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Well, the tlenilloek llnally opened.
It Ik the Inst round mid vlinlui for the
legislature.
"Thnt retl-heniled rooster from Kun
ens" Iiiih lieen dolus hoinothiiiK iigiilu.
The next time .Mrs. Nation booh 011 the
warpath Kansas should send for Funs
ton. The number of solar plexus blows de
livered by the legislature In closing days
beats the record.
The dreams are all over, the corre
spondents' pipes have gone out, and Ne
braska has two senators.
The Twenty-seventh General assembly
(will bo remembered In Nebraska history
OS the legislature that failed.
At any rate, The Ueo has been the
only newspaper that has kept the people
Informed from tiny to day on what ac
tually took place In caucus mid legisla
ture. Nebraska will have two republican
Penators to answer the roll call when
rongress convenes In December. The
fusion farce can face this fact with
Whatever grace It may.
Irrespective of party, tho failure to re
Apportion Nebraska for legislative pur
poses Is an Injustice to tho people and
the onus or It will have to be borne by
tho party responsible for the failure.
Maryland census enumerators are
Homo of them In trouble for alleged pad
ding of the enumeration. None of the
Omaha enumerators need have any fear
of being hauled over the coals on that
charge.
Over ?:iMMRMH0 of Spanish war claims
nro already on Hie and the list Is still
open. Several of them are for amounts
In excess of ifl.OoiUKH) each. There is
a strong probability these claims will
uhrlnk considerably In the wash.
Just now It Ik very Interesting to com
pare the accounts of the proceedings ot
tho republican caucus as given by the
Fake Factory with what actually hap
pened. If the Inspiration of the pipe
dreams had been drawn backwards it
could hardly have gotten further from
facts.
Tho passage of an appropriation to
tuuku the game law active Is of Immense
Interest to the farmers anil general pub
lic of the state. It would have been
little less than crime to have passed
that much needed law and then have
rendered It Inoperative for want of
money to carry out Its provisions.
Omaha contractors are already figur
ing on almost :? 1,000,000 worth of build
ings for Oiualiu. this coming season, and
tho time for commencing operations has
uot yet arrived. Hvery sign points to
tho conclusion that the year 1!H)l will
be one of the most prosperous In the
history of the city, and that the In
creasing demand for both residence,
factory and business buildings will be
met.
The czar of Itussla Is said to favor
making concessions to stop the political
agitation and rioting In that country
The Russian people are certainly eu
titled to a much more liberal govern
ment, but now that the Humes have
started to spread there Is some question
whether this method will be satisfactory
nnil stop the trouble. The populace Is
likely to mistrust the sincerity of the
unwilling grant.
Tho highest testimonial which has yet
been offered to the American forces In
China was tho petition of the Chinese
themselves that the Americans remain
In control of tho pottlou of IVkln which
lias been under their protection. In face
of the fact that the Chinese are urging
tho other powers to turn over their qtiar
tors of the city to native control this Is
unswer enough to the statement that the
American forces have hail a part In tho
looting and outrages perpetrated upon
tho Chluese. ,i
THK lAl'TVlW Of ACVlXAhOU.
rnqtiestlonably the most Important
single Incident In connection with the
Filipino Insurrection Is the capture of
Agulnaldo. While the head of the re
bellion In Luzon bad apparently not
been active for months and was found
In his mountain retreat with only n few
staff olllccrs, yet he exerted an Influ
ence upon a portion of the people that
kept them In a hostile attitude toward
the Fnlted States and encouraged them
to hope that they would ultimately suc
ceed In the effort to overthrow Amer
ican authority. There Is no doubt that
a large element of the Filipinos has
had strong faith In Agulnaldo, In spite
of the fact that he has kept himself In
concealment and taken no risks. Now
that he Is In captivity his Influence, of
course, will be at mi end and the popu
lar confidence In him will disappear. It
Is reasonably expected that the com
plete collapse of the Insurrection will
speedily ensue.
Ceneral Funston, the hero of this
event, has greatly enhanced his fame
as a skillful and Intrepid soldier. He
alone Is entitled to the credit for plan
ning the expedition and the chief glory
of Its success must be accorded to the
resourceful and doughty Kansas gen
eral, who has figured In more really
sensational deeds of valor than any
man In our new possessions. This Is
fully recognized at Washington and al
ready the question of properly reward
ing Funston Is being discussed In olll-
clal circles. That ho should bo given
a place In the regular army will un
doubtedly be generally admitted, but to
give him such a rank as ho merits will
require a special act of congress. Fun
ston Is now a brigadier general of vol
unteers and his term of service will ex
pire July 1 next. Under the new army
bill he can be appointed to no higher
rank In the regular army than llrst
lieutenant and It Is not probable that
he would accept that. The president,
however, may be able to place him In
a military position temporarily, or un
til congress can be asked to reward
hlin as his services Justify, and If the
president can Hud It practicable to do
this there Is no doubt It will be done.
tSeilerul Funston Is a soldier In every
liber and it Is desirable for the good
of the service that he be retained In It.
As a captive, taken not In battle, but
where he thought himself secure, Agul
naldo presents a sorry figure. This or
ganizer of rebellion has throughout kept
at a safe distance from the lighting and
so far as known has never done a single
courageous act. As a leader he has
shown no marked ability and the won
der Is that he was permitted to hold
sway over his countrymen for so long
a time. The question as to what dis
position shall now be made of him ap
pears to be perplexing the officials at
Washington. Nothing should be done
that will make a martyr of Agulnaldo.
Let him be kept in prison at Manila,
or perhaps better still, deported to
Guam, where, as Admiral Dewey re
marked, ho cannot pose, but It would
be a, mistake to treat hlin with undue
harshness and severity. That course
would create Hjmpathy for him and
would be of no advantage to the gov
ernment. It Is not what he deserves
that should determine his punishment,
but what Is demanded of us as(ft civ
ilized nation.
UUSSIA'S IXTUHXAL THUVliLF..
Russia's Internal trouble seems to be
quite as serious its her International
complications and may prove to be more
dltllcult of settlement. It Is now stated
that the gravity of the situation has
been Increased by the fact that a com
bination has been formed between the
students and the artisans, or working
classes, which gives a decidedly formida
ble character to the outbreak against
the government.
An American correspondent at St.
I'etersburg, explaining the cause of the
present trouble, which originated with
the students In the universities, says
that the Kusslan autocratic form of gov
ernment Is reflected to an extreme de
gree iu the code of discipline prevailing
at the state universities. An Inspector is
appointed by the government to keep
close watch over every university. This
inspector Is assisted by a Binall army of
assistants, whose duty It Is to act as
spies over the students, to note their
dally manner of life ami to ascertain
their political opinions. They are not
allowed to form clubs or associations
of any kind or to hold public meetings.
According to this correspondent tho
students are all drawn from the poorer
classes of the population and this ex
plains why the higher Institutions of
learning have always been, more or
less, centers of nihilism. Latterly the
government litis been striving to remedy
this by encouraging the sons of bour
geois families to enter the universities
nnil also by Improving the material con
dition of the poorer studeuts, many of
whom live In the most abject poverty.
Such a condition engenders a revolu
tionary spirit anil It Is not at all sur
prising that nihilism should flourish
among the Uusslau educated classes.
It was after the outbreaks In the win
ter of 1801) that the government adopted
the regulations which suppressed even
the most Innocent associations among
the students aud It was the attempt
of the studeuts to carry on their own
tiff airs at the university at Kleff last
December that precipitated the present
disturbances, the agitation at Ktett
having spread to all parts of the em
pire. Some of the students who took
part in that agitation were eompulsorily
made to serve as privates In the army
and It Is this dragooning and the fulling
back on military discipline that has
kept up the agitation. The call Issued
by the organization committee of the
students, appealing to sympathetic Kus
slaus ttt Join them, has, It appears, been
promptly respouded to by the labor
party and such a combination, under
strong leadership, may give the gov
ernment a vast amount of trouble.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says that
no doubt Is entertained that the out
break will be quelled, but at Incalcula
ble cost of life and suffering. In this
Is Indicated the formidable character
Jot the disturbance, Jt would aecm
the part of wisdom for the government
to adopt a policy of conciliation and
such a course would be quite consistent
with the czar's peace Inclinations, but
there seems to be no thought of doing
this. The Kusslun Imperial council Is
composed of men who do not favor
showing any leniency toward people
who protest against the decrees of the
government nnil therefore It Is to be
expected that there will be a stern en
forcement of he existing regulations.
rEM'r.TCATtXO AX IXJVSTICK.
The most regrettable If not the most
outrageous action of tho Twenty
seventh General assembly of Nebraska's
legislature Is Its refusal to redlstrlct the
state for legislative purposes. This
failure leaves the representative mid
senatotlnl districts as they were formed
under the census of IKS,", and amounts
to the practical disfranchisement of a
large proportion of the present popula
tion of the state so far as representation
In the legislature Is concerned. For the
last ten years one of the Issues of the
republican party has been tho failure of
tho populists to make the new apportion
ment under the census of 1S!)0 or to pro
vide for the state enumeration lu lfe!)r,
which would have made It possible to re
dlstrlct the state at the session of J SOT.
Now, when the matter was entirely in
their own hands, republican votes were
cast to defeat the bill that had passed
the senate mid was Intended to correct
the abuse so Justly complained of. Re
publican representatives voted In the
houso to perpetuate the Injustice.
During the sixteen years that have
elapsed since the state enumeration of
18S5 the western part of the state has
been settled. According to tho llgures
of that year, the state had u population
of 710,(11."; the census of 1000 gives the
total as l,00S,f;M). On a basis of thirty
three senators and 100 representatives,
the ratio for representation under the
1SS." census was U'-VIOO for each senator
and 7.-100 for each representative. Un
der the 1900 census the ratio was ai'.OOO
mid 10,i00 respectively. To show how
unjust the apportionment of 1885 Is
when applied to the population of 1000,
it is only neccssnry to clto the Instance
of a single western district. The Fifty
fourth representative district shows the
following:
Counties. 1SS3. 1000.
Ilauner 1.1H
Clicycnuo 1,653 ft.tj'O
Deuel 2,030
Keith 1.U0 1,931
Kimball 73S
Lincoln r.,002 11,416
Mcl'herson I17
Perkins 1,702
Scott3 Bluff 2,532
Totals 7,793 28,216
Included In Chcycnno.
Included In Keith.
Thus, In 188T, this district was exactly
lu Hue with the ratio of population to
members of the lower branch of the leg
islature, but It uow has nearly four
times the population It had then, and has
three times the ratio for members. The
people of the district arc clearly entitled
to three representatlvps, and have tyut
one. In the Twenty-ninth senatorial
district n similar state of affairs exists.
This district was formed iu 1SS5, and Its
population then and now compares as
follows:
Counties. 1SS3. 1900.
Chase 170 2,r..7J
Dundy 432 2,131
Frontier 4,107 8,781
Furnas 7,063 12,1173
Gosper 3,839 KiOl
Hayes C6S 2, 70S
Hltehrock 2,388 4,109
Hed Willow 6,192 0.C01
Totals 22,839 48,159
Tills district contained an equitable
population lu proportion to its senatorial
value lu 18S,", but now it has nearly
doubled lu population, and under the
ratio established for the 1000 census
should have two senators Instead of one.
Hepreseutatlve Cnppoo of Holt county
made the motion to Indefinitely postpone
the bill lu the house. His county Is n
part of a senatorial district which had
but 18,r0:t population lu 188., ami but
L'll.fMo In 1000. below the ratio In both
instances, but securing representation.
Other features of the situation will
suggest themselves at a moment's
thought. Douglas comity, for example,
had but 7-,J."8 people in 1S8.", and the
allotment of three senators and nine
representatives on the basis of that year
was Just. Now Douglas county has a
population of l-lO.SUti, and gets no more
representation, although entitled to four
aud a fraction senators and fourteen
representatives. South Omaha, with a
population greater than any" county lu
the state stive Douglas, Lancaster and
Gage, has been built since the census of
1885 was taken, yet the people of the
Magic City are denied representation.
Lancaster county has Increased from
:t0,71U to 01, Sit.", but gets no correspond
ing Increase In representation.
Counties which have literally stood
still lu the matter of population during
the sixteen years retain their member
ship In the house and senate, depriving
the newer districts of the state of their
just proportion of the body. The un
fairness of this Is patent. Some hope
exists that the matter may be remedied
by an extra session of the legislature,
but In the meantime tho failure of the
legislature to give the relief needed will
be charged to the republican party.
One effect of the good times and In
dustrial activity In this country and the
stagnation abroad Is the Increase In Im
migration. A steamer recently arrived
at New York from Germany which car
ried the largest number of Immigrants
ever brought In one ship. The United
States has no regrets over the Germans
who have previously come to this coun
try and there Is no reason to believe It
will have lu the case of those who are
now arriving.
Statistics of sh'lpbulhllng show that
F.ngllsh yards laM year constructed a
greater tonnage than all the other na
tions of the world combined. The ex
cess last year was not so great, how
ever, as lu previous ones. The United
States comes second mid France and
Germany third mid fourth, lu the order
named. The position of the United
States Is duo largely to tlfe operations
ou the grcut lakes, both tUu Uuropcuu
countries mentioned exceeding this In
ocean tonnage- With all the natural
facilities and advantages for building
ships it Is to be regretted that we arc
so far behind, and with laws more ad
vantageotis to American shipping inter
ests It would not be the case.
Keerultlng for the army Is delayed on
account of the lack of olllccrs to take
charge of the work, and this In the face
of the fact that the country Is full of
men who think they are perfectly capa
ble of lining any position iu the army
from conunaiider-ln-chlef down to sec
ond lieutenant.
TrlflrM Oft .Mnko Trnnlile.
1'hlludelphfii Times.
It does not speak la thunder tones for
peace when the only ties between the liiiR
llsli and the Russians In China are some
railroad ties.
Out' llM'rl-iice KiioiiuIi.
Philadelphia ledger.
It may have been noticed that Spain Is
not squandering the money received from
the United States in buying up other out
lying real estate.
A Wry .i'i'i'Hiiry Hint.
Cincinnati Knqulrcr (dem.)
Mr. Cleveland should not mistake the
public estimate of the lato llenjamln Har
rison for what the peoplo think of tho only
surviving cx-prcsldent.
Situ nr-l 'out I'd I'r lend nil I p.
Indianapolis News.
An American syndicate Is said to have se
cured a tract of C6.000 ncrcs of land la Cuba
on which to grow sugar. This is another
reason why wo Bhould remain "closo
friends" very closo friends with "our
neighbors."
I. ft L'uIiiiiim Iti'lli'Cl AmIiIIp.
San Francisco News Letter.
Tho fnct that tho patriots of Cuba don't
want to bo "annexed" to tho United States
has nothing to do with the case. They
should stop and rolled that, If Undo Satii
wants to gobblo their territory whole, he Is
certainly doing It for their good, Just as ho
Is shooting tho elusive gu-gu for the benefit
ot that gentleman's soul nut! tho enlighten
ment of the race.
From Old IIonn (n imv.
llttffalo Kxprcss (rep.)
It must bo admitted that tho outlook Is
dubious for tho cautious followers of tho
organization. It Is n little rough on them
to compel them to tnko sides between tho
powerful boss nnd tho powerful governor,
but It seems to be coming to that. Odoll
Is young nnd nmbltlous, and has tasted
blood. Matt Is old, but vindictive, and has
his son and Lou Payn nnd John Unities
and other choice spirits to egg him on.
Till" Hi of Mr. llroivn.
Chicago Chronicle.
Dismissal of Ilrown. Corean commissioner
of customs, nppolntod by llrltlsh Inllucnce,
succeeds tho Tien Tsln railroad siding as a
text for more denunciation of Huss'la by tho
urltlsh lory press directed from "Hotel
Cecil," as tho ministry Is now wittily cnlled.
Corca may have dismissed Brown to please
itussia, nut it Is not clear what Hotel Cecil
has to do lu tho matter. For tho land of
hats had not accepted llrltlsh suzerainty so
far as tho records show.
Will HiinnIr Apply (hp .llnlclif
l'hflndclphla, Ledger.
With Knglatld so badlv h.itnnnrrd liv thn
war In South Africa that she is nnnhin in
resent a ltusslan snub In China, this .would
seem to bo an opportune tltno to revive
tno traditional "blaze in tho IlalUnns,"
which Is cxneeted to consuinn: liltlmntelv.
tho emplro of tho Turk In Kurope, and al
ready tho match Is being applied; but the
Turk may be saved onco more by tho In
ability of Russia to tako ndvantarn nf thn
opportunity. She Is not much better pre
pared ror such n wnr than England Is.
AVIikI C'Iiiii lu Ai'Mou.
New York Sun.
Colonel Ilrvan shows his continuing aver.
slon to harmony with democrats not at
tuned to himself by drawing his pen and
Jabbing therewith tho fairy form of tho
lion, urover Cleveland. To tell tho truth,
the colonel doesn't make a graceful at
tack. Ho has not the command of Ink
that ho has of his voice, and in tho mat
ter of dullness nnd reverberant monotony
we aro not sure that there is miieh tn
choose between the Ostrich Tamer and tho
Fisherman.
Still, tho candid nhilnsonher must acrro
With much that Colonel Ilrvan Iiiih tn kiiv
about Mr. Cleveland, and with what Mr.
Cleveland is known to think about Colonel
Uryan. About each other these illstln.
gulshcd democrats aro substantially right,
whatever bo their varying degrees of cor
rectness or incorrectness as to other sub
jects.
It may not bo courteous, but It Is natural
that two of a trade should not airron. Thn
members of tho Wind Clnn of tho Omaha'o
used to spread nnd shnko their hlnnknln
when a wind was wanted; but as a rulo
windniaker docs not love wlndmnkor, and
tho Wind Clan Is torn by divisions.
IlliK'V SUtSAH 1MUSTHV.
Xow Coiialilrreil u Ciniiiiit'reliil Sneer
In 'I'll I h Conii(r.
New York Sun.
Tho United States leads the world as a
sugar consumer. All tho wheat the country
sells to foreign lands does not puy for the
sugar it buys from them. The question of
raising enough sugar at homo to Hupply
our needs Is, therefore, of tho largest
economic Importance. It has been evident
for years that tho country would never ho
able to grow all Its own sugar If It de
pended nlono upon sugar cane; tho reason
is because the nrca for successful culti
vation of sugar cane Is too restricted to bo
adequate for our wants. Tho country must
depend upon tho development nf beet sugar
growing, if it Is ever to be uhle to supply
Its own demand.
In view of this fnct It is gratifying to
know that according to tho repot t on the
manufaoturo of heel sugar Jilhti published
by tho census bureau tho Industry may
now bo regarded as a eommrrclnl success
in this country. Tho report Is mado by
Dr. (. L. Spencer, who, while collecting his
data, visited every beot sugar factory In
operation la tho United States.
The activity la this Industry began In
189G. Slnco that tltno thirty-flvo factories
have been built. Tho census year ending
May 31, 1900, was a bad year for the
Industry, for tho beet crop was a partial
failure; thlrty-ono factories, however, wore
lu operation and they produced 33 per cent
of our total sugar production, whlio ten
years earlier tho output of beet sugar was
less than 2 per cent of tho domestic output.
Tho thlrty-ono factories In operation In
cluded nlno In Michigan, right In California
and fourteon In other states and territories
from Washington lu tho north to .Now
Mexico In the south nml New York In the
east. A hopeful sign Is tho firm belief of
capltallFts who aro Investing In factories
that beet sugar has pulsed the experimental
stago In this country. With fow exceptions
tho fnctorles built 'Ithln tho past ton years
aro large, substantial buildings designed
with a view to accommodate tn much ma
chinery that their present output may at
least bo doubled In tho future Tho best
Is now yielding more than a third of our
domestic sugar product and fnctorles are
earning a fair return on their investments,
though soveral lost heavily In 1899 on ac
count of tho failure of the supply of ruw
material. On tho whole, the prospects are
now favorable for tho rapid development of
tbf, industry,
FIVli 1A V.N IX ft It A.
lmt Ciiiiuri'iKiiiiMi OliKert I'll from
Hotel Wlmlimx In I li ti I 'rime.
Philadelphia North American.
A congressman who made up his mind to
vote for the Piatt amendment on live hours'
notice nnturally considers himself com
petent, after passing five days In a Havana
hotel, to define the exact sentiment of tho
whole Cuban people toward tho L'nH
States. Therefore we are much Impressed
with tho opinions of Representative Dovener
of west Virginia and Representative Mercer
of .Nebraska, who, with some of their fellow
members of the river aud harbor committee,
snatched the tltno from nn inspection of
tho river and harbor Improvements along
the Florida coast to run over to Havana.
Mr. Dovener hits convinced himself thnt
tho wealth nnd Intelligence of tho Island
favors tho establishment of nn Amerlcati
protectorate nnd the udvocates ot Cuban
independence arc to be found only among
tho Ignorant classes and their political nil
vlseis. Although the conservative and bus!
ness elements d'o not openly espouse the
l'latt amendment, Mr. l)ocucr gives us to
understand that ho was not misled by their
silence, ns less perspicacious observers are
apt to be. They nro Ulent, ho says, ns a
matter of policy and not because they doubt
the wisdom of tho administration's program
and tho method It proposes for tho govern
umiit of tho Islnnd. "H Is tho element that
has nothing to lose," ho explains, "thnt la
heard loudly opposing tho Piatt amend
ment." lu other words, tho business men,
who have no convictions and nro ready to
go over to tho winning side, aro to bo
taken to bo more truly reprcsentntlvo of tho
wholo pcoplu than tlu; so-called "radical
element" which carried tho elections last
fail by an overwhelming majority. Mr.
Mercer talks In much tho snmo strain. He,
too, went beneath tho surfneo of things.
He found that tho leaders of tho Cub.;n
population "nro putting up a big bluff,
hoping thnt they may bo given promises of
positions." Evidently Mr. Mercer believes
that they know something of how politics
aro done In this country.
In striking contrast with tho views of
Mr. Dovener and Mr. Mercer nro those of
Mr. llurtou, chulrmau of tho river and
harbor committee. Mr. Ilurton, by habit
and training, Is a student of hard facts,
who is not easily swayed by sentiment or
controlled by mero political expediency.
Therefore wo find that Mr. Ilurton prefaces
his Interview with tho remnrks:
"It Is dilllcult for any person to form
opinions of value In a brief trip to a coun
try whoso language you do not understand,
aud which is Inhabited by n race whoso
traditions and Ideas arc different from our
own. Information must bo obtained at
second hand and from necessarily supcr
Dclal observation."
To his eyes there wero revealed no sur
face Indications of unrest or probnbto dis
turbance. Ultimately, lio believes, euinomlc
considerations will convince tho Cubans
that a very closo alliance with tho United
States will bo to their advantage, but, ho
adds, "whether wo look at It from tho
standpoint of annexation or not, I regnrd a
period of independence as absolutely es
sential." What ho says In further develop
ment of his Cuban impressions might bo
applied with Indisputable truth to this
country:
"Our observations would lead us to think
that tho great majority of peoplo in Cuba
tako llttlo interest In tho form of govern
ment, but an actlvo element, favoring nny
political Idea, Independence or anything
else, would exert an lnllucnco qultu out of
proportion to their number. This Is duo to
tho indifference of tho great body of tho
people."
As If to apologize for obtruding his casual
observations, Mr, Ilurton again cautiously
explains that tho congressional party's Im
pressions wero derived from Boeing Havana
and tho Immediate neighborhood, nnd that
no person could form n comprehensive
opinion without visiting other provinces,
particularly Santiago do Cuba. As far,
however, ns ho could Judgo from personal
communication with members of tho con
stitutional convention, they seemed to him
to bo "very earnest men."
ri;itsoAi, xotks.
Atchison, Kan., refuses to tax Its labor
$S,000 a year as a condition of accepting
?50,000 from Andrew Carneglo for a library.
A writer In tho New York Tribune de
nies that tho lato ex-Prcsldent Harrtsuu
was a descendant of General Thomas Har
rison, tho regicide.
Sir. Johnson, tho noted slnglo tnxcr, has
for his first namo Tom not an abbreviation
of Thomas, but n family namo common
enough In Kentucky, whero ho was born.
Among tho callers at tho AVhlto House
last week was W. W. Goodrich of Mount
Washington, a grandnephow of Uifayetto
and a grandson of William Wordsworth.
Jnmes Walker of Wilmington, X. ('.,
whoso death was nnnnunccd tho other day,
was widely known in tho south for his phil
anthropy. His last public gift was a hos
pital which cost $30,000.
T, W. Iluescll, tho now Irish leader In
tho Houso of Commons, began his career ns
a public speaker on tho temperance lecture
platform. Ho has in his veins, by tho way,
not a llttlo Scotch blood.
Senator l'latt of Xow York litis aged con
siderably within a few years. Thoro nro
Htreaks of white In his beard and ou his
head. Ho stoops when he walks and his
stops aro measured nnd slow. Ills faco has
grown thin and his cheeks are sunken.
Lamar Quluteio of Xow Orleans, to whom
President McKlnley has tendered a seat on
the supreme bench at Manila, hns all the
qualifications. He Is uot yol 10, his char
acter Is of the hlghe.it, ho Is learned lu
the civil law and lit speaks Spanish nnd
French as llucntly as English.
The Mllllnocket correspondent of tho
Ilangor (Mo.; Commercial recently sent tho
following news Item: "Mrs. John (iwynu
has gone to lloston for a few weeks. During
her ahseucc sho will receive medical treat
ment for a tumor, und also select her spring
and summer stock nf millinery."
Hiram f'ronk, the last nnlo pensioner of
tho war of 1S12, still lives and draws his
pension In the town of Ava, nine tulles from
Uoomlllc, Oneida county. X, Y. lie was
liotn in Frankfort, llerkinur county. X. Y.,
April 29.1800. and In September, ISll. he
enlisted lu what was then called the mass
militia.
The will of the late I'tof. Xathanlcl
Holmes ot Cambridge, Mais., gives his
library, one uf the best prlato ones In
Massachusetts, to tho town of I'oterboto,
X. H., for public use. Prof. Holmes was a
member ot the Harvard Law school faculty
aud formerly a Justice of the supreme court
of Missouri.
Civil Servlco Commissioner Drowsier died
on tho night nf March IS. Ueforo tho presi
dent quit work next evening eight applica
tions for lint vacancy had been filed. Two
days after Congressman Hroslus died ten
members of tho houso wero aspirants to a
eommltteo chairmanship which tho dead
man had hold. When Consul Genera! Wlld
anu went down with the Kin Janeiro in
Snn Francisco bay seven applications for
his placo had been filed In Washington be
foru tho president had received olllclnl no
tice of the vacancy.
M. Ferand, who died recently In Paris,
belonged to a family closely identified with
tho revolutionary history ot France. Ills
great-uuelo was n member of tho conven
tion which condemned to the guillotine tho
ur.fr rtunnto Louis XVI, and shared tho fato
of tho royal victim, his head being stuck
at tho end of a plko aud thrust In tho faco
of thn president, lloissy d'Anglns, M di
Goulard, tho minister of finance In 1871,
who raised tho loan of five milliards, the
famous war Indemnity to tho Germans, was
M, Fcruu'J'S brother-ln-Iuw.
i.oyv ( IIAl'l i:il OF HISTORY.
Jtrriilli'flltiiiN of nil llplftiiilc DurltiK
(lie Crltli-nl ln of Civil Wnr.
Washington Post.
Wo note a recent recrudescence of tho
controversy over England's attitude toward
tho United States during our civil war, forty
years ngo. Of course, It Is notorious that
tho English aristocracy, ns a rule, sympa
thized with the confederacy. That wasiat
urat enough la vlow- of tho ties binding
them to tho grent land-holding nrlstocrncy
of tho south tics of kindred, Intermarriage,
common ideas, standards nnd traditions
Tho real question, however, related to tho
llrltlsh government, not to tho people. Did
thnt government over seriously consider tho
propriety of recognizing the confederacy
In such fashion as would Involve diplomatic
Intercourse, nn Inquiry Into the validity
of tho union blockado of southern ports
possibly tho expedient of Intervention In
some form or other?
A fow days ngo thcro was a publication
we cannot now Identify It dtvoted to this
subject, lu tho course of which Mr. (Had
stone was quoted us hnvlng declare..! that
tho llrltlsh government hnd never at nny
tltno during tho civil war thought of rcn
dcrlng tho very slightest nsslstanco or
even encouragement to the confederacy.
Certainly, thnt Is high authority, but Is
It unassailable? wo have reason to be
llevo that, townrd the closo of the war,
Prince Pollgnnc, then commanding a brigade
in the confederate army under Lieutenant
General E. Klrhy Smith, head of tho trans
mtsslsslppl department, was sent to Europe
upon n very delicate and Important mission.
He was accompanied bv Major John C.
Moncure. a brilliant southern olllcor. This
much wns well known among the olllccrs at
department headquarters, Shroveport, La
Gossip had It that Pollgnao went authorized
from Richmond to offer to Louis Xnpolcon
nil thnt part ot tho original Louisiana pur
chase then Included In or claimed by tho
southern confederacy, the consideration be
Ing that Franco would send an army to the
aid of Jefferson Davis and othcrwlso co
operate In tho establishment of his govern
ment In the rest of tho southern states.
Tho scheme did not havo tho approval ot
all tho leading confederntes perhaps It
was not liked by a majority of them, but
disapproval of Mr. Davis was by no means
uncommon at that tlmo Indeed, it had
been tho rulo rather than tho exception
slnco his removal of Joseph E. Johnston
at a critical moment In tho Tennessee cam
paign somo months before. At nlUcvcnta,
Pollgnnc, accompanied by Moncure, went
to Paris via Galveston, we think nnd,
though thoir mission was barren of result,
so fnr as concerned the confederacy, It
leaked out when Moncure returned that
Louis Xnpolcon had frequently consulted
with Lord Palmerston. and that, so far
from refusing to consider tho proposition
at nil whatever It may havo been th
latter had given It n great deal of his time
and had finally dismissed It with reluctance.
Wo havo slnco been told that tho queen
horself Intervened, but wo rather think
that tho nppearancn of tho Ilusslnn fleets
at Xew York and San Francisco with or
ders, ns afterward transpired, to plnce
themselves at tho disposal of tho United
States government cut at least somo figure
in Lord Palmerston's philosophy.
It is hnrdly probable that tho details of
this rcmarknhlo incident will ever Hnd their
way Into authenticated history, but mauy
men who knew of It who know Pollgnnc
and Moncuro and heard tho lattcr's account
of tho mission Mill survive nnd still recall
tho ovonts, tho disclosures nnd tho ac
cepted conclusions growing out of It,
WHY THU MAST KICKS.
riniin fur Iti-cliilinliiK' Arid I.nnilN
Without ut liiiuil Appropriation.
Washington Post.
Iu the west much credit is given to
Senator Carter for his thlrtecu hour3'
speech against tho river and harbor bill,
but tho motive west of tho ninety-ninth
meridian Is qulto different from that which
secures his pralso cast of that line.
lu tho west ho Is lauded not becauso tho
bill appropriated too much, but becauso
It did not appropriate more. Money Is
wanted out thero for Irrigation, nnd ns
Undo Sam seems to havo tho most money
ho la expected to give It. Hut thero aro
73,000,000 taxpayers east of tho ninety-ninth
meridian und only 3,000,0U0 west uf It, nnd
tho eastern farmer objects to being taxed
to fertilize by irrigation tho lands that will
compete with his and render them less valu
able. He reflects that tho government Is
not lertllizlug his land. Ho hns to take
his chances for water from tho clouds, nnd
hoes hlh own row. Therefore, ho dislikes
to bo forced to help his competitor to a
row that may bu hoed In competition.
It Is probable that this eastern objection
will not bo overcome, but that does not
mean that Irrigation lu the west need lag.
In thu arid west lies n vast grazing re
gion ou tho public domain. It belongs tn
all tho people. Its forngo has produced
Immense fortunes to stnckrnlsers who havo
never paid a penny for what their flocks
aud herds havo oaten, llelng free range
and used In common. It hns been over
stocked until Its natural grasses aro nearly
exterminated und Its value is being rapidly
destroyed,
As tho eastern tnxpayer looks at It, he Is
being asked to put his hand tn his pocket
to Irrigate laud for the western man, who
has already grown rich on public property
unpaid for, and iu tho process hns de
stroyed the eastern taxpayer's share of tho
property on tho public range.
Would It uot ho common houso for tho
federal government to leaso tho public stock
ranges under regulations that will leavo
them still open to bona lldu settlement for
agricultural purposes und to thu mineral
prospector, nnd cnnhlo their forngo to re
cruit by preventing overstocking, and devote
thn revenue to irrlgutlon In the stntes and
territories whonco It Is derived?
A careful estimate ot that revenue at n
very nominal I ratal puts It at 110,000,000
per annum. Deducting $2,000,000 for tho
administration of this leasehold policy, n
balnnco of $8,000,000 will go annunlly to
tho arid regions for Irrigation; tho produc
tion of beef would bo again economized and
tho 'eastern taxpayer would protect his
pocket and property right In tho public
domain, wlillo western development depend
ent on Irrigation would proceed without
adding another logrolling crowd to tho big
river nnd harbor bill.
Gr.vnuosiTV siisaim'Mkii.
Setiiuliil GrimiiiK Out nf the (nlvestim
Relief I'liml.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
It Is too bad that any dead flies should
mar tho sweet odor of such an exhibition ot
il pCopIo's genoroslty ns followed tho Gal
veston tornado. Hut tho record would not
bo complete which should fall to noto somo
Instances of nbomlnablo selfishness und
fraud on tho part ot tho local committee
having charge of thu relief funds. An In
vestigation set on foot by tho legislature
of Texas shows thut a wholo cargo of flour
and 2,000 sacks ot meal were sold by ouo
of those committees nnd tho proceeds never
accounted for; that $130,000 nf tho charity
fund was used lu building houses on tho
lands of well-to-do people, lo ho rented to
tho homeless sufferers; that between $15,000
and $20,000 of tho 'snmo fund was used lu
tilling low lots belonging to members of tho
relief comtnltteos, and that somo other
members of tho committees held up money
apportioned to sufferers nnd applied it In
paymentB of old debts duo from tho suffer
ers to themselves, Misfortune In such
calamitous proportions seems to havo tho
effnet of blunting tho sensitiveness of con
sclenco, and tho lesson from theso incidents
would appear to bo that tho administration
of relief funds should be In tho hands of
outsiders, not lu those of men themselves
In a greater or less degree tho victims of
UUr.3tjr.
llt'SSIA AS .1 RIVAL.
Sprciilftllmin mi (In- Him cliipiucnt of
the Urenti'At of Umpire.
Ilnltlmoro Amerlcati,
The clash of Interests between England
nnd Russia presents a problem of coti
sldcrnblo concern to tho future affairs ot
the United States. Tho tlmo Is fast np
preaching when England Is to lose tho
ptoud position she has so long held In the
world's procession. The leader of tho world
will bo this country or Russln, Conditions
nro such thnt no other sequel Is possible.
Xothlug but tho crushing of Husslna power
nt tho present tlmo enti eliminate her from
tho possibility of such n triumph. She hns
natural advantages which no other Euro
pean country possesses. Those advantages,
when moro fully developed, will make her
n dangerous rival, both In peace nnd war.
Her people are capable ot almost unlimited
exploitation, nnd tho mllltnrv energy of her
government Is even now oqunl tn that of
Germany. As tlmo progresses and enlight
enment grows more general the practical
side of tho Russian will llnd marvelous
expression. Tho fields, tho factories nnd
tho counting rooms will nil derive a now
Impetus, which will put activity Into tho
Inertia which now holds down so mnny of
tho people. It Is then that the Inexhausti
ble resources of the empire will bo worked
to their fullest limit.
It enn readily bo seen that when such
n new life seizes upon Russln she Is bound
to dash Into a leadership which no Euro
pean power can check. Her growing wenlth
will build a navy, will construct many
railroads, while nt tho same tltno her mili
tary energies will foreo many additional
concessions which will prove Invaluable la
tho future. With this progress may como
a number of changes designed to reconcile
the masses to the government under which
they live. Then Russia will stnml as tho
overshndowlng lnlluenco In tho affairs of
Europe.
England recognizes this, henco her pas
sionate Jealousy over overy Russian ad
vance. And yet England Is powerless to
stay tho inevitable. If hostilities should
break out nt this time England might crlp-
plo Russia, but Russia would llnally win.
Tho only effect of such n conflict, there
fore, would bo to ruin Englnud, to retard
Russia, to give Germany now llfo and tr
present tho United Stntes with nn undls
puled ascendancy tn the commercial affairs
of tho world. This country Is tho only
ono equipped with tho natural forces to
whip Russia, botli lu battle nml tn busi
ness. In tho former wo hnvo greater
bravery than tho Slav, but n superior
mechanical turn to support our courage
and patriotism. In the Intter everything
Is In our favor. Wo have the territory,
wo havo the fertility of soli, tho richness
of mineral nnd metal deposits, the variety
of cilmnto nnd tho diversity of production.
w o nlso hnvo nn unrivaled genius for
mcehnnlcnl invention, and back of It nil
a free, happy, contented peoplo, who nro
second to none In mental development, nnd
who nro tho proudest princes In tho great
est march of commerce which modern
civilization has ever witnessed. Whllo
Russia is never likely to lock horns with
us In battle, sho Is certain to meet us at
every turn in tho contest for commercial
expansion. And tho Stars nnd Stripes will
bo lifted triumphantly!
I..UKSH1XU GAS.
ImllnnupollH Press: "Whv did von hit thn
complainant with u fenco picket?1' tho judgo
UKttCll.
' iJcenusc. sorr. Ol d dn't have tlmn to
pull up a post," answered tho accused.
Chicago Record: "Wero you desperate
when 1 refused you, George?
"DesneratoV 1 had the toothnehn nnd
didn't feel it."
ST . I ,,...11... . 11... I . IA. .,
taurimtj Prairie chicken? Yes. sir. . Do you
llbn v.tn. iri,,,t 1tl.,l'P
Unclo SI Not so doggoned high tho gun
huh i ii-tiuu Kim ii uipiiirr, urn wimin
that got to do with eatln' of 'em?
Washington Stnr: "I understand thnt
energetic Kansas women has smashed iui-
othor saloon.
"Yes." answered tho nropr ctnr of the hlir
distillery. "If tho Idea eprends thn retail
supply of goods will beeomn so depleted
inai our pmce win nuvo to wor over
time!" Pittsburg Chronicle: "Xo I have nothing
for you. said tho housekeeper sternly. "Anil
don't you come hen- after dinner Hgnln."
"Keg pardon, iiuiy. replied Hiiimrv
Ilawki'H. "hut ' didn't Hinmoso you'd havo
dinner over ills early In do day. You uln't
very stylish, nro yer?
Philadelphia Press; Towno That fellow
Taylor Is n skin
Hrowne-'Sh! You shouldn't say anr.
thing like that unless vou'ru sum about
it.
lowtie I urn suro about IL lis Hold ma
this suit of ('lollies, nnd Just look at It.
Ilrowne Well, don't votl know vou nhould
never Judge n man by Ida clothes?
Ciitholli' Standard: Farmer Kornton I
guess uur John's goln' to muko a prcuchor
Seems to be great on the bible, from what
i near ten.
ail'H. Korntmi Do tell? Htnnned nut tn
tho eollegn whim you wuz In town, did ye?
Farmer Korntop Ymis, und when I nsked
his perfessor how John wuz gettln' ulong
ho said the thing ho noticed most wuz thut
ho wuz "rather Inclined to be bibulous."
Clllcaco Tribune: "Anvhow." remarked
ono of tho court llutterers, "your, majesty
may claim to be the John D. Itocltefoller
of your uge."
rso, rospomicci urocsus, with proud
humility, "I am only tho King ot Iydln.
I am not tho King of Grease."
' . . , .in kuiiik in Km
even." snld tho Kansas husband.
ll'tlLlll.,..!,-.., til,,-. in l ... .
- Miiai uro you going to no?"
;i iiiv nun ifi Kii'UK io go iniO politics
and mako speeches I am going to rend thn
household hints und publish recipes for
lintel enke."
Detroit Journal: Tim moment had como
for tho good fairy to show her power.
"Ho quick!" sho tried.' and touched tho
A. P. T messenger boy with her maglo
wand.
To tho tinutterabla amazement of overy
person In the drama tho boy actually cov
ered tho distance of n block In less than
four minutes, hereupon.
Al'llll, WK.VTIIKH.
llllss Carmen In Saturday Evening Post.
Soon, nh, soon thn April weather
With tho sunshine at tho door.
And tho mellow melting rain-wind
Sweeping from tho Suuth onco mora.
Soon tho rosy maples budding,
And tho willows putting forth,
Jllsty crimson nnd soft yellow
In tho valleys of tho North.
Soon tho hnzy purplo dlstunco,
Whero tho cabined heart taken wlnpr,
Eitgor for tho old migration
In tho muglc ot tho spring.
Soon, ah, soon tho budding wlndflowora
Through tho forest -whllo and frail
And tho odorous wild cherry
Gleaming In her ghostly veil.
Soon about tho waking uplands
Tho liepatlraw In blue
Children of tho llrst warm sunlight
In their sober Quaker hun.
All our shining llttlo sisters
Of tho fo.'. hr und the Held,
Lifting up their quiet faces
With tho Btwrot half revealed.
Boon across tho folding twilight
Of tho round earth himhcd to licnr,
Tho llrst robin at his vespers
Calling fnr, serene and clear.
Have III Tr.Stt.V rininliir
Your Eyes
.M finer rrfuiuletl If not nut lufuctnry.
I 'net ii ry tin the prriuUm,
J. C. Huteson & Co.
OPTICIANS
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