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When you wnnt to know who Is
elected read This Uee.
Atltnl hits not ceased consnituhitlUK
himself that It wus not lie who WIH ruli
ning for olllce.
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 ,