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TITM nAFATfA T * A 1 fV TTTP. < nAA * A IJV " 1 1 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. nOSEWATHIl. Editor. PUULISHHD I3VB11Y MOUSING. TERMS OF SUUSCIUPTION. IJeo ( without Sunday ) , Ona Ycnr.JG.OO - . Hea nnd Sunday , one Year 8.00 8lx Monthn 400 Thrco Months , 2.00 Sunday Ueo , Ono Ycnt 2.W Saturday Ilee. une Year 1.60 Weekly lice , Ono Year OFFICES. Omnlia : Thn Uee liulldlne. South Omaha : city Kali building. Twenty-fifth nnd N streets. Council IJIurtHJ 10 Pcnrl Street. C'hlcnROt Stock ExchntiKO Uutldlntr. New York : Tomule Court. Wnshlncton : 601 Fourteenth Street. OOU11E8PONDENCE. Oommunlrntlons relating to news nnd editorial matter ehould be addressed : Edi torial Department , The- Omaha Uee. 11US1NESS LETTEU8. IluMncss letter * and remittance should bo nddreased to The lien Publishing Com pany , Omnhn. Drafts , checks , express and I > o8tofllco money orders to be made payable lo the order of the comnany. THE 13EE PUULlSlllNO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : OcorRO H. Tzschuck , srerotar.v of The Uee Publishing company , iieinir duly- sworn , pays that the actual number of full nnd complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening nnd Sunday Hoc , printed during the month of January , 1891) ) , wns as fol- Iowa : 1 . 1:1,00.- 17 21,800 18 21,080 19 S' ' . " > M 21.S10 21 al , 10 6 . 2:1,710 : 22 . . .24,285 7 . 8JJ.710 23 ,2li70 : 8 . mor o 21 a , : i50 9 . uatio : 23 S 1,1-10 10 . sicMo : 20 2I,7JB 27 21,250 12 : . : i , < ii ( > 28 21,150 13 l-i,7U : > 29 24,250 it u 1,0-10 30 21,200 is --i.iio 31 21.100 1C uis : r Totnl 7-18.-I8.1 LCFU unsold nnd returned copies. . . . loir > 2 Net total sales 7i2tit : : ; : utuua : Net dally average OEOUQE IJ. TY.SC1IUCIC. Subscribed and sworn to before mu this 31st day of January , IS'JD. ' ( Seal. ) II. I. PLUMB , Notary Public. Prom tliovny tlio Filipinos keep plug ging awny at tlio Americano It is appar ent that tliclr manifest iloHtlny is mi- other dose oC tlio Otis brand of benevo lent assimilation. fTlio ofllclcncy of a police system Is re flected by the prevalence or absence of serious crime. By that test the Omaha police under Us present chief will com pare favorably with its predecessors. With Omaha dry on Sunday and after the mldnl ht hour and Council Bluffs following milt on midnight closing , .there appears no longer any good excuse for bibulous Individuals missing the last car home. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Iron workers In and around IMttaburg arc now making an effort to have the mills shut down one day a week for rest. It has not been , so loug ago that they were making an effort to llml one day u week In which' to work. i i ii i Seldom has a previous session of congress - gross approached Its close with so many important measures demanding action. With only eleven more days there Is business enough Insight , if nil Is lo be1 dlBpotiiMl of , to furnish employment for three months. The Parisians , having finally realized that there lias been an election , will proceed to celebrate the event for a few days by breaking heads and windows dews , after which they will settle down to their usual occupation of discussing the Dreyfus case. The investigating committee has dis covered that the system of bookkeeping in the auditor's olllce Is very lax and that It Is dillicult to ascertain just what has been done In the olllce. This , too , after all the labors of the precious Miitz $10,000 snlllllng committee. And now we are told there is danger of the rotten wooden blocks continuing to disfigure Capitol avenue Indefinitely. It Is to be hoped the property owners who have at hirst signed the paving pe tition will feel It thi'lr duty to avert this calamity from the community. A French Bclentlst has discovered a method of making glass which renders the product suitable for paving and building purposes and fully as durable as stone. Many people have resided in glass houses , but have heretofore been In constant fear of the return volley. To this class the new invention should be a wonderful boon. The local popocratle organ , better known as the newspaper fence , Is again exhibiting uncontrollable sympathy for the thieves tint ] crooka who have run afoul of police Interference with their lawless business. Until It works off Its present load of bile the newspaper fence may bo expecled.to throw not less than two epileptic fits daily. In tills country the people got excited , grow red In the face , make all kinds of Hotel's and demonstrations for 1'ron three to six months to elect a president and when It is all over settle down with out a ripple disturbing the current of national life. , Iu France they elect a president after a three days' campaign and fight over the result for the next six months. The mayor and council of .San Juan in resigning from otllce have shown them selves unworthy of the glorious privi leges they enjoy as American cltlitoiiH and the fact that they did not wait to bo kicked out nor passed an ordinance inviting Oeneral Henry to come down from his unconstitutional perch Is an unhopeful indication that they will over become politicians worthy of the United States. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Onr country , city and school govern ments have been drawing on future generations pretty heavily In late years by the Issue of bonds of various kinds so that the proposition to fund outstand ing school warrants to the extent of another $150,000 will have to seek some other justification than the duty of the coining body of taxpayers to share the burdens of government Imposed upon I tuo present population. t S Aftn THK r/iusrx. The supreme cuirt of the United Slates has pointed out that perhaps the most effective way of dealing with the trusts will be fotuid In state legislation. Con gress can do something for the repres sion of these combinations , but Its an- thorlty In this direction Is circumscribed and needs to be suppk'inented by the of the poweiw of the slates , A'hlcli lire even broader nnd more com- irehenslve for this purpose than those jf the federal government. It is a gratifying fact that there appears to bis nil Increasing tendency lo invoke the powers of the statengalnst the cotulil- mtlons and It should receive the grcat- st possible encouragement , ill Is true hat experience with atnto anti-trust aws hits not been altogether satlsfnc- ory. Most of them have been found In- iidetpiate when brought to the judicial .est. But this should not discourage iffort In behalf of such legislation , for inless the opinion of our highest judicial ribmml Is to bo discredited , the states iiave the power In their hands to strike u leuth blow to the trust form of mo- lopoly. There has b i'ii Introduced In ( lie log- slature oC New York an anti-trust bill ivhlch Is very comprehensive In Its character. It provides that any cor- lorntlon organised under the laws of hat or any other state or country for ransncling business In that stale , or : iny association of persons whatsoever that shall create , enter Into , become a member of or a party to any pool , trust or combination to control , limit , regu late or fix the price of any article of manufacture or merchandise , or nhall nter into any agreement or combiim- .Ion to fix or limit the amount or quan tity of any article of manufacture or norchandlse , Khali be deemed and adjudged guilty of a conspiracy to de fraud. It further provides that It shall not be lawful for any corporation .0 issue or to own trust certificates ere : o enter Into any combination the pur pose of which Is to place the manage- nent or control of such combination n the hands of any trustee or trustees , flotations of these provisions by a cor- > oratlon organized under the laws of lie state shall forfeit its corporate ights , wlille violation by a corporation created by or under the laws of another tatc shall forfeit its right and prlvl- ego thereafter to do any business In New York. The provisions of tills bill seem to neet the suggestions that have been thrown out by the supreme court of the United States. They appear not to go beyond the legitimate police power of the state. Experiment with such legis lation would be well worth trying , es pecially In New York , from which state most of the big trusts do business. They obtain their charters elsewhere , but they really make their headquarters In New York and If they can be dislodged from that state they cannot find an equally available foothold elsewhere. It it * very much to be hoped that the legislature of New York will enact the proposed legislation , since there would be assured an earnest and honest effort by the present administration of the state to enforce It. Anti-trust legisla tion is proponed In some other states and the disposition to respond to the popular demand In this respect Is HO ijeneral as to warrant the expectation that within a few years there will be few of the states without anti-trust laws. AOZ' A XEItlUUS MATTER. The action of the senate in attaching the Nicaragua canal bill to the river and harbor bill seems likely to result in the failure of the latter. Such a result would not be a very serious matter , though It appears to be so regarded by the chairman of the house committee on rivers and harbors , Mr. Burton of Ohio. Tills measure carries an appropriation of about $ -12,000,000 , the senate having added several millions to the bill as it passed the house. This sum exceeds any appropriation ever before made for riv ers and harbors. Seventeen years ago , remarks the Baltimore Sun , nn appropri ation of $18,000,000 for such objects ex cited general indignation throughout the country , but such amounts are now lit tle noticed , so prevalent is the fashion of extravagance. The Sun gives the fig ures of the appropriations for rivers and harbors for the last eight years , the the highest amount being In iSlll , when it was a little over S'JTi.OOO.OOO. Last year the amount wan over $10,000,000. There may bo some extraordinary reason for the unprecedented appropri ation carried by the present bill , but In view of. the heavy deficit confronting the national treasury It would seem a most Inopportune time to make appropria tions for rivers and harbors far In ex cess of any ever made before. We have not given the matter such consideration as to be able to express a positive opin ion , but wo think It may fairly bo doubted whether there Is urgent neces sity for appropriating $4'J,000,0K ( ) for river and harbor Improvements. Hence we think the country would not regard the failure of the river and harbor bill as a particularly serious matter. T11K FHKXUII ' ' ' SI'tUA'J'lOX. If the autl-Loubcl demonstrations go < lug on in I'arls were In any other couii' try in the world their Import .would bo so rterlous that they could rer.ilt In nothing short of revolution , but as the matter stands they should not be taken too seriously. At first the people were stunned by the death of I'lvnldent Fnure and before they could sulllclentiy recover to realize the opportunities of the Munition the election of President 1 .oulH't was an accomplished fact. Naturally , under the circumstances , their chief Interest In tlio mieeesKor of President Fauro wns centered In his at titude ou revision of the Dreyfus cnwo and Inasmuch as M. Ixnibct lias never expressed an opinion In the matter they with true French characteristics , rushed to the conclusion that ho was a pro Droyfusurd. This , of cotutse , Is a suf llclent justification to tlio Parisian mini for breaking a few windows and heads , making a great deal of nolso and bring' ins all kinds of baseless and unreason able charges against the now chief exec utlve. Were President I.oubet to announeo that his tumtlmcnttf arc untl-revlslonlst t , I these same rioters would break moro 'lipnd.M I ' and windows nnd shout Just an loudly j ( In iavor of him as they now do against him. But whether ho declares himself at all or not the .subsidence of 10 present ebullition Is only n matter of ays If not of hours. The republic Is safe , at least for the resent , for two very good reasons , rhcro Is not a man In Franco who Is apable of overthrowing It If conditions vero favorable and that is exactly what hey are not. The duke of Orleans , who a man of scarcely mediocre ability , s the most capable and respectable of ho royalists , but he Is without Influence , iieans and the other requisites to make respectable attempt at revolution , even f ho possessed the desire nnd ability to : Io so. The army Is equally loaderlcss. teneral Xurllnden Is the ablest man In lie army and the one from whom u coup n that quarter would come , if it came t all , but In mental and financial equip- nent ho Is scarcely above the duke of ) rleans and In such a cause It Is doubt- ul If he could influence two regiments mtslde of I'arls to take up arms. The middle classiw of the French poo- ile the farmers , merchants , mechanics , nd the population generally of the mailer cities of France aie genuinely mil earnestly In favor of the repub- le and It would -oqulre a more than jrdlnary leader to Influence that ele- nent to espouse the cause of the royal- stt-t or to tolerate a military coup d'etat "roin this and the further fact that 'ranee has stood the stress of far graver dangers than are Involved In the pros- lit situation it Is safe to conclude that he republic is In little It any danger U the present time and that In the course of n few days at most nll'alrs it Paris will asbume their normal con dition. J1ALF-1IA.KED In Nebraska for years there has ex- sled In the minds of a large class of ilttzens a sentiment which amounts to a belief , that once a statute Is enacted o redress some abuse the proscribed evil or evils must In consequence at once disappear. Restrictive measures inve for tills reason become cumulative , tecnusc , however , legislation is not self- snforclng , members of each successive session of the legislature seem to make t a practice of Introducing bills , many which arc substantially identical with statutes long since enacted and almost , f not quite , obsolete from non-ob- icrvauce. Some of these bills , to be sure , are pre pared by citizens who secure their Intro- luctlon Into the legislative files through lie kindness of faithful representatives without thought of their merits or possi bility of enforcement. But long years of observation of the legislative proce dure lead to the conclusion that the av erage member is too often bent upon umbering the files In the mere hope that : it least one bill of ills own creation may grace the statute books , thus marking ils statesmanship for all time to come , le secures its passage perhaps as the result of trades with fellow members , lone of whom care to spend the time necessary to learn whether the statutes already contain a similar measure , or whether It Is practicable and susceptible of enforcement. Thus a vast amount of ncrgy : Is needlessly misspent and much aluable time frittered away. Fortunately or unfortunately , these conditions are not peculiar to Nebraska alone. Uvery state In the union has had to contend with them. Within the last few years Iowa put all her statutes hrough the crucible of a commlcslon of codiliers , In order that the courts might > e extricated from the mesh of legal : obwebs woven by heedless legislators. Other states have been compelled to nko similar action , nnd it is possible Nebraska has the same duty to perform. Nor am it be said that the weakness 'or passing ill-considered laws is cou- Ined. to the boundaries of the United States. France , for instance , long since found It necessary to cherk the practice > y adopting a plan to prevent half-baked eglslatlou that Is worthy of study f not of emulation. Describing tlio French system Prof. .Teremlah Jenks of Cornell university says : At the beginning of each annual session and each month thereafter the members of the Chamber of Deputies arc divided by lot Into eleven , thceo of 'tho senate Into nine , bureaus , substantially equal In number. These bureaus choose a monthly committee , made up of an equal number from each , on liarliamentary Initiative. When bills are In troduced they are referred first to this com- mittco on parliamentary Initiative , which decides whether they are worthy of further consideration. As a matter of fact , although the committee Is supposed to exercise ju dicial discretion , It practically passes all serious bills. These are then printed and referred to all the bureaus , After considera tion each bureau elects one or two of Its members on a special committee for detailed study of the bill. Committees from the Chamber of Deputies , therefore , consist of cither eleven or twenty-two or. In the rarest cases , as In 'that of tlio budget committee , of thirty-three members. The special com- nilttco studies the bill , amends It or de cides to report It or to suppress It as It will , and elects from its own number a com missioner whoso business ft Is to represent the committee on the floor of the house In the presentation and argument on the bill. Obviously under I ho French system these special committees possess arbl trary powers that might lead to corrupt practices if transplanted Into American legislative balls , yet the functions of these committees are not unlike those of our legislative sifting committees created late in the session for the pur pnsn of separating the wheat from the chaff. The efficiency , however , of the eleventh-hour sifting committee , with Its log-rolling proclivities , has not proved the shining success that could be wished American lawmakers certainly need some sort of legislative machinery that will do the work performed by tlm French committee on parliamentary initiative. Before it Is too late some member of the legislature should Introduce r bill making shoplifting or larceny from building u felony , punishable by Im prisonment In the penitentiary , .Shop lifting has become a source of great loss to the merchants of the large cities of Nebraska. In Omaha , despite police protection and a private detective serv ice maintained at quite an expense , the merchants suffer material losses an- jmmlly through the operations of shop- lifters. The fact that goods of the value i , of at least ? : io must bo stolen before the 'offense ! I ' becomes more than a misdemeanor meaner Is Itself H strong Incentive to criminals. Many other states have ivl. cly made larceny from building a elony with the result that this sort of crime has been almost wholly repressed. It Is easy enough for the olllcoholders jf South Omaha to procure signatures to 'emonstranecH ' against annexation be- ause few who enjoy favors from them would care to refuse their request. If he question were submitted to a vole > f the people , however , there Is no qucs- Ion that the overwhelming majority , especially of the South Omaha taxpay- rs , would favor a union of the two cities that would merge their municipal gov ernments into one. So far as the Doug- as delegation in the legislature Is con cerned their constituency is almost with out dissent worth mentioning for the realization of a Greater Omaha before the census of 3000 , The last of the volunteer army , except those sent beyond the confines of the country , have been mustered out. Two of Nebraska's three regiments are In cluded In those retained In service and the present situation does not give prom ise of their Immediate return. No state In the union , In proportion to Its popula tion , is contributing so many of Its sons to the service of the country as Ne braska , none have a better right to be proud of the men who represent It and none have less to gain from the limited benefits of the expansion policy than the state of Nebraska. Wore It not for the recent raid on the police fund made by the holdup at torneys of the dismissed police officers the necessity of now reducing the force to keep expenditures within resources would not be so great. The result is that officers who might have been re tained will have to be laid off to lot the dismissed officers and their attorneys draw -money out of the treasury for work never performed. Nobody who Is competent to pass judgment on the matter ever ques tioned the competency and ability of Martin White as a police officer , and none of the malicious attacks in the organ of the popoeratlc gamblers' gang should be allowed by Intelligent people to prejudice their opinions. The esteemed Nlcaraguans arc advised to follow the advice of Captain Cuttle and overhaul their history and when they find Admiral Walker In 1S34 pitch ing some shells into Grey town for a less offense than the seizure of an Amer ican vessel to make a note of it. N Reliable AH- . Chicago Times-Herald. The Filipinos , armed or unarmed , are com paratively harmless , but they have a brand of climate that la expected to get In its deadly work from now on. Una ill mo UHly Amirovcil. St. Louis Republic. Perhaps the only question on which the American people > havc been completely unanimous since the , Declaration of Inde pendence was the bestowal of the title of admiral on Dewcy , ( rood AViirltN u Cinch. Indianapolis Journal. That Is a lovely trait of the human char acter which causes Instant advantage to betaken taken of man'3 suffering nnd necessities by raising the prices of food and fuel In emer gencies like the recent cold spell. Love for one's neighbor has varied manifestations. IIlnlory'H Vcrcllt-l , Louisville Courier-Journal. The worst thing that history will probably say of President Fauro Is that ho was afraid of the traitorous French generals who sought In the Dreyfus agitation an op portunity for a coup d'etat. The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate must share this disgrace with him. A stronger hand would have controlled the army and made the military subordinate to the civil power. llrltnlii'M Dominant Motive. Sprlnglield Republican. No one can blarao England for eo fer vently egging us on In the paths of Orlsn- tal empire. Her policy Is consistently self ish. Her entire cenplre has been built up on selfishness. Every extension of territory In her case has had the maturlnl rather than the humanitarian reason dominant. Americans , however , should understand the situation and not bo deceived 'by ' the attitude Great iBrltalu has assumed. That country Is still the old England at heart , and In case her Interests nnd ours happen In the future to follow diverse lines , you will see how soon this nowjborn love of America will disappear In the hurry to protect the Interests of the lirltlsh realm. Too IIliny < o Write. J. Sterling' Morton's Conservative , A story U current to the effect that a Xo'.v York newspaper offered Admiral Powcy the sum of $5,000 for an article , and that tlio response which came back by cable was : "Thanhs ; I am too .busy. . " If the story Is true , It occurs to us that this saying amounts to an epigram , and has qulto as much value , both as a literary effort for the edification of the men of to day , and as n monument to mark to our aftercomoM the pitch of eomo of our pub lic eroploy at tlio end of this century , as anything Admiral Dewey would have been likely to express If ho had written ten columns. The newspapers , too , mlsFcd an op portunity for doing some , good they might Have devoted a page to the admiral's "article , " 'printing ' It in letters 'half a foot high ; their readers might have learned Bomethlng from It. Local fioverniiu-iil mill IiiiirrlnllNiii. | Indianapolis News , Mr. A. L. Mason's paper on the "Develop ment of Local Government In Indiana , " read before the State Hoard of Commerce , was un Interesting and valuable contribution to the subject. Mr. Mason has devoted to tbo study of municipal and local government probably more time and attention than any other man in the community. Ho does not exaggerate the vital and intimate Importance of sound methods when ho says : "Tho unattractive field of local govern ment Is far more Important to our people than the alluring subject of Imperial do minion nnd foreign conquest , I eay hero and now that tbo quality of justice which Is dispensed In the humble ofllce of a justice of the peace Is more Important to the destiny of the republic than the erection of a military omplro in the Philippines , I afilrm that the administration of our country schoolu , the construction and repair of roada and bridges , the guardianship of our dependent pendent poor , the restriction of our local tax levies to economic standards , the ex penditure of county and townahlp funds hon estly and wisely , are tbo things of real 1m portanca to the people of this ntate. Thc"e are the things on which the greatness , glory and proiperlty of this commonwealth must rest. " KCIIOK.S OF TI113 AVAIL Colonel Kredcrlc Funston. who led the three companies of the Kansas regiment In their gallant charge ngalnftt the Filipinos , is only 23 years old , a native of Kansas , from which state his father was formerly n congressman. Ho graduated from the Kan sas State unlvcmlty and became n newspaper man nt Fort Smith. There ho saw big fightIng - Ing with Indians and went with the troops on some of their winter campaigns. Then ho went to Death Valley. California , on n commission from the government , \\bcre ho stayed for two years , loiter ho resigned the place of assistant secretary for the Topokn & Santa Fo railway and entered the Cuban army as u private. lie rose rapidly and was coon In command of all the artillery forces cast of Havana. Ho was In twenty- three battles , was wounded In the arm , In the left lung and In the leg , and was 111 ten months with the fever. Ho was captured by the Spanish nnd condemned to die , but escaped. Ho was married the day ho left San Francisco for the Philippines to n beau tiful California girl whom ho had met six weeks before. The silver service which the people of the state of Washington will present to Admiral Dowey's flagship , the Olympla , Is unusually massive nnd beautiful. The service consists of twenty-seven pieces , Including punch bowl and tray , candelabra , loving cups , wine cooler , platters and various vegetable and meat dishes. The design for the service is entirely original ns to shape nnd general outline , and the decorative embellishment Is the oak leaf and the acorn , symbolic of the rank of commander. On many of the pieces will bo special etchings of Washington scenes. On the largo tray will bo the vic tory of Manila , a plcco of engraving which will embrace a portrait of Dcwcy nnd no loss than 10,825 letters. Each piece will bear a medallion consisting of a reproduction sur rounded by the words "Stato of Washing I ton. " This is to bo made at the mint In Philadelphia. "Somo men , " wiltca Stephen Uonsal In McCluro's , "not counting those who are born fools , como into the world and pass through H without ever having had an experience of physical fear ; but these men , even when you Include the fools , are not a majority or even a considerable minority , of mankind. " He is describing the gallant advance through the Jungle and up the heights of San Juan under a withering tire of bullets. It was a novel nnd a trying experience ; men were livid with fear , but determined to do their duty. A young ofllcor , whom Donsal knew , was so changed In the expression of his face that the correspondent hardly recognized him. "Ills company had been halted for a mlnuto by the little hillock behind which I lay In almost perfect security , and where there was security for others , too. Dut he had to go on , leading the hundred men who would obey him Implicitly , who would follow him , either right up to the enemy's lines , or In cowardly flight off the field. Just ns ho said , Just as ho led. Seeing my anxiety at the suffering I had surprised in his face , ho said : " ' I'm sweating blood with fear ; but I will go ahead all right , and keep my men in line , too , never fear. ' "Ho went on , nnd by force of character and unwavering devotion to duty , carried his weak and protesting body Into the zone of fire. "That evening I listened to those who told how gallantly ho had died at the head of his company In the charge up the heights , and I thought then , and have thought many times since , that although many died there , and there was much glory , no one showed such heroism or was deserving of such praise as this man , who was born a coward , and who died at the head of the charge with the bravest of the bravo. " The brave officer forced his reluctant body to go where It was duty to go. "If you knew where I am goingto carry you today , " said Marshal Turenno to his trembling knees , as ho mounted his horse to ride to the front , "you would quake more than you do. " The most striking feature of the conditions exploited In Uncle Sam's Islands Is that American worklngmen arc not wanted In any of them. Whatever may be the value of Cuba , Torte Illco , Hawaii and the Philip pines to the country , all observers concur In saying that It would be suicidal for Ameri can labor to attempt to compete with the homo article. Immediately after the annex ation of Hawaii warnings were sent broad- east against emigration of worklngmen to the Island. Similar warnings now come from Cuba nnd Porto nico. In the Philip pines ttare Is absolutely no chance for white labor. A correspondent of Leslie's Weekly , writing from Manila , says : "No American or European can compote with the present labor conditions ; and even admit ting that ho could , or that conditions will change , the climate Is an Insurmountable barrier. " Leslie's Weekly goes perilously near the ragged edge of treason In speaking of Agul- naldo In a complimentary tone. It docs not class film ns n "rebel" or an Ingratc , or oven nn "Insurgent. " On the contrary , it expresses admiration for "this brilliant young man , " whoso life story "Is unsur passed In romantic fiction. Leslie's says the Ideals of Agulnnldo are "tho great lenders of modern times , like Grant , Wellington and Bonaparte. " Imperialists should suppress tills style of Mattery , especially as It tends to smother the beacon fires of Asiatic con quest glowing in the neighboring Sun olllce. IITCIII\i THIS CAIVAIi. liuffalo Express : The Nicaragua cnnal proposition is probnbly killed for this ses sion. Minds will bo less excited when the next congress meets nnd the members will bo better disposed to bo guided by reason , rather than Impulse. Philadelphia Record : A good day's work wns done in the house of representatives In the defcnt of the effort to attach the Nlcnrngna cnnnl bill to the sundry civil ap propriations bill as a rider , The need of an isthmian canal Is not so urgent that an in digested scheme , the carrying out of which would Involve tbo expenditure of hundreds of millions , should bo whipped through con gress with Indecent haste , nor la the purse of Uncle Sam Buffering from a plethora which requires relief lest it burst from the strain. Wo have enough hundred-million- dollar Jobs on our hands to keep us busy for a year or two. Milwaukee Wisconsin : The tremendous appropriations required for tlio army nnd navy in the time of peace have virtually killed the Nicaragua canal bill , at least for the present. The effort of Hepburn of Iowa to tack on the cnnnl bill ns a government work to the sundry civil bill wns defeated by n vote of 127 to 109 , or 18 majority against the amendment. There Is no money In the treasury to go on with this enter prise , nnd It is madness to proceed nnd borrow money for this purpose when the do- flcloncy In the treasury on July 1 wfll be 1179,000,000. The canal will have to wait for a more favorable tlmo and for a modi- j I llcatlon of the Clayton-Itulwer treaty. | i nun M.MJS. A peed story hna Just renche.l this country from the French poaaes.iloiiB In the Pacific. Those far nwny Islnntld do not get news of the outside world until It Is months old and sometimes when It docs reach them It Is highly embellished. In snrli n condi tion cnmo the news of the Anglo-French war scare , which nt oneo convinced the in habitants of Tahiti that their country was wnsliiR a terrible struggle with England. The transport An bo being In port , a council of war wits held by its commander nnd the governor , with the result that a now fort was stnrted nt once In a pouring rnln , the ship's guns were lightered nshoro nnd the work of carting provisions into the country began. Atout that tlmo n ship was seen signaling In tbo ofllng. FcelliiK cer tain that the English were upon them , the women , children nnd non-combatants took to the woods , carrying their valuables with them , while the shore batteries were manned nnd the Anbo taken out Into the channel and made ready to bo sunk. To add to the consternation , a shrewd old Yankee oklpper with a cargo of lumber canio Into port at that Juncture , and sizing up the situation , created n ready demand for his timber nt n' fabulous price by dropping a few shrewd but unrcns9urlng remnrks ns to the probnblo whereabouts of the hostile Hrltlsh fleet. This news wns sent by courier nftor tlio refugees , who nt lost nccounts were hnstcu- Ing night nnd day farther Into the Interior. In the meantime preparations for defense wont rapidly on , until n vessel finally suc ceeded in Retting Into port without being fired on , bringing the news that there wns not only no war but no likelihood of one. Hut In the meantime the Yankee skipper , who objected lo 'being ' caught In a blockaded port , had sailed , perhaps never to return. The Boston courts have settled the ques tion as to the constitutionality of the or- il I linnet ! against spitting In street cars nnd public buildings by Imposing n fine on the offender nnd In default of payment sending htm to Jail. The decision Is altogether right and it Is n pity that n similar law Is not better observed In Omaha. A lot of young Arabs nre In the habit of congregating In tbo postolllce at night and amusing- them selves In festooning the floor with all kinds of qualait designs In tobacco Juice , while unmistakable evidence that the same filthy habit prevails elsewhere Is afforded In nearly every public building in Hie city. Tlio father of the university student In jured In the Charter day cxcrcltes displayed n spirit of Independent manhood all too uncommon In these days. The commonly accepted belief Is that'anything which can bo secured from the public treasury Is legitimate , regardless whether the bone- ficlary is able to bear the burden dlmselt or not. Lord Beresford , who is now In this coun try , visited Honolulu thirty years ago as a midshipman. Ono night while on shore leave his lordship decided that It would be Immense fun to remove the British consul's sign nnd place It over a butcher shop. The project was performed with great success nnd ho was just beginning to enjoy the fun den the commander of his ship walked up I to him and ordered him to take down the . sign and replace It over the consulate , which he did , to the great delight of the assembled crowd. The general makeup of the 1899 sea serpent Is not materially different from the styles of other seasons and is 'thus ' de scribed by one Lorenzo Woodbury , who de poses and says that he saw him wl'.li his own eyes and when not unduly influenced in his favor by malt'spirituous or vinous refreshments : "A long , scaly , barnacled body of whitish appearance , with a head lllio a seal , gleaming eyes , huge fangs and sizzling 'breath. ' " Of coursetbo etory would bo preposterous , even though Mr. Woodbury was on itho Maine coast when the discovery was made , were It not for the "sizzling breath , " \\lilch would Indicate that his serpentshlp's temperature , per haps , forced him to make a premature ap pearance to prevent spontaneous combus- tlou. _ The last issue concludes the first year of the Sarpy County Herald and In com menting on that fact Editor needle says that although he has been called nn nmlssary if Mark Hanna and his paper n campaign sheet ho promises , like Sir Anthony Abso lute , to live at least thirty or forty years yet If Just to eplto his enemies. In con clusion he says : The Herald Is a fixture. Its policy will continue , ns In the past , HtrnlKltt repub lican the champion of truth nnd the fear- lens exposure of fraud nnd rotten ring rule "hew to the line , let the chips fall where they may. " If the Herald adheres to that policy It de serves to live not thirty or forty yonrs , but Indefinitely nud It will piobably do so. North Colcman has a literary society that Is only equaled by that of Dradshnw nnd It is with the profoundpst regret that Its friends will learn that It was attacked by the grip Just as It was preparing to close In a fiercely fought oratorical contest over the question ns to whether Napoleon or Caesar was the greater man. At this tlmo It would , of course , be untimely to express any opinion on this issue , but it is earnestly hoped this Inconsiderate malady may relax Its grip at an early day nnd thnt the cham pions mny bo able to show up In fighting trim nt the next regular meeting. Next to the school nnd Kdltor Lecdom's poetry the liternry society Is the boot educational In stitution In the state nnd ns such deserves every encouragement. I'KHSO.VAI , AM ) OTIIIOIUVI.SIC. Hereafter no man can enter tfio Monte. Carlo Casino with turned-up trousers. This loolcH llko a casus belli , and of course Kng- land will declare war nt onre. John Howe , who lias just died In Nnntl- coke , Pa. , served throughout 'the civil wnr and was one of the mm who broke In the doors of Llbby prison and carried ( ho prisoners out , The Intlmato relations of Japan and the United States are Illustrated In the forma tion of a Harvard club In the capital of the Oriental empire. At the organization there wore twenty-four Harvard men present twelve Japiunrno and twelve Americans. When the tlmo came for passing the lint for subscriptions for the Detroit exposition the hat passers encountered an early frost and threw up their job. The Town by the Flats will now celebrate the first year of the now century In seine cheaper way. A scientist has discovered that all alco holic liquors teem with curious bacteria , which have weak , crooked legs and no eyes. This will probably account for the 3 o'clock apparition sometimes discovered In a fruit less but earnest effort to unlock the front door with a corkscrew. It Is recalled that Ccneral Miles Is not tbo only commander of the army who has been called a liar by a subordinate. Ninety years ago General Wlnfleld Scott , who wus then a captain In the array , wus tried by court-martial for hnvlng said ut a public Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROVAl DAKIUQ POWDER CO. , hCW VOftK. tnblo thnt ho never qaw but two General * Wllltlnnon nnd Hurt nnd that oral \Vllkln on wns a liar nnd n scoundrel. Ho wnn found guilty and wns suspended for a year , notwithstanding 'thft ( net th t his tittcrnnco turned out to bo true. When Governor Itoosovelt cnmo down to Lincoln dinner 1 Now York City nnd learned of the thousands of poor people who worn suffering from the blizzard ha mid ; "Open the armories to the poor nnd k ep them warm. I'll got permission from tlie legislature nfterward , " nnd It was done. Jnmcs J. Hill , the Orcat Northern railroad nmRiinto , hns sent hla personal chock for $10,000 to the widow of JudEou U. Hlce , one of Mr. Hill's old employes , who wns on th compnny's pny roll nt the tlmo of his death nud drawing a regular snlnry , though for ninny yonrs ho lind been retired nnd ren dered no service. Mnglstrnto Wentworth of Now York City das Btnrttcd the community by declaring from the bench thnt sulcldo Is not o crime. The statement wns made when ho dis charged a 16-ycnr-oUl boy who had nt- tempted self-destruction. "When a man It through with llfo , " said the mnglstrato , "let him shuffle It off. Thnt'avhnt I Intend to do. " Ono of the inllllonntro Havemeycrs hai been eorvlng as a Juror In Now York. At first ho appeared a trlflo nervous , but a borJ look soon took possession of his features. The case was ithnt of a mail charged with practicing dentistry lllegnlly , and Mr. Hnve- meycr tliowed extreme embnrrassment on being called upon to examine- the mouth of a pretty girl witness. Over the desk of ncprcsenlntlvo Mercer , chairman of 'the ' house committee on pubn'o buildings and grounds , is a T > kturo of tin old colonlnf house where congress assembled after the burning of the capital , in 1814 , nnd where Mrs. Surratt wns afterward hanged for complicity 'In the Lincoln assassi nation. The house stood near Justice Fleld'f residence. Few pictures nro cxtnut. i MXES TO A ifl Chicago Tribune : "Doctor , please tell m docs chewing- gum enlarge the muscles of the Jaws ? " "Not unless you chew It , miss. " 1 Detroit Journal ! Teacher John , IllnstrnU the difference between sit and wet. HrlBht and Patriotic Hey Tlio United States IH a country In which the sun never and the real of the world never Pits. Plttsburfr Chronicle : "Tho blizzard inada the railroads observe Lent a little In ad vance of the rig-lit time , " remarked the observant - servant bonrder ut the brenkfast tnblo. "How so ? " "It made the .trains fast. " Detroit Free I'rcus : "Ills parents have ppcnt n great deal of money upon ills edu cation , haven't they ? " "I should say so. You ought to Ccol his muscle. " Wellington Stnr : "So , " said the Spanish General , "wo are to b ; coiirt-niartlnled , " "You socm quite cheerful over the pros pect. " "Yes. 1 don't mind , so longns there IB no prospect of rliiRlnt ; In any canned beef ac companiments to the trial. " Detroit Free Press : "As I understand It , " remarked the Intelligent foreigner , "you Americans regard Gcorgo "Washington's hntehct ' ns the emblem of truth. " "Yus , sir. that's right , " replied the Ameri can , proudly. "Then , when statesmen or other In dividuals who have quarreled , bury the hatchet , I suppose , they csnao to speak the truth ? " Puck : "I thought Cholly's father started him in bnsincBs ? " "He did , but the business was so dull thnt Uholly hud to get an alarm clock to wnko himself up when it was tlmo to go home. " Chicago Record : "Isabel , what sacrifice shall you make during Lent ? " "Well , we have such a. charming- young clergyman that 1 suppose 1 ought to give up going to church. " Puck : Mrs. ANVeperly "Y s , we pay spot cash for1 everything. < , - , , , , Mrs. "Wblpperly Ah ! I oft3n spcnk to my husband about the tlmo when wo hnd to. Chicago Post : "Why do you object to my suit , sir ? " \ "I don't object to your suit , " answered the old gentleman. "On the contrary , I think It's one of 'the ' most stylish suits I e\er suw. What I object to la your per sonality , " D-trolt : Journal : It was spring ! Nature laughed : the blrda , the trees , the sprliiKliitf ems.- ' , all these laughed ! "Why , " nsked the melancholy poet , who had wandered afield , "do you laugh ? " "Look ! " t-rlcd Nature gaily , gesturing : In the direction of the first straw hat of tha season. It was Indeed laughable ! TUB 0011 OK WAH. A demon , rising from that pit Where lost souls wojp but do not pray , Masked by a friend's deceitful wit. Approached our earth , one cruel day. IIo looked where happy buinnns strayed , Ho gazed nn perfect womanhood , On mortal1.-1 weak but unafraid. All unprepared for aught but good. IIo found 11 maiden undented , A maiden fair and apt nnd kind , As trusting as a llttlo child. And , moro's the pity , Just as blind. Ho chose this virgin ns his bride For ho WIIH wise , as demons nro ; Her iinmo was Patriotic Pride , The mother of the god of war. . His hlgh-souled , just , maternal race Restrains 111 ? linger , stays his hand , Ills father's dlnbollr grnco KcndH him , a terror , through the land. Wlnslde , N'.el ) , HHLLK WILL13Y GUB. with us always provides spe cial advantages to buy some lines of clothing at figures that are really very moderate , We don't carry over old stock , It loses in value v/henever it is packed or stored away , and we prefer to sell it the season it is made for , and are willing to stand considerable loss to do so , There are several lines we want to close at once to make room before the win ter goods are replaced by the spring goods. There are plain blue and black cheviots and fancy cheviots , in round and straight cut , sack suits , that have sold all season at $8,50 and $10 , and to sell them now and not be obliged to carry them over , we make a very low price. Your choice for $5.00. See these suits in our show windows ,