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THE OarAITA DAILY * BElSi BATUKDAT , DMOMM15KR 4 , 1807. Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. ROSEWATKIl , Hilltop. PUIIUBIIKD KVKIIY MOIININQ. TKIIMS or sunscmi'TioN : Dilly Heo ( Without Sunday ) , One Yonr W M Uilly ! ! < ami Sunday , One Year 8 09 HI * Month * ' ? ' T.iioe Montlm J < * Holiday HM- . Ono Y * r J g > HiUiirilfly life. One Year JJ Wttklr Hc . Ono Tear ci OI-TICUS ! Oinnhn : Tlie Iltc IlulMlng. SoutJ Omaha : Singer I1IK. . Cor. N and 2 h SI * . rouncll llluffii ! 10 I'cnrl Slrctt. UilcHiw Olllce ! 31T Chamber of Commerce. w Vorki Hnoinii 13 , 14 n < l IS Tribune Hide \\nihltistcm : Ml Fourteenth Street. conuust'ONnu.Ncu. All communication * relating la Hfw and1 edito rial matter rheuM L nildrpwtlTo the Editor. IIUHIMISd LKTTE118. All bunlnivii lettit * nnd rtmllinnaei nhnuM be addrt cU to The lieo t'uulliihlnfs Company , Omjhn. 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Twriitit'K Rworn to before me and iiibncrlhat In my J > reenr-n thbi 1st day of December. 1597. ( Seal. ) N. I' . miU Notary 1'ubllc. THIS 1ICK O.N TIIAINS. All riillrontl iiotvKlioyn nrc iiliplloil v llli ciuiiiuli ! ! to ni'cotiiniiiilntc every imn- Hciipri-r wko MnntM ( n rt-nil 11 niMVNiuiiit-r. IiiolNt uiinn Imv- IIIHT TinIlcc. . IT you i-ntiiiut Bet u ltc on n trnln from the iieirn iiKcnt , iileiinu rppnrt tin- fuel , HfiilliiK tlio trnln mill rnllroiul , to the Clreulntloit Deiinrtinent of The Ili-o. The llec IH for Ntilo on all train * . INSIST O.V II.VVI.VO THK III3R. Tim nliimimr is correct. Docriubor Is u winter inoiitli. Uempiulior tlmt the iiierehnut wliosi * ntora IH iilwuys full of people is tile mer chant who Milvortlses In tlu > l If the bunks all kept accounts In the mnnnor dlscloseil by witnesses In the Bolln trial , no wonder several of them failed with a tlull , slekenln ; , ' thud. A Missouri man lists just cone crazy over the defeat of Hryan. A majority of those who went wild over his meteoric campaign recovered more than a year ago. Douglas county's .credit Is all right. There Is not a person In tlt2 city or state who would not like to have credit that would give him the use of money at 4 per c"ent. . , A new torpedo boat tested the other < lny by the United Slates naval oflleials attained a .speed 'in ' excess of that iv- qulrod In the contract The new Ameri can navy Is Ilrst-class In every particular. U. K. lU'tice has been reappolnted to the position' of registrar of the treasury and his signature may be expected soon to resume Its position on the face of all the paper currency Issued by Unele Sam. The way Reciprocity Commissioner Kasson Is rushed with work Indicates that the movement to get all other na tions to combine against the United States for a tat war has made little headway. If Expert Ilelblg wants to get the $ -1,000 claimed as due him for back salary from the legislative snlllllng com mittee lie had better assign it to the committee for collection at 100 per cent commission. Ex-Auditor Moore proclaims his Inten tion to pay > back to the state every cent he owes It If ho ever gets the oppor tunity to do so. Promises may bo cheap , but this Is something that Hartley IIIIH as yet expressed no Intention of doing. George Fred Williams , the Massachu setts echo of Ilryan , complains that the Boston democratic city convention wa-j packed against the sil\viites. Pretty soon George Fred will be asserting that ho was elected governor last year , but counted out by Wall street conspirators. The educational features of the Trans- mlssisslppl Exposition can bn made to afford the material background for the most Instructive teach ? * convention ever hold anywhere. The project will requlru work fo successful execution , but the educators Interested In this side of the exposition never shirk work. Tim new collateral Inheritance law in Iowa Is to lie tested In the state courts and theofTort will bo made to show that It Is In violation of the United States constitution. Similar laws have been up. held by the courts In other slates and federal courts are supposed to be the only ones unduly sensitive about th United States constitution. Those who predicted an early conclu sion of the serl.\s of hard luck stoi'lea ' from the Klondike hi-causo of the eaily opening of winter were not good prophet.In the absence of any'direct HOWH from the mining camps of the Arctic clreb , It Is presumed the men nre still buffering ami this presumption Is sullU'lent basis for all the stories sen. satlomtl papers are willing to print. The display in prominent downtown windows of the olllclal blrdseyo view of the imposition alongside of the archi tect's blrdseyo view , which he had In- eertetl In Harper's Weekly after Its re jection by tlio Department of Publicity , jjives cveryono an opportunity to make personal comparison of the two draw ings and to satisfy themselves that the exposition management math * no mis take when It engaged a spi'clul artist to produce tuo olllclal blrtLuye view. Mil MXOLRra FOUKCAST , An tha leader of tlvc majority on the floor of thu house , the views of Mr. Dlng- loy In regard to the legislative outlook nre of the first Importance. In reference to the currency the chairman of the ways and means committee , while think- i lug that some legislation Is desirable , . does not believe there will be any of an I Important character because the five sil ver majority In the senate will not per mit It. Mr. Dlngley Is not particularly troubled about the currency , expressing the belief that "It Is sutllclent for all Im mediate purposes to know that the ad ministration has the power and Is de termined to defend the present monetary standard. " Mr. Cannon , the chairman of the committee on appropriations , takes a similar view of the matter , lie says the republicans hnvo not the power to enact any currency legislation that they might regard ns desirable and therefore "tliorx ; Is no sense In distract ing the country and unsettling things by fruitless agitation. " Senator Allison also thinks that practical currency legislation Is Impossible In the senate. Mr. Dlngley expects the prompt ratifi cation of the Hawaiian annexation treaty , but on the other hand Senator Allison says that the treaty will meet with determined opposition and he should be better Informed1 In this matter than the house leader. There Is no iloubt that the aniK-xntlon scheme has lost sup porters In the senate since the treaty was sent to that Irody and while the necessary two-thirds vote for Its ratifica tion may be secured the treaty will not be rnslu'd through as the annexatlonlsts have expected. In- regard to the. . Cuban question Mr. Dlngley thinks that sound policy requires that the matter be loft with the president and if , as Is probable , Speaker Heed concurs in this view , the senate belligerency resolution will not be passed by the house , nor will that body take any other action on the ques tion. The statement of Mr. Dlngley aw to Ills attitude should and doubtless will have a reassuring effect , because he six < nksj with an authority only second to that of the speaker and In this case may fairly be presumed to bo In accord with Mr. Ueed. It Is Interesting to note that Senator Allison also is willing to follow the president's lead on the Cuban ques tion. ThN , we take it , will bo the posi tion of the republicans generally , as It is manifestly the proper courso. The au thority to grant belligerent rights be longs distinctively to the executive and while congress is not debarred from ex pressing its opinion as to whether that authority should ln exercised It is not called uponto take any action that might embarrass1 the president. We be- llevo that a very large majority of the people have full confidence in the judg ment of Mr. McKlnley in connection with this question and desire that he shall be allowed to deal with it in his own way , without any advice or sugges tion from congress. He Is not less in sympathy with the Cuban cause thau any senator or representative , nor Is he less solicitous respecting the interests of the United States affected by the war In Cuba. Therefore it is entirely safe to leave the Cuban question with the pres ident In regard to other questions that will come before congress Mr. Dingloy ap pears confident that there will be immi gration legislation and perhaps the pas sage of a uniform bankruptcy law , but he does not hold out encouragement for legislation to establish postal savings banks and what ho says in reference to this proposition Indicates that the oppo sition of tlie Maine savings banks Is not without influence with him. CAKADA ASKS TOO JIVCB. State department olllclals are said to have practically reached the conclusion that there will bo no agreement with Canada on the sealing question , owing to the demand of the Canadian inithur- ities that the .settlement of this question must depend upon the adjustment of the several other matters which the mem bers of the Canadian government pre * sonted for consideration , chief among them being a reciprocity treaty. The view taken at Washington appears to ho that the reciprocity proposal submitted by Premier Laurler would be a pre posterous arrangement for the United States , as it would open our markets to the agricultural products of Canada without any compensating benefits to American producers. There Is nothing' surprising In this view. It Is perfectly obvious that any reciprocity arrangement acceptable to Canada must be disadvantageous to our agricultural producers and unless wo can got concessions for our manufacturers which would offset this disadvantage it is useless to talk about reciprocity. As to the sealing question , it soemsi evident that at last our government will be com pelled to find a solution In some such drastic policy as was proposed by Mr. Dlngley In the last congress. The utterly selllsh attitude of Canada In this matter , In which It has the support of the British government , cannot be indefinitely toler- atad nnd a summary ending of the con troversy by removing the cause would be In the interest of peace. , I'ltAUTWK IX IOWA. The Intimation comes that an effort will bo made this winter to repeal tht Iowa law requiring evidence of a high standard of professional ability as n prc- requisite for medical practice. The his tory of Iowa legislation for the regula tion of the medical profession and protection - tection of the public from quackery In not greatly illffercnt from that of similar legislation In many other states , mid If Iowa has gene wrong It Is not alone- . When , under it own provisions , the law now In force becomes fully operative a year hence no person will bo able to be gin the practice of medicine in Iowa who has not graduated from a college requiring at least four years of study of twenty-six weeks each. It Is complained that this Is n higher standard than that In any other state of the union and that a small proportion of the colleges of the country meet the requirement. When It is considered that scarcely a doxon years ago medical practice was absolutely un restrained In Iowa , It will bo seen that if Iowa has not gene too far It has at least gene very rapidly from no medical standard to the highest standard. But thla Is not the only ground of op- position to the lown loir. It Is claimed tlmt the law Is wrong In principle , in discriminating between medlc.nl schools and systems , in placing uiitler the ban ninny worthy practitioners nnd In creat ing a niotioXly | ) of the right to practice medicine. The last objection Is met by statistics showing the large number of graduates every year nml the overcrowd ing of the profession. As to different systems of medicine the law slmplj re quires the practitioner to have a medical education that will enable him to diagnose diseases properly , with the Idea that this degree of skill cannot be ac quired short of the prescribed full col lege course. It must not be forgotten that law * regu lating the practice of the prof.'Mlous should ho for the protection of the people ple rather than for the benelU of the doctors or lawyers or pharmacists. The patient can seldom determine except by experiment whether the physician he consults Is fit to be entrusted with human health and human life. The state prop erly undertakes to assist the patient by enforcing a minimum standard. Now that the science of medicine has been advanced to such a high plane and is . o interwoven with other sciences requiting ripe scholarship for th-elr mastery , re quirement of a high standard in the pro fession Is an essential , although this need not stop Inquiry ns to unnecessary stringency of any particular law. It Is possible Iowa has moved too rapidly , but It has moved In the right direction. S.llWLKS F1W.M T1IK FARKltY. It takes a man with a good memory to make a consistent liar. A newspaper that regularly Imposes on the public with bald fakes Is sure to cntnifgle Itself In flagrant contradictions. The local Fakery presents , a pitiable object lessen of what foolishness chronic faking leads to. On one and the same page of the same issue of its paper , under llarlng headlines , it tells two precisely opposite stories of the impending Union Pacific reorganization. In one column the Fnkery says : The Unloa 1'aclflc le to bo a great system by Itself. It Is to be separate anl apart from all systems east of the Missouri river , but west of the river It will ultimately talto In ] the railroads that formerly bclongc-d to It. Oroiha will bo t'he ' foremost city on this JIne and any fears that the Unloa Paclllo might be virtually operated from Chicago have passed away Ilko a gloomy dream. These facts were slated yesterday by nn unimpeachable au thority. They are f'llr tidings for Omaha , and their truth was confirmed by the World- Herald correspondent in Chicago yes'terduy. But the fake wires between Omaha and Chicago must have been inexplicably crossed somewhere between the sun and the moon , as instance the following from tlie same paper : Pour Roads to Join Hands Big Office ol the Northwestern , Union Pacific , Blkhorn and the Omaha at Chicago Four Roads to Consolidate Auditing Departments ami That's Why Mr. Durt Was In Omaha ( Special Dis patch to the World-Herald. ) Chicago , 111. , Dec. 2. The auditing departments of the Chicago & Northwestern , the Union Pacific , the Chlcigo , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha and the Fremont , Elkljorn & Missouri Val ley roads are to bo consolidated and the big olHco Is to be located In this city. Marshall M. Klrkman , now chief of the auditing de partment of the Chicago & Northwestern , Is to bo comptroller of all the lines. Informa tion to this effect was given out yesterday by an official in a position to know ot what he speaks. What the public would like to know is , How is tha Union Pacific to be a great system by itself , scpaiMtcaud apart from all systems east of the Missouri river , If its accounts are to be kept in 0110 big ofllce In Chicago and its au diting department consolidated with those of threw other railroads ? Either the "unimpeachable authority" or the "ollicial in a position to know" ban slipped his trolley. We suggest that the Fakery call in its old stundbys , "the man of inllooenco" and "the reliable man. " N. B. The teport from Chicago about possible consolidation of auditing de partments was not a special dispatch at all , but nut out as part of the regular Associated Press dispatches and appears as such In The Bee. A PltUXl'KllUUf : STATE. The great manufacturing state of Pennsylvania appears to bo enjoying a high degree of prosperity. Wo noted a short time ago the statement that for the first time In several years all the fur naces about I'lttsburg were In blast and that the iron business in that city and surrounding region was active. The state factory Inspector has Just submit ted his annual report to the governor , in which he says : "I am pleased to Inform you that mills that were Idle for two and three years are now In operation. Others have increased their capacity , new. ones are In cours.u of construction and there Is a large Increase In the num ber of persons employed over what there were at this time last year. " Thj Indus trial situation in Pennsylvania is bettor than at any previous time since 1SOSJ and the outlook for Its continuance is most favorable. This fortunate condition of affairs Is not peculiar to Pe.nnsylvanla. It is found in all the manufacturing states , perhaps not everywhere In equal degree , but still showing everywhere a marked Improvement over a year ago. The gen eral report Is that mills and factories are In full operation , with orders far ahead , that new Industrial plants are being con structed , that there Is a demand for la bor nnd Instances of the voluntary Increase - crease of Wagon by manufacturers are not infrequent. The south Is getting Its share of the Industrial revival. The ad vices from that section conveyed through trad.e Journals that give special atten tion to its material development show that steady progress is being made and that the situation In the manufacturing portions of the south has never been more satisfactory than now. Western manufacturers are keeping step with the forward movement. Anti-protectionists will say that all this Is duo to the Improved agricultural con ditions , but It is to IK > ronicmhcrcd that the Industrial revival began very soon after the country became assured that a republican tariff policy would supplant the democratic policy which produced Industrial depression. None can liuvu forgotten how almost immediately after tlu presidential election hundreds of mills were started up and thousands of i people wore put to work. At tlmt tlmo tha great luiicnicnt ( In agricultural conditions wffg > ) iot anticipated. Some credit must therefore be Riven to repub lican policy fyr : the general Increase of Industrial activity nnd the betterment of Inbor throughout the country. In this icspect the present tariff law is amply vindicated niul while ns a revenue meas ure Its ml tut In Mill to bo proved there Is every reasoji ( "o expect a satisfactory result. The city charter requires the council to designate two established dally newspapers printed In the Kugllsh lan guage as the ollicial papers of tlie city , tinder this charter provision the council has designated The Omaha Evening Boo and the Kvenlng World-Herald , and the designation has been accepted by the publishers of both papers. But now , for the purpose of gulling liquor dealers and druggists Into giving them their liquor license advertising , the publishers of the Evening World-Herald pretend that It Is not a newspaper , but only n part of a fictitious newspaper which they call the Dally World-Herald. Three- card monte and the old shell game would be legitimate business compared with the World-Herald's trlclf of "Now you see It and now you don't" .Tust what effect the retirement of Justice Field from the bench of the United States supreme court will have upon- the decision in the Nebraska max imum freight rate cases Is something quite problematical. .Instlco Field sat In the cases on their original hearing and on the rehearing and was under stood to have favored sustaining the de cision of Justice Brewer on the lower bench against the constitutionality of the law. If the court was divided eight and seven his withdrawal might leave the judges evenly tied. While this Is all conjecture , It lends additional Interest tu the Until outcome of the cases. Tlie news that Judge Day of Ohio Is about to .retire . from the position of as sistant secretary of state because holdIng - Ing high public olllco is too expensive for a poor man will be received with gen eral regret. It Is true that .Tuda ( Day went Into the State department an un known man and without experience- affairs of state , but he fully justified the president's confidence in ills ability by demonstrating that he is capable ol' mastering every detail of the work. Too often men with line reputations prove lacking in real ability , but Judge Day's ability proved far beyond his reputation. Any liquor dealer or druggist who en tertains honest doubt as to which news paper has the .largest . circulation in Douglas county and is thereby entitled by law to the publication of notices of license applications should insist on sworn circulation statements from the publishers of the newspapers claiming to bo tlie legal paper and make com parisons for Ihotjiselres. The Omaha Evening Bee ,1ms , the largest circulation in Douglas county and is ready to prove it in court or before any competent Jury of unprejudiced persons. The Indian exhibit as projected for the Transmlssissippl Exposition would bring ethnologists aud other scientists here to see it from all over the civilized world. It would be something the like of which has never before been at tempted and which would probably never again bo repeated. It would be typically western and would make the Transinlsslhslppl Exposition a landmark In scientific history. Tliw exhibit oC In dian tribes should be secured If it can possibly be done. Seattle aud Tacoma newspapers are warning eastern people , especially per sons of moderate means , against the bogus mining and Investment companies that are doing business in the coast cities , offering- glittering inducements to thoj > o who will put in small amounts. Every company that merits the confi dence of the public should be al'le to make references that will be unques tioned or give abundant proof of its soundness. Great Slu'iirluj of I.iinilin. Chicago Inter Ocean. The Transvaal Hand mines are petering out after a Urltlsh Investment In them of $750,000,000. The greater part of this enor mous sum Is an utter loss to the people who played It In. Cecil Rhodes , Hartley Barr.uto , und a few others made big money ; but their piles ' \vero created n'ot ' by mining , but by shearing the llcoccs of thousands of unsophis ticated lambs. " \Vlieru DOI-H Oimilia Conic lu ? New York Herald , The Now York Flro Insurance Tariff asso ciation has decided to reduce rated flro risks lu this city and Hrooklyn 33 1-3 per cent. It IH said that the voluntary reduction was for thu purpose of averting a threatened into uar. Whether th'ls ' bo so or not does not alter tha fact that business men aud cltl- zeiiH generally have cause tor congratulations over tbo action taken. In tinKiumj'M Country. United States In vet tor. It will , perhaps , stirprlflu many of our read ers to learn that sonic western money has re cently been seeking employment lu eastern business paper. The boot Is generally on the other leg , but so great Is the abundance of funds In some of the nc\vor portions of thi > country that the west la actually figuring In the cast as a lender. This Ginphnslzra our statement of jafl'tlweek that prosperity Is coming to us from 'tho west thla year. f KavnrMVlconu' . New y , rV > Mall and Kxprt'sa. An Increase ) ranging from 5 to 2p per cent In the wages of 15,000 employes of the Mis souri 1'acillo rallroitd Is a gratifying token of business Improvement In the vast region tributary to that extensive oytitcni. It proves that the roads ere enjoying a growing traf fic at rates which Juatlfy higher prices for labor , and It mtntiH that these great corpora tions are ready slid willing to advance wages as rapidly as business will permit. The ac tion of the Missouri Pacific Is an assurance that railway Ititcrt-tU are rapidly approach lug a thoroughly sound condition. Governor SInm'N l.li-iili-iiiiiilu. I'iilladelptila 1'rcas. Governor-elect Shaw of Iowa Is going nbout the selection of men whom ho will appoint to olllco In the same modest and straightfor ward way that ho conducted his canvass for the governorship. When ho has chosen a man for an olllco hu announces his name to the public , just as President McKlnloy did when he selected the members of his cabinet. 13vor slnco Governor-elect Shaw come before the public ho li s steadily grown In favor. There IB a genuine manliness about him which wins and holds the confidence of the people. Ills administration , which begins early In January , promises to be one of the most successful Iowa has known , and while It will bo beneficial to the etato , It will doubtless ale enhance the reputation of the man at the bead of. lu nuiPT. , Democratic harmony In the municipal eoti- test In Hasten la thick enough to bo cut with a chceso-knlfc. Meanwhile the leaders ot the factions are wloldjng keen-edged cleavers. If It Is true ns reported that Assistant Sec- | ict-iry of State D.iy declined promotion to the , attorney generalship , past reflections on the patriotism of the Ohio man wilt have to bo wlthdtawn or modified. The famed city of Oshkosh evinces no great Amount of satlno emotion ever the death of ono of Its aldermen. It appears the unfor tunate man bit oft moro than ho could was- tlcato nnd was choked to death. It was lieefstc-nk this time. Just to show how majorities are Inflated and minorities icduccd In Kentucky , twenty- seven men testified nt n hearing that they voted the gold democratic ticket , but when the record ot the precinct was uiado up , only four votes appeared , Ex-Postmaster General Wilson Is n harpy man as president of a Virginia college. "I am perfectly contented , " ho says , "and de lighted to bo out ot politics. " l'oif. man whoso political future had become hopolcM this la a most happy result. Pennsylvania docs not elect a governor un til next fall , yet a cloud already appears on the radiant horizon of Robert K. Paulson's boom for the democratic nomination. Hob's threatened competitor bears the terrifying narno of Colonel James McQIucktson Quffy. lion. Jerry Simpson ot Medicine Lodge Is making forced marches on Washington , bearIng - Ing aloft the banner of calamity. No amount of persuasion could Induce him to stult his grip with Blumentlral'fl statistics of prosper ity In Kansas. Jerry shuns prosperity as & pestilence. General Simon Deliver Buckner of Ken- tftclty oropwes this tlmo to remain unrecon structed. Ho emphatically refuses to go back to the democratic party or to assurao Mr. Watterson's yosltlon of Inoffensive passivity nnd hopeless resignation. Deliver contem plates forming a defensive alliance with By- num. The Daltlmoro American transferred to Its columns , with approving comment , the Washington Post's criticism of Senator Wel lington of Maryland. Now the American hca a large juicy libel suit on Us hands. A sin gular feature of the case , suggestive of his toric parallels , Is Uio fact that a Bonaparte confronts Wellington as counsel for the American , Will history repeat Itself ? James Fanning was appointed postmaster of Moriches , L. I. , Juno 19 , 1S1B. At his death In 1827 his son , James Matthew Fanning , suc ceeded him In the office and held It for halt a century. Then It passed to his ncnhew ( ami the first postmaster's grandson ) , Edmund Hal- lock , the Incumbent. The building that was the oostotllco In 1815 Is the postodlco today. Heforo that year letters were deposited In a box nailed to a tree , aud were collected by u stage driver. The retiring aldermen of New York and Brooklyn are working Industriously those days. Brooklyn's board Jammed through trolley , gas and other franchises valued at ? 15,000,000 , and approved contracts Increasing the city's debt $500,000. The courts have , however , forestalled the completion of the deals. New York aldermen promptly fol lowed the example by granting to a ourfacc road a franchise In perpetuity to six miles of streets. It Is likely that this deal will bo stopped by the courts , as the charter of Greater New York expressly prohibits such grants. uV PATHKTIC VAIt 13\VI2LI * Flclil'N Iti-tlri-iiiriil from flic Siiir Mii " Ilcncli. Knnas City Star. A notable figure has disappeared from the bench of the si'iircme court of the United States in the actual retirement of Associate Justice Field. The California Jurist was ap- nolnted by President Lincoln. He took hl Dlaco on the supreme bunch a middle-aged man , and ho lias remained there for thirty- four years. No formal exercises marked hU departure , no farewells wore publicly uttered by the chief justice or any ot Judge Field's associates. Up to a certain day the old man ropcarei ] la court nnd took his accustomed place , and then he came no more. There la something melancholy in such an ending ot a long and great career ; something like the > nulling out ot a candle. The usual reflec tions concerning the advantages of rest after labor do not seem to apply In this case. Judge Field has been a vigorous laborer all his life. Ho may be said to have worked every day up to the hour of his ( lls--ipearanco from the court , and can only aeccot rest and inaction as something new , strange and irk some. The restful green old ago , full of calm re flection , pleasant retrospect and the contented abandonment of ambition and all its aims is not provided for In our American plan of life. When on American , especially In public life , retires he does so usually rather from necessity than Inclination. He Is apt to feoi at GI or 70 or whatever the retiring age may be , that he Is Juot as good a man as ho ever was , and Instead of longing to rest he earn estly desires to continue the labors , the ex citemeuts even , which have filled his actlvo life. The old general thinks that ho could set a squadron In the Held , If the occasion appeared , with cs much skill as ever , acid lead on to victory. Whether openly or not , he murmurs at the fate that shuts him out forever from the sound of the Eulrlt-stlrrlng drum. In the construction of our country we have made abundant opportunities for activity , ample - plo provisions for work. Wo associate the Idea of repo o with sickness or infirmity. If there Is a "Hest" advertised anywhf-ro It is understood to be for the benefit ot Invalids. That a man not physically infirm or broken beyond the ncfslblllty of doing mental and physical work shall deliberately sit down un der his own fig trco to rest himself does not enter Into our American calculations. There are few sadder words in our language than retirement , and few more rnolancholy sights than aa American endeavoring to rest him self. TinIiiloriititloiinl nrnli St. L.ouls ( ilnbc-Dc-mocrat. The cheerfulness with whlc < h French , En glish and Russians talk about seizing port * In China , to offset Germany's gains will hardly be appreciated by the people most directly concerned. Everybody is asking what will Germany , France , England and tha other big nations think of these acquisi tions of territory by their rivals , but appar ently nobody Is Inquiring wbit the Chinese think about It. A grcut deal of land grab bing has been going on 4n Africa 'In the post quarter of a century , and probably all the territory In that continent which Is worth taking Is under the control , direct or Indi rect , of sorno European nation. Is Diiropo now going to precipitate lunMt upon Asia ? Has the part'ltion'lng ' of China begun ? HOCK Cjiiiiiiln Drop Oiilf IlulTaio Kxpresd. The declaration from Ottawa that the Canadian government has no power to pro hibit pelagic scaling , nnd or.ly the Imperial Parliament can do this , tends to simplify matters. This bc-Ing the case , the United Stated shculd again take- the matter directly to London mid 'Insist on a final decision Uierc. i Negotatlons with tno English government direct are always moro easily conducted tlun with Canada , cad a satisfactory settlement should bo especially easy In this case , slnco thu English Interest , Ilko our own , Is op- pcaed to that of Canada. Tbo Royal la the highest grade baling powder known. Actual tests thow it goes ono- tlilrd further than cny other broad. Absolutely Pure ROVAL DAKJNO rowcen co. , new YORK. It Is Almost certain th.il , In the absence of hta demonstration In China nnd scUuro of Klaochou bay , the Oermnn emperor would iavo foiled to secure from the German Uolchstag the appropriation upon which ho has set hl heart. Ills revision of the tMV.il bill , which led to such a sensational debate last year , now provides for an addi tional sum of J41.000.000 , tlio total to bo dis tributed over a term of seven years. The emperor's scheme contemplates the construc tion of not lcs than nineteen seagoing Iron clads , eight coast dcfrnso Ironclads and forty- two cruisers , Tills Is a stupendous Increase of naval force to bo oirrleJ out by a single legislative measure In tlmo of peace , and i tlmo may yet prove that the seizure of Chi- ! ncsn territory was primarily a move to flro the Herman Jieart , disarm opposition In the 1'arllament anJ secure concessions which ho deems essential to his general policy , but could not obtain save by u demonstration of this sort. 'By ' Injecting Germany forcibly Into the "Eastern question" ho has killed two birds with a single stone. Baron von Gnutech von FrankenUiurn , who taa been Intrusted with the task of forming a ministry to succeed the Badcnl Cabinet , which resigned on Sunday , has before him a very dlillctilt Job even when his ministry has been completed. Ho announces that ho will enter Into negotiations with the leaders of the German and Czech parties as soon aa his position Is secure with the view of bring ing about a modification of the ordinances nuking the czedi language co-ordinate with the German. These ordinances were the cause of tlio recent troubles In Lie Rclchsrath , which resulted In the Uonnfall of the 'IMdeni ministry. It Is hardly 'too ' much to say that Fronkcnthurn's efforts are foredoomed to failure. There are. In Austria U,803.000 SLivc against 8S40,000 Germans , aud the Czech members largely outnumber the German members In Hio Iteichsrath. It will be dlni- cult , therefore , ito Induce the Czechs to sur render any part of the concessions Iatcl > grantoi them with regard to thb olllcinl i , : - ognltlcn of the Czech language In Bohemia dlfllnult almost to the point of revolution. * 1'orty years ago ( hero wss not a rallrcad In South Africa and It was not until 1S77 that thiy really made a beginning there. The cost of the present railroad was nearly $10- 000,000 , amiIt was built icn a basis of $10- 000,000 of stock , so that the net earnings of $300,000 a year will pay Interest , and' ' half the line has already earned $210,030 net In six months. It has also annuiil subslillca from the imperial government and from Riioilesla , besides S.OOO square miles of land and r. guaranty or the South African company for tweivy years. It Is true that opinions van as to the future of Khcdesln. On the one hand it Is said .that Its gold in-lnca have been exhausted , on the ether 'hand ' It U casertc. . with equal jKsltlvuriess that It Is as rich as the iTrunsvaal. Ono tulng , however. It certain. There Is not a spot In South Afrlo that is not flt for ugrlculture. This cf itsel' would promise a future for llhodesia , and I * It should bo that Its gold fields call still bi worked Itvill attract fhe English resident ! of the Transvaal and remove n cause of fric tion from that territory. It Is not so much , however , the political question whlclr at tracts as the marvelous development of the African continent. It Is proposed to extent , the Buluwayo line northward t ; > Kort Salis bury , where It will connect with the line that In now being built from a print on the east ccust , thus making a Continuous routi from the Soul-h Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. The road wMe,1 ! Us now being built up UK Nllo valley Is also a factor In this vnwnrd march , and when the twentieth centun cornea wo will bo able to sry 'that ' another ngo of miracles has Indeed begun. * * The mlxr < l character of the population o1 Austria Is a disadvantage which has obtalner for It the contemptuous descriptions "patch work empire" and "a. geographical expres sion , " the- Idea being .that . It lacks the cohe sive force that cornea of Identity of race. In 1S93 Austila Ivad 21972,030 Inhabitants , of whom 3G per cent were Germans , 23 per cent Czechs. 1C per cent Poles , 13 per cent Uuthenlans , o per cent Slovens , 3 per cent Italtiiia ami piC'lncs , 3 per coat Cro.Ians and Serbs and per cent ItoumanUns. Hungary , the ether -air of the - Austro-Hungarlan empire had ' ' ls'337-944 Inhabitants , of whom - . ,178,000. or42 per cent are ( Hungarians. The Sorbs arc 9 per cent ; Croats C per cent Hournanlans 14 per cent , Germans 12 per cent ; Slovens , 11 per cent. A third division of the empire embraces Bostla nnd Herzegovina. Hungary , IJohemla , GaHcM. Illjrfo nnd Dfllm.itK nn accounts ? kingdoms , uml there nro besides principality , archduchy , duchy nnd margra- vale. It Is reckoned a great accomplishment ot the emporer that ho speaks the language * of all his subjects. , Russia Is moving MeaJlly on to the complete plete- establishment of < i sound money system based on gold. The Ural Mountain region has long" been yielding from JW.000.000 to $25.000,000 a year In K-oU and now that the l.n- menso length of Siberia Is t menu-it by a , railroad which 1-t one ot the greatest work * cf the age , a. very marked Increase In the gold product of the Russian empire is ex pected. Statements have lately bu-n pub- ilshcxl on what seem good uuthoil'y which InJltato that In the region Ijlng jual nor It ot the frontier between the Kti. r.lui and ( ' tin so empires Is one ot tie richest gold ficlj.i of the \\orld. Of course It will be aUoltlti-ly ( .on- trolled by the Imperial government , an 1 the Russian treasury , already well mini with coin and bullion , will bo further r.irtiMiL I. The chances nro that other nnd almost un limited deposits of precious metals \\iil bo found In the \tist area ot Siberia from tlmo to time , and It ought tobo | easy for the min isters of tno eznr to keep the money of their country perfectly safe and solid , provided only that pruco can bo tnilntalned. \ great war might upset everything. That is ono icason why It Is well for the \vorU Hut Rus- i * ! . " . 1 atta'lnlng financial stability ml incur * tint ; the responsibilities which such standing brings. If the Zilmls cabinet remains In odlcc long enough to put Into execution the various re forms comprised In Us political piograci It will have contributed moro toward the re demption of the Hellenic kingdom than any previous administration. Ono of the most Important mcasuirn to which tl.e new prlmo minister hs committed himself olniv hl .id- vent to power Is the thorough reorganization of the civil acrvlco by dismissing all the olll- clals and rcappolntlng only tlioro who AIM lilted for the places w'lleh they now hold. Hitherto the rule hns hem that the spoils belonged to the victor * , and that p'nccwcro ' only held as long as the cabinet of the day remained In power. It Is Intended thaf from henceforth olllclils shall retain tl'olr onices during good behavior mil bo cxi > mpt frimi ( ilamlssal , t-xcjpt for icrloiM otTenso. If this most necessary reform la carried out odlelali will bo able to devote their energies to tholr work , Instead of scrambling to make thorn- salves rich by extortbn nnd corruption dur ing the brief and uncertain tcnuro of their posts , MiitTiiFtJi , , n\ii-.s. ( ; : Dclrnlt t'Yoo I'rcs . "Sing , sweet bird , and chnse my sorrow" This s-ott plaint n haul was heard Once to wnrhlc ; then , thu truth Is , He let loose and phased the lilrl. Slur. The youth sang out a 1th might and main ; So moving wast his lay , That neighbors who o'erhoard the strain All inove.l away next day. A dyspeptic la a person- Oil my word you may rely Who can beat the human record Eating rich mlnco pie. Judge. If you qu.irrcl wlu an actress Do not drain of sorrow's cup ; For to earn her bread and butter She must very HOOII ma'.ic up. Detroit Journal. A little hat. a little cape , A little mulT ! Now , say. la not fair Mnbel drc.ssed to kill , When she Is dressed to sleigh ! IriJlanniolIa | Jaurnnl. Great Urltaln's i.Migs will now look wise And fvlth much unction ssay , They like thH country's pumpkin pies And wheat ; likewise Its Hay. Chicago Tribune. "I don't know how , " growled one of th < men , "This beverage may be clashed , But I'm sure thu mill does grind again With thu coffee that Ispast. . " A , ll.VHU WO III ) . Youth's Companion. Perseverance ! Can you spell It ? And Its meaning- , can you tell it ? If you stick to what you're dolnj Study , work or plnv pursuing , livery failure bravely meeting ; , Uravoly each attempt tepeatlng , Trying twice and thrice and four Urn ) Yes , a hundred , even more times , You can spell It ! You can npell Itl And its meaning , you can tell it ! ? HJH&H'H'H5K- H .Jv * THE FIELD IS FULL OF BRIGANDS. ? 66 'UTTING ' PRICES" seems to be the fft ft trick by which they hops to attract the ftft buying public. & We don't' have to stoop to de" vices of that . * We sort. sell everything in the way iir /r of clothing for men and boys at the lowest price ft we can afford and what is more , we sell only ftft trustworthy goods , j * Just now we 'want to attract you to our heavy weight Overcoats and Ulsters. ftft There are long and short , smooth finished and un ftft finished cloth or rough goods in blue , black , ox ftft ford and brown. & Our assortment of Boys' ft Reefers , as well as heavier coats , is very complete and range from $3,50 to $ J5. & Our men's heavy ( f coats start at $ JO.OO and stop at i'40.00 and are the ftft very best that can be made for the money. j * Every one warranted. ft ( Unsatisfactory purchases are . * ! * . remedied with the cas/i. ) ftft ft 4' ftft Tj ? ft * ! ' & ftI $ V ftft ft ftft r * ft S. W. 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