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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 :
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2 . 19.811 18 19.913
3 . 19,700 10. . . . 10.007
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copies 9.217
Not totnl unles C17inr
Net dally nverngo 19,977
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INSIST 0\ \VIXO THIS IIRR.
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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.
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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
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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 ? "
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