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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1898)
TIIEJDMAIIA DAILY BEE B. HOSBWATim , Editor. PUiltlSIIKD EVBIir MOIININO. OK BUBSCIUPTtOX ! Dally Ute ( Without Sunday ) . On Year t Dally life nn < I Hunday , One Year . . . . - < Six Monlhn * Three Months , . . . . . . J Hunday Ifc-e , One Yf-nr. . , . 2 Hnturdny lire , Ono Yenr 1 Wtrkly lite. One Year OKFICKSl Omnlia : Tlie Dee llulhllnr. Booth Omnnn : Slniter Illk. , Cor. N and Jlth St Council Illurrii ! 10 I'wirl Street. Chicago Oillce : 11T Clmmbcr of Commerce. New Yorki Toinplc ( ? urt. tVaihlnEtom Wl Fourteenth Street CXmniiSI-ONDKNCK. All communications rclttlnit to ncwg and * dlt < rial matter MiouM l > o nildrtjscd : To the EJIto HUBIMKri.S I.UTTK11H. All VuMnern Utters nnd remittances nhould 1 kddreireU to The lice I'ubllslilntt Compan ; Omaha , Diafta , check * , riprcss and po toTl ( < money order * to bo nude payable to the order i tlio company. TUB DEE 1'ttHMSHINQ COMPANY. 8TATKMKNT W ClUCUI.ATtON. Etale or N'ol.innkn , Uouulns County , s- . : ilmifp II. TMchucIt , so retnry of The lln I'ol ll-hlnc ( Mniiiaiiy , liclnB duly fworn.nys tlmt tl actual nimil.tr of full nnd complete coplrs of Tl IJ.ill ) ' , MornliiK , IZvenlnx and Sunday ih-o ptlntt during Ilia inuiitii of December , HS7 , nan an to lows : OICOHOR II. Pwcrn to liefntp me nnd subscribed In m ; preufnre tills 1st ilay of Jonunry. Ifti ? . ( goal. ) N. 1 > . FUll. Nolnry Public. ICKKP IT UIKOIU : ; TIII ; Tin * iiRKrfYiili carrier 1i'llvrry elr rnlnllini of TIic Kvriilnir Iti-o 1 : limliliMie iiKKD'Knt r cnrrli-r ili-llver : I'lrrnlitUnii nf the livening Wnrli1 < llrriilil mi < l more ( linn ftlv tlnii" Rronlrr llniii IIii * uurcfinlc cnrrlui ilrllvrry clrrtilnllon of tinMornliu ' \Vurld-lli-ralil In Onialiii anil S < nil Oiniilin. Tinoiirrlrr delivery clrciilntlon ol Tin * Kvriiluiv Her ronolicH 7,1)1(1 ) linnr Ililc Niiliifirlliprt < lint nre i ( rcnclici liy ( InKvcnlnir Wnrlil-llornlil n il 7IKI iiili.ioi-lliri-K Unit lire mil readied liy Uio Mi.rnliuv WiirlU-IIcrnlil. More tliaii IIOO enrrler deliver } HiiIi.ierllterN < < > The Onialiii Kvviilnt ! Ilee anil TinOiniiliii MorningItee tire not reaeheil eltlier liy the Morning AVoriil-IIoraltl or the KveitliiK IVorlil- Herald. It proeM trillion ) Haying ; thai the mini. Iier of eoples iif Tim Kwntuts lice or The Morning : Hep Noltl hy dealers anil neivnhoy.s c.-vceeilM liy n very coiislili-r- iilile the iiuinlier of World-lleralil dalllen , iniirnliiK anil evciiliif ? , solil 1 > > tlenlert nnd IIIMV. > I > IOYM. Mim nro flnnlly l > i > ; ; liiiiiii to realize thut K < iliiK on an ollieiul Ininil In Xc- liraskn Is not muroly a ii fonnnlliy. C'lilcn o railroad that llrst ab- Borlw the bridge arbitrary will ln tlin road that will have tlio best claim to the bii.slnowsi of Onialiti shippers. Kiiij ; Al-Sar-Hon bus Incorporated under the laws of NobrasUti. We believe - lievo this Is tin ; only example of Incorporator - corporator ! royalty In these parts. Kentucky reports the advent of tlio cyclone season. Since politics became so dreadfully ndxeil In the old common wealth even the seasons are awry. Much of ( ho congressional talk about the civil service rules Is intended for the comfort of disappointed ollleescek * ers or those who are destined to dlsap > pointnieiit. Ciuncrnl Weyler has predltted an armed conflict l > etweeii the United States and .Spain. Tills would doubt less be u distinct help to him In hiding Ills unsavory record. After all , public opinion appears to bo a living force in Ohio , much to the chii Krlii of the popocratic schemers and the traitors who bargained with thorn for the betrayal of the republican party. Governor I.ee of South Dakota prom ises n superb exhibit from that state at the exposition' . South Dakota Is 11 live , progressive state mid is not Koint ? to let any opportunity escape to push to the front. tlrms Intending to establish themselves In Omaha during the pres ent year will do well to make haste If they want to got -suitable locations In the retail district. The good places still available are becoming fewer day by tiny. " Itemember that the district court for Douglas county IIIIH declared that The Onialiii lOvenlng UIHJ Is the paper of largest circulation and entitled to the publication of all notln.cn 01 application for license to sell liijuor In Omaha and Douglas county. I.Ike parent , like child. AVIiciv 1110111- lers of the police board show open dis regard for both tlio law and their olll- clul oaths , members of the police force may be expected to display equally small regard for discipline and orders from thelimiporiors. . When democratli ; newspapers go out of their way to praise a republican the character of his services to the opposi tion needs no explanation , It will 1m noticed that the. democratic press can not praise Mr. KuiT/ too much for his political dirty work in Ohio. Nebraska fruit growers will hold their suuiunl meeting this week and show what they have done In HIP way of producing marketable 1'ruIt In the wtato. Horticulture in Nebraska is not an ex periment and it Is deserving of much ' * " greater attention tluin It has over re ceived. The Iowa sugar beet experts report that the lH > ot sugar Industry would prove prolltable In nearly every county of the state. With this assurance capi talists ought not to delay long In tlio matter of establishing factories. If any thing IB to'bo ilouu for this ycur It in out bo Uuuo IS OUll PtlOSPKHITr At tlio nnnqnct glvnn to Wllllrun .to nlngs Itrynti on his return from Mo.xli by a Bo-rallcd Traveling Men's nssocl tlon , 0110 of the toasts on the progra was , "Prosperity ? " Tlio Inference I tended to bo conveyed by the questlc mark was plainly thnt the prosper ! ! which the country now enjoys is deli slvo and Ilctltlous. While sneering nt prosperity tun elicit applause at a banquet In liont of a man whose political capital consls oxcluslvely of distress and calamity , Is amazing that any man or set of me professing to be Identified with con incrclal travelers should call In questlo substantial Improvement In busline conditions that has taken place In tl United States within the past twelv mouths. Nothing but the 'most arrai demogogy and deliberate Intent to creat false. Impressions could havu Inspire the Interrogation mark after the pro ; purity toast. No class of people lias had morn cor vlnclng proof of the revival of pros perlty than have the commercial \ \ tilers. No other class of wage worker was lilt so hard by the Jlnanclal di pression tlmt followed the crash of IS ! ) and no other class Is now enjoying ; greater share of returning prosperlt ; t.xceptlng possibly the farmers of th great corn and wheat bells. Wlthli the pnst six months thousands of coin merclal travelers who had been Idle fo years have been called buck Into aetlvi employment , and the highways and by ways are fairly swarming with drum mers who arc taking orders , not morel.i for articles men eat , drink or wear , bu for luxuries which were entirely mi salable' a year ago. In the faceof these well known fact : It was not only an insult to the commoi Intelligence of the people to .decry tin existence of prosperity , but an airoclou. libel upon tlio traveling men of Ne braska to make them father such i stupid insinuation. It may do for po lltlcal mountebanks of the ostrich brain to call In question the Improvement h business conditions , lint honest am Irutlifiil inon of all political creeds inns concede Hint the people , of the I'nltei States as a whole , and the people o thin state mill .section in particular , hav ; substantial and Indubitable evidence ol the arrival of better times. ItKT.iLIATWX AttAlXS'f WtAXCK. The recent manifestation of Kroncl commercial unfriendliness toward tin Unlletl States has not unnaturally dnced a feeling thut It may become nee Dssary for this country to retaliate. A bill introduced in the house by Hepro sentative Helknap of Chicago points ii this direction , having been prompted bj the plan of the French government h regard to American moat products. Tin dispatches furnish no information in re gard to the details of tills measure merely stating that Its effect would IK to give tlie trade of Germany , Italy am' . England important advantages over thai Df France. It has been the policy of the Frencl -joverninont to exclude all pork products nnd according to the latest information the effect of this policy has been to st stimulate pork production that France Is on the eve of becoming a pork-ex porting country. It Is also said thai France is no longer desirous of antag sizing America in this respect and thai : i decrease In the duties on pork may be 'xpected soon. M. Mellne told the Chamber of Deputies a few days ago , iddressiiig himself especially to the r.ltra-protoetionlsts , that France needed American market and Intimated that eclproclty would be desirable. A Paris lispateh says : "It would appear that ifter the elections the Washington gov- rnmeiit will nnd that Its efforts to ox- : end trade between the United States ind France will be met with a much uoro conciliatory spirit. " As Is well cnown , negotiations looking to a'reel - miclty agreement between this country mil Franco are now pending and the lit- erances of the French premier Indicate in earnest desire on the part of that ; overnment to reach an agreement. In view of this It Is not "likely that longress will be disposed to adopt any otallatory legislation and probably the ) I11 was Introduced merely by way of varnlntj to the French tariff coinmls- ilon , which proposes to increase the atea on ixirlc. If it bo a fact that France s producing all the pork .she needs and nay become an exporter , it can make 10 very great difference to the United states whether the tariff rates nro In- Teased or not. What we should have ust reason to complain of would be ills- rlmlnatlou against American meats and vo do not understand that anything of his sort is contemplated. N AND O/IG.V. Secretary Gage has Intimated that he nay reply to so much of the. speech of ilr. Itryan at the' Jackson day banquet n Chicago as referred to the currency lolloy of the .secretary of the treasury. Mn > country would road with inteivst nything which Mr. Gage might , say on his subject and there can be no doubt hat he is fully capable of answering Ir. Hryan In a way entirely creditable o himself. IJut Is It worth while to o to the trouble of doing soV Is there nything HO really important In the as- ertlous and assumptions of Hryau'n peoch as to Justify Secretary Gage In liking his valuable time to answer It ? Let us brletly refer to some of its tateinents. Mr. Hryan said the gold tamlard was adopted hi the United tales without any party over asking for t , Indicating the year 187. ! as the time , f Its adoption. The gold standard was stablished In this country more than Ixty years ifgo , when the democratic arty was In control of the govern- lent with Andrew .Jackson president. Ir. Hryan said that In the election of SSMI , IK ) per cent of the voters rugls- . . rod their opposition to a single gold landard. Kvory Intelligent- man knowa mt this Is not true and that on the con- ary a largo majority of the supporters f the republican candidate * favored the old standard. Mr. Itryan repeated his sual platitude about the destinies of te American people being In the hands f foreign financiers , unmindful of the ict that this country is today in a po.-ti. on of llnanelal Independence , with an ioniums trade balance In its favor and 1th money loaned to "foreign Jinan. clers to the Amount of more tlinn $ U 000,000 , according to the most con.vrv lives estimate.1) . This money Is lonn in London anil InHerllji because It coi mauds nt those financial centers higher rate of Interest than can be o lalned for It In the financial centers the I'liltcd Slates , whore tlio supply money is in excess of the demand. Mr. Hryan asserted tlmt republic ! policies had failed to bring relief to tl people nnd ho cited as "evidence of th the condition of the Now Kngland cr ton Industry , In which a reduction ' wages has been made. Kvery Intel gent man knows tlmt labor Is better or ployed In this country now than f < several years and that In nearly all I dustrles It is better paid than a yei ago or during most of the time undi the operation of the tariff law whlc Mr. Itryan had ! a part In framing. Hi what of the Now Kngland cotton Ii rtustry ? Simply this , tlmt the rapid d velopinent of the Industry in the Pout ! with cheaper labor and longer hours work , placed the cotton manufacture ] of New England nf a disadvantage an the only remedy , was to be found I lowering wages , but the mills that ill not feel southern competition made n reduction. Moreover , there 1ms bee overproduction of cotton and inanufai turers have for some time made n profits. The employes very generall recognize these conditions , with whlc the tariff has nothing whatever to do. Mr. IJryan has rarely made a weaki or more inconsequential speech tlia that In" delivered in Chicago last Sa uiday , though in Its spirit it is an ei tirely characteristic production. Tllli CAl'SK Of' ' IIIMKTALLISM. The monetary commission readied th conclusion thut the cause of Intern ! tlonal bimetallism is hope-less. Accort ing to Senator Chandler , who yestordii had an Interview with President Mi Klnley. the president still believes tlia International bimetallism may be accon pllshed and it Is his Intention to agal send commissioners to Europe to reiHM negotiations when the conditions ar favorable. If this correctly states th position of Mr. McKlnley it will be ver , disappointing to those who think tit agitation of this question not morel , Idle , but harmful. Upon what the president bases th hope of successful negotiations for international tornational bimetallism Is not easll , seen. Mr. Chandler's statement. Implio that there Is an expectation that th India mints may be reopened to Kllvei but if there Is such an expectation i will Inevitably be disappointed. Thei'i is undoubtedly an anomalous llnaucla dtimtion in India and the London Time recently said that the monetary sjvsten of that country must either be placet squarely upon a gold basis or tlio mint ; reopened to silver coinage. There cai he no doubt which one of those alterna lives will be adopted. The Indian gov L'rnment has declared in the most posl live terms against reopening tlio ininti to silver and some of the great biisinesi organizations of India , among them tin Bengal Chamber of Commerce , havi petitioned for the adoption of the goh standard. The Hritlsh government can not reasonably be expected to disregan these views , nor will It do so. It 1 : therefore entirely safe to say that tlu u-ause of international bimetallism wil et no help from India. Is there any promise of help in anj ither direction ? The advocates of in lei-national bimetallism rely much upoi France , but there Is little substantia reason for doing so. The French gov 3rnment Is willing to join In a confer > nco to discuss the question and that 1. ' ill It has really proposed to do. It wil H > governed in Its course by the attl .udo of Great Britain , just as will Ger nany and all the other European conn rles. Some of the ablest financiers anil ) olltlcal economists Jn France are op > ) osed to International bimetallism , pro. louncing It Impracticable , and the oplir on of those is qultei as w.eighty and liv luential as that of M. Mellne and other ) lmetallists , who arc more or less in- luonced by political considerations , there Is no evidence that the great Inanclal and commercial Interests of franco desire bimetallism , the demand 'or It coming chiefly from the agrarian ilement. Tills has influence with cor- aln politicians , but the interests which vant the gold standard maintained are [ idle as potent. There was really noth- ng encouraging In the assistance which he French government gave the Amerl- an commission. The fact Is that the gold standard Is uoro firmly established In Europe than iver and no effort this country may nuke will disturb It. The great coin- iierclal nations have built their financial mil business affairs upon a gold basis .nil there they will stand. Even ICussIa las adopted that standard. Such being ho case nothing but failure , more or L SS humiliating , can como from any nrtlior effort on the part of the United itates to promote International blmetal- Ism and abandonment of It will be In he Interest of our financial peace and relfaro. The popoeratlc- wiseacres profess to avu discovered the reason for the iiilnro of the Klngerly bunk in Phlladel- ihla. They say It is because Mr. Sin- erly's newspaper opposed tlit > un- imlted free coinage of 1(1 ( to 1 liver dollars. As Mr. Singorly's news- aper , however , was the ona prop- rty that kept paying him dividends 11 the time and Is the asset from which lie creditors expect to secure payment i full , the popocratic wiseacres are on- itled to another guess. From a number of western towns have Minn reports of decreased grain ship- lents last year as compared with the rovlous year , diviplto the larger crops ml bettor prices. In the most of these ises Increased live stock shipments are Iso reported , which shows tlmt the M'storn farmers have been learning > mo valuable lessons In cattle feeding i recent year.s. A bill will bo presented in the Iowa 'glslature ' early in the session requiring mt "the American experience tables f. mortality and expectation life tables n Included in the arithmetics used In 10 public schools of Iowa. " The next will be a bill requiring every person treat with Vesjietjlflil consideration eve Insurance ngent wh'o ' desires to expla tlui advantagesmf Insurance and ' listen patiently nnjl cheerfully to ( Insurance proportions. Not n word ItvlliRt appech on novrr incut by Injunction iihout tlio Injunrtli lirocnrcil by lift" 1'nkery man to in vent lilmsolf fnfin'JVronkiiiK ' ills contrn to si > ll cdltorlnl.lipltj-c to till * republic. caiullilnto for ( iwiinnor In ISO ! for ii : nwalnst tin' iloiiibijjiftlp candidate' , wlio I ho was pri-toiiii'ijjji. to support. Wl such profound , 'jjflc'hcp ' on ono of tl most illsjrncoftiln < ! xiuiipK > s of HIP I Jiinctlii ) ; buslni' ' . to bo found In si Judicial history ? Edgar Ho.ward , the Papllllon pop cratlo statesman , while rejoicing I the prospective punishment of En lu'zzloi" Hartley , laments the fact tin his accomplices and bfiiellclarles luu not also the penitentiary staring thei In the face. Does Edgar want to st the proprietor of the 'local Bryan orga placed In limbo for enjoying the Hunt clal favor of Mr. Hartley at the o : poiiso of the state treasury ? The project for a great trausmlssli slppl teachers' convention In conjuui tlon with the Traiisinlsstsslppl Expos tlon Is to be pushed through wit energy and determination to nmke it a unqualified success. Kverybody lute ; estcd In the exposition should ci operate with the committee In clmrp to bring It to the favorable attention c educators of all classes in tlio Iran ; Mississippi states. What excuse- can the police offer llqur dealers and druggists who obey the hn and pay their license money , for allovi ifig others Who have failed to live ute to the requirements of the law to so' , without a license of any kind ? Wlm is sauce for Uio goose should be sane for Hie gander. If. the law Is to bo ei forced at all it should bo enforced wltl ; out favor ordiscrimination. . It is pleasing to bo Informed that Hi ! Oldhnin Is a llxture , not only for nex year's .Tacksonhm feed , but for all .laeli sonian feeds to como. II is to be hopeil however , that the program committee of the future will see to it tlmt the inos brilliant orators are located on the Us of speakers in places where they can b relied on to emit their most clToetlv effusions. Tin plate statiAtlca are no longer at tractive to the deniilcratlc politicians Tlio production-of'tln'pliito in tlie Unitei Stales last year sho\ved an increase o ir > per cent as compared witli the yea IS'.m , and four-liftlis | of all the tin pin It used in tlie United Spates was made h American factories1 which the democrat : said wore foredoomed to failure. rn i A. llncl 'Coiiililnatlon. ' Cour/qriJoutnal. / If Senator Stewart ivoro not subject ti auch nlghtmare.3 alli.ttoa year his latest \voul ( warrant the eusptcjen Inat hla New Yeir egg nog was made of very bad whisky or very bat eggs , If not both. ' ! ' ' Miicolii > ! < ) u n in i- lit for Globe-Democrat. The bill to appropriate ? 50,000 for a statui or Abraham Lincoln on the flelJ of Gettya burg will bo passed by coivjress this ces. lai It waa there Mr. Lincoln delivered a brlel oration that will vibrato around the world as long as men are willing to battle for rlghl a < nd liberty. IVelirankn at I.on Springfield Ulnss. ) Hrpubllran. Dollnquem taxes accumulating since 1895 are being paid up In large amounts In Ne braska , and the payment of the last yoir't taxtw < ls fie prompt and general as to excite remark. The same report comes from Kansas , Let us hcpo that thrse obligations wilt soon bo cleared away , cad that the prosperity ol thcfio states .will speedily overflow Into the cotton gooJs morket. Kdiicntlnii mill' the Oarrolc. Springfield ( Mass. ) Itepubllcan , \Vhllo trying to squeeze- the life out of a Httlo ladcpcndcnt oil concern In 'Boston , which commands the symiwthy of the entire public not In monopolistic chaliu < , Mr. Kock- ifullcr sends another check for $200,000 to the lirealdent of Calcago university for the cause at education. Mr. Rockefeller Is a confusing sort of man.It Is of Interest Ici this con nection that a Brooklyn stock broker testified the other d > ly In a civil action before a Duf- [ ale surrogate , that during the lat-t ten years Standard Oil stock had brought rugular and jpoclal dividends aggregating 32 per cent an nually. A Sample Boston Herald. A Tloston phys'jjloa who formerly occupied he two positions of medical examiner for pen sion , } a/ul for positions In the Beaten police ml flro departments was called upon to cx- nn hi o uu applicant for appotatmcut to the > ollce force. The applicant testified that ho was ablebodlcd In every respect and had icver had a sick day In hi * life. Subsequently : ho same ir..u ' appeared before the board of iiecllcal examiner ! ) for pensions as an appll- : ant for an Increase of his pension , and ho ratified that ha was a physical wreck and In capacitated fcr work on account of his physi cal Infirmities resulting from fill services In .ho war. 'I'lie Aliiiniltmee of ' .Money. Oljlio Democrat. It Is easy to understand the reasons for IIP great abundance of money In western lanks which Is reported In the dispatches. financial confidence was restored by the iverthrow of the Uryanltes and the ncccs- lon of the republicans to power , The safe Inposlt vaults and tliu other receptacles In rhlcli cash was hlililcn during the panic ; ave up their hoards of/ money , and It went o the banks and pasectliinto trade channels , 'ho business activity > vhlch came At the amo time and the/ advance In prices of ; rain enabled the farmers to pay off their ebts and accumulate a llttlu surplus , and hU went to the 'banks. iThus the west Is In far bettor financial/ condition at this iiomont than 'It ' was : before at any time in ho last half dozea.ycajs , mcnoy Is plentl- ul , and everybody -takes a hopeful vlo\v of lie situation. Treatment fur Jurymen. Chicago fli'roiilcli1. The Thorn Jury In' Lonff Island 'City ' may o the cause of glviilK that arcbmiirderor a uw trial , H has , l > cen proved that In the tno < duys of their service this jury con- umcd several hundfda'ilollars' ' worth of wine nd cigars , besides lOtnnlng up a largo Lili an ! account and also accounts with bar- era and bootblacks , On Thanksgiving day lone- the jury managed to consume nearly 100 worth of wlno and cigars , besides ap- arcntly playing billiards most of Uio day. 'his ' U going to the other extreme in a Diction from the custom of locking up .tries In bare rooms and fcpJlng them on' read and -water until they reached a ver- Ict. The truth scema to bo that In mcdern dmlnlstratton of criminal law the authori- es are not agreed an to what ls duo to tbo icmbcrs of a Jury as citizens and at the line -time as court officers. There la aIde Ido margin between compulsory bread and ator and 'baro floors and a prolonged Jo- auch and luxurious rlct , as ( u the Thorn ise , and a llttlo common sense on tlia part r the authorities should enable them to dls- ivor the middle erouud. v * niiioiir Detroit Ffco Press ? Indications mtiltlf that 1R9S will bo all right Industrially o commercially. The lift up that begun In t hit hnlf of the year thit Is gone promt ! to continue. The Improvement may not a * , rapid as the Impatient might here ' < but It seems certain that It will contlm The commercial report * are encouraging. tone of confidence Is reported , with Inrrco Ing activity In many Industrial lines , and t resumption of activity In others. Lant yr is declared to bo the best ever definite known In failures. Chicago Chronicle : Dun's weekly rcpo that the commercial failures In 1897 n only fell off to a greater dcgrco than n < i year since 1S92 , but thnt on the wliolo tl ia.n year waa the best over definitely knov la the record * of commercial security. < the new year has begun with abounding co fldcncc In all classes of merchandising , fallows that nothing bat rank spoculatli and Inflation will grevcut 1S9S , from makli nn even better record ttan last year. Tl country seems to at last have takt a frc : grip m prosperity , hi the natural cycle i alternate loss and gain , and this rencwi health has bccti airoly proved to have con tu the national life In aplto of rather tin u.i a rc-sult of Uio political medicine men. Kansas City Star : The trade reviews fi tlio llrst week In tlio now year generally ri fleet an encouraging condition of busliies Especial emphasis Is placed on the tlrm coi fldcnco of business men that 1S9S IB to be year of activity In trade and Industr ; There seems to bo no doubt or uncertainty I any line , except that of cotton mauufactui Int' , tind even In that the outlook hna bee Improve * ! by nn Increase In demand fi goods. The first week of the now year lit lirought Bomo largo now orders to Iron mam facturcrs , who are already worked almost I their utmost limit of production , except 1 the case of these not equipped with moilcr machinery. The number of men employed I factories In this country now Is many hui Ired thousands greater than a year ago , or t any other time since 1S92 , and the workln forces are steadily growing larger. There 1 tnoro general prosperity among farmers tha for many years past. All staple farm proi nets except cotton nro materially hlghc Lhan they were a year ago and nt the sain time farmers have ample supplies of nearl everything to sell. Chicago Times-Herald : The mercantile n Iiorts Indicate that the year open with a tone of confidence pervail Ing all departments of trade and Industr ) The failures for the year 18D7 , in splto of th General depression and stagnation wit which the year opened , show the smallcs defaulted liabilities of any year since 18D : 'Even ' In that year the failures during the las half averaged liabilities of $10.177 per failure while In the last half of 18D7 the average wa only $9,50.1. The returns by branches of busl ness show that In fifteen out of twenty-elgh classes the failures were lower than In an , previous year of which there Is record. Wlti the advent of nn administration pledged to ; definite settled economic policy nnd to th maintenance of the present monetary stand ard there was n very marked decline In bank , ing and manufacturing failures. The mini her has been growing smaller and smaller until the opening week of 189S finds thcsi branches of industry upon a basis of perma HEiicy and confidence' that stimulates nctlvlt ; la nil other lines of business endeavor. A DKsmiViicu I.\VTK. Chicago TlmcH-Hernld : The best Icssoi that can be drawn from his doom Is that though heavy-fooled , Justice always overtake ! the criminal in tlie end. Chicago Tribune : Durrani's death will hi n vindication of the law such oa la scldou given. Ho has bean fortunate to escape UK penalty of his crimes so long. Kansas City Star : Too much significance should not bo attached to Durrani's n3scrtlor of his Innocence In the face of death. A man capable of murder might easily stretc ! his conscience to the extent of a lie oven or the gallows. New York Herald : Such long continued attempts to balk the administration of crlm. Inal justice would not be possibly In anj other country , and their possibility In this country Ls but another Illustration of tin notorious , delay which Is a reproach to oui criminal procedure. Globe-Democrat : In Theodore Durrant't case the course of Justice was delayed by twcnty-nlno motions , orders , stipulations or decisions , but the murderer of two Innocent young girls In a church reached a point at last where the American criminal lawyer could no longer block all th.o courts of the country. Philadelphia Ilecord : Durrant was not only a hardened murderer , but one of the most depraved criminals which the century has produced. His execution , which should never have been a matter of uncertainty , will , therefore , have a national effect to conserving respect for the majesty of the law uul In discouraging the lynching spirit , which would surely have- been strengthened liad this arch criminal been permitted to cheat the gallows. Milwaukee Wisconsin : How such a long delay could happen Is explained by the fact Shut Sutro , a wealthy Callfornlan , took up : he gage in behalf of nurrant , who was poor and obscure , and has furnished the tens of thousands of dollars required to carry the case through all the courts for nearly three years. Sutro must have expended between 510,000 and $50,000 , and It will cost the state of California not far from the same sum. The llko Injustice Is perpetrated all over the United States. Minneapolis Times : It was not to bo ex- iccted that ho would go Into the presence ) f the Unseen with words of penitence or re- norse , because penitence U a virtue- and such : roiturcs are wholly destitute of virtuous cstlncU or noble Impulses of any-kind. Such . -IlllEos are born half-made up. In them wo Ind actual examples of total depravity. They ire no4 human beings at all , except In form. Neither are they like the lower animals , for he latter do not prey upon those of their ivvn kind. They are freaks of nature- , who hrough tome Inherited or pre-natal chance lave lest the. better part. / " I'lSllSO.VAI. . AM ) OTHERWISE. The way lhat , the Ohio women ore entering nto the senatorial contest might lead one to uspcct that they are under the Itnnrc&tlon hat this Hanna Is cno of their own sex. Tiio question , ' whether a man can bo i rlzo fighter and a gentleman at the same 1110 U now being discussed. The answer of ho plug-uglies will bo unanimously In the ftlrmatlve. In the course of a sermon last Sunday Rov. lyron Reed of Denver sold : "I am popular Ith the liaclunwi of this city because I am apld at a funeral. I do not want to freeze hem to death. " Anthony Oomstoch has secured a verdict of cents damages for an attack upon his ctiar- cter. Most persons would regard such a erdlct as more damaging than the charge pen which It was based. While addresalng the Women Journalists' oclcty of London the other day Bernard liaw declared that the ICoglLsh people possess o brains , no artistic feeling , few Ideas and an normous capacity for tbo asslmllatlcu of es. es.A A Now York man eloped with a girl , and , . 'lien her father tried to prevent their flight , lot and killed him. Now the youth will > cn < l fourteen years In prison , at the end ' which tlmccttio ai'dor of his love may have Doled. It has become S3 common a practice wll'.i nvlcig women to swallow needles and pins Kit It lias almost ccaecd to bo considered 'orthy ' of remark. It U refreshing , theru- > ro , to hcai- that a woman at Charlotte , . C. . hai varied the monotony by swallowing thimble. John CUcCullngh , who was chief of the civ York police department , has been made tilof of the greater city's force. McCullagh as'been In the department for twenty-seven ears and won a record for efficient service , n more than one occasion liU courage has E'en put to the test by personal encounters Ith criminals and he lias to his credit the reaklug up of tlio famous Whyo gang that > r years 'terrorized 1'ell , LMott and 'Hester irccts. The friends of Captain John 'M. User of ppleton , WIs. , art ) booming him for de triment commander of the Orar\d Army of 10 Ucpublle. Captain Ilaer entered the rmy as a private' In an Ohio regiment at the 50 cf 1C , when the war broke out , and for ravtry In battle 'was commissioned captain t the age of 19 , was twlco severely 'wounded nl twlco captured by the eliemy , and yet .Tved during the whole war. He Is a demo- rat and has been postmaster at Apnletoa ir the last four years , nnsrim-riNrt IMMIOHATIOV. Onnrlc Jlcnieillr for 1'olltlrnt III * of Home llrim-tli. Carl Srhur * In llnrpcr'n > cUlr. The demand for the restriction of Immi gration Is of comparatively recent date. There have been ftt various periods occa sional outbreaks of religious or political hostility to the "foreign clement , " but until about twenty-five years ago the Incalculable services which Immigration had reml rod In the development of the country were universally recognized , nntl It waa thought It might render further - that .In the eamo way ther and equally Important services In the future. As Hto ns 1S61 congress passed n law for the encouragement of Immigration , nnd In 1S72 legislation of A like character was nt least attempted. In many states agenda ) wcro maintained for attracting Im migrants from abroad. Since then a senti ment hosthc to Immigration has been rjr.idu- ally growing up. That sentiment was stimu lated 'by ' the organized efforts partly of an anti-Immigration league drawing Its mem bership from various classes of society , partly from the labor organizations , At tention was called to the fact that the character of the Immigration was changing for tbo worse. While formerly the over whelming majority of the Immigrants had como from Qernlany , Ireland and the Scan dinavian countries , the tide was now run ning most strongly from Hungary , Russia , Poland anil Italy. An apprehension was excited - cited that largo numbers of European nnarchlrts and other dangcroua diameters would descend upon our flliorw , spread their subversive doctrlnea among our people nnd disturb the pcaco of society with law less nnd bloody commotions. H was also pointed out that ns our nubile lands wore rapidly passing Into -private ownership there was comparatively llttlo room for new comers. From all this It was concluded that , If not -tlio total discontinuance , at least a severe restriction of Immigration had become Imperatively ncccesary. That restriction has been attempted and pat'tlally effected by various legislative provisions excluding contract laborers , and subjecting all other Immigrants to n careful scrutiny as to their character , thole physical condition , their means of support , and so on. Immigration hns very much decreased , owing In part to tfio economic depression which hni tvovalled In this country for several years , and In part to cur Immigration laws , which make the transportation companies responsi ble for tbo return of objectionable Immi grants , thus Imposing considerable financial cisks upon them ; and the talk about the dlfllculties meeting the Immigrant on Ills Ar rival hero deters many pcraous from coiifwc to this country who otherwise would have como. In fact , many of these have gone , or are going , to Urazil or to Argentina , where. In considerable numbers , they devote themselves to agriculture anil cattle raising , In competition with the farmers and ranch men of the United States. Now a further restriction of Immigration Into this country Is contemplated by the Lodge bill , which subjects the Immigrant to an educational lest , obliging him to orovo his ability to read and wrlto in the English or any other lan guage a quotation from the constitution of the United States of not less t'.ian twenty words. From thla test only the rxircuts or grandparents of an adult "qualified Immi grant" accompanying him , or scut for by him , are to be excelled. It Is substantially the tame bill which passed the last ccugrcss andes vetoed by PresUcnt Cleveland. The prlncl | > al arguments ue-ged In support of such restrictions are the following : That Immigration throws upon our shores hordes of undesirable foreigners , whoso Infusion Into our social body , and whose eventual admis sion to tiolltlral rights nnd privileges , will In a dangerous degree lower tlio standard of American citizenship ; secondly , that It brings pi-cat masocs of the pauper laborers of tha old world Into direct competition with our laboring force , and thereby will lower the wages and the standard of living of Amcrl- ean working men ; thirdly' that persons of bad character are coming , as well as paupers , who will fall to the public charge In our hospitals and > oltnshouscs ; and finally , that wo no longer have much elbow room In tills country anyway , nnd should guard against ovtc-crowdlng. Even the most zealous advo cate of restriction will admit this to bo a fair statement of the complaint. Now we are all agreed that thla republic should mot be a dumping ground fcr the criminals and the crlrulca of tbo old world. But , If It over has been such a dumping ground. It Is so no ledger. The law as H stands Is amply suflklent to protect It. Per sons who within one year become n public . . barge are returned at the expense of t'ae transportation companies , and the If number has decreased from 037 In 1SD2 to 23S Id 1SDC. They will soon disappear altogether. No edu cational test Is needed to that end. Nor will any educational teat keep out unknown an archists cr other dangerous characters , for such persons nre sure to bo able to read and write twenty words of our cceistltutlon In one language or more. The police and the courts are always ecpable of dealing with them ' .f they do not "conduct themselves properly. Wo ara likewise all agreed that , on the whole , the Immigration from Italy , Hungary , Russia , Poland , and BO on , may not bo as desirable an that from Germany. Ireland and the Scandinavian countries. It Is nls true that now and then complaint Is heart from places In. which such Immigrants con grcgato In large numbers. But does an ; bioad-inlnded American really think tha 200,000 or 300,000 Immigrants a year , most o whom are scattered over a vast extent o country , can permanently lower the stand ard of citizenship among a people of 73 , 000,000 ? Docs not every man of expcrlenci who has seen much ofthis country knov that somn of the estates In which the foreign born population U proportionately strong oat are among the most orderly , best-gov crncd and most prosperous In the land ; nm that the descendant of the Immigrants though they be oven Italians or Russians , an In the second generation well Americanized and In the third hardly distinguishable Ir looks as well as habits and ways of think ing from the native * ? surrounding them ? Hai the assimilating force of American llfo am : of our free Institutions o completely rur out that , In our congenial climatic condi tions we should despair of absorbing Intc our social .body without serious danger o comparatively small number of people be longing to races which have shown them selves elsewhere capable of a high order ol civilization ? And an to the labor argu ment , Is not there something supremely ab surd In the Idea that In this country , with Ita Immense undeveloped resources , the In terests of labor would Ibo ibcat promoted by keeping the producing force at the lowest possible ebb for fear of on Increased com petition of labor ? Do not the labor phil osophers -who entertain that Idea see that the more producers there arc , In such a counfTy the more consumers there v4ll lie and the better the market for the products of labor ? And do they not PCO also that the newcomers very quickly demand the American standard of wageu , nnd will soon rlso to the American standard of living ? In Kucha country , which -Is eupablo of nour ishing flvo times Its present population , It Is simply ridiculous to-'speak of overcrowding. I'roni such a country , with resources promis ing an Increase of lie wealth beyond calcula tion , It Is more than grotesque to exclude by law persons with two strong arms and an honest willingness to work because they nro unable to read and wrlto twenty words of the federal conntitutlon , or , If male Immigrants happen to have wives who cannot lead or write these twenty words , to nbllgo them to separate themselves from tholr wives for this the Lodge bill substantially docs. About this feature of the bill much more might bo : iald for which there Is not room here. The truth Is that this movement for the restriction of Immigration , so far as It la honest , springs from a sorry misconception 3f certain troublesome problem * ! before us , or from a oorrler lack of courage to face them. Symptoir.H ot deterioration In our political I If < > , or In the character of our citizenship , ire observed , and some volatile Intellects find It most convenient to dlspoiso of the whole matter by simply saying that the "foreign Dlemcnt" Id ulono chargeable with It , and that the trouble can easily bo cured by stop ping Immigration. Laboring men are worried by a lack of employment In bad tlmca , and iholr leaders with equal facility or unscrupu. ousncas assign the competition of newcomers IB the cause of It all , anil about for the stop- l > pgo of Immigration as a sure remedy. If mmlgratlon tvero really stopped there would > o a grievous disappointment among the bo- levers. U would soon turn out that the Im migrant was not the cause of the deteriora tion of our political llfo , nor of the lack of jinployment ; that the causes of those evils must bo found , la the one case In the lu- Intrusion of the mercenary spirit Into our politic * , and In the other In 0111 * economic conditions , which nro In nonio respects aggravated by our lawn ) nnrt that the pretended euro was more quackery , which solved no problem and benefited no body , but entailed upon us very serious In. conveniences nnd losses by curtailing the laboring force required for various necessary USCB , and by thua Impeding our develop ment. IIIIKJIIT AM ) JIUICK/.V. 1iIiarpr's na ? " : n.nwklnsIIow'a your old man ? ' { "I'lJPJ-It1 ' * doing nicely , thnnk you. but I don't feel very well myself. Detroit Tree Press : He-Darling. I hnv made n great fool of myself. Vth0 * m wire of the Met , Hc-Oh , you are ? Clood night. Washington Stnr : "No man rbber losrs . ? - mblt , ° . " c ° nu > lc ely. " said Uncle Kben. -r Kls.wh' | . ' l > ho can't bo nutlln' but , , . n milnance ho tnkes ' , pride In seeln' bow bin u specimen he kin make lilsso'f. " Journal : "Ho U a man of "Vex. lie. Is nlwnys talking nt the top nf d'oUur"CU ' 0 "orli'tf ' to bet bis bottom 0 Tr.1iltlnc ) ; "Yml ll.orc "K ! > ln7" said " ' . , ? fiithe llmlso"Twc's | no I'seiiHit " " " y ° U > Thl9 ' " " ycnr uf prosperity " ' rf' s'r'i' ' h"mlll > ' rc.tpomled TufTold Knutl , drawing the luck of his hand nrrosa his noae , "but I'm OIKo' the.su fillers tlmt can't stand prosperity. " Cleveland Phln Denier : "According to the newspapers , Mr. Kdlson says tlmt the luiV ! ] , pxpn" < l when oiu " < thinks Intently. " "Did you ay drinks ? "No. thinks.1' "Must bo a misprint. " Chlcngo Hoeoril : "Jinks Is the meanest mini on earth , ' "Why ? " "I told him a good story on the way out ! ? , ' illVu' ! . * } " , whcn , wo K0t I10I' | ° ho worked It off before 1 had n chanco. " Washington Star : "Would you be willing to live In a haunted house ? " Inquired Mr * Mcr.kton , who hail been considering the ml * vL'.iblllty of moving. "Well , Henrietta , " was the answer , "I must say -.voiild be a good float of com fort to bo abln ( hear noises without havluir to get up and bunt buiglurs. " News : Jack Potts What will you to make n good s-tout poknr trunk ? Iriinkmnkcr What do you mean by "polsi-r" trunk ? Jack Potts-Oiio that holds four Harper's Itaznr : "What Is the trouble , Mactglo ? You look worried. " "Sure nn' the trouble Is with the twins , mum. One of thorn Is i-ryln' because hn swnllowivl his r.itllp , anil the other Is howlln nut o' sympathy , and betwixt the two o' them bawlhr I can't tell which on swallowed the rattle. " CONORKSSMI3N. WiiBliliicloii Ktnr. Krom far nnd near they hasten , A happy hero lund. With rour.iKc In I''ich bosom And papers In cnch baud. And theKUII shines out a welcomn And the prospect speaks of May. Ami the breezes from the southland Come and bid the world bo gay. i IJut wo know the hours so Heeling Are fraught with gloomy change ; That tbo old-tlm ? mood will triumph O'er moments sweetly atrnngi * ; Thnt we'll got back to the oM wnya So monotonously rough ; That this promise so effulgent Is the same sameold oldbluff bluff ! T1IU JAXU.VHV S.VI.KS. New York Kroornnn's Journal. Now that Christmastime. Is over Ami your pocketbook Is Hat , Comes a period distracting , Till you dou't know where you're at , For the bargain counter Is loaded Piled with bargains by the bulo' And the shopper's heart Is broken Uy the January sale. Silks and satins ROUO - , Crepes , brocades and lace galore. Everything to tempt the bravo-st At prices never known before \VnI ! bound books by well known author * Dainty , yet decadent , tales. Al'.vnys just tbo ones you wanted At the January sales. Household staples , hemstitched linen , Nupery In ilanmsk blooms , Wove by elves with flowers nnd frostwork , Product of unearthly looms ; Petticoats a-foam with laces ' Decked with ribbons sweet , yp.t frail , How the spirit writhes lu anguish At the January sales. For one's heart Is broken , broken , When the poolcetbook Is broke , When for sordid coal nnd gas bills Ouo'a reluctant wealth bespoke Fortunatus , Plutus , Midas. Hear n tortured mortal's walls. Come nnd BO with tno n-shopplng At tlio January sales ! A RUB DOWN. Ilnril for n I.IIKJMnii Hut I'nyn for UKTroiilile. . Ono has often read or heard of Hie good effect of n quick sponge bath nnd rub down In the morning , but until It has really been put In practice for a fortnight the value Is not appreciated. Moderately cold water should be applied to the anna first and these briskly rubbed with a towel and the open hand until smooth , dry and warm. Then treat the stomach , back , legs and feet , separately , In tbo ramo way. Ono Is Inclined to feel a hearty , boyish de- slro for breakfast and If tbo healthy llfo of body thus begun Is dcwlrable. to maintain , the person could , with i.iroflt , avoid coffee at breakfast and utc Postum Food Coffee and some wliolo wheat or oat preparations. If chemical research Is of any sort of value In making clear the food value of various articles It has never done a greater service to mankind than In the analysis of Coffca and Postum. i The first shows no food value whatever , but In shown to contain the same alkaloids as tobacco , opium , whiskey , and to have a similar effect upcti the human bady as this famous trio have ; ultimately producing In many cases , heart failure , paralysis , stomach and liver dtacaEo and other ncrloux compli cations arising from a dally poisoning of the ncrvouo system. True everyone must bo allowed the liberty of taking Into his or her Individual body whatever Is desired , but It Is a source of satisfaction to tha thoughtful man or woman to know just what the real facts Ofu about any article put Into the human stomach and upon w'.ilch ono may deoend for health. Coffee may bo used by nome persons for years and exert no particular power ever a strong constitution but If one wilt carefully Investigate the dally life ot eay , twety-flvo coffee drinkers , scarcely ono will bo found entirely free from some physical ache or nil dercctly traceable to a disarranged nervous system. People who would rather have solid dayn and nights uf health , and easy comfortuhlo bodlcn to carry around than stick to a cup of toffee each morning , can find a pleaaant way by adopting Postum Food Coffee and having It made aoscrdlng to the now direc tions which makes the way plain to a most delicious , crU ( > and charming coffee , heavy In nourishment and entirely frco from any sort of narcotic effect Ilkp common cofrco , Mr. Curtis , ( tie president of the famous Ladles' Homo Journal Co. , says ho liken Postum belter than coffee. Many do , but prolably a larger number consider the flavor ot Postum second to that of choice cofTeu. IJut Postum U delicious acid when Its ( lower * ful nourishing properties are considered la conjunction with the piquant flavor , It take * Its vlaco an a flxtuvp oa tbv Ublo of thought ful people. . ' - "