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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1897)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. Ii llOSKWATKIl , JMItor. I'UltLlSHKD HVlMtY MOHN1NO. TKHM8 OP Dally lire ( Without Sunday ) , One Yenr . 1C 00 Dolly Iltf nnil Sunday , One Yenr . 00 HI * Monthi . . . . . 4 01 T.IIC' Month * . I 00 ijundny IUe. One Year . , . 200 Hatuniay lice. One Year . , . . , , . . . . , . . . 1 M Weekly tltt. One Yenr . . . . . C3 oKKicns : Oinnhn ! The rice tlulMlnx. fioufi Omtirm : Hlnser lllk. . Cor. N find Jltli 8t . maticli UlufTii : 10 IVnrl Htre t. ClilcaKo onicc : 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York : Ilr.omn 13 , II anil IS Tribune llldg , Washington ; SOI Fourteenth Street. All commtmlcntbnii relating In new * nnd cdlto. rial mntlcr tlioultl be nddrpmed : To the Kdllor , HbHINKMH l.KTTUUS. All ljuflmps letters nnil remlttnnceii xhould be nddic wl to The llee rulillnliltiK Company , Omnlin. Drnftn , check * , p pre ami postolllce monry orders to be innde payable to the order of the company. Tin : linn I-UIIMSHINO COMPANY. BTATHMKNT OK ClUCfl.ATION. Blato of Nebraska , Douglas County , us. : OoorRe II. Tisehuck , * ecrd ry of Tlie IJce Tub- I Inline Company , bolns duly sworn , fays that Hie nctiml number of full nnd complete coplm of The Dally , Morning , livening nnd Siumlny lice printed during the month of October , 1107 , wns as fol low * : 1 19.679 17 2 10.8(1 3 19,700 19 . 19.907 i 19,718 20 . 19.1C1 5 19.711 21 . JO.OII 19.793 12 . 20,211 7 50,101 23 . 20.MS 21 . 2).r.2) ) 9 M.filW : r . 2oir 10. . . . , 10,810 20 . 20. MI 31 19.873 27 . 20 GV > 12 19.90S tt > . 20.7CI 33 19.933 1 . . 200) ) H :0.029 SO . > 20,7t < i 36 2H.029 31 . : ) , M3 1C 21,088 Total C'.CJil ( Initiation * for returned nnd unsold copies , 9,217 Net totnl snlen 617.KKI Net dnlly nvcrnuc 19,9)7 ononon n. TZHCHUCK. fiworn to before mo nnil mibnerlbod In my pres ence this 1st tiny of Nnvombpr , 1S17. < Bea ! > N. 1' . PKIU Notary Public. T1IK II UK OX TIIAI.VS. All rnllronil iii'WNlioyH arc nui > i > lli.il with ciiuiiKli Horn ( tU'uiiintitiHliitu cvrry IIIIN- Hciinrcr who WIIIIN ( n rvml n IILMVXI1II | T. IllKlxt IIPOU JlllV- IIIK TliiHCP. . If you oniuiot Rt't n. lloe on n train from tlic iu w indent , ] ili nni- report tinfnct , MlutliiK tlit trntii ami rnllronil , to I lie Circulation ncnnrlnifiit of The lieu. The Ucc IH for Mule oil all traliiH. INSIST 0\ HAVING THIS IIKR. Tlio inlstako the Austrian Uelehsrath mndo was In not importing a disciple of Tom Heed for speaker. South Dakota sugar beets make a sooil showing In the reports from the chemical laboratory at the State Agri cultural college. Doubtless they would do quite as well In a beet sugar factory. War Is always costly. Kven the little wir Great Britain is waging with the hill tribes of the Himalaya mountains In northwestern India Is costing $125,000 n day. Hut the Indian government foots the bill. 'Oh for the privileges of being a state government. The advertisement for proposals for the new Issue of Douglas county bonds says that a certified check for $500 must be deposited "by all bid ders except state governments. " The educational value of th" . .ffort of many critics of the new Iowa code to flnd errors therein cannot bo estimated. A great many persons who never before looked Into it code have engaged In the pastlmo of hunting for mistakes. Oinaba business men have learned that they can fetch almost anything they s.o after If they stick tojt unitedly nu.l porsl&tunlly. The raising' of tlio brl-lutj arbitrary is one thing they gc. after with the determination of futcli'ng ' it. Good municipal bonds command bet ter bids and more active bidders at pres ent than for years , if ever they had the sumo market before. The dearth of money of thp calamity shrlekers must bo something like the phantom ship. Omaha keeps its pace In the bank clearings record. An Increase of 00.5 per cent for the past week over tlu cor responding week of a year ago. tin ; highest rate of lucreasj for r.ny of the larger cities. Is something to be proud of. Men who come to Omaha from other cities to live or to look over property for Investment all express great faith In tko future of the city. Hut for that matter BO do the people who have lived hero right along during good times and hard times. California fruit growers are organ- Izlng farmers' clubs all over the fruit Brewing sections of the state. The fruit business has ceased being an Incident of farming nnd fruit growers are not now dependent on grain crops for their main support. There are no Immigration restriction laws to bar out any eligible subjects from the realm of the great Ak-.Sar-Hen. Every loyal Omaha man should signify his intention to take out his naturaliza tion papers under the festive potentate i\vilhout \ needless delay. The Buggt'Htlon of President Jilison of the Nebraska State Library association for a convention of librarians and li brary workers of the Tansmlsslsstppl Btates at Omaha during the exposition Is n good one. It should bo taken up at once and pushed along. One of the encouraging signs of returning - turning prosperity Is shown by the im proved patronage given professional en tertainments by the loeal public. NVhen u good lecture draws a larger audience than ( i bad play , we may Hatter our- Helves that the public taste hits at least ait clement of culture. . The usual election contests as an after- inn th of the election are making their nppearauce hi the several Nebraska counties. AVlth the example before them of the flagrant disregard of the iwpular will by the legislature that ousted all the regularly chosen members from Douglas because they happened to be elected on the republican ticket , the wonder Is only that there are not more contests without regard to the founda tion on which they should stand. JtnTAX'S AllllANT tlKMAOOHY. William -.Jennings Itrynti has often bftn characterized n born demagogue. As an adept In the art of masquerading before the public be Is admitted to have few If any equals nnd he seems to have Ix'cii supplementing his natural dema gogic genius with additional ability ac quired by practice -and experience. As examples "of arrant demagogy a few gems from bin latent speech at St. Loula when contrasted with , his public career stand out In striking relief. Among oilier things Mr. Hr.vnn said : In bur platform last yMr wo demanded ar bitration of questions between labor and capi tal. Why ? liccauso the laborer U the equal of the oipltalLit and the government was to dccldo tietuccn them not force. Will any- boly dlsputo the justice of arbitration ? William .T. IJryan was n member of congress from Nebraska for two terms. Where does his congressional record dis close one act as the champion of arbi tration ? Did he introduce n single bill to provide for thu arbitration of differ ences between labor and capital ? Did he make a single speech In support of any one else's bill providing for arbltra- tloli ? On the contrary , did ho not sit silent In his seat Avhlle labor controver sies were raging all around him ? And Is It not true that he had to watt until he became a candidate for the presidency before he discovered how ardently he believed In arbitrating the laborer's grievances ? Hryan tries to make out lhat arbitration Is a democratic watch word. Hut where , when the democrats were In control of the national govern ment , did they promote the cause of ar bitration between labor nnd capital ? Is It not a fact that almost all ths arbitra tion laws on the statute hooka of our various states In the union were placed there by republicans nnd that the re publican parly has done more oiv Iwhalf of labor In the shape of labor legislation than the democratic party ever dreamed of doing ? Again : Wo denounced government by Injunction last year and In so doing wo stood upon the principle which I Imvo stated. If all men are created equal , then It Is wrong that ono corporation shall conspire with another cor poration to defeat the laboring man and then get a court to enjoin the laboring man. When wo denounce government by Injunction we are standing on democratic grounds and I warn the republicans that opposition to gov ernment by Injunction Is stronger now than It was a year ago. The warning given by Mr. Bryan must have reference to himself. His opposi tion to government by Injunction doubt less grows stronger1 as he feels the grow ing strength of the popular opposition. But when did Wllllnm .1. Bryan d'o ' any thing to check Interference of the courts by Injunction ? When did Bryan make a move to limit the powers of the courts to mmlsh for contempt ? Was he not In congress during the great Chicago strike when Debs and his associates were en twined In the judicial tolls ? Where is the word of protest which he uttered ? Did he offer a resolution denouncing the injunctions or censuring the president for sending federal troops to Chicago ? The Journal of congress shows that Mr. Bryan was present in the house , but not a word Indicating his opposition to gov ernment by Injunction < or his devotion to the cause of labor. Moro of Bryan's St. Louis demagogy : Wo are opposed to trusts. Why ? Dccousa we believe In equality before the law. We bellevo so much In that doctrine that we Insist that no combination of capital shall attempt trespass upon the rights of the weaker members of the Industrial community. When wo are opposed to the trusts we are applying that fundamental principle to this question , and I warn the republicans that opposition is stronger now than when the trusts elected the republican party last year. The champion of the great silver trust knows he is falsifying when he nsrorta that the trusts elected the republican party last year. He knows that the only national anti-trust legislation we have ever had was enacted by the republican party and that the republican party was never committed to the support or the defense of the trusts. The question naturally presents , What did Bryan ever do to antagonize the trusts ? How did he propose as member of congress to con- line their growing Influence ? What anti trust legislation did ho Inaugurate ? Where Is he on record as nil unwiuvring opponent of the trusts when he was In position ro accomplish .something ? Did not Mr. Bryan , as the Germans would say , "roll his list In his pocket" while he was within striking distance of the trusts and burst into noisy bravado only after lie had retired l yond their range ? How , also , does It befit Bryan to rant about the trusts when he Is notoriously enrolled In the support of the syndicate of silver bullionalres who constitute the most audacious trust that has ever lifted Its head anywhere ? KOMK OF 'flin ni Whether there will be negotiations for a reciprocity treaty with Canada prob ably depends upon the action of our government In regard to the proposed international commission to consider the various questions which await settle- nient between the United States and the Dominion. A formal proposal from the Canadian government In regard to n commission Is expected at any time and It sTeems that the Canadian olllelals think it will bo accepted ! There has been no authoritative Information from Washington , however , as to what course our government may pursue in the mat ter , though It Is perhaps to bo Inferred from the disposition manifested by the administration to promote better rela tions with Canada that thu proposal of a Joint commission will bi > accepted. Premier Laurler Is reported to have ald ( hat " ( hero Is no Intention what ever of negotiating any reciprocity treaty that would Interfere with or af fect Canada's existing British preferen tial tai-lir. " If this Is so it would seem to present a dllllctilty which may bo found Insurmountable. But It Is not the only dllllculty. A reciprocity arrange ment would have to be framed on some other lines than those defined in the tariffs of the two countries. Last April the Canadian general tariff was con- nlderubly reduced , especially In many of the mosl Important articles Imported from this country. A further cut of 25 per cent as a reciprocal concession , as provided for In the Canadian tariff , would put the United States In a posi tion to oust all competitors tor the Canadian trade * On the other hand th * reciprocal clause of the American tariff provides for n irdnctlon of only 20 per L-ent In cerlnlu designated articles nod no article the natural product of an other country can be placed on the free list under a reciprocity arrangement If mieli article Is produced in the I'lilted States. As there Is no Important claps of commodities produced In Canada not also produced In the United States , tinder a reciprocal arrangement no Canadian article would be transferred from the dutiable to the free list of thn Dlngley act. A cut of 20 per cent being all that Canada could get , our tariff would still bo protective on Canada's chief products. A Montreal correspond- out of tin eastern paper points out that 20 per cent off the high tariff of the United States and 25 per cent off the lower tariff of Canada would leave very unequal remainders. "Tho first would still shut out a large part of Canadian produce ; the second would enable the United Slates to make an easy conquest of the Canadian market. " The more carefully the question of reciprocity with Canada la studied the stronger must become the belief that It is not practicable under present condi tions. AS TOJ Several senators have been reported as being of the opinion that there will be some Jitllrmatlvc action by congress In regard to Cuba. They think that a strong effort will be made to get an expression favorable to the Intervention of the United States and tha't while ths ( Is likely to fall there Is great probability of the passage of a resolution declaring that a , state of war exists In Cuba and , for granting belligerent rights. It Is ad mitted that much will depend upon the attitude of the president In ills annual message , but Senator Chandler and some others think that Mr. McKInley will leave the question largely to the Judg ment of congress. It Is dltllcnlt to understand why there should be any considerable sentiment In congress favorable to according bellig erent rights , since to do so could be of no material advantage or benefit to the Cuban Insurgents nnd would operate to the Injury of American Interests. Should our government accordbelligerent _ rights It would still have to observe the obli gations of neutrality. Whatever obliga tions are now imposed upon us as a neutral would be no less binding after the recognition of the Insurgents as bel ligerents. Our people could trade with them , even selling them munitions of war , but. the shipment of war material would be made t the risk of seizure by the Spanish. As belligerents the Insur gents would enjoy equal rights with Spain In their relations to this govern ment On the other hand , the Spanish government would be relieved from re sponsibility for acts done In the insur gent territory , Its blockade of Its own ports would have to be respected aaul It would acquire a right to exert against neutral commerce 11 the powers of n party to a maritime war. It is easy to see that Spain , by the blockade of Cuban ports , could entirely destroy ou'r trade with that Island and It is not to be doubted that this would be done. It IB true that this trade Is not now very ex tensive , but It still has some value and It would manifestly be foolish to adopt a course which would Insure Its destruc tion , especially when the Cubans would not be materially helped thereby. About all the benefit they would get from It would be in giving them a status requir ing them to be treated according to the laws of war recognized among civilized nations and it appears to be the policy of the new administration In Cuba to do this. i There is another consideration , which is whether the situation in Cuba Is such as to warrant the granting of belligerent rights. Our government has very clearly defined Its views In this respect. Dur ing the preceding insurrection President Grant , Ina special message to congress , said : "The question of belligerency Is one of fact not to be decided by sym pathies for or prejudices against either party. The relations between the parent state and the insurgents must amount , in fact , to war in the sense of interna tional law. Fighting does not alone con- Ktltule war ; there must be military forces acting In accordance with the inles and customs of war and to justify a recogni tion of belligerency there must be above all a do facto political organization of the Insurgents snlllclent In character and re sources to constitute it , If left to Itself , a state among nations capable of discharg ing the duties of a state and of meeting the Just responsibilities it may incur as such toward other powers In the dis charge of its national duties. " Perhaps the Cubans come nearer now to meeting these requirements than In 1870 , when President Grant wrote his message , but It will hardly be claimed that the situa tion there fully answers the conditions set forth by the government twenty- seven years ago as necessary to warrant the granting of belligerent rights. The interests of tin ; United States are the only Interests which should have any consideration from congress and these would not be subserved by according the Cubans belligerency. Dim * ub' r/jB coi/jvrr It'Is dilticult to comprehend how there can bo any room for misunderstanding or controversy over the powers and duty of the county board to use the proceeds of the recently voted exposition bonds In thu manner which , In their judg ment , will contribute most to a credit able representation of Douglas county. Thu law enacted by the legislature to enable counties to vote bonds for exposi tion purposes appears to be as plain as day. The vital section reads as follows : Whenever one thousand voters of any county In the state of Nebraska having over 100,000 population shall petition the Hoard of County Commissioners or tbo Hoard of Supervisors to that end , any such county shall bo and hereby la authorized to Issue the bonds of said county , to become due twenty years from the date tberuof , and to bear Interest at a rate not to exceed five per cent per annum , to pr ? ldo for the expenses of promoting tbo Ir.torcsfs of said county by participating In any Interstate exposition held In the state of .Nebraska , and making at such exposition a county exhibit , Improv ing or beautifying the grounds , and erecting or aiding In the erection of a suitable ! build ing or buildings therefor , and maintaining the same durlncth ) exposition , to an amount to bo ( IctorTflnjTi by the Hoard of County CommlssloncryjoV Hoard of Supervisors , not excnodltiR ono Tiundred thousand dollars. It ought jtoLto require any great legal learning to Interpret such a law. Then ? Is nothing In the law that says that the money must be spent to erect n separate Douglas county building. There Is noth ing in the IhwMhut says the money must bo spent c luMvely or chiefly for the preparation. ! oC nn exhibit of Douglas county products. Thof is nothing In the law tlmt , ays that the money , or any part of it ; , must bo turned over to any agricultural society or any hoitt- cultural society to pay for cither pump. kli : ! or apples. There Is nothing in the law that says that the county board must Itself spend all the money foe labor and materials or prohibits It from using the money in conjunction with the expo sition managers. On thu very contrary , the law Is explicit In saying that the money Is to be used to defray the expenses not of n county exhibit , but of the county's "participation" in the exposition. It re fers In express language to tint expendi ture of part of the pro2 < ; c Is of the bonds In improving and beautifying the grounds. It says they may be used either io erect a building or to aid In the erection of a building or building- The see ! object of the bond Issue Is to promote thu Interests of the county at the oxr.esltlon. If there U anything un reasonable In the plan suggested by the exposition managers , It rests with the county board tq modify and improve II. As yet , no plan better calculated to pro mote the county's Interest has oceti pre sented. The power of tli3 county board to act cannot be questioned , and Its duty Is manifest to adopt the plan that promises the best results for the tax payers. Wo are glad to know that the Kakery's "special Boston correspondent" has been Interviewing Secretary Gage by wire for further elucidation of his currency plans. According to unreliable Informa tion the Interview took place over the long distance telephone ( free to the Kukery ) , and when Secretary Gage was Informed that it Was the special corre spondent of the Omaha Fakery who was questioning him , ho immediately un bosomed himself as he had never done for any other newspaper. N. B. Ac cording to the Associated Press , Secre tary Gage's answer was directed to the Boston Journal. ' The state labor commissioner of Mis souri has just Jssucd u report of the workings oGHhe free employment bureau operated under his direction , according to the Missouri , law. The state labor commissioner of'Nebraska Is supposed to be carrying'out the provisions of a sim ilar law , en'acted by the late legislature , but he has ] jcen. too busy patching polit ical fences for the state house machine to glvo thu public fciiy Information on this subject. ' , The dispatches > from Washington say that there seems to bo little doubt but' that the hifterstnte commerce commis sion will comply with the request of the railroads for an extension o'f the time in which they may equip their cars and locomotives with safely devices. Natur ally there is little doubt that the rail roads will get what they are after , but they ought to have the politeness to let the commission pass upon it first Some of the eastern press are Inclined to be facetious over the arrest of a Ne braska populist state olliccr for killing hogs within the city limits of the state capital in violation of the municipal ordinances. The matter is too trivial for serious consideration. If every one were arrested every time he violated a city ordinance the courts would have to work Sundays and overtime. The citizens of Waco , Tex. , who or dered Editor Brann out of town some time ago didn't know anything about the value of. n llvo editor for advertising purposes. His presence in Waco has kept the Waco date line standing In all the newspapers of the country for some time , besides furnishing jobs for the coroner , undertaker and several new policemen. The man who wants the courts to glvu him ? : tOX ( ) < ) for Upphig off in advance the decision of the United States supreme premo court in the Bell telephone case Is getting a better free advertisement for his business than any actress , ever worked out of the most sensational divorce dodge. it Is plain now why Chief of Police filgwart was in position to insist on 'terms for his resignation. A man who had proved himself so handy in usin ; ; the police as an ndjunot to the fusion political machine could defy the reform pollco board without rear of discipline. Hvldenri' tit WlHiloiii. Washington Star. In India whi , a 'native ' sees a bicycle he rovorcntly prostrates himself. He docs not wait to bo run oVer. AIu [ CoiiKhfil Up , Detroit Journal. No statesman' ' dr'rulor over lived who knew moru exactly TVlieTi' to make his sneak than does the1 sultan.jllo worked Austria up to the T > olnt whefo'ihe draw on him and then threw up his liayil nncl chuckled. n > llii/.nril. New jVtirlt Journal. A man and , woman In. Nebraska ran for the same offlcp .ajiij the man way elected , Then the woman was nt once married to the man , thus socurtng-rho ofllco after all , When women go Into politics they evidently take tbelr wits with them. A Gf | nTf Hi'tteruiciit. jduibejDemocrat. Revenue Is increasing and the treaaury gold fund keeps on rising , There ( s still a gap between the Government's Income and Its outgo , but It IB Retting narrower. From present Indications the revenue Is likely to meet the expenditure before the winter ends. All this U highly encouraging. In 1897 , for the first tlmo In five or six years , treasury conditions are a stimulant and not a menace to general business. " \VorUliiK tinWiir Indianapolis Jouinnl. The proncneas of the Englishman to boast Is illustrated by the reports of the losses In the battlea which British troops are fight ing In India. In an engagement reported yesterday. In which two or three regiments were engaged , fifty-eight men were killed and wounded. The loss of nfty-elgut men to two or three regiments would have been re garded as the figure * of a kkirinlsh In the last war In this country rather than th , se of a buttle to bo telegraphed to the world. VOIOtt Or Till * ST.1T1J I'HKSS. Norfolk Mows ; Mr. BrjVn Is studying French. Ho has talked to Incessantly the past two years that his mother tongue must toe somowhnt worn out. If hh will talk French for awhile Itlll bo n great relief to the rest of us , as well as to himself. Kearney Hub : According to Holcomb It Is unlawful for the state treasurer to de posit school money In depository banks , but that ho can form It out to banks that have not Riven a depository bond. This was the rock on which Hartley wont to pieces. Is It possible that Mcsprvc Is preparing to tnko the snmo kind of a tumble by and with the ndvlco nnd consent of a great and good re form governor , too ? Genoa Leader : Holcomb nnld the law re quiring him to Investigate the condition' ' of the treasury before approving Hartley's "bond " was "a farce and a fraud , " nnd now Porter ter nays the same thing about the law for bidding him or any ono else to open the election returns except In the presence of the canvassing board. My populist ( brother , dorVt you begin to think you have got a lawless outfit In the state house nt Lincoln ? Hayes County Times : The cow and tbo hen are thu standbys In hard times to furr.lsli the wherewith for the comfort of n family and liclp along In paying off mortgages. Tholr products are sure nnd command a fair prlco. They have been the salvation of many a Nebraska family during the last five years and many more begin to realize It and are now glvlns tnoro attention to thorn than 'before ' nnd are profiting thereby. Tnko good euro of them and they always pay. Ashland Onzotto : Attorney General Smyth has beeu too busy In politics to attend to the Hartley case In. the supreme court and the court has been taken to task for his de linquency. The most Important pnrt of the attorney general's work Is to convince the dear voters that the populist party Is the greatest friend of the dear people. The credit of the otnto would bo 'better maintained with more of a lawyer and less of a poli tician In the Important ofilco of attorney gen eral. eral.Norfolk Norfolk Journal : The governor says the law requiring cash settlements by state and county officers Is a fnrco and ho won't en force It. The secretary of state says the law to prevent tampering with election re turns Is obsolete nnd ho doesn't have to observe It. Why doesn't the reform stale administration organlm Its members Into nn olllcc-holdlng aristocracy , declare the election laws Invalid nnd pcrpetunto thom- solvrs nnd descendants In olllce for all tlmo to come ? "Wo can't have reform unless we have reform. " Ashland Gazette : A peculiar condition ex ists In Nebraska so far as the relations of the loan companies to the money circulation are concerned. The loan agents tell us that they are doing no business , although their principals are more than anxious to do 'busi ' ness with Nebraska real estate holders. The turrns that are offered ns Inducements to borrowers are being made more liberal , yet money Is a drug on the market. With this condition of things os to the money market , It Is surprising to note the wonderful activ ity In the purchase of lumber and builders' supplies. Never wns there greater activity In this line than there has been this fall. There two conditions have never existed together 'before. ' In view of the late de pression , caused by the stagnation of our Industries , combined with the devastating drouths of the last few years , these facts are surprising. They prove th < U there Is some other line qf business 'besides ' howling calamity that Is a "phenomenal success. " ' OUU OVRHHK.VTKll HOUSES. IiijtirluuH EfTcctN of IlronililiiK Fui iiucc Dried Air. Milwaukee Evenlnc Wisconsin. Ono of the subjects discussed ut the recent meeting of the American Public Health as sociation in Philadelphia Is of particular In terest to the users of hot air furnaces , who have Just started , their furnaces for the win ter period , of continual service. Dr. Henry J. Barnes of Boston declared that the air breathed In houses heated by furnaces Is kept too dry in cold weather. The hot air syatcm takes all of the moisture out of the air and It passes Into the house , making the air unfit to breathe and causing catarrh and other disorders. This assailant o the hot air furnace magnifies Its defects to some ex tent , as all furnaces are provided wl'th evaporating pans , which hold at least a pail ful of water , and furthermore , the moisture which is taken from the air as It passes through the house has no other means of exit except through the furnace pipes and the register * In the various rooms. Dut It la nevertheless a fact that the average user of the hot < ilr furnace keeps the atmosphere of his housa too dry , through neglect of the evaporating pan ; and It is probably true also tbat the evaporating pans are not as el&cu- clous as they ought to be. The physician mentioned submitted a plan for a humidifier , rte be placed over a register on the lower floor of a house. This con trivance is simply a woaden 'box containing a galvanized Iron tank into which strips of cotton felt are suspended from rods. The air from the furnace Is made to pass'through ' the suspended strips of felt , from which It takes the moisture necessary to make ithe air of the house fit to breathe. With one of theeo humidifiers Dr. Darncu says he was able to obtain a mean of 53 per cent relative humidity in a mean temperature of CS.3 de grees , through the evaporation of from two quarts to two gallons of water per day. During the period of this teat the outside temperature was 32 degrees , with a relative humidity of 726 per cent. Ho says that this temperature in the house was comfort able , whcroiswithout the addition of Uio moisture afforded by the humidifier a tem perature of frcm 70 to 71 degrees was nec essary. In support of < thts statement he cites the fact that "out doors in June , In medium clothing , "with temperature of 05 de grees and normal humidity of 05 to 75 per cent wo are comfortable ; In < loora In win ter , with heavy clothing , wo require five degrees more of heat for comfort. " It will ibo seen that Dr. Hames * humidifier promotes economy as well as comfort. If a house can bo made comfortable by properly humidifying the atmosphere with five de grees less heat than If the air were per mitted to ibecome dry , tha demands upon the furnace and consequently upon the coal pllo will bo appreciably less. This Is worth something ; but 'tho ' consideration of health Is moro Important. There can be no doubt as ito the Injurious effects of dry and over heated air upon the human system. The average liouso Is fully five degrees too h.H for hcalthfulness , and It is not surprising that there is so much 'trouble ' with the respiratory organa-durlng the winter season , The shock to the system on emerging from a house heated to SO degrees Into an at mosphere below zero Is great , with the best of care as to 'breathing. ' HI.YOICMhTlX < J A COXhl'IHACV. The Verdict In n Culrlirnleil OIIHC In Chicago Post. The Justice of the Jury's verdict ( for $21- 000.33) ) in thu case of ex-Conductor Kctcham against the Chicago & Northwestern rail road can , only bo determined In the full light of the evidence presented at the trial , The plaintiff claimed that owing to the blacklist maintained by the defendant and to the undero'cndlng alleged to cxl&t be tween the latter and other railroad com panies be has been unable to secure or re tain employment. The- Jury , under the in structions of Judge Clifford , found' ' nufficlent evidence of this charge and brought In a verdict for the ex-conductor , awarding him heavy damages. It Is for the appellate courts to say whether the testimony at the trial warrants the Judgment. The defend ant company denies that It 1ms pursued the plalr.tltt or In any way prevented him from earning a livelihood. It does not ataert the right to blacklist and In theory It fully ad- mlta the Illegality of the act with which it fitiinfn charged. From a general point of view It Is not very Important whether this particular ver dict will bo sustained1 as In accordance with the .weight . of the testimony or re versed as unfounded and arbitrary. What Is of high Importance Is the principle at stake the legitimacy of tbo .blacklist. It would clearly bo Illogical and unfair to place boycotting by labor under the ban and tolerate that form of tbo boycott which la known ae blacklisting. What Is wrong when done by labor uolona Is wrong when done by employers. The courts have , we believe , uniformly held that blacklisting Is unlawful ; that a man has a right to a live lihood , in the sense that he must be per mitted to secure , and bold any position on his own merits , A blacklist has been re garded as a conspiracy to deprive men of their chancco to pursue their calling and sell their labor or norvlcc * . VOMTIOAI , Dill FT. The slxtccn-to-oncrs are out with nn Indo. pendent candidate for mayor of Boston. Henry Watterson , quoting Iltirkc , ox- clalmsj "Applaud us If we run ; coniolo us If wo fall ; but let us pass on , for Ood'n Mke ; let us pass on. " Governor Uussell of North Carolina , who took occasion to roast corporations nnd trusts In his Thanksgiving proclamation , ad mits "foraging on the enemy" for rnllroid passes. There Is fun ahead for the state Solons of old Kentucky. Nine women and all women ro benutlful in the eyes of the gal lant colonels are button-holing the lawmak ers as candidates for state librarian. Senator Cocltrell of Missouri , -who Is a candidate for re-clcctlon , Is 63 years of ago , Is six feet three Inches tail ontl Is very popular with his constituents. He smokes Inccssintiy , drinks cotTco frequently and works nearly eighteen hours a day. Colonel Jnck Ghlnn of bowlo knife fame nnd who caused Iho governor of Kentucky to call out the militia during fho recent sen atorial contest In that state , announces his Intention of becoming the democratic nom inee for congress In the Lexington district. 15x-Sonator PcfTcr of Kansas has been pushed to the rear benches of the fusion camp. His advocacy of the mlddlc-of-thc-1 road principles of populism brought down uprn him the enmity of the State house combine nnd by systematic boycotting they forced him to sell his Topekn newspaper. In the election Just held In'.Marshall ' county , Kentucky , Attorney Joi.in G. Lovetl was reelected - elected over his republican opponent , Attor ney H. M. Heath , by a majority of 1,110 votes. In 1894 the same two gentlemen were aspirants for the same olllce and Attor ney Hcatii was defeated by precisely the same majority , 1,116. The treasurer-elect of Pennsylvania , the republican candidate for that ojfllco at the recent election , is named Heacon , The treasurer of Pennsylvania gets a salary of $7,400. Ho takes otIVco In May , though elected In November , nnd serves for two years , though all the other state ofllccrs of Pennsylvania servo for four. Notwithstanding the collapse of municipal ownership In Philadelphia , In Boston It has brought about GO cent gas , and 'In Detroit the manager of t'ho municipal wattorworks , after two reductions of 25 per cent each In water taxes , announces his readiness to make another 25 per cent cut In the cost If per mitted to dispense with "political penslonera , superfluous bosses and useless clerks. " Robert A. Van Wyck , the mayor- elect of Greater Now York , Is ono of the trustees of the Holland slclety and his brother , Judge Augustus Van Wyck of Brooklyn , holds a like office. The Hol land society was organized In March , 1SS5 , and the test of eligibility for Its members Is this : "The descendants In direct male line from a Dutchman native or resident of Now York or the American colonies prior to 1075. " The lieutenant governor of Ohio gets ? SOO a year ; the lieutenant governor of Pennsyl vania gets $5,600. Their duties are not dis similar and the vote of the two states Is very nearly the same ; that Is , the vote of Ohio Is a llttlo above 1,000,000 and the vote of Penn sylvania 'Is a llttlo below 1,200.000. There are 149 members of the Columbus legislature , however , and 231 members of the Harrlsburg legislature , a difference which may account for the disparity in the compensation of the two lieutenant governors. Some ol nur foreign admirers were Inex pressibly shocked at the vituperation of speakers in the Ne\v York City campaign. But the best efforts of the spellbinders In Gotham did not approach the depths of malig nancy shown by those British models of political decorum. Chamberlain and Har- court. The colonial secretary first compared the liberals to "criminals who suffered a penal operation at the general election , " which tempted Sir William to retort that Mr. Chamberlain has the "venom of a ser pent gnawing at a file , " that he Is a "Dis raeli manque , " that "tempted torles to sell souls for votes , " and that even then "they have not got the votes and their souls are sold. " The progressive temperature of the oratorical torical temperament was observed again In the case of Dr. Solomon Salmon Burrows , a Michigan silver spouter Imported Into the Ohio campaign. In ono of his collection of supreme efforts ho declared thit "our country Is rapidly approaching a crisis and is about to fall Into thp hands of the money changers. " Warmed by his own sirocco , ho "tore off his cravat. " In less than two minutes lie "rose to a climax of sarcasm against Mark Hanna and tore off hla collar. " The accounts do not nay how far this demosthenic dotting went , but it is a matter of history that at Ypsllantl October 15 , 1896 , Dr. Burrows' denunciation of the money power was so emphatic tint by the time ho came to talk about trusts he had nothing on but his fall overcoat and his left sock. a'OID OUT OK COURT. Plankington I understand that you had to go to law about that property that was left you. Have ynu a smart lawyer. Uloomfield You bet I havo. Ho owns the property now. The following Is u recent state piper from the Brlerwell ( Go. ) court : ' "This hero decision handed down by his honncr , Justice Green , witnessed by his Ballift , Thommns Jenkins , and 3 attornlcs , and may God have Mercy on our Soles ! " Down. In a Virginia town there lives a lawyer , ono Major Blank , who Is powerfully disliked by all the other lawyers in the place. So strong Is this antagonism to the major that the other lawyers will not even have an olllce in the same building with him. In the same town Is a former Judge , who Is so good natural that ho will even bo on terms with the unpopular major. Recently It happened that the Judge gave up hlH offices Just across the bill from a law firm , and the major hearing of It slipped In and rented them before anybody else had a chance at them. When the firm across the hall heard of It they showed their appreciation of thu mujor by giving him $50 not to move in as their neighbor. Of course , they didn't put It ex idly that way , but that was exactly what they meant. v Then the Judge met the major. "I got ? 50 for my bargain , Judge , " said the major , who illdn't sec the point nt all. "So I heard , so I heard , " responded the Judso as if he were not pleased to death with the rreijor's luck , "and I'm sorry to hear It. I always knew you had a grfat head for fine financial transactions , major , but you missed It badly this time. " "Missed 117" exclaimed the mojor In much surprise. "How do yo"u mean ? " "You sold , out too cheap , major ; too cheap. You could bivo got twice as much If you had hold out for It , " and as the Judge rubbed his hands unctuously the major began to regret that ho had put his figurca so low , but he never suspected the Judge , .si\sinii ; AMI PJIOKITAIIMS Shrrwa KnrniiTM OonverlliiB1 Corn Into llrc-f. Minneapolis Trllmne. The hopes of a uubstantlal rUe In corn , following the rise in wheat , which wcro engendered eeveral montlui aflj , have been disappointed. Corn , persistently , btays at a figure where It requires nt leant three bush els to purchase ono of wheat. Hut If the situation which prevails In Sao county , la. , according to a local paper , prevails gen. orally throughout the corn region , the mar. kot will begin to feel the effect of decreas ing euppllej before another crop bo har vested. The Oilebolt Chronicle nays that dur ing the , pant six raontha 7,000 cattle have been shipped to that station designed for Bau county farms , and estimates that there are over 20,000 ulcers that will eat 1,000,000 bushels of corn before they are ready for market , besides large numbers of horsiui , hogs , sheep , young cattle and milk cown that will consume an Immense quantity before fore the winter U over. The conclusion Is that Sao county will have llttlo corn to eell this year. Com Is a crop that Is moit profitably coti. tmrnod In the locality where It Is raised. It does not pay to haul It to market at any , thing llko ruling prices. This country's production of maize Is so enormous that un less It Is no consumed the receipts at primary polula will break down the markuU and Ifecji Iho prlco at the country station actually be low the coit of growing nutl marketing. 51IAI.I. 1IISTOIIY UK ItUVlSKDt Brooklyn K Rlo : Tbo Thnic through the Mshop ha * spoken to the Hudnon , Wo would that the Hudson with Its rorolutlonixry voices could speak to him , Springfield Republican : Bishop Donno of Albany thinks that Americans Imvo now be come. great and strong enough to forglvu Kngland for being EO sympathetic with the cnuso of disunion In the civil war , mid that U the only real Christian view to take of It. The only trouble Is that no many flnd it hard to be Chrlsllnnn. Now York Commercial Advertiser : U Is altogether becoming that bishops nnd col lege presidents should plead for International arbitration oi > religious and moral grounds , but since the dnys of the "truce of God. " these have been n frnll barrier Bgnlnut the rush of dynnstlo ambition or national pas sion. Whnt renlly makes for International pence Is the vast complexity nnd extent o ( Intornntlonnl commerce nnd ltn growing power In determination of national policies. This Is the day of the "truce of trade. " New York Mall and Express : But with oil respect to the worthy blshc ( > , wo must tiki- puto his premise and therefore deny his con clusion , "Jingoism" does not moan , In tha minds of most people , the thinking as well as the Impulsive , what ho conceives It to mean. Whatever the origin of the word , it lias come to bo accepted us a common ox- urc3.ilon of the spirit of patriotic AmericanIsm - Ism , seeking war with none of the tiatlonn of the cartti , but ready to maintain Us rights and Its honor against all of them. This la a spirit that Is cascntlal to the existence of our liberties nt homo. It Is a spirit that Is equally essential to maintain our standing In the family of nat'.ns. In reality It makes for peace rather than for war , because n manful assertion of our rights averts bullying that would grow Into assault that could not fall to excite armed resistance , Minneapolis Tribune : The talk of alter ing our historical text books In order to conciliate Kcigland1 Is calculated to excite a feeling of contempt across the water and of derision In this cmmtry. It Is the mere.st child's play. H assumes that rational in on of the present generation .cannot be friends because their forefathers were ctiemles , and hence that the facts of history should be concealed from the rising generation. The good bishop would cement peace between the t\\o countries upon a bnslu of Ignorance rather than of right reason and umlcrstciid- Ing of present conditions. On the same theory It might bo argued that If the peace of Europe Is to bo maintained the history of the past thousand years of war and slaughter , In which each natlra has been nt times engaged In a death-grapple with every other nation , should be blotted out of the m hiil 3 of the school children by altering the text books ! Dlshop Doano was evidently suffering from a bail case of Ang omanlo. acquired during his attendance on the Lam beth conference. New York Sun : Blehop Doano ot Albany delivered < in addfeis to the clergy of his diocese on Tuesday , and we nuoto ono typ ical paragraph. "Tho more mliulful men In England look with amazement and astonish ment on what sometimes seems to them thu unbridled violence of our partisan news papers , the feeling of dislike and hatred of Kngland In America. I am sure of the absence of all such feeling among thought ful people nt home. With thcso extreme expressions of violence , the English govern ment , the EnglUh people and the English press have been most patient. " For every unkind and untrue word tittered against England in American Journals within the last ten years wo can show a hundred Eng lish pages Jammed with Ignorance and bitter hatred of the men , women , manners , Insti tutions and laus of our own land. It Is some thing moro than a century slnco a bishop of the Episcopal church In America , ad dressing a , congregation of American gentle men , has ventured to characterize the preju dice , misinformation and Insolence which habitually pervades the comments of Eng- Ish newspapers on America as the "pa- tlcnco" of Englishmen with the American people. itinniiTi.v Detroit Journal : "The probability Iff , " re marked the observer of men and tnlngs , "that Eve. iwns undecided for awhile whether to nut on the flu leaf or stay as shu \ > ial and call it art. " Yonkers Statesman : Jill Is Gill n good Judge of cltr.irsY Hill I tulnk he must be. Ho hud two last nltf-H and ho gnvo mo one. He must have kept tlio beat one. Chicago Tribune : Attorney Have you formed or expressed nn opinion concerning this case ? Venlreman No , plr. 1 haven't formed or expressed an opinion about any thing for eighteen months. I'm the Janitor of u woman's club. Cincinnati Enquirer : "You mean to tell mo that you don't think foot bull ought to be suppressed ? Just look how many get maimed and killed In the game. " "It doctm't malm and kill anybody except foot ball play ers " Detroit Free Press : First Neighbor-All that my daughter seems to lack In music Id time. Second Neighbor Heavens and earth , man ! she thumps , that plnno nine hours a day. How much time do you want her to have ? Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Lot's see , you married Darlington's willow , cildn't you ? " "Yep. " "Hut you always said you'd never marry a ready made wife. " "Well , I found out afterward that this ono wns made to order. " Washington Star : "Did you hear my speech ? " pnld Senator Sorghum1 am told that I wove a sul > lo hypnotic npe > ll about my hearere from which they vainly en deavored to break nway. " "Ye , " replied hlB candid friend ; "I heard that u great tnuny of tium went to slee > . Cleveland Lender : "And HO , Pat , you think Dennis hud tlio wroiiB pldo of Ihu ar- Kiiment ? Hut what reason have- you to bo fie Hiiro of this ? " "Faith , he hmln't another worrud to say after OI hit him Aid me first bilck. " Detroit Journal : "I was conveyed , " re lated Love , In Hieaklng of It iitturwiirils , "on the dulcet B'.nilns at u Mute. " 'Pio jfotlH iin'l goddesses exchanged Klnnee.i. "On u. loot , " they exclaimed , us with ono vo'co. ' "Why , tht very Idea ! " Tim nfrair , In fact , tnudo lots of talk In Olympus. Philadelphia North American : "Thoro'H mighty lew perfect gentlemen nowadays , " t-ald tno gambler of the old school. "They used to bo plenty , " "What lo your Idea of a perfect irentle- man ? " nsheil the listener. , . "A man who won't squeal when ho I * robbed. " A 1'iri : Cincinnati Coiniiurclnl-Trltiunc. Roll niu a cigarette , Fadetto. TwlHt the bit of paper whltn About the fragrant weed , urn ! then Moisten till ) e < lnes diilnllly With that Hinull pink tongue I nometlmes see Hcoldlng the other men. Roll mu u plgurcttc , Fudetto. Roll me a clgurette , Fadette. Kver my own dear girl. * How pretty you nru Fadette , my dear. And you maku clearettcs llku u HpanlurU bold , I'recloua to me , more so than gold. Thanks ! Will you toua It hero ? Roll mu it cigarette , Fudetto. Roll mo u cigarette , Fmlette. 1 love to smoke and dream near you , DulldliiK my ciiHllcH In the nlr , ( ! uttle.svhere ! you uro ulwuy queen , Rulgtilng o'er ft nnd mu supreme. liy Jove ! I do declare Bhe'H Hmoklng rny clgarettel Fadettu ! An Irrltalila man can be worked over Int" quite a ffllow If ho la f 4 properly. The la K of proper Jlue'tlon Beta up u cundillon ut train that In turn liuwn In worry unil frctfulm1 * Corfto U kliuun , In kclentlllc cxperlnKiiU m artificial dlgcutlon , to urreat tlie procrm of ill- gentian anil delay and Interfere In a fc rluu jnannoi with tlie operations. I'ernoin ltli anything but tlie most powerful dli-c tlvB upparuttui will Una It uUvUable to leava coffee out of tlielr dietary unil use 1'oulum Cereal rood Coffee. Tli chung * will a "cbronlo" la liort orJ r.