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THE OMAHA DAILY rKE ] ; TUESDAY , MAROH 15 , 1892. THE DAILY BEE. K. KGSKWATEU. KDITOR. I'UtJLISHHI ) MORNING. Tt KMS OK SlMliCHtt'TION. fwitlioi't ' SmidrtrlOno Year. , . . * R ro l Sunday , OnoYoHr. . 10 00 HixMontln . & 9 ° Three Months . = 52 Himlnr tlio , Onn Yrnr. . JM Patnrdiiy Hoc. Ono our. . . . . . . i J J lice. Uno Year. . . . . . . . . ' W ! ori'tOES OmMu , The llco Iltilliilnir. FoiiUiOrnnhn , corner N nnd iVtli HtreoU. Council muffs , 12 I'cnrl KtrccU ChlcneoOMIcn. 3,7 ( number of Cotnmcrco. Now York.Hnnmnl ' , Hnncl IS.Trlbtino llulldln ? WunhlnRton , Mil Fourteenth s trout. COIUlESPONnnNOE. All comninnlcntlorn rolntlns : to news nnd editorial rnnttcr should bo nddrossod tc tlio 2 , LdltprNl DcpurlnicnU LETT-EHA All limiting letter * nnd roinlttnnro * should InnddrvMicd to The lire I'uhllshlnir Company. Oniulm. Drafts , checks lind pnstofllop orders to bo innilo p.iyuhlo to the order ot the com- plinjr. I BWOUNPTATEMKNT OK O1UOULATION. Haloof f > ohrn kn < . County of ronulns. f" Oco. II. Tziohuck , socrotnry of The BEE InhlUhliiB compnny. docs solemnly swear thin the iictuitl clrcMitntton of TriK IiAir.r IIRK for the week endliiR March 12. 1BK. ! was M follows : Fnmlny. March 0. . 2J.IM Monday. March 7 . ' . < Tncidny. Miiich8 . - SJ5S3 WcOncsdny. March 0. . KI.M.H Ttiumdiiv. Maruh 10 . j . . . . S'.ROI rrldnjr.Mnrdi II . I3.MO Enturdny. March 12 . . - . . . . 24.M ) AvornRO . 34.338 * GEO. li.T7SOHUOK. Bworn to I cfore tuc and milncrltird In tny J rcttnco this ran day of March , A. I ) . 1892. BKAI. N.I1 , rnu Notary 1'ubllc. Clronliitlnii lor 1'nliriiary Ul,510. CANADA is the dog-in-tho-uwngor of the Boring sou controversy. QKOVKK Cr.r.vr.ijAXD's nttompt to poao ns the Sir Oracle of the democracy is an up Hill business. THE Jnct must bo Icopt wall to the front that Omaha's long engagement ns a convention city opens in six weeks. TIIK cotnmittoo on naval affairs hns the decency to olTor an elaborate apology for cutting $3i48,78.'J : out of the doimrt- mont estimates for naval appropria tions. EX-SUNATOH JOHN J. INQALLS is tllO r only prominent republican who approves of the parsimonious appropriation ac corded the navy by the house committee on naval affairs. Cr.KVKt.iAND wont to Louisiana osten sibly to hunt ducks. Hill is going to the Btimo state , but ho will waste neither time nor powder on ducks. He is huntIng - Ing bigger gamo. UNKOUTUNATKIA- his race and the Sioux nation in particular , Kicking Boar , the ghost dancer , stood his Wild West experience admirably and returns to America in excellent health. PHKHAPS General Bragg in his rela tion of "true nnd trusted friend" to Grover hopes to become the residuary legatee of the "man of density" and trot into the democratic saw dust ring as a dark horse. NOTWITHSTANDING the attempts of the democrats to'diHurodit the principle of reciprocity treaties the government gous right on enlarging our markets. Nicaragua has just boon added to Secre tary Blaino's conquests. SAM AILKKION , the Chicago million aire speculator , delivered an addtoss in defense of option grain and stock gam bling in All Soul's church , Chicago , Sunday evening. This is in accord with .the eternal fitness of things. SPKAKINQ of the Atlantic tragedy ono naturally wonders how it was possi ble for the murderer to secure liquor upon which to g"ot drunk and remain ia that condition BO loner in the interior of the prohibition state of lown. TUB State Board of Transportation should not bo at till backward in coining forward with a revised freight rate schedule reducing local rates on com modities which comprise the bulk of Nebraska's domestic productions and imports. GKNKIIAI , BUACJGS' fears that Grover Cleveland would henceforth doolino further public duty are groundless. Grover like Barkis is always willing , but the domooratic party has no Inten tions to risk another defeat under his leadership. THUS far the Haum investigation hns brought out no now facts , though it has enabled a democratic congressman to gratify his personal malice and has taken the commissioner nnd oovoral ether oflicors away from their legitimate business for a period. ACCOKDINO to the gospel of Snint Al- lorton gambling in wind , bettor known as trading in futures , la not gambling , On the contrary , "it was built up by the boat thought for nn honest purpose. To destroy it now would bo a calamity to the world. " Saint Allorton docs not etato which world. ENTEUTAINMKNT is yet needed for nearly ono hundred delegates to the Methodist Episcopal General conference. Those should bo provided for the present wook. It is hoped that citizens who have not yet responded to the call of the conference committee will send in their names without delay. Du. Gr.oiiQK IA Mn.T.Kii's explana tion of his remarks before the Nebraska state central committee , quoting from a letter received from ex-President Cleveland , relieves the worthy doctor from the charge of bud faith , but strengthens the Importance of the state ment mndo to the coimnlttoo. DOUOI.AS county goes into the dome oratic state convention with 103 dole- gates. San Francisco's representation in u California democrat to convention is 104. With that number at hU back Boss Buckley was able to control the democratic party of the state for years. The Omaha boss hns not yet appeared , but 103 votes solid In u convention is a great tomptatlon which it single demo cratic 8UCC083 uuiy develop into bosalsm. r 1IVIH T.t/K. Those peoples who are talking of poa- slblo war between Great Ilrltnln nn < ] the United States as n result , of the Boring sea conlonlionnnd whoso utterances nay tend to inclto public opinion In the two countries in favor of War , are tin- wise in pormittlng tholr passions and irojudlcos to got the bettor of tholr udgmont , According to reports of what trnnaplroil in the executive session of the sontito last week , when the arbi tration treaty was considered , Uio spirit of "jingoism" was very prevalent. Sov- ornl prominent senators nro stated to : iavo talked very plainly about the duty of the government to retaliate uuon Jan ad n. for the alleged course of morn- jors of the Canadian government in relation to the Borinjr sea ttiattor , and to have said in unmist'ikablo tor ins that they wore ready to support the ndminia- tration in any coitrso it should doom proper to tnko for maintaining the posl- Lion of thitgrovornmont relative to the rights claimed for the United States in connection with tlio seal llshorlus. There was opposition to ratifying the treaty. on the ground that the United States has certain rights in the Boring sea acquired by purchase , and therefore need not ask England whether those rights shall bo onforcod. The moiH3 .iilluentlul son itors , however , urged that tlio ratification of the troatv would strengthen the position of lliu United States so far as the good ofllccs of friendly governments wore concerned , and that It would In the end bo impos sible for England to decline a modus vivendl while arbitration was in progress. All fair minded men will admit that the United States has a fair cautu of complaint in the refusal of Lord Salis bury to renew the arrangement of last year by which the two governments 011- gagod to jointly protect the seal fish eries , There are just as valid reasons for continuing that protection during the progress of arbitration ns there wore for establishing it originally , nnd the government of the United 'States was fully warranted in expecting a re newal of the modus vivondi. Lord Sal isbury appears to have been urged to refuse 111 is by the Canadian govern ment , ostensibly in the interest of those who had investments in sealing vessels , but for the real purpose , it is not un likely , of further complicating the con troversy and perhaps defeating arbitra tion. It la unquestionable that the Can adian government has shown n mis chievous and unfriendly spirit toward the United States all through the con sideration of this matter , nor can there bo any doubt regarding the influence it has exerted upon the imperial govern ment. JJut it will not bettor the situa tion nor improve the chances of induc ing the British government to recon sider its decision by indulging in 111 rents nnd giving utterance to such sentiments as are attributed to certain senators. The administration 1ms taken the right course in insisting upon n re newal of the modus vivondi , and it is a diplomatic question to be-sottlod by the usual forms nnd methods of diplomacy. The American poonlo have no right , as yet , to assume that Lord Salisbury will not bo' convinced that good faith re quires him to comply with the request of this government. Public sentiment in England , outside of the government cir cles , is understood to disapprove of the position of Lord Salisbury , but this fool ing may reasonably bo expected to change if men in this country whose opinions are influential publicly rnnni- febt an unfriendly spirit toward Eng land. land.Tho The war talk at present is unwise and untimely and can hnvo no benollcial ef fect in either country. It is especially blameworthy when it proceeds from Bonators who , in the performance of their official duties , may bo called upon to act upon questions arising out of the contention. CUrt/lBAT FINAKGIAL FALLACIES. A short time ago Senator Stanford of California introduced in the senate a bill "to provide the government with moans sufficient to supply the national want of a sound circulating medium. " This measure , and the views generally of the advocates of the currency policy which it contemplates , was made the subject of a speech in the senate last week by Senator Dolph of Oregon , in which ho made plain the fallacies of the arguments in support of cui'ronoy ' inlla- tion. Senator Dolph dealt first with the statements regarding the alleged wrongs of the farmers of the country. Ho did not underestimate the disadvantage under which the farmers of the country labor , but nothing was to bo gained by misrepresenting the actual condition of our fa.'ining communities. AH a matter of fact , the condition of the farming in terests of this country is not ns deplor able us the democratic missionaries of free trade roprosont. On the contrary it can bo shown that our fnrmorn are hotter off , that they are bettor clothed nnd fed. that they work fewer hours than at any previous time , and that their children are hotter clothed nnd have bolter advantages for obtaining an education , and the farmers nnd their famllioH on joy moro of the comforts and conveniences of wealth and civill/.ntion thnn ut any preceding period. "Tlio condition of the farmers of this country , " said Senator Dolph , "is immeasurably bettor thnn the condition of the farmers at this or at any past titno in any ether country on the face of the earth , " In justification of this" view the senator presented tables of comparative prices la 1880 and 1890 , showing that nearly everything which the farmer had to buy was lower in the latter than in the former year , and on many of those articles the price is loss now than two years ago. Of nil the schemes advocated for the relief of farmers , that known as the sub- treasury plan the Oregon senator re garded as the most visionary itnU the most impracticable. Nothinir could moro certainly destroy the credit of tlio government , depreciate Us notes and its obligations , and bring financial ruin uMn [ the country. Unless the issue of government notes was in excessive amounts , but n few favorites thu people ple who cow control the wealth of the country could bo accommodated with government loani Tlio notes could only bo made tp pass current while they wore rodoomnblo by law at the treasury in gold nnd silver nnd the government pos sessed the ability to redeem them upon presentation. This would bo wholly Im practicable , mid from the first IS3UO of such notes they would part company with gold and silver , nnd if the issue were continued would depreciate until they would bo as worthless as the conti nental money became after the revolu tionary war. If the subt. oasury schema should bo adopted D.nd the gov ernment nolus should depreciate to 12 > cents on the dollar in gold , a bushel of wheat might bo worth 8U in the de preciated currency when It would bring only 7fi cents in gold. If a depreciated currency became u measure of vnluo in .this country , gold and silver , the value of which is llxod by the world's demand and the movO- moht of which cannot bo colitrollod by legislation , would seek Investment else where and the business of this country would bo conducted on the basis of cheap inonoy furnished by the govern ment. Thu vnluo of treasury notes do- tionds upon the obligation and ability of the government to redeem thorn in gold and silver and inonoy convortablo In gold and silver. The amount of cur rency required for the purchase of a product of human labor now depends and will always depend upon the value of that currency in gold and silver inonoy. Discussion of this kind is timely. When demagogues are actively seeking to tempt the ( armors of thu country away from tholr allegiance 'to a sound and stable currency , with the promises of benefits which it would bo impossible to realize , it is Well to point outlo this largo body of cltlzons , uuon whoso pros perity the general welfare BO largely depends , in a plain nnd straightforward way the misleading and dangerous fal lacies to which they are uskod to give their countcnanco ana support Senator Dolph has made n valuable contribution to the discussion of a live and most im portant subject. UAD TAX SHlHKlXa. The most glaring instance of railroad tax shirking in this state has boon prac- prnetieed by the Omaha Bolt Railway company. This company was Incorpor ated on the lOth day of September , 188'J , at the instance of Jay Gould , with the manifest design to control tlio approaches preaches in nnd out of Omaha and to afford the Missouri Pacific a right of way into Omaha at the expense of the Union Pacific. The articles of incorpor ition , on file in the olllco of the secretary of state , read as follows : The undoralgood noroby certify that wo have associated oursnlvoi together for the purooso of constructing ana operating a railroad. The nnmo assumed by such company Is the Omaha Bolt Hallway company ; and as such It shall bo known and do business. The termini of said railroad shall both bo in tbo city of Omaha , Douglas county , state of Nebraska. Said road shall commence at or near the intersection of Ftmiam strooi/ and the richt of way of the Union Pacific railway east of Ninth street , In .said city of Omaha , and shall pass from thence in a eon- oral northerly dtroction to some polut'on ' or near section 8 , township 15 , ran go 13 , east , In said county of Douglas ; thence in a gen eral northwesterly direction to some point on or near section 4 in said township and ran go ; thence in a general southwesterly direction to some point on or near section 17 , In said township and range ; thence In a general northerly direction to some point on or near section I- ! , in said township and rantrc ; thonca in a general southerly and easterly direction to some point on or near tno main line of snid Union Pacific Railway company : thence along or near the main 'mo of said railway to the place of be ginning , with branch lines there from to any point or points in Douglas county , Nebraska , deemed neces sary , and especially to any railroad and to any warehouse , shop , manufactory or public place in said city of Omaha , on such prac ticable route or routes as may bo doemad advisable - visablo and hereafter determined upon. Said railway in a general way to form a circular or bolt line around the business portion tion of said city of Omaha , with branches therofrom cs may bo doomed convenient or necessary. The capital stock of said company shall bo In the amount of 309,000 and may bo In creased to any amount not oxcooulug $2,000- 000 as provided by law. In witness whereof wo havo. hereunto sot our hands this 10th day of September , 1883. SIIAS H. H. GI.AHIC , LiKAVlTT BUIINIUM , Jonv M. TiuntsTox , FllANK MUIU'IIV , E. W , NASH. Tlio three first named incorporators were Union Pacific officials. Murphy and Nash were simply annexed as a matter - tor of form. None of the Incorporators had any ownership In the line which wan primarily built out of Union Pacific funds. Under the laws of this state the prop erty of railroads that have tholr termi nals within ono county only is to bo'as sessed for taxation by the local precinct assessors just the sumo as the real nnd personal property of any ether corpora tion or individual. The Bolt Line rail road by its charter begins and ends in Douglas county. If the plain mandate of the law had boon carried out by the assessors nnd county commissioners its property would have boon listed for lux ation just the same aR ether property , but the managers of the company have for the hiht eight years boon permitted to evade the greater part of their taxes by returning the property to the stale board and having it apportioned back as rnll-ond mileage of the Missouri Pacific. Thla was a downright fraud which the utnto olllcors could have readily pre vented if they had boon so disposed. The Belt Line railway has never boon con solidated with the Missouri Pacific. No articles of consolidation have over boon filed. Even if there hal boon such con solidation the Bolt Line railway would have to bo returned for tuxes in Done- hik county alone , in compliance with its charter. The company hns no track outfiido of Douglas county. The bulk of the pioporty of iho Bolt company assessed in _ 181)1 ) was as follows : ' 10.54 miles' of track ; 1(1 ( miles of siding * , 60 acres of depot grounds ; 0 depots ; 1 engine house. Qf the 111.,54 miles of track , 5.-14 are outside of the city of Omuliu and 1.22 tire within the limits of South Omaha. As a purl of the main line of the Mis souri Pacific , which was by the Board of Equalization of 1S01 uesosBed at so , ICO per mile , tlio whole road , sidetracks , Btatloiib , depot ground * ; , engine house , s nnd ether equipment : ? , which arojvwjuod by Jay Gould at not lees tlmtiOtW ! , 000,000 , were nssonod for luxation u DR.OOO. For oily tixatlon this property worth 98,0)0,0 ) ' ( I was as sessed at iltymit * 8I,000. whereas If it was assessed n ojju-tontp of Us value the as sessment should bo at least $700,000 for city tax-.iljiOff nnd $800,000 for county ' ' taxation. 'DJ't { Now the miostion id why don't tlio city and cdfuijty authorities rovlao the tax list niuliiovy an asaossmonUs ngalnsl the Bolt tili/a railway company In pro portion to'tl6 assessments of ether property porty ? Tlio county and city are clearly entitled to the difference between the .at nto appraisement nnd the correct as sessment , not only for 181)1 ) , but for tlio years preceding If tno Bolt Line com pany resists this tax tm the proloxt of double taxation , let the' courts decide. Wo venture to predict that no court would ( hire to sustain suuhji preposter ous claim in dollanco of the plain letter of the law , li UWOHM. Tlio rules adopted by the republican city and county committees for the gov ernment of primary elections are liable to result in moro flagrant abuses than thobo from which the committees are trying to purge our pro-oloction system The recognition and lognli/.ation of the caucus for nominating delegates prac tically nulllllos the whole piogram of reform. Cnucussos always have boon and always will bo more traps sot by machine politicians by which a compact minority can dominate the rank and file of the party. A caucus may moot at any hour sot by the ward committooinon and it may adjourn within five minutes. Tlio caucus is nothing moro nor loss than a political policy-shop into which political suckers are roped to play with marked cards and loaded dlco. Tlio object of the law by which pri mary elections nro legalized and the time is proscribed during which Iho polls shall remain open was to away with packed caucussos manipulated by rings and to give the voters of every party equal voice in designating who shall represent them in conventions. The arbitrary power conferred upon the committees in the registration of voters is liable to produce moro fraud than downright repeating. Unscrup ulous and designing politicians will bo enabled to pad the registration Ijsts and make it , possible for gangs of repeaters to go from ward to ward and vote upon fictitious nnmcs. The Australian ballot foaluro would bo an oxcolbit ] ( ( reform , providing always the caucusing not forestall untrammclod notion nnilj1 the registration was sur rounded bysa/oguards that would as sure the purity of the ballot. NiCAKAQjl'iX completed a reciprocity arrangemotit/iiust in time to save herself from bolng } ficludod.r among the coun tries whoao- , products exported to the United Stales as described in the reci procity clausgjOf the tariff , law , will pay duties aftoi'fctoday. The proclainalion issued by President Harrison homo .jvraoks ngoIaiuouiicod } that , af tor March 15 sugar , molasses , coffco and hides exported - ported to the United States from coun tries which had not at that date con cluded reciprocity arrangements with this country or opened negotiations therefor- would bo required to pay the duties designated by the tariff bill. Of the countries that send the specified articles to the United States and will bo affected by this regulation Venezuela will bo the principal sufferer , since she may have to find anolher market for $10,000,000 worth of coffco annually ex ported to the United States The im position of duties is not expected to affect the prlco of any of the articles designated in the reciprocity clause of the tariff law , but it is likely to prove damaging to. the business of merchants trading with the countries involved. Justice to those countries that have made reciprocity arrang .nonts , how ever , requires tlio enforcement of the regulation. THI : district division convention of the Boys and Girls National Homo and Em ployment association at the Young Men's Christian association rooms Tues day of this week will bo an occasion worthy of the attention of the friends of street waifs and friendless children. A very entertaining program has boon ar ranged In which business men as well as clergymen will discuss questions con nected with the well being of the lads and liiBses of tlio cities. The district includes Omaha , Council Bluffs , Lincoln and ether cities and representa tives will bo present from the several local organizations. Colonel Hoiglnnd , the friend of the boys and gir-ls who have no .other friends , will be prcsont and this fact nlpno makes it certain the mooting' ' will bo-interesting. To PLAQK the caucus nominees at the head of the primary election ticket , under the system nroposod by the county and city central commit toes , would bo simply to poi'hotuata ' caucus rule. The joint commi o i.s right In recommend ing that tho-uuinos of all candidates for convontionulfonora shall bo printed on the tickets ] 'fj'lluiuotlcal ' order , The .Yi'iiMlk-r.uiy at llonin , * - Tlmti. A prohibiting convention m Portland , Me. , was uttondoir 6V exactly nine enthusiasts. There seem tobo _ about as many ptohlbitlon Uls in theory bs there are in practice. \VouliflMiikn7i lliittur lluu v * inine i > < > U 2fmr Senator StalTfttrd might cot a second-hand nomination ffr-irasont , but It Is < iuostlonaulo whether tho'potfplo' * party would not choose a bettor uninytUlo uiako the race by going Into the senator' * Palo Alto stable Instead of bis mansion for a candidate. About ti < ! nliti of It. . Senator Blackburn has told Senator Hill that the latter would loss Now York by about 4U.U30 votes if he should DO nominated. TUiU'i perhaps about the right tlguro. lio- tweon 40,000 ana .W,0K ; ) is whit wo have boeu sotiinctlio republican nlurality at. jmprri : > r U'llli.im'i roily , A sharp reminder to iho oaiporor that tbo ( icinmn people ore not slavoj , una that the solf-rnspuct ot ovdry mtellliiL-nt Uormin is wounded by bis foolish assertions thai ho U the state , and tbat hit nis : \ \ tha law of Cijr- niany , would t > J very sorv.cab.j . to hi n u "I * to thu poacn of Germany and uf I uropa. His that ho U ttu only rulm I , un i-uv pita And ( hatho will have no ether are os- sonlmlly treasonable. There U a constitution In Germany , and n loctslruuro of roprosonln- tlvoi of the people. The emperor Is not tha riilor of Germany. UUwlllU not law , and nUhoiiRh his authority Is Broil , It U noi su- promo. The sullen rials Ir. Herlln wtilch fol lowed innnodlatoly hU roeenl M'joch nlHran- donburg s.how how deep and strong U the discontent In Prus la. for 1'riMldtMit , llpiilnnilii tliirrlmin. L'MetlO'i ' Tillntnf. Tnoro Is no question on thn part of the majority of iho republican voters of Iho United Slates thai President Harrison should bo ronomhialod , The groai pre ponderance of republican sentiment Is In his favor. His ronomhmtion Is Iho natural and logical oulcotno of the political situation ns It will npuo.ir In Minneapolis in Juno. Ho ought to bo ronomltiiUoJ because ho has filled the oOlco of proldont with credit tint only to hlmsolt but to his party. His parti san orillcs cannot Unit nnvlhlng to which they can make valid objection. If ho had displayed Inck of judgmsnl , nmdo mlslaUes , or loft the door open to democratic assault upon the administration It wo'ild ' speedily have boon madu nppiroat by hU onoinloi , who have been lying In wait for the oppor tunity to urgj the attack Ho lias comlujtod his olllco In such a miiinor , and with such prudence , wisdom and business ability thai his narty has no occasion to excuse , npol- o izo or dofond. It will laid ) the Held , tboroforo , < ln aggnmlvo fashion and make the most , of the stnnondoti * blunders already commuted uy the democrats. Slio Ouclil ti > Drrlitro Herself. .Sfoiir ( ' / ( ) / Juiirunl , Iowa U happily free from the urgency of any favorite son who has an ax to grind nnd who asks for hlmiolf the tndorscmont of a ridiculous or a hopeless candldnoy merely ns n moans for grinding his ax. There maybe a slate or two In which the early will bo roluclanlly led to the support ot such candi dates. IJul Iowa republicans would bo Inex cusable lo go out of their way to Indulge in such folly. Iowa Is for Harrison. As a mutter of course , II will send a Harrison del egation lo Minneapolis. Why not say so with cmphaslsl A OIIKC < I Kimvo. At'ii1 York Ailrci tiscr * Morland , the Oxford tutor who attempted to draw certain distinguished Englishmen Into illicit correspondence nnd then sought lo blackmail them , was yosterdnv scnloncod lo ton years pomil servitude. Ho should have boon sentenced for llfo. If Ihoro Is a more despicable scoundrel on earth thnn an educated blackmailer ho has not raised his head above Iho surfaeo since the worlc of recording Iho history of iho human family began. * I'.iittinit.ii'inu ir.i/j IM/AT. Now York Hocorder : "I have Iho , ; uns , " says Undo Sara , "And plenty rounds of shot , And If John Cull sllll sloals uiy seals I'll give It to him hot. " Chicago Tribune : Lol us whisper a word In your ear , John Bull 1 Remember the Yankee privateer , John Bull ! * Nollco lo poachers in Boring sea : Skin games not allowed. IHt Mrs. McSwnt Blltlger , If Ihoro Is war wllh England promise mo you wou'l 'o and fight ! Mr. McSwat Mo fight ? Go to war to maintain the sealskin saccjuo Industry ! Great Scott , Lobelia ! What do you tukomofor ! Do you tblnk I'm a howling idiot from IJJlt- villo ? Do I look HUe a blooming , up-and- down , snub-nosed , cahpor-lesgod , BOgplo- ovcd , frog-footed , dough-headed hunk of of [ Words fail. Mr. McSwat kicks his chair over , Jams his hat on , goes out to the earn , and communes with himself m a loud , explosive voice. ] CU3llV.tr. .IXIi CAUSTIC. riitlacolphla Times : Haul-headed Mr. Hill can't 1)0 ) democracy's opportunity , as oppor tunity Is ahvavs provided with : i foiclooU. Chicago Trlbnno : Shnrpson Old follow vou look seedy. It U tlmo you hud a new suit. l'hlatz-1 know It , but my tailor refuses to h'm to renew the mo lus vivendl. Now York Herald : "Hoot your wife wfth a smile on your lips , " says un exchange. Butter watt until tneodnr of the smllu has abated Homowhat , St Joseph Isowa : "Willie Vansoft's been minting the fur lly. I hear. " "K'llslriR a row. was he ? " "No ; shaved his Incipient mustache. " A PlTIfULTALE. Wathlngtun Star. Ho wrote a spring poem To soil It ho sped Ho was found in a snow drift Congealed , and finite ( loail. Judge : "Ephiini ! " "Vothnni ! " "Coinou Imnipln' yero an' gltyo' barf. Yo' mammy ain't got no tlmo tor fool. " A travelling theatrical niatuiRor recently wrote to the owner of a hall In n small town In the st.ito of WiiHhlnutnn for a booking. He received thu following HUSH or : "Yours lo hand. I won't play on snulres no more. Your ciiinpunylll hav to bend mo $10 For ono nlglit nnd niiply thaironn Uorroseari nnd lumps. They will ullso hav lo build thnlrown atulgo , bccans thu list : cnnipany hrnko It down. Thnlruln't no immoy In iilnyln on shulres In this town , and I wont a filiuro thing. " Spate Mmmmts : "Did yon go and thr.-iRh that editor for printing Uioso things about yon ? "I wont to the ofllce , but I couldn't find "Whom ( lid you find there ? " "No one hut u grout big , hnll-iifcUoil follow , who piotondcd Unit ho was responsible for that article , but I know ftom Ills looks that ho couldn't write. " I'hlliulilphlii Times : Massachusetts trylnz to stop the nso of cigarettes by ufiyonu. loads to tno conjecture that In tlmo tliuy might try there to prevent a hot plato of baked beuns from smoking. Philadelphia Iminlror : The real harbinger of spring Is the fnut that the basu ball man la again abinad In the land. A Dakota pantos * bus dedicated to Senator 1'elfor a poem buginnln ; : "Arm ! go forth , naked , for the Dalit ! " If I'otror wants to orc.ito a sensation lut him follow this young lady's mlvicu. Hoston Ti anscrlpt : Tlio woman who wished to got the shiKluH of her anueslurH to hang at hur pallor windows was not a descendant of any .Mayllnwttr family , Philadelphia I'ross : Abstemious and sober Americans will oxperliinco much mental unuulhh at reading that Sourutury Foster U coming homo un thu Hprue. , IKUKY .S/.W/.SO.V .V/T InilepiiiiiliintH ilo not \Vitnt thu I'rtmldimcy , hut tliw C'ontrnl ot I NEW YOIIK , Maroh 14 , The Herald's ' cor respondent al Washington talked with Hon. Jerry Simpson yesterday , Simpson bald General Weaver of lowu could got tlio alli ance nomination for the presidency if ho wanled It. The alliance would carry elghl states this year four northern and four southern. If Weaver should decline , Don- nellv of Minnesota , would bo tbo bosi choice. Said Simpson : "It ii not iho presidency wo are after. Our underlying purpose U either to obtain control of tbo house and bonato , or else to hold the balunco uf power in both houses. What wo want U tne control of the legislative- branches of tlio government. Wo can uovor accomplish our purpose In any other way. " fovNit .iff vsni'.itditousit HII'KH. DUcoiory Mmlo Wlillo T tliir | thu Water- orUut riiilnllitltl , .V. .1. PMI.VFIKI.D , N. J. , March 11. The people of ibis city are greatly pu/zlod at the discov eries inado by tlio Plaiiiflold water company. Fora wuoU the company has endeavored by tobls to dclermlno Iho exact magnitude of Us water supply. 'J ho water Is procured from driven wells ul Notherwood. All the water power of the pumps nt Iho pumping slatlon bus been kepi steadily nt work dar nnd night forawoekin the vnln attempt to lower the level of Iho water In tha wells In iplto of the facl that they hnvo bo6n supplying onch day many hundreds of thousands of gallons to consumers nnd hnvo poured to wnsto from Its mains in brooks 4,000,000 gallons onch dny thcro hns been no diminution of the supplv , and further Investigation tin * cstnblLbcd the fact thai Iho wells ncluM'v ' tap n vnsl under ground rlvor Mowing from the northeast to the south west dircctlv under the cltv , ninny feel below. Soundlnc.s have been Liken nnil ether tests have been made , nnd It is now an nounced by competent cnnlnnoM that n .stream of extraordinary nxtont exists undnr the city. It has u swift current nnd sweeps over a bed of white , smooth pebbles. The quality of the water Is of the purest nnd the supply is Inexhaustible. ins WITH QUIT tui > i'ntrr.HIM. ( . I'crnllnr .Suit < il u Kiiti u Alan tliulcr tlin I'mcrljArt. . TOPKUM , Kan. , March 14. ICnusns hns a poverty act which is sometimes called upon to rotcoso a man from Jnll when ho Is unable to pny hU line nnd has been used to release the litigant from costs In exceptional cases. Never before Iho present Instance was II called Into use to rollovo a man who asks for n divorce from his wlfo for the ostunslbto reason of abandonment , out really bocnuso she would no loncor support him , throwing him on the cruel morclos of those who know him. .1. H. McOskoy ot Sunnier county filed tn the district clerk's ofllco Iho papers in a suit In which ho seeks legal loparallon from his Wife , Marian , who , ho claims , "disregarded Iho solemnity of her marriage vows nad without canso deserted and abandoned mm , and continues to live scpc.r.-uo and apart from him , against his wish nnd consent. " Although a lareo. healthy , able bodied man , ho was unable to pny iho necessary $15 costs , and mndo nflldnvll as to his poverty , which onnblod him to escape payment. The Judge of thai district H a peculiar one , having peculiar vlows upon the relations of man nnd wife , and will mfusu to permit Me- Oiuoy ; lo become a burden on some ether woman who may bo foolish enough to wish to support him. The case Is without precedent tn the courts of the slnto. Married sovou years ago , Mrs. McOskoy supported her husband only two years , since \\lilchtlmo , against his will , ho has been compelled to "rustle. " HOVIIKK. ( Srcnspr ICiinrlimcii Trjlnj ; to Miotv flint tlm Captain lias Ahnsrd Tlirnt. Svx ANTONIO , Tex. , March H. Tbo situn- tionon the Lower Rio Grande border on the Texas stdo is assuming a serious nsncct. Complaints from honest and highly respocled olltzens of Iho alleged unjust action of cer tain United States troops continue ) to pour in from nil quarters to the effect that thov are being harr.isscd by troops for nllogod complicity with Oar/a. Kobert Summerlin the legal roprczenlalivo of all iho woaitny ranchmen who so far has been arrested , tins gene Into Iho mailer with a view of making a strong local light. Ho has already pre ferred very SBiisationnl charges , backed by affidavits , before President liarrUon against Caplnin John Bourkc. mom * A v A. Itcportcr Contracts fyplius l"oier Wluto li > tlio MUD of Duty. Nnw YOIIK , March 14. Three deaths from lyphus fever were reported from North Brother Island totl.iy. Ono of Iho dead per sons is Frederick J. Hamilton , a reporter for a morning uetvsnnper , who venlured Into a house on Twollth street where suspected persons were quarantined and there con- Iracled Iho disease. HALF A MILLION MEN IDLE.V Result of the Gigantic Strike of Goal Minors/ in Great Britain. f TRAINS ABANDONED FOR LACK OF FUEL Stngtmtloii In Ilio Iron Murkrl CntKrs Die .Shutting t > nnn < > r runmrrs In t'rmi * .MIIU nnil Iho Il - nf Moil. LONDONMnroli 14. Fllnlshlro In Wale- . , appear * to bo the only plnco where tbo orclnr of the Minors federation to quit \ voricin \ \ not been obeyed b > the members of the nsso- cintlon. The latest oatlnmtss of the number of minor ) now Itllo , Is ; t.1iODO. ) Owing to the casing down of ether Industries on nccountw ofihcslrlKo , fully 200,000 niou In ether cm ? iiloyinontv hnvo boon thrown ont of work , riio Northeastern KAllwny compnny 1ms stopped ninny of Its trnlns bocnuso of n lack of lucl ntid n inrRo nnmbor of otiRlnoors nt Crowo hnvo Oecii temporarily dismissed for tlio sumo reason , STAO.VATIOX IS TIIIJ IKON TUADU. Shut DIIMII uiiil Mrti UUvli from Sin oral llljj Mill * . PiTTsmmo , Pa. , March 14. Al Iho Oliver Iron and Stool company's Tenth slrool mills nil iho puddling crows hnvo suspended on account of nn overstock and no orders. The snino company hns curtailed the puddling crows at Us Fifteenth strool mills. Auotil 'J50 furnaces nro idle as a consoiiuenio ! of the depressed market. The Kaclo rolling mill In the Wosi End has shul down In every donartnieiit nnil sevcnty-llvo men hnvo been dUchnrgod. The Wcsl End null shul down sixlv-llvp puddling ftirnnces Saturday. A hundred men have hoon discharged nl Iho llomoslcad steel works of Carnegie , Phlnns & Co. during the lasl ihroocoki , nnd Snl- nrday 800 moro were discharged. Struck fur Hlilu < r OTTAWA , III. , March 14. Two hundred and forty employes of the Pioneer Fire Proof Construction compnny wont out un n strlko this morning for higher wages. ATOJ'l'KW VlllVlfi\ ATAM//.VO. All ( Mil Woman Sots u Trnp mill Srciirr * Thrco or I'ciur C'orpnr * . COI.UJIIIIA , S. C. , March 14. Colored people - plo llvlug In the outskirts of the city hnvo been greatly excited of late over the sudden. Inexplicable death of several of tholr neleh bors. It Is now alleged that an old coloiod woman living In that quarter nearly every morninc missed n chicken or Iwo from her largo henhouse. In perplexity ttio old Indy turned train one expedient to another to stop the thievery , but without avail , the chickens kept going. Finally some poison was pur chased and led to a few of the birds which would lattcn them to a most desirable point but prove certain death to any one who nto thorn. Very soon ono negro of tbo neighbor hood sickened and died. Shortly two or three others followed. Chicken stealing in ttiat neighborhood has ceased. Coiuiclliiiiin Illggur Tlinu tlin Pollen. . L.CXINCITOX , Ky. , March II. Tbo chlof uA police attempted last night to arrest Matt McNnmara. a councilman of this city , for reckless driving. Ho called the patrol wagon , but McNnmnrn refused to go and dolled the thrco policemen , who could not or would not la'hands on him. In tno coutsn of the trouble McNamara drew n bowio- knlfo , than got into his bugtry and drova away while the nconlo stood around and hissed the police. § M9lflH6l9BACC0. PUREST. MOST RELIABLE. Ijold Kimj ( Jletfcnjerry old soul , Had lived iytl greatqpeojolirs , .HeWould . 1/aVecalledjorBULL / DURHAM I To snpke 17 * fyis pipe , . \ JJ And been n\emer \ Under its powers , 'Thousands of Smokers The Millionaire in his palace , The Laborer in his cottage , The Swell on the street , The Sailor on his ship , Comfort-lovers everywhere , Prefer Bull Durham. Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co. , DURHAM , N. C. , KING & CD. \Y. Corner loth unJ Ii ) > u.l.u SU. Shamrocks for St. Patricks Day We have made arrangements for a supply of shamrocks , the picture on the left being a lifesize rep resentation. These beautiful shamrocks will arrive in time to be given away to those who call at our store on St , Patrick's day. It don't make any dif ference whether you are a regular customer or never have or never expect to trade with us , you are welcome to one as long as we have any. The handsomest buttoniercs in the city. owning , King & Co Isw - Corner r51)1 ) and Douglas Sls