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l f 12 TItE OMA3JA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 20 , 1893 , THE OMAJIA SUND\Y Ite E. IIO9UWATEK. KJItot. ruDMSiiED nvnnv MOHNINO. 01' 8UII3CIU1T10N ! Dally Hee ( Without Sunday ) . One Year J ? 01 . .UalUand ! Sunday , One Year 3 0V filx Months < 5" Three Months = JJ Hunday < . One Ye.ir 2W Hfttiinlny IHe , Ono Yr r * J Weekly Ike , One Year OWICH3 : Omulm : Tlio lice IlulMlng. . . Bouth Omntm : HlriKor Jllk. . Tor. N anil 2UU eti Council Illiiltii : 10 1'rnrl Street. \ Clilr fo Oillcf. 012 Chamber of Commerce. New Vork : Tempi * Couil. Wuililngton : C01 Fourteenth Street. COUUKSI'ONDKNCi : . All communications rclntlntr to net" anil dUo- rial matter Bhould lie addresstd ! To tha Edl'.nr. IJUSINttSS urrTKIlS. All l.udlnpRn lottem and remittances fhotiia b ' nrtrlressod to The Ileil > iil > ll MnK Conipinj' . Omaha , nrnftii. c1ick , e pre an.l . PO * ! " ' money orders to be made payable to the order or the . . . company. w . TIII : nr.n PUIIUHIUNO COMPANY. STATHMKNT OP " Blate of Nehnmk.i. DotiRlnr. county. M.s . Oeori-e II. T ehuck , secrctnry of The IJee Tub- llnlilns company , lielnc duly sworn. MVfi " " , ' JJJ ? nctiml tiutnhrr of full nnd complete copies of The I > ally. MornlnK , nvenlnir nnd Sunday lire t > rlntea ilurlng the month of January , IMS was ns fOI- 1 . .M2 17 2 . H.OM 18 , 3 . ZO.OST 1 ! > . ; ? ' 5 ? ' 4 . 20,747 si ) . ' ; ; . C . 20.718 Zl . M.4W 6 . 29.UJ 22 . JJ.iH 7 . 20.F9I 23 . " .Kg R . 21.003 21 . JO.,53 0 . Sl.fO- 25 . * ; . II ) . ji ) 7 | 58 . , . 20.M 11 . 2 ; S7I 27 . SO.JM J2 . 21.19.1 21 . I ' 1J . 20.SM 29 . Jl-MJ 14 . IO.RI1 30 . H.JJ } ' 15 . 21.4M 31 . SW0' 1C . " 1.010 _ Total . 647.2JS returned nnd unsold copies. . , . 10,410 Not lotnl Mlp . B.V..JM Xct dally nvcrnRC . \\fSr ; \ \ ; orconon ii. Tx.sr-nucic. Sworn to before me nnd subscribed In my , prc rnrc this l t day of Februaiy , 1593. ( Seal. ) N. I' . Frail * Notary Public. A now moon lins bwn discovered run , thus scloniv joins with polities in nddiiif to the list of useless things we luivc. T'i > to dale neither of the yellow jont- nnls lias elnlinetl that tin1 blowlnjr up of . the Maine was done by one ot their on reporters. The various home rule and autonomy proposals to the Cubans might now IK llh'd away for referi-nco in case an > other nation wants to know how not tt do It. Arcidonts will happen In the besi regulated families , but the people of tin United .Slates would prefer to do with out accidents of Hie kind that has over taken the Maine. General Lew Wallace may rest as sured thill he will never bo called upon by the descendants of General Mctilul lait to tell any new Lincoln anecdotes lie may happen to remember. Patriotic American citizens are not loslnu sleep worrying about what the ad ministration will or will not do to pro tect the American Haw. President Me- Kinley has a record as a Hag defender. IJrynn may have found Mexico to be all that he had pictured it , but lie has not shown any pronounced regret at leaving it and its free silver coinage to return to the gold standard United States. There must have been some mistake about that report sent out from Uoston that the society leader of the city had broken one of her legs. A Boston so ciety leader never has any greater mis fortune than to fracture a limb. It is now asserted that long before Columbus made his historic journey or the Norseme'n madj settlements In Vineland - land the Irish' ' discovered America. This may or may not bo true , but nobody will deny that they found it some years later. i The willow bark euro for the hal > it of Intemperance in beverages is being tried In Iowa. If it Is half as effective as the time-honored willow switch cure for the habit of laziness It will be a great Improvement over some of the other cures for tippling. Yellow dog Journalism Is trying to precipitate a war upon the United States by sensational fakes , but the masses of the American citizens are not likely to bo stampeded Into a bloody conllict lu order to supply the yellow dog papers with material that will mala , them salable. Kmperor William's ollielal genealogi cal experts have figured out that ln > Is entitled to the thtone of Great Ilrltaln .because ho Is the eldest son of Queen Victoria's eldest daughter. This makes tbo ICngllsh people think better of the prospect of having Albert Edward for king In n few years. There Is no good reason why the United States should not produce all the sugar required for Its homo con sumption and produce It also without the aid or consent of Hawaii or any other country. My prudent encouragement of the beet sugar Industry this much-de- Hired result can be accomplished. The governor of Missouri has refused to honor a requisition for persons charged with body stealing on the ground that It Is too trivial a matter. This Is no safe Indication , however , that grave robbery Is too trivial a matter In Missouri to warrant arrest and prosecu tion If the offense Is perpetrated In that fitate. Spanish papers still Insist that the Pe Lome letter has been misunderstood. If no , It might bo well heieafter to require Spanish diplomats before entering on their missions to go through a kinder garten that will teach them how to express - , press their ideas and opinions In lan guage whoso meaning Is unmistakable. If the news from South America In regard to the secession of four of the loading states of lra/.ll ! proves not to liavo Iweii exaggerated , a disastrous war Is certain to follow this action. The population of the seceding provinces ag gregates about n.000,000 out of the total of 14fXK,000 lu Hraxll , It Is probablu that a few other provinces might follow the example of the rebellious ones and make 1ho contest so nearly equal that there would be grout danger of a peruia. ueut division of the republic. TllK XATIUX'S AACUOlt , At the banquet given by the Mnrquetto club of Chicago lu celebration of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln Justice Mrewer ot the United States supreme court responded to the toast , "Tho Na tion's Anchor. " The focal point of the judge's address was the assertion that the sheet anchor of our liberties and free Institutions Is the federal judiciary as embodied In the supreme court. It Is not In the least surprising that this exalted opinion of the supreme court should come from one of Its own mem bers , but It is passing strange that the anniversary of Lincoln's birth should betaken taken as the occasion for glorifying that court as the bulwark of American lib erty. 1'eoplo yet living In the state of Illinois , some of them In attendance upon the Marquette banquet , remember hearing Abraham Lincoln stigmatize the tribunal that rendered the Drcd Scott decision as the bulwark of the slave power , and In the campaign of 1800 the most virulent attacks upon the repub lican candidate for president were based on his bold arraignment of the supreme court for Its subserviency to the dom inant slavocracy and political aristoc racy. Whether the supreme court has since the days of Lincoln attained a more ele vated standard nnd whether It has been brought In closer harmony with the fundamental doctrines of human rights nnd Individual liberty Is open to ques tion. Krom Its Inception the federal supreme court has been undemocratic and unrepubllcau In Us make-up. Not only have the iwople no voice whatever In the choice of this imperial tribunal whoso members , like feudal lords , hold their places for life , but their selection rarely represents popular sentiment , While Judge Hrewer proclaimed the supreme premo court to be the nation's anchor Thomas Jefferson , author of the Dcclarn lion of Independence , Is quoted as say ing after his retirement from the turmoil of public life that the supreme court was a corps of sappers nnd miners stead ily undermining the constitution. It is a matter of comparatively recent history that the legal tender decisions icndered by the supreme court under the chief justiceship of Salmon P. Chase , the sponsor of the greenbacks , held that the right to issue legal tender paper money could be exercised in times of war only. .Within three years after that decision was banded dowiv and two va cancies had been filled , the court re versed its ruling and upheld the right of congress to emit legal tender currency In times of peace. "It was no secret1 says ex-Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloeh In his rcmlnlsciences , "in deed it was a matter of public notoriety that these justices were appointed in order that the previous decision might be reversed. " This Is , however , not the only instance when new appointments to the supreme court have resulted In reversing previ ous decisions and completely overthrow ing principles enunciated as fundamen tal law. Within less than a quarter of a century there has beeiv a marked ten dency on the part of the supreme court to fortify the corporate power that threatens to strand the ship of tile re public which the court Is supposed to anchor. One 'jy one the decisions which recognize the right of the states to re strict nnd regulate common carriers are being scooped out , leaving but empty shells for the protection of the people. The Granger cases which were heralded forth as the safety valve against cor porate encroachment have been literally expunged and popular confidence seri ously shaken in the only tribunal that was supposed to withstand the tempta tions of corporate wealth and ) the pres sure of grasping monopoly. These criticisms may not sound agree ably on the cars of men who seldom come in contact with the masses and moro seldom still hear anything but fawning flattery from the lips of law yers and laymen Interested In currying Judicial favor. But the very fact that a justice of the supreme court feels It In cumbent to defend at a public banquet the course which he and his colleagues are pursuing on th-2 bench indicates with sulllcient clearness that the whispered discontent of the people has made itself heard even in- the robing rooms of the nine American popes. The nation's anchor is an untrammelled and fearless press sounding the alarm whenever the rights and liberties of the people or their free Institutions are endangered. UUlt MKXICAN fltlKKDS. It Is a suggestive coincidence that on the fiftieth anniversary of UK > signing of the treaty which brought to a close the only armed conflict of the century be tween ICngllsh speaking and Spanish speaking Americans the uppermost topic of the day relates to a possible war be tween the United States and the nation that Is mother of so many American republics. Just a half century ago representatives of ( lie United States and Mexico agreed upon terms of peace which , although forced upon Mexico after a sharp and decisive military cam paign , were not made oppressive by the victors , for the $ ir > ,000,000 agreed to bo paid for the Mexican possesslomi north of the Glla river was looked upon then as a fair price for a few mountains surrounded by deserts. In the army of the defeated there was a soldier Iwy not yet IS years old , des tined to play an Important part In the work of nation making south of the It ID Grande , Porllrlo Din/ followed the profession of arms for nearly thirty years , during which time peace was brought to his country literally by the sword , and then ho commenced his mar velous career of statesmanship by which Mexico has been transformed from a loosely bound confederation of Jealous statw Into a nation of peace loving and Industrious patriots. The battle-scarred veteran had learned the priceless valno of peace and he gave his country the benefit of that lesson. President Diaz Is .said to contemplate a Journey through the United States. If ho comes ho will bo warmly welcomed. As he has been the friend of peace and the patron of the arts , sclenes and Industry - dustry , ho could not well be other than 11 friend to the United States. The sister republics of the North American continent ure good neighbors and friends. They have many mutual Inter ests and few that conflict. The wounds of n half century ago are all healed. The Mexican people , descendants of Spanish families , are not bound by sen timental tics to the land of the citstanct , for , by the victories of President Diaz on the field nnd In the cabinet council , they have learned the meaning of free dom and how to live for It. In any good cause the people of the United States may hereafter bo assured of the sympathy or active co-operation of our Mexican neighbors. AX AATI-TIWST DECISION. An Important decision was rendered a few days ago , in the case of the cast- iron pipe combination , by the United States circuit court of appeals for the Sixth circuit , the effect of the decision being to prevent the trust from contin uing to do business under Its present form of association. The case wns begun In the federal circuit court at Chattanooga by a bill in equity Hied by the attorney general against the six companies composing the combination and was brought under the antMrust act of 1800 , the attorney general con tending that the contract of association was in restraint of interstate commerce. This contract divided the country into what was designated "free" and "pay" territory. In free territory the mem bers of the trust were allowed to sell pllK > at any price they saw lit , while all orders from pay territory had to bo submitted to a central board , which fixed the price and assigned the order to the company In the association which would give tlio highest bonus. Anpthcr feature of the arrangement was the as signment of certain large cities to par ticular companies , on orders from -which both tlio price and the bonus were fixed by the board. The bill .was dismissed by the circuit court , but the decision was set aside by the circuit court of appeals nnd the position of the attorney general sus tained. It was decided by the higher tribunal that the contract of association , even If the prices- - fixed under It were reasonable and its only purpose was to prevent ruinous competition as the de fendants claimed , was nevertheless void at common : law , because in restraint of trade and an attempted monopoly. It was further held by the court that the prices were not reasonable ) and the pur pose was an attempted monopoly ; also that the trade restrained by the con tract of association was the negotiation and sale of pipe to be delivered across state lines from the stalcof manufacture to the state of sale and that this was , under all the decisions of the supreme court , Intci-state commerce. The con clusion from these premises was that the contract of association was a res traint and burden on interstate com merce and a violation- the federal anti-trust law. The position of the court would seem to be unassailable , except , possibly , In its application of the common law to the case. The anti-trust act of 1SOO makes Illegal "every contract , combina tion In the form of trust or otherwise , or conspiracy , In restraint of trade or commerce among the several states , or with foreign nations. " The application of tills to such a combination as the cast-Iron pipe trust Is perfectly plain and there can be no doubt that the de cision of the circuit court of appeals will be sustained by Uie supreme court If tlio case shall be taken to that tribunal. It Is not simply as the defeat of one trust that this decision is important. The court took an advanced position in which there is the promise of further victories for the people over the monopo listic combinations. It must be that there are other trusts amenable to the common law , because of their monopo listic character , and also to the act of 1890 , because of restraint of trade or commence among the slates. H'ORiD-lr/UK n'OItK VUlt WOMEN. The well meaning persons who have organized the Alliance of Oriental and Occidental Women are trying to frighten others into Indorsing their plan for a union of all peoples through friendship and fellowship , by an appeal sent out fromParlscalllng attention to the "elec tric war-belt which spans half the world , " stretching from Morocco to China , along which a scintillation of dip lomatic friction would spread carnage and rapine throughout the world. "On the one side It Is divided Christianity , " say these alliance makers , "on the other , undivided Islam. Christianity numbers about 400,000,000 , ; Islam nearly JiOO.OOO- 000 souls. " . To avert the catastrophe of a conflict all along this line a number of women of the Orient and Occident have formed this alliance. The plan of work In cludes sending Christian women as touchers into the homes of Moslems and establishment of schools In the large cities of the world for study of Oriental literature and philosophy. There Is to be mutual helpfulness nnd the desire for a better understanding between the women of the east nnd tha women of tlio west lu all that pertains to social and domestic life. Thus with a new bond of friendship the peace of. the world will lie assured. The ostensible purpose of this alliance Is commendable ; but that is no excuse for starting it off on the fright plan. The advance of undivided Islam over whelming divided Christianity might not be checked again on the plains of Tours or at ( lie walls of Vienna. But Islam has been receding for centuries and Islam Is today as greatly divided as Christianity with its creeds and de nominations. It would be no more pos sible to unite all followers of the prophet in concerted wjtr against Europe than to unite Christianity In another crusade for the recovery of Jerusalem. The danger the alliance seeks to avert Is largely Imaginary. The Alliance of Oriental and Occiden tal Women may not prevent the clash of the sclmetar and sword during the coming century. Yet ) there Is work for It , if it Is worthy of the trust , lu exert ing a broadening Influence on all peoples ples , In extending the bonds of friend ship , and In furthering mutual toleration among the nations that have grown closer to each other. If the women of the world thus unite they may have great power lu advancing civilization , but this can bo luiat done when the lines of their work crosJmnd recrossthe bor ders ot ChrlstltiTirw nnd Islam nnd ex tend Into realms Jwhorc other systems of religion and philosophy prevail. Twen tieth century progression -will not bo within narrow confines. JI'.IK TALH. The public man 'or newspaper who at this juncture counsels a course on the part of the govofumcn't that might lead to war , who sciiks to Inflame popular passion and wlfoendeavors to create distrust of the r administration or of any department of the gov ernment , Is a public enemy. The United States senator who on Friday made nn Incendiary speech In the senate nnd cast a reflection npon the Navy de partment , for which he was deservedly rebuked , undoubtedly lias sympathizers In the country , bu * ns was said by Sen- nloiv ? Wolcott and Lodge the really pa triotic citizens of the United States do not approve his utterances. These cit izens do not want war , they do not be lieve there Is any justification for a policy on the part of this government that would provoke war and .they feel , as Senator Wolcott said , that If war should come "our course must bo eter nally grounded on the right , " so that our conduct and position shall have the respect of the world and we shall be able to respect ourselves. The really patriotic citizens of the United States those whoso patriotism does not herald Itself in reckless bra vado have confidence In the president and his ollielal advisers. They know that these olllclals arc ns patriotic as themselves , that they are as earnestly devoted to the welfare of their country , that they know 'their duty nnd their responsibilities and that they will faith fully discharge them. All such citizens will fully concur in the declaration of Senator Wolcott that at tills lime help should bo tendered to every demand of the government and all should refrain from unjust criticism ) of these in power. The really patriotic citizens of this country are not now indulging in In cendiary war talk. The people who do that are not generally of the class who would light If their services should bo needed by the government. AMKKICAA COMI'UTITIOX IX EUKOl'E. Almost every day develops some new fact showing the growth of American competition in Europe. Our 'manufac turers , particularly in the iron and steel industry , are steadily gaining ground in the European nuirkctH. The placing of an order with the Carnegie company by the Russian government for the armor plate for two battleships Is a notable instance of American industrial success. The Russian government would not have come to the United ; States for armor for its war vessels unless it found it to be decidedly to Ita dynntago to do so. Reference has heretofore been made to the report "o'f file American consul general at Frankfort in- - regard to the growth of American competition in Eu rope. The communication of the consul general appears in.the consular reports for the current month and Is a highly in teresting and encouraging statement of existing conditions. lie says the fact has become recognized that in several important lines of manufacture notably that of Iron and steel the scepter of economical production , combined with payment of the highest wages to labor , has passed from tlio old world to the new. For years , says Consul General Mason , European economists have struggled against the conclusions which practical men are now forced to accept. It has been argued that , through what they regarded a false fiscal policy and the exaggerated wages accorded to labor , high cost of living and lack of general technical education , American manufac tures in which labor formed an impor tant percentage of cost could never se riously compete In the world's markets with the low wages , frugal living and patient twelve-hour toll of the old world , where , in many places , com munities have been trained for genera tions in specialized forms of industry. It has been demonstrated , however , that under Intelligent , progressive manage ment , highly paid labor , especially when employed to use complicated machinery , is after nil the cheapest , and that in the race for supremacy the inert , congested populations of the old world have Iwcn In many cases left behind by the people who , moro than any other , have re duced economy of labor to an exact science. Consul General Mason cites numerous facts Illustrative of tlio advance of American competition In Europe and ho evidently expects that our trade abroad In certain lines of manufactures will continue to grow , although -Euro- iwnu manufacturers , fully iillve to the situation , are making every effort , In the direction of Improved processes and economy of production , to combat Amer ican competition. The contest , says the consul general , will ba one between nat ural resources , the inventive capacity to economize labor , reduce freights , nave waste of material and , above all , the ability to skillfully sell surplus prod ucts In forelgm.'markets ' , in all which respects , oxcopf'fhJ ! last , Americans are acknowledged musters. UnlessalIsign falNew ) York City will bo ripe for aiwth < ? r Parkhurst crusade before the Tammany regime can bo routed ut the ppjlp. ' The now Tammany mayor set tlio page by attending a va riety performance'at a concert hall , and when the star jictress of the company readied that polutj in the act of disrob ing when shoJpoMened her garter and ' throw It In tluT-'lnp of "ills honor , " who was occupying it-box , tlio newspaper ac count says "he bowed and applnud-'d vigorously. " If that Is not sulllcient sign of four years of Gotham gaycty Van Wyck knows how to make It plainer. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It Is worthy of note that two of the four states excluded from participation In the recent national convention of woman suffragists because' of nonpay ment of dues to tlio national organiza tion are Utah and Colorado , states where women have been accorded the right to vote. 'That these states where the women suffragists have gained their ob ject and which have been proclaimed by them U > be models for less progressive states to follow should not have enough Interest to help spread the benefits to their less favored sisters Is significant unless explained on the theory that woman suffrage Is such a good thing that they want It all to themselves. It would be much more plausible to ex plain the Indifference of Colorado and Utah women to the agitation on tlio ground that their experience line proved disappointing nnd they see no reason why the suffrage should bo thrust upon other women who do not want It. According to the .report of the Ne braska State Moard of Transportation , there were 12,4117 men regularly em ployed on the railroads of the stale , ns compared with 311,155 for the preceding year , and oven the popocratlc railway commissioners are forced to admit that the number of employes has been ma terially Increased since their statistics were gathered. This looks moro like prosperity than calamity. The only strange part of this report is that it does not claim the credit for the In creased employment on Nebraska rail roads for the populist state administra tion. There has been a noticeable decline In heresy hunting In recent years , and It has not been wholly duo to absence of game worthy of the chase. Two of the most conspicuous victims of recent heresy trials are quietly pursuing their labors each In Ills own way. Prof. Charles A. Briggs is still a teacher of theology before large classes and Prof. Henry Preserved Smith has recently been elected to a chair In Amlierst college , where ho can continue the work rudely Interrupted by being called before an ecclesiastical council. Heresy trials are entirely out of date. Boston milliners complain that the en forcement of an ordinance compelling women to remove their hats In theaters has Injured their business. One dealer declares that the business in theater hnts has fallen off 75 per cent since the ordinance went Into effect. This may have been intended as a hint for the theatergoers to make up a purse to as suage the dls' -essed milliners , but the protests thus i.ir have fallen on deaf cars. The press correspondents at the na tional capital have been complaining that tlie department officials did not give out enough news about the Maine disaster , when , as a matter of fact , they were kept busy all the time denying the fakes set afloat by the sensational news mongers. It Is an- unusual case where the government olllcers do not get the first authentic news of affairs of interna tional moment from the press. tA. Center Shot. Globe-Democrat. I An eccentric statistician calculates that a 'woman's tongue travels G.GOO.OOO yards be fore she Is 70. Tlio wife of a man devoted to such suma probably has to travel out to thr > woodpile to keep up the llrcs , and it Is unfair to omit this from the computation. -\IMV Clllcll Oil. Chicago Tost. ' The president of the Union Pacific rail road lias declared that -the - young woman typewritlsts on that road must go. The prpsldnnt probably stands In. with some of the young m.n who have been trying to get them and eoitldn''t ' because they were so everlastingly Imlopendrnt. \n Call for Alarm. New York World. There ! s no questioning the scientific authority for the statement that the spots onthn sun which were the astronomical sensation of the year 1SJ13 , arc again on 'tlio increase. 'Hut ' Inasmuch as they have not Interfered with our enjoyment of an un usually mild winter nor prevented the fine wmther with which we have recently been favored , ( hero docs not seem to bo any cause for alarm In their appearance. I'lciiNiirc mill I'rolH. Louisville Couilnr-Jouinal. There Is no greater agency to stimulate farming nnd the whole life of rural com munities than tlio building of roads ; no ether so easy to bo resorted to. It Is not rcccssary to luvlto foreign capital ; It can ho done at home. It will relieve the hard con ditions of rural life so fully that ttio drift of the population to towns and clttca would bo at once arrested. When pleasure and profit arc KO joined together aa in this ochcme of Improvement why should there be hesita tion ? Jf AV ' iMiiHt , AVe dill. Philadelphia I p < lKor. "Wo don't want to fight , " but the figures of Adjutant General I ) reck'a report show that wo can If we must. In the five states of Xew Vork , Now Jersey , Pennsylvania , Mary land and Delaware , fnrmlss a very small section of the union , ho finds a total of 2.233- 717 men available for military duty. Com paratively few of tlicso are trained In mili tary tactics , but most of them are familiar with arms and Intelligent nndugh to use thorn properly without much ddlllng. Ici this connection It la well to Temcmber that of the largo number of foreigners included In the report by far the greater part re ceived a thorough mllltocy drill at liomo be fore coming to thli country , and ore. In roillty , trained noldlers. Should they take- up arms In defense of tholr adopted country Hiny would of themselves ho a formidable fighting force. \\TIO.V.\I. . wi Ai/rii. Anirrlenn Knrm ilio firi'iiicut of Money TInK'crH. HoMon Ol" > be. Tha Department of Agriculture has Is sued a sneclal bulletin , treating < if the nu- tlon'a foreign trade In agricultural pxnorts. In this rnt > ort is disclosed the mtonlshlng fact that of pxporl * for the P.ieal year amoiintlnr to SI 012.007.0)3. m-pr fid nor cent , or ? G < > 9,7rril93. had their rrlfsln In agriculture a gain over the previous year of some 20 ppr pent. Ce-ttnn shows the grp.itpst Increiso among exported articles. Tn 1S97 there was n gain of 7fiS.528.CC4 pounds over the previous yenr. Wheat ewnert next , with n rpeord of 20.- 000.000 Omshels over 1596. The total oxn-rts of Indian porn amounted to 17G.fi1finG5 bushels , nn Increase of more * than 7/1,000- / fiftO ovp-r 1R9H , and dninlto a dpcllno In price from 37.8 rents to RO.G cents , the amount received for the nroducti showed an Increase of aVut $17.000.000. Ro the report runs along the wholp. line of cereals the final summing up showing a total export nf hrradstuffs ninomitlnc In valiio to r-197.857,21 ! ) . airilii f $1-11,356.993 In 1891 , an Increase of J5C riOO,220. Kntmlly astonishing have been the In- ernaspd pxrorts In other lines of food. There are Important ttnlns In the. export of rattle , horses , fresh 'hppf. hams , bacon , butter and cheese. In 189 * ! the export of cattle amounted to Jt72 161 head. L ist year It amounted to 312,190. 'Hnrses. ' 1R9B. 25.12C : 1897. S9.B32. The pxnnrtntlon of frpslt beef Increased from 224783,225 to 290.395.930. Thr > exports of bacon Increased from 425,392,187 pounds to EOO.R99.-M > ! pounds. The Increase. In the ex ports of butter and cheese la proportionate , and a similar record holds In the matter of frill's. ' These now factors of coming wraith throusrh foreign trade will tie psBcntlallv permanent rnca vn'css foreign nations shcu'd adont the barbarous pollpy of laying nn embargo upon us , finch ahowlngs prove the soil to bo the real foundation of tbo national wealth and well being , nosi-iiui.rrY iMr-uniMin. Olm-lnd Loader ! Anthony IHopc nay * th American people nro conceited. They nro not conceited eiioiiKh , however , to 'believe that authors ot their own nationality arc capable of furnishing nil the literature they need , which Is ft fact. Chicago Inter Ocean : Anthony Hop Hawkins , ns well ns Dr. Nnnsen nntl Do Lome , will htivo to apologize or else be content to rcmnln with his books on the other ehlo of the Atlantic. Uncle Sam has enough grumblers of his own without tin porting nn nrmy of literary specialists lu tha line from 'Europe. riitlnilclphlti Press : The "one-night stands' In America worried the Intrepid Nnnscn , nm now Mr. Hope-Hawkins Is unburdening him self to his compatriots to our disparagement Of course , It must be true- that roltlicr In Norway nor In Kngland can one find rude ness or bad manners. At least It Is only on such a supposition the criticisms ot our two rcen' visitors nro understandable. If there he this heavenly perfectltude of the classes and masses abroad It really does seem n shame that novelist or explorer should Invade America but to regret It. St. Louis Hepuhllc : Mr. Hope would write himself down as the basest of Ingratcs dli he- fall In proper appreciation of the Ameri can woman. Ho would also seriously Injure the sale of his ibooks In the United States Ho would , besides , Indirectly assail his own literary standing , so largely contributed to by the generous vordlct of American women Krom Air. Hope's point of view , can an ) woman bo laughed at or adversely crltlclsci who buys nnd reads -Mr. Hope's novels nm flocks to see the dramatized versions of those t'ovols ? 'N'ot ' on your life. Nor Is Mr. Hope going to antagonize such clients by laughIng - Ing at or criticising them , I'KKSU.VAl * AX ! ) OTI1K11W1SI3. The precipitate retreat of Senor do Lome Is n touching tribute to Undo Sam's foot power. Ono ot the wealthiest citizens of Dover , N. II. , sawe wood for his health. Others do It to rest their Jaws. It Is the refinement of cruelty to prevent Von der Ahc making a homo run. The whole kidnapping affair smacks of foul nlav. A pretty woman teacher of a Ilroolclyn Sunday school has been expelled for trilling with the game ot anchor at home. In such uamcH It Is the part of wisdom to gtvo the deacon the first prize. The highest-prized American coin Is the Lord UaUlmnre farthing , n tiny ploce , for which as much as $3GO has been paid. The expression "Not worth n farthing" has uo reference to this coin. When one considers the surplus ot 18,000 unmarried women In New Jersey , the sig nificance of the proposed bachelor tax Is apparent. It Is time bachelors wore lined up and marched to the music of the union. Some women of 1'onca City , Ok ] . , have formed a club , the rules of which require that the members shall remain single , fur- nlah a verbatim report In open meeting of all offers of marriage , learn how to Gmoke cigarettes , write a poem or story every month , become perfect in the use of a re volver and learn how to fence. The country is safe , 1\o matter what the future has In store. It Is gravely announced that New York national guardsmen may conceal on their person the stump of an extinguished cigar. Even at Fort Sheridan a court-martial has decreed that n private may ask for two doses of hominy and mo lasses at the same meal without fracturing nrmy regulations. An Australian organization of wood sawers and choppers has challenged Ameri cano to n contest for money , marbles or chalk , and are coming over In pairs to do this glorious republic. If they will bo patient until the fall campaign opens they will bo accommodated to their heart's con tent. It is only during ahot campaign that wood sawing approaches perfection and per sistency In this country. A combination of love , whisky and rasp berry jam blow up the concord of a Now York family. The husband , In resisting a divorce , ascribed liis misfortunes to his anxiety to please by tickling the trained taste of his better halt. With soulful pathos he read a letter in which were thcce endearing suggestions of future trouble : "Tonight wo meet ! Do not fall , Horace , to bring mo a bottle of rock and rye and a bottle of raspberry jam. " FOOLS' KUK.Y.MtS. The Hush ( ( ) i.\rrl ItcKioiii ) lu Search of Purtiuip. Philadelphia llecord. There would be en extraordinary addition to the gold supply of the world ki the near future if only a comparatively small number of these who are bound for Alaska ohould find paying quantities of the precious metal. Regardless of reports that every claim known to bo profitable has been staked , and of the fact that there are many unemployed and hungry mou Ii : and about.Dawisca , thouaancJu of others , undeterred by tlio prospect of cold nnd famine , are on their way to that Inhospitable region , nnd etlil other thousanda are preparing to follow. The stories of hard ships and hazards told by returning pros pectors are as nothing to these adventurous eplrlts , each of whom dreamd that ho maybe bo cno of the lucky few to fiad pay dirt and sudden riches. The perils of living In nn Icebound wilder ness appear to possess a fascination. In fact , this gold fever hna spread to all parts of the world ; from Europe , Africa , Australia nnd Aoia fortune huntcra are flocking to the Klondike. It ia reported that thirty-five or forty ateamera are now rendy to carry pno- suagers to Alaska. Every available craft en the Pacific Is making ready for this serv ice , nnd many vessels from Atlantic portu and other quarters nro hastening that way. Conservative cellmates place the number of persons who will go there within the next few months at from 50,000 to 100.000. Proba bly not coo In fifty of these will find enough gold to cover the cost of the joutney , and very many will return not only empty- handed , but broken In health. Out , after all , without the bold spirit which prompts such ventures the world would be sleepy and life would bo tame ; and these of us who are wedded to the comforts and luxuries of homo are much Indebted to the vceitiirsome iilonccre who are over pueh'ng civilization Into the wlldemcea. licsldca , Alaska U a broad land , hearing Indications wherever explored of great min eral wealth. The multitudes who are now going there will open up much now territory , and doubtlcrs make many mineral discoveries of rich advantage to the world. Incidentally the furnishing of outfits arid mining supplies will cause a considerable and welcome ntlmu- lus 1o trade In ronio parts of the country , and tlio Increased parsengcr trafllc will lie a boon to many of the western railway lines. .SIHMU/AH SHOTS \T TIIU 1'UMMT. New York Sun : The reolpiintlon of eUht members of the or s1on of Dr. Hall's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church ought not to bo a matter of any consequence to It. They are rich mm , It Is true , but their riches nro on earth , and Is It not the treasure laid up In heaven which nlono Is of vltnl coii8equenc to n church ? S N Iluffalo Express : The attorney general ot * " " Missouri has given n opinion In which ho holds that It la n violation of the state law to have pupils recite the Lord's prayer or for tlie teacher to read the bible ns a part of the school exercises. He takes the ground that these exercises are forms of religious worship. The Illegality depends upon the language of the constitution , but In holding that the exercises are forms of religious worship , the attorney general's position la uiasinllablo. Chicago Chronicle : The renewed agita tion for equal lay representation lei the gen eral conference of the Methodist Kplscop.it church will receive the favorable considera tion of the clergy If they be wise men. Every other Protet'iaiit deciom'natlon now has equal lay nnd clerical representation. The MethoJIst clergy nlono refuse to grant to thcae who foot the bill an equal voice In the government ot the church. It Is upon tills point that trouble will ailse If reprcat-n- tatlon be much longer refuted. The tnloUtrrn ecu , If they choose , cccHlr.ue to maintain their majority In the conference , but the laity have ready at hand a most effective weapon with which to enforce their demands. They need only refuse to vote supplier. In that case the mlnlstera will have to choaxi between continuing their labors without scrip or stuff , according to the a ostollo mode , or grr.cit'ng the appeal ot the laymen. H will be far more graceful to surrender now than to be forced Into surrender under peril of starvation. Springfield ( Macs. ) Itepubllcan : Mgr. Schroeder allowed himself to rcllcct with severity 03 his late associates In the Catbollo unlvpralty nt Wnshlnglon , In his address at the farewell to him at Columbus , the other day. It was a remarkable gathering f.nyhow , as forty-five Oermaii priests from all partn of the country bad come to make their protest against his removal from the Wash ington chair of dogmatic theology , and to glvo him n purse of $1,000 they and the IHIIOJ representing 2,000 priests , It Is snld , and giving evidence of ns great n dlntaato for tlie "Roman machine" as Dr. McGlynu himself. Schroeder declared that It was not ho who had taught uncathollc doctrine , but the rest of them , for they taught mr.ny things which the people of the church no longer accented. Hut have not things coinu to a curious pas.i when a Homan Catholic priest can bring forward the people's opin ion of doctrine or discipline as n matter to be regarded by the church ? Mgr. Schroeder goes to accept a profccuordhlp at Minister , offered him by Emperor William. DOMESTIC II1YI.S. Detroit Free Press ; "You're my first and only love , " he declared. "I ran believe you , " she answered with i shiver , for they were slttlim ut least ten feet apart. Iloston Traveler : "I can say for myself hrU 1 never have been mean enougti to got another woman's cook awiiy from her. " "Ni/ltlier hive I ; but 1 mum confess that once or twice I trle < l to work our cook often on some of my neighbors. " Plttsburpr Chronicle ; "You shall be queen of my home. " s.ild young1 Mr. North.'hlo , en- niisiastlciilly , when lllsa Perrysvllle hail Iven her promise to marry him. "I'll ut her lie tlio chancellor of the exchequer , George , dear , " replied the practical maiden. Chicago Kecord "When I got married I hnil tin Idea 1 was going to be my wife's protector. " "Well ? " "After we were married I found out I needed a protector myself. " Uoston Transcript : "This coffee , my dear , " said Kiekles , "reminds mo of what mother used to make. " "Does it , really ? " exclaimed his wife , a pleased look coming Into Jier face. "Yes ; nnd she used to make about the worst coffee I ever drank. " Cleveland Plain Denier : "Mrs. liungle'a husband seems Ilka a regular domestic tyrant. " "He's a perfect Nero. However , I did , hear her call him down once. " "DM you ? " "Yes : ho was late and breakfast was ready. " Detroit Free Press : "Do you know what a prize you would be gelling in my daugh ter ? " nsked the old geiitlciimn of tlio young1 man , who was trying to negotiate for her hand. "Not precisely , sir , but from what I gather through tbo most iiiilht'iitlc sources , she will bo worth close on to a million. " Cleveland Leader : "Madeline , " Bald Mr. Owlgglns , "I oin't understand Why you In sist on wearing your now sealskin coat in such warm weather no this. I should think It would be very uncomfortable. " "It Is , " lira. Dwlpglns replied , "but It makes Mrs. Twlckley , next door , nearljf wild every time she sees mo with It on. " We seclr by miracles to satisfy ourselves Of the mighty presence of a Power divine , And think to see His bilng manifest Uy means ot wondrous , supernatural sign. Aih , none so bllixd as we , who will not sea What dally doth before our gaze unfold ; The evidence that'round us He hath placed , ( ' That we of Ills omnipotence bo told. The mlraclo of violets , that safely sleep The mortal frost of Ice-ribbed winter through. And , hearing faintest whlspora of the com ing spring , Lift hopefully their eyea of heavenly blue. The mlrnclo of tiny seeds , which fall to earth , A homely grain of gray , or somber brown. And In a few short weckH Haunt gaily In the BUII On stem of living fjrcen , a gorgeous crown. The mlraclo of tiny shells that In the trees , Within the nest of thrushes safely Uo , Are warmed , burst Into life , spread cuger wings , And singing , soar Into azure sky. The mlraclo of budding trees In blthcsomo May ; The mystery of death's twin-ulster , Bleep ; The snowy apple blossom merging Into fruit ; The coaaeless pulse of tides upon the deep ; All testify to us with clear nnd potent force , God'H mlBhty Spirit ruling1 over nil , And still so strangely blind are we , who will not Keel Bo deaf to Him wo do not hear IIlKcall ! LOUIS FKHDINAND GHUNHAKDT. That we charge more than others do be cause we lay so much stress upon the qual ity and style of our Clothing. No other manufacturer is as well able as we are to keep within a reasonable limit of cost in turning out fine clothing. The fact is that for quality , style and fit , our clothing costs less than you would pay elsewhere for the same goods. But re member we never sacrifice the quality to the price , Count your dollars , if you like. h W. Cor. IQftfc arid Douglas