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I THE OKAttA DAILY BBliJ : AVEMESDAY. NOVEMBER 24 , 180 TIIE OMAHA DAILY PER E. n03KWATKIl , Editor. I'UIIMSIIKD KVEUY JfOnNINO. . TEHMfl OF HUI1RCIUPTIONI Rallr Heo ( Without Sunday ) . Ono Year 8 M Dally ! ! and HunJny , One Year J ! 5 Blx Month ! - J W Thre Month * < $ HumUy He * . Ono Ynr J M HutuMny lice. Ono Year 1 * J Weekly lleo , Ono Ycnr C * oi'i'icrcsi Omihn ! The DPI IlulMIng , , South Omiilml Singer Illk. . Cor. N and 21th 8U. Council muffs' 10 1'ntrl Street. Chicago Olllce : 317 Chamber or Commerce. New York : Iloonin 13 , II anil IS Ttlbuna HUB Washington : Ml Fourteenth Hlrcel. COIIUIMI'OXDBNCE. All communications irUtlnc to new and cdltc * . rial matter rhould lie addrcuwd : To the Editor. IIUMINKMH l.KTTKnB. All huMmtis letter * and remittance ) ! nliotiM be add rented to The tleo I'uhllnhlnir Company , Omaha , Miflflii , check * , exprers and postofflce money onlcic tn bo made payable to the order of the company. THIS HEU rHtJUSlIINa COMPANY. KTATEMKNT OP Htato of Ntbiaikn , UoilK'as ' County , * s.l George It. TsMliiKflc , necretary of The lleo Pub lishing Company , heliiK duly gworn , rays that the actual mmilxT of full and complete cuplm ot The Dally , Morning , livening nnd Sunday lice printed duilng the month or October , 1637 , was as .fol lows ! i. 1D.CT9 17 19,525 2 19.SII IS 19,9 ; } ? : : : : : : : 13,738 W.700 20 19 19,907 i9,6i ! 8 19.711) 21 20,001 Ifl. 79.1 22 20,211 7 , 20.101 ZJ , 20,3 9 9 ! ! " , ' . ' ! ! ; ; . " ; . " . ' 20'B09 2.- ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ! ! ! ! ! ' . ! ! ! aviis 10 11,810 ' 11 19.873 27 20. 9 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 2S 20,761 u' ! . ! , . , . . . . . ! . . ! , b.l.l 21) 20.W ) 14 20.020 30 20,710 15 20.02 ! ) 31 20 , MS 1C 2.1.0SO . Tolnl 18351 Loss dwluctlonn for roturnpil nnd unsold copies o 9.217 Net tntfll Milan 617,100 Net dnlly nvcrnffe 19,957 OKonon n. TX.SCHUCIC. Sworn to licfnre mo nnd niiliscrllml In my pres ence this 1st day of Novcmher , 1KI7. ( Seal ) N. I' . VKlli , Notary Public , . TIIR III2R ON THAIN9. All rnllrnnil iiprvNlinjN arc fiiilipltcil wllli cnoiiKli HI-OB lo ni-uiiniinniliiii ! every imn- HetiKcr who ivuntH < i > rrnil n JHMVM | > I1IIT. Ill lt 1111(111 llHV- IIIK TinUPC. . If you vniuiot Kd a HIT < in a train from ( In- nowM iiKi'itf , iiloMNi ; report tlie fiiot , Htiitliiu ; < lu * train ami railroad , to the Circulation Dcimrlini-nt of The Ilee. The Hoc IM for nnlc on nil trnliiH. INSIST OX IIAVIXO TIIR 1II3K. Every day of re-established prosperity gives MS nioro to lie thankful for when the nnmml turkey feast arrives. Omaha makes u Hue showing on the assessor's hooks , and neither Is that the place to look for exaggerated estimates of the value of property. The Hee said tlu nn'omatle ' gambling machines must go. The leave-taking has been too lingering a process , but they are going , and will so.'ii ' b gone. Secretary Wilson'offers a prize for tlie best essay on tobacco culture. The es says on the evils of indulgence lit the wood are confined mainly to the school boolcst i Some lies well stuck to may secure believers , but the raw fakes perpetrated by the fnl ; Ira nre too crude lo dccehv anybody who does not want to be de ceived. The , fakirs who Imagine every vagrant to be-a dangerous train robber in- the act of blowing up trains must have VIM worse than the man who Is seeing air ships again. Whenever llrynn's demagogic n Iter ances are dissected and the liypticr'sy ' 'of the silver trust champion exposed , the only answer his organ can make Is that it Is "a vicious assault" upon lirynn. Nobody would have supposed two months ago that there would be such a bargain counter rush of city , county and police authorities to get the credit for closing down upon the slot machine gamblers. The question Is , Where would the hand ful of so-called silver republicans be at 1C the plan for consolidation of all the fusion forces into one set of caucuses , primaries and conventions were put In operation ? Nearly every large city In the coun try except. Omaha seems to be favored with special fast mail trains going out early In the morning. The improvement of the fast mall service Is all right , but there should be no favoritism In It. General Campos having * failed to coax the Cuban Insurgents to give up and General Weyler having failed in his pro gram of frightening them to death with horrors , Uonoral nianco has started out to buy them off. Is this the last resort ? Good roads conventions are being held In Missouri , and a good roads movement 1ms made- Its appearance in Denver. In Nebraska the people arc too busy hauling great loads of grain over the roads to market to stop to discuss their improvement The reorganization of the Union Pa- clllc will bo completed In all probabil ity within the coming month. The an nouncement of the new otlicers should be the signal for the Commercial club to renew its work for the raising of the bridge arbitrary. Nobody will Iliul fault with a low tax rate , but a low tax rate must not bo made a pretense for Increasing Uio nctual burden the taxpayer must bear , It must tin remembered that doubling the valuation and halving Jho rate leaves everyone just wlwrc ho was be fore. fore.The The great London lire of last week Is said to have struck American Insurance companies harder than the British com panies. Tlie Londoners may think the ; have gotten the best of the bargain , but they may rest assured that the Yuiikup will get own on flro policies In British companies before long. Kx-fioveruor Grlttumlon of Missouri lias bt'L'ii engaged as gnidis to Mr. Bryan on his Mexican trip of Investigation of the i-ffeets of the silver standard In cur- rt'iu'y. If It Is a part of the contract that In shall show this ox-cundldate for pres ident only evidences of ( lie lasting bone- Jits of the silver uttuuliml the ex-govemoi Liu u dlJUcult job ou ULs VKNSVS AND CIVIL SERVICE. The present congress will make pro.- vision for taking the next decennial cen sus nnd It Is said there Is likely to be n sharp contest over .tho question of ap plying dvll service rules In , the appoint ment of the largo number of persons who will bo employed.In the work. The enumeration nnd compilation of the cen sus requires several thousand people and affords opportunity for supplying politi cal favorites with desirable places which the spoilsmen would bo pleased to'take ' advantage of. It Is therefore expected that these will make n vigorous flght to have appointments In the census bu reau made Independently of civil service rules nnd It Is not improbable that they will be successful. There Is , however , a 'strong sentiment on the other side , led by some of the ablest statisticians lu the country and held by the friends of n. scientific census , who Insist that the work cannot be properly done If the politicians dictate the appointments , slnco the Inevitable result would be to put a great many incompetents Into the service. Those who take this view will bo able to bring a great deal of pressure upon congress. There is a great deal of room for Im provement In the taking of the decennial census and in order to attain the needed Improvement the work must bo done by the most capable persons available. No one should be appointed to this service without having passed a thor ough examination. The application of civil sen-Ice rules to this branch of pub- lie work Is ns Important and ireccssary as to any other. A KKW DIFFICULTY , The Spanish government Is confronted by a now lUtllculty in connection with the arrangement of a , tariff for Cuba and as now appears it Is likely to prove troublesome. The protectionists of Spain oppose the tarlfT concessions to' Cuba which the government proposed to make , while on the other hand the au tonomists on the Island Insist that such concessions are absolutely necessary. The former naturally desire to retain as much as possible of the Cuban market for Spanish products , while tlu1 autono mists are equally anxious to secure the advantages of foreign competition. The center of opposition , It seems , is Barcelona lena , whose industries have becn > < ilinost ruined by the Cuban war , but the en tire protectionist element in Spain is united against allowing the Cubans , in the event of the success of the policy of pacification , to arrange the tariff on n basis that would encourage foreign com petition with Spain in the Cuban market. The Spanish protectionists understand that If this were permitted It would al most certainly result In material benefit to the United States and they are mind ful of the disadvantage at which they were placed by our reciprocity agree ment with Spain , under which the trade of this country with Cuba was very greatly increased. The dilemma promises to seriously per plex the Spanish government and it is not easy to see how it will bo able to satisfy both parties. There is no doubt that Spanish industries arc in very bad shape. The insurrections In > Cuba and the Philippine islands have greatly d min- Ished the dom'and ' for Spanish manufac tures and pretty much the whole Indus trial system of Spain has been severely crippled. In the Industrial centers , like Barcelona , there are more Idle than em ployed people. Tlie manufacturers are lioping for tlie restoration of the Cuban market and it is therefore no wonder that they oppose tariff concessions that would disappoint their hope and leave them little better off than they now are. But the Cubans cannot reasonably be ex pected toaccept autonomy that would give them no relief from tariff exactions to Which are largely due their revolt against Spanish rule. Tlie proposed po litical reform would be of Httlp value it' the people of Cuba were to be still subjected to an oppressive Spanish tariff. The problem Is quite as dllllcult as any with which the Spanish govern ment has to deal. , T//B HULKS OF TllK SBXATK. The many unsuccessful efforts that have been made to secure changes In the rules of the United States senate which would enable that body to do business more expeditlously discourage hops that anything will be accomplished by re newed effort at the coming session , but none the less It should bo made and earnestly pressed by senators who be lieve It to be In the Interest of tlie public welfare that the antiquated senate rules should be modified. At the first session of the Fifty-fourth congress amendments to the rules were proposed providing for counting a quo rum , closing debate and requiring that all debate shall bo relevant to the sub ject before the senate. The adoption of the first two of these proposed amend- ineiits would bring the senate under the parliamentary rules which govern the house and which have been approved by both political parties in the popular branch of congress. Under the practice of the senate legislation may bo ob- strut-led indefinitely by the refusal of senators to vote , thereby breaking a quorum a practice long In vogue In the house until Speakcy Heed adopted the heroic plan of counting-a quorum while the unrestricted debate allowed sena tors enables a minority to talk a meas ure to death nnd they may Inject Into their speeches any amount of extraneous and Irrelevant mutter , as the Congres sional Kerord at almost every session of congress shown. One of the strongest advocates of a change iiv the senate culos is Senator Whlto of California. In n speech in the Kimata of the Klfty-fourtli congress on the subject he said that "under our program - ' gram single voice neutralizes , nay , vanquishes eighty-seven. We cannot overcome a single and determined op posing senator until , his physical powern having weakened , we march to the roll call over his prostrate and panting form. If a Rufllcient number of obstructionists to order u roll call bo present ami a proper supply of positive senators bo heru to watch and pray with their fel lows which must nearly always be the case In the great controversies now pend ing or plainly in slgit | or hereafter to occur no vote can bo reached until Uw minority oo will * It. " TUIU tlie sou- nto Is prrictlcally governed by n mi nority , a condition .which contravenes the basle principle of oar republican form of government. In vlow of the methods pursued for delaying or * defeat ing legislation the California senator did not think It wonderful that the people oAho United States ccnsuro the senate anil that body Is not popular. Ho de clared that the senate owes something to the public and that while the minority should bo protected the majority should bo permitted to assert their manifest privilege. There Is no reason why senators any more than representatives should have the privilege of blocking legislation by refusing to vote when present and In that way breaking a quorum , oil bo per mitted to carry on debate Indefinitely. What Is a sound and just rule for the one Is equally so for the other. But ns wo have said , It la not to bo expected that the changes In the rules necessary to Improve the senate ns a legislative body will bo made during the present congress or Indeed In the near future. If such changes arc over made It will be done by practically unanimous con sent nnd that will perhaps bo possible only when by popular election senators shall have become more directly respon sible to the people. .4A' EXPOSITION MEMORIAL. One of the unfortunate features of the plans for the exposition buildings Is that they do not contemplate the crecUon of any permanent structure which shall re main ns n memorial of tlie enterprise after it shall have passed Into history. Could ono of the principal buildings have been constructed with a vlow to Its inheritance by the city for a imbl'c ' art gallery or museum , the exposition would bo the foundation of a now and useful institution from which the people could draw inspiration for years to come. Inasmuch as it will avail nothing to weep over spllk'd mill. , we may as well awake to the fact that the only oppor tunity left for the acquisition of a per manent memorial of the exposition lies In tlie concurrence of the park board in the suggestion that It wit ! as part of llnj city's contribution an nrcn or gate lifter some artistic and , attractlv ? design. The main portion of the exposition grounds upon which the park commission will expend its funds will revert to the city as a pub lic park upon the roimn'a' of the exposi tion buildings , and every permanent im provement In this tract will remain pub- lie properly for all limo. While we are expending so much money to make the ' . > xposltl' n a sueci ss , failure to put a portion of It Into something that will outlive the Imme diate occasion would certainly be cause of regret in the not distant future. THE OAMHL1NO MAMttA'KS GO. Every law-respecting citizen of Omaha will applaud the action of the city nu- thorltiles In suppressing automatic gam bling. Mayor Moores has from the first been opposed to licensing the slot ma chines and has been persistent In urg ing the repeal of the ordinance , which was enacted during his absence from the city. While there never was any excuse for police toleration of this gam bling evil and nothing at any time to prevent the police from abating It , now that the various authorities have finally agreed that the lawjess practice must stop It is to be hoped no further at tempts will be made to commit tlie city again to such dangerous experiments. It is not necessary for The Bee to re peat the objections to protected gam bling in any and every form which have been stated over and over In Its columns. Gambling and lotteries , under whatever name or description , are pru'hlbited by the criminal code by severe penalties and nothing In their nature designed to stimulate the gambling habit among young or old caiv be connived In by the police without winking at violation of t"he law. The slot machine era lias been a costly experience to the community and it has been ended none too soon. An Iowa judge took occasion the other day to condemn the use of slang in passIng - Ing sentence upon a young man found guilty of seduction' , and his words form a timely lesson in manners and morals that ) might well be heeded by all. "Her letter , as well as yours , " the judge said , addressing the convicted young man , "Indicates a loose , careless tendency to slang. This Jn an age of slang among our young people. Thousands of dollars are spent In our public schools , while other vast sums are spent In line churches , yet the majority of our young people are using slang nnd wasting time In Idleness , and a certain per cent of them nre entering the Hold of crime. Slang is a gateway to obsonlty nnd vul garity and many noble girls are on their way to ruin through the gateway of slang. Good morals and good manners , If more thoroughly and fully taught In our common schools , would be more val uable than that our children bo stuffed with the. learning of hooks , of the false Ideas of modern accomplishments. Again , a vast majority of good parents allow undue liberties and familiarity among the young people. " California fruit growers are much concerned over the report that the olive oil sold In the maiket in California as well as elsewhere Is adulterated with cotton seed oil. There are L'.fiOO.OOO olive trees In California and It Is estimated that the product of the orchards , If pickled - led , would make ! > , < MH ) carloads , but It Is Impossible to do business on a paying basis In competition with the product of cotton seed. The Htato Krult Growers' association has provided for analysis of cotton seed oil and experiments to show Its Injurious effects , and a light Is to be nmdo for pure olive oil lu thu mar kets. What has become of the professed In tention of Chief of Police Gallagher to keep the police out of politics ? The chief Is aware that the uneonlradleted testimony In the Go-x case proves con clusively that one of his subordinates detailed men on the police pay roll to report to the fusion campaign managers last spring and perform political work for them at the public expense. He also knows that unless lie prefers charges against this subordinate his Inaction will be tantamount to approval of this political prolUtutlon of the police force nnd notlco UintT > oHtlcal policemen are to bo rowardc'it''ior offenses that call for summary pi ) fsumont Will Chlof Gal lagher live-np-to the flue declarations ho made wflph'ho took charge of the > ollco or Is he sp dopendcnt on his under- ilugs that liO'dnre not call them to task according to > hl& sworn duty ? A Chlcagd cvrfngeltst launched out the other day In. a tirade against church fairs , church ! spclals and church enter tainments of ? all kinds. He said that If any ono wniltdd to make an offering to the Lord , there , was no reason wliy ho should Insist on having an oyster supper lu return. On the same principle , wo presume , the minister who abandons his church on a call with n better salary attached should be denounced as worldly and wickedly sclHsh. The man who starts out to reform the church will find bigger bugbears to tackle tV.nn the church social. The willingness of Great Britain to permit Canada to settle certain little dif ferences between that colony and the United States , Including several matters that have been badly managed by the British statesmen themselves , shows that the Englishmen begin to realize that the world Is a little too large for them and that the job of governing It will have to bo sublet If dt Is to bo well done. When populist politicians got to telling talcs out of school , we may get some In teresting Inside information. When pop ulist leaders themselves declare that the continuance of the three-party organiza tion Is simply a spolls-mongerlng scheme of the patronage dispensers , the fact must be considered established beyond contradiction. The announcement Is made that Tur key has decided to reconstruct its navy. With the diplomatic finesse displayed by Turlfqy In Its recent negotiations with tlie European powers , anything in the shape of additional expenditure on its army and navy must be classed as need less extravagance. ItcvlNlon of Ili < - 1'o.nxloii Hull. Olobc-lJcmocrat. The Idea that the pension list should bo overhauled by Its friends under a repub lican administration meets with favor. A fair nnd considerate Investigation will InJure - Juro 'tho honest rights of no one. I'roisreNslvc Iiiiiirnvumuiit. Indianapolis Journal. Business has Improved "very decidedly dur ing the last year , but the best featurein the situation la the tnlver&il belief among .business menthat , It will bo much better next year. This feeling of confidence- half the battle , , Volcil fur , \VorIc mill Got It. Cincinnati Commercial. Ilallroad men who voted for McKlnley and sound money a year ago without refer ence to former party affiliations have every reason to be. grajtlfied with the result of their votes. The October railroad earnings show an Increase of nearly $5,000,000 over those of October of last year , while the gains In September -and August were equally large. , A .Sniupliof UlliMiM' . St. Paul Pioneer Press. Let us sec ! Wasn't It Germany whoso em- noror was talklngi rather loudly awhile ago about resenting ' 'tho Interference of the United States -An .the affairs ot a European power , " referring to our proposed Interven tion In behalf of 'Cuta1 How well prepared Germany Isto let Its emperor's "resentment" take an acute form Is shown by the fact that when her ministry deems It necessary to send a war ship to Haytl to threaten the negro government It Is fcund that the em- plro has only one ship available and that a month Is needed In which to get that ono ready for sea. liitorpri-tlnn- Immigration Lnvrn. Springfield ( Slabs. ) Republican. Our Immigration laws iprohlblt the landIng - Ing of polygamlsts In a clause obviously aimed' ' at Mormons nnd others who practice polygamy. Hut under the Interpretation of the government officials In Now York a party ot Mohammedan Syrians has been denied entrance to the country , not because any ono of them has more than ono wife , but because they are faithful to their re ligion which sanctions polygamy. Ono Is a Ifl-yenr-old 'boy who has not yet reached the marrying ago , but he stands by the prophet and can't get In. Is this the right way to Interpret the law ? Ail li\vn PuNsIiiiint. Clilcnco Tribune. Dr. Herron of Iowa Wosl.ijan university says "there Is no disputing 'that wo arc on the verge of a revolution. " But there Is , and conseauantly the reveiend gentleman should look Into the matter a little deeper. Perhaps when ho has stuflied the subject a trlllo lie will learn something about the facts , which arc that revolution In the United States is no more Imminent than submergence under the waters of the Atlantic , that , the American people are 'the . "best fed , the .best clothed , the best housed and most nearly contented of mankind and that their gov ernment , while perhaps It Is not the best pos sible , Is certainly Uio best designed and best administered on earth. ItoyrnttH nml New York World. Just a week ago the United States court of appeals at St. Loula held that a boycott by labor against capital Js a criminal conspiracy. Now an Illinois state court at Chicago has de cided that a "blacklisting" by capital against lat > ur Is equally unlawful and has awarded a "blacklisted" laborer $21,666.33 damages. U the boycott were sound In law , then the taklLH ! would alrj bo sound. But these courts , dealing out oven Justice , have declared the truth tli'.it blacklist and boycott are equally odious , equally hostile to democratic Institutions and Ideas. It Is fortunate tint these two decisions came BO closely together. The object lesslon they present will not be lost up'on olther labor or capital. AVIiri * Orroil Alouu Govern * . Chicago Chronicle , III the Pennsylvania coil regions , where the "lawlessness" of the mlncra recently was the source of 'great grief to the organs < ot the coal barons ] a committee of the Pennsyl vania legislature lias made Homo discoveries respecting the lawlessness of the ! nine ! own ers , The conimtjtee found that many If not meat of tbb operators are mulntalnlng "pluck-mo" etf - In violation of the law ; that some of them ueo dishonest screens and dishonest weights and that practically all of them are raclc-rent landlords , who exact from Iho miners a yearly rent equivalent to tlii ( total coat of the shinties In which they live , Commenti upon these facts would bo superfluous and Itwould , bo Idle to hope for a betterment of the eltuatlon rovcalcd. . IN ( ho OninKilNNlon lJHrl < > Nf ( Jhlcnso Chronicle. In the selection of a successes to Colonel Morrison on the , Interstate Commerce com mission there appears to be an nmia- blo understanding on all Hides that the appointee shall be the "representative" of some particular system of railroads. Judge Paxson of Pennsylvania Is proposed as "the representative of the cistern trunk lines" and Mr. Lawrence of Illinois Is presented as "tho representative of the western roado. " As the Interstate Commerce commission Is supposed to ict as a check upon railroads rather than as an Inatrumcnt for carrying out their wishes. It la not qulto clear why any railroader or combination of railroads should have a reoresentattve In tbo body. The fact that such representation' ' la demanded and ac quiesced In as a matter of course culy goes to provo what ti"8 been suspected for a gooO while that the commission Is a humbug. The railroad * may not control Its proceedlngi , but they Ignore them , which amouuU to the tame thing. IOWA AT T11IO 13XroSlT10\ . Every Jtonnon Why Ilimkej-o Slnte Should HP Crcilltnlilj- | > rc cntc < U Dubuque TclCBraph , A number of Iowa journals that supported Uio candidacy of Mr. Shaw in the recent campaign object to on additional apprctirla * tlon by the legislature for nn Iowa display at the Transmlsslsstppl Exposition to bo held In Omaha next year. They allege , what Is ttno. that the state debt Is now boyon'd the constitutional limit , nnd they declare , what Is not true- , that If , Instead of applying the money to a reduction of the debt the Icglsla- turo should vote $40,000 or $50,000 In addi tion to the $10,000 already appropriated for an Iowa exhibition , the opponents of the party In power would utilize Iho fact to further discredit republican management. This Is a narrow view to t.iko ot a matter cf such vast Importance to luwa , and It la anything but complimentary to the Intelli gence , nubile spirit and state prtdo of the largo clement ot the population that dissents from republican principles and policies. As an adjoining slstor state , Nebraska , which has undertaken the exposition enterprise , has a , valid claim to Iowa co-operation and assist- linco. If Iho conditions wcro reversed Iowa would confidently expect the best aid Ne braska could give , and It would regard Itself as a victim of shabby , unmerited treatment If It failed to receive It. Yet It Nebraska had 110 claim to neighborly consideration Iowa would bo unjust to Itself If It neglected to lake advantage of the exposition to advertise Its products. Its resources nnd Inducements lo the greatest advantage. Ftr this purpose * the $10,000 already provided U a mere bagatelle. Illinois has appropriated $45,000 and may give more , and Iowa OWCB It to herself to glvoat , least as much as Illi nois. On the scale on which U his been Dlnnned and will bo carried out the exposi tion Is to bo a colossal affair. It will attract crowds not alone from all parts of the United States but from other countries. Capitalists seeking fields for Investment will flock to It from nil points of the compass , and , llko the Columbian fair , It Is destined'to vastly stimulate Industry and trade. Hclntlvo to area Iowa Is still sparsely settled. The richest agricultural state In the union , blessed by nuturo more than any other com mon wealth or equal area-on the globe's sur face. It could maintain In comfort four times Us present population. Ninety-flvo per cent of Its surface Is arable , und there Is not only the potentiality of countless billions of wealth In Its soil , but beneath Its soil arc mineral riches without limit. Its agricultu ral products are diversified nnd abundant , it leads the world In corn , which is rapidly becoming a staple In Europe , as It has long been In the United States , nnd It Is supple menting Its pre-cmtnonco In agriculture with the development of manufactures. To become as rich In wealth as nature has made It In the possibilities of wealth , It needs only capital and population. These an exposition display truly worthy of Iowa would help te brine. An amnlo exhibition of Us prod ucts of soil , machinery and hand would bring Its advantages to the attention of the world and prove an Investment tint would Day many hundred and perhaps thousand fold. And even If tbo Immediate and re mote pecuniary results should provo less sat isfactory thin acute-toiled , an Improbable event , a display commensurate with the Greatness of the commonwealth would gratify state prldo and augment state dignity. The economy which would stint the ap propriation to a niggardly pittance Is pitiable. It Is of the kind described as saving at the aplggot and leaking at the bunghole. Iowa Is rich enough to make a display worthy of her. This can bo done \Uthout increasing the debt and without preventing Its reduc tion. At the special session the legislature did not retrench as much as , compatibly with the full efficiency of government , it could have retrenched. Many leaks were left unstrpped. many superfluous placehold ers permitted to continue the drawing of unearned salarle-s. Twice or thrlco the $40,000 or $50,000 that ought to be added to the S10.000 heretofore voted could be saved by further cutting down the compensation for printing and binding and reducing the army of partisan henchmen who have been pen sioned on the state treasury. The legislature will not be censured for a generous appropria tion for an Iowa display at the exposition. It will deserve censure If It fails to make It. I'HItSO.VAh A.VU OTHERWISE. When Tennyson , In 1830 , wrote this In Lockslcy hall , "Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of change , " he supposed that the wheels of railway cars ran in grooved rails. Miss Susani B. Anthony , while In St. Paul the other day , was given a flower for each year of her life. Seventy-eight children fllod before her and each one dropped a full-blown rose Into the suffragist's lap. An American girl who recently had an Interview with Mr. Gladstone says that , though ho Is older than the queen , he looks much younger and still carries himself ca erect as most men twenty years his Junior. G. R. Hancock and the MLsses Hancock are In Washington arranging for the pre sentation of a collection of swords , the property of their grandfather. General Win- field Scott Hancock , to the National mu seum. David G. Yuengllng , Jr. , the once wealthy brewer , was recently unable to pay a debt of $ GSG.50. In 18S1 his Interest In the brew ery that boars his name was valued at $1,000,000 , and last August ho was working for a salary of $50 per week. Bishop Leonard of the Protestant Episco pal missionary dloceso of Nevada , Utah and western Colorado , says that the Indian has no profanity not a profane word in his language. When ho desires to swear 11 Is ne.cessary for him to learn English. When the late Dr. Alrey was made pro fessor of astonomy lu the University of Cambridge and given the observatory to live In , but provided with no salary , someone ono quoted happily : "They gave to Alrey nothing , a local habitation and a name. " A certain Georgia town , which claims to bo an educational center , recently hit upon a novel way of raising funds for a free llb.-ary. This was tiy holding a mock auction , In which the girl students of the local col lege wcro put up for sale to the highest bid der. PIcrro Botklno , the Russian representative at the recent seal conference In Washington , bos Inspected the Boston public library and is so much Impressed with the system of branch libraries and free delivery that ne Intends to call the attention of Ills govern ment to the matter. Admiral Brown , who retired some time ago , after about fifty years' service , Bald at a banquet at Indianapolis on Wednesday : "Telephones are no longer a luxury but are a. necessity. The most perfect and satisfac tory system I have seen was In Honolulu , Hawaii. There Is no monopoly there. " diaries n. Hosmcr of Montreal , general manager at1 the Canadian Telegraph com- c-anv and of the Postal Pacific Telegraph company , soys that the Canadian govern ment will construct and equip a telegraph line to Dawson City by the route surveyed thirty years ago by Georpo Kennan , the Si berian traveler. A popular Impression of Henry Wattcrson Is that ho writes his editorials under the In spiration of Kentucky's most famous product. It Is stated , on the contrary , that when en duty ho make-5 teototallsm an undcvlating rule , and has never used tobacco In any form. When off duty and lu hours of nodal relaxa tion ho drinks like a Kentucky gentleman. The Canada fisheries question Is working Itself out to a favorable conclusion. Codfish are comlne In enormous schools Into Long Island sound , The memory of the oldest In- liRblttnl covers no recollection of any pre vious visitation by the cod to the watoru of Lens Island , Fish weighing from three to nix pounds are caught in numbers every day , Colonel Henry A. Thomas , postmaster of Boston , gave a lecture the other day on the hlatory of pcatolllces , and stated that In the old colonial times there were only seventy- five postotllces in America. Ten yearn later there wcro 800 ofilces ; In 1880.12,000 ; In 1893 , 07,000 , and today about 70,000 have regular postmasters , receive and deliver mall matter and employ 2,000,000 employes , men and women , . Police Superintendent Roberts of Torquay , England , has won a splendid reputation for Impartiality. Ho even punlehea hlmaelf for brpaches of the law. The other night while cycling homo his lamp went out , and the. next day ho appeared before the magistrate In response to a summons Issued by lilmeelf against himself , Ho said a clergyman apoka to him on the subject and this brought the offense to lita notlco. Ho wau flucil & enlll- IIRTTHR 1IACO.V WANTBO. How It Shotiia tip Improved In Cnm- inniul h Fnrelmi Mnrkcl. 81 , Paul rionocr lYcw , Thcro ore several shrewa men among the dflry farmers of the northwestern states who , before general attention was directed by our Agricultural department to the largo profits to bo made by manufacturing n su perior artlclo of butter and shipping It to England , hail dlsclvcrcil that fact themsclvew and , keeping the knowledge measurably pri vate , had piled up considerable fortunes In the Undo. Othern may perhaps bo doing the same thing by raising a breed of hogs es pecially adapted to Iho production of the high grade of bacon demanded by the Eng lish taste , curing It according to English methods nnd shipping It to the "tight little. Island , " where It commands about double the figure brought by the bacon sent abroad by our American packing houses. Consul Lathrco , In his annual report to our State department , dated Bristol , Septem ber 21 , 1S97 , gives fsomo facts and figures wi'lch show the vast opportunities which await American hog raisers who will heed the suggestions made a few days ago by Prof , Shaw of the Minnesota experiment station and printed In the Pioneer Press , regarding the crossing of the present popular breeds of "lard hogs" with the Tamworth breed cud feeding them so us to produce high grade bacon. It U shown that Great Britain annually Import ! ) over 4,000,000 hundred weight ( of 112 pounds ) of bacon , valued at about $40,000,000. Of this more than half conies from tbo United States , the remainder frotu Denmark and Canada. But with such small regard to the British tastes Is the American product put up , as compared with Its competitors , that the money uald for the Danish and Canadian up- uly amounts to nearly twice the sum paid for the larger amount Importml from the United States. In other words , while Danish and Canadian bacon sells at from 11 to 14 cents n pound , United States bacon la selling at 0 % to S cents. In com parison with the prlco paid for the finest grades of English bacon the figurca brought b ytho American product ore even more in significant , since the former ( bringsit wholesale , from 15 to 17 cents per pound , Surely hero Is a margin .which should tempt the Intelligent American farmer to turn over a now leaf In hog raising and bacon curing. To secure ithat margin , as Consul Lathrop cays , our fellow countrymen would have not only to begin nt the .beginning by changing his- breed of hogs to accomplish which end the Importation of some bears of the lean and sweet-lleshod Tamworth breed Is recom mended as the best procedure but he must change his style of feeding ; the main th'ng balng not to feed on. corn. "No corn-fed pig will make bacoa satisfactory to the Eng lish consumer. Firm flesh , firm fat In lim ited quantity cannot bo obtained from conn. " And the sides must be singed and "sent forward In borax , cot in salt. " The characteristic of .most 'American ' pro ducers In other lines who , having over grown their homo market , have of late ycara sought markets for tiiclr surplus In other countries which consists In an endeavor to make foreign customers accppt the same style of goods , put up 'In the same manner as for the American market , has ncwhero boon more strikingly Illustrated than among our pork packers. The American buyer hya been found to bo usually uncritical ; so the same uncritical spirit has been looked for abroad , but not found , The lower prices our exporters have to accept nre the consequence , nnd the farmer feels the result ot those prices in the smaller flguro Jie Is obligedi to accept for his hogs. ACHICUI/l'UllAL , 1MIOMISHS. Secretary AVIIsnii'N Work 1" Furllicr- Itit ; Kxuorln. Hoston Globe. The secretary of agriculture In his last re port publishes the intention of making his department something more than a repor- torlal bureau. He proposes to give wide cir culation to everything In , the way ot experi ence , discovery or Invention that can Inter est American farmers. "Tho department will In future , " lie says , "help producers to find markets for surplus productions , by getting and spreading Information concerning thorn and concerning what foreign 'markets re quire. " The head of such a department should be a student and scientist , as well as a col lector and distributer ofstatlstles. _ He has resources for forming u" commercial judg ment such as are possessed by none other , and his judgment upon the promise of new developments In agriculture should naturally bo the guiding one. The secretary publishes two Important opinions In his last report. One Is tiiat we may build up as profitable an export trade In horses in this country as we have in cat tle and ho expects In the near future to be able to thoroughly post hcrse breeders as to the requirements of foreign buyers of horses. Mr. Wilson further declares that butter from the most remote creamery districts of the United States , when properly made , can be so transported as to be delivered In prime condition to consumers in ! England , oren on the continent of Europe , fifteen or twenty days after making. Hero are two branches of export trade of Immense promise. If wo can do what Is said to bo possible In the line of iiorses , one of the most dismal of forebodings , as It con cerns breeders , Is soon to vanish. And If what Is promised of butter can bo accom plished , it opens up something llko a new future for Now England grazing , inasmuch as selected American butter Is equal to the best offered In 'London ' from any other coun try. try.Thcso Thcsothings may possibly not arouse much enthusiasm among the members of the Homo Market club , but they mean very much to farmers and breeders. Hero's hoping that the secretary of agriculture may 'bo ' able to make good ills purpose of putting more In telligence. Into his valuable department. fiOSSII' AIIOUT XOTISU "Ex-Governor Waller , " says the New Haven Register , "has the most remarkable faculty of memorizing "Ma speeches as ho writes them , and , unless wo are mistaken , never trusts hlmselt to speak extemporane ously. Some years ago , when ho was gov ernor , ho had promised to deliver a short address at the Falrfleld County agricultural fair. 'Ho ' had not had 'tlmo .to prepare It , so he wrote It out on scraps of paper 'between ' Hartford and Norwalk , where ho was met } > / the committee. Nor had ho time to read It over. Wo took occasion to follow his ad dress .with -manuscript In hand , and , to our astonishment , ho < dld not miss nn. artlclo nor a connective , altogether making ono of tbo most felicitous speeches ho made throughout his 'term ' of office. " "For .many years , " says /Philadelphia / Ledger , "Mr , Sartaln was a magazlno editor as well en engraver , and In both capacities had an extensive acquaintance with distin guished men , To the magazine ho published Agasslz contributed hl earliest papers , Pee was a constant contributor and Hood sent to it The Song oftho Shirt. ' For many yearn ho occupied a quaint old mansion In Sansom street , above Seventh street , which was -fainouti storehouse of art treasures , and the meeting place of many distinguished men o' letters and artists. In his old age he was persuaded to remove to the School of Design for Women , and 'In ' the old library room and art gallery of Edwin Forrest's homo are gathered his great collection of Il lustrated books , prints and original palnt- Incs. His collection of engravings -Includcu 20,000 prints , representative examples of thu masters of cngiliving. " The Hartford Times announces by author ity that Mark Twain has paid all hla debts > iy money which ho has earned during the last two years , "This success , " It adds , "shows what < Mr , Clemens can do uvhcn ho feels that ho must. Hla actual earning ! since he wont abroad nmount to $ S2,000 , of which about $20,000 haa been rocolved for lecturing and the remainder IHIH been paid to him for his writings , Ho 'has now the comfortable prospects of a very largo In come from his books during the remainder of his life , and the certainty that his family will be'well provided for. Ho ra naturally In a very happy framu of mind , and , al though ho has 'been ' suffering somewhat from Uio gout slnco he has been In Vienna , the removal of the 'burden of debt from his shoulders makes the world seem vastly pleanauter 'to live In. The rapidity with which 'Mr. Clemens has paid off his obliga tions by his ovrn efforts vhowi that there was absolutely no justification whatever for the attempt toget up a public autscrlplloa for hlfl benefit. " l.KT TUB KUIl SU.VI.S OO. \VlinlcnnUi HlniiRlitor n n Uomeilj- folk Cnnnillniv I'lrnpy. New York Sun. When the Alaska Commorcl.il company nought nnd obtained the exclusive tight to kill seals on the Prlbylov Islands ot Bering RCA there was clamor Among thrwa who af fected great Indignation over the granting- of monopoly rights to n private corporation. Although other governments had controlled Industrial monopolies , as ot salt , nitrates , pearl fisheries , mlnlnr of precious atones , and so on , It was a now thing for our gov * eminent to deal with any such exclusive privileges ; and It was not without embarrnsn- ment ami popular outcry that the Icwsecs of the rookeries obtained the right to take 100- 000 eklns each year , for which they paid ths i government a fixed royalty per skin. J But the plan appealed to work well. The "V annual lux yielded $300,000 nnd up to 1871 the ' total Income from taxes on skins taken , rent of Islands , etc. was $1,350,229. There waa a i change of lessees In 1S30 ; but the first les- j * tecs , during the ten years ending August , I 1SS1. paid altogether $3.452,408 In Inxen ami rentals. In 1SS5 the rovcmio of the United Slates from royalties , rentals and duties on Imported dressed skins waa $1,375,000 , Tun preparation of fur seal skins for use Is a British industry. Briefly , wo may say that wo have got our money back slnco Alaska was bought and paid for. Up to the tlmo of taxing the eleventh census the total value of exports from Alaska was $75,2131129 ; anil these consisted ot furs , fish , fossil Ivory , oil. whalebone , gold and stiver nnd other com modities. The Indiscriminate slaughter ot fur seals by unauthorized persona began In 1SS6. The slayers , chiefly In Canadian vessels , cruised In the open sea just outside of the. traditional limits ot jurisdiction , and killed the animals , most of which wcro females In search of food. So great was the diminution of the herd llmt the United Stairs government was compelled to reduce largely the number al lowed by law lo bo killed nnd to n certain oxtcnt to suspend nulhorlzcil killing alto gether. The open sea killing , if unchecked , would ultimately cxteriulnnto forever the race ot fur bearing seals , The cost of polic ing the watois of Bering sea for the better protection of sell life has been considerable The friction and the worry caused by Canadian persistence In this reckless and often Inhuman pursuit of the animals have been exasperating ami constant. The Canadians , who regard with covetous eyes American markets from which thry ara excluded , have craftily maintained the Bor ing sea question ns their atock in trade , to bo used In all negotiations between the United States nnd Great Britain. In effect they have said : "Wo shnlhnot agree to let up on our poaching In Bering sea unless you will ngreo to this , that or the other Ihltig wo want. " It Is high time that this nonscnso wore stopped. The play la played out. Let congress , therefore , cancel all leases to seal hunting and supply companies , rait off the police liccts , abandon the whole busi ness of fu" sealing nnd permit the rapacity rnd selfishness ot our neighbors to complete the extermination of the fur bearing seal. \Ve can ataml It If they csn. roi.vrii > HKM.VHKS , Indianapolis Jouinul : "Hut you might learn to love me , " plouiled the young mail to tile elderly hPlress. "One Is nuvi-r too old to Icnrn , you know. " Detroit Free Press. Judge Do you mean to pA'tiir that you were tho..last person to play on the old opera house stage ? Witness Yes , your honor , I'm a In a hose company. Somorvlllo Journal : Waggles I tell you , I talked to him like a father. Wiggles It won't do any good , If he lis tened to you llko a son. Chicago Hccord ; "It was a r.ither expen sive ocean trip that Splasher took. " "Whut happened ? " "A frightful storm came n | > and the caj > - taln throw Splnsher'a oil painting overboard , to culnu the waves. " Yonkers Statesman1 you think thora wi ) : bo any pools In the next world ? " af-kcd the assistant editor. " \Vhero else do you suppose l.Vey'vo till gene lo ? " exclaimed Ihe editor. Indianapolis Journal : Mr. N. Peck I notice that a good many of the ( papers nro dropping the "mo" from "programme , " making It "program. " Mrs. N. Peck Well , you don't drop mo from the jwosram In this house. Not much. Chicago News : "Drlggs and.his wife seem to be a very congenial pair. What be Bays she agrees to and what she says he backs up. " "Yes ; but It's simply necessary to the case. " "How's that ? " "They live In a flat and of course there'll no room for argument. " Philadelphia North American : "Well. " said the sport lover to his non-sportlnir friend , "what did you think of the foot ball game ? " "I was disappointed , " replied the friend. "Tho game didn't come off. Shortly after play ittasi started the jilayers got Into an awful riot and It was still In progress when I left. " Harper's Bazar : Entering the house of a friend some weeks ngo 1 was struck wIUi the superb polish of her walnut stair rails. They wcro fairly dazzling so much so that 1 could not but remark it. "What polish do you useI asked. "Nono at nil , " s'io : reeled. "I encourntro my three small boys lo slide down the banisters , and there you aro. " Detroit Journal : "Hers will be the most sumptuous production of Shakespeare in the history of the drama. " "No ! " "Her wardrobe cost $13,000. " "You don't tell mo ? " "Yes , she has llvu po.vns for wtreot wear nnd they cost a thousand cniili , und the costuma she wears down to dinner lit tno hotel cost nn even $10,000. " 'TWAS BVKri THUS. \VnnhlnBtun SUir. . Thanksgiving1 comes In glad array , The poet's Jocund 'text , With turkey and inlnoc < po ! ono clay And biliousness Iho next. A TJIAMCSUIVIXfl WOOINM. llOEtnn ( llolie. Tiio frost was on the cottage pane , The skies were girny and chill ; Hut with n trumblliiK hand she winoothed Her kerchlof's dainty frill. For then she saw the youthful squlro Dlumountlnff In HIP snow. In velvet coat , nnd buckled ohocs. Thanksgiving1 long ago. Whllo with her wrinkled Hire he talked Of weather nnd of wheat , HlB car was over strained to catch The mualo of hflr feet. Her dimpled arm * worn deep In Hour , Her rounded clieekH iiglow ; Her father slept ho slolo u klfs , ThnnkBcIvliitf long ngo. Ills stalely mother nnd her gucstu Were wnltlni ; at the Hull Before the feast In ullvur nerved , Jiut ho forjjot tla-in all. And at the fnnnrr'H humble board , With curly head bent low. He called a courtly blessing down , TjinnkPRlvlMK ions ago. Clear rose the moon , nbove the woods Anil twilight veiled the furm ; i But Htlll Ii < > lingered lit the gutc , The brldlo on bin arm. "Oh , bake and brew for mo alone , Do tnlno for weal or won ; I love you dear , " ho oftly said , ThanknglvInK1 1 ° "K ago. In yonder cnrven frame slio stands , In puarls und blue brocade ; And still tradition fondly keeps Th pumpkin jili'it Hho made , And tcllti a train Urn story sweet , When thu granaries ovcrllow , Of how the Hqulro a-woolni ? went , Thanksgiving long ago. An honest man should be honest' ' * with his body.If slight daily ills show lhaj Nature is protesting against same wrong being done , try leaving off coffee and use Postum Focal Coffee. Tha change has made MEN from INVALIDS.