THE OMAHA DAILY JU3E : HATfllDAY , FEIVKTTAHV 27 , 18D7.
Mr. OTlllW t\\D J TlUX Ot-ns. B0od thcr want , and tholM.erdfl , flocks an < J
prwldcnt after ( tin * > wit
THE OMAHA Puiiv I HtJP IJIMV
E. IIC > SE\VATBR , IMIlor.
I'UJlLISItKD UVBIIV MOUSING.
TRIlMH Of SUltSClltlTION.
Pally ! ! ( VMtliout Sunday ) , Cno Yenr. . .
Dully lite sn.l Humlny , one Y r .
Blx Months .
lluee Months . . . , .
Rundny lite , One Ytnr .
\ViMy Rolunlay Het Iico , , One One Year Arnr . . . . . . . . . . . .
OrriCES !
Omaha ! Tha n < > lliillillng. . . , .
K'uth Omnliu. SlriKir Hlk , Cor. N nnil "
Count II llluttfti 10 1'earl street.
rhl.i . Oilier. JI7 rhumbof Cnmwer -
New York : Itoomi 11 , H nnJ 15 , TrUiun-
Wnthlngtoni WI Hth Mitel.
roitiu : . rorii > fi.scn.
All cemmunlcfillons rclnim * to news m
torlnl trmller should be ml < ] reM * < 5i To Iho
nusiNiss i.irnr.Hs.
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All bilMnrM letters unit tinHlMie
UilreiMotl to Tlia Hen PutllshltiS01
Oinnlm lnnft * . clucltc , * tire s ni l VV
the
money enl r lo bo mnJe pa > nblo to
t > l the coiniihny _ . „
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IWilia company I Miii ; duly * viwn.
copies i
nctiml number of full ntwl complMo
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ntvl FU i crllicil I
before me
Hnern lo
pri-Btnrc ! Ililn S.1 tins of robrunry l'JJ
Notnry I'll
Onod for the Nnrlhwrslpvn ! Xc\l
fov the exposition slock !
railway rrcolvor hl
In
Tin * Intt-st
the Inx-UIiif , ' of llii HocUiiiK ValU-.v
1C Consul Ccnpinl receive-
pass 'it" ' ' wi Uuow
to ilo with them- lint
Who hna the blcsiest pull will
state ipimto ? The railroads 01
iniseellaneons eoi poiatlous ?
's two KiMintoiN HKICO ll
thins ; both want to sec the ting * o (
imehalueil on the slljilite t. piovoc ;
With a PprltiK city election In
Runuuer Omaha will have anothe
elusive novelty hi municipal 550
ment.
If the defaulting Sioux City
cashier N In Omaha , and N wa
"someone had better be scut fioni
to llnd him.
Mail ; Ilnnnn's prospeeltvo elev
to the senate \\t\i \ not < le < > IsniMl to p
his political opponents , and It seei
have well accomplished Its put-post
A foreit reserve may be the p :
thins , ' , hut If It Is calculated to n
the settlement of the western stat
may carry more harm than good lu
The pleasure , trip of two war shl
Key West will afford the bloodtl
fakirs who aie swarming on the 1-1
coast with mote matetlal for seusat
Cuban war news.
With the r.mlliiKton nest OCR of
000 matched by the Xorthwestetn's
( X)0 ) exposition subscription , the $1
000 mark onj-ht to he leached h
many more \\eeks hhall have passe
Ih'ery legislative member who ae
the Invitation to participate In tin
.Sar-ltcn initiation may rest assured
warm welcome , no matter whetlu
voted for or against the exposition
A police board that can Inveigle
the mlnlstets and the open-Sunda ;
locates into eudotsini ; It at one
the same time must lie classed ai
the most skllllul "leformers" o
And now it Is snid th.it Itiynn wi
tend McKlnley's InatiKUiatlon i
private cltl/.en. It would he intere
to know why he should not be tin
ho wants to and In what other cap
ho could piesent himself.
Sir Joseph Potter's expi'ilenco
1 the handle of the lilt , ' front door In
iillolcd by that of home of the fr
trust magnates \\lto am.iss colossi
tunes without the slightest Idea of
the business Is conducted.
It Is < > asy e'nongh to establish a
Male Institution , but It is next t <
.possible to abolish one whose u1
ness has been outlived. If Nebi
maintained ten soldleis' homes ic
Btrances would be Jiint as iiiinii
ngalnst closing any one of them ,
No man can ever prosper by pi
down his nelghboix and no town
nourished on the destitution of
towns. 1'iosperlty Is contagious ,
, pei.son who Imagines ids ilse de |
on othcts falling Is tied to a dead w
, from which lie \\lll never be able l <
himself.
The men hacly of the pioposed
silver republican organisation pit
that this Is a device Intended to
' the way clear for Ibo wllverlles to n
i to the republican parly after the in
question Is settled. This Is a
"wlicinc. to get out of a parly for tin
puipo.se of getting back.
The constitution of Nebraska
prcs.sly pinhlblls the appolntmeii
inemhcis of the legislature to any
created by the hotly lo which the ;
long. It is enthely hitpcrlluons , I
fore , lo alt.ich a clause lo any bill
Ing members of the legislature Inell
to olllco finder ll provisions.
Congress Is again In a very
mood and insists on keeping the va
executive departmeiit.s busy prep ;
aiifnu'iH to Us mimetous inct.tlnns. )
stieak of congressional Inquisitive
however , can last only a few
'longer , anil then the department c
vvlll heave u huyu algU of relief. ,
T//K/.VTfiHBST or ironKWOMfiiV.
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Krom the stfliulpolnt tnkpn by
Ingmcn the Insertion of the pro <
In the exposition bill requiring the
to pay not less than $1.00 n < la
unskilled labor employed Hi the
Btructlon of the stnto building Is i
tory for labor. As a matter of fnct
restriction will do more harm Hum
lo Omaha worklngmen. It's Incv
effect will be to overstock the labor
large numbers c
kot by drawing
boicrt , from every place where the
of labor Is lower. Thousands of st
hands employed on the lines of the
toads for $1.25 a day would conic
Omaha to compete for this work. <
thousands who are Idle now or
occasionally for ? 1 a day would
make their way to Gtunlm In exi
lion of earning higher wages thai
paid elsewhere. As the state at
would employ only a few hundrei
skilled woikmen , those who fall t
on the state pay roll would elite ;
with Omaha i
lists lu competition
Ingmon for pilvnte employment ,
crowding out deserving men who
their homes here.
12von If the same. Rl.RO clatiso we
be inserted lu all contracts for i
sltlon buildings , tltp effect would b
same or worse. The gteatcr pa
the woik to bo done In Omaha w
the. nc.xt two years will be on bulh
elected or reconstructed by pi
parties and Improvements mail
citizens Individually and collective ! ]
the present ovei crowded condlMo
the labor maiket It would be fol
expect that the laws of supply an
mand , which govern the price of
as they do the prices of commoi
the laborer buys , can be stmpende
legislative act or by comblnatlo
labor. Such combinations lire sue
ful only when the demand for labo
ceeds the supply.
What the nverngp Omaha wor
man \\ants Is employment , not foi
days a week at high wages , but fo
days a week at fair wages. lie
not w.iut a feast one week and a fa
lite next week. Woiklngmen imibt
In mind that the amount of mone ;
exposition purposes will be liniltei
Is In'their inteiesl that the largest
lier of men be employed for the lei
possible time. If. by artlllclal n
the cost of labor is materially r
the extent of exposition buildings
Improvements will have to be c
spondlngly curtailed. In other w
1C the cost of construction work Is r
the hi/.e of. buildings and number of
employed must be reduced. It res
Into a question which Is best foi
mass of laboring men , lo have
men earn $1,300 a day or to have
earn $1,500 a day. Is it more
\-antageous to labor to keep idle a
portion of their force who need
liloyment simply in order that the o
may get more than the average m :
\\ages ?
Another question that piesents
is the effect of an abnotmal ad\
uf common wages , If that weie ]
ble , upon Investors -\vlio might be
posed to put their money Into Oi
store buildings , mills or factories
year or next year. Would these
venture upon building ptojectb \
by postponing them for two years ,
know they will bavo fioui 10 to 'j ;
uent on their co.st ?
These .suggestions are prebcntci
The Bee not in any antagonism I
gnnlzcd labor or better wages , hi
the interest of Omaha workingmen
have been patiently inuilting tin
portunlty lor work which the expos
is designed to afford.
A r/Jirjsr MKTHOO.
A method adopted by the Sugar
and which was not disclosed by tl
vestlgatlon In New V'oik Is explalni
of IJuffalo whoa
a wholesale grocer
a victim. Ills story is that he had
denied membership In this Whol
llrocers1 association ; that the a.ss
with the t.
lion had an agreement
tiuMJjy which Its mombeis were t
little above the trust
tain a late a
In New York , with a rebate of 1 pel
for 300 band lots. He sought to
sugar from the tiust on the same t
and was refused it because he wa
ii member of the association. l > oul
other wholesale gtocers lu various
at the country have had a slmlla ;
perlenee. Of coutse the tuist wa1
bound to sell sugar to the Huffalo
chant. It it did not deshe his pa
, tge ll had a perfect right to deelli
do business \\Ith him. But it api
that the trust had formed an all !
offensive and defensive , -with the W
sale dioeeis' association which p
ll In a position to control that assoei
in its own interest , regulating the
of sugar as It pleased. It w.ts s
by the president of the association
an auxiliary ol
ll was practically
linst and' doubtless only those wet
milled to It whom the trust otliclal
proved. It thus has under its co
nearly all the wholesale giocers
large part of the country If not
The lofusal of the house of r
sentatlvos to pnnlde for at least
battleship was a concession to tin
mand for economy In public e >
illtuies ( he wisdom of which \\11
illiontloucd. It may fairly be urged
tills saving could have been mad
> ome other dliectlon , without any h
to tile public service. It Is true tliu
tlready have a very creditable navy
It will hardly be claimed ( hat
adequate , and until U Is made so
work of adding to It should not
Everybody at all familiar with the
lect knows that the chief requlrcme
nioro battleships. These are needei
defense. The construction of a hi
ship takes a good deal of time. The
I'nlted States outsli
Din * built in Hie
: t navy yaidas the Indiana am
though three yeais W | > ru allowed fo
mllillng there was a delay of a year
i half before she was in condltloi
iccoptance. It has piactlcTilly t
foiir and a half years also to cons
Ihe Massachusetts ami Oregon ai
low appears that It will take just a
Unit time to get the Iowa ready
service. It will thus b'e seen thai
lulldlng of battleships takes time.
It Is the oplutuu of those whose J
mcnt should \TclKhttIintUiprnItcil
_ . . . . . . . . .
States ought to have at least a do ;
these great war ships and some
authorities have urged that the in
should bo not less than twenty ,
vision has been made for eight r
must be clear to anybody that this
her could not properly s nnl oui
ports ngalnst n formidable naval
that might he sent against them
thesi
course we me now fortifying
ports and It Is expected that \ \ \ (
few years they will be In good deft
condition , but this will not allow
dispense with battleships. Kng
coasts are well defended , yet she
not rely wholly upon this , but ket
hand an ample naval force foi
emergency ,
Tula country Is not necessarily
governed In tills matter by what
nations arc doing , but It would
grave mistake to refuse to give an ;
slderallon to the fact that the other
powers of the world arc steadily lin
Ing their navies. Great Britain's
estimates for 1890-07 amount to a
of $100,000.000 and her slilpbu
program piovldes for the construct !
live battleships , while her annoi
policy Is lo hurry all work to eiuly
pletlou. Franco Is carrying out a
gram adopted six yeius ago , >
provides for the construction of el
one vessels of various types , hive
nn expenditure- $170,000,000.
many Is adding to her navy , as Is
Ilussla has a shipbuilding prograi
cover a period of seven years , will
carried out will cost over ? : ,00,00
Japan has a scheme of vast propoi
for Increasing her navy. So It Is
nil the maritime nations. They
steadily and as rapidly as possibl
creasing their naval power.
Our needs for a navy are no
than what Is necessary for a propi
fcnso of our tenitory and the i
lenance of our national dignity an
spcct. We do not seek to Inspire ft
others , but simply to put ourselves
condition to command respect ,
money that has been spent In bill
up a navy there are few will
: ion has been well spent , but we ha\
yet accomplished all that Is desli
The nation can still afford a few
lions annually for increasing the
It Is very likely the senate will tak <
view of the matter.
WASTED
While seualortl wcio on Tlnusda
Ing the chamber of the United
senate with fervid pleas for Julio
guilty aud passionately denou
Spain for the cruelty with which hi
been treated , the Spanish govern
was performing the last act nece
lo his release from prison the sij
af a pardon by the queen regent. " \ \
the same time the American consul
eral at Havana made a statement t
correspondent of the Associated
that neither our Hag nor young A
jan women had evr been Insulted i
the Spanish being , on the contiary
formly courteous and polite t <
Americans. i
In the light of these facts it inn1
cur to everybody that there was a
waste of words and al o of val
time in the senate , but there wl
some compensation if senators
learn from It not to give way so <
to their emotions aud not to give
ready credence to the reports of s
tlonal newspapers. The sight of
liberative body like the United S
senate In a tumult of passion is i
idlfylng , because the people expe
( hid theie calm wisdom anil caret u
servatlsin ; but when there Is no
slantlal foundation for the dlsph
passion , when those who exhibit i
either without Information or r
formed , the exhibition becomes
p roach to congress and to the con
When senators thus unbridle their
slims without' really knowing w
fore , -what must bo thought or exp
of average citizens ?
Unquestionably General Saiigulll ;
suffered III ttoatment at the ham
the Spanish authoiltles in Cuba , 1
seems it will have to be admitted
our government h.is done its duty i
case. lie will go free without prej
to his claim for indemnity and mid
edly he will lind the United Slates
eminent icady to support and earn
press that claim. There aie
American citizens in Cuban ptisons
probably .are not well treated , but
tppcars no reason to doubt Unit the
innnipiit Is also doing its duty In
cases. It Is a delicate situation ail' '
tendency of such outbursts- th
Ihe senate on Thursday Is to rent
more .so. Tltete should be more
lldence In the Integiily of inn pose o
executive authorities.
An Iowa paper warns the pcop
N'ebiaska that If the experience of
Is a pioper criterion the pioposed
lion of the olllee of slate printer in
( tale Is only the entering wetU
wholesale jobbery and annual en !
it'enl.s of Ihe expense of state pill
In Iowa the state prlntershlp is
liosi'd lo he one of the most lucr
< > laces in the gift of the dominant i
ind It Is made a source of cam ]
icvcnue of no small dimensions ,
iraska certainly does not want
tepetltlon of Iowa's state prlnte
.cand.ils.
One of the populist opponents 01
'xposltloti hill In the house aetuall.v
lie audacity to state as one reasoi
ils attitude that the railroads
igalnst the exposition for fear It
cad to lower passenger lates. If
ivero so every populist In. the
.liotild he enthusiastic for the ex
; ion , because the populists have nl' '
teen demanding reduced railway i
; ) f courxo It Is not true , but It ser\
how to what inconsistencies some
do may be led by llielr groun
irejndlce against Omaha.
Kvury legislature from time
nemorlal has been toin up by bll
> rotcct the public from quacks ,
lectors from compctitoru. But all
nws on Hie statute books me Inopei ;
inless they aie enforceable. We air
itivt ) laws against quackery and
> raeilco , which can bo made etfe
> nly by public sentiment and the
luttfujinhsenco Of one or the
officers
iabsence
itj .
. . . . AIM' . , . . _
failure of tne other , anti-quack
will remain dead loiters.
Chief of lvHlk % Klgwnrt has IK
responded t < 5"\Ho request of ( In
comptroller foe an Itemized aceoi
Of the money , he drew out of th
treasury for special detective si
Ls It possible tlfat a "reform" eh
police cannot' detect the servlc
which this nMMey Was expended
would the inherent ite'ms look too
In a public document ?
The National iSouiul Money I
starts out under favorable auspice
may be expected to do some off
work In counteracting the pol
virus spread broadcast by never-ci
free coinage agitators In the onin !
the silver bulllonalros.
The sickening silence which cir
the mystery of the movements of C
and Flts'slmmons Is momentarily h
by a moving description of the aci
which befell ihe latter In his r
Ihrough a window to escape the w
tlendii.
The Point of tln
1'hlliulelphla L
It may do no harm lo rcmcmbci
arbitration Is moro HUcly to bo suet
It Via hav3 th1) means to enforce It.
lo Hi '
Itcpubllenn ,
Could nnjthlnR bo moro ilcfercntln !
Mr. Clo\cl.imVs remark lit his \oto m
of Monday "I hope I may bo permit
call tbo attention of the senate,1' etc.
urally , tlio president tlocs not. venti
more tbau hope that the senate will
to him. _ _
Oliciilnir Ut the MtllN.
Now York Mull nnJ Express.
Nearly all the great steel mills 1
country have enough orders on hand i
slulit to keep them at work for a
This means steady employment for i
amount of labor and widespread 1m
ment In business conditions. With a
constructed tariff bill the upward
mcnt In prosperity will speedily devoid
a genuine boom.
True for Von. Colonel Dnni
New York Sun.
The heart } applause- with which ever
thacnt expressive of passionate patriot !
the speeches on Washington's day w ;
plaudcd indicates that tlio people ha'
come heartily tiled of the defamatl
everything American which has been
on hero for thh teen years past. It Is e
that the people thuik this Is aery
country to live In. and even "a little
than other cotintiles. "
l'nili < ' 77l < TN do Kn-c
Id ( Muss ) Republican
Whether the state Is to let cmbezzl
scot frco who ha\o friends able and ito
to make good their defalcations Is , we
repeat , a most serious question. Negl
prosecute In two recent cases of this k
the eastern part of the state will bo
by all persons occupying positions of
' and must of i
of
.n the handling money
lend a givater easiness to continued sp
tlon with the .funds of other people.
risks of proper punishment in case of I
have been reduced , and that , too , und
authority of tuo stae.
Our Ilepros nUitH OH Alironi
Chlcapjo Chronicle
Secretary Olney' suggestion that tin
eminent spend $2,500,000 In building
able houscH for our diplomats and c
abroad will doubtless be received with
of derision on thei part of the new !
press of the country , but there is good i
why It should be favorably consldera
present our representatives abroad res
second or third rate houses , some of
situated In the shabbiest quarters c
city. It is a fact that ambassadors ,
isters and consuls are paid miserable
for the work they do and the Ulgnltj
are presumed to Keep up.
Tim xioiu : OKrun Avm.r.i
Philadelphia Times Barbed wlro Is
plentifully In that Cuban trocha.
telegraph wlro been chosen it might
looked personal to Woyler.
Minneapolis Tribune : The Spanls
thoritles in Cuba got hold of a Fienc
by mistake , but they dropped him like
'
coal after a little hint fiom the !
consul. Then to get even they ar
a lot more Americans and throw then
jail.
Kansas City Star : With the rising
of war e\oKcd by the reported mun :
Dr. Hulz by the Spaniards In Cuba
the volco of Spain protesting that tl
ciilent shall bo hncstlgated and the
parties punished. Whooter desires w
is plain that Spain docs not.
Springfield Republican- Whatever tl
tails surrounding his death , and win
the facts us to his American cltlirensl
Is certain that Dr. KuU died in a i
pileon as the result of Inhuman tteal
Wo cannot escape the inference that p
ore in Spanish jalto on the Island are tl
In a barbarous manner. When will It c
Now York Sun : It would be to the 1
the country if General Lee were to thn
the ol'lco of consul general at Havana ,
know the trials he has undergone i
peiformanco of his olllcial duties , bt
know , also , that in a v.cck from tMs
thC'io will b2 a change of admlnlstratl
Washington , and that thereafter he wl
celve his Instructions from a president
( It ted than Cle\ eland to glvo them. If
does not play the part of a. fool withl
next few dayu , It Is possible that Gi
Leo may be honored with a request to
his office for some time after the 4
March He luus fllksl U well. I 3 lu
lulled a good deal of valuable knov
jnd experience during the period of hii
In Cuba.
I'OMTICAI. Dill FT.
candidates fo
There are twenty-two
republican ncmlnatlon for governor of
> ylvanla. Election day Is eight month *
Major McKlnley's prlvato secretary i
in the authority of the mother of the
lont-clcct that McKlnley was born at
I'rumlmll county , O , January 29 , 1S43 ,
controversy should now close.
The supreme court of Missouri has dc
1ml women are eligible to hold any eli
Jlllco In that state from which the ;
tot specifically debarred by statute
Ight to hold o III co not being dependent
the light to vote , the women of Mis
nay got the plums without being a
.rouble to shake ( lie- tree ,
In two states pf the country , and Ii
inly California and Kentucky , the olc
, 'oto was dlvlilwl between the two <
lites. Mr McKlnley receUed eight c
, otes of California and Mr Ilrynu one
Ur. McKlnley received twelve of the
) f Kentucky aii/J / , Mr Uiyan one
.vcro also the two states , and the only
u which the \ uta { or Palmer and Hit
vas large enough to exceed the McH
) liirality. In Calif uinla McKlnluy's p
ty was 1,822 ; Palmer's \ote was 2,001
Kentucky the MrlClnley plurality was
: ho Palmer \otir was 5,114.
Duilng the rifti'hioon of March 4
Cleveland will ( taKe the train direci
Mnceton. The retiring president will
it the sumo tlriio for an extended hu
rip In the south , making use of tlio
Dnelda , belonging to his friend , Mr illei
it New Yorlt. and stopping at I'rlnccti
it all , only for a brief period of prepar
Ilthcrto the retiring president has beet
nlttcd to sneak out of to. MI In a decl
mostentatlous manner , but It U undei
hat Major McKlnley desires to changi
tad Intends to provide an escort of r
: avalry to see Mr. Cleveland to the tra
i final act of official courtesy from tt
Doming to the outgoing president
All but oiio of the presidents Inaugu
ilncu the election of Abraham Lincoln 1
- ear 1SCO had experience In war before
Section. Mr. Lincoln was captain of a
mny raised for the 'DlacH Hawk war ,
Jrant. Ctarflcld , Harrison and McKlnloy
ipgagud tn the war for the union I
tad servo-J In tbo army. The
nan Inaugurated since the r
ipokrn of who never carried a gun Ii
puntry's -"nice Is Mr. Cleveland. Au
Johnaon , who uccamo
Lincoln win Main , hful / previously bcci mill *
tnry R0\ornir of Tem1o eo , and Mr. /
* ho beccmo president nfter Clcnera
field WHS slain , Imd honorably nrrv
ntftto during the war ns a qtinrtcr
general and Inspector general with th
of brigadier
Including the AdmlntMtntlrm of I'n
Cleveland , the individual Jtntcn havi
represented In the rablnets the fol
number of times- Massachusetts , 2 ! )
York , 28 ; 1'cnnsjlvanla. 27 ; Vlrglnl
Ohio , 19 ; Kentucky , IK ; Maryland , lli
nectlcut , 9 ; Iiull.itia , 0 ; Georgia , S , Ton
S , IlllnoK 0 ; Maine , C ; South Carol
Mlreourl , 6 , Delaware , Bj Wlioonslti , G
4 ; MIchUAn , I ; Mississippi 4 ; New
\ ; North Carolina , t ; Louisiana , .t ;
sola. 3 ; New Hampshire , 3 ; West Vlrgl
Vermont , 2 ; Alabama , 1 ; Arkansas , 1
orado , 1 ; Nebraska , 1 ; Oregon , 1. T
lowing states have been without repr
lion In the cabinet : California , l >
Idaho , KniiPfis , Montana , Nevada ,
Dakota. Hhoilo Island , South Dakota ,
Utah , Washington and Wyoming.
McKcnna's appointment will brea
record , so far as California Is conce
it ! \V A PIIIJSS COMMU.NT.
Slotli ? City Times : If the Iowa IR | .
wants to Investigate the frco pass qt
It might turn Its own pocket ? Insldo o
Davenport Republican- Attorney C
Homlcy holds that the wife becomes n
lcd when licr husband takes out natu
tlon iipera ) , and can vote nt n schoo
tlon where bonds are to bo Issued , t
foreign-born , provided her husband ha >
imturallml ,
Divsnport Democrat' The Iowa far
ordinarily a man of fine sympathies , '
doesn't care a shock of eott corn hot
the powers of Europe get mixed uj
this Cretan afTalr , or how long the t
lasts. He can raise corn for all the i
the v\orld , with beef and bacon on tlv
It they will only stop working long i
to glvo him the chance.
Hloomflcld Democrat : An App
county farmer has arrived at the com
that Ills hoises , sheep , cattle and ho ;
not taxable , Inasmuch as our supreme
has declared that ths taxing of Incoi
unconstitutional , lie baaea hit com
on the fact that thesa are the farme :
come. He docs not receive ctsh for his
on l\ls farm , but the Income from hl <
bamlry Is the- Block reared. Thotif
reasoning lo logical. It Is hardly pr
that ho will escape taxation. Ho Isn'
enough jet.
TOM ! Ol T OK COl UT.
"Well , " said the far western Judge
foreman of the Jury.
"Well , jer honor , " replied Hronchc
" \\V didn't io Into the case ez fur oz
nut we've took a vote an' nninlninusly i
that the government side of the case h
best lavv > or. "
A man was up before a Buffalo Juili
other day for stealing coal. The rallroi
toctlvo said ho caught the fellow in
car , but the min said that h was
sleeping there , because his wife md !
him out and ho had no money to go
hotel.
"Pietty haul bed , wasn't It ? " askc
Judge.
"Oh , no , sir , " he answered ; "It wa
coal "
And the judge was so struck with th
that ho let him go.
A police Justice , n , of A
I ) . , was asked by nn attorney the othc
If ho had any blanks for a writ of
tccum , and said that he had nono.
"Well , " slid the attorney , "jou had
get some as I want you to Issue 0111
mo. "
"Oh , no you don't. You don't foe
In that way. I looked all over town
straight hoolc once when I was a bo ;
I don't care to bo fooled again. "
At a recent libel suit betwen two
In Wisconsin , one of whom had pub
of the other that ho vas a "botchp ;
could not dye- any better than a cm
house wife , " the defendant offered It
denco a number of small , round paste
boxes containing chemicals used In il
and used them to test plaintiff's know
Defendant himself testified so glib
to their contents that plaintiff's atti
who does not see well without glassc
came suspicious that the boxes wete Ir
and v\as rather sharp In , his cross-e\a
tlon. In a dispute which arose as t
Inability of the witness to tell thecoi
of the boxes If they were not labelo
plaintiff's attorney became somewha
cited , and grabbing a box upon vvhh
saw some printed words , approaches
opposing counsel with a flourish and
"Here , read that" Thereupon defem
counsel deliberately adjusted his K
and read , "Take one pill every night
retltlng. "
OUT OK Till : OKDIXAIIY.
England has 10 000 dentists. I
Berlin has 32,88" telephones.
It costs $500,000,000 every week to ru
world's railways
A business firm In Stanford , Ky , a
opens the day's business with prs
proprlotois. clerks , messengers and pi
all kneeling together.
A hat pin flvo Inches long with a
potcelaii ) Knob at one end was lee
found In a hog's liver at Hennepln
further search Is being made for the ;
lady , the relatives having given up all
The Ungllsh Island of Thanet Is a
wholly composed of chalk. The isla
ten miles in length and about five In br
pnd geologists say that there are not
than 12,000,000,000 tons of chalk "In s
on it
The mummy of an Egyptian princes ;
liad red hair has just been taken fr
tomb near Karnak. This gicat disc
has stimulated archaeologists to con
their excavations In the hope of flndln
v.lilto horse.
A club of fat men has been organl/
t'arls The minimum weight Is 224 po
and several men of 450 pounds or over
ilrcndy been em oiled. Capital dinner
to be fuinished , and every member
try to make a record for weight.
In Austria the man who loses hot'
hands In an accident ran claim Hio '
it his lifn Insurance money , on the qi
' .hat ho has lost the means of maln'i
Mmsclf Loss of the right hand u >
: ho claim from 70 to 80 per cent o
; otal.
Knlly 100,000,000 persons , nearly equ
[ he on tire population of the wostein h
ihero are every jcar carried Into or o
S'ow York on the railroads , while two
if the many lines having their chief ton
hero have a combined capital of $900
100 and a pay-roll of 125,000 employes.
A scns'itlon has been created In Vlcm
i young Bohemian physician , Dr. Ku
\lm euros bhort-slghtcdiicss by means
ilmplo operation. The university autlio
ipprovo of his methods , but refusci
ippllcatlon for a professorship on the gi
hat hu is not properly qualified thci
ully ,
The German emperor's wardrobe Is v ;
it ? 500 000 , every uniform bearing pie
lecoratlons Ho lias twelve vnlcts
lovoto their entile attention to Its can
ho wardrobe are uniforms of all the
ncnts of tlio German army and o !
imperial Gciman navy , Austrian , Hut
Swedish , English , Italian and other null
hat are worn by the eirperor on his Join
ind on the occasion of princely visits
orm a part of his wardrobo.
Tha approach of the centenary of the
lat has led a I'arU newspaper to Intel
ho literary and artlstli celebrities ol
netropolls on the cubjuut of maec
teadgear. Jules Lcmaltro , tlu < critic
Iramallst , says thu tall hit Is "Igno
Jiistavo Luiroiimet t-ays It Is IK
nnamcntal nor practical , and Claretlo
louncos It "ugly. Inconvenient , hetivj
teadacho-produclng" Carolus Dtiran
t "tho lust word of the horrible"
; oncral consensus of opinion Id umphatl
igalnst the "beaver "
A recent breach of promise case In
and , In which 800 love letters figured
.alls the case of Miss Kllcn Miles ag
'aptaln Megan , forty y-ars o a. whet
liter was member of I'.irllanicnt fur \
-oath. C'aptuln .Magan'8 love epistles
10 numerous that Mu Mlles hid
ulntod , and they apn-nrod In rouit Ii
01 m of a neat quarto volume of 198 p
i'ho case waa nettled by the jiiymer
hu plaintiff of $10,000. Captain M
itlptilatlng that his original letters hi
urned , and Hint the cnilio edition pr
liould bo burned.
* , -
The oriental question Ma now com
crlsUi , anil only mutuM tear proven
povor by ono stroke of the sword froi
tlnR the Oordlan knot. The eaglce
gathered over the carcass ot the Turk
ten umpire , nroece , llko Caesar of ol
declared "lht > dls la Ci t , " but the i
cannot agree upon the polls and are
Ing each other with Jealousy and M
England , who would not ill llko the <
of the Turkish empire , dreads the bio
that event U likely to bring about ,
has no Interest to hurry the miltnr
throncmcnt Germany , not unwilling
Ore-at llrltnln downed , fears lest V
strengthened by eitch n contingency ,
reclaim Alsace and Lorraine. The 1
republicans , who liato Oermany and
fldlous Albion" equally well , hesitate t
fide too much to the Muscovite autocra
by family tics and tradition , U In closci
pathy with the monarchies of Huropi
with their own democratic flnd tin
govenuneniR Atistro'tlinigary and It.i
no less H\va > cd by alternate fear and
Thus the old world's wholu fabric n |
threatened by an t'vploslon ot the wl
caldron that Europe's fleets wro Kwpl
bollliig heat In the Mediterranean c
tlio Isle of Crete.
*
The British military expedition
\vas formed to punish the Idng of Don
the- murder of a peaceable e < pcilltlon
was endeavoring to reach Henln Clt
captured that place without opposltlot
the cowardly king has taken night , t
a part ot the expedition Is In put suit o
and It Is thought ho will soon be mad
live. The punishment which will be
oul to him by Great lltltaln Is a matt
future consideration , but lieilcaerv
have a useful lesson taught to him.
massacio of the flrst Hrltlsh cxpeilltlo
vvlthotit reason or provocation , as I
bound to Henln City with purely pea
motives. Orcat IJrltatn , thcrefoie has
cause to administer sound punlshmr
this barbirlan , not only for the exam
will set him for the ticatment of fr
strangcfH In futuie , but for the les
v\lll teach all fierce barbarian tnonarc
that part of the world The safe nirl
the expedition at Henln City remove
fear that It would bo unequal to Its
and might likewisebo slaughtered b
florco Henlnltcs. It Is piobablo that tli
tor formed a different Idea of the s
the expedition , and that their coinage
out when Infouned of the approach c
avengers.
The recent ! Agi ( cultural I > aborers' coi
nt Utidopcot has revealed the existence
unsuspected agrarian movement union
Hungarian ivaaantry. In Poland the
ment Is headed by | men of intelligence ,
as Tnthcr Stojalovvekl , whereas In Hu
the movement Is nppatcntly spontaneou
not the work of popular agitators. 'Ihu
berp of tbo congrera declared that In
the authorities should continue to plac
staclN In the way of the organlzatl
tl'eir party that Is to sty , of agrarin
clalUts thej would make It a sccrt
clety vvhose objects would be to brlntf
a general strike In case their demands
rejected namely , an lncroa.se uf wage
auction In the hours of labor,1 and the
tlon of the corvco t'ystem. The mov-i
has Ha center In one of the most fertile
nf the Hungarian lowlands , where the
belongs to the lirgo proprietors and wi
peasants. The Hociallst theories Invi
atheism and the negation ot patilotlsm
to have taken deep root in the Magjar
Utlon formerly Known for their devotl
their native land This agrarian popul
which possess no land , lives In commit
of some twenty to thirty thousand
who find remunerative work during the
incr In the regulation of rivers and str
During the wlnt r they have llttlo t
Their conditions render them peculiar !
ccsslble to socialist agitation. In the
lying districts between the Danube an
Tliclss the doctrines of agrarian comnv
are sild to have made great progicss.
movement Is watched by the autht
with considerable nn\lety.
* * *
There Is scaicely ono of all tlie gieat
ors that would not , In resisting the an
tlou of Cirto to Giocce , stullfy Itsel
belle and condemn its own policy and n
Kusaia lias for jcars been grabbing an
trlgulug and fighting In behalf ot hoi
iaco and ctcod ; her cardinal pilnclplo
that evety land In which Slavs live an
Orthodox chinch exists , should come
her rule. Germany has fought thrco
to consolidate Into one empire the
Teutonic race and to gain two pro\
which In ancient times belonged to
franco for a quarter of a century
ilrcam"d of nothing hut the roclamatl
the provlrces wrcbtod fiom her. In '
uer o\\n sons live. Italy struggled fo
counted jcars to reunite her realm , a
redeem "Ttalla Iiredeuta" is still her e >
Jeslro. And to go no further alleld ,
Drltaln has within a year or so been a
it the point of war to protect her r
settled in Vet C7ucla and the Transvaal
nhrn Greece alms to pursue these
| ) ollcles , to do these same things , to re
her ancient province , to reunite her ia
protect and succor those of her own roll
ralth , the powers say "No ! " and me
their arii.t'mcnts to hinder and ciush
iVnd wo In the fourth > car fiom the c
the nttietect.th century of the Chrhtlai
* * *
The appioachlng elections In Austrli
af more than usual Interest to forelj
and CE-peclally to Germans. So far as
now bo foreseen , It looks as If they v
"fuiilt In a decrease In the Influence o
German liberals and the triumph of cler
jf a disorganizing tendency. The elt
; iaity , the now czeehn and the nnll-sci
xre growing stronger , All three are
nated by strong pin poses. The clerical
eactlonary. They are opposed to ever ;
> anu > which comes & < o haid In this cent
nedlaeval Ideas. The joung c/eclis In i
: usc arc uniting witli the older eleme
: hu part } , and the prospect Is that they
lumber foity men to ten or the old ) e ,
in the next Helchbr.ilh. They will di > i
ho use of their language In the adinini
.Ivo and judicial proceedings of llohi
iloravi.i and Austrian Hllrsla and the coi
ion of the emperor as king of Ilohum
ho coming commemoration of the til
innheraaiy of his ascenalon to the thro
1'erelicd high among the Swiss Al |
ho abode of a small and Interesting
nunlty , tlio name of the plact being AI
ichcncn , whleh , being inteipretcd , slg
in out-of-the-way locality. Ils people
10 standing : army , and therefore never
var. They huvo no ll-jot , being liimdie
nlles from the ma. In every direction
lava no pollllfa ) btmwa or wire-pullers
electloim aa they hnv
: on3Ciii'iitly ] such
mro. Tiny huvo no doctors , and , as a
nly die of old age There In no nous ai
lead of a newspaper , the peat COIIICM
11 co a wtick , llioiu aru no trades , and
3 llttlo IndUHlrj Tharu lu no xliopku
ilackbinllh , whcolrlght or public baKei
mtury , advocate or policeman Once a
. cheap jack comes , bringing ttiem al
Absolutely Pure
Jolobrnted for Its great leuvenlng Hire
mil liealtlifiiliioaa Auaim--1 the fooil ac
ilum and till forms of itdiilterutlou cone
o the cheap brandu.
liAKINU I'OWDKU CO. , NU\V Y (
poultry yards supply them with the rcaU
Having little money , th y r"qulro no bank ,
but they have .t church , with a bell , which ,
besides Its Sabbith mimniona , rings for
births and tuneful * nnd fetl\i\N , U In ,
or xvas , a New-Andorrn In ll prlmttlvenefl ,
but with H run of tourists thither Its Area *
dlan simplicities would vanHi In a rcnson.
MIHTI ! t S .
ruck.
The doctor mid lo ntny Indoors
To put my cold lo rout ;
Hut , since he sent his bill to me ,
I'm llfty dollars out ,
ltoeor.1
The tenant owore mid vvalkod the floor ,
Hut nil In vain was the storm ;
Tlio Janitor mil by the furnnco chill
And t > i e. "Yoti'io iiijt so vvnrm. "
Jourml.
The poems of the cnily spring
The editor duth meet ;
Tlu y vvnrm the fockles of Ills
To say nothing of hl3 feet.
\\'fi > Mtii > tfln Slnr ,
HP offered his htvnrt to n woman
Old she tnmple It under her feet ?
Not much ; 'tvvns of KoM , and ot value un
told ,
So the way thai She seized 11 wn9 fleet.
IMrolt t.-itc 1'rcM.
lie lirnRgedlicn n boy of the. fish ho ImJ
"nURht ,
How reokloFM hovap , nnd how bold ,
And now that lie's urown , ho lolls of th
line
Political Jobs he inlfcht hold.
Ilecord.
AH ? , HIP bullow tltlo "friend"
\Vh"ii limes nro tlghl !
The nmn who Poilld n dollar lend
Keeps oul of night.
Uolrnlt Tnurnnl ,
When our nneeiitor put off hlq queue ,
His good vvlfo , u UMilble Mhtupite ,
Lust much of her pull
And her cup being full ,
Hho wept much sis follows : "lltieuo , hucuet"
filSTTI.N * lir.l.HilO.V.
lmillllc Pmutoi-tournal.
I nln't much cm lollBlon , nor pnoer meet
ing beside.
I'vo never Joined the plnirch ns yet , not
nln't been s.inclllliMl ;
' . drav.s nn
Hut n tender t-oit of feell'.iB
tinner lo Ihe klcs ,
1 of heaven Unoiutli a
Since got u pi op
lull of tl listing eye .
Time wni when nothing moved my
thoughts nliovo this sinful world ,
No pieaPlui'M woids could Htlr mo up. In
VMiilh an1 liny IniilPil ;
IJut Intplv I've b ( > en iliirtlntr Higher to Hie
belter I uul ,
And tin' fnice Unit lends mo upvvnid Is n
llttlo dimpled hand.
Seems like the lud thouglitn snenK nvvay ,
with tlmt wee plui ] > haul l > > ;
And CUSK v\oid-4 that wore handy once
won't pome when InIs nigh ,
Pact Is , Ii nurt o' Hliames mo to cc lliosi
cli.u , liUio cje'i
Look al mo ( vvlien I'm goltlu' tiled ) In i > lty
an'
1 don't know much ot heaven or angels
an' such thiiiKs ;
Hut , somphow , whi'ii I pletuic'em , II aln'l
v\lth limps and wlngo ;
Hut vlth yeller pulls nil taiiRled , and len
der PVOH that shine ,
An' lips that's soft and lov IIIR , llko Ui.U
little chap of mine.
Then , wlipn he folds Ills dimpled hands , in
his little bed nt night- '
An' vvhlspcm "Now I lay HIP. " why thtir'i
HomtlliiiiR alii my sluht ,
An' my throal gits soil ot husky when h
blesses me , nn' then
I'm dead suu Ivo pot i elision by the tlmt
ho sa > "Amen ! "
n CIIII.S I.N n3U3. ! .
We let the Rltls In just for fun ,
As they vvoie keen to learn
The Kanu > of poker Ere 'Iwus done ,
Well , we had fun lo burn.
Oui chlp weie lioiiowed , toleti , lent ,
The bank was but a mime ;
And ovpi.v soil of jI.ipdiiHli went , i
When the glrN vve-ie in the K.I inc.
WP vveio not bound by any school ;
Ouisolvos our only law ;
"We made pxpcplloii'i all the rule ,
In Hhiitlle , do.il and dinvv.
Anil even when my ionl strilsht
I'lvc aces put to sliuine ,
To piotost was to lly nl fate ,
.Tor the arlrls wore In tlio
Yet , wondetliicf bovIt came to pis- ?
Tlmt Panls should play Hiich tilcks ,
I polluted o'i'i Iho drplc. Alas !
It iniinbered flfly-slx.
No matter1 ThotiBli 1 quit without
A nickel to my name
And owul the dinner , 1 wa < 3 n winner ,
I'or the Bills vveic ull Iho game.
.s ' mighty hard on his clothes
that can't ha helped.
We do what we can to help
t we make his clothes just
is well as we know how and
won't rip.
; ew them so they
And we see that only dura
ble cloths are used If your
} oy is one of the wild sort
mng him here for we have
ust what is necessary to hold
lim. We've a lot of a-piece
; uits in blue , black and fancy
nixtures , that we want to close
stock , ar-
> ut before our spring
ives They are our own high
; rade $5.00 qualities and the
> est in the world for five doN
ars.
ars.But tomorrow and as long
, s they last you can take your
hoice for $3.50 a suit.
Sixes 4 to 16 years.
Take elevator zd floor ,
S. W. Cor. 15th nod
Douglas Sta.