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The list of pi-e.sldciithil possibilities Ima undergone radical revision during the past few days. What will tin- foot bull fiend do this veitr without the regular Thanksgiving game between the Yule and Princeton teams ? 'i'niiunany Hall is nearly 100 years old. It Is therefore Idle to expect It to be destroyed as an organization by a single defeat , however disastrous. A man who Is elected by 3,000 plu rality cannot be counted out or kept out of his olllco by any scheme that can be hntuhed by the most Ingenious ballot box sharp. A "large area of low barometer" now surrounds the democratic party. Ex- Senator Ingalls may with propriety re verse the application of his epigram of the. last great republican defeat. Careful atudy of the silver men who fell by the wayside will reveal n painful lack of reason for the belief that a new party committed to silver Is In demand in any part of the United States. We are gratllled to be able to an nounce that Senator Hill hits no thought of Instituting proceedings to contest the claim of ex-Vice President Morton to be the duly elected governor of New York. The only way for Senator Hill to re venge himself successfully Is to see to It that the democratic nomination for the presldeney bo forced upon Mr. Cleveland In 1SM. ! It would then be Hill's turn to laugh. The republican part } * of Nebraska has purllled and purged Itself. This shows that whenever the conscience of the party Is touched it can rise to the occa sion and place Itself In position to re gain public confidence. Comptroller Kekels Is trying for a rec ord of economy on Jmnk receiverships by appointing one man to administer the two failed Kearney banks. Per haps , however , this is simply a scheme to Increase the emoluments of a favor ite receiver. President Cleveland might just as well have postponed the promulgation of bin Thanksgiving proclamation until after the election. He might then have enum erated several additional reasons why the people of the United States should offer up thanks. Kvery one who professes to be still hi doubt as to the genuineness of the correspondence published In The Ilee from republicans who approve the course pursued by this paper during the recent campaign Is Invited to call nnd Inspect the ofllclal returns on governor. Mistakes will happen In the best regu latetl families , but any county clerk who transposes the Ilolcomb majorities over to the Majors column hi his returns to the secretary of state lays himself li able to very grave suspicions of com plicity with conspirators who want to steal the governorship. Senator Jones of Nevada was slightly premature In parting company with his republican associates , particularly as there was nothing at the time to bo gained for him by espousing the popu list cause. We shall expect to see him ally himself with the republican party again , and that In the not very dis tant future. .T. Adam Hedo's resignation from the United States marshalshlp up In Minnesota seta In order to help his political friends who were running for olllce didn't seem to have the desired effect. As It Is now , both J. Adam nnd his friends are out of ofllce and their chances of securing any thing from the Cleveland ndmiulstra tlon are Irreparably Impaired. As all the territorial elections went In favor of the republican candidates the republicans will have nothing to fear from tliono territories should they IK nuulo states , entitled to representation In the senate and In the house. Sen ators from the new states would bo simply ho many added to the republican strength. It would not be surprising In the least to see the republicans In con trol of the senate with a fair working majority before the present democratic administration Is forceil to make wuj for Its republican successor la 1897. A VHKK rum The opening of Copenhagen ns n free > ort last week marks another step In : he advance of the free port Idea , which appears to be steadily gaining In pop ular favor In the various European countries. The free port Idea springs really from the free cities of the middle nge.s , some of which persisted under Independent government until less than ; wo decades ago. Ilremen and Ilnin- iitrg'ln particular derived so great ad vantage from the privileges of free ntry and exit which they offered to the nercliantmcit of ( he world that they were extremely backward in consenting o l-o Incorpo nte I Into Ibe newly formed mplre , because of the threatened aboli tion of their distinctive character as free ports. Hamburg was mollified after ! > elng forced to submit to Bismarck's lecree only by dethtrlng Hamburg n Tree port and thus restoring to It In ubftitnce Its former privileges. The free port of Hamburg may he u-ielly described in general terms. An slant ! well In the harbor and connected with the remainder of the city by irhlges spanning the rivers has been et aside as a free /.one. The ships that 'oine laden with cargoes from all parts if the world can enter heie without pay ment of Import duties. Their cargoes can be broken up and redistributed or stored In the spacious warehouses on casonable terms and with the same free- loin from duties until Hitch time as It may be desirable to export them. The raw material may even bo wrought up into manufactured products in the dif ferent factories that have been here erected. Whenever any Imported ar- Icle Is taken from the free /.one Into the city proper It must first pay duty as If It were originally Imported Into Ger many by way of the regular custom lionse. Commerce within the free none Is absolutely free. Outside of that /.one It Is subject to the restrictions which Inivo been laid to protect the Interests if the German producers. The Danish government has rccog- nlzed the advantages of the free port mil has gone to considerable expense to furnish Copenhagen with the equip- nent necessary to carry the Idea Into successful practice. From this lime on Copenhagen will be able to compete with Its German rivals for the dlstrlbut- ng trade. A plan similar In character mil extent was urged last winter In this country In a bill Introduced Into congress - gress by Senator ( 'handler of New Hampshire providing for a free port n Long Island opposite New York City. It will undoubtedly be heard from further. If Denmark thinks the Idea worth adopting the United State * may iNo find something in It worthy Its consideration. FLAtt'S h\ Tilt ; IM'OMK TAX. In a carefully prepared article on the new Income tax law , which has been ontrlhutcd to the curivnt uiiinher of the Quarterly Journal of ( Economics , Prof. Charles V. Dtinhar of Harvard univer sity iidhils to several Haws and Incon sistencies that were not prominently lirought out when the discussion of the income tax was nt Us height during the pendency of the measure In congress. Prof. Dnnhar betravs an unmistakable loaning toward the income tax Idea and ioems to fear that our coining ; experi ence with a particular Income tax Is likely to prejudice the people against any proposition that may later be made for the taxation of Incomes. It Is , he Insists , a great misfortune that the ques tion of a fresh resort to the Income tax should have come up under such un toward circumstances and that it should lutve received such a solution as It has. The chief advantage claimed for the English Income tax is that it supplies an elastic source of revenue , the Income tax rate being increased or diminished as the exigencies of the budget may re quire. In the United States the most striking defect in our tinani'Inl system Is the want of some easy adjustment of the receipts of the government. With the customs duties our principal reli ance , the treasury may sometimes have a plethora when prosperous business swells our Imports * , and sometimes n dearth when ( lie course of trade changes. We have no branch of taxa tion which can be relied upon to lower a surplus or fill up n delicit at short notice. In this respect the now income tax offers no help , but rather leaves us as badly oft as ever. The rate Is ilxed at II per cent for a period of live years. Although congress always lias the right to alter or abolish It , a sliding rate ac cording to the needs of the treasury was not the intention of the congress that enacted the law , nor Is it probable that any modlllcatlon of the rate will be made so long as the tax remains in oper ation. Among the Inconsistencies which Prof. Dunb.ir polrts out is the provision which clnsslllo.s as income the value of per sonal property received during the year ns gift or Inheritance. Wlillo the bur den is not great , he thinks it will bo felt much more grievously by people of mod erate Incomes , of Incomes upon which they are not ordinarily called upon to pay taxes , than upon those who n're reg ular contributors to the fund raised by Income taxation. This provision will have the effect of making the Incomes of particular persons taxable by Ills and starts , whenever some small bequest or gift comes Into their possession. The inequality of exempting personal In comes of less than $4.000 and taxing them when derived from corporate Investments , nlthnugh less than $1.000 , has been adverted to In other criticisms of the law. The method of ascertain ing the amount of taxable income by the listing system conies In also for its share of unfavorable comment. This Is practically the same system that has proved such a failure with our personal property tax , and Inasmuch air n great part of the taxable Income comes from Intangible personal property. Prof. Dun- bar Is of the opinion that It will prove equally Ineffectual with the Income tax. The system by which the tux Is col lected Is also unfortunate , to use a mild expression. If our experience and the experience of other countries has taught anything , It Is that we should attempt In all possible cat-eH to collect the tax from the source of the Income Instead of from the recipient. The advantage to bo gtilnetl by Inxlng Income at Its source , beyond the mere convenience of collecting the tax In relatively large amounts , Is that the assessment Is made In the fi'inHer where there Is the least temptation to concealment. The com panies paying rent , Interest , dividends which arc to he taxed , Independently of their openness to Inspection , are not actuated by the same motives ns the In- dhldual who Is called upon to return the amount of his Income. It has been urged that the law of 18SM makes some concession to the method of taxation al Its source , by the provision that all cor porations doing business for a profit pay per cent on their net protlts and that dividends thus taxed be excluded from the taxable Income of the stock holder , but this , Prof. Dunhnr Insists , In appearance only. The taxpayer must still make his declaration. The law nl.M > falls to catch at the source the tax on the Interest paid to bondholders by these same corporations. The de parture made as regards the Income from corporate Investments Is simply accidental and not Intentional. Another feature that falls to commend itself upon critical examination Is the computation of the tax upon the income of the preceding year. This Is , per haps , necessary If the tux Is to be as sessed upon the listing system , but It would not be necessary If the plan of stopping at the source were adopted. It makes a man pay a tax upon his past prosperity when his present circum stances may not be such as to enable him to bear It without hardship. The Trainers of the Income tax law really shut their eyes to what may be learned elsewhere on this subject. They have followed the model of the war Income tax "without thought or discrimination and without the defense of overwhelm ing necessity which could be made for their predecessors thirty years ago. " unirisn unansr. The voters who rolled up the enormous majorities In protest against the tariff policy of the democratic party will no ! think less of their action because Hrltlsh contrary , they will be very sure to de- contrary they will be very sure to de rive additional gratification from that fact. If the British free traders do not know It they need to be told that their expressions of pleasure at what had Id-en accomplished In the direction of tearing down the defenses to American Industries had a very decided influence In shaping public sentiment herea'g.iinsi that policy. The authoritative deelarat'on m.uli' at the dinner given to Mr. Wllhim by the London Board of Trade that IV new tariff law had Infused fresh life into British Industries and the hopeful view of the future of these Industries bj reason of this legislation , expressed on that occasion by representatives of the manufacturing Interests of Great Britain , caused hundreds of thousands of American worklngmen to reflect more seriously upon tills matter than they might otherwise have done. They were led to ask themselves why this country should legislate in the Interest of foreign manufacturers and whether It was possible to do this without injury to our own Industries , and an intelligent study of this question could produce but one answer. We could not at the same time promote the welfare of the Industries of Great Britain and that of our own Industries. Whatever benefit the former should derive from our legis lation , be It large or little , must be at the expense of our Industries and of our labor. The realization of this made a host of republican voters and nothing contributed much more to this realisa tion than the joyful declarations oC the British free traders , who landed Mr. Wilson and the policy he represents. It will be well If the British free traders shall learn from the obvious lesson of the recent election that a very large majority of the American people are In favor of the protective policy and incampiomlsingly opposed to the Bilti.sli economic system as applied to this country. Our people believe In that tueasurc of protection that may be necesary to foster and develop home Industries and prevent American labor from sinking to the plane of European labor. The British free traders make a serious mistake when they intrude their views on this subject so far as the United States Is concerned , ns Mr. Wil son would doubtless tell them If he hail opportunity. ; nv 'Jin : The papers read at the meeting of the Carriage Builders' National.associa tion recently assembled In Philadelphia and the exhibition of modern vehicles held In conjunction with ( he meeting , when taken together , give some Indica tion of the development of the carriage of the future. "There are three rea sons , " said Mr. Sterling Elliot of Bos ton , in one of the addresses , "why wo need horses or some other motive power with which to haul vehicles. These reasons are gravity , air resistance and friction. Air resistance must bo taken Into account at high speeds , but for ordinary trallle Is not considered. Grav ity is a constant factor whoso influence cannot be lessened except by the grad ing and leveling of the road. Friction , as considered In this ease , Is of two kinds. One Is the rolling friction at the points of contact with the road and may be lessened In two ways cither by Improving the road or the tires , and there Is much need of Improvement In both. The other Is the sliding friction between the axle and Inner surface of the wheel-luib or box , " The carriage of the future , therefore , must be constructed with especial view to overcoming these two kinds of re sistance , and how It Is to do this may be gathered from the models which the carriage makers had placed In the exhi bition hall. The old narrow Iron tire will not be able to hold Us place ; much longer. For rougher wagons it Is being supplanted by the wide steel tire that is found to give an equally good contact surface and at the same time to operate as a roller to keep the road in con stantly good condition. Wherever speed and comfort are the things desired some form of the pneumatic tire will soon bo generally Introduced. The rubber cushion , first adapted to the bicycle , has been employed for horse vehicles for less than two years , but It promises to have the name success with the latter ns It has with the bicycle. The great ad vantage of the pneumatic tire is that It requires very llttlo power to start It An Inferior vehicle fitted with rubber tires will. It Is Kiild , lust , much longer than a superior vehicle fitted with Iron tires. It Is oven asserted that the wiving la mich as to rf d of the lilting of the car riage every y/L-iur / ftlth n new net of tlrea , and the manufacturers are now turning out rubber tlreS that last over n year. For the frjction at the hub It Is pro posed to substitute rolling " "friction In the form of tyalls or rollers for jthe sliding frlct\vn \ > . now commonly used. The bull bearing has been known for many yenrwj ; 1/ut / was not applied ex tensively to'thlH purpose until the newer styles of blOycles found their way Into favor. A Jliall bearing In which the balls are no . precisely alike Is unsafe for the reaorfithat as the larger ball conies to the side which Ls sustaining the load it must take almost the entire weight. The bearing In Its present state of perfection was therefore Impossible until the last few years , owing to the dllllculty In making balls not only round , but also alike In size. The tests that have been made to demon strate the relative power required to start nnd continue In motion bearings of different kinds have Invariably re sulted In favor of the ball bearing. The chief obstacle at present against Its mor6 general employment Is that It en tails more trouble in cleaning and gets more ea Uy out of order. With the perfection of the carriage , the Improvement of the road must go hand In hand. In fact the carriage makers anil the bicycle builders are among the most active promoters of the good roads moVement. As one of the delegates to the Philadelphia meetIng - Ing expressed It , he thinks ho can see In the not very dim distance of the future noiseless carriages speeding around through the avenues of our great cities with niotormen in the driver's place and the power concealed In a small dynamo or storage battery under the seat. The new Ilnsslan Czar could not in augurate his reign with any more pop ular move than an edict removing the censorship of the press. Such an edict would demonstrate to the people that he proposes to rule In the Interest of his subjects , and that he courts criti cism and advice wherever * hls policy may not be approved by the whole pee ple. Let the public know that there anne no trammels on free speech and free press nnd their disposition toward the czar's government will be tempered and mollified. We In the United States can scarcely conceive of any justifiable rea sons for maintaining a press censorship at this period of the nineteenth century. Two of tlie daughters of the late Jay Gould have enrolled themselves In the classes of a New York law school and propose to deVote a portion of their time to mastering the , subtleties and intrica cies of the law. They want to know what their legal 'Hghts ' are and how to protect them. ' For tills evidence of am bition to place .themselves In a more Independent position they certainly deserve - serve credit. "While it may be true that a man who isjhlspwn lawyer has a fool for a client , no lone will be any- the worse for having a fair knowledge of the essentials''of . law. Attention Is directed to the tabulated statement of the\vote of Nebraska on the state ticket , which we print on the second page. These figures have been procured from the most reliable sources and are as nearly accurate as can be under the conditions. Wlillo they still lack vorlllentlon by comparison with the olllclal canvass in several counties remote from the railroad HnoH , the loot ings are not likely to vary to any con siderable extent. r.rdly Hmltcu l'l > . Olohe-Democrnt. There arc many cracks In thp erstwhile solidity of the south. In Maryland , Ken tucky , Tennessee , Missouri and several other ex-slave states the democrats have got a bad Blinking up. AbollHlilui : Ilin I'ltH'k-Mn Stores. Chicago Herald. The labor amendment to the constitution of Illinois emnowerlnK the Kcneral assem bly to make laws controlling contracts and terms of service between coipm'atloiis and their employes has been adopted by the popular vole. The duty of leK'slatlnf ' ? upon the subject will fall upon a republican sen ate nnd house , and they > vlll have to make a statute that will be satisfactory to the labor Interests while capable of standing the highest Judicial tests , A I Ithonorrd 1'r jtliut. Iouls\llli > Courier-Journal. China , It Is sold , Is anxious to cry quits , guarantee Corea's Independence and pay an Indemnity to Japan. It was Lord Wolselpy who said of the Chinese that they "are destined to be the coming1 race , over running anil overmastering all others with their countlesH hordes. " Wolseley's pre diction has bcea verlllcd.at least to the ex tent that the Chinese , with the Japs. In hot pursuit , are overrunning everybody who doesn't gut out of the way. Wolseley always was a great prophet. Undo ftum'H Depleted Strong Ilux. Philadelphia Press. The treasury situation Is , In a few words , this : The government ha run behind Its ordinary c-xpenses during the two months the tariff 1)111 ) has been In force $21,000,000 , or at the rate of UM.OOO.OOO per annum. This Is far from a realization of the rosy promises df the secretary of the treasury and the promoters of the tariff bill. It may surprrse some people to know that under thfe present economical democratic ad ministration the expenses for the last four montlis of the present fiscal year have been J5.000.000 greater than In 169J , and $1,300,000 greater than In 1892. The general cash balance fell J12.500,000 during October , and stands at } 107,3llir ( . I'nr'of'TniHt ' The Oflloors , Bprlnftil6l4 Ilrpubllcan. A concerted a'U ' ctf from stockholders and thr attorney gtnernl of Illinois has been made' on the Llr > see < l Oil trunt , Incorporated under the laws at that state. What Incites the stockholders ) Jif. the nbsence of nny dividends during thy past three years nnd the extravagant 'mrtnagement ' of the con cern. The prWIrtent draws a salary of J1S.OOO , the first Me > president $10,000 , two other vice presidents $7,000 each , seven di rectors $5,000 each , attorney $10.00) ) , forty-live superintendents receive proportional tional rates nnd 'twenty traveling Inspectors $3,003 each. Of tlit-J'imy principal oil mills In the country combined In the trust twenty-one have" been closed up In order to restrict prodipon | ( | and maintain prices , Hut the resultjmg. , benefit seems to have been absorbed by tJJ ) salary list. T1IK J > KMllCH.lTlO UK3ZKDY Chicago Heraldf Only a western candi date who knows what Jeflersoiilan democracy means and Is not afraid to proclaim It In Its entirety can reunlts the party In 1890 and lead It to victory. St. Louis Ilcpubllo : For 1896 we must understand that New York will settle Its awn quarrels and wain Us own linen. It It trie west that naturally belongs to ui and that we must have. The motto for the next campaign Is : A western man or bust. Louisville Courier-Journal ; The demo cratic party has survived oven greater re verses than this. Its Ufa has surely been preserved for some good purpose. It hag fallen upon grievous times and Into grue- isomo hands. If out of this disaster we take lessons of high emprise If It rids us of dead weights If it brings us a better sense of our duty to the state all will yet be well : "And the dark shall be light. And the wrong be made right. " RT.ITK I'llKHS O.Y THIS HK.SPKT. Lincoln News : Seine talk of n contest tins been Indulged In at Omalm , but this will bo generally deprecated by republicans unions there Is substantial ground for It , and at present there Is not. The balance ot the republican state ticket Is undoubtedly elected by from D.OOO to 10,000. Some fears hnvo been expressed that It. K , Moore will go down with Majors , but a care ful comparison of the returns so far received Indicate that ho runs llttlo If any behind his associates on the ticket. The republicans will have a two-thirds ma jority In both branches of the legislature , thus giving them the power to pass over llol- comb's head any legislation they desire. This practically means that the republican party Is In charge of the state government. Of course the now governor will have the dis tribution of a few ofllclal favors In the shape of odlcci' ' , but that Is all. There Is llttlo use In disguising the fact that DoXislos county Is where the deed was done. The republican party was cruelly stabbed there , and latest advices are to the effect that one Kdward Hosewator Is the man who was last seen In possession of the knife. Two years ago Lorenzo Crounso carried Doug- lai county by over C.OOO ; Majors carried It by less than COO. Hut everything else Is so overwhelmingly republican that very few tears ore duu from the party over the lost , of one oHlce. Grand Island Independent : The republican state central committee and Majors' own rail road organ , the Lincoln Journal , admit that Ilolcomb has been olectdd governor of Ne braska by 1,800 plurality. This speaks welt for the people of Nebraska and the many republicans , who preferred an honest man with a clean record to a man with a bad record , though he was put at the head of their ticket by a to-called republican conven tion , which obeyed the orders of railroad mailers. The fusion party could not elect a candidate If they had not been strongly reinforced by honest republicans , who pre ferred honesty to on apparent party victory. A good , clean republican , like Governor Crounse , would have been elected with a plurality ot at least 25.000. Wo are sorry for the republican party's defeat , which , really Is a defeat of railroad dictation , but this defeat Is a glorious victory of the people and a strong protest BRainst corpora tion rule and against shameful obedience to railroad magnates. Fremont Herald : Wo have no hesitancy In congratulating the people of Nebraska upon their choice for governor. Sllaj A. Ilolcomb Is able , honest , courage ous and true to his convictions of right , and The Herald assures the taxpayers that their welfare will bo carefully and zealously looked after by Governor Ilolcomb. The state house rlngstcrs who have thrived upon lll-gottdn gains In the past may well Inaugurate n search for other nnd more promising fields In which to labor for their Idol , called Eefislmes ! > . The election of Governor Ilolcomb Is a vindication ot a claim put forth by the re form elements of all parties , that only men of pure heart and unstained character should fill the high olllco of governor of the state of Nebraska. Kearney Hub : Returns from the state are definite enough to be able to si7.0 up the re sult on the state and legislative tickets. Lat est advices on Thursday leave little room for doubt that Ilolcomb Is elected governor over Majors by 2,000 or 3,000 majority. The Hee claims It , the State Journal concedes It , and private telegrams from Omaha are to the same effect. The entire republican state ticket ex- cepl governor Is elected by large majorities. The same sources that claim the election of Ilolcomb concede that the legislature is republican by a large majority , which at first appears to be about twenty-three , but may bo reduced a little In close districts. This Insures the election of a republican United States senator , a consummation that Is something to bo doubly thankful for. Every republican regrets the defeat of Tom Majors , yet the victory has otherwise been so complete that the > bitterness of defeat will be considerably softened. The governorship was decided on the personality of two candi dates , hence the defeat of Majors Is not a populist victory. Neither could Ilolcomb If disposed serve populist ends with a republican legislature against him and the balance of the state administration ditto , Ho can be gov ernor , and can have the veto power , and muko a few appointments , but he will not be ublo to carry out any populist measures. There fore we can rest easy. OUT Ol > " Tilt ! An average of eighteen suicides each day are annually recorded In Paris during the month of June ; In December the average Is eleven. Platinum has been drawn Into wire so fine that It could not bo distinguished by the naked eye , even when stretched across a piece of white cardboard. . Five and one-half tons of diamonds , valued at $150,000,000 to $200,000,000 , have been taken from the famous Klmberly , South Africa , diamond mines since their discovery In 1871. The great Yuma desert was formerly a - salt sea. Sea shells and oysters fourteen Inches In diameter have frequently been found at from ten Inches to two feet In the sand In various parts' of that desert. In round numbers , ono passenger In every 2,000,000 that travel /on steamboats la lost. About 700,000,000 passengers were carried during the past year ; there were forty fatal accidents , resulting In the death of 255 per sons. sons.The The railroad running from Ismld , near Constantinople , to Angora , Is built entirely of Iron ; bridges , ties , telegraph poles and all. Three hundred miles long , It has 1,200 hrldgES , sixteen tunnels nnd IB the only railroad In the Interior of Asiatic Turkey. In the British navy Is the most singular ship In the world , the Polyphemus. It Is simply a long steel tube , burled deeply In the water , the deck rising only four feet above the water's level. It carries no masts or sails , and Is used as a ram or torpedo boat. Purnell Fisher Is a negro giant of IJrldgo- vllle , Del. He Is six feet seven and one-half Inches tall , and , althouijli spare , ho weighs 261 pounds. He shoulders a weight of 250 pounds with ease , and he carried 400 pounds nearly 100 yards. He was married the other day to a very large woman of his own race. There's a man In Hampdcn , Me. , who has a dog which helps him fish. The Intelligent beast will hold one end of a net , bob for eels successfully , or cast a tly to a considerable distance with a four-ounce rod held In Its teeth. The most wonderful manifestation of his Intelligence , however. Is that If any ono asks him how many fish ho caught ha will llo about It , If ho really caught two , ho will bark seventeen times and hold up his paws to show how long the biggest ono was. JlttSTS JWOiTJlASl'll //0/J.V. Truth has no Sunday coat. Anybody can go to heaven on a tombstone. If the dovll couldn't llo ho would have to quit. quit.Tho The man who loves his duty will not slight It. The peacemaker need never bo out of em ployment. Ono symptom of blackslldlng Is a lack of thankfulness. When a peacock spreads Us feathers It forgets It has black feet. The hardest work any man can undertake Is to try to manage hlnifcclf. You need not bo civil to the dovll In order to show that you are no bigot. The busier a man Is the harder It Is for the devil to get Into conversation with him. It Is not what you put Into your pocket , but what you take out that will make you rich. rich.Doll Doll down the religion ot some people and you will find nothing in It but a few notions , _ a lie Hulil l C'lnnr. Clilcago Herald , With Cleveland and Hill removed from the Held of presidential possibilities Iwo years hence the democratic , party has an Infinitely better chojice to recover lout ground ami proceed undisturbed with Its legitimate work of abolishing "protection" and all other robbing laws. Mr. Cleve land's failure to Immediately call a Rpcclal session of congress to wipe out McKlnley- Ism early In ISM will go down In history as the greatest of his many political blunders. He wantonly threw awny an opportunity to establish his party In the affections of the t > eople and to place hl own name nealde that of Jefferson. It IB safe lo predict that the next democratic president will be a man who believes In prompt obedience to a popular mandate. He will not set himself up a superior to the party and Its plat form pledges. R , IA' Til INHH. The way of the transgressor Is h rd The credit of the stale was vindicated. Mr. Coxey , too , was kicked off the grass. The man afraid of hla record got It In the poll. Pennsylvania should have made It unani mous. Wisconsin repudiates a I' ck of executive humor. Call the roll of dead and let the funeral proceed. Tohe , old boy , bring 'on the plo and all will bo forgiven. The returns show a severe strain on the concessional cemetery. Dave Hill hasn't said ft word , but he U doing a powerful lot of thinking , A largo number of railroad -trains of thought struck n misplaced switch. The supply of crow Is unequal to the de mand. Hut the majority will take turkey. Mr. Walter Wcllman , the explorer , reports n field ot huge Icebergs drifting about Wash ington. Messrs. Heed , McKlnley and Harrison re gard Levl 1 * . Morton entirely too old to bo cliuseil ns n incslilentl.il possibility. With Prosperity well groomed nnd Confi dence In the saddle there need he no JockeyIng - Ing In reaching the wlro ot Rood times. "The Greater New York" will be the second city In the world nnd will cover an area of 100 tquare miles of' land nnd water. Poor Hilt Wilson. Cleveland's letter nnd the London dinner \\cro too much for his delicate constitution. Thcro la a walling nnd gnashing of teeth nt Medicine Lodge. The socl'less sage Is no more. Jerry Simpson will try political farming after March 4. New Yoikers cl. ° erfully approve 1 the wishes of Amos Cummlngs to retire from coiiRresa nnd devote himself to the profession of Jour nalism. There Is where he shines. Poor old Dick Hland was holstrd out of the Gibraltar of democracy \\lth a fliver brick. Uut the old man Is not lonesome. Pence of Colorado nnd Tom Johnson of Cleveland nro extinguished lights In the list of con gressional dead. The Joy which Tom Heed must feel on re turning to the sppakershlp Is tinged wth sadness. Few If nny of the democrats who Injected n little gayety Into his former ex perience will be present at the next congress , liuck Gllgore will buck no moro nor kick the panel of the lobby door. Hatch and his oleo schemes are Ilrod and frayed. Illll Springer and his roars for liberty , nnd S.I- vcr Dick ninnd nnd his metal will not bo there to rip open the monotonous round ot business. The prospect for a skyrocket session la disheartening. SiAWK FOll Philadelphia Times : Mnny people wnnt to get In the swim for divers reasons. Punch : "You look so much llki your brother , " said Dennis to Phelim , "that I could tell ycz wns brothers If I'd never seen nlthcr nv ez. " lluffnlo Courier : Wnggs ( meditatively ) It might be considered additional proof that time Is money. Wlggs What might ? Wngps The fuct that so many people take no note of It. Chicago Inter Ocean : Mr. Snnpp Is the gentleman In the next room a soinnnm- bullht ? Landlady Gracious goodness , no ; for generations back they've all been llaptlnts. Washington Post : "De can'date dnt gits defeated , " said Uncle When , "nm mighty hnh'd ter convince dnt de worl' nm pro- gressln' In enlightenment. " Life : Collector Say , look here , I'm tired of calling hero about this bill. The Debtor- Well , I'm mighty glad to hear It. Truth : She Strange how drowning per sons will clutch at a straw. He Yes , especially when there Is n nice , refreshing Julep at the other end of It. Cincinnati Tribune : "Say , Tuffnutte , how did this story gel started about > our being a. trimmer In politics ? " "Oh , that was Just a little joke. It Is founded on my cutting off old man Jackson's cur at the primary last month. " THAT FIEND. Indlnnnpola ) Journal , , Hear the looter with his horn With his hated , raucous horn For ho doesn't care a dorn Which way the vote wns gorn S'long as he can blow his horn Till you wish he wasn't born To rack and split your cranium with his horn , horn , horn- To fracture your religion with his horn ! Till ! 11I'KMI > LKATKH. Harper's Younu People. Said the leaves upon the branches One sunny ntitumn dny ; "We've finished all our work , nnd now Wo can no longer stay. So our gowns of red nnd yellow , And our sober cloaks of brown. Must be worn befoie the frost comes , And wo go rustling down. "We've had n jolly summer , With the birds that built their nests Beneath our green umbrellas , And the squirrels thnt were our guests. But we can not wall for winter , For we do not care for snow , When we hear the wild northwesters We loose our clasp and go. "Hut we hold our heads up bravely t'nto the very last , And shine In pomp and splendor . As away we flutter fast. In the mellow autumn noontide Wo kles and say good-by. And through the naked branches Then may children see the sky. WILL BE A SESSION OF TALK Next Gntho'ing of the Congress Will Do Little but Make Speeches. NO TIME FOR MUCH IMPORTANT WORK Knpploinrnlitrr Turin MonsurM , Silver or Komi Idiuo r < mllilo Subject * of Con- tro rr r but Nmm Ii Mliclr to Ho VrcMcd , WASHINGTON , Nov. 10. The approaching session of congress , which will open on the 5th liny of December , Is not expected by tliojo familiar with congressional methods to bo ono of great activity or productive of much legislation. The fact that It will con tinue for only three months , that It will bo the last session of the congress , and that It so closely follows a general election nro alt considered ns Indications that but compnra- lively little real work will bo attempted nnd still loss accomplished. The greater part oC the session will In all probability bo confined to an exchange of dialling over the results of the election , nnd the session will become memorable on more on account of talk than of work. It is probable that next to nothing will be tlono before the Christmas holidays , and predictions nro freely mnile that It will ' be dlillcult to obtain or maintain a quorum previous to Christmas. After the holidays there will bo but two months left for work nnd specchmakliig. It will , of course , bo nec essary to pass the usual appropriation bllli. These bills touch n variety of Interests , and wlillo they can be disposed of with celerity they can bo so manipulated as to kill much tlmo when there Is nny considerable doslro to so use them. When the last se slon adjourned the meas ures attracting moat attention were the sup plemental tariff or free raw material bills. They had passed the house nnd had been favorably reported with material amend ments by the senate committee on finance to the senate. While a majority of the dem ocratic senators appeared friendly to those bills , there was a considerable number of that party opposed to their consliloratlon , na were practically all the republican senators. This element was enabled to prevent the sen ate taking them up before- the end of the session U remains to bo seen \\hothcr the friends of the bill will persist In this policy nt the forthcoming session , nnd whether. It they do manifest thU disposition , they will do ko In the face of opposition of a few democratic senators and the almost solid re publican sldo of the senate , who do not de sire at this tlmo further legislation In the direction of tariff legislation. Hoprescnta- lives of the latter class do not hesitate to declare that whatever the policy of the demo- crallo majority Ihey Will bo able to prevent serious opposition of thcso bills during the short session. They also claim thai If a vato on this bill shold be brought about thcro would be a majority against them. It should bo stated , however , that there Is a division of opinion among the opponents of the frco sugar bill , and that some republicans and some conservative democrats have expressed a willingness to allow this bill to bccumo a law , but the best Indications nro lhat the fate of the bill will be determined by that . of the others of the wuno class. There nro alH > thoio who predict lhal there will be a renewal of the agitation of the financial ques tion on propositions looking to the free coin age of silver and for another bond Issue. The starling of the bond question will depend on the administration , nnd there appears now no reason for the suggestion lhat It will bo revived except In the Imaginations of Ihoso who would oppose the measure If It should bo brought In. There Is llttlo doubt that the , silver question will be raised In some form , L | but the probabilities nro that there will bo * fj no fcrlous or united effort on the part of any considerable clement tu push silver to the front. The more general opinion Is that sil ver will bo reserved for the long session of congress , so as to make It nn Issue In UK presidential campaign of 1S96. roujt lusiti : Ditonxr.n. Kxcltlni ; llewi 110 nt Sra nf Sailor * from n M'rrrki'il Si homier. NKW YOHIC. Nov. 10. The steamer Cre ole Prince , Captain IJyers , which arrived today from Trinidad , reports that on the outward passage , November 18 , latitude 25:07 : , longitude 66:42 : , she sighted a water logged vessel , the schooner Coronet of Lunerberg , N. S. , Captain Dalcomb , bound from Halifax , N. S. , for Port Spain with a cargo of fish and potatoes. A boat was launched from the Creole Prince and rescued Captain Bal- comb and Seamen Fred Huddon nnd Peter Cranston. Two passengers and a sailor wore washed overboard and lost The ship's cook , Peter Adams , wns drowned In his berth when the \essel was liovo down on her beam ends. On October 15 the Coronet experienced n „ terrific hurricane , during which the vessel ' was hove down on her beam ends. Wlillo lying In this pocltlon she filled with water through the cabin t-k ) light and companion- way. After cutting away the masts the vessel righted. She was then n complete ) wreck at the mercy of the wind and sea. Captain Balcomb and his two surviving seamen lashed themselves to the poop anil were in an exhausted condition , but badly bruised and swollen and without food or clothing when rescued , Orders Filled wo 3.1' This week we purpose to clear up sonic of our broken lo's of fine Under Wools - . . wear. One of them is a pure , natural wool self- The wools b st suited to Undoffrnrmcnts nro thoho cut trimmed garment ; Shirts from slicop from 8 to 14 mouths have ribbed cuffs and tail , old the lonsr , f > oft , Ilcxiblo fibres glvo that elasticity und with pearl buttons ; drawers smoothnobs that nlono fjivo have the long anklets , wnich comfort and - lit without a pot-foot out tension at any point. make them fit snug from the knee down , and hold the hose up in place by the imbricating properties of the wool liber. These are good value at $1,50 ; our price this week $1,00. Jl. T inG of Way Bros , fine French ribbed gar ments , full regular made ; drawers have French back , both garments sateen trimmed. This celebrated gar ment usually carries a $2 tag ; our price this week $1.50 a garment. .A FinG scarlet , pine , all-wool article , consid ered the best anti-rheumatic garment we carry. Shirts have ribbed tail and cuffs. This is very soft , smooth and warm , We sell them just 250 less than their value. $1.00 a garment while they last. JLt 5Oc a natural , fleece-lined , silk- trimmed , smoothly-woven , heavy weight shirt or drawers that is worth an even dollar. 2&C a pair we offer choice of three lots of Sox a natural wool an English merino seamless and a super-colored wool , with double heel and toe , blue , black or brown. $1.40 the half dozen , or 250 a par. Browning , King & Co , , Reliable Clothiers , S. W. Cur. 15th and Uuuglaa ,