THJB OMAHA DAILY BJ SUNDAY. FEBKTJARY ! ) , 1890.
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Omaha. The Hoc .IlulMIni :
Boulh Orniha. Hinder IJ.k. , Cirnrr N mm 2tn ! st .
Council Illurr , 12 1'cnil Street.
Chicago Ofllco 317 ChainUr of Commerce.
New York , Iloomi II , 11 nml It , Tribune llulMInf ,
Waihlnstcn , HOT K Street. N. W.
All communication * relating to now * nn < 1 e-dl-
torlol Mntlor thouM to niMrwed : To the K'llloi' ' .
.All tinrlnciu letters anJ remittance should l-fl
aAdreMtd to Th" Hoc I'ublHhlnft Company ,
Omilm. Draft * , checks mid pnntolllcc ortrni to
bo fund * tinsnlile tu I lie order of the company.
mi : mu runLisutxo COMPANY.
BTATIMIN-T OP crncui.ATioN.
Ocorca II. T chnck , secretary of Tlic Jiff 1'nti-
llshltitf company , being duly sworn , un Hint the
fit'tunl tiumbor of full and complete coplc * of the
Unlly Morning Krvnln * and fiumtny He- printed
during the month cf January , 18 % , wns ns til *
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Unity ax-praRo . 1S.U2
anuttnt ; n. T/.SCIIUCK ,
Btvorn to hcfurp me anil nulscrllittl In my
pnwnci" this dl day nf FYliruary. 1800.
( Seal. ) N. 1 > . I'RtU Nutary Public ,
Tlip puzzling question AVlio Is ex-
President llitrrlsoii'.s political residuary
Ni-brn.ska drew notliliif ; but blanks in
the prize distribution In tliu United
States senate.
If ox-CoiiKivssnian IJryiiH was a popu
list when out In Arizona , what will be
bo wlit'ii he reacht's Ohio ?
Consrossinan Kom of Nebraska has
made another speecli on the floor , of
the house. Make n mark In your note
book ;
It Is n peed tlihiK for a country to
have peed credit. Hut It Is a better
thbiR for It to be in a position not to
require tisliiR IL
TJie senate reorganization caucus
went off prematurely. Had It only
waited another week it might have
been Valentino's day.
The Monroe doctrine promises to af
ford the text for speeches In the United
States ncnate from now until the end of
the nineteenth century.
The government has proved by ( he
now loan that the , credit of.the United
States is unimpaired. The 'best way
to keep It In this condition is to put
the treasury In position to "pay a * it
goes from. no\v on. ,
It Is reported .that the Wire , "Still
Manufacturers association has ml-
vancetj the price of Its product. Can
It be possible that the brisk demand for
nails for use In repairing political fences
has caused this advance ?
One of the high moguls of the Rubber
trust has resigned his olllco. The pre
sumption Is that he did not have a
conscience sulllclently elastic to permit
him to ( stretch the points necessary to
perform the- work devolving upon him.
The marked Increase of clearings re
corded by Omaha for the last week
as compared with the corresponding
.week . of 181) . " Is an Index of the turning
of the tide 111 the direction of better
times.
According to the standard dream book ,
dream of a new pair of shoes niciuin
that you will succeed' ' against your ad
versary. The numerous presidential
aspirants must bo dreaming of whole
boot and shoe factories every night In
the year.
'An exchange- heads one of Its edi
torial articles , "Vest on Morton. " Of
course there is. If there Is anything
about which Sccrotnry Morton Is punc
tilious , It Is to live up to the fashion
that requires a gentleman to sport a
vest us well as a shirt.
The Nebraska Grand Amy of the
Itepublle. meets in Omaha next week.
Let , the veterans compare the comforts
of city accommodations with the tils-
comrorts or camp life and ponder over
the question whether the time has not
arrived to abolish the camp.
The success of the new loan Is un
precedented In this country. It Is un
precedented betsiuse the United States
never had Oceanian to resort to borrow
ing $100',000XM ( ) by the sale of Interest-
bearing bonds In time of peace before
Mr , Cleveland occupied the whlto house.
Had n congressional enactment pro
hibiting prize lighting In territory sub
ject to congressional Jurisdiction been
proposed three or four decades ago It
would have been regarded an the out
cropping of some fad or Ism , Today
it Is received as a matter of course.
The world do move.
, 'flio Chicago Coliseum Is over one
mlle from thu nearest saloon. And yet
the committee on halls him actually had
thu audacity to select It as thu meeting
place for the coming democratic na
tional convention , Should there bo a
apllt In the convention with the seoedern
repairing to a hall nearer town every
body will know nt once what did it.
There will be Iota of out-of-town vis
itors In Omaha this week , Thu Grand
Army of the Hopubllc encampment will
draw Borenil thousand people and th > >
cycle sbow will attract bicycle entlmsl-
tuitB for many miles around. The mer
chant who has attractive goods to offer
nt attractive prices and knows how to
Ket his wmvti hi'foro thu public by a
liberal resort to Judicious newspaper
advertising Is the onu who will ivnp
u benefit from the advent of the
IIUVBA * .
The twenty-fifth annual report of the
i i Mastnchusetts Unreaii of Statistics of
Labor , which has Just been dis
tributed In book form , embodies
some very Interesting Information
relative to the effect of college
training upon women and its
advantage In pursuits In which
they become competitors with men.
The Investigation was conducted with
out bias through a series of Inquiries
directed to representative employers of
women , as well a.s to women employes.
The returns cover a considerable range
of employment and Include all sections
of the country from Maine to Califor
nia.
nia.The
The occupations of women with col
legiate educations Include' teaching ,
journalism , stenography , telegraphy ,
type setting , life Insurance soliciting ,
bookkeeping and revising patents. It
was found Hint In a representative
group of college-bred women largely
self-supporting and engaged In
callings for which , In general ,
Homo special training Is re
quired , nearly 7" > per cent have
secured remunerative work. The aver
age earnings of these college-bred
women are found to be decidedly above
the average earning capacity of the
ordinary man or woman who has re
ceived only a common school educa
tion. Out of over -KM ) women a ma
jority In any wage class were paid from
$ . " 0 up to . ? ! ( ) ( ) per month. Seventy-
three were paid from $100 and up to
$ 'JOO per month. Two received exceed
ing .f OO per month and two were paid
salaries In exqess of ! ? TOO per month.
Incldeiitlly one of the most Interesting
points of thlsjnvcstlgation was as to
tlie relative value of and pay for the
services of men , and women when on
the same grade of work. Kmployeitt
were asked to reply to the following
question : "Where , In general , women
receive less pay than men for the same
work , what are , in your opinion , the
reasons ? " Out of sixty-seven replies
twenty-nine assigned as a reason the
effect of competition a.s governed by the
law.s of supply and demand. Twenty-
one gave as the reason physical and
mental differences or differences In gen
eral ability , wnllc seventeen ascribed
the difference to custom.
The opinions of the college-bred
women on the same subject are
unique. "Men oftener than women
have to support others. " "A mar
ried man solely because he Is
married has sometiines been paid
more than one unmarried. " On
the same line of reasoning a married
woman ought to get more than an un
married woman. It Is conceded by a
college-bred woman respondent that
"a business woman of educational
ability receives a.s much salary as a
man whenever she renders her em
ployer a proportionate amount of
work. " Another respondent declares
that she Is not sure "that women have
the physical strength fully to compete
with men In all the occupations that
have been opened to them. "
JVlille byTfar thes. largest number , of
'college-bred women-are teachers , quite
a number are engaged in literary pur
suits and notably in newspaper work.
An editorial writer gives her answer
as to her experience as follows : "Jour
nalism pays women a.s well as It pays
men , providing they are equally capa
ble. On newspaper staffs women are
less valuable than men save In excep
tional cases. For special work , if she
Is clever , she can earn as much as any
man for work of the same grade. Still
woman's avenues of ability , so to speak ,
are narrower than men's. A man Jour
nalist Is supposed to know everything
from sporting terms to the ethics of
government. The average woman jour
nalist doesn't as yet. " This writer hits
the nail squarely on tilio head when she
adds : "The wide differences now ex-
llstlng between the wages of men and
women are surely unjust , but these
differences .seem to be growing less as
women "have gradually proved their
ability. liconomlc conditions right
themselves , If given time , In a natural
way , but it Is not probable that men
and women will ever stand as equals
in tlie business world , for a woman in
most Instances cannot count on life
work. Site is woman , subject to the
duties which fall to a jvoman , and she
cannot If site would be anything else
without toppling the very structure of
society. This condition of instability
of employment will in my estimation
always exist. The frank acceptance
of this fact will clear the way to a
much more profitable discussion Of the
subject. "
TUK FAHsina or VIIK vnwn RING.
The death knell of prize fighting In
the United States has been sounded
The bill that was Introduced in con
gress last Wednesday and became a
law on Friday , prohibiting prize lightIng -
Ing in the territories and the District
of Columbia , has put aji end to this
brutal so-called sport In this country ,
liy this legislation professional pugil
ism ha.s been stamped with the national
condemnation , as It had already been
condemned by the laws of every state
In the union , fo that now everywhere
within the national domain Its practice
Is a criminal offense. It Is noteworthy
that not a single objection was made
In congress to this legislation and the
celerity with which it was enacted
showed how pronounced Is the feeling
against professional pugilism. The ac
tion of congress , It hardly need hi > said ,
will bo heartily approved by all citi
zens who respect law and order. The
firm course of thu governor of Texas
In refusing to allow prize fighting In
that utate received the applause and en
couragement of every good citizen ,
demonstrating that the popular senti
ment of the country Is overwhp.lmlngly
against this brutal business , Prlzo
fighting Is utterly liidefenslblo. Its in-
tluence Is wholly demoralizing and
brutalizing and wlillo It may be trim
that these who engage In it arc fit for
little else that does not furnish a reason
for tolerating It. There will probably
continue for a time to bo exhibitions of
pugilism , under the auspices of ath
letic clubs , but Iheso will hereafter
have to be conducted with less resemblance -
semblance to actual lights than luus
been the case , or they will cease to bo
tolerated. Some of these so-called ex
hibitions of the "manly art" In the
eastern cities have all the character
istics of a professional battle. The
death blow which congress has given
the prize ring In the rutted Stntcs , It
Is to be hoped , will have the effect of
driving out of the country every pro
fessional pugilist who will not seek
sonto creditable means of earning a
livelihood.
TUK VKTKllAXS.
Omaha will this week have the privi
lege of entertaining between l.fiOO and
iX)0 ! ( ) visitors , union veterans and their
families , who come to attend the an
nual encampment which Is this year to
be held In this clly. The winter en
campment Is really the business meet
ing of the state organization of tlt'j
Grand Army of the Itepublle , with remi
niscent and social features added. In
addition to the annual election of olll-
cers and the location of the coming
reunion , mutters of Importance to the
whole body of Nebraska veterans will
bo up for consideiatlon , and ( he pros
pect of an attendance fully up to ex
pectations Is certainly good.
While the various committees of ar
rangements' have for several weeks been
busily engaged In completing ( he pre
liminaries for this convention , It never
theless behooves all our people , and
particularly our business men , to exert
themselves In their own Individual
spheres to make the visit of the guests
both pleasant and profitable. The
modest display of a few Hags and some
tastily draped bunting and a cordial
greeting to the visitors will go far
toward making them feel that their
presence Is appreciated. The vetcrann
should have It Impressed upon them
that their encampment In the city offers
just a.s much enjoyment as the out-of-
door camp and Imposes vastly less In
convenience , discomfort and actual
hardship.
The test of a hearty welcome is the
wish of the departing guest to return
and renew the acquaintance at an early
day. By cordial treatment of the mem
bers of the Grand Army of the Uepubllc
who come to Omaha this week Hit-
chances will be Improved for their com
ing again at no distant day.
K ItKTATjTATtOlf.
A few days ago the lower branch
of the New York legislature passed by
a most decisive majority the insurance
retaliation bill , which gives the super
intendent of the insurance department
of the state power to exclude foreign
Insurance companies from New York
when the governments of the countries
which charter them shut out American
companies from their dominions. The
author of the- measure , in explaining
tlu circumstances which led to its in
troduction , showed that the proposed
retaliation , which Is designed to reach
Prussian Insurance companies doing
business In New York , Is justifiable.
It appears that a few years ago * a law
was passed in Prussia requiring all
American Insurance - companies to de
posit with the Prussian government. ,
50 per cent of their prcmiun ycceiptsi
each year until the total sum 's.o ' de
posited become equal to the "liability
of these companies on all their poli
cies within the kingdom .of Prussia.
The American companies promptly
complied with the law , but notwith
standing a warfare against the.ni was
inaugurated and tiio most exacting and
onerous requirements were made in ad
dition to the deposit law. The manifes
tation of hostility culminated in 1803 ,
when the American companies were
informed that thereafter statements for
Prussia must be made pursuant to
forms prescribed by the- government ,
which were exacting to the last de
gree. Yet \the \ American companies
compiled with these requirements , but
this was not sufficient. Their solvency
was next called In question , although
most amply attested by the governor
of New Yorlc and the superintendent
of Insurance , This last attack showed
conclusively that it was thu Intention
of the Prussian government to find
some reason to cancel the authority
of tlie American companies to do busi
ness In that country , undoubtedly at
the Instigation of the home companies ,
and three of the greatest Insurance
Institutions In the world wore ordered
to stop doing business in Prussia , It is
believed for no other reason than that
they are American companies.
It was urged that these circumstances
distinctly justified n retaliatory policy
and the vote by which the bill passed
( lie assembly , 104 to 21 , shows the
strength of this sentiment. It is not
doubted that the measure will pass
the senate and become law. What ef
fect It will have upon tlie regulations
of the Prussian government regarding
American Insurance companies cannot
be foreseen , the assertion of that gov
ernment being that there has been no
discrimination , but. If the retaliation
bill becomes law and the Prussian reg
ulations are adhered to , there can be no
doubt that Prussian Insurance com
panies will bo excluded from doing
business in New Yoik , unless they are
able to find some way to evade tnich
a law.
TllK I'HODLVTION'OF GOLD.
The largo Increase in the production
of gold during the last fewyears Is a
familiar fact. According to the mint
reports , the largest annual average gold
production prior to 1801 was fpr the
four years from 18.111 to 18iO ( , when this
average was ? 1:14,08:1,000. : : The average
declined from -that date until the live
years from 1881 to 1885 , when It wan
only ifO'J , 110,000. In 1801 the produc
tion had grown to $ i0ir : ! ( > 0,000 , and it
has been steadily Increasing sine" , that
for 18 ! > r > being conservatively estimated
lit $203,000 , < M)0 ) , which Is $24,000,000
larger than for the preceding year ,
There Is every reason to expect Unit iho
present year will show a further in
crease in tlie production , for the prose
cution of gold mining has ncvo.1 been
inoro vlgpronsly carried on than av fills
time.
In the current number of th. ? Itevlotv
of HovlewH , Mr. Carl Snyder has an ex
ceedingly interesting and instructive
article on this subject , In which , be
sides noting the progress of production ,
he points out that the increase l.'i tLo
gold supply is not due altogether to the
discoveries of new gold IJelds , but
chiefly to cheap < neil production through
now methotlK-nf working and low cost
of supplles.'rtiJre | | ( has. Indeed , been a
great chani ji this respect , It being
estimated tlTfirj at the present time ? 27
will buy thl ; * jflno supplies which cost
$100 In 187(1 ( , , jwhHo the Introduction of
high explosive * and rock drills has
greatly fncjllifcl : ] the work of mining.
With ( he liiproved ) methods a mine may
be opened uir In weeks , or even In
days , where. | ' ( fence required months.
Indeed , say/f MY. Snyder , It would bo
"
"quite Impossible to do the work now
done , or attain anything like the pres
ent output , under the old method , no
matter how many men were employed.
From his evidently careful and thor
ough study df Rohl production Mr.
Snyder concludes that there seems
every condition present to warrant iho
belief that the volume of gold must
grow larger and over larger for some
time to come. The prediction of an Im
pending outpour of such a quantity of
gold as the world has never seen , says
Mr. Snyder $1. ' 100. < XM,000 ) In the five
years of ( he centtiry Unit remain , with
a production of more than JIOO.OOO.OOO
for the year 1)00 ! ) , would seem not
wholly unreasonable , and he submits
the pregnant question , "Will It be pos
sible for our monetary systems to sur
vive the addition of such an over
whelming flood ? "
tjf CUKAP POSTAL HATES.
The postal system of no other country
Is so liberal a.s that of the United Stale. *
and the extent to which tills liberality
Is abused has been set forth In the re
ports of the heads of ( ho I'ostolilce de
partment for a number of years. These
reports have shown that were It not
for the abuses ( he postal service would
be self-sustaining. The present con
gress will be called upon to consider
how this can bo remedied , a bill for
this purpose having been introduced in
tlu > house by Representative Loud of
California , and which Is understood to
have the unanimous approval of the
committee on postolllces and post roads.
Tilts measure provides for a radical
change in the postal laws relating to
second-class matter , so as to exclude
from this class-a , large volume of matter
now mailed under it which It Is con
tended has no proper claim to be thus
classified. Postmaster General Blssell's
last report showed that in six years the
department lihd accepted for entry
--l.HOl new ipubliwitions. although as a
matter of fnct , ( hf > net increase of news
paper and pe'riqdfcal ' publications within
that period had been but :5,747 : , only 15
per cent of theJofficial entries. The
volume of sqeoml-class matter exclusive
of the county free deliveries increased
from l-W.OOO.pOO pounds in 1SSS to Ii05.-
'
000,000 pounds 'in 1S04 , thus .nearly
doubling injsixvyears , all ofVlt Jinailed
at thu unlfouiujnite of lcent , a pound.
Postmaster ; Gcna rnl Waniunakcr esti
mated that ttt lSDO there were probably
50,000 tons ] ofji so-calluil serials /nailed
every year , wand since thati tlnYc. 'the
ji'ushiess , ha .e.n0rmously ' Iiicrejijccl. A
_
through thu nnalls rfs socond-elaks .mat .
ter which. . th < Loud bill would exclude
ajtid-whlcU there can be uo..doubt . ought
( o be excluded. That measure pro
vides that mailable matter of the second
class shall embrace all newspapers and
other periodical publications' * which are
issued at stated intervals , and as fre
quently as four times a year , but pub
lications purporting to be issued period
ically and to subscribers , but are merely
books or reprints of books ; . .shall not be
admitted to the second-class rate ,
whether they bo Issued complete or In
parts , whether they be bound or un
bound , whether they be sold by sub
scription or otherwise , or whether they
purport to bo premiums or supplements
or parts of regular newspapers or
l > oriodicals. A law passed In 1804 ad
mits to second-class privileges nil papers
or pamphlets published under the aus
pices of benevolent or fraternal orders ,
incorporated Institutions of learning ,
trade unions , .state boards of health
and professionalJllternry , historical , or
scientific associations , and tills regard
less of their periodicity of issue. The
Loud bill repealH that law and substi
tutes a clause' admitting periodicals
regularly Issued jindor : the auspices of
benevolent or fraternal societies organ
ized under tin ? lodge system , with a
bonii' fide membership of not less than
1,000 persons , and trade unions will be
Included among the societies. If en
acted this will cut off more than half
tlie publications which have been en
tered under the act of'180i , the aggre
gate number of. copies of such publica
tloiiH circulated through the mulls dur
ing the hist 'fiscal year having bue.n
about 17,000,000.
There Is unquestionably need of re
form iu thin piattor , and , while It IH to
1m expected , that the proposed change
will be vigorously opposed by the
classes of publishers whose business it
would affect , It'.wlll recommend Itself to
the general ' Hfile ) ent.
The ra to bo entirely willing
to Harri his . '
take word. Globs-Demo-
orat.
Willing Is ji the word. The people
know l'resld tlarrlson ! to bo serious
in all of his Mb fi .utterances and they
Unow furtlipvltlt ) ] & ho would not give
them an iiltnnrfjhin ( unless he mount
It. The country takes Harrison at hla
word because they know him to he a
man of his \fSrit ! '
The sultan of Turkey and the queen
of England must he getting on friendly
terms when thoipwrlto autograph let
ters to one aMotlier. Hoth of the royal
correspondents are , however , obliged to
employ Interpreters , which makes It In
convenient for expressions of mutual
affection. Why can't Victoria open up
an autograph * correspondence with
Grover ? That could be kept strictly
contldentlal.
The redoubtable Oolonel Suter , U , S.
A. , formerly Gai > tuln Suter , who had
for many years been the autocrat of
the Missouri river improvements , has
landed In San Kranelsco and will henceforth -
forth have control of the government
engineering on the I'aclllo coast.
Colonel Snter will be remembered In
Omaha chlelly for his subserviency to
statesmen who were engaged in rip-
rapping the Missouri river with frozen
mud. IIo mnilo himself famous by his
persistent opposition to every projecl
to bridge the Missouri nt or neni
Omaha after the Union Pnclflc bridge
monopoly Intd once been established.
Ills great argument was that the navi
gation of the river must not bo Im
peded. We now feel sure that with
Suter watching dvor Its breakwaters
the navigation of the Pncillc ocean will
not be allowed to become Impeded.
The steamship transportation com
panies seem to bo about the only ones
who reap a steady profit from the deficit
llnanclcrlng of the present democratic
administration. They Impose handsome
charges for carrying the gold taken
from the 'federal treasury to Kurope
and then they repeat the operation when
they carry It back In payment for new
Issues of bonds. In other words , the
steamship companies catch the gold
both going and coming.
There Is no question that the- avenues
of news from Cuba have changed since
the advent of the new Spanish admin
istration. The Insurgents have not
been officially routed for several weeks.
If tins accounts of the operations con
tinue as credible as they have been re
cently , the people will gradually learn
to accept them without discount The
Spanish authorities will have some
thing to boast of If they accomplish
only tills.
Sorrow COIUCH Too Ilife.
Sioux City Times.
A great many of the farmers who have
sold good Iowa , Nebraska and South Dakota
farms In order to go south for the climate
and cheap lands will regret It. In the
meantime laud In this part of the country
commands a good price and those who buy
arc wiser than those who sell.
Tliu TriiiiNiiiNMlNsliinl ICviiDHltlnii.
Sioux City Journal.
The Transmlsslsslppl Exposition associa
tion at Omaha has placed ex-Governor Alvln
Sounders , a former lowan , tit the- head of a
committee to visit Iho Iowa legislature to
secure from Iowa formal recognition of the
project. All other members of the connnlt-
tee are Iowa men , and a strong effort will
ho made to get Iowa to Join In with Ne
braska and other states in making the ex
position a success. <
Improving Country
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The question of the Improvement of our
country roads has been very extensively dis
cussed In recent years. The use of bicycles
has contributed greatly to this , but thou
sands who care nothing for wheels are glad
of any pretext for awakening public in
terest In a matter that they regard as so
Important. There has been an abundance
of agitation , but unfortunately there has
been more of that than of anything else.
Little UliiMly Shnlccii.
Chicago Tribune.
Giving to the discovery of an old law on
the statute books of Rhode Island that has
never been repealed and Is therefore still in
force relative to the registration of clergy
men the horrifying fact comes to light that
nearly all the marriages performed In that
state .for the last half century have been
Illegal. The blow falls with crushing force
on Newport society , and the smallest state
In the union finds Itself confronted with a
very largo problem.
RiiHNlu'n Grout Itnllwny.
Globe-Democrat.
The completion of the great Siberian rail
way to the Yenisei river , a' distance of
3,056 , miles from St. 'Petersburg , selves to
remind the world 'that ' Russia rputa through
a work of Internal Improvement with extra
ordinary rapidity. When the czar decides
to build a ship canal from the Baltic to
the Black sea the big ditch will move along
steadily and without regard to Impediments.
If France could only persuade Russia to take
hold of the Panama canal all doubt of the
final success of that Interoceanlc link would
vanish.
The \ntloiinl 1'viiHloii Roll.
Philadelphia Times. .
The ponslon appropriation for the ensuing
fiscal year amounts to $141,000,000 In round
figures. As the reductloa from the previous
year is nearly $3,000,000 , the Indication Is
that ! ? .e maximum has been reached unless
new legislation Is adopted extending the pen
sion system. During the last fiscal yeai
the total pensions paid aggregated $140,000-
000 , and $9.500.000 of this amount was dis
bursed In the southern elates. The greatest
state credit Is that of Ohio , the pension pay
ments reaching $15,558,567. Then comes
Pennsylvania with $12,469,410 , Now York
$12.321,771 , Indiana $10.534,082. Illinois $9-
927,647 and Missouri $7,834,770. The pay
ments In Ohio. Pennsylvania. New York and
Indiana , amounting to 5CO 983,836 , were almost
double the disbursements during the first
year of the Hayes administration , whldh
were covered by $26,841,415 for the entire
country. The $28,027,083 paid out in Penn
sylvania and Ohio during the year 1895 nearly
equals the sum required for total payments
during the last year of Grant's second term ,
which amounted to $28,580,157.
SIHUJl.AU SHOTS AT THU PUI.l'IT.
Indianapolis Journal : The fact that the
chaplain of one branch of the New York
legislature prayed thnt nrms might bo
furnished the Cubans might Ic.id one to
Infer that the JJcIng to hem prayers should
be offered Is the proprietor of well stocked
nrsennla.
Minneapolis Tribune : The assistant pat-tor
of TalniBge's Washington church has been
paid off and released , but the action of the
trustees In bringing about the deal Is severely
criticised by a committee of clergymen and
laymen appointed hy the church to paw upon
Iho question.
Indianapolis Journal : There seems to be a
fatality attending clergymen In Ohio who
drop preaching the word to serve the people
as legislators. I-ast fall ono was Inveigled
Into signing a letter In which ho declared
that , for money to promote his election , ho
xvould vote for the opposite party's candidate
for United States senator , and now another
U being Invcstlgilcd on the charge of selling
or offering to pell appointments. Iloth nfen
have denied , otlll the testimony wng strongly
ag.iln.st them. It Is probable that tliero men
are the victims of Inexperience , which they
would not have been had they clung to tholr
vocations.
Kantus City Star : H may bo said In gen
eral terinp that the preacher who assails , nt-
tacks , belabors , scolds or unduly criticises
the press of this country Is , to use what Is
> osslbly a slangy , yet most expressive , phnpe ,
'off. " Ho Is usually "way off" on his alleged
tacts , and further "off" on their application ,
If not Intentionally wrong ho Is greatly mis
taken : If not a willful slanderer he still puts
himself In the attitude of ono who Is abusive
without being Intelligent. . The preacher who
abuses the newspapers Is guilty of various
sins of omission and commission In doing so ,
uut his most glaring offense. Is Ingratitude.
He Is really assailing his host friend , the
friend of his church and of all churches and
of the "cause" generally.
New York Sun : Thn rlerirvmnn nt nun
of the churches of this city recently de-
Ivercd a sermon In which ho scolded his
congregation for their failure to support
ilm In proper stylo. Ho argued that his
salary of $5,000 a year did not represent
ho value of his services and that It ought
o bo at least twice as much as that. "Ho
old his people that he could make more
noncy If ho were to take up some other
witness and ho spoke words of warning to
hem which are said to have had an effect
upon the authorities of his church. This
i.irtlcular preacher belongs to the class
cnown as "sensationalists" and we Infer
rom what wo have heard about his mormons
hat It would be well for him to look for a
ob outside of the pulpit , more especially
f he can get higher pay elsewhere.
Chicago Tribune : Apparently the Salvation
rmy has lived down the distrust and bigotry
and ribald jeers which greeted It upon Its
Invasion of the United States a few years ngo.
fiYir n Innr * nnrtnil Ito mooflni'a wnrn hrnVrtM
up by t Inters , Its public processions were
egged and stoned ; Its members wore privately
persecuted In every possible way , and public
opinion was violently unanimous that It not
only accomplished no good , but was a positive
Injiy-y to the cause of Christ. Uut times are
changed , and now , when It Is proposed to re
call Commander and Mrs. Booth to England ,
a public meeting In New York makes protest ,
and the mayor of the city , such Influential
citizens as Chauncey M. Depew , and such
clergymen as Bishop Andrews take promi
nent pirt In the proceedings. Seldom has
there been such a triumph for earnest zeal
over adverse conditions.
PI3USOXAL AM > OTIII5RWISK.
Spanish Captain Luquo , having stopped a
rebel bullet with his shin , demands a fourth
class decoration. The demand is the Spanish
for poultice.
Slr.co his submission to the civilizing in
fluences of Great Britain the Ashanll king
has learned to hit a brandy cocktail without
straightening a kink.
By deferring war until after the national
conventions are held , valuable tips may bo
had from Chicago and St. Louis hotel keep
ers on modern charges.
The venerable liberty "bell Is back in its
old quarters In Philadelphia , where "it will
remain until brought to the Transmlsslsslppl
exposition in Omaha In 1S98.
While the sultan of Turkey is compiling
tearful denials for the benefit of the queen
of England it Is suspected that In performIng - |
Ing the sultantc salute Hamld's fingers rarely
go above his nose.
The St. Louis court of appeals Informs ono
A. B. Carpenter that having smacked Mrs.
Tommy Pierce ho must step up to the
captain's ofllce and pay the price $2,500.
Kissing comes high in Missouri.
Congressman Johnson of California hns
the reputation of being1 ono of the best jury
lawyers on the Pacific coast. It is said
that one of his strongest points Is to kneel
down In the court room and shed real tears
to move the Jury.
The colored contingent of the olllce-holdlrig
patriots In Kansas City , commonly known as
the A. P. A. , fell upon each other Thursday ,
night and did some tall carving. The row
was between the "brass shield" and "silver
shield" factions , but the razor faction won
out.
General John M. Schofleld Is visiting
Florida for the first time since early ( n the
'GOs , where ho went as a lieutenant Just from
West Point to regulate the Semlnoles , His
special chum In those days was A. P. Hill ,
then n lieutenant In the same company ,
afterward the famous confederate general.
It was In the house of Hill's father ( at
Culpeper , Va. , ) that General Schofleld drank
his first mint julep.
llIiAST KIIO.lt RAM'S HORN.
, , u I * easier to bo happy without riches
than with them.
To lift up the fallen
, we must tnkc a
stnnd beside them ,
The days are never long enough for the
man who loves his work.
world ' ' ? full " V'ho Wlnla to < l0 E ° od finds thf
of opportunity.
The shadow of n trouble Is gcnernllr
blacker limn the trouble Itself.
The ilay width begins the darkest
may
turn out to be une of our brightest.
If we are poor , we may toke n long stso
toward wealth by becoming contented.
The man who expects to outrun a lie had
better start with good shoes on his feet.
When you want n short prayer In church
iu call on a long-faced man to make It.
Wo do not always have the most reason
for sorrowing when we are sorrowing most.
Any prayer Is too long that Is made In
church by the man whoso yardstick Is too
short ;
If all good people would stop wearing long
long fnces our churches would not contain
so many empty benches.
DOMKSTIO IDYLS.
Yonkers Statesman : "Ah. me , my heart
"
* null" sighed the girl who had been tak
ing nil vantage of her loap-yt-nr privilege
until she found herself
engaged to live men
llurpot's IJnzar : Hotel Proprietor Why
tlmt
WAShlnplon Star : "Hcally , Mr. Stalate. "
she rnlil , "I am nfrald you wll ! not make.
n wife happy. "
"Why not ? "
"You don't seem nt nil fond of your
home.
St. Itepublle : "He Is my warmest
. "Yrs. I heard you were wrapped up In
Chicago Hecord : "Hut , papa , things hnvo
changed since you wore young. "
"Yes they have ; folkn uwd to wait fifty
j-ears for a golden wedding , and now they
demand It at the start. ' "
Jto.iton Transcript : "June , " said hop
father , "I thought you hated stingy people ,
nml vet your young man "
"Why , P.I , who says ho In stingy ? "
"Oh , nobody says s-o ; only 1 could sco
thnt ho was a llttlo 'near as 1 passed
through the room. "
Harlem Life : "What's the matter. Uncle
Ilufus ? " IIP asked facetiously ns the old
man came limping In , "got the pout ? "
-No , sab , I'su got ile bill fc ' dat whlte-
waBhln' what I tlld fo' yor las' yeah. "
Harper's Ilnzar : "Hurry up. Maud. Mr.
Jones hns been waiting an liour already. "
Hump ! Let him wait. Didn't he keep
mo waiting three years before he spoke ? "
Detroit Free Press : n.ishftil Isn't that
Stlckatlvc a bore : always drat-Blntf In his
tiresome chestnuts ?
Mis' * Waiting Yes , but chestnuts pop
sometimes , don't you know.
Tmllnnnpolls Journal : "For the life of
mo. " said the young man , "I don't sec why
a woman was not born with the sama
capacity for swallowing excuses that she
has for Ice cream ! "
Somervl'.le Journal : She And arc you
sure , Algernon , that jou never lovcil any
Blrl but mo ?
HeunblusnlnBly ( ) I never even thought
of love until I saw you , my darling.
And just then the steam radiator clanked.
Washington Star : "I remember , "
Mrs.Vlckwlre , Impressively , "you once said
that If you had the world you would gladly
lav It at my feet. "
"Oh , did I ? " asked Mr. Wlckwlre.
"Yes vou did. And now I have to nng
at you for three days to get you to lay a
carpet. "
THE AVAY OF THE WOULD.
Written for The nee.
The way of the world la stony and steep
From Its dangers there Is no guard ;
And many who walk there have hearts that
weep
For the way of the world Is hard.
Tl-ere are lonelv graves beside the way
Where life's fond hopes were lost.
But the mourners may not stop nor stay
And they dare not count the cost ,
For the way of the world Is on and on
There aie always hills to climb ;
While the blehsing of sunshine Is quickly
gone ,
There are clouds till the 'end of time.
The way of the world has sudden turns
Where we meet or part with friends ;
The meltings are joys that sorrow earns ,
Tlie partings our struggling sends ;
For we each must find the path alone
Through the darkness our haven hide.
On the way of the world no light Is thrown
Whatever our souls betide.
But flowers bloom beside Ihe road
And love dispels fate's frown ;
When our strength no longer can bear our
load
We may lay our burden down ;
For the wav of the world Is full of care
Anil crowded the busy street ,
And be our legacy foul or fair
The passing of many feet
Will crush the flowers or cover the stain
And stllle our dying moan ;
Hut there's sweet In the Hitter cup wo drain
If It comes to our lips alone ;
For although the way of the world Is coM
Yet under our closest musks
There ore truth and love that never grow
And they sanctify worldly tasks
Private Sale Begins Tuesday Morning af / O.
Cost
Below Cost
Any Price to Sell the Goods.
. Our finest Jewelry Watches Diamonds Silverware
still to sell You get exactly as good bargains as at the auction
and you know what you are buying.
The store closes Monday to enable us to
straighten up the balance of the stock.
Tuesday O'
Morning Clock
Entire stock to be closed out in a few days.
Selling Out at Any
C. S. price.
Raymond
. . , 15th and Douglas