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THE OMAHA "DAILY BIDE : TJIU11SDAY , KOVEM15ER 25 , 1S07. Tim OMAHA DAILY BER E. UOSKWATCU , IMltor. PUIlUSHKU KVKIIY MOHN1NO. THUMB OK BUIISCIUtTION : lice iWlthout Sunilay ) . On Ycnf , . J > Dully ! > < ! ( nnj KunJny , one Vcnr . > M ' HIS Months . JOJ Tnrta Monltu. . . . . . . t. . . ' . * w Hui-irtny lire. One Year . 2M , Hutimlar lire , One Vcnr. . . . . . . 1 M . Weekly lice , Ono Ytnr . 4 . w OKKICRSI Omnhirt The lice Hull. . Unit. Ht.utlj Omnlm : Sinner lllk , . Cor. N and 21th Sti. Council llliifr : 10 1'inrl Street. ChlciiRO Olllcel 317 Cluimlier of Commerce. New York : Iloomn 13 , 14 nml 15 Tribune Hide " \Vn lilngton : 101 rourtecntli Street. All communications relating to news nnd cdlto. rial matter ihould bo tuldresrcd : To tlio KiHtor. ULSINK.SS i.i-m nits. , All buMli'tiB letter * nnd remittances thould tie nddrcixed to The lira I'litillstilnK Company , Omnlm. Draft * , check * , express nnd postolllce money order * to Le made payable to tlie order of tlia comimny. run IMB runusitiNO COMPANY. _ ' 8TATSMRNT OP CIHCtll.ATION1. Btnto of NMirnikn , Douglim County , M. i Oeorse II. Tfcuchuck. secretary of The llec Pub lishing Cjini > iny , being duly sworn , unj-a tlmt the tictual number of full nnd complete coplin of The Dally , Morning , i\enlnj ; nnd Sunday llec printed during the month of October , 1W7 , it us as fol lows : 1 . 18.0T3 17 19.S25 2 . 19.811 18 19.913 3 . 19,700 10. . . . 10.007 4 . 1J.72R 20 I'J..CI r . 19,710 : i jnon li . 19.791 " " " " 7 . M.I 01 u ! ! 21 > 23 20,316 232J 10 2J ( ii ' . . ' iiCsT.i 27 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ' . . . . . . . SOlfJV ) 12 I9 , ! > n < t 2S 20.781 U . 11S31 23 20 , < 0 > 14 20.023 SO 20,7K 31 ' * ' ) * * i3 jc. . . . . . . . . . . ; . ; , . 2)oso ' jn' ' _ Total K63-.1 Jjoss ilnltictloiiH for returned nnd unsold copies 9.217 Not totnl unles C17inr Net dally nverngo 19,977 ononaB n. TZSCHIICK. Sworn to wforc irn nnd subscribed In my pros- i > nco thl.i 1st day of Nnvmlwr , 1S97. ( Seal ) N. 1' . FiiU Notary Public. TIII : m-n ox THAI.NS. All rnllrnnil lUMvulmyn ncc Hiiiillril | | with riiiiiiKli IlcoN to Hfi-ciiniiimliilc' evi'ry IIIIH- HciiRi-r i\li < > winil * to rcnil it tiiMVftpniicr * Innlnt upon linv- liiK Tlio Hoc. If you runnot Kt-t n llec on n trulii from the IIPWN itKrnf , iilciiHi * ropnrt tlio fuel , MliitltiK tlic ( rnln nml rtillrouil , < o HIP Clruiilntlou ] ) cinrlnil-lit of The Ileus The ll 'i ; IH for mile on nil trnliiM. INSIST 0\ \VIXO THIS IIRR. l" . . . . . If yon nrc not thankful you ou lit to bo. Cnn It ho possible tlmt tlio chief owner of the Fnlcery lins been bnlkcd In an other effort to extort n fort-oil loan from the An effort Is said to bo making to sot nil this freat piano makers of the coun try Into a Kifjantic combine. Tin1 object Is apparently to create a concord of high notes. Several promising labor orxnn tent Ions have been shipwrecked on political rocks and lim Krothorliooil of Locomotive Knjri- iicers docs well In declining to allow It self to be drugged into the political burial ground. ' Receipts of gold are running nearly four times us heavy at the Denver mint as least year , tlu iimoiint being turned in for coinage teaching1 nearly a million and n half a month. Tlio west Is furnish ing money for tin world. General Coxoy has boon In attendance upon the mlddle-ot'-the-road populist conference - feronce whose first , last and only cry is , "No more fusion. " Now Mr. IJryan will surely take back the nice things he wrote nbont Coxcy In Ills bnok. Mr. Swltx.ler started off in his candi dacy for supreme judge with thirteen votes from Adams county and ended up with 715 ! votes from the whole state. No wonder lie could not overcome the faten and the other men's votes. As soon as his Thanksgiving dinner has boon eaten the western congressman will start for Washington , where ho will spend the winter making the rest of the people feel thankful that congress floss not hold all the year round. The lice began Its protests against licensing the slot machines as soon as the ordinance made Its appearance In the ety ( council. It took the organ of the gamblers' gang three months to dis cover that automatic gambling is im moral and Illegal. Turkeys come higher this year than last year. Last year , however , many people now at work at good wages had leou Idle so much of the time that they could not have bought ) : i turkey no mat ter how low the price. They would not KO back n year for all the turkey they could ont. What's that ? A smelting works trust ns nn adjunct to the sliver inliiu-ownors * trust ? Aru the self-sacrlllclng disciples of Hrynn going to pose as the horrible example to be pointed out by the silver trust champion In his speeches on the danger threatening the republic from concent ra ted woa 11 h ? Can Ohlef ( Jnllaghor afford to Ignore iho disclosures of pollen rottenness made In the sworn testimony at the hearing Of the Coy case ? Can he ever expect to maintain police discipline If he closes Ills eyes ( < ) offenses of subordinates stii-h ns were proved by competent witnesses In open court and embodied In the court record ? A report of the hearing by the Stale Board of Transportation on complaints of excessive charges for llvo stock ship ments states that the railroads were well represented at the session , Of course they were. With three popoeratlo rail road tools masipieriidlngi as reform rail road commissioners , the railroads niv well reproseiited every time the state board meets.1 Senator 1'crklns of California Is op posed to n territorial form of government for Alaska and also to the proposed di vision of the area. Ha says that it would bo better to divide Alaska into districts for admlnlstratlro purposes and not to civato moro olllcps to govern It on territorial lines. If the hopes of the Klondlkers tire half realized there may possibly be support In the territory for a liomo government ovenlually , but then ) Is 110 nrcBunt occasion for haute. TIIK This year's Thanksgiving proclama tions liavo been generally notable for the hearty testimony they bear to Im proved conditions nnd the absence of any expressions of a pessimistic nature. There Is abundant reason for this , for fie great majority of the American people ple nr < - much better ( iff today than n year ago nnd at least n million American homes will bo brightened on this Thanksgiving - giving day with a chsor they have not experienced for several years. The tide of returning prosperity which had be gun to rise a year ago has since spread widely over the land , until thqrc are few parts of our favored country that have not been touched by It , Karmorh have reaped a golden harvest , wage earners have had \\vll-palil employment , manufacturers nnd merchants have real ized nn enlarged business. There Is cause for national thanksgiving In all this , while the Intellectual ami moral ptogrcss attained demand grnte/ul ac knowledgment. We can give thanks ns n nation because we are stronger and better than over before , because the pop ular patriotism was never more earnest , because the public sense of honor nnd honesty was never more llrmly grounded and because the security of free instl- : ulons ! is ns tlrmly rooted as at any tlmo In our history. Thanksgiving day Is a national holl- lay peculiar to our country. Other coun tries have occasional days of thanksgiv- ng , but only in the United States Is such i holiday of regular annual observance. Its origin Is familiar , but the day has lost the deeply religious character It originally had. To some extent , Indeed , this 1ms been pivjsorvod. The churches recognize the occasion. But It has be come a day of homo festivities , of fnin ly reunions , rather than of religious d'- ' rotlon nnd It Is In the homes of the peo- ilc where it is most truly observed and where its genial , beneficent and whole some. Inlluonco Is best exerted. In every portion of our laud there will bo today delightful homo gatherings and whether the feast that Is spread bo sumptuous or humble , It will be enjoyed with a rel ish which no other feast of the year can beget. DOA'T r.lf/j TO CUlllSKCT THEM. The average plurality for the state officers In 1SD8 was 12,870. AVhen the republicans tell you that the majority woo 20,000 a year ago and only 11,000 this year , correct them. Owing to the fact that many reiiubllcsns refused in vote for Jack MacColl , Hoi- comb's plurality was 21,092. That 'was' an exceptional case-inrt docs not properly repre sent tlio party strength. Nebraska Independ ent Offlclal Pcpullst organ. That's right. Correct them. Don't let thorn labor under any such depressing delusion. Don't lot thorn deceive them selves into believing that the fusion plurality this year is 1-1,000 when it U nothing of the kind. The average plu rality for tlio candidates on the success ful state ticket in ISO" Is only lO.GoO. Owing to the fact that nearly all the gold democrats refused to vote for any populist or silver republican , but voted for the ex-gold democrat at the head of the-combination column , Judge Sulli van's plurality was run up to lli.StO. This , however , was an exceptional case. The drop In the fusion plurality from 12,870 In 3S)0 ! ) to lO.ontJ In 1S07 indicates a pretty fair republican gain after all. TUB I'UIILIC nOMAIff. The report of tho. commissioner of the general land oflice shows that there is still a largo area of the public domain , but ex actly what pioportlon of this is available for cultivation is not stated and probably cannot be. During 1ho last llsenl year nearly . " > ,000,000 acres , of which only a small proportion was Incliul.'d In reserva tion lands , wore allotted by the land of fice under dual entries , the number of such entries being nearly : > 1,000 and the cash-receipts from sales , foes and com missions being not far from $ l.fiOO,000. In addition moro than -1,500,000 acres of land were allotted under original en try. Out of this total of 0,500,000 acres about 7,250.000 acres were taken under the homstead acts. Thus It appears that settlement under the homestead pol icy continues , though to a very much less extent than formerly. There still remain nearly 000,000,000 a civs of vacant public land , exclusive of Alaska and of military and Indian reservations , timber reservations and railroad grants. The larger part of this consists of arid and semi-arid lands , which can only bo utilized by ir rigation , but undoubtedly in the course of time these lands will be reclaimed , as far as imsslble , and a part of them l > o made ns productive as any lands In the country. Of the public domain now avail able for successful and profitable cultiva tion tliore remains but comparatively lit- tin ami this will probably bo settled within the next twenty years , If not sooner. PA r/A' .1A7) HB/M VIXU. The council is doing good work in the enactment of ordinances for replacing the wornont wooden blocks that have too long disgraced many of our streets , but the council cannot come up to Its full duty In this nmltor without the no- , tlvu co-operation of the property owner's specially Interested. Under the new charter the council can order pavements on streets that have not be-in paved within a.OOO feet of the court house square without respect to the wishes 01 protests of the property owners. Kvory nnpaved street within this limit should be ordered paved by the time spring opens. l-'or streets beyond the H.OOO-fect line the council has the power to pass paving ordinances unless property owners repre senting a majority of the abutting front feet protest. Kor repaying the council has no authority to act until a majority petition of the property owners Is ( lied. As it Is of the utmost importance thai all the central streets of the city bt paved and nil the principal thorough fares that will bo in active lisa for expo sltlon travel and trnllle bo repavcil be fore our oxsltlon | ) year visitors arrive tlio preliminary work of preparing peti tions , framing and enacting ordinances , inviting bids and letting contracts should by all means bo completed by midwinter , It Is quite possible that some penny- wise aud pouud foolish obstructionists mny attempt to hang tip the work of pav ing and ropnvlng by appealing to this courts to redress Imaginary grievances. Kor this reason also th"re should b1 ample tlmo to clear away the legal ob stacles soon enough to let the contractors proceed promptly upon the opening of the season. Only with the assistance of the property owners will thv city au thorities bo able to accomplish their part SKUll.TAllV GAOK la iJUI'llI'VL. The addiers of Secretary Oagc at the dinner of the New York Chamber of Commerce has a hopeful tone. This Is characteristic of the present secretary of the treasury , llu Is a good deal of an optimist and a moderate degree of optimism in n man at the head of the Inanclal department of the government Is u good thing. A secretary of the treasury who should take nn opposite view of conditions could do a very great deal of mischief. Ho could keep the public mind tilled -apprehension and foster distrust and anxiety In Ilium- chil and business elides by giving out gloomy foiebodtugs and predictions of Imminent disaster. Secretary Oagc has not done anything of this sort. Ho very earnestly believes that the cur rency system needs to be radically re formed and that the work of ivformng It ought io bo entered upon without delay , but he. does not think , or at any rate does not say , that If the reform he deems necessary Is not immediately ef fected the advance toward prosperity must halt and the wheels of progress cease to revolve , lie has no doubt , as ho said In his address , that a wise statesmanship in the national councils will llnd a way to remedy the defects In the currency and he docs not expect that in the meantime the country will go backward or that the enterprise aud energy of the American pople will bo paialyzcd. lie wants reform and wants It as eagerly as anybody , but ho docs not despair of the country because it is not immediately assured. Sectvtary Gage felicitously described the several classes or groups of currency reformers one class the radicals , "who will tolerate no method not Individually their own ; " the second class those who prate reform , "but an"1 fruitful only In objections ; " the third class those who arc convinced of the wisdom of reform and think it ought to bo had now. Mr. Gage places himself In the hitter group , but how much bettor lias his plan of reform been received than tlmt of the class of "radicals and faddists" for whom he evidently has no respect ? It Is admiedly : a compromise plan , designed to obviate as far as possible the objections to the proposals of thy radicals , yet it has re ceived hardly more favorable considera tion than the Indianapolis plan , which will be the basis. It Is presumed , of the monetary commls > lon'.s report. The truth is that if the currency system Is so bad as Secretary Gage manifestly thinks It is tlio radical reformers are on the right track and ho has made a mistake in dropping out of that group , where he formerly belonged , and offering any con promise. The tendency of this , In stead of obviating objections to currency reform , has been to multiply and strengthen them. If the legal tender notes are so great a menace to financial stability and to national credit as the reformers assort , the true policy is to eliminate thorn from the currency at once. Certainly those who do not be lieve them to be such menace will not be converted from that belief by any sort of makeshifts or compromises. The fact is that the llnauclal doctors disagree so widely that there seems hardly a possibility of their ever getting together. The country is awaiting with more or less Interest the rcMilt of the monetary commission's de liberations , but it Is questionable whether it will simplify the prob lem. In the meanwhile the country is going forward with the same cur rency system it has had for twenty-four years. Ilcrron , the Iowa college professional advocate of socialism who received a merited rebuke a few years ago before the students of the Nebraska State uni versity , has recently returned to his chair after two years' absence dn Europe , but it is plain tlmt h > ? is still wedded to his old ideas. Speakingto n body of clergy men In Chicago a few days ago he de clared that "there is no disputing the fact that we are oirt the verge of a revo lution , " and that "the world is full of evidences of the chnnge. " Prof. Ilcrron was sine n few years ago that this coun try was going to wreck and ruin because of the corruption of the courts , the ag gressions of monopolies , etc. , and went about advocating the overturning of the whole social system as preliminary tea a final remedy for all the ills of the body politic. His gloomy forebodings attracted attention only because he Is n man of more than ordinary ability nnd of wide learning , but his predictions have all boon wasted. The "revolution" Is not in sight. If the police have been conniving with other forms of gambling besides slot machine - chine gambling what Is the reason the reform police commission has not long ago taken steps to enfoico law and order ? The council has passed no ordi nance licensing faro banks , roulette machines , poker tables or policy wheels and the police have not even the lllinsy excuse behind which tlioy tried to cover thi ) protection they gave the automatic gambling devices. The responsibility for the toleration of gambling rests with the police authorities and neither the pollci ! nor the gamblers' gang which pretends tends to control them nor the gamblers' organ can transfer this responsibility from tlio so-called non-partisan reform police olllclals to the republican mayor and council. It Is dlfllcnlt to understand the action of the federal circuit court In approving the llndlng of the commissioner In the Union Pacific hospital case without going into Its merits on the ground that the decision Is Immaterial In view of the termination of the receivership. The hospital fund , over which the contro versy arose , dates from years previous to the receivership , and the system will doubtless be maintained by the reorgan ized company , The rights of the em ployes lu the control and disposition of 5 * 5 ? | p ' oS ! j ? * ' T' * ' * jS'3V t " " the money wllhhe d r * * ' ' salaries for hospital pnfe < > 3 sirould not depend , upon the rocr > lf iOilp of the succession to the rceelvershlp. if their forced con tributions vonSBRao a tnut fund for their benellt , tjjoy prtnlnly ought to be protected agalijst ilsuse or wasteful ex penditure wllh i { preference to whether Iho oMlcovs of thpiuillroail company have been appointed ) hyk the court or elected by tip stockholders. There Is no vrtiy'lhal a thorough-going free silverlte oaV'bo convinced of tlu actual presenceJAf prosperity. The state auditor of lowiT si , few days ago made an Informal reptfrt on the condition of the state and a\itigs banks of the state and declared that the banks report "the largest Increase of deposits ever Indi cated In nn Iowa bank statement. " Hut the Dubuipie Telegraph Insists that de linquent tax lists Avero never so large and the slate auditor consciously con fesses the existence of industrial depres sion when ho nlllrms the congestion of money lu the banks and the Inability of Its holders to loan It even nt ivduced Interest rates. " A continued free silver- lie cannot be happy. New veins of coal have boon discovered In southern Iowa and now coal mines will be opened. For some tlmo the Iowa coal mines have all been operated' to their full capacity , though during the past year prices have ruled low aud operators have not made ns much ns In former seasons. The Iowa coal miners have boon employed regularly , no strikes of any consequence occurring in a long while. Take warning ! Don't trust yourself to ft railroad train these days ! The Kakery says there Is a bold bad gang of daring train robbers at large right under the noses of its pet policemen and that no one can tell when the next train will be held up. The only way to avoid the train robbers is cither to keep off the trains or laugh at the Fakery's fakes. Why tin * Trlhi'Hiiii'ii linn. , Plillnclelplila 1'rcss. The tribesmen broke and ran before the Gordon hlghlanders nt Dargal rldgo. The effect of a complete Highland coatumo Is rather startling , oven to ordinary folks. The Wolf TnUvH tin1,111111) . Globe-Democrat. Some of the papers argue that the populist rty Is dead because It counts for llttlo In tlio election returns of thu year. The popu lists rejoin that they have converted the democratic party and that answers their pur pose. Ciirii'n lloine Market. Indianapolis Journal. Competent judges who have Investigated the subject ray that 23 per cent more cattle and 33 per cent iitero sheep will be fed In the corn belt states this season than ever before. Tilts' means that , being prosperous , the American people want more meat. Geriiiiiiiy , Too , on the Grnh. Mlnn4atK > ll4 Tribune , Germany's seizure of a fine harbor In China appears to bo displeasing to llussla and France , but It la dimcult to sco what they are going to do abou't ' It. If Germany has the nerve to hang1 on she will probably be allowed to retain her stolen property , as It wouldn't pay the other powero to precipitate a European war over so trifling a matter. Itt-clfirorlty ItiilinintIMI ! < < ! . Nov.- York Hall and Express. Germany Is dreadfully worried over the decline In her exports to America , and pro poses to see what can bo done about It. Upon careful diagnosis she will find that the case Is can which requires a prompt , liberal and continued application of Uncle Sam's justly famous reciprocity liniment , every bott'o of which has the name blown. In the glass. Tinnuv In MlKhty Kooil Company. Sprlncllcia Kepubllcan. The administration must evidently get along without the support of the leading party organs In the matter of retiring the greenbacks. Those opposed to the stop In clude the New York Tribune and Sun , the latter now a full-grown organ of republican policies , the Philadelphia Press the Chicago Tribune and The Omaha Ree. This will not bo encouraging to President McKlnley , but for an executive llko Cleveland It would have just the oppcalto effect If he had once be come convinced that the thing should be done. .Senator MnrKiin nn 11 Humorist. Kansas City Star. Senator Morgan says that the United States needs Hawaii for the puiposo of protecting Alaska. In view of the fact that Hawaii Is 3.000 miles from Alaska , tt 1s plain that nothing short of the sublime Imagination of the Alabama senator can comprehend the grandeur of such a notion of public defense. The argument that the possession of Alaska by this country will be endangered unless Hawaii is annexed la quite the most enter taining and amusing tint has been advanced In favor of taking In those far-away Islands. The advocates of annexation arc trying bird to make It appear that Hawaii Is wltliln gun shot of this country. Instead of 2,000 miles away. A Frultli-KM Expedition. Clilcaero Inter Ocean. The utJter failure to find any traces of Prof. Andreo anil his frilloon can occasion no rational mirprUe. The path of arctic exploration by land and water , or snow and Ice rather. Is somewhat definite , and a searching party would know where to go , but searching for a traveler whose route was aerial IB like trying to follow Iho sky tracks made by the wings of a bird. The scientists who encouraged an. expedition so In conlllct with common sense , and there wore sorno euch , would do well to recognize the limitations of human possibility. Life sacrificed In a heroic effort , whatever the field , Is a grand success , whatever the Inci dental failure- may have been , but It Is pitiful to see a life thrown away In a crazy venture. Will CoiiKri'NM Hi-KponilT Philadelphia Press. Labor Commissioner Carroll D. Wright said In a recent interview In the Boston Jour nal thnt ulillc ho k , not a candidate for super. Intcndent of tlio p < jxt census ho ohoilld cer tainly refuse an offer of the odlco If the cen sus bill now boforo. congress Is passed. One of Mr. Wrlght'H ( flilcf- objections to the bill Ui that It does not put the selection of em ployes under the civil sorvlco law. As everyone ono cjliveraant with the facts knows the choice of cmployrsrJn'past census years has been made on political grounds. This has resulted In delays and additional expense , Congress ought byrtliU tlmo to ECO the folly of this muthod of. ( aiding the census and ot the need of reform. The present Is a good tlmo for tlio change , and congress should not fall to respond to tno demand of au awakened public sentiment. ' ' Journal. The public Is gqttlng a view of military discipline In Iho hovering court-martial at Chicago hlch la calculated to generate a large feeling of disgust and Indignation at the Ibrutnllty of Lovonng and those who as sisted him In bis cowardly treatment of Private Hammond , The feeling Is growing , too , that LoverlDg U cot the only offender. Private- Hammond , who Is ' 111 from h'a Im prisonment and punishment , was compelled to stand au hour shivering In the cold yes terday without an overcoat under tbo guard of so'.dlcrs clad In heavy army ulatero. HU teeth shivered and his face was blue from exposure. Snow was falling , and the needless suffering Inflicted upon the accused would have dose credit io a lot of savigea. No one believes that such ludlgnltlos and cruelties are necessary or in tlio least de cree conducive to army dliclpllno , TT ) IH..V7.11S. \Vnnhlngton Star : No ittmbt * ome ppoplcln London will gravely proceed to declare thnt the contlag.atlons In that city nrc much moro Artistic nnd Imposing thin anything ot the kind produced In llila country. 1'loneer Press : Although the London fire- department has been greatly Improved of late yccr.3 by the adoption of American notions , It Is still far behind thnt of our American cities. The recent conflagration , which Is by comparison ono of the most disastrous which London has experienced for years , will probably awaken the Londoners to the nrr-cfolty of a better organlze-d nml bettor disciplined service , and especially the alarm branch of It. Detroit Free Press : At this distance the slowness of the London fire department In responding to the alarm Friday Is surprising. According to the published accounts , at Ic.ist twenty-five minutes elapsed between the dis covery of the fire nnd the arrival ot Iho first engine on the ground. Imagine a fire breakIng - Ing out lu any American city nnd raging nearly half an hour before thu arrival of the fire dcpattmcntl Such delay would be ac counted absolutely Inexcusable In any Ameri can town of 2,000 Inhabitants , and yet In the English metropolis , with Us vast properly Interests , n flro can break out In the day tlmo. In the heart of the business district , and rngo At its own flcrco will while the constable Is frantically blowing his whlstln and an ofllccr Is dispatched to summon the slow and easy flro department. TIIM u.vsrn.vuv STHAII. Now York Sun : Mr. W. T. Stead desig nated Now York as the tlilnl of Iho great modern hells , this town following London and Chicago In order ot discovery by him. Mr. Stead Is doing pretty well for an ama teur , 'but ' ho Is yet six hells 'behind ' Uanto Allghlerl. Washington Past : Mr. Stead has accom plished nothing by hla tirade. Bven If such conditions still existed , ho has been neither judicial In his treatment ot thorn nor at all wlso In suggesting n remedy , but , s a matter - tor of fact , ho has dealt "with n 'state of at- fairs which continued only long enough to become known 'beforo It was condemned. There la n bright , as well as a dark side to the Now York situation , and Mr. Stead , If his eyes had not been blinded by muck and mire , would have seen lhat New York , unlllto Sodom nnd Gomorrah , sot the seal of Its condemnation upon the very wickedness qf which ho complains. Courier-Journal : To ibo plain , Mr. Stead is a nuisance , lie has an unclean mind , and loves to dwell on < the unclean phases of life which all great cities present to a greater or loss extent , nnd which are Insep arable from the Imperfection of human na- tuic. Now York Is a great city , but Ita girntncus Is not duo to the men whom Mr. Stead condemns , and justly condemns , butte to multltudra of others who lead useful and cleanly lives and do what they can to better the condition of their city. The man who neglects nil mention of the 'bettor ' clasa of people in order to revel In the slums is not doing a service to mankind. The sensa. . tiouallim of Mr. Stead la an advertisement to vice , and not n service to virtue. AXU OTIIUHWISU. William 13. Howell , assistant secretary of the treasury , was a messenger boy In the de- oartmeiit fifteen years ago. The trouble at the London flro was that they had a seventeenth century fire depart ment for a nineteenth century city. J. A. Howclls of ABlitabula ( 0. , who Is a candidate for postmaster of the house of rep resentatives , Is a brother of William Dean Howclls. Tammany , from Us surplus canuxilgn fund , has given $20,000 to the poor of New York City. This Is a ease of casting bread upon the waters. Ann Arbor bcardlag house mistresses , feelIng - Ing strong for a fight , have been discussing a purpose to prohibit smoking In rooms rented to students. At the czar's coronation ceremonies at Moscow there were 2,500 yards ot American moquetto carpeting used. Eight thousand wcro used at Queen Victoria's jubileo. Artist Robert A. Ballard's design for an Illinois monument on Missionary Hldgo has been accepted by the Illinois Chattanooga commission. The monument will cost about ? 18,000. John Plske , the historian , says ho Is as likely to Jump over the moon ns to become Harvard's librarian. If any one is still In doubt It Is only necessary to say that Mr. Fiske weighs 240 pounds. A bust of Charles Stewart Parnell has Just been added to the National 1'ortralt gal lery , London. It Is the work of Miss Mary Grant , and was hung In the great British gallery of celebrities on the sixth anniversary of the great Irish leader. A St. Louis thief who stole a pair of hose from a joung woman denied the charge when in court the next day. The judge ordered an examination and when the thief's trousers were rolled up the missing hose were revealed In all their gorgeous hues. At Alsea , Ore. , an executor of a will who sought to prevent the decedent's widow , the executor's mother-in-law , from entering a granary on the estate , arranged a gun so that It would bo discharged through the door way the moment the door was opened. It has been noticed that within the last year the chipping of bits from the Stonewall Jackson monument , nt the place where ho re ceived his mortal wound on the battlefield of Chancellorsvllle , has seriously disfigured the monument , and steps have been taken to deal severely with relic hunters , otherwise described as vandals. In future. The report says that the monument to the union general , Sedgwlek , near by , Is almost untouched. The great French sculptor , M. Falgulero , has just completed a gigantic statue of Lib erty for the Pantheon. The figure of the goddess holds in her right hand a young pop lar tree , which eho Is striking Into the earth. Her left hand Is raised In admiration , and , with her head upturned , she Is gazing nt the leafy branches above her. On the ground behind , nnd clutch/ng / at her throat , is an old woman , symbolizing Ignorance. AMERICAN COIlIf , Ailvimiblltty of Cultivating the For- i-lKii Ttlnrlcot. Boston Advertiser. American wheat Is in demand In almost every country of Europe. According to tbo best and most recent statements of reliable statisticians in the wheat trade , the European crops this year amount to 20 per cent less than last year. They are even 83,000,000 bushels ICES than they were In the so-called famine year of 1S91 , This shortage would naturally bo made up from the crops of other sections of the world , Taking Asia , Africa and Australia together -their yield would probably bo more than SOOCO,000 bushels less than Fn 1891. Comparing the entire production of the wcrld this year with that for the so-called famine year at the beginning of the decade , It is probable that this year's wheat output will not bo far below what It was In 1891. In other nerds , there Is almost certain to bo a shortage which has already appeared alarming to those statisticians who seem most familiar with the situation. It looks as If Europe were likely to want for bread next yeox , or at least for wheat bread , unless an unexpectedly large wheat harvest appears from some quarter of the globe whence It was not expected to come , In view of these facts It Is certainly worth the attention of the Agricultural department and the State department , that under the Harrison administration efforts were made with some success to Introduce corn broad and other preparations of cornmcal In Europe. Kor some reason the Cleveland administra tion did not apparently approveof this move ment and the efforts in that direction were summarily -checked by orders from Waahlng- tcn after the democratic administration came Into power. If the movement had been con tinued there Is reason to believe that It would have resulted In largely Increased pur chases ot corn and conimcal In Europe and this would have been to the advantage of the American farmers. Now that so serious a shortage In wheat Is threatened In Europe during the coming year and the uupply Is expected to bo Inadequate to the demand , there Is < n arently a good field for the American government to revive again the cfforta to Introduce the ueo of cornmeal - meal foods moro largely In Europe. Why should not the attempt bo made ? If iho effort wore successful it would bo probably of lasting benefit to the United States , as It requires simply the Introduction of these articles generally and a fair flal to secure their more widespread use. VVII.I , HUXTtXtlTO.N IMIT Ul'f Jil ! of lltr-'Ontrnt rnrin - lit ! t the ( Inv crmnrnt. The law department of the government has' been computing the amount of the debt that the Central Pacific Itallrcnd company owe * the United States on account of bonds Issued .n aid In the instruction of Its line * . The statement of the sum of Us debt Is cf In terest to taxpayers , The Central 1'aclftc runs from Osden to San Francisco. The prenaratlon of these statements Is made la view of the fact that $10,000,000 or $11,000,000 of the bonds become duo January 1. 1SOS. There Is no expectation that the railroad company will m-iko provision for taking them up. The government must then determine whether Its mortgage on the prci > - crtv nhall bo foreclosed cr what other course shall be adopted. In round numbers the Central Pacific Hall- road company Is now Indebted to the United States In the following amounts : Honds maturing January 1 , 1 < S $10,0(0,000 Honds heretofore redeemed by the povernme-nt B , < iOOOi Interest paid by the government. . < 4.W > i. Hi Honds maturing January 1 , 1S99. . . . P.000,000 Interest due January 1 , 1S3S 000,000 Total $70,500 , < 0 Against this sum thcro are credits , con- nlstlna of claims for transportation , cash In the sinking fund and other Items amounting to $18.000.000. This leaves the net debt At about $52,500,000. Can the United States real ize anything like this amount out ot the prop erty ! Let the McKkiley administration do ns well In settling the debt of the Central Pa cific as It did that o. the Union Pacific , for which tjie way was laid by the Cleveland administration. Then It will bo entitled to corresponding credit. OXK UUXimUD TI10USA.M ) COM3. of fluSlititKlitrr of the Siitui- | HI Army lit Culm. Now York Sun , General Dlnnco has struck a terrible blow to Spanish hopes by his disclosure tlmt "of the 192,000 regular troops received by General Weyler only 89,000 lit for duty remain. " Of the 103,000 Spanish soldiers lacking , It ap pears that 40,000 are now In the hospitals , leaving 03,000 to be ntsscd to the account of those dcnd ot disease or wounds , or sent homo ns permanently Invalided or for other reasons. This revelation must startle Madrid. Thcro have been no encounters such as In our own civil war were called Its great battles , and the Spanlaids cannot have lost very many men In any ono engagement ; but con stant skirmishing and the ravages of disease have made up on appalling aggregate. Per haps It may bo said that Gencrul Dlanco ought , In Spain's Interest , to have concealed these figures by making his report confidcn- ttal ; but ho dooss not wish to arouse expecta tions , nnj makes known at the outset that ho has , present for duty , less than half of the total force sent to his predecessor. The disclosure will hardly cause Weyler to bo regarded with moro favor , now that ho has reached Ihe 'peninsula. ' Spain may well ask him where are her lesions. IJut the most obvious reflection Is as to Ulanco's means of prosecuting his task. If Spain could not conquer the rebellion with 209,000 effectives , how can she hope to do so with loss than 100,000 ? General Dlanco may re- celvo some reinforcements , but the accumu lation ot Spanish troops In Cuba probably long ago reached Its climax , and perhaps at no tlmo hereafter can wo expect the avail able strength to bo us great. Mcanwhllo Hie patriots will doubtless con tinue that policy of conslant harassing , without risking battles of the first magni tude , which Is sapping Spain's strength. XKIIII VSK.V A WA'KM STATE. cnil Rooming tlio Expniltlou mill Its Helpmeet , rroxiturity , ChlcnRO .Record. The errand In Chicago of Billy Klerstcad Is to convince all whom 'It may concern ami nil whom ho desires that It shall concern that the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition , which , ns an irreverent ono has suggested , Is to be "pulled off" In Nebraska next year , is the grandest enterprise since the construction ol theark. . Kieretead is a furniture man In Omaha , and h.as .been . made a special com missioner to the furniture trade , with the present result that ho has a long list of local manufacturers who declare their purpose ol joining In the show. Mr. Klerstead says that about the most cx- tenslvo obstacle which he finds In his path way Is that people of the cast Insist on con sidering Nebraska as a state away out on the alkali plains , ono without connection with or sympathy for any community which Is not largely made up of Indians. Eastern folk who have never been west of Niagara falls view with wonder the announcement that a state which was but a few years ago a part of the Great American desert now has the effrontery to claim that H can offer an Indus trial show which will bo worth traveling In a sleeping car to sec. "Tho exposition will teach a whole lot of people that the star of empire Is not exactly taking Its way westward , but that It has al ready arrived there nnd Is now set up In business , " remarked the gentleman from Omaha. "Why , If people would only stop and think for a moment they would readily perceive that Nebraska Is not ouly u notable state , but Is actually the -most notable In the union , and has been for a year. " The man to whom ho spoke , and who used to llvo on tbo prairies , smiled Incredulously. "How do you innko that out ? " ho Inquired. "Easy enough. You Just look over the recent - cent history of great oven.ts and see It Ne braska wasn't right In on everything big. She has lunged to the front In everything large and prominent. "In the first place , she lirought out the youngest man who has ever 'been ' a candidate for the presidency ; she. produced the first presidential candidate who ever hailed from apy stnto west of the Missouri. 'Not ' content with that , she Is the only stnto which over presented two candidates for the presidency in the same year those of Bryan , and Uent- ley , who ran on ono of the prohibition tick ets. The chairman of the republican national convention was a 'Nebraska ' man ( Senator Thurston. The chairman of the populist con vention was a ( Nebraska man Senator Allen. Who Is the spokesman of the republican ad ministration in the United States ? .Not . Mr. Hanna. No , air. The man who docs the or- ntorlcal work for William AlcKlnlcya side of the house U that same Thurston of No- 'braaka. And In Just the same way Allen of Nebraska Is about as near to being the leader of the other party as nny ono can well be , "Tho man whom the collection lawyers chose for president of their national organi zation , nnd who has just finished his term , Is Ed Bartlett , an Omaha attorney. Tlio president of the other national association of lawyers In the same time has been Judge Woolworth of Nebraska. Major T. 3. Clark- son has lately concluded his term as com- mander-in-chlef of the Grand Army of the Republic , ana ho lives up on the &t. alary B avenue hill in Omnlm. Oh. Nebraska a right In It In the matter of high honors , . "Thon talk about commercial transactions. The biggest auction over known to history or which ever will bo known to nutory vnw worked off only a few days ago when a little group of men gathered In a freight house of the Union Pacific and Judge Cornisli sold the system for nearly JCO.000,000. Show mo ho record of aoy Chicago or Illinois auction where the highest bidder bid such an amount that ho couldn't remember the figures and had to consult his notebook Just to ECO what he ought to offer , for fear that ho might In advertently add a few millions to the propcsl- "And then your Chicago friend , Philip D. Armour. Is hullnlng the biggest and most costly packing IIOUBO plant In all the known world Ui South Omaha , Neb. , a city of 15.000 peculation which was not In existence a dozen years ago. I would toll you how much that Armour outfit is going to cost , but actually my tongue gets tiled wrapping Itself around the word 'million.1 The electric plant by which the works will bo eperated will of Itself cost over ? 80,000. Going to kill the hogs anil cittlo and things by i-lectrlclty. Not shock them to death , you understand , but they 1 usu electricity in all the me-rhanlcal appli ances concerned In the slaughter and melt ing away of the meat. And , while I think of it , Nebraska has the blgswt emelting and t eduction works on earth , , . "Nebraska Isn't In It. you tay ? Pshaw ! I hate to revert to political matters , but don t vou know that the populist party held Its first national convention In Nebraska and tliat the party was born there ? You haven't for gotten the 'Omaha platform , ' have you ? And who was the founder ot tbo National Associa tion of Chiefs of Police , the in rot extensive organization over formoJ for tbo protection of life end property In thla country ? Why , Webber Stav'oy. Ho gathered together the huida of police department * In co-oper < ttlvo assoclatloiv from Now Orleans to Minneapolis nnd from SAO Krairclsco to Hasten when ho wan chief of policeIn a Nebraska city. Doyen yon remember what city in the United Slates showed by the census ot 1S90 the RTfiitrst ' percentage of Increase over Its population figures of the previous census ? Ix > ok It up nnd see. You'll find It won a Nebraska town named well , you look It tp. "You can just bo sure that Nebraska l.ns a right to claim lhat she la a pretty warm old state. " S.VIHJI : i.'ou TIIIIM DDIMI. Truth : She Thla lint Is so cold. Ho Well , how can you expect n fireproof finl to be warm ? ChlcnRO News : Mnttlo ( rcadliig-Whnl ) la the "p lo of civilization ? " Helen-Oh , It's some new kind of fnc powder , 1 suppose. Puck : Johnny-Pnpa. whnt IH n faction ? I'Apa It Is a term used to describe that section of the putty to which you do not I'hllmlelphln Times : Tlmt there mny ho a bicycle trust next ycnr Is no ninvs. It ox- IsUjd over since they were paid for on In- ImltnnnpolU Journal : "la ho n novelist ? " naked one youngwomnn , aa she picked up n photograph. * "No , Indeed. " replied the other with en- thusl.nsm. "HQ'H no novelist ; bo's n slory writer. ou cnn understand nml enjoy everything1 ho iloca. " Detroit Free Press : "You uny you felt It In your bones that there wns a burglar umlrr your bed ? " "Yes ; you sco , I stuck my foot out from under the covers nnd ho grubbed U. " Boston Transcript : Mnrthn Speaking of Miss Mlntdrop , hasn't she .ot n red head ? Martin Shu did huvo before she cnmo Inlo hep tinclo'fl property. Detroit Journal : "Did the doctor do anything - thing to help your rheumatism ? " "I KUOS3 HO. Anyway , It Jins gained on mo steadily ever since. " Chicago Uoeord : "They say capital nnd labor cannot be divorced. " "Well , I guess not ; no man Is going to lie foolish enough to wet It without drawing his pay. " THE OTIIKU SIDK OF IT. Detroit News. Fair Luna , with a pitying smile , remarked : "Oh , Earth , what mean Those horrid scars across thy face , with- piled debris between ? " And Earth replied , with groans nnd grunts , and reminiscent frown : "Oh , that Is whoru the center rush beneath the mass went down. " A THA.MCSiVI11)VI , . S , 17. Klfcr 111 Cleveland I/emlcr. Hnvo you ever seen It slormln * when It seemed Unit every tree Would bo ripped up by the loots , nnd nil the furies were -set free ? When the earth Just fairly trembled under angry Nature's mratli , And destruction ueenicd In store for every oblcct In 'cr path ? When the rain came down so hard the drops appeared to have been sent i Like rattlln' shot hurled out of some de structive Instrument ? Well , that's about the sort of mood that dad was In the day That him nnd Arthur quarreled , and the latter went away. "Don't never dareto set your foot Insldo nny door again ! " Them were the words dad shouted , and his face was livid then And Art was full of foolish pride ho grabbed hla hat and went Ho scorned tbo bill dad offered him ha wouldn't take a cent ! Ho wouldn't bo bcholdln' ! for a thingto dnd , ho swore- It seems to mo I see him now , n-stnndtn * In the door. With mother hang-In * on his neck and , oh , licr plercln' cry ! ' For full n month I don't bellcvo her cyca wcro ever dry ! We plowed and planted and we hoed the summer wore away , And every nlKht , when bedtlmo came , nnd mother knelt to pray , I'd hear her ask the Lord to send his rich est blcssln' down Upon her boy , away alone , up In the wicked town ! i And often she would look nt dnd , with plendln' eyes tUmt said Thp words she didn't dare to speak ; but ho would shake Ws head. And rlose his lips , and clinch his fists , and then she'd hide 'er face , And 11 sort of loiiphome sadness seemed to bans around the slace. The crops appeared to shrivel up we'd either too much rain , Or else the wr-mlier'd be so dry 'twould stunt the grow-In' grain. But dad ho never said a ivord about how thlnus iwcnt on , Or plve n hint to show that ho was sorry Art was gone And once , when mother went and put her arms around his neck And asked him If Klio mlgihln't send for Arthur to come back , He hauled off with his fist nnd plvo th door a. fearful blow , And stamped his heel most through tha floor that's how ho answered "No ! " Such crops as seemed worth harvestln' w put away somehow ; Wo hadn't more than hay cnougli to half nil u ; > a mow- Hut wo raised a flock of turkeys tint wan far the best around ! We'd a gobbler dnd declared would tip tha scales at forty pound : "I'll try to sell the others off Thankpslvln , " week. " ho said , "Dnt I'm poln' lo keep that gobbler , and w won't chop off his head ! Scwiielien-.v , I kind of llko the way he lords It M-lth the res- : , For a heart Is peed , but still I llko a luusrhtj spirit best ! " The day before Thnnksffivln' como , and dad drove down the lane : The wind was raw , and sleety drops coml r.ittlin * on the pane. And mother sot there thlnkln' then she gnvi a frightened star1 ; The door was softly opened , and I looked nnd there wns Art , So i\fiito and thin and haggard lhat , at firs * It seemed almost As If It couldn't bo himself , but just hit 'hungry ' Rhost And mother ! Oh , her voice. Is still thotx many , many years , Dut the cry she give rings just ns plain ui ever In my cam ! Tlmt afternoon , when dad como liomc , Art hid away , up xtnlrs And mother Implied 'round nnd tried to not expose affnlre ) , Cut dad was hardly In the house before In plopped nnd Bald : "Wlint'a coin' on ! I want the truth ! I'm not punklii' hcndl" TlKin mother , tromljlln' llho n leaf , Uclchcd liol ! of Arthur's hand , Awl led him Hlo.Uy to the spot where dad had took Ills Htund And Art stood them nnd looked ut dad. and dad looked luck At Art , And mother ipniyoil In whispers for the Ix > rd to louo'i his heart , U seemed nn hour that they alood-tlicn mother she jrlvo way : 'IIo'H Blnrved nnd nit-It , " shn orled lo ( lad. 'iilcasn Hiy thnt he tvui s'fiy ! " At last dnd turned , without u word , nnd left the room , nnd them Wo set and wondered till , at last , wo hear ! his Hlop nK.iIn. lo'il none and Killed the gobbler ho brought him In and said : 'IIu had a Kplondlil spirit , nnd ho held haufrhly head lut his head Is low at present , and he's loit his rplrlt , too- low about Thnliksglvln. ' mother do you think that hu will do ? " Royal makes the food pure , fioletonie and delicious. POWDER Absolutely Pure XOm tAKINQ POWDCR CO. , MCW VOKK.