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lioina , whleli clous not hesitate to saj
it covets the whole Indian Territory.
Three months more and there will not
bo a .suitable store building in the ri-tai
business district of. Omuha on the rent si
market.
Tlie election of a United States senator
by the Mississippi legislature by acclsi
mation proves that the feat can still be
accomplished under favorable conditions
One house commit Ire offers to be > ; Ii
retrench men t by abolishing the J'.oard of
Indian Commissioners , the members of
which servo without compensation
Next.
Every man with common sense knows
a hawk from : i handsaw , and every
reputable local merchant knows the dif
ference between -newspaper advertis
ing medium : md a handbill.
Orosvenor must be
weaned from the delusion that he Is goIng -
Ing to have Carl Schura as n > opponent
in tlu > congressional race In his Ohio dis
trict next fall before It becomes danger
ous.
Ilv-Governor Hogg of Texas says he
favors ( lOvernor Hob Taylor of Tennes
see for next democratic candidate for
vice president. Now let Governor Tay
lor return the compliment in true south
ern style.
Missouri Is coming right to the front
with its movement for representation at
Uio Transmlssisslppl Exposition. Mis
souri lias u laudable ambition not to be
outdone In Its exhibit by liny other trans-
mlsslsslppl state.
During the month of December nearly
twice as much American corn went to
Europe as In the corresponding month
of the previous year. The people of
Europe are learning that corn Is useful
for both man and beast.
AVlmt Incentive is there for liquor deal
ers to pay for liquor licenses and fulllll
the other requirements of the license law
when others who have no licenses and
Ignore the law are permitted to carry on
a lawless business under the very eyes
of the police ?
The Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
threatens to appeal to congress to force
tlie Interstate Commerce commission to
make haste with a decision. Congress
Is not noted for swiftness , but its repu
tation hi' this respect is better than that
of the Interstate Commerce commission.
The next city levy ordinance will be
the llrst to bis passed under the now city
charter which fi ts absolute limits upon
the amounts that may be raised for each
of the respective fluids The new charier
prescribes a precise maximum of money
to bo spent for any one purpose In any
one year , and each department .should
be made to understand at the outset that
the original levy constitutes a line which
It cannot overstep.
A republican was elected chairman of
the Hoard of Supervisors of Scott county ,
Iowa , last week , and It happens that he
Is the man who was the last republican
chairman of the board. Itut his other
term as chairman commenced twenty
years ago. Scott county , has long bocn
regarded us tbu county In which the
democracy was strongest , but there Is
not today in Iowa u single county that
cau be counted us surely democratic.
rorrr.An Br.rrr/o.v or x
The Ohio senatorial contest strongly
emphasizes the demand ( lint lulled
States senators shall l > o elected by the
direct vote of the people. It furnishes
n striking example of the possibility of n
betrayal of the popular will In the choice
of senators which Is nearly always pres
ent under the system of election by the
legislatures , Xo one will question that
n very large majority of the republicans
of Ohio nro favorable to Mr. M. A.
Tlfiniia for the senate. He was In
dorsed by the representatives of-the party
In slate convention nnd also received
the Indorsement of nearly every repub
lican county convention. The legisla
tive campaign was conducted on the
part of the republicans with the under
standing that if the party secured a ma
jority of the legislature Mr. Hanim
would be returned to the senate. In
electing a republican legislature the
party manifested Its approval of the In
dorsement of Hanim by the state con
vention. It was nn expression of the
popular will In favor of his election.
There Is not a reasonable doubt that
hail the people voted directly for United
States senator Mr. llanna would have
been chosen.
The result of the election bound the
republican members of the legislature ,
by every consideration of political honor
and of party loyalty , to the support of
the senatorial candidate Indorsed by the
state convention and by the popular
vote. Not to do this Is to betray the
will of the people expressed in the elec
tion of a republican legislature. Tills
certain republicans are endeavoring to
do. They arc combined with democrats
to defeat the senatorial nominee of their
party and as we have heretofore said In
referring to tills contest , If they succeed
In accomplishing their purpose every re
publican In Ohio will have reason to
hang his head In shame.
Tlie situation is not extraordinary so
far as It Illustrates the possibility of de
feating tlie popular will inherent in the
present system of electing United States
senators. The only remedy is in tlie
election of senators by direct vote of
the people and the question of a consti
tutional amendment providing for this
must sooner or later command the seri
ous consideration of the country. Ef
forts have been made In congress from
time to time to have such an amendment
submitted to the legislatures of the sev
eral states and a resolution providing
for this , introduced by Senator Turpio
of Indiana last March , is now , we be
lieve , In thj : hands of the senate com
mittee on privileges and elections. There
Is not much reason to expect that the
present senate will adopt the resolution
if it shall ever be reported to that body ,
but there can be no doubt that intelli
gent public sentiment'is overwhelmingly
In favor of the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
TUB KND Or DUllllANT.
There are n great many people who believe -
lieve that Theodore Durrant was an in
nocent man and they will be strength
ened in this conviction by his declara
tion of innocence on the scaillold. H
will have 'to be admitted , however , that
never did a person charged with capital
crime in this country have greater op
portunity to show guiltlessness than was
given Dnrrant. Ills lawyers were most
zealous and Indefatigable in hi.s defense
and In availing themselves of every legal
device at their command. They left no
resource , cither in the state or tlie fed
eral courts , untried and the thorough
judicial review which tlie case thus re
ceived must satisfy all unbiased minds
that the proof of guilt , although founded
upon circumstantial evidence , was ade
quate. If this be admitted there Is
nothing impressive In the dying declara
tion of Durrant , for a man who could
commit such brutal crimes as lib did
was capable of proclaiming his innocence
to ( lie end.
It was one of the celebrated cases In
criminal annals and we recall none that
attracted more general attention. One
result of It Is likely to be legislation by
congress amending the law granting an
ippiml to the supreme court of the
United States In criminal cases. A bill
> rovidlng for this lias boon introduced
> y Senator Perkins of California and
there are very good reasons to be urged
u Its support , chief among which Is the
fact that this right of appal makes of
.lie highest judicial tribunal the means
of delaying , if not thwarting , justice.
llKhPHn ItY riHtTKCTlOK.
Perhaps no American Industry has re
ceived greater benefit from the new
arlff than that of wool. Statistics have
ecently been published showing the In
crease within the past year of the sheep
nnd wool industry in Montana and what
s true of that state Is relatfvely no of
) thers In which this industry Is more or
ess extensively carried on. An organ of
he wool trade states that while sales
n normal years averaged from -l.OOO.OOO
o fi.OOO.OOO . pounds a week , during 1S)7 ! )
hey exceeded an average of over 10,000-
COO pounds , while prices for the last
ix months of the year , on > oilier than
carpet wools , ranged from 'li to 70 per
out higher than at the beginning of
lie year.
In view of the fact that there were
> normous Importations of wool before
ho present tariff went Into effect , es-
Imated to amount to n two years' sup.
ily , the large demand for the domestic
iroduct nt advanced prices Is somewhat
urprlslng and Is perhaps to lie conuld-
red as In a measure speculative , but It
vlll hardly be questioned that the pro-
ectlon accorded by the Dlngley tariff to
his Industry has had must to do with
he Improvement that has taken place ,
t Is said that the advance in the price of
vool during 1SU7 more than made geode
o the wool trade the losse.s of the throe
irevlous years.
Undoubtedly tills great change for the
Hsttor In the sheep and wool-growing In-
lustry will stimulate Us growth , so that
ho prices of last year may not bo main-
allied this year , but it Is very safe to
redlct that so long ius the present tariff
aw Is in force there will bo no such
ecllne In prices as free wool brought
bout and the business of woolgrowlng
vlll continue profitable. The linprove-
U'lit meaius Immense benellt to the west
ud Is a justification of republican tariff
i
policy which the veriest free trader will
have to admit.
7ATOA.SV.S7Y.nr t IllTICS.
The success of the Transmlsslsslppl
Exposition was long ago fully nsured.
The exposition bus received the endorse
ment and commendation of almost the
entire press of the country. In only
one of all the states of the union has
there been systematic newspaper be
littling of the enterprise , and that Is In
the one where It would be least expected ,
Iowa. Fortunately , the apparent fail
ure to recognize the national chnractor
of the exposition has been eonliued to n
few of the tlowa newspapers , nml these ,
in their criticisms , betray n petty per-
verseiiess that renders their opposition
harmless.
The paper edited by Lieutenant Gov
ernor 1'arrott , whose term of olllce ex
pires next week , referring to Iowa rep
resentation at the exposition , says that
"asking half as much as was appropri
ated for the World's fair ( Chicago ) looks
as though somebody was overdoing the
business , " yet In the next sentence It Is
asserted with reference to the plans for
tlie exposition that "If looks Indicate
anything they arc trying to outrival the
World's fair , and- there will bo n great
waste of money If the buildings are
ever erected. " Sulllce It to say that the
buildings are under construction , many
are practically completed and all certain
to be filled.
Hut the objection most often urged to
the exposition on the part of Iowa
critics Is that It "will bo very largely u
local affair , for the benellt of Omaha
more than anything else , " and that for
Iowa , to "help a neighboring state ad
vertise Itself looks foolish. " The Trans-
mlsslssippl Exposition Is no more nn
Omaha enterprise than the Columbian
exposition was a Chicago project , and
characterizing it : as a scheme to adver
tise Nebraska is on a. par with similar
efforts to Injure the Columbian exposi
tion by calling it an Illinois fair. The
complaint that the plans for the Trans-
mlsstsslppl Exposition are too compre
hensive and tlie charge" " that , it is only a
local affair answer one another com
pletely.
OMAHA AS A nisTitinuTixn CKKTKR.
The founders of Omaha based their
hopes and confidence- the future great
ness of the city upon the natural ad
vantages of Its location. They believed
tiiat Omaha must become the distrib
uting center of the upper Missouri valley
as well us the mining regions of the
Hoekles. This belief was strengthened
liy the designation of Omaha as the east
ern' terminus of the first great trans
continental railroad.
While the Union Pacific was In course
of construction this idea was fully sus
tained. Three of the four trunk lines
from Chicago to tlie Missouri , namely ,
the Northwestern , Kock Island and Hur-
lingtou roads , converged at this point
with their western terminals , making
Omaha the clearing house for the trans
continental travel and traffic.
After the completion of the Union Pa
cific the construction of the Union Pa
cific bridge under a separate charter
granting-to its owners tlie right to exact
arbitrary tolls on all passengers and
shipments interposed a barrier that seri
ously impeded the further expansion of
Omaha's commerce. The juggle by
which the bridge was judicially declared
to be part of the Union Pacific mainline
and yet a separate tollgate and the es
tablishment of the Union Pacific trans
fer depot at what became known as Dil-
lonville created an embargo which for
more than twenty-five jyears crippled
Omaha in Its competition with rival dis
tributing centers. Tlie raising of this
embargo and the divorce between the
Union Pacific and the federal govern
ment assures beyond pcrad venture
Omaha's supremacy In Its territory as a
center of distribution.
This fact is patent not merely to ex
perienced railway managers , but to farsighted -
sighted business men who have studied
the subject and understand the situation.
Foremost among these is Phil Armour ,
who within the past year has staked
more than $1,000,000 upon his judgment
that Omaha Is second to no city west of
Chicago as a trade metropolis. With a
railway system radiating in all diriic-
tlons into the most prolific farming , graz
ing and mining regions of the country.
Omaha enjoys unsurpassed advantages
for converting tlie products of farm and
cattle range Into marketable commodi
ties in demand all the world over. In
the very near future Omaha is destined
to be the distributing center not only for
meat products , but also for tlie beet
sugar Industry , which , next to the cattle
raising Industry , promises to lie the most
potential factor In the future growth and
prosperity of this and surrounding
states. Wldle the cities In the heart
and west of tlie Hookies will doubtless
continue to be the principal seats of
commerce for the mountain states and
Pacific slope , Omaha's share of trallic
from that region , already very extensive ,
will increase from year to year.
The railway postal clerks are again
pressing before congress the roclasslllea-
ilon bill which passed the senate during
the Fifty-fourth congress , but which
failed in the house. The bill Increases
the number of classes In the service and
readjusts the salaries attaching to the
llfferent classes. The railway mall
service Is unquestionably one of the most
mportant arms of the Postolilco depart
ment , and the railway mail clerks are
leserving of treatment nt the hands of
the government which the character of
the work performed by them justifies ,
rile rforvk'o Is not merely clerical , but in
volves continual risk of life and limb , be
sides a constant strain on the nervous
system , which in many cases has de
stroyed the health of robust men who
lave escaped injury by railway accident.
These considerations should be weighed
> y congress in passing upon tliu merits
of the pending hill.
The program for the forthcoming feast
of the .lacksonlans promises an effusion
> y G , M. Hitchcock on "Government by
njunctlon. " .lust what the text of the
earful tale Is to bo Is not disclosed. If
ho most appropriate subject Is to IKS
Irawn upon , however , It will be the case
n which Hitchcock hud himself enjoined
u the district court from breaking the
'contract ' he hnil entered Into to knlfo
Governor Ilolcoii6 , whose candidacy ho
was pretending J j support by polling
cdltorlnl spnco ) I . rotten republican
candlilate for the jijinltlconl sum of $750.
The Denver Itepubllean calls upon the
people of Colorado to get ready for a
flue exhibit of the state at the Trans-
mlsslssippl Exposition. "Something
should be done to Insure n good exhibit
from Colorado nt the Omaha exposition , "
says the Hopnblleau. "That exposition
will represent thtftransmlsslsslppl region
and It will bo n SUi&ne If the greatest of
all the | < fipl states Is not well
represented. Colorrido could make a
splendid exhibit If It would , for It hns n
great variety of excellent material. It
lies with the people to say what they
will do. " Colorado Is coming.
In the old days of the leadership of
Allen G. Thnrmnn the democracy of
Ohio nt least possessed a modicum of
political honor , but In these later days of
the leadership of millionaires like Sorg ,
McLean and Johnson no such pretense
Is made. Victories nrc sought by boodle
or bribery , by browbeating and specious
promises , and a for principles , they are
not even mentioned.
The $10,000 legislative snltlllng com
mittee iliitLs fault because the supreme
court reports are not cut up Into more
volumes at so much per volume to every
lawyer- who keeps a sot. We fear that
the lawyers , no matter what their poli
tics , will fall to appreciate tlie point of
this objection.
An application to , the Nebraska su
preme court for a new trial for a boy
convicted of murder rests on the ground
that the attorney who defended the
prisoner was nothing but a horse doc
tor. The problem is to determine
whether tills is an Insult to the bar or a
compliment to the veterinarians.
Nebraska has for the first time in its
history a supreme court consisting of
judges of different political faiths. It
ouclit not to take long to demonstrate
the truth or falsity so far as tills court is
concerned of the oft-repeated assertion
that the bench knows no politics.
I > c ( ( lie SiiollNinei
Hnrtfonl Cournnt ,
The merit system lias conic to stay , as
William McKlnIey remarked In 1S90. Let
the heathen rage. Theru's 110 harm dc-ne.
Tlie Farm UN it Kohl .Mini- .
Phlliulcliihla n coord.
The plodding farmer holds his own against
the Bold searchers oven In Colorado. The
farms produced $46,905,000 ; the mines , ? 45-
384,600.
llcyoiiil the Jleuch of < lie Stnue.
lialtlmoro American.
Congress Is the only iiromlnent factor In
the world's affairs which has so far escaped
the rage for dramatization. IJut , then , two
formidable objectlpnsatand : in the way of ita
being made Into a play ft Is too talky , and ,
as u rule , ft lacks action.
The AVliliiri.ufi the i'iuteher.
New York Tribune.
Half a .million non-combatants , largely
womcci and children , dead of dlse-ase and
starvation. That is the record of Weylcr's
administration in' CQba. And. now he
whines and pretests that President 'McKluley
has wronged Mmr In i declaring his methods
of warfare Inhuman/ killing off one-third
of the 'population ' of n. country is not exter
mination , what Is tt-
The Hnillaiit Future.
Minneapolis Journal.
I < ot nobody think that this nation has
seen its meat prosperous days.Ve are In
the vestibule of the greatest century of the
world's history , which will witness ameliora
tion of social and industrial conditions , not
after the flimsy nnd impractical theories of
tlie nineteenth century idealists , but by the
application of sound business and ethical
principles.
i iA Vlcloui
' Minneapolis Journal.
After all. does not the disgusting Ohio
senatorial light show ccucluslvcly that the
election of senators should bo taken out of
the hands of legislatures and handed over to
the people at their regular elections ? It has
been shown again and again that the present
system is vicious. An effort should bo made
to amend the constitution so as to have
senators chosen directly by the people , who
eta bo trusted to cfcooso bolter men than the
legislatures cheese under corrupt lobby cora-
pulaioii.
Cumin * ? Into the Kolil. "
New York Mnll nn < l Rxpress.
Venezuela was one of the few countries of
South America that persistently ignored the
opportunities for commercial reciprocity
under the McKinlcy tariff. As a result , her
coffee was practically excluded from this
country , by reason of the reduced duties upon
Urazlllan and other coffee under reciprocal
agreements with the United States. Having
learned this lesson , Venezuela is now about
to open negotiations for reciprocity under the
Dlngley tariff , and her advances will be met
In a spirit of fair concession In return for
her removal of discriminating exactions
agalust our pork nnd lard.
I'M < i-li > IH on Pension He-form.
DulYulo Kxp-uss ,
Encampment No. 1 of the Unlcn Veteran
Leglco of Transylvania , located In Plttsburg ,
has adopted resolutions condemning the pen
sion net of 1890 , "us opening the door to
frauds and perjury , " anJ condemning , also ,
the granting of special pensions. This en-
compmccit Is composed of over 1,000 veterans ,
whr.se average term of servlco was more than
thrco years andi two months. Not CO per
cent of Its members are on the peivjlon rolls ,
It la In such a patriotic spirit as this among
the veterans themselves that the best hope
of prasion reform llc.i.
* CO.\iIIIj. ; AlVI ) CIVII * tSK
Tliu Dc-iimnil for iMorir OillueK ( o
I''n nn Out.
Chicago I'ost.
Tiio threo-corner d conflict over tno civil
servlco lavat ! oxtendqi and applied by the
executive department , has at lust opened In
the house of rcprfisoutatlves. The Oobato
la connected vltu , .tlio item for the main
tenance of the commission In the legislative , '
executive } and Judicial appropriation bill , and
those -who would yjlpo out the entire merit
system In favor \p [ | the spoils doctrine
threaten to utrlko .out jtho appropriation. It
is hardly necessary tOsay | that few rational
representatives take thuni seriously , and It
may even bo doubted whether they do not ,
when unobserved , wink at each other , llko
the Koman augtirn nuJ humbugs of later
days. . , , j
In opposition to.-thcso "reformers" there
nro thnso who defend the law as it stands ,
as well as tho.io who favor certain 'reasonable '
modification. The position of the latter finds
considerable weighty Support In the sugges
tions submitted by.ibollcablnot officers In re
sponse to the senator resolution requesting In
formation as to the working of the civil
service law. Thus Secretary Sherman would
except from the operation of the classified
Hcrvico principle the chief clerk and the six
chiefs of-bureaus. These ofllcers , ho explains ,
bear a close personal relation to the sec
retary , and It Is through them that the as
sistant secretary Is enabled to transact his
duties : accordingly. It seems to lilm the part
of wisdom that tluiy should be In sympathetic
touch with the head of the department.
These olllcers , the secretary recommends ,
should cither be appointed by the president ,
with the consent of the senate , or by the
secretary , acting tor the president , an was
formerly the case.
Secretary Oago believes that a considerable
number of places put In the classified service
In 1896 should bo exempted from the civil
service law. The most Important are In the.
Intornnl revenue swvlco nnd In the
custo-Ilau tcrvlco In the- public buildlnga
throiiRhout the country. The secretary
further makes certain minor suggestions In
rtnard to the power of transfer nuj appoint
ment.
Strangely enough , In > plto of the fast tbnt
thceo recommendations * rc inaJ ? in direct
rcspon o to n resolution which could not bo
Ignored without contempt of tr-c senate , ccr.
tain enemies of th < .tygtem Intemo-jratcly assailed -
sailed the secretaries for Appealing to con
gress for relief which the president himself
has full authority to grant. In point of fact ,
no secretary sks for any "relief. " Aware
of the Intention of congress to Investigate
nnd overhaul the civil servlco system , the
cabinet omcors , complying with nn explicit
request for Information , state what changes
they deem deslrnblc. U congress eh on Id
leave matters In status quo. It Is quite prob
able that the modifications suggested will bo
made by the president on his own responsi
bility.
U Is Important to bear In mind that the
suggestions of the secretaries have absolutely
nothing to do with the wnrfaro upon civil
scrvlco by the spoilsmen In congress. The
latter cnro nothing about the efnclcncy of the
servlco : they simply want Jobs for the hun
gry , mid political capital. Their failure U a
foregone conclusion.
'Koniir.\ ' i > i.M.\\n ron con * .
Stonily Iiiei-eane In ( lie Quantify Sent
Alirond.
Chicago Tribune.
The Tribune nmdo mention yesterday ot
the heavy shipments nt corn to Europe Inst
year and expressed the confident hcpo that
those shipments would Increase rapidly In the
near future. U Is to the Interest of nil the
farmers of the west that that hope stiould be
realized and Europe take annually about 500-
000,000 bushels of American corn.
That section of the United States lying be
tween the Allegheny mountains and the
ninety-ninth parallel ot longitude nnd between
Canada and the cot-ton states yields umiually
over 2,000,000,000 bushels ot fine , sound
corn fit for food and feed Tor man , beast nnd
bird. The following table shows what nine
American states cau do when It comes to
raising corn :
State. MufheK Stale.
Ohio 1 lO/MO.OOO 200.0CO.CCO
Inillnnn 140.000flOO Kentucky . . . . lOO.OOO.OiW
Illinois coo.o.n.ooo ) 113,000,000
2.,0 OW.OflO Total 2OM , O.OM
SOO.OlO.OXI
The other states produce nearly 600,000,000
more and the corn acreage In Hie south U
increasing continually. There Is no country
on the globe that can drcim ot competing
with the United States in the ralsUig of corn.
The corn crop Is enormous -with prlcca
what they nro. If there was an advance
so that corn was worth from 40 to 50 cents
a bushel at the shipping iporls , or 33to 40
cents a ibushcl on itho farm of the western
producer , the product would ibo Increased
enormously almost every year In the hope
of getting that rich reward.
Vast exportatlons of corn to Europe , which
before the end ot1 ten years will -bo 500,000-
000 ibushels and may reach 600,000,000 or
700,000,000 , will have a marked effect on
the 'prlco ' of i > cef , pork , poultry nnd all the
other corn-fed products of 'the ' farmer. The
prlco he gets for -them will be considerably
higher than it has "been " during the last
twenty years on an average.
A similar advance in prlco may Ibo ex
pected In. the case of two other great corn
products alcohol arid glucose. Aa the raw
material becomes more costly the price of
the manufactured commodities Increases. So
when corn , that king of American cereals ,
brings a higher price , many other industries
are .benefited.
Thua far The Tribune .has spoken only of
corn exports to Europe. There is no reason ,
however , why the inhabitants of other con
tinents should not become consumers of
that cereal. Five years ago no corn wa.j .
ont > tn Africa or Asia. Last year 2.000.000
bushels were shipped to .Africa aud there
were small shipments 'to Asia and Aus
tralasia.
There -ire In China nnd India 800,000,000
human beings who consume great quantities
of rice , wheat , millet and barley. There
is no reason why they should not become
heavy consumers of maize and thus furnish
an additional market for a great American
product. The millions of owners ot good
corn farms in- the United States are to bo
congratulated on the gcod fortune which
the future Ms In store for them.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Mayor Qulncy of Boston reiterates In bis
annual message the assertion that the two-
house common council Is a huge failure.
Charley Kurtz , tlie Ohio Insurgent , Is nn
expert : neoager of oil rooms. He has
been state oil Inspector for several years.
Now Rhode Island threatens to revise its
constitution and Incidentally abDllsh one of
Its capitals. In the words of the African
evangelist. "De world do move. "
Every Tammanyito going into offlco pro
claims himself n reformer in public. Pri
vately he chuckles and muses , "This 'ere re
form graft Is a great pudding. "
That $1,500 salary which the Chicago alder
men voted ostensibly for secretaries is
reaching the spot Intended. Eight of them
have appointed their wives as secretaries.
Tammany proposes to bounce every im
ported teacher In the schools of Greater Now
York. If that rule was applied to the Tum-
manyltes , how Icaesome the mayor would bo.
George Fred Williams has accepted nn In
vitation to speak In Denver tonight. George
will' ' glorify the hero of New Orleans by
masticating several bales of cotton with sil
ver frln co.
Governor Stuihcns of Missouri Is a
Methodist nnd hns recently met with a storm
of condemnation from the ministers of his
denomination because ho permits dancing ut
his receptions.
Thomas Byrnes , ex-chief of the New York
police , managed to capture a Job from the
Tammany crowd. Ho secured an office In
which there is no lack of atmosphere com
missioner of sowers.
Governor Lowndes of Marykcid has estab
lished n remarkable precedent. Ho has with
drawn as n candidate for senator , lest he
might bo accused of using the patronage of
his office to further his ambition.
The assembling of Joe Blackburn's legis
lature In Kentucky provoked a four-column
remark from Henry Wattcraon. The gist of
It Is that Henry Is peacefully Inclined , but If
ho muni light , ho will fight to a finish.
The legislatures of Ohio and Kentucky mot
on Monday , that of Mississippi on Tuesday
and the legislatures of Maryland , Massa
chusetts and New York on Wednesday , so
that this may bo regarded as a fairly good
week for legislatures ,
The city of Brooklyn mndo a very hand-
Eomo deal In consenting to union with New
York. A neat deficit of ? 5,000,000 was worked
off on the consolidated city andi a reduction
of ? 39,000,000 In tax values was effected before -
fore the ceremony was finished.
Kvi-rrlHlntr tlie I'jirdnnliiKI'oiver. .
Chicago Tribune.
A good deal -of critic-lain Sias been aimed
at President McICInloy by cer'aln newspapers
of late ca- account of his alleged excessive
IMO of the pardoning power , especially In
favor of tnhk-wreckors and persona convicted
of llko offcnsps. An ex'unlnatlci ' ] of the
records , however , develops the fact that
President 'McKInley's ' exercise of his preroga
tive ! IMS bee less frequent during Ills Incum
bency UiiTi for a number of years past the
dlffcrdnco being that under the present ad
ministration the records have bcc'.i open to
public Inspection , wftlle under Its predccercor
they have not. Wh'llo ' during the < cn months
cf President McKinloy'a incumbency ( ho has
granted nlnty-aovcn pardons , It Is shown that
during the last ten months of Cleveland's ad
ministration the number ot pardons mounted
up to 220 , of which 'thirty-two were for
embezzlements , at'jinst ' fourteen of tiila
character Issued by McKlnIey. The aggre
gate number of pardons granted by Presi
dent Cleveland by years wea 149 for the year
ending .March , 1895 ; 159 for 1S9C , and 224 for
1837. In the last ycur of Cleveland's ad
ministration there ecema to have been grcot
actlvhy in this line , duo largely , no doubt ,
to political Influence and the knowledge that
ho was shortly to retire from ofllce.
"Ul-llllllllcn Oil Mull C n in 111 lie.
NU\V YORK , Jan. 7-Tho efforts that have
been mndo during1 the last three wosks to
bring about u combination of Menhaden oil
Interests have been eucceasful. It was an
nounced today tlmt nil of tliu factories in
the country would bo placed under one et
of olliconi within the next two weeks. Ar
ticles of Incorporation will bo filed at Tren
ton , N. J. , on Monday or Tuesday next. The
capital Involved la about J12,0"/OW.
I.A.VDS TIIAoLns ,
If Jnprui could only get the big wnr ships
ivhlch re now In proeewj of construction
for her In various European nnd American
shipyard ! , ehe would doubtless mnko a much
stlffor eland ngalnit the aggression of land-
grabbing powers In eastern Asia.Vnr
just now would tic them up , unless It ehould
happen that England Joined Japan. Then
the ships that British firms nro building ,
which Include the greater part of nil the
boats under construction for the Japanese
government- could not only bo token pos
session of , but rushed to completion with nil
haste. That Is one very strong reason for
believing that If Japan should resist the at
tempts lo carve up the Chinese empire , In n
way that meant war , It would bo n sum sign
of nn alliance with Great Britain. Such n
union of Interests would bo very popular In
England , In some respects. It would open
now possibilities In the way of recruiting
good eoldlcrs , mid plenty of them ) to fight
under British officers or In British pay , and
It would promise England the bulk of the
trade of Japan for n long time to come. The
last would bo the consideration having most
weight In Great Britain.
Ilussla Is now nt a stand. U eccms that
the Indian rebellion is not so formidable
ns eho had hoped , and It scorns that she
must wait another opportunity , She Is capa.
bio of biding her time and ot seizing It when
It comes , for she. may say of herself In
Asia , as truthfully as Lord Salisbury s.ild
of England In Africa , that "her objects nrc
strictly business. " Both Utmtla and England ,
being on business , nre nmt-nablc to reason ,
The kaiser's notion of business Is to ntlmu-
late n declining German trade by war ship ? .
Tlie business world of Germany does not
agree with him , but he has the power of
putting his opinion In practice. In the
presence of the real rivnls ho presents n
particularly absurd appearance expounding
Ills mediaeval doctrines nnd serenely uncon
scious all the while that he Is not at the
center of the situation.
* *
A correspondent or the London Standard ,
writing from Berlin , gives some Interesting
details concerning the new war Meet which
Is in process of constructlco for Japan In
different parts of the world. It Ecems that
sliu Is building more end hotter ships than
ouy power cxceot England , and that , ' as fias
been pointed out already , she will bo ready
for all possible eventualities If she can only
keep the veace for n year or two longer.
Three vcsscla of 11,800 tens , two of which
are nearly finished , arc being built In British
yards ; one battleship of 10,000 tons Is being
built by Armstrong ; four first-class armored
cruisers of D.GOO tons , with a speed of twenty
knots , are assigned , two to Armstrong , one
to the Vulcan company , cicar Stettin , ami ono
to France ; two cruisers of 5,000 tons , with
twenty-three knots , have been ordered in
the United 'States ; ono cruller of1,300 ton ? ,
with twenty-three knots , nnd eight torpedo-
beat destroyers , with thirty knots , In Kcig-
Innd ; eight torpedo beats at Elblng ; four In
France , and three cruisers of 3,000 tons , with
twenty knots , three -toipcdo boats , and a
signal ship are being built in the imperial
yard at Jokosk , In Japan , where no Iron
clad cruiser of 0,000 tons , with twenty knots ,
will scon bo begun. Japan has also ordered
her torpedo boat flotilla tobo fitted out ns
quickly as possible In her own yards , nnd
la about to form a second squadron. It Is
evident , therefore , that the Javanese- navy
will soca rank next to that of France , and
considerably ahead ot the fleets of Germany
and llussla. nnd the vessels , of course , will
bo of the very latest and best types.
i * * *
France wisely regards with complacency
the Increasing strength of the movement In
Germany , headed by the emperor , which
alms to make the 'German- fleet one of the
greatest In the world. ( The farther Germany
KOS in that direction the moro difficult
It will bo to carry her military prepara
tions beyou'd the limit of French resources.
The difference In population between the
two couutrles , a difference which Is steadily
Increasing , might soon make It Impa-r-lble
for France to keep her army near that of
Germany , If only a little of the money and
a small part of the men avallatle In the
latter empire- were used on the seas. If
Germany should undertake to rival England
in- naval power , the case would become
entirely different. Let the German fleet and
the German colonies absorb enough men and
money , and Franco will bo placed in a bet
ter position for possible" war with her big
neighbor than she has been at any time in
many years. That is doubtless the reason
why the public men of the French republic
show no uneasiness era account of German
willingness to undertake the creation of n
great navy.
* * *
>
So far as the simple race for Khartoum Is
concerned , the British have it well In hand.
Their gunboats are patrolling the Nile as far
south as Shcndy , only a hundred miles from.
Khartoum , and the latter plnco could bo In
vested within a fortnight if it were necessary
to do so , to save it from other seizure. That
Captain Marchand will attempt the conquest
of Khartoum with his present force Is not
conceivable. He lias only a handful of men.
Neither Is it conceivable that the French will
make an alliance with thekhalifa and his
cutthroat dervishes. Despite the alleged
identity of Osinan Dlgna and the vagaries
ot Olllvler Pain , the most highly civilized
nation 0:1 : the continent of Europe Is not
going to join forces with the most depraved
set of savages in all Africa. The question ,
then. Is not how much further Ointaln
Marchand will proceed , but whether the
French government will assert ownorshlp or
control.nf the region he has already traversed ,
between Dem Zlbor and Tamboura and The
Nile.
*
The sixtieth anniversary of Pope Leo's
first celebration of maas recalls attention
to the extreme ago of the venerable supreme
pontiff. Leo XIII has already surpassed the
average ago and length of reign of the holy
fathers. Slnco the return from Avignon to
Rome only sixteen pontiffs have lived more
than eighteen years , Of tha 293 popes who
have succeeded St. Peter , only eleven have
reigned mere than seventeen years. On the
seventh of next month Leo XIII will have
rclgcied twenty years. Vlnconzo Glcacchlno
Peccl was born on March 2 , 1810 , at Car-
plneto. In the state of the church ; acid he
is a descendant , through his mother , of the
celebrated Cola dl Ulenzl , "tho last of the
Hornan tribunes. " Ho was but a month past
GO years old when he was elected to the
pcpacy. Of him Justin McCarthy has remarked -
marked : ' "T.iero have been political fiopcu
aud theological popes , but Leo XIII Is above
all things u philanthropic pope. "
UUAIXT K13A'ItitI2S OF I.IFfi.
"A man sees lota of funny things while
traveling around the country , hut the most
peculiar sight I ever saw was In Omaha the
last time I was there , " said Charles Killlnger
of Cincinnati. "Wlillo walking along the
street there ono day I saw two negroes with
hair as red as any icd hair you ever saw. It
was at ) kinky as the negro wool usually is.
It was n funny sight , and I stopped to look
at them an they went down the street. A
friend of in I no who resides there told me
thnso negroes had coino from the south some
years ago , and as far as ho know , were
full-blooded darkles. Six-lingered people nro
not uncommon , but for freaks thocio darkles
took the cake. "
Los Ai ; olfH has a dog with a false Io ; ; .
Ho is a little , brown , curly-coated fellow ,
part Gordon tetter , part water spaniel and
part several other things. Ono of his forc-
lego was BO severely Injured in n flght with
a dog twice his slzo that his master , who Is
a veterinary surgeon , cut it off. But the lit
tle fellow looked no pitiful , and ecomcd at
such a disadvantage , limping about on his
thrco Icg3 , that his master mnilo a wooden
leg and strapped It to the dog's stump. At
first It seemed rather nn embarrassment to
the dog , but lie- soon learned how to use
It , and now patters and stump. ) along as rapIdly -
Idly as If his legs were all of imture'ci own
make. Ho has learned how to use the wooden
leg In a fight , too , aud when ho wbnclis the
other dog over the tender part of the nose
with It the enemy la pretty euro to retire In
pain. i
Mr. H. A. Sylvester of Ilockport , Mo. , offers
to match pennies not for gambling purposes ,
though with any man In Maine. Ills treas
ure Is the first cent ever given him , and It
has reposed In his pocket for years. He
withstood all the candy temptatlono Of his
childhood , and kept hla pocketpieceunspent. .
When ho grew up ho went to sea for fourteen
years , and never Irat his cunt. At one time
ho wa wrecked , aud waa taken from a
anil illsmnstoiT verool In so rx
hautlod a condition that his rescuers had t < J
remove his clothing , hut ho had strength
enough to beg them to look out ami not loan
his cent. Ho carried It to C.i'lfornla. where
ho was etiK.iRccl In mining for four yearn ,
and on n trip through the wild country In
Idaho nnd Montana. Naturally , It Is worn
smooth , but ho wouldn't exchange It for a
gold eagle.
Mary 'Kxley ' , daughter of ft farmer llvlns
eight miles northwest of Junction City. Kan , ,
was \\clghcil nnd measured the other day , nnd
Is probably the largest child of her age In the
world. She was born ( August IB , 1SS9 , and
weighs IBS pounds. She la 5 feet 9 Inchra
tall and 5 fret 2 Inches around the waist.
8ho wns n small baby , but Is now growing
very rapidly. Her mother weighs 1CS pounds
and her father Is n medium-sited man. Tha
girl Is nctlvo and strong , and seems perfectly
healthy ,
Paul Pclkey of Fllmore , .Mo. . . Is rtlll livltiR
und Is 102 years old. He * took sick and
dlod forty years ago , was dressed In grave
clothes &tid was placed In at coflln In an up-
Btalra room nt his homo. Tiic funeral was
ready to start and the stairs were very nar
row and old-Mr-hloncd , and but two HUM
could handle the coffin. They starred down
the stairway wltb the coflln and ono of the
men slipped , mid down went the coflln
buinply-bunip. Tfio coffXi broke up and the
rorpso sat up and rubbed hU eyes > ind asked
for a drink of water , and Paul 1'olkeyVi
funeral was put oft Indefinitely nd bis not
slncei bcii announced , cud Is ild Is not
likely > ; o be for some timeto conic.
Mr. John Howard of BaMwIek , Morgan
county , G'i. , died under peculiar circum
stances on the tilght of Uecembcr 12. Pre
vious he dreamed that hohad died before
Christinas. On the next and ' .he following
nlgb's he dreamed tjie came thltig , all tJireo
dreams being vivid and alike In every partic
ular. IIo nt cnco. made up hU mind th'U
ho was going to die. The llrst thing ho
did was to t'-lto ' enit n life Insurance' policy.
IIo then began a scrUd ot visits to 'Ma rela
tives , tolling them of Iris dreams and that
hoas visiting 1410111 for the Mst time. Go
ing to 'Madlssn ' ho bought for Ills fion a
velocipede , something he could 111 afford to
do , but paid na ho was to die iwon ho wanted
to see < : ho llttlo fellow happy before he left.
Sunday he dined with his old mother nnd
told her It wca Kio last time she would BCU
him alive. Sunday night ho railed on his
family , wifennd thrco children , gave them a
farewell talk , kissed them affectionately ,
prayed for them , and went > 'o bed. saying ho
would die before 12 o'clock. JtMt before
that hour he breathed hU last. lid was 2F
years ) old und in gcad ticulth.
.II.XCM.NC .MIUTII ,
lloslon Courier.
If love Is blln-1 , ns we have rend ,
And sagi'si of nil times hnvu snld. '
Then uurely It Is proven quite
There's no such thing ns "love on sight. "
Washington Stnr.
When you've written ' 07 ,
In putting down thn dates
It only takes a ourlycuu
To change It to nn 8.
Ko Tribune.
You're brave , lltllc Jap ,
Hut take cnrc tnko care !
You'd make but n. bite
For the Russian bear.
IMillmlclpliln lliillcltn.
A woman looks Into a
Until she's fascinated ;
A man looks in another kind
Till he's intoxicated.
Iteconl.
Though In many i.vuys you're ablo.
And nr < . up to every trick.
You can't buy a kitchen tnbln
With n drawer that doesn't stick.
Detroit Jnuinnl.
She sobbed her little , heart out , there ,
While tne lights burned low nnd dim-
She sobbed n heart out of herself , ah , yea ,
Hut she sobbed no diamond out of him.
Washington Stnr.
He sadly vows that lie hns been
The alaytblng ot the fates.
He looks at the thermometer
And then nt Ills new skates.
Chlcnso NIIVK.
He Is deaf In one ear , but ho seems not tfl
care.
His pose Is still careful nnd Ray ;
When inuslciil neighbors embark on a tear
He Bleeps with his bad ear that way.
CLAM 'JtlVKK ' DANC1C.
( Cal Stone , thn "Sapollo Bclvidcrc" pas-
singer niient of the St. Paul & Dulutli
railroad , attended a function of lumber
camp society nt Cloquet , Minn. , and was
so Impressed with the charms of the affair
thnt he called bis muse into action and
thus Immortalized the "calling oft : " )
Git yer cant-hook on a lady
Slide her out here on the lloor.
What's the matter with youso fellers ?
Alnt yer got ycr nerve no moro ?
That's right. Say , this alnt no log Jamj
Spread out like a lot o' stumps ,
Saw that crazy Dutchman's legs oft
'Fore ho Jiez a case o' Jumps.
I lev yer got the logs a-runnln' ? /
Pipes don't go et this liero rag-
Gents don't romc ter danczs , Ole ,
When they've eot a red hot jag- .
Cook knln't scale his denied' old Hddlc
Yes , be kin , so let her go !
Homier podnera ! Fust four forward !
Come agin 'n don't bo slow !
All cross over ! Where's your manners ,
Heddy liurko ? Throw out that cudl
Splttln1 on the floor's forbidden
Try It 'n y'll lose some blood.
Back agin ! So ! That's the caper !
Grab yer gals , 'n xpln eroun' ;
Don't bo skeered tor F/iiieeze n little-
Places all ! 'n stnn' yer grouti' .
Side four forward ! here , no scrappln'l ,
Part thjm fellers ! chuck 'em out ! |
Git that Polnob's knlfo 'n slnm him !
That's Kood ! Jilff him , Sauerkraut ! | :
eiHy , ladles ! side four forward ! . '
No one's Roln' ter hurt yor now.
All cross over ! bore's a , plno slab
That'll settle any row.
GROWING CHILDKEN.
TinI'rrloil When Hie Ttcrvnnn Actlv *
i . liy IN nt HH GrealcHU
The Homo uoctor. I
"Against the practice of giving tea anfl
coffee to children , wo cannot npcnk too
strongly. Childhood U the period when the
nervous activity Is nt Its greatest. The
brain Is ever busy receiving now Impres
sions , Ileflox nctlon , co-ordination of mus
cles , and the special -senses a-rc all under a
apeclal course of training.
The nervous system Is pushed to Its utmost
capacity , and long la the list of victims tint
follow its ovcr-atlmulatlon. In these llttlo
people nothing but harm can come from the
use of ouch cerebral stirnulentH as tea or
coffee , Had , then , as this practice is , let us ,
as physicians , bo aggressive In Ita prohibi
tion ,
Do not bo satisfied by answering "No , "
when asked as to Its use , but lot us teach
the families with whom wo conio In contact
that such practice U evil. Wo cpoak em
phatically , because not only among the poor
and uneducated , hut among the rich , who
should know better , tills practice h mar-
vclously prevalent. "
Children llko n warm beverage for break
fast and It U well for thorn to have It if
( he drink la a food and not a drug.
Poiitum Food Coffee Is made to supply
a rich , nourishing liquid ifood , with a crisp
colfco taste , for those who cannot and BhouU
not u o coffee. Analysis shows It to contain
about fourteen per cent of muncle forming
elements and CG.ll per cent of energy and
fat producing1 clemcnU ) , which ga to nourish
ami nustaln the delicate nerve centers
throughout the body und from which the
vital energy proceeds.
The supreme Importance of proper food In
place of drugs Is not generally understood ,
but , the success of child or adult depends
largely -upon proper sustenance for the body.
Children who depend upon tbo Intelligence of
their elders to furnUh them with good food
deserve our most careful attention anij
thought upon thle subject.