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. THE OaEAJlA PA1LT HlflJS ; TirtHlSDAT. NOVEMBER 18 , 1807. Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE , li. , Editor. liVUKY MOHN1NO. TEmtS OK SUBSCniPTIONt Dally E ( Without Hundoy ) , One Year. . 16 M Ually lice nnd Sunday , One Year . C file Months . 4 CO Three Months . . . . . . . . ' ° J Bunday lift , One Year . 2 CO Haturdnx Dee , One Year , . , . . . . 1 W Weekly i ) c , One Year . u omens i Omnhn : The D-e UulldlnK. South Omaha : Slnwcr Illlc. . Cor. N nnJ 21th Sti. Council IlluITt : 10 IVnrl Street. Chicago Office : an chamber of Commerce. New York : Iloonn 11. 14 nnd IS Tribune Jllde. Wathlngton : Ml Fourteenth Street. All communications rolntlnR to news nml edito rial matter nhoulil be addressed : To the Editor. All tjunlneii Irttern and remittances should be dilroined to The Ilco I'ubllMilnR Cotnimny , Omahn. iJrnfto , chrckn , express anil pastoltlca money orders to bo made payable to tht order ot the company , TIII : nun PUIIMSIIINQ COMPANY. _ _ TATIMINT : OF CIIICULATION. Btntc of Nebrntkn , Douglas County , s . : George I ) . Tzichuck , secretary of The Hue Pub- ll hlriR Coniiniiy ; , being duly sworn , says tlmt the cctunl number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning. K\enliiR nrd Sunday Dee printed ilurlne the month of October , 1S1 7 , wns os fol- lonsi Net tntnl nte * C17.106 Net dally nvornB" " " 19,907 anonon n. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and pubrcrlbod In my prcs- rnec this 1st day of November 1S17 ( Seal ) N. P. FCII * Notary Public. Tin : O.TRAINS. . All rnllronil ncMv liiiy * nrc mipiillcil wllli onoiiuli IlLM-n to ncunniiiioilnti * CVITJJIHN - BpHKor who Yrntili to reml n iUMTNini pr. . Iiiolnt upon luiv- liie The Hoc. If you cniinot Ki'i n Hoc on u trnlii from the iirrvM IIKIMI ( . itloaxtt i-rport < lie fiirt , NduliiK tinriiIn nml rnllronil , ( o the Olrc-nliitloii nopiirdiioiit of Thp Hop. The IH for nnlo oil nil ( mini. IXSIST OX HAVING Till ! : HUE. Clontnrr Is UIP fonntlllns which no body wniitH to adopt. Of conrso the little sonnco between Austria mill Turkey Is as usual soU'ly lu the Interest of Europeim peace. With construction onthe new Armour plant under way , South Omaha will be the busiest city of Its size lu thu coun try. There Is abundant evidence In the Iowa newspapers to prove that seini- lorlnl campaigns overlap each other in ithe Hawkeye state. The first tax rate levied under the new charter will tell whether or not the ex periment of a swpai-ate city assessment gives promise of succe'ss. Jty adopting an aggressive foreign policy the Austrian government draws attention away from the serious Interim ) troubles of the empire. Austria kuows a thing or two. Theodore llooscvelt admits that his opinion of the way New York went in the late election "Is nof fit for publica tion. " lie may console himself that lu ; Is not the only one of that opinion The next auditorium erected in Omaha should be a permanent and not a tem porary structure. Omaha will entertain a. great many great conventions In 1SS ! , liit It will continue to bid for other con- volitions for subsequent years. Sir. llryan is billed for another per formance at St. Louis Friday and none of the railroads aiming in that direction should be surprised to receive a request for a free pass for "Our Mr. AV. J. Bryan" masked under the pretense of an exchange for advertising In the news paper In which he says he holds stock. The way to stop slot machine gambling Is to Htoj ) It. There is a law which makes gambling and the keeping of gambling devices criminal. The police are as much lu duly bourn ! ) to enforce the anti- gambling law as any other law , and they need not wait for authority for any reso lution of either council or police board. Tostofllce receipts show uniform In creases In almost all parts of the conn- try. The volume of postal business Is admitted to be one of the bust indexes to general industrial conditions , yet Bryan nnd his calamity associates persist tlmt the prosperity we are enjoying Is only- apparent and not real. The state treasury Is threatened with a share of the prosperity restored by the republican national administration In thu form of better prices for convict labor leases than ever before enjoyed. Before President McICIuloy was elected the state had a hard time to dispose of Its convict labor at any price. King Oscar of Sweden , who Is said to bo able to speak and write seven differ ent languages , is also an eloquent orator nnd an author of such talent that liU writings have been translated and pub lished In many European countries. It Is seldom tlmt one so well equipped for making himself useful In the world gets such a good Job in kingly employment. The suit of the state against the de funct Capitol National bank for a pro ratu return of the state deposit which was swallowed up In that bank failure has been revived. The spirits of thu taxpayers , however , would be revived imii-h more perceptibly by a decree for a return of whole or part of the stolen money. Omaha must begin to put on a metro politan appearance for the benefit of ex position year visitors. It cannot do thin if the council continues to grant permits for the disfigurement of the streets by the erection of new poles and protrud ing signs. The care of the council should bo to clear the streets of the obstructions that now deface them , rather than to tuuko way for uioro obstructions. unrnnzon The Boo cheerfully gives space to the letter of Governor Ilolcomb , In Tvhlch he attempts to answer Its criticism by restating his views with reference to the farming of state school funds by the late defaulting state treas urer. The governor , however , does not npponr to help Ills case or strengthen his unenviable position. On the contrary , while professing to take exception to The Bee's strictures , he concludes by admitting the conten tion of The 'Bee that there Is nothing In the law or the decisions of the courts that prohibits the state Uensurtr from placing school money In the care of banks that have given bonds for the safo-kocping of state deposits. The trouble with Governor Ilolcomb Is that his present letter docs not tally with the testimony ho gave In the Bart- ley bond case. Neither does his conduct In approving the Hartley bond nnd al lowing Hartley o settle by showing a cigar box filled with pieces ot paper pur porting to be certificates of deposit agree with the only rational construction of the law. On the witness stand In the Bart- ley bond suit Governor Holcomb testi fied under oath as follows : Q. What did you conceive It to be your duty with respect to compelling the stnto treasurer to produce In cash exhibited to you ot all funds In the treasury of the cash account not deposited In state depositories ? A. I did not understand that to bo my duty nrul regarded It as a farce and a sham. That haa been ray experience , especially with county treasurers I had nothing to do with the state. Q. Then to require the statu treasurer who succeeds "himself " to produce the money the cash with which ho is chargeable other than that In the state depositories you cou- sldored a farce and a shnm , did you ? A. The way it had been done I considered It eo , and considered it could be done the same way In aay Instance. Q. Did you decline to require llr. Bartley to produce the cash In the cash account other than state depositories for the reason that you considered It would be a farce and a sham ito require him to do so ? A. I did not decline. It was not required , air. Dart- ley did not produce to mo the cash that Is , the currency that his books called for. Q. On the 8th day ot January , 1893 , Gov ernor 'Holcomb ' , did you consider that the state treasurer ot the state had a right ito use the permanent school fund In such a way as to scatter It around In banks that were not state depository lanks ? A. He could not under the decision of the supreme court deposit It in depository ibanks. The court said Itiis unlawful to do it. I conceived U to be his duty to protect It. Q. Did you consider that It was proper for the state treasurer , say on or ibcforo the 8th day ot January , to protect the deposit ot the permanent school fund by scattering It around 'In banks not state depositories ? A. Ho could not have protected It any other way without keeping It In the treasury vaults , nnd that was unsafe. Governor Iloleamb now says In Ills letter that the state treasurer could have protected the school funds by placing them as a special deposit liv banks se cured by depository bonds and that the fact that a bank had been designated a state depository would not preclude it from receiving school moneys. In otlier words , if the school moneys were to be placed on deposit for safe-keeping there was nothing in the law or the court de cisions to prevent their deposit with reputable responsible banks rather than with irresponsible , wildcat concerns. Yet according to his own testimony Gov ernor Ilolcomb acquiesced In the farm ing out of these trust funds by Bartley to tottering banks and accepted as cash alleged certificates of deposit without so much as inquiring intq the solvency of the banks , or even making a memoran dum which would show where the school funds were kept. Instead of making his position tenable , each explanation of the governor makes it more untenable. UID The note of kindly warning against jingoism recently uttered by Bishop Doane Is pertinent oven though he may be laboring under some misapprehension as to the nature of the "Jingoism" lie condemns. The bishop admits , In the matter of the relations of the English people and the American people , that the spirit of hostility is present in substan tially the same degree on both sides of the water , but he makes a distinction be tween the latent hostile spirit which pre vails In England and the aggressively hostile spirit which Is the cause of the "Jingoism" manifested In America. The difference Is attributed to the patience of the English government , the English people and the English press. Unfortunately it is true that In the text books on American history used in many of the schools of the United States there Is much that has a tendency to arou.se In the mind of the patriotic and home-loving student distrust nnd hatred of the English natloiu In part this is the fault of the historians , but more gen erally the fault of the English people who forced upon the American colonists the war of the revolutions and later on compelled the citizens of the struggling young republic to light a second time for tholr Independence , In relating the story of the two wars between the. Americans and the English thn historian would tlud it dllllcult to avi > ! d arousing bitter feelings toward the English nation. Yet It might as well be confessed , since it is true , that little effort has been made by the school book editors or the general historians to make it easier for young Americans to love their British cousins. The old grudges of our forefathers are carried down to all thw generations with but .slightly diminished force and all the new grudges nro carefully garnered to add to the general stock. The school children leanv them and repeat , them on AVashlngton's birthday and the 'Fourth of July orators utilize them In various proper and improper ways at least once each year. Bomo of the old grudges re appear every time an arbitration treaty , Is mentioned and others do duty when the question of a seal agreement Is un der consideration. They are hard to shake elf , especially when nobody is engaged - gaged in shaking. Bishop Doano gives too much credit to the pntleiico of the English people. If they permit their hostility to Americans to llo dormant It is more likely because they are busy with other things and their nation haa entanglement * with otlier European' nation ? that fill their minds with lu > i > es and fears. That this English hostility to Americans is not al ways dormant la u fact well kuowii , and it Is equally well known and perfectly understood that much of the "Jingoism" that rages In the United States with In termittent fury Is solely for home consumption - sumption and lias very little backing. But the old grudges are remembered well enough on both sides of the water. While dangerous only to the unlhlnklng and over Impulsive , even that danger ought to be avoided. The warning by Bishop Doane Is especially timely , now that mnny live questions are pending between the United States government nnd the British and Canadian govern ments. or One of the most striking Indications of general business Improvement is pre sented In the Increased activity of. the Iron Industry. There has been a great gain In Iron manufacture within the last few months and the outlook for this great Industry appears to be most favor able. In the Plttsburg region every blast furnace Is In full operation , for the first time In several years , and It should be remarked that the number of furnaces In that region Is larger than ever be fore. This means , says a local paper , more than a return of past prosperity , because with the Increased number of furnaces the output Is greater than for merly by 25 per cent. The Plttsburg region Is not exceptional lu this respect , activity prevailing lu all the Iron-pro ducing sections. This activity Is due to a legitimate de mand and not to a speculative move ment such as caused the Increased pro duction of two years ago. This demand comes from the railroads , from Increased water transportation inquiring mow steel vessels , from the growth of build ing In cities and from the increased production of agricultural Implements. There is also being exported more of the manufactures of Iron than in former years , though this Is relatively Insig nificant. A largo consumption of iron lias long been considered one of the surest signs of general prosperity and the pros- cut activity of this Industry may be ac cepted as conclusive evidence that a very decided improvement has taken place in the conditions which make for pros perity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ XUT KbTIKKIr FHU1TLESS. The Anglo-American seal conference was not entirely fruitless. The unani mous agreement of the expert's upon the sixteen propositions presented Is a dis tinct and Important advance In the seal controversy. This result was not gen erally expected and It is highly satisfac tory to know that It sustains most of the contentions of this government. The British and Canadian experts admit that there has been a great decline iiv the Prlbyloff seal herd , as the result of pe lagic sealing , in the prosecution of which largo numbers of females are killed. The chief cause of complaint against open- sea scaling is the fact that it Involves Indiscriminate killing and the slaughter of females being much greater than tliat of males it is Inevitable that the con tinuance of pelagic sealing must In time exterminate the herd , or reduce it to such small proportions within the pro tected zone as to render the seal indus try of comparatively little value. Ac cording to these experts it is not very valuable now and it must become less so unless something be done that will allow the herd to increase. It appears that pelagic sealing has of late fallen off , but this condition cannot be de pended upon to continue in the absence of restrictive regulations. "Whether the agreement of the ex perts will have the effect to bring about such regulations Is problematical. The Canadian ; olllcials arc to present their views to our government in writing and It appears that they are disposed to complicate this matter with other ques tions between the governments In other words , to make a settlement of the seal controversy contingent upon the adjust ment of the several other matters upon which an agreement Is sought It S3oms highly probable that they will propose a commission to consider all these ques tions and in the event of this govern ment making such a proposal the Can adian oillcials will insist upon leaving the seal question whore it is. In the meanwhile It Is to be remarked that Premier Laurler and his associates have manifested a very friendly disposition , which may be accepted as promising re sults satisfactory to both countries. S2'//// , HAHl'IXH OX HKIULDINR. The local Goraldlno organ rushes once moro to the defense editorially ot its pot ex-superintendent of construction , and incidentally accuses The Bee of perse cution , because it did not devote two columns of space to a report in which the manager of the exposition department of buildings and grounds sets out in de tail the work accomplished in his de partment slnco Its organization. Inas much as everything contained In the re port had been given publicity in The Bee at the tlmo the work was done , or the contracts entered , and an abstract of the report itself was embodied in The Bee's account of the directors' meeting , the accusation refutes Itself. That there might be no appearance of unfairness , The Bee , In contrast with the Geraldlno organ , printed in full at no small expense all the testimony verbatim In the hearing of the Geraldlno case , content to leave it to the public to decide whether the charges were not fully sustained. The Irresistible popular demand which re sulted In the retirement of the suspected olliclal is thu. best evidence of the ver dict of the Jury of publlo opinion. Aside from the unmistakable earmarks of Identity of authorship of the answer llh'il by Geraldlno with the Investigat ing committee nnd the latest vindication of his competency and ability , the only noteworthy part of the now attempt to whitewash Geraldlno Is thu celerity with which the World-Herald has hastened to parade a document which docs not oncu mention his name under flaring head lines , reading , "Manager Klrkendall re ports , showing where Guraldlne saved the exposition $1:1,000. : " It must bu re membered that Gcrahllnu's defense of every charge of crooked woik made against him was a confession of the truth of the allegation with a plea in excuse tlmt by so doing ho was saving the exposition money. It certainly must be gratifying to Geraldlno to have his honesty vouched for by the organ tlmt proclaimed Henry Bollu to bo honest after lie had pifblcly ! admitted himself to bo anombuj jr. TJip next question Is , Who will -i-niich for the honesty vof the Geraldlne'-orgnn ? As to Gorallllhe , ho Is a dead Issue which The BoV ) does not care to resur rect , but It WRl' W hesitate to defend Itself whenever i\s \ motives are mali ciously called' In question. The testimony ! brought out before Judge Scott lii" ] ! Cox case embodies in ' a court record'wlint The Bee has repeat edly charged' ' " without contradiction , namely , that tn Hhe spring municipal campaign tlio.'Ppo\lco \ force was shamelessly - lessly prostltutcd'to political work In be half of the fuslbn candidate for mayor. Policemen have now told under oath how they wore ordered to report to Ilowell and his managers , and were de tailed io do campaign work while draw ing pay from the city treasury. These disclosures throw Interesting side lights upon various happenings In police cir cles , and may explain why the nonpartisan tisan reform police board was afraid to dispense with the services of Slgwart , notwithstanding the showing of facts that would ordinarily have called foi Ids Instant and porhianent dismissal. They also moro than over emphasize the necessity for the complete divorce of the police from politics. President Dole of Hawaii Is manifest ing a little more nervousness than usual on the approach of the congressional ses sion and declares once moro that the people of Hawaii will never again sub mit to a monarchy. "In fact , " ho says , "there Is no one sulllclently enjoying the conlldeiice of the people of the Islands to conduct the affairs of state under a monarchy. " It will bo recalled also that President Dele and his associates had a great deal to do with destroying the con fidence of the Hawailans in monarch * ) In general and the last ruler of Hawaii in particular. But that Is a matter of history and the present problem relates to the fate of Hawaii under the pres ent republic. The remote possibility of a .restoration . of the monarchy has noth ing to do with annexation. If the Italian export on fungi who died from eating poisonous mushrooms had but had one of the Illustrated pamphlets Issued by the United States ) Department of Agriculture with colored plates show ing the different varieties of edible and poisonous mushrooms he might have been alive today. The mushroom bulle tin is undoubtedly one of the most use ful of the government publications , but one which mushroom experts at home and abroad cannot ; afford to ignore. Senator Harris , of Kansas now ex presses doubt whether the government will be able to realize In full on > its claim against the Central Pacltlc as it did on that against the Union Pacific. But has not Collis P. Huntiugton been asserting all the time that the government would never lose a cent on the Central Pacific ? Why should Senator Harris want to con cede more than Iluntlngtou asks ? Jury Detroit E'rco Tress. Not content wlt1i trouble-'ma'klng In other walks ot life , the vermiform appendix has been found guilty of tampor'ng with a Jury- The l.nily of theSHOWN. . InJIannpolls Journal. So long as Canada purchases ? GC,000,000 a year ot us and $40,000,000 more than wo purchase of her "wo can afford to make a few concessions. Home AVoi-k for Chicago Times-Herald. A mob of white cnps whipped , tarred and feathered two Ohio girls , aged 19 and 17 , the other night and left them In the woods more dead than alive. Why send missionaries to China und Turkey ? Ohio Is much nearer. Our 1'ollcy ToTvnnl Culm , Chlcaco Post. The policy ot tiho administration docs not Absolutely assure ipeaco with © pain or the Independence ot Cuba , but It Is a .means to both ends. In It the president will doubt less be sustained ( by congress and the coun try , as there Is nothing so necessary to too return of happiness and prosperity in Amer ica as the assurance ot peace. The Jingoes have about exhausted their efforts to keep the country on the ragged edge ot war scares. Itrltlnli .Siiprfiiinoy Philadelphia Record. According to the assertion of a well In formed member of the British Parliament a German firm has profited by the engineers' strike , securing a monopoly of an Important manufacture for the British market ; In fact , a British manufacturer of hlgli standing has been forcel to leave the country and Invest $1,250,000 in the purchase ot a. plant In Ger many in order to enable him to fulfill his contracts , iAt the same tlmo the Illinois Steel company and other American firms have obtained orders for steel rails In Ja pan which will Involve $160,000 in wages. The settlement ot the atrlko lias 'been ' made a cabinet matter , but even If the shorten ing of the working day , as demanded toy the mon , shall bo conceded , the concession will have ( been attained at frlgljtful cost. CUMMU.V CICIMI2 OK MUUDRIt. Court * of ( lie Country Iliinlunccl with CnpHnl CIIHCN. Philadelphia Times. Tbero Is not a single state Jior territory In tbo union lu which there Is not a trial for murder ponding. In 'the ' state ot Kentucky there are forty-seven cases , concerning iiinety-ono prisoners , for murder awultlng trial. In Virginia there are at least twenty- three charges of murder. In the first state only seven of tno men in jail to bo tried for the capital offense of murder are negroes , In Virginia there are eight , North Carolina has twenty cases op more , Georgia twenty- seven , 'Louisiana ' ft score , Texas thirty-two or thirty-three , Missouri twenty-four , Illinois sixteen , Indiana sevdn , ( Michigan three , Ohio eight , Pennsylvania twenty-six , Now York forty-two , Connecticut , itliodo Island and Ver mont one . New Jlajipfhlro has just settled ono of her three by u. sentence of thirty years Imposed upbn i. crazed assassin. Call- fornla haa twenty-sc\cn cases on her docket , and altogether \vjtli 'a dozen more or less there are 280 charges of murder on the criminal dockets of the various states and territories. - Some of these have only rassed as yet trom the hands of { ho coroner or commit ting magistrates , others are on trial , some are on appeal and a few have gone through all the Judicial procedure and the convicted men are only awaiting the executive action ot the law to complete their record. In the Sunday 'Jlmes there was published a dozen or BO of thu most striking cases , They were selected fiom the broad field and It was Intended tp show the generality and variety of the crimes. For that purpose the exchanges that come Into this office for a week about 2SO each day were used as the sources of Information , and from them the Igures given above were also taken. It can M readily understood that there may be cases of murder In a city , say like St. Paul. where a man fully committed for and awaiting the action of the grand jury may not bo mentioned for several weeks. There Is ono case In this city und the man charged with the crime Is In Moyamenslng , of which no mention has been made In the local press tor at least ten days. The figures given above are , therefore , utterly Inadequate the moro so as they do not embrace any crlmo in which some ono Is not charged with the offense and la at least under arrest for U. HO I/CO Sin 7M39TATBS MIS Tlio Oovrrnor Trim to Hrcnnctlc Hid COUTH o rrttlt llu l.rnv. EXECUTIVE CHAMUKU , LINCOLN , Neb. Nor. 16 , 1807. To the Editor of The Bee Yesterday's Issue of The Dee contained nn editorial under the caption , "Holcomb's Un tenable Position , " In which the correctness ot my position wte challenged In the state ment made by mo to the effect that the supreme court , in Its opinion handed dowi In February , 1S94 , "held that the provisions ot the depository law had no application to educational nnd trust funds and that 1 would bo unlawful to deposit thcso funds In state depositories. " "This position , " says the editorial , "Is absolutely untenable. " The writer then proceeds to UTKUO that under the construction given by mo the strongest bank which might bo designated as state dcposl lories would bo prohibited from receiving de posits of educational funds And the treasure thus bo compelled to place this money In the "weaker banks , Experience has proven that the weak as well as the strong banks give depositor } bonds , and also that some of the strougcs bunks ID the state decline to give the re qulied bond and pay Interest on deposits and thus become state depositories. Uul this Is not the question at Issue. I am moro than over satisfied that my po sition In this respect Instead of being uu tcnablo Is absolutely unassailable , nnd I venture turo the assertion that there Is not a rcput nble , well Informed lawyer In the state who would hold different. I desire only that the decision should tpcal ; for Itself. Section- C and 7 ot the syllabus of the case , vreparei by the judge who wrote the opinion am which under the rules of the court act os a guide to the points passed upon In the opinion , reid as follows : Section 5. Under section 9 , article vlll. o the state constitution moneys belonging to the several permanent educational funds u the strtto cannot be 'Invested or loaned ex cept on United States or state securities or registered county bonds. ' "Section 0. The depositing la banks of pub lie funds under the provisions of the de posltory law constitutes a loan and Invest incut ot the moneys so Invested. "Section 7. Held : Tliat the said law. In sofar as It requires the depositing of the moneys belonging to the permanent pduca tlonal fmids of the state In banks , contra venes section 9 , article vlll. of the constltu lion , and said law Is Inoperative as to said funds. " The views thus expressed in the syllabus nro fully borne out In unmistakable language In the body of the opinion. I wish to quote only ono sentence of the opinion , which Is In no way changed , affected or modified by anj other language In the decision. Says the court : "Wo are satisfied both from reason and upon authority that the depositing of the moneys belonging to the permanent educa tional funds of the state in banks , under the provisions of the depository law , ils In effect a loan and Investment of the funds so de posited and Is therefore Inhibited by the con stitution. " I subnvit that language could not bo ( stronger ; that If a deposit of funds of the kind mentioned la "Inhibited by the constitu tion" It would bo as unlawful to make such deposit as It would bo to loan this money to Individuals on personal security which Is clearly contrary to the constitution. In order to avoid further opportunity for cavil or to misconstrue my language , I per haps should say that I have never contended nor do I now contend , that this money might not be deposited in the ordinary method In a regularly designated state depository bank nut such deposit , under the derision of the court referred to , could only bo made as u separate , distinct and Independent transac tion , without reference to and In no way con nected with the depository bond or the trans action designating the bank as a state de pository ; but In effect a deposit of such money for safe keeping and not for Uio pur pose of drawing interest under the depositors law , and Jn the eame manner and with the same effect as If deposited In other than de pository banks. Or , In other words , the fact that a bank had been designated as a state depository and bad given bond for that pur pose , would not preclude It from receiving moneys , not Included In the depository law from the state treasurer or other persons litho the ordinary course ot business , and for which the sureties on the depository bom : given would In no wise bo liable. Yours very truly , SILAS A. HOLCOMU. OAUV 0\ POSTAL SAVINGS I1AX1CS. Chicago Record : The postmaster general's recommendation of postal savings tanks and the work ho Is doing to bring about their establishment will tend to glvo deserved pop ularlty to his administration of the Postofflce department. President McKlnley can raise the whole republican administration In popu lar esteem by approving in his message to congress , these recommendations of his post master general. Kansas City Star : Indq endent of Its benefi cent 'nfluenco ' In the way of encouraging the people of small means to save money , an' ' asldo trom the advantages afforded by an ab solutely safe place for the deposit of the small accumulations ot people who do no patronize ordinary banks , the postal savings bank system would bo ot great advantage to the government and to the larger flnancia Interests of the country. Philadelphia Presa : Postmaster General Gary , In his flrst annual report , joins the largo number of persons who urge congress 10 establish postal savings banks. Unfortu nately , Mr. Gary does nothing toward the adequate solution of the ono crucial problem which must bo met before this step is taken. Where shall the deposits In postal savings banks 'be Invested ? Answer this question and congiess would establish these banks before the close of Its next session. Until It Ib adequately answered congress ought not to establish them. Chicago News : As the .postmaster general says , the establishment of these depositories , where every one depositing a dollar will feel absolutely certain of receiving It back again , will promote good citizenship by giving the people a moro direct Interest In the govern ment. Every depositor will be Interested In maintaining the nation's credit , thus bring ing to him "a keener realization of the fact that between him and the government there had been established a series of partnership , imposing upon him peculiar obligations which ho would be prompt to respect. " Minneapolis Tribune : So long as wo have a public debt It might bo Invested In bonds , by lining It to take up the 4 and C per contu as fast as they mature. But when thu debt Is ultimately paid off , tbo disposition of the funds might bo a , question of serious em barrassment. It might bo paid out for cur rent expenses , or invested in public Improve ments < but that would bo to virtually create a now debt. In fact , the establishment and miccessful opcrr.tlon of postal savings banks would necessitate a permanent government debt of flomo kind , since the deposits In bank would bo an obligation of the gov ernment. Buffalo Express : The scheme of postal savings banks has received high commenda tion from the soundest thinkers. It Is In successful operation In most foreign coun- trlra , so It cannot bo considered In the light of a doubtful experiment. The argument In Its favor seems to practically unanswer able. The argument against It , so far as the Express has observed , Is mainly selfish and personal. The matter Is likely to receive more attention from the American publlo now that It has olllclnlly been taken up by the administration than it has hitherto. Un doubtedly a bill embodying the postmaster general's Ideas will bo presented In congress. 'Mlnnrcpolls Journal : Eighteen bills have iicen Introduced In congress since 1S71 look ing to tbo establishment of poar-il savings lauUu , and , although congress has not taken ilnJly to them , the sentiment In'favor of thu system has been Increasing since the bank failures following the panto of 1S93 , There U no doubt that such a bill as Congressman l acey offered a few years ago would receive 'avoniblo attention in congress at the coming session. It provided that deposits from 10 cents up to $10(1 ( should lie received at all money order olllccs , no person being allowed to deposit moro than $100 within thirty days , or have any moro than $500 to his credit , nnd that Interest at 2 per cent should bu paid on all sums over $3 and multiples of a dollar , joglnnlng the first ot the month following Irst dopoelt. I flood Job \\V1I Done , St. Muli Ololxt-nemocrat. In deposing General ( Master Workman Sovereign the Knights of Labor deserve the country's plaudits. Sovereign 'was about the lightest and cheapest demagogue who WBO ever thrust into a position of prominence In the United States. The wonder Is that bo was allowed to bold this position 10 long. INTKHRST IX TIIR KXPO91TION. Manchester ( N. 11) ) Unions It vts not very long ngo thnt Uio Great Northwest Territory wns In exUtonco. Now twenty-four states and "territories we t of the MlMlsirlr.pl river hi\vo achieved prominence nnd development enough to Iget up an International exposition on their own account. Ot thU number , nine teen uro now full Hedged states and the re maining nvo are territories , Including Alaska , Of thcso states , seven have been Admitted to thunion slnco 1839 , three moro Blnco the war and a total of fourteen slnco 1S5Q. Of the entire group Louisiana wmo to statehood earliest , In 1S12. U takes some courage to get up n Inter national exposition with the expectation ol drawing the crowd , after such pmcmlnment as has been recently affQrded' at Chicago , At lanta and at N'ashvllle , but the tranamlssls- slppl pcoplu are famous for nothing If no COUMRO , and they have tjbuudant wealth o material In the way of natural resources from which to draw. Thcso younger states Include the great corn and wheat producing arws , the chief mineral mcnlth of the na tion , the scat of great fruit culture , the mighty trees of the continent and so on , The exposition will bo held at Omaha am the gates swing open to the public June 1 1S9S , to continue tor Inspection until Novem ber 1. Grand Hnphls ( Mich. ) Democrat : The lu- reau of Publicity for the TratismUsUwIpp nnd International Exposition , to be held at Omaha from Juno to November , 1S9S , Is out doing alt previous expositions In the way o advertising. One of the schemes adopted Is to send out to newspapers descriptions o the buildings and other features ot the ex position grounds , wltl > matrices for pictures Allentown ( Pn. ) Chronicle : The Trans- mlsslsslppt and International Exposition which Is to bo held In Omnha next summer Is alt'nctlug a great deal of attention abroad A number of foreign countries have slnl ( led through American ministers their In tention of Uklng part In the forthcomltiR show and emissaries from the state of Xc- braaka who visited Washington recently de clare they have received wonderful cncour- ngemcnt from the cities , states and manufar- tuHng concerns of the east. Notwithstand ing the fnct that two expositions designated net International have been held In this coun try slueo the great fair In Chicago In 1S93 It must bp remembered that both of these were In the south , namely Atlanta and N'ash vllle , and that there has been nothing In the way of a great aggregation in the wcnl to show the development of the country am' the world In manufactures and arts during the last live years. Omaha Is particular ! ) well situated for a demonstration of this kind , and the people ot that city are devot ing nil their energies to the preparations which will demonstrate the difference be tween Omaha of to.lay nnd the Omaha which wes described by John G. Sixe In his cele brated poem twenty years ago. The Admin istration building Is nearly completed. WlilU not so large as the Chicago sfucturo for n similar purpose , It Is said that In some respects spocts It Is architecturally even more boiu- tlful than that wonderful building Three or four of the larger structures ari. well along toward completion , but much re mains to bo done It the great show Is to be opened to the world on the 1st of next June ns Intended. Wo have no doubt , however but that the Omnha people will prove cqua to the emergency. Columbia ( Tcnn. ) letter to the Chicago Inter Ocean : The Trnnsmlsslbslppl and In ternatlonal Exposition , which will open n Omaha the 1st of June next , Is already at trading attention In the south. The south ern people feel Indebted to the great north west for the interest which the people o that section manifested In the Atlanta ex position of two yeais ngo nnd the Nashville exposition of later date. There are mnny In qulrlcs about the Omaha exposition and I will bo liberally patronized by the south. SUt Iako ( Utah ) Herald : The Omaha Be rails attention to the fact that the Trans mlsslsslppl Exposition is advertised to opei Its gates on the flrst day of June , 1S9S , an says that In order that the opening ot th gates may flnd the exposition ready for bus Incss. the principal buildings should bo com pletcd by April 1. The Bee further says tha while there are penalties provided to in demnlfy the exposition for loss by failure to complete the work In time , It Is not In dcmnlty tbLt tbo exposition wants , but tb buildings. It certainly would bo a matter of much re grct should the exposition buildings not be ready for occupation at tbo time contracts for , so that the exposition may be openci as advertised. No doubt the managers ot the exposition are doing all in their power to have everything ready in tlmo and It proba bly will bo , but still attention cannot b culled too often nor too strongly to the ncces slty that they be ready. It Is a common evl ot expositions that they are not ready fo the public until a month or two after they have been opened to the public. It Is to be hoped that this evil will not bo seen at the Omaha one. The Omaha exposition Is one in which the whole western country , as that term Is nn dcrstood in the west , Is interested , Inter ested In a way that no otlier part of the coun try Is , and hence It Is that we feel that an > failure of the exposition In any way will be In a measure a. reflePtlcn upon the west Have the buildings finished on time , and the exposition ready to receive the public on the date advertised. THAT ItUItT COUXTX IIOMAVCE. Baltimore American : Out west n young man and n young woman were running for the same school office , the latter being In the lead. The day before the election she re signed ns a candidate , nnd soon after mar ried her successful opponent. With the In troduction of Cupid In politics , the practical politicians will have an element with which even the finest organization cannot make deals superior to 'his ' own. Now York Mall and Express : To capture a brldo and an office at the same tlmo Is a feat that forms a distinct addition to the art of politics. Tekamah's school superintendent Is to bo doubly congratulated. It is to be hoped that Into his domestic circle economic differences may never enter , and that the public schools of Burt county may have the advantage of the combined talents of two candidates thus happily made one , Buffalo Express : Out In Tekamah , Neb. , Alice Thomason and C. S. Lnughlln wcro nominated for superintendent of schools by the populists nnd the republicans respect ively. Doth were teachers. Each made an energetic campaign until the eve of election , when Miss Thomason withdrew , too late for the populists to fill the vacancy , Slnco elec tion they have been married and have con fessed that the pro-eloctlon developments were all part of a plot to secure the job of superintendent for Mr. LauRhllii. All of which goes to show that oven politics , cor rupt as It la , lu not devoid of romance. Also that eastern politicians can learn uevcral tricks in the EHIIIO by going weat. DAKOTA DIVOIICKS. Tliclr Validity ( o ! ! < Trxtoil In tliu > York ( "oiirlH. New York Herald , There has just gene to the court of ap peals a case Involving the validity of a Da kota divorce \\hogu decision will bo ot wldo reaching consequence and awaited with gen eral Interest. So much duubt has hccn > thrown on the legality of 'tluao divorces by the clccli'Ions ' of the lower courts that It Is lilghly dealrablo to 'havo the law settled by the tribunal of last resort. The pending caao affords a striking Illus tration of the facility with which the mar riage tie of an eastern husband and wife may bo thrown off 'in the "piradlso of dl- vorco" and the mischievous cousequcncca .hat may result therefrom If tbo proceeding la valid under the laws of this state. It appears that awife lind gene to North Dakota and , after a stay of three months , secured 'by ' default a divorce from her lius- jand. ilioth wcro residents ot New York , S'o notice of the application was personally uorvctl on the husband , the only notice being by "publication. Whether he know 'that the application had "boon " made does not appear , At any rate lie was not by presence , answerer or attorney a party to the ault. Thu divorced wife returned to thU stale and tc k another husband , tfrwn whom she oepaiatiHl in six months. ( After ( ho death of this huiband oho claimed as his widow a share of his citato. The tmrrogato lu Brooklyn ruled that ulio waa not his lawful widow , and this ruling was affirmed by the appellate division of the supreme court. The declilon "wai based on the ground that the Dakota divorce previously obtained toy the woman , though It might bo Iccnl In that ttWAS not ralll In NCTT York. Hencft ho 'was not free to contract a subsequent legal mnrrlnKO hero. , U Is thlA qucfltlcvn that the court ot np- peals Is now called upon to decide. Itp de cision can hardly fall to bo of exceptional Interest nnd Importance , slnco the underly ing principle to bo getlled la whether the validity of a Dakota divorce dissolving tha marrtago tlo between two res Men IB of Now York Is to ibe determined 'by the law ot that state or by the law ot this state. An old time doctrine ot the courts In that a marriage valid where contracted Is valid everywhere , and a divorce regularly secured under the laws of one state Is good In every other stato. But affairs have taken ouch a turn lei recent } cars that unless this doc trine Is abandoned or moJIfled the rcxnctlty and permanence of the tnarrlago relation depend merely on the will or pleasure of the parties. In New York , for example , divorce Is diffi cult. It ! A granted but for one caim and the procedure- strict. In North Dakota divorce Is cosy to the extreme of looienofd It may bo had for the simple asking. It U granted for not fewer tlinn six causes , It Is glvrn to all comers who claim n residence of ninety days. Suit may bo brought with out other notice to tin- defendant than pub lication In some obscure print. The pre < > - once , answer , defense or even knowledge of the defendant 1 not ncci ssary. What do the marriage and divorce laws of Now York ninount to If n d'esatlsfled ' hus band or wife , even without the kniwlcdRo of the other , can thus go west , not A "while you wait" divorce and return to this state to marry again ? That such n. state ot affairs would tend to make a mockery of marriage must bo obvious to every one. It Is n matter that luvohes not only the sanctity of wedlock nnd the happiness of home , but also the legl'lmacy of children , the rights of property , the good name of wife or husband , and even thu crlmo ot bigamy Itself. If any New York hutbsml or wife seeks n Dikota divorce and there after remains In that state he or she may bo bejoacl the Jurisdiction of the cour5 o" ! thin state. But If such a divorce Is sought In order to evade the law of Now York It Is for the court of appeals to say whether the seeker may return hero to remarry and llvo In defiance of that law. cntitu.vr IMU\SAvruir.s. Somervllle Journal : It IH very Imnl to of fend n woman by tolling her th.it she lof > 'K- younger than she really Is. Puck : City Man This must bo n very he-filthy nlnce , judging1 from the number of old people 1 have seen lifiv ! Native Healthy ? It's HO blamed hcnltby tlmt 1 Ifiiesss n Bond ninny of 'em iwlll h.ivo to bo shot on the judgment day. Washington Star : "A chrysan'heimitn rmkes me think of n poem , " she aligned "Yes , " replied her practical brother. "U'n getting bo both are measured by the foot" Detroit Journal : "What r\ns the rlehcst find you ever made ? " Ami after long thought the returu d pold- see-ker answered , "A pound ot colTee In an abandoned shanty. " Chicago Ilecord : "Once n friend of mlno nnU I agreed that It would be helpful for1 IMCII of < IH to tell the other his faults. " "How illd It work ? " "Wo haven't spoken for nine years. " Philadelphia North American : "You want to l < e careful ot Geezer. He don't pay his debts. " "Thanks for the tip. You see , I owe him money. " Detroit Free Press : "Uncle Alex , why do people sai.v wood and say nothing ? " "HucaiKo the words a man wants to say when ho Is snwliiff wood would get him turned out of church. " Cleveland Leader : "Why , " she asked , J "do so many of the poets write about golden , rod ? It seems as If every ono of them had tried to glorify It. " "Well , " replied the man who had worked on a farm , "the only explanation I can nlvo Is that the poets probably never tried to ) raise potatoes In a Held where goldcnrod had got a good start. " Detroit Journal : "If , as you say , the Chicago cage Klrl has such largo feet , how Is It she marries st > readily ? " "Well , I fancy no man ever throws him self at her feet In vain. " At that the boarders wore put In rare good humor ! there mas such laughter nnd confusion under cover of which latter the lnndlady < hurriedly passed a few things a second time. Indianapolis Journal : Ho The sight of an old schoolmate Is or well , It might be called both meat and drink. She Yes , that's what you men usually d ? under the circumstances. "Eh ? " "Meet and drink. " A HKCIl'H FOItl SUCUISSS. Sam Walter l-"oss In New York Sun , How Is It I have prospered so ? How la It I have struck Throughout the hull of my ka-rcer jest ono lotv.i strcnki of luck ? Intellljunce , young man ; that's nil. I roison an' relleo' 'TIs Jest Intellljunco an' brains plus straight- out Intcllec' . Wen I Kit up I'm nllus sure to dress ma right foot first , ' Or put my drawers on wrong side out , or hev my vest reversed , For them are hlgns you'll hev good luck , an eddlcnted man Knows all them signs nn' shapes Ills life I on u consistent plan. 1'vo strewed ol' boss shoes down the road for somctliln' like a mile , An' I R-O out an' 'hunt 'em up a-cvery llttlo while ; For it you nn' a boss-shoe , w'y , you're sure to prosper then ; A fuc' that Is famllyor to all eddlcnted men. A cat'a tall p'lntln' to'rds the nrc , It Is an But I hev counteracted it with every cat of If my"Coat's tall should p'lut that way It wouldn't Klvo me ccaies ; I'd BO In my buck entry thun an' simply fall up stairs It's a peed sign to fall up stnlrfl an' coun- teraetH the cat ; An' that's the way I shape my life , r hal- lunco this \\lth tbat. I see four crows-bad sign , I Isnow might searo a man that's bolder ; But I Jest wait nn' Bee the moon rlso over my right shoulder. The moon It counteracts the rrowa ; ono balances the other , . For ono Is Jest wiped out , you HOC , nn canceled off by t'other , I hear a dog howl In the night ; It don t give I baifuiico It by ulttln' out the right ban1 Hide the bed. An BO I've prospered all my life by Jest a Intellljunce , ybunff man , that's all , nn' In- telfec' nn' bralliB. . TIs iKiiorunce that makes men fall. An wisdom iiothln' less nllfhtenmiint an' Knowledge , sir , can brlns a inun success , .MAX'S IXI11MIA.MTY. Worm * Hill" < ! < * ' "I" " " I" < IC Hill-in ilouu Hit ; SlomiiHi. U u unfoitunato for ninnlnil ) Hint there urt ncn who , for llu > K"ln nt money , wl'l ' ndulternte fooil Intended for the human stomutli. H.nnB ilowa nre isltcn ° " ' health I > y harmful ur- Iclts i > la < .ej In food to clieuiicn , or ua. * < t ] ] ' Colui' . Jt l enough to rou o ones Ire to tlil.ih " " ' we me made to Buffer temporary illnens " " ' l > Hr- mj > | > t > iinanent illscutu hi ought uliaut i < > 'I- uutluim In food , thut was piuchum ! f < i < ur . All "Kraln , " "wheat" or "cereal < ' ! T' " " 'ar ' Hi-it huvo n illMlm-t n.ffoo < < < 'e concocilona muJe ui of ii.ut low uruilo .mi-a > r coffee ektcnio unil iiolJ to | ieoilu | lor i > "r * cereal coffee. " Thu orljlnnl I'otuin Cereal Kood Cuff'e ! lelleveil to l > o Ilie only pure urtlclo of tin Kinn hot In palatable. The pleuxnnt llavor ul " ' nlliler urailm of Java IB olilnlnecl by tlio iii > f mnnuufucturt ! discovered by tin luvuit" umr nany inbntlm of experiment. Ountcifeltcm arose who found It lmi"-y"'le u iirojure n cereal coffee wllh the tome ot 'uiluin ami therefore liuvo universally r i iiifJ n a mixture of low Krailo coffee to iiroilu ' it True , thuusmiuls of peciile put half l < > ' > " > hlrJu Poetum la their coffee when mm Ilium to mrt with the narcotic effect of coffee , ( Uu * wt > annot pievenl ) but they knuw what tln-y ' nUlntf , which U quite a different affair lli n o u e a cereal coffee you vxpcct tu lie pure , in ) tlnil Hint the UUhoneit inalicu ha put In a lurllon of the vtry urtlclo thu user of cereal orrtu ceeka to avoid. The great I'livclclant , FooJ Kxpcrle , Ath oto | Triilncrs , I iwyoiB , lMltor nn < l bruin ruikers In general uro In large number * uilni 'oitum C'eieul Food Coffee , r the benefit < le- It eel In nourliihment and health. A ten day * rlul will begin the work of rrnnwiil of health , anil If properly prepared o that II ronxii Io able black , rich and dcllcloiu , It will o w io ubanflotud.
