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fnya that the actiml number of full ana
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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.