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0 TnJ3 OMAHA DA1L.\T . JMSJJ3 ; "WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 21 , 1808. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : E. noSHWATUH , Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MOKN1NO. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION . Dally Hoc ( without Sunday ) , Ono Yenr..JS.WO Dntly Dee und Sunday , Ono Year S.OO Hlx Months 4.W Three Months 201 Hundnv Hen , One Year , . . , , 2.00 Saturday Hoc , Ono Year. . . " 1-50 Weekly lice , Ono Year 63 OFFICES. Omaha : The lloo llulldlng. South Omaha : Singer lilock , Corner N and Twenty-fourth Streets. Council IJlulTs' 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : Stock i\chango Bldg. Now York : Temple Court. Washington : Cui Fourteenth Strecti CORRESPONDENCE : . Communications relating to news nnd editorial matter should bu addressed : To the ICdltor. BIIBINESS LETTERS. Business letters nnd romlttnnrrs should b6 addressed to The nee Publishing Com pany , Omnlm. Drafts , checks , express and postolllce money orders to bo , made payable to the order of the company. THE 11EU PUULISHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : George U. Tzschuck , secretary of The Dee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally ! Morning , Evening and Sunday Bee , printed during the month of November 1S93 , was as fol lows : 1 - -,01- ic . 1:1,1:1:4 : : 2 -IS7T 17 . U 1,1 15 3 J4,8U : 18 24,07(1 4 Jliai : 19 6 20 . 6 21 20,7:1:1 : : 7. 7.B. B. 23 9. 21 10. ,8:11 , : : 23 24,010 , -127 26 2.-i2i : : 12 J 1,201) 27 U 1,855 13 2 1,825 23 2:1,881 14 , : ; ra 20 a 1,7:11 : is Jitoo : 30 1:4,4:10 : Total 717,1 l Less unsold and returned copies. . . . 1RM : Net total sales 7111,80(1 ( Net dally average a4l , ! a GEORGE B. T2SCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence this SOth day of November , 1S98. N. P. FEIL , Notary Public. Every cloud 1ms a silver llnliiff. The shortest day of the year precedes the gradual lengthening of the days. If Hobtion had only made Omaha on h4s route the superiority of the Oinakn girl would have been practically demon strated. What with mandamuses , appeals for re-trials uiul more than 200 applications for druggists' permits nnd liquor licenses the police board lias its hands full. Our amiable popocratlc contemporary enys It "desires to not be misunder stood. " It certainly ought to be en couraged In this praiseworthy ambition. Perhaps the remainder of that exposi tion Hill-plus can be tied Up so that what is left of It may come in bandy about the time New Years , 1000 , rolls around. The yellow journals have put up an other straw man In the rumored pro posal to pay $100,000 for the services of Peace Commissioner Day and they should bo allowed to .enjoy themselves knocking him down with a stuffed club. Under the existing system of taxa- tlon every block of ground acquired by railroads within the city limits takes just that much land out of the city tux list nnd shiftrt the burden of maintain ing city government upon other prop erty. General Blanco is back In Madrid and the reports of Ins arrival say he ap peared to bo greatly depressed. As he had his salary warrant cashed before leaving Havana he should have money enough to keep him until he can procure another job. The purchase of a site for a freight depot for the Illinois Central Is another assurance that that road Is entering Omaha for business. The coming year promises to be even more notable than the past year for improvements in rail way facilities at Omaha. It may bo put down as an established fact that politics has caused more harm to the public schools than liicompetency among the teaching force. Abolish the annual election of teachers and com petency will bo cultivated rather than the art of political wire-pulling. Senator Hale has some old-fashioned notions which do not comport- with mod ern ideas. , Ho actually advances the theory that senators can best servo the public by staying In Washington and at tending to business Instead of going to Cuba , Porto UIco and elbcwhere on Junk eting trips. St. Louis clergymen have concluded that the fear of footpndt * is the cause of light attendance ujwu Sunday evening services nnd have agreed to unite In tak ing steps to overcome the dilllculty. They might try to induce the knights ofthe mask to adopt a six-night-lu-thc- wcek schedule. The prospect of a dellclt instead of a surplus in the Cuban revenues Is likely to liuvo a cooling effect upon the ardor of local patriots to share in the responsi bility for administering the affairs 'of the Inland. Drafts drawn on the strong box at Washington uro much more likely to bo honored than those on the treas urer of the Cuban republic. Now that the council has decided to turn over to the school fund the money paid by druggists for penults to sell liquor , It becomes a question to what fund money derived from the issue of other permits under various ordinances is to be credited. It will also bo u mat ter of some concern to the school board to sco that all druggists shall take out permits as required by law. Kansas City announces with consdera- | bio exultation that more girls from the banks of the Ka > v have kissed Lleuteu- tint Ilobsou than were granted the | > rlv- liege in Chicago. If the ratio keeps up by the time the popular Idol reaches his destination he will easily be the cham pion of the world and the man who would attempt to break the record must to possessed of auiplo nerve. A. When the United States senate , after March ! next , , Is In complete control of thua-tipubllcnn party , there will nut only ho nn entire reorganization of that body , but It Irf.to be .hoped .that some needed reforms will bo made In the rules. The New Xork Mail nnd Kjiprws suggests that the large republican majority ought to bo milllclent tp overcome that exag gerated "courtesy" nnd impotency which have enabled the free silver contingent year after year to extort concepslons from the republican party that should never have "been granted. "Under the ridiculous rules of the senate , " says that paper , "which enable nny one iseuator to hold up legislation so long as his wind and the dictionary hold out , the popu lists and sllvcrltcs have really con trolled legislation In the senate for the last six years. " Unfortunately some of the republicans are likely to be found as ardent sticklers for the retention of the ridiculous rules as the members of the minority. This has been the case In the past nnd Is pretty certain to be no In the future. Efforts that have been 'made In recent years to Change the rules have come from republicans , but they hnvc not found much support from their party associates. Possibly there will bo 4n the senate after March 4 more republicans favorable to a reform In the rules than there have been In the past , but It is to be feared there will not be enough of then ! to make the desired changes. That all senators understand that there Is a practically unanimous popular demand for reform In this direction can not bo doubted. The people have little respect for so-called senatorial courtesy , which Is responsible for much that Is not at all creditable to the senate , while the people regard the privilege of un restricted debate , which penults sena tors not only to talk ns long nnd as often as they please on nny question , but to embrace in their talk matters having no relation whatever to the sub ject under discussion , ns a positive abuse. And so it unquestionably Is. It fchould not be in the power of a few senators to obstruct or defeat by end less talk legislation tUat is desired by the. majority. Such power Is not consistent with the cardinal principle of popular government. The house of representatives for a considerable time after the organization of the government allowed unrestricted debate , but It long ago abandoned the practice and there Is no good reason why the senate should not also abandon It and adopt a rule which , while allowing all necessary de bate and treating the minority fairly In the discussion of questions , would en able the majority to close debate when ever It was being carried beyond a rea sonable limit. The senate should follow the example of the house , which under republican control Is the most thoroughly business legislative body In. the world. Of course there Is complaint on the part of the minority , from time to time , that Is not allowed suf ficient opportunity for discussion , but as a inatter of fact It Very rarely happens that there Is any good grouncj for such complaint , though undoubtedly the plan of limiting debate does often Interfere with the desire of some members to air their opinions. The house rule , how ever , has the valuable virtues of expedit ing business and of enabling the major ity to carry out Its will la legislation without needless obstruction. It Is a good rule for the house and would be equally so for the senate. LOUKIXO FOltn'AUD TO STATEHOOD. The convention of representatives of the towns of Porto Rico , assembled to express the popular will In regard to the future of the island , declared for a terri torial organization with a view to state hood at an early date. Immediately after the American occupation of Porto lllco some of the prominent citizens of the Island made known their desire to be accorded all the political privileges of American citizens and there can be no doubt that this Is the expectation of the better class of the people of Porto Hlco. They do not wish to be kept In a colonial relation to this government , but desire opportunity to govern themselves , with a view to ultimately being represented In the United States senate and voting for president. What response will Wjc make to this aspiration ? A considerable number of the people of Porto lllco are undoubt edly capable of self-government. Shall we say to them that they must not have It , but will have to be satisfied with gov ernment from Washington ? And If we say this , will they be satlstled ? Can we expect to have the unqualified loyalty of these people If we deny them the political status they desire and hold them in practically n state of vussalugo ? Of course we shall treat alike the people of all the new possessions. If Hawaii and the Philippines are not to bo ac corded a political status from which statehood might ultimately come Porto Hlco cannot be given such status. But wo cannot reasonably expect under such circumstances a satisfied and contented people. It will not be promotlve of loy alty to the new sovereign or love of the flag that brings them no political eleva tion. RUSSIA H'ASIS AMEltlCAN MONEY. The report that Hussia Is endeavor ing to negotiate a loan In the United States appears to bo well founded. There U nothing surprising In the fact when It Is stated that money Is cheaper lu this country than in Europe. There Is no financial center lu the world where money can be obtained at present on good security at as low a rate of Interest as In New York , while the supply is abundant and steadily Increasing , lu the course of n speech lu the house a few days ago , Representative Broslus of Pennsylvania said : "financial empire Is coming our way , Wo are advancing rapidly toward the position of a creditor nation. Power nnd dominion In the financial world follow the track of commerce - merco and manufactures. The scepter IB passing from the old to" the now world and New York will supplant Lon don In tup near future.1 This correctly describes the condition. The United States occupies a position In the financial world It ha never held before and It la a position which there in every reason to believe will grow steadily Mtronger. It Is estimated that not low thiui $70,000,000 , of American money Is now loaned In Europe and It Is the Judgment of sagacious financiers that .wo are very near the point where wo can hold the reins of financial power on two continents. Notwithstanding the fact that Interest rates lu Kuropo are higher tlian here , wo command gold of Europe , thus reversing nil known rules governing the movement of gold. It Is a very remarkable condition of things nnd seems to fully warrant the most optimistic views regarding the financial future of this country. Knssla wants American money be cause It Is the cheapest In the world. Thin fact Is commended to the thought ful consideration of the free sliver people ple and nil others who urge that there Is not enough money here to do the legit imate business of the country , for of course If that were the case the Interest rate would nt least be ns high here us in Europe nnd Instead of loaning money abroad It would all find employment at home. Not only Is the financial condi tion of thp United States at present most satisfactory , but there Is every reason to regard It as marking the be ginning of our financial ascendancy nnd Independence. NEBRASKA'S Ol'POKTUNITT. There was never a time In the history of Nebraska more opportune for ven tures In manufacturing enterprises than the present. Capital Is abundant In the money centers of the country and con fidence In the west has been fully re stored. The demand for factory and mill products is steadily growing and the field for marketing the output la extend ing. ing.The The conversion of wheat , corn nnd oats into cerenl products is no longer an ex periment. Neither Is the growing of sugar beets and their profitable conver sion into sugar. While the meat packing industry has already assumed Immense proportions , much more of the raw material could be utilized as the basis for manufacturing various articles for which there Is n steady demand. Minneapolis will In all probability continue to bo the greatest flour manu facturing center , but there Is every In centive for the establishment of great flouring mills not only at Omaha , but nt other points in Nebraska. The enormous demand for canned vegetables and fruits naturally suggests profitable Investment In canning plants at places where the finest vegetables and fruits nro raised. All these Industrial projects , organized upon modern lines and operated with the latest machinery and processes , would receive encouragement from local consumers and wholesale dealers who handle and distribute such wares and commodities. A general revival of public spirit and organized efforts to Induce idle capital to engage In promising enterprises will go far toward accomplishing desired re sults. Experience has shown that the meet' ' effective Inducement tp forplgn Investors Js the assurance that local capitalists presumed to be familiar with conditions will join with them and share whatever risk there may bo In the ven ture. Nearly nil our great Industrial enterprises that have survived business depression have bad their origin In small beginnings , backed by local busi ness men whoso confidence In eventual success was attested by the investment of their own money. Court dockets In the southwest , those of the supreme court nnd court of claims at Washington and the files of the Congressional Record are remind ers of the annoyances nnd troublesome questions which come to us through the taking over of Spanish possessions. Win-rover Spanish rule has extended there Is an entanglement of public grants and concessions to corporations and individuals , vast In their scope and Indefinite In their terms , which two gen erations of litigation have not been able to settle In the territory now within the borders of the United States. One court has been created for no other purpose and having no other jurisdiction than adjudication of these claims In the southwest and the work Is by no means completed. Spanish methods of trans acting public business are destined to leave Uncle Sam a large legacy of litiga tion. The reports filed by the superintend ents of the various state institutions and the recommendations for appropria tions for the forthcoming biennial period show that the amount now considered necessary Is $1,500,000 , In excess of the appropriations made by the last legisla ture. In this amount is included about $200,000 of deficiencies. It would seem that a small increase over the amount actually expended In the last two years to allow for added burdens should be ample to conduct these institutions. This , with the money to pay deficiencies , would amount to an Increased appropriation of no more than $500,000. As n matter of fact , however , It Is by no mean's certain that with economic management the ap propriations made two years ago should not have been ample for the purpose. Omaha Is not particular- who draws the plans for the proposed new viaducts. Omaha , however , is vitally Interested that the plans shall be such as will provide permanent and 'safe structures , adequate in every way to meet all the demands made upon them. If the roads , in an effort to save money In construc tion , wish to foist structures upon the community which will bo periodically closed for repairs or of Insufficient ca pacity , such plans will be vigorously combated. Omaha has bad enough ex perience of this kind to satisfy one gen eration. It develops that the school board has Issued over ? 100,000 of warrants lu an- ticlpation of the revenue from licenses for 1800. There is no authority of law for tills method of doing business. The practice should be stopped or the law changed to meet existing conditions. Blovrlnir Oar WraUh Abroad. Philadelphia Ledger. Senator Hale figures out that our new possession ! will cost ua $200,000,000 a year , and statesmen will cheerfully TOU that sum who would consider It a wicked watte to expend half ns much on permanent Im provements at home. of the Ntitlonnl flntnc. Washington Post. An Omaha judge has decided that poker Is not it gambling game. Ho has evidently been participating In n sure-thing sitting. Anil Urlii ntul llrnr II. Philadelphia , Times. Selecting nnd carrying homo a Christ mas tree U quite a responsibility , and It's Interesting always to see meu shoulderIng - Ing ft. Slwii of the Tlmei. New York World. In ordering five regiments of the regular Infantry to Manila , with an Intimation to the officers that ft would be wise to prepare for an absence of two or throe years , the War department glvee the idea that "expansion lias expanded. " A I'IIHH at the l'n . Mtnhcauolls Times. The Nebraska State Board of Transporta tion has recommended the passage ot a law making the giving of a pass to a state official or legislator , or the acceptance ot a pass by any such' official or legislator , a felony. Let the ball be kept rolling. Pass bribery Is the most dangerous form ot cor ruption. An Absurd Proposition. Springfield Republican. The Lodge immigration blir has been again thrown under the tablet In the house. Email wonder. It IB about the last of that measure. The absurdity of restricting European Immi gration -while annexing vast bodies ot sav ages and semi-savages in the Orient must strike the mind of the dullest congress man. Ne1irnnkn > Genuine Soldier. Savannah Letter to Chicago Record. Next , to Cofonol Campbell the most sol dierly figure on the field was Colonel Victor Vlfqualn , who succeeds ox-Colonel William Jennings Dryan as commander ot the Third Nebraska. He rooks like a splendid soldier , and everybody says ho fs one , . The president congratulated him heartily upon the appear ance ot his men , and asked If ho had received his commission as colonel to succeed Dryan , which was signed before the party lett Washington. A Joint Uecorntlon Dnjr. Philadelphia Record. When the president declared to the south ern people that the time had come "when In the spirit ot traternlty wo should share with you In the care of the graves of con federate soldiers" he uttered an ennobling sentiment which touched the country nnd won the commendation of the civilized world ; and the sentiment Is not to perish with the blossoms of Atlanta's floral parade. It Is found that the present sys tem of national cemeteries can be so ex tended as to embrace the care ot the con federate graves with little added cost ; and that would be a species of expansion which would command the almost unanimous ap proval ot congress. A dispatch trom Washington adds that the probable result will be "a joint Decoration day through out the United States on May 30. " May the forecast prove prophetic ! But let It bo Decoration day simply and unqualifiedly and let us drop the "joint" suggestion hereafter. , . ECHOES OF TUB AVAR. * 4 It Is said that when Allyn K. Cupron was killed at Quaslmas , his father , the late captain of artillery , lifted the hat that cov ered the dead man's " ' _ face , looked for a moment and ald , "Well done , my boy1' ! ' He then replaced the hat' ' ; turned on his heel and resumed his"millarVdutl'ps. ( ' . Writing of the dt-ath-6 ' ! Hamilton Fish , Colonel Roosevelt ) says' : "Pish and myself stood by the same flro drying our clothes atter a heavy tropic 'rainstorm ' the night before he was killed , and I remember then as we talked over the morrow's fight 1 said , 'Well , Fish , we .have all got to die some time ; and , after all , we cannot die In a better way , ' and ho nodded and said , "That IB Just how -.feel , Colonel , and it is one of the reasons that made me come. ' " A correspondent of the Chicago Record re lates that General Garcia had an eged colored servant who was born a slave upon his father's plantation and was brought up with him from childhood. The old negro had followed him In nil his wars , and had shared his prison cells , and sat beside his bed when 'tho general breathed hta last. Every time his master groaned ho would groan also , and the death which came to one will not let the other linger much longer. The faithful servant does not care to live now. His interest In life la gone , and no one would be surprised If be died ot grlet within a short time. The oscillatory performance of Osborne Detgnan of Merrlmao fame at Stuart has been classed as an unapproachable record. Compared with the sustained effort of Hobson - son at Chicago it IB not to be mentioned on the same day. The lieutenant made a rec ord ot 163 women kissed , giving two smacks to several blooming buds. Accounts agree that Hobson did not dispense his osculatory favors promiscuously. He showed consid erable discrimination .and was materially aided by a guard of marines , which rigor ously excluded from the line a class of the fair sex known as "battleaxes. " The designation Is a. . mystery beyond Chicago. The battleaxes were sufficiently numerous , however , to give the marines a hot job , which they performed with distinguished success. "When 'Hobson reached the cen tury mark , " reports the Chronicle , "a beau tiful young girl , accompanied by her father , came along In the line. She may have been 17. She was 'tall , willowy , fair and shy. Her father woresidewhiskers with bear grease in them. "This Is my daughter , who wants to kiss you , " said the father. "Why certainly , " Bald Hobson , as he put the strangle hold 'on the girl. "She was wiry as well as willowy , and she broke his hold. Thcn'he tried tlio half-Nel son hold on her. It looked as If she would lose the bout and the jack tars yelled to her to keep up her courage. " 'Ain't she putting up a dead game fight ? ' " cried one enthusiastic tar. " 'Two to one she wins , ' cried another , as she threw her right elbow under Hobson's chin and got free from 'his halt-Nelson hold. " 'Time , ' cried another sailor boy. "For a moment the girl and the kisser stood facing each other and both w'cre spar ring for wind. Hobcon led for a waist hold. She threw out her right elbow and caught him on his wide , white shirt front. At the same time she ducked , but Hobson was too quick and tils reach too long. He got a waist hold on her with his left , tried first the strangle hold and then a half-Ncl- fen and failed. Then ho trlod a hammer lock ; she tipped over to the right and quick , n smack and the contest was ended In his favor. " 'Well. ' she Bald , tartly , as she read justed her hat and sailed away , as If she was anxious to hide her flushed face. "Durlne rush minutes he kissed as high as ten pairs of lips , making up for the arller minutes when modesty held him back from making a demonstration of hi a abilities. In the last ten minutes ho le vied tribute , allowing no girl or woman 10 pass free. In Eome Instances It was like a confiscation ot sweeti. "The lieutenant , however , would not be vanquished , and when lips were not prof fered 'bo ' searched for them. Throwing his arms around waist and shoulders be held the apparently' defiant victims until he could lay his ( ace against their cheeks and find their lips wjth his mustache. His ac tions caused blushes In plenty , but Dover an outcry , " OMAHA AS AN K.TAMI'I.K. Baltimore American : Last summer nnd fall Omaha hold a Transmlsslsstppl Exposi tion. In spite of the war It was a success and the climax was reached when President McKlnley paid It a visit. The attendance on that occasion was enormous , and the exposition closed with Its finances In good shape , nnd with everyone delighted at the results of the enterprise. Having had this pleasant experience , Omaha now wants , and means to have , another exposition , one that shall bo of a permanent character and give It a chance to display to all who come Its products , its resources , the factors that have contributed to its development and prosperity. Buffalo Express : Omaha is rather doing the pig act when It decides to hold another exposition In 189D. Ot course It has the buildings and It has the experience , both ot which count for a great deal , but just the same there Is no need ot trying to corral at once nil the good things in the world. But Omaha's eagerness in this respect should be a hint for Buffalo. It Is vigorous enough to bo almost a kick. First It goes to show that a city not of the metropolitan class can glve > an exposition that Is worth while , providing It bo advantageously located and has the necessary vim , energy , push and liberality. Buffalo has the locality and it has made a good start to prove that It possesses the other necessary qualities. The second hint conveyed by Omaha's desire to hold an ex position next year is that an exposition Is a good thing for a city. As an advertise ment it Is splendid. It brings strangers , it brings business , it brings money , it brings pleasure and enjoyment , and It should prove the power of unified effort. NO FllEailUM FOR LIAUS. A Few Pertinent Ilcmnrks on the Itcvennc LttTTn \c-lirnnkii. . J. Sterling Morton's Conservative. The present revenue laws ot Nebraska are merely a protective tariff to encourage the pernicious industry ot manufacturing lies. The present system ot tax levying and tax collecting In this state ought to be abolished. Under Ita Inspiration mendacity has become - come epidemic. The biggest liar It re warded with the least taxation. Under this system of swindles , precinct assessors , In the open daylight , assemble at the court house and deliberately agree to the lies they will officially relate under their oaths of office. They arrange to put horses at $10 , cows at $5 , and hogs at $2.00 a header or at some other absurdly ridiculous valua tion. tion.They They likewise determine to call a dollar 25 cents for the purpose of assessment. This compact for telling lies Is made every year In every county In Nebraska. The law , however , declares that all property ahall be assessed at Us selling or exchangeable value. But In Otoo county the precinct assessors declare that It this provision be adhered to and rigidly observed , In assessing and col lecting revenues , we shall be obliged to pay more than our share ot state taxes because Ncmaha on the south ot Otoo and Cass on the north of Otoe never comply with this provision of the law. In fact everybody knows that nobody obeys the law. The whole present system should bo erased from our statute books. The actual value of all property , real and personal , should be. given In by all owners. The truth should be told. There should bo only one assessor for each county. That assessor should have power to appoint deputies and authority to revise their returns. One man , one mind , should bring about juit and uniform valuations for each county. If Nebraska could achieve a just and equitable revenue law at the coming ses sion of the legislature' the good name' , high credit and financial solidity of the Citizens Individually and the commonwealth as a concrete , and composite also , would amaze the world. In the clear light of plain truth , as to Ita property , real and personal , Nebraska will demonstrate Its wealth to be five to ten times greater than it seems when lighted up by liars competing with each other to ECO who shall pay the smallest sum Into the public treasury. NONSENSE ABOUT VOLUNTEE11S. Uncnlled-For Lamentation * Abont GnrrlHon Duty. Chicago Chronicle ( dem. ) . In common with a. good many other esti mable people Colonel Winiam J. Bryan Is considerably exercised over the retention of the volunteers in the service now that the war is ended. He wants them all mustered out , which Is clearly Impossible pending an Increase of the regular army to a strength sufficient to garrison our new possessions. Colonel Bryan Is quite consistent in bis atti tude , however. When he felt that the volun teers should be mustered out he mustered himself out with an alacrity which was a disappointment to his friends and well-wish ers. It Is creditable to his sense ot justice that he should now eeok to secure the re lease of those who cannot leave the army BO readily as himself. Nevertheless wo are in clined to beHeve that he exaggerates the anxiety of the volunteers to leave the serv ice. There has been little evidence ot such a feeling. It is altogether probable that many perhaps most of the citizen eoMlers would be glad to return to their peaceful occupa- tlone. Many of them are making great per sonal and pecuniary sacrifices by remaining In the army. Yet the percentage ot officers who , like Colonel Bryan , have tendered their resignations is small , and among the enlisted men there Is a manifest willingness to "stick It out" as long as their services are required. Moat ot the petitions for the mustering out of this , that or the other regiment come not from the regiments themselves , but from the friends of the soldiers or the authorities of the states to which they are accredited. The volunteers may not c-njoy garrison duty , but they are making no complaint about It. As a matter of fact they are debarred from doing so. They enlisted for a period of throe years If the government should need their serv ices for that length of time. There was no stipulation that they shoulM bo discharged the moment the war was over , and such a stipulation would have been manifestly un wise and Inadvisable. The term of enlist ment was fixed to meet the exact contin gency which has arisen the Insufficiency of regular troops to meet the exigencies of the "reconstruction period" In Cuba and the Philippines. Every man who was sworn Into the service know exactly the obligations ho was assuming , and it Is not at an compli mentary to the volunteers to s umo that they are now striving to "beg off" from tliolr contract. As a matter of fact they are not doing anything of the kind. It Is their Ill- advised friends who are placing them In a false position. The volunteers will stand by their con tract , not only because they must do so perforce , but because they don't care to bo considered as ruing a bargain which they knowingly entered Into. And the ordeal will not be a long one. Neither congress nor the president will risk un popularity by the adoption of any measures tending to keep the volunteers In the wrv- Ice a day longer than necessary. The res- ui'ar army will be strengthened at once un less there Is foolish and useless opposition from the "last ditch" anti-expansionists and the volunteers will be relieved at the earliest possible moment. Until that time It will be useless for Colonel Bryan or any one CM ! > to talk about mustering out the volunteers and leaving Cuba , Porto Jllco and the Philippines without proper mili tary defense. The volunteers are not pleading the I "baby act" and It IB no part of true friend ship to represent them a * occupying that attitud * . - YOUNG ARRAIGNS MOfiMONISM Doctrines of tlio Church 001111011111111 hy the ( Irunilnoii ot ltd l"o miller. NEW YORK , Dec. 20. There were about 200 persons present nt the meeting of the Women's Board of Homo Missions for the Presbyterian church In this city taday. The object of the meeting was to Inaugurate an aggressive campaign to prevent the seating of Brlgham H. Roberts , an nvowcd polyga- mlst , OB representative from Utah in the Fifty-sixth congress. Rev. William R. Campbell of Salt Lnka City Introduced Eugene Young , a grandson ot Brlglmm Young , and Mrs. Fannlr Stcn- house. Mr. Young said among other things : "Thero seems to bo n disposition In the east , particularly among the politicians , but u\cti among the churches , to treat the re vival of the Mormon Issue as a minor mat ter. There is an Inclination to view the election to congress ot B. H. Roberts a three or four-ply polygnmtst , still living In polygamy , as an unavoidable outcome of that condition In Utah and a niero question of personal morality. Sonic day they will sue , as thcso who know Mormon ambitions see now , that Mr. Roberts Is a mere Instru ment a representative of mighty forces. They will hear that through his election a people 300,000 strong have turned from American liberty and American morality and have taken the Initial step toward the es tablishment of a hierarchy foreign to our Institutions and our social laws , in the midst of our republic. If , In dragging polyg amy into the house of representatives , Mr. Roberts Is representing1 the defiant senti ment of the whole Mormon people , the people ple must not rest until congress has cast him out as a warning to all covenant-break ers and all polygaralsts. " COMBINE OF LEAD COMPANIES Overture * lleliiK Mntlc to liny Up tin * I'roiiertle * of Severn ! Mis souri Concern ! . ST. LOUIS , Dee. 20. The Republic says today : Negotiations are reported to be in prog ress for the consolidation of nil the Icaa companies in Missouri , with the Intention of organizing ono mammoth corporation. As far as can bo learned the promoters of the deal are capitalists interested in the Na tional Lead company , controlling nearly every white lead plcnt In the United States about fifty < in number. The promoters hope to be able to bring Into the consolidation the St. Joseph Lead company , one ot the largest lead and mining corporations In the world. The National company a short time ago bought what Is known as the Taylor property In St. Francis county and already has expended ftOO.OOO on it. Its departure In this direction Is considered by lead ex perts to be the entering wedge of the big deal in contemplation , as the first over tures were made to mining companies for the purchase of their properties within a tew weeks atter the Taylor tract was bought In. With the St. Joe and National com panies as a nucleus , the capitalists behind the deal expect to bring In big corporations doing business in the Missouri lead fields. Senator Mark. Hanna nnd J. Wyman Jones are lares holders behind the St. Joe Lead company and they are backed by John Di Rockefeller. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE ] , Joseph D. Bayers , newly elected governor of Texas , would have completed on March 4 next fourteen continuous years in congress. If General Ludlow can make- clean and healthful city of Havana , the fame of the late Mr. Hercules will be decidedly eclipsed. * It Is said fhAt when Cornelius Bliss woe a small schoolboy his teacher asked him if Jerusalem was a common or proper noun. " " little "It Is "Neither , replied the pupil. an ejaculation. " A New York burglar , on opening six bottles labeled "old bourbon , " which he bad stolen from a saloon , found they contained water. He was BO mortified that ho gave hlmielf up to fbo police. General Wheeler was asked the other day by a very young woman of Washington : "How Is it you never wear any medals ? You surely have some. " "No , " answered the soldier , "I have not. I am no bicyclist and I never made a century run In my lite. " George West , a brother-in-law of the late George M. Pullman , has just paid With his life the penalty of eccentricity. Ho rarely wore an overcoat even in the dead of winter , and It was while braving cold weather with out that garment that he contracted a cold which resulted In his death. Mr. West was a widely known tailor. Superintendent E. B. Andrews of the Chicago cage School board writes thus to a friend apropos ot the report that he bad resigned : "Do not bav a funeral sermon until there Is a corpse. The newspapers have been too previous. I am etlll at the head of the Chicago cage public schools , and hope to bo so for a long time to come. It's a great and glorious work ! " George H. Balllle of Kansas City has had a curious career. Ho Is a native of Spain , a graduate of the University of Heidelberg , and served this country as a soldier In the Mexican war , tbo civil war , and In the campaign against the Modocs In 1870 , He has been a mechanic , a physician , a piano tuner , a teacher of modern languages , and a professor of German and chemistry In the University of Kansas. But he Is now In straitened circumstances , and depends wholly on his pension of $30 a month. EDUCATIONAL NOTES. The attendance at the schools of Buffalo Is 75,000. Alumni and friends of the University of Pennsylvania are making an effort to raise a fund of $300,000 with which to construct a building and establish therein pharmaco logical , physiological and pathological labor atories. Cornell university's register for 1898-09 shows a large gain la students , the total to date being 2,0.18 , as against 1,790 at this time last year. The faculty also shows an Increase. It consists of 2S1 professors , etc. , against 191 last year. The Catholic winter school of America opens at New Orleans February 16 under the Immediate supervision of Archbishop Chap- olle. Among the lecturers announced are Henry Austin Adams , Bishop O'Gorman , Rev. Talbot Smith and other notables. P. A. B. Wldencr of Philadelphia has given to the free library of that city a val uable library gathered by an English col lector , containing many choice specimens of Incunabula. Every book In the efrlleetlon , which numbers COO , was printed prior to the year 1501. Timothy B. Blackstone of Chicago , who gave the Blackstnne Memorial library two or throe- years ago to his native town of Brandford , Conn. , has now added $109,000 to Its endowment. It Is one of the flflgst public libraries In the United Sttes and cost more than $400,000. Mr. Blackstone's first endow ment gift was $100.000 , so that the aggre gate of his benefactions Is mure than $000- 000. Frank Plerrepont Graves , LL. D. , who baa just been Instituted president of the Uni versity of Washington , lu Seattle , Is sail tel l > e the youngest college president In Amer ica. He was born lu Brooklyn In 1869 , was graduated from Columbia university lu 1800 , became on instructor in Greek In bis alma Tiater and later became professor of classical phlUlogy in Tufts college , the chair having 3611 created for him. Ho remained there Ive years , until the spring of 1893 , when he iccepted the presidency of the University ot Wyoming. Ho Is the author of tbr&e Greek > ooks and haj contributed nuinerou * articles .o educational journals. He WBI married In 11)95 ) to Miss Helen Hop Wadiwortn , a grad- jate of Boston university In the clau ot LI3L , _ . LINKS TO A LAUGH. Puck : She You forgot to take tht prlet- * ' < : innrk off my Christmas tircucnt , Jnrk. He-No ; I didn't , my dear ; 1 thought H would cave you n trip down town , Brooklyn Life : Klrot Qooso Mrs. Farmer paid today that I was getting nice nnd fat. Second Goose Don't lot Jirr Muff you. Detroit Journal : Uude Molly You remind 1111 > of n ChrlstinaH tree. DudeColly What kind of a one ? "A tpruco evergreen. " Washington Star ! "Don't ncbbtr com plain tint somebody liab made ft fool o' you , " wild Uncle Kbrn. "Mcbbee all ho done was to expose yon tnio character. " Indianapolis Journal : "And what Is your definition of the womanly woman ? " n ked the Inquirer. "A womanly woman , " snld the pent from tint lake shorr , " ! H n woman who dearly ' jovefl whatever husband she happens to have. " Chlcnpo Tribune : "Bplter stand n little further back from that l n , Lobelia. Don't you sec It snyx. 'Paint' ? ' ' . "It's qnlto ilry , lillllger. Don't you sea It dosen't conic off ? " "That's all rlRht. but you'll better stand a llttlo further nwny , all the name. People JJ [ ? .o ° 0hlnff nt thllt sls" nnj then looking Detroit Free Press : "What have you liiTc ? nsked the frrsh young man of the waiter at a first class restaurant. "Everything1 , sir. " "Everythlnir ? " snecrltifily. "Have U S rved nt once. " "Hash for qne , " yelled the waiter. Washington Star : "Do you think this hero Phlllpivlne question ! In the way to get straightened out ? " until Mrs. Corn- tostol , "I dunno. " answered her luioband , "but I'm afearcd not. I haven't heard of any banquets beln' got up so's to Imvo after dinner speeches on It. " Indianapolis Journal : "That woman showed wonderful presence of mind when her horp < s ran away. " "Is that what you call It ? She throw down the reins iind yelled. " "I know she did , nnd the liorno ran straight down the street. If she had held on to the reins she would have doubtless steered him Into the fence. " WILLIE'S LETTISH TO SANTA CLACS. Roston Globe. Dear Santa Glaus , mama told me , That I might write to you , XI > \ To ask you If you mean to come Adown our chimney Hue. For If you do , WP mtan to hang , Eight stockings on the wall : And hope that you will not forget To bring enough for all. There's father's blue and mother's brown , And Mater's long nnd black ; The striped one belongs to Lew , The red belongs to Jack. And there Is Sue's nnd Uncle Joe's , You surely must not miss , But something put In every one , And make mlno look like this : I want It stretched across the top BO very , very wide ; I want It big and broad and thick , and bulging at the side. I want a top , I want a ball , I want a trumpet , too ; I want a dandy jumplng-jack nil dressed In red and blue ; I want n llttl.1 trotting horse that's made to go on wheels ; I want a dog that snaps and barks , I want u pig that squeals ; I want a sle-d with runners bright , the top nil painted green , with stripes of gold , and letters , too , the neatest over ssen ; and then I want n pair of skates , * for skating has begun , and all the boys and girls In pchool are having - ing lots of fun. Mama says I'm not big enough , and that I'd bump my h o a d then I' d h a v e to ' stay , | n ' doom , , , . > , , , . _ . . " - like' Mrs. Tomp- . * kins' Ned. So If you do not bring the skates , I guess I Shall not care. But , O I quite forgot to say. I want a rocking chair , and nuts and candy by the pound and popcorn white ns snow ; I want It filled Just brimming1 full from top and heel to toe. Simply Overheard A popular and dressy busi ness man of this town was overheard in the corridor of a hotel the other evening to say of our store windows that no man of taste could pass them without stopping to admire their arrangement and the goods with which they are decorated. "Whoever buys neckwear and furnishings from Brown ing , King & Co. " , he said with real enthusiasm "has some , got taste. " It's the only store in town where one can get really handsome neckwear and un derwear and at reasonable prices too. A good opinion is worth winning. We think we do choose'with taste , and buying * for fourteen stores at once gives us a great advantage in the matter of prices. Look at the holiday goods in our Furnishing Department house coats , bath gowns , hosiery , handkerchiefs , fancy shirts , tasteful neckwear , com fortable underwear in fact ev erything , but shoes , for men's wear. OPEN EVENINGS , v. . J *