues of silver
certificates , saying thnt they contained pic
tured of nude forms. The members of the
conference hustled around and obtained bills ,
but even the wickedest minds could see noth
ing the matter with the ladies ui them ,
as the drapery largely concealed their forms.
The displeasure of the conference was so
manifest that Mr. Kvans withdrew from the
committee and two now members were ap
uolnted In his place.
STlC 1DVI.S.
Detroit Free Press : "Do you think they
nro married ? "
"No , they're only engaged ; she looked
pleased when he burned her hand with his
lighted cigar. "
lloston Transcript : Ho called , seeking her
licind. Hut us she happened to have her
hand In her pocket at the time , of course ho
did not llnd It , No man was ever able to
find a woman's pocket.
Indianapolis Journal : He Honestly , now ,
have you never been kissed by a man ?
She Not yet.
Detroit Journal : "Surely , " they protested ,
"your wife won't give you His today , your
birthday ! '
"Misfits , " he muttered , as one lu a dream ,
and shivered.
With that he drew his mantle more closely
about him , until his necktie could scarcely bo
seen at all.
Harlem Life : "I thank you , sir , for your
hied permission to call on your daughter. "
"Itcmomber that I turn out the gos at 10
o'clock. "
"All right , sir ; I'll not come before that
time. "
Chicago News : "I can say for myself that
I never have boon mean enough to get an
other woman's cook away from her. "
"Neither have I ; but I must confers that
once or twice I have tried to wnrk our cooM
off on some of my neighbors. "
Yonkers Statesman : Mrs. Crlmsonbealc
What are you In such deep thought about ,
John ?
Mr. Crimsonbeak I was only thinking ,
dear , that all the men who have gone la
search of the north pole seem to have been
married men.
Detroit Journal : "I don't believe In tbo
custom of throwing shoes after a bride. I
think It positively dangerous. "
"I quite agree with you ; "
"Yes , almost always It's some Innocent
Bystander -who is lilt. "
Innocence , It was to be gathered , was a
panoply against spiritual rather than
material danger.
Cleveland Leader : Horton How Is It thnt
you always put on such a long face and talk
10 dlscouragingly when your wlfo happens to
je present ? At other times you arc ono of
lie most enthusiastic prosperity boomers I
mow of.
Henley T promised her away last spring
hat I'd get her a new sealskin sacquo this
fall If business picked up.
Brooklyn Life : "Isn't that the young man
you were engaged to ? "
"Yes , auntie. "
"But why did you break It ? "
"Ho believes In the germ theory , and that
clsslng -dangerous. . "
"Hut surely that is right nnd proper. "
"In a scientist , yes ; but not In a husband. "
ClilniKO Tribune.
"My life , " cried the lover in. the play ,
"Hangfl by a single thread ! "
"Then cut It , cut II , right away ! "
The audience rose and fald.
KOHHVI3II AX1 ! ) A DAY.
Thomas liallcy Alilrlch In Atlantic Monthly.
I.
I little know or care
If .the blackbird on the bough
Is filling all the- air
With Ills soft crescendo now ;
For she is gone nway ,
And when she went fclie took
The sprlngl'Imo In her look ,
The peachblow on her check ,
The laughter from the brook ,
The blue from out the May
And wlut she calls a week
Is forever and a day !
II.
It'E little that I mind
How the blossoms , pink or white.
At every touch of wind
FJll a-trembllng with delight ;
For In the leafy lane ,
Beneath the garden boughs ,
And through the silent house
One thing alone I seek.
Until she comes again
Tie ! May is not the May ,
And what tsho call ] n week
Is forever anil a day !
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