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The ni'W school board broom swoops
peed : ind dean , but ni-w brooms do not
Ktay now very lou > * .
Porhniw SOUK ! imbllc spirited dtton
who wants to pcrpotuatu his name as : i
philanthropist will donate Unit low-ex-
pcctcd andltorlnni to the city of Omaha.
Although Saint .Ini-kMin's d i.v is still
nearly : i week off the local \ orshlpers
nt tin ! .laeksonlan shrine have already
Blurted Into training for the great event.
All the Kenlans do not sprout in Xe-
liraska. A ballaliou of Yankee Fenians
Is said to be hovering on the Canadian
border ready to explode cartloads of
dynamite on the lirst opportunity.
The yellow journals of London sin1
Just like the yellow journals of Now
York , Chicago , Oinalni anil other towtiN.
They fubi'luato sensational news one
< luy and contradict It the next day.
No spectators have applied for per I
mission to go out on the new armored
train sent to General Huller's command.
Distance always lends endiantment to
finch scenery as this train is likely to
open out. '
If the reorganized Hoard of Education
proposes to investigate the letting of
recent contracts and will delve to the
very bottom it Is reasonable to expect
that the Ethiopian may be discovered
sooii and chased out of town.
Now we certainly do protest against
Hie popocratle organ giving the newly
formed Douglas county democracy pre
cedence over the long-established .Tack-
Houlan dub. Has the sting of ingrati
tude anything to do witli this ?
It the American soldiers should cap
ture Agulnaldo what then ? Would he
nt once develop Into a wldte elephant
upon Tiicle Sam's hands , as did the late
lamented .Jefferson Davis , or would lie
Bet It where the chicken got the ax ?
Deputy Attorney feneral ! Oldhain is
nnother reform popocrat who has an '
eye to the main chance. A little fee
ot ! ? r > ( )0 ) on the side for prosecuting a
Plate case Is a matter not to be over
looked even by an ardent reformer.
Democrats imbibed enough good cheer
nt the club receptions on the llr.-t day of
the new year to enable them to see Im
mense majorities In the future. It will
require vast , quantities of stimulants to
make the vision hold out until diction
day.
A person caiinot go anywhere on the \
clvlll/.ed globe without lindlng an Irish
man. Men of this race have become
prominent In every null-in on the face |
of the earth and now one of them has
been elected chief of the Winnebago
Indian tribe In Wisconsin.
Truant Olllcor Hess Intimates It will
take a court decision to jar him loose
from the sinecure which as a member
of the board Jiu devised for his own
licnclU. If he'll look again he may llnd
a law making such an appointment or' '
contract by and with a member of the
board llloiral and void.
The ambitious colonels who are trying
to recruit volunteers in Nebraska to help
the Hooi-8 In South Africa will llnd that
it Is a much more dlllknlt task than was
recruiting regiments to light against
Spain. When the. president called for
two rcRlmintn | from Nebraska , Ne
braska Insisted on sending him three.
Before Christmas we had news from
Manila that Agulnaldo's wife and child
were eapture.il. TJieii came the an
nouncement that the child had died , fol
lowed by another that Agulnaldo's wife
was dead. Now wo have another dis
patch announcing the capture oC Aguln-
uldo's wife and sisters. The ques
tion Is , How nniny wives does Agulnaldo
oport aud support ?
; 1 i'Kn\i.s \ 'in
\ All present conditions seem favor-
iililid > n I'oiiiliinnni'i' of prosperity.
The sound financial condition of the
country , the assurance of Industrial
activity f.iisoini' time to come , the well
inalnttilncd foreign dnnnnd Tor our
products nnd Iho. opening of now mar
kets , present sltnatlnn which warrants
oonlldonce that the era of prosperity will
lie extended. Thnre are , however , some
perils trt IIP guarded against , chief
among which , perhaps , Is an over-
cxpanslon of credit und till abuse of the
rnnildcnce which alone can give stability
to credit. A prominent financial au
thority says of this Hint It will bring u
time when advances can no longer bo
freely mnde nnd security will bo closely
scrutinized. A sudden check will be
put upon speculative undertakings and
send a shudder through all the overwrought -
wrought fabric of outstanding credit
obligations , which arc Insnlliclently
Hiipported by substantial value : ! . ( 'red-
Its ninst be curtailed and settlements
exacted and there come a crisis and n
crash , with a period of depression and
of slow and painful recovery.
The country has had as to this n recent
warning. The late speculative rcact'on
was largely due to ovcroxpansloli of
credit and while no legitimate ilnanclal
or commercial Interests were seriously
affected by 11 , It clearly Indicated a state
of affairs which If continued could not
fall ultimately to produce consequences
that would be damaging to legitimate
interests. The reaction operated to some
extent as a corrective , but there Is .still
ovoroxpanslon of credit and we cannot
be sure that this will not develop sooner
or later another disturbance , perhaps
more widespread and moro harmful In
Its effects than that recently experi
enced. The past year was a period of
remarkable speculative activity. Under
the Impulse of a renewed prosperity ,
with loanable funds abundant in the
market , confidence strong , credit soarIng -
Ing and prices advancing , the tempta
tion to expand and to speculate upon
the chances of the future was Irresist
ible and there are few financial institu
tions that were not willing to meet Its
demands. Hundreds of millions in
money and credit were blown into in
dustrial undertakings many of which
had a very small basis of substantial
value.
A tightening of money and the neces
sary curtailing of credits precipitated u
speculative reaction bordering upon
panic and while tlie chief HUH'erors wcro
the speculators In securities of question
able value the soundest securities were
also unfavorably affected. The danger
of further trouble from the same source
Is still present and will continue as
long as there are combinations built
upon fictitious capitalization and with
little or no basis of substantial value.
This Is a peril to prosperity which thosa
who control .the money and credit of
the country should keep constantly in
view. What is needed is a rigid con
servatism on the part of financial insti
tutions in respect to all the Industrial
combinations and the refusal of credit
to , any which are Insnlliciently .supported
by substantial values. It would'be a
disadvantage rather than-a benefit to
the public to enlarge the power of the
banks to increase their circulation and
their credit if tills should bo used to
foster combinations which have nothing
behind them and whose purpose it is to
fleece the public. The remedy for the
danger that confronts the business and
prosperity of the country in this par
ticular is to a very great extent in the
hands of the banks und if they fail to
apply It they must expect to experience
a loss of public eonlldence.
THE KK.IL QUESTIUX
It is said that a bill will soon be in
troduced In congress directing the gov
ernment to kill all the seals found on
I'ribyloff Islands and to sell the skins
for the benefit of the national treasury.
A measure of this kind was introduced
several years ago , when it was found
impracticable to effect a satisfactory ar
rangement with Canada for the protec
tion of tlie seals , but no action was
taken on It. It was then urged that If
pelagic sealing could not be stopped It
would be better for the United States
to kill all the seals on the Islands and
thus put an end to the cruel practices
of ' the Canadian sealers , at the same
time putting money into the treasury
that otherwise would go to the Cana
dians. Undoubtedly the same argument
will be used now.
According to the report of an agent
of the Treasury department the seal
herds on the Inlands diminished 0 ( pel-
cent last yr.ir. The greatest destruction
to life is tlie killing of the female seals
on their way to the breeding places and
while In search of food for their young.
It Is stated that about 'JOXX ( > young seal
starved to death last year because of
the slaughter of the mothers-by hunters
at sea. Thus the extermination of tlie
herds is a question of only a few years.
The proposal that the government
shall kill all the seals seems rather bar
barous , but really such a course would
be no worse than leaving them , as now ,
to Indlscrlmln.ite slaughter , and It
would remove a source of irritating con
troversy.
r./v/.U.UYl".S SB.l
The desire of Kinpcror William to In
crease tliu sea power of ( lermany was
again expressed In his address at the
rcdodicatlon of the 1'rnsslan Hags. He
declared his purpose to bo to build up
the navy until It shall rank with the
army and he promised to unerringly
carry on and carry through this work.
It Is more probable now than ever be
fore that he will be able to accomplish
his object , which at this time Is doubt
less his greatest ambition. There Is
very good reason to believe that the op
position to enlarging the Corman navy
has decreased and thai most Hermans
have been convinced that the present
naval power of ( lie country Is Inade
quate to the proper protection of Ger
many's colonial Interests and to tin
maintenance of the inllucnce of the na
tion.
Germany occupies the sixth or seventh
place among the naval powers and her
inferiority In this respect has been made
apparent to her people within the last
I year or two so Imprcislvdy as to have
caused many who were before opposed
'
to an enlarged navy t < i change their
opinion. They have seen that In this
matter the kaiser's policy Is sound , that
( Sermany being a colonial power must
be prepared as other such powers are to
protect Its possessions , at any time
liable to be menaced by the greed of
the territory-spoking nations. Kor the
defense of the empire the army Is
ample , but with her present navy Ger
many could do little to defend her
colonies against , i superior naval power.
This Is the cogent argument which the
emperor presents In support of his demand -
! mand for an Increase of the navy and
It Is safe to assume that he will attain
'
his desire. In the meantime all the
i other powers are Increasing their sea
strength and it is a serious question
when this work of navy building will
end.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
JtOMK liVI.K I'dll OMAHA.
Attorney General Smyth and n num-
: her of other prominent Irish-Americans
have Issued a call for all who favor
home rule in Ireland to join In organiz
ing a Nebraska home rule association.
This nnvemeiit will commend Itself to
' all who favor the extension of the prln-
! clple of local self-goveinment to all
parts of Great Hrllnln. It Is passing
strange , however , that Attorney General
i Smyth should not take kindly t > the
j same principle as applied to the affairs
of Omaha. If home rule is good for
Ireland why is it not also good for Xe-
, braskaV
Down In Kansas the parly with which
Mr. Smith alllllates not only endorsed
the principle of home rule for cities as
enunciated by the Nebraska supreme
i court in tlie Omaha tire ami police com-
I mission case , but It went so far as to
i pledge Governor l.lewelling in the popn-
j list state platform to give practical ef-
; feet to the principle of home rule by re
fusing to appoint any more police com
missions for cities and using bis Influ
ence to disband the commissions he had
j previously appointed. And yet Kansas
is a prohibition state and its police com
missions do not wield the excise power
which goes to the bedrock of home ride ,
viz. , local taxation. As there are no
licensed liquor dealers in Kansas ( he
police commissions in tlie towns of Kan
sas only control the appointments of
firemen and police ollicers , whereas in
Omaha the board may at pleasure cur-
tall the revenues from license and create
centers of dissipation whether in so doIng -
Ing they transgress the proprieties or
do violence to public sentiment.
Quite apart , however , from the prin
ciples involved , nil municipal reformers
agree that those cities are bi\st governed
that enjoy the widest latitude of local
self-government. The of
people n com
munity may make mistakes in the
choice of their municipal officials and
the machinery of municipal government
may for a time be prostituted to base
ends , but so long as the remedy for such
abuses remains within the reach of the
people it can be applied more effectively
than if tlie source of power is removed
from the city to the state house.
The experience of Omaha in this re
spect has simply been n repetition of
ihe experience of other cities. The gov
ernor-made commissions have defied
law and imbllc sentiment both ; whereas
the home-made commissions are con
stantly restrained by the fear of being
summarily superseded in case of Hag-
runt misuse of their power.
Heports sent in In response to queries
of The lee ? indicate ample opportunity
for profitable Investment of money in
live in Nebraska towns. While the state
is being developed agriculturally as rap
idly as could be expected it is most
backward in manufacturing , particu
larly in lines where the raw material Is
produced in the state in abundance. No
good reason exists why a single bushel
of Nebraska wheat should be sent be
yond Its borders to bo milled or why
the hides from the South Omaha pack
ing houses should bo shipped elsewhere
to be made Into leather.
I'mporor William's scheme for a navy
strong enough to dominate the world Is
all well enough on paper , hut if lie will
look around he will find several nations
which have a good start of Germany as
well as a goodly number of ships in pro
cess of construction. With the popula
tion to draw from the creation of a
great army is ( lie work of a compara
tively few years , but the building of a
navy has limitations which do not ap
ply to an army.
Indications multiply that the Great
Northern road will be extended to 1
Omaha in the near future. Omaha last
year secured a new outlet to the south
and another to the north would be up- ,
prednted. This and a direct line Into
,
the heart of South Dakota would put |
this city In a position to command trade
which its location entitles it to.
Tlie Filipino Junta at Hong Kong Is
reported desirous of securing peace. As
the members of this body have never
been any nearer the firing line than
their present location they should en
counter no serious dllliculty In Ihe way
of getting back onto the government j
reservation. The line of communica
tion Is open ,
"nrliiirlu Tyranny.
Indianapolis News ,
The Uoers have forbidden the sale of In
toxicating drlnkB during tlm war. The bar
barians !
'riioro'ori' < ; iv . 'I'luuikx ' ,
. Washington post.
John Hull has an advantage don't en
joy In th" Philippines. Ho doesn't have to
get out a search warrant every tkno he feels
like lighting.
IlrKlxh CiiNimlty llroonl ,
Chicago Tlmea-llcrald.
In Itu revised list of casualties the I.omluu i 1
war olllcc gives out the following figured : ,
Killed , 951 ; wounded. 3,524 ; missing , 2,321 ; ! I
total casualties , C.S13.
I'riiiluHlon In tinCiilnnlcN ,
PliHmh'lphla Ledger.
The prrsent time , when both Hawaii anil ]
Puerto Hlro are clamoring for the admission j
of their sugar Into ths United .States and
the Hiigar trust Is spreading apprehension
that they will embarrass the sugar-growing
Intercuts of the mainland a new term which
wo shall have to get used to and when the
Philippines promise to contribute a large
quota of thfl same nrlk-le In the near fu-
ttire , Is not propitious for Oerainny to nppr.il
toi In behalf of her be t sugar. IfVP
and our colonies produce more fiujsnr tlinn
we can ust > , why should we go elsewhere lo
purchase ? It will be the duty of our Stale
department to linpiess this view on the Ger
man government. In the kindest way pos
sible , when the mailer comes up In a formal
way , ns It will probably very scon.
Piinililiin. Out tinU'nlir. .
1'lillmlelplilii Press.
Amctlcnn breweries bought by ICiiRllsli In
vestors nt an absurd over-eapltall/atloa nfe
proving unprofitable. The N'ew York brew-
erics , after passing dividends for three
years , have just been reorganize , ! with n
considerable reduction In capitalization and
In preferred dividends. It Is generally true
of these companies thai they are not meet-
lag expectation ! ! .
Intriiitiic'iMt ( or nilri'l ,
Indlniinuolla Jnurnul ,
It IB asserted Hint the bills for pensions
which Imvo been olfercd In congress so far
would Increase the amount of npproprlnllona
for pensions to $341,000000 , or $200,000,000
more than Is now paid by law. One bill pro
vides for the repeal of the law limiting
claims for arrears , This , Hie pension bureau
dcclnreg , would take $500,000,000 out of the'
treasury. An Ohio democrat has offered n
service pension bill which would take $100-
000,000 n year. None of these bills will
pass.
Dl.scrodtllim ii Old Sunn.
Philadelphia. Tlmen.
Heretofore , Drllltth arms in Africa have
swept their foes before them , despite occa
sional checks or temporary disaster. Lord
Chelmsford was disgraced because the
Stilus defeated him , but the poor blacks
paid dearly and the end was a Hrltlsh tri
umph. Kngland's wars ngalimt the native
races may bo accurately described In the
following lines :
"A "tnenr ot blood
A Hrltlsh yell
The natives run to cover.
A Times dispatch
'CJod save the Queen ! '
. Another war Is over. "
Hut the present case la very different.
The Hrltlsh have been fought to a stand
still In South Africa. Bvcry batllo has
been on British colonial territory. Wher
ever a rush has been attempted , as nt the
Moddur or Tugola rivers , disastrous de
feat has been Inflicted on the English
arms ,
LAST Y MAR'S HMII17./M5MHXTS.
lOxlilblt of I'riiNpcrlty mill Ilonoxly
Ittimilnur : i CliiMc ilni'i * .
L'hlcuHo Tribune.
Prosperity and honesty go hand In hand.
As the year which is Just closing was one
of great prosperity It is not strange that
the amount of money embezzled should bo
far below the average. Men who borrow
funds which are in their custody In order
to speculate with them arc much more
likely to return those funds when everything
Is booming than when times suddenly grow
hard. A panic is the great revcalor of ras
cality. Then It Is that the dishonesty of
bank officials who have been making an
Illegal USD of the money of .others comes to
light. Then It Is discovered that trustees are
short In their accounts and that trusted
employee have been pilfering from their em
ployers , of course Intending to replace every
stolen dollar when they made a lucky hit.
The total sum embezzled during 1S99 has
been $2,213,373. It may be itemized as fol
lows :
Lost by banks $ filO,300
Lost by agents 2.VI.2M
Lost by forgeries 10S.OOO
Lost by loan associations .1,315
Lost by postmasters 25,731
Clerks , cashiers , etc fij3,2H
The man of modest means will look on
$2,218.373 as a Jarge sum. It Is , however ,
only a small percentage of the total steal-
able wealth of the country. Relative hon
esty Is a question of percentagta. If $10-
000,000 was embezzleil In 1S99 and only $1-
000,000 in 1799 , it Ja evident that the country
is honester now than then , for there has
been a decrease in the percentage ot money
liable to embezzlement which has been em
bezzled. The total for 1899 falls $3,632,890
below lhat of last year. It Is the smallest
total during the last twenty years , except
for 1892 , when it was $2,000,000. But the
country was by no means so wealthy In
that year as It Is now. There was a larger
pcrccnlngc of embezzlement in 1882 than In
1899.
1899.Tho
The largest loss during any one month
was $446,100 , In March. The smallest was
$23,323 , In September. This does not indi
cate , however , that men are more given to
dishonesty In the early uprlng than in the
fall. It was by accident that a larger num- j
ber of dishonest acts were discovered In
March than In September.
ItOL'OH HUMOUS I.V AVAIL
AnH'HiMin I2.\niiii > lN l TloKlt- the I'niicy
nt Kori-lsriM'i'N.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
England's determination to form a largo
corps of rou h riders la a fine tribute to a
type of mounted warriors which may be
said to bo almost peculiar to the United
States. Horseman trained to operate on the
most uneven sort of ground , and to fight
dismounted as well as mounted , appeared
IP the United States before they were seen
In any other country. In fact , they can
hardly bo said to have appeared at all in
any other country yet. The Texan rangers
were a typo of this sort of warriors. Out
side of Texas this class of fighting men had
a notable representative in Kit Carson.
This typo ff cavalry was created to meet
1
nn urgent need In the conditions which were
presented on the American frontier after
the frontier line paused to the -west of the
Mississippi. The principal enemies of the
frontiersmen on each Hldo of the river wcro ; '
the Indians , but the particular style of ,
flRhtlng differed widely on the west from
that which was seen on the east side of that
waterway. In the forests of Kentucky ,
Tennoi--6en and Ohio the horse was of far less
service than on the open ground which
formed the greater part of the country west
of the Mississippi outside of the mountain
ranges. lioone , Kcnton , Servler , Hobertson ,
Logan and the rest of the pioneers of a
century or moro ago found the horse useful -
ful In some cases , but. to Carson , Drlilger ,
Siibletto , St. Vraln and the rest of the
plainsmen It wna indispensable. I
The Innovation in tlie style of fighting
mnilo by the plainsmen was as much of a
departure from the older model as Frederick
the Great made when ho disbanded the cavi
airy corjs which lil father had organized
and drjlied with care , and sccurol lighter
and moro active mon , better riders nnd
swifter horses In their places. The clmiiRe ,
Indeed , which Frederick made In Iho train-
InR of mounted troops , and the work that I
ho icqulred of them , and that they performed - .
formed , was the most notable contribution
which thai great warrior made lo military ,
science. As marked an advance , In Its way , '
In the training nnd fighting of the cavalry ; ,
arm has been made In the United States.
This has been an evolution which began i ;
with the work which the lighters against !
the Comnncbfs , the Apaches and the resti !
of the fierce , mounted warriors of the 1
southwest were required to do , modified and
extended by such lighters as Sheridan anrl I '
Kllpntrlck , anJ which waa represented In
the Spanish war by lloosevelt's troops , it
would be easy for the United States to form
an army of such men among the cowboys
and plainsmen , but England has no ( inch
sources to draw upon , though her mounted
police of western Canada will furnish eorne
material of ibis kind. Nevertheless , Ins-
Jaml will have to supply Itself with a few-
thousand sucli men at wcro with Wood und
Hooaevelt in Cuba and as have been follow
ing Lawton and Young in the Philippines
If it la to make any headway lu South Af
rica ,
I nt nois or 01 it \ \ vit.
A ( respondent of ( ho Now York Kvcti *
, Ing Post who dropped Into Manila during a
six-Inch shower cut short n few valuable
I remniks about the weather on encountering
1 various "signs" of American enterprise and
a robust imitation of Bowery smells. "In
wandering about Manila , " be writes , "par
ticularly the new city , which Is the center
of material llfn as the old city Is of spiritual
life , one should either leave his nose at
home nr plug It up. The wear and tear ex
ercised upon the olfactory organs are quite
severe. There Is a fair measure of offence
to the eye as well , but that Instrument poa-
) scssrs a wider adaptability than does the
; noe. It rrseiits less keenly. The novelty
Is ephemeral , but there Is n ivclly for tlie
outsider In the life of the chief city of the
Philippines. The novelty gone , ono rather
shrinks from It all. It gets almost to border
on the repulsive , so greatly IB It lacking In
Inherent atlrnctlvencss.
"In the new , iho commercial city , the
stroller notes that It Is already becoming
'Americanized. ' Ho fees the Intoxicated
American In ncnplo evidence , ntid sees the
numerous salorns filled with American
soldiers. Ho finds the 'Boston Bar , ' the
j ' .Vow York valoon , ' the 'Ueroptioti , ' the
' ' 'American Bazar , ' and the 'American TradIng -
Ing company. ' American advertising signs ,
principally of boor , arc on the walls. Beer
Is a great Institution. 1 remember that It
was a beer man who was the first to ropre-
pent America's commercial Interests in the
Island of Puerto Illco nftor the landing ,
there last August. j j
"I was struck by the evidence of Amerl-1' l
can commercial enterprise one day last ,
week. A street car rolled alonfi. It was
not much of a car. but It was a fair sample
of iho Manila outfit. Along Its body was
the sign , 'Train-las do Filipinos. ' ( I'hlllp-
pltio Street railways ) . Along Its top , the
whole length and a. fool high , ran the sign
'Use Tumbleman's Whisky. ' The name was
not Tumblcman , but llial will do for a sub-
stltuto. Surely , we shall yet civilize these
people. They are an abstemious race , but
we can by persistent energy and advertising i
added to the force of example cure them of
that. "
'
The Lawton homo i < i southern California ,
which the many friends and admirers of the
bravo general propose to clear of all encum
brance , was purchased by General ( then
Colonel ) Lawton In 1SSI and given to his
wife. It is located at Cypress and Sirany-
side avenues , Hcdlnnds , and contains twelve
nnd a half acres , planted for the most part ,
with orange trees. The land slopes lo the I
west , giving a commanding view of the
mountains surrounding the valley on all
sides. It is an ideal place for a home , and
there General and Mrs. Lawton had fully
made up their minds to pass the last years
ot their lives. The modest dwelling lhal
they found on Iho ranch when they pur
chased it has been enlarged lo a beautiful
residence of twelve rooms , which are filled
with curios and souvenirs gathered from all
parts of the United Stales. The house stands
on a high knoll which overlooks the uur-
romidlng orange groves and the Pan Ber
nardino valley as It stretches away to the
westward lo the Pacific. The orange Irees
are now eleven years old and are in excel
lent condition. Because of his love
of the place , General Lawton spun much of
ills time in llcdlands , and was there very
cften when his headquarters were nominally
in Los Angeles. The place is valued at $17,000 ,
but Mrs. Lawton has often said that she
wuld not part with it for twice that sum.
Thi > residents of Itedlands expect that Gen-
cral Lawton's body will be interred there.
Two ships left New York last week bound
for Manila carrying 2,500 tons of flxtures to
complete the mammoth cold storage ware
house the government Is erecting at Manila.
The building , which will cost $500,000 , will
bo 243 feet square , two stories high and
will be surmounted by a towerllkc chimney ,
equaling the Statue of Liberty In size , At
the top of Ihls will be a figure representing
Liberty mounted upon a large glass globe ,
which will be Illuminated at night. A feature -
turo of the structure will bo an overhead
tracking system to extend four miles. The
elevator , with its 2,400 pounds lifting ca
pacity , as well as most of the other appli
ances In the building , will be operated by
electricity. In fact , the mechanism of the
different systems is so complete that a ship
landing at a nearby pier will hava only to
open Its hatches and its cargo will be trans
ported to the storage almost automatically.
It Is estimated that the warehouse will take i'
in 1,200 tons of beef , 200 tons of mutton , fiO
tons of butter , 100 tons of potatoes and 100 i
tons of bacon , or. In other words , sufficient i
food I to feed an army of 10,000 soldiers for
three I months. In addition to the ordinary
freezing apparatus there will bo an ice plant
with a dally output of forty tons. The
power in the building will bo furnished by
Ihree 200-horse power engines.
ri < : iiso.\Ai < AXIJ OTIIKH\VISK.
. Loyo H. Miller of the University of Cali
fornia ia to bo professor of chemistry and
natural ] sciences in Oabu college , Honolulu.
Five boys , their ages ranging from II lo
17 years , were arrested in Chicago Ihe j
other day charged with constituting an or-
ganlzed band of burglars.
The regalia worn by Washington as n
Mason Is owned In Gocdlond , Kan. It con-
slsts of an apron and baldric and is the
property of J. T. Smith. He inherited it
from an ancestor , to whom it was given by
John Robin MacDonald.
Captain Richard P. Leary , governor of
Guam , writes to a friend in Denver , Colo. ,
that ' the one drawback to his position Is
that | , It is the only place on land , except In i
Samoa ! , ivhlcli he has over held whore ho |
could ' not got his dally newspaper.
Ohio's Inquisitorial tax laws have forced
H. 1 M. Hanna , thesenator's brother , to make
his 1 peHiianent residence at Thomasville ,
Ga. ( Ho explains that the laws enforce "a
constant ' temptation to commit perjury , " and
ho 1 Is llcelng from that temptation.
Though Canada has been making special
efforts i to Increase her population by means
of < Immigration , they seem to be In vain. ] '
The last census showed that emigration for ,
the i pprlo" covered by the enumeration ex
ceeded Immigration by 300,000 and the papers
are i Inclined to admit that the next census
will ' not show much Improvement. j
A Now York gentleman by the name of '
Marcus : W. Montgomery secured n verdict In
ono i court against a quick lunch establish- '
incut ; for the IOH of a $50 overcoat , which
disappeared i whllo ho was snatching a hasty
meal i , but In n superior court the verdict '
was set aside and nullified , the Judge holding - |
ing | thai an cstabllHhmcnl could bo held
no ; inoro responsible for the wearing ap
parel j than for the digestion of a patron. J
. The municipality of Chicago is face to face | ,
with the proposition of issuing scrip to . |
meat Its financial obligations until such time ' j
as the legislature may afford relief by removIng - (
Ing statutory restrictions on Ihe city's t
sources of revenue. The ultuatlon seems to t
have been coming for the last ten years , i
There Is now less than enough money In i
sight or in any way available to pay the police - $ j
lice and fire departments for the incoming t
year and a special session of the legislature
Is suggested.
Sl. I.lllllN 111
ST. LOIUS , Jan. 2. The Incandescent
lumps In use by thu city were tinned off
at midnight lust night , owing to thu expira
tion of the contrail with the Mlmiourl-
Edwon KIct-trlu company. For the tlm
tlmo In the history of St. Louis the public (
Institution * , the purks and thu alleys within
the district between AVushing-oii nventiu
and Kookuk street were dark except for
a lw tallow eandlca , gnu lights und coal
oil lumps. No arraiiKomonts Imvo been
made for a continuance of the service.
The street cornoiw tire HI 111 lighted by arc
HtrhU. tlii'Ko being furnbhcd by the Mli-
Bourl-Edlson company under another con
tract
mm ISM I.OSM-.S n THIS \ \ vn.
SiinuM < OI > | KMU | l > nnrc of tlie
South Afrlc-nii < 'ntupnlun.
Army nnd Xavy Journal.
The Knglish are not a military people ;
since the Crimean war they have lost louch
with active service ogalwt a worthy foe , and
their blunders are only natural. The aston
ishing feature of the South African cam-
| palRu so far Is the apparent discouragement
of the Ilrlttah regular under comparatively
menger losfcn , his capture In large bodies
nnd Mf > repeated retreat from n field where
lie has met but partial disaster , nnd whore
I as yet scarce half a bid has been made for
I victory. During our civil war and at In-
'
tervalu ever Rlnce the writings of the com-
inaiulDr-ln-chiof of her majesty's forcc have
teemed with praise of the llrlllsh regular
nnd with Innuendoes of depreciation of the
, American volunteer. And yet here Is Ihls
| regular : , man and olllecr , for whose discipline
I i ahd education General Wolaeley has for
.
years ' been responsible , throwing up his work
on the batllelleld when he has suffered a
loss of from 5 to 7 per ccnl lu killed nnd
wounded , nnd retiring , not to re-form nnd
.
renew the conlllct , but to n place of wfi y
far ' from the enemy.
' Now , good troops should ; tand much
,
; heavier lossc.s than this without blenching.
Until forces of the size commanded by Generals -
orals ' Galacre , Mpthiivu ami IHiller have lost
a ' far higher percentage they can scarcely
bo said to Imvo fought the thing out lo a
conclusion. ' Thlw is not cstlmale ; It Is
historical 1 average. In fifty battles during
our ' civil war the average losses were about
1C per cent on tlie federal , IS per cent on
the I confederate side ; or , In bodies corresponding
spending i in size to the British during the
last 1 two weeks , not far from 20 per cent.
Kven ] al Dull Hun , before the defeat , the lese
was 12 per cent ; nnd hail there been a ir.
Huftietl ; present at some ot the late battles
against j the lloors we , too , might have read
tlie | story of a stampede. These figures In
deed only partially tell the truth , for at
Halaklava ] the Light lirlgadc lost nearly 37
per cent ; nt Mctz Iho Gardcwchiitzen lost -1C
per ' cent ; nt Mars la Tour the Sixteenth
( Wcstuhallan ) infantry lost 49 per cent ;
Longstreet at Guinea Mill lost CO per cenl ;
Hancock losl the same percentage at Fredcr-
icksburg , and there arc abundant similar
examples elsewhere.
llcfore troops can consider thai they have
been I defeated In a ftand-up fight , they
should , on historical averages , lose :
Killed mid
Killed , Wounded ,
per CcMit. per Cent.
About About-
Ill a body of 50,000 or up
ward -I H >
In a body of 20,000 to 60-
000 Hi 18
In a body of 10.000 to 20-
OOi ) 5 20
In a body of 2,000 to 5,000. . 7' < . 2S
Judging from the as yet insufficient re
ports of numbers engaged Generals Gatacre ,
Mclhucn and Duller , In their several eii-
gagemcnls , lost lees than 1 per cenl In killed
and lea ? than S per cunt In killed anil
wounded.
The fact is that the Urilish have so long
been lighting savages whom Ihcy could
"rush" that they are ignorant of what war
against a staunch and civilized opponent
moans ; and not only has the first element
of preparation for battle a thorough recon-
nolssanco been neglected , but upon the lost
"rush" have followed surprise and discour
agement.
Now , why all this cry of "gloom In Lon
don" ( and "fearful scenes" at the war of
fice | ? Why Ihcse reports from generals of
the I "bloodiest lighting" of the century" and
"fire so hellish that no troops could with
stand it ? " Abllily in maneuvering or flghl-
ing is not measured by casualties , but discipline
cipline- , steadiness and soldierly bearing are
largely so ; aud as yet there has been noth
ing In South Africa worthy the name of
heavy lighting by an army as a whole. The
total IOSFCR , excluding mioalng , have been
small , as compared with what our volun
teers cheerfully stood during the campaignIng -
Ing months for four long years ! And the
good ( folk athome never ceased to pour out
men and money.
Now , wo all know the Hrlton. He Is of
the same blood as 'wo are ; ho Is capable of
and will soon do the same work. No more
gallant man Jives than the British officer
he is indeed unwisely rash , as a seasoned
soldier should not be. nut It would furnish
a rather mauvals quart d'heure , In the light
of recent events for General Wolselcy to aa-
semble some of his comments on the Ameri
can ' volunteer and then to compare this
volunteer's ability to face decimation with
j
that of his own pet regulars.
The London Times gives this interesting
comparison between the Icuses sustained at
Modder River and those at battles In former
campaigns In which British troops have been
engaged. It will be noted that In spite of
the Increased precision of small arms the
percentage of casualties al Modder River
Is considerably Ices than in any other bat
tle given in the list :
Killed and
Strength. Wounded. P.O.
Talavera , 1SOO 20,8000 0,2.10 30
Albueni , 1R11 8,200 3,900 ' 4S
nurussn , 1811 -1,400 1,210 27
Salamanca ' , 1812 20,000 3,3Sr , 13
Quntro Hras. 1815 J2X ( 2501 20
Waterloo , 1S15 23,9111 0932 211
Firozslmll , 1SI5 16,000 2,115 15
Sobrnon | , 1SIC 15.500 2. < Jfi3 13
Chllllniiwulhlh , 1S19 . . 15,000 2.3SS 15
Alma , 1S51 21,500 2,002 y
Inkerinnn , 1S5I 7,404 2,357 31
Modder Ulver , 1SW . . . . 0,500 475 7'1 '
Lord Motlmen's loss In officers was : Killed ,
4 ; wounded , 19 ; total , 23. One battalion of
British ' Infantry entered the action at Sala
manca ' with twenty-soven officers nnd 420
rank ' and tile ; it had twenty-four officers
and 342 rank and file killed and wounded.
FM OI > Ol < - I'll.VSIOV I1IIIS.
Kit-lit llnlcli CnllM for Tire Hundred
MIlon DolliirN n Vi'iir.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The avalanche of pension bills now being
Introduced in congress should servo a useful -
ful purpose in calling attonllon to iho hope
lessness of over attempting to satisfy the
preposterous demands made upon the treas
ury. The raids which thcso bills propose to
make on the public money exhibit a Htato of
unbounded nnd cneaBurolpHS rapacity , and
the apparent unworthlncAS of the many
HchomuH , together with Iho impossibility of
complying with their provisions , will help ,
wo ' hope , to defeat at present , and to dls-
couragu l < i the future , efforts to enact such
Indefensible legislation.
Thu pension bills already Introduced in
congress thus early In the tension call for
a yearly expenditure of nearly $200,000,000 ,
In addition to the $115,000,000 annually devoted -
voted to that purpose. The Culloni bill , to
place de-sorters on 011 equality with the
patriots who draw pensions for disabilities
and wounds received In defense of the na
tion , would glvo to deserters and bounty
Jumpers over $10,000,000 a year. The Lentz
general Kprvlfo pension bill would give to
those who do not need aid and should not
ask for It about $100,000.000 u year. The
bill Introduced by Representative Hall pro
vides pensions to the amount of about
$0,000,000 a year for teamsters who wcro In
the employ of the quartermaster's depart
ment during the war. These teamsters
were civilian employes , not mustered Into
the United States service at all. They re-
celved good wuges , and If they are given
bounties there If no reason why the lar
gesse may not bo extended to clerks , rail
road men , telegraph operators , government
storekeepers , and < nany other clauses -of
persons who were connected with thu serv
ice , intimately or remotely. Representa
tive Grout Jut hern a bill to gl\e
additional pensions to roldlcrx who
were in confederate prUontt ; Repre
sentative Berry IntroduccH a bill amending
the act to pension army nurtca which calls
for millions ; Senator 1'enroso baa ouo bill
[ to "adjust" and another t > "eqi.il' ' '
'
pensions of dlsnblrd pensioners Hi.if
inmid the exi emlliute of nliouS. .
I
per year more. While Representative \ r > n
I
has Introduced a per diem aeme | C'i -n
bill for foldlcrs , sailors and irarlnrs bi '
would require untold millions nnii'ialH ' in
addltlril to these , nnd other nii'a-nire * i
mentioned , Representative Curtis bn tn'-o
duccd a bill to remove nil limitations on
( ho payment of arrearage * . There are < . "
record -li'.fiOO rases of deceased pensions >
I whoso bark pensions wore compute < 1 fro n
tlio time their applications wore filed win- ' '
it may bo assumed , was the tlmrlir n
i tbelr need began. t'udrr the runn t'-i ' -
the arrears , dating back to tlie wnr oul !
have.to be paid the heirs of tbe dofanel
pensioners. Besides these arrears to d
ceased pensioners the arrearages ou 1
have to be paid on cases now pending an l
to the vast army of pensioners on the rolls
who could show their title to arrears undf"
the act. It has been estimated by a pen
Blon olllclnl thai Ihe Curtis bill , If It about 1
heroine ft law , would entail the expenditure
of $500,000,000 , over ami above the $ ! ! ' > -
000,000 now paid annually on regular pension
account , and In addition lo the vast mtl-
. llona demanded by the multifarious new
' pension bills which are being showered upon
congress ns thick as the "leaves of Vnllutn
brosa. "
i
i Clearly there is no end to pension grab
1 blng , and the schemes now afoot would
bankrupt any treasury under any condi
tions. If the preposterous character ef the
proposed legislation shall check the dlspoKl
tlon to raid the treasury It will serve a
beneficent purpose. The spirit ot plunder
seems to be nrtlvc , ns It has been reported
from Washington that more than 2. > . < ioo
Spanish war claims for pensions have al
ready bccti filed. This number Includes
moro iu'ii than smelt powder , and If the
rush for pensions continues at the present
rate nearly the whole number enlisted In
the Spanish war will soon bo on the lists
of applicants for n pension.
CIAI''K THAT fllHI2US.
Detroit Tree Press : "This assignment
remarked the sporty reporter , who had been
detailed tu look after n i-onl yard ion
fiagrutlon while wearing Ills duck trousers.
"Is Just the kind Mint sootH me. "
Chicago Tribune : "I sec another loupln
ban been getting unnrrled by telegraph.
Philosophized Uncle Allen Sparks , "t m i > -
posti the reason "why nobody thinks It
worth \\Jille to gei divorced by telegraph
Is that It wouldn't be any Improvement. In
point of speed , on the methods already in
use. "
Chicago Tribune : "Thai venerable man. '
said the guardian spirit , who was showing
ihlm aboul the place , "is the poet Homer.
Would you like to meet him ? "
"Not In a thousand yours ! " oxclalmcd the
newly arrived spirit , who had been a college -
lego student only the day before.
Detroit Journal : The mob glared fixedly
"Vulr-anlte ? " hissed JIarlo.
Observing our puzzled expression , she
laughed lightly.
"Hard rubber , you know ! " i > he explained ,
with chimnlnir nalvoto.
Washington Star : "Do you think the
tlghtlngtalk indulged In , by those two
pugilists Is anything serious ?
"Serious ! " exclaimed the manager. " 1
fibould say so. 1 never aw such Ill-feeling
Why , I should bo surprised 1C they i-liine ; o
blows. "
Philadelphia Press : "I sat down < o din.
nor with thirteen yesterday. '
"ijon t you copuiuer that unlucky v '
"It was In this case. 1 had to pay for
the whole business. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "I noticed In one
of the papers that when a brave New \ork
policeman tried to rescue a woman from a
burning bouse sbo told him to wait until
slie put on her .stockings. "
"Well , I 'hope that the tloor wasn't too
hot for her .to nit down on it. "
TAKI3 YOIJH MHOICIXU.
Denver Post.
"Somo rain must fall Into every life. " no
sklcH are always clear.
No eve tout sometimes baa to feel the
dampness of a tear ;
No heart Is always light and glad , no cup
is o.ver BWt'et ,
.No life-path always free from thorns that
wound th * tolllns fnet ,
il3ut when the cares seem heaviest then
courage should bo shown.
No angry < -loudn can bo dispelled and
scattered with a moan , '
And when your sun Is cloaked from sight
restrain the rising curse-
Just take yoUr pill and thank the Lord It
Isn't any worse.
The man who dod-ges In affright when
trouble lightnings tlusli ,
"Who crliiKOH llko u beaten cur benaath af
fliction's lash ,
Wlioac lips nro pnlu with mute despair ,
whose bead Is lowly bowed ,
Whose timid spirit IH appalled at every
threatening cloud ,
Can never hope to breaht the waves on
llfo'H tempestuous sea.
Can never hope to bold hln place with men
moro .brnvu . than he ;
So , timid mortal , show your nerve , tight
every reverse.
And take your iplll and thank the Lord It
Isn't any worse.
The men who plant their feet upon the
summit of success
Are those who never faltered when con
fronted by distress
Who Handed well the sllp'ry track , kept
rigid upper lip ,
And snickered In the. face of care and never
lost tht'Ir grip.
Then courage take , yp faint of heart ; the
clouds will pass a way ,
The sunbeams of miei-ess again upon your
patliH will play ;
Don't sit around with scowling face , your
every word a i-tirsc ,
I5ut take your pill and1 thank the Lord it
Isn't any worso.
Staple Goods
IN
Without regard to eeasonw
wo always aim to keup in
stock a complete assort
ment of black worsted
coats and vestK They may
be had in single or double
breasted sacks or iu three-
button cutaways. These
goods are guaranteed as to
quality and are made in
tlie best possible manner as
to trimming and finishing.
But just now wo Irive anew
now line of black coats and
vests , the coats cutaway
and eloped with throe but
tons , that are fully equal
in every respect to the best
custom-made garment. Wo
guarantee tlie lit' , too.
These goods we have just
had made at our own fac
tory and wo are proud of
them.