THE OarAITA DAILY * BElSi BATUKDAT , DMOMM15KR 4 , 1807.
Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE.
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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 !
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trustworthy goods , j * Just now we 'want to attract
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finished cloth or rough goods in blue , black , ox ftft
ford and brown. & Our assortment of Boys' ft
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and range from $3,50 to $ J5. & Our men's heavy
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