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State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. :
aeorgo II. Tr.Kohuck. fcoerotiiry ot The H
Piibllslilim Company. boltiK duly nwor
says thai the actual number ur full ni
complr j copies of The Dally. Mornln
Kvenl > ! S-'liday lice , printed durli
tin- . . . . : bv-omber , 1SW. was as fc
lows :
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Subscribed und sworn before me this 1
By of January. A. n. 1 % JNaATBi
Public.
Notary
( Seal. )
conti'iiik'tl tlmt Ke
No one lias ever
lucky needed a school for iiiarUsmni
ship. . _
\Ve feel safe In saying that the. It
carnival on the eximslllon liipion 111
winter lias been po--tii < > ned , If not d
chiretl oil.
If Hie ( jreat railroad pool is cousin
mated according to program the tick
scalper will lie without nn occupation ;
no distant diy. :
The English government , is allowh
nyalt.v to go to war much as the Inv
\v a'llowrd to learn to swim witlmi
going near the water.
Congressman Uoherts has this sail
faction : That he received part of h
support from the fusion umtributlou
tliu polyglol delegation ftoin NebrasK
The taxpayers of Douglas county a
still at a loss to comprehend why tin
cannot get interest on county deposi
while the city depositories' pay 'J p
cent interest to the city on open a
count. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
\Vc shall soon see whether the Lei
always lights with the battalions. Tl
British army under Huller untnnmbe
the Hoers about two to one and wl
snob odds In their favor the Hrlth
should come off victorious.
The .lackKonian club lias been a
judged guilty of pernicious activity 1
Colonel Moiso and his friends. Wli
Is bothering the colonel more than an
tiling else Is how to put it Into a com
lion of Innocuous desuetude.
With Iho daily wages of the comini
Held laborers In Puerto Kico rangh
from : ( . " to fid cents a day In nati1
money there need be no fear of any da
geruns exodus of farm hands from N
brasku lo our new West Indian Islan
When reading , the pn.ei'cdlugs of tl
United States sunate remember that II
senator who talks loudest and appea
most strenuously to popular favor is
nine cases out of ten one who Is nea
Ing the end of his term and seeking i
election.
H begins to look as if County Att < ;
ney Shields were prosecuting tl
county's claim against Albyn Krank
the interest of ( lie defendant rath
than the plaintiff. No other explan
tloii can bo made of Ids apparent an
iely to help Krank out.
The house of representatives hi
passed a bill providing Tor the prlntii
of the census volumes by the cover
incnl printing otlirc. llcroro the h
reaches its linal form It might bo wi
to Insert a clause Insuring the compl
lion of the publication before the ! ' .
census.
The lice is in receipt of a cominnnlc
turn signed by It. C. Patterson , askb
some one lo "have the kindness to e
plain why the total amount of the reg
lar annual taxes for all purposes ci
leeteil upon an assessment of $1 , ( > 00
Douglas county and the city of onml
Is $ r > o.lV' The explanation Is that
isn't so ,
King Canute Is chnnlclcd once
have set his chair on the shore belo
tide mark 'and commanded the wat
to keep away from him. The iinestli
Is : Will the people of St. Louis lur
liny greater success In stopping tl
Hood of water In the Chicago dralnaj
fiuiiil 'by Injunctlonal edict of tl
court ?
The testimony brought out by Hie i
vestigatlon of the Montana M-natorl
election has been an eye-opener to tl
American people and alfords the mu
powerful argument In fa\or of the ele
lion uf senator by direct vote of tl
people. Millionaires can buy up
legislature , but they cannot buy up tl
people of n whole state ,
n ; ; / nt.nv TW ;
KMT. * body knows how to P'llt a new
paper better than the men engaged
that culling. Lectures on how new
papers should be edited and innnagi
may be heard on all street corners.
Is therefore not surprising that men <
the cloth frequently deliver pulpit oi
tloiH in which they tell what they wo.i
do If Ihey could exchange plice : with tl
editor of n dally paper.
In such a lecture delivered last Su
day by an Omaha minister , who doitlj
lens feels etitial to the task Impost
upon editors of metropolitan dallies , tl
llrst thing our woithy co-laborer In tl
moral vineyard says he would do If 1
Were editor would be to exclude all o
Jectlonable advertisement. " . This won
include not merely adveitlsemeuts tin
tend to deprave public morals or offer
the public taste , but also such IH b
pose upon the credulous or are palpab
halts held out by eonlitleiice sharps.
A paper conducted on these lini
would no doubt commend Itself to i
patrons and help to elevate the slan
ard of business morals. The only MIIC
tion Is where to draw the Hue and ho
to make the paper pay expenses will
using a milk strainer on advertl
meiits. For example , a sheet that hi
recently made Us advent In omul
with the avowed purpose of tilling
long-felt want of a newspaper that wi
not pollute Its columns with auythli
that lends to encourage Imposture en
tains the following advertisement :
\Vo guarantee permanent cure for i
scalp diseases and to grow hair on ha
heads.
A guaranty for making hair grow <
bald heads has certainly been a Ion
felt want , not only In Omaha , but
all parts of the world , ami there Is
bigger fortune to be made in stieli
sure remedy than there Is in the go !
brick business.
Another advertisement in the sail
puro-f'-od sheet reads as follows :
Wanted Men to learn barber trnd
Klshl weeks required. Will pay gradual
$ GO monthly. No expense to learn If yi
work for us.
Is there anybody outside of the H
a trice Home for the Keeblo Minded wl
believes that a boy or a man can leal
the barber's trade in eight weeks ai
earn § W per month ? Would the ml
Inter want to be shaved by any sui
inade-wlille-yoH-walt tousortal arlictY
ruder the code of newspaper etli'
which the pulpit editor would like
see established the modern daily won
either have to double or treble KB su
scription price or go to the wall ,
would have to exclude not merely o
color personals , but also aniiouncemen
of wonderful medicines and mlraeulo' '
cures certified to by ministers wl
have been alllicted with Incumli
chronic diseases and advertisements
spurious specialists with diplomas fro
the great academies.
The problem that the publisher mu
constantly deal with is how 10 condii
his business so as to enable him
make the Income of his paper meet t' '
outgo and furnish the best commodl
at the current price.
/A TKlt.\ATIOtfA L DUTY.
The I'nited States has- declared abs
lute neutrality in respect to the Sou
African war. Whatever the nature
popular sympathy In this country ai
there is ilo doubt that it Is very large
pro-Hoer the government has a
noimced that it will observe comple
Impartiality between the belligerent
It lias given assurance that it will <
nothing that can give ' 'aid or comfor
to either side , but will stand entire
aloof , insisting only that Its rights i
a neutral shall lie respected by hot
It was umiuestioiiably its duty to tal
tills position. International obligatloi
imperatively demanded it. Our own I
t crest M , present and future , required
The I'nited States Is friendly wi
t treat Hrltain and with the South Aft
can republic. It has no direct politic
Interest in the conflict between thei
Its commercial interests in that quart
may be unfavorably affected , but th
is an inevitable incident of war at
so long as American commerce is fair
treated there can be no reasonab
complaint.
In their international relations go
ernments cannot safely allow tin1
policy and conduct to be directed 1
popular sympathy or prejudice or pi :
sion. In our war with Spain the pe
pie of France and Austria were prael
cally unanimous against us and we h:1 :
few friends in any oilier continent
European country , yet all the gover
iiionts observed strict neutrality , \w\ \ \
erful though the popular pressure upf
some of them was to Intervene. Tl
whole ( iermaii people were roused
Indignant resentment by the llriti'
seizures of ( iernian ships and we :
ready to go to any extremity to oh I a
reparation , but the government simp
pursued the plain path of duty ami tl
result is satisfactory. Wise and pr
dent statesmen , however great the
respect for Intelligent public oplnl >
do not penult themselves to he gnldi
by every popular clamor and mi
charged with the grave responslbllli
of conducting the complex foreign n
fairs of a great nation should not a Ilo
their sense of duty to be Influenced 1
popular passion or prejudice.
The resolution adopted by the t'nlti
States senate , requesting of the pre
dent Information as to whether any re
resontatlve of the Transvaal rcpub !
had applied ! > the I'nited states go
eminent for recognition and If such a ]
plication had been made If It had he :
accepted , and If not why not. do.-s m
appear to us to he of any great cons
quoiiee. We d- > not see tlmt It Is a vei
important matter , so far as our Intern ;
tlonal duly and obligations are cot
corned , whether our government sha
receive an accredited representative i
the South African republic or shall d
cllno to do so. Whatever effect , if an
either coin-he might have upon 01
diplomatic relations , H certainly con
not disturb our position of neutral ! !
That would be maintained in any even
There wutild be no advantage lo il
South African republic should our ( . < >
erniuent recognl/.e Its repivsum ill'
and It would not be Injured should v
decline to do t-o. Whni purpose t
rex lutli'ii ' was Intended loervc. . thei
fore. | * not apparent , unless It be t
make capital for the opposition to tl
administration ami If this Is Its obje
It Is entirely safe to a-ssume that II wl
be futile.
Our government Is performing Us Ii
let-national duly In respect to the cni
Illet between < ! rcat Itrltaln and tl
South African republics and It Is not i
be doubted that II will continue to fait
fully observe Its obllgatl ms , at the sail
time carefully guarding American 1
terests and Insisting that all Its rlgh
as a neutral shall be protected. In th ,
course It will have the approbation i
the civilized world.
At the end of Ids congressional c
reer William .lennliigs Hryan polnti
backward with pride to his record i
placing wool oil the free list anil i
duclng the tariff on woolen goods. M
Hryan labored under ( lie delusion tin
cheaper raw materials would red IK
the price of clothing ami cheaper clot
ing would be a blessing for tile worl
Ingman and the farmer. This delush
has been effectively exploded. At 11
el-.sc of August , isilii. wool was cheapi
In the American markets than It hit
been for nearly twenty years. For
year or two precedlm ; Hocks of slid
had been declining In number and hit
almost ceased to have a cash value. 'I'll
was specially true In Nebraska. KaiiM
and the states on the Pacific coast.
In the memorable campaign of ( hi
year the advocates of free and nulli
lied silver coinage asserted that shei
and wool were down In sympathy wit
till other property because the gel
standard had doubled ( lie value <
money and correspondingly reduce. ! tl
value of all of the products of the far
ami factory. Nothing but free sllve
they contended , would save sheep , wo
or anything else the farmer iiad to sel
Hut experience has proved the uttt
fallacy of tills throry. The election (
McKlnley and the restoration of il
tariff on wool by the Dingley bill inn
stimulated the wool Industry eno
moiisly. American wool growers are r
gaining lost ground. Last year's ell
exceeded -70.000,000 pounds and a stl
further increase of Kl.ooo.ooo is e :
peeled this year. In April , 18 ! ) , " . lii
medium American wool sold for 'M ecu
a pound ; at this time the price in No
York is ranging from -IS to no cents , a
advance of almost 100 per cent , and ll
sheepralser and farmer are paid in i0 !
cent dollars.
Although Hie stock of heavywelgl
woolen goods Is low In this count !
American mills are extremely busy an
filled with worklngmcn whose wag <
have been steadily advancing. The :
cold facts teach a lessen which westei
farmers cannot well ignore.
KXUt.AXU .1AZ ) THE CAXAT , .
The bills Introduced in congress I
authorize the construction of the Nic :
ragua canal totally ignore the treat
between ( .Si-cat Hritain and tins Unite
Slates , known as the Claytoii-Hulwt
treaty , but It is by no means certai
that tile Itrltlsh government will 111
in tine time call attention to this treat
and ask to be Informed whether It
the intention of the Uiiitert States 1
comply with its terms. According to
report from Washington there is reas
to believe that ( Treat Hritain will lit
stand by idly while the proposed can :
legislation is under consideration an
tlmt she Is .prepared to assert the righ
she claims to n share of interest an
ownership In ( lie projected waterwa ;
under the treaty , unless given assu
mice that the canal will be inalntiiliic
as a neutral highway under all circmi
stances.
It Is tins very generally accepted vie-
in this country that the Clayton-Hulwt
treaty Is not operative. Kx-Sei-retary <
State Foster has recently expressed a
opinion to tills effect ami doubtless th
is the belief of a majority in congres
fireat Britain , however , has never a <
mil ted the claim tiiat by her own aci
she has rendered the treaty null an
void. On the contrary she lias persis
enlly maintained that Hie agreement
In full force mid effect , though man
festlng a willingness to have It abn
gated under certain conditions.
The Hrillsh government will probabl
take no notice of the matter while 11
bills are pending. It has ditlieultit
enough on hand for the present. Hi
If the proposed legislation Is enactei
as now appears probable , it is e :
tremely likely that the Itrltlsh goveri
ment will want to know what II
1'iilted States proposes to do about a
obligation which that government hold
lo be still binding. This Is a possilil
complication In connection with tl
Nicaragua project which It would s-eei
should not be wholly disregarded.
A CI'll \ , I'KXSIilN 1'lllJ.IKCr.
There has been Introduced in Hi
house of representatives a bill provldln
for a pension fund for the retlremei
of government employes In the class
lied government service , legislation i
this kind has been more or less talke
of for a number of years and thei
now appears to bo increased Interest i
the matter on the part of those whom
concerns.
The bill does not propose a goveri
ineni pension. It provides that tli
fund shall be raised by withholding
per cent of the salary of every employ
in the classllied service every montl
Tills amount is to lie deposited as a n
tlrement fund in the I'nited , Statt
treasury and at slated Intervals the *
accumulations are lo be Invested In II
terest-bearlng bunds of the I'nlie
States , the Interest to be added to tli
original fund. After a specliled date n
clerks eligible for retirement willidra
f iv i n service , they are to receive froi
this fund , In monthly payment ! ; , an ai
nun I retired payment equal to 7 > * i p
cent of Iho highest pay received wldl
In government employ. The period f
service essential to retelvlng tills pel
t-Iun Is , In the llrst Instance , tweiil
years. Any person who has bee
twenty years In the service and sha
have become physically . > r mentally dl
abled may be conipulsorily rcilrci
I2\ery person in the clas iiled sorvit
at the ago of CO , whu lias bi-cn thin
years In government employ , may npi
liN voluntary application retire. At '
retirement Is compute ry after thirl
live years oi service.
The president of the Civil Servb
commission , In stating his reasons f <
approving the measure , said that
would In many ways strengthen tl
whole system of an Intelligent and e
Helen ! civil service. The great object
to prevent superannuation In the ser
Ice. Now the public otllces are full <
aged men and women who have su
vlvcd their Usefulness , but who are ca
Hod on the pay rolls because they Inn
no other means of subsistence tint
their salaries and It Is felt that It won !
be inhuman to turn them out. Tl
proposition is Important to all employe
In the classified service of the uoveri
ment and It Is presumed they will 1
found generally favorable to it. Hi
there Is some doubt as to Us pracllc
blllty from a legal point of view. Whl
In the old world pensions for all klm
of governmental service are ( he ml
the policy lias never been reganh
with much favor in this country an
II would be next to impossible to ha\
adopted here a government civil pel
slon system. If the employes of tl
government , however , are willing t
have Instituted such a pension systei
as the bill referred to proposes thei
can be no reasonable objection on tl
part of tin1 general public.
r -KX'riK'rn t
.lustIce Hrewer of the I'lilted Statt
supreme court has devoted sonic of h
spare time ami profound thought to
study of the religious progic of tl
world. In an address on "The Kollglu
of the Coming Century. " delivered 1
one of the churches at the national en ]
Ital last week , the learned jurist n
viewed the marked changes that hav
taken place in the past century in wo
ship. Christian fellowship and d-ignii
and predicted that the twentieth cei
fury would be noted for Christian unit
cation. "Looking backward on tli
progress of religion two marked fc ;
lures'are notable. One is the sti-ugg
about creeds. The clearer. stroiig >
and more profound one's convictions tli
more earnest and zealous he i.s apt I
be. Hut something more than cree
is essential to religion. It is not a que :
lion of intellectual advancement i-
much as one of moral growth. Keligio
that spends itself In creeds does IK
ripen Into character. The present cei
tury lias been one of denomination !
rivalry and strife. The next one wi
lie one of Christian unity. II is not in
worthy of notice that the ancient em
mies , Catholicism and I'rolestautisn
are drawing closer together ; ( lie pn
lates and members of the nvo churclii
do not hesitate to allilinte In a tliousan
forms of labor. The time is past who
the Protestant should look back upo
the horrors of this Inquisition ami d <
nouiico Itoman Catholicism on accom
thereof , or the Catholic , on the otlu
hand , to look back at the burning i
the witches or the persecution of th
Quakers and denounce I'roleslantlsi
therefor ; but each should shake hand
and joinin a common effort lo furtln
the cause of a common Master. "
Tills Is by no means the vaporing n
a visionary , but of a man endowed wit
a well-balanced intellect , polished Ii
constant friction with problems an
principles that underlie our system < i
government and require solution by th
application of the golden rule , wide
should be at Iho base of all man-mad
laws. That the twentieth century wi
witness a broadening out of all the hi
mane InstinctH and an extension of tli
tolerance between creeds on the line
laid down by the Master there can b
no question. While principles are etei
nal and immutable , the wall that ha
separated religious sects , having on
origin , must gradually give way to th
progressive spirit of the age.
The large stockmen In convention a
Fort Woi'th are entitled fo a respectfi ;
hearing by congress for their recon :
memlations concerning the disposal n
tlie public domain in what is known a
the range country. It should be n
niembered. however , that they are no
the only ones interested. The sma !
stockmen and the settlers each hav
rights which must be conserved. Tli
entile Industry is a great one and al
legitimate means to encourage It slioiif
be adopted , but the trouble In these sei
tions has always been that the Intel
ests of the big cattlemen have been an
tagoiiistie to the small owners and thos
who proposed to farm tin ; land. S
intense has this feeling bejii that a ser
of border warfare has at times rostiltei
ami some who were not killed con
strained to seek other Hold's. If nn ;
favoritism musl lie shown the law
should lean to the side of the weak , In
cause they are less able lo protect them
selves. Ity exercising caie , howovei
there Is no reason why all should no
receive Justice ami the great cattle In
dtistry encouraged as It should be.
Belgium Is about to inaugurate a ne\
departure in Its electoral system. I'ndi
Ibis now plan every man who Is u
years old and pays "i francs , or $1 , i
year In taxes Is entitled lo one vou
If he Is : i'i years old and married h
will have two votes. In other words , h
will cast one vote fur himself and on
for his wife without her aid or consent
If , In addition to these qualifications , h
owns real estate or government band
or savings banks deposits producing ai
Income of S'JO a year he will hav
three voles. This Is putting a hlgi
premium upon tliiifl as well as on con
nubliil comhlmx. Whether Hie mm
rled voter of Jri years and over lo c
his second vole In cane of divorce w
have not been able to learn.
If I lie new company which promise
to build a road direct Into the heart o
South Dakota from omaha will enl ,
Imlld the line Omaha will no ) be to
| -arIcilar ! | who owns H. h would b
better of ( , iu > e If it were controlled h
Omaha capital , but ( he principal tli'n
is to gain direct entrance Into that lei
ritory. The trade of Hint section null
Lilly belongs to Omaha , bill a large | i
lion of It has gone ebi.-u here In the pat
simply because Omaha merchants lur
n-t had the facilities for getting In
the Held.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Having failed in his attempt to I
duce the administration to run the a
fairs of this country to his liking , Seater
ator I bar has turned his attention
Kngland. Thousands of people In th
country think as Mr. Hoar does i
gardlng the Injustice of the Hoer wu
but It Is strange any one of his oxpci
once should conceive that II was a su
Joel for olllclal action unless the M )
purpose Is to annoy the admlnlstratlo
Andrew Carnegie seems to be sea
critic libraries al ) over the country at
If ho keeps up the pace 110 ontoiprl-h
city should be without one. Wo fo
sure that several Nebraska towns b
sides Lincoln will be glad to fnrub
sites and guarantee the expense <
maintenance If Mr. Carnegie will pr
vide funds for the erection of tl
buildings.
1'tlca. N. Y. , IM in the midsl of a can
palgn for the acquisition of the watt
works system which supplies water t
thai community and incidentally Is ci
lug Omaha as one .if the Illusiratloi
used In Hie dlscilssieji. If I'llca wi
llul.sh Us work In time It will probabl
be cited in Omaha as one of the exait
pies hearing on our water works prol
loin.
A New York man. who. when appolult' '
lo the otllco of Insurance commlssioiu
three years ago. hail unsatisfied jutlj
incuts standing against him. Is said I
have put up collateral the other d.iy fi
a loan of , > ? i ; ! . > , oro. is Ii any wdndt
the light In the popoeratlo ranks ovi
Hie insurance department In Ncbrask
waxed so warm ?
I'ra.vlou mill
Uoston Transcript.
Oem Paul IR strongly fortifying hlnisc
with Hcilpturo. bill he Isn't neglecting tl
more material kind.
! < . rii
Washington Post.
The Nebraska legislature will elect Iw
United StalcH hJnatora next year. I'ei
Imps Nobruslm should be thankful thai si :
Is not Montnna.
liiiHuiiiitlon fur ! I'liriioxc ,
Indlanii'iolls News.
Oermnny has not dropped her complalr
against ( Jroat IJrilaln. Kmporor William wl
pull out the stop and bear heavy on the In
dlgnatlon pedal until his nnval bill I
pas-ecd.
SiniiNliliiK I'l-.MM-ilcniN , . , , ,1 TiinK | < ,
Clilcucn Post.
If the Nebraska school teacher wh
whlppnd an entire class of boys siiiRk
handed docs not become famous later In III
so that this story may be told aboul him b
will go against all precedent.
Why I > ciiir Differ.
Uoston Transcript.
It Is said that people arc right and let
eyed , just the eamo as they arc right an
left handed. That accounts for the persis
tcncy in which so many persons look a
things differently from ourselves.
I'erlls of llulihi-1-inTkltiK.
"U'ashlneton Post.
An Omaha woman attempted to commi
suicide the other day and one of her mnl
neighbors took the pains to save liar lift
She hns since brought suit against him fo
damages , and , taking everything Into con
rilderallon. It would seem that he ought t
bo made to pay dearly for his rubberneck
Ing.
SlnUInu Annexed Territory.
Philadelphia Ledger.
When ono ration annexes part or al
nf anothc-r nation'n territory , thi best wale
lo hold It is to pin it down with a rallroac
England's tltla to the Soudan has not bee
riuestloned since Kitchener built his rail
road across the dosert. Russian's rallron
.hrough Manchuria fixes hoiclnlm upon tha
part of the Chinese empire , as the exten
? ion of her rails to Merv and Samarcan
continued her title to Turkestan and Bo
Icharn. and now France Is about to build
line across the Sahara , to link her posses
iilons on the Mediterranean const with th
French Soudan and the heart of Africa
N'o doubt It will make permanent her hoi
in this largo section of the African con
tlnent.
I'urllH of fJuOrient. .
Chicago News.
Bubonic plague , the terror of the Orlenl
i'.as made Its appearance almost glmiilla
iifously at Manila , Adelaide ati.l Honolulu
I ; : the Philippines , In Australia and I :
Hawaii , fortunately , energy and intelllgenc
ire in command and every precaution poss ;
lilo will bo taken not. only to limit th
plague. , but to stamp It out at once. Ii
Manila the military government has alrra. ! ;
inaugurated nn effective quarantine. Vis
ilnnt efforts are especially riLi-cejiiry , n
: herrIs no sewerage In the Lapllal of th
Philippines. In Honolulu drastic measure
h.ave been resorted to In the burning o
JIB Chinese ( ( iinrter of the city , whore thi
' .cndly dictate had effected a lodgment
rt'lth energetic action It Is to be hoped tli
ilaguo may he stayed.
AMKIIICAX I'ltOIHTTS AHItOAD.
Di-aflu of Poi-elurn < 'ounli-I mi tin
Worlil'x f'riiniir > .
Philadelphia Time' .
The report of the Department of Agricul
: ure. showing the annual value of ngrlcul
: urid exports from the United Stateii fo
.he last live yearn , should prtve oncoiiraglni
o American farmers. The output of ictton ,
ivheat , corn , ment product and other prod
lets of farm and plantation that wrn
ihroad In 181)1 ) was $630,033,717. In 1SS ! ) till ,
md Incrcjfica to .TS5S,007,042 , a gain of $221 ,
871,195. While the exports of breadstuff
n the laller year may bo admitted lo havi
jcen exceptionally largo , owing to untowan
: rep conditions abroad , the tendency was up
ivard during the cntlro five-year period
ihowlng ( lie United States to bo the world' !
; rannry.
Gratifying an ilheso flgurr are to thi
'urnier folk , they alRo contain a Hugcfttloi
o the Industries that furnish civilization' !
Inlshcd products. Whcio American wliojt
era , cotton and meat products go Amorlcai
skill and proihictlvenrM nro advcrtlcl
iVlillo the fotd Is purcha-cj bccni : o the pur
ilinscn must have It , those who buy and us
\nicrlcan food products nro already half
icraiim'rd toUuy other thlngx of Aimrlciu
irndustlon If offered a chance lo do so. Tin
inly rc&scn they do not Is that the ngenU o
ISmopcan manufacturer : ) prcj ? ilitl * i. , < iu'
ipon buyers' attention early and Ictc. an.
.lie American drummer has made his tip
iciiMnco In foreign mniUets only In ver ;
limited numbers.
American food prodm-ls liavo Invaded thi
nnrkcts of the world , because the forelg :
[ icoples worn hungry and muni get f o.
where they could. They can buy other thlngi
Jlsewherr , but they are ready lo buy o
\mcrlcaii producers If the latter can furnlil
i good or better articled at HIP mnrke
irl-o. Th'-i > luii < ! ° n a erallfylni tn--ods
In our rxports nf manufactured articles Ii
me I MI hu yoaiii , . lU If our manufaturur
will follow up the c pcning which the repu
allen of American ngrlcullural products lu
inudo In 'oirign markelb the Inrrtasc In Hit
linuuli of our export traJr during Ibo IH.X
( jvc jcaiv rtlll IK Epaicihlug marvcloue.
IU\STS I'HOM nVM'.H IIOIIV
True prayer consume * nil prldo
No man hll higher limn ho aim * .
Mcdltntlnn IB the brnuhlng of the soul
Thp books of honvrn arc written by mi
l.ovo llRhta up the loved with lovcllnr
1'allcnce Is not necessarily n s-lrttio on
hot d.iy.
True imtrlotlsm moves upward rather th
outward.
The way to get more Is to niako the mi
of what wo have.
He who fnllj to Imlld up sins as tri
as ho who tears down.
Thd shndo that hides the ( loner brbi
out the blossoms of the cXy.
Ilo who snyg wo dlo as the beasts Is ( | ii
likely to shape his living on the same ru
IMUSO\AI , AMI OTIIIII\VIM : .
Sl. Unite is diligently holding Its ci
Icctlvp nose while Chicago river oozes by
The fact tlmt Chicago river inove.l wh
f'p l.ockport hrartrnp was opened estn
lulled the claim that there was water In
New York City contracts to put ISn.OOi
nOd Into a rapid transit tunnel. How t
tiger smacks hln chops. Orent eating
piospe-ct.
A Boston faith curlst who was called
liral n crushed fool declined the Job. Wh
ip.'d.v to do the htMlIng act In nr.lbin
cDFts , slm acknowledged tlmt siirgcr > w
not on her Jlet.
Another attempt Is being .iiartr In Mass
chupftts lo revoke the edict of banlshmc
Issued < agalist : Uoger Williams In 1C ;
Uvldc-ntly Ihe Hay State Is weary of mode
siiffs and longs for an ancient one.
The publishers of the Abuanach do ( loll
unmindful of the edict of the- kaiser ai
Kohlsaat , solemnly afllrm lhat tlum
century begins next year. If the K.-H
catch 'em they arc doomed for life.
A woman missionary who claims lo ha
been about Iho world a bit shocked Ni
Voikrrs by telling them the town hns 10 (
OOn moro heathens than Toklo , "the seroi
largest heathen city In the world , " And s
has not analyzed the tenderloin yet.
Admiral Dewey promises to visit Chlcai
pi'xl May. Chicago occasionally pats i
fair to middling .May weather , hut It \
ndii'lral woul-l like a touch of the rent artlc
he should extend hi ? journey westwa
r > 00 miles. We grow May we < athcr here ai
can It for the cffeto east.
The modem woman typo flourlslili
In Now York drifts toward the npposl
sex as naturally as a duck takes to wnto
.V sample oP the cla . = who set the fashlt
of going out between the acts tartly 1
piled when asked why. "Went out to see
man. " The Inquisitor did catch a whiff
3love or cofleo bean.
la Snssarl , Sardinia , -100 people are no
Icing tried , IH bandits. Thcae Include lam
lordf. , tradesmen , state and municipal o
llc'al.s ' and many women. There are 1,9 (
witnesses , 120 lawyers and 200 large vo
iin.cR of documents. A big wooden bulldh ;
lui been orectcd for the trial. This makt
the Clark senatorial cat-e Insignificant.
The late Or. Hammond , who died a fe
[ lays ape , was ready to be Interviewed b
newspaper men while surgeon general c
Iho army , but always charged a fee fc
such service. " 1 am perfectly willing t
answer questions , " ho used .to sny , "but
expect the same fee as I would charge
l > atlcnt for similar professional service. "
The usually correct Philadelphia Pres
ipenl < 6 of Father Kyan. the poet priest c
: he south , as the author of "The Bivoun
if the Dead. " Shades of Theodore O'Hara
1'lie Press paragrapher should ronicmbc
he late of theUmporla ( Kan. ) Gazette ma
who accused Kipling of writing "Uavl
laium. " Ho was smothered with mail pro
ests.
The democrats of Louisiana have com
) letod their stale ticket. At the head t
vbich is the present auditor i f the alaic. Mi
Icard , for governor. They have ronomlnate
ho prcsnit secretary of state and the preset
superintendent of public Instruction. The
lave approved the amended constltutlo
vhereby more than half of the voters of th
'tato ' are deprived of suffrage , and the
nako no allusion to any national issues an
levolo themselves nholly to stale alfuln
The Louisiana election will take place I
Vprll.
George Washington was president of
lation numbering fewer than 3,000,000 In
llvlduals. H took twcnly years for the pop
ilation to double. In 1810 It was 7,23'J,881
n 1820 It hal reached only 9C33S22 , an
en years later the total was 12Si,02f ( ( !
"roni this tlmo on It advanced by leaps on
Kiunds. In IS40 It was 17,009,453 , In 18 ! >
t was 2t,191S7C. : In 1860 It had reached 31 ,
113,321 , and thirty years oga the censu
ihowed a population of 38.5S8.371. It dl
lot pass the 50,000,000 mark until 1SSO , who ;
t was 1)0,153,783 , and the last enumeration
S90 , gnve a total of C2,622,2.)0.
IIICHi ; AM ) TllKltK.
The sporty boys who execute n mild calc
vnlk when their favorites win out In tin
\'ow York ring , by the assistance of thi
cfcree , may bo interested in knowing th
eerot moves of ring manager * . The poll i
ndlcato the referee and no light goea unlus
he choice of the authorities Is taken , ( icorg
Illcr , the refoicc and sporting writer , ha
ici'ii lihtil out of the game by the jollco bo
aiiNO his rulings did not mill Ihu plan
if the combine which pulls off Iho lights
Ihi testimony In the Mazcl report i In
tructive. "I was frozen out In this way , '
10 Bald. "I was lo raferoo a llghl. but I dl.
lot , for Senator Ahorn , who represent ! th
ilBirlct In which Hcferco Charley White re
Ides , called upon Hichard Crokor and do
nanded that Clnrloy While referco the Ihht
Iroker , In turn , had "Dry-Dollar" Tim Sui
Ivan called before him and Informed hln
hal Whlla musl referee. And White did. '
'In ; condition of the pigs : M not the wholi
bins. The referee Is n largo cog In tin
vhecl.
"The f'hhago Record Almanac and Polll.
cal Register for 1900" has been Issued
'roni lltlo page to the last leaf It Is clio : !
nil of Infornmtlnn. It IN In fact an abridges
yclopaeilla of the events of the last year
Co 111 oi ( ! welcome or useful hook comes tc
Ills ofllco. A coploui' Index to Its v.irlcc
iiiitonifl mokes It especially valuable foi
cfnrence.
Danker Moffutt of Denver perpetrated taro
are financial plcatantry upon two of hit
mploycs durlnc the holidays. Very llttli
ncntlon has been mad of It , probably bo
auee the victims of his jocular fit were sr
l.'klc'J that their vocal organs lost theli
tiiul cunning. Their Hlb ncu In not
ng. Few mortals c. ud bear with
ilmlty Ihe Hlraln to which limy were sub-
e-'tcd. Plcturo lo yourself the feeling of i
nan receiving a gift of $100.000 , nuctlni
.ian . } 75.000. Thai Is what Dave Moffalt dli ;
o his co'lilcr and assistant cashier. The
irnuty of the nci Ii c-ihuncod bosatisor |
loffatt declined lo patent It. Other hankers
to fit liberty to da llkcwlie , ami thus
ire-tch the rye of the oerlpiural needle.
JobbciH In diamonds are unfolding wnln
iilos of war for lean ami huiljry xpacc
Item down cant. The burden of their plollil
s jhat the Mipply of diamonds la niiut rff t < j
lorn Paul'ft nulo haiiallonti and Ihu mippl ;
t homo Is very low C nn-tiucnlly thes
uir that the doir : public , or Dial portion ni
t that panulo * a jeweled air of brlgUtnitas
wy be caught In Iho lurch. | ' led nro goln ?
hywnril. materially Increasing their profit *
Vhcrofor they nnsumo a A-oebeg ne ap
iearaiH'0 anil wear faces as long and soleini
it tiiul which occaelomilly ornainenlB i
iiournero' bench at u camp mer-tlng. Tin
nnientutloiia of men wiili a i-mrh are trul :
.rlful.
Mitti\u \T TIM : IMI.IMT.
Washington 1'os-t Anolhrr professor of
the t'nlon Thcologlenl stmlnary Is to bo
trltnl for heresy , I'orhnps we should bn
thank till that the llrlggfc ensc Is not to bo
wnrmed over again.
Sprlnglleld Itepubllcnn : t/ookbiR ahi-ad
Into the twentieth century. JuMlce Ureurr
of the United State * supreme court Is con-
! flJcnt that a marvelous unity among re
llgloiw denomlr.nttoiiii will be developed I
! noteworthy , he thinks , "lhat HIP nnoieix
I enemies , Cathollplsm and Prolcstanll'in nro
| dra wing closer togtitlicr. The prelates , nn.l
| n'emheM of the two ehurehes do not hr > -
I talc trt aflUlate In n thousand form of
I lobor. " The tlmo IP past when Cnthoii. . s
Hhoilld took back to 1'rotnitant crnrltte <
when Protestants should hnrp upon ihr
horrors bf the Inqulaltlon. The dlMiu-
guishcd Jurist Is JustlHol In his optimism
The twentieth century will prolmblv'sen
gr at changes for the better along relit-ious
Hues.
Chicago Chronlclo : Once more the-
loui : world Is to be miusoaled In a long
drawn-out heresy trial , If wr may
by the preliminary fencing over Hui
ngnlnst Hev. Pr. McQltfert In Ihe Now Yo- *
presbytery. U Is merely another IIIXIAII. n
o' a gifted scholar who hns ceased to belii-\o
creed of his dcnomim-
In the hard-and-fast -
llnii. Invltlnc the latter to put him nut.
ns he refuscn to riiilgn. The bunion < -f
picof In all these heresy trials rests upon
the conservatives and It Is In tin' i.uiii s
credit that they generally pllrh the heron s
out , bag niul baggage , when compelled m
do so. Hut It Is n curious rolled Ion on
the menial and moral honesty of ihcxc M.I
vnnced creed-smashers , thai Ihey prefer pn-
Ing as peoudo martyrs In heresy trial1 * 10 i
flank stepping out Into what they liolli o
to bo larger liberty. Mrttlfferl m > lia\n
to wulk the plank. Ilko some dlsllngiililn 1
predeepssors , but HIP pity or It Is thai tti
reading public will Imvo In endure i h
what patlenco It may the washing of cr-
cloelnstlc.il linen.
IHUIKSTH ; IM.HSA.TH IK * .
Itevurd : "I could dlo for love of
you , " miM the rich old miltor.
"Yes , but would you ? " queried Ihe prin !
cal innld. .
I'hllitilc'phln 1'ww : "Pour old llenpi k
lead1 * n dojr' life with hi4" wife. "
"Well , why on earUi doomi'l ho nppt > i'-r
u divorce ? "
"Ilo says ho wanted ' .o , but s ho wmiMn I
'him.1'
let ' .
Somcrvlllo Jourimt : Mirks Dn you remember -
member Just what you said when you pro
posed ?
Wicks Yi. . My wife reminds me of It
every now mid then.
Detroit Journal : "Mow radiant the lrlil <
Isl 'Hut ' Mio Rroom looks aw If ho won K.I
Inp lo his own funeral ! "
"Yef , and they pay ho Is de-ad In lo\e
with her , too ! "
it
Somulville. .lounul : A' thisi pcnson of t.e :
year It dooHn't seem as If Hi ) dosn'oos In Hie
Rhiulc could bo very disagreeable.
Imllannpo'llii Journul : Mrs. Judge ' \\el1
William , If you won't RO to fhurcli I shall
go none.
'Mr. ' .ludser TmvT you ; you know vi-rx
well thiiit your KrtbiK < ilono will iniikr it up-
imront that I am n H with you.
Baltimore American : T'he ' timid lover
Iremhled. "Wihat wnn Hint terrible noise.
lownwtnlT.i ? " ho a ke l ; "It sounded like a
tmlior explosion. "
"Never fesir , dearest , " replied the Joy of
iU youl ! "It's cmly pa.pa breiikliiR n tiiuptc
> f hi * New Year's resolutions. "
Honton TnuiBorllvt : Carrie Toll me Knlo ,
low wns It you did irttt marry Mr. Tvler"
Kate He l 'ld me \ was Hie only woman
le. ever lovetl. If a inun will He lo you be-
"oro ir.'iiirl.'iKe , what stories won't be lo 1
iftorwnrd ?
Cleveland Plain Dottier : "And you f > el
Mire Hint my ilaun'htor ' looks with fnvor
.ipon your HiiHV'.1 Inquired Hit ! used purojit
"Well , " replied the yruth wltli onKii Ing
'rankncss , "I r.cn't wanl to bo too Mini
xliout It. Of course , > -ou are aware thai
I'otir duusbtor soiilntH. "
Chicago rurt : "I Hate you ! " sinfild
Instantly his demeanor olviiiis- ' ! . ' ' ' ' "
,1io dei'ths of doHpnlr he was rained to the
jlnnu : le of hope ,
"Thon. " ho fuld , "you will bo mine Keri
i tlmo I feared you were merely Indlffer-
: i.'t ' to 'ine. ' and lhat eonsciieiilly | I had no
.liaiice. "
COl
Colla Tluixtor.
I -hold ! t Rlnfill to d pond ,
And will iv.iti let the lilttomzs * of lllo
! 5llud me with burning team , but look beyond
yond
Its lumullH ami Its strife ;
Hceause I lift my heinl aliovo the mist ,
Whcro. the HUH chines and the broad
broezoH blow ,
: Jy every ray ami every raindrop klsse < l
That Hod's love dolb boHlow ;
I'blnk you 1 Ibid mi bltteincHS ill all ?
No burden to lie borne , like OhrlKtl.iu'd
r.dck ?
Phlnk you thorn are no te.ady tears to fall
Beuiuse I keep thuni buck ?
A'liy uhcii'.M 1 hug life's ll'.s with cold re
serve
To our.ii > ! myself and all who love uir ?
Nay !
V th UKind tlnioH mnie ( rood than 1 deserve
Cod Rivoi mo every day.
) , irk skle i muni ilcar. anil when the
.loo.ls are pant.
Unu go 'deli day redeems , u wniry year ;
'allnnt I listen , sure Mint swcot .il lust
Will .ioun.l 111 * voice of rlteor.
I'hen vex HIP not with UililbiR. Let me bs ;
1 mui > t be ehi't iin-l uratc'ful to the end
you nut your cold and darkness
.
Tlic i > o\verj of light hcfiloml.
"Nothing
Like It"
\ ViMiMiili of Ilic "MOW UA(1-
I < AN" rip t-o.it a Hpcclally of
ours mid nl IM-CKCIU lutniiliK'i'il
by nil Hwcll ilri'Hfci'M < if thii
country. It IH a lon lly-front
iixloiil Viciiiin , full box , tin *
liiii'l ; IK cut whoh1 niul ( 'xticiiicl.v
wide with HlralKlit Hhl * ' HCIIIIIW ,
which iiic vciiti'ii ; tlio lollar IH of
velvet , niul the roll IH self faced
anil ni ili'i'iitcly lii-iivy thi >
hlcuvi'H am lliilnlii'il with a fret'
cuir : n-'i iiu'ii ii with
vclvi't ; tlicrc Is no hrciiHt
poi-lti't. ' Th ( > hip jiorlu'tK
patchcil or b ( > llowsiMl on tlic In
shin aiii ) arc ri'iichcd IhrouKli
vlrtlcal ( iii'iiln ) ri , HiroiiKhvl.l n
iln > trotiHiTs jioi-kctri can alco In
icachi'd the HhouldcTK and
arc llni'd with diiohlHin
and tin' Hlilrl of caKKiiiicn
The prl ( iIs .s-J."i.oi. :
Un dlxpiily In inir Douglas
Hired window.