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TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , M/VY 21 , 1890. Tim OMAIIA SUNDAY BUR n. nosnwATicn , Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MOIIN1NO. _ , TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION , pally liee ( without Sunday ) , One Year.,16.00 Dally Bee and Sunday , One Yenr 8.0) Six .Months < .w Three Months ' - ' < Sunday Uec , One Ycnr 2-W Saturday Uec , On * Year l.W Weekly Bee , Ono Year i. . . Co OFFICES. Omaha i The Ilee Building. South Omaha : City Hall uulldlns , Twenty- fifth and N streets. Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : Stock Exchange Building. New York : Temple Court. Washington ! 501 Fourteenth Street. COUUESPONDENCE. CommiinlcatlotH relating to news and edi torial matter should bo addressed : Edl- torlul Department , The Omaha Bee , BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters nnd rcmlttunces should bo addrcnsed to The Bee Publishing Company , Omulm. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft , express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Ony 2-cent stamps accepted In pnymunt or mall accounts. Personal chccksv except on Omahn or eastern exchange , not accepted. THE BEE PUBMSHINQ COMPANY. STATIJMU.NT Of UIUUUI'ATIUN. Btato of Nebraska , Douglas County , us. : II 'orso li. Tzdchuck. secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number at full ana complete copies of The. Dally , Morning , Evening and Sunday lice , printed during the month of April , 1SW , was ns follows : N t total sales 7 7,21l ) Net dally average 81,57-1 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and nworn to before mo this 2nd day of May , 18W. ( Seal. ) II. I. PLUMB. Notary Public. A Hoston paper says the flag Is .1 more fabric combining threes colors. Very trno , but they arc fast colors tliat do not run. The Turks characterize the bicycle ns the "davll's chariot. " In that event the sultan is clearly entitled to the front Beat on thu tnndoin. Dewey has started on his homeward trip. It will be advisable for him to lay In u food supply of nerve tonic en- route , for lie will need It. The great powers are still hard at work trying to agree upon u receivership - ship for China with the usual emolu ments for receivers and the spoliation of the bankrupt. With ? 21 > (5,0K,000 ( ( ) of gold coin inthe United States treasury nobody at this time Is propounding the conundrum whether there Is gold enough to keep up the single gold standard. The new union railway station pro jected for Buffalo , N' . Y. , linn been planned at -astimated cost of $0,000- 000. And Buffalo , by the way , has lower railroads to acco'mmodatc than has Omaha. Having enjoyed the experience of learning how few people were willing to help him got rich , Andrew Carnegie Is now finding out how many there are who are willing and anxious to help him get poor. If Secretary Alger proposes to deny each and every fake set afloat concern ing Ills alleged differences with army olllcers ho will llnd little time for busi ness and the newspapers will llnd little space for anything else than the secre tary's corrections. Whenever a partyof explorers goes Into the Arctic regions the rest of the world Is kept busy for the next few years searching for ( hem or endeavoring to find their remains. It will take several years more before we shall stop searchIng - Ing after 1'rof. Andre's balloon. A convention of the referees In bank ruptcy for the district of Nebraska has boon called to meet In Omaha the com ing week. A convention of the patrons of the bankruptcy referees would make a more numerous gathering , although hardly likiOy to prove profitable gusts. Kvcry new order Issued by the Ameri can authorities In Cuba acts on the people there like throwing a cake of Bonp Into a Yellowstone geysor. There is a violent eruption which the unini tiated 'might think was going to timi the world Inside out , but when the world refuses to turn the geyser settles down until the next test Is made. The proposed wholesale drug trust Is the most modest of any yet pro- Jected. The combined capital of the concerns to ba taken In Is $17,000,000 , , and the trust proposes to Issue only $ -15,000,000 worth of stock. This leaves only ? 'JS,00 < ) ,000 of bottled water In the stock , which Is * much less than the proportion - portion of aqua. In ordinary prescrip tions. Members of the old N'lcaragim canal commission expect to bo reappolnted to the new liiloroceanle commission which Js 'to make n careful Inspection of the Panama route. Inasmuch as these commissioners have already reported against the Pamumi route without In spection there would bo llttlo likelihood 'of them reporting In its favor after In- epectlon , Kansas republicans are In a quan dary what to do with Funston , Friends of Governor Stanley , who Is anxious for renomlimtlon , are already trying to sidetrack Fuuston by pushing him for governor general of the Philippine. It id doubtful , however , whether Funston can bo Induced to expatriate himself for thu sake of glory , and the repub licans of Kansas 'may llnd It to their advantage 1o place the irrepressible oud Irresistible lighter at the head of their column lu Uio campaign of 11)00 ) , v Ayr .1 SHAM. During the campaign of 1S06 the most active fuglemen of Uio ' 'advance agent ot prosperity" were the commercial traveler * . Not nil of them by any mentis advocate * ] the election of McKlnlcy , but most of them shouted for the Canton statesman nnd talked about the prosperity that would surely come to all classes and conditions of men In case McKlnlcy was elected and confidence re stored. You do not eeo so many radical McKlnlcy traveling men thcie days. This l.i duo In largo measure to the fact that you do not see so many traveling mcti. The great revival of prosperity that was to benefit nil classes balked at several point. ) , and among other points was tlio place , occupied by the traveling men. Wotla- Herald. There are none so blind as those who will not see. He must be blind Indeed who Is unwilling to acknowledge that the country Is more prosperous today than It was just previous to MeKlnloy's election. To contend that the condition of the masses has not been bettered since the election of McKlnlcy Is simply clos ing the eyes and cars to absolute Irrefutable facts. The proof of Iho pudding Is In the eating and the men who arc trying to decry prosperity have sl'mply to look Into their own business concerns for the contradiction of their statements , un less , Indeed , they are business mlsllts and wreckers who do not know how to conduct their own business. Taking It for granted that Omaha Is as good a place as any to apply the test , The Bee has put the question to leading jobbers In various lines of trade as to what Is tile relative number of traveling salesmen employed by them In June , lt > ! ) ( > , and at the present time. The answers compiled In the following table tell the story : SalesSales - Omaha men men Jobbing HOUSJS. June , " 0(5. ( now. I co-Ghiss-Andrecsen Co 12 15 Baum Iron Co. ( Omaha house ) . 7 10 Marks Bros 5 5 W. J. Broatch 4 7 Am. Hand-Sewed Shoe Co G 19 Wllllams-llayward Shoo Co 5 8 United States Supply Co 4 6 Omaha School Supply Co 0 5 P. P. Klrkcndall & Co 10 21 / . T. Llndsey 7 12 Her & Co 2 .2 Meyer & Rnapko U C W. V. Morse Co 8 S Carpenter Paper Co fi 10 M. B. Smith & Co IS SO Hector & Wllihelmy S 11 Hlchardson Drug Co HI 13 Allen Bros 11 19 Sattley Manufacturing Co i 4 Paxton & Gallagher 23 Ji Bcmls Omaha Bag Co 2 3 Klngmnn Implement Co 4 4 E. H. Spraguc & Co 4 7 Total , 23 concerns 174 213 Increase 71 This flatly contradicts the assertion that there arc not so many traveling men to be seen now as during the Mc- Klnley campaign. In Its blind rage against prosperity the local organ of calamity makes this broader statement : Thousands of 'bookkeepers ' , accountants , clerks and foremen , who shouted for Mc- Klnley In 1896 , are now realizing that the prosperity which they predicted for all has skipped them. That this also is a. llctlon wrought lu the fertile imagination of our con temporary Is shown by the following table giving the number of employes other 'than traveling salesmen in the same establishments nt the same periods : KmEm - Omaha ployes ployes Jobbing Houses. June , ' 05. now. Lee-Glass-Andreesn Co 42 45 Baum Iron Co. ( Omaha house ) . . 20 33 Marks Bros 59 no W. J. Broatdh n 22 Am. Hand-Sewed Shoe Co 10 13 Wllllams-llayward Shoe Co 7 3 United States Supply Co IS 27 Omaha School Supply Co 0 8 K. P. Klrkendail & Co 20 20 K. T. Lindsey 15 o0 Her & Co n J3. Meyer & Ilaapks 7 7 W. V. Morse Co ' 15 15 Carpenter Paper Co 23 CO M. E. Smith & Co 50 CO Hector , & Wllhelmy 25 25 Hlchardson D'rug Co -is 57 Allen Bros 13 55 Sattley [ Manufacturing Co 2 c Paxton & Gallagher 73 io > Bcmls Omaha Bag Co DO 103 Klngman Implement Co 20 20 E. II. Sprague & Co 12 15 Total , 23 concerns 590 830 Increasa OQQ While this Is only a partial list selected at random , U Is a knock-down answer tov the reckless charge that prosperity is a sham. If only twenty- thft'o of the wholesale concerns In Omaha employ seventy-one more travelIng - Ing salesmen and liflO more bookkeepers , stenographers , clerks and shipping men than they did three y ars ago , It Is safe to assn'me that a proportionate Increase would bo disclosed by a complete census of nil our business houses. That fact more than any other accounts for the marked improvement visible throughout the clly in the occupancy of more than & 00 dwelling houses that were vacant before McKiuley was elected. Admitting that the trusts have con solidated some lines of business and squeezed out of employment a con siderable number of men , thedlll'eronco between today nndNthree years ago is that then thousands of factories were closed down entirely and thousands more were running only on half time. One conclusion reached by the court of Inquiry which investigated the charges that bad beef was supplied to the army meets with general public ap proval and doubtless Is largely ap proved also In military circles. This is that the organization of the United States army Is In one vital and most im portant respect defective. While the court did not find that the evidence mis- talned the charges of General Miles , It was demonstrated that the commissary general was 'the li-wid of a bureau wedded to routine , having llttlo knowl- eugo of work In the field nnd capable of committing what the court charac terized as a "colossal error" in purchas ing an experimental artk-le of ration without Inspection nnd In excess of need. It is shown that this could bo perpetrated because the co'mmandlng general of the army had no control of a bureau chief. It has been repeatedly urged that the great need of our army is a general staff , such as the military nations of tturopo have ; that there should be such reorganization of staff appointments as will bring them under the illnvt control of the general commanding th > army , he of course beitis * directly responsible to the secretary of war. This was dls- ctiswd In the last congrofM , but circum stances then were unfavorablp to the change. It was deemed to be at that time somewhat too radical , though the opposition on this score did not show very conclusively why It could not have bot'ti made as well then as at any other time. Doubtless personal antagonisms In the army had more Intlueiice against the proiMwItlon than anything else. At nil events nothing was done In this di rection , but after what has been shown In the beef Investigation It Is very prob able that the next congress will bo strongly urged to create a general staff , modeled , perhaps , as far as practicable , upon the ( ierman plan. It Is thought likely that President McKlnley will In his annual message to congress recom mend such reorganization and It would seem that It should have the unani mous support of army olllcers who desire - sire the highest elllclency in the mili tary establishment. The creation of a general staff could work no Injury to anyone In the 'military service and If the experience of other countries Is of any value It could not fall to prove highly benellclal to the service. AX AIWIITIVK CVXI'FAIKSCR. Nothing came of the conference be tween General Otis and the commis sioners sent by Aguhmldo , the latter not being empowered to negotiate , but being simply bearers of a communica tion from the Filipino leader asking for an armistice until the so-called con gress could decide what policy should be adopted. Of course this was refused , as Agulnaldo probably expected It would be , If ho has the intelligence he Is credited with. The Filipino envoys will tomorrow have u conference with the American commissioners , it Is to be presumed simply to learn directly from them what this government pro poses , since they can hardly have any expectation of Inducing General Otis to change the position ha has three times declared and which has been fully approved at Washington. The situation Is therefore un changed nnd that fact Is distinctly disappointing. There appeared good reason to believe that In Rending an other commission to Manila Agulnaldo really desired to end hostilities nnd save the remnant of his army from extermination. There Is no doubt that his forces are demoralized. The Filipino pine soldiers no longer exhibit the courage they showed In the earlier stage of the conflict. They offer hardly any resistance to the American ad vance' nnd such as they do make is less effective than formerly. There Is reason to believe that most of them would welcome peace , as doubtless a. very large majority of the natives who are not In the army would. Under these circumstances it was reasonably expected that the leaders had con cluded to end a conflict which' they should sec Is hopeless. Meanwhile the campaign Is being pushed as vigorously as possible and It is needless to say that this will con tinue to be the policy. RESTRICT IQK OF ARMAMENTS. The chief subject for consideration by the 'International ' Ponce conference relates to the restriction of armaments and military expenditures. There Is no longer any thought of disarmament , because none of the great pouters will assent to a proposition of this kind. A general policy of restriction In arma ments and expenditures is , however , believed by some to be practicable , though there is 'much doubt as to whether even this Is attainable. .So far as the army establishments are con cerned , possibly a'H ' the European gov ernments will bo disposed to keep them within the present limits. There is no apparent reason why Russia , Germany , France , Austria and Italy should not be willing to do this. As to Great Britain , whose standing army is less than that of any of the great powers , she has already made provision for slightly increasing It and In view of the fact that dlfli- culty Is being found In doing this she Is not likely to oppose restriction. As to the United States , it is the under standing that It will take no part ( n the consideration of this question , hav ing no practical concern In It. It Is in regard to naval armament that failure to agree on a policy of restric tion is to be expected. It may be doubted whether oven Russia will be found willing to halt In the work of building up Its navy , while it can be confidently predicted that neither Ger many nor France nnd especially the former will agree to limit its naval power to the present proportions , or to the strength for which provision has already bsen 'made. The policy of the German government Is to steadily strengthen its naval power , to place Itself In this respect more nearly upon an equality with the other great pow ers. Its adherence to this policy will necessitate a like course on the part of some of the other powers , particu larly France , which although having the second largest navy In the world is still adding to It. It is possible that were lha other powers to assent to a proposition to restrict naval armament Great Britain would agree to It , since the naval strength of that nation is now equal to that of the two next strongest naval powers and she has made provision for a largo Increase. But it is by no means certain that Great Britain Is disposed to halt In this direction. It thus appears to bo highly improbii- blo that any practical result will co'mo from the consideration of the question of restricting armaments and military expenditures. Undoubtedly every Ku- ropi-nn government appreciates the burden which the maintenance of great armaments imposes upon its people , and probably most If not all of them would be glad to lessen the burden if they could see a safe way to do FO , but the conditions are not at present alto gether favorable to this. The aggres sive contest for territorial possessions Is a stimulus to the aug'inentatlon of military power and this contest Is likely to bo more fierce in the future j than In the post. Hussla Is now play- 1 Ing the most conspicuous part In It nnd her latest move in China l < not calcu lated to make an Impression favorable to the proposal for restricting arma ments , suggesting , as It does , the possi bility of further designs upon that em pire which other linropr.in powers may llnd It necessary to check. There Is reason to hope for some good results from the peace conference , but It seems safe to say that there will bo no agreement affecting nrmameutb or military expenditure's. LAKKS TO OCKAV. If plans now said to bo maturing for the utilization of the enlarged canals of the Dominion of Canada are carried out. It will be only a few years until there will be through trnfllc between cities on our great lakes and European ports. It Is stated that as yet the most advanced plans provide only for the shipment of merchandise from the lakes to th ? ocean , breaking cargoes at Montreal or Quebec. Lake steamers having a cap.U'lly of 2i > 00 tons , on the present draft of water , will ply be tween lake ports , all along the chain , and those St. Lawrence river cities where large ocean steamships already load and arrive with cargoes. When the Canadian canal projects shall be completed it wl'l ' be possible to ship J.OOO tons of merchandise from Duluth or Chicago -Montreal and when the Improvements in progress at that port are finished ocean steamers ot almost any size win freely navigate the St. l twrcnce up to that point. This would enable through shipments to be made on vessels built for both lake and ocean service. The cost ami labor of transferring cargoes would be done away with and grain or flour loaded at Chicago or Duluth could be landed In Europe without being touched between ports. Doubtless , also , a considerable passenger business would bo created over the sa'mo route. It Is pointed out that the ocean passage might be cut down to four or live days and be made at a much less cost than at present. The Canadian government and people arc understood to be manifesting a great deal of Interest In this matter of through trallic between the lakes and ocean and their consideration of plans is attracting no llttlo attention In New York , where It is recognized that if the Canadian project of connecting the lakes with the ocean by a canal sys tem through which , large vessels could pass , could be carried out , Montreal or Quebec might become a strong commercial rival of Now York City. It Is stated that the canal com mission appointed by Governor Roosevelt velt favors enlarging some one of the canals in the state of New York so that it will b ? possible for ocean-going ves sels to pass to and from the great lakes to tidewater , or even to make the lake and canal passage only the beginning or continuation of an ocean trip. Such a canal , It Is estimated , would cost not less than ? 1MO,000,000. The producers of the northwest have a very vital Interest in these projects , the consummation of cither of which would mean a great deal for the growth and prosperity of this section. The construction of n ship canal connecting the great lakes with the ocean Is , in our judgment , a matter of far greater importance to the commercial Interests of the American people than the build ing of an isthmian canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific. The former , ac cording to the estimates , would be the more costly , but there can be no doubt that it would also be the more profit able. And now the Xavy department pro poses to solicit recruits from the great central west. Until the breaking out of the late war practically all of the men in the naval service came from the seaboard , but when men were wanted in a hurry they were taken from any place they could bo secured. It also required such an event to awaken interest in the navy among western people , 'many of whom never saw a war Milp. While the man from the prairies and the mountains did not know much about sea navigation ho was apt and willing nnd showed the stuff to make as line a sailor as the one born and reared In the odor of salt water. The great inland states are proud of the navy and will doubtless be quick to accept the opportunity to furnish some of the brawn needed to man it. Rev. Dcarness of Cincinnati will find himself sadly out of tune with the sen- tlmcnt of this nation In declaring that uniformed men are a disgrace to the country. Men honestly differ In their views as to the policy of territorial ex pansion , but the man who falls to do honor to the pacrlflccs and bravery of the American soldier , both volunteer and regular , is unworthy the protection the laws of the land , backed up by men In uniform , afford him. The First Nebraska regiment has at last secured the rest it lias so well earned. In the neighborhood ofJK ( ) men , all that remain of an effective force belonging to the organization , have taken the cars for Manila. As they will be one of the llrst regiments to be sent to the United States , it is alto gether likely that the men have seen the last of their lighting and no more will fall victims to Filipino bullets. One by one the countries of Central nnd South America arc breaking away from the silver standard , Costa Rica being the latest. During the recent trip of the president of that country to the United States and Europe ho se cured gold sufllelcnt to provide for the redemption of tha present depreciated currency and the single gold standard will bo firmly established In Costa Rica nt no distant day. The New South Wales cabinet , after discussing propositions for constructing n Pacific cable , has come to the con clusion that the only practicable way Is by dhvct government ownership and not by subsidizing private capitalists , The Australian governments are anx ious to pool with the Canadian govern ment la a plan for building nnd oper ating n cable. If the Milted States should build a cable to Hawaii the problem might bo redutvd. NO far as the Australian governments are concerned , to building simply a connection from Australia to Hawaii. The Paclllc cubic question Is one fast assuming Interna tional. Importance , and Its solution will require the united action of all Inter ested parties. The American delegates to the Peace conferuico are coming In for very com plimentary notlivs In the foreign press , and they unquestionably rank with the ablest members of the conference. This Is another tribute to the prudence of President McKlnh-y , who has shown re markably good Judgment In selecting American diplomatic representatives ever since he entered the White House. The Baxter committee , which Is In vestigating the wickedness of Chicago , claims to have made the discovery that a number of Chicago saloons have been running wide-open all night. This In formation will surprise most Chlca- gotuiH , who labored under the 1'mpres- slon that all Chicago saloons were ac cessible at all hours of the night or day. The trouble with the Cuban , troops Is explained on the theory that the Cuban soldier looks upon the exchange of his gun for ? 7o In American coin as an Ignominious transaction. He should be reminded that If he tries to hock It In any ordinary place for advancing money ho would not realize one-fourth that llgure. Something of it Twlnlcr. Chicago Post. Oem Paul certainly has not lost the knack of making things decidedly Interesting lu South Africa. TronlilcN ot a Itfformor. Phlladclnhla Lodger. Gomez must bo a genuine reformer. Ho seems to bo disliked by one party and dis trusted by the other. Hunt Work , I.Htlc ( llnrjr. Philadelphia Record. Private and uncensorcd letters from the soldiers In the Philippines tell sickening stories of the hardships endured In lighting the Insurgents. That war involves nn Im mense amount of hard fighting and very llttlo glory. Coming IlurntN of Illooni. Baltimore American. Only a short tlmo now and the roses , the strawberries , the Juno bride nnd the sweet girl graduate will como in ono lovely burst of bloom upon a world which deserves prompt extermination If H can then think of anything but Its accumulated blessings. llookn Do Not Tench ISvcrythliiR. New York 'Press. ' 'Ho loved llowers , but ho hated botany , " Is a bit of eulogy of a dead Massachusetts millionaire that will nwako a responsive echo In many a pulsating heart these beau tiful spring days. Academic courses are not necessarily essential to an overwhelming ap preciation of the glories of nature. IiiorciiRcil Sliced of Travel. New York Independent. Today , -without the slightest Inconven ience , ono may travel from sixty to ninety miles an hour , and oven more , and It Is probable that In a comparatively short time , by the Introduction of electricity and the perfection of the steel highways over which our people will tie transported , wo shall bo nblo to travel with perfect case and comfort at a speed of from 125 to 150 miles an hour , and ultimately considerably higher. This is the conviction of the most advanced engi neering mlndawho have given the sub ject careful consideration. Xc\v Simulant of Value. Chicago Post. The relative values of husband and wife appear to bo settled now. A few days ago a story was told of a man who paid $5 for a wife , and afterward announced that she was worth It , nnd now < wo are regaled with a tale of a woman who agreed to pay $250 for a husband and afterward effected a compromise for ? 75 , at the same time ex pressing herself perfectly satisfied with the alter price. The natural deduction that a lusband Is worth fifteen times as much as a wife may bo disputed by the Federation of Women's Clubs , but unless some new figures are produced It will have to stand. Aiitl-Svotarlim Tendency. Portland Oregonlan. A very striking illustration of the anti- sectarian tendencies of American life is the act that there are more Presbyterians that s , sons of Presbyterian families In the strictly secular universities of the country han In the Presbyterian university at 'rlncoton. And a still more striking fact la hat thcro are 300 Catholic students In at- cndanco upon the courses of Yale uni versity. Neither the American youth nor his parents are willing to accept the limitations of sectarian education , and In this conncc- lon it Is Interesting to see that schools everywhere are Becking to avoid the ircjudlco of denominational connection. M21IIIASKA PA It 31 IAMS. HCMV They Have Grown III Value mid 10 n rich t > d ( he OirncrH. J. Sterllnsr Morton's Conservative. Are all purchasers of farm lands fools ? For moro than six years there has been an organization of politicians and Idiots in .N'c- iraska preaching the Impossibility of inak- ng oven a living upon ordinary farm lands n this state. The populist party has proclaimed from every school house , court house nnd platform hat the farmer lu Nebraska Is a down- redden , moneyless serf , over whoso pros- rate person the plutocrat and the corpora- Ion hold gleeful orgies. And yet this game suplno son of toll pays IsUe.U , schools h s chllJicn , lu.s carriages , rgans , &uwlng machines and pianos and years a smllo brighter than an Unster morn- ng. Everywhere the farmers In Nebraska nro mylng off the mortgages which represented ho larger part of the purchase money which vas to bu paid for their farms. These pay- nents arc created out of the milo of the roducts of the lands themselves after pay- ng for the maintenance of thu farm and amlly. In every county court house records show a steady , constantly Increasing reduction of ho mortgage debts upon farms. This Is ho truth. These records iiro facto. They stand up with moral courage , and with un- llnchlng eyes look the populist press itnd orators of 1SOC In their brazen faces and ay lu almost angry tones : "How you all did Ho In 1S9C1 Not a single o recast of calamity has been verified. The gold standard has been upheld. Thcro IB mw a bigger amount of circulating cash In May In the United States than ever before ! " And are people buying land.1) at ad- auced and advancing prices upon which no man can make a living and much less iroflts over and above a living ? How Is It that farmers In Nebraska have nlno times out of ten paid for their lands out of the surplus products of the lands hemselves , If populism teaches truth ? Was thcro over before a constant and rls- ng demand for land upon which nobody , according to the populists , could make a decent living under the gold standard ? Where Is the farmer who wishes to find a buyer for Ills Nebraska farm at the game , era a less price , than it cost the present owner ? IMiAST.H ritOM HAM'S IIOHV. There are no churches dying from the ex haustion of liberality. To build society without nod Is making bricks without mortnr. ( let your heart right and It will be easy to manage your tongue. Drinking to drown one's misery Is put ting out a fire with oil. Pride and Fashion are the tusk-masters who make bread-winning slavery. The faults of a good man arc moro dan gerous than the vices of a thoroughly bad one. one.Tho The bible Is no more confined to the theologian than the stars are to the as tronomer. . . The man who talks most about the diffi culties of faith , takes the absurdities of so- called science at n swallow. SKCrijAH SHOTS AT THU I't'MMT. Cincinnati Commercial : Archbishop Ire land's Americanism Is of the right stripe. Then , too , ho Is a preacher with convictions , and net afraid to express them. In the presence of the most rigid ot all the eo- callcil nobilities ho struck straight from the shoulder nnd showed them the beauties of republicanism. All honor to a divine ot this Hort. Indianapolis News : The Presbyterian church succeeded in turning out ono of its greatest scholars after a most unseemly wrangle for yeats. No one of his opponents , wo believe , ever questioned the man's Chris tian character. Now this scholar has been ordained to the priesthood In the Kplscopal communion , but only after the narrow bigots of that church had displayed themselves. Verily , It Is difficult for eomo good people to understand tfuit their goodness Is not the only possible sort In the world. Providence Journal : The clergyman who has stirred up much excitement by de nouncing from the pulpit the "claptrap titles" chosen for their sermons by eomo preachers will be heartily endorsed by everybody who is tired of the sensational devices Invented to draw people to church. Too many ministers rely for their audiences on startling announcements-like the clergy man who caused It to .bo published abroad that Tie would preach on the topic : "There Is No God ! " nnd , having filled the church by this means , calmly read as his text : "The fool hath said In his heart thcro Is no God. " Ministers who announce titles for their rcr- mons llko this : "A Half Hour In Hell , " " .Modern Serpents In the Garden , " nnd "Sodom nnd Gomorrah Outdone , " are merely sensation mongers and detract from the dignity of religion without Increasing the sum total of righteousness. Chicago Chronicle : Fortunately , and , It may bo euld , unexpectedly , the ordination of Hev. Dr. Briggs was accomplished without protest or sensation of any kind. It Is , however - over , rather unflattering to modern Chris tianity that the police authorities of New York City deemed It advisable to have fifty officers present at the pro-cathedral in an ticipation of trouble. Nor was the precaution superfluous. When Turkish soldiers in- fldels are kept busy In Jerusalem pre venting members of rival Christian sects from breaking one another's heads , right at the cradle of Christianity , it Is not sur prising that the Now York chief of police considered that there were good prospects for a row should the friends and opponents of Dr. 'Hrlggs ' como Into collision nt his or dination. The circumstance constitutes no reflection upon the 'Christian religion. It merely Illustrates the undeniable fact that sc.mo profcsoara of that religion nro a long way from exemplifying its teachings. PEUSO.VAIj AXD OT111211 WISE. Judged by the number ho has taken , Gen eral Lawton Is a capital catcher. Friends of Jerry Simpson are apprehensive lest ho may. In quitting active Dolltijs , get stuck on his Bayonet. The Philadelphia North American has a new head , but Is far from being , typograph ically , an Improvement on the old one. The new battleship Kentucky Is to have fourtcen-lnch guns and a fourteen-gallon punch bowl. When both are loaded , look out for trouble. New York state authorities have concluded that the war Is over. Two special guards employed to protect the capltol from Span ish spies have been fired from the pay roll. Ono of New York's professional beggars Is reputed to be worth $00,000. Ho Is an example , but not the author , of that literary gem , "How to Get Rich Without Working. " Chicago Is rather 'backward in reposing confidence in the alleged discovery of the secret of perpetual youth. The town will not bo convinced until the elixir renews the youth of Chicago river. Your Undo Paul Kruger keeps his In ternal machinery lubricated with nn average of two callous of beer a day. When the supply runs short he Jugs a few Uitlanders and pensively strokes his whiskers. Ex-President Cleveland Is said to have caught a much larger string of flsh on his Lake Erie excursion than Captain Bob Evans. Yet Cleveland can unload "burning words" as eloquently ns Fighting Bob. Boston Is a queer town. A llttlo whllo ago it denounced the "dlvlno" Schlotter as a vile humbug , yet when the "healer" offered to bury himself to provo his supernatural powers the health board refused to grant a permit. Some people are hard to please. A Chicago financier who foresaw the approach preach of bankruptcy overdrew Ma own ac count In the bank of which ho was presi dent and tipped other members of his family to do likewise. Strange to say , Chl- cagoans criticise him for taking care of number one. If Kansas hopes to retain Its primacy for cyclone freaks It must bestir itself bcforo the season wanes , its record heretofore was a shade bettor than transporting babies and other domestic utensils great distances without damnglng them. The prlzo freak of the state was the removal of a bluo-rlbbon Jug from a farmer's barn and depositing It In an adjoining county , unbroken , but minus the cork and the elixir. Now cornea Ohio with a pair the llko of which Kansas novcr dreamt of. They happened near Akron. A bunch of bicyclists leisurely pumping along the highway collided with a tornado. Every tire In the hunch was deflated , .but . no other damage waa done. An Investigation showed that the tires had been plugged and every plug was extracted by the hilarious breezes. In another part of the town a tornado gathered In a small boy , stripped off his clothes , toted him , swimming fashion , over a etout limb , where the swaying branches beat a lively tattoo on Uio spot mother loves to tnn. Further details are superfluous. The Buckeye state wears a sunflower boutonnlero. AM Kit I CAN UOODS AIIHOA1) . Securing n rcriiiiincnt Foothold In Ko re IK n MnrkclN. Philadelphia. Times. In a few lines , such as locomotives , steel rails , bicycles , sowing machines , modern bridges and structural Iron and etcel , Ameri can manufacturers lead the world nnd have little or no difficulty In getting their wares accepted In any market In the world. The great majority of the products of American mills and forges , however , are nmdo for American consumption and fall to maku headway In most foreign markets because American manufacturers have as yet given llttlo attention to the Important matter of adapting their products to foreign wants , They have assumed that what Is adapted to the wants of the American people must of necessity bo adapted to the wants of every- 'body. ' There nre other Important details of mar keting American goods In foreign countries which Uavo as yet been elven little atten tion. Prominent among these details Is thi matter of packing goods to Insure transit In good order nnd without Injury. A pack- CIRC that will utand the necessary handling for n short Journey by mil may easily jirovo Inadequate for safe pnssnse on nn ocean steamer and trans-shipment liy rail or otherwise nt the end of the * ea voyage. Foreign customs ns to method and tlmo of payment for goods shipped upon order differ from ours nnd foreign purchaser * may be depended on to give preference to the deal ers and manufacturers who nro willing to conform to the commercial customs In vogue with their foreign customers. tMoro Important still Is the ability to canvass for sales In the language of these whoso trade Is to bo solicited. Inthis respect American commercial Interests have shown themselves very defective nnd It in quite tlmo that provision was being made for the training and employment ot sales agents who can present American goods In torelsn market * to the boat possible ad vantage. There are other details of suc cessful foreign trade which wilt be well worth studying , It wo desire to market our goods abroad on a. largo scale , but these above mentioned cannot be neglected with any reasonable expectation of success. To manufacture goods of the best qualIty - Ity nt a cost that will enable them to be sold against all competitors In any market Is an excellent beginning toward securing a per manent foothold In foreign markets , hut the best coeds may fall to command a market If not shipped In good order , sold on terms which customers can adjust themselves to nnd displayed by salesmen who can inako thcmisclves understood. Tic invi.s. Judge : Juggles Marriage Is the one union where 11 man Hhould never go on n strike. Wngules That's so. If he docs he'll llnd himself looked out liy hi * wife. Indianapolis Journal : "Hobbter's wedding was the culmination of n romance. Ho met his wlfo on a train. " "Ho did ? Why doesn't ho sue the com pany ? " Chicago 1'ost : "I propose , " he began ; but she promptly Interrupted him. "Am 1 to regard this us u proposal or a proposition ? " Hho asked. H'arlem Life : She Indeed , It's not an easy thing for n girl to get a husband. He Why. a pretty girl can make her choice of four out of every five men she moots. She But It's the fifth that she wants. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "George , you'll hixvo to try to catch a cold. " ' ' "Why , my love ? " "Because I'm Jut dying for some raw - * . onions. " Chicago Record : "I rather like this housecleaning - cleaning time o' year. " "You don't mean It ! " ' i'es : when 1 get home at night my wlfo so tired that she lets mo have my own way about everything. " Somervlllo Journal : Iover ( bravely ) Sir , \ I want to marry your daughter. Father ( coldly ) Well , I'm not surprised nt that. If I were In your place. I think I should want to marry her myself. Detroit.Journal : "I have asked you to bo my wife ! " ho exclaimed , desperately. "Say yes or no ! " The Boston girl shivered. She hated the man from the bottom of her heart , yet the fact remained that yes was half aualn u longer word than no ! In that moment she wished she had never been born , or what amounted to the name thing , that sio ! hud been born In some other city. \Vlmt IN Court. John Boyle O'Reilly. "What Is the real good ? " I asked In musing mood. "Order , " said the law court ; "Knowledge. " said the school ; "Truth , " said the wise man ; "Pleasure , " * ald the fool ; i "Love , " said the maiden ; "Beauty , " said the page ; "Freedom , " said the dreamer ; "Home , " paid the sage ; "Fame , " said the soldier ; "Equity , " the seer. Stmko my heart full sadly : "Tho answer Is not here. " Then within my bosom Softly this I heard : "lOaeh heart holds the secret ; Kindness Is the word. " WHO KXOWSf Thomas Dunn English In the Independent. Perchance the spirit , freed from fleshen chains , May doff Its cerements nnd escape the tomb ; Perchance may wander while nil time re mains , Wearily waiting for the day of doom , Released by death from all its earthly throes Who knows ? Perchance the dlsemhodied spirit may ' Come back among- the scene. * of care and To learn h'ow useless was Its former way. How little were the Krontest thlnss of life : How very petty were Its many woes Who knows ? Perchance the spirit , when the life Is o'er. ' _ Mny wink In apathy so lonp and deep , - earth and heaven , or hell to know no more , Till the last trump shall rouse It from Us Bleep , Unconscious while life's current steadily Hews Who knows ? Ah ! If the spirit may nt times return And cazo around with immaterial eyes , Or s Khtless , senseless , nothing new may learn Unti : the day for Judgment shall nrUo seek not to learn ; In God your trust re pose Ho knows. "AS IlttGRANT AS f LOWERS" Are honors nobly won and a reputation for trustworthiness and valour is better than great riches. As to ourselves Our desire to win the confidence of our customers is as great as our desire to do business with them , We believe in our goods because we manufacture them. We mean that you shall believe in them. NOW , as to spring suits we have an unusually handsome line of patterns , of the best ma terials , thoroughly well tailored 1 and warranted to fit well and styishly. A call will convince you of the merits of our cloth ing.