THE OMAHA DAILY frEE ; TUESDAY , OCTOBER 1C , 1801 * THE OMAHA DAILY BEE i- , - 13 , nOSEWATEH. Editor. fUUMBHED EVERY MORKINd. ' TE RMS OP SI' 11SC RIPTKUil pally nee ( without PunJnyl , One Ytar..f * 00 Pally II * * nnd Hunany , One Year. . , , . . . . . 10 oo Hit Months BOO Three Mrmth * , . , . 2 SO Bundny lief , One. Trnr 200 Saturday Itee , One Year > 150 Weekly B e , On Ye r C3 OFFICES I Omaha , Tlio T > e Ilulldlnff. Bouth Omaha. Corner K anil Twenty-fourth Sti. Council Rlurfa , 12 1'enrl Street. Chicago Office , SIT Chamber of Commerce. Mew York , Ilnnmi 1J , 1 * and 15 , Trlbun * Bide. Washlnston , 1407 P Blrcet , N. W. CORHKSPONDKXCB. All communications relating to netra nnfl edi torial matter ehould be aJJres cil : To tha Kditor. nUfllNHSS IjKTTnilS. All liunlnm lettern nnd remittances should ke RdaremcU to tttf Heo I'uMlthlnff company , Omalia. Drafle , cliecha nnd pnstofflce order * to bo made pnyablc to 1hi > onlpr of the company. THE TJCB runuaitiyo COMPANY. ' STATEMENT OF CinCOIW\.TION. Qforge n. Tuchuck , secretary of The Ilee Puln llghlnc compiuiy , bclnff duly eworn , unyi thnt tli actual number of full nnd complete copies of The Dally Morning. Kvenlng nnd Hunday Her printed clurlnif the month ot September , 1S3I. wna ns follows : i ti.m U M.IZO " 'I ! ' . ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! . ' ! 2i ! .i 17 H 2I.2M 21,057 Jl.3 .1 19 21,0-12 21IM 20 , 20,557 .T. 21,334 21 20.0. < 21.201 22 21,115 21.-127 2.1 . . . . . . . . .2J , < K"I 0 > 21,27S 20,571 10 21.219 20,8 > i 11 2UH7 % ) tXt 12 i. . . . 21.2G2 Zt. . . ' . . ' , . ' . . . . . . . . . 2l.'fl7t 1' 21.231 23 20S. > 14 21.190 20 21,731 13 21,273 30 ' 21.078 Total deductions for unsold and returned coplei . . . 8,68.1 Total sold . 640.42S Dally averace net clrculallon . 21.317 Sunday. anoruiE B. TzscnucK. Sworn to before me nnd nubscrlbed In my presence this 1st of October , 1891. ( Seal. ) N. P. I'BtU Notary Public. X FACTS. AVIin lilrrcl Sotli T. Cole to conduct Sen ator Taylor out of tlio ntuto whllo the Nciv- berrj bill was iiemlliiK' . ' Official * of tlio IltirlliiRtou nil Iron ( I. Who jmlil Sold T. Cole for utiijliig with Tnj-lor to eo that he fiilllllccl his contract with the oil room bondlers ? Tlio Ilurllugton rullroixl. Who kept tlio nenittu In < lcmlleick while Tiiylor wan ltclii Kplrltctl away ? ThoniiiH .1 , Mnjnrs. Who crrlltlcil to a fraudulent voucher for Tnylor'8 jiiiy after ho hull been abducted ? 1 honing tJ. JUnjorn. Who draw thn S7J1 which was paid out ot the tro.niiry on tlio fr.iuilult-iit voucher ? Slujorn' private secretary , Welt SI. Scoly. Tlicso nro ntubliorn facta and no nmoniit of rultlcllnhlnij cim bcfop the. people. The democratic itrlnmrles resulted in tliu selection , for tlio most part , of 1111 excellent list of couiiL-llniiiiilc candi dates to bo McKlnley's warm reception cvory- wheic ( hiring his wos'urn ' specch-maUlnjj tour only Jiicrwixptl enthusiasm that greeted him on liln return to Ohio. The Loxow coiiiiiilltef IK the card Hint tlio : ititl-Tiiiiinany forces have In tlio niiiiiiiilRii In Now York City. Its illsflosiiros are. stronger arguments than any uuinlier of stiini ] ) speakers could fvolve. Vice President Stevenson expects to participate In Si > nator 'lllll's Xu\v York ramtmiKU. Atllal hopes to be able to i-all on Mr. lilll to reciprocate tliu favor before another two yours Bliall have rolled by. Chairman Wilson's speech at Morpin- iowu Satnrtlay was broken up by the re newal of a heavy storm of rain and wind. Isn't Mr. Wilson trying to steal HOUUof our own ISryau's personally copyrighted thunder ? The tumultuous year 1801 Is drawing to n , rlos4 > , yet the Pullman taxes for Hie year " 1881 ! hare not been paid Into the city treasury. Somebody Is respon sible for this Htate of facts , nnd sooner or later must be forced to assume that responsibility. Another tlnvatoiied raise of rates is uo\v In order. Insurance com panies profess to do business In Omaha ouly on the basts of no lossea. When ever they suffer losses they expect to make them up by raising the rate. If they do not try to recoup themselves for Saturday's nro policy holders will be grceally ) surprlsod. A second name on the local populist legislative ticket has been accepted by the democrats for the vacancy in their list. Tills Insures in nt least two of the populists formidable opponents to the republican candidates. The republi cans in tills vicinity can scarcely af ford to waste nil their ammunition In bolstering up tlio waning fortunes of Tattooed Tom. It is Intimated by a correspondent that the republican nominee for county attorney has already agreed-to appoint the notorious Phil "Winters ns nn as sistant in Uie public pi-accentor's ollice. Republicans will be very reluctant to believe this true In the absence of nu- tluirltnUro testlmonj- . They have , how ever , n right to know the facts. The Candida le In quest Ion can dispel the doubt by a single word. Ambassador Hayjrd romes all the -vv.iy from London to assist In saving the pieces for the democratic party lu Dela ware , Things nuist be In pretty bad shape when the administration feels called upon to .summon Its ininlsterK from their posts at foreign courts to Btem the tide that Is setting against it. Mr. Bayard , however , is cjulto harmless and his presence will neither bo missed In London nor bo objectionable In Dela ware. Colonel .Tames O. Itroadhead , the American minister to Switzerland , ap pointed since President Cleveland wan restored to power , Is returning to this country , Imbued with the Idea that Switzerland has the l st system of gov ernment In the world , the United States not cicepted. If this does not throw the worshipers ot tbe American consti tution into convulsions , wo do not know what will. It will lt ) strange If onin one does not petition the president to remove - move Colonel Broadhead nnd give the place to some patriotic citizen who will Btuntl up for the government which he renroseutH , ot at least repress some of his admiration for what uc considers n Jbetter government. _ , _ > , _ - . . , 77J/7 MOST IMroitTAKT Til WO , In A speech delivered In Ohio a few days ago Senator Sherman snltl that the most important feature oC the political campaign is tlio election of members of the house of representatives of the United States. It Is a great mistake , said the distinguished statesman , for the people to think that what happens In congress at Washington is too remote to affect their interests. The action of. con gress lu levying taxes for the support of the national government , nnd In provid ing money , whether coin or paper money , ns the measure of value , affects directly every Inhabitant of the t'liltctl ' States , whether poor or rich , whatever may bo his employment , , whether a laborer , a farmer , a capitalist or a busi ness man. Every one , whether n pro- lucer or a cous.iinor , Is deeply JiitoreHted In the taxes he has to pay and hi the money he receives or pays , In selecting members of I'OUWMS ' , said Senator Sherman , the people consign to them all their power over our relations with the rest ot the world , over our c > h- loin of taxation , requiring a revenue of more than $4UOXRiOUU ( a year , over the mtthie , value and tntiiiitliy of our mmiey , over our eoiinnor'e.vil ! ftnolitn p \ 'i rs and the several mat's , ovi-r our treatment of our million of union soldiers and their widows and orph.uis , over our nrmy aintl navy , our postal facilities , , our public lands , our Inter state railroads , our navigable rivers and i's , and the vast and taricd industries nearly 70,000,000 of people. lie- I'erring to the avowed determination of the democratic leaders to continue the war on protection , Air. Sherman said : "Business men are at a loss to know Itow to conduct their business or what shape this terror of legislation will take during the next session. la tlio mean time It Is open for your linal judgment. I'hi- ' election of a republican house will secure you from dangers that you have so far escaped. " To the same purpose spoke ex-Speaker Iteod hi JCew York last Saturday. It Is pretty evident to : iny sensible man , he said , that qnlot mil certainty are not to bo hoped for In lemocratlc success. On the other hand , the republicans are forced into such a position that they must , for the next two years , give to business that cer tainly which it must have to do any thing successfully. While the election > f n republican house could not make my change for tlio better from the ro- [ > ullicnu point of view , It would have the I'ffect to put a check upon tariff agita tion and thus give the country a period of rest , so necessary to the recovery of business ami the return of prosperity. If the democrats elect 1he house of representatives of the Flfty-fonrlh con gress and retain control of the woiiato , nothing is more certain than that they will .sweep away nearly all Unit remains if protection to American industries md American labor. They would naturally anil reasonably regard such n result as a demand from" the people that they should go on with the assault In the protective policy and carry It out to the full extent of their declared inten tions. There can be no doubt as to what response they would make to such n demand , nor can there bo any doubt sis to what the result would be. AVe should have in Iiiteusilied form n re newal of ilnaiu'ial distrust and business depression , \\-itli vastly more serious consequences 1o capital and labor than have already been experienced. The election in Novmber of n republican house of representatives , however , while It would not undo what has been done , for a democratic president and senate stand in the way , would put a check upon the avowed purpose of the dem ocracy , for It would be a protest and a warning which even "tho most radical of that party would hardly be disposed to disregard. Nebraska ought to send a full republi can delegation to the Fifty-fourth con gress. The republican candidates for representatives tire sound on national Issues , capable , and can bo depended upon to carefully guard the Interests of the state so far as they may be affected by national legislation. COItKXl \ ) STljVEH. IJy way of showing the fallacy of the claim persistently urged by the advo cates of the free coinage of silver , that the prices of commodities have been un favorably affected by the so-called tie- monctlzatlou of silver , nothing more conclusive can bo cited than the course of the price of corn , tliu first of all our agricultural products In importance. If it does not appear that the price of this cereal has followed the fluctuations In the price of silver It must be conceded Unit the chief argumontof the free silver men , the one upon which they mainly rely for winning the agricultural pro ducers to their cause , is unsound. The market value of silver has de clined almost steadily for a number of years , duo to increasing production , the exception to the rule being the specula tive spurt upward immediately follow ing the passage of the silver purchase law of 1SX ! ) . The average value of the bullion lu n silver dollar was 8(1 ( cents In 1881 , in 1SST. a little more than 82 cents , and in 1880 not quite 77 cents. It was under 715 cents In 1SS7 and below 71 ! cents In 188S. Thorp was a slight decline of three-tenths of a'cent In 1SSO and in 1890 the passage of tlio act re quiring tlio purchase by the government of nu amount of silver about equal to the annual product Ion of the American mines raised the price to 81 cents. The average of IS')1 ) was about 70.4 cents and in 381KJ the price fell almost to 07 cents. Last year the average price was under G2 cents and this year It will bo In the neighborhood of 50 cents. .Now , the price of corn has not followed these changes , so that so fnr as this cereal Is concerned It Is perfectly plain that Its market value has not been Influenced by tlio course of the market value of silver. In New York the avcrngo prleo of corn was G0.8 cents a bushel In 1881 , In 1SST ) ouly 5'U cents , and In 1BSU but 4S.4 cents , yet it rose to 50,0 cents In 1887 and fiT.H cents in l&SS , while silver was falling. In 18SS ) the price gf com dropped to.-13 cents a bushel , sliver re maining almost unchanged , and In 1800 , when there AVIIB an advance In silver , which put it back about to tbe level of 18S3 , corn only advanced toJ8.1. . In 1891 silver wont down more than C pet cent , Imt corn nrorngetl 70.4 cents , ad vancing per cent lu 1802 the prlco of corn was 5i cents , or Btlll above the figures for 1800 , when silver wna strong and over 0 per cent higher than In 180 : ; . Last year the average price of corn In the New York market was -in.tl cents a bushel , which was higher than the prlee of 18SG , 18SO or 1SSK ) , wherena silver was much lower than It had been at any previous time ami about 23 per cent below the market for 18E)0. ) Every body knows that there Is not the slight est relation this year between the mar ket value of silver and the price of corn. HomnrUlug upon these facts , which are of olllclal record , a contemporary suys : "L'nii ' any juggler with statistics in the employment ot the mine owners make such llgures lit the theory Hint farm crops must sell in harmony with the price of silver ? Is not every honest student of the great question of money mid prices driven to look elsewhere than to the tluctuatlons In silver for nn ex planation of the ups and downs of corn ? " Ami wlmt Is true as to that cereal applies with equal force to wheat , oats nmf every other agricultural prod uct. There never was n greater fiction than the da" n of the free silver men that there is any relation between the prices of these commodities and silver. DISIlllCT. The Plxth congressional district has practically been without a representa tive In congress for the last four years. Mr. Kent has been a cipher in all mat ters In which his constituency was most vitally concerned. It is precisely In these local affairs , such ns land olilce location , adjustment of land titles , boun dary surveys , location of postal routes , that a congressman can render most valuable service to his Immediate con stituency. Very few members of con gress have the ability to make them selves heard or felt on national issues , and Mr. Kern certainly does not pretend lo be a statesman of the first magnitude , AVluit this people of the Sixth district need Is a wide-awake , energetic avid in telligent representative who understands - stands their wants and will devote him self to their Interests. In this regard Matt Daughei'ty is certainly superior to Mr. Kem nud hi every way better quali fied for the position to which he aspires. Laying sill partisanship asitle , Mr. Daiight'r.y won't ! dim1 t'ess ni'ke a moiv etlk'ient member , and under the law of the survival of the llttest he should be fleeted. Ml' SKCVHITIKS. American railway securities , but a few years ago the favorite field for in vestment for Ciormuu capitalists , will with dllliculty recover from the shock they have received from the exposure of railroad mismanagement made in the recent report of Dr. Von derJLeyen , the high Prussian official sent over to investigate the causes of railway" bank ruptcy. "While In the Tiulteil States Dr. Von ( lor Leyen and his associates kept the object of their visit us nec.rot as possible , but they went about , their work In u systematic manner , and , from the abstract , of the report at hand , they seem to have accomplished it with a thoroughness nnd a minuteness that cannot but curry conviction with it. The conclusions , as might bo expected , are decidedly adverse to the soundness of American railway securities , In fact they constitute such tin arraignment of our whole system of railway construc tion and railway financiering as has sel dom been had from any source. By reference to the official statistics the report shows that not over one- third of all the outstanding stocks of American iviilroads pay any dividend whatever , and of those that , do pay only n very small part make remunera tive returns on the face value. With bonds of so many gradations of prefer ence It Is little wonder that ninny re semble the stocks In the Intermittent character of the Interest payments. Formerly it was an unheard-of thing for default to bo made on the Interest of first mortgage .securities , but from January 1 to June ' ! 0 , 18'J. ! , railroads to the extent of nS2 ! ! miles , and from July 1 to November I railroads with 10,7."il miles , and In the first ten months of the past year railroads with 21i,0 % ( miles have gone into the hands of re ceivers because they were unable to meet their interest obligations. Tills has been unprecedented , but neverthe less from 1870 lo 1S80 there were 27't roads , with a mileage of 31SGDU and n capital stock of ? 2iri2,189r700 , foreclosed on account of instilliclent Income to meet fixed charges. The reason for thin , Dr. Von dor Leyeu Insists , lies In the vicious system under which our rail roads are built. Under this system a road is constructed without reference to its necessity or probable business. It Is no matter whether It is useful , de sirable or necessary ; whether the capi tal stock Is requisite or whether the payments are secured. The govern ment takes no interest In the matter , oven to ascertain whether as much as 1 per cent of the subscribed capital stock Is paid In , leaving tlio private projectors uncontrolled until the road Is in work- lug order. The stock , therefore , is sel dom paid for at all ; It Is given as bonuses to purchaser * ! of bonds or con struction rings and represents nothing but a speculative discount on the possi bilities of the future expansion of trallic. Iteferonce Is made to stock watering and construction frauds and special attention called to tlio many unrelated businesses conducted by the railroad coriKiratlonK. Many of them own coal mines anil engage In mining. Frequently they do a grain commission business , for which purpose they have large elevators along their HUM. They engage in navigation. They administer other railroads In territory distant from their own. They aru interested In town- site booms nnd land speculations. How , then , can the managers devote Iliclr at tention to securing the funds necessary to pay Interest on bonds promptly ? All the other factors get profit out of one ring or another , while the foreign bond holder is absolutely at the mercy of the unscrupulous directory. Thwo things are not altogether un known In this country , but to llio fier- man capitalists wlio have put their money lnto Amcrcan ! railway securities they inust"bo""n , veritable revelation. The report means that tlio 1'russlan authorities-avlll not only not encourage further Investments of this kind , but in tend to dlscourngc them. It Indicates to what nu Extent American railway se curities hao been discredited every where by dishonest railway manage ment. CHAltTKll Il OMAHA , Oct. IB. To the Editor of The Dee : The Nebraska legislature would ordi narily pass such charter amendments ns seemed reasonable to the growth of the city , and tlio welfare of Its Inhabitants , when agreed upon In the mnln by said Inhabitants. Iill ! when , as has been the cnso heretofore , curly In the session a committee ot EeemltiRlj- respectable gentlemen from Omalia. appear at Lincoln nnd demand such and such re visions In the charter , and a portion of the Dougtaa county delegation agrees that this Is right and Just the thing , and then the next day another set of seemingly as re spectable citizen * of Omaha appear , nnd declare - clare that the former delegation fcnew noth ing about public , affairs , or are Interested and biased for tlnlr amendments , and the charter must bo LO and so , or all Ornnha will kick , property bo ruined , and the poor people taxed to death , no ono can wonder If the members of the legislature become con fused , and think that Omaha really does not know what she wants herself. If our people continue to be divided on the issue , one declaring the charter must con tain this and that provision , ami the other demanding that the other fellows know noth ing about charters. It Is no wonder at all that the members of said legislature got con fused ns to who are the real citizens , emi nent lawyers , honest taxpayers of Omaha ; that the judiciary committee of the leslsla- turo throws a good deal of the work over board as unconstitutional to set rlil of It and that the whole body of law makers In time get angry , and say : "Omaha be hanged with her charter , she always kicks up a muss every winter , takes up half the session , anil Is never satisfied then. " Find out somehow , through your com mittees or otherwise , Just what you want and need , draw It up In plain English ; send , If you must , a few level-headed men to back up your delegation in both house * , kceji the rest at home , and In ull probability Omaha's next charter will be an Improvement on the present one. McM. Ihere is a great deal of congealed truth in this communication. The ques tion is. how shall this periodical clash bo obviated , It is notorious that the be.Mt charters that have ever been framed for Omaha have been mutilated at the Instance of selfish corpor.Klnn nmnager.s and contractors for public workK. They have invariably incited controversy and fomented division among' our representative ! * Jn the legis lature. They have even gone sci far as to club honest itjemhera who dared to stiiiul up for [ . of the city as against frunchisid corporations. Only a few days ago It wo of tbe best mom- bets of the lust legislature were de feated for ivnomiuatlon because they held out against the threats and bland ishments ofHielobby. . These men were plainly * told that they werd not wanted In the next legislature- because they had offended the managers of the franchlsctl cjorjwVations. This Is. the true inwiirdij'sM ) of our charier- revision troubled. , ! Senator IJrlce is" opposed to the en trance of the Pacific railroads into the proposed railway trust because he thinks Mich pools are forbidden by the law as it now stands. Mr. Uriec has not been very ac tively engaged in the practical opera tion of railroads or he would not Inter pose an objection of this kind. The question of violating the law voiild not come In for a moment's consideration with any experienced railway manager. The railroads liave been constantly try ing to organize pools both before and since the enactment of the Interstate commerce law without reference to the fuct that that law made pooling illegal. ' The question of the present proposed trust is to them whether it can be made to work successfully , not whether it is prohibited by law. The Philadelphia Press has It that the administration Is trying to make those southern and western democrats who favor the free and unlimited coin age of silver at the old ratio of ID to 1 believe that It Is with them on that issue. In this the Press is certainly mistaken at least so far as Nebraska free silver democrats are concerned. The administration here has not only made no insinuations -that it agreed with the free sliver men , but It lias left no sUme unturned to Impress them with the fact that it disagrees with them from beginning to end. If democrats lu any other slate are being misled on the question of the administration's po sition on free silver the situation In Nebraska ought to at once put an end to all ambiguity. The promoters of ihe Platte river canal project have organized for an ed ucational campaign that will enlighten the voters of Douglas county us to the advantages to .be derived from the canal and It * * , important bearing In re gard to the Jijlure growth of Omaha. While there lias talready a great deal been said and written about the canal , thousands of'fvoters have not yet miule up their mlKlls Oiow they will vote. During the nVxf three weeks all thn features of the.(1projpct will be fully and ( freely discussal. Kvery intelligent cit izen a gives J-luitj , something must be done to stlmulatu-manufacturing indus tries in tills cdtj-j r\ud \ vicinity , and there ' is no doubt tl'iat ) the Platte canal would cheapen powel-'aud double or treble our inanuracturii'f \ ! "cllltles. While the IOHH UTuned ( by tlio proprie tors of the Morse-Coo company shoe factory Is not to be underestimated , the heaviest loss Is really that which befalls the men and women who were employed there and who now find themselves without work or the Immedi ate prospect of work. Most of them have doubtless been fmgal and saving nud will be able to look out for themselves without appealing for out side aid , but they will feel kin'iily the cessation of the weekly wages. They deserve every assistance toward secur ing temporary employment which the public can possibly give. The shoe factory will certainly bo rebuilt and their services will again be required. T3icy must not be permitted to remove from Oinnha from any Inability to tldo over the interval. The refusal , to grant the mnudnnnm demntidcd by the Loulslann sugar makers to compel the secretary of the treasury to appoint Inspectors to keep I rack oC the product with a view to as certaining the bounty claim disproves sonic of the allegations that were urged against tlio appointment of Judge Me- Comas to the bench of the District of Columbia. When that name wns men- Honed for the place protests worts Im mediately made that Mr. MeComas was not fitted for Judicial ollice because of his Intense partisanship us .republican representative from Maryland In the house. It was represented that he would look at every question through partisan glasses nud would use his power to promote parly measures. The granting of this mandamus would have seriously embarrassed , the democratic administration and would , If alllriued , have formed sin Important step in the rotmpositUm of-the sugar bounty. The refusal to gi-anl it shows tlint Judge- MeComas is nnt 1n be Influenced in his Judicial decisions by considerations of party politics nnd vindicates his selec tion for the ollice. rmii'liiililn Urnlor * . Denver Ilcpubllc.in. Kx-i'resldcnt llairlson la by all oil da the most forceful nml happy public speaker In the United State * nt the piusetil time. but Governor MoIClnley Is un ijxcollent second. The ileiTwratlu parly contains no orator who U the vquiil of either of these mun. _ _ Shutter * the AVIIileU Drrntni , Could anybody have been wild enough to dream n year nfro thiit In October of the year of grace , 1X91 , Japan would bi > mnk- Intr a foot ball of China nnd the planters of Ijoulsiana asking McKlnlcy to K < > < lown there and preach the republican gospel to them ? i'roacrvu tlm True In Italmu-o. Bllnnenpnlls Tliw * . When train robbers take JTiO.OOO from a train In California nnd other train robbers relieve a Virginia tialn of JIOJ.OOO , It Is time that the protectionists were devlslns ; an Interstale larlrT to preserve the truiJe balance. What we want la a new tariff , with a string of customs houses nlong- the Mississippi. Giving Ktluiuiti-il Imlluii * u Cluiuro. In deciding to dispense with the aervlccs of while InterpretiTR nt the various agen cies and employ Innleutl Indian children who have been educated at the expense of the government , the commissioner of In dian affaire Is taking a praiseworthy step. Not only should Indians so educated b < - better qiialllk-d for the woiK than the whites , but they are likely to tUve greater satisfaction lo the Indian tribes. KxtctnlliiE : WOIIIXII'M Sphere. Olil > c Democrat. AVomcn will vote for a * late officer In Illinois for the first time this year. The last legislature passed a law granting them the right of miffrnKe In ull elections held for the purpose of choosing any ofllcer under the general or special aws , uml this Includes the superintendent of public In struction and the trustee * of Ihe Slate university. II seems likely Ihat the sex will exercise Its new privilege to n consider able exlent , not only because of the novelly of It , but also with u view to promoting meting Its extension to all elections. OUT of niK onituf.tnr. The United States uses nearly half the quinine produced in tbe world. In Japan the farmer who has more than ten acres ot ground is considered a monopo list. list.A A , new Italian rifle will send a bullet 'through five Inches of tolld oalc at a. distance ot 4,000 feet. It Is an Interesting fact that only one book devoted exclusively to aluminium has been published In the United States , and that Is now out of print. A law In Norway prohibits anj- person from spending more than 5 cents for liquor at one visit to a public house , and alcoholic stimulants are supplied only to sober persons. The stock of wines , spirits , etc. , laid In for a trip to England and back , on one of the large Atlantic liners Is 2,500 bottles of wines and spirits , 12.000 bottles of nle and porter ara 6,000 bottls of mineral waters. Ono of the mo.it curious occupations in the world Is pursued In London. A woman will , for half a crown a pair , take new shoes and wear them long enough to take off the light stiffness that new shoes are apt to have. In 1893 there were brought this country diamonds of the value of $14.C20.CCO. The diamond cutters of the United States are ranked among the best In the world. The first cutting machine was invented here in 1872. 1872.The The cap of the Washington monument , which forms the tip of its lightning rod. Is a. pyramidal mas of aluminium , weighing 100 ounces. AVhen that was made the price of aluminium was ? S a pound. It is now 00 to G'J cents a pound. A workingman , Richard Latter , now living In London , posiesses a beard ten feet In length. To prevent the beard impeding his work he plaits and conceals it beneath his coat. Another famous beard professor Is Louts Coulon , a sculptor , residing at Mont- lucon , France. His beard measured some time ago It may be longer at the present time 7 feet CVS Inches. TllK SI'JVJ : Of I.IFK. Detroit Tribune : Sailor ( defiantly ) It will take more lhan you to hold me , I'll tell you. Cannibal ( slsnltk-antly-Oh ) , 1 shall Invite a few friends. Somervllle Journal : A full opening nt the milliner's Is generally followed by a. winter opening of many husbands' pocketbooks. Flelgend Blaettur : "I told irty friend. Emma , tinder promise of Ihe strictest se crecy , that I am engaged to the lieutenant , nnd tlie spiteful thing actually kept the secret. " Vogue : Stdli Just look at MIST Desplilno and Mr. Baldy over there ! Bliss 1'otter Yes ; a romance of the middle nges , so lo epeak. Washington Star : "Nebcr answer a black- cvahd In 'Is own laguage. " said Uncle Kben. "Jif1 you melts yohsef his echo , yoh Invites contemp % even f um him. " Adams Freeman : "My. " nald Ihe bald- headed man , looking1 over the hairy heads of Ihe foot ball learn , "how secure I would feel with a few 1'ale locks ! " Indianapolis Journal ; Hungry Wol are you studyln * ubooul so ? XVcary 'Watklns f WBH jlst thlnkln' what a pity It Is when a feller gits dead drunk he don't Itnow iiothln' about how drunk he Is. Atohison Globe : When a sentiment Is ut tered on the stage that In not comp tmentary to the character of men , nil wives look at their husbands triumphantly. Somervllle Journal : "Yes , " sild he proudly , nnd everybody looked nt him with new admiration , "yes , I was at Gettys burg. " And then he added , after u pause : "I went down there with nn excursion party In the summer of 1892. " HE COULDN'T TKF.L , Detroit Tree Prc s. "I wonder if upon your heart My name la writ , " wrote Fhe ; And quickly he wrote back to her , "Why don't you look and eee ? " Till' . Klson AVattrmnn In Clilruea Journal. Two ladles reach a utreet car That has just one vacant seat ; Kaon glances nt it nldewlse While Ihey very warmly greet. "You take It. dear ! " says one ; "No. you , I do not care to nit I" "There now. It's Voura ! " the other adds , ri couldn't think of It ! " "You're tired , dear , I know you are , So do be seated , pray. " Thfi other says , "O , no , my love. It cannot be thai way ! " And thus they stand and bandy word } Pop quite a. block or more. But after while a truce la reached , The kindly tilt Is o'er. . Hut just as Ihey decide which ono Shall occupy the space. ' An able-bodied man slliis In And ( Ills the empty placu. T///.VOS. There U n marked revival or business In the train robbing line. There nro several buckles loose In polit ical cinches nowadays. Toor old nreckltirldpe ! Pretty teen Sarah Oess will read him out of the1 party. Phil Thompson 1ms not been censured by a church. Phil's mouth Is censure-proof. No , Pauline , Mr. nrynn nnd Mr. Thurston will not meet nt 1'hllllppl. They nro booked for the Coliseum. Tliero Is much satlsf.ictlon In the thought tlint financial cnlnms cannot follow the voter Into tlio ballot box. Strausses are quite numerous In Kow York , but Ihey lo hoi necessarily show the current of political opinion , These who Imagined ex-President Harrison wns a political corpse must be astonished ( o see liovv lively the ghost walks , Having recovered from his painful weari ness , Mr. Wilson Is now grappling with po litical gastronomy In London courses. Dr. Holmes bciueathe | < ) $5,000 $ to tils grand son , Edward Jackson Holmes. The rest of the estate la left to his son , Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes. Mrs. Klock , who Is running for the legls- lure In Colorado , 1s said to be. a weighty stump speaker , second to none. She la wound up for the campaign und shows no signs of running down. Governor Mitchell announces positively that the Ccrbctt-K'ltKsluimons argument will' not take placu In Florida. The goveinor has not yet felt the persuasive influence of the Dewalls o ( Jacksonville , Admiral Ito , the Japanese hero of the day , who Is known among his devoted sailors as "tho Lean Admiral , " on account ol Ills ex treme thinness , lias a daughter who la ono of Japan's very few blonde beauties. "Tho country Is going to the dogs"exclaimed A defeated candldnto for the nomination. "Glorious country , this ! " shouted the sue- cessful candldate ; "nothing like It on the foot- stool. " It makes u great difference whose ox Is gored , George II. McClellon Is named to succeed Hourko Cockran In congress. Not long ago George remarked thai the way lo succeed with Tammany was to curry the wool with the grain. Ills promotion Indicates close adherence to that policy. Man ot peace though he was , the lalo Prof. Swing lias suspended on the wall of his study a celled Ion of baggersn \ bowle knives that might have adorned a Kentucky editor's sanctum , They were back of Ihe desk on which lie composed his ser.imns nnd directly before his eyes as lie wrote. President Cleveland appears to bo some thing of a "communist of pelf" himself. He Is chairman of the board of trustees of the Huzzard's Hay company , a combination which announces In a circular that it has "cornered" all "that remains available" of land along the bay for n distance of eighteen miles , comprising some 3,000 acres. The Minneapolis Tribune publishes an ab stract of a letter from a writer In lied Cloud , Neb. , concerning the drouth In Ne braska , and preaches an editorial sermon thereon warning settlers to keep away from Nebraska , The Tribune Is unfair In Its premises and unjust In its conclusions. The drouth was not confined to Nebraska. It extended through the central western states. The writer recently passed through central Iowa , northern and eastern Illinois , and western Indiana as far south as the Ohio river , nnd he saw as much of the blighting effects of the. drouth in any one of the states named as can be seen In Ne braska The truth Is , the drouth extended from Lake Erie to the Rocky Mountains. To assert that the consequent destruction was confined to one state is a perversion of facts which no reputable Journal should consciously attempt. IllK COUItTS AAI I Chicago Herald : Judge Woolson , in the United States court at Omaha. ( Council Bluffs ) , has Issued an order forbidding the receiver of the Omaha & St. Louis railway to cut wages. He says that the men are entitled to fair pay from the revenues of the road , and that the pay shall not be reduced for the -purpose of saving money to pay the debts of the Insolvent company. Lahor do- clsons of the courts bit In all directions. Globe-Democrat ; Judge Woolson of the United States circuit court at Council Bluffs In. , follows Judge Caldwell In deciding that when a railroad is In the bunds of a re ceiver , "the employes must be paid fair wages , even though no dividends may be" " paid. " Indeed , lie goes a step further , and decides that employes cannot be discharged to mate room for men who are willing to work lor less money. The labor agitators have a great deal to bay about the alleged partiality of the courts toward corporations but certainly decision * of this kind df > not Justify such a view. THE ItEST. Atlanta Cjnstltutlon , Keep on hopln' for the best ; When the sun gees down the west. Jou Jest wipe your weepln' eyes Purty soon you'll gee him rise ! Twinklln * through the dark an' dew Wern't sunshine made for you ? Keep on hopln' for the best ; hen the dark comes , take your rest- When the mornln' breaks , Jest take All the sunshine they can make ! There's a llvln1 line o' blue In the stormiest slty for you ! Keep on hopln' for the best I'ln the roses on your breast I In the woods the violets blow , Chlrpln' swoct the sparrows go : Hy the good Lord all are blest- Keep on hopln' for the best ! cnssvs COUNTY THKASOHKIl'B OPKICB , CUAY CRNTRIt. Nfb. , Oct. 15. To the Kdltor ot The lleo : In your Fremont speech you quoted from Congressional Record , voluma 14 , part Iv , pngon 3,217 to 0.282. Parties hero have claimed that the language you quota is , not In snltl Record. Will you kindly get us this record , that we may have the proof. OEOIIOK A. Slllitli , Treasurer. The parties who challenge the correctness of tlio quotation from tlio volume ot th Congressional Record cited In tlio Fremont speech ore Impostcrs. The bound volumeot the Congressional Record , containing th quotations made from the reportof tlio Ju diciary committee of the .house of repre sentatives concerning the conduct of Thomm J. Majors nnd his accomplices In palming a forged census return upon congress wai exhibited at Lincoln to nn audience of 2.500 people. The supporters of Mr. Majors wen not only Invited lo Inspect the volume , but requested to rend the report of the Judiciary committee to the audience , The same WAS done nt York nnd Ilradshaw last week , and at both these places this public document remained on the platform for1 Inspection after the speaking liad censed. Both at York and Brndslmw n number of Majors republicans availed themselves of the Invitation to In spect the record nnd verify the contents aa read and published. While It would be Im- pracllcablo for The Bee to procure a bound volume of the Congressional Record of tha Forty-seventh or any oilier congress for each town and village In the state , the volume quoted from can doubtless bo found In the stnto library nnd several other public and pri vate libraries , Majors himself -has never dared to call In question the correctness ol the quotations cited from the Congressional Record , but simply has sought lo make- light of the offense for which the committee asked the atlorney general of the United States and the prosecuting attorney of the District of Columbia to Institute criminal proceedings. See Congressional' Record , pag 3,252. February 24 , 1883 , THI- : . Kansas City Journal : The recommendation ot an Increse In tlio army as recommended by Ocneral Schofleld will attract wide at tention nnd comment. Whether the army Is strong enough In numbers is a question that will bear discus sion ns a practical measure , and we nro not now prepared lo decide It one way or another. Hut there Is one feature of the recommenda tion of the commanding general that needs no study or dlscuslon to any well balanced American mind that understands the prin ciple upon which human liberty rests. Hlg recommendation that the army may be In creased at the discretion or will of the pres ident is a departure from the safeguards ot liberty that wo are surprised to see In a grave public document from any department of the government. Chicago Record ; Coming from the head of the nation's military forces , thU warning must bo deemed worthy of consideration , and It behooves the War department to make nn effort to see whether or not General Scho- field's counsels should be followed. There Is a wholesome prejudice In this country against the establishment and maintenance of any military force other than that neces sary to command the respect of other nations and preserve peace In time of Internal dls- senslons. If this prejudice Is to bo over come General Schofleld must first explain how far cither of the dangerous contingen cies ho mentions is probable. And then ho must tell how nnd where the limit is to bo fixed In Increasing the national military power to adequate proportions without sad dling the extravagance of a useless standing army upon the nation. The main question then U whether or not the general has not overestimated the dangers If civil uprisings nnd riots. Tills Is the point which the War department should most consider. 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