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81st day of January , 1S59.
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The hired girl with u coal oil can will
luivo to take n back suit tumiiornrlly ns
uu asccnalou ngcnL lu favor of. the range
yia \ \ \ water buck.
It Is a llttlu early to start reports of
damage to the pouch crop , hut ns It 1ms
to conic every year It might as well bo
now as any other time.
According to Spanish reports the
liniiiowiinl trips of the repatriated sol
diers have bt'ca more fatal than all the
numerous battles of the war.
'L'lio compnratlvoly small death loss ol
the Americans at Manila Is accounted
for by the statement that Spanish gun
ners served the Kllipt.no artillery during
the engagement.
Front the number ot women being
converted Into angels by combustible
celluloid combs , that Institution bids fair
to outdistance the deadly folding bed ns
a corpse-producer.
It anything were lacking to demon-
Btrato that the Japanese have adopted
the ways of civilization the charge of
bribery made In the Diet , or legislative
body , furnishes It.
The announcement that signs of early
spring .have been discovered on the New
KiigUiml coast Is a hopeful Indication
that the sea serpent will HOOII make his
annual appearance.
Ht wns pcrfoetly natural that the sol
diers from prohibition Kansas should
be the ones to capture the brewery at
Manila. The night must have been like
the tempting view of a sack of oats
held out to a weary plow horse.
Admiral Cervera will now have an op
portunity to make good Ills threat to
give the SpanMh people Inside Informa
tion about the destruction of his licet.
iBut It will be before a court-martial and
not the senate , as he had expected.
Lieutenant llobson Is said to have
reached Kobe , Japan , where he received
u great ovation , but as the reports say
nothing of his kissing anybody their
truthfulness Is opun to question until
the arrival of further Information.
Not even the cold wcathoy can stop
the upward movement of Omaha busi
ness. The bank clearances show an'ln-
crease for the week of JJl.s ) per cent ,
with a total greater than stidi cltlcfl as l
Providence , Milwaukee and St. I'uul.
Congressman Cannon's statement be
fore the house of representatives dooms
all hopes for relief from stamp taxes for
the next two years at least , and incidentally -
dentally It may be remarked that if Im
perialism becomes a condition anil not
a theory the stamp tax may Do here fo
slay.
If any branch or ago of the human
family has escaped the graflp ° t' t"o
trusts It .has not been observed. They
reaeh out t'ur the baby's ' cradle , the
youngster's candy , the man's toddy , the
woman's corset and the corpse's collin.
No one has yet devised n scheme to get
n corneV on tialvntloii , HO this Is prob
ably safe until lawyers become more
familiar will ! the subject.
The minister to Nicaragua Had not
completed his explanation of just how
the late revolution In his country hap
pened before another broke out , South
nnd Central America in the Ilncst Held ,
for the education of war correspondents
yet discovered tiud the wonder Is that
more do not attend. These little dls-
turbanccs afford constant practice- and
they arc ns harmless as a French duel.
I'ractlcal experience In Cuba has
served to explode some theories previ
ously held as to men best suited to
service In the tropics. It had been gen
erally siippoHL'd ' that men from the south
would bo lesrt subject to the diseases pe
culiar to the tropics , but such Is not the
case. The soldiers from the north Imvo
suffered even less than the alleged tin-
muuo regiments , from which so much
was expected , It Is the same old story ,
the hardy , vigorous constitutions of the
colder ol lines will stand more of hard-
Fhlp and better resist the encroachment
of disease than any other elnsu , no mat
ter where or when the trial , coiue8 ,
T11KA / > lT.srm.1DRIFT. / .
Nearly tlirec-fotir.ths of tlie manufac
turing' Industries- the Culled States
are consolidated Into the nloiiopjUMIo
form and the present Indications nre
that the others will take on that form
In the not very remotu future , unless
there hull be drastic legislation , na-
tlpnnl anil state , for the repression of
Industrial combinations , Last year
witnessed more consolidations of compet
ing capitals than any year since thM
form oC monopoly had Its beginning and
It seems probable that 18I ! ) will not fall
behind the record of the preceding year.
A leading Una tidal paper dlNctiHscs
the question whether tin essentially
monopolistic organization of an Indus
trial system can by any possibility be
made permanent and reaches the con
clusion that It cannot bo. It argues
that it Is certainly a stupendous assump
tion that the natural law of competi
tion , which has reared the whole struc
ture ot civilization nnd IUIH always been
the ehlef : regulating force of commerce ,
may be safely delicti nnd succesHt'ullj ;
superseded within a brief decade of
years. It Is pointed out that this ntc | )
has been taken In utter disregard of thu
uniform teachings of economic science.
It has shown little conservative regard
for considerations of private right and
legal liberties. It In a social revolution
as bold and unrellecting as over was a
political revolution. The revolt l.s
against a natural law whose omnipo
tence has hitherto been accepted with
out challenge and the occasion pf the
revolt has been nothing more than the
transient happening of a period of un
usual severity. In competition arising
from an evolution In thu Instrumentali
ties of Industrial production.
It Is recognized that the success and
permanence of these combinations , says
the Journal of Commerce , "must de
pend absolutely upon their ability to
lunlutalu their monopoly Intact and that
reasoning Is perfectly sound. If outside
competition cannot be crushed us u
arises , monopoly must cease and
quickly disappear. And yet In a coun
try like ours with Its vast resources.
Its Inventive genius and Its courageous
capitalists ready to seize every oppor
tunity for Investment an unchallenged
monopoly Is nil absolute Impossibility ,
except In the few Instances where there
Is or con be but one owner of the ma
terial resources , or where a patent in
tervenes. It Is only a question of time
when the Invasions of outaldc capital
will compel the combines to return to the
position of mere competitors. " Hence
that paper concludes that there will
come a con ( Hut between outside capital
and the monopolies that will leave the
former In possession of the Held and our
Industries will be relegated back to the.
regulation of the indefeasible law of
competition. We may rest with abso
lute assurance , It alllrms , on the princi
ple that , while natural law may be tem
porarily hindered , yet it can never bu
permanently neutralized.
This is a plausible nnd a hopeful
view and the reasoning that supports It
is in the main sound. But the ques
tion is , Shall we wait for the operation
of the natural law or shall measures be
adopted to check and repress the
growth of monopolistic combinations
which are In resistance to free Industry
und are an hindrance to Industrial ex
pansion ? Faith In the ultimate asser
tion of natural law for the overthrow
of monopoly should not be allowed to
preclude whatever action through legis
lation may be taken with a view to miti
gating and Is possible destroying the evil.
It must be confessed that experience
In this direction has not been alto
gether encouraging. There are national
and Htnto anti-trust laws which nre not
enforced. Attempts to enforce sonic of
the state laws have been obstructed In
the courts. There nre dllllcultles at
tending such legislation not easy to
overcome. Yet we cannot think that
efforts to reach the Industrial combina
tions by legislation , leaving them to the
operation of natural law , should bo
abandoned , though it must be admitted
that the prospect for the general anil
uniform legislation necessary Is not
bright.
" < OF
'In ' a recent address Hooker T. Wash
ington gave as his Ideal for the colored
race a man with trained brain , skilled
hand and a clear conscience who Is
not afraid of manual labor. That the
Ideal realizes the paramount needs of
the colored man Is evident , and it might
) extended to the white race with
equal truth and advantage.
The tendency of this ago Is , unfor
tunately , away from the occupations
that require manual labor. Tlie young
man who acquires any degree of edu
cation Is at once filled -with the desire
to rush headlong Into overcrowded pro
fessions or other lines of business
equally full , where he Imagines wealth
and honor may be won without the dis
agreeable necessity of physical exertion.
The result of this Is that cities are tilled
by hundreds of young men who only
manage to eke out a precarious ex
istence that could have attained to In-
tluence and success In their own Jo-
cnlltlcs had they been satisfied to have
adqpted themselves to prevailing con
ditions and gone to work.
Ambition Is nnwt laudable and Its
manifestations should not bo dampened ,
but there Is a false as well as a true
ambition , Not every man can make a
successful lawyer , preacher or doctor ,
and when n boy who would have made
a most excellent farmer , blacksmith or
carpenter foregoes one of throe to In
flict n long-suffering world with n
fourth-rato professional man he Is in
dulging a false ambition that damages
both himself and society ,
The reason that BO many boys are led
astray after this god of false ambition
Is that they have not been properly
taught the dignity of manual labor ,
They have grown up to regard It an
menial in Its nature and Its performance
us a drudgery , whereas exactly the con
verse Is true.There Is more honor in
performing well those duties requiring
manual labor than there could possibly
bo In doing poorly any description or
professional work. If young men
would only bring themselves to realize
that manual labor requires brnlus , that
Its .rewards are equal to , If not In ex
cess of , the emoluments to bo derived
from any profession , and that It Is quite
as treat an honor to bo a prosperous
farmer ns It I * to be a successful law
yer , the whit Ion of a question would IIP
easy that Is now Impelling thousands
of boys Info'a wrong beginning oC life.
This fact cannot bo too strongly em
phasized to the young men of today ,
and educational Institutions should
unite with the homes of the land In Im
pressing It upon them that manual labor ,
well and skillfully done , fa ? from being
a reproach , Is a badge of honor any
man should be proud to wear.
TllH IftTKIlKUT tUTU.
I'll to twenty years ago the legal rate
of Interest in Nebraska was It ! per cent.
In 1370 the rate wan reduced by law
to 10 per cent , where It remains to
day. In the meantime the Interest rate
has been reduced In nearly every state
In the union and money Is loaned freely
now nt rates varying from 4 to S per
cent
In the adjoining state of Iowa the
legal rate of Interest Is 8 per cent and in
the state of Illinois It Is 7 per cent. In
the southern states , where credits are ,
If anything , poorer than In the west ,
the legal rate ranges from 8 to tl per
cent. In Georgia , South Carolina and
Louisiana It Is S per cent , while In Vir
ginia and North Carolina It Is 0 per
cent. The present tendency In all thctfo
states Is to reduce existing Interest rates
and make the legal limit conform to
the general fall ot prices and prevailIng -
Ing Interest rates.
In Nebraska the legislature four years
ago reduced the Interest rate on Mtnto
warrants from 7 to 5 per cent and state
warrants nre now quoted above par. in
1S71 Omaha school bonds bearing 30
per cent Interest wore disposed of with
difllciiUy , while today 41-ti per cent
school bonds command a premium.
There Is no valid reason why the judg
ment debtor should not have the benellt
ot the general reduction In Interest rates
simply because the law fixing legal rates
has remained unchanged for twenty
years. So long ns that law remains
on the statute book the creditor will
exact the full rate of all who cannot
pay their debts at maturity.
The time has come when the legal
rate should be reduced nt least to S per
cent , wihlcli means more now than 3- per
cent did twenty years ago.
JIVtA'TBD-.l LWKAHIAX.
The desire for official position , so char
acteristic of our people , Is now precipi
tating a horde of candidates on the
president , all eager to succeed the late
John Itussell Young as librarian of the
Congressional library. These applicants
Include every profession or business in
the country , irrespective whether from
Its nature It fits a man for the duties
of this particular olllee. All of them , of
course , are perfectly confident they arc
eminently qualified to 1111 the responsible
place. Some may be , but the chances
are that without regard to their elll-
( 'lency In other lines of business , the
vast majority utterly underestimate the
peculiar ability and special training that
the librarian should possess.
To state what the librarian of the
Congressional library should be may be
easier than to find the man possessing
the desired qualifications. It must be
remembered that the Congressional li
brary , while the library of congress , Is
at the same time the largest and most
Important collection of books and lite
rary works In the country. It Is a
great educational Institution , whose use
fulness to the public must depend
largely upon Its management and ad
ministration.
With a man at the head possessed not
only of good executive abUIty and gen
eral literary Information , but also of
bibliographical Insight and library ex
perience , the InsJJtutiou can be made
the model for all American libraries ,
/leading / In every movement for the bet
terment of library facilities and the up
building of library Interests. The li
brarian need not necessarily be an ex
pert in cataloguing or a master of shelf
lists , but he should certainly bo In close
touch with the work of American li
braries , especially the great public libra-
rles which are contributing so largely
and substantially to the popular educa
tion.
In a word the head of the greatest
library In tlie United States should , by
training , know something of libraries
just ns the commander of the army
should be trained in military science
and'the admiral of the navy have more
than a general knowledge of battle
ships.
AX OMVCTlUXAJILf ! SYSTEM.
On the ilrst of the present month an
order of the Treasury department went
Into effect which provides that every
passenger arriving at a port or tin )
I'nltod States shall specify and describe (
In his or her declaration every Individ- l |
mil article or thing purchased abroad , jj
This declaration In made on shipboard , | j
under oath olllclally administered and
should be suillclent , but the customs
otllcials are authorised to Inspect all
baggage and may take from a passenger's
trunks or boxes , when landed , every
article for comparison with the list of
tliu Hwoni declaration ,
The Philadelphia Ledger notes two In
stances of sucli examination. On one
Bteamor that arrived at that port were
forty-seven passengers and the examina
tion of their baggage- occupied the Inspectors
specters two hours and a quarter , dur-
ng which time the passengers wore kept
standing on the dock In a freezing tem
perature , Another steamship hud six-
teem 'passengers , the examination of
whoso baggage occupied two bourn and
a half , they also being subjected to the
discomforts of the cold weather. All
the American voyagers , says the Ledger ,
men , women und children , were subJected -
Jected to the same annoying delay , to
the same cruel suffering from the i e-
vcre cold on the exposed docks or.in
tlie sheds of the several companies.
"They were obliged , " continues that pa
per , "not only to bo treated as swindlers
nnd perjurers by the government' * * olll-
clals and to stand for hours exposed
to biting cold , but to liuve every sup-
arate article of their clothing , even to
their soiled linen , and underwear , han
dled nnd examined by the Inspectors ,
who wcro no less angry and disgusted
because of the du y Imposed upon them
than wore the passengers who were the
miserable victims of tlie Treasury de
partment's order. " The examinations
verified the Btatcnieuts made by the
passengers , not n single mlHstntoment
being ilSoeovered.
Our Philadelphia contemporary very
strongly protests against this nystein ,
declaring It to bo ns discreditable to the
government as It Is annoying and dis
tressing to the victims of it. Everyone
can understand the necessity of protect
ing the government ngalust p-nslblo
fraud and nttcnipts to client the treas
ury of customs duties arc so numerous
that It la not surprising the ofllclals nre
suspicious and nro not disposed to be
Hatlsllod with anything less than n care
ful Inspection of baggage. Hut It cer
tainly seems that In this matter a reasonable
enable degree of discretion might be ex
ercised , with very little danger that the
revenue would suffer lu consequence.
The government must take care of Its
Interests , but It should do this AVl.th the
least possible hardship to people
whom It deals.
1WSUI.T OP AtitiAlllAX MHTATIOX.
Meat has become nearce In CJermaiiy
and necessarily high In price. The re
strictions on Imports In compliance with
the demands of tile agrarians have
brought this about and a very large ele
ment of the German people must'slilMlst
without meat. One paper states that
the use of meat among working men has
diminished one-third. The llelchstag
has been petitioned by the Herman
lUitchers1 union to remove the restric
tions on cattle importation , which It de
clares have caused distress through the
whole empire. The petition also says
that Inferior meat , which at other times
would be almost unsalable , has been
put on the market.
The agrarian agitation , however , goes
on and Is directed not only against meat
Importations but proposes a general ex
clusion agricultural products. ' .Tills
clement would make nil kinds of food
dearer for the German people. The
fact that hundreds of thousands of work-
lugmeu are deprived of meat or can
have It only occasionally wllil probably
have no effect upon this element , com
posed largely of land owners who have
no sympathy with the common people.
The agrarians will undoubtedly coiltluuo
to urge their demands , regardless ot
the privations of the people nnd of their
outcry for relief. The government , how
ever , must give some consideration to
the people. It cannot allow them to
suffer In order that the laud owners
may be benefited. The worklngmen of
Germany are of more Importance to the
government than the agrarian clement.
It Is upon the wage earners It must
depend for the maintenance of Its light
ing power and not upon the owners or
great estates. It Is her working classed
that have placed Germany third among
manufacturing nations and If she Is to
remain In that position these people
must be properly cared for. The coun
try cannot have cheap labor and high-
priced food and cheap labor is essen
tial to lt Industrial growth. The agra
rian policy put Into effect would prove
a formidable obstacle to Germany's In
dustrial nnd commercial progress.
That militia convention at Tampa was
without doubt a pleasant occasion and it
is equally certain that some grave and
momentous subjects were discussed , but
after lodklug over its proceedings one
cannot help being impressed by the fact
that results are somewhat shy. Giving
to the militia a war elllclcncy Is a big
task and the chances are that no conven
tion will ever devise methods to do ir.
unless the old and time-honored plan of
dally drills , marches and encampments
is prescribed. Still , as the members
composing this convention represented
nothing but the wishes of Governor
Bloxam fora social'gathering , no harm
was done by its playing at mllltla or
ganization , and this Is more than can
be said of most conventions , military or
otherwise.
A Chicago inventor claims to have
t
made a discovery that will revolution
ize telegraphy and lead to undreamed
of results. The method will enable the
operator of a typewriter to manipulate
any number of machines on n given
circuit , each one of which will give , au t
tomatically , a clear and exact copy or a
the original. The principle , it Is a
claimed , i equally capable of applica <
tion to the linotype machine , which t
would enable an operator In New York ate
to do Hie composition of a .hundred or
more newspapers throughout the coun
try. This would do away with the ne
cessity'of copy and printers and would
be the most wonderful of all of the
marvelous inventions of recent years
But It Is not yet here.
a
A Berlin paper has Issued a regu
lar edition by setting the matter with
typewriters , reducing to the proper Blzu
by photography , and making a matrix "
V
by an etching process , and an effort
Is now being made to perfect the plan
to a point that will do away with type
setting altogether. Experiments are
also being made with the X-ray process
v
cess , by which It Is claimed that nn
original can be multiplied a vast num
ber of times nnd that when perfected
there will be no further use for printIng -
Ing presses. By the time these Inven
tions are perfected some enterprising
'
genius will probably discover a method
of dispensing with editors nnd re
porters which will enable the news
paper to Issue itself.
Pacific coast people have revived In
spirit the old cry of "Korty-Nlne , forty ,
or light. " They have pent a vigorous
protest against the Canadian-American
commission conceding to our northern
neighbors a foot of ground embraced In
the contention of the United States re-
gardlng the Alaskan boundary. If the
territory really belongs to the United
States It can bo better preserved by
proving title than by a pronunelamenfo
that nothing less will bo considered ,
Not satisfied with their experience in
the war with Spain , Grlgsby's Cowboys
are diwlrous of again being mustered
Into the service , where they can see
something more exciting than the midway
\
way at Lytle , It might not bo a bad
Idea to trade them off for some of the
volunteers who desire fo return home ,
Yellow fever In thus early making Its
appearance among our soldiers In I'uba
is uu 111 omen that bodes 110 good for (
the future. It usually does not appear
j i before the latter part of March nnd li
limiting Its advent two months ahem
of time would liitlk'iite that condition ?
for Its contraction nro faVornbli1 , not
withstanding nil thnt we have done U
the way of sanitation. The work net1
cseary to stamp out Mils disease in the
climate of ( Mibn will be n labor not or
month ? , but years , and lu the mean
time there Is little hope for the Immu
nlty of the soldiers that shall remain 01
the Island ,
The freedom of the press and bulwnrl <
of popular liberty Is again menaced
With two Kentucky crnltsiiipn sen
tenccd to Imprisonment for using the
Fulled Slates mall ! ! for the dissemina
tion of Immoral doctrines of love and
marriage , the pursuit of the editorial
profession lu Hie lUuc l > rnss region
must lose half Its charms.
IN ( if Uu * Dcnth Moll.
Ituftiilo Kxiir ss.
Tuo Filipino force which attached the
Amorlcnn troops In estimated to hnvo numbered
bored 20,000 nntl the lowest etntemcnt ot
their losses Is1,000. . Few \vhltu nrmles
would have remained ou the Hold Ions
enough to Incur BO ere.it n proportionate
loss ns thnt , These men will not bo sub
dued easily.
Tninliiw n Co
Denver I'ost.
A wild young cowslrl who came from the
ranges to Denver but two months ago to bo
educated nnd refilled Is making remarkable
progress. She cnn nlrcndy step from a mov
ing1 street cnr while facing In the wrong
direction and polish the asphalt with her
shcll-llkc. cnr ns graccrully as many ol our
gifted women do.
Cndinllc SuhiiolN nml Ilio Jtvft. .
Northwestern Catholic , Sioux City ,
This order of the mother general Is so
foreign to the spirit ot American Catholicity
ns to c.xclto astonishment and Indignation.
It la of course Incompatible with the spirit
of Catholic charity and must have found Its
Inspiration in the nnU-semlUc rage that Is
now disturbing nnd disfiguring Frnuce. H
will not work In the United Statce.
The FlfiR'N II IMS t Defender * .
Atlanta Journal.
The great glory of our flag Is thnt It Is
the flag of the free. H wo ere to ninlto It
anywhere the flag of conquest nnd subjuga
tion every stnr on it will lese something ot
Its former luster , every etripo something of
Its brightness and beauty. It seems to us
thnt the best defenders of the ( lag nre those
who protest ngalnst Its prostitution to the
purposes of Impcrlnllsm.
liurilviiNoine Splciiilorn.
Kansas City Journal.
Occasionally a voice cries out in the wil
derness ngnlnst the barbarous nnd unsani
tary splendor of the palace sleeping cars.
People do not use such heavy nnd expensive
velvet upholstering In their houses , oven
when they can afford it , because It Is hot
hi summer and 'hard ' to keep clean at nil
times. But in public conveyances the plush
and velvet fashion of upholstering is pe
culiarly unsuitable. Despfto the utmost pre
cautions such trimmings retnln dust nnd
disease germs and In summer they nro a
means of torture. It Is another case In
which splendor IB made a burden to the
flesh.
: American HlHtory ,
Baltimore American.
The patriotic societies are doing a notafclo
work In encouraging the boys and girls of
the country to turn their attention to Ameri
can history. The prizes and medals offered
for essays bearing on .colonial and revolu
tionary history will stimulate youthful in
terest fn these epochs to a gratifying ex
tent , for the Institutions of our nation can
not be thoroughly appreciated until thor
ough knowledge is acquired of the means
that brought about their establishment and
of the sacrifices by which they were secured
to us. No bettor ambition could bo roused
In youthful students than one to master the
national history.
DBWEY'S ' .
1'LA.VS.
The Admlral'M
nnlilniicc Ignored with
Fatal JtuauItH.
Budalo Express.
It was the plan of Admiral Dcwey when
ho gave passage to Aguinaldo on n United
States ship to treat him ns a virtual ally
In much the same way that the United States
treated the Cuban insurgents. The correct
ness of this Inference Is supported by the
following dispatch , which was sent by Ad
miral Dowcy to the secretary of the navy
on Juno 27 :
"Hnvo received your telegram of . .theHth. .
Aguinaldo , the insurgent chief , with thir
teen other chiefs , arrived the 19th of May
at Cavite , with my permission , on hoard
man-of-war. Ho established hlmselt nt
Cavlto outside the arsenal , under the pro
tection of our cannon , nnd orgnnUad ills
army. I had with him several conferences ,
and generally of a personal nature. I have
abstained from pfedghig myself to help lilm
In any way In these conferences which I
have had , and on several occasions have de
clined his requests to help us , telling him
that I cannot do anything until the Amer
ican troops arrive. At the same time I have
given the Insurgents to understand that I
consider them as friends , bccauao wo oppose
mutual enemy. He Is Bolng to organize
an assembly of Insurgent chiefs for the pur
pose of creating n civil government. Agul-
ualdo has perceived the Independence of the
fleet , but he has Informed mo of Ills progress ,
which Is splendid. I have permitted him to
receive recruits , arms nnd ammunition by
water nnd to tnko from the arsenal of the
Spaniards alt the armament and ammuni
tion which I ( do not ) need , I have rec
ommended him in a friendly way to make
war with humanity , and In that way he baa
always done so. My relation with him Is
Friendly , but I have not his confidence. The
United States has not compromised Itself
to help the Insurgents In any uuy , and I do
not think that Aguinaldo has promised to
lelp us , I believe that Agulualdo expects
to capture Manila without our help , but I
doubt that lie can do It , because he IMS not
cannon sufficient. My opinion Is that theBO
people nre superior and more intelligent and
better capacitated to govern themselves
than the Indians of Cuba , nnd I am familiar
with the character of both races. "
The judgment of the man who was bet
ter qualified to pass an opinion on this sub
ject than any other American seems to have
been strangely overlooked by the Imperial
ists , Hut the womt of It Is that the gov
ernment allowed the course of the United
States to bo directed , not according to the
views of this broad-minded , wortd-schoole-d
Dewey , hut liy the narrow military preju
dices and ambitions of Mcrrltt , whose Ideas
of other than white rncea had been gained
almost wholly from his contact with In
dians ,
It was a fatal blunder thus to set aside
the guidance of Admiral Dewey. Ills course ,
as described In this dispatch , was at least
an Implied promise to the Filipinos that they
should have tacit recognition , U nothing
more. Dewey is not a man uuch as Miles ,
who permits himself to air his grievances
while Btlll In the government service. Hut
when he Is In position to tcH all that has
been In bin mind , we venture to predict that
It will bo found the virtual repudiation of
bis plans and Implied promises baa rankled
within him ; that when circumstances forced
him to turn hU guns upon the mlsgulJed
people whom ho bad Invited to take up arras
or Independence , be felt It to bo the hardest
duty be w ever called upon to perform , .
SKCJil.AH H1IOTH AT THIS ITI.IMT ,
St. Louis Kepiibllc : If n few more npcnt
run nwny with the box office receipts ft
InRorsoU's lecture the vcncrnblo ngnoatl
mny bo converted to the dogmn of futur
punishment.
Springfield Republican : The Method1&l *
my * Klon's Hnrnld , nro Imperialists. Tbn
Is to any , the Methodist * nro In politics
Fancy the howl thnt would nrlse In th
ofllccs of the I'rotoUnnt religious editors I
Cardinal Gibbons should nnnounco tun
Hoinnn Catholics nro Imperialists or nntl
Imperialists , republicans or democrats.
Boston Transcript : The I'rcsbyterlnti
hnvo long despaired of 1'rof. Clmrlcs A
BrlgRs of the Union Theological Bcmlnnrj
but ho ( ipoma persona , grata to the tiuthort
tics of thnt Institution , to which lie bus rcn
dercd valuable nnd devoted service. A f < n
days ngo lie received nn engrossed mlilrcs
nnd a gold watch from the trustees an
fellow members of the faculty hi colcbrn
tlon of 'the twenty-fifth nnnlversnry of 111
scrvlco with the somlnury. A silver ten se
wns given jointly to him nnd Mrs. UrlRg
Chicago Tribune : The women ot Wcbptc
City , In. , reacnl the nctlou of the I'rotcntnn
ministers ot thnt town la holding revlvn
meetings for men only. They nro willing t
ndmlt , probably , 1h.it the men are morn In
need nt spiritual ndmonltton nnd guldnnc
than themselves , but cnnno conceive why
their prrecnco should not bo n helpful Inllu
cnco toward the growth of ernco In tin
other sex. They should remember the Innnli
reluctance of n man to ndmlt to n womni
that he Is n wicked sinner , although ho wll
let another man tell him so without re
scntmcnt.
I.IU'KUIAUSTS JHSAIiUKH.
St. Louis GIobc-Dcmocrnt : Happily , the
status of the United Stntcs In the I'hlllp
pines is now defined. Wo nro there to stny
unless we choose to transfer the sovereignty
which will happen nt the snmo time wo glvo
up California and the Louisiana purchase
A hostile armed force will 'bo ' crushed a
Iho outset nnd will get nowhere wlthti
Firing distance of our garrisons. Tim Filipino
flng , which Howoy , always vigorous am
patriotic , refused to allow on any craft a
Manila , will bo torn down wherever found
Chicago Tribune : It Is the Intention of the
United States to administer the affairs lu
the Philippines ns England Is doing In
Egypt. That country looks forward to the
distant day when the Kgyptluns will bo able
to govern themselves. When thnt day comes
England will evacuate Egypt. The Unltci
Stntcs can declare -with perfect truth thnt
when the Filipinos have progressed so far
: tmt they nro nblo to govern themselves In-
Lolllgcntty nnd can maintain a stable gov
ernment , the United Stntes will let them
do so if such Is their desire.
Chicago Times-Herald : So far as ivo know
] ls ( Admiral Dcwcy's ) views on this subjocl
javo never been published over bis own sig
nature or by his authority. If , however , ho
s reported correctly by a correspondent nt
Manila , he looks ultimately to the with
drawn ! of Ainerlcnn troops after the Insti
tution of a stable government. This is
plan which commends ItEclf to many close
observers on the scene. There are certain
persistent elements of antagonism between
Americans and Filipinos which are cropping
out dally In personal intercourse and which
do not augur well for a permanent occupa-
lon. Numerous Incidents have occurred
which show thnt our men dcsplso the na-
Ivcs and that tbe natives bnto them. 1C the
rovennncnt Insists upon holding tbe Islands
n perpetuity its rcprcscntntlves nt Manila
will succeed to this heritage of contempt
and rancor. If , on the contrnry , it follows
up a period of necessary discipline with
genuine assurances that It does not nlm at
annexation there will bo an immediate
change for the better. The sentiment which
s ascribed to Admiral Dewey should be the
insis of its policy.
PEHSOXAk AND OTIIBIIWISE.
Who cares If Juan Luna Is gone to shine-
on Agouclllo ? Slxto Lopez Is with us and
the country la safe.
A licet of Spanish war ships Is reported In
the vicinity of Martinique. Did the Santiago
auhmarlno fleet got away ?
There la no moro suitable pjace than Chicago
cage to Inaugurate a milk trust. Lnke Mich
gan Is liandy and very approachable.
Agulnaldo's ebony band as Avell ns his
yoilow battalions have discovered that there
cnn bo "A Hot Tlmo la the Old Town"
without breaking into it.
A letter from Anne Boloyn to Wolsey Is
printed , in which beseeches is spelled "bc-
sycbys" and proceeding "prosydlng. " No
vender the unfortunate woman went against
a deadly spell.
An nre light statesman nt Albany. N. Y. ,
iroposes vx etnto censorship for loud shows
.hat frlek upon the metropolitan stage. Just
vhal the average local statesman of New
York deems immodest remains to bo dis
covered.
The allopaths and the homeopaths of Den-
cr nro accusing each other ot having Iias-
oned the demise of a certain citizen. Of
ourso , they disagree ns to which served
or proscribed the deadly potion , but no one
questions their hnowledgo of the subject.
Thin giving nwny of profpssloiuil secrets Is
i nero trlnl cf professional etiquette.
Miss Ktti M. Shout * , president of the
Young 1'ooplc's ChrUtlnn Temperance
mlon , announces another effort to lift the
) linl ; < et off the Temple- building In Chicago.
The. blanket represent ! ) $100,000 and 8,000
icrsons nro expected to put up $10 each.
rhti movement will bo formally Inaugurated
nu the 17th lust. , Iho anniversary of Mlaa
Vlllnrd'H ileath.
A Montana man who stretched hemp In
ho legal fashion recently refused to have
'nuy skypllnt show him the road to
lenvcn. " JuaL before striking .the . invlslblo
rail Jio lot loose this chunk of wisdom : "If
any of you follow my body ( o Uio cemetery
lo not uncover your heads nnd take chnnccs
on getting pneumonia. " Helena thermomc-
ers were pretty low down at the time and
ho aclvlco was hpedcd ,
'
Thomas A. Ilealny of Omahn. n former
esldent of Wisconsin , In a note to the
dllor of The line , congratulates the country
n the election of Joseph V. Quarlcs to the
Jnltod States senate. "Mr. Quarles , " ho
nys , "Is known and recognized , In every
onso , ns n man of the people nnd will go
nto the senate as n people's man , with no
trlngs on him , or promises to fulfill. The
act that many of the Inrgo mid Influential
ntcrcsts opposed him Is direct evidence of
ils loyalty to the people , " Mr. Jlcaley la
personally acquainted with the senator und
eclaros him lo bo "an honorable , nblo and
iprlght gentleman nnd an unswerving re-
mbllcan. "
H U a great pity that courts deem it a
duty to smash laws lu which Brent chunks
of human wisdom are embedded Just be-
auso they do'not jlbo with the constltu-
lon , An Indiana 'town recently enacted n
curfew law dcelgnnl to rectify 7nany of the
social evils of the town , but a bumptious
court eot It aside. One clause of the or
dinance read : "It Is further provided that
when a phlld cornea homo at the proscribed
hour und finds Its mother not present to hear
Its prayers and put It to bed It shall report
such dereliction 'to the mayor of tbo clt ,
whoso duty dt shull bo to search for the ab
sent mother until found , and If It should
bo lrown that the mother was not on on
errand of necessity or mercy It ehnll bo the
duty of the mayor io | administer a reprimand
to said mother , take her hand and 'place at
the card table and proceed to finish the
game. Should the mayor , In ills olllclal
function at the card table , win any favors
the same shall go to Iho child giving the
information. "
KUO.M HAM'S IIOII.X.
Nights of forrow bring out the stars ot
promise.
Clod's telephone needs no central to nmV
connections.
They only who live for other * are nllvc
to themselves.
NIcodcmiiB warns us ngfllust trying to alt
on two stools.
The liclght of knowledge ) Is to know what
you do not know.
Atheistic arguments nro but the whistling
of cownrds in thu dark.
The coward measures dldlcuHIo * with a
telescope ; the bravo mnn with his foet.
Don't bo overanxious to glvo some one
"n piece of your mind , " the loss may bo too
keenly fell.
The mnn who has made n flzzlo of his own
business usually thinks ho can nrrntigo
God's affairs.
When you llud n man chuckling bccnueo
a neighbor him been caught lu evil , wntcu
him , nnd you'll catch him , next.
When n mnn Is very noxious to explain
thnt his conduct Is nil right , depend on It
ho Is a llttlo suspicious of himself.
A long pastorate is sometimes ns much nu
evidence of the pntlelicd of the congrega
tion ns of the ability of the prcnchor.
It Isn't thu amount , but the quality ol
talk that tells. Shoo \ \ spoke to Balaam
wnsn't given to talking much , but when
she Bpoko , It was to the point.
11UMHSTIU 1'Mfl.VSA.VriUBS.
Chicago News : "Isabel , dors your
husband get angry when ho tells you to
wako him enrly and you don't do it ? "
"No. clenrj ho knows that I know lit
docan't mean H. "
Cleveland Plnln Dealer : Benedict I set
that a Chlencu man Is HUIIIRT for a divorce on
the ground that hu was hypnotized when ho
got married ,
D'Bateh t wonder If nny man over got
married without first belli ; ; hypnotized ?
Detroit Free Press : Itvnn the benutlfut
YOUIIB Wife , reprovingly Oh , Harold , you
do hnvo such awfully expensive tnstes.
And thu Uxtravapunt Young lluabnnd
Yes , dear , that Is why 1 am so fond of you.
Chicago Test : "I don't scowhy you
should bo so jealous of George. "
"I don't ace how I could bo anything else
under the circumstances. Haven't you
heard thnt all the world loves a aovcr ? "
Puck : Jones Dear mo I you say you often
lay down the Inw to your wife. How do
you RO about ItV
Hones Why , nil 3'ou need Is firmness ! I
usually KO Into my study , look the door , and
de > It over the transom all you need Is firm
ness In the door !
Boston Transcript : Mies Greene You
eing In the Wesley Street church , don't you ?
Silas Crochet Yes.
Jllrs Greene Then you must know that
gentleman over opposite. 1 have seen him
going Into the Wesley Street church Sun
day after Sunday.
HIIss Crochet Oh , yes ; he Illls In the Inter
missions when the choir Is not singing. Ho
Is the pastor.
Chicago Record : "Eusenla Isn't Rolnjr to
marry that rich octogenarian , after all. "
Why not ? "
'Ho ' fell out with her because she couldn't
remember the boys ho used 'to play with. '
The " \Vny Out.
Cleveland Plnln Dealer ,
HE.
O , maiden fair , with tnwny hair ,
And eyes that please mo well ;
I love you more , I now declare ,
Than tongue can over tell.
SHE.
No matter , sir , there's still a wny
To tell your love you see ,
I'm up to date und free to say
That money talks to me.
ABIIA1IA.1I Llft'COUVS JIIHTIIDAY.
Richard Henry St'oddnrd.
Chosen for Inrg-e designs , ho had the art
Of wlnnlnj ? with his humor , and he went
Straight to his mark , which was the human
heart ;
"Wise , too , for whnt ho could not break he
bent.
Upon his back a more "than Atlas-load
The burden of the Commonwealth was
laid ;
Hft stooped , and rose up to it , though the
road
Shot suddenly downwards , not a whit dis
mayed.
Hold , warriors , counselors , kings ! All now
Blvo place
To this dear benefactor of the raco.
] UV SAINT.
Clinton Scollard In Woman's Homo C0m
panlon.
Of nil the mints thnt star
The calendar.
Bo mine
The kind Saint Valentinol
Forpooth , was It not he
Did succor me
lily heart
Kaso of Its bitter smart ?
He l > ndo once moro to opo
The door of hope ;
Above
Ho sot the moon of love
The love-compelling moon ,
For precious boon ,
In KkleH
Thnt are your tender ey .
Now lilts with mo along-
Joy. Ilka iv sous ;
Through you
Thu dream at last comes true.
So , of all saints that star
The calendar ,
Bo mine
The kind Stilnt Valentine !
There's ' always
Some excuse
For the fellow who in
sists on having his shirts
made by the exclusjve
shirter.
"Money to burn" fits his
case ,
The smoke of burning
money has an unpleas-
and odor. Maybe when
he gets a "whiff" he'll
realize his folly. Our
way of making shirts is
remarkable for the scan
tiness of price.
Have you seen the lines we
are offering at
.00
Some all over madrassom6
with madras bosoms ,
some with collars and
cuffs to match , if you
like ?
