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Whllo scnsatloimllsm Is no mons np
pruDrintu In llio pulpit Hmn In the pri-M
It Is ns common In t c one as In tUo
other. .
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The "WQleonie" sign will he cllsplnyec
nt every entrance to Onmha nil this
year , anil , for that matter , every yesu
thereafter.
There nro sootl reasons for the
of Tammany hall to join a party whlul
Is planning to conduct a campaign 01
the theory that prosperity Is a myth.
The chief scandal In the recent Ohio
senatorial election seems to have beei
that of democratic managers In the role
of eavesdroppers over a telephone Hue
The charge Is made against the 1)111
pending In the Iowa legislature for bi
ennial elections that "there is politic * .
In It , " ' which might bo said of almost
all elections.
When President Dole exposes those
whiskers to the gaze ot the populists In
congress how can they refuse to throw
their solid party strength on the side
of the treaty ?
The people of Prague have boon pro
hibited by the police from wearing party
badges and emblems. This blow at the
button Industry calls for a series of de
nunciatory resolutions.
The Nebraskapopocrats who are
boasting of Improved business at the
different state Institutions should be
careful or they will get their prosperity
and calamity Inextricably mixed up.
The Increased attendance of lawyers
tipou the sittings of the supreme court
Is-so marked as to attract attention. It
looks as If even the lawyers were com
ing In for a shai\j of lestorcd prosperity.
The usual rumors about the Nebraska
maximum rate case decision are again
going the rounds of the eastern press.
If the supreme court does not promul
gate Its finding soon these rumors will
be old enough to walk by themselves.
'
Pictures of a smooth-faced man of
swarthy complexion , wearing a broad
Mexican sombrero , may be seen occa-
filonally in the popoeratic newspapers.
But for this fact It would not be sus
pected that the campaign of 1000 Is now
under full headway.
It Is to be regretted that Dr. Nansen ,
the famous polar explorer , has uncere
moniously canwlled his engagement for
u lecture In this city. He certainly owes
nn apology to his countrymen who had
been making extensive preparations for
: his reception and entertainment.
Irredeemable paper currency Is always
subject to distrust. Redeemable paper
currency can be kept redeemable only
by keeping gold to redeem It on hand
In the treasury. And so long ns the rev
enues equal expenditures there will bt >
no dllliculty about the gold reserve.
ttryan has been tolling his Minnesota
followers how easy It Is to accomplish
fusion on thu nll-nlght-put-tho-dclc-
gati's-to-sloop plan which he Introduced
Into Nebraska. Ho forgot , however , to
Hiimmon Representative Sheldon to the
witness stand to tell what a hair's-
breadth oscapa from a lluko It was.
If the recommendation of Assistant
SocH'tary of War Molklejohn for nbol.
ishlng details of army olllccrs as mili
tary instructors except to Institutions
that have 100 students enrolled for mili
tary discipline is put Into execution how
will the department llnd worl : for the
< \uuunl \ crop of West Point graduates ?
Some of thu eastern papers are pro
testing against thu Issue of Transmls-
plsslppl Exposition stamps as needlessly
adding to the expenses of thu Postolllco
department. Thin stamp Issue , how-
iwr , will bo a source of profit rather
than nn oxpiMiso to the department h'
the 500,000 stamp collectors only pur-
ono full set each.
Secretary Kurnas of the State Hoard
of Agriculture professes to bollcvo that
the Stale fair has been hampeivd since
Its locution in Omaha by the Ak-Sar-Hen
parades and illuminations In the city.
Will tlio secretary tpll us frankly nnd
honestly whether the fair would have
boon better off without the Ak > Sar-Ien !
display * ? Is it not patent to every in-
telllgunt person that these two concomi
tant attractions have been mutual helps
dial not bUulrojicca to ouu another ?
\ I
\VAOkS \ .l.V/J
In .1 speech In the hou.io ot rcprescnta *
lives nearly four years ngo Speaker
Heed said that "lo Insure our growth
in civilization nnd wealth we must not
only have wages as high ns they are
now , but constantly and steadily In
creasing. " llo said further that upon
wages and the concppiant distribution
of consumable wealth Is based nil our
hopes of the future nnd nil thu possible
Increase of our civilization. This Round
view Is elucidated by a writer In the
current number of The Forum , who de
clares that "tho prosperity of a country
Is represented by the amount of wages
received by the laboring classes" and
that this prosperity Is Increased when
wngos are not only higher , but when
every unit of wages represents at the
same time n higher degree of purchas
ing power thaiv over before.
This writer shows that the old theory
that low wages were the only cafe basis
on which nations could compete for In
dustrial supremacy has been demon
strated to be unsound. He points to the
fact in evidence of this that the exports
of American manufactures the labor on
which.represents nine-tenths of the value
oC the product have been steadily grow
ing In volume during the past ten years ,
the expansion having been especially
marked within the last two years. Such
articles "Us agricultural machinery , sew
ing machines , bicycles and other
ptoducts which command high wages
are being sold in Increasing nuantltles
In the European markets In competition
with similar articles produced there.
The American consul general nt Frank
fort , In a recent report to the State de
partment , directs attention to the nota
ble progress which certain articles of
American manufacture arc making In
the German market and the consul con
cludes that Intelligent , highly-paid labor
Is the cheapest and that In the race for
supremacy the Americans , who have re
duced economy of labor to an exact
science , are bound to win.
The control of the Iron markets of the
world , says the writer In The Forum ,
has passed to America , the high-wage
country , and this control , there Is every
renboii to believe , will be maintained ,
though wages In the United States shall
remain where they are and bo reduced
In Europe. "The Improved nnd high
speed machinery In America , " says this
writer , "requires a class of workmen
superior to that employed In low-wage
countries. That the superior results ,
which show themselves so prominently
in the exporting of the products of Gin-
mills , require great exertion , is S3lf-
evident. That this can be maintained
only by a correspondingly high stand
ard of living on the part of the worker
that Is , high wages Is equally self-
evident. " The evidence demonstrating
that high wages are not a menace to
our export trade is absolutely conclusive
and there can bo no controversy ns to
the proposition that well-paid labor is
essential to a country's prosperity. The
United States Is giving the world an
object lesson in these respects which can
not fail to have far-reaching and most
mportant results.
'fUK TKLEPHUNK Til AT IMA KS.
When the first telegraph lines were
luilt across the plains they were called
by the Indians "tho spirit that lies. "
Whether this suggestive name wan
given because a false report purporting
: o have come by wire had been circul
ated among the Indians is mere conjec
ture. At all events the suspicion with ,
which the Indians looked upon talks by
wire may have beeii' well founded.
A great many fakes have been clrcu-
ated as telegraphic news which never
traveled over a wire. The recent tele-
> hoiKj scandal developed by the Ohio
egislaturo may or may not emanate
fiom "the spirit that lies. " Telephones
hat leak are by no means novel or startIng -
Ing discoveries.
Old politicians have laid down the
naxim that it is better to travel 1,000
uik's than write a letter. For the same
eason the man who wants to keep a
secret would be safer In confiding It to
i postal card than to a telephone In
strument. A telephone leak docs not
MM'cohito thiongh one hello girl , but
hrough a whole telephone exchange.
That the Ohio statesmen should have
icon oblivious to this well known phe-
lomcnon passes comprehension. Among
irofessional story-tellers the telephone
eak supplies more llc'tlon than the Im-
iglnatlon and as a scapegoat for inox-
jllcnblo performances the leaky tele-
ihonc supplies a long felt want.
The alleged disclosures by the tele-
ilione that leaks should have nt least
ono salutary effect In weaning boss poll-
Iclans from talking confidentially nt
ono another at long range. It should
ilso prove an Incentive for a Hn-dc-
sleclo genius to invent a telephone that
cannot leak except nt th ; terminus.
SWKDKN AND JVU/MIM1' .
The Item of 50,000 crowns Included In
he budget sent by the Swedish ministry
0 the Itlcksdag on thu opening of the
session last week to make good the al-
owance to the crown prince which thu
Norwegian Storthing refused longer to
grant , Indicates gradual yielding to the
lemands of the Norwegian nationalists.
n this way final settlement of tl > 2 qnar-
01 between the Scandinavian countrk's
nay be put off until Home crisis forces a
loser union or complete separation.
This historic disauTi'omcnt between
Sweden and Norway , duo to the anomaly
f Independent and equal nationality
mdcr one king , has assumed many
urlous phases In the hist half century.
Not until recently , however , has theio
) een any Indication that other Euro-
lean nations are taking special lntorst
n the matter. Now Germany and Him-
hi are coquetting with the rival na-
lens and their emissaries are said to be
onumtlng 111 feeling iH'tween the con-
ending factions , TlK're Is danger ,
uoreovor , that this Influence In Kcandl-
nvlan politics may bo sufficient to more
him counteract the conciliatory effect
f the successful exposition held In
Uockholm lust year and the silver ju-
) lleo celebration of King Oscar's acccs-
Ion to thu throne.
Uusslu would aid Norway to inde-
) ondcncu in return for the cession of
'Mnimtrk , Including thu open port ot
lammcrfost , thus extending thu Lap-
and frontier westward to Urn 20. Em
peror TVIIIhttn has Indicated \vlfllnp- -
nosq to help King Oscar maintain the
Integrity of his umpire in case the re
publican movement In Norway becomes
dimgi'roiH , but now that he has bcu
making Invc to the czar of Uussln It Is
doubtful If he would oppose a Husslan
plan for gaining n new seaport on the
Atlantic at the expense of Sweden. Just
now both Russia nnd Germany nro busy
In the east , but both nro iady nt n
sign to return to consideration of the
Scandinavian problem. This Ls a dan
ger moro to bo feared by the Scandi
navians than the political dissensions nt
homo. They nro not better prepared
than the Chinese to resist the European
land robbers.
THK MAMlMTr OF MKntOCRlTl' .
Why Is The Omaha
Bco opposing the an
nexation of Hawaii ? llosetvatcr Is Inter
ested In Oxnard. Ho was n stockholder In
Oxnard's late lamented senatorial escapade
and lost money In the doal. Ho wants to
help the Oxnarda out now and so got his
money back. Ord Quiz.
The Omaha Bco Is opposing the an
nexation of Hawaii because It Is con
vinced that such a course is against the
host Interests of the people of the United
States. Its opposition spilugs from the
'belief ' that annexation of territory not
contiguous to tlia United States Is a de
parture from the traditional policy of
our government and fraught with seri
ous danger to the peace of the nation
nnd the stability of Its free Institutions
The Ilee has opposed Hawaiian an
nexation over since the project was
broached and long bofor. ; the Oxnards
were Identified with th beet si'ga" In
dustry In Nebraska. Insofar as Its
views on this Issue are in accord with
those of parties Intons.eil In fostering
the beet sugar Industry , The Ueo has no
apology to make fir shUn- , ' with the
Oxnards , who are in reality siding with
The 15ee. The Bee advocated tl > ? de
velopment of the sug.ir beet industry In
Nebraska during the very first year of
Its existence , more Than a quarter of a
century ago , when It predicted that Ne
braska was destined to become a prcat
sugar producing st.iro. Iu this dliertlon
It has labored and will continue to labor
In spite of the sneers anil jeers of small
bore editors.
As to the exploded popoeratic fake
gotten up by a gangof blackmailers
about Hosewatcr's deal with Oxnard , the
less said the better. There never was
any money deal with Oxnard excepting
such as was begotten In the brain of
the political barnacle who tried to hold
Mr. Oxnard up for several thousand dollars
lars and finally unloaded his precious
secret upon the Omaha Fakory.
It is n disgrace to Nebraska that any
newspaper hi- the state of whatever
party should assail a man for no other
reason than that he had the courage to
enter an untried field and the enterprise
to invest a small fortune in an" experi
ment the chief bpnolit of which must
accrue to the farmers * for whose prod
ucts a new market has boon opened.
Instead of appreciating the benefits con
ferred and the advnntag-os derived from
the world-wide advertisement Nebraska
lias received through the Oxnard plants
abuse and vilification nrq heaped "upon
men whose most hideous "crime"a'p -
parently consists In erecting two costly
beet sugar factories in this state before
any one else would risk a dollar In such
an undertaking.
AN INSUaAXON DKl'AltTMENT.
It Is reported from New York that
the life Insurance companies are con
templating an agitation for a national
department of Insurance to take the
place of the various state departments.
It appears that discussion of the subject
is due to the action of the state depart
ment of 'Illinois ' in sending an agent to
make an investigation of one of the
Now York companies , the Illinois super
intendent of insurance not being dis
posed to accept the inspection of the
Now York Insurance dcnartment.
Senator Platt of Connecticut has in
troduced In the United States senate a
bill providing for national supervision
of life insurance and It is said
that there Is a general fcul-
Ing among Insurance people that
such a law would result to their benefit.
The president of ono of the loading
companies of the country expressed thu
opinion that it would be wiser to have
one central supervising department than
forty-five , ns at present. Each state has
Its own Insurance department nnd the
companies have to pay a separate tax
In each. This tax Is not uniform. An
other complaint of the companies Is that
they are required to report their busi
ness In many different ways , some of
which nt times savor of Injustice.
There is doubtless good grounds for
some of the complaints made by the
life Insurance companies against the
present system. Unquestionably they
are subjected to moro or less annoyance
and in .some eases to an expense which
they nro warranted In regarding as
unjust. But the Idea of creating a na
tional Insurance department Is not likely
to bo popular outside of liibiirnncu
circles. The general judgment , it Is safe
to say , In regard to It will bo that it
Is carrying governmental paternalism
too far. Indeed it is very questionable
whether supervision of llfo insurance
Is within the functions of thu national
government. At all events the bill of
Senator Platt providing for such nupjr-
vision hardly merits serious considera
tion by the senate and probably will not
gvt It.
There Is a strong sentiment In New
England In favor of a reciprocity agree
ment with Canada. That section tie-
sires to increase Its trade with the Do
minion and the way to do this Is through
reciprocity. In an address before tha
Boston Chamber of Commerce a few
days ago It was urged that n commercial
treaty with Canada would do much for
New England and statistics showing the
importance of the Canadian trade were
given. Nearly nil of that trade is with
Great Britain and the United States.
Canada exports to the former about
$05,000,000 , worth of goods nnd imports
$1(1,000,000 ( worth. Canada exports to
the United States about f 15,000,000 worth
of goods and Imports ! ? GO,000,000 worth.
It is thus scon that the Dominion Is a
very much better customer of this coun
try than of England nnd undoubtedly
under an eqiiltnblo reciprocity arrange
ment UK ? trade between the United
States mill Canada would bo consider
ably enlarged.
But the dllliculty Is to get an equit
able arrangement nnd this dllliculty Is
likely to prove Insurmountable so long
as the Canadian government finds II
necessary to favor Biltlsh goods. As
the Boston Advertiser points out , the
present Canadian premier has asserted
repeatedly that ho would consent tone
no policy which proposed to give to
Americans nn advantage over their
British competitors. Ho has stated that
ha desired to secure for British goods
terms as favorable as those granted to
American goods and ho has Intimated
that If any discrimination would be
made It would certainly bo against the
goods of this country , no matter what
Inducements our government might offer
for reciprocity.
Such being the attitude of the Cana
dian government so long ns It Is adhered
to there Is manifestly no chance of es
tablishing closer trade relations between
the two countries. Undoubtedly the ad
ministration at Washington would like
to negotiate a fair and equitable treaty ,
but tlictvj has been no proposition froiti
the government nt Ottawa that can be
considered , no suggestion of sucli con
cessions as arc absolutely essential to
negotiations for reciprocity. Nor Is li
at all probable that there will be any.
The liberal party In power In Canada ,
although its platform promised a
broader" policy In respect to trade with
the United States , has shown itself to
be quite as solicitous In regard to Brit
ish interests as tlio conservative party
was and there Is not the least reason
to expect any change for the b tter. As
Canada has a very much groakv Inter
est In the question of reciprocity than
the United States our govornm.tit , it id
safe to say , will not urge the matter.
We can well afford to wait until Canada
shall propose a plan worthy of our con
sideration a reciprocity that will ac
complish all the word Implies.
IAKGU Olt SMALL
Only a short time ago the faculty of
one of the more conservative Now Eng
land colleges made changes In the cur
riculum avowedly for the purpose of
decreasing the number of students in
all the classes. In contrast with thU
the Baptists of Iowa more recently took
steps to concentrate the energies of thulr
churches upon one of their colleges that
their work may bo more effective. Are
thuie too many colleges or are the col
leges we have in thb United States too
large ?
Statistics furnished by the National
Educational bureau disclose that the
largest number of colleges is found In
the eastern group of states and In the
north central gr up. In the former ,
which includes New York and Pennsyl
vania , tlier. } nri seventy-nine colleges
with 2,337 instructors and 20,078 stu
dents ; In the otlipr group there are 'Ml
colleges with 3,740 instructors and 50- ,
980 students. In. * , the colleges of the
northeastern states thot'2 are an average
of 308 students to each oneaml _ _ on-j
teacher for twclvp students , while in
the states from * Ohio to Nebraska , in
clusive , there arc an average of 253 stu
dents and one teacher for every fourteen
students. The eastern colleges are
larger than the western institutions , but
they have proportionally n larger num
ber of instructors.
The theory upon which the faculty of
the New England college referred io en
tered upon a policy of limiting the at
tendance was that the personal infill-
cnce of teacher upon student would
thereby become moro potent hv the class
work. For certain purposes the value
of this personal work cannot bo overes
timated. It is best seen In some of tha
smaller colleges and academies , or evn
In private schools. In this respect the
smaller colleges have an advantage over
the largo ones , and if they could be as
well equipped with libraries , labora
tories and other facilities of the educator
cater they would be preferable for all
academic work.
At the same tlmo the Iowa Baptists
have taken the wise course with reference -
once to their educational work. There
arc too many colleges that are small
because lacking in endowment and un
able because of meager support to defer
for the students what Is expected of
them. It is better that one college
should bo well supported than that sev
eral should be maintained to struggle
against poverty nnd failure , nppallng
constantly for assistance and bringing
higher education Into disrepute through
Imperfect work.
The Inquisitive governor of Michigan
wants to know whether half fares on
railroads and contributions to churches
and religious Institutions Influence the
clergy to deal gently with great wrongs.
Governor Plngree of Michigan ought to
know that among the cbrgy as among
nil other professions and occupations It
Is sometimes necessary to separate the
shcej ) fiom tlio goats. There may bo
ministers' Influenced by free passes , Just
as there nro governors infiuenced by
free passes , but 'ujeru are also ministers
who are ns Irrepr aelniblc and as inap-
pioaclmblu as thpgqvcrnor , of Michigan.
The populist state oil Inspector and his
llvo deputies maniigt'd ' to strike oil dur
ing 1S07 to the tmto of ? li.l 11.70 for
salaries and oxpl'nsos ' out of a total collection -
lection of SM.O-lljOO , In inspection fees.
This may notheiup to the mark of soina
of their embezzling "predecessors , but It
certainly does nrft , dqtract from ( ho pop-
ullst reputation foil ability in the oil-
striking business1. ' '
The street railway magnates of the
various Illinois towns nro said to Imvu
decided to ask the legislature to extend
all their franchises simultaneously for
nlncty-nlno years. But then the fran
chisee ! corporations never pretended to
bo bashful about asking for things they
want but do not sec.
According to tlio olllulal treasury
statement thu outalnmlliiK indebtedness
of tie ) sUite of Nebraska has been ix -
dncpd by over ? 500,000 dnrliiK the year
18)7 ! ) , Is there anyone who profes.se.s
ocoiiouilu &aulty who will contend that
this showing could hnv- been mada had
the country's finances been thrown , into
almost Inextricable clmos nnd general
business confldcnror destroyed by the
success of the movement for n depreci
ated silver currency ?
According to latest advlcoa from
i laskn , there Is a glut In the labor mar
ket nt Talya , Skagway , and Juneau and
many of the Avorklngmen nro find
ing It Impossible to got employment
there. This Is not surprising. Warn
ings hnvo been repeatedly Issued against
going to the gold fields or the mining
camps with the expectation that work
will bo scarce and wages abnormally
high. The man who has no stake to lose
should not go to Alaska.
The sllvoritos will have a Joint con
gressional campaign committee , again
this year. Like Jay Gould , who said ho
was a republican In republican states
nnd a democrat in democratic states ,
but always for the railroads , the silver-
lies propose to bo democrats in demo
cratic districts , populists In populist dis
tricts nnd mongrels In fusion districts ,
but always for the bulllonalro mine
owners who foot the bills.
Something ought to bo done to rrdp-
rocato the courtesy of the British am
bassador In permitting the vice presi
dent of the United States to take pro-
oodonee nt state dinners in Washlnglon.
The San Francisco Call ' suggesls that
"to cable over pcrmlsslo'n for iho prince
of Wales to get to the table ahead of
Emlmssndor Hay and receive the prime
cut of white moat would ba a neat and
dellcato return. "
St. l nul HUH lloon There.
1'lonocr 1'rofs.
The Oinnua Ice carnival Is saM to bo a
great success , everything being there but
tlio Ico. Omaha has our consmtulatlais.
Ao have hnd several of that sort or Ice
carnivals up this way.
I'ollllonl llluniiiiicliiK.
Minneapolis Journal.
It Is noticeable that Colorado Is officially
reported as leading California In gold pro
duce In 1897 , whllo
the output of silver was
ii'Jnnff ' SV1" the Ill3tory of tlio state ( about
$14.000.000. ) Evcw Teller will liavo to admit
Hla , , ? . as " " n' ' ° "S en romancing about
the killliiBof the sliver mining Industry ly ;
" '
the "
"cold cllnuo.
"U'tir 1'lniiH to Hum.
Philadelphia Itccord.
ncprcsentatlvo 'McClollan ' of Now York ,
son of 'Llttlo Mac , " declares that the army
is entirely unprepared for war ; that not a
single plan of campaign Is In existence. Has
the representative forgotten that Americans
are born strategists , and that at the Jlrst
Hostile shot the newspapers of the country
would fairly reek with war maps ? In the
civil war it was the editors who planned
.ho On "
to Illcbmoud" campaign and the
press has developed wonderfully In botn
military nod naval tact lea alnco then.
of .Mule llirtlm.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican.
For forty years In Massachusetts the male
birth rate relative to the fcmalo has not
noticeably changed , the number of male
ilrths to each ono thousand female births
being 1,033 in the past twenty years , as
compared with 1,059 In the two decades preceding -
ceding , and holding at about 1,055 year by
year of late. In Europe a ten years' obser
vation In various countries revealed tht fact
that to every 1.000 females born an average
of about 1,000 males were- born , the ex
tremes being 1,038 In England and 1,071 In
Italy. This excess of male births In the
.long run appears to nlm'ost exactly offset
the greater male death rate , and whllo Uo
rtlstiibuticn of sexes In different countries Is
often very unequal from other than natural
causes , a correct census of the civilized
world today would unquestionably reveal
practically an exact equality In the num
bers of the boxes.
Iluiiiitiful , iK v > ii In Dentil.
Chlcaso Chronicle.
The lay mind will accept with some doubt
the statement that the two recent operations
for the removal of the stomucli one in St.
Louis and one In Milwaukee wcro entirely
succcosful from a scientific standpoint. The
doubt will bo engendered by the circum
stance that both patients nro dead. This Is
a mere detail , of course , but persons who
contemplate having their stomachs excised
cam hardly bo expected to work up much
enthusiasm over a "beautiful operation"
which results In the Immediate demise of
the individual operated upon. Nankl Pee , it
will bo remembered , was utterly Indifferent
to the fireworks and illuminations which
wore promised him by the lord high cxeDU-
iioner. arguing that such displays could
hardly bo interesting to a dcaa man. Suf-
fercro from stomach trouble nro likely to
take the same view of the operation origi
nated by Ir. Schlatter. It may be very pret
ty from a surgical standpoint , but llttlo
glory is to bo obtained by furnishing the
material for a postmortem.
I'unso.VAh AXJI OTIIISKWISIS.
Boston is brightening up with CO-cent gas.
President Dole's luxuriant lung protector
goes to provo that the climate of Hawaii
equals that of Kansas in producing whiskers.
James 0. Fair's estate has shrunk from
$30,000,000 to $12,000,000 In two years. And
the executors liavo not put It In cold storage
yet.
yet.When
When Joollalley's agitated bosom trembled
before the speaker's desk the whole ctato of
Texas experienced a seismic disturbance.
JOO'B shirt bosom Is a map of Texas.
A New York woman ( displays the courage
of her convictions. 'ho demands a divorce
on the grounds of cruel treatment bccauao
her husband forced her to llvo la a board
ing house.
The chief boss of Tammany Is becoming
very select In reading matter. 'He has ex
cluded from his club room the Impertinent
publication which coined the phrase , "Where
did you set It ? "
Senator Hoar's proposition to cliango In
auguration day to a later date ought to go
through. Some such measure Is necessary to
secmo the permanent burial of the ancient
political gag March fourth.
There was ono spot In this broad land .at
whk'h an Ice carnival would have been a
largo success last week. At Fort Falrfleld ,
Me. , last Tuesday , the thermometer regis
tered ' 10 degrees below zero.
Women are energetically pressing homo
tholr arguments IH. favor of representation
on police forces. A Chicago woman made a
strong point In a short argument with a
street car crook by Inserting tier hatpin
where It would do the most good , obliging
the crook to retreat hastily. Two liostou
women did equally effective work this week
and two Kansas City iwomon routed two
burglars from their room armed with the
dodly hatpin , If the women cannot bo
given a place Just now , public security
would bo Increased by arming the finest
with hatpins ,
Training , education and environment are
not clwa > s effective In suppressing heredi
tary traits , A countryman of Sir Doyle
Hoche , tarrying In Omaha from choice , found
himself In a hot convention a few nights
ago. What the controversy was about doesn't
matter. It 1s enough to say that It provoked
a row. 'With orderly precision the corabat-
onts fiobably a do/on to a slJe--moved to
their respective corners to arm themselves.
The Mlloulan approached the leader of ono
of the factions an old friend , by the way
and exclaimed tragically , "Fly from here !
You'll get hurt ! " "Do you know what will
happen to you ? " he responded ; "I will glvo
you tlio contents of this , " and he tapped the
murderous barrel of a anwed-pff gun to .em
phasize his remarks. The situation was
alarming and demanded prompt action In the
Interest of peace , "Mr , Chairman , " ho
yelled , "before wo proceed further I move
that a committee of thirteen be sent out to
call In the relatives of the deceased. " A pro
voking roar of laughter awoke the slcepor
from tils troubled dream , ,
i .SHOTS AT Tim PUI.PIT.
Olilcatto Tribunal Now that Lee XIII has
boon converted to rppabllcanlim polltlcftllr.
thereby taking Rrouml against rnonarchtcnl
rule , there will bo aomo curiosity to know
whether he wilt vindicate his consistency by
abdicating authority ns supreme pontiff of
the papal church And establishing a form ot
republican church govarnnicnt In Its stciul.
Now York Sun : Wo do not want any
Knglleh Rfmernl for nn American army , be
It military or civil , Ws can mansgo our
own enterprises without dictation from Lon
don. General Hooth , therefore , has mistaken
his proper field of usafulncst In coming to
America. Ho will waste hla efforts to re
build hero his system ot spiritual and finan
cial tyranny.
Indlannpolh Journal : The Dourbon young
man who "played the ilovll" by masking to
represent his Satanic Majesty and entering
the church In that garb whllo his father
was preaching wss no moro of an adventurer
ami no moro of a buffoon than his father ,
who was preaching vehemently about the
devil's personal nppcarnnco for the enlight
enment of n civilized congregation.
Kansas City Star : In the midst of ft eer-
mon by an Indiana pastor on the reality of
n personal devil , a fearful nhnpc , nlth horns
and tall ambled Into the church and frlght-
oned the congregation out of the church and
nearly out of their senses. H was after
ward discovered that ono of the preacher's
boys ployed the devil , a role which Is not
at all unpopular with the sons of clergy
men.
men.Now
Now York Press : Nov. TiMlth Booker Is
delivering o lecture through Kansas on
"What Is a Man ? " A man. dear Kdlth , Is
a tender , shrinking creature , whoso wide
fawn eyes look out Into the great whirl about
htm with startled Inquiry an Innocent ,
trusting dove , nestling upon the neck of a
hard world a sweet field flower , lifting up
Its fnco for the sunlight of ynur womanly
affection. That Is what a man la , Kdlth.
You , yourself , are thy sturdy oak. Don't
forsct that.
Now York Mall and Exprcsa : Mr. William
nooth nnd Mr. nalllngton Ilooth , the prelim
inary negotiations having been arranged on
a pc.ilo suitable to the tltulnr rank of the
high contracting parties , have met ami em
braced and parted , all In the presence of two
witnesses , ono witness In behalf of the
"general" nnd ono In behalf of the "com
mander , " There can now , therefore , bo but
ono "version" of the Interview between
father nnd eon , nnd that version , duly at
tested by the two witnesses , has been for
mally promulgated. Now -1st us hope that
the ridiculous claptrap with which this fam
ily has been filling the newspapers of late
Is ot nn end , and that father nnd son will
go quietly nnd In their several ways about
the laudable business for which both the
Salvation Army and the Volunteers are sup
posed to bo organized.
U.VHEASO.VAIILK P
CtrlllKiidon'N rnlluro ( n 1'prnot HiH'lul
ami .Sri'lnrlnii llnlroil.
riilcnpo Chronicle.
Ever since the Babylonian captivity prej
udice against the Jews as a race or a relig
ion , expressed by persecution nnd banish
ment , lias blackened the historical pjgcs of
every so-called civilized nation. Jews aloao
liavo not been objects of pel sedition. At
times , according to the supremacy of sccU-
rlans , Catholics hnvo been placed .under . the
ban. They liavo been subjected to'-political
disabilities as well as to personal persecu
tions. Prejudice In this country against the
negro race has not entirely disappeared and
there can be no reasonable hope that It will
fully disappear for many generations yet.
The outbreak In Paris against the Jewa Is
such ii'aifcstatlons as occurs at times In
various of the European capitals and In the
ages gone by occurred nowhere with so much
virulence as In the capital of English civil
ization. The history of the Jews shows them
in every clime a thrifty people and preju
dice has been excited against thorn less be
cause they claimed to bo the chosen people
than because In the exorcise of commendable
thrift they had in many cases made such
accumulations as aroused the envy of thrift
less neighbors. Civilization dealing with
them seems to make scant progress , though
in London , where a Jew was formerly Inhib
ited from holding otllcc , there has been a
Jewish lord mayor. The Jews wore excluded
from Spain In the tlmo ot Ferdinand and
Isabella , but centuries have passed , and 'It Is
current history that Jews are banished from
Russia.
The outbreak In Paris Is not so much a
popular manifestation as It Is the occasion
for excesses by the lawless class of the cap
ital. Compelled through all the ages to make
brick without straws the Jewish race , won
derfully virile , has conquered every obstacle.
It will survive prejudice end proscription ,
for it seems to bo plainly written that the
Semitic Is to become If not a dominant at
least a chief race among the peoples of the
world.
IMlOSrCUITV WUKCICS RUSOLVKS.
Murlccil KflVct of I1M T Times In
I'romoHiifC UuloiiH.
I'lillntlelplila Press.
The announcement thut the president of
the Female Bachelors' 'Club ' in a suburb of
Chicago is engaged to bo married has caused
consternation in this anti-marriage organiza
tion. Tlio club as formed some time dur
ing 1897 , each member signing the by-laws ,
which forbade marriage wlt'jln five years
after Joining. The object was not wholly to
discourage marriage , 'but ' partly to prove to
the male BOX 'that ' young women are not
dependent to any great degree upon young
men for amusement. The club was popular
and ai members came In rapidly It was be
lieved that It would have a successful career.
But with the engagement of Its president
and the rumor that other mombcra are con
templating the same atcp the outlook for the
club Is dark. If one of the non-conspicuous
members had proved re-jreant a Ipss damag
ing blow would have been struck , but wll'.i
t'ho ' president breaking the pledge the disrup
tion of the club , It Is thought , will certainly
follow. Those members who have remained
true to the constitution are naturally dis
turbed and arc searching for the reason , Ono
explanation offered la that the pledge Is not
severe enough In Its forms , and aaother is to
the effect that the club's Ideals were not
placed sufficiently high. And many think
they 'have ' given the real reason when they
cite the line In Virgil's "Acnold" In which
womea are accused of befog always flcklo
and changeable ,
These are nil short-sighted explanation/I ,
however. The natural reason lor the break
ing of the anti-marriage pledge and the prod-
able breaking up of the club 1s the Increas
ing prosperity of the country. The organiza
tion was formed about the tlmo the Dkiglcy
law was enacted mul before any of its good
effects began to bo felt. Some of the gloom
which has prevailed for years over the coun
try was still evident and conscbusly or un
consciously affected thu minds of Ihaso who
took the antl-nurrUgo pledge with n flvo-
year limit. Tliuy despaired of securing suit
able husbands within that tlmo , but evidently
hoped that In half a decade l'.io blighting
effects of flee trade would disappear and that
the marriage rate would resume Its normal
proportion.
They reasoned rightly , but they were too
conservative- fixing the date. And as pros
perity tame before they expected It would
they find 'themselves between the two horns
of a dilemma : They must forego eligible
ctiancea of marrying or break their pledges.
In deciding to takr ) tha latter alternative they
liavo c'.iOHon the more | > cmlar resource , it Is
to bo regretted , of couroe , that tlieto young
women did not estimate Micro accurately the
cffost of economic laws on the marriage rate ,
for such an. effect Is evident to all students.
Prosperity almost Invariably brlnga an in
crease of marriages and buBlne&i depression
decrease ? marriages. This fact was discov
ered before Chleago was built and oven the
t < 1icnomcnal growth of that city Lag not been
abla to change It , It la aa Immutable as the
laus of the Medea and Persians ,
Thcro are plenty of statistics to bear out
this assertion. In 1891 when the full ef
fects of the Cleveland panic wcro being felt
the number of marriages tn Massachusetts
sank to a lower figure and a umallcr rate
per 1,000 of population than lias been known
In that Btate for many years , The total
number of marriages was 20,619 , and the
tale per 1,000 of population was 10,80 , The
sweeping republican victory of . .November.
1894 , awakened hopes of better times and
the number of marriages of 1805 rose to
23,102 , and the rate per 1,000 of population
to 18.48. In Wisconsin also the year 1891
was a bad one for marriages , the number
falling to 17,805 , but stimulated by the hope
of better times the number rosa next year
to 18.902. For thlrty-flvo years past the
British registrar general's annual reports
have compared the marriage rate with the
TAlun per head of population of the exportn
of British produce and the avcrago price of
vihritt per quarter. . And the onernl ruin Is
found to bo that the marrligo rate has gene
up find down with the value of British t
ports nml nlth the nrerngo prtco of whent ,
the number ot marrlnpcs being larger In-
prosperous times and smaller tn bad tlmc-a.
The Chicago Fcmalo Bachelors' club failed
to glvo this rule full consideration. Thor
evidently recognized It. but postponed Its
notion too long. Prosperity's effect has ,
however , been Immediate , and the demand
for wives has risen nt once , Male bachelors
who had to postpone tholr hopes for yearn
on Account of their Inability to support a.
homo are now In a condition to carry out
their wishes nnd as a consequence the
Female Bachelors' olub will probably Imvo
to disband. H will bo a wiser conclusion
for Us members to admit their lack of S.ISAC-
Ity than to take their chances ot marrlagf
flvo years hence.
IXnilSSTIG 1DVI.S.
Chicago ncconl : "Don't yon find matrt-
nionlnl bonds Irksome , UlllyV"
"No ; my wife i ays more attention to her
poodle tlmu she does to mo. "
Detroit Free Press : "Darling , plcaso nn-
swcr me , " ho fnlrly moaned na ho Mood In
the center of the parlor. " 1 nm on Iho
So Is your lint , " shouted the olil gentleman -
tloman , who had a gallery scat on tha
stairway.
Cincinnati Enquirer : Said the married
man wtto likes to bo sympathized for :
"My wife I * never hnppy unless she has ft
Krlovnncc. " .
"How Imppy she must be ! " salil the
pretty girl. And then the married man grow
Htrnnsvly silent.
Chleanro News : "Do you think th6 mod
ern girl needs n chaperon ? "
"Not nhvnys ; but 1 think tft ? rhnpcron
generally needs n modern girl along. "
Harper's Bazar : Fnnny Of course , dear ,
now your engagement la broken , I suppose
you will return nt once everything he over
gave to you ? "
Snlly Oh ilwir no ! I shall keep them all ,
ind send them to him , one by ono , for
presents as long as ho lives. "
Detroit Journal : "Oh my nngc-1 ! " cried
thu IOVOP. " 1'romlso that you will bo ever
my nngi'l ! "
"Now , look "here " , " returned the presale
niil of the period , "none of that , 1 don't
llku It , It sounds as If you wanted to inurry
mo In heaven , and I don't want to wait
that long- . "
Chicago Post : Of course neither knc\r
how It happened , but the light suddenly
went out. Slio R-ave a frightened llttlo cry
and struck n match.
"I wan ufrald you were going : to klsa mo , "
"I was' , " ho replied.
Afterward she explained thnt she never
could keep a match lit. anyway.
Indianapolis Journal : "Did you know , "
Bahl the sweet young thing , with just a
dash of vlnsg-ar In her voice , "that statis
tics show that more old bachelors than
married men go Insane ? "
"Which goes to show , " said the savmso
bachelor , counteilnt ? promptly , "that In
sanity Is something llku tlio measles ; these
wlu have It at nn early ago don't got it
John Hay.
Thz skies are blue above my head ,
Thu prnlrlp green below ,
And filckerlng o'or the tufted grass
ihc shirting shadows go ,
VIIRUO sailing ; whom the feathery clouds
Fleck white the tranquil skies ,
Black Javelins darting where aloft
The whirring pheasant Hies.
A Rllmmorlng plain In drowsy trance
The dim horizon bounds ,
Where all Iho nlr Is resonant
With sleepy summer sounds
The life thnt sings among the flowers.
Tile lisping- the brosze.
The 1.101 cicala's sultry cry ,
The murmurous dream of bees.
The- butterfly a flying fla-wor
Wheels swift In Hashing rn.fs ,
And nutters round his quiet kin ,
With hruve , name-mottled wings ,
The wild pinks burst In crimson HP
The phlox's bright dusters shine.
And prulrle-cups are swinging free
To spill t'nelr ' airy wine.
j-2H i
And lavishly beneath the sun , '
In liberal splendor rolled ,
The fennel nils the dipping plain
With Hoods of llowery Rold ;
And widely weaves tlio Iron-weed
A woof of purple dyes.
Where Autumn's royal feet may trcafl
When bankrupt Summer flies.
In verdurous tumult far away
The pralilo billows gleam ;
Upon their orests In blessing- rests
The noontide's gracious beam ,
Low , quivering vupors steaming dim
T.re level splendors break
Where languid lilies deck the rim
Of some land-circled lake.
Far in the east like low-hung cloud *
The waving woodlands lie ;
Far In the west the glowing plain
Melts warmly In the hky.
No accent wounds the reverent air.
No footprint dints the sod-
Lone In tlio llsiht t'.i2 ' prairie lies , '
Wrapt In a dream of God.
A 1IM///.AHD'S JIIIITII ,
A dense- , gray fog- , like a dove's soft wing.
Shrouded the wide. , bare plain ;
A pale sun peered , like a timorous thing ,
Curtained by coming rain ,
A searching- wind from the distant south
Swept past the sad sky's tears
A. alow , sweet smllo on a tcnsltlvo mouth.
Hopes thnt are changed to fears.
Great feathery , fluttering , coaxing flakes
Fly throuRh the shuddering nlr.
Then a biting sleet that wilfully makes
Havoc of ivliat is fair.
The fierce north wind and the cast and 'west '
"Went wildly whirling by
A treacherous , dangerous , unkind Jest
A , blizzard In full cry.
BELLE WILLEY GUE
Wlnsldo , Nob.
Is there anything
t more wholesome ,
more beautiful , more completely pcusim ! >
than a womanly woman ? Such a woman
is even tempered , intelligent , strong and
healthy. Health really tella tl\ \ ? whole
story. Health means strong nerves and
strong body , and they go far toward
bringing good looks and amiability.
A woman worn and wearied by tha
drnBKi"g weaknesses peculiar to her sex ,
cannot be expected to find zest in any
duty or amusement , Ufa is all one dead
monotonous gloom to her. On her face
is written the story of weak ness and pain.
The wholesomencss of health is lacking ,
ihe checks lack fullness , the eves Inck
sparkle , the hair lacks luster.
Doctors have learned to locate nine >
tenths of womanly sickness in the organs
that ought above all others to be strotiK
and hcajthy. b
Sensitive wpmen shudder at the
thought of consulting a physician on
such matters. A natural feeling of mod.
esty makes them dread the examination ,
mid " subsequent stereotyped treatment by
"local applications" on which most
doctors insist.
Much more often than not , thia is mi-
necessary. It should not be submitted
to except as a last resort.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has
cured thousands of bevere cases of "fc-
male weakness.It works in a natural ,
sensible way. It begins by subduing the
inflammation that is always present.
i ? . 6tre"Kthens , and invigorates the
whole body particularly the organs dls.
tinctly fetnlnlnc. It promotes regularity ,
cures inflammation and ulceration , and
stops the debll tatinrr drain caused. 1 > J
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