THE OMAHA DATLT ; SU3TDAY , JAyiJAllY 2-t , 1897
Tim OMAIIA SUNDAY BER
n. nosnwATKit , Editor.
EVEHY MOIININO.
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Council liiurrc 10 1'enrl micct.
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All communication * rclnllni ; to now * ami al
torlal matter uliould Le ndilueseil ! To the bailer
1II-HINUS3 I.UTTKIiS. ,
All biintnero lettflis nnd icmUtance * should b
niMrn ci | to The I lee 1'iiblUlilns Company
Omnha , DrafiH checks , oxptcus nnd poitolllcc
money order * to lie made jujublo to the oruei
of tlio coiniuiny . _
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Dcuglas County. _ .
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llslilnis company , htlnu duly nworii , nays hnl tlu
nctunl number of full nnd comnletc uople * of Tlu
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.
flurliiE the month of tvc-mber , 1S08 , was us fol.
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Lf s dotliictlons for unsold nnd returned
copies . '
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Net dnllnverniio .
oRonnn 11. T/.RCIUICK.
Subscribed In my prei-cnco nnd sworn to before -
fore me this 2-1 dnjr of January ,
Public.
t Bcal. Notary
ICiinsiis eloinocrnts nro nlso l > eplniiln
to wonder wlmt they sire jjolnt ; to pt out
of fusion.
A prohibitive ! tariff on the Importation
of the destructive bubonic plague would
not excite a protest oven from the most
extreme' free trader In the country.
Senator Illll may be on the eve of re
tirement from public life , but he is
bound to lot people know ho Is In the
Bcnate up to the very moment his official
term expires.
Abraham T-lncoln Is fjoliiE to have a
birthday anniversary < > It Is a sad
mistake to Imagine that Andrew .tack-
son had n monopoly of post-mortem
birthday celebrations.
Member * of the ice combine say the
anti-trust law cuts no Ice with them and
that It will have toKutn prcat deal colder
before any anti-trust legislation will be
able to freeze them out.
Bryan Is about to blossom out as n
commencement orator. Isn't , this touch
ing on the preserves usually by common
consent consigned to the tender mercies
of Chauncey Mitchell Depew ?
And now It Is proposed to protect by
legislation the consumer of elder from
Injury by adulteration , deception and
fraud. The man who habitually drinks
cider doubtless stands In need of protec
tion.
According to the latest bulletin Issued
, by the federal census bureau there were
In the United States at the time of the
last decennial enumeration just 21,810
Journalists and not a single newspaper
man.
Of course the Nebraska faslonlsts went
Into the late campaign for principle and
patriotism only , but they do not propose
to get out of It without lli'st making a
clean sweep of all the patronage and
party plunder.
Accident Insurance companies are ro-
'fuslng to accept the "bicycle girl" on
equal terms with the masculine rider of
the wheel , not because she Is a worse
risk , but because she makes so iimiiy
claims for trivial Injuries.
There are only eight places In the cabi
net to be tilled by 1'resldeiit McKlnley.
People who are volunteering to con
struct the cabinet for him should not
make the mistake of giving the same
position to more than a half dozen differ-
out Individuals.
New /calami Is credited with having
experimented more with newfangled
Ideas In taxation than any other one
country of modern times. People in
this country ought to tic perfectly willIng -
Ing to let others pay the cost of experi
ments of this kind.
The Mexican province of Clilhiiahun
1ms drawn the line against bull fights ,
prize ring contests and cock lights. The
people of that province must have ad
vanced along the road to civilization
almost far enough to discard the single
silver standard of money.
There Is a brisk competition among
the Methodist churches of Washington
to enroll the new president on the list
of pew holders , and the president may
have to make an old-time circuit every
Sabbath to prove that he Is no discrimi
nator of persons or churches.
People talk about hard times and the
many conveniences ami comforts which
every one has had to give up , but when
they como to compile thu.statistics of an-
inial consumption of tobacco In thu
country they Uml that the tojal has kept
up pretty well with the average of ic-
cent years.
Nebraska Is fast becoming one of the
greatest sheep winter resorts In the coun
try. There must be several hundred
thousand hhccp feeding In thu state th !
season. With proper encouragement
tlm sheep-raising Industry can and will
l > a umife one of the most prolltable pur-
milts In which our farmers can engage.
A local manufacturer who has made
tins llrtit application for lloor space at
the exposition Is to bo congratulated
upon his zealwhlch prevented that honor
l > elng carried off by some foreign ex
hibitor. Now that the ball is opened
no uusplcloiusly , there Is no doubt that
the demand for spucu will bo all Uiat
could be desired.
VfflON PACIFIC
The stops taken during the past
week by the representatives of the Department
partmont of Justice , under direction ol
President Cleveland nnd the cabinet , In
sure practically beyond revocation the
sale of the Union Pacific railroad under
foreclosure of the second mortgage held
by the federal government. Thus after
long protracted delay Involving untold
loss to both the railroad and the public
the government has dually reached the
position that has been persistently and
consistently advocated by The Bee for
the last ten years or more. The part
nership that has existed between the
government nnd the Paclllc roads since
the early ( iOs Is to be not extended by
thu funding of the debt , but''summarily
dissolved by the sale of the govern-
'ment't ? Interest to the highest bidder.
Cutting tbis knot should relieve con
gress of further fruitless discussion of
thu Pacific railroad debt settlement and
remove forever the temptation to sac-
rlllce the public Interest In these roads
to the private gain of any syndicate of
railway magnates.
At the same time It must not be.Im
agined that the mere order of foreclosure
Is the final solution of the Pacific rail
road problem. Under the terms of the
agreement entered Into between the at
torney general of the United States and
the Union Pneltle reorganization commit
tee only one condition has been exacted
and that is a guarantee to the govern
ment that there will be a bid of not less
than the stipulated upset price based on
the face value of the debt and the ac
crued sinking fund payments. Foreclos
ure , however , Is only a preliminary to re-
organization. Are thu new owners to be
left perfectly free to rclnllate the existing
fictitious capitalization and go through
igaln and again the disastrous process of
bom ! floating and stock Avaterlng ? Are
the people dorT. > n < U > nt upon the road to be
compelled to continue paying exorbitant
passenger nnd freight transportation
rates to meet Intoicst on the present co
lossal capitalization , or one still largarV
Is the road to bo weighted down anew
with fixed charges , liouml to eat up more
than the tralllc will produce , and be
driven In a few years to a second re-
colvorship on the same plan as recently
occurred In the case of the AtchlsonV
Are any provisions to be made to Insure
for the Union I'aelllt ! the co-operation of
the Central Paclllc , that Is Indispensable
If It is to be what It was designed to be
thu great transcontinental thoroughfare
for the whole country ?
These are questions that vitally con
cern every Inhabitant' evorvv state
hrough which the Pacific roads pass , but
hey cannot be definitely answered until
the purchasers of the" road are known
ind the scheme of reorganization made
mblic. Whether the federal govern
ment Is still in position to insert condl-
.lons in the decree of sale to safeguard
fully the patrons of the roads and gen
eral public depends upon the precise na
ture of tUo agreement of the attorney
general with the landholders' committee ,
o far as possible the go'vcrnmout ought
o provide against having the property
iscd solely for stock Jobbing purposed
The chief advantage of foreclosure Ms
that it offers ijn opportunity to wring
some of the water out of the roads and
hat opportunity should n-ot be permitted
o pass unheeded.
I'oreclosuro having been determined
ipon , the court proceedings should be
expedited in every proper way and thn
tcrlod of bllghtlng'unccnalnty cut short
is early as possible. The rcorganiza-
Ion of the Pa'ciflc roads upon a firm and
stable footing and their operation upon a
msls of economy and sound financiering
cannot fall to work incalculable benofK
o the people of the western states and
ontrlbuto measuruably to the belter set-
lenient of the country , the development
of Its resources and the restoration of
general prosperity.
ix rni : KKXATK.
Although assurances have beun given
> y members of the senate foreign rela-
Ions committee that there will be no mi-
iccessary delay on the part of the com-
nltteu In acting upon the arbitration
reaty , It is safe to say that the consid-
ration will be prolonged and that there
vlll be a very determined opposition to
atlllcatlon. While a majority of sen-
tors are undoubtedly In favor of the
irinciplu and are prepared to vote for
he ratification of the treaty when the.v
hall be satisfied that there Is nothing
i the terms which might prove Inimical
to the Interests of the United States ,
hereis a hostile minority Influenced by
wo considerations dislike of the presl-
cut and secretary of state and Implaca-
> le hatred of ICugland. This minority
vlll make a persistent light and there Is
eason to believe that It will be able to
revent the ratification of the treaty at
his session of congress. It Is entirely
mllffercnt to public sentiment , which In
uiquestlonubly In favor of the treaty
verwhelmlngly , nor does It concern It-
elf with any of the broad political and
loral considerations which commend the
reaty to the enlightened Judgment of
lie civilized world. They are moved
olely by n disposition to manifest their
cscntmiMit toward the administration
ml their malice toward the British gov-
rnment.
Everybody dc.sir > s that the treaty shall
receive careful and thorough considera
tion. A matter of sltch far-reaching Im
portance should' not bo dlsposwl of
luibtlly. Hut It ought to be considered
In a spirit of broad statesmanship and
patriotism and not In that of numnv
partisanship ml prejudice. It Is not to
bt > assumed oil-hand that the treaty Is n
perfect arrangement , but it must be pro- :
Hi'.mrd that the president and st'crotary
of state have honestly sought to propeily
safeguard the Interests of the United
States and to secure for their country
whatever advantages were practicable In
the negotiation of such a convention.
Some of the criticisms on the treaty niv
a reflection upon both the Intelligence
and the patriotism of this secretary of
state. _ HLH Judgment In some respects
may have been at fault , but no fair-
minded man will doubt his fidelity In
the matter to the Inturcrfts of thu nation.
Thu unusual references made to the
Rihltrntlon treaty In the open session of
thu senate will serve a good pnrpusu In
calling out a general and strong ejqiri'.s
slon of public opinion , though how much
influence this will have It Is Impossible
to say , since the senate Is of late little
disposed to give attention to popular sen
timent.
AUTUMATW i
One of the proceedings of the last meet
ing of the Western Passenger association
was the appointment of a committee of
five of the most promlcnt western rail
road managers to go to Washington to
secure If possible from congress an ex
tension of the time allowed for the equip
ment of nil'railway cars with automatic
couplers and safety brakes. As the date
for the penalties to accrue under the
Nebraska law on the same subject was
once extended from January 1 , ISO. , to
January 1 , 1808 , T n the plea that It
should bo made uniform with the pro
visions of the law enacted by congress ,
It Is not Improbable that the railroad ; ;
operating In this state will seek a second
extension , to correspond with the pro
posed action-of congress.
While Nebraska was one of the pioneers
neers in the enactment of legislation de
signed to put a stop to the annual
slaughter of railway employes by re
quiring cars used In the state to be fitted
with modern automatic appliances , very
little has thus far been accomplished ,
and the railway employe Is still exposed
to the dangers of hand coupling and
braking. The original law was passed
In 1801 , and gave the railroads four years
to comply with Its provisions. The law
went into effect January 1 , 1SD5 , and for
three months was openly disregarded by
the railroads , while an extension bill was
pushed through the legislature giving
them three years more for their prepara
tions. Two of those three years have
passed , but the day of universal auto
matic couplers and brakes have not yet
arrived.
There Is no good reason why either
congress or the legislature should again
postpone the enforcement of a law ad
mitted by all to be just and necessary ,
but which will probably never be ob
served until the penalties begin to run
and a few convictions are had for Its
violation. If tile railway managers per
sist In unconcern at the continued snciil-
lieu of human life on their roads , they
can be brought to a realization of it
quickest only by making It more expen
sive to let things run on , as at present ,
than to provide thu now equipment on
all of their cars ami engines.
AX VXKXl'KVTKD
The supporters of the Nicaragua canal
project were very naturally dismayed
by the communication of the minister of
the Greater Hepubllc of Central Amer
ica , transmitted to tlie senate foreign re-
hltions committee by Secretary Olney ,
It was not only an unexpected blow , but
one the nature of which may prove dis
astrous to the project and will cer
tainly prevent any action regarding It
by thu present congress. There appeared
to bo favorable promise that the canal
hill would pass thu senate , but after the
presentation of thu objections of the .Cen
tral American minister to the proposed
legislation there is hardly a probability ,
that anything further will bu done in tlu {
senate , while the very small chances
that existed of action by the house have ,
disappcaied.
The objection of the minister simply
Is that the proposed legislation would
work an Injustice to Nicaragua. lie
| ) oints out that It would violate the con
tract between that government and the
L-nnal company and that the effect of
this would bu to deprive Nicaragua of
certain rights and benefits guaranteed
Ity the contract. The statement made by
the minister is plain and straightfor
ward and indicates no purpose on the
imrt of the government of Nicaragua to
rrqnlre anything more than a fair rec
ognition of Its rights and provision that
they shall bo made secure. Of course
Hie assertion of Senator Morgan that the
llritlsh government Inspired tills pio-
needing a quite extraordinary one , by
the way Is manl'e.stiy absurd. That
government lias never shown any con-
i-crn as to whether the Nicaragua canal
ivas built or not and there Is no rcn-
ni to suppose that It feels any now.
I5ut In any event It Is the duty of this
; overnment to deal fairly and Justly with
Nicaragua and him having presented
ler claims to consideration in a regular
ind proper way Is entitled to a respect-
'id hearing. Meanwhile , as Senator VI-
as said , a beathblow has been dealt the
lending canal bill.
COXVRKTIOX DP MAKUF.lCTUHEItS.
Thu second annual convention of the
National Association of Manufacturers
will bu held In Philadelphia this week
and thu gathering Is justly regarded as
of great , importance to thu vast Interests
that will be represented. The associa
tion Is national In Its character , thu dele
gates to the convention wlll represent
all thu leading inumifucturiiu ; Interests
of the country , and the subjects to bu
considered are of national concarii' . Wo
shall learn from the dcllhointlons what
the practical men who manage the great
Industrial enterprises of the country
think of the outlook and what they re
gard as the right policy to bo pursued In
order to icstore general prosperity.
A leading purpose of this association
Is to promote foreign trade and It has
done valuable work In this direction dur
ing the past year. Agents of the associa
tion have IIPMI at work In Kurope , South
Africa , Japan , Mexico , Houth Amer
ica and other foreign couutriej ,
and their Investigations have al-
ivatly had Important results. The ex
tension of foreign' trade Is a matter of
vital concern to our manufacturing Inter
ests and this Is fully teallu d by th ?
National Association of Manufacturers.
The enormous productive capacity of our
Industries , largely exceeding thu de
mands of our own pnoplu under thu most
favorable conditions , requires other mar
kets in order that tlu'j' shall bu kept in
constant operation , hestrlcted to the
wants of Un > home market , with the In-
evltablu foreign competition , there' nuuit
ctime periodical curtailment of produc
tion , to the detriment both of ( ho capital
Invested and the labor employed In thrae
ImluKtiles. Two or three y u of
full production will bo followed
by a moru or less extended
period of reduced activity. This
has been the uniform experience ami at
last American manufacturers have come
to realize the necessity of reaching out
and securing a larger share In the
world's inarKpfji than they now have.
There has brrpfFsomo progress made In
the last ycatvw two , but whether or
not It has bruit | > rofltable Is a question.
Undoubtedly a part of the Increase In
the exports toe manufactured products
has not more than repaid the cost of
production , but still there may bo com
pensatory benefit In having acquired a
foothold where our goods were before
little known or not known at all.
The best markets for our manufac
tured products "will be found , of course ,
in South Amel'ica nnd It Is to these
that the association of manufacturers
is giving the greatest attention. A com
mission representing the association
visited several of the South American
countries last year , Investigating the
conditions there and the peculiar wants
of those markets. They were well re
ceived and obtained-the Impression that
South American merchants desire to do
business with the manufacturers of the
United States If they can got as favor
able terms as are given them by
Kuropean manufacturers. In one respect
we are at a great disadvantage. We
are compelled to transport our goods In
forelpi ships and under foreign Hags.
Were we possessed of a merchant ma
rine our trade with South America
would be very much larger than It Is
and Its extension In that quarter will
be retarded so long as we are dependent
upon foreign ships for transportation.
The manufacturers of Kurope are con
stantly reaching out for foreign trade
and in doing this they have the help
and encouragement of their govern
ments , Germany has made notable
progress In the last few years In this
respect and the commercial zeal of her
people Is unabated. There Is no good
reason why the manufacturers of the
United States should not emulate the
energy and enterprise of Europeans nnd
make themselves known In every mart
of commerce. It Is the aim of the
National Association of Manufacturers
to do tills and it is an aim that should
receive the greatest possible encourage
ment , since whatever success attends It
will be for the general good.
Latest reliable reports from the India
famine district are to the effect that the
distress and suffeilng among the In
habitants have been greatly exaggerated
In the accounts sent to European and
American nqwspaitors and that the situa
tion Is far from alarming. It Is certainly
sincerely to , bu hoped that this Is true ,
nnd It Is easy to believe Unit the trouble
lias boon magnified. Every one lemum-
bers how efforts to secure assistance for
Nebraska drouth sufferers were made
through gross misrepresentations and
piteous pictures of Imaginary cases of
starvation. , The0tendency everywhere ,
when making a plpa for help , is to put It
In the strongest possible light , and for
that reason > tha" public Is generally
tempted to discount it.
Upon thu fle.xt 'congress will devolve
the duty of nulkimr the necessary prep
arations for'lflui federal census of 'l\'ii \ > b' .
And this duty wllf A'ccui ; as often as the
census year until something is done to-
wiutl the establishment of-a permanent
census bureau. The United * States
spends more money on Its censuses and
gets less satisfactory results out of them
than any other great nation on earth.
A systematically arranged bureau , that
would undertake the work In a business
like manner would pay for Itself out of
the appropriation of a Dingle census.
Strange how in the eyes of the railway
managers all legislative measures in
tended to limit the road's liability for
damages to trespassers and to protect
them from tramps and thieves arc good
bills that ought to become law , while all
measures designed to force common car
riers to give the public adequate service
at reasonable rates are bad in them
selves and if enacted would mean ruin
and confiscation for the roads. It makcis
n heap of difference which end of the
glass Is to the eye.
The latest statistics indicate a churchgoing -
going population for the United Status
of 'J.-s-IlM , : ! : ! : ! , or more than n third of all
thu men , women and children in the
country. Of course this does not signify
regular attendants , but people who main
tain a more or less close connection with
some church. The figures for 189(5 ( are
greater by T-IXIUi : ' . than corresponding
figures for ISO , " . This Is certainly not a
discouraging showing for the United
States.
Some of the newspapers of the coun
try are philosophizing over the medio
crity of politics and deploring the fact
that so few men who have held high
positions left behind them namcis hi-
dellbly Imprlnted In the nation's history.
Yet this very fact ought to and does
make the prize more precious and more
sought after. Without such an Incentive
public life wouliHmve no attractions for
men of Int ellejJ '
1U1UJ
Uev. T. DeXVlttfiTalmage says that of
the countrlusi'heOhas visited in nil his
travels this is tW'best ' one and the bc.st
days of ihIsDclAintry arc yet to come.
This Is the kpijf yf optimism that spuiv
people on to.jmuwed ; | effort. Mr. Tal-
mage ought tiv < try to communicate It to
Home of our finiwallver friends who ivr-
nst ! In seeliig-tiliAhlng but deep , dark ,
hopeless ruin In front of them and the
whole country.
The constlttfllcjii of Nebraska prohibits
mombum < > f rtit legislature' fiom receiv
ing any pay out of the public treasury
additional to the regular per ilk-m to
which they are'entitled. , There have
been legislative committees , however ,
which drew pay for the tlinu spent on
Inspection tours of thu state Institutions.
The question Is whether thu reform It'gls-
hit mo will also succumb to tills Illegal
practice.
The romtirkablo advance made In the
last few months In KJio nso of kites as
an adjunct to the study of topography
Is such as almost to murk an epoch In
the science of war. They are more
easily managuc' than bulloons , their em
ployment Invo'n | V4 no risk of llfo or
llbsrly and the results obtained by the
aid of photography are quite extraordi
nary.
It is pointed out that only two secre
taries of state in the last forty years
were taken from seats iti congress. But
that does not mean that a seat In con
gress untltfl a man for the principal cabi
net position' . The United Stutes has
never yet gotten so low In good cabinet
material that It had to be selected In
any one place.
Colil AVi-iidicr I'licnoiucun.
Somcrvlllo Journnl.
When a ncar-algbtcil man gels lute n
street car In cold weather , his pyc-slnsaM
are covered Immediately with steam , so that
sometimes , when ho has taken the last sent ,
ho te unable even to ece a lady standing
clinging to a Mrap In front of him ,
n.villllilllllir .SllRllr licet Holt ,
Olobo-Ucmocrat ,
The sugar beet la to bo tested this iteft-
Bon In western Noxv York , nnd experienced
horticulturists say there Is no doubt tbal It
can bo grown there nucccdsfullj- a few
years n sugar beet bolt will probably extend -
tend from one ocean to the other , unit the
vast sum now seat abroad annually for
sugar will eventually bo kept nt home.
It Nt'VOP MlM1t > K.
riillndelphln lleconl.
Mr J. C , Graham , n New York expert ,
says : "It stands to reason that anything
that Is Intended for family consumption
should bo advertised where the family can
always see It. " And the only focal point
on which the family view converges dally ,
with the exception of thu dinner table , Is
the family newspaper. That never misses
being seen.
IlllcIICHN UrCCllN
GhlcnRo Chronicle.
The enforced Idleness of the convict ! } In
Kings county , Now York , penitentiary has
bred mutiny , disorder and discontent. One
prisoner has talcon , his life , nnd there have
been several assaults between convicts and
by convicts upon keepers. There Is nothing
like steady work , not only for convicts , but
free people as well. The commissioners have
made a' grave mistake.
HotliML-lilM'N Plan of Union.
St. Louis nepubllc ,
Uaron ftathan Uothschlld has a magnifi
cent conception of union between the two
great kindred nations. Ho tells Lord Salis
bury that If England will furnish the money
and the United States the resources both will
enter upon a period of highly pro n table indus
try. Ho would withdraw English capital
from the poor business of developing Asia
and Africa. The baron may yet raako the
Uotbschlld name popular on both sides of
the ocean ,
Wnnt > In Amrrlt-nii Cltleit.
St. 1'niil 1'loneer .I'rqss.
It Is a fact so well known to the Intelligent
pottlon of the community as to bo alinwl a
truism that American cities arc most wastefully -
fully nnd Incfflclcntly govoined In compari
son with those of the old world. There la
not a city In England , France or Germany
whoso government docs not command the
services of the ablest , most Intelligent mem-
bora of the community , and whoso adminis
tration la not so far superior to that of any
American city as to malic comparison ap
palling.
CoiiNiiiniitlon Mini Itx Tri'iitniciit.
New York Journnl.
Drs. Prudden and Hlggs , two of the most
eminent bacteriologists In the world , tell
us for the third time In ofllclal reports that
consumption Is a contagious dlseaso , and
that It might be stamped out If the Board
of Health could bo persuaded to proceed
against It with half the Intelligence nnd
vigor that protect us against other con
tagious diseases. Consumption kills In this
city more people every year than cholera ,
yellow fever , smallpox , typhus , diphtheria
or' any other epidemic ever killed In any
year.
: for Ouy Kaivlii-H.
Chicago Chronicle.
Some of the mediaeval ceremonies still In
vogue In England secni resy laughable to all
but Ilrltons. In what country In the world
aside from England or China would wo sec
the highest legislative body'slttlng solemnly
while the yeoman of tbe guard In their an
cient costumes and with short swords and
halberds made search for a gunpowder mine
underneath the council chamber ? This cus
tom , which originated In 1C05 , Is kept up
every year , the "beefeaters" now being ac
companied on their errand by a pollco Inspector
specter , and Parliament doca not begin work
until' It has been otnclally reported that
neither Guy Fawkcs nor any sign of his con
spiracy can be found.
Co.v.-y uml IIlN
New York Sun.
Sjonio malicious persons are amusing them
selves by dwelling with ungodly glee upon
the fact that while 1'rof. Coxoy , the pedes
trian economist of Ma lllon , O. , was busy at
St. Louis founding a new party , writing a
letter to the pcoplo of the United States and
trnnpactlng other Important business , nome
quarryratin who have had the honor of workIng -
Ing for him struck on the Illiberal ground
that for some weeks they had got no pay.
These workmen are entirely unworthy of
being In the service of a friend of humanity.
What do they want of wages when they can
have the Invaluable words of Prof. Coxey ?
Why don't they pay themselves In his non-
Intercst-bearlng bonds ? It Is sad to see a
lofty-domed thinker bothered with trivial
questions.
All 111Vlntir l > iirtvntN.
Kuntiis City Htur.
Remarkably mild weather has prevailed In
nearly all parts of the northern hcmlsnbero
thus far this season , The eastern half of the
United StatM has hud more cold weather
than any other part of the world. In the'
west the average temperature has been very
much above the average of past years , and
all over Europe there lias been a notable ab
sence of sever frost. The foreign trade pa
pers report such mild weather In France ,
Germany , Austria , Russia , the Danublan
countries and England that fall-sown cropi
have been growing more or less through tha
winter months , and this cond.tlon arouses the-
fear that severe temperature may settle
down late In the season when wheat plants
will not be sufficiently hardy to withstand
It. Among foreign authorities on crops con
siderable apprehension prevails on this ac
count.
THU SUUAIl CUOl' .
1'roiluctlon ami CoiiHinuiitlon nt Iloiau
KorrlKii MollioilM.
Ileplylng to a series of questions concern
ing the riugar crop , submitted by the Wash
ington correspondent of the Chicago Record ,
the secretary of agriculture says :
1. The estimated sugar crop of the United
States for the year 1890 Is 315,000 tons of
2,240 pounds each. Of tills amount 40,000
tens U made- from sugar bct'ts , about 12,000
tons from maple , and the rest from migar
cane , The consumption of sugar In the
United States In 1S9C was 1,960,086 tons of
2240 pounds each per capita about slxty-
thrco pound ? .
2. I am unable to give you a definite an
swer to your second qucatloa In regard to
the opinion among congressmen in regard
to the protection and bounty on sugar. My
Impression Is that no bounty will be granted ,
but that the duties on Imported sugar , ) will
bo allghtly raised over the present law.
3. The greatest quantity of sugar manu
factured hi Kuropo Is In Germany , and the
center of the German ugar Industry Is
Magdeburg. The processes' employed In
Kurope are essentially the name as those
employed In the beet augar factories of tliLi
( UDtry.
4. I am unable to glvo the prices paid to
farmers for beets lu Germany nnd other
parts of Europe. In very many localities
the farmers are stockholders In the com-
panlf.i , and the prices paid for beets In micli
ctscd arc probably lower than their real
value , the farmers preferring to get tholr
money In dividend ! on thu stock. The nvcr-
ago prlco paid for beuta In tlilw country ll
nrobably about J < a ton , or a little more.
The prices of beets vary , of courtio , with
their richness to augar.
C. The term "raw sugar" Includes the
product at It comes from the factories ,
without any process of refining. An aver-
aga raw augur la about 95 per cent-pure ,
and In the trudo In ttiUi country In called
"fair rc-reflutuE. "
TII.ASTS FllOM HAM'S HOIIN.
U la hard to mnlto n cold prayer In A warm
prayer meeting.
The morcle * of Otxl , Ilko WApcs , ore at-
wnjs found In clusters ,
The man who keeps n bulldog should not
talk very much In church.
The great man of today shows us what
nil men may bo by nud by.
No man Is strong whoso character has not
stood the trst of many trials ,
The ffuillflnilt-r would growl about the
weather It It were raining money.
The world Is full of blind Samootis , who
eppnd tholr lives grinding In n mill.
There Is nothing Ilko telling good nowa
for Impai ting a pleasant tone to the voice.
TliU world la a kindergarten lu which Qod'
llttlo onus learn to spell out the incanlnr of
life.
life.Thoro
There are people tn every church who
ctop boltovlng the bible whenever a collection
in takuii.
The devil Is never iinxlous about the mart
whoso hope of heaven In bis wife's church
mombeivhlp.
When a man's wlfo believes In his re
ligion It Is pretty good evidence that Ue has
Uio right kind.
SiCllAH ) SHOTS AT THU VUM'IT.
Chicago Tribune : Rev. Myron Heed , who
has bcvu chosen chaplain of the Colorado
legislature , may bo depended upon to deliver
some of the most blistering Invocations ever
offered lu that body.
Chlcngp Times-Herald : A Massachusetts
minister has declined to receive $1,000" In
crease In his salary nnd the congregation Is
about evenly divided as to whether this In
dicated remorse of eonswlcnco or lunacy.
Boston Globe : Evangelist Moody will bo
CO years old on February 5. If his friends
succeed In what they arc undertaking ho will
be presented -with a ? 25,000 gift on that date ,
wherewith to complete his Northfleld build
ings. Brother Moody Is all the while n
hustler.
Pioneer Press : An Aspen , Colo. , minister
thrashed n footpad recently. H will now be
In order for some church synoj , council , as
sembly or other sanhedrim to try him for
heresy.He failed to turn his other check
to the smitten , and when the robber de
manded bis coat he didn't present him with
bis vest also , but with a pair of fine , large ,
handy fists Instead.
Chicago Cluonlclo : The good church
people of Boston cannot agree as to the
value of the work being done among them
by Evangelists Moody and Jones. Strangely
enough.ZIon's Herald , a Methodist publica
tion , believes they are 'doing "general "and "
permanent harm , " while Ulshop Lawrence of
the Episcopal church , which docs not usually
regard evangelical work with favor , thlnka
they accomplish much good.
Kaunas city Star : It Is probable that
Americans do not as much as formerly dls-
cues or eulogize their constitution , but that
time-honored charter came In the other day
for a "good notice" from Cardinal Gibbons
nt the Installation of Dr. Conaty as rector
of the Ccthollo University of America. "If
I had , " said Dr. Gibbons , "the privilege of
modifying the constitution of the United
Stated I would not expunge or alter a single
paragraph , a olnglo line or a single word of
that Immortal Instrument. " There spoke a
good American , who knows the constitution
and his country and his countrymen.
Now York Sun : Last week brought dis
appointment to the bearer of a great name ,
Kov. Kphralm Mowraaw , who was nn un
successful candidate for sergeant-at-arms of
the Oklahoma legislature. The only con
ceivable Justification for this conduct or
want of conduct of that body la that the
mcnibcm feel that , dignified and Important
as the post of scrgeant-at-arms Is and ought
to be , it Is by no means magnificent enough
to bo worthy of a man with the name of
Rev. Ephralm Mowinaw. Besides , the Okla-
liomans are a warlike race , and the Okla
homa legislature Is capable of vehement
battle , in scrgcnnt-nt-arms should be no
man of pcc.co , as Ilev. Ephralm Mcwmaw
presumably is.
PHIISOXAI , AXI ) OTIIHKWISI3.
One of the striking features of the senator-
elect In Kansas Is the absence of whiskers.
The adjutant general of the National
Guard of Indiana bears the appropriate name
of Gore.
The moat aucccssful drive at the trusts
made this year Is credited to a man who
looted a coal ofllco In Chicago.
One of the biographers of Senator Mason
of Illinois says a first class stenographer
was spoiled , when Ullleo took to politics.
One of Speaker Ilccd's capacious suits of
clothes U fluttering on the person of a
tramp barber who broke into need's summer
borne in Maine.
"Tho Tall Oak of White Ulver" flucceedn
"Tho Tall Sycamore of the \Vabasb" In the
United States senate. His other name Is
Charley Fairbanks , and ho halls from In
diana.
An eccentric old man named Illchard
Tlghe , who owned the only private house
left on Union Square In New York City ,
died the other day and his safety deposit
box disclosed stocks and cash aggregating
$1,538,215,18 ,
An international exhibition of gastronomy
and of culinary art Is to take place at
Vienna In 189S In honor of the fiftieth anni
versary of the reign of the emperor of Aus
tria-Hungary , who , as Is well known , Is the
most abstemious monarch In Christendom in
all matters relating to food and drink.
The state of Jim Jones , the prophet of
popocracy , sometimes called Arkansaw , con
tinues loyal to Jeff Davis. By an emphatic
majority the state legislature refused to glvo
the picture of George Washington the place
of honor lit the state capital now occupied
by n portrait of the confederate president.
John D. Rockefeller , promoter of Standard
Oil , education and religion , Is a rotund
philanthropist , yet ho Is not above dodging
the tax collector. Whllo testifying In n
Now York court recently ho admitted thai
ho allowed certain property of his to stand
In the name of a church to escape taxa
tion.
Governor Plngreo of Michigan and Mayor
Plngrco of Detroit thlnka himself -bigger
man than Uncle Sam. Ho Insists on signIng -
Ing his name "H. S. Plngreo" on postal
order receipts , while a scrupulous local
postmaster holds that the governor-mayor
must sign his namn In the form In which
it Is written lu the order. The postmaster
appears to have the best of It , Inasmuch
as ho holds the money.
In parsing upon a motion for the appoint
ment of a receiver for the Harrison Tele-
phuno company , Judge Grocscup of the fed
eral court for Chicago remarked that the
capital of the concern was wind. Thrco
years ago the , corporation was launched
with braes band accompaniment and $8,000-
000 on piper. The managers promised to
grab the Boll monopoly by the neck and
shake its llfo out as a terrier would a
rodent , Dut It didn't shako worth a cent.
The Harrison company had a directory of
notable politicians , including ex-Secretary
Fester of Ohio. Hon. Patrick Egan of Ne
braska and Chill , Richard C , Kerens of
Mlbsourl and J. S , Clarkson of Iowa.
.1111,1IO.VM IIT. .
Till * I'ot of Money Hi'iilii'il | In 1) > - l < "li-o
I n H urn ! ! < < Com minion ,
Jlllwnukee Kvtnlnif Vi'Ucunnln.
The New York Evening Pout has been In
terviewing the heads of eastern Insurance
companies with the object of discovering
the character of last year's business , In
view of the remarkable diminution In the
fire loco during the year. Hero U an Intcr-
eutlng passage from Its report :
"One president who hud received au
thentic Information regarding tlio business
dona by six companies during last year told
of ono concern which had inailo a clear
prullt of SG pur cent on a capital of $300,000.
Another with a capital of $250,000 made Gl
per cent. Ono of the Hartford companies ,
organized eighty-seven years ago , and hav
ing a capital of Jl.-'CO.tiOO , did last year's
bUBlnoes at a profit of 05 per cwit. An
other Connecticut conct-rn , capitalized at
$1,000,000 , cleared < 8 per cent. Ono of the
best known Now England companies reports
a profit of 29 per cent on thu enormous capi
tal of $4.000,000. The last company quoted
netted 2G per cent on $1,000,000 capital.
Other reportu cjulta as otartllng are looked
for. "
illwaukco la ono of the cltlci wlilch con
spicuously assisted the Inauranco companies
In doing a profitable business during tlio
pant 'year. She malntitltw an admirably
well equipped and well managed fire depart
ment , and tier pcoplo , taught by experience
In Iho not dlnlnnt pnst , are taking precau
tions ngnlnsl "burning up. " Tlio fire loss
In Milwaukee during tbe whole year 189(5 (
amounted to nbout $250.000 not ns much
as Iho value sometimes wiped out of oxljt-
cnco by the burnlnR of a gliiRlo store.
Kor a IOSIR s > rleM of years Milwaukee wn
n prontnblo field for the InsurAiicd buMneas.
Then en mo n abort period of disaster , fol
lowed with pel-feet Justice by thu scrowlni !
up of rules. Now Hint the Ions htu gonei
down , however , tlio rntts should RO down ,
too. The Insurance companies cnm welt nf-
ford It.
nOMKMTlCJ 11) V 1,8.
Llfo : Cnrrlo-JnrU thinks I'm fickle.
Lena That's probably the reason he >
doesn't propose ) n Kccoml time.
Detroit Preo Press : "Why do you Insist
upon belnrc marilod on KildayVhlrIy ? "
"So tbat bcr folks will charge all our
bad luck to Hint faet I mi toad or to me. "
ttlehinoml BlNnati'h : Suitor I called this
evening , Miss Sbock , to ask you to bo my
wife.
Miss Sbock I am Berry to say. my friend ,
tbat you Imvo made a mlstako In your
c.illlny- .
Cincinnati Tribune : "Your sister kept mo t
wattlnir a lonp time \Vllllo7"
Willie Yes. lr. Slio xnya sbo doesn't 1
kr.tnv your rlns yet.
Somervlllo Journal : Frctinontly when a
woman gclti 11 dream of a bonnet , her hu -
lir.ml Is tormented with a nlgbtmaru of a
bill.
Yonkcrs Statesman : Mrs , Crlmsnnbcak
( ns her husband romcs In late at night )
What elocs the clock say , Johir ?
. Mr. CrlniHonbeak ( with dllllculty ) No'h-
\\\K. \ \ \ madam , nollilng. It's Kot aunse eiiotiKh
to day notlmiir.
Chlcaeo nocord : "What Is the ngo of
chivalry , Aunt rcnoloprV"
"Those peed old time's when men fell In
love with women over -10. "
Cincinnati Knqulrcr : GoorRO I juit saw
you coming from tbe conservatory with MIsH
Ooldlc. Itather haiul ome Rlrl , but too re
served , for me .
Thomas Yes. I Just reserved her for
life.
A COM ) UECHt'TION.
InillnnniollH | Journal.
My doubts I will no longer bcnr ;
Ho cannot win who docs not elare.
To find If she my lot will share
I'll ask hurl
I summoned nil my nerve and pluck ;
I called on her and trlod my luck ,
1 really felt us If I'd struck
Alaska 1
i !
O , WHAT CAHK I.
Written for The Sumlny nee ,
O , what care I for lordly Mtatol
Qlvo mo one little , trc-H'scd cot , .
Where lovu and. I may humbly wait ,
In calm content , the final lot.
Can earth's parterres of luxury nplll
A sweeter perfume on the nlr.
Than tlmt the wild rose by tlio rill
Ilrt-atliea to Its own reflection there ?
Where Phyllis weaves the clothes she
wears
'TIs virtue makes the sbuttlo fly.
Love spins Its wub with hnuxchold cares - * M
To tlo the ends ot destiny.
And Corydon , though worn thy bands ,
There's truth nnd Jimtlcn where tlinu nrt.
A careful want welds stronger bands
Than careless plenty round the heart.
Yes , Ignorance Is theirs , as well ,
Of most Unit cultured wisdom owns.
The thoughts they feul they cannot tell
With education's metric tones ;
But yet their birds Hlng sweeter layg
Than N'cllon , Pattl. ever sang ;
Their sunsets cro\\n far nobler days
Than glory's vespers ever rang.
And what Is culture ? Reasons stand
Agape before the great unknown. .
With crowds of fools , on either hand
Striving to Klcan what none bath sown.
Culture.- morbidly Inclined
To buy with no Intent to pay
Refinement , which Is HO rcllned
That honesty Is purged away.
Well , let It pass. Aye , wealth la good !
Hut does It maku a man more Imivo ,
Or gain the soul one crumb of food.
Or save him from tbo loathsome grave ?
Millions are thine : Aft satisfied ?
Thou ciyest "more , " with en-cry breath.
Hark ! something- whispers by tby Ride
What for ? What for ? And lo , 'tis death.
Enough to cat , a place to sleep , >
With mutual trust to guard thy door ,
Where stainless , tender bands shall keep
Thy llfo from sin ! Ask nothing moru !
Then plvo mo not to alt nbovo
The nail , but. Just an humble lot |
Where llfo and 1 may be of love
And God icmoinberod , man forgot.
CHARLES GOULD BEED&
DCS Mollies , la. , January , 1837.
No suit is complete with
out an extra pair of trousers ,
if it is to be worn day in and
day out , for no one has found
yet a way to keep trousers
from bagging and wrinkling
when in constant use.
We have a great variety
of extra trousers in fancy pat
terns , stripes and checks.
That will go farther than any
thing else toward keeping
your suit spick and span the
balance of the winter and the
cost is not much. A pair of
our $2.00 trousers would tone |
up an old coat wonderfully
and our $2.50 , $3 , $3.75 , $5 , $6
and $7 trousers would add
that much difference in the
appearance of any suit you
might have.
These are all extra prices
for extra trousers.
N. B. Any alterations that \
arc necessary will be mad <
free of charge.
t
BROWNING ,
KING & GO.
8. W. Cor. ,
tSthuml A , /A
Douglas 6t
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