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12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEJfc OSUNDAY , FEBRUARY 0 , 1898.
THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BE&
B.
EVKHY MORNING.
TKRMS Or BUDSCntlTlONl
Dally lie * ( Without Sumlny ) , Ono Year J5 '
Dally tlf nnd Sunday. One Y r 3i
Rlr Month ! 4 '
Thre Months - '
Bunrtay lit * One Y r 2' '
BMunlAy ne. One Your 1 ;
WMKIy n > f , Ono Year
OPFICKS :
Omahn : Tlic Ilco HulMIni ? .
Bouth Omatia : Slnsi-r Illk. . for. N and Slth Bit.
Council llliirra : 10 I'cnil Street.
chlmrn fnilo" : 6"f f'lmmlier of Commerce.
ttfvr Ynrk : Temple Court.
Wflihlnainn : SOI Kourtwnlh fltr el.
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All enminnnlratlorn rclntlnff to n < "v nnil dllo *
rial mniin nhuuld ho ndilrewl : To Ilia IMl'.or
iirsiNiss I.ITTIHH. : :
All l'ii lnr ii Icttcr.i nnj remlttnnccs fliould t >
nrtdrciwpit t , > Tlir > HOT PulilliMn * Compinj
Orrmhn. nrnfl.i , chcrUn , expicn nnd ponjitflc
money orders to bo iiiAiln pajaUo to the oru-'r o
tlie compnnv. . . . . .
run nir : t'liiit.isiiiNO COMPANY.
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llnhlni ; rompiiny. IHnR ilnly sworn. * > thnt Hi
Htttial mnnlr r nf full nnil completn rnplcs of Th
ll.illy. Moraing. Mcnlnc and Sunday lion prlnto <
ilnrlnB thp tnnntli of January. ISM a a fol
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IS BUM 19 21.20
H U.f,9) 30 21.01
15 21.453 31 20.M
16 51.010
Total f'l" .
Loin relumed nnd unsold eoplen 10.U
Net total naloi CW.7 i
N'ft dally Avrraw I-M |
r.noilOll 11. TZSCHUCIv.
Rwnrn tn ticforn me nnd milwrllipd In m >
pr enep Mils 1st day of I-'elminry. 1SOS.
( Si-.il. ) N. I' . KBIT *
Notary 1'ulillc.
If Mils m to cutllm ; keeps on It innj
KOOII h ( oino cheaper to travel tlian to
stay : it liniui' .
Iteslilos belli ; ; ii famous culture centei
Itnston is now distinguished as a Kolmi
iiry .snowstorm hull.
Tlic populist party of South Dakota
Is Just now KivhiK tlio llni'st exhibition
of bifurcated politics on the singe1.
Our popocrailc fri'lids seem to liu un
happy because the frovernineiit rovcnnoh
do not continue1 to nhow a constnnl
deficit.
It Is to be Imped that congress will llnd
Koinctldn ; ; more ! niortant ] ) to discuss
this wo"k than the origin of Mr.
Icy's new hat.
Altlioujrli ( iroe ( was badly benton In
the war over Circle , a Grecian prince Is
to he governor of the island province ,
which is almost as jjood as to have
wlilpped the Turks.
The consolidation stories seem to be
for the railroads the .sumo as the. diamond
mend robbery yarns for the. actresses
simply a device to work the uowspapors
for a little free advertising.
Japan may no longer have serious ob
jections to the annexation of Hawaii by
the United States , but the withdrawal of
Japan's protests does not make annexa
tion any more desirable for the Amer
ican people.
Itapld Incro'att1 In the deposits In the
banks of the country Is a good sign of
the near approach of an era of Invest
ment and development of business enter
prises. The owners of moiu'y do not like
It ) have it lying Idle in the banks.
It Is suggested that all that is neces
sary to get water for the exposition
grounds Is for the management to ask
the water works company to turn the
water on. That can easily he done , but
it is another thing to get the water.
IH'lglum last year exported to the
United Slates over ir : ! > ,000 , < )0 ) < ) pounds
of sugar. Kvery ounce of this can be
and ought to have been produced in this
tlon any more desirable for the American
labor In American tields and factories.
Kx-Clmlrman Harrity may b , > removed
from the place he occupied on the demo
cratic national committee , but be cannot
bi > removed as a factor In Pennsylvania
politics. A man may remove a mole ,
but the sear often proves a wor.Mdisfig
urement.
Now If someone will be so kind as to
furnish reliable Information as to
whether ( treat Krltaln has or has not
backed down before aggressive Russian
diplomacy In the Orient dt'bato will bo
resumed on the ipic.stlon , Is it right for
( jurnmny to steal a part of China ?
One iefreshlng change enjoyed in pass
ing from Ih senate to the house lies In
nulling me lower nonseoi congress 10 DO
substantially free from so-called silver
republicans. The republicans in tin ;
house vindicate their title to the name
by standing sipiarely on the St. Louis
platform.
There has been more intemperate talk
lit I'rinct'ton than Intemperance of the
other sort , if President I'atton Is to bo
credited , and If the critics of the uni
versity will check their Intemperate lan
guage the university faculty may he de-
ptMided on to prevent Intemperance
among the students.
Attention Is called to the priority , com
pleteness and accuracy of The Bee's
news reports of the Crahlo case. The
Bee has prinU'd all the essential features
nnd developments of tills most remark-
nhlc. incident twelve hours ahead of its
competitors. The Bee Is second to none
in enterprise as a newspaper.
Senator Lindsay of Kentucky declines
to resign , notwithstanding the peivmp-
tory demand of the Kentucky legislature
for Ids resignation. The senator lias
most of the precedents on his side. The
members of the United States seimte
wlio have resigned for any reason linvo
ulwnys been few and far between.
Ono of tlto problems which the man-
ngers of ( lie exposition will soon have
to solve Is whether the exposition lias
been launched for the purpose of adver
tising a Boston architect or whether
the architect In question was employed
to supervise the architecture of the ex
position on a casl ) compunsatlon basis.
THK KKUHdAXir.Kn UXlOft 1'ACirW.
The advent of Hornco O. Hurt ns chief
executive of the roorgnnl/.cd Union Pa-
cine railroad marks an epoch In the his
tory of the pioneer transcontinental
trunk lino. Mr. Hurt Is pre-eminently
Iltted for Inaugurating reforms that will
Insure the operation of the Union Pacllle
upon strictly business principles nnd
place It In position to regain the prestige
which it enjoyed when It was without a
rival In competing for transcontinental
tralilc.
As a thoroughbred railway manager
the new president realizes that 11 rail
road weighted down with .supernumer
aries or Incompetent favorites can no
moiv hope to win in a race against a
well manned competitor than n regiment
of regulars burdened with a long bag
gage train to overtake n band of mounted
Indians on the war path. To insure etll-
clones1 In every branch of the service
while mlnimlx.ing expenses some radical
changes had to be mad'o and the pruning
knife fearlessly applied. AVhlie not
shirking the disagreeable task Imposed
by the conditions under which lie as
sumed control , President Hurt has sig
nalized his first month under his new
commission by Inaugurating an improved
transcontinental passenger service that
should be highly appreciated by the pa
trons of the Union rncille.
The new fast , passenger train with Its
magnificent equipment which begins to
day to run between Chicago and Denver
Is tin1 Urst move made by the new presi
dent on the railway chess board which
the , lines competing with the Union Pa-
ellic must meet. The very first result is
the restoration of the fast through train
on the Burlington system which htul
been discontinued three years ago , so
that oven the natrons of that road are
under obligations to Mr. Hurt for im
proved passenger facilities. It is not
likely that the reorganized Union Pacific
railroad under the management of Presi
dent Hurt will be permitted to fall be
hind any other road In enterprise or in
facilities for the increased tralilc sure to
follow public favor and general pros
perity. , _ _ _ _ _
DKI'AllTMKXT OF COMMI'.IiCE.
The representatives of commercial nnd
ndustrlal interests who are In Washing
ton urging the civation of a new execu
tive department , to be called the dppart-
nent of commerce and Industries , speak
for a very large nnd Inlluentlal clement.
Last Wednesday they had an interview
with the president , who it is under
stood is in sympathy with the project
ind will take such action as he deems
> roper in furtherance of it. On Friday
these gentlemen were given a hearing
> y the Interstate commerce committee of
the hoii.Hi ? and if the > reasons they gave
for the creation of the proposed depart
ment are admitted to be sound there is
irgentl necessity for this addition to the
executive branch of th-D government.
There is a bill now pending before the
louse interstate commerce committee ,
ntroducod by Mr. Hepburn of Iowa ,
which Is In all , resp.'cts tne same as the
ne introduced in the senate by Senator
Kryo , providing for the creation of a
lepartmeiit. the head of which shall bo a
nember of the cabinet and which shall
> t > made up of a numbi-r of bureaus jiow
llstrlbuted among the existing depart-
nonts. The work of the proposed de
partment would bo to look after and
M-omoto the commercial and industrial
nterests of the country and It Is urged
that this could lx > better done than
hrough the bureaus as now constituted.
It is also said that It would relieve de-
mrtniontp , particularly the treasury ,
which are overcrowded with work that
lees not come within their respective
spheres.
AVe have never been able to percolve
any such necessity for n new depart-
nent as its promoters urge and the
easons given by the representatives of
msiness interests to the Interstate com-
iierce committee do not impress us as
> y any means conclusive. It Is by no
neans certain that the work now done
> y the various bureaus which would
onstltute the new department would be
ny better done than at present , but
hero Is no question that the proposed
lepartmont would increase the cost of
government , though its promoters claim
hat this increase would not be large.
Advancement of the commercial and in-
lustrlal interests of the country is to be
li'slrod , but it may reasonably be
loubted whether n new executive do-
larlmcnt could accomplish much in this
llrectlon. Commercial and Industrial
growth depends upon the energy and
> ntorprso ! of the people. At all events
his ( [ iit'stlon of a new department can
cry well wait until the receipts of the
'ovorntnont at least equal its expend- !
u res.
KOT Jiurmis or U
Tlie superior authority of the United
States , In cases where there Is a conflict
letween federal and state jurisdiction , is
ecognized by everyone as right and
roper. The theory upon which it is
'oundcd ' Is that federal property and
ederal olllcers must bo privileged from
ei/uro or interference by stale nuthori-
! es. otherwise In case of conflict the
upremacy of the federal government
light bp endangered. But the doctrine
my lie applied absurdly , so as to vlo-
ate justice and defeat its original obJ--ct.
'his appears to have been done in the
t. Louis decision , according to which
no may thrash a man In a federal baild-
ng and escaH ] > the usual penalty for
uch an assault by pleading that any
deral building Is n government reserva-
Ion over which state laws liavo no
iirlsdictlon , The case referred to was
no In which a colored porter made an
ttack upon the Janitor In the Internal
cvcnuo office. Immunity from punish-
lent under state laws was secured be-
ausc of the application of the doctrine
f exterritoriality.
To the ordinary man this seems to be
ding to an unnecessary and ridiculous
\tremu In upholding the authority of the
oderal courts and preserving tlio dig-
ity of the United States government.
U best It is a perversion of the prlnci-
ile , doubtless good enough law under
trlct Interpretation of the statutes , but
ot In accord with common sense. On
Ids plan one has but to step Inside n
'ederal ' building or an office controlled
y the federal government to escape the
Kilns and penalties of the criminal code.
I FHIUl * ClliLiUB ! ureuiuu , t ,
iOf i cotirso federal laws will apply , pome-
, times more severe In their penalties than
state laws , but they do not cover all the
misdemeanors and crimes punishable by
state law.
It would be better to Invoke the sn
porlor Jurisdiction of tlio federal courts
only where the question Involved relates
to the federal business. In the St. Louis
case thp federal government was not In
tcrcstcd In the fight between a porter
nnd a janitor , and no harm could have
come to the United States had tlio state
courts had Jurisdiction. The federal
buildings nnd offices are not designed
to bo houses of refuge for offenders
against state laws , and by so regarding
them the courts bring Into disrepute
laws and legal principles of vital Im
portance1 to our system of government
with its divided Jurisdiction.
irmj iT conxnn AXD DAHK
It Is probable that the corner in wheat
controlled by a Chicago man
is the Indirect cause of dark
bread the Chicago bakers admit
they arc turning out of their ovens ,
though Mr. Letter waves aside Ills re
sponsibility with the suggestion that the
millers can get good wheat for making
good tlour by applying to his agents and
paying his price. Without waiting to de
termine whether the farmers , the mill
ers , the bakers or the speculators are at
fault , the Chicago commissioner of
health has commenced Investigation to
determine the wholesomeness of the dark
bread , and tills Is the important tiling
from tlio viewpoint of tlio consumer.
Whether the bread is dark or pure white
Is of less Importance than the question of
its life-sustaining qualities and , freedom
from injurious elements.
Most persons prefer bread oC snowy
whiteness , yet it does not follow that
such bread Is more healthful nor more
nutritious than darker bread , for white
Hour can only be milled by taking out
of the grain some of its valuable ele
ments. Again It Is not always true that
tlour made from second grade wheat Is
unwholesome , however it may be un
palatable. If the grain is ripe and clean
aud lias not been spoiled before it
reaches the rolls of the miller , It is not
likely there will bo anything about the
Hour dangerous to health , even though
It lacks some of the qualities so highly
prized by , the bakers. It Is from wheat
that lias been partially developed or is
unclean or has been exposed to the ele
ments so that It is spoiled that Hour
comes from which bread Is made that Is
harmful. Such Hour , although unadul
terated , is not as good as the Hour which
has Iwen mixed with corn products or
other adulterants. In fact , it would bo
better for Americans to make much
greater use of cornineal and other corn
products on their tables than to use
wheat bread dangerously darker pay In
ordinately high prices for good bread for
the benefit of wheat speculators.
IT the wheat corner has the indirect re
sult of encouraging the substitution of
cornineal for wheat Hour in American
homes it will prove to be not wholly an
evil.
PKA'SWXS AXI ) T1IK 1)KFK1T.
According to the last treasury state
ment there was paid out for pensions
during the seven months of the current
fiscal year iS ! > ,0 ( ) ,0X ( ) . The deficit for
tlds period was in round numbers : ? . > : . ' , -
( MKXM ) ( ) . so that omitting pensions then-
was a surplus above the ordinary ex
penses of the government of ? : ! 7,00l ( , < )00. )
The growth of the pension account dur
ing the last ten years represents fully
four-fifths of the increase in public ex
penditures. For the ten years ending
.lune ; ! 0 , 1SS7 , the dlsbursemnnts for
pensions aggregated S574-11S,1SI and
for the subsequent ten years the aggre
gate was $ I'J. , a(5ti.iL ( : ( ) . or more than
double the amount for the preceding ten
years. In 1SSS the expenditure for pen
sions was in round numbers ? S,000JO ( ( ) ( ,
while for the current fiscal year it will
be ? M 1,000,000. Since ISOli the govern
ment has paid out for pensions $ -,178-
000,000.
These arc stupendous figures nnd it
! s not surprising that they command
serious attention , or that men who have-
always been earnest friend ; * of the pen
sion system are urging reforms that
would operate to reduce the account
without doing any Injustice to those who
deserve a pension. People who give no
great credence to alleged frauds though
no one doubts that pensions have be'ii :
fraudulently obtained still think that
there Is room for reform and that legis
lation along the lines recommended by
the commissioner of pensions Is desira
ble. For Instance , under the present
law It is possible for the. widow of a
union soldier who has married again to
procure a pension , even though supported
by a second husband. She may not
have applied for a pension during her
widowhood , but at the Instigation of her
new husband she may now legally col
lect from the government ns back pay
the sum that she might have received ,
It has been stated that pensions of this
class , paid to former widows , are now
costing ( lie treasury $10,000 a day.
Again , It is now possible for a minor
child of a deceased soldier , who never
applied for a pension during' the term
of Ids minority , to file a claim for the
money that ho would have resolved
from the government up to tha age of 1(1. (
Such an applicant may bo10' years old
today and yet if ho was entitled to a
pension twenty-five years ago he can
tile a claim at the pension bureau that
must be allowed under the law. An
abuse to which tlio commissioner of pen-
slons directed especial attention is that
of young women marrying old veterans
who are on the verge of the grave , In
order to acquire widows' pensions on
the decease of their husbands. So far
as wo have observed there has been
no dissent to the recommendation of the
commissioner that this abuse be reme
died. There is also n very general sen
timent In favor of publishing the list of
pensioners , a course which It Is believed
would result In reducing the pension
roll by exposing these who have no
claim to the bounty of the government.
Other reforms are urged which would
operate to materially diminish tlio pen
sion account as It stands under existing
law.
It Is to no purpose to make compari
son , as has been done , of the pension
policy of Great Britain with that of tha
United StntRS. u iTho liberal policy of
our ROrarntmUi 'toward the union eol-
dlertf 13 In the highest degree honorable
to the AmcrlcirL'ipeoplo nnd that policy
will bo malitlnltiod o long ns there is
a war roto&h ( o be benefited by It.
Hut It Is uuqticstlonnblo that reforms
can bo cfTcctvd which would do no InJury -
Jury or Injustice , , to thp old soldiers and
would materially rcdtico the demand
from this source on the national treas
ury. '
TllK btitolKK MUD1F1RD.
Contrary to expectation the protest
of the American ambassador at Berlin
against the decree of the Prussian min
ister of finance prohibiting the Importa
tion of American fresh fruit was not
without effect. The decree was modi-
tied to tile extent of permitting fruit
to be admitted which has been Inspected
and found t.o bo In * satisfactory condi
tion. This Is a concession , but It may
not be particularly valuable if the In-
sjwetioti officials should bo In sympathy
with ( hose who favor the exclusion of
American fresh fruits. It is hardly pos
sible , therefore , that tills trade will not
suffer from the now conditions Imposed.
Shippers of fruits to Germany will hesi
tate to take tlic risk under the existing
requirement and it can be confidently
predicted that this growing business
with that country will experience a
large falling off.
The matter was discussed at the cabi
net meeting Friday and Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson Is reported to have
said that the action of Prussia might
bo entirely proper and clearly within
Its right , since It is a fact that certain
well known fruit diseases could be car
ried on the fruit Itself and thus tlio
infection could be communicated to
healthy trees at a great distance. In
this view of tlio matter It is necessary
to acquit the Prussian finance minister
of the charge of taking tills action in a
spirit of hostility to American commer
cial interests , or by way of retaliation.
It seems that the feeling of the presi
dent and cabinet was that If the action
should be found to have boon nromntcd
by a de-slro to retaliate it should be met
with retaliation. This could be done
very promptly. The president is au
thorized by law to close our ports to
all imports from countries which dis
criminate against our commerce. By a
bimple proclamation , therefore , Presi
dent McKlnley could shut German prod
ucts out of our markets and while there
Is no probability that so extreme a course
will ever be adopted , it is possible that
German coinmVrcInl hostility will bo
carried so far as to provoke it.
Meanwhile there appears to be , ac
cepting the view of the secretary of
agriculture , no substantial ground of
complaint at the action of the Prussian
minister of finaiipc. Ho did.-no more
than lias been done by certain states
of the union , whiuli Secretary Wilson
said bad In tipies Jpast prohibited the
bringing within their borders of par
ticular kinds of fruit from infected sec
tions of other states. The fact remains ,
however , that the f'i/oling / of commercial
hostility toward the United : Stntes Is
'
strong" in'Germany. ' ,
Prison records show that life sentences
are not very long on the average. Of
the forty-two prisoners that have been
received at the prison In .Toilet , 111. , under
llfesentcnccs fourteen have died In prison.
then1 , but fourteen have died in prison ,
nine were pardoned , six were sent to
Insane asylums , eleven had their sen
tences cut short and two were discharged
by reversal of judgment. The average
time in prison of the ) life men has been
live years , ten months and thirteen days.
This is one of the facts men use in justi
fying lynching and in favor of the
Indeterminate sentence plan of punish
ing guilty persons. It is plain , how
ever , the indiscriminate use of tlio par
doning power Is one of the greatest draw
backs to the systematic administration
of justice.
Nebraska machine populists pretend
that there will be but one place on their
state ticket to be fought over in conven
tion this year. But there are eight offices
to be tilled , and there Is nothing in law
or custom that says that each officeholder -
holder shall have two terms. If tliera
aie no populists who want the minor
executive offices except the present In
cumbents , the capacity of the party to
produce olliceseokers has been sadly
overestimated.
The Virginia legislature is making a
recoid with freak legislation. First it
was the anti-foot ball bill , then a bill to
prohibit Hirting , later one to tax bache
lors , and now a member lias prepared a
bill to create colonels by law on payment
of a fee of il and taking the.oath to
abjure dueling. But freak legislators
usually come singly , or nt most two
or three In a bunch , and their crazy no
tions seldom got into the statute books.
Ilnsslan treatment of news of famine
and distress in the interior provinces Is
not ui > to the stjiudiird of enlightened
nations. An order has been Issued for
bidding tlio newspapers publishing any
thing about tlio . tjfe iiig of the people.
In the United States Uie newspaper pub
lishers would be , } nvltcd , to co-operate
with the authorities . ( n making known
the facts and assisting In the work of
alleviating tin * suffering.
Tlio Chicago nKDilntlon ( has yet to
deal with the casftjrf llov. C. O. Brown ,
who confessed to" the Bay conference
In California thelHUllt which he had
steadfastly denied Tor'noarly three years
while posing as ji' jujiired person. If
the Chicago ass $ atfon ' [ does its duty
all that Mr. Browin'can do is to form a
partnership i retirement with the late
Mr. Brecklnrldge of Kentucky.
The enthusiastic Denver Times ays
that "If the Denvpr real estate ther
mometer keeps rising wo can annex
Omaha next spring and take the credit
for holding the exposition. " A better
thing than that would b. > to make an
exhibit nt the Transmlsslsslppl Kxposl-
tlon that will eclipse all others.
The Intentions of the populists who
last year engineered the recount scheme
to put two additional populist judges on
the supreme bench were doubtless good
from u partisan standpoint , but tli'lr
work slipped a trolley and the train
failed to make the connection. In nine
cases out of ten where such fraud Is
attempted some one on the Inside sooner
or later gives the plot away.
The South American trade has at
tracted the attention of the British trad
ers In recent years and now It Is an
nounced that thp British Hoard of Trade
Is about to establish n bureau of Information
mation for the benefit of persons en
gaged In commerce , one object of which
Is to ascertain the condition of the South
American market and keep the British
traders Informed. In many respects this
bureau will correspond to the Bureau of
American Republics , having headquar
ters In Washington. A practical , experi
enced commission will be sent to South
America charged with the duty of Inves
tigating the markets and learning what
Is being done by the traders from other
countries In these markets. If the
American business men take advantage
of their opportunities and no adverse
political action Intervenes , the Ameri
can markets can and will be preserved
for Americans.
The Canadian authorities are doing
something toward encouraging prospectIng -
Ing In Alaska by an order forbidding
anyone entering the Klondike region
without nt least a half ton of provisions.
This may prove to bo nn unintentional
kindness to many who would bo tempted
to go over Into British territory to seek
gold , but w'10 ' WIN tllus uc forced to
develop the gold fields on the American
side of the line.
Can xi' n nil KITrvt.
New York I'rcss.
The Egyptians cat boiled cabbage to avolJ
Intoxication. It Is perhaps just os probable
that their friends get Intoxicated to avoid
the cabbage.
A I.nrmCoiitrnrt. .
Washington Post ,
There arc all eorts of Jobs , but tlio chap
who Is cxpectcil to say sometlilns new to the
American yubllc every twenty-four hours lias
one that keeps htm reasonably busy.
Oliriilni ; ( In-
IMilltiilclphla Inquirer.
A scientist lias discovered that a man has
5,000,000 blood corpuscles , wbllo a woman
has only 4,000,000. Now , will the women
-talking ot their superiority to men ?
A Tl | oil Hell-rut
Indianapolis Journal.
If tlio titled foreign adventurers who come
to this oouti try to go on the market at $1,000 ,
000 each had only the shrewdness to mark
themselves down to $99n,09'J.9S tMey wouh
find much more ready sale among the fair
matrimonial shoppers.
Hump 'Uciiilluur ' In lloxtnii.
New York Sun.
The newest form of amusement In Doston
is called the phrenological party. After a
professor of the science of bumps has de
livered an introductory lecture or prelude no
proceeds to "demonstrate tbo scieuco by
brief reading of tlio mental endowments" of
the guests. Tbe danger is that the pro
fessor's Instinct of urbanity will tarnish tht
clear truth ot his burcu commentaries. Even
at a phrenological party In Boston there Is a
possibility of heads that were best left uu-
rcad.
All A relicCoiuliliiiitliiii. .
SprliiKlloM Itepubllrnn.
Dr. Nansen bas given Americans a sur-
prlso by announcing at the close of his
last lecture In New York Friday evening
that ho might acccmpany Lieutenant Peary
ail his next polar journey. Such a combina
tion would bo unprecedented. Who would
command ? Who claim the honors of dis
covery ? Who wrltei itlio book and do the
lecturing ? Nansen's exact words were :
"I may g'o north next year with the Ameri
can expedition. " A great combination ,
surely , If It could be made to work with
neatness , precision and dispatch. The old
polo would have to tumble.
* AKIIIN ( Wjir.
. liuston Transcript.
It Is an exceedingly pretty idea , if ( he
battleship Kentucky is to bo christened with
water Instead of a more proverbial Kentucky
liquid , that the water should , bo taken from
tliu clear , cold spring on the farm where
Abraham Lincoln was born. His quality
of character speaks Infinitely better for
his native State than anything else. There
la a wholesome and appealing symbolism
in thus making Lincoln , who so deeply de
plored "tlio mighty scourge of war , " sponsor
for the battleship which is to aid in pre
serving our national peace. As Theodore
Roosevelt said at the "Constitution" cele-
bratlMi at the Old South , and as Secrt'tary
Long lias often said in his work In building
up our navy , these battleships are our strong
est form of insurance against war.
EDUCATION AVI ) I.IUIHilLATIO.V.
! -'lllHI ! ANMIIlUlltlOII Of ( lie Allv
< > f lli < - Kilili'lltloiuil Tt > .s ( .
WuHlilngton Post.
Xow that the liouso has come to bo re
garded , and justly , as the conservative
branch of the national legislature , the
friends of justice end common sense look
to it for a conclusive and emphatic do-
foil of Mr. Lodge's bill to restrict immigra
tion through the medium of an educational
teat. It Is a vicious preposition that the
iblllty to read or write a few lines In the
English or any other language constitutes
a guaranty of moral worth or Boclal use
fulness Im an intending Immigrant. The
proposition should be repudiated by an ovcr-
whelmtai ; majority.
\Vo have shown on several occasions pre
viously that even the advocates of the bill
do not iDiko out a case that commends it
to any rational creature. Wo have quoted
Senator Hoar and Senator Ctcndlcr to provo.
by their own arguments , that the measure
! a a humbug , and wo have produced Mr.
Lodge Ici the character of its doting parent.
with logic that consists chiefly in offensive
and insokint insinuations against those who
luvo antagonized it. Mr. Hoar admitted In
his speech before the senate that "but for
existing necessities" the plan proposed by
Mr. Lodge would bo "exceedingly repug
nant" to him. He protested , however , that
It was neceseary to purify the ballot by ex
cluding illiterate persona. Aud tuu ! In the
next breath ho declared that men of tbo
highest education were 'to be found on ttiti
side of dlfiho'iest and corrupt legislation :
" .Men of education men of Intelligence , men
of wealth , scholars in universities , men who
arc now uniting In remonstrance against thltf
prcocsed legislation , when they could accom
plish tliolr own political puiposcs have been
found the willing , facile cud subservient
allies to the men who have attempted to
overthrow the hoiibUy of legislation In this
country. "
What , then , Is left of Mr. Hoir'a pica for
a virtuous ballot box ? What protection
against corrupt politics Is to be found lu the
exclusion of Illiterate persona ?
Mr. Chandler was more direct. He con
fessed tlio humbug without evasion :
"If the senator will allow mo , wo do not
prcposo to keep anybody out by this i.iro-
vliilcn. Kvery liumcci being can come here
under this pfor-osoi ] law who could come with
out it. Wo simply flay before they coma they
shall learn the rudiments of reading and
writing. The senator says that IH all right
as to reading , but we should not require
them to write. It seems to mo aa we only
ask them to stay abroad ono month or two
months r/r t'.ireo months until they got these
rudiments of education , it Is just as reason
able to have those physically capable and
this nrcposed law applies to no ono clso
losrn to read and wrltn as It is to say that
they may come In If they can read , although
they cannot wrlto "
For whoso benefit , then , Is tliU measure
really designed ? It operates a cruelty In
dividing rtinl dismembering ftimllie. . It ex
cludes honest , Industrloua and friitul ncrnw.t ,
while it opens wide the doors tn the whole
oestlferous brood of half-educated agitators
and incendiaries. It sets up a Mile relation
between Illiteracy and crime a relation
whli.1i notoriously doe not extdt. It Is a dls-
hor.ast pretense , ea Mr. Chandler has con
clusively cs'.abHjUeJ.
rnasov.itAxn OTIIHRWISB.
iA Baltimore nan named Huge U seeking
it divorce. A man with two g's in hlfl bug
should not bo restricted by conventional
tics.
tics.Tho
The deep allonco prevailing nl Wolfort's
Roost Is said to bo duo to n test of a inn-
chlno capable of sawing twelve cords of
wood per hour.
With the UiMtnometer ranging from 112
to ICO In the shnilo In Australia , whistling
the notes of "A Hot Tlmo" Is Justifiable
provocation for a funeral.
Henry Wattorson Is extracting considerable
gftyoty from his position on the rear benches.
Ho remarks that the star-eyed goddess con
tinues to bo the belle of the ball , "with
store clothes to burn and back hair to throw
to the birds. "
Charlotte Smith evidently regards us hope
less the case of bachelor politicians and
she U ( low giving her undivided attention to
the reformation of Chinese laundrymcn.
From bachelor politicians to Chinamen Is
not n long step.
That Chicago man who claims to hold the
secret of transmuting baser metals Into gull
will learn something to his advantage b >
consulting the Philadelphia promoters o
Edgemont , S. I ) . Ills eystoin , however , cannot -
not approach In celerity nnd magnetic power
that of Messrs. Orablo and Ku.'tr. .
Whllo Abe Slupsky. Pod Dlsmuko and
Jake Chin arc securely enshrined In fame's
temple , Hon. Michel Stoskopf. an Illinois
statesman , plods the weary path of duty
accumulating more Jeers than Joyous ap
preciation. Such chilly treatment of bud
ding worth nnd manly devotion serves to
remind n forgetful world that Charles A.
Dana la no more.
A gentleman of color , distinguished neither
for literary or oratorical talent , danced
around a pug of ebony hue In Chicago one
evening last week , intending to Impress the
latter that ho was born to wear the cham
pion belt. Suddenly the big fellow's Jaw
collided with a trip hammer , and ho fell
among the "has beons " ' " '
, muttering , "I'm a
big dub. " The event puts him on the first
round of the oratorical ladder.
I.IVH STOCIC VAIiUIJS.
Cnormons IIHTCUNC In ( In-
'I'liroiiKliiiut ( h < * Coimlr.v.
Knnsns City Journal ,
The most authentic report on farm stock
and Its values for the year 1S97 shows an
ncreaso over the aggregate value of the pre
ceding year of $ ir > 0,0 ! > 3,0)0 ( ) , the figures for the
two years being ? 2,037,012.000 and $1SS3-
039,000.
Tlio enhancement of values applies to
lorscs , cows , cattle , sheep and hogs , mules
icing the only class showing a decrease.
The largest Increase Is In sheep , which show
a gain of 29 per cent for the ye-nr.
Although it has been apparent on all live
stock markets that there was an Improve-
ncnt during the last year , both In supplies
and prices , oven those In closest touch with
ho situation were hardly prepared for such
a favorable showing. The Increase for the
current year promises to bo even greater
ban that of last , and with such an outlook
t Is reasonable to hope that we shall soon
reach the previous high water mark , that of
18S ! ) , when the value of farm stock In the
United States wns placed at $2.ri07or.0.000.
To the largo Increase In the value of
cereals has been added that of live stock ,
making the last year ono of the most grati
fying In the agricultural history of the coun
try.
try.Vet
Vet the advocates of Hryanlsm dinned Into
the cars ot the fanners that the cause of
their years of adversity was the failure of
the republican party to adopt the free silver
policy , and prophesied that n failure to elect
the ticket pledged to that doctrine In the
last campaign meant the complete prostra
tion of agricultural Inteiests for the ag-
Hrandlfoment of the money power. These
same housetop alarmists are even now pro
claiming that there Is no prosperity.
The western farmers should know , and In
the main they have learned , that no national
administration which falls to protect the ag
ricultural classes can do any substantial
good for any other Interests. Ily the end of
the McKlnley administration the wisdom ot
republican policies as applied to all classes
of the American people will bo more ap
parent and more powerful than ever before.
IS TllK ( JOOImiK COMlXCf
I
I
A I'niirjryrlo on ili ( - 'Ai
Millennium.
Clilcngo Chronicle.
Some day. when honesty and moral cour
age have supplanted humbug and hypocrisy ,
men will cease to Interfere with the rights
and opinions of other nren. It will bo no
reproach to a mam it will rather bo an honor
to maintain' In public the opinion he holds
In private. Men will say what they think
instead of lyimg for conventionality's sake.
In that day there will be lc * hypocrisy
and more moral courage. There will bo no
reformers , because It will bo recognized that
the citizen Is tlio best Judge of his civil
obligations. There will bo no assumption
upon the part of a few men that they are
commissioned to instruct the community in
Its duties , or. If there should bo such an
nesumptlnn , It will opoedlly bo rebuked as
Impudent and Pharisaical. It will bo a
time of personal liberty and Individual re
sponsibility.
In that day the man who likes to BOO a
prize fight or a dog fight or a cock fight
as nine mem in ten do will wit only go to
see it , hut ho will make no concealment of
the fact.
In that day , moreover , there will bo no
laws forbidding these exhibitions , There will
bo no cant about their "brutalizing effects. "
The residuum ot Wat purltanlsm which , as
Mncaulay say , forbade bear baiting , not be-
caivo It gave pain to the bears , but because
It gave pleasure to the people , will not be
the governing influence In the enactment
of laws affecting sports and entertainments.
In that day the man who wishes may go
to a hon-'o race and may bet cm It If ho will.
Ho may play poker or "shoot craps" with
out 'fear of the police , and he may , without
lot or hindrance , drink or sell whisky dur
ing any or all of the twenty-four hours of
the day no long at > ho does not disturb the
public peace.
In that day , In short , it will bo recog
nized that It Is not the province of gov
ernment to enforce a conventional code of
morals and that a nwn may and should
do exactly us he pleaxes so long Hit he doeti
not Infrlngo upon the rights of some other
men.
men.All
All thefio things wo know well enough
: -oday. Wo are merely too cowardly to ac-
( nowledgo them publicly. When wo shall
lave attained the courage of our convic
tions the em of personal liberty will begin
and the reign of humbug will end.
AXOTHKIl I.VDIOXANT PMOTKST.
Tlin Ambition * ArctillroNln-Clilcf In-
filntu nil llolnir Ailrrrtlftnl.
The recent publication by Leslie's Weekly
or on Illustrated article upon the Trniuinls-
slsslripl exposition serin * to have provokcJ
another outburst of Architectural Indignation
from t'.io Hofton end of the long dlsMnos
toUphrtio In the shape of the following letter
addressed to Its publishers :
DOSTON' , Jan. 31 , 1S9S. Killtor of Leslie' *
\\eekly : IJear Sir In your Issue of February
3 In the article upon the Omahn exposition
there Is mention made of the architects of
tliLs exposition but their names fire not glvwi.
As the success of the work Is very largely
due to these gentlemen and os their collabo
ration has been jH-oductlve of excoptl.tiiil
success I ask tint their name * bo published
In an e.irly number of l\w Weekly , and for
that ( Mirpwo enclose the front iMge of .
pamphlet Issued by the Department of Pro
motion with a full ll t of the architects of
the principal buildings. YOIIM very truly.
CHAHLIJS HOWAItn WALKKU.
\\olkcr & Klmbill , Archltccts-ln-Chlef
TMiismlsslssIppI Imposition.
sicn.Aii : SHOTS AT TIII : IM-MMT.
Boston Transcript : Some of the pastors
of evangelical chiireheis In New York stnto
are complaining that the travelling CVIUIRC-
, rfts nru trespassing upon their preserves.
u by not get up n ehrch trust , nnd provide
that salvation shall be dispensed only by
members of the cambismIon : ? It looks as
though it might come to this.
Chicago Tribune : The record-breaking
case f modesty occurred at Kllznbeth , N.
J. , * ho other day when Itev. Mnrtln
Ressner , a Roman Catholic clergyman , ran
away to avoid receiving a ptirso containing
? . ,500 in gold In honor of his twcnty-lUth
anniversary as a priest. It la probably the
only case on record where n man has run
away from ? 2,500.
Chicago 1'ost : Illshop Vincent of the
.Methodist Kplscop.il church wants gum-
chewing stopped. Why doesn't the bishop
waivt something that Is within the range of
possibility. ' Or , If he must express a wish
lor something of this sort , why does ho
not come out boldly and demand the
abolishment of girls' boarding schools ? Does
liu not know thnt this Is tlio quickest way
to strike at the root of the evil ?
Kansas City Star : Much Joy Is felt In the
ranks of the Salvation Army over the action
of Archbishop Kntn of St. Louis , In consent-
" to net us a vice
president of the me-et-
WK to bo held to welcom ( iuieral William
Hootli. The archbishop and the general
como 'together ' easily enough , not ns be
lievers In the s.iniu church doctrines , but
as the archbishop It "
expresses , "co-laborers
In the work of relieving and uplifting the
laJling and distressed of our coiiinmn > m.
inanity.
IDVI.S.
Penelope-Ami what do yo
i ritixs mi' that the count has ut
last -xpresscd his love to her.
Kthel-ll'ni. U. O. D. , t suppose.
Philadelphia Itecor.l : It's the economical
u.uiRhtur who needs but one clmlr In the
parlor when her young man Is calling.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Wltliout a word
of morning he tluew himself at my feet "
. .1oh > . . we" > J"c'1' l < ow ho couldn't mlsi
them.
Chicago Itecoid : Waiting for a man to
propose Is even more tiresome than waiting
for a street ear.
When a woman truly loves her husband
she likes to hear him snore.
Philadelphia North American : YOIIIIK
Parent-Come right In. old man. nnd have
a drink. I'm a happy father
Old U'nrent-No. my boy ; I'm much
obliged , but I can't encourage you In your
delusions.
Detroit Free Press : "Xo , George , you
bad bottcii not try and ppenk to papa In
the evening. Ilo always conies liomu com
pletely exhausted , after his day's mork "
"Ih-that'.s the tlmu I want' to s-seo him. "
Chicago Tribune : airs. Uambo ( next
morning ) Absalom , do you know you tried
to go to bed last night with your hoots on ?
Mr. Hainbo ( applying- more ice to his
head ) 1 was trying to protect myself from
your cold feet.
Indianapolis Journal "I '
: don't see why
you call them a typical inarrlud couple"
' \\ell. they're both down at tins heel ,
most op the time she's down at the mouth ,
wliilo ho Is down at the corner grocery. "
Atlanta Constitution : A colored woman
went Into a store In the rural district and
"am to the clerk " '
: "I wants de lines' suit or
men's clozn you got In , dc sto' ; I wants tcr
make , my hiisban' a present of 'em. " "Why
didn't you bring him along with you ? "
asked the cleric , "so wo could lit him ? "
Kase I couldn't was the roply. "You see ,
Its dismay : I had live husbands " "Yes ? "
"Kn I buried all er deni 'cept dls ono'
"You did ? " "I slio' did. sub ! Kn dp prison t
ono Is 'bout ready to bury now. en "coin"
ez I rruido de former ones a present or anew
now suit for dey funerals1. I doan 'want tcr
make no distinction between 'em , HO I gwlne
tor lit dc las' one out In do lies' en laics'
stylo. I done took his measure myself.
Himh It Is. Kn if you kin fit him , heah'a
yo' money ! "
( ioon i' ( > .vi < ii3 I'Ain , .
Nixon Wntermnii In I. . A. W. Ilulletln.
Oh , 1 done read do good book , cl'ar plum'
Hi rough ,
An. ' I tells you , hits a mighty line story ;
I's fa'.imlllar ' with the gospels , ol' an' new ,
An' I 'low I's a-walkln' In dc dory.
I like .TQ' to read 'bout the blessed Holy
An' do sains an' de mahaeles an' veeslnns ,
Hut dc part oh de book ilat I likes lie mos'
Is whore I'aul p'lnts hlu 'pl.stle at do
'Phcslans.
When I looks down deep In mah po' ol'
heart.
I wondali of iU > Lo'd kin ovah like me !
'Pears Ilko du llghtuln'H Kwlnu ttr : send a
dart
Out ob de thiiniliih-cloud tcr strike me ,
Hut I know of we's Rood an' doc-s what's
right.
Do ireit : Judgci Is kin' in hl.s ileeoeslons ,
An * I turns to dc bnuk an' I Kits mah llht |
Where Paul p'lnls ills 'plstle at da
'Pheslans.
15f yo' faith ' kinder slinky an' you don *
jcs' know
Kf1 yo' fi-ei Is on de rock or In de mire ,
1'ostln Paul kin ti-ll you dp way yjii orterKo
Ko' to keep you from fjettln' In de lire.
You kin , slip by Satan < > x slick ( / a dart
An' you won't hov no wrecks cr no col-
IccHlons
KC you read do good book till yJii git It all
by heart ,
Where Paul p'lntH Ills 'plstle nt da
'Pheslans.
We appeal especially to young men because they have a re
gard for appearances and know what is what in dress , That is
why we v/ant them to see our winter suits and overcoats , We
have our windows full of them for their inspection , but we hope
they will come inside.
The window display is made up largely of the better grades ,
but we have plenty of lower priced suits that are just as carefully
cut and tailored.
There are some patterns among these that are specially choice ,
and they range in price all the way from $8 to $20.
S. W. Cor. 18th nnd Doug/as Sts. .