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Dully llco nnj Sutulny , One Year > 8 tt )
HI * Months Jl W
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Hnlurlny lice. One Ywir II W
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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
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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 ! .
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