THE OMAHA DAILY J3EE : SUNDAY , 3VDAHOH 14 , 1807.
THE QMAIIA .SUNDAY BER
E. ROSKWATER , Editor.
rUm.ISURt > EVERT MonNINO.
TEHM8 OF BUnSCniPTION.
Dallr Do ( Without Sunday ) , One Yar..J < n
One Tear. . M
Dally n And Bandar ,
Rlx Month * . . . . . . . 400
Three Month * . 104
Hundny Dee , One Year . . . . . . . . t 00
Ratunlay Hoc , One Year. . . . . . 1 JJ
Weekly I3ee , One Year .
OFFICES !
Omahni The nte Ilultcllnr. , . , . JL
,
Bnuth Orrmlm : Slnser Hlk. , Cor. N nnd J4th 8t
Council Illurrsl 10 I'enrl ttreet.
Chicago Oniri > : 317 Clumber of Commerce. .
New Yorki noomn 13 , II and 15 , Tribune Did *
iVMhlntton : Ml i4th Mrcot.
COmtUSrONDKNCn.
All communications relating to new * and * ai- .
torlnl matter BhoulJ be nddresned ! To the Kdltor.
.
be
All lmnlne * letters nnd remittances should ,
ddrueed to The llee I'ubllihlnK Company
Omaha , Draft * , checks , express and po loince
money onlcm to be made tmynble to the order
COMPANY.
run iinn ptmt.tntnNO
OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska ,
JoiiKus County .
aeorBe II. Tzscluick. necretitry of The Bee TMIJ--
lUhlriB company , belnu duly gworn , enyn we
nctUHl number of full nn.l complete copies ol .The .
Dally Morning , Uvrnlni ; and Sunday llec printed
during the month of February , 1857 , was an fol-
1.1 ? . ' . l3,79 15
J . 15701 ' 16
3 . 19.MJ 17 . ;
4 . 1D.C75 It
B . 10f99 ' 19. . . . } > * " *
C . 19.687 SO
7 . SO.SIO 81. . . . . . . i
8 . . . . . . . 19,787 Z2
0 . .M9.871 M
10 . . . . ,10.003 24
11 . 19.778 25 . 19,702
12 . 19.S2J - 20 . 19.918
13 . 19,830 ' 27 . 19.JJS
It . 10,300 28 . .20,11 0
Total . ! . . G37.918
IX-M deduction * for unnold nnd returned
copies . . . . . . . . 8.413
Total net pales . S49.WB
Net dally nvcrncp . .C25
auonai : ii. TSZCIIUCK.
Sworn to before me nnd subscribed In my
presence tills lit day of March , Hi" .
N. P. Vnitj.
( Seal. ) | Notary public.
THIS nun ox TIIAIXS.
All rnllronil iic vnl > n'n nre
nii | > i > Ilcil 11 Ith onniiKh Ilccn
to ncooiiiinoiliitc every jinn-
NciiRrr lie niuitn < o rend u
iicwni > ui > cr. Innliit upon linv-
iiiK Tlic Hoc. If you cniuiot
Kvt a HOP OH n trulii from the
nvitM uncut , i > len o report
tin ; f n < ! < , nliitliiK ( lie ( rnlit mill
rnllrohd , to ( lie Clrcnlutluii
Ieimrineii ( of The llee. Tlic
lice IM for Hnlc on nil trnlim.
INSIST' OX HAVING THIS 111313.
Guesses on the probable length of the
extra session of congress are now in
order.
The marquis of Qnecnsbury enjoys a
temporary supremacy over Moses Jus-
tlnlan ami other ancient and modern
law-givers.
It Is considered probable that a good
many wires are being manipulated on
both sides in the Union Pacific-Western
Union controversy. I
According to authoritative reports
from Washington the new tariff bill
will display conspicuously that familiar
sign , "Free list suspended. "
Stories of continued snows In the north
furnish good grounds for apprehension
amoiitf owners and Inhabitants of prop
erty along the streams lower dbwn.
Recent even-Is should tend to convince
the rich nnd benevolent that If they de
sire to dispose of their money to suit
themselves they had better live long
enough to administer their own estates.
The supreme court'is to decide whether
Imported natural gas Is dutiable as a
mineral or not. The production of the
domestic article of natural gas , however ,
will not be discouraged by govern
mental Interference.
The Yale students' apologies for send
ing Yale banners to prize flghtcm
, wlll be accepted provided they let the
professionals do nil the lighting and do
not try to imitate thorn with amateur
slugging matches of their own.
Now that the Tobacco trust lias won
out In the suit to dissolve It In the New
Jersey courts , all the other trusts
would like to have their litigation re
moved by some sort of a change In venue
to the Jurisdiction of New Jersey.
"When those mutual hall insurance
companies are organized they ought to
offer special rates to the political
weathervanes who are sure to be caught
In a storm of popular Indignation before
the curtain drops on their careers.
There Is a note of self-congratulation
In the reports of a recent "successful"
execution by eleetrieity at Sing Sing
which Indicates that previous experi
ment along tills line have not all been
ns fully successful as might have , been
.wished. .
According to the revised code of inter
national lawan1 ultimatum Is a dumnnd
that Is not Intended to be enforced and
that Is made only to bo later modllled
and perhaps withdrawn altogether. It
Is called an ultimatum because It Is
never ultimate.
Nearly 50,000 Christian Endeavor so-
ch'tles with luxirly . ' ( ,000,000 meinber.s.
, Wlth nil these people endeavoring to
Improve moral and social conditions
tills part of the world ought to be mule-
Ing notlrenblo progress along the path
of righteousness. ,
The death of Prof. Henry Dnimmond
entails u distinct loss upon the English
Bclcntlflc world , In which ho occupied a
front rank. Prof. Druinmoiul's works ,
however , will llvo lifter him as substan
tial contributions to our accumulation of
knowledge about nature's handiwork.
Four French archbishops nro to be
Invested with the cardinal's lint by
agreement between the French govern
ment anil the Vatican. If these new
church dignitaries only resided In Uio
United States our "friends" would suf
fer mental spasms for n month at least.
Senator Ilanna may not burden the
Congressional Record with spread-eagle
tippechcs , but he may be rolled upon to
be on hand at all times with suggestions
und advice , prompted by good business
souse , and the senate needs business
BOUSU a great deal more Uiau It needs
oratory.
* ROT TUB DKroSHOItr LAW.
Interested parties nro assiduously en
gaged in inatlfcntluR nnd spreading a
popular belief that the demoralization
of our state finances niid'tho unfortunate
loss of stfite funds by cmbe/.Blomcnt
nnd ddfafcatlon Is due largely , if not en
tirely , to vicious legislation In the form
of the state depository law. The real
object of this agitation Is to Justify the
defalcation and to prepare the way for
the repeal of the depository law nnd nn
early return to thrt old treasury system
when nil the state funds were nt the
absolute disposal of the state1 treasurer ,
to be farmed out by him at will without
even nn accounting for the Interest re
ceived for their use.
The assertion on the floor of the senate
last week that had the depository law
been repealed four years ngo the stnte
would have been millions of dollars
nhoad , Is not only not borne out by the
facts , but It Is the very reverse of the
truth. lias u single Nebraska bank
been forced to suspend by reason of the
provisions of the depository law ?
Would the defunct Capital National
have continued in business a day
longer were them no depository law on
the statute books , or would It have
been one whit easier for the people to
have recovered the quarter of n million
of dollars which were abstracted from
the state treasury by the bank wreck
ers ? "Would any of the other bubble
banks that went down In the financial
crash , carryliig Htatc deposits with them
have weathered the storm If the do
posltory system had been abandoned ?
What would have been the condition
of thtf state treasury today If the dc
posltory law had been repealed four
years ngo ? Outside of the $130,000
which the defaulting ex-treasurer has
turned over to his- successor In cash
the only state money whose whereabouts
.Is at all known nnd which there Is a
reasonable assurance wlll bc ultimately
placed at the disposal of the now trcas
urer , Is the money that was placed In
the depository banks , while of the half
million dollars of school money which
was not protected by the depository law ,
three-fourths Is altogether missing and
no ono knows w'htrther It was ever de
posited la responsible banks or not. Had
Trensuior Uartley not been held down
by the depository law ho would without
question have used every dollar of avail
able funds In the same manner as he
used the school fund , for private specu
latton , or to accommodate political on
hangers , or to bolster up shaky political
banks. Had Treasurer Hartley been
freed from the limitations Imposed by
the depository law , Instead of coming
out with a shortage of $500,000 , he
would , In all probability , have been
found short three or four times that
amount.
It is not the depository law that Is
responsible for the treasury defalcation ,
but it Is the depository law that has
kept that defalcation from being far
worse than It Is. The principle'upon
which the depository law Is founded is
as sound as the rocks and as unchange
able ns space. It Is that public money
shall be held solely for public use and
that Its increment shall be scrupulously
accounted for and credited to the bene
fit of the taxpayers. The remedy for
the present deplorable condition of the
state finances lies not In the repeal of
the law , but in the extension of the
principle to all public money , to school
funds as well as to current funds. What
la wanted , and what we have never
had , Is an honest and conscientious en
forcement of the depository law. No
bank .should bo approved ns a deposi
tory unless it offers a bond that is be
yond the peradvcnture of default. The
treasurer should be held to a strict ac
countability for his placing of the pub
lic money within the different depository
banks and the widest publicity should
bo given to all treasury transactions by
periodical statements showing precisely
how much money Is' In onclu state fund
and exactly where that money Is.
All this can bo done under the law as
It now stands If only the olllcers In
vested with the duty of obeying it and
enforcing it live np to its spirit , ns well
as to its letter. The people of Ne
braska should thank their stars that
they had the depository law during the
past four years and see to it that they
keep it the next four years.
THE AimiTltATIOX TREATY.
Thi position of the present adminis
tration in to the
regard Anglo-Ameri
can arbitration treaty was clearly de-
lined In the Inaugural address of Presi
dent McKlnley. "Since this treaty Is
clearly the result of our own Initiative , "
said thu president In his inaugural ad
dress ; "since It has been recognized as
the lending feature of our foreign policy
throughout our entire national history
and since it presents to the world the
glorious example of reason and peace ,
not passion and war , controlling the re
lations between two of the greatest na
tions In the world , nn example certain
to bo followed by others , I respectfully
urge the early action of the senate
thereon , not merely as a matter of pol
icy , but ns a duty to mankind. " This
position of the new administration in
regard to one ofthe most Important
acts of the government of the United
States has undoubtedly had a whole
some Influence upon the * country , Induc
ing many who had before entertained
some doubt as to the wisdom of the
convention to conclude that It Is the
duty of the senate to ratify the treaty
and to thus contribute to the cause of
permanent peace with the great English ,
speaking nations.
The treaty Is now in the hands of Uio
sunnto committee on foreign relations
and Is precisely in the same shape as
it was when it was first sent by Presi
dent Cleveland to the senate. All legis
lation not completed nt the end of a
congress falls entirely , hence all the
amendments nnd all the work done on
the arbitration treaty came to naught
nt the expiration of the. Fifty-fourth
congress. However , the treaty iself re
mains with the senate Just the mine us
President Cleveland sent it there und
any changes that may bo proposed must
eoino up anew , without reference to
what has been douo or proposed to bo
douo.
The impression seems to bo that the
treaty will bo nitltlud with very little if
any change from the original draft The
fact that President McKluley appears
to bo well Kitlsflod with the convention
In the form In which It was presented to
the senate by the preceding administra
tion will certainly have n great Influ
ence in favor of Its ratification , though
It may not prevent some modifications.
According to trustworthy opinion there
mny not be more Uiau ono amendment
added to It nnd that Is the one which re
quires matters before being submitted to
arbitration to receive the nssont of the
senate. It Is said that with that amend
ment senatorg feel that ) no other Is nec
essary.
The Indications nre that the senate
will bo found ready to promptly ratify
the treaty , with perhaps ono or two
amendments of n nature that will not
In the least Interfere with Its accept
ance by the Hrltlsh government , so tlmt
the outlook Is that within a short tlmo
the plan of arbitration between Great
Hrltnln and the United States will bo
consummated.
POSTAL kAVIXOS HAXKS.
The postal savings bank scheme attracts
a great many people \\lio think It safer to
trust tholr money to the government than
to private Individuals , Most of. these people
possess no further Ideas about It. They
haven't any suggestions as to what use the
government eball make of such funds for
example , for It Interest Is to bo paid urn the
deposits the government must Invest tbcm
to reimburse Itself. The 'American nanlter.
If there nre any people In America
who think It safer to trust , their money
to private Individuals Uian to the gov
ernment they should cither have a
guardian appointed over them or bo
confined In an asylum for the feeble
minded. The best proof that the people ,
Including the bankers , have greater con
fidence In the government than In nny
Individual or corporation is that the
United States government can borrow
money nt lower rates of Interest than
any Individual or corporation. 'The ' ad- ,
vocntca of Uio postal savings bank sys
tem mny bo groping In the dark ns to
what use the government shnll mnkc of
postal savings deposits , but they nre
sufllcicntly Informed concerning the
workings of such banks In other coun
tries to know that they arc feasible and
beneficial.
It is not absolutely essential that the
government shnll reinvest the money on
which Interest Is to be paid. It is now
paying Interest ) on bonds held by heavy
capitalists and it would be nt no greater
risk In paying interest on money bor
rowed from the working classes , who
constitute the1 great majority of savings
bank depositors. The government could
advantageously make the ifostnl savings
banks the repositories of the bulk of the
greenbacks , which have in recent years
proved a troublesome element of our
currency. If all postal savings deposits
were payable In greenbacks the menace
of the 'endless chain would bo removed.
With $300,000,000 of greenbacks dis
tributed through thousands of postal
savings banks the opportunity for pre
sentlng millions at the treasury for re
demption ) in gold would no longer exist.
The great source of profit to the bank
ers Is the earning of money by rcloan-
ing other people's money. It Is not pro
posed by the advocates of the postal
savings bank system tlmt the govern' 1
mcht shall embark- the money-lend
ing business , hence there would be no
danger of loss by bad loans or Ill-ad
vised speculation. The bugbear of breakIng -
Ing the United States treasury by politi
cal banking through favoritism in loans
is therefore wholly imaginary. The
American postal savings bank modeled
after the British or French system would
limit individual deposits within the
bounds of savings accumulations , leav
ing commercial banking exclusively to
private concerns. AVlth accounts lim
ited to from $200 to ? 300 the postal sav
ings banks would not seriously Inter
fere with existing savings institutions.
The highest estimate of present savings
banks deposits In the United States ag
gregates $1,500,000,000. and It Is not
likely that the government would" nb-
fiorb more than one-fifth of this amount
for many years to 'come. The reason
Is obvious the postal savings bank cer
tificates would draw less than a per
cent Interest , while private Institutions
pay 3 to 5 per cent.
The advantages of postal savings
banks must be apparent to every Intel
ligent person. Quite apart from the
vital question of safety , the postal sav
ings banks would stimulate the wage-
working class to habits of economy and
thrift , which would bo Invaluable to the
nation's welfare and future prosperity.
JfUOAUT ON SKffATOltlAL DUTY.
The address of Vice President Hobirt
to the senate , on assuming his position
as the presiding ofllcer of that body , Is
commended as appropriate , sensible and
dignified. It was all this nnd It was es
pecially meritorious In Its suggestions
regarding senatorial duty. The vice
president said It would be his constant
effortjto aid In all reasonable expedition
of the business of the senate and he
expressed the belief that such expedi
tion Is the hope of the country. lie fol
lowed with this sound declaration : "All
the Interests of good government nid
the advancement toward a higher and
better condition of things call for promnt
and positive legislation at your hands.
To obstruct the regular course of wise
nnd prudent legislative action after the
fullest and freest discussion Is neither
consistent with true senatorial courtesy ,
conducive to the welfare of the pcopU *
nor In compliance with their just ex-
pectntlons. " It Is possible that snms
of the senators may have regarded this
as In the nature of n rebuke , though nt
course it had no such purpose'but In
any event It is sound and sensible and
voices general public sentiment.
It Is too much to expect , however ,
that it will have any effect. Senators
will continue the practice of tall-Ing In
definitely nnd to n grenter or less ex
tent Irrelevantly , while they will nlan
keep In the old way of obstructing leg
islatlon by all the methods which so
called senatorial courtesy permits. It
may bo that Vlco President Holmrt can
find a way to check this sort of thlnp ,
but the danger is that after a tlmn lo
will himself fall In with the ways ri
the senate and as was the case with li's '
Immediate predecessor learn to regard
them as entirely necessary and proper.
However , ho now has the correct Idea of
senatorial duty nnd U mny be hoped tbnt
he will bo able lajmprcsg it upon the
senate. If so hjratl ( do a public serv-1
Ice , the mine of l ch could not easily
be overestimated ?
T11K CUAItA TKK OP THUSTH
The report made to the New York leg-
Islatiiro by the"flflnmltteo which In
vestigated the trusts Is the moat com
plete nnd Instructive statement of the
character nnd methods of these comblnn-
tlons that has ever bt cn made. It
docs not find the ijniiblnntlons of cnpl-
tal which are piftmly dcslgnnted as
trusts ultogcthj r .I'vll or Inimical to
the public welfa reynit It finds In their
policy nnd inetl qds much to condemn
nnd to demand remedial legislation. The
report makes : i distinction between con
blnntlons of cnpltnl under one manage
ment for strictly business purposes , "In
volvlng economy In the several stage ;
which result In the final distribution o
the product to the consumer , " nnd tin
trus.t. The latter Is defined to bo ai
aggregation brought about for the pur
pose of operating against the nntura
law of supply nnd demand , destroying
competition by combination nnd iinfnl
methods In order to secure control o
both product and market , or pcrmlttln
competition only to the extent of refn/t /
Ing the charge of absolute monopoly ,
Combinations of capital ns Intorpretet
by the committee move with the nntura
law , says the report , while the trust J
designed to and doca operate agalns
the natural law.
Combinations defined as trusts are nc
compaiilod by an enormous capitalize
tlou , the salci of stock beinw made generally
orally through the channels of specula'
lion , and they nro followed by the clos
Ing and. dismantlement of factories , the
discharge of laborers and the couecutrn
tton of the business of many separate
organisations Into a few of the many
factories controlled by the combinations ,
They substantially control production
nnd nro able to fix prices , while also
controlling , by a system of factors' '
agreements , the means of distribution
They discourage any attempt by mod
crate cnpltnl to embark lu n competitive
enterprise. As to the alleged advnn
tngcs of trusts , It Is admitted that large
economies must of necessity result , bu
the committee found nothing to justify
the claim that , the consumer gets the
benefit of this. Even lu the case o
sugar , which costs less now than be
fore the organization of the trust , the
price of the raw material has declined
owing to largely Increased production
to a greater extent than lias the price
of the refined article. In other cases
combination wa n uiediatcly followed
by an advanceVin the "price of the
product "In fact , ' . ' says the report ,
there Is nothing upon the record which
indicates that the combination itself ef
fects any reduction in tbe price to tlio
consumer and that Iho latter was con
sidcred with reference to any share in
the profit , all elelifcn'fe of economy being
credited either to the upbuilding of the
earning capacity or the capital stock. "
The combinations do , however , force
down the pricei of ! thH raw material. The
alleged advantages of more perfect
product , better -wages and more con
stant cuipT6ynI3nT"6"I71nb'or , the commit
tee found nothing to justify , the facts
so far as labor is concerned-showing
that it suffers both In .wages and em
ployment from the combinations nnd of
this there can be no doubt A system
that suppresses competition and closes
factories cannot be beneficial to labor.
It Is admitted that the stability of price
to tlio consumer is attained , but the
question Is whether the fixing of a sta
ble price operates to the advantage of
the consumer.
The disappointing feature of the re
port Is the statement that state legisla
tion Js not adequate to control or regu
late the trusts , but this Is qualified In n
way that at leasts permits the states to
deal with the combination to an extent
to curtail their monopolistic character.
The conclusions of the committee seem
to leave no doubt that it is within the
power of the state legislatures to make
restrictions which wJll limit the powers
of the trusts and of all combinations In
restraint of trade , as has been pointed
out by the supreme court of the United
StatcN. _ _
So they nre seriously talking of intro
ducing the decimal system of currency
Into Great Britain to take tlio place of
the awkward pounds , shillings , pence
and farthlngH. But what has become of
British patriotism ? Is a proposition' ' to
establish nn alien' monetary system In
Great Britain to be tolerated by liberty-
loving Britons ? Perhaps our free sil
ver patriots who prate about a purely
American standard of money ought to
send a few missionaries across the water
to help the people of Great Britain pro
tect themselves against the Inroads of
an alien currency ) system.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson starts
In his ofllcinl term as head of the Ag
ricultural depnrtmenb with a firm con
viction that the United States has every
facility to produce all the sugar it con
sumes nnd that all. that Is\ \ necessary to
supply the homowinarket is to develop
Its resources for 'tho ' raising of sugar
beets and converijng them into sugar.
With such ideas oj'v the question the
new secretary may bo depended on to '
do everything In his power to encourage
Increased culturd qf ] ho augur beet and
" ,
the erection of ne\v" beet sugar factories
In the sugar beet area.
It Is all right fdr'the ' railroads to run
special record-brea'l'iln'g ' trains for people
who waut to pay for them , but the general -
oral public would inlich prefer them to
give better train Accommodations to the
passenger who hpjd&nn ordinary ticket.
Running a llghtiilitg express for some
over-weighted millionaire and compel
ling othev people to travel on mixed
trains that seldom mnko twenty-live
mlled an hour und go by the most In
convenient schedules is not as satis
factory tig It might be.
The school children of Nebraska , have
been already robbed too long and in too
many ways of u great part of the school
fund to which they are rightfully en
titled. Every scheme to deprive them
nf the revenue from school lands and In
terest on school funds which belongs to
them should bo promptly nipped In the
bud. A business administration of the
endowment of the public schools of the
state Is the dcmnnd of the hour.
Those pugilistic stars will bo the envy
of nil the operatic 'stnrs ami dmmntlc
stnrs in the hind by tlio tlmo 'lio llstlc
eucstr ! u\er. They are to be
photographed a thousand times or BO
dtirlng the short period they nppenr In
the prize ring , while the prlina donna
and actress think they are doing well if
they succeed in being photographed In
n dozen postures In n whole afternoon ,
Trust American ) ingenuity to devise
machinery for the waving of labor In
every promising pursuit When Ameri
can economy brings beet planting
innchlnery Into common use It will have
nehloved a notable advance upon the
methods employed by European beet
raisers.
It Is a good thing that ! tha new prosl-
do'il of the United States is a regular
church-Roer. His presence in church
each Sabbath wlU'nffrml ' the excuse for
a great many other people to bo there ,
too , and will have quite a missionary In
fluence in Its own quiet way.
Text of Confidence.
New York Commercial.
A philosopher Is a man \vlio can , smolto a
nickel cigar and hnvo confidence Hint It really
cost 20 cents , as tlio giver declared. v
| AVI nil y PntrliilN.
I Somcrvlllo Journal.
Pcoplo who arc very Ibud in expressing
their sympathy for Cuba moderate their
tones noticeably when they are asked to
contribute a dollar to tbo cnlisc.
AVlicrc IN XoliriixKn's KliiKT Georfvct
Sioux Cltr Journal.
There la another war In'Crete. Tbls Is
In Crete , Neb. The editor of the Democrat
attacked a legislator In his paper , and tlio
legislator thrashed tbo editor. Whcro Is
the "Nebraska King George who will rlso
up and defend the poor editor from this
oppression ?
Where Symnniliy In Xccileil.
Chicago Post.
Our sympathy goes out to the Cleveland
young woman who has sued her fathcr-ln-
law for filling her mouth with plaster or
parts to prevent her from talking. This Is
clearly outside tbo province of a father-in-
law , and only under great provocation could
It bo excused In a husband.
SoiucUiiieH I'IIJ-M ( o
ClilciiRO Chronicle. "
Mr. Nansen , who didn't discover the north
pole , has received $25,000 .for . a fowl articles
In a London newspaper , has written a book
which Is selling like hot cakes , Is lecturing
to crowded bouses , and has sold one of his
greasy old coats to a museum , for $5,000. It
Is more profitable to fall than tq succeed In
polar explorations.
(
The ArhKrndon Treaty.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican.
The arbitration treaty Is said to be very
safe now that Cleveland and Olney have
retired , but It will be safer still when It
has been ratified. The foreign relations
committee will make a new report upon it
the llrst of next week , and since McKlnley
and Sherman have adopted It as an admin
istration measure the forty-two republicans
votes should be almcet solid In the treaty's
favor. Considerable debate must bo expected
oven now. and ono or two amendments will
doubtless -bo made to satisfy the critics.
Some sort of a treaty , however , wo are pretty
euro to have within a month or two.
The IilenI National FIoTrcr.
Philadelphia Ledger.
When a flower Is found which can arouse
widespread and genuine -patriotic enthus
iasm or 'has ' become associated closely with
some .great and universally beloved man or
woman , It will become the national emblem
without the necessity of legislative action ,
except as a foimal ratification of a univer
sal sentiment. Under such 'Circumstances
only will people relegate their personal
floral favorites to a second place. It will
not matter , when this event happens ,
whether It Is a plant useful to man or a
weed ; It will become the national flower
just the same. It was this sentiment which
made the thistle tlio national flower of
Scotland and tbo cornflower the national
flower of ( be German empire , and It must
bo a similar chain of circumstances which
gives us a national flower.
Oil "J.ooklnwr I'lriiNMiit. " ,
Issue's Wecldj- .
Amiability and evenness of temper are
among the most essential qualities of a saue
character , but no man uecd simper contin
ually to demonstrate his sweetness.
Kuskin says that all great generals bavo
boon serious men , and Emerson afiirms the
same of all great orators. The distinguished
Tom Marshall , ono of the wittiest men whoever
over lived , bade bis son observe that the
public monuments are always erected to the
solemn men ; and Dr. Austin Phelps remarks :
"Two classes of men are never buffoons
very great men and very good men. "
It is generally safe to leave the expres
sion of olio's fnce to take care of Itself and
to devoid one's efforts mainly to the forma
tlon of character. If a man rcayy busies
himself with weighty affairs , reads the
"funny papers" only In moderation and as
a sort of 'Intellectual ' dessert , avoids the
journals which treat flippantly of public
questions and great national and moral move
ments , and tries incessantly to find truth
and pursue lt ho will usually have an ex
pression which matches bis character ; but
the eminently social and kindly man , though
ho may bo good at heart and not silly In
mindmust be on his guard lest people de-
splso , not his youth , lilto Timothy's , but Ma
whole mental and moral endowment , If lie
wears an habitual smile for the conclusion
of tlio old pout ) voices tbo Instinctive feeling
of all mankind :
ADUU TO sins. cun-nr.Axn.
Milwaukee Wisconsin : Nothing more
gracefully Illustrates tho- amenities of the
presidential micccMlon than the handsome
tribute which many republican newspapers
Imvo paid to the wlfo of tbs outgoing chief
Bxecutlvo. i
Philadelphia Times : Among many ways
In which the wlfo of ex-President Cleveland
: et an example to American mothers la In
the sound sense and good taste with which
she has screened her children from the pub
ic gaze. This has bson done without affecta
tion or display or apparent effort of any
tlnd. She did It becauB ? she willed to do It.
Chicago Times-Herald : If wo would de-
icrlho a typical American woman , a char-
icter that would Include man's Ideal of
ho highest womanhood , wo would not go
'ar away If wo presented the portrait of
'ranees Cleveland , As hostess , wlfo and
iiother eho lias won the affection of all
vho know her , and In lier retirement to
irivato llfo the people wish her every hap-
jjness.
Chicago Record : Mrs. Cleveland , llko most
> f her predecessors , has been simply a true
\merlcan woman In her domesticity , In her
ivoldaiics of public notice , In her bearing aa
i wife and mother , The example elie nan
; lvon to American women Is singularly fine
ind gracious , and In a later day , when the
ilstory of this decade cornea to be written ,
ivlll bo recalled with a certain fond appre
ciation of the traits which make the best
\merlcan women of the period.
Chicago Tribune : Emerson , asked what
s civilization , replied : "A good woman. "
rho reply was as true as It was pointed ,
tnd no American woman baa over more
Irmly Illustrated the point of It than has
tin. Cleveland. Her judgment , womanly
nstlnct , tact , and. skill , considering her In-
ixperlenco , when ten years ago sbo first
amo to be mistress of the whlto houee ,
tmounied almost to genius. As a woman
n every position and relation. AS wlfo of
he president , as mother of their children ,
is social leader at the national capital ,
ind as hostess In the. reception of the rep-
osontatlves of all foreign countrlei , she
ms proved herself the beautiful and win-
orao embodlmint of the very best clmr-
ictcj titles of American womanhood , and so
f our American civilization.
One that is spreading and constantly pushing our
shoe trade on to greater glories , Special sale the year
round on low priced shoes , the most shoe for the money.
No ill-fitting , nor carelessly made shoes. There's a
great difference in shoes bought here and not here. Ours
are as perfect at $3,00 as at $6.
IGMi and Doucjlris
1IL.ASTS FIIOSI HAM'S IIOIlN.
The man who minds his own business will
always bavo something to do.
The more grateful wo nro for our bless
ings the smaller our trials will look.
Ifwo do too much for our children they
will never bo able to do much for them
selves.
It la bard to convince some preachers that
they are not needed most where the pay la
the best.
Heaven's windows nre still waiting to fly
open for the man who will take tbo last
tltho to the storehouse.
The preacher whoso only usefulness lies In
bis ability to euro Insomnia In bis hearers
hag misunderstood his call.
Ono of the blggost fools In the world Is the
man who thinks the devil won't get him because -
cause his wlfo belongs to church.
Many a man who begins what ho consldorj
a promising Journey In the Jericho road
meets the robbers at the first bend.
There Is something wrong wltb the man
who goes homo from church mad whenever
the preaching Is aimed squarely at the face
of sin.
o
Til 13 COMMANDMENTS.
Philadelphia Press : A bill Is under con
sideration making the violation of the com
mandments a criminal offense. Having "any
other gods before mo" Is to be punished by
a flno of | 1,000 and "coveting thy neigh
bor's wife" to bo visited with a scarcely less
severe penalty. And the question Is still
asked , "What Is the matter with Kansas ? "
Boston Glebe : Tlio bill to enact * the ten
commandments which has been Introduced
In the Kansas legislature Is likely to have
numerous amendments. Ono amendment
proposed already Is to make It unlawful to
covet thy neighbor's bicycle , and a longsuffering -
suffering poker player will offer aa tha llth
section : * "Thou shall not bo shy in a jack
pot. "
NewiYork Mall and Express : When th'i '
Kansas legislature completes the tusk ol
giving "statutory force" to the ten com
mandments It should go ahead and promotu
public health by passing a law to > make 111-
nces a penal offense. By the same token It
might Improve the general welfare by enact
ing a bill to make drouth a misdemeanor
and a thunder storm a breach of the peace.
Philadelphia Times : Human nature Is so
perverse dn Kansas that people won't obey
the decalogue unless they are compelled to ,
and a Kansas legislator has undertaken to
supply a long-felt want by , having the ton
commandments enacted as a portion of Kan
sas statutory law. Ho has Introduced a bill
with a preamble , setting forth the depravity
of the people and the need of such an enact
ment , each Morale commandment constitut
ing a separate section of the 'bill. Women
are exempted from the penalties of the pro
posed law with the explanation that women
llvo In the fear of God , but men must be
curbed.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : The bill
of the Kansas legislator to enact the ten
commandments Into law excites great merri
ment In many eastern newspaper offices. In
Now York , for example. It la regarded as
quite a joke , and in Chicago , too. It seems
too funny for anything. No.w , If the ten
commandments had hcen enforced all these
years In New York and Chicago , there might
never have been a populist uprising in Kan
sas. This bill may bo erratic , but there's
nothing those two metropolitan centers of
the grossest materialism of modern times
need more than strong doses of the law
given to the world from Mount Sinai.
PERSONAL AiMJ OTHERWISE.
The prince of Wales occasionally holds a
"stiff" hand. It Is the hand of an Egyptian
mummy , which ho uses as a paper weight.
The Duke of Durham , N. C. , eschews the
habit ho encourages In others. He has
made millions out of cigarettes , but has
never smoked one.
What changes a few days bring forth !
There IB Grover Cleveland In ( nocuous
desuetude In Caiullna swamps and a party
by the name of D. 1) . Hill wrapped lu tbo
darkness of Wolfert's Roost.
Mr. AVatterson's paper says the sound
money democrats are still a distinct organ
ization , and that they are "In a most ad
vantageous position to stand pat on the
hands wo dealt ourselves. "
The meat Inspectors of London have dis
covered that not only Is lioreo flesh served
to unsuspecting customers In the metropolis
as beef , but also that goat flesh masquer
ades as venison ut many restaurants ,
There Is a pertinent Illustration of the dif
ference between British and American Eng
lish In tbo London Chronicle's Introduction
of Paul Dunbar , the negro poet , as "an i
elevator boy Angllco , a lift attendant. " |
Tlio new census of Argentina shows a
population of 1,092,000 , of whom 1,610,000
llvo In the cities. Tlio largest ulty In the
republic , as well as In South America , Is
Buenos Ayres , Ita population being CG3.S51.
The proposed legislation In Now York
state requiring every article that goes Into
print In a newspaper to bo read and ap
proved by press censors , Is well calculated
to promote an epidemic. Suppose a censor
should tackle the Sunday editions , could
he escape "yellow" fever ?
Senator Stewart's entrance Into the United
States oenato dates back farther than that
of any member of the present senate , pre
ceding that of Senator Morrlll by three
years. Ho entered the senate In 180-1 , but
unlike Merrill's , his service was not con
tinuous , Stewart was given a vacation of
twelve years after 1S7B.
People living In the vicinity of Yank'on
S. I ) . , are taking tlmo by tbo topknot l > y ar
ranging to give the Missouri and .lamps
rivers ample room to spread themselves.
Resident ! In the valleys are moving to higher
ground. Abundance of snow , tootier ! with
the thickness of the Ire In the rivcra fore
shadow a repetition of the ilool of 1881 ,
In the extracts from Rubinstein's journals
which are now appearing In the German
periodical , Vom Fcls zum Mccr , he telli how
ho was once playing lu London In hlfj very
boat style and feeling rather pleuioj with
himself , when ho happened to look up and
Into the face of a woman who was yawning
terribly. He was BO shocked that lie nearjy
lost bis presence of mind , and made a vow
ut once never again to look up wuilo playing ,
J. H. Henderson , tbo newly appointed sen
ator from Florida , v/aa born In north
Georgia. When he waa 10 y ars old , hla
family settled in IHlIsboro county , Fla.
During tbo Reconstruction period ho repre
sented IHlIsboro county In the utate senate ,
becoming the democratic leader of that body ,
In 1877 Governor Drew appointed lilm state's
attorney , tnd bo was reappolnted to. tbo
same olflce In 1881. < Ho la about CO years
old. For BOIUO years ho has been chief coun
sel of tbo Florida Central & Peninsula. Rail
road company , and he Is now president of
that road.
DOMESTIC IDVl.H.
Detroit Journal : "Sweetheart ! " he whis
pered. Ho wasn't telling her n thing bnt
the old , old story. Yet ho held bis ntldl-
enco for hours.
Up-to-Dnlo : "You bet there are no flics
on mo , " mild the new woninn.
"I reckon not , " snltl her huslmnd with a
sudden show of .sand. "Tlioso Intelligent
Insects manifest , n preference for sweets. "
Town Topical Uthcl So you refused
GcorgeV
Clnni Yes ; but bo noted nicely about It.
Hthel How's tlmt ?
Clara Ho didn't leave without kissing
me.
Yonkora Stntesmnn : "It's a nhnrne , "
cried tbo young wife ; "not n thing. In tbo
house lit to cat. I'm going right homo to
"
pupal"
"If yon don't mlnil , dcnr , " snld the hus
band " , reaching- for bis bat , "I'll go with
you.
Detroit Free Presn : Cumso Why don't
Mr. Gllgnl nnd Mlsn Perltnsle get married ?
Cnwkur Shyness on both sides.
"IIo\v do you make that out ? "
"Slio Is a shy llttlo thingby nature ana
bo Is shy of c.iHh. "
Chicago Ttccord : "Mra. Chlnlc has bit on
a plan to keep her husband from smoking
in.tbo parlor.1'
"What did Hho do ? "
"She hung1 the portraits of her three for
mer husbands thero. "
Detroit Journal : "No , " she answered , "I
am Indeed not ono of these girls who vow
to love a man forever nnd presently for
get lilm. I make It a point to commit all
my fiances to memory. " Thereupon eyes
didn't do a thing but look love to eyes that
spako back love divine.
BITS AND BRIDLES.
Detroit Journal.
She nska mo for u bonnet ,
I ( Irmly answer nit ,
She bridles thereupon , but I ,
You know , don't mind a bit.
SHATTERED.
QlevclanJ Leader.
I iwroto a rhythmic masterpiece
Or such It seemed .to me
And rushed nt once to read It to
My darling Rosalie.
With dcxt'rous touch I'd sought to react )
The wellsprlngs of the heart :
Each line I had designed to cause
The scalding "tears to start.
With all the passion of my soul
I read my verses -through ;
And now jind then I had to wipe
Away a tear OP two.
Ah ! when nt last I'd finished U ,
Out spake sweet Rorfallo :
"How cute 'that ' Is ! " she said. The blow
Almost prostrated me !
Wliat Do You
Want ?
A SPUING COAT ? THAT IS TIIH
QUESTION. IF YOU DO , T1IKIIK IS
NO OTIIBH PLACE TO GO FOH IT.
NO ITINHIl STOCK IN THE CITY
THAN OURS , AND THEIIE NEVEH
WAS A FINER LINE THAN WE
MADE FOH THIS SEASON. WIO
HAVE NEVEU SOUGHT TO CHEAP
EN THE GAUMENTS OF OUU MAN
UFACTURE FOIl THE SAKE OF
COMPETING WITH THE SHODDY
STUFF THAT IS OFFERED IN SOME
PLACES FOR PERHAPS A HALF OF
WHAT A REALLY GOOD GARMENT
IS WORTH.
WE CONSIDER QUALITY OF THE
FIRST IMPORTANCE , AND WE PUT
THAT INTO EVERY GARMENT WE
MAKE , AND THEN SELL IT AT TIHfl
LOWEST POSSIIJLE PRICE.
DON'T PUT OFF MAKING YOUIl
SELECTION B E 0 A U S E T II E
WEATHER IS IIAD-IT'S NOT GOING
TO WE THIS WAY LONG , HEM KM-
HER THE PROVERH OF THE EARLY
KIIID , AND COME IN SOON. -
BROWNING ,
KING ft 00 , ,
6. W. Cor. IStlioud th
Douglaa Sts.