THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , MARCH 17 , 1892.
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editorial innttrr Micmld 1)0 addressed tc the
l.dltorHl Department.
Ill'SIM'SS IjETTEHS.
All business loiters nnel remittances nhonlrt
I e addressed toTholtro I'nbllshldit Company.
Uinnhn. Draft * , chocks and pmtolllcp onion
lo lie inndo p.tynblu to the order of1 tlio com-
jinny.
Jte Bee Fiillisliiiig Cpaf , Proprietor
"BWOUN" STATEMENT OK CIHOUI.ATION.
Halo of Nebraska (
County of Dona Ins. ( HSl
Goo. 11. Tzachuck , secretary of The UKK
1 nhllihltnt rompiiny , dooi inlnmnly swear
thut the nctunl ulrrnlntlon of TUP. DAit.r HKK
for the weoU cndliiR March 12 , IMC , was as
l-nmlar. March fl. . 2MM
Monday. March 7 . 1-l.Mi
Ttii'sdny. March K. . SWS
Wcdnesdny. March 0. . SWW
Tli n mil n v. Muruli 10 . B'.Hil
Trldiiy. Muroh 11 . " < . ; > 1 °
talurdny. March 12 . ' ' . ! )
AvornEo . Sl.i2 :
OEO. RT7.HCHUOK.
Hworn to I'cforp nic nnd iiitacrlbwl In rny
I irttnco llils mil day of Murcn. A. 1) . 18W.
KIAI. N. 1' . rniu
Nottirv I'ubllc.
AtpriiKO ( Jlrciilnllon lor IVhriiiiry 21BIO.
TllK council by passing the Fifteenth
strcot vimlticl ordlnnnco 1ms nrobably
opened the way for un Intormltmblo law
Hull.
IT WAS n long flffht , but liquid slating
hiifl won in the Kolloin bchool. As hns
ropcatcdly boon reinurhoJ , silicon is
jirolty wull ilxoil politicully.
ItONHSTV is Iho boat policy in the
O'Noiil land district us well us olso-
whcro , us n gang of about sixty claim-
junipers have discovered to their
poauuiary cost and chagrin.
Cor/mADO reuli/.os more from her
agricultural and grav.ing hinds than
from her mines. Tltla ought to convince
her statesmen that Colorado will lese
more than Bho will gain by a trco coinage -
ago law.
Ir TUB assessors do their duty there
Ls no doubt whatever of a valuation of
? . ' 10,000,000 without adding a dollar to
the taxes of the small properly owners
who arc now paying more than their
just proportion.
BIIYAN'S efforts in congress as the
"representative of the United States"
nro comparable only to the success
achieved by the jack carpenter who in-
nisls upon using a gimlet for boring
.two inch auger holes.
GovKiiNon MfKixr.KY can afford to
bo complacent about the tariff discus
sion now in progress in the house so
lonir as the fact is undisputed that in a
single year under the present law our
foreign trade has lucret sod 8100,000,000.
THK bids for furnishing the rotunda
of the city hall look very much as if
there had been no genuine compotition.
Ono bidder submits proposals for mar-
bio work , another for marble and gran
ite wont and a third for marble , granite
and stucco work.
WHEN Senator Hill in his Meridian
fipooch announced that no man is indis
pensable to the success of the democratic
party , ho used the circumflex inflection
with skill enough to bring out cheers
from his own admirers and groans from
those of Mr. Cleveland.
Uxr.KSS the Texas legislator is as un
certain as the wind , Roger Q. Mills will
receive a majority of the votes of the
two houses of the legislature next Tues
day for senator , and Senator Chilian
will sink back into the oblivion where
Governor Hogg discovered him.
BY THK time Wallorson , MoCluro ,
Dana nnd the remaining democratic
editors are through cutting the throats
of eminent nnd ambitious bourbon
loaders there will bo nobody loft Book
ing the presidential nomination except
Koswoll P. Flower nnd William C.
AN'hltnoy , both of Now York.
Now that the assessors are instructed
to return the Dolt. Line railroad prop
erty it remains to bo soon whether the
rommissloiiofs will undertake to strike
it from the list or enforce the rights of
the county to levy a tax upon this rail
road the same as it lovlnsupon the prop
erty of other corporations or individ
uals.
SHOULD John M. Palmer , through the
freaks of political electricity , bo gal van-
i/.od Into a presidential candidate , the
fact that his daughter Is on the sonata
pay roll for $0 a day as her father's
cleric will cost Iho eminent Illinolsnn
si no pleas nights and thousands of votes.
The people tie not take kindly to this
style of nopotUm.
THAT Kotchum furniture contract
tloua not improve with ago. After all
the scandal with which it is associated ,
it now appears that the contrant con-
talus no limit as to the time within
which the city hall furniture is to bo in
pliu-o. As n ooneequonce the city will
continue to pay rout for ofliccs elsewhere -
whore while waiting for this foreign
11 riu to complete the contract.
THK republicans of Nebraska may as
well dispense with the formality of hold
ing congressional and State conventions ,
in view of the fact that the Nebraska
contingent of olllce holders , department
dorks , messengers at the capital and
employes of the congressional folding
rogm have made our nominations. All
that the republicans of this etnto nro
expected to do la to ratify the choice
inudo for them In the District of Colum
bia.
THK SUOAlt HOt/ATl" .
II la to bo ox poet od that the IIOUBO of
representatives will roponl the sugar
bounty. A bill for this purpose was in
troduced some time ago , and It Is nn-
nounod that 11 will bo reported nt onco.
It Is suggested that it may not ba passed
us a separate measure , but bo attached
us a rldor to one of the appropriation
bills , the passage of which will bo made
dependent on the bounty-repenting
clause remaining in the bill. This
would not bo an unprecedented ox-
pcdlont , but It Is by no moans certain
that It. would bo successful. The proposi
tion to repeal the sugar bounty has vary
general democratic approval , so that Its
adoption by the house may bo regarded
as almost assured , but It Is hardly proba
ble that it could pass the senate us a
separate measure. In case it did , how
ever , it would undoubtedly bo vetoed by
the president.
The repeal of Iho sugar bounty would
Iw a very serious blow to the beet sugar
industry in this country , which gives
promise of steady and rapid develop
ment if the encouragement afforded by
the bounty Is not withdrawn. Several
extensive factories for making beet
sugar were projected in different locali
ties when the bill lo repeal the bounty
was introduced in the house of represen
tatives , and it need hardly bo said that
those proposed enterprises have been
abandoned , or are hold In abeyance until
congress acts. It is only about nlno
months slnco the sugar bounty provis
ions of the tariff law becatno operative ,
yet what has been accomplished in that
time warrants the belief that if the
bounty should bo continued until July 1 ,
11)0.3 ) , when it would eonso by statute
limitation , the United States will be
producing enough sugar to very nearly
if not quite to supply Iho home domand.
Of course the amount of the bounty that
would ho uaid during the thirteen years
would In the aggregate bo a very largo
sum , but It would all go to our own poo-
pic , instead of sending a nearly equal
amount to foreign sugar producers , and
wo should have established a great and
permanent industry , employing millions
of capital and the lahor of tons of thou
sands of people and p-olitablo to a great
number of farmers. To kill this indus
try would bo directly in the interest of
foroiirn producars , who , relieved of the
growing American com petition , would
be onaulcd to charge more lo American
consumers.
It is to bo apprehended , however , that
considerations of Ihis kind will avail
little with a democratic house of repre
sentatives which is looking after politi
cal capital , with very litllo regard for
the interests of the country.
TIlK IOWA tlKPUIlUCAN COATBATIO.V.
The Iowa republican state convention ,
to select dologatos-at-largo to the na
tional republican convention , will moot
at Dos Moines today. The indications
are favorable to harmony , although it is
quite possible that some strife may bo
created by politicians , who are more
concerned for their personal interests
than for the welfare of the party. Re
publicans very generally have accepted
the declination of Mr. Blaine to bo con
sidered a candidate as final , and Iowa
republicans will pay no compliment to
that distinguished leader If they insist
upon regarding him as a candidate
after his explicit and unequivocal an
nouncement that ho is not and will not
bo. Respect for the candor and politi -
cal integrity of Mr. Blaine dcm.mUs
that ho bo lakon at his word , and no
man should bo sent as n delegate to
Minneapolis who is not disposed to do
this.
It is to bo hoped the republicans of
Iowa will take no doubtful position re
garding the currency. They should de
clare without equivocation or reserva
tion for honest money and against the
free coinage of silver. This is to be a
loading if nol Iho leading issue in the
coming national campaign , and it is
most important that the republicans of
this section of the country shall bo right
on it. The voice of Iowa republicans
regarding the currency will have great
influence with the nation.il convention ,
and therefore it should have no uncer
tain or doubtful tone. The republicans of
Rhode Island have just spoken plainly
on this issue , and their example may
wisely bo followed by the republicans of
Iowa. If this is done there can Do no
doubt that the immediate otTcct will bo
bonoflcial to Iho party nt largo , slnco it
will go fur to correct the impression
thut western republicans are not sound
on the currency question , whereas a
weak nnd oruaivo expression may do
harm in tending to confirm this im
pression nnd fa giving confidence to the
advocates of n policy that'would debase
the currency. The convention will
probably have nothing to say about
other than national questions , and it
would mnnitestly bo a mistake to lug In
prohibition or any ether local Issuo.
I1AVAUD ON S1LVKK.
Another inlluonllal democratic voice ,
or ono which for many years possessed
potency with the party , has pronounced
against the policy of free and unlimited
silver coinage. Hon. Thomas F. Bayard
of Delaware , long n United States sena
tor nnd secretary of stale in Iho ad
ministration of President Cleveland , in
a public letter to the democracy of the
country admonishes Iho party not togivo
its support to free silver , li does not
detract from the counsel of the veteran
stalesmau thut ho thinks n mistake was
made In romonetlzlng silver by the not
of 1878. The value of hU opinion re
garding that legislation muni bo judged
by results , and there are not many who
will maintain that those warrant or jus
tify his criticism of what wus than done
for the rostornlion of silver. But ho
sues clearly .and wisely .vlioiv-ho points
out the danger of making the coinage of
silver free nnd unlimited , as it is evi
dently the desire of n mnjorlty of the
democratic party shall bo dono.
Mr. Bayard Bay's ho does not pretend
to road between the lines of the late
votes and action of the house of ropro-t
sontativea. If they moan the cunning
of llno&so and the strategy of concealed
motives , then the party is playing with
tire nnd treating n question of the great
est public Import in an unworthy way.
If they reprebont what they say , then it
Is tluio the democratic masses nrousod
themselves to u sense of duty to Iho
country. There ought to bo little doubt
regarding the moaning ot the vote to
consider the free silver bill on March 22.
The democratic vote In favor of that
proposition was 130 nnd ngnlnst it 07. U
was understood to bo n lost of the
strength ot the free silver nnd the nntl-
free stiver factions , nnd It demonstrated
that the former are overwhelmingly In
the majority. That the division ns
established by this vote will remain
practically unchanged must bo regarded
as reasonably certain. It U not an-
parent what now inlluoncos can bo
brought to boar against free silver ,
greater than these which wore exerted
before that vote was taken , which might
clTcctsuchn chnngo as to reverse the
situation. The democrats opposed to
free silver used without avail ( ivory pos-
slblo argument that could bo brought to
boar. These who bollovo It to bo Inox-
podionl , from Iho point of vlow ot party
interest , lo consider Iho question at this
time , found Iholr appeals fulllo. The
democratic supporters of frocsilver wore
united nnd determined , nnd there is
ovorv reason lo expect will continue to
bo.
bo.Tho
The earnest admonition nnd warning
of Mr. Bayard , It Is therefore safe to
assume , will have lllllo if any influence.
What sucli loaders ns Mr. Cleveland and
Mr. Carlisle could not accomplish the
retired and almost forgotten Dolnwnro
statesman may nol hope to do. The
Crisps nnd Blands who nro now the
pilots of Iho democratic ship propose to
steer it according to their own notions.
TllK WKATUKR SKIirtCV.
The demand on the part of towns ,
villages and agricultural communities
for the dally weather forecasts Is stead
ily increasing. There is hardly n day
that the local wonthor ofllco does not re
ceive a request for Information touching
the proper way to got the lolographlo
weather forecasts for public display.
Many of these applications for the fore
casts have to ba refused on account of
the lack of Hufliclont funds for this part
of the weather service. The increasing
dissemination of the dally weather map ,
the value of which people are beginning
to appreciate , and the transfer of the
service to the Department of Agricul
ture , implying thai agricultural com
munities are to share equally with the
commercial interests in Iho beuolils lo
bo derived from the service , load people
to domund at least the niDst practical
benefit from the service the daily fore
casts. The chief of the bureau is anx
ious lo moot this demand , but unfortun
ately Iho appropriation made by the last
congress did not take into account the
increasing popularity and possible- usefulness -
fulnoss of the service as now organized ,
and the amount appropriated for the
service in general was much too small to
permit additional expenditures In this
direction now.
The usefulness of the weather service
cannot bo denied. The fact , is that many
people regulate their business nnd
affairs from day to day by the published
forcasts. The local official is daily giv
ing out , in response to telephone re
quests nnd personal inquiries , the in
formation at his oomnvind in the inter
est of shippers and ethers , to whom an
idea of the probable weather conditions
is an important factor. The public de
mands more telegraphic service. Ills
manifestly unjust that comp irntlvoly
few and widely scattered communities
should have the benefit of this govern
ment work while the greater number nro
deprived by reason of a lack of funds.
The hope is entertained that the present
congress in appropriating funds for
carrying out the work of the weather
bureau in the interest of all citizens will
see Iho justice of the public demand nnd
add to Iho approprinlion for Iho coming
fiscal year n sum sufliciont to liberally
Increase the telegraphic sorvico.
The weather bureau has unqucstion-
nbly found ils proper place in the De
partment of Agriculture. Ever since
the transfer , improvements and exten
sions hnvo boon mndo which give every
class of oilizons Iho opportunity to
benefit by It. The creation of the office
of local forecast official and the appoint
ment of such an olllcial from the ranks
of old and experienced observer * to com
mercial and agriculture centers was in
Iho nature of n decided improvement.
The action now in contemplation , look
ing to establishing observatories under
conditions as nearly ns possible lo Ihoso
to which growing crops are subjected
and such as obtain in the open country ,
will bo regarded , especially by those in
terested In n study of the climatio and
agricultural features of Iho various sec-
lions of the country as the best step yet
taken. But In order to carry out the
alms of the service nnd to moot the
demands of the taxpayers of the country
for telegraphic announcements of the
forecasts made , It is necessary to have
an increased appropriation for the ,
bureau. It goes without saying- that a
liberal support lo the weather bureau
on the part of congress will not hurt that
august body in the estimation of their
constituents.
THE CRXTHAU SUllOOf , SITU.
Ono thing Iho school board will not Do
jusliflod in doing and lhat is in locating
Iho C'onlral school on n silo that is not
on n level with the High School square ,
or above It. The now building should
bo nn ornament to Iho city. It should
stand on ground lhat will present it to
view from every direction. A site lo
cated in a hollow or behind the hills
and high banks of earth , no mailer how
cheap , should bo rejected ns unavail
able. The High School building , standIng -
Ing on the crest of Capitol hill , has been
a striking feature In every blrd's-eyo
vlow of the city , and a central school
building properly located would add
to Iho prominence which Omaha public
school buildings occupy among our In
stitutions.
WOULDN'T it bo well for the board of
directors of the Omaha club to glance
over the list of properly offered to the
school , board for Iho Central school silo ?
Mr. George C. Towlo offers 100x100 feet
corner of Twenty-fourth nud Douglas
for $31,200. That piece of ground has
nearly throe times the area of the lot on
Twentieth nnd Douglas and costs only
$4,800 more. Twenty-fourth nnd Doug
las is juht as available us Twentieth and
Douglas. Then the Byron Hood com
pany oilers 184x1-18 foot corner Twonty-
eecond and Dodge for $32,000. That
ground has more than three limes the
nroa of Iho Twentieth slroot site. Then
Mrs. Schlcsl/f / Qi' olfore three lots corner
Twonty-fifth iuKl Douglns for $2. " > ,000.
This is $ l,4fjp 1933 Ihnn the corner of
Twontlothaml Douglnsand throotlmcsns
largo a ploeo'fof ground , If. proximity to
the business tyarjlou of the city Is of no
moment , then certainly the club house
should ondeav'or.o got the largest piece
of ground forjtuo least money ,
A
' , ll ( < ( ll ( HtlllC ,
A memorial ot T.V,000 ) UrlllMi worklnc-
men asks Lord tiallnburr to quit this nonsense -
sense about moiUis'vlvctull ' In fnr-oft Ar to !
cltmos nnd pay , morp attention to how the
people are existing nt homo.
Wlmt'H thW'Mutlpr With 1'iilmor ?
Xtio r < fc ll'oi M.
The first answer of this question , roferrtnR
to Senator John M. Palmar M a presidential
candldalo , U that "ho It too old. " Uut tills
hni boon clearly mot by nnothor question :
"What's the mnttorwltii Gtiulstoao or Bis
marck I"
I"A
A Pointed gunMlom
Chicago /fmiM.
Does Mr. Cleveland sympathize with the
boitors , or Uoos ho hitonit to nblJo by the
action of the regular democracy ? As a can
didate for proildoni who recognizes his
"duty to his party" ho must answer this
question. v
Suicidal I'ollry.
C/Nr/mml / / ! Commcrc nt.
There is no roiuon in the world why the
republicans of Iowa should waqo a prohibi
tion campaign this yoar. The Issue is in no
way Involved In the ofllcors to bo elected.
The party can therefore very well afford to
gtvo Iho question a rest.
Finishing Argument ! ! .
Clilcajo iVciw.
Four Kentucky goiitlemon have boon hold
ing n share dobuto on a ijuottlon Involving a
point of honor. When the smoke cleared
away it was found thut two mon of each
party were laid out. This seems to leave
the argument qulto as unsettled ns it was be
fore.
lIcro'H u S'ow Ticket.
Pninnnt Flail.
II the democrats will put up G rover Cleveland -
land for president nnd Dr. Guorgo L. Miller
for vice president and run the campaign on
the worthlessness of the present congress
they would ho well nigh mvlnclblo. And ,
by the way , there nro not two stauncher or
truer democrats In the country than Urovor
Clovolnnd and Uoorgo L. Miller.
TinMiirrh of iturlprority.
IMlcnragua is now added to the statoj
which hnvo entered Into reciprocity rotations
with the United Stutoj under the provisions
of the MuKmloy tariff. Small as Nicaragua
is , Its relations to the coming Intor-oceanlo
cnnal render It important that the trade of
the United States with iho small republic
should bo intlmuto nnit unrestricted.
Telling : Trillin tint of Meeting.
Dr. Miller , the founder of the Omaha Her
ald , In his frlundsMlp for Cleveland has
placed his friend In n rather embarrassing
position. It seems that Mr. Cleveland wrote
Dr. Miller a letter In which ho' severely
criticises congress for Its free silver polloy.
A BEI : reporter , overheard Miller repeat
Cleveland's uncomplimentary remarks about
free silver congressman nud published them.
Now Dr. Miller wishes ho had said nothing.
They \ < ; ill Kttcp.
7n < f < w A < 1 cat Her.
The house of representatives nnd the demo
cratic party will't tlo-jWoll to nut with great
deliooration enl 'tha ' proposition to admit
Utah and Now Mexico into the privlliges of
statehood. Any party which can deliber
ately ignore the condition of the Mormon and
Mexican population of these territories
merely for the oako of socurlng six electoral
votes in favor of free silver cannot escape
direct rcsponsimllty to the people for its ac
tion.
_ _
Killlur Marvin Wants tliutilury.
HMtrtcc Dtmucrat.
Dr. George L. Miller made a little spoeoh
before ttio uomouratic state committee that
is quoted oxteasively by republican papers ,
in which is suid that ho had It direct from
Grover Cleveland only tliroo days old that
tbo blunders of this democratic congrou
have never boon oxcooded. Grover is , of
course , a statesman , or ho would not have
"caught on.1 Ho evidently stole tuu sub
stance of bis reman : from the Democrat ,
which pointed out the blunders of the demo
cratic house some months ago.
anonsit's niLi.KT TU intAtia.
Glooo Democrat : Barkis Clovolnnd is
willln' , but ttio country Is likely to hold out
ngniast bis blandishment batter tliiin Clara
I'uggotty did against thuso of the original
Uurkis.
Chicago Herald : The ox-prosident's will
ingness to become for the third time the
standard bearer of the national democracy.
especially in view of the conditions wnich
exist in Now Yorlr , will bo a surprise to
many of his friends. If ho really hoped anil
expected to bo selected at Chicago his letter
to General Bragg Is unquestionably n mis
take.
Denver Sun : Mr. Cleveland is not rotlr-
Inc , thank you. Hois Just now very much
of a candidate , and It really looks as if he
would cut a much bigger llguro in the Chicago
cage convention than Mr. Hill. His self-
avowed canaldacv will whet anew his ardent
aamirora' enthusiasm , and It will also assist
In hopelessly dividing his party in tbo great
s'.uto of Now York.
St. Paul Globe : Grover Cleveland will
take the presidential nomlnatlan if it is
offoroa to htm , but he will not seek It after
the fashion , ot the little men who strive to
make up by oraft what they lack In character
and ability. Grover Cleveland will. not only
take the presidential nomination if It is
offered to him , but , , uulosii all indications
speak falsely , a great wave of popular en
thusiasm will Htampodo the Chicago conven
tion in his favor.
St. Louis Republic : In his letter to Mr.
Edward S. Uracg of Wisconsin Mr. Cleve
land does not declare himself n candidate ,
nor does ho declare that bo will not bo a can
didate If asked to bo by these who alone have
iho right ana duty of asking. I to says in
affect that it Is tUoluuslnoss of the people to
select presiuontlaliboDdiuatoi , and bo has not
yet been selected , Ths is the only sensible
wity to look at it. llo cannot afford olUior to
seek or refuse tbo nomination. If the party
needs him It has the right to call him , aud if
It needs somoonuvelso moro It has the same
right to select soaoouaulse.
/.V TllK MAT f Kit OF .MIK.
The pope U 83.
Senator Dawes Is nearing 70.
Elizabeth Cady Sun Von Is in harno s at 70 ,
Dornhardv's birfi ) ' pUllcato Is dated IBM.
Dr. Galling of gun 'fame Is 72 and lives at
Hurtford.
frau Grodchlckof Vienna Is dead at Iho
ago of 117 , 4 * < (
Crouch , nulhor of "Jfnthlooa Mavour-
noon , " is living ab'BiflUmore , aged 83.
Colonel William Henry Mclntosh of Door
Boot , Minn. , a veteran of the war of IHl-i ,
chops his own iirawood and bathos at dawn
seven days u woolr in water front a spring
near his solitary habitation. ICvun la sum
mer this spiintr frivoi oat nn ice cold stream.
Mrs. Annu Catharlno Sharp of I'niladol-
nhla celebrated last xvoult her lUlb birthday.
Mrs. Sharp came down ftalrs anil greeted
with u smilu aud pleasant worJt these who
came. The .old lady , whoso faculties , eyesight -
sight &nd voice plvo no indication of her ad
vanced ago , would scaruojy bo taken for more
than 'JJ years. Her hnlr U not entirely white ,
though her viaa o U considerably wrinklud ;
likewise her bnndn.
Miss Martha Seymour , a < { 0d 00 years , illrd
nt McLemorcsvillo , 'J'onn. , last mnnlh Kbu
has llvou vulb. her sister Molllo , aged IU , for
over forty yours and they were known hs
"tho secluded sUtors. " Ml Mohlo stated
that her sister was engaged to bo married
nnd iwo weeks before the went din ? day her
lover was killed bv ft jealous rival. The
shock broke her heart and she could not
marrv ngnln. They were Imppy in each
other's love nnd did nol doslro other com
pany. They never rode on ft railroad nnd
have not attended church In over forty years.
If Eri Gray Is right In his arithmetic ho Is
probably the oldest man in I'onnsvlvnnln.
Ho says ho was bora l obrunry 17. 17Si ; , and
points with prldo to n list of the residents ot
Dalnwnro county published In 1810. where
his ago li sot down nt Ii7 , Today Hrl is in
Iho county houso. Until last spring ha had
lived nn easy , shiftless life nt Koxi.ury , but
the to'vn authorities , growing tired of look
ing after him , decided to soml him to tbo
county houso. Ho didn't llko the chnngo ,
but nuo hnd made him helpless nnd ho had to
submit.
J//.V/J.S tit" .U1..V , KfU.
Tim Mtr * IMItor of tlin 1'iilcn 1 nctnry
1'liijpil it I'ni.Ji on Met.
( Hubs Itemncmt Siiccfitl.i.ll/ffffif / TCimhtiipfim Site-
Detroit Kreo 1'resi : Thit latest , duel In
I'arKeortnlnly transgressed the code , lloth
men drew blood.
Chicago Times : The price of beer lias gone
up , but a little more mnselo anplluu tn the
all-Dump will bring the thrifty iclaller out
all right.
Now York Herald ; The reporter dearest
to the editor's heart Is always short In his ac
counts.
I'hlladolphla Times : When It some * to signIng -
Ing the llur I us nrhltratlon treaty If It 1
signed the letters li , S. on the document will
niiiro than over have reference to "tho place
of the soul. "
I'lir.MATUUK SKINS OK SPUING.
at. [ * < nits ltci > uhltc.
The Itohln conies this tlmo of year
And thun wo fuel lhat spring fs.hotc. .
Hut Itohln Is no sooner lived
Than sleet nnd hall gut matters mixed.
A. bib/aid and a f.ill of snow.
Then Where's thu spring we'd Ilka to know ?
Imllanauolls Journal : -'Well. I RUCSS you
will Unnw inu nuxt tlmo yon scu inc. " said the
man at whom Cholllo had unconsciously
stared for ten minutes.
"I may Know yon , my good man , but I'm
suah I shan't wecoinl/o yon , donchurlinow. "
was Cholllo'a crushing answer.
Washington Star : "Didn't It annoy you. "
salct a hunator to a western colleague , "to have
tliat joUo abont your whlskors holna eon-
stnntly ri'pe.itoil'i' ' "
"All that I n u ed oil to get ovun was a little
patience. "
"How Is that } "
" 1 waited till the joke sot whlsKors on It ,
too. "
Soniomllo Journal : The man who lives bu
yout ! his Income In a wild clfort to kocu up
with the style Is likely to follow the fashion
In failures , too.
Now York Herald : IIo-I sometime : ! think
Insanity Iseatuhlni ? .
Hue And yet you ilaro to come hero and put
mo in danger of an Infection.
Klmlra Onxotlo : Itouortor Here Is an Item
nbunt a boy who wont wadlnir In Klonda and
was swallowed by an alliiritor. What head
shall I use ? Kdltor Try "Wado and Found
Wanting. "
Chicago Journal : The humorous paragraph-
Is ! Is silent ns to the pleasure which husbands
would derive from tlio extinction of the seal ,
Hoilnn Courier : Ills easier for a shin car
penter to spar u vessel than It Is for him to
Imx the compass.
Columbus I'ost : The old Lontlcinnn , who dyes
his whiskers gives It to you In plain black anil
white.
1'AlHWUK'lt llllltJt-HTAKK.
Washington Star : The now lood and drink
bill which passed the sonnto yesterday is
nlso n drug bill. Its purpose Is. to urovido
pure food , drlnlc , medicines , oto. Tno act , Is
apparently constitutional , Doing confined to
commerce between the stales or territories
or any of them in u foreign country. Tnore
has lonp existed a necessity for woll-guardod
legislation of the Ulna.
Now York Commercial : The 1'audock
bill , of course , applies only 16 interstate saio
of adulterated goods , mid nonds Iho passage
of state laws to make It completely cffeotivo.
Dut as'tbo local food and health axaibitions
prove , wo are beginning to tnko an intelli
gent interest in our eating , drinkingnud dos
ing , and DV iho tlmo all tbo municipal fran
chises In the state are plvon awny.sucu laws
\vilj bo passed.
Bprlnfffleld ( Mass. ) Kopubllcan : The bill
covers tbo pround of the Conger pure lard
bill , and helps the farmers In ibcir wurfaro
ugaliist the oleomargarine to the extent mat
it forbids the sale of any article under u false
designation. Mixtures which have passed
POPULAR MONTHLY
FOR APRIL ,
OUT TO-DAY ,
Embraces , In its largo and varied table
of contents , the followInc Illustrated
nrtlclrs of Hiwclal Interest :
The lirooklyn tinvy Vuril. IlyTno.i ,
SriNBiis .Iuvi .
Chill , unit aiudui u Nuval AVurfitra.
lly an Kyuwltncsa of tliu Naral Hut-
lli-H In lliu lute Itiivolutlon.
801110 Kcpri'Kmitntlvu A in or Ion n
J > ruiiiullatn. lly Anriiua IloiiN-
lil.OW ,
A Iluy with tha Itoiiml - up. Jly
T. II. S.
IIiiiI p n itnil lt Illlilrn'rr 'i
By L'ai.t. . II 1) . SMITH , U. K. N.
C'ltlt-s of the Jlrud. lly SI A no ! ' .
J.ETTK.
Koine North Ourniun Tuwm. Jly i
I'KIIIK NATT.
Old Hncllili 1'urcrlaln. UyTnouis
I. . WlXTllllUl1.
CliuUoa unit lt Literary Asuurlu-
Khort Klorlca by Luor 11. llourcii , ,
QI.IVK Iliiil'Eii. : JAVII > Kr.u , CHAD. Wn- .
HEAD HAUOEII. llriLi ; llt'Nr. and others.
I'oetns , bketoiiBK , I.lternry , ( Jtograph-
i lual and Solentlflo Notes. ,
A fnll-pak'i ) colored frontUpIeco , and
, over 100 onirravlni. ! . ,
$3 per year. po < tuio paid ; single cop '
lev , U3 ctx. For Bale by all iie-Abdealcru ,
oradilresi
, Jlrs. I'llANIC LKSMK , I'ubll.hor ,
110 riflli Ave. , Ncir Vorlc City.
under the gulso of lanl nnd oleomargarine
which hns pretended to bo butter , if subject *
of Interstate commerce , must hereafter bo
lablcd nnd sold for what they nro. If uppllod
thoroughly this provision will jvork n revo
lution In Iho "puro coffee" nud "puro splco"
Irado , for the mixtures that nro sold under
these names nro Innumerable.
Cincinnati Commercial ! The Paddock pure
food bill , which passed the sonata ln < t weeK ,
Is severely crltlcUo.1 In some quarters. The
law , which docs not ilctcrmlno what articles
nro and what nro not unlit for food , but snys
thnt impure article * shall not bo shippoi
from ono stnto to nnolhcr , Is intended to sup-
plcmonl the p\iro food laws of the sovortil
states. Stntc laws nro limited In their np-
intention. They cnnnol prevent the shipment
of frniululont nrttclo < to other stntoi or to
forolcn mnrltets. This is whnl Iho sonntfi bill
proposes to do. it will , lor ox am pie , prevent
dishonest mnn from tnjurlnr our canned
meat or choose tratlo v Inlltctlug bogus
articles on the market. It Is , In fnct , n food
inspection retaliation , which hns long been
demanded In this country. Of course the bill
will moot with opposition , though wo cannot
see why honoit manufacturers should oppose
It , Some of the manufacturing druiUinro ;
up In arms bccnuso they think iho bill Is
aimed nl patent medicines. That does not
speak very well for their medicines , No ex
pense is Imposed on them. All they hnvo to
do is to furnish samples of their goods to
agents of the secretary of agriculture.
.1 iro.ii i.v AT TIII : iwriv.it ot' IT.
CUOMO if the Killing nt I.i\iil lloyor by
Ills .Son.
IvNoxvit.t.t ; , Tonu. , March 10. Washing
ton Uoyor , the young man who w. s nrrostod
late last niyht , charged with assassinating
his lather , has boon county superintendent
of education for .some lima. Ills father ,
David Uoyor , who wn murdered , llvod on a
line farm , nbout four miles from Newport ,
C. ti % . Hoyor , n brother of the murJoroil man ,
hrts boon successively slier I ( T , and circuit
court clerk ot the county. Ho Is a man of
wealth nmt standing. Lately ho has occupied
the responsible position ns cashier of the
Newport bank.
It is fully evident thai ethers will bo ar
rested. A woman of III roptito will probably
bo la lean. She , II Is charged , has boon the
mistress of ilojrer for some tlmo. It has boon
developed that some days ngo Uoyoriro \ -
sontod tv deed to the county register purportIng -
Ing to bo from his father to him , convoving
to him In foe all his property. The signatures
of u man by tbo nnmo of Holt nnd of n son of
his. appeared as witnesses on the instrument
to David Uoyer's signature. The register
rolusod to record the deed , believing it a lor-
gory. These mon nro suspected ns accom
plices. Holt , has n brother in Jail In this city ,
charged with murder.
The coroner's veratct is thnt David Hoyor
cnmo to his death nt the hand of Washington
Hoyor. his MOD. .losm Moore U the woman
who is mixed up in the affair. She llvod In
u house on the farm of the deceased. Some
time ago her house was blown up with dyna
mite uu n night when Uoyor. Hr. , wns In It.
It is charged that Washington iloyer was in-
lluoncod by his mother to do this , she being
Jealous of the woman. Another theory Is that
Hoyor , Sr. , nnd Hoyer , Jr. , were each paying
court to this womyn. Uoyor was brought
hero to escnuo n nossiblo lynching.
.IJ/.V. lIKTllllltlXin OX'X A7 OKI' .
The .Mother of the Lieutenant' * Wlto le-
li'iids Her Daughter.
FitiNKt.ix , P.i. , March 10. A letter was
received by n personal frlond in this city
from tbo mother of Mrs. Ilothorington , wife
of the naval olllcor who shot and killed
George Gower Hobinson in Yokohama Intely.
The letter states tuat soon nfter Mrs. Hotn-
crlngton's arrival In Yokohama she mot llob-
Inson and his attentions becnmo so dlstasto-
ful lhal she asked Hobinson to cease , but ho
continued to worry himself into her pres
ence. When her husband arrived she told
him what had occurred. The husband at
once sought out Hobinson nnd naked him to
explain. Hobinson apoloplml nnd snld ha
would lonvo the country nnd did so , out kept
writing loiters to Iho lady. Kocclvlng no
nnswor , ho returned to Yokohnmn nnd trlnd
toseoMrs. HothorlnKton , but fulled. The
snmo day Hotherlnttton , who hnd boon In
formed of Robinson's return , mot the latter
driving tlitouph tbostroots and called lo him
to atop. Hobinson mndo n vulgar nnd sneer
ing rumnrk when the lloutonaul drew n re
volver nnd shot him. The mottior snld thnt
stories ot Mrs. tlothorlngton's lltrtlng nnd
honrtlMtnrm nra omphntlcalty donlod by
Knglish nnd Amcrlcnu Indies in Yokohnmn.
She says there 1 no doubt that her husband
will bo acquitted.
iiii'otTii > i.v T ; M'/I// ;
Ititmilo Hill's .Show Snld to lime Oollnieil |
In I'.nrope ,
NEW YOMK , Mnrsh 111. A London dlspntoh
doclnros thnt "Huffalo Hill's" Wild West
show has collapiod. Nolthor Colonel W. F.
Cody ( Huffnlo Hill ) nor Mr. Nnto Salisbury
linn , it Is snld , vouchsafed any explanation ot
affairs lo the public.
Cnlonnl Cody lonlr . |
NOIITH 1'i.vrrr , Nob. , March 111. [ Special
Tclegnim to Tin : llr.K.-William ] P. Cody ,
"niiffalo Hill , " ha- boon nt his homo In
North IMntto for about throe woolts looking
after his ranch Interest * . The colonel has
Hlnrtcd otil to haven largo amount of farming
done this scnson nnd hnd Just started the
plows when ilia recent UlUsard struck hero.
When Interviewed ns to the rumor tlmts ,
the "Wild Wost" nad collapsed , ho InuRhud
nnd said Hint the show had given 4-11 per
formances during tbo past scnson nnd closed
lor n short season on February i7. ! Colonel -
onol Cody snys the show \\lll open In London
May 8 , ISifJ , at the qlicon's Jtfhttco grounds.
The .show will ox hi int dally In London for
six months. Colonel Cody is making ar
rangement * to insure the present season
ns iho most successful ono thu show has
ever had. llo will tnko n car
load of horsns front hero and Is cloilng con
tracts with several eminent cowboys of the
plains for the coming season.
JHiS.l77.SFlK/ 171 T/IK
t iilisi Talks ol Kiidliig Reciprocity With tli
United States.
HAVVXA , Cuba , March 10. The receipts n
Iho customs house show n large fulling off ns'
compared wltti last year nnd the Rovoniment
is constantly occupied devising ways to In
crease the revenues. Many anticipate thu
adoption ot a now tariff in the nour
future nnd probuulv the suppression
of the present reciprocity trimly with tha
United States. The popular fcoilni ; airiilnst
the treaty Is very strong on account of dlsns
Irons results to Sp.inhh millers and on ac
count of the duty levied by the United Slates
on early vegetables , while the United States
has the privilege of shipping garden nrodncts
to Cuba iroo oC duty.
.1 OA'.VTAK.W.I.V.
St. Lutilf ( ilolic-ntmiterat.
"Aro my biscuits light , John ? " USKS the eharin-
IIIK young wife ,
As she smiles un her husband ; uml ho ,
With emphasis , answers , "Tltuy'ro lovely , my
lite.
As light us the foam of the sou. "
"Is the steak cooked to suit you ? " shoRontly
I innI ] res ;
And hoHiiyH. . ns he smlllnsly nods ,
"It might hnvo been reeked at oolestlal Mres ,
And U tender emniKh for the gods. "
"And the coffee ; Unit ploiises you , too , does It _
ilunrV"
She nsUoil , overjoyed at his praise.
Which rut her than hi rains of sweet , niuslo
she'd l.our ;
" 1 never drank hotter , " hos.iys.
So she sits down beside him , nnd with htm
partakes ,
And the rigid nn doubt will confo.ss.
If John lulls her lies In thunnswoM ho makes ,
lie's n gentleman , novcrtholcis.
Cool
The Man in the Moon Fragrant
would be happier If he could have a supply of and Soothing
Blackwell's Bull Durham
Smoking Tobacco
For over twenty-five years the standard smoking tobacco of the world
To-day More Popular than Ever.
To have a good smoke anytime and everytime iv is only necessary t
get Bull Durham , it is all good and always good.
BLACKWELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO CO. .
DURHAM , N. C.
OWNING , KINS
& CD.
S. W. Corner I5ti ! au. I SU.
Dent -
a Fish
To grab at any bait in sight. If you
must bite , bite at some
thing live ; don't be caught
with stale bait. We're in
the business to stay and
don't have to get up
schemes to sell our new
goods. We're now sel
ling the very latest things
in men's and boys' suits ,
light and fresh , made for
this spring's trade , at less
money than you can buy decomposed cluds
that have been on the shelves for the last 15
years. To turn goods into cash is what we
are here for. Look elsewhere , but don't
bite till you've seen our styles and prices.
Bro wning , King & Co
. ,
Open Saturday * till 10 11. in I c
. cy Corner t erh ana
uihuroiuuini. ! tiiiciM | - 15111