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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , PECBMBEK 1 , 1807. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE K. IlOSKWATKIl , Editor. I'L'IILIBHKD EVEHV MOIININGI. TKItMS OK BUnSClUPTION : Tilly Hep iWlthoul Sunday ) . One Year V > M Dally lit * nn.l tiundHy , One Year * 00 Hit Month * " ) T.itef Months t-0 Bunilny Ilee , One Yenr * W Hnuirlay lice , One Yenr * W > \ .i-kly Ike. One Yenr t Omnlin : Tim llee lIulldlDK. B..III.I . Omnhn : 8ln > ; ci Illk. , Cor. N and Jlth Sts. > "invli lllurrs : 10 IVnrl Htre-t. ClilmRO Oinres 317 Cluiinlivf of Commerce. rjrlv York : Iloomo U , 14 and 15 Tribune llldft \\n lilngtoii : MI Fourtc-cntli Street. All cnmmunlcntlDiiii relillng to news ami edito rial mutter HitiuM be inlilreni < eil : To tlic KJllor. Ill MIMiSS l.mTIMtH. All I unlncim lett'Tn mill tcnilltnnci's flinultl bo itil lim-oil to The lleo I'uhlliililnK Company , Om.ilin. Draft * , Oieckg , exprMs nnd postolllca niotity uriJcrii to bo Hindi- payable to the order of tlio cotnimny TJIi ; JIKB I'L'III.IHIUNO COMPANY. STATKMKNT OK CIHCUI.ATtON. fitnlo at Nitimtkn. DotiRlaii County. B * . : ( ( purge 11. TzM'huck. secretary of The UPC I'ub- llr link' C unpjny , bclni ; iluly sworn , tnys ( lint the itcttinl number of full nml complete coiilnt of The Dully. Murnlntr , Kvculns nml Sumlny lice printed durlnjf the month of October. 1197 , was as fol- Iowa ; . . . . 17 19.M3 2 1D.SII IS laTOO 19 . 15.907 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' I5.TCS SO . U.ltl 19.71D si . ro.on ' ' ' ' 19,793 S3 . 21.211 7 ! lr..I ! ! ! ! 21.101 23 . m.ym ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 21 . 21.02) a. . ! . . ! ! ! ! . ! . . , . . w.-.is ZT . 20.518 11 I9.S71 27 Wf9 ! " 19.90S ! ! n,7C 13 Iflfi.TI 2n ! < 10) H 2(1,029 ( SO I0.7K u..r. ; ; ; ; ; z\&a ' - ' - Totnl nS3i1 Ix-sn deductions for iotuino.1 . nnd unrolil coplo 0.217 Net Inlnl rnlex 617.101 Net rtnlly nvorntrf 1I > ,9 > 7 oionop. 11. T/.srunrK. Sworn to lipfnrx mo ntiil pnlipcrll r < \ In my prrs- enen thin M day of Nnvoinlicr , 1137. ' ( Seal ) N. p. i.'EIU Notary rnlilln. TIIH 11KK OX TltAIXS. All rnllroinl iicivMlmyM arc Itpplloil Wllll t-H01IKll Ill-Pit to nri-niniiioiliiii * every IIUN- KPiiRrr wl'ti trim ! * < reml n iiiMr | iiiii > r. Insl.xt utiiiii luiv- IIIKT TinHer. . If you cannot Kt'i n ! lct > on a train from tlic iii-ivH nuent , ) > | CMNI * report the fnrt , Hinting ; ( lie ( rain anil rnllroml , tn tlic Oli-rulnl Ion nciuirtnipiit of The llpp. Tlio lice Jn for sale on nil trains. I.VSIST OX IIAVIXO TIIH III3H. At nil pvonts , tlio defunct Austrian ministry liatl a run for its inom-v. Certainly tin-western slionp ralsi-rs are not now sorry thai Major MuKinley was elected president. A transinlsslssii ) ] ) ! teac'liers' conven tion at Omalia during tlu > exposition would be a good tlihiR. I'nsli it alonj , ' . How fortunate for the Austrian Iteiclis- tajj that JIark Twain was present to note down the funny things on the spot. The one remaining month of the year 1897 ought to l > o a busy one for every Nebraska man. The exposition year is almost here. T5x-01ty Kuglnonr Howell should bo re- > -xuilled by ex-JIayor Broateh to make another report on the forfeiture of the water works franchise. The Cobden club has got down to a membership of thirteen , and the super stitious members have cause to fear Its usefulness has readied an end. Bryan has .repudiated . the main dogma of the populist croud. Will tlio populists repudiate Bryan or will they continue to play catspaw to pull his silver chestnuts out of the lire ? The Australasian Islands and colonies expect to have 5,000,000 bushels of wheat for export , but oven tills will hardly equalize the price of wheat and silver in aceonhuieo with lirynnltc notions. The spectacle of the appointees of Governor Holeomb trying to ratify by resolution some of the dirty work oV Taul Vandervoort two years ago must be an edifying sight for the governor. The Oninlm Evening BetIs the news paper having ( lie largest circulation in Douglas county , and stands ready to prove the fact to the satisfaction of any onii who thinks he Is beclouded by hon est doubt. Organizers of new political parties In the United States tire reminded that there are fourteen separate political par ties represented In the Austrian Heit-hs- rath and not one of them Is able to do business alone. Bryan Is still desperately trying to maku his followers believe that the fu- elonlsts .show greater gains In the last election In this state than the ivpub- llcaua. Bryan's mathematics are an faulty as his political economy. With Franco and other Kuropoan na tions represented as well as the leading South American countries , the transml.s- BlsslppI state- that falls to provide for an exhibit at tlio Transmlsslsslppl Hxpo.sl tlon next year will bo much behind tht times. Like the king of Franco who marched 10,000 men up the hill and then marched thorn down again , the reform pollc board has again reversed Itself by tak ing back its swooping slot machine ordei as gracefully as possible. The suggestion of a great transmlP.sls- elppl teachers' convention In conjunction with that greatest of educational fea tures , the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition , Is received with general approval. Tin- way to carry It Into execution Is to start to work at It. Such a convention at Omaha could easily bu made the star meeting of the exposition year. Iowa bankers avporL that while dppos- Its have been Increasing the demand for loans Is confined largely to those who want money with which to buy cattle for feeding purposes. This indicates that the farmers have somuthlng to show for their year's work with the crops , that the merchants uro making collections of tminll bills and that there Is an abun dance of money in the country , for all legitimate purposes TIR P//JW OP AUTUKOMT. The explanation given l > y the Spanish minister to the United States of the plan of autonomy for Cuba loaves no doubt that It Is n much more liberal scheme than any previously proposed by Spain , but It will hardly admitted that It is superior to the sysli-in of government es tablished for t'aimda by the British North America act , uniting the provinces of the Dominion , which went Into effect July 1 , ISO" . So far as the legislative feature of the Cuban plan of autonomy Is concerned It Is , Indeed , n fair claim that It Is better than the Canadian sys tem , since the people of Culm would be given greater opportunity than those of the Dominion to choose their rep resentative * In parliament. As the Spanish minister says , nil the mem bers of the upper house of the Canadian parliament arc appointed for life by the crown , whereas It Is proposed that half the members of the upper IIOUFC of the Cuban parliament shall be elected by the people every live years. But It Is probable that the Cubans * would de rive no very great advantage from this , because there Is no doubt that the Im perial government would be always able to control the upper house , the proposed powers of which are broader than those of the upper house of the Dominion parliament There Is no question , how ever , that In the matter of electing the lower house of parliament the Cuban plan Is more liberal than that of Canada , since there Is no property ( luallllcntlon required by the former as there Is by the latter. Where the authority of the Madrid government would bo most distinctly exercised in the affairs of Cuba under the plan of autonomy Is through the powers lodged In the governor general , which are more extensive than the pow ers given the governor general of Can ada. For Instance , the decree of auton omy empowers the governor general teat at any time convoke , suspend or dis solve parliament , his authority In this respect being practically autocratic. The governor g-enoral of Canada can take no stop , except for a dissolution , without the countersign' of the colonial ministry. lu other directions the powers given to the .representative In Cuba of the Span ish sovereign ain1 of greater scope than the authority which can bo exercised by the representative of the British crown In Canada. In regard to the concessions made to the Cubans in tlio matter of customs , It is true that they mark an advance , but certainly Cuba Is not given control of this matter when Spain requires prefer ential duties for Its products. This is a very vital matter to the Cubans. They want the privilege of absolutely con trolling the llscal policy of the island and while It is easy to understand tlic Indisposition of Spain to grant this It is obviously n prerequisite to the accept ance of autonomy. In this respect Spain is certainly less liberal toward Cuba than Great Britain has been toward Canada and its other colonies. The Cubans have been so oppressed by the Spanish tariffs that they want to be rid of them and to enjoy the right to make a policy for themselves that will relieve them from the heavy burdens to which they have been subjected and enable them to advance. Central Blanco recently sent outi a re port -that the new policy is being well received In Cuba , but there Is no other testimony to tills and representative Cubans in thl * eountiy assort that there is no possibility of the scheme of au tonomy , which they characterize as a farce , being accepted by the insurgents. KMl'KKOIl H'///MJ/4i' / NPB/7C// . The speech of Emperor William in opening the Itolchstng Is reassuring in regard to the maintenance ! of peace , though the Kaiser does not lose sight of the expediency of being prepared for war. Thus the leading feature of Ills ad- diwss was advocacy of an increase of the navy and it must be said that he argued well for that policy , though what impres sion lie made upon tlio Kelchstag does not appear. It lias not hitherto been favorable to the government's demand for a larger naval establishment and Inasmuch as conditions have not changed since tlio last session of that body it would seem safe to conclude that It will 1)0 ) found still opposed to navaUncrease. Yet there are sound reasons , as the < ? m- peror pointed out , why normally should have : i larger navy. These arc found In her growing maritime interests and mow especially hv her expanding com merce , while the possibility of war is always to bo considered. Germany now ranks sixth among maritime powers and while , as Emperor William said , It is not her ambition to vie with the pow ers of the llrst rank , Germany should still be prepared for self protection. Tlie session of the Reichstag Is likely to bo more than ordinarily Interesting , as the government has a number of matters - tors for legislative action that are very sure to arouse the vigorous opposition of certain elements. It may bo expected also that tlu1 iiuestion of foreign trade relations , with particular reference to tlio United States , will ivcelvo earnest consideration. rut ] XAi'A The annual report of the secretary of the navy doe-si not recommend largo ap propriations by the pivsent congress for additional war ships , differing In tills respect from invceding rejwrts for a number of yeaivi , or slnco the construc tion of a navy was entered uiwn. This is not bcause Secretary hong Is not 1'rlendly to the policy of building up a good navy , but undoubtedly for the ivason that lie thinks any largo expendi ture for this purpose. , in the present con dition of the government revenue , would bj unwlso and In tills view there will bo very general concurrence. The secretary therefore recommends only the con struction of one llrst class battleship and a few torpedo boats and torpedo destroyers. There nro now six battleships - ships and live building , the navy being most dellclont In torjwdo boats , the value of which seems not to bo so well under stood hero as In other countries. What Secretary Long especially urges is tlio'construction of enough dry docks lu which to repair the vessels wo have , a supply of guns and ammunition. enough to arm them nml the men and ofllccrs necessary to man them. It Is most remarkable that the very Import ant matter of adequate dry docks hns boon neglected by congress and the fact that two or more of our battleships have boon compelled to go Into a foreign port to be cleaned and repaired ought to Im press ! that body with the necessity of at once making provision for the required dry docks. The other suggestions of the secretary of the navy are no loss Im portant mid ought to receive the earnest attention of congress. It Is useless to build war ships without providing for all the requirements of a navy. The effective fighting force of the United States navy now consists of four battleships of the llrst class , two of the second class , two armoured cruisers , sixteen cruisers , llfteen gunboats , six double turreted monitors , one ram , one dynamite gunboat , and live torpedo boats. There nro under construction llvo ilrst class battleships , sixteen tor pedo boats and one submarine boat. This Is not a great naval force , but It occupies a respectable place among the world's navies , our war ships being un excelled In their respective classes. DKAIiKllS AND DllUaOlSTS. The law under which liquor licenses and druggists' permits are granted re quires applicants for the same to pub lish notices of their applications for two weeks In the newspaper having the larg est circulation In tlio county. Notice Is hereby served upon all persons Intend ing to apply for liquor licenses or drug gists' permits that The Omaha Evening Boo is the paper having the largest cir culation in Douglas county , and that to comply with tlio law they must publish their notices In that paper. No resolu tion adopted by any Board of Fire and Police Commissioners or by any oilier board can deprive it of its rights or bo binding upon any liquor dealer or drug gist. Notice is also served that The Omalia Evening Bee will Insist upou Its legal rights as the paper having the largest circulation In Douglas county by every remedy accorded under the law , and that persons who disregard the law by publishing notices of application for liquor licenses or druggists' permits in any paper other than The Omaha Even ing Bee do so at their risk. TUK WATKlt WUltKS The decision of Judge JIunger ruling against every contention of the city In its suit to liavo the franchise of the water works company declared for feited should surprise no one familiar with the facts in the case. Neither should It cause any spsclal regret among taxpayers that tlio preposterous claim of the city , that by foreclosure sale of the plant the purchasers thereby lost all right to operate it , Is rejected by the courts. The city was Inveigled into this litigation under the Broatcli administra tion as the catspaw of Wall street .spec ulators anxious to realize on worthless secondary securities. Their hired at torney insisted on Intervening in the case and the suit was prosecuted really on behalf of these private Individuals rather than in the Interest of tlio city. So far as tlio city's rights are concerned they arc left precisely where they were previous to tlio water works receivership. The contract between the original water works company and the city holds good between the reorganized company and ( lie city. Under that contract the city has a right to purchase tlic plant at an appraised valuation exclusive of the value of the franchise after tlio expira tion of the stipulated twenty-year jK'rlod. Tlio city has the further right under its charier to expropriate tlio plant at any time on payment of Its appraised valua tion. tion.Tho The question- whether the city .should take advantage of its right to acquire the water works under the contract will have to be deferred until the expiration of tlio twenty-year period approaches nearer. In the interval the taxpayers must bear the costs of one of the most expensive and useless pieces of litiga tion Into which they have ever boon dragged. Every lever of the truth who wants to see honor rest where honor belongs must rejoice to know that Colonel .1. II. Ed- mlsten , the intrepid chairman of the pop ulist state committee , has boon valiantly dubbed In a communication to tlio ollicial populist organ "tho Napoleon of No- brnkft politics. " The appropriateness of tills now tltlo must bo Immediately rec ognized by all the faithful members of the people's Independent party. Had ho been called "tho Rockefeller of the Ne braska , oil Holds" ho might not have ap preciated tlio delicate compliment , al though ho lias been more than succoits- ful in striking political oil for himself and his immediate' friends. As a Napoleon leon of politics ho can follow the example of the original Napoleon by establishing his relatives in all the smaller kingdoms. As yet , of course , lie Is merely Napoleon the political artilleryman. lint he looks forward to the consulate and the empire which he hopes later to Inherit , to sny nothing of the inevitable Waterloo which threatens to engulf him before lie attains the full pinnacle of ills Napole onic glory. Tlio recommendation of Ninth cavalry olllcers that an Investigation ho made by the Interior department of tlio recent killing of several Indians by Colorado game wardens in tlio northwestern part of the state is timely. Ugly rumors have boon set alloat as to the conduct of the game wantons In lids case , and its theiv Is conflict In tlio stories that have been told In regard to the Incident the right way to settle It Is to have a thorough investigation. The state of Colorado will have an investigation , but the Indian bureau cannot Ignore the case. The so-called non-partisan reform members of the police board have no moro right to declare , without Inquiry or Investigation , any paper to bo entitled to advertising as the newspaper having the largest circulation in the county than they have to dismiss n police otllcer upon charges without a hearing. One of them hns a sentence for contempt of court hanging over him 'for ' disregarding the law with referc'he.d to the dismissal of otlicors nnd violation of the law with reference to grouting liquor licenses Is likely to lnvolvythem ( , In further trouble. Every subscrlx ! r of The Bee will re ceive ns n supplement to The Sunday Bee of December 5 a handsome largo photo-engraving of'tlio ofllclnl blrdsoyo view of the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition. This Is tlio only rcjilly artistic and cor rect view that has been made and will bo well worth preserving and framing. Those who nro .not . regular subscribers or who wish extra' copies for distribu tion among friends will do well to place advance orders with The Boo or Its news dealers , na the surplus edition Is strictly limited. The Boc reiterates that there is no such newspaper ns the Dally World- Herald. There Is ft Morning World- Herald and an Evening World-Ih Id and a Weekly World-Herald , but the pretended Dally World-Herald is a fiction and n fraud Invented solely to bamboozle the public and confuse ml- vcrtlsers. The liquor dealer or druggist who tries to hide behind the shadow of a fictitious paper will do so at his risk. Our amiable Bryanito contemporary prints an editorial disquisition on "Mr. L. D. Fowler as a Gucsser. " As Fowler is tlio man who "guessed" that thoi Bry- an'.ts criran could bo bought for Tom Majors at the .rate of $75 a day and also "guessed" that the easiest way Hartley could muzzle the organ was by arrang ing a. bank accommodation for its chief owner , tlio Bryanite organ * ought to bo pretty well up on his abilities as n "guesser. " The city can no moro got something for nothing than can a private Indi vidual. When the tlmo comes for the city to acquire the water works the acquisition must bo made by purchase on an appraised market value either under the purchase clause of the water works contract or under the charter provision conferring the right of eminent domain. Washington people are not rejoicing because a colony of Pennsylvania glass blowers have announced their intention of going to tlio state to locate. They say that what they want is men seeking homes and not men bent on overturning state institutions for political advantage on the Debs plan. Tlio patriots of Colombia are celebrat ing tlio seventy-sixth anniversary of the Independence of their.country , and for three days bull lights , 'masquerades and fireworks are in order in Colon. The Colombians enjoy , Fourth of July weather right through the winter , thus making tlio celebration possible at this time. , . I Senator Allison is right In declaring that if 'legislation ' is any revenue neces sary in order to put. tlio United States government on a paying business basis It must bo passed by congress. Tlio re publicans knowhow , to run the govern ment without monthly delicits , for they have done so before. - IHlly'H KiiucltlvH. Indlanapolla Journal. Ex-Senator HlacUburn and his followers In Kentucky are openly denouncing Mr. Drjun for trj-lng to control local nomina tions ta that stateto his own Interest three years hence. They think ho should con fine his missionary efforts to Nebraska. The ( irowlniv He-nerve. Globe-Democrat. , The treasury reserve is so near tlio ? 157- 000.000 mark tliatill records s'nce 1890 , even that of last April , have been broken. Early In the calendan year an outward gold move ment often eels In. which draws down the treasury supply. There Is a possibility that the outflow this season may begin earlier than it did a year ago. At no .time in the past ten years , however , lies gold' exporta tion attracted eo little attention as it would now. . .Superior to All Oilier I.nlior. Minneapolis Tribune , American labor Is acknowledged to be moro efficient than tlio labor of any other country. We are fortunate In the > . : ossesslon of a claes of skilled mechanics who are endowed dewed with sufficient brains and alertness to quickly master the most Intricate ma chines. Our common school system , which has been maintained for 100 years , has laid the foundation of superior average Intelli gence cad our numerous excellent scientific schr.ols and schools of technology have given great croortunlty to bsys of a practical and mechanical turn of mind. Ctlywlory of ( lie Sparrim' . Illustrated American. The decrease of the English sparrow In Now York lias been puzzling ornithologists. In certain sections where this noisy little bully this John Hull In feathers used to congregate and make day hideous , 'there Is hardly a sign of him BOW. The cause of thifl phenomenon1 Is , however , no mystery , but amusingly simple , The English spar row has no use- for a reform administra tion , and especially no admiration for Col onel Waring. Warlng's white wlnga have kept the streets so clean that tills mlnla- turo Tamnuolac has liocn literally starved out. A I.I'HHOII from .Mi xlro , Clilci-sj Tribune. Mexico has taught this country a useful lesson In the puntaumont of lynching. The police-men and others who lynched Arroyo , the Vvoulcl-bo assassin of Presldeot Diaz , have been sentenced to death for the oftcnae , although it was committed In revenge for an attempt to klll'tlio highest olllcer In the republic. There are , many Bouthern states , and probably somq .northern ones. ! ri which those guilty of lynching oven of the most aggravated kind not only cannot | : o pun ished , but cfiinot evert bo convicted. There have been this year oyer ICO lynchlogs , and not one of the parties concerned In them has been brcught to Justice , such a state of things goes far toward confirming the accusation of HudyarO- Kipling that our na tional crime Is murder. Mexico may have a lower civilization than oure , but evidently wo have aomo things f < > learn from It , espe cially the duty of maintaining and vindicat ing law. < Union anil Vo'ipiiilcni Workmen. Knntti City Star. The Now York snprfcnio court has decided that a man who lofes his job because of the demands of A labor union rn his employer can recover damages from the union. The decision b one of , tle ; most Important , to Inbor unions , that has been rendered. It will force labor orgtnlzatlons to bo very much moro conalderate of the rlghta of the non union laborer , and daubtlctii will 'bo ' de nounced as another usurpation by the courts , but It IB , ID fact , entirely In line with recent - cent decisions against trusts and combina tion and In favor of individual rights. It combinations of capital are to be regulated by law , so also must comt > lnatfors of labor ers. The principle In bath C3t > e * Is the eame , and the court which protects a small busi ness man from the restraints on his busi ness arising from agreements among his competitors must also protect the Individual laboring roan from BUCU practices of labor unions as practically deny him the right to earn a living. POLITICAL 8V.U' SHOTS. Globe-Democrat : A populist gonntor fnvwre a law to keep railroads from offering him passes. This way of putting It shows a grasp of the situation , CourlcT-Journnl : Notrnska's populUt sec retary of sato hns been fined for killing hogs In his b ck yard. Served him right. The l > opullst is a traitor to his cause who nbnn- dons the privations of Imrd times for the luxuries of hog-kllllng times. iNow York Sun : Hon. KucIIJ Martin , A Ne- brnska national democrat of fame , says : "It llryanlsm remains supreme I shall be n republican. " As 'Drynnlsm does remain supreme premo , It Is tlmo for 'Mr. Oinrtln to carry out his resolution. National democrats are get ting to bo the loneliest things on earth , Buffalo Express : These Kansas populists , who pose for all that is virtuous In politics , have made an ugly reputation < by their practices. Now tholr state committee Is as sessing COO ofllceholdors at the rate of 2 per cent of their salaries , expecting to secure thereby n snug camualgn fund for next year. The merit Idea In the civil service gels llttlo help from tlic populist party. Washington Times : Wo weep -while re marking that the turkey of David Dennett Hill is a crow , and that Wolfcrt's Hoost , In stead of occupying an eligible situation on the upper Hudson , may now bo reached by mall on the banks of Hitter creek , Illclurd Crokor , boss of the Empire state nnd city , declines to consider ( Mr. Hill In the light of a loader. ( He declares that , tn tlio affairs of the state democratic organization , the only genuine , sltuon-puro leader is Senator Mur phy of Troy. The once commanding Hill has become a deep hollow , Cincinnati Tribune : He laughs best who laughs last. The donwcratlc statesmen .woro tittering In tbolr eloevea during the con sideration of the Dlngley lawi over the fact that a dozen , or more countries had threat ened 'to retaliateby excluding our products from their ports In case this country again adopted1 n. high tariff against their .products. . An examination of the bonks of the Treasury department , however , shows that our exports to those countries In the. first two months of the Dlngloy law were far In excess of our expectations to these same countries In the corresponding two months of last year under the Wilson law. THI3 AUSTUI.YX SCUAITHHS. Chicago Post : It Is difficult to understand why Fltzsimmons and Corbett are fooling away their tlmo In this country when there Is such a magnificent opening for them lu tbo Austrian Helchsrath. Globe-Democrat : There are fourteen dif ferent parties In the Austrian Helchsrath , the largest of which has sixty votes , while 213 constitute a majority. The fact that the police have been called In Is not suiiirlslng. Detroit Free Press : As President Abra- hamovlcs lias to take his name with him every tlmo he retires from the chair o' the lower houao of the Ilolchsrath It will be neen that ho has his hands full In that tuibulcnt body. Washlngtca Star : The next thing In order Is for the Austrian Helchstath to pass reso lutions condemning the American g.imo of foot 'ball ' as a brutal sport. The members of that Illustrious body seem to have such a detestation for anything bordering on the rough. St. Louis Republic : Mark Twain was thrown out of the Austrian Helchsrath be cause ho shouted , "Hoch dlo Doutschon ! " The next tlnlo he wants to give vent to his feelings In that chamber he will probably use English , which seems to be the only tongue not represented In the Helchsrath. Chicago Chronicle : That the curiosity seeker sometimes finds moro than he wants is shown bya recent experience of Mark Twain. Mr. Clemens has been viewing from the gallery with artistic appreciation the performance of the- Austrian Helchsrath , Last Friday when the show .broke . up In a general row he was violently welted over the head iby a czcch deputy. Of course It was a caee of mistaken Identity and nn opo'.ogy ' followed , but It Is safe to sny that the hu morist will be satisfied to gather his fur ther Impressions of Austrian legislation nt long range. Chicago News : The true remedial measure probably lies In the direction of a Just and graceful b'.eadlng of the chief characteris tics of the foot ball armor and the diver's suit. What Austria-Hungary really needs Is a costume for Its legislature which will com- ' b'ne'the advantages of comparative freedom nf movement with complete protection from assault. A diver's helmet , say , with the body padding of the- foot ball player supple mented by a chain armor , would enable the members of the- lower liouso to discharge their wc'.ghly duties to the nation without having their life Insurance policies can celed. WIDOWS AXI ) 1'U.VSIOXS. XooessKy for a I.cuiil Clieeli on n OrotvltiK I'ulillc Kvll. New York Sun. The most striking recommendation made by the commissioner of pensions Is the one for the passage of a law providing that no pension shall bo granted to the widow of any soldier who shall hereafter marry. Even now the widow of a soldier pen sioned under the famous disability act of Juno 27. 1890 , Is not entitled to a pension , unless she was married to him before the passage of that act ; but there Is no restric tion upon the widows of soldiers pensioned under the general laws. Secretary Dllas approves the commission er's recommendation on the ground that "a woman who marries a soldier now ( thirty- two years slnco neaco was declared ) takes him for bettor or for worse ; she was not ha ! wife during the war , experienced none of the hardships , deprivations and anxieties Inci dent to the life of a wife of a soldier and should not. therefore , be placed on the rolls as such. " The point Is very Interesting. The pro posal of the commissioner nnd the secretary will bo opposed on the ground that pensions have been granted to the widows of the vet erans of the war of tbo revolution and of the v.-.ir of 1S12 , no matter how late In life thcso veterans married. On the other hand It may be argued that the extraordinary number of the civil war pensioners Justifies a new rule regarding them. In the Interior department's report for 1S94 we find that "nine widows nnd three daughters of veterans of the revo lution constitute tbo pension roll for that war , " and now Secretary HHss reports that , on Juno 30 last , there were sixteen widows and daughters of revolutionary soldiers , sovcn survivors of the war of 1812 and 281 widows of soldiers of that war. " In view of the tlmo elapsed since the close of the revolutionary war , and also of the vastly greater number of soldiers of the civil war , wo should think that some of those who may herrgftcr marry aged unlcti noidlora will be drawing pensions well along toward the year 2,000. PKOSI'Kltri'Y OUT OK AUVHIISITV. .Siiltxl'iiiillal ' Ilemilln CroivliiK Out of ( lie .VlTCNKltlcH Of Illll'll 'I'llllfH. Philadelphia Times. It Is a common human experience that what appears for the tlmo to bo n misfor tune often proves a blessing lu disguise. In ono rcspi'ct. at least , the re-cent buslncsd depression in the United States has proven an example of this common experience , for whllo the homo markets refuse to take nil the manufactured goods offered at remunera tive prlrca tlio necessity of celling manufact ured products at the Maine rate or shutting down factories no the only alternative led to an Incrruso In our experts of manufactured goodtf at the rate of fifty millions' a year for the Innt thrco years , That wo shall bo able to hold and 'Increase the Irado lo good ( lines , secured by the necessities of hard times. Is clearly possible and ougat to bo moro than probable. For It < ji ) on Id bo noted that the bulk of this fn- crcaso was obtained In t'no homo markets of the European manufacturing countries and not far from their far-away colonies or de pendencies. Wo Bold steel rails , cutlery and all sortH of machinery In England and other forms of manufactured goods In Trance , Ger many and Itussla. Wu did not Increase our exports to South America , Australia and other luir-devt'loju.-a countries , but we bearded tbo European lion In Ills den and sold our eoodH under his very nose. Our fluccesu In this direction has attracted moro attention abroad than at homo and doubtless furnished the Inspiration for Count Galuchowski'a warning to the European countries to combine to resist American competition. The chief reason why we were moro successful in selling our manufactured products In Europe than In South or Central America was that wo have moro direct deal ings with Europe , understand Iho custom * and wants of Jtu several nationalities bettor nd were able to send out w 1oa agents wno could rpeak English , French or Qcrmivn us circumstances requlrod. With this bolter knowledge of the wants of European custo mers and better equipment for displaying ana recommending our Roods , wo were suc cessful beyond expectation. What is tbo lesson of our increasing export trndo in manufactured goods during the last inrco yearsT Simply that necessity com pelled us to mnko goods chciply and econom ically and soil them on the munllest possi ble margin of profit , and that when wo did this we could poll in competition with the rest of the world ; Having demonstrated that wo could do this In the- homo markets of the chief manufacturing countries of Europe , wo can hardly ibc compelled to abandon , that field once gained , and it only remains to equip ourselves for selling our goods In I > atln America , China , Japan , Australia and else where to extend our trade tn tin-so countries In which our European neighbors havn been practically without competition. If wo are wlso to appropriate all the pos sible gain that may come to us from the late period of business stagnation wo nro likely to find In n very few years that we have Toally gained far and away more than wo have lost. Our manufacturers should at once .apply . the lessons learned In oppnlrx ? up an extensive and growing trade In Europe by extending their trade to all qtmrti-rs of the globeIf they want to twist the lion's tall , this Is a practical way to do It with out invoking nu expensive , destructive and Indefensible war as the agency by which to do the twisting , INDUSTRIAL SUPHKMACV. America's JiIrmly Advance Alarm * All Kuroiie. Philadelphia rtcconl. Ono of the mcst convincing evidences of the lilRh appreciation In which American In genuity Is hold abroad may be N > cn. In the Imitations of American machinery and machine products which arc now being made and sold In Europe In large quantities. lu some Instances the foreign , counterfeiters hnvo not hesitated to cast the nanio plats of American manufacturers upon their Imita tions. In fact , wo know of Instances In. which sample American machines have been purchased , dismantled nnd the various parts need as patterns for reproductions. These Imitations can readily bo detected by meas urements , because the shrinkage of the metals makes the reproductions slightly smaller In all dimensions than the originals. There Is at present no way of preventing this fraud , which Is so extensively practiced In Europe at the expense of Ainoleans : ; It must , however , In all fairness , be admitted that In former ycara the same game was played In this country , the Europeans being then the victims. Whllo foreigners have been busily engaged In copying our designs within the last year or two. wo have quietly been absorbing many valuable products of their colonies , such as minerals , mines etc. Our capitalists have shtowdly recognized the value of many commodities which have been allowed to llo unnoticed or undeveloped In various foreign places. England Is now awakening to the fact that many of the mar. valuable staples Including minerals of her colonies have been quietly absorbed by Americans. Inexhaustible pitch lake In Trinidad , the Immense coal mines of Cape Ureton , the rich pyrites mines of Newfound land , and moro recently the splendid liomn- ttto and manganese ere deposits In that Island , have to some extent como Into the American market and possession. The recent atld-ess of Hon. Charles T. Hltchlo , president of the London Board of Trade before the Chamber of Commerce of Croydon. voices the alarm which Is now felt over the great breaches which have been made In England's Industrial strongholds. Ho called attention to England's declining export trade , upon which he "hung a grave warning against American competition. " The following cabled words of the speech briefly explain the advantages of our economic sys tem as compared with the prevailing systems In many other countries : "America's successful competition is dur to her enterprise In embarking capital ; but It Is yet moro duo to tbo freedom her man ufacturers enjoy of employing the best ma chinery and woiklng It In the most econom ical manner , untrammelcd by the restrictions which have hampered manufacturers here. " PERSONAL AXI ) OTIIKItVISI3. . The father of Margaret M.ithcr , the actress of "Cymbellno , " has applied for admittance to the r > oor house In Detroit and refuses to ask aid of bis daughter. William Stevens Fielding , finance minister to Canada , began llfo as a reporter on little - tlo country newspaper. Ho raised himself by Industry nnd keen Interest in politics. When President McKlnlcy returned to the Whlto House recently ho found that ono of the alterations wjs the fitting out of a hith erto unused room as a handsome smoking room for him. Tamlo David , the Hindoo convert , who Is . now In Chicago trying to "Christianize the | Christians , " lest his caste In India by enterIng - ! Ing the liquor business and becoming a saloon keeper In Ceylon. The Denver Republican calls upon tbo miners of Colorado to make the state's product - i uct of gold this year at least $22.000.000. and It tells them they can do It If every camp In the state pusheo .development to the utmost figure. Charles M. Hacklpy. who has made gifts to his home city , Muskcgon , Mich. , amount ing to about $509,000 , came to that city when ho was 15 years old , with $7 In his pocket. Wlieu ho started in business for himself ho ' had a capital of only $500. Concerning the famous dispatch of Com modore Perry , announcing the victory of the American licet on ) Lake Ere ! , Mr. Harvey N. Yont of Grccnsburg , Pa. , writes to The Ilec : "My grandfather has In his possession a medal granted by the state of Po-insylvunla to ono Thomas Grady for bravery lu that battle , with the quotation , 'Wo have met the enemy and they arc our's' on Its face , with Perry as its author. It bears date , Sep tember 10 , 1S13 , " Kuropo'n Sennt { luiiplr or Wlioni i ( Jnlilru Opportunity ( or Corn. Collier's Weekly. How narrow IA the line that divides plrnt ) from scarcity is shown by the estimates ol the wheat supply that were cabled ever from London inst week. The figures , prepared by the most trusted authority on the grain trade , ehow not only a great decrease In th European wheat crop , but that the so-called fnmlnlno year , 1S91 , exceeded 1S96 by moro than SO.000,000 bushels. Kortunalely the de ficiency was moro than made good by the very largo Increase of the American crop , but tlio visible supply of Europe for the coming erason Is still about 200000,000 Im.ihfls nliort of the estimated needs , m > mix- lous eyes are turned toward South America , principally to Argentina , where harvesting will begin In n few wcckn , Although wheat Is uot tlm only edible grain , the rye and barley crops of the world were llttlo If any larger than usual last year , nnd Europeans have not yet learned to eat corn products , so Europe Is actually fearing a bread famine . In view of these facts It would seem th t for business reasons alone the time had como for a general , systematic , persistent effort to acquaint all European pr-oplra with tlio value of American corn products ns "human nature's dally food. " In the United States corn la "tho poor man's crop ; " that Is , the fanner who cannot employ labor can trow far moro com than wheat , and weather ami labor market cannot trouble him at harvest- time , for the ripened corn any bo safely left on the stalk for werks or months. The crop of corn that one man can ralso will keep h3 | family and his horses and other stock from starving , but the price Is so low. owing to the enormous production , that the surplus stork brings very llttlu money In comparison with wheat ; there are years and localities In which corn does not pay the cost of shellIng - Ing and hauling to nnrket. Yet the nutri tious quality of corn Is known by rxperl- PIICG In every state of the union ; corn bread may bo an acquired taste , but when acquired It trots. Few Europeans know how to nso cornmcal , and the foreign market has been kept small by the sending abroad of much bad meal. To ship a good article and teach Europeans how lo use It would bo worth moro to the United Stales than the discovery of a now Callfo-nla with all Its gold. I.ICHT AM ) IIHICIIT. Cleveland lender : Hostonlnn Is this friend that you wish to bring to dinner much of n raconteur ? CVtlrapo Man Hlnmod If I know , but say , you'll die InugJiln' If wo can got him to tcllln' stories. Chlcntto Post : "I SPO t'hcro'n a man In Si. Louis who Is turning to chalk. " "Dptormlnoil to make his mark In the world , Isn't lie ? " Cincinnati Commprolnl : "What did Colonc-I I vest say when you nfked him to have a drink ? " "Ho made a r/e. face , " Washington Stnr : "Public men scorn to hiive time lo prepare a Kroat innny urllcloH for print , " remnrked the observanl yountr man. "Yes , " replied Senator fiorc.huni . , "Hie rule nt prpspnli Is 'be sure you write and Iben SO ahead. ' " Hopord : "Tine boss doesn't seem quite himself today. " "Yes , bu's nil rifiht ; I jusl now askrd him for a raise In salary and didn't Ret It. " Delroll Frpo Press : "Henry , Isn't this pumpkin : > : o I ma 'e you a poem ? " "Poem ? Josrphliii" , I loll you solemnly , Iho editor who would throw that In tlio waste basket ought to bo hanged. " Roston Globp : "Why do they call It foot hall ? " as'.ted the old woman who did no : un derstand the game. And Iho cynical man , whose college days have become merely n memory , answered : "It's because llioy carry the bull under their arms and kick each other. " Iivllanapolls Journal : "Never mind , " said the legitimate actor's friend , "iiotorlty will doubtless recognize you ; " "Yes , " was the reply , "bill you forget that so far as I am concerned posterity IH inuilo up exclusively of dwid heads. " Chicago Tribune : "What do you waul ? " demanded the man In the box olllco. "My mission here , " soflly replied the con stable , closing the door behind him , "Is to elevate the sta e. " Whereupon , by virtue of an attachment , b ( held him up for Uie receipts of the even ing. Washington Star : "How often , " said Mist Miami I3roi\n , "hit do happen dat of thoughtless remark' ! ! spile do plulsurc ou er occasion ! " "Yassendeed , " replied Mr. Krastus Pink- Icy. "Oneo' do Kiies'esv at oualr own tahlt stopped pap rlghl In de middle o' do hyahv In' ler ax 'Im .wliah . wo go : do turkey. " THK AISI3 OF ItlSASO.V. Sometvllle Journal. No more with flopping , trailing BUlrt , Dragged foully on through Illlh nnd dirt , Or snow and Blush , Should women rush. Tlds Is the ago of common SPIISP , When women may without offense Their freedom show , Where'er they no. natty , trim lilcycllcnno Delights the eyes of captious men , So smiK and neat , With twlnklllip feet , And ankles only half concealed , Yet not Immodestly revealed , As , swift and shy , She Hashes by. So womnn , lee , wllhout a wthccl , Wearing a shortened skirt , should feel That In men's slghl She Is all rlKht ; For mrn delesl Ihe ilrapdlng dress Thai sweeps the sidewalk's fllthlncsa. They like the skirt Thai shuns the cllrl , Then fear nol , Indies , If you show , lie-low your cklrts , an Inch or so , Of ankles trim , ' Or rounded limb. f..ong ilrnpcrlcH are out nf date , Slrllco off your fetters ! Do not wait. Of your good sense Glvo evidence ! A mother who is in peed physical condition transmits to her children the blessings of n good constitution. The child fairly drinks in health from its mother's robust constitution before birth , nnd from a healthy mother's milk nftor. Is not tliut an incentive to prepare for maternity ? Do you Icnow the meaning- what is called these " popularly "long- ings , " or cravings , which besot so many woman during pregnancy ? Then ! in something lucking in the mother's blood , Nnturo ories out nnd will bo satisfied at all hazards. Ono woman wants sour tiiingt ] , another wants sweets , another wants salt tilings , nnd so on. The real need all the tlmo is to cnriuli tlio blood so ns to supply nourishment for another life , and to build up the on tire generative system , so that the birth may bo possible and successful. If expectant mothers would fort ify themselves with Lydia 13. I'inlc- ham's Vegetable Compound , which for twenty years has sustained thousands of women in this condition , there would ho fewer disappointments at birth , and they would not uxpurluncu those annoying "longings. " In the following letter to Mrs. I'inklmin , Mrs. Whitney demonstrates the- power of the Compound in such cases. She says ; " From the time I was sixteen years old till I was twenty-three , J was troubled with weakness of the kidneys nnd terrible pains when my monthly periods came on. I made up my mind to try Lydia 13. 1'lnkham's Vegetable Compound and was soon relieved. After I was married , the doctor hiiiil I would never bo able to go my full time nnd have n living child , as I was constitutionally weak. I had lost a baby at seven months and u half. The next time I commenced ntonco and continued to take your Compound through the period of pregnancy , and I said then , if I went my full time and thu baby I lived to ho thrco months old , I should send a letter to you. My baby is now ' Beven months old nnd is as healthy and heart } ' as ono could with. * I' " I am so thankful that 1 used your medicine , for it gave mo the robust health to transmit to my child , I cannot express my gratitude to youj I never expected such u blessing. Praise Hod for Lydia 13. Pinkham's \Vgetnblo Compound , and may others who are suffering do us I did nnd nnd relief , and may many homes be brightened as mine has been. " iliig. L , Z. Wmi KV , 9 George St. , E , Somorvillc , Mass. , . - . . _ . _ _ , vv- tMttltoiim at lS&WF'W- . ;
