TITE OMAHA DAILY HIS 12 : SVNDAT , DISOEMIVKR 13 , 1800.
Tim OMAIU SUNDAY DEB
E. ItOSRWATClt , Editor.
1'Um.lHllKD EVUIIY MOnNINO.
TKHM8 OF BUIISCIIIITION.
DullIlcc ( Without Humlny ) One You 1 W
Dully lie * nnil HuniUy. Ono Ten r. .JIM
HI * Months } jj
Three Month ! , . w
( lundny 1I . One Yenr 3 w
Knlunlny Urc , Ono Yrnr J
Weekly lite. Ono Year
OKKICKfll
Omnlm : The III-1 Hullrtlnjr. . . . . . . . .
Bouth Omahal Singer lllk. , Cor. N nd Slth Kit.
Council llbin-ii ! 18 North Mnln Htrrel.
Chlenco Olllco : 317 ChHtnI > r of Commerce.
N w rnrk : ll oin H. U find JB. Tribune DUc
WAililnitltin : no : P Slrcil , N. W.
All comtniinlcntlonii rrlntlnsr to npwunnd edi
torial matter fhoulil Ije nddriucd : To the Kaltor.
ntsiNisa ; : LET-THUS.
All builneM li'ttors nnd remittances nhould be
ddrefised to The Itee I'ulillMiInc Company.
Omnha. Draft * . cli'Cks nnd pcxtoincr orders to
he tnndo ixiynl.lo to the oi-lrr of the company.
mi : wn WMJUSIIINU COMPANY.
HTATBMKNT OF CIIICUL.ATION.
Etnte nf Nrlirnrkn , I
Douclat County.
Ooorite II. TxKliurk. secretary of The lloe Pu1 -
llnhlnif compNiiy , lrliu ? duly worn , * ny thnt the
nctunl numlier of full anil eomplrte coplo * of The
Dally Mornlnir , Kittling nnd Huiuluy Hoe inlnled
during the month of November , ISM , was as fol
low * :
1 . SI.W ) 1
i . ii. HI i :
8 . SUM 18 . 50. 0
4 . 42.SG 13 . M.S3J
B . 35.1.17 SO . 20.2V.
. 27.KS7 21 . ZJ.4U
7 . ZIH 22 . ZI.WJ
. 2I.JV ) M . a > .0 2
9 . S0.9M 21 . SO.0,1
10 . 20951 23 . - ° .m
11 . 21.001 2C
12 . M.776 27
II . 20.650 21
14 . 2).CCl 29 . 20.92. ;
15 . 21.010 SO . io'Mj
Totnli . GG0.343
I > M deductions for unsoM nnil returned
copies . J2.7S2
Totnl net Mien. . . * . . CI7.&W
Net daily nventRO . Zl.uSo
anoncin n. TXsniurK.
Huli crllieil In my presence nnd nworn to before
mo Ihl.i lnt dny of Dccrmlior , 1WJ.
( Rent. ) Notary Public.
Tlio otlk'p docs not liuvo to suck the
man not tills year.
Hr.vnii's threat lo write a book every
tlini ! lie Is tlufenti'tl Is his Inst tlusper
nto effort.
Wo snwst that If tin- pugilists want
to llghl dibit Is wnlllnj ; for thorn with
open arms.
The people voted for a revision of the
tariff upon protection lines and they
will not he disappointed.
While ahont It the legislature might
Inquire whether the state Is not provided
with a few more oil Inspectors than It
requires.
Whether the United States Interferes
in Culm or not , this much Is settled-
no other country will be permitted lo
Interfere.
The United States army has hud little
iodojnthe way of military operations
during the past year , but none of the
otlleers or privates are complaining
very loudly.
The popocrats who are Just spoiling
for a chance to witness a ruptureIn the
relations of President McKlnley nnd
Speaker Heed are likely to be most sadly
disappointed.
If the autl-toxine trwitiiu-iit proves to
be ellleaclous In the cure of membra
nous croup , ono of the most deadly
scourges of chlhlhood will be removed
from the Jlst of Incurable diseases.
The gerrymander , wild , Is ono of the
most ferocious anil dangerous animals
In the North American fauna. Do
mesticated and properly trained it Is
well adapted to the service of man
kind.
What will the bolting republican
senators call themselves when they
come to write their biographies for the
new edition of the Congressional Di
rectory ? Do they expect to form a
new senatorial party all by them
selves ?
One way to reduce ( ho deficit. In pos
tal revenues to which President Cleve
land forgot to allude lies In making
Christmas come about twelve times a
year ami multiplying Valentine day so
ns to celebrate It weekly at the fur
thest.
There are said lo be people In the south
who do not yet know that the war is
over. The Itryaulles who do not yet
know that the fiO-ecnt sljver dollar has
been repudiated by the people of the
United States ought to go and keep these
people company.
The altitude of the Treasury depart
ment1 toward ( lie Traiismlssisslppl Kx-
posltlon is entirely creditable to Its
Intelligence. The government cannot
nfford to pursue a policy which will In
any way savor of niggardliness in dealIng -
Ing with an enterprise of such magni
tude. , '
There Is no more need of three paid
secretaries to the Slate Hoard of Trans
portation than there Is of live wheels tea
a wagon. Hut It Is a question whether
the reform party which Is about to
secure control of the state government
In willing to reform away any salaried
places within Its gift.
A convention has Just been held nt
Fort Smith to make , with the assist
ance of congress , the Arkansas rlver
more navigable. If wo do not offset
this with a convention to work an addi
tional appropriation to make the Mis
souri more navigable and less obstrep
erous we will not be holding up our
end of the Hue.
Attention Is called to the communica
tion In this Issno of The Hee dealing
with the order of Jesuits and Its work
in answer to some of the Indiscriminate
charges that have been mndo recently
ngalnst that organl/atlon. The com
munication contains much Interesting
information which throws a Hood of
light upon the subject treated ,
The Irrigation congress meets at
I'hocnlx , Ariz. , this week and will have
n full representation from Nebraska.
Nebraska has almost as much to look
for from successful Irrigation as any
other titnto In the union and will , there
fore , welcome anything .Unit will con
tribute to this cud. The congress this
year ought to bo most fruitful of re
sults.
MIT/HAY ? 7'0 N7/OII * nm IT.
It In now prcttr Roncrally undcTBtooil tlia
the nppoiltlon to any nnd all plans for rovls
Ing Urn rotation * of the government wltl
the roods so ns to secure their nfo con
tlmianco comes solely from small nwnbc
of popocmM In both houses , whoso nltlmnt
purpoiio lt Is to bring nbout govern
ment control ( anil management of th
roads. That consummation seems t
them so ilcslrablo thnt they are quit
willing the government should loa
the entire debt , It necessary , In onle
to cflect It. * The sale ot thea
roails under foreclosure would , It Is true
settle the question of their Indebtedness fo
good and nil ; but what would the government
mont have to show for It ? The governmcn
lien Is forestalled by the first mortgages
which must be paid before any of the
purchase money received from the sale cat
bo applied to the payment of that lien. The
roads were constructed In war times , whet
the prices of labor nnd materials were
abnormally high , and It Is slated on the
authority of those- who arc best fitted to
form an Intelligent judgment that the
properties would not soil for more than
would satisfy the first mortgages. Assuming
that this unbiased Judgment , based upon
careful consideration of the subject , after
years of the most searching Investigation
Into Iho financial affairs of these companies
Is correct , the result of a talc under foreclosure
closure- would pay the first mortgage bond
holders and leave practically nothing for
the government. Now York Tribune.
This Is u fair sample of the kind of
argument which Is being advanced ii
support of the Taclllc railroad debt fund
lug bill now pending In congre.ss. Aftei
having defrauded the government out o
thousands and millions of dollars am
defaulted for years on the Interest ant
principal of the government loan , tin
I'acllle railroad magnates suddenly ex
hlliit a most pathetic solicitude that If
the roads should be foreclosed and re
organi/.ed on an actual value basis tin
United States might have nothing t (
show for Its money. The same men , Ii
other words , who had no compunction
whatever in robbing the people anil tin
government right and left through con
.strnctlon rlng3 anil stock speculatloi
pretend now to be very much alarmed
lest the government should fall to col
lect every cent of the debt which , wen
It not for them , would have been paid
long ago.
What the Tribune above quoted for-
get-i , and what every one else who speaks
for the Iluutliigton combine that Is
pushing the funding bill forgets. Is that
If the debt Is extended to be re
paid In fifty or one hundred
years it will bo repaid only b >
grinding the money for It out of tin
patrons of the roads. The patrons of
the roads are not only the people of tin
western states which are dependent on
the Central TacIIlc and Union I'aellk
for transportation of the articles whicl
they sell and consume , but the cut In
business community of the * coimtrj
which has trade relations with them
If the present colossal llctltlous capitali
sation of these mads is to be perpetuated
11 means that the Interest ami sinking
fund charges must be met by continuing
exorbitant rates on tratllc of all kinds
The people will have to pay tills debt In
one way or another. Is It not far bettei
for them , then , to pay It now In the loss
of a part or all of the government loan
rather than have It to pay over and ovei
In extortionate transportation tolls foi
the next one hundred years and then be
no nearer having the pilnclpal repaid
than before ?
The objection that under foreclosure
the government would have nothing to
show for Its money can be .sustained
only by closing the eyes to the facts.
The bill to subsidize the construction of
the raclllc roads was passed by con
gress before the close of the war and
one of the deciding factors was the
general desire to strengthen the re
public by binding together the eastern
and I'aelllc coast states. The law was
largely In the nature of a war measure
and the completion of the transconti
nental railway removed for all time the
necessity of a great cross-continent
military road. In the transportation
of troops and supplies alone the govern
ment has had a great deal to show for
Its money.
More Important still , however , are
the pioneering and civilizing effects of
the roads. Without them the opening
| and settlement of the great west would
have been retarded for years and the
great , empire which has bean carved out
west of the Missouri and whose people
are contributing annually imge sums
to the support of the government In
taxes and payments for lauds previously
worthless , would still have been but
partially realized. liecause the roads
were constructed in war times , when the
prices of labor and materials were
abnormally high , must the people of the
west continue to pay Interest on an
lullated wartime capitalization when It
Is admitted that the properties would not
now sell for more than would satisfy
the first mortgages ? Must the people
of the western states alone bear the
entire burden while the whole country
reaps the benefits ? Is It not far pref
erable that the government should lose
the whole Pacific railroad debt If neces
sary ratner than that the vast domain
west of the Missouri lie weighted down
another half century with the incubus
of watered stock , fraudulent bonds and
lloatlng indebtedness which make up
the Imaginary capital on which the
I'acllle roads are endeavoring to bring
returns of Interest and dividends ?
Tin : cosr ur
The estimates submitted to congress
by the secretary of the treasury for the
next fiscal year are a few millions of
dollars In excess of those of a year ago ,
though more than $10oooKH > less limn
the appropriations for the current llsc-al
year. It Is not the rule with congress
to be strictly governed by the depart
ment estimates , so that it Is quite possi
ble that there may boa reduction from
the estimates submitted , and this Is
rather to be expected In view of the an
nouncement by the chairman of the
house appropilatlons committee that the
Intention Is to keep expenditures down
to the lowest point consistent with the
plllclency of the public service. The ne
cessity for doing tills has never been
more urgent and It Ls well that the republicans -
publicans of the house realize their duty
In this respect. The tendency of the
seuato LJ { 'enurally toward ejctravajiiico !
and that body did not nt the first ces
sion keep within the llmltH net by the
house , but there is reason to pxpcct that
It will be more disposed to do so at the
present session ,
The grand total of regular and perma
nent annual appropriations at the first
session of the present congress was In
round numbers ? . " 15.000.000. which with
the exception of the second sessions of
the Fifty-first and i'Mfty-second con
gresses is the largest amount every ap
propriated at one session. If the appro
priations of the present session shall
equal those of the first the Fifty-fourth
congress will break the record for heavy
appropriations made by the Fifty-second ,
the grand total of which was $1.027,000.-
000. The probability is , however , that
those high Hgtmw will not be exceeded ,
though they will certainly be approxi
mated.
It takes a great deal of money to keep
the machinery of this great government
In proper operation and yet whoever
will take the trouble to intelligently
study the expenditure account must be
persuaded that there Is really not so
much extravagance and waste as is com
monly supposed. There are directions ,
unquestionably , In which greater econ
omy could be exercised without any
detriment to the public service , but then
are also directions In which more monej
might , be advantageously us d. A grea
and progressive ivvople should not be
niggardly , but at present there Is an im
peratlve demand for the practice of i
judicious economy in public expend !
t tires.
This Is an age of plots and conspira
cles as we all know to our sorrow. Waj
back In the 70s there was a conspiracy
from which the people of the whok
world will not recover until slxteei
ounces of standard silver can be agab
swapped for one ounce of pure gold
Since then conspiracies without numbei
have racked the Inhabitants of this sub
binary planet. There have been con
spiracles to demonetize the horse am
the mule. There have been conspiracies
to abolish the free lunch counters Ii
cities of more than 100.000 population
There have been conspiracies lo maki
tramps pay for their meals by Involun
tary labor. There have been conspira
cies to prevent the citj dog catchei
from collecting two fees on one dog tall
To all this and sundry other grievances
a long-suffering people has submitted
Hut it is the las < straw that breaks
the camel's hump. For months this
goodly town has enjoyed the blessings
of mediaeval quietude in the sliape of
a curfew ordinance forbidding boys and
girls the freedom of the public highways
after dn.sk. So generally was this ordi
nance enforced that only one arrest
has been reported since it went Into ef
fect. Notwithstanding the terrible strain
upon our already overworked police and
lynx-eyed detectives , no word of com
plaint , even passed their lips. Words ,
therefoiv , are inadequate to express Hie
rent-up Indignation that has been
amused by the declaration of .In Ige
Baker Ihat the curfew ordinance Is un
constitutional and consequently mil !
and void. In spile of this Ju
dicial despot infants will not
cease to cry for it and fond parents
will , like Itachel weeping over her chil
dren , refuse to be comforted. Is It not
time that a new political parly be called
into life that will Inscribe upon the' ban
ners. "The restoration of the curfew by
11)00 ) without waiting for the aid or con
sent of any other town on earth ? "
mi :
If the order of President Cleveland
which brought under civil service rules
consular olllces with salaries not ox-
ceedlng . . ' . . " ( K ) nor falling In-low $1.000
shall remain In effect under the suc
ceeding administration , the matter of
making consular appointments will not
u particularly burdensome. It will be
remembered that there was a. sweeping
hange In the consular service at the be
ginning of the present administration.
Since March , 18 ! > : t , fully SO per cent of
the Incumbents at that date have been
eplaced and of the lie per cent re-
ained many of them were appointed
luring Mr. Cleveland's llrst term and
cnmincd in olllce throughout the admln-
stratlon of President Harrison. Thus
icarly all the consular positions are held
> y men who were appointed as demo-
rals , some of them having this fact as
heir chief recommendation. It was not
mill this change had been accomplished
hat the application of civil service rules
o the service was made. In view of
Ids and of the fact that there has been
nucli complaint regarding the character
of the service during the past two or
hree years , It Is quite- possible that the
lext administration will have pressed
tpon it tlie question whether it Is desir-
ible to adhere to the civil service order
espeetlug consular ollices. Umloubt-
dly there will be many applications for
licsi- positions , with inonor less Inllu-
ntial hacking , which cannot fall to
reale discussion of the course of the
iresent administration and the duty of
lie new administration.
It Is very generally admitted that Iho
Id practice of making consular appolnt-
icnt a.s a reward for political services ,
vlth little regard , for the most part , as
o the qualifications of the appointees ,
ught to be done away with. Making
Ids service a refuge for politicians who
ould not conveniently be otherwise dis-
osed of. or who wanted to live abroad
or a time at government expense , has
oo long been an Injury and a reproach
o the country. With such men In It ,
tnowlng nothing and caring nothing
bout practical affairs , Mie service has
H > en of little good in promoting our
ommerclal Interests , for which It Is
Idelly intended. Everybody at all fa-
illlar with the requirements of the erv-
ce understands that our consular repre-
entatlves should be men more or less
imlliar with practical business and In-
lined to study commercial methods and
lie laws of trade. It Is such men who
ccupy consular positions under the gov-
rnmentH of other commercial nations
ml their example should not be dlsrc-
urded by us. Having filled the service
vlth this class of men their tenure
honld IK > made secure so long as their
titles were ufllclently and fultMully per
formed nnd tit Ir compensation should
be sulllelenrRrttiduec them to put forth
their best efforts. The service should
be absolutely divorced from politics nnd
brought strlftly. to business principles.
Only In this way can It become thor
oughly ellldiyit and useful.
It will hardly be asserted Hint the
consular service Is now upon this basis.
.Most of tliosii'-iWho occupy places In It
were demot'hitlc ' politicians and not
many of thew'-are likely to ever reach
the standantrof the Ideal business con
sul. It will ito the duty , as it will doubt
less be the desire , of the Incoming nil-
ministration. ) ) Improve the consular
service to elevate Its character and to
Increase 'ellicleiicy ' and usefulness.
In order to do this It will certainly be
necessary to make some changes , though
probably these will not ln so sweeping
an under the present administration. In
that case there can be no just complaint
If capable business men replace Incapa
ble politicians.
The volume of consular reports for No
vember contains the salient features of
the law which recently went into effect
in Germany to check speculation in food
products , principally uraln. and in
stocks. This legislation was brought
about by the agrarian parly and It pro
vides that the government's consent
must be had for establishing an ex
change and when established Its trans
actions will be supervised by a govern
ment olllclal. Stocks and bunds can lie
listed only after an Investigation of their
soundness and the prospectus required
to be Issued giving all the particulars
of such securities binds the persons who
sign it to make good losses due to mis
leading statements or omissions. All
dealings in futures or "on term" at the
exchanges Is piohlblted. unless the par
ties are entered on the exchange regis
ter , for which they must pay a fee. Un
registered dealers can have no legal
claims arising from sales. Dealing In
grain and mill'products Is entirely for
bidden. Krokers who induce inexperi
enced persons to .speculate In articles
iy > t in their line of business an- subject
to line anil Imprisonment.
Heferrlng to this legislation the Ameri
can consul at Magdeburg says it will
bi > a terrible blow to the produce ex
changes. He also says that the export
of grain from the United Slate * to Ger
many will s.iffer. because the German
dealer cannot now buy great quantItles
at a time , for the reason that he cannot
cover himself In advance by term sales.
Writing undilHdate , of August III. Con
sul Muth salti : "Although the agrarians
expect many advantages , especially a
rise In the prfrj.1 of grain , from this law ,
they have so far been disappointed , be
cause , since the law was passed , th"
prices have moved in the other direction ,
no doubt greatly Inllucnccd by the lack
of enterprise occasioned by the damag
ing intliiences expected by its opera
tion. " Since TJien'fhe price of grain has
advanced , owing-to the famine In India
and a genera ) falling off In wheat pro
ducllon , but iHity.-.ithstandlng this It Is
said that tliMnw 4s Working to th dis
advantage ofljhi agrailans. that there
have alreadyjlii.'i'ii hot altercations be
tween the representatives of the landholding -
holding and of ( lie commercial classes ,
an-l that an Investigation of the opera
tion of ( lie law Is in force.
There is a demand for anti-option leg
islation In otlr r Knropean countries and
the outcome of the German experiment
is awaited with no little Interest by the
agiicultural classes of those countries
American agricultural producers will
also undoubtedly be interested in this
attempt to check and regulate specula
tion , although legislation that might In
effective for this purpo-e In Germany
would be impracticable In the United
States.
.1 I'/.YfJMJVKAT CKXSt'S
Tlie question of establishing a perma
nent census bureau has been discussed
for some years and at the last session
of congress Commissioner of Labor
Wright was directed to report a plan
for such a bureau. He has done thin
in the form of a bill which provides
for tlie establishment of a permanent
organization. Independent of any de
partment , the duties of which shall be
the taking of the twelfth and succeed
ing censuses and tlie collection of other
Information provided for. Tlie labor
commissioner presents very cogent
arguments In support of the plan. lie
would have the entire force'of the pro
posed bureau brought Into the classified
service , observing Unit had tills been
the rule In the eleventh census there
would have- been a large saving in
both expense and time. Mr. AVright
says that with a force of l00 ! to 'WO
icople for the regular work of a perma
nent census olllce , with tenure secure
under the civil service law , so that
clerks could become skilled and expe
rienced , there would bo the nucleus
> f tlie greatly augmented force neces
sary ( luring the decennial enumera
tion.
tion.Mr.
Mr. Wright urges that the date of
taking the regular census should be
changed from June to April. October
would be prefurjiiiie but for the fact that
the enumeration at that date would
come at the tinie of a presidential elec
tion. The bill provides for a census of
lopulallon every five years and It is
suggested by thf commissioner that the
'
icccnnlal ccnsi'lg of , agricultural prod
ucts should be lull and complete , but
there should be',1 In' addition , an annual
iccountlng on live | or six points cover-
ng crops and values , a biennial ac
count of manufactures and an annual
collection of vital islalistics. These are
( radical suggestions which If put Into
> ffect would' ' unquestionably very
greatly Increase the value of the cen
sus , besides materially reducing the
cost of obtaining needed Information.
Tlie census method that has prevailed
slnco tlie beginning of the government
the llrst census was taken in 1700
nis never been entirely satisfactory
mil the efforts nmde to render It so
mvu been unavailing. The provisions
nude for the last census were expected
o work u great improvement , but
whllo there was perhaps greater thor
oughness than over before , the old
rouble of delay In the compilation anil
) Ubllcatlon of Uiu statistics was notj re
moved. More tlmn six years hnvo
passed since the eleventh rctistts was
taken and all the volumes are not yet
in print. It Is true that much of this
matter lias boon given to the public ,
but still there was delay that Impaired
Its value nnd undoubtedly this will con
tinue to be the case so long ns the old
method Is adhered to. The worth of
census statistics very largely depends
upon their freshness and this Is par
ticularly so In a growing and
developing country like the United
Stales. With a permanent cen
sus bureau organized on the plan
proposed by Labor Commissioner
Wright the statistics most valuable to
congre.ss and the public would bo ne\
from year to year and there Is ever ,
reason to believe that they would nis
be more trustworthy than under the ol
method. Putting these very Importan
considerations with that of a considei
able saving of expense. Mr. Wrlgh
estimating the cost of conducting
a permanent census bureau and taklm.
Hie decennial census at an average o
SSOO.OOO a year , and It would seen
that ( here ought to lie no hesitation 01
the part of congress In establishing i
permanent bureau. It may be remarkei
that In the gathering of statistics mos
Kuropean countries are far In advanci
of the United States.
President Cleveland makes a plea Ii
his message for congress to save the
Indian from his professed friends win
profit by keeping back Hie work of his
civilization. There Is no question tha
tlie majority of our costly Indian wars
have arisen solely because of Hit
trickery and dishonesty of the whlli
men who have tried to impose upoi
these people either as olllcers of Hit
government or a.s contractors or inter
medlarles. The c.vpeiise of the nation's
Indian wards can be materially re-
di'ced by conducting all transactions
with them upon a strictly honest busi
ness basis.
Iy request The lice repnlillslies on
another page the address of its editor
1-Mward Hosewater. on woman suffrage
delivered In his debate Avith Miss Susan
II. Anthony during the campaign of
1SS' ' , when an equal suffrage amend
ment to the constitution of Nebraska
was submitted to the voters of this
state. While this speech was made
over fourteen years ago , the arguments
are pertinent to many of the questions
still agitating the people and will prove
suggestive ami Instructing to our read
ers.
. riilcnjro liarher schools nro advertis
ing to turn out Kradnutes completely
lit ted to \ii | > rlinont on the hirsute nt-
tat'hnieiits of tin- most t-.Niictitifi pntion
ul'ti-r : ui i-l ht weeks' course of study ,
prai'tleo nnd Inliorntnry work. Tlio only
thliif : Inckliif , ' Is si Kiiiiriinty thnt ojit-li
dlploiiiii-hoNk-r will litnh ! ( > to restore
llvo lialr ( in Icild heads nnd cnc'iist-
xvhlski'rle.ss nu-n In htilr inn t tresses with
out iiDStrndiinto Instruction.
If the linltliciuiiil earned opi-rntinj ;
oxponsu-s and TSrt.ooo marks bi'.slde.s dur
ing the llrst year that it was opened ,
why wonl'I not a Nk-aia ua rniinl earn
operating -expenses tind also contrllnite
toward an Interest and slnkln ; ; fund to
apply on ( hi ? Inv ( stim.'iitV
Attorney General Harmon is said to
lie going after the Casllron Pipe trust
piider the anti-trust law. The chances
are , however , that the remainder of Mr.
Harmon's olllclal term will not be long
enough to enable him to perfect a lead-
pipe cinch on conviction.
I'xdrKS lIoillllllloilH.
Snmcrvlllc Journnl.
After a man gets to bo15 years old , ho
generally sits dov/n and looks around , nt
leapt once a week , and wishes that ho had
about half as many things In his luiuso ns
ho has and the money that he paid for thorn
drawing Interest In a bank.
iliu'c of Church \IIIIN.
Chicago Chronicle.
The erudite John Hlgc-low has written a
highly Interesting book upon "Tho Mystery
of Sleep. " In which ho contends that the solo
object of sleep Is not to repair the wasted
tlbsuos of the body , but to aid In the spir
itual development of man. This , If true , may
account for the tendency of certain persons
to slumber In church.
lC\l > orlN or A in rr I en 11
lilnlie-Iiciiiucrat.
The ntatletlcy show that slnco las't July
the shipments of itppltvj to Huropo have been
frcm 1GO.OOO to ITit.OOO barrels u week , the
total up to DC3iiiber 1 oxceodlng 1,750,000
barrels , which surpasses all previous rec
ords. This lu one of the American : iroiJueM !
fc'i- which the foreign demand is constantly
Increasing , with but little competition from
other countries.
Aiiifi'lc'iiu KorltmcN Alirouil
Chicago Chronicle.
The social game between the Vandcrbllts
anJ the Asters In London lo growing excll-
IIIK. The former led off with two princes
and n princess , nnd the latter liavo now
nlayod a. < lu'u. n marquis ? , n princess nnd a
few viscounts thrown In for goorl iiieiture.
All thin dooo no harm , whllo it amiu-cs a
Kood many pccplo and ma IE us business good
for London tradesmen.
V In ; I n 7iinil AvrnllliiKr TIlliTM.
New York Mall anil KXIMVSU.
That "Undo Earn l rich enough to clvo
UK 211 a farm" IB reared/ leas true today
than It way when the coufit ; > llrst uuau. ,
Ha ut'.ll owns mcro than COO. 000.000 iicre.s of
vacant land , not counting Alaffra , with its
309,000,000 acres , and there lo a great deal
of tills vast ro.\ that would yield flnt-rato
crops If properly ciiltlvateJ. It U too bad
that the timid patriots who stood on street
corners durlnt ; thu recent cam
paign trembling In terror of the awful
"money power" It in too bad that these
timid patriots ? don't go west and tickle this
frco soil until it chuckles with a harvest.
I'l'olilliltliin ItliiniUTM lii South Dakota
Mliun-aiHillK Journal.
The stars In their courses or the olllclals
In their iBnoraiici ; ficcm to have been fight
ing for the prohibitionists of Bouth Da
kota. As outlined In a bpoclal dispatch to
this paper from Pierre. It seems to ho ap
parent that , by an error of the olllclals ,
all the amendments adopted at the recent
election them are null. The laws of 1895
distinctly provide- that whenever a proposed
amendment to the constitution nlmll bo sub
mitted to a vote , It shall be printed upon
each ticket on the ballot. Tills was not
done. Therefore It is possible that the four
amendments lately voted on , foremast of
which Is that repealing the prohibitory ar- "
tlclo In the constitution , wcro not legally
adopted , The other amendments have to do
with minor matters , ono limiting the In-
dobtedni'ss of any county or municipal cor
poration to C per cent of its assessed valu
ation ; ono abolUhlng thu board of trustee *
of the different educational liiatltiitlnna of
the ututc , and ono for the suppression of
trusts. Notwithstanding the clearly ex
pressed will of the people In favor of the
amendments , It doea not now appear that
the vote can bo sustained. However ono
may feul M to the HUCCCCH of prohibition
lu South Dakota , thla result la to bo re
gretted.
SKin'liAH SHOTS AT THU IM'MMT. '
Now York Tribune : We nrolorry lo sec
that In Mr. Moody's opinion the world U
Brewing worse. He ilonles that ho U
pessimist , or oven can become one , and yet
ho tskps n rankly pessimistic view.
New York Herald : The Ministerial n -
sorliitlon. composed ot many good clergy
men , has undertaken to wrestln with the
"Ideal newspaper. " Softly , dear brethren.
The Ideal newspaper will eomo In time
with Iho Ideal sermon. In the meantime
why not render unto Caesar the things that
are Caesar's , niul unto Qed the things that
nro Ood's ?
Chicago Journal : A religious rnis.ide
has been started In llrooklyn for the purpoio
of converting the policeman. It seems
strange thnt this Idea has never occurred
before to evangelical workers. Probably
no more prolific flcM could ho chosen for
missionary labors. Incidentally , perhaps
the benighted minions of the law could be
taught that to bo absent when wanted Is
not the only nualinratlnn of an officer.
Ituffalo Kxpress : The friendly tplrlt which
Animates at least one- member of the Koman
Cathollr rhurch for good men outsldo the
pale of bis own organization was tliown
when Father IHicey. pastor of St. Loo's
church. JCcn York , on Sunday morning nuked
his congregation to offer prayers for the
speedy recovery of Hev. Or. HotiRhton , rec
tor of "The Little Church Around the
Corner , " who is 111 with pneumonia. This
Is the spirit which would make church
union n fact without any formalities.
Chicago Tribune : The pope contradicts ,
through Cardinal Inini ! > elli , the recent re
ports which wore alleged to hnvo come from
Homo to llu < effect that measures wcro sonn
to bo taken against Archbishop Ireland and
other eminent American prelates. It Is
evident that the archbishop know what ho
was talking about when he- stated that there
was no truth in thcse stories. Ho knew
that bo had done nothing of which tlie church
disapproves. H Is gratifying to see that
the pope has to much rcspoct for public
opinion that he denies the truth of those
reports openly as soon ns they are brought
to his notice , so that the Catholics of this
country may know at once that these stories
which have pained thorn so much are wholly
untrue.
Ii AM > OTIIKHWISU.
Durrani , the Snn Francisco murderer , IB
said to bo ei.Joylng life and growing fat In
jail.
Shades of themlchty ! Merc IB the erudite
Boston Transcript disseminating the Informa
tion that "Krgllsh clover Is Irish shamrock. "
Mr. Gladstone's Hhortures of breath may
not bo dangerous , and it certainly Is not
contagious. At least no American Rtatc.s-
mnn wliows any signs of dying for lack of
wind.
Oas will sell for $1 per 1.000 cubic feet In
Chicago after January 1. On thnt date- the
contr.ict by which citizens of Chicago will
receive the much sought "dollar gaa" becomes -
comes effective.
The earl of Dunravcn , descendant of two
Celtic kings. Is entertaining the viceroy of
Ireland In Adarc manor , his ancestral home.
The mansion Is celebrated for Its picture gal
lery , which is 132 foot long.
The battleship Massachusetts will carry
a bronze statue of Victory on her forward
turret , where the first hostile shell that
comes along will probably deprive her of
It. Still. It will look well In time of peace.
The tin horn fiend has been summarily
dealt with by the common council of In-
lianapoll.s , which has passed an ordinance
absolutely prohibiting the blowing of tin
lorns simply for the sake of making a noise.
A fine not to exceed ISO and Imprisonment
not to exceed thirty days are made the
penalty.
The town of Guanabacoa , which the
uban Insurgents have been raiding , is
> y no means an Insignificant nuburb of
Invana. Its population is 30,000 , it is
tghted by electricity , and has a theater
and numerous public buildings. Its dis
tance from the heart of Havana Is but
six miles.
About 100 accredited representatives of
'orclgn governments are expected to attend
the congress of the Universal Postal union ,
which is tn bo hold in Washington next
May. There have been four previous con-
jiertBOs. Including that in llerne , at which
he union was formed greatly to the advantage -
vantage of the civilized world.
I'OSTAI. SAVIMSS IIAMCS.
IcfliU-il AilviinlnKTi'M of < Ii < - Syileiu
Slimvn li.v i\i : | TliMii'c.
I'hlhiilclplila Inquirer.
A good deal hail been said for and against
he adoptlcn of the plan of establishing sav-
nga Mnko In connection with the Post-
olllco department , and various public official ?
mvo urged upon congress contldorntlon of
ho .matter , but BO far it has not taken up
ho subject. France. Kiigland. Belgium.
Sweden , Holland , Austria , Uussla , Hungary ,
? anida and Aui'tralla are countrlea with pos-
al sivlngo banks , and tholr experience Is
laid 'to bo that the masccs of the po- > plo
[ crlvo decided advantages from having these
leposltorles for their savings.
The candltlona of lifo among the gre-U
r.assos of the people are , of course , different
n the old world than they are with us , and
here are not so many Institutions for the
avlnga of the worklngmen a wo-have. But
e may bo of Interest to note the growth of
ho psptal ravings bank In Ore-it Britain and
a realize what a faclcr It has ) licen In help-
ng people who would uot be reached by
tlier fuvlngs banks.
The flguroi that are given in a recent rc-
) ort as tn the postal savings banks In Kng-
and , Scotland and Ireland nro startling.
There ar 11,000 postolllcoj nt which deposi
ts are received dally , and any sum from 25
out a to $250 may be dcposltrd In ono year ,
ntcrrat bc lng pild on all Hums that nro a
lultlple. of J5 and la compounded. Dcposl-
ors may. If they choose , have their accumu-
ated depoi'lts Invested In government bonds ,
nd nnalt ravings can 1 o made liy the pur-
hase of pootago clamps , which , when they
each a certain amount , are recorded as do-
loslta. There nro C.OOO schools in whlcn
10 children are encouraged to save in this
ay , and .1 poMtofllco clerk comes to the
chool at intervals to receive the stamps and
irnUli pat < s lioDka In 1693 there wcro
early 10.000,000 deposits made , aggregating
123,000,000 , and at the end of that year the
ggregato doporfts In postal wavlngs banks
as $102,500.000 , while , besides this , 00,311
eposltors held $31,500,000 of government
)3Ildt ! .
Increase of facilities for saving and ch
aining a raiall interest on accumulations
iiir.t have an effect on the character as well
s the wealth of the people.
' 1'IMIS TO STOP IT.
> aiiK > * riiiH MctlioilM of Initiation In
Sccrrt Soi-l ' < ION.
] > nvpnport Democrat.
Within about u month four deaths have
been reported In the dally papcm from the
( iame unusual cause , that of secret ( society
Initiation cervmonUn. This record of acci
dental deaths his attracted general attention.
The most conspicuous of thcso deadly acci
dents happened to take place In Dca Molnca
and the readers nt the Democrat are familiar
with the particulars. The last ono of the
series up to the time of thin writing found
Its victim In a little Minnesota town. The
candidate who was In the act of undergoing
the ceremony fell dead anil the physicians
who were HUinmoned called the trouble
valvular dlsea.io of the heart.
These ceremonies are common to all , or
nearly all , wcret eacletlt-i , though they
are by no means the snmo. Thojo who have
survived the mystorlc.-J my that the method
adopted by college soclotlc * are the rougnc&t
of all. The principal object Kcomn to lie to
give the Initiated onea all the "fun" possible ,
and to make thu t'ltuutlon ' for the candidate
aa uncomfortable and mUorablo as It can bo
made short ( if pcmmul Injury. It IB on a
par with the frctf.hman ruuh. A llttlo higher
up the ucalo come what are known as the
beeret uoclotloa. .Sometime-- ! thet.-o exist for
political purpores , at other times for voclal
ohjectii. Tholr number Is almost unlimited
and wo hoar of now onoi with myutcrlous
namca frequently. No matter what the
organization this "horso play" has gone too
far , and It ought to bo checked by public
indignation If there Is no legal moana
through whluti It can bo reached.
Of counso there lu n limit of reason. In
nearly all reputable bocletlen the object in
view Is the teaching of an Impniwlvo luison.
There are ways of doing thla without break
ing llmbft to ay nothing of the taking of
llfo. Them ] are not the "ceremonies" to
which objection U made. Hut aa tbo Hut
of recent fatal accidents UJOWH thu tlmu
hai coma whan a halt ouflit to bo called.
THIS ADAMI.IC.s.S HIIKS ,
Chicago Test : The Adnmlesw Kdnn of lb
wutli Pacific , recently described by Iho CAPtain -
tain of A ship that t'.i Cil U , tit to have * _
whole shlplo-ad of Adams Just as won as"f
boat can get there ; nnd , In view of the fact
that the \vomcm are romowlmt dusky and
the men are going there merely because It
promises a. llfo of en , wo nro not qulto
niiro whether the Adams or the Kvcs are
entitled lo the more sympathy.
I'hll.idelphla Itecord : Several colonies are
being organized In the state of WasMnnton
which will start next Miring for St. John's .
Island , In the south I'.ielilo ocean , "whoro"/ -
"
there arc plenty of women , but no men. "
Strange , that the colonists should go no far
In qunst of lioavon'o last , l > o t gift , when
from many parts of our own country , nnd
especially the coast resorts , there comes a
eon tant cry thnt "thero nro plenty of
women , but no men ! "
1'hlladelphla Lodger : All things consid
ered , this country will probably suffer llttlo
loss in the JpMHure | of a large- number of
men from the Pacific coast who are going to
an Island In the wuth Pacific which Is nald
to be Inhabited only by women. Men who
nro not futlsfledlth the wives they can got
In the United States nro of nmall value to
any community , nnd Iho clrcuniKtanccs Indl-
cato that these adventurers belong to that
largo class of rovers and irresponsible men
which never stays long enough or does work
enough In any ono place to add to the Indus
trial wealth of the community. The effect
of their expedition on the morality nf the
ivmth Paclllc. Island I * Koim-thlug not to bo
dwelt upon with anticipation ; but , bad nt < It
In llktly to be. there Is nothing to bo done
by way of provontlon. It only remains to
hope thnt the habit of nclf-ilopcndenco has
m add Amazons of tlio women and lit ted thorn
for keeping tholr coming husbands
proper subjection.
TIC IDVI.S.
Somorvlllo Journal : Smith So , you wore
married on clt-rtlon dny , wcro you ? A'ou
didn't vote then ?
Hrown Xo , 1 wits paired.
Indlaimpnlls Journnl : "My dear , " Mrs.
Plmtt'M husli.'iml ilnnll.v ihirnl to remark ,
"thero HOOIIIS to In- but one end to your
con\ernatlon , and that Is the beginning. "
Hrooklvn Llfo : Ho II'H hnnl to bc > ro-
Joctcil all nrouiul. I .spoke lo your father
llrst , ami he swore 1 could novcr marry
you.
you.She
She Thou why didn't you twy so ? I'm be
ginning to love you nlrvmly.
Philadelphia Ilooonl : "Hufferlon ninrrlod
a highly Intolk-cttml woman. " "Sbo
dorsn't over have much to say. " "No. but
BinHPCS that the carving knlfo Is nlwnyn
kept sharp. "
Detroit Tribune : When they told her that
tlio young man whose suit sin- had rejectIM !
tbo previous c-vi-nlng had hanged himself
to tlu > gate post directly lie left her. tin )
beautiful girl shrugged her shoulders. "It
Isn't my fault. " she said coldly. "I spe
cifically tolil lilm ho mustn't think of hang
ing around hero any more. "
Chlrago Ilreonl : "My husband has gene
out of town , to bo gene two weeks , " MM Id
the lady.
"Too liail , " said the grocer.
"And 1 want you to put me up a half
bushel of the best onions you have ami
send them right lip to tlio house. "
Indianapolis Journal : "I think I shall hnvo
to get Johnny a liox of lead soldiers. " said
Mr. lllotber. "I had great enjoyment out
of tin-in when I was his ago. "
"Johnny. " said the laily whoso money
Mr. mother hail married , "shall have u
box of gold soldiers. Lead ! Plrasci to ro-
nieinlicr that bis position In llfo Is mucUj
better than yours was. "
Ixindon Mall.
Bursting In from school or play.
This Is what the c'liildren say ;
Trooping , crowding , big and small ,
On the threshold In tlhihall -
Joining In the constant cry ,
Hvt-r a.s thu days go by ,
"Where's mother ? "
From .the . weary bed of pain
This same question comes again ;
From the boy with sparkling eyes ,
Hearing honti- his earliest prize ;
From the bronze,1 , and bearded son
Perils past and ( honors won
" \VUerefn mother ? "
Hurdoned with a lonely task ,
One day iwo may vainly ask
For the comfort of her face.
For the rest of her embrace ;
IA-I us love her whllo wo may ,
Well for us that wo can say ,
"Where's mother ? "
As
o e o
Take to water so are parents
taking advantage of our great
opportunity sale in the children's
department. Yesterday we had
a rush that tested our capacity to
its u I most , and still we failed to
sell all of the bargains adver
tised two piece Suits , Kilts ,
Overcoats , Ulsters , Shirt Waists ,
etc. , and all odd articles were
included in this special sale.
\Ve \ are going to continue it as t
long as an article remains , which
won't bo long. So don't wait
till the last moment come early
before they are all picked over ,
s a so.
S. W. Cor.
IStliimU
Uoujjlus Sta
