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1,1 TITE mrATTA DATT.v KrvivvY. "MAnrir n. isnn. THE OMAIIA SLND\Y Bna 13. KOSUWATUll. Editor. I'UDUBHCD KVEUY MOIININO. TKIIMS OP SUUSCHU'TION. Dally Ileo ( without Sunday ) . Ons YA. Dally nee and Sunday. One Year. . . * . 8 W Hlx Atonthfi J.W . Three Months 2.W Bunday llee , One Tent ' ? { Saturday Bee. One Year J ? y Weekly Bee. One Year * * > OITICKS. Omnha : Thr > Bee Dulldlng. . . . * , South Omaha. City Jfall buIldlnR , Twenty-fifth and N streets Council BluftB. 10 Penrl Street. Chicago : Stock Kxennnce nulldlns. Now York. Temule Court. Washington. 601 Fourteenth Street. rOUUUSI'ONDCNCU. Conimunlcntlona relntltiK to news nml cdltorlnl mutter fhould be addressed : L.ai- torlal Department , The Omaha Bee. BUS1NHSS LIITTCIIB. Business letters nnd romlttanc'-s should be addressed to The Bco Publishing Com pany , Omnhn. Drafts , checks. express ana l > ostoince monej ordcrn to be made pajabie to the order of the conuiany. TilB BUD PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OK CIKCUI.ATION. Btnte of Nebraska , Douslas County , ss : Cloorpo H. azscmick. srcrourv of Thf Uco I'ubllshlnr. company beine ' ' . ! ? ' ! says that the actuiil number of full ana complete copies of The Uail * . MornljiB , KvennR and Sunday Hoe. prinfd during the month of January. ISOJ , was as fol lows : _ 2 . U.t.ViOO 18 2l)8tl ! ! 3 . 2Mit : 19 2:1,750 : 4 . 2UII0 ! 20 2lS10 ! 0 6 . . uiiw 2:1,710 : : 22. ; ! . ! i.2 ! ! ! i : 7 . 2:1,710 : jj ii11 ; ! " B . U 1,050 " ' " ' " M" ; . ! ! ! ! ! * * , * " > 10 . 2tIIO : 28 21,715 11 . 2H.770 a . . 2 1,250 12 . 2.OIO : ) 2S. . . 13 . 2:1,710 : 29. . . 21,250 14 . 2MIIO 30 , 21,200 15 . 21.410 31 21.100 10 . a .8 T Total . . . . 712.1S5 , . . Lew unsold und returned copies. . . . 10.151. Net total sales 7iii'iii ! ! ! ! Nut dally averaKO c-U , , , B TZSCHUCK. Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo this 31st day of January , 1SB9 ( SraU H. I. PLUMB , Notary Public. Now for the linsil i omuls In the great euimtoiiiil UiK-of-vvnr. The rifty-llfth congress Is dead , All hall the Firty-bl\tli coupiess ! Colonel Vifqimlu has been anthoiized by congress to accent the Chinese dec oration ot the double dingon. He etlll lacks a peacock feather and a yellow Bhlrt to pose as a full-Hedged Chlncso iiobleinan. _ t Now that Major fleionlmo has con tributed his oiilnlon that Admlial Dewey and Gent-nil Otis bhotild be promptly bcalped Colonel Aguinaldo eliould lose no time In acting on the And now the oiators from the uni versities of Pennsylvania and Michigan arc going to fsettle llnally the question of International disarmament and that , too , without giving the czar any assur ances of their ulterior motives. Italy Is demanding Its shaic in the wreck of empire In the Orient and has demanded the cession of a port and contiguous tenltory. When all the de- mnutlu are complied with China itself may be forced to apply for a port or go out of the shipping business. The people of Nebraska , will send up a fervent piayer that if a commission Is appointed to compile the htatutes of the state It will nlho compile an intelli gent index. To the aveiage homelier after legal loie a signboaid piloted in Bunsciit would serve as well as those now available. The eiithely correct Madrid Corre- Bivanderrcla , in notifying its renders that it is In receipt oC news fiom Manila too serious to publish , has leaelied a height of self-abneuatlon indicative of the tact that Its I'hillpplno coriespondcnt's typewriter in the back room is perma nently disabled. The pioposltlou for the smaller pow ers of Europe to cieate courts of aibl- tintlon to settle the differences of their big nclghbois Is all light , and theie is nothing in the woiid to prevent the success of the scheme except possibly the unimportant detail of onlorclng their Judgments. The admiral's pennant nnfmled by Dewey In Manila bay Is the lirst ever seen on an Amciic.in hlilp In the Oil- cut. It Is entirely titling that the scene of his tiiumph which won him the honor should be the place for lir.st displaying the emblem of his > countrj's guileful ackiiow ledgment. I'rof. Ileimann says that lie has a copy of the contract signed by a coterie of tnlllloualie.s to bring on the war be tween this country and Spain. When that is made public the cilme of ' ! ) S will take Its place by the side of that of ' 7U and the octopus had better take to the woods without further delay. The arrival of the Twenty-second In fantry at Manila will give Omaha people ple an added leason lor watching events caiefully in that tar-oft land. Tim Twenty-second was a favoilte hero and no one Imtbors a doubt that olllcers nnd men will give a good account ot themselves when culled If the repoit Ls true that the canal company Instigated the recent re\olt In Nlcaiagua It was not such a wonderful umk'ituUlng. It loquiieH little more to outllt a Central Amoik-an revolution than It does an ordinary hunting paity and the dangers are not much greater than attend a raid on the IMntto ilvcr geese. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Following hard upon the big order for American locomotives for the Midland railway of England comes another and larger one fiom the state railroad of Sweden and Norway. The reason given for placing It In this country lo the same. The American manufacturers can do the work quicker , better and at a lower price than can those of any other coun try. These icasons arc not only satis factory to the parties making the oulers , but to us , for It foreshadows the day when wo shall begin to fmulsh the Huropeaii railroads the bulk of their locomotives is at hand. T1IK riVTY'VlVTIt CO.ViSS. ? / . Tlio too id of the I'lfty fifth onmrr > q Is now liMoiy and U constitutes one of the most notable chapters In American legislative nnnalK. Perhaps no other congress had presented to It of mote vital concern to the Interests and welfare of the nation and w llh few exceptions these were wisely dis posed of. Called In special session Immediately after the Inauguration of the piesnnt ndmlnlstiatlon , the first duty of the last congiess was to ghe the eountiy tariff legislation which would at once Increase the income of the goveinment and revive the long-dcprcssod Indus tries of the country. It Is needless now to point out the good lesults of this legislation. It Is appaient to evi-iy body. While the levenue under the existing tariff law has not quite come up to expectation , the effect of the Jaw In Infusing life and activity into our Imlusttlcs has been all that was hoped for. Its operation has confuted nil the theotles and piedlcllons of Its op ponents. It AN as , In their view , cer tain to clu-ck the expoits of manufae- tuted ptoducts , but on the coutr.uy these Inno grown steadily and hugely since tile law went Into effect and aiu still growing. Wo were told that It would be harmful to labor , but on the other hand since the law went Into ef fect labor tlnoughout the country has been better employed than almost ever before. At this time there is not only i good demand for labor In neatly every Industry , but In some of them wages tie advancing. It was , on the whole , a patriotic con- jiess. When the admlnlstiatlon found that war was inevitable and asked for i gcneious nppioprlntlon with which to aic for war It was piomptly Noted. Thete was no hesitation or delay In giv ing the president authoilty to uiNo a volunteer aimy and tx > enlarge the leg- ular foice. In these icspects , as in pio\ldiug money for war purposis by means of special taxation and the issue of bonds , democrat. ! and lepublicans stood together in suppait of what was deemed by the ndministiation to be nec- cssaiy to carry on a foreign war. Lib eral provision was made for Increasing the navy and an army reorganisation measuio passed whlcli , while not just what tlio administration asked , is piob- ably satlsfactoiy to the eountiy. In the matter of appropriations the Fifty-llfth congress far exceeded any piocedlng congtesg and this was not due entirely to the war. The chaige against it of extravagance is , tlioiefoie , not w ithont w arrant and this is Its most serious fault. Had It boon less lavish in expenditure tlieie would bo no just gtouud of ciiticlsm. For this lault I lie senate was more responsible than the house and but for the firm stand taken by the leadeis of the lat ter the demands upon the treas ury ; wiould be larger than they aie. Ciedit is duo to Speaker Heed and to Chalnnan Cannon of the house appio- prlations committee for their efforts to check the disposition to extravagance. Undoubtedly the country will concur in the sentiment of President McKinley - ley , that "the Fifty-fifth congiess had performed its extraordinary duties man fully. " SPBXDIAU ( lOVUIiyUKXT MOXEY. In the United Stales .senate Friday ir. Platt of Connecticut spoke against the practice of accepting amendments to appropriation bills without due con sideration , lie said that the Fifty- filth congress would go on record as the most extravagant that had ever held a session in Washington. It is well that the Connecticut senator called the atten tion of the country to this carelessness and oNeii recklessness with which the senate sometimes votes away the money of the government , though It is to be legrettiMl tlrat he did not find an eailier oppottunlty to expose this fault. The tendency to lavishly expend ( lie public money has bcoumu so strong that unless a deelded check is put to it the load of taxation upon the people must be made heavier or the public debt piled up to bo a burden upon future genera lions. The expenditures of the govern- rnerrt aic largely In excess of the lev- enucs and while Iheie Is no promise of the latter growing to any material ox lent there Is good reason to apprehend that the latter will inciease. Under such circumstances whoever raises his voice against careless appropriations and extravagant expenditure , as Mr. Platt has done in the senate and Mr. Cannon in the house , perl onus a most valuable service to Iho people. A Washington correspondent quotes a republican representative as saying : "It is cruel the way the government money is now being spent. I do not so much mean the amount , for I think more ought to bo appiupiiatcd for certain things , hut the manner. " Ho icmaiked that our system of making appropria tions Is hopelessly chaotic. Theie Is no person with a general oversight either of appropriations or cx-pendltures , as In the Urltlsh goveinment , for ex-am ple. The auditing olllcers of the treas ury geneially follow certain technical rodtapo mli'H , but no auditor caies to take his olliclal life in his O\NII hands by striking out boldly against a thing be cause It is foolMi , provided the law war rants the expenditure. The correspond ent , after citing some ghuing examples of waste , icnuuks : "This subject of extravagance In so largo that If a man were to attempt to give with any detail the foolish expenditures of the lodeinl government he would have to wiito a very largo book. The prediction may , however , be safely made that this thing will have to stop some time. Wo need a better system of logulatlng expendi tures , a fuller public knowledge of the way money Is used and an improved public conscience. Some time this will become the great Is&uo and the party that gets on the wrong side of it will bo In danger. " The most serious ob Htaclo to economy Is the lack uf con- tclenco in leglslatois , who however loudly they may publicly talk against extravagance do not hesitate to piae- tlce It If thereby they can make capital with their constituents. It Is In the labyrinth of committee and subcommit tee and cnnforeuco committee that the opportunity for extiavagance is found. It Is impoitant that the next congiess ebull have Impressed upon It the tact that the pci pie , the Inxpayeis , of Hit lountry a 10 fully nllvo to the situation and that tlioj expect the Mihto-t (1(1" ( omy in expcndllurcs consistent with an olllclcnt public ervlec. They do nol want a niggardly administration of the poveinmcnt , but they do desire that the money they supply to cany on the gov- cinmcnl shall be expended Judiciously and prudently for thee tilings which aie legitimate and necessary. /.VST/MA ( LMHSI.AUOX. The Irnpeiatlve need of a ievl ion ol the insurai'ce ' laws has boon empha sised by the dlsclosuu's of the invesll- g.'itlon Instituted by the legislatuie Into the administration of ( lie insurance but van of the state auditor's olllce. The most rlagiant abuses that have scandalized that ollico during the hist ten yeais have had their origin In the cm do nndi ill digested laws governing the supinN Islon of Insuianco companies and the fast and lee e methods th it have enabled Insiiunu'o Inspcctois to Jevy blackmail on Insuianco companies with impunity while at the same time Illchlng thousands of dollars fiom the pockets wf the taxpajers. Among the Insurance bills now pending betore the leglslatuio the bill Introduced by Hep- resentatlvo Weaver is most comprehen sive. Its most vital features are the proposed separation of ( lie Insurance bureau from the auditors department and taxation of Insmance companies and limitation of Inspection fees. The piopriety if not necessity of the di vorcing of the Insurance bureau trom the auditor's department Is conceded on all hands. The safeguards thrown % around policyholders and prohibition of extortionate Inspection and license fees must also meet with universal approval. The principal objection to the Weaver bill has been lalsod by icpresontntivcs of the life Insurance companies conduclcd on the mutual plan. Their contention Is that taxing mutual companies is taxation of their pollcyholdeib and that means the taxa tlon of their dependent families. This point , however , is not well taken. If it be true that the proposed tat upon mutual life Insurance companies must be botne entirely by the heirs of policyholders - holders the imposition of air inheritance tax would be subject to the .same ob jection. In cither case dependent inm- llles arc compelled to pay a part of Iheir Inherilanco lo the state ; whether the Inheritance is the product of an in surance policy or a farm , a , business block or stocks , bonds or chattel prop erty , Is immaterial so far as the de pendent family is corrceined. The contontiov that a tax on life in surance is a. tax on thrift is equally un tenable. Property In any form is Ihc result of thrift , but its taxation does not encourage improvidence. The real bone of contention of the insurance companies Is tiie proposed 2 per cent tax on gross receipts , which they resent as exorbitant , if not pro hibitive. On this score there may be some justice irr the demand for a ma terial concession. While asserting its right to tax insurance companies err their income from its citizens , Nebraska should place no embargo upon foreign life insurance companies by unreason able taxations in any form. It would bo a great mistake on tire part of the legislature to provoke a. repetition of the maximum railroad rate contest by imposing a tax which would not stand the test of the courts. If the _ per cent tax on gross receipts is too high in com parison with the tax rate prevailing In other states this side of the Mississippi It would be the part of wisdom to re duce it to a point that will not jeopard- 170 the passage of the Weaver bill or endanger Its validity in the courts. As great as were the expoits of 16US it seems likely that the American man ufacturer will send 1800 down to history as a record breaker in this line. The exports of domestic manufactures are already $23,000,000 in excess of any previous given period and while they now amount to over $1,000,000 a day evidences arc not lacking that they will go much higher during the spring mouths. Hut while this is true , our rnanutactuieis are supplying the homo market us never before in the bistoiy of the country. The imports of manu factured goods during the last seven months decreased lo $117'JOOn"li , a marked falling off over the same period of last 3ear , leaving a clear trade bal ance in our favor of ifltf.OOO.OOO on these goods alone. If any more satisfactory evidence of thoroughly healthy pros perity Is wanted by the calamity howler- he must be even moie nnieasomtble than ills woist enemy lias heretofore supposed. The American Mlsslonaiy society , in its last annual repoit , sajs there mo now 119 ; ! colored students piepaiing for piofessloual careers. Of this number 770 are students of theology , ill ! ) are taking lectures in medicine , 118 are pre paring Ion the bar , six aie striding pharmacy and forty are being piepared for trained nurses , One bundled and tvvonty-sK aie women , whose juofes- slonal aspirations are to be physicians and nurses. .Such a showing speaks well for the colored race. Liberated a generation ago , tew of them could pre tend to any degree of education and the fact that they aie able to make such a showing as this along these lines in that length of tlmo Is a most hopeful In dlcatlon that the negro not only reall/es Ills oppoitunlt } , but also sees the neces- slly of Iho preparation that will enable him to grasp and make the most of it. A Texas man , under sentence to bo hanged , has confessed that ho com mitted two cilmes for which Innocent negioes weio lynched. Not long ago a mob at It > oanoke , Vi. ; , had a rope urouiul a man's neik and was just swinging 1dm Into eternity when the woman in the case confessed she nut only never saw the victim before but also that no crime had been committed. Ills life was saved , but his leason was dothioued and ho went to a madhouse an Incurable maniac. These me but two Instances where many might be adduced , but they should be sullieient to domonstiate how easy It Is for mob ven geance to fall upon the Innocent instead of the guilty. The south should study thf > lesxons of Irrepaulblo Injustice of those ca cs and. of thi > mM > lves , they should bo sullli'ii'iit to forever suppiess the bu : barons cnstMiu of lynching. Franco and Hias.ll are just now en gaged In a lively low that may draw the United States Into it over the bound ary between Fianch ( iiilana and Hrasll and It Is not dissimilar to the tioubles between Orent Hritain and Vener.uela. The claim of Fiance Is i pasted by Brazil , whjsi > goveinment insists that the whole thing Is an effott to acquite mote tertltoty on the continent , and In dications aie not wanting that an appeal will be made to this country to Invoke the Monroe doctilne. Like the Vene zuela boumlaiy question , this one Is so colored by historical and other ancient considerations that It Is quite Impossi ble to discover at this time the jus tice wf either contention. Hrazll Is ready to submit the matter to aibltratlon and theie seems no reason why it should not be settled amicably and satisfac torily In that way. The conlli mation of Dcvvey as admiral and Kchley and Sampson as vice ad mirals glv cs the nu : y a decided prepond erance of high war ollleinls. The rank of admiral corresponds to that of gen- eial , a position that has never existed In our nimy , with but two exceptions , and entitles thatolllccr to draw a salary of $ K > , ,000 per scar. A Nice ndmlial'H lank Is the same as that of a lieutenant general and his pay Is ? 1'J,000 per year. Thus it will be seen that while * the highest olllce that exists or is likely soon to exist In the nimy is that of major general w 1th a salary of $7,000 per year. The navy has three ollielals who , In point of pay , piecedence and other for malities , aie aw ay beyond anything that ambitious generals may hope to reach for years to come , If ever. The commissioner of Imrnlgialion at New York reports that more Spaniards liavo comu to this country as home- seekers since the close of the war than came during the entire 3ear preceding the beginning of hostilities. These people , unlike much of the previous im migration fiom Spain , are said to be fairly Intelligent and are rather piornls- ing candidates , for American cltl/en- shlp , as they almost invariably give as the reason for leaving their native laud high taxes imposed upon them there and the greater freedom and better op portunities of accumulating property In this country. Increases of wages to workers In the Iron and steel mills of the country , af fecting many thousands of wage earn ers , are of daily occurrence. While the great west does not contain many of these mills it will be Indireclly a great gainer. Dvcry dollar of addi tional wages means added ability to buy and pay lor lire produels of the farm and increased demand means in creased prices. The cruiser Brooklyn , with Vice Ad miral Schlej' in command , will take the rernaiirs of I.oul Uersehe.ll back to his native laud.- The two veterans of Santiago ship and commander will doubtless receive a reception irr Eng lish ports which will be memorable in the world's annals , both on account of themselves arid the mission of friend ship which takes them across the ocean. The Japanese navy now has a cruiser which , It Is said , carr give the American cracks the Minneapolis and Columbia a lively race. The Japan ese were compelled to como over to this country , however , to have it built. The new bhip , on which the Hag lias just been hoisted , is also the crack cruiser of the Japanese navy in other respects than speed. During the Dreyfus trial the strange conduct of the "veiled Jady" played a conspicuous part in securing a convic tion and all Fiance vvondeied who she was. The evidence of Ksteihaxy makes it plain to every reader of Dickens that her name was "Mis. Harris , " the inti mate but nonexistent friend of the im mortal "Sairy Gamp. " The row between the handwilting ex ports In the Adams poisoning case will be bad enough , but it will be altogether a tame affair when compared with the settlement of the question which one of the buff kids discovered the clue. r < > iM nril or IlacUnurilT Baltimore American. TCio Navy department has decided against electricity for \\ar ships and In favor ot btcam. Has pi ogress taken a step back ward or are things not nlua > s better because they happen to bo new 1 Aiiu'rli'iiii MctliixlH 111 tlio Simile , Globe-Democrat , Considerable Interest U being manifested throug'hout ' ( lie country In tlio result of the municipal elections soon to bo held in Cuba. At some points the campaign has already reached a stage of activity that Is a revela tion to the unsophisticated Americana. Io > i'1-IIrmlcil DcMVuy. New York Times. Wlicn General Sherman was asked to con sider a nomination ito the picsldnicy ho re plied that ho would not run If nominated ror eervo If elected. Admiral Dewoy's re fusal to consider the matter Is no moro open ito doubt than that of General Sherman. Ho has not lost his dead. anil roiifii < * Ht , Atlanta Constitution. Wo may continue to send troops to the Philippines from now until doomsday ; wo may put tbo natives to the sword nnd their homes to the torch ; vvo may boast of vic tories and applaud the heroes of a brief hour , but until vvo gain a victory over the sug gestions of greed and foreign conquest neither humanity nor justice will be satis- fled ItlKlit Milii ill tliu IllKlit I'lnue , Utlca ( N. V ) Press. Dr. Miller , formerly of Onelda county , will Jiavo many congratulations from his old homo upon his election as president of the Greater America exposition. It 1s now a great many > eurs elnce lie went to Omaha , Inning fame and u name for himself , but all-the whllo he has not foigotten the county of Onelda nor its prominent men. Ho was a great admirer of Horatio Seymour , as tlio bust of that distinguished statesman recently presented bears eloquent testimonial. Dr. Miller will rnaUo an excellent executive of ficer for the exposition and Ills friends here believe a bolter claolco could not have been mado. vv nn i : vi VVM in IMHJN. I'riitilrni of I'rot lillnw HIMOIHIP to Sus- Irtlll llHM-rlnlllll. | Ilofttnit Tr n i rlpt We are Just on the thioshold of now- rela tions with our refractory subjects of the Philippines it has boon found comparaI lively ensv to shell out YRorrolo bowmen and oven thp Mosllzrc. better armed with the Mauser rifle There can be no cause to doubt the result of nnj conflict between our troops , backed by the guns nf the navy , ami the natives In open warfare the United Slates cnn make short work of them , nnd our successes In all bnttlfR and skirmishes up to date have enticed many to assume thai Ihero Is not likely to bemuch further trouble Wo wish that Ihlg tnlslit be so Doubtless the condition ot the Filipinos would bo much moro ncreeablo to them selves ns well as to us In a ntnte of peace than In a state of war. Hut ns they do not scorn likely to let us decide that point for them , hostilities will probably continue as long ns unit tern nro on lliolr present basis The microbe of Independence appears to be In n remarkably healthy and active etato in these Islands. The natives have tried conclusions as between powers , and IIml thctnEc-lvcH ridiculously outclassed. Hut they knowa garno nt which they are mas ters , and unless they nro more broken spirited than Is their custom , oven after re verses , they will play It to the finish , unless our nttltudo toward them changes They understand guerrilla vvaifnro from long service - ice In It , and the conditions thcro nro very favorable for Its practice. This la demoraliz ing to the best troops , an Inglorious service - ice , which keeps soldiers doing police duty , exposed to worry Ins dangers from ambush nnd disease arid cnjojlng fovv If any oppor tunities for military distinction. The time. l.i near at hand also when the prostrating nud ' fatal effects of a tropical cllmato must bo severely felt Tjy troops from temperate regions. This Is the prospect that wo are called upon Immediately to face. All this would bo serious enough even It the question of wajs and means did not enter at all Into the problem , llut that consideration is as suming graver nud graver aspects. Wo have not thought upon that point very deeply. Wo have < bcen watching the quarry so Intently that > wo have lost sight of the tax upon our strength nud resources which is Involved in running It < lownv A short tlmo ago a local contemporary chal lenged Senator Hoar's estimate that our imperial policy would cost us $200,000,000 a year and figured the financial responsibility Involved ns low as $80,000,000. In his recent speech In Boston , which this simo contem porary failed to report at this point , General Giosveuor of the president's party urged upon his hearers serious consideration of the question "how $200,000,000 j early addi tional levcuuo can foe raised. " Ho had no opinion to offer. JIo had faith In the coun try. Certalcilj- , General Grosvenor is not going to present this problem lu a moro formida ble light than ho thinks neccssarj- . Ills cs- tlmato Is likely to bo conservative. There is no theory , but a very stern condition that confronts us. How are wo to deal with If There Is many a statesman besides General Grosvenor who would llko a practical an swer to that question. According to Mr. Cannon's figures the deficit at the end of the current fiscal jear will bo $159,000,000 , not Including the $20,000,000 to bo paid to Spain for the Philippines or the $23,000,000 or moro which'wo must pay our own citizens for claims against Spain which wo have as sumed. This almost -appalling - showing has bldc-tracked for the tlmo being the canal bill and tlio Hanna subsidy bill. How Is all this to bo provided for ? Sena tor-elect Scott of West Virginia rather as tonished a gathering of Now York business men a short tlmo ago by glv lug his em phatic opinion that the revenue taxes had como ito stay. There does not seem to bo any doubt about It. The situation makes their retention Imperative. Not only that , but they must be extended or rc-cuforced by some now form of taxation. There is only ono other form -that suggests Itself , and all men with incomes know what tciat Is. It is a tax that they dread. It Is a tax that could be , and doubtless would be , fought off under ordlmry conditions. But it seems almost Inevitable nnd not far in. the future , as the demands of the future are now mapped out. If we nro to enjoy the now dance we must pay the piper. IMJHhO.NAI , AM ) OTHERWISE. It took General Gomez four years to reach Havana. And itb.cn Uncle Sam paid the freight. A dealer in fuel dropped dead at Minne apolis the other day. Signs of a thaw af fected his heart. Old Geronimo Is "fcrnlnst" Imperialism. Ho has been through the mill and nar rowly escaped with his scalp. Speaking about long distance races , Hon. Wharton Barker has covered one-half of his two-jear race for the presidency with out a serious puncture. That Wisconsin statesman who Introduced in the legislature a bill prohibiting tight lading necessarily advocates women bearing arms the masculine variety. An Indian joungstor who predicted his dwn death is now a dead piophct. In order to provo tnat ho was not a false prophet ho took an ovcrdoso of cigarettes. Captain Arch Homer , nn eminent Ken- tucKlan , is reported djlng. Advance obllu- ailcs pronounce him ono of "the most pic- turcsquo characters of the Blue Grass state , " Representative Grosvenor of Ohio always keeps a tin box on his desk filled with broken bits of peppermint candy. When attacked In debate , or before a set speech , the first move of the gentleman from Ohio Is to dive into his ilcbk and begin to jtm his mouth full of peppermint cmdy. The gallery tan thus always tell when the gen eral Is loading up. The Ohio man Is enjoying a large slice of Ufa's calto Just now and Is loath to lot go when the grim messenger beckons. Oneof > the number , a man of moans , answered the call recent- ! , but before lespandlng directed that his friends assemble frequcntlj lu an elegant mausoleum ho tind fitted up and en joy themselves playing cards and otherwise In order ito promote the hilarity at the func tion , proper provision was made for the os- gontlals , so that if he failed to taKe a hand in the game , his spirit would not bo absent. The Jcnldns nnd Jenldnncsses of Chicago Borrow fully admit the superior merit of tlio Jenkins of India. Ono of them thus describes - scribes Chlcago'a titled daughter who re cently arrived In Calcutta "All tha god desses ot the Hindu pantheon must hide their heads In the presence of Lady Curzon. Her color Is lIUo molten gold , its white ness having assumed a tlngo of red in tha warm cllmato of this country. Her teeth are llko a set of pearls , her waist Is beau tifully tilemlcr. Her raven tresses setting off her whlto complexion maka her look like , we Imagine , the Goddess Saraswatl Ilur neck Is like the neck of a swan and her voice resembles the volco of a cuckoo" A friend In Albany has received a letter from the daughter of the late Harold Pred- erlc , In which she sa > s the family has boon left absolutely unprovided for , with debts amounting to several thousand pounds A subscription amounting to about $1.000 she explains , has been collected for the purpose of providing for her mother's future- This money it was propce > ed to Invest by taking a house , ifurnlshlng it and taking boarders. Is Hut upon uppljing to tha trustees they were told that the money had been collected for the education and maintenance of the bojs. and could not bo risked upon such a venture Mrs. Prederic , the letter explains. Is exceed ingly ill , and something must bo done at once to tot her settled or else It will bo too late. siti.vit : sums vrinr. piirir. tlo ! " n Olobo UrMiull'on r Pelrr * of New \ork think * It very vvlrkod for rich men to glvo big banquets In Now York whllo10,000 poor people have no coal mid scant a food. What he menus U that the banquets I are given to the WTOIIK crowd. lloaton Transcript ThP convention of rli < rgmcn tint desire lo put Iho noino ot I Christ < Into HIP constitution might ncrom- pllsh more If they vvotild Oevolo their efforts to keeping the country up to Iho spirit of Christ that Is already In the constitu tion. Buffalo ttxpross The action of the At lanta clergjincn of the Methodist church In I ilrnounrliii ; Iho lobbyist and agent ot the I church for securing the appropriation from 1 congress for property dostroji'il In the civil war Is commendable Seveial clerg- mcn ln lsted that thu acceptance of the money would bo "n stain on the Methodist churili , which fthnuld bilng Khamo ( o all members of tholr denomination. " They are right Baltimore American. The pope , In his American letter , strikes the keynote of other things besides religion when ho savs that nil vhtuo must bo nctlvo. It Is owing to the comatose condition of virtue , not onlj In private , but also Iti public life , that vice , which fully nnd practically le.illzes tha philosophy of activity has ever > thing Its own way. Thcro Is plenty of virtue , for example , In actlvo affairs , but If It worn n little moro energetic In the showing thcro would bo a vast difference In the conduct of nlfnlrs. SprlDKlleld ( Mass ) llepubllcan- The Methodist Bishop Fowler thinks "It Is too bad that It was necessary to kill Bomo of them" the Filipinos but "tlio Islands will paj for our chilling Influence , as a school teacher Is reimbursed for his pedagogical services. " If the Inhabitants then provo unlit to govoin themselves , " ho goes on , without showing when or where they uio to get the chnnco to try , except In their graves , "It will take but a generation to make the nowly-acqulrcd tenltory Anglo- Saxon. Then let the Filipino keep up ergo go under , Just as suits his caliber and In clination " And of couiso It Is as n humble follower ot the lowly Jesus that the bishop speaks. The celebrated pieacher had Just finished his sermon , when the reporter rose from hla seat nt the back and started down the aisle. "Ah , brother , " spoke tlio minister In n volco that trembled with emotion , "havo jou como to bo saved ? ' "No , sir , 1 have como foi a copy of your scnnon. " Archblttiop Temple the other night dropped in upon on Hast Iviid , London , revival scrv- ice smd had Joined in singing a Moody and Sankcy hjmn when a siilor seated next him whispered : " 'Ere > , dry up , mister ; jour'ro spiling the 'olo show ! " The bishop of Wnkefleld was traveling late ono night thild class Ills Journey was peaceful until halt a dozen porters invaded itho carriage. Their conversation was ar gumentative and their language was more than foiclblc. The bishop , greatly Impressed by the avalanclio of adjectives , quietly remarked - marked "Gentlemen , pray let jour conver sation bo a trifle moro anaemic. " Rqv. Charles Edward Locke , a bright and shining orrament of Methodism , vvus being shown through Grace church , Now York , by nu Episcopalian admirer. Gazing loitercst- cdly at the stars painted on the celling the visitor inquired If they had auy special sig nificance. "Oh ! " was the reply , "jou know what the blblo says , 'He made tlio stars also' " "All ! " commented the Methodist parson. "Do jou know the difference , be tween your church and ours1' " "Oh , I don't know ! " eaid the Episcopalian adherent doubtfully. "What Is it ? " "You put joui- stars In the ceiling. Wo put ours In the pulpit , " was the answer. At the close of service ono Sunday morn ing the pas-tor of a city church wcoit down the aisle , as was 'his ' custom , to gleet the strangers In the congregation. "You are not a member of our church , " ho said to ono of them. "No , fclr , " replied ttio stranger. "Do jou belong to any denomination , may I ask ? " "Well , " responded the other , hesitatingly , "I'm what jou might call a submerge J Pres byterian. " "How Is that ? " "I was brought up a Presbjiterilin , my vvlfo Is a Methodist , my eldest daughter is a Baptist , my son Is the oiganlst nt a Uul- versalist church , my second daughter' sings In an Episcopal choir and my j ounces ! goes to a Congregational Sunday school. " "But jou contribute , doubtless , to someone ono church ? " "Yea , I contribute to nil of them. That ja partly what submerges me. " WHO CA.N DIIAW 'I'll 13 "Mnrcli of lli < > Line of Oc- I'lipiitlon of rurm Imill , J Sterling Mm ton's Conservative In the benighted times when the first set tlement of this tiansmlssouil country by whlto men began the line of its successful occupation was laid down by their Incredu lity along ,1 strip of land not much wider than that which comprises the river tier of counties In fact , uplands were gener ally excluded as being the next thing to barrens I and it was mainly to bench lands nnd bottom lands along small streams , ind rivers that the soil for successful cultiva tion was restricted. In the public opinion of four and forty jcars ago. The longi tudinal line underwent n gradual march to . the westward by the agency ot Individual ontciprlso until the grazing lands were en countered and invaded , followed by n re action , abandonment and much loss and suf fering to the reputation of the stale nt laigo ns n-i agricultural region and to tlio icso- . lute men who undertook the conquest The Conservative was recently asked by a prominent citizen of Hastings at what point It would now draw the line of longitude bcjond which agricultural industry could not bo profitably prosecuted Its moment ary representatlvo declined to attempt to lo- e.ito that absolutely unknown line of longi tude. If Dawsou , Adam1 ? , Buffalo ami other counties can In at the world on wheat In dependently of Irrigation , who would vcn- tuio to locate It on this side of the foot hills of the Hocky mountains ? DKATII 1 % rillKl'U Vl'S. b AVIl ) Slioulil Not < lnHtiicin lieIllIll I.llil'Ii * for Chronlcl' When a man meets his death in a rallroal | , car or a steamboat through the negligence 0 actual or constructive of the trannportntlon company's olllcera or employe's hla surviving relatives may recover damages It is held that ordinary care and Intelligence must bo exercised In providing for the safety of pas- Bc-ngem Why should not the Hamo riilo ap ply In the case of persons who lese their lives in flrttrap apartment buildings ? The transportation companies have all manner of contingencies to guard against Thu owner of a tenement has but one Jlre If , then , In older to save a few dollars , he Im perils the lives of his tenants , why tmould ho not bo mulcted In damages whc-n hlx grred results In loss of llfo or personal in- i * jury ? U is evident that such punishment > St tlio only means of leaching reckless landlords - lords The criminal statuttH cannot bo In voked. Let the civil piocess bo utilized , Onu good , uwlngelng verdict against a lire- trap landlord would do moro to Improve thu character of Chicago tenements than all tha building ordinances that could bo devised R. Make the "Jerry-builders" pay for the poo- pie they kill. II.\VIS ! 1'HOM ItM" ? 1IOHV. Self-denial cures self-ffrtrem Whlto necktie * do not mak aatntfl. Iliero nro no gloves made thfit wil ( leant Mains In cultivating your virtue , bo sure and uproot jour vices. Don't lover jour neglected duties with thu cloak of excuse1. The bell may bo very musical , but It docs not make tlio engine go. Preachers should aim to prick the hrart InMiad of tickling tlio ear. Ho who neslecli present duties may never overtake future opportunities A llltlo cloud inny hide the sun , and a Httlo doubt may destroy our poacp. Kphralm was cake on oflo side nnd dough on the other. His family still lives. Some notions , llko froscoo work , only re veal their color after they have been douo a \\Ullo. DOMESTIC 1M.13 I'ltlKS , Chicago Hccord : "What's nn empty title , pa ? ' i "An cmptv title IM jour mother's way of calling me the head of the house. " Itrooklsn Life Miss rilrly llovv do jou like ' mj new engage nuni ilng ? Mips Cutting It H a. bc.iutj , when does It como off ? Detroit Tic'o Press : "Ambrose , do jou fast ( luting ; Lent ? " "Yet , mv wlfo and tlie cook go to church so much that I IKIV i > to " Puck : Jonklnf Unliv vvni not well , eh' \mi ought to call In Ur. Drown , Wo swit for him last week nml the moment ho saw our bab.v ho Kiiestnl what the trouble was JniUsonV hat wus It ? Jonkln < Pins. Philadelphia North American : Mrs. Ullmm The Uodsons nt last have n girl they hops to keep. Alii Ci Imp Absurd 1 Where Is such n , girl to bo found ? Mr * Ullmm She was born to them yes- terday. Judge : "They say marriage Is n failure. " "Theie'4 a. pte.it dllTeieneo" "Ulij ? " "In m.iirlngo the wife tnltct the husband's namennd in a failure the husband takes the wife's name. " ChlcTRo Post : "If 1 am not mistaken , " she said , "ho 13 thinking seilously of mar riage. " "Vcrv llkelv , " IIP icpllcd In his abrupt masculine waj. "Ho alwajs was a coura geous bo > . " HtooklMi l.lfo : Mis NaborljIs jour nunt on > our mothers 01 father's slae , JohnnvV , . , Johnnj O , sometimes on ono sldo and fomot'inos on tlm other. Depends whoa Betting the bctt of 11. riilcnpo Tribune : Mlf-t Vcra de Jlulr Well her > we are In the coiihcrv.uorv , and I bellovo that rosebud lias scratched my cheek. Will > u plctix ! look and see f O , how dale jou1 Mr rnlilolKh Trnpt Wfcply ponltont- rorirlvo in = . Miss Vna 1 coultln t help it. * * I , < t mo see , dnrlliiKIf there Isn't a scratch on the other cheek. Detroit Journal "Algcion , I forgive you ! "Darling how generous1 ' .sobbed the con- trlto husbinil , altogeth r overcome. With deft care-as sbo stiovo to seethe nls ' " " , I forgive vou. " film whis pered , softly "And now that thcro Is thus no longer a skeleton In our closet I hav loom to hang un two or three more dresses , Algeion , dearest ! Cleveland Plain Dealci "Ore.it conlusei , thov H.IV , lire nlways absent-mine led "Yes but don't fool jourbclf. .ill absentminded - minded people are. not grc.it geniuses. JudRo : Irishman Fry mo two nlgn. Walter How will jou liavo them done- hard ? Irishman Navv , list nlsy. Mo < IIII < Ml CIlUllMMllH. Washington Star. When the streets bCRln to tlrrla And the. un Is Marine high , , And the i.iln drops as they dilzzle Into sleimiiig vapors lly. Wh3n the hop-toad nnd the. . lizard Anil the June-Due ; come afiiln , Wo will think about the blizzard In a vastly friendlier vein. Hocky Mountain Ne-ws. - Sllentlv. hvvlftlj- , one by ono Wo match down the aisles of time ; Muslc-al nuirmuimil moiiinful moan , Plalntlvo phndliiK and tender tone , Blend In u living rlijmc. llopo and happiness , fuith nnd fame , A'll nio swciit ilong Into .1 fiituio misty and pray , Peopled with phantoms grim and gaj' , Some with a curse and bomo with a song. Lives that weio full oC happiness , Others that tcimctl with sin , Shadowy plnntoms of lijeono days On .1 Buffotlnc soul turn full their Bazc. And vvo Ions , ' for the "Might have been. " But the longing 1svain , for the past Is And a pisslns present Is ill wo know. ruturltv's riddle wo m.iv not read , Hut the pains of the pist with Its lust ami sreed Should tell us the wny to go. Prlnco nnd pauper are peers In . Their abbes are blown where their feet Out of" the pa's't ' with Its weal nnd woci Into tin' lutiiro of doubt vvo jo , Christian and i > iBin t" f-'LU one God ! We are not sure that you read our ads or that you 25 ever see them Your loss if you PER GENT. don't. The way that heavy cloth discount ing has been going on all with the 25 per cent discount , puts winter us to thinking that clothing. everybody reads our ads. Maybe you will be more interested 20 when tell we you that all winter undergarments PER GENT " dergarments "ex cept" American discount on Hosiery Co. goods , are going to be all closed out at a winter discount of underwear. 20 per cent" ! I'y ' Can you ignore such chances ? O. fc Can ICt * aw Uairf * * m . S , WILCOX , Manager.