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12 THE OSVtAHA DAILY BEEt SUNDAY. .TANTTAHY 10. 18DT.
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Dally IJ e ( Wltlmut HuniUy ) , One Ytnr . $ J 00
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Three Month * . 2 M
HunJny lira , Ona Ycnr.- . . , . 2 CO
Hntunlay lice. One Ycnr . 1 M
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omens :
Omaha : The Dee llullillng. ,
Mnuth Onmhn : tjinittr lllk. , Cor. N and JUli Bit ,
Council Illurrn : 10 1'cnrl micct.
Chliniro OdlCP ! 317 Chamber of Commerce.
New York : Itnomii 13 , 14 unil IS , Tribune Uldg.
WnnhltiBton : Ml Hlli street ,
coi' .
All communications rolntlni ; to news and cm-
torlnl matter ihuulil bo itildrpusort : To the IMItur.
nusi.vnss ijrrnns.
All bualnem letters nm ) remittances rheuM bn
nddre E il to The Ilco I'ulillclilnir Comi-any ,
Omaha. Draft * , check i And pcctoillce orders to
b made payable to the onlcr of the company.
TIMnnu runusiiiNo COMPANY.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btntc of Xelir.inka , I
ttcuslns County , j
Oeorso n. Tzicliucfc , nccrctary of The Heo IMb-
li hln f company , being duly mvorn. cnyn that thn
actual number of full and complete coplci of The
Dnlly Jtornlnif , ivcnlnir : and Sunday lieu printed
during tbe month of December , U9t ) , was us lol-
Ions :
1 . 10,053 17 13,707
2 . 20,160 IS 19.M1
3 . : o.m 13 15,812
4 . : oncE 20 , * . . . 20.2U3
E . 20.141 ! 21 1D.S11
( i . SO.RflJ a ID.W.O
7 . 19,508 23 19.910
I . . . 19,997 21 20.CC3
9 . 20.IM 25. . . ( 19,102
10 . 10,031 2U 1J.9S9
11 . 20,011 27. . , . . . . . . .
12 . 19,970 2S 20.0K.
II . 20,070 29 S0.003
14 . 10 , M.I 30 20.054
13 . 19.9:8 31 19.M3
1C . 20,830
Total . C2I.9M
deductions for unfold and returned
copies . , . 9,51"
Total net sales . C12.3M
Net dally m erase . 19.753
K n. Txsciiucic.
RuliFcrlbcd In my pre once and cworn to be
fore me this 2d day of January , 197.
N. P. mil. .
Seal. Notary Public.
How fortunate for Andrew Jnckson
Unit lie illcil ; i Idiifr Him' nso.
Ilytlila tlnio four yours nso the pub
lic linil n pretty fair general outline of
what President Cleveland's cabinet waste
to be.
And now we are told that tlu > people of
Hawaii are sure of annexation. Some
people were sure of the election of Bryan
last November.
It Is not a deficit of cabinet material
that confronts Major McKlnloy , but a
Biirplus which roqulrcH a nice discrimi
nation to determine what to reject.
Now that the president has signed the
now musical and dramatic copyright bill
and It has become a law , the next stage
advertising dodge may lie expected to
take the form of lawsuits for
inent of copyright.
It Is noteworthy that the year ISflO
produced no single work of fiction that
towered far above all others In point of
popularity. The second Trilby , no mat
ter how temporary Its favor , Is yet to
bo launched upon ( he literary sea.
v p. _ _ Again the abdication of Queen VIctoria -
*
* toria is rumored. In the United States
It Is said of olllccholder.s that few die
and none resign. Paraphrased for the
benefit of European royalty the saw
should be , Few die and1 none abdicate.
All Governor Ilolcomb Is expected to
do Is to make ! i ) better governor during
the next two years than he has during
the past two years. That will be .sot
ting the mark pretty high without re
flecting on any of his predecessors , re
publican or democratic.
Omaha recorded fewer marriages In
180(1 ( than for several years previous.
And the yean 189(5 ( was a leap year , too.
It looks as If the much-talkcd-of longing
for freedom on the part of woman In the
selection of her matrimonial partner
were nothing less than a delusion and a
snare.
The district court stenographers do not
Intend to submit without a fight to the
recent ruling of the attorney general
against the constitutionality of the law
by which their salaries were increased to
the present rate. They are willing to go
short-handed on everything except their
own salaries.
According to Governor Ilolcomb the
fate of the constitutional amendments
upon which Nebraska electors voted last
November Is still In doubt. We. have
always maintained that there was
Bcarcely a state In the union where It
lakes so long to get the results of an
election as in Nebraska.
Disasters that happen always create
a deep Impression , while Impending
disasters that liuvo been averted are
ignored or soon overlooked. A few
banks have failed since the republican
triumph lit November , but hundreds and
thousands have been saved to solvency
by the reassurance of the election.
Steel manufacturers complain that
prices have reached the lowest possible
notch. If this Is true It ought to bo a
forceful argument In favor of fireproof
construction of new buildings in all our
larger cities. Substantial building ma
terials never were so cheap as In the
past year or so , nor was there ever loss
excuse for the erection of tlnderboxes
and lire-traps In growing business cen
ters.
Another spurious count has succeeded
In working the credulous people of the
east with bogus checks that will foot
up over $100,000 , An ordinary Ameri
can citizen under the same circum
stances would doubtless have had dlfll-
culty In getting accommodated to the
extent of $100. It Is In cases like theno
that people arc strongly tempted to as
sert that the victims got just about
what they deserved.
Both the outgoing attorney general
and the Incoming attorney general have
expressed the opinion that the law au
thorizing'the substitution of guaranty
bonds for personal bonds by public
olllcera Is defective and void. Under
such circumstances the legislature
ought not to feel It Incumbent on Itself
to delay curatlvo legislation until a
court decision Is rendered to the same
effect The Hucurlty of the public funds
Is too important u mutter to be neg
lected.
TUB PACIFIC HAILHOAO BRUT ,
After nearly a week's discussion of the
Pacific railroad funding bill the na-
tlonal house of representatives Is about
to rote once more on the passage of a
monsuro designed as a final solution
of the Pacific railroad debt problem.
While the debute has been pointed and
oven acrimonious at times , It hns de
veloped few new facts nnd drawn out
few now arguments that have not been
previously discussed both In congress
and In the press.
The Pacific railroad question rests on
a condition atut not a theory. Circum
stances hnvo arisen which compel the
government to take some action with
reference to the matured and defaulted
loans owing from these Insolvent rail
road companies , nnd what Is demanded
Is flmr tills nnflmi 1m ntipli. na will fttllv
protect the public with the least sacri
fice of the government's financial Inter
ests. That there are most Important
sldo Issues which cannot be entirely ex
cluded from consideration will be gen
erally admitted , but the deciding factor
ought to be not the prospective profits
of the stock jobbers nor the collection
of a part of the money overdue , but
the benefits that will accrue to the pub
lic from a speedy restoration of these
properties to operation on a basis of
actual value and reasonable rates to
shippers and travelers.
What the promoters of the funding
bill persistently Ignore and what con
gress passes over with more casual men
tion is the indisputable fact that the
people will have to pay the Pacific rail
road debt whether It Is extended at a
low rate of Interest for a long period
of years or Is taken out of the national
treasury nt once through the loss of
part or all of the government's claim
by foreclosure. The only Income of
the roads must bo their receipts for
transportation of passengers and freight ,
and If the present inflated capitalization
Is maintained the transportation
charges must be kept high enough
for fifty years to come to pay
not only operating expenses but
also interest and sinking fund for all
bonded obligations. If the patrons must
bear this burden then the lower the rale
of Interest cxactetl the better It would
be for them. Hut If the whole burden
could be lifted at once a great obstacle
to the expansion of the west would bo re
moved. And the advantages that would
accrue to the entire country from the
development of hitherto neglected re
sources would alone more than counter
balance any loss within a very few years.
Even though the funding bill passes ,
the house , Its success In the senate re
mains questionable , ns It Is sure to meet
with as determined opposition there as
in the lower branch of the national
legislature. With the expressed Inten
tion of President Cleveland to order
proceedings Instituted for foreclosure
under the second mortgage In the event
of failure of action by congress , the re
organization committees will be stimu
lated to complete and execute their plans
for the acquitemcnt of the roads by
purchase of the government claims. The
public Is concerned In this only so far as
It might perpetuate and perhaps increase
tiie colossal capitalization of the proper
ties and close the door to all possible re
ductions In the charges for transporta
tion. AVlmtcvcr agreement tile govern
ment may outer Into In settlement of Its
claims , it owes it to the patrons of the
Pacific roads to insist as a fundamental
condition that the lines bo operated on
an actual value fotisls and additional
stock and bonds be issued only to rep
resent additional capital actually In
vested.
AMKIIICAA' CATTIJj 1A"
From the Information transmitted to
congress by the president It docs not
appear probable that our government
will be able to Induce the British gov
ernment to modify the restrictions
11 against American cattle. The failure of
the efforts that have been made for a
number of years to secure a modification
of the requirement that cattle from this
country must be slaughtered at the port
of entry and the fact that the British
law makes this regulation permanent
ftom the beginning of the current year ,
It would seem settles the matter so far
as the British government is concerned.
It is. not to bo expected that It will re
cede from the position it has taken , os
tensibly on the ground of fears that In
fection may result from a free Introduc
tion of American cattle , but really as a
measure of protection to British cattle
raisers against American competition.
It would seem useless , therefore , to
make further appeal and It Is quite pos
sible that the question of retaliatory
action may be considered by the presenter
or the succeeding congress. There Is
reason to believe that such a course will
be urged , but It is a matter Unit will
call for very careful deliberation. Kng-
lamUls our great cattle-market. We
supplied last year 75 per cent of the
cattle and -15 per cent of the sheep Im
ported into the United Kingdom and
when It Is stated that during the fiscal
year 1SW5 120.000 tons of live animals
were Imported by that country it be
comes obvious that our live stock trade
there is important. Any policy , there
fore , that would bo likely to seriously
curtail this trade would undoubtedly I > D
regarded as unwise by our cattle raisers
themselves. It is to be borne In mind ,
also , that the United States Is encoun
tering a growing competition In this
business from Canada and Argentina
and that from the latter country KOOUIS
likely In a few years to become de-
cldodlj' formidable. At present Ameri
can cattle are superior to any other cat
tle Imported Into the United Kingdom.
The report of the secretary of agricul
ture Is authority fur the statement that
cattle from' Aigentlua are inferior to
those from the United States. They
aris not as large , well graded , or as well
fattened. But there Is a constant 1m-
piovemcnt In Argentinian herds , HO that
It Is highly probable that within a few
years the cattle of that country will be
brought up to as high a standard n the
cattle of the United Slates. With this
competition , steadily growing , we can
hardly afford to do anything that might
Impair our cattle trade with England , at
any rate so long as our cattle are ex
cluded from coiitlnuntal countries of
Kuropo.
The next administration will bo ex
pected to giro Its earnest attention to the
forolgn restrictions upon our cattle and
meats and to devise some practicable
way , If it bo possible , to have them re
moved or materially modified. They arc
essentially unjust. Perhaps In the fram
ing of the new tariff it will be deemed
expedient to provide a way for dealing
with these unfair discriminations against
one of our most important Interests.
A a UK AT
The state supreme court is entitled to
the thanks of the Nebraska press for re
versing Judge Scott In the Baker crim
inal libel case. Quito apart from the
cruelty with which Baker was treated
and Its consequential effect upon
his dying s wife , there were fun
damental principles Involved In
the ruling of the lower court
that go to the essence of the freedom
of the press and the constitutional right
of every man accused of crime to a fair
trial nt'the place where the alleged crime
was committed.
While the supreme court has not
passed upon all the vital points Involved
It has clearly nfllrmed the principle that
a person charged with criminal libel Is
entitled to the same presumption of In
nocence that is accorded persons charged
with any other crime. In the language
of the court , "In n prosecution for crim
inal libel , It Is error to so Instruct the
jury as to cast upon the defendant the
burden of establishing that the alleged
publication was not llbeloiis. " Tills prin
ciple Is ns old. ns the common low Itself
and It Is strange that any court at the
close of the nineteenth century should
have attempted to overturn It.
ADJUST.MKXT OP LADUll CONFLICTS.
Governor Black of Now York , In his
Inaugural address , urged the great Im
portance of legislation for the friendly
adjustment of differences between em
ployers and employes. No plan for this
purpose , the governor , said , now exists
In that state , iiotw.lthstaiidlng the fact
that there Is a board intended to arbi
trate such differences. But that plan
has not been found effective. The board
cannot compel the parties to a labor dis
pute to arbitrate nnd while It has been
called upon In a few instances to adjust
differences , generally the board has been
altogether useless. Goveriwr Black did
not make any definite recommendation ,
but the Interest he manifested In the
matter promises that lm win
endeavor to have some plan adopted.
Governor Plngree of Michigan also had
reference to this subject when he sug
gested In ids Inaugural the creation of
a state board of arbitration.
The Importance of this question1 can
not easily be overestimated and It
should command the earnest attention
of the legislatures of all the states which
have no legislation regarding It or where
legislation has been Ineffective. So far
as arbitration boards are concerned they
have not been successful. The experi
ence in Massachusetts has been more
favorable than elsewhere , but this has
been far from satisfactory , while as al
ready noted experiment In Now York
has been practically a complete failure.
It Is the judgment of those who have
given the subject careful investigation
that the plan of boards of arbitration
Is impracticable. In most of the manu
facturing districts of England there are
what ar called boards of conciliation ,
composed equally of representatives of
the employers and employes , to which
arc submitted all differences. These
arc , of course , voluntary organizations ,
the members of them meeting on equal
terms and freely discussing the issues
submitted to them. The plan is said
to have worked most admirably , very
few conflicts having occurred In dis
tricts where these boards of conciliation
have been established. There Is no
reason why such a plan could not be
put into operation In the nianufactnriiii ;
districts of this pountry.
j The problem of devising a practicable
plan for the adjustment of labor con
flicts Is certainly a dllllcult
one , but It
is not impossible of solution and there
are few questions of so great Importance ,
IWALTII OF '
T1IK lA'UUSTHIAIi
WOULD.
The January number of the Englueer-
Ing Magazine ha ? an article by the
labor commissioner of Minnesota , Mr.
L. G. Powers , entitled "Evidences of
Health Thioughoiit the Industrial
World , " which presents a mass of facts
highly encouraging to those who take
a hopeful view of the future and cor
respondingly damaging to the cnuse of
the calamity howlers and the pessimists.
Mr. Powers points out that In the
twenty years from 1870 to 1SJJO the In
crease in the value of property in the
United States more than doubled , the
addition to Its wealth in these two dec
ades being almost twice as much as
the country was able to accumulate
from Its first settlement at Jamestown
to the year 1870. This statement will
nnvst Intelligent attention because of
Its significant bearing upon the two
principal questions before the American
people protection and the currency.
During most of the period between 1S70
and 18110 we had the gold standard and
the value of properly increased from
$ li IX)0,000000 ) ; 111 gold In 1870 to ii5- ? (
000,000,000 Iii 1800. There could bo no
more conclusive- refutation than these
figures furnished of the contention of
the free silver advocates that' under
Hie gold standard money rises In value
and property declines. There has , In
deed , been a fall in Inflated property
valuation , but this has no relation to
the monetary standard. It is a per
fectly natural and necessary reaction.
While this great addition to our na
tional wealth was made mainly under
the existing monetary system and
therefore attests the soundness of that
system , Its full achievement would not
have been possible without an economic
policy that encouraged the development
of our material resources and
fosterOd Industrial growth. No well-
informed man will question that
liiul the nation adhered to the fiscal
policy In operation before the war , or
had made but slight departure from
It , there would not have been realized
the extraordinary growth of the twenty
years from 1870 to 1800. It being per
fectly obvious , therefore , that the coun
try i Indebted for this progress , quite
exceptional In the world's history , to
protection and the gold standard , how
can it bo rmunnbty doubted that fur
ther and pcwiaps no less remarkable
progress can bo attained under the oper
ation or those policies. Wo have yet
vast resources awaiting development
Wo have a Rfrsltory capable of sustain
ing a population of several hundred
millions. Is It not reasonable to as
sume that policies which have been so
inarvelousli"'fruitful of benefits In the
past are lllfyy to bo so In the future ?
What bottcri or safer guide have wo
than the oxpoMenoo of the two decades
from 1S70 to 1$00 ?
Begardlng present conditions nnd the
Immediate future , Mr. Powers takes an
altogether hopeful view. lie finds In
the large exports of agricultural prod
ucts a repetition of the experience from
1870 to 188U , which was nu era of won
derful farm prosperity. With Improv
ing prosperity for the agricultural
producers will come Improvement in all
other directions. There has already
been a partial resumption of manufac
turing industries , materially decreasing
the number of the unemployed nt the
worst stage of the depression , and there
Is favorable promise- a quite general
resumption within the next six months.
There are also projected engineering
and other enterprises which will require
the Investment of hundreds of millions
of dollars and give employment to nn
army of labor.
There are plenty of signs favorable
to a return of prosperity , but Us realiza
tion depends upon complete relief from
all disturbing and unsettling influences.
Free silver agitators and jlngoists are
the obstructionists to a restoration of
prosperity , but there Is reason to hope
that their norversu course will not much
longer be effective.
There has been' ' a rapid growth of
popular sentiment recently in favor of
postal savings banks and there appears
to bo no doubt that If the question could
bo submitted to popular vote the af
firmative verdict would be overwhelm
ing. At a late meeting of the central
body of the Chicago Federation of Labor
ti resolution was'adopted In favor of the
establishment by the national govern
ment of a system of postal savings banks
and the matter has been discussed by
other labor bodies of that city. It was
said by one of the advocates of the sys
tem that It was a matter of record that
whenever a bank failed It was always
the small depositors who suffered the
most. The small depositors were In
variably working people , who had man
aged to save a few dollars which was
all they possessed In the world , to pro
tect them against the time when they
should fall s.Ick Or be thrown out of em
ployment. .YVilh postal savings banks
workiiigmen would be assured that their
deposits would bo safe and hundreds
of men who save nothing at all would be
encouraged to lay something by for a
rainy day.
r
Unquestionably this voices a very gen
eral sentiment ; among the classes who
make small savings. TJhey want a place
to deposit these savings which they
know would be..safe' beyond any con
tingency and _ postal savings banks
would inipplir" tills requirement. The
impulse iimt'iins iieen given to tins sen
timent Is pretty certain to continue in
force until the desired object is secured.
The people who want postal savings
banks constitute nu exceedingly large
and influential effort and they will ulti
mately succeed. It is not unlikely that
the republican ) party will within the
next two years add postal savings banks
to its long record of legislation for the
good of the people.
Governor Powers of Maine In his
Inaugural address congratulates the
people of his state on the fact that the
young men hare very generally ceased to
! JO to tin * fill1vst in pawn nut f.umi , m/l
fortune for themselves. The same
forces , however , that operated in the
past to draw to the west the ambitions
youth of New England still exist , oven
though partially latent , and must soon
exercise their full Influence again. So
long ns the west Is still to be developed
and offers better opportunities for young
men to rlso in life the temptation to
migrate must coutluue. It will be many
years yet until the country is so evenly
populated and Its wealth so generally
distributed that the movement from east
to west shall cease to bo appreciable.
Although the mayor of Chicago is
paid $7,000 a year a bill has been in
troduced into the Illinois legislature to
raise his annual salary to $20,000. The
point urged Is that under present condi
tions a poor man can not hope to be
mayor ot uuicngo. THO question which
the legislature must propound to itself
is , Would a poor man have any better
show to get at a $20,000 salary when
so many rich men got poor trying to get
the smaller salary that now attaches
to the job ?
The difference between the courts of
England and tlioso of America In the
mailer of expedition and Impartiality Is
once more shown In the recent prompt
conviction In London of a titled woman'
nn n plinri'n rtf ( 'rliiilnnl ' lllinl Tii ( lila
country a womjin of corresponding social
position could only have been convicted ,
if at all , aftei < 7every legal expedient ob
tainable by Hqn'y ) ( and skill hud been
exhausted.
The canvas8' > oftfhe male population of
Nebraska for ml hrltudlnous men to net
as aides In tho. Inaugural procession has
resulted In the selection of two citizens
of such coii4f | > i uous fitness that no
Jealousy is lkey | | to bo engendered
among the -unsuccessful aspirants.
Colonel C'ody dn'lds black war horse and
Colonel MooroN riding his historic white
steed would be'notlced In any procession.
It Is to bo regretted that wife murder
ers nnd suicides , whose crimes have been
frequent of late , do not reverse the order
of their proceedings , If they killed them
selves first their Innocent victims might
tnko chances on what should follow.
The Spanish bureau of publicity In
Havana is responsible for the reimrt that
the Insurgents are ready to lay down
their arms on certain conditions , one of
which Is the Immediate recall of Weyler
to Spain. This may be taken for what
It In worth aa an Indication that the
Spaniards at least believe that Mnceo IB
dead. i
Governor Black of New York Ima re
signed his position ns member of con
gress In order to devote his attention to
the duties of the gubernatorial olllce.
The example of his predecessor , David
B. II111 , who served as governor and
senator nt one nnd the same time , seems
to have been lost.
The coffee war is on to the extent of
successive reductions In the wholesale
price of made-to-order mixture packages.
But the war has not yet reached the
stage where It affects the price of the
n-ceivt cup of the alleged beverage dis
pensed to the weary wayfarer In the all-
night restaurant.
Now York society Is profoundly stirred
by the investigation ) now In progress of
the recent dinner at Sherry's , the fash
ionable restaurant , at which It Is alleged
that women Insufficiently draped danced
for the delectation of the male guests.
Bad ns the west Is , such tilings do not
happen here. >
Japan has come to the conclusion that
American made ships are the best and
has therefore placed orders for Its n5w
armored cruisers with American ship
builders. This Is another of the benefits
accruing from the construction of a new
navy by the United States government.
When Iowa gets the feedlng-In-trnnslt-
rates on live stock from the railroads
its next move should be after feeding-
In-transit rates for regular nasseucors.
Should live stock have better terms from
the railroads than passenger patrons ?
Banish the thought.
Among the dangers which threaten the
legislature Is that the cloak rooms will
have so many custodians and assistant
custodians appointed that there will bo
no room for the cloaks.
TronlilfN KuniiKli n ( Home.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The anxiety of some people concerning tha
wants of Uio Inhabitants of Mnrs si-ems to
us A trifle misplaced , considering how explicit
and unmlstalteablo are the wants of some of
the Inhabitants of our own globe.
Chicago Times-Hoi .iKl.
A Now York paper remarks that "Ger
many now objects to American sausages , "
and adds : "They are always growling over
there. " Wo can hardly blame Germany for
objecting to < i sausage that Is continually
growling.
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Let tlio Hnd'K Conic Down.
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
It appears , therefore , that the flro loss of
1S9G has been the smallest since 1890 , and ,
with the single exception of 1S90 , the small
est filnco 1SS5. This Is an excellent allow
ing. The Jlro loss has como dowu. Now let
Insurance rates como down , too.
If nil Ui I'rcciiiitlniiH In ICuiiNiix.
Kansas Clsy Star ,
The formality of Ulsslng the blblo 1s to
bo omitted at the Inauguration of the new
state officers In Kansas , The reason as
signed for this departure Is the fear of the
transmission of disease germs. There Is only
ono contagious malady In Kansas the fever
for ofllco and that will rage and continua
to spread , whatever way bo done or not done
with the bible.
Cull It "TrolHlm. "
The word trocha. is of such frequent oc-
curcnco in dispatches and news from Ha
vana that it seems likely In tlrao to become
Incorporated Into the English speech. An
explanation having been asked of the term ,
which Is pronounced trotslia , with the ac
cent on the ( list syllable. It may bo stated
that originally it denoted a footpath , path
way , or , sometimes , a short cut. During the
present Cuban unpleasantness Ita significa
tion has been applied to a fortified high
road.
I'roiluiTt of a Word .Mint.
Globe-Democrat.
The word "gabfest , " ( now met with so
frequently In newspaper columns , -was in
vented by the latu Joseph B. McCullagh and
first used in a Globe-Democrat paragraph
early last year. It was rapidly adopted
throughout the country. A study of the
words coined by Mr. McCullagb and now a
part of the English language wherever it La
used , would show ) that ho possessed the ex
ceedingly rare faculty of making a new word
that would last. A thousand literary men
have failed in this feat whcro ono lias suc
ceeded.
111 Trndi-H ,
Chicago Cluonlclc.
Not to speak of the poor apologies for
mechanics In the building trades , and some
others. It Is a fact open to common observa
tion that the process of specializing-
boon carried so far 'In ' a vast number of ou.-
factorles that the making of n mechanic In
them la practically out of tlio question. Each
man , woman and child does ono particular
thing and never learns anything clso In tup
shop. This Is not the sort of thing that
gives aptitude and skill , awakens thought ,
rouses hopeomd puts the man la the way
to Invent and achieve. It Is not the trades
union so much as the extreme division of
labor that Is giving us a generation of mere
mechanical automatons.
I'KUSOXAI , AND OTHERWISE.
Lou V. Stephens , who has just taken his
seat art governor of Missouri , Is the first na
tive-born governor the state has over had.
Ono of the good resolutions that Spain
forgot to make was to stop reporting victo
ries in which half a thousand rebels are
killed and half a dozen Spaniards wounded.
Thcso who live In cities must pay for the
privilege. The 1,900,000 people In Now York ,
for example , must contribute ? 49186I97 to
keep the munlclpat machine greased for the
year 1897.
A venerable Baltimore physician recalls
that when Washington Irving visited Hal
tlinoro , the guest of a lady of social promi
nence , ho fell asleep at a reception given
In his honor.
That report of a practicable airship In San
Francisco was ao far true that $1,000 worth
of aluminum , to be used In making It , hns
been ordered from Pittsburg. That la coin-
Inn very close for an almhlp story.
George J. Gould la said to bo so export an
a telegraph operator that , standing In the
operating room on the top floor of the West
ern Union building , ho -distinguish within
a few mlnuton the quality of work that Jo
being done by the operotora nearest to him.
This facility of discernment on President
Gould's part makes his visits to the teleg-
raphera' quarters a matter of some moment
to them.
Isaac I ) . Allen , the negro of Boston who
was elected a member of the governor's
council last November , declares that he
has liven successively offered $5,000 , $10,000
nnd $20,000 to resign the ofllce. Ho BHJ-H
ho cannot bo bought off , and ho adds : "I
put my race above money , party or any
thing oleo , and I would not disgrace It.
Yes , lr , I'm going to advise- the governor ,
and shall bo on hand at every meeting of
the council , "
A memorial on the Ilfo of the loto Lyman
Trumbull by the Chicago liar association was
presented to the members of the United
States circuit court of appeals , at the circuit
and district courts , at a meeting of federal
Judges held for that ! purport ) in the court of
appeals room. In Chicago last week. The
memorial was presented by tha venerable
James II. Doollttlc , who waa a colleague of
the late jurist and statesman in the United
States a mm to , Henry W , Dlodgott , a retired
Judge of the United State * district court ,
seconded a tender of the memorial In an elo
quent address , dealing with the career of
tlio oenutor.
SISCULAIl SHOTS AT THU I'UM'IT.
Somcrvlllo Journal : Sometime * even A
minister him been known to amllo when the
point wits reached In a flrst-clasg poker story ,
Kansas City Journal : HaylnR gpent his
Ilfo In proclaiming nowi that in eighteen
hundred years old , it Is not surprising that
Evangelist Moody should Imagine ho could
got out a Monday morning newspaper with
out working on Sunday.
Chlcaijo Times-Herald : Those Now York
clerpynicn who arc planning to Issue "an
ldcf.1 dally newspaper , devoted exclusively
to the good , the true nnd the beautiful , "
should understand at the start that , though
the paper may bo idcaf , its running expenses
will bo extremely rcnl ,
New York Tribune : The Dominion of
Canada need not wonder that Its population
dbcs not Increase * with wlshcd-for rapUHty ,
when It Is possible for ecclesiastics at ono
blow to destroy a newspaper for saying thAt
In affairs of state the state Is supreme and
not subject to the-church ,
Milwaukee Wisconsin : Once moro the Ire
land party In the Catholic church appears to
bo on top , Mgr. O'Conucll , who Is believed
to Imvo been deposed from the rectorship
of the American college at Home , has been
created bishop ot Wilmington , Del. H Is
also reported that Archbishop Ireland has
received assurances of renewed frlcmlllnefs
from the Vatican.
KatiKia City Star : The peculiarity of the
Polish nature , ns developed in this country ,
seems to be an unquenchable animosity to
certain priests , which takes the form of
rioting. All the Polish revolutions In this
country break out In parishes. When aware ,
as they must be. ot this Inherent disposition
of the natives of the "fair land of Poland , "
the ecclesiastical authorities should try the
virtues of prevention , and send to Polish
churches only priests whom the congrega
tions have voted for , and solemnly promise
not to throw rocks at.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : The
Homnn Catholic blslwps of Quebec are playIng -
Ing with lire in persecuting and destroying
newspapers by the so of their ecclesiastical
Influence , and In threatening Homnn Cath
olic members of Parliament who may sup
port the Manitoba school pcttlomcnt. They
failed Ignomlniously .by . such mcnna to pre
vent the triumph of the liberals at the last
election , and Canada Is too thoroughly Im
pregnated with twentieth century ideas rn-
gardlng clerical Interference with political
affairs to tamely submit to thotr arrogant
methods. It Is too far along In the history
of civilization for the rule of the priest.
GF.XEUAM FRANCIS A. AVAI.ICKH.
Kansas City Star : No American writer nn
economic subjects equaled General Walker In
thn estimation of the thinkers of Europe.
St. Paul Pioneer Press : While not pro
fessing to go with him In all the. details of
his convictions , wo do not hesitate to say
that the nation owes him more than It can
cosily estimate. Ho wns a great man and
a fearless man , ho has given his best to
the public service , and wo cannot afford to
lose such men In the very prlmo of their
vigor.
IlulT.tlo Express : The specialty which Gen
eral Walker studied has been called the da- !
mal science , btit ho did not make It such ,
and no man had a broader sympathy with his
followmen. Ho was ono of those who believe
that people" can be helped best by teaching
them the truth and by giving them a trainIng -
Ing which will enable them to help them
selves.
Chicago Trlhuce : Aslilo from the numer
ous places of dignity and honor which ho
has held he has made his Influence felt by
numerous contributions on his favorlto sub
jects to newspapers nnd scientific periodi
cals. Few men inthis country have been
more useful , few have set a more brilliant
example of good citizenship and few there
are ulmso lives have been moro symmet
rically rounded out.
Indianapolis Journal : General Francis A.
Walker was a man of marked ability. Ho
won his IIrat distinction ats a soldier , hav
ing eerved with high honor during the war
of the rebellion and bccamo dl-stlngulahcd
afterward ns a tcnchcr , publicist , political
economist nnd Incumbent of several Impor
tant offices. Wherever ho was placed he
showed rnrc ability. His writings have been
valuable contributions to current discussion ,
and big death Is n public lots.
Minneapolis Journal : ITo wrote much "for
nerlodlrals nnd wan the author of fvvnrnl
works on financial and economic problems
and WCH the leading advocate of Intcnia-
tlonnl bimetallism In the United States. His
work on that subject embodies the strong
est arguments which can be advanced for
blinetallk.ni , but ho had no sympathy with
the Independent theory of the free sllvcrltca.
General Walker had an instinct for statis
tics and economic problems. As head of the
Institute of Technology ho has been splen
didly efficient. His life's work has been of
Inestimable value.
Philadelphia Inquirer : In his hands the
"dismal science of political economy. " as It
has been sometimes miscalled , was Invested
with brightness and vitality. HL-i ) genius Il
lumined all that he wrote , no matter how
abstruse , and tlioso who Rive had the plecn-
uro of hearing him talk In public know full
well from what magic dcptba he seemed to
draw his store of knowledge. Dcsldcs nil
this , bo was a patriot and defended the
honor ot his country on the field as bravely
as ho fought the financial heresies that
sought to weaken the commercial and Indus
trial power from which eho has gained EO
largo a measureof greatness.
Boston Globe : General Walker's ability ,
fairness and rare knowledge na a writer on
economic nnd financial topics won for him.
yeans ago , the roputatlon and standing of an
authority. Alike among those who agreed
with hLs vleivfl andthose / who differed fronj
them , Hicro was deep respect for his sincer
ity , frankncps and power. No man over had
les.i of the casuistic Bplrltj'no man over en
tered upon , the consideration of the perplex
ing monetary problems which confront
America and the world with n stronger de
sire and purpose to get at"tho truth , the
whole truth and nothing but the truth. "
The Influence oC his writings will Increase ,
not diminish , as years go by.
THE ( > Il-'l'l.lIiit.S.
Dr. Isaiah II. Sexton ot Sparta , Mich. , Is
ono of the thlrty-thrco survivors of the war
of 1812.
Although Dr. Charles John Elllcolt , the
of nintiRpstpr nnd Ilrlstol. Knnl.iml !
In hl eighty-seventh year , ho Is an entluisl
astlc wheelman.
Homtlo , Earl Nelson , who Is years of
age. Is now the only surviving peer who was
alive and In the enjoyment of his tltlo when
the queen came to tlio throne. Ho I.i the
third In descent from the hero of Trafalgar.
Possibly the oldest woman In England Is
Sarah Thomas , who on February C will be
100 yearn of age. Mrs. Thomas has smoked
a clay plpo for sixty years , and bids fair to
enjoy Ilfo and tobacco for some years to
cotnu.
Commodore Illchard Peck of the New York
and New Haven steamboat line , after whom
the Sound flyer Hlchard Peck was named ,
has completed sixty-eight years of service In
stcamboatlng. Ho is believed to bo the old
est steamboat man in the country. Com
modore Peck la 81 yearn old. His first ex
perience In steamboatlng wns In 1S23 , when
he was 13.
Judge Stephen Neal , who wrote the four
teenth amendment of the constitution , In A
resident of Lebanon , Ind. Ho Is in Ills
eightieth year. Judge Neal wrote Uii >
amendment In his ofllco In Lebanon. U
was submitted by Congressman Godlovo S.
Orth to the congressional committee which
was discussing measures of reconstruction ,
nnd waa afterward adopted ,
When President Fauro visited the hcspl-
tal at Ivry ho bccamo greatly Interested In
ono of the SOO old women ho saw there. She
had been a cantlnlcro and had taken ixirt In
nil the campaigns of the Inter empire , UH
the ten military medaU on her breast
showed , Pointing to two of them with es
pecial pride , olio said : "Louis Phlllppo
pinned that medal tliero and the emperor
this other. "
The most remarkable centenarian In Franco
Is Mmo. Carller of I.lllo , who In nil her life ,
In a nation of wine and coffee drinkers , has
never touched the o be-verages. For ninety
years oho has not been 111. The vuneffiblo
widow had an Interesting- ancestor a Ullo
merchant known ns "Father Forty-two" bc
caufio of tlio number of bin children. When
Louis XV visited Lille ho sent for this prl/.o
parent , complimented him on his patriot-
lam in presenting the nation with eo many
offspring and exempted htm from all tolla
and taxra.
There la In Brooklyn at this tlmo a man
who believes ho In 120 year. ) old. Ho liven
In Now Jeraey , and U on a vUlt to Ills
daughter. Houbon Kultli , for that la bin
nsmo , l A negro , and WAR born In Virginia ,
whcro ho won slave to ix man who rrns cap
tain In the army of the revolution , lilt
wlfo la living , but ho \ thirty-four year *
younger. Keith dora not uao tobacco and
seldom. ' drlnk.i IntoxlMntfl.
Mrs. Lucy Aldrlth. of miller , Ind. , died on
the morning of the 30th till. , aged ntracnt 101
years , havhic been born in Vermont , March
17 , 1705.
_
DOMESTIC IDYLS. '
Hoston Transcript : Freellng There's
Cnnrlcy over there. He's going to bo mar
ried next week ,
aynnex And yet ho looks cheerful.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "What's that
nol o7"
"That's " my latest boy. Just como to
town.
"Whiit'a ho making all that noise fort"
"Why , that's his Inaugural bawl. "
Chlenfio Post : Mabel Your luisbruul hns _ ,
n great opinion of you. Ho culls you Ills _ 4
right hand , Mabol YPS ; tlmt'H bccnu. e bo I
iinver lets lilfl right hnnd know what Ills
left hnnd doetli.
Kecord : "They say It calms
the mind to lot the cyo rest on the dlntant
horizon.1
"That's a fnct : when I see n man to
whom I owe money It nlwnys quiets mo to
look steadily Into ffte distance. "
Chicago llrcord : " .Tulln. my love for you
can only bo compared to some precious
ere It la hidden HO deep. "
"Yen. nnd I don't suppose It will last a
bit longer thnn n loul : of coal. "
Washington Slur : "I In * your husband
thn button collecting1 fad ? " limnlred the
callor.
"Well " replied young Sirs. Torklus
doubtfully , "lio usually help * take up the
contribution In our church. "
I'upk : fJrnclp Papa , a monologue I *
when pcnnlo tnllt to themselves , Is It not ? "
Pum Acs : or , sometimes , when they
talk to their InmbandH.
Times : Holla Ware Do you be-
llcvn In the Mbllral admonition of giving
n Ulss for a blow , Mr. WcHtHldc ?
Wostslde Woll-cr-that depends MKi
Wnvo. How hard are you going to Htrlko
mo ?
Judge : Mr. Snarlo ( savagely ) I've given
up drinking1 , I've given up smoking and
'
I'vo given up tha club. ( Sarcastically ) Is
thurc anything clso you would like mo to
glvo up ?
Mrs. Snarle ( promptly ) Yes. I shoulj
llko you to "give up tlio ghost. "
WHY 1IE ! FLED.
Cleveland Lender.
Ho asked the homely mntdiTTi to sing ;
At once she started to do It ,
Hut the song she snug wns Just the thing
To mnko the gentleman rue It. ,
For she raised -her volco to n screech and
cried :
"Oh. toll me the old. old story ! "
Then ho grabbed bis bat nnd beiico lie hied ,
And loft her nlouo In her glory.
A\ OLD 1U.\ ( ) .
W. D. Kllwanger In New Yolk Sim.
\\hnt a symbol of. love Is that clrclo of
gold ,
Ry the token of which our devotion wn
told ! x
How our youthful affection shines out , ns
It seems ,
In the lluut of the romance around It thai
Kloanm ;
And It knows no beginning or ending , or
why
Its continuing course should not run till wo
die.
And a sign nnd n seal of our reverence1 , too ,
Had n part In our crocd , when that old ring
was now ,
When n slender , light hand wns upraised to
our llpi
And our kHies wcro pressed on Its slim
finger tips.
For Unit clrclo of gold pccmed n ballowlmr
pledge
Of a homage profoundcr than words dared
nllugu.
nut tbe metal that's purest wears quickest
awny ,
And that old wcddlnif ring has grown thin
ner today : „
Yet the hand which It graced graces It In
Its turn
With n magic the alchemist vainly would
learn.
For sweet charity's touch has so filled It
with gold
That that hnnd never lacked to the hungry
nnd cold.
And the summers may come , and the sum
mers may go ,
And tbe winters may whiten the Cinlr with
their snow ;
Still tlio band \vhlch a lover delighted to
kiss
Wears the signet of half of a century's
bliss ,
And no earnest of Joy In tlio heavens nbova
Is more Hiiro tlian that ring nnd Its uycla
of love.
WIIjLSHLL GOODS. OUU CLOTHING -
ING IS ITS OWN IJKST 'ADVUUTISB-
MKNT , AND IV W13 CAN I5UT l'L3U- ,
SHADE YOU TO VISIT OUU STOHH
AND SUB FOR VOUJt.SIOLF IIOWi
IIANDSOMKJA" TAILOHKD OUU
SUITS AND OVBUCOATS AIIB , WIJ
IIAVB NO CONOBIUV AS TO WIIBHH
YOU'LL IIUY.
1'KIOBS JUST NOW AUB AT TJIBIU
LOWEST ,
AND TIJIS IS BSI'BOIALLY TUUB IV
YOU AUB A JUDC1I3 OF OLOTIIBS
AND VALUBS , IN HOTII' ' OF WHICH
KBSI'BCTS WB OFFBU YOU OUH
I5BST JUDGMENT AND ADVICB.
HUT WHAT IS MOKI3 , WB HACK
Ul OUU I'UOI'OSITIONS WITH AN
A.IJSOLUTB AND UNBQUIVOCAL
[ JUAUANTBB THAT EVERYTHING
SHALL WB PRECISELY AS REPRE
SENTED , AND TUB VERY WEST TO
WE HAD ANYWHERE FOR TI IE-
MONEY.
SBB OUR DOUGLAS STREET WIN-
) OW IF YOU GARB TO LBAUN HOW
tBALLY GOOD SUITS AND OVER-
'
JOATS LOOK AT A
REALLY LOW/ / -
FIGURE , |
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