12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. JANUARY t(5 ( , 18 8 ,
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( JKOIttin II. T7.SCHUCK.
Fn-orn to l > efop me nnd pulurrllied In m >
presence this jt day of January , U ! > S.
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Notary Public.
iiK tin * ehijwis now excluded from
Hie I'nlti'il Stales mv f'liliii'.si
IHi'iii'S ' Mild women woiirliu
YOIIIIK QutvnVllhclinlnn of Holland
nhvinly rcMll/.cs ( hat ln-liitf a quwn lias
HH ilnnvliiu-ks. The Dntdi council of
statelian refused to let her'ildc a 1)1
C'Vfle.
Oklalinina Is apiiu kiiockliifr at the
door and doiimndinn statehood with or
without annexation of the Indian Tor-
rllor.v. Oklahoinu inn.v In- young , but Is
vigorous at all ovt-nts.
An Iowa minister of the gnspi-l makes
llii' complaint that there Is too inncl
churchlunlty and not enough Christl-
nnlty among church members. Ills
English may bo inelegant , but It Is ox-
liresslvc.
California is to set throe new boot
mignr factories this year. 1C ( here arc
to , be- more factories of this kind In the
United .States several of them ought U
be located in the Missouri valley and at
least one in the city of Omaha.
Anil now an attempt is to be made to
secure further extension of time on the
.suspension of President Cleveland's
forestry ordor. The. order should cithei
be withdrawn or enforced. Sparring
for wind by successive suspensions can
do no good.
The church which Mr. Bryan attends
when at home reports remarkable Im
provement , religiously and llnanclally
during the year Just closed. 'Bryan ,
however , continues to sing the doxology
with an Interrogation point after the
word prosperity.
New York savings banks threaten to
reduce the rate of Interest paid on de
posits because they are unable to use
the accumulated funds as profitably a
In other years. This Is one of the few
disadvantages of n full supply of loan
able money In the country.
Iteports from California are that the
orange Is in prime condition and the
outlook for the orange grower never
better , and this without the previous
restoration of the free coinage of sil
ver by the f'nlted States Irrespective of
the action of any other nation.
A grand boulevard connecting Hans-
coin and Hlvervlew parks Is a public
Improvement the city must nnderlala-
wooner or later , but it must be remem
bered that our resources compel us to
work out our park and boulevard sys
tem on the Installment plan. One thing
at a time and In th order of their Im
portance and costliness.
No matter how many years he may
have litn a deacon In a church , Hu
man who as a police commissioner takes
nn oath to uphold nnd obey the law
and then deliberately aids and ab.'t.s
law dellaiice and crime Kings disgrace
not only upon himself , 1 nt .ilso upon Un
church which Is forced to tolerate him
UK one of Its olllcers.
Hospitals for the Insane-are not merely
houses of detention. In New York more
than 1,000 Insane patients were dis
charged from the state hospitals , cured
of their mental ailments , nnd SOD were
so relieved that they \\eiv sent back to
their friends. Insanity Is a disease , not
always yielding to medical treatment ,
but In many ca.s .s readily curable.
An Indian agvnt In northern Wiscon
sin has discovered a tribe of Indians
not attached to any agency , having
wandered about in the woods for many
years practically lost. Although the
tribe had never received rations from
the government the agent proceeded nt
once to Issue $ ' . . ' .000 worth , which the
Indians were not slow to accept. It
this tribe has luvn self-sustaining for
years , the query naturally arises why
it should not have been left jo itself.
The new banks , both state and na
tional , starting up In different parts ot
the country , confirm the reports of con
stantly Improving business. During the
period of depression the banking faclll-
tle.s of tln > country were contracted
acutely by the weeding out of weak and
* peciilatlvo concerns. The banking
business is bound to expand with the
expansion of other business , but if the
lesson of the past few years has not
been lost It will be sumo ( line before we
have unutlier eru of wildcat
its Tin. MOXI.l W -
TlOtt.
While congress is grappling with
numerous plans for reforming the cur
rency and strengthening the gold stand
ard It Is doubtful whether any measure
looking to radical changes in our money
ystem can bo enacted by 'he present
national legislature. The true statesman
adapts himself to existing conditions ,
leaving It to theorists to chase after
rainbows and to demagogues to clamor
for what they know to be popular but
Impracticable.
Several essential points may , however ,
be regarded us absolutely not Hod. While
the consensus of opinion of many scien
tists nnd national bankers regaids the
permanent retirement of greenbacks
from the currency system as the para
mount guaranty of monetary .stability
everyone conversant with the temper of
the American people and familiar with
the make-up of the present congress
must concede the hopelessness of such
a demand. With the full knowledge
that no contraction In the volume of
outstanding greenbacks mn bo mule by
congress It Is worse than folly to persist
in pressing the agitation for thlb pnpo-
rlltlotl.
All that can rationally be expected In
the direction of currency reform as out
lined by tlie monetary commission Is nn
act authorizing the expansion of Hit ;
volume of national bank notes by per
mitting note issues up to the full face
value of the bonds on deposit to secure
their redemption and nn act stimulating
the Increased Issue of national bank
notes by reducing the tax paid on them.
While both of these propositions are con
cessions to the national banks they In
volve no material loss to the govern
ment. The Increase in the volume of
national bank currency would offset the
loss of proceeds from the tax now levied
on the national bank notes.
Next to the impracticable demand for
the retirement of th ? greenbacks come
various grotesque schemes for strength
ening the gold standard. One of the bills
introduced in the house declares the
srold dollar to be the only unit of value
and requires every national bank to re
deem Its notes In dollars of such value
and restricts tlu > denomination of treas
ury and national bank notes to $10 , or
its multiples , and calling In all notes of
less denomination. Why anyone should
at this late day propose to declare the
gold dollar to be the unit of value is
incomprehensible. Th : > gold dollar lias
been the. unit of value for more than half
a century and gold has been the ac
knowledged money standard of the
United States over since the ratio of
1(5 ( to 1 was established. National brinks
have always been required to red fin
their notes in legal tender money nnd
all our legal tender money is equal in
value to gold and will so remain a. * long
as the government maintains the parity
of all its coinage.
The proposal to retire all treasury anil
national bank uo'cs ' of denomination less
than $10 is doubtless feasible , but as a
measure to strengthen the gold standard
it would be a lamentable failure. A
much more effective way" " of strengthen
Ing the gold standard would bo to cal
in all greenbacks of denomination above
? . iO and have them reissued In green
backs ranging from .fl to ? r > 0. Rxperl
once has shown the greatest danger to
the gold standard from greenback issues
to be in their being put out in bills that
run up from ? oOO to ! fr > 0,000. The small
greenbacks have been scattered among
the people , while the big bills are kept
by tlie banks to be hurled at the treas
ury periodically without notice with a
demand for their Immediate redemption
In gold coin. The only advantage of
withdrawing the low denomination na
tional bank notes would bo in making
way for the increased circulation of sil
ver certificates and silver coin. Whothei
such a change would enhance the value
if silver Is problematical.
Of all the propositions pending before
congress designed to strengthen the con-
Idenco of the world in the government's
utentlon and ability to maintain the
gold standard the only practical and
tromlslng idea Is embodied in bills for
he refunding of the national debt into
muds payable In gold and declaring
hat all bonds Issued after a certain date
vlll U ? sold for gold only and be payable
n gold. With such an assurance the
-rodltof the United States would be bc-
end assault and every cloud that rests
ipon our bond Issues removed.
! WITH JIHill MCKKSK.
One year's experli'iice of the slat ? of
\ew York with a high license law of
inlform application conclusively proves
hat somewhere between a policy of
iractically unrestrained salj of liquors
tnd nominal prohibition of public barn
here Is a middle course that yields the
test general results. The authors of
he new law in New York ought to Ke.
lire the largest possible revenue from
he sale of privileges and at the samu
line provide the most complete regnla-
Ion of saloons In tlie Interest of lemper-
IKV and morality.The law lias not
Isappolutcd KM friends.
Under tlie operation of the new excisi >
aw there was collected last year $1--
7r17.0 > ( ! , one-third of which went di-
ectly to the state , while tinder the old
ow llceusij law the revenue was hardly
ne-fourth this sum. At the same time
he number of licenses was reduced
rom ; t.'l-ii7 : to iS,0 ! , > l , or about -1.5 HI- ;
oous to every 1,000 inhabitants. Tlil.i
s a long way from the South Carollnn
iroportlon of dispensaries , but a higher
cense would hardly produce more I'eve-
ne and , It would add to tlie temptation
o engage In the'business illegally.
In still another way the SUCLVSS of tlie
iw Is complimentary to those who
rained it. Tlie records of the police
ourts in forty-one cities nmlJ0 ! ! In-
orporated villages show that , notwith-
landing an Increase In population , the
ases of drunkenness have fallen off to
marked degree. These simple facts
estlfy to the value of a license law
vhen the supreme test Is applied. ( ! o\-
rnor Black slates In Ids message to the
New York legislature that tlie uniform
iw ami rate of taxation throughout the
tale have done much to cquullzo the
rlviieges of tlie trallle and to roniuro
objectionable features.
If this New York high license law IB
maintained through n svi , < of , \ us
ami It * successes contliu.o ns In tin Hist
ye.ir of Its nprratloii , the example llm.s
afforded will be worth a great < le l M
those who In other stntes of thc union
are wrestling with the liquor license
problem.
TIIK HX < iJisii tt.Minn
The great strike of Kugllsh "engi
neers" a term embracing various me
chanical trades which has nlmont
paralyzed many branches of Industry ,
appears to be neat Ing the end. In th ?
early part of the past week large num
bers of Glasgow engineers applied for
reinstatement and later many In Man
chester signified their willingness to
abandon the struggle and return to
work. The statement of the situation
telegraphed on I'rlday was somewhat
conflicting , but there appears to be lit
tle reason to doubt that n very consider
able proportion of the striking mechan
ics have beconi ! > convinced that they
cannot win ami that It Is useless to pro
long a struggle which baa been going on
more than six months anil has cntnllcd
an enormous loss both to labor ant
capital. Not less than 70,000 men hav
been Involved In the strike and asstim
Ing that tlie average wage at the out
break of the conflict was not more thai
i5 a week the loss in wages ha
amounted to fully $ ! ) , ( )00,0i ) ) ( ) . As a mat
ter of fact , however , the loss has bed
much greater than this , probably a
least one-third more , b-sldes : which th
large fund that had been accumulafet
by the Associated Society of Engineers
Intended for sick benefits and old ag
pensions , lias been exhausted in supply
ing the strikers a rather meager subsist
dice.
The ostensible reason for the confllc
was the question of payment for eve :
time and Incidentally for eight hour
work per day. The engineers have In
hisled upon eight .hours work and tha
all overtime must count as one and \
quaitt'r time for tlie first two hours ant
as time nnd a half after that. The eight
hour day was conceded , but the "over
time" demand was rejected by the em
ployers. Tlie latter submitted proposal
of compromise , which the strikers sonu
three weeks ago overwhelmingly rcfnsoc
to accept. Kaeh side has .shown grea
determination , but It now seems that th
engineers will have to yield and in tha
ease there will probably be a reorgnniza
lion of their unions on a different basin
Meanwhile British industries have suf
fered severely , to the advantage o
American and German industries. It is
stated that recent orders for locomotives
have coins to this country because o
uncertainty whether this English firms
could fulfill their contracts in time am
undoubtedly American and Germai
manufacturers have received orders foi
other machinery for tlie same * reason
Thus the struggle of British labor to
further ameliorate its condition Whothei
*
wisely or not , under the clreuinstancca
need not be here iuquired--into has i\ !
suited to the benefit of labor on the
continent and in the United States nnd
the advantage thus derived may prove
to 1 lasting. The lesson of the strug
gle Is therefore of wide interest.
It may be worth while to note in this ,
connection , for the information of those
who hold protection responsible for the
labor disturbances in .tills country , that
such troubles are relatively as numerous
in free trade England. It is shown bj
a recent report of the British Board of
Trade that during the live years includ
ing ISOli and 1S)0 ! ) there were 4-i-ll labor
disputes in England. The number of
workers involved was 1,7S1S7. > and tin.
number of days work lost by those
workers was 07,200,271. In the single
year ISftt there were 7SII strikes , in
volving U' < SSS : ( ; people.
IXTKIlKATlUXAfi AMKlllCAN RANK.
The pan-American "conference of 1S)0 ! )
recommended the establishment of an
international bank as one of tlie most
essential Instrumentalities for enlarging
our commercial relations _ with Central
and South America. A bill to Incorpor
ate such a financial institution is now
in the hands of the senate committee on
foreign relations and it Is favored by
every organization having for Its object
the development of our trade with the
outhern countries , the New York Board
of Trade having only a few days ago
indorsed the measure.
lU-pro entatlvo Brosius of IVmiHyl-
vaula , in an article In a recent number
of The Manufacturer , say.s that our situ
ation in respect to financial dealings
with Central and South America Is
humiliating In the highest degree. We
must rely almost wholly upon facilities
afforded by European bankers. We do
at least SI.IO.OOO.OOO worth of business
with South America every year ami the
bulk of It has to be settled through
European banking houses. Every first-
class nation , except our own , has fiscal
agencies for the transaction of business
In the great trade centers of South
America. We have not a single bank in
any South American republic. Mr.
Bro.sius pointed out that over ami above
the loss of the reciprocal advantages
which trade affords , jvc are paying a
large bounty to European ImnktTs for
effecting our exchanges for us , because
we have not the means of making tl.eni
ourselves. With Mdtablo maciiluery for
exchange established between th. , " coun
tries of the American continent we
would save a large amount of commlri-
slous paid to English and continental
liankers and direct largo streams of
[ irofit to American financial cntcis
which now flow to European markets.
Under existing conditions we are com
pelled to suffer this loss In addition to
this Indirect Injury we sustain.
There can l > o no doubt , as was recently
said by the pre.-iliK'iit of the National
Association of Manufacturers , tUat the
commercial Interests of the United
States In South America would be
gieatly benefited if they were Independ
ent of England In their financial trans-
tctlons and there does not appear to
le any good reason why they cannot ho
mule Independent. There Is an ahund-
uit supply of capital In this country
vlth which to establish an lnti > i > uu"viiii
\inerlcaii bank and undoubted ! ) capital
could be found in most of the countries
it' Central and South America for Invust-
uent lu such an Institution , * > o as to
give It an International characuur. In
> roposlii to uulboiizu such a bank by
Hit of collar " t TT Is lint Ink-lid 1 ' i li
volv the povTvriuuent In any liabitry on
Its account , bytyhnply to Inspire public
confidence I A'"fraud ' to secure j.tM.v ,
through govoWtfeiit supervision.
Tills muHcfcofviiiore tllreel and bettor
exchange fni Utj I ? only less Import
ant than that Jr adeiiuatitr.inxportntlon
facilities undcjf inir own flag and both
uecessar.tMo the extension of our
trade with tlivmgnthern conntns or this
hemisphere. * , . ,
MKXIC.IX //Hw/'W/fMT. /
Tin ? Mexican correspondent of one of
the loading trade papers of this country ,
The Manufacturer , aays that Mexleo Is
prosperous and is making progress , lint
this Is not due to free silver. It Is owing
to foreign capital going into the country
to develop immense natural recoil roes , as
yet almost untouched , five silver en
abling the capitalist to get his labor for
almost nothing , considered from the gold
standard point of view. "If Mexico were
thickly populated llko Japan , " says this
eimespoiuleut. "and its people thor
oughly trained In skilled labor , like the
Japanese , free silver would not be any
more attractive hero than It proved in
Japan. Tliu progress of Mexico is
mostly due to the wise government
headed by a truly great man. who knows
how to attract foreign eueriry and for
eign capital here , for Hie country's good. "
There Is no question that capital Is pros
pering in Mexico , but it Is doing so at
the expense of the musses of the people.
Labor Is not organized there as here and
Is almost eompk'tely at the mercy of
capital. correspondent points out
that a workliigniiin receives no cents to
$1 for a long day's work ami has to pay
111 cents a metre for the commonest of
unbleached uiu.slln with which to clothe
himself , his oh Uro outfit consisting of
shirt , trousers , rawhide sandals ami a
hat. Tin- simple truth Is that the
musses of tin- Mexican people are very
far from being prosperous and they art-
subjected to conditions of life which the
American people would not submit to.
Mexico presi-nts no argument for free
silver that commends Itself to the workIng -
Ing classe.s of the United States.
ALb Ki'unr i > A * aiitots.
The movement to prohibit by law the
playing of foot ball never mailo niuch
headway in any of the states , not so
much because the dangers of thu game
have been exaggerated as that legisla
tion for the rogulaUon of personal hab
its is alwaysttibjccHouable. There is
general eonlluenci in the ability of the
people to carejfpr hemselves in the mat-
ter of their gi anil sports. To show
that foot bal not as dangerous as
some other si : pi/an eastern newspaper
publishes a II ' : the fatalities attend
ing the severnli forms of outdoor recre
atlon and sports last season as follows
Swimming 1,350
Beating 9SC
Hunting C5
Horseback riding . . ' 333
Bicycling ' . 20
Ice boating 22
Foot ball 11
Bsat ball C
Tennis ' c 4
Golf . f 2
In the llglil of this Interesting table
foot ball does not' make a very bat
showing as a deadly game. It is prob
able that tlu number of accidents in
the game of foot ball , not fatal. Is pro
portionately much larger , but the rec
ords fall to disclose the great daugei
attending the sport of chasing large
balls about the playground. No one
would think of prohibiting men and
boys from swimming because so many
of them are drowned , and. although
many are killed while engaged in horse
back riding. II hasnot'beon proposed that
riding horses for pleasure should be put
under the ban of the law. Even the
milder recreations of tennis and golf are
shown to lie dangerous.
All sport is dangerous. In whatever
way men use their strength or skill in
competition with others for tlie pleas
ure tlK\v may got from Its use , there Is
lunger of injury. But athletic sports aiv
gaining In popularity every year and
eglslation cannot destroy the tendency
to idolize the most daring sportsman
mil most skillful players.
TIIK COMIMI OF
It is announced that Mr. Dole , pros- !
lent of Hawaii , is coming to the United
States to promote annexation. It is Ills
nteiitlon to call upon President Me-
Kinloy and endeavor to more strongly
inpress upon the administration the ini-
lortance of annexing Hawaii , though
his would seem to lie quiK > unnecessary
n view of the well understood position
of Hie president in tills matter. Mr. Dole
vill make better use of his time while
icre In trying to convert senators who
re opposed to his scheme and know that
10 represents only a small mlnorijy of
he Hawaiian people. It appears that
Mr. Dole was urged to go to Washington
ly the "council of state , " from which it
nay fairly bo Infenvd that the annexa-
lonists have become somewhat anxious
egardlug the , 'oufl'nok for the ralillea-
ion of the treaty They have a lega-
ion in this country and a shrewd and
Igllant lobbyist.In ex-MInlster Tlmrs-
on. Itelnforclngihese with Hie Ilawal-
an president'Ihewfore ' clearly indicates
hat they are ycar d and doubtless there
s good reason for It. We do not
iimglno , however.'Hint Mr. Deb will bo
Uile to make aliy\ory ; , great Impression
ipon the sltuatlpn.i The fact that he Is
hlef among' Hie'Mi.surpi'rs of Hie Ila-
vallaii goveriJnii i'will i' not give him
my more liitiucmv than the least of
hem would otfoT't ! 'ile ' may bo cordially
greeted by th4 < i'JMW'l''cai1 ' aunexatlonlsls
ml very llkelywill lie , but ids presence
icro will have no weight with those who
erlously and honestly believe that Ila-
valla n annexation would be a most
rrave mistake. *
The opportunity for business enter-
irises and for home-making In all the
rausmlsslsslppl region should lie made
ilaln to investors anil honu'-.secker.s
verywhero this jvar. With the return
f more prosperous times and improve-
tent in Industrial and commercial con-
itlons the desire for homes and bu.sl-
c.ss independence is stronger than over
ofore among the people , and they natii-
ally look to the -west for opportune
cs. . To secure many thousands of lin-
inUr.ints frnu the t.l.Kr . st.iU u and fro.u
abroad It Is only iKwssary to cnll atten
tliin properly to the splendid returns
, from agriculture and mining. This will
be best done throuuli HIP exposition ,
where the whole transmlsslsslppl region
will bo represented. The people ot the
states or territories of the transinls
sisslppl region who derive no benefit
from the exposition will have only tlii'iu
selves to blame.
The most generous givers for mission
work are the people living In New Eng
land. According to the report of the
American board , more than half the
money contributed by churches for mis
sionary purposes last year came fiom
the Now England states , while Virginia.
Alabama , Mississippi , Louisiana , Texas ,
Arkansas and Kentucky wont down for
less than $100 each. The total amount re
ceived by the board for missionary work
was $ ( il2.7.S1.07 , much loss than the re-
celpts in some other years. The people
of the western states support the home
missionary work bettor than those of
the south , but In the matter ot foreign
missions they are still far behind the
people of the eastern states.
The proposal to change the Inaugura
tion day for president : ? from March 4 to
April 110 Is supported mainly by the
argument that the former date nearly
always comes at a disagreeable season
of the year , when outdoor demonstra
tions are dangerous to health. This Is
true , but the purpose of Inaugurating
presidents Is not. exclusively or princi
pally to give delight to those who
march In parades or stand in
crowds along the streets of the national
capital to witness the spectacle , and the
change will have to rest , If made , on
more substantial grounds.
The three $ (5,000-a-year-do-nothliig (
state railroad commissioners announce
a junket to the capital of Kansas for
consultation with the Kansas commis
sioners on the question of carload rates.
But where lu the constitution or laws of
Nebraska Is there anything that author-
i&s the state railroad commissioners to
exercise a single ofllcial function outside
of the state boundaries ? The junket will
doubtless be pleasant for the partici
pants , but to sec where the people wht
foot the bills are to profit will require a
telescopic vision.
The Salvation Army and Debs' Social
democracy are both engaged in coloniza
tion schemes. There is , however , this
radical difference between them , that
whereas the colonies founded by the
army are to be based on love and mu
tual dependence between men , the prln
ciple made most conspicuous in all of
Debs' schemes is that of luUred between
men. Though both will probably fall , It ,
Is- quite easy to predict which plan will
accomplish the most good.
An earnest effort should bo made to
collect In the $220,000 of delinquent ren
tals on the school lands whose lease- :
have been declared forfeited by the
state board.This money belongs of
right to the .state school fund as part of
the endowment of the school children of
the state , and they should not be de
prived of their dues if there Is any
way by which the delinquents can be
made to come to time.
-nicr In I'orll.
Chicago Post.
The man with a $100' bill In Ills posses
sion now goes about with as guilty an ex
pression as If ho expected to bo arrested Jor
c-rrylng concealed weapons.
Civilization licilliiK In HM Work.
I'lillnilclphla Record.
The action of tlio Creek council In devoting
$20,000 to fight the constitutionality of the
act giving the United States courts jurisdic
tion over the tribe Is a hopeful sign. When
savages take to litigation Instead of to the
warpath they must be fairly started on the
road to civilization.
A 'IVmli'ioT Sympathy.
C'hlcnuo Inter Ocean.
The ruin of a good man approaches. It Is
nado the duly of Judge Neville of North
? latte , Neb. , to select from a thousand pic
tures of tlio handsome women In that state
two of the handsomest , out of which will be
in a Jo a composite picture of a woman's head ,
.3 bo used a a souvenir medal for the expo-
6'ltlcm. ' Two Nebrcska women .will be gr > ' ti
led but just Imagine the feelings of ( he
098 ! If Judge Neville doesn't leave Nebraska
or take a long vacation ho has tt superior
sort of courage.
CiiiiNiilliliidiin of Mi-tlimllNl ( 'liurc-h .
I'hltailclphla Heronl.
Whether or not tlio Joint commission of
edcratlon appointed by the Methodist KOIs-
: ct > al churches , North nnd South , and now
n fccsslon at Daltiinorc , shall succeed In
losing tlio breach which occurred In the
hurch over the slavery question In 1844 , the
plrlt ot 1'ie movement Is to bo commended.
'erfcaps the accomplishment of the end do-
ilrecl will bo left to the rising generation ;
ndced , the fraternization of the young people
it Kpworth League conventions , nnd tlio
iccillag hand of time may be depended upon
o become nioro potent Influences toward
niton tlian would be a > ny number of formal
esolutlons. Nevertheless the meeting of
he joint commission Is Interesting as np
iicllratlon that the old bitternesses and an-
ugonistrs bctweon tliu churches ' .iavo been
veil nigh obliterated.
A OriillKt'H Public llcqiifHl.
1'lillnilelplila I.ejRer.
Thcco Is grave doubt whether tlio com-
) llcatcd will of Ir. Thomas W. Kvans oin
> o sustained and KB orovisions carried out ;
> ut If the bequests noorted to be contained
n It , of 11,000,000 for a museum lo bear hl.i
amo. and from $200,000 to $4CO,000 for u
tatue of lihn.ielf. both to be erected In
Philadelphia , can ho inado available , there
eems to bo no good rcasan why Mils city
hould refuse them. The museum will cer-
nlnly be worth having , and whllo tliere
nay bo no popular anxiety to possess the
tatue , which In ir bo put o "In a public
quare , " still , If wo cannot have one without
lie othcc , It would be UH well to take both ,
ho tncnoy provided for the statue fa enough
0 secure a genuine work or art , and , If It
ere not , t'jore are public squares Jn this
Ity where even an Inartistic- statue would
ot bo glaringly cuiR.iIcuous.
firovrtli tit IIf.liiHurnncf. .
Ht. 1-ouln rJloUc-DemociMl.
Enough Is already known of the condition
f the life Insurance organizations of the
ountry , wltjiout wafting for the totals as set
orth fn the yearly Btatements to show that
tie Interest In question Is as progressive
nd mighty as ever. .More than flvo thousand
illllon dollars of Insurance la now In force ,
rotucteil by actual Interest-yielding assets
f over twelve hundred million dollars , whllo
1 combined surplus of $180,000.000 above ol !
libllltlcfl tcstllloa to the solvency of < { io
ompanlcs. A remarkable exhibit this , and
II tlui nioro notable when It Is remembered
that this stupendous garnering of wraith
Ims been attained dimply by men In every
walk of ' ! ifo putting their money together.
In relatively easy payments , for thi'lr joint
and Individual protection and that of their
families. The annals of social and business
achievements In any age or clime , the rec
ords of financial triumphs In any land or
era , fall to show aught approaching this
marvelous and sailfactory accomplishment
ol American life Insurance. '
SHOTS AT Till * PI UMT.
A California clcrgymnn .d
In ft eermon the other day that "vtst num
bers of men .have Attained to n degree of
rlfihtpoustiMs cqunl to that of Chrlflt , " The
experience of this California clergyman tmiet
IIAVO been unique or else California Is n bet
ter pi nco to live lit than we bivc hitherto
supposed.
Courier-Journal : Two Iowa s'rs ' ! who Jldn't
llko the pormon waylaid the minister nnd
cowhlded him. Htit l ft necefeary for the
new women to go to such nn extreme ?
Wouldn't It bo better for girls who do not
llko sermons simply lo ynnk the minister
out of the pulpit and 'tako hl.i pl.ico themselves -
selves ?
Chlcagi Tribune : A Onlcstmrg minister of
"liberal" proclivities , who doesn't believe In
the dogma of a future ( > l < ice of torment , has
decided that Colonel Deb Ingcreoll has just
ns good a chance of Teaching lienven on some
of his critics. Tlmt may bo true ; but ns
"Popo lob" ) has decided on his part that
there Is no stuli place as heaven the ques
tion Is whether he Vlll consent to go there
oven If ho has o. chance.
Chicago Chronicle : In Missouri or at
least In tlio town of Hockfort In that slnlo
the pulpH lias emancipated Itself from the
tliralldnm of dry , doctrinal discourse and
elucidates topics of Interest. "Do They
Drink Whisky In Jupiter. IXinco In Mars
and Play High Five In Venus ? " wns , lhe
subject of one reverend gentleman's remarks
lost ) Sunday Might , i The local payer unfor
tunately neglects to report tlie aermon , so
that wo uro still In tlio dark respecting the
amusements on the i > ! ancts named. The sug
gestion , however , ran bo utilized by the
astronomers at Williams' Hay. They nlioulil
bo able to discover through tlie Vorkcs iele- !
scope what a Missouri preacher can see with
the naked eye.
TIIK OI.TlMiitS. ! > : .
'Nicholas ' McQuillan celebrated his 100th
blitlulay anniversary at Soulhold , L. I. , by
leading a dance ulth his sister , whoso age
Is 91 years.
Stlllman U. Wlglitman , ! )4 ) years of age.
and lU'iiJnmln D. Sltllman , Ofl years old , arc
Vale's oldest alumni. They arc both lawyers
engaged In active practice In New York.
Mrs. Ann J. Stiles , who erected Stiles hall
at a cost of $31,000 , for the iellRlous and
social uses of the students of the University
of California , died recently In llerkeley , ot
the aio of SI.
Although 'Maurice ' .lok.il , the Hungarian
novelist. Is 72 years old , he has undertaken
another woik , which cannot ho completed
within four years. In fifty years he had
written SCO volumes.
Karl Krenzel of Uerlln , who celebrated his
83vcntictli birthday recently , lias been editor
ot art and literature on the staff of the Na
tional Xcltung for twenty-scvcti years and ns
a dramatic critic has wielded -great Influence.
Mrs. James Kllza Dlxon Halter of Haker-
vllle , ( Mass. . has. just celebrated her nine
tieth birthday , lived hi Alexandria , Va. , In
1811 , and witnessed the burning of Washing
ton and the plun.lcrlng of Alcxculrla by the
IJrltlHli.
Ilev. James Necdham , perhaps -the oldest
preacher In the United States , was photo
graphed at 'Mount ' Airy , N. C. , n few days
ago. Mr. Necdham will be 100 years old at
his next birthday , May , 1S9S. Ho has never
quit preaching.
The death Is reported near State Road , Del. ,
of Stephen Smith , colored , at the advanced
age of 113 years. He Is said to have been
the father oC forty-six children by eleven
wives , and to have had 10S grandchildren
and sixty-five great-grandchildren.
Among tliu "oldest Inhabitants" recently
discovered la iMrs. Ncnsy liarger , who lives
at Curtln's Station , Penn. , near which Ho-
land Curtln , father of the late ex-Governor
Andrew D. Curtln , founded tbe Hagle Iron
works , row In ruins. She Is 107 years old
and Oier son. who lives with her , has cele
brated his eightieth birthday. IMrs. Dar-
ger's mother was 103 years old when she
died ai',1 a sister died at the age of 90.
II. A. Sylvester , an aged man of Ilockport ,
Me. , still owns i penny given him when he
wa/i 2 years old. The penny dies traveled
with him co shipboard round the world ; has
been shipwrecked , seen mining riots in the
vllJs of. Idaho and ha.s been coveted by
pickpockets in the wilds of San Kranclaco.
Sylvester hung on to It when It wa the
only cunt ho had to his name and would not
exchange It for a golden ogle.
novu sii-i-i > TOO MICII ; ?
Sonic Oliscrvnt IOMK oil " .Vnliirc'N .S v - 't
ItcHtnrt'r. "
MInm'-ipollB Times.
The average man spends cne-third of Ills
life asleep. Considering how short a ? c\in
life Is ccid how varied are tbe demands of
modern existence , this seems a heavy trlb
ute to nature. Is so much sleep necessary ?
Could not t'lo machinery of the body be
knit In repair with something less than this
nmount ?
Most people sleep eight hours out of thu
twenty-four and there are those who feel
that they require even more. However ,
eight hours may ue called an average. There
Is an old adage which regulates sleep as
follows : "Seven hours for a man , eight for
a woman , and nine for a fool. " If this be
correct , t'.icre are many fools among us.
Among great men there are many Ici-
Etancc.1 . In which a vccy little sleep bis
H n III cod during an active life. Nor did
the lack of. It seem to be attended by any
evil result. Many men who have habitually
taken only from three to flvo hours sleep
a night have retained strong constitutions
and lived to a good old age. Generally
speaking , the men who liavo accomplished
great t'.ilngs have been men who slept but
little. Whether It Is a matter of constitution
or of the necessities of t'helr undertakings ,
the great generate , statesmen , authors and
scientists of the world have almost uni
formly burned the midnight oil , and reduced
slot' . ! to the minimum.
Napoleon slept on an average about five
hours out of the twenty-four. Gladstone
Is a very early riser. Dr. James heggo. pro
fessor of Chinese In the University of Ox
ford , who bis jtiat died at the ago of S2 ,
U said to have risen habitually at I ! o'clock ,
after fllccoing flvi > 'Jours.
Di'unol , the famous engineer , scarcely over
vvpnfr In hod. anil vnt iinvnr 1in\i-nrl .iiiv
signs of fatigue. After working the greater
part of the night , he slept two or three
hours In his arm cliilr , and at dawn was
ready for work again.
Lord Heathfleld , who was In command
throughout the four years' slcgo of Gib
raltar , never during that time skot more
tlxiti Tour hours out of the twenty-four. lie
I'ved ' to the age of SI.
Prof. Max Muller records t'.iat Alexander
von Humholdt once remarked to him : "It
Is quite a mistake , tb ugh It Is very widely
f-nrcad , that wo want seven or eight hour *
of sleep. When I wes your age I simply la *
down on the sofa , turned down my lamp , ami
after two hours' sleep I was as fresh a ?
over. " HP lived to bo S3 , and even In his old
iigc slept only four hours a alight. Llttre.
durkig tic ! reparation of his dictionary , wan
In the habit of working until U and rising
at S.
S.Thtso
Tht-so examples might be multiplied In-lof-
Inltcly. Whllo thuy do not afford a criterion
by which tc judge the average man , yet they
are no Indication that man docs not require
so murli .sleep au l.i ordinarily suppose ) . In
jou'-i ami childhood ah abundance of sleep
Is certainly neccasiry nl the lack of It ir-
rciits nutrition and development and Imjxilm
health. Hut In adult life It Is a question if
pcoplo do not eleep too much. LSES sleep
anl moro cxercljo would probably bo better
physical economy. In any event moro sleep
t'jan Is Just sufficient for recuperation Is o
clear Iras. The majority of tlicao who over
sleep do so rattier from habit or lack nf en
ergy tlwn from a conscientious belief that
t ! > oy require to much rest. They dimply
sleep until circumstances or wakcfulness
compel them to rise. What they neoJ Is an
Incentive to activity.
If people properly husbanded their re
sources during the day they would not feel
ttio need of so mntii aleep at night. Habitual
rcpoea is as Important to the preservation of
the body as pcrlcda of complete re.rt. If one
could master the art of keeping nlwolutcly
quiescent all muscka and faculties not In
UBO It follows t'lat this partial rest would
make complete rest loan necessary. It Is the
superabundance ) of erithuslusm , tha tcnul'y
the oxi-ltemcnt , thu frittering away of nervous -
vous force cut muicular ulrcngth on a iliou-
sand useless gesture. ) , aota and undertaking.- ]
tint brings en that exhaustion which can
only be rullevod by long ulccp.
Not all people couhl llvu on two or ovni
four or five hours' sleep , but many might"
live on much loan than they ordinarily tike
It U , however , a matter In which general
rulea cannot bo fal'l down. livery Individual
uiuat feettlo it for himself.
I'KHSOVAI , AXn OTHBIMV1SK.
A Chicago woman inserted hat pin be
twecn the ribs of a crook and spoiled 4
street car1 hold-up.
The wily effect of the nimlllsile defies hurled
at an unprotected public1 Is to defr nil r"l < "
against breaking Into the telegraph columns
of newspapers ,
The outburst of .Missouri K.IS In Omaha on
St. Jackson's day provoked another gas
eruption at Merwln , Mo. The latter proves to
bo a genuine gas well ,
Prof , ailbsolilnn of Paddle Creek contends
that Lobengnla. In the role ot wife-eater ,
lifts him Above the common run of cannibals
and makes him a eonsume-niiito actor.
Curtain.
If the proposed law is adopted by the South
Carolina legislature prohibiting the wearlnr.
of ! ilp pockets In that state some of iho
citizens Iwlll/ / have to carry thelc dispensary
bottles In side pockets.
Tliero arc four papers published In Uio
Arctic regions. The lost , which Is called ,
tlio AUngiiqllntoI Nagllnglr.glnarmlk I.usar-
uminas.issumkt of Greenland. Is not sold on
the streets by newsbojs for obvious reasons.
Women possessing that much prized Kar-
nu'iit. n sialfikln cloak , will do well to leave
It ot home If they contpinpUto a trip beyond
the boundary. Uncle Snm Is diligently con
fiscating ecalsklra coming over the line.
Tlio fellow who poses a * a target for bul
lets ought to be , If he survive. ! , n orelty
good Judge of siKirhsmmu'.llp. All Kngllnh
publication declares that the Afrldls uro
much better marksmen than tlio llocrs. Tlui
former can shoot as precisely at SOO yards
as the Hocrt at'100 yards.
When a promoter seeks a public fr.inclilso
lie Invariably declares that It Is valueless ,
lint when the authorities blow Into It tha
breath of life It assumes a different aspect.
New York state granted a ftanchlso to a com
pany to earry electric power Along the Krlo
canal two years ago. The raplt.il was JS.OOO
nnd shares went begging at $10 each. Sluco
then the company's capital has been In
creased to $1,000.000 and the shares now sell
for $1)10 ) each.
Henjamln P. Kelly lias Just been made
town maMhnl ct Kort Oalnca , Oa. , for the
third time , although the city council's order
that he change his uniform of confcdcrato
gray to one of bluu wns not obeyed. "You
can defeat > no If you like , " was Mr. Kelly's
dollant replay , "but 1 nm going lu wear
gray or giveup my Job. The bluecoats shot
off my left tmml. and 1 will never wear >
uniform of that color. "
Ksric invi.s.
Detroit Journal : Knther Robert ought
to Inherit tmliH from both of us.
.Mother Well , sunu-tlmcH ho snores so
loudly ho wtkw < iilmsolf up.
Yonkers Stiittsttmii : Patlcncc-Whnt I *
tlio t-neiipost-looklng thing you ever saw
about u biirgiiln counter ?
Patrice A husb.nid waiting for his wife.
Sninervllle Journal : , Clilemo Woman-1'vo
been mnrrii-il lor fuurtt-cn vc-nis ,
St. Unils Wonmn And how many tlm.s.
Detroit Free Press : "Ilow In the world
Ultl Hackot got pneumonia ? He Is the most
cureful man 1 Unaw of. "
"Ho bouts hU liDti.se with a furimee nnd
attends to tliu furnace himself. "
Chlc.igo Tilbnne : " 1 hoar that ThroKplna
mill his wife have septu-iitcit. What w.ia
I lie trouble ? "
"He lost bis mactullcent tenor voice , and
-lit ? censed to c\re \ for him. "
"Then It WIIH nothing but u vorui ciril
thai bound thorn. "
Harper's Jln/.nr ; Amy Tom wants to
in.irry mo , Aristophanes ; do you think I
would better take the chances ?
Hoston I'arrot-Canillilly I do. Inasmuch
an It Is perilous to monkey with the i-liaiu-cs ,
especially when olio luu reached the period
of the last one.
Chlc-ugo Iteeoid : "Women ore smarter
than men. "
"Why do yon think so ? "
\ \ hi-n a widow innrrlvs np.iln she gen
erally siirprl.-es all her friends , hut when
it widower marrlss nKaln all the women who
know him hay he showed 8lKns of It tin
day after hla wlfo was burled. "
TIIK THOUOUTFUr. , JIAIDKN.- , ' '
They heard lii-r father loudly snore ,
bho blushed a rosv icd
Ho asked her for n kiss , therefore
She mei-kly bowed her head.
Hut when he hc.Hltated still ,
Jn trembling tones she tuilil :
"He sleeps ! My father soundly sleeps ,
The midnight hour Is near-
And It was I that left the door
Ajar BO you could hear ! "
1'KOI'I.KVIM. . TAUv.
"Vou may Bet through the world , lint 'twill
seem very plow
If yon listen to all 'that Is wild as you KO ;
l cu 11 be worried and fretted , and kept InFer
For iiicd'lli'S'ome ' tonsues must have some
thing to do ,
And people will talk.
If quiet nml modest , you'll have It presumed
That your numhle- position Is only assumed
\ou re ' a wolf In shrep's clothlnir , or el.io
you're a fool ,
Hut don't Bet exelted-kcep perfectly cool
For people will talk.
And thru If you show the. least boldness ot
Or a HllBlit Inclination to take your own
part.
They will call you an up.-ttart , conceited and
lint keep straight ahead , don't stop to ex-
'For people will talk.
If threadbare your dress , or old-f.isMonc-d
your hat ,
Some ono will mircly take notice of that
And hint rather .strong that you can't iny
your way.
Dnt don't wet i-xcltcil , whatever they say
For people will talk.
Now the best way to do , IH to do as you
please ,
For your mind , If you have one , will then
bo at ease.
Of course you will meet with all sorts ot
abuse ;
Hut don't think to stop them It ain't any
use
For people will talk.
When n young'couple ntns nway to get
married half the world says : "How
Homantic ! " the other half sayn : "How
silly 1" Hut you can't ' tell cither wav
until the " honey-niooii" Js over. Wheu
this young couple get settled down to the
regular hum-drum of life , they'll muimge
nil right and find solid happiness in any
case , if they have good hearts and sound
health. All depends on that.
It's wonderful how much health hns to
do with married happiness. Sickness af
fects the temper. You can't be happy
nor make others happy if you're ailing.
When you find yourself irritable , easily
worried , beginning to "run-down" it's
because your blood is getting poor. You
need richer blood and more of it. Your
blood-making organs need to be vitalized
by Dr. I'ierce's Golden Medical Discov
ery. It imparts new power to produca
an abundance of the healthy , red corpus
cles , and gives you a fresh supply of
pure , rich blood. It's u blood-creator ;
it is for everyone whose blood is impure
or in n poor , " run-down " condition. It
prevents the germs of disease from get
ting a hold on your system. Even after
disease is settled on you , it is driven out
by the blood-creating properties of Hie
"Discovery. " It is a perfect cure for
general and nervous debility , catarrh ,
malaria , eczema , erysipelas , scrofula and
every form of blood-disease. It is'nt
called a consumption-cure but even con
sumption , which lias its roots in the
blood is driven out by the "Golden
Medical Discovery" if taken in time.
fhe "Discovery" is tlie prescription
of one of Hie most eminent physiciai' "
oud medical writers in this couutiy.