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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , FEBTttTARY 5. l.SOO. THE OMAHA SLNDAY 13. HOSEWATEK. Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MOHNIKO. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Dully I3co ( without Sunday ) . Ons Ycar.JC.CO Dally Hoe und Sunday , Une Vcnr 8 , < X ) Six Jlontrm 4.W ThMo Months 2,00 Hiiiidny lice , Ona Year 2.W Saturday Dec. One Ycnr l. 0 Weekly Bee , Ono Year i * > OFFICES. Omaha ! The lite Building. , , South Omahn : City mil building. Twenty-fifth nnd N streets. Council Blutls ! ID 1'enrl Street. Chicago : Stock Exchange Building. New York : Tcmolo Court. Waahlimton : COl Kourtecnth Street. CORnBSPONDKNCE. Communications relating tn news ami Mlltorinl matter should bo addressed ! Edi torial Department. The Omnha llec. BUSINESS I.ETTUHS. Business letters nnd remittances should bo addressed to The IJco Publishing : Com pany , Omaha. Drafts , checks , express and poBtofflce. money orders to be made payable to the order of the comnany , THE BEI3 PUDUS1I1NO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stale of Nebraska , Uouttlnn County , ss. : Oeorgo H. Tzachuck , secretary of The Heo Publishing compuny. being duly sworn. fnya that the actiml number of full ana complete copies of The Dally. Morning , Eveningnnd Sunday Hoc. printed during the month of January , 1899 , was na fol lows : 17 18 19 a ,7fl 20 BISIO C 2l ! , 80 21 IMHO : 6 2t.710 ! 22 a-iass 7 st,7io : 23 ai , : 7o 8 2I)50 ) 2t a.iinw : s 2ti : o 23 21,1-10 10. . 2t-MO ! 25 ,2 1,715 11 2 ,7TO 27 2.1,2. 12 2t : , 40 2S 21,130 13. 2a,710 29 2-1,2. H SI.O-IO so 21,200 15. . . , 21-llt ) 31 21,100 1C St,84 : , > 7 Total . ' .742-ISS CEB unsold and returned copies . 30,1 H2 Net total sales . ' ' ! ? ' " ! ! ! Net dally average . 2itB.a GEOIKJE B. TZSCIIUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Notary Public. The unfortunate differences In ( lie nruiy nnd navy bnve not operated to reduce tlie February crop of umgnziue licroes. _ _ Franco Is making substantial prepara tions for the disarmament conference by borrowing 950,000,000 to place Us army nnd navy on a respectable fraternal blislri. _ _ _ _ _ _ With the Hon. .Tim Corbctt and the Cherry sisters simultaneously on Its hands Havana , should begin to appre ciate some of tlie beauties of American civilization. Every republican member oC the legis lature should make it a. practice io read over the rcpub'llcau state platform upon which lie was elected at least once each , week during the session. From the amount of money required to renovate Jt , the state capitol building must have been In a deplorably dilapi dated condition previous to the assem bling of tlie present legislature. The New York charitable organization that last year spent on the needy poor 50,000 and $5-1,000 Cor otticors * ( salaries was evidently proceeding upon the as sumption that charity begins at home. From the fact that the United States last year produced enough wheat and corn to supply each of a. population of 75,000,000 with S20 bushels , a bread famine would appear to be a long way off. Senator Cnimilny's bill to shut out the trusts is a shot aimed beloAV tlie water- line. The trouble with drastic meas ures will always bo in their enforce ment , so long as the courts almost mil- yen-tally hold them invalid. American electric cars are soon to be running up to the great pyramids of Egypt. What a revelation it would be to the mummllled Pharaohs if they could only bo awakened from their cen turies of slumber by slipping a trolley. A conspicuous part of the cargo car ried by one of our vessels to the I'hilip- pines was a million bottles of beer , M'lileh was probably the advance agent of American civilization and the llrst In- Btnllmeut of benevolent nsslmlhitlon. North Dakota has amended its divorce law , which now requires a year's resi dence to secure a. severance of marital ties. People who want a divorce badly enough to stay through a North Dakota winter should by all means be accom modated. The Illinois saloon keepers who se cured the introduction of a bill In the legislature taxing themselves to main tain continued Inebriates In asylums nro showing a degree of generosity that Is liable to get frostbitten after the first ylslt of the tax collector. Omaha clearings continue to Hliow a phenomenal Increase over one year ago , being more than one-third greater. As compared with two years ago the Increase - crease Is still greater. The predicted collapse after the close oC the exposition lias not only failed to materialize , but there is every indication that business conditions will keep on improving , A glance nt the reports of the clearing Louses over the country will demon strate more thoroughly than columns of argument tlie full extent of the revival of manufacturing and commercial in dustries in tills country. As compared with last your they show an increase of from 18 to 3U5 per cent. The increase for the entire country was ! ! 8.-l per cent for the last week. The Xamboagonas of the Philippines Jiavo notified the Spanish government that they lova Spain and will remain n possession of that country irrespective of treaties or other considerations , even If they have to light the Togals and the United Stales to do so. Just why this ardent attachment only the Manila correspondent - respondent of the Madrid pm > s can ex plain. But 1C It Is true , the explanation jnay Ho Ju fho fact that tha Jfiaiu- boagonas aroald to be tha most corrupt pud worst of the Filipinos. The executive committee of tlie Nn- tlonnl Uvo Stock cxchnngo has very properly taken notice of the agitation growing out of the statements of Uen > oral Miles and other.- ) that beef unlit for human food was supplied to the army. The committee points out that the agi tation Is Injuring the live stock interest of the country , protests against the statements as unwarranted nml tirgos thu government to "Invite all foreign , governments to make a critical examina tion of the methods employed nt all tlie principal market centers In Ilia handling of live slock , cattle find dressed moats and of the efllcleut and thorough sys- torn of ante nml post mortem , state and municipal , Inspection In vogue. " This matter it * of such vital importance to one of the great Industries ) f Iho country that the government .should promptly comply with the request of the representative * of the National Llvo Stock exchange. It Is Impossible to say whether any foreign government would bo disposed to- make the proposed ex amination , but the extension of an in vitation to do so from this government would certainly have a reassuring effect. Unless the government takes some stop to counteract the effect of the allega tions there Is no doubt that tlie foreign trade in meats , already said to have been injured , will suffer severely. The opposition In Germany and elsewhere In Europe to the Importation of American meat products will assuredly use tlieue charges to the greatest possible advan tage and there Is reason to apprehend most effectively In support of their de mand. The president proposes institut ing a formal Inquiry with a view to llx- ing responsibility for the statements re garding beef ! supplied to the army and ascertalnlns whether or not there was any ground for thorn. This Is well. It s In the interest of the government and it ils duo to all concerned that there should be a thorough nnd searching In quiry. It is A very grave matter and there should be no concealment In re gard to it. But whatever tlie result of such an inquiry it might have little In fluence abroad and besides in the mean time our live stock interest would ex- icrlonce steadily increasing damage. It , s to check this , 1C possible , that tlie gov ernment Is urged to invite foreign gov ernments to examine for themselves the netliods in our principal markets of handling live stock and inspecting meats. The live stock Industry of the "United States is one of our most Important and . -aluable interests. It is threatened with serious Injury and It is the duty of this government to do whatever it can to avert the danger. JERSEY'S rnusT FACTORY. The state of New Jersey Is again work- ng on full time granting charters to all finds o companies , except small ones. Nothing with a. capital stock of less than Ive millions goes1 to Jersey , while nest of these corporate Fraukcnstelns , : hat will some day hound their creators ; o financial death , have more stock than could be handled with the next year's iotal product of autotrucks. How much noucy they have is altogether a differ ent question. The latest one , capital- zed at a figure that would have knocked Colonel Mulberry Sellers hors du com- jat with sheer admiration and wonder , lad in available assets , just before it Jlossomed ite trusty wings , something ess than § 5,000,000. When , where and low it acquired the additional capital ; hat would more than ton times pay oil ; he debt limb the United States don't owe to the Cuban army is not altogether ipparent , but the Incorporators say they lave it ami , of course , incor- lorators never He. This wholesale creation of gigantically capitalized corporations would lead the mi- , nitinted to believe that these llnanclers : md become tlie residuary legatees of : he count of Monte Cristo and. that the same conditions represented by the Hon. Zepplmnla Scaclder as prevailing In New Eden were now upon ns. But those vho understand the situation as it is can- lot full to ( joe that notwithstanding the general prosperity enjoyed by the coun try existing , nor , indeed , any other con ditions , justify the present output of stock companies and that the consequences quences must be loss and mirroring to thousands of minority stockholders. OUH COMMERCIAL IX Tlio general awakening throughout Great 13rlLain to the disastrous posslbil- itlc'H of American competition , to wlilcli Consul Hnlstcnd calls the Attention of this government , is not likely to bo dl- mlnlshcd by the olllelnl report of our domestic exports for the pant year. For the year of 3893 these reached the In comprehensible sum of ii KirUls ) , : > 8 , \vhl.eh tells Its own story. This increase does not so much admeasure demands created by Increased population In those countries that have been our customers us It does now markets gained in the ter ritories of our strongest competitors. The process has been a commercial In vasion. Our manufacturers and agricul tural products have entered tlio coun tries of Europe and found profitable imirkutii In competition with their pro. diicers , turning tlie balance of trade In our favor and producing general con sternation , which is voiced not only by the discussion to which Consul Ilnlslead refers , but also by the frantic efforts that Germany Is making to check the Inflow of our goods b'y discriminative legislation , Only it few years ago tlio Idea that wo could furnish England with struc tural steel , locomotives and agricultural implements cheaper than she could pro. dnco them would have been received with the fiiiuio incredulity thnt German ? " viewed the possibility of our crowding it out of its own markets with our woolen goods , bicycles and cutlery. Yet wo nro doing both today , and whilti thi'So countries tire trying to persuade them- welvos that tlio invasion Is only tempo rary every indication points to the fact that It is not only permanent , but Is des- tilled to Jncrpaso Ju volume with each year , The reason is not far to seel ; . The conservatism of these countries lias made them slow to adopt new methods and their raw materials arc not growing cheaper , while In laborsaving - saving machinery thu United States lends the world and Improved methods in mining and agriculture1 nnd new dis coveries each year enable tnc producer to furnish them at a good profit and yet cheaper to the manufacturer. In c'.her ' words , the natural resources of these countries are gradually being exhausted , while ours nre Inexhaustible1. This gives us an advantage in trade competi tion that will grow harder each year for them to offset. The logical sequence of this Industrial condition will be a still greater trade In vasion than that effected in Europe. If the two greatest commercial countries have been tumble to hold the markets of llielr own territories proper Intact , it would seem wcllnlgh hopohws for thorn to stay our advance in other countries heretofore supplied almost exclusively by their manufactures. They have no advantages In the Orlunt that our enter prise t-annot overcome , while In South America all of the advantages arc In our favor. Statistics demonstrate the fact that during the lust year our trade In creased with China , Japan and South America in a ratio that indicates the beginning of the .same commercial inva sion of those countries that we have made an aivompllshctl fact In Europe , and thcro would seem every Indication oC tlie fact that the next fuw years will find the United States occupying the position hold so long by England ns the trade center of the world. The foreign commerce of the United States last year showed an unprece dented surplus of exports over Imports. The foreign commerce of the United Kingdom presented a striking contrast to this , the exports having materially declined , while the imports wore largely Increased. The extraordinary progress oE the foreign trade of this country Is causing sonic anxiety In England. It Is stated that some of the more prominent financiers and in fact some of the states men of England who concern themselves with economic subjects , are taking n very deep Interest in this new condition in tlie United States. They confess that 1C lb continues a serious problem will be presented to the Britltfh nation. They are not only alarmed that tlie United States is buying less of the products of Great Britain and especially of her colonies , 'but ' on the other hand this country is selling millions more to Great Britain and her colonies than it has ever done and so far as some of the colonies are concerned Australia and South Africa , for Instance is taking away England's own market so long es tablished In those countries. In 1SOS the exports of merchandise produced in tlie United Kingdom fell be low the ' imports by the large sum of ? lin2',000,000. This was unprecedented in the history of British trade and it has raised the question whether the British nation Is not to some extent Jiv ing on its capital. Although trade In the United Kingdom Is good and the country seems to be more than ordinar ily prosperous , ninny Englishmen are apprehensive that the appearances may be deceptive. Such men as Sir Court ney Boyle , president of tlie British Board of Trade , and the colonial secre tary , Mr. Chamberlain , take a some what pessimistic view of the situation. There are others , however , who do not regard the conditions so seriously , among them Sir Itohert Giitcn , the em inent statistician. That authority , in an address before tlie Itoyal Statistical society , while unable to strike a favor able balance , explained that there are certain unknown quantities which if they could be accurately ascertained would give a different aspect to the situation. A grout many items , it was pointed out , enter into British exports which arc not included In the government statistics , one of these , the value of vessels built in Great Britain ior foreigners , amountIng - Ing lately to § 50,000,000 or more a year. Mr. Girfeii and others present arguments to prove that Great Britain can stand a surplus oC imports amounting to even a thousand million dollars a year without touching the capital of the nation or causing it to live beyond Its legitimate income. There Is no doubt that tlie wealth of the British nation is fiteadlly increasing. Its vast Investments , of capital In all parts of the world bring returns which constantly add to the national wealth and undoubtedly the addition from this ( source during the last few years ban boon very largo. But it appears to be no less certain that British supremacy in tlie world's commerce Is passing away and that tlie time is not very fur distant when tlie United States will have at- tallied primacy in the trade of tlie world nnd us a necessary consequence finan cial pre-emlnenco also. I'USlllA'O TlllA'OS IX CUJIA. Mr. Itobcrt P. Porter , whoso success ful mission to Gomez has been cordially commended by the president , nnd who has observed pretty thoroughly the con ditions in Culm , is of the opinion that the American authorities genurnlly are not pushing tilings us vigorously as they should , Ho Is reported to have said that there is "too much disposition to discuss minor details , too much hesitancy in bringing matters to a head , " and he urges more energetic action on the ground that If it Is not taken the sum mer will find too many American soldiers there to be stricken down by disease. Mr. Porter ot course views the matter from the standpoint of a practical man of affairs. He would apply to the situa tion strictly business principles nnd methods , whereas the military men who are administering affairs nro by force of education conservative , moving cau tiously and perhaps observing more or less of the "rod tape" methods with which they arc familiar. It is a ques tion wether this Is not the better way tinder the circumstance ! * in Cuba , if it bo not carried to an extreme. Tha primary I purpose of the military government Is the pacllication of the island and the cs- | tublLshmcnt of order nnd it is perhaps important to the accomplishment of this that the people shall he Impressed with the value of systematic progress , in which proper attention to minor details is essential. The people of t'ulm were badly Instructed under their Spanish rulers. Spanish administration was neither orderly nor honcsU The Ameri can military authorities are teaching them how much bettor things can be done and while progress In some direc tions mny fiot-in a little ( slow to n practl cal man who bollpvos In ptlsh , there can bo no doubt that results will be ( satisfactory. There will be general concurrence , however. In thu view of Mr , Porter that there should be no unnecessary < lilay In effecting such arrangements as will en able the govern men I to withdraw most of the troops front Culm before the sickly noasoii arrives. Ho says that thu hulk of them should be taken out of the Island by April and he urges that the entire policing of the island should bu dotio by tin1 Cubans themselves , only a couple of regiments of American ol- dlcrs being kept in each province to sup port the native police. This Is In line with the recommendation of General Greene and It Is to be hoped that Mr. Porter will bo able to no Impress tlie suggestion upon the Washington au thorities that they will take prompt steps to carry It out , since there appears to bo no doubt ns to Its practicability. The duty of saving as many as possible of otir soldlerw from Cuban disease Is Imperative. ClltVUIiA'J'lOX. If there were any probability of cur rency legislation at tills session of con gress Jt might be 'hoped ' that the bill re ported from the banking and currency committee In regard to national bank cir culation would receive consideration. This measure simply proposes to allow national banks to Increase their circula tion up to the par value of the bonds de posited with the United States treasury security for circulation. It provides for what some of thu ablest financiers in the country have advocated and If passed would make an addition to tlie circulation that would be quite as much benefit to the public as to tlie banks. Such legislation has been proposed from time to time for years , but lias always encountered senselea ? opposition. It is not pretended , of course , that the security would not be ample , or that there is any danger of the depreciation of thu government bonds below par , but the possibility that the banks might de rive some benefit In loaning tlie addi tional notes. The advantage to the bor rowers in being able to secure loans in times of money stringency is Ignored. The report of the house judiciary committee will finally settle the question whether a member of congress can hold his seat in that body and at the snmo time a commission In the army. The committee is said to be unanimously of the opinion that he cannot and the de cision Is not only in accord with tlie law , but is also consonant to the prin ciples of common sense nnd justice. One ofllcc is quite enough for any man to hold , even where the duties oC one do not conflict with those of the other. Uut In this case they are so manifestly con tradictory and conflicting that It would be quite impossible for any man to hold and discharge thu duties of both. Many persons will dislike to see General Wheeler deprived 'of His seat in con gress , and no one will regret it more than his colleagues , but the question is not one of sentiment. People \vlio cannot explain how we arc going to get our share of commerce In China and Japan without owning the Philippines might amuse themselves with lignrlng out how we last year sold to England more goods than were Im ported into China by ul ) nations. Ac cording to their arguments , to have ac complished this we should have owned Ireland or at least the Isle of Man. The absurdity of such an argument Is only equalled by tlie fallacy that the trade oC the Philippines has , like Colonel Sellers' Siberian republic , billions in It. Tlie total Imports of the whole archlpel- igo have never exceeded § 10,000,000 , or which we furnished less than ipl OO.OUO. If by occupying the islands wo could corner the total Imports the amount would not pay the pensions that will artee among the soldiers * stationed there. \bdul Humid lias discovered another plot. In fact , it Its a dull day when he iloes not discover one. This time lie lias unearthed a wnll concocted plan set on foot by some Albanians nnd having for its immediate object the sending of Abdul to the bosom of tlie prophet. Of course , irrespective of their nllt the Albanians' llnnl reckoning will be with the fish at the bottom of tlie Bosphorous. But in fhe meantime the sultan will keep up bin hunt for SUH- pcets and when business grows dull in that line it is always in his power to vary the monotony by ordering an Ar- mciitau massacre. The effort being made to enlist the Great Northern road In tlie projected Ino across the Sioux reservation to tlie Black Hills will bear watching by Omaha business interests , Already a large portion of the trade of South Da kota , which of right should come to Omaha , Is diverted elsewhere through lack of adequate railroad cominuncntlon. If this new road Is bul.lt it will give other cities access to tlie Black Hills market In which Omaha linn heretofore lield an advantage. Self-protection de mands the construction of a direct line to central South Dakota. If the recent restrictions Imposed on alien miners by the Canadian govern ment will' keep several thousand away from Alaska during the coming season , as has been alleged , they will not prove an unmitigated evil. From the recent dis coveries in Colorado and Arizona it IK evident that we have jiwt as rich mines In territory not beyond the pale of civ ilization ns can bu found in the Klon dike , and in t'he long ran it would prove more remunerative to our minors to devote their- energies to discovering and developing these mines than It would in take chance's around thu Arc tic circle. The plausible excuses which arc of- fcred for every Increase In public ex penditure are a source of never ending wonder. Almost without exception the oltlcials who propose them prove con clusively that thu added expenditure Is in the Interest of economy , but nt the end of the year It seldom falls that the money Is nil gonp and the results nro no more satisfactory than in the pre ceding period. Public olllcials nre al ways overworked and yet it I n gener ally recognized fart thnt people looking for a soft berth always prefer public otllco to private employment. Mayor Qulncy. who has been Riving Ilonton free lectures , baths , a newspaper and n great many other free things , now finds It necessary In order to continue the free show to cut 7 per cent oil' the wages oC 5,000 city employes already not ovorcompeiisated for the sen-Ices they render. If it has not occurred to Doston'.s mayor that the man who works for a salary hiin a slightly better right to It than the fellow who wants It spent In a free performance for his lienclit n little study of the question might ben eilt him nnd Incidentally the city's finances. Great Britain is now building for Its own use 110 war vessels. Of these six teen are armored battleships and thirty six nro cruisers. They exceed by two the protected vessels of tlio Husslan navy and just treble our armored wnr ships. They are to be completed by 1003. In the nieauUino I/ml Gosehi-u of the British admiralty Is urging the necessity of further appropriations to Increase the strength of the navy. From all of which It would appear that the day of disarmament is still distant , Fact and fancy are often at variance. Young Mr. Loiter recently announced that trusts never advanced the price of products but uniformly reduced them so low ns to shut out competition. The Kentucky distillery combine , although only a few days old , has already shoved the price of Its product up from $10 to $15 per barrel. Tlie farewell speech of Governor Bob Taylor to the Tennessee legislature de nounced political ambition ns a snare and a delusion and Is altogether as dole ful ns { lie hist expiring notes of Gabriel's trump. Ouo unacquainted wJth the facts would Imagine the retirement vol untary. Too ClM-np to Sift. Boston Transcript. Sugar Is so cheap now that It paya thu grocers to talto tbo sand out of it. A Letriil lrnl > lcni. PhllndolDhin Times. Talking of lawyers , would wearing gowns teach anytlie moro forcibly the necessity of seeing that tlvelr skirts \\cro clean ? An Swift IIH Tlipy Make 'Em. St. Louis Republic. The way in which Mr. Agonclllo Is avail ing himself of the freedom of speech facili ties ot the country shows that , even It not born to rule- , lie Is swift to catch on. A I'oHHlblv Calamity. Philadelphia Lcdg-cr. Germany Is not afraid of American com petition in the sugar business. She is only afraid that America will produce so much sugar ot her own that she will no longer care -to buy itho German nrtlcle. and thus Germany will bo forced to eat her own sugar which she evidently regards as a calamity. The Soutli American Mnrlcct. Cleveland Plain Dealer. It Is rather an extraordinary thing that with the exception o a few cheap prints no American cotton fabrics can be found in the stores of Venezuela. The same con dition which prevails In Venezuela prevails also In the greater part oC South America. There Is no doubt whatever -that the South American market belongs to the United States by nature. There are lying south of us 150,000.000 people , who , by the very na ture of the climate , are large consumers ot cotton goods , and yet nearly everything inthe manufactured line comes to them from Germany , England and France. Io OntliK Mukc 1'crJurcrnT Leslie's Weekly. Do oaths malto perjurers ? Is the question rnlsed before the State Bar association of New York by Judge Robert Earle. of the court of appeals in an address recently de livered before that body on "Too Many Oaths nnd Ttielr Consequences. " Judge Earle s observed that per.lury is rapidly Increas ing and -that the crime Is committed In at least half ot all litigated cases , by reason ot the weakening In the belief in future pun- shment and the apparent certainty ot free dom from present punishment. The learned ludgo feare that , unless perjury Is checked , : he administration ot justice may be seri ously imperiled. To this end he would have Tower oaths , so as to mnke them raoro im- iresslyc. Ho would do away with all prom- ssory oaths for the violation ot which no punishment Is provided , and retain the oath In only two cases , namely , for wttnBKscs at a trial and for persons whoso right to vote Is challenged. This Is an Interesting sub- cot and opens a fertile fleld for discus sion. TII13 Ann O iiloiici-M tlmt Contribute to tlie CnmfnHH of Modern Ilfe. Phllndclphla Times. How few of the many who move In the great bustling everyday world stop to con sider the ease-producing facilities that are at their command on every hand , Turn where you will human effort through human Ingenuity has been reduced to a minimum. The traveler can loll at hla case In luxuriously-equipped * cars or steamship salons , with the facilities of a great hotel responsive to the touch ot an electric but ton. Thcro are no moro days of weary plodding over the plains or the briny deep in .pack trains or uncertain and slow-going vessels. With money n trip nrouml the world can bo far more delightfully accom- [ illshed than the move from New York to Chicago twenty years ago. We do not have to climb the stairs , a lift awaits us ; wo have no occasion to Journey either equaros or miles -to have a business alk , the telephone eliminates distance. And as In the business world so also in the social circle , Marketing , shopping , the sending of Invitations or the retailing of gossip can all bo accomplished with tlio manic case that was part of the phenomenon of Aladdin's wonderful lamp. The krcat stores cater In every way to the innate desire to shirk exertion that exists in human nature until the fair shop- lier considers it almost a personal grievance If she misses any one of the hundred pleas ing etceteras that were unknown to tbo women who did their buying In another generation. are to used to all this pandering that wo fall to appreciate It , but a mouicnt'ti thought or a single day of deprivation and wo would soon come to regard ourselves as peculiarly blessed to be living In an ago that has hat ] brought to bear upon It all that Hclcnco and thought can do to make It one of luxury and comfort. To what greater lengths Ingenuity may go In thV3 respect etlll remains tq bo seen , but If the next century sees as great advancement over this one as this ono has over Ita prede cessor mankind will bo EO far accommo dated that even the mastication ot food will be accomplished by proxy , HIASTS Kltn.lt HAM'S 1IOH > . Tlio prnylnp : heart innkca Uio willing ha titl. Tnlpbearers furnish the fuel for the flro cf i-trlfe. li Is the blnck life that nwlfM death look dark. Knltflx In c < l docs not mean credulity to ward men. Utfil thoughts nro often liwvy enough to < lrng men \U\vn. The flower of holiness Woonis In a swamp as Jong 51 s the mm kisses it. KlllliiR t.ho . church l a moro common aim than the filling .the ooiiKregnllon. Sermons , of themselves , wilt no moro save men ithan , pitchers will quench thirst. Ocil h < u to take sotno people out ot the world to set their money in circulation , Some folks think they nro Christians Elmply because they want to go , ! o heaven. The snowa ofwlnlor nrewclcomo when Uic-y como down from the mountain In Au gust. gust.When When you tnlk .1)o t the check book ot fnllh , you must rcmcmbor that God's bank Is for deposit , also. Ij AMI OTHIiinVtSR. It may be remarked nt this stage of the game tliat there nro no curves of spring on the backbone of whiter. If the laundry trust would only promise to create- Ions fluting nnd lace on the cuffs It disinfects It would bo erected as a genuine benefactor. A Chicago lawyer recovered only S cents from n street rnllwny which ho sued for damages. This comes perilously near the twofcr class of lawyers. The leader ot a gang ot whlto caps under took to chastise the Jiuabaud of a Kentucky woman , Whero'ls the leader now ? Dead. The Kentucky woman Uld It with her Httle gun. Boston aldermen blow In $20,000 , ot the city's money for carriage hlro last year. Now the generous solons threaten to ocono- mlzo by reducing other salaries than their own. l ast year's ' profits of John Wanamaker's Philadelphia nnd New York stores nre sahl to have been $1.000,000. Ho attributes his success to the generous use of newspaper ad vertising. Pattl'sets an example which other wives are at liberty to follow. She has given her husband n salary of ? l5,000'n. ' year. The duties and responsibilities of husbands are great enough to rank with the salaried professions. Senator-elect Dcpow having remarked that Ambassador Choato is a most charming orator , the ambassador retaliates by sayJng the senator is ono of the few prominent speakers in America who "never shrinks from the duty of talking. " The New York Tribune , In one column , notes a decline in the sense of humor nnd In the next column solemnly remarks that "JI. Jansen , the French astronomer. Is now moro than 70 years old nnd Is not so vigor ous physically ns Uo was once. " The director general of the American dis play nt the Tarls exposition avers that wo will have no show at all unless ho gets about ono nnd a half millions from the na tional treasury. If the director would hold his breath until he gets the Increase ho will escape a peck of trouble. Hon , Ilck Croker says that when he gets his autotrucks to trucking that he proposes to haul people from Harlem to the Battery for 3 cents apiece. If ho lives up to that promise lliero will be much to say on the other side of the proposition , sometimes ad vanced that the honorable gentleman is an unmitigated evil. It Is said tbo new Belgian postage stamps arc. adorned with a picture of ex-Princess Chlmay , with her coat of arms. This leaves some doubt as to what appears on 'tho ' stamp besides Sirs , Riga's likeness , but If it is tbe symbol of the house of Hlgo It IB probably a. monkey rampant on a patch of peanuts , quartered with a hand organ. A Memphis paper disposes ot a foul slander on tbe character of a member of the Tennessee legislature In these warm words : "Tho report that Senator Reaves , was roped Into a game ot craps at the Hermitage club a few nights since nnd lost 1iis socks to ono of the society leaders of Nashville Is a foul and malignant slander. Senator Heaves doesn't wear socks. " JIuras Kahn , the brother of Abdul Homls , who was deposed by the latter In 187C , Is sick and the sultan , who Imagines there Is n political hug under the chip , Is showing a true brotherly Interest In his afflictions by locking him up In the Ylldlz Kiosk and doubling the guards over him. Whatever the faults of Abdul may be , he Is not open" to a charge of nepotism. Lady Jeune , who seems to be to the ultra fashionable set ot London what Ward Mc Allister was to the "four hundred , " lias ex pressed her vigorous disapproval of the Now York habit of feasting in opera boxes during the play. If Lady Jcuno had ever lived In Gotham she would not mind a Httlo thing llko Mat , but would rather feel thankful that something more serious a Seeley din ner for Instance were not pulled off on such occasions. THIS I.-ICJHTINCS PAYMASTBU. DoHcrvfd Trllnite to tlie Army lleeoril of Uuiiurnl T. II. Sluiitoii. Boston Transcript. By the retirement of Paymaster General Tuaddeus II. Stanton. because of ago the array loses ono ot Us moat picturesque nnd creditable figures. Wlcn recommending him for the post In 1893 General Crook said : "His entire army llfo has been a period of unselfish , untiring , Intelligent and oftentimes heroic performance of duty. " It is dinicult to conceive a higher tribute to sny soldier. It Is remarknblo that nt the time of tbo breaking out of the SpanUh- Amerlcan war eo many of the army leaders were not graduates of West Polr' . Shatter , Mllca , Eagan , Brooke and Stanton nro among those of thnt class. Mr. Stanton was the editor of a small country paper In Iowa snd a member ot tlio Iowa legUlaturo 'n 1802 and at once volunteered his services , lift was during his rntlro service connected with the pay department , but was callsd "tho fighting paymaster , " for he undertook all kinds of 'hardships ' and dangers In get ting the money to the lighters. After the civil war ho continued In the service and won additional honor by remarkable acts of bravery during tbe campaign against hos- : lle tribes on the frontier. On ono occasion , In the 70s , during an Indian uprising tn Nebraska , he volunteered to carry dls- latches from ono section of an army to an other through the very Jicart of the enemy's country and hbi rld ou thli occasion ! a declared to be one of the momentous rldc oj ilstory. It was as useful and timely ns It was brave , for It caused a Junction of the .wo sections of the army without which one of them would have been wiped out. Ho it was , also , who secured the services of "But- fa'.o Bill" and the two men have continued o t > e warm friends. There 'was nothing of he martinet in General Stanton. Homely , uggcd and cordial always , ho despised tin sel and show and waa one of tbe most highly esteemed men In the army. In this way ho has done much to remove that popular distaste -which ofllcert of the army often Benin prone to Inspire In their civilian neighbors , Added to thceo qualities h&s > een a pronounced literary taste and ability and Borne of his works have been widely read and very much lauded by critics. It Is unfortunate that the present stress of war aftermath should have prevented this de serving man from being promoted to bo najor general before ils retirement , as has > ecn advocated by many of his friends vlthln and without congress during tbe OBt few months. SHOTS AT TUB PULPIT. Detroit Free Pres * : The dt > .tn of Jlnv. Myron W. Hood recalls the ardent support the popular preacher received from Ho newspapers ol the mining towns of Colorado radowhen ho Jiinilc Ms congressional cam- pnlsn. "D n n cntflnh In n trout coun try ! " wrote the editor of the Solid MuUloon of Ourayi Colo. "voto for the Ilev. Myron W. Heed. " Minneapolis Journal : Last Sunday lh * prlwst of St. PJttrlck'8 church , Jersey City , said : "I understand thnt some ot th younff men nnd young women In thl i > iuH h have been keeping : company for from six to ten years. I hope the young men will tnk moro courage on this question , " The girls have evidently given the preacher x tip 'to hurry "cm up. " Brooklyn Knglo : What with the bill os- UbllshlnR n Catholic nml ft Protestant uni versity in Ireland ami the prospect thixt the ritualistic question In England will bo a prominent topic In the coining session ot Parliament , religion will occupy the princi pal place in domestic Jirltlsh politics for some time. This Is the penalty attaching- the unloa of church and state. H la the good fortune of the United States that It Is tlrmly planted on the principle of separa tion. Buffalo Express : A Ne\v York magistrate lal ly ordered nn old nnd dirty olblo which had been kissed by many ft. witness removed from the court. Jn doing so-lie said : "I'm not going to use the bible any more. Thers Is no law compelling its use nnd hereafter t shall have all witnesses sworn by raising the right hand. The bible Is nothing but n brooder ot disease- when used , In this way. All sorts of bums and diseased persons kiss It and It Is dangerous to have It about. " This action may bo radical but It will bo np- proved by the cleanly. Milwaukee Wisconsin : Archbishop Ireland always docs eomethliiK to render himself n prominent figure before the public eye. He Is now at Home , where lie la received by the dignitaries of the church with great cor diality. Ho now proposes to make himself moro European In public estimation by de livering In May at Orleans the anniversary address upon the life , service and character ot the renowned Jean of Arc. Her anni versary baa been celebrated for 360 years and the French people propose to continue It in her honor. Joan was burned by the English general , the duke ot Bedford , as a witch to the dUgraco ot himself nnd the nation which ho represented. DOMESTIC PLKASAXTJUES. Chicago Tribune : "Those nre pplenflld bls cults , Jliirla. You made them , with your own fair hands , didn't you ? " "No. These are buns from the bakery. My fair hands simply paid over the money for them , You've been drinking-again , John. Syracuse. Herald : The drummer looked across tlio nlsle. The seat beside the pretty girl was vacant. Going over , ho snld : "Ig this sent engaged ? " "No , " said the girl , "but I am ; so It won't do you nny good. " Chicago Post : "You gay the question la not whether he will marry her ? " "Not If you wish to ho technically cor rect. The question la whether She will let him csca e. " Philadelphia North American : Harry Newoil I can't believe my little wife made this cnko all by herself. Mrs. Npxvod Why , dourest ? H'urry Newed Becauao , darling. It seems to mo that some one much more vicious than you must have been partlceps crlm- inls. Chicago News : "There EXJOS one of the hardest worked men In this town. " "How cnn that bo possible ? He's rich , Isn't ho ? " "Yes , but he has three married daughters who work him for the support of their hua- bands right along. " Plttsburg Chronicle : "I notice , " remarked Mr. Gaswell , "that published nrtlcleH on the management of nusbnnds are always written by slnglo women. " "That's 0.11 ripht , " replied Mr. Snapts. You won't catch a , married woman giving- away her secret. " How tlie How Iloprnn. Denver Post. Twas just a little photograph , a face ex- ceedlnir fair , Fr.inuvl In a pretty , fluffy mass of comic op'ra , hair ; Two lustrous eyes that seemed to glow with living emphasis. And rij > > llpa coyly pouting ns If pleading- Tor a kiss. Only a little photograph , yet -what n lively scrno It brought with lightning fierceness to the very careless chap Who on the pretty features pictured there so loved to dote His good wife found It nestling In the pocket ot his coat ! Paul I. . . Dunbnr In New York Sun. A crust of broad and a corner to sloop In , A inlnuto to smile and nn hour to weep In. A pint of joy to a pock of trouble , And never a laugh but the moans come double : And that Is life ! A crust nnd n corner that love makes precious. With a Hinllo to warm and tlio tears to re fresh us ; And the joys seem sweeter when car * comes And'the moan Is the finest of foils for laurhtor.And And that Is life ! I see the tailor , or risk the ready-made suit this time ? Some men face this query every season. Some again to the tailors , Some risk a readymade - made suits. But if its ours they reverse the question next season "Shall I buy a ready-made , or risk the tailor ? , So much for the tai lor's risky price. Suits are the same every way.