Nebraska Newspapers

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STATEMENT OK CIHCULATION.
Stale of Nebraska. Douglas County , s * . :
George I ) , TzRchiick. secretary of The flee
rubllHhlng company , being duly nn-orn , < nyn
that the actual number of full and complete
copies of Thn Daily , Morning , Kvenlug and
Hunday Hee , printed during the month of
February , 1839 , was as follows :
1 . U I , ( Mill 15 iitno :
C . SJI.HO 1(1 ( IM.r.lU
2 . . . 2-1,170 17 2 , i o
4 . 2-I.230 18 2sto :
5 . a-iios 10 a , . "
6 . : tiHao : 20 u-1,11:10 :
7 . : iiino : 21 a , om :
8 . 150,140 22 i a , nr (
o . , . U-IM : < I 2,1 UI.MO
10 . 2-1,1110 21 a .r.to
2 : , a ,020
13. . . . 21,420 27 aii70 :
23 < . . .25,010
Total 707 , : H >
tict-s unsold und returned copies. . . . iioti :
Net total sales OOO.HUH
Net dally average 2I.K7O
C.EOHOE 15. THBCHUCK.
Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo this
Cth Oay of Match , 1S99.
( Seal. ) dEO. M. HEED ,
Notnry Public In and for Douglas County ,
Neb.
Judge Sullivan Is npimvontly fast be
coming one of the Btnuuch members of
the sect of dissenters.
"Sunilry legislative expense" appears
lo have been n considerable Item In ex
press company linauces.
The beef Inquiry board Is headed for
Omalm , Its members coultl not choose
a better place for a 'brief spring outtug.
From the latest Information Joe
Bailey's constitutional troeha seems to
Jiave succeeded In reconcentradolng the
Texas legislature.
The best way to get Into the mayor's
chair after all Is by virtue of the choice
of the people expressed by majority
vote at the polls.
If there are .20,000 applicants for ap
pointment as lieutenants under the new
nnny bill , we may be sure Nebraska is
well represented In the list.
The statement that Colonel Jack
Chlnn has resumed operations in Ken
tucky may be expected to be followed
by the usual funeral announcements.
It Is really too bad the supreme court
refuses to regard the vaporlngs of the
popocratic organ as binding precedent
on which its decisions must be molded.
A hundred dollars is a big price for
a prescription , but the indications are
that the friends of that I'ciumylvaiiiii
colon did not realize how sick he really
VfllS.
The Bee prints more paid want ads
every day than any other paper pub
lished In this section. People pay for
advertising In The Bee because It pays
them.
Times must be more encouraging tip
In the range country In South Dakota
when horses have increased In price to
euch an extent that they ore worth
steal Ing. ;
In his /.eal to make one public salary
last until another public salary begins
Congressman Itoblnson seents to have
forgotten to hand In his resignation as
judge of the district court.
The legislature of Maine has refused to
Incorporate the proposed Ice trust with
a capital of $00,000,000. It is unnoce-
Bary to remark that the big concern was
Intended to freeze out all competition. '
The local popoeratle orpin , referring
to the election of a republican senator ,
professes to see for the fusion forces
( Success In defeat. We doubt , however ,
whether ex-Senator Allen can , nee It
that way.
The startling discovery Is made that
the explosion at Toulon was only part
of a conspiracy to blow up everything
combustible lu France and the people
once more rejoice In the prospect of rev
olutions ctilore.
Examiner Simpson's search for prece
dents would Indicate that he Is endowed
with that judicial cast of mind which
must have made him a regular supreme
court when he took possession of trem
bling Jlttlo "snlilQ" olllce .
China's unreasonable refusal to hand
over a choice province to Italy was n
eorious breach of International courtesy ,
ami Its later decision to give the apol
ogy for the delay along with the terri
tory shows u sense of propriety highly
creditable to Lord Salisbury's admin
istration.
The news that farm lauds In York
county have advanced ? "i per acre In the
last year while farmers liaro made
from $25,000 to ? .r)0,000 ) during the past
ilf teen years hi agricultural pursuits sug
gests the Idea that Nebraska , as a Held
for accumulation of wealth , can give the
Klondike cards and spades and then win
Caloncl Hay of ono of the Immune
regiments now | n Cuba is the only man
In the regiment , cither otllccr or private ,
who has not been on the sick list since
eolng to the Island , The colonel must
be built on the famous "one-noss shay"
plan. Ho lias been through everything
from service lu the Interior of Alaska
to his present duty In the tropics uutl
always ooines up smiling for duty ,
a Tin :
Before the adjournment of emigres1 *
the house republicans npl ilnted a
special caucus committee to prepare a
plan of currency reform for HubmlMloii
to the next congress. The senate au
thorized Its llnatieo committee to sit
during the recess to consider the cur
rency question. It Is understood that
the republican members of that com
mittee will sit with the special com
mittee of house republicans and It Is
said that the advocates of currency re
form are hopeful that a plan will be de
vised acceptable to the next congress
and to the country.
The house cointnltiee consists of Hen
derson of Iowa , Ualzell of Pennsyl
vania , Payne of New York , Uverstreet
of'Indiana , Curtis of Kansas , l.overlng
of Massachusetts , Morris of Minnesota ,
l.oud of California , Babeoek of Wiscon
sin , llawley of Texas and Kerr of
Ohio. The republican members of the
senate lluance committee are Allison of
Iowa , Aldrieh of Bliodu Island , Plait
of Connecticut. Wojcott of Colorado ,
Burrows nf Michigan and Platt of New
York. Thus every section of the coun
try Is represented In these committees
and among the inoinbers are men who
have given very thorough study to the
currency and are well-informed as to
public sentiment on the subject. If
these men do not succeed in framing a
plan of currency reform acceptable to
the next congress there will be very
little chance of any currency legislation
by that congress.
We are Inclined to doubt whether an
acceptable plan will be devised by this
joint committee , for the reason that It
Is likely to bo largely under the same
influences which dictated the bill re
ported from the house banking and cur
rency committee a measure that did
not command the support of a majority
of the republicans in the last congress.
That bill was .carefully drawn and In
some respects was commendable. It
did not regard the demands of the more
radical reformers , though it. would In
time have served the purpose they de
sire to accomplish. It was a com
promise , but It proposed to eventually
eliminate the legal tender notes ami
give to the banks ! i monopoly of the
paper currency of the country. No
measure of this character will ever bo
adopted , because no political party will
take the dangerous responsibility of
striking down the government paper
money and giving the banks the ex
clusive privilege of supplying the people
with a paper currency. This fact should
be clearly understood and if the sena
tors and representatives who will en
deavor to 'prepare u. currency plan do
not take It into account the time they
devote to considering the currency ques
tion will be wasted.
A large majority of the people believe
that the United States legal tender
notes should remain a part of our cur
rency. They are satisfied with the
greenback nml they reject the theory
that there is danger In that currency
and that Its existence is a barrier to
prosperity. These people are also ln-
veterately opposed to giving the banks
a monopoly of the paper currency. No
party can afford to Ignore this public
opinion and it is safe to say that none
will do so. If , therefore , the men who
have been designated to consider the
currency question will do this with a
duo regard for popular sentiment they
may be able to propose legislation that
will have some cliance of adoption.
Otherwise their labor will be to no pur
pose.
FKED1SU IX TttAXSIT KATES
The proposal of the railroads to abolish
ish feeding in transit rates on live stock
threatens Injury not only to the stock
men iu the range country , but to the
Nebraska farmer. It means , If carried
Into effect , cutting off several cents per
bushel from a large portion of the corn
crop of Nebraska , as well as depriving
the farmers of a market for thousands
of tons of bay and other rough feed now
a source of revenue.
Under the present system cattle and
sheep from the range country are
shipped into Nebraska and other corn
states to bo fattened and prepared for
market. They are then shipped to mar
ket on payment of the proportionate
share of the through rate. Home con
sumption is thus provided for millions of
bushels of corn at a price from 1 to 4
cents per bushel greater than any grain
shipper could afford to pay. Thousands
of tons of hay are profitably converted
Into beef and mutton , which without
the bringing In of range stock would
never be cut. Many heavy corn-grow
ing counties In Nebraska do not now
ship a carload of corn a year , for the
reason that with the feeding In transit
rate It Is more profitably converted Into
meat.
The contention of the railroads , that
under the present system they are de-
fiauded In many Instances by the orig
inal shipper disposing of the live slock
together with his through bill of Jading ,
thus giving a second party a reduced
rate to which ho Is not entitled , scarcely
merits attention. The railroad con
tracts to haul a certain amount of
freight for a. specified sum and It is
Immaterial whether the ownership of
the freight changes In the meantime or
not. Those best able to judge assert
that the Instances In which changes of
ownership have occurred are exag
gerated ninny times by the railroad oltl-
clals.
The real object of the move Is to do-
ptivo the cattle feeder of the beueilt
of the through rate by forcing
him to pay thu sum of the
two locals on his shipments.
Should thU bo done thousands of head
less of cattle and sheep will be fed on
Nebraska corn than now and owners
who desire to continue feeding range
stock must pay Jess for their corn and
rough feed In order to make a profit on
the transaction. The abolition of the
feeding In transit rate would mean a
severe blow to one of the greatest In
dustries of Nebraska and the conse-
( jui'iit loss of an immense sum to the
farmers and incidentally to the entire
business Interests of the state. The
grower on the range is also .vitally In
terested , as under existing conditions
the feeder can and does pay moro for
his stock than it would bo worth on the
market iu Us Immature condition. Ac
| n matter r > f farf ( ho railroads themselves -
1
solves would In nil probability be he ivy
lo ers In the end. They cannot afford
to cripple this urea I Industry , now
; pn SIHTOUS after years of depression , for
the sake of a small temporary gain in
revenue. Abolishing the feeding lu
transit rate would strike at the pros
perity of the granger roads , which have
been most conspicuous In I he recent ic-
vlvnl of railroad values.
.1 MKAACIXII
The houndniy sltuatlun In Alaska
threatens to become troublesome. The
governor 'of ' that territory , who was In
Washington in thu Interest of. legisla
tion nlTceting the territory , said to a
newspaper coriespundeiit that any elVort
on the part of the Canadians to extend
their authority In the region In dispute
would meet with armed resistance on
the part of Hie Americans and that
bloodshed would surely follow , lie said
the American miners were worked up tea
a point of extreme bitterness and re
sentment and are determined to pre
vent Canadian encroachment on what
this government claims as its territory ,
It appears that the Canadian inmuted
police are already patrolling portions of
the land Involved In the boundary con
troversy and the American miners pro
pose to resist further aggressions in this
direction.
Kvory effort should be made to avert
any trouble of this kind and If C.overnor
Brady correctly states the situation ,
which there Is no reason to doubt , It Is
clearly the duty of the Canadian gov
ernment to put a check upon the repre
sentatives of Its authority in Alaska. A
"collision " between Americans and Cana
dians might have very serious cense
quences. There might easily arise from
It a grave International controversy. It
certainly appears , from what was said
by Governor Brady , that the Canadians
have pursued a most unfriendly and Ir
ritating course and It cannot reasonably
be expected that this will be tolerated
indefinitely.
A ItEIIUKE TO TIIK GAXO.
Tha decision of the supreme court
dismissing the Broateh-Moores case is
a body blow to the Ilerdman gang of
holdups and desperadoes who had hung
their last hope of recovering control of
the machinery of the city government
upon the bogus claimant for the place
to which Frank E. Muores was elected
by the voters of the city. Having failed
in their attempt to get their grip upon
the city by legislating the last repub
lican administration out of ollice , they
tried to catch their breath in con
spiring with the man they had legislated
out of the mayor's cilice to override the
expressed will of the people by trumpIng -
Ing up charges of Ineliglbility against
Mayor Moores.
From beginning to end the whole pro
ceeding against Moores has been u ma
licious persecution gotten up by politi
cal mountebanks and professional out
laws backed up by a newspaper fence
with the sole object of plunder and po
litical capital. While berating Mayor
M'oore.s ' for taking advantage of a legal
technicality debarring the contestant
from bringing the suit , they try to cover
up the fact that the whole basis of the
contest was an alleged violation of legal
technicality. The report of the referee
was Inspired , if not written , by the re
publican lawyers that have been side
partners of the gang and shared its
booty.
With the decision of the supreme court
confirming Mayor Moores in his oflicc
the gang will have to devise some new
scheme by which to recuperate and re
plenish its barren political larder.
A'OH" VOll T11K CllAllTKll HILL.
The Douglas delegation to the legis
lature should get together at once and
agree upon the proposed amendments
to the city charter and other measures
relating specially to this city and
county. Only two weeks of actual KCS-
sKm remain in which this legislation
can be perfected and carried through.
Whatever is to lie accomplished must
be done within the next ten days.
The amendments proposed to the char
ter are neither complicated nor numer
ous. They relate simply to defects or
omissions which experience has shown
to exist. Still they are serious enough
to cripple the municipal machinery In
several vital respects that should not
be neglected.
The pressure from Interested parties
always exerted to defeat needed re
forms should be resisted by the delega
tion and the public Interest alone
should have the deciding weight.
And now we are told tliar the tempo
rary fusion of six years ago In Nebraska
has been made permanent. While sev
eral of the fusees will enter vigorous
denial against such a statement , the
very name of permanent fusion is a
misnomer. When the parties to the so-
called triple alliance persist In retaining
separate names and separate organiza
tions they can not regard the union as
permanent , although each may hope In
lime to swallow the others. Careful
comparison of conditions in Nebraska ,
however , will convince any ono that in
stead of having been strengthened of
late the adhesive power of fusion has
been noticeably weakened and Its per
manency materially impaired.
The now packing house year com
menced with March 1 and South Omaha
makes a. very nattering showing. The
total number of hogs packed at the prin
cipal centers shows an Increase of only
IiUOO. Chicago just holds Its own as
compared with last year , Kansas City
shows n loss < of 15,000 , . while South
Omaha has a gain of 8,000 to Its credit.
The Third Nebraska will soon come
home from Cuba to bo mustered out.
Unless conditions change materially ,
however , there is no prospect nf the
First reaching Its native state for many
months. The people of the state have
the satisfaction of knowing that their
volunteers arc standing flro like sea
soned soldiers in the far-off land ,
Don Carlos , the industrious , is at It
again , but just what ho proposes to do
Is moro uncertain than ever , which is
saying u great deal. Beyond Issuing
manifestoes he has probably never gone
In the wildest iUjjlit of his patriolle Im
agination and the truth < > f the matter
Is he could go no further If he would.
I He has nothing to offer Spain better
i than himself and as hard pressed by
Imbecility and corruption as that coun
try Is there Is no evidence that II would
pain anything by the change.
The portion nf the fusion forces which
was left out In the distribution of of-
tluiol plums has not yet been heard to
express satisfaction with the state
auditor's plan of giving subordinates
two fat positions at the same time.
Senator Hoar and all the rest of the
anti-Imperialists are mournfully noti-
lled that the cause Is lost since ex-
Senator Pcffer has gone unanimously for
expansion in the last number of the
North American Uevlew.
A Clcilil StviM'lt.
Minneapolis Journal.
Spain left Ouani "as usual. " The treas
ury was found to be swept as clean na an
empty molasses hogshead In fly time.
Yellovr KliN Hunt ( ti IMonnr.
ChlcaKo News.
It Is a noticeable fact that the same people
who \vero most sorely Worried over Oer-
many's alleged unfriendliness toward the
United States a llttlo while ago are the ones
who are mail now because Ger
many has tnlicn steps to prove
that the stories of n deslro on
Its part to get mixed up In the war were
unfounded and that It Is anxious to bo on
friendly terms with this country.
for All.
Atlanta Constitution.
Now that the time has conic for the Ger
man fleet to proceed to another station , our
government has been intrusted with the
care of German Interests In the Philippines ,
This evidence of good will and trust Is not
all pleasing to the Anglo-American partisans ,
but It serves to emphasize the fact that there
are other nations to which wo ewe duties ,
and thnt the line of patriotism Is that of
friendship with all and alliance with none.
Culm'n lloll of "PnlrlotN. "
Philadelphia Hccord.
General Gomez's Cuban army scorns as
variable in numerical strength as was Fal-
staff's array o-f men in buckram. The federal
paymasters , with $3,000,000 In old cash , will
reach Havana next weolc , and the Cuban
who is not on Gomez's army roll may count
himself mighty unlucky. There are about
18,000 rank and file , according to the vet
eran Insurgent commander's count , 'but the
Cuban Assembly can stir up only about 30-
000 , all told , to share In the windfall of fed
eral bounty. Hut none will bo left out , in
all probability , for lack of a place on the
muster roll. There's nothing like the clink
of gold to bring your genuine Cuban in
surgent to the front !
The I'ollcy of ( ! r > e < l.
Harper's Weekly.
Have we no messages of peace for the
world ? Undoubtedly we have. The nation
that has done most for peace and humanity
has not changed its character. The people ,
deceived by craft , cupidity and mendacity ,
rushed Into war , partly because their -wrath
was aroused by what they regarded as the
murder of the eallors of the Maine , nnd
partly because their humane susceptibilities
were appealed to by the tales which came
to them of the cruelties practiced by the
Spaniards upon the peaceful inhabitants of
Cuba. The nature of the American people
has not changed , and the time is coming
when the wretched "ptillcy of greed will be
revealed to them In'Mi Itsliideousncss , and
then there may b'o an" uprising which will
bo greatly regretted by those who have in
vited it. Their very attitude on the war ,
thu motives that are now swaying the minds
of many who want to keep the Philippines ,
will some day lead them to overthrow the
system which has succeeded In turning the
great powers of the government to the task
of promoting private Interests and adding
to personal gain.
"WIIHELUIl " AXIJ HIS OFFICES.
A MlNchlnvoiiH I'recoilt'iil Prevented
l > y Speaker Heed.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Some unpleasantness was caused In the
closing hours of congress by tbo episode in
which Speaker Reed declined to recognize
Representative Joseph Wheeler for the pur
pose of making a personal explanation. The
speaker was right , however , and General
Wheeler was wrong. During the late ses
sion of congress General Wheeler , though In
attendance as a member of congress , refused
to take part in the proceedings , 'because ' of a
doubt whether his appointment in the army
did not disqualify him as a legislator , and
he broke his resolution when ho attempted
to address tbo house. In his special case
there could have been no barm done by let
ting him speak , and the country would have
willingly condoned any technical violation
of law in his behalf , but n precedent would
have been established , which might have
bred much mischief at a later date , when
unscrupulous military politicians might have
used it as an argument why .they . should be
recognized as full members of congress , and
swayed legislation to suit themselves. Wo
have seen how that system works in other
countries , and wo want none of It in the
United States. As for General Wheeler , ho
has been elected to the next congress , and
If ho chooses , next winter , to lay down his
sword and don his toga , ho will be heard as
to whatever lie may have to say.
COl.OMKS AMI SPOILS ,
Will Ai-iiuUllloii nf tin- Former Cure
tinI.atttr Ilalilt ;
Chlcaro Record.
It Is scarcely necessary to refer to con
gress' last act In turning the census over to
the spoils system in order to establish proof
of that body's enmity to civil servlco reform.
Indeed , almost any legislative body in
America , from the Chicago city council lethe
the national congress , may be depended upon
to uphold the spoils creed to the limit of
Its ability , because a majority of any such
body will bo composed of men professionally
addicted to politics and why should they bo
victors If they don't get the spoils ?
The cffeqt of the colonies upon this in
grained , stupid and vicious adherence to the
spoils theory will bo among the very in
teresting developments from our acquisi
tions of territory.
Only the other day James Bryeo published
an article dealing with English colonial ex
perience. It Id highly significant that this
learned and judicious observer laid the credit
for what success England haa achieved in
It ! ) tropical and subtropical colonies first to
the fact that It has taken their administra
tion out of party politics and haa built up a
great corps of specially trained administra
tors , who bold their places and are promoted
regardless ) of the changes of political for
tunes In England , who know Intimately the
conditions and needs of the colonies aivl !
who look to that service ns n life profes
sion , In which advancement depends upon
their own capacity.
It it ) needless to eay that no such body of
administrators could possibly be built up !
under the system which has heretofore gov
erned our foreign ofHco , with its "clean
sweep" every tlmo the administration
chanced.
If the colonies can bo successfully gov
erned under the spoils system the rest of
the world wjll bo ready to acknowledge that
they are mere children In political genius
compared with tlio United States.
MUMIY SIDH OF TIIK IIVIK1AIN.
( ' < > ( of lMillliiliii | > ( ) ( > CIIIMOII | nml
l'roNiccllUctnriiH. | .
Sprlngtlcld ( Ma * * . * Uopubllran.
The expense of Philippine occupation to
the United States government I ? now at the
rale of from $10.000,000 to JIR.OOO.OOO a year ,
and Is Increasing : while the Agricultural
department has Just Issued n report showing
that the total Import trade of the Islands for
a dozen years past has averaged only about
$17,000,000 $ a year. If we should get the
whole trade , nnd If It were nil net profit , the
present bargain could not be considered n
highly profitable one In 'view of all the risks
Involved. If wo should get the whole trade
and make the handsome profit of 2(1 ( per cent
on It , the gain of $3,400,000 would cost an
expenditure of four times that amount. But
wo should not , of course , got HIP whole
trade under the open door or any other pol
icy short of absolute prohibition of Imports
from other nations.
How far Is our present courac In the Is
lands calculated to create a market for Amor-
lean wares outside of the powder nnd bullets
wo are paying for ourselves ? This is what
Clay MacCauley , the missionary , wrote from
Hong Kong on the subject before the present
outbreak , nnd In clear-sighted anticipation
of such an outcome of nn attempt on our
part to annex the islands :
"Then , should such war bo undertaken , It
should bo known by all that the consequent
destruction of the present Industries and
commerce of the Philippines , so far unin
jured , would bo an incalculable disaster to
the United States , In the permanent cmblt-
terment of the people of the Islands against
'Js , in the loss of the good will of our
friends among the world's nations , nnd In
the final effneemcnt of otir own national
Ideal of human freedom and of onch man's
rights In the pursuit of happiness. Need
moro bo said to show the fatuity of the pro
posed annexation of these Islands of tbo far
east to the United States ? "
And true to this prediction , we are now
proceeding to shoot out of existence what
llttlo market existed ns the result of the
great 120,000,000 bargain.
\Ve hear very Jlttlo nowadays of this
phase of the question. Secretary Gage Is
not saying much at present about "phil
anthropy and G per cent. " Ho and Sec
retary Wilson nnd other spokesmen for the
money side of the grab are not now telling
the people how wo shall keep our mills go
ing , selling beds for Filipinos to sleep In
and woolens for them to wear nnd wheat
flour and dressed beef for them to cat. No.
The cry now Is that "wo could not help It. "
\Vo never wanted the Islands providence ,
destiny or something else forced them on
to us.
Nevertheless , we should not miss what so
ardent a Jingo as Lord Charles Beresford
said , during his recent stay In the United
States , of the trade value of political pos
sessions , Egypt in particular :
"Save for ita strategic advantages , Egypt
has not been worth a shilling to England.
Great Britain has sacrificed lives nnd money
to make Egypt safe and secure nnd It has
put the Egyptian army nnd police in order.
H has gained no financial advantage. "
And to the. same conclusion spoke John
Jlorley recently to his Montrosc- constitu
ents :
" \Ve have had practical dominion In Egypt
for now something like seventeen years.
Speaking broadly , our occupation of Egypt ,
whatever else it has done , has not improved
In any appreciable degree the Egyptian
market for our goods , and while our im
ports into Egypt go up extremely slowly , the
importations from such countries as Belgium
and Germany have gone up very rapidly. "
Which adds a mite to the mass of fact that
is crushing down the trade argument of
Jingoism into everlasting ridicule.
But if markets cannot necessarily bo
grabbed by grabbing territory , least of all
can they be built up by shooting down the
people Who are to constitute such markets.
ItHUUUMIXG THE IJKSKIIT.
Vast PuMHlltllHIcM' ' C Irrigation Iiitel-
llKfiitly Ai > i > lU-d.
Washington Times.
One of the features of the closing night
of the fifty-fifth congress was a lively effort
made 'by ' Senator Carter to secure the pas
sage of nn appropriation bill. The object of
the bill was to provide for the watering of
the arid lands in Montana , Nevada and other
far western states , at the government ex
pense. It is said that this measure , If it had
been successful , would have added Immense
tracts of land to that already under cultiva
tion in the northwest.
The proposition , however , in connection
with the Immense amount of good already
done by similar irrigation schemes In > the
west , suggests an interesting train of
thought. To the members of the First Amer
ican congress it would have seemed utterly
absurd that a largo tract of land , practically
a desert in Us natural state , could bo made
nt for the habitation of human beings. They
could have understood the principle as ap
plied to a small farm , but the Idea of mak
ing half a state arable by any such means
they would have dismissed as a chapter from
Gulliver's "Voyage to Loputa. " Yet the
thing has 'been ' done , not once or twice , but
many times. What is more , it Is averrqd
that the climate as well as tbo soil of some
of the western states has been changed by
this means , mid that nature , In solitudes
and the sage-
once nt only for the coyote
the efforts of man to
fostering
hen , Is now
establish homes. What fairy tale of Dean
marvelous than this ?
Swift Is moro
Another fact which Is known to scientific
of forests in
men Is that the cutting off
many states Is not only affecting the water
drouths alternately
supply , causliiK floods nnd
nately , but that it actually changes the cli
mate to seme extent , wiaklng It more changeable
. This Is one of the
able than In former years.
strong arguments for the preservation of our
forests 'by ' law , against the reckless depredations
all the materials
tions of the lumbermen. With
terials now at hand for fuel and building
purposes , there is no need that wo should
lese our forests ; and If the present unscru
pulous waste of timber continues it will not
other sections of the
bo long before some
country besides the far northwest will bo
begging for artificial irrigation. By proper
forest laws enforced now , the country can
save Itself an expenditure ot millions In the
future.
As tlmo goes on , doubtless , man will learn
better and better how to control the mighty
forces of nature , and to turn to good account
those Whlfh ho cannot control. In hU
"Traveler Prom lAHrurla" Howolls puts Into
the mouth of his Altrurlan a suggestion on
this line. In tolling of the Altrurlan de
partment ot public works ho says that onu
of the first things accomplished by it was
the cutting of a canal through on isthmus
which connected tbo continent with the
mainland , so that the equatorial current
could flow along the shores of tlio country ;
and ho states that by this means the cllrnato
was changed from Inhospitable bleakness to
balmy warmth. Changes * greater than any
thing In the fanciful descriptions of this book
may yet be wrought by American skill and
inventive genius in years to coruo. We may
discover , ono of these days , that wo are
not only shaping laws nnd customs , but a
continent for the homo of the greatest people
of the world , In European countries en
gineering skill lias grown but slowly , with
the growth of the nation hampered by the
greed of kings and tha hindrance of foreign
wars , The science developed through many
generations comes In the prime of Its
Htrength to a land unmarred 1 > y the hand of
man. We have no ruler but ourselves. The
will of the people determines what this con
tinent shall be whether It shall be madu
desolate by the greed of a few or beautiful
by the enlightened effort of the many ;
whether our children's children shall have
a healthful and delightful liome , or whether
they Bhall work all their lives to undo the
consequences of our mistakes. Which ehall
it be ? 1
IIIOi : IINKS.
The attempt of Agulnaldo to get tlio coun
tries of Europe to recognize him aungests
the Idea that If they do not comply before
Ocnernl Otis gets hold of him they tuny
have some difficulty In doing so ,
The Illness of Mr. Hudyard Kipling Is
replete with n valuable lesson , which U Is
to bo hoped that ho will not fall to learn.
Uniformly , Mr. Kipling has not failed to
j vilify America and Americans as n body.
! The offense is not ono that Is palliated liy
youth , for It has been repeated frequently
and recently , but after the universal
sympathy the great writer has received from
the American people he should not offend
again In this regard.
The authorities nt Wellington , Kan. ,
decided that they would christen their new
Jail In honor of the first Inmate. A Mrs.
Horton was the first to be granted admission
and the structure was named "Horton" Jail.
The trial of the woman resulted In acquittal ,
but the name ot tha Jail was not changed.
On the other hand Its celebrity became
greater. That naturally angered the woman
and she has now expressed her disapproval
by filing ti big damage suit ngalnst the
ofllclals.
The formation ot the wool trust will prob
ably lead to some loud bleating when the
minority stockholders find that they have
had thu wool pulled over their eyes.
A Now York woman who lectures on
household economics is authority for the
following statement made deliberately before -
fore nil audience of young women : "I hope
to KCO the day when kissing Is unknown. I
wish it could 'bo made Illegal. I never let
anyone kiss me. 1 hope no ono will ever
try to kiss me , for I will not let them , "
Nothing Is said ns to the age of this woman
No statement exists as to whether she pos
sesscs the blooming charm , peculiar to he :
sex , which would Induce any rightly con
structed man to try to lift himself by hi
boot straps lo the top of the Eiffel tower
If necessary , for n sip of tbo lablan nectar
and In the absence of those facts the state
ment might bo allowed to go as the vapor
Ings of what Mr. Alexander ,1'opo , would
call "a stale virgin with a wintry face , " II
it were not for Its possible moral efi'ect on
the unsophisticated. Presumably this woman
Is not so entirely bereft ot human sonslbll
Itles ns to found her objections upon tin
theory that kissing , llko the old gentle
man's Job of shearing pigs , involves too
much squealing for the amount of woo'
realized , but is rather based upon the i | ,
crobo fallacy. But , by the shades of Eros
that Is worse. Think of the softly tremu
lous and warm red "Cupid's bo\v" ns a ncs
of Insidious microbes !
The thought of such a thing would be r
fitlgma upon the gallantry of n Digger In-
dlan. But what it there are microbes
what difference does It make ? Could a sane
man desire to dlo ot any moro agreeable
disease ? Since wo must shuffle off this
mortal cell let it bo by this microbe route
and wo will snap our fingers in the face o
science and dlo Joyously , using our last
breath to ask for another Infection.
PEHSOXAL , AXD OTHERWISE.
The "Admiral Dowcy" rose now line the
call. Perhaps any other dewey rose would
smell as sweetly , 'but ' Its value lies lu its
lasting quality.
Alexander Dowllng , a Justice of the su
preme court of Indiana and a resident ot
New Albany , bears so strong a resemblance
to the president that ho is known as "tho
man with the McKlnloy head. "
General Wade iHampton was awakened
0110 night not long ago to find the roof ot
his bouse In a Waze. 'He ' would uot disturb
the rest of his household.Despite his cork
leg ho went up on the roof himself and
helped put out the flro.
Prof. Henry A. Rowland of Johns Hopkins
university , by a recent invention , has aim
pllfled the art of telegraphy so that it is
no longer necessary for operators to learn
the Morse system. Any ono who can work
a typewriter can send a dispatch.
It Is hardly to bo wondered nt that Ad
miral Camara declines the marine portfolio
In the new Spanish cabinet , preferring to
remain in command of his squadron. lie
found that position last summer the safest
and most irresponsible of any In the whole
shooting match.
Admiral Dewey Is heartily thankful for
favors bestowed , tout his countrymen can do
him ouo moro favor , as Important as any
yet conferred upon him quit writing letters
to him. The admiral Is a busy man and
should not bo bothered with letters , of which
ho receives thousands In every mall.
Llko his father , the standard oil Croesus ,
young John D. Rockefeller , who lias Just
been elected a director of the Lackawanna
road , teaches a Sunday school class in the
Fifth Avenue Baptist church , New York
City , 'Ho ' also plays the violin , being a
morabcr of the Rockefeller family orchestra.
Speaker Reed and Mr. Choate , now am
bassador to England , were at a dinner party ,
In the course of which the latter happened
to mention that ho had never In his Ilfo
ridden on a railroad pass. A congressman
present said : "Well , I wish I could say os
much. " Reed looked at him solemnly for
a moment and then drawled : "Why didn't
you ? Choato did. "
The portrait of Lieutenant Commander
Rlchni-d Walnwrlght , U. S. N. , which waa
presented to the city ot Gloucester ,
Mass. , by Mrs. Wnlnwrlght , has
been received by Mayor French. It is
three-quarters life size. It will bo hung in
the mayor's room , together with the first
American flag raised in Porto Rico , which
waa given to that city by the gunboat Glou
cester.
Boston has declared war upon the English
sparrow , and the movement has the indorse
ment of Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Halo ,
Hishop Lawrence , Lewis C. Dnbney , Alex S.
Porter , Charles C , Jackson , Henry L. Hlg-
glnson , Mrs , John L. Gardner nnd otherH as
prominent. The movement Is based on the
ground that the
universally objurgated spur-
row Is "a public nuisance and a general
expense and a serious esthetic Injury. "
"Ben Hur , " General Low Wallace's mas
terpiece , was first dedicated "To tbo wife
of my youth. " WJien the book began to
make its way General Wallace was Hooded
with letters of condolence on itio supposed
death of his wife , 'the ' writers basing their
sympathy on the dedication. Mrs. Wallace
had herself written the words , but for the
next edition altered them to the following ,
whlt'h has ever slnco been uned : "To the
wlfo of my youth , who still abides with
me , "
Spiilii | lii KM Oun Coin ,
New York JIall and Express ,
If Spain doesn't object It might bo a
good stroke of finance to pay It that $20,000-
000 In Mexican silver dollars. Inasmuch as
20,000,000 Mexican dollars could bo bought
for something less than 10,000,000 of Ameri
can dollars , this government might make a
very neat little saving by purchasing the
necessary amount of the cheaper coin and
handing It to the Spaniards In payment.
Surely Spain could not reasonably object to
being paid In money which is Just as good
Ha its own.
Di-lliilntr n Snii-ll ,
Dtrolt Journal.
The army court of Inquiry may bo a
strictly practical body , but when it or any
member of It demands of a witness a "strict
definition" of the term "deathly smell" It
exhibits iteelf as bound by words rather than
Ideas and as inclined to fine-spun definitions ,
which tbo situation docs not demand. If the
court were suddenly called upon to define
the smell of u rose or of a rabbage , how
tvould it begin ? _
ITAI.V IX TIIH CIIIX.V SHOP ,
Washington Slnr : Italy propose * to keep
a surf upper lip In Ohlnmo matters , but II
la understood that John Hull provides th
' starch.
Chicago Record : Already the consequences
quences of our policy of expansion nro seen
iln the dispatches whloh conic from Chlnn
'
concerning the part that China and Great
Britain expect us to piny In the affairs of
the "l-'lowcry Kingdom. " Now that Italy
Is making demands upon the tsuns-ll-ynmeu
for tht ) ctsalon of a part of Chinese terri
tory the wholn question of "spheres of In
fluence" Is being raised , and a diplomat ol
high rank Intimates that If anybody gets a
slice of China the United States will need to
bo similarly favored.
Kansas City Star : It scema the height or
depth of folly for Italy lo Interfere In the
Chinese matter , England , Russia and Ger
many have Interests In China which they
are desirous of extending , but Italy's commerce
merce- with China Is insignificant and
affords no excuse for Intervention. Italy
should remember its costly nnd fruitless
attempt nt colonization In Africa nnd re
main nt homo. Italy Is a great sufferer
from trying to kerp big company and main
tain n great army and navy because Its
allies do. In the meantime the Italian
proplo nro overtaxed and are leaving their
country by thousands for uot only North ,
but South America.
Detroit Journal : Forgetting for the mo
ment what China has done in the past , un
der pressure , In the way of leasing seaports
to foreign nations , the news telegraphed
from i'okln that the Italian government re
gards as Insulting China's refusal to fur
ther dismember Itself to make a Roman
holiday , IH Itself an Insult to the Chinese.
Why should they not refuse ? Whose ter
ritory Is It that Italy demands ? Imaglno
the icply of Italy lo China's demand for a
lease of a seaport of Italy. But the fact
Is , China may ns well submit. It has cut
nft a finger or two or three , and when a
hand is demanded and then a leg It may
as well ply the knife with as llttlo com
plaint of the flow of 'blood ' us possible. It
Is the penalty It pays for being BO far
behind In the procession of nations that It
cannot hear the band play the popular eons
of the day "Onward Christian Soldier ! "
LIGHT AM ) IIUKiHT.
Chicago Record : "Pa , what lit a hero ? "
' "A hero Is u nun who tries to rend a.
newspaper lit the name- room with a boy
about/ your slzo. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Jnno 19 a close
student of the Philippine war. "
"What makes you think it ? "
"She recently referred to Cupid as the
mythological 1'gorote. "
Detroit Free. Press : Cawker Ho is ad
dicted to small talk.
Cuiiico 1 am1 surprised to hear you say
that. .My experience Is that ho says- but
little , although he Is well Informed.
Cawker That Is what 1 mean. HU
language consists largely of monosyllables.
Trlhun ? : She The poet , Camp-
ihell , couldn't have been baldheaded , nny-
way.
lie Why ?
She He wrote "Distance Lends Enchant
ment to the View , " didn't he ?
Indianapolis Journal : "I have never yftt
quits figured out , " Hiild the man who has
succeeded pretty well , "whether my wlfa
has faith in my ability to do things , or
whether her faith Is In her aWllty to mak <
me do them. "
Chicago News : "isn't It awfully dull and
lonesome out your way' . ' "
"Dull ? No ; somebody gets stuck In the
mud near our house every night. "
Philadelphia North AmMlcan : "I could
never see anything1 great in your trip across
the Rubicon , " said Washington. "Now ,
when I crossed the Delaware , I had to con
tend with a great mass of Ice. "
"Yes , " replied Caesar ; "but look nt the
risk I ran of meeting a frost when I reached
the other side. " And even one of the Roman
senators fcmllcd. . , , , .
Plttslnirpr Chronicle : "The Introduction of
new cancellers into the postofllce , " began
Jlr. Pitt.
"Well ? " asked Mr. Pcnn.
" 1 was wondering If these new can sellers
Indicate an intention on the- part of the
iostolflco authorities to go Into the tinned
beef Inislness. "
Chicago Post : "Ah , yes , " she sighed , "I'm
saddest when I sing. "
"Then , " lie replied , "you must bo nn ex-
coptlon to the rule. "
"What ruin ? "
"Thi rule thnt people are oblivious of their
own defects. "
Washington Star : "I understand , " said
the morbid spectator , "that the prisoner IB
showing wonderful nervo. "
"I don't know , " answered the cynical
lawyer , "whether he is showing1 wonderful
rervo or whether ho simply lacks intelli
gence enough to know when it is tlmo to be
scared. "
ROMANCE AMJ REAMTY.
Somorvllle Journal.
Ha hold her hand ! Delightful pcaca
I'orvatlod all the souls of both.
Ills arm be stole around her waist ;
She nestled closer , nothingloath. .
They talked about their weddlnu day ,
And for a happy future planned.
And joyous hours Ilka minutes flew
And all the tlmo ho held her hand I
Ho held her hand ! 11r cyo flashed flre <
She writhed and twisted In his crasp !
Ifo realized that 'trouble dire
Would come , if she should break his clasp.
Kor wedlock soul of all true love-
Now hald them In KB potent band.
And Hho way trying to throw a carv
ing knife at him ! He. held her hand !
TODAY
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