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0 THE ( XMATTA DAILY W3E : WEDNESDAY , AIMUL o , 1800. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. UOSEWATEH , Editor. 1'UULISIIKD KVBHY MOIININQ. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Hco ( without Sunday ) , Ono Ycar.JO.OO Dally Uee nnd Sunduy , Utiu Year & .00 Bix Months 4.00 Three Months Z.dO RunOny lit ? , Ono Your 2.00 flttturdny Ueo , Olio Tear 1. 0 Weekly Bee , one Tear IS OFFICES. Omaha : The llco Building. Houth Omaha : t.'lty Hall building , Twenty- flfth and N Htrcoi. . Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl Stroft. Chicago : Stock Kxclmngo Building. New York : Temple Court. Washington : C01 Fourteenth Htrcot. CORHUSrON'OEXCB. Communications relating to news nnd etll- torlnl matter should bu mldroiaod : bdl- torlnl Department , The Omnhu lice. BU31NKS8 LETT13US. Business letters nnd remittances should be mldremnd to The lice ruhllshlng Company , Omuhfi. RKM1TTANCKS. Hemlt by draft , express or postal order payahlo to The Bee Publshlng Comutiy. | ) only 2-cent stamps accepted In pnyiiit'iit ot jnnll ucrountK. I'trftotiitl rhocks , except on Ofnnha or custcrn exchange , not accepted. THE UKK PUHIiaHlNO COMPANY. 8TATH.MUXT OK ( JIHCUIjATIO.V. State ot Xchrnrka , Douglas County. PS. : Oeorge U. Tuchuck. secretary of The Bee Publishing company , bi4ng duly sworn , Hays tha-l the utal titimbnr or full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , ISvenlng and Sunday Bee , printed during- the month of ( March , 1899 , was ns follows : l aiN2 17 a ins 2 iM , oo is ani : 5 3 aii 2 19 iM.r.TB 4 sinjo 29 a-inio : n iM.nno 21 1:11,000 c _ > i,8ir. 22 a-i,800 7 a-i , 2ii 23 a4nso 8 a-io o 2 a-i , ao 0 a 1,200 , a anH ( 30 a i , MO 20 aB-mn 11 iM.rr.o 27 BI , IIO : as ainio 2S ai , oeM M a.iiao 20 a I.HIO 31 a-is-io so 36 a i.Hr.o si l atsuo Total 77BHw : Loss unsold and roturno < l cople.3. . . . J0,1 8 Net total sales 7 aiMiH Net dally average a , IOt ! GliOROK n. THSCHUCK. Subscribed and Hworn to before mo this 1st day of April , 1S'J3. , ( Seal. ) II. T. PLUMB , Notary Public In and for Douglas County , Neb. "When the smoke of legislative battle lias cleared away we slmll hope to tils- cover the precise status of the Home for Uie Friendless. Music muy have charms to soothe the savage breast , but In Havana It Is just nH easy to get up a ll ht at a band con cert as anywhere else. Ilnving captured the permanent loca tion of the State fair , Lincoln otiflit to be happy and stop trying to knock Omaha for at least three weeks. Action has been commenced In Ken tucky to dissolve the newly-formed whisky trust. The Konliieklans' objec tion to the whisky trust Is doubtless based on the water. Of course , furnishing the governor with the use of an executive mansion Is I- not the same as giving him an appropria- I tlou for house rent , but It effects the ' same result in the long run. As The lU-o has before remarked , n salary of ? 5,000 for the clerk of the dis trict court Is liberal compensation. There will be no dearth of competent candidates of all political parties for the place. Governor I'oyuiier has one advantage over his predecessor In the executive chair In this that none of his vetoes missed lire by being overridden by re- cnnctment by the two houses of the legislature. Having carried out their contract to pull the railroad -chestnuts out of the lire , the heavy tax shirkers' organiza tion ought to be satisfied to let the people ple have a. few of the charter amend ments they have demanded. The legality of the war tax has been nfllnned by the I'nlted .States supreme court. The power to make war cannot be exercised without the exercise of the incidental power to Increase the tax burden resting on ihe ; people. No complete resume of the legislation of 1800 can be made until the time al lowed the governor to approve or disap prove measures awaiting his signature has elapsed. The governor still ban three days to Incubate vetoes at his pleasure. With ( he liberal appropriations given fusion olllclals by a republican legisla ture for the maintenance of state Institu tions there will bo no excuse for delk'ltrf for the next legislature to meet. Any thing like careful management should enable these Institutions to live within their Income. The connivance of the local popoerntlc oruan In the boodle scheme to beat the district court clerkship salary bill by bribery , fraud and corruption Is readily accounted for. The purse that had been hung up to compass Its defeat would have been divided very close to its editorial sanctum. The next time President McKlnley re turns to his old home he will be greeted by n republican mayor. The municipal elections in Ohio do not lend any en couragement to the' democrats. The places where they have met with success glvo no Indication of growth of demo cratic sentiment , local differences alone being responsible for the result. As was to have been expected the ! World-Herald comes ( o the front as the last resort of the oil room lobby to head off the law abolishing the ? 25,000- n-year corruption fund In the district court clerk's otllce by claiming that the bill Is void because of the manipula tions of the boodlers who always find in that paper n ready confederate. Hut the boodlora' claim won't wash. The organ of the Ilonlnmn gang trios to niiiko out that the tire dupartnuMit cnn bo maintained at the point of in most ellldi-ncy within the limit of the uro fund tlxod by the present charter. If so , why didn't the Hcrdnmn police commission keep within the limit when it wan In control Instead of not only drawing on the general fund nnd leav ing Incfo healthy overlaps lu ailditlouV OP The people of Nebraska and p.irtim larly of Oinnha nro to be coiitfrntulatei ! Hint the signature of the governor luu sealed the enaetmeiit of the Inu establishing the compensation of cleric of the district court and aboll.shlng the limitless fee system which has so IOHH boon n prollllc. source of political demoralization and corruption. Thl ? great victory for the people has been won only In the face of the innst desperate and determined light wageil by the greatest array of paid lobbyists nnd unscrupulous boodlers subsidized by Interested parties to perpetuate the corruption fund from which they were constantly feeding. Kor Douglas county the abolition or thin overgrown fee Incubus in the olllce of the clerk of the district court means a saving to the taxpayers which as yet they scarcely appreciate. It Is notorious that the district court clerk has realized clear from his position from S'JO.OOO to $ . ' ! 0,000 n year. Under the new law hevlll bo required to account for publicly and turn Into the treasury all fees received In excess of ? iiKX ( ) u year , which should bo a gain to the taxpayers of from ? 15,000 to Sf'M- 000 every year , to bo deducted from revenues that would otherwise have to be raised by taxation. So far as the elllclency of the set-vice Is concerned , no one will doubt that the payment of a ? r ,000 salary on a four-year term will procure just as competent nnd re sponsible men as has the S'-Ti.OOO In fees. Had the law been changed ten years ago the people of Douglas county would have been saved $250,000 , to say noth ing of the corrupt manipulation of primaries and conventions and the de bauching of legislators that would have been prevented. It Is certainly to be hoped that 'the enactment of this law by the legislature just adjourned will put an end for all time to the obnoxious fee system as represented in Its most hideous proportions In the district court clerkship. MONDA VS KhECTlOXS. The elections on Monday In Michigan and Ohio have little signlllcance In their bearing upon general politics , for the reason that they were influenced almost entirely by local and personal considera tions. lloth republicans and democrats may ilnd In the results something for en couragement , though the contribution to democratic satisfaction is small. ilu Michigan , where ti justice of the supreme court was elected , the repub lican vote Avas reduced and there were democratic gains In some of the larger cities , but the republican candidate re- celved a handsome majority for an off year. In the Ohio municipal elections the results on the whole were more favorable to the republicans ithaii the democrats. In Cincinnati and Columbus republican mayors were elected , suc ceed Ing democrats. In Cleveland a democrat was elected mayor , due to a factional light among republicans , Mc- Kisson , who had been mayor two terms , being the defeated candidate , while the resit of the republican ticket was elected. Hence this cannot be claimed as a demo cratic victory. McKisson had made him self unpopular with n large element of the party by reason of his treachery In the senatorial contest last winter , when he not only opposed the election of Sen ator Ilanna , but conspired with the democrats with si view to his own elec tion to the senate , agreeing , it Is charged , that If elected he would support free nil- ver. The defeat of McKisson was there fore well deserved and ought to perma nently retire that Individual from poli tics. At nil events the loyal republicans of Cleveland should have nothing more to dcrwllh him. There Is no Indication in those elections of any Important republican defection and if any conclusion can be drawn from them It Is that the party organiza tion In both Michigan and Ohio Is on a good basts , assuring a heavy republican vote in each state next year. v TO TIIK FIT The proclamation of the Philippine commission , dellnlng the position : ind liurposo of the United States government in relation to the Philippine people and Inviting a conference with their repre sentative men for an exchange of views nnd opinions , pledges this government to secure to them every condition en joyed by civilized peoples , except Inde pendence. The supremacy of the United States , It Is declared , will bo enforced throughout every part of the archipelago , which Is the llrst explicit and uneciulvo- cal announcement of the policy of the government. There Is no longer any doubt , therefore slnco the commission speaks for President McKlnley that at whatever cost the sovereignty of the United States will be extended and en forced over all the Philippine Islands. The natives are told that they must ac cept this new rule or Invite their own ruin. As to what this means they have already been given gome severe Instruc tion. tion.The The proclamation promises all that the Philippine people could ask or desire , If they are not to be allowed to govern themselves. They are to bo given so much liberty as the new sovereign shall deem expedient ; their civil rights will be guaranteed and protected ; there will be religious freedom and equality before the law ; natives may bo employed In the civil service , which It Is promised shall bo holiest ; rovenue-s are to bo applied strictly to the support of the Philippine government and to public Improvements ; a pure administration of Justice is promised ; public works in the Interest of the general welfare will be promoted ; domestic -and trade foreign and agricul tural and Industrial development will bo fostered' public schools will bo estab- Halted mill general governmental reforms will be Instituted. All this Is ( julto In harmony with American principles and unquestionably the Intention to carry out every assur ance given by the commission Is en tirely sincere. Possibly , also , the Philip pine people would bo very much better off under the rule and protection of the United States than if Independent and self-governing , Hut that Is not the ques tion. The question Is are wo faithful to the American idea , to the fundamental principle upon which our own institu tions are founded , In refusing to regard the rightful aspiration of the e people for Independence nnd compelling them to accept our rule ? There Is no doubt that we can. If we will , give them a gov- I crnim-nt under which they may advance I In civilization and prosper. Hut they | would still be subjects , would be denied I the liberty for which they have struggled j and would necessarily have but HUlo i voice In the regulation and admlnlstra- i tlon of nfl'nIrs. It may sound well to ; some to talk about our obligations to the , family of nations , but wo cannot Ilnd in this justlllca'iloii ' for subjugating a pen- ! pie who want Independence and who have made great sacrlllces to obtain it. It is to be hoped that the people of the Philippines will accept the assurances of this government and end the conflict. The American people would Welcome ilits termination of hostilities. Perhaps If a conference can be brought about be tween the American commission and representatives of the people of the Phil ippines an amicable understanding can be reached. Existing conditions appear to favor such n consummation. Hut It Is n dllllcult matter to Induce a people to abjure the aspiration for liberty and In dependence after they have struggled for generations to secure that Inestimable boon. lX AU1IKKS. The Hrltlsh government having ac cepted the proposal of Germany for the appointment of a commission to settle the Samoan dltllculty , the United States government having previously agreed no It , there appears to be nothing In the way of an early and amicable adjust ment of the trouble. The authority to be vested In the commission is yet to be determined , birt It is not probable that this will be troublesome. According to Washington advices It Is not the Inten tion that the commission shall supersede the treaty , but rather that It shall effect a settlement within the terms of the treaty and place the administration of affairs on a secure basis. Siuic additions 4o the treaty may bo found expedient , but the existing agreement Is to remain. The prompt acceptance of the Gorman proposition by the United States must have convinced that government of Uho earnest desire of this country to avoid any disturbance of the friendly feeling between the two nations , while it very likely exerted an influence with the Hrl't- ' ish government. The latter has , it ap pears , made some condition In connection with Its acceptance which was not made by the United States , but this is per haps of no great consequence and at all events will not Interfere with the carry ing out of the plan. Meanwhile the Ger man government has every reason to be entirely satisfied with the situation and doubtless Is so. The Iowa democratic central commit tee has called the state convention to meo.t at DCS Moines August Iti , without the aid or consent of any party on earth. Kfforts have been making on the part of one faction of the party to bring about an agreement to moot at the same time and in the same city as the populists , but the anti-fuslonlsts have evidently won out. For sonic time the sentiment against fusion in Iowa , has been grow ing. Populist theories have never been popular with' the Iowa democracy , who have urged the uselcssness of swallowIng - Ing the bitter fusion nostrum when it could not by any chance offer even the poor excuse of possible success. The party in Iowa has followed so many isms in Its search for si winning issue that It will require considerable research In the ancient archives to discover just what the tenets of the original Iowa democrats were. In Its wanderings the party has managed to lose about all of Its oUUtlme leaders and the only Moses it ever knew , ex-Governor Holes , is con siderably out of line. The efforts at re habilitation will be an Instructive object lesson In constructive political surgery. According to Attorney General Griggs the new army bill does not prohibit the maintenance of the post canteen , but only places an embargo on detailing olli- cers or enlisted men to take charge of It. Those who have watched most closely the operations of the canteen have boon Its strongest advocates , the sitteniiits to abolish It having been for the most part but misguided efforts. Xo places where liquor Is sold arc under such complete control as the army can teen , and us long as the men will drink In spite of all efforts to prevent it , the canteen Is a less evil than the camp- following saloon. When the school building bonds were voted last fall there was no Intimation that they would not suffice to cover the cost of all the buildings contemplated. The bonds In the meanwhile have been disposed of at good premium , thus in creasing the money available. Under the circumstances the school board will bo consulting Its own and the public Interest by refusing to accept any plans or let any contract except upon guar anty that they will be kept within the limits that have been set. Omaha bankers seem indisposed to rescind their action excluding South Omaha business from the clearing house returns despite the injury it Is working on Omaha by making It appear to bo going backward In every comparative clearing house statement. Omaha busi ness men should take this matter up with the bankers at once and inform them In forcible language If necessary what Is expected of them and what will happen If they persist In their bat-blind stubbornness. The commission sent to the Philip pine Islands by the United States has Issued a proclamation to the people tell ing thorn of the puri > oses of tills govern ment. Hut the majority of the Inhabi tants of the islands are at such long range that the only way it can bo pre sented to them is to adopt the plan of Arizona olllcors in serving warrants on bad men load the official copy Into a gun and cut loose. If the proclamation does not make the native good the bullet will. l'rniivt * SuiMillnl Mltli Kami. St. Jxuls Ucimbllc. Among tbo cholco moraels of territory that fell to the lot of Franco in the Jute ngrecmeiH ot partition between tbut nation and England was the Desert of Sahara. i | This will bo a fine plnce for Frenchmen t < I RO to when they want to get snml In theli , plzzarcls. Tlu-lr Wny of ri New York Trlhune. American soldiers In the Philippines nrc flshtlng with superb courngo ami fortitude The fact occasions gront Bntlafnctlon , bus not the sllghtrat surprise. American sol diers hnvc never learned to fight In any olhcr way. ( ( iicriiNlty I" Ilio AVonry. Ilrooklvn Kagle. The fnlon 1'aclllo railway has Invited FClontlsl.M of nil sorts to avail themselves ot Its trains In going to and from the scenes of their labors nnd will not. charge them < cent for fare. Now look and see Weary Wlllyum and Arid Alfred trying to pass themselves off alld over the llnrs as palcontologlfltK nnd mineralogists and orni thologists and entomologists. Yes , they uro entomologists. iK. lint Oiitliinii * . Philadelphia Heconl. Our exports of agricultural Implements to Argentina In the past eight months as com pared with the corresponding clghr. montlm ot 'tho preceding year Jumped ahead nearly fivefold. This Is at once gratifying and ominous. Whilst wo nro glad to sell the plows and mowing machines , we must expect to moot n sttffcr competition In the grain markets ot the world from the Argentine fanners who use them. .Ininn [ IIH nil A Chicago Chronicle. Assimilation of .tho benevolent brand scenis to bo attended with moro or less dlfllcillly In Formosa , where the Japanese have been treated to a most stupendous thrashing by the Chinese Insurgents. Some how or other the person to bo assimilated bo ho Malay , Mongolian or Caucasian ap pears to mistrust the benevolence ot the nsslmllator as soon as the latter begins to unllmbcr rapid-lire guns and load with grape and canister. This Is to bo regretted , but It appears to be Inevitable. The only thing to do Is to assimilate the Interior race so thor oughly In the ttrst engagement that the sur vivors won't have spirit enough to demur , no matter what happens next. VIKWUIJ Kit 091 AKAU. Ilovr Uie Operations of I'lilni I.oolc n a Distance. London Insurance Monitor. Palmam , qut oncrult , itcrat ! Head the 'following letter , addrcesed from Chicago , to the state auditor of Nebraska : "Hon. J. P. Cornell , Lincoln : 'Wear Sir I will bo through here tomor row. This place meant hard work. I have labcrcd every day einco Monday , and will prc'bably have to do the same with the other llttlo Insurance companies nt Milwau kee. I think 'lliat ' I can hold them up for nbout $120 apeaco. You see that will be an average charge of $20 per day. I wish I could do them up for about ? 250 each , but they are now beginners and. too small. Still they are doing the best they can. If you wish to communicate with me after tomor row please address nio at Pfefter hotel , 'Milwaukee. ' Yours in haste , "O. W. PALM. " This Palm fairly takes the cake , does It " " " In fact. That's not ? "Tho "Palm Oil" cake. clearly the meaning of the initial " 0" which stands for his "front name , " and the " \V" represents the wild and woolly west , which allows Itself to .bo . thus fleeced. These revo- latlons have como to light : by means of the confessions cf a discharged official named LIchty. Whereupon Governor Poyntor pointed out to the authorities that nn invcri- tigatlon .must .bo Instituted. Needless to add , the scandal has 'been ' turned Into proflt- able "honey" by The Omaha Ceo , In whose columns the flrst details appeared. HAII.HOAl ) dlHGUI.ATIOX. A. Vermont I.inv Itecluoliin Toll Tcni- liornrlly SiiNpondeil. Chicago Chronicle. A decision ot the United States circuit court for the district of Vermont ns to the right ot the state to flx freight and pas senger rates on railroads Is attracting some attention. It appears that the Ver mont legislature passed an act lost Novem ber requiring all railways operating over fifty miles of line wholly or partly In the state to keep on sale at the principal stations mileage tickets to bo used by auy- ono presenting them at the rate ot 2 cents a mile. The trustees and preferred stock holders of the Rutland railroad applied to the court to restrain that road from obey ing the law. They claimed that the charter ot the read gave the company the right to flx its own rates and that this right could not be taken away except toy the su preme court ot the state. They also claimed that In no event could the rates 1)O reduced so far as to prevent the company trom earning 2 per cent on its capital Block. Judge Wheeler of the circuit court held that the rights granted by the charter were secured to the stockholders ns a contract between the state anil the company , Accordingly cordingly ho Issued a restraining order directing the company not to sell mileage tickets at the rate provided for 'by the act of the legislature. 'It Is stated that attorneys of lines run ning through states whose legislatures have been considering the question of llx- Ing freight and passenger rates are much Interested In this decision. But It is not clear from the statements via have that the decision Is in any respect new. The courtB have repeatedly held that 'states have no right , through commissions or otherwise , to make unreasonable reduc tions in rates. They have held uniformly that the states have no right practically to destroy the value of railroad property by destroying Us earning power. So far there is evidently nothing now about the decision and nothing calculated to Interest anyone very greatly. It seems that the court found as a matter of fact that the Hutland road could not earn 2 per cent under the state enactment and therefore held that the law should not bo enforced. As for the rest , the force of the decision must depend in every case upon the terms ot the charter. It may not have any prac tical effect In the case of any other road. Their charters , or contracts with the state , may he such as to glvo them the exclusive right to fix their own rates or 'they ' may bo such that the state Is at liberty to regulate or prescribe rates subject only to the gen eral rule that It must not reasonably and not destroy the value of property. There Is a question as to the Inviolability of a charter contract In cases where Us terms may Involve grievous and perpetual wrong to itbo public. Our Illinois supreme court has repudiated the doctrine that a municipal government can enter into a con tract compelling the people of the munici pality to pay an exorbitant price for the supply of an article gas , for example fern n term of years. And a similar doctrine with respect to a Btato may bo called in question. Can a state legislature grant tea a person or cc-iporatlon the power to prac- Hco extortion upon the people of 'tho ' etato forever ? Can a legislature contract away the power of a state to protect Its people against extortion by 'those exorcising n monopoly which such legislature itself created ? A question of this kind may ho Involved In thti Vermont decision. If so the decision Is of Interest , but by no means final. So vital a question is not to bo settled by any tribunal abort of the supreme court of itho United States , IIy that tribunal It Is to bo hoped it will bo settled in the Interest of the people , even if to that , end it becomes necessary to modify the provisions of the national constitution respecting the invio lability of contracts by state legislatures , 1H IIOHS OK THIJ WAH. It Is not surprising tJmt Colonel Funston of the Twentieth KniiMB was nt the he.iil of the font race of American troops enterIng - Ing MalokR , thp Insurgent capital. T.u colont'l hns a habit of leading where any dare to follow. A tory told 'by tlu > lob ( Kan. ) Heglster Illustrates his penchant tot being at the front. "At Uny.imo , Cuba , " says the Hcglster , "when Funston was one of ti'io ino mounted Cubans who charged a line of 2,500 Spanish Infantry , waiting to receive them with cannon nt the angle * , hli horeo was swept from under him by n chargr of rnnUlcr and ho was left on foot , thirty yards frcwn the Spanish 1 In P.I. 'I saw I cotihl bo ot no further IMP , ' ho remarked , In telling the story to the writer hereof , 'so I took the saddle and bridle off my de.vl horse and walked oft" Uio field. ' Think of that ! Ills horse had Just ibeon killed by a cannon eliot , nnd 2.500 men only thirty jnrds away were shooting nt him , and yet ho rcniLMnbered that saddlrn nnd bridles wore scarce nnd dear , nnd flayed In that hell-flro till ho could carry his away ! " A correspondent of the New York Herald lolM at nn Instance of rpmnrknblo hrnvcry In the face ot the enemy during one of the early Kittles nt Manila. The name of the regiment Is not given , 'but ' the story de serves repeating ns It IlliuilrAtrc the fear lessness ot the volunteers. "A few days ngn , " says the writer , "a detachment ot thirty men was sent out ahead , lindi-r Lieutenant Hoyd , tollscovcr tbo where- nbotitB ot the ciioniy. Keeping a sharp lookout the Bcouts were nhlo to push for ward for a coii8lderah1o : distance ibayoml the lines , nnd were on the jiolnt of roturnni ; when a force of Filipinos appeared on their Hank across Uio 'brush. Opening nro , the Insurgents killed ono cf the ponlps , dis mounting Private Davlckl nnd wounding Prlvnto Wlntler. In the scamper back to shelter , BOIIIO four hundred to live hun dred yards away , across n deep stream , It was not observed that Private Davlckl had been left behind. Without n .moment's . hesitation Corporal Ilcno turned back , getup up to Davlckl , who was badly winded , dis mounted nnd pave him Oils horse , nnd ran alongside , holding by the stirrup leather. "Tho Filipinos rushed out nnd fired heav ily , but ncltlier of the men was Injuruil , and they succeeded in recrosslng the stream and rejoining their own party. Corporal Keno's conduct is itho moro praiseworthy inasmuch an ho Is only n recruit , nnd there fore nn untried soldier. Most ot the men are young men recruited before coming over to the Philippines , nnd Reno was selected for corporal's rank .by Lieutenant Carson. ns ho looked a bright , Intelligent and plucky young fellow. The lieutenant's se lection han received early justification. " Is a specimen of Americanized ad vertising In Cuba , taken from the Cardenas Ilcraldo : "Tn Americans Just Kindly Head : "I greet making a call upon the Ameri cans who are to stay with us and may there from feel anxious to become familiar with our people's talk , warning the whole crowd , ofllccrs ranks and privates In the U. S. service , that I have figured down , in their own behalf , a rock bottom term , far below my standard school fees , nnd just ns a privileged allowance , namely : Two dollars a month In mutual exchange for an every day congregate session ot ono hour's Spanish teaching at my address nt foot , from 8 to 7 p. m. "Drop freely find confident nt any time , bearing In mind that a twofold speaker is worth two men nnd is thus enabled to easterly earn his living whercvcrg he chance to roll. "Prof. Laurence A. Ruiz's Academy. "IsYo. 129 Jenez St. " A sarcastic chap down In Virginia , who served in the Stonewall Jackson brigade , ad dressed a letter to the veterans ot that or ganization on the occasion ot Its recent re union. Ho likened the rebellion to the war with Spain , and said that the soldiers ot the Stonewall brigade were often compelled to sleep three In a bed , and found very poor hotel accommodations along the route. Ho had ) known the /brigade / to get wet when out In the rain because there were not umbrellas enough to go round. A.VIJ OTIII-IH-XVISR. General Brooke tells the Cuban nrmy that it It cannot produce the pay rolls he can not produce the pay. The marquis of Salisbury keeps about sev enty servants , besides dependents of n higher class , such as private secretaries , librarians and chaplains. Chief Justice Fuller of the United States supreme court always walks with a gold- headed cane given him by a grateful client thirty years ago. Maine has established In the rotunda of the capitol at 'Augusta n cabinet of relics of the Spanish war brought homo by Maine soldiers nnd sailors. General Otis' report that all meat sent to our troops which Is found to bo tainted Is sold to the natives , may account in part for the weak resistance of the Insurgents. However It may be with Turkey , the sul tan of Turkey Is growing richer as the years go by , having just received a windfall of something over ? 5.000,000. But ho has n largo family nnd needs It. Theodore Uoosevelt's last word to Dowcy before tbo war is snld to have been a reply to 'tho latter'a question "Do you think we'll ever bo at war with Spain ? " The answer was , "If wo are , you'll win It. " The pen nnd penholder with which Gov ernor Thomas of Colorado recently signed the bill making the now Teller county was made ot solid Cripple Creek gold and was given to Ileprcscntatlvo Montgomery. Francis C. Koohlcr of Cherry Hill , N. J. , was Just 21 years old when , on March II , ho was elected Justice of the peace for the borough of Riverside nnd Is believed to bo the youngest magistrate In the country , Because of Helen Gould's kindness to the ' men working on the Windsor hotel ruins the workmen decided to give her a testimonial. She was touched by the offer , but refused to accept anything unore than n set ot reso lutions. John W. Mnckay the other evening sent to the opera in San Francisco fifty girl em ployes cf the Postal Telegraph company , In which ho la n heavy stockholder. Kach girl was furnished with two tickets , n boquet I and a carriage , I Charles Ilovere Curtis , who died In Itock- land , Mass. , this week at the ago of 88 , was the oldest descendant of Paul Kovoro , being a eon of Sally Ilevcre , the revolutionary hero's granddaughter. Ho was one ot the , earliest supporters of .tho anti-slavery cause. The story U now told that while Joseph i Choato and Israel Zangwlll were snowbound In February between Boston and Now York , the former , at a station lunch counter , asked the latter If an apple would tempt him. "I wouldn't be human otherwise , " replied ' -Mr. Zangwlll. Charles H. Black , president oftho Massa chusetts Highway association and newly ap pointed superintendent of paving for Havana , for eight years held a similar position in his nallvo town. Ho rrill be accompanied to Cuba by his daughter , Miss Maud S. nia'k , who has been given an excellent position in the Havana schools. In his youth Senator Hoar , studying law , dreamed of the time when ho should occupy a seat on the bench. So bard did ho study with this end in view that otter bis law practice 'became ' somewhat considerable he was compelled to abandon it in 1SCS and go to Kurope for his health , On the eve of his departure some friends Induced him to run for congress , Ho consented , was elected on his return and thereupon began bla career as a national legislator , SAMOA'S Tllltl'i : COOKS. ] Brooklyn Hrtgle : A joint high commlS' slon , or nn tinJolnteJ IOAV commission foi Samoa It ia nil the same. There will nl- ' ways bo trouble nnd Jealousy until tin i Islands are apportioned nmong Uio thre < ' powers that nro now supposed to be workIng - Ing together but that nro not. Courier-Journal : Better tnke our hnrboi there nnd wash our hands of the whole muss , or illvldo up the Island with the othei partners In the syndicate and retire troir the business. The nigger king business li ono which ought to be bcnrath our atten tion , nnd It Is ono which will earn us nc dividends except disgust nnd trouble. Chicago Chronicle : Trade commerce ! j Trade which follows the eight-Inch gun ; I commerce which Is stimulated by In cendiarism. H must bo n mighty prize this commerce of the Snmoan Islands foi which three nations nro contesting. U must bo a valuable stake which sets nn American admiral , two British captains , twc consuls and several hundred sailors ami marines to work killing people In order to win it. What docs It foot up ? Boston Transcript : The government la said to feel confident that the Snmoan dif ficulties can ho solved In n manner satis factory to all the signatory powers. It would hp astounding If the status ot Samoa could not bo settled prarcnbly , ibut It maj be that the three-headed protectorate will have to bo given up nnd o partition of the group follow. In that event the United States would naturally take Tutulla , on which Is Page Page , nnd Great Britain niul Germany wouhl help ithcmselves to the lest. The natives would not count. Philadelphia Press : This Is not enough to make n fuss and Bet three Christian na tions iby the ears , and It will not. The last Samoan fight , like Its predecessor , will he worked off by negotiation. Meanwhile , the precise object of Samoa In the intcrnntlona economy ot existence scorns to ho to give n harmless chance for Great Britain nnd the United Slates to get Into the habit ot workIng - Ing together and cheering each other's Hags By all accounts this seems ngnln to have been satisfactorily accomplished , though with some lamentable loss of life duo tc the German consul nnd Ills determination to maintain the Irregular provisional gov ernment ho had constituted. By this time he has heard from Berlin nnd discovered how far wrong an overzealous man may go. UOSSU * AIIOUTOTI2D At the funeral of the Into Patrick Walsh 'tho ' eminent Georgian , the grave was banked up with floral tributes from his friends. The last offering consisted of n few sprigs ot fern and a bunch ot vlolots nnd they were brought by a woman whoso form was bent with ago and whoso face was deeply fur rowed with care. She hod walked three miles for the privilege- thus honoring the memory of Uio dead man nnd as she cast her poor tribute with the richer ones slio said : "It was the best I had to place upon the graveof a good man. God Moss his memory. " Frederick Remington , writing In Collier's Weekly , says of General Gomez : "He has a curious head a very interesting head. It Is fierce and warlike , nnd brown and mus- tochcd and goateed and altogether Spanish- American , which does not moan 'white man. ' His profile is n triangle , with the Jaw as the base. From his looks I should say his was not a great twain. So far as wo know , he Is n man of ono Idea which happens In his case to 'bo a very good ono ; and there Is the force in the base of that triangle which lias carried that ono Idea as far as the iblood and iron and horecllcsh of Cuba could carry It , " Prof. Walter IX Dabney of the University of Virginia , whoso death Is announced , was ono of the most accomplished students of law In the state. Jn 1892 ho was sent to Chicago to argue a case ibeforo Judge Grcshani , then on the United States bench. At the end of his argument the judge came down from his .bench , invited him to Ills homo and showed him every courtesy and attention. When Judge Greshani was np- polnted fcaietary ot state by Mr. Cleveland ho sent for Senator Daniel nnd Inquired It he know Olr. Dabney. On receiving a favor- nblo reply , Ijo at once announced his Inten tion to appoint Jilm solicitor of the Slate do- partruent , and Old so without Mr. IJabncy'fe knowledge. 'Ills resignation. In 1S93 , to take the chair of common nnd statute law in the University ot Virginia met with universal regret In the department. Prof. Hiram Corsom , who fills the chair of English literature nt Coniclr University , and published "Introductions to Browning , " and "Primers ot English Verse , " was once in the full swing ot political life. In 1850 Mr. Corson was ono of the reporters of the United States senate. He has many quaint tales to tell of Webater , Stephen A. Douglas , Sumner and other senators of those days. But tlin quaintest tale of nil Is one that has never found Its wny Inito print. The hero ot It is Sam Houston , the giant frontiers man who was president of Texas before an nexation nnd senator nftcr It. "Wo report ers , " said Prof. Corson , "took 'turn ' nnd tura about , each for nn hour , Ono day I was sitting In llio reporter's gallery , waiting my turn and reeking on. Presently my attention was drawn by Senator Houston. Hugo of frame , ho was particularly huge of feet , nnd these extremities were rendered the more conspicuous In those days of boots by being encased in luccd shoes. On this occnf/lnn ithoro ticomcd to bo an amount of pain In these feet proportionate 4o their size. The senator kept one upon his knee rubbing It with an anguished expression and period ically exchanging for Uio other foot. After awhile , ho unlaced his shoes and drew thorn off. Then the nursing of his aching toea continued for a 'time ns before. But io re lief eamcnnd nt last , to my utter amaze ment and amusement , ho aJtiwly divested himself of a long blue woolen stocking , and linking 'tho ' hugo jack knife with which ho was wont 'to ' pass the tlmo whittling , ho proceeded deliberately to pare his porna In the senate of the United States. " And yet they say the dignity of the ecnato has de clined ! What has it como to now , Hi > iJUirij.tTi.\f ; ox of Dollai'H CliiuiKliiK lliiiiiln on VnlneleHH .SeenrltleM , Philadelphia Tlmsw. Ono of the evils of the general prosperity that largely Increaaes nil legitimate values Is the tide of reckless speculation that over follows Biich financial conditions , and at no tlmo In all the history of the past was this DVll mure consplcuuueiy presented than It Is today , Wo do not epcuk of substantial values such as certain Interest nnd dividend paying bonds and stock. Most of them have not yet reached us high n point ns they probably ulll reach bofqro the close of the year. The present value of money is llttlo moro than iialf what Is was a score of years ago , and certain securities which pay 4 per cent are La Grippe Lcavci a weakness behind It tohlch renders the syitom pecu liarly tusctpllblo to dangeioui ailments , Strength mutt bo quietly built up , TAKE EJEBBC COjHPANYf8 EXTRACT OF BEEF. now considered profitable Investments fo money. The reason why ( he best securities hnv not yet reached the highest point Is In tin fact that millions ot cnpltnt arc- now devoted wholly to ( peculation In securities which , ni a rule , nn < without either present or pros pective actual value. There nro millions of money now being mndo out ot what Is practically nothing , The present rage Is for Industrial corpora tions , nnd llttlo moro than n shoe-string Is needed to otganlr.o A company with i rnpltal of millions and llont It nn the mar ket. The shares are not bought because any body supposes they are valuable , but J > eca i8 It Is believed that they will bo forced bj Interested speculators to largely Increased prl.'e ? , and nil expect to take their profits nnd get out before the crash comes. There are n score or moro of Industrial eompanlrs with their shares now on tin market and selling up In the thou nnds of shares each day , which have hardly < th j semblance of u basis of substantial valui but the speculation-stricken multltudfl riiftb for the shares , hoping to make A profitable turn and leave the crash to fall upon those who succeed them as shareholders. Any Industrial corporation that has not been organized on the sound basis of full paid-up stock , nnd Hint hns not an cstnb- ilshcd business , exhibiting profits rqiinl to A fair return on the capital Invested , should bo carefully avoided by all who do not wish to IOFO their money. It Is possible for thorn to buy these worthless stocks and get out with a profit before "the revulsion comes , but nil such revulsions como ns Biirtflcnly nnd un expectedly ns a thunder-flap from nn un clouded sky. nnd when they come the sharea held by the rash Investors soon become ab solutely valueless. rilHI'JHV CIIAKI' ' ' . Chicago Record : "Would you call UncJk Amos n tliiKy nuin ? " "No , I should say he had nfll his goncrout impuls's under perfect control. " Atlanta Constitution : Jerry Simpson 1 to publish a liook entitled , "If the Dtvll Came to Congress. " Well , he'd ilml folks thora who could Bit up with him. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Kluffer tells mt dm wears a tuvrn and < i quarter hat. " "Yes , with a half-Inch wanhor In It. " Indianapolis Journal : "HlgKest revival preacher wo over had here. " nald the coun try grocer , "was Brother Jarvls. Actually , when that man got through with 'om , th whole blamp community turned In nn' paid nil its debts ! " Detroit Journal : "In ISupope , " remarked the indlKcnt Immigrant , "such a thlnji nn u bath tub la unknown In the houses of the i l oor. " The Indigent native ptood nghnst , "Why , where , tht.ii , do they keep their coal in winter ? " he demanded , incredu lously. Chicago Tribune : "I suppose , " bawled the < ow over the barnyard fenc "they are fattening you up to make 'beef of you ! " "If they are,1 madam , " snorted the super annuated street car horse In the other In- closure , "It will be Rood meat ; there wilt be no whiskers on It ! " WashlnKlon Star : "Do you mind if I go Into the smoking compartment of the car for a. few minutes ? " he asked. "You'd better not go just now , " flhc re plied suggestively. "Wo're coming1 to a tun nel in Ji few minutes. " Chicago Post : "Why do you say that you will marry only n , widow ? "Well , I think It Is the part of wisdom to get Borne one who has a.ready discovered that men are not ansels. " Chicago Tribune : "Let us tnko this ques tion of tlvet trusts , " said the lecturer. "Look , for example , at the Sugar trust. The world produces annually about 8,000,000 ton ot sueur. In , other words , the averace supply of sweets for ovury Inhabitant of. Uio onrth " "He doesn't take tho. Masses Into account at all , does he ? " whispered young Hankln- son. In ono of the back seats , squeezing the hand ot the pretty Riri slttlnjr next to him. BOYS. From the Gem. Now , If .any ono has nn easy Urns. In this -world of push nnd null , It Is not the hey ot the family , For hl hands are always full. I'd like to ask , who nils the stove ? Where Is tlio drl that could ? "Who brings In water , who lights the fire. And splits the kindling' wood ? And who is It that cleans the walks After hours ot nowlne ? In summer , wJio keeps down the weeds , By diligently hoeing ? ' Anil who inuwt harness the faithful horse When the girls would ride about ? And who inuHt clean the carriage oft ? The boy , you'll own , no doubt. And who does the many other thlnea Too numerous to mention ? The hey Is the "general utility man , " And really deserves a pension. Friends ! Just pralso the boy sometimes , When ho dosB his very best ; And don't always want the easy chair When he's taking a little rest. Don't let him always be the last To BCO the new magazine ; And sometimes lot the boy bo heard , A well as to be neen. That bov nre far from perfect la understood by nil ; But they have hearts , remember , For "men are boys grown tall. " And when a boy has been working Ills iVPl best for days , It docs him good , I tell you , To have some hearty "raise. Ho Is not merely a combination Ot muddy boow mid noise , And ho likes to be 'ooked upon As ono of the family Joys. We have more friends among the little chaps in this town than any other concern in it , Maybe because we cultivate the boys'good opinionsand we would ike their opinion and their mothers , of the waists we are going to make a special exhibit of Wednesday , Thurs day and Friday. They are the celebrated Star and King shirt waists , and all new styles. You are invited to attend the exhibit and sale.