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TIIK IJnytimi affair 1ms turned out to
be n tempest In a teapot.
Tun cabinet straws somehow have a
flattened appearance nowadays.
WKSTKKX rail road presidents have
mot in Now York to talk over their
grievances. It will now bo in order for
Commissioner Cooley to read them an
other chapter of the riot act.
THK nppalinp loss of life on the river
steamboats near Memphis and Plaqno-
m i no brings vividly to mind that such
disasters , though common twenty years
ago , uro now of rare occurrence.
THE official organ of the national pro-
, * Jlibilion party invites the democratic
party to disband and como over to the
prohibition camp. The average demo
crat will look upon this invitation as
adding insult to defeat.
M. DKPKW , of the Now
York Central , has found that the steam
heating- railroads has proven a sue-
ooss , and has equipped almost the entire -
tire passenger rolling stock of that rail
road with steam heating apparatus.
The deadly car stove will soon go into
general disuse.
THK press of the country continues to
make cabinet slates for Mr. Harrison ,
who is quietly awaiting his turn to try a
hand at the business himself. Ho has
plenty of good material to select from ,
and judging from his conduct so far , it
is safe to assume that he will cheese his
own cabinet and will select men who
will do honor to the country and credit
to the administration.
THE professional lobbyists are now
engaged in going over the senate and
house bills of late sessions of the legis
lature , picking out bills whoso only pur
pose -as to bleed some business enter
prise or helpless Industry which would
compelled In solf-prosorvatlon to
fight them. Those bills will bo pre
sented again at the coming session , and
should bo spotted by newspaper men
who detest blackmailing schemes.
j IT appears from a statement miulo
by ono of the oflicors of the
Grand Order of Hallway Con
ductors at n recent mooting at Providence -
donco , R. I. , that there are twonty-
eight thousand conductors in the coun
try and about fourteen thousand of Ilium
are members of the order. The society
has boon ono of mutual benefit to its
members and has long boon hold in liih {
regard.
THEiti ! are thirty-soven different
altos proposed for now Fort Omaha.
Among these proposed sites are several
located on the east side of the Missouri ,
cither within the limits of Council
BlulTfl erin close proximity. If It should
eo happen that the site ohoson llos on
the east sldo of Council Bluffs ,
as is now more than probable -
able , parties who have boon
clamoring for a olmngo of location may
discover that they have boon struck by
a boomerang. As a matter of fact , the
choice will bo between the slto below
Bellevue and a tract live or six miles
cast of the Missouri. The latter would ,
of course , bo much nearer Omaha and
much moro accessible to all the rail
roads going.oast and west.
THK investigation of the Alaskan out
rages has boon taken in hand by tlio
board recently convened for that pur-
posQ at Washington. The examination
BO far Into the roportcd outrages has
como from unofllcinl sources , and the
tcstlmonythas boon moro or loss con
flicting. There ia no doubt but that
the Alaska Fur company , which Is so
directly compromised in the matter , is
trying to gloss over the reports. Cap-
tuln Leonard Shepard and Captain
Michael Hoaloy , of the United States
uwrino sot-vice , both thoroughly con
versant with the condition of the nu-
tlvosund the workings of the Alaska
Fur company , have boon summoned to
Jippoar ut Washington to present their
views on the Alaska question , The
testimony of these oflicors la looked for
ward to with great Interest. Their re
port will undoubtedly sot aright the
true state of nffaffj in Alaska , and will
go far in Influencing the recommenda
tions ot the investigating board to con-
THE KAILKOAD
The first year's experience in the
working of the intor-slato commerce
law has , as might have boon expected ,
shown some defects that must bo reme
died by additional legislation. Senator
Cullom , who , with Senator Reagan , was
largely Instrumental In the passage of
the net , issnid to bo engaged In the
preparation of suitable amendments
suggested by the experience of the
commission. The railroad managers ,
on the other hand , also propose a revis
ion of the law from their own stand
point , Pointing to the demoralized
condition of the railroad tralllc , they
are trying to "Impress upon congress
in general and Senator Cullom
in particular , that the deplor
able condition of the railway
stock market IB duo directly to the re
strictions of the itHor-stnto law , which
prohibit pooling , as well as to the long
and short haul clause , both of which
they desire to have repealed. The rail
road managers are always able to make
out a plausibla casa , when they sot out
to do so. They can truthfully point to
the shrinkage in the value of railroad
investments , ! ] ! the cutting down of divi
dends on n number of railroads.
That something is radically wrong In
the situation nobody denies , but to point
to the intor-slato law and make It re
sponsible for the present situation is
absurd. The evils of rate wars and re
ductions In the dividends are not of
yesterday or to-day. They existed long
before there was an inter-state law.
The long and the short haul clause , or
the clause prohibiting pooling , cannot
be hold responsible. The present demoralized -
moralized condition of alTnirs is the
climax of a long series of abuses. It
can bo traced to over-capitalization of
railroads and the "watering" of stock.
It is largely , if not xvholly , duo to the
prevailing system of building railroads
through construction companies organ
ized by inside rings , whoso positions as
ollleors of the companies unable them to
allow the construction oomumiy four
prices , and loads the railroad down from
the outset with fixed charges on ficti
tious loans and fictitious cost of con
struction.
A striking instance of this reckless
method of inllation is oxhiuited in the
suit just brought against the Missouri
Pacific construction company by KiU-
gerald and Mallory , the subcontractors
tractors who built the road. On
the fnco of it , this suit shows
that the managers of the Missouri
Pacific lot out the work of building their
lines to the construction company ,
which has simply sub-let the job at : in
while the subcontractors
enormous profit , -
tractors have also boon allowed to make
u handsome profit.
Now , why should the Missouri Pacific
or any other railroad build and equip
its lines t.hroughconstruction companies ,
when it could do its own grading , track
laying and bridge building at perhaps
one-fourth the amount allowed1
The only logical inference is that the
stockholders have been tapped for the
benefit of the construction ring. The
natural consequence always has been
and always will be disastrous to honest
investors whenever the water isBquoezod
out of such roads by competition or by
legislative regulation.
The hue and cry against reasonable
restriction and regulation comes with
bad grace from these who have brought
disaster upon themselves and incident
ally upon the investors in railway secur
ities by their systematic dishon
esty and reckless imsmnmip-ement.
The wrecking of railroads is not duo
to over-rigid inter-state regulation , butte
to the unscrupulous over-reaching man
ipulators of railway construction and
their allies , the railway stock gamblers.
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It was inevitable that the day of rock
on ing should como sooner or later. The
enormous strain of billions of inflated
stocks , representing over-capitalization
could not bo kept up forever. No mat
ter how prosperous and productive this
country may bo , its tralllc could
not possibly pay fixed charges ,
operating expenses and dividends
on the great network of American rail
roads which have allowed their man
agers and stock jobbers to pocket mil
lions upon millions that rightfully be
longed to the stockholders. The blight
which at first was confined to ono or
two systems has fallen on two-thirds of
the railroads of the country , for the
reason that they were all suffering
from the same disease. When"the pub
lic no longer would bo milked , the rail
roads wore at last thrown on their own
earning powers to pay interest
on the capital already borrowed.
Railroad manugors have found it
a hard task to deal with ficti
tious capital as though it wore genuine ,
and pay double and treble dividends.
Such an undertaking involves the trust ,
the suppression of competition and ex
tortion from the public.
The problem that confronts railroad
investors and managers must bo met as
Judge Cooley Intimated by ringing out
the water. This operation may involve
financial disaster in somq quarters but
the roads will not bo worth ono cent less
when the water is squeezed out than
they are now. With the water wrung
out of thorn their capacity to pay inter
est on their legitimate debts and fair
dividends on their stock will bo mater
ially improved in the present volume of
trade without increasing the tolls'
STATE DEPOXri'OltfES.
STOCKIIAM , Nob. , Doc. 21. To tlio Editor
of TUB Den : Would It not bo n h'ood thing
for the state 1C the coming session of the log-
IsliUuro should pass a law , similar to that In
forcoln Kansas , oatablUhlnffBtato and county
depositories for public money } You are
doubtless familiar with the Kansas law. It Is
patterned after the plan of tlio United States
depositories the bank designated us a depos
itory Doing required to deposit state , county
or municipal bonds with the auditor as se
curity , besides being the highest blddiir for
the use of tlio money. Very truly ,
J. n. EVANS.
TJIK DUE fully approves this proposed
reform in the revenue law. It will of
course meet with considerable opposir
tion from county and city treasurers ,
who are now Indirectly interested in
the deposits of public funds. But the
state at largo , and particularly the tax
payers , would derive very material
advantage from the proposed law. It U
notorious that in nearly ovury instance
the bankers that hold public funds on
deposit are the principal bondsmen of
the respective treasurers , Under the
depository system the bank would give
its bond directly to the county or city
and cheerfully pay Into their treasuries
the interest that is now paid to treasur
ers. The security to the public would
bo the same , If not better. The treasurer
may deposit some of his funds in n wild
cat bank and no county or city board
can prevent it even when the failure of
the bank might prove disastrous by rea
son of i liability to recover from bonds
men.
While this Is manifest to every intelli
gent member of the legislature wo doubt
whether any such bill can bo passed In
face of the pressure of Interested patrlcs ,
THE senate will have considerable to
say about Leon O. Bailey for United
States attorney for Indiana when his
name comes up for confirmation. Dur
ing the recent campaign Ualley was
industriously active in spreading cam
paign lies about General Harrison , and
it is a question whether such u man
should bo honored with an important
federal office.
VOICI5 OK T1I10 STATK PRESS.
Hnitinp ; Ncbraskun : The newsy and OR-
gresslvo Ur.n Is said to bo the only newspa
per In Onmha thnt Is making uny money. All
tlio rest are "In the soup. "
Holdrogc Citizen : A good law for the next
legislature to pass would be one making
some uniformity in taxation. There is too
much left to assessors nnd county boards.
Grand Island Independent : If the Lincoln
papers enter Into remonstrating ngulnst ap
propriations , It is safe to suy they will not
include in their objections nny of the public
institutions of Lincoln.
Vcrdon Vedotto : * The legislature of No-
brusku meets at noon on the 1st day of Janu
ary , ISSiK Tlio sun hides its face with an
eclipse In the afternoon of the same iluy.
Further comment is unnecessary.
J'axton Pilot : Our next legislature ought
to do something for western Nebraska , to
glvo them cheaper transportation , especially
on freight. This would bo of great advantage
to the fanners and producers , as well us to
the shipper.
Hancroft Journal : Prof. Hell , formerly of
the Norfolk News , has retired from journalIsm -
Ism und engaged in the undertakers' busi
ness. Wo imagines we sco him spit on his
hands nnd sinilu in demonic exultation as bo
grasps the scrow-drlvor to fasten down the
lid over the fellow who bus taUcn his paper
three or four years without paying for it and
then sent it back "refused. "
David City Press : There is a remarkable
evidence of legislative ability being developed
on the part of tlio newspaper fraternity , if
we may Judge by'the ndvice which is being
given to the members-elect to the next legis
lature. If every newspaper man hi tlio state
could have the trial of a session , it would in
spire a dcprco of modesty beyond expecta
tion. The next session is going to bo a hard
onei J'ho class of questions coming up uro
well calculated to create big lights. The
Omaha crowd will bo unusually pestivcrous
this trip , with charter amendments , election
contests and railroad schemes.
Fremont Tribune : Brad Slaughter Is in
Washington and he is reported to bo there in
the interests of Mr. Hrau Slaughter , Fullci
ton , Nebraska. Ho most earnestly desires
to succeed thoson-in-lawof his father-in-law
who now draws the salary of the United
States marshal for Nebraska. Slaughter
will be nt home in tlmo for the race for the
secretaryship of the senate at its organiza
tion , which ho has already hold for two or
three sessions. Whether he will bo a candi
date for United States senator is not stated ,
but if he fails to get the inarshalslup there
will be another state election in two years ,
with seven places to fill and ho may get some
thing then. For olllcial any positiou. Urad
D. Slaughter , of Fullerton.
Beatrice Republican : It Is now surmised
that at thocoming legislature the railroads
will endeavor to pet some other officer sub
stituted for the attorney-general on the
board of transportation. Wo do not believe ,
however , that any movement in this direc
tion will be countenanced by the legislature.
The railroads made a hard fight against
Attorney-General Leeso at the polls and
failed to defeat him there , and the members
of the 'eglslaturo cannot afford to disregard
tlio expressed wish of their constituents. The
legislature should sit down , and that too
with pulverizing effect , upon every railroad
lobbyist who attempts to secure the passing
of pet bills at the next legislature. The best
thing the railroads can do is to attend to
business and let politics alone.
Madison Reporter : If the members-elect
of the coming legislature will use the next
thrco weeks to study what laws and amend
ments that are needed to best regulate the
many grievances complained of by the people
ple , and in seeking useful infoimatioti.rathor
than for onlso , both the public and them
selves will bo greatly bencllttcd. In the
il'rst place there are no ofllces loose in Ne
braska just nt present , while there are sev
eral cogs loose in the running machinery of
the stuto government. And in the second
place , the surest road to political prominence
which paves the way to political preferment
backed by popular endorsement will bo found
in an intelligent , bold and manly participa
tion in the work of public legislating in the
people interests. Our educational interests
are great and growing. The largo Incomes
necessary to carry on tills must bo carefully
husbanded. It will bo well for our legisla
tors to look up the question of the state ex
penditures in connostlou with the annual ap
propriations , which are growing rapidly to
the detriment of the state funds. Tlio rail
road commission will bo another question to
bo solved during the coming legislature , as
well as remedying the corporate wrongs. It
is no llowery bed on which a true and honest
statesman sleeps.
*
Tlio Improved Politician.
n'athtnuton Critic.
In n competitive silence match Mr. Harri
son is about a stand-olT to Senator Quay.
The Two Explorers.
C/itoiffo / Tlmet.
Sceuo Central Africa :
"Kraln LJoy , I presume ! "
" . "
"Tho/amc.
"My name's Stanley get your hat and
duster and como homo , "
"Thanks. "
Tlio Delirium Tromcnw of Art.
St. JVrul l'Uinetr-l'it .
Wo nro sorry to learn that so interesting a
dramutlu trio as Kdwiu Booth , Lawrence
Barrott and Joseph Jolforson have Joined the
Actors' Order of Friendship In the movement
to limit tlio importation of foreign actors.
This schema Is highly objectionable , It is
the nemo the extreme rudlcallsin the delirium -
lirium treuiens of Indlscrimlnntlng high tariff.
AlVnliTor U.
Satwma/i AVutt. *
Annexation of Canada to this country Is a
long way in the future , If , In fact , it ever
occurs , There may bo commercial union between
twoon the two countries ono of these days ,
but there will have to bo a great chuugo 'in
the public sentiment of both countries before
there Is political union. This country has all
the territory it wants at present. The now
states which will bo admitted iuto the union
from the territory it already has will tnnkc
the number of states fully ns great as 1
ought to be. ( j
Tlio Condition Omalia.
OifMiN TV/fume. /
A man In Omaha wltlpiwd a policeman win
tried to nrroU him ono day last week nni
was fined $23. A few days inter n constable
in the same city broke the Jaw of n man whc
objected to being arrested , nnd ho was no
fined anything. Not onlj does It pay better
but It is much safer to ba'ood lu Omaha.
Don't Lie in n Hurry About Canada
In the minds of. , the great majority o
American citizens it Is by no means clea
that It Is worth while to purchase immunity
from vexatious international disputes will
Canada nt the pricoof annexation. Dismiss
ing for the moment the question whether
Canada desires annexation or not , It Is wel
to ask ourselves whether wo dcslro it. There
are many potent considerations which wouli
prompt us to answer no. Not the leas
among thcso considerations is tlio chnrnctc
of certniu largo and Important classes of the
Canadian people. U is tlio general opinioi
that wo have on our hands already a goou
deal more alien material than we can thor
oughly assimilate.
'I he Millennium.
Wall Street News : Thu date of its com
luenconicnt Is Jan. 1 , ISS'J. ' From and aftei
that date the tnrtlT will bo the same to al
comers , high and low , short nnd tall , stou
nnd thin , rich and poor. The agents havt
been instructed by the railroad managers tc
maintain tariff rates on pain of dismissal
They can give no concession to any one
Hero is the great opportunity for radica
railway civil service reform. If a freight
agent gives a shipper a cigar it will be n case
fora mild admonition ; if ho asks him to
drink ho will receive a reprimand ; If he says
lunch it will be a CHSO of .severe censure ; bu
if ho gets hold of u man with ten or twcntj
car loads of llrst-class through freight to
ship , takes him out to dine , and then secures
him as assistant decorator of the village , i
will probably bo a case of Immediate dis
cliargo.
That is the way it will look on the books ,
but In reality It will be different. Thu "fly'
agent will get the freight , and then he wil
be warned that ho is altogether too sharp ,
that this seduction of shippers must not con
tinue , and If the company ever hear of II
occurring again , ho must reconcile himself to
an increase of salary corrcspoiullug witli the
magnitude of the offence.
rilO.tlINtiNT 1'BUSO.VS.
Kditor Dana says the only kind of novefho
likes is one "chock full of love. "
Grand Duke Alexis of Russia , has for
years been the morganatic husband of the
Russian poetess , lonkonlki.
Jama S. Harlnn , u son of Associate Justice
Ilarlan , has been admitted to practice before
thu United States supreme court.
Queen Victoria , it is now authoritatively
stated , has really elft-cted entrenchments in
her household , involving u saving of ? 1. > UUK , (
a .vear , ot which , it , is stated , the Prince ol
Wales is to have the benefit.
The pope's jubilee gift to the Empress of
Austria was thu only one -\ylilcli her majesty
would accept. It wasaThirgu , splendid mosaic ,
representing the VirgUi null child surrounded
by llo\vcrs. The mosaic is five feet in height
and it has taken sevcriil yc'ars to complete it.
It has cost upward of * (5,00 ( $ .
'
The Earl of Dcvo'n , head of the ancient
family of Courtcuay , Ijus riot n cent to bless
himself with. His successive bankruptcies
have entirely swallowed up the family es
tates and a rent roll which , ho inherited I'roui
his dead father a few wcclc igo.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle
a llttlo girl named Bcssiui Lancaster , living
near Pomona , inudo a calico bed quilt , and
sent it to General Harrison. Hossio has rv
ceived a letter of thatjks from-tho president
elect , in which ho "closes with a a" facetious
allusion to the fact that she probnbly knows
Mr. Murchison of Pomona , who created such
a stir in the campaign by his letter to Sack-
ville West. "
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MAOAZINKS.
The Christmas Judge is a wonderful
production. Of course , it would not bo
in human nature for a republican cari
cature paper to have n , triple number
without ono single lling at the mug
wumps und democrats , but there is only
ono. All the rest of the publication is
devoted to subjects that are either
jocose or pathetic , and are moro or less
connected with the Christmas season.
Some of the illustrations are admirably
artistic specimens of engraving , and
the number would be worth the 'JO cents
without the supplement , which is a
chromo lithograph of very unusual
merit. It is a reproduction of ono of J.
G. Brown's pictures of street boy's
life , but is on an unusually largo scale
for him and contains six figures. It rcp-
resents a pretty girl of nine or ton
years surrounded by bootblacks , news
vendors and bouquet sellers. Ono of
them is holding a bouquet up to her
noso. and she is snilling it with a curi
ous mingling of timid shyness and
pleasure. Her uink frock is
rather ragged , but her shoes are
in much bettor condition than
thobo of her youthful admirers , and the
spectator's imagination naturally sug
gests to him that she is not a street
vondcr , but n child of poor parents
down in the crowded part of lower Now
York , contiguous to.ho ( . city hall whore
tlio newsboys , bootblacks , and button
hole bouquets flonds mostly congregate.
The foot gear of the gamins is fearfully
and wonderfully varied , and one of the
bovs , who Is seated on his blacking box ,
and looking on with a sympathetic
glance , wears an assortment of nigs
that nothing could justify save a streak
of bad luck in the nowsvondor's vice of
pitching pennies. J. G. Brown is an
artist in the front rank , who is con
stantly making progress in his profes
sion. Ho has a great reputation , both
in this country and abroad. His pic
tures are highly relished in England ,
because they are forcibly painted and
have strong characterization , und muoh
playful humor. The reproduction is an
excellent one , and 6bvlously was made
at great expense , far the number of
stones used was far'dbovo the average.
Sun and Shade in a magazine without
letter press , a sort o art ' 'songs with
out words , " contaif ing reproductions
by simple photogra ill , by photogrnv-
uro , and by the long" souglit for photo-
graph In colors. Tjils has of ton boon
done , but never will : anything like the
success achieved iuflio December num-
bar of the Sun und "gttindo , which con
tains a photograph ii colors printed by
George Uockwood , o" New York , cert -
tainly one of the ma , t progressive and
skilled professors ot the art of photo
grnphy. It is tho.portrait of a blonde
sauoy beauty of nboul twelve or thir
teen. The hair is admirable both in
color and roproductidn of toxturo. The
chemise is p rfoct except in one little
place behind the arm , where both texture
turo and focus are lost. The flesh of
the arm is also perfect. Hut the face ,
although wonderful for its llfo-ltko ex
pression , is bad in texture and in color ,
uul it is certain that powder in profu
sion must have boon rubbed upon it to
aid the artist in trying to do
what probably is impossible. Still the
artist has got nearer to the north polo
of photography in colors than any man
that ever attempted the feat. Of the
other illustrations the most successful
are the photogravures , and wo confess
to a profound dislike for the photo-
gelatines , Sou-Saw and Castles in
ipuiii are truly excellent examples of
what can bo done in photo-gruvure , for
they uro entirely without the poculiiu
appearance of ix photograph , and niv
prone ti closely to the quality of a sonin
drawing. It might bo said from this
thnt the problem of reproducing
pictures is then solved , Unfortunately
this is not the case. Thcso two arc
good , because they nro reproductions of
pictures painted by excellent artists ,
Morgan of London , and Brown of Now
York. But let n man try to reproduce
a Goromo or a Cabanol and the result
will bo n failure. Why ? Because those
artists never studied lightnml ; all their
values are wrong , and the camera Ilnds
them out.
Another magazine replete with artis
tic ollort is the English Illustrated Mag
azine , who o Chrismas number derives
its chief interest , however from the
admirable continued story of "Sant
Ilario , " by F. Marlon Crawford. This
author comprehends character as thor
oughly as Thackeray , but ischiolly in
terested in thb development of foreign
ers whom ho views with a humorous
smitinlzing nnd. vet sympathetic glanr-o.
The story is only three months old , nnd
it already hns exercised over the reading -
ing public the same fascination as the
Nowcomes. The middlo-agod will re-
inombor how eagerly each month the
chapter was dovouseu , and the ensuing
chapter anticipated. Neither Trol-
lope nor Dickens over had this
power , because both werotran.tparontin
their plots. Every ono know from the
outset what would happen to their
heroes and heroines , and there wore no
Holds for conjecture , But Crawford ro-
somblcs Thackeray in this respect , that
ho never forces circumstances to bo fav
orable or unfavorable , because the character -
actor of his pci-Honnges reveals itself
llttlo by little , and the events arc of
minor importance. Faiistino Monto-
vnrchi is a true Juliet , and it remains
to bo scon whether Uoacho , the hero ,
will bo a true Romeo. Personally , the
writer of this review has his doubts , for
Homc'o-ism is a phase in n man's charac
ter , which must bo moro or loss
ophemcral , and noyor under the
most favorable conditions can out
live youth. Whereas Julietism is
an underlying' element in a
woman's character , more or less modi-
lied according to the individual. No
one would druam that there wus any
Juliet in the frivolous Flavin Monlu-
viu-chi , and yej it is there dormant , but
ready to appear when circumstance
call it out.
Now frankly wo must inform the pub
lishers Messrs. MncMillan of London
and 1V2 Fourth avontiu in New York that
the illustration ! ) are not up to the
American standard. The great major
ity of them are superior to our Ameri
can illustrations in intention , for they
are designed by moro competent artists ,
but the execution is fiendishly bad.
It is unnecessary to particularize , for
nearly all arc far below what
we are accustomed to see. Since the
Macmillans have at their command
such admirable artists , men who are
full to the brim with the poetry and
'
thu indescribable suggcstivcncss o'f art ,
it surely would pay them to create a
stalT of competent engravers , using
American methods. It is painful to
anyone imbued with artistic feelings to
sue the most exquisite drawings vilely
botched. There would be no limit to
the sale of the mnznzino if this were
done ,
QTlio last on our Christmas list is
Drake's Magazine , a young gushing
thing iii literature without any great
pretensions , but with much light read
ing matter of a very pleasant descrip
tion. The article on the true cruci
fixion is an exception , and is as ghastly
and horrible ns could be conceived , \\ith
illustrations that are too realistic for
the perusal of imaginative girls and
children' It is entirely out of pluco in
a Christmas number which should con
cern itself with Christ's birth , and not
with that painful and agonizing death
which ho endured when ho bore the
whole burden of the world's transgres
sions. _ _ _
Shall Wo Annex Canada ?
New York Sun : There are many
good reasons pro and con.
Pro. We can have our picked up
codfish every morning for breakfast
without embroiling ourselves with
Great Britain.
Con. We don't all of us want picked
up codfish every morning for breakfast ,
and it is hardly right to compel such
of us as particularly despise that dish
to part with our share of the surplus
for the benefit of those who are addicted
to the picked up codfish habit.
Pro. Our American bank cashiers
would have no convenient rendezvous
to run into with our money if Canada
was ours.
Con. If all our American cashiers
wore caught and put in jail the taxes of
the community would have to bo in
creased to provide thcso individuals
with their state residences.
Pro Niagara Falls would be exclu
sively ours and wo could utilize thorn to
? roat advantage by putting mills on
totli sides of the river , whereas wo nro
it Di'o.sont confined to building mills on
ono side of the river.
Con It would bo impossible for our
jridnl couples to sav that they wont
vbroad on their wedding tours if both
sides of the Niagara river belonged
to us.
Pro Wo would secure a largo num-
) ov of intelligent citizens by the nn-
toxation of Canada.
Con Wo would also secure a largo
lumber of titled snobs , who would
doubtless insist upon the addition of u
third house to congress for their ox-
jross benefit.
And so it gees through the whole list
of reasons for and against. The pros
and cons are about equally divided.
Wore wo Canadians we should earnestly
lesiro it. As citizens of the United
States wo are indifferent , but upon ono
> oint the Press is quite ( Inn : When
ho two countries become one Canada
should pay an initiation foo. There is
10 reason why wo should pay Englander
or the privilege of conferring ovorlast-
ng bonollt upon ono of her colonies.
Swedish
Mexican Financier : The sy.ilomatlo
nannor in which the International
company of Mexico , engaged in colo-
lizinp its land in Lower California , has
akon hold of the work of promoting
European immigration is commendable.
Wo are well aware that the Intor-
latloiml company has , of late , boon
nado the target of denunciatory cnn-
lonnudo on the part of a section of the
) rcssnnd that ono of thn charges most
jmployod was that the company was
loing nothing to bring in lOuropoan
iBttlors ns required by Us concession.
L'his churgo , like many other * made
igninbt the company , cannot bo main-
uined by evidence , which would com-
nend itself to impartial observer : ) ,
I'liuro is too much heat in the attack *
undo against the company to permit
one to believe that they are not the re
sult of personal animosity. Bat , put-
ing aside all this ( merely ro-
narking by way of parenthesis
hat , if the International company
should bo driven from the Held by
lowspanor opposition , no other corn-
> any will bo found ready to undertake
colonization hi Mexico ) , wo will tuko
iota of what the company is actually
doing. On the 2Ut of last month thu
toamer Dublin brought to Ensonuda
hirty Swedish colonists who are now
ottlcd at Colnott. These are industri
ous farmers who bring to Lower Call-
ornia the experience of in on who have
ucoessfully tilled the comparatively
barren acres of Sweden. That they wil
succeed in making their farms nt Col
nott highly profitable there can bo IK
reasonably doubt. Wo have , ourselves
ixsrsonal knowledge of the success o
Swedish colonization In the Unitei
States , nnd from our own obsorvntiot
wo have no hesitation in pronouncing
the Swedes excellently adapted to col
onlzntion. In the northern part o
Maine , the eastern most state of tin
American republic , there is a vorj
prosperous Swedish colony , composed , o
industrious , law-abiding men. In Min
ncsotn , Wisconsin and Dakota , in the
western part of the United States
Swedish farmers are to bo found bj
tons of thousands , all prosperous. Even
in the southern and semi-tropical stati
of Florida the Swedish farmers find tu
dilllculty in adapting themselves to the
conditions of a climate very different
from that of their country. Wo loan :
that , if the Swedish colony at Colnott
succeeds , thousands of Swedes will conu
across llio Atlantic to make tlioii
homes in Moxlco. And wo congratu
late the nation on scouring colonists ol
thisstnmn. They will never attempt tc
meddle with the internal polities ol the
country , and , if they become citizens bj
naturalization , they will prove sober ,
honest men , respecters of the low am !
of the constituted authorities. The In
ternational co in puny is doing the rlghl
sort of work , and umlnr Its now man
agement in Lower California many im
portant reforms nro already under waj
which will remove whatever jusl
grounds for criticism there may have
beon.
_
Matrimonial IMnxInn.
Cnssoirs Family Magazine : In yout
study to master your husband's temper ,
do not forgot to keep a linn hold ol
your own. Women are less solllsh and
less imperious , but they are more sensi
tive and hasty than men , and moro apt.
on small occasionsto mount into a flame
and become indignant about trllles. Ol
nil things in the world beware of this
fault , for by indulging it vou lese the
grace and vantage ground of your sex.
When your husband speaks harshly tc
you as even the best of husbands may
do in an evil moment cither remain
silent , or , if you are pressed hard , give
a linn but placid reply in atone that ex
presses neither oxaspcration nor con
tempt.
Obey your husband in all reasonable
matters , and in some unroa&onablc mat
ters , but not in all matters , otherwise
you will make him a tyrant and your
self a ulava. When ho becomes imperi
ous about crotchets , take your own way
and smile bowitehingly. lie cannot got
the better of you thus" without becom
ing a brute , and beating , or at least
bullying you , an issue which , if your
husband has any tincture of gentleman-
llncss about him , in a decent , sober-
minded Christian country , you have no
great reason to fear.
Always attend ionscicntiouslyns ; part
of your province , to the kitchen and
the pantry ; also to tlio wardrobe , and ,
if you have children , to the nursery.
But beware of becoming altogether a
more housekeeper or bringer-np of
bairns. You have a duty to perform to
yourself , as well as to your husband and
your family ; and if you neglect this
duty you may soon become unworthy to
bo either his wife or their mother.
Cultivate your gifts and do not prove by
neglecting your accomplishments thnt
your only object in acquiring them was
lo catch a husband.
To insure the continuance of your
husband's love , behave so in all points
as to command Ins respect. Love with
out reverence is si childish all'air , and
can satisfy only a low typo of man who
looks on his wife as a , plaything.
Dress well. Married women often err
hero from want of a high motive. In
the fair sex , outward decoration , when
genuine for painting is vile is , in my
opinion a positive duty , a duty not to a
husband merely , or to any fellow-mor
tal , but to Gou. The Author of the
Universe , as all His works testify ,
delights in the utmost possible magnifi
cence and luxuriance of external deco
ration ; and it is plainly our duty , being
endowed with reason , to follow llis hint ,
and where Ho has created a fair object ,
to set it forth with every graceful trap
ping that is in keeping with the charac
ter of the work. Good dress is , in fact ,
n sort of poetry addressed to the eye ,
which is in the power of every well-
conditioned woman to compose ; and a
woman who has no taste for decoration
is a deficient creature , as mucli out of
nature as a bird without wings.
null and Wolves.
Youth's Companion : A farmer of
McKcon county , Pennsylvania , had a
rather unpleasant and dangerous nd-
venture ono morning rocontly. lie
heard a great commotion in the barn ,
whore ho kept a young Holstein bull.
The bull was1 bellowing as if in pain ,
and now and than came sounds of
savage growling and snarling. Mr.
McKay , the farmer , thought n largo
dog , belonging to ono of his neighbors ,
had got into tlio barn and was worry
ing tlio bull , and hurried to the spot.
On opening tlio barn door ho was
astounded to sco a largo wolf , with its
fangs buried in the bull's nostrils , while
another wolf , nearly as largo , was tear
ing at tha animal's Hanks. The bull
was rushing about'in its inclosuro , hol
lowing in i > ain , and trying in vain to
shako the wolf loose from his nose , nl-
thougn ho dashed the tenacious beast
time and again against tlio sldo of the
barn.
The door to the enclosure opened on
a small barnyard , and when the farmnr
recovered from his surprise , ho Hung
the door open , and without a thought of
the peril ho might place himself in ,
sprang to the aid of the bull. The bull
made a rush for the open door , but a
gust of wind blow it shut before ho
could pass out into the yard.
Farmer McKay seized the wolf that
was fastened to the bull's nose , and it at
once released its hold and turned upon
the farmer , and attempted to get at his
throat. The other wolf was Btllt tear
ing at thu bull.
Mr. McKay , htruggling with the in
furiated animal that hud turned from
the bull to him , backed to tlio door ,
pushed it open and sprang into the
yard , quickly followed by the bull and
other wolf. Blood was pouring from
the bull's nose , and from numerous
wounds on the llnnk , nock and Hide ,
where HID wolves had turn the ilu h
with their long , sharp tooth.
Once in the yard , the bull seemed to
gain courage , and overcame the panic
and helpless terror into which it had
boon thrown by the combined attack of
the wolves in the small enclosure , and ,
turning on its tormentor , caught the
wolf on Its horns and Hung it violently
against the barn. The wolf foil stunned.
Till ) I'nriH K i > u ltloii.
There is now no doubt ol the success
of the Paris ox position , uuys the Amort-
oan Architect. The Ijulldlngw and
grounds will b' in readiness by May fi ,
the opening day. Applications Jntve
been received for most of the enormous
space available , and inuny ofllclnl ex
hibits will bo made , The Gorman tfov-
crnnfent Is ulinoit the only ono which
has declined to take part , but \vo undor-
atund It does not forbid Its subjoctb to
show their goods' so that its own partic
ipation will not bo much mlsn'jd. One
very interesting foaluro will bo the ex
hibits from the South American stale * .
As there is ulmoHt no commorcinl com
munication butwoon thib country ami
South America , vro knovr much loss ol
the extraordinary development o ! per >
lions of the continent thnt the Europe *
ans do. particularly the Italians , to
whom Buenos Ayrcs hns become almost
what Now York Is to the Germans , The
greatest of all the attractions of the
show will , however , undoubtedly bo the
Eiffel lower , which Is almost completed.
The latest news about this is that Mi
EifTol hns sold the right to manage and
utilize the lower , during the period of
the concession , to n syndicate , of which
the principal inombor ia the Franco-
Egyptian bank. As , by the terms of
the concession , the tower becomes the
vroporty of the government in twenty
years , M. Eiffel could not sell It out
right , but being , ns ho says , nn engi
neer , nnd not a showman , do does not
wish to bo troubled with the details of
attracting people into It and gathering
their llvo-frano pieces for the next
twenty years , so that ho is probably as
glad to dispose of his rights ns the syn-
dieato is to secure what seems to bo so
promising a piece of property ,
An Arctic Onsls ,
San Francisco Examiner : .T.T.Dowoll ,
of Pennsylvania , who for two years past
has been mining in Colorado and Alaska ,
Is down from Prince William's sound ,
Alaska , where ho has been for ninny
months past.
Dowell and eight companions have
been prostiectlng about Cook's inlet ever
since they llrst went north. Ho said :
"On the west sldo of Konri Peninsula ,
and on the east side of Cook's Inlet , is a
strip of country moro than ono hundred
miles long and fifty miles wide that in a
sight , to sco. For 11 vo months in tlio
year it is covered with a luxuriant red
top that adds to the beauty of the frown
ing mountains beyond.
"It Is to all appearances ns fine agri
cultural land as 1 ever saw , and looks
like a great river basin. There are
thousands of acres of this red top. I
brought some of it down with mo , and
all who have scun it speak of it with
wonder.
"On this peninsula , too , are largo
areas of hundreds of acres each of
huckleberries , cranberries and red and
black currants. The berries are llnor
ny far than 1 ever saw nny where else.
The cranberry marshes of Michigan
and the bluoborrics of the east are
nothing uithcr in quality or quantity to
these. They are larger , plentior and
sweeter.
"The peninsula would make a lordly
cattle ranch. The stock could live oil
a-is for five months , and on the red
top hay for thu rest of the vear.
"It is also a { rood mineral region. Wo
found plenty of gold and silver indica
tions , enough to HIOW us it was a very
rich country , but we wore looking for
ul. and consequently paid little atten
tion to other mineral.
"I hear the Alaska Commercial com
pany and the cannery men talking
down that country , but 1 huvo Jmd some
experience in the L adville carbonate
.minus , and 1 must say I think Alaska is
the greatest mineral region there is.
[ think the Alaska company and the
jannory men don't want outsider.- go
in. They want to hold the country for
the nisei vos. "
A Singular Pair.
Koslon Advertiser : \ singular look
ing pair could bo seen in the big prom
enade on Pennsylvania avenue Monday ,
says Massey in his Washington dis-
; intch. One was a man about six feet
'our inches , tall , with broad shoulders ,
missive head and smoothly shaven
'ace. The other was an old-looking
.ittlo man. the top of whoso rather rusty
-lie reached just above the giant's
shoulders. Tic bported a brigandibh
white moustache , nnd wore long whltu
lair touching hih coat uollnr. As hin
Ag companion strode along ho almost
trotted to keep alongside , and his look
ip to his friend's face was only n few
joints on" from the perpendicular. Ho
lad an umbrella under his arm , though
the mm was shining1 with Washing-
onian brilliancy and a little rain
couldn't have lowered the tone of his
ilo very much. The oddly assorted
mir attracted much attention , and poole -
) lo nudged cacli other and timilcd.
J'lic big man was Justice Ilarlan , and
ho little man was the chiol justice of
ho supreme court of the United States.
Ills Kuliii" Pnsqlon.
Pittsburg Dispatch. "When a man
moo gets into the habit of trading
horses ho keeps it up as long as ho
lives , " remarked an old citizen to a
reporter. "I oneo stood beside the bed
of a dying man , who had been a dealer
In horses all his life , and list
ened to his lust words. The clergyman
was talking to the dving man , but the
latter waved him aside , and intimated
that ho wished to speak to John.
The son approached the bcdsido.
"How did you succeed ? ' ' asked the
father , faintly.
' "First rate , I think , ' was the reply ;
'I swapped the black muro for Wilson's
gray and got 8i)5 ) to boot. '
' "You did-1 John , I'm proud of you ;
keep the horse and the money. That's
a son worth having'he Raid , glancing
with a pleased hinilo from ono to
another of the anxious fnccs about him.
These were the hist words ho ever
tittered. A half minute later the old
man was deail. "
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