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12 THE OMAHA DAILY 1JHE : StTXFAT , "DEO EM 11131 ? 0 , 1S90. TIIE OMAILV SUNDAY Bun K , IlOSPAVATKIt. IMIior. MOIINMNCJ. TKIIMS OP at'KKCIUI'TION. Dally llo ( Without Siimlny ) One Vonr I * M Dully llco nnj Sutulny , One Year > 8 tt ) HI * Months Jl W Three Month * M < * Hunclay HOP , One Year . { 04 Hnlurlny lice. One Ywir II W Woc.ly ! Dec , One Ytnr K OI-TIl'KSi Omnlin : The Ili-o IITIIMIIIR. Bimlh Onmliat Blnucr nik. , Crr. N nnJ Mill 8li. Council liliirr : 1C Not Hi Mifln Street. Chli-Ago Ofllro : J17 Chntnbrr of Commerce. New York : Jloonn 1J. K nnl 15. Tribune IlMir. Washlntton : 1(07 ( V Htrri-l. N. W. COHHKSI'ONUnNCK. All communlmtloni rr-lntlnic to n wn nml < "ll- lorlnl tnntttT f h' ulil l.c ncdr ! < mnl : To th IMItor lll'HJNi.SH 1.KTTKH3. All ImMnpM leltrrii nnd rctiiltlunros dimiM b < nJi1rpF cd to The Hep I'ubllihln * c'ompnny , Oiiuilm. Drnftc. rln-ckii nnd | > est < > lllce orilr-rs to lie tnmle tmv.iblo to the onlcr of thn ronipriny. THI : jinn I'uiii.iHin.Na COMPANY. STATKMKNT OF riltCULATlON. Htntn t , < Nclirnehn. I HouRlnn County. OM.IKC II. Tzwlmck , MCrrtnry of Tlu Dee rub llKhlni ; company , liolnif duly mvorn , rnya Hint llio nc-tunl nutnltfT 'if full imd complete roples of Tlio U.illy Mnrnlnif. Kvcnlnu nml Hundny Doe printed iluilni ; tlio month of November. UW > , was ns fol- 1 2l.tM 1C 20.CCO ! SI,111 17 ! ) , ( ! 3 ! MM 13 10,420 1 ! ) 20,2.12 " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' n" ! ! . ! ! . . . . . . . ! . sj'.lir 29 20.2 i 6 27.9J7 21 20.411 7 21.K' ' ! 23 21.000 8 21.350 ZJ 20.072 9 M.OSU 21 20,1)51 ia to.asi 23 20.131 11 CI.M1 12 20,7711 27 M.IG1 1.1 SO.WO 2S 20.013 11 20.CCI 20 20.521 13 51,010 ; 0 20.025 Totnls CC0.312 Iss deductions for unfold nnd returned copies 12.7R2 Tnlnl net salon CI7.WM Net dnlly nvernKe 21,183 onoiwiK it. T'/.snuicic. Kul crllied In my prcsttico nnd sworn to before me this 1st day of December. 1W. N. 1' . J-Mvir , , ( Seal. ) \ Kotnry Public. A Ii.'itlli'.shl ] ) wlik'li sinks nml Is towril nway inny live to sink another tiny. Who wants to listen to a Ilr.van lecture at $ : t.XOa ( ) listen ? Don't all Hjieal ; at onee. What hns hecnme of that promised oxoilns from sold standard fulled States 1o silver standard Mexico ? The Trntismlsslssipiil Kxposltlou Is a fitale institution Just as much : IH any of tln > slate edaeatloiial or reformatory Institutions. When William of Cierniiiny KOOS against ( Jrover of America on questions of commerce It Is likely to he a cast1 of Greek iiu'i'tln r Greek. The people voted to let the exlstliifr sold standard alone. If they had wanted currency tinkering they would have voted thu other way. Memhers of the Donshts delegation de serve credit for their modesty. Not one of them has as yet. run up a live wire to connect with thospeakershlp trolley. A movement to raise a popular stib- scriptlon In thl.s country for a compll inuntiiry testimonial to Ambassador JJayard Is not likely to meet with favor. The lone n < > ld democrat , and the lone silver republican In the eomini ; Nebraska legislature ounhl to ivlluvo one another's Hollttido by holding joint caucuses with tlicmsolvos. Secretary Morton has the satisfaction of knowing that the competition to till Ids shoes Is more active than that for any oilier place. In the presideiit-olect's cabinet family. Now they are experimenting with X rays as a cine for baldness. If the new o'ectrleal ' light can not nro\v hah on a pate as bald as an CJJT , the. last ray of hope of the hairless man must tnidii- nlly disappear. Kvldenee Is abundant and conclusive of the absolute Independence of the Nebraska beet sugar factories from the Sugar trust. This should dispose of an often urged objection against stale aid 1o the homo industry. It was hardly to be expretcd that "Gentleman Jim" Corbett could keep out of the exceedingly gentlemanly con troversy now going on between the ad herents of Mr. Sharkey and the wor- Khipi'ivs of Mr. Klt/slmmons. Sarah liernhardt's reported intention 1o essay the lole of Hamlet shortly ought to give renewed Impetus to the scholarly discussion of the question whether the Shakespeare-famous prince of Denmark was lean or fat. German physicians say they have dls- ooveivii a new serum cure for lockjaw. Ktill relief can bi > secured humanity , however , only when we are given a euro for the effects of the unlimited oratory of the Jaw that Is in perfect health. It has become so that no man of prom inence. In the councils of the republican party can pay a friendly visit to the president-elect without laying himself open to the suspicion of harboring de signs niton some high appointive ollice. The aim of the society circus Is a most worthy one , being the lellef of the deserving poor through the medium of organized charities. The enterprise should be more successful , artistically and llnauclally , than that of last year. General Dan Sickles says he would not accept any public otllce under the coming republican administration ex cept that of governor of Cuba. It M'em.i to ns that Dan would better settle that little matter with a man named Weyler llrst. Another candidate for Initiation into a secret society has died under the ordeal. Thu mortality Incident upon Hitch ceremonials bids fair to surpass that caused by prize lighting and Cuban wars and may even equal the death rate of foot ball. Knglaud will help Kgypt out of Its latest financial dilemma. L'ngland will always be found teady to do anything that will tend to put Kgypt more In Its power and It will also be found ready to foreclose Its mortgage at the llrst opportunity presenting for doing so . without too trait cost to Itself. SKtMT.W X/M.Vt'/S' ! n his annual to-port as secretary o the Interior. Just made public. Socretnrj Kranel-i comes forward with a new com promise recommendation for the settle meiit of the Pacific railroad debt What the secretary says as to the smal likelihood that congress would delegati to any commission the power to setlh this Indebtedness without m.iklng tin decision subject to its approval , a * wel as his assertion that no funding scheme can [ trove entirely satisfactory , will In cordially endorsed by every one who has made any study of the subject. Tin action which he recommends , however cannot fall to encounter opposition , If not from thn representatives of ( lit roinlti. certainly from the people of tin region which must depend upon the Union and Central I'liciHe for Its rail road facilities. "In my Judgment , " says Secretary Frnncis. "It Is much bettei for the government to accept a lump sum In cash for Its claim against these roads If by doing so that claim can be sullied and the connection between the government and the. only roads It has ever aided by direct subsidy be ell'ectii- ally severed. " In a word , the secretary places the complete divorce of the gov ernment ami the 1'acllle roads above all other objects to be accomplished , and In order to secure that would sncrlllce If necessary every other Interest. That such a solution would relieve the legis lators and all brandies of the govern ment of a troublesome problem and a trying responsibility , as Mr. Francis contends , will be readily conceded , but when he Insists that It would meet the liearty approval of the people generally the statement must be taken with limitations. While successive congresses and .suc cessive secretaries of the Interior have been making recommendations from year to year as to the Paelilc railroad debt , no two of which have been alike. The lice has constantly and consistently emphasized the fact that no debt settle ment will be satisfactory to the people of the western stales that fails to relieve them of the burden of interest on the llclltious capitalization imposed on these roads as the result of former slo-k watering , jobbery and mismanagement. N'o settlement can be completely satis factory that fails to provide for the operation of the roads on the basis of present actual value instead of a valuation live and six times the cost of reproducing the roads at the present time. No 'settlement can be satlsf.ielory to the patrons of the roads that falls to provide for tin- har monious operation of the two roads under some kind of a workimr agree ment as a through line from the Missouri river to the I'acllh ; coast. No settlement eaji be satisfactory that falls to give adequate protection to the public against future stock watering and overbondlng that must eventually force the property Into bankruptcy again. While , therefore. Secretary Francis N right In .saying that the amount of money realized by the government on its claim against the Taeitie roads is not all-im portant and that the attempt to collect the government debt , dollar for dollar , by extending the loan at a low interest rate would not remove the tronblesoni subject from congress- but only resul In renewed measures for relief , yet eon Kress cannot afford to ignore the rlgh of the public and the patrons of the road to have whatever settlement is ellVctei surrounded by safeguards that wil Iirevent a recurrence of the same evlK What ! Is wanted. Is a settlement Ilia will end the existing I'lilon Pacific re eelversldp and place both the Fnloi Pacific and the Central Pacific on a bus ! , of self-sustaining solvency. H would bt better that the government lose the en tire value of its claim than that tlies < roads be loaded up with a colossal cap Itallzatlon In stock and bonds whlcl will render competition with other trans continental lines Impossible anil keep tin country through which they pass forcvei weighted down under almost prohibitory freight and passenger tariffs. The imperative demand Is for some sort of action on the part of congress The Indefinite prolongation of the Union Pacific receivership Is an obstruction U the growth and expansion of the west So long SIR the road Is In the hands of receivers , so long must It pursue a hand- to-mouth policy. Improvements and ex tensions are out of the question by reason of straitened finances. Itednceil transportation charges cannot be In augurated by a bankrupt railroad. The management of the road Is hampered In a dozen different directions. IJellel either through congressional action 01 through foreclosure sale under the terms of the first mortgage should not be much longer delayed. It has been repeatedly urged that our government would be fully Justified , as a retaliatory measure , In demanding of the German and French governments ; certificates of inspection attesting the purity of certain of the products of those countries exported to the Fulled States. There Is no question that a number of articles Imported' from those countries are adulterated and that thN Is particularly true of wines. Referring to this matter the New York Journal of Commerce says there Is no doubt that the compounding of wlnc. < fro.n spirits and chemicals Is practiced extensively In Germany and France and that much of this artificial \vne ! comes to this country. That paper re- nun kit that without resorting to retali ation and without alleging any unjust discriminations against our provision : ) , we may with propriety take notice of extensive adulterations of b.'ver.tges which are shipped to this country. It might have a beneficial effect upon the govoinmenls of Franco and Gcrnidny If they kiu-w that our government was at least as vigilant as they In keeping out sophisticated food ami drink. "We do not wish to see retaliation Introduced Into trade , " says the Journal of Com merce , "hut German attacks upon our food have often been Irritating and it would be as well for Germany to hi * reminded Unit she lives In a glass house. We do not wish to throw stones , but we have more occasion to do it tliiin Germany has , for the attacks upon our food articles huve bee.ii without any substantial foundation and there Is no room for doubt about the artificial char * acter of much Kuropcan wine , and the wlirtlesomeiiess of some of it Is cer tainly open to grave suspicion. " Whether It be regarded as retaliation IT not , It Is manifestly the duly of our government to take notice of these for eign adulterations. If It be a fact that Impure wines and other articles me exported from Franco and Germany to this country , which are claimed to be pure , the government and the people are being Imposed upon and that sort of thing should not be tolerated. It does not matter whether the adulter ated articles are wholesome not. It H enough that they are not genuine The president has authority to act in this matter , hut It is not probable that anything will be done by the present administration. Perhaps the succeeding administration w'll be better disposed to protect our people against this kind of foreign Imposition , while at the same time leaching foreign governments a wholesome lesson. When the next con gress revises the tarifi' there will be opportunity to consider what shall be done In thin direction. Will At the last session of congress a bill was Introduced to establish a depart ment of commerce and manufactures , with a secretary who should have a seat In the cabinet. This measure was In compliance with a request1 of the Na tional Association of Manufacturers and Is now In the hands of a senate commit tee. It provides for a department of commerce and manufactures which shall have general jurisdiction over the for eign and Internal commerce of the I'lilted States , except In so far as relates to Hie collection of the revenue and the administration of the customs and In ternal revenue laws ; also jurisdiction over all matters relating to the manu facturing interests of the Fulled States , Including the extension of foreign mar kets for the same and the increase of trade and trade facilities with foreign countries. The secretary of commerce tud manufactures shall have and per- 'orni all the duties now incumbent upon lie secretary of the treasury in relation o the trade and commerce of the rutted States , whether the same be upon land > r water. II Is provided that a number tf bureaus In the Treasury department shall bi > transferred to the new dcpart- nent and that it shall also have jurls- llcllon of the consular service as to all natters connected with the commercial ntcrests of the country. The bill was approved by the manufac- urers and a number of the commercial wdles of the country and these are pro- larimr to brim : their Influence to hear it the coming session of congress In be- lalf of the measure. The Cincinnati mard of trade has recently sent out a otter to members of congress asking hem to support the bill and It Is to be xpcctod that other commercial bodies vlll follow the example. It Is urged hat such a department would be able o do a great deal for the extension of iur foreign commerce , especially with he Spanish-American countries. The utter of the Cincinnati board expresses lie opinion that It would be greatly pro- motive of business prosperity and in view of the efforts being made by other governments to promote their foreign trade It is essential to the success of our trade with oilier countries. The pro posed new depart meiit would not. It Is said , materially increase the public ex penditures , while there would be secured greater clllclcncy In the work of the sev eral bureaus which would be transferred from the Treasury department. If the promise's of the advocates of civatlng an additional executive depart ment could be absolutely assured of realization there would perhaps be very little objection or opposition to their proposal , but with the example of the Agricultural department before them the l.vople are warranted in donbtinu : whether a department of commerce and manufactures would be productive of nnv such benefits as claimed and would not considerably Increase public expendi tures. The Agricultural department costs the people more than did the bureau of agriculture and it Is question able whether there have been compensat ing benefits , The importance of ex tending our foreign commerce will be universally conceded , but how far this would be promoted by a new department is altogether problematical. After all. the gnmlh of commerce nt home and abroad depends more upon tin enterprise and energy of manu facturers and merchants than upon anything the government can do. Governmental assistance Is certainly valuable , but is not this safil- cient with the Instrumentalities we now have' . ' Certainly the views of the manufacturers and commercial bodies arc entitled to most respectful consider ation from congress , but so far as thcsr have been presented they are not con clusive as to tlu > necessity for another executive department. rrinH' The report of the secretary of the In terior makes the very Interesting slaU > - nu'iit that the public domain , excluding Alaska , will be entirely disposed of within tile next thirteen years. ns u < n- Ing that the rate of disposition for the ant thirteen years will be maintained. Nearly 1itltOMitiO ) ) ( ( acres of the public lomaln Im.-i been taken up and while there remains abuiit two-thirds of that imoitnt a considerable portion of It l n the arid region and therefore not ivallablo for settlement under present ondltlons. In regard u > llu'-e arid amis , the. secretary urges that they ihould be reclaimed , a position in which 10 will have the practically uiianlmou.t support of the west , though there Is not nuch reason to expect that anything vlll be done In the matter by the prcn- nt congress , and whether the nc.\t con gress will be better disposed to do some- lilng It Is ImposMble to say. The ques- lon of reclaiming the arid lands pre sents a stupendous task , In whatever ispcct it Is considered , lint In view of ho fact that the public duinaln avail- ihle for settlement will be disposed of n a few years ( lie necessity for early ictlun looking to practical results In his matter Is obvious. Hut while the public domain Is so nearly dlsprrsnTof , for It Is hardly worth while to consider Alaska , our growth will not In * ; when the government has sold Its 'lap * acre. One effect of Unit I will doubtiesV 'evti ) Increase the value of good ngrleXfltu'ral lands generally and gradually fthe great farms will bo divided upiiud the business of agricul ture will after n time be carried on more after present Kuropean methods. It Is a long hiWrahoad- however , to such n change , jX r If we should double our population/In tin- next fifty years , as Is not Improbable , there would still be abundant land for all who wanted It. We are rapidly approaching , however , the exhaustion of lands suitable for cer tain products-and especially for wheat , so that It Is pretty safe to say that be fore the public domain shall be entirely disposed of the United States will pro duce no more wheat than will b : > re quired for home consumption. It was said n few years ago ( hut this condi tion would be reached by the present year and that before the close of the century we should be compelled to Im port wheat , but wo are still producing enough to make up the deficiencies abroad and shall doubtless continue to until our population is at least one-third larger than now. I'.ut wheat growing In the Fnltud States , tliciv Is good rea son to bollevv , has nearly readied the limit , for there is very little if any of the lands In the remaining public do main that are available for the pro- ducton of wheat. A syndicate of Philadelphia capitalists has seemed authority to construct a pneumatic tube system through the streets of Itoston for use for letter and light parcel delivery and gives assur ance that It will sot at work Immediately to construct the requisite plant. The pneumatic tube letter service is beyond the experimental stage , having been for years a permanent feature of Kuropeun postal systems. In Kurope , however , the tubes all belong to the government , as do also those now in operation in this country In Philadelphia-and no private syndicate would be allowed to embark in the business on Its own account in any ICuropean city. The pneumatic tube service Is bound to become a regu lar adjunct of the postolllce In all the larger cities. Uostou ought to have a tube plant , but It ought to have It sup plied by the jjovt-rnment and operated as part of ( lie-postal system. The disclosures made by the expert accountant In relation to the manipula tion of the 'boiks ) of the Ilaltlmoro & Ohio railroad rvlnforces the lesson of similar disclosures n year or so ago in ' relation to 'the'books ' ' of the Atchlson road ( hat p'erlodic expert examinations of the accounts of these corporations are necessary ILthe. Interests of the stock holders and oilier creditors are to be safeguarded. The managers of these roads have been shown-to have willfully and knowingly misieprosented the financial crtndnion of the propi > riios under thdi&cuii ) and to have juggled .their Jlnan al f&Jjttemonte to .suupnrt their claims ; Some check not under control of the same men who keep the books must bo devised If these exposures of irregularities are not to be a regular thing every lime a railroad goes into the hands of receivers. Lancaster county commissioners have given orders to the county treasurer not to make further deposit in the county depository banks until ( ho latter shall Icivo given now and satisfactory bonds. The question how long a bank should be permitted to continue as a depository for public money without renewing the bond given to guarantee safety of th : > money placed In Its custody is one that the commissioners in every county will have to meet. No bond of this kind should be permitted to run after Its sufficiency has been Impaired. It ought to be the Interest of the bank equally with that of the public to keep a bond filed that is at all times above the breath of suspicion. Th St. Louis Kepubllc , one of the most devoted supporters of I'.ryan and free silver during the recent presidential campaign , insists that island always was and still is the real silver leader. Most cruel of all. however , Is its remark that "brilliant as Mr. Kryan's campaign was' there is good reason to li.'liove thai Mr. IMund would have made a stronger can didate. " If the Clileago nominee was not the strongest possible c.indidntc In 1SKi. ! how can he hope to IK- the strongest candidate in V.iflO ? The Itepnblie too frankly makes an admission to which Mr. liryan would not subscribe. San Francisco's proposed charter re vision has failed at the polls because of certain changes obnoxious to the poli ticians , but another and more eonsorvn live draft Is to Mibmltled before long. San Francisco lias home rule in the mat ter of charier niajclng and will have Its charter amciulmcnts to suit the popular majority If It'lias ' to try a dozen times before everything1 is made satisfactory. Kxperlonce , . Is' , , notoriously the best sehoolmastou.'i.U'hc ' anthracite coal com bine Is puttUig' ' up the price of coal In the winter | ) instead of waiting until warm wctiUibnsets In. The combine's gain , however , Is the coal consumer's loss , and till' people who have to keep warm will iifit/jjimm'0 / ' ' ' ! the raise in coal prices. , i This yeau's < .Christmas magazines excel all pioVldus efforts of nmfdtlous magazine publishers. They are almost all works nC : Vi t a'nd mines of instrncllvo anil entertaining rending. The Christ mas magazine has come to bo an an nual visitor that has made Itself practi cally Indispensable. The Havana editors who have been putting down the Cuban rebellion on paper are now eager to fight thu I'nltcd States In the same field. The bravery of the paper warriors Is acknowledged , but they seem to have "U they can handle for thu present without leaving homo. Inauguration comes but once In four years anil therefore deserves celebra tion. The Inauguration of a president elected by a popular uprising such as was witnessed OH behalf of ( he repub lican candidate in the recent campaign will not occur twice. The propuraUonn to make the event n memorable one In the lilstoiy of the country and un precedented ns a patriotic demonstra tion In ( line of peace are altogether proper and demanded by the occasion. THI ( h < * Story. Louisville Courier- Journal , AcoonlliiK to the census of IS'JO ' .M hail then 120,611 white voters nml ti'O.IC.O black voters , nml yet the totnl vote of MtMlMliipl this yi-ar.wns but ClM > 3. South Carolina hail 102.657 white voters nml 132- ! M ! > blnck voters , nml yet the total vote of South Carolina this year waa GS.MS. Com ment would ho suicrlluous. | of A.lv.ill.-liitf Clvlll/atlon. New York Tribune. UnOcr net-man Influcnco ) Samoa U * o far advanced la civilization as to show the need of a foumllltiK hospital and an Inebriate ciyliun. It nttest * an expansion of the colonizing capabilities of that people to which they may perhaps point with pride , but they otiRht to build and endow the In stitutions as a preliminary. \VKnrsrrs .tliiMt Allmvi-r. 1'hllailolplila Hpponl. It has ngaln been atlirmrd by the Judicial branch of the government that the refusal of n wlttices to answer questions put to him by nil authorized luvestltltiK com mittee acting on behalf of the legislative branch of the government can be punished as n contempt under the law. The question of the constitutionality of thu law remains to be determined. St. I'nul I'liincrr Press. Ilrown county. Nebraska , Is blessed this year with a prosecuting attorney of the shall wo say Rentier sex. She U 25 ycam of ago and her name Is 15. M.ie Davidson. Unlc3s Nebraska Is provided with a certain number of Judges of the same sex and per mits women to sit as Jurors , we opine that the criminals of Drown county have a outlook whllo K. Mae's term lasts. Cooil ArniH for .11III ( la Men. Minneapolis Journal. Secretary Lament's recommendation that' the secretary of war be authorized to Issue Springfield rides of calibre 15 to each state and territory In exchange for the old rllles now held should be acted upon favorably by congress. The mllltla should have something besides unserviceable nml obso lete weapons nnd stores. The country should have a well-equipped and effective mllltla. iK I'lilin-sc. lloslun Glnbe. Chinamen continue to be KinugKled Into the United States with great regularity , despite the precautions taken to prevent It. The temptations for malting money In this country are too great In be resisted by the Chinese when they know that If caught the only penalty Is to be deported home free of charge. The trainers of the Geary law- did not ruclfon on the vnstncas of our boundary line , evidently. llrnrr li- -ils of llrnr < > ii-ano rune. The worl : of the llfe-s-avors along the pea COM ! and tlip great lakes h not appreciated by the public , an a rule , until the aggregat" figures arc published. The report of the general superintendent for the year Dhows some extraordinary results. It appears there were 137 disasters within the districts of the life-savers during tlio year. Involving l.fiOS per.sonw. and $12,726.520 In the value of vessels and cargoes. Of thc.ao only thir teen lives were lost , nnd vessels and cargoes to the value of less than $2,000,000. This Is certainly an admirable record , and a signal tribute to the heroism of the muu employed In the service. A CM n ill ( ! : > ( wIMi n riiiixrlrnrp. Chli-nRo Chronicle. "All's falr-Mit love , war and politics" has long been a maxim well followed , but H. 1) . Flood , who was declared by the Virginia state board of canvassers to have been elected to congress from the Tenth district , has re fused to accept his certificate. Ills opponent was Jacob Ycst , whose uamo appeared upon come nf the ballots as "J. Yost , " thus giving .Mr. Flood a technical plurality. IIo has de termined not to lake advantage of this error and a new ck-ctlon will therefore' have to be held In order to clioosa a representative. H Is so seldom that such fairness is exhibited under the stress of political excitement that it is worthy of cspcc'al ' mention. A I'l-rnlc-lcniNly Ac live I . 31. ChlciiKO Chronicle. Postmaster Smith of Ilorton , la. , IB a free Edlver man nnd warmly advocated the election of Mr. Ilryan. In the conrs < > of his buHncss ho discovered that Eomeono was Bonding through lily office large quantities of lltcra- turo on the nefarious M'ibject ' of round money. Tlila wan directed to farmers , and .Mr. Smith dl'uoverod to hli horror tliat tie ! latter were reading the documents and that the at tendance ut the free s-llvcr mectlngB crew leas and less. Smith made up his mind that ho would save the farmers and the country was going to tl'e ' demnllloii bowwown and ho promptly confiscated all the matter of this tort which afterward carne to the otilco and burned It. In spite of lila heroic efforts Iowa wont overwhelmingly against him. nnd now n hcartlesy administration Is actually going to prosecute him. THIS i\Vl.\CIHIH : I'JSKSS. Tju-lily llccniinl/.i-cl UN n .VcccsNii i-y I'lli-l cil" Moriri-ii I'ivlllKnlfon. SprlnKlli-lil ( SIiiss. ) llejmbllran. Senator Edmunds was oneo asked how a president-elect is to know that lit * has been elected. "Dy reading the newspapers. " wna the answer. It Is a r-urluus fuel that no piovialon of lav exists for thu ofilelul notifi cation of Major ilcKInley , for example , of his election. Accoidlng to the law. the vice president , after the returns from the elec toral college have been canvassed , announce.s to the COURI-CES In Joint session the choice of the electors for president and vli-o presi dent for the ensuing term. After reading in the newspapers that he has been so hon ored the president-elect goes to Washington to be sworn In. Muanwhllo tlm prc&ldent. Htlll In ollice , Is also dependent upon the newspapers for Information as to the Identity of his successor. Aud so , President Cleve land , having read In the papeii , or In tlie Congressional Hecord , that Major McKinley 'a ' to be the next president , will call at thu latter'a lodgings a day or two beforu the end of his term to pay his respects. Finally , on the Inaugural day. Major McKlnlcy will happen up to the scimto chamber , on tht- strength of what the newspapers huve told him. and be sworn In. Oed la not ofllclally recognized In the constitution , but the American government's machinery tacitly rrcognl/cs the press as a neccsaary part of modern civilization. A IMJCIIMAHV Til I ST. ninl/llllin of Tlllt-il I.iiiifci-H In Sl-IIITll < lf AllllM-il-IMI Urll-l'NHCN. ChlcuKo Tilljum. ' . The formal organization of the titled foreigners of Now York fur tlin piirpoyo of marrying rich American Klrls IP a move In th j right direction. It will place those por- fcons out In the open where there- can bo no quuitlou as to their motives. The expecta tion , hoAovcr , that "detectives/1 may con duct the preliminary negotiations after hav- Irg "met HICBO girls socially" yeem to bo bawd on a wrong uml purely foreign umler- otundlne of tl.o social conditions of thu country. Detectives liavo not been In the habit of mingling freely In the ex clusive circles froqucntcd i-y notablu helr- GOJOS except on tlm.w occasions wlmn the-y iavo been employed to * eo that pcivoan llku theec ImpccunloiiH nublcmo-j did not curry away thefipoonn , It would bo extremely difficult for the average dotectivd or oven thn exceptional ono to obtain entrance to the "heat hourcu" In the rule of guest without an expenditure of effort and time thut might defeat thu plant. ' of tliu noblomvii thrciigh unavoidable delay , ujy a few dozen decades. H would bu better and moro practical If the dctectlvo Idem for the drawing-room were abandoned and tru-'t ' woru phi'.cd In footmen and otber servants In the usual way. No other objection can bo urged to the plan , for unquestionably nohlu- ir.uu nf this character am thu beut klnJ of husbaiulH for hclrcst-os or any oilier womim who aru willing to uiarry aucli mun. 1II.ASTS VltO.1l HAM'S IIOH.V , Young linns arc often very lean. Oetthig the bis uead shrinks the heart. The fe.ira we borrow are the hnrdest to drive away. Whenever tuo flrsh l oil the throne tlu > devil U king. Mvo to do good and yon will never tire of your employment. When yon pray for a revival don't RO to church with a long face. The man who thinks ho knows others Is a great stranger to himself. Turning a mad dog loose la a trifling thing compared to what the devil can do with a Kcwslplng tongue. There was weeping at the grave of I.AI- arus , but everybody threw a stone at the place where Absalom was burled. Money Is ono of the levers that moves the world and It always moves It In the right direction when a godly man controls It < M'Ti\v\ ' : THI : 111,00.111:11. Chicago Tlmes-Uornld : The bill in the Mabama legislature to prohibit the wearing of bloomers In that stnte was referred to the committee on temperance. Thu Alabama maluTH evidently think that bloomers have a tendency to drive people to drink. Pioneer I'res-s : A bill has been pending before the Alabama legislature to forbid the wearing of bloomers. It lias finally been referred to the committee on temperance. Wo have sometimes imagined that there might be an occult connection between liloomers and strong drink , although we never cared to trace It. Chicago Chronicle : Having tried to make It Illegal to wear hata nt the theater , or for a woman to wear bloomers , the Alabama "cgtelaturc Is proceeding with Its work of eformlug the world and will pass a. bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes. A great ieal ! 1ms been said about crazy Kansas , but asinine Alabama is running beta tight race. Philadelphia Ledger : Thr- Alabama legis lature Is discussing n bill to regulate. women's apparel and decrees what garmentu may not be worn , while those of Missouri end Kansas will consider the propriety of declaring It a felony to pluy foot ball In those states. Yet all these are commonwealths which strongly deprecate a paternal form of government. New York Mall and Kxpreta : The Ala bama legislature , after having virtually de nounced the shirt waUt as unconstitutional , now proposes that none but IIUMJ of good moral character and peaceful reputation shall bo permitted to carry revolvers In the state. According to Alabama ethics , a moral and peaceful citizen Is one who has never shot anybody for refusing to give him a chow of tobacco. itAisirvt ; niiusivH iiorios. Chicago Record : Heferrlng to the latest claim for the new wonder X rays namely , that by Its medium the blind are to receive sight and the deaf to hear Tesla thinks It cruel to raise such hops when there. ! so little ground for It. This will probably be unavailing wlt'i the charlatans who always ? t'olzo upon the lativH discovery or invention as an aid in their profession. Pioneer Press : The communication from Nikola Tesla concerning recent electrical de velopments , which appeared In the Hlectrl- cal Review , contain. " two Interesting features. Ono of these Is the comment of the great Inventor on the use of the X rays In experi menting on the blind. This Is a species of experiments which wo have deprecated from the first , believing tint of all the world'u unfortunates the blind arc those who should be most carefully guarded from useless agita tion and probable disappointment. The time may como when the Roentgsn rays will bo proved to have a beneficial effect on some forma of optic derangement , but we believe that experiment In that direction Is not yet Justifiable. St. I/Miln Republic : Mr. Tosh explains scientifically the grounds of doubt upon which wo based our protest against predic tions of benefits to be conferred ti | > on the unfortunate by the use of the Roentgen rays. Ho says that ho c.innot confirm the reports of successful experiments and can find no reasonably ground of hope for the utilization of the rays In behalf of the blind. Only the ehadowo of very email objects can be pro jected on the retina , and ho Is Inclined to believe that this Is accomplished by ordi nary rays , because In cases when nil except the X rays were excluded the experiments were not successful. Thu notoriety which at tends exploitation of discoveries which promlto benefit to the human race Is a great temptation to many men , but It Is contrary to the true oclentlfic pplrlt , and men who yield to It are working more for themselves than for science or the race. When such exploitation tends to ctclte. false hopes In the breasts of the aflllctcd It la simply In human. ONAIj AM > OTIlISItWISI- : . That California man who saya ho took n two days' trip to Honolulu and back In an ah- ship Inbt week Is a very bad advertise ment for the California wines. Mgr. Capel , who was a familiar figure In Now York City some years ago. is reported to have grown rick on thu ranch In California which be bought when he left New York. The heredity of genius U Illustrated by the Harvard senior class elections. In which the sou of Carl SchurWJ > .H chosen aa Ivy orator and the son of Joseph H. Chcato aj class poet. lOngllsh peeresses and their daughters have formed a committee to canvnsa the peers and protest against the passage by Parliament of the deceased wife'a sister's Mil that comes up annually. A Dcston man who dines regularly at n prominent hotel was Interested to discover the other day that ills waiter , whom he had j bee-n tipping liberally all iilons , owns flvoi tenement housea In the Hub , all clear of mortgage. ! , and that h'.s ' tax bill Is con siderably larger than his patron's. The moral about ill-gotten goods not pros pering doea not seem to apply to the caau c-f the conscience-stricken thief In Oregon , who on his deathbed linndi-d over to hauls Davenport the sum of $27,001) ) , which repre- srntcd the accumulations of JS.OOO worth of gnld dust stolen from Davenport thirty years ago. 1'x-Qucon liilluokalanl has lived In Honolulu lulu Bincu her pardon , on a moderate Income of her own. Contrary to general belief , f > 'io la a woman of considerable education , opoak- ing Oerman fluently nml being talented in muxical composition. Shu lives in come ntate , with about twenty-flvo natives an servants and personal retalnera. The de posed qiiecu'ii chief If not her only public dlvor&lon Iti driving . Sl'.Ct IA It SHOTS AT TIIK PliMMT. Philadelphia Times : ICvanRollsl Moo.ty , In New Yoik , la making ! war on the whlto lira of society. HP lias not yet got to the use ol complexion powder. Chicago Tlmes-llernld : A Cincinnati clergyman has dropped lt ! > members from the tolli of hlM churcb for too much worldll- ness. All the other members perhaps are dead. Somcrvllle Journal : It Isn't n mistake to make the seats In a church too comfortable. The mistake l In having n preacher will let H comfortable congregation go to sleep. Minneapolis Times : Rev. I.ymmi Abbott JM ) ' that the Just powers of the government are not derived from the conpeiit of the governed. What havn the trustees of Plymouth church been dolns now ? Minneapolis Tribune : A Chicago clergy man defines snoceia as "a result gtandlni ue.ir the end of the long pathway measured by three score yearn. " Ho says that the Kmersoii3 , Webster.- * and Ilurkes have to toll for thirty year ? on their books and briefs be fore they find fame. The Mlrawber like flit ting from one pursuit to another or wetting far something to turn up ends In poverty , If not In the poorhuuse. Pioneer Press : Uvaugcllpt Moody , who Is preaching to New York audiences Just now , has taken up lh.it time-worn society fib. "not at home , " ni.d pilloried It ns a pernicious falsehood. Mr. Moody seemy to us to bu wasting his energies. There are deceptions nnd hypocrisies enough to furnish food for his nttackH without Inking up n mere phratv which deceives nobody , uor Is Intended to co so. Now York World : -Rev. Dr. Haldrman In his Sunday yrmon , said : "If you go down to Henry street or ll.ixter street I will show you hell turned Inside out on the sidewalk. " 1-Jvaiigellst Moody In his Monday sermon said : "There nro ns many sinners lu Fifth avenue no there are In Water el reel In proportion to the population. " Thlo makes It right hard for the respcctablo New Yorker to pick out bin Wrcets. j New York Tribune : It Is both grievous and previous In the Presbytery of Toronto to Impugn the orthodoxy of Ian Maclaron's literature , but It realllrms , ns It were , the proposition that orthodoxy Is my doxy nnd heterodoxy another man's doxy , the other man In this case being the accomplished his torian of Drumtochty , the R.iunduetM of wlioco faith has never been Impugned In that pariah and ought not to be anywhere. UOMKSTK : inris. Chicago Tribune : Attorney On wlmt ground , madam , do you with to apply for n divorce from your husband ? / Fnlr Client On the ground , sir , Hint li" ' * hjisu't any ground. Ho made me believe lur " * had n farm ! Philadelphia Times : "I uever knew a woman to love her husband as madly ns Mrs. Toolfller. " "Mow does xho s how It ? " "She lots him -have the top drawer In tlu-lr bureau. " Uuffalo Kvpress : "Julia , you know how ( li-orgo used to love to stult my sleeves in before we ware married ? " "Yes. " "Wi-ll now be says : 'Oront ijuns can't you got some kind of eloak that you can get Into by yourself' . " ' IndlannpollM Journal : "Why Is Ml 3 Primly HO excessively nervous nil the tlmr ? " "Hi't-nuso there's so lllllo left of le.ip year. " Cleveland Ijondor : Cholly I wonder If your father would fly Into iv passion If t were to nsk him for you' . ' Adelaide Not If you toll him llrst that ho looks twenty yenn * younger Mince he sliaved ofC bis whUkora Chlonrro Rooord : "What do you Intend to iret your liuslmml for n ChrNtnmx gift ? " " 1 can't mnki ) tip my mind whether to give him lace curtains , u dinner set , nuvr portieres or n drawing-room clock. " Detroit Tribune : Sbn wrung her Imuds. "Al.isl" she moaned , "herenro Ibo bitter fruits of my foolish marriage1. I bnvp llvi-d to wo my son follow In the footsteps of bis unhappy father nnd rhoose absolutely the wroup make of bicycle. " In all nature t'hcre's nothing like a mother's grief. Ifp-lo-Date : Glmlys Phyllis' nc-ck Is P-T. talnly beautiful , but I don't think she out-lit to show so much of II , do you ? Frank ( her cousin ) Well , you rpo she has neither face , figure , nor money ; It's simply a case of neck or nothing with her. Brooklyn T.lfe : She Do you believe In long pUKngemenlH ? Ho Well , I think an ongapement should bo long enough to test n man's constancy nnd to give the girl time to learn to cook. Town Topics lie I have trouble In kill ing time. She Why don't you just talk to It ? SliATTKItnn 1 OKA I-S. Philadelphia North American. I never could se\ tint sense In A man forming strict Ideals Of the woman bo will marry The way sliu must cook Ills menls For , with very few exceptions , I In outers married life , And onts entirely dlnYirnt menln ' " < With a very different wife. A VITAl , FAUI/T. Now York Journal. I know a girl whoso mental pi > wers nro finite a revelation ; We've squandered many pleasant hours In earnest i-onvorsatlou. Sbo knew the Kutln grammar when she wan a ebl'il of three. She speaks the Franklsh patois like a imHy live of Parop. Slip has mastered every Idiom the nu.sslnn language boasts. Slip knows the Greek of Homer nnd big Prussian words In bosls. She talks Chinese llku IA Hung Chang , the Hoviery dialect. In all the latest Kolfy slang her Hpeceh la quite c-orrect. A wonderful vocabulary , but I must con fess , I cannot , tho' I've tried for mouths , Induce her to say "Yes. " Written for The Hoc. Tendrils of love I twltio for theo Ami from your pictured fnco A living light sliliic-s out for me Your steadfast spirit's grace. Personal sorrow fades awiiy And fiom eternity Your strength upholds my earthly stay With lovo's sweet mystery. De-ir. In the depths my soul must go ; Stand tbou upuii the brink ; With you so near , my heart. I know , Will falter not , nor shrink. -JH-iM-3 ; WII.I-HY CSUI3. WliiHlde , Neb. iJ\J _ ! HEN ? CUMINd ! CUMINl. ' , # > - & f ) . ' vv Dec. 8 , 9 and 10. THE GR-EATEST EXHIBITION OP THE AGE- 00 O O Grand street parade that will surpass all Imagination. Never again will you fee tmuh an array of golilon char lots , drawn by quadrupeds ot such magiilU- ccnt proportions Open cages of wild and savaye animal * from every clime and Jungle. Gigan tic elephants will trumpet thir own praise ; Hon. ) .1ml will C.UIIEU thi ? earth to tromtilo when they open their huge iiiou'ha and roar. Mammoth bauds of inuB.'c rojplcndent In g.-irgnouu uniforms of all nations. Untamed birds of thu tropics of rarontid uxqululto plumage. lle-pUlim beyond touipreht-imlon , und tliun the wonders of thu nliow Itself "Wonderful. " The most unique and unrivalled p orformers on the face of the earth. December 8 , 9 and 10 at the Coliseum , 2Qth and Sprucu itreit ! . St. *
