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Notary ' ulillc
Wliy should tlio Now. York poopli
nsk Senator Mnrpliy to resign ? Ilns In
evi'i1 doiii ; anything ?
Now lot tli ! > courts toll us ns qiilclclj
as possible which pnlli'o board Is the
board cli > llu > il with real authority untloi
the laws and Iho constitution.
Omaha furnishes two sunonmtoriu
candidates on the pnpcratlc. "I'avoralib
mciiiloniMl" list. Hut Omaha nuvor fur
nlshod hut one jznvornor for the .state.
The talking that Is done through r
Mexican gift sombrero doesn't dlffoi
much from that talk that comes thruugl
the ordinary American hat worn by tin
candidate.
Tlie action of the faculty of the low :
State university In suspending twenty
three students last week Indicates thai
the course In kidnaping Is to be strlckei
from the curriculum.
between their IntermitU'iit denial !
that prosperity Is restored and claim ;
for the populist state government of th ;
credit , for returned prosperity , the pope
era lie shell workers are having n hard
time to catch suckers.
A free trade statesman once offereil
to cat all the tin plate mart is In UK
T"nlted States , but ho has not taken : i
bite at the tin plate heap stacked nj
last year by American manufacturer !
containing Hii.iMi'J.OC.'l pounds.
Congressman Hill tJivone may be ilnsl
with "happy hits , " but he is horribly
mixed tip on facts. That , too , when
he Is talking about the state which hi
Is supposed to represent In congress am :
which he ought to know .something
about.
The organ of the bogus reform police
board points to the law Imposing a pen-
ally for personating an ollicer. It for
gets to say , however , that tinder .Indgc
Scott's decision It Is Its own reformer ?
who are laying themselves liable to pros
ecution as pretenders.
There Is room In the transmlsslsslppl
region for millions of honest and. hard
working Immigrants and they are wel
come , even if they do not read and write
the Kngllsh language. Their children
will be educated and , the ni > xt generation
will be thoroughly American.
The report of the Department of Agri
culture on the gypsy moth indicates that
the Massachusetts .pest .lighters now
have the dangerous little butterfly In
control , after sp.Midlng nearly a million
dollars In the warfare. The Husslan
thistle , however , seems to have become
a useful plant.
It Is easy enough for the kickers to
tell what they think ought not to ] > , >
done In the water works controversy ,
but when they are asked to outline a
positive policy that will produce de
sired results , they fall down lamentably.
What the exposition wants Is water , and
that as speedily as possible.
The feature of Htiropean history last
year was the war brought on by con-
lllctlng Interests In Crete and unfor
tunately the ( . 'retail trouble has not yol
been disposed of. If the Kuropcan pow
ers would settle one quarrel before en
tering upon another , they would gt
along faster In their program of ruling
the world ,
More than two weeks have elapsed
Blnce the .offer of $ . " > for each name In
excess of 100 of bona lido carrier de
livery subscribers to the World-Herald
in Omaha and South Omaha omitted
from the lists published In The H.e. ?
\Vorld-Ilorald said there were thou
sands of omitted names. Up to date
nary a name.
The phlletallsts are under no obliga
tion to purchase stamps of any and every
kind put on the market by the nations
of the world. Sympathy with them can
not stand In the way of forthcoming
Issue of TransmlsslsslppI Exposition
stamps. The stamp Idea Is a popular
one here and In all parts of the country
and It will call attention to the exposi
tion as nothing else could.
The poll of the Idaho legislature on the
question of Impeaching the whole su
preme court Is reported to have resulted
In a showing that the legislature would
not retaliate against the court for over
turning the laws passed last year. That
is the reason the.call for a pi clal ses
sion has not been made. In the menu-
time the voters are getting ready to
elect a legislature Unit will pass laws
T/7B vxcnusiiKD ir/sr.
A. report that PreMdent McKlnlcy wll
visit the western part of the Unlte <
States ue.tt summer , pausing for a da ;
in Hutte , Mont. , on his wny. from tin
Yellowstone National park , lends tin
Anaconda Standard , the pnpcr of Sllvc
Hulllon.nlre Marcus Daly , to tlio gloom :
reflection Unit "It Is not probable Urn
the president's visit to Montana wll
change his views on the currency qiios
tlou. " Ho will be welcome despite thli
prospect. "However , " continues tin
Standard , "a look at lluttc and at othe :
communities must satisfy President Me
Kinky that the right port of cltlmi !
Hvo out this way ; that the policy he ad
vocates has not crushed them by nil )
means ; that the average of prosporltj
Is a good deal greater here than In Ohio
that the school eHldron In Hutte go bet
tor dressed than the school children ol
Canton , and that the baneful Iniluencc !
of wrong legislation are felt less In Sll
ver How county than in Guyahoga. "
Uocognltloii of prosperity might IK
more cheerful , but better this tlmn the
stolid denial which was for some time
persisted In by those who did not voU
for McKInloy. For some months aftei
the election the "baneful Influences'
were here , there and everywhere ; now
they have been removed to distant parts
of the country , and In course of time
they may be crowded out entirely.
And It Is true , every word of It , thai
the right sort of people live out this
way , that they are generally prosperous
that their childivn are well dressed anil
that they have not been crushed ; bill
men may be permitted to differ hon
estly as to whether this Is despite the
ascendancy of the republican party 01
because of It. The evidence Is all In
favor of the latter theory. However thai
may be. It Is a fact that there Is pros
perity In the west , that western Indus
tries are profitable , that western states
are growing , that Immigration to the
west Is active and that the people arc
comparatively well contented.
It Is Important that these facts be
kept steadily In the fore. They arc Im
portant. There Is no politics In them
just busliK-ss and common sense and
recognition of actual conditions. The
west is not crushed nor Is It likely to b"
under tlio administration of one who Is
a friend of the west and is backed by a
political party in power that has ever
been the best friend of the \\vst. When
President McKlnley crosses the Missis
sippi river ho will not come as ; an en
emy invading a strange country.
JMKlllC.lX IXTKHKSTS SK
The latest advices from the far east
Indicate that theiv Is no danger to Amer
ican commercial Interests in that quar
ter. It appears that Knssla , following
the example of ( iermany at Klao Chan ,
proposes that Port Arthur shall be open
to trade on equal terms to all nationali
ties. If such is the caw it relieves the
China situation' ' of much of Its gravity.
The action of Germany had an exceed
ingly reassuring effect and if Russia has
decided upon a similar policy it will dis
sipate the suspicions of a joint scheme
between those countries looking to ex
clusive commerce and aggrandizement.
It Is by no means assured , however ,
that they did not intend something of
this kind and might have carried It into
effect but for th prompt and earnest
declaration of the Hritish government
that it would resist any efforts to erect
barriers against its commerce with
China and its Insistence that all nations
should have equal privileges In th ; > trade
of that country. Assuming the report
referred to to be authentic , it shows
that Hrltish Inlluence and power are
not without respect at St. Petersburg.
Of conrs-2 other complications may
arise , but at present the situation In the
far east does not appear threatening and
so far as commercial conditions are con
cerned It Is satisfactory. There seems
to bo no reason for further apprehen
sion regarding American Interests In
that quarter. How long this state of af
fairs will continue Is another question.
THK KNltM.SS II'.l/J C/-.1/.US.
It is Nearly thirty-three years .since the
close of the civil war , but the end of
southern war claims is not yet reached
noi' is It In sight. Last week the house
of representatives passed a bill provid
ing for the paymentof i2SS,0)0 ? ( to tlio
book agents of the Methodist Kplscopal
Church South , the ground of the claim
being that the army of the United States
had occupied for a period of about two
years , In 1S1 ( ! and ISC ) . " , a building In
Nashville belonging to the claimant , the
same building having previously bivn
made use of by the confederacy. This
Is an old claim and perhaps . just one ,
but it should have been sent to the court
of claims fur adjudication and a senate
bill provided for this. The honsi > , how
ever , voted to have the claim paid Im
mediately.
It is not necessary to here consider
whether or not this particular claim Is
meritorious , our object being simply to
call attention to this seemingly endless
source of draln < upon the national
treasury and to commend those members
of congress who have .shown a disposi
tion to protect the treasury against war
claims that have never been adjudicated
and are brought forward from tlnu > to
time in the form of special bills. In
the debate on this matter In the house of
representatives Mr. Dlngley pointed out
that other similar claims to the one th.'ii
miller consideration were ready for pres
entation In the c'vont of favorable action
on the claim of the Methodist Kplscopal
Church South. He cited from lh\
private calendar a number of bills for
the relief of colleges and churches In
VlrlglnaWest Virginia , South Carolina ,
Alabama , Tennessee , Arkansas and Mis
sissippi. These hills , report -'d within
the last two months , Mr. Dlngley said
would undoubtedly be followed by many
others. Miv Dal/.oll said that there are
millions of dollars in the shape of war
claims which are now pending and ho
declaivrt that "if there Is one thing upon
this mundane sphere of ours that has the
element of Immortality that thing Is a
southern war claim. " He had known
such claims to be turned out of doors in
the court of claims and In tlio supreme
court of the United States and stilt at
an available opportunity to puss a com
mittee of the whole of the house , "made
up of voters who are reciprocally in
terested in one way and another and
therefore willing to help each other in
the passage of claims upon tin
calendar. "
Three years ngo there were pendlu >
before tlio house committee on wni
claims bills representing claims to UK
amount of over $10.X)0,000 and those
Mr. Dalrell said , are not dead ; they wll
be resurrected from time to time. N (
ono will question that It is the duty 01
tlio government to pay every just am
honest claim. There are many such be
fore congress that have been adjurtlcatet
by the court of claims and all sucl
should be promptly paid. Hut no clain
presented to congress without liavlnj
boon passed upon by the judlcln' '
tribunal created for this purpose slioult
be allowed. A proper consideration foi
the taxpayers of the country demands
that these southern war claims shall In
subjected to the most thorongli
scrutiny and that not a dollar bo paid
on them that has not the authority ol
the court.
MOliK W.lTMt , J.USS R.\S.
Tlio late republican councilman from
the Fourth ward has broken loose again
through the iwpocratlc organ with n
jpatliotic appeal for municipal owner
ship of public necessities and a lonp
tirade on tlio water works controversy ,
Instead of grappling with the problem
that confronts the exposition by reason
of Its Imperative need of an adequate
water supply , he branches out Into n
comparison between the city-owned
water works In Minneapolis and the
corporation-owned water works In
Omaha , when no comparison can be In
stituted between tlio two plants because
the conditions are radically different in
the two cities. Minneapolis has nearly
double the population , Mississippi rivet
water does not have to be lllteivd or
settled conditions which make the earn.
Ing capacity greater and the cost of
operation much less.
While there Is no doubt that Omaha
must sooner or later acquire the water
works plant , ami while municipal
ownership of the water supply is doubt
less the proper thing , the question
Omaha must deal with Is how best to
meet the present pressing emergency.
Municipal ownership cannot do tha
because it would take at least from threi
to live years to bring municipal owner
ship about.
The inconsistency of the ex-council
man's tirade is , however , strlkinglj
shown in his own brief public career
"The problem of municipal ownership,1
he exclaims , "is about solved. In all
cases whore a fair showing has beei
made without jugglery , municipal
ownership has been shown to be UK
only thing for cities. " Yet this same
ardent advocate of municipal ownershli
when In the council , scarce a year ago
publicly posed as the .self-appolntei
champion of ono of the most scandalous
hold-up } jas franchise schemes that ever
raised its head in this city. Under UIL
pretense that the aim was dollar gas
this same ex-councilman became sponsor
ser for a gas franchise grub that prom
Ised absolutely no return whatever to
the city treasury for tlio valuable privl
leges which were to be freely granted
More than this , ho went before the re
publicans of his wnrd for renomination
on a gas franchise issue , pledging him
self openly to the promoters of the hold
up game. His repudiation by his own
party showed that his neighbors had
sized up his demagogy , at its true value
and that they preferred not to be repre
sented In the council by n man who
constantly takes water and emits gas.
HAKKltUPTCY LKGISLATHIN.
It Is stated that Speaker Iloetl is
friendly to the house bankruptcy bill reported -
ported as a substitute for the Nelson
ulll which passed the Semite at the ex
tra session and this warrants Uie ex
pectation that the measure will pass the
house. Indeed there appears to be no
doubt that the bill reported by the judi
ciary committee will be passed by a
large majority. It will receive the sup
port of nearly every republican repre
sentative and It Is stated that from
twenty-live to thirty-five democrats will
vote for the bill. It is stated ) that some
> f the opposition which existed among
western republicans to the Torivy bill
has been removed by modifications of
[ hat measure , made on the suggestions
of these western republicans.
The passage of a. bankruptcy bill by
the house being assured , what are the
chances for such legislation In the sen
ate ? According to the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Journal of
Commerce the prospect Is not good for
getting through the senate such a meas
ure as lias been reported to the house.
It is understood that Senator Nelson will
Insist upon adherence to his bill and the
correspondent suggests that the only
means of defeating him will bo the pres
entation of conclusive proof that his
bill Is not workable. Obviously this will
be no easy thing to do. It is rather to
bo expected , therefore , Unit the senate
will adhere to tin * Nelson bill , in which
event the mutter will lie referred to a
conference committee of the two houses ,
from which It Is possible a compromise
measure would be evolved acceptable to
both houses.
Manifestly , however , the prospect for
bankruptcy legislation is not bright. The
house will not have a bill that docs not
provide for both voluntary and Invol
untary bankruptcy and there Is no
doubt that at present a majority of the
senate are oppos-'d to ( ho Involuntary
feature. With this apparently Irrecon
cilable difference between the two
houses there Is small chance of bank-
. tiptcy legislation by this congress.
In explaining his vote against the con
firmation of the members of the now
police board appointed by Mayor Moores
under the ordinance recently enacted ,
L'ouncllmau Lobei'k cites the section of
the criminal code that makes it a. penal
olTenso for any person to officiate in a
position not legally authorized. Mr ,
Ixbeck declares In voting to create the
now board he would become an acces
sory to a crime about to-be perpetrated
l > y the appointees of the mayor. This
Is a far-fetched version of the law re-
latlug to fraudulent personation of an
jlllcer. The most speedy way to test
llio validity of the charter provision
immouneed unconstitutional by Judge
Scott is by a contest In tlio supreme
i-oiirt between two sets of claimants ,
It .Tndgc Scott is sustained the old
joard will , according to Councilman
hobeck , be subject to criminal prosocu
tlon for lll ajjy personating ofllccra
The absurdity , of such a proposition I :
shown on its fnce. Carried to Its In
cvltablo corltllublon , the unsucccssfu
contestants for any , ofllco would be sub
jcct to Imprisonment for having darci
to test their clalfns In the courts.
The Commercial club of Omaha Is t <
be congratulated upon Its good fortum
In having fop Its guest at Its monthly
banquet Hcrliort Myrlck , who Is doliif
so much for the'development ' of Amerl
can husbandry .and . especially the boo
sugar Industry 'As editor of the Oraug *
.ludd Farnurr , one of the best knowi
and Influential'of American agrlcultura
l > apers , he is contributing Invaluable ma
teflnl for educating American farmers
up to the highest standard of excellencx
lu the cultivation of the soil and the
utilization of its varied products. As
one of the leading promoters of tin
American sugar beet culture , Mr. My
rick Is conducting an educational cam
paign which promises at no distant date >
to place America In position to stipplj
all the demands of Its own sugar mar
ket. For this service tlio business men
of Omaha and citizens of Nebraska dc
not hesitate to express their grateful ap
preclatlon.
SmililiiMl ! > > IlunlticNN Men.
Now York Mall and Express.
Somehow .Mr. Bryan never appears among
the speakers at any of these great banquets
of Important business associations. Ho IE
the only political leader In the country whc
Is absolutely without a following among or
ganized business Interests.
\VnnltiK SlrctiKtli < f K > * < > *
Indlannpolls Journal. '
Tlio silver majority In the senate In
1S7S was 22. The silver majority as
sliovm by tlio vote of Friday was 15 ,
but If the vote hail been taken on free coinage -
ago Jlrect the majority would not have been
three , probably not more than one. hi the
meantime , Montana , Utah , Idaho and Wyo
ming , Interested In silver production , with
eight senators , have been admitted to the
union.
A .Mutt illit Dlvlnloii.
N'c - York Tribune. i .
Great Urltaln Is said to have agreed tc
"protect China against Russia" If China
would borrow $00,000,000 ot Urltlsh gold ,
But what docs such a promise mean ? It Is
not conceivable that Great Drltain would
send an army to prevent Husslan Invasion
ot Mongolia from the north , nor , Indeed ,
that she would go to war with Russia , over
China nt all , except to secure for heraelf
a share ot the spoils In the partitioning of
tbu empire.
nt 1lir KxpOMltloii.
Globc-Uemocrnt.
Forty manufacturing exhibits from St.
Louis have already been secured for the In
ternational exhibition at Omaha. Promising
reports are coming also from other cities
and localities In the state. Missouri Is en
titled to take the front place In all general
transmlsslsslppl movements. In Iho display
of varied minerals , manufactured articles ,
fruits and agricultural products , It should
bo first at Omaha , because it Is first In
reality. Though a 'lato ' start has been made ,
and the legislature did nothing , the energy ,
enterprise and plibllc spirit of citizens ,
backed by a vigorous commission , will secure -
cure for vMlssoiirl Ita rightful position by the
date of opening , June 1.
roputivTliiH lit ( InKiirtli. .
Siirlnglfpld ( Mass. ) Republican.
The human r'aco today numbers 1,020.000-
000 , and Increases 8 per cent every ten
years , according 19 thq recent report of the
International statistical Institute. This so
ciety had set 'Its liearl upon having1 In 1900
a joint count c-t hiiiimn noses In all civi
lized nations , but -various governments der
cllno to upset 4tbelr census arrangements
made for other years , and the scheme has
been abandoned. The figures , 1,020,000,000 ,
are not an exact count , 'but as close an es-
tlmato as possible by expert statisticians.
Any patriotic Individual , hero or abroad ,
who fancies that his country contains the
major part of mankind , should compare his
country's population with that of the world.
In the United States wo amount to about
4 per cent of the human race.
Ainerli'ii'N OlilnVHe I'olloy.
Chicago Tlmes-Horald.
'Thero Is oao ridiculous feature about tlio
effort that Is being made to entangle the
United States in the Chinese imbroglio. So
serious a paper as the New York Journal
of Commerce contends wo should assist
England In her efforts to prevent China's
partition , because wo would thus help our
selves. How ? What reason Is there to bc-
llovo that Germany and , Hussla will deprive
us of the right to trade In their Asiatic
colonies ? The United -States Is able to sell
goods to Russia and Germany In their own
ports. What reason Is there then to expect
that they will bar us from their Chinese
colonies ? President JIcKlnley's wlso course
of noninterference Is the only policy for the
United States. AVe need pull no one's chest
nuts out of the fire , and wo will bo just as
well oft whoever wins in the Orient. There
will bo quite as much demand for our goods
in thriving German -colonies In China as
there Is now when all China Is Ignorant and
unenterprising.
IJ.VTKST THINKS i.v SOCIRTIKS.
of Iloynlty I'rBfil to Kel
'I'llBCtluT.
Chicago Tribune.
Some American women have started a
society called , the "Order of the Crown. "
I'he qualifications tor membership arc a
proved lineal descent from royalty , It would
seem that the prediction made at the time
the llrst co-called patriotic society was
formed has been proven true. Some one
said that ono society would glvo rlso to
Knottier , and lhat In each an effort would
Do made to put euch restrictions on the
conditions of membership that eventually
xn. organization would bo formed which
would bo aa exclusive as Us fond founders
might desire.
The societies of the Daughters and Sons
3 ? the Revolution were followed by the So-
; iety of Colonial Wars , the Mayflower De
scendants , cad some others. Now has come
i gathering together Into ono fold of those
ivhose forbeana wore the rojal purple. Such
i society the founders undoubtedly think
iujt : bo exclusive to the dwlred degree bo-
end the pcradventuro of a doubt. The rea-
[ onlng proba'blyi Is there can be- but few peo-
) le of kingly dosco-nt In republican America.
The ( statistician land the man who loves
osearch are waiting perhaps a bit gleefully
( i slatu a few facts , A society which waa
'ormod with the , Qualification of member-
ililp being a mar or remote connection with
ho families or { jmlth , Drown ami Robln-
icn would be , 1C all the cllglblcs joined , a
lerfect pigmy In nlze as compared with the
Drder of the CtflJVJi IT the latter wore to be
olnedby every American who Is of kingly
Icaccnt.
A simple mathematical computation will
ihow that tli9ro , ara living today about
t.000,000 descendants of each of the kings
vho ruled dur'ngtho middle ages , provided
10 waa blessed with a family of average
; lze. Ono of | /oundera of tlila Order of
ho Crown prliloi herself upon being a de-
icendant of Alfred the Great , In truth ,
ho descendant ) ) of Alfred the Great In
Unerloi are thicker than cranberrlco on
2apo Cod. Taking as final the authority
if the man who has looked up the lineage
if the founders of the new society , It ap-
icars that In ono single Clihago family
here are more than 100 descendants ot the
'truth-telling Alfred. " There lo in this
Ity an army oftho descendants of the
ituarti of Scotland , anil the name statement
nay bo made with equal truth of those who
lave sprung from a dozoa other royal
touaes. ,
There will undoubtedly bo any amount of
un at the expense of the now eocloty , tut
DMhose wh < ) are not bidden to join the fold
ontcnt thcmielvc-u with the knowledge that
. much , more- exclusive society could be
ormed under the tltlo "Americans Who a
ancestors Were Not Kings. "
AID TO nusi.vr.ss.
HITort * cif llif Ailinliilxtrndoii to Iro-
inoli l-'orolftii Coiniuorpo.
Ohttneo Post ,
Tn no wAy bna the administration ot Vrosl-
dent McKlnlcy shown its rcAl desireto
bring prosperity to the business Interests
of the country moro than It has by Us ef
forts to encourage our foreign commerce.
The 'appointment ot Mr , John A. Kasson
to negotiate reciprocity treaties has been
only n part of the work along these lines.
Another feature that has escaped the atten
tion ot the general public has been Iho
marked .Improvement in the consular re
ports and tlio efforts that hnvo been made
to secure n wide and prompt dissemination
of the valuable Information which they
contain. Consuls have been charged to Im
mediately Inform the State department ot
any opportunity for American enterprise.
They have been zealous In their perform'
nnco of this duty nnd tlio data they have
nceumulatcil has had nn even greater vnluo
than previously. Today the UrltlsH and
German trade and technical Journals admit
the superiority ot our consular service Ui
this Important detail of Its work. Our con
sular service once evoked the laughter of
the world. Now it is winning Us admira
tion.
tion.A
A wider extension of the service was be
gun this month by Mr. Frederic Kmory ,
chief of the bureau ot foreign commerce ,
who has shown n quick appreciation ot the
president's ideas In this regard. The valua
ble Information was previously disseminated
but once a month , Prompt an tha consuls
might bo In transmission of their reports ,
the delay often lessened the value of the
advance Information. The bureau has there
fore Inaugurated the system of publishing
the reports In a dally bulletin , which Is Is
sued ami sent to trade bodies and manu
facturers. The department has now ex
hausted the possibilities of prompt publica
tion and cflVMont distribution , nnd American
business men nro full of pralso for this lat
est effort of the administration In their bo-
half.
I > I-aiSI < ATIOAM ) IiAllOll.
The HclulloiL of ' 1'roilnrlloii to
I'riiiliioilvn Cnpiu'lty.
Hon. Carroll ! D. Wright In the Forum. ,
It Is the duty of our government , In order
to supply remunerative employment to the
greatest number of citizens , to take every
stop possible toward the extension ot our
foreign tiade. Reciprocity leaca to the ex
change of products , and thus to the employ
ment of an Increased number In those indus
tries In. which we are now so adequately
equipped. The stability of the currency ,
which follows the establishment of a sound
financial system , cad treaties favorable to
trade are mrasurcs to which legislators can
profitably address their olTorts. Yet legisla
tion cannot solve the problem of the unem
ployed ; It can but take steps toward Its so
lution , and aid , Instead of hinder , the dis
position of the output. " '
In all probability , however , the causes of
and the means for overcoming the dlfllcultlca
lie deeper down than legislation or commer
cial systems. Economists protest that there
la ao overproduction In the world. Probably
they are correct ; yet they usually talk about
under-consumptlon as being a fact. Unequal
and defective distribution Is the principal
cause of what Is known as undcr-cor.sump-
tion ; nevertheless , there1 are other factors
which , In all probability , make under-ccn-
sumptlon the moro effective cause c.f the
Inadequate output as compared with the
productive capacity of our Industries.
The consuming power of the ordinary la
borer In certain parts of the United States
Is estimated at from CO to 75 cents , or , nt the
outside , $1 per week , including food , shel
ter , and raiment ; while In some other parts
of the country the consuming power of the
wage-worker is represented by at least $3
per week. If , therefore , through a higher
perfection of skill resulting 'from Industrial
education and education generally the
standard of living for those whoao con
suming power is gauged nt the low rate
named can bo Increased to that of the higher
rate given , the problem of the unemployed
would pasa away. An increase of $1 per
week per family of those living under the
lower rates of consuming power , with the
increase of half that amount per week In
the family expenditure of the remainder ,
would make a market suniclently expansive
to overcome the margin between actual pro
duction and productive capacity. A man
has a right to some of the spiritual things
of life. The earnings of the worklngman
have already been enhanced beyond the
actual necessaries of life. The margin
above this line fa perhaps 10 to 15 per
cent ] and as ho learns the vnluo of time ,
and progresses In the enjoyment of the
higher things of life , ho will seek to In
crease the margin and enhance the enjoy
ment. It he bo content In the knowledge
that he is securing this , It Is the only
economic content desirable. If hebo dis
contented In the knowledge that ho Is not
reaching a higher piano of living. It Is a
healthy discontent , and in It lies moro of
power toward reaching a solution of the
problem of the unemployed than In any
legislation or perfunctory acts that can bo
performed.
( tt'AIAT 1M2.VSIO.V I.lSTTRItS.
T CorrcNioiiilt > ncc .that IN
Uiciic'lilnji ( In1'ciiNloii > lcuirtmi'ii | < .
Tlio Washington correspondent of the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat gives some examples
of the remarkable letters from country phy
sicians In regard to pension claims that reach
Assistant Secretary of the Interior DavU.
During the pst few weeks ho has bad many
of a ihlghly amusing character. Ono from
a mountain doctor In ono of the southern
states , who thus graphically describes the
pathological condition of ono of his patients ,
follows :
"Snakoy Mils , February 30 , 1S97. Sir : I
surtlfy I treated the sed sojer film 1888 to
date Foarmorly bis stumik tube was Jlncd
to hla nervous system , but now It are rot
ted off , cosing great oxpectorlng and hard
ofbroth. . Your Obdt Servt ,
"DH. J. IIASKICN'S M. D. "
It will bo noted the "Dr. " Is mixed in bis
dates as well as In his pathology.
Hero Is another doctor whoso treatment
could well bo confined to horses :
"Amblers , Juno 8 , 1890. Dear Sir : Yours
received. I treted Win. Aliens after ho cum
hoam from the surfis for polypup In his nose
and running soar in his pastur joint. The
polypup cum from the nlto are and ex-
posuro. The woundo cum from the clck of
a hoars. JAMES WEVBR M , D. "
i.\nd hero Is ono on the root doctor :
Stratln , Marcli 20 , 189G. Prcsedent of
Pcusenors : I lot you no I wor treted by a
root and erb doctor. Ho gave mo running
milk weed for running soar and no nvalo.
Iff my clam Is loud I can voato wotli n fre
conchents. J. S. "
Hut hero Is ono from nn old follow who
had no faith In doctors and cured himself :
"ncrbersvlllo , September 14 , 1&9B. Sir ! At
Bermuda hundred I had a great deal of
trouble with my bowels. Ono day a mem
ber of our band the base drummer gave
mu four boxes of Drandlths pills. I was
helped. At Red River I was again attacked
with dyspepsia and bowels , I went and
got a bottle of French red wine and'a pound
of cheese , which cured mo at once , The
doctor did m < i 110 good. While 'la ' Tennessee
I got a sunstroke , nnd I now have cold air
raiting on my lungs and nngellna pictorials ,
which the doctor saya Is a result of gun-
stroke. J.H.S. "
"I think , " said the secretary , "ono could
stand the bottle of French red wlno nnd
the pound'of cheese , but the angclliia pic
torials are to bo dreaded.
"A week or so ugo , " Jio continued , "I had
a letter from n Gorman who claimed a pen
sion because 'on the 19th of September ,
1889 , I llftod a hog over a fcnco and have
suffered from asthma over since. ' "
Abe Cumcna that name will do tells a
pitiful talo. Ho saya : "Wo was worlcln on
the canal rout1 ; Hand No , 10 , Wo was cut-
ten down trees under water. Tha was a
tug steamboat pullln' out tha trees. One
end of the rope war Inched to tha Captain
( capstan ) , tha other end to tha tree , The
rope slack under the water. I war In tha
water , tha water war up to jiiy waste. I
war Btraddcl tha rope , but unbeknowna , al
rf the suddent tha sterner tooted , tliu rope
tltcned and I war throne hell to breakfast
ind now by gumm I want a pensln. "
While- letters like these would provoke
the rlfllbllUles of any one. Secretary Davis
'lves the most careful attention to every
otter ho receives , and lias stacks of letters
if thanks from old veterans In all parts of
.ho country for the consideration lie has
ihown In replying fully to their letters ask-
ng for Information. '
cnisp roi.iTio.u , COMMKXT.
Philadelphia Times ! Gorman ns Q boy
Tvaa an attendant In the tci : > er house of con
RreM , Seeing two republican senators there
rout now remln-t him 'there's another page In
Maryland's history.
Courier-Journal ! nclweon this nnd 190
the tlcmoeratlo iparly will bo tried , vcrhap
rent , 'by ' every manner of Internal cllsstnsloti
Already Individual aspirations nnd rivalries
begin to show themselves , Thcao will , n
time passes , 'bo augmented by factions
differences. Happy lie- who Uccps * out o
them !
Indianapolis News ! Mr. Dolllvcr ot Iowa
lam his finger on the most striking point o
difference between , Iho republicans and the
dcmocrrts. The former net together ns n
party , acknowledging a. leader nnd following
him cheerfully nml loyally , The democrat
nre n disorganized mob , without n lo-de
nnd without > the bnblt of following n leader
Indianapolis Journal : Two recent charnc
lerlzntlons of Mr. airynn deserve to bo preserved
served for their aptness. .Mr. 'McKwcn , edl
torlal writer for the Now York Journal , describes
scribes him ns "a superior specimen of the
smart lawyer-politician of the corn-fed Middle
dlo West , " and Secretary Oago characterizes
him ns "nn Iridescent orntor who , by mul
tlttules of words , couched In ambiguous nnd
sophUtlcal phrases , seeks to obscure Judg
mcnt. " It would bo hard to Improve on
these.
aiobe-Democrnt : "Senator Stewart criti
cised the president's New York i speech , '
says a Washington dispatch. So will Uryan
Tlllman , Teller utuV 'j-.ll the otherl politic
bunko sharps nnd rcpudlntors all over MIL
country. Their hostility Is a fine tribute to
Us financial honesty nnd sanity. The presi
dent's canvass In 1S96 waa made on that
llae. and tl > U Is why ho got his COO.OUt
plurality. The plurality would bo n good
deal larger than this If the elation wcro
held today.
New York Tribune : Some of the London
papers nffcct to bcllevo that llrynnlsm Is on
the Increase In this country and Hint nt the
next presidential election It will represent
the vital Issue of the contest. Hut they are
all wrong , as time will ilemonstrato to them.
Neither the man nor Ills political Ideas nre
lllcely to bo any more seriously In evidence
on that occasion than Coxey nnd hla ragged
regiment of followers. They will bo on
hand , to bo sure , but only as features of
n sideshow. Somebody else will run the
circus.
Now York Sun : The -Hon. Charles Sumner -
ner Hartman of Uozcman
, rcprcsentatlvo-at-
largc , nnd very much nt large , from Mon
tana , has had the. good fortune to illustrate
practically the dynamic effect of his elo
quence. When Mr. Hartnmn had just Hung
out the peroration ot a sllvcil speech in the
hou. o anil aiolauso was ringing a double
ring nnd laughter was growing apoplectic ,
the Hon. Charles Algernon Towne of Min
nesota , chairman of the silver republican
national committee , who had been listening
reverently , fell from his chair and sank In
wonder and a1 heap In the nlsle.iMr. . Towno
is hot easily affc.tcd. Ho Is a professional
silver orator himself. The man who can
talk Charley Towno out of his chnlr nnd
flat upon the flour must bo a powerful nnd
dangerous orator. The dome of the capital
cannot bo considered safe when the IJozo-
mnn Thunderbolt strlko3.
I'KIUSO.NAI , AM ) OTllHItWISK.
The chad has apprarod In Virginia watcrj ,
and the first roes of rurlnu will soon bo
'blooming ' on restaurant tables.
There Is a very polite mlno superintendent
In Australia. Ho nailed up a placard which
read : "Ploaso do not 'tumble ' down the
Bhaft. "
Uov. John Paton. who Is stationed In the
.New Hebrides Islands , ( claims that In 1S97
he induced 1,120 native cannibals to forsake -
sake their favorite article of food.
Snuff has by no means gone out of use
Its sneezy thing to 0:0 that there is money
In snuff making when we read that the
Atlantic Snuff company has been incorpo-
oooeooo ' Jerscy wlth a cai'ltal ° t ? io.-
A dispatch In the London 'Standard ' from
Berlin says I'rlnco nismarck Is compara
tively well . -gain. Answering the Inquiry
of an old Italian friend he wrote : "I am
suffering from pains in my Joints , but other
wise am w-cll. "
The barber In Watervlllo , Me. , who li,1s "
upon a wager , raten ten pounds of chocolate"
creams at ono sitting , will , It Is thought ,
ese his life ; 'but In hs ! o'.se , no doubt , It
Is as sweet to die for one's convictions as
for others to dlo for their country.
Ex-Govenaor Stone of Missouri thinks this
.o a free country , an * consequently got as
mad as a Kentucky colonel In a Hood when
ho was told i few days ago that It waa
against the rules to fcatoon the fioor of the
statuary hall In the capital with ruts of
tobacco juice.
The premier of Italy , It Is stated , will re
quest Parliament to fix the price of titles by
special statute , according to which anyone
desiring the distinction of prince shall pay
therefor $8.000. Five thousand dollars will
ir.ako a marquis , whllo $4,000 will make ono
a count , acid $1.000 a barrister.
, Lowls Knapp , the well known and eccen
tric tombstone maker of Kcnosha , WIs. , Is
dead , and has loft a shaft to ornament hla
loot resting place , with the following In
scription on It : "Ho died as he had lived
for forty years , thoroughly Infidel to all an
cient and modern theological myths. "
The sultan of Turkey has given to Emperor
William of Germany the pleco of ground In
Jerusalem which is supposed to bo the slto
of the last supper , and which many Chrls-
t'aa communltes have heretofore tried In
vain to acquire. It la said the emperor will
transfer the ground to the German Catholic
missionaries.
John Crawford , a colored otablo boy at
Galfsburg , 111 , , la ntout to acquire a for
tune. Some time ago while working for a
wealthy family named Footo ho succeeded
In marrying the only daughter. She survived
the mesalliance only n short time. Her
father recently died and Crawford now In
herits his wife's share rif the. property.
James Glover of Qultman , Kan. , Is ono of
these praotical jokers of whom too many
have been born. Ho pulled a chair from
beneath Frederic Hlnl as the latter was
about to sit down am ) Ilnl' ! leg was brokcci
by his fall. Now Illr'd Is suing Glover for
$500 damages. It Is doubtful If Glover got
J500 worth of fun out of the Joko. Hlrd cer
tainly did not.
John M. Carroll of Cincinnati Is engaged
In the construction of an airship modeled
after the familiar domestic geese , which ho
expecU finally to solve the problem of aerial
navigation , Ho works after a moclol , having
a geese tied up near at hand , which ho oc
casionally polccci with a stick In order to
get. a correct Idea of Us wing action.
AT OMAHA.
Mnilrtlir ! Logl'InUra
Vlnlt ( o ( ho C.Mionttlon Tit- .
Mnrshnlltown TlmM-UepuMli-fin ,
The city of Omaha , never made n bettor
Investment than when It chartered the train
nml took n hundred members of the Icglsln-
turo nnd numerous fttnto ofllcers , newspaper
men nnd others. Including about thirty
ladles , to the pl.tco whore the exposition Is . .
being planned ami the great buildings / * <
erected. The trip hns been described nnd
so hns the exposition , but nil the visitors
who hnil not previously seen the buildings
under construction wcro surprised al the extent -
tent nnd the assured beauty of the architec
ture. Nearly nil the buildings nrp con
structed nrouiul n Ingoon , somewhat slmllnr
to that nt the World's fair. This Ingoon Is
nearly half n tnllp long , nnd Is from lu < ) to
400 feet wide , nnd the buildings extend en
tirely nroiim ! It , besides ninny other build
ings that do not look out upon the lagoon.
The style of architecture Is somewhat lm-
llnr to that nt the World's fair , nnd the
buildings present the snme gcncr.il appear
ance , being built of pine covi-red with staff ,
sii that It will be nnnthor whlto city. The
main buildings ore : The United States Gov
ernment , Agriculture , Administration Arch ,
Mines nnd Machinery , Art , Auditorium , Lib-
em ! Arts , Doys' nnd Girls' , Mnnuf.nrturrs ,
nnd the Arch ot States. The Horticultural
building , In another part of the grounds ,
near the state buildings , Is ono of the larg
est. Then there will bo Forestry , Dairy.
Poultry nnd Aplnry. besides many slnto
buildings nml n Midway , which It Is said
will nlmost equal the Midway Plnlsancc at
Chicago. The United States Government
building is of the Ionic olylo of architec
ture , In three sections GO ) feet long , nnd hav
ing n dome In the middle built of steel , ITS
feet high. It will havrf floor space ot CO.OOO
feet. It Is unnecessary to go over nil the
buildings or to attempt to describe the at
tractions of tlio exposition. It will bo the
biggest of the kind wo have over had In the
United States except the World's fair.
The strongest argument In favor of the
enterprise nnd of giving It llbernl support
from lown Is the fact that It represents
moro tlmn Omnha , moro than Nebraska , nml
Rtnnda for things which town Is ns much
Interested In as Nobraskn. IMwnrd
Roscwntcr , editor ot the Omnlm lice , expressed -
pressed tills point moro forcibly than any
other person hns put It , when lie called nt-
tontlon to the efforts that hnvo been made
In the south by repeated expositions to at
tract Immigration to that section of the
country. Ho urged the Importance of the
Transmlsslsslppl Exposition ns an Influenro
which will call the attention of the world ,
and particularly of the eastern half tif the
United States , to tlio advantages , resources
nnd opportunities of the great undeveloped
country west of the Mississippi river. The
members of the legislature , nnd Indeed all
the party , came away from Omnha Impressed
with the Importance of the exposition to
Iowa , and greatly enlightened as to Ha
sccpo nnd attractions. They all went homo
to tell of the greatness of the show and to
urge nil their neighbors nml friends to at
tend. The members of the legislature did
rot generally commit themselves , although
they were not quite so cautious as Governor
Shaw was. The consensus of opinion now
Is Hint the legislature will give ? 25.000 or
$36,000 moro to pay for making the proper
showing of Iowa nt Omnhn. Other states
will do mu\-.h moro Hum this , anil , It lown
does not do that much or moro , she will
norely bo making n business mistake which
will bo deeply regretted when It Is too late
to remedy it.
1.1XKS TO A SMI Mi.
Harper's H.iznr : Cholllo Maud hns to
veur KhiFsw the ocull.st said alio huil been
islntf her eyes too much.
Charlie I should say so ! You ought to
lave seen her at tne dance the other night ;
ho was Just surrounded by men nil the
line.
Detroit Journal : "And you have seen Na-
loleon ? " they naked , contemplating him
vlth awe.
The old man's eyes Unshed proudly.
"Napoleon ! " 'ho repented , with ri certain
llmlliFil scorn. "Why , I rend the Kentucky
oloncl joke while yet it was funny ! "
They were amazed ; as , they listened to
ilm , it nlmost seemed to them that a being
rom anotuer world was there before them.
Indianapolis Journal : Customer Is this
Wnnt you call u trtrougcup.af coff e2
Waiter Sure. Jllko. You couldn't hnrdly
break cJie of Oem cups wit' a ax.
Washington Star : "How about that bill
you promised to Introduce ? " Inquired Iho
constituent.
" 1 kept my promise , " replied the member
of congress. "I Introduced It , but nobody
appeared to desire Us further acquaint
ance. "
Philadelphia Record : Jimmy What did
yer trow dut eologny water at do plo woman
fur ?
Tommy Cause I odor a scent. ,
Chicago Post : "I consider her,1' said the
man with the big cane , "a remarkably well
balanced woman "
Ho wns right , too. Hut , then , It was part
of her business to hanp to I'ho ladder that
her husband , the atron/s1 / man , balanced on
his chin.
Chicago Tribune : "I'm not sure nhout this
annoxatlon buslne.sn , " remarked ux-Senator
1'tffer , who wns looking at portrait of tliu
prcHldent of Hawaii , "but I know that Mr ,
Dolii Is a mighty fine looking man. "
U'lllCllH .SM I < : i THIS ( ilLVHD.S.
llnrpcr's Weekly i |
The Czar has g t Port Arthur ,
Tim ICalner holds Foo-Chlng ,
T.ie FreiKiIi 'have .gobbled up Hnl-Nnn.
Tne Queen holds Tlng-a-Llng.
Tie Cossack's on tlio Yanrjise ,
The Teuton's at Wing-Ill ,
Thn Gaul's eloped with Plttl-SIng ;
The llrlton holds Choo-FII.
Wllhelm becomes King nill-Hce ,
The Queon'tt two KmpresM Yum ,
Tne Czur'H the Cluing of Ult-To ,
Hut what do wo become'/
Where IH great Wllholm Chandler ?
And where Is Morgan true ?
Where sleeps our ipnllnnt Cabot Lodge ,
And all his lighting crow ?
Why nre Uney not at Teevllle ?
Why not at Hlnkl-Pank ?
Why Htonn they not llu > heights of Pins
On Wun-Lungfs llowcred bank ?
Why nro they not nt Oolong ?
At Huhl-Lpo-Gpe ? nt LI ?
Is dear old GIory'H ( liiKer not
In thlH Mongolian pie ?
Alas ! It looks notruly ,
And can the renson bo
Wo'vo cane and whlnky Koncrnls ,
WIWi none to care for Tea ?
Has no great terrors for the wearer
of a warm ulster and no one need
fancy that the zero weather is past yet We shall probably have
plenty of blizzards and on that account we have plenty of ul
sters of varying grades and prices Overcoats too for ihz
milder days and now is the time to buy to the greatest advan
tage ,
9 , VV. Cor , 16th tiuU Douglus