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15 THE OMAHA DAILY I3E33: SUNDAY, MAttCII 25, 1000. The Onlyiia Slny Be& K. riOSEWATKH, Kdltor. PUBLISHED KVIiHY MOItNINO. TEBM8 OK 8UB3CHIPTION. Dally lite (without Sunday), Ono Year.$6.00 Dully Bcu arid Sunday, Ono Year 8.00 Illustrated Bee, Ono Year 2.(0 Bunday IJee, Ono Year 2. to Saturday lice, One Year l.M Weekly Bee, Ono Year OFFICES. Omaha: The Boo Building. Boutlj Omaha: City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and N streets. Council Bluffs: 10 I'earl street. Chicago: 1640 Unity Building. Vw York: Temple Court. Washington: Wl Fourteenth street. COIUIESPONDENCE. , Communications relntlng to news and edi torial matter should ho addressed; Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed: The Uco Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express r postal order, payable to The Heo Publishing Company. Only 2-ccnt stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not ncceptod, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATUS! JIT OP ClllCUL.ATIO.. Stato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: Oeorgo If. Tzschuek, secretary of Tho Beo Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and tompleto copies of The Dolly. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee. printed during tho month of February, 100, was an fol- 1.. 2fl,4no sn.ttMd 2(i,n,-. i!7,iNr, '27,U'2i uo.nnn 211,710 20,7:10 2(1,111(1 -(i.r.oo 27,11.-. -(!, r,(io I'd, 820 2i,r.no is. 16. 17. IS. 19. 20. 21., 22., 23.. 21.. 23.. 2fi.. 27. 23. , 2fl,7BO ,, 2,7rtO , SO.HIO 2(l,SSO , UO.OIO 2,71) 211,710 2(1,N-I0 20,780 2(l,H.tO :t(i,:tnr. 20.710 , 27.120 , 20,170 2... 3... 4... 6... 6... 7... ... 9... 18... 11... J2... 13... 14... Total 7r,K,nir5 Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,000 Net total sales 71H,r.H Not dally .iverHgo 20,7!1B GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCIC. . Sec'y and Treas. subscribed and sworn to before mo this 28th day of February. A. D. 1900. Sal) ji. B. HUNOATE, Notary Public. Governor .Toiiph, linvlni; withdrawn from tho contest, ArkmiBiis will Hurvc Hcrry up to. tlto somite for smother term". Tho Loud Itlll lms been killed for about the Ufth time. It Ih doubtful, however, whether It will he able now to compete with the fubled cut with nine lives. Tom Thunder, non of John Thunder, tho big inoillelno man of tho Wlnno bugo tribe of Wisconsin, has raised thunder by pioclaiinlsiR himself chief of the tribe. The Hoer government has offered to lend l'ortugul tho ?li,000,0(X) required for tho Delngosi bay award. This does not look us If the Uoern were in need of nny donation parties. Another disturbance almost culmi nating In a riot is reported in the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Mark Twnln Is missing n good deal of sport by falling to bo on hand at all the European leg islative sessions at once. Just -to vury the program a little a recent prize light resulted In one of the contestants having sm eye knocked out of Its socket. Littlo Incidents like this, however, do not prevent these exhibi tions from being called sport. London Is again on tiptoe for news from South Afrlcn, which Is conildently oxpectoel to tell of Itrltlsh victories. Hut tho British have been disappointed as often as they have been gratified by the news from South Africa during tho present war with the Boers. Chicago politicians need expect no recognition when they go down Into Kontucky. Ono of them recently shot nt nn opponent three times nntl only lilt 111 in once, Inflicting a slight wound in the leg. A man like that would not last through one campaign In Kentucky, Senator Pettlgrew has gone to Cuba, ostensibly for his health,, but more .likely to see If there Is not something going on there which will furnish him a pretext for another resolution of In quiry. Ho has worked tho lead so strong that he fluds himself out of ma terial. Andrew Curneglo retains control of the new monster steel manufacturing corporation formed through his compro mise ngrecnicnt with Mr. Krlck. This should enable him to continue to plant public library buildings throughout tho country If tho new business venture pans out. Tho right of tho State Hoard of Trans portation to regulate railroad rates in Nebraska has been nlllrmed by the fed oral court, but so long as the railroads rcgulato tmd control tho do-nothing Stato Hoard of Transportation railroad regulation In Nebraska will remain a roaring farce. Tom Watson may bo tho mlddle-of-tho road candidate for president. Tom Wat Bon certainly stands just as good a show of holding tho ofllco us lie did when he was tho secondary tall to the Bryim kite, while ills coming campaign will glvo him tho opportunity of riding at the head of his polltlcul procession. Those who read tho contributions of tho school children on tho home patron ago movement doubtless learned a good many things about Omaha and what is manufactured hero that they never know before. Young America 1ms a fac ulty of observing what Is going on around him which older ones might often cultivate to advantage. It must have been a terrible disap pointment to tho members of tho Stsito Board of Transportation when Judge Mungcr decided npilust tho railroads In their Injunction proceedings. Unless tho railroads come to tho relief of tho commissioners and appeal tho case the board mny be forced to show Its hand or devise si now means of escape. The members are already Hying tho slgsial of distress, but rallrosid attorneys sire expected to come to the rescue and stave off every Impending calamity at least until after election. BEfcKK Von VOllTO 1UCO. The action of tho senntc In adopting the conference agreement on the bill for the relief of Porto Hlco assures the speedy application to that purpoe of over ?L,,000,000, being the amount col lected on Importations from the Island up to January 1 of tlds year. Customs i revenues' hereafter on such Importa tions nro silso to bo used for the aid and relief of the people of Porto Hlco "and for public education, public works and other governmental and public pur poses therein until otherwise provided by law." These revenues are placed at the disposal of the president and he having recommended the legislation in a special message It Is certain that there will be no delay In putting It into effect. This relief Is most urgently needed and while but a temporary expedient will do a vast amount of good. The ad vices from Porto Hlco show that there is great and Increasing suiTerlng there and iulte naturally a spirit of revolt Is spreading nmosig tho people, who have hitherto felt most kindly toward their new ruler, confidently believing that their condition -would be better than under the domination of Spain. It must bo confessed that thus far we have not justified tills confidence, but It Is possible yet to do so and this relief measure Is a step In that direction. Tlie next step is to mnke provision for tho commercial Interests of the island smd this should bo taken without unnecessai-y delay. Ve believe that tho house tariff bill, Imposing 15 per cent of the Dingley duties, Is a reason able measure, Just to our home Interests i with which the products of Porto Hlco compete and not unfair to the people of that Island. So far ns the constitutional question Involved is concerned, that should be loft to the determination of the courts. Meanwhile the very small duty which it is proposed to colloct on Porto Hlcnn products coming Into the United States will work no hardship to the producers of that Island, since they will havo here the best of markets and the revenues will go to the support of government In Porto Hlco. Mr. Can non of Illinois stated in the house of representatives that the Sugar and To bacco trusts were behind tho agitation for free trade, because it meant hun dreds of thousands of dollars to them, and It is not dllllcult to credit the state ment. The republlcsiiis of the senate should get together and puss tho tariff bill as soon as possible. There need be no hnsN in providing civil government for I'ortt, Hlco. Commercial legislation is what Is needed now, In order that busi ness may be resumed. Civil govern ment can come later. SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER. It Is highly probable that there will bo no legislation by the present con gress, or at any rate sit this session, looking to tho correction of what the postmaster general and several of his predecessors have pointed out as abuses of tho postal laws relating to second class mail matter. In his last annual report Postmaster General Smith dis cussed this question very thoroughly, showing the great cost to the govern ment of carrying mutter which in Ills Judgment was never Intended to be embraced In the second class and urging that If this matter were required to pay u proper rate the postal service would bo self-sustaining. He very earnestly recommended legislation to correct the abuse, us every postmaster general had done for several administra tions. The bill introduced by Hopresentatlve Loud of Csillfornla is u carefully pre pared measure defining and regulating second-class mutter and ho brought for ward In suppport of it a muss of facts of a most convincing nnturc. The op position, however, was very formidable. Those who prollt by the existing ar rangement, at the expense of the gen eral public, had a strong lobby at Wash ington and It appears to havo worked very effectively. After being discussed three days the bill was recommitted, which will very likely bo the end of It, nt least for tho present. Meanwhile a dellcleucy In postal revenues will con tinue. TUB FIOUITK INCIDENT. Nebraska has been disgraced and Jus tice outraged In tho Plggito Incident. Mob violence under any pretext Is In '.vcusublo smd y ho law ofllcers who tolerate It or conulvo lu It are as cul pable as nrc those who take part in it. That tho PIggltes had made a nui sance of themselves or that they have broken up other families by their re ligious teachings is no JustiUcatlon for the forcible entry of their household and the tarring and feathering of tin aged man and his wife. If any mem ber of this sect has boon guilty of criminal practices or the. violation of nny luw ho Is liable to the penalties of tho luw and should bo prosecuted under the law. Prom tho broad standpoint of re ligious liberty guurunteed by tho bill of rights to nil citizens of Nebraska tho Plgglte sect Is entitled to all tho privileges accorded to any other denom ination, Their mode of worship muy bo outlandish or even pagan, but so long ns it does not conflict with the criminal code of the stuto It cannot bo forcibly Interfered with without an In fraction of tho fundamental rights he longing to every cltlzon to worship ac cording to tho dictates of his own con science. The good people of Gretna, where the tnr nnd feather party held carnival, may not comprehend that religious freedom Is a most sacred prerogative which Americans prize and for which tho founders of tho republic shed their blood and offered up their treasure. Upon second sober thought, however, they must certainly ronllzo Nebraska's motto, "Equality Bcroro tho Law," covers all classes of citizens nnd makes no distinction between nationality, creed, color or sect. At the dawn of tho twentieth century the application of tar aud feathers for Hid purpose of converting men nnd women from belief or disbelief Is a relic of mediaeval Intolerance that re- ! calls too strikingly the Spanish Inquisi tion and the witch-burning of New Snlem. To nllow such an outbreak to psiss by without denunciation would properly subject Nebraska to the scorn of all civilized people. nut: a tit: us a nt: a a. The strike of the machinists, which Is gradually spreading over tho whole United States, Is fraught with great danger to American worklngmen. Tho reduction of the hours of labor and In crease lu wages are very desirable, but there are limitations to the cost of pro duction that cnunot with safety be over stepped. It Is an open secret thnt the extraor dinary demand for skilled labor is largely, If not chlelly, duo to the enor mous Increase lu the export of Ameri can products to all parts of the world. American locomotives nnd American machinery of every description hnve found ready sale, not only lu Kuroponn countries, but also In Japan, China, Australasia, and Africa. Tho primary In centive for this extension of American commerce has been the ability of Amer ican nianufucturers to undersell nil com petitors. The ability of American mill and factory owners to outbid foreign competitors must, however, reach Its limit Just as soon as the cost of ma terials and labor exceeds the market price of forelgn-iuude wares. Assume that American concerns can, with their superior facilities for mining ores aud fnbricntlng ninclilne-maile goods, bent' the world, at the present rate of wages how much longer can they continue to do so in a constantly rising labor market disturbed by costly strikes? Docs It stand to reason that American factory owners would persist in underbidding foreign competitors at si loss rather than decrease their oper ating force or close their mills and fac tories until tho labor troubles have been adjusted? That the withdrawal of American miinufactiirers from foreign fields would be disastrous to Amcricnn Avoikingnio'n and to tlie whole country will scarcely be controverted. The reaction that would follow would make Itself felt in every avenue of commerce and hun dreds of thousands, if not millions, of wngeworkcrs would be thrown out of employment to lead u life of enforced Idleness for mouths If not for years. The contention thnt the factory lords are getting too much of the fat muy hold good In some Instances, but tho forcing of higher wages and shorter hours of labor muy kill tlie goose that lays the golden egg. A liberal wage scale Is doubtless u good thing for both employer and workmen, but It must not bo forgotten that the consumer pays tlie freight and tho wugeworker Is the principal consumer of Amcricnn products. Wages rarely keep pace with prices and the forced rise of prices Inevitably brings nbout tho crash that closes the mills and factories aud con verts tho worklngmsui Into a pauper or si trump. This bus been the lesson taught by snd experience In the past and history repeats Itself. ao Excessive: inflation. Thus far nothing has occurred to Jus tify tho apprehension felt by some when the gold standard bill was passed that It would produce an excessive in llution of bank currency. We then said that while there would undoubtedly bo a considerable uddltlon to this curreucy, the banks generally would probably adopt si conservative policy and this is what they nppear to bo doing. New bunks are being orguulzed and there is a demand from old ones for more not but ns yet this bus not assumed pro portions threatening excessive inllutlon and the Indications aro that It will not. Discussing this matter Hepresentntlve Hroslus, chairman of the house com mittee on banking and currency, said a few days ago, by way of answering numerous inquiries from business men, that In his judgment there is no foun dation for fear of excesslvo (filiation. There will be a gradual increase in tho circulation to meet tho requirements of trade, but ho pointed out thnt It must bo considered In connection with this subject that there nro tlireo natural checks upon excessive Issues of bunk currency under tho now law. In tho first place, under the operation of re demption nny considerable Intlatlon of banknotes would cause them to be sent to the trensury for redemption in largo amounts and the Issuing bunks would havo to put up tho lawful money for tho purpose, which would deplete their reserves. In the second place a demand for bonds necessary to excessive lutlu tlon would advance the price of bonds beyond the limit which would mnke It profitable to use them ns security for circulation. In the third place, the limit of $.'1,000,000 a month upon the retire ment of currency will make banks very cautious about taking out more circu lation than they will be able to keep out profitably. In tlie opinion of Mr. Hroslus these several checks will operate automatic ally to restrain excesslvo Issues of bank currency under the new law. Tho 10 per cent authorized to bo Issued on bonds already deposited will bo put out, amounting In round numbers to ?1M, 000,000, and ns this Is scarcely more than 1 per cent, of tho total volume of the circulation of course can do no harm. No one can sny how much more than this the legitimate business of the country could absorb, but it seems en tirely reasonable to assume that bank ers generally will carefully consider this question of tlie probable require- j incuts of iegitunnto business mm no to a great extent guided thereby. They aro shrewd, sagacious men smd know the dangers Incident to a policy which would produce wild speculation, ending in collapse from which they would not bo tho lenst sufferers. The fuct that there has been no extraordinary specu- lntlvo movement since the new law went into effect Is somewhat reassur-' lug, We still see no tension to chuugc tho 1 opinion heretofore expressed flint as a whole the national banks will take a conservative course lu increasing their circulation. COMMISSION TO UEASSEMIILE. It is announced Hint the Anglo American commission Is soon to reas semble, perhaps at Ottawa, tlie capital of Canada. If the niinouncenieiit Is correct It seems to disprove the state ment made when the commission ad journed that the differences between the British and American representa tives were so serious ns to preclude the possibility of their accomplishing any thing. The authority given for tlie re ported reassembling Is Sir Wilfrid Lnurier, the Canadian premier, who Is a member of the commission. If nu mber meeting bus been called at ills Instnnce It Is to be accepted as Indi cating a better disposition op the part of the Canadian government to have the questions In controversy settled on a fair and equitable basis. It Is not Improbable that Canada has been ad vised to adopt a more conciliatory at titude In respect to these Issues. At all events, It is to be honed that another effort Is to be made to dispose of tho mutters in dispute between tho two countries. As to some of these it has been understood that a virtual agreement was reached by tlie commis sion, but Canada having made the set tlement of all questions dependent upon an adjustment of the Alaska boundary dispute, the deliberations of the com mission had no practical result. The boundiiry Issue was temporarily ar ranged through negotiations between Washington and Ixmdon and thus hav ing been taken out of the hands of the commission that body will probably not be again called upon to consider It. In that event It can devote lis atten tion to the other mutters, with per haps more favorable promise of reach ing a satisfactory settlement of them. Such a result Is very much to be de sired in tlie Interest of neighborly good feeling, for a long time somewhat strained, between the Dominion nnd the United States. LOCAL OPTION MOST SATISV AV3UHV. Tlie Impending municipal elections throughout Nebraska promise as usual to turn largely upon the election of li cense or no-Ilcense excise boards. These nniiual contests in the smaller cities and towns are periodical reminders of tho fact that Nebraska is a local op tion stuto as much as Iowsi or Indiana. A new phase, or rather extension, or the local option principle Is now being pressed to tlie front in several sections of the country, having nlready been brought up before the Ohio legislature. The plan is to subdivide the district making the decision one way or the other, so as to bring it directly to the neighborhood affected. Under the pro posed law local option is applied within the various cities by submitting the question to a vote In the respective wards or election districts. As urged by a writer In one of the religious weeklies the dctnlls are worked out as follows: If tho wards or election districts In tho city were allowed to determine, first, whether they would allow any lfquor sell ing, and, second, whothcr they would allow tt on the afternoon of Sunday, while they might havo no license la eoso districts wo should certainly have Sunday selling In others, but wo should not havo all tho men who want tbelr wlno or beer with tholr dinners, and believe they havo a moral right to It, voting for a wldo open town for all vlco and for every day In order to get tho liberty to which tlscy think them selves entitled on one day for an Indulgence which seems to them wholly Innocent. In other words, that If tho leglsluturo will nllow tho pooplo of tho city to manage their own affairs they could not tnanago them worss and they almost certainly would manage them better than they are now managed under tho absurd partnership In which tho leglslaturo enacts tho law and tho city elects ofllcers for tho very purposo of not enforcing It. Willie It is seldom that we llnd tem perance advocates discussing the ques tion In so rational a manner It Is a re freshing sign to find them conceding thnt licenses might be granted In cer tain districts nnd even fur Sundays as well ns weokduys without being ut terly indefensible. The operation of the Slocumb hiw in Nebraska, which was in reality one of the llrst practical experiments In locsil option, has proved that the best May to deal with this perplexing question Is to let the people concerned settle It for themselves. Whether, however, conditions would In nny respect be Improved by multiply ing and diminishing the areas within which tho principle should be applied Is questionable. It might possibly be an advantage lu very large cities, but in states like Iowa nnd Nebraska the present system seems to be working satisfactorily. Hlchard Croker Is quoted as saying that Tammany desires to see those who foster vice as well as those who aro guilty of overt acts punished. If Tam many really desired to suppress or even hold vice In check lu the metropolis It bus hud an oxcullcnt opportunity during many years past, as with the exception of short periods It bus been In full control of the affairs of the city. Tiimmuuy Is nbout us anxious to sup press vice sis was the lute reform police board of Omaha, wagged by Molse, Funning & Co. Tho bankruptcy commissioners who are making a good thing out of the bankruptcy law seem to bo the principal persons Interested lu tho proposed amendments that have been Introduced In congress. Wo may bo sure that the bill which has been drawn by a com mittee representing tho bankruptcy commissioners will see to it that the referees iu bankruptcy do not get the worst of any changes. The extraordinary activity In railway stock speculation does not Indicate any fear of Impending depression in railroad business. Itullroads lu every section of tlio country are reporting increased tratlic anil no one will have the temerity to accuse them of accepting It at loalsig rales. The stock speculators, however, may work their slinres up to a point where even the best possible business would not make returns and Invite a re action which would Inflict serious losses upon those who hold the stock. Members of the Iowa delegation sit Washington do not take kindly to the resolution of the Iowa legislature ex pressing views on tlie Porto Hlcait (pics tlon for their honoilt. The senators and congressmen say that they think they know the situation as well. If not bet ter, than the legislators at Des Moines, If the lowu legislative lesolutlon has as much effect as the usual petition sent on to congress the votes of the repiv sentatlves of the state will uot be ap preclably Influenced. The drug and patent medicine inter ests are making si special plea before congress for the repeal of the stamp tax unon their wares, which thev say was put on for war puriwses ami should be removed, now that the war Is over. But the war tax remains on other articles and business truusnctlous aud Is Just as onerous us that on patent medicines. When congress comes to revise the stump tax list It should revise the entire tax instead of taking 'sue section of It at si time. Tlie Winnebago Indians iu Wisconsin recently selected u Chicago Irishman as tholr chief, but one of the tribe Is contesting his right and proposes to light a duel with tomahawks. As the challenged party the Irishman should bo entitled to the choice of weapons, smd If he should select shllhi labs the Indian would stand no show. llei'UKiilt'o" Olvln Heroes. aiobc-Democrat. In tho will of n Bostonlnn Is a handsome bequest to tho fire department When It comes to cuurago and devotion to duty tho firemen diservo recognition among the fore most. Tfn-t'iiti-tiliiK Ilrlf ImIi Conscience. Indlnnupollp Journal. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain has warned tho Hociu not to destroy tin Johannesburg mines. Why does not Mr. Chamberlain warn tho Doers not to kill any more British soldiers? When war Interfere with tho gold output It becomes barbarous. TatU Tlint Im tpc!inl vp. Boston Qlobe. In this ago of practicality time Ih money, but tho average leglslaturo prefers to attend to tho rfubllo business from tho opposite standpoint, that talk Is cheap. The people are beginning to realize that It Is very ji penslvo nnd that tho worse tho talk the more It costs. A WrillrS Worth tlavliiK. Pittsburg Chronlclo Telegraph. Tho verdict cf tho Prussian minister of railways upon tho American locomotive that were tried In Bavaria Is that "notwith standing their faultless construction thoy cost consideiably less than locomotives of similar stylo of Prutslan make." This Is a verdict worth having. I'' ii i-l for ii Keriilntlon. New York Sim. Wo hopo that Prof. J. Laurence Laughlln of the University of Chicago will call a mass meeting to protest against tho arbitrary and tyrannical action of President Hnrpcr of that Institution In disbanding Its glee, man dolin and banjo clubs on tha pretext that the members don't study enough. Are un dergraduates to bu compelled to study with out their consent? Is the. constitutional right to plunk-plunk to be Interfered with by a despot? Arlso, ye Cloths, and glut your Irel I.enim of CI vlltr.ntlon. Philadelphia Press. Some conception of how rapidly the world travels Is conveyed In tho announcement that tho Alaskan city of Dawson, which threo years ago was a cluster of half a dozen huts In tho frozen wilderness, Is now equipped with two steam lire en gines, hoso carts and fourteen patent fire extinguishers. On tho other sldo of the world tho ruined city of Khartoum, under tho equator, has sprung Into life again like magic, and now n splendid statuo of General Gordon Is to bo erected In Its public gar dens within tho next few months. TeiiuittiiK Kteftl for Knklri. Minneapolis Tribune. The truth of Barnum's declaration that peoplo llko to bo humbugged was again Illustrated by facta developed from tho arrest of au ullegcd "divine healer" In Bos ton, wlio called himself Francis Truth. It was BlioAn that Truth had been doing a bus. Incss amounting to $30,000 a week. Two In spectors tried bis treatment and pronounced It valueless. Truth was arrested under tho United States law on a chargo of using tho malls to dofraud. As his terms for treat ment wcro $5 a month, it can easily bo Imagined how numerous his victims were. I'onry'N Dimh to the I'otc. Cincinnati Tribune. According to tho program laid out long ago. Lieutenant Peary should now be com pleting his preparations for his start next month on his final dash from Port Congor to tho pole. It has been said that Peary would, according to his own declaration, reach tho polo or die. It seems almost heartless to say It, but, really, tho Im pression prevails among tboso who have tarried In tho Icy wastes that Peary will never moro bo heard of. It Is much to bo feared that, llko Andree, ho will And his everlasting tomb In tho untrodden Ice fields ho loved so well. ONK AVUUICS JMIUHTItlAL STOHY. Proirrt-KNlvi- Strlden of Anierlcmi ComU In foreign I.nnitx. Now York World. Hero aro somo encouraging facts rocorded during tho past week: 1. Tho Drltlsh government has ordered 150 typewriting machines from an American company, tho largest order It over gavo to any company, Drltlsh or American. ' ". American locomotives havo boon sub jected to sovero trials In Davarla, and the Prussian minister of railways officially re ports that "notwithstanding tholr faultleoj construction they cost considerably lees than locomotives of similar stylo of PruBslau make." 3. Tho English Northeastern Railway company Is placing ordors for locomotives In tho United States. i. An American company has ecured a contract to furnish tho Dodford (Kngland) Klectrlo Light company with nearly all of Its machinery. C, Tho new railroad development In Mex ico has resulted In enormous orders for matorhils, rolling stock and locomotives from American shops, and tho entire cqulntnent of tho now lines Is to bo of American make. C. Tho development of electrical traction railways In Mexico has been po rapid that secondhand cars from this country, replaced hero by better patterns, aro eagerly sought after. 7. A Leavenworth (Kan.) firm has Just taken n contract to build all tho brldgrn on tho Now Morales and Matarnoraa railway In Mexico, These aro facts that tell their own story. f si:cti,.it shots at this pi i.imt. San Francisco Call; According to sovernl ministers of Chicago services of song havo a distinct and very material commercial valuo to the Lord. A coterie of clergymen In the Windy City Is lighting bitterly to de termine who owns thu royalties on a de nominational rong book. Indlnnapolls News: Dr. McOlffert's with drawal from tbo Presbyterian church wilt sparo the country tho spectacle ot another heresy hunt. Wo congratulate Dr. McOlflert on his action nnd wo congratulate the Con g'rcKatlonnl church on winning so able a scholar to Its communion. Cleveland Plain Dealer: That onc-tlnio sweeping sword of Oldeon, tho He v. Sam Small, Is editing a paper In Havana. III. editorials nra as warm n the maximum, temperature and the way he reaches out for tho foibles nnd weaknesses of his coun trymen and countrywomen Is n caution. Indianapolis Journal: A Chicago preacher said on Sunday that religious teachers should welcome tho Monday morning papers, which devote considerable space to nbstractit nnd extracts of sermons, bicaute they aro read and considered by ten times ns many peoplo as listen to them. The point Is well taken. Globe-Democrat: ltrother Sheldon's hohh paper experiment recalls the case of a man who dreumcd for several nights thnt ho saw a banner Inscribed "P. C." He construed this to be a command to "Preach Christ" and accordingly presented himself to tbo elders to bo advised. He was asked to ex temporize a scsmoti nnd at the closo was mildly reminded that "P. C." could also be Interpreted "Plow Corn." Denver Posf Dlshop Vincent deserves tho congratulations of thu public for tho wise worda ho addressed tho other day to tho young men of the Unlwrslty of Denver. "Don't become ministers," lu; advised, "tin- ices you have a special call and special tal onta for that profobalou." Oil Sunday morn ing, when too many of us must listen to sermons by men who should havei been lawyers or miners or fannorw or merchants, Dlsliop Vincent's words appeal with double force. During tho remaining lx days of tho week wo aro ablo to endure with n fair ilHgrec of equanimity tho thought of thq public Imperfections of the mlsllt minister. Ouo of tho saddest spectacles presented to tho view of man Is n brother, exalted, per haps, by dlvluo lovo nnd filled with lova of his fellows, haltingly nnd blindly en deavoring to point tho pathway to a better life, which ho himself docs not clearly seu or, soelng, la unable- to find language to adequately describe. I'HIISO.VAI, AMI OTIllJllWlSn. Gooscbona prophets and woather sharps say spring Is due. Well, let her spring. Another sharp ndvanco In tho prlco of rubber Is reported. Rubbernecks aro look ing up. 'A man named Jeff Davis Is a candidate for governor of Arkansas, yet tho namo hasn't ret tho political woods allrc. Savannah salad knocked Admiral Dowey off tho bridge. Admiral Montojo should trako a note of that ammunition for futuro uie. Canny Andy Cnrneglo did not read tho story ot Davy Crockett's coon In vain. Ho came, down as soon as Frlck pointed tho gun. Mr. Crokor's bulldog captured most of tho prizes at tho Now York dpg show. New York Judges ot canine talosit appreciate tho value of a "pull." Should Emperor William fall to got a ralsn of salary It Is not likely ho will throw up his Job. He can strike tho national treas ury Indirectly and get tho coin. Secretary Hoot entertains doubt of the capacity or tho Cubans to govern them selves. Doubtless the Cubans entertain similar opinions respecting Kcntucklans. Tho women of Pretoria nro preparing to defend tho passes. How like their favored brothers In tho land of tho free! Few men glvo up tbelr passes without a hot struggle. The venerable Mr. Uvarts accounts for hla longevity by saying he had never taken scientific exercise. It was enough for him We Are the People! Why? Because we have just what you want, There is no use taking needless chances you take none here at all. What ever the price of a garment, if it bears the name of BROWNING, KING & CO. you know it is worth every cent we ask for it, and it is a question for every man to decide whether he will have a slimpsy, bag-like suit at a "bar gain price," or a well-tailored, well-made outfit that is really a bargain, at the same price. Our assortment of goods and styles is what you would call com plete. We have as many patterns and grades of materials as anyone would need to choose from. They are made with respect to the age and the style of the wearers, and they cost as low as $10.00, if that is all you want to pay to $15.00 and upwards, if you want to pay more. If you think our prices are higher than those that others quote, it is because you do not know how much better BROWNING, KING & CO.'S goods are as a rule. We know and we offer them to you in confidence of that knowledge. ft to watch the contortions of the multltuda wrestling with his amazing sentences. The dignity of Prof. Fltzslmmons was rudely shocked by tlie failure of Prof. Sharkey to start tho debate on time. Some . . . . 1 1 - ....t. . t. i . . I nun uiu puuuu Buiiiivu urn lues ui mu elocutionary effort. New York nnd New Jersey nro still talk. Ing nbout saving tho I'allsadre and tho quarrymen nro still nt work destroying them. The latter destroy moro lu a day than tho talk would prescrvo In a century. J A Philadelphia savant of uncertain ago I cruelly attacks womankind by showing that 1 tho average street sweeping skirt of . woman gathers 200,000 llvo germs of dis ease In an eight-hour working day. Still tho women thrive and grow handsomer, de spite tho perils dangling at their heels, What Is life without a fashionable skirt? Senator Wolcott Is said to bo tho most eloquent speaker In tho national senate. Hut the charm of his words is not to be compared with tho entrancing beauty ol hla shirts. Sometimes they aro brown, to match a new suit, and sometimes they aw white, with wldo bluo or pink stripes. A brilliant shirt waist enveloping feminine chnrniH in tho gallery attracts less atten tion than tho decorated front of the Col orado senator. domkstio pi, i:sath n:s. Chicago Tribune: "Oh, John, b.iby is try Ing to swallow n cork!" "A cork, Maria? Stop 'erl" Imlliiimpollx Journal: "What Is tobacco hrnrt. Ilurvey?" "Oh. It Is a heart dlseaso which women get who continually ngltntc themselves by nagging their husbands for smoking." Purk: UN Wife If you cun stop reading nbout the Hoer war for n few minutes t havo something- to tell you nbout the cook. The Suburbanite Yes? Is sho golntr to trek? Detroit Journal: "I hnven't told him I lovo him. even yet!" "Why do you kep lilm In the dark?" "Oh, men nre so much moro demonstra tive In tho dark, you know!" 'Hrooklvn Life: "Oh. you dnrllncl I'm so clad to hear of your happiness. Whnt did Mr. Dickinson say when ho proposed?" im nam lie nad lovea mo rrom tno very first." "I should never havo suspected that; ho Is such a young looking maul" Philadelphia Prow Ascum I supnoso yon'm ono of those, who consider marrlugo a lottery? llonpock No, indeed. If you draw a blank In a lottery you can tear up your ticket and forgot ull about It. Chicago Itocord: Pcrtln Sweetun I wouldn't marry tho best man alive. Would yon? iMecna Zovvor Yes, denr. I would and I'm going to In nbout six weeks. 'Boston Traveler: "Wcro you ever crossed lu lovo7" "Yes, once. There was a beautiful filrl whoso father was rich nnd uho loved me. I called her up iby telephone, to arrange tho details of our elopement, but wires wcro crossed that morning nnd tho old gentleman overheard what wo snld." Chicago 'Post: "That boy," she said whsn her husband reached liomc, "Is Just Ilka you." "Ueen naughty again, has he?" ho re turned. Ix)iiir experience had taught him th cir cumstances In which sho noted a. ressm bianco botween father nnd son and years ago tlio remark had ceasod to flatter Jilm. uMAX lAM) IMMORTALITY. Man speaks uncertainly when contetnplat Inc death; Dim-outlined Is the realm beyond thnt stream Longed for, yet ts thcro fear that when this breath Departs, reality wilt too cruel, awful, seem; Cruel thnt that reality could onoo be doubted By weakling man of compassed mind; men sirnigniway is ino namo uiougnc routed By others not stabler than the vcerln wind. Now lnughs man at tho thought ot futur life. And rovols In 'his earthly, fair pavilion, Cries: '"Tls plain, Death, ends all human strife. From darkness come we, livt, then enter on oblivion." Anon comes Death, nnd with Ills might Destroys tho Tower of heart to be.tj Ascends a broken voice, prnya God for light, Tihen takes tho soul Its Inst eternal lean. Hastings, Ndb. DAVID J. LEWIS.