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( Seal. ) N. P. PEIL , Notary Public.
Senator Quay declares his stiprcinc
satisfaction with the sltuntlou nt Harrisburg -
burg , but
The next stop In the clovntlon or the
Btnjjo will probably bo tbo acquisition
of the Hon. Tom Slmrkcy.
The cznr 1ms again emphasized his do-
slro for general disarmament by orderIng -
Ing another powerful now cruiser.
Ono king may not bo n good thing to
draw to , but It begins to look as though
Mutaufe got a full liousc on the deal.
The state central committee of Nevada
has read Frank Rowlands out of the
silver party Just as though ho were an
ordinary mortal.
Legally the people cannot bo taxed for
the cost of touching children under ti
years of age. Wore the Nebraska law
rigidly enforced there could bo no pub
lic nurseries , otherwise known as kin
dergartens. "
The sultan Is greatly worried over the
growth of a new party In Turkey. As
one of Its objects Is to prepare n biog
raphy of the commander of the faithful
Abdul's perturbation Is perfectly com
prehensible.
Music hath charms to seethe the sav-
ugo breast , but the music of the masters
expounded for kindergarten children on
third-rate pianos la not likely to leave
nn enduring Impression upon anything
but the taxpayer's pocketbook.
How n kindergarten teacher who re
ceives ? aO or ifGO per month can Impart
high training In the music of the
masters Is ono of the enigmas which
only people gifted with Padcrowski In-
Btlucts nnd liulr dressing can explain.
The champions of expansion who
want the Philippines as a Held for un
employed labor would furnish some val
uable Information by discovering a few
American laborers who would work for
the wages paid in that quarter of the
world.
The German consul at Samoa Booms
to have all of his royal master's ability
for doing those things he should not
liavo done , without any of the hitter's
Judgment as to when ho has done
enough to get out without serious cense
quences.
The ambassadorship to the Court or
St. James la the first otllce that Joseph
II. Ghoato has ever hold. lie has been
too busy lighting corruption and bosses
to bo elected to otllco and besides the
olllco docs not usually hunt that kind of
H man. In Now York.
The kindergarten as an Institution has
of course long ago justified Itself , but
It should bo made a part of private
echool Instruction along with other fads
that have como to Htay , or , If main
tained as part of the public school oys-
tern , kept within baby school bounds.
( .Jovernor Iloosovelt , In refusing to re-
etoro the political franchise on ono of
John Y. McKaue's henchmen , who has
Just finished his term at Slug Sing , did
a very commendable thing. A man
who Is sent to the penitentiary for violating
lating the election laws should never
again bo permitted to vote.
As Philadelphia has never been par
ticularly noted as an agricultural com
munity It may surprise EOIUO to know
that her farmers are now holding a con
vention. Advices arc ellent as to
whether the topic for discussion Is rota
tion In the crops of ward bosses or how
much cash It will require to fertilize a
vote In au off year.
When Undo Sam went Into partner
ship with Emperor William and Queen
Victoria to sot up a kingdom in ono or
the South Sea islands , bo lowered the
standard of the great American repub
lic , which prides Itself In being a gov
ernment by the people , for the people.
Moral : When you go to bed with
dogs you must expect to bo wakened
by llc-a bites. And that Is what Is
plaguing us now In Samoa.
HKPUIILWAH I'llOMtSK FULFILLKD.
In tlii ! last national campaign the re
publican parly promised that If It was
successful In the election It would give
the country a policy that would revive
Industrie and make n market for labor.
It also gave assurance that It would
maintain the credit of the nation ami
uphold the standard of values then ex
isting. It promised the restoration ot
llnancfal confidence and of prosperity.
That these promises have been fulfilled
no man familiar with the financial and
commercial history of the last two years
will question.
lu a Mpeoclt In the house of repre
sentatives last week , Mr. ( Jrosvenor of
Ohio contrasted present conditions with
those of 1SUO. He declared tlmt there
were more Idle men In the United States
on the election day of 1890 , or the day
preceding It , than on any other day In
Its history prior to that time , lu that
year there was everywhere gloom and
despondency , uncertainty and hesita
tion. "Long lines of railroads were In
the hands of recelvcro , more miles of
railroad entered the courts for adjudica
tion and management during the period
of depression than in any other period
In the history of the country In the
same proiwrtion. Idle men and value
less rolling Block and dlvldendlcss BO-
curitles stood In the places of the coun
try and money was Idle and enterprise
had been well iilgli forgotten. " Alllla
nnd factories were closed , machinery
representing the Investment of hun
dreds of millions was rusting lu Inac
tivity , labor sought employment In vain.
What a change has been wrought In
the short period of two years. With
the advent of the republican party to
power financial confidence revived , ani
mation was Infused Into the Industries
of the country and a demand was cre
ated for labor. Said Mr. Grosvonor :
"There never was n period in the his
tory of this country or of any other
country when BO mighty a change took
place In the same length of time as 1ms
taken place In the condition of this
country between the 4th day of March ,
181)7 ) , and the period In which we are
living this hour. " Railroads are not
now going Into the hands of receivers ,
but on the contrary are paying divi
dends , while most of them are taxed to
their utmost capacity to carry the
trafllc. The great Iron and steel Industry -
dustry , which for several years had
been almost prostrated , has been greatly
enlarged and Its products are going Into
the markets of the world as never be
fore. Nearly every Industry Is realiz
ing a fair measure of prosperity and
American labor was never so fully em
ployed. The wealth of the nation has
been Increased within the last two years
more than a thousand million dollars ,
the balance of International trade In our
favor is greater than ever befcre in the
history of the country and there Is the
unprecedented fact of American money
loaned In Europe and the United States
practically dictating the price of money
In London , and on the continent.
These arc Incontestlblo facts. They
are known of nil men familiar with
current business history. Admit that
they are measurably duo to causes out
side of republican policy , yet every fair-
minded man will concede that they
could not have been realized without
the confidence In financial stability nnd
security which republican success
created and the relnvlgoratlng effect
upon our Industries of republican policy.
But In spite of these facts the advo
cates of currency debasement still llnd
hearers and adherent * * nnd threaten to
renew In the next presidential contest
the battle ot the standards. The Ameri
can people , however , will not BOOU
again be deluded to the extent they were
In 181)0 by theories whose fallacy has
been demonstrated. There are not
today 0,000,000 voters in favor of free
silver and another year of prosperity ,
which Is assured , will still further re
duce the number of the supporters of
currency debasement and repudiation.
WORK FOR THtl COMMERCIAL CLUD.
The annual banquet of the Commer
cial club marks another milestone in
the history of this useful organization.
It has been said , and there are mem
bers of the club who endorse the senti
ment , that the Commercial club , In Its
general policy , 1 not as aggressive as
might be , and for this reason does not
compare favorably with similar organi
zations In competing cities. Others con
tend , on the other hand , that the club
In pursuance of a passive policy accom
plishes more In the end than would be
the case If Its officers were constantly
donning the war paint In defense of
Omaha's commercial rights and preroga
tives. However this may be , no one
can form a definite conclusion until an
aggressive policy shall have been
tested. Should the prediction prove
true that such an attitude would In
evitably work the ruin of this worthy
organization It would then be in order
to build anew upon broader and llrnier
lines. A river never rises above Ha
source. Inasmuch as the Commercial
club Is patronized chiefly by the Job
bery and manufacturers of Omaha it
must of necessity bo very largely what
they make It or its shortcomings maybe
bo Justly chargeable to them. The club
was originally organized as a Jobbers'
freight bureau to mediate with the rail
roads entering Omaha for fair and
equitable rates. For a time much good
was accomplished , but of late years the
prime objects of the club seem to have
been overlooked. That there la much
work awaiting the club along these lines
Is known to every member of It. For
Instance , it Is for the club to ascertain
why our jobbers cannot get goods into
northwestern Iowa In less time than
Chicago jobbers can lay them down In
that territory. Is It because the Iowa
lines want the long haul ? Why do they
put every obstacle lu the way of our
local Jobbers by withholding and delay-
lug laden cam in transit lu the hope
or discouraging the dealers in Iowa
from ordering goods In Omaha ?
It goes without saying that the club
would encounter very llttlo difficulty
lu inducing manufacturers who con
template relocating lu a western dis
tributing center to give Omaha the
preference whenever they nro con
vinced that Its facilities for distribution
arc better or at leant equal to these
enjoyed by competing points west of
the MIsfllHdppI , Whether the club
IUIKUICB the let-alone policy or ventures
to assert Itself on more aggressive
lines , It should by all means map out a
plan of campaign for the annexation
of new territory on the lines of the Illi
nois Central and other railroads that
are pushing this way and will BOOH
enter .into . competition for the trade of
Omaha. No moro promising field for
Omaha manufacturers nnd Jobbers
could have been laid out than will be
within their icach during the coming
year , nnd the Commercial club can put
a feather Into Its hat by blazing the
path for Its mercantile members.
DISSA.TISIMUTIOX IN CUll.i.
There Is some dissatisfaction In Cuba
with the American administration of
affairs. The leading Havana news
paper * complain that It tends to
anarch } ' , asscitlug that each military
governor and each garrison commander
ils a military dictator , acting Inde
pendently of the governor general and
exercising administrative , legislative ,
judicial nnd even ecclesiastical tunc
tions , with the result tlmt there la no
uniformity of action in details and no
general code of administration for the
various localities. If there Is any sub
stantial ground for this criticism It
would seem that the Instructions from
Washington are not being strictly car
ried out , but the probability k that
there lt § no good reason for it. Some
discretion must be allowed the mili
tary governors and they arc apt to exer
cise this In military fashion , but tlmt
this should tend to anarchy rather than
order is not credible. There Is some dis
satisfaction , also , with some of the ap
pointments to civic positions made by
General Brooke , but It Is quite impos
sible that he should satisfy everybody
In this respect. The fact appears to bo
that General Brooke has been most
careful In selecting men for these otlices
and of course ho has been influenced en
tirely by a desire to secure the most in
telligent and efficient service.
It Is quite possible that the American
authorities have made some mistakes.
They have a most dlfllcult task nnd It
would be extraordinary indeed if they
should commit no errors in meeting its
perplexing problems. IJut there Is every
reason to believe that they are ener
getically devoting themselves to the
work of pacifying and regenerating
Cuba with a high sense of duty and a
cousolcntlous purpose.
THE I'ACIFIU XUHTUJTEST.
The Portland Orcgoulan of last Mon
day contained nn elaborate review of
the progress of Oregon during 181)8 and
nn exhibit of the resources of the state.
The facts and figures presented make a
surprising showing and one that should
be highly gratifying and encouraging
to every citizen of Oregon Interested in
its progress and prosperity.
The Oregonlan says that never In the
history of the Pacific northwest has
productive capacity been greater ttmu
during the last two years , especially
1898. Never has production of crops
and commodities been greater. Never
have producers been so well paid for
their labor. "Tho result of this vast
development , " says that paper , "Is that
there Is prosperity In every section.
The debts of our farmers have been
paid almost to the last dollar. Homes
nnd factories , whloh had been burdened
with mortgages throughout the depres
sion , have been freed from obligations.
Counties report that debt Is unknown
within their bouadarles. " This section
of the country Is not only In better con
dition than ever before , but there Is a
brighter outlook than It has ever known
for continued progress nnd prosperity.
The Pacific northwest will realize a
generous share of wihatever Increase in
trade this country shall have with Asia ,
while It offers Inducements for the in
vestment of capital which will not bo
overlooked. It Is a section of the coun
try in which the possibilities of reward
for enterprise and industry are nowhere
surpassed.
Having been tendered the appoint
ment of consul at Apia , Samoa , a cer
tain eminent Nebraskan declined that
honor for the reason , as confidentially
stated , ho did not care to be banished
into a four years' exile with nothing to
do but go down to the wharf to meet
an occasional ship touching at the port.
Happily , however , the Hon. Lloyd W.
Osborno of Blair did not take this view
of the matter and accepted the appointment
ment- Since that time Samoa has been
making history. You can't lose a Ne
braskan. ,
West Farnnm street property owners
have paid for their folly In laying cedar
block pavements and should be com
mended for laying a pavement in keepIng -
Ing with the 'high qualities of abutting
property. The wood pavement nrst
laid was at best but a temporary make
shift. At the lower end of the street ,
however , property owners are com
plaining that the graulto pavement there
to of a quality too lasting too hard and
noisy. The question is , When will these
two extremes meet ?
We view with approval the order of
the military governor of Havana requir
ing his sanitary engineers to inspect
every dwelling and every store build
ing , requiring it to bo put Into
a healthful condition. Wo pretend to
believe tlmt this kind of work is char
acteristic of Americans and congratu
late ourselves thereupon. Yet there Is
a crying need in Omaha today of juet
such house-to-house inspection nnd of
sanitary inspectors who shall Inspect.
The republicans in the California leg
islature appear determined to light the
Bcnatorshlp contest to a finish In the
open. They commenced balloting the
day ofter New Year's and have con
tinued from day to day without inter
mission nnd without calling upon King
Caucus as arbitrator.
Are They Worth Itf
Buffalo Courier.
Putting aside all moral consideration for
tbo moment , ' ere the Philippines really
worth fighting for ?
Slliun of the Tlmn.
Springfield Republican ,
Straws showing the popular drift : Twenty-
three members of the faculty and officers ot
Chicago university have signed * protest
against the annexation policy ; the Denver
llcpubllcon has come out against It anil the
Omaha "labor > templo" has voted 03 to 3
against It.
StiKK < ' * tl i" of I'rrNHtiri' n ml 1'rncc.
Philadelphia Times.
Brussels being chosen for the place of the
czar's universal peace conference , further
emphasizes the fact that this idea brings
something new on the carpet ,
WhenHefiirni In
Chicago Times-Herald ,
California , Montana and Delaware arc en
titled to first place In the matter ot furnish
ing the largest number of arguments In favor
of tbo election of senators by popular vote.
Two of n Kliul Abroad.
Globe-Democrat.
The grip Is said to have utarted In Turkey
and Asia Minor , In November , and spread
westward along established lines of travel.
It seems to bo a fact that the worst epi
demics and the worst governments are
closely related.
A Kly oil the Wheel.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Our government will not bo alarmed at
the news that Spain Is likely to recogntzo
the Filipino government , with a view to
embarrassing the United States in Its dealIngs -
Ings with the Insurgents. In the first place
the Filipinos linvo learned to distrust Spain
thoroughly and , In the second place , she
is not In a position ito worry this country
by anything she may or may not do. It
will simply Ignore her and go Its own way.
A .Moilol American.
Washington Post ,
The death of John Hussoll Young Is a
national loss. Quiet and unobtrusive In his
personality , he nevertheless left a marked
Impress upon the times In which ho lived ,
and his Influence was always exerted In the
direction of good citizenship , ot national
progress. Ho was a man of wonderful ver
satility and attainments. His greatest
genius was , undoubtedly , In the line of lit
erary expression , but ho was also a states
man , a diplomat and , In the broadest sense ,
a historian.
An Eiiilinn-nnMiucnt of Illchci.
Boston Transcript.
The United States treasury la now In the
peculiar position of having to compel people
to take gold In payment of current public
obligations , us It Is short of the paper money
they prefer. Heavy payments in the last
three weeks have taken about $12,000,000 In
gold out of 'tho ' treasury , which has still
about { 235,000,000 In that metal on hand.
Gold continues to flow Into this country.
Ono Australian steamer now on its way to
San Francisco baa $2,250,000 In gold on
'board ' , In payment ot bills due to Americans.
As a great deal of the gold brought Into this
country finds its way Into the treasury , that
department Is likely for a long tlmo to como
to find Itself suffering from an embarrass
ment of riches.
IMPERIALISM COMES HIGH.
Some Stunning UNtlmntcn of the Cant
of Emiilre.
Doston Transcript.
The cost ot empire on the scale thus far
marked out la of Itself enough to make us
shrink from venturing upon the new road
that many are urging the country to take.
The estimates of this cost vary widely. The
lowest , coming from the friends of the move
ment , places it at a trlflo over $80,000,000 an
nually. The highest yet made on the basis
of definite calculation Is by Senator Caffery
of Louisiana and Is something over $220-
000,000 a year. Averaging these two ex
tremes the result is $150,000,000 , which are
the figures that Senator Hoar has fixed upoa
as an approximation of what Imperial con
trol in the Philippines would cost us each
twelvemonth.
As has been before pointed out , $150,000,000 ,
capitalized at 3 per c'ont , would bo equal to
an addition of $5,000000,000 * dollars to our
national debt. Capitalizing Senator Caffrey's
figures at the same rate it would virtually
bo the same as a debt ot $7,000,000,000 , or
about three times the civil war debt ot the
United States. Now taking the highest , the
middle or the lowest estimate , we ask the
gentlemen who regard this question solely
from a commercial pofnt of view , whether
they are willing to risk their business repu
tations by answering affirmatively the ques
tion , "will it pay ? " Put duty and destiny ,
benevolent assimilation nnd all the other
pretty but meaningless phrases aside , and
let us know how long H will take to pay a
public debt of $5,000,000,000 on a trade of
$30,000,000 a year , provided wo get the whole
of It.
COST OP THE ENLARGED ARMY.
A Proposal Vnntly IncretmlUK the Ex-
peiiNCN of the Government.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican.
The cost ot a permanent army establish
ment of 100,000 , as provided In the pending
army bill , has been estimated by the op
ponents of < the measure at $150,000,000 a
year. This may or may not be an extreme
estimate , but it is practically admitted by
the friends ot the bill that the proposed
army would co&t nearly $100,000,000 an
nually , which Is merely saying that if the
size of our former peace establishment is
multiplied by four the coat must be multi
plied by substantially the same figure. All
euch estimates are discredited , however , by
the Philadelphia Record , which says :
"A really useful public service would be
performed if somebody In congress would
subject the War department estimates to a
critical analysis , with a view of discovering
why an American army ot 100,000 men
should cost $150,000,000 or so per annum ,
while Germany maintains an. army ot up
ward of 500,000 men at an annual outlay of
$30,000,000. There must bo something radi
cally wrong in a system under which the
cost per man of our army is 25 times the
cost per man of the most highly organized
military machine In the world. "
The first discovery made by such nn In
vestigator would bo that Germany main
tains an army of 500,000 men at a cost ot
not less tliaa $120,000,000 a year , Instead ot
$30,000,000 ; and the second discovery bo
would make would be that the United States
now pays its soldiers elx times what the
German soldier receives and will probably
have to pay more than It docs now to keep
nn army of 100,000 men recruited to the
full figure on the present volunteer system.
The pay of the German soldier amounts to
about $2.1G a month , and nearly half of this
Is taken back by the government In payment
for such subsistence as Is furnished above
the barest requirements of life. Besides ,
many of the German soldiers , those from the
well-to-do classes who are let off on a single
year's service , provide their own equipment ,
clothing and subsistence , and the cost of
living In Germany Is , moreover , le.ss tban It
is in the United States.
These consideration render Judgments
based upon International comparisons rather
uncertain. The standard to go by Is the
cost of tbo former establishment of 25,000
men , and this was not less than $30,000,000 ,
excluding all matters coming under the
supervision of the War department , which
were riot relevant to the pay , maintenance
and equipment of the army. The pay list
alone of the old army of 25,000 officers and
men called for moro money each year lhan
is received by the 500,000 German soldiers ,
and then desertions were so numerous and
recruiting so difficult In the American serv
ice as to cause remark and remedial sug
gestion in each annual report of the secre
tary of war. It can bo very safely asserted
that the proposed army of 100,000 will coat'
four times that of the old , or $120,000,000 ,
thin apart from the additional expenses In
curred In tropical campaigning and occupa
tion , euch as increased hospital and medical
cxpenie , transportation , and pensions grow
ing out ot the larger death rate.
I.V TIIU MIM.Ml (111HP.
.Votnlito Incrrnpio In the Itrpitlillonn
Vole In T o Venm.
Now York Sun.
The mining group of states Is usually made
to Incluilo Colorado , Nevada , Utah , Montana
and" Tdaho. Colorado , Nevada nnd Utah are
silver states , .Montana exceeds all others In
the product of copper , and Idaho ranks
second among the states In the product of
load. The relation1 of minerals to ono
another under modern methods of mining Is
such thnt the iproductlcu of ono metal files
hand In hand necessarily with that of an
other , anJ as a consequence bath Idaho and
.Montana ha\o largo silver products. All
five of these states In the St. Louis re-
publlcn convention of 1SOO were favorable to
tha consideration of a silver plank 1n dcf-
crcnco to their local Interests , and In them
there was ft formidable molt of the silver
republicans , as they call themselves. In
that convention the votes of these llvo states
wfro cast Bolldly against the platform
adopted , and on the balloting for president
the Colorado delegates , the Idaho delegates
and some of the Nevada , Utah and Montana
dele-gates refused to participate , withdraw
ing to take part In the sliver Republican
convention -which Indorsed the nomination
of Bryan and Scwall. In the election sue.
ccedlng Bryan carried Colorado by 133,000
majority ; Idaho by 16,000 in a total vote
of less than 30,000 , Nevada by 0,500 In a
total vote cf 10,000 , Montana by 32,000 In a
total vote of 53,000 , and Utah by a plurality
of 51,000 In' a total of 96,000.
These five states , under ouch conditions ,
did not furnish a very encouraging outlcok
for the republican party at succeeding elec
tions , the first defection of populists from
the republicans having been followed by a
subsequent and larger defection of repub
licans to the silver republican party ,
the votes of which made possible the largo
majorities In the presidential election of
18D8. Though without Influence upon the re
sult of the presidential election of 1896.
these five states have iten of the United
States senators , besides six representatives
In congress 'In the lower house. The obsta
cles to republican success in them seemed
two years ago to bo almost insurmountable ,
but the republicans , adhering to a deter
mination to regain the ground which they
had lost , set themselves about the task of
restoring their broken column by recovering
former supporters or gaining new recruits.
In Colorado there was , In 1897 , an election
for judicial office only. In Idaho there was
no contest. lu Montana there wns no elec
tion In 1897 ; neither was there one In
Nevada or Utah. The republicans had there
fore two years to recover lost ground , nnd
how well they did It Is to bo seen in the
following table of votes in ithcso five states ,
comparing the republican vote In each In the
presidential election of 1896 with that cast
for the republican candidate for the head of
the state ticket in 189S :
REPUBLICAN VOTE.
VOTE.1S9S.
1S9S. 1S93.
Colorado 2U.271 W.SSO
Utnh 13,484 29,301
Idaho 6,324 13,791
Montana 10,494 14,823
Nevada ; 1,938 3.548
Totals 53,511 112,408
A gain from 58,000 to 112,0001s very nearly ,
'though ' not quite , 100 per cent In two years.
When this gain is considered in connection
with the fact that the election of 1896 was a
presidential contest , at which a full vote
was polled , and that the election of 1S98 was
a stnte contest , at which congressmen were
the only federal officers voted for , It will bo
seen that the republican vote was even more
important than it seems otherwise , and
shows a diligent determination of the repub
lican leaders In these five states , whoso
forces suffered most severely from the "sil
ver craze , " to put themselves in line with
their party associates before the next na
tional presidential election , and in advance
of the next republican national convention ;
and they have done so in what may be called
great style.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Senator Quay is painfully long on hopes
and short on votes.
It takes 378 employes to look after the
wants of Missouri's lawmakers.
Last year New York state spent nearly
$22,000,000 on various public charities. The
beneficiaries of this enormous sum num
bered 2,500,000 oereons.
San Francisco's city hall is completed at
last. It was begun twenty-seven years ago
and the salary of the men in charge of it
was sufficient Inducement for them to pro
long it to the limit.
There are sixty-five democrats in the
lower branch of the Massachusetts legisla
ture to 165 republicans , though at last year's
election the republicans carried every
county In that state and had a popular plu
rality of 83,000.
Judge Van Wyck , who ran for governor
lost fall and lost a seat on the bench In
consequence , has been taken car of by
Crokor. Ho Is general -counsel for the new
auto-truck company organized by Croker
to operate vehicle with compressed air.
Senator Cockrell ot Missouri has been re
turned to the senate and If ho completes the
new term he will have served continuously
for thirty years. Ho was first chosen to
succeed Carl Echurz In 1875. His colleague ,
Senator Vest , entered the senate In 1879.
When Van Wyck was nominated for mayor
ot Now York fifteen months ago his most
enthusiastic supporter was the editor of the
Anaconda ( Mont. ) Standard. That editor
Is now editing a comfortable job in the
water works department of Now York City.
In order to prevent sneak legislation ,
Governor Roosevelt Insists on the law
makers observing strictly the rule requir
ing all parts of bills which change existing
law shall bo printed In Italics. That is ono
effective way of checking mischievous leg
islation.
Judge Ross , successor 'In the senate of the
late Justin S. Morrlll , has long flowing
whlto whiskers , surpassing the crop that
drew attention to Senator Peffer. The sen
ator is very proud of them. He parts them
In the middle and rolls them over his
shoulders.
Eugene Hlgglns , a noted democratic boss
of Maryland , is dead. During Cleveland's
first term hU appointment as a clerk in
Washington almost ruptured the civil service
law and throw the reformers into con
vulsions. After the epidemic subsided Hlg
glns resigned.
The present state government of Indiana ,
executive , and judicial , is for the first time
in many years solidly republican. Both
branches of the Indiana legislature
have republican majorities , and the repub
licans bad a clear majority on the congress
vote. Indiana , long doubtful , seems now to
bo securely in the republican column.
Ex-Governor Lecdy ot Kansas expresses
publicly the private opinion that office-
holding Is unprofitable for an honest man.
Speaking about his late job he says , ; "It's
only $3,000 a year , and the way they pull a
governor's leg ho haa little left. In fact
the porter sweeping out the office has moro
money than a governor can save out ot his
salary. "
OTtiUll IiA.MW TIIAX OI'IIH.
While the czar nnd his ministers ro
walling to sec what action Kurope will take
on Hie disarmament proposition , they are
busily engaged nt homo In Increaolng the
stco and efficiency of the Kusalan army.
Ever since the famous proclamation was Is
sued report has followed report of new reg
iments raised anil equipped , of old OHM sup
plied with batter guns and both kinds con
centrated In unwonted strength on this or
tlmt frontier of the great Muscovite empire.
Now comes the news that 11,000,000 rubles
have been appropriated for use In adding to
the pay of the army officers , a stop excel
lently well calculated to augment the zeal
and trustworthiness of the most Important
part of the military class. The dotalln of
the "ralso" are Interesting. It seems that
Immediately after his iiccc.islon to the throne
Nicholas saw that his officers were under
paid. So ho appointed a special commlMlon
to Investigate the matter and It has advised
an advance all around. The higher sale of
pay will take cflect this summer , but only
for officers actually serving with the troops.
Staff officers nnd noncombatants must wait
another year at least before enjoying Its
benefits , owing to the difficulty ot providing
all at once the requisite funds. By far the
greater part of the additional 11,000,000 ru
bles will fall to the share of the lower
grades of the service , beginning with a min
imum annual pay of nbout $350 for a sub
lieutenant , Irrespective ot allowance for
house rent. Civil servants of the Husslan
government ore also wretchedly paid , but
the good czar doesn't seem to bo worrying
about anybody except his soldiers.
*
Arabia , or so much ot It as Is under the
sovereignty of the sultan , has been In a
chronic state of disaffection for a long time
nnd military compulsion has kept the tribes
men In sullen subjection. Open revolt has
existed In Yemen during five or six years
past as a result of extortion on the part ot
the Turkish administrators ; but the fighting
has hitherto been desultory nnd has con
sisted of unimportant skirmishes. The re
cent encounter between Turks and Arabs at
Shanel , however , attained the proportions
of a battle , the losses on both sides having
been C.OOO In killed and wounded.
Although the victory seems to have been
with the Turks , the end Is not yet in sight.
The insurgents are strongly intrenched at
Saabch , 150 miles northwest of the scene of
the recent battle ; and to make matters
worse for the sultan's ghasls their troops
are deserting to the enemy In largo num
bers. The commander of the faithful would
be Jn a bad way If the original followers of
the prophet should succeed In shaking off
their allegiance. But for the Immemorial
lock of cohesion among the Arabs the
dominion of the Turks in Arabia would ere
now have been at nn end and Mecca would
have become the political , as well as the
spiritual , capital of Islam.
* *
An eager discussion1 Is going on in the
French journals devoted to naval questions
concerning the strategy which Franco should
adopt in the case of war with England.
Captain Vlgnot , who formerly held an impor
tant post In the ministry of .marine , pro
tests strongly against the government pro
posal to build a number of llne-of-battlo
ships , which will require four or five years
to construct. The urgent need , ho says , Is
for fast cruisers , which could bo constructed
In a year or two , to prey on English com
merce in nil parts of the world. Another
prominent naval officer , on the other hand ,
maintains that to abandon the construction
of battleships would bo to abandon all means
of defensive action. It must bo remem
bered , ho says , that Franco may have other
enemies besides England , or may have al
lies in a war against her , In both of which
cases .battleships would .bo essential. France
ought at least , ho thinks , to have enough
of them to make diversions in the Channel
and to protect connections with Algeria.
He , too , Is In favor of building fast cruis
ers , but ( points out that it Franco should
begin ton such vessels tomorrow , England
would straightway 'begin thirty end the
thirty , ho adds rather dolefully , would bo
ready long before the ten. This Is Eng
land's great advantage , that eho can build
war ships twice aa quickly as any other
power and thus cannot only hold or In
crease the numerical euperlorlty of her
fleets , but can always oppose to the newest
ship of rival navies vessels of a still later
d Improved type.
Abdurahaman Khan , the ameer of Af
ghanistan , who was reported the other day
to bo at the point of death , seems to have
llfo enough in him to provide for his Brit
ish allies many a bad quarter hour. He
has just signed a convention with Russia
permitting the extension of the Kushk rail
way , one of the Russian trunk lines in
Central Asia , Into Afghan territory. It maybe
bo true , as stated 1 > y the ameer in bis
proclamation announcing the convention
with Russia , that the railway will conduce
to the prosperity of Afghanistan. But what
was the use of Great Britain subsidizing him
to maintain his country as a buffer stata
between Asiatic Russia and 'British ' Indlk.
if the buffer is to t > o penetrated In all di
rections 'by ' strategic railways of the czar ?
Moreover , why did the ameer conclude his
proclamation with a slur on "evil-disposed
foreigners uttering calumnies" against the
czar and cause the screed to bo exposed
at all the crossways and in all the vil
lages of Afghanistan ? Evidently Great Brit
ain la hanging upon a frail reed If she ex
pects the subsidized ameer to < make ot his
dominion a rampart against the onward
march of Russia through Asia. Russian gold
has as much virtue as British gold.
The lot of thousands of Spanish soldiers
brought homo from Cuba Is said to be
worse , in their own land , than it was while
they were waiting , unpaid and victims ot
dleeaae , { or transportation to Spain. Now
they have neither pay , employment nor
rations. Meanwhile the Spanish people con
tinue to lavish money upon hull fights
and other amusements which might save
from sheer misery many thousands of eol-
dlcrs who have suffered much and risked
everything for their country and give them
a fair start In life as civilians. Spanish
patriotism Is hot enough at times , but it
Is rather more unreasoning and inconsistent
than patriotism In any other civilized coun
try.
LAW FOR MI'i-SAVI\G.
Abolition of Mnn-Kllllnic Apiillnncci
on llnllrnml Cure.
Chicago Record.
The law passed by congress In 1893 re
quiring the equipping of railroad cars with
automatic couplers and adequate train
brakes has proved by actual trial and ex
perience to be a law for the saving ot
human life. Although the cars are not all
equipped yet , nor will they bo until Janu
ary 1 , 1900 , the statistics kept by the Inter
state Commerce commission bow largo re
ductions In number of accidents to trainmen
In consequence cf the Introduction ot the
safety appliances required by law.
According to the report of the commission
there were 1,034 fewer employes killed and
4,002 fewer Injured during the year ended
ROYAL
"PUREPOWDER
ABSOLUTELY "PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
. .
OVAL AK1TC POffMftCO. * HtW YOU *
Juno 30 , 1897 , thnn during the year rndod
Juno 30 , 1S93. In coupling and uncoupling
cars alciio 219 fewer mm were Vlllod Add
4Ml Tenor Injured during 1S)7 ! ) than during
1S33. The number of such omployts killed
1ms been reduced one-half , and the nurutxir
Injured has also been reduced nearly one-
half. This comparatlvo statement Is full ot
significance : "The reduction In tbo number
of accidents from alt causes largely exceeded
In a single year the entire casualties during *
the late war. " This means casualties on the
American side , which were 2fis killed and
1,615 wounded.
A law th.it will conduce to ench results
may truly bo culled beneficent and a credit
to the spirit of progressive civilization. The
pnvng ot human life from destruction or InJury -
Jury should be one of the chief alms of gov
ernment , and in no way can that aim ho
better accomplished than In the requiring ot
adequate safety appliances for the protection
of llfo and health. The standard of civiliza
tion of a people Is measured very largely by
the efficiency shown In keeping down to a
minimum the number of accidents that maybe
bo prevented by the general adoption of pre
cautionary methods and proper lite-saving
appliances.
IIIIIJI37.Y MN128.
Indianapolis Journal : "llefo1 the wan. "
said the colonel , picking nt his frayed cuffs ,
"befo * the wail , 1 used to have a sovereign
eign contempt foh the mim who would got
drunk on less thml a quant , sail , Now , I
envy him hla ability to save money. "
Chicago Tribune : Customer Ar thesa
eggs Htrlctly fri-sh ?
Grocer's Clerk Yea , sir. You haven't
found anything wrong with tlTo eggs you've
been getting hero for the last month , have
you ?
Customer No.
Grocer's Clerk Well , these are * part of
the same lot.
Chicago Tribune : "Yes , ho mode his first
lucky strike In eggs. Ho bought 10.000 dozen
at a low figure , put them In cold Htoraio
nnd sold them at a profit of more than 200
per cent. That waa the cornerstone of hla
enormous fortune. "
"And the hens laid it. How strangel"
Washington Star : "I am in favor of giv
ing the Filipinos Independence , " .said ono
debater. ,
"So am I , " answered the other. "And I'm
satisfied that the United States controls the
only reliable brand , and tlmt If we can get ,
them to hold etlll and try It , they will
like It. "
Washington Star : "Which do you con
sider proper , " said the man who Is very
precise ; " 'canned beef or 'tinned be f ? ' "
"Well , " answered the young man , "I'm
afraid I can't Rlvo an unprejudiced answer.
I waa In the army nnd 1 didn't feel much
llko having anything to do with cither of
them. "
Chlcapro Post : "You use dots and dashea
In sending messages , " remarked the IdU
younir person who was watching the man at
the teleirraph Instrument.
"Yes. " answered tho. operator , who was
qulto busy , "except when wo are Bending
reports of what some of these army people
wiy about ono another. Then wo don't use
anything but the dashos. "
THE ALiL-l'lliaVALENT.
W. J. Lampton In the New York Sun.
Zlpl
And the Grip
Has got its nip
On your neck ,
And you'ro a wreck.
You cough
Your head and your heels oft ,
And your arms and your legs off.
And your hands and your feet off.
And still you cough ;
And your remains
Are full of aches nnd pains.
You take no pleasure In your f rlondi ,
And all the ends
Thou nlm'st at nro the. Grip's.
Prom Malno to California ,
From the mountains to th sea ,
The old sweet sons
Has all gene wrong
And the chorus Is misery.
Oh , for a rny of sunshine ,
Oh , for a spot of blua .
In the leaden sky <
To tlcklo the eye
And pull ourllyors.through. . &u a i
Say , Grip , . ' ' * . ' '
Won't you get onto our Up * ' ,
And skip ? 't \ -
Or must wo say
In a vigorous way ,
"D n ! " and."D nl" again ,
And the whole land
Join in a grand "Amen. "
Last
Chance.
You will regret
not taking
advantage of our
great pants
sale.
Because you will
never have
the chance to
purchase a pair
of good pants for
the prices v
*
'
we are
now offering them :
$1.50 , $2.00 , i
$2.50 , $3.00 , !
$3,50.
These prices
are way below
what they are worth
and
another day or so
will end the
sale.
So accept
this last chance. ,