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Dally lien nnd Sundny , On * Year . SCO
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Threa Months . . . . . . . . . . 2 W
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> VcekIy Dec , On Ycnr . , . 63
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BTATDMKNT OF CUICUUVTION.
Etixt * of NVhrnnka , Douglas county , s.i
Clcorge II. Tzecliuch , socrrl/try of The lice Pib
Hailing company , being duly murrn , nays th.it tnp
actual niimticr of full iui'1 complete coplrt of Tim
Dally. Morning. Rvanlng and rundnjr liee printed
during the month of Maich , 1839 , was as follow ? :
22,403 17 . 2.,21
IS . 22,2.1. !
3 . S2.MO 19 . 22.ni
4 . 21.714 0 . 2J.03.1 .
f . 22,574 21 . a , in
. 21,511 22 . . . 22r,2S
, 7 . 22.274
8 . Zi.SUS 24 . 22,4ri
0 . 22K3t 2- . . 22 , 401
10 . 22.28 ] 20 . 22,477
27 . 82,111
12 22.377 W . 23.CI1
13 21.818 a . .m
14 2J.451 34 . 21.70. !
JS 22,2'JT ' 31 . 22.CJ7
10 22,091 !
Total , 703,50 ?
f > & < iHuriifil nnd unrolJ coplia 11A13
Not totnl talei CTI.MD
, Net dally avcugo I2.3O
onoitat : 11. TXSCIIUCIC.
Sworn to liofore me niul subicrlbed In my pres
ence till * l t day of April. 1808. N. I' . FKIU
( Heal. ) Notary 1'ubllc.
Loss tlmn Hixty dn'ys to tlic opcnliis
Df tlic TraiiBinisslsslpiil Exposition.
Tim Trnnsml.sslsslpiil Exposition will
guarantee the nnfoty of visitors from
Spanish lleets and yellow jack , war or
peace.
That regiment of Sioux braves which
Governor Lee of South Dakota has at
Ills disposal would be picturesque If not
useful In a campaign In the Cuban for
ests.
The Salvation Army has undertaken
ithe task of cleaning the streets of Chi
cago. City streets ought to be kept
clean , but something more than that Is
necessary to municipal godliness.
The man who has to label himself , "I
nni a patriot , " will bear watching. So
will the newspaper that has to keep In
forming Its readers that It Is Inspired
eolcly ami constantly by patriotic pur
poses.
Among the now Master styles It Is said
there are a great many Auunbon bon
nets. These , It need hardly be explained ,
are without feather ornaments or other
Ladge of cruelty to bumming birds and
geese.
One of the first steps In financing a
war movement ngalnst Spain would be
to double the tariff duties now Imposed.
iYet the free trade Bryanltes are abusing
the president for not rushing headlong
Into hostilities.
A unanimous vote In fuvnr of an ap
propriation of $500,000 , for n war fund
as the closing act of the Iowa state leg
islature showed that Iowa legislators
put no faith in the cry about the state
being bankrupt.
Burning McKuley | In clllgy recalls the
fact that a great many ctllgles of Abra
ham Liivcoln were burned or hanged or
otherwise treated with contempt while
he was 'president ' , and still his memory
is revered by the American people.
1 Those police commiKslour Innocents
ought to hire the sen-Ices of a guide
( When they want to go about town , othcr-
, wlse they might accidentally run Into
a saloon In some place where they did
not know a saloon was In existence.
The price of farm products is fixed by
itho relation of the supply and demand
In the world's markets. War can only
close the mini t Its of those who nre con
sumers , not Increase their capacity. The
Idea that war contributes to prosperity a
IB a myth.
The United States can produce nil the it
ewgar consumed In the home market If
Its HUgar beet growers and beet sugar
makers are given the encouragement do-
eerved. A beet sugar factory in every
other county would be none too many
for Nebraska. i
Bryan has not said much about gold
Inmlurd plutocrats slnco his bosom
friend , ex-tiovcruor Stone of Missouri ,
reported on his return from Mexico that
that free silver Mecca Is aUIIcted with
aa pestiferous a. lot of plutocrats as Is
* o bo found anywhere.
Competition among European unlvcr-
Bltles has become so sharp that the Unl-
, ver lty of froJburg has adopted the plan
of Inducing students to enter by insur
ing them against accidents within the
precincts of the university. This in.
eludes dueling and foot ball. But we
hardly think this system L * demanded
( Cor American colleges.
Among other benefits derived by the
etuto of Washington from the Alaska
rush Is that of.getting rid of a great
many undesirable persons. Hucli n
largo number have gone from -the state
that the decrease In the number of con-
f lets lu the penitentiary has forced aban
donment of eomo of the work heretofore
done Jiv that Institution. But what will
liappen when the stragglers como back. ?
If the newspaper readers of the present
cent-ration are not well Informed on the
geography of the world It is because
they have not made the mast of thetr The
opportunities. Two years ago the news a
papers KUVO a thorough com so of study
on the Japanese islands and Corea. Then
aindagasear was covered. Then Ven
ezuela , Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands
iwt > re exploited In turn. Later attention
, \vu9 called .to recent map changing along his
the oastcru coast of China and now the
geography of the West Indies Is being Is
presented lu detail. But a knowledge nt
the .world U a good thing for everybody.
Vr ,
aiBDUIlUtt.
A. report from Washington states Uint
the French government has tendered Its
good olllccs to avert a rupture between
Spain and the United Slates nml that
the State department replied that under
the existing circumstances such media
tion would not be likely to produce
definite results. Although not otllclal
the report seems entitled to credence.
At all events it la not to bo doubted that
mediation from any European nation
would not be acceptable to this govern
ment. As we have heretofore said In
reference to this matter , there Is no rea
son to believe that anything could bo
accomplished through European media
tion. As now appears , this government
fully and perhaps Irrevocably com
mitted to Cuban Independence and un
less Spain could be Induced to concede
this , wliloli Is most Improbable and
which It Is hardly possible any European
government would advise her to do , me-
dlatlon would bo utterly useless. He-
sides the feeling here Is thnt the issue
between the United States and Spain is
peculiarly and distinctively an American
question , lu which European govern
ments are not called upon to concern
themselves and with which this govern
ment Is fully able to deal justly and
honorably.
If It be a fact that our government
lias declined the good olllccs of the
French government , of course that will
servo as a notice to other governments
that the United States docs not desire
mediation and will not accept It. French
Intercession would certainly be accepted
before that of any oilier nation and if
this lias been rejected it will be useless
for any other government to proffer Its
good ollices. Meanwhile It appears that
Spain has been vainly seeking for Euro
pean assistance. A Berlin dispatch
states that the replies to the letters of
the queen regent , asking for tho' Inter
vention of the European powers , have
boeu wholly unsatisfactory , the aufitau
thorlty given for this being the
German ambassador at Madrid. We
have never seen any reason to
believe that any European power i
would espouse the cause of Spain
against the United States and we still
think that In the event of hostilities be-
tweeu this country and Spain the latter -
ter will do her lighting alone. Doubta"
less she lias a good deal of European
sympathy , but It will bear no substau-
tlal fruit.
SUFFRAGE HI'
Something entirely now In qualifica
tions for suffrage is about to be given a
trial in Louisiana , where a constitutional
convention has been wrestling for some
time with the problem of how to elim
inate the negro vote without materially
affecting the white vote. The provision
llually adopted , not without opposition ,
requlres.au educational test for suffrage ,
but makes an exception where the Hilt-
era to voter possesses property , or his
wife has property. Exception is also
made In the ease of a fon-igner natural
prior to the firstpC this year and in
the case of an Illiterate voter whose
father or grandfather was a voter in
Louisiana or some other state previous to
January 1,1807.
With voting where suffrage Is granted
bc'cause of the elector's garden patch or
his wife's mules we are familiar , for sev
eral states have similar property quali
fications. But the plan of pormltting a
man who cannot rend and lias no mules
to vote simply because his grandfather
was a voter more than thirty years ago
Is a dcchlbd innovation. The proposal
would be amusing were It not so serious.
In business life young men frequently
bank ou the credit of their fathers and
lu social llfo tlioro Is a tendency to rely
ou grandfathers or more distant ances
tors. This , however , is the first sug
gestion of a hereditary qualification for
suffrage lu any American state. It cer
tainly is not a suggestion ot the aurvlv-
lug grandfathers , for few of them would
care to continue voting Indallultely
through Illiterate descendants.
This strangely undemocratic and uu-
republlcau suffrage qualllicatiou is of
doubtful validity. A.- majority of the by
delegates opposed It , but accepted it as
compromise. Both of the United States the
senators from Louisiana have declared
unconstitutional from- federal stand
point ami a number of other democratic
senators consulted denounce it. If it is
dually tried nnd sustained what now
and strange suffrage qnalltlcatiou may
wo not expect from the next constitution
making body ?
tion
UAILWAY STATISTICS. ing
If the Interstate Commerce commis an
sion has accomplished nothing else , it
deserves credit for having brought about
comparative uniformity lu methods of the
keeping railway accounts and compila
tion of rallwaysstatlstics , whether of in
terest to the public , to the railway man ot
agement or to the Investor. It is un
doubtedly true , as stated by Henry C.
Adams , the statistician of the commis in
sion , that the. commission has been the poor.
center of a most decided Influence for
reform in railway administration during In
the ten years of its existence , and that slie
while the formal strips have not infre
quently been taken upon the order of
railway managers , they would not have
been taken but fur the Inlluencc of tin- have
commission. But the appearance just at said
this time of the published report of the
statistician of the commission for the tion
year ended June 150 , 1SOO , nearly two lard
years tigo , suggests that requiring uni long
form accounts so thnt statistics may be
gathered easily Is only a step in the right
direction. and
The sole purpose of collecting Informa
tion about the railways of the country Is are
that one person as well as another may
know what is being done with these
public corporations by their managers. unco.
shipper who has a grievance ngahiflt can
common carrier , no matter how. trivial ,
would liku to know the basis of the in
charges he thinks unreasonable at the
earliest possible moment ; the Investor old
whoso dividends are decreased or In ist
creased or who learns that the value of the
stock Is declining , desires to know is
exactly why it Is so ; the public , which
affected by Inellielent service , Is en order
titled to evidence of the necessity for
economy ; ami , moro liuuortuut than all , has
\ \
the railway tunnngcr himself should ba
anxious to have the public possessed , of
Information stilllclcut for n just estimate
of the clllclency of the management.
The commission has recommended to
congress that the statistical work bo
greatly , enlarged by the creation of a
bureau of statistics ami accounts moru
comprehensive In its scope and clothed
with greater authority than the ta-
tlHtlc.il division of the commission res nt
present organized. This lins also Ihu
approval of the stnto railway commls-
sloners. If sticu n bureau Is organised
should have power to get statistics
[ iromptly and to publish them before they
nro so old as to I" ! wortldees for all
practical purposes. It Is the business
of today and yesterday that tbo public
Interested lu more than that of BQIUO
ago.
THK FINANCIAL HIDE.
Money must be provided with which to
prosecute a war. The net cash balance
now In the national treasury Is In round
numbers ? 220,000,000 , but this is re
quired for the ordinary expenses of the
government It can of course be drawn
upon to meet the Immediate demands of
a war , but this drain must be replaced ,
lu order ' to keep the regular govern
mental machinery In operation , and since
there ' Is now no surplus of revenue the
money to meet the extraordinary ex
penditures incident to war would have
to be raised , from additional sources of
taxation. Doubtless congress , if it shall
take action looking to war , would at
once ( authorize a loan , but this would
not preclude the necessity for increasing
.
taxation ! , for revenue from existing
sources would largely fall off.
In such an exigency there would bo
no dllllculty In increasing taxation. The
tax on beer could bo doubled nnd the
opposition to this in time of pence would
be silenced In case of war. Duties could
be placed i on tea nnd coffee. Perhaps a
stamp tax would bo found expedient and
In short it might become necessary to
resort to nil the sources of taxation that
supplied revenue to the government dur
ing the civil war. That the pcoplo would
pay these additional taxes Is not to be
doubted and It Is well to remember thnt
ru ° clnss would bo exempt from them.
There Is more or less demngoglc diatribe
about ' the opposition , of the "money
power" and the "commercial class" to
war , as If these alone would feel Its
effects , but sober-minded pcoplo under
stand , that the poor must bear their
share of the burden imposed by war and
thai the man whose capital Is his labor
must pay his proportion of the cost of
war as well as the man who deals lu
money or in merchandise. It is n most
mischievous fallacy hr itsstimo other
wise , as every intelligent person outside
of the t moneyed and commercial classes
must ! understand upon the slightest re
flection.
HeelOi
Oi course the United States govern
ment would have no trouble in borrow
Ing all the money It should , require , for
war purposes , but It has , been suggested
thai it might be found noco.ssary to
make bonds payable in gold or submif . .
to a i costly discount or increase of in
terest and 1C'the ' Avar bonds were made
payable in gold all the existing bonds
should be declarcd so payable. Wo do
not apprehend that there would bo any
dllllculty ou this score , though there
could be no sound objection to making
all bonds 1 , old and new , specifically pay
able < In gold , since It is the declared
policy that they shall bo so paid. But to
wo do not doubt that the government
would ba able to borrow at no higher
rate of Interest than it Is now paying on
bonds payable in coin nnd that Ameri
can capital would.take such bonds to any
amount required. As to the probable 8
cost I ot war , the most conservative estimate
mat places it nt not less than n million
dollars a day , BO that if it should last of
six mouths and it la hardly possible the
that ' It would bo of loss duration It
would Involve aa expenditure approxi
mating $200,000,000. Tills Is. . a generous
sun a sum which , applied to national
development , would have most beneficent
results but it canbe berne If must be
tills great nnd wealthy nation. The the
American pcoplo will not complain at of
expenditure of many times that
amount 1C It is necessary to sustain the
honor nnd dignity of the nation. For
that no cost or sacrltico Is too great
iify.ii
POVERTl' AXD 1XTKMPKRAKCE.
It Is probable that the views of the rcgli
late Frances E. Wllkird on the mibjcct boat
uppermost in her mind suffered modifica frnn
as her vision broadened with duclliir
years , but nothing can be gnlnfJ by self-
tin fa Ir Interpretation of some of her
later utterances. "I have begun to see , "
Prof. Ilerron quotes her as saying , "that I7 ]
problem of temperance will never ba" "
solved as I have begun to solve It. 1 !
begin to believe that poverty Is the causu T
drunkenness , not drunkenness the dent !
cause of poverty , that the pleasures of last -
drink and sensualism are the only ones * c
the lives of the great masses of the
. " IHK
The public utterances of Miss AVIllnrd ment
lier later years leave no doubt that made '
meant that 'temperance reform as ship .
ofl'uctcil through moral suasion 01 : legal L ?
prohibition along the familiar lines can '
never bu wholly tsatlsfactory. She would
bpou the last in the world to have
or done anything to discourage her It
associates ; bt > t with her years of devo brain
to the tontperance cause Miss Wil-
must have come to realize thnt u < S
ns thcro are homes that know no
comfort or leisure tlicro will be vice and In
Indulgence la merely sensual pleasures WRO.
thnt intemperance is not likely to be ally
abolished sooner than poverty. The two cially them
inseparable.
It would , not bo advisable to abandon
efforts to lessen the evils of intemper-
. Ueformers contend that nothing
be right until there has been an over
turning of society and a new beglnulng
accordance with theories they have of
conceived. The poverty problem Is as about-
ns the world and it will always ex uian's
subject to the modllicatlous duo to
crowding of the human race. But It
not necessary to rebuild from the
foundation the social structure in man's
to lead , men out of poverty or in had
temperance. Good work iu > uplifting men
been done oud is being done , not eccnfs mental
through oue jrrtcy aloue , but through
many and In greatly varied ways. Tim
reformer wlthiroc remedy for all social
lib Is no moro to bo rolled on than the
doctor with djuJ | : > hu'icoa for nil physical
ailments.
IJtK DJfl&ll ll'/.ST IXDIES.
Another eltorr.lms been made In con
gress j ? | to ncqinrtrnio Islands In. . the West
Itiillua ' belonging jo Denmark and failed ,
a result that \vllf be highly satisfactory
to all who nrfforjnosod , on the , score of
sound ! poIlcY < o uio acquisition by the
United . StntcsjyJtfoutlying territory. This
.8 not _ likely to bo tlic final attempt ,
however " , ou the -part of the advocates
of territorial aggrandisement , to have
the United States buy these Islands ,
though . their failure turder existing con
ditions greatly reduces their chances of
accomplishing their object hereafter.
The only reason urged for acquiring
these Islands Is to establish n naval station
tlon at St Thomas , where there is a
tluo harbor , but this reason , which ought
to be Impressive now If ever , did iiot
prevent ' a very vigorous opposition to
the project , oa the grounds that we do
not need n naval station there , that to
establish ono now would bo of no ad
vantage In the. event of war with Spain
and that on the score of national policy
tlio- islands are not to bo desired.
tlioTl
There is no doubt of the willingness
of Denmark to sell the Islands. They
are an unprolltablo possession. The
best of them , St Thomas , has not paid
sine slavery was abolished there half a
century ago nnd all of them have
stoa'dlly ' declined industrially. The fact
that Denmark desires to part with them
because they are unprolltablo suggests
that they would bo ot no value to the
United States except ns a naval or coalIng -
ing station and to pay several million
dollars for this would bo throwing
money away. There were negotiations
looking to the purchase of these islands
during the first administration of Presi
dent Grant , when It was proposed to pay
$7,500,000 for them , nnd several times
sine the matter has been brought for
wan . The last republican national plat
form declares In favor of their acquisi
tion and since the present admlnlstra-
tlon came In it has been intimated that
Dcnmark was willing to enter into ne
gotiations for their sale to this country.
It Is undoubtedly true that the island
of St. Thomas , the only one of the group
worth having at any price , possesses
excellent facilities for a naval station ,
butte there Is the same general objection
to absorbing this territory that there is
to annexing jfawnil. The Danish islands
laud nre not go far removed from
ns ns are Hie , Sandwich islands ,
being souiethingf like a thousand
mile from pur coast , but that Is
too far awny. add then a majority
of the population- as undesirable
as a majority of- the inhabitants of
Hawaii. It is said that the white cle
ment Is goodjldvfi : material , but this
clement Is not lnrge. It is to be noted
that the-promotorsajf Hawaiian.annexa
tlou are , also.tfeo aflvocates. of , acquiring
. LFi T'i iV.Jr . "
-i-- + i > l-l > J.1.1 , .l
accomplish what they aim at in these
directions there "can " be 110 doubt they
would reach out for more territory.
of
Discussion of n proposed curfew law
for New York. City has developed the ar
gument that there nre good reasons for
opposition to a curfew law in an over
crowded city like New York not common
all cities. It would bo regarded ns
nothing short of cruelty to compel chiU BU
dren. in the crowded itenemcut districts ,
during tlie sweltering months of inldr
summer , to remain In the close and uarMnr
row quarters they call thcln homes after
or 0 o'clock at night. Bolter than a
curfew law to meet the social problems of
there presented would be the provision
breathing spaces'for children who find
streets pleasanter than their homes.
the
Morality cannot be taught by shut-dug
children up In uncomfortable houses or of
rooms.
'
Registration systems and secret ballots
will not prevent election frauds where
The
machinery of election is in the hands
dishonest persons. In Chicago , for ex
ample , It has been disclosed that thou
sands of names have been placet ! on the to
registration books Illegally for the pur- sum
pose of favoring those engaged in "colo- a to
nly.ing" voters. The republican managers
have determined to dto many of the of
' anil
registrars and Judges'before the election
board for conniving at registration In
frauds. The registration system is a alone
ono to prevent fraud , but it is not la
self-operating.
the
It , has been nearly sixty years since $100. the
Ulysses S. Grant , nt , the age of 17 , en
tered ' West Point Military academy , anil
there is a prospect that soon another ors
.
Ulysses S. Grant will bu a stu plied
J
" there. Colonel Frederick Grant -
fowls
week presented1 to President who
McKluley the letter of General The
Grant , written , while ho was n car- 'tlve
pound
death's door , requesting the appoint ucts
of liis gralwlson , bearing the muno kets
. by
famous In many battles , to a cadet-
In the academy , and also the en
dorsement of the. I'equest ' by General make
Sherman. r , the
Too riiJJc-jliiu fur Til em In
and
Is auaounccd 41wf Premier Salisbury's of
complaint la wha.t0lft juiov.-n la England OB the
Ms. In this Country It Is popularly
known ad that tlrpjji 5 fillng. to
to
A ItiiMi iij Invitation.
Va.VAfrW ltfnvl.1 . cu three
Iluaola haa lasted fyds for an "at homo" ti'.ly
the harbors pftl'qrt Arthur and Tallcn o :
. Ships of all foreign countries are cordi taxes.
Invited to vlslLUifsa perU and examine
under tho- new management , espe only
the ships ot CJreat Britain. No sub
marine mliica. tem
duo
toKorc. . .
lllnncapolla Journal. hontfit
Two members of. congress are said to have soDio
written out tbclr resignations with the In but
tention of jumping their Jobs and becoming active
colcnc-ls when war breaks out. As neither have
tbo gentlemen has had any military ex mint
perience their Gorvlces In battle will ba Jim
aboutcu valuable as the average ccugresa- tion.
uian'svork ID congress. road
stated
WnuJiiur liny. "Soo"
New York Mall and Express. lias
Definite advices from the homo at air.
Gladstone Indlcato that the venerable states tho-
'
closlns days are pceslng much as ho
wished ther might calmly , serenely , mony
surrounded by his own family , amid the
bo had loved ea well and with hla
pawcrs still aglow in uodlmlnlshcd from
vigor. The fortitude and resignation with
which the prostrate leader awaits the In *
ovltablo approach of death tire characteristic
ot the rruoluto courage which has Invariably
distinguished his llfo , and as the shadows
gather about him ho prorciitn a figure no
Iras heroic than that wherewith he has
graced the pursuits of philosophy and state
craft.
Corn Going Abroad.
1'hltadclplila Record ,
Heavy shipments of corn to Kuropo have
been a recent feature of our export trade ,
over 1,000,000 bushels having been engaged
last week In St. Louis , and nearly 2,000,000
bushels In Chicago. The Industrial USM and
food value of maize In the old world are
Increasing gradually from year to year. In
cluding cornmeal , the United States sent to
Europe during the calendar year 1897 nearly
200,000,000 bushels ot this cereal ; or about
63,000,000 bushels more than were exported
in the previous twelve months.
Kniulnir or Chrlntrnliiir.
Wnfhlngton Star.
There is a eerlous question In our mind
whether the practice of christening ships
ohould ba perpetuated. Wo cannot see that
It Is either necoswtry or beautiful. They
should bo named , ot course , under such elm-
plo forms as may seam desirable , but why
treat them na though they were human be
ings with souls to save and "christen" them ?
If wo christen ships at all surely the em
ployment of water constitutes the nearest
approach to sacrilege. Wino or spirituous
liquor at least saves the performance ) from
the charge of burlesquing holy things. But
why christen them at all ?
lAmcrlciinit Overworked.
Kansas City Star.
\Vhat the average American Is most anx
ious about Is lest ho shall fall to tire himself
out and run himself down and wear his mind
and body to a "frazzle. " In his laborious
anxiety and arduous labors he has become
the patentee and proprietor of a lot of special
American maladies , Insomnia , nervous pros
tration , various varieties ot paralysis , loco-
motor ataxla and softening of the brain.
Now , It Is respectfully suggested that what
Is needed la not a call for moro steam , but
a whl&tlo for tbakes. What U needed la a
positive declaration In favor of atusolu-to rest.
This la what the American man and woman
must accept , lest worse follow.
31'KI.M.EY AX1 > LI.\COLr.
The l > 'lre-I3ntpr of Thirty-Seven
Year * AB nuil Now.
Buffalo Express.
Let these hot-heads nbo are raising d
clamor against the president's efforts to
maintain peace remember that he baa the
example of the wisest of his predecessors.
In bending 1 all his energies nt Uilo time to
secure nn honorable settlement without
the final arbitrament of war , William Mc-
Klnloy ] Is but following lo the footsteps of
our great war president , Abraham Lincoln ,
and carrying out the principles which Lin
coln laid down.
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There were flre-c tcra In Lincoln's day ,
SOUtl and north. The.'o wcr. , likewise ,
ultra-conservatlvea
willing that the gov
ernment should sonceJe nny.uing rather
than fight. Between the two It looked fern
a tlmo as It Lincoln had lost the support
of everybody. James 0. Blatno In describ
ing the conditions In March , 1801 , says In
his "Twenty Years of Congress : " "A
spirit of discontent soon began to spread
over the loyal states on the part of those
who had hoped for -what they termed a
vigorous admlnlatratlcn. For a few weeks
the conduct of the government fell under
tbo animadversion of nil classes In the
north. To those who wanted an Instant
settlement and the return of the seceding
states upon their own terms the admin
istration seemed too radical. To those
who demanded that the ( lag bo maintained
and Fort Sumter promptly reinforced , who
would be satisfied with nothing less thaa
the recovery of every piece of public prop
erly of which the confederates had pos
sessed themselves , the administration ap
peared altogether too conservative. "
Amid all this clamor the star by whirh
the president guided his course was peace.
His Inaugural address was an clogucnt ap
peal' to the radicals , south and north , to
restrain themselves. Radicalism refused to
listen to reason , but the efforts of the presi
dent to Eecure a settlement -without war re
flect as high honor on him as the criticism
those who opposed him and made his
task more difficult reflects discredit on them.
The spirit.which Inspired the radicals of
1861 to precipitate war by firing on Fort
Sumter la the tame spirit that la today
trying to force the hands of Prolsdent Me-
Klaley and participate war with Spain.
The provident would be unworthy of his
high place If he permitted himself to be
guided by It. of
CO-OPEHATIO.V ISf AGIUCULTimE.
Marked Feature of ( he Development a
of the Went.
Philadelphia necord.
A call baa been Issued Ton the organization In
the Penrsylvank State 'Dairy union. The
conference of the dairymen of the state for
purpose la to be held In 'HarrUburff ' on
the
Thursday next. Although the farmers In
some sections of 'Pennsylvania ' have taken
load la agriculture , the farmers ot the
state have been outstripped by their brethren
the west not o > aly In the formation ot dairy
unions , but In other methods of co-operation.
According to official returns the farmers of
'Minnesota have $150,000,000 Invented In ful
dairies , and the receipts last year were suffi on
cient to cover all the expenses of farming.
receipts for the year amounted to $13- off.
000(000 ( , and the 250,000 Minnesota cows gave
500,000,000 pounds of milk. In 1897 the
states of Iowa , Wisconsin and Minnesota , ex
ported butter and cheese amounting in value
$55,000,000. Moro than a quarter of this
wont to Minnesota , although previous
1893 the farmers of that state did not take
great Interest In the method of dairy co
operation. The first co-operative dairy north of
Iowa was established In Minnesota In 189t , a
for Us operation $3,000 was subscribed. rent
There are now 450 dairies In Minnesota , 160 a
South Dakota and fifty In North Dakota. of
But it Is not Itr making butter and cheese that
that the co-operative system dominates
the agriculture of the northwest. In 140
farmers' lire Insurance companies property of the
total value of $95,000,000 Is covered , and
rates vary between 8 and 20 cents on the- lai.'t.
. Co-operative stores supply all ordinary
commodities at wholesale prices , with the
addition of 10 per cent for expenses ; and this my
percentage Is afterward , returned to the farm- ber.
In dividends. The same' method is ap "
to the purchase ! ot wood and coil. In you
co-operative transactions morn cattle , sheep ,
and eggs are sold than by the dealers
carry on their trade at their own risk.
cost of producing butter In the co-opera-
dairies U reduced about half a cent a
, and as these dairies send their prod
for the most part to the- eastern mar
they obtain a higher price than Is paid
the local dealers.
The effect of the co-operative system ,
which Is conducted on the cesh basis , Is to E
money more abundant than It wan
formerly In the agricultural districts whfa
local dealers exchanged goois for farm
product'1 , la tbe banks of ono county town
Minnesota , In which are 20,000 milch cowe
twenty-seven dairies , there are deposits
over $1OCO.OOO belonging exclusively to
farmers. From the smallest agricultural
noiTitv of the state farm products were sent
outslu'e markets In 1897 which brought
the. 1.000 farmer families a cash return of
avsruse of $1,250 each. During tbe last
years there were In another county
lives failures ; and In three towcahlps
tti'a ' county there were no outstanding
. This favorable condition has been of
reached In a county In which formerly wheat
was produced for market.
The latest results ot the co-opcratlvo sys
In agricultural operations have been
V. no small degree to the fact that the
associations are conduetei by capable and
men. There have been , of cotirce ,
exceptions ; yet icot only the farmers
the railroad companies have taken an
part In the co-operative system , and ii-c
Interested thenmlvcs In the Improve-
of breeds of cattle , as well as In the fin
Introduction of better method * of produc
. Aa ta evidence of the extent of rail fac
co-operation l-.i this direction It Is
that in the districts traversed by tbo
" railroad In North Dakota the company
iiisUted In the erection of seventy now
dairies. A.I a result , tbe old ccnlllot between
thofarmers and the railroad' companies U
yielding 'a some dcgreo to a spirit ot har
, There Li no doubt that tbo dairy
farmers la Pennsylvania can derive some
valuable leeaoni In co-operation and unlcu
Jhe farmers of the northwest.
HIIOT9 AT
Nowr York Tribune : U Is welcome news to
nit who honor the faithful performance of
duty that the chnplaln of the Maine , having
fat la dud to the uttermost every claim upon
1)1 B sacrcil ofQco and his human sympathy , U
at liberty to leave the wccno of hta painful
anil exhausting labors. Mr , Chatlwlck has
nobly won the lasting admiration of his conn.
trymcn.
Now York 1'rois : U Is rather a pity that
Dwlght L. 'Moody ' , man of ability and ex
perience , should wusto ammunition. In at
tacking the Sunday newspapers. That sort
of thing la well enough for the umall-boro
clorlcs , whose resources arc otherwise limited
to denunciations of the Jews , the dovll and
the i pope , but U Is not worthy of A high
power gospel gun like "Moody. "
Detroit Preo Press : These gentlemen of
the sacred cloth who are fulminating so
fiercely against the- wicked Spaniards may
60O1 Jiavo an opportunity to satisfy their
vongcful feelings. Dy the way , would It not
be well to organize a regiment of fighting
parsons ? They would bo able to preach the
gopel ] of peace to the Spaniards on Sundays
andS fight them all the rest of the week.
Springfield ] Republican : There Is no moro
reason why the clergy should bo a favored
class In transportation than , why any man
ot any < occupation , who Is leading a sober
llfo and socking by his iireccpt and example
to make hta Influence for the good of men ,
should ba given a special or half vale. The
practice < ought to be abandoned , and the
clergy ought to refuao to take advantage
of It. 1
It.Buffalo
Buffalo ' 'Express ' : The chaplain of the New
Jersey , senate. In his prayer on Thursday ,
regretted | that Emperor Wllhelm had "failed
tO slze ! > up this country
properly , but If ho
failed because ho Is demented
, O God , for-
give him ! " There are two Interesting theo
logical points In this appeal. One la the
propriety of the good man's use of slang
to express alms-elf and the other his Implied
belief that
Emperor Wllhelm Is not entitled
to fc forgiveness f unless ho Is demented.
Chicago ; Chronicle : Whatever apprehension
may have been felt as to the result of the
approaching conflict la now dispelled. The
Rov. Thomas Dlxon , Jr. , Is ready for eeu.
His lockers are full , his coal bunkers are
overflowing , his bollcts are quivering under
a pressure of 200 pounds to the square Inch
and the banner of the church militant
streams from his main truck. "Spain's flotilla
of torpedo boats must not bo allowed to cast
anchor on this continent , " he shouts. clearIng -
Ing Ma decks for action , and his defiance
evokes a responsive echo from patriots
every-
whtl.-e. Let Rev. Thomas
Dlxon , Jr. , pro
ceed to sea under full steam. The results
will be horrible , but the Spaniards have
brought their troubles on themselves. They
have o\okcd the genius of war. Let thorn
face It In the person of Rov. Thomas Dtxon
Jr. , full panoplied , relentless and thirsting for
Castlllan gore.
PEllSOXAb AXD OTHERWISE.
Shtody has fallen. The affair was a
melancholy shindy for the dervishes.
Delaware peaches no looser enjoy a mo
nopoly of "partial annual failure. " Chicago's
Ice crop Is reported short
cuougu to pinca the
consumer.
Mr. Sidney Lon" of London , editor of the
St. James Gazette
called
, on Speaker Reed
at the capltol recently and
had a lone talk
with him In his private room.
Prince Oscar , son of the king of Sweden
and Norway , has been conducting a mission
under yio auspices of the Young Men's
Christian association of Stockholm.
Peanut whistles have been
suppressed In
St. Louis. The town at the end of the bridge a
occasionally rises to lofty heights of
municipal reform. The example may be
followed elsowhcro without
Infringing oa the
patent.
William Rockefeller Is having much trouble
about his taxes In Tarrytown , N. Y. The
assessor thinks William does not pay enough , Is
and William
thinks the assessor Is
a puffed-
up humbug. So far as the controversy has
gone William has the best of It , inasmuch as
ho has not paid a cent. '
Thoi eminent Colonel Abe Slupski. whose
achievements aa a beer guzzler Is the envy
of parched tanks , now seeks the 'position of
postmaster of St. Louis , claiming that he can
distance all competitors in
promoting a beer
famine. If the colonel Is the patriot his
friends claim , ho should refill his magazines
a-ad attack the pugnacious dons with his ers
breath ,
Minnesota editors disposed to levity should
label the article before putting It In print.
Ono of the fraternity Is nursing a battered
Jaw for having written and published the
statement that "silver garter buckles are be
coming fashionable and we hope to see moro
them. " The only woman ta the town The
affecting the fashion resented the suggestion
with a whip.
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There Is one hostess In New York who paid *
prettv sura for the encore nuisance. She Tilc
engaged a prominent singer Jor her private
musical terms $100 a eong. The singer was
capital form , and the audience went crazy A
with delight and Insisted
on having more.
more.AU
The
singer referred her admirers to their
hostess , who , looking rather wan , requested
soloist to glvo another song. This went Six
better than -the firat , and eight times did that
unhappy hostess have .to ask the stager to The
repeat the song. Result , a bill for $800.
It Is < an off day when the average con The
tractor of public work falls to remember
number one. A case In point : The beauti On
bronze statuary , plaques and wall panels
the criminal court building of New York
City , completed four years ago , are- peeling Fresh
. An examination of one specimen sho\\ * The
that instead of being solid metal. It Is a
thin shell filled with plaster and electro
plated. As the courts in the building- arc So
open for business , the contractor should be
called In for explanation. To
The war feeling Is not oa deep-seated
amcug the women of the country oa some Lone
resolutions Indicate. Several hundred women
New York , who claim to be- for war , held O
meeting recently and poured forth a tor
of weeds cad tears for Cuba. During
lull In the storm , the wife of a nephew They Of
Charles Sumncr dramatically exclaimed When
her husband Inherited the Suir.ner char
acteristic. "He always puts en his left
stocking first. I never could break him of Alas
trick. " "There la not a person In this
room who does not put on her left stocking Each
. ' . " solemnly declared a man who had
broken Into tbe meeting. "No , no , no , " Yet
came protesting crlfs. "I always put tu
left stocking first , " declared ono mem
. "And I , " said another and another.
"You put on the last one that Is left , don't
? " asked the horrid man. At this the Six
mectlcig broke up , deferring tbo crisis for O
further consideration. The.
INTO TUB CITIU8.
DlntrltmHon of InitulBrntlon 4he > Tra
Hemcily.
, JUvlew of Itcvlewi.
The modern tendency to crowd Into grrt
cities Is not peculiar to this country. It It
an true of London , Paris , llcrlln , Vienna , at
of Now York , Philadelphia or Chicago ,
There nro many other forces besides Illit
eracy which draw people tp the cities. With
th existing rivalry among the great cities
of the world ne to which shall be the greatest
in population , this tendency is not to bo
counteracted by a reading and writing test
at the seaboard. To cure the evils of th
slums , different and far moro potent rem
edies are necrssary. Great social and eco
nomic questions are hero Involved. Th
tendency toward great cities Is not necessa
rily an evil , nor Is the problem of the slum *
Incurable. Wo have made sufficient progress ,
at least In physical regulations , to demon
strate that the health of London , with 8.000-
000 of people , Is better than that of rural
England , and that the air of the alums of
Now York , when
analyzed by experts , as
shown by the report of the commissioner of
labor , is not Inferior to that of the best rfal-
dent districts. Kitty years ago the health
and order In the slums of that city were
much \vorso th n they are today , with a
vastly greater population ; a great river now
flows through the city for their purification.
If those who are In earnest about Improving
the slums will Join to enforce laws prohibitIng - *
Ing landlords from renting unhealthy tene
ments , will study the deep , social , econom
ical questions Involved , and will turn their
attention to the problem of distributing Im
migration Instead of restricting It , we shall
make more progress than by compelling Im
migrants to read or write twenty-five words
of the constitution of the United States.
IJOMUST1C ' . '
I'MSAS.VM'HIES.
Detroit Free Tress : She * Why don't you
talk mora when wo'ro out together ?
Ho I'm too polite to Interrupt
dear. you , my
UrooWyn Life : He I am teaching your
father how to piny poker.
She > Howi are you getting on7
He Well , ho askeil mo yesterday If ho
could llvo with , us after wo were married.
Harper's n.izar : Klclthnm-Flfteen dollar *
for an Rnster bonnet ! You must think I
have money to burn , my deiir.
Jlra. Klcklinm Wall , hnvn't you ? Another
box of cigars came today.
IHorfton Globe : Mrs. H.-Thp Indy Dftbbla
BoliiR to marry la highly Intellectual. Bho
speaks three InngunRes.
Air. B. ( uondollngly ) Poor DabUs.
Chicago Record : "I understand she's con *
on the lecture platform. "
"Shehas. . "
"Is she much of a lecturer ? "
"
"Her husband Is snld to think so. "
Detroit Journal : ' 'MnrrlaRe , " remarked
the observer of mnn nnd tilings , "Is a gnma
of
cariN. nnd who ever raw a woman who
liked to play cards with her own husband ? "
nostont Transcript : Fuddy-Do you really
think tlmt Haskersi carc.i much for hlsralf ? ?
Dnddy Cares for her ? He dotes on her.
Scores of tlmca 1'vo Known' ' him to m.ika
faces for his wife .when she had to take
nasty tasting1 medicine.
Chlcapo Tribune : "How true It Is. " mut
tered Mr. Meeker , "that actions speak louder
force. than words " ! They strike the ear with more
And he softly rubbed his rlRht auricular
orsvin which his energetic
boxed. spouse had Just
Cincinnati Rnqulrer : "My wife , " said the
tall , liuitern-Jawed man , "Is ns womanly
momnn as you could nnd , but she can
hammer nails like llKhtnlng- . "
"
"Wonderful ! " sanfr the chorus.
"LlBhtnlnfT , " the tall , lantern-Jawed man
continued " , "seldom etrlkes twice In the sumo
place.
Drftrolt FreeFrew "Mrs. Curtlv' . how
It thnt your husband never tries to friKitten
you by dt'Clarlns that ho will RO toi war ? "
"Ha tried U and I bepan telling' the nelpth-
bors that he was determined 'to enlist. Ho
bepped mo to desl t , nnd now there Isn't *
word of war talk In him. "
Chlc.iso Post : "I admit I.am troubled , * *
said the fashion editor.
"What's the matter ? " asked tha society
editor.
"Why , I can' * quite make up my mind
whether It Is all rluht. In view of prevailing
condition to spejik of flve pairs of bloom
, a dozen flhlrt waists nnd two doze
pairs of golf stocking * as a trousseau. "
THIi MAIlllATir. | | f
Sir n. nulvvcr Ttton. .
Fresh glides the brook nnd blows the sralt ,
Yet yonder halts the quiet mill ;
whirling wheel , the rushlntr sail.
How motionless and still !
days' stern labor shuts the poor
From > Nature's careless banquet hall
seventh nn angel ) opes the door ,
And , smiling , welcomes alll
1Tl Father's 1 tender mercy BBVO
This holy respite to the breast.
breathe- the gale , to watch the wave.
And know the wheel must rest !
days of toll , poor chl'U of Cain ,
Thy strength tny master's slave must bei
seventh the limbs escape the chain. *
Thy Qed hath made theo free I
flplds thnt ycstpr-mornlnfr knew
Thy footsteps as their serf , survey ;
thce , as them , descends the dow
The baptism of the day ! '
glides the brooto and btows the gale. '
But yonder halts the quiet mill ;
whirring wheel , , the rushing sail , 1 ,
How motionless and still ! ' '
rest , O weary heart , but , lo ,
The church spire glistening * up to. heaven.
warn thee where thy thought should co.
The day thy God hath glvenl
through tlio landscape's solemn rest.
The spire Its moral points on high ,
soul at peace within the breast ,
lilso , mingling with the sky.
tPll thee , In their dreaming scliool ,
power from the old dominion hurled.
rich and poor , with Juster rule ,
Shall share the altered world.
! since time Itself began ,
That fable 'hath but fooled the hour }
ago that ripens power In man , |
But subjects man to power. ;
( every day In seven , at least.
One bright republic shall bo known ;
'
Man'awvorld awhile hath sureiy ceassd.
When God proclaims his own !
days may rank divide the poor ,
Dives , from thy banquet hall ;
. seventh the Father opes the door. ,
And holds His feast for alll
'If it be right ,
Do it boldly.
If it be wrong ,
Leave it
I
If you want a good suit for spring or summer wear , get it
a ; responsible house , and pay a fair and ptopse price for it.
If a cheap and shoddy garment is offered to you at a price
lat seems to you very small , don't take itit isn't worth whilef
These are the facts we make all our own clothing we make
as well as it can be made it is properly cut and trimmed and
dished : it is of the best materials and it is sold direct from tht
ctory to the wearer , at the lowest price that is possible.