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TILE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 120 , 1898. THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE , E. ROSBWATCR , Editor. PUBLISHED EVE11Y MORNING. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION : Dally Bee ( without Sunday ) . One Your..W.M Dally Ileo and Sunday , One Year S.ou Blx Months } -W Three Months * > W Bunday Ileo , One Year f-Ji ; Saturday Bee , One Yfnr i-Jg Weekly Bee , Ono Year w OFFICES. Omaha : The Bee Building. South Omaha : Singer Block , Corner N and Twenty-fourth Streets. Council Bluffs : 10 1'cnrl Street. Chicago Offlf : Stock Exchange Bldg. Now York : T mnle > Court. Washlnfrton : V > \ Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications rein tine to news ami editorial matter should bo addressel : To the Editor. Editor.BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittances should be addressed to The nee Publishing Company , Omaha. Drafts , checks , expre-ss and postomce money orders to be made payalilp to the order of the company. THE BE13 PUBLISHING COMPANY. _ STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION1. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , BS. : George B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Boo Publishing company , being duly sworn , nays that the- actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening and Sunday Bee , printed during the month of October , IMS , waa as fol lows : Less unsold and returned papers. . 17,823 Net total average 7 7,27rt Net dally average BS,71N GEORGE B. TS5SCHUCK. Hworn to before me and subscribed In my presence this 31st day of October. 1803. N. P. FI5IL , Notary Public. ICInu Humbert of Italy is cordially In favor of the czar's proposition for a con ference on disarmament. Italy could not possibly get the worst of It In nuy kind of a disarmament agreement. The market house question will not down. The constant trouble over the present system of handling that class ot business is bound to Increase until the problem is solved rightly In the erection of a market house iu a central location. The postage stamp collectors who wg ( stored such a vigorous complaint against the Issue of stamps commemor ative of the Omaha exposition are now scrambling over one another in their ef forts to lay In a supply for speculative and other purposes. It's nn ill wind. Emperor William gives as his censor for not visiting Spain at this time "the sudden change of temperature In the Mediterranean. " The winds from Spain doubtless blow warm and tempting , but there ao counter currents which , though not BO pleasant , have greater influence. The Spanish army Is wild o still b" possessed with" the idea that it could 'have turned the fortunes tot war if It had been given sufficient opportunity There are thousands of men over on this side who returned home disap pointed because the opportunity was noi offered. The attorney geteral of Ohio has dls covered In his attempts to gain an In sight Into the working of the Standard Oil company that the witnesses have evidently lubricated memories. Everj fact which could be of Importance tc the commonwealth has been con veniently forgotten. We arc now told that there Is still n prospeut that some of the sunken Span ten ships may bo added to the Americai navy , " - ' appointment may again bo ii store , however , for the completeness ol the work of naval gunners has hereto fore been painfully manifest when ni attempt of this kind has been made. It Is really too- bad Senator Hannn should , deny he ever said the Dingle } bill must Boon bo amended because II failed to meet existing conditions. Thai faked Interview Is about the only raj of hope the democrats have had slnc < election , and he might at least have allowed them to enjoy It a little longer The commsrclal agencies , In tueli weekly review of financial conditions testify to the good effect of election re suits upon the world of business. Tin Industrial world Is not partisan , but I knows what conditions affect It unfuvor ably. Republican success has never ye been known to decrease business ac tlvlty. French newspapers have a more ex UKgerntcd Idea of the Intentions of tin United States than the most blatan American expansionists. They an warning the English that If they an not careful the United States will swal low the British empire when the morse taken from Spain has been proper ! ; digested. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Nebraska railroad managers rcpor that grain Is not moving to market n rapidly as has been common in rccen years. Farmers are putting In thel time getting their corn crop Into tin crib , and are not compelled to stop thl Important work to haul small grain t market. A few more years like the las two seasons and the Nebraska fame will be just as Independent as hi brother In the older settled portions o the country. Americans who Imaglnt they can pic ) up a fortune in the new possessions o the United States or In Cuba wlthou any capital b'ut their assurance or tha oil they will hare to do to secure a ! the lucrative positions In sight Is to g after them arc having a sad experience The cities In Cuba , Porto Illco an Hawaii are full of stranded men wh have neither employment nor means t return to the United States. Fortune do not grow on bushes In those climate any more than they do at home. PERPETVATIXU THE HACK CONFLICT. The anti-negro riots In North Carolina lina forcibly emphasize the Irrepressible tnce conflict which has been In prog ress In the former slave states of the south since Iliu negro was enfranchised. This race conflict has broken out peri odically whenever nud wherever the political supremacy of the whites In local government has been menaced by a negro majority , or wherever erIm < M committed by negroes have Intensified race prejudice or provoked reprisals by mob violence. The Klu-Klux outrages In Louisiana and the shotgun government In Missis sippi and South Carolina during the re construction period were Inspired by the determination of the southern whites never to submit to negro domination , The same spirit of Intolerance of negro rule Is evinced In the North Carolina election riots. The Atlanta Constitu tion , the most progressive of southern mpers , Is candid enough to give a true account of the anti-negro outbreak ? , hough Its hostility to negro rule ami sympathy with the revolutionists is scarcely concealed. The Atlanta paper boldly declares that 'the primal cause was the uustatcHiimn * Ike. endeavor to establish universal suf frage In the south without respect to either Intelligence or character. The llfllcultlcs of the reconstruction prob < em certainly could not be solved by the false assumption that men graduated from the school of slavery , some of them as masters , some of them as slaves and some of them as poor whites , could be eft to govern themselves on u basis of simple manhood suffrage. In the long run and by one method or another , the stronger or more Intelligent and those who have the greatest Interest at stake n nuy community will assert them selves and direct and control the gov ernment , or at least prevent It from becoming Intolerable under the control of an unintelligent majority. " In th'ls republic majorities must gov ern whether they are Intelligent or unin telligent. In the southern states this principle .has never obtained practical ecognltlon by reason of the Intense race irojudlco prevailing there and the line of demarcation between the ruling race and the subject race Is nlnu.st as marked today as it was before emanci pation. If this Is the condition in the southern states , where civilization is at least a liundred years in advance of that of Cuba and 1'orto Ulco and several cen turies ahead of the civilization of the Philippines , what may we expect for the jnlntelllgeut majority of Spain's former colonies that arc about to be absorbed by the United States ? Is the race prob- cm to be solved by enlarging the ttroa ihd multiplying the number of subjects who- excite race prejudices ? Are we to have privileged classes born to rule and subject classes born to be forever held In subjection by militia force and pay tribute to the superior race ? Do we want to perpetuate the race conflict for purely mercenary ends even iu the name of humanity ? AKOLU-AMEHICAN CO-Ul'ERATlOX. The speech of Lord Herschell , presl- lent'of the Anglo-American commission , it the annual banquet of the New York Chamber of Commerce , was In line with the friendly expressions of Englishmen toward the United States which hare re cently become common. He wild there Is a bond which unites Great Britain and the United States such at that which unites no two other nations and that expresses a realization of the fact that there is a very close relationship between the two countries. Their inter 'sts are more widespread , he paid , strike deeper roots , root In more different di rections than we are at all times ready to admit or conceive and he felt per fectly certain that no two nations that are so closely bound up in commercial Intercourse can either of them progress- In commercial prosperity without a re ilectlou of that commercial prosperlt.\ upon the other nation with which It deals "May It not be possible , " asked Lori Ilcrschcll , "that at some future tlmi when we are either of us menactd bj the Intervention of some third pnvtj which seriously threatens our existence or our prosperity , wo may llnd thai whatever the differences that arise unongst ourselves from time to tii ie.w ( shall bo ready to unite in defense o ! each other against a stranger ? " There was no suggestion in the re marks of the distinguished Engllshmai In regard to anything like a formal alii auco between Great Britain ami tin United States and the Idea of such ai alliance , which a short time ago hac some earnest advocates In both couu tries , may bo regarded as abandoned All that Is aimed at now Is the cement Ing more strongly of the natural oondi between the English-speaking nation ! and the cultivation of a fuller rcaliza tlon of their mutual Interests in the wort of commercial progress. A very llttlt discussion of the alliance proposltloi was sufficient to show Its Impractlcabll Ity , but enlightened and unprejudlcci men In both countries see the wisdom o strengthening friendly relations be twcen them and having such an under standing as will , without necessarily In volvlug cither nation In the foreign com plications of the other , give some guar anty of united action In the protcctloi and defense of mutual or common Inter ests. This has hitherto been of chle Importance to Great Britain , but th broader international relations upoi which the United States Is entering an < its commercial Interests In a quarter o the world where a vigorous contest fo trade Is going on , give great Importune for this country to the question o strengthening the bonds of Anglo-Amct lean friendship. In our reaching on for now possessions and In the demand which we may be called upon to uink for a recognition of our rights In China we cannot tell how soon wo shall fim British support acceptable. Notwltl standing the assurances that have beci given of the friendliness of Europeai powers , It may fairly be doubtei whether this would bo BO pronounce * but for the attitude of Great Britain. The American people will not delud themselves with the notion that Hrltls expressions of good will are prompts by motives wholly unselfish. Wo cajj not justly claim such motives for our selves In adopting a policy of territorial acquisition. But for the commercial benefits expected from this policy , It la questionable whether the future welfare of the people of the Philippines would give us serious cor. corn. Let It be can didly confessed that the controlling mo tive behind expansion Is purely commer cial. Great Britain also is looking out primarily for Its commercial Interests and the value of these Is the measure of Its friendship. Since , however , that friendship can be of service to us we need not concern ourselves about mo tives. POLITICAL LAllOlt ItEFOnMERS. The tenacity of life of organizations with political tendencies Is greatci than hat of the cat with nine lives. Twenty- Ive years ago the grangers nuuittered lundrcds of thousands , where today here Is scarcely a vestige of the order. But the National Grange convenes reg- ilarly every year with the same old jrokeu-wlnded barnacles to remind us hat the grange still claims to be a facer - or In American politics. The same Is true of the Farmers' Alli ance , which was the natural offspring of the grange. While the alliance lodges mvc long ago closed their door * , the National Farmers' Alliance holds Its convocations and Issues its edicts from the old stand as if It was still iu Its glory. It la the same with the Knights of Labor who were ditched by I'owderly and dismembered by Sovereign. Twelve years ago the Knights mustered nn irmy of 800,000 brawny tollers. Today the Knights scarcely muster a corporal's guard. But the national assembly ol the Knights has just held Us annual ncotlng at Chicago and promulgated n porles of resolutions embodying do- immls for reforms practical and im practical. AsMisual the men who build these ilgh-soundlng declarations do not expect them to go further than the public irlnts and never exert themselves tu carry any of them Into effect. As n con sequence these periodic blasts awaken no Interest among the working classcr and meet with no recognition from the men who make the law * . Instead of directing themselves to measures of relief - lief for the masses that arc within reach , they clamor for radical economic changes that cannot possibly be ef fected In years. In other countries powerful labor or ganizations have brought about souu salutary reforms by persistent and well directed effort along certain clearly de fined lines to which they confine theli work. They do not agitate visionary projects but apply themselves Intelli gently to reforms that promise results The difference in this respect is due chiefly to the difference In leadership The labor leaders of Great Britain France and Germany , unlike the laboi agitators of the United States , are mcr who actually toll with brain and muscle without mercenary motives for the amelioration of the condition of thcli co-workers. With men of the sami caliber and integrity of purpose at theli liead , the Knights of Labor might lum held their strength unimpaired nnc achieved tangible reforms. CATTLEMEN'S CUSVENTIOX. The coming ponveutlou of cattieniet which assembles in Denver In Januarj is looked forward to- with considerable Interest , not only by the stock raisers but by the meat packers of Omaha am Kansas City. Tke object of the convcn tion Is primarily to discuss matters 01 Interest to those engaged In growhu live stock , particularly under conditioni which prevail in the range country. The cattle Industry is steadily growluf In magnitude and importance. Undei conditions which originally prevalluc there were no serious problems to con front except to secure possession ol bunch cattle. Ilange was plentiful , tin animals could graze without let or hlu drance over a wide expanse of country there was a good market and nmklii ; the business profitable was compara lively simple. Wtli the settlement of the country ant consequent curtailing of the free rang * the problem of maintaining large herd : profitably Is 6uo requiring high ability and Intimate knowledge of conditions The old-time cattleman , whose acquire ments not necessarily included nion than a knowledge how to handle i branding Iron and ride a pony , Is rapidly passing away , and those who have theli money Invested In the business , llki those engaged in other Industries , real Ize the advantage of getting togcthe : and discussing questions which must bi solved. On their ability to meet sue ccssfully the new problems and other which will arise In the future depend not only their own success , but In i largo measure the great packing Indus tries which have been built up In Omahi and other population centers on the bar derland of the great range country. Incidentally Denver Is utilizing tin convention to further Its ambition ti build up a market for feeders , both li cattle and sheep. Whether this can b done Independent of an ultimate mar ket for the stock and for meat product Is a question the solution of which Is o vital Importance to cities like Omahi and Kansas city. If It can , it means > very considerable loss of business whlcl Is now transacted here , thuiigh It cau ii nowise affect the packing Industry. THE SHWl'lSa INDUSTRY. At the recent annual susion of navii architects and marine engineers th president of the organization , In his ad dress , took a most hopeful view of th future of the shipping Industry , express Injj the opinion that the war woul prove the turning point from which th United States may commence to regal ; Its once proud position as a shin-bulk Ing , ship-owning nation. Americai' ' built ships gained world-wide honor in the war and these honors are b < stowed upon the merchant ships whlc were impressed Into service as muc as upon the war ships built and mannc for war purposes alone. The snllln and fighting qualities of these mcrchuti ships and their stability and durablllt hare excited the Interest of the work While the country Is fully awake t the necessity of an adequate navy and it Is agreed on all hands that our power on the sea must be Increased , It Is no less Important that wo shall luvo a merchant marine equal to the require ments of our commerce. It has been said that no nation can maintain an efficient imvy without a prosperous com mercial marine to support It and out- own recent experience boars evidence to this. More than two hundred mer chant vessels were purchased and char tered by the government for war use and had these not been available we could not have sent all our ships of war against the enemy. They served an excellent purpose. Our Increasing foreign commerce de mands the building up of a merchant marine , which would be a most ma terial help In Increasing trade. Wo have been nt n great disadvantage In competing for trade with South America largely for the reason that the trans portation facilities belong to other conn- : tics. Is there any reason to doubt that we shall be under a like disadvantage In competing for the Asiatic trade so long as wo must depend upon foreign ships to transport our commodities ? With a republican congress there is every reason to expect that this ques tion will receive the consideration which Its commanding Importance merits and it may be confidently predicted that within the next two years there will be legislation looking to giving the United States a merchant marine com mensurate with Its position as n com mercial nation. THE OPPURTUKITI' . While the peace commission Is parley ing over the question of Spanish sovereignty eignty In the Philippines the Insur gents are Improving the opportunity to strengthen their position. The Island of Pnnay Is reported to be In possession of the Insurgent * , with tlie exception of Its chief city the second in importance in the Philippines and this is defended by only 800 Spanish soldiers , a force which [ irobably cannot hold It any great length of time If the Insurgents arc determined to capture the place. The foreign resi dents have asked for American protec tion , but this cannot bo given for the reason that the military authority of the United States does not extend beyond Manila , under the terms of the protocol and we are bound to respect that Instru ment. Thus although our commission- era in Paris are refusing to recognize the Spanish claim of sovereignty In the Philippines , It is practically conceded , so far as the island of Panny Is con cerned , iu our confession that we can do nothing to check the operations of the Insurgents there. The indications are that the insurgents fully understand the situation and are everywhere active. That they are as arrogant as they have ever been is shown by ihe rejection of the proposal made by General Otis to Aguiualdo that he release the friars and civilians held In captivity throughout the provi < : es. It was to have been expected that BO reasonable a request from the American pommunder would be promptly acceded to , but the Insurgent chief replied that the prisoners would be held , thus showIng - Ing that he has no fear of Incurring American displeasure. It is stated that the American commanders have repre sented to Aguinaldo time it would be good policy to pursue a course that would not be obnoxious to the United States , but he appears to have given little heed to the advice. He Is not ag gressive , but he is maintaining a large military force , which Is bald to be well provided with arms and ammunition and this Is not being done , it is safe to say , with the expectation of having to fight Spaniards. The purpose of the in surgents In keeping up their military organization and accumulating military supplies Is to be ready to declare their Independence as soon as the disposition of the Philippines Is decided upon at Paris and to fight for Independence if necessary. There Is no other reasonable conclusion to be drawn from their con duct The situation Is anything but reassur ing. It strongly Indicates what we have heretofore pointed out , that when we have finished with Spain we shall en counter serious difficulties in dealing with the Filipinos , unless the govern ment nt Washington shall be willing to give them concessions which no one now expects. The election of a dead man to be as sessor of one of Nebraska's country pro- clncts Is simply a portent of what might happen at any election In connection with the most Important office to be filled. The danger of the death of a candidate before the votes are counted Is always present , and the emergency is provided against by the law for filling vacancies. As usual , the defeated can didate sets up a claim to the place as having received the next highest num ber of votes , overlooking the fact that a majority of the voters iiot only /ailed to vote for him , but registered their votes against him. As long as wo have a government of majorities public offi cers must have titles resting directly or Indirectly upon the expressed will of the majority , whether he Is governor of the state or assessor of a country pre cinct The final outcome or the VIrden coal miners' strike Is a victory for the strik ers by the concession of the union wage schedule on the part of the coal com pany. In this we have another evidence that restored prosperity Is shared bj both labor and capital. Had factories remained Idle and the demand for coal light , the probabilities of success attend ing a coal miners' strike would have been much smaller. With good busi ness , on the other hand , resulting from a brisk demand for its output , the coal company , by acceding to the strikers' ' -demands , will doubtless be able to con- tlnue operations at a profit for all con- corned. It would seem almost too good to be true that the railroads are to volun tarily eliminate the dangerous grade crossings from the city. From tin. very Inception It has been n contest , mol stubbornly at every step , to secure pro tection for life and property , first Iu having flagmen at the danger points , then In forcing the railroads to pay for the construction of the viaducts now In existence. In other cities It has been the same story , but In many Instances the corporations have been compelled to rnHo their tracks entirely above the street level. That the Omaha roads. ' which have rarely taken n step for the benefit of the public which Involved the expenditure of large sums of money without a financial return , should pro pose thus to flolvc the difficulty Is n surprise , but if they really Intend to do it their sudden awakening to a realiza tion of the rights of tlio community should be encouraged for fear they might again lapse Into a somnolent con dition. When the exposition paid back 75 per cent of the money received from stock holders It afforded tangible proof that the unexpected often happens. A still more striking proof of this adage Is pre sented in the contrast between present labor conditions at Omaha and other ex position cities nt the close of their expo sitions. On this score the following ex tract from an editorial In the Western Laborer , which is published In the In terest oT Omaha worklngmen , Is con clusive : Omaha Is in good shape from the stand point of labor. Compared with the falls of 'D3-4-B-C there are practically no idle mon In Omaha and South Omaha. Work In building trades Is especially good. As a rule the labor market In exposition cities after the show U over Is anything but encourag ing for labor , but In Omaha we are pleased to say , the rule doesn't go. The wage scales of the organized men are being paid cheer fully and In many Instances more than the scale Is paid to the superior mechanics. In the unorganized avocations thuro has been no Increase In wages .luring the year and no Increase Is hoped for. A Kansas Clty judge has decided there is no law to punish a man for getting drunk In his own home pro vided he does not disturb the neighbor hood. While this Is doubtless correct as a legal theory the majority of men will probably continue to accumulate their load of hilarity at the accustomed places. There are drawbacks to the growth of this new home Industry too manifest to necessitate mention. The increase in the army Is seized by every branch of the War department as the foundation for an appeal for In creased office force and Increased appro priations for maintenance and operation. Anyone laboring under the delusion that the army cau be enlarged without a pro portionate Increase of expense entailed upon the'national treasury should have his mind speedily disabused of the mis apprehension. The establishment of permanent head quarters of the republican national com mittee Is doubtless calculated to Insure better prospect for success In 1000. But permanent headquarters and continuous work are equally , If not more Important , on the part of the republican state com mittee , at least In Nebraska , than oir the part of the republican national com mittee. AVoiulcm In the * Air. Milwaukee Sentinel. Tesla has reached that point In his ca reer as an Inventor where a few minutes spent In performance would outweigh hours utilized in making promises. The I'lnco ( or Detroit Free Press. Forty-eight Colorado volunteers at Manila have indicated through their home paper that they will not stand In the way of as many expansionists who may yearn for their positions. The Looting : of Cuba. New York Tribune. The worst feature of the military mutiny In Cuba Is that , according to the bankers of Havana , $2,500,000 has been supplied by the Madrid government for soldiers' wages , and has been disposed of somehow , but none of it has reach 1 the soldiers. That is a renewal of the ugly rumors that were extant In Wc-yler's time. It would be pleasant to have them proved untrue. Lion and Hear Sparring. Cleveland Leader. The chronic rivalry between England and Russia Is the most serious phase of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom. Russia and England have gone so far in Asia that they can hardly avoid extending their already Immense possessions and in fluence in that continent Sooner or later the growth of their territory and trade rights must lead to a crisis compared with which the Fashoda dispute was as nothing. Pnrailoxc * of I'opallim. J , Sterling Morton's Conservative. Many organsof the populist party in Ne braska are explaining the diminution of the calamity vote at the recent election by stat ing that the populists were all so Indus triously at work In fields and factories that they could not spare the time to attend the election. * This Is a queer excuse to bo unanimously circulated by a press which for months baa unanimously declared that the unemployed were all over Nebraska and that relatively very few citizens had anything to do. The paradoxes of populism are many and thU is one ot the most stalwart. Kcvlnvd Flair of Norway. Philadelphia Record. The ancient flag of Norway will not float In the breeze from the masthead of Nor wegian ships Just because the Storthing at Chrlstlanta adopted a resolution the "bthet day to Introduce a purely Norwegian ensign without any emblem of the union will Sweden. In order to prevail over a vote of the Swedish monarch a resolution of the Storthing must be adopted by three suc cessive Diets. The- Incident Is merely a re minder that the long continued constitu tional struggle of Norway to be released from the hated union with Sweden Is still going on without any Indication ot weariness on the party of the hardy Norsemen. Controversy fin the Border. Philadelphia Times. It Is a queer controversy that the Depart ment of State has got Into with Mexico Ir the case of Temple and It U not quite cleai that Its position is beyond dispute. Temple who Is an American but lives in Mexico shot a Mexican on this side of the bordei and then went home , where be 'was arrested Our law requires that a man shall be tried , in the jurisdiction within which the crimi was committed ; the Mexican law provide : for a trial at home for a crlmi committed agalnet a Mexican citi zen abroad. Temple was subject to thi Mexican law and the Mexicans have arrested - rested him and are going to < ry him. Oui ( government contends that the Mexican lav Is not sound , or at least must not applj to an American , and It demands that Templt bo given up. It Is a very pretty quarrel , It nhlcbthe International lawyers can argue indefinitely. Temple , of course , upprovci the American view. Ill.AHTS I-'HOM HAM'S IIOHN. The way ( to watch , is to work. U requires abundant grace to withstand abundant prosperity. Your position In llfo tomorrow , depends on your character today. A high Ideal Is a standing Invitation ( o reach a more txaltcd position , The man who loses hU life In love , BOWS the seed ot untold noble lives. The sermon on the mount Is higher than some church members care to live. The man who will not suffer for the truth , will have to suffer for neglecting It. Let the world mold your opinions , and It will soon squeeze all religion out. The miser who Is able ( but unwilling ) to relieve want , Is truly a miserable man , Tbo exasperating trivialities of life are little lead lines led down to fathom our religion , I'EHSOXAL AND OTIIBHWISE. The democratic plurality In Texas Includes seven killed and eleven wounded. If the rupture with Spain comes another scries ot peace jubilees will be Iu order. The Louisiana Sugar Planters' association promises to work up a cane rush against the Philippines when congress assembles. Governor-elect Roosevelt Is booked for a lecture at the Lowell Institute In Doston and 6,000 persons have applied for the -100 seats. Fourteen doctors worked In vain to tuvc the life of a smalt pug dog In St. Louis. Tujgyyns ; full of prunes and prune stones. The snake show Iu New York City must bo an extensive affair In view of the vast quantities of political grief drowned there recently. Odella Dls do Bar , the smoothest promoter of confidence games and yellow sensa. Ions In the country , Is doing New Orleans as an ex ponent of the "gospel of frultarlar.lsin. " Hcr's Is a dlvlno mission , she declares , and she Is the animated UticMha of the sect. The members of the order are to live on a diet of fruit an5 nuts , and thus strip UiemselvDs of superfluous flesh preparatory for the cn.l of the world , scheduled for 1914. Unless Odella has lost her cunning the members of the sect will bo stripped In less than fifteen years. Mrs. Laura E. Scatnmon , president of the MUisojrl Federation of Woman's Clubs and representative of that state at the Transmls- slfMlpjJ Exposition , delivered her annual ad- droos to the stutc convention last Wednes day , In which she complimented the man agement of the woman's department at the exposition. "In recounting the agencies most lio'.plul in promoting acquaintance , " she Raid , "I must not forget to mention the womnu'a headquarters at Omaha during the TranstnlcMaslppI Exposition. This was par ticularly appreciated in the northern and eastern parts of the state , though we have scarcely a town but was rcpicsented there. Some clubs have already jollied u and others arc being organized \\lil-.li will ono day knock at our cioors. You who sent of your own beautiful handiwork to t..Is ex position may rejoice In the pleasure It gave to thousands of admirers thcio and In hav ing given a new impetus to thai. i.tato pride which Imperial Mlsrourl nia > wc-lf demand of her daughters. You whoso pretty year books were thumbed and soiled ( and per haps stolen ) , there , may knoi - that they were also well conned and copied and have fbinied the basis of other reading circles and Eludy clubs. ' WHAT STRUCK I'Ol'UMSM. Power Ilchlnil the Knockout . Dealt at the Ballot Dox. Philadelphia Times. The , popullstlc slump in the states west of the Mississippi was a surprise to those who reside and do business in the cast and were far away from the noise and smoke of the far western political battle. It waa probably a good deaf ot a surprise to the populists themselves , although they must have been aware that the calamity racket was likely to be less effective this year than ever be fore. fore.The The influence that contributed mopt to the populist oxerthrow and to the partial restora tion of the far western states to the sound money column n as chiefly a silent one , which has just been made apparent by the publica tion of a treasury bulletin , showing tUo ex ports of breadstuffs , provisions and cotton for the first ten months of the year ending October 31. By these figures appears that the exports of breadstuffs for the first ten months of the year amounted to $250,237,455 as against J185,410,853 for the sarao period In 1S97 , $136,163,183 In 1896 and $97,622,354 In 1895. The exports of breadstuffa for the present year to date exceed those of the same period in 1892 , the former record- breaking year , by $38,000,000. The same ratio of Increase is shown in our exports of provisions for the same period , which reach $134,928,233 , as against $114,272,397 in 1897 , $106,136,169 In 1896 and $104,953,941 In 1S95. In amounts , cotton bales and mineral oils show a correspond.ng Increase , but lower prices for both make the figures show a decline in dollars and cents , which may partly account for the republican losses of congressmen in the south while making unexpected gains In the west. An incidental feature of these sta tistics relates to the Increased export de mand for corn , the experts of which rose from 166,356,373 bushels In 1S97 to 170.088,505 In 1898. This Increased demand for our corn comes from every principal European coun try , and Is certain to continue in the fu.urc , for whether European wheat crops are good , bad or indifferent , the corn supply must come chiefly frcm the United States , Against this growing demand for wheat and corn at fair prices populist orators and journals appealed in vain. The experience of two years of good crops and good prices had fairly exploded the absurd idea that the prices of wheat and silver traveled in double harness. And with the largest wheat crop In the country's hlst"ry being shipped abroad In quantities exceeding any former year and bringing into the country a plethora of dollars of the hundred-cent variety the bottom was knocked clean from under the popullstlc platform , and the western farm ers knew It as well aa anybody. Populism and calamity-howling wll have to wait for a different crndltlon of things before trie American farmers will pay any attention to either again. TITI.KS KOIl A IMIICtt. Baltimore American : Considering the revelations which the Hoolcy examination Is bringing out , it would seem the bent plan for the government and nobility to make up a purse to get Mr. Hooky out of blf difficulties , or ho will dlsuipt the nhol * social fabric. Chicago Chronicle : U has remained for a British premier , a noble lord , a knight ot the Garter , to afford an example ot sordid , vulgar trafllc In the patronage of his high offlco from which even the most "practical" ot American polltlcana would shrink aghast. For what was merely proposed In Hoolcy's case must undoubtedly have been consum mated In other Instances. It Is safe to assume - sumo that every tltlo of nobility granted since Salisbury assumed office had the price on the tag In plain figures , the purchase money going Into the party treasury to bo used In corrupting the electorate. I'hlladelphia 1'ress ! Certainly these reve lations of Hoolcy show In social and po litical life In England a truckling to wcalfh that Is not known hero , although it Is sup posed that In the United States the dollar alone is tforshlppod. Certain features of Hooleylsm could not bo duplicated here , and on the whole it seems as If In every way the almighty dollar Is more puissant In England than here and that what would be viewed aa a frightful travesty on the rela tion of worth and breeding to saclal posi tion Is rather the regular thing on the other side. Perhaps It Is safe to say "was the regular , " since It Is clear nothing hai BO moved society and financial circle * for years as the Hoolcy disclosures , and a gen eral cleaning of skirts Is now In projrcsa. Chicago Record : fThe sentimental tra- dlttcn that hereditary titles of nobility are exclusively reserved for the selfish gratifi cation of people who arc born Into them is shattered by the cable report of the latest proceedings in Promoter Hooley's casr. After having proved that it is quite feasible to get obliging dukes and marquises to rent the use of their names at a fair figure to doubtful business enterprises , Mr. H oley , In his latest revelations , has disclosed that titles may be purchased outright. AccordIng - Ing to the evidence , ono tilled conservative agreed to fix the promoter out with a genuine uine- baronetcy in consideration of a check for $2ro,000 and a fee of $5,000. The $2EO- 000 , it is supposed , was to have been dis tributed among Influential poi plo controlllnR the baronetcy supply. Owing to a snobbish rule that a man may not bouorno a baronet unless he has an Income apart from that which he gets in hh trade the project failed , and Mr. Hooloy refused to be con tent with a fine knlghthoud which was mnrlced down to him at $125,000. Ho pre ferred to buy an admission Into an exclusive c nservatlvo club , for which ho paid $50- 000. DOMESTIC I'LKASANTHIES. Puck : Ethel Are you sure that all his thoughts lira of you ? Edith Oh. VCH ! Why , ho has lust lost hlit position on account of inattention , to busi ness ! / Chicago Record : "Mrs. Vushtl Jonea has reorganized our progress Ivc-euchre club. " "Is It more select now ? " "Yes : she left out tlm women who always win iirlzes. " _ Klgnro : Wife What would you do if you had no wife to look after your mending , I'd llko to know ? Husband Do ? Why , In that case I coulil afford to buy new clothes. Indlannpolla Journal : "Tlmmlnn , you don't seem to bo maklnc os much love to the landlady us you did. " "Had to- case up n llttlo. She thought Bhe had mo BO sure that she could put off the scraps and meat ends on me , as if 1 wore already married to her. " Chicago Record : "Aunt Madeline was very nngry on her birthday. " I "What wns > the trouble ? " "Everybody In the house gave her a bottle of patent medicine. " Cleveland Plain Denier : "Queer , about Clara's wedding with that plumber. " "What was ciucer ? " , "Why , ho came to Bet married at the very day and hour ho said ho would. Chicago Post : "Would that I had a hun dred lives to give for your sake , " ho ox- "Don't you think. " 8h < asked coldly , "that that would rather overwork the fool- killer ? " He left without oven stopping to brush the dust from the. knees of his trousers. Detroit Journal : " .What a sweet com plexion ! " he 'exclaimed , fondly contem plating her rndlnnt countenance. "And yours. " she faltered , with maidenly timidity. "Is so sandy ! " That was to Bay , while sand was not pre cisely sweet , It passed for such with mnny ncoplp , ns was amply attested before the crrocery business became Christianized. Somorvlllo Journal : "Do you know , Paul , " Bald Ethel tremhllnplv. "I Home- times fear that you don't love me any more' " "Rlfrht you are , " said Paul , embracing her. "I couldn't. " And Ethel heaved a sigh , and settled down contentedly. BE A8 THANKFUL AS YOU CAW. Cleveland Leader. Perhaps you have the toothache , Or 1101 hups you have the mumps ; Perhaps Homo other ailment Has put you In the dump ? , But wlmtev'r bo your trouble , Emulate the Irishman , And , If you can't b * thankful , Bo ns thankful as you _ can. Don't forget that there are others Who have burdens they must bear ; Don't forget that God's nbnvo you , That Ho has you In His care ; O , the Ills of ni'n ara many , i And the Lord has much to do , But be hopeful by tomorrow I Ho may get around to you. Some rival may have- passed you There are other fluhta to win ; The man who pnlns the guerdon Has to wndo through thick and thin ; So. wrmtevr bo your trouble , Kmulatj the Irishman. And If you on n't bo thankful , Be ns thankful as you can. Somber clomln may float above you There * are always clouds somewhere- * But the weather chances often , And tomorrow may ho fair ! Fix a goal that's worth the gaining1 , ' In the dlftanre. and thn strive 'Tls the thlnir beyond that ever Keeps the heart and hope alive ! No man. slnro Father Adnm. 1 Made a mops of men's affairs , HOB escaped th consequences Wo have not to have our cores ; But your burdens may bo lightened Throuch a very flmple plan ; So. If you en n't be thntikful , Be as thankful as you canl J. BENSON MRS. . , 210-12 S. 16th St. ARNOLD'S KNIT GOODSt For babies , children and ladies , are for these reasons the most preferable underwear made. They are inexpensiue and practical , healthful and hygenic to the highest degree. 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