TITE Q-MATTA DATLV .ffl"ESDAY. OOTO13EII 12. 18 7.
'THE OMAHA DAILY
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In quality , as well n.s In quantity. The
Bee will maintain Its superiority over all
competitors as a metropolitan dally.
The municipal campaign In Greater
New York may be geometrically de
scribed at quadrilateral.
The festive Thanksgiving proclama
tion Is anxiously awaited by both the
turkeys and the executioners.
A campaign without street corner
meetings every hour In the day smacks
something of the good old times.
There has never been an exposition
without a strike and the Omaha exposi
tion will lie no exception. 'Twus ever
thus.
Doc Wheeler and Doc Mercer have
leen provided for on the local fusion
tickets , but Doc Savllle is still discon
solate.
A school board ticket nominated by n
convention presided over by Dan Ilonln
IB a good ticket to light shy of on gen
eral principles.
The councilman who obstructs the re
peal of the slot machine licensing ordi
nance puts himself In an awkward posi
tion before the public.
ITavIng celebrated Nebraska day suc
cessfully the Tennessee Centennial ex
position sees no reason why It should
not close on schedule time , November 1.
Omaha got along comfortably with one
police matron up to within the past two
years and there Is no good reason why
one police matron will not sen'eall need
ful purposes now.
One swallow does not make a .summer.
Support of the fusion machine ticket
docs not constitute a man a tvforiner
no matter under what party designation
lie may put his cross mark.
Nebraska state warrants are said to be
now la demand at 1 per cent premium.
This Is another benefit accruing from
the re-establishment of business confi
dence by the election of McKlnley.
The chief business of the State Hoard
bf Irrigation seems at present to be re
scinding Its own grants of water rights
and preparing a grist for the courts
when the matters get Into litigation.
Slot machine gambling Is thu same
thing as automatic burglary , yet the
police persist In closing their eyes while
the booty , amounting dally to thousands
of dollars , Is gathered up ami shipped
out of town.
Judge Sullivan's legislative record Is
Bomothlng the popoeratle papers would
rather not discuss. It savors altogether
too much of the railroad lawyer repudi
ating Ids obligations to the people to do
the bidding of his corporate employers.
Silver republicans and gold democrats
toth go on the otlldal ballot In Ne
braska. The only way to Insure a party
against Imitation Is to take out a copyright -
right on the party designation under the
provisions of the national copyright law.
Judge Sullivan does not bcem inclined
to explain how ho and Attorney General
Smyth happened to be recorded on op-
poslto side * of almost every vital ques
tion that was passed on by the legisla
ture of 18S7. Perhaps Attorney General
Smyth can throw some light on the dark
places In Sullivan's leglslntlvu career.
Two or three Nebraska districts are
to have legislative candidates on their
tickets this year to till vacancies caused
by death or resignation , it Is nine
chances out of ten that the successful
candidates will never bo willed to
Borvo in an extra session of the legisla
ture , but they may rest assured of the
tltlo of honorable for thu remainder of
their natural day * . '
c.\Mt > Atax
The chairman of the Iowa republican
state committee frankly declares that h
Ls not sntlsHcd with the situation so fa
as the republican campaign Is concerned
lie has no doubt of the election of the
republican ticket , but he in apprehensive
that It may not be elected by so large !
majority as It otight to receive nnd ho
very rightly thinks that a small nmjoi'llj
would be almost ap bad as defeat. Tin.
danger Is In the ovcrconfldeiice of the re
publicans. It appears that there Is a
lack of zeal and enthusiasm on the par
of local leaders , who are not maklnr
their usual efforts to arouse the voters
to a full sense of their duty. ( Jhclrmai
McMillan says the opposition has nuuli
n failure of Us campaign up to the present
ent time nnd It Is well known that then
Is more or less discord In Its ranks. H
ma , } ' be confidently predicted that H wll
not poll as large a vote nx last year by
many thousands. Hut this assurauct
should not deter any republican from
the faithful performance of his political
duty In the campaign and at the ballot
box. The sentiment of Iowa In favor
of sound money , expressed last year by
n plurality of ( i,000 , should be realllrmed
this year by an even larger vote , be
cause the changed conditions must have
converted thousands of voters In that
state , as elsewhere , from the delusions
of free silver and turned them to the
cause of sound money.
Mr. Shaw , the republican candidate for
governor , Is making u strong canvass In
the discussion of national questions and
Is showing himself to be a man of more
than ordinary ability. Ills treatment of
the money question Is strong , lucid and
corn-hieing and his advocacy of repub
lican principles Is vigorous and earnest.
Though without large experience In
politics , .Mr. Shaw has demonstrated
that he Is a capable and worthy leader
of his party In Iowa , while no one ip.ic.s-
tlons that he possesses the qnallllcatlons
necessary to properly perform the duties
of chief executive of the state. The
otli'T ' candidates are competent men , win
have a strong claim to popular con
fidence. With such a ticket , represent
ing the same principles that Iowa sus
tained last year , there Is every reason
why the republicans -should work ear
nestly and enthusiastically for such a
victory next month as will completely
overwhelm the free sliver cause o far
as that state is concerned. Every friend
of sound money there ought to see that
It Is an Imperative duty to record Ills
vote tills year against the free silver
heresy , both for the benefit to Iowa of
a great sound money victory and the
wholesome inllnence It would exert upon
the country.
Iteferrlng recently to the great Im
portance of several of thN year's state
elections , one of which is that of Iowa ,
we said that an endorsement of repub
lican principles In these states In No
vember would have a powerful effect
adverse to the free silver cause which
would be felt In the congressional elec
tions of next year very greatly to
the advantage of- * the cause of
sound money. In the meantime H
would steady and strengthen financial
confidence and thereby contribute to the
restoration of prosperity. No earnest
supporter of a sound currency should
withhold his vote this year wherever
the money question is an issue. The
free silver cause is badly crippled , but
it Is not yet dead. Its overwhelming
defeat In Iowa next month will do a.
great deal toward Its extinction as an
issue in national politics.
KUT AX JXTKHXATlUffAIt MATTER.
The cabinet at Washington. It appears ,
has talked over the recent escape from
a Cuban prison of Senorita Cisneros ,
whose case has excited very great in
terest and in whose behalf thousands
of American women petitioned the queen
regent of Spain , asking that clemency
be extended. Although the escape of
the young woman Is said to have been
In ought about by the efforts of the rep
resentative of u New York paper , the
conclusion of the cabinet was that no
International question is Involved.
It is hardly to be supposed that the
Spanish authorities would attempt to
make an international Issue out of this
Incident , even if there were good ground
for doing so , for the treatment of Senor
ita Cisneros has been so disgraceful to
them thai they ought to be very glad
she is off their hands. Making allow
ance for some exaggeration and more
or less sensationalism on the part of the
correspondents who have described the
treatment of this young , woman said to
> o cultured , refined and handsome the'-p
Is yet no doubt that sl'e suflVred many
Indignities and that her life in pilson
was made about as miserable as possi
ble until her situation was disclosed to
the public and the active sympathy of
the women of America was awakened In
lor behalf. Hut for that she would very
likely still be Incarcerated in a loath
some prison with female criminals of
every class. The Spanish authorities In
Cuba ought to be very willing to let the
Cisneros matter drop out of public at-
lentlon as soon as possible.
AK TO llAXKINll FACIUTIKS.
A member of the currency reform com
mission is reported as saying that there
ought to be a more even distribution of
blinking facilities and banking capital
throughout the country. He thinks that
i method may bo devised which will do
nvay with the high rates of Interest in
some portions of the country when
money commands much lower rates In
ither portions and lie also expressed the
opinion that a way should be found to
encourage the making of small loans , so
that a fanner with a small quantity of
cotton , wheat or corn could use it as col-
literal for a bank loan.
There Is no doubt as to the importance
of this qmwllon of a In-tter distribution
of banking facilities and if a solution of
it can lie found in legislation the pres
ent congress ought to provide It. The
natter has not escaped attention in con
gress. It lias been proposed to allow
the establishment of national banks
with a capital of $2-i , ( > ( > 3 the law now
requires a captltal of not less than Jv.io , .
000 in towns of not more than -1,000
mpiilatlon and a bill providing for this
lassud the house of the Klfty-fourtli
congress , but failed of consideration In
the senate. Another plan Is to permit
i
national bunks to establish branch - * ,
somewhat after the Canadian system ,
the operation of which has been very
satisfactory. It Is believed that either
of these plans would give the needed
facilities and better equalize Interest
rates throughout the country and It I
more than probable that one of thru
will be lecommiMidcd by the currenci
commission.
As to the suggestion In regard to sinal
loans , It may lie doubted whether an >
practicable way can be found througl
legislation to meet this requirement. In
deed the dltlicultles pointed out by tin
member of the commission who made tht
suggestion seem to be practically In
superable. Unquestionably It would be
a very gteat convenience to many'farm
ers If they were able to negotiate smal
loans on their products , Instead of being
compelled to sell them as soon as the.\
are ready for the market , but this Is a
business matter that will probably have
to be left to take care of Itsdlf ; It seenu
to us to be outside the pale of leglsla
lion.
lion.The
The currency commission has settled
down to the work before It and sugges
tlons from It of moio or less Interest
may be expected from time to time. It
has laid out a comprehensive program of
Investigation that can hardly fail to bo
productive of Instructive results.
II'YMT Wlltt , TllKY ACCOMl-LISItl
U Is a mistaken Idea that come people have
that the retail liquor dealers aru organizing
to wage war on opponents of the liquor
tralllc. Tlicro IE no occasion for alarm on
this score. Those who attend the state- con
vention next Thursday will come to Omaha
with good Intentions. They feel that they
liavo a right to come together , If for no
other purpose , to prove to the general public
that tlicy are getUlcmcn and not an aggre
gation , of blacklegs , as some fanatics have
seen nt to paint them. They are violating no
law by organizing as n fraternal body and
tbe Itboral-mlndcJ citizens of Ormaha will
give the boys a hearty welcome on the 14th.
Nebraska Liquor Dealer.
What have the retail liquor dealers of
Nebraska. In common that requires them
to organize for mutual protection ? No
crusade against their trade lias been
waged for years and no organized effort
Is being made to deprive them of any
privilege which they enjoy under the
law. As to fraternal and social inter
course there Is nothing that demands
state organization. Manifestly the men
who are behind the proposed state as
sociation are not interested so much in
the welfare of the retail liquor sellers
as In using them to promote the welfare
of the politicians who operate with the
reform state house machine.
In the end the retail liquor dealers
will find that they gain nothing by playIng -
Ing political catspaw for the popoeratle
mmkey. Instead of piomotlng their own
interests they are liable to rouse the
dormant sentiment against the liquor
tratllc and force upon themselves a coh-
llict which they should do everything to
avoid.
AMEIIICAA'
The report of the commissioner of
navigation , while showing a steady
growth in the lake nnd .coastwise ship
ping of the United States , emphasizes
l > y comparison the fact that our mer
chant marine on the ocean Is steadily
declining. A smaller percentage of the
exports and imports of this country were
carried in American vessels during the
last fiscal year than in any other year
of our history and practically all our
foreign trade is now being carried on In
Kuropeau vessels.
The question of a merchant marine is
going to be prominent in the attention of
ongress at the next session and there is
reason to expect that some policy will be
lecided upon for giving the country an
ocean shipping interest. Before congress
issemblcs n commission of shipbuilders ,
shipowners and admiralty lawyers will
meet in Washing-ton to consider plans
for the rehabilitation of American mer
chant shipping. It Is understood that
the commission will present to congress
some comprehensive project , but as yet
there is no intimation of what this Is
ikely to be. It is thought that the com
mission will not favorably consider the
plan of a discriminating duty , because
: here nre dilHcnltles in connection with
that plan which might be found very
troublesome. Senator Elklns lias al-
eady announced that lie will Introduce
i bill providing for n discriminating
inly nnd such a measure will very likely
eeeive considerable support , but we do
lot think there Is any probability o.f its
lassage by congress.
.fust what ought to be done is indeed
i perplexing problem , but it is not be
yond solution. The great Importance of
he matter Is recognized by men of all
mrticti and all sections of the country.
The fact that the tonnage of the United
Slates registered for foreign trade has
shrunk to barely one-fourth of Its
olume in 1SCO is a condition that all
\merlcans must deplore. The tonnage
) f American vessels engaged In the long-
llstaneo oceanic trade in 18J ! ) ( amounted
o only u little over 720,000 tons , while
he tonnage of foreign vessels amounted
o nearly 11,00X ( ) ( ) ( ) tons. The people of
ho t'nlted States paid an eiioriiious
sum for the service of these foreign
essels , nearly all of which went into
'orelgn pockets.
This is a state of affairs which Is at
nice very expensive and very hnmlllat-
ng. There is a remedy for It and the
resent congress ought to apply it.
State olilcials are already finding du-
'eellve ' provisions In the new election
aws enacted by the late fusion legisla-
nre. Instead of Improving our elec-
Ion laws the popoeratle machine has
so distorted them that they will be a
lindranco as much as an aid to the free
xprc.sblon of the popular will at the
oils.
Tiieie are two regents of the State
mlverslty to be elected this year. The
epubllcan candidates are acknowledged
o bo competent and capable men for
he position , who will see that th.Instl -
ntlon continues to advance" along con-
orvntlve lines and expand Its useful-
less as an educational center.
Kvery day that the Sixteenth street
viaduct Is kept open to irafllc when it la
known to be In a dangerous condition
uud liable to serious accident at any mo-
.
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ment places upon Hie city a risk wlilcli
Its olllcers Ii w'u ' tight to assume tw It
Should the oU.n 1 > held for damages aris
: lug from thjcollnpse of this tottering
( |
| bridge every , , rent of it should be col
i lected bade , \tvt\\n \ \ \ the couiicllmen and
their bondsimnv who are neglecting their
plain duty to Imve the viaduct pulled
down. '
One thing , muy be put down : ns cer
tain the I'liUni ' ' .
, l-'adllc bondholders' com.
mlttee would ihrtt have felt Justified In
raising thclr.ftUafanteed bid for the prop
erty $ ri.UKMHiU ( , Uud not President Me-
Klnley and prosperity arrlved.beforo tin
foieclosure snlo and stiffened tlielr contl
dence In the future of the road and Its
desirability a ? an Investment.
The legal school age In Nebraska Is
from " > to 21. Pupils have been received
however , In the Omaha public schools
both below nnd above the school ngis
When the schools nre crowded and tht
scltool fund none too large the atlmls
slon of pupils who have no claim upoi
the schools under the law Is at least a
questionable procedure.
SuiirrlnfVvtli'lt' ( if Xorvc.
Olcbe-Dcmocrnt.
Wcyler became captain general In Ctlbi
February 10 , 1800. Having failed to win a
battle In twenty months ho displays char
actcrtstlc assurance to ask for more time.
IN
Dos Molnes Capital ,
A farmer from Funk , Neb. , bad Epeclmwis
of fine corn at the Now Ltadon , la. , county
fair and was rewarded for the exhibit by
visits at his home shortly after of threemci
who \\cnt to see the land where the corn
grew. Two of them made Immediate Invest
men IB.
rrofltN of ( lie Prize K\lill > lt.
Springfield ( Muss. ) Itrpulillcnn.
Star Pointer , the champion pacer , could no
have earned , much more than Mr. Bryan dlt
as tbe chief attraction at the Kansas State
fair at Wichita. When banded a check for
nearly $2,500 , as hU share of the receipts
Mr. Hrym frankly said that he had never
before earned so much money In one day
Hut did he "earn" It ? Has not Mr. Hryan
himself tald that no man could really "earn1
more than $5,000 a year ?
1'roiiii.ii-il DextrinInn of ScnlN.
Hnltlmoro Herald.
If congress shall finally order the destruc
tion of the seal herds , as now ecems likely
the International arbitration treaty will be
obliterated by the blood of harmless animals
nnd the "brotherhood of man , " which Kng-
land's chief pool and greatest statesmen
have prated about In modern days , will be
shown up ns a principle of Inordinate greei
and selfishness on the part of the nation
which has put forth the proud boast that It
leads the world in science , art , and the graces
of civilization ;
A in rf leu ii Miimifiit > ( iircN Aliroml.
nnsni City Star.
The order for 28,000 tons of steel rails for
the Japanese -government , just booked by
the Illinois Steel scompany , ought to open
the eyes of the managers of that great con
cern to the fact that it is worth while to
pay some attention to other than tbo homo
markets. The production of this vast quan
tity of manufactured steel will give employ
ment and wages to a good many men am1
Incidentally n ay swell the profits of tbe es
tablishment to , ' a considerable extent.
Wlirnt Crnp uml Prices.
IMilliiiHplila Times.
With the thrashing season fully at an end ,
tbe wheat crop greatly exceeds expectations ,
and will aggregate nearly 000,000,000 bushels.
This-will Klvpc200,0'00QOQ bushels for expor.t
and" leave an ample supply for the home de
mand.
Fortunately for'the American wheat farm
ers , tbo entire surplus will bo needed abroad ,
where It Is going as fast as the big steam
ships can carry It. In view of this , certainly
nothing can check the rising tide ot business
prosperity hi this country until an ample
wheat crop abroad makes American wheat
a drug In the market once more.
Whether tbls will happen next year is
uncertain , and for the present American
wheat and British gold are changing places
greatly to the gratification of American wheat
growers , as well ns a good many other folks.
. \iliiltcralloil of I'noil.
Philadelphia Press.
Pennsylvania should afford a fertile field
for the Investigation Into the character and
extent of the adulteration ot foods and drugs
which Is now being undertaken by the United
States Department ot Agriculture. The re
cent collapse of a cfise against a merchant
charged with selling Impure mustard , which
was duo wholly to the Judge's decision that
mustard was not a food , the guilt of the
lefcndant being unquestioned , Is one example
of the difficulties of enforcing such pure food
laws co get on the ( statute boolts. There is
no question that every state uhould have a
stringent pure food and pure drug law of so
comprehensive a character and at the same
time so simple that convictions under It will
bo easy nnd not dlfllcult. As it Is In this
state , the law of June 26 , 1S93 , although ap-
) arently clear. Is thus proved Inadequate , and
when the question of tbo milk supply Is con
sidered , ono of the most Important of food
supplies a great city like Philadelphia is
round to be without the full protection
needed. As the department at Washington Is
after facts It ought not to have much diffi
culty In discovering In most states a very
ax 'state of affairs Indeed.
r \TIS\T
lllHlinriiiciit < if tilt * Swindlers lijho
CiimiiilMNliiiirr of I'nIciitN Knilorxfil ,
St. Pnul Pioneer PIP .
John Wedderburn & Co. of Washington ,
D. C. , have been very prominent as patent
agents , and have resorted to such extra
ordinary means to Increase their business
that they are Bald last year to have made
about $500,000. But apparently they are not
going to make any more money out of their
patent office business , at least through any
tirect dealings with the patent office ; for
under a very recent decision of the commis
sioner of patents , approved by the secretary
of the Interior , Jphn Wedderburn has been *
lisbarred for gross misconduct.
In the last number of tbe Official Gazette
of the United tales Patent Office thirty-
seven pages are'devoted to a review of the
csuita of the 'YfiVestlgatton on which this
doclBlm wen rtaUe'lby the commissioner of
lateiitc , with tho-.Tt-port of Assistant Com-
iilssloncr Greeluflba the same subject. The
mslnesH of IhlBi.ijnlurprlsInK firm , according
o the Btatemcajs.pt the commissioner , was
o play upon life gullibility of the thousands
of would-bo inventors ; to advlsa them that
heir devices e ejiatenUblp. | whether they
were or not , aful tt > Intimate that they wcro
irobably of grcaT value , and time Induce
hem to put tHdtnlatter into their hands ,
with the IlhcraUrwi they exacted. "There
can bo no douuv says the commissioner ,
n the syllabuaroMtra detailed review of the
ransactloiiE. of UICBO people , "that tbo facts
irought out In tbo record show that the
respondents camoil < lout In tlielr practice a
skillfully planned' cliome of deception , mis-
cading and defrauding thoutinds of would-
> o Inventors out of btiudreds of thousands
of dollars , and have used to further their
echemca the officfs of the government and
ts postofllce facilities , "
It appears that ono of the modes resorted
o by John Woddorbuin & Co. to obtain
luMneca was through representation ! ) of
liu.r anxious concern for the Interest o/
) oar , struggling Inventors , and of their deep
olic'luJe ' to protect them from the han.13 of
inbcruptilous patent snarkb or Ignorant ni'.l
lUhores ; solicitors. By this and klndruJ
mean ? , 33,000 of these poor , struggling In
ventors were Induced to put their appllr.i-
lonr for patents In the bands of these
ihllanthroplc gentlemen , with the rc-iult that
ess than l.COO have been allowed.
As an hcnost and capable patent agent
OCH not encourage his client to apply for a
latent unless there U ruaionablu ground for
he assurance that It will be granted , theco
gurcs would Indicate that lucre was good
; round for tbe disbarment of John Wcdder-
urn. i
THIS IM-'I.O\V OP fJOl.ll.
Olobc-Iemocr t' H will bo iu > tleo > l thut
the gold reserve has touched another loteh
tu Its upward movement , having Ju t crossed
tbo $149,000,000 line. In April last , shortly
before tbo gold exportation began , the re-
rcrvo was 16.000,000 higher than it Is now.
However , as gold Is coming Into the country
at present Instead * of going out , and us tliH
movement ts likely to continue for several
months , the reserve stands a chance to f.n
far beyond last April's figures.
rpiingnrld Republican : Gold to ( ho
amount of over J4,500,000 lias been ongagt-ii
abroid for shipment to the United Stairs
today. This la a pretty substantial beginning
of tbo long-anticipated gold movement , and
New York bankers believe It will reach tlio
sum of J20.000.000 before the end of the year.
ui > leading foreign liEciking house at New
York iitatod that gold could not now be
Imported at a profit , ImpljIiiR that thu ship
ments were being made for speculative effect.
Ilowove1/ this may be , tbe heavy exports of
grain end cotton ought to command some re
turn In gold , notwithstanding foreign sales of
American securities ,
Philadelphia Times : Within R week the
Imports of gold from Europe have exceeded
J5.000.000. and hc reason for the flow nf the
golden tide In this direction is not far to
seek. American exports to Europe during
the month of August reached $ CO,515,000 , and
the Imports from Kuropo only $20lu.OOO.
giving a balance to our credit tn be settled
In some way of over $10.000,000. or moro
than twice the amount ot the month's Im
ports. As the September trade still showed
a heavy balance on the same aide , gold Im
ports are a logical sequence , and the $3,000-
000 that has been nhlpped within n week
Is only the drat Installment of an importa
tion of Kuropeau gold that Is likely to ex
ceed any former movement In tbls direction
In the history of tbe country.
Chicago Post : Nearly $10.000.000 In gold
has been ordered In KiiRllsh money markets
for sblpmcnt to the United States during tha
week ending today. Of this amount moi .
than half was ordered for shipment by
steamers sailing from Liverpool nnd South
ampton today , and the demand for gold for
tbls country has not been met. AVitli a
strong demand for American securities and
with heavy shipments of grain and produce
In Kuiopean markets , tbe trade balance In
favor of tbo United States Is constantly
Brewing moie favorable. It would not be
surprising it tbero should be ordered for
shipment to the United States between now
and the end of the year $50,000,000 in gold
from European money centers. Half as
much more has already been received or is
now In transit from Australia.
nJT'iuivixc ; nrsiMiss.
Chicago Post : Every test which can bo
applied to the situation shows a con
stantly bettering condition h' . the business
world. Bank clearings , regarded as ono of
the surr tests of prosperity , make an c.\
cellent showing for the week Just ended.
GlobeDemocratBusiness Is Increasing
rapidly , but not faster than the amount o
money In circulation. At tbe begln.alng n
September tbo per capita circulation tin
Is , the proportion ot money In tbe countn
outside of the treasury was $22.70 , while i
was $22.8 ! ) at the beginning of October , ni
increase of 13 cents for each man , womai
.ind clillil in tbe country during the month
basing the expansion In population on the
treaai.-y tables of increase. The country wll
havt > nil tbe money it needs now that it has
given up the silver folly tor good. Hver.v
country which avoids financial errors always
has all the money which business neces
sitics demand.
Courier-Journal : While it seems probable
that the tide of speculation reached its
maxMiuim height last month for the present
there cnn be no question of the grcut Im
provemcnl In general trade conditions
Earnings of railroads are phenomenally larg'
and tbls cnn mean nothing but great com
mt-rclal activity. The products of the fnrn
aru being shipped In record-breaking
quantities to market. Prices continue vcrj
high , and with the proceeds goods and manu
factures of all descriptions are being bought
The business of agricultuial implcmen
factories everywhere has been far in excess
of last year , Indicating that the rural populn
tlon will bo busy .md prosperous next season
Tbe Kteat Iron and steel Industry Is stcadllj
get'ing better , and with improvement h
prices come rising wages. Two thousaii'
mine : ? and operatives in the Birmingham
district got a 10 per cent advance this week
and another 25 cents on pig Iron will give
10,000 employes an Increase of pay in tin.
same region. From.manufacturing concerns
in the north and cast there also comes the
sime story , and while wages have not yet
been generally advanced , a. vastly largei
number of men have been given work.
1MIOIJUCT10X OP SfCAK IIISI3T.
PnvtN SliiMvliiK a ( in-lit Kutiirt * for the
Imluxtry.
rhlnairo Post.
Statistics of sugar production of the last
ten years as compiled by a Krencb jour
nal are Intcrcstlug as showing the rapid
development of the sugar beet Industry.
In tbe season of 18S7-8 the reduction of
beet sugar was Just about equal to that
of cane sugar. In the first case it amounted
to 2,407.000 tons , as against 2,541,000 in tbe
latter. Tills year the production of cine
sugar remained about where it was ten years
ago , any difference being In the direction
of a decrease , while the production of
beet sugar nearly doubled. Of cane sngav
there was produced this year 2,432,000 tons ,
wh'ilo ot beet sugar the production was
1,773,000 tona.
These figures go to show that there la
now a much larger consumption of sugar
than was the case ten jears ago. In tiic
first year of tbo decade the production was
1,948,000 tons , while In tbo last It was
7,204,000 tons. It Is but fair to conclude
that the entire production goes into actual
consumption. How tills Increase is to be
accounted for Is not easy to determine. Tbo
tact that it exists , however , secnw to he In
disputable , Perhaps It Is one of the signs
of Improvement In- the circumstances of the
people as a whole , whereby thi'lr consump
tive capabilities have been increased. If
so , It might be cited as an additional icfuta-
tion of the cry of the pessimists that the
poor arc constantly growing poorer , while
the rich are growing richer. The advance
ment of rich and poor alike in the direction
of self-betterment appears to bo simultane
ous.
ous.This view of the case would seem to bo
borne out by the fact that the Improvement
ias been a gradual one. In the first year of
he decade tlio total production of sugar was
1,948,000 tons. Tbo following year it rose to
; , OG7,000 tons ; the next year to 5,701,000 tons ;
be succeeding ono to 0,237,000 tons , and BO
on until in 1891-5 it bad risen to 7,828,000
ons , since when there lias been a slight
falling off , possibly In consequence of the
inlversal depression that lias prevailed.
None of the decrease , however , Is chargeable
o beet sugar. Its production this last year
ias been larger than over before. This fact
vlll bo of special Interest to those western
tales , such as Nebraska and Colorado , which
uvo been going extensively Into the cultlva-
lon of sugar beet. It may bo taken by them
us an Indication that there la a great 'future
or their new Industry , and that the vossl-
illltles for its development are unlimited.
Ul'VlOIIN Dl-fllllllOIIM.
Nobody A prominent woman's husband.
Dossil A deadly gas that Is often fatal to
rUrdsh-lp. *
Thunder The only reliable weather report
et discovered.
Statistician A man who ran prove that
figures always lie.
Hammock An article used as a hpoon-
iolder at a love fcst.
Perambulator A good thing that but fuw
men care to push along.
Polostrlan A person who ls always getting
n tbo ay of a bicycle.
Matrimony A sort of trust for tbo protcc-
lon of Infant iniliistrlea.
Became Eve's legacy to her daughters as
en excuie for the Inexcusable.
ExperienceScmethlng everybody gets
after it 'is too late to make tine of It.
Faith The thing that makes a bald-lieadcd
nan invest In a bottle of hair restorer.
nenr.Hlon Something looked up In tbo
llctionary today and forgotten tomorrow.
ItcllciilloiiN of n llnclii-lor.
Now York Press : Iiispl'atlon is generally
nero than half sweat.
A man lias to think he lovea at lean two
so in en before be can know lie lovc-s one.
When a smart man cornea out of the little
iid of the born bo turns around anil blows
After a girl has once heard that some ono
said she nan faucliiatlns sbo takes to look-
ng qucerly at tne butchtT.
If Bomo women could go to heaven for
lugbtiids they would probably end by
ng out one of the four-winged beaits.
.STOIIIKS AllOt T MITP.M .MF..V.
The following story wan told en the late
Speokor Crisp In Washington the other day !
U was election day ami the republicans had
put \tp strong fight. Prominent in their
ranks was nn old darkry. Tom , All day long
ho hovered n round the polM and In an Im
promptu profession carried a traiK'pnroncy.
In tbi ) evening Mr. Crisp was stuiidhig In
flont of his hotel when old Tom sidled
bashfully up and requested the present of a
dollar. "What. Tom , " said Mr , Crisp , "you
have the audacity to come hero and ask
me. for a dollar after work I UK haid ngalnut
mo all ilay ? " "Well , but , Massa Chawles ,
I > u known you rbcr Klnco you watt so high ,
nnd 1 suttiuly do nwil n dollar bad , " "Tom , "
said Mr. Crisp , looking sternly at him.
"didn't you cast your vote nKolnst me to
day ? " Tom looked cast down for n moment.
"Dad'no , das'si ) , Mansa Crlip , " but , brighten
ing up with an Inspiration , "yon know It
Kwlnc to count fob you , emiyhow. Please
gimme dat dollnh , Massa Chnwlos. "
A good ( and true ? ) story Is going Hie round
which shows to what extent the violent ebul
litions and cnprlcon of tbo German emperor
are regarded In MM own country. An Eng
lish gentleman , It appuats , wa walking with
a friend Unter den Linden , nnd In the couiso
of a dlsciiBslon on the kaiser's conduct com
mitted a grievous error ot MnJestnts-Bcloldl-
gung. "The omperor'H a fool , " ho ex
claimed , whereupon an English speaking
police ntllccr tapped him on the shoulder
and said : "You must come mid mo to ze
pollen station. " "What for ? " asked the
Englishman , "Meln hcrr did call zo kaNcr
a fool , " replied the man. "No. no , "
urged the Briton , "It was tlio Husslan em
peror I was talking about. " 'Dat vlll not
vasb , " went on the constable , "tlere Is no
emperor a fool except the German em
peror. " After which Paine Humor Imp It
( be police ollicBt' and tlio Englishman greed
to keep each other's secret and parted on
good terms.
Henry Clay's memory for faces , as Is gen
erally known , was little short of marvelous.
The following la one of numerous storlea Il
lustrating bis wonderful faculty : On one
occasion ho was on bis way to Jackson. Miss. ,
nnd the cars stopped for a short tlmo at
Clinton. Among the crowd who prossud for
ward was one vlgoious old man. who Insisted
that Mr. Clay would rocognl/.c him. Ho bad
lost one eye.
'Where did I know you ? " asked Mr. Clay ,
fixing a IcoL'ii glance on this man.
"In Kentucky. " was itho reply.
"Had you lost your cyo before then , or
have you lost It since ? " was tbi ? next iiuca-
tlon.
"Since , " answered the old man.
"Turn the sound side of > our face to m ? so
I can see yjur prollle , " said Mr. Clay , pr-
cmptorlly , and tlio man obeyed. " 1 have it ! "
said Mr. Clay after a moment's scrutiny of
the profile. "Didn't you give me a verdict as
Juror at Frankfort , Ky. , In the famous case
of the United States against Innls , twenty-one
jears ago ? "
"Yea , sir ! " crlotl the old man , trembling
with delight.
"And Isn't your name Hardwicko ? " queried
Mr. Clay after another minute.
" 1 told you ho'd remember m ° ! " cried tbe
old man , turning to tlio crowd. "He never
forgets a face , never forgets a face. "
A ( ilIM ) Il.tltC.U.V.
Some Vit-WN on ( lit * Ai > iii-4 > iH'liliin Suit
or MIC I niiiii I'lioltlf.
St. I'.uil I'lonecr I'ross ,
It is difficult to see where any ono can
find grounds for criticising the action of the
government In its settlement of the Union
Pacific cases , in Its ilnal arr.ingements It
has obtained much bettor terms from the
Uiiicn Pacific than those demanded by tlio
Cleveland administration. The explanations
of Attorney General McKcnna Indicate that
tbe government drove what might be called
a sliarp bargain with the reorganization
committee. It threatened to appeal from the
decision of tbo circuit court making the
Omaha bridge manga go of $1,200,000 a su
perior lieu to 'that ' of the government , and
on other questions , whereupon tbe reorgan
ization committee , to cover all possible
claims of the government , raised tlielr bid
from $45,754.059 to a round $30.000.000 and
tbo government has accordingly withdrawn
Its threat to appeal. No other or higher bid
is likely to be received , and hence no doubt
the foreclosure will bo completed , and ,
within the next two or three mouths the
payments of $50.000,000 to tbe government
will be completed.
But 110 one need fear that all tbls money
Is golmj to bo withdrawn from active cir
dilation to be locked up in the vaults o
the treasury , or that it is going to make
any sensible disturbance In the money mar
ket. For. In the first place , of this $30 ,
000,000 tbo sum of $1S.182.10C Is already ii
the treasury , being the sinking fund belt
to tbo credit of tbe comoanv. A donoslt o
$2,000,000 lias been made as a proof of good
faith by tbo reorganization committee. The
remaining payments arc to be made in
thirty , fifty and sixty days. The last pay
ment by tbo reorganization committee will
bo duo In January. Prior to that date the
subsidy Pacific raliwaj bo-ids S2J.904.32 ! '
will be advertised for redemption , and this
will put that large amount of money back
Into circulation. So these large transfers
of money will not make even a Hurry In the
maikct.
The government meanwhile is well rid ol
the Union Pacific on these terms. As the at
torney general says , It will pay the principal
of the debt twlco over in connection with
what has been paid before , and as it receives
more than 3 % per cent Interest on tbo bonds
from the date of their Issue It makes about
$21,000,000 profit on Us loan of credit to tbe
Union Pacific. There Is nothing In that ar
rangement to grumble about. It reflects
? rcat credit on the government , and , what
'n more , It reflects still greater credit on
.bo reorganization committee of the Union
I'aclfic. For It shows on their part a illa-
losltion to deal honestly and Justly by the
; ovornmrnt instead of taking advantage of
.heir position ns holders of tbe first mnrt-
; ago to force the government Into the losses
hat would probably have resulted to It if
hey pursued tbo piratical policy which less
lonorablo men might have resorted to. Of
course It was to their advantage to deal
fairly nnd sqmrely with the government , at *
vlth all other creditors of tbo bankrupt com
pany. But It ahva > H Is profitable In the long
run to bo honorable. Tlio pity of It is Hint
hero arc so many smart men who do not see
t in that light.
no\v TIIH JIDSV iuu DOTH.
N of KvlmiiNtlnir ( lie Htciuii In
the Human Holler ,
At this tlmo of year , when people arc ro-
urnlng from their vacations ; when many are
omlng home to rest after a Hcason of activity
and dissipation , and when many moro are
eturnlnj ; with freshened energies for tlm
mttle with tlio world , It might be well to re
nomber , says Leslie's Weekly , that tbero is
ucb a thing as overdoing and undoing one's
elf even after tbe annual recreation. The
irosy moraUnts , .from our boyhood days to
nan's estate , never tire of quoting the ex
ample of the busy bee who Improves each
bluing hour and gathers honey > wbumvor ho
may find it. Of course the Interests of virtue
demand tint this active worker should live
o a good old ago and go down to an honored
grave with tbo love and esteem of animate
and Inanimate rature. But listen to the
cstlmony of the latest writer on this Inter' '
eating Insect : "Tho bee's life Is rather
short , " bo says ; "not over forty-five or fifty
lays long In the busy eat > on of summer ,
n winter , however , a period of comparative
dleness , U is estimated to extend over a
nuch greater length of time , but , with the
exception of the queen , no boo lives to be
a year old. "
This Is at. age of grim reality and these
acts about the little bee. may seriously dis
courage the lessons of our youth. They show
hat when tlio bee works overtime , sipping
ram the Innocent flowers , io , 8lbly including
a few wild oats , lie Is Hhortenlng his llttlo
Ife , but when he striken a season ot coin-
xiratlvo Idleness ho lengthens his days. It
s well to work , but , In thu Interests of tbe
jiortallty rate , do not work too hard.
A l.iixl Itt-Norl.
Washington Slur : "Mike. " said Plodding
'ete , disconsolately , "I gucsu clero ain't no
IBO o' boldln' out an' beln' hopeful 110 longer ,
t'a most lie re. "
"What's mtst here ? "
"Prosperity. An1 when all do mills lu open
n' tryln' ter rep men in to accept work ,
vlmt oxcubo'll wo glvu fur beln out of a
oh ? "
"I don't BCB but ono chance fur us , " rolled -
> lled Meandering Mike , after a pause. "We'll
ittftcr tell 'em we're perfcwlonnl agitator * . "
l-nitSO.VAI , AMI OTIIKIlAVISia.
If the dredge that la going to prospect tha
bed ot the Yukon shall dlecovor that U U
rich in pay dirt , that Interesting stream will
soon bo inndo navigable.
A shortage of $5,000,000 In the account ! )
of the treasury of Brooklyn casts a melan
choly shadow on the approaching union with
Grandfather Knickerbocker ,
According to Judicial decisions the vnluo
of stolen kisses ranges from $27.f > 0 In Now
Jersey to40 cent * In Canada. The bargain
rnto of "Our I.ady of the Snows" Is duo to
the accompanying frost.
Because ono of their number was dis
charged for stealing n Kits from a girl em
ployed in a factory nt Newcastle , Pa. , 200
men went out on strike.
An Indiana court has convicted a bank
president of having received deposits when
ho knew the hmtltutlon was Insolvent , and
punlobed him by Imposing n fine of $21 $ .
Dr. Withers C. Watt , the well known
English scientist , ts nt present In San
Francisco on his way home from a several
months' stay In the leper colonies ot
Auatralnsla , where lie has been studying the
disease.
An ex-sheriff of Michigan Is nt present
using ns an. ohilnary carriage n famous
chaise owned by Governor Onss in territorial
dajs. Tbu chaise Is said to be as ntrong as
it was sevenly-fivo years ago and able to
stand fifty years moio use.
The English papers say that Aubrey
Beardslcy. the artist , Is lu the last stages of
consumption , and ban only strength enough
left to drag himself from hie bed to bis
easel , where ho works every day as well ns
ho can , Ho supports his mother and a sister ,
another sister being on tlio stage.
The eminent widows of Franco seem to bean
an unusually contrary lot. Mmo. Alexander
On mas refuses to 'permit tlio publication of
any of her IniFliaml's manuscripts , and Mme ,
Gounod steadily opposes the performance of
any of tbo composer's early works. .Mine.
MaoM.ibon and Mine. Carnet have bjth de
clined the pensions offered by the state' .
Tlio people of Louisville nio experiencing
thu novelty of a modern counterpart of the
miracle of the lied sea. The waters of the
Ohio river have boon parted before their
door , and thousands of persons are dally
visiting tlio scene , nnd walking dry shod over
the river bed that , for the first time In all tbo
ages of the past , has been exposed to the
sight of man.
It is tegarded AS significant of the spread
of sentiment hi favor ot municipal owner
ship that two of the leading lawyers nnd
citizens of New Jersey. Frank Bergen and
William H. C rbin of Elizabeth , have como
out In support of public construction of a
projected trolley line from Elizabeth to
Plalnfleld. a distance ) of eleven miles. They
appear to bo carrying the community with
them also.
The notorious money lender. laaac Gordon ,
who was recently brought before tbe House
of Commons , lias bien expelled from the Ho-
biow synagogues of Great Britain. Not only
that , but a year before bis cxictlms became
a matter of investigation strict orders were
given that no Hebrew charity or Instltu'loii
should accept gifts from him on the ground
that his dealings were an oftcnse against
Hebrew morality.
Feeling himself called upon to apologize
for the appearance of a saloon advertisement
hi Ills papei , a Itny county , Missouri , editor ,
alter pointing out that IfW-as tbo fiiMt of tbo
kind lie ever hud published , averred that bis
motive "was puiely mercenary , " and a con
temporary conjectured that ills Intention waste
to Imply that be received casli for the adver
tisement instead of being obliged to lake it
out In trade.
It is possible limit Hie objection to Tom
Mooro's nnmo In tlio galaxy of poe'n In tbo
congressional library building may be traced
to the political enemies of Grover Cleveland.
During the famous "tariff reform" battle
Cleveland wrote to CongrcsKman Cntchings ,
Intimating that tbe livery of tariff reform
had been stolen and worn In the service of
protection , and cxprcbsed bis Indignation In
iiurnlng words bonowcd from Mooro'a "Lalla
Ilookh. " Perhaps tlio wound still rankles.
MIllTIIKIIl. OIISKKV.YTIO.VS.
Chicago llecoid : Visiting Englishman
Ynp , we're going to tpend a few weolcs
doingtlit United States.
Native American Cosh ! It needs more'n
dewing now ! It needs Hooding- .
Detroit Journal : New Yorkur Have you
spent much time In Investigating inlerob a ,
Mips Hack Huv ?
Huston Girl Vc.- > , Indeed ; I dote on the
rtc.ir llttlo Alleiiuel-robes.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "nils' * Carman
Kiyn he never reads the dally papots. "
"He-uvens ! What an Ideal .Juryman ! "
WnKblnrton Star : "Hello , Brown. How
did you got your face scarred so1. ' "
"Got run over by u truck. "
"Dliln't yon see It coming ? "
"No. 1 wns Ionising over iny shoulder
at the new moon for mcU. "
1
Judge : "That Charley 1'orkly la hor-
-
rid
"Wby , dear ! I thought you nnd he wcro
cntrngcd. "
"We nro , but last night I told him hi ) was
too good for me , nnd the conceited coxcomb
illiln't deny It. "
Cleveland Lender : Mrs. Younglovc Docs
your husband give you a regular allow
ance , or bow do you nrr.iiiRo it ?
Mrs. 1.-Midvolce-An
- allowance ? No , ho
doesn't give me nn allowance. I buy lifo
street car tickets for 'him , and we- let It
Co at tlmt.
Detroit Journal : "Weak tenra ! " ha
Ktiecred , glowering upon the weeping figure
before him.
"Edwin ! " wl'.o protested.
In tlmo he Itnew that he bad done her
Injustice ; In time he knew that her toara ,
far from lielng weak , wire ttrong enough ,
when mingled witli p.irtlclcs of her com
plexion , to take the pattern all out of bio
new fall vest.
Chlcnpn Post : He sat on n snow bank
In tlm Klondike region looking very dis
consolate
"It was the mistake of my life , " he wld
sadly , "Hero I urn freezing to death. "
lie HWIIIIK his arms to start the circula
tion.
"I should hnvo brought my wife. "
He danced n jig to keep bis toe * from
freezing.
"She 'has ' never failed to inuko tliiuci
warm for mo.1
HEARD IT IN TIME.
Cleveland Lender.
Ho litid started for the Klondike ,
To becoino u inllllonulie ;
nut he met n mini who told him
Of the pi Ice of w-hlxky there.
So tbo venture wua ubaiuluncJ
Anil today bl look la .Find , *
Anil be tells In tones of triumph
Of the great escape bo bad.
THAT AWK1I1. IIItOTllKH.
Deiuer Post.
° r "er H0 lrlKlIt
Of her ilrcss so 'nlco and neat , nnd her
millo so killing Hwoet ,
And nnsuicd her that It wn no idle cliaf.
llnir.
Then bur llttlo brother dear sprumr a crln
from car to ear.
Anil , dc.fplte her beiul and flnccr slink.
IHK warning , .
Cried aloud : "Oil , , | IO'H all right ! Sio |
look * mlelitv slick tonight.
Hut. great Soott ! you'd ouslit .o see her
In the morning ! "
Royal makes ttie food pure ,
Vi'iolesomo and Jellclouj ,
Absolutely Pure
ROrAl CAr-JNO roD H CO. , Hill YOftK ,
