JANUAttT 27 , 1808.
THE OMAHA DAILY
i : itnst.vvATi.il , I..HIOP
I'tlllt.lSIIIJt ) nVl'.HY MotlNINO.
TIMIM8 OK HIM
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Hiimtny 11" ( Jnc Vinr - u
tlntiinlny I Ice. One V < nr
Weekly lleo , Ono \mt v
oiTiriw :
Oitnliv Tlie II' " lliilMlnit , . _
Hoiiili fiirmliv Hlnicd Hlk. . ( "or , N iiJ IHI > T'l '
'ntuifii itmrrH in ruin Hir'M.
< hi nK" 'illiiif2 Clmmlicr tit roinrntrc * .
Sim V.nk Temple ( niirl.
AVniililiiBloii. Ml rniirlei-nlh fllrft
couitisi'ONiUNC'i : : .
All roinmiinlrntlons iflnllnit Ifl IIPVB ntnl illln
rial nnltt-r Rlmiihl Im nililrc-mmlt lo tll l.illt T
IIIIUINI S i.iiTrr.iis.
All | III | IUMI li-ltirn nriil roinlilnnrci flmiiM In
nlln . ( J in 'I ln > ll < o I'nMU'iliiK ' ( oininn *
Oinnlhi l > tnflM < h'-cKn , Mitir' " " nna pnMnUri ,
iintn ) nnlMR In 1m inmlo ) in > ulil to the enter o
COMI'VNY.
STAICMCNT OP C'lltrtH.ATION
Plnlo of Ni lirnxkn DmiRliis rminly tr
Ucui ( , n Txichuck , pircut > ( if The lifePiili
HnliliiB ( .iiniuiuy lidim duly iwrrn pny * Hint tin
iirlml nunilirr of full nn I c'iinile-tn | toilm | nf 11"
mily , Mntnlnir nvenlnR mnl Hunilny Ilc-o jirlnlPi
ilurlnir Hieinunlli < , f Dcctnibci , 1S57 , wn n 'Ol
Not daily nvi'inci- . . , - , .
nvi'incicinoum -
cinoum : n T/S-C tiue-u
r < rn In lir-foif HIP nnd mliforlln il In i V
rc-ni-iiM llil.i lit tliy or 1nnuai > l
( S , il ) Ml1 mil *
NnliiO I'libllo
Niilvvlllisl.inilliitr liitliiintlon to tlir
cnniian Oiii.ilui dm" * nil Iw , ospir
tlic vvi-iitln-r U rl lit.
Tin' itulilli- l unxloiHly vvnllliiK for
tini'osltlnn | HiilisiMlitlnn | Hint Is to an
notincc tin1 M-rnntliiK of Iliv uiiuivlio \
nliliuis ) | '
liiilhlilu.il ili < pnsls | In tinuntlniuil
lilllks of lovvn Ine-liMst'il liinle' Illilll
SHHMKMH1 111 IllU'r llloilllls' . Tills looks
HI1 piospoiltj.
Tlti < ft itlts eil1 tlu > ti'iiiilimtion of tin-
1 nliin r.ii-llU' ii'ci'lvi-i.slilp In Hi' ship'
of linpidve'il mnl fnsti'r ti.iln si'ivlc-c1
( .inniit Mil too Insl to suit Din ilia.
TillsiiKKi'sllon ef ) V.lllotls .sclii'llli'sfot
Ki-iiliii ; Hawaii uiulcr I iii'lo Sun's- put
ti-etlnn suiie-ptltliilisly docs not lusplic
nmllili'iK" 111 tlic oilclnul plan ot luln -
JiiK lu the Isl.tiitls | t ' tle-aty leuile.
A fallfoinln coiiit lias liwii jitit lo the
lniiibUof ( Ice'l.iitni ; a dlvou'c lioni .1
dcail man llleval. H.v Ill's ilce-Nloii the
vvninin 111 the case p'ts what she eloe
not ( | i"i'tvo , a Muio of Hie foittiiiu loll.
1'iof SrliiMilc Is s.ilil to be se-lllui ; loni-
loilal ilfilils to hlh strict In nieillc.il
M'leiK'i' . If I nil1 , this will nlToiil o\e'ii v-
feihN ) enoiule's to i.lNe Ilio piestloii
vvhcthoi ho N : i sdi'iitNt or jiihL an enell
mny laKlr.
The iliH'tilno that n iiioitf'aoil } fi in
e-hlse Is not taxable Is piolmhly a foio
ninilor of Ihe iloclihieIII it the fi.in
elilsof ! Iho piivlliv'oil I'orimintloiis aio
lieu taxable al all , nioilijanoil 01 not
11101 tK.I
Thi'io N no doubt thoio will bo n
inaikcil Inoieas'e In school attend nice
ililiiiiK the coinlii ! ; .vo.n Itnt that lic-t :
alone will not jnstif.v the lew of M."i-
OUO In school taxi" , over ami nbovo the
other soiite-i's eif Incoine , which , for lSs ! ) ,
will , j ( ; i4'iMtoiO.OM ! ) .
Omaha has fuinileil all the ooiiilitlons
for the ostabllshiiient of tin- Indian Mip
pl.v tlopol In this I'll.v. vote-il by e-oncto s
at Us last sos-lon. As soon as It I- In
iiiiiiiliisi eider woiy pied Indian .slioi.hl
Insist on ovoi.v ailloh' supplied him b.v
the Kove'inuiout healing the Omaha
label
A bill has been tntiodiuvil In the Iowa
MMiato to llx the middle of the MU-ouil
river as the lioundaiy line between Iowa
and Nebraska. This nilfjht be a i.illier
.sillily hnnndar.v line , but It would be
better than the one that now puts p.ut
of lovv.i .state on Ihe west side of tlio
rlv or.
The council certainly deserves' civdli
for .slaiidliiK Him on the assc-smont.s eif
the liaiie'hlsfd e'eiipoiatlevns. While' the
coiinrllnien havooul.v demo Iheli duly In
this ma Her , Iho.v have * withstood pie-
sure for a rvductlem ol these e.s-auent.- -
tluit foiuior councils vvould not have
rosl-ted.
A more' shameful waste of tnu | > could
not well ho dv l-oil tli.ui that of e-on-
KISSIIICII who Insist upon dohillu ; ; on
the Moor of Iho hiitiso the ipiostlou , II.is
pie > peilly conioV If conmoss will do
btisitii'ss a Kiunl cxaiuplo will bo M > t foi
all the people , and won chionlc political
Illinois m.iy after while IL ) > Induced
to K" to vvoiK.
ripociatlc pretense of steadfast ft I Mill-
Mil p for the irroenhacU will not bear
lnvostlsailon. Less thin two yoats aw
the pupocrats made a iMinp.ilcn lor n
polio under which th > $ " ID.OiHl.lHH ) of
Kfe'cnbacK.would have been 'icd'onu'd
In coin woith not moio than twoiUths
of the aiiuuint They Intended to do-
Mivy a law part of the value of the
notes , while oven th > rcpiiblleMns who
tidveicato their Immediate' retlioui'nt
want them paid tn their full tace value
before thi'.v aie permlttod to dl.sappv'atv
\Vosiorn hlocU cton > ) have ijathorcd
In lau'o nnuibers In Denver to hold a
nievituv ; nml oi anl/e an as-oolatlon for
the pinpo-o of advancing lh Inten'sts
of one of the most Impoiiant Industiles
In the vvo.st. It K not Just clear wliat
ought to be done to nul > iock gtowlii } ;
n moio protllablo ludiistiy , for while
lieiotofoio .stock gmvveMs have acted
MiiKb sind ll t'iv > ha- not lioeu gcucial
co operation the buslne-- s boon faltl.v
prospoieUH , jot with a central ortul.i- ! )
tlon In Iho eontiol of HUMI who have
inuilo iv life Miul.v of stock gmwlu
Ihoiv l < u > HMMIH why much lurther 1m-
juoveiue'ut cannot be fl
.1 sT
The U'ttMndiro lo be olicMnn In N'ovcni
liar of thin yctir will "loot a Vnltci
Hlnti-K wnntor lo MIWPI ! Wllllnm V
Allen. Although ili ( > . oii.itoiliil rnm
palKii It yvt remote. It N ahondv bohi ;
tinned tlml It would be. Hitp.ut of wl
( loin for tlic republican state lonvoiitloi
to put In iioiiliiitloii | : ( lie candidate \vlion
Iho iciilllMii | ) ) menthols' of the loKlsltl
Utrn flhnll bo pledKed to support. Sucl
ncllou , It Is picdlcfod , vvuilhl li ) * mi I'lc
ini'iit of 4lioii tli lo tlic ticket , by solid
IfyliiK the p.nly under lht banner of tli
chosen lc.tiler.
The lire docq nnt bellevo Hint Hi1 ! ? li
tin1 wise policy lo pursue , oven If tlio 10
publicans- Nobtaskn could tmiiU' a1
llmlr RiMialoil.il candidate- man \\ln
towois head and slioiildois above al
competitors. If anj tiling lias bcoi
taiiKlil b.v i'\poiloiico , It Isbat ( u iionil
nation by .state convention wouh
wt'iiUon lallicrlhan strengthen HP vvholi
ticket , and soilon-dy Impel II Hie dunce'
of election of a leptilillcan li'jjls
latuie. The iccent siMintoil.il contesl
In Ohio should wive an a porpolna
warning against the. folly of foiclui ? ai
Issue Into a campaign that ondaiit'ei <
liarty snpiomao.v.
If wo bad tin. ' election of SIMM tors b >
dlicct M > le of the people , nomination !
by stale comeiillon would be not onlj
pioper , but essential. Wb'ie , however ,
as In NubiasKa , Hie popular vote IM sim
ply an expression of piofeience with
out binding foice , the advautano of a
nomination Is more than offset by tin
ilsk of losing the loj'ls-latuio thmni > li
f.ictlonal discoid and HP Indifference ol
le.uleis whose asphatlons ha\e been
blocked In snhance by the state- com en-
Hon. Although Senator Il.inna was
ultimately elected , no pollllctl sliatojjlil
would \eiitme to athocate a lep-tllion
of his plan of campaign. Ity thinst'ii ' ; ;
llaiina lo the front as the 11,111.\ nominee
for I'nlted Stalessen.ttor , the patty Is
sues \\eie oioxvded to the luckKiomid
and as Iho p.it.tinounl Issue of llic.ini
P.UKII Il.inna wasbouibardod and hlaek-
washetl b.v the opiosltloti ) and n lite
In the ie.tr. Kindled by liv.ilslu his own
paitj. This extia liayatdous- policy
o.inio within nn ace of losing the lo ls
l.ituie and 'hliij ; the sonatoi-hlp lo the
opposition. With a less icsomcclul can
dhl.ilL than Mr. llanna , It doubllul
wholhi'r the nomination ol the Ohio
state convention would lu\o been uitl-
lied b.\ the lojjisl.ttuio That , lee when
Ohio had boon c-uiied by McKlnloj b.\
a most decisive inaioiily In Hie pr-'ced-
ln jo.u. while Nobi.iska has gone pop
ooi.illo two joais In succession.
I'mlcr the conditions tint ( onliont the
tepubllcan p.ut.v In this t.tale , it would
bo an e ieuloiis blnndor to tear up the
state coin 'iilion b.a . .sciiitoiiil slinj-
frle and load tip the si.tie HcKot with
any SIMI iloil.il o.indlilalo to be a ttiifjet
for tiom lour to six months bofoto tit'
lo-ls.itiiio | begins balloting.
ni.cii'iiiK .17 , ( oiriti/Mr.
The Spinl-h Kovotmit > nl bus oi.'oiod
i battleship toisit Ameilcan polls and
It Is to be pivsiuncd thai Ibis ioiipioe.il
lomh'sj will bt > dulv teeo nlvod bv out
people The battleship Maine was i <
101 ded all puipcr consldci.itlun &i hoi
in thai at Il.n.in.i by Iho Spanish in
thoiitios and whi'iiovoithe Spanish
war ship .shall .mho at an Amoilc.in
poit slu > \\ill imdonbtodly tccolvo simi
lar allenllon. Inlet national comity , : \ . ,
\\e undcistand It , teipiiies this. 01
ionise lhor > can bo no question as to
Ihe piopilet.v of oidcilii a Spatiisb hut
lleshlp toislt Amoili'.iti polls atlei 1h
net Ion of our nov eminent and wo at
liouml to assume thai it lias boon done
In an t'litliol.v fiiondl.v sphlt.
It Is < iuile possible , however , that
inonoi 01 l.itci those movements of war
< hips will have a ilistuibiiiK oflect. The
ilcci-lnn that our nival vessel.sit ill
i-all al Cuban polls is dlspl-"isii | < ; lo a
imilloti ol' tht' Spanish people anil In
lite event of any Miouir imiiiilost.t-
llon of U'seiitmi'itt on their p.nt
llioio would be pr > seiiteil a new
. atisi > for an otitbuist of Jingoism
lietv. I low oor , the step has boon
l.tKon. doubtless ad\lseilly , and It will
lie adhoied to so Ion ; : as C'uban poits
no open and they aie not likely to bo
L-losod unless this piv eminent , by t-c-
; i nl/ln > ; a stale of war in Cuba mid
tocoiillnj : hcllliroiont tl hls , should ion )
[ > el Spain to blockade Ihosp ports ,
XKKniiRbH AliM.V / ( ' .IA.I/M
H > foie detlnito atraiip'mciits eon-
. luded for the icllof expedition to the
Klondike lejjloii the Canadian KOVOIII-
nont was consulted b > the authoiltios at
vVashliiKton and it W.K undeistood tliat
[ he vxpeilltloii was endoistul by both
lovernniont.s Loading Canadian news
liaptirs , how over , affect to believe that
loldiul Sec'ietitiy A Ivor's expodiilon
ihero is a bidden motnuv to Canadian
ntorests lit the uorthwe-t.
The Totonlo Mall and llinplro N
; ioatl > wotrled about this lollef ox-podl-
ion and ehai.iotoil/.e It as "an insult to
I'anada" because It 1- * to bo conduct > d
i > y the War dcpaitment of the I'nlled
State.s and protoetod by 1'nlteil Stall
: ioops , An .inon.xmoils correspondent ot
IMP paper calls loudly for piompt action
; iy the Utimlnlon autbuiltlos "dold u
) oslts of Kro.it richness aio totnid in our
loultor.v. " the wilier N.IJS , "A noluh
lioilnj ; conntiy llrst claims ibat Ibo s'ik-1 '
Is oil Its s | th of the line and when It
In comes clear Hint It Is not It pro-
| usi .s to .send It.s military Into the
iv lon. " 'Phc Infoivnco Is that the Ca-
iiaiHans nro afraid the I'lilied Sintp. ,
under co\or of nn > xpedltlon for tbo
lellof oftanln mlneis , is planning a
and xiahhlu- ; coup similar to the
[ iielhods of torihurlal o.puiou ! o
familiar to I < nropeaiis.
This nervousness on HIP pait of our
Canadian neighbors is entirely irronud-
loss It Is ttne that the boundary line
liptwoeu Anioik-an and HjlH-h posstv-
-.Ions In the northwo t Is not tlxod a&
lollnltfly as It should IK > and that Uioie
Is likely to be Mime dispute as to
rt bother certain mines are located In
Alaska or In Canada Hut the Idea that
he I'nltod Stat pnornment oontom-
ilalos.eiuUiu n military expedition Into
lite disputed tonltory to hold the came
i-.Unst all comer * is ab-unlly ildlcu
iotis. The Tnltod States. Is thoroughly
i-ommltted to the policy of po.uvful dt > -
ermlnatlon of all boundary dispute *
The oxpedlllon will dunbtle.vs go for
ward , i'\ou at tlit ) rUk of giving the
f'anndlnns n roat filKht The Imnndnr ;
qupstloii ran wnlt but liiintr > miner
rannot
bKx rtxa
In the fnco of Incoiitustahlo fact
showing impiov Miiont In Indnstilal am
biislnos-t conditions and a totutnlii !
liiospcrlty , tbo ft no silver democrat
persistently deny that thoio has bed
any Inipiovomont or Hint the conuti.i
Is more pnmpoiotm than a > oar a no
This was done In the cnni.sc of a po
lltlcal debate in Iho house of lepte
seiitatlvus nn Tuesday and U Is not nit
common to llud such contention In tin
demociatic press. It Is ntleily dlshon
est , as e\orj man must admit who wll
take thehotiblL' to acquaint himself will
HP facts.
The olio unfortunate foattito In tin
Indnstilal situation Is the depiesslon h
Iho cotton Indnslty , which has brniislii
about a i eduction of waucs lu Now
KiiKlaud , but neither the monolai.v
policy nor the la riff policy Is lospmisl-
bio for this. Mow Is It with other In
dustries ? That of hnn and sled lm <
not been so active for a number ol
joins. The woid-powhiK Indttstiy ha *
materially Inci eased ami maiinlactureol
woolen goods Is moio active than for
se\oral years. The transportation busi
ness Is moie pKKperoiis than al any linn
since IS ! ! . ' . The fat mots of the coun
try me as a whole \ery much bolt or
off than at any other time in the past
decade and this Is not entliely duo In
Hie gioalor foiolgn demand for their
ptodnets. but in part to the laigoly In-
01 eased homo consumption. Thoio Is
mote laboi now emplojeil In the fulled
Slates than at any time In llu * last Ihe
jears and much of It at higher wages
than piovalled since 1MKI. The gen-
ciallv Impioved eondltlou of business h
condnshdy shown in tbo reduced num
ber ol' meicantilo fallnios.
In bis addiess to the Trades League
of Philadelphia , Soetotary. Cage .stated
Hut In the lion and steel Industik's
thole me " ( ! 7 , < M)0 ) moio men employed
Hunt al the dose of Is'.Mi and thai
wages had advanced tiom 10 to t0 ! pel
cent In the glass imltisliy Hie inciease
In Iho number ol men omploved within
a joar has been l..tXM ) Mr Cage
slated that lu- had an a < curate list of
moio than - . " ( > mills , factoilos and 011-
leipiiscs that have duiitig the last six
mouths lestiiiiod woik. many ol them
having been idle sime IS ! 1C , and most
of thorn line advaiued wages ov.'r the
old seal.1. Thoj .no all rniinlag full
lime and some of them double HUP
Tlieio has been a notable glow 111 ot the
Huplato indiisliv within Ibo pis ! jc.n.
I'ct haps In no other section has Indus-
lil.il icvlv.il been moio maik-d than
In the .south and but lor Hie low
pi Ice of cotton , due to ovoipioduc-
tion , that section would b. > ox-
peiii'tiiing tuipiecodonted prospoiilv.
In the east the abnndtnt supply and
low pi ( > of moipv his conduced lo
moio extensive building opeiations than
lor a number of .veils.
That theie N still unomplojod Inboi
and Idle i.ipltiil Is tine , but the amount
ol the loimer is i.tr less than dm ing
ilie.voatsol depe-ssion under domocialii
pollcj , while as to the latter it is due
In part to the i ipid Incicise ol capital
and in p.ut to a link of tonlldoiice toi
which Ihe persistent lice silver agita
tion is chlellj le-ponsililc. The tacts
showing a gioatlv inipiovod ( omlillon
> f geneial business and a teturning pros
poillj aie liKontiovoitlblo and the nuin
'
w ho 'undot takes to deny HI-MU mu-t
have a poor opinion of the public in-
tellls'iico or little lospeot tor honesty
mid candor.
'inn
The convention that met in Indian
apolis to Indorse the plan of the mono-
l.ny commission lesolved to push tip
woik for cniioney lefoim and the ad-
lout nmont was taken subject to the call
! > f the executive committee , so that H it
-liould bo found expedient to lea.semblo
Ihe convention in eider to biing its In-
llnonco li > boar upon congress this can
l > o done without anj d > l.iy
The salient point in the piweedlngs
was HP unqualillod ded.uatlon for the
maintenance of the gold st tiidaul. 'I lie
uldiess of ( Jovoinor Slnvv ot Iowa , who
lias attained motltod piomiiionce as a
-omul money champion , deckned that
Ihe oflort to seotiie liiteni.itlou il bi
metallism having failed , with no pi-i.s
[ vet that anything can > ver bo accim-
[ ilMieil along that line. Il follows that
he gold .stnudaid must IK * foiovor main
allied. IX-Societaty of the Tie.isiit.v
[ ' 'aiichild .spoke in the same vein , as did
itliors. It was wiy evidently the sense
if th > > convention , as It was of the mono-
l.ny commission , that all hope of seotu-
ng an agieeniput for Intotnatlonal bl-
notalllsm must be abandoned ami there
an bo no doubt that this is tip ne.nlv
inlvorsal conviction. It ha.s boon stated
hat Piosldent McKiuloy Mill think *
[ hat Mimethlug can be accomplished by
ritillier olioits to piomote Intoinallonal
liimoialllsm , but It is not easy to und a
-.land upon what ho bases tln > belief.
Pile rotvnt statement of Senator Wol-
ott showed cotu'liislvel.v that Iiilerna
llonal blmotalllstu Is hopeless , a fact
which every c.noful ob oiver has long
iocognl/od.
The dodaratlon of the Indianapolis
. 'onvenUoti for the maintenance of the
iold standind will bo apptovd by all
-.Incero ftlomls of .sound moiu > y , repaid
less of wlut they juny think of thi > plan
) f curioncy toform indorsed by the cou-
L'ontion. The deailj delliPd contest h
lietwcon the gold .stand.nd. which wo
lave , and a silver > tandaid , which we
houhl have with tree coinage ofVllvoi
U the ratio of Hi to 1 This is the plain
* stto now bofote the people of the
I'nlted States.
The Ilavvallan government Is taking
lardy action In the matter of the ob-
lootloiublo contract labor law , under
rtlilcli a system of practical t-livoiy ha *
lieen maintained on the plantations of
the Wands for many years. Such a
.vMom Is Inconsistent with a jcjmb
ilcan form of government , and by ending
It the Dole govoiumont will do a great
leal towatd dcmoiiMiatlu , ; that It b not
i bli'iut tepubllc.
A typewriter company boastfully an
nounces that It has an order for a typewriter -
writer for the emperor of Cormany and
ue for Ihe aged emperor of An.stil.i , and
that tlic wotkmon who mo engaged < > i
HPSO maohliies luno- boon given cntt
blancbo to in.ljto tin m as good and n
liandsotne as possible No doubt Wll
Ham and Prniu : ! Joseph are lu iieoi
of ( jpewilterft and thotc Is no botto
place to buy thi'iii than in Ameilea , bit
Isn't the Ameriiati typowrlter gill < iueoi
and doesn't .sllb d'pxervo ' Just as porfoc
and handsoim" typevvtltois as the linger
Ing relics of huu/pcaii / momnchlcal lit
stllutloiis ? '
The ] ) ioposltiuti befote HIP Woman'i
club for that orgnnl/.atlon to make It-
coiitilbutlon to the exposition lu tin
form of hoadqtiarU'is and onteitalnmon
for the. rations llbeial coiigrcssos tha
will bo held licie during the year l <
deserving of favorable attention fiou
the ui'Mnhcis oinnlui expects nil organ
I'/atlous and associations which onoj |
public favor or support to lake an aetlvi
pail In making the exposition and It
accompanying couvenlloits and gather
Ings complete successes.
The clecttIc lighting company has mi
gioitml for complaint against the cllj
oven If its piopinlloti of taxation I"
higher than that of other ftanchlsed cor-
potations. It acquliod Its frattdilst
vvllhoiit pa.vlng Hu city one dollar foi II
and Its conliact lor stteet lamps of
'steeii candle power was pulled thiongh
In the midnight hour when ghosts begin
lo walk and but gluts and boodlois got
In their woik. Dining the coming rea
son , alone. It will make up mote out
of public illuminations than all Its taxes
for live joais.
The Oomnieidal dub has asked the
council to make ptovlslou for a material
Inciease of Ibo police foic . Hut the
Commercial club does not seem to knou
or want to know that the lallnte of
police pioloction Is ( III,1 mole to Ihe lack
of a competent chief and ellldent olll-
ceis than it Is to shoilago of patioliuen.
A thousand patioliuen added to
the loice would not dilvc out the foot
pads , bmglais and piolo.sslon.il nooks
so long as an incxpoii-cnccd chlel Is in
chat go.
Sioux fltj Trili me
IMltor Hose-water of tlio IVoo vvns , os
lunch ns an v one. lospniislblo for Net ) , iski'8
ioitioi ! > 3lll.ni notice la\\ . hut now pionoiincca
II the sli.ibblivU pleco of lclslatloii ; ovcf
piwcli. < i llu tins lejniPil from
I ! nil lie < luI'.KK MnrUi-l.
It illlinnio Ann rh in
Thesllcr qupstlon like oilier nntorliin
characters , tins Rene ir DU the staKO ami will
slu lu a driiiM L.ilk'il " 1\c \ Curse of Gold "
Tlio cuiiilll tirot.iblj not fall lo in > ni-
onli'lnK oxtonl In HIP box olllcy or the t > o-
Itl o-ihamulc. (
Doiiiu-IU'.s ' ( liliilnyri-nin.
Itoslnn 1 1 in cr pt
Ifiintltis DonnVll > lias hoanl oil tlio
; ic < it simKors of Knglaml ami declares tint
cominied with VT J , llrjnn "tlioj nrp lll.o
lip olil-f-i hlri pa
- slhslp-barrtlltnl fowlltis
ilocn ( o the Citllnc Kun " Tlio Galling
K"li we bol"ve. ! vvof-lvS with a crank
lionet Clii-i | > mid Cnoil.
riilVi'tt liOil-i Ileionl
Tliprp novcr bb'forp. wxia such a gorfip of
plipap iuoi'o > InVall stroM This plontl-
ii < te takes the odpp off of the poptillbt Pr ; ,
foi ilu-xp money In Wnshlngton As lour ,
ns It Is Imiujsstblo to p'.ico pilel-iip golil
at aiUantnKe tin * crfor more inonoj of
rooror ( itialltj sneyi untlraolj
I'PHllH Of I'ollllclll r | | % .
Ixiulllfo f'ourlcr-Journ il
Onlj 200 Immigrants o-.mo Into Kpntucky
rom Kmopp last ycai. and but r.OO went to
eiinpsspi ? Tlipre Is no need for our "tatc -
iiPM to oxerrlsc ithenibelvcs over laws irc-
tilctliiK the Importation of cheap forrlKti
aboi Tor some rrascn or other , forplpn ;
miMlo h no more anxious to fln3 pinplo > -
tiPiit In tl cbp states thin Is foreign cipital
t was quite different n few jpiri i-go , and
\lll any onu ! > It was not bitter'
St lyotils , will rahp ? J5.000 to tlefraj tlio
XPCHSM of nn ndpn.n.ito rpprpscntatlon of
he eltj's nurciiitlle and mainifaeturliiK In-
prpsls nt the Oniah Dxpcsttlon This wll !
eaxo only nLout J35 000 for thp rest of tile
t-ito to i also lo order to show Missouri of
n the proper waj at Oinih-i If the Is-
erlor will bo as prompt ns St Louis in
alslitR the mono ) there need be no fear of
1 osourl n.aklnp n poo- exhibit
Tlio i\i ] < islloil I'roci's.slon.
MilnnnkPo hontlni'l
Thp ppoplo of St I ouU Imvo decides ! to
also J2..PDO In that pity for the pin pose ot
voiding a sultnblp St I-ouls pxhtblt it
tin Omaha c\posltlcn About tw Ice tint
urn Is oxpectel to be siibscrll > ° d In the
stito so that Missouri will be able lo make.
i flu" chaw tin ; at Omaha. Other neighbor-
UK states nro making preparations on a
slmllir libe nl icalo so thnt It Is all the
nore RiatifjIiiK to know that Wisconsin
vlll also be repnuented.
'I'liiK
1'hlliul , Iphla
Persons In'endltiK to go to tlio Klondike
cold fields should take note of the eondl-
lon of things on the transportation routes
) etwecn Sin Prnnrlsco or Scottle nndit \ -
mu ports All the steamers are crowded ,
U their pa engor space Is engaged for
nonll s abfotl oml there Is great dinper
hat Uio gold srekprs will bo loft at the
nil road termini si 11141 ! > because there la no
oani for them on the vessels. They should
iiako certain that tlie > wilt hive transpar-
itlon nil the way before they mnko tho.
Irat start.
Tn < of H Kliiil.
Chicago Times Hri ill
The gold staiu'anl Is now fairly established
n Hiiisla. In t'Jo last > rar the gold coin In
Imitation there has rlspn from 37 000 000
ubles to 155.000,000. while Iho Increase hi
ho treasurj amounts to 109,000000 The
per curreiK > his been reduce < l b > over
00000000 rubles anl the ratio of gold clrcu-
jlton 13 tlat of silver Is morn than 15 to 2
Ptio gold circulation , too , Is one-third larger
Inn the issuer However. Hrjxin and hH
ollowers ought not to be robbed of the sllght-
st consolation , the faintest ra > that gilds
r rather silvers I'jeir lost couse la uddi-
lon to Mexico tlijlfl Is still otio other m-
Icti on the North ? AmerlPin continent that
s on the silver basis This Is the 1'otii-
sjttomlo ttibeojC Jiullons Their annultlca
mount to about it 0-K ) which mint be paid
n sliver Whether thoj would voluntarll )
dhoro to the Ilrysn standard of finance can-
lot be known as trmtlcs rlmont as old m
ho century icqujrrt a > nutit lu silver , but
t an > rote tliej get the silver
: vinvriiiN < iOVIIMJ 01 n wvv.
lalUlli-iil Proof of tin * Nation' * ( Jrcm-
IIIUT I'ro piTM ) .
KnnttfB Vlt > Htar
Wo take It that one of the best proofs of
i nation's prooinTlti may bo found In facts
ml figures which show that the nation has
traduced abundantly and has been able to
ell abroad at fair prices much more than
ho has been compelled lo purchase If such
luts and figures are a proof , then no one
an controvert the claim that the United
itatps Is enjoying prosperity to an unusual
ieerce.
The bureau of gUtUUcs at Washington
IM completed Its record of exports and Im-
ions for the calendar > ear lt 97. and It U
ouiul that wo have a balance of trade l.i our
aver of $356 49S 661. the largest ever Known
n the histor ) of the country The exporu
imounted to M lUOOOOOO , which also Is the
argest trade of that character ever Knonn
it the country's history
i.Vs a rule ctaiUtlcs are kept by the fiscal
rather than tb * calendar > tw r. and there-
on. ' In giving comparative statistics of ex
torts anl import * for a series of > ear lu
the follow Ing tnblp the fiscal ami not th
calendar > eam are referred to
Our
Year 13xi > irls Imports , llnlnnci
1S78 $ C IOH-IOCK ) $ n7 1 . < X)0 ) f217KX1X (
1171 . 7100W.OX ) 4IM > Hllii10 2fi4XOO' (
tsso . . M'iOi , oi < ) W7ix t ) )
liSl . " 02.OW.OO fil2rt 0 ( )
l"isJ . . . . 7M OOil.OO ) 72IW . ( 1
.
742.CIO.OI > ) S7700rt,0 * )
( M WO rt tSWW , < * ) . .
7lt)0t 1,00i > Ft2Wt ) OM Z3.0MW
fii.ui,0io ( 72ie ) oiio
742 , ft > l ( H > 74,0X ( ) 01)1) )
1SW l.OW.COOW ) M7,0)i > 000
1SS1 S-ti.tW Oil ) VI OKI KM
IS'H . . . Mi2 ( > XOi ) ) tMONMl)1) ) 217,00000
Ib9" > MJ7(4WH ( 711010ml" ) 75 0 , ( W
1SW ! SSJOi ( l ) 771,00TO ) 102,000 0 >
IS'JJ . . , 1,050.000.01)0 ) 701,100 0 : \O.Oi.H > ,00
H will bo observed that In thrro jean
'tho ' Lalanco of 'trado vvns against us nm
In e'.ncli Instance It vvns during a dcmewalli
ndniliilstr.itlon In a period of BO calle-il tnrlf
leform tn 1SSS tlio bnla-.ico aRnlnst , us vvai
$2 000,000 ; In 1SS' ' ) . It was $2.000000 , ntiel li
1S1U It v\as J1S.OOOOOOhllo It must bi
ndinlltrd tint our commerce abroad Is In
llupiicod by many otlie-r things besides 0111
Intomnl policy no republican nicd feai
tn point to the above1 table In proof of hli
condition that protection Increases our ex
peirts and e.-nlarRcs our balances of trade1
Thh fact Is peculiarly marked In the utatls
tics of the calendar jeai when comiiarfd te
tlioso of the fiscal jcar Tlio fiscal jcii
ending Juno .10 , 1S97 , uml slo-vs n bitnnce
of trailo In the sum of $ . . 000,000 The
calendar year closed Dcci'tnlKT 21 , with n
bilnnro of ? 350 000.000. or $70,000,000 more
than dtirhiR the fiscal jenr The Hrst sh
months of the calendar > ear was under the
Wilson law and proilucrd n Inlanco of $141
000,000 The Insl six months was under the
Dingle ) law and produced it balance of $2ii :
000,000 This surprising Increase may not
bo otitlrcb attributed to the change In
tariff liws. hut It at least offera ix perfect
answer'to ' those democratic calamity howler =
who declared that the Dlngh-y bill vvould
erect a Chlne-so wall nronml tlui United
States and ilostioy our foreign trado.
IP 1OI II VVI2 KI3 VUS.
I'hlladi-lpl la Ilecort Thp lead tig slhc-
UPS 11 Washington propose to put dramatic
poiupinlcs on the loid In jiltjs which shall
propig ti > the tauso ot free eolniRO Tlic
sllvf > ! ltei ! alwajs vvetc a bit theiitrlc.il. With
thrlr load companies plajlng ; to the ground-
lltiKs nnd their senate lagRreRatlon pl.i > iiij
to iho gillet'es ' , tlielr bcason ouglit to bo it
gint sllcce s ntlslli all > , but thej will need
to bo brisk about it , for the remilai circus
season is nnt many weeks awa >
Springfield Hepubllcan The hllver loid-
f-s. In deciding to send out a dramatic com
pin > to produce n plnj on the slver quis-
tlem luvo naiiipd the draim "Thp Cursp of
field" nthcr than "Tho crime of ' 73 " The
"Crime" it tfeems Is a back number , which
Is homelhliiK gained for Ihe cui'.o of souiul
money Senator ? te > w > rt has gieit faith in
Lho "Curse" nnd predicts for It a inn like
that of "Uncle Tom s Cabin " Is the.-
Ihcnlrlcnl Utist booking thp touto0
Uiooldyn Kngle Ilefnim bj drami Is to
be umlej taken > by the peps. "Uio Curse of
Oold , " 11 jilaj In which thp Injured hero nnd
liciolne are sllvorltcs and the snortliiR
\ Ulan Is i gold bug. Is to be sent on the toad
li > i s > idlrato of silver mini ) owners for
HIP purpose of louvortlni ; the vvron tlilnlc-
lag iiopulicp Hut It soun s as it It wore
: ino of those plajs so ver > bid that after OIIL
> lght of It the victim would go milps out or
Ills w.i > to Olsagrre with everjthing in It.
1'h ladelphla Times \ great and gloilous
ifbrmp has stiuck the sll\er propacjindlsts
low Thej ore going Into the show bust-
lie ss as rivals to the Theatrical trust we
: iivo been hearing so much about The
? rcitmpiican dtntnitUt has he-en found at
ist , anl Senator Jones and the rest of them
no going to be his angels Coin's rinanclal
iclmol having been closed and Divan's circn-
miim failed to diaw , thcso enterprising
nirvojors for the ainusomcnt of the woild
itopose to take up the task of elevating ; tbo
itige and miking It that gre'it Instrument
> f public education ot which so many have
Ire.imcd Just how they pxpect to go about
o bc-olc the ! show is not explained , but as
The Curse of Gold" Is probably adapted
other to the rustic bain than to the tow.i
hent r this need net give them uneislncsa
iVe are ploised te > observe the name of our
) ld filend , Chaimcej Ponvard Illaclc among
he promotes ! ot the American Drama com-
nny This gives a surancp that their cor-
rlbutlons lo the contemporary -drama will
mvo at least . ' poetic qnalltv , while thp
: oiJlal Indorsement ot Senator Allen Is .1
runruniee of thrli Intellectual elevation Ir
ho able promoters mentioned In Uie dls
-atch > s are themselves to take part In the
i.i ! > , thcio ran be no doubt of Its success.
M , VM ) o i'iuii\visi : : .
Al'hough Senator Smith nf Now Jersej
coks llko a doctor of divinity , lie has the
eputallon of being the nerviest poker plajer
In tbo sennto
Wojler having some few troubles of hto
jwn , Is supposed to bo gloating with ghoul
ish glee over these experienced by Cip'iln
So-eral Dlinco
There' b tnlk In Hartford of erecting a
mltablo monument to the inemoiy of Henr >
liy Work , thp author of " .Marching
rhrongh Georgia "
Thpodoro S Pan In of CPdar Raplda , la
las rpoit his whole life collpctlng books on
Masonrj and now 1-cs a library of about
10.000 volumes said to be the best In the
\orld
C H. James of Melbourne. Australia , who
'illoa not long ago for $5.000000 was a
; ropprV clerk In that city In 1SS3 He
rode his monej In rml estate during the
: c.jm U the middle ' 80.3
Miss Columbia Tllvera who has been
k'onscd as a practicing physician and ap-
lolnttvl to the women's ward of St Andre's
iosplt.il , In the City of Mexico , Is the first
tomnn In .Mexico . to bo nppiintcd to such n
losltlon
An Ingenious German tradesmin , sentenced
o olght weeks' Imprisonment for oomc
light offense , hired an acqui'otancp. w ! o
vtij out of work , to take his place The
Kinge ua > found out , unluckily , and both
npn received three months for "Intellectual
alslflcatlcn of records. "
General Kuropatkln , whose appointment as
lusslm ministpr of war In announced , b
> f vorj humble origin , ami bis great honors
IBVO all been the reward of mrrlt. Ho haa
tec.for a number of years military gov
mor of the Tranacasplin province , with his
leidquarters at Afikhabid
Tuo real name of rranelsquei Sarcoy , rtip
hllngulshed Parisian ciltlc is Francois He
I.IH for flfty years used Iho less common
lame oxclusUely till the other day. when IIP
cnt to enter his s n's nameIn the army
l t Although tno pseudonym of a writer
s considered valid In France for all com-
nerclil nurpo'es otllcial papers In the army
a\e to befilgned wllh thorwl n-ime
Senator Hoar U said to bo uniformly poll'e
o all vilib whom he comes In contact He
cccntly took great jains to assist an old aoi
jplaln who called ou him , and after they
mil parted , the old mariner tuuied to
lystamler and sail ' Goh' ' Who would
lave thought that ei United States semtor
hould have goiio to all that trouble just for
no' "
1'x-Mayor Latrobe of Haltlmoro Is In the
icst of health although ho has attended COO
unquots during the last twenty years He
aya "I always tad a good time wherever I
vent Hut I didn't eat much banquet-goere
ihould remenvber that ami I dldn t Irlnl :
nuch and that Is why I have not develo | > e < 1
ny of these many dUeasea uhlrJi are lurk-
11 g la the atmosphere surrounding itie
; oiirmet "
ronBTOfsman Johnson of .North Dako'a saju
hat ho Is orpospd to iho proposition of
ieriitor Jones to appropriate { 150 for a mr-
ralt of Sitting Hull for the rauon that the
ame of Ihe old chief wjfl gat without merit
ilfuig Hull wan a medicine nuci and dur-
ng the tlKht he was out of tarin'a way with
he cquang cooking mysterious herbs danc-
ng and chanting incantations o I'.io devil
, 111 If Tall Grass Huiining Anuloiie auJ Ilaln-
n-ihe-Pacc were exterminatloi Cutters ion-
Lind for \\IiUb the wily oj chcul revclwj
he credit
Many a cook's reputation
has been made by her use
of Royal Baking Powder.
NOSTHI/M. /
Tlu IMticndoniil
llhiiulcr of HUN rlrit > lnaulttul > , "
Htvokljn K RP !
tty a vole ot 45 to 2S the t'nltcd State
* pnUo ippontly passed the I/rlgo Immtgr.i
lion bill In substantially the same form a
It . \s vetoed by cx'l'resldonl Clcvpl.and Jus
brforo ho fltilslifxl his last term Mr Cleveland
land vetoed the bill on the ground tlu
p-lucntlon Is not n guarantee ot v Irtuo < in
that most of thp people who como hero a
trouble makers lo not belong to the grossl ;
Ignorant cl SSPS , but liavei some meaauro o
sducntlon As passed the cdiif.atloti.al tcs
In the bill has 'been modified Instead of re
quiring the Immigrant to bo viblc to boll
read and wrlto twenty -tlvo words ot the con
stltutlon In the Knglfsh or some othe
language it leaves him at liberty to Ci
olthpr. on the theory that there nrp man ;
pxccllpnt citizens who o n read but win
cannot spoil , punctuate or wrlto will
nccurney , nnd that It would bo unjust t.
turn from our shores any man who , In sonn
language , could Tind enir l.iws and 0111
history Another amendment provides tha' '
the members of the family accompany Ing
Immltnaiit rojpi ted under the provisions o
the bill -sli.all bo returned to the countn
whence they came bv the steamship torn
iniitrs It Is worthy of note that thp vott
on the measure was more strictly partis u
than any which lias hern iccenlly cast in
the senate. Of the twenty-eight votes In
the negiitlvo twenty-five were cast by the
dc > mocrntle senators Joined by three popu
lists. Tno populists , four sllverlles and otu
democrat united with the republicans In
supporting the measure It mny bc nssilinoil
that It will become n law , for there Is .1
heavy republican majority In the house , niu
McKlnloy Is not the sort of a man who would
bo likely to use the veto pov > er under tau
( licumst incis.
Afte < r It ticcomcs n law It will take Its
place among the eii'ctctl nostrums of the
period Nobody e\an toll whether It will
work 111 or wpll The presumption on which
It Is lascd Is tl'ut something bid luis hap-
nincd to Ihe Unltpd Stiles on account ot
Immigration , or that something bad will
happen to th"m unlr-ss the cheek lines nre
diuwn It 15 a piesumptlon th-U would
better bo tasted by cvldcncp than bv asser
tion The simo Idexi was entertained by Iho
Indians who trixl to prevent Immigration
bv nmsmcip and extermination at a time
vvl on they almost pxcluslvplv eomprlspil the
native popu'atlon The Indians were rn-
sonabol ami loglenl bpcnuso If thpv had suc-
eo-'Vd they v.ojld still b ? the holders of
fiont srats ln > tcad of having bepii drlvpn
l > \ond the- Heckles and almost Into thp I'n-
clllr The rreneh nnd the Spanish tried to
exclude the nmlls'i. who lu turn trl"d \
exclude them and the Dutch nnd tlu >
Swedes were opposed by the nngllsh ami
In tuin orroipd them Thus followed all
these unsuccessful efforts nt exclusion un
til wo acquhed the composite population
which \\f now boast
The Eagle does not bclleUe that Immi
gration has bepii Injuiioiis to this country
Itdoes not believe that thp evils apprp-
Inndeil ns a ronsonupiicp of unrestrlctod
immlcratioil 'would ' break out hero , but
"bould harm unhappily bo done a euro for
It would be found in the frp" speech ane'J
fair nlav governing- einlltlons of Ampr-
Irun life Thpre Is no patriotic American who
IIPS not icasan to feel particularly grateful
to the Immigrant element A vcrv li'pe
percentage of thp northern armies which
saved the union was comprised of Immi-
ciants So was a very large percentage of
the aimv of voteia who voted for honest
money last vear. Nlno's-flvc tier cent of
the people who sought to dissolve the
union were nathcs sincere doubtless In
conviction , but In wtrong contrast with the
forclmi born population , among .which the
doctrlnp of disunion made no hc\id\\ay Til"
union recruited armies anl manned mvlea
with the Germans and Irish and Scandi
navians a n'l HiiRllsh and Dutch and other
foreign born citizens who freely offo c < :
their lives to the country of their adaption
and It is onlv fitting tint their valor and
tlielr patriotism should be icmembered at
n tlmo wlipn the Immigrant Is the subject
of tmidious comment Hy a slngulir oppr-
at'om of circumstances the suffragp of the1
states which wanted to dissolve the iinlon
wont larcelv for bastard money In the pres
idential ol ° etlon All the- states in which
o ? , pilnclpal cities are located .vent fcr
honest money and It Is In the big cities
ttat the praDondcianco of foreign born clti
was Is to be found Hoston. Chicago , Now
Voik Haltlmore , Phlladolphla Cincinnati.
ripv eland , lluffalo San lYancisoo , the City
of St Louis , la fnct , every city of con-
.enucnee went to the record 1n favor c' ;
sound money , and this certainly does not
speak baJIy for voters othsr than those ) who
nro nailve born
TMs nation was founded on the moral law
af the right of nil to the pursuit of happi
ness and the principle has ever been held
la honor Under it wo have prospered to an
I'xtent novcr dreamed of by the founders ot
; ho government , and prosperity has been the
magnet thnt has attracted Immigration To
the assertion that the right to change the
lilace or country in which thev ll\e is a
tatural right of all men. the \merlcan people
ire ns fuliy committed ns they nrp to the fed-
? ral constitution Nor is there anything
In the cry that Iminlgtntlon is destroying
\merlcnn labor Interests ivery new class
> f Industrious and productive labor elevates
: l'o class It displaces Within the memory
) f people now living nearly nil the lower
ilaces In thp New England factories nnd
iparly all the places of domestic service
.vcre filled by the sons and daughters of
American farmers When the German , the
rlshmnn , the Swede nnd the Engl'-shman
ame to supplant the American ho did not
'all In the Industrial scalo. but went up
ilgher and of the Increased wealth of thp
lomtmmtty lie had his full share Conditions
lave not materially changed since then Wo
lave ample room for all who choose to come
icro. Irrespective of educational or property
ests and thp barrier to Immigration which
: ongrcss jiropcuea to establish U In our
udgment. a legislative blunder of the first
nacnltudo
Tlio Inilnttrliil Hot-Iron.
CJlolH'-Democnit
' correct In
Rrad-'treet'H is unquestionably
inylrg that wro it not for the troubles In
.he cotton n arvufncturlng region of Nrw j
anglnyl "tlvo vvoald be hardly a speck1
o dull the luster of the industrial horizon "
. .abor In gene ul throughout tl.9 coantry
s rmnloved at fair wages In many Indus
rlcs wages have gene up In the past two
> r three months Probably the derange
ment In Uio New England cotton traia li
nlv temporary In nny ca 3 , liowove1- the
: ltuntlon Is far bottev than It was twlve
nnnths nco niU It is likely tn be further
mproved before the middle of spring
MKVICO i.M ) nun : SII.VKU.
of iintnrrlrnn
1 rt Itli NntUo Opinion
\V J llrjon's letter mi Mexico am ] fron
ftllvcr In the New York World concludes
follows
"It would bo unf-ilr to Rlvo to Moti n >
financial p-Mlcy credit for nil tlic irigims
whleto the country tias tun do In iho last
twenty-five > ears Her government nnd her
government oIllclAts have conlrlluiloil ran li
to hci elcvolu'tiiont l > y giving nccmliv o
llfo , prote'cllon to property and stimulus u
citudtloti. If thortdvocntea of the gold mr ' .
ard loslst that her financial ssto.m at
ben a hindrance ) ami that she IMC ! gone fin.
ward , not because of It , but In inlto of li t
ropl > tlrtt mj observation , ns we'll ns my
roison. lends mo to bcllovo tint the tiso < \ {
sliver hns heDii of mateilnl ailvnntai" n
Mexico , and 1 ntn more than ever coin in-rj
that the best Intcrestd of our own people Or-
tnaiul the Immediate rentomtlui of tin * hog
and unlimited coinage of gold and * llv < r al
the > present lepal mtlo of 11 ! to" 1 wltli-u
waiting for the aid or concert of anv enln-r
nation.
"Mexico Is not stiong enough to mai i'nm
the inilty between the metals , but the IK < \ o
of the United States die. Mexico hun In iho
I use of sllve'r nvoldcd the fall lu prlee-s I i
has suficiL'd to a certain extent from ! > , >
lluctilatlons In exchange1 , llv oponlni ; < m ;
mints lo the free coltnigo of silver wo 1 n
shall cscco from Mlllng prlcoB , and iv
malntaltiilng the IXMHVt > sliill , In adit -
tlon , avoid lliictiiatloti In cxchncigc "
The Clt > of Mexico TclCRiain , a well ore.
dueled elally published la the Mexlcrn cipi
til , dlscuesos Mi Drjium visit to tlmt conn
ti > nnd draw A the following eonclimlona
1 That the conditions of Mexico and the
United States ateso dtametrlrillv opposite
thnt i coinpirlijOii is not only Impiviihie
but evoi absurd
2 That Iho fact tint wo have a froo.
co'naite ' Is not icsponslblo for out prroont
prosperity In fact , pi-obablj under a gi Id
standird we should have ; done ius well it
not better.
: t Tt it the prevent rule of exchingo ! ni
ncceler.iti'i ! ' Investments IUTO. itmombdl1"
however , that unless the very excellent pov
eminent wo pevscss at present , through 11-
grace of Rexl tcid Porllilo IMnr , did tint e < xl t
not a contnvo would bo Invested In th s n > -
? iubllc however favoiablo oxcliingo.
I IJvcn alloHlng thnt our prosperllj 'a '
due to our havIng unlimited coir igo of Alive r
the conditions of every aoit hero ate bo eli
solutclj etlltcront fiom these previlllm ; In thn
I rilled States th.it the fncl tint the vUiito
metal was n source of benolU to Mexico
would at the 'imo tlmo tend to prove that
It WHN an Impossible benent to our gieit
northern nelgliLor
IMllsIii | : ) 10 \ POINT.
Detroit Jcnrnnl : "He Is a man .of for-
tniio ? "
"I hnvphpard It said Pr him thnt ho li
a child of fortune' . "
Chic mo Keportl"Do \on bplio\o In the
good pHi-e-ta of l.iughtol ' '
"Of ootiisc , IT 1 e-in geC n in in to liu , li-
ijK- r e-in npaily .ilwaya bonow ? j from
him , "
WisliliiKton Star : "I believe' , " I'm In
Lhpii , " < lit do liunvin lace vvould Im
eon ld ablewlsei on' happier oC you ooul t
KPt 'em to foller nn nliRniiient ns e isy M
you kin git 'em to folia a cltcui mine , -
s"
Puck : "Who Is tint nillltniylooking
cJi ip ' "
' "Hint sir , Is the hero of a rumored wiir"
Drnoklvn Life : " \\hat Is your Idea of i
cy nip ? "
"Wpll , n cvnic Is i liumoilst who bi
bad 'lie inlstoitune to be bom with his
smllo i tilllo. on one side"
Chlc-acro Chronicle r ° her Complaint Is
being made as to that bonnet In the thliel
box "
MniniKPr What's tlur matter with If"
Usher Spvpral ladles on , the oppo&ltc i-ldo
of thp house rlilm It Ib so swell ihey pan t
SPO the st ige.
InelHnapolls Journal "I conLomplate th"
future" said tlio .skeiitle ; younjj man ,
"without a shudder"
"And If Isn't lllcjjy. " mid thp ngcd clirls-
tian. "tint vou will do much shivering after
you get there. "
Cblpigo Tilmine Mr J.ipvv.ay ( rushltig
I wish \ou would run out to the alley ind
tell nu < what , vou ipp' '
MM Jigway ( retiirnlncr a TAA moment
Inter from tb alii v ) There's nothing to
bp open it , ill It's ibsolutc'ly rlean
Mr J igivILJ-That's tlu- way it looked 10
nip nn I that's why I thought I had 'iiu
again
Cp\pHml ] l.padpr "Toll me. Claudia " bn
nhli-porrel "thnt you love nip " "I Ioyou. .
Conh'untliip " she -
, nuii-muied
"Aio you sure of If" he nsked
"Yes , " < = ho-rrploil | , 'I am positive"
"How do you know you love me. ' " be con.
tlnurxl
"lle ( llIv " " = ho nn-tvvored , "If I < 111 not
IOVP vou I would bo ellusted with th
[ > crfume yvn u o "
rin : n\\'iii : or
Ituffnl > Times
Deep in snow the country road
\ Vind.acrois the snowy hill.
All tin He'd * wIJi < lrlfts nrovhlte
And the II ikes are falling still.
[ Jer the pine tree , gilm and , old ,
Like a begR-nr In the cold ,
aver rapgeMl oaks that stand
rr..unt and gray on every bund
Dvpr elm trees bare and brown
Still the , snow Hakes lluttur down
In thi > wool's the Halo brooklet
Trimbles , as the chill winds blow.
Anil the white birch shakes and
In the biio.v ,
P ile and pure against thp sky i ,
Pilntly gleams the village hplto '
Jtp.ulfist s-ill '
through ivoonday's sun ,
I-v pnlng mis' or morning tire ,
And the snow Hakes silowly fill
In their \vh"tnp - over all
Pill the sit ndi r lumllng'stumu
3f the. gra' is glenn llko gems ,
And n crystal fret-work tlno
-overs cveiy tangled vine ,
bafely , sweetly ie t the > drcamets
In the fUkt town below.
In tlio silent town , s > afe foldeel.
In the anon
Uestlessly the paper wind
Echoes like a throbbing- Into
Fill thei willows in the hollow'
Quiver and are mute
ruder rifted clouds of gray ,
IVIth her trouble. * put awny ,
Kv > w tlio old worleK lleth wlilto
In tin pitlent luihli of night.
S'ot a dri'im of , orroA thrllH
riiroug-h the Hllmieo of her lillls
Qed has touched her cloudy valleys , >
Hushitl he-r couiillc.---i tonci of woe.
Ami with sweet forgiveness folds her
In tbo snon.
When we say good we mean it. ft t
We have a large assortment of
Flannel Night Robes that are made large and
full in body , Full length , not scrimped in any
manner. Stripes and checks that are neat and
sightly. Colors that will wash and always re
tain that soft feeling and not grow hard or
harsh to the skin , Once worn will always be
worn nothing nicer a lasting comfort
These are not the common kind. Not sndorsrds but ists
and only oc each. Sizes 15 to 18.
9.V. . Cor. 15th aud Douglas
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