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VKIU Xotary 1'iiMlc. 1'H IS IIKK O.V TH All rnllniml ncwitlmys nrc I1I | > H < > | I ivllll VIIOIIKll III' " ' * to iieroMiinodiilviry 1 > U - BRitKor who viiiit * < reml 11 11IMVSIIM1IIT. IllKllt 1IIIOII llllV- IIIK Tlu > Ilco. If yiiu 'iituiot not it lltimi n trnlii from HM- II I * IV M IlKVIll , llllMIKI * ri'll'l't < Iic fnitl , Mditliiii lln > ( ruin mill rnllroail. Id ( lie Clruiilntloii Di-pni'lnii-llt ( if Tin * llciThe lice IN for Kali * on nil trnlns. INSIST OIIAVIf ! TIII5 1II2R. Congress Is on luiiul lit tin * s time. " \Vllh si fnlr slurt COIIKI'I'SS can < li ciioiiKli to earn HH Christinas vauatloi 1C It wants to. Carson City is the only American eit.i where tlic Austrian' ' Ueli'hsratli could legally pull olT a .session. Tim anti-football 1)111 has ahvaily beoi written In nntlulpiitloii of the meeting of the New 1'orU k'Kisiatnre. It will be noted that President MeKiu loitlhl not have to ask for an extensloi of tlmu hi which to prepare his brief 01 the state of the union. . The Hritlsli forces In Northern I mill have stopped punishing the tribesmen The trouble SOIHIIH to have been that th jninlsliliii ; was too much oil the othe Bide. The rivalry to be llrst into Alaska next spring' cannot be more intense than that of the Pacific coast cities at the pivsent time to pi In fame as the boat outllttlng point. If the project for a jjreat Transmlssls- sippl Exposition Teachers' convention is Iff carried through successfully the nieel- lug of the national association will scarcely be missed. If there is anything else the railroads want the state railway commissioners to do they should not be backward about 'asking for it out of any fear Unit they .might meet a refusal. Kansas City promises to have a. repre sentative exhibit at the Transmlsslssppl Exposition. Kansas City is tfoltiK to strive hard to maintain its reputation as a hustler for business. There are a few more copies of The Sunday Hee with the olllcial birdseye view of the exposition as a supplement to be had by those who apply early to The Ilec business ollico. Peru has the honor of being first of the nations of the world to apply for reciprocity with the United .States under the new tariff law. lint It will l > y no means be the last one. " The county exposition bonds were voted to Insure the success of the expo sition and tlie taxpayers will approve such use of their proceeds as will best conduce to unqualified success. The kodak fiend has a temporary lease of life Inside the exposition gronndu. An unauthorized siwip shot , however , may cause the latehstrlng to snap on those who abuse their privileges. When the city gets the cost bill of Its water works litigation the taxpayers will be duly Impressed with the fact that playing catspaw for speculators in worthiest ) bonds Is an expensive luxury. If any paper knows anything about any corrupt practice indulged In by any cMty ollleer or employe It Is Its duty to epeak ou.t rather than to make sneaking insinuations without one lota of fact to substantiate them. A candidate for county olllcc In an Iowa county reported that his elgar bill during tins campaign amounted to $ : ! ( K > . It Is not stated whether he won or lost the election , which should be the essen tial tiling. The Increasing patronage of the public library goes to show that , paradoxical as It may seem , Uie busier people be come tliu more time they find for in Htruetlvo or entertaining reading. Tin Idler Is never thu best patron of the pub Hu library. The state fair managers might as welcome como out candidly and admit that under the circumstances nowhere In Nebraski ontsldo of Omaha could they have heh their show the last three years and como out half as well financially as Uaey liavi at the Ouiaha locution. THK I'HKS/OB/vrS MKXtfMIH. I The country hfitl boon Informed re- ) grinllng the more Important features oft Prosldeut McKinlpy's llrst annual message - sago In advance of Its transmission , ti > congress. His position ns to currency revision , tha Cuban question mid Hawaiian annexation has been known or some time. Hut the message should > p carefully rend for the arguments and easoim jiresontrd In support of , the lews and recommendations of the chief xeenllvc. The president regards the currency iwstlou as of first Importance , lie irges that there Is immediate necessity for legislation that will vender Impossl- ) le a return of the conditions that pre vailed from ISM to ISO" . While every lollnr of the currency Is good and will je kept. so.under the pledge of the gov- 'rnment. "the guaranty of our purpose t < i keep the pk'dgo will be best shown iy advancing toward its fulfillment. " It s held that the evil of the present sys tem Is In the cost to the government of ceeplivg the dllT-erent forms of nionoy at mr with gold and the president says 'It Is manifest that wo must devise snme plan to prnleet the government against joud Issues for repealed redemptions. " There must , be legislation that will cur tail redemptions of demand obligations or there must bo an Increase of the gold reserve. It Is recommended that "as soon as the receipts of the government are quite sullleient to pay all tin ? ex penses of the government" Hulk-d States notes redeemed In gold shall be reissued only in exchange for gold. This plan has received strong approval and th\ re appears to bo no sound objection to > It , though it has been , suggested that it might result In a contraction of the cur rency. This condition , however , is not necessarily involved and could occur only in tin' event of gold being with drawn from the treasury for hoarding. The president invites the careful con sideration of congress to the currency plan of the seerelaiw of the treasury , with whose ivcoinmendatlons In regard to national bank legislation he concurs. The Cuban question receives extended consideration' and its treatment is in a spirit that will satisfy the conservative sentliiKMit among the American people and must prove no less satisfactory to Hio Siiiinlsh m'onlo and irovernment. The president takes a very decided stand against the recognition of the bellig erency of the Cubans , which he declare ! , would now be unwlsu and therefou * In admissible , lie clearly does not bjlleve that the insurgents are in possession of the attributes of statehood and the qualifications of sovereignty which arc necessary to give thorn a claim to recog nition as belligerents and the president conclusively shows that such recognition would have inconveniences and dangers for the United .States. In reference to intervention upon humanitarian grounds it is said that such a step should not be taken In view of the hopeful change in the policy of Spain toward Cuba. The president has faith in the sincerity of the Sagasta government and believes it should have a fair opportunity to carry out its policy. Lf it shall fail , then this government will determine its ac tion "on the line of indisputable right ind duty" and "without misgiving or icsltancy in the light of the obligation tills government owes to itself , to the K'oplo who have confided to It the pvo- .ection of their interests ami honor and to humanity. " The veriest jingo must , t would seem , bo persuaded by Presi- lent McKlnley's presentation of this piestion that the United States has no other duty at present than that of main taining its attitude of neutrality and ion-interference. Hawaiian annexation receives brief consideration , but the president leaves 10 doubt of his earnest desire for UK > atllication of the treaty , which he says s required by "every consideration of dignity and honor. " Tills is a singular view to take of a. scheme concocted and promoted by 41 few political adventurers Hid no less remarkable is the statement of the president that the Hawailans "have come of their free will to merge thv'ir destinies in our body poll- tie , " the fact being that the 'native Ilawaiians liavo had Jio opportunity to express their will except through public meetings and these have shown that they aiv almost unanimously opposed to annexation. It was expected that the president would present some practical reasons for the proposed absorption of those remote Islands and his falluro to do so is disappointing. lirief reference is made to the mission in behalf'of International bimetallism and It appears that the president is still hopeful that an international agreement will ultimately be effected. The friends of civil service reform will find reassur ance in what the president says on that subject , which may be accepted as notice to the. enemies of the reform that they will get no quarter from the administra tion. "Tho system , " says the president , "has the approval of the people and it will bo my endeavor to uphold and ex tend It. " The outlook for reciprocity agreements Is regarded as favorable ; the onliu-gement of the merchant marine is urged ; attention Is directed to the re quirements of the navy ; bjtter govern ment for Alaska Is recommended ; the troubles In the Indian territory are re ferred to ; the need of new quarantine laws is pointed out ; the Kansas Pacific debt Is discussed and the message con cludes with the declaration that "it is a commanding duty to keep the appropria tions within tliD ireeoipts of the govern ment ami thus avoid a deficit , " It may be remarked In tills connection that the president evidently believes that the tariff law as It slands will In time pro vide the government with adequate revenue. Now that congress is .ready for busi ness , Mr. Hell of Colorado , will start his program of ventilating everything not Just right at the nation's capital. "I am convinced , " ho said before startIng - Ing for Washington , "that the senate needs a raking over. How many people ple In the United States know that mem bers of the .senate have their shoes blacked at public expense ? How many , outside of the charmed circle , know Unit senators are attended by barbers paid out of the United States treasury and are furnished with costly refivsh- lus drinks all the year round at public The wnn who s.\v * tnnt opimvtmiltiey for the display of high qualities of fitatosmnnshlp nrp not to he t found hns not the keen popullstlc oyus i > f this Colorado statesman. w t/a.Ytv FOU/S or TIIK n After n pretended inquiry Into the change of stix k rates on Nebraska roads from the carload to the hundredweight basis , the learned stale railway commissioners Issued a weighty de cision with the approval of the * rail roads , finning that the change lu tariff constituted an increase In freight rates and ordering the railroads to restore carload charges on or before December ft. When , the three tin soldiers who draw pay as do-nothing state railroad commissioners had marched up the hill at command from railroad headquar ters , the attorneys for the railroads en tered objection lo the date set for re storing the old tariff , alleging that the change affected Interstate rates , and that under the Interstate commerce law Insutllcieiit time was allowed for proper notice. The ivsult of the demand of the railroads for more time Is the fol lowing supplemental order : In the matter ot the order made by the State Hoard of Transportation lu the case of Tibbies agntnst tlio Chicago , Hock Island & 1'aclflc Hallway company nnd others , re quiring the defendants to restore the old carload rate on or before December 5 , 1S97 , wn learn that the reads , or a part of them , liavo notified the Interstate Commerce com- nilsflon as required by law , ten days' notice belns necessary before iv change In rates can bo put lu force , and flu ding that It 'Will ro- inilro until the IGUi of December to com plete said notice , wo would therefore recom mend that the < late for the taking of effect of said crtlur bo extended until the 10th day of December , 1837. The fact is that there , Is no provision either of the state law or of the In terstate law that requires ten days' notice of reduction of rates. Notice must be given of an advance In inter state rates , but reductions may be made without any notice whatever. The ex act wording of the interstate law is as follows : No advance shall bo made In .the rates , Cares and charges which have been estab lished and published 33 aforesaid by any common carrier 'In compliance with thu re- ( liiIrcnien'.R of this section except after ten daya' public notice. * * * Reductions In such published rates , fares or charges nvay ho made without previous public notice ; but wjicnever any such reduction is made , no- tlco of the same shall Immediately be pub licly posted and the changes made- shall im mediately bo made public by printing new schedules or shall Immediately be plainly iudl ated upon the schedules at thu time in force and kept for public Inspection. If ten days' notice is required under the law to restore the old carload rates on stock shipments , then the state rail way commissioners have been increas ing instead of reducing the rates , as pretended. 1C the order to restore the carload tariff is an order for a reduction in rates , then there is no reason why it should not have been made at once ef fective , and no reason whatever why an extension of the time should be given. Klther the state board is playing a green goods game on the people or the rail roads are making fools of the state board. Probably both. Immigration into the United States during the fiscal year which ended last June was the. smallest since 1ST ! ) . Ac cording to the report of the late commis sioner of immigration it was 2 ; > 0S ; > 2 , while in the ten years 1SS1 to ISO ; ; the annual average was -tT .OOIJ and lu the four years 181)1 to ISO" it was 2ui > ( > . The decrease in the last four years was in part due tw the industrial depression , but in the opinion of the commissioner it was largely Inlluenccd by the restrictive legislation of IS'JU , the more rigid en forcement of the Immigration laws and by the co-operation of the steamship com panics and of some foreign governments , particularly tlio Italian , in keeping back immigrants of the kind wo seek to ex clude. * It appears that the distribution of im migrants among Iho various occupations differs very little from .war to year. It is shown that the common Impression that large numbers of persons come hero from the mills and factories of Europe Is erroneous , the fact being Unit among the skilled workers who come hc.re very few nre in the great manufacturing indus tries. In regard to the destination of immigrants , by far the larger number of them remain in the eastern states. Thus of the arrivals last year 11(8,000 ( were distributed in New York , New Jersey and Pennsylvania , . ' ! 5,000 in New Kng- land , UO.OOO in eight western states and about 10,000 in southern states , chlelly In Florida , Louisiana and Texas. It Is this crowding of Immigrants into the eastern states which creates the senti ment In Unit section for further restric tions. It Is a rather curious fact that so few immigrants relatively find their way Into the southern .states , but all the ef forts that have boon made In that sec tion to induce immigrants to go there have had but small results. Perhaps the knowledge that they will have to com pete with negro labor is the chief reason for their not going there , while there is probably also something in the fact that the social conditions are loss favorable to labor in the south than In the mirth. There Is certainly nothing In the sta tistics of Immigration for the last four years to justify the demand for addi tional restrictions , yet It seems to bo tlu prevalent opinion In Washington that tlio Lodge bill or su'ino ' similar measure will pass congress. It has always been as sumed tliat American labor demanded such legislation , but the recent action of labor organizations lu St. I ouls shows that the demand Is not unhvrsal In la bor circles. The law Is plain as day that notices of applications for liquor licenses should bo published in the paper having the largest circulation in the county. That paper is The Omaha Evening Hoe. No action in defiance of the law by the jwllce board , or any one else , can mo.ke publi cation in any paper other than The Omaha Evening Heo a legal publication. General Hlanco Is trying to shift re sponsibility for the war In Cuba to the American people. While a great many Americans have shown decided inteivst In the war and sonio of them have given encouragement and aid to the Insur gents there Is no process by which It Win be innuV t ti'nr | ) | } that Americans | nro responsible-fyifj IU coiitltiuuncc. If i tlio Cuban i > wi ] y n > pim < the measure of , autonomy pronVlVe'l by Ucnn-nl Illnnco , ' and the SpanlHlmttHclnl * , * wnr mny i bo ropnrilfd ns lfitvholly n fnlliii'O. inr d It has been diJeY ! > Vwed that Instead of .1. It. Sovorolgn rV.sjguIng his position of i ' general masterworkmnn of the Knights' of Labor , IIP was-iutfact dropped by that order because hlsnvork was worst * than useless and hecnuatt IntluiMitlal inembiHM of the order realised that there could never be any progress with the order as long as SoVerMgn Was permitted to remain at the lwa.dj Ills successor was therefore selectud with a view to get ting an entirely different kind of a. man. According to the pnstnlllce authorities , the chances of winning a prisw In some of the missing letter .puzzles that have recently boon protruded upon the public are smaller than the chances of pulling out ahead of the late Louisiana stale lottery. It Is safe to say , however , that the suckers who bite at the bait of sud den unearned wealth are as numerous no'w as they ever w-ero. The republican slate press may express regrets that ex-Auditor Moore should have placed himself In a position to > call down upon him the penalties of the law , but none of them justify Ills conduct or excuse his course. Republicans do not countenance betrayal of public trust by republican olllclals any more than they would the same offense by populist or d'l'inoeratic olliclals. The public was Informed some time ago that the Sixteenth street viaduct had boon ordered repaired , according to an agreement of the railroads to prorate the expense. If the structure is to be patched up once more , the work should bo completed without further unneces sary delay. The fact that Iowa has judges on the district bench like the one who disre garded the recommendation of the Jury in the Novak ease and sentenced the convicted murderer to life imprison ment is one reason why lynching Is so seldom resorted to in the llawkeye state. It Is proposed to raise the salary of the chancellor of the German empire to 100,000 marks , or about $12 , " .000. In the Interval , however , thro is no great dearth of available material for places in the American cabinet that pay only ! ? S,000 salary. Now there is no' question about the attitude of the administration toward Hawaii , Cuba'and several other neigh bors. Hut the.rewas no serious ques tion about it at nnv tlmo. I'liviiPB Tor IL I'riiMiu'c-tlve Do'.rolt Ifrvo Press. If the Omaha exposition is to have a post- ego stamp of its own , what encouragement Is there for states that stood by the administra tion last month'i. A Cirowlni ; Industry. New York Tribune. Just think of It ! It Is an absolute Impos sibility to establish the tlnplate Industry In this country , yet hero are some 2,000 men employed In ono small department of It forming a trades union , Just as though they were really engaged In a serious Industry. The 'Worlil'M ' Stori'lioiiNC. Kansas City Star. Wo do not always remember that the United States Is now entirely a producing country , both sides and the center. The side nearest Asia Is beginning to bo rolled on abroad. The Uusslan government Is drawing supplies for Its army In Siberia from Sail Francisco and California. The United Stated Is the couple lu the center with all hands 'round. Kreoilnm'M ViifruwiuMl Lender. New York Mall nml Uxprc > 9. Gomez , at the ngo of 70 , actively leadIng - Ing a vigorous and Irresistible revolution for Cuban Independence , presents ono of the picturesque ami heroic figures of the age. Ono may survey the whole field of human endeavor without finding another man wfto In his antecedents , personality and chosen avocation 'combines as many of the dramatic qualities of chivalry and .romance as are entered In the great commander of Cuba's patriot army. Ho Is Indeed ono of the world's Grand Old 'Men. ' HUM n 11 ii n A n no A lit I on. Kansas City Slur. Senator Allison predicts a strong fight In the senate against the annexation of Hawaii and intiitntos that the scheme may bo de feated. Uut , conceding that 'Mr. ' Allison's apprehensions are well grounded , there Is really no causes for constornatlon , The United States has managed to got on with out Hawaii for a hundred years or such matter , and would not go to the dogs It the proposition to .absorb the KanaUas were turned down by the senate , which 'has ' done a ereat many worse things than that would , bo. l CIiilniH of I.t'Hcr CnrrlcrM. 1'allaJelphla Keeonl. In consequence of the -decision ot the supreme court sustaining the claim of letter - tor carriers for overtime work under the provisions of the eight-hour law of 1888 , claims aggregating * ? 8,000,000 against the govunnment will bo validated , To pro tect the department against further du- munds of this character Assistant Postmaster General Heath has Issued an or der making It an offense-punishable with dis missal from the service for a letter carrier to work ir.oro than eight hours per day. Thus ono arbitrary regulation brings on another. The order of dismissal .will , however , hardly be enforced against carriers who put la no rlalui for extra service. A SIG.\II.'ICA.\T i.vciuii.vr. AiiH-rlou'H .Mcilnl of Honor Auni'ilci ! on Ooiifi'ili'i'iilt * 'IVHlliiiony. St. l.oula Itcpubllc. Thcro Is polltk'fll'Elgnlllcanco as well as plcturcsqueness In ( ho tory of how the cccretary of wartiaK juet conferred a < medal of honor upon cji-fcnoral soldier Thomas I. HlggliiH of llamilbil , Mo. , for distinguished bravery on special occasion during > the civil war. The medal was . .awarded upon Uio testi mony of ex-coufedcrato eye-witnesses of the Incident justifying the award. In the federal astauV : of May -2 , ISC ! ) , upon the works sur- rounJIng Vlcksburg , Hlgglns was color- bsarer of the Ninety-ninth Illinois regiment , and that regiment w/a ordered to charge thu confederate ) bre4stworl < s "without looking back. " It was rcpu'seJ by the Second Texas regiment , but Hlgglns obeying orders , did not look back , advancing with 'the ' colors in stead , until , spared from death by the bravo Texans owing tQ'Udmlratlon of his courage , ; ho was captured and released on parole. It is now surviving members of thu confederate regiment who malio too uindavlts upon which the old federal veteran receives his modal of honor. In so far as the great majority of those veterans of the blue and gray are concerned , tlio war Is over and the bitterness of sec- tluial eplrlt which it provoked has died out. That bitterness has for many years slnco the war been played upon by politicians for t'helr ' own selfish ends , and In tome few prejudiced and pmlsan minds R still exists , Hut , hap pily , tbe instances of Its survival are rare , and this case of the decoration of federal veteran Higglna on the tcstlmoi ; of Ivla for mer foenen may bo taken as fitly Illustrating the spirit that now prevails among ithe old loldlera who best fought and served through out thu bloody daya of the 'GO'a , Minneapolis ) Journal : The advance In wages In several Industries In the last ten d ys Is ft grief to the a mocratls org-ins , especially as the movement was voluntary on the part ot employers. The silly talk o ( "sbim prccyerlty , " when work Is Increas ingly abundant and wages higher , Is the bable of tools , anil the fool democratic organs ought to see that they can make no oolltlca ! canitnl by continuing It in the taco of ac complished facts. Washington Star : It Is In order to note , with continued gratitude for the tendency of the times , another case of material pros- yerlty roichlog the working people. It Is reported that 25,000 worsted mill operatives In Ilhodo IsMnd are to be advanced In wages 20 per cent , thus restoring their ray scaleof few seasons ago , which was disturbed by Iho depressing commercial conditions. The iirosperlty experienced by the capitalist niusl jventtmlly bo enjoyed in turn by thc/so whom no employs. Nothing demonstrates more clearly the fact that the Interests ot the two clashes , Iho employing and the employed , un practically Identical. The most reassuring sign of the times Is the rtooited announce ment both ot reopening the mills and of re stored wage scales. Kansas City Journal : The announcement hat from 25,000 to 30,000 operatives In the woolen mills of Now Kngland have received notice of a 20 per cent advance In wages , and that thousands of others will enjoy like evidences of prosperity In the near future , must bo Balling news to 'tho political agi tators. It has only 'been ' a few days since notice was given all the employes of the Missouri Pacific railway system that they nro lo receivean advance of 10 pur cent In their wagcu. These are only recent In stances of a general betterment of condi tions among thu 'Wage ' earners of this coun try , as a result of returning prosperity. The Improvement In wages will go on , and will doubtless be particularly noticeable dur ing the next six mouths. New York Mall and Kxpress : What Is likely to become nn Important market for American brcidstuffs Is developing In Japan , where the use of a certain proportion or wheat flour has been adopted In the army and navy under orders from 'tho ' Imperial government. Japan has only within n com paratively recent period begun the use of wheat , but her Imports of Hour and grain from this country have risen from the equiv alent of llSG2r.02 bushels In 1890 to 31- 803,314 bushels In 1890 , with the likelihood that the Increase will bo vastly more rapid now that the cereal has received olllcial commendation. The chances nro that wHh reasonable effort to encourage the consump tive demand In Japan that country can ul timately be developed Into ono of the largest buyers of American grain. IMtOSPKIllTV IX 13VII1KXCI3. Indianapolis Journal : There have been more announcements ot lucreeced wages In volving a greater number of employes in a greater variety ot ( industries during the last fortnight than during any similar period for veal's nast. Chicago Post : Although an Increase of wages of 10 nor cent haa been announced by five of the big mining companies of Iron Mountain , Mich. , we do not Entlclpate that William Jennings Bryan will go out of his way to call attention to the fact. Chicago Tribune : That the era of prosper ity for wage earners has dawned is shown by the fact that the owners of the great woolen mills at a number of points in Rhode Island have voluntarily advanced the wages of a number of their employes 20 per cc/nt / , thereby restoring the schedule to what It was before the panic of 1S)3. ! ) The advance Is estimated as directly affecting the Inter ests of 25,000 operatives. At the same time the window glass manufacturers are re ported to 'be preparing for an advance in the wages ot their employes at the rate of 12 per cent. New York Mall and Express : Another cheering sign of business and Industrial Im provement appears In the voluntary action of the managers of the great Providence and National worsted mills of Rhode Island whereby the wage scale of 1803 is restored , thus assuring an Increase of 20 per cent In the pay of 23,000 operatives. So great an advance in the wages of so large a num ber ot employes is an unmistakable token of returning prosperity , and It Is conclusive evidence that the vast textile industries of New England , where the stress ot hard times has been particularly severe , have finally entered upon a period of legitimate activity. Philadelphia Times : An Instance has Just been furnished .by the Pcneoyd Iron works Which Illustrates the reasons for the rapid increase In the export ot American manufac tures. The government of Holland advertised for bid's for the erection of abridge across the Yes&el , the structure to esst nearly $50U- 000. The Pencoyd Iron company learning of the propccul sent an agent to lloliand to study the specifications and offer a bid. The competitors were bridge builders of Germany and iDelglum , who had the Advantage of familiarity with the 'language ' and local con- dittons , .but . the 'bid ' of the American firm was $13,000 below that of any of Its competitors. Of course the lowest 'bid ' does not Insure the contract to the Pencoyd company , but the fact 'that it could make the lowest bid shows why American locomotives , ste l rails , farm machinery , bicycles and lothor manufactured products are .making such headway In Euro pean markets. I.VDIAX coit.v. 1'roNfnl anil Futiiro rtilt/.nlion of tin- KlllKT Of C TfIllN. New York Journal of Commerce. It Is not easy to explain why. In the com mon conception , wheat should be ranked In Importance ahead of Indian corn. Krom no point of view can wheat bo regarded as the peer of maize , except that It realizes a higher price. The corn crop occupies 82,000,003 acres ; wheat only 31.000,000 acres. The quan tity of the product of corn now averages about 2,000,000,000 bushels ; that of wheat about 450,000,000 bushels ; while the value of the former averages | COO,000,000 and of the latter , on an average for 1890 to 1S95 , only $300,000,000. True , the exports ot wheat reach a much higher value than those of corn , the average valuation of the former , ror uio six years , i&uu to is'JB , Having been $157,000,000 , and of the latter only $00,000- OOu , Hut , In this branch of the trade , corn Is fast gaining upon wheat , the exports for the first nine months of the current year having amounted In value to $47,000,000. whllo the shipments of wheat nnd Hour are valued at $93,000,000 ; In making tlila com parison , however , It IH to bo remembered that this year our wheat exports have been tixtiv.ordlnary , both In quantity and market value. In the economy of domestic consumption , corn holds a far moro Important rank than wheat. Among a largely preponderant pirt of our population It furnishes a variety of wholcsomo artlcliH of diet. It la the basis of our hog product , the exports of which are valued at about $90,000,000 per year. It Is also a leading article of food for cattle , ex celling all other grains In cheapness anil feeding finalities. It Is the basis of our production of distilled spirits , of starch and glucose. Aivl yet the utilities of this plant have as yet been very Imperfectly exploited. It Is perhaps quite' safe to say that tliero 'is not any part of It which cannot be turned to riiiiiuncpHlvo uses ; and yet comparatively little really valuable utility Is found for It cutslJe the resourrcH of thegrain. . The leaves , husks and co ! are virtually wasted and the stalks are rather a nuisance to the farmer then of any value. Everything Is thrown aildo to get the gnln ; and yet , properly used , Uio discarded matters could bo made to yield a value equal to that which Is utilized. There are possibilities connected with this plant which would yield ta > farmer $10 per aero for his crop , where ho row gets for the corn barely $ H. Unless v. uro greatly mistaken , wo shall soon see thiit prod uct shown to be capablu of yielding sugar and other correlative- products at very much below the coat at which raw sugar or glucoao can bo produced from any other existing sources of those products. It has been demonstrated by competent scleutUts who havu thoroughly Investigated the physic- logical structure ot the plant ami Its struc tural conditions at various stages of Its growth , that. In addition to Its present various .uses , It may bo maJo to jiold products of Immense commercial de mand and which would very largely add to the profitableness of American farming In these sections where corn can bo ru'lsod. Wo are aware that these statements will be re garded with Incredulity ; but they are -based upon moro than possibilities ; and in our Judgment may bo rrasotvibly classed among Industrial probabilities likely to bo IOM realized. CA1IJK KOH HH.IOII t.NU , j Uim-nrcl lYntlpiicy of Anirrlonii I > iilun- IrlpH mill \Vnm" . nilcnro Time ? UcmM , . The most RMtltylng foa ; ire of the Indus trial development * of the week was the up ward 'toudency ' In \\.IJM ; In various parts of the country. The weekly trade review * liavo thus far been largely occupied In chronicling advances In the prices of com modities , although thcvj advances lu no In stance have been henvy enough to cnuse any perceptible- hardship to the consuming classes. Dlsp.itches from vnrlou * parts of the coun try , .together with reports to the mercantile agencies , furntah lmU putahla proof tlut wo have not only reached the period of re sumption of normal Industrial activity , with the wnges ot ISOO In force , hut In many manufacturing plants we are already going beyond thU and are yielding to the Inexora ble law ot supply nnd demand , which con- u > ols the prices ot labor ns well as the prices or commodities. During the week the 2,000 employes of the steel works of Jones & I.aiiRhlln of I'lttsburg received a 10 per cent advance In wages ; 1.000 operatives In the works of the Ma- honing iron and Steel company at Youngstown - town and Newcastle received a 10 per cent advance ; the largest pay In live years wa distributed In the .Moorchead & Oo.'s mills at Sharpsburg. Pa. , the puddlers receiving ns high us $1.28 per iay ! ; n voluntary advance of from 10 to 20 per cent was made In the wages ot the employes of the lescomor ! Limestone company , Carbon Limestone com pany. Johnson K. Co. , nnd John H. ( list , at YoucRStown , the largest limestone concerns In Ohio ; the 10 per cent advance In the wages ot the 2,200 employes ot the live big Iron and ore mining companies In the Iron Mountain district of Michigan went Into effect Tuesday ; a voluntary advance of 20 per cent was made In the wages of the worsted workers lu the mills of Providence , restoring the high rates of 1S9S. These are but n few of the Instances ot Increased pay for the wage-earning classes that have been noted for a week past. In the face of such specific and undeniable proofs of Improved Industrial conditions It Is useless for the prophets of distrain to argue that returning prosperity Is confined to the monopolies and corporations. The fact Is , the fanners and wage-earners are reaping the largest share of the fruits of the return of goad times. 1M < ; HT1AX \ K.VATIOX. I'VlrinlilllMc Oiii | > ! < III < > ii lo ( lu ; llll- uiilliiii Tvrnlj' . Imllnnniiolltt Xc\vs. Opposition ! to the annexation of Hawaii la growling. Among the newspapers In oppo sition are the lloston Herald , the New York Times , World and Kvening Post , the Phila delphia Ledger , Record , Inquirer und Times , the Baltimore Sun , the Plttsburg Dispatch the Louisville Courier-Journal , The Omaha Heo , the New Orleans States , the San Fran , c'aco ' Call , the Sacramento Heo , the Los Angeles Kxpress , the Leo Angeles Herald News , the New Bedford Journal , Harper's Weekly and Puck. No doubt there are many other papers , but this Is a formidable array ns it stands. It Is assumed that the treaty will be promptly ratified by the senate , but the chanccu are that there will be a protracted debate over It. Serutor Gray is of the opin ion that considerable time will be required as there are ma.ny Important questions in volved which ought not to bo disposed of without "careful ccaslderatlon. " Senatoi Allison , who la supposed to favor the treaty , admits that "there will be determined oppo sition In the senate , " and that "It will come from men whose ability Is not to be gain said. " Thus some progress his been made In. that we now have a practical assurance that there will be no precipitate action. There are some senators who are afl yet undecided , and they are ? at least as llkelj to decide against annexation as for it. Am : one of them , Senator Harris of Kansas , yes terday declared himself against the treaty. There will no doubt be others. We do not , of course , mean to say that the- annexation movement Is beaten , or oven that It can be beaten. But the situation Is Improving , and there Is a bare chcoceof beating1 It. The people who have , for the uiost part , been indifferent to the matter are beginning to realize what Is Involved in the proposed policy ; that It means the absorption of the islands against the wshe3of ! the people liv ing In them , government of the many by the few , the conferring of statehood upon a people entirely unfit to receive It , and tht > establishment of a precedent which will 'be ' appealed to to support every future propceal ta extend our national domain. The time to otop the Imperial program Is at the be ginning. The sum ot thltj whole matter Is that wo do not need Hawaii nnd the Hawail- aus do .not . want to be ennoxed. That ought to bo enough for rational people. urvrixu OIT. ; Ili-llrlii ) ; fi-nin l.lfV's AcUvllli-s n CVH- li-ul Matter. St. Louis CSlobe-Domocrat. Physicians of long experience agree that letlriug from business , ns It Is called Js a critical matter. Late In llfo mnny'nublts have become automatic , and to cast aside accustomed dally tasks , often mistaken for burdens , Is not unattended with physical risks. If a man quitting business for good has resources to fill up his time congenially then all may go well ; but to drop suddenly from a scene of action to ono of contempla tion ! s a moro serious step than might be supposed. The hours looked forward to for rostfnlncss from earn may drag from va cancy , and the mind prey upon itself for lack of hoilthful outward exercise. Therefore thn wlso old physician recommends caution lu abandoning a useful routine which In the course of years has become second nature. .Something that calls for a wholcsomo ex penditure of energy must take the place of regular work. Often a merchant looks for ward to ending his days on a farm , which will serve for occupation , though not likely , in the hands of an amateur , to be particu larly profitable. Hut If It proves agreeable It contains nature's balm and preservative. An lllustra1.Ion iray bo drawn from a homely source. It Is only lu purt an. ex ample , or perhaps suggestion would bu a better riord , for It relates to an snrmol In an * other Rcale of nrcntlon. Hut long ftinrocta * Mon with man In ono of his most heroic pur * nulls Rives this Inshtncft n e.kilnt to be mm- Uonnl nloii.1 ; \ \ ; < 1tha subject ot retiring from inislncsj. Old Jim Is hH name , And for eighteen years he has pulled nn. cngrlno lu New York my. HP enjoyed Ihp work. When out for exercise thcoH licrso d.inhnt for his place at HIP first stroku of the bi-11. If our detail of the hnvnon wag mlapMccdi ho whinnied until It wad properly adjusted , lie. bit thetirck of slow " " at - n partrrr. or "loafer. ns professionally railed , 'to ' hurry him up. In the stable1 ho turned on the fau < t-t lo water , nnd shook hands with lady vltttora , for the lump of sugar thntpiopcrly ro Mi\cd ! his urtlttewM. In the thlrk i-f his work , nearly aa exciting nnd dniiRcxnis as ( Kit of a Untie , he never lllnehe > \ from lire , stnrko , w-R'tor. ' frost , or the wll.I gullop In which n misstep mcanit dc-atrurtlon. Hut the time onmo when Old Jim. In tha 27th year of his ago uud the nineteenth ot his valiant service , .was . marked tor the re tired list. Oidlnnrlly ho would have gona to the niK'ilon bloek , Jnit tt was reiolved that Old Jim , on the score cf hln evceptlon-.il rec ord , shall npend the remainder ot Ms Aiys on gnus. It will be n great strain on hte con stitution. The nearest approach t the thril ling tocsin of alarm will ! > o Hie tinkle of a distant rowbr-11. poetical In Itself , but a mockery to Old Jim. WUU use ins ho for rjii'lot ' rural landscapes , tlu < whirring mono tone rf summer Insects , or the wintry lonull- nosa ot the horizon In the leafless season ? The tap of si gong on an nretlo ulqrht. a furl- ous plunge with n dtafenliiK rattle nt Ills heels , fttul a red glare ahead in the sky , would wake his blcod clrou'.aio with the old tingleIt Is to bo fea.'ed that the greenest pasture nnd snuggest stall will be- but n irtson for Old Jim. He lias lost flesh slnco 10 was lal-1 off. If holies h'\vc ' Imagination and the gift of dreama and thereIs no rea son .to believe tb.xt they < m not thus favored then Old Jim may-live- the past for n time , but his new ordeal Is full ot perils. nituiirr AMI nuur./.v. Detroit Free Press ! Jones Miss Vcrboso lina Just embiuUed on one or her con versational voynKis. Smlthers Yes. and her escort la over- bored already. Cleveliuid Philn Dealer : "Whnt perfect feet aluhis. ; . " "Yen. You know her father wn qultu u poet. " Chambers' Journal ! Professor You seem to bo very dull. When Alexander Uia ( rent was your ago ho had ulicady con- rjuered the world. Student Well , veil see , ho had Arlsiollo for n teacher. Yonkers StntoMman ; "These shoes you sold mo last week siiuenk so tlmt they keep me awake nights , " said the customer , onteritiK thi' slup Mori1. " "My dear Hlr , " replied the shoe denier re- iissurliiBly , "you shouldn't sleep In them. " Dtrolt Journal : "The eyes , " remarked the observer of men nnd things , "m-r the windows of the soul. The soul ot a girl with dark eyes has thu lulvantiw of be ing able to look out without IK In ; ; ob served. " Chicago Hppord : "There Is no gonulno humility on earth. " "Why do you say BO ? " "The humblest man you know always believes that lie. can poke a eoal lire moro Intelligently than anybody else. " Indianapolis Journal : "One ot the mi'itn- est men I ever knew , " said the oldest loafer , "was an old fellow over nr.ir Plunk- vlllo , who used to no In for vi-m'tiii'l.uil.sm every winter , until ThanksKrlviiiK and Ohilstmas were over , just to keep from buying turkeys for his family. " Cincinnati Knqulrer : "At eve , " sild : thn poetlr boarder , who will Inlllrt liis rom- positlons on the rest of the bruins ot honiPleflsncss , "at eve the cows i-jine lowIng - Ing homo. ' " "Are you sure , " naked Ashury Pep pers , "that they were not hying luiine ? " Chicago Tribune : "flood morning , ma'am. " begun the amiable - with the pmiil' valise , stepping In ihrouRh the- side door that had opened In itsponso to his knock , "I hnvo called " "I see , " interrupted the woman of the house , "and T am not at home. " And she held the door Invitingly opi n. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Clever Idea of mine , " said young Mr , Fltts , "sciitlinjr you a typ.wrltten letter ; wasn't It , dpur ? " "Was she pretty ? " ZUrs. Fills demanded. "Who ? " "The type-writer gli'I. " "ICr why yes. " "I thought so. The love pnssa.ccs In that letter seemed absolutely Inspired , " HAD TO LET CO. ! r c'levelnml leader. Her hnsbniid had reproved her for her great loquacity. "It will never trouble you again , " in angry tones said she ! So s'ie- solemnly sit dci.vn , On her face there was a. frown , And flip never spoke nor stirred For tin hour. Then ho heard A report as from a bomb or a cannon over loaded , Drop the curtain drop It slowly she'd ex ploded ! SIXCK LAST \VM .11 HT. Ijoulsvllio Couilcr-Journnl. The leaves * liavo chunked since last we mot And I liavo watched' ' thi-m slo.vly . f.uK- ; I did not think you could fotxet So soon the vows of frlendsli > ; > made. The summer SIAallows plume their winga And soon will take their southward lliKht ; Thft world a dai'.u'ishadciA Him- * And day gives place to longer nlg.it. Rut In my heart u sadder chill Than winter's toucJi of frost ran \irlns \ , A lesllcs.-t trrh-f lioyond my will , To llml my love so frail a thing. Its life was but the. summer's N'rif ; Its length theshorU si i.\lnti-r's day , A bud In tuminer'F/ rosebud wreath , And then It rudid quite away. The leave * have ch.ins > d clnco last we met Anil tboti art rhaiiRPd with Hi. . m to mu ; Tim1 ni'tMllc lo the pa1' ! sl.uMt Was not moro trim th.in I to Hire- . Tito | i > nvp Imve olinn j. d since hist we mol And all the world I * churned to in- , But never will my heart forgi-t One look nf thine HO d. . ir to me FOR 1893 SERIAL NOVELS S. R. CROCKETT This is a .story of I'omcrania , of about the year 1589 , and is full of love and adventure. The Associated BY FRANK R. STOCKTON 'riii ! > is one of Mr , Stockton's inoit humorous con ceits , written in that famous author' ; , happiest manner. 10 Cents o Copy ; $4 oo a Year , In combination with HAKI-KK'S MAGAZINE and HAKWIK'S DAZAH , $10 oo a Year ; Is oo Six months. HARPER & BROTHERS , Publishers , New York and London