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1 " "i THE OMAHA DAILY 11T3K : Tr"ttiAY , 21 , ItfOO. THE OMAHA DAILY BEB. E. IIOSKWATKII , Ldltor. rt'llt.tHllHD KViilY MOItttlKO. Dally lie * ( Without Sunilny ) One Ytnr . 00 Dally ( too and .Sumlny , Una Year . ' M nil Months , . , . H 00 Three Month . tl 00 Bunilay llee , One Ye.tr . tJ M GAtunlny lice , Oni > Your . II M Weekly Uee , On Year . w OPF1CUB ! Omnhfir The Ib-e llullrtlnu. . , . . . , . Boulh Omaha : Blngcr Illk. , Ctr. N und JUh Hl . Council lllnffi : 1C North Mnln Hlrcct. Chlcnco Olllcc ! 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York : Ilnom * 13. II ami IS. Tribune lllilR. Wmldnqton : 1407 r Htrttt. N. W. All communlcntlonii rel.-illiiK to now * nn < t edi torial matter thoiild be nddrtiunl : To ( he ICdltor. HUSINiSH l.ETTiU3. All binlncm letter * nnJ remiltnmo.il nhnulil ha niMrrMcd to Th lite I'ublli-htnB Company. Oinahn. Pritrt . check * nnd postolllce onlcri to bo made pnynlifo to the nr l > r of the compiiny. T1II3 IKK IMMIWHimJO > MrANY. _ _ STATI.MIJNT" 6V cnicm.ATioN. Btnto of Ncbrnnkn , I DouRlnn County. I OforKu II. TxMhuck , recretcry of The lice pub- lliddnff company , bclnu duly gwfirn , Miyi that tha nctu.tl number of full nnd complnl * coplcu of Th < Dully MornlriR , Evening nnd Sun.lny 1J * prlnlnd during the month of October. IfOO. OJ nn foi- QKOUni ? 11. T7.SCIIUCK. Sworn lo before mo nnd subscribed In tn preccnco this 31st day of October. l lj. N. I1 , r J-jil * . Notary 1'ubllc. GiMit-rnl VVi-ylcr pots nn admonitory jo ; ; from Spain , hu out nnd destroys u crop. A Incnl fnlJt-ry snys tlm.t JmlKo Me HiiKli I * ii" di-inoorat. llu might retort that the fnUury Is no Jinl c. Tlit ! Kniperor AVllllani Imp niado an other of tlioso modest siiuucliw of Ills vi-hlrli arc pornieulc-d with the "mo and od" idea. The chaws nnd coiuitt'ivhnrgcs of thu rival asphalt pavlnj : companies an another case of the pot willing ( la kettle lilni'k. Then ; Is inoro joy In the poiocrali ) ( press over onu factory" that closeth than over ninety and nine Just fac tories which open again. Omaha arc light street lamps arc presumed to be normal 1200 candle power. ' Judging by the glimmer of these lamps they must bo about twelve talkm candle power. The news that the long-lost Gome/ Is menacing his rear with a well-or ganized army of 'tr > ,000 men Is not likely tc Improve General Weylor's opinion of the Cuban climate. The contention between religions bodies over the wlionls of Manitoba Is not likely to be ended by any agree ment which permits sectarian Instruc tion of any kind at the public expense. With an empty treasury and Avltli necessary Improvements neglected foi lack of funds , the city can 111 afford to make costly glfHs to corporations which are afraid to test the legality of theh claims in the courts. Nebraska should profit by the experi ence of Illinois In the consideration of the Torrens law. The objectionable features upon which Its iinconstltutlon- allty was based In the sister state should bo eliminated before Its adoption tionfiero. . Iteporls of the mysterious airship which has been hovering over San Francisco would go to Indicate that the problem of aerial navigation has been solved. It will be strange If the discovery has been made , as seems probable , by an Inventor heretofore un known , Instead of by one of the dis tinguished scientists who have made researches In this direction. People who have heeded the wall of the dismal Jeremiahs who prognosticate all manner of woe to the western farmer as the result of partial crop failures in the past should consider the case of the drouth-stricken regions of India , < whi > re to the horrors of widespread famine are added the ravages of pes tilence among a swarming population of .V-iOO to the square mile. The west ern farmer Is a long way from being the most miserable being on earth. Mr. Moreton Krowen , the much- quoted convert to unlimited sliver coinage - ago at Ki to 1 without the aid or eon- sent of any nation on earth , would like to have Kansas , Nebraska , South Da kota and other traiismlssl.s.slppl states make the experiment of making three Mexican dollars , which now pass cur rent for a dollar and a half , pass for two dollars. This would be a very prolltable scheme for Moreton Krowen and his coparceners In silver mining speculation. If Krewen was assured of being able to exchange three Mexican dollars for two American dollars ho would buy a few tons of silver In Mexico ice , have It coined Into Mexican dollars , ship them to Kansas and Nebraska and make thirty-three per cent profit. Kvery three million dollars' worth of silver bullion coined Into Mexican dollars lars would exchange for nearly four millions of American dollars. A very nice speculation , Indeed. And who would pay this bonus ? Moroton l-'rew- en's dupes In Kansas , Nebraska and South Dakota. Why Mr. Krowcn had not thought of this Mexican dollar scheme while ho was In Montana in specting his Hutto llver mines has not yet transpired. The Montana mining millionaires might have "caught on" and paid their miners off In Mexican dollars at the ratio of three dollars for two. Montana or Colorado would af ford a much better Hold for the Mexi can dollar experiment than JCansua and Nebraska. MI .srrorATKfMcr TIIK fWihtii musr. More than three million pounds of sugar are now piled up In the fltbre- house of the beet sugar factory at Nor folk. The owners of the factory have been compelled to store the bulk of this season's product because they are un able to dispose of It In Nebraska or the adjacent states. The home market , has been overstocked with sugar forced upon It by the Sugar trust. In order to embarrass the Nebraska beet sugar factories the Sugar trust has fore stalled the home supply of sugar In Ne braska by shipping vast quantities of the product of Its rellnorlns to dealers who are dependent upon It for the bulk of their sugar supply so long as Nebraska docs not fabricate as much sugar as her people consume. Under the oxHtlng sugar schedule of the Wil son tariff law Hie Sugar trust enjoys special advantage In the Importation of raw sugar from foreign countries. Its policy therefore Is to throttle compe tition by checking beet sugar produc tion in the United States as far as pos sible. On this point the recent statement given out. to the Associated press by .1. (5. Hamilton , nmungor of the Norfolk Heet .Sugar factory , Is npocilie. Mr. Hamilton declares : "I am absolutely satisfied in my own mind that there can lie no farther development of the liuet sugar Industry In this country If the Sugar trust Is to be permitted to frame the next sugar schedule of the expected new tariff bill. Its Inter ests and those of the American pro ducers are dlteetly antagonistic , and 1 sincerely trust that the representatives of Nebraska will see to It that the Sugar trust Is not permitted to throttle , If not destroy , the present promising future for the rapid development of the beet sugar industry throughout the United States and especially In this western country , where it would mean so much to all classes and especially our farm ers and wage earners. " While It must take months and pos sibly years before the Sugar trust shall be dislodged or broken up. there Is a remedy at our command that will In a great measure counteract Its efforts to close the home market against Nebraska beet sugar and to thus throttle the In dustry that will at no distant day sup plant the Imported product of Ktiropcnn beet sugar fields. The people of Ne braska should serve notice on retail dealers that they will not buy the Sugar trust product so long as the supply of the Nebraska factories Is not exhausted. If this policy Is adhered to the embargo on Nebraska sugar will soon be raised by the Jobbers , and our factories will be In position to handle all the beets raised by Nebraska farmers as rapidly as they are offered for delivery. H-.IK OK TJli : It appears to be the settled purpose of the sliver democrats in the senate to make relentless war on the adminis tration at the coming session. It Is said that from the beginning to the end of the session they may be counted on to attack the administration fiercely at every opportunity and to do their ut most to thwart its every desire , espe cially In the matter of confirmation of appointments , to olllce. In fact , whatever they may believe that Presi dent Cleveland and his followers desire , either In regard to appointments or In respect to legislation , they will be pretty wire to vigorously and persist ently opijose. There is authority for this In state ments made by some of those senators. Harris of Tennessee , who has been the parliamentary leader on his side of the chamber , predicts that all of the appointments made by the president since the adjournment of congress re quiring confirmation by the senate will be rejected. He also predicts that the gold standard democrats will not be permitted to p.artlclpate In any demo cratic caucuses hereafter and will bo read out of the parly. Senator Mor gan of Alabama entertains the same view , he having recently suggested that doubtless the gold standard democrats will hardly care to enter a caucus with those whom they have denounced aw repudlatloulsts and anarchists. So ar as defeating the confirma tion of appointments by the president Is concerned , the sliver democrats alone will not bo able to do'it. They have twenty-three votes and while they may obstruct they cannot unaided defeat anything. It remains to bo seen what attitude the republican senators will take , especially with regard to the pres ident's appointments. They would cer tainly bo justified , as a recognition of the patriotic course of the sound money democrats in the late campaign and election , in voting for the president's nominees , If there is no other objection to them than the fact that they are sound money democrats. They would also bo justified In doing this on the ground that the silver democrats are not onjy entitled to no consideration , but it is necessary that their malicious jiurpo.se be thwarted. They are not merely hostile * to the administration , lint to the poi' hir sentiment of the country , ami their defeat would be heartily approved by the country. It Is probable that this view will betaken taken by many If not all of the senate republicans and that they will unite with the Kountl money democrats In continuing the appointments the presi dent has already made. TlIK I'l.UT Mi A1 MM A I'OSTM.lSTKIt. \nother foul conspiracy has been un covered by our popocratlc contemporary. This time It Is a plot to cause the dis missal of the postmaster of Hastings on charges preferred against him by a special agent of the Postolllce depart ment. It appears that the laws of the United States prohibit all persons , whether they bo private citizens or postal officials , from tampering with the United States malls or In any way In- lerferlng with their conveyance and delivery. It Is also contrary to law to conllscate , destroy or willfully misplace any parcel or paper which may pasn through ( lie hands of any postal cm- [ doyo or nlllclal. A violation of these aws and regulations subjects the offender not only to summary dismissal from the postal service , hut also to prosecution In the federal courts. If is alleged that the postmaster of Hunting. * , either by himself or throngl his employes , had willfully detained a large number of newspapers directed to patrons of the Hasting postolllce when It was his sworn tlnlj to have them promptly delivered. The motive for their detention can ho In forrc.il from the fact that the post master was an ardent supporter of llrynn and the papers held back from delivery were copies of The Omaha Weekly Hoe. The first knowledge the publishers of The Hoe had concerning the lawless detention of these papers was through an Inspector of the Post olllce department , hetico the Intimation that the action against the Hastings postmaster was Instigated by The Hee Is absolutely baseless. Hut even If such action had been taken by this paper , It would have been Justifiable. What right has any postmaster to hold back legitimate mall matter on which postage has been prepaid ? What right has any postmaster to confiscate or throw aside any newspaper because Its contents are at variance with his own political views or sentiments ? If there bus been any conspiracy In the Hastings postolllce case it was the conspiracy to prevent the free and nn- Irammeled distribution of mall matter to parties to whom It was addressed. A viu > rrr\nisK \ A feature of the report of the secre tary of agriculture which should com mand wide attention Is the statement regarding the advantages of the applica tion of civil service rules In the depart ment. The fact that more than $2,000- 000 of the appropriations of the last three years have been covered back Into the treasury the secretary states Is due In a very large degree to the extension of the classified service , which now In cludes every Important position in the Agricultural department , and the econ omy thus ( ' ( reeled has not been at the expense of efllcleney. On the contrary it Is said that the reports from the chiefs of bureaus and divisions since the classification are unanimous in praising the enhanced value of the serv ice rendered by their assistants and employes. This testimony , so far as the mattei of efficiency Is concerned , can undoubt edly be supplemented by the experience of all other departments of the govern ment. The simple explanation Is that the merit system secures a hlghei standard of ability a"nd fidelity. Those who obtain appointments under that sys tem , having assurance of permanence for proved capacity and the faithful performance of duty , with opportunity for promotion , very generally put forth their best efforts. The' retention of their positions depending upon their elll- clency and fidelity they are naturally anxious to do their work well. This was not the rule with government em ployes under the spoils system. Those who secured appointments through the Influence of politicians , with little re gard to ability and character , were for the most part Indifferent as to how they performed their duties. Their reliance was upon their political cfllclency and the liberality of their contributions to campaign funds. Consequently there was more or less looseness In the busi ness of all the departments of tlie gov ernment , thorough elllclency In the ad ministration of public affairs being out of tlte question , because there was neither the Intelligence nor the fidelity necessary to obtain It. Now the "political pull" is no longer avail able , except as to a comparatively few positions , while no employe of the gov ernment can bo required to deliver up tea a campaign committee a part of Ids salary as the price of his position. And while there Is improvement in business elllclency there Is also improvement In the moral character of the public .service. It is more honest and freer from scandal than formerly. In short , the application of civil service rules has brought reform In all respects In economy , In eillclency , In integrity and In moral tone. The danger of a departure from this system was averted by the result of the late election. Had the popocratlc party been successful It would have re stored the spoils system , to which it was committed by its platform and which It would have found imperatively necessary in order to satisfy the de mands of the politicians. This was , therefore , not the least of the dangers that wore averted by republican success. It Is entirely safe .to say that the Mc- Klnloy administration will continue Un civil service rules now In operation and probably extend them as it shall bo found desirable or expedient. There will bo no retrogado movement In this matter. Whatever Is done regarding the reform will be to advance It. Its demonstrated benefits are unquestion able and no party can now interfere with it without Invoking a vigorous protest from the people who want an olllclont and honest public service. THAT KAXiiAS I'HUl'USAL. The proposal of a Kansas populist , who aspires to a seat In the United States senate , that the legislature of that state shall make Mexican silver dollars a legal tender for all debts , has cllc.ltcd considerable comment , but PO far as we have observed no reference has been made to the fact that there Is a law against such legislation as is proposed , 'flu ? Kansas Idea having been called to the attention of the di rector of the mint , that olllclal very promptly disposed of it by citing sec tion : t,5Sl of the federal statutes , which says : "No foreign gold or silver coin Khali ho a legal tender In payment of debts. " The constitution provides that no state shall make anything but gold and silver coin a tender In payment of debts and this has been broadly con strued by the Kansas populists as al lowing the use of any gold and silver coin , but congre.ss has decreed that It applies only to the coin of the United States. Thus another wild device of the nil- vorltcs has como to naught and they will still be compelled to rccclVo and pay out the detested gold-standard del lars. It is sad to think of the disap pointment the Kansas populists will suffer on finding that the law Is In the way of their scheme for paying dabts with Mexican dollars , but- they wJH hnvo to winnl It , Perhaps on reflec lion they rHll Conclude Umt the proposa was a verrfoolish one anyway , as ti fact u Fixing the 'price of wheat by Inter national ifcriinent Is just about a ; feasible n\ \ ? filling the amount of rain fall or flxnV liu volume of water tha Is to run.lnlp lnn Atlantic ivean. T < make the iii'lco of a bushel of when the same fr iiiy Hxed period the com blued greattinfWers would have to abso lutely control ( production and consump tlou. They1 would have to fix the mini her of acres to be planted In wheat , Ib the quantity of rain and sunshine am fix the weather at need time and bar vest. They would , moreover , have U fix the number of mouths thai are U consume wheat and set a standard foi the size and digestive capacity of tin popular stomach. Whenever all thesi things were llxed they would have K fix the quantity of money which tin wheat u ers must always have at theh disposal and prevent by iuternatlona agreement all epidemics , conflagrations hurricanes and other natural forces tha disturb the commercial equilibrium. The Nail trust Is going to pieces which only goes to show that combliia lions In restraint of competition canno be maintained for any consldorabli period. l.iiiiUx IlinlVn > ' . Philadelphia Ttvcord. ; A country hi which the masses can nffon to pay a lecturer $1,000 n night , anil Ucci It up for fifty nights , cannot l > n utterlj ground flat beneath the "lieol of plutocracy. ' .11 ill .In n CM UN II Olobe-Democrnt. Senator Jones of Arkansas says thai "U'hllo wo lost the late election , the canst of bimetallism triumphed. ' The senator JUR glos with words. If ho means that the all vcr manomctalllain of the Chicago platforn triumphed ho talks like one of his campalgi bulletins. SiiKiir TriiMt Turin * . Olobe-Dcmocrat. The state convention of Nebraska KURat boct growers has passed resolutions In favot of such legislation as may he needed tc cnablo the United States to produce Us owi sugar. This means , as one of the leading members of the convention explains , tha the Sunar trust must not be permitted tt frame the sugar schedule of the next tarlfl law , as It was nlloxved to do In the case of the present one , because of Its largo con tribution to the democratic campaign fund ol 1892. _ _ ( tt-ttlnp : nt tlu * TriiMlM. Indlnnnpolln Ni'wt * . There are combinations and trusts that can be reached to a certain extent by out tariff legislation. If all "protection" were removed from reflncd sugar the Sugar trim could not control the American market ; Ii the tariff wertf removed from steel and othet articles where trusts control the trust. would , to a certain extent at least , be weak ened. Hut there- are other trusts , like the School lloolf' trust , which nourish regardless of the tarlffi It is a very largo and a very Important problem. - AVlnit MlnOenpolls Journal. It Is probably'not unjust to Mr. Walter- son lo say ( hat 'there ' Is discoverable in hlE Interview ii' ' feeling of apprehension Icsi Mr. McKlnl'ey Will do that which ho says ho cannot Uo aklopt a moderate and con servative tririft- and Mr. Wattcrson's ap prehension Uoubtless arises from the fact that If such a' ' course were adopted It would probSbly mean the association with the republican party permanently , of _ s largo number ofnmen who navij recognlzet It nt this tlmo as 'the one containing much the larger part of the Intelligence nni patriotism of the American people. firiMrurx. Den Mnlncn Capital. The convention of farmers and other Ne braska people held recently In Grand Island resulted In a scries of resolutions of the following Import : That the relief of farm ers from the overplus of corn and wheat and low prices of the same , calls for a dlversltj of products. The beet sugar Industry hav ing proven prolltable , and promising , It should bo fostered. In view of the fact that American consumers are paying thu emu of $120,000.000 yearly to foreign nations for sugar which might bo produced hero by lessening the acreage of corn and wheat. and that several countries abroad are paying liberal bounties for the protection of their beet sugar Industry , the re-enactment of the present law giving a bounty to beet producers In Nebranka. Is urgently re quested , .Si-nadi I'hllndclihla | Itccord. The Caucasian , the newspaper owned by Senator Duller of North Carolina , the chairman of the populist party , which Is sup posed to speak with authentic voice for Its party , han suspended publication. It would appear that the merchant or. manufacturer who supplied Ihe Caucasian with the paper upon which It waa printed refused lo deal wllh his customer upon popullstlc principles. When payment for supplies were cut off , judgment was obtained for the Indebtedness , and the property seized by the sheriff. When debt can bo repudiated at the option of the debtor or , what Is the came thing , can be canceled by the payment of all flat money the Insolent plutocratic paper-makers , and all others of their class , may go whlstlu for their pay. Senator Duller will have the sympathy of flatLsls throughout the land. MC I.ONKSOMIVI..MK. . Coin Ilnrvey ( In- Only l-'ri-u Silver lll'urllrliiry. Chicago Tribune , The really conspicuous feature of the aftermath of Iho lalo free sliver unpleasant ness Is the plutocratic complacency of the Individual known an Cola Harvey. Ho ap- liears to bo about the only person mixed up lu that fantastic tangle who has come out of It better off than when ho went In. For : ilm It appears to bavo been simply a finan cial speculation that proved extremely prof itable. Ho got , out his Httje book entitled "Coin's Financial School" aoout two years ago , and a wilder or more preposterous pub lication was noypr put In type ; certainly nothing so gf,9tcs < iuc on the monetary ques tion had ever ! licon offered lo the people as a corlous Ircatlsp' ' ' > Vlth the shrewdness of an experienced Tqufj pnco man , however , ho ict forth his. absurd fallacies so deftly that the work borc dn .air of plausibility that car ried ronvlctlqa | p ( simple people who wcro not able to . Ifcern the misalalcmonla of facts and the ! ] a $ reasoning. It seems In credible. yet It Is Inn * , that ho really per suaded manypsranns Hint & 0 cents' worth of silver cculd be coined Into a dollar and 100 cents' worth jiflfSlld could bo coined Into u dollar , and fhr.t these two dollar * would circulate -slclo by side , the cheap coin being accepted' ' 03 the equal of the other. Hundreds of thousamla of copies of the book were sold , end It was BO catchy and exerted such a patent Influence on the pto- plo who wcro deceived by Its picturesque and clouded falsities that he was able to capture the demorrallc parly and Induce U lo Incorporate hS'i ridiculous Ideas In the Chicago platform. He also brought enough Influence to bear oh the populist ! ) to per- cuado them to draw back somewhat from their advanced position and adopt liU 10 to 1 Iiinncy , Harvey , however , U not much of a talker , and In canting about for a mnn to push his Ihcorlca hit nn Dryan , who appeared to bo the gabblrat man on the- political horizon , Dryan accordingly started out on hla wan derings , shouting " 10 to 1" wherever as many an a score of men would lUten to him while Harvey attended strictly to bin I ness and pocketed the cash. Evidently ho got "all kinds of money" In the flood of wealth that poured Into his coffers , for when lie was deluded himself Into thinking thcro wag a chance for hUs wild Iheorlcu to win ho made n mighty scramble to convert his monuy Into gold so that ho could have- dollars which according'to Altfield are worth 200 cents apiece , when the Inevitable smasliup ahould come after Drynn's election , llut Harvey's fears ivero cot realized. Hrynn wn snowed tinder , nnd Hnrvcr * nil right , Uo Jumped nimbly nnldA whcr the free silver structure collftjwed ) will largo and tangible emoluments to * how fo his nurewilntM. And ho la the only ono o the lot who could flock by hlmirlf nflcr th closing performance nnd declare n dividend The mlno owners contributed BomothliiK llko JGBO.OOO , nnd nil they hnvo to show fo their money Is n highly Inslrucllve ox pcrlcnce. The orators nnd olher deluded en thnslasts who put In time nnd energy cam out empty handed. Dut Harvey , who pit In n'thing but both hands , has cmcrgci with closed fists , nnd both are full of cash Ho 1m demonstrated how * cll he knows n potxt thing as long as the dollars nro comlnp hU way. CHIMP 11(11,1.AHS I'OIl KANSAS. Chicago Times-Herald : The constllutlo of the United Stales dees not prohibit th legislature of Kansas from legalizing Mex can dollars. It does not .prohibit the Kan sas legislature from making n monumenta ess of Itself. If It did It would make n difference to the legislature of Kansas. Tim august body docs not sit up nt night Worr > Ing about the constitution or the laws o nature. It defies them both. Sioux City Journal : It seems that th question whtthor n state can mnko legn tender anything not authorized by the federa government may be raised If the Knnsa poput'sU ' attempt to secure free silver mono by passing a law making the Mexican della a lo al tender In the Sunflower state. 1 the attempt Is made It would bo nlmos too b.id to spoil the scheme by national In tcrferi'iice , for doubtless nil the populist would at once Hock to Kansas to secur the benefits of the cheap money , nnd Kansa would again boom for a few weeks. S would aomu of the- other stales Iho populisl would leave. Chicago Chronicle : Perhaps Ihe cxampl of Kansas was needed to Illustrate befor the American people the evils of n degrade money system , of false legislation In regar to honest debts and of repudiation wllh o without the forms of law. Kansas shoul hnvo been n great , solvent , exemplary stale Wllh wise financial legislation Us immens lerrllory nnd resources would have bee Iho foundation of Its greatness. Kansas ha not been dexpoilcd and Impoverished by c-apl lallsls and usurers from whom money hn been borrowed lo bo used In public an farm Improvements. It has been wrcckcn as a slalo by Ihe devices adopted to defea Iho honest collection of debts. Duffalo Hxprcss : Kansas populists pro pose to enact a law la the legislature o their slate I'ext winter making Mexlcni Hllver dollars n legal lender In Kansas They argue Hint Iho United Stales const llu lion merely forbids states lo maku nnythlMi. but silver coins n legal tender In paymen of ilobts. Ik nee they think Iho achem would be corslltutional. Another sectloi of the constlltillon. however , gives lo con Kress Iho sole right to regulalc the vnlit of forslgn coins. The Kansas popullata therefore , cculd not make Mexican dollar u legal tender at their nominal value , nni there coul'i bo no purpose In making then a legal lender at their true value. ' " I > KHSOXAI."AXII urn nit WISH. Nanscn will get about $100.000 for demon slratlng that Ihe northward drift Is not th way to reach-the pole. The pavement of Paris covers an area n " .tUS.G.Ti square metres and Is kept In orde by an army of 5,011 men nt an expense o 22,057,000 fraucs a year. The Maine Central road Is experimenting with a cyclometer for Its locomotives wit ] the Idea of learning the exact distance car ! machine travels n year. William II. Nelson , editor of the Kansa Clly Star , who has been spending two year In Paris , has Just presented to Kansas City a large collection of works of art which lit gathered In Paris. The late Judge Ira C. Parker of For Smith , \\lio had Ihe sad distinction of Imv Ing sentenced more murderers to death that any other judge In our history , was person ally ono of the gentlest and kindest-hearted of men. In Maysvllle , Ky. , they have taken tin result of the election so seriously that the free silver democrat. ? threaten to refit-so to buy goods of a gold standard merchant , am talk of Importing a democratic barber lo shave them. During Iho campaign in Daltlmoro n sil ver orator , warming up In his denunciation of lirUlsh Interference In America's llnancen , exclaimed : "And did not Napoleon the great , oven in his day. say of the Kngllsh that they were 'a nation of shoplifters ? ' " The moral about Ill-gotten goods not prospering does not seem to apply lo ihc caae of the conscience-stricken thief lu Ore- Bon who on his death bed handed over to Louis Uavenporl the sum of $27,000 , whlcl represented the occumulallons of $ SCO : worth of gold duet slolen from Davenporl thirty ycais ago. Ibsen's stalue , which Is lo Gland In front of the Chrlstlanla National theater , lies been sent to Derlln to be casl. lit U repre sented In a long , closely buttoned coat , with his hands behind his back , bending forward In a reverie. It Is dldlcull lo recognize him for Ihe sculptor has represented him without the spectacles which he always wears. There- Is a companion statue of Ojornsoii. SI. Louis rejoices In Iho exclusive posses sion of Iho original Pinafore burglar. When not engaged In burgling Iho residence of the chief of detectives ho docs not "lie n- basklng in the sun. " but writes sarcautlc epistles to that ofllclal , and the chief of detectives declares that Taking ono consideration with another , A policeman's lot Is not a happy one. General 13. W. Pcttus , who has been elected a United Stale aenr.tor from Alabama lo succeed Scnalor Pugh , has been Identified with the stale of Alabama for fifty years , lie was born In Limestone county , Alabama , In 1S21. In 1840 ho began the practice of law , and became prominent In politics. He ; ook a conspicuous part lu the rebellion , being nt Its close a confederate brigadier general. Ho Is an uncompromising free silver man. TIIK THAfJKOV OK TAXKV. T Story of due IlaliMt Shot in Dentil. New York Tribune. The campaign of 1900 Is now In full blast In u hunting park known ns Game Preserve. in the southwestern part of Missouri. Thither early In Iho week Hon. William Jcn- ilngs liryan bctcok hlmaclf , after addressing several gatherings of female politicians and signing a contract to deliver flfly leclure ? at $1,000 a whack. Ho needed rest and recreation aflcr his arduous Inborw. Dul he iad no Idea of withdrawing from public eight , or relaxing hU grip on the campaign of 1900. Ho took Jones with him Jones of Arkansas and he hcs not yet strayed be yond Iho reach of Iho telegraph. The loclely of Jones Is n conslant reminder of he campaign , and Iclcgraphlc facilities keep iliu in louch wllh the- newspapers and the heart of Iho people. Knowing the anxiety of Iho masses lo keep track of their champion , ho aces lo It that they are kept nformod by dally bulletins of his where abouts and movements , nnd the progress of ho campalKM. Thus , on Thursday , the country was Informed by wire thai ho was at Oamo Preserve with Jones and other kin dred aplrlts. and that on the previous after- luon Iho whole parly had "donned their Hinting stilts and started nut. " Singularly enough , oven after donning a uniting null which ought lo have made a lunlor of him , Inotiinuch as ono speech nadit him a Htateniiun and an authority on inauco Iho dispatch nays Mr. Dryan "mlsard ovcril allots , " and that ho Is "not much of a hunter , " but Hint ho "finally succeeded n killing a rabbit , " Having accomplished vhlei ! , the party dropped down upon the own of Korsytho , where Iho usual "largo rowd gathered calling for Dryan. " There- ipon the huro , without visible reluctance , lelng Introduced by Governor Stouo who tad also donned n hunting oull "epolio irlcfly , reviewing Iho campaign and Iho ffect of silver. " Ho predicted ho In atlll ircdlctlng that the republican party would 'fall to keep HH promises of prosperity , and ho gold otandard will go down to defeat our years hence , " Thus Iho campaign of 900 was opened by Mr. Dryan In a hunting ult nt Forsylho , Mo. He "mliwed Hovoral liotn , " finally succeeded In killing u rub- It" and "epoko briefly. " A meat au plc- OIM beginning. Wo say auspicious advU- dly , notwltlmtandlng ho "mUsed suveral hots. " For hu did "succeed In killing a abbll , " And Ihougli no description of the abblt Is given , wo have not the ellghttat oubt that It was a genuine graveyard rah- ilt. Mr. Dryan huiiM no other kind , It IH u open uccrot that la the lute campaign ho based hhi eonfldpneo of uttccoM almost cn tlrely upon the left hind feet of Rrnvoynrd rabbits , of which ho constantly carried n largo number In his pockols , The truih w a Hint Ihero wcro not quite enough of them. Now thnt ho has begun collecting them him self , thcro need be no fenr for the result of the campaign of 1900. It would be Interesting to know more of the dctnlln of this hunting expedition. It Is qnlto invisible thnt Mr. Hrynn , not being much of n hunter , tuny hnvo occasioned bin friends , . Jones nnd Governor Hlono nnd Iho rest , ns much anxiety for their personal safety when he was missing sovernl shots ns he did when during the campaign ho wns firing off his mouth with the same result. It must ever bo considered n great loss lo sound literature , ns well ns to political hlslory , Hint Mr. Julian Hawthorne wns not taken along to describe In his own chnslo nnd beautiful language the npprnrnnro of his hero In ix hunting suit , the Impressive man ner In which ho closed one eye nnd looked with the other nlong the barrel of his gun. the absorbing Intercsl manifested by Iho r.abblis ns they sat up nnd looked nt llryan. the Intense solicitude of Jones and the rest r.s they dodged behind convenient trees , their Joyful expression when ( hey found Hint he had missed cvcrylhlng nnd every body was safe , nnd the majestic enlmnoss of demeanor wllh which he reloaded his gull. These dblnlls. nnrrnted In Mr. Hawthorne's vivid manner , would hnvo enrlohed our literature nnd been read with n thrill of delight by Ihe masses. Then , lee , the tragic end of the rabbit ! What n theme that would hnvo been fcr Mr. llnwlhonie's girted pen ! As It Is , wo know nothing definite as lo how the rnbblt was killed. There l nothing but the meager nnd Inadequate statement that Mr. llrynn "finally succeeded In killing n rabbit. " Hut how ? He may have hit him while aiming nt something else , or he may have knocked him over with the Inilt of Ms KIIII , or , what Is more likely , Jones may have caught Iho rnbblt nnd held him by the cars while Dryan lalked him to dcalh. At any rale , Iho campaign of 1900 Is fairly opened , nnd Wllllnm Jennings Dryan Is one rabbit lo the good. SIMIMI\i I'P THU HKSUI.TS. llom-llt.s ArlNlnw rriini tinTrluniili of Sound Moiu-.v. IjOUUvllle Couilcr-Jourmil ( dcm. ) The benollls already gained slnco Ihe de- fenl of free silver and free rlota are enor mous , though barely two v.oeks and n half have elapsed since the election. The rcs- lorallon of confidence Is complete , and this has already produced Ihe following tangible lesults : Kirst The relcaso of vast sums which had been hoarded by the timid and the appear ance of gold In current circulation. The aggregalo amount of money withdrawn from employment can only bo guessed nt , but It wns certainly not less than $300,000,000 or S 100.000.000. Good Judges say Iho lolnl of Ihe gold hoards alone wns not leas than $100.000.000. The return to dally use of the precious metal Is the most striking Indica tion of the banishment of alarm. Second A phenomena ! ease In Iho money market. This IH true of every section , but. of course. Is chiefly noticeable In the great financial centers , such as New York. Doston nnd Chicago. In New York money Is now freely loaned nt 2',44(3 ( per cent on call , being relatively much cheaper than In London. Deposits nro Increasing at nn astonishing rate , and It la likely that the cost of loans will fall still lower. The enormous advan tage of cheap money goes hand In hand with security. The dny before the election money wns loaned In Wall street nt 97 per cent on call , nnd It wns n matter of sheer Impossibility to secure "time" loans. The longer money can bo placed now the bcller II suits the lender. Third A compilation of dispatches pub lished since Ihe day of election up to yester day shows thnt 372 Industrial establishment : ! have started up and 2BS have Increased their forces , while nrrnngemcnts hnvo been made to spend millions of dollars In new enter prises. Homo of the plants that hnvo re- ' sinned operations employ thousands of la borers. The Cambria Iron works , for In- stance. requires a force of 7,000. It has never hnd a strike and had never been shu down until forced to close pome weeks ago by the currency agitation. Fourth An advance In wheat , corn , oats tobacco , barley , rye , Ilax seed , potrfoct : and hides , which have added hundreds ol millions to the aggregate wealth of farmers The pig Ircn maiket bus also advanced nnd U Is no trouble now to sell nnythlng of value. A ready market nwalls practically everything. The few who are complaining thnt they have not yet experienced any of the benelHci thnt were promised for n vindication of our national honor are Invited lo ponder thcgp undoubted facts. While none Is no blind as Ihcao who will not M'e , it Is Impossl 10 understand how any sane man can d his eyes lo the wonderful change that has como over the country within the past fortnight. Only those who believed there would bo a government distribution of all vcr In I IIP event of Dryan's election cai ; now complain thnt they have not been helped by the good fortune which lias befallen Ihe nation. It may be months or even u year befe.re Iholr Incomes or profils will be ac tually enlarged. Just na It may be some time before the laborer gels a permanent Job or Ihe farmer ha.i a new crop lo sell , but ulll- matcly the whole country must feel It. Till : XATIO.VM. DK.MOCIIATS. TluSIMIC Not OlllccK , Itut > , llrnailly Patriotic Poll.- } . " Philadelphia TlincK ( dcm. ) Nearly every democrat who bore a con spicuous part In the campaign for sound money has taken occasion lo protest against the assumption that the sound money demo crats wanted olllccs or expected any "recog nition" of that kind. The Idea thnt the men who Joined to defeat Drjunlsm are to be permanently attached to Iho new admlnls trallon by Iho appointment of a few demo crats to ofllco shown an almost ludicrous lack of understanding of their motives. If Iho now administration Is loyal 'to the prin ciples that commanded this support , It will still command It upon nil the essential Is cues of the past campaign. On any mere Kilty policy that subordinates these Issues It has no reason lo expert democratic sup port and would only weaken Itself by mak Ing trivial bids for It. The situation Is not at nil the same 1:0 that when Cleveland came Into office. Most of the republicans who supported him hnd eft their old party nnd attached themselves .o Iho parly of which Cleveland was the cudcr. Dut the Cleveland democrats who lave helped to elect McKlnley did so as lumocrats , though as Americans first , nnd It ests with the new administration lo holder or repel Ihcm , not by offices , but by a > roadly patriotic policy. Absolutely Pure. HoMsewife IMIOOK OP MI5MOCIIATIU VOM.Y. All AnnlynlN of ( lie Klrnthm Hnurim from Ylrulitln. Now York World ( dcm , ) The ofllclnl figure * In Virginia ihow how the democratic majority of 50,715 In 1S92 was reduced to 20.C07 this ycnr , although moro than 12,000 popullela voted for the democratic candidate * . The total vote wn 295,098 , an Increnso of only 3,710 over the vote four yenrs ngo. Dryan received 155.90S voles , McKlnley 135.- 3tI ) , Painter S.210. Uryan'a majority over thu two sound money candidates was less Uian 18,000. Instead of showing nn Increase - crease of ni least 12,000 on account of ifo } ncresslon of Iho populists , iho freellvir vote l 8.009 less thnn Iho democratic vote of 1S92. The republican vote Increased 20,095 In splto ofl the largo defection of free silver republican farmers who doubtless voted for repudiation ns ( hey did In the days of Ma- liono nnd Hlddlcberirer. It Is of course Impojflblo to get nt the exnct slue of the sound money democratic defection. Dut It Is plain to be seen thnt nt least 30,000 democrnls voted for McKlnley , enough tu haw carried Ihe slnlo for Kound money If llio free silver republican farmers had not gone over lo Drynn. The Virginia result Is n part of the over whelming proof of thu folly of any further democratic nlllncco with free silver. TAUT 'I'AKK-OKKS. IndlnnapolU Journal : "Would you liellovo II , 1 didn't slci'p n day on the whole trip across the open n 7" "How's Hint ? " " 1 slept nights ! " Atlanta fonstltutlou : Mr. Poorly--Thls 'ore wall'll fall down ef ye don't II x 11 ; th' eraeks are enormous. I.-mdlord-All right. I'll have It papered at once. Detroit Tribune : "Nothing shall part us , " she murmured. An hour elapsed. "Uo , " she said. In that brief hour she nnd grown cold , through the machinations of a cruel father. You see hi > machinated with the furnace , euUlMir off all the heat from the front parlor. Chicago lleeord : "Which do you consider moro valorous. Mr. Husher , a soldier or u foot ball player ? " " ( rent Scott ! soldiers have only to light wild Indians ; wo Imvu to down wild Ameri cans. " Detroit Free Press : "Pvo quit selllnR bicycles on the Installment plan , " said the dealer to an applicant. "Why's that ? " "Our machines nro of such n superior quality that wo are imvcr able to eatoli the fellows thai ewe us. " * 0 Yonlcers 'Stalosman ' : Mrs. Crlmsonlionk Are you sure you i-amr straight homo from the olllce last night , John ? Mr. Crlimtmbcak Well , ns straight as I could , dear. Washington Star : "I think. " said iho > comedian , "that some of the humor which I have Introduced Is strictly up to date. " "Yos , " replied the friend , who has a gi-nllo method of saying unkind things , "thoron \ no doubt of Hint. Tin-re Is a jrcnl popular c-rar.o for Ihe iinltqiie , at pivscnt. " Chicago Itcrord : "Hid I ever tell you how I gel licked In school once ? ' " "No. " "Well , 1 gel II. You pee half n dozoii of us boys arranged to Jump on the teacher at u - given signal , and " V "You worn the only ono thai Jumped ? " "Kxuctty ! " TIIK SHIUNKAGK. Cleveland I'lnln Donlcr. I won n hal , and tried U on ' The mornlniT after 'lection day ; It lit 'o well I wonIt off There's where I proved myself a Jay. That was no tlmo to buy a hal ; .My head , yon HPI\ was out of plumb. Ami when I put that hat un now , Itlght o'or my oars It wants lo como. ON Till : IMlAllllll Huihcrt I'ulca , Hare , low , tawny hills , With bluer ht'IglilH beyond , And iho air Is uxvoet with spring. Hut when will the earth respond ? Trnlrlo that rolls for leagues , Dimky and golden-pale , hike a Htlrless ea of waves , Unbroken by .ship or _ all.-- ' The hollows are dnrk with brush , And black with the wash of nhower.i , And niKKcd with bleaching wreck Of the ranks of the lull minitowers. No cloud In the MHO , no sllr Savu the shrill of tiio wind In Iho grass. Ami thu meadow-lark'M note , and Ihe call Of the wind-borne crow a that pass. ( Uaro , low. tawny hlllH , With bluer heights lieyoml. And Ihi ! air Is sweet with spring. Hut when will Iho earth respond ? A MAN'S CLOTHKS MUST DK JUST KX- ACTIA' UIGHT. IT IS NOT I3NOUGII THAT TIIBY AIU3 WKU , MADK THKY MUST IIAVK A CHKTAIN STVLIJ. A "I'llOI'BH" LOOK AND THAT IS WIIEKI3 DROWNING , KING & GO'S. CLOTHING AHIJ SUI'BIUOH TO ALL OTIIEHS. OUll CLOTHING IS , IN FACT , I'UACTICALLY MA1JH TO YOUR MKASUHU. WI3 MAKE ANY ALTKHATIONS EX ACTLY AS TIIK TAILOH DDKS , AND WK GUAHANTBU A SATISFACTORY KIT , AS WR GUARANTEE THE QUALITY OV MA TERIALS USED. LOOK INTO OUR FURNISHING GOODS AND HAT DEPARTMENTS , DY THU WAY , IK YOU WANT TO GIVE YOU1I EYES A TREAT. Sts