12 THE 01WAITA DAILY HEEi SUNDAY , iTASTtfATlY 0 , 1807.
Tim OMAIIA SUNDAY
K. noSBWATKIt , IMItor.
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OF
H o ( Without HunJny ) . Cno Ycnr . t 0 *
Dally IJco nnd Sunday , Ono Ysar . t >
HU Month * . J2
Ttirrc Mnnthn . JJ
Hundny Dec , One Yfnr . . . . . f
Kttunlny lie * . One Vwir . . . > *
Weekly lle , One Year . 0
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OI-'l-'IC'HH !
Omalm : The llw IlulMlng.
HoMh Orrmtm : Hlnccr 111k. , Cor. N nn-1 Jlth 8I
Counrll Illiiffn : 1 < ! North Main Street.
Clil-iiRO Oill < e : 317 Clinmlier of Commerce.
Ntw York : Iloonm 13. II nnd 13 , Tribune IJldg
Washington : U07 V Hlrcet , N.V. .
COUUKSI'ON'DK.N'CK. ,
All cornmunli-ntlonn rolnllnir to news nnd cdl
torlnl miitlcr Kliould be nddrewcJ : To tlio Kdltor ,
. . .
All liUKlncM letter * nn < l remittances rhoulil b <
nddre.Moil to The llco rtibllnlilim Company ,
Omnlia. Dnifts , chi-cks nnd poMulIlco orders tc
bo imidc imyatil * to tlie order of the company.
_ Till ! lll'.li 1'flll.lSIII.VO COMl'AX Y. _ _
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' TATi iKNT OK C1UCUI.ATION.
Btnle nf Nrlirnnkn , I
DoiiKlnn County. I . .
( leorRe II. Txpeliuck , fccrctnry of The lice rub.
llitilni ; company. being < luly sworn , ny Hint th
nclnnl number of full nnd complete copies of The
Dnlly Mnriilnff , Kvcnlnir nnd Hundny lieu prlnteil
ilurlns tlio month of November , 1SW , wua an fol-
l. . 21.COO 18
2 . 21141 17
3 . ! 1 , H
. . . . .
6 . MM37 ZO . 20.3JO
C . 27.M7 21 . M.1II
7 ' ' ' J " 2 < ! 22 . 21,000
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0 . 20 , 3.J 21 .
10 I . 2flV.l 2Ti . 20.1J1
11 ! . . . 21 Wl SO . 19.&M
12 . 20.770 27. , . W.1C
13 . 20.MO 2 ? . 20.0IJ
it . ZO.MI 20 . 20.3:3
13 . 21.010 30 . 20.02J
Totals
Less deduetlons for unsold and returned
copies . . . . . , , . . l52
Totnl net Fales . ; . CJ59 ? ?
Net ilnlly nveranc . ' . } , .
dKoitar : it. TswctiiicK.
Kub'crlhed In my presence und sworn to before
me this 1st day of December , 1WO.
N. I Fl3l *
( Seal. ) Nolnry 1'ubllc.
Citlta inny ln rlslitly called the dourest
RPIII In Spain's colonial diadem.
The more dci'p harbors , the more
costly Imrlior defoiisos wo will reiiulre.
Tom Rood Is the one mini In the
United States who was ever nble to
suppress fllilmstcrii ! .
( Mdcajjo Is fast arriving at the point
where Us Idea that It has a monopoly on
polltlull banquets will bo punctured.
Tiie Chicago Inter Ocean pictures the
iew ! year as twins. Isn't this
doubling the ante rather early In the
game ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Klllbuslerliif ; is risky business , but no
business sceins too risky for some people
If only ( he rewards of success arc Biilll-
ck'iitly large.
Help swell the exposition subscription
list to the million mark. The more sub-
scrllu'iYi the less will be the b'.irdeu which
each will bear.
It Is n cold day when the farmers of
Gel many can not Hud , some pretext for
excluding American meat products from
German markets.
Keep your eye on the Trnusmlssl.ssippl
Exposition. It is looming up slowly but
surely In a fashion that will astonish
the natives wheu It comes Into public
view. '
The- mortality among insurgent gen
erals , ns reported by the \Voyler health
bureau , bids fair to exceed the death
rate among the private soldiers of the
rebel army.
Tills is ( lie week that Andrew .Taekson
rises up and turns over In ills grave In
acknowledgment of all the compli
mentary things said about him at .lack-
Honian baniiiiels.
The fact that the steamer Three
Friends Is In charge of a United .Slates
revenue olllcor does not seem to alter the
disposition of ( he Spanish government
to chase her over the high sens.
The anxious public can appoint every
man of the thousand and one eligible
candidates for the cabinet , while the
president Is restricted to the com
paratively small number of eight.
father Time ought to have remained
over Just long enough to learn what he
lias escaped In ( he way of the delirium-
producing portraits of him which alleged
artists are Inllletlng upon the public.
Henry Watterson lias been Invading
the home lecture Held of Mr. JSryan.
Honor. ! between the north und south
re therefore even until Mr. IJryan In-
< lnlgos In his second platform per
formance.
We notice in several published lists of
the prominent dead of the year 1S1M1 the
name of the Cuban patriot , Maceo ,
After such an advertisement Maceo's
return to life would lie a most abnormal
proceeding. ,
Nebraska railroads Insist that they be
gin the new year with a free pass list
smaller than ever before. Hut they are
discreetly silent as to the probable pro
portions-which the list will reach by the
time the year closes.
Sympathy for c'nba can be safely Indulged -
dulged In by all citizens of a republic
which has freed Itself from oppression.
Sympathy , however , does not Include
active Interference In dell unco of law
and treaty obligations.
The report of the discovery of ( lie
yellow fever germ would have'more Interest -
terest for common humanity If some ,
thing had bu-en discovered at the saint !
time which would kill the germ. A
deadly microbe without Its antldoto Is
a tldug to bo shunned.
Senator Wolcott's supposed mission to
. Knglaud In behalf of International hi.
metalllsm is not likely to lie popular with
_ that considerable branch of ihe free v\\- \ \
ver parly which favors silver monnmvtnt.
llsm without the assistance or consent of
any other nation on earth.
The llrst step to bo taken by llio appli
cant for a federal appointment to olltce
Is to ascertain when the term of the
present Incumbent Is to expire. There
Is no use wasting time at tills duto In
getting crodontlalH for a Job that Is not
to bo given out for three or four yearn
to come. If you arw In a hurry go after
Bonu'tlilnj ; that la likely to offer uu early
vacancy. ,
CUWAY7 nKFKCTlVK LK(11SIATION.
Ono of tlio provisions of tlio Nobraakr
constitution which Booms to hrtvo bcoi
honored moro In tlio broach than in tin
observance Is that which calls upon tin
judges of the supreme court to mnkc
biennial reports to the governor foi
transmission to tlio legislature of do
feels In the constitution and laws whlcl
may have boon called to their notice ,
During tlio course of every two yean
hundreds of cases are finally adjudica
ted by tile supreme court , many of them
Involving decisions holding laws or
parts of laws to be unconstitutional 01
otherwise Invalid. Frequently the
language of tlio statute Is so obscure
that it Is impossible to make out ex
actly what was meant by the body that
enacted It. As the presumption Is al
ways that the Intention was to create
a valid law , the legislature ought to bo
notified of its mistakes and given an
opportunity to remedy them If possible.
In the state-of Missouri it lias been
made the duty by statute for the judges
of the circuit courts to gather yearly to
discuss tlie laws and recommend to the
legislature such amendments' as they
may deem necessary to their execution.
Tlie conference of Missouri judges was
held last week at St. Louis and was
attended by nearly all the Judges en
titled to participate in it. From
tlie scope of the discussion and tlio char
acter of the changes suggested , the
recommendations of tills judicial conference -
once ought to serve as valuable hints for
tlio Missouri legislature. They ought to
do much toward eliminating conlllctlng
provisions of the law and tone down the
crudities. The gradual revision of any
body of law from year to year as the
defects and Incongruities como to light
should contribute much toward simplifying -
ing its execution and making the work
of Interpretation by the courts easier
and moro satisfactory.
Compliance with tlio spirit of the pro
vision of tlio Nebraska constitution on
tlio part of tlio supreme court judges
could not fall to bo of benefit to both the
legislature and the people. If the supreme
premo court judges were to take one step
further and Invlto suggestions from the
judges of the district courts and incor
porate such as they approve Into their
report to the governor ail the 'good re
sults of the Missouri system might bo
had without any special legislation or
costly conference of district judges.
Something surely ought to bo done to
smooth over the rough places In our
state laws and none are In bettor posi
tion to advise as to needed amendments
than tlio Judges of our supreme and dis
trict courts.
TIIK VLKA'OK t
Tlio facts and arguments submitted to
the ways and means committee last
Wednesday In behalf of a change In the
tariff on sugar were llio most compre
hensive over made on the subject and
can hardly fall to convince all who will
. -onslder them In an unprejudiced way of
the expediency of legislation that will
foster the development of tlio sugar In
dustry In the United States. As was
pointed put. the expectation of revenue
from the sugar schedule of the present
tariff lias not been fulfilled. It was esti
mated that the annual revenue from this
source would bo about ? it,000,000 : ,
whereas for the last fiscal year It
imounted to less than ? : : o,000,00 ( ) and
for the current year It will fall conslder-
ibly below that sum. At the same time
t has afforded little If any protection
o the American sugar Industry , so that
.n no respect Is It satisfactory , unless It
> o to the Sugar trust , at whose migges
Ion the schedule was framed.
One of the most forceful arguments
.ubmltted was that of Mr. Myrlck of
S'ew York , who said that It required
every pound of the wheat and Hour ex
ported by this country during the past
fiscal year to pay for the sugar Imported ,
The total value of all live and dressed
beef , beef products and lard exported
during the last fiscal year barely equaled
tlie amount paid for imported sugar.
Our Immense export trade In cotton represents -
resents In value only twice as much as
our import of sugar. Such facts must
arrest attention and in view of them
there are few who will not concur In
the opinion of. Mr. Myrk-k that It Is an
economic crime to compel American
farmers to raise staples In competition
with the cheap laud and labor countries
with which to pay for imported sugar.
He urged that the American farmer de
mands a fair chance to produce every
thing our people consume that can bt >
produced In this country and one of then ?
things is sugar. Sugar beets can be
grown from the Hudson river to the
Pacific and every aero devoted to their
production will by so much reduce the
competition In other branches of farm
ing.
Senator Perkins of California , hi a
written argument , showed that tlio area
in the United States adapted to the pro
duction of sugar beets Is Biillk-Ii'iit to
moro than supply Ihe demand of our
people. He pointed out how the Hiiro-
pean countries which produce bet-t sugar
are protecting that interest by bounties
and duties and the sugar producers of
the United State.s are thus forced Into
competition with the protected sugar of
KUIOIH ; . for which our people pay an
nually more than ? 100,00 < ) ,0)0. ( ) Senator
Perkins undoubtedly voiced the senti
ment of the- sugar Interest of California
In urging a specific tax of 1 % cents a
pound on Imported raw sugars.
There were other very Instructive and
Interesting contributions to this hearing
In behalf of fostering tlie sugar Industry
and there. Is unquestionably a very gen
eral sentiment , especially strong among
the agricultural producers , that vn prom
ising and important an Industry as
sugar-growing should receive the foster
ing care of the government. It Is per
fectly obvious that only in that way can
the Industry bo developed. It must have
protection In some form against the In
creasing competition of other sugar-pro
ducing countries a competition which In
being encouraged by ouch countries in
every practicable way. Doubtless the
required protection would for a lime
slightly Increase the cost of sugar to the
coiiKiimur , but not to an extent that
would be seriously felt and as produc
tion developed tills added cost would dla
appear. It is believed that within ten 01
twelve years'under a Judicious policy ,
wo would produce mifilclent sugar te
supply the home domand. Wo should
then linvo created one of Urn most : valu
able of Industries , employing a vast
amount of capital and a great deal of
labor , while distributing among our own
people the enormous sum now annually
paid out for imported sugar. Certainly
every consideration of sound policy Is on
the side of building up the American
sugar Industry and there ought to bo no
doubt of favorable legislation , both na
tional and state , for this purpose.
7YBMU > irir UKCKn'KHSMV HKCOttD
The annual review of railway
receiverships and foreclosures for
the year 1SSW published In tlio
Hallway Ago emphasizes the fact
that the business of the great transporta
tion companies Is indlssolubly Inter
linked with the business of the whole
country. "As the railways cannot pros
per when other interests suffer , " says tlie
Hallway Age , "they have painfully ro-
llectod tlio general depression. " Tlio
compilation of statistics affords the evi
dence upon which this conclusion Is
based.
During the year 3S90 there were
thrown Into the hands of receivers thirty-
four railroads , having a mileage of 5-Ml
miles , a bonded debt , of $17 .001.000 , a
capital stock of $10'JK 3.000 and a total
capltall/.atlon In bonds and stock of
$1175,597,000. The most Important fail
ure of the year was that of the Haiti-
more & Ohio with 2,0)1 ! ) miles and ? ll-
000,000 of bonds and stock , besides
heavy floating Indebtedness and arrears
of Interest. Tlio comparative table of
railway receiverships since tlie year ISS
shows that the number of roads falling
Into Insolvency during the past year
was greater and involved more mileage
but less capitalization than during the
year 1S95. Tlie figures are measurably
less than those of 1891 and only about
half of these of ? ISM. The grand totals
for the whole thirteen years covered by
the table of receiverships foot up the
stupendous aggregate ofll ) ! failed rail
ways with a mileage of ! )0S7fl miles and
a capitalization -I,910,01-1,000. .
The statistics of railway foreclosure
sales arc naturally complementary to
the statistics of Insolvencies , represent
ing , as they do , the winding up of the
receiverships. During 18015 fifty-eight
railroads were sold for the benefit of
their creditors with a mileage of ii,7.0 : !
miles and a capitalization in bonds and
stock of ? 11.150.i77.000. : Of these the
Northern Pacific , the Norfolk & Western
and the Philadelphia & Heading con
tribute the largest single items. In mile
age and capitalization the JS % fore
closure list exceeds that of any other
year In tlie history of railways , although
In the number of roads represented It
has been equaled on ono previous occa
sion.
sion.The
The work of railway reorganization ,
however , Is not complete , but the Hail-
way Ago predicts thai "tlie coming year
will see a clearing up of most of the
wreckage of the long period of financial
llsaster that is now apparently close to
its end. "
JM SKIt Ul'TLT JjKC IS I , A Tin X.
Some commercial organizations In the
ast are preparing to urge the passage
> f a bankruptcy law at the present , ses
sion of congress , but it. does not appear
hat tlie chances for such legislation are
specially bright. It Is admitted on all
lands that a uniform law Is most desira-
ile. It Is unquestionable that under the
iperation of diver.se state laws neither
Toditors nor debtors got exact justice *
$ ut Willie all are agreed as to this , there
Is a very decided division of opinion re
garding the character of the legislation
required , chiefly with reference tc
whether bankruptcy should bo .made
voluntary or Involuntary. It Is this thai
has been the obstacle to the proposed
legislation and there Is little reason tc
expect that It can bo overcome In the
present congress , In both branches ol
which bankruptcy bills were considered
at the last session.
The subject , however , will undoubtedly
como up at the present session and if
the business Interests of the country
shall unite In an earnest effort it Is pos
sible that Ihe desired legislation can be
obtained. Those Interests have here
tofore been practically unanimous in
favor of the Torrey plan , which pro
vides for both voluntary and Involuntary
Imukrtiptey , and doubtless they are still.
That plan lias received most thorough
consideration in and out of congress and
while It has undergone numerous modifi
cations It remains , as a whole , the most
acceptable plan _ ever presented. Oppo
sition to this measure has come prin
cipally from the south , where the feeling
Is strongly against Involuntary bank
ruptcy , and this opposition in the present
congress Is strong enough to render Im
probable the passage of any bill recog
nizing Involuntary bankruptcy. It Is
therefore pretty safe to say that uniform
bankruptcy legislation will have to wait
for the next congress.
Tttl'SVVJ AKf ) Till ;
There appears to be a growing Kontl-
ment In favor of striking at the trusts
through tlio tariff. It was admitted before -
fore the ways and means committee a
few days ago that wmie of the trusts
exist upon products which are protected
by tariff duties and In reference to this
Philadelphia Ledger remarks that
having learned that vital fact It will be
easy for the committee to abolish all
duties upon the products of the trusts ,
these duties being their sole props and
slays. "If the way.s and means com
mittee , " says that paper , "are sincerely
desirous of suppressing the trusts which
sol dlilly prey upon tlie whole body of
tlie people , all of whom are consumers ,
they need do no more than put a clause
In the new tariff bill making It manda
tory upon the president , to place upon
the free list every product the duty upon
which Is the sustaining power of any
trust. " There can be no doubt that this
would 1)0 ) an effective means of suppress
ing some of the trusts , but would UH
operation bo satisfactory In other re-
specta ? At a time when the ( joverumcnt
is greatly in ucad of revenue can a pol
Icy of tlil kind bo wisely and safely In
auguratcd ? 0mlt that abolishing al
duties on tnc i roducts of tlie trust
would kill off tlio ie combinations , wlia
would be the effect upon Industries am
labor until they were killed off ? Tliol
suppression wotinl depend uixm thel
being crowde/1' / but of the market b ;
foreign compokiytfn and the question li
whether in tljif end we should gain o
lose by this. These considerations an
Important. '
One thing Is evident , the antl-trus
sentiment has never been stronger li
tlio country than now and the next congress
gross will be compelled to give heed t <
It. Very likely it will be called upoi
to consider the expediency of strlkliu
at the trusts through the tariff , In tin
way suggested , but In any event it cor
talnly will bo expected to enact legisla
tion Intended to put an end to combina
tions destructive to free competition
and In restraint of trade. The populai
demand for this Is so general and sc
earnest that the party coming Into powei
cannot ignore it without danger to HH
future. In the meanwhile the states
which have not adopted anti-trust leg
islation should consider what they may
do to further the suppression of this
form of monopoly. They have great
power lit the matter , as the supreme
court of the United States lias pointed
out , and they should exercise it. We be-
Hove the most practicable and effective
method for destroying the trusts will be
found In stringent state laws against
them , faithfully enforced.
According to the statements of men
who arc In position to reflect the senti
ment of their communities , the south Is
now more favorable to protection than It
ever was before. This Is because tlie
people of the southern slates have been
having their eyes opened toi thu natural
resources at their command and to the
opportunities for Industrial development
which they have so long neglected. There
Is no question that tlio south will come
in for its full share of thu benefits of a
new protective tariff , and for that
reason southern representatives in con
gress may be expected to take an active
interest In recasting the tariff , a subject
of which they formerly fought shy.
The Postolilee department is advertis
ing for proposals to furnish the post-
olllco with the requisite mail bags and
mall pouches for four years and will
doubtless have plenty of bidders. Sup
pose , however , Hryan and free silver
had triumphed at the election last
November , how many responsible con
tractors would bo ready to bid for such
work and assume the risks of assured
currency chtinges ? There are thousands
|
of contracts let annually that extend
like this over ji .period of years nnd
which would 9)e transformed Into pure
gambling spp'chlallons by the election
of a. president and congress committed
to the debasement of our money.
Huslness failures during the past few
years of flnantifal. depression have , wo
must admit , been much more numerous
than -we w.oiilfl/.wlsH , but wo must rfot
forget the vasTTiiimber of business concerns -
corns that have successfully weathered
the < torni ; The business enterprises In
: he country in recent years have counted
up several times what they did In say
Ihe year of the panic of 1S7II , so that
the statistics would be expected to pre
sent figures larger absolutely if not rela
tively. Comparing solvent Institutions
now and formerly would not make the
showing quite so bad.
The new year will be largely what
ivo make It for ourselves. Tlio man who
sees no promise In the future and allows
himself to drift along without an offer
to better his condition certainly lias llttk
to expect. Hut the man who Is conllden
of success and unremitting In wel
directed energy may bo relied upon ti
come out : at the top. The same tliliif :
is true of communities. Tlio town 01
city of push , enterprise and pluck j >
llio town or city that will win out ii ;
the race for supremacy. No compotitoi
ever gained a prize who started out con
vinced that ho was already beaten.
Georgia lias just engrafted on UK
statute .books a law against trusts which
is said to be more explicit and more se
vere than any anti-trust legislation of
any other state. Passing anti-trust laws ,
however , Is ono thing mid exterminating
the trusts Ls another. The Georgia ex
periment ought to tell beyond further
question whether the trusts can bo dealt
with satisfactorily by state lawmakers
or whether they are to ho reached only
through action by congress.
And now Kngone Dubs lias announced
his departure from tlio party of llrynn
and free silver. II has always seemed a
mystery why Delw should have sup
ported Itryan In spile of thu fact that
Hrynii had never raised his linger ov
his volee in bi'half of Debs or the cause
he represented , and that , too , when his
position as eongrc.ssma'n enabled him
to make an ell'eetlvo remonstrance
against governnient by Injunction.
Governor I'lnginiof Michigan deserves
and will reeely'o ' Ijearly congratulations
as he enters iip m his new olllee. If he
will extend the policy which he pur
sued with L niv { | . 'success as mayor of
Detroit to incliidn the wider Held In
wiileh lie Is now ( -ailed to labor the pros-
polity of his state will bo materially ad
vanced. \
According to , , bi ) of thu consular re
ports to the Department of Slate , "llio
electric ; locoiiWdlYo Is piliilng ground In
Uiii'opiAH it this.were not to have
been expected. An electric locomotive
tlmt could not gain ground , no matter In
what country operated , ml > ; ht as well
be declared a failure at once.
Nobody should bo surprised If the
much-talled-of : war between thu Sugar
trust and the coffee kings turned out In
the end to be only a clover device for
working free advertising for a now
brand of coffee concoction soon to bo
put upon tlio market.
The constitution of tlio United States ,
In section a of article II. , provides that
the president "shall receive ambassador !
and other public ministers. " Nothing l <
said In this connection about "the ad
vice anil consent , of the senate. " This
clause , strictly Interpreted , Is the Urn
rock on which President Clevclaiu
stands In the present controversy ovei
Cuba.
Uncle Sum's Spine ,
lluffalo Uxpresi.
Venezuelans say tlio arbitration ngrcemon
la practically the game which Venezuela of
forotl to Qrent llrltnln forty years ngo ntu
which was rejected. Tlila Is a very gooi
tribute to the strength ot United States back- -
Hie. _
lloynlty In I > | NKUNC. |
Chlcniro Tost.
A real llvo prince has been discovered In
dURiilPo In New York. In view of the reputa
tions itoine of these people live acquired by
Rrcat Industry It Is not uirprlsliiR that
they should IIml It necessary to dltKiiIsc
themselves to secure nny standing In re
spectable society.
o
I'opulnr Tunic In Tlpplo * .
Imllunnpolls Journal. i
The figures of the Internal revenue bureau
Indicate that the consumption of spirits In
the United State , ! Is not Increasing as fast
as the population. On the other hand , the
revenue from the tax on beer shows that
consumption of th.it beverage Is fast out
running the Increase of population.
llimlciMipU'.v for
Chicago Tlines-lIcralJ.
A. Now York man who was sued for n
dentist's bill amounting to $150 the other
day has filed a counter claim for $1,000
for "pain and anguish which ho suffered
while In the dentist's chair. " If that claim
holds good In court every dentist In America
can bo bankrupted within a week.
Pool Kill IT < iu ii Vacation.
Imllnnnpolls Journal.
On Christmas night In Now York the
fashionable bow-wows were entertained by
Mrs. J. Dunn Walton's two apnnlcls , Trlx
and 1'ct. A Christinas tree laden with dog
eauaages , nice gnawing bones nnd other
dainties dear to dog hearts was set up. A
very pleasant doggy time was enjoyed , while
around a few corners In the tenement dis
trict children were starving. Some blamed
fools will have a 'at to answer for.
niuiRor of l-'iuls In Kiluciitliin.
Uctrolt I-'rcc l'res.
While this ago la fortunate In the enjoy
ment of advanced theories and methods of
education , there Is danger of the movement
degenerating Into a mere pursuit of fads
a striving for external ornament at thei expense -
ponso ofInternal worth , flowers without
fruit , husks without kernels. The primary
end ot education Is to fit the child for life's
duties. That end cannot bo attained by
smoothing away every dllUcttlty that lies
before him nor by diluting his mental powcro
with a imiltliudo of accomplishments merely
ornamental.
l-il\li-M of I , Iff.
Urooklyn Knglc.
Dr. Thomas Powell of Los Angeles thinks
ho haa discovered the laws of life , what
ever they may be. and believes that he can
rcpsl disease and llvo for n long time. Dr.
Drown Sequatd thought eo. Paracelsus
thought so or pretended to. Many other
people fancied thai the eternal laws of na
ture , which are moro Inflexible than the so-
called laws cC life , could be set aside , Scl
cnca Is doing much to prolong life , to In
crease security ; art , society and letters are
doing their share to make life pleasantcr ,
If not happier ; but the elixir of life Is as
far from discovery as It was In the days of
the alchemists and as It will bo when the
last man stalks lonesomely amid the ruins
of cities.
'I'hi ; Cl m-cHc P.vll In Scliiiuln.
Inilhinapolls Journal.
The Chicago Beard of Education lias de
termined to take vigorous measures to stop
clgarctto smoking by school boys. Already
stringent regulations have been tried , but
with only parM.il success. From Omaha
comes the report that a great dea' has besn
acopmp.llGhpd by asking thu boyo to pledge
themselves hot to smoke cigarettes , wltli the
condition that whenever they wish their
names can bo erased from the obligation.
It schools could have placed before them
the "terrible examples" of the boy victims
of I'ho ' cigarette habit the ghastly faces , the
sunken eyes , the listless , half Idiotic cx-
proislon and the dulled -Intellects oC the boy
victim It would probably deter all manly
boys from the life-killing habit.
i Gillian Li-uili-rHlilp.
KnnFas City Star.
If It should happen that the Cubans should
calu ; their Independence , and if , In the recon
struction of the government of Cuba de
signing and unprincipled leaders should ob
tain control and should erect en the Island a
government even moro dlegraceful than
Spain's has been , resulting In the enrich
ment of a few rascals at tlio expense of the
masses or the people of Cuba , what then ,
would be the duty ot the United States
relative to the suffering Inhabitants of the
Island ? All the discussions of the CuMn
qmntfon have rested on the assumption that
the Cubans arc a progreaslve , Intelligent , en
terprising people , fully capable of setting up
and maintaining a free government. The
antecedents and the- character of the Cuban
people do not Justify nny mieh assumption.
Out considerations of that kind are com
pletely overshadowed by the sentiment of an
tipathy toward Spain and of sympathy for a
people fighting for their freedom.
Tin * Alllliiiiiiu | ) | MIIN < IT.
Philadelphia Tlmca.
The death Hit of the Alabama railway
wreck grows with the later reports of the
appalling tragedy. It Is probable now that
the dead will number thirty-five. Including
these fatally Injured by an accident to one
of the relief trains. The story of the wrcrk
and the burning of the cars , roasting the
Ill-fated passengers alive , Is a pathetic one
nnd shows that the problem of heating and
lighting cars by methods that will Insure
Eafcty from lire during a wreck Is not yet
solved ,
The fact that the accident was caused by
the displacement of a rail for the express
purpose of wrecking the train fills every
mind with horror. That the wholesale
slaughter of human beings could bo thus de
liberately planned staggers belief , and the
miscreants who did It arc human monsters
worthy only of thi < direst punUlimont. No
pains should ho spared to discover and bring
the miscreants to Justice. Human lives arc-
In constant peril while they are at large.
TIM1I3.V AXO HIS WIMj
Chicago Chronicle : It Is a phenomenon
In legal history that ono of the greatest
lawyers of two generations waa unable to
write a valid will disposing of his own
property ,
Chicago News : It la still undecided
whether the law or the lawyer Is ut fault
when ouch n famous practitioner BH Samuel
J. Tlldon cannot draw u will that will pass
muster In the courts.
Indianapolis Journal : The breaking of tlw
Tllden will Is only additional evidence In
support of the theory that If a rich man
wants to benefit thn public ho hail better do
It during Ills lifetime.
Globe-Democrat : The late Samuel J.
Tllden was n man of considerable ability , but
the supreme court of New York IIBB decided
that ho did not know enough to write u
legal will ecttlng apart a portion of his
fortune for the founding of free libraries.
Now York Times : Hut there Is u ncntcnro
of Hacon'a which might have been com
mended to Mr. Tllden In his Itrotlme , and
which may bo commended to ouch of lil3
survivor. * as cherish a like purpose with his :
"Defer not charl'.lea till death ; for , certainly ,
If a man weigh It rightly , he that doth no U
rnthei- liberal of another man'ri than of ! iln
own. " It WEH Irt.potalblo for Mr. Tllden to
spend the Income of hl.i fortune , or a great
proportion of It , HO as to conduce to hla own
happiness , and , ON wo have seen , there wan
nobody who bad uny bettor claim upon the
principal than the public. 1C he > had hlmvolf
carried out thu scheme of his own bcnovo-
lonco ho would have been remembered by
hla bcnoflcIarlM as gratefully as 1'etor
Cooper Id rcinemibored , who did that wliio
thing , who carried out bin own will and aW
with liUi own eyra the fruition of hla good
purposes. If the Tllden library had been
built nnd equipped by Samuel J. Tlldon the
Investment would have bceu safe beyond the
roach of grccJy heir * .
5I2CI1I.V11 SHOTS AT TII1J IHfU'IT ,
Chicago Chrnnlcloi Certain mlnlatem arc
waging n war for the extermination of the
church fair. This U surtlclent reason for A
chapel meeting of the Society of American
Parngraphcra.
Indianapolis Journal : The New York
clergyman who spoke on Sunday ot thu
sister republic of Spain could ndd to the
general Information by telling where It h
located nnd who Is Its president.
Minneapolis Tlmcv * : A minister who Is to
occupy n Minneapolis pulpit not n long tlmo
hence , preached to tils Kansas City con
gregation last Sunday on "What Is Hell ? "
liolng a pollto nnd considerate man ho
spared the fee-lings of the local taxpayers
who were listening to him.
Iloston Olobo : Is Mr. Moody growing
pessimistic ? Dealing with Ills great lecture
In Ncw York n week ngo , the papers write
him down as nosertlng that If Christ should
como to New York ho would not be wel
come , and ho Is said to have added the
opinion that were the question of his coming
left to a vote of the churches the majority
would bo against It.
Urooklyn KaRle : Mayor Strong was right
In advising the clergymen of his city to take
an Interest ) In good government. Oood
government doca not ) necessarily Involve
politics In fact , the less politics In oily
government the better. It all the clergy
men were with the mayor , In favor of honest
olllclals nnd agattiiU bosses , rings and rob
bers , It would bo possible to keep reforms
going for more than n couple of terms.
1M-US\AI. ( AM ) OTIIICUWISK.
Chester A. Arthur , sou of the late cx-prcsl-
dcnt , Is said to bo a candidate for a diplomatic
appointment under the new administration.
When General Uuckner sent a barrel ot
Kentucky whisky Into prohibition Kaima ,
ho displayed the spirit of an old campaigner.
A grt-at French surgeon has saved the Wo
of n child by using the Itocntgcn rays to'
locate a coin It had swallowed. The old
way was castor oil unscientific maybe , but
It generally worked.
It Is understood that Judge Ilolm.in of
Indiana on his return to congress will nt
once begin war on the growing extravagance
of government cxpcdlturcs and will urge
a cutting down of all federal salaries.
Harold M. Bewail ot Hath , Me. , son of the
democratic vice presidential nominee , Is the
republican candidate for state representative
to ill ! the Vacancy caused by the resigna
tion ot John O. I'attcn. The special elec
tion will be held January .
Kmlle Zola's answer to the question :
Should a tax bo levied on bicycles ? was short
and simple : "I would have bicycles re
lieved of nil tax. and my reason Is simply
that any Impediment placed In the way of
the free cxcrclre nnd development ot the
wheel lj a social error. "
When Mr. Dlngley was graduated from
Dattmouth college the suit ho wore on the
auypleous occasion was of black broadcloth ,
and the trousers were almost moro than
skin tight. U came from the fashionable
tailor's nhop In the little town of Hanover
and the fashionable tailor was Lovl Morton ,
since vice president of these United States.
If the stories told of his wealth arc true ,
Congressman Spragne , the new repre
sentative from the Klevonth Massachusetts
district , will bo the richest member of the
ttouso. Ills wife Is said to possess $2u,090-
000 , and on her wedding day rtho gave
"Charllo" n check for $1,000,000 , a sum ho
has since greatly Increased. Mr. Sprague
was n young lawyer In Ucxston before hla
marriage.
A Chicago author tells the story of a friend
who sold nn elaborate article to an eastern
magazine long ago , and has now been dead
five years , though the article has not yet
been published. Another Chicago writer had
an article held for twelve yearn by a
magazine before It saw the light of print ,
and a third has Just placed a story with
another magi/.tno after having hU inanu-
scrlrt returned to him fifteen times by
various editors.
England's now cruiser , the Powerful , Is
undoubtedly the most formidable war ship In
the world , nnd In every way entitled to bo
called a floating fortress. She Is F > 3S feet
long and seventy-one wide , nnd her hull con
tains 100 steam engines for : various usca.
Her speed of twenty-two and one-half knots
an hour Is produced by 20,137 horse-power ,
and ono coaling will carry her O.COO knots ,
For offense- she has guns that throw eight
tons of steel a minute. In other words , she
can direct upon nn enemy 2CG pounds of steel
shot n second , nnd keep It up without cessa
tion. Modern war ships are gradually approaching
preaching the Great Eastern's CSO feet In
length and elghty-thrco feel In width.
I'OSTAI , SAVIXC.S I1AMCS.
I'rjii'lH Di-liiiiiiil fur Tlll'lr HNdi
IIIL-Ilt III ( llC I'lllttMl SIllll-N.
Mlnncnpoliii Times.
The hard tlmco of the past three years ,
the general lack of confidence In ordinary
banks and saving Institutions nnd the
consequent withdrawal of private accumu
lations aggregating enormous sums fron
circulation , have emphasized the nrgcnl
necessity of the postal navlngn bank uys
torn In this country. Kverybody sees now
that the benefit from this ayatem would
bo Incalculable. Probably Micro Is nc
other one thine that congress could dc
at this term to allay the universal distrust
and discontent among the people than by
the establishment of postal savings banlca
simll.ir to thrao In operation In nearly all
the other leading countries of the globe.
1'cutal savings banks arc for the ac
commodation of pcrsomi of small means.
Wherever they have been tried they have
proved remai kitbly popular nnd ( successful.
They encourage small savins on the part
nf the Industrious poor by giving aasurnnoo
of absolute safety. The aggresato of annual
deposits In Kngland Is enormous. There the
system has been In operation since ISCl ,
where one In seven of the population are
depositors. The number of thcso dc-posl-
toia Is over G.Ouo.OOO , nnd the amount de
posited cacb year la $150.000,000. The money
received In deposits U Invested in govern
ment securities. The difference- between the
Income of these securities and the Inter
est paid depositors h&a been moro than suffi
cient to pay the expenses of the mansige-
mcnt. The wonderful Incre-aso ot the num
ber of deposltora nnd the enormous aggregate
of the deposlU attest the popularity of the
system. In Great nrltaln the amount 01
the depoolta between 18SO and IS'Jl ex
ceeded $1,500,000,000. Moro than a billion
and a half dollars.
Who can ( .ultimate the value ot such a
system of savings to this country ? There
are only 1,017 savings banks In this country ,
while In Great Dritaln there nro moro than
10,000 postolllccs that receive deposits as
agencies of the poj-tal savings bank nyfltcm.
It must bo remembered , too , that the postal
savlnpi banks do not drive out the private
savings Institutions. The former pimply
furnish accommodation for the tunny who
would or could not conveniently -make use-
of private savings banks. Great nrltaln has
moro private savings banks than we havo.
So that while depot-Its In savings banks
have gradually Increased during the lost
quarter of a century , the Increase of savings
dcposlto and the number of depositors In
other countries where the postal savings
bank system lias been adopted has been by
leaps ami bounds. Highly per cent of the
Eavlnga bunks of this country are In the
New Kngland states and Now York. In the
west and south , except In the largo cities ,
there are no livings facilities which the
great mans of the poor , hard working people
Implicitly tnmt as they do the government.
Thoru to general illatruut of the banks , BO
much to that the slightest rumor against
Its credit will porclpltato a run upon the
Ktrongcut Institution. Ihcro Is hardly n
city or town of considerable size thatlmri not
had experience with bank runs and bank
collapses during thu pant throe years.
All tills would have been largely prevented
If the postal savings bank yi-lcm had been
In operation. Tlio people would have had
their small savings eately Invested In
government ( securities , Instead of hidden
away In deposit vaults , or old trnnkti anil
atoukliiKS , or burlc-d In the cellars. All tills
vnut Uo.ird would have been In circulation ,
and such a stringency as wo have under
gone would have been practically Impoualhle.
Postal navliiKrt "banks are urgently needed.
They would contribute materially to the
contentment , the confidence , the wealth and
Independence of the people and encourage
them to thrifty and economical ImbltH , In
thU way thuywould bo an element of
strength and stability to the government.
III.ASTS VUOM HASl'S IIOUN.
The truly great are thcwo who conquer
themselves.
It there la good In us , It will bring out
good In others.
The man who controls himself may hopt
to rofornv other men.
Some people look happiest when they h vo
bad news to toll. *
Wa will always find good wlion wo look for
It with n good heart.
Self-righteousness never haa any mercy on
Itself or anybody else.
The hotter the fire , the sooner the enemy
will 'bo ' out of ammunition.
How many fathers and mothers make ro-
Mglon such a cruel thing that their children
hate U.
Kvcry good man Is n lamp which God
eparc-s from heaven for n while * to help glv
light to the world.
Ono red on why the world gains knowledge
go slowly Is that every child must find out
for Itself that lire Is hot.
The chariot of God's purpose Is still thun
dering straight on. In splto of the Indltfer-
encn and worldllncss the churches.
Many a face wo consider homely would ho
radiant with beauty If wo could see it with
out looking through darkened windows.
no.MicsTic invi.s.
Judy : She You xernt to forget yournclf ,
Fir.
Fir.lie How could I do otherwise In your
presence ?
I.lfo : She I think 1 might love you moro
If you were not HO oxtruviiKnut.
HP It's my i > xtruvaK"iit nature tlmt
makes mi- love you so.
Somorvllle Journal ; She Isn't It awfully
cold here ?
He Via ; I think you need somotblnj ;
iron ml you.
And thu Improvement wns tnndo forth
with.
Cincinnati Knrnilrur : "Your wife Ims
such u liquid voice. "
"Very. The only objection I have to It
IH tlmt she forgutt ) to turn oft the tap some
times. "
Detroit ! News : Alice Well , Maud , 1 hc-.xr
you nro oiiRiigoil to Jack.
Maud Yes.
Alices-Well , I coiigrntulnto you. He wna
about tlio nit-out llanco I ever bnd.
Now York World : Medium ( to party nt
sitting ) Tinnplrlt of your deceased hus
band desires to ronverxo with you.
Wlfp Hub ! It ho nlii't got no more spirit
now tlinu he lintl v.-lu-n her died ho uln'l
worth troubling about.
Chicago 1'oat : She No , sir ; It Is Im
possible. I am sorry Indeed , but I can
never marry you.
llo And yi-t the encouragement you
gave mil last night In the waltz !
Sho-Oh , tlmt iiuiHtn't be counted whut I
said under pressure , so to speak.
IlOHton Traveler : Hthclvecpliitrt I took
a lea ) ) year t-hanco and offered Charley my
heart and hand on Christmas.
Agnes And ho refused you ?
Kthel Y-y-yos ; ho nall lie didn't bellcvo
people should give oxpunslvo prcsi-nts. *
Up to Date * ; Judge Jlur-ks My daughter ,
wasn't that young Mr. Hugtlte who Just
wont out ?
Slls.s Jltic-kH Yes , sir.
Judge J Did I not Issue an Injunction
against hl.s coming here again ?
Mlsii J Yea , sir , but ho appealed to a
higher court and mamma revursul your
decision !
HEI-XWM IN TUB KITCHKN.
Detroit Journal ,
llemorso nt last has touched
The heart of our cook , I guess.
She bents the .steaks u little more ,
And. us a little less. |
I.IKK'S IIATTI.- ! : .
Written for The Hoc.
If one- might go to battle for n day.
Hc-at down one's foe and conquer him , or
fall ,
And so decide OIIO'M fate for once and all ,
Ono might KO gladly forth to the ntTrny.
That one might llo at length , when evening
Ki'ny
Enwrapped the field , pierced by n leaden
ball ,
Should not the least heroic heart appall ,
1-or ono must fall at last In somo. such.
Hut warring day by day , year after year ,
V lm.l..uml slecl"d rain to still keep
T. ? ' "n,0 on wo ° " ' " ' laln ni'l up on fcnr ,
Jliy slumbers e'en by phantom battles
marred ;
DlHtrcHHciI for those thy bosom hold , at dear
.More than for self-all , that. Imli-e.l were
a"l. ISAHEL U1C11EY.
WON'T IM'V ANY FIN'HU GAR-
MKXTS ANYWIIICUI- : THAN AVI- } OF
FISH YOU AT TIIH MOST KKA.SON-
AIILK rUICICS.'K IIAVK NKVEIl
SOUGHT TO CIIKAPJ3X TillGAIl : -
MHXTS OK OUK MAXUKAOTHKH
roil TIIIKAKI : - : OF co.Mi'i-rnxa
WITH THU SHODDY STUFF THAT
IS OFKUUKD IX SOMH I'hACKS FOR
I'KHIIAI'S HALF OF WHAT A
HKALLY GOOD SUIT OF CLOTHKS
\VOUT1I. . WK COXSIDKIt STKUIr-
IXG QUALITY OF TIIIO FIH.ST IM-
I'OKTANUK.
\ V1IIAVK .JUST FIXISIIKD OUR
IXVKXTOHY AXD SORTED OVKIl
THU STOCK , AXD FIXD MAXY ODD
SUITS , OXU OR TWO SI/US OF A
LOT. WISHIXC TO CI.OS1-3 T1IK8H
OUT AT OXC'U AXD OLHAX UL
THUSU DIFFHRKXT LIXJCKVU
IIAVU GIVUX TI1UM A GKXUROl'S
CUT IX I'RICU. i
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FOR A VURY Ll'JTLU MOXKY. ,
8. W. Cor.
IfithnnU
Douglas
